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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bring  You  Good  Tidings  of  G-reat  Joy,  wMck  Shall  he  unto  All  People"- 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  3, 1878. 


No.  1. 


f/,?  §rtthrtn  Ht  ffoiih. 

EDITED  AKD  PUBLISHED  WEKKLV 

J .  il.  Moove,  S.  K.  Kasliur,  JI.  M.  Eslit-liuuii. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORSi 

.      -      -      -        L,U)Or.A,  IKIi. 
-      -      -       NBIVTONIA,  SIO. 
D.  VAXIMAX,        -------  VIRDES,  ILL. 

D.  li.  MEXTKKR,        -      -      -      -      -1VAYN-E3H0E0,  ]?A. 

M.VTTiK  A.  i.r..\R,     -----    ubhana,  ill. 


R.  H.  MIl.l.Klt, 
J.  «'.  STEIN, 


OUR    MOTHER. 

OKI  muiiy  lips  lire  miyiiii;  Uiis, 
'Kill  Tnlliug  tears  to-iliiy, 
An-l  iiiiuiy  Iii-'iirly  aiv  ^idling  sore, 

Wi;  wiitclieil  Ik-i-  lading  year  by  ywir, 

Aa  they  ivout  slowly  by, 
But  cast  far  from  us  e'en  the  feiu-, 

Tlinfc  silt  could  ever  die. 

She  scenicil  so  gooil,  so  pure,  so  true. 

To  uur  iiilmiring  eyes, 
We  never  dreamed  ttsis  ■,'lorious  fi-uit, 

■\Viis  riiieoing  for  thi;  sUie^. 
Aud  when  iit  hist  the  death-stroke  cnme, 

So  swii't,  so  sure,  su  tniu, 
Tlie  heai'ts  fchiit  held  her  hure  -so  fiist, 

Were  almost  broken  too. 

We  robed  her  in  n.  pure,  white  dress, 

As  her  desire  had  been, 
Gave  one  hist  kiss,  then  laid  her  'niid, 

The  Summer  leaves  so  green. 
Then  each  took  iip  the  broken  thread. 

Of  life  e.nd  all  it3_  cares  ; 
How  Slid  our  heart  'mid  iaily  t;isks, 

We  mLss  our  mother's  prayers. 

Wf  ne'er  shall  know  trom  what  dark  paths, 

Tliey  may  have  kept  our  feet; 
Yet  holy  will  their  influence  be, 

While  each  fond  heart  shall  beat. 
Anil  us  we  tread  the  thorny  ivay, 

■\Vhieh  her  dear  feet  have  trod, 
Ever  shall  feel  onr  mother's  prayers. 

Leading  us  up  to  God, 

And  when  the  storms  of  sorrow  come. 

To  each  bei-eaved  heart. 
Let  faith  glance  upward  to  the  home', 

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

To  see  her  children  come. 
As  one  by  one  we  cross  the  flood, 

Aud  reach  ouv  heavenly  home. 

Selected  by  Ada  1.  CoitRELL, 


NEW    YEAR'S    GREETING. 


mifestations  will  evidence   the  fact.     0 


I.  II.  MEKTZEIt. 


T»  the  Editors  and  the  Spedal  Cunli-ihiilor^ 
thr  Bi-dhmi  ul  Work. 


MAY  He  who  "  made  Himself  of  uo  rcpu- 
tation,"  aud  iu  meekness  'Sveut  about 
doinj;  good,"  grant  you  grace,  mercy  aud  peace, 
and  "  wisdom  from  above."  And  let  all  the 
I'aithfn!  say,  Aiiifii. 

I  ciuuiot  Biiy  that ''  Ye  have  need  that  I  uTitc 
inito  you,"  but  it  seems  good  to  send  you  iui 
iinniml  message  of  Chiistiuu  greeting,  such  a-s 
love  would  dictate  through  the  Spirit  of  Truth. 
If  we  were  always  euconragcd  in  whatever  we 
do,  iheri.'  is  uo  telling  how  fur  each  oue  of  us 
would  unconsciously  venture  away  from  "  the 
Way  the  Truth,  aud  the  Life,"— our  Refuge  and 
Fortress. 

But  then  wc  all  need  encouragement  in  every 
aoad  work,  luul  that  eneourngeuient  should  be 
the  expression  of  a  Christ-foUoiving,  Christ- 
loviug  heart.  Love  cu  con  rages,  love  cares  for 
and  defends  the  character  of  its  object.  Such 
ia  the  love  of  tnie  Christians,  Unless  "'the  love 
of  God  L«  shed  abroad  iu  our  hearts,"  the  spirit 
of  the  world  has  great  possessions  thei-e,  and 


"lOI-E   one  ASOTllER. 

This  is  indeed  the  religion  of  Jesus.  By  this 
the  unbelieving  world  shall  see  the  evidence  of 
the  Christian  religion.  "Love  is  of  God." — 
Should  we  hearken  to  aud  be  profited  by  the 
lijiostle  Paul's  admonition,  "  Be  ye  followura  of 
Gild  as  deal-  children,"  ive  ivoiild  love  as  God 
loves— love  the  good  aud  hate  the  evil.  This 
was  the  order  in  Eden,  but  sin  i-evei-sed  it.  — 
The  wicked  "  hate  the  good  and  love  the  evil." 
Conversion  brings  us  back  again,  to  hate  evil, 
and  "  all  appearance  of  evil,"  and  to  be  "follow- 
ersof  that  which  isgood."    1  Pet.  3:  13. 

In  this  liie  we  are  daily  smrounded  with  good 
and  evil  influences.  Not  only  are  we  sui-ronud- 
ed  by  such  oppnsites,  hut  in  our  flesh  dwells  no 
good  thing  of  onr  o\vn.  All  the  good  that 
flows  out  into  life's  works,  is  the  gift  of  God, 
iunl  all  the  evil  is  of  "  that  wicked  one,"  through 
onr  flesh.  Then  ivc  have  great  reasons  to 
watch  aud  pray  contiiiually,  and  yield  to  the 
implicit  commands  of  "  the  Captain  of  our  sal- 
\'atiou,"  seeking  to  exemplify  Him  in  every 
thought  word  and  deed.  We  have  also  abun- 
dant cause  to  sympathize  Avith  one  another, 
bear  each  other's  burdens  as  much  as  in  us  lies, 
and  help  one  another  over  the  rugged,  naiTOW 
way  that  leads  to  that  "  Better  country." 
You,  my  very  dear  brethren,  are  entering  up- 
1  .inother  year  of  editorial  labor.  No  one  can 
tell  how  the  year  will  end.  We  know  not  who 
will  be  called  from  our  Lonl's  family  on  earth 
to  that  above.  Eph.  3:  15.  This  is  a  solemn 
thought.  Solemn  thoughts  ave  our  I^est 
thoughts  however,  for  fchey  hiing  us  nearer  to 
Hun  in  whom  we  believe,  and  to  whose  inimit- 
able image  we  are  being  fjishioned  by  His  grace 
iu  us,  through  obedience  to  the  Truth.  There- 
fore let  us  earnestly, 

COKTEXD  FOK  TUE  FAITH 

once  delivered  (o  the  saints.  In  the  God  whom 
we  serve,  there  is  no  vni-iableuess  and  no  shadow 
of  turning;  aud  so  miisfc  we  beccme  in  our  re- 
lation to  the  faith,  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  — 
Be  steadfast  in  tlie  faith  at  all  timc-s  and  in  all 
things,  deteuding  the  church  aud  her  glorified, 
all-adorable  Head. 

From  an  experiiuentid  staud-poiut,  I  look  up- 
on your  labors  as  editoi-s,  as  being  very  resiious- 
ible  indeed.  The  eiUting  or  tlie  selection  and 
preparation  of  manuscript  for  the  compositor, 
luid  the  consequent  pnhliention  of  the  same  to 
the  chiu'ch  and  the  world,  is  a  work,  perhaps 
not  second  to  the  ministry  of  the  Word.  Some 
suppose  that  to  be  an  editor  is  enviable,  but 
lliey  never  were  editoi:s.  Otliers  snppo.^,'  it  to 
he  an  houor,  but  tlicy  do  not  consider  its  untold 
responsibility.  To  you  it  is  the  labor  of  serv- 
ants, and  the  sense  of  your  accountability  keeps 
you  humbk'  aud  slow  to  venture  on  uncertain 
foimdatious.  May  it  be  so  henceforth  aud  for- 
ever, that  you  may  present  to  the  brotherhood 
and  to  the  world  a  aanctified  press. 

If  you  serve  in  "singleness  of  heart,"  and  iu 
"  humbleness  of  mijid,"  yon  can  accomplish 
nnich  good  in  the  church  by  austaining  and 
perpetuating  her  identity.  It  is  claimed  that 
the  press  mouhls  the  people  —  its  readers.  We 
Ijolieve  this  is  true.  Then  let  ithe  your  anxious 
Ciire -w  to  edit  your  "copy,"  and  no  to  select 
your  mattei",  that  your  entire  jiatronage  may 
be  moulded  into  the  mind  of  Christ,  who  came, 
not  to  do  Tlis  own  will,  hut  the  will  of  HIil 
that  ,'-(^ut  Him. 

Be  steadfast  in  the  doctrine,  inuaovable  in 
the  faith,  "  looking  unto  Jesu.s,  the  Author  and 
Finisher  of  our  fiuth,"  the  liope  of  eai-tli  and 
the  joy  of  heaven. 

I  have  yet  two  New  Year  tests  to  offer,  es- 
pecially to  "Jill-  special  contributors  aud  all  other 
correspondents: 

•■  Let  this  mind  he  in  i/ou  which  was  also  in 
Christ  Jesus."    Phil.  2:  o. 

"  To  do  good,  and  to  comiiiuiiicale  forget  not, 


for  with  such  .sacrifices  God  is  well  pleased." — 
Heb.  13:  16. 

fOME  TO  THE  WORK. 

The  great  need  of  the  church  to-day  is  "  men 
of  God,"  who  will  deny  themselves  of  all  that 

selfish,  and  worldly,  juid  corajn'omising  with 
pei'verted  Christianity — men  who  will  practice 
the  religion  we  protcss,  aud  endeavor  at  every 
opportunity  to  spread  the  Truth,  and  peace, 
and  good-ivill.  Such  ye  are,  we  trust.  Then 
let  ns'put  our  hands  firmly  to  the  plow,  and 
without  looking  back,  or  tarrying  by  l-he  way, 
go  tbrwai'd  in  the  work.  A  powerful  enemy  is 
oui-s,  and  the  warfare  is  long  and  ;ill  important. 
0  let  U3  come  to  "  the  help  of  the  Lord  against 

e  mighty. 

Y'our  contributors  are  one  means  to  do  youi' 
duty;  May  He  who  never  wearies,  and  who  is 
long-sulfering  and  of  tender  mercy,  grant  you 
wisdom,  grace  and  steadfastness  in  the  "  Faith 
and  patience  uf  Jesus."  Think  ]iot  that  tliis 
labor  is  cliild's  play— a  play  of  words.  While 
writing  for  the  Cliristian  press  may  he  considw- 
ed  an  exercise  and  training  for  the  n 
ought  rather  to  be  the  expression  of  a  heart 
full  of  love  for  the  primitive  ciinsc  of  Christ, 
and  the  effort  of  a  sin-paidoued  soul  going  out 
after  the  lost.  While  we  labor  late  or  early 
when  othei-s  are  at  ease,  and  probably  criticiKiiig 
with  undue  severity  our  feeble  laboi-s,  let  us  re- 
member we  serve  the  Lord,  and  expect  our  re- 
wiU-d  and  honor  of  Him  only.  Let  us  labor 
while  it  is  day,  for  behold  the  niglit  cometh. 

SPIRIT   AND    FORM. 

BY   S.  '/..  SUASiP. 

CJPIRIT  always  makes  its  presence  kuo\TO  in 
O  some  manner  or  form,  but  form,  pfr  se,  is 
not  always  a  certain  indication  of  the  Spirit's 
c.  The  Holy  Ghost  descended  "in  a 
bodily  shape  like  a  dove  upon  Christ." 

"  There  came  a  sound  from  heaven  as  of  a 
riishing  mighty  wind,  and  it  filled  all  the  house 
where  they  {the  disciples)  were  sitting,"  but 
the  kiss  of  Judas  and  the  long  prayer  of  the 
Pharisees  were  no  sign  that  either  the  love  or 
the  spirit  of  God  diiected  these  actions. 

The  language  may  he  otherwise  beautiful  and 
even  musical  to  the  ear,  but  without  the  right 
sjiirit  it  wilt  not  produce  fruit  unto  eternal  lite. 
The  "  incorruptible  seed,"  like  every  other  seed 
will  produce  fniit  only  after  its  own  kind,  — 
Converts  are  like  the  spirit  that  accompanied 
the  preaching  that  converted  them. 

A  nnm  nn\y  be  "  rude  in  speech,"  yet  if  the 
Holy   Ghost  accompmiy  that  speech,  it  may 
make  a  Felix  tremble  and   cause  thousands  to 
"lie  pricked  in  their  hciU'ts." 
"  On  the  other  hand,  there  may  be  a  form  of 
godliness  ^vithout  the  power.    Even  the  tongi 
of  an  angel  may  he  but  as  sounding  bra; 
without  that  "  charity  that  never  I'aileth." 

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

Spirit.  _o— 0"«* 

PROFANE    PRAYER. 


0 


HY  H,  r.  ilRINIC  WORTH. 

UR  attention  was  called  to  the  four  divi 
sions  of  pi-ayer  in  an  article,  wiitten  b\ 
Bro.  B.  B.  Whitmer,  and,  thinlring  wc  could 
i-eview  each  to  advantage,  we  accoixliugly  ohn 
a  few  thoughts  on  "  Profane  Prayer,"  aud  hoi  e 
some  brother  will  write  iiji  the  other  subjecl.^. 
I'rofaue,  to  unhallow  or  take  iu  vain  the  name 
of  onr  God.  Our  mind  naturally  nins  to 
Smms  mount,  where  the  awful  thunders  roar- 
ed, and  where  Mosea  said:  "  I  exceedingly  fear 


and  quake."  The  tables  of  stone,  written  by 
the  linger  of  God  himself,  declared:  "Thou 
shalfc  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord,   thy   God, 

vain,  for  the  Lord  ivill  not  hold  him  guiltless 
that  takefeh  His  name  in  vain "'  (Exodus  20). 

Yet  how  often  in  the  face  of  this,  as  well,  as 
other  commands,  we  hear  man,  made  in  the 
image  of  his  Maker,  imprecating  upon  himself 
and  others,  the  curses  of  God's  law!  How  oiV 
en  if  mortal  man  had  the  power,  would  he 
have  sent  those  with  \vhom  he  had  to  deal  to 
the  lo^veafc  regions  of  dark  despair!  The  Lord 
will  not  hold  these  guiltless! 

Dear  reader,  art  thou  daily  taldng  His  holy. 
His  exalted,  His  glorious  name  in  vain?  But 
there  is  a  probability  that  He  will  miawer  thy 
prayer.  Thou  invokest  upon  thyself  in  prayer 
to  Him,  that  He  will  shut  thee  out  of  Heaven, 
and  shut  thee  up  in  hell!  Oh!  fearful  impreca- 
tions, yet  daily  heai-d!  "  Out  of  the  same  mouth 
proceedeth  both  curses  mid  hlcMings."  Oh! 
swearer,  pray:  but  pray  for  forgiveness!  God 
will  hear  thee.  "  He  has  promised  to  heal  thy 
blaeksli dings,  yea,  to  love  thee  freely,"  He 
bates  thy  wiys,  hut  loves  thee  with  an  everlast- 
ing love.  Jesus  died  to  save  all,  yes,  even  the 
chief  of  sinneis.  Do  not  think  thy  sins  are  so 
great,  thy  guilt  so  black,  that  He  will  not 
ove  thee.  Oh;  remember  His  loving  words, 
"  Though  your  sins  he  iis  scarlet,  they  shall  be 
as  white  as  auow;  though  they  be  red  like 
crimson,  they  shall  be  as  wool "  (Isaiah  1:  IS). 
"  He  ivilloth  not  the  death  of  a  sinner,  btit 
rather  that  he  turn  from  his  ways  and  live." 

"  Come  unto  me,"  all  ye  that  are  iveary  and 
heavy-laden,  aud  I  will  give  you  rest."  The 
yoke  of  sin  is  a  galling  yoke.  Christ  says: 
''  Take  my  yoke  upon  you  and  learn  of  me,  and 
ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your  souls"  (Matt.  11: 
28:  29).     Oh,  come,  coire,  COME  I 

Biith,  Eiu/land. 

A    FEW    THOUGHTS. 

GOD  knows  id!  our  wants  and  needs.  Let  us 
come  boldly  to  a  throne  of  grace,  denying 
ourselves  of  all  ungodliness 
Let  us  watch  and  ju'ay  lest  v 
ation.  When  Christ  was  o 
for  us,  taking  away  our  si 
love  and  kindness  for  all  mi 
cheeretl  the  fallen  mid  cast  down.  Now  will  we 
examine  oui^selves,  whether  we  follow  Jesus  in 
this?  Time  will  soon  be  no  more  with  us,  aud 
wti  must  go  hence  to  reap  the  fniit  of  om-  labor. 
Jesus  will  soon  appear  and  say,  "  Come  ye  bles^^ 
ed  of  my  Father,  and  inherit  the  kingdom  pre- 
pni'ed  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world." 
This  will  give  us  comfort  in  that  day,  and  rest 
forever  with  .fesus.  Let  us  double  onr  diligence, 
and  put  our  tnist  in  God,  who  is  all  love  and 
powerful,  DiiKsri.LA  A.  Bkows*. 

WHY  SHOULD   A  MAN   SWEAR.'' 

WE  can  conceive  of  no  reason  why  he 
should,  but  of  teu  why  he  should  not: 

1  It  ii  mean.  A  man  of  high  moral  stand- 
m^  n  ould  almost  as  soon  steal  a  sheep  as  sivear. 

^  It  IS  vulgar.  Altogether  too  memi  ibr  a 
deLcntman. 

3  It  is  cowardly.  Implying  a  fear  either  oi 
nut  liLing  believed  or  obeyed. 

1  It  IS  uugeutlemnnly.  A  gentlemim  will 
uf  mrieswear.  than  go  into  the  street  aud 
thiow  mud  with  a  clodhopper. 

o     It  IS  indecent,  aud  offenirivc  to  delicacy. 

fa  It  IS  foolish.  Want  of  decency  is  wont  of 
sense 

7  Ifc  Is  rthuyive— to  the  mind  that  conceives 
it  to  tin.  *-ongiie  that  nttei-s  it,  and  to  the  per- 
son at  nhom  it  is  aimed. 

*>  Ifc  IS  venomous.  Showing  a  man's  heart 
tn  he  a  nest  of  vipei'S,  and  every  time  he  s^veal^^, 
one  of  tiiem. sticks  out  ils  bead. 

9.  It  is  conlemptible,  forfeiting  the  respect 
of  the  wise  and  good. 

10.  It  is  wicked.  God  will  not  hold  hiju 
guileless  who  taketh  His  name  in  vain. 


!  and  ^vorldly  lusts. 
e  enter  into  tempts 

;i  earth,  andsufiered 
1,  He  showed  great 
.    His  sweet  voice 


THK  13iieth:re:n"  ^t  woke:. 


Janiinrv    3. 


REFLECTIONS. 

IIY  J.\S,  y.  HETKLKK. 

IK  this  loliuc-il.  so|)lmtie  iigp, 
Hnir  nmnj-  tlionglits  the  mind  engage, 
How  ninny  plans,  liow  many  schemes, 

Arc  noiiglit  bat  visioiiury  drcnms! 

How  mimy  people  in  our  day, 
Wlio,  not  upon  the  niiiTOW  wny, 
Are  drifting  onward  in  the  dnrk, 
Like  some  forsiiken  sailor's  bitrk! 

The  gtitcs  of  hell  nre  open  ■\\'ide, 

And  dL'vils  nod  in  pUimo  mid  pride: 
The  toys  of  filsliion  spnrkle  bright, 
Fur  those  wlio  walk  not  in  the  light. 
For  the  road  is  broad  that  lends  .isfcray, 
And  thoiisiindE,  thousands  go  thiit  way 
Unto  the  end  of  their  career, 
Before  the  jndgaient  to  iippenr. 

The  light  of  God  is  for  ns  all, 

But  was  eclipsed  through  Adam's  fall, 

That  if  in  darkness  we  should  be,, 

The  light  of  God  we  can  not  see. 

Slioiild  we  obey  the  Pope.s  command 

And  hnve  no  Bible  in  the  land, 

We  Boon  would  to  destruction  go 

To  reap  the  fruits  of  endless  woe. 

Nor  Popes  nor  Prelates,  priests  novkings, 

Nor  devils  ivith  Ahaddun's  wings, 

Can  utterly  that  Book  dustroy, 

AVhich  did"  the  miud  of  God  employ. 

If  we  are  iu  the  light  of  God, 
Ouv  influence  will  he  s|>rcad  abroad. 
The  light  in  us  will  freely  shine, 
And  spread  its  influence  benign. 

If  Christ  bo  in  us,  we  in  Him, 
Our  light  of  truth  will  not  bo  dim. 
And  we  can.  walk  the  mu-row  way. 
That  leJideth  unto  perfect  day. 

\Vc  will  obey  the  '^'ord  of  God, 
And  He  who  washed  us  in  His  blood. 
Will  lead  us  into  perfect  pence, 
WlierL'  we  shall  see  Him  ;is  He  is. 
]h,lnpv.ilk..  Po. 


neglect  tlif  poor  or  aycd:  ov  fail  to  aiil 
to  tin?  utmost  of  oui-  ability  in  tlie  px- 
teiiaiou  of  tlie  Redeemer's  kingdom,  or  to 
pray  for  eoemies,  and  tlms  allow  hatred 
to  spring  up  in  hearts  where  only  the 
genial  sunlight  of  Christian  love  should 
glow. 

Watch,  leat  the  soul-thrilling,  heav- 
en ■  pierciug  Macedonian  cries,  whieh 
float  on  every  breeze,  are  unnoticed  and 
we  receive  for  our  temporal  comforts,  or 
luxuries,  that  which  shouhl  flow  freely 
into  the  ti-easmy  of  our  King;  lest  we 
forget  to  pray  for,  and  assist,  our  dear 
ministers  wlio  labor  continually  for  our 
spiritual  good  and  for  the  welfare  of 
the  Lamb's  dear  Bride.  Said  a  brother 
to  nie  a  few  weehs  since:  "It  seems  to 
f  I  can  always  tell  when  some  one  iu 
the  congi-egation  is  praying  for 
when  I  get  up  to  preach,  my  heart  glows 
■with  fervor  and  flu;  Spirit  sends  words 
to  my  mouth,  fa-ster  than  I  can  utter 
them." 

Oh !  then  if  we  want  to  hear  good  .ser- 
mons; want  the  cause  of  Christ  to  pros- 
per, let  us  watch  our  ministers,  be  sure 
to  see  when  they  need  amsfam-e  and  not 
lay  upon  them  a  double  burden,  while 
\ve  I'lfap  the  benefit  of  their  labors.  Let 
us  watch  and  pray  alivays  for  the  good 
of  souls,  and  the  ylonj  of  God;  so  shall 
the  glorious  Bride  arise,  deck  herself 
with  beautiful  garments,  and  go  forth 
in  the  beauty  to  meet  the  Bridegroom; 
so  shall  we  receive  an  abundant  entrance 
into  the  Celestial  City. 


WATCHING. 


BLASPHEM  Y. 


BY  M.VTTIE  ,1 


■  '  ni 


"Watch  ye   therefore,   mid  pniy  always."— 
Luke  21:  30. 

WATCHING  is  a  duty,  imperatively 
enjoined  upon  every  true  follow- 
L-r  of  Him  whose  eyes  are  as  a  flame  of 
lire.  AVe  can  no  more  be  Christians, 
without  this  grace,  than  we  eau  be  Chris- 
tians, and  omit  praying ;  the  two  are 
correlative;  but  I  believe  we  are  apt  to 
icuore  prayer,  and  undertake  to  make 
wfttchiiigdo double  duty,  ivhereas  watch- 
ing is  always  accompanied  by  prayer, 
this  forever  annuls  the  ^^^atchiug  of  crit 
icisni,  and  gives  us  the  divinely  appoint- 
ed ■watching  which  is  fealty  to  Chi'ist's 
demands.  We  are  to  watch  that  none 
of-' these  thin^"  (woes)  come  upon  u; 
this  implies  the  watching  of  both  oui 
selves  and  others.  Watch  our  thoughts, 
desires,  actions,  and  influences.  We 
must  also  ^vatch  opportunities,  lest,  we 
let  pass  unheeded  some  golden  moment 
in  \\hich  we  might  have  been  instrument 
al  in  saving  a  precious,  blood-bought 
^uul. 

Watch  lest  any  root  of  bitterness 
spring  up  and  trouble  us,  and  there- 
by many  be  defiled:  lest  we  fail  to  do 
ail  iu  oin-  po-^ver  for  our  BeUveil;  lest 
we  ueo-lect  to  nourish  the  dear  babes  in 
Christ,  and  through  our  neglect  some  be- 
come Aveak  and  sickly,  or  even  die.  O ! 
for  the  love  of  heaven  let  us  ■^'atch  the 
lambs!  Let  us  watch  lest  we  fail  to  seek 
after  the  straying.  Oh!  let  tis  hasten  to 
speak  the  kind, loving  word  of  sympathy 
which  will  help  them  to  return  to  the 
fold,  ere  the  wolf  devours  them.  Even 
though  we  may  "sow  in  tears,  "  watch 
the  glorious  promise,  we  shall  reap  with 
joy.  We  must  watch  lest  we  withhold 
the  word  of  cheer  from  those  ^vhose 
lives  are  not  so  sunny  as  our's,  pr  fail 
tu  visit  and  minister  to  the  sick:  lest  we 


HKliEFORE  1  say  unto  yon,  all 
manner  of  sin  and  blasphemy 
shaH  be  forgiven  unto  men:  but  the 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghcst  shall 
not  be  forgiven  unto  men.  And  who- 
soe\-er  speaketh  a  word  against  the  Sor 
of  man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  liim:  but  who- 
soever speaketh  against  the  Holy  Ghost, 
it  shall  not  be  forgiven  him,  neither  in 
this  world,  neither  in  the  world  to  come." 
(Matt.  12:31,  :i2). 

Blasphemy,  from  the  Greek  BImphe-. 
?«./«,  properly  denotes  calumny,  detrac- 
tion, reproachful  oi'  abusive  language, 
at^aiust  whomsoever  it  is  rendered. 
AAlieu  such  abuse  is  uttered  against  God, 
the  significaton  of  the  word  is  the  same 
as  when  it  is  uttered  against  a  created 
being;  the  degree  of  guilt  depends  upon 
its  application,  that  is,  as  to  what  object 
it  refers.  As,  therefore,  the  sense  of 
the  term  is  tha  same,  though  diflerent- 
ly  applied;  let  us  next  inquire,  what 
is  essential  to  constitute  this  crime 
iu  either  case?  It  is  essential  to  this 
sin,  when  committed  by  one  man  against 
another,  that  there  be  in  the  injurious 
person  the  will  or  disposition  to  detract 
from  the  person  abused.  A  mere  mis- 
take in  regard  to  character,  especially 
when  the  mistake  is  not  conceived  by 
him,  who  entertains  it,  to  lessen  the  char- 
acter, however  erroneously,  to  exalt  it,  is 
never  construed  by  anyinto  the  crime  of 
defamation. 

Now  as  blasphemy  is  in  its  essence 
the  same,  however  applied,  what  is  fun 
dameiital  to  the  very  existence  of  the 
crime,  is  the  same  when  applied  to  God 
as  when  applied  to  man,  namely  a  will, 
a  dc-sio-n,  a  purpose  to  defame,  to  insult 
the  Divine  Majesty.  Blasphemy  then, 
against  God  is  calumny,  and  to  consti- 
tute the  crime  it  is  necessary  that  the 
calumny  be  intentional,  that  the  per- 
petrator knows  ^vhat  he  asserts  is  false. 
The  cu'cumstances  which  called  forth 
the  language  of  our  text  fi-om  our  Sav- 
ior, will  perhaps  throw  much  light  on 


this  subject.  Jesus  had  just  healed  one 
possessed  with  a  devil;  the  people  rec- 
ognized the  hand  of  God  in  this,  and 
anxiously  inquired,  "  Is  not  this  the  son 
of  David?  Is  not  this  our  long  expect- 
ed Me-ssiah?"  But  the  Pharisees, 
(those  religious  guides  to  whom  the  peo- 
ple looked"  with  profound  respect,  be- 
cause of  their  reputed  sanctity  and  learn- 
ing) answered:  "This  bellow  doth  not 
cast  out  devils,  but  by  Beelzebub,  the 
prince  of  devils."  They  could  not  de- 
ny the  reality  of  the  mu-aele.  That  some 
wonderful  jiower  had  been  displayed 
was  too  manifest  to  be  ignored.  What 
then  must  be  done?  "  These  people  look 
to  us  for  instruction,  we  have  great  pow- 
er and  influence  over  them.  We  our- 
selves know  very  well  that  this  miracle 
could  only  be  performed  through  .the 
agency  of  God,  but  if  we  tell  the  peo- 
ple this,  they  will  adhere  to  Him  and 
we  win  lose  our  power  over  them. 
But  the  hold  ivhich  we  have  on 
this  people  is  of  great  advantage  to  us 
evi;i')'  way,  ■\\"e  must,  and  mil  retain  that 
hold  at  any  cost.  We  will  therefore 
give  fcheni  an  answer  which  ^vill  scan- 
lalize  this  Jesus  in  their  eyes;  we  will 
tell  them  that  His  miracles  are  perform- 
ed by  magic  arts,  that  He  is  in  league 
\vith  the  prince  of  darkness.  The 
norance  of  tbis  people,  and  their  entire 
confidence  in  us,  will  prevent  them  from 
detecting  this  sophistry;  we  will  take 
advantage  of  this  ignorance,  of  this 
simplicity  and  bind  our  fetters  more 
firmly  upon  them." 

"  Jesus  knows  their  thovighfs."  Me- 
thinks  I  can  see  the  blessed  Master  cast 
upon  those  hypocritical  leadei-s  a  look 
of  mingled  pity  and  indignation.  After 
exposing  the  ridiculousness  of  their  po- 
sition, He  addresses  to  them  the  scath- 
ing language  ot  our  text. 

"You  know  what  you  have  asserted  is 
false,  your  kuo^vledge  of  the  literature 
of  your  nation,  teaches  you  that  such  a 
miracle  could  only  be  performed  through 
the  power  of  God.  Beware!  j'ou  are 
now  going  too  far;  your  extreme  hati-ed 
of  me,  and  your  prejudices  are  leading 
you  into  fatal  errors.  In  the  garb  of 
humanity,  which  I  have  assumed,  I  can 
bear  all  your  malice,  all  your  blasphemy, 
because  it  was  fore-ordained  that  I 
should  hear  reproaches  and  insults  (see 
Rsalms  GO:  0).  But  if  you  wilfully 
insult  the  Spirit  of  God,  you  place  your- 
self beyond  the  reach  of  mercy." 

Oh  how  shocking  that  any  one  should 
permit  his  prejudice,  or  his  worldly  in- 
terest to  lead  him  to  such  fearful  lengths, 
yet  we  find  this  warning  not  only  ad- 
dressed to  the  Pharisees,  but  Paul  also 
cautious  his  Hebrew  brethren  against 
this  dreadful  crime.  See  Heb.  (i:  4- 
10:2(3--21). 

As  we  have  already  seen  it  was  those 
wretched  Pharisees,  who,  instigated  by 
worldly  ambition  and  avarice,  slander- 
ed «dmt  they  knew  to  be  the  cause  of 
God;  and  against  conviction,  reviled  His 
work  aa  the  operation  of  evil  spirits, 
who  alone  could  commit  this  horrid 
crime  in  tlie  time  of  our  Savior's  cor- 
poreal stjiy  on  earth.  ButPauladdress- 
es  the  followiuglanguagetothe  Hebrew 
brethren:  "  For  it  is  impossible  for  those 
who  were  once  enlightened,  and  have 
tasted  of  the  heavenly  gift,  and  were 
made  partakers  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
have  tasted  the  good  word  of  God,  and 
the  powei-s  of  the  world  to  come,  if  they 
shall  fall  away  to  renew  them  again  un- 
to repentance:  seeing  they  crucify  to 
themselves  the  Son  of  God  afresh  and 
put  Him  to  an  open  shame."  Again, 
"  If  we  sin  ^vilfully  after  that  we  have 
received   the   knowledge    of  the   truth, 


there  renu\ineth  uo  more  sacrifice  fur  sin, 
but  a  certain  fearful  looking  for  judg- 
ment and  fieiy  indignation,  whieh  shall 
devotn-  the  adveraaries."  It  is  the  same 
wilful,  known  siu  that  placed  the  Phar- 
isees beyond  the  reach  of  mercy,  that 
places  the  once  enlightened  Christians  in 
the  same  awful  state. 

The  above  Scriptures  express  a   high 
degree  of  heavenly  light    antl  linowl- 
edge.     Oh  can  it  be  that  any  who  have  . 
been  thus  highly  exalted,  who  have  been 
permitted  to  sit  in  heavenly  places  with 
Christ  Jesus,   have  tasted  the  riches  of 
His  love,  should  fall  away,  should  for 
the  sake  of  some  worldly  object  I'enounce 
Christ,  forego  all  their  precious  bhiod- 
bought  privileges,  and  turn  again  to  the 
eak   aud    beggarly    elements   of  the 
world  ?     The  alcove  Scriptures  certainly 
intimate  that  such  is  possible- 
Let  us  now   notice  the  circumstance 
under    whieh    the   above  ^varning  was 
^ven.     In  those  early  days  of  persecu- 
tion under  the  Koman  emperors,  M"hena 
pei-son  was   arraigned   for  trial   on  the 
accusation  of  being  a  Cluistian,  he  was 
required  to  call  upon  the  heathen    gods, 
supplicate  to  the  emj^eror's  image,  and 
curse    Christ,  "  none   of  which  things," 
says  Pliny  in  his  famous  letter  to  the 
emperor  Trajan,  "  can  any  of  those  who 
are  really  Cliristians  be  compelled  to  do." 
But  the  cursing  orblaspheming  of  Christ 
under  those  more  humane  emperors  such 
as  Trajan,  Adrian,  aud  Antoininus,  was 
sufiicient  to  procure  their  pardon,  or  re- 
lease.    Those  more  cruel  persecutors  as 
Nero,  aud  Doniitian   seem    not  to    have 
admitted    of  pardon,    if  once  a   person 
had  assumed  the  hated   name   of  Chris- 
tian.    Paul  foreseeing  the  danger    and 
temptation  that  this  possible  escape  from 
punishment  would  expose  the  Christians 
to,  exhorts    them   to  steadfastness,  and 
arnsthem  against  apostasy.     He  knew, 
that  -when  the  question  would  be  asked 
of  them  again  and  again,  if  they   were 
Christians,  threatenings,  being  intermix- 
ed with  the  questions,  as  Pliny  says  they 
were,  he  foresaw  that  a  possible    escape 
from  the  cross,  the  burning  fagots,  the 
playings  and  all  sorts    of  torture    which 
were  held  up   before   them  in  all  their 
hideousness,  would   cause    the   faith  of 
some  to    \v'aver,    therefore  he  faithfully 
points  out  to  them    the  dreadful  conse- 
quences   of  denying  Christ,  of  treading 
under  foot  the  Son  of  God,    of  counting 
the  blood   of  the    covenant   wherewith 
they  were  sanctified  ai;    luiholy   thing, 
andof  doiugdeapite  to  the  spirit  of  grace. 
Sin  at  any  time,  or  under  any  circum- 
stance is  afearful  thing,and  thereisnoth- 
iugweshouldso  rauchfear,but  to  sin  wil- 
fully after  having   received   the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  to  openly  aiul  avow- 
edly renounce    Christ,    after  experienc- 
ing His  pardoning  grace,  the  apostle  tells 
us  there  remaineth  no  more  sacrifice  for 
sins.     We  have    now   wilfully   rejected 
the  only   sacrifice   that   can  be   offered, 
consequently  we  are  left  \vithout  a  sac- 
rifice, without  a  propitiation    and  the 
apostle  tells  us   what   an  awful   doom 
awaits  such  (see  Heb.  1 0 :  27).    Ignorance 
is  the  only  possible  palliation    to   sin, 
hence  Paul  says  of  himself  that  he    was 
once  a  blasphemer,  a  persecutor,  and  in- 
jurious, but  says  he  obtained  mercy  be- 
cause he  did  it  ignorantly  in  unbelief. 
Intimating,  that  but  for  this  ignorance 
he  could  not  have  obtained  mercy.    And 
our  dear  Savior  ivhen  He   prayed  for 
His  murderei-s,  coidd   only  2)lead   their 
ignorance.     "  Father  foi-give    them,  for 
they  know  not  what  they  do." 


Faithfulness    and    sincerity   are    the 
highest  things. — .Gonfucim. 


January    -^• 


XtLK    3KETIrIIlEjSr    ^T    AVORKl. 


3 


THE   MISSIONARY  CAUSE. 


I  AM  truly  glad  that  tlie  brethren  are 
catfliiiig  moro  of  the  missionary 
spirit,  and  1  hope  that,  that  spirit  will 
becoum  so  great  and  powerful  in  the 
chureU  tbut  she  will  seud  her  miuisters, 
not  only  into  every  part  of  the  United 
States,  but  alao  in  every  county  and 
every  corner  of  countries,  that  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ  may  be  preached  to  all 
tlie  human  race  of  onr  country,  so  that 
we  will  not  have  to  meet  daily,  men  and 
women,  who  will  say:  "  AVe  never  heard 
any  of  your  people  preach,"  and 
others  tell  us  we  never  saw  a  "  Dunk- 
ard "  before  we  saw  you.  And  some 
such  were  born  and  raised  to  manhood, 
in  Pa.,  Va.,  Md.,  and  Ohio  where  there 
are  so  many  brethren  and  organized 
church  e.s. 

Briithreii,  who  is  \u  libune  that  those 
people  have  not  the  Gospel  preached  to 
them?  May  they  not  have  cause  in  the 
judt;nient  day  to  accuse  us  that  we  have 
not  done  our  duty  in  full '.  It  looks  to 
me  iLS  though  it  ought  to  arouse  every 
saint  to  a  sense  of  his  duty  in  this  re- 
spect; for  surely  the  word,  "(joye  into 
all  the  world"  stands  yet  on  the  page  as 
italways  did.  And  that  is  notall,  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  Paul  says,  (2  Cor  6:  8), 
"  As  deceivers  and  yet  true."  Now  let 
us  look  how  deceivei'S  d6,  how  zealous 
they  are.  They  spend  a  great  deal  of 
time  and  money  to  get  a  missionary  in- 
to every  laud.  State  and  county.  You 
may  go  where  you  wWi,  there  you  will 
fiud  the  people  taught  some  mode  of 
worship,  but  lamentable  to  say,  they  are 
not  taught  the  pure  Gospel,  nor  the  true 
mode  of  woi-ship,  which  Christ  and  the 
apostles  taught.  Brethren  will,  not  we, 
■who  kno%\'  the  terror  of  the  Lord,  put 
forth  greater  efforts  to  persuade  uieu, 
and  exhibit  more  zeal  for  the  ingather- 
ing and  sa\'ing  of  precious  souls,  than 
those  who  go  about  to  preach  a  pai't  of 
the  Gospel  for  filthy  lucre  ?  And  many 
of  them  make  the  Gospel  of  Christ  of 
noneeffectby  their  traditions,  or  as  Christ 
said,  (Matt.  15:!)),  "  Teaching  for  doc- 
trine the  commandments  of  men."  He 
said,  Invain  they  worship  me." 

Let  us  become  a  little  more  Paul-like, 
and  go  where  the  Gospel  is  not  known, 
or  at  least  is  not  practiced.  And  wc 
know  that  one  soul  is  of  more  value, 
than  oiu"  silver  and  gold.  And  the 
prophet  Daniel  said  (Chap.  12:3),"  And 
they  that  be  wise,  shall  shine  as  the 
brightness  of  the  firmament;  and  they 
that  turn  many  to  righteousness,  as  the 
stains  forever  and  evt-r."  Hence  let  us 
all  do  our  duty.  Paul  says  (iCorO: 
l(i),  "  For  though  I  preach  the  Gospel, 
I  have  nothing  to  glory  of,  for  necessity 
is  laid  upon  me;  yea,'  woe  is  unto  me  if 
I  preach  not  the  Gospel ;  for  if  I  do  this 
thing  willingly,  I  have  a  reward;  but  if 
against  my  will,  a  dispensation  of  the 
Gospel  is  committed  unto  me."  May 
God  prosper  and  bless  the  missionarj'' 
labors  everywhere  is  my  prayer. 


PUNCTUAL  AND  REGULAR, 


rpiME  is  so  related  to  everything  that 
-*-  it  may  be  said  to  have  a  place  in 
everything.  God  did  His  work  in  a  set 
time.  He  begauit  at  a  certain  time,  and 
finished  it  at  a  certain  time,  lie  began 
His  rest  at  a  certain  time  and  ended  it  at 
a  certain  time.  He  appointed  certain 
times  for  His  woi-ship.  He  has  establish- 
ed la\vs  to  govern  all  things.  The  wind 
and  sea  obey  Him.  He  makes  the  earth 
turn  upon  Its  a.\is  in  an  exact  time;  He 


takes  the  earth  around  the  sun,  cntury 
after  century  in  the  same  exact  time. 
The  moon  pei-formes  her  work  as  punc- 
tual and  regular  as  her  gi'eat  Ruler  is 
punctual  and  regular.  Their  move- 
ments are  punctual  and  regular  to  the 
snuillest  fraction  of  a  second.  It  is  there- 
fore a  plain  case  that  punctuality  and 
regularity  are  two  of  God's  laws. 

Sin  is  a  transgression  of  the  law. 
Those  who  are  not  jmnctnal  and  regu- 
lar, transgress  the  law,  and  therefore 
sin.  Sin  cannot  enter  heaven.  There- 
fore those  who  are  tardy  and  irregular 
cannot  go  to  heaven. 

I  was  at  preaching  not  long  ago  where 
a  strange  speaker  was  expected.  The 
speaker  was  a  lad)'.  She  waited  until 
the  hour  to  begin  had  fully  arrived;  but 
the  people  came  strolling  in  until  ser- 
vices \vere  nearly  over.  This  was  \'ery 
annoying  to  the  speaker,  disgusting  to 
the  listeners  and  disadvantageous  to  the 
tardy  person.  I  have  seen  the  same  in 
our  meeting  almost  as  often  as  the  occa- 
sion was  \inuSual.  Well,  what  are  the 
reasons  for  this?  I  will  tell  you  whata 
few  of  them  are. 

Some  go  to  meeting  late  to  have  a  bet- 
ter opportunity  for  displaying  some  new 
garment  or  jewelry  which  they  or  their 
children  have  lately  obtained ;  some  to 
have  people  know  that  they  live  about 
there;  some  because  so  and  so  are  to 
dine  with  them  that  day  and  everj'-thing 
must  be  nice,  and  it  must  be  made  so 
before  they  go  to  church.  Some  go  to 
meeting  late  becaiise  they  had  work  to 
do.  "  Must  clean  up  once  a  week  you 
know," 

The  next  thing  some  men  do,  is,  they 
do  not  go  to  meeting  regularly,  even  the 
lights(  ?)  of  the  church  absent  themselves 
for  the  most  trivial  causes.  In  a  dis- 
trict whei'e  there  are  from  one  to  two 
hundred  membei-s,  only  about  two-thirds 
of  the  number  are  present  at  any  one 
meeting.  And  what  are  the  reasons  for 
this?  I  suppose  the  absent  ones  can  tell 
the  reasons  as  well  as  anyliody,  there- 
fore I  give  what  they  say,  "  I  was  not 
feeling  very, well;  I  had  to  go  to  town 
on  Satmday  and  lam  getting  old  and 
do  not  feel  good  to  be  out  so  much." 
Another  says,  "  O,  I'd  sooner  sit  in  the 
house  than  go  out  on  the  cold  road  to 
preaching."  Another  says,  "  I  wauted 
my  horses  to  rest,  I  had  been  working 
them  hard  all  week,  and  I  luid  a  big 
week's  work  for  them  again.  T  have  so 
much  work  to  do  that  I  and  the  horses 
need  all  the  rest  we  can  get.  I  cannot 
attend  meeting  until  I  get  a  little  through 
A\'ith  my  work."  Another  saj's,  "  It  was 
muddy  and  I  did  not  want  to  soil  my 
buggy."  Another  says,  "The  preach- 
ing is  not  worth  listening  to."  Others 
stay  at  home — away  from  worship — to 
entertain  visitors.  They  love  a  talk 
about  the  prospects  of  fi-uit,  the  likeli- 
hood of  cholera  killing  their  hogs,  the 
relative  merits  of  the  different  breeds  of 
cattle,  the  propriety  of  feeding  stock,  to 
selling  the  feed,  the  advantages  of  cer- 
tain mowing,  reaping  and  threshing 
machines — they  love  this  better  than  the 
worship  of  God.  O,  what  depths  of 
love  for  Christ!  "What  a  resolution  to 
run  the  race  with  patience!  to  have 
"  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven!"  A\Tiat  an  example  to  the 
youth,  the  sinner,  and  the  infidel! 


WHAT  THERE  IS  IN   A  NAME. 

IIY  E.  UllllAVdH. 

ON  account  of  the  great  diversity  of 
opinion,  in  the  world,  many,  yea, 
very  many  may  wonder  \vhether  an)'' 
other  name  than  that  of  C/c'f'-j-^fV/H  should 


be  Jissumed  by  the  followei-s  of  Christ. 
There  are  many  ministers  who  say  that 
no  one  who  pretends  to  be  a  follower 
of  Christ,  should  be  \nlling  to  be  kno^Tn 
by  any  other  name.  We,  however, 
should  not  confide  in  sueli  men,  nor  im- 
bilie  snch  sentiments,  but  look  into  the 
perfect  law  of  oui-selves,  lest  we  be  de- 
ceived. 

We  learn  from  oui-  pilot — the  New 
Testament  that  the  name  Christian  was 
fij-st  applied,  at  Ajitioch,  to  the  follo^vera 
of  oui'  Redeemer,  but  by  whom  it  was 
applied  we  cannot  tell.  We  may  learn 
from  the  history  of  the  early  followers 
of  Jesus  that  the  name  was  applied  to 
them  by  ^vay  of  epithet,  hence  it  vfixs 
not  assumed.  They  were  called  Chris- 
tians because  they  followed  Christ,  for 
the  same  reason  that  a  certain  sect  are 
called  Cauipbellites  liecause  they  follow- 
ed Campbell, 

A  number  of  names  have  been  applied 
to  the  followers  of  Christ  by  men  'only, 
but  one  only  Ijy  Christ  Himself.  Now, 
fellow-pilgrim,  to  whom  would  you 
give  the  liouor?  To  Christ  or  to  men? 
Our  Savior,  while  here  among  men,  said 
to  His  followei-s,  "  All  ye  are  brethren ;" 
and  this  is  the  only  name  He  ever  con- 
ferred which  they  could  «'ith  propriety 
apply  to  themselves.  From  this  we 
may  learn  that  if  we  wish  to  give  God 
the  glory,  with  respect  to  His  Sou,  \ve 
should  assume  His  endearing  name  in 
preference  to  any  other.  We  can  see 
no  impropriety  in  allowing  othei-s  to  call 
us  Christians  when  they  ajtply  i\w  term 
to  us  because  we  follow  or  .ibey  ( 'hrlst, 
but  we  should  never  assert  that  no  other 
name  shoidd  be  assumed  by  us,  for  we 
should  prefer  and  apply  to  each  other 
the  endearing  name"  brethreji,"  beca\ise 
this  is  in  accordance  ivith  the  example 
of  the  holy  apostles  and  their  immediate 
successoi-s,  and  because  our  blessed  Sav- 
ior has  said  we  are  such. 

Then  kind  reader,  whenever  you  have 
occasion  to  speak  anything  concerning 
the  people  of  God,  keep  the  honor  of 
your  Savior  nearest  your  heart  by  call- 
ing them  by  the  name  applied  by  Him 
—BRETHREN. 


PHYSICIAN,   NURSE   AND  MED- 
ICINE. 

nv  S.  IsnUMHAUGH. 

TT  is  very  natural  ivhen  -we  get  sick, 
^  that  we  send  for  a  physician  to  ex- 
amine and  give  us  a  remedy.  First 
we  feel  bad,  and  we  get  woi-se  and  worse, 
until  disease  gets  us  doHii,  then  send 
for  a  ph3'"sician.  He  comes,  examines  us 
and  doses  out  a  number  of  powders 
and  drops,  and  appoints  a  nuise  to  care 
for  the  patient,  and  administer  the  med- 
icine, charging  the  nurse  very  particularly 
how  to  give  the  medicine  and  to  be 
suie  and  give  all  he  has  left.  He  leaves 
the  patient  in  the  care  of  the  nui-se. 
Now  suppose  the  nurse  does  not  admin- 
ister the  medicine  as  dii-ected,  and  the 
patient  dies,  is  the  nurse  clear?  or  must 
the  nui'se  bear  part  of  the  blame?  Now 
the  application. 

First,  -we  understand  Christ  to  be  the 
great  Physician  (M.att.  9 :12) ;  and  accor- 
ding to  Matt.  9:  13  the  sinner  is  the  pa- 
tient, and  we  understand  the  minister  of 
the  Gospel  to  be  the  nurse,  according  to  1st 
Corinthians4:13;Eph.4:^9;lstPet.4:2; 
Josh.  1:1;  1st  Thes.  11:7,  and  even 
the  word  minister  means  one  that  admin- 
isters, a  servont.  Now  we  undei-stflud 
the  medicine  to  be  the  commandments 
of  Christ  found  in  the  gi'eat  Book,  thw 
Bible.  The  sinner  is  very  sick;  he 
feels  that  he  needs  a  physician,  and  as 
the  Physician  is  gone,  he  examines  his 


Book  or  New  Testament.  He  there  finds 
his  symptoms  explained.  Next  he  places 
himself  in  the  hands  of  a  uui-se,  by  go- 
ing to  church  and  there  the  nui-se  ad- 
ministers medicine  to  him,  by  telling  him 
^vhat  he  must  do  to  get  well  or  free  from 
sin.  If  he  be  a  good  nui-se,  he  will  tell 
him  the  same  as  the  gi'eat  Physician  did, 
and  also  that  good  nurse,  Peter  on  the 
day  ofpeutecost(Acts  2;  3S).  And  he 
will  do  as  he  was  commanded  to  do  by  the 
Pliysiciau  in  Matt.  28:  19,  20;  he  will 
tell  him  to  obey  all  the  conmiandments, 
take  all  the  medicine  and  reject  none. 
But  sometimes,  naturally,  we  find  a 
nurse  that  claims  he  thinks  a  great  deal 
of  the  patient,  and  will  not  give  all  the 
niedicine,  but  will  reject  what  is  bad  to 
the  taste.  J  ust  so,  we  have  them  spirit- 
ually speaking.  AVhat  do  they  tell  the 
patient  or  sinner?  Why  do  we  find 
them  sometimes  teaching  such  command- 
ments as  are  popular  in  the  Avorld  ?  they 
will  say,  the  sinner  need  not  go  to  a 
stream  of  water  to  be  baptized,  but  he 
will  sprinkle  him  as  it  is  uot  so  much 
bother,  and  also  he  can  do  as  he  pleases 
about  oljeying  all  the  commandments, 
as  he  ^vill  get  to  heaven  without  Ac. 
He  pretends  to  think  a  great  deal  of  his 
patient,  or  the  sinner,  and  he  can  take 
or  obey  ju.st  such  commandjueuts  as  he 
feels  like.  But  Ijeware,  may  be  if  it 
^^'ere  not  for  the  dollars,  he  would  not 
think  so  much  of  you,  but  of  course  the 
easier  he  is,  the  more  adherents  he  will 
get.  If  he  was  concerned  about  your 
soul,  do  you  not  think  he  would  depend 
more  upon  the  Doctor-book?  Does  he 
know  more  thau  the  doctor? 

O!  when  that  great  day  shall  come 
when  the  patient  and  the  nvu'se  will  be 
examined,  what  a  time  that  will  be? 
When  the  patient  is  examined  by  the 
great  Physician  and  found  incurable, 
wliat  ^T^11  he  say  when  he  is  asked 
whether  he  took  all  the  medicine  he  left 
him  or  obeyed  all  tlie  commmandments? 
He  Mill  l)e  apt  to  say  the  nurse  or  niiu' 
ister  rlid  not  give  them  or  teach  them 
then  the  niu'se  will  be  interrogated; 
what  will  he  answer?  Nothing  can  he 
say,  but  beliold  the  nurse  or  minister 
that  gave  all  the  powders  or  command- 
ments, left  him  to  give,  and  his  patients 
they  are  safe  enjoying  heaven  in  its  beau- 
ty. Then  we  will  see  which  nurse 
thought  the  most  of  his  patient.  Oh 
sinner  hunt  the  nurse  that  will  give  all 
the  remedies  prescribed  by  the  great 
Doctor  and  take  them,  then  all  will  be 
well. 


REASON  AND  FAITH. 

WHILE  the  bright  eyes  of  reaso« 
are  full  of  piercing  and  I'estless 
intelligence,  his  ear  is  closed  to  sound; 
and  while  faith  has  an  ear  of  exquisite 
delicacy,  on  her  sightless  orbs  as  she 
lifts  them  towards  heaven,  the  sunbeam 
plays  in  vain.  Hand  in  hand,  the  broth- 
er and  sister,  in  all  mutual  love,  pursue 
their  ^vay,  through  a  world  on  Avhich, 
like  ours,  day  breaks  and  night  falls  al- 
ternately; bj'  day  the  eyes  of  reason  are 
the  guide  of  faith,  and  by  ■  night  the 
ear  of  faith  is  the  guide  of  reason.  As 
is  v/ani  M'ith  those  who  labor  under 
these  privations  respectively,  reason  is 
apt  to  be  eager,  impetuous,  impatient 
of  that  instruction  which  his  infirmity 
will  not  permit  him  to  readily  appre- 
hend; while  faith,  gentle  and  docile,  is 
ever  willing  to  listen  to  the  voice  by 
which  alone  truth  and  wisdom  can  ef- 
fectually reach  her. — Henry  Hoyers. 


Regularity  is  unity;  unity  \s.  godlike, 
only  the  devil  is  changeable. — liichttr. 


Ti-I"E    BIlETHKlCrs"    ^VT    AVOl^K. 


Janxiary   3. 


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JA»UAa7  3, 1ST8. 


C"oNsn>KRAiiLE  mafcler  hus  liui'ii  crowded  out 
Uiis  week:  ninong  lliciii  ii  coiijilc  reports,  the 
Oleaniiiga  iind  Obitiinries.  Will  endeavor  to 
uinke  room  for  most  of  tliein  next  week. 


Thb  raiiiy  weather  and  mticJdy  ronds 
groiitty  interfering  with  the  success  that  would 
iitliei'wise  crown  the  cilbrts  of  our  raiiiistei 
their  protracted  meetings  during  this  seiusoii  of 
the  year.  . 


Tii 


uliout  it  next  V, 


itiona  are   that  Bro.  Steis 

ie  discussion  with  Mr.  Ray 

lUitlle  Flu;/,  tocommeuci 

More  can  likely  be  said 


We  are  again  obliged  to  ask  those  who  liave 
ordered  HymnBoolfs  to  have  patience.  Thongh 
we  ordered  sometime  iigo,  the  books  have  not 
come.  Wlien  ordering  books  or  piimpblets  the 
uioiiey  should  iilwnys  nceonipouy  the  order. 


Ol"b  missionaries,  now  in  Denmark,  expect 
to  visit  Geriuauy  and  England  hefon?  returning 
home.  In  company  with  brother  Bkinkwohth, 
they  may  spend  considerable  time  preaching 
ill  England,  and  rcachhome  sometime  in  April. 


Brotuer  David  Maiitin  of  Marshall  Co., 
lowii,  gave  us  n  call  hist  Saturday.  He,  awd 
family  are  visiting  relatives  and  acequaintauces 
in  ttiis  locality.  Brother  Johw  Zook  of  Ce- 
dar Co.,  w.-ui  with  us  in  the  same  day.  He  aecras 
til  be  enjojing  liiiuself. 


TiiK  unusunl  stjite  of  the  weather,  for  th. 
seiLson  of  the  year,  has  rendered  traveling  and 
out-door  work  in  this  jiiirt  of  the  country  ex- 
tremely disagreeable.  The  last  few  months 
have  been  more  like  Spring  than  Winter — 
raining  considerable  of  the  time,  hence  giving 
lis  mud  in  abtmdancc. 


\i.\TE  reports  indicate  n\)  Europe  is  arniiiig,and 
the  old  world  is  in  a  most  critien!  condition. 
ilujsia  has  called  out  another  lacRe  army,  and  it 
is  Icured  that  both  England  and  Germany  will 
soon  become  involved  in  the  Woody  conflict. 
Should  they  do  so,  it  will  doubtless  more  or  less 
iiflect  all  Europe. 


Ox  the  last  page  of  this  issue,  will  be  found 
an  interesting  batch  of  con-espomleuce  reganl- 
iug  a  public  discussion  to  have  been  held  in 
Carthage,  Mo.  We  do  not  blame  the  Baptists 
for  not  wanting  to  debate  their  side  of  the  ques- 
tion on  baptism,  for  their  backward  single  im- 
mei-siou  Is  so  young  that  they  do  not  want  it 
exposed  to  the  public  gaze.  On  Mr.  Cusjjiko- 
HAu's  part  it  is  a  siiuare  back  down. 


A  Brother  writes:  "  Yestei-day  morning  1 
noticed  how  happy  the  children  felt  over  their 
presents,  aud  as  they  welv  passhig  them  to 
each  other  I  asked  them  if  they  lilted  to  read 
the  Bbethhks  at  Work.  They  Baidtlioy  did, 
I  then  told  tjicin  that  there  are  many  who  are 
too  poor  to  pay  for  it,  and  I  thought  we  ought 
to  make  them  a  little  ps-eseut:  so  at  it  we  went, 
and  I  '  now   send  yo\i  §1.50    for  the  '  Chiu-ity 


At  thi.s  scnsou  of  the  year,  when  subiicrihere 
are  coming  in  at  the  rate  of  a  thousand  a  week, 
il  will  Iw  impossible  to  avoid  making  some 
mistakes,  such  ajleaviugoutiinocciwional  mime 
whose  time  of  subscription  hiLs  not  expired,  re- 
taining names  that  ought  to  be  omitted,  or  get 
some  incorrectly  inserted.  Should  any  thing 
of  the  kind  occur  we  want  to  In-  notified  of  it 
at  once.  Do  not  wait  a  month  or  too  and  then 
HTite,  but  attend  to  it  as  soon  as  the  mistake  is 


discovered.  If  new  subscribers  do  not  com- 
mence receiving  their  papers  \rithin  a.  few 
ivceks  after  sending,  tliey  mil  idense  let  us 
know;  but  first  inquire  of  the  postmaster  be- 
fore ivriting.  When  writing  bo  snro  to  give 
post  oflice,  county,  and  State  in  every  instance. 
The  figures  to  the  right  of  your  name  denotes 
when  your  subscription  expires. 


The  hori-Jrs  and  crneltic-»i  of  ivar  have  been 
lately  brought  to  light  in  the  riciuity  of  Plev- 
na. The  t'.-rrible  state  of  things  is  perhaps  un- 
paralleled in  moilom  warfare.  Alter  the  town 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Russians,  famishing 
dogs  were  seen  feeding  on  the  bodies  of  dead 
and  wounded  soldiers,  tearing  the  flesh  from 
the  bodies  of  the  still  living  wounded.  The 
vtiltures  ])icked  at  llie  sknl!  andho])pcd  trora  body 
to  body  with  fiendish  delight.  The  savage 
hoivis  of  the  greedy  brutes,  the  cries  and  hoart- 
reiidmg  groans  of  the  wounded,  as  they  vainly 
struggled  with  tlie  dogs,  could  he  heard  for 
miles  around.  The  wounderl  that  were  able  to 
ci-awl  about,  clutcbed  at  llieodd  mni-^elsof  food 
in  the  himds  of  the  dead,  One  thousand 
prisoners  were  Imddled  together  in -one  place. 
The  tivjngjmddead  were  piled  together  promia- 
cously  in  heaps  like  wood,  and  carted  away. 
The  scene  w;is  horrible  beyond  description. 
These  an-  the  fruii.^  of  wur.  May  God  grant  us 
peace  on  eitrth. 


lUTHOD  TTCT  OKT . 

THIiOUGH  a  kind  and  gracious  Providence, 
we  are  enabled  to  greet  you  again,  and  we 
hope  this,  the  ursliering  in  of  another  year,  finds 
lis  ail  ready  and  willing  to  step  into  the  front 
i-anks  to  live,  proclaim  and  defend  the  holy  re- 
ligion brought  to  us  by  our  Master.  The  Cap- 
tain of  our  salvation  is  just  as  rcady,  .ible  and 
willing  to  lead  ns  on  io  victory,  as  He  n-as  last 
year.  Knowng  this,  not  a  soldier  should  de- 
sert, not  one  think  of  going  to  sleep  on  duty, 
and  i-emember  to  continue  in  well-doing,  and 
the  victory  over  sin  mid  Satan  will  be  complete. 

Wo  appeal  to  this  noble  band  of  workers, 
this  army  of  the  Redeemer,  to  make  u  vigor- 
chai-ge  all  along  the  lines  aud  helii  us  to 
carry  the  glad  tidings  of  salvation  over  the  en- 
emy's intrenchment.  We  should  not,  cannot 
be  satisfied  with  simply  holding  the  forts 
have  taken,  but  should  labor  hai-d  and  patient- 
ly to  talte  mnny  more.  And  as  we  go  forth  to 
ociiqner,  let  us  he  sure  that  the  flag  we  follow 
has  on  it  the  criiciptl  Christ  as  well  as  the  gh 
■ifivi!  Lord.  This  is  the  flag  that  leads  to  peace- 
ful, permanent  victory. 

We  feel  grateful   to  the  many   contributors 

ho  have  helped  us  to  enrich  and  enliven  the 
columns  of  the  BEETirai-s  at  Work  the  past 
year  with  their  heaven-born  and  aonl-cheering 
thoughts,  and  cordially  invite  them  to  continue 
in  sending  forth  so«nd  words — words  that  have 
lem  the  power,  honor  and  glory  of  God. 
With  pure  motives,  principles  can  be  ni.ide  to 
take  deep  root  iu  the  hearts  of  sinners  and  timi 
them  to  the  living  God,  Let  the  glory  of  Ta- 
bor shine  out  from  the  top,  bottom  and  sides  of 
every  woi-d  you  write,  and  the  world  will  wit- 
ness such  n  sti-eam  of  light  as  lias  not  been  seen 
lo  these  many  years. 

Aud  you  who  have  stcadJj  and  patiently  la- 
bored to  extend  the  Lucuhfion  of  our  paper, 
ive  also  ask  you  to  go  on  m  the  well-begun 
ivork,  looking  to  Jcsiis  the  gieat  Rtwarder  for 
your  toils  and  )  our  perplexities     Wt  hold  you 

grateful  reniembiance  toi  what  you  have 
ilono.  and  hope  \  ou  i^  ill  find  tontinual  pleas- 
ure and  spiritual  profit  in  laboring  i\ith  us. 

We  can  make' yon  but  few  promises  for  the 
your,  a.1  the  great  Dispenser  of  events  alone 
knows  what  sliall  he.  ■^Ve  desire,  however,  to 
devote  our  time  and  talenta  to  the  defense  and 
maiuteiiance  of  the  pure  andundefiled  religion, 
the  dissemination  of  edifying  literature,  and 
tile  presentation  of  every  fact,  every  command 
and  promise  of  our  heavenly  li'ather.  We  do 
■xpect  to  please  all  men,  for  our  Master 
did  not  do  that,  hut  do  desire  to  please  Him 
who  hath  called  all  of  us  with  His  tender  mer- 
cy and  kindness  to  serve  Him.  Nor  do  we  ex- 
pect to  pleivie  ouwelvea  in  all  things.  We,  too, 
must  hear  and  Ibrbem-;  othenvise  there 
would  be  no  refining,  no  burning  of  dross.  0 
that  we  may  uling  to  the  whole  truth,  speak 
H'here  God  niiealcfl,  hriille  the  tongue  where  God 
bridles,  honor  God,  love  all  men,  hate  sin,  aud 
"  die  daily  "  is  the  irish  and  prayer  of  your 
humble  servants. 


OBJECTIONS   REVIEWED. 

SOarETIME    ago.   brother  D.   D.  Clark   of 
Grant,  West  Vn.,  sent  us  a  copy  of  Elder  S. 

W.  P,  Richardson's  objections  to  the  doctrine  of 

baptism  for  the   remission   of  sins,  taken  from 

the  Mouuliiin   Echo,  published  at  Keyser,   W. 

Va.,  ^vitli  a  request  that  they  I>e  reviewed  in  the 

Brethrf.sat  Work,    This  weirill  now  do,  so 

far  as  the  objection«  are  worthy  of  note. 
Wo  give  the  Elder's  article  entire,  propost- 

sition  and   all,  that  our  i-eadere  may  hear  both 

sides  of  the  question,  and  leani  how  even  uiin- 

iaten  will  misconstnie.either  through  ignorance 

or  malicious  intent,  a  doctrine  which  does  not 

correspond  with  tlieir  preconceived  opinions, 

or  religious  education.     This  we  do,  not  iKcause 

we  love  discussions,  but  because  we  love  the 

truth,  and  do  not  want  people  misled  or  prej- 
udiced against  a  doctrine  of  the  New  Testament, 

without  a  knowledge  of  what  its  teachings  are 

on  the  subject  opposed. 
Men  can  file  objections   to  any  doctrine  or 

theory,  or  even  the  Bible  itself,  that  on  a  super- 
ficial investigation,  have  a  show  of  fairness  and 

force  about  them,  which  in  reality,  wheii/r(?^/ 

investigated,   are    objections    only,  aud  stand 

without  the  least  logic,  much  less  of  a  scientif- 
ic or  divine  foundation.    The  'article   before  us 

rthows  the  cunning  of  jta  author  in  dealing  with 

a  square  Gospel  doctrine.     He  leaves  both  the 

Gospel.md  logic  and  swoops  (]o\vn  on  the  sym- 
pathies of  the  people,  without  offering  One  sin- 
gle pic5sage  from  Holy  Writ,  that  has  any  bear- 
ing on   the  subject    whatever.     It  is   the  old 

dodge  of  Univei-salism  he  resorts  to,  in  his  en- 
deavors to  prove  his  theory,  not  by  Bible  proof, 

hut  by  a  misrepresentation  of  the  one  heopposes, 

and  by  reaching  the  Hympathies  of  the  j;>eople. 

We  will  without  further  comment,  give  the  El- 
der's  proposition  mid  objections  verbatim  and 

review  them  in  jiroper  order. 
"  Objcclioiis  lo  Ihc  Doclrino  of  baplism   in  onlcr  (o  re- 
He  means   of  course  the  remission   of  past 

sins.    The  proposition  is  fairly  stated,  and  tells 

in  plain  terms  what  the  doctrine  is  he  objects 

to,  and  opposes.    The  doctrine  contained  in  the 

affirmative  of  this  proposition,   is  not  of  very 

recent  origin,  which  the  reader  ivill  readily  per- 
ceive by  turning  to  Acts  2:  38.     ''Repent  and 

be  baptized  every  one  you  in  the  nmne  of  Jesus 

Christ/or  the  reiiiis.fion  (^  sins,  ami  ijon  slifiJI 

rccrivf  the    gift  of  the  Hohj  Ghost."    And  in 

Acts  32: 16  "And  now  why  tamest  thou?  Arise 

mid  be  baptized  mid  wash  nuay  thy  sins,  calling 

on  the  name  of  the  Lord."    This  is  what  the 

gentleman  is   ojipoaing.    These  arc  the   men 

who  have  dared  to  set  up  theclaihis  which  have 

met  the  learned  divine's  disapproval,     Notivith- 

standing  they  spake  by  counsel   from  on  high, 

uttering  only  the  things  of  the  Lord's  house  as 

tlie  Holy  Ghost  gave  them   utterance,  yet  they 

have,  in  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins,  met  with  o]>position  at  this  late 
date  in  the  church's  history.  By  "  experience 
and  "  teaJliing"  and  "  faith  alone  "  and  "  heart 
religion,"  we  are  now  told  that  this  doctrine 
taught  by  men  of  God,  instructed  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  is  wrong,  has  objectionable  features  about 
it  and  is  damning.  Why  men  oppose  tliis  part 
of  God's  Word,  will  be  readily  seen  by  refer- 
ring to  2  Tim.  4:  3, 1.  Aud  now  as  the  attai 
is  not  made  on  the  apostles — oh  no,  not  in  the 
least,  of  course  not;  he  will  deny  that,  but  let 
the  reader  referto  Peter  and  Ananias,  and  then 
to  the  Elder's  statement  and  decide  for  himself. 
Do  not  turn  to  cither  him  or  U9,  but  just  look 
at  the  matter  as  it  stands;  first  read  the  apostles; 
then  read  the  Elder's  doctrine  and  that  will  de- 
cide the  matter  at  once.  They  say:  "Be  bap- 
tized for  the  i"eniission  of  Sin,s,"  "  Arise  and  l>e 
baptised  and  wash  awaythy  sins,"  hut  theElder 

■irtually  says:  "1  denounce  it  as   wrong  and 
sound  my  objections  abroad."    It  needs  no  com- 
ment, no  linguist  or  theological  disquisition  to 
iissistinaproperinterpretation  of  thedifference 
between  the  two  systems  of  pai-doii. 
Either  PeterandAnaniaswere  wrong,  or  else 
ir  modern  apostles    has  ndssed  themark,  no 
e  of  trying  to  eTailetheconclusion.    Will  the 
der  tell  the  readers  of  the  Echo  where  he  re- 
ceived bis  authority  to  denounco  the  apostle.^: 
in  this  manner  of  teaching  the  design  of  bap- 
tism?    Did  the  Holy  Ghost  make  a  slip  of  the 
tongue,  when  He  informed  them  what  to  say? 
Is  that  it?  Or  has  the  Spirit  of  God  chmiged 
tactics  since  then?    Cim   he    tell  ?    Will  he 
doit?    You  no  doubt  think  this  rough,  hut    es  that  none  but  believers  are  fit  subjects  for 
the  nature  of  the  case  demands  all  we  can  give, !  baptism,  and  when  they  believe  and  repent  tliey 


and  we  do  only  our  simple  duty  in  stating  the 
issue  in  as  plain  words  as  our  pen  can  inscribe. 
There  are  no  two  truths  in  the  universe,  that 
will  show  a  contradiction  when  contrasted,  and 
yet  the  elder's  article  does  cross  the  apostle's: 
benco  one  or  the  other  is  wrong.  Whether  it 
is  man  divinely  inspired,  who  spake  only  by 
the  Spirit  of  God,  or  whether  it  is  an  unuispir- 
ed  motlem  evangelist  preaching  in  the  back 
woods  of  Va,,  wo  leave  our  renders  to  judge. 
Now  here  comes  his  first  objection. 
"OEJl:pno^^Vl.-Ifbnplis^l  is  Iho  procuring  ncl  of 
prirJon,  it  mail  lio  repo.itcil  OTOrj-  time  ivc  ivlsli  parilon." 

That  this  objection  is  a  perversion  of  the 

proposition  he  so  clearly  states  above,  mil  be 
plain  to  all  with  only  a  few  words  of  explana- 
tion. He  says.  "  If  baptism  ia  the  prorurimj 
act  of  pardon,"  Iwsi  as  if  the  apostle  Peter  or 
Ananias  or  any  other  man,  who  holds  the  doc- 
trine he  opposes,  even  taught  that  baptism  pro- 
cares  jiardon.  Presume  it  will  be  best  to  preach 
the  Elder  ashort  sermon  as  to  what  we  do  be- 
lieve, as  he  then  can  oppose  the  doctrine  more 
lucidly.  If  he  irill  not  understand  the  Bible, 
probably  be  will  this.  One  or  two  thiuijs  ap- 
pear plain,  after  reading  his  ohjection  No.  1: 
either  be  is  woefully  misinlbrmod  of  the 
Bible  on  the  subject  or  willfully  m is rej) resents 
it.  This  we  say  injustice  to  the  readers  of  this 
article,  as  well  as  the  first  Gospel  preachci-s. 
The  doctrine  of  hapiismfor  remission,  does  not 
teach  any  more  than  elder  R,,  that  it^jrocHfc.i 
pardon.  The  blood  of  Christ  only  could  pro- 
cure pardon.  Man's  act  cannot  procure  it. 
Remission  of  sins  is  an  act  of  God,  done  in 
heaven  for  the  believers,  and  not  an  act  done 
in  num.  Of  himself  man  cannot  forgive  suis; 
God  does  that.  Water  does  not  wiish  away  sins 
literally,  neither  docs  faith  procure  pardon;  iiov 
repentance  either.  After  a  man  believes,  re- 
pents, and  is  baptised,  it  takes  the  same  jiardon- 
ing  act  of  God  before  our  sins  are.  remitted; 
the  same  as  if  man  had  done  nothing  at  all. 
We  repeat,  God  alone  can  forgive  sins,  but  He 
has  never  promised  to  forgive  any  man,  while 
he  is  impenitent,  while  he  refuses  to  be  baptized. 
Baptism  does  not  procure  pardon — ia  not  of 
debt,  but  of  grace — is  a  condition  upon  the 
pei-fonuancG  of  which  God  graciously  grants 
pmdon. 

The  blood  of  Christ  only  cleanses  from  sin, 
but  man  has  not  the  power  to  apply  the  blood 
of  Christ  literally.  This  is  done  in  a  figure, 
hence  Paul  says  (Rom.  C:  1-6),  "  baptized  into 
the  death  of  Christ,"  not  into  His  burial,  for 
His  blood  was  not  shed  there;  hut  was  shed  in 
His  death  on  the  cross,  hence  we  are  baptized 
into  His  death,  and  thus  make  a  figurative  ai>- 
plication  of  the  blood  of  Christ;  and  thus  it  is 
iviitten:  "The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son 
cleaiiseth  us  from  all  sin."  Neither  does  it 
follow  that  every  time  we  need  pardon,  we  must 
be  baptized.  This  again  shows  the  Elder's  ex- 
treme niisundenmding  of  the  idea  embodied  in 
the  doctrine  ho  is  opposing.  Baptism  is  notan 
ordinance  in  the  church  to  he  regularly  repeated 
at  stated  periods  as  the  Lord's  Supper,  hut  as 
Dr.  Conant  of  the  liible  Union,  remni-ks  is  the 
"  initiatory  rite  of  the  new  institution."  It  is  the 
consummuting  net  which  takes  us  into  Christ. 
"  It  is  the  last  step  in  the  divi.ie  process  of  con- 
version." Paul  in  Eph.  4:  5  says,  "One  Lord 
one  faith,  and  one  baptism  "  And  in  Gal.  3:  27, 
"As  many  as  have  been  baptiz,ed  into  Jesus 
Christ  have  put  Him  on."  Not  baptized  into 
Him  three,  four  or  five  times,  but  once;  tiiia 
does  forever.  It  brings  us  in  contact  with  the 
blood  of  Christ,  "into  Christ."  into  the  one 
body,  and  then  it  is  written,  "  His  blood  cleans- 
eth  uafroni  all  sin;"  and  we  (the  believers),  have 
an  Advocate  with  the  Father,  when  we  do  sin. 
We  cannot  lelieec  INTO  Christ,  neither  can  we 
repent  INTO  Christ" — "the  one  body."  "the 
church,"  hut  wc  believe  in  and  on  Christ,  and 
repent  of  sin  loirnrd  God,  and  are  Imptized  ix- 
To  the  church,  into  Christ,  the  only  way  the 
elder,  or  any  man  has  miy  promise  of,  or  cwr 
can  get  into  Christ.  A  man  must  believe  and 
repent  before  he  b  a  proper  subject  forbaptisni, 
and  baptism  to  an  improper  subject  is  wortli 
nothing  or  hiings  nolliiug, 

Oii3iirtiii;<  \'o.  2. — •'^'ollD  except  sinocra  would  bo  qunl- 
ifiudiiuhjcclB." 

What  does  he  mean  by  this?    Doe.^  he  menu 

tiiat  there  are  saints  ivho  never  were  baiitized? 

Or  is  lie  turning  hnby  sprinkler,  and  pretends 

that  wliile  older  persons  need  not  bo  baptized — 

babies  mitsl.    Is  that  it?    The  doctrine  teach- 


January   y. 


TI-IK    l^R35TPraEIsr    JsJT    AVORK. 


arc  qiiiilified  subjects  for  biiptism,  no  sooner. 
And  in  aecoriliince  with  Miis  iden,  the  Savior 
.Ifclnres,  "  He  that  bclicvctli  anrt  is  baptized 
sliall  be  snvcd,  uiid  he  that  Wlicvoth  not,  shnll 
I)i>  fliimmHl;"  imil  ngaiii  (John  3:5), "Except 
a  man  is  born  of  water  luid  of  the  Sliirit,  he 
eaiiiiot  enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Any 
man  out  of  the  Uingdoni  ia  in  nn  unsaved  state, 
is  n  sinner,  and  nothing  short  of  an  entrance 
into  the  kiugdom  or  l)0(ly  of  Clirist,  will  make 
him  a  new  creature.  And  wc  sjicJik  by  the  best 
luithnrity  known  to  man,  when  we  say,  men 
niiiiwl  enter  the  kingdom  without  being  born 
:igain,  not  of  "feeling"  nnd  ninnrner's  bench, 
hut  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  Born  of  the 
Spirit  alone  will  not  suffice,  neither  mil  a  birth 
of  wnler  nlono  do,  nni!  niiy  ninn  is  ontside 
of  the  pvoiuisc  of  God,  without  n  birth  of 
liotli;  hence  any  mnn,  unbaptized,  needs  to 
be;  and  as  baptism,'  the  last  act  in  conver- 
sion, takes  U3  into  Christ,  we  assnnio  mnn 
must  be  buptiMd  before  he  is  whole;  for 
says  the  Redeemer,  "  They  that  are  whole  need 
no  physician,  but  they  that  arc  sick."  This, 
then  ivarnints  the  conelwsion  that  none  hnt 
siniieiN  need  ho  !mpti7.ed,for  all  who  are  nothai>- 
ti/xrd,  must  be,  in  order,  not  only  to  be  saved, 
but  tofnll  commnnion  in  all  churches  of  any 
note,  the  Elder's  church  not  excepted.  Why 
he  nmkes  bis  church  tighter  than  ho  does  the 
heavens  above,  ho  w"ill  tell  you  a  man  can  enter 
heaven  without  baptism,  but  he  cannot  be  a 
member  of  bin  ehnreh  without  it.  Poor  fell 
he  certainly  need.'i  sympathy  or  a  gioat  change. 
Onir.'Ti.is  Nil.  3.—"  Tlii!  gooJ  of  nU  necs  wh»  were  nol 
Viiiplirnl  Willi  [bill  iolciil  wprt  losl." 

The  ludv  of  no  age  were  ever  lost.  The  doc- 
trim;  cundemns  no  man  who  is  holy,  no  mort 
than  our  law  hmigs  law-abiding  citizens.  It 
only  teaches  bajitism  to  sinners  along  with 
faith  aud  repentance  as  conditions  on  which 
God  lui3  promised  tbenr  purdon,  and  condemns 
no  good,  no  holy  man  of  any  age.  God  con- 
demns men  with  the  words  of  Christ  in  the  last 
day.  The  Elder  knew  there  was  no  argument 
in  this,  hut  wrote  it  to  blind  people  by  a  false 
assertion,  and  to  enlist  their  sympathies,  but 
the  intelligent  reader  will  readily  perceive  the 
absurdity  of  such  a  coarse.  No  man,  or  set  of 
men,  can  condemn  or  preach  men  to  hell.  The 
dead  ai-e  in  the  hands  of  God,  and  according  as 
they  have  liv&l,  their  reward  shall  be.  All  we 
can  do  will  avail  nothing  in  their  behalf.  The 
purpose  of  God  towards  them  is  fixed,  and  it  is 
mischievous  and  wicked  to  thus  play  upon  sym- 
liathetic  hearts.  If  the  doctrine  is  false,  prove 
it  by  logic  aud  Gospel,  and  let  the  symputliics 
of  men  alone, 

OiUKiitiON.  No.  -l.—"I!iiplism  must  lie  reccivoilwilh  Iho 
design  «f  pnnloo,  Wbcvivisp  the  ml  is  sinful." 

This  is  only  a  repetition  of  his  third  objection 
and  will  need  but  few  words  to  show  its  tilaurd- 
ity.    Thereis  only  one  w.iy  of  administering  the 
ordinance,  to  be  reiwatcd  but  once  in  life.    To 
take  n  man  into  ttie  one  church,  and  to  do  this, 
it  must  have  a  proper  design,  a  proper  mode, 
proper   subject,    and    a  proper  administrator. 
Anything  performed  as  baptism,  outside  of  the 
Gospel  plan  and  Gospel  design,  is  biit  an   ojien 
mockery  in  the  sight  of  God,  aud  no  baptism 
atitll,     It  makes  no  difterence  what  men  think 
about  it;  their  opinions  do  not  change  it  in  the 
least.    Truth  is  not  changed  by  men's  opinions, 
and  if  anything  wivs  established  by  the  Almighty 
as  a  fixeil  fact,  as  baptism  is  in  its  design,  mode 
and  bubject,  all   the  pi-avers  of  men  and   the 
shocking  of  hell  itself  cannot  change  it.     God 
lilesses  men  when  they  do  His  will,  and  it  is  on- 
ly the  one  who  does  His  will   that  shall   enter 
heaven  (Matt.  7:  21).  And  the  eternal  deci-ee  of 
Jehovah  is,  "If  the  blind   lead  the  blind,  they 
irill  both  fall  into  the  ditch."    This  doctrine 
docs  not  stand  judging  and  condemning  the 
dt-ad,  hut  as  a  juatifier  of  those  who  use  it  as  a 
m.'ilimn  of  conunnnieation    with    the   blood  of 
Cliiitl.     It  leaves  the  deiul  in   the  handsof 
]"u4  ii;i>l  merciful  God.  which  is  move  civil  thiui 
Eldi.-r  R.,  who  is  continually  pulling  them  out  of 
the  grave  in  view  o'' sympathetic  hearts,  and 
that  too,  for  the  purpose  only,  of  opposing  the 
Holy-Ghost  in  its  instrnntions  to  imui  how  to 
bapii/e.  aud  to  wind  around  their  hearts   a  sys- 
tem of  i-cligion  that  has  no  tangible  way  in  the 
world  of  entering  the  church.    That  makes  a 
.nan  a  Christian  in  a  way  that   no   preacher  on 
■  Mtth  can  toll  him  how.    He  only  knows  he  is 
a  Christian  because  he  feels  so.  and  oilly   feels 
so.  because  he  kiiowshe  is  in  Christ.     Will  El- 
der U.  tell  in  tt  plain  way  jnst  how  to  get  into 
Christ?    He  cannot  do  it,  for  he  don't  know. 


He  will  get  a  lot  of  pooi:,  deluded  souls  around 
a  monriier's  bench,  and  when  they  seek  Christ 
with  idl  their  might  and  cannot  get  through, 
he  utterly  ignores  the  old  apostle's  way  of  tell- 
themhowtodo:  "  Repent  and  be  baptized  in 
the  name  of  .lesus  Christ  for  the  remission  of 
sing,  and  yon  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  No  sir,  not  a  bit  of  that;  but  he  will 
lay  the  Bible  aside,  and  tell  great  yarns  of  how 
long  he  sought,  before  God  spoke  peace  to  his 
soul,  and  of  many  others  who  sought  longer; 
and  after  some  of  the  honest  but  deceived  crea- 
tures, have  come  night  after  night,  and  expe- 
rienced no  change,  he  will  as  ho  aud  hisbreth- 
en  have  often  done  before,  say  to  them  "  Why, 
ou're  through  and  don't  know  it.  You're  a 
Christian,  and  haven't  found  it  out."  There 
never  was  a  man  in  apostolic  times  who  jireach- 
ed  such  stuff;  aud  in  every  instance  when  men 
inquired  what  to  do,  they  were  told  in  a  few 
plain  words,  and  were  soon  in  the  church 
rejoicing.  Paul  was  the  longest  of  any  man 
on  record  in  the  Bible  getting  through.  He 
]>rayed  three  days,  aud  thon  had  to  he  baptizwl 
befo^o  God  would  remit  bis  sins. 


converted,  and  declares  that  the  unconverted  are 
lost,  hence  all  who  were  baptized  for  remission 
re  sins  lost.  This  is  the  logical  conclns- 
The  Elder  should  not  sling  stones,  espec- 
ially when  hia  own  house  is  glass,  and  before  his 
objections  will  roach  any  one  elao,  he  must  bring 
11  little  Scripture  in  support  of  his  own  position. 
Will  he  do  it?  Not  he;  no  indeed,  for  the  fact 
is  he  has  none  to  bring. 


b«lie' 


los  Ko.  6. — "  BiiplUinnl  rcgtrioi-.-ilionislsncillmr 
r  proclico  llie  doclrinc  Ihey  iiroCeas,  fav  Ihoy  will 
ro^clflcs  who  hiivc  liccn  linpliicJ  wiiU  oilier  in- 


This  cannot  be  said  against  those  who  simply 
baptize  for  remission  of  aiiw,  for  they  oppose 
baptismal  i-egeneration  as  strongly  as  men  am 
oppose  a  false  theory.  Baptismal  regeneration 
tenches  that  baptism  inducts  people  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  without  any  preparation  or 
change,  as  in  infant  baptism  whore  it  is  suppos- 
ed to  save  them,  without  imparting  failh,  giving 
knowledge,  or  repentance — where  the  only  thing 
the  child  receives  in  the  world  is  a  few  drops  of 
water,  aud  if  it  is  saved  by  that,  it  is  a  water  sal- 
ation,  for  all  it  gets  is  water,  and  but  a  iew 
drops  at  that;  while  the  doctrine  of  baptism 
for  remission  of  sins,  tenclies  that  baptism  alone 
saves  no  man,  teaches  that  men  must  believe  and 
repeut  before  baptism  will  do  any  good  at  all 
that  baptism  is  one  of  the  conditions  of  pardou. 
.and  no  man  can  knowingly  pass  it  by  and  enter 
into  tht^  kingdom.  Aud  even  if  the  Elder's  ob- 
jection didliit  the  mark,  it  can  be  buried  back 
on  hiiu  ivith  equal  force,  for  he  teaches  that  no 
man  is  fit  to  be  baptized  until  he  Ls  pardoned. 
Thus  to  use  his  own  weapon,  he  damns  all  who 
are  baptized  before  they  have  experienced  a 
•'  feeling,"  says,  they  are  not  nor  never  were  con- 
vert-ed,  but  lie  will  take  such,  a.s  proselytes,  into 
his  church  by  letter,  without  even  asking  them 
to  go  to  the  mourner's  bench,  that  is,  if  he  can 
get  them.  If  they  werp  not  converted,  why 
does  he  not  act  consistent  and  demand  that  they 
should  bo,  aud  then  baptize  them  right  on  re- 
ceiving them?  Will  he  tell  us?  His  fifth  has 
missed  the  mark,  let  him  try  again.  "  Igno- 
rance is  bliss."  He  should  not  condemn  others 
for  doing  as  he  does,  eertianly  not,  but  probably 
he  is  like  the  Scotch  minister  who  told  his  peo- 
ple, "  Now  don't  do  as  I  do,  but  do  as  I  tell  you 
to  do." 

...ION    N'ri.  (!. — "The   pramiso   has  fnikd   nnd  the 
gntvs  of  hell  prevnil  if  ihe  doclrino  lie  true." 

What  doctrine  does  he  moan?  Is  it  the  doc- 
trine that  says,  "  Arise  and  he  baptized  nnd  wash 
away  thy  sins — Repeut  .and  be  baptized  for  the 
remission  of  sins?  "  Is  that  it?  Docs  he  mean 
that?  If  ho  does,  then  the  ehuTcli  in  the  apos- 
tolic age  was  weak,  aud  the  doctrine  taught  then 
was  unavailing.  Will  the  Elder  please  tell  us 
just  what  he  does  mean?  Give  us  a  plain,  tangi- 
ble idea  of  what  he  means,  and  is  trying  to  say, 
for  his  objection  as  it  is,  is  too  remote  to  admit 
of  criticism. 
OniKutioxa  No.  7*  8. — ■'  U  scnJs  to  hell  Ml  pedo-bap- 


'■  ItikpIisU  who  do  notbcliOTa  a»  lliey  Jo." 
These  two  objections  being  so  near  the  same 
in  signification,  wc  conclude  to  reply  to  both. 
What  sends  pedo-haptists  to  hell  ?  The  doctrhie 
that  baptism  is  for  tho  remission  of  sins?  Did 
Pctor  oil  the  day  of  pciitecost  when  ho  preached 
it  with  such  power,  say  any  thing  about'  pedo- 
haptists  going  to  bell  ?  No  sir,  for  there  wasn't 
a  pedo-baptist  in  the  world  for  near  two  hundred 
years  after  that  day,  and  mourner's  bench  bap- 
tists, until  a  date  many  yoai-s  later,  unless  i  " 
Paul  who,  after  trying  lor  three  days  to  enter  by 
faith  and  prayer  alone,  was  informed  by  the 
Lord  that,  that  wils  not  tho  way  to  obtaui  for- 
"ivcncss,  but  In-  niiinf-  be  baptized  aild  tlien  his 
Hiins  would  be  pardoned. 

If  there  bo  anything  in  his  objections  it  ivill 
apply  with  eiiual  force  to  the  doctrine  he  preach- 
es, for  that  says,  all  who  wore  baptized  in  order 
to  the  remission  of  sins  wore  uot,  and  are  not 


'■  II  divides  Ihe  follower^cf  Chribl." 
While  these  "  objections  "_  are  only  to  fill  up 
space  and  scarcely  worthy  a  notice,  yet  we  give 
them  a  few  words  through  respect  to  the  broth- 
er who  sent  us  the  request,  and  its  author,  who 
is  represented  to  ns  as  a  uian  of  idnlity.  Of 
courae  we  must  reply  to  "ability"  and  " educa- 
tion "  whether  there  is  anything  iu  the  produc- 
tion or  not. 

That  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  remission  is 
taught  in  God's  word,  we  positively  know;  that 
man  has  noproinise  of  salvation  without  it,  is 
miotber  Gospel  fact  which  the  Elder  dare  not 
affinn  on  Bible  grounds.  If  the  doctrine  is  sec- 
tarian, wemight  inquiro  what  made  it  so?  Cer- 
taiuly  not  Christ  or  the  apostles,  for  such  a 
thing  in  their  day  was  unknown,  but  lately  men 
have  departed  from  the  original  ]ilan  of  conver- 
sion, and  because  God's  people  still  adhere  to 
the  Gospel  they  are  hi-'^scd  at  as  "sectarian," 
"selfish,",  and  anything  but  Christians.  The 
gentleman  should  look  higher  than  the  flesh, 
should  look  up  to  God  and  inquire  for  truth  aud 
then  practice  it  upon  the  ground  of  humility 
aud  let  men  alone.  The  doctrine  is  either  right 
or  wrong  on  the  face  of  its  sanction  by  the  Al- 
mighty aud  uot  because  uieii  call  it  "  sectarian." 
The  Elder  is  guilty  of  scclariauism  in  his  de- 
nunciation of  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  re- 
mission. Such  men  ns  he,  are  what  makes  the 
world  sectarian,  religiously.  If  he  is  so  liberal 
and  not  sectarian,  why  does  he  not  fellowship 
all  and  leave  sectarians  to  do  the  opposin 
doctrine  is  of  God  and  if  Elder  R.  and  all  others 
would  do  just  what  the  Bible  teaches,  we  \?OHld 
have  no  drj'-land-moiinier's-hench  route  to  glo- 
ry, and  protracted  seckings,  but  like  the  ch 
in  early  times,  imd  such  a  thiug  as  sectarianism 
would  be  unknown. 
That  it  fellowships  had  men  in  many  iustanc- 
we  admit.  One  among  the  twelve  was  a  devil. 
That  the  Elder's  church  fellowships  many  who 
are  bad,  we  presume  he  will  not  try  to  deny. 
This  far  wc  arc  even.  That  it  ever  excluded  a 
saint  be  cannot  prove.  Let  him  do  so  if  he  can. 
That  many  who  are  good  morally,  are  excluded 
wc  also  admit,  but  God  has  npt  permitted  us  to 
invite  any  hut  His  true  followers,  the  baptized  be- 
lievers to  His  table,  hence  we  cannot  assume  to 
do  so. 

That  it  divides  the  followers  of  Clirist,  wc 
emphatically  deny.  He  and  his  church,  and 
those  of  like  faith  are  as  much  to  blamo  for  this 
division  as  any  one  else,  and  more  too;  for  it  is 
they  who  make  it  by  their  departure  from  the 
plain  way  of  Christ.  The  doctrine  rccoj 
no  man  as  born  of  God  until  he  has  complied 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Gospel.  It  makes 
no  difference  what  be  may  affirm  of  himself,  his 
feelings  will  not  do.  Like  the  man  who  sings 
by  ear,  he  does  not  know  whether  he  ia  right  or 
not;  be  only  feels  he  is  singing  correctly,  but 
when  ho  learns  the  notes,  then  he  knows  he  is 
singing  correctly,  for  the  notes  show  the  way. 
So  some  men  serve  God,  only  by  their  feelings, 
and  do  not  know  whether  they  are  right;  they 
ly  feel  so;  but  this  doctrine  recognizes  no 
such  Christianity  as  correct,  but  follows  tlie 
notes,  God's  revelation,  Hia  commands:  andthey 
know  they  arc  right,  lor  the  Go.^pcl  will  not 
lead  them  wrong. 

OirJECTio.-i  Xfl.  12.— "Ilpivrallicndmliiii'lrnlurihclwyii 
lo  Ihe  kinBdom,  uiid  ebscs  the  do(,r,  irhiuh  iJliHsl  skid,  no 


changed  in  heart  by  faith  or  in  life  by  repeut- 
ance,  is  a  mere  nothing,  obtains  nothing,  and  a 
minister  may  baptiiu;  any  man  who  has  uot  be- 
lieved and  repented,  quo  thousand  times  nnd  it 
will  do  uo  good,  liouec  the  readier  can  see  that 
there  is  nothing  in  the  Elder's  objection  unless 
it  bo  missreprescntation  of  the  doctrine  he  op- 
poses and  iwrversion  of  Scripture     Rev,  3:  8. 

The  minister  lias  uo  power  to  admit  any  man 
into  the  mystic  body  of  Christ  who  has  not  bo- 
lieved  and  rcppnto<l.  Neither  has  the  man  who 
wants  into  tho  kiugdom  until  ho  believes,  re- 
pents and  is  baptized.  It  takes  aii  adniinistru- 
lor  and  a  proper  subject  before  a  lawful  Gospel 
baptism  is  comjdctcd,  and  we  might  add  in  this 
connection,    baptism   performed  by  a  proper 


way. 

Tho  gentleman  uow  closes  his  wonderful  ti- 
rade against  Peter  aud  Ananias  (Acta  2i  38  aud 
22:  IG)  with  the  following  jumble  of  language 

■hich  has  iu  it  no  intelligent  argument  against 
anything  or  any  body  in  particular; 

"  Wc  are  taught  in  Ond's  won!  that  there  is 
one  plan  of  Jiardon.  Mi  !^  l'hy':--\  t'-rcrayo  alns 
without  baptism, 
minded  when  we  a 
joy.  and  peace  in  tl 
bo  dead  heforr  biiri 


By  turning  to  Rev.  3:  S,  tho  reader  will  per- 
ceive to  what  a  dcgiec  this  man  iieiVerts  the 
passage,  "  No  man  can  shut  it."  This  language 
is  ased  in  addressing  a  ChriMtiau  ehnreh  relative 
to  their  admis.iion  into  heaven  and  nothing  is 
more  foreign  to  the  truth  than  to  a><sert  that  it 
applies  to  the  unhaptized  or  the  administrator 
of  the  rite.  The  jdea  of  baptism  for  remission 
gives  the  Kdminish-ator  no  more  power  than  any 
other  faith.  Thu-  pov.-i,'r  of  admission  into  the 
church  is  not  exclusive  ol  the  candidate  for  baii- 
tisin.  Tho  doctrine  teacla-s  thi;^.  that  bapl ism 
is  nothing  to  an  improper  subject.  That  a  inaii 
must  have  repentance  before  he  is  fit  to  bo  bai>- 
tized,  aud  baptism  to  imy  man  who  has  uot  been 


■  I    vi  ■■!.  i^^  lili.',  and 
i.i,n-'       We  should 
r'lv  IS  nil  medium  be- 
t"  sin,  alive  to  right- 
eousness, (Iu-   Spint   >(nii-l^i'(ieth,  the  sinner's 
heart  is  aniiiKU'.iu  pliirc     God's  Si>irit  does  not 
dwell  in  nn  unclean  place — repent  nnd  bf'lieve 
the  Gospel,  believe  and  bo  baptized,  tbev  that 
gladly  received  the  word  were  baptizetl.     If  thou 
helievest  thou  mayest.    No  man  calleth  Jesus 
Christ  the  Son  of  God  but  by  tlic  Holy  Ghost. 
Let  the  reader  think  of  these  things." 

S.  W.  P.  RicnAunsoN. 
Missionaiy  of  the  A.  C.  C.  in  AY.  Va. 
SmilhficUl,  Pa. 

We  admit  that  there  is  but  one  plan  of  par- 
don, wliich  God  grants  on  the  condition  that 
man  believes,  repents  and  is  baptized,  no  sooner, 
and  no  later.  That  Christ  forgave  sins  while 
He  was  on  earth  with'out  baptism,  before  His 
crucifixion,  we  also  admit.  But  that  He 
does  so  uow,  we  gay  there  is  no  Script- 
ure to  prove.  His  last  command  was,  "  He  that 
believeth  aud  is  baptized  shall  be  saved,"  but  "ho 
that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned."  This  is 
the  law  now,  and  no  man  has  the  promise  of 
forgiveness  since  Christ's  death  without  baptism. 
Wc  reply  that  all  are  dead  out  of  Christ — dead 
in  sin— dead  to  God — and  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
ia  to  make  us  alive  and  raise  us  up  into  heavenly 
places  of  Christ.  Faith  quickens  the  heart,  re- 
pentance changes  the  life  and  baptism  changes 
the  relation — places  Itim  iu  the  church  or  in 
Christ,  which  makes  him  a  new  creature,  and 
being  a  new  creature,  he  is  idivc  in  Christ  and 
dead  to  siu.  And  this  is  the  death  we  die  in 
conversion,  die  to  sin,  but  we  are  uot  dead  to  sin 
until  we  are  in  Christ,  and  no  man  gets  into 
Christ  without  being  baptized  into  Hiin.  This 
we  have  proved  iu  reviewing  the  Elder's  first 
"  objection."  The  rest  of  his  ending  is  so  re- 
mote from  anything  in  particular  that  we  pass 
it  by,  bel-ieviug  we  have  noticed  more  now  than 
is  worthy  a  space  in  our  columus.  Some,  on 
reading  the  Elder's  article,  no  doubt  will  be 
dcccivetl,  but  the  iiitelligont  reiuler  would  at 
once  see  the  weakness  of  his  reasoning  and  pass 
t  by  as  flimsy  and  unscrlptural, .and  inthe  main 
IS  a  total  misconiprehension  of  the  doctrine  he 
opposes.  He  seems  to  be  fighting  on  onemy  he 
hardly  knows  who,  but  finally  jumps  on  the 
apostle  Peter  and  Ananias  for  teaching  baptism 
for  remission  of  past  sins,  then  lights  upon  them 
as  "  sectarian  " — as  sending  "  Pedo-haptists"  and 
the  votaries  of  the  mourner's  beuch  "  to  hell," 
and  says  "  they  hold  the  keys  "  and  shut  the 
door,  which,  he  says,  Christ  says  no  man  can 
shut;  thus  declaring  that  Christ  was  guilty  of 
untruth  when  He  said,  -'nom.au  can  shut  it," 
(the  door).  And  lo  prove,  tlia'.  he  is  con-ect  and 
Christhiis  spoken  falsely,  he  :i.-*erts  the  doctrine 
Peter  preacJicdhas.vAK'thr-  f!ci)i:  Now  the  fact 
is  £ldor  It,  was  either  doubly  dishonest  when  he 
wrot-e  h-is  ivoudei-ful  "  objections,"  or  did  not 
know  what  he  was  opposing,  and  if  be  is  an  hon- 
est man  aud  loves  the  truth,  be  mil  come  out 
LUid  acknowledge  hia  nii^fiike.  He  cannot  prove 
any  man  forgiven  outside  of  baptism,  since  the 
"days  of  Christ,  or  oven  the  promise  of  forgive- 
ness. Search  the  Scriptures,  for  in  them  ye 
think  yc  have  eternal  life,  and  they  are  they 
which  will  testify  to  the  Irulh  nf  this  matter. 

Read  what  w^?  have  wrillen,  clo-.'ly,  and  con>- 
piu-c  it  ivith  the  Word  of  God.  We  have  re- 
pented more  than  would  be  adrais-sihle  under 
other  circumstances,  hut  the  repetition  is  unor 
voidable  replying  to  such  articles  as  the  one  is 
ive  have  just  reriewed.  s.  H.  B. 


Tl-IK    M^ETI-IX^EIN"    ^T    AVOEIC. 


January   '^> 


ghi;  gaiiK;  §iich. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

••  JIiiBbiiiiJ»,  lotc  your  wiitcs." 

•■  IViiCB,    obey   your    husbaudfl." 

"  Fnlbcn,  proxokc  not  your  oliililrca  lo  ivrnlb." 

■•  ChllOrcii,    obey   your    pnrcnU    in    all    things. 


Edited  hy  M.  M.  EsheVman. 


CuAHiTY  is  a  little  ilitti-siglifcd  nt  times,  but 
.■iivy  nnU  bitterness  bnve  ciigle  eyes. 


We  rejoice  in  Gospel  progress,  the enlight^ii- 
iieiifc  of  saints  nnil  the  fidelity  of  Christian  char- 
icter;  but  in  the  downfiiU  of  what  is  not  good. 


CiiAiiAcrTEn  is  iihvnj-s  in  tlie  first  peraoii,  and 
the  first  should  care  forit.  Reputation  is  in  the 
third  i)crsou,  aud  the  third  person  generally 
looks  after  it. 


To  press  self  into  an  article  to  such  an  extent 
as  to  force  out  Jesns,  is  a  siid  condition  for  any 
\mtev.  That  soul  needs  conversion,  and  a  mis- 
sionary sent  to  his  house  might  he  productive  of 


Do  that  which  is  honest,  though  you  appear 
IIS  a  reprobate.  Principle  weighs  tons;  policy 
is  sugar-coated;  principle  is  the  same  outside  as 
inside,  and  is  never"  piift'ednp,"'  self-mlled,  fi 
noi'  feathered. 


Our  little  writero  must  be  patient  if  their  let- 
ter do  not  appear  at  once.  We  have  hetii-d 
fi-om  many  of  you,  hut  not  fi-ora  all.  Your  let- 
ters will  appear  just  as  fast  as  we  can  find  room. 
In  the  meantime  continue  to  send  us  lettei-s  full 
of  love  for  Jesus  and  all  men. 


All  through  this  year,  if  spared,  we  ivill  real- 
ize many  blessings  which  are  now  unlcnowu. 
God  is  so  good  and  kind  that  He  never  withholds 
blessings.  He  does  not  want  us  to  be  disap- 
pointed, but  to  be  happy.  Godliness  brings 
contentment,  and  is  profitable  to  all. 


MoTm;  is  the  kernel,  and  action  the  shell 
from  God's  st.ondpoint.  In  His  great  Book, 
inolirts  are  iTritten  in  capitals  and  actions  in 
small  letters.  With  Him  it  is  not  only  irliut 
was  done,  but  tchi/  wa.s  it  done.  Moliie  maj-  be 
strangled  and  drowned,  but  either  time  or  eter- 
nity will  bring  it  to  the  surface. 


IhiERE  ai-e  four  rests  mentioned  in  God'.s  Book. 
The  first  is  God's  rest  when  He  had  finished  the 
^vork  of  creation.  The  second  is  thatof  Canaan. 
The  third  is  the  Sabbath  rest;  and  the  fourth  is 
■'the  rest  that  remains  for  the  people  of  God." 
This  last  is  the  Christian's  strong  hoi>e.  To  rest 
iu  Jesus  is  the  grand  consummation  of  all. 
Childi-en,  earlj'  seek  that  rest,  imd  when  you  find 
it,  abide  in  it. 


It  is  a  fact  that  no  human  creed  existed  for 
about  three  hundred  years  after  the  birth  of 
Christ.  The  church  was  governed  wholly  by 
the  law  of  God,  progressed  and  flourished  in  spite 
(if  all  opposition.  The  apostles,  ministers  .and 
teaihei-s  went  everywhere  preacliiug  the  Gospel, 
and  that  too  whether  men  would  hear  or  wheth- 
er they  would  Ibrbear,  They  believed  in  God 
and  wanted  others  to  do  that  too. 


Parents  mil  observe  that  the  Brethrek  at 
WuRK  is  a  good  family  paper  at  a  low  price.  In 
it  you  ivill  find  matter  for  yourself  and  for  your 
children.  You  are  not  culled  upon  to  pay  SI. 50 
for  a  paper  for  yourself  and  50  cent-s  or  Sl.OO 
extra  for  a  monthly  paper  for  your  children. 
.\nd  then  instead  of  a  monthly  publication  for 
the  young  folks,  you  have  a  weekly.  This  the 
children  appreciate,  and  we  tnist  that  tlirough 
it  many  may  be  induced  to  seek  Jesus  early. 


BiiOTHER  J,  W.  RiTcHEY  of  Williams  Co.,  0, 
says:  '"I  have  enjoyed  myself  very  well  since  I 
have  been  receivedinto  the  church.  I  have  been 
in  the  church  over  two  years,  ouil  I  was  but  ten 
years  old  when  I  came  to  Jesus  in  obedience  lo 
Him.  I  rejoice  to  hear  of  others  coming  to 
Christ  and  hope  many  more  will  come  before  it 
is  too  late.  I  am  young  in  the  cause,  but  have 
no  desire  to  turn  back  to  the  world  again,  but 
want  to  go  on  through  this  unfriendly  world  to 
the  end  of  the  journey  of  life." 

That  is  the  way  we  like  to  hear  boys  and  girls 
talk.  Do  not  be  afraid  to  goto  Jeans  early,  tuid 
follow  Him, 


NOT  FIT  TO  BE  KISSED. 


a  lirHATiiil 


ila  papa's  mouf!  '"  faiJ  a  ancel  lillle  girl, 
bright  laugh  TCTCnling  her  teelli  white  as 


•■  I  lovt  him.  and  kiM  him,  and  sit  on  bi>  knco. 
Dut  ilir  kiftcs  don't  smell  good  when  ho  kieacs  mcl  " 

"  Iliit  niammft  "— !ior  cyva  opened  wide  as  aho  «pol<c — 
"Do  yoii  liliD  ungly  kiEaca  of  'hnv«a  and  sniokc? 
Tbey  might  do  for  lioya,  but  for  Indies  and  girls 
1  don't  think  Ilicm  nice,"  as  she  (osacd  hot  bright  curU. 

■'  Uon'l  noliody'a  pnpn  linve  moufs  niee  nnd  clean  t 
With  kiiaea  like  yours,  mampiil — that's  what  I  mean! 
I  want  (0  kiu  papa,  I  Iotc  him  m  ncll, 
Itul  MiucK  don't, taste  gbod  thai  baro  such  a  smell  I 

"  ll'B  nasty  lo  smoke,  and  cot  'Wcco  and  spit, 
And  Lbc  ki&scs  ninl  good,  and  aint  aneet,  not  n  bit '.  " 
And  her  liinBsom-liko  face  woro  n  look  of  disgust 
i\a  sho  gave  out  her  verdicl  so  earnest  nod  jnsl. 

Voa,  yes,  little  darling  !  your  wisdom  lias  seen, 
Thai  kis«s  for  .laughteta  and  wives  should  bo  cleau, 
For  Wutws  lose  aomcthilig  of  utrclor  anil  hliai 
From  mouths  thai  arc  stained  and  unlit  for  n  kiss. 

—Selerled. 


WHAT  TO  AVOID. 

rilHIS  is  for  cliitdreu,  nnd  I  want  tliem  to  read 
i  it.  I  don't  come  to  tell  you  that  this  ' 
New  Yeai",  for  you  all  know  that,  but  I  come  to 
tell  you  what  to  avoid.  Avoid  had  thoughts. 
They  moke  a  bad  heart.  Avoid  bad  wonls. 
They  make  people — sensible  people  feel  sad,  and 
sorry  for  you.  God  is  not  in  bud  words, 
does  He  smile  upon  you  for  tlicm.  Avoid  tVo- 
wardness.  Don't  be  first  to  talk,  first  to  the 
table,  fii-st  in  the  dish  and  fii'st  in  the  easy  chair. 
Avoid  these  naughty  habits,  nnd  grow  up  good 

Avoid  the  habit  of  speaking  evil.  As  you 
gvim  up,  and  men  and  women  don't  do  just  as 
you  command,  avoid  the  degrading  habit  of  go- 
hig  about  the  country  and  saying  all  mjinnerof 
evil  against  them.  "  The  face  of  the  Lord  is 
against  them  that  do  evil."  0  it  is  terrible  to 
have  the  /arc  of  the  Lord  against  you!  It  is 
better  to  have  the  face  of  men  agtiinst  us  than 
to  have  the  face  of  the  Lord  agnmst  us. 

Avoid  t-etling  in  your  writing  and  speaking, 
what  great  things  you  have  done.  Tell  what 
Jesus  dtd,the  holy  men  and  women  of  old  did, 
and  how  kind  and  good  others  are  to  you,  but 
never  fall  into  the  habit  of  holding  yourself  up 
as  a  center  post,  for  all  others  to  revolve  around. 
I  have  seen  men  get  so  large  in  their  own  esti- 
mation that  in  noting  their  travels  they  stood 
straight  up  and  made  cars,  buggies,  beds,  i 
uals,  congregations,  depots,  time-tables,  and  a 
host  of  other  things  swing  all  lU'ound  them. 
They  were  the  center  pole,  and  what  "  I  saw," 
"  I  heard,"  "  I  did,"  was  the  I-poicer  n\\  the  way 
through.  Now  I  want  none  of  you  little  folks 
to  get  that  big.  I  ivrite  this  to  you.  Big  folk; 
won't  read  it,  and  if  they  do,  they  will  say  it  is 
only  for  little  folks.  They  are  right.  And  1 
hope  they  will  let  you  have  it,  for  it  belongs  to 
you.     Profit  by  these  things,  avoid  all  sin. 


BE  KIND  TO  THE  AGED. 

Dm,-  Little  Folks: 

Wl  LL  you  read  a  letter  from  Aunt  Sallie  ?  I 
love  to  t«lk  to  the  little  folks  at  Sunday 
School,  but  as  we  have  none  this  Winter,  I  will 
talk  to  you,  though  mostof  you  arestrnugei^to 
me. 

We  read  in  the  Bible  of  a  good  old  man;  Iiis 
name  was  Ehsha.  As  he  was  going  from  Jericho 
to  Bethel,  "  there  came  little  children  out  of  the 
city  and  mocked  him  and  said:  Go  up  thoubnld 
head;  go  up,  thou  bald  head."  There  came  two 
she  beats  out  of  the  wood,  nnd  tare  forty  and 
two  of  thcni.  Now  children,  I  hope  none  of  you 
ate  like  the  ones  I've  been  telling  you  about. 
Do  not  mock  or  make  fiin  of  old  people.  They 
were  once  as  young  as  you  are.  and  would  walk 
its  straight  as  you  can;  and  could  read  and  sing, 
with  ns  steady  a  voice  as  3'ou  can.  Always  be 
kind  luid  pleasant  to  the  aged.  If  you  are  in 
church  (or  any  other  place)  and  an  agoil  person 
comes  in,  and  there  is  no  vacimt  seat,  get  up 
and  give  him  yom-  seat.  You  aie  young  and 
can  stand  better  than  grandpa,  or  grundma. 
TItey  will  love  and  respect  you  for  it.  God  will 
love  yon  too. 

I  love  to  read  yottr  little  letters.  Writeagain, 
it  will  be  encouraging  to  other  little  folks,  and 
if  the  editor  thinks  my  letter  worth  publishing,  I 
will  write  again  on  another  subject.  I  must  bid 
you  good  night.  ■  Aunt  Sali-ie. 

Morrimiville,  III. 


TO  THE  BOYS. 

BOYS,  1  want  to  tell  you  a  story  about  Rob- 
ert and  his  father,  and  I  wsmtyou  to  think 
about  it  often. 


Robert's  father  had  told  him  to  keej)  out  of 
bad  company,  and  yet  Robert  wmhl  sometimes 
go  among  bad  boys;  boys  who  would  use  I 
language,  nnd  his  father  saw  that  his  son  v 
growing  worse,  but  said  nothing  at  the  time. 

One  evening  he  brought  some  vcrj-  nice  red 
apples  on  it  plate  and  gave  them  to  his  son,  who 
was  much  pleased  with  them,  and  thiuiked  hi.'* 
father  very  kindly.  Robert's  father  theu  told 
him  to  lay  the  itpples  away  a  few  days,  to  get 
mellow.  Just  as  Robert  was  carrying  the  plate 
of  apples  into  the  room  that  was  seldom  used, 
his  father  placed  a  rotten  apple  on  the  plnle,  and 
told  him  to  let  it  remain  there. 

"  But "  said  Robert,  "  this  apple  will  spoil  all 
the  0  the  re." 

"Do  you  think  so?  Why  should  not  the 
sound  apples  rather  make  the  rotten  one  fresh?" 
said  his  i'nther. 

Alter  some  daj-s  he  told  his  son  to  get  the  ap- 
ples. But  what  a  sight!  The  sound  apples 
were  all  rotten,  and  the  room  was  filled  with  a 
bad  odor. 

"  Oh,  father! "  said  Robert;  "  Did  I  not  tell 
you  the  rotten  apple  would  spoil  the  good  ones? 
yet  you  did  not  listen  to  me." 

"  My  hoy,"  said  the  father:  "  Have  I  not  oft*n 
told  you  that  the  company  of  had  children  will 
make  you  bad:-'  j'ct  you  do  not  listen  to  me, .  See 
in  the  ruhi  of  these  apples  that  which  will  hap- 
pen to  you,  if  you  keep  company  with  wicked 
boys," 

Now,  Hty  dear  boys,  when  any  bad  boys  want 
you  to  join  their  company,  I  want  you  to  think 
of  the  rotten  apple,  Boj-s,  the  story  of  the  rot- 
ten apple  may  do  you  good  in  j'our  boyhood,  in 
your  manhood,  and  in  your  life  beyond  the  grave. 
Boys,  don't  forgot  the  rotten  apple. 

Uncle  JonN. 

LiiirohiKillr,  Litl. 

SELF-DENIAL. 

SELF-DENIAL  is  an  important  lesson  that  all 
should  lenrn.  If  we  do  not  learn  it  in  youth, 
we  may  grow  up  to  be  \erj  ui  I  aj  j  j'  men  and 
women.  It  may  be  rather  h  i  d  sometimes  to 
control  our  own  selfish  desires  but  ive  will  find 
by  so  doing  we  will  accomplib!  a  gieat  deal  of 
good. 

Have  you  ever  not  ce  I  the  d  ffer  nee  among 
j'our  playmates,  between  the  one  who  .'ilways 
tries  to  make  everything  pleasant  and  everyone 
happy,  and  one  who  does  not?  On  the  other 
hand  notice  a  child  of  a  selfish  disposition — one 
that  does  not  try  to  cultivate  a  generous  tone, 
such  an  one  will  indulge  in  sin  and  folly  more 
and  more  as  he  grows  older,  and  will  finally  be- 
come miserable  himself.  No  little  children  will 
go  to  such,  expecting  to  find  a  jjlacc  in  their  af- 
fections, for  their  very  selfishness  will  cause 
every  one  to  turn  from  them,  feeling  that  in 
then-  liiiurts  there  is  no  warmth.  We  all  like 
good,  generous  people.  Then  let  us  try  to  cul- 
tivate generosity,  which  we  may  do  by  first  prac- 
ticing self-denial.  May  we  ever  remember  this 
important  theme,  for  a  great  deal  of  the  trouble 
in  after  hfe  is  the  consequence  of  it-s  neglect.  I 
wish  we  wei-e  itll  wise  enough  to  know  that 
good-hear  ted,  self-denying  and  generous  person 
exerts  an  influence  that  mil  live  throughout 
time  and  to  ail  eternity. 

AXSIE  RAFfENSPEUOEH, 

TO  PARENTS. 

PARIONTS,  are  we  giving  o.u-  ehihlren  the 
encouragement  we  should,  that  they  may 
become  workei-s  in  thd  Lord's  vineyard?  How 
do  we  educate  them  to  i-ead  and  wnite?  By 
waiting  until  they  are  grown  up  and  then  rea- 
sonably e.xpect  them  to  immediately  become  ac- 
qtiainted  with  11  knowledge  of  ifcV  No,  but  hy 
itudy,  and  a  |>ractical  use  of  the  i>en  they  are 
made  acquaiitted  with  the^e  things.  How  do 
they  acquire  the  knowledge  of  neat,  practicid 
farming  and  gardening?  By  running  idly  over 
the  fields  andgardens  without  restraint?  No,  but 
the  industrious  pai-ent  that  follows  those  voca- 
tions has  many  little  jobs  for  them  to  do.  If 
there  is  ivork  to  be  done  in  the  field  we  take  the 
little  boys  itlong  nnd  have  them  do  what  they 
If  there  is  work  to  do  iu  the  garden,  we 
take  them  there  nnd  have  them  do  what  they 

Then  why  is  it  that  we  do  not  take  them  in- 
to the  Lord's  vineyard  and  educate  them  more 
there  by  pointing  out  some  special  event  or  oc- 
eiice  imd  have  them  raad  it,  or  read  it  to  them, 
and,  entering  into  a  social  conversation  with 
them  about  it,  help  them  to  rea.'ion  and  to  get  at 
the  idea,  or  lesson  that  is  taught.  A  page  has 
been  opened  in  the  BRETfiREN  at  Work  for  the 
speciitl  reading  and  instruction  of  the  little  read- 
ei:s.  Help  them  write;  help  them  to  understimd 
Gini'n  iriii/x  imd  iaics,  then  we  can  say  we  have 
"  brought  up  our  children  in  the  admonition  and 
nurture  of  the  Lord."  W.  K,  SuiuoNS, 

Union  CHijJnil. 


CHILDRE.Y  AT    WORK. 


From  S.  J.  Price.— /;«ii-A'(/i7or.— I  think  the 
Brethren  at  Work  is  a  goml  paper.  I  reail  it 
through  every  week,  and  can  hai-dty  wait  until 
it  reaches  us;  but  when  it  comes  I  look  with 
anxiety  for  news  from  brethren  Hope,  Ehy  and 
Fry,  who  have  crossed  the  deep  waters  to  call 
sinners  hoiue  to  Goil.  May  God  favor  their 
work,  and  help  all  to  liold  otit  faithful. 

Pint  Creek,  111. 

From  Joseph  Burgard.— /)/>(()-  Fri'iiil.—l  mu 
twelve  years  old.  and  one  of  the  fatherless.     It 
plejKcd  the  good  Lool  to  call  my  d  ai   f  tl 
home  when    I  was  eight  years  old.     Tl  0        j 
mother  wiLs  left  a  poor  widow,  so  I  was  coi  j   II 
ed  to  go  out,  and  am  now  staying  witl  u  j 
cle  Isaac  Meyers  and  go  to  school  witl  c 
Katie.     I  hope  I  may  grow  up  a  gool  n    1    o 
that  I  may  meet  my  dear  father  in  a  better 
world. 

Astoria,  III. 

From  Freddie  Horner.— jV^  Dear  Friends:— 
I  am  going  to  school  and  learning  very  fast,  I 
ant  twelve  years  old,  and  go  to  Sunday  School. 
I  love  to  writ*  for  the  Children  at  Work.  I 
want  all  the  little  boys  and  girls  who  read  this, 
to  do  good  and  obey  their  parents,  so  that  when 
death  comes  they  can  die  in  peace  and  dwell 
with  Jesns.     I  am  trying  to  obey  the  will  of  God. 

Lanark,  III.  , 

From  Sadie  Miller.— Di*«r  EilHor:— Yon  were 
once  my  dear  teacher  when  we  lived  near  Lati- 
ark.  We  now  live  in  Iowa.  I  am  ten  years  old, 
and  go  to  school  to  Mr.  Zuck.  I  love  my  teach- 
er. My  pa,  ma  nnd  sister  Minnie  are  meiubei-s 
of  the  church,  and  I  hope  when  I  grow  up  I 
will  too,  imd  he  a  good  woman.  Pa  went  to 
meeting  to-day  twelve  miles  from  here.  He 
walked  as  the  roads  are  rough.  Vfe  do  not  get 
to  meeting  as  often  as  when  we  lived  in  III.  I 
often  see  my  dear  ma  C17  because  we  cannot  go 
oftener,  but  we  hope  for  the  better. 

Clarence,  lona. 

From  Katie  TSyars.— Dear  Edilor:—!  Iinve 
read  so  many  good  Httle  letters  written  by  the 
little  folks,  and  I  want  to  say  a  little  too.  When 
the  paper  comes  to  our  house  we  all  want  it  first. 
Papa  wants  it,  mamma  wants  it  and  I  would 
like  to  have  it  too :  then  papa  generally  reads  it 
to  us.  I  hear  that  you  arc  neariy  all  going  to 
Sunday  School.  Where  we  live  the  Brethren 
have  no  Sitnday  School.  I  wish  they  had;  I 
would  go.  We  live  quite  a  \\-ays  from  the  meet- 
ing-house, nnd  seldom  get  to  meeting,  I  am 
eleven  yeai-s  old. 

A-Hloria,  III. 

From  George  S,  Shirk.— Ay/,'  Editor:— I  love 
to  heal-  from  all  the  little  folks,  and  also  from 
the  bretliren  in  Denmark.  I  go  to  school  and 
like  my  teacher  vevy  well.  I  went  to  Sunday 
School'  last  Summer,  but  it  has  closed  tor  the 
Winter.     I  am  twelve  years  old, 

Polst/rore  Milh,  III. 

From  Mary  J.  Bowers.- /Jp«c  Editor:— I  am 
ten  yeai-s  old,  and  go  to  school.  I  like  my  teach- 
er. I  i-ead  in  the  Fourth  Reader,  study  Geogra- 
phy, Arithmetic  imd  spelling.  I  love  to  go  to 
meeting,  and  read  the  Bible.  I  like  your  paper 
too.  I  have  one  little  brother  six  yeara  old,  and 
three  sisters.  One  of  them  is  eight  years  old, 
and  she  intends  to  write  to  you  too.  My  grand- 
pa and  grandma  Bowers  live  in  Lena.  They  arc 
quite  old,  I  like  to  go  to  sec  them,  I  staid 
with  them  three  weeks  lost  Spring. 

Waddam's  Groce,  III. 

Prom  J,  F.  SayiBV.— Dear  Editor. -—Yun  want 
us  little  boys  and  girls  to  write  for  your  worthy 
paper,  which  I  love  to  read,  I  am  going  l<.< 
school.  My  teacher's  name  is  James  McKeaii. 
He  is  a  very  good  teacher.  My  work  morning 
and  evening  is  to  feed  the  calves  and  carr>'  in 
wood.  I  atn  ten  yeare  old.  At  present  nij- 
mamma  is  in  Illinois.  I  go  to  meeting  with  pa 
and  ma.  I  love  to  hear  them  talk  about  Jesu.s, 
who  blessed  little  rhildren  and  said.  "  of  such  is 
the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

Cedar  Ilajmh,  loan. 

From  Christie  Kauffman.— /)m,-  Editor:— { 
am  a  little  girl  eleven  years  old.  I  have  one 
little  brother,  but  no  sister.  I  have  a  dear  papa 
and  mamma.  I  love  them,  and  I  love  my  little 
brother  too  who  is  only  sii  years  old.  My  mam- 
gets  the  Brethben  .vt  Work,  and  I  like  to 

1  in  it  of  my  dear  Sarior,  I  love  Him,  be- 
cause He  is  so  kind  to  me.  I  think  everybody- 
ought  to  love  Him.  I  go  to  Sunday  School,  and 
there  learn  many  things  about  my  dear  Jesub. 
I  go  today-school,  and  like  my  teacher  and  play- 
mates. I  love  everybody, 
Bremen,  Lid. 


The  most  valued  gift  is  the  One  given  by  God 
and  laid  in  the  manger  in  Bethlehem,  It  was 
given  to  every  man,  woman  and  cliild  on  earth. 


January 


Tl-IK    IfiRl-^TI-IKElNr    ^VT    AVOKK. 


CORRESPOlSFDElSrCE- 


FROM  DENMARK. 

J)rar  JinOirc/i:— 

AS  cnld  ivrtt^rs  to  n  thiratj'  sou),  so  is  good 
1I0W3  from  a  fiu-  conntiy  (Proverbs  25: 
'J.'i).  Tliis  proverb  is  very  suggestive;  iiihI  is  es- 
Ijwiiilly  iipplitiible  to  our  purpose  itt  tliis  time, 
liL'iuft  in  a  ilir  fouiitry.  mtH  luivintr  good  news  to 
write  in  reforeiiLO  to  tbe  mission  in  Dcnninrk. 

Tlie  first  Jjovp-ltiist  ever  lield  in  Denmnrk  nc- 
ordiiig  to  tho  i-xiimple  of  Clirist  niid  His  npos- 
lles,  (tliiit  wo  linve  nn}'  necount  of  at  IcjLst)  wiis 
eelebriited  on  the  evening,  or  night  of  Hie  18th 
iust,  rind  is  now  among  the  things  of  tlii!  piist; 
hut  the  effecls  to  be  romembered  tlirough  lifei 
iind  the  fruit  of  it  (eternal  life)  to  be  reaped  in 
the  kingdom  of  God  orFutber's  kingdom,  where 
Jesus  aiiid  He  would  eat  anew  with  His  disciples 
(Matt.  26: -JO). 

The  raoniing  of  the  ISth  having  come,  we  all 
nuifie  ready  to  journey  towards  the  house  of 
brother  C.  Hope,  {it  being  a  fair  day)  tbe  place 
appointed  for  the  feast;  and  having  abont  fifteen 
mile.-  to  po.  we  took  the  train  twelve  miles,  at 
tbe  i-ufi  of  whiib  we  met  a  team.  Some  of  the 
compniiy  (heiug  about  twelve  i»  number)  got  on 
(he  wagon  while  the  rest  of  ns  went  on  foot. 
On  aniviiig  at  the  house  at  about  nine  o'clock, 
Bro.  Hope  met  us  with  several  lettei's  from  our 
cb.ldren  and  kind  friends  in  northern  Ills.,  con- 
tinuing much  encouragemont.  Also  a  copy  of 
the  BnETunKN  at  Work  in  ita  enlarged  form, 
<'.,iit'nii"i.j  miM'li  iutci-estingnuitter.and having 
|.!.    •.  .'     ■  '    i.   I'or  our  brethren  editors  to  de- 

■.[;■■        ..,  .   :i \-celle)it,   original   platfonn. 

||.,i.  ■  1.  "•■.  Hung-;  however,  though  we  thus 
speak,  ami  Uiings  that  aeeompauy  salvation. 
Hope  it  «-ilI  meet  the  approbation  of  all,  and 
lienec  be  patronized  by  tbe  general  brotherhood, 
AVe  also  receive  the  Lena  Slitr  regularly,  giving 
us  the  news  from  near  homo.  The  fact  of  re- 
ceiving uiweh  encouraging  news  at  that  time 
added  much  to  our  enjoyment  at  tbe  meeting. 

The  meeting  commenced  at  ten  o'clock,  and 
after  meeting  we  resorted  to  the  water  where 
two  pei'sons  were  buried  with  Christ  by  baptism, 
according  to  Matt.  28: 19,  the  one  being  nyonng 
man  who  had  embraced  the  principles  of  relig- 
ion, as  tauglit  and  practiced  by  the  Friends,  and 
for  some  considerable  length  of  time  tnivelcd 
around  advocating  Hie  doctrine  he  so  fondly 
chcrishi'd,  but  some  waj"  came  in  contact  with 
some  tracts  published  by  the  Brethren,  and  on 
examination  found  they  contained  more  Script- 
unil  truths  than  the  doctrine  of  non-resistance 
alone,  which  he  loved  so  much.  He  therefore 
began  to  distribute  tliem;  but  upon  further  ex- 
amination he  became  convinced  of  the  necessity 
ol'  hearing  that  Prophet,  Jesn:s  Cln-hl,  in  all 
TiiiNos,  not  only  in  part,  and  came  and  said  to 
Bro.  Hope,  that  "  it  is  not  only  hai'd,  but  incon- 
sistent to  soil  one  thing  and  practice  and  preach 
another,"  denuuidcd  baptism  like  the  etumcli, 
and  is  now  going  on  his  waj'  seemingly  rejoic- 
ing. The  other  wa.s  Bro.  Hansen's  ivife,  lately 
from  Nonvay,  thna  adding  two  more  to  the  lit- 
tle tJock,  making  in  all  fifteen,  five  bi-ethren  and 
ten  sistei's. 

We  thou  returned  to  tho  lionse,  and  after  din-, 
ner  we  called  the  members  all  together  and  in- 
structed them  more  fully  in  the  oi-der  of  the 
Gospel  i»s  practiced  by  the  church,  and  then 
proceeded  to  elect  one  brother  to  the  ministry, 
and  one  to  the  office  of  deacon,  the  lot  falling 
Bro,  C.  C.  Eskildsen  for  the  ministiy  and 
Bio.  C.  Neilsou  for  deacon.  Brother  Hope  was 
also  advanced  to  the  second  degree  in  the  min- 
istry. Tlio  niembera  all  seem  to  be  very  much 
in  love  and  union,  and  seemed  to  act  in  church 
matters  ai  scholars  well  advimccd,  thus  proving 
that  tbcy  were  going  to  the  same  school,  and 
learning  ont  of  the  same  book,  and  from  the  sunie 
Teacher  that  wo  have  in  America. 

There  was  e.^colleut  order  at  the  meeting,  and 
from  what  we  could  see  and  judge,  some  more 
were  di:oply  impressed,  and  arc  counting  the  cost. 
Hopi.'  and  pray  that  tho  Lonl  nuiy  give  a  large 
iiicveaso  to  the  little  sister  church  in  Denmark, 
that  bor  br,in dies  may  spread  like  tlie  green  bay 
tree;  juuI  that  she  may  go  forth  clear  as  the  sun, 
i'iiii-  a;  the  moon,  and  terrible  as  an  army  with 
I  .i.in<  r-.  aud  that  the  slain  of  the  Lord  may  fall 
!■.  .  ih'iic-ds  at  her  feet,  the  rebellion  in  Europe 
.'u  111  llie  God  of  heaven  may  be  subdued,  imd 
I  111'  Uuv  and  government  of  the  Prince  of  peacj 
may  prevail,  the  fetters  of  vice  and  immorality 
that  bind  its  victims  as  with  ii  cart-rope  to  tbe 
•_'reat  engine  of  degradation  and  destruction  may 
bo  bro};eu.  the  soul  lot  go  free  to  rejoice  in  tbe 
glorious  liberty  of  the  children  of  God.  The 
<  hurch  being  the  instrument  which  the  Lord 
iuid:es  use  of  to  accomplish  His  work,  it  will 
not  do  for  her  to  fold  her  arms  and  be  at  ease. 
She  must  come  out  from  her  hiding  place  and 


meet  the  enemy  boldly  and  fearles.sly,  and  fight 
the  enemy  in  everj-  land,  for  we  sing, 
Tho  saints  in  nil  that  glorious  war. 
Shall  conquer  though  they  die. 

Much  remains  to  be  done,  and  the  time  is 
short.  Every  brother  and  sister  should  feel  the 
same  interest  in  spreading  the  Gospel  and  saring 
sinners  that  our  blessed  Lord  did.  And  let  ns 
for  one  moment  consider  tho  work  He  did  in  so 
short  a  time,  and  then  try  mid  imitate  His  e.x- 
ainidc,  though  we  may  not  always  have  where- 
on to  lay  our  heads.  He  bocamo  poor  that  we 
through  His  poverty  might  be  made  rich.  We 
have  sometimes  thought  how  many  might  bo 
made  rich  in  faith  and  heirs  of  the  kingdom, 
who  are  now  sitting  in  darkness  and  starving 
for  the  want  of  the  bread  of  life,  if  all  our  breth- 
ren njid  sisters  would  only  appropriate  that 
wliieli  is  only  a  hindrance  to  their  own  spiritu- 
al progress,  to  the  spread  of  the  Gosjiel  and  the 
salvation  of  sinners.  What  a  great  blessing  it 
might  prove  lo  mankind  in  general,  ami  be  no 
disadvantage  financially  to  the  donor,  for  he 
Avould  not  be  required  to  sacrifice  any  of  the 
comforts  of  life,  simply  a  smalt  proportion  of 
his  surplus.  Snrely  such  acoui-se  would  meet 
the  smiles  and  api)robation  of  our  Heavenly 
Father,  and  receive  a  full  reward,  for  a  cup  of 
cold  water  administered  in  the  name  of  a  disci- 
ple does  not  lose  a  reward.  How  much  less  ii 
free-will  offering  thrown  into  the  treasury  of 
the  Lord  for  the  salvation  of  sinners. 

But  ive  are  aware  of  tho  fact  that  while  many 
of  our  dear  brethren  and  sistera  are  given  to  hos- 
pitality, aud  liberal  in  coinmnnicatiug  to  the 
temporal  wants  of  the  church,  jmd  even  human- 
ity in  general,  they  nevertheless  do  not  seem  to 
see  and  feel  the  necessity  of  administ<3ring  to  the 
spiritual  wants  of  the  church  and  the  world  a 
much  as  we  think  it  would  be  their  i>rivilege  to 
feel.  But  we  fee!  gratified  ivith  the  incrciisad 
int^'rest  of  the  church  on  that  point  for  the  last 
ten  years.  Exorii  Euy, 


FROM  FALLS  CITY,  NEB. 

WH15N  I  last  wrote  I  was  at  Grant  River, 
y  }  Gentry  Co.,  Mo.,  where  are  seven  raem- 
bei^,  aud  they  ought  to  have  a  minister  move 
among  them  and  preach  ibr  them.  1  had  some 
meetings  with  them  andinniy  huinblejudgment, 
a  cluireh  could  soon  be  organi7.ed,  had  they  a 
minister  among  them.  From  here  I  went  to  tbe 
North-e.ist  corner  of  Nodaway  Co.,  near  the  Iowa 
line.  Here  were  three  members.  I  stayed  with 
them  nearly  one  week;  preached  only  seven 
sermons  for  them,  two  evenings  being  too  dark 
and  stormy  for  meeting.  There  are  now  seven 
members  and  three  more  applicants,  and  would 
have  been  baptized,  but  want  their  certificate 
from  their  former  church  (Cam pbel  lite)  first. 
And  there  is  a  good  prospect  for  annnibcrmore 
soon  if  they  ciu  have  preaching.  The  above 
two  places  belong  to  Whit4;sville  church.  Mo. 
Bro.  Joseph  Bashor  and  Daniel  Glick  arc  the 
ministers. 

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

Now,  what  minifitera  will  volunteer  to  go  to 
the  above  named  places  in  Gentry  aud  Nodaway 
counties,  so  churches  may  be  organized  soon? 
JoriN  Forney,  Skx. 


ed  her  clothes  having  all  boon  consumed.  It  is 
said  that  the  flame.s  ran  »]>  for  about  eight  feet, 
and"  no  mortal  could  endure  such  a  burning. 
She  lived  amid  terrible  sufferijig  for  seven  lioure 
when  death  brought  relief.  Two  of  the  best 
physicians  were  employed,  but  idl  to  no  piii^ 
pose. 

Here  was  a  young  lady  in  the  prime  of  life, 
twenty-one  years  old,  with  the  hopes  of  a  long 
and  useful  life, snatched  away  in  an  inst.int  with- 
out a  moment's  warning.  Her  parents  had  gone 
on  before  her,  and  there  remains  only  a  dear  sis- 
ter to  brave  the  trials  of  life.  The  deceased  was 
followed  to  her  last  resting  place  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  people.  There  tlioy  laid  her  who  bore 
her  tiyrible  sufferings  with  Christian  patience. 
0  dear  reader  may  this  be  a  warning  for  ns  all! 
When  we  think  peace  and  safety  is  oura,  then 
sudden  destrnction  comes.  This  is  given  aa  a 
warning,  that  all  may  be  prepared  to  go  hence, 
for  "  we  shall  die  and.  not  live." 

Benj.  F.  Miller. 

Cl"rc),rr.  loin,. 


A  SAD  ACCIDENT. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  tenth  of  December,  a 
beautiful  young  lady  by  the  name  of  Eli/a 
Mason,  a  teacher  by  profession,  met  with  a  ter- 
rible death.  She  lived  with  her  grandfather 
three  miles  North  of  Tipton,  Iowa,  hut  at  the 
time  of  the  accident  wos' stopping  with  her  un- 
cle, Mr.  Reader.  Mrs.  Reader  was  sick,  and  Miss 
Mason  took  upon  herself  tbe  bonsehotd  duties. 
On  the  morning  mentioned  she  turned  down  the 
wick  of  the  kerosene  lamp,  and  finding  the  light 
rather  dim,  turned  up  the  wiek  again  when  the 
lamp  instantly  exploded,  throwing  its  contents 
over  her.  and  parts  of  the  room.  Being  envel- 
oped in  flames  she  still  had  presence  of  mind 
sufficient  to  run  ont  of  the  room  where  the  sick 
woman  lay,  but  Mrs.  R.  seeing  two  of  the  chil- 
dren following  her,  sprang  out  of  bed  and 
brought  them  back,  extinguishing  the  flames, 
then  tell  fainting  on  her  bed. 

lu  the  meantime  £Iiss  Mason  picked  ,up  a 
blanket  from  a  lounge  and  ran  into  the  yard 
where  her  cries  attracted  the  attention  of  two  of 
her  uncles  who  had  just  left  the  house.  They 
both  rim  to  assist,  the  one  to  Miss  Mason,  and 
the  other  to  the  house  to  save  bis  dear  wife  and 
children.  But  the  flames  had  already  done  its 
work  on  Miss  Mason,  and  shejay  terribly  bum- 


FROM    C.    HOPE. 

DrurJinlhreH:— 

IT  has  been  sometime  since  I  sent  you  any 
news,  but  our  dear  brother  Enoch  Eby  has 
kept  you  informed  of  the  labora  here,  Tho  ar- 
rival of  the  brethren  and  sisttrs  imd  the  jjrepar- 
atory  arraUfjcmeuts  for  our  Love-feast  kejjt  me 
very  busy,  so  that  I  had  no  time  to  write.  God 
he  thanked  for  sending  them  and  prospering  the 
cause  here.  We  now  have  an  organized  church 
numbering  fifteen  souls.  Onesister  wasbaptiz- 
ed  shortly  after  the  brethren  and  sistere  arrived, 
and  at  our  Love-feiist  brother  Hansen's  wife  and 
a  young  Quaker  were  rcceivedinto  fellowship  by 
confession  and  baptism.  This  young  brother 
used  to  travel  and  preachy  and  for  a  time  had 
worked  hard  against  us,  but  on  rending  Snhbul- 
isiii  and  One  Failh  was  induced  to  visit  me. 
This  visit  was  so  pleasant  that  it  brought  forth 
several  others,  and  he  was  i)resent  to  hear  fom 
di.HConraes  on  the  diWsions  of  the  Law  and  tbe 
Gospel,  aud  practical  obedience  to  the  New  Tes- 
tament requirements.  Finally  he  wrote  me  i 
letter  stating  that  he  could  resist  no  longer,-  and 
humbly  hogged  to  be  received  into  the  church. 

On  last  Sunday  evening  he,  brother  Hanson 
and  I  went  ten  miles  south  of  this  where  this 
yonng  brother  had  been  working,  and  held  a 
meeting.  The  congregation  was  large,  and  we 
addressed  them  from  Heb.  1: 1,  and  so  much  in- 
terest was  manifested  that  we  were  constrained 
to  make  another  ai>poiiitmeiit  for  the  22nd. 
Two  persons,  man  and  wife,  could  scarcely  leave 
ua.  They  both  followed  ns  a  long  distance,  and 
only  after  an  hour's  couvei-sation  coufd  we  get 
away  from  them.  Tlie  woman  exclaimed  in  the 
presence  of  many,  that  for  five  long  years  had 
she  waited  patiently  to  sec  us,  and  thanked  God 
that  now  He  had  permitted  her  this  privilege. 
Both,  no  doubt,  will  come  to  Jesus. 

Bro.  Eby  does  well,  speakhig  sentence  by  sen- 
tence, people  are  very  anxious  to  come,  see  and 
hoar  the  American  brethren  and  sist«i-s.  All 
are  favorably  impressed  with  the  manner  and 
plainness  of  our  peoi)le,  and  have  good  hoiies  of 
the  success  of  the  mission.  This  is  good,  and 
will  go  tar  towards  helping  along  the  work. 

FROM  NORTH-EASTERN  OHIO. 

XRWS  AMI)  KOTIXOS. 

riIHE  afiaii's  of  Zion  lire  moving  along  ijiospor- 
1  ously  in  this  part  of  her  territory  at  in-e.?ent. 
The  diffi?rent  congregations  seem  to  be  active 
and  zealous  in  provoking  one  another  to  love  anil 
good  works,  and  its  luinistors  generally  are  la- 
boring to  promote  peace  and  good  will  among 
the  members.  And  while  a  higher  .standard  of 
piety  is  Inhorc'd  for  among  tlioae  who  have  al- 
ready,  professed  Christ,  the  important  duty  of 
cm-ryiug  on  an  aggressive  warfare  into  tbe  ene- 
my's country  h.is  not  been  overtonkcd.  Series 
of  meeting-!  Imvo  bo-Mi  \v\'\  and  arc  in  contem- 
plation in  III  .;i\  r'  !!■.'  iH.  "!'  Ibc  congrop:ations, 
and  have  !i! .      ' .  i  - 1  ■!  i^hing  much  good. 

Bro.  Jmui.--  '.I.''.-  !i"  .:■  Ji  West  Virginia  is 
heart  and  smil  L-ii;;ii;;i.-il  m  wielding  the  Gospel 
sword — ^that  noble  instrnment  before  which  dev-. 
ils  qnake — in  several  of  the  congregations,  and 
other  evimgelists  from  abroad  are  expected  to 
come  during  the  Wint«r  to  assist  in  besieging 
the  stronghold  of  the  enemy. 

The  home  luis-sion  labor  has  also  been  blessed 
with  marked  success  in  its  eflbrts  to  extend  the 
boi-ders  of  Zion.  In  Belmont  Co.  where  but  a 
single  brother  roaided  heretofore,  brethren  John 
Nicholson  and  Joseph  Beer,  through  their  per- 
severing labors  have  succeeded  in  infiiicncing 
quite  a  little  fiock  (twclvi-  or  fifteen  I  believe)  in 
accepting  the  grace  of  Goil  to  the  joy  of  their 
souls.  May  the  good  work  be  continued  in  tliis 
and  other  directions. 


Eld.  James  Quinter  having  prearbed  several 
if  his  offoctive  sermon.i  in  the  Ashland  congre- 
gation which  were  followed  up  by  the  home 

misters  in  their  usually  effeetive  manner,  and 
the  result  has  l>eeii  a  glorious  one  for  the  Mas- 
ter. Tbe  educational  enterprise  at  the  latter 
place  is  still  pushed  with  vigor,  and  from  present 
appcarimccs  there  is  not  a.  single  cloud  cither 
grcator  small,  overshadowing  its  final  and  pei^ 
mmicut  success,  that  has  not  a  silver  lining  un- 
derneath. A  imion  of  efforts  by  the  friends  of 
education  is  very  desirable,  but  local  Nolf-iuter- 
estisa  poor  thing  to  unite  on.  "  trnitod  we 
stand,"  providing  we  have  n  solid  foundation  to 
stand  upon.  We  eoi-dially  invito  all  to  unite 
with  us  on  the  solid  and  hroud  foundation  of 
disinterested  love  for  the  cause,  for  its  own  sake. 

May  the  cause  of  Christ  contin\ie  to  prosper. 
E.  L.  YonEB. 

Madmnhunj,  Ohio.    Dei;  SO,  lt^7. 

FROM  CLARK  CO..  MO. 

Dmr  Brethren:— 

WHEN  I  consider  how  fast  people  live, 
hoiv  cweloss  and  unconcerned  they  are 
about  their  soul's  salvation,  I  am  made  to  trem- 
ble. It  is  sad  when  we  behold  how  many  pro- 
fess to  love  Jesus  and  by  their  appearance  and 
actions  you  cannot  loll  them  from  the  world, 
onlj'  when  you  see  them  in  the  church  at  wor- 
ship. 

My  prayer  is,  that  God  may  send  some  of  Hia 
people  here  to  tell  the  true  story  of  the  Cross. 
I  have  praj'cd  to  God  to  so  direct  that  I  may 
reach  some  place  where  I  can  hear  at  least  one 
sermon  from  the  Brethren.  When  I  read  in  tho 
Brkthren  at  Work  of  the  many  who  turn  un- 
to the  Jjord  iu  other  places,  I  rejoice,  but  then  I 
feel  sorry  that  none  at  this  place  know  the  Lord 
by  full  obedience.  I  hope  some  of  tbe  brethren 
will  pass  through  here  and  at  loEist  stop  ovei' 
night  and  preach.  We  are  plain  folks  here.  I 
think  I  saw  one  or  two  brethren  pass  throngli 
here  on  the  train.  I  hope  some  will  come.  God 
will  reward  yon.  We  need  niiasionaries  in  our 
land  as  well  as  in  Europe. 

M.  E.  Rose. 

Alejcaiiili'iti,  Mo. 

[^■^'ill  some  of  the  Brethreu  in  Missouri  please 
attend  to  this  call? — Eus.J 

FROM    PLYMOUTH,  IND. 

rilHIS  is  to  inform  the  readei-s  of  your  worthy 
X  paper  that  our  church  is  still  in  a  healthy 
condition,  thank  God.  I  causay,  since  brethren 
Bashor  and  Calvert  were  here  there  seems  to  be 
more  life  than  there  was  before  they  came  and 
labored  for  us  so  faithfully.  Wliile  Bro.  Bashor 
was  here,  which  was  eight  days,  there  were  eight 
baptized  and  one  reclaimed.  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert 
stayed  one  week  after  Bro.  Bashor  left  and  bap- 
tized six  more,  making  fourteen,  and  one  restored. 

We  thank  the  good  Lord  that  He  blessed  the 
dear  brethren  that  they  came  to  us  and  labored 
so  faithfullj'.  I  pray  God  to  ble-sa  the  laboring 
brethren,  that  they  ivill  travel  more  than  ever 
in  these  last  and  dark  days  we  have  got  into,  iis 
there  are  30  many  false  prophets;  and  even  many 
are  deceived  with  "the  Bible  in  their  hands.  0! 
dear  brethren  is  it  not  a  pity  that  we  have  the 
rising  gcnei'ation  educated,  and  then  they  will 
lot  themselves  be  deceived  ivith  the  Bible  in  their 
hands?  Hf>w  necessary  it  is  for  ns  all  to  watch 
and  fight  valiantly. 

How  good  it  is  to  have  our  brethren  preach 
and  explain  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  in  their 
papere!  I  ivish  the  Priwilire  Christian  and  the 
BnETnnEN  AT  WouK  could  be  found  in  all  our 
houses,  ntloastshould  thcybefoundin  themem- 
liora'  houses,  and  the  rich  should  help  buy  for  the 
jioor;  and  by  having  the  Brethren's  periodicals 
to  rciid,  many  will  learn  the  truth  that  may  nev- 
er hear  one  true  Gospel  sermon  preached,  and 
thereby  many  of  our  members  that  live  away 
from  the  bi-othci'bood  c:iu!d  boar  the  brethren 
preach.  1  have  traveled  aud  met  with  dear  mcm- 
bei"s  that  .'■aiii  tbcy  had  imt  heard  a  brother 
jjreacb  for  twenty  yeai-s.  May  liod  bless  us  to 
do  more  than  ever. 

John-  Kxislky. 


FROM     RAY    CO.,     MO. 

Dear  Brelh  ten:— 

I  HAVE  just  closed  a  aeries  of  meetings  in 
Ray  Co.,  Mo.  They  \vere  stopped  on  ac- 
count of  the  bad  state  of  tiie  roads  and  much 
rain.  The  congregations  were  good  and  the 
uitcrest  excellent.  Several  luiide  application 
for  baptism.  Their  waut.s  will  be  attended  to 
by  tbe  brethren  there.  I  much  regretted  the 
noeei«ity  of  closing  the  meeting  in  the  midst  of 
such  excellent  prospects,  but  had  to  submit  to 
eircumstonees.  D.  B.  GmsoK. 

Pen-in,  Mo. 


THK    BRETHREN    ^VT    "VVOliK 


January   3. 


NO   DISCUSSION    IN   CARTHAGE. 

[TliD  rnllonin);  in  llic  corrcsfoailGucu  rclnting  I'l  a  piiUic 
dtscuralau  tlial  naa  ti)  linva  beon  liold  in  Carthugc,  Mo.  be-- 
Ineco  the  BapliaU  >inil  (Ue  UrcMlir«a ;  bul  lu  Die  Onplisli 
tcruscil  tu  ilervnil  llicir  practice  in  n  clear);  ttnlccl  propa- 
silloci,  llm  liiecuiaioD  nill  not  tnko  ptntc.  A  careful  read- 
ing of  rbo  (ollottiog  Icitera  will  bo  fitiicicnily  cxplnnilory. 
-fels.] 

Letter  No.   i. 

Carthage,  Mo.  Aug.  15, 1877. 

Mr.  John  Wai'tpUr: — 

Slit: 

Some  weeks  ainco  I  was  iiirormcd  by  Bro,  W.  M. 
Pliiik,  that  yoii  desired  to  know  whether  I  would 
discuss  tLe  mode  (uctioo)  of  baptism,  M'ith  Mr. 
Slein,  cue  of  your  prenchera?  I  told  hi m  l«  say 
to  you  ibnt  I  would.  A  fuw  days  lifter  (liis  I  left 
for  (lie  Missouri  river,  and  al\er  un  ab^i'iico  of 
nearly  two  weeks  t  returned,  aud  the  foUo\viD(; 
Lord's  day  night  Bro.  Ptauk  said  that  yuu  desired 
to  know  whether  1  was  witliuj;  t"  iiave,-^ui.h  -.y  dis- 
cussion in  Cai'thagD  ?  I  iuform^-.l  Bro.  I'lauk  thai 
if  the  congregatiou  here desiied  ii,  I  would  bt- will- 
ing tu  hold  it.  Acpording  to  theu3C&iagerce;;ived 
from  yo\i.  Mr.  Steiu  is  to  uj)inn  the  following 
propojitiou. 

"  That  the  ScripfnrM  auihurize  Ihe  Trine  inimer- 
sioii,  (itcc  j'orcMO'il  in  icu'tT,  fjii  btilcciitg  pciiilrnt." 
Iivill  UL-alivoil.  L:ut  Lord's  d;.y  the  auhjuct 
WHS  !ir>mght  bel'jri.'  tUt  oouLT.'yiitioii  hero,  aud  it 
was  uNuniiuously  iltcidtd  tlial  .-^uuh  a  discussion 
wiiiild  hi;  appri.vod  of  by  Lhem,  when  your  people 
shidl  luive  given  iMr.  Slciu  a  writtcu  eudoraemuut, 
to  alliiiii  tiiis  [oo]io3itiou,  (the  tongregatiou  theu 
will  lio  tlie  :i;uiic  lur  me).  I  will  be  ready  sometime 
iu  Oi;(iiber  to  luccl  him.  I  am  so  employed  it  will 
lie  iiiipjisihle  forme  to  do  so  before,  Sueh  a  dis- 
cussiim,  of  course,  muBt  take  place  in  the  evening 
between  the  hours  of  7:30  aud  10  o'cloek. 
Very  rtsiicelfully. 

W.  R,  CCNSINGIIAM, 

Letter  No.  a. 

Home,  SE,iRCAiiTUAGE,  Mo.,  Aug.  16,1877. 
,       Friend  W.R.  Cmninsham:— 

Your  uotc  of  the  15th  has  heeu  icceivcd,  and  I 
coufcsii  that  I  am  a  little  surprised  at.  one  thing 
from  the  reading  of  your  note.  Any  one  bul  my- 
Eelf  would  be  lud  to  believe  thtill  have  challenged 
you,  or  llmt  I  wna  Ihe  firattoosksuch  adiacussioo. 
We,  as  a  people,  do  not  seek  such  discussions,  hut 
meet  lhem,  that  b  when  our  faith  :tnd  praitice  are 
assailed,  we  defend  them,  bElieviug  it  to  ocour  duty 
to  be  ready  to  give  an  answer  to  every  man  who 
may  itak  us  for  a  reason  of  the  hope  that  isiuus.  In 
this  case  frieiui  I'lauk  Hrstlold  mo  that  you  pub- 
liiliL-ii.  that  somi't  line  in  the  ucJir  future  you  would 
come  out  lo  our  School-house  aud  pre.ich  against 
trine  immersion.  I  iheu  remarked  that  if  you  did 
so,  we  woulddcliiud  tlieptactico.  I  think  I  nuiued 
Bro.  Slein  asouc,  able  to  defend  the  trutli  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  after  friend  Plank  agaiu  s:iw  you,  he  in- 
formed me  that  you  said  that  you  were  ready  to 
discuss  ilie  matter  with  Bro,  Stein,  or  any  oilier 
iiiuii.  I  foil  that  tliia  was  a  very  strong  assertion, 
aud  caused  .mc  to  feel  a  strong  desire  that  our  peo- 
ple should  meet  it ;  but  as  the  object  of  such  dis- 
cusfiou^  is  or  should  be  to  enlighten  the  people 
and  spread  the  truth,  it  makes  bul  little  dillerence 
to  tlie  people  who  first  olhirs  to  discuss. 

Bro.  Steiu  has  not  said,  whether  lie  would  or  uot 
discuss  the  matter  with  you,  but  I  give  it  as  my 
own  opinion  that  ho  will,  but  should  he  dec h no,  we 
hope  you  will  stand  by  your  proposition,  toiliscuss 
it  with  nriy  of/in- muH.  I  sent  your  uote  lo  Bro. 
Steiu,  asking  him  to  write  to  you.  If  he  is  to  as- 
sert that  trine  iiiimei-sion  as  practiced  by  our  peo- 
ple, is  autborizeil  by  the  Gospel,  aud  you  negative 
this.  Iheu  tlic  matter  should  be  reversed,  Qud  you 
aftirjii  lliat  single  imjuei^ion  us  your  churcii  pinc- 
tice,  is  authori/x:d  by  tiie  Gospel,  and  undoubt- 
edly I  prefer  if  tlicrc  is  a  discuj^ion,  it  includcothor 
points  of  dilfereuet  bLtween  us.  However  as  I 
seut  yiiur  nule  to  IJro.  Stein,  1  rliall  at  pre^eut  sny 
nothing  more,  only  that  I  wish  3'ou  to  write  me  if 
you  think  I  have  not  stated  yourlii'St  propositions 
correctly. 

RcsiiectfuUy  yours, 

Joiix  WaMI'LUR- 

Letter  No.  3. 

Newtonla,  Newton  Co.,  Wo.,  Arc.  31, 1877. 

Mr.  ir.  R.  Cunningham,  Girlhugv,  Mo.: — 
Dkah  Silt : 

Yours  of  the  15lh  inet,  to  Bro.  John  Wamplor 
W43  sent  loe  by  hiiu,  some  time  ago,  with  ti  rec|ucst 
lor  ino  to  correspond  with  you  in  regard  to  a  pro- 
posed debate.  Tliis  is  my  lirst  upporiuoity  for  do- 
ing so.  ai^er  obtaining  the  counsel  of  the  Brethren 
hoi-e  and  with  him,  \a  which  the  decision  of  both 
coiigriigntions  is,  that  I  should  try  aud  meet  you  in 
disciii^mn.  The  Ibllowing  lautfuage,  however,  iu 
your  letter  to  Bro.  Wnmpler  tTiaL  "  According  to 
llie  moisagc  received  from  you,  Mr.  Stein  is  lo 
aprm  the  foltowiug  proposition,  to  wit;  '  That 
Ike  Scrijiluren  aMiliorizr:  llic  trine  iinnicrsion,  face 
Jbi-i.iKo,-',  111  ualtr  of  a  believing  penitent,  '  I  shall 
in'^'iiiivL'  ii,"  :tii|ji.!u-.-.to  men  little  dictatorial  for 
Ciiri  ULiii  <'ourii..^v.  I  desirethatwcshall  determine 
the  |<r>>j><<iiii<jut  lor  debate  with  mutual  saiisfactiou 
and  liiiriii',-;,  aLid  iunsuiuch  as  I  am  informed  that, 
the  •jui.*:;tiuu  did  nui  originate  with  our  people,  but 
frfiJii  a  desire  cxpressscd  bv  one  of  vour  brethren 
(Mr.W.M.J'luukilolieafthe  matter  investigated 
and  u  remark  from  you  lo  him  (,W.  M.  P.J  that 
you  would  "  discuss  it  willi  Steiu  or  any  oUier  niuii," 
it  docs  seem  to  me  that  you  should  rcasouably  ex- 
pect to  entertain  an  affirmalii-e  proposition  respect, 
ing  the  Uachinff  anil  pradice'of  your  own  church. 
luasmuch  therefore  as  your  proposition  cuiitnius 
hvo  ilintinct  i*3i(*<)  between  us,  and  we  are  agreed 
that  "  a  believing  peuilciit"  is  the  Scrip tual  subject 
of  lm[iiisni,  I  ihi'retbro  submit  the  following  prop' 
ositimi-,  ivliicii  iv.-!  far  its  I  am  capable  of  judging, 
eoif  I-  til.-  whiide  promises,  define  dearly  and  accu- 
rakly  ihe  icichiny  imi.  nrailicn  of  both  churches 
on  Ihr  tnbjtct,  and  are  therefore  impartial  uuil  jml. 

Plioi".  Irt.  ChfUHan  Buplimn  ia  adnunittcrcd 
by  IX  single  dip  of  the  candidate  under  the    ualcr 


irilh  an  inioaillon  of  lU  IIolyTrinilg.  'iVill  you 
alRrm?     I  willdcny. 

Pboi".  2nd.  Christian  Bnpliimi  in  administered 
6y  immeriing  Ihe  candidate  "for"  or  "ISTO"  each 
of  the  lliree  divine  naniM,  to  wit ;  Fallier,  Son  and 
Holy  Spirit     I  will  affirm.     Will  you  deny  7 

Prop.  .3rd.  In  adminvtlcring  Chrittian  Bap- 
((>(«,  Ihe  candidate  it  Seriplnallg  immerted  byafor 
•ard,  bowing  ponture.  I  will  affirm.  Will  you 
deny? 

I'nop.  4tli.  7ii  adminixlering  Christian  Bapli^m 
the  candidate  w  Scripturallg  laid  bachvarda  under 
Ihe  water.     Will  you  affirm?     I  will  deny. 

Oct.  would  suit  me  best  for  the  debate  were  it  not 
for  previous  engagements,  which  I  have  about 
one  hundred  aud  lilty  miles  north  of  us,  extending 
from  the  early  part  of  Oct.  to  the  middle  of  Nov. 
If  other  parlies  are  agreed,  the  Lord  willing,  -I 
will  meet  you  in  discussion  the  last  week  iu  Nov. 
The  time  of  dav  you  proposed  is  from  7:30  to  10 
o'clock  P.M.  That  will  notsuit  meat  all.  lat.  Be- 
cause my  habitual  hours  of  rest  come  much  earli- 
er than  10  o'clock,  from  which  habit  I  canuot  de- 
part without  corresponding  impairment  of  phys- 
ical and  mcnt.1l  vigor  for  the  time  being.  2nd.  It 
will  be  desirable  on  several  accounts  for  me  to 
spend  my  rest  nt  a  brother's  house  a  few  miles 
from  town,  in  order  to  reach  which,  I  would  have 
to  ride  through  the  cool  night  nir  exposing 
vocal  organs,  aa  well  as  general  health.  3rd,  It 
would  still  be  harder  on  our  brethren  and  sisters 
uud  the  country  people  generally,  who  live  out 
miles  from  town  and  will  bo  anxious  to  attend, 
while  the  town  people  iu  either  case  will  have  but 
a  few  rods  to  go.  X  propose  therefore  that  itshall 
take  place  between  the  hours  of  9  A.  M,  aud  noon, 
allowing  each  disputant  three  half  hour  speeches, 
for  as  many  days  as  will  be  necessary  to  cDm])Jele 
the  urgumcula  pro  aud  cou. 

Cesnectfully  submitted, 

J,  W.  Sl'EIi-. 
Letter  No.  4. 

Carthage,  Mo.,  Skpt.  12, 1677. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Stein:— 

Dear  Sir  : 
■  Yours  of  Aug.  31st  received,  examined  and  duly 
considered.  Itisusclc-ss  to  multiply  words  as  to 
the  origin  of  our  present  corrcspondeuce,  for  it  in 
no  way  afi'ects  the  truth  for  winch  we  uU  should  be 
searching.  I  could  never  conscutto  appear  before 
the  i>eople  with  four  propositions  upon  h  subject 
that  can  be  fully  correct  by  one,  .especially  since 
your  declaration  that  we  hnrmouizeas  to  the  believ- 
ing penitent,  which  of  course  necessitates  the  drop- 
ping of  the  expression.  The  proposition,  of  course, 
thcu,  that  would  bring  out  tlio  truth,  would  be: 
'i\inv  iinmcririon  is  Sci-iplnral  baptism.  You  affirm. 
I  deny. 

I've  consulted  with  our  congregation  ns  to  the 
time  for  holding  the  discussion.  They  do  not  ob- 
ject to  Nov.  but  suggest  it  would  be  better  to  com- 
mence about  the  10th  or  20th,  for  the  reason  that 
it  will  then  be  the  full  moon.  The  time  from  6:30 
to  8:30,  P.  M.,  then  occupying  time  for  four  half 
hour  speeches.  It  is  a  setUcd  fjucstion  that  there 
can  be  no  discussion  if  it  must  be  held  during  the 
hours  iu  which  labor  is  performed,  for  we  expect 
our  audience  principally  in  the  town,  from  among 
those  who  perform  daily  labor  in  the  shop,  or  at 
tile  couuter.  A  comfort.iblo  house  will  be  prO' 
vided  for  you  among  our  brethren  in  the  town,  and 
each  morning  you  can  go  to  the  country,  if  you 
desire.     Your  animal  will  also  be  cared  for. 

As  to  the  appoiutiuenl  of  Modcratoi's,  I  would 
su(,'gc-sl  that  three  arc  audicienl ;  you  selecting  one, 
I  one,  and  those  selecting  a  tliird,  who  simll  be 
their  chairman. 

Respectfullv. 

W.  il.  CUNSIKGIIAM. 

Letter  No.  5. 

Nkwtonia,  Mo.,  Seit,  21,  1877. 

Mr.   W.  R.  Cunningham:— 
DkaiiSir: 

Yours  of  the  12th  instcnmo  duly  to  baud,  and 
would -have  been  promptly  answered,  but  for  a 
protracted  sicknt.'^  of  intermittent  fever  from 
whfch  I  have  suffered  for  some  time.  Accept 
thanks  for  the  proMbred  hospitality  of  your  breth- 
ren which  wilt  boaeceptedif  needed.  Considering 
Ihe  circumstances  1  will  accept  all  the  iiryumcuts 
proposetl-  in  your  letter,  cxi  ■  :■■  M..  ;r  ;■■  idnji  for 
debate.     Your  letter  to  Br-   v.     1  ii.  I.ith 

ult,  ^r^i  brought  forwanl  !:  -  ,•.;.;  n;i'/or- 
iwirrf  vs.  backward  action  in  i  ij^:'  ;■■  ■  ■  ■  ■  t y  Jts- 
linct  iiiue  belwi:cn  jia,  which,  1  thinh,  for  truth's 
sal,-e  nhonld  be  brought  ckarlg  before  the  public 
viliid).  Hence  the  propositions  I  oiTered  on  that 
subject,  which,  I  shall  certainly  not  decline  to  dis- 
cuss on  equal  Ici'ms.     1  oh  can  do'io,  if  you  wish. 

Respecting  what  lam  to  a§inii  I  prefer  my  own 
wording  as  before  proposed,  viz:  "Christian  Bap- 
tism is  administered  by  immersiug  the  candidate 
foi  or  into  cacli  of  the  three  divine  names  vh:  Fath- 
er, Son  and  Holy  Spirit."  This  is  a  in'opoaition 
that  contains  our  position,  aud  which,  I  insist  you 
shall  negative,  unlesj  you  can  point  uut  features, 
wherein  it  fails,  currcelli/,  cknrbj  undjully  to  state 
our  teaching  and  practice  on  the  subject.  If  one 
proposition  fully  covei-3  the  question  underconsider- 
ation,  us  you  intimiiii.',  iIilii  Iu; i<i]\nnalive propom- 
dioiM  (if  your  oliJcM  1- 111  iivi  uim-)  need  occupy 
no  more  time  lljan  '-,,. ,  iniiviili^l  uur  matter  is  ar- 
ranged accordingly.  H.n-  I  will  ^i.ite  onw/orotf, 
that  if  you  will  not  consent  to  aflirni  yonr  teaching 
and  praclice,  a.s  you  propose  I  shall  do  our» 
(to  wliicli  I  have  never  yet  objected)  on  the  poiul 
to  bo  debated,  the  discussion  as  far  as  /  am  con- 
eernfd  is  nt  an  end,  and  the  Brethren  may  supply 
another  disputant  if  they  wish.  In  all  debates, 
the  truth,  itself  supplies  a   natural  advantage   in 

This  should  not  only  be  desired,  but  should /ti/- 
lij  Mti'fy  all,  who  love  and  wish  to  know  the  truth. 
Any  other  advantage  sought,  or  obtained  in  the 
premise  of  a  disuii.si'ion,  is  unequal  and  unjntl,  no\.- 
witli&tanding  ciM'ominay  be  the  contrary.  Con- 
sidering tlie  rule  given  us,  by  our  blessed  Master, 
(Matt.  7 :  12)  on  what  principal  of  christian  right, 


justice,  or  reason,  canyon  ttJ^k  uslo  affirm  our  views 
for  you  to  deny,  and  at  the  same  time  refuse  toaf- 
firm  your  views  for  us  to  deify  ?  Arc  your  views 
not  called  iu  ciucslion  as  well  as  ours  ?  Should  I 
affirm  our  views  and  you  not  affirm  yonis,  the 
whole  discuaion  would  turn  (according  lo  proposi- 
tion) upon  our  teaching  and  practice,  throwing 
the  entire  burden  of  proof  unon  myself,  while 
your  teaching  aud  practice  miglit  he  ncrecned  from 

Eublic  examination,  if  you  wished.  Please  let  me 
ear  from  you  again  at  your  very  earliest  conven- 
ience. 

Reapectfnlly, 

J.  W.  Steis, 

Letter  No.  6. 

Near  La.mar,  Barton-  Co.,  Mo.  Seit.  23.  '77. 
Mr.  J  W.  Stein:— 

Dkar  Sir: 
Yours  of  the  21st  inst,  is  nt  hand,  was  forward- 
ed from  Carthage.     From  yours  I  extract,  ■' Con- 
sidering the  circumslanccs, "  I  willnccept  all  the  ar- 


rangements proposed  i 


,^1' 


letter. 


ccpt  the 


proposition  for  debato,  which  then  leaves  the  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  I  will  accept  your  verbiage  in 
the  proposition  :  "  Christian  Baptism  isadministci' 

ed  by  immei-siug  the  candidate /or  or  into  each  01 
the  three  divine  namci,  vb.:  Fnlher,  Son  and  Sulij 
Spirit."  As  you  say,  "  this  is  a  proposition  that 
contains  our  position  and  which  I  iusiit  you  aball 

I  therefore  in  form  you  thatyoushaUnotbodisap- 
pointed  for  I  will  negative  your  propositi  on.  iis,ac-, 
cording  lo  your  language,  tho  above  proposition 
"Contains  our  (your)  position,"  it  therefore  is  un- 
necf^-pry  ()ri<  w' have  a  separate  proposition  OB 
forv.^ii  ;■■■;■;'  I  "■  v'lurposition  iscorrect  by  this 
pri>[i. -.1       ■    ■        .111-   the  "forward  action."     It 

will  !.■ ■  i-'u    ii  l.ir  you   lo  cry  out,  whcu  in 

uur  di.-'cussiuu.  I  nuail  attempt  to  screen  the  doc- 
trine of  the  church  of  Christ.  Now  as  you  have 
my  acceptance  of  your  proposition  as  '[noted  in 
thb,  it  only  remains  for  you  to  say  whether  it,  the 
discussion,  shall  take  place  about  thelSth  of  Nov. 
or  the  week  following.     Address  mc  at  Carthage. 


Letter  No.  7. 

Newto.nia,  Mo.,  Oct.  8,  '7 

,1/r.   If.  R.  Cunningham:—      ' 
Dear  .Sir: 

Yours  of  the  2Sth  inst,  nt  hand.  When  I  said 
"  except  tho  proposition  for  debate,"  I  did  not 
simply  mean  to  insist  ou  the  verbiage  of  my  own 
proposition,  bul  also  that  there  mxutl  be  another 
proposition  affirming  i/our  podtiun  as  my  letter 
plainly  ttatLd.  When  I  suid  "this  proposition 
coiiiiiiu-  111:1  !■■  lii'ii,"  I  meant  of  course  on  the 
Pt.il  .^  I  .I'l.  not  on  any  uihieh  it  did  uot 

fl'ii' .  ...    lp  mennyraitona/miudoughl 

lo  iiiiii  r-r.,L.i  )  ■,((  have  dropped  the /orioart/ 
Vi  hifcl:w(inl  at^licn.  If  yoU  wish  to  take  it  up 
again,  do  so  iu  an  intelligent  form,  dividing  the 
affirmative  labor  and  I  will  discuss  it  mlh  you,  or 
Kinee  you  seem  to  have  such  strong  antipathy  to  a 
plnruUly  of  propositions  ajjirm  the  backward  action 
and  I  will  uejjalive  it.  The  20th  of  Nov.,  at  6:30 
P.  M.  will  suit  me  to  coninience,  (the  Lord  will- 

I  havo,nevcr  supposed  that  you  had  any  dispo- 
sition to  "go-wn"  the  "(/oc/riite  of  flie  church  of 
Chriet,"  hut  your  whole  course  during  our  corres- 
pondence iu  rcfiuiug  to  notice  aiul  rmpand  to  any 
suggestion!!,  propositions  or  ulalcment^,  Ilttivc  made, 
looking  lo  an  ajjirmation  on  your  part,  of  your  po- 
sition has  confirmed  mo  in  the  belief  that  you  are 
disnosed  to  screen  woitr  single-dip  view  of  baptism 
and  this  I  must  believe,  unless  in  your  next  letter 
you  agree  to  affirm  a  proposition  in  its  support. 
In  all  my  letlere  I  have  insisted  that  you  affirm 
your  proposition  on  the  single  action  (iu  baptism) 
and  in  my  last  letter  I  mt'St  particularly  stated  it, 
«.i  a  FINAL  CONDITION  of  Uu:  debate  (as  far 
as  I  WHS  concerned)  yet  in  no  instiiu'e  have  you 
aeemcd  to  pay  iiiti/  altenlion  lo  this  part  of  ihe  cor- 
respundence  whatever.  I  propose  again  that  you 
nfhrm  the  following  proposition,  or  ITS  equiva- 
lent, riz:  "  Chridian  baptism  is  adminintere'l  by 
a  SI  Ni.LE  DIP  of  the  candidate  under  thetvater  with 
(III  infoviilion  of  the  Holy  IVinHy."  Jfyouwilldo 
this.  Ihv  conitilions  of  the  debate  arc  settled,  as  far 
<M  I  am  eo)ieerued.  If  yon  will  'not,  (Ai>  is  my 
LA6T  LETTER  aud  ihc  Correspondence  goes  to  press. 
Your  ne.vt  letter  will  decide  the  niattor.  Please 
let  me  hear  by  Tctnrn  mail. 

Eespeclfullv, 

'      J.  W.  Stein. 


Letter  Nc 

.8. 

Cartiiagj: 

Mo 

nr-r 

11, '77. 

Mr.  J.  ]y.  Slein:— 

Dear  Sir, 

Youreof  theSth  iust,  IS  11 

tllV 

pii-t- 

iun,  and  I 

must  confess  that  I  iim  h.  1  . 

1      1 

'i^i^eyour 

equanimity  so  much  il-^ 

1  will  not 

ci  you  have  your  own  ^  1 

■rrcspond- 

encc,  that  is,  write  you.  .  :]l 

■;,■! 

mc  nuswor  just  to  suit  your 

will 

Ui. 

""ou  \¥ould 

e  do  juijt  as  a  certain  farmer  had  his  color- 


boy  Joe  do,  but  your  great  trouble  is,  I  will  not 
he  obedient  unto  your  ordei's.  As  you  seem  dis- 
posed to  have  our  corresiiou deuce  go  to  press,  I 
will  lot  the  readers  know  how  it  w.is  with  the  farm- 
er and  Joe. 

[The  following  is  most  tiio  ridiculous  to  go  be- 
fore a  religious  public,  but  it  certainly  shows  to 
whal  some  men  will  nt  times  stoop  when  driven  lo 
the  wall.— Eds,] 

The  farmer  had  a  field  covered  with  sod  made 
by  the  famous  ICentucky  blue-gross,  and  when  the 
Spring  came,  he  decided  to  have  the  sod  turned 
over.  So  having  supplied  Joe  with  a  pairof  hors- 
es, a  set  of  haroecs,  and  a  suitable  plow,  the  farm- 
er guided  Joe  with  his  equipments  to  the  said  field 
iu  which  were  grazing  some  cattle,  and  among 
them  was  a  certain  white  cow,' to  which  the  farmer 
called  the  attention  of  Joe,  for  to  plow,  a  land 
must  be  marked  out,  and  to  accomplish  tliis,  tbera 


must  be  some  object  by  which  ihc  plowman  t-hall  • 
he  guided.  "  Joe,"  said  ihe  farmer,  "  do  >  ou  s e(* 
that  white  cow?"  "  Yes  sah,"said  Jiv.  "Now," 
said  the  farmer,  "I  nm  going  away,  and  while  I'm 
gone,  you'll  just  follow  that  w^itccow;  I'll  be 
hack  in  the  alternoon  to  sec  how  you  are  gelling 
along.  Do  you  hear  mc  sir?"  "  Yes  sah,"  said 
Joe,  "aud  I'll  do  just  zjieklysoyouaay.sah."  Tho 
farmer  took  his  departure,  the  cow  graced  promis- 
cuously, Joe  followed  her  with  his  plow,  aud  the 
farmer  returned  according  to  his  promise,  but  to 
his  amazement  Joe  had  dimply  wandered  and 
scratched  all  over  the  field,  hut  had  doiicno  plow- 
ing, ".loe,"  shouted  the  farmer,  "  what  have  you 
been  doing  sir?"  "  Just  prexackly  what  you  told 
mesah:  toiler  dat  cow  all  dc  day  long;  Joe  al- 
ways do  whal  you  tell  him,  sah,"  said  iheobedient 
negro. 

Now  sir,  from  the  timclhiscorrespondcnce  com- 
menced with  you,  you  have  taken  an  object  irrcl- 
evunt  lo  the  pruposltion  you  were  to  olfirm,  and 
like  that  white  cow,  you  have  gone  gramigpromifl- 
cuously  around,  and  because  I  wo\)ld  not  d*i  as 
you  desired,  follow  whithersoever  you  waudered, 
then  you  become  couviueed  that  I  am  disposed  to 
screen  my  "  single-dip  "  views  of  baptism.  In- 
deed! but  hiiw  did  you  come  into  the  (Kisst^ion 
of  yourwoudcrful  knowle<lgectinceruiugmy  "ain- 
de-dip  views  of  baptism,"  When,  n»  you  well 
know  that  prior  to  this  lime,  I  never  wrote  one 
word  to  you  about  "single-dip  baptism,"  aud 
now  is  the  lirst  lime  in  all  uiy  wriliuL',  or  talking 
that  I  ever  made  u-  1  iruli  ;.ii  ■uiTandish,  nn- 
scriptural  cxprcv^ii!.  ■    i'--    I'.iiilc   tells   mo 

nolliiog    about  •  -i;.-       i.  4  ■..  m."    I    know 

uuthingofii.  I -'i;'!  -  >'--■■>.■  1  ii' I  would  suf- 
fer myself  lo  wander  "Ut  iulo  Babylon,  whei'c  you 
are,  I  might  learn  something  of  it.  My  views 
sir,  of  baptism  arc  fouud  in  Uic  New  Tcatamcnl, 
and  I  am  cuiistraiiied  to  belii'.ve  you  would  be 
much  benefited  if  ytm  would  study  that  more 
and  tradition  less.  From  my  firatlelter,  you  will 
know  that  our  debating  depended  upnii  your  af- 
firming "trine  immersion,"  and  my  denying  it, 
aud  is  you  did  not  intend  lo  do  Ibis,  why  did  you 
not  say  so,  aud  let  the  eorrcsp  on  denes  slop?  In 
yours  of  the  21st  of  Sept.,  you  say,  "  Respecting 
what  Jam  lo  affirm,  I  prefer  ray  own  wordingaa 
before  proposed,  viz.  Christian  Baptism  as  admin- 
istered bv  immersiug  the  cundidato  for,  or  into 
each  of  the  three  Divine  names,  vin.  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit.  This  is  a  pro|Kiiilion  which 
contains  our  pusitiou,  aud  which  I  insial  you  shall 
negative,  unless  you  can  [iointoutfcatui>hs,  where- 
in it  fails,  eon-co%,  c&ar/y  and/fi%  111  stale  our 
teachiug,  and  practice  ou  the  subject,"  In  my 
letter  of  the  28lh  of  Sept.,  I  quoted  your  jirop- 
ositinn,  and  a  portion  of  Ihe  sentence  that  iin- 
medialely  followed' it,  and  then  said,  "  I  thero- 
I'ore  inform  you  that  you  aball  uot  bo  distippoint- 
ed,  for  I  wilt  negative  your  proposition,"  In 
yours  of  the  8ih  of  Oct.  you  say:  When  I  said, 
"  this  proposition  contiiiin  our  position,  I  nieantof 
course  on  the  POINT  whieh  it  .itated,  not  on 
any  which  it  did  uot  slate,  which  it  seems  to  nic 
any  rational  mind  ought  to  understifcud."  Now  the 
quotation  from  the  2l3t  of  Sept,"  con-w%  clearly 
and /n%  states  iiur  (your)  teachiug  and  practice 
i>u  the  Kubjett  "  What  subject?  Of  courEcyour  pfi- 
sitionon  the  subject  about  which  you  were  writing.- 
But  when  your  proposition  is  accopleii,  and  you 
discoveryou  arc  cornered,  then  you  come  in  the  let- 
ter of  Oct.  Sib,  and  declare  it  dou't  cover  your 
jiosilion.  Stein  of  Sept.  21st,  andStciu  of  Oct.  8. 
don't  hnrmoui/o  verv  well.  I  am  compelled  lo  ap- 
ply Isaiah  2S :  20  to  you.  "  For  the  bed  is  shorter 
than  that  a  man  cnu  stretch  himself  on  it;  and  the 
covering  narrower  tlr.oi  tli:it  In- <',io  wrap  himself 
in  it."  I  thought  ,  '■■  ■  "  ■  ■:  '!■'■  '.^tst,  was  lo 
beyour  last,  but  Ti  ■  In  nr  Oct.Sth,  is 
another  last.  I  can  i ■.■ .  1.  ^i'  'J.i  ;.  .nn;  way  ;  your 
first  letter  wia  oue  ou.],  ili.u  1=  Ui.:  beginning  end, 
tlio  21at  Sept.  is  another  end,  which  is  two  ends, 
and  Oct-  Stli  is  another  end,  which  is  three  ends, 
and  now  you  have  your  correspond  en  eo  like  your 
baptism,  it  ia  trine,  ihcr fore  ready  for  the  press. 
Rc-pect  fully, 
W.  R.  Cdn.n'ixgha.m. 

REMARKS. 

The  reader  will  observe  from  Mr  Cunningham's 
Kentucky  while  cow  story,  his  reason  for  not 
ogreeiiig  (as  I  proposed  from  the  beginning)  to 
bring  his  side  of  the  question  into  debute,  lest  like 
"  Joe  "  he  would  make  bad  work  of  it.  He  thinks 
that  "single  dip  views  of  baptism  are  outlandish 
and  nnscriptural."     If  S",  whi     n  ng 

.self  be?     a  peculiarity   of    B         m     and  b 

found  there  according  to  his  Inng     g  ad     u 

for  him.    He  will  find  that  n  d  p   f      h  p 

lismconnected  with  an  invocat  e 

as  he  now  practices  it,  louud  its       j,  n  G  e- 

gorv,  the   pope  of  and  tho  4tl        p  un    1 

ToredoinSpainA.D.ea3.(Biuj,  t. 

the  Ch.  Ch.  Vol.   1.  li.H.k  XI  )     I        u 

be  well  for  nil  if  such  human  traditions  would  be 
abandoned,  f'.'r  the  "apotloUc  irailitioiui"  of  bnp 
tism  into  each  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity  which 
fouud  its  origin  with  Christ,  and  ia  enforced  by 
His  great  imperative  (Matt-  2S:19).  Instead  of 
accepting  my  prnpositi'm  as  Mr.  Cuuninghompn - 
fe^cs  lo  have  done,  it  will  be  seen  that  he  has  nev- 
er even  responded  to  the  niaiVi  eondilionot'  ihedis- 
ciiBsion  as  propi»ed  by  me,  iu  a  single  letter,  aud 
only  accepted  my  verbiage  nf  hia  "wn  proposition 
after  he  had  the  matter  entirely  in  his  own  hand', 
and  knew  there  would  be  no  di.scusaion  at  all.  As 
to  his  pa-tonal  allusions  and  the  spirit  of  them,  I 
might  respond, if  our  holy  religion  allowed  me  lo 
"  return  evil  forevil  "  or  "  railing  for  railing," 
Very  truly, 

J.  W.  Stei.s-. 

Xeidonia,  Mti. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  BriiKj   Yoit  Good  Tidrngn  of  G-reai  Joy,  which  Shall  ho  unto  All  People.''''  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


Vol.  in. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  10,  1878. 


No.  2. 


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TO  MY  MOTHEH. 

MY  mother,  wov<ls  cnnnot  express, 
The  uieiisuiv  of  my  love ; 
Aliuctiuii  of  110  enrthly  mould. 
Bub  tliiiti  of   lieuven   above. 
0,  could  I  tell  tliee  how  my  heart, 

Is  fiimly  boiiiid  to  thine; 
Thy  leelings  of  my  o**'i>  ^'^  P*^^'^' 
Thy  sorrows  all  are  miae. 

Cnn  I  i-epay  thee  iis  I  ou^ht, 

For  thy  unceaaiug  care  ? 
I  cannot,  but  my  Siivior  will, 

lu  answer  to  my   prayers. 

Whou  he  shall  uiako  bis  jewels  up, 

Amoug  them  thou  wilt  stiui J ; 
Ami  strike  tliy  hurp  to  heavenly  strawis, 

With   the   angelic  band. 

And  mlt  fchou,  iu  thy  fervent  prayei-i, 

Thy   father's   God  beseech, 
His  fp'acious  Spirit  to  impart, 
Thy  erring  child  to  teach  ? 

Selected  by   H.  C.  BurrEKHAUfiii 
Unarh,  III. 


THE   TREE   AND  ITS   FRUITS. 

!1V  0.  n.  HALSDAUOH. 

WHEREVER  there  is  fruit  there  muatbe 
root  to  determine  it^s  quality.  Pereim- 
moiis  grow  not  on  grape  vines,  nor  pears  on  the 
ivy,  but  a  poor  grape  is  a  grape  still,  and  an  apple 
of  Gomorrah  is  none  the  less  acrid  and  ashy 
inside  because  of  its  blooming  exterior.  The 
world's  gew-gaws  and  frivolities,  do  not  grow 
un  the  ti-ee  of  Life.  A  holy,  Christ-enshrining 
heart  blossoms  into  "  Twelve  manner  of  fruits," 
always  ripe  and  always  ripening,  ever  growing 
sweeter  with  the  flavor  of  the  Upper  Eden,  aud 
more  mellow  with  the  grace  of  the  Cro.ss.  No 
apple  on  the  tree  iu  the  garden  of  Eternity  is 
a  model  in  uU  respects  to  its  fellow.  It  is  only 
so  ill  the  principle  of  life  aud  yrowtli  and  yen- 
frill  external  featuifs.  The  constituent  ele- 
ineiita  are  the  same  in  all,  hut  not  their  propor- 
tions and  arrangements. 

My  recent  article  on  "  Hetigioiis  SIiw  Dolls  " 
was  very  sharp  on  certain  violations  of  Christian 
principle,  while  I  would  not  abate  one  jot  of  its 
severity  for  those  wliose  abominations  it  anath- 
emntizes,  it  was  not  intended  to  reach  as  far  lis 
some  suppose.  In  amputating  a  man's  band,  or 
foot,  we  must  not  leel  oureelves  obliged  to  ara- 
putiite  his  head.  Between  John  2 :  15, 16,  ami 
an  enforced  ecclesiastical  costume,  there  is  plenty 
of  room  for  all  the  simplicity  which  the  Gosiil-I 
enjoins.  In  the  nature  of  things  it  is  dangerous 
to  adopt  the  method  of  the  Medes,  and  Pei^siaiis, 
in  our  ecclesiastical  legislation,  wheix'  we  have 
not  an  illustrative  case  in  the  inspired  record. 
We  have  not  enough  Divinity  in  us  to  make 
fixed  laws  of  inferences  drawn  from  general 
principles.  But  we  should  have  so  much  ^v^s(lom 
as  to  know  that  when  we  find  a  black-berry 
that  it  has  close  relation  ivith  a  brier.  Blackber- 
ries and  prickles  go  together.  Principles  arc 
invariable  as  Deity,  but  our  inferences  may  be 
erroneous,  and  this  makes  it  a  matter  of  pru- 
dence that  we  leave  the  door  open  for  a  deeper 
insight,  and  a  worthier  application.  Dress  is 
no  esception  to  this  rule.  The  province  of  An- 
nual Conference  is  not  only  for  the  solution  of 


difficult  iiroblems,  but  for  their  disposition  on 
principles  that  admit  of  no  question.  At  this 
point  there  Is  perhaps  undue  rigidity  iu  the  dis- 
cussions imd  ileeisions  of  our  councils.  We 
have  not  the  same  right  to  insist  on  fixed,  un- 
cliangeable  forms  of  our  own  devising,  as  on 
l«ptism  or  feet-washing :  and  we  should  be 
\Q\-y  cautious  not  to  act  as  though  the  a\itliority 
were  the  same  in  both  inatiLnces.  I  believe  in 
stern  daily  self-denial  in  all  tliat  tends  to  foster 
the  sell-exalting,  self-worshiping  element  iu  our 
nature.  For  niimy  it  is  far  more  difficult  to 
abandon  tiie  pip?  and  quid,  than  for  fashion- 
mongers  to  don  the  round  coat.  How  many 
strain  at  a  gnat  aud  swallow  a  camel.  Charac- 
(er  comes  first,  and  then  the  whole  exterior  life  as 
the  natural  pr.Kluct.  This  cntsotT  the  fashions 
and  fineries,  and  vanities  of  the  world  as  com- 
pletely as  its  gross  immoralities.  It  is  not  dress 
lis  such  that  is  befouling,  and  rending,  and  en- 
feebling the  church,  but  unholinesd ;  and  out  of 
this  springs  pride  in  all  its  forms,  like  mush- 
rooms out  of  a  dung-bill.  Flesh-pleasing 
world-imitating  sipparel  is  n  sore  evil  in  the 
church,  and  should  not  be  tolerated ;  but  there 
are  other  violations  that  reach  deeper,  are  more 
debasing,  more  difficult  to  eradicate,  and  often 
hold  stubborn  empire  where  the  greatest  sim- 
plicity m  dress  prevails.  Those  who  serve  on 
committees  can  testify.  "  Be  ye  holy  for  I  am 
holy"  lays  the  axe  to  the  root  of  the  tree  of  in- 
iquity. .\  garment  of  hemp  may  be  spotted  by 
the  world  as  deeply  as  one  of  silk.    "Keep  thy 

HKART  WITH  ALL  DII.IOENCE." 


WHEN  DOES  EDTJCATION  BEGIN  P 

HY   S.  7..  &HAR1'. 

EDUCATION  begins  not.  as  some  suppose, 
in  the  primary  school  with  the  first  lesson 
in  the  .alphabet,  but  at  home  and  in  the  nursery. 
The  mother  and  the  nurse  arc  the  first  teachers, 
they  lay  the  foundation  of  nearly  every  branch 
taught  in  college  or  the  university,  fhc  el^ 
nieuts  of  natural  philosophy,  mathematics, 
grammar,  hotiiuy,  zoology,  etc,  arc  all  acquired 
before  the  child  enters  the  primary  school, 
long  before  the  cliild  can  lisp  an  intelligible 
word,  it  investigates  the  principles  of  natural 
philosophy.  It  grasps  every  object  within 
reach,  to  ascertain  its  properties;  turns  it  over, 
if  pos.sihle,  to  learn  it-s  form  and  sixe,  then  in- 
variably applies  its  mouth  to  it  to  discover  its 
taste,  in  other  words  it  is  taking  practical  le.=!- 
sons  in  natwnil  philosophy.  It  is  also  making 
experiments  with  matter  which  the  professor  in 
chemistry  at  the  university  is  doing,  only  on  a 
more  extensive  scale. 

TJie  idea  of  unity,  the  basis  of  all  calculation, 
is  very  early  understood,  while  the  idea  of  ad- 
ding, subtiactingj-multiplj'iug  aud  dividing  by 
means  of  objects,  are  understood  by  every  in- 
telligent child  before  it  reaches  the  proper 
school  age.  All  the  toaclier  can  do  afterward  is 
to  iniimrt  a  knoivledge  of  the  rules  by  whicli 
these  oi>erations  lue  performed,  and  lead  the 
pupil  to  a  more  comprehensive  view  of  the 
subject,  and  instruct  him  to  apply  bis  knowl- 
edge to  practical  purposes.  Napier  and  Newton 
invented  or  discovered  notliing,  iuid  the  profes- 
sor of  malhcmatics  teaches  nothing  in  this 
branch  \vhose  primary  elements,  the  mother 
can  not  teach  to  her  boy  on  hia  fingers  while 
seated  on  her  knee. 

The  amount  of  knowledge  early  acquired  in 
grammar,  or  language,  is  still  more  wonderful. 
By  the  time  a  child  of  ordinary  intelligence  is 
six  years  old,  it  can  understand  the  laenniug  of 
about  ten  thousand  woitla.  Take  a  modern 
spelling  book,  count  the  words  that  a  child  can 
understand,  and  you  will  be  astonished  at  the 
i-esult.  The  art  of  using  language  is  learned 
before  the  child  enters  school ;  the  scivncc  of  it 
at  school.  We  need  not  mention  other  branch- 
es, let  it  suffice  to  say   that  the   parents,  the 


teachers  in  the  primary  school,  in  the  high 
school,  the  college,  and  the  university  are  all 
engaged  in  the  same  ivork  of  leading  the  pupil 
up  the  so  called  "Hill  of  science."  There  is  no 
conflict  between  the  work  of  the  i)arents  and 
the  other  inatructoi-s ;  between  the  parent  ivho 
lays  the  foundation,  and  the  college  professor 
who  gives  the  finishing  touch  to  a  moral  and 
intellectual  edifice  that  shall  be  for  a  blessuig  to 
mankind,  and  a  glory  to  God. 


PENCIL  MUSINGS. 


NiruUER  III. 

IF  you  baptize  by  one  dii>,  and  claim  that  you 
baptize  by  the  authority  of  Father,  Son, 
and  Holy  Ghost,  you  can  have  it  that  way  if  you 
choose;  but  Christ  is  our  Lord;  he  is  our  au- 
thority, and  by  his  authority  we  have  the  law 
of  baptism,  and  that  tells  us  just  how  and  when, 
and  all  about  it.  He  says:  "Baptize  them 
the  name  of  the  Father,  (not  by  His  authority, 
but  ill  the  name  of  the  Father,)  and  of  the  Son, 
(not  by  his  authority,  for  He  gave  his  authority 
when  he  said,  "Go  teach,  baptizing  etc.,  in  the 
name  of  the  Son,")  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  (not 
by  His  authority,  but  in  the  Holy  Ghost.)  In 
the  tbiee  divine  names  we  are  baptixedbya-sep- 
arate  act,  into  each  name,  into  one  God.  He 
not  God  without  the  Father,  He, is  not  God 
without  the  Son,  He  is  not  God  without  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

When  we  address  God,  we  address  the  three 
Divine  beings,  when  we  address  the  Father 
in  its  full  sense,  we  address  Him  in  the  name  ol' 
His  Son  through  the  guidance  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  These  tliree  cannot  be  separated  in  the 
great  work  of  mercy,  neither  can  they  be  uni- 
ted iu  the  strict  sense  of  individuality:  there 
must  be  three,  no  more,  no  less.  How  then  do 
we  get  into  these  three?  Paul  says  we  are  bap- 
ti-/.cd  into  Christ,  does  this  bring  us  into  the 
Father?  No,  we  get  into  the  Father  wlien  we 
are  baptized  "In  the  name  of  the  Father,"  does 
this  bring  us  into  the  Son?  No,  we  get  into 
the  Son  when  we  are  baptized  in  the  name  of 
the  Son,  so  says  Paul,  and  so  we  get  into  the 
Holy  Ghost  when  we  are  baptized  in  the  name 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  So  sure  are  we  of  this  fact 
as  the  Bible  is  true.  To  get  a  man  into  Christ 
is  reasonable ;  to  get  aman  into  the  Holy  Ghost 
when  he  is  baptized  into  Him,  is  reasonable; 
but  to  baptize  a  person  into  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  then  say  that  he  is  baptized  into  Christ  by 
the  same  action,  is  an  assertion  not  warr.'uited 
in  the  Bible, 


Loiu/iiioiil,  Coloni'lo. 


VISITING  THE   SICK. 


rilHIS  as  a  duty  frequently  taught  in  the  Holy 
J.  Seripture,  and  devolves  more  or  less  on  ev- 
ery humble  follower  of  Christ.  Whether  it  is  al- 
ways done  from  a  sen.so  of  duty  I  am  not  able 
to  decide,  but  this  I  do  know,  that  it  often  re- 
sults in  more  evil  than  good.  I  have  seen  the 
houses  of  sick  families  made  the  houses  of  feast- 
ing and  pleasui'e,  instead  of  going  to  relieve 
them  of  their  cares  and  auxieties  in  ^vatching 
over  the  sick.  Perhaps  they  will  gather  their 
ivhole  family  together,  from  the  largest  to  the 
smallest,  and  take  them  along,  and  probably  on 
the  Lord's  day  at  that,  and  now  their  friends,  in 
addition  to  watching  over  imd  waiting  on  their 
dear  sick  ones,  are  obliged  to  go  to  work  and 
prepare  to  feast  their  sympathetic  neighbors. 
I  have  come  to  the  couelusion  that  tliis  kind  of 
visiting  does  not  meet  the  approbatioh  oi  the 
Lonl. 

If  we  do  not  go  for  the  purpose  of  comfort- 
ing and  consoling  them  in  their  atflietions,  also 
niuiistering  to  their  temporal  wants,  if  they  are ' 


in  need,  wc  had  better  remain  at  home.  I  have 
no  doubt,  the  motive  is  generally  a  good  one, 
but  sometimes  wc  do  not  think  of  the  result  of 
of  our  actions.  We  do  not  mean  to  discourag 
any  one,  from  attending  to  their  duty,  for  we 
fear  that  it  is  too  much  neglected  by  most  of  us, 
hut  when  we  go,  let  us  go  for  a  purpose,  and  let 
that  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  afliictcd  parties, 
either  in  minisferiiig  to  their  spiritual,  or  tem- 
poral necessities,  or  both ;  and  when  our  pur- 
pose is  accomplished  let  us  leave  the  field  for 
others. 

Dear  Brother,  what  I  have  written  has  been 
from  a  good  motive,  and  if  any  of  us  have  fail- 
ed in  the  past,  let  us  be  more  careful  in  the  fu- 
ture, iu  this  as  well  as  all  other  Christi.aii 
duties. 

Ml.  Mon-if,  III. 


WILL  IT  HURT? 


ii  T  DON'T  see  that  going  to  the  circus  or 
X  theatre  mil  hurt  me,"  said  a  professor 
of  religion. 

Hurt  you?  why  not  at  all !  How  can  that 
hurt  you  if  yon  desii-e  to  go  ?  The  very  fact 
that  you  want  to  go  shows  that  you  mc  nli-eai/ii 
hurt.  Satjin  tempted  you.  you  yielded,  and  your 
desu-e  shows  sin  has  hurt  you.  Going  can't 
hurt  you  any  woi-se,  though  through  yonr  in- 
fluence you  may  cause  othcre  to  he  /iiirt. 

So  with  a  desire  to  go  toadancc,  or  auy  worldly 
place  of  pleasure ;  the  going  can't  hurt  you,  the 
desire  to  go  only  shows  too  plainly  j'ou  are 
hurt— badly  bruised  by  Satan,— already. 

Jnat  so  it  is  with  every  one  who  can't  see 
how  doing  this  and  that,  contrary  to  God's  will 
or  eoniraands,  is  n-going  tohurt  them.  The 
hurting  has  already  taken  place  in  the  soul,  aud 
nothing  short  of  God's  grace,  which  leadeth  to 
repentance,  can  heal  the  hurt.  Obedience  to 
God,  or  rather  the  desire  or  love  that  you  have, 
which  leadeth  tliee  to  obedience,  is  what  cures 
all  these  wounds,  or  hurts.  That  is  when  gen- 
uine love  leadeth  you  to  repentance  imd  obedi- 
ence, the  merits  of  Christ  make  you  whole. 

Says  an  other,  "  To  don  the  habiliments  of 
the  fashionable  world  can't  hurt  me;  no  relig- 
ion in  dress."  Hurt  you?  why  no!  how  can  it 
hurt  you.  who  has  a  love  for  these  things.  The 
very  fact  that  you  indulge  in  them,  if  evidence 
all  the  hurting  has  been  done  before,  and  of 
course  there  is  no  religion  in  dress  when  it  is 
evident  there  is  nunc  iu  the  ih-sires.  There  ia 
no  religion  in  externals,  the  religion  if  any,  is 
in  the  heai't, — or  religious  faith  rather — and  the 
externals  only  tell  what  kind  of  religion  is  in 
the  heart,  that  is  all.  When  yon  see  grape's 
hanging  on  a  vine,  you  may  be  sure  the  heart 
of  the  vine  is  i/rajje!  and  when  you  find  a  tree 
that  is  a  crab-apple  tree  at  htarl ;  joii  may  be 
sure  it  will  bear  sour,  crabby  fruit.  Not  sweet 
golden  pippins. 

"I  don't  see  that  neglecting  or  refusing  to 
appear  before  God  in  prayer  with  my  head  un- 
covered will  hurt  me,"  says  a  woman  of  the 
household  of  faith.  Hurt  you,  sister,  no ! 
The  unwillingness  to-day,  shows  that  the  hurt^ 
ing  was  done  previous.  If  "shame"  hurts, 
then  you  have  been  hurt,  for  it  is  a  "shame" 
for  a  woman  to  pray,  or  prophesy,  ^vith  her  head 
uncovered.  And  if  you  don't  "pray"  you  are 
still  huit,  for  it  is  the  duty  of  all  God's  children 
to  pray.  It  is  sin  that  hurts,  and  the  hurting 
is  done  before  the  evidence  comes  to  light.  Now 
we  can't  always  tell  bow  much  one  is  hurt  by 
sin,  but  God  can.  He  knows  all  about  it.  To 
oheij,  never  hurts,  to  (Umbcy aUcaijs  hurts.  Keep 
the  short  rule  before  your  minds,  continually, 
and  observe  it,  and  you  will  not  get  hurt. 

The  devil,  ia  tiie  last  day,  shall  rise  against  us 
condeniuatton,  tor  ihat  he  hath  been  more  care- 
ful to  get  sguhi  than  we  to  save  them. 


THE    13KETELIlB::iSr    ^T    AVOlils:. 


January   10. 


Whoji  A.li 


MARRIAGE   HYMN. 

ml  WfiS   cri;;it(;il   he   ilwoU  in  Eden"; 


shiwle, 
As  MoBPs  Iiiid  related  before  tlie  bride  was  miide, 
Ten  tliouamul  times  ten  tliousand   of  creatures 

swarmed  nround, 
Before  (be  In-ide  was  formed,  or  any    lonte  was 

found. 

Ilebndiio  conversation,  but  lived  like  one  alone, 
Till  to  his  admiration  be  found  he  lost  a  bone 
(_ircut  was  hU  esultiition  when  lirst  bis  bride 

he  spied, 
Ci rent  was  his   elevation    to  see  her  by  his  side. 


lie  spake 


I  in  a  rapture,  I  know  from  whence 

.  thy 


a  my  left  side  extracted  and  woman 

name, 
This  seems  to  ho  the  reason  why  man  should 

love  his  bride, 
A  piirt  of  his  own  body,  the  product  of  bis  side, 

The  woman  wa*  not  talten  from  Adam's  lieiid 

wo  know, 
Nor  she  musfcnot  rule  over  him  it  iseventnajly  so, 
The  wonnui  was  not  taken  from  Adam's  feet 

we  see, 
Nor  he  must  Jiot  abuse  her,  the  meaning  seema 

to  be. 

The  woman  she  was  taken  from  under  Adam's 
arm, 

And  she  must  be  protected  from  injury  and  harm, 

The  womrm  she,  was  taken,  from  near  to  Ad- 
am's heart, 

Thisseems  to  be  the  I'eason  wliy  tlioy  should 
never  part. 

And  now,   most  noble  bridegroom,   toyonrd 

tnrn_aside. 
Don't  let  this  little  Volume   be  ever  laid  aside, 
The  Book  that's  called  tlie  Bible,  I  pray  j'ou 

don't  neglect,    . 
lu  every  source  of  duty,  it  will  you  both  direct. 

Here's  coun.sel  for  the  bridegroom,  and  counsel 

for  the  bride, 
I  praj-  j'ou,  do   prove  faithful,   and  for  your 

iiouse  provide. 
And  to  avoid  eontention,  don't  sow  the  seed  of 

strife, 
The.se  are  the  solemn  duties  of  every  man  and 


wife. 


.Schclcd  b;/  Cmirnil  f'll:. 


SELF-JUSTIFICATION. 

BY  CHARLOTTE  T,  BOSll. 

rrillEKE  is  witbiu  us  a  disposition  to 
-*-  liu'l  a  rencly  aud  reasonable  excuse 
tuv  our  own  sliort-comings.  Faults  tliat 
fijipear  mountains  in  otbei-s,  \ve  can  find 
very  plausible  excuses  for  in  oiu'selves. 
■"'"he  heart  is  indeed  deceitful  above  all 
tilings;  wlio  can  know  it?  We  natural' 
lysuiipose  when  we  do  awrong  or  com- 
mit an  error  or  sin,  that  weareaurround- 
i^d  by  peculiar  circumstaucea,  and  if  we 
had  been  situated  as  othei-s,  we  would 
not  have  lieen  tempted  to  have  done  so. 
This  is  only  some  of  the  stratagems  of 
the  wicked  one  to  lead  us  further  into 
temptation,  aud  finally  to  ensnare  us  into 
some  deeply  aggravated  sin.  God  can- 
not look  upon  sin  with  the  lesist  degree 
of  allowance,  in  us  anymore  than  others; 
and  when  we  Ijegiu  to  -search  for  errors, 
let  us  remember  the  eye  of  God  is  up- 
on us,  and  if  we  have  committed  sin,  our 
ftjiologies  only  make  the  matter  wor.se, 
inid  our  trying  to  believe  there  is  no 
great  harm  in  it,  makes  it  no  better.  If 
we  are  disobeying  God's  Law,  nothinn- 
short  of  a  true,  heart-felt  repentance  can 
remedy  the  evil. 

I  have  often  heard  it  .said,  "  I  do  not 
think  there ismuch  harm  in  whati  did." 
Much  or  little,  it  was  harm.  If  it  was 
disobeying  the  Law  of  God,  and  us  not 
thinking  there  was  much  harm,  makes 
it  no  better.  Another  excuse  is,  a  great 
many  othci-s  do  so,  why  cannot  I  ?  This 
is  the  weakest  excuse  that  can  be  brought 
forward,  that  othei-s  doing  wrong,  would 
justify  a  wrong  in  us.  "Wlien  we  begin 
to  give  a^yay  to  our  carnal  inclinations, 
[ileadingthat  thei-e  is  no  harm  in  this 
or  that,  we  are  in  a  very    critical  coudi- 


pretty 


tion ;    the   evil    one,   is   makir 
good  headway  witli  us. 

Let  us  rather  stand  firm,  with  the  de- 
termination that  we  will  not  do  wrong, 
if  we  know  it,  "  Gad  being  my  helper," 
and  if  we  cultivate  this  frame  of  mind, 
and  tiiist  in  Him  He  w\\\  help  us.  He 
has  promised  to  help  us  in  every  time  of 
need,  but  when  we  ratlier  try  to  justify 
our  sins,  than  to  humbly  acknowledge 
them  to  Ilim,  weliAveno  promise,  either 
of  forgiveness  or  help.  Many  things  of 
this  kind,  have  come  under  my  observa- 
tion. Of  late  matters  have  oecuned, 
tliat  have  called  professing  Christians, 
and  those  that  thought  themselves  very 
strict,  into  companies  that  have  met  for 
revelry,  and  these  Chiistians  woidd  ex- 
cuse themselves,  by  supposing  there  was 
no  harm ;  forgetting  probably  that  what- 
ever we  do,  must  be  done  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  God.  Dear  reader,  cease  to 
make  excuses;  learn  to  do  His  will,  and 
if  you  should  fall  short,  do  not  make 
the  matter  worse  by  apologies,  but  ac- 
knowledge your  fault  and  ask  pardon. 
He  is  ever  ready  to  forgive  the  truly 
penitent. 


A  TALK  ON  THE  COVERING. 

iiy  .1.  .=.  JioHLEn. 

TJAUGHTER.  AVhy  is  it  that  the 
-'-'  Brethren  Church  insists  sostrongly, 
that  all  tlieir  female  members  should 
wear  a  covering  on  their  heads,  in  time 
of  worship? 

father.  Because  the  apostle  Paul 
commands  it. 

DauffJifer.  I  believe  the  apostle  had 
in  view  only  the  hair;  for  he  says,  "  The 
hair  is  given  for  a  covering,"  in  1st  Coi', 
11:  I». 

Father,  if  the  apostle  meant  noth- 
ing more  than  the  hair,  then  it  would 
ha\'e  been  stij^erfluous  to  say  anything 
about  the  covering,  from  the  fact,  that 
people  knew  long  before  the  apostle 
wrote,  that  the  hair  was  intended  for 
the  7iaUvralc(yvering  of  the  head. 

iJaughter.  But  does  not  the  apostle 
say,  in  the  Scriptures  above  referred  to, 
that  \\Q,vhuir  is  given  herfor  a  covering? 

Father.  Yes,  he  does;  but  he  says  a 
good  deal  more  too.  In  order  to  under- 
stand "^vliat  the  apostle  meant  in  the  verse 
you  referred' to,  it  is  necessary  to  notice 
some  of  the  preceding  ^'erses  firat.  You 
have,  perhaps,  noticed  that  the  apostle 
wrote  about  the  tmcovering  of  the  man's 
head,  as  well  as  tlie  covering  of  the 
womaii's  head,  in  time  of  worshiji? 

Daitgliter.    Yes!  I  have. 

Father.  Does  it  not  seem  quite  plain 
that  the  ■wncoverlng  pertaining  to  the 
man's  head;  and  the  covering  pertain 
ing  to  the  woman's  both  refer  to  the 
same  object,  (.  e.,  if  the  covering  of  the 
woman's  head  is  only  the  hair,  then  the 
uncovering  of  the  man's  head  means  the 
hmr  also? 

Dmtghier.    "Well !  I  suppose  so. 

Father.  Then,  if  the  tmcovering  of 
the  woman's  head  means  the  hair,  then 
every  time  they  pray  or  prophesy  they 
must  take  their  h&ir  off. 

Daughter.  Oh!  Since  I  came  to 
think  of  it,  i\\ii  uiicovcriTig  of  the  man's 
head  means  the  hat.  Of  course!  To 
take  the  hair  ott',  every  time  of  worship 
would  cert.iinly  be  very  inconsistent  and 
bothei'some. 

Father,  Well  now ;  according  to 
your  own  admission,  both  the  uncover- 
ijig  of' the  man's  head,  and  the  covering 
of  the  woman's  head  means  the  same 
thing.  Then  if  the  uncovering  of  the 
man's  head  means  removing  the  hat,  the 
extra     covering   of  the    woman's  head 


means  another  covering  too,  besides  thi 
hair. 

Daugh  ter.  1  expected  you  would  trap 
me;  but  wh.-it  about  the  hair  being  giv- 
en her  for  a  covering  iu  vei-se  15? 

Father.  AVe  are  not  quite  ready  for 
that  yet.  The  apostle  says  in  the  chapt- 
er referred  to,  invei-se  fith:  "For  if  the 
woman  be  not  covered,  let  her  also  be 
shorn."  Now  do  you  know  what  the 
word  also  means? 

Daughter.  I  do  not  know  that  I  do 
e.vactly,  only  that  it  generally  stands  be- 
tween two  things  of  similar  import. 

Father.  Your  definition  is  tolerably 
good,  but  to  make  this  matter  clcai',  let 
me  use  a  simple  illustration.  If  I  say, 
frames/  put  on  youi-  socks,  also  your 
shoes,  is  it  not  clear  that  two  coverings 
are  meant? 

Daughter.     Yes!  surely. 

Father.  If  I  say,  put  also  a  shawl 
on  your  head,  would  you  not  understand 
that  another  covering  had  already  been 
referred  to  ? 

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

Father.  A  good  deal!  The  word 
"  ako" — meaning  two  tilings  of  similar 
import,  of  course  hna  tJtat  meaning  in 
the  verse  referred  to.  Then  the  apostle 
had  in  view  in  that  verse,  two  uncover- 
iugs  in  case  of  disobedience.  If  the 
woman  had  off  the  reli<(ious  covering 
in  worship,  then,  also  let  the  natural 
covering  (tlie  liair)  be  taken  off,  is  his 
meaning.  But  according  to  your  notion 
the  woTil  "  aho  "  is  not  needed,  fronr  the 
fact  that  you  have  biit  one  covering,  and 
that  is  the  Judr,  hence  you  can  see  the 
impropriety  of  your  position.  Or  in 
other  words,  how  can  the  apostle  use 
tiie  word  "  alw"  when  but  one  cover- 
ing is  referred  to?  It  would  be  entirely 
supei-flnons.  According  to  your  idea, 
but  one  covering  could  be  taken  off. 

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

Father.  The  apostle  had  in  view, 
in  the  15th  verse,  the  inconsisten- 
cy of  taking  off  theuatm-al  covering,  i. 

the  hair,  "  For  her  hair  is  given  her 
for  a  covering."  And  no^v,  to  retain 
this  natural  covering,  let  her  head  be 
covered  with  the  religious  covering. 
This  extra  covering,is  theapostle's  mean- 
ing uudoul)tedly. 

D.  Well,  why  must  that  covering 
be  one  of  these  little  contemptible  caps? 
AVIiy  won't  a  decent  hat  do  as  well? 
F.  Unless  the  church  decides 
some  uniform  covering,  it  wiU  not  be 
long  till  every  woman  will  have  just 
such  a  covering  as  M-ill  suit  her  own  taste, 
and  iu  a  short  time  all  'the  fashionable 
hats  of  the  world  will  be  worn  by  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  it  is  in  this  way, 
that  many  of  the  churches,  which  once 
were  noted  for  their  jjlainness,  have  be- 
come so  fjishionable. 

D.  I  do  not  believe  that  there  will 
be  any  caps  in  heaven. 

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

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

F.  AXTiatever  Chiist,  or  the  apostles 
commanded  us  to  do,  that  we  must  do; 
and  our  disobedience  to  anything,  even 
the  covering,  may  be  the  means  of  us 
heaven. 
Now  the  substance  of  our  talk  is 
about  this: 

1.  The  man's  hair  is  given  him  for  a 
covering  as  well  as  the  woman's;  both 
can  retain  their  hair  by  being  obedient. 

2.  The  man  is  to    have   his   head  un- 


covered, /.  e.  his  hat  off  in  time  of  wor- 
ship. 

;i.  The  woman  is  to  have  her  head 
covered  by  a  religious  coveriug,  and 
thus  honor  her  husband,  and  retain  her 
natural  covering  (the  hair). 

D.  I  see  plainly  now  that  the  apos- 
tle meant  some  other  covering  beside 
the  liair— some  covering  that  could  be 
put  on  and  taken  off  conveniently  to 
suit  the  occasion,  just  as  the  man  can 
take  off,  aud  put  on  his  hat  or  covering 
to  suit  the  occasion,  and  this  I  know 
could  not  be  done  were  the  hair  the  on- 
ly covering  the  apostle  alluded  to. 

F.  Yes,  I  now  see  that  you  uuderstaud 
tlie  apostle  clearly,  and  hope  you  will 
be  obedient. 

D.  1  know  that  we  should  obey  in 
all  things,  for  so  commands  Christ,  but 
then  tor  me  to  wear  a  cap,  would  make 
me  look  so  odd. 

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


CHRIST  THE  SURE    FOUNDATION. 


ii  TjlOR  other  foundation    can    no  man 
-*-       lay  than  that  is    laid,    which    is 
Jesus  Christ"  (1  Cor.  3:  11). 

The  a])ostle  Paul,  that  great  embas- 
sador for  Christ,  knowing  nothing  but 
Christ,  and  Him  crucified,  was  endeavor- 
ing to  show  the  church  at  Corinth,  that 
Christ  alone  was  the  sure  foundation ; 
that  in  Him  only  should  they  ti-ust, 
that  they  could  find  refuge  in  none  oth- 
er. Paul  found  the  Corinthians  in  a 
confused  condition,  they  were  not  fully 
established  in  the  cause  of  Christianity, 
that  they  were  still  carnal  and  walked 
men,  while  one  said,  lam  of  Paul, 
and  another,  I  am  of  Apollos.  Who 
then  is  Paul,  aud  who  is  Ai^ollos,  but 
ministers  by  whom  ye  believe,  even  as 
the  Lord  gave  to  every  man?  Why 
all  this  strife  and  division?  You  are 
too  much  under  the  control  and  influ- 
ence of  the  carnal  mind.  Buttheb'  feel- 
ings and  desires,  and  their  affections 
must  be  drawn  to  Christ,  who  is  the 
great  center  of  atti'aetion,  as  Peter  said 
to  the  Jews.  "  This  is  the  stone  that  was 
set  at  naught  by  you  builders,  which  is 
Ijecome  the  head  of  the  corner.  Neith- 
er is  there  salvation  in  any  other,  for 
there  is  no  other  name  under  heaven 
given  among  men,  whereby  we  must  be 
saved"  (Ads  I:  11,  13). 

Then  we  understand  that  if  we  desire 
hap]jiness,  and  share  with  Christ  in  glo- 
ry, we  must  build  our  eternal  hopes  on 
the  rock  Christ  Jesus,  for  there  is  no 
salvation  in  any  other;  no  deliverance 
from  sin  and  its  awful  consequences. 
God  has  made  ample  provision  for  fal- 
len humanity.  The  Lord  knew  our 
condition ,  better  than  we  knew  what 
we  stood  in  need  of;  there  being  noth- 
ing for  us  to  base  our  future  happiness 
on.  God  through  the  prophet  Isaiah 
says,"  Behold  I  lay  in  Zion  a  foundation 
stone,  a  tried  stone,  a  sure  foundation," 
and  no  man  has  any  right  to  doubt  its 
genuineness,  its  durableness,  for  it  wil 
stand,  and  upon  it  the  church  of  Christ 
will  stand,  and    the   gates   of  hell  shall 


January    1  O, 


Tl-iJi:    UI^ETtIl^E:N^    ^T    AVURK. 


3 


not  pn^viiil  iig.iinst  it.  But,  suys  the  in- 
quiring mind,  Wliere  slinll  I  go?  My 
(lesiiL- 13  to  build  upon  .a foundation,  tliat 
wliL-n  the  storm  appronclies,  M'lien  the 
raina  descend  and  floods  arise,  tlie  Iniild- 
ing  may  stand  aecmo.  Many  say,  eoiiie 
and  go  with  us,  we  have  found  the  nirk 
of  salvation.  IJutpei'haps  when  you  ex- 
amine closely,  they  have  called  in  ques- 
tion some  of  thenmterialthat  composes 
that  sure  foundation,  some  that  is  indis- 
pensable necessary  to  our  salvation.  I 
hear  the apoatlesay,"  All  Scriptuieis giv- 
en by  inspiration  of  God,  is  profitable 
for  doctrine."  You  have  not  obeyed  from 
the  heart  that  form  of  doetrme,  yon 
have  pried  out  some  of  the  sayings  of 
Jesus,  and  do  them  not,  consequently 
I  fear  there  is  danger.  Jesus  says,  "  He 
that  hearoth  these  sayings  of  mine,  and 
doeth  them,  is  like  a  man  that  dug  deep 
and  built  his  house  upon  a  roek." 

Then  as  God  has  a  wprk  for  ns  to 
perform,  iu  order  that  wn  may  secure 
eternal  life,  we  must  labor  consistent 
to  His  will.  He  has  given  us  a  rule,  by 
whieh  we  are  governed.  In  a  temporal 
point  of  viH\v,  the  meelianie  that  under- 
takes to  frame  n  building,  works  accord- 
ing to  a  rule  or  system,  in  order  that  the 
building  may  go  together  properly,  but 
should  he  not  I'espect  the  system  that 
should  govern  him,  and  work 
random,  what  would  the  eousequenoe 
be,  when  all  the  material  is  ready  to  go 
together?  Why  uudoubtt- dly  there  is  a 
great  mistake.  His  work  is  imperfect, 
and  this  is  not  all,  when  the  inspector 
comes  along  to  take  it  oft'  his  hands,  he 
will  then  fully  realize  his  sad  mistake; 
the  building  will  not  bear  inspection 
Just  so  in  regard  to  that  Spiritual  build- 
ing: they  that  are  without  Chvlst,  being 
aliens  from  the  commonwetilth  of  Isi'ael 
and  sb-angers  -from  tlie  covenant  of 
promise,  having  no  hope  and  without 
God  in  the  world ;  must  first  realize  their 
condition ;  that  if  they  reniaiu  away  from 
God,  and  do  not  become  His  servants, 
and  work  in  His  vineyai'd,  they  will  be 
punished  with  everlasting  destruction 
frtjm  the  presence  of  God  and  the  glory 
of  His  power.  They  must  acquaint 
themselves  with'the  system,  by  which  they 
must  be  governed.  Go  to  the  Architect, 
the  great  Master  Ijuilder;  He  is  the 
great  Law-givei",  and  as  the  Psalmist 
David  sa^'s,  "  The  Law  of  the  Lord  is 
perfect,  converting  tlie  soul." 

He  at  once  lays  hold  of  the  promise 
set  before  him,  goes  to  work  with  a  will- 
ing mind,  is  in  possession  of  that  faith 
that  works  by  love — that  living  faith 
that  prompts  us  to  obedience  to  the  re- 
quirements of  heaven.  The  carnal 
mind  must  be  brought  into  subjection 
to  the  will  of  God.  The  pcniteut  is 
willing  to  surrender  all  at  the  feet  of 
Jesus,  he  wants  to  follow  Him  in  all  His 
appointed  ^vays;  he  \\ants  to  go  wliere 
Jesus  went.  "Well,  says  one,  where  was 
He?  If  you  M'ill  consult  yom-  Bible, 
you  will  find  Him  down  in  Jordon,  lie- 
Ing  liaptlzed  of  John,  and  coming  up 
out  of  the  water,  the  heavens  were  open 
ed,  and  the  Spirit  descending  iu  the  bod- 
ily shape  of  a  dove,  and  a  voice  was 
heard  saying,  "This  ismybelovedSouin 
^vhom  I  am  well  pleased."  While  ther 
God  recognized  Him  as  His  Son,  and 
there  it  is  where  God  will  recogni/.e  us 
as  His  sons  and  daughtei-s.  We  are  His 
children  by  adoption,  Christ  became  our 
Elder  Brother,  and  we  ax'e  no  more 
strangers  and  foreigners,  but  fellow-cit- 
izens with  the  saints,  and  household  of 
God,  and  we  are  built  upon  the  founda- 
tion of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus 
Christ  Himself  being  the  chief  corner 
stone,  by  whom  all  the    building    fitly 


framed  together,  gioweth  unto  a   holy 
tenqile  in  the  Lord. 

They  have  nothing  to  fear,  because 
they  are  standing  upon  the  rock;  there 
Is  no  danger  of  .suffering  loss,  when  the 
time  comes  that  every  man's  work  shall 
be  tried.  AVhen  the  great  Lispector 
comes,  we  ^vlll  not  be  found  wanting, 
we  will  tlien  fully  realize  the  reward  of 
labor.-*,  will  hear  that  welcome  applaudit : 
"  Well  done  good  and  faithful  servant, 
enter  tiiou  in  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 
Dear  luiconverted  friends,  where  are  yoii 
standing?  We  appeal  to  you,  to  exam- 
ine the  ground  you  occupy,  remember, 
other  fouudation  can  no  man  lay  than 
that  is  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ.  Work 
while  it  is  called  to-day,  for  the  night 
of  death  conieth  when  no  man  can  work. 
We  submit  these  few  imperfect  thoughts 
to  your  consideration,  and  when  you 
see  that  you  have  not  done  your  duty; 
that  you  are  found  wanting,  ive  kindly 
ask  yon,  to  commence  the  great  work, 
that  you  uuiy  lay  ludd  of  eternal  life. 

WISDOM. 


mi-IE  wis 
-*-     to   ni 


HE  wisdom  of  God,  is  the  capacit}' 
ake  due  use  of  His  words. 
To  do  this,  is  to  read  the  Bible;  make  it 
your  stafl"  to  lead  you  through  this  ^vorld 
and  it  will  light  you  to  the  world  to 
come  ^vhere  all  will  be  joy.  The 
mse  man's  eyes  are  in  his  bead,  aud  thi 
grace  of  God  is  upon  him.  As  Moses 
was  learned  in  all  the  ivlsdom  of  the 
Egyptians,  and  was  mighty  iu  words  aud 
in  deeds,  likewise  if  we  to-day  in  the 
sight  of  God,  want  to  have  that  wisdom* 
wliich  e.Kcelleth  from  on  high,  wp  must 
be  workers  in  the  vineyard.  So  as  to 
teach  us,  to  niunber  oiu-  days  and  apply 
our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

But  wliere  shall  wisdom  be  found? 
We  know  not  the  price  thereof,  for  it 
cannot  be  purchased  with  gold,  neither 
is  silver  weighed,  for  the  price  thereof; 
for  the  price  of  wisdom  is  above  rul>ies. 
Whence  then  cometh  wisdom?  It  com- 
eth  from  that  spirit  that  departs  fi-om 
1,  and  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
him,  and  happy  is  he  that  find  eth  that 
wisdom.  Hide  the  commandments  with- 
n  your^ielves:  incline  your  ears  unto  the 
AVord  of  God.  Then  thou  shnlt  have 
understanding  and  receive  the  wis- 
dom of  God. 

THE  BIBLE. 


.■\ .'al.s  to  na  the  character  and  will  of 
ur  great  Creator,  and  final  Judge;  that 
pens  before  us  the  way  of  salvation 
through  a  Redeemer;  uuvails  to  oui' 
view  the  invisible  world,  and  shows  us 
the  final  destiny  of  our  race:  this 
Book  which  God  has  given  expressly  to 
teach  us  our  ciiaracter,  our  duty,  aud 
jirospects,  which  has  conducted,  all  who 
Inivc  obeyed  its  jjrecepts,  to  the  presence 
and  endless  enjoyment  of  its  Divine  au- 
thor, aud  must  conduct  us  thither,  if  we 
GVi-v   enter  that  happy  ^vorld. 

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


0 


UR  continuation  on  earth  is  of  short 


ing  through  its  many  troubles.  The  suu 
of  life  will  soon  have  set.  The  darkness 
of  death  settles  over  all  that  occupies 
our  heart  and  hands,  aud  our  spii' 
pass  into  that  \vorld  from  whose  bovn-ne 
no  traveler  returns. 

AVhat  then  is  so  important  to  us,  as 
knowledge  of  oiu'selves— of  oui'  relation 
to  God,  and  of  a  future  state — how  we 
may  be  prepared  for  the  duties  of  this 
life,  aud  for  the  scenes  which  are  so  soon 
to  open  upon  Tis,  in  another  world? 

Books  that  assist  us  iu  the  attainment 
of  this  knowledge,  are  of  inestimable 
value.  They  relate  to  om-  most  impor- 
tant interests,  and  ought  therefore  to 
have  the  first  place  assigned  to  them  in 
a  coui-se  of  reading,  especially  must  this 
besaidof  theBible.  This Book,'the oldest 
surviving  oft'spring  of  tht  human  and 
Divine  intellect,  the  chosen  companion 
and  friend  of  patriarchs,  prophets, 
apostles,  and  of  the  msest  and  best  men 
that  have  ever  lived.     This    Book,  that 


THE    DIFFERENCE. 

bV  J.  11,  LAUt. 

A  DISTINGUISHED  man  once  said, 
"  The  longer  I  live,  the  more  I  am 
certain  that  the  great  ditference  between 
men — between  the  feeble  and  the  pow- 
erful, the  great  and  the  significant — is 
energy,  invincible  determination,  a  pur- 
pose once  fixed,  and  then  death  or  vic- 
tory." 

That  generally  will  do  anything,  that 
can  be  done  in  this  world,  aud  no  talents, 
no  eireumstancos,  no  opportunities  will 
nuike  a  man  a  Cliristlau  without  it. 

The  real  difterence  between  the  firm, 
determined,  invincible,  zealous  profess- 
or, and  the  weak-kneed,  puny,  undeter- 
mined one,  is  energy;  the  one  takes  hold 
of  the  plow  and  presses  forward  with  a 
will,  and  all  the  noise  aud  commotion, 
the  flutter  aud  glare  of  fashion,  and  the 
display  of  gew-gaws,  mil  notattiacthis 
attention  or  divert  his  purpose — ^but  lie 
looks  steadily  forward  to  the  object  be 
fore  him,  while  the  other  is  contin- 
ually looking  back  over  his  shoulde. 
undetermined  whether  to  go  forward  or 
turn^back.  He  has  not  the  energy  to 
pre^saway  from  the  alluring  scenes  be- 
hind, and  for  shame  will  not  turn  back, 
until,  by  his  much  looking  back,  he 
stumbles  aud  falls;  then  he  is  rendered 
nnworthy  for  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Then  let  me  entreat  every  Christian 
professor  to  be  zealous,  be  firm,  rally 
around  the  blood-stained  banner  of 
Prince  Emmanuel,  and  go  on — not  to 
victory  or  death,  but  to  certain  victohy. 

THE  PERFECT  LAW  OF  LIBERTY. 


be  bles.-ied  ill  his   deed  "  (James  1:  2ri). 

Tlie  apostle  James  hfl*  written  in  his 
epistle,  such  cheering  words  of  comfort 

il  consolation  to  the  faithful  iu  Christ, 
and  the  prominent  thought  revealed  is 
this:  that  to  obtain  the  blessings  of  God, 
all  depend  xipon  the  full  compliance  on 
the  believer's  part,  to  the  requisitions  of 
the  Gospel,  By  hearing  the  truths  of 
the  perfect  Law,  and  reducing  them  to 
practice  as  fast  as  learned;  looking  into 
the  same,  aud  also  to  continue  therein. 

The  Word  of  God  is  their  La^v  of 
Liberty,  the  truths  of  M'liich  if  obeyed, 
l>ecomo  the  means,  by  whit;h  the  saints 
receive  the  blessings  resulting  from  their 
their  good  deeds.  Christ  has  given  unto 
us  the  blessed  Gospel,  a  law  complete 
in  all  its  parts,  and  perfectly  adapted  to 
the  spiritual  wants  of  man,  and  is  in- 
tended to  restore  him  to  the  position  he 
was  designed  to  sustain  in  the  primitive 
creation,  liy  liberating  him  from  under 
\he  bondage  of  sin.  If  the  truth  makes 
us  free  then  we  are  free  indeed  says  the 
blessed  Master. 

Man  will  worship.  He  will  also  as- 
similate to  the  object  that  ho  wor- 
ships; therefore  the  law  of  thp  Biblt^ 
requires  us  to  love  tlie  Lord  our  God, 
and  Him  only  are  we  to  serve.  Ho^v 
are  we  to  serve  the  Lord  ?  Surely  by 
ol)eying  what  He  reqiures  of  us,  that  Is 
to  do  justly  to  love  mercy,  and  not  be  a 
forgetful  hearer,  but  a  doer  of  the  work; 
obeying  from  the  heart  that  form  of  doc- 
trine delivered  unto  the  saints.  Faith 
without  works'  is  dead.  Faith  aud 
works  go  together  in  all  our.  Christian 
duties  found  in  the  Law  of  God.  A 
law  without  a  penalty  attached,  that 
will  follow  any  infringement  or  violation 
is  of  no  account.  "He  that  knoweth  to 
do  good  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is 
sin."     Therefore  knowing  the  terror  of 


-*->   la 


UT  whoso  looketh  into  the  pei-fect 


the  Lord,  we  persuade  men  to  obey  the 
perfect  Law  of  Liberty,  which  will 
make  them  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and 
death. 

The  Gospel  is  composed  of  purely 
persuasiveprlnclpIes,inteEdedto  enlight- 
en free  moral  agents,  who  are  willing  to 
be  enlightened  by  that  tnie  light  that 
lighteth  every  man  that  cometh  into 
the  world.  "  Whosoever  will,  may  par- 
take of  the  water  of  life  freely,"  which 
will  cleanse  us  fi'om  all  sin  and  its  effects 
upon  the  soul,  and  consecrate  and  puri- 
fy oui'  bodies,  that  they  may  be  fit  tem- 
ples, for  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  that  it  may  abide  there,  and 
guide  us  into  all  truth,  and  bring  to  our 
ivmeinbrance  all  things  recorded  in  the 
perfect  Law.  This  maybe  accomplish- 
ed by  obeying  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Je- 
sus, governed  and  controlled  entirely 
by  His  teachings. 

A  correct  knowledge  of  the  Scriptures 
in  a  great  measure  forms  the  true  dig- 
nity aud  happiness  of  the  Christian,  by 
which  he  is  enabled  to  add  to  the  felic- 
ity of  his  fellow-standard  bearer,  because 
of  the  cross  of  Christ. 

There  are  five  essential  elements  in 
every  kingdom,  and  the  kingdom  of 
Christ  has  these,  viz:  Chi-ist  the  King; 
the  saints  His  siibjects:  the  heaven  and 
earth,  the  territory;  the  Gospel,  the 
perfect  Law,  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
power  executing  the  perfect  Law  of. 
Liberty.  "The  Law  of  the  Lord  is 
perfect  converting,  the  soul."  May  it 
be  our  Ijfe's  greatest  work  to  study  this 
La^v,  and  be  fully  brought  to  know  and 
love  the  truth  for  the  truth's  sake,  and 
seeking  for  the  wisdom  which  it  im- 
pai'ts,  aud  go  on  to  perfection  in  our 
high  and  holy  calling. 


therein,  he  being  not  a  forgetful  hearer, 
but  a  doer  of  the  work,  this   man  shall 


Forgive  us,  Lord,  as  ive  forgive  others. 


THE    BRETHREiSr    ^VT    "VVOKK. 


January   lO* 


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PUBLISHED  WEEKLY. 


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UOOBE,  EASHOn  k  EEHELIIAN, 
LMULTk.  CuTsU  Co.,  r 


love  and  good  wishes  throughoiitfill  the  church- 
es. We  L'liter  upon  the  work  with  greaterdil- 
igence,  prnying  thnt  much  good  miiy  be  accom- 
pHahed  and  in  the  end,  life  everlasting. 


LANARK,  ILL., 


JAKTIAR?  10,  1S76. 


IixVTEST  news  iVoni  Waterloo,  Iowa  siiys,  Unit 
brother  YouxcK  is  tliere  preaching,  and  so  far, 
iy  meeting  mth  good  snccess — aoiils  are  turn- 
ing to  G<m1.  _   

Bho.  Jous  Zook,  of  Iowa,  before  leaving  fort 
his  home  last  wceV,  preached  two  able  sermons 
at  the  Cherry  Grove  meetiug-hoiise,  two  mile; 
North  of  Liuiaik. 


Biio.  .J.  P.  Hethic  of  Philadelphia,   Pa.,  has 

been  laboring  at  tlie  Noi'th  Coventry  church, 
Pa,,  and  as  a  result  thirt.j'-two  have  been  aililcci 
to  the  number  of  the  saved. 


Under  the  heading  of  "visiting   the  siclv," 
on  first  piige  of  this  issue.  Bro.  D.   E.  Price 
urges  a  reform  tlint  has  been  too  niucli  neglected. 
Don't  fail  to  rend  the  article  and  then  live 
to  it. 


Life  is  the  iirepanition  day  for  the  eternal 
rest  beyond;  then  make  good  tise  of  the  pres- 
ent. Let  your  motives  he  pure  and  yoiir  acts 
noble.    Modesty  and  virtne  are  priceless  gems] 

see  that  you  posac.<a  them. 


ly  you  would  be  hajjpy  and  enjoy  life,  look 
on  the  bright  side  of  the  picture.  Be  of  good 
cheer,  it  is  but  a  Jew  steps  to  the  laud  where 
troubles  are  iniluiowu.  Look  ahead;  the  future 
is  of  more  vuliie  thrin  the  past. 


Aftbr  readiug  Bro,  Basiior's  Renew  of  Eld. 
Kichaiidson's  objections  to  BapHsni  for  reiiiix- 
sioii  of  shis,  in  last  week's  issue,  hand  it  to 
your  friends,  especially  the  advocates  of  the 
s  bench  system  of  conversion. 


Brotiier  S.  Z.  Sn.vRp,  of  Tennessee  has  proni- 

i.sed  to  writ«  regitlar  for  the  BRETintKN  at 
Work,  and  is  expected  to  furnish  a  series  of 

vahiuble  articles.  His  experience  as  teacher  Jind 
minister,  i]ualit'y  him  forgiving  some  protitublu 
lessons.  _ 

Bro.  Esiuii.uAS  left  last  week  for  Iowa,  and 

will  return  sometime  during  the  week.  We 
wish  him  a  pleasant  trip,  for  it  is  at  times  com- 
forliJig  to  get  away  from  the  ofiice  work,  and 
get  a  little  ft-csh  air.  When  he  returns,  he  will 
likely  have  something  interesting  to  tell  our 
readere. 

Our  readei-3  are  continually,  calling  for  short- 
er articles,  saying  they  are  read  more,  and  ac- 
complish more  good  than  longer  ones.  Though 
the  present  issue  sets  a  very  good  ovomple 
in  this  direction,  yet  we  hojw  to  imi>rove 
in  the  future.  Short,  well-written  articles  are 
what  we  earnestly  solicit,  and  they  are  usually 
given  place  in  preference  to  longer  ones. 


Words  of  encouragement  flow  in  from  near- 
ly all  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  and  our  agents 
are  doing  a  gowl  work  gathering  subscribers  for 
18TS.  From  many  localities,  where  we  last 
year-  had  but  a  single  subscriber,  we  are  now 
receiving  large  lists.  And  now  that  the  year 
has  fairly  begun  and  our  readers  have  grown 
so  numerous,  we  realize  our  edrtorial  re- 
sponsibilities more  and  more,  and  trust  by  the 
help  of  our  Muster  to  stnl  out  only  such  laatr- 
ter  as  will  be  to  the  edification  of  God's  people; 
the  union  of  our  great  Brotherhood,  and  the 
salvation  of  souls.  We  trust  too  that  oar  con- 
tributors will  dwell  less  on  the  minor  differences 
that  raiy- be  existing  among  us,  and  so  direct 
their  articles  as  to  establish  a  perfect  bond  of 


Elder  John  Fornkv  called  upon  us  again 
during  the  Holiilays,  and  spent  sometime  in  our 
Sanctum.  On  Monday  last  he  startefl  for  his 
home  in  Nebraska,  expecting  to  stop  in  Black- 
hawk  and  Benton  counties,  Iowa,  to  visit  his 
brothers  living  there,  and  to  labor  some  in  the 
cause  of  the  Master.  Trnst  his  visit  may  be 
pleasant,  and  his  labors  successful.  His  visit  in 
Illinois  was  not  as  pleasant  to  many  as  it  would 
have  been,  had  the  roads  been  in  a  better  con- 
dition so  that  he  could  have  preached  more  for 
us.  Wc  alivnys  welcome  such  brethren  as  Bro, 
Forney  among  ua.  If  some  of  our  "  would-be- 
relined."  who  shudder  and  turn  the  cold  shoul- 
der to  the  name  of  "  pioneer  preacher,"  could 
have  the  privilege  of  listening  to  brother  Fork- 
by  and  such  men  as  he,  they  no  doubt  would 
conclude'  that  uion  on  the  frontier  know  Jesus, 
and  can  wield  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  as  effect- 
ually as  "pulpit  grammarians."  lu  fact  they 
jjreach  Jesus  and  the  Gospel,  and  let  gramnnir 
take  care  of  itself;  and  while  we  listen  to  such 
men,  the  heart  gets  so  full  that  the  head  for- 
gets to  criticise.  Brethren,  ivhen  you  travel, 
don't  forget  Blinois  and  our  office  here. 


avoid,  in   many  instances,  inconvenience  and 
delays.     Parlies  doint;  this  will  havetheir  bus- 
iness attended  lo  more  promptly,  and  their 
tides  inserted  without  delay,  if  necessary. 

Both  brother  Moouk,  and  Bashor  are  often 
called  away  to  labor  in  the  ministry,  and  letters 
addressed  to  either  of  them  would  necessarily 
be  neglected  until  they  returned.  Letters  of 
communication,  intended  for  either  of  us  as  pri- 
vate matter  only,  should  be  addressed  to  the  one 
for  whom  they  are  intended. 

We  should  like  for  all  to  take  notice  of  this, 
and  remember  it  when  writing  to  us. 


THE  JEWS, 


A    REQUEST. 


"VTOW  that  the  first  of  the  yenr  is  past,  many 
-Li  may  conclude  that  it  is  unuccesiiary  to 
solicit  sul>scribei-s,  supposing  that  the  time  is 
over  for  such  work,  but  we  hope  that  our  friends 
will  not  think  that  way,  hut  continue  to  work 
for  the  paper,  and  when  you  meet  ivith  those 
who  do  not  take  the  Erethrkn  at  Work,  show 
them  the  |)aper  and  ask  them,  "  Please  let  me 
have  your  name  for  the  paper  one  year."  Suli- 
scriptions  may  begin  at  any  time,  though  we  cjui 
still  supply  Some  back  numbers.  By  work- 
ing for  the  paper  during  the  long  Winter 
months,  you  may  be  the  means  of  saving  souls, 
and  at  least  seudii^  good  instructions  to  many 
wayward  hearts.  Try,  kind  reader,  and  .see 
what  you  can  do.  If  you  have  no  extra  pape: 
to  hand  to  your  friends,  drop  us  a  card  contain- 
ing your  address  in  full  and  we  will  send  you 
sample  copies,  prospectus,  &c.,  free.  This 
and  February  are  the  best  and  most  successful 
months  to  n'ork  for  a  paper,  as  the  nights  are 
long  and  all  want  something  to  rend. 

Gather  too,  what  yon  can  ior  the  Charity 
fund,  as  there  are  many  members  who  would 
like  to  read  the  Brkthren  jVT  Work,  but  are 
not  able  to  pay  for  it.  Remember  the  poor,.and 
neglect  not  the  widows  aud  orphans,  for  these 
we  have  amongst  us,  and  should  do  them  good 
and  thus  obey  a  divine  injunction. 


TRACT  ASSOCIATION. 

THIS  year  there  is  a  vacancy  occurring  by 
the  expiring  of  Enocu  Eiiy's  time  its  one 
of  the  Board  of  Managers,  ivhich  vacancy 
nust  be  filled  either  by  his  i-e-elcction  or  the 
ilection  of  another  to  fill  his  place.  Each  do- 
nor is  entitled  to  one  vote  for  this  purpose,  there- 
fore those  who  Imve  donated  to  the  Association, 
will  immediately  send  in  their  votes  to  this  of- 
fice. They  may  be  sent  on  a  postal  card,  in 
letters  or  otherwise.  In  each  and  every  case 
the  donor  must  give  his  or  her  name  and.post- 
office.  Please  attend  to  this  at  once,  as  we 
should  know  the  result  by  the  fii-st  of  I^'ebuary. 
The  rules  of  the  Associatou  provide  that  the 
one  elected  to  fill  this  vacancy,  should  be  a  well- 
established  brother,  residing  in  the  Northern 
District  of  Illinois.  Each  donor  will  therefore 
be  hia  oivn  judge  as  to  who  that  brother  should 
be.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  fa- 
miliar \vith  the  workings  of  the  Association,  we 
will  nest  week  publish  their  circular  in  full; 
would  have  done  so  this  week,  but  lacketl  room. 
The  donors  will  please  send  in  tlieir  vott'S 
himediatelj-.     Address  thi.*  office. 


TO   CORRESPONDENTS. 

PARTIES  writing  to  this  office  on  business 
relating  to  the  firm;  communications,  sub- 
scriptions, church  news,  orders  for  books,  tracts, 
etc.,  should  not  address  their  letters  to  either  of 
the  editors  individually,  but  use  the  firm's  name 
of  Moore,   Bashoh,  &  EsnetMAX,  as  this   will 


rpHE  following  from  the  MWkhj  Inter  Ocean 
X.     ivould  seem  to  indicate  an  important  move- 
ment among  the  Jews  in  the  United  States 
"The  Rev.  David  Rosenberg,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  issued  a  call  for  a  national  convention  of  all 
Isruehtes  who  are  now  willing  to  accept  Jesus 
Ghi-ist  as  the  promised  Messiah  of   the  world. 
The  objects  of  this  convention  will  be  to  fonn 
an  alliance  of  all  the  converted  Jews  and  of  Is- 
rael throughout  the  world;  to  appoint  a  set  time 
to  confess  the  sin  of  the  nation  in  rejectii 
Jesus  Christ;  to  form  a  basis  for  a  national  e 
istence  upon  the  New  Testament  Scriptures 
the  statute  and  law  of  the  nation,   and  to  ii 
plore  the  power-s  of  the  world  to  restore  Pale 
tine  to  the  people  of  God,    The  date  and  pla 
of  holding  this  convention  will  be  fixed  by  those 
in  favor  of  the  project," 

The  return  of  the  Israelites  to  their  native 
land,  is  being  looked  for  with  much  anxiety. 
Since  their  exile  from  Palestine,  they  have 
dured  suH'erings  and  privations  beyond  descrij;- 
tion;  yet  amid  all  their  misfortunes  God  has 
preserved  them  a  distinct  and  peculiar  jjeople. 
Their  return  to  their  promised  rest  aud  privil- 
eges, will  be  as  life  from  the  dead.  May  God 
speed  the  time  when  the  laud  of  the  projihets 
shall  once  more  resound  \iit)i  the  songs  and 
praises  to  Him  who  doi.'tb  all  things  well. 

A  FURTHER  EXPLANATION. 

IT  seeuis  that  a  misunderstanding  has  been 
attained,  regarding  the  import  of  what  was 
said  a  few  weeks  ago,  in  relation  to  my  name 
,  having  been  used  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
missionary  movement  at  Meyersdale,  Pa.,  some 
having  concluded  that  lamnoti'Hto'cste/innny 
movement  outside  of  ourown  district.  Thisview 
of  the  matter  is  incorrect,  for  I  am  hilerestrd  in 
any  lawful  eifort  put  forth  for  the  promulgation 
of  the  truth,  but  am  not  at  present  eomierled 
with  any  movement  aivay  from  home.  I  do 
not  generally  engage  in  an  enterprise  until  I  un- 
derstand it,  neither  is  it  my  motto  to  oppose 
any  thiui;  until  I  know  that  it  is  wrong. 

It  is  evident  that  we,  as  a  people,  have  been 
too  slow  ill  spreading  the  Gospel — have  notdone 
as  much  in  our  own  land  its  ought  to  be  done, 
but  ^vhether  the  present  movement  will  supply 
the  wants  in  this  direction  remains  to  be  st 
I  trust,  however  that  it  will,  and  that  it  nniy 
work  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God  and  tbe 
salvation  of  many  souls.  If  the  project  is  a 
good  one  it  will  soon  be  apparent,  and  there- 
fore r  do  not  want,  what  I  have  "said,  to  cause 
any  one  who  may  be  connected  with  it,  anyuu- 
pleasantness,  as  I  did  not  mean  to  oppose  it,  but 
to  correct  a  wrong  impression. 

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

J.  H.  M. 


call,  trusting  that  all  will  understand  and  be 
fully  reconciled. 

My  heidth  failing  recently,  caused  many  prom- 
ises in  Indiana  and  southern  Ohio,  to  remtun 
unfilled,  for  the  present  at  least,  but  will  re- 
member them  in  the  future.  Agreeable  to 
promise,  and  no  hindrance  interfering,  we  ex- 
pect to  meet  with  the  church  in  divine  serriee 
at  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Feb.  14th.  at  6:30  P.  M; 
ivill,  if  health  iiermit^.  reniaiu  sometime  in  that 
part  of  the  State,  unless  office  duties  call  me 
home.  Something  like  thirty  calls  have  been 
made  in  that  State,  but  it  will  be  impossible  to 
fill  them  alt. 

Several  letters  not  yet  replied  to,  will  now 
receive  a  notice.  Paul  Wetwl,  Grundy  Center, 
Iowa:  Cannot  possibly  come  now.  Do  not  ex- 
pect me  to  come  until  I  say  so,  as  I  do  my  own 
announcing,  unless  otherwise  arranged,  accord- 
ing to  the  ivill  of  the  Master,  and  from  pi-csent 
indications  I  shall  have  to  be  careful  on  account 
of  my  worn  out  condition,  in  making  appoint- 
ments myself,  too  close  together  in  time,  aud 
too  far  ahead, 

Wm.  Hertzler,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa,  My  stay 
in  Pennsylvania  will  be  too  short  to  hold  a 
series  of  meetings  iu  each  of  the  five  churches 
your  call  embmces,  hence  will  wait  until  the 
time  I  fii-st  wrote  you,  nest  Summer  or  Pall. 

Jackson  Whitclatch.W.Va.;  E,  B.  Shaver, 
Va.;  S.  Z.  Sharp,  Teim.;  Samuel  Longonecker, 
Iowa;  D.  L.  Reploglc;  S.  P.  Snider;  D.  Negley; 
Thomas  D.  Lyon;  A.  Puterhaugh;  Thos.  Sny- 
der; Jos.  P.  Hetric;  Lena  church,  Bl.;  Hiel 
Hamilton;  Daniel  Hardman;  I.  S.  Berkey;  Eld. 
Weaver;  J.  Rife;  J.  R.  Gish:  cannot  state  any  def- 
inite time  now,  as  to  when  I  can  be  with  you. — 
Cidiscome  to  me  most  every  day,  and  sometimes 
all  say,  come  soon.  This  I  cannot  do.  I  would 
like  to  be  able  to  fill  every  call  that  comes,  but 
cannot;  even  if  my  health  were  unbroken,  I 
could  not  fill  one  fifth  of  them. 

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

In  Ohio,  brethren  J.  P.  Ebci-sole  and  S.  T. 
Bosserman  will  makearrangements,  as  towhich 
churches  I  am  to  visit  first  after  leaving  Dun- 
kirk. Trusting  that  we  will  have  the  hearty  cc- 
operation  of  all  God's  people  in  that  part  of  His 
heritage,  aud  that  His  blessings  will  attend  the 

■rts,  I  look  forward  irith  pleasing  emotions 
to  our  meetings  there. 


MEETINGS. 


AS  many  are  continually  writing  from  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  brotherhood,  soliciting 
my  services  in  evangelistic  work,  and  my  duties 
and  health  being  such  that  it  is  not  only  impos- 
sible to  fill  the  calls,  but  in  many  instances  to 
write  a  satisfactory  reply,  I  take  this  method  of 
notifying  all  of  the  possibility  of  filling  their 


RESPONSE  TO  D,  B.  MBNTZER. 

THE  echoes  of  your  "  New  Year's  Greeting  " 
have  not  all  died  away,  but  some  of  them 
continue  to  fall  upon  more  than  one  heart,  fill- 
ed with  the  image  of  Him  who  was  found  "  iu 
a  manger."  The  shepherds  who  "came  with 
baate,"  greeted  the  Lowly  One,  ond  then  went 
and  spread  abroad  what  they  had  seen  and  learn- 
ed. Such  news  could  not  be  locked  up — could 
not  be  withheld  from  all  men.  And  all  lliei/ 
that  heard  it,  wondered  at  those  things  which 
were  told  them  by  the  shepherd  {Luke  2:  18). 
To-day  wonder  and  amazement  are  depicted  on 
the  countenances  of  the  great  multitude,  be- 
cause of  "  THOSE-THINGS."  "  Those  things," 
the  wonders  of  the  Lord,  His  pure  doctrine  and 
its  marvelous  effects  on  men  and  women,  cause 
the  multitude  to  wonder.  Though  God,  for 
more  than  1800  years,  has  permitted  vast  mul- 
titudes to  see  His  living  witnesses  of  the  work 
be^un  in  Bethlehem,  yet  the  multitude  prefer 
to  grovel  in  sin  and  iniquity. 

But  God  be  praised,  wc  have  the  same  Father, 
the  same  Jesus,  the  same  great  Book  to  lead 
and  direct  us  as  all  Christians  have  had.  Out 
of  the  same  Well,  we  draw  the  "  living  water." 
From  the  same  store-house  comes  the  living 
Bread.  From  the  same  Vine  we  gather  fruit. 
The  closetforprayeris  the  sam?  hallowed  place 
as  when  our  Father  declared  He  would  meet  us 
■there.  As  men  were  then  fearless  in  holding 
forth  God's  truth,  ao  must  we  W.  Policy  would 
say,  turn  and  twist  to  please  men.    Principle 


January   10. 


THE    BT^ETKCRElsr    AJT    AVORKI. 


stands  "p  nnd  saya,  "  Move   on,   whether  men 
will  heiir  or  whefclier  they  forbear." 

The  newa  of  God's  marvelous  doings  was 
spreiul  abroad  throughout  the  then  known 
world,  nnd  no  man  or  njition  was  cnraed  for  so 
doing.  "  Those  thishs  "  were  dcsigTied  to  el- 
evate mankind  to  n  high  stnndnrd  of  divine 
ilhimination,  and  "  earthen  vessels  "  were  chos- 
en to  tell  it  to  all  nations.  "  Tnith,  and  peace, 
and  good-will  "—a  trinity  of  virtues  reaching 
froifi  earth  to  heaven. 

Not  simply  "  lafc  or  early,"  dear  brother,  but 
Int-c  rnul  early  \vill  fully  express  it  here.  While 
others  arc  at  rest,  editors  innat  think,  and  write 
luid  arrange,  pray  and  wrestle  with  God  for 
grace  and  judgment,  so  that  His  name  may  be 
honored  and  souls  saved.  Few  persons  know 
the  weight  and  responsibility  of  publishing  a 
religions  jmper.  Experience  alone  ciui  give  the 
knowledge.  The  man  who  tlihik-K  it  all  snn- 
wliinc  haa  got  no  farther  than  his  thought.3. 
The  man  who  craves  the  position  for  honor, 
hns  one  foot  yet  in  the  ditch  and  needs  a  few 
tlionis  in  the  flesli  to  help  him  out.  To  pub- 
lish well,  a  man  must  stand  on  the  Rock,  be 
clothed  with  God's  mantle,  and  with  the  s'vord 
of  the  Spirit  in  the  fear  of  God,  nnd  not  of 
men. 

True,  some  may  criticise  "  with  undue  sover- 
ity."  That  doe.?  not  change  anything  with  God. 
Criticism  mustneeds  be,  that  is,  the  criticism  that 
flies >vithdove'fiwings.  That  with  eagle'sw 
never  gets  higher  than  the  rocks  and  craij! 
Ilwni  is  good  for  us  occasionally.  Paul  was 
permitted  to  be  exalted,  nnd  that  was  riglit;  hut 
l.,'3the  become  exalted  (jftote  iiieastirf,  a.  thorn 
was  .given  him  in  the  flesh,  a  messenger  of  Sa- 
Nm  to  bullet  him.  So  with  us.  A  Ihont  may 
1".-  instrumental  in  doing  us  good,  though  it 
tome  from  Satan.  Tims  God  turns  Sttt4ur 
iim-ssengei-s  to  our  benefit.  I  have  long  sine 
learned  not  to  despise  fhoriis.  But  then  ii 
man  should  thrust  in  thorns  simply  because  he 
(■((11,  but  because  he  is  assured  that  the  thrust- 
ing is  absolutely  necessary  for  the  good  of  the 
editoi-s.  Such,  however  disagreeable  to  the 
flesh,  are  encouraged,  welcomed  and  received 
with  dne  respect,  but  if  any  arc  disposed  to 
thrust  in  clubs  merely  because  they  can,  they 
add  nothing  to  our  labors  of  love,  nor  make 
wrong  things  right. 

To  simply  conduct  a  papular  slittt  is  an  ea.sy 
matter.     In  such  a  case,  the  only  thing  is  to 
consult  the  populuv  lasle,  and  give  just  what  it 
calls  for.     To  do  this  it  is  not  ueccssarj-  to  know 
the  mind   of  the  Lord— how  "  to  declare  the 
whole  counsel   of  God  "'—hoir  to  "  know  noth- 
ing but  Jesus  Christ>nd  Him  crucified."   These 
things  do  not  concern  the  popular  ediloi:    His 
business  is  to  feel  the  j>»Wicj)ii'«,  and  run  as 
it  beats.    He  does  not  maintain   anything  pai^ 
ticularly,  but  is  always  watchijig  for  something 
to  ('(ij-ci/  or  maintain  him.    He  permits  public 
sentiment  to  govern  Aiwi;  he  never  helps   to 
form  public  sentiment.    Infact,  he  is  aatraw  to 
show  what  way  the  wind  blows,  and  not  a  real, 
live  nugget  of  gold  in  the  great  Honse  of  God. 
But  to  conduct  a  puijcr  with  "  the  mnrku  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  "  on  it,  is  no  child's  play.    He 
mustknuw  Godand  Christ,  and  the  Spirit  of 
Truth.    He  must  be  firm   for  the   right  and 
maintain  it.     His  paper  must,  like  himself,  be 
iiuiissuming — not    mere    outward  appearance, 
tine  print,  pretty  paper  etc,  but  it  must  have  the 
grains  of  truth  all  over  and  in  it.     He  must  be 
sa  thoroughly  covered   with  the   murhs  of  the 
Lord  Jcsns  M  not  to  allow  himself  to  ever  talk 
about  his  paper  being   the  cheifpesi,  the  huml- 
somest,  the  largest.     People  know   how  to  com- 
pare %vithout  lessons  from  an  editor.      Then  ho 
must  not  seek  notoriety,  and  self-distinction. 
If  there  be  any  good  in  him,   people  ivill  see 
it.     He  must  hefearUss  to  tell  the  whole  truth 
Armed  with  the  strong  weapons  of  God,  he 
■joes  forth  not  only  to  think  right,  but  to  do ' 
'-i,jhl. 

Your  letter  is  full  of  comfort.  May  God 
tlirough  all  this  year,  give  all  of  us  grace  to  do 
our  duty  in  honor  to  His  name.  Pray  that  we 
may  all  draw  continually  from  the  well  of  Truth. 
Should  we  happen  to  step  over  upon  the  "  miry 
clay,"  call  us  back  with  a  gentle  voice,  and  God 
\rill  not  forsake.  Peace  be  with  you  and  all 
siunts.  M-  ^-  E. 


GLE^lSriNGS. 


Kisn  words  like  sunshine,  ever  enliven   the 
heart,  and  scatter  soirow,  leaving  only   (he  re- 
membrance of  the  past,  which  assist  in  a  prop- 
er appreciation  of  the  present.    Such  are 
der  words  from  a  mother. 


From  Jacob  Mishler.— Last  Sunday  our  ag- 
ed sister,  Mary  Mishler  was  buried;  aged  75 
years,  3  months  and  8  days.  She  was  truly  a 
■'  mother  in  Israel."  Our  series  of  meetings 
commenced  at  the  same  time  in  the  Spring- 
field church,  and  lasted  day  and  night  until  last 
evening.  We  expect  to  commence  another 
series  at  the  same  place  on  the  evening  of  .Ian. 
1st,  1S78  and  continue  four  days.  We  have  the 
promise  of  other  ministering  brethren  to  be 
ith  us.  A  sister  of  Calhoon  Co.,  Mich.,  at- 
tended our  meetings,  and  says  she  has  been  a 
member  of  the  church  for  three  years,  but  nev- 
er attended  a  Lov&-feast  nnd  heard  hut  one  ser- 
by  the  brethren  since  she  became  a  mem- 
A  few  of  our  members  j-aised  the  money 
to  have  the  paper  sent  to  her. 

Our  home  mission  in  N.  E.  Ohio  is  doing  a 
good  work.  There  is  a  small  body  of  isolated 
mcmhere  in  Bellmont  Co.  This  mil  he  a  good 
place  for  ministers,  traveling  on  the  B.  &  0.  R. 
R.,  to  stop  off  and  preach.  Let  Bro.  Darid 
Snyder,  Waniock,  know  nf  your  coming.— 
Mof/adorc.  0.,  Dec.  26, 1S77. 

Fkom  J.  S.  Fi.onv.  — Will  saj-,  that  during 
Christmas,  (before  and  after)  we  were  with  the 
Brethren  in  Boulder  Co.,  had  a  series  of  meet- 
ings that  were  well  attended.  It  was  remarked 
by  one  brother,  that  he  was  never  in  a  church 
district  where  there  was  more  Christian  love 
manifested  than  among  the  members  in  Boulder 
do.  May  this  one.  grand  element  of  peace  and 
prosperity  ever  chaiacterixe  them!  It  is  our 
espectatiou  to  locate  pernmnently  among  them 
at  no  distant  day. 

We  have  had  most  delightful  weather  for 
some  weeks,  until  now  we  have  some  little 
snow  and  colder  weather.  Whilst  we  hear  of 
so  much  rain  and  mud  East,  we  congratulate 
oiu-selves  on  being  iu  a  clinmte  where  mud 
seldom  seen,  and  the  climate  so  pleasant  and 
heiJthy.— Gree/cf/,  Colo.,  Dec.  30, 1S77. 

Feiom  Daniel  Vanijias.  — After  preaching 
seven  discourses  in  the  Baptist  church  in  Ten- 
nessee, McDonough  Co.,  111.,  I  left  on  the  17th 
for  Prairie  City;  was  taken  about  ten  miles 
North-east  to  a  school-house  on  Vinegar  Hill, 
where  I  preached  nine  times.  The  weather  be- 
ing sometimes  wet,  and  roads  almost  impassable, 
we  had  nevertheless  good  congregations  and 
much  interest  was  given  to  the  Word  pi-cached. 
After  baptizing  those  who  believed,  I  went  to 
Astoria,  Fulton  Co.,  oji  the  25th  inst.  Had  one 
meeting  there,  roads  almost  impassable,  and  it 
is  still  raining,  so  I  started  for  horiie.  Reached 
home  Dec.  27,  after  an  absence  of  twenty-seven 
days;  found  alt  well.— r.iv/fH,  HI,  Dec.  28,  JW7. 
Frou  T.  MoitBAN. — I  came  to  California  in 
with  father  and  mother;  joined  the  Breth- 
.nd  am  now  a  soldier  for  Christ.  I  have  to 
go  about  40  miles  to  hear  preaching  hy  the 
Brethren.  We  have  a  glorious  time  at  our 
cami>-meetings  on  the  San  Joaquin.  I  enjoy  my 
self  in'  singing  and  praising  God.  I  always 
feel  good  when  I  am  with  God's  people,  and  I 
am  glad  Bro.  Bashor  is  coming  to  California, 
we  will  all  be  happy  to  meet  him.  —  Anlioch, 
Cat.,  Dec.,  25.  l&TT. 

From  J.  B.  Pexce.— The  churches  of  Tennes- 
see are  in  the  enjoyment  of  peace,  so  far  iia  I 
know,  and  are  refreshed  by  an  occasional  acces- 
sion to  the  fold.  When  some  wandering  soul 
returns  to  God  there  is  joy  among  the  angels  in 
heaven  and  also  among  the  saints  on  earth.  We 
have  had  most  delightful  weatherforsome  time, 
beautiful,  clear  nights  and  bright,  sunny  days. 
— Limestone,  Tenn.,  Dec.  25, 1S77. 

Fkom  Peter  D.  Reed. — This  is  one  of  the 
oldest  churches  in  the  State.  The  ark  of  the 
Lord  is  moving  onward.  Two  have  been  added 
to  the  church  the  past  Summer  by  baptism. 
Paul  may  plant  nnd  ApoUos  Water,  but  God 
alone  gives  the  ijicrcitsc.  We  have  four  minis- 
ters and  six  deacons.  The  Lord  bless  all  His 
dear  people,  and  hold  them  in  the  bonds  of  love 
and  peace. — Limestone,  Tenii.,  Dec,  15,  77. 

From  J.  M.  Parker.  ^-  The  great  Preacher 
hath  said:  "  Cast  thy  bread  upon  the  waters, 
thou  shalt  gather  it  after  maiiy  days."  This 
the  Ashland  church  has  done,  we  trust,  "in 
faith  believing,"  and  are  now  by  the  ingather- 
ing of  souls  realiKing  that  the  promises  of  our 
God  are  steadfast."  Since  our  dedicatory  imd 
Co'mnmnion  services,  eight  blood-bought  souls, 
some  in  youth  and  others  in  the  prime  of  life, 


have  come  into  the  rineyard  of  our  Master,  to 
labor  for  a  pass-port  through  the  gates  into  the 
City.  For  these  manifestations  of  divine  grace 
among  us,  we  desire  to  praise  the  Lord;  for  He 
has  triumphed  gloriously.  —  Ashland,  0.,  Dec, 

25,  itm. 


From  State  Cester,  Iowa. — We  number 
about  seventy  members.  The  old  ship  of  Zion 
been  sailing  along  with  not  the  most  favor- 
able wind,  but  still  hope  that  we  are  nearing 
the  port.  With  an  occasional  addition  to  our 
numlwr  w,e  feel  to  take  courage.  There  were 
eight  added  during  the  summer,  all  of  whom 
were  young  and  seem  to  be  sotting  a  bright 
example.  May  the  good  Lord  be  their  Shepherd 
and  Guide,  nnd  safelj'  land  them  on  the  other 
shore. 

From  Noah  Early.  —  Wc  love  to  hear  of 
nls  returning  to  Christ,  —  souls  that  have 
strayed  away.  We  had  no  additions  recently, 
thougli  we  are  in  peace  and  union  with  ench 
other,  I  believe  the  church  would  feel  veiy 
much  gratified  if  some  of  our  western  brethren 
would  come  out  this  Winter  and  hold  a  series 
of  meetings.  We  believe  there  might  he  much 
good  done.  The  weather  is  as  warm  as  iu 
Ajiril,  and  the  roads  are  extremely  muddy.  — 
The  fmit  huda  are  swelling  as  iu  Spring. — Dec. 
28,  77. 

From  James  Y.  Heckler. — We  have  remark- 
ably fine  weather.  No  snow  to  whiten  the 
ground  yet,  save  snow  and  rain  on  the  29th  of 
November,  which  melted  as  it  fell.  Wo  fre- 
quently see  dandelions  in  bloom.  To-morrow 
will  be  Christmas,  and  from  present  indications 
it  will  he  green  yet,  which,  you  know,  speaks 
well  for  doctora  and  undertakers.  There  is 
much  sickness  in  the  land.  Scarlet  fever, 
measles,  iliptheria  and  other  complaints  that 
flesh  is  heii-  to,  are  prevalent. — HaHeijsmUe,  Pa., 
Dec.  24th.  1S77. 

From  J.  J.  ScHECHTEB.  —  I  hope  you  may 
continue  to  hold  up  the  banner  of  King  Em- 
manuel, and  ever  be  ready  to  denounce  error 
iuid  defend  the  right.  I  do  not  feel  able  to  do 
much  of  the  sowing,  but  I  can  Aq  some  of  the 
binding.  This  church,  (Middle  Creek,  la.), 
numbers  thirty,  one  preacher  and  three  deacons, 
aud  at  pi-csent  are  progressing  finely.  We 
need  more  preaching  however,  and  invite  breth- 
ren who  travel  through  here  to  give  us  a  call. 
We  have  a  good  country,  aud  anyone  desiring 
to  come  and  see  it,  can  address  or  call  upon  the 
writer. — A'eip  Sharon,  la. 

From  David  Snvder. — This  is  a  new  place; 
not  nuuiy  of  the  people  here  ever  heard  of  the 
Brethren  until  recently.  At  our  series  of  meet^ 
ings  the  last  of  November,  some  few  began  to 
see  the  light,  and  thirteen  turned  in  with  ns  to 
serve  the  Lord.  Hope  they  will  continue  faith- 
ful unto  the  end! — Waniocl;  0. 

Fnoji  J.  B.  Wampler.- Since  the  29th  of 
Oct.  1877,  seven  were  added  to  the  number  of 
the  disciples,  in  the  Glade  Run  district,  Arm- 
strong Co.,  Pa. 

Since  our  first  visit  to  the  above  named  dis- 
trict, to  serve  them  in  the  ministry,  (Feb.  12, 
1S76,)  fifty  have  been  added  by  baptism,  aud 
seven  reinstated,  making  in  all  fifty-seven.  May 
the  blessings  of  Heaven  attend  them  and 
all  the  beloved  in  the  Loi-d,  and  ultimately  bring 
us  all  to  praise  Hiui,  in  full  perfection  in  the 
church,  triumphant  in  ^\ory.—RHiut  Valleij, 
Ph.,  Dec.  SI,  lb77. 


From  Enoch  Eds. — We  had  once  thought 
we  could  be  ready  to  return  by  Januaiy,  but 
now  think  the  time  will  bo  too  short,  and  as 
sailing  is  considered  rather  dangerous  in  Feb 
ruary  imd  March,  ivc  think  we  shall  not  likely 
start  home  before  April,  especially  if  a  door 
opens  in  England  so  that  we  can  he  profitable. 
But  if  we  can  do  no  good,  we  will  not  remain 
here  very  long  on  expense.  But  more  of  this 
in  the  future. 

Later. — Have  nothing  of  i)itcrest  this  week, 
save  that  wc,  and  all  the  members  as  far  as  we 
know,  enjoy  good  health;  had  fair  weather  for 
a  few  days,  rather  cool,  froze  enough  last  night 
to  stop  the  plough:  appearances  for  snow  to-day, 
for  the  first  this  Pall.  We  did  not  get  around 
much  this  week.  Meeting  last  Sunday  about 
twenty  miles  oft",  did  not  go.  Bro.  Hope,  and 
Bro,  Esk-ildsen  attended  it.  The  meeting  was 
in  a  new  place,  report  good  interest;  next  Sun- 
day I  go  South  about  eighteen  miles,  prospects 
for  baptism;  some  near  the  Kingdom,  good  in- 


terest to  the- wonl  preached  ererywherc.    May 
the  Lord  give  the  increase.— A'oc.  27,  /.S77. 

From  Thomas  D.  Lyox. — I  eommonce<l  meet- 
ings in  the  neighborhood  of  Bro.  John  Barn- 
hart's  near  Mahomet,  111.,  on  the  7th  ot  Decem- 
ber, and  closed  the  14th.  Had  nine  mt.'ctings  in 
all.  They  were  well  attended  imd  quite  an  in- 
terest manifested.  While  we  visited  from 
house  to  house  during  the  day  time,  forming 
some  acquaintances,  we  were  well  pleased  Avith 
the  people,  foiuid  them  sociable  and  kind.  On 
Saturday  morixing,  15th,  Bro.  John  Barnhart 
accompanied  me  to  the  Urbana  church.  Had 
meeting  in  the  evening,  and  continued  till  Mon- 
day evening.  In  consequence  of  rain  nnd  had 
roads,  we  by  agreement,  conchuled  to  postpone 
the  mcetin^t  and  I  returned  home,  rcgi'otting 
verj'  much  that  I  did  not  get  to  see  our  beloved 
brother  and  sister,  John  and  Mattie  A.  Lenr, 
who  could  not  attend  the  meeting. — Hudson, 
III.,  Dec  2.%  }t<f7. 

FiiOM  JOBN  t'ltNir.— After  my  warmest  greet- 
ings of  love  to  you  and  yours,  I  wish  to  inform 
you  that  r  wish  to  renew  mj'  subscription  for 
your  paper,  ivhich  on  its  forehead,  bears  the 
seal  of  God' — "  Do  THE  comsiandments."- 

We  have  pretty  hard  times  here,  having  juat 
pnssefl  throush  one  drouth,  with  every  indica- 
tion of  another  dry  year.  Many  are  scared,  but 
we  think  that  we  cannot  get  along  without  re- 
ligious lierature.  Better  have  less  on  the  body 
and  more  in.  the  heart.  Poor  in  purse,  hut  rich 
in  grace,  is  better  than  treasures  of  gold. — fit- 
pon,  Cal.,  Dec  17, 1W7. 

From  C.  H.  BALSBAuae.  —  Amen  and  Amen 
to  the  proposition  of  a  more  Scriptural  method 
of  electing  to  the  ministry.    The  result  of  any 
method  that  has  a  sound  i)rinciple  for  its  basis, 
must  be  the  expre^ion  of  the   preponderant 
mind  of  the  Body  of  Chirst,  if  it  is  to  be  the 
expression   of  the  Mind  of  the  Spirit.     This 
presupposes  the  preponderance  of  the  Spirit  In, 
the  heart  and  life  of  the  members,  out  of  which 
the  choice  is  to  be  determined.    Holiness  givea 
wisdom  and  dLscruni nation,  enabling  to  decide 
and  act  ia  exigencies  of  moment  as  hy  an  in- 
ward personal  whisper  of  the  HoIyGhoat.    The 
prayer  of  the  apostles  was  the  expression  of  their 
pei-sonal  appropriation  of  the  life  of   Christ; 
"  Lord  skew — whether  of  these  two  thow  hast 
chosen  "  Acts  1:  24.    Although   the  choice  was 
made  h)j  Ihem,  it  was  no  less  the  choice  of  God 
through  their  unity  ^vitli   Him  in   the  Holy 
Ghost.    This  is  what  guarantees  a  Divine  call 
to  the  Apostleship.     Of  nothing  may  we  be 
more  certain  than  of  mectijig  the  mind  of  God 
in  the  matter  by  being  in  Him  in  the  choice  of 
a  minister.     If  the  Body  of  Christ  is   not  all 
a  myth — if  it  be  really  true  that  the  Church  is 
the  embodiment  of  the  Life  nnd  Love  and  Wis- 
dom of  Jesns,  why  should  we  not  be  able  to 
elect  an   ambassador  who  is  beyond  (juestion 
"  in  Christ's  stead?"    This  cannot  be  done  by 
a  minority,  unless  that  minority  has  the  cre- 
dentials of  superior  holiness,  and   thus  a  right 
to  claim  tlie  indisputable  representation  of  the 
mind  of  the  Spirit.    If  twenty-five  souls  have 
made  selection  of  a.  certain  brother,  and  seven- 
ty-five have  been  scattered  among  ten  or  eleven 
othei-s,   where   is  our  criterion  to    determine 
whether  of  these  twelve  the  Lord  has  chosen?" 
If  Christ  is  the  Head  of  the  Church,  how  shall 
it  be  known  that  the  mind  of  the  Head   is  in 
the  result  unless   the  predominating  mind  of 
the  Body  is  in  itV    There  is  neither  reason  nor 
Scripture  to  justify  our  present  method  (tf  min- 
isterial  induction.    The    sooner  we  make  the 
majority  the  representative  of  Christ,  the  bet- 
ter.   A  supernatural  call  apart  from  the  in- 
strumentality of  the  Church,  must  be  sustained 
by  supernatural  credentials.     By    the  dispensa- 
tion of  the    Spirit,    as    the    ludwellor  of  the 
Church,  we    are    restricted    to    the   influence 
through  the  ordinary  life  of  the  Body  of  Christ; 
nnd  in  choosing  a  minister,  we  may  not  accept 
the  decision  of  the  minority  unless  the  Spirit  in- 
timates, onto/  His  regular  course  of  operation, 
that  the  choice  is  His.     Where  this  is  wanting, 
further  efforts  are  required  until  the  balance  of 
ihe  Body's  life  turns  the  scale. 

From  Nbwtos  Bloikih. — On  the  19th  of 
Dec,  brother  Solomon  Bvickalew  commenced 
a  meeting  with  us,  and  closed  on  the  23rd.  We 
had  a  refreshing  season.  Eight  precious  souls 
were  made  willing  to  come  out  on  the  Lord's 
side;  aud  many  more  we  think  are  counting  the 
cost-  Brother  Buckalew  is  devoting  the  m<Mt 
of  his  time  to  traveUng  and  preaching-  Miyr 
God  bless  his  labors  and,  crown  him  with 
saticess.— Snake  S2>ring  Chnrch,  Pa. 


TI-IE    3:?ETI-IKB>r    ^VT    AVOIilC. 


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READ  AMD  OBEY. 
■■  JIiisUfiDila,  lovo  jour  ivivca.- 
■'  Wives,    obey    ymir    hiiabnnJa." 
"  Fnlhcra,  proTcSto  not  joiir  chilJren  lo  n 
"  Chllilrco,    otie;    your    pnrcDla    in    nil    I 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshehnan, 


BiidTiiER,  sister,  aco  tliat  pe.U'c  n.'iyiis  whore 
you  (Iwfll.      

Now  let  us  see  how  iiinjjy  of  our  little  friends 
cnii  got  119  a,  subscriber  ibr  the  Drrthren  at 

WOIIK, 


Just  now  the  little  bud-diessos  have  all  they 
can  rlo  to  keoj)  the  burls  from  bursting  through. 
Tho  ii'uvm  weather  tempts  thciu  strongly  to 
come  out. 


In  uucient  times  each  family  liail  its  owu 
mill.  It  consisted  of  two  circular  stones,  about 
the  size  of  our  common  grind  stones,  placed 
one  above  the  other.  The  lower  one  wiis  fixed, 
the  other  revolved  by  means  of  a  handle  and 
between  the  tivo  the  grain  ivas  gvoiuid. 


At  this  time  of  the  year  ckildron  have  much 
time  to  reiut,  unJ  iw  most  of  theui  attend 
school  they  do  read  much.  See,  that  what  yon 
read  will  make  you  better.  Pick  out  all  the 
good  and  throw  away  the  bad.  Look  at  Jesus, 
love  ami  obey  Hiiu.  God  is  quick  to  reward  all 
who  do  good. 


TnK  Bible  tolls  us  of  fiery  serijeiits.  They 
wore  ao  called  on  account  of  their  flaming  col- 
or. The  Israelites  were  badly  bitten  by  them 
while  ]»assing  through  Arabia.  A  fiery  serpent 
in  the  form  of  strong  drink  is  biting  thousands 
of  people  every  day.  Every  child  should  be 
taught  to  abhor  it, — not  to  touch  it. 


P.VBKSTS  should  point  out  to  their  children 
the  evil  ofl'ects  of  the  use  of  tobacco.  Not 
much  can  be  done  with  older  pei-sons  who  use 
it,  but  children  who  do  not,  should  be  tauglit 
not  to  use  it.  Wo  believe  all  who  use  it, 
would  advise  against  any  one  commencing 
it's  use,  for  none  can  saj-  it  is  a  nice  habit. 
We  were  once  in  the  tobacco  ranks,  but  were 
determined  to  get  out,  and  tUd, 


Bno.  Michael  Garber  ^^^^tes:  "I  would  sug- 
gest that  you  have  tho  Children  at  Work  to 
give  the  Scriptuie  that  was  read  at  the  lost 

meeting  they  attended.  I  do  like  to  have  them 
remember  what  they  hear.  Quite  recently  a 
Baptist  minister  told  me,  that  in  England  par- 
ents require  their  children  to  state  the  minis- 
ter's lest  when  they  come  home  from  meeting." 
We  accept  tlie  suggestion,  dear  brother,  and 
hope  our  young  readei-s  will  jn'ofit  by  it.  It  is  a 
blessed  thing  io  remember  the  words  of  God, 
for  in  so  doiug  one  is  always  prepared  to  ivard 
oEF  the  enemy's  attacks. 


Drop  melted  green  glass  into  water,  and  it 
will  form  drops  which  lu-e  called,  "Prince  Rup- 
ert's Drops,"  They  were  first  brought  to  Eng- 
land in  the  year  1600  by  Prince  Rupert,  and  by 
the  people  were  considered  "  a  kniid  of  miracle 
in  nature."  But  a  little  thought  will  soon  pro- 
duce an  easy  explanation.  Take  one  of  the 
drops  and  break  off  over  so  small  a  bit  of  the 
point,  and  the  whole  will  at  once  shiver  to 
pieces.  The  connections  of  the  particles  are  so 
slight,  tlirit  when  one  is  disturbed  all  are  affected. 
Break  one  of  the  least  commandments  of  God's 
Woi-d  and  its  effect  upon  yon  is  just  the  re- 
verse of  nature.  The  drops  fall  to  atoms,  that 
is  nature.  You  break  God's  law  and  you  will 
fall,  that  is  the  effect  of  the  spiritual  Law, 
when  Iranugrcssed. 


Is  our  home  free  from  the  storms,  frets  and 
worries  of  life?  asks  more  than  one  thoughtful 
child.  Do  we  find  comfort  and  picasiu-e  at 
home?  Or  must  we  go  to  other  places  for 
kludnessV  Do  you  hear  kind  words  and  see  lov- 
ing smiles  on  pa  ."Uid  nm's  faces  when  you  come 
home  from  school?  Do  you,  my  dear  children? 
Are  you  kind  and  good  to  each  other,  or  are  you 
full  of  rudeness  and  stupid?  Are,  you  my  little 
friends?  Wlienyouseea  real  home, — a  home 
inside  as  well  as  outside,  you.  see  a  light,  pleas- 
ant spot,  where  every  one  is  happy,do  we  not? 
In  a  true  home,  fretting,  scolding  and  fighting 
are  not  found.  The. sunbeams  of  happiness. 
shine  in  every  nook  and  corner  of  a  good  and 
true  home.  Then  make  home  pleasant  and 
cheerful.  Be  happy  mid  that  \vill  make  others 
hnppy.  Keep  a  sunny  temper:  and  then  the 
sunny  temper  will  shine  all  the  brighter, 


ALL    CAN     HELP. 

SUPPOSE  a  little  twinkling  star. 
Up  in  the  deep-blue  sky, 
Should  say,  "  What  light  can  reach  so  far, 

From  such  a  star  as  I? 
Not  many  of  my  feeble  rays 

On  yonder  earth  can  fall; 
The  othera  so  much  brighter  bla/.e. 
/  mil  not  shine  at  all." 

Suppose  a  bright,  green  leaf  that  grows 

Upon  the  rose-bush  near, 
SJiould  say,  "  Because  I'm  not  a  r^se, 

I  will  not  linger  here." 
Or  that  a  dew-<lrop  fresh  and  bright. 

Upon  that  fragrant  flower. 
Should  say,  "  I'll  vanish  out  of  sight, 

Because  I'm  not  a  shower." 

Sup])ose  a  little  child  should  say, 

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

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

Though  faintly  gleaming  there; 
Each  rose-leaf  helps  the  plant  to  live. 

Each  dew-droji  keeps  it  fair. 

And  our  good  Father,  up  in  Heaven, 

Who  doth  all  creatures  view. 
Even  to  every  child  has  given, 

Some  needful  work  to  do. 
Kind  words  toward  those  with  whom  you  iiv( 

Kind  words  and  actions  right. 
Shall  'mid  the  deepest  darkness  give, 

A  pure  and  lovely  light. 

—Sda-tcd. 


INFLUENCE    OF    HOME. 

QEEING  in  your  e\cetlent  paper  a  few  col- 
0  umus  designed  for  the  Home  Circle,  I 
thought  that  I,  as  a  mother  and  sister  in  the 
liniisehold  of  faith,  might  be  permitted  to  add  a 
mite,  well  knowing  that  in  that  circle  much 
depends  on  the  mother. 

A  mother  has  much  to  do  in  moulding  the 
charnctev  of  her  children.  They  learn  to  speak 
their  mother's  language  fii-st,  and  if  their  homes 
are  gdverned  by  kindness  and  benevolence,  and 
the  low,  selfish  passions,  are  not  allowed  to  be 
exercised  before  them,  they  will  almost  invari- 
ably show  the  nurture  they  have  received,  im- 
less,  as  is  sometimes  the  case,  that  the  prenatal 
influences  have  been  such  that  the  child's  facul- 
ties may  have  been  distorted, so  much  so  that 
it  will  take  an  extra  amount  of  care  and  train- 
ing to  lead  it  in  the  way  it  should  go. 

Seeing  and  knowing  that  there  are  such  cas- 
es, how  great  the  resjionsihility  resting  upon 
molhei-s!  The  future  destiny  of  nations  rests 
upon  the  motliei-s  of  our  land.  But  some 
weary,  care-worn,  well-disposed  mothers  will 
aak:  Do  fathers  have  no  responsibility?  Are 
husbiuids  without  a  clmrge  in  this  matter  of 
great  importance? 

No,  indeed  they  arc  not.  Much  more  than 
they  generally  realize,  depends  upon  them.  — 
How  few  husbands,  when  they  first  call  their 
wives  their  omi,  realize  the  charge  that  is  com- 
mitted to  their  care;  even  men,  professing  god- 
liness ofti'n  forget  it. 

Man  hiis  been  set  at  the  head  of  the  family. 
What  a  position  of  importance  and  tnistl  Not 
only  has  the  woman  given  hereelf,  body  (anil 
often  soul  too)  to  be  ruled  by  his  despotic  will. 
S!ie  may  be  his  superior  in  mental  development, 
but  lacking  the  ivill-power  which  he  possesses, 
strengthened  by  the  consciousness  that  he  is 

loi-d  of  creation,"  she  must  petd  implicit  obe^ 
dience,  even  though  her  whole  soul  revolts  at 
the  idea. 

In  very  many  ways  is  the  husband  respons- 
ible for  the  disposition  transmitted  to  his  ofl- 
spring.  Few  husbands  nndei-stand,  or  even  try 
to  understand  the  deep  and  tender  feelings,  the 
keen  susceptibilities  with  which  many  mothers 
aiv  giftetl,  and  it  is  through  those  feelings,  that 
he  often  makes  or  mars  the  disposition  of  his 
future  son  or  daughter. 

The  head  of  the  family,  as  Cluist  is  the  Head 
of  the  church,  what  an  example  to  imitate, 
and  what  an  account  there  will  be  to  render!  — 
If  husbands  would  learn  to  imitate  their  great 
Head  more,  fewei'  ivives  would  feel  that  their 
path  through  life  had  been  strewn  with  thorns 
and  watered  with  tears.  But  mothers  should 
not  give  up,  if  they  cannot  always  reverence 
their  head;  they  should  tt5-  to  discharge  their 
duties  in  the  fear  of  the  great  Head  of  the 
church. 

It  is  necessarj"  that  the  mother  should  inform 
herself  on  the  many  duties  devolving  upon  her; 
for  in  her  hand  is  the  training  of  immortal 
souls.  She  hiis  their  earliest  and  tenderest  care ; 
she  shoidd  have  clear  and  definite  ideas  of  right 
and  wrong,  combined  with  considerable  force  of 


chiiract^T.  firmness  enough,  that  when  .he 
knows  she  is  in  the  right,  to  stick  to  it.  She 
should  have  pretty  hirge  benevolence,  which 
imparts  kindnes.^  and  generosity  to  her  nature, 
but  should  be  guided  by  good  judgment. 

She  should  teach  her  sons  what  true  moral 
courage  is,  and  endeavor  to  learn  their  weak 
jmiuis.  and  iir'  able  to  encourage  and  help  them 
III  iivi'irniii,'  llii'ii-  wuakncsses.  She  should  be 
lil.i'  fli-'  ^^nli'li)!-  with  ablock  of  marble  before 
liiui.  lb;  1. 11""' ju^t  how  ho  wants  it  to  look 
after  it  is  linishwl.  He  kuoivs  too,  that  it  will 
take  time,  patience  and  skill  to  accomplish  his 
purpose;  yet  this  does  not  discourage  him.  — 
Energy  and  practice  inalies  one  more  skillful. 

"An  honest  man  is  the  noblest  work  of  God," 
and  she  should  keep  this  ideal  of  manhood  in 
her  mind's  eye,  not  only  to  bo  honest  in  his 
buying  and  selling,  but  an  honest  purpose  of 
doing  hii  duty  wherever  he  is  placed,  whether 
it  be  the  highest  seat  in  the  government,  or  a 
doorkeeper  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  She 
shouldtry  to  inculcate  high  and  noble  aspirations 
and  a  taste  for  rea«Ung  good  books,  which 
parents  should  neglect  to  supply  their  children 
with. 

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

I  often  think  there  is  a  greater  responsibility 
in  raising  girls  than  boys,  for  upon  the  intelli- 
gence and  virtue  of  young  women,  depends,  in 
a  great  measure,  the  virtue  and  morality  of 
young  men.  Let  the  girls  show  by  their  words 
and  actions  ihat  they  ivill  not  countenance  the 
attentions  of  young  men  of  loose  habits,  oi 
doubtful  morality,  aud  I  think  that  the  effect 
would  be, that  they  would  at  least  try  to  restrain 
their  evil  ways  and  cultivate  better  habits,  and, 
through  the  influence  and  society  of  women  be 
made  better. 

In  Psalm  144:  12,  we  read,  "That  our  sons 
may  be  as  plants,  grown  up  in  their  youth; 
that  our  danghlei's  may  be  as  corner-stones, 
polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace."  "Our 
daughters  be  as  corner  stones."  Does  this  not 
imply  strength  and  solidity?  Woman  is  called 
the  weaker  vessel,  yet  she  must  be  the  founda- 
tion of  society.  Not  onlj'  must  she  be  strong, 
but  she  must  also  be  polished,  which,  I  think, 
means  a  cultivated  and  refined  mind,  and  adds 
much  to  tho  beauty  and  strength  of  ivoman, 
and  ivill  greatly  tend  to  increase  her  influence 
at  homo  and  in  society. 

L.  Weaveh. 


NEW    YEAR'S    GREETING. 

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

I  was  reading  in  the  Bible  this  morning 
about  a  little  boy.  He  was  lying  in  his  little 
bed,  and  heard  some  one  cill  him,  but  he  did  not 
know  where  it  was.  Wlien  he  heard  the  call 
tliree  times,  he  knew  that  it  was  the  Lonl  that 
called  him,  and  he  said:  "  Speak,  Lord,  for  thy 
servant  heiireth."  And  the  Lord  told  him  a 
great  many  things  and  he  became  a  gi-oat 
prophet,  aud  spake  many  wise  things. 

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

CoRA  B.  EiniERT. 

Sltrling,  III. 


WORDS    OF    COMFORT. 

^i  QUFFER  little  cliildi-en  to  coine  unto  me, 
0  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God."  — 
(Luke  IS:  IH).  Now,  dear  children,  you  have 
heard  what  your  heavenly  Father  has  to  say 
about  you.  Now  try,  and  remain  good,  obey 
your  parents  when  they  tell  you  to  do  some- 
thiug,  don't  say,  "  Let  Willie  aud  Mary  go," 
but  go  yourself.  Then  yon  will  please  your 
parents.  Be  good  children,  do  not  tight,  Jesus 
does  not  like  such.  Do  not  tell  lies,  or  swear  or 
steal,  for  that  is  all  wi'ong.  ^ 

J,  E.  Sprinoer, 


CMILDREX  AT    WOJIK. 


Prom  Mary  Stiller.— All  the  little  boys  aud 
girls  are  writing  letters,  so  I  guess  I  must  write 
one  too.  This  is  not  the  first  letter  I  ever 
wrote.  I  am  thirteen  years  old.  ily  father 
imd  mother  li.dong  tu  the  church.  I  have  sev- 
en brothei-s  and  four  sislera  hWng,  two  dead.  1 
love  to  go  lu  church  and  hear  preaching,  but 
we  have  no  cliuroh  near  tluit  I  can  go  to  now. 
I  read  tho  children's  letters,  and  they  are  very 
nice.  In  the  Summer  I  go  to  Sabbath-school, 
but  we  have  none  in  Winti'r.  I  go  to  school 
every  day.  When  you  come  to  Syracuse,  come 
aud  see  mo. 

Syracusi;  Ittd. 

From  A,  J.  Robinson.— I  am  a  little  boy,  and 

will  be  ten  yeai-s  old  in  January.  I  am  glad  In 
see  your  paper  open  to  little  folks.  I  wish  I 
could  write  something  that  would  be  of  some 
interest  to  them.  I  have  never  been  to 
day-school  a  day  in  my  life.  I  only  go  to  Sun- 
day-school and  I  can  read  any  passage  in  God's 
holy  Book.  Have  started  at  Genesis  to  roiul 
through  the  Bible,  aud  have  got  to  the  10th 
chapter  of  Deuteronomy.  I  can't  write  good 
enough  to  write  a  letter  for  myself,  and  havn  to 
get  pa  to  write  it,  but  I  will  sign  my  name  my- 
self- Pa  is  a  boot  and  shoe  maker,  and  is  in 
bad  health;  ho  is  not  able  to  take  your  paper, 
I  wish  he  was;  it  gives  so  much  good  talk  about 
Jesus.  I  want  to  tell  all  the  young  folks  that 
read  your  papor,  to  always  tell  the  truth.  Nev- 
er say  a  bad  word,  don't  go  with  bad  boys,  mind 
your  pa  and  ma,  go  to  Sundaj'-sliool,  go  to 
church  and  to  prayer-meeting,  and  say  your 
prayei^s  every  night. 

Sister  Milligau  takes  your  paper  and  that  is 
the  way  I  get  to  see  it.  I  can  make  figures 
and  add  numhei-s.  and  now  I  wnll  ask  the  little 
folks  a  question:  What  name  in  tho  Bibls 
spells  the  same  backward  that  it  does  forward, 
by  placing  the  fourth  letter  Ijefore  the  fifth  one? 
It  is  a  man's  name.  Let  us  see  who  cau  answer 
it. 

Miser's  Slnlim,  Tvim. 

From  Minerva  Britmbaugh. — Dear  Editor: — 
I  will  tvj'_and  write  a  letter  this  morning.  I 
am  nine  yeai-s  old.  I  like  to  go  to  church  with 
my  pa  and  ma.  I  read  in  the  Fourth  Reader. 
I  read  over  unmy  letters  in  the  Home  Circle, 
and  I  think  they  are  very  nice.  I  -wish  I  could 
see  all  the  little  girls  that  write  for  your  paper. 

Bedford,  Ohio. 

From  Harry  Warner.  —  [  like  to  read  the 
children's  letters,  and  am  glad,  there  are  so  many 
good  boys  and  girls  that  write  for  a  good  papi-r. 
I  go  to  school  and  try  to  learn  all  I  can.  I  ex- 
pect to  be  a  man  some  day,  and  I  would  not 
like  to  grow  up  and  not  have  an  education.  My 
teacher  sa3-s;  "  Youth  is  the  seed-time  of  liie." 
We  should  store  our  minds  with  knowledge; 
and  have  our  heart  full  of  good  thoughts,  then 
the  bad  ones  will  find  no  room.  S.  H.  Bashor 
was  at  our  house  twice  when  he  preached  here. 
My  papa  said, he  was  one  of  the  editoi-s  of  ymir 
paper.  I  like  to  go  to  church  and  hear  them 
talk  about  Jesus,  and  how  He  blessed  little  chil- 
dren, I  want  to  be  one  of  His  children:  I  try 
to  be  a  good  boy,  but  sometimes  I  am  not  a.** 
good  as  I  should  be,  but  hope  1  will  grow  better 
as  I  grow  older. 

Now,  if  you  think  it  worth  while  to  put  this 
letter  in  your  good  paper,  I  will  wiite  you  an- 
other letter. 

Fhjinoitlh,  Iiid. 

From  Andrew  Brumbaugh. —  Dmr  Editor: — 
I  will  write  a  letter  for  the  Home  Cirele.  I  am 
eleven  yeai-s  old.  I  go  to  school  and  I  learn 
very  fast.  I  like  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  tho 
Brethren  preach.  I  like  to  read  in  your  paper, 
I  send  my  love  to  all  the  little  folks. 

Bradford.  Ohio. 

From  Ida  B.  Grove.  —  I  have  been  reading  in 
your  excellent  jiaper,  and  saW,  you  requested 
the  young  folks  to  write  for  the  Home  Circle. 
I  thought  I  would  be  one  to  fulfillyour  request. 
I  am  young  in  years,  but  have  come  out  from 
among  the  world,  and  am  noiv  trj'ing  to  sene 
the  Lord.  I  will  also  try  to  obey  my  parents 
in  everj'thing  1  can. 

I  was  ba])tiKed  in  September,  and  ever  since, 
I  have  tried  to  bo  faithful  to  the  Master.  I  am 
but  fourteen  years  old.  I  love  my  brethren, 
sisters  and  friends,  and  will  try  and  be  a  good 
60  they  will  love  me.  1  hope  some  of  my 
dear  school-mates  who  are  yet  out  of  the  ark  of 
safety,  will  give  their  hearts  to  God.  I  was 
onee  in  their  condition,  but  now  I  have  been 
changed  and  hope  they  will  too.  I  love  my 
teacher  and  school-mates,  and  you,  my  dear  edi- 
tora.  1  hope  you  will  pray  for  me  that  I  may 
ever  prove  faithful. 

Shannon,  III- 


T.-imini-y    1  *  *- 


TMK    ]3KKTI-I3^EiSr    ^VT    "VVOl^KI. 


CORR3SSFO:N^r)'ElSrOE. 


A  L-ETTER. 

MoC'Uiiolhn-   Sl,a»r..,u- 'Old  H'l/r.— 

\'OUn  long  imJ  interesting  letter  reaelicrl me 
nbout  II  week  ngo.  I  would  be  glad  to 
write  j'oii  oiin  of  c'liiiit  li-iiglli,  but  am  too  weak 
Ui  li"  IIS  i  wisli,  iiiniil  the  pressure  of  otlicr  cor- 
rfaiiinidoiiue,  wbieli  demand  the  firat  considera- 
tion, ir  tliu  Lord  will,  I  iutend  to  meet  your 
chiiiiis  lit  Homo  future  day,  and  liy  to  present  a 
lew  thoughts  tbnt  may  iippcar  of  a  little  en- 
couragement, even  if  I  Kiitisfy  you  not  on  the 
special  toi)it;  you  desire  eUieidutcd.  A  great 
and  solcnui  woik  is  assigned  you,  in  which  you 
have  more  hope  of  all  needed  aid  from  God, 
tlmu  of  success  with  a  sin-blasted,  sin-blindctl 
world. 

If  yoTi  relate  yourself  rightly  to  Jcsns, 
he  will  relate  Himself  rightly  to  you.  We  need 
not  simply,  diligently  to  search  the  Senptnres 
iiud  fill  our  quiver  with  arrows  from  God's  ar- 
mory, but  above  all  is  it  uecessary  to  "  Crucify 
our  llesh  with  the  alVections  and  lusts,"  so  that 
room  he  made  for  the  Holy  Ghost  to  wield  the 
material  which  we  gather  lor  our  work.  An 
unsubdued  temper,  a  single  dominant  element 
of  our  fallen  nature,  a  single  ruling  world-made 
proclivity,  shuts  out  the  presence  of  God,  nod 
compells  us  to  Inbor  in  our  owu  strength.  Small 
capacity  fullj'  possessed  by  tlieHoly  Ghost,  will 
accomplish  more  for  Jesus,  than  gi-eatgifts  and 
acquirements  under  the  dominion  of  arrogance 
and  self-*lopen(Ienee.  Deal  honestly  with  your- 
self nud  your  God,  and  then  hope  for  great 
things.  One  spark  of  fire  from  the  Brazen  Altar 
will  kindle  a  Iiigher  and  brighter  flame  for  Jesus, 
than  a  whole  volcimo  full  of  glowing  ferren, 
gotten  from  the  heart  of  natural  reason.  The 
altar  was  built  by  whh,  andofcowmioji  material, 
but  under  God"a  direction,  and  kindled  from 
irliore.  Take  the  first  and  shape  your  ministry 
by  it,  and  you  will  be  gloriously  blessed  with 
present  exaltations  in  Christ,  and  with  a  golden 
liarvest  for  the  Celestial  Garner,  \^'e  cannot 
hope  too  largely  when  we  hope  in  the  infinite, 
oxhaustlosa  Jehovah,  but  this  hope  has  holiness 
for  its  condition.  That  minister  who  makes  his 
life  the  duplicate  of  the  Cross,will  have  the  Cni- 
eijkd  as  the  power  and  crown  of  liis  life.  To 
win  souls  for  Jeaus,  we  must  win  them  by  Je- 
sus, and  this  requires  that  we  be  a  Idjid  of  sec- 
ond hand  Jesus  ourselves. 

C.  H.  Balsuaugh. 

Xoitmhcr  ilh.  7.S77. 


very  sorry  that  we  closed  our  meeting  with  the  in- 
creased interest  that  was  manifested.  The  gen- 
eral impression  was,  that  a  few  more  meetings 
^ould  have  brought  quite  anumber  more  in  the 
hurLh,  We  think  we  have  too  few  traveling 
ministei^,  aud  too  many  in  the  church  that  are 
not  alive  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  as  they 
should  be  :  that  the  lovo  of  money  is  the  root 
of  nil  evil.  Neither  do  they  i-emcmher  that 
"God  loveth  n  cheerful  giver,"  or  they  would 
he  more  free  to  assist  the  poor  brother  in  his 
temporal  affairs,  so  that  he  could  devote  more 
of  his  time  to  pi'eaching  the  woi-d,  and  saving 
souls.  I  wasat  a  church  meeting  not  longsince, 
where  a  call  was  made,  for  means  to  support  the 
Southern  mission  :quitcanumI>erofthe  wealth- 
iest membere,  refused  to  give,  saying,  they  were 
opposed  to  missionary  work.  Where  a  mau's 
treasures  are,  there  will  his  heart  be  also.  May 
the  Lord  pity  and  help  us  all. 

Sasiuet,  Murray, 
Bin-ncH's  Cmk,  Iwl,  Drr.  3Stli,  7877. 


FROM  OREGON. 

I\VILL  inform  the  many  readers  of  the  Bnurn- 
REN  AT  WonK,  that  we,  the  Brethren  of 
the  Willamette  Valley  church,  Oregon,  are  iu 
usual  health,  thank  God.  We  have  had  unusual 
wet  weather  this  Full;  roadsverj' had,  markets 
good;  still  trying  to  serve  the  good  Lord.  Bro- 
ther David  Early,  of  Lima,  Allen  Co.,  Ohio,  ar- 
rived here  on  the  5th  of  this  month,  to  sec  us  aud 
our  country,  and  preached  some,  which  gave  us 
much  encouragement.  He  also  purchased  a 
farm  adjoining  mine,  expects  to  start  back  to 
Ohio  to-morrow  and  bring  his  family  out  here 
next  Spring.  May  the  good  Lord  speed  and 
])rotect  him  on  his  journey- 
There  is  plenty  room  here  for  more  Brethren. 
\^'e  much  di.sire  i'ru-  them  to  come,  especially 
labnriii!,'  lui'tliicii.  Here  is  a  Macedonian  call, 
cmiK'  oM'i  jii.  Mil. ■II,  and  help  us.  There  are 
1)11.  1    !■   ■■  .-liirving  for  the  bread  of  life. 

Oi!i' I.  M  .  I  J 1  ■;;i',  many  more  calls  than  we 
call  i.oiii|))y  iiiLii.  1  have  promised  to  pre.ich  a 
sermon  in  the  tiernmu  language,  ou  the  coming 
Christmas  day.  ^Vith  kind  regards  of  brother- 
ly love  to  all,  I  will  close,  hoping  that  the  Breth- 
ren everywhere  will  be  eai-nestly  engaged  iu 
our  behalf. 

Yours  fraternally, 

Davip  Broi\t:r. 
Siilrni,  M'lri'm  Co.,  Om/oii.  Dcr.mii,lff77. 

FROM  ELDER  SAMUEL  MURRAY. 

I  MET  with  the  Brethren,  in  the  Middle  Fork- 
Wild  Cat  district  iu  ClLuton  Co.,  to  hold  a 
series  of  meetings,  Comenced  on  Monday 
cveuiug  the  ITtli  of  December,  preached  eight 
discourses.  Preached  only  of  evenings,  except 
Lonl's  day.  The  result  was  eight  baptized,  <uid 
Tunny  more  almost  persuaded  to  be  Christians. 
Seeing  the  interest  manifested,  we  weresorrj-to 
leave  the  place,  hut  accoi-diug  to  promise,  we 
had  to  leave,  AVc  had  promised  the  brethren 
at  Fairview,  to  meet  with  them  the  day  lieforo 
Christmas,  aud  continue  over  New  Year,  but 
when  we  got  to  Edna,  we  found  they  had  post- 
poned the  meeting  ou  account  of  bad  roads,  and 
bad  weather.    Wlieu  we  learned  this,  we  were 


}l.: 


FROM  NEW  YORK. 


I  CALL  upon  you,  without  ever  seeing  you, 
as  I  believe  you  and  your  co-paitnera  are 
doing  a  good  work  through  the  instrumentality 
if  your  valuable  paper.  I  have  been  well 
deased  with  the  missionaiy  efforts  made  by  you 
and  your  brethren,  although  T  was  greatly  dis- 
appointed when  I  heard  that  the  brethren,  who 
traveled  through  Canada,  hud  been  within  about 
twenty  eight  miles  of  Clarence,  and  did  not  come 
id  see  us.  If  any  of  your  brethren  come  so 
iar  again,  come  aud  see  us;  I  am  sure  tliey 
would  be  welcomed,  if  they  would  stop.  I 
think  there  is  a  good  field  iu  this  place  for  mia- 
sioniu-y  laboi-s. 

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

Youi-s  in  Christiuu  Love. 

Thomas  Lewis. 
Clarence  Ceniev.  N.  1'.,  Dec.  2:i,  m7.    . 

FROM  MAPLE  GROVE  CHURCH,  lA. 

I  I'KKSUME  the  brethren  and  sistere  would 
like  to  know  ou  whom  they  are  hestowuig 
their  cluu-iti^  when  they  send  their  money  to 
us,  to  assist  in  building  a  house  of  worahip  for 
these  strange  brethren  and  sisters,  of  whom 
they  know  nothing.  About  seven  years  ago, 
21st  of  last  Sept.  we  landed  in  this  conuty  from 
Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind,  found  nine  membei-s  in  the 
western  part  of  Adams  Co.,  twenty-two  miles 
East  of  this  place.  Bro.  Christian  Harader 
preached  occasionally  for  them  ;  he  having  the 
oversight  of  this  congregation.  By  Bro.  Hara- 
der's  consent  we  went  to  work  aud  did  the  best 
wo  coidd,  he  coming  over  occasioimlly  anil  en- 
couraging us  by  his  presence  and  fatherly  admo- 
nition. Having  just  been  culled  to  the  ministry 
before  leaving  Ind.,  we  were  inexperienced  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  ministry  and 
church  government,  however  we  held  our  reg- 
ular meetings,  with  opposilon  ou  everj-  side.  To 
day  we  number  fifty-five.  Eleven  have  moved 
to  other  parts  of  the  country.  Pour  have  gone 
to  their  reward.  Five  have  returned  to  their 
wallowing  in  the  mire. 

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

Every  Thursday  evening  we  have  social  meet- 
ings, conducted  as  follows:  Opened  by  singing 
and  prayer:  then  the  reading  of  a  chapter  which 
is  ahvays  selected  by  some  member  at  the  i»rc- 
vious  meeting.  Then  follows  exhortation  by  a 
number  of  the  brethren  aud  sometimes  sisters. 
The  hre-thren  take  up  a  portion  of  Scripture, 
read  and  speak  upon  it;  then  close  by  singfcg 
and  prayer.  The  very  best  of  feelings  prevail 
at  uU  our  meetings;  we  often  wcepand  rejoice 
togethei'  when  we  hear  our  members  talk  of 
their  trials,  their  hopes,  prospects  aud  determi- 
nations. We  believe  our  social  meetings  ac- 
complish much  good.  There  seems  to  be  a 
growing  interest  ou  the  part  of  the  members 
and  others;  congregations  are  increasing.  Wc 
hold  these  social  meetings  at  the  houses  of  the 
brethren. 

We  have  a  church  treasury  for  home  purpos- 
es, und  it  is  remembered  at  all  our  council  meet- 
ings, that  each  member  cast  into  the  church 
treasurj*as  they  feel  the  Lord  has  prospered 
them.  We  have  another  contribution  for  the 
poor  fund,  or  church  purposes  generally.  For 
this  purpose  every  member  pays  live  ceuta  every 
six  mouths.  The  amount  thus  collected  is  sent 
to  the  P.  C.  office  to  be  used  as  they  think  best. 
I  This  last  contribution  wc  have  adopted  us 


rule  in  our  church,  and  we  believe  it  would  be  a 
good  rule  to  be  adopted  by  every 'arm  of  the 
church;  no  memlwr  could  feel  it  burdensome, 
and  yet  it  would  throw  thousands  of  dollars  in- 
to the  general  church  treasury,  thus  enabling 
the  chuvch  to  send  missionaries  wherever  need- 
ed, and  scatter  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren  all 
over  the  land;  build  churches,  etc.  If  this 
meets  your  approval,  brethren,  ivrite  it  up, 
if  not,  show  your  contempt  for  it,  by  let- 
ting it  alone. 

We  close  our  remarks  by  asHng  on  int«rest 
in  the  prayei-s  of  all  the  brethren  and  sisters 
that  we  may  continue  faithful  until  death. 

N.  C.  WoBKUASt. 


church:   n'e'vvs- 


From  Mahoiiivt,  III, —  As  we  read  your 
good  paper,  filled  brimful  of  good  news,  we  feel 
to  thank  God  and  take  courage.  We  are  still 
trying  to  do  the  best  we  ciiu  in  the  Master's 
cause,  though  it  he  hut  little,  aud  the  Lord  will 
bless  every  lawlVil  elfort  put  forth  for  the  name 
of  Jesus  and  His  precious  Word.  We  have  re- 
gular meetings  the  second  luid  fourth  Sunday 
of  each  month. 

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

We  did  not  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  any 
come  out  oji  the  Lord's  side,  but  were  made  to 
believe  by  the  many  expressions  of  love  from 
the  people,  that  our  efforts  will  be  crowned 
with  success  xn  the  short  future.  Hope  the 
Brethren  will  remember  us,  as  they  travel  from 
place  to  place.  We  live  fitleen  miles  North- 
west of  Champaign  City,  on  the  Indianapolis, 
Bloomington  and  Western  R.  H,  Brethren 
wishing  to  locate  in  Central  lUiuois,  can't  go  to 
a  better  country  than  here.  Stop,  aud  make 
this  your  home.  May  God  bless  the  Brethren 
AT  Work! 

Jons  Barshart, 

Dk.  33,  W7. 

From  Aiirelin,  la. — Inasmuch  as  we  like 
to  read  church  news,  I  thought,  I  would  send 
in  a  brief  account  of  our  meetings  here,  in 
Cherokee  Co.,  Iowa.  Bro.  Marcus  Fowler  came 
to  us  Dec.  7th  and  commenced  aseries  of  meet^ 
ings  in  the  evening  of  the  8th.  Continued 
meetings  every  day,  up  to  the  18th,  (some  day 
meetings)  with  good  success.  On  the  14th,  one 
sister  came  forward  to  he  received.  'We  went 
to  the  water  where  she  was  buried  in  the  liquid 
grave,  ami  rose  again,  we  trust,  to  walk  in  new- 
ness of  life,  and  on  the  ICth  (Lord's  day)  three 
more  precious  souls  eiunc  forward,  and,  upon 
their  confession  were  baplized,  malting  four 
more  to  swell  the  ranks  of  (Jie  army  of  the 
Lord.  The  Brethren  were  much  encouraged 
and  built  up  in  the  inner  man,  and  many  othei-s 
seem  to  be  couuting  the  cost,  some  expressing 
themselves  about  ready  to  come  out  on  the 
Lord's  side. 

So  you  see  the  great  wheel  of  salvation  is 
moving  on  even  in  our  rather  isolated  country. 
We  have  meeting  to-day  aud  that  will  close 
Bro.  Fowler's  labor  with  us,  ivhen  he  leaves  for 
another  field  of  labor  in  Chickasaw  Co.  May 
the  Lord  go  with  him,  and  may  his  labors  be 
crowned  with  succks  iu  wiuiiiii*-soul-!  tL.  Christ, 
and  his  efi'orts  bo  fruitful  in  building  np  the 
cause  of  our  Master  in  its  primitive  purity. 
3ous  Early. 

Die  35,  mi. 

From  Goshoii,  Ind.— Our  church  is  at  this 
time  in  a  healthy  condition.  We  had  meeting 
on  Lord's  day,  the  23rd.  Bro.  Jacob  Delp  was 
with  us  and  preached.  On  Monday  the  24th, 
we  h.ad  church  council  aud  felt  that  the  Lord 
was  with  ns;  and  on  Christmas  day  we  had 
meeting  again  in  the  forenoon  and  also  in  the 
evening.  Onr  ministerial  force  was  enlarged  on 
Christma."?  l\y  the  appearance  of  our  dear  broth- 
er Frederick  P.  Loehrfrom  Bloomingdale,Mich., 
who  is  still  holding  forth  tlie  words  of  Eternal 
Life  to  a  perishing  world,  and  is  doing  what  his 
Master  has  commanded:  "Go,  preach  my  Gos- 
pel." 


Dei:.  38,  IWl. 


E.  P.  Peffly. 


From  Hudson,  IU.— On  the  22nd  of  Dec, 
P.  A.  Moore  of  Woodford  Co..  111.,  came  to  us, 
and  preached  five  sermons  with  much  power, 
such  ns  was  never  heard  from  him  before.  He 
commenced  with  faith,  repentance  and  baptism 
imd  so  on;  gave  each  item  in  rotation  so  that 
all  could  undei-stand  lihu.  Though  the  con- 
gregations were  small,  yet  a  good  impression  was 
made  on  all  pi-eseut.  We  hope  the  brother 
nuiy  bo  spared  to  preach  Jesus  unto  others,  so 
that  they  nuiy  he  constrained  to  say:  "See, 
here  is  water,  what  doth  hinder  me  to  he  bup- 
tized." 

Jonx  Y.  Snavely. 


DIED. 


HARNISH.— In  the  Autioch  church,  Ind.,  on 
the  12th  of  Mareh,  sister  Elizabeth  Hiu-nish. 
in  the  37fch  year-  of  her  age. 

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

BIGELOW,— Also  in  the  Antioch  church,  Aug. 
25,  18T7,  Bro.  Noah  Bigelow  in  his  22nd 
year.     Disease  consumption, 

McINTYRE, — Also  in  the  samechurch  of  con- 
sumption, on  the  11th  of  Nov.  1877,  brother 
James  Mclntyre  in  his  64th  year. 

M,  Bailey, 

DILLING.— In  the  Cerro  Gordo  church,  Piatt 
Co.,  111.,  Dec.  7,  1S77,  aged  .57  years  and  18 
days. 
He  united  with  the  church  in  1843  and 
served  as  a  deacon  11  years.    He  figured  quite 
prominently  in  the  early  history  of  the  church 
in  Champaign  Co., Ill,,  and  for  mauy  years  was  the 
most  influential  man  iu  that  part  of  the  coun- 
try.   The  sister  has  lost  a  faithful  husband,  the    ' 
children  an  afl'ectionate  father,  and  the  church 
an  able  counsellor.     Disease,  typhoid  fever.  — 
Funeral  services  by  Eld.  David  Frontz. 

A.  B.  Sniper, 

MEYERS.— In  the  Falls  City  church.  Neb., 
Eld,  Heni-j'  Meyere,  aged  80  yeai-s,  9  days.  — 
Funeral  services  by  Jonathan  Lichty  and 
C.  Forney,  from  Rev.  32:  5,  6. 

W.  W,  Mn,LEn. 

MOYER.— Near  Shippach,  Montgomery  Co., 
Pn,,  friend  John  Moyer,  aged  77  years,  11 
months  and  8  days.  Funeral  occasion  was 
improved  in  the  interest  of  the  Mennouite 
congregation. 

JiifES  Y.  Heckler. 

WEAVER.— In  the  Orrville  church,  Wayne 
Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  20, 1877,  Lizzie  Jane,  daughter 
of  friend  Joniithan  Weaver,  aged  S  years,  10 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  discourse  im- 
proved by  the  writer,  from  2nd  Kings  4:  26. 

D.  M.  IRVIN. 

HORNISH,— Ida,  daughter  of  John  and  Eve 
Hornish  iu  Poplar  Ridge  church.  Defiance 
Co.,  Ohio,  of  diphtheria,  December  7,  1877, 
aged  1  year,  8  months  and  2S  days. 

Wm.  Noffsinghh. 

AKERS. — In  the  Rock  River  church,  Ashton, 
Lee  Co.,  Ill,  our  beloved  sister  Haniet  Akers, 
aged  (il  years,  6  months  and  4  days.  She 
sufl'ered  over  two  yeara  ivith  the  dropsy. 

Sarah  A.  Daoett. 

FURRY.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church,  Bedford 
Co.,  Pa„  Dee-  8fch,  1877,  Eld.  Leonard  Furry, 
aged  71  yeai-s,  4  months  and  23  days,      Dis- 
ciise,  yellow  jaundice. 
He  leaves  a  sorrowing  vrife.  three  children, 
twenty  seven   grand-children  and   ten  grent- 
grand-ehitdrcn  to  mourn  their  loss,     l''ive  chil- 
dren, four  grand-children,  and  one  great-grand- 
child have  preceded  him.     Hi'  served  in   the 
ministry  21!  years.     He  Wiis  aru.inted   with   oil 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  jo-it   ''.vn  weeks  pre- 
vious to  his  death.    Funeral  oc  vision  improved 
by  the  Brethren  from  Phil.  1:  21. 

R.  Z.  Replogle. 

HIGHBEA.— William,  son  of  brother  and  sis- 
ter Highbea;  aged  12  years,  5  mouths  and  20 

days. 

NOFFSlNGEIt.— Samuel,  son  of  Henry  and 
Anna  Noffsinger,  December  23, 1877.  Aged 
2S  years,  8  months  and  27  days.  Funeral 
services  by  the  writer  and  other  brethren. 

Simon  Lonh. 

SHOWALTEIt.— Died  in  the  South  Wuterioo 
church.  BlackhawkCo.,  Iowa,  September,  8th, 
1877,  Phebc  Sliowalter,  aged  73  years,  5 
months  and  2  days.  Funeral  services  by 
Eld.  .1,  .\.  Murray  and  othersfrom  Rev.  14;  13. 
E.  Showalter. 


THE    BRETHREiNr    ^X    ^VOKIv. 


January    lO. 


REPORT   OF    THE    CONVENTION. 

Report  of  Protxtdingi  of  a  Convention  lield  at  Mey- 
ertdale,  Somernel  Otunly,  Pa.,  December  4th, 
and  Blh,  1877,  in  resporue  to  a  call  itawtd  by 
Hincard  Miller  and  olhera  interested  in  organis- 
ing an  effort  lo  e^claid  the  borders  of  the  Church 
of  tke  Brethren. 

Tha  iDceting  woa  culled  lo  order  by  Elder  James 
Quinterof  Huntiugdon  Pn.,  and  nfter  devotional 
exercises,  llic  committee  ou  programme,  appointed 
by  a  preliminary  meeting  the  previous  cvenjiig, 
announced  the  fbllowiug  names  as  temporary  offi- 
cers: H.  B.  Brumbaugliof  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  Chair- 
man, and  E.  L.  Yoder  of  Madisonburg, Ohio,  Set- 
re  lury. 

On  motion  the  temporary  officers  were  elected 
lo  aet  during  the  mocliug  of  the  present  convcn- 
lion.  The  President  nest  called  on  Bro.  Howard 
Miller  of  Salisbury,  Pa.,  to  slate  the  object  of  the 
ConventioD,  who  explained  the  object  to  be,  to  more 
organize  our  present  mission  service  and  showed 
the  necc^ity  for  no  doing. 

Tiie  programme  as  anQOunced  by  the  committee 
was  then  acted  upon  as  follows : 

lal.  Naming  of  the  organisation,  Rc4olved : 
That  we  this  day  organize  "  The  Brethreu's  Church 
Extension  Union,"  and  that  wo  do  cordially  invite 
idl  brethren  and  sinters  to  co-operate  with  ua. 

2ad.  The  following  committee  was  announced 
to  report  candidates  for  permanent  organisation  : 
John  Wise,  P.  J.  Brown,  J.  P.  Hetric,  Jac.  Con- 
ner and  S.  C,  Kcim.  Bro.  Wise  not  being  present, 
A.  J.  Sterling  was  nominated  to  lake  liis  place. 
Tli8  comniittef  reported  immediately,  and  their 
rep 01' t  was  accepted. 

3rd.  The  ibllowing  rjuestion  wna  ou  progr.imme 
for  discussion :  Shall  webave-a  hoard  ot  direct- 
ora?  After  discussion  it  was  i^Mofred  .-  That  we 
liavc  a  board  of  directors  composed  of  one  mem- 
ber from  each  church  district. 

4tli,  Reading  of  letters  addressed  to  the  Con- 
vention. Letters  were  rend  from  C.  H.  Balsbaugh, 
Julia  A.  Wood  and  D.  C.  Moomaw. 

The  remainder  of  the  afternoon  session  wasspent 
in  electing  directors.  Adjourned  until  8  o'clock 
P.  M. 


Election  of  directors  was  concluded.  The  fol- 
lowing comndltee  wna  then  appointed  to  define  the 
duties  of  the  directors  to  which  vn\s  ailerwarda  as- 
signed the  additional  duty  of  defining  the  duties 
of  all  the  officers.  James  Qninter,  H.  R.  Hol- 
Binger,  Howard  Miller.  Convention  adjourned  till- 
next  morning,  9  o'clock.  ^ 


5th.  Tlicy  shall  li.y  the  compensation  of  those 
,  engaged  in  Church  service. 

t'th.  Three  shall  constitute  a  quorum  of  this 
committee,  and  shall  transact  busine&s  in  the 
cssary  or  voluntary  absence  of  the  others.  The 
committee  shall  all  receive  due  notifications  of  pro- 
[loacd  meetings. 

PHFaiDENT'a  DUTIES, 

The  President  shall  upon  occasion,  call  meetings 
of  tlic  Union,  and  preside  over  them  aa  its  chief 
officer. 

MISCELLANEOUS  BUSINESS. 

Resolved :  That  the  present  officers  hold  their 
offices  from  the  present  date,  until  one  year  from 
next  Annual  Meeting. 

Resolved:  That  an  auditing  committee  of  three 
be  appointed  by  the  directors  from  their  number 
lo  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Church  Extension 
Union,  each  year  and  to  present  the  result  to  its 
regular  Annual  Meeting, 

Rciolval :  That  the  proceedinp  of  this  meeting 
be  sent  to  our  periodicals  for  publication. 

Resolved :  To  call  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  dis- 
hureenicnts  and  appointaients  to-day  in  ihe  absence 
and  without  nntilicalion  of  Bro.  Meyers. 

Resolved :  That  the  sisters  be  authori/.ed  to  co- 
operate syatomalicnily  and  that  workers  among 
them  may  he  appointed  by  the  Secretary  where  it 
will  cause  no  disturbance. 

Resolved :  That  this  meeting  tenders  ils  thanks 
to  the  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  of  Meyera- 
<lnlc,  and  vicinity,  for  the  hospitality  oAiired  to 
those  iittendiug  the  meeting  during  it  sessions. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  officers  of  the  Union.- 

President,  James  Quinter,  Huntingdon,  Pa.; 
Secretjiry,  Howard  ^filler,  Elk  Lick,  Pa, ;  Treas- 
urer, J,  D.  Livengood,  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 


HEDNESDAY 


;.  4th. 


Convention  was  called  to  order  and  proceederl 
to  hear  report  on  definitions  of  duties  of  offieei-a. 
The  folloiving  was  read  and  ajopted  by  the  con- 
vention. 

Definitions  of  the  Duties  of  the  permanent  offi- 
cers of  the  Church  Extension  Union. 

TQE  BOARD  OF,  DIRECTOHS. 

1st.  They  meet  on  Saturday  preceding  the 
A.  M.,  at  such  a  place  as  may  be  found  convenient. 

2nd.  Duties. — They  shall  assume  a  general  ad- 
visory oversight  of  theaA'aira  of  the  Union,  and 
shall  hold  the  permanent  officers  responsible  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  tbeir  duties.  .'  ' 
they  (the  board)  shall  have  presented  a  report  of 
tlie  financial  and  moral  condition  of  the  aiittirs  of 
the  Union  at  each  regular  meeting, 
treasurer's  duties. 

To  receive  and  receipt  for  all  money  received. 
He  shall  pay  out  money  to  persons  presenting  or- 
ders, such  orders  to  be  properly  signed  by  the 
President,  and  attested  to  by  the  Secretary  and 
shall  at  all  times  have  his  books  open  to  inapecl ion 
or  proof;  and  shall  prepare  an  annual  report  for 
the  hoard  of  Directors.  There  shall  he  u  (juarter- 
ly  report  of  the  finances  sent  to  the  church  papers 
for  publication.  All  letters  containing  money  to 
be  sent  to  the  treasurer. 

SECBETABV'S  DUTIES. 

1st.  All  correspondence  shall  be  attended  to  by 
the  Secretary',  to  whom  all  communicalious  re- 
specting the  business  of  the  Union  shall  be  ad- 
dresssed,  excepting  letters  containing  money. 

2nd.  To  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the  work 
of  the  Union, 

3rd.  He  shall  take  the  field  personally;  do  nil 
he  can  to  lawfully  and  honorably  advance  the  in- 
terests of  the  Union. 

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

5th.  He  shall  make  his  annual  report  to  the 
board  of  Dir.-ctorg. 

fith.  He  shall  receive  a  just  compensation  for 
Lis  services,  and  necessary  esiicusea  shall  be  defray- 
ed. All  money  to  be  sent  to  the  Treasurer  who 
shall  return  the  sender  bis  receipt.  He  shall  re- 
port to  the  Disbursing  Committee  the  work  that 
requires  attention  as  occasion  demands,  and  shall 
report  progress  in  churcli  work  quarterly.  i  ' 


_  1st.  Shall  havp  power  to  fdl  ministerial  vacan- 
cies as  far  us  it  deems  advisable  and  resources  per- 
mit. 

2nd.  This  committee  shall  send  out  only  such 
men  as  ministers  missionaries  or  laborers  in  the 
church  Held  as  shall  represent  the  teachings,  failh 
and  general  order  of  the  Brethren's  Churcli. 

3rd.  They  shall  conform  to  the  established  or- 
der of  the  Brotherhood  inregaid  to  going  into  the 
territory  over  which  a  regularly  organized  cliurch 
extends. 

4th.  _  They  shall  direct  the  expenditures  of 
money  in  defraying  the  expenses  for  services  in 
traveling  and  iu  sending  out  laborers: 


James  Quinter,  Huntingdon,  Pa.;  Grabill  My- 
ers, Eldorado,  Pa,  ;  Jos.  W.  Beer.  Huntingdon, 
Pa. ;  A.  J.  Sterling,  Masoutown,  Pa. ;  Jonutban 
Kelso,  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 

DIRECTORS. 

S.  Z.  Sharp,  Marysville,  Tenn.  ;  D.  C.  Moomaw, 
Blacksburg,  Va. :  J.  J.  Harshbarger,  Cross  Keys, 
Va. ;  Sol.  Buckalew,  Clifton  Mill,  Va, ;  J.  U.  Tros- 
tie,  Liiigaiimrc^rd.  ;  Jeremiah  Buechly,  Accident- 
Md.  ;  ,1  T  "J..,,,.  ini2  Marshall  St.  Phil'a,  Pa.; 
Silii"'     '  !    .    ■  I  l.,Pa.;P.  J.  Brown,  Con- 

git^-.  '  "  '■  \^  ( 'oviugton,  Miami  Co.  0.  r 
P.K.  \*  ...Ili-ii,:,,,  -  Hitli Bend,  Ind.:Hei!  Hamil- 
ton, Ervin,  Il,)wiird  Cu.,  Ind.,  JohnMetxger.  Cer- 
ro Gordo, 111. ;  G.  Brumbaugh,  Grafton.  Pa. ;  E.  K- 
Bueclily.  Waterloo,  Iowa  ;  Samuel  Longanecker, 
Pnnora.  Iowa :  D.  D.  Sell,  Plattsburg,  Mo. ;  J.  W, 
Stein,  >.  »i  .!,,-,  Ml.  r  Forney,  Falhi  City.  Neb. ; 
J"i'>'-J  -  ■  ■:  U..,,,.Kock,Kan.;F.P.Loehr, 
BKh.ii>,.  ,  ,  >..  \.  ,  .].  S.  Flory,  Greeley.  Colo. 
Jo=i[j!i  U„„.  i.u,.L.j.,;,  Minn.;  Israel  Ponlsoo,Rin- 
goes,  Huuteiduu  Co.;  K.  J.  ;  David  Brower,  Salem, 
Oregon  ;  E.  Heyscr,  Madison,  Georgia  ;  Geo. 
Wolfe,  Lathrop,  Cal.  ;  Garrett  Baily,  Miller's 
Mills,  N.  C. 

E,  L.  Yoder,  Sec'y. 
Mnidcnebmg,  Ohio. 


A    REPORT. 


Report  nf  Sunday  School  Conference  of  the   A'orth- 

crn    District     of  Indiana,  held   at   the    Union 
Church,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind.,  Dee.  7th  1877. 

Conference  was  opened  by  singing  the  283rd 
hymn.  Exhortation  aild  prayer  by  Bro.  P.  It. 
Wrighlsman.  Reading  of  1st  'rim,  2  chap, 
and  the  minutes  of  former  sessions.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  Bro.  Jacob  Berkey,  President  of  the  Con- 
vention, Bro.  P.  R,  \l''rightimau  was  chosen  pro 
lem,  who  nmde  some  very  appropriate  remarks 
ai'd  declared  thenieeting  open  for  further  business. 
It  was  motioned  and  seconded,  that  we  firat  recon- 
sider the  work  of  tbe  previous  meetings  by  sec- 
tions, and  adopt,  modify  or  amend  as  the  Confer- 
ence assembled,  deemed'  proper.  The  motion  car- 
ried, unanimously  lo  reconsider. 

The  President  proceeded  lo  read  Sec.  1st  of  for- 
mer rules  and  regulations.  After  some  consider- 
able debating  an  amendment  was  offered  by  W.  G. 
Cook  and  it  carried  unanimously. 

Sec.  1st.  Resolved :  That  the  school  shall  elect 
Iheir  own  officers,  electing  only  brethren  or  sisters 
as  far  as  practicable. 

Sec.  2nd  read,  after  which  a  spirited  discussion 
took  place  for  some  time,  (here  Bro.  Beiler  moved 
that  no  one  be  peruiitted  to  speak  mi>re  than  twice 
l<i''!ii'    -il,  .;,  .111,1  only  fifteen   minutes  nt 
each  II.  ,       .    '     .      .,     (iiiiiDyBro.   Cook  offered 
'"• '■     '  '    >\.i-read  and  unanimously 

iliil.i  r,,||.,.,,.^  /'■  ly/ccc? :  That  every  school 
- 1  by  upoiicd  hy  singing  and  prayer,  and  read- 
ing of  a  chapter  out  of  the  Bible,  and  to  be  closed 
with  prayei  when  preaching  does  not  follow  soon 
after. 

Sec.  3rd  read  and  passed  unauimously  as  pre- 
viously adopted,  OS  follows,  Resolved:  That  the 
school  shall  be  Jbrmed  into  classes,  and  read  out  of 
the  Bible  or  New  Testament,  reading  the  books 
through  when  commenced. 

Sec.  4Lh  passed  without  discussion  ;  stands  as 
follows:  Resolved:  That  each  teacher  shall  ask 
(lueations  from  the  Scriptures  read  that  day,  and 
tncromay  also  bo  general  questions  asked  by  the 
school. 

5th.  Original  re.soIution  stricken  out, 

Gth.  Resolution  ivad  and  adopted  without  amend- 

ent,  as  follows:  Rcwlved:  That  the  doctrine  of 
the  Bible  shall  bo  defended  by  the  teachers  of  the 
school,  and  that  in  lis  purity,  against  opposition, 
h.  Read  and  discussed  for  some  time,  when  an 
idnieut  was  offered  by  Bro.  J.  B,  Wrightsmau, 
which  passed  unanimously  as  follows :     Whereas 


we  believe  in  a  syslemalic  manner  of  teaching 
Sabbath-school  scholars  :  Re^oh-ed :  That  we  may 
adopt  the  lesson  leaf.  Adjourned  for  refresbnieuls, 
by  singing  the  720th  hymn. 

Afternoon  session  opened   by  singing  the  282 
hymn,  and  some  appropriate  remarks  by  the  clmir- 

Sth.  Read  and  stricken  out. 
9th.  llcad  and  amended  by  striking  out  the  sen- 
tence (and  such  foolishness  as  the  world  engages 
in)  as  amended:  Renolved:  That  we  lake  no  part 
in  picnics  or  Sabbutb-school  celebrations,  or  getting 
upbanners,  but  we  will  oppose  them  all. 

10th.  Read,  passed  unanimously  without  debate 
as  follows : /fwo/ued .-  That   we  maintain   in    the 
Sabbath-school  our  humble  plain  charBCler,botU 
manners  and  drees,  as  well  as  in  tbe  chureh. 

11th.   Read  and  adopted  without  discussion 
amendment  OS  follows:  Resolve4:  That  our  object 
be  to  teach  and  lea.n  the  Scriptures,  and  instill  in 
the  minds  of  the  young  tbe  pure  principles  of  the 
Bible. 

12th.  Read,  and  after  some  discussion,  nn 
amendment  was  offered  by  Bro.  John  Knisley, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted  as  follows ;  Resolv- 
ed: That  wo  believe  it  to  be  the  duty  of  every 
member  of  the  church,  lo  take  an  active  part  in 
the  Sabbath-school  by  the  way  of  lending  all  their 
aid  and  assbtance  to  the  advancement  of  thee 
Bro.  WrighUman  ofi'ered  the  following  additional 
section,  which  was  unanimously  adopted  withuul 
discussion,  as  follows  : 

13th.  Resolved:  That  the  Northern  Dist,  ol 
Ind.  S.  S.  Conference  requeat  said  general  Dist, 
meeting  to  request  next  A.  M.  to  appoint  a  pub- 
lishing conimittCB  lo  prepare  and  publish  such 
S,  S,  papers,  books  and  geneal  S.  S.  literaturo  i 
the  wants  of  ourSunday-schoolsrequire.  "Thisdc 
partmeut  being  dispscnsed  with,  the  next  in  order 
was  the  election  of  officers  for  the  year  1678. 

The  result  was  as  follows:  President,  P.  R. 
Wrighlsman ;  Vice  President,  John  Knisley  ;  Sec- 
retary. W.  G.  Cook ;  Assistant  Sec'y,  John  B. 
Wrighlsman;  Treasurer,  Margaret  Cook.  Corres- 
ponding Secretaries :  P.  R.  wrighlsman,  O.  W. 
Miller,  S.  C.  Beiler,  John  Sturgis,  Isaac  Early. 
John  B.  'Wrighlsman,  John  Cissne,  Manassa 
Summers,  Byron  W.  Moore,  Wm.  Wilbourn,  Sar- 
ab  Miller,  Li^tzie  Wrighlsman,  Hannah  Apple- 
man,  Emma  Kobrich  and  sister  Frank  Hardmnn. 
The  object  of  this  great  number  of  correspond- 
ing secretaries  being  appointed,  was  to  encourage 
articles  to  be  written  ou  the  subject  of  Sunday- 
schools  from  different  sections  of  Northern  Dist, 
of  Ind. ,  in  behalf  of  tho  advancenieals  of  the 
I  thi^  Convention  assembled,  Rccomen- 
,il>  iii'  '.uted  to  duty  will  be  prompt  to 
II.  '  'u<-  same,  and  that  mauy  not 
I'"  I  '  '  li. lit  the  principles  of  the  Sab- 

li;iil.  -  I,.... I  .  m--  !"■  firmly  set  forth  and  encour- 
ngfil  liy  iijj.  Tlic  Conference  then  proceded  to 
appoint  a  commilteo  on  general  arangements, 
which  resulted  as  follows:  Dr.  P.  R.  Wrightsmau, 
Chairman,  South  Bend,  Ind,;  Bro.  Jacob  Ap- 
pelman.  Plymouth,  Ind.;  Bro.  Davis  Younce,  Sy- 
racuse, Ind.;  Bro.  A. Puterbaugh,  Warsaw,  Ind.; 
Bro.  Isaac  I j.  Berkey,  Goshen,  Ind.;  Bro.  John 
Sturgis,  Wawaka,  Ind.;  the  committee  to  be  or- 
dered  iu  session  by  the  Chairman.  Raised  by  do- 
nation for  the  cause,  S'2.58,  all  donations  for  cause 
lo  be  forwarded  to  sister  JIargaret  Cook,  Treasur- 
er, I'lyni'-'Uth,  Ind.  Appropriate  remarks  ou  the 
subject  nf  Church  charily,  and  theucameinorder 
ihe  distiisniiiiis  nf  the  propositions  presented  by 
the  previous  Conference,  which  resulted  in  a  lim- 
ited exposition  of  the  propositions,  on  account 
of  all  those  assigned  to  that  duty  were  absent, 
though  many  valuable  instructions  were  given 
by  thf    lircthrcii,  and  slaters  present.     After  this, 

tli'i" '-■  !'■     i.ilher  business  before  tbe  Con^ 

\' II'  '■'    '  -' iii.nd  expression  of  goodfeeling 

I'"    '   ■      ■lit  of  the  cause,   and  having 

ruiih.vi  Li;i,  ljLij'_iiL  uf  being  amply  paid  for  our 
asseiiiljliug  together  in  the  good  cause,  the  Con- 
vention adjourned  with  prayer  by  Bro.  John 
Knisley,  and  singing  of  the  Doxology  by  audience. 
}  Wm.G,  Cook.  Sec'y. 
(  John  B.  Wrightmas,  Ass't. 
Primilive    Christian  and  Pilgrim    will    please 


Stanley,  the  great  African  explorer,  has  re- 
turned to  Aldsandria,  Egypt.  He  bos  perhaiia 
penetrated  Africa  further  than  any  white  man. 
His  discoveries  will  be  of  great  value  to  Geo- 
graphical students. 

Moody  has  been  throwing  some  more  of  his  she!  Is 
into  the  camps  of  Secret  Societies.  Moody  is  down 
on  Secret  Societies  and  so  ought  every  preacher  to 
be. 

It  is  reported  that  tbe  Chinese  have  lately  massa- 
cred 15,000  men,  women  and  children. 

It  isaaid,  thatif  all  the  pa]>crs  now  published 
in  the  United  Slateswerc  to  Hy  to  their  destinations 
as  they  leave  the  press,  that  they  would  almost 
constantly  hide  tho  auu  from  our  view. 

The  entire  mass  of  tobacco  which  is  annually 
consumed  in  smoking,  snuffing,  nud  iu  chewing  ou 
on  the  earth  is  4,000  millions  of  pounds— mani- 
festly too  high  an  estimate  for  from  twelve  to  fif- 
teen hundred  millionsof  inhabitants.  Let  usiakc 
the  half  as  the  more  probable,  and  let  us  suppose 
the  tobacco  leaves  transformed  into  roll  tobacco, 
a  tobacco  serpent  is  created  which,  with  a  diame- 
ter of  two  inches,  and  following  tbe  direction  of 
the  equator,  coulil  wind  itself  amund  tho  earth 
thirty  times. 


George  Bernard  Tunguay,  a  Roman  Catholic 
priest,  of  Montreal,  has  written  a  letter  to  Arcli 
bishop  Toscherean,  declaring  his  withdrawal  from 
the  Church,  on  account  of  errors,  and  his  inten- 
tion to  preach  in  the  future  "  the  holy  Gospel  of 
Jesus  Chrbt."  Defections  from  the  Catholic  body 
in  the  province  of  Quebec,  have  been  very  large 
in  the  past  five  years. 

Such  a  Decembci'  as  the  last  one  has  hardly 
bfen  experienced  intho  memory  of  the  pi-esentgen- 
eration.  In  many  places  the  roads  have  been 
ipassable  for  loads,  and  business  lias  been  great- 
ly afl'ecfcd.  The  peach  trees  in  Michigan  bloom- 
ed, and  in  many  parts  of  the  North  Howers  were 
found  in  the  open  field, 

St.s'cE  our  last  issue  a  considerable  change  has 
come  over  the  weather.  Up  to  the  close  of  De- 
cember tho  weather  was  warm,  and  in  some  respects 
delightful,  though  the  roads  were  wofuUy  muddy. 
But  now  the  mud  is  froKC  bard,  and  the  roads  are 
extremely  rough.  The  weather  is  cold  and  some 
snow  has  fallen. 

But  few  changes  of  importance  have  taken 
lace  in  the  Eiislern  war.  The  Russians  have 
gained  other  advantages,  but  the  snow  in  the  Bai- 
ns, prevents  much  activity  among  the  armies. 
Nnthing  certain  is  yet  known  regarding  the  atep 
to  be  taken  by  England.  Other  powers  remain 
firm  BO  far. 


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St.  Paul  passenger  irtiin,  and  thus  reach  Chicago  at 
5  the  same  eiening.  To  reach  Linnrk  from  Chicago  ; 
e  the  Ft.  Wayne  depot,  lake  the   Chicago,    Miltraukco 

SI.    I'eiuI  Irain  al  fivcinlho     evening  ;  run  north    lo 

IV.  V,  Jiinciion,  change  cars  for  laaark,  and  an'iit! 
•  a(  2:^1  iu  the  uiorniDg. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  llehokl  I  Briny   You  Oood  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  ho  unto  All  Penple."  —  Luki;  2;  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  17, 1878. 


No.  3. 


ghc  grpfhretf  ai   %^oiih. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHBD  WEEKLY 

J.H.SIooi-o,  S.U.Basbor,  U.^.E^jfielitmii. 
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D.  B.  MEXTZEIt, 

MATTIE  A.  LEAIt, 


NKIVTONIA,  MO. 
■  -  VtHUKX,  ILL. 
VAYXKS110B0,  i'A. 
-      I'llDASA,    ILL. 


FAULT_FINDING. 

IX  spoHkiiig  ii!':i  |Jcr.-iou*K  fmiUs 
Pray  iloii't  lorget  y(.m- owji; 
Remoiiibcr,  those  with  liousi-s  of  ghisw 

Shoiilfi  never  tlivow  ii  stoin-. 

If  we  Imvc  iiotiiiug  else  lo  do, 

Thnu  talk  of  tliosc  who  sin, 

'Tk  better  wc  eoinmeitco  at  Iiomu, 

An<l  from  that  point  bogin. 

We  have  no  right  to  jiiilgc  a  mim, 

Until  he's  fnirly  trietl; 
Should  wc  not  li!;«  liis  eomjwiiiy, 

Wu  know  the  wm-hl  is  wi.le. 
Sonii;  may  linve  fjiiilts,  imd  who  hsia  wni'i 

The  uhl  ris  WL^Il  !U5  youii,,', 
Per!in])ii  wc  may,  for  !il!  ws-  know, 

Hiivc  iit'ty  to  tlieivoiie. 

I'll  t'll  you  of  11  better  p!im. 

And  (indifc  works  full  well; 
To  try  yoTir  own  defects  tti  tnre, 

Ere  other's  faults  you  tell. 
An  I  though  I  aomotinies  hope  to  be 

No  worse  thnn  some  I  Icnow, 
My  tuvu  short-comiugs  bid  me  let 

The  fiiults  of  others  go. 

Now  let  us  nil,  when  we'  begin, 

To  sbiuder  friend  or  foe, . 
Think  of  the  hiirni  one  word  mny  do, 

To  those  we  little  know. 
Remeiulier  eursL-s  cliicken-Iilie, 

Sometimes  to  roost,  come  hoiii". 
Don't  sitotik  of  others  fitults  until 

You  liiive  none  of  your  own. 

■    Sdn-h:.l  h,j  M.  S.  Itowhmd. 


WHEN  WAS  CHRIST  BORN  P 


rilHEtimein  wbicli  Christ  was  born.iscon- 
X  sidercd  a  subject  of  great  importnucc  by 
some  professing  people,  while  the  mutter  seenis 
not  to  hiivc  been  of  moment  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
who  ius])ired  the  Evangelists  to  write  the  histo- 
ry of  his  birth,  ii.s  tboy  liiive  not  dropjjed  a  hint 
by  which  ii  guess  coiild  be  made  ol'  the  time  ex- 
cepting the  "shepherds  abiding  in  the  lieKl, 
keeping  watch  over  their  flock  by  night." 

Of  this  wc  know,  thut  "ii  was  a  custom 
nmong  the  Jews  to  semi  out  their  sht'ep  to  the 
pliiius,  about  the  Passover,  mid  bring  them 
home  lit  the  commencement  of  the  Jir^f  rtihi." 
During  the  time  they  were  out,  the  shepherds 
■watcheil  them  night  and  day.  As  the  Passuvrr 
occurred  in  the  S|)riug  and  the./f'-s/  7-rn')i  Iwgnn 
early  i"  tbe  month  Merchesrtni,  which  miswcrs 
to  part  of  October  and  November,  we  find  that 
the  sheep  were  kept  out  in  the  open  country 
during  the  whole  of  Summer.  And  as  these' 
shepherds  had  not  yet  brought  homo  theii-  Hocks, 
it  is  a  presumjitive  argmnent  that  October  hud 
not  yet  commenced,  and  that  consequently,  our 
Lord  was  not  horn  on  the  liotb  of  December, 
when  no  flocks  were  out  in  the  fields,  nor  could 
he  liave  been  horn  later  than  September  as  the 
flocks  were  still  in  the  fields  by  night.  There 
are  no  less  than  136  different  opinions  concern- 
ing the  year  of  Christ's  birth:  and  as  to  his 
hirthilaij,  that  ha.s  been  placed  by  Christian 
sects  and  learned  men,  in  every  month  of  the 
year.  The  Latin  church,  supreme  in  jtoicer,  imd 
infaUibh  m  jiidgiiifiit  placed  it  on  the  25th  of 
December,  the  very  day  on  whicli  the  ancient 
Rumuns  celebrated  the  feast  of  their  goddess 
Bruuea." — Clark. 


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

"  Three  times  thou  shalt  keep  a  fesist  unto  me 
in  one  year  "  (Ex  23: 1-1).  These  were,  the  feast 
of  the  Pdsxoicr,  the  feast  of  Pfiilecosl,  and  the 
feast  of  Tubcrnm-les,  called  also  the  feast  of  in- 
gn  flier  illy.  The  P  rissover  was  celebrated  in  re- 
racmhrance  of  the  Hebrews' deliverance  out  of 
Egypt.  Pfiilecoat,  called  also  the  feast  of  hor- 
rent, also  the  feast  of  weeks.  This  feast  was 
celebrated  fifty  days  after  the  Pas.'!oier,  to  com- 
memorate the  giving  of  thelaw  on  Moiuit  Sinai, 
which  toojt  place  fifty  days  sifter.  The  teast  of 
Tdlienifiiks  was  celebrated  on  the  loth  day  of 
the  seventh  month  (Lev,  23:  34),  to  commemo- 
rate the  Israelites  dwelling  in  tents  fortj'  yeai's 
in  the  wilderness.  Dr.  Clark  says,  that  this 
seventh  month  was  Tisvi,  and  is  the  seventh  of 
the  ecclesiastical,  and  the  first  of  the  civil  year; 
and  answei-s  to  the  last  half  of  our  September, 
and  the  first  half  of  our  October.  Ami  noiiic 
lliiitk/liat  crciitloti  hnjan  ill  this  time.  This  feast 
took  its  name  from  the  booth.-?,  tents  omde  of 
brush,  in  which  they  must  dwell  seven  days. 
(Lev.  23:  40).  These  feasts  wore  distinguished 
iu"tbeir  several  peculiiniiii  ■,  l.v  uliiilt  they 
were  observed.  The  J\'  ■  ■ '■  lui  t-  im-uhal 
lamb,  the  feast  of /(.07. ..7  il-  ,/|.,-i,i:i  ..|  rlv  lii-st 
fruits,  and  the  f.M^^l  •-!  /,:''.  rn.i,  !,■  its  hmfli-i  (if 
l'nisli,-iun\  \.hi.-  ].-l,j,|.-\  irjoitin^s  bei'ore  the 
Lord  their  God  for  .s.^vni  days. 

The  law  being  a  sliadow  of  good  thiuga  to 
come,  may  wc  not  look  for  tilings  to  occiu-  on 
these  occasions  which  will  usher  in  thenewdis- 
jionaation  established  on  better  promises?  Let 
ee.  The  feast  of  the  Passorer,  answers  to 
oiu'  Easter.  It'  wjis  at  this  fciust  Chi-ist  was 
rrtieifitil .  bityiril,  and  rosf  iiijuin.  This  Piissover 
ti-'ost  must  be  observed  on  tfie  14tli  day  of  the 
month,  which  God  said  should  be  the  beginning 
of  months;  that  is,  "the  first  month  of  the  or- 
ganiiied  church."  This  mouth  C/«rA- says,  "is 
Ahib,  and  answers  to  part  of  Mmxh  and  April, 
wherea.'i  it  is  .supposed  that  previous  lo  this,  the 
year  began  with  Tisvi;  for  in  this  month  the 
Jews  supposed  God  created  the  world,  when  the 
earth  appeared  at  once  with  all  its  fruits  in  per- 
fection. From  this  ciicumstanee,  the  Jews  have 
formed  a  two-fold  tommencement  of  the  year 
itself,  to  which  they  afterwards  attended  in  their 
reckonings:  that  which  began  with  Tisvi,  or 
September,  was  called  their  civil  yeiu-;  and  that 
Avliich  began  ivifch  Ahili,  or  March  was  called 
their  suercd  or  ecdeviusiifitl  year."  Tlie  months 
then  bping  huun\  the  feast  was  stationary  on  the 
14th  day;  ami  on  the  fiftieth  day  from  this  14th 
day  began  the  feaat  of  Itarrent,  known  by  us  as 
PfiiltTiml,  or  Wliitsiiiiiliii/.  It  was  when  Peiite- 
n,,sMiad  fully  come  that  the  Holy  Ghoatcame 
down  in  all  his  power,  and  clothed  the  apostles 
with  power  fully,  to*  preach  Christ  crucified  to 
all  nations. 

Thus  we  see  two  vciy  notable  events  in  the 
Christian  dispensation  occurring  on  two  of  the 
three  great  feasts  in  the  old  dispensation.  The 
mind  naturally  enquires,  what  occurred  on  the 
other,  the  feast  of  UihvnMchu?  I  have  no  pos- 
itive proof,  but  in  my  mind  I  have  no  doubt 
that  Christ  was  Iforn;  at  least  during  this  first 
riril,  and  seventh  rcckniasdral  mouth. 

It  is  not  at  all  probable  that  such  momentous 
things  should  occur  in  the  Christian  world  at 
the  time  of  two  of  the  three  great  feasts,  and 
this  one  should  remain  neutral  in  the  great  dra- 
ma of  Christianity,  especially  the  month.  Great 
and  marvelous  things  are  crowded  into  this,  the 
seventh  ecclesUistiatl,  and  firiit  rAcH  month  of 
the  year.  On  the  first  day,  there  shall  be  a 
Sabbath,  n  memorial  of  blomiig  of  trumpets,  a 
holy  convocation.  On  the  tenth  day,  there 
ihnll  be  a  day  of  atonement;  it  shall  be  a  holy 
Oonvocation.    And  on  the  fifteenth  shall  be  the 


feast  of  lahernarha,  for  seven  days  unto  the 
Lord.  Who  will  venture  to  say,  that  great 
things  were  not  signified  by  these  things? 
What  are  they?  I  believe  the  nativity  of  Christ. 
At  this  feast  Israel  must  go  out  of  the  house 
and  dwell  in  hnalhs;  at  the  birth  of  Christ  the 
shepherds  at  least  were  out  in  the  fields  by 
night.  At  this  feast,  Israel  must  rejoice  before 
the  Lord  their  God  for  seven  days;  at  the  birth 
of  Christ  the  angels  brought  good  tidings  of 
great  joy,  which  shall  he  for  all  people.  And 
if  nieii  failed  to  rejoice  before  the  Lord  their  God, 
the  multitude  of  the  heavenly  host  praised  God 
saying,  "  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  on  earth 
peace,  good  will  toward  man." 

According  to  Clark,  this  month  Tisri,  ans- 
wers to  the  last  half  of  September,  and  thefii-st 
half  of  October.  If  so,  then  the  firet  day  of 
Tisvi,  would  be  about  the  15th  of  September  on 
which  was  to  be  a  memorial  of  blowing  of  triunp- 
ets;  and  is  the  day  which  the  early.' Christians 
observed  as  the  day  of  Christianity.  Did  not 
the  angel's  voice,  Bcliold  Ibiing  i/oii good  iicir.'i, 
in  trumpet  sounds  reach  from  earth  to  heaven, 
as  we'l  as  over  all  creation':'  for  the  good  pews 
shall  be  for  all  men.  Until  I  have  positive  proof 
to  the  contraiy  I  beliere  this  is  abou't  the  time 
Christ  was  born. 

UNCONSCIOUS    INFLUENCES 


BY  imconscious  influence.^,  1  mean  thoio  in- 
fluences that  ui'c  silently  and  uyconsi  loush 
working  upon  the  mimls  of  the  human  f  umh 
We  know  that  some  men  exert  a  gieit  uiflui  nt( 
over  others.  Whatever  they  say  or  do  other.': 
will  try  to  iiuitate.  Such  influences  can  readily 
be  seen.  But  there  are  influences  that  seem  to 
be  silently  doing  their  work,  ajid  yet  their  etl'ccts 
are  deep  and  Listing;  so  powerful  are  their  ef- 
fects, that  I  doubt  not  that  they  have  changed 
the  course  of  many  minds,  and  formed  a  basis 
on  which  nuuiy  have  built. 

It  is  said,  that  "the  mind  of  a  child  is  like 
clean  snow."  Then  every  foot-print,  touch  of 
the  hand,  brush  of  a  garment,  or  any  and  everj-- 
tbing  that  comes  in  contact  ^vith  it,  has  some- 
thing to  do  in  shaping  and  making  impressions 
upon  it.  Now  if  the  instruments  of  impression 
arc  clean,  all  the  impressions  will  ho  clean;  but 
if  the  foot,  the  hand,  or  garment  is  unclean,  the 
result  is  an  impression  with  filth  or  dirt  remain- 
ing, which  is  almost,  or  quite  impossible  to  re- 
move. So  every  filthy  word  spoken  in  the 
presence  of  a  child  leaves  an  impression  tauited 
ivith  imclcanness,  likewise  every  deed  and  look. 

As  we  are  inflneneed  more  or  less  by  all 
around  us.  bow  careful  ought  we  to  be  in  watch- 
ing those  influences,  its  they  may  be  dragging 
us  down,  and  we  unconscious  of  it.  And  while 
we  are  watching  the  influence-  otliei-a  may  have 
over  us,  let  us  examine  oureelves  and  sec  what 
kind  of  an  influence  ire  are  exerting  over  others. 
Is  our  presence  a  benefit  or  an  injury?  Does 
our  convei-sation  elevate  or  degrade?  Does  our 
conduct  impress  others  for  good  or  evil  ?  When 
we  meet  a  stranger  is  there  something  about 
our  looks,  our  words,  and  our  actions  that  will 
make  gootl  impressions  on  his  mind?  Let  us 
examine  ouraelves  and  see  what  kind  of  influ- 
ences we  are  exerting.  Are  we  "  letting  our  light 
so  shine  before  men  that  they  may  see  our  good 
works,  and  glorify  our  Father  which  is  in  heav- 
en?"   

INCONSISTENCIES. 

11V  KUll.VXrKI.  VllBALT.n. 

THERE  are  people  in  tlie  world,  and  it  is  to 
be  regretted  that  there  are  many,  who  are 
continually  complaining  about  inconsistencies 
which  they  imagine  they  see  in  others,  which 
they  themselves  are  continually  practicing  in  re- 
ality. How  frequently  they  Oiuman  beings)  tell 
us  that  we  should  be  known  by  no  other  name . 


than  that  of  Christian  while  Clirist,  our  only 
Captain  says,  "  all  ye  are  brethren." 

Very  frequently,  while  opposing  trine  iiiimer- 
sioii,  which  is  the  only  onebaiifism  without  hu- 
nmn  origin,  do  wc  hear  men  say  that  the  apostle 
taught  one  baptism  only,  when  be  said,  "  one 
Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism,"  while  at  the  same 
time  l/iei/  believe  in  and  encourage  all  the  bap- 
tisms by  fellowshiping,  as  brethren  those  who 
have  been  sprinkled,  poured,  or  immersed  by  one- 
or  three  dips.  They  however  fail  to  notice  the 
fact  that  the  same  apostle  recommends  oneyrii'/i 
only,  as  well  as  one  baptism,  and  yet  they  en- 
courage many  difierent  faiths  by  felloivshipiny 
all  the  various  denominations  in  existence. 

1  heard  a  minister,  while  behind  the  pulpit 
with  the  Bible  before  him.  declare  that  he  was 
ready  and  willing  lo  extend  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship,  ojul  accept  as  a  brother  any  one  who 
believes  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son' of  God. 
I  must  admit  that  I  felt  somewhat  grieved  to 
think  that  men  could  be  induced  to  fellowship 
Satim  and  publicly  accept  him  as  a  brother,  but 
this  man  did  it,  for  no  one  will  be  willing  to  ex- 
pose his  ignorance  so  much  as  to  deny  the  fact 
that  Satan  believes  that  -lesus  Christ  is  the  Sou 
of  God.  The  difference  between  Satan  and  a 
trill'  believer  in  Christ  is  this:  The  true  believer 
liM<  111'-,  that  men  and  women  must  believe  in 
CU  kI,  uid  obey  Him  in  all  His  aiipointiuunt', 
nhilc  Satan  If  iilnsthitil  m.  ii  ami  im  men  ulII  ' 
brliL^e  ni  Christ,  tin}  (.ithti  uci  d  ui  tob.  >  IIiiu 
at  all  01  liW  onh  sm  li  of  llis  niandat.  s  as  thi.j 
d'lUipioptL  SiniK  1  lull  jiiii  luai  and  oIii  \ 
hiwIoLtiiui- whi'h  In  pio|.i„r„tp-,lM  thelalpot 
in-  i^cnts,  Ol  ttdl  \<m  nb  >  Chii,.l  s  wmd-' 

EDUCATION  VS.  CRIME. 


I  NUMBER  of  ycai-ii  ago,  I  hoai-d  Hon.  J.  H. 
J\  Wickeraham,  Supt.  of  Public  Schools  in 
Pa.,  say:  that,  of  the  1500  convicts  hi  the  peni- 
tentiaries of  his  Stikte,  scarcely  any  could  both 
read  and  write.  This  suggests  the  idea  that 
there  must  be  some  relation  between  ignorance 
and  crime;  and  to  investigate  the  subject  more 
fully  I  visited  the  state  prison  at  Nashville  imd 
found  there  EI99  convicts,  only  twenty-iline  of 
whom  could  read  and  write.  Here  was  a  smI 
and  living  comment  on  the  misfortune  of  being 
uneducated.  Nearly  WOO  persons,  wearing  the 
insignia  of  crime,  a  disgrace  to  their  friends  and 
an  enormous  expense  to  the  State  because  their 
early  training  was  neglected.  It  docs  not  fol- 
low from  this  that  every  person  who  cannot 
read  and  write  wilt  necessarily  become  a  convict, 
but  it  lines  show  that  crime,  like  cholera,  iritl 
seize  upon  the  victims  best  adapted  to  its  rav- 
ages and  will  flourish  best  among  the  ignorant. 

Children  unrestrained  at  home,  and  losing  the 
restraint  of  school  life  will  have  little  reganl  for 
authority,  even  that  of  hm',  aud  are  soon  over- 
tjiken  by  it  and  iiunished.  Not  so  with  those 
who  m'e  educated.  They  are  taught  to  restrain 
their  evil  passions  at  school,  and  will  do  ao  when. 
they  enter  public  life. 

The  frequent  "  strikes  "  in  the  mines  of  Pi*, 
are  made  by  ignorant  foreigners.  The  terrible 
destruction  of  propertj'  during  the  recent  great 
railroad  strike,  which  shook  the  very  nation,  was 
not  cim.sed  by  the  intelligent  part  of  the  nu- 
jtloyees,  but  by  the  ignorant  rabble,  who  took 
advantage  of  the  occasion  to  give  vent  to  their 
unbridled  passions. 

Had  the  four  million  blacks  been  educated, 

there  .ould  have  b,-,i  no  rebellion  in  the  South. 

I.''"'  '':"i.  r-  ill.  r. '■■].   imt  only  the  preventive 

I-  '■■   ■    ■  .'Mi-d  of  a  nation,  and  no 

'1  liureh  thim  that  of  a 

II  ■■ iii].i.i   [|..   I'.r  .ik'.'st  religious  sects  in 

the  United  Shifc^,  not  eontroling  a  school,  aud 
iis  a  body,  opposed  to  college  education  is  nev- 
ertheless divided  into  live  or  six  factions,  while 
the  stron^fst  f'^'t  nuniljering  over  a  million  and 
free  from  idl  iiil>-nLii  dissentipns  is  the  one 
which  biL- Mil-  ^'ii-.ili^t  number  of  schools  and 
colleges  iLLi.li'i-  Ibe  .'ootrcd  of  the  church.  The 
e.tperieute  ol  a{.'tM  Ij.Li  shoivn  that  to  prevent 
cnme,  a  nation  must  educate,  and  to  prevent 
divisions  a  cbureh  must  have  schools  of  its  own. 


THE    3EETIiRE>T    AT    "WOltK. 


January   IT. 


THE  FIRM  BANK. 

TiiK  following  verees,  supposeil  to  have  been 
written  by  the  Kev.  Howlaud  Hill  at  atime  when 
public  (TcUit  in  Great  Britain  was  shaken  by 
the  failure  of  several  banks,  are  republished  by 
reijueal.: 

I  HAVE  a  never-failing  bunk, 
A  more  than  golden  store; 
No  earthly  bank  is  half  so  rich: 
How  can  I  then  he  poor? 

'  Tis  when  my  stock  \b  spent  and  gone, 

And  I  mthout  a  groat, 
I'm  ghiU  to  hasten  to  my  bank. 

And  beg  a  little  note. 

Sometimes  my  Banker  smiling  saya: 
"  Why  don't  you  oilener  come  ? 

Antt  when  you  draw  a  little  note, 
Why  nota  larger  sura? 

"  Whj'  live  so  niggardly  and  poor? 

Your  hank  contains  a  plenty; 
Why  come  and  take  a  one-pound  note 

When  3'ou  might  have  a  twenty? 

"  Yen,  twenty  thousand  ten  times  told 

Is  but  a  trifling  sum, 
To  what  your  Father  has  laid  up, 

Secure  in  Christ  His  Son." 

Since  then  my  Banker  is  so  rich, 
•   I  have  no  cause  to  borrow; 
I'll  live  upon  my  cash  to-ilay, 
And  draw  again  to-morrow. 

I've  been  a  thousand  times  before. 

And  never  was  rejected; 
Sometimes  by  Banker  gives  nio  more 

Thau  asked  for  or  expectcil. 

Sometimes  I've  felt  a  little  proud, 
I've  managed  things  so  clever: 

But,  ah,  before  the  da}-  is  gone 
I've  felt  as  poor  ns  ever. 

Should  all  the  banks  in  Biitain  break, 
And  that  of  England  smash; 

Bring  in  your  note  to  Zion's  bank, 
You'll  surely  have  your  cash. 

And  if  you  have  but  one  small  note, 

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

The  Banker  is  within. 

All  forged  notes  wilt  be  refused, 

Mriii-merits  are  rejected; 
There's  not  a  single  note  will  pass 

That  God  has  not  accepted. 

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

Though  many  doubting  souls  may  say, 
"  There  is  not  one  for  me. 

The  leper  had  a  little  note — 
"  Lord,  if  you  will,  you  can;" 

The  Banker  cashed  this  little  note, 
Aud  healed  the  sickly  man. 

We  read  of  one  youngmau,  indeed. 

Whose  riches  did  abound;  _ 
But  in  the  Banker's  book  of  Grace 

This  uiiin  was  never  found. 

But  sec  the  wretched  dying  thief, 

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

He  got  his  cash  and  died. 
— Frank  Leslie's  Stinduij  Maijiizine. 


FAULT-FINDING. 

KY  CHARLOTTE  T.  BOSD. 

(i  "XTTHY  belioldest  ttou  the    mote 
*  '     tliat  is  in  tliy  brotlier's  eye,  but 
consitlerest   not  the   beam    tbat    is    in 
thine  own  eye  "  (Matt.  6:  3). 

The  language  of  the  text  emphatical- 
ly \varus  lis  against  the  principle  of 
fniiit- fill  (ling.  This  is  a  matter  that  is 
very  difficult  to  control  in  our  natures. 
To  manage  this  trouble,  the  tongue 
must  be  bridled,  aud  kept  so,  for  the 
apostle  tells  us  if  the  tongue  is  not  bri- 
dled our  religion  is  iu  vain.  This  thing 
of  watching  each  sister,  and  stating  just 
the  length  of  the  cap  strings,  and  liow 
siie  ties  it,  the  exact  size  of  the  bonnet, 
orjust  how  this  or  that  brother  has  hi.s 
coat  rouuded,  looks  very  much  like  a 
rei)resentation  of  the  tithing  of  the  mint, 
anise,  cumin,  and  neglecting  the 
weightier  matters  of  the  law,  judgment, 
love,  and  mercy.  You  that  are  criticis- 
ing every  little  matter  in  dress,  examine 
youi'selves.     Ha\'e  yon  dealt  fairly  with 


yonr  brother  in  all  .your  contracts  witli 
him?  Have  j'ou  given  just  weight  in 
every  tioasl  Have  you  not  in  your  pos- 
session one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  that 
you  could  send  the  Brethken  at  Wokk 
into  some  poor  family  next  year;  that 
you  have  intended  to  spend  for  some 
selfish  purpose? 

Wliile  we  are  criticising  others,  let  us 
look  within  our  own  hearts  and  see  if 
all  is  right  there,  and  when  watching 
our  neighbors  wash  their  hands,  cups, 
and  pots,  before  they  eat,  according  to 
the  tradition  of  the  eldei"s,  let  us  not 
lay  aside  the  commandments  of  God 
Peace  and  good  will  toward  man,  has 
been  proclaimed  from  on  high.  Our 
Savior  said,  "Peace  be  unto  you."  "jNIy 
peace  I  leave  with  you."  Do  we  still 
retain  that  peace  in  the  church?  AVe 
are  commanded  to  have  forbearance  to- 
ward one  another,  and  to  exercise  pa- 
tience and  forgiveness  toward  each  otii- 
er,  and  as  near  as  vre  can  live  peaceably 
with  all  men. 

We  think  this  continual  fault-finding 
destroys  our  peace,  aud  brings  about  un- 
pleasant feelings.  "We  are  told  jn-ecise- 
ly  what  to  do  in  case  a  brother  ott'ends, 
go  to  liini,  and  only  him,  kindly,  loving- 
ly, and  tell  him  meekly  of  his  fault. 
If  he  hears  thee,  matters  should  stop 
right  there.  liut  iu  many  cases  the 
whole  neighborhood  knows  it  before  the 
oft'ending  party  knows  that  he  has  of- 
fended any  one,  and  sometimes  the  mat- 
ter is  laid  before  the  elder,  as  the  first 
move.  This  is  not  the  way  we  \nider- 
stand  the  Scriptures  in  these  mattei-s; 
and  possibly  if  we  would  look  a  little 
more  in  our  own  hearts,  and  watch  our- 
selves a  little  more  closely,  we  would 
not  have  so  much  time  to  abuse  the 
faults  of  othei-s.  May  we  all  be  able  to 
examine  onselves,  aud  walk  before  God 
blameless,  is  my  prayer, 

"THOU     F  OOL." 

HTC  JOS.  r.  HOOVER. 

rriHE  term  fool,  is  frequently,  but 
-'-  thoughtlessly  made  use  of  by 
many.  It  has  several  meanings,  such 
as  a  person  destitute  of  reason,  an  idiot, 
also  one  that  acts  uni'easonably,  and  is 
frecjnently  used  as  a  term  of  reproach. 
But  in  the  Scrijiture,  it  means  a  wicked 
person.  "  The  fool  has  said  in  his  heart 
there  is  no  God  "  (Ps.  14:  1).  "But 
whosoever  shall  say,  thou  fool,  shall  be 
in  danger  of  hell  fii-e  "  (Matt.  5:  22). 

Among  the  Jews  the  term  fool,  im- 
plied the  highest  enormity  and  most  ag- 
gravated guilt.  Among  the  Gentiles, 
such  an  expression  was  punished  by 
cutting  out  the  tongue,  and  thrusting 
a  hot  ii'on  of  ten  finger's  breadth  into 
the  mouth  of  the  person  who  used  it. 
A  person  who  heare  tliese  sayings  of 
theSavior  and  dopth  themnot,is  termed 
a  fooliali  man.  AVhen  a  man  puts  up  a 
building  and  does  not  lay  a  solid  foun- 
dation, we  conclude  that  he  is  a  foolisli 
man,  for  he  has  not  acted  wisely,  but 
went  contrary  to  the  rules  for  building. 
Five  of  the  ten  virgins  were  foolish,  for 
they  took  no  oil  with  them  in  their  ves- 
sels. "  And  while  they  went  to  buy,  the 
bridegroom  came;  aud  they  that  were 
leady  went  in  with  him  to  the  mai-- 
riage,  and  the  door  was  shut." 

Tliere  was  a  certain  rich  man  whose 
ground  brought  forth  plentifully.  But 
he  became  alarmed  about  not  having 
sufficient  room  for  his  goods,  and  the 
fruit  of  his  land.  He  pulled  down  his 
barnsandbuiltgi-eaterones.  After  having 
built  greater  barns,  he  stored  away  his 
goods,  and  said  to  his  soul,  "  Thou 
hast  much  goods  laid  uj)  tor  many  years, 


take  thine  ease,  eat,  drink,  and  be  mer- 
ry. "But  God  said  unto  him,  thou  fool, 
this  night  thy  soul  shall  be  recjuired  of 
thee  "(Luke  12:19,20).  Oh!  what  a 
message,  death  staring  him  in  the  face. 
He  may  have  Ijeen  honest,  and  not  sloth- 
ful in  business.  He  may  have  stood 
high  in  society,  and  was  considered  a 
wise  man.  But  he  fooled  himself  out 
of  the  salvation  of  his  soul.  So  it  is 
with  him  that  is  not  rich  towards  God. 
"  Where  your  treasure  is  there  will  yonr 
heart  be  also." 


THE  TEST  OF  DISCIPLESHIP. 

IIV  C.  n.  HALSBAUOH. 

A  Brotherlt/  Christmas  G^reeting  to  all 

the  Saints  of  Philadelphia. 
nnilE  most  solemn  and  august  thought 
-'-  conceivable  is  moral  being.  This 
includes  God  and  Angels,  men  and 
devils.  Moral  responsibility  aud  immor- 
tality are  inseparable.  Being  without 
beginning  must  necessarily  be  without 
end.  All,  inferior  intelligences  einanat- 
■inyfrom  Jlim,  not  only  originated  by 
Him,  but  made  in  His  likeness,  with  His 
essence  woven  into  theii-  constitution 
share  His  prospective  Eternity;  Life  ev- 
erlasting is  the  Being  of  God,  and  the 
opposite  is  Eternal  Death.  The  loss  of 
the  Divine  character  in  us,  is  the  loss  of 
His  life,  though  life  continues  in  anoth- 
er quality  and  relation  and  exjienence. 
The  restoration  of  this  character  is  Eter- 
nal Life  and  tliis  Hfp  is  LOVE.  "  God 
is  love,  iiikI  Ik  tlml  iIh:  Uetli  in  love  dwel- 
eth  in  God,  (iiid  <rod  ill  hif/V  1  John  4: 
Ifi.     "By  this  shall  all  men  hnoiv  that 

YH  ABE  MY  DISCIl'LE.S    IF  YE  HAVE    LOVE 

TO  ONE  another"  John  13:  35. 

The  test  is  deep  and  comprehensive. 
It  dis.sects  the  very  heart  of  God,  and 
lays  bare  the  contents  of  His  Uncreated 
Personality.  To  be  like  God  is  our  on- 
ly chance  for  Heaven.  To  make  this 
coimnunity  of  nature  and  joy  possible, 
the  wonder  of  the  Incarnation,  the  Cru- 
cifixion, the  Resurrection,  and  the  As- 
cension had  to  intervene,  and  all  these 
were  expressions  of  love,  both  as  grounds 
of  reconciliation  and  patterns  for  imita- 
tion. Of  all  questions  this  is  the  most 
momentous,  am  I,  or  am  I  not  a  true  dis 
ciple  of  Jesus  Christ?  To  pretend  to 
love  God,  while  we  are  vindictive  in  feel- 
ing, and  cold,  distant,  in  conduct.  Is  base 
hypocrisy.  To  wear  a  smiling  mask, 
and  ma)ve  profession  of  affection  which 
the  conscience  belies,  is  ditto.  "  By 
Tins  suAhi.  men  knoio"  by  this  test  God 
Himself  asks  to  be  judged.  He  announ 
ces  Himself  as  LOVE.  He  gave  His 
only  Begotten  Son  to  all  the  dread  li 
bilities  of  our  apostasy,  and  appointed 
a  special  ftmctionary  to  cry  out,  "  Jie- 
hold  the  LAMH  OF  Gon."  "By  this  shall 
all  men  know  that  God  is  Love."  The 
principle  which  opened  the  way,  must 
also  1)6  the  living  controlling  principle 
of  hU  who  pass  over  it.  None  can  be  of 
God,  or  liuve  part  in  His  beatitudes, 
save  those  who  are  quickened  and  sus- 
tained by  the  principle  that  made  God 
human.  AVhat  an  inconceivable  ^oop 
that  ^vas  ^vhich  exchanged  the  glorious 
Throne  of  the  third  Heaven  for  the  man- 
ger, and  the  Swaddling- clothes  !  This 
served  the  double  purpose  of  expiation 
and  example.  We  needed  a  Propitiation 
for  our  sins,  and  a  tj'pe  of  the  Divine 
idea  of  human  excellence.  Christisboth, 
and  we  cannot  have  the  benefit  of  the 
first  without  conformity  to  the  last. 
"  By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are 
my  disciples." 

We  are  so  apt  to  lose  the  gi'eat  and 
loftyideaof  God  in  Christ  in  the  habitofl 
thought,  and  feeling  generated  by  con-  I 


ventionalism  that  we  need,  "  line  upon 
line,  precept,  ujton  precept,  here  a  little 
and  there  a  little  "  to  prevent  the  spirit- 
ual from  being  overlaid  and  obscured  by 
the  carnal.  It  requires  unceasing  vig- 
ilance, unbroken  and  desperate  warfare 
with  the  world,  the  llesh,  and  the  devil, 
to  keep  the  new  born  Christ  from  per- 
ishing under  the  sword  of  Herod.  An 
idle  word,  a  fit  of  passion,  the  nursing 
of  a  forbidden  desire,  the  reading  of  hu- 
morous or  fiesh-pleasing  literature,  en- 
tertaining or  retailing  gossip,  exagger- 
ating fiailties,  and  caricaturing  virtues, 
and  inisshapeuing  motives,  are  all  dim- 
inutions or  destructions  of  the  testof  our 
discipleship.  Every  abeiTation  from 
the  life  of  Christ  is  its  own  blight  and 
damnation.  No  simple  instance  of  self- 
preference  escapes  the  curse  of  the  law. 
"We  are  dwarfed,  and  maimed  and  par- 
alyzed and  dead,  because  the  supremacy 
of  self  tiie  Holy  Ghost  retires,  and  re- 
signs the  field  to  the  Arch -deceiver, 
whose  prerogative  it  is  to  assume  the 
cloak  of  Heaven  to  do  the  work  of  Hell. 
If  we  would  know  our  relation  to  God, 
we  have  but  to  ascertain  our  relation  to 
our  fellows.  God  was  in  the  flesh,  and 
has  given  us  the  true  mould  of  all 
human  relationship,  outside  of  which 
there  is  no  salvation. 

"  He  that  hatetb  his  brother,  is  a  mur- 
derer "  and  hethatlovethnot  in  Chi'ist, 
hates,  "  Ye  jnust  be  born  again  "  out 
of  Christ  all  life  is  death.  To  love  as 
brethivn  we  muat  be  generated  by  one 
Father:  self-sacrifice  is  the  ruling  char- 
acteristic of  that  Love  which  made  a 
way  through  to  opposing  attributes  of 
Jehovah  for  our  redemption ;  and  the 
same  element  among  those  thus  redeem- 
ed is  not  only  a  badge  of  oiu-  Divine  lin- 
eage, but  the  very  essence  of  the  Life 
Everlasting.  "  He  that  loveth  not,  htiow- 
eth  not  God;  for  God  is  love."  Let 
these  words  as  they  are  breathed  out 
of  the  heart  of  Jesus  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
sink  into  our  souls  like  the  knell  of 
death,  oh!  what  a  bottomless  hopeless 
Hell  in  these  three  M'ords,  "  knoweth 
NOT  God."  Between  the  love,  of  which 
the  cross  is  the  life,  and  the  ignorance 
of  God  and  the  depth  of  damnation, 
there  is  no  middle  gi'ound,  "  By  this 
shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  dis- 
ciples, if  ye  have  love  one  to  another." 
Not  the  purest  and  loftiest  affection  that 
ever  welled  from  the  unrenewed  heart; 
but  the  love  that  drew  Jesus  out  of  the 
bosom  of  the  Father,  and'  impaled  Him 
on  the  malefactor's  stake,  under  the 
frown  of  Heaven,  and  the  terrors  of 
Hell,  and  the  scoffs  and  railings  of  the 
very  objects  for  wliom  all  this  humil- 
iation and  agony  was  endured!  Oh!  the 
beauty  of  Holiness.  Oh!  the  depth  and 
tenderness  of  the  Di^ie  Heart.  Oh ! 
the  dignity  ot  human  nature.  Oh!  the 
exceeding  sinfulness  ot  sin,  the  exceed- 
ing madness  of  the  human'  will,  and  the 
awful,  God-detyhig  obstinacy  of  per- 
verted inclination.  So  good  is  God,  so 
great  is  man  in  make,  and  so  mean  in 
his  character,  who  cannot  love  as  Christ 
loves,  canuot  be  where  Christ  i^  The 
fellowship  of  the  saints  is  the  eternal 
unity  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  Christ  is 
the  exinession  of  the  uncreated  All-Love, 
.1  we  are  "the  habitation  of  God 
through  the  Spirit  "  the  propitiation  of 
the  Incarnation.  Let  ns  not  cheat  our- 
selves out  of  salvation,  by  discounting 
the  love  of  Christ,  in  our  life,  and  tak- 
ing that  for  a  copy  of  His,  which  is  on- 
ly a  misshapen,  ghastly  birth  of  sin.  The 
■ork  of  God  goes  deep,  and  when  it 
ph>ws  up  the  subsoil  of  our  being,  and 
mellows  it  under  the  harrow  of  discip- 
line, and  the    rays  and    dews    of  Grace, 


January    17. 


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we  win  IjL'  ahle  to  endurt^  the  scourge, 
niid  the  buffeting  and  tlie  spitting,  and 
till*  mot-king,  and  the  lacerating  nails, 
and  look  up  to  God  in  trust,  and  down 
iijion  the  cruel  world  in  pity,  and  say, 
"  Fallim-  fovififm  them."  So  did  Jesus, 
iiiul,  "  If  any  man  have  not  the  Spirit 
iif  Christ;  he  is  none  of  IIis,^^  over- 
wlielnilng  words!  Who  can  rend  them 
without  being  startled?  Who  can  en- 
dure the  doom  of  the  loveless,  and  who 
can  love   without  the  cross! 


FALSE    TEACHERS. 

UY  FKASK  AI-I:EN'. 

IT  is  an  a\vt'ul  charge  that  is  brought 
ftgaiustfalse  teachers,  in  oldon  times 
(Isaiah  0:  IG).  The  leaders  of  this 
peojde  caused  them  to  err,  and  they  that 
are  led  of  them  are  desti'oyed. 

Tliere  are  many  teachers  in  these  last 
days,  chargeable  with  Ihis  guilt.  And 
we  find  a  cui-se  pronounced  against  them 
(Gal.  1 :  S,  9).  "  But  though  we,  or  an 
arii^el  from  heaven,  preach  any  other 
Gospel  unto  you,  than  tliat  which  we 
have  preached  unto  you,  let  him  be  ac- 
cui-swl."  As  I  said  before,  so  say  I  now 
again,  "  If  any  man  preach  any  other 
Gospel  unto  you  than  that  ye  have  re- 
ceived, let  him  be  accursed. 

1.  Tliey  cause  the  children  of  men  to 
err,  by  false  doctrine.  This  was  the  case 
with  tlie  teachers,  in  tlie  church  at  Gal- 
atia.  They  preached  another  Gospel, 
A  ud.when  ^ve  read  the  aivf  id  cui-se  which 
under  tlie  influence  of  inspiration  pro- 
nounced upon  such;  siu'ely  all  teachers, 
onghtto  trembleatthethouglitof  preach- 
ing anything  else  than  the  unadulterated 
Gospel  of  Christ. 

2.  Teachers  cause  men  to  err,  by  not 
fully  bringing  forward  all  things  com- 
manded, and  not  declaring  the  whole 
counsel  of  God. 

.■}.  Tliey  cause  men  to  err,  (2  Pet.  2: 
2,^).  "  Tlu'ough  covetousuess  and  with 
feigned  M'ords  they  make  merchandise 
of  them,  and  many  shall  follow  their 
)iernic.ious  ways;  by  rea.son  of  whom  the 
way  of  truth  shall  be  evil  spoken  of." 
How  far  this  has  contributed  to  make 
nuuiy  a  poor,  thoughtless  creature,  who, 
eitliev  was  incapable  of  looking  beyond 
the  surface  of  things,  or  would  not  take 
tlie  trouble  to  do  so,  concluded  that  re- 
ligion wasatrickof  priestcraft,  it  is  im- 
possible to  conclude.  We  are  told  in 
2  Tim.  4:3,4,  "For  the  time  Avill 
come  when  they  will  not  endure  souud 
doctrine;  but  after  theii' own  lusts  shall 
they  heap  to  themselves  teachers,  hav- 
ing itching  ears;  and  they  shall  turn 
away  their  eai-s  fi-om  the  ti'utli,  and  shall 
be  turned  unto  fables." 

^lauy  examjiles  are  to  be  met  with, 
i>f  t]i<'  fatal  influence  of  such  teachers. 
Wheretlieiidiabitantsof  whole  districts 
are  laid  asleep  under  the  most  fatal  de- 
hisions,  and  ai'e  steeled  against  every 
tittempt  to  direct  their  attention  to  the 
C'hristianity  of  the  Word  of  God,  sure- 
ly the  thought  of  this,  ■  ought  to  e.xcite 
ill  those,  who  profess  to  teach  nil  things 
commanded,  much  watchfulness  and 
])rayer,  and  to  lead  the  chiklreu  of  men 
carefully  to  draw  their  instructions  from 
the  pure  fountain  of  Divine  Truth.  They 
should  examine  with  minute  attention, 
the  light  in  ^vhich  things  are  represent- 
ed in  the  Scriptin*es,  and  their  discoui-ses 
should  be  a  faithful  copy  of  wdiat  is 
therein  contained.  The  apostle  Paul 
declares,  under  the  influence  of  the  spir- 
it of  prophecy,  that  "  in  the  last  days 
perilous  times  sh&ll  come.  For  men 
shall  be  lovers  of  then-  own  selves,  cov- 
etous, boasters,  proud,  blasphemers,  dis- 
obedient to  parents,  unthankful,  unholy, 


without  natural  att'ecti<m,  truce  breakers, 
false  accusers,  fierce  despisers  of  those 
that  are  good,  traitors,  heady,  highmind- 
ed,  lovers  of  pleasure  more  than  the 
lovers  of  God,  having  the  form  of  god- 
liness, but  denying  tlie  power  thereof." 
And  aftergivinglhe  description  of  char- 
acters, he  adds,  as  an  injunction,  and 
plainly  binding  on  the  disciples  of  Christ, 
and  records,  for  theii"  instruction  in 
these  last  days,  "  From  such  turn 
away." 

Be  it  noticed  in  this  passage,  the  char- 
actei-s  that  were  to  distinguish  the  last 
days.  Such  characters  have  existed  in 
every  age;  liut  the  period  refeii-ed 
to ;  they  should  be  found  with  a  form  of 
godliness  (Rom.  IG;  17).  "  Now  I  be- 
seech you,  brethren,  mark  them  that 
cause  divisions  and  oft'enees,  contrary  to 
the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned;  and 
avoid  them  "  (2  Th^.  3:  14).  "  And  if 
any  man  obey  not  our  word  by  this 
epistle,  note  that  luau,  and  have  no  com- 
pany with  him,  that  he  may  be  asham- 
ed "  (2  John  1:10).  "If  there  come 
any  unto  you,  and  bring  not  this  doc- 
trine, receive  him  not  into  yom-  house, 
neither  bid  him  Godspeed."  Arethefore- 
goiug  SeripUu'es  to  be  obeyed?  (Matt. 
5:  19).  "Whosoever  therefore  shall 
break  one  of  these  least  commandments, 
and  shall  teach  men  so,  he  shall  be  call- 
ed the  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven" 
(James  2:  10).  "For  whosoever  shall 
keep  the  whole  la^v,  and  yet  offend  in 
one  point,  he  is  guilty  of  all  "  (Rom.  2 : 
13).  "For  not  the  hearer  of  the  law 
is  just  before  God,  but  the  doer  shall 
be  justified."  Disoliedienee  in  these 
things  tends  to  draw  a  veil  over  the 
peculiar  doctrine  of  the  Word  of  God, 
and  not  onl)'  to  obscni'e  their  glory,  but 
to  exclude  from  the  mind  every  impres- 
sion that  the  knowledge  and  belief  of 
them  is  ci^enlially  necessary  to  our  ac- 
ceptance in  the  sight  of  God.  It  tends  to 
annihilate  those  distinctions  which  they 
so  constantly  maintain..  From  such 
turn  away.  Was  this  precept  to  he  obey  - 
adi  If  so,  all  the  supposed  difficulty 
in  obeying  it  cau  be  considered  in  no 
other  light  than  as  involving  a  reflection 
on  the  ivisdom  of  the  Lawgiver. 


CHRISTIANITY. 

IIV  .lAllE.'i  WU(T. 

rriHIS  term  embraces  within  its  signifi- 
-*-  cation  a  wide  scope  for  reflection 
and  contemplation;  the  primary  defini- 
tion is  the  religion  introduced  and  taught 
by  Christ  Jind  the  apostles.  The  object 
at  present  is,  to  notice  the  design  and 
purposes  of  its  introduction 

Fii-st,  it  is  intended  to  reiiistate  man 
iu  favor  and  friendship  with  His  Creator, 
a  position  from  ^^'bich  man  had  fallen 
in  consequence  of  his  violation  of  the 
Divine  Law,  and  is  now  sufteriug  the 
penalty  annexed  to  the  infringement  of 
this  law.  Hence  its  object  is  to  redeem 
all  implicated,  from  imder  the  curse  of 
a  broken  Law,  by  restoring  them,  that 
they  may  enjoy  as  in  their  primeval 
creation,  thatsweet  communion  and  com- 
panionship with  their  Maker.  This  is 
a  fact  none  who  are  acquainted  \vith 
thetruths  of  Inspiration  will  deny,  and 
the  experience  of  all  truly  enlightened 
Christians  corroboiate  the  statement. 
Blessed  indeed  are  they  who  enjoy  ex- 
perimental religion,  for  it  strengthens 
their  love,  their  devotion  or  attachment 
to  the  canw  of  Chri«t,  neither  does  it 
stop  \vith  the  possessor  of  the  blessed- 
ness, but  enlists  their  powers  to  bring 
others  under  the  immediate  influence  of 
our  holy  Christianity. 


Love  is  tlie  life  of  the  soul,  and  the 
principle  regulating  its  action  in  its 
normal  and  abnormal  states,  may  be  il- 
lustrated by  two  passages  of  Holy  Writ 
e.vpressed  by  the  Author  of  this  religitui : 
"  Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  labor." 
"  Depart  from  me  ye  workers  of  iniqui- 
ty." Byrendering  a  voluntary,  orwiU- 
Ing  obedience  to  the  first,  insures  a  com- 
plete iissimihition  to  Him  who  is  the 
Author  and  Finisher  of  our  faith,  and 
to  the  second  there  will  l)e  a  compul- 
sory obedience  rendered  liy  all  who 
spend  a  life  in  open  rebellion  to  Him, 
who  is  their  Sovereign  King  of  kings 
and  Lord  of  lords,  as  a  rigid  and  just 
award.  It  is  wisdom  in  those  who  are 
ajjprised  of  these  immutable  results, 
to  comply  with  the  invitation  of  their 
blessed  Savior,  and  take  liis  yoke  up- 
on them  ond  learn  of  Him  now,  that 
they  may  find  rest  unto  their  souls,  and 
enjoy  this  rest  throughout  eternity. 

The  religion  of  Jesus  has  for  its  ob- 
ject the  inculcation  of  chaste  virtues, 
pure  morals,  and  spiritual  and  enlight- 
ening influences.  The  benefits  of  the  Gos- 
pel are  many,  and  are  intended  for  the 
entire  race,  none  need  be  exempt  to  the 
benefits  conferred,  only  obey  and  enjoy 
spiritual  life,  or  disobeyand  suffer  spir- 
itual death.  •'  Except  you  eat  the  flesh 
of  the  Son  of  man  and  drinkHis  blood," 
there  will  l»e  no  spiritual  life  in  the  soul. 
The  New  Testament  contains  the  histo- 
ries of  the  lives  of  those  who  exempli- 
fied the  doctrine  of  our  holy  Christianity. 
They  furnish  ns  examples  worthy  of 
our  admiration  and  respect,  and  to  copy 
after  the  lives  of  such  illnsti'ious  char- 
acters should  be  the  desire  of  all  Chris- 
tians, for  it  will  enable,  them  to  progress 
in  the  divine  life,  by  inspiring  them 
with  a  zeal  to  press  forward  toward  the 
mark  for  the  prize  of  the  high  calling 
of  God  in  Christ.  The  Christian  will 
consider  the  labors  of  the  present  life 
as  preparatory  to  a  wider  and  extended 
field  of  usefulness  among  the  redeemed 
spirits  of  "just  men  made  perfect "  in 
theimmortal  climes  of  spiritual  li'eedom, 
and  there  forever  shovy  forth  the  praises 
of  Him,  who  has  loved  and  redeem- 
ed them  with  his  ovra.  precious  blood, 
enjoying  the  fruition  of  Christianity. 


T 


ANOTHER  YEAR. 


HE  wheels  of  time  have  made  one 
more  re\'olutiou.  Another  year 
has  rolled  into  eternity,  the  deeds  of  each 
and  all  are  lecoided,  whether  for  or 
against  ns;  if  against  us  let  us  make  haste 
to  reti'ace  our  steps,  and  make  our  calling 
andelectionaure.  Another  year  comesbe- 
fore  tis  as  a  clean  white  page,  unspotted 
by  the  monster  sin.  Many  are  vowing 
to  live  true  to  each  other,  true  to  their 
country,  or  true  to  some  organization, 
but  how  many  are  vowing  to  live  true 
to  their  God?  How  many  lla^■e  made 
such  vows,  and  have  broken  them,  ha\'c 
fallen  asleep  in  sin  and  feel  easy  in  their 
present  condition?  But  awake,  ye  im- 
mortal souls  to  a  sense  of  your  duty, 
luake  haste  to  renew  your  vows  to  God, 
and  repent  of  your  sins  while  it  is  to-day, 
for  the  night  of  death  will  soon  come 
when  it  will  be  too  late. 

Many  times,  when  I  sit  at  home  on 
Sunday,  do  I  think  of  the  past,  when 
we  gathered  i^'ith  you  at  the  house  of 
Godat  ShannonIll.,and  listened  ivith  in- 
terest to  the  Word  preached,  but  cannot 
meet  with  you  now.  But  once  have  I 
seen  any  of  the  brethren  since  we  have 
been  in  Iowa,  but  nevertheless  my  faith 
is  not  shaken,  my  anxiety  for  the  cause 
of  Christ   is   none   the  less.     I  am  still 


battling  on  through  this  sinful  world, 
trusting  in  Him  who  is  able  to  save,  and 
hope  by  the  grace  of  God  to  live  this 
year  better  than  any  before,  for  if  I  meet 
none  of  you  in  this  world,  may  I  be  so 
unspeakably  happy  tomeetyouina  better 
one,  ndiere  many  near  and  dear  ones  are 
waiting  for  us.  May  we  ever  live  faith- 
fully bound  together  with  the  bond  of 
love  is  my  prayer. 
LiqwH  Citi/y  Iowa. 


PERSE  CU  TED. 


ii  "DLESSED  are  they  M-hich  are  per- 
-"-'  secuted  for  rigliteousness  sake 
for  their's  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
Blessed  are  ye,  when  meu  sliall  revile 
you,  and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say 
all  manner  of  evil  against  you  fal.'^ely, 
for  my  sake.  Rejoice  and  be  exceeding- 
ly glad:  for  great  is  your  rewiud  in 
heaven ;  for  so  persecuted  they  the  pnipli  - 
ets  which  were  before  you  "  (Slatt.  .5: 
10,11,22).  "He  that  will  live  godly 
must  suffer  persecution"  (2  Tim.  3:  12). 
Christ  says,  "  If  they  persecute  me  they 
will  also  persecute  you." 

There  are  very  few  Christians  now-a- 
days  who  are  imprisoned,  killed  or  per- 
secuted for  their  righteousnes's  sake,  or 
for  Christ's  sake  in  this  our  free  Amer- 
ica, ^vllere  we  can  worship  God  as  it 
were  under  our  o«ti  vine  and  fig  tree. 
But  it  is  to  be  feared  that  some  are 
persecuted  for  unrighteousness,  for  their 
evil  deeds,  instead  of  good  deeds 
or  righteousness.  Although  I  ac- 
knowledge that  the  true, and  faithful 
Cliristians  will  be  tried  more  or  less  by 
the  world  and  ungodly  people,  and  have 
their  trials,  temptations,  difficulties  and 
dark  seasons;  yet  they  will  all  M*ork  to- 
gether for  good  to  those  that  love  God, 
and  enable  them  to  shine  brighter, 
and  feel  happier  afterward,  if  they 
have  patience  and  grace  enough  to  stjuid 
the  storm.  Therefore  the  Christian  must 
watch  and  pray,  and  shall  "  count  it  all 
joy  whenhefalls  into  divers  temptations, 
knowing  this,  that  the  ti'ying  of  his 
faith  worketh  patience."  The  Christian 
should  try  and  live  so,  that  if  the  people 
will  speak  evil  of  him  or  her  they,  do  so 
falsely;  and  if  it  is  false,  he  shall  rejoice 
iu  a  coining  day.  And  if  the  Chris- 
tian professor  does  anything  contrary  to 
the  Scripture,  the  worldly  people,  or 
non -professors,  have  a  rightto  tell  him  or 
her  in  the  spirit  of  meekness.  By  the 
fruit  we  can  knoiv  the  tree  whether  it  V>e 
good  or  evil,  and  by  their  actions,  walk 
and  conversation,  the  Christians  show 
their  religion;  actions  speak  louder  than 
words.  So  the  Christian  professor  should 
be  on  his  guard  and  live  out  the  profess- 
ion iu  word  and  in  deed,  that  he  be  no 
stumbling  block  in  the  way  of  others, 
but  a  ti'ue  light  to  the  world,  and  as  salt 
to  the  earth. 

The  Clu'istian  is  to  come  out  from 
among  the  world,  and  be  a  separate  and 
peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good  works, 
keeping  himself  unspotted  from  the 
world — is  to  be  dead  unto  the  world, 
and  alive  unto  God.  The  Christian  is 
to  become  an  active  and  faithful  worker 
in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  improve  his 
talent  and  time  to  the  glory  of  God,  and 
"  pray  for  them  that  despitefuUy  use  and 
p^i-secute  you."  "  Bless  them  that 
pei-secute  you,  and  curse  not."  And  not 
be  as  we  read,  have  a  name  to  live  and 
are  dead,  but  try  to  save  and  win  souls, 
for  he  that  winneth  souls  ismse;  "For 
if  the  righteous  scarcely  be  saved,  where 
shall  the  ungodly  and  the  sinner  ap- 
pear ?" 


TI-IE    B-RETHEEJJ"    AT    "WORK. 


January    n 


§rethrei\  ill  fforh. 

PUBLISHED  WEEKLY. 


J.  D.  MOORE, 
S.  II.  BASilOR, 
U.  M.  ESIIELMAH,  ] 


TiiK  BnETiiBnN  tr  Wobk  will  be  stnt  po«l-pwd,  to  any 
aJJrosii  in  Ibo  Unitcil  StalCB  or  Cnniidii.  for  (1  60  per 
annum.  Thoso  sending  icn  nnmes  nnd  816.00,  will  re- 
ceive on   Hire  copy   free   of  charne.    For  all   oiur  Ibis 

number  Ibo  agenl  will  ho  nllnwcJ  10  coola  for  »nob  nddi- 
(ionnl  name  wbicb  ntnnunl  con  be  deducted  from  Itic 
money,  betor'o  eeaJiDg  it  W  in.  Money  Ordeni,  Drnfla. 
and  HegiHlered  Lollore  mny  bo  eon!  nl  our  rinli.  Tboy 
should  be  Dindo  paynblo  (o  Moore.  Bflsbor  K  f^bulmnn.  — 
Subscripli 


per. 


well  O! 
3iiia  bo 


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h  (be  of- 


UOOBS,  BASBOS  &  ESHELUAH, 
LiuiArk.  CuToU  Co..  111- 


UMUAaY  17, 167B. 


Bno.  Bashor's  nildress  until   further   notice 
will  be  Fuirpliiy,  Washington  Co.,  Md.,  cur. 
Eliter  David  Long, 


ELnmi  William  Elasi,  of  Bond  Co.,  III.,  li.w 
passed  away.  He  died  Jnn.  ith.  Thus  one  by 
niie  the  aged  ministers  are  pos-^ing  away. 


Elder  John  Foiiney,  during  hia  travels  will 
act  ns  agent  for  the  Brethren  at  Work,  and 
whatever  business,  respecting  subscriptions, 
the  purchasing  of  pamphlets,  etc.,  may  be 
traiiHiicted  with  him,  will  be  all  i-ight  with  this 
oEGce. 


above  the  level  of  the  sea.  anil  surrounded,  for 
many  miles  by  delightful,  fertile  llelda  and  gar- 
dens, well  watered  with  beautiful  streams.  The 
city  is  about  tivo  miles  long  and  one  mile  wide, 
and  contains  nearly  2IX),000  inhabitants,  several 
thousands  of  whom  are  Jews.  The  streets  aie 
long  and  narrow,  ami  though  the  houses  out- 
side appear  rough  and  sometimes  gloomy,  yet 
within,  many  oi  them  are  neat  and  beautifully 
arranged.  Nearly  every  house  has  a  fountain. 
The  place  is  yearly  risited  by  many  thousand 
pilgrims.  

For  na  excellent  plan  for  building  a  meeting- 
house with  but  little  money  see  notes  of  travel 
and  preaching  by  Elder  Jonii  Mettoer  on  last 
page.  Poor  churches  want  to  make  a  note  of 
this.  Then  those  who  are  In  the  habit  of  filling 
up  their  reports  of  travel  with  raildroads,  good 
dinners  and  etc,  want  to  read  the  article 
again.  If  any  of  our  correapondeufa  can  put 
more  neft-s  in  less  space,  with  less  outside  mat- 
ter they  will  plciis.e  let  us  hear  from  them. 
Writing  church  news  is  a  little  like  making 
ma[)le  molasses  ;  it  wants  to  boiled  down 
there  is  nothing  leit  but  the  good. 


Bro.  Joiix  Metzger  says:  "  I  would  like  to 
visit  you  this  ■svinter,  but  cannot  tell  yet,  as 
there  are  so  many  calls.  I  ain  going  all  the 
time.  I  expect  to  soon  start  on  n  preaching 
tour  of  about  three  weeks.  Will  tell  yon  more 
after  while."   __^_^_^_^ 

Grumblers  do  not  work,  neither  Oo  workei-s 
grumble.  Meu  who  work  have  no  time  to  stop 
and  grumble,  ami  grumblers  are  generally  too 
unconcerned  about  mattei-s  to  exert  themselves 
much  at  good,  Bealthy  exercise.  More  workei-s 
juid  less  grumblcra  is  what  our  land  needs. 


The  brethren,  preaching  in  Denmark  expept 
to  start  homeward  just  as  soon  as  the  necessary 
means  reach  them,  hence  those  who  contemplate 
sending  more  money  for  this  purpose,  will  at- 
tend to  it  immediately.  About  three  hundred 
ilollni-s  are  yet  needed  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
the 


EN'Env  man,  woman  and  child  ought  to  learn, 
not  only  to  work,  but  to  work  well.  A  con- 
stant, useful  employment  is  the  best  known 
antidote  against  crime  and  wickedness.  Give 
me  a  working  people  every  time  for  peace  and 
piety.  Work  and  pray  is  as  essential  to  i)urity 
-as  watch  and  i>ray  is  to  faithfulness. 


-It  ia  said  that  as  late  an  A.  D.  1556  tho  Bible 
Twas  uot  yet  translated  into  any  heathen  lan- 
guage, and  only  twenty-two  yeani  ago  it  was 
in  bift  fifty-two  languages;  but  fo-dny  it  is,  in 
whole  and  in  part,  in  two  hundred  and  fifty 
difter^nt  3aaguagos  of  the  lost.  This  shoivs  the 
progress  -of  the  interest  taken  in  circulating  the 
Scriptures. 

If  those  iwoplc  who  sit  around  on  goods  box- 
es and  in  public  places,  talking  unbecomingly 
about  their  neighbors  and  friends,  will  stay  at 
home  and  devote  a  little  more  time  to  reading 
the  Scriptures,  it  \vill !»  much  better  for  them 
and  the  morals  of  the  people  generally.  Heaven 
speed  the  time  when  people  will  learn  to  ijuit 
speaking  evil  of  each  other. 


.  111.. 


in  order  by  careful,  religions  training  and 
you  will  have  done  much  towanl  helping  the 
child  on  its  way  to  gloiy.     God  blesa  homo  cul- 

,  and  help  parents  to  bring  up  their  chil- 
dren in  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 


Mount  Ar.vrat,  the  resting  place  of  tlie  Ark 
after  the  Deluge,  is  17,2f)0  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  sea,  and  about  14,000  feet  above  the  sur- 
rounding plain.  The  summit  is  covered  with 
eternal  snow  for  about  3000  feet.  Though 
far  from  being  the  highest  mountain  in 
world,  yet  very  few  persons  have  ever 
been  able  to  rcaph  its  summit.  Tradition 
points  out  a  place  on  the  side  of  the  moun- 
tjiin.  where  Noah  is  said  to  have  planted 
his  vineyard;  and  lower  down,  in  the  plain,  the 
stranger  is  shown  the  place  whei«  the  venerable 
patriarch  is  supposed  to  have  been  buried.  The 
region  just  below  the  jwrpctual  snow,  is  barren 
iind  desolate,  unvisited  by  either  beast  or  bird. 


j;u«B  Jambs  R,  Gisn,  of  Woodford  Co. 
IS  hoi  practically  a  "  lent-inaker."  but  he  is  go- 
ing into  the  "  tent-bnsincss,"  in  a  ivay  that  will 
uvideutly  ell'ect  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel. 
He  has,  at  his  own  exiwnse.  purchased  a  tent 
aljout  42  by  32  feet  in  size,  and  proposes  travel- 
ing, pitch  his  tent  whore  it  seemeth  good,  call 
the  people  together  and  there  preach  the  Gospel 
and  labor  to  build  up  the  Miister's  cause.  Thi* 
i,i  a  step  ill  the  right  direction,  m^d  Bro.  GiSH  is 
justtiie  man  to  take  hold  of  it.  God  bless  the 
missionaries  1 _^ 

DAUAScts.situatedona  beautiful  plain,  136 
miles  IS.  E.  of  Jerusalem,  is  one  of  the  most 
;incieirt  (cities  in  the  \\'orid.    It  is  •2,Ui  feet 


We  learu  that  Elder  David  Kelleu,  of  Cum- 
berland Co.,  Pa.,  contemplates  locating  a  colony 

Kansas,  on  the  lands  belonging  to  the  At- 
chison, Topeka  il  Santa  Fe  R.  H.  This  is  a 
step  in  the  right  direction,  and  we  wish  him 
success  in  the  enterprise.  It  would  be  a  good 
idea  to  locate  colonies  in  all  the  Western  States, 
and  those  of  Texas,  Kansas  nud  Nebraska  olier 
extra  inducements.  Locating  colonien  in  iieA' 
countries  is  an  excellent  way,  of  uot  only  im- 
proving the  country  and  morals,  but  of  estab- 
lishing strong-holds  in  maintenance  of  pure 
Christianity.  It  is  hoped  that  influential  breth- 
ren who  think  of  going  West,  will  give  the 
matter  some  attention.  Many  of  them  could 
collect  quite  a  successful  little  band,  and  thus 
be  instrimiental  in  building  up  influential 
cliurchcs.  _ 

Bro.  LemPTl  Hh.lery  favOfcd  Us  with  a  call 
last  week,  ^e  spent  a  few  weeks  iti  Iowa,  but 
is  now  at  his  home  in  Shannon,  where  be  is  de- 
tained in  consequence  of  the  sickness  of  his 
wife.  She  has  been  quite  ill  for  some  time,  and 
therefore  Bro.  HiLLERY  cannot  at  present  te- 
stiine  his  missionary  labors  in  the  Central  fl- 
linois  Mission  Field.  He  will  again  enter  the 
field  Oi  soon  as  circumstances  will  pennit.  Dur- 
ing the  last  year  hia  labora  were  quite  ardious, 
and  his  travels  extensive,  amounting  to  several 
tliousand  miles.  Out  of  3(15  nights,  340  were 
spiTDt  in  part,  either  traveling  or  preaching.  — 
May  Rod  bless  those  who  are  sacrificing  life, 
healtl*  and  home  comforts  for  the  salvation  of 
s.     Brethren    and   abters,   pray   for  sister 


HiLLEHV  ti'mt  ^ 
liiction. 


le  may  be  c.omforte<l  ii 


■  af- 


The  Bible  is  said  to  be  like  a  great  moun- 
tain, that  can  be  viewed  from  different  stand- 
points, but  from  no  two  of  them  will  it  look 
alike.  I  wonder  how  many  different  stand- 
points the  apostles  viewed  it  from?  Wonder  if 
if  they  saw  and  understood  it  differently? 
Wonder  if  one  taught  sprinkling  and  another 
immersion?  one,  pride  and  another  humility? 
Wonder  if  there  was  one  thing  one  side  of  the 
Bible  and  something  different  on  the  other?  — 
The  Bible  never  contradicts  itself,  it  n 
teaches  differentlj'  ou  the  same  subject.  This  is 
the  work  of  man  and  not  of  God,  His  teachings 
are  perfectly  harmonious  and  uniform  through- 
out, adapted  to  the  wants  of  all  nations  and 
kindred,  and  that,  too,  without  an  apparent 
conflietion.  The  good  book  don't  teach  one 
class  of  people  a  set  of  principles  and  then  turn 
right  round  and  teach  another  class  so  differ- 
ently that  the  two  parties  cannot  agree.  Unity 
in  fiiith  and  practice  is  one  of  the  leading  char- 
acteristics of  the  relij^i'iri  of  .Tesns  Christ. 


There  is,  perhaps  no  part  of  our  religion 
mom  sadly  ireglectei  thim  family  instruction 
and  culture.  Children  are  left  to  grow  up,  al- 
most of  themselves,  with  but  little  regard  for 
their  religious  training,  —  the  distinct  features 
of  Bible  teaching  are  imknoivn  to  thcni;  they 
are  not  brought  op  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  Lord;  have  not,  like  Timothy,  learn- 
ed to  know  the  Scriptrires  from  chfldhoo<l.  — 
They  are  turned  upon  the  broad  earth  like  n 
ship  upon  the  ocean,  mthoivt  a  mdder,  to  be 
drifted  about  hy  every  wind  of  doctrine.  Every 
child  should  have  a  well-directed,  religions 
tminiug  as  one  of  the  essential  qualifications  of 
life.  Better  send  theui  from  home  with .  an 
empty  purse  and  a  full  heart,  ruther  than  a  full 
purse  and  an  emptj'  heiurt.  Tlie  heart — the  in- 
ner part  is  thefirst  thing  to  \k  got  right;    set 


E 


THE  TRACT  WOH.K, 


LSEWHERE  in  this  issue,  will  he  found  i 


circular — "  The  Gospel  Tract  Associa- 
tion "  — settiiig  forth  the  plans  for  the  working 
of  an  association,  having  for  its  object  the  pub- 
lish ingaudd  iatributiou  of  pamphlets  and  tracts, 
ably  and  clearly  setting  forth  the  faith  and 
practice  of  the  Brethren. 

It  is  inexpedient  at  this  time  to  argue  the  ne- 
cessity of  such  an  association,  for  it  is  evident 
that  much  good  can  be  done  through  the  in- 
strumentality of  good  pamphlets  and  tracts,  and 
is  one  of  the  best  known  ways  of  spreading  the 
truth  with  a  small  amount  of  meims,  Much 
good  has  already  been  accomplished  circulating 
good  literatuif!,  and  in  several  instances  pam- 
phlets and  tracts  have  been  of  considerable  aid 
in  planting  the  standanl  of  truth  where  it  was 
before  unknown. 

For  the  want  of  time  to  attend  to  the  laboj-s 
belonging  to  such  an  enterprise,  the  work  has 
not  been  pushed  much  of  late,  but  as  our  mat- 
tei-s  are  now  in  a  good  whupe,  we  propose  giv- 
ing the  project  considerablo  attention,  and  en- 
deavor to  build  up  an  instituf  loH  that  will  not 
only  aid  in  the  spreading  of  the  truthf  hut  be 
an  honor  to  the  Master's  cause. 

The  plan  of  the  institution  provides  that  ttw 
Associationshall  be  superin  tended  by  three  breth' 
ren,  assisted  by  an  elected  Board  of  five  man- 
ager, and  that  in  the  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the 
superintondencj',  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  and  the  Reading  Commit- 
tee to  fill  said  vacancy.  As  Bro.  J.  T.  Meyers 
has  sold  his.  interest  in  the  office,  there  will  be 
a  vacancj'  to  fill  when  the  Board  meets  in  Feb- 
ruary next. 

We  hope  to  see  our  Brethren  take  hold  of 
this  work  and  push  it  forward  as  much  as  pos- 
siUc,  that  our  [Tcoplc  may  be  better  supplied 
with,  suitable  reading  matter.  We  need  a  good 
pubSialling  house,  suitabWfor  putting  out  every 
needed  kind  of  books,  pamphlets  &c.,  that  may 
be  su&servient  to  the  advancement  of  the  Mas- 
ter's eaiiee.  Don't  fail  to  let  us  hear  from  you. 
We  want  the  minds  of  all  onr  risers  roganl- 
iug  the  project,,  for  we  know  that  many  have  a 
personal  knowledge  of  the  good' thfit  has  already 
been  accomplished  by  thi'  use  of  good  hterature. 


THE  NZNET7  AND  NINS. 

MOST  of  our  readers  have  road-  that  beauti- 
ful hymn  known. as  the  "ninety  and 
nine,"  but  have  not,  perhaps,  heard'of  its'origiu. 
SomeyeafTiago  there  lived  in  Melrose,  Scotland, 
a  lady  who  wasted  to'seethe'lieauty  of  Christ's 
character  as  portrayed  in'  tlie'  parable'  of  the 
Good  Shephenl.  Having  a  poetic  turn  of  mind, 
she  sometines  expressed  her  thoughts  and  feel- 
ings in  verse.  The  thought  of  an  Eastern 
shepherd,  seeking  a  wandering  sheep,  touched 
ber  heart  with  poetic  fervor,  and' she  wrote  the 
hymn  beginning: 


The  hymn  was  published  in  a  local   paper, 
and  the  lady  died  soon  afterwards.    The  sim- 


plicity and  beauty  of  the  hymn   gained  for  it 
considerable  favor. 

While  Mr.  Sankey  was  in  Edinburgh,  Eng- 
land, he  stepped  up  to  a  news  stand  and  pur- 
chased a  few  i)aper3,  nnd  in  one  of  them  found 
this  hymn.  He  was  then  on  his  way  to  Glas- 
gow, where  he  and  Mr.  Moony  were  to  hold  a 
farewell  meeting.  Mr.  Sankey  felt  greatly 
elated  over  the  hymn,  and  resolved  to  sing  it 
at  the  meeting.  He  stepped  into  a  friends  bouse, 
sat  down  lit  the  organ,  placed  the  beautiful  lines 
before  him  and  began  to  sing:  the  tune  came 
to  his  mind  iustantly. 

The  meeting  was  a  crowded  one  and  quite 
solemn,  but  when  Mr.  Sankky  sang  that  beau- 
tiful hymn,  it  sent  a  thrill  into  every  heart. 
One  lady  was  greatly  affected;  it  was  her  sis- 
ter who  wrotetho  hymn.  After  the  meeting 
Sankey  received  from  her  the  foUomngnote: 
"  I  thank  you  for  having  sung,  the  other  day, 
my  sister's  words.  She  wrote  them  five  yoarj 
ago.     She  is  in  heaven  now." 

,1.  n.  M. 

CHURCH   VANITIES. 

njTHE  Chicago  Evening  Jounml^  of  December 
JL  8th,  deserves  credit  for  tha  hold  ami  fear- 
less manner  in  which  it  severely  denounces  the 
extravagancies  of  cliurch  debts  and  vanities 
prevalent  in  large  cities.  After  referring  to  a 
case,  fi'liei'L'  a.  oli4irch  building  had  been  lifteil 
out  oi  a  debt  of  over  One  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars, the  editor  says: 

"  But,  pray,  what  earthly  or  heaveiilv  good 
is  accomplished  by  the  building  of  such  costly 
church  structures?  Can  the  mostardent  friends 
of  religion  suggest  any  interest  subserved  by 
these  massive  piles  of  church  architecture, 
otherthanthegrntification  of  anessentially  wick- 
ed and  selfish  church  pride?  The  Divine  Foun- 
der of  Christianity  taught,  both  by  precept  and 
example,  that  true  and  pure  religion  consisted 
fundamentally  in  worshiping  the  great  Father 
Spirit  "  ui  spiritand  in  truth,"  without  any  ref- 
euence  whatever  to  localities  or  church  temples. 
And  certainly  no  blind  devotee  of  any  faith 
could  be  so  blind  as  actually  tobelieve  that  the 
exiatenceof  these  highly- ornamented  cathedra)s 
assist  or  promote  the  real,  spiritual  worship  of 
QqA. 

'But  more  than  this,  the  amount  uf  nloiiey 
put  Ilito  these  costly  churches  can  be  regarded 
in  no  other  light  than  as  literally  sunk  in  an 
utterly  non-productive  investment.  It  is  of  no 
use  for  friends  of  religious  extravagance  to  say 
that  the  dividends  received  from  such  invest- 
ments are  spiritual,  rather  than  financial,  be- 
cause they,  as  well  as  all  other,  know  that  the 
spiritual  and  moral  benefils  to  be  derived  from 
the  jmhlie  religious  services  held  in  these  edifi- 
ces coald  bo  just  as  well,  if  not  belter  secured 
nits  much  leas  cost  in  the  lint'  of  Mace  ■'dotal 
diht^ayi  Not  tan  it  be  avowed,  without  a 
blush  Hf  disingenuous  .shame,  that  this  amount 
of  capital  6hus  lifvested  has  been  given  to  the 
cause  of  OwJ  on  earth,  when  the  fact  is,  that 
God's  cause  kas-  been  mote  hindered  thim  help- 
ed by  the  outjflv"-'  Think-  for  a  moment  of  the 
sum  of  money  iWW'lonked  tfp  all  over  the  land 
in  huge  piles  of  bvlule  and  st/ine,  in  elalwrnte 
frescoes  and  stained  j^ass  wr/iklows,  ifl  (iigh- 
priced  lumber  and  atill  bigJier  pricotl'  trirtwnings  I 
And  all  the  while  hund'fadir  uiion'  hiVfldreds  of 
poor,  destitute  families  ivithiii'  the  rau^  of 
these  church  shadows  are  having-  the  hardest 
kind  of  a  fight  to  keep  the  wolf  of  hunger  from 
their  doora,  and  are  repelled  fromi,  rathtf  thaW 
attracted  to.  the  solemnities  of  worship' by  these- 
rich  and  gaudy  edifices,  with  the  uusi^emingly 
display  of  silks,  satins  and  fine  liaen-  of  those 
who  frequent  them." 

What  is  most  needed  at  this  time  ia  atf  era'  of 
plainnucss  and  good  common  sense;  one  that 
will  be  characterized  by  a  right-about  face  and 
a  general  reformation  in  church  building, 
and  religious  vanities.  A  continuation  of  the 
present  customs  will  prove  woefully  detrimen-- 
tal  to  the  cause  of  that  meek  and  uon-confoiTn- 
ed  system  of  religion  introduced  by  Him  whose' 
actions  as  well  as  His  teachings  were  umdels  of 
consistency. 

The  ./oHrHf/' has  taken  a  step  in  the  right 
direction,  and  we  hope  to  see  other  papers  fol- 
If  the  popular  religious  papers  of  the 
day,  have  not  pluck  mid  independence  enough 
tostand  up  against  and  expo.ie  sin  in  high  places, 
may  be  the  secular  press  of  the  country  has 


J.  E 


We  wmil  less  of  creed.',  but  more  tru.nt ;  leas  of 
ceremony,  bat  more  of  work;  less  of  aoleainity, 
,  but  more  genial  honesty;  less  doctrine,  but  biorc 
of  love. 


.Tani-iarv   '^'^• 


TI-IE    riRETH:RE]Nr    A.T    "WORK. 


AMONG  THE  BRETHREN  IN 
IOWA. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  4th  inst.,  I  wru  de- 
lighlorl  in  ri'aching  the  house  of  our  dear 
brollier  nnd  sister  B.  F.  and  Kutie  Miller,  in 
Cedur  Co.  With  them  and  fnmily  mnny  plous- 
luit  hourd  wore  spent,  not  n  few  in  rending  the 
Scriptures  and  instuctiog  each  other  therein. 
Urother  John  Ziielt  nnd  fiiinily  live  in  the  same 
vicinity.  With  tliem  I  was  glnd  to  talk  of 
Uoil's  "greiit  things,"  nnd  cncournged  in  the 
.liviiic  lifi-. 

These  brethren  and  sisters  live  in  a  beimtiful 
and  prodnctive  country,  and  those  contemplat- 
ing a  change  of  location,  should  visit  or  address 
either  of  the  above  named  brethren,  at  Clarence, 
la.  I  say  this  much  because  I  think  the  breth- 
ren ought  to  possess  that  country.  God  bless 
the  dear  ones  that  live  there,  for  being  away 
Troui  the  main  body  of  the  church  they  strong- 
ly feel  the  need  of  brethren  nnd  sisters  moving 
in  their  midst.  1  did  no  gi'cat  things  while 
there,  save  tbatjl  tried  to  love  them,  and  I  got 
more  of  that  in  retuni  than  I  de-serveil. 

On  Monday  the  7th,  reached  Waterloo.  At> 
tendetl  meeting  in  the  South  Waterloo  church, 
four  miles  South  of  Waterloo  on  Ihe  evening 
of  the  Sth,  and  heard  brother  John  Forney  of 
Neb.,  preach  on  the  coming  of  the  Lord.  His 
cheering  words  on  the  Lord's  second  advent 
encouraged  tlio  redeemed  of  God  and  warned 
the  disobedient.  While  speaking  of  the  sin- 
ner's doom  and  punishment,  I  thought  that, 
truly  brother  Forney  was  eoilWht  to  v^inaiu  Oil 
the  Lonl's  side  of  this  question  whether  Beeeh- 
er,  Fnn-ar,  and  Swiug  were  or  not.  These 
have  recently  discovered,  in  their  imaginations, 
that  there  is  no  hell,  but  brother  F.,  goes  on 
sounding  the  old  Gospel  trumpet  which  declares 
there  is  a  hell.  That's  right.  Always  give  both 
sides,  and  then  if  people  will  dodge  nnd  doubt, 
you  arc  clear. 

3t>ent  the  night  ivith  brother  Davis  Youuce 
of  Ind.,  who  arrived  here  on  the  2Tth  of  De- 
cember nnd  commenced  a  series  of  meetinsis  in 
theStruyer  meeting-house  the  same  evening,  and 
'continued  until  the  night  of  Jiinuarv2ud.  Six 
precious  souls  made  I'le  gooil  confession  and 
were  admitted  into  fellowship.  On  the  3rd  he 
hegau  to  preach  the  Wonl  in  tlie  meeting-house 
four  miles  South  of  Waterloo.  Bro.  Younce 
being  .unwell  on  Wedilesday,  tJie  9th,  Bro. 
Bashor  addressed  the  congregation  from  John 
14:  9 — ,  nt  the  conclusion  of  which,  Bro. 
YouMce  made  a  few  farewell  remarks,  when  one 
Came  forwaiii  desiring  to  put  on  Christ.  Seeing 
the  joy  and  happiness  of  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, when  even  one  aiuner  turned  to  serve  the 
living  Qod,  I  was  romiuded  of  the  many  similar 
scenes  in  hundreds  of  phicea  in  this  broad  land, 
and  the  joy  in  hearen  over  the  ivanderer's  re- 
turn. 

One  very  commendal)le  thing  was  visible 
among  the  brethren  in  this  congregation,  and 
that  is,  they  act«d  as  if  they  loved  each  other 
and  those  out  of  Christ.  I  do  not  say  that  they 
have  no  advereities,  no  seasons  of  grief  and  sor- 
row, because  the  bitter  gets  into  their  cup  too, 
but  I  was  glad  to  see  the  evidences  of  brotherly 
love  and  kindness  there.  If  you  would  know 
whether  pure  and  uhdehled  religion  character- 
izes n  body  of  believers,  just  observe  how  they 
treat  each  other.  Their  treatment  of  a  broth- 
er who  visits  them,  is  not  ahvsys  a  sure  index 
of  a  loving  congregation. 

On  the  evening  of  the  itth  about  fifty  persons 
assembled  at  the  house  of  brother  J.  J.  Weller 
to  witness  the  marriage  of  brother  S.  H,  Bash- 
or and  Miss  Corda  S.  Weller.  Brother  DaVLs 
Yoimce  performed  the  nviptial  ceremony  in  a 
very  brief  and  neat  manner.  The  best  of  or- 
der prevailed  and  the  nrrangemenfa  were  simple 
and  plain.  The  guests  were  served  \vith  a 
plain,  substantial  supper  and  the  (|uietness  and 
simplicity  lu  and  about  the  house  reminded  one 
of  a  Brethren's  Love-'east.  Brother  and  sister 
Weller,  and  their  children,  three  of  whom  are 
also  members,  did  everything  they  could  to 
make  all  feel  happy,  and  in  the  language  of 
ftrother  John  Forney  we  "  never  were  at  a  wed- 
ding where  io  much  onler,  simplicity  and  kiud- 
nes-s  were  shown."  I  say  this  in  justice  to 
brother  Bashor,  and  companion  and  her  parents; 
for  no  doubt  they'll  not  get  too  many  roses 
on  their  pathway  through  life,  for  evil  distiosed 
persons  are  ever  ready  to  feast  on  the  fruit  of 
u  unruly  tongue.    God  bless  brother  B.  and 


ful  instruments  in  doing  good  to  all  around 
them. 

On  Thursdoy  morning  brother  Younce, 
brother  Uashor  and  wife,  luid  I  left  Waterloo: 
brother  Y.  to  go  and  meet  his  family  at  his 
home  in  Syracuse  Ind:  brother  B.  and  ivife 
to  visit  brethren  and  friends  in  Maryland  and 
Pensylvania,  and  I  to  join  the  loved  ones  at 
home, 

I  have  in  u  brief  way  tried  to  give  you  some- 
thing edifying  from  my  visitamong  the  brethren 
in  a  few  places  in  Iowa,  but  you  will  observe  that 
I  am  a  poor  baud  on  "  travels,"  this  being  my 
first,  I  couhbi't  make  my  pen  say  what  hour 
I  left  and  arrived  at  the  different  poinU,  the 
kind  of  victuals  I  ate,  the  color  of  quilts  under 
which  !  slept,  how  far  I  walked,   whose  wagon 

ode  in,  who  met  me  at  the  depot,  and  a  hun- 
dred other  'spread-eagle  I's.  Do  the  best  you 
can  with  it;  pick  out  the  kernels  aud  throw 
away  the  husks.  M.  u.  E, 


THE  GOSPEL  TRACT  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

1.  This  institution  shall  be  permanently  lo- 
cated in  Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  Ill,,  and  known  as 
the  *' Gosjjel  Tract  Associntion,"  having  for  its 
object  the  publishing  and  distribution  of  books, 
pamphlets,  and  tracts,  ably  defending  the  doc- 
trine and  practice  of  the  Brethren. 

2.  No  work,  in  the  form  of  a  book,  pam- 
phlet or  tract,  shall  be  published  by  this  Asso- 
ciation until  it  has  first  receiyed  the  approval 
of  the  Heading  CoQimittw. 

3.  The  tmsiness  of  the  As-sociation  shall  be 
superintended  by  J.  H.  Moobe,  J.  T.  Meyers, 
aud  M.  M.  Eshelman,  assisted  by  a  Board  of 
Managers  consisting  of  five  well-established 
brethren  residing  in  the  Northern  District  of 
Illinois.  Said  Board  to  be  chosen  by  a  vote  of 
the  donors,  and  shall  hold  office  for  a  perio<l  of 
five  years.  Immediately  after  the  election  of 
the  Boardiof  Managers,  they  shall  meet,  and  bj' 
casting  lots,  number  themselves  respectively  J, 
3,  3,  4  and  5.  No.  1.  shall  vacate  his  office  at 
the  expiration  of  the  firat  year;  No.  2,  at  the 
expiration  of  the  second  year,  et-c.,  so  that  an 
election  to  fill  the  vacancy  may  tflke  place  an- 
nually. All  vacancies  otherwise  occurring  shall 
be  filled  in  the  regular  order  by  the  vote  of  the 
donoW. 

4.  It  shall  be  tiiG  duty  of  tlip  Bmd  ui  Udk 
agei-s  to  appoint  a  Treasurer,  who  shdU  receivi 
and  care  for  all  money  belonging  to  the  Asso^ 
ciation,  and  apply  it  as  directed  by  the  Board  of 
Miuiagers;  to  fix  the  price  of  each  work  pul>- 
lished  by  the  Association;  to  determine  what 
compensation  shall  be  allowed  for  handling 
them;  to  choose,  for  a  period  of  fiveyears,  three 
well-iiiforined  and  reliable  brethren,  who  in  con- 
nection mth  the  Superintendents,  shall  consti- 
tute the  Reading  Committee.  They  shall  also 
cause  to  be  made  and  published  on  annual  re- 
port of  the  work  and  doings  of  the  institution. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to 
carefully  and  faithfully  examine  all  matter  in- 
tended for  publication  by  this  Association,  and 
approve  of  nothing  that  will  be  detrimental  to 
the  plain  teachings  of  the  Gospel  as  generally 
understood  by  the  Brethren, 

(J.  The  funds  of  this  Association  shall  be 
known  as  the  Printing  and  Distributing  Funds, 
and  shall  be  rsiised,  perpetuated  and  applied  in 
the  follo^ving  manner:  First.  All  donations  in 
sums  of  five  dollars  and  over,  shall  be  placed  in 
the  Printing  Fund,  aud  shall  he  used  in  publish- 
ing such  matter  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
Reading  Committee;  but  on  the  death  of  the 
donor  his  or  her  donations  shall  pass  into  the 
Distributint;  Fund.  Secotiil.  AH  sums  under 
five  dollars  shall  be  placed  in  the  Distributing 
Fund,  which  shall  be  judiciously  used  in  the 
tree  distriltntion  of  pampliletsand  tractsas  may 
be  directed  by  the  Board  of  Manogers. 

T.  Each  donor  shall  be  coiisidered  a  member 
of  this  Association  during  life,  and  may  exer- 
cise the  ]irivilege  of  voting  for  the  formation 
of  a  Boaiil  of  Managers,  luid  filling  all  vacan- 
cies occurring  in  that  body. 

tJ.  All  votes  shall  be  sent  by  mail  (or  other- 
wise if  convenient)  to  the  Superintendents, 
and  the  ones  receiving  tlie  largest  numlier  of 
votes  shall  be  declared  chosen. 

!).     Should  the  Superin tendency   of  this  As- 
sociation become  vacant,  either  from   death 
otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 


Communications  and  all  business  matter  pcr- 
ining  to  this  Association,  as  well  as  contribu- 
tions, should  l>e  addressed  to 

Moore  &  Eshei.man. 
Lanark,  111. 


GLEA-NIlSraS. 


Managers  and    Reading   Committee  to  fill  said 
ompauion,  and  make  them   useful  aud  power-  I  vacancy  by  appointment. 


Froji  Aabos  Swikakt. — It  has  ouly  been  a 
few  years,  since  this  church  was  organized.  — 
Four  years  ago  there  were  aljout  forty  members, 
now  there  are  about  seventy.  We  now  have 
applicant  for  baptism,  and  thus  you  see  the 
good  work  of  the  Lord  is  moving  on. —  Wahiiit 
Creek  Church,  Ind. 

Errata. — Dear  Brethren,  in  my  article  in 
your  issne  of  Jan,  3,  present  volume,  eighth 
line  from  top  of  page,  I  unintentionally  invite 
the  reader  to  "  look  into  the  perfect  law  of  our- 
selves," This  would  be  strange  pertection!  I 
meant  we  should  look  into  the  perfect  law  for 
ourselves.  In  33rd  full  line  from  top  of  same 
page,  instead  of  "  His  "  read  "  this." 

E.  Umhaugh. 
PiiOM  H.  G.  BiiGESK. — Brethren  Dierdortf  and 
Zollai-s  are  with  us  now.  They  came  the  24th 
of  December,  and  have  had  bnt  few  meetings 
yet,  owing  to  the  bad  state  of  the  weather  and 
roads.  They  will  remain  over  Sabbath.  There 
seems  to  be  quite  an  interest  taken  in  the 
meeting,  and  there  would  be  a  good  attendance, 
if  tlie  roads  were  not  so  bad.  May  the  Lord 
bless  their  labors.  I  wish  you  good  success 
with  your  paper.— //'niry,  Mnrahall  Co.,  III., 
Dec.  27, 1677. 

FnOM  Eld.  Jacoii  P.  MoouaW. — I  would  give 
what  the  Brethren  at  Wobk  costs,  to  see  the 
report  of  the  Brethren's  success  in  Dennnu'k. 
I  expected  to  have  traveled  some  this  Winter. 
but  owing  to  the  ill  health  of  my  wife,  could  not 
leave  home  at  nil.  It  has  been  raining  nearly 
every  day  for  three  weeks,  and  consequently  the 
roads  are  almost  impassable.  Bnt  little  is  being 
done  as  to  meetings,  yet  there  are  many  calls 
and  some  precious  souls  still  coming  out  on  the 
Lord's  side.  We  received  three  this  Fall  by 
baptism.— Pio-jj/c  Ctnic,  Nek,  Dec,  2i,  mi: 

Fbom  S.  Y.  Soi'DER. —  There  are  some  poor 
brethren  here,  who  are  not  able  to  pay  for  the 
paper,  so  I  shall  give  my  extra  copies  (one  for 
each  ten  names)  to  them.  Wishing  you  the 
blessing  of  God,  and  prosperity,  both  spiritual 
ly  and  temporally,  I  remain  your  brother  ir 
Christ. 

Frou  W.  PETEnsoN.— The  Lord  has  blessed 
His  cause  here.  The  prospect  looks  bright  for 
those  who  love  Him  and  keep  His  command- 
ments. Some  thirty  have  obeyed  Matt.  28: 19, 
and  are  willing  to  follow  Him  as  their  pattern. 
May  the  Lord  help  us  to  be  faithful  a  little 
longer  and  we  shall  reap,  if  we  faint  not. 
Jacksonville,  Fta.,  Dec.  24, 1877. 

From  L.  SuTpniN.  — I  have  been  receiving 
two  copies  of  the  Brethrek  at  Work,  and 
have  Ijeen  making  good  use  of  the  extra  one. 
by  giving  it  to  a  friend  who  says  it  is  the  best 
religious  paper  lie  ever  saw,  and  is  so  well  ph 
ed,  that  he  will  subscribe  for  it  now.  My  wife 
and  I  ai-e  the  only  members  in  this  part  of  the 
country.  I  am  doing  what  I  can  to  help  build 
up  the  cause  here,  by  way  of  distributing  our 
paper,  and  all  to  whom  I  have  given  it,  read  it 
and  speak  well  of  it.  If  there  are  auy  Breth- 
ren traveling  in  this  jiart  of  the  West,  wo  will 
be  pleased  to  have  them  stop  and  see  us.  We 
have  a  beautiful  country.— Cre^B,  Saline,  Co., 
Keb.,Dec.,2i.lH77. 

From  Elder  S.  Murray.— This  day  closes 
another  year  of  our  mortal  life,  1  have  it  to 
say,  mine  has  been  a  very  checkered  one.  So 
far  have  met  with  many  troubles  and  trials  and 
disappointraenta.  Notwithstanding  all  this  1 
must  say,  that  the  Lord  has  been  very  good  to 
me.  He  has  never  forsaken  me  in  all  my  sorrows 
juid  troubles,  but  has  always  provided  a  way  for 
me.  He  has  brought  my  yeara  to  the  number 
of  71,  the  firat  day  of  last  April;  aud  was  es- 
pecially good  to  me  during  this  closuig  year.  — 
He  surely  was  with  nie  in  all  my  travels 
through  the  year,  and  protected  me  from  dan- 
gers seen  and  unseen.  Dist«nce  traveled  in  the 
year  1877,  was  3735  miles-  and  in  my  great 
Weakness  preached  14(5  discourses.  -  0  may  God 
help  us  to  commence  the  New  Year  by  living 
closer  to  our  God  and  our  Christian  duty  is  ray 
prayer.  I  ask  an  interest  in  the  prayers  of  all 
my  brethren  aud  sisters  in  Christ.  —  Biintelts- 
villi;  Imi,  Dec.  31,  mi. 


From  E.  R.  Stipl'Er.  —  I  have  received  the 
first  number  of  your  paper  for  IS7S.  and  am 
much  pleased  with  it.  We  are  glad  that  the 
children  are  willing  to  assist  in  it,  God  loves 
the  children,  so  must  parents  love  aud  encour- 
age the  little  ones  by  i)lacing  within  their  reach 
such  good  and  wholesome  reading  matter  that 
Ihe  soul  n-ill  not  starve.  So  parents  makeyoar 
children  a  nice  New  Year's  present  of  the 
Breteiren  at  Work  for  this  whole  year.  Place 
above  all  the  Bible,  the  Book  of  all  books  ia 
their  hands,  and  teach  them  how  to  studj-  it.  — 
They  will  bless  you  for  it  in  after-life. 

FroU  N.  BERKGVitiLE,  —  According  to  pre- 
vious announcement  brother  John  Nicholsoa 
of  Enox  Co.,  Ohio  came  to  ns  on  Friday  even- 
ing, Dec.  21st,  and  began  a  series  of  meetings. 
Glad  to  say  that  sinnera  were  mndo  to  weep  and, 
saints  rejoice.  Eleven  precious  souls  came  out 
on  the  LonVs  side,  and  were  made  willing  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  Would  say,  ns  many 
of  our  Northern  Ohio  Brethren  are  acquainted 
ivith  Joseph  Short,  nnd  have  offered  up  many 
prayei-3  for  him,  they  can  now  rejoice  ivith  us^ 
that  ho  is  a  brother  and  the  prayci's  ofhia 
brethren  and  sisters,  and  his  dear  companion, 
(a  sister  worthy  of  imitation)  have  at  last 
been  answered.  May  God  sustain  him  to  hold- 
out faithful,  ns  well  as  aU  the  dear  ones  who 
have  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  May  the 
Lord  continue  His  work.  Bro.  John  will  leav& 
to-morrow,  Jan.  5,  for  another  field  of  labor,  — 
May  the  Lord  bless  his  labors  is  our  prayer,  — 
Yours  in  Gospel  love  and  affection. — Delta,  0,, 
.Ian.  1,  l^S. 

Faux  P,  R,  Wert/..  —  As  letters  have  beett 
addressed  to  me  at  Pilot  Point,  some  think  that 
I  am  still  living  there,  but  I  am  not.  My  ad- 
dress is  changed  to  Martin's  Springs,  Grayson 
Co.,  Texas.  I  live  nine  miles  west  of  Denison, 
and  one  one  half  mile  South  of  Nine  Mile  Post 
on  the  new  road  running  to  Gansville. 

From  Wii.  D.  Tyson.— I  like  the  Brbtdren 
AT  Work  so  well  that  I  can  hardly  do  withonb 
it,  and  can  hardly  wait  till  it  makes  its  weekly 
visits.  Wc  are  about  forty-five  miles  off  from 
the  nearest  church  of  the  Brethren.  I  often 
think  if  some  of  the  ministering  bi-ethreu  could 
come  and  preach  for  ns,  how  well  we  would  feel. 
Brother  Eshclman;  the  pamphlets,  tracts  and* 
papers  you  sent  me  are  going  from  place  to  place, 
and  I  have  heard  of  a  man  who  says  that  he  has 
been  convinced  by  reading  the  Per/crl  Plan  of 
Salmtiou  that  the  three-fold  immersion  was  the 
only  mode  of  Baptism.  I  like  the  Bhetiuies 
AT  Work,  on  account  that  you  do  not  publish 
controversies  initscolumns.  Stick  to  your  post 
and  the  Lonl  will  bless  you  all.  St.  Paid,  Car~ 
roll  Co.  Va.  Dec.  23 1S77. 

The  world  never  keeps  faith  with  the  heart  thot 
trusts  it.  Its  proniiaes  of  happiness  are  perpetually 
broken.  Take  it  for  what  it  is  worth  and  set  your 
aflectious  on  what  is  worth  more. 

Hopes,  after  they  have  ceaaed  lo  contain  possi- 
bilities, arc  as  the  pagea  of  some  book,  which  may 
have  had  an  unaccountable  fa^ciuatiou  for  us  in 
earlier  years. 

No  statue  that  the  rich  man  places  ostentatiously 
in  liis  windows  is  to  be- compared  to  the  little  ex- 
peclant  lace  pressing  against  the  window  pane 
watching  for  his  father,  when  bis  day's  labor  is 
done. 

.rrrLE  misery  sweetens  life.  It  is  the  salt 
that  makes  it  palatable  and  wholesome;  thK  shade 
thot  relieves,  aud  sets  off  the  mouotouy  aud  brill- 
iancy of  sunshine. 

Cheerfulness.— Try  fora  singleday,  I  beseech 
you,  to  preserve  yourself  in  an  eo-ny  aud  cheerful 
frorae  of  miud.  Be  for  one  day  instead  ofa  fire- 
worshipper  of  passion  and  hell,  ihesuD-worabipper 
of  clear  self-posscssiou;  and  coiupare  the  day  in 
which  you  have  rooted  out  the  wce<i  of  dissatisfaction 
with  that  on  which  you  have  allowed  it  togrow  up 
— and  yiiu  will  find  your  licnrt  open  to  every  good 
motive,  your  life  strengilieiied.  and  your  breast 
armed  with  a  panoply  against  every  trick  of  fate; 
truly  you  will  wonder  at  your  uwn  improvement. 
—RielUer 

"  I  SEVER  complained  of  my  condition  but  once" 
said  an  old  man,  "  when  my  feet  were  bare,  and  I 
had  no  money  to  buy  fihoes;  Imt  I  met  a  man  with- 
out feet,  aud  I  became  contented." 

I  KNOW  not  why  weshould  delay  our  lokensof 
respect  to  those  who  deserve  them,  until  the  heart 
that  ouraympathy  could  have  gluddeoed,  baa  ceased 
to  heat.  As  men  cannot  read  the  epitaphs  iascribed 
upon  the  marble  that  covers  tliem,  so  the  tombs  that 
thtttweerect  to  virtue  oHen  prove  only  our  repent- 
ance that  we  neglected  when  with  us. 

An  attempt  i^  being  made  lo  nrgnnize  a  colony  of 
one  thousoud  colored  people  in  Liberty  county, 
Ga.,  for  sclttcmenl  iu  Liberia. 

It  is  a  glorious  occupation,  vivifying  nnd  self- 
sustainirifr  in  its  nature,  to  struggle  with  ignorance 
and  discover  to  the  inquiring  minds  of  the  masses 
the  clear,    cerulean  blue  of  heavenly  truth. 


TI-IE    T?rJETI-I"RE?C    ^VX    A\''OKI<:. 


Janiiary    11 


'he  ^omti  §irch. 


READ  AHD  OBEY. 

"  IIuBbiiiitIa,  loini  yniti  witm," 

"  WiYca,    oboj    jour   huabnnJB." 

"  Falbcrs,  proinko  uol  jour  chilrlrcn  Id  vrralh." 

"  Chililren,    obey   your    parents    in    nW    thiaga. 


Edited  ■  hy  M.  M.  Eshelman. 


"  Tho  L'nd  of  the  coiiiintaidment  is  charity 
out  iif  a  pure  heart  and  of  a  good  conscieuce, 
anil  of  fiiith  unfeigned." 


WitY  should  the  spirit  of  anj'  jirofes- 
sor  of  tlie  meek  nud  lowly  religion  of  Christ 
ho  rude  and  ovor-beariiig  ?  God  never  so  i\'illed 
it. 


What  carps  and  luixietics  mothers  do  have! 
Frbni  morning  till  night  they  toil  and  think  for 
their  loving  eliiidreu.  Then  he  kind  to  your 
mother.     Obey  her,  love  her,  respect  her. 


CniLDUEX  learn  to  bear  all  things.  Though 
others  may  seek  to  destroy  you — may  go  from 
house  to  honse  and  speak  evil  of  you,  find  fault 
ivitli  voii,  and  hold  up  your  weakness,  learn  to 
endure  it.  Our  Father  has  put  peace  iu  such 
endurance,  and,  0,  the  briglit  crown  that  He 
will  give  3'OH  if  you  endure  and  overcome! 


De.ui  parents,  you  who  toil  and  sulfer  that 
your  children  may  bo  happy  and  comfortable, 
you  need  encouragement  too.  Though  your 
mind  may  ))e  stronger  than  that  of  your  dear 
offspring,  yet  you  often  grow  weary,  and  feel 
the  bunlens  of  life.  Look  to  Jesus,  your  dear 
Miister  who  is  full  of  love  imd  sympathy  for 
you.  Rest  in  Hiui.  liuild  on  Him.  Put  Him 
on,  for  He  will  never  wear  out. 


Do  not  keep  the  children  from  meeting.  The 
moment  they  are  able  to  read  and  understand, 
they  are  able  to  drink  from  the  well  of  life.  — 
Let  them  drink  of  that  water,  eat  of  that  bread, 
and  lie  clothed  with  that  garment — all  of  which 
came  froTu  our  Savior.  In  sowing  in  their 
hearts,  always  sow  good  seed,  and  never  try  to 
force  iu  the  chaff  too.  The  wind  knows  how- 
to  dispose  of  that. 


I  TiiixK  a  good  way  to  get  cliildren  or  older 
ones  acquainted  with  the  Scriptures,  would  be 
for  some  brother  or  sister  to  write  questions 
from  the  Old  and  New  Testament  for  tiieni  to 
fiud  mid  answer  through  the  Home  Circle. 

C.  A.  Moore. 

AVe  accept  the  suggestion,  and  hope  the 
brethren  and  sisters  will  give  tho  matter  due 
attention. 

OsE  who  had  the  mind  of  God — one  who  nt- 
t«red  as  the  Spirit  dictated,  said:  "Let  all 
your  things  he  done  with  charity."  Your  things ! 
There  is  sunshine  in  that,  for  charity  always 
lets  it  out.  llememher  it  does  not  read,  "  Let 
some  of  your  things  be  done  with  charity,  but 
''fill  your  tilings."  Nor  should  we  mistake  and 
get  on  the  other  side  of  the  fence  where  it 
reads:  "  Let  a,  few  things  be  done  with  charity, 
and  the  rest  with  euvy."  That  is  a  bad  side  to 
he  on;  those  who  get  over  there,  genernlly  use 
pitch  forlis,  hut  never  rakes.  They  pilch  every- 
thing to  others,  but  never  rake,  in  anything  for 
themselves.  The  last  state  of  that  soul  is  worse 
than  the  first,  . 


CHILDREN    COMING  TO  JESUS. 

IT  seems  good  and  expeilient  to  treat  this  sub- 
ject briefly.  At  what  nyp  children  should 
be  received  into  fellowship,  is  not  a  Bible  ques- 
tion. The  Bible  is  as  silent  as  the  grave  as  to 
thiit.  Jesus  who  knew  His  mission  well,  said: 
"  Suffer  Httle  children  to  como  unto  me  and 
forbid  them  not."  Now,  if  He  our  Lord  and 
Master  commands  us  to  suffer  them  to  come, 
why  say  to  any  of  them,  they  are  too  young? 
Why  urge  the  plea  that  they  may  not  hold  out 
ffiithful?  Why  judge  or  set  at  naught  what 
God  has  not  set  at  naught?  Does  it  not  savor 
of  faithlessness  to  doubt  the  fidelity  of  the 
child  before  it  has  been  tried?  Who  has  set  us 
to  be  judges  over  God's  children?  And  does  it 
not  appear  as  if  we  had  doubts  of  God's  grace 
to  sustain  the  child?  0  let  us  never  prevent 
anyone  who  can  know  God's  will,  from  doing  it! 
A  child  is  old  enough  to  obey  God,  when  it 
knows  that  it  is  a  sinner.  The  moment  that 
conriclion  pierces  the  heart,  just  that  soon  is 
that  person  ready  to  turn  unto  the  Lonl. 

We  mv  not  maiutaiuing  the  baby  doctrine,  /. 
('.,  that  babies  must  be  mitde  members  of  the 
household  of  faith,  for  a  greater  One  than  man, 


ha,s  already  nuidc  them  His.  But  we  are  plead- 
ing for  those  wlio  know  that  they  are  sinners — 
know  that  they  need  a  Savior  to  lead  them 
through  this  world  of  sin,  to  keep  them  from 
personal  faulfjs  and  digressions.  Such  are  old 
enough  to  do  right,  and  no  one  should  hinder 
them. 

Often  we  get  very  peculiar  notions  of  things. 
We  often  look  at  things  from  our  own  standpoint, 
and  not  from  God's.  We  turn  up  the  human 
side,  and  with  it  eolipse  God's,  and  then  try  to 
ho  wise;  but  0  how  often  we  fail!  Then  let 
tho  children  conie  to  Jesus.  Forbid  them  not. 
WTint  Jesus  has  called,  let  no  man  overthrow. 
Get  your  children  together,  prny  \vith  them, 
sing  ivith  them.  Point  them  to  the  Lamb  of 
God,  and  when  they  call  on  j'ou  to  help  them 
to  get  into  fellowship  with  tlm  saints,  forbid 
them  not.  God  has  much  grace;  and  He  will 
help  the  child  just  as  well  as  you.  Do  not  put 
it  off  with  the  plea  that  it  is  too  young.  If 
your  child  knows  that  it  is  a  sinner,  by  its  own 
actions,  it  knows  enough  to  follow  Jesus  in 
obedience.  God  bless  the  dear  ones  and  help 
them  to  live  under  his  government. 


JESUS*       NAME. 

A  LITTLE  giri  with  golden  head, 
Asked  me  to  read  a  minute, 
A  pretty  story,  as  she  said, 
For  Jesus'   imme  was  in  it. 

The  pleasant  tiisk  was  soon  complete, 
And  long  I   pondered  o'er  it. 

That  Jesus  name  should  he  so  sweet, 
That  even  n  child  should  love  it. 

Oh,  sweetest  story  ever  told. 
What  tongue  would   dare    begin  it, 

If  it  were  riveu  of  its  gold, 
And  Jesus'   name  name  not  in  it? 


CHRISTIAN     CONSISTENCY. 

TO  hold  high  principles,  and  live  on  low  one 
is  Christian  inconsistency.  We  are  all 
more  or  less  inconsistent.  There  is  no  man 
whose  practice  is  not  worse  than  his  profession 
no  oue  who  does  not  live  below  his  owa  stand' 
avd.  But  absolute  inconsistency  Ls  when  a  man'i 
life,  taken  as  a  whole,  is  opposition  to  his  ac- 
knowledged riews  luid  principles,  if  a  man 
says  that  it  is  more  blessed  to  give,  thau  receive, 
and  is  forever  receiving,  scaicely  ever  giving,  he 
is  inconsistent.  If  he  professes  that  to  please 
God  is  the  only  thing  worth  living  for,  iuid  his 
plans  and  aims  and  contrivaucea  are  most  to 
please  men,  he  is  inconsistent. — The  Guide. 

NO       HOME! 

IN  looking  over,  and  [lerusing  the  many  good 
articles  on  the  page  devoted  to  the  Home 
Circle,,  wc  were  made  to  sorrow  to  think  of 
the  many  dear  little  children  and  bigger  ones 
too,  tlnit  have  no  home;  uo  father  to  protect 
and  support  them;  no  mother  to  love,  comfort, 
care  and  provide  for  them;  no  brethren  and  sis- 
ters to  assockte  with.  Oh!  the  dreadful  thought, 
no  home. 

You,  dear  children,  who  have  all  the  com- 
forts of  a  good  home,  who  have  fathers  and 
mothers,  brothers  and  sisters  to  love  and  cave 
for  you,  do  not,  by  any  means  forget  those  who 
have  no  home. 

And  you,  dear  children,  who  have  no  home 
on  earth,  no  one  to  love  and  caro  for  you,  re- 
member you  can  have  a  "  Home  in  Heaven."  — - 
We  find  it  written  in  God's  Word,  "Though 
your  father  and  mother  foraake  you,  the  Lord 
will  take  you  up."  Therefore  when  you  are 
compelled  to  wander  in  this  unfriendly  world 
without  an  earthly  home,  remember  that  you 
have  II  kind  Father  in  Heaven,  one  who 
cares  for  you,  and  who  will  never  suffer  you  to 
come  to  want,  if  you  will  put  your  trust  in 
Him.  Hence  be  good  children  wherever  your 
lot  may  be  east,  and  if  deprived  of  the  blessings 
and  comforts  of  an  earthly  home,  may  you 
secure  that  heavenly  home,  where  there  is  full- 
ness of  joy,  and  pleasures  for  evermore  at  God's 
right  hand. 

Untlk  Davir 

Mf.  Morris.  111. 


1    WILL  DO    WHAT   I   CAN. 

HOW  much  might  be  accompli.shed,  that  is 
left  undone,  if  all  would  do  what  they 
could.  Though  it  be  ever  so  small  a  matter. 
yet  by  continually  adding  little  by  little  to  the 
first  attempt,  in  a  short  time  we  will  lie  surpris- 
ed to  see  the  advancement  that  wo  have  made. 
All  of  our  great  writers  at  one  time  were  be- 
giuuers,  and  their  first  efforts  may  indeed  have 


been  small,   hut  they  pci-severed,  and   we  can 
now  see  the  result. 

Our  greatest  and  most  influential  ministers 
were  once  beginners.  Though  they  can  now  get 
up  before  a  large  audience  and  speak  with  ease, 
many  of  them,  when  rising  for  the  first  time, 
were  almost  speechless;  hut  they  went  on,  they 
did  what  they  could  and  great  has  been  the 
result. 

Then,  if  such  has  been  the  case  in  the  past, 
it  still  remains  so  in  the  future.  If  we  wish  to 
improve  oui-selves,  we  must  work  and  continue 
working,  though  we  see  nothing  before  us  that 
is  encouraging.  All  may  look  dark  in  tho  fut- 
ure; great  clouds  may  roll  up  before  us  and  we 
may  feel  almost  forsaken,  hut  dou't  give  up.  — 
Remember,  that  what  man  has  done,  can  be 
done  again.  Look  up  to  King  Emmanuel  and 
ask  for  strength  to  overcome  our  trials.  Cast 
your  all  on  Him  aud  He  will  give  you  the  de- 
sired help. 

Let  us  all  resolve  that  with  this  new  year  wo 
will  begin  anew  to  work  for  Jesus.  Although 
we  cannot  cross  the  ocean  or  preach  like  Paul, 
there  is  plenty  of  work  at  home  for  all  of  us 
that  we  can  do,  if  we  will  but  take  hold  of  that 
which  presents  itself  to  us.  When  once  we 
have  made  a  beginning,  the  hm'dest  jiart  has 
been  accomplished  and  an  opening  is  made  for 
us.  Though  it  may  be  small,  it  is  an  opening, 
and  like  the  little  hole  in  the  great  dykes  of 
Holland  that  a  little  boy  could  cover  with  his 
finger,  so  wifh  us.  The  opening  is  small  and 
our  work  is  like  the  little  stream  of  water:  if 
we  continue  to  _force  it  through  the  opening,  it 
will  gradiially  become  larger  and  larger,  until 
we  can  defy  all  the  powers  of  Satan.  But  if  we 
allow  him  to  make  an  opening  into  our  ranks, 
then  destruction  is  near,  and  sad  will  be  the  re- 
sult. We  can  all  do  something,  and  though  it 
be  ever  so  small,  we  should  begin  at  once,  and 
look  to  God  for  strength,  so  that,  when  our 
time  is  ended,  we  may  know  that  we  have  done 
what  we  could. 

J.  H.  Ei.ijs. 

Upper  Dublin,  Pn. 


UNCLE  THOMAS  AGAIN. 

Dear  Cliildren:— 

I  PROMISED  to  tell  you  something  about  the 
little  folk  about  Hudson.  Firet,  I  mil  loll 
you  the  names  of  some  of  them.  I  do  not  think 
I  can  remember  all  the  mimes.  There  is  Ida,  a 
bright  eyed  little  girl  that  Juis  three  little  hrotli- 
oi-s,  Otis,  Edgar  and  Ira.  And  there  are  Lydia 
and  Emma  two  sistei-s  who  Inive  no  little  broth- 
ers; and  there  is  Rebecca,  who  has  no  mother; 
Don't  you  pity  her?  And  there  are  Huttie  and 
Adaliue  with  their  little  brother  Arthur,  win 
have  sucli  a  good  father  and  mother  that  brings 
them  to  meeting  whether  it  rains  or  shines. 
And  Delia,  she  was  left  an  orphan,  hut  she  has 
been  adopteil  into  a  family,  who  takes  her  t 
meeting  and  Sabbath-school ;  everybody  love 
Delia;  there  is  another  Ida  that  has  little  broth 
ers  and  cousins,  Maud  and  Lottie;  and  yet  titer 
is  another  little  girl  we  call  Sadie;  she  has  two 
brothers  Abbie  and  Eddie. 

Did  you  ever  hoar  of  so  many  names,  and  all 
good  children?  How  did  they  all  happen  to  be 
good  children?  Why  God  nuidc  them  ho,  and 
they  will  he  good  till  they  loam  to  be  naughty 
but  I  do  not  think  they  will  learn  to  be  naiighty 
children,  they,  liave  such  good  mothers,  and 
some  of  them  have  older  sisters  that  me  orna- 
meilts  in  the  church,  who  will  keep  those  little 
jewels  from  becoming  proud  and  naughty;  little 
children  would  never  be  proud  or  naughty  if 
older  ones  were  more  exemplary. 

Now  I  think  there  is  quite  a  number  of  the 
little  folk  who  write  for  the  paper  that  would 
like  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  our  little  Hud- 
son folk.  Well  if  ever  you  do,  you  will  find 
them  sociable  and  kind,  and  if  you  should  go 
with  them  to  meeting,  you  will  see  how  still 
they  sit.  I  hope  you  will  see  letters  from  them 
all  and  then  you  will  see  their  other'  names 
which  I  have  omitted  to  give.  Now  if  grandpa 
ilotvn  at  Girard  can  name  more  good  little  chil- 
dren than  I  have,  he  must  be  a  happ3-  gnuidpa, 
with  such  a  host  of  little  folks  around  him;  well 
if  he  is  happy  \vith  his  surroundings  I  will  not 
envy  him,  for  I  think  all  grandpas  ought  to  be 
happy.  Well  now  our  letter  is  about  long 
enough.    Good  bye  to  all. 

Hudson,  III.    Dec.  mil,  1877 

NOT    A    PRODIGAL. 

I  AM  not  tlie  prodigal  sun  that  we  read  of. 
I  am  not  a  lost  boy,  but  an  orphan.  My 
father  died  when  I  was  quite  small.  I  have  a 
good  place  to  stay,  and  am  going  to  school  to 
read  and  write,  and  I  thought  it  good  to  write  a 
few  lines  for  the  "  Home  Circle."  I  read  the 
paper  with  gladness,  and  hope  when  I  am  be- 


come a  man  I  may  be  a  brother  Iti  the  cliurch, 
and  a  Bubscriljor  for  the  BRGTmtEK  at  Work. 
I  want  to  he  n  nseful  man  and  a  child  of  Jesus. 
I  don't  want  to  be  like  the  foolish  virgins. 
When  they  started  to  meet  the  bridegroom  they 
tried  to  borrow  oil.  It  is  best  for  each  one  to 
have  their  omi  oil,  and  then  there  will  be  uo 
need  of  borrowing.  It  should  be  bought  in  good 
time,  so  that  when  tho  time  comes  for  using  it, 
we  can  ui)  and  go. 
"There  were  ninety  and  nine  that  safely  lay. 

In  the  shelter  of  tho  fold, 
But  one  was  out  on  the  hills  away 

Far  oft"  from  the  gates  of  gold, 
Away  on  the  mountain  mid  and  bare, 
Away  from  the  tender  Sheplierd's  care." 
TiieoHoue  Haukax. 


SPARE    MOMENTS. 

IT  is  astonishing  how  little  some  pco|)le  value 
spare  moments;  and  yet  they  are  the  "gold 
dust  of  time."  If  we  take  care  of  the  moments, 
the  hours  will  take  care  of  themselves.  Very 
often  there  are  a  few  spare  moments  in  which 
we  could  read  a  chapter  in  the  Bible,  or  one  or 
two  instructive  pieces  in  somegnnd  iiaper.  But 
instead  of  doing  this,  the  spare  moments  iii-e 
wasted.  If  we  spend  the  spare  moiuiTit.s  in  thLs 
way,  we  will  not  bo  likely  to  improve  the  hours 
much  better.  But  we  find  by  reading  the 
Bdktiiukn  at  Wokk  that  there  are  many  young 
folk  nudiing  good  use  of  the  spare  momenta  by 
reading  the  paper,  and  writing  for  it. 

We  also  fiud  that  there  ai'e  some  young  folk 
that  do  not  have  the  privilege  of  going  to  church 
very  often.  Some  people  would  suppose  from 
this,  that  they  would  have  nothing  to  do  on 
Sabbaths.  But  they  can  read  good  books  and 
papera,  by  which  they  can  learn  a  great  deal. 

It  is  true,  momenta  are  very  small,  but  if  we 
improve  them  well  ive  may  obtain  much  knowl- 
eilgc  which  wo  would  not  obtain  if  they  were 
wasted.  It  is  our  duty  to  improve  them  to  the 
best  of  our  ability.  Therefore,  improve  tho 
Sparc  moments  and  you  will  uot  regret  it. 

J.  H.  Nkkp. 


CORRESFONDENCE. 


FROM    KANSAS. 

Dnii-  Ihrllu-in:— 

PERMIT  me,  through  your  ivoi-thy  columns. 
to  infonn  the  church  generally,  that 
there  is  a  little  band  of  brethren  living  four 
miles  North-west  of  Peabody,  ]^[arion  County, 
Kan.,  and  though  small  in  numbers,  zeal  for 
the  Master's  cause  abounds  in  every  heart, 
there  are  no  sleepy  members  here.  Having  but 
one  speaker,  and  one  deacon,  the  calls  for 
preaching  are  more  than  we  can  possiblj'  fill,  we 
can  hut  repeat  the  same  old  call  that  you  have 
heard  from  Kansas  so  often,  during  the  past 
year, "  Come  over  and  help  us."  Brethren,  when 
you  meet  to  worship,  with  four  to  seven  min- 
isters behind  the  table,  take  one  serious  thought 
of  Kansas,  and  her  call.  You  have  at  lesist  one 
talent,  and  no  doubt  inore,  shall  they  be  buried, 
or  put  to  the  exchange? 

I  was  surprised,  and  glad  to  meet  Eld.  Daniel 
Keller,  of  Cumberland  Co.  Pa.,  in  our  town, 
(Peabody)  pro.^pecting  along  our  line  of  Rail- 
road lor  lands  on  which  to  locate  a  colony. 
That  is  a  move  in  the  right  direction  ;  let  many 
more  come. 

We  have  a  beautiful  country,  mild  climate, 
good  water  generallj',  societj*  kind,  obliging,  and 
moral.  The  country  is  healthy,  etc.  Remem- 
ber we  are  located  on  the  main  line,  of  the 
Atchison,  Topefcn,  &  Santa  Fe  R.  B,,  which  is 
running  excursion  trains  monthly,  and  almost 
weekly,  during  the  traveling  season,  and  selling 
round  trip  ticketsfrom  the  East,  at  extremely 
low  rates.  BretJiren  if  you  come  or  pass  along 
this  line,  atop  off  at  Peabody  without  fail,  and  see 

Yours  in  the  one  faith, 

Geo.  W.  Thomas. 


FROM  GRUNDY  CENTER,  IOWA. 

neiirBrethrin:— 

THROUGH  the  mercies  of  a  kiud  and  Heaven- 
ly father,  I  was  permitted  to  spend  several 
days  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  where  we  lived  some 
over  a  year;  from  there  we  moved  to  this  place. 

In  June  last,  I  had  the  privilege  of  meeting 
with  the  brethren  and  sisters  at  several  meet- 
ings, where  I  enjoyed  myself    verj'  much,  and 

company  with  those  whom  I  used  to  mingle 
my  voice  wth  so  often,  I  had  to  think  of  the  time 
when  Christ  shall  call  all  of  his  children  to^ 
gether,  nevermore  to  part.  We  enjoy  ourselves 
well  with  our  brethren  and  sisters,  while  in  this 
world,  and  while  so  doing,  we  remember  the 


January   IT. 


TI-IE    TSl^lilTI-IRET^r    ^VT    -W^OKK. 


Sf  rent  nnJ  precious  promises,  which  God  has  left 
Tor  tho^e  thnt  live  fnithful  until  dcnUi,  mid  as 
we  rejoice  when  we  meet  to  worship  here  in  the 
siiiictiiiiry  of"  God,  how  much  more  will  we  re- 
joiL-e  when  we  nre  nil  gntherod  home  into  thnt 
liousi;  which  is  not  made  with  hands,  ctcr- 
niil  in  the  Hcnveua,  whose  mnkcr  and  builder  is 
God?  We  know  that  the  meeting  nntl  rejoicing 
there,  will  be  a  glorious  one ;  and  now  dear 
brethren  and  sisters,  in  order  that  we  may  reach 
that  final  resting  place,  we  have  a  great  work 
hiilbre  us,  one  tliat  should  make  us  daily  feel  the 
groat  responsibilities  and  the  necessity  of  fear- 
ing God,  and  keeping  his  commandments.  In 
order  that  we  may  finally  have  a  right  to  the 
"Tree  of  Life,"  and  enter  in  through  the  gates 
into  the  city,  we  must  not  forget  the  one  thing 
needful.  Sometimes  it  seems  to  me  that  we  are 
t«o  much  inclined  after  the  i>crishable  things  of 
this  life.  Many  of  us  arc  financially  embarras- 
sed, and  are  striving  hard  to  pay  off  these  em- 
barrassments, which  of  course  is  right,  but  \vc 
must  remember  that  right  here  is  great  danger. 
While  striving  so  much  to  pay  off  these  worldly 
debts,  and  laying  up  treasurei's  that  arc  liable  to 
corrupt,  we  become  more  or  less  careless  about 
our  souls  salvation,  and  our  clianeo  if  not  close- 
ly watched,  will  be  slim.  "Ifthe  righteous  will 
sciircol]'  he  saved,  where  shall  the  sinner,  and 
the  ungodly  appear"  ( 1  Pet.  i:  18).  Our  desire 
is  to  reach  that  place,  where  the  streets  are  paved 
with  gold,  where  the  lightofthe  sun  is  not  need- 
ed, but  the  Lord  God  shall  be  the  light  thereof. 
Now  brethren  and  sisters,  this  thought  pre- 
sents itself,  this  being  the  last  daj'  in  the  yeiu' 
18T7,  we  feel  that  we  should  praise  God  thut  he 
has  preserved  our  lives  until  now,  while,  during 
the  jJiist  year,  some  have  been  called  awiiy  whose 
lo.ss  we  deeply  feci,  and  the  Lord  only  knows, 
how  soon  \vc  will  have  to  follow. 

This  morning  I  read  a  letter  from  our  dear 
brother,  Enoch  Eby,  whom  we  have  been  ac- 
tiuainted  with  for  a  number  of  years.  In  his  Id- 
ler I  notice  where  lie  writes,  some  have  kindly 
remembered  us  etc.,  and  he  also  says  but  even  if 
we  are  forgotten  by  many,  they  are  not  forgot- 
ten by  us.  iVoff  to  this,  I  must  say  afew  words 
to  all  my  dear  brethren  and  sistei-s,  who  may 
read  these  lines.  Let  us  not  forget  our  dear 
brethren  who  have  gone  to  Denmark,  for  they 
liave  left  their  dear  children,  their  friends,  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  and  many  loved  ones  here  in 
America,  and  in  obedience  to  tlje  church,  and 
God's  word,  have  gone  away  yonder  to  preacli 
the  pure  word  of  God  to  those  people.  We 
can't  but  help  to  often  think  of  them,  mid  now 
dear  brethren  and  sisters,  as  we  are  about  to 
step  into  this  New  Year,  may  we  ihcpbj  feel,  to 
be  more  and  more  engaged  in  the  cause  of  our 
Redeemer,  as  we  feel  that  we  are  in  perilous 
times. 

A  few  days  ago  a  friend  handed  me  a  news- 
])aper  printed  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  in  its 
columns,  I  noticed  an  article  written  on  the  sul>- 
ject  of  "  Hell,"  by  a  noted  minister  of  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.  In  it  he  states  that  some  of  the  great 
divines  of  England,  are  now  discussing  the  suIj- 
jeet  also,  that  in  two  sermons  lately  delivered 
by  Canon  Farrar,  of  England,  iit  Westminster 
Abbey,  to  large  congregations,  he  boldly  said 
that  the  words  Hell,  Damnation  and  Everlasting 
ought  no  longer  to  stand  in  the  English  Bible, 
and  if  the  revisers  did  their  duty,  all  thi-ee  would 
be  stricken  out.  Think  of  this  brethren  and 
si.stere,  this  should  put  us  on  guard,  and  as  we 
step  into  the  New  Year,  let  us  say  that  we  wilt 
I>e  more  energetic,  and  earnestly  contend  for  the 
true  faith  preached  by  Christ  and  his  apostles, 
and  we  can  rest  assured  that  if  we  live  up  to 
our  profession,  and  hold  outfaithful  until  death, 
we  will  escape  that  place  of  misery  which  lecdo 
believe  in,  and  can  feel  sure  of  receiving  that 
crown  of  eternal  glory,  beyond  the  river  of 
death.  Jesus  has  promised  to  be  %vith  us  to  the 
end,  and  then  pass  with  us  through  the  cold 
vulley  and  shadow  of  death.  These  precious 
promLses  should  make  us  feel  now,  to  be  more 
faithful,  so  that  we  may  be  more  perfect,  even 
j\s  our  Father  which  is  in  Heaven  is  perfect. 
The  Saviour  saja  be  of  good  cheer. 
Much  love  to  all. 

J.  M.  Sn'vdf.r. 


FROM   NAPA  CITY,  CAL. 

Dmr  Editors.— 

ON  reading  the  remarks  of  brethren  S.  H. 
Uoshor,  and  C,  G.  Lint,  regarding  mem- 
bers preventing  their  children  from  joining 
the  church  when  young,  or  on  the  first  call, 
my  mind  was  carried  back  to  circuntstinces 
that  came  under  my  omi  personal  knowledge. 
Oneofour  neighbor's  daughters,  (aboutfifteen 
or  si.tteen  years  old,)  was  going  to  Iw  baptized, 
and  I  went  to  talk  about  it  with  her  mother,  but 
to  my  sorrow  she  said,  "  I  vnW  not  let  her,  she 
is  too  young,  and  I  will  not  have  my  children 


talked  about  like  some  that  ore  in  the  church." 
This  same  mother  was  herself  received  in  the 
church  one  night,  when  she  was  at  death's  door, 
some  ten  or  twelve  years  liefore.  In  a  few 
years  the  daughter  got  married,  and  before  she 
was  married  a  year,  she  took  sick  and  wished  to 
be  baptized,  but  her  husband  would  not  allow 
it,  and  she  had  to  die  in  that  terrible  condition. 

In  another  case,  a  sister  kept  two  of  her  chil- 
dren from  joining  the  church.  Soon  after  the 
son  took  sick  and  died,  and  I  don't  know  wheth- 
er the  other  one  ever  joined,  but  one  sou  she 
could  not  keep  back,  he  is  now  a  minister.  This 
old  sister  hada  few  years  bcfore.submitted 
to  let  licr  daughter  (who  was  not  expected  to  live,) 
go  three  miles  to  be  baptized.  She  recover- 
ed, and  is  now  a  faithful  sister  as  far  as  I  know. 

I  .mn  glad  that  the  brethren  are  not  afraid  to 
warn  such  parents. 

I  was  impressed  \vith  brother  Buechley's  ad- 
dress to  the  children,  and  I  thought  of  so  ma- 
ny young  members  in  the  Waterloo  church, 
that  can  carry  on  the  Lord's  work,  when  we 
older  ones  are  gone  to  the  grave. 

Hannah  Knacfp. 

Dec.  lolli,  1.!^7. 

NOTES  OF  TRAVEL. 

LEFT  home  on  the  morning  of  Dec,  13th., 
arrived  at  Lewiston,  Winoim  Co.,  Minn., 
next  morning.  I  stayed  until  Dec.  32nd,  Had 
meetings  twice  a  day,  nearly  every  day.  Two 
'ere  baptiiied,  and  the  church  seems  revived. 
Bro.  David  Whetstone  was  ordained  to  the  full 
■try,  and  Bro,  John  Wirt  forwarded  to 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Brethren 
Jacob  Wirt,  and  James  Swcezy,  were  elected  to 
the  office  of  deacons.  The  roads  being  very 
bad  the  meetings  wer^  not  as  well  attended  as 
they  otherwise  would  have  been. 

On  the  morning  of  the  22nd,  in  company 
with  Bro.  C.  F.  Wirt,  Bro.  David  Buechly,  and 
friend  John  Sadler,  we  started  for*  Root  River 
congregation,  Fillmore  County.  Traveled  over 
the  worst  roads  we  ever  saw;  mrived  at  the 
Brethren's  meeting  next  day,  just  about  the  close 
Meeting  in  the  afternoon;  tarried 
;regation  until  Dec.  30th.  On  ac- 
count of  bad  roads,  and  extreme  darkness  at 
night,  we  could  have  but  few  evening  meetings; 
but  met  tivice  a  day.  At  this  place  thirteen 
precious  souls  came  forward  iuid  embraced 
Christ  in  Gospel  order. 

To-day  (Jan.  1, 1878),  we  started  for  home,  to 
stay  a  few  days,  and  then,  to  start  to  Grundy 
County,  Iowa. 

We  return  hearty  thanks  to  our  dear  breth- 

n  and  sisters  in  Minnesota  for  their  kindness 
sho\vii  to  us  whilst  with  them;  also  for  their 
practical  sympathy  manifested  in  our  behalf,  in 
this,  our  hour  of  severe  affliction. 

W.  J.  H,  Bauman. 

/>('(i(e  Sprhujs,  Iowa,  Jan.  1st,  JW». 

EXHORTATION  TO  DUTY. 

AS  church  news  is  of  much  interest  to  me, 
tuid  not  often  seeing  any  from  this  arm  of 
the  general  church,  I  thought  I  would  drop  a 
few  thoughts  from  this  vicinity.  Weather 
pleasant,  health  exceedingly  good.  The  church 
seems  to  be  alive,  to  the  interest  of  the  Master's 
cause.  The  Sabbath -school  Conference  of  the 
Northern  District  of  Indiana,  was  held  iit  this 
congregation;  enjoyed  a  good  meeting,  though 
not  largely  represented  froiii  a  distance;  hope 
much  good  was  accomplished.  Wc  are  having 
desirable  success  in  this  church  in  the  Sabbath- 
school  work;  not  less  than  thirty  of  ourschol- 
ars  have  united  with  the  church  in  the  past 
two  years,  and  they  are  principally  quite  young 
in  years,  and  are  obedient  followers  of  the 
Mikster. 

We  have  prayer  meetings  in  difi'erent  local- 
ities of  the  church;  one  on  Tuesday  evening, 
the  other  on  Thuraday  evening:  held  at  the  res- 
idence of  brethren,  and  we  find  them  thus  far, 
of  much  profit,  in  strengthening  and  encourag- 
ing us  on  our  way  Heavenward.  Both  young 
and  old  engage  in  the  noble  work,  and  may  we 
never  grow  weary  in  well-doing,  and  as  the  old 
year  is  no  more  to  us,  only  for  reflections,  may 
we  all  see  where  we  have  come  short  of  duty, 
and  promptly  resolve  that  at  the  beginning  oi 
this  New  Year,  that  we  will  strive  to  improve. 
May  the  spirit  of  prayer  be  instilled  abundantly 
into  the  hearts  of  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters; and  may  every  house  become  a  house  of  de- 
votion to  God.  If  any  have  neglected  family 
prayer,  may  the  spirit  speak  to  them  this  beau- 
tiful New  Year's  evening,  and  say,  you  ought  to 
erect  a  family  altar,  and  dedicate  it  to  the  ser- 
vices of  God;  and  let  the  oti'ering  be  the  humil- 
iation of  selt-saerifice.  Oh,  what  power  there 
is  exerted  over  the  mind,  by  the  prayers  of 
father  and  mother,  mth  their  children   bowed 


around  the  family  altar;  and  what  a  pity  if  our 
children  should  say,  "  I  never  heard  father  and 
mother  pray."  Fathers  and  mothers,  east  off 
this  reproach  at  once,  by  calling  your  family  to- 
gether at  the  beginning  of  this,  another  New 
Ye.ar,  and  engage  in  family  devotion  to  GcmI. 
The  Almighty's  eyes  are  over  you,  and  he  has 
said.  His  ears  are  open  to  your  prayers.  May 
God  abimdantly  bless  all  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters  in  all  the  good,  effective  resolutions  they 
may  engage  in,  and  in  your  prayers  remember 
especially  the  brethren  here,  for  wefeel  the  need 
of  your  prayers. 

I  think  the  Bretiikkn  at  Work  is  giving 
satisfaction,  and  may  the  standard  of  our  church 
literature  become  magnified,  and  may  all  the 
good  efforts  set  forth,  meet  with  unbounded 
success;  may  the  principles  and  doctrine  of  our 
adorable  Redeemer,  bo  set  forth  in  such  a  per- 
suasive power,  that  the  sinner's  heart  moy  soon 
yield  to  obedience.  May  the  principle  of  the 
missionary  cause,  meet  the  prayerful  approba- 
tion of  all  our  dear  bretliren  and  sisters;  that 
they  may  be  constrained  by  the  love  of  God,  to 
open  up  the  treasures  of  this  world,  and  give 
abundantly  to  its  support.  Remember  that  God 
is  merciful  and  just  in  all  his  ways. 

With  love  to  all,  and  malice  to  none,I  remain 
yours  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Wm-  G.  Cook. 

Phjmoiith,  Iml.,  Jan.  hi,  1&7S. 


FROM  DENMARK. 

Dear  Biclhren.-— 

I  HAVE  just  retm-ned  from  Steuum,  where  I 
attended  two  meetings  of  usual  interest, 
Bro,  Hope,  and  family  were  with  us  all  last 
week,  which  was  something  unusual  for  sister 
Hope,  as  her  health,  in  connection  with  her 
family  charge,  docs  not  admit  of  her  visiting 
much,  and  even  going  to  preaching,  and  hence 
hears  but  little  preaching,  unless  done  in  their 
wn  house. 

The  work  is  still  progressing  slowly  but 
iteadily.  Last  Friday,  another  sister  was  ad- 
ded by  bai)tism,  and  we  think  some  others  are 
counting  the  cost,  and  hope  will  soon  begin  to 
build.  We  held  meetings  here  in  the  village  in 
the  hall,  five  evenings  of  last  week,  but  did  not 
have  the  interest  we  expected;  hope  however 
our  labors  will  not  be  entirely  in  vain,  a-*  some 
in  the  small  congregation,  seemed  to  be  favor- 
ably impressed. 

We  have  appoLiktcd  another  feast  on  the  sixth 
of  January,  at  Bro.  Hope's,  whore  we  expect  to 
finish  the  work  assigned  us,  and  then  as  soon  as 
arrangements  can  be  made,  start  for  Germany 
and  England.  If  no  effectual  door  opens  to 
preach,  ive  ivill  shake  off  the  dust  of  our  I 
and  turn  towards  America;  this  m\\  we  do  if 
the  Lord  will,  and  the  proffered  means  reach 
us  in  due  time.  This  arrangement  will  add  but 
little  to  the  actual  expense  of  retuniing  home, 
but  we  will  tarry  here  until  we  hear  from  the 
brethren  in  America,  which  we  hope  will  Ijo 
before  the  feast.  I  regret  somewhat  that  we  did 
not  stop  in  England  on  our  wayhere,  and  intro- 
duce our  mission,  and  distribute  our  tr.ict^. 
We  think  more  good  could  have  been  accom- 
plished, mid  we  would  be  better  qualified  to  de- 
cide on  onr  arrangements  now,  but  we  hope  to 
hear  from  brother  Biinkworth  soon,  which  per- 
haps will  assist  us  in  determining  what  is  best, 
and  how  soon  wo  expect  to  set  sail. 

We  feel,  to  some  degree  at  least,  a  delicacy  in 
taking  any  stops,  or  adopting  any  measures,  that 
might  be  considered  by  any,  outside  of  the  act- 
ual, or  at  least  the  primary  object  of  our  i 
sion,  ( which  was  to  organize  a  church),  that 
would  involve  the  church  in  more  expenses, 
knowing  that  many  of  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters  think,  the  expenses  already  incurred,  are 
more  than  actually  necessary,  if  the  mis  ' 
had  been  diflerently  managed;  yet  we  cannot 
feel  ourselves  altogether  justifiable  in  returning 
■without  nioking  some  ciibrt  in  the  above  named 
places,  unless  the  Lovtl  prevents  us,  us  he  did 
the  apostle  at  a  certiu'n  time  when  he  thought 
of  going  to  Bithynia,  and  was  forbidden  by  the 
Holy  Gho.st  to  preach  in  Asia  (Acts,  16:  6,  7), 
if  so,  we  will  be  willing  to  submit,  and  give 
heed  to  some  of  the  Macedonian  calls.  Our 
feelings  cannot  always  be  relied  Upon  as  a  guide 
in  matters  of  duty,  as  will  cleariy  beseeninthe 
case  above  alluded  fo:  they  may  be  more  or  less 
perverted,  and  yet  we  may  not  beaware  of  that 
fact;  and  then  the  Lord  may  interfere  in  his 
own  good  way,  to  let  us  see  our  error,  and  lead 
us  right,  if  it  should  be,  to  Send  an  angel  with 
the  sword,  to  stand  before  the  ass;  and  nothing 
short  of  having  afoot  crushed,  or  to  be  pitched 
on  the  ground,  will  stop  many  of  us  in  our  path, 
and  change  our  course,  especially  when  wc  con- 
scientiously think  we  are  right,  and  more  es- 
pecially when  honor,  popularity,  or  some  gift 
as  a  reward  is  offered,  as  was  the  case  with  Biia- 


1am,  when  he  said,  if  Balak  would  give  him  his 
house  full  of  gold,  he  would  not  go  beyond  the 
word  of  the  Lord  ray  God,  ,to  do  more  or  less. 
(Numbers,  23:  18.)  He  was  right,  but  when  he 
asked  God  the  second  time  what  he  should  do, 
he  started  wrong,  and  he  traveled  on  until  the 
angel  met  him,  mid  ho  promised  to  go  back 
again;  and  every  one  that  asks  God  forasecond 
revelation,  lays  a  foundation  for  error  and  de- 
ception, like  the  man  that  one  time  opened  tho 
Bible  with  the  thirteenth  chapter  of  John  be- 
fore him,  and  knelt  down  and  asked.  God 
if  he  were  required  to  wash  tho  saint's  feet; 
the  answer  was.  No  (?). 

Our  health  since  we  have  been  in  Denmark, 
hiw  been  vorj-  good,  and  the  blessings  of  life 
needful  to  our  comfort  we  are  permitted  to  en- 
joy; and  try  to  remember  our  Heavenly  Father, 
from  whom  every  good  as  well  as  every  perfect 
gitt  Cometh,  with  thankfulness,  and  to  manifest 
a  willingness  to  perform  any  duty  in  our  weak- 
ness, that  might  bring  honor  to  his  name. 
The  health  of  the  members  as  far  ns  our  knowl- 
edge extends,  is  also  good,  both  spiritually  mid 
physicially ;  tliey  seem  to  enjoy  tho  blessings  of' 
the  Gospel  in  a  church  capacity  very  much  ivith 
lis;  so  much  so  that  they  can  hardly  he  recon- 
ciled to  the  thought  of  us  leaving,  especially  so 
soon;  but  more  especially  brother  Hope  and  fam- 
ily, having  once  been  permitted  to  mingle  ivith 
the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in  America;  and 
we  think  wc  feel,  if  not  to  the  same,  at  least  to 
somedegree,  the  pangs  of  our  separation,  already 
piercing  our  hearts;  for  we  feel  much  to  sympa- 
thize with  them  in  their  isolated  and  lonely 
situation,  and  heartily  recommend  them  to  the 
sympathies  and  prayers  of  the  whole  brother- 
hood. 

The  weather  has  been  very  favorable  for  trav- 
eling this  winter,  no  snow  to  interfere,  as  fre- 
quently is  the  case;  night  before  last  about 
an  inch  of  snow  fell,  and  the  weather  was  so 
mild  hitherto,  that  we  held  meeting  without  fire 
until  the  night  of  tho  12th.,  when  we  kindled 
a  fire  in  the  toivn  hall;  this  morning  18th  still 
mild  and  some  indications  for  snow. 

By  the  time  this  reaches  you,  our  work  here 
will  he  finished,  the  Lord  willing,  and  we  will  bo 
ready  to  change  our  location,  hut  our  address 
from  America,  will  continue  to  bo  the  same,  and 
Bro.  Hoi)e  will  send  our  mail  to  us,  which  will 
take  a  week  longer,  especially  to  England. 

We  close  ivith  greetings  of  Christian  love  and 
friendship  to  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
in  America. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

Enoch  Edy. 

HJorn'ii;/,  Wemijsset,  Denmark,  Dec  17, 1&77. 


FROM     THE     DONALD'S     CREEK 
CHURCH,  OHIO. 


rpHlS  church  wos  organized  somewhere  be- 
1  tween  the  years  1805  and  1810:  brother 
John  Garber  having  the  over-sight.  Bro.  Jolm 
Garber  died  in  the  year  1813  or  1814.  In  the 
Fall  of  1814  brother  Christian  Frantz  moved 
from  Botetourt  Co.,  A''a.,  and  took  the  oversight 
of  the  church,  he  being  at  that  time  sixty-three 
years  of  age.  The  church  increasing  in  num- 
bers, by  members  moving  from  the  Shenan- 
doah valley,  Virginia,  also  several  families  from 
Franklin    and    l?oanoke    counties. 

Sixty-one  years  ago  there  were  about  thirty- 
five  members,  one  minister  and  two  deacons. 
From  the  best  information  we  can  get,  there 
have  been  eleven  ministers,  and  twenty-one  dea- 
cons elected  in  this  church,  and  out  of  this 
number,  one  speaker  and  three  deacons  have 
moved  out  into  other  districts;  this  list  does 
not  include  officials  who  have  moved  here  from 
other  districts. 

Our  membershi|)  at  present  numbers  about 
275,  out  of  this  number  thirty-five  or  forty  live 
in' Green  and  Madison  counties.  Our  ministers 
are  alive  lo  the  work  allotted  them,  fiUing 
appointments  in  Green  and  Madison  counties. 
Several  difi'erent  places  of  meeting  in  our  coun- 
ty. The  number  of  ofiieial  brethren  at  present  is 
seven  speakers  and  seven  deacons.  The  officers 
are  all  exemplai-y  brethren,  which  is  worthy  of 
note  ;  this  being  the  case,  we  feel  by  the  help  of 
God,  that  the  doctrine  of  the  brethren  will  still 
be  maintained  among  us  in  tho  future  as  in  the 
past ;  notwithstanding  the  church  has  passed 
through  adversities  more  or  less  at  times, 

Our  old  fathers  of  Israel  have  labored  much 
to  keep  the  body  in  the  general  order  of  the 
brotherhood,  and  we  feel  to  rejoice  that  their  la- 
bors have  not  been  in  vain  in  the  Lonl.  Many 
brethren  and  sisters  have  fallen  nsleej)  in  Jesus. 
The  numl>er  of  deaths  in  this  district  the  jiast 
sixty-one  yeorj,  has  been  a  few  over  one  hun- 
dred and  forty. 


Jan.  3.  WS, 


D.  B.  Hii!T. 


THK    BRETI-IKEIS^    ^T    "VVOKK. 


January    n 


SADIE  HAS  GONE  HOME. 

"VrOW  tlie  faroily  oliniu  ia  broken, 
jji      One  link  from  that  liftp|iy  band; 
She,  we  dearly  lovetl,  hns  left  us. 
Loft  U3  for  a  happier  land. 

Like  the  rose,  her  beauty  faded. 

Short  lier  pilgrimage  below  ; 
Siclciic^  has  provnilctl  upon  her; 

JcsuB  culled  her,  bIio  must  go. 

Vnio  were  nl!  their  kind  endeavors, 
To  restore  her  health  agsin  , 

Friends,  physicians,  none  could  help  her. 
Why  were  all  their  labors  vaiu? 

Her  earthly  yeaw  were  few  in  numhcr, 
0  how  soon  they  passed  away  ! 

With  her  brothers  and  her  sistcrB, 
She  could  not  prolong  her  Btay. 

They  have  borne  her  to  the  chiirch-yard, 
There  her  lovely  form  is  laid  ; 

There,  among  the  fading  rellns. 

There  her  friends  may  find  her  grave. 

Weep  not  father,  weep  not  mother, 

Trust  in  God  to  meet  again  ; 
Yes,  dear  Sadie's  crossed  the  river. 

Free  from  sorrow,  sickness,  pain. 

Brothers,  sisters,  try  lomecthcr. 

In  a  better  world'  than  this  ; 
Here  is  no  abiding  city, 

There's  a  land  of  perfect  bliss. 

Run  your  race  with  faith  and  patienee, 
While  your  Innip  holds  out  to  burn  ; 
When  the  Savior  comes  to  call  you, 
Then  you'll  rest  with  Sadie  at  home. 

Selected  by  S.  M.  Eshklman. 
Loudvk,  111. 


OHXJRCH     NEWS. 


From  Sciola,  lowii.— \  few  word:;  about 
meetings  in  the  .M:i]ili'  l.Irin-irliun'U,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Iowa.  13ro,  .'^.  A.  Cinln'E  id'  ll.'calurCo.,  and 
Bro.  M.  Thomii-y  (>\  \\':iii.ii  I '  1.,  luwa  came  to 
on  the  Sth  <it'  Dec.  '.'iii(uiii]ir'..'.l  rueetiug  same 
evening,  and  eonlinuijil  iiutil  llio  llitli,  preachiuj 
the  Wont  with  puwer,  '/ivifi,:,'  nuifli  encourn^enicni, 
tp  the  disciple,  and  wii mill g  thu  dinner.  Had  the 
b  est  of  order  durini^  the  luecting  ;  strict  attention 
being  paid  to  the  Word  preached  Although  none 
publicly  confessed  the  Lord,  yet  wu  believe  the 
seed  sown  will  take  root  and  bring  forth  IViiit  that 
will  be 'gathered  in  the  future. 

The  brethren  went  from  here  to  Mt.  Etna,  Ad- 
ams Co.,  thu  Euslern  part  of  our  congregation, 
where  they  preachi'd  P)r  :i  w.i-k,  nppnLLTilly  f.ji 
the  same  purjiojc,  lliur  i  r,,  Imi!.!  n^,  rl,-.  ilim.-ii 
nndhrin^iuloi!!'' ;■■■■!  ■         i'.'  .  i-      !■■ 

weather  howcvfi  ^^      ,   ■  .   ii        

most  impassahlu-.  !■  .1.  M!  i  i'.'  ..■!  ..i,.'  m,.  'i].,.. 
of  meeting,  nmik*  iJi-j  inij^i  .■_  ■  ■  i  ■  l.i  ■  t]i,i~i- 
that  cami:  piiid  good   allcndi'  ,■■   !■  Imig. 

The  church  bu*intsatriiii-.L.-i.  i     ■    .      ;,.  !.;.ilireu 

were  with  us,  was  one  bmiliv \'  1   l>.-<-k    into 

the  second  degree  of  the  miuitry  wliith  uUicc  he 
once  held,  also  one  brother  ordained  to  the  elder- 
ship. 

The  brethren's  labor  with  us  we  believe  was 
much  apprcciiiled  by  the  little  flock  here.  May 
God  bless  them  in  their  labors  wherever  they  go, 
and  when  iheir  labors  are  over,  may  they  fully 
realizo  the  jiromise  of  Jesus  "  that  where  I  am 
there  ye  may  be  also."  N.  C.  Woukiiax. 

Jan.  2nd.l&7$. 

FroTiL  (»i'Mil|.'  'y-ihy^Dear  Brethren  :  On 
theStlii'  i  '    villecongregatiou.mctiu 

coimLiI  I  "11' with  interest,  and  a 

good  111  11.  .:  .  ■'  I.  .i"iig  the  Brethren.  These 
are  meeting  'il'  inlL'iv,-!  lo  me  and  have  oft  proved 
a  warning  voice  in  trials  and  temptations.  The 
nest  day  met  at  the  Scpo  Valley  meetingdiouse. 
Wo  believe  this  meeting  was  accceptablo  in  the 
sight  of  the  L;..r.l.t..lliehiin^'rv  li.mbs  of  tliefold. 

AfK-r  rofr.^-iimnit  l.v  11  si.-Iiv,  went  to  visit  a 
fLimilv  in  LuNvieocL..      Hvr.  «v  nif<  iin  T«r..elite,  a 

sister'baviag  i.roved  faithlul  M..-,^,-'.  ,.„,„(.. 

For  lliirty-hvo  years  sin-  l:i;.    , >  ■  .1    m,    her 

couch  witii  no  hope  of  r.cm  ■'■  i'..  [■...■  Um-  an- 
gel might  coine  and  carry  i,. ,  ,r,;..  ;l,.  ,,iiiis  of 
our  Itedeemei'.  Here  wu  tjiunl  hIjuui  iui  iiuur  in 
woKhip  together,  which  seemed  a  balm  to  the  dear 
sister,  and  will  no  douhl  be  long  renieinberod 
by  all  of  us.  There  isa  family  in  this  arm  of  the 
church,  which  deserves  the  sympathy  of  all,  an 
aged  father  and  mother. 

Some  of  the'brethren  and  sisters  meet  there 
once  a  week  and  have  evening  worship,  which 
seems  to  be  appreciated  by  the  liimily  and  strength- 
ens their  allectiou  among  the  brethren. 

Moses  Kixrih. 


tons.  When  the  parting  hour  came  we  bid  fare- 
well perhaps  never  to  meet  again  this  side  of  the 
grave.  Jesse  Calveht. 

Cohmbiann  Co..  0.  Jan.  2.  1878. 

From  Little  York,  Ollio.— iJear  Brdhren  :  I 
will  give  you  some  news  from  this  arm  of  tho 
church.  This  church  is  known  as  the  Wyandot 
church.  We  number  about  forty,  and  the  mem- 
bers are  in  peace  with  one  another.  Brethren  Le- 
vi Dickey  and  Isaac  Rasebarger  were  with  ug  one 
week,  and  they  held  forth  the  Gospel  in  its  purity. 
There  was  none  added  to  the  church,  but  there 
were  some  that  were  umde  to  feel  it  their  duty  to 
become  Christiana. 

The  members  were  revived  and  encouraged. 
Wo  look  into  the  future  \vith  anticipation  of  reap- 
ing the  fniiU  of  their  labors.  We  feel  to  thank 
God  for  what  wc  have  heard  and  seen,  and  hope 
that  those  Bretlircn  will  not  forget  us.  We  pray 
that  the  blessings  of  our  heavenly  Father  may 
rest  upon  them.  Jacob  Heistand. 

Fii.iM  Tinn.ii  Cicek  Chitrcii,  Pft.— Lost 
nigln  .  ■  .  ■  ■  M.-  of  meetings.  Valentine 
B'i:u.       ■    -      .  I'll,    was  with    us,   and   the 

Lwril  II ... .  I ■■■  •■  I  M-  labors.  Uro.  Blough seems 
to  have  llie  giKiil  i-iiu.se  at  heart ;  be  gave  many 
good  advices  to  both  saint  and  sinner.  By  his 
strong  appeal  to  sinners,  three  were  made  willing 
to  give  themselves  up  to  God,  aud  many  more 
were  almost  persuaded  to  become  Christiaus.  Ma- 
ny were  tho  tears  that  were  seen  rolling  down  the 
cheeks  of  saints  and  sinners,  as  ihehcarty  appeals 
came  forth  from  the  lij^  of  the  earnest  minister, 
during  the  week  he  was  here,  we  hope  there 
has  beeu  much  goodscedsowu  and  that  it  may  spring 
up  and  bring  lorth  fruit  to  the  honor  of  God  and 
to  the  welfare  of  poor  souls.  We  pray  that  God 
may  still  be  with  us  and  do  us  all  the  good  w< 
need  in  time  and  eternity. 

Thomas  S.  Holsikger. 

Dee.  31s(  1877. 

From  Sugar  Ridgo  Ohiircb,  Ohio.— Wc 

are  still  "  laboring  and  have  not  fainted,"  and 
like  the  church  at  Ephcsus,  we  hope  we  "have 
not  left  our  lirat  love,'  Our  experience  is  that 
the  gold  that  we  are  recommended  to  buy,  like 
earthly  treasury,  will  not  allow  profligacy.  The 
ship  of  the  church  will  soon  cease  to  move  if 
^ve  lay  down  ouv  oars ;  aside  from  this,  our  little 
barks  to  get  into  the  harbor,  must  sail  up  stream 
and  that  too  windward.  If  we  fold  our  arms  and 
lie  im  our  oars,  the  strong  current  of  the  stream 
of  time  will  swiftly  land  us  in  the  waters  below, 

Aa  the  result  of  ourlabors.  we  have  recorded  (if- 
Iceu  accessions  during  the  year.  One,  a  young 
man  of  marked  mental  ability,  who  under  the  in- 
lluence  of  Catholicism  never  "read  the  Bible  until 
the  ngcof  nineteen.  We  fondly  pr:iy  that  he  will 
be  active  in  his  sphere  'i^  n  ■t'-i!-..  ■  in  rh,.  church 
whate'er  it  may  be.     .A-  ■    who   had 

been  sprinkled  when  ;iii  ■        ikeu 

iif  asick-bedby  a  Mi.'ili' ■■    I  V  in    ■  i    nil  baptij;ed 


From 


>     (    tlMI-cll. 


I    . 


II, 


folding  partition.  I  iupin-sc  it  wi!!  scat  iit  leiisl  one 
thousand  persoi^,  but  all  could  not  be  seated  even 
.then.  We  remained  here  oncweek, then  wentsev- 
en  miles  west  in  same  district  to  another  meeting 
house,  bought  from  iheMelhodist  fraternity.  Con- 
tinued our  labors  there  one  week,  and  closed  our 
meetings  Jan.  1st  at  the  new  meeting-house  with 
a  communion  meeting. 

I  need  not  say  that  it  was  a  happy  New  Year's 
day,  indeed  it  w,is ;  forty-two  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism,  and  three  restored  lo  fellow- 
ship that  had  wandered  away  from  the  fold,  and 
more  promised  ihey  would  soon  come  ;  others  wouhl 
have  come  if  they  had  not  been  hindered.  Jfay 
God  forgive  (hem  for  their  indieereiion,  and  mav 
many  more  he  added  the  church  and  be  saveii. 
AJl  have  our  thanks  for  their  kindness  manifested 


He    «'.i.-^    1 

■.  Sifin's  visit  last  Winter,  wanted  to 

Hill  his  baptism  ;  we  told  him  he  con 


1st.  Because  he  was  not  baptiitetl  by  a  legal  ad- 
ministrator. 

2nd.  His  administrntor  having  no  faith  in  the 
baptism,  was  committing  sin  while  engaged  in  the 
work. 

3rd.  Was  not  baptized  for  the  reraissioii  of  sins. 

4th.  Laying  on  of  hands  and  prayer  were  omit- 
ted. 

He  has  since  made  an  unconditional  surrender, 
has  been  rebaptiKcd,  and  nt  diH'ereut  times  ex- 
pi'essed  himself  ad  undergoing  the  hapjiiest  relig- 
ion ho  ever  enjoyed.  There  is  an  elfort  being 
made  in  Northern  Ohio,  to  further  tlie  interests  of 
the  cause  this  winter ;  hope  the  cUbrt  will  be  crow 
cd  with  abundant  success. 

L  S.  RoSEXBEItOKR. 

GUboa.  0.  Dee.  21.  '77 

From  Briisli  College)  Iiid. — Our  meeting 
began  here  December' 24 tli  and  continued  till  Jan- 
uary 1st.  It  was  conducted  by  Bro.  D,  B.  Stur- 
gis  of  South  Bend,  Iiid.,  asiisted  by  the  ministers 
of  our  own  district.  Seven  precious  souls  were 
made  willing  to  follow  the  Lord  in  liis  example, 
and  were  buried  with  him  in  banlisra  and  aroso  to 
walk  in  newness  of  Hie. 

Oihera  have  confessed  themselves  almost  ready 
to  come.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  seed  that  has 
beeu  sown,  that  it  may  bring  forth  fruit  in  abund- 
ance. ■   William  Stumv. 

From  Fiillon  i  -'..^'-Vu:  -  \ .Ii„g  topre- 

toi]  '.-.     ':         ■ .,,.  ,,,  (he  2Ut 

of  !>..■  is;:  i  I,  II  I,,,,,,..  ,,,,  ||„.  _M-ii  amlarriv- 
ed  afi'ohdo  on  the  ilLst.  hikkr  U.  Bcrkoybile 
lives  in  this  city  and  he  accompanied  me  to  place 
of  meeting.  He  is  a  young  man  of  considerble 
talent,  aniT  a  bright  prospect  before  him  in  the 
ministry.  Ourmeetingcommencediiear  Swanton, 
and  wo  remained  with  the  brethren  holding  meet- 
ingcat  some  five  or  six  different  places.  Alter  the 
i)-'F!il  ni-Hirid,  when  an  interest  is  gotten  up  at  a 
1-  iiiu-t  closeour  meeting  and  go  to  some 
■     :  .■  ■    -M  though  wo   were  afraid  some  one 

Uiir  niL-i/iing's  closed  on  the  evening  of  fie  3rd 
inst.  Eleven  were  made  willing  to  obey  tho  Gos- 
pel, and  were  bapti/.ed.  Many  more  were  brought 
near  the  itingdum.  The  Lord  bless  those  dear 
lambs  that  have  entered  into  covenant  re- 
lation wilh  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit. 
May  the  Lord  koei»  them  near  His  side.  The 
breljircu  and  sisters  lu  this  church  are  workers  in 
the  cousc  of  Christ.  God  bless  them  in  their  la- 
bors in  the  vineyard,  John  Nicuoleos. 

From  Bristol,  Illd.— Brethren  Isaac  L.Bej- 
key  and  Benjamin  Leer  commenced  meeting  in  the 
Pine  Creek  church-house  on  Saturday  cveningbe- 
fore  New  Year,  and  continued  one  week.  Preach- 
ed fifteen  sermons,  and  the  result  was,  four  young 
persons  united  wiUi  the  people  of  God,  oud  were 
buried  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  ro^e,  we  hope, 


to  walk  in  newness  of  life,  and  we  think  others 
;  made  to  think  over  the  mattei ,  and  are  count- 
ing the  cost.  The  members  have  been  refreshed 
and  cheered  on  their  way.  Lasting  impressions 
were  made  by  our  brethren  who  labored  so  earn- 
estly for  the  conversion  of  souls.  The  weather  got 
very  inclement  the  few  lust  days  of  our  meeting, 
which  was  a  great  hindrance,  else  wo  think  more 
would  have  joined  had  the  weather  been  better. 
J.  C.  Lehman. 

Jan.  8fli,  1878. 

From  Southern  Illiuois. — Myself  and  wife 
itarted  for  Bond  Co.,  III.  the  7th  of  December, 
met  with  the  Uretbren  in  tho  Hurricane  Creek 
church  the  Sth.  Had  church  meeting  the  same 
day,  and  a  pleasant  time  of  it.  Found  the  mem- 
bers alive  to  their  duty.  Had  some  meetings 
while  there,  good  attention,  congregations  large. 
Eight  were  made  willing  to  be  baptized,  and  one 
more  applicant.  Hope  they  will  all  prove  faith- 
ful. Some  more  said  they  were  nearly  ready  to 
come. 

From  the  Hurricane  church  we  weut  to  the 
Mulberry  church,  found  the  members  mostly  well, 
Bro.  Wm.  Elam  was  very  poorly.  The  members 
all  seemed  in  good  earnest  in  serving  the  Lord,  and 
in  love  and  union.  While  with  the  brethren  and 
sisters  at  Mulberry  had  some  meetings,  good  order, 
and  excellent  attention.  Three  were  baptized  and 
one  more  applicant. 

From  Mulberry  Grove  we  went  to  Marion  Co. 
and  stopped  with  Brethren  in  the  Salem  church ; 
found  the  members  all  well  and  in  good  spirit,  as 
they  lately  built  a  good,  comforlnblQ  meeting-house. 
I  just  thought  while  there,  if  the  Brethren  nt  ev- 
ery place  where  meeting-houses  are  needed,  would 
take  hold  like  the  brethren  did  in  the  Salem  church, 
there  would  be  many  meeting- houses  where  there 
are  none.  They  raised  what  money  they  wer 
obliged  to  have  to  get  the  material,  and  brough 
it  all  together  on  the  ground.  Two  of  tho 
brethren  laid  off  the  frame,  all  the  rest  would  go 
aud  work  day  by  day  till  the  house  was  finished 
They  built  that  house  in  the  shortest  time,  nn< 
with  less  money  than  any  house  I  have  knowi 
built  by  the  Brethren.-  It  is  a  good  substantial 
house.  Had  some  meetings  while  with  theBroth- 
Tcn.  D.aniel  Neher  is  the  elder.  Had  a  church 
meeting  to  elect  one  deacon.  The  lot  fell  on  Dan- 
iel Ulery.  Andrew  Neher  was  advanced  tfl.  the 
second  degree  of  office.  Three  were  bapti/.ed  di 
ing  the  meeting.  On  account  of  much  rain, 
had  to  close  the  meeting  too  soon.  Landed  home 
safely,  found  all  well  thank  tho  Lord. 

Jonx  MEi'>iai;:rt. 
Cerro  Gordo,  HI.     Jan.  Olh.  1878. 


DIED. 


colic.  He  leavesa  wife  and  five  children  to  mourn 
their  loss.  Funeral  services  by  brethren  G.  Kell- 
er and  J.  P.  Wolf,  from  John  U  :  25,26. 

J.  J.  Fox. 


Please  announce  that  tbc  District  Meeting  of 
the  Northern  District  of  Mi--^  mi  f.r  !^T-;,  i^  tobe 
held  at  the  Long  Bramli  -  '      :  I  Imrisou 

Co.,  four  miles  north  of  M  ■  "  '■  ■  iIr'  17th 
and  18th  of  May,  187«.  V  !'!■  "  [-■  -  i.tiuinn  by 
delegates,  of  all  the  churches,  is  s<ilicHed  ;  lorour 
Homo  Missiim  work  retpiires  and  well  deserves  the 
attention  of  every  congregation  in  its  district. 
C.  C.  Root,  Clerk. 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

Wooster  Church,  Ohio, $    7.40 

C.  Wine 1.50 

Codorus  Church,  Pa., 4.35 

Rock  River  Church,  III 13.35 

Waddams  Grove  Church,  111 53.50 

Previously  reported 1305.53 

Tbtal:  S;i3S5.6a 
C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 

I^imirh,  III.,  Jan.  lOlh,  197S. 


KEYSER.— Died  Dec.  30th,  1877,  in  the  Green 
Spring  district,  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio,  Anna  Mary, 
infant  daughtci-  of  Bro".  Amos  and  sister  Aman- 
da Keyser,  aged  4  mouths.  Funeral  cuuducled 
by  Bro.  S.  T.  Bo.sserraan,  accompanied  by  the 
writer,  ham  Job  1 :  21. 

ELAM.— Died  in  tho aiulbcrryGrove church  di; 

tricl.  Bond  1^.,  HI.,  Jan.  4t!i,  1878,  elder  Wm. 

Eiam,  in  the  GGtb  year  of  his  age. 
The  subject  of  ihe  above  notice  was  born  in 
Virginia  in  1813,  was  removed  lo  North  Carolina 
in  1S14  and  in  1831  he  moved  lo  Fayetto  Co.,  III., 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.  Was  married  to 
Mary  Andrews  in  the  year  of  lS3fi.  United  with 
the  church  in  1854,  was  elected  deacon  the  same 
year  and  was  chosen  minister  the  follosviug  y' 
wits  ordained  to  the  full  ministry  in  the  year  18G1, 
which  position  he  filled  honorably  till  his  death 
Funeral  on  the  6th  iust.,in  the  Cliristian  church, at 
Mulberry  Grove  by  the  Brethren  to  a  large  eon^ 
course  of  people.     Text,  John  12;  2G. 

.L  H.  Goodman. 

MILLER. — Died  in  Portage  Prairie  congregation, 
St.  Joe  Co.,  Ind.,  Bro.  Sylvester  MilTer,  son  of 

Ekl.  James  M.iller. 

He  had  been  sick  for  over  four  years  with 
consumption.  Seventeen  mouths  previous  lo  bis 
death,  lie  was  converted  and  united  with  the  breth- 
ren aud  became  a  zealous  and  active  mcmbiTii 
the  church.  Among  his  Christian  virtues,  lUi'  ■  -  / 
iUj  was  a  prominent  trait,  though  in  moderate  in 
cunistlioces,  he  was  known  at  different  times  lu 
give  to  his  poor  ministers  an  entire  good  suit  of 
clothes  as  one  bestowal,  lia  loved  God  and  His 
people,  and  God  and  His  people  loved  him,  "  for 
the  Lord  lovetb  a  ^\i-  "-tiil  .ivi-r  "  "  I  was  naked 
and  ye  clothed   iH'-,"  '  ,     I    .Ijit,"  "Thou 

hast  been  FAITH  riu  ■■■i   ■     .   i..  m.-." 

Funeraldiscour-il...  ii,.    .    ,- jl'salmlKl: 

15,  and  while  the  wnrihy  pi.ivin.-.  Jiod  friend  weep, 
it  is  not  williiiiLt  liiijic  of  a  glnrinus  rpuniiiu  in  the 
glory  land.  Bro,  Sylvf^Icr  iMillcr  was  born  July 
12th,  1845.  and  died  Dee.  23rd,  1877,  aged  .1-2 
yeai's,  5  montlis  and  II  days. 

P.  R.  WmiJUTSMAN'. 

Soidh  Bend,  Ind. 

SWIGHART.— In  the  Glade  Run  congregation 
Armstrong  Co.,  Pa.  June  3rd,  1877,  sister  Sarah 
Swjghart;  aged  77  yeare  and  12  days.  Sis- 
ter Sarah  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  church 
over  40  years.  Funeral  services  by  tho  wTiter, 
from  1  Thess.  4:18. 

HELSEL.— Also  in  same  congregation,  on  the 
23rd  of  September,  1577,  sister  Lydia  HeUel ; 
Ttged  76  years,  4  mouths  ond  29  days.  Funeral 
services  by  the  writer,  from  John  1 1.  latter  clause 
of  the  28tU  veise. 

J.  B.  Wa-mplek. 

WOLF.— Brother  John  F.  Wolf.son  of  Jeremiah 
Wolf  of  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  died  Nov.  23rd,  1S77, 
aged  44  years  and  17  days. 

He  was  only  sick  12  hours.    Disease  bilious 


The  following,  since  last  report  has  been  receiv- 
ed at  the  Bkethhf-.-j  at  Work  office. 

Luney's  Creek  church,  W.  Va., $1.00 

Greenland  church,  W.  Va 7.76 

S.  F.  Reimau 30 

Barbara  Laudis, 1.00 

E.  Bishop 25 

Levi  Stump 5.00 

Cora  Belle  Emmert 10 

John  Laird '  .50 

Dr.  P.  Fahrney 3.76 

Benj.  Bowman 1.00 

W.  G.  Schroek. 1.00 

Emma  S.  Schroek, 25 

R.  Schroek, 25 

Samuel  Ross, 2.40 

A.  Toms, 50 

J.  .L  Schcuter, 70 

James  Kciscr 25 

Jacob  Hurdhman, 40 

J.  M.  Gibble, 1.00 

J.  Kmmert, 1.40 

Jacob  Craft, 50 

Martin  Myer, 5.00 

R.  E.  Rccd, 1.50 

.T.S.  Harloy 1.00 

n,  Movers 20 

Abriii.'  Whitmer, 1.00 

Bro,  Slifer, 1.25 

Sarah  Berkley, 5.00 

J.  0.  Culler..'. 1.00 

W.  Herringlun. 50 

Previously  reported, 332.88 

Total,  378.63 


CHARITY   FUND. 

John  B.  Shaffer. S     .40 

Family  at  Wnddama  Grove,  III., 1.50 

Samuel  Met?,ger 25 

Lydia  Fabnesloek, 2o 

Bern.  Bowman 1.00 

J.P.Lewcr, S5 

Dan.  Meyer, 15 

Catharine  Supplee 50 

U.  J.  Hetrick. 1.00 

Isaac   Rowland, 200 

J.  B.  Lehman 25 

Sarah  Berkley 1.50 

J.  0.  Culler, 1.30 

Previously  reported, .- 4.00 

Total:  14  95 


— Victor  Emmanuel,  king  of  Italy  is  dead. 
His  death  has  cost  quite  a  gloom  over  the  Imper- 
ial city. 

— The  Turks  arc  still  meeting  with  disastrous 
1.  .1..  .-''ii|ikii  Pass,  the  Turkish  strong-hold 
h.  ii'l'  iii.iilic  hands  of  the  Russians.  Con- 
.III.  '  ili'incnt  prevails  in  England,  though 
■!i' ,  Ji  ■  I  III-,  is  not  likely  at  present  to  take 
any  p;irt  Jii  tho  war. 

Moody  is  conducting  a  series  of  ineetinga  in 
Hartflird.  C-nn, 

Tin  ■  i.r  i:ii.i".ji  I-  'I'  ..I-,  I-  ■  ■.■I  i..  i..'  .|uite 
lar-r       ■'■       I.     ■..,■■■   ■■  .    :    ■  -.iiyalso, 

but  \\<-  :'■■■■.  '    1 1..  Jii  I     ii    I  ■  ,  I  II  I  ■■■  i'     ii    I  .inntry 

nodoubt  antxcc'llenl  j.lucc  to  live,"  hut^  then   it 
take.s  means  there  as  well  as  elsewhere. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


DiLj  pugsiniicr  It 

Dny  ['■'-■ ■! 

M.,  III.     ■ 
Niglw  1  I    ■  ■    ■ 


I '  J  .  i   A    \I  ,  arriTiDg  in  Kfloiac  at 

A.    -M..    ..u..     i:    l;..J.  lL.li.naol6;00  A.  M. 

Frcigln  mid  ActjuimoJiniuu    Trains   will   run    west   at 

VlzbbV.  SI.,     10:  flO  A.  SI.,    and  12:  20  P.M.,   and 

Giut  nl-t:  10  A.  M.,  1  P.M.  and  4:  50  P.  M.  , 

Tickiis  ore  sold   for  aboTo   IrAins  only.     Pa«senger 

Iraini  inalcc  close  conoccliDn  nl  Wcalcm  Dnion  Juncliua. 

a.  A.  SMiia,  Ageni. 

Fa5fleng<^ni  far  C)ii<»go  jliuuld  Icbtb  Looiirk  at  I2:-l 
P.M.;  run  la  Ihc  Wcitctn  I'nioQ  Junclioa;  here  Ihcy 
need  wnil  biil  6ic  minutes  for  Ihp  Cliicago,  Slilwaukee 
and  Si.  Paul  puicngcr  iniin,  and  tlius  reach  Chicago  al 
T  :  -Ii)  Ibc  umc  crcning.  To  reach  Laniuk  from  Chicago  ; 
go  le  llie  Fl.  ylajnn  dcpol,  take  (tie  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
nnJSl.  Paul  [minat  IJTCIQthe  eiening  ;  run  nurlh  lo 
Ihc  W.  U.  Junction,  change  cars  tor  Lanark,  and  arrive 
here  at  2:21  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^'Behold  I  Brinri   You  Good  Tidinys  of  Gi-eat  Joy,  wUcli  Shall  he  unto  All  I'eople." —  Lvkk  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  24, 1878. 


No.  4. 


ghe  grei/ircif  nt  ffotih. 

EDITED  AND  PUDLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.H.Moore,  S.  H,  Itaslior,  M.M.EsIielniiiii. 


R.  E 


.  JllLLEn, 
J.  W.  STEIX,       - 

D.  TAxnt,ur, 

D.  B,  MESIZBn, 
MATTIE  A.  I.E.Ui, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

-      -      -      -        LADOGA, 


-  VIRIIKN,  ILL, 

Al'XFJKORoJpA. 

UltBAXA, 


A    GREETING. 


UY  JA?.  Y.  i[f;ricr.nit. 

'J'o  Eltl.  Eilmiiiitf  Fonicj  of  the   P'lue   Cm 
Chiiych,  Ogle  Co.  IK. 

DEAR  biodicr  In  Chrisl;  I  s»ncl  grecling  lo  joil, 
BccauEc  I  liclieTc  jou  nic  fniibnil  nnd  iciig 
To  your  enllinK  of  God.  Vou  will  pardon  me  then, 
For  grocling  jou  lliuB  Willi  my  nislrioil   pen. 

Iloir  ofliM)  I  lliink  of  llic  Lcdliron  I  lovp, 
Tlic  liuio  llinL  ia  coming  In  mccl  llicm  nbon;; 
Thv  Bainia  of  nil  ngoa  shM  wehmuo  us  humo, 
To  be  Willi  (lio  Lov.I  ivlimi  ilis  l<ina<loni  Iim  oorno. 
Bi.t  lew  llinl  a™  miglil.v,  «nJ  (en-  ijmt  nro  grcal. 
Will  coma  la  iuhvrii  llio  Saviur'ii  cstntu: 
TliouEli  iill  nro  invllud  (o  cgmu  mid  p'lrluko 
OrHiCftFisl  wUiglitlic  Lord  for  lli»  people  will  moke. 

Il  ilierofere  beliuiivcB  ua  lo  wnloli  mid  (o  pmy, 
Ltal   Mlipinng  or  eliding  onr  feoL  lij  Ilic  wnj, 
Tlic  lemplor  nllurc  iia  nivaj-iulo  sin, 
To  Ihiuga  tUal  nrcslmngoand  forbidden  linve  Leon, 
My  eyes  111 


been  paiDodnndmyiicni-t  bus  been  grieved, 
To  ace  bow  somo  brotbron  IhomBclvca  J.iivo  dcoeivcd; 
WJio  Ecok  Ibeir  oirn  glory,  umbilioua  for  fninu, 
And  slrivc  for  pre-eminoneo  (o  Ibeii-  own  sbitmo. 

So  let  us  keep  down  io  (be  lowly  and  mock, 
As  no  emulnlioQ  not  bonor  lo  seek, 
Hul  riilber  like  Jesus,  and  fdl  for  Ilia  sako, 
Seek  ourselves  "  of  no  reputolion  "  lo  mnkc. 

By  slooping  and  bowing  in  mildticsB  and  love, 
Wc  hope  Id  bo  raised  to  (be  ninnsions  above. 
Obeying  Hid  Savior,  cndiiriug  in  fuilb, 
Will  rniso  Ud  to  glory  and  honor  ii 
Wbal 


J<:ath. 


Hi  joy  and  wliat  gladness  in  heaven  sbull 
When  Ihc  saints  of  all  ages  iheir  Savior  nil 
Ifow  high  will  Ihe  miilurc  of  praises  oBpirc. 
Beholding  ibc  One  whom  ihoy  alwayn  admit 


These  li 


nes  are  submilled  lo  you  with  a  pr 
ou'rc  at  Ihe  nllar,  remember  me  Ihi 
icn  for  youiuolf  yoii  fairly  get  thro 


of  exnmiile,  needs  no  literal  rovivilication.  Tli 
sume  is  true  nsto  tbe  mnuwnrd  influence  of 
Christ's  dentil. 

If  the  eH'ect  on chonicter were  nll.itcouhlnot 
be  uiigineutetl  by  n  restin-ection.     But  it  is  ex- 
plicitly ntKnned  that "  if  Christ  be  twi  nxisF.iy, 
ijoiir  faith    is    vain;   ye  are  YET  IN    YOUR 
SIN'S"  (1  Cor.  15: 17).    This  snnie npostle  con- 
nects his  authority  its  a  tesicher,  not  only  with 
the  Eternal   Fountain  of  Light,  but  witb  the 
i-fsuncdioii  of  Christ  {GhI.  1: 1).    All  this  ilc- 
monstiates  that  in   the  De<it/i  of  Eminimiiel 
Uicrewasaii  object  and  efficacy  wholly  apart 
from  its  transforming  effect  on  the  ikumnnmiud 
nnd  heart.     Man  needed  not  only  redemption 
fiom  subjective  ruin,  but  from  the  retributions 
of  an  objective  Eternal   Law.    This  Lnw  de- 
notinced  death  on  tr.TJisgression,  and  less  thnn 
death  mil  not  suffice.    Whose  death  shall  it 
It  cannot  be  the  death  of  the  fallen,  for 
that  is  the  wages  of  sin,  and  instead  of  bring- 
ing deliverance,  seals  his  doom  in   remediless 
damnation.    The  Being  who  is  oflended  and 
ilishonore<l  by  sin   needs   propitiution  no  Ic; 
than  the  otfeudei-  needs  forgiveness.    This  pro- 
pitiation can  be  nothing  short  of  the  complete 
sntisfaction  of  the  ongiunl  penalty  against  sin, 
Man  cannot  effect  it,  as  in  the  very  act  of  paj'- 
nieiit  he   consummates  his  eternal   alienation 
from  God.  Angels  areequally  powerless,  for  they 
cannot  render  double  satisfnction  to  the  Su- 
preme Law  which  challenges  all  their  resources 
in  pcfuimil  obedience.     Tboi-e  is  only  one  otlier 
avenue  open  for  tLe  escape  of  man  from  mer- 
ited perdition.     God  Himself  must  become  flesh, 
and  live  tlie  life  that  comports  with  the  prim- 
eval dignity  of  htnuan  nature,  and  die  the  death 
which  alone  can  atone  for  human     iniquity. 
Less  than  this  would  degrade  the  Divine  char- 
acter, and  invalidate  Divine  Law,  instead  of  el- 
vating  and  ennobling  man.    Had  Christ  given 
His  spotless  example,  ami  multiplied   His  mii-- 


your  sins  were  laid,  and  for  yon  He  bore  that 
cruel,  insulting  and  ignominious  of  all  deaths; 
the  death  of  the  cross.  Oh !  how  He  must  have 
suflered.  How  torturing  must  have  been  that 
death!  How  painful!  And  the  moiv  so  be- 
cause He  was  the  Innocent  One  of  the  most 
high.  Reader,  He  suffered  this  for  you;  and 
while  upon  the  cross  He  says,  "  Father  forgive 
them!  This  lanRuage  is  for  you.  Yea,  to  you ! 
You  have  transgressed  against  your  Patlier'a 
will;  have  incurred  the  divine  displeasure,  and 
your  Savior  cries  for  you,  "  Father  forgive." 
Have  you  crucified  your  Lord,  your  Savior 
ag.ain?  Have  you  opened  atresh  those  bleed- 
ings wounds?  Have  you  set  at  naught  His 
sacrifice?  Have  yon  trampled  under  foot  the 
blood,  the  precious  blood  of  Christ?    You  have. 


NOT    OF    MAN. 

BY  C.  fl.  BALSBAUOB. 

i  RELIGION  that  is  to  fashion  a  fallen  im- 
-Tl.  niortahty  into  the  beauty  of  holiness,  can 
neither  be  originated  nor  consummated  by  fi- 
nite power.'  The  lone  and  fearful  struggles  of 
the  gigantic  intellects  of  uninspired  heathen- 
dom in  attempts  to  solve  the  problem  of  hu- 
man destiny,  show  the  utter  futility  of  self- 
wrought  redemption  from  the  bondage  of  cor- 
ruption. "  The  world  ny  wisdom  hww  ml  Gnil" 
(1  Cor.  1:  21).  Vastimd  high  and  deep  wasthe 
lore  of  heathen  sages,  but  none  could  approach 
the  idea  that  the  only  possibility  of  heuliug  the 
breach  of  aposta-sy,  and  elevating  man  to  com- 
munity of  nature  and  blessedness  \vith  his  source. 
lay  in  the  inhabitation  of  dual  constitution  by 
God  Himself,  and  a  sin-offering  the  uncreated 
in  and  for  the  created.  This  was  the  great  un- 
susiiected  mystery  hid  from  ages  and  generations 
(Col.  1:26). 

To  transfer  thesuprenie  importance  of  Christ's 
mission  from  His  death  to  His  life,  is  to  nulli- 
fy the  whole  scheme  of  Redemption  and  leave 
our  sins  unatoned,  and  our  eternity  unblessed. 
If  His  power  t«  save  lay  only  in  His  holy  ex- 
ample, there  would  be  no  necessity  to  put  such 
emphasis  on  His  resurrection  as  we  find  in  the 
declaration  of  CUrist  Himself  and  the  apostles. 
A  salvation  solely  dependent  on  the  moral  force 


acles,  and  revealed  ten  thousiuid  times  more  of 
the  majesty  of  the  Divine  character.and  enlarg- 
ed the  volume  of  inspiration  a  hundred-fold,  sc 
as  to  insert  an  absolute  solution  for  every  per- 
plexity in  human  life,  and  then  ascended  to 
Heaven  without "  lasting  ilealh  for  cvcri/  m. 
His  mission  would  not  have  been  worth  a  sti 
The  breach  between  God  and  man  would  have 
lieen  as  wide  as  liefore.  The  awful  glory  of 
Holiness,  and   the  dii-eful,   damning  natui 

are  seen  alone  in  the  dreadful  death-throbs 
of  the  Son  of  God  on   the  Cross.    Except 
■at  His  flesh,  and  drink  His  blood,  we  have  no 
life  in  ns  (.John  6:  53), 

To  reject  God's  own  satisfaction  for  His  vio- 
lated Law.  is  to  court  the  wrath  of  Omnip- 
otence, and  whelm  body  and  soul  in  the  fieiy 
horrors  of  Eternal  Death.  To  make  Christ 
less  than  God,  and  His  death  less  than  the 
ground  of  remission  from  the  penalty  of  sin,  is 
to  make  our  damnation  as  certain  as  the  Ho- 
lincs.s  of  God  imd  the  integrity  of  His  Eternal 

CHRISTMAS. 


It  you  have  not  become  reconciled  to  your 
Father  iuid  your  God,  oh,  "  I  beseech  in  Christ's 
sLcad  be  ye  reconciled  to  God!"  Spurn  not 
the  call,  but  receive  Him,  and  then  the  news  to 
you  shall  come  as  glorious  news,  as  glad  tidings. 
The  Savior  shall  beyoUrs;  and  God  shall  be 
your  God,  a  reconciled  Father;  an  All-sufficient 
and  wise  Creator.  Oh,  dear  reader,  hear  and 
your  soul  shall  live!  Whosoever  believeth, 
trusteth,  and  foUoweth  Christ,  shall  receive  a 
glorious — a  rich  reward  from  heaven. 


OUR  DUTY  TO  THE  POOR. 


BY  H.  II.  llRI.VKWOltTH. 


U" 


NTO  us  H  child  is  born;  unto  us  a  Son  is 
given:  glorious  news:  glad  tidings 
unto  as."  Do  we  realise  that  to  us  is  bom 
this  Child.  Jesus  the  Savior  of  the  world?  "A 
Son  is  given;"  cim  it  be?  Yes,  glorious  news! 
God  has  not  spared  any  good  thing;  He  has 
frce!y  given  tons  His  own  Son,  His  beloved 
Son.  His  only  Son— Jesus.  And  why?  Sim- 
ply because  we  were  under  the  law,  the  curse 
ot  sin,  triuisgressiou.  How  could  we  escape? 
Could  we  procure  our  own  redemption  from  the 
faU?  Could  we  not  satisfy  the  demands  of  a 
justly  oflered  God?  Oh  no!  Nothing  could 
wo  do;  and  wliile  in  this  state,  a  Redeemer  ap.- 
pears— a  Savior  is  bom,   a  Son  is  given?     Yes, 

reader  for  you  He  came,  for  you  He  lived,    for    always  mth  y__.       

you  He  suffered  the  reproach  of  many:  on  Hiu  J  plainly  seethat  there  were  poor  in  the  time  of 


DAILY  do  ive  offer  up  praj-ers  and  petitious 
to  the  Almighty  to  have  mercy  on  the 
poor,  the  needj',  the  sick,  and  the  afflicted,  but 
if  we  neglect  doing  onr  part,  onr  prayers  will 
not  be  answered.  Some  may  say,  that  tlie 
prayers  of  the  poor  will  not  be  answei-ed,  for 
thej'  have  become  so  reduced,  tliat  they  cannot 
do  their  pai-t.  Have  they  not  done  their  part? 
Have  they  not  made  it  known  unto  them  that 
:ire  of  the  household  of  faith  through  the 
Primitive  Cliristiun  .ind  the  Brethhejj  at 
Work,  that  they  are  in  want?  Yet  could  we 
all  realize  the  feelings  of  gratitude,  that  the 
needy  and  the  afflicted  ieel  when  they  receive  a 
gift'  of  relief  we  certainly  would  not  with- 
hold that  which  we  can  so  easily  spare.  Wlieii 
the  impotent  or  lame  man,  in  the  temple  receiv- 
ed what  Peter  and  John  gave  him,  he  leaped, 
walked,  and  pi-aiscd  God.  So  it  is  to  this  day 
when  relief  is  given  to  to  Ihe  needy  and  nflliet- 
ed,  they  feel  like  going  on  and  praising  God. 
Their  prayers' being  answered,  they  have  cause 
to  rejoice  more  than  if  they  had  heard  the 
greatest  sermon  preached. 

Let  us  consider  well  the  circumstance  of  the 
poor,  were  we  to  be  in  their  condition.    Is  it 

not  often  the  case  when  there  is  something  to 
bo  done  for  the  poor,  that  many  who  are  worth 
their  thousands  of  this  world's  goods,  ciui 
scarcely  be  persuaded  to  give  one  dollai-  for 
their  relief,  and  some  that  are  worth  lesa  can 
scarcely  be  persuaded  to  give  anything  at  all? 
It  is  true  that  some  pereons  are  liberal,  and 
vei-y  liberal  too,  but  often  in  the  tiniH  of  need, 
they  are  not  prepared  to  give.  Some  will  di- 
vide with  what  they  have,  and  pray  that  it 
may  be  applied  to  its  intended  use.  ".Give 
alms  of  thy  substance:  and  when  thou  givest 
alms,  let  not  thy  eye  be  envious,  neither  turn 
thy  i'ace  from  any  poor,  and  the  face  of  God 
shall  not  be  turned  away  from  thee."  If  thou 
hast  abundance, give  alms  aecordinglyjif  thou 
hast  but  a  little,  be  not  afraid  to  give  accord- 
ing to  that  little."  "  For  if  there  he  first  a 
willing  mind,  it  is  accepted  according  to  that 
a  man  hath,  and  not  accoi-ding  to  that  he  hath 
not"  (2  Cor.  S:  12).  The  poor  shall  never 
ce.ise  out  of  the  laud:  therefore  I  command  thee 
saj-ing,  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide  unto 
thy  brother,  to  thy  poor,  and  to  thy  needy  in 
thy  hand"  (Deut.  lo:  11).  "  Ye  have  the  poor 
these  words  we  can 


Moses,  and  in  the  time  of  Christ.  And  if  «-e 
examine  the  Word  of  God,  we  find  that  in  all 
ages  of  the  world,  it  tvas  the  will  of  God  that 
His  people  should  administer  to  the  wants  oF 
the  poor.  If  there  be  any  poor  among  the 
children  of  God,  we  that  are  blessed  with 
abundance  of  this  world'.-,  goods,  shall  not  har- 
den our  hearts,  nor  shut  our  hands  from  them, 
but  shall  open  wide  our  hands  nnto  theuL 

"Let  us  therefore  come  boldly  unto  a  throne 
of  grace,  that  we  may  obtjun   mercy  nnd  fi.,(l 
grace   to  help  m  time  of  neeil"  (Heb.  4:   16). 
"And  to  defend  the  poor  and  fatherlew  "  and 
to  "  do  justice  to  the  afflicted  and  needy"  (Ps. 
'"*■  3).     Despise  not  the  poor.     "  Hath  not  God 
chosen  Ihe  poor  of  this  world  rich  in  faith.and 
heirs  of  the  kingdom  which   He  hath  promised 
to  them  that  love  Him?"  (James  2;  5).  "  Bless- 
:d  are  the  |»oor  in  s|)irit,  ibr  theirs  is  the  fcing- 
ilom  of  heaven"  (Matt.  :,:  3).     If  we  love  God 
we  ivill  keep  His  commandnu^nts,  woi-ship  Him 
Hn  spirit  and  in  truth,  and  live  by  everj'  wo|il 
that  proceedeth  out  of  Hi.s  mouth.     If  we  live 
by  every  word,  we  must  not  neglect  the  poor 
ami   needy.     For  if  we  only  obey  in  part  we 
may  as  well  foraake  all,  for  he  that  transgi-ess- 
eth  in  one  thing,  isguilty  of  all,     "  I  have  shew- 
ed all  things,  how  that  so  laboring  ye  ought  to 
support  the  weak,  and  to  remember   the  words 
of  the  Lord  Jesus,  how  He  said,  it  is  more  blear- 
ed to  give  than  to  receive  "  (Acts  20;  35).     ''  As 
we  have  therefore  opportunity,  let  us  do  good     . 
unto  all  men.  especially  unto  them  who  are  of 
tlie  houselutld  of  faith"  (Gal.  6;   10).     "But 
whoso  hath  this  world's  goods,  and  seeth  liis 
brother  have  need,  and  shutteth  up  his  bowels 
of  compassion  from  him,  how  dwelleth  the  love 
of   God  in  him?"  (1   John  3:   17).     "He  that 
giveth  unto  the  poor  shall  not  lack:  but  he  that 
hideth  his  eyes  shall  have  manya  curae  "  (Prov. 
2S:  27).      "  He  that   hath  pity  on  the  poor, 
lendeth  unto  the  Loiil,  and  that  which  he  hath 
given,    will  he  p.iy  him  again  "(Prov.  19;  17). 
And  whosoever  shall  give  to  tlrink  unto  one 
of  these  little  ones,   a  cup  of  cold  water  only 
in  the  name  of  a  disciii].-,  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
he  shall  in  no  wise  lose  his  rewanl  "  (Matt,  lo" 
42). 

Now  we  will  see  the  example  of  the  apostoh'e 
hurehes  on  thissubject.  "  For  it  hath  pleased 
them  of  Macedonia  and  Achaia  to  make  a  cer- 
tain contribution  for  the  poor  saints  which  are 
Jerusalem"  (Rom.  l.-i:  26).  "Moreover, 
biethren,  we  do  yon  to  wit  of  the  grace  oS  God 
bestowed  on  the  churches  of  Macedonia:  hotv 
that  in  the  great  trial  of  afllictiou,  the  abun- 
dance of  their  joy,  nnd  their  deep  poverty, 
abound  unto  the  riches  of  their  liberality  "(2 
Cor.  8:  12).  Being  enriched  ui  everj-  thing  to 
all  bountifulness  ivliich  causeth  through  us 
thankfulness  to  God.  For  the  administration 
of  this  service,  not  only  supplieth  the  want  of 
the  saints,  but  abundant  also  by  many  thanks- 
givings unto  God;  while  by  the  experience-  of 
this  ministration,  they  glorify  God  for  yoiu- 
profbssed  subjection  unto  the  Gospel  of  Christ, 
and  for  your  hheral  distribution  unto  them  and 
unto  al!  men  (2  Cor.  9;  11, 13). 

Let  us  not  neglect  the  poor,  but  let  then- 
cases  be  judiciously  attended  to,  for  if  we  neg- 
lect the  poor  we  will  be  held  accountable  in  t&e- 
day  of  judgment.  Think  of  brother  Work- 
's one  penny  proposition,  and  othera  who- 
arc  in  ivant.  Where  the  work  bus  not  been  aC- 
tendc-d  to,  take  hold  of  it  immediately,  and  if 
it  does  take  a  few  of  our  dimes,  we  will  only 
be  depositing  our  money  in  the  bank  of  heav- 
en. May  the  Lord  give  us  grace  to  do  His  mlT, 
and  when  oar  earthly  career  is  ended  He  will 
take  us  home  to  sing  His  praises  with  all  the 
blood-washed  sainta,  is  rav  prayer. 


Augustine's  advise  was;  "  never  resent  a- sup- 
posed injury  till  you  know   the  motives  of  the 

thor  of  it.  On  no  occasion  retaliate."  It 
would  be  well  if  more  would  follow  this  advict 


THE    13RET£IREI<r    ^T    WOKIC. 


Januai'v    ~4. 


WANTED— A    MINISTER. 

WE  hitve  been  without  a  pastor 
Some  eiglit.>en  months  or  more; 
Ami  though  caiulidrttes  ore  plenty— 

We've  hud  nl  least  a  score, 
All  uf  thi-m  "  tii>-top  "  prcuchers, 

Or  so  their  letters  rnD— 
"We're  just  ns  fur  ever 

From  settling  on  the   man. 

The  first  who  came  among  ua 

By  no  means  was  the  worst, 
But  then  we  didn't  think  of  him, 

Because  he  was  the  first; 
It  heing  quite  the  custom 

To  sacrifice   a  few 
Belore  ihe  church  in  earnest 

Determines  what  to  do. 

There  waa  a  smart  young  fellow 
With  serious,  earnest  Wiiy. 

Who  hut  for  one  great  blunder 
Had  surely  won  the  day; 

Who  left  so  good  impression, 

On  Monday,  one  or  two 
"Went  round  siuiong  the  people 

To  see  if  he  would  do. 

The  pious,  godly  portion 

Had  not  a  fault  to  find; 
His  clear  and   searching  preucliing 

They  thought  the  very  kind; 
And  all  went  "smooth   imd  pleasant 

Until  they  heard  the  views 
Of  some  influential  sinners 

Who  rent  the  highest  pews. 

On  these  his  pungent  dealing 

Made  but  asflrry  hit; 
The  coat  of  Gospel   teaching 

AVas  quite  too  tight  a  fit. 
Of  course  his  fate  was  settled; 

Attend  ye  parsons  all! 
And  preach  to  please  the  sinners 

l(  you  would  get  a  call. 

Next  came  a  spruce  young  <laiid.v: 

He  wore  his  hair  loo  long; 
Another's  coiit  was  shabby. 

And  his  voice  not  over  sti-ong; 
Ajid  one  New  Haven  student 

Was  worse  than  all  of  those. 
We  couldn't  heed  the  sermon 

For  thinking  of  his  nose. 

Then,  wearying  of  candidates 

We  looked  the  country  through, 
■"  Mid  doetoi-s  atul  professoi-s, 

To  find  one  that  would  do;. 
And  after  much  discussion 

One  who  should  hear  the  ark, 
With  tolerable  agreement 

Wefixed  on  Dr.  Parke. 

rHcTC,  then,  we  thought  it  settled, 

But  were  aniaxed  to  find 
■Our  flattering  invitation 
Respectfully  declined- 
We  turned  to  Dr.  Hopkins 
To  help  Qs  in  the  lurch. 
Who   stnuigely  thought  that  college 
Had  claims  above  onr  church. 

JNe:rt  we  dispatched  committees 

By  twos  and  threes,  to  urge 
The  labors  for  a  Sabhath 

Of  the  Rev.  Shallow  Splurge.      , 
^e  came — a  marked  sensation, 

So  wonderful  his  style, 
PoUoweil  the  screakhig  of  his  boots 
As  lie  passed  up  the  aisle. 

"His  tones  were  so  affecting. 

His  gestures  so  divine, 
A  lady  fainted  in  a  hymn 

Before   the  second  line; 
And  on  that  day  he  gave  us. 

In  accents  clear  and  loud, 
The  greatest  prayer  e'er  addressed 

To  an  enlightened  crowd. 

He  preached  a  double  sermon. 

And  gave  us  ungeVs  food 

'    'On  snch  a.lovcly  topic— 

■"  The  joys  of  solitude." 

All  full  of  sweet  descriptions 

Of  flowers  and  pearly  streams, 
«0f  warbl'g  birds,  and  moonlight  groves, 
And  golden  sunset  beams. 

"Of  faith  and  true  repentance 

He    nothinghadtnsay; 
He  rounded  all  the  corners, 

And  smoothed  the  rugged  way; 
Miuiaged  with  great  adroitues.s 

To  entertain  and  please, 
And  leave  the  sinner's  conscience 

Completely  at  its  ca.se. 

Six  hundred  is  the  salary 

We  gave  in  former  days; 
We  thought  it  very  liberal. 


And  found  it  hard  to  raise; 
But  when  we  took  the  paper 

We  had  no  need   to  iirge 
To  raise  a  cool  two  thousand 

For  the  Rev.  Sh.dlow  Splurge. 

In  vain  were  all  the  efforts — 

We  had  no  change  at  all — 
We  found  ten  city  churches 

Had  given  him  a  call; 
And  he,  in  prayerful  waiting, 

Waa  keeping  them  all  in  tow; 
But  where  they  paid  the  highest 

It  was  whispered  he  would  go. 
And  now,  good  Christian  brothers. 

We  ask  your  earnest  prayers 
That  God  would  send  a  shepherd 

To  guide  our  church  aflairs. 
With  this  clear  understanding — 

A  man  to  meet  our  \-iew8 
Must  preach  to  please  the  sinuei-s, 

And  fill  the  vacant  pews. 

— Vindiailor. 


SHEW   BREAD. 


UY  MATTIE  A.  LEAR. 


SHEW  bread  was  bread  offered  every 
Sabbath  day  upon  tlie  golden  table 
in  tlie  holy  place,  or  sanctum.  These 
were  twelve  in  number,  according  to  the 
twL-lve  tribes,  in  whose  names  they  were 
offered.  Every  loaf  was  composed  of 
a  little  more  than  five  pints  of  flour, 
they  -were  unleavened.  They  were  pre- 
sented hot  every  Sabbatli  day,  the  old 
ones  being  taken  away  and  eaten  by  the 
priests  only.  This  offering  was  accom- 
panied vnth  salt,  and  frankincense  (see 
,  Lev.  2:  13;34:o,  S).  Some  think  it 
,,'as  also, accompanied  with  wjue,  though 
this  is  not  mentioned  in  the  Scriptures, 
but  as  wine  was  used  in  many  of  the 
sacrifices  and  ofterings  of  the  Jews  it  is 
presumed  that  it  was  used  here.  These 
twelve  loaves,  because  they  stood  before 
the  Lord  were  called  of  faces,  or  of  the 
presence,  that  is  bread  which  stands  iu 
the  presence  of  God. 

The  shew  bread  is  peculiarly  interest. 
ing  to  us,  as  being  a  striking  type  of 
C'hrist.  We  will  now  try  to  notice  some 
of  the  points  of  coincidence. 

1.    This  bread  was  fii-st  offered  as  a 
sacrifice  to  Jehovah,  and  afterwads  eaten 
by  the  priests.     How  forcibly  this  shad- 
owed  forth    Christ,  "who   hath    given 
Himself  for  us,  an  offering  and  a  sacrifice 
to  God  for  a  sweet  smelling  savor,"  af- 
tf  iwards  becoming  spiritual  food  to  such 
lus  in    and    through    Him    are   spiritual 
priests  to  God,  even  HisFather  (  1  Pet. 
2:  5;Rev.  1:  6,  and  5:  10).     Christhath 
told  us  not  only  that  He  would  be  the 
spiritual  nourishment  of  His  saints,  but 
that  unless  they  would  feed  on'Hini,  they 
could  have  no    spii-itual  life.     "  For  my 
flesh  is  meat  indeed.     He  that  eateth  my 
flesli,  and  drinketh  my  blood,  dwelleth 
in  me,  and  I  in  Him."     But,  "  Except 
ye  eat  the  flesh  of  the  Son  of  man  and 
drink  His  blood,  ye  have  no  life  in  you." 
3.     This  bread  must  be  eaten  in  the 
holy  place,  it  was  unlawful  to  remove  it 
from  the  sanctuary.     With  what  solemn- 
ity and  aM'e  those  priests  must  have  par- 
taken of  that  hallowed  bread,  that  bread 
taken  from  the  presence  of  Jehovah,  and 
then  to  eat  it  in  such  a  sacred  place,  on- 
ly the  embroidered   veil  separating  be- 
tween them  and  the  hMy  She<.'hiii;ih,  or 
manifestation  of  the  divim-  pirv,.ncein 
the  holy  of  holies.     Mvlhinks  with  bow- 
ed heads,  and  deep  reverence,  they  must 
have  eaten  such  sacred   food,    in  such  a 
holy  place.     But  while   thus   engaged, 
the  mind  of  the  enlightened  priest,  was 
perhaps  wholly  engrossed  -with  the  deep 
mysterious  signification  of  the  act.  They 
could  perhaps  dimly  see  in  it,  the  im- 
molation   of  their   future    Messiah,  the 
wondrous  stores  of  gi-ace    and   wisdom 
that  should  be  opened  up  to  the  chm-ch 


under  His  dispensation.  The  shew  bread 
was  one  of  the  many  things  of  the  Jew- 
ish economy  that  pointed  to  Christ,  de- 
signed to  keep  before  the  minds  of  the 
people  the  gieat  redemption  that  God 
was   preparing  for  tlie   human    family. 
JIan  is  prone  to  forgetfulness,  and  for- 
getfulness   is  the  parent  of  negligence, 
and  finally  of  apostasy    and  ruin.     Our 
dear  Master,   knowing  our   frailty,  our 
pronenes-g  to  apathy  and    indifference, 
the  night  of  His  betrayal,  the    night  of 
His  most  di-eadful  sufl'erings   instituted 
an  ordinance  in  His  church,  andan  ordi- 
nance most  solemn  and  impressive,  well 
calculated  to  keep   before   the  minds  of 
His  people,  the  awful  tragedy  of  Geth- 
.semane  and  Calvary.     While  seated  at 
the  table  with   His  disciples,  partaking 
with  them  His  last  meal,  and  convei-sing 
with  them  of  His  approaching  trial  and 
sulferings,  He  took  \ip  a  piece  of  bread 
in  the  most  solemn    manner,   blessed  it, 
brake  it,  and    gave  it  to  His  disciples, 
and  said,  "  take  eat  ///I'-s  is  my  body." 
How  emphatic!     This  broad  which  I 
have  just  broken  represents   my   body 
which    will   soon  be    broken    for   you. 
Eat  this  bread,  it  is  symbolical  of  the 
spiritual   nourishment  you   will  derive 
from    my  awful    sufferings.     I  am  soon 
to  suffer,  and  through  that  snffering  you 
are  to  procure  spiritual  aliment.     Mer- 
cifulJesu^!    Was  every  comfort,  every 
blessing,  all  the  happiness,  all  the  peace, 
all  the  joy  that  is   mine,    wrung   from 
thee  1     Didst  thou  procure  them  for  me 
at  such  an  awful  cost?     Well   may  the 


far  from  being    ashamed  of  our  Miis- 
tev's  sufierings,  we  glory  in  them. 

When  our  Savior  instituted  this  or- 
dinance, He  said,  this  is  my  bhunl  of 
the  new  covenant  (see  Bible  Union 
Translation).  Now  a  covenant  implies 
two  parties,  and  mutual  stipulations. 
God  made  a  covenant  with  Abraham, 
and  gave  him  the  rite  of  circumcision, 
which  was  the  seal  of  that  covenant. 
This  rite  was  a  sign,  evidence,  and  as- 
surance, both  of  the  blessings  promised 
by  God,  particularly  that  he  would  give 
them  Christ  the  promised  seed  out  of 
the  loins  of  Abraham,  and  through  him 
dispense  unto  themallspiritualble^iings, 
on  their  part  it  was  a  sign  of  their  faith 
or  confidence  in  this  promise,  and  also 
of  their  willingness  to  submit  to  the  rule 
and  guidance  of  this  promised  seed. 

Now  Paul  tells  us,  "  He  is  not  a  Jow, 
which  is  one  outwardly,  neither  is  that 
circumcision  which  is  outward  in  the 
flesh,  but  he  is  a  Jew  which  is  one  in- 
wardly; and  circumcision  is  that  of  the 
heart,  in  the  spirit,  and  not  iu  the  letter; 
-hose  praise  is  not  of  meu,butof  Goil." 
An-aiu  he  says,  "  Forwe  are  the  circum- 
cision which  serve  God  in  the  Spirit,  and 
rejoice  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  have  no  con- 
fidence in  the  fipsh."  This  covenant 
which  was  on  Christ's  part  ratified  with 
his  blood,  reqiures  on  onr  part  that  we 
receive  the  true  or  spiritual  circumcis- 
ion of  the  lieart,  which  con.si.sts  of  a 
cutting  a%vay  of  all  fleshly  or  carnal  de- 
sires, or  appetites.  This  spiritual  incis- 
ion is  necessarily  painful.     Paul  tells  v 


at  such  an  awtu!  cost;      neii   may  tuc   imi  .a  ucv.^^«..v  i'-— ,.,     ,     . 

ipo=^tle  say,   "Ye  were  not  redeemed   that  the  Word  of  God,  by  which  the  in- 
with  corruptible  things,    as   silver    and  |  eision  is  made,  "  Is  qniek  and  powertul, 


gold,  but  with  tjie  precious  blood  of 
Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without  blemish  and 
without  spot."     "  And  he  took  the  cup, 
and  gave  thanks,  and  gave  it  to  them, 
saying,  drink  ye  all  of  it,  for  this  is  my 
blood  of  the  New  Testament,  which   is 
shed  for  many  for  the  remission  of  sins." 
Drink  ye   all  of  this  cup,    it  represents 
my  blood  of  tlie  New  covenant,  the  cov- 
enant of  gi-ace,    and   redemption,  long 
ago  entered  into  by  the  triune  God,  and 
now  to  be   ratified  and    sealed    by    my 
blood.     Drink  ye  all  of  this  cup,  it  sym- 
bolizes that  the  blessings,  the  privileges, 
the  immunities  that  have  been  so  long 
preparing  and  maturing,  are  no^v  about 
to  be  confirmed   and   sealed    to  you  by 
my  blood.     The  shedding   of  my  blood 
will  release  you    from    the   dominion  of 
the  law,  but  under  grace.    Sweet  Savior, 
all  the  suffering  is  thine,  all   the  benefit 
is  oms.     The  chm-ch  militant  can  even 
now  sing     "  There  is,  therefore,  now  no 
condemnation    to  them    which    are    in 
Christ  Jesus  Who  walk   not   after   the 
flesh,but  after  the  Spirit."     Wliile  the 
triumphant  anthems   of  the   redeenifid 
will  ever  be,  unto  him  that  loved  us,  and 
washed  us  from  our  sins  in  hisown  blood, 
and  hath  made  us  priests  and  kings  un- 
to God  and  his  Father;  to  him  be  glory 
and  dominion  for  everand  ever;  Amen." 
These  emblems  of  our  Savior's  suffer- 
ings are   only  to  be  paitaken    of  iu  the 
church,  that  is,  among  believers  in  a  col- 
lective body,  which  body  composes  the 
true  or  spiritual    temple    or   dwelling 
place  of  Jehovah  on  earth.      But  riot 
only  are  we  to  partake  of  these  emblems 
as  a  reminder  of  our  Lord's  sufferings, 
but  through  it  we  are  to  make  a  public 
exhibition  , of  our  Master's    sufferings. 
Says  Pauli  "  As  oft.as  ye  eat  this  bread, 
aud  driuk  tliis  cup,  ye  do  show  the  Lord's 
death  till  he  cornea."     Though  a  crucifi- 
d  Christ   is  a  stumbling  block  to  the 
Jews,  and  foolishness  unto  the  Greeks, 
to  the    enlightened  Cliristian    he  is  the 
power  of  God,  and  the  wisdom  of  God, 
our  only  boaat  is  in    the  cross   of  Jesus, 


and  sharper  than  any  two-edged  sword, 
piercing  even  to  the  dividing  asunder  of 
soul  and  spirit,  and  of  the  joints  and 
marrow,  and  is  a  discemer  of  the 
thoughts   and   intents  of  the  heart." 

Paul  calls  this  holy  sacrament  a  com- 
munion (I  Cor.  10;  16).  Communion 
iguifies  fellowship,  concord,  harmony, 
union.  It  is  then  also  a  sacred  sign  of 
our  spiritual  fellowship  ^dth  Christ. 
But,  says  the  apostle, "  Wliat  fellowshij) 
hath  righteousness  with  unrighteousness? 
And  what  communion  hath  light  ^vith 
darkness?  And  what  concord  hath 
Christ  with  Belial."  Unless,  then,  we 
are  one  with  Christ,  unless  our  spirits 
are  in  harmony  with  bis  Spirit,  unless 
there  is  in  our  hearts  a  willingness  to 
foi-sake  all  for  him,  as  he  forsook  all  for 
,..,  unless  there  really  is  between  our 
souls  and  Christ,  a  true  spiritual  fellow- 
ship, we  cannot  properly  partake  of  this 
sacred  sign  of  fellowship.  It  is  not  on- 
ly a  sign  of  onr spiritualfellowship  with 
Christ,  but  also  a  sign  of  our  true  Chris- 
tian fellowship  one  with  another.  "  The 
bread  which  we  break,  is  it  not  the  com- 
munion of  the  body  of  Christ?"  For, 
says  the  apostle,  "  We  being  many  are 
one  bread  and  one  body;  for  we  are  all 
partakers  of  that  one  bread."  This 
bread  broken  and  distributed  among  the 
membei-s  of  Christ's  mystical  body,  rep- 
resents the  union  aud  concord  that  should 
exist  between  them,  all  being  united  to- 
rrether  in  liim.  Oh  how  solemn,  how 
sacred  is  all  this,  when  seated  at  that 
table,  an  almost  overpowering  sense  of 
awe  takes  possession  of  our  mind,  and 
oh,  with  what  feelings,  do  we  sip  that 
cup  and  eat  that  bread!  Holy  Master, 
help  us  to  "cleanse ourselves  from  all  fil- 
thiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  peifect- 
ing  holiness  in  the  fear  of  God,"  so  that 
we  may  imrtake  of  these  emblems  prop- 
erly. For,  "  Whosoever  shall  eat  this 
bread,  and  drink  this  cup  of  the  Lord, 
unworthily,  shall  be  guilty  of  the  body 
and  blood  of  the  Lord." 

Let  ils'so  live,  that  we  may  have  true 


January   24. 


XHE    ]3IiETPIIlEjN"    ^lT    AVORKl. 


ft'llowaliip  one  witli  anotlier,  and  togeth- 
er Iiiive  fellowaljip  witli  the  B'lvther,  and 
with  His  Son  Jesus  Christ  (1  John  1:  3). 


THE  WAR  IN  PROPHECY. 

rpiIE  present  situation  of  affairs  in 
-*-  Europe  calls  out  many  refeiencfs 
to  tliB  article  "  The  European  War  in 
Prophecy,"  which  appeared  in  Inter 
Ocean  of  Oct.  28,  187fi,  and  wliieli  was 
repulilislied  in  May  last.  The  article 
'was  devoted  to  a  statement  of  the  views 
of  the  Kev.  S.  D.  Baldwin,  given  in  his 
book  "Armageddon;  or,  the  United 
States  in  Prophecy,"  published  m  1851. 
Tlte  following  is  the  summary  attached 
to  the  quotations  from  the  book,  as  pub- 
lished in  The  Inter  Ocean^n  Oct.  187(i: 
"  According  to  the  views  of  Mr.  Bald- 
win the  accomplishment  of  Daniel's 
proijliecy  was  to  begin  in  187G,  continue 
tlirougb  1S77  and  terminate  betoi-e  the 
close  uf  April,  1S7S.  .  Sliould  his  prog- 
niisticntions  turn  out  to  lie  true,  the  near 
fiitui'e  will  develop  startling  and  pro- 
foundly interesting  events.  In  that  case 
tile  efforts  of  the  European  powers  to 
patch  ui)  a  peace  will  prove  abortive 
[this  was  written  jn  187(j,  before  the 
ft)  in  men  fern  ent  of  the  war,  and  while 
the  representatives  of  the  powers  were 
in  conference] :  the  actual  occupation  of 
the  revolted  provinces  [Bulgaria  and 
Sevvia]  by  Pai>siaii  troops willtakeplace 
England  will  oppose  the  Czar's  i)rogre=i 
with  a  sudden  and  tremendous  onset  in 
maj^uilicaut  array,  but  without  avail 
Russian  armies  will  viirtoriously  cross 
tile  Balkans  into  Turkey,  making  a  con 
■juest  of  the-Europeau 'portion  first,  then 
pour  trimiiphantly  into  Asia  Minor,  and 
reduce  it  to  suliji-rtlon,  tu^'i'ther  with 
Egypt  and  Pale^tiur.  If  D^ini^'l's  proph- 
ecy lias  been  acfunili-ly  intcrpn'ted,  Rus- 
sia is  to  become  the  autocratic  colossus 
among  the  nations  in  the  Old  AVorld 
■within  eighteen  months  from  this  date 
[Oct.  2S,  187(5],  and  then  precipitately 
tumble  into  a  vast  and  wonderful  ruin." 
The  efforts  to  patch  up  a  peace  were 
abortive;  Russia  has  occupied  Bulgaria, 
and  is  ready  to  cross  theBalkans  in  force. 
A7hat  will  be  the  issue  of  the  jMesent 
negotiations  none  can  tell. 

— Inter  Ocean. 


REMEMBERING   TOO  LATE. 


BY  E.    K.    UUEf 


(^OON,  remember  tliat  thou  in  tliy  life. 

'^  timereeeivi-dstthy  guild  tliingsiaud 
likewise  Lazarus  i;\il  t])inL;s.  Imt  nr.w  he 
is  comforted  nnd  tliou  ail  ti>iiiii.>[iteii 
(Luke  la:  25). 

In  the  narrative  related  in  tliis  chap- 
ter from  the  19-31  veree  inclusive;  the 
Lord  Jesus  Clirist  the  Sou  of  God,  who 
spake  OS  never  man  spake,  gives  us  in  a 
brief,  but  positive  manner,  the  life  and 
deiitli,  i-tprniil  hereafter  of  two  certain 
individuals,  M-ho  livi-d  in  tlif  M-ovkl  lit 
one  anil  the  ^;uiir    t'uw.     It  is   liuw<n-r]- 


'/,■- 


,  tlK.l    i-    l,uf  :.    taiil.-, 
1    otcurivnci-S    the    bk-: 


icd  iSaviur 
gives  it  as  a  reality,  be  this  as  it  may, 
we  ai-e  hei-eby  told  in  plain  tei-ms,  wha,t 
the  state  of  the  dead  M'ill  be,  beyond  the 
grave,  of  both  saint  and  sinner.  This 
is  however  not  saying  that  every  be^^ar 
will  go  to  heaven,  and  that  every  man  of 
wealth  must  of  necessity  goto  hell;  tliis 
is  not  the  idea.  The  Psalmist  says, 
"  The  wklced  shall  be  tui-ned  into  hell, 
and  all  the  nations  that  forget  God" 
(Ps.  'J:  17).  And  the  Almighty  says, 
"  Say  to  the  riyhteoiis,  that  it  shall  be 
well  with  M-ithhim  "  (Isa.  3:  10).  Thus 
We  see  that  it  is  the   vt'iched,  and  those 


Wiai  forget  God,  that  go  to  hell,  wheth- 
er •  rich  or  poor,  and  the  righteous, 
whether  prince  or  beggar,  that  shall 
go  to  glory. 

The  two  now  described  in  the  narra- 
tive, the  one  was  a  great  and  rich  man 
of  the  >voild;  the  other  was  a  poor  in- 
valid, sick  and  sore;  the  one  had  great 
possessions,  he  had  all  that  a  carnally- 
minded,  sinful  heart  could  desire,  the 
other  had  not  where  to  lay  and  rest  his 
\veary  head ;  the  one  was  arrayed  in  all 
the  pomp,  and  style,  and  fashions  of  the 
world,  the  other  had  not  to  shield  him-. 
self  from  the  stormy  blast;  the  one  had 
his  table  spread,  and  loaded  down  with 
sumptuous  meals,  dainty  dishes,  and  full 
cups,  everyday,  the  other  had  not  where- 
with to  stay  his  hungi-r;  the  one  was  a 
high-miiided,  haughty,  proud  man  of  the 
world,  the  other  was  an  humble  child  of 
God.  To  be  brief,  the  one  had  sown 
according  to  the  Jlesh,  the  other  accord- 
ing to  the  spirit,  and  the  sequel  will 
show  what  the  harvest  produced.  "He 
thatsoweth  to  the  flesh,  shall  of  the 
flesh  reap  corruption ;  but  he  that  sow- 
efb  to  the  spirit,  sluill  of  the  spirit  reap 
life  everlasting"  (Gal.  0:  3). 

Had  the  blessed  Savior  given  us  no 
more  of  this  narrative  than  the  three 
first  verses  19,  20,-21,  all  the  world 
would  say  that  the  rich  man's  case  was 
the  best,  as  he  was  rich,  was  clothed  in 
the  most  fjtshionable  attire  that  wealth 
eoiild  procure,  and  fared  sumptuously 
every  day  of  his  life,  he  had  all  this,  and 
more  at  his  command,  he  had  never 
learned  what  want  was.  The  other  man 
was  poor,  and  needy,  had  to  beg  for 
crund}S,  had  not  wherewith  to  satisfy 
Iiis  wants,  and  to  clothe  his  body ;  besides 
this,  he  was  sick,  and  full  of  sores,  he 
had  no  one  to  befriend  him,  but  dogs, 
"  Moreovei'  the  dogs  came  and  licked  his 
sores."  This  Is  all  the  relief  that  we  ar 
told  of,  that  the  poor  saint  had  admiuis- 
tered  to  him,  while  la)dng  at  the  rich 
man's  gate.  "  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  beggar  died."  Death  -came  to  the 
poor  saint's  relief,  he  was  now  relieved 
of  his  sores,  'he  had  no  more  use  of  dogs 
to  lick  his  sores,  he  no  more  begged  for 
crumbs ;  we  have  no  more  account  of  his 
burial,  yet  we  presume  he  was  buried, 
without  any  great  display  being  made. 
Let  this  be  as  it  may,  whether  hereceiv- 
ed  honin-able  scjnilture  or  not,  heavenly 
messeiigci'.-.,  bfigjit  shining'  angels  wer 
in  waiting  for  liim  at  Iii'i  departure  out 
of  this  world,  aiid  conveyed  him  on  the 
wings  of  the  wind,  away  yonder,  afar 
oft-  out  of  roar-h  of  the  wiA-nl,  iijto  ev- 
.■i-la^tin-  -\uvy  and  iiappinr",  "Where 
ihr  wirk..,|  .■r..M.|n.inti..nl,lln^.  andthe 
weary  areat  rest."  ';  Whore  the  morning 
stars  sing  togethr,  and  all  the  sons  of 
rotj  sliout  for. joy .V,,;, There  is  no  more 
hubger;  thirst,  heat  nor  frost,  piiin  nor 
BoiTow  bo  endure.  Jfothing  but  peace, 
joy,  honor  and  glory  to  b.-  '(Enjoyed  at 
the  right  hand  ..f  fioil,  in  thi- presen<x- 
)f  ttu'  -uKv  ..■nicifiod  Lamb,  ami  gh.rifi- 
■d  saint,  for  wry  and  i-vrr,  fhrmi-h  the 
■<-a>rl...-  a';_'.'^   i.f  rfi-rnit\  .      Wlinv  tliey 

"  When  we've  boeu  Uiore,  tea  tliousaiid  years, 
I  Bright  sliii;iiig  as  the  siui,,, 
,    We've  no  less  Juys  to  sing  God's  praise, 
Tlica  when  we  first  begiui," 

"The  rich  man  also  died,  and  was 
buried."  Yea  verily,  the  ■.'reat  and  rich 
men  of  theworl'i  must  alsn  die,  ;dl  tlieir 
grandenr,  wealth,  pomp.styleand  world- 
ly honor,  cannot  save  them  from  death. 
"  It  is  appointed  imto  men  once  to  die" 
(Heb.  9:  27). 

"  Oh  ye  yoiitif;  ye  gay  ye  prone), 

You  must  die  and  wear  the  sliraiid, 

Then  you'll  cry  and  want  to  be, 

Happy  in  eternity." 


Beyond  the  grave,  where  do  we  lind 
this  once  great  man  of  the  world.  Jesus 
tells  you  in  hell.     O  misery  of  miser 
But  a  few  days  prior  to  liis  death  he  was 
aiTayed  in  all  the  splendor  of  the  world, 
and  noH'  in    hell,  in  torment.     He  now 
began  to  look  around,  realising  the  aw^ 
ful  condition  his  misspent  life  brought 
to  his    demon  companions,  could    give 
him  neither  relief  nor  comfort.     He  now 
lifts  up  his  eyes,  and  behold,  away  yon^ 
der  afar  off,    at   a   great  distance    from 
hell,  be  seeth  Lazarus,  that  once  despis 
ed  beggar,  in  glory  and  happiness,  crown 
ed  with  honor  and  majesty,'  he  now  be 
gins  to   cry    and   pray,    saying,    father 
Abraham  have  mercy  on  me,  send  Laz- 
«ru^,send  him  quickly;  for  I  am  suffering 
such  torment  here  in  the    flames,    send 
him  with    a  drop  of  water,  to  cool  my 
parehed  tougiie.     The    answer  was,  son 
remember,  that  thou   hast  had  all    thy 
good  things  in  thy  lifetime;  remember, 
that  thou   hast  lavished  theiu  upon  thy 
lusts;  rmiemher  also  that  prayers  fi'oin 
hell  are  too  late.     Hemember,  that  wiiile 
you  lived  in  the  world,  and  should  ha\'e 
hewi  engaged  in  prayer  andserving  God, 
thou  hast  been  engaged  in  serving  thy 
lusts,    in   revelry  Jind    carousing.     Re- 
member, also,  how  often  you  were  warn-' 
ed,  and  entreated    by  the   ministers   of 
God,  to  leave  off  sinning,  and  to    turn 
in  with  the  overtui'es   of  bleeding  mer- 
cy.    Hemcmber,  how  oft^n  you  scorueL[ 
the  message  from  heaven,  when  the  min^ 
ister,  with    a    broken    heart,    and   eves 
streaming  with  tears,  was  pleading  with 
you,  setting  life  and  death  before   you, 
in  unmistakable  terms.    Hemernler,  ho"' 
often  you  declared  that  you  did  not  be- 
lieve that  there  was  ahell  for  the  mcked 
to  be  punished  in,  but  now  i\ho,Iiemem- 
her  that  you  aj'e  in  hell,  that  your  pray. 
ers  will  avail  you   nothing   but  disjtp. 
poiutmeut  and  anguish  of  soul.     "  And 
besides  all  this,  between  us  and  you  ther 
is  a  great  gulf  fi.-ced;  so  that  they  which 
would  pass  from   hence  to  you,  cannot.' 
Remember  that  there  is  no  possibili- 
ty of  passing  this  gulf,    it    is   a  great 
gulf,  a  fi.\ed  gulf,  it  is  fixed  by  the  de- 
cree of  Almighty  God,  it  cannot  be  pass- 
over,  it   cannot   be    bridged  over.     Al- 
though hi.'!  holiues,  tlie  Pope  of  Rome, 
has  iieen  engaged  for  more  tlian  a  thous- 
and years,  in  constructing  with  purgato 
ry,  a  bridge  across  this  great  gulf,  but  he 
has  failed,  and  ever  will  fail.     There  is 
still  another  class  who  attempted  to  con 
struct  a   bridge    across    this  impassable 
gulf  \vith  final  restoration,  their  materi- 
al being  no  butter  than  the  Tope's /"(/■- 
gtriwt/^-aiid  consetpiently  tli.-\  lia\..  tail 
ed;  and  all    others  that  may  make    tlie 
attempt,  will    most   assuredly  faU,    the 
Almighty   so  decreed'  it,   "That     they 
cawnol'pask  over." 


.J£K 


,    COVERING  SIN. 

BY  joHN-OA;.ias;ii)maint.(  -    ,li 

E  that  co\-ereth  his  sins  shall  not 
pru-jii'i':  hilt  whiis.i  e..nfesseth 
and,  fui-saketh  them,  shajl  have  mercfl  " 
(Prov.  28:  i;^).  ,,     ,    ,      ,         .      | 

"  Sin  is  the  transgi'essioti  of  the  law;" 
and  the  world  is  full'  of  it.  "The 
whole  world  lieth  in  wickedness "  (1 
John  5:  19).  We  need  not  look  far, 
■within  or'wnthout,  at  ourselves  or  others, 
until  we  see  it  in  all  of  its  ramifications, 
gradations,  and  accumulations.  "  There 
is  none  righteous,  no  not  one."  "All 
have  sinned  and  come  short  of  the  glory 
of  God  "(Rom.  3:  10,  23).  ' 

My  text  mentions  two  ways  of  dis- 
proving of  sin.  Covering  it,  or  confess- 
ing it.     The  first   is  the    most  popular, 


and  it  is  the  theme  of  this  essay.  In  our 
ne.ft  we  shall  treat  of  confession. 

There  ai-e  various  ways  of  trying  to 
cover  sin,  but  as  yet  none  have  been  de- 
nsed  to  successively  hide  it  from  moi-tal 
ken,  much  less  from  the  eye  of  Him  Avith 
whom  we  have  to  do.  For  as  the  old 
adage  goes,  "  Be  sure  yom-  sin  will  fiiiJ 
yon  out." 

Among  the  various  ways  of  covering 
sin  we  notice, 

1.  Covering  with  lies.  Cain  tried  it 
in  the  case  of  his  brother  Abel's  murder, 
but  the  Lord  knew  all  about  it,  and  re- 
warded hijn  according  to  his  works  («en. 
4:  9).  Gehazi,  servant  of  the  proi)bct 
Elisha  ti'ied  to  cover  his  covetousiiess 
by  lying.  His  reward  was  leprosy  to 
him  and  his  seed  forever  (2  Kings  5: 20, 
27).  And  when  we  come  to  apostolic 
times,  we  have  an  Ananias  and  a  Sap- 
phira,  who  lied  unto  the  Holy  Ghost, 
but  they  verily  did  not  prosper.  Death 
was  the  penalty  (Acts  5:  1,  10).  Many 
use  this  covering,  to  hide  their  sins,  in 
times  as'in  all  others.  The  robber,  the 
nim-derer,  the  whoremonger,  and  mauy 
others  commit  their  crimes  under  the 
dark  shades  of  night,  and  then  try  to 
cover  them  with  the  darker  covering  of 
but  all  to  no  purpose.  Sin  has  too 
many  symptoms,  too  foul  a  smell,  is  of 
too  uneasy  nature  to  be  confined  under 
this,  or  any  other  selfish  covering. 

2.  By  lilaming  others.  This  was  the 
way  our  foreparents  did  in  Eden's  gar- 
den. Adam  blamed  Eve;  Eve,  the  ser- 
pent. Saul  blamed  the  people  for  the 
violation  of  the  divine  decree  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Amelkites,  but  the  Almighty 
contemned  their  covering,  and  condemn- 
ed their  actions  or  sins. '  This  covering 
is  much  in  vogue  in  the  present  age,  but 
prosperity  uo  more  attends  it  now,  than 
it  did  in  those  olden  days  of  yore. 

3.  Bij  Comj}a'rison.  For  instance  if 
we  are  charged  with  a  certain  fault,  we 
instantJy  recollect  that  such  a  brother 
does  so  and  so,  and  that  is  worse  than 
we  have  done.  This  covering  is  entin^ly 
"  too  thin."  Two  wrongs  never  nuikc 
one  right;  ueitherdo  two  hundj-ed  maJie 
one.  "  For  if  every  transgression  and 
disobedience  received  a  just  recompense 
of  I'eward,  how  shall  we  escape  if  we," 
"  go  and  do  likewise." 

4.  By  mutual  consent.  To  iUnstrate, 
lu'other  A.  offends  brother  B.  Brother 
B.  informs  bi'other  A.  of  the  oSvosa. 
Says  brother  A.,  '■'3'ou.  have  done  infi- 
nitively  worse,"  and  then  pi-oceeda  to 
inform  brother  B, -of  the  nature'  of  Uis - 
crime.  <■■,"■  And,"  ■  continues  he,. "if  you 
[»roceed  against  mei  I  will  proceed  against" 
you.  But  if  youi  vnW  drop'  it,  "and  say 
no  more  about  it,  I  will'ulsoJ'    'ATeed 

t„;'         ■       ,■..„.:■    = 

This  is  what  I  e.-ill  I'^vi  rlni^  sin  by 
mutual  consent.  They  did  nut  euuless 
theiiv£iji.s.  Tliey  did  uul  forgive  and  for- 
get. They  merely  dropped  or  covered 
them.  Thus  eacL  u:ent  on  his  way  ica- 
forgimng  \  miiX  {unffiryluen'.  ,.  Ajidyfor 
brethren  to  bring  accusationsiof  a  pub- 
lic character  againsb 'other  brerthren,  and 
for'tliese  'brethren  to  return  the  compli- 
inents  and  bi'iug  dtlfer '  ii(;cusati*JHS  of 
which  each  and  all  are  more  or  less  giiO- 
ty,  and  then  not  to  confess  their  faults 
to  one  another,  and  acknowledge  the  er- 
of  their  ways,  and,  offer  the  oliVe 
Ijranch  of  peace  to  each  other,  but  to 
squash  the  whole  aft'air,  is  to  say  the 
least,  doing  that  upon  winch  the  buss- 
ing of  God  will  not  descend.  "  "WTio 
hath  eara  to  hear  let  him  hear?" 


They  are  never  alone  who 
panied  by  noble  thoughts. 


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The  mUlrcss  of  Bro.  Henry  TnosEL  has  been 
cl.ange.1  from  Gor.lonsviUe,  Texas,- to  Post  Oak. 
Cljiy  Co.,  Texiis. 

The  ilebiite  between  Bro.  Stein  and  EUl.  D. 
It.  Rav,  will  not  likely  take  place  until  some 
time  ill  February.  Due  notice^  will  be  given  of 
time  ftud  urniiiftemeufs. 


poverty  within  Irecause  of  our  riideneM.  No 
mourning  because  we  heljied  to  care  for  the  sick, 
find  eased  their  dying  momenta,  but  abiiudimce 
of  angnish  because  we  did  too  little.  No  "  lean- 
ness of  soul "  because  we  helped  our  poor  broth- 
and  sympiitliiMd  with  him  in  his  troubles, 
but  plenty  of  "  poverty  of  heart  "  because  of 
our  selfishness.  Ou  all  sides,  on  every  hand,  re- 
grets and  sorrows  strike  us  because  we  did  not 
ns  the  Master  teaches.  Will  we  turn  just  where 
He  turned,  walk  as  He  walked,  he  rich  in  love 
and  good  works,  or  ivill  we  go  ou  in  the  ways 
of  the  world  and  sufler  the  torments  of  the 
damned  ? ^ 

At  this  season  of  the  year,  when  many  chang- 
s  are  being  miide  in  subscriptions,  and  hundreds 
of  letters  must  he  handled,  mistakes  will  occur. 
riiis  we  believe  most  of  our  readei's  understund, 
and  ;ire  ever  ready  to  exercise  patience,  if  all 
things  do  not  move  along  smoothly.  Should 
any  of  our  subscribers,  however,  fail  to  receive 
the  paper  promptly,  notify  us  at  once  by  postal 
card  or  letter.  Do  not  wait  three  or  four  weeks, 
for  it  would  he  better  that  you  receive  two  pa- 
pers of  one  issue  than  none.  We  want  every 
subscriber  io  receive  his  paper  and  enjoy  it. 


it,  yet  it  is  there  in  abundance;  \xi^  not  design- 
ed for  churches,  not  recommended  by  the  l,oi-d 
to  His  people,  yet  very  frequently  found  among 
them.  "Well,  well,"  sny  you,  "yhnt  is  it? 
Tell  it,s  name." 

On  the  outside  of  the  first  cover  you  will  find 
SUPPOSITION;  "  on  the  last,  "EVII-  SUR- 
MISINQS."  The  first  chapter  is  devoted  to  the 
"  Value  of  Suspicion,"  the  second  on'  the  "  Im- 
portance of  Envy,"  and  the  third  on  the  "Worth 
of  Jealousy."  Several  pages  are  devoted  to 
"Back-biting,"  "Wrath."  "Strife,"  "Emula- 
tions," and  "  Love  of  Self."  As  before  stated,  it 
ri'nds  the  same  backwards  as  forwai-ds,  and  is  well 
adapted  to  the  lasU  of  the  render.  Not  kept 
at  this  office.  M.  si.  E. 

BOTH   WENT  INTO  THE   WATER. 


SOME  years  ago,  J 
a  p 


Will  our  i-eaders  send  us  the  address  of  every 
brother  or  sister  who  is  not  taking  the  Breth- 
URN-  AT  Work  ?  We  wish  to  send  each  of  them 
ji  sample  copy  of  the  paper. 

^Brktiires  D.  E.  Prich  and  J.  CLAiiMAXai-c 
now  in  Wisconsin  preaching.  This  mission 
field  has  become  quite  interesting,  and  the  pros- 
pects for  a  large  ingathering  of  souls  are  said  to 
"be  good.  ^  

Tjp  to  the  time  of  going  to  press  the  weather 
is  beautiful,  being  more  like  Spring  than  Win- 
ter. Very  little  snow  has  fallen  here  this  sea- 
son, though  wo  have  had  cous-iderable  rain  and 
much  mud. 

Brother  C.  F.'  Detweu-kb,  a  talented  young 
man,  wjis  recently  called  to  the  ministrj-  in  the 
Oakland  church,  Tcnn.  The  Lord  bless  him  in 
his  new  sphere  of  labor,  and  make  him  useful  in 
Lringing  souls  to  Christ. 


€on8IDERAIile  stir  has  been  made  in  tJic  re- 
ligious world  over  the  position  that  Swing, 
Beechek  imd  some  othci-s  have  taken  on^  the 
subject  of  everlasting  punishment.  Goil  says  of 
certain  elnuractei-M,  "They  shall  go  away  into 
everlasting  punishment."  Again,  "lam  alive 
forevennore,  Amen;  and  have  the  keys  of  hell 
and  death."  We  know  that  there  is  death,  and 
God  says  He  has  the  key  of  it.  The  same  God 
says  He  has  the  key  of  hell.  Now  if  there  lie 
no  hell,  nccordipg  to  Ueecher,  why  speak  of 
its  key?  Let  God  he  true,  even  if  every  man 
should  be  a  liar. 


IJsDER  date  of  Jan.  15th,  abrother  at  Waynes- 
boro, Pa..  inJorms  us  that  Bro.  Bashor  and 
*vife  had  arrived  there,  and  that  meetings  were 
in  progress.  Congregations  large,  interest  and 
attention  good,  Hope  their  visit  may  he  pli 
ant,  and  productive  of  much  good  to  precious 


■  Ne.\bi.v  every  letter  contains  some  kind,  com- 
plimentary reference  to  the  BiiETUiiEN  \i 
Work,  and  we  feel  that  you  sufficiently  appreci- 
ate our  position  to  excuse  us  for  not  publishing 
them  all.  God  ivill  take  care  of  the  results. 
However  we  feel  grateful  to  you  for  your  words 
of,  sympathy  and  comfort,  and  are  always  glad 
to  receive  them,  for  editoi-s  need  encouragement 
as  well  as  others.  You  c.in  help  us;  in  fact  our 
interests  are  one,  and  if  we  labor  together  in 
unity,  the  world  will  he  the  better  for  it.  We 
shall  aim,  as  heretofore,  to  give  you  good  food — 
food  that  has  in  it  the  Life  of  Him  who  died  and 
lived  for  us.  We  desire  to  work  in  His  name, 
according  to  His  directions,  and  in  harmony 
with  His  whole  counsel.  Let  every  pen,  hand, 
foot,  tongue,  and  body  strive  to  do  likewise. 


The  Brethren  in  Ashland  county  Ohio,  are 
liavmg  a  refreshing  season  this  Winter.  Nnm- 
bei-s  have  been  added  to  the  church,  thus  caus- 
ing much  rejoicing  among  the  saints.  God 
grant  that  they  may  be  iis  successful  in  contend- 
ing for  "  glory,  honor  and  immortality  "  as  they 
have  been  in  adding  to  the  church  such  as 
:should  be  saved. 

We  call  attention  to  the  article  in  another 
■column,  entitled  "The  Appeal  for  Help."  Bro. 
Peck  is  a  minister,  and  has  resolved  to  do  his 
part  towards  responding  to  some  of  the  calls  for 
ministerial  aid.  He  has  a  desirable  property, 
and  any  one  looking  for  a  home  in  this  section 
-of  the  country  should  give  him  a  call.  We  write 
thus  because  we  tliiuk  Bro.  Peck's  resolution  a 
good  one,  and  may,  if  carried  out,  accomplish  a 
great  amount  of  good. 


Now  since  there  has  been  a  change  in  the 
weather,  the  roads  in  better  condition  for  trav- 
eling, we  hope  to  hear  of  meetings  being  held  in 
all  parts  of  the  country.  We  do  not  believe  in 
being  inactive,  but  as  ourMastcreverwas.vigil- 
ant,careful  and  judicious,  moving  on  the  enemy's 
works.  We  ivant  to  hear  of  the  result  of  your 
meetings,  what  the  Lord  did  for  you,  your  hopes 
and  joys,  all  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Him  who 
hath  called  us  with  a  high  calling  in  Christ  Je- 
sus. In  apostolic  times,  the  result  of  the  Lord's 
doings  among  the  people  was  heralded  forth  to 
cheer  the  saints  and  urge  them  to  steadfast nes.s 
of  faith.  The  joyful  news  of  sinners  return, 
will  have  the  same  effect  on  us,  if  not  mixed  too 
much  with  "  chaff,"  hence  we  earnestly  request 
brethren  and  sisters  to  keep  our  readers  inform- 
ed as  to  the  progress  of  the  work  in  their  re- 
H[)CctiTe  congregations. 


While  getting  out  this  issue,  the  office  was 
in  a  disordered  condition,  having  made  some 
changes,  preparatory  to  putting  in  a  steam  en- 
gine. We  hope,  therefore,  our  readers  ivil!  bear 
with  us  idiould  the  matter  not  be  so  very  inter- 
tssting  this  week,  Bro.  Moohe  was  absent  part 
of  the  time,  having  been  to  Chicago  to  purcha.-e 
type,  engine,  Sic.,  and  the  amount  of  labor  is 
such  that  one  person  oannot  well  do  it  without 
missing  some  points. 


"Not  often  that  we  need  to  repent  of  hti' 
siud  too  little.  Tears  and  bitterness  often  be- 
cause we  said  too  much.  Never  regret  our  pa- 
tience under  insult  and  scorn,  hut  sorrow  oft 
because  of  our  haste  and  reaentaient.  No  hearts 
breaking  and  pining  because  we  treated  our 
fellow-man  with  love  and  respect,  hut  plenty  of 


A  REMARKABLE  BOOK. 


IT  is  as  old  as  the  Bible,   y-t   i 
It  is  not  inspired,  yet  it  has  1 


uot  the  Bible. 

lived  in  all  age.t 
the  world.  It  reads  the  same  from  the  boU 
torn  to  the  top.  It  may  be  read  backwards  with- 
out destroying  the  sen.se.  It  teaches  no  good 
thing,  yet  is  widely  read;  was  never  translated, 
yet  more  or  less  known  among  all  nations,  tribes 
or  kindred  of  the  earth;  when  lost,  is  easily 
found,  and  when  found,  not  easily  lost.  "  What 
is  it?"  says  one-  Well,  it  has  no  value,  yet 
much  used;  whenever  torn,  mends  itself;  no 
new  editions  ever  appear,  though  its  numbers 
never  diminish.  Each  person  who  oivns  one, 
increa.ses  and  decreases  its  pages  at  will.  It  is 
neither  bought  nor  sold  in  the  markets,  though 
its  circulation  is  immense.    Schools  do  not  use 


the  rural  districts  of  Pa. 
pedo-baptist  evangelist  conducted  several 
very  successful  series  of  meetings,  and  at  each 
place  allowed  his  converts,  as  usual,  to  select 
their  own  way  of  being  baptized.  At  the 
one,  of  which  we  speak  more  particulm-ly,  a 
young  lady  from  a  Baptist  family,  requested  to 
be  immersed,  hut  the  jjreacher  objected,  saying, 
iprinkling  would  do  just  as  well,  besides  im- 
ncrsion  was  not  decent,  and  he  wo\ild  catch 
cold  if  he  went  in  the  water,  and  he  would  not 
itize  her.  unless  by  sprinkling  or  pouring.— 
The  lady  refused,  saying,  if  he  would  not  im- 
merse her,  that  she  would  go  to  the  Baptists, 

This  was  a  stunner  for  the  good  brethren,  un- 
til one  of  them  said,  as  the  sister  was  from  a 
very  influential  and  wealthy   family,  it   would 

not  do  to  lose  her,  and  if  Bro. would  agree 

to  immerse  her,  if  it  was  arranged  so  that  he 
need  not  enter  the  water,  he  thought  all  could 
be  arranged  satisfactorily. 

The  preacher  agreed  to  the  proposition,  and 
a  day  was  appointed  in  which  to  attend  to  the 
rite.  When  it  was  announced  how  the  baptism 
was  to  be  performed,  many  went  out  of  curiosi- 
ty. Among  them  a  very  old  lady,  who  stood 
near  the  water,  and  when  the  minister  came,  a 
long  slab  was  brought,  with  long  legs  in  one 
end.  This  bench  was  now  adjusted,  one  end 
on  the  bank,  the  other  end  in  the  stream,  thus 
forming  a  scaffold  on  which  the  minister  walk- 
ed high  and  dry  as  he  led  the  penitent  into  the 
'ater. 

The  formula  was  repeated:  "I  baptize  thee 
1  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son.'and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Then,— just  as  he  made 
the  motion  to  immerse, — his  scaffold  broke,  and 
he  came  down  into  the  water  up  to  the  waist. 
Just  aa  the  excitement  was  over  and  the  min- 
ister was  trying  his  best  to  recover,  the  old 
lady  on  the  shore  clapped  her  hands,  say- 
ing: "  That's  the  way  my  Bible  reads:  'They 
both  went  down  into  the  water.'  " 

It  is  only  necessary  to  remark,  that  notwith- 
•standing  the  minister  ruined  his  broadcloth, 
many  on  the  hauk  learned  a  good  lesson. 

^ S.  H.  B. 

THE    CONTRAST. 

rilHERE  can  lie  no  contrasting  without  two 
X  things.  The  two  things  to  be  contrasted 
in  this  article,  are  God  and  man.  "lamtli 
Almighty  God"  and  "  God  is  greater  than  man." 
There  cannot  he  a  greater  without  a  lesser.  If 
there  be  a  le.sser,  then  there  is  a  greater.  If 
there  be  a  difference,  then  there  is  also  a  depend- 
ent, and  there  can  be  no  dependent  without 
something  to  depend  upon;  hence  there  ia  an 
independent, 

1.  There  is  a  subordinate, — that  is  man, 

2.  There  is  a  superior, — that  is  God- 

3.  Man  can  originate  nothing. 

i.  Man  was  originated,  and  since  man  cannot 
originate  anything,  and  was  himself  originated, 
it  follows,  there  must  be  an  originator. 

5.  All  things  in  existence  show  arrangement, 
hence  there  must  be  an  arranger.  It  is  God. 
There  must  be  a  creator  of  harmony  before  there 
can  be  harmony. 

Thus  in  tracing  all  matter  to  its  origin,  we 
find  God  there.  "Without  Him  was  not  any- 
thing made  that  was  made."  Before  anything 
was  made,  it  was  planned.  Before  the  plan  was 
executed  it  was  a  thought,  and  there  can  be  no 
thought  without  a  person.  God,  therefore  is  a 
person. 

Materialists  claim,  that  we  do  not  know  that 
there  was  not  "  a  second  God  who  designed  the 
first  God,  and  a  third  that  designed  the  second," 
and  so  on.    "A  design  must  have  had  a  design- 


er, and  this  designer  a  designer;  for  every  design 
to  have  a  designer."  Lynmn  Beecher  was 
once  approached  by  his  students  with  the  ques- 
tion, how  they  should  answer  skeptics  who  told 
them  that  the  argument  from  design  proved  too 
mucin  "They  say  to  us,"  said  the  students' 
'  that  there  may  be  twenty  gods;  for  evorj'  de- 
sign must  have  a  draignor,  and  every  designer  a 
designer,  and  so  on.'"  Lyman  did  not  know- 
how  to  meet  the  difficulty  in  a  scientific  way,  or 
at  least  he  did  not  give  them  the  scientific  ans- 
wer: " '  These  men  say  there  nro  twenty  gods?" 
'  Yes.'  'Well,  you  tell  them  that  if  there  is  one 
God  it  ivill  go  hard  with  them,  and  if  there  are 
twenty  it  will  go  harder  yet.'" 

In  many  things  man  is  like  God,  having  been 
created  in  His  likeness  and  imago.  God  thinks; 
so  does  man,  God  talks;  so  does  man.  God 
moves,  reasons;  so  does  man.  But  there  is  a 
limit  to  man's  power;  there  is  none  to  God's. 
Man  wears  ouj,  and  dies;  God  does  not.  Man 
is  earthy;  God  spiritual.  Man  is  dependent; 
God  independent.  Man  nee<l3  a  Savior;  God 
does  not.  God  is  in  all,  above  all;  man  is  not. 
Mim  is  tlie  subject;  God  the  Lord.  Man  needs 
grace;  God  does  not.  God  can  pardon;  man 
needs  it.  God  calls;  man  can  listen.  God 
loves;  so  can  man.  God  asks  man  -to  believe 
Him.  Man  can  do  what  God  asks  of  Him.  God 
sent  a  Savior  to  man;  man  never  sent  a  Savior 
to  God,  for  He  needs  none.  No  Savior  ever  died 
fur  God;  one  died  for  man. 

The  contrast  between  God  and  man  is  so 
great  that  any  unhecloiided  eye  can  see  it.  The 
open  eye  beholds  it  with  awe  and  reverence:  the 
closed  eye  sees  a  faint  light,  but  is  powerless  to 
discriminate.  The  believer  not  only  looks  over 
walls,  but  through  them.  To  them  the  Sun  of 
righteousness  affords  light  enough  for  all  times 
and  seasons.  Keep  Gml  above  you,  let  the 
Christ  stand  beside  you,  and  walk  ivith  you,  and 
the  victory  through  Him  will  l>e  complete. 
31.  M.  E. 


QUERIST'S  DEPARTMENT, 


QacBlionntouchlng  tbo  meoning  of  Soripluro,  rclnling 
Hislory  iinJ  prnclicnl  subj»c)a  of  religious  iolcrcsl  nill 
otiia  in  pine*.  The  querist's  ntime  muil  necoiiiiiany  nil 
ornmunicnliona.  Wo  ihnll  liibor  lo  moid  giving  nnyjusi 
ciMUion  fur  Blcifi;  nnii  uontoiilion  over  luiimporlnnl  qiica- 


Brethren  Edihm:— 
I  want  you  or  some  one  else  to  give  an  ex- 
planation of  the  l.")th,  16th  and  17th  verses  of 
the  18  chapter  of  Matthew.     What  is   the  dif- 
ference between  the  words  "  Me."  and  "  thef?" 
John  B.  Ei.i.eh. 

The  word  Mf  is  by  some  called  a  "  Defimle 
Article,"  because  it  points  out  some  definite  ob- 
ject or  thing,  as:  The  man,  the  field.  Others 
call  it  a  Specif  tjiwj  Atljective,  because  it  speci- 
fies or  notes  some  particular  thing.  Both  defi- 
nitions are  correct,  being  similar.  The  word 
Ihe  is  never  used  to  denote  the  name  of  a 
person  or  thing. 

The  word  thee  is  a  simple,  personal  pronoun, 
second  person,  and  usually  refers  to  some  indiyi- 
dual  of  the  human  family,  In  the  Bible  the 
word  tlii-e  is  used,  instead  of  the  word  you.  Head 
the  verses  named  with  the  word  you  instead  of 
Ihff,  and  you  ivill  get  our  idea.  We  now  turn 
to  the  Kiiiphalic  Diaghit  and  give  the  verses  as 
translated  by  Wilson; 

"  Now,  if  thy  brother  be  in  error,  go,  con- 
vict him,  between  thee  and  him  alone.  If  he 
hear  thee,  thou  hast  gained  thy  brother.  But 
if  he  hear  thee  not,  take  with  thee  one  or  two 
more;  that  by  the  testimony  of  two  or  three 
witnesses,  everything  may  be  proved.  But  if 
he  disregard  them,  inform  the  congregation, 
and  if  he  disregard  the  congregation  alao,  let 
him  be  to  thee  as  a  pagan  and  tribute-taker." 

When  a  case,  according  to  the  Scripture  has 
been  brought  before  the  congregation,  it  has 
reached  iU  third  stage,  and  must  there  be  dis- 
posed of,  for  there  is  no  religious  judiciary  on 
earth  higher  than  the  church,  and  the  chnrch 
has  no  law  save  "  the  perfect  law  of  liberty." — 
By  this  all  cases  must  be  adjusted,  if  we  would 
please  the  Lord. 

The  case  being  presented  to  the  chnrch, 
every  member  is  more  or  less  affectc<l;  for 
"whether  one  member  suffer,  all  the  members 
suffer  with  it"  (1  Cor.  lli:  m.  If.  after  a  fair 
and  impartial  hearing,  the  offender  does  not 
hear  the  church,  then  the  congregation  is  em- 
powered to  hold  him  its  a  heathen — an  uncon- 
verted man,  not  because  he  would  not  hear  the 
offended  brother,  nor  the  two  orjthrte,  but  be- 


January   34-. 


TI-IE    l^RETHREISr    ^VT    "VVOnKI. 


I  iiii-o  he  liisreganls  the  chiircli.     And   for  pre- 

■  jwly  the  same  reiison  ia  the  otFemled  brother  to 
I  riiisiiler  tiim  ikS  tin  iiiicoiiverte'l  mnn,  not  to 
li;ivo  Christian  felloM-ahip  with  him.  He  shnll 
liot  so  consider  him  beemi-'L'  he  would  not  be 
I  onvinced  when  aloiie,  nor  for  failing  to  lienr 
llie  two  or  three,  but  Iwcnnse  he  tlisrcganh  llic 
'Inircll. 

(hent  earc  should  be  exercised  in  the  adjust- 
iiieiit  of  dilHcuIties  tlint  lire  brought  before  the 
•  liiirch.  Self-interest,  partiiility,  mnlice,  ill- 
ivill  me  no  more  qualified  to  sit  in  jud^rment 
Ihiin  thieves  and  murderefa.  but  are  themselves 
-iiliiccts  of  judgment.  To  look  at  a  case  iis  the 
llilile  looks  at  it,  is  the  ditty   and   privilege  .of 

■  ■■..■ry  ,Hsui|>le  of  Thrist.  m.  )[.  E. 


THE  APPEALS  FOR  HELP. 

^pHE  appeals  for  ministeriiil  help  the  past  j-ear 
1.  have  been  numerous,  and  I  fear  but  few 
liuvc  been  heeded.  In  the  last  week's  issue  of 
tlie  HuETiiUKX  AT  WonK,  I  iigain  noticed  a  call 
fur  help  in  Ennsns.  In  view  of  doing  what  I 
oiin  towards  responding  to  some  of  them,  I  have 
concluded  to  oiler  my  farm  ibr  snlo,  throw  off 
sonic  of  the  worldly  cares,  hiickle  on  the  whole 
/irmor,  and  go  forth  in  the  strength  of  Israel's 
God  to  do  what  I  can.  It  is  more  profitable  to 
work  for  souls,  than  to  lay  »ip  treasures  where 
muth  and  rast  doth  corrupt.  My  farm  consists 
<if  one  himdred  acres  well  improved,  and  only 
two  miles  South  of  Lanark,  111.  Any  person 
purchasing,  will  help  advance  the  cause,  and 
even  he  M'ho  sends  a  purchaser  will  do  his  mite. 
I  shall,  therefoi-e,  if  able  to  dispose  of  my  proi>- 
erty,  move  where  I  can  assist  some  of  those  who 
are  crying  for  help.  S.  J.  Peck. 

Umrl;  III. 

ANNUAL  MEETING  NOTICE. 

AJOTICE  islm-pby  given  to  the  Brethren  of 
jS  Indiana,  that  there  will  be  a  Stat*  council 
meeting,  the  Lord  willing,  on  Friday  the  8th  of 
February  1S7S,  commencing  at  9  o'clock  A.  M., 
in  the  Squirrel  Creek  meeting-house  near  Roann, 
IVabash  Co.,  lud.,  ibr  the  purpose  of  making 
further  arrnugemeuts  for  the  Annual  Meeteng. 
.  It  is  important  that  all  should  he  interested,  and 
■every  church  be  represented  by  at  least  one  del- 
egate, so  that  the  work  mil  not  rest  on  a  few. 
Let  all  the  elders  see  to  it  that  some  one  be  sent 
from  their  district.   Bv  order  of  fonuer  council. 

Eld.  J.  S.  ROSEXBEROER. 

MnntkeVo.  Lid.,  Jan.  17th,  JS78. 


TO    YOUNG    BRETHREN    AND 
SISTERS, 

ilY  JOHS  FOUNKV. 

a  "pEAR  yo  lioi  tlicrefore,  yo  are  of  more  val- 
X  ue  than  many  sparrows  "  (Matt,  10: 31). 
The  above  are  words  of  consolation  which 
Clirist  gave  to  His  disciples  when  He  first  sei>i 
lu-uted  them  from  the  world,  and  called  them  in- 
to His  service,  to  go  forth  as  sheep  in  the  midst 
of  wolves,  to  have  them  know  that  He  is  their 
Shepherd,  that  is  caring  for  them,  as  well  as  to 
have  them  know  that  they  are  exposed  to  dan- 
ger on  every  hand;  that  they  should  he  the  bet- 
ter prepared  to  watch  and  pray  that  they  fall 
not  into  temptation.  Christ  also  told  them, 
"  Ye  shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for  my  name's 
sake,  but  he  that  endureth  to  the  end  shall  be 
saved"  (Matt.  10:25). 

My  young  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ,  let 
me  say  Ut  you  by  way  of  encouragement,  fear 
not  when  )ou  suffer  a  little  persecution.  Just 
let  U8  remember  Christ  our  Master;  He  was  per- 
secuted before  us.  If  teniptwl,  we  know  He  was 
tempted  in  all  points  as  we  are,  yet  without  siu. 
I  say  to  you,  sin  not  when  you  are  tempted,  let 
us  take  Jesus  for  our  example.  When  He  wa.s 
baptised,  the  Spirit  immediately  led  Him  into 
the  wilderness  to  be  tempted  of  the  devil;  but 
He  did  not  one  of  Satan's  biddings.  So  let  not 
one  of  us  be  induced  by  nuything  he  may  offer 
us,  eveu  if  it  t>e  the  kingdom  of  the  world,  or  the 
glorj-  of  them.  Do  notglvii  any  of  your  servic- 
es til  Satan;  for  you  have  all  volunteered  in  a 
noble  cause,  and  your  Captain  doth  care  for  you, 
hath  numbered  the  veiy  hairs  of  your  head. 
(Matt.  10:  30). 

But  He  is  able  and  willing  to  help  you  in 
time  of  need.  (Heb.  4: 15, 16).  "For  in  that 
he  himself  hath  sufleani,  being  tempted,  he  is 


able  to  succor  them  that  are  tempted"  (Heb.  2: 
18).  "  For  ye  were  as  sheep  going  astray;  but 
arc  now  returned  unto  the  Shepherd  and  Bish- 
op of  your  souls  "  {1  Pet.  2:25).  Therefore  re- 
member Christ  said,  "My  sheep  hear  my  voice, 
and  I  know  theni,  and  they  follow  me:  and  I 
give  unto  them  eternal  life;  and  they  shall  nev- 
er perish,  neither  shall  aiij-  pluck  them  out  of 
my  hand  "  (John  10: 27-29)  Here  brethren  and 
sisters,  is  a  sure  anchor  for  all  His  children,  for 
He  so  loved  you  that  He  laid  down  His  life  for 
you.  "  I  am  the  good  Shepherd.  The  good 
Shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep"  (John 
10:  11),  Young  lambs,  1  pray  you  all,  keep  close 
to  the  flock  and  to  the  good  Shepherd;  He  will 
protect  you  if  ye  abide  in  the  fold  with  the  flock, 
and  with  the  Shepherd  and  Bislio|i  of  your 
souls.  If  the  world  should  hate  you,  ye  know 
that  it  hated  me  before  it  hated  you.  "  If  ye 
wereof  the  world,  the  world  would  love  his  own; 
but  because  ye  are  not  of  the  world,  but  I  have 
chosen  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore  the  world 
hnteth  you"  (John  15:  IS,  19). 

My  dearly  beloved,  do  not  try  to  be  conform- 
ed to  this  world  to  please  the  world,  or  to  be  a 
friend  of  it  in  that  way;  if  so  you  are  sure  to  he- 
come  the  enemy  of  GoiJ.  (James  i:  4).  "  For 
that  which  is  highly  esteemed  among  men,  is 
abomination  in  the  sight  of  God  "  (Luke  16: 15). 
But  He  giveth  more  grace,  wherefore  He  saith, 
"  God  rcsisteth  the  proud,  but  giveth  grace  un- 
to the  humble"  (Jolin  4:  6). 

Jlay  the  Holy  Spirit  guide  you  into  all  truth 
and  grace  to  servo  Go4  acceptably  with  rever- 
ence and  Godly  fear,  is  my  prayer.    Amen. 

VALUE    OF    TIME. 

IIY  M,  E.  HORXER. 

r  ET  uie  call  your  attention  to  the  importance 
1j  of  improving  your  time.  The  infinite 
value  of  time  is  not  realized.  It  is  the  most 
precious  thing  in  all  the  world,  the  only  thing 
of  which  it  is  a  virtue  to  be  covetous,  and  yet 
the  only  thing  of  which  all  men  are  prodigal. 
In  the  first  place,  then 

READING 

is  a  most  interesting  and  plensaut  method  of  oc- 
cupying your  leisure  hours.  All  young  people 
have  Tir  may  have  time  enough  to  read.  The 
difficulty  is,  they  are  not  careful  to  improve  it. 
Their  hours  of  leisure  are  either  idled  away  or 
talked  ,iway,  or  spent  in  some  other  way  equal- 
ly vain  or  useless,  and  then  they  complain  that 
they  have  no  time  for  the  cultivation  of  their 
minds  and  hearts. 

Time  is  so  precious  that  there  Is  never  but 
one  moment  in  the  world  at  once,  and  that  is 
always  taken  away  before  another  is  given,  — 
Only  take  care  to  gather  up  the  fragments  of 
time,  and  you  will  never  want  leisure  for  the 
rending  of  useful  books.  And  in  wjiatway  can 
you  spend  3* our  unoccupied  hoiii-s  more  pleas- 
antly than  in  holding  converse  with  the  wise 
and  the  good  through  the  medium  of  their 
writings?  To  a  mind  not  altogether  devoid  of 
curiosity,  books  form  an  inexhaustible  source  of 
enjoyment. 

It  is  a  cousideration  of  no  small  weight,  that 
rending  furnishes  material  for  interesting  and 
usefiil 

•       CONVEB6ATI0N. 

Those  who  lure  ignorant  of  books,  must  of 
course  have  their  thoughts  confined  to  very 
narrow  limits.  What  occurs  in  their  immedi- 
ate neighborhood,  the  state  of  the  market,  the 
idle  report,  the  tale  of  Hcandal,  the  foolish 
storj-,  these  make  ui>  the  circle  of  their  knowl- 
edge and  furnish  the  topics  of  their  couversii- 
tion.  They  have  nothing  to  say  of  importance 
because  they  know  nothing  of  importance, 

A  taste  for  useful  reading  is  an  effectual  pre- 
servative from  vice.  Next  to  the  fear  of  God 
implanted  in  the  Jieart,  nothing  is  a  letter  safe- 
guard to  character,  than  the  love  of  good  books. 
They  are  the  handmaidens  of  virtue  and  reli- 
gion. They  quicken  our  sense  of  duty,  unfold 
our  rcspon.sibilities,  strengthen  our  principles, 
confinn  our  hopes,  inspire  in  us  the  love  of  what 
is  right  luid  useful,  and  teach  us  to  look  ivith 
disgust  upon  what  is  low,  groveling  and  vicious, 
A  diligent  use  of  the  means  of  knowledge  ac- 
cords well  with  your  nature  as  rational  and  im- 
mortal beings.  God  has  given  yon  minds, 
which  are  capable  of  infinite  improTcment.  He 
He  has  placed  you  in  circumstances  peculiarly 
favorable  for  making  such  improvement,  and  to 
inspire    you  with  diligence  in  ascmding  the 


shining  course  before  you.  He  points  you  to 
the  prospect  of  an  endlo^  existence  beyond  the 
grave. 

Brighton,  /ml. 

CHRISTMAS    DAY. 

BV  ESOCn  EHV. 

i(  pLORV   to   God  in  the  highest,   and  on 
VjT    earth  peace,  good  will  towanls   men" 

(Luke  2:  14). 

The  above  text  of  Scripture  ivaa  the  language 
of  a  multitude  of  the  heavenly  host  at  the  time 
and  place  of  our  Savior's  birth.  Shepherds 
would  not  likely  be  out  with  their  flocks  last 
night  or  to-day  in  Denmark;  yet  around  Beth- 
lehem they  may  have  been. 

From  the  above  consideration  many  doubt 
the  propriety  of  spending  the  25th  day  of  Dec. 
in  memory  of  that  great  event,  fearing  they 
may  be  deceived  in  the  coiTcctness  of  the  time, 
who  attach  more  importance  to  time  than  the 
event  recorded, 

Times  and  seasons  have  changed  more  or  less 
since  that  time,  as  was  predicted;  but  that  does 
not  affect  the  truthfulness  of  the  language  of 
the  angel,  which  said:  "  The  joy  shall  he  to  all 
people."  The  heavenly  host  said:  "On  earth 
pence,  good  will  towards  men."  He  has  brought 
joy  to  many  people,  but  not  to  all,  for  the  Jeivs 
and  many  others  would  not  receive  him,  He 
also  was  peace  to  many,  but  not  to  all  (save 
for  the  Adauiic  sin,  he  made  peace  with  God 
for  all).  Christ  Himself  said:  "I  came  not  to 
send  peace  on  earth  but  a  swoi-d"  (Matt.  10: 
34). 

Only  those  who  received  and  do  receive  Hiui, 
have  peace  of  mind,  which  is  the  answer  of  a 
good  conscience  towards  God.  But  the  peace 
of  mind  of  a  few  lloes  not  bring  pence  on  the 
earth  and  never  will  till  the  Savior  comes  again ; 
and  the  devil,  insteud  of  walking  up  and  down 
in  the  earth,  often  spoiling  the  peace  of  many 
of  God's  children,  and  hissing  the  nations  at 
one  another,  causing  thousands  to  butcJier  each 
other  like  lions  and  tigei-s, — will  be  bound  and 
shut  up  in  the  bottomless  pit,  and  for  one 
thousand  years  will  have  no  power  over  the  uii- 
tions.  Then  there  will  be  universal  peace!  0, 
glorious  thought!  The  nations  shall  then  beat 
their  swords  into  plough  shares;  and  their  spears 
into  pruning  hooks,  and  will  learn  war  no 
more  (Is.  2:  3.)  One  can't  leani  well  with- 
out a  teacher. 

Tlien  the  jience  will  be  so  great,  that  the 
lion  shall  lay  down  with  the  Iamb,  and  a  little 
child  shall  lead  them,  etc  (Isa.  11).  And  in  fhat 
day  nothing.shall  hurt  or  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain,  for  the  earth  shall  he  full  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the 
sea.  Then  in  those  day  shnll  the  God  of  Heav- 
en set  up  another,  or  n  Idngdom  which  shall 
never  be  destroyed,  and  shall  not  be  left  to  oth- 
er people,  but  it  shall  brcalt  in  pieces  and  con- 
sume all  these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  stand  for- 
ever (Dan.  2:44). 

Then  the  great  voices  in  heaven  will,  and  can 
say:  The  kingdoms  of  this  world  are  become 
the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  of  his  Christ; 
and  he  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever  (Rev.  11: 
15).  And  although  the  nations  will  get  angry 
(verse  18),  and  even  make  war  with  him  (Rev. 
19:  19),  but  the  day  of  his  wrath  has  come  and 
the  time  of  the  dead  that  they  should  be  judged 
and  that  he  should  give  reward  unto  his  serv- 
ants, the  prophets  and  to  the  saints  and  to 
them  that  tear  Hia  name,  both  small  and  great. 
And  that  he  should  destroy  them  which  destroy 
(or  corrupt)  the  earth. 

Mark,  the  reward  is  given  to  the  prophets 
and  saint-s  at  the  same  time,  and  that  is  when 
Christ  comes  to  reign  on  the  earth.  "  Behold 
I  come  quickly  and  my  reward  is  with  me  to 
give  every  man  according  a-shis  works  shall  be" 
(Rev.  22:  12),  For  he  "shall  judge  the  quick 
and  the  dcail  ut  his  appearing  and  kingdom  (2 
Tim.  4:  1). 

How  vcrj-  suggestive  to  the  children  of  God 
who  have  hope  in  the  promises,  are  the  words 
in  the  Lord's  prayer:  "  Thy  kingdom  come,  thy 
will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven."  The 
sentiment  contained  in  these  words  is  the  pray- 
er breathed  forth  by  every  one  that  has  the 
spirit  of  Christ,  yea,  Lord  -Tesus,  come  quickly. 

"Seeing'then,  dearly  beloved  that  we  look  for 
such  things,  let  us  be  diligent,  that  we  may  be 
found  of  him  without  spot  and  blameless;  for 
in  such  an  hour  as  we  think  not,  the  master  of 


the  house  may  come;"  and  finding  us  lacking 
oil,  will  consequently  close  the  door  against 
us;  or  we  be  found  with  our  tnlent  wTappcd  up 
in  a  napkin,  and  therefore  bound  hand  and  foot 
and  cast  into  outer  darkness,  where  there  is 
weeping  and  wailing  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

"Not  nil  that  say:  Lord,  Lonl,  shall  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  hut  they  that  do 
the  will  of  our  Father  which  is  in  heaven."  It 
is  possible  for  us  to  have  a  name  that  we  are 
living,  and  at  the  same  time  be  dead.  The 
Lord  wants  lively  stones  in  the  spiritual  house; 
it  mil  not  do  simply  to  believe  in  the  second 
advent  of  our  blessed  Redeemer,  and  the  fulfill- 
ment of  His  glorious  promises  in  setting  up 
His  reign,  and  making  all  things  new,  and  to 
pray,  "Thy  kingdom  come,"  is  not  enough;  we 
must  act  accordingly  and  show  that  we  arc  pil- 
grims and  strangers  on  the  earth,  seeking  a  bet- 
ter country,  a  city,  whoso  maker  and  builder  is 
God. 

The  jieople  of  the  kingdom  of  Denmark  holi 
this  day,  (Christmas)  very  sacred,  having  wor- 
ship at  nil  the  churches,  and  all  the  business 
doors  closed.  No  work  is  done  by  anybody, 
while  Sunday  is  utterly  disregarded  by  many^ 
especially  the  non-pvofessora,  some  of  whom  nr& 
working  all  day,  and  all  business  doors  are  op- 
ened from  i  o'clock  P.  M.  till  bed-time.  Tha 
habit  of  presenting  gifts  to  one  another  is  also 
prevalent,  but  not  so  much  vanity  connected 
with  it,  as  in  America.  To-day,  26th,  is  held 
as  sacred  as  yesterday. 

HjoiTi'ng,  Driiiniir/.: 


RAILWAY  CARRIAGES  PREDICT- 
ED BY  ISAIAH. 

(Isu.  aH:  2U.) 

DR.  Joseph  Wolir,  the  celebrated  Jewish  mis- 
sionarj',  addressed  a  letter  to  the  Moniiitif 
Post,  in  the  year  1854,  in  which  he  says: 

"  I  saw  in  your  paper  of  1,-ist  Saturday,  the 
question  addressed  to  the  learned,  whether  the 
translation  of  the  ivords  ' swifi  beasts'  in  Isa* 
C6:  20  is  correct.  I  nnswer  jVct,'  The  word  in 
Hebrew  is  kirkfirofh,  from  the  singular  number 
oilcakar;  whence  our  English  worA  carriage  ^• 
evidently  derived.  And  the  late  Rev.  Mr.  Ham- 
ilton, a  learned  clei'gyinan  in  Ireland,  who  had 
learned  Hebrew  from  books,  without  knowing 
the  real  pronunciation,  gave  to  the  Hebrew  word 
the  sound  of  cnrnugcs.  The  Arabian  lexicog- 
rapher, Kamus,  as  well  as  Richardson,  in  hia- 
Arabic  dictionary,  translates  the  word  kirkmoth^ 
'machine  turning  round  with  the  swiftness  of 
the  clouds,' 

Cardinal  Me/zofauti,  the  greatest  polyglot 
upon  earth,  in  all  times  ami  in  all  countries,  who 
read  with  me  the  6(JtIi  chapter  of  Isaiah,  when 
passing  through  Bologna,  in  April,  181S,  trans- 
lated kirkaroth,  carozze,  i.  e,  caTiaf/es.  I, 
therefore,  afii  convinced  that  rail  carriages  have 
been  predicted  in  this  chapter. 

St.  Jerome  more  correctly  translates  it  in 
carnicis,  i.  e.  in  carriages. 

The  Osbeks  in  Bokhara,  and  Toorcomans  of 
Merve,  call  their  swift  carts  karkarootli. 

Mesrops,  the  greatest  man  of  the  Armenian 
nation,  the  celebrated  translator  of  the  Bibte^ 
translates  it  mcift  carnages. 

Luther  translates  it  Iteit/ern,  i.  e.  stoijl  run- 
ners. The  very  word  in  Hebrew,  Arabic,  Tur- 
comanish,  evidently  is  an  imitation  of  the  sound 
produced  by  the  turning  of  wheels— ^/rtami/A, 
being  myself  an  humble  student  of  prophecy,  I 
was  very  much  interested  in  the  question  of  the 
inquirer." — Baptist  Battle  Flog. 


Thb  Easterv  Wau.— The  Russians  having 
captured  25,000  Turks  at  Shipka  Pass,  the  Turk- 
ish Government  begins  to  see  ils  weakness,  and 
has  .sent  ambassadors  to  arnuige  terms  of  peace. 
The  Grand  Duke  Nicholas  notified  them  that 
he  could  only  treat  with  them  at  Adrianople,  to 
which  the  Turks  at  once  as.sented,  and  withdrew 
their  troops.  The  Turks  in  the  meantime  are 
retrcatingtowards  Constantinople, burning  their 
principal  cities  as  they  evacuate  them.  It  is 
hoped  that  peace  may  soon  be  restored  and  the 
horrors  of  war  discontinued. 

Victor  Emmaxijel's  Funeral. — The  liineral 
of  Victor  Emmanuel  took  place  at  Rome  on  the 
17th  inst.  The  body  of  the  dead  monarch  was 
placed  on  the  funeral  car  at  nine  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  the  procession  started  at  the  Quirinnl 
about  ten.  It  was  headed  by  fifteen  military 
detachments,  with  three  bands,  and  the  clergy 
bearing  tapers. 


TI-IE    "BRl^TtlREiN"    J^^F    -NV^OKK. 


^li^  ^omc  ^Jrcle. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

"  lluibuails,  love  jour  wItm." 

"  Wives,    obey   jour    hunbnnils." 

"  Fiilh«n,  proTokc  not  yoiir  cliilJrcn  lo  irmth," 

■' CbilUriQ,    obey    your   psrcnls    in    nil    Ihings." 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelvian. 


Always  seek  Hie  riches  of  Christ  Jesus. 


Neit^r  say,  "  /  icon'l "  to  your  parents.  The 
bright  "  /  will "  never  brings  griiy  huira  upon 
the  heiiils  of  father  iinil  mother. 


YooTi  love  for  otlicrs  never  hurt  them.  If  it 
did  them  no  good,  it  wns  because  their  hends  nml 
hcatts  were  wron^ .  It  is  hnvd  to  find  comfort 
amoug  thorns.  Thoy  ilo  not  even  muke  good 
shade. 

As  you  diiily  lenra  from  our  Master,  my  little 
friends,  remember  tlmt  Jesus  does  not  say,  "  Give 
mo  quarter  or  liulf  of  your  liunvt,  but  the  whole 
of  it."    God  calls  for  full  possession — all  of  it, 


When  any  one  gets  so  full  of  bis  own  plans 
audimprovenienta,bewiliroi'sa]teGod,  Ofcoui-se 

lie  will.  He  does  not  feel  the  ]ieed  of  a  Sarior. 
Not  until  lie  sees  his  nakedness  unci  i)overty 
"will  he  csk  help  froiii  so  good  n  being  iis  God. 


Oini,DREh%  lend  the  Bible, .  Do  not  only  read 
it,  hut  study  it,  roinomher  its  lessons  and  prac- 
tice tbeiu.  Other  boolvs  nia.v  uH'ord  you  pleas- 
ure, but  none  so  great  and  lasting  as  tlie  Bible. 
It  tells  yon  alt  yon  need  to  know  iibout  salva- 
tion. 

If  any  man  siiould  throw  away  a  dollar  ev- 
ery minute,  be  would  he  tonsidered  foolish; 
but  thousands  are  eoiistatitly  throwing  uway 
their  time,  which  is  more  vahiable  than  gold, 
and  yet  they  pass  for  mse  men.  Things  are 
not  always  as  they  seem. 


UnxiAU  or  Aziniab  {ntrcn<f/li  of  Jcliovnli.)  was 
the  tenth  king  of  Judah.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
be  ascended  the  throne,  and  reigned  for  aperiod 
of  fifty-two  yeai-3.  Under  his  rale  the  Iringdom 
attained  great  strength  rind  prosperitj',  "As 
long  lis  he  sought  the  Lord,  God  made  him  io 
prosper."  He  begun  to  govern  Judah  about 
the  ycoi-  81U  before  Christ. 


A  ituoxnER  writes:  "  The  lettei-s  you  publisli 
from  the  little  boys  and  girls  seem  to  l)e  very  in- 
teresting to  the  children.  Our  son,  onlj'  nine 
yeai's  old,  urge.s  me  to  read  them  to  liim.  I  also 
read  him  the  letlei-s  from  grandpa,  and  the  boy 
■wliich  caused  hiin  to  weep  for  .^ome  time,  wish- 
ing that  he  coidd  write," 

This  is  11  sample  of  the  inanj'  I ettere  received, 
expressing  the  pleasure  which  children  liave  in 
i-oading  words  of  love  from  each  other.  They 
need  a  place  iJi  the  paper  jis  well  as  older  pcoi)le, 
and  trust  they  niay  be  made  better  by  Iiaviug 
the  privilege  of  speaking. 


'  WiLt.  the  following  named  little  friends  pieiu-ie 
Tvrite  a  short  article  on  the'  Bible  subject  oppo- 
site their  names,  imd  send  it  to  us  for  jjubliea- 
h'on? 

J,  Rittenour,   Schwenksrille,  Pa.; '^Noab. 

Ida E., Snavely,  Hudson,  III., ,..:.' Abel. 

Ella  W.  Lidimau,  Franklin  Grove,  III,,' Hannah. 

IdaClemmcr.Mt.  Carn.U,  III '......Eve. 

EUa  Berkeyhile.  ToL.-l,-.  n .Joshua. 

Emma  L,  Gable,,  Lii-t  Xniiim  i.uva,  ...,,Ruth'. 

.Tell  as  much  abuiit  tli^-s,.-  pi-r^uns  :ls  you  c(in. 
Your  papa  and  niftiun^a,  lyii]  help^youto  find 
these  names  in  the  Bible,  '        '  '  ' 


QuEitYj  ■■  Who  wri)te,:''TheEpistle  to  the 
Hebrcwii?"    ■      .     ..  TnAKiXQERY, 

It  is  generally  supposed.  _thab.:Paiil  wi-oteifc. 
The  foUowing  is  a  pact  of  the:  testimony  in  sup- 
port of  that|idi;(v:  I,  ,,j  ,,|  ,  /  ,  .;  |„|  ,!  .,,■■] 
,1. , Most  of  th.j  iuicient  writei-s,  a  few  of  the 
Latins  I'M  ■■:■!■■'!  .-  ■  .(...i  |',.;!  .-  tin' ;iiifiiiir. 
It  was  i.-.-.. ■..■.:  -..    I.:,    !■■     !•  .,.  .,^,   i„  his,'^,- 

about  43  \".  1  ■  ;.!'if  1 1    \,.,.   \i  i-.rr.ii      liy  l'li.-iLU:nt 

iti  iU;  Oiigcu  in  230;  Dioiiy^iua  in  247;  l"he- 
ognbstus  ill  '282.  and  scores  of  others  at  diflel'tnt 
periods  doivn  to  1070. 

2.  The  agreemeut'in.9/i/?c  and  phi-asi's  in  some 
instances  with  other  of  Panl's  writings.  Cflm- 
para  Heb.  2:  i  with  Rom.  15: 19,  3  Cor.  12: 12. 
Also  Heb.  13: 18  with  Rom.  15:  30,  Eph.  fi:  18, 
19, 1  Tbess.  5:  23,  2  Thess.  3: 1.  These  are  on- 
ly a  few  inslAnces  of  similarity.  He  wrote  as  a 
Hebrew  to  Hebrews,  and  is  supposed  to  have 
withheld  his  name  because  they  were  suspicious 
of  him  and  not  a  little  prejudiced  against  him. 


FAREWELL  TO  SADIE. 

»Y  HATTIE  MILLEK. 

BENEATH  that  mound  our  Sadie  lies, 
Who  once  was  with  us  here; 
God  sent  a  summons  from  the  skies, 

And  claimed  our  Sadie  dear. 
Yes,  Sadie  dear  has  gone  to  rest, 

With  those  who've  gone  before. 
And  in  her  angel  garment  dressed. 

She  stands  on  Zion's  shore. 
My  loving  cousin,  Sadie  dear. 

We  can  see  yon  no  more; 
But  in  spirit  we  may  be  near, 

As  in  the  days  of  yore, 
On  earth  when  often  we  did  meet. 

We  found  the  passing  moments  sweet. 
But  time's  swift  motions  did  compel 

Us  bid  you  a  loilg,  long  farewell. 
Clarence,  Iowa. 


BOYS  AND  THEIR  MOTHERS. 

MOST  boys  need  constant  care  from  their 
mother.  And  tlie  mother  must  learn  to 
hear  ivitli.the  awkward  and  clumsy  ways  of  her 
son.  There  cxlits  a  relationship  between  moth- 
er ami  son  that  it  will  not  do  to  ignore  by  eith- 
er. Sometimes  hoys  are  full  of  doubts,  because 
they  love  to  be  independent.  The  best  inde- 
pendence, however,  is  for  all  boys  to  love  and 
respect  their  tender  parent — their  own  dear 
mother.  For  such  a  boy  there  is  always  hope. 
The  world  is  made  better  by  having  such  hoys 
ui  it. 

But  when  a  boy  has  lost  his  love  and  respect 
for  his  mother,  lie  is  in  n  bad  road.  He  should 
be  proud  of  his  mother,  that  is,  he  should  feel 
that  it  is  an  honor  to  have  a  mother  who  is  id- 
ways  ready  to  help  him,  advise  him,  and  encour- 
age him  up  the  rugged  hill  of  life.  And  then 
too,  mothers  .should  ever  remember  that  a  son 
is  full  of  weakness  when  he  thinks  be  is  strong. 
He  don't  run  through  the  room,  upset  chaire 
and  turn  up  the  carpet  so  much  because  he  run, 
iid  because  he  tliinks  it  looks  manly.  That  is 
just  where  be  misses  it.  It  is  manly  to  be  quiet 
ill  the  house  and  to.  obey  mother.  It  is  manly 
to  carry  wood  and  water  for  her,  to  buUd  the 
fire,  churu  butter  und  run  errands  when  requir- 
ed.    ,  I 

Mothers,  do  not  ■jcold  your  hoys.  The  desire 
to  be  ihdqjendent  strikes  a  boy  at  a  vei^  early 
ago,  and  with  this  seed  in  his  heart  you  have 
need  of  patience  and  forbearance.  Never  fan 
the  spark  into  a  liame  by  rudeness,  scolding  and 
fault-finding.  When  ymi  see  the  "  wati;r  begin-' 
ning  to  boil,".check  it  with  coolness.  Of  course 
you  do  not  need  to  heicy,  hut  show  youi-self  un- 
der full  control,  and  your  hoy  will  be  the  wiser 
aud  tile  betler  for  it.  You  need  to  dwell  in  the 
same  liousc  as  mother  and  sow— just  ivhat  you 
really  are,  and  pe.ice  wilt  bo  plentiful  in  that, 
mansion. 

TO  ALL  THE  CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

I  LOVE  to  read  all  your  little  lettei-s,  fc 
looks  oi^  if  you  were  working  for  Jesus,     I 
am  happy  to  see  you  all  religiously  inclined,  iijid 
that  is  what  I  so  much  admire.     I  e.\peet,  fii 
the  tone  of  your  lett^is,  that  y,iu  ;uv  all  well 
behaved  at'  church  am!  S,,i.l,.itli-,lj..,>l,     Yi 

should  be '^ood  at  all  tinn-.  l-nl  iti -pwiid 

in  the' Lord'*! 'house-  I  ^..nu'tinj.-,  think  that'St 
ii  'suiTfly,  disgusting  in  the  eyi.'.'i  of  t\\.^  LU'd, 
when  childi-en  drag  theiv  feet  iii  church  anil 
nudte  unnl;ciis.tai'y  noise  instead  ctf ■  being  a.s-  tpii- 
et  as. possible,  and  chiiii^e  theii'  seats  and  go  in 
iuid  out  diwiugi services,, or  .wlli^per  ami  laugh. 
I  will  now  tell  you  wh.\   1  think  mk\i  lif^haviur 

displlM..;,!-     1,,    til.-    Ujj  I     111. Ilk    .dl     iMlVJll- 

toacli  tiinrilid.lr,.!,  l,-h,.r  IImu  li,;.  .,r,.I  tii..„ 
ii'tb.-y.ui  ii,  (I,i~  u„y  it  1..  ,b~,,!,..,|„.H,,..  Aud 
wercitd  in  the  grciit  aud  j;ood  Itnuk,  -  CliiMi,.! 
obej-  ynur  parents  in  all  thin'gs  fiir  tlii^  ii  \v,-\\- 
pl«i3ing  uiltb  the  LonI-."  You^L-e  it  i.-^  goi.d  to 
heobedieiit  ii\  all  things.  ThcLorddid'ttot^say 
Ho  wdidil  be  pleiL-ed  with  naughty  childrtii;  s6 
J'kuow.you  will.idl  trj-  to  please  .'Jesus  ■  whilb 
you  are  little,  aud  then,  it  will  be  verj-  easy  for 
yom  to  obey  Hi^  .when  30U  are  grqwn  up. 

I  «Tsh  idl  of  you  dear  little  people  could  visit 
our  Bethel  once  and  see  what  good  behaved,  lit- 
tle children  we  have  here  during  church  services. 
I  iim  iidt  boasting  of  our  little  folk,  but  then 
they  should  knoiv  that  groiVn  'up  persons  notice 
and  appreciate  their  good  conduct,  and  thus  be 
encouraged;  mid  the  same  is  calcidittM  to  c.iuse 
the  children  of  other  vicinities  to  take  pattern; 
for  we  reaii,  "  follow  no  man  farther  thim  he 
follows  Christ."  So  when  one  child  can  pattern 
aft«r  another,  that  patterns  after  Jesus,  as  much 

to  show  forth  a  meek  ami  quiet  sijirit^  they 
are  safe.  Then  yon  see  children,  you  are  quite 
safe  wbi>ii  you  take  your  pattern  alter  good,  I 


January   24, 


obedient  children.  But  you  should  shuu  the 
rude,  boisterous  children.  No,  not  shun  them, 
but  their  waj-s.  You  should  encourage  them 
to  leave  off  naughtiness  and  toko  up  with  idl 
the  good:  trj  to  get  their  parents  to  subscribe 
for  the  Brei'heen  at  Wonk,  so  that  their  chil- 
dren cim  enjoy  the  "  Home  Circle  "  as  you  do. 
If  you  cannot  succeed  in  this,  when  you  have 
finished  reading  the  paper,  give  it  to  those  that 
do  not  take  it;  thus  it  will  be  doing  good. 

Now  little  friends  I  have,  this  evening,  taken 
time  to  give  you  some  advice,  imd  I  hope  yon 
will  all  study  it,  and  perhaps  I  will  aildross  you 
again.  You  may  all  know  from  this  that  I  love 
all  of  you.     I  am  a  friend  to  you  all. 

ItEllEa'A  SXAVELV. 

Hudson,  III. 


COME    UNTO    ME. 

Dear  Child, -ai.— 

I  PROMISED  to  tell  you  how  yon  can  come 
to  Jesus.  No  doubt  you  have  heen  told 
that  Jesus  is  away  up  in  the  skies  beyond  the 
bounds  of  time  and  space.  Then  you  hear  the 
preacher  say  that  Jesus  is  everywhere  present 
and  invites  you  to  come  to  Him  "just  now,'' 
and  these  seemingly  conllicting  theoriesbaveso 
far  confused  your  little  minds,  that  you  don't 
know  ivliat  to  do  in  the  premises,  don't  even 
Kniow  jnst  how  you  could  come  to  Jesus  if  you 
were  ever  so  ivilllng  to  do  so.  Now  hit  mo  as- 
sure you  that  not  one  of  yon  is  too  little  to  come 
to  Jesus,  or  i>ei-haps  I  slioiild  say  commence  to 
come  to  Jcsns.  It  is  true  that  Jesus  has  gone 
away  olf  into  a  far  country  prrsonaUij,  and  has 
told  us  that  he  would  come  hack  again;  but  He 
is  not  gone  beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space, 
because  that  would  be  simply  nowhere.  It  is 
also  true  that  He  is,  or  at  least  can  be  every- 
wdiere  present  in  npirit.  What  does  thatuieim? 
It  simply  means  that  if  your  father  ivoutd  go  to 
Denmark  or  some  other  foreign  country,  that 
his  mind  would  often  revert  back  to  his  pleasant 
home  where  he  left  his  loving  \rife  and  dear 
children,  thut  his  wise  counsels  and  good  im- 
pressions would  seem  more  vividly  present  now, 
than  when  he  w!is  with  you,  and  if  you  are  good 
children,  and  love  him  veiy  much,  his  influence 
tor  good  among  you  would  not  be  very  much 
diminished.  This  is  what  I  undei-stand  by  be- 
ing present  in  spirit.  Only  this  much  more 
that  Jesus  is  able  to  make  His  indueiice  felt  to 
a  much  greater  degree  among  His  children,  than 
any  of  us  could  do  among  our  children' when 
pei-sonally  absent. 

But  how  can  you  come  to  Jesus  when  He  is 
in  afar  country?  and  especially  when  you  are 
too  little  to  he  baptized  and  join  the  church  ? 
My  dear  children,  coming  to  Jesus  is  not  the 
work  of  a  moment,  and  does  uot  consist  m  be- 
ing baptixed  or  joining  the  church.  You  may 
he  too  little  to  he  baptized  or  join  the  church, 
hut  you  cannot  be  too  little  to  take  the  firat  step 
towai-d  coming  to  Jesus. 

f'oming  to  Jesus  is  in  reabty,  the  work  of  a 
lilVtJiiu'.  fcroiiiiatiiLg  in  that  happy  day  when 
He  will  co!uc  iigain  aud  receive  us  all  unto  Him- 
self, that  ivhfie  He  is,  there  we  m.iy  be  also. 
Children,  just  as  soon  its  you  knov/  thedift'erentc 
between  ohedietice  aud  disobedience  you  are 
large  enough  and  ohV  enough  to  make  the  im- 
portant Jli-al  .'(/cyj  toward  comingto  .leSus;  for 
every  time  you  do  as  your  good  parents  bid  3'ou, 
yoii  ni'e  obeying  God',  and  taldng  one  of  the 
majiy  necessoxy  isteps  in  complete'  the  great 
journey  to  the  golden  City  ivheve  Jesus  and  Hi.* 
holy  angels  dweUi'iind  where  nil  jilis  good  and 
obedient  children. ,wil(,  qti(^day.in^|)  to  part  no 
lu'ire  toreyc)"-  ,,, ,  ,,(.  ,,  ,■,  ,., 
.  Ueing  baptized  aud  jniTiinirthf  church  are  by 

no  meyus.,the  Jii;^'   ■  ilc    l.i.-.t    .-t''i/'>  .ift  tl't-' 

jiiarney,  yiou(ih  x\<\-'  •'.n\    -n  [.-  [..  Lc  taken  (it 
the  pri.ln.T  time.   .  Tli.i,,    .  i,,i.i,,-,..    if  you  biivc 

IIMf    ^,l,,M.ly   f;,k,.|l    111,.    I,,   :/    ./,,,,,,,    I, ,>,"..!, kI.iI"- 


cbildeejY  at  work. 


To  H.  p.  Brinkworth,  —  My  Den,;  Good 
Fi-iniil: — Your  canls  and  poetry  are  to  hand, 
and  I  tlumk  you  ever  so  much.  I  like  you,  too, 
because  yon  are  trj'iug  to  teach  the  psople  of 
England  to  obey  Jesus  in  all  things.  I  feel  so 
glad  when  I  ciui  read  about  our  Savior.  I  want 
Jesus  to  bless  you,  and  take  care  of  you.  He 
will  if  you  ask  Him.     Your  little  friend, 

VlNKIK  EsiIKLUAX, 

From  Myley  Miller.  — Omi-  Editor:— Yun 
must  have  some  little  boys  and  girls  of  your  own, 
for  yon  know  just  what  little  people  like.  I  am 
alittle  hoy,  and  have  a  little  sister  Grace  and 
brother  Stephen.  I  loft  lots  of  idayiuates  in. 
Ill,,  when  we  came  out  here  two  yeara  ago. 
Would  lijtc  to  hear  from  them.  I  like  to  get 
father  and  mother  to  fell  me  Bible  stories.  It 
about  the  axe  swimming. 


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reach' tile  eel e-stiul 'shores  of  everlasting  bliss. 

.,.',  i„  ■..-)'    ,■  ■;       ;...-,  I-    .  j;'H.-pgcA. 
I    Lanark,  I/li'i    ■    ■    ■/     .    ■-  ,,   .ii  ■ 


I^IITE    WASTED. 


ITis  a  mournful  story,  when  the  eve  of  life 
arrives,  to  be  constrained  to  sigh,  "I  have 
lost  a  lifetime !  Goi  gave  me  one  lifetime,  and  it 
was  once  in  my  power  to  sjicnd  it  as  Aquilaand 
Priscilla  spent  theirs,  as  Paul  spent  his,  as  Phelw 
spent  hers.  But  now  that  ouli/  life  is  closuig, 
ind  woe  is  me!  how  have  I  bestowed  iti'  In 
making  pincushions  and  placing  the  piano,  in 
paying  morning  calls  and  evening  visits."  "Aud 
I V — I  have  spent  it  in  reading  newspapers  and 
novels,  in  dancing  and  singing  songs,  and  tell- 
ing diverting  stories." 


From  Ella  Forney .—Z)«(f  Edilar.—l  cannot 

say  that  I  have  a  dear  mother  to  take  care  of  me 
aud  give  mc  good  advice,  for  .she  died  when  I 
was  only  two  yeai-s  old,  and  now  I  am  twelve. 
Dear  children,  who  have  kind  mothers,  yon  do 
not  know  how  much  you  would  miss  them  lill 
they  are  gone;  therefore  treat  them  kindly,  I 
live  in  Kansas  with  my  sister.  She  has  one  lit- 
tle gill.  My  father  live.'i  in  Nebraska,  and  he 
comes  to  see  ine  often.  He  travels  most  of  the 
time  to  preach.  I  go  to  school  and  to  preach- 
ing too.  The  Brethren  have  preaching  here  ev- 
ery four  weeks.  There  are  no  membei-s  here, 
only  my  sister  and  her  hnsband.  Thoy  would 
like  to  live  where  there  are  more  brethren. 
Lijo,m,  Kan. 

From  a  Little  Boy.— /Jmr  Edilor:— As  you 

wish  the  little  folk  to  write,  I  will  try  for  the 
fii-st  time  to  ^vrito  a  few  lines.  I  see  in  number 
tifty-one  of  the  Brkthrkn  at  Woiik,  n  question 
for  the  little  folk  about  the  sou.  The  prodigal 
story  ivas  told  by  Jesus  Christ,  mid  He  wanted 
them  to  learn  from  it  the  joy  in  heaven  over  the 
repontiug  sinner. 
Pleum„t  Moinxl.  III. 

From  Anna  D.  Ashen brennor.— Ah »■  Ei/itur: 
I  belong  to  the  church  of  Chri.'it.  Was  baptiz- 
ed the  IGth  of  June  1874.  My  dear  friends,  I 
will  say  to  you  that  have  not  yet  come  to  Christ, 
that  it  Ls  said,  "  To-<lay  if  you  irill  hear  his 
voice,  harden  not  your  hom-ts"  (Heb.  3:7,8,15). 
It  seems  sometimes  the  more  we  try  to  do  rights 
so  much  more  the  enemy  works  with  us  and 
tries  to  overcome  us,  hut  lot  us  therefore  "  come 
boldly  to  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  ob- 
tain mercy  in  time  of  need." 

Garrison,  Iowa. 

From  Katia  A.  Snavely.— I  live  about  two 
miles  from  uncle  Thomas.  Do  you  know  uncle 
Thomas?  If  not,  it  mil  not  take  you  long  to 
get  acquainted  with  him.  I  know  you  would 
like  him,  for  all  who  know  him  do.  I  go  to 
meeting  at  the  Bethel  church.  This  is  near 
Hudson.  I  hope  I  may  see  a  letter  in  the  Home 
Cirele  from  Lizzie,  I  have  three  brothers  and 
sistei-s  that  go  to  school. 

Ilud.son,  III. 

From  Julia  F.  Arnold.— Av/r  Editor:—!  am 

a  little  girl  twelve  years  old.  I  am  afflicted  and 
not  go  to  school.  I  like  to  read  the  Bhetii- 
REX  AT  WonK  and  I  like  to  read  the  lettei-s  from 
the  little  guds,  I  thought  I  would  write  one 
too,  I  have  three  brothers  aud  three  sisters; 
.all  in  the  church  but  me  aud  Willie.  ,1  huveu 
little  sister  dead;  she  is  an  angcL  I  like  to. go 
to  lUieetjiig  aTid  hear  the  bi;ethj.;en  pre^(ch.  I 
-never  attended  Sunday-school  aiiy,  but  I  learn 

t  liqnie.  

Lioicslone,  Ten,,. 

From  Martha  J.  Eisenbise.-^It 'is  with  pleas- 
ure that  I  write  these  lines  tor  the  Homo  Circle, 

At  Sunday-school  tmlayJ  recited  two  hundred 
■  v.r-.-.  I  aui  li.i!>]'y,t'>  '•■:■  that  even 
tIm- 1  l;:Mi.  11  .111'  liikiiii;  an  iiif.]-.'>l  m  rcafling 
tlir  |M)',T.-  jM, I, I. -lied  l,y  th..  Bn'thivn.  It  is  al- 
so our  duty  to  roiul  the  holy  13ihk',  lor  it  is  the 
bo6k  of  God,  and  in  it  we 'lire  taught  to'lbvi'and 
obey  God  and  our  parents.  '■""  ' 

From  ,Cassie  Appebnan.— ZJtur  iirctltnu  Ed- 
itor.i: — We  take  your  paper  ,and  like  it  very 
much;  and  -as  we  like  to  read  church  news.  I 
thought  1  would  write  some.  Our  church  still 
prospers,  but  was  very  dull  after  my  dear  papa 
died ;  is  now  reviving  again.  I  go  to  chinch  ev- 
ery two  iveefcs.  We  live  two  miles  from  the 
meeting-house.  I  attend  prayer  meeting  every 
week.  \We  have  about  thirty-tive  young  mem- 
bers here  from  twenty  down  to  ten  years  of  age. 

Every  day  and  every  hour. 

Let  me  teel  Thy  cleansing  power; 

May  Thy  tender  love  to  me. 

Draw  me  closer  Lord  to  Thee. 
I'hjinuiilh,  Ind. 


THE    I3T?ETHRE:iSr    ^VT    AVOKlv. 


CORRESr*0:iSrDENCE. 


ACROSTIC. 

Sowing  th(!  flGod  of  the  Gosppl, 
lleraliting  tiiliugs  of  joy, 
Britigiiig  aoiiU  into  the  kiiigilom, 
Arnji;tc<I  from  sins  that  destroy. 

Speaking  kind  words  to  encoiirngc, 
Henvy  in  honrt  those  thnt  be, 
Offering  to  God  sitpplicntion, 
Jlestore  tlioac  astmyed  from  thee. 


FROM   CARLETON,  NEB. 

Dan- Brftlnrii.— 

I  WOULD,  with  your  permission,  hereby  noti- 
fy all  uij-  friends  that  I  arrived  home  in 
sali^ty  about  four  weeks  ago,  finding  my  family, 
nnd  kind  friends,  brethren  and  sisters,  geueral- 
Ij'  qiiik'  well,  for  wliich  I  feel  thankful  to  our 
heavenlj'  Father,  who  is  the  kind  Preserver  and 
Protector  of  all  mankind.  Was  verj'  glad  iji- 
deed  to  get  baek  to  my  dear  Nebraskn  home 
again,  to  this  beautiful  and  seemingly  enchimf^ 
fid  country. 

Some  friends  in  Illinois  may  think  that  I  am 
too  euthusiiistic  about  this  western  coimtrv, 
but  this  is  the  way  I  feel.  Although  I  enjoyed 
my  visit  to  Illinois  very  mueh,  yet  I  prefer 
Nebraska  above  any  other  State  that  I  know  of. 

Wlieu  I  left  Illinois  on  the  lOtli  of  Nov.,  it 
looked  like  the  middle  of  Winter.  They  h;id 
two  snow  storms  before  I  stoi'ted.  But  when  I 
arrived  home,  there  was  not  a  flake  of  snow  to 
be  seen,  and  had  Imt  little  before,  Wc  have 
hud  sume  beautiful  weather  lately. 

C.\lt1ilF.  HOI-SIKCKR, 


FROM  MONTGOMERY  CO.,  lA. 

JMir  Bivtiinii:— 

ONCE  more,  deur  brethren  nnd  sistei-s,  ^ve 
njipcal  to  you  for  help  in  building  our 
meeling-Jioiise.  Last  Octolier  was  the  lime  set 
to  enmmcnce  building  our  honse,  but  we  failed 
for  want  of  means.  We  then  put  the  time  off 
until  the  coming  Spring,  and  that  time  is  fast 
approaching,  bjuI  unless  ive  got  the  small 
amount  that  we  have  nsked  I'or,  ive  ■will  be  com- 
pelled to  give  np  building  in  the  Spring  nga 
AVe  have  received  a  little  less  than  §100  on  the 
one  penny  proposilrion.  If  each  member  would 
give  the  amount  asked  for,  it  would  give  us  ac- 
cording to  Bro.  Bliller's  Census,  §{J00,  amply 
sutllcient  for  the  purpose  intended.  By  donat- 
ing the  small  amount  we  ask  of  each  member, 
no  one's  limuicinl  arrangements  need  to  be  in- 
terfered i-i-ith.  Wherever  there  luis  been  a 
tie  ett'ort  put  forth  by  a  brother  or  sister,  it  Iios 
met  ivitb  sucess  in  getting  us  a  very  satisfacto- 
ry amount. 

Now,  brethren  aiid  sisters  will  j-ou  not  take 
hold  nnd  help  us  get  a  house?  You  eau  do  a 
great  deal  by  a  little  eflbrt.  Sister  Hoover  by 
ii  little  effort  raised  S8.00.  Sister  Rupert,  by  a 
little  effort  gave  us§8.W.  They  said  they  felt 
it  their  duty.  Mmiy  others  have  doue  nobly 
So  eau  you,  brethren  and  sisteivt,  if  you  have  n 
will.  Bro.  S.  A.  Garber,  when  he  was  here  this 
Winter,  preaching  for  us  one  evening  after  ser- 
vice, said  to  me,  I  do  not  wonder  at  j-ou  being 
anxious  to  get  a  church-house,  seeing  the 
crowds  of  people,  sitting  on  benches,  made  for 
children.  I  believe  the  cause  is  sutleriug  here 
for  want  of  a  convenient  place  to  worehip 
It  depends  entii'cly  upon  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters,  ivliether  we  shall  have  a  house  or  not. 

Mpuey  can  be  sent  ju  registered  letters  ti 
Sciola,  or  post  office  order  on  Villisca  or  Red 
Oak;  or  in  a  Bank  Draft. 

N.  C.  WORKJIA 

Sciola,  hi. 


home  in  the  West,  wc  will  help  any  who  with 
to  settle  amongst  un,  to  find  land.  There  is 
some  land  vacant  here  yet,  but  generallj' rough. 
Good  land  can  be  had  for  three  dollars  per  acre. 
Komcsteiuls  cheap. 

I  love  your  paper,  because  it  is  so  full  of 
Gospel  leasons  to  feast  on,  that  come  from  those 
that  are  so  full  of  knowledge  of  the  will  of  our 
blessed  Master,  Yours  in  the  bonds  of  broth- 
erly love, 

A.  W.  ArsTis. 


FROM     MARION     CO..     ILL. 


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the 


FROM  BURR  OAK.   KANSAS. 

Ihw  Brethren:— 

illAVE  just  returned  from  council  meeting 
at  Limestone.  This  was  the  lii-st  meeting 
i>f  the  kind  I  ever  attended.'  I  feel  greatly  re- 
freshctl  imd  strengthened  in  the^  senice  of  the 
Lord  and  in  the  faith  and  practice  of  the  Breth- 
ren. Had  a  seniion  by  Elder  Allen  Ives  on 
Friday  night,  Saturday  council  meeting.  Sat- 
unhiy  night  sermon  by  brother  Bailey.  Sun- 
day at  eleven,  sermon  by  brother  Porter;  night 
by  brother  Ives  again,  followed  by  brother 
Abraham  Deter.  All  of  these  were  able  ser- 
iiions,  full  of  sound  dtictrinejind  Gospel  truths, 
according  to  my  weak  judgment.  Moud^iy 
morning,  brother  ■  Deter  aud  myself  went  fco 
Jewell  Center,  and' took  posses.sion  of  ICO  acres 
homestead  land  apiece,  forming  pretty  fair  laud. 
Would  say  through  your  paper  that  we  want 
more  of  the   Brethren  here.      If  aiij-  iwish  a 


BOUT  the  middle  of  August,  18' 
members  of  this  chui-eh  met  for  the  pur- 
pose of  consulting  the  propriety  of  building  a 
meeting-house.  The  members  being  pretty 
well  united  on  the  i)roject,  we  were  enabled,  by 
liberal  donations  from  the  members  aud  out- 
sidoi-s,  to   order    first-class  building  material. 

The  work  on  the  house  was  commenced  after 
the  middle  of  September,  and  by  the  last  of 
October  a  house  30  by  i2  feet  nnd  14  feet  to  the 
ceiling,  was  completed,  benches  and  all,  ready 
for  meeting.  All  the  work  Wiis  done  by  breth- 
ren and  others,  free  of  charge.  On  the  evening 
of  Nov.  3rd  was  our  connnuuion.  Ministers 
present  from  other  churches  were,  Joseph  Hen- 
dricks from  Maeon  Co.,  Samuel  Forney  from 
Richland  Co..  Martin  Neher  from  Moultry  Co., 
and  .J.  ICesler  from  Bond  Co.  Joseph  Hen- 
dricks and  Martin  Neher  stayed  a  few  days 
after  the  Couununion  aud  continued  meeting, 
aud  three  dear  ones  were  made  \villing  to  follow 
the  example  of  our  Savior  and  rfere  baptized, 
and  we  hope  they  will  walk  iu  newness  of  life. 
The  members  were  much  built  up  and  felt  joy- 
ful. But  soon  our  joj'  was  turned  to  sorrow 
ivhen  death  made  its  inroad  in  oiir  vicinity,  and 
took  one  away  that  was  dciu'  to  all  the  mem- 
bei-s  and  others.  It  was  Amiuida  Wolfe.  Her 
pareuts  had  died  when  she  was  in  her  in- 
fancy. She  was  raised  among  the  Brethren 
and  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  her.  Her  ago 
waslSyeai-s,  1  month  and  24  days.  Disease 
was  typhoid  fever.  Her  funeral  was  preached 
b,v  Elder  John  Metzger  from  Macon  Co.,  on 
Sunday  the  23rd  of  December  to  a  large  con- 
gregation. At  the  same  time  brethren  Henry 
Jones  and  Jacob  Root  from  Bond  Co.,  were 
with  us,  and  meotiugs  were  continued  day  and 
night  i'or  three  or  four  days,  bnt  owing  to  the 
rainy  weather,  the  congregations  were  snmll, 
but  the  interest  was  good.  Three  more  were 
made  willing  to  bid  farewell  to  the  sinful  pleas- 
ures of  this  world  iu  order  to  be  baptized  ac- 
cording to  tlie  great  commission. 

We  now  number  thirty-six  members  in  this 
congregation  and  good  prospects  for  more 
soon.  On  the  24th  of  December  the  church 
met  for  the  puri)Ose  of  holding  au  election 
for  a  deacon,  which  resulted  in  the  choice 
of  brother  Daniel  Ulery.  Andrew  Neher 
was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  in  the  minis- 
try. Hope  both  will  be  faithful  to  their  catl- 
ing. 

Youi-s  in  love. 


FROM     ELMWOOD.     NEB. 

AS  thfe  is  a  very  lonesome  Sunday  to  us,  I 
thought  I  would  try  to  write  a  few  lines 
for  your  excellent  paper.  As  this  is  the  first 
Sunday  in  the  New  Year,  how  enjoyable  it 
would  be  if  we  could  have  the  happy  privilege 
to  go  to  church,  but  jis  we  are  deprived  of  that 
privilege,  perhaps  some  would  like  to  know 
how  we  sjjend  our  Sundays. 

We  spend  them  in  reading  the  Brethren's  piw 
pers  and  the  Bible.  Though  we  arc  deprived 
of  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sisters,  we 
are  not  deprived  of  meeting  with  our  God.  He 
is  just  as  near  us  here,  as  in  the  East,  and  is 
just  as  ready  to  answer  onr  prayers  as  if  we 
were  in  the  East,  We  feel  that  He  has  often 
heard  our  prayer,  and  we  pray  earnestly  that 
He  will  send  us  a  minister  era  long,  that  will 
preach  for  us,  for  we  feel  that  we  are  growing 
careless  in  mauy  ways. 

In  our  isolated  state  we  often  do  that,  which 
we  would  not  do,  if  we  were  surrounded  by 
brethren  and  had  the  influence  of  meeting  to- 
gether for  Uie  worship  of  God.  Biit  as  we  have 
only  a  fikshioimble  world  to  associate  with,  our 
situation  is  not  pleasant.  But  I  oft*n  think 
we  will  keep  on  calling  to  the  church  to  send 
IIS  u  preacher,  and  pray  to  God  that  our  call 
may  be  answered.  Oh,  dear-brethren,  you  who' 
cmi  travel,  do  travel  more  than  you  have  done 
heretofore.  There  are  but  few  places  in  the 
Eiist  where  the  people  have  not  aoraetima  had 
the  chance  to  hear  the  Brethren  preach.  I  olV 
en  think,  where  there  are  plenty  of  preachers 


and  meeting  regularly,  if  they  will  not  hear,  the 
fault  is  their  own.  0  if  those  brethren  that 
so  situated  that  they  can  travel,  if  they 
would  go  West  and  hunt  up  the  scattered  mem- 
bers and  preach  for  them,  and  help  them  build 
up  churches,  how  much  good  they  could  do, 
and  how  glad  we  would  feel  for  such  visits. 

I  think  if  a  brother  was  to  come  in  here  now 
and  hold  meeting  for  several  weeks,  much  good 
would  be  done.  Brethren  ought  st  to  arrange 
their  appointments  that  they  can  stay  at  one 
place  just  as  long  as  it  may  seenr  best  to  those 
holding  the  mooting,  lot  it  bo  one  week  or  one 
month.  I  love  to  hear  of  the  progress  of  the 
church.  I  hope  the  time  will  not  be  long  till 
there  will  be  a  church  in  all  the  laud,  where 
now  the  true  church  is  unknown. 

Oh,  may  God  bless  our  editors  and  enable 
them  to  keep  their  paper  pure  and  unspotted 
from  the  world,  and  may  it  bring  good  and 
wholesome  matter  to  us  throughout  the  year, 
!is  it  is  all  the  preache'  we  have. 

From  your  iveak  sister, 

J.  E.  ROYEII. 


REPORT    OF    MONEY. 

THE  following  sums  have  been  received  for 
the  Brethren's  meotiug-house,  Montgom- 
ery Co.,  la. 
Big  Grove  church,  Benton  Co.,  la.,  by  H. 

B.  Lehman, 61.87 

Newton   District,  Miami   Co.,   Ohio,   by 

Mary  A.  Rupert 8.44 

Biistolville,  Ohio,  A  M.  Hoffman, .05 

"     S.  C.Strom .05 

Maple  Grove  Church,  Ohio,  A.  J.  Myci-s,  -  -5.00 
Members  and  friends  of  Johnsto^vn,   Pa., 

Jane  H.  Ream, l,7f 

Smithville,  Ohio,  sister  E.  R.  A., % 

Sarah  Keini,  Canton  church,  bhio, 3.2i 

Leah  Replogle,  Woodbury,  Pa., 1.00 

Total:  18.09 

Many  thanks  for  the  above.      Have  received 

a  little  le.ss   than  one  himdred  dollars  yet.  — 

Brethren  and  sistei-s  please  send  your  donations 

at  once. 

Silas  Morton, 
N.  C.  WOrkuas. 


CHCXJRCH     lSrE"U^S. 


FROM  JEWELL  CO.,  KAN. 

I  HAVE  just  been  made  rejoice  to  sec  that 
there  are  still  some  brethren  so  earnestly 
contending  for  the  ancient  order  of  thinga,  and 
consider  it  highly  necessmy  in  this  age  of  the 
world,  seeing  there  is  so  much  pride  nnd  folly 
ereoping  into  the  church.  Yes,  aud  that  to  such 
an  extentthat  many  lights  are  growing  dim,  and 
some  are  gone  out.  Wo  are  to  let  our  light  so 
shine  before  men  that  they  may  see  our  good 
works  and  he  thus  constrained  to  glorify  our 
Father  who  is  in  heaven.  This  thingof  letting 
our  light  shine  is  too  much  neglected  among 
especially  among  the  young.  Dear  young  me 
hers,  we  have  all  promised  to  forsake  the  sinful 
pleasures  of  this  world,  and  we  have  vowed  to 
God  that  we  would  live  faithful  to  Him  nnd 
walk  according  to  the  rule  He  has  laid  down  in 
His  sacred  Word.  Then  why  will  we  try  to 
carrj-  religion  in  one  hand  and  the  world  in  the 
other.  We  must  foraake  tho  one  or  the  other, 
for  it  is  said,  wocannot  serve  God  and  mammon. 
We  are  to  be  as  a  city  set  on  a  liill  which  can- 
not be  hid. 

Very  often  my  mind  is  carried  back  to  the 
East,  when  I  was  yet  but  a  lad;  when  the  old 
brethren,  who  are  now  in  eternity,  used  to  con- 
tend so  strongly  for  the  ancient  order,  and  ad- 
monished so  earnestly  against  many  things  that 
are  now  allowed  among  the  brethren  and  sisters; 
especially  pride. 

Now  brethren  and  sistere.  let  me  say  to  one 
and  all,  as  we  have  but  few  days  to  occupy,  and 
many  troubles  and  trials  here  to  contend  with, 
let  us  ask  God  to  lead  nnd  guide  us  safely  through 
this  unfriendly  world,  aud  at  last  receive  us  in 
heaven  where  we  can  meet  around  His  throne. 

As  we  are  far  in  the  West  I  often  think  of 
the  brethren  in  the  East,  where  wc  were  per- 
mitted to' meet  together  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  Brethren  pray  for  us,  that  we  may  hold 
out  faithful  to  the  end.  May  God  bless  nnd 
save  us  all,  is  my  prayer. 

Abraham  Faoer. 

Jan.  3rd,  mS. 


ruED. 


HAY. — In  the  Cherry  Grove  church,  Carroll 
Co.,  Ill,,  on  the  4t|i  of  Januan',  1S7S,  sister 
Sailje  Bay,  aged  19  years,  ti  months  and  15 
days.  Funeral  occasion  improved  by  Bro.  S. 
H.  Bashor.      ' 


From  West  Lima,  Wis.— When  our  breth- 
ren from  Illinois  were  \v\&i  ivith  us,  the  snudljiux 
troubling  our  people  some,  but  it  has  now 
abated.  Any  brother  designing  to  change  his 
residence  should  give  us  n  call,  as  we  very  much 
need  help.  There  are  eight  places  for  preaching, 
and  I  e4Uinot  (ill  more  than  half.  I  urn  only  a 
beginner,  aud  like  many  others,  labor  goes  hard 
with  mo.  Our  soil  is  good,  climate  healthy,  be- 
ing almost  the  same  as  Northeni  Illinois.  Per- 
sons of  limited  means  should  give  us  a  call. 
For  further  infornmtion  address  mo  as  above. 

C,U,EII  FOQLE. 

From  Now  Fraiililin,  0.  —  Wo  have  had 
very  mild  Winter  weather  up  to  Jan.  Ist,  since 
that  we  have  had  Winter  in  fact.  Mercury  fell 
to  four  degrees  below  zero  on  the  moniing  of 
the  sixth-  Health  is  good  in  tliis  section  of 
country.  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert  was  with  us  imd 
labored  faithfully  from  Dec.  16th  until  Jan.   3. 

We  had  a  very  encouraging  series  of  meet- 
ings. Forty-two  were  nnide  willing  to  come 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  confess  Christ  before 
God  and  many  mtnesses.  Three  were  reclaim- 
ed, maknng  forty-five  in  all. 

Thk  Brethrkn  at  WoiiK  is  growing  in  fa- 
vor with  us.  A  brother  remarked  to  meyester^ 
day,  that  it  is  a  good  preacher.  May  the  good 
Loi-d  assist  you  in  keeping  it  good  iu  tlie  sight 
of  God  and  your  patrons. 

D.  E.  Bowman. 

From  I'antlier  Creek  Church,  \\\.— Breth- 
ren Etlilors: — We  often  feel  to  thank  our  heav- 
enly Father  for  casting  our  lot  among  the 
Brethren,  mid  of  having  the  privilege  of  attend- 
ing ehnrcii  aud  Sabbath-school.  Onr  Sabbath- 
school  closed  about  five  weeks  ago.  We  Imd  a 
very  pleiLsant  school  through  tho  Summer,  and 
know  we  ivere  all,  both  teachers  smd  scholars, 
profited  by  it,  and  through  it  we  think  a  great 
deal  of  good  was  done;  since  last  April  twenty- 
four  have  enlisted  and  taken  Jesus  for  their 
Captain,  most  of  them  being  Sabbath-school 
scholai's.  Let  us  all  try  in  future  to  be  more 
zealous  of  good  works;  forgetting  self  and  work 
for  the  saving  of  souls  is  the  prayer  of  your 
most  un  worth  J'  sister. 

'  1  Bkrxick  J,  AsHJionB. 

Dec.  26lli,  l&TJ. 

From  Silver  Creek  Cliurch.— 7Jj-c//»-«i, 
Sisters  and  friendhj  Iteadera: — Up  to  .January 
Ist,  we  did  not  have  very  many  meetings,  oa 
account  of  the  roads  being  almost  impassable. 
We  are  all  trying  te  get  along  iu  the  Master's, 
cause.  We  have  not  increased  miuiy  in  number 
since  our  Love-feast  in  Julie,  but  we  are  trying 
to  grow  strong  ourselves,  aud  are  lilting  in  hopes. 
We  believe  many  arc  counting  the  cost,  and 
perhaps,  like  the  man  of  old,  axe  made  to  feel, 
"  almost  thou  persuadost  me  to  be  n  Christian." 
There  is  n  prospect  of  us  having  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  four  weeks.  Brethren  lio.senherger  and 
Dickey  promised  to  come  and  labor  with  uS, 
We  nuiy  look  for  an  ingathering  into  the  fold, 
God  grant  it.  Brother  David  Rittenhoiise 
preached  two  sermons  at  Prattville,  on  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism.  The  firet  night  he  talked 
of  the  design,  the  benefit,  the  command,  who- 
arc  fit  subjects;  he  defended  the  cause  noblj'  imd 
the  congregation  was  interested  and  gave  the 
best  attention  possible.  The  lost  night  his  ser- 
mon was  mostly  reading  history  to  prove  the 
mode.  Tliis  did  not  take  so  well;  thccongrega- 
tion  was  sprinklers,  pourcrs,  single  immei'sion- 
ists,  universalis ts,  iulidcls,  and  free-thinkers. 
Gootl  order,  but  I  fear  no  very  good  impressions 
were  made.  The  brethren  have  solicited  sub- 
scriptions tobuildahoTLSL'of  woi-shtp;  they  have 
about  enough,  so  the  job  is  let  to  build  a  house 
iortyl)y  sixty  feet,  with  a  basement  story,  to  be 
finished  by  October  15th.     More  anon. 

Jacou  Suaneour, 

From  Marsliall  Co.,  Iowa. — We  are  a  little 
band  living  in  llie  North-eastern  part  of  Marshall 
Co.  We  uumber  sixteen.  M:iy  ..urheaveuly  Fa- 
ther count  us  all  worthy  t<i  stuml  at  Fli^  right 
hand,  when  Ho  will  say  to  so  mauy,  "  I  know  you 
not."  We  belong  to  tho  Iowa  River  churcb. 
Hold  meeting  in  a  shool-house.  Over  a  year  ago, 
brother  Williams  of  Mo.,  was  here  and  preached 
some  for  us.  Sometime  after  brother  Henry 
Strickler  of  Gruudy  Co.,  came  and  staid  a.  short 
time  ;  then  brother  Hnll  of  our  own,  congregatioa 
came  and  held  a  few  [ncctiug3,and  tliia  winter  Bro. 
Lemuel  Hillery  was  here.  Bre.  Hail  was  in  ,  at- 
tendance aud  promised  to  comeback    again  soon. 

The  people  are  pleased  with  the  Brethren's 
preaching.  Some  have  many  questions  to  ask. 
Five  have  jnincd  during  the  Suumier  and  Winter, 
and  one  more  has  made  up  her  mijid  to  come. 
The  roads  have  been  bad  all  Winter,  are  getting 
good  now.  The  health  of  the  country  is  good. 
We  ha?e  many  things  to  be  thankftil  for. 

M.  C.  Miller. 


TT-IK  bi^eti-ix?e:n"   Js.T  "WOKK. 


January   "S-i. 


From  (JiilL-sbiire,  Klillsiis.— Oji  the  even- 
ing or  tiro  Ifilh  inal,  ol  the  usual  pltice  of  meet- 
ing, nn  nblc  dtacouno  v/aB  preached  b;f  the  son 
of  our  beloved  elder.  Three  years  ago  he  ivns 
elected  to  the  ininiiitry.  _  Six  months  later  he  left 
us  without  au  attempt  to  fill  his  olhce,  but  he  has 
now  returned  t«  prcnch  in  the  same  school-house 
wbci'o  he  was  cdurated.  After  singing  and  pray- 
«r,  ho  aroao  and  nnnuiinccd  his  text,  "  What  h»vo 
I  dnoe."  He  to!d  us  of  what  God  has  done  for 
us,  of  what  God  has  required  of  us  t*)  do  etc. 

He  preached  nine  aucccsaive  sermons  and  then 
suspended  to  go  ivith  his  father  (Eld.  Sydney 
Hodgdcn)  to  attend  n  series  of  meetings  in  an  ad- 
joining county.  We  es|«ct  their  retura  on  ihe 
13th  of  Jan.  to  continue  our  meeting,  aud  hope  to 
gather  the  gulden  seed  that  he  has  sown.  The 
seed  sown  wusgood,  and  we  belicvesome  has  fallen 
in  well  prepared  ground. 

When  Bro,  Hodgdcn  was  elected  to  the  minis- 
try, he  was  nineteen  years  old  with  a  common 
Echool  education.  Miiny  thought  Ave  had  acted 
unwisely,  but  now  the  common  remark  is  "  Who 
would  have  thouligt  that  it  was  in  that  boy  to 
make  such  a  speaker."  But  ho  has  only  confirm- 
ed us  in  our  belief,  that  ministeis  ought  to  be  put 
to  work  while  young.  I  do  not  mean,  put  to  the 
housekeeping,  for  we  liave  fathers  to  do  tliat,  but 
make  the  young  meu  work  in  the  ministry. 

A  MEMnEit, 

Dec.  30, 1877. 

I'roiil  Rosomliilo,  Mo. — Dear  Brdhrm  : 
Bro.  Jacob  Honbarger  commeDeed  a  series  of 
muelings  oil  the  evening  of  the  15th  inst,  at  what 
is  known  as  the  Lilc  school-house  in  Nodaway  Co. 
The  roads  were  bad  and  tUo  weather  cold.  Bro. 
Honbarger  proclaimed  the  Word  in  its  purity  to 
the  anxious  hearere,  who  turned  out  quite  well, 
considering  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  On 
lost  Sunday  eleven  made  the  good  confession,  and 
were  baptized,  aud  arose  (we  hope)  to  walk  in 
newness  of  life.  Ho  baptized  them  iu  the  view 
of  a  large  crowd,  who  paid  the  very  best  attention. 

Bro.  Honbarger  closed  the  mcctiug  at  that 
place,  and  cnme  down  into  Andrew  Co.,  and 
preached  a  sermon  at  Hickory  Point.  On  Monday 
evening  he  bade  us  farewell,  and  took  the  cars  fur 
home  on  Christmos  morniug.  Itlay  God  add  his 
blessings  to  all  that  has  beeii  said  and  done.  , 
Wii.ns-WoiTi:. 

ftr.  27,  IH77. 

From  Mapio  Grove  Clmrcli,  Ohio.— We 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  5th  inst, 
and  continned  until  the  14th,  having  meeting 
every  day  and  evening.  We  did  not  send  off  two 
or  three  hnodredmilcs  for  a  preacher,  but  invited 
two  of  our  brethren  from  an  adjoining  church. 
H.  S.  Jacobs  and  William  Riefer  came  to  help  us  ; 
after  continuing  the  meeting  one  week,  the  inter- 
est seemed  to  increase  and  we  gave  nn  invitation 
so  that  if  any  ivished  to  join  in  with  the  people  of 
"  God,  they  should  arise  to  their  feet  or  otherwise 
make  it  known  by  coming  forward.  Eight  came 
forward  and  desired  to  become  the  children  of 
God.  On  Sunday  morning  two  more  made  ap- 
plication, making  ten  iu  all. 

Bro.  D.  N.  Workman,  of  .tVshlaud  church, 
preached  for  us  on  Sunday  forenoon  ondkevolun- 
teei-ed  to  perform  ha]itism  ;  and  oh,  the  scene  at 
the  water;  some  had  collected  there  perhaps  out 
of  curiosity  to  see  those  dear  young  converts  go 
into  the  liquid  stream  made  of  snow  and  ice.  Ma- 
ny tears  were  shbd  on  the  occasion  and  the  scene 
will  long  be  remembered.  The  joy  we  felt,  words 
cannot  express,  to  see  our  children  coming  into 
the  fold  before  they  have  got  so  far  into  the  al- 
lurements of  the  world.  We  have  bad  a  fair  in- 
crease since  last  harvest ;  have  baptized  twenty- 
two,  mostly  young  persons.  Jlay  God  add  liis 
blessings  to  our  little  flock. 

GEonriE  Worst. 


GLEANINGS. 


FfDOi  Jos.  L.  Myers. — We  noiv  have  meet- 
ing going  on  at  John's  Corner.  Attendance  good 
considering  the  condition  of  the  roads.  Bro.  Geii. 
Zollars  was  with  us  over  Sunday.  Brethren  J.  J. 
Emmert  and  Levi  Trostlc  continued  with  us  up  to 
date.  Bro.  E.  will  leave  this  morning,  while  Bro. 
T.  will  stay  a\Yhile  longer  and  continue  holding 
forth  the  Word  of  Truth.  Hope  much  good  may 
be  done.— Ster/mj/,  ///.  Dee.,  19(A,  1877, 

From  J.  W.  Stein. — I  see  you  made  a  mis- 
take in  the  heading  of  correspondenre  between 
Cunningham  and  myself.  He  is  a  Campbellite, 
not  a  Baptist.  In  my  remarks,  "  a  peculiarity  of 
baptism,  "  should  have  been,  "  a  peculiarity  of 
Babylon." 

From    Enoch   Eby.— Christmas  day    quite 

stormy;  high  wind,  with  a  little  snow;  not  cold. 
Brethren  Hope  aud  Eskildsen  went  about  twenty 
miles  Korth  along  the  sea-coast,  to  hold  mecuugs ; 
we  declined,  having  to  go  on  fooL  Calls  for  preach- 
ing still  intreasing.  Last  Sunday  there  were  two 
appoinlmenls  about   twenty  miles   apart.       Our 


health  is  still  good,  and  the  brethren  and  sisters 
are  in  good  health  as  far  as  I  know.  Our  mail  has 
not  been  very  regular  for  some  time.  Wo  are 
looking  anxiously  for  another  paper,  and  several 
letters.  Hope  they  will  soon  come.  Love  to  all. 
—UjoTTing,  Dcnma.li.  Dee.  2G,  1S77. 

From  D.  B.  Stiirgis.  —  I  hope  to  soon 
prepare  some  articles  for  your  valuable  paper, 
which  I  prize  very  highly.  Hope  it  may  have  a 
very  extensive  circulation,  not  only  among  the 
Brethren,  but  it  should  be  read  by  the  so-called 
popular  Christian  dcuominations,  as  well  as  non- 
professors. — South  Bend,  Ind. 

From  Levi  Hoffcrt. — Our  dear  brethren 
Fadely  and  Ives  came  to  our  midst  on  the7thinBt 
and  preached  for  us  a  few  sermons. '  Truly  tho 
Brethren  shunned  not  to  declare  tho  whole  counsel 
of  God.  We  had  no  additions  by  baptism  during 
the  meetings  ;  hut  blessed  be  God,  livo  memberN 
were  again  restored  to  the  church.  We  trust 
the  members  were  built  up  and  encouroged 
to  continue  faithful  in  the  cause  of  our  Master. 
Slay  God  reward  our  Brethren  for  their  labors. 
—Curlelon,  Neb.,  Jan.  im,  1878. 

From  M.  D.  Benton. — Our  meeting-house  is 
situated  one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  Bloom- 
viHe,  Ohio.  Our  church  is  in  a  prospering  condi- 
liou,  having  received,  during  the  past  year  eleven 
by  baptism  and  reclaimed  one,  making  in  all  twelve. 
May  the  good  work  go  on,  and  may  many  sons  and 
daughters  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 
—Roekaieatj.  0.,  Dec.  17th,  1877. 

From  B,  F.  Stiiniii. — Not  having  gone  to 
meeting  to-day  on  account  of  cold  weather,  I  will 
try  and  write  a  few  lines  for  your  paper.  We  ap- 
preciate j'our  noble  effoit  in  distributing  the  glud 
lidings  of  salvation  ;  warning  the  sinner  and  cheer- 
ing the  pilgrim  on  his  way.  We  expect  minister- 
ing Brethren  from  Kansas,  to  hold  meeting  in  our 
neighborhood  this  week,  vh :  brethren  Merica 
Luyenbeel  and  Fadely.  We  hope  much  goml  may 
be  done.— iJot'e/i^jDrt,  Neb.  Jan.  CfA,  1878. 

From  I,  I'riee.— Wo  had  meeting  several 
days  at  Green  Tree.  Eleven  baptized  lust  Sun- 
day. Likewise  a  meeting  in  the  Coventry  church 
— Lawreuccville  Branch.  Baptism  In-morrow  at 
the  Home  meeting-house,  and  on  Friday  at  Law- 
reuccville, in  Chester  Co.,  Pa,  Thirty-tive  names 
sent  mo  as  candidates  for  baptism  on  those-  four 
days.     Meeting  to  continue  all  this  week, 

Fi'om  Henry  W.  Striekler.— It  has  seemed 
good  to  me  to  write  yon  a  few  lines  in  the  way  of 
introducing  myself  to  you  ;  thinking  perhaps  you 
are  not  so  well  acquainted  with  me  as  I  am  with 
you.  Knowing  therefore  the  delicacy  of  so  many 
brethren,  I  would  simplj-  -suggest  a  further  and 
more  thorough  acquaintance  between  us,  would  be 
by  you  making  men  friendly  visit,  say  aa  early 
as  you  can  iu  January,  with  the  BKETI^BE^'  at 
Work, aud  repeat  it  ouce  a  week  for  twelvemonths, 
and  I  dare  say,  we  will  be  better  acquainted. 

[Thank  you  brotlier ;  we  will  be  happy  (o  visit 
you  each  week  during  the  [iresent  year,  aud  hope 
our  ucw-formed  acquaintance  may  ripen  into  great- 
er love  for  each  other.  The  Lord  help  us  to  be 
faithful  to  each  othei,  — Eds], 


A  WEALTHY  lady  of  Ediuburg,  with  more  mon- 
ey than  brains,  recently  had  a  favorite  horse  shod 
with  gold  shoes.  The  shoes  weighed  twelve  ounces 
each,  and  wen;  fastened  tn  the  hoof  with  gold 
nails. 

Just  1,400  yeare  ago.  one  of  the  most  memora- 
ble battles  of  the  declining  Roman  Empire,  was 
fought  on  the  plains  of  Adrianople.  Forty  thous- 
and Romans  were  slain  by  tho  Goths.  Will  the 
last  great  battles  of  the  Turks  take  place  on  the 
same  plains  f 

Dr.  Herman  Aldeii  has  been  telling  the  Eng- 
lish people  that  the  Talmud  records  that  eighteen 
hundred  years  ago  certain  rabbis  amoug  the  Jews 
invented  telescopes,  lightning-rods  or  conductors, 
and  orreries,  and  used  gold  for  filling  teeth. 
They  had  also  a  knowledge,  he  declares,  of  the 
use  of  anil's thetics.  The  object  of  the  lecture  was 
to  show  that  many  of  the  wonderful  iliscoveries 
of  modern  times,  hail  been  anticipated  by  the 
learned  men  among  the  Jews. 

The  (so-called)  Evangelical  Alliance  ordained 
week  before  last  as  the  week  of  prayer,  but  God 
has  ordained  that  we  ahall  "  Pray  without  ceas- 
ing." 

The  Baptists  have  built  a  chapel  in  Rome  for 
«15,000.  The  Pope's  blessings  will  hardly  rest 
in  that  house;  nevertheless  it  may  flourish. 

A  SERIOUS  Railroad  accident  occurred  near 
Hartford,  Conn.,  on  the  night  of  the  14th  inst. 
The  bridge  over  the  Farraington  River  gave  way 
while  two  engines  and  nine  cars  were  upon  it. 
The  cars  were  filled  with  people  reluming  from 
u  Moody  aud  Snnkey  meeting  in  Hartford.  Thir- 
teen were  killed  and  about  forty-six  wounded. 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  J  Brmg  You  Good  Tidinffs  of  G-reat  Joy,  which  ShaU  he  unto  All  PeopJe^  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  31, 1878. 


No.  5. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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Cim  you  not  iu  some  wuy  save  them? 
Akis!  from  earth  they  soon  must  go; 

Work  for  Jesus,  tliiiik  of  father 

As  ]ie  toils  from   raoru  till  night; 
Save  your  mother — love  her  donrly. 

Do  not  cause  her  hopes  to  blight. 
\\''ork  for  Jesus,  work  believing 

As  they  both  together  go; 
Fiiith  without  the  jiroper  working, 

Is  but  dead  the  Christians  know. 

Work  for  Jesus,  work  for  Jesus, 

Brothers,  sistere,  one  and  all. 
Let  us  in  our  STory  effort. 

Always  heed  the  Savior's  call. 

Work  for  Jesus,  brother,  let  us 

Do  oiu-  duty  evermore. 
Then  we'll  hear  the  the  Suvior's  "  well  done' 

Over   oil  the  otiier    shore. 


ETERNAL  LIFE. 


Ti<  <,  Buhe  in  Chrkt  :— 

ONLY  a  Person  can  liave  Eternal  Life  iu  the 
(ilixoliite  sense  of  duration,  and  that  Per- 
son must  be  Goil.  But  He  is  not  mentioned  in 
the  Sacred  Oracles  as  being  Eternal  simply  iu 
that  sense.  Consequeutly.  when  it  is  presented 
as  the  heritage  of  those  who  cannot,  iu  the  na- 
ture of  thuigs,  be  imiuortal  as  God  is,  simply  as 
consciously  existing,  it  must  lie  iu  a  sense  in 
whieli  the  LIFE  is  more  profoundly  emphasised 
than  the  Eternal.  The  tioie  life  is  endless,  not 
because  it  lives,  for  it  lived  before,  but  it^j  Eter- 
nity is  God's,  whieli  means  as  much  more  thmi 
existence,  as  holiness  means  more  than  sin.  To 
live  jis  God  lives  is  Eternal  Life.  To  live  hos- 
tile to  Him  is  Eternal  Death,  which  ia  the  ab- 
sence of  God's  life,  and  the  rupture  of  filial 
relation  to  Him.    Tlie  Eternity  of  our  being  is 


a  fiict  wholly  beyond  our  undoing.  But  wheth- 
er our  life  shall  huLiff.  or  whether  it  shall  bu 
what  sin  alone  can  make  it^,  is  for  ns  to  deter- 
niiue.  When  the  Holy  Ghost  declares  that 
there  is  such  a  state  as'' livisg  WHILE  »y 
(iir  w.Mi."  it  is  preposterous  to  contend  that 
J'ltenial  Death    must  menu  e-itiuction  of  .being. 

If  you  are  in  right  relation  to  Goil.  you  air- 
nece--arily  in  the  Father-life,  so  that  you  not 
only  live,  or  live  wrongly,  but  you /-/ir  in  the 
seine  iti'  life  befoi-e  sin  was.  or  when  God  was 
yot  the  sole  Existence.  All  monil  being  not  so 
charactered  and  -w  related  is  death,  aud  will  re- 
main ilealheteriially.  "Because  I  live,  ye  .shall 
live  ulsd."  TSi-Jorc  we  live  because  Cbri--.!.  live--;, 
we  live  aud  yet  live  not.  The  life  eterjial  Is  for 
those  who  have  it  not.  Having  not,  that  life, 
they  are.  as  fo  that  life,  dead.  And  yet  they 
are  aildve.^-.oil  aud  vecoveral  ;w  livin;:.  nioriil, 
.selMet^niiiiiin-  :i-.iit^.  Th.ir  de;.lh  (!i.:r  ut- 
ter dwtli.  ill  v\:.[u.u  to  ill.,,  bii.'ul  Cnd,  is 
mil,  «t.ineti»n  by  vutiie  oi'  liiut  dearli,  •„■  tliey 
coidd  not  be  appealed  to  with  the  oH'er  of  sal- 
vation. The  intrinsic  mlin-e  of  that  death 
wiiieh  13  signified  by  the  absence  of  Eternal 
Lili;,  is  not  one  thing  beyond  the  grave,  and 
another  on  this  side.  Hence,  if  it  can  he  death 
and  yet  lili;  here,  It  can  be  the  same  in  the 
world  If  come. 

Do  not  perplex  your  miud  about  living  ever, 
but  about /j'roi//.  Witliout  making  or  uuniak- 
iug  of  your  iuimortality,  yon  have  notliing  to 
do.  Thar  is  the  ground  of  being  which  is  to 
serve  your  oiiportniiily  as  to  bliss  aud  glory,  or 
misery  and  degradation.  Christ  lives,  the 
Devil  is  dead  as  to  lite  he  ouee  enjoyed;  aud  i/oii 
live  because  you  are  in  Christ  and  Christ  in 
ygu.  "  Piisscil  from  tlmlh  unio  li/e — "  this  is 
the  great  iact  of  saint-hood,  and  the  great  ar- 
gument that  the  death  of  sui  and  damnation  is 
the  death  of  holy  character  and  its  beatitude, 
and  Eternal  Lil'e  is  the  antithesis  of  the  Hfe- 
dealb  into  which  all  enter  who  sin,  and  in  which 
ail  the  iuipeuitent  abiile  forever.  You  live  with 
God's  life,  and  this  involves  not  only  Eternity, 
but  His  Eternity.  Aud  thus  limg,  you  waut 
a  correspondiug  subsistence.  "  I  live,  ijtl  not 
J,  hitt  Chrisl  lii-flli  in  me  "  (Gal.  2:  20).  This  ia 
not 'simply  a  dogmatic  assertion,  but  a  living 
experience,  not  a  figure,  but  a  fact.  "  E.rVi'pl 
iji-ritt  Ihe  Jlcsli  of  tin  Son  of  Man,  and  driulc 
Mix  IiIiimI,  ije  Uiivi-  no  life  in  i/oii"  (.John  tJ:  5U). 
This  is  Eternal  Life,  not  that  it  lasts  evermore, 
but  it  is  "  that  which  was  from  the  beginning," 
and  ivithoiit  beguining,  when  it  had uo  countci- 
])art.  To  iiir,  in  the  deep.  Divine,  Eternal 
sense,  is  lo  be  what  cannot  be  tainted  with  evil. 
"Whosoever  is  born  of  God  doth  not  eoininit 
sin.  for  Ids  seed  reimuneth  in  hiin:  aud  he  i:an- 
nol  ^iii,  bccaiiH-  ill-  is  l/orn  of  God  "  (I.John  3:  !)). 
We  waut  J<'SHv,  not  only  as  an  object  of  con- 
templation, but  as  our  Lite,  our  peace,  our  joy, 
our  strength,  our  confidence,  our  Alpha  and 
Omega.  If  we  "  resist  unto  blood  striving 
against  siu,"  aud  arc  "determined  to  know 
nothing,  but  Christ  and  Him  crucified,"  and 
Inmg  on  His  arm  in  every  step  of  life,  wo  will 
not  only "  grow  in  grace,"  but  a  personal 
"  knowledge  of  the  Lord  and  Savior  "  — aimost 
certain  and  blissful  consciousness  of  the  Di- 
vine in-being.  The  Religion  that  serves  means 
more  than  a  natural  faitb  in  an  objective  Re- 
deemer: it  means  a  real,  living  cousummatiou  of 
1  John  4:  IfJ,— the  'Mife  hid  with  Christ  in 
God"—  both  Father  and  Son  iu  us  by  the  Holy 
Gliost.  Thp  matter  of  our  salvation  is  not  left 
iu  the  region  of  supposition,  but  is  as  conscious 
and  undeuiable  a  verity  iis  our  existence. 

A  true  crucifixion  and  burial  and  resurrectiou, 
put^  glorious  emphasis  in  the  words,  "  I  live 

YET    SOT  I,    HUT    CUItlST    IN  ME."      This  ILieaUS 

such  a  hfi^  as  low  are  willing  to  live.  A  droai7, 
eniptj-  lifeless  life  where  this  oblivion  in  Christ 
iu  not  areabt)'.  There  are  many  in  the  church 
with  whom  their  alliliatiou  ivith  Jesus  is  no 
more  than  a  seif-refntiiig  guess.  With  some  it 
Ls  not  even  this.     Many   idolize  the  syniboUcal 


side  of  reli-ion,  aud  live  like  the  world.  They 
worship  mammon.  cheatGod'spoor,  pamper  their 
lusts,  audotfer  up  the  essence  of  body  and  soul 
on  the  allar  of  Baid-Peov.  Christ  must  be  the 
liti;  of  our  !lti.\  the  soul  of  oursmil.  Tlie  Ho- 
ly Ghost's  ingre:.'S  in  the  no-v  birth  is  jls  real  sis 
the  bmith  of  .l.-bovaU  in  the  vitalizatiou  of  Ad- 
am. Of  all  d.'Ciiptions  none  is  ao  toniuiou  aud 
awful  M  this  of  vcjitiug  our  destiny  on  the  snji- 
li'inilioii  ihnt  we  are  reconciled  to  God.  ■  There 
is  no  supposition  about  it,  but  Ltnr  as  fixed  aud 
immnfable  ivs  the  El.erual  Throne.  Water  will 
not  more  ceriaiiily  ricek  aud  find  its  lowest  lev- 
el under  the  law  of  gravitation,  than  the  soul 
will  be  saved  under  "  the  law  ot  the  Sjdrit  of 
Life  iu  Christ  Jc^us."  If  we  do  to  oui-selves  the 
violence  the  Cross  demands, '■  our  heart  will 
not  coiidcuiu  us  and  we  have  cnnfideneo  to- 
ward God:"  and  ,-in7i  confidence,  eveu  the  cou- 
lidem-e  of  Christ  Himwlf.  inwrought  by  the 
Holy  Ghost.  HiLrhtly  viewing  the  Cliristiiin 
Life,  it  is  huiiLiiiuluii;  and  soul-siikeuing'that 
v.e  have  so  unmy  "slow-bellies"  aud  "  dead- 
heads "in  the  Cliurch.  Many  are  "at  casein 
Ziou,"  surfeit  at  the  table  of  Dives,  drink  li-om 
the  well  of  Syehur,  worship  on  the  top  of  Gor- 
i/im,  "  they  knew  not  what,"  "  ruFi  greedily 
after  the  error  of  Baalani  for  reivarcl,  aud  per- 
ish iu  the  gninsaj-ing  of  Core."  "  Woe  unto 
them,"  .said  the  Lord  God  Almighty.  It  h  a 
sight  for  God  aud  angels  and  saints  to  see  the 
Hcaven-eonslrucled  Cliarlot  of  God's  Eternal 
Solomon  draped  like  a  hearse,  moving  at  a  snail's 
pace,  01-  fro/,en  fast  in  the  ruts  of  tradition  and 
world  liuess. 

"  Blessed  he  the^God  and  Fiither  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,"  that  if  some  build  in  Sardis,  with 
the  skull  and  cross-bones  upon  the  door,  and 
otheis  in  Pergamos,  "  where  Satim's  seat  is," 
we  have  still  our  Pliiladelphia  and  Smyrna; 
It  must  he  "  Christ  for  us  "  to  live,  and  gain  to 
die,"  before  we  can  approach  the  Throne  of 
Thrones  "  afi'ru  this  uaxnek  — Matt,  G:  9. 
'HE  THAT  HATH  AN  EAR,  LKT  HIM 
HEAR  WHAT  THE  SPIRIT  SAITH  UNTO 
THE  CHURCHES." 


MABK  YOITE,  FOOTSTEPS. 


HO^V  careful  we  walk  where  there  is  dan- 
ger of  falling.    If  the  ground  ia  icy  or 

too  smooth  to  walk  ivith  safetj',  ive  take  the 
greatest  care  how  imd  where  wo  plant  our  feet, 
lest  we  fall  to  the  injury  of  our  bodies.  Thus 
ill  temporal,  how  in  spiritual  matters? 

How  many  while  journeying  down  the  path 
of  lil'e,  step  aside  ia  the  gambling  hall,  the  grog 
?ihop,  and  the  dancing  and  ball  room,  forgetting 
that  is  the  way  to  hell.  How  many  iiuire  stop 
to  fight,  imd  swear,  and  lie,  and  steal,  besides 
I'ollowing  all  the  damnable  fashions  and  vices 
of  a  sin-stricken  world;  forgetting  that  they 
arc  all  steps,  either  of  which  would  land  them 
in  eternJil  woe. 

Oh  how  strange  that  people  will  be  so  care- 
ful of  themselves  temporally,  and  the  same  time 
make  speedy  strides  down,  down  to  spiritual 
dcstniclionJ  IwU  and  elerniil  dinnn'ition. 

Antioidi,  Lid. 


FRIENDSHIP. 


I  FRIENDSHIP  is  a  veiy  interesting  theme. 
We  need  so  much  of  it.  No  one  can  get 
along  without  friends.  In  Jesus  ive  have  a 
friend  who  sticketh  closer  thap  a  brother. 
Whilst  other  friends  are  limited  in  ability  to 
befriend  us,  Jesus  b  unlimited  in  power. 
While  others  may  befriend  us  thraugh  jiolicj'; 
expecting  to  benefit  themselves  by  it;  .lesus  has 
only  our  good  in  view.  While  other  friends 
frequently  prove   treacherous,   when  tiieir  o^vn 


interest  is  at  stake.  Jesns  is  always  true; 
the  greater  our  dislres."  the  more  will  He  do 
us.      While  the  rich    have  many  friends 

earth,  Jesus  is  the  special  friend  of  the  p<i 
aud  the  poor  have  cause  to  rejoice  la^causi' 
this,  .lesus  is  the  MULUer's  friend,  Ih.-eanii 
save  them  from  their  sins;  earlhly  rri.;iid^  • 
but  weep  for  Us  when  wc  die;  but  .lesiis  c 
aud  will  accompany  us  through  the  dark  ' 
ley  and  shadow  of  death. 

Then  let  us  all  maite  Jesus  our  best  l-Vi,' 
By  so  doing  all  will  U-  well  with  u.i.,  (I 
and  well  with  us  iu  death,  and  well  w:l  h  le 
eternity.  Oh  ye  di.^lraeled  and  «orr.nvlul 
grii.i:^!  though  vouriot  iu  lii>  may  lie  hard, 
cause     of  tlu.-    :^or^l.\^     .A'  rk-atll    m'Lomp:iiiy 

.Voa,orb-.- l"!'-ti.'i.  lii'iy.d'earlhlyfriei 

don't  1 ,.._-  I     i,    „.niM   clin-  the  e 

er  lo  you.  Tlmu-li  y,m  \-t.  nuiy  be  , 
among  fulse  brethren,  eliiig  Ilir  .  1m-, ■[  |.,  .Ir 
He  will  fight  the  buftk-  bn  >,.u.  H-  Mm 
what  it  i,--  to  befoi-saken  by  lli..  „v,u,  .-:... i 
ei)iao*lo  Jesus;  He  love-iytiu  and  waul  t  j 
you,    AV'JIl  you  come  jmd  enjoy  peace  .^ 


TEACHERS. 

ut  o.  w.  (iisir. 

WHEN  I  say  teachers,  I  mean  tcachen'  of 
our  common  schools;  and  whatagivat 
pity  it  is  that  so  many  are  employed,  who  have 
not  the  (|Ualifieatiou3  that  are  retiuired  by  the 
laws  of  Hi.  The  County  Superintendent  hai  to 
sign  a  certificate  that  a  teacher  has  to  have  cer- 
tain qualifications  to  teach  a  coiumon  school, 
and  also  that  he  is  of  a  gooil  moral  character. 
Right  here  let  me  suy  or  give  a  tew  thoughts 
on  this  subject.  I  claim  that  there  me  so  m.iuy 
teachers  employed  that  have  not  this  good  mor- 
al character.  This  we  know  to  be  a  fact;  for  ■ 
we  often  see  and  hear  those  men  using  profane 
language,  aud  also  going  into  the  saloons,  the 
worst  places  in  all  our  laud.  Many  of  these 
charactei-s  are  engaged  in  teaching  the  rit-ing 
generation  throughoiitour  laud.  And  as  a  gen- 
end  thing  in  traveling  around  and  holding  meet- 
ings, this  class  of  people  are  generally  the  firet 
ones  to  be  rejjroved  in  time  of  woisbip.  Is  it 
not  a  shame  thatsuch  a  class  of  peojik'  are  put 
in  to  tcaeh  and  be  an  example  for  our  children  ? 
No  wonder  the  rising  generation  is  beconiiug 
wicked  and  causes-  their  parents  to  weep  and 
lament  over  their  children. 

It  seems  to  me  that  every  director  should 
look  at  the  moral  principle  of  every  teacher  be- 
fore employing  him;  for  it  is  very  natural  for 
children  to  learn  those  things  from  their  teach- 
ers. If  I  could  not  set  a  good  example  in  the 
house  of  worship  before  the  rising  generation, 
I  would  never  make  an  application  to 
teach  a  common  school.  Sueh  teachers  should  • 
go  to  school,  and  especially  to  the  school  of 
Christ,  and  learn  of  Him,  that  they  might  In; 
able  to  teach  others  also. 

Poanoke,  III. 


REPUTATION. 


SAID  a  tolerably  successful  man  to  aiiotorious- 
ly  honorable  merchant,  "  I  would  give  lil- 
ty  thousand  pounds  for  your  name."  "  Why 
so':*"  asked  the  other  in  some  surprise.  "Be- 
cause I  could  grow  wealthy  on  such  a  reputa- 
tion." The  honorable  character,  which  is  at 
the  bottom  of  the  good  nauie,  he  cared  nothing 
for;  it  was  only  the  reputation,  which  he  could 
turn  to  accoiintmamoney  point  of  view,wliich 
he  coveted.  But  a  good  name  eiuinot  be  bought 
with  silver;  it,  of  all  other  pos-sesious  must  be 
fairly  earned.  When  it  is  possesst^d,  it  is  a  bet- 
ter business  capital  tlinn  a  great  sum  of  money. 
It  LS  a  fortune  any  boy  may  secure.  Honesty 
must  be  a  foundation,  even  in  the  smallest  par- 
ticulars. When  an  employer  saj's,  "  there  is  a 
boy  I  can  trust,"  that  youth  can  always  find 
hiuiself  in  demand,  provided  be  joins  industry 
with  honor.  "  The  baud  of  the  diligent  mal  - 
eth  rich." — Tlie  Guide. 


THE    BRETHEEK'    ^T    AVOKl-C. 


Janxiary    ;i  I 


ON  THE  OCEAN  SAILING. 

WE  lire  on  the  ocean  sailing, 
HcimewnrJ  bound  we  sweetly  glide; 
We  nre  iiii  tlie  oci?an  .iniling 
Tu  11  liuiiic  beyond  thy  lide. 
ciioiius. 
All  the  storms  will  saou  be  over. 

Then  we'll  nnclior  in  the  harbor; 
Wf  lire  out  on  the  ocean  flailing 
To  a  home  beyond  the  tide. 

Millions  now  are  aafoly  lauded 
Over  on  the  golden  shore; 

Millions  more  arc  on  their  journey. 
Yet  Iheir's  room  for  millions  moro. 
Cuonus,  etc. 

Come  oji  board.  0  ahiji  lor  glory 
He  in  haste,  midtc  up  your  mind, 

For  our  vessels  weighing  anchor: 
You  will  soon  be  lefl  1>chind. 
CCORUS,  etc. 

You  have  kindred  over  yonder 
On  that  bright  and  happy  sliore; 

By  iind  by  we'll  go  and  see  them. 
When  the  toils  ot  lil'e  me  oe'r. 
Chorus,  etc. 

Spread  your  sjul  while  heavenly  bree/os. 
Gently  waft  our  vessel  on; 

All  on  hoard  are  sweetly  singing. 
Free  salvation  is  the  aong. 
CnoHUS,  etc. 

When  we  are  all  safely  landed 
Over  on  the  shining  shore 

We  will  walk  about  the  city. 
And  we'll  sing  for  evermore. 
Chorus,  etc, 

All  the  storms  of  life  arc  over: 
Liuided  in  the  port  of  glory. 

Now  no  more  on  the  ocean  sailing 
Safe  at  home  beyond  the  tide. 
Ciiouus,  etc. 

Seli'ct«d  by  J.vcon  SnANEorii. 

THE    LITERAL   MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN   RELIGIOUS 

FAITH   AND   PRACTICE. 

IIY  -T.  W.  STKIX. 

"Tboii  .4halt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel."— 
(Psalms  73:  34) 

"jlT AN'8  fallen  race  may  be-likeued  to 
'  -^'J-  ji  blind  mnu  gvophi^'  bis  way  In 
darkness,  dependent  on  some  cue  to 
gnidr  liini,  whose  safety  is  contiugentiip- 
on  tlie  conipL'tcnt-y  and  faithfulness  of 
his  guide.  If  the  guide  be  safe,  he  shall 
walk  safely,  but  if  the  guide  be  blind 
•'  both  shall  fall  iuto  the  ditch."  '  As 
oiu'  first  bnsiness  in  this  series  of  dis- 
covti-se-s,  is  to  seek  an  infallible  guide  in 
our  religious  faith  and  pvuetice  to  which 
we  can  appeal  amid  all  controversies;  by 
ivliich  we  can  solve  every  doubt,  dispose 
of  every  perplexity  and  at  last,  occupy 
a  position  infallibly  safe,  we  shall  pro- 
ceed to  inquire  whal  (hat  infallihle  (/tilde 
IS?  and  tii'Bt  I  remark; 

1.  Jt  is  not  ths  depraved  Imman 
heart.  I  do  not  want  to  uuderrate  the 
importanee  of  our  emotional  nature. 
Christianity  is  intensely  experimental, 
insomuch  that  it  not  only  moves  the 
heart,  but  controls  the  life.  Yet  every- 
thing that  is  experimental,  is  not  Chris- 
tianity. Beneath  the  eftervescing  froth 
of  passion  are  oft  concealed  the  hidden 
principles  of  our  religion  more  poiver- 
fill  and  resistless  where  the  current  is  deep 
and  noiseless.  The  heart  may  be  relig- 
iously elated  or  depiessed  without  holy 
peusiveness,  penitence  or  joy.  The 
heathen  devotee,  ignorant  of  the  true 
nature  of  sin,  its  "exceeding  sinfulness" 
and  dreadful  consequences;  awakened 
by  the  accueatiou  of  conscience,  bo\\'s 
iu  sorrowful  penance  M'ith  the  vain  hope 
of  escaping  his  remorse.  Yet  he  is  not 
a  Christian,  and  having  "  sinned  with- 
out law,  shall  also  periali  without  law  " 
(Rom.  2:12).  The  Mohammedan  sol- 
dier believing  that  Paradise  will  remun- 
erate the  toils  and  sacrifices  of  battle; 
the  Pagan  expecting  to  bask  amid  Ely- 


sian  fields:  the  Indian  hoping  fu  ram- 
ble beautiful  forests  wjth  Ins  "  trusty 
gun"  and  faithful  dog  beyond  "the 
great  river ;"  the  Grecian  sage,  confirmed 
in  the  philosophy  of  a  future  state  have: 
all  died  not  only  with  composure,  but 
with  apparent  resignation  and  delight. 
Yet  they  had  no  well-grounded  hope, 
"reachmg  within  the  veil  whither  Christ 
our  forerunner  for  us  luis  gone."  Such 
is  the  deceitful  influence  which  sin  ex- 
ercises over  depraved  man.  It  Hatters 
hiiu  ^vith  false  tithes,  charms  him  with 
seductive  elaini.s,  proselytes  him  by  de- 
mons clad  in  angel  panoply,  composes 
his  tortured  conscience  with  deceitfid 
apologies,  consoles  his  .troubled  heart 
\vith  promises  of  satisfaction,  which  are 
never  realized,  and  good  that  cannot  be 
attained,  and  at  last  consigns  hiin  to  the 
blackness  of  death,  infatuated  with  a 
pretence  of  "life  and  immortality."  All 
the  religious  zeal  in  the  world  is  not  a 
"  zeal  of  God,  according  to  knowledge," 
and  all  the  religious  experience  in  the 
world  is  not  the  result  of  the  spirit  be- 
ing emancipated  from  the  love,  dominion 
and  consequence  of  sin  by  "  the  law  of 
the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus,"  whicl: 
makes  us  "  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and 
death."  Out  of  the  heart  proceed  all 
manner  of  evils  (15:  18).  "  The  heart 
is  deceitful  above  all  things  aiul  desper 
ately  wicked;  who  can  know  it?  "  (Jer 
17:  [)).  "He  that  trusteth  in  his  own 
heart  is  a  fool  "  (Prov.  2S).     But  again 

1.  ThebenightedliAtiiKin  laulenitnnd- 
Infj  is  not  (in  infaUihle  guide  inmatters 
of  reliyiou-^  faith  aiid jyraciice.  "N^'liile 
the  understanding  is  undispensable  in 
the  apprehending  truth  and  detecting 
error,  like  its  fellow -attributes,  it  is  de 
praved  and  perverted.  Its  fallibility  is 
clearly  discernible  in  the  dirt'erent 
phrases  which  the  same  subject  presents 
to  ditt'erent  minds,  just  as  the  object  of 
natural  vision  seems  to  partake  of  the 
peculiar  character  of  the  med  i  nm  thr(iup,h 
which  it  is  received,  so  man's  mental 
and  &pu'itual  vision  seems  biased  by  sor- 
did interests  and  human  traditions.  Tlic 
extortioner  does  not  perceive  the  crim- 
inality of  his  extortion  liecause  he  view.s 
the  transaction  only  through  the  medium 
of  secular  interests.  lie  jiockets  the 
imjust  gain  and  calls  it  legimate  busi- 
ness, but  God  classes  him  with  thieves 
and  drunkards  and  denies  him  an  inhei'- 
itanoe  in  His  kingdom  (1  Cur.  6:  10). 
The  epicui'e  discerns  not  the  evil  of  his 
gluttony  and  drunkenness,  because  he 
has  no  higher  stand-point  than  his  sens- 
ual gi'atification  from  which  to  contem- 
plate it.  Hence  it  is  that  the  wicked 
often  have  exalted  opinions  of  themselves. 
Darkness  has  l)linded  their  eyes  and  they 
know  not  their  real  condition,  aud  so 
often  even  with  the  professed  Christian. 
His  understanding  issometimes so  warp- 
ed by  traditioned  views  aud  human  dis- 
cipline, that  he  does  not  discern  justice 
and  judgment.  Entjingled  amid  the 
subtle  ties  of  error,  "blinded  by  the 
God  of  this  world,"  enfeebled  ,  by  im- 
proper pa-ssions  and  '  desires ;  perverted 
by  prejudice  and  often  hoodwinlced  l)y 
the  horrid  penalties  of  oaths  which  chal- 
lenge his  right  to  see,  he  needs  the  un- 
perverted  light  and  guidance  of  truth. 

Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thy  heart; 
and  lean  not  unto  thine  own  understand- 
ug"  (Prov.  3:  5).     Again  I  remark, 

2.  Man'')i  perverted  reason  is  not  an 
'lifullible  guide  in  matters  of  religion.'^ 

faith-  and  practice.  1  have  nothing  to 
say  against  reason  as  such.  It  is  perhaps 
the  noblest  power  of  man's  intelligent 
natiu-e,  aud  seems  chiefly  to  elevate  him 
above  the  inferior  creation.  But  reason 
is  not  infallible.     Since  man  is  deprav- 


ed, his  highest  faculties  are  also  deprav 
ed.  Reason  unguided  by  revelation  has 
often  proved  its  own  impotency  and  fol- 
ly, and  has  contradicted  itself  in  man- 
ifold ways.  Some  men  have  boasted 
that  their  is  no  God  (Athei.sni)  and 
others  that  everything  is  God  (Pan^ 
theism)  both  blasphemous  and  diamet- 
rical opposites,  upon  the  equal  ground 
of  their  superior  reasoning  power,  the 
one  smiling  at  the  simplicity  of  the  the 
ist  and  the  other  deriding  his  fellow; 
))ceause  tiiey  were  not  smart  enough  to 
discover  that  thenisel\''es  were  parts  of 
Deity.  Thus  reason,  without  a  helm  and 
rudder,  cut  loose  from  the  mooi-ings  of 
revelation,  has  alloMX'd  its  possessors  to 
become  pitiable  fools  (Ps.  10:  14),  nn 
able  to  decipher  the  simplest  outlines  of 
truth.  Every  conflicting  system  and 
theory  of  atheism,  polytheism  and  infi- 
delity, which  from  time  to  time  hsis  cui's- 
ed  tlie  earth  with  its  withering  and 
blighting  influences  and  every  false  re- 
ligion and  civil  polity  that  has  ever 
succeeded,  has  boasted  its  men  of  reason, 
aud  to  them' it  has  been  chiefly  indebted 
for  success.  As  in  Mathematics,  so  in 
logic  one  may  a-tsume  a  false  hypothesis, 
and  by  a  correct  process  demonstrate  an 
absurdity  what  his  own  senses  know  to 
be  false.  If  premise  is  false,  one  may 
reason  correctly;  the  deductions  may  be 
inevitable  and  the  minds  of  auditors,  not 
having  apprehended  the  sophistry  of 
tlie  premise,  be  constrained  to  accept 
them  and  yet  the  conclusions  be  subver- 
sive of  every  principle  and  interest  of 
truth.  Reason  sometimes  employs  a 
species  of  argument  which  logicians  and 
mathematicians  have  called  "  Reditctio 
udahsttrdum  "  which  proves  the  absurd- 
ity of  what  contradicts  it,  and  yet  fails 
to  establish  its  own  assertions.  When- 
ever reason  affects  to  establish  a  premise 
of  its  o^vu  creation,  it  makes  a  miserable 
failure.  Its  true  office  is  not  to  create, 
Iiut  to  discover  and  accept  laws;  to 
recognize  in  its  suliordiuate  sphere,  the 
impt'i'atives  of  trutli,  above,  beiie.ath, 
around,  within  and  mthout,  aud  to  bow 
in  pas.sive  obedience  to  the  commands 
of  the  imerring  and  omnipotent  Law- 
giver, which  tliey  bespeak.  As  in 
ibithematics  and  all  true  natural,  men- 
tal and  moral  pldlosoply,  reason  sub- 
serves its  pro2)er  sphere  in  apprehend- 
ing and  applying  truth,  and  develops 
science,  not  by  making,  but  by  recog- 
nizing and  classifying  its  laws,  proper- 
ties and  proportions  from  nature,  9o  its 
highest  office  in  religion,  is  to  learn  and 
develop  truth  from  the  communications 
of  the  Divine  mind. 

(To  he  continiid). 


reader; 
of  th( 
of  the 


PAINE'S  LAST  DAYS. 
T  AST  Spring  we  informed  our 
-'-^  that  the  united  infidels 
i^'hole  country  ,Iiad  not  enougli 
benevolent  spij-it  in  them  to  lift  a  $50, 
000  mortgage  hanging  over  the  "  Tem- 
ple of  Reason"  located  in  the  city  of 
Boston.  Failing  in  this,  one  of  their 
umber,  Robt.  G.  Ingersoll,  recently  pro- 
duced a  sensation  by  the  following  prop- 
osition: "I  will  give  $1,001)  in  gold 
coin  to  any  clergyman  who  can  substan- 
tiate that  the  death  of  Tom  Paine  was 
not  as  peaceful  as  tbe  dawn."  Now 
this  talk  is  all  iididel  "buncombe,"  and 
nothing  more.  Tbe  testimony  on  record 
■especting  the  squalor  and  degradation 
of  Paiue'slast  years  of  mortal  existence 
is  ample ;  we  meet  with  it  in  many  places, 
and  it  may  be  said  that  it  is  as  authentic 
as  aTiy  fact  recorded  in  history.  The 
men  who  saw  Paine,  and  who  had  am- 
ple opportunities  of  observing  his  hab- 
its, all  concur  in  representing  him  as  de- 


ploraly  intemperate.  The  attending 
physician,  Matson  Smith,  says,  the  con- 
dition in  which  lie  was  accustomed  to 
find  his  patient,  and  to  which  his  vicious 
habits,  especially  his  habitual  drunk- 
eimess,  had  led  him,  were  so  revolting 
that  he  dreaded  the  houi-s  when  it  was 
necessary  for  him  to  visit  his  patient  and 
to  prescribe  for  his  relief.  "  This  phy- 
sieian,"  wites  Rev.  J.  D.  Wilkliam, 
"  \vm  an  esteemed  elder  in  the  clinrch 
of  which  I  was  at  that  time  pastor,  and 
was  highly  regarded,  not  only  for  .skill 
in  hi.i  jirofession,  but  as  il  man  of  .ft)und 
.indgment  and  uuimi)eaehable  veracity." 
Concerning  Dr.  ^Iat.soll  Smith,  even 
Frothingham  of  New  York  writes:  "  lie 
w.'is  a  distinguished  physician,  known 
to  us  and  hundreds  of  othei-a  yet  liviu"- 
as  a  gentleman  of  the  highest  social 
standing,  a  calm,  studious,  judicious, 
thoughtful  man,  whose  integrity  was 
above  suspicion." 

The  Rev.  J.  D.  Wickham,  D.  D.,  and 
the  Rev.  Charles  Hawley.D.  D.,  wore 
succesi\'ely  pastel's  of-  the  Presbyterian 
church  in  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.  Both 
are  yet  living  and  well  known,  and  their 
veracity  is  as  reliable  as  that  of  any  t\vo 
men  living.  To  call  in  question  the  tes- 
timony of  these  men  would  be  ridiculous, 
and  no  sane  m.au  would  attempt  it. 

But  what  is  the  testimony?  Dr.  Mat- 
son  Smith  w.as  the  physicitui  who  attend- 
ed Thomas  Paiue,  and  the  facts  reNjiect- 
iug  his  patient  were  stated  by  him  to 
those  gentleman  now  living,  and  this  is 
the  record; 

"I  have  heard  .statements  fi'om  him, 
from  personal  knowledge  as  his  physic- 
ian, the  particulars  of  which  are  too 
loathsome  to  be  described  in  print.  He 
came  lo"lose  all  self-respect  and  regard 
for  decency  in  his  personal  habits,  which 
were  attiiues  simply  beastly.  His  drunk- 
enness became  habitual  and  notorious 
before  he  left  New  Rochelle;  and  he 
was  notunfrequently  found  lying  liy  the 
roadside,  so  helplessly  intoxicated  that 
he  had  to  be  carried  iiome,  as  I  have 
been  told  by  peisons  who  had  befriend- 
ed him  in  that  pitiable  condition.  Tliere 
were  some  who,  in  spite  of  the  shame 
_and  degradation  in  which  he  fell,  >till 
cherished  a  lingering  respect  for  wliat 
he  had  been,  and  in  con.si deration  of  the 
service  he  had  rendered  the  IJcv.du- 
tionary  cause  by  his  political  writing; 
but  no  one  in  the  vicinity,  as  late  as 
thirty  years  ago,  would  have  had  the 
temerity  to  denythese  things,  much  less 
call  tliein  '  wicked  inventions  of  the 
clergy.'  " 

Paine  died  in  ISOO,.  and  these  facts  in 
regard  to  his  habits  of  life  have  been  as 
public  and  familiar  as  that  William  Cob- 
bett  carried  off  his  bones.  Grant  Tlior- 
burn,  whose  information  upon  this  point 
is  particularly  full,  wius  certainly  in  no 
sense  a  prejudiced  witness,  but,  on  the 
other  hand,  he  was  a  peculiarly  eonscien  - 
tious  Scotchman,  and  quite  incapable  of 
recording  a  falsehood.  The  ti'aditiona 
of  New  Rochelle,  where  Paine  died  and 
was  buried,  all  confirm  the  stories  of 
his  unfortunate  habits  of  intoxication. 
The  story  told  in  hia  diai-y  by  Stephen 
Grellet  the  eminent  Quaker  preacher,  is 
to  the  same  pm-port.  If  any  question 
can  be  considered  settled,  it  is  that  of 
Paine's  personal  habits.  Grellet,  in  tiie 
Fall  of  1S09,  the  year  in  which  Paine 
died,  wrote  in  his  jom'nal  as  follows: 
"I  may  not  omit  recording  here  the 
death  of  Thomas  Paine.  A  few  days 
previous  to  my  leaving  home  on  my  last 
religious  visit,  on  hearing  lie  was  ill  and 
in  a  very  destitute  condition,  I  went  to 
see  him,  and  found  him  in  a  \vretchcd 
state;  for  he  had  been  so  neglected  and 


January    '^1.. 


a^I-IE    BUETPIKETSr    ^VT    "WORK. 


3 


fursiiken  by  liis  pretuiulud  friends  tliiit 
tlif  Loiiiuioii  Jittciitirm  to  A  sick  man  Iiii'l 
1jci-ii  uitliliclil  from  liim.  Tlie  skiu  of 
]ii«  Ixidy  wiisin  some  places  worn  ott", 
wliirli  greatly  incrensed  bis  sufferings. 
A  nuree  wnspnjvided  for  liim,  and  some 
ni'wlfiil  comforts  were  supplied.  Ho 
\vn»  mostly  in  n  state  of  stupor,  bnt 
sonii'tliiiig  tiiat  had  pnssi^d  between  us 
Liid  nindc  siil-Ii  an  impression  upon  liini, 
tliat-  soniutime  after  my  departure  lie 
sent  fol- me,  and  beintr  told  tliat  I  bud 
gone  from  home,  Inj  scut  for  auotbi^r 
Frii-iid.  Tbis  induced  a  valuable  young 
Friend  (ilary  Tloseoe,)  wbo  bad  resided 
in  uiy  family  and  continued  in  Green- 
wieli  during  a  part  of  my  ab.scnce.  fre- 
quimtly  to  go  and  take  biiu  some  little 
iefr<'sbment  suitable  for  an  invalid. 
Onee  wben  sbe  was  tbere  tbroo  of  bis 
deislieal  associates  came  to  tbu  door,  and 
in  a  loud,  unffelinjj  manu'-v  said:  '  Toui 
I'liine,  it  is  said  you  are  turning  Cbris- 
tian,  but  we  bope  you  will  die  as  you 
bave  lived;'  and*  then  wi-nf  awny.  On 
whicli  tui'ning  to  I\Iary  lioscoe,  be  sntd, 
'  You  wet'  what  miserable  comforters 
tbcy  nro.  ^ " 

Keceutly  lltv.  Joseph  Cook,  in  oue  of 
his  lioston  lectures  said,  that  20,000  cop- 
ies of  Paine.'s  "  Age  of  lleason  "  were 
yearly  sold  and  distributed  anioug  the 
operative.-)  of  New  England'  factories. 
But  in  what  t«ti'em  was  tbis  book  held 
by  its  own  author  in  the  la>t  hours  of 
his  mortal  cvisteiieeif  Hear  bis  own 
words.  Oneelie  iLsked  IVftiiy,  the  maid 
en  who  befriended  Iiim  wlun  nljandon- 
ed  by  bis  inlidel  a^ociate?,  if  she  had 
ever  read  any  of  bis  writings,  and  on 
being  told  IJin't  sJie  bad  read  very  little 
of  tlieni,  be  ini|nired  what  slie  tlrougbt 
of  them,  aibling,  "From  .such  a  one  as 
you,  I  expect  a  correct  answer."  She 
told  biin  that  wben  very  youiig  liis  "Age 
of  Iteason  "  was  piit  into  her  hands,  but 
tliat  the  more  she  read  it,  the  move  dark 
and  distressed  she  felt,  and  she  threw 
the  book  into  the  fire.  "  I  wish  all  had 
done  as  y<iu,"  he  replied;  '-for  if  the 
devil  has  ever  bud  any  agency  iu  any 
work,  be  has  had  in  my  MTitiug  that 
bocdi." 

Whatever  Ingcr.soll  and  bis  infidel 
companions  may  establish  by  submitting 
the  matter  of  Paint'^s  deatb-lied  troubles 
to  a  court  of  arbitration,  one  thing  is 
certain,  whether  he  died  Atheist,  Deist, 
or  like  one  almost  persuaded  to  believe 
while  incapable,  of  believing,  his  clos- 
ing days  ■were  singularly  unhappy,  the 
ten-eolunin  article  in  the  Chieago  Ti 
to  tile  contrary  iiotwith-staiidlng.  — The 
Guldeii  Censer. 


THE  BLOOD  APPLIED. 


iifTlHEbb 
-*-      deal 


[IHE  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son 
leanseth  us  from  all  sin"  (1  John 
1:7).  I  was  asked  wbeu,  where,  and 
how  doe--i  tile  blood  of  Christ  apply  to 
the  sinner?  I  answered.  AVe  are  all 
sinnei-s  by  the  fall;  "  Eor  as  by  the 
transgression  of  one  nmn,  sin  entered 
into  the  world,  and  death  by  sin;  so 
then  death  passed  u)ion  all,  for  that  all 
have  sinned,"  And  then  the  blood  of 
Christ  cleausiug  from  all  sin,  the  propos- 
ed Atonement  already  seen  as  a  "  Lamb 
slain  from  the  foundation  of  the  world" 
(Rev.  13:  S),  cleansed  all  upon  whom 
sin  and  death  had  "  so  passed,"  and  we 
holy,  for  "  Of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven." 

But  upon  arriving  our-selves  at  thi 
tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and  evil, 
every  one  of  us  has  lusted  "  and  when 
lust   bath    eonceivedHnriu^ueth  forth 


it  not,  and  so  were  sinners,  not  ouly  by 
nature,  but  of  violation.  And  here  aj)- 
pears  the  immensity  of  the  magnitude 
of  God's  mercy,  and  the  extent  of 
the  atonment.  For  again  it  applies  it- 
:4f  to  our  wants  at  our  request,  upon 
the  terms  and  easy  conditions  of  recon- 
ciliation. Again,  ottering  to  cleanse  us 
even  from  this  second  degree  of  sin. 
But  being  now  pardoned  and  cleansed 
by  His  blood  upon  His  just  conditions, 
and  bidden  as  "  little  children,  these 
things  I  write  uuto  you,  that  ye  sin  not," 
"  And  whosoever  is  born  of  God  doth 
uot  sin."  The  apostle,  herg  doubtless 
speaks  of  this  second  stage  of  siu,  (wil- 
ful, malicious  trespass),  for  again,  he 
saitb,"if  we  say  we  have  no  siu,  we  de- 
ceive ourselves,  .ind  the  truth  is  not  in 
Us,"  and  again,  "  if  any  man  sin,  webav 
an  advocate  with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ 
the  righteous."  This  then,  implies  that 
though  \vi;  are  not  malicious  sinners,  be- 
ing born  of  God,  yetdoweneedaii  "Ad- 
vocate with  the  Father,  wbo  can  be 
touched  with  the  feelings  of  our  infirm- 
ities," having  Himself  been  "  tempted 
iji  all  points  like  as  we  are,  yet  without 
sin"  (Ileh.  4:  15). 

Aud  could  ive  believe  that  lie  eould 
so  intercede,  bad  Henot  shed  His  blooil 
according  to  the  prophecies  wdiich  fore- 
told of  il;^  And  as  "  without  the  shed- 
ding of  blood,  there  is  no  remission  of 
sinn,"  but  the  blood  of  JesusCbrist,  His 
Sou  cleansing  from  a'll  sin;  does  it  not 
apply  itself  iu  the  great  redemption  of 
the  w-orld,  aud  also  y.3  a  means  of  par- 
don iu  our  regeueration,  aud  then  seal 
"  (he  covenant  with  which  -we  are  sane- 
tibed"  by  His  iucditation  and  intercess- 
ions for  us  while  probationers  here,  and 
by  these  means  we  are  jnirifying  "  our 
souls  in  obeying  the  truths 

MAN,  LORD  OF  CREATION. 

I1\'P.  DEAUDORFF. 

CAiSToHy  mun  deny  this  self-evident 
declaration?  Can  even  the  most 
confirmed  infidel,  deist,  oratbeist?  And 
yet  behold  him  in  his  lordship;  grap- 
pling in  sin,  darkness  aud  great  deprav- 
ity. Ever  since  the  fall  of  Adam,  his 
ways  have  been  the  most  revolting  to  all 
the  other  works'of  God's  creation.  For 
all  things  else,  both  animate  and  inani- 
mate, serve  the  design  of  their  existence, 
and  thus  reflect  honor  on  Him  who  cre- 
ated tbeiii,  aud  also  reveal  to  the  human 
mind,  that  there  is  a  great,  good,  all-wise 
and  all-powerful  Being  at  the  bead  of 
all  these  things.  And  yet  if  we  would 
undertake  to  learn  the  ways  of  God, 
from  the  ways  and  works  of  man;  we 
would  almost  have  to  turn  atheist,  and 
doubt  the  existence  of  such  a  Being. 
But  to  find  a  man  in  deed  aud  in  tiiith, 
we  want  to  turn  back  over  ISOO  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  find  him  fully  made 
known  in  the  per,son  and  character  of 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  And  still  the 
infidel  comes  up  and  tells  us  that  He^ 
was  but  a  mere  man  like  us,  possessed 
with  a  more  than  ordinary  intelligence. 

And  stUl  further  he  says,  that  all  the 
miraele-s  as  recorded  in  the  Testament 
concerning  tbis  holy  Man,  aud  all  other 
miracles  set  forth  in  the  Bible,  are  but 
falsehoods  or  whims  of  the  brain.  And 
he  further  claims,  that  all  things  that 
are  done,  must  come  about  through  cer 
tain  fixed  laws  in  nature,  and  outside  of 
them,  God  does  nothing.  Ob  shame!  it 
is  enough  to  make  any  man  blush  with 
shame  to  even  thmh  of  the  idea,  let 
alone  havingthe  soul  contaminated  with 
the  thought  that  man  in  his  long  exam- 
ple of  depravity,  corruption  and  blood, 


is  not  mi>ving  on  in  the  way  God  had  de- 
;igned  bim  to  go.  This  w.ay  of  looking 
at  things  would  make  God  a  Being,  not 
easily  understood,  making  man  lord  of 
all  His  eieatiou;  and  yet  making  Him 
the  most  depraved,  mean  and  wretched 
of  all  His  creation. 

Oh!  vain  man,  AVIieii  will  you  learn 
your  real  condition  aud  fall  prostrate 
before  the  throne  of  God,  and  implore 
Him  to  have  mercy  upon  your  wbcde 
.being;  before  it  is  eternally  too  late. 
For  God's  Spirit  will  not  always  strive 
wilh  man.  He  has  made  known  the 
riches  of  His  mercy  upon  the  cross  foi- 
your  sake;  and  hiis  shed  His  precious 
blood  that  you  might  share  with  Him 
the  riches  of  heaven.  Has  borne,'  is 
bearing  with  your  wicked  ways,  and  in- 
viting you  home  to  His  kingdom.  But 
tbis  will  not  always  last;  for  in  the  ful- 
ne-^s  of  time  His  wrath  will  fall  upon  a 
wicked  aud  rebellious  world,  "  for  as  it 
was  in  the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall  it  lie 
in  tile  days  of  the  coming  of  the  Son  of 
man." 

Ilagerytoivn,  Iiul. 

AN  EXTRAORDINARY  SENTENCE 
BY  A  JUDGE. 


T 


HE  following  extract  is  taken  from 
a  sentence  recently  pronounced  by 
judge  Reading,  of  Chicago,  upon  the 
li(pior  dealers  who  bad'  violated  the  law 
by  selling  it  to  minor-s.  It  will  pay  a 
careful  perusal: 

By  thelawyoumaysellit  to  men  and 
women,  if  they  will  buy.  You  have 
given  your  bond  and  paid  your  license 
to  sell  to  them,  and  no  one  has  a  right 
to  mole-st  you  in  your  legal  business.  No 
matter  what  the  con.se<iueuees  may  be, 
no  matter  what  poverty  and  destitution 
are  by  your  selling  according  to  law, 
yon  have  paid  yoiu-  mone}'  for  this  priv- 
ileiire,  and  you  are  licensed  to  pursue 
your  calling.  No  matter  what  familcs 
are  distracted  aud  rendered  miserable  ;nt 
matter  \vhat  wives  are  treated  ^vith  vio 
lence;  what  children  starve  .or  mourn 
over  the  degradation  of  a  parent—your 
business  is  legalized,  and  no  one  may 
interfere  with  you  for  it.  No  matter 
what  mother  may  agonize  aver  the  lf)ss 
of  a  son,  or  sister  blush  at  the  shame  of 
a  brother,  yon  have  a  right  to  disregard 
them  all,  and  pursue  your  legal  calling 
— you  are  licensed.  You  may  fit  up 
your  lawful  place  of  business  iu  the  most 
enticing  and  captivating  form;  you  may 
furnish  it  with  the  most  costly  aud  el- 
egant equipments  for  your  own  lawful 
trade;  you. may  fill  it  with  the  allure- 
ments of  amusement;  you  may  use  all 
;irta  to  allure  visitors;  you  may  skillful- 
ly arange  and  expose  to  view  your  choic- 
est wiues  aud  captivating  l)everages;  you 
may  induce  thirst  by  all  contrivances  to 
prodiiee  a  raging  appetite  for  drink,  and 
then  yon  may  supply  that  appetite  to 
the  full,  because  it  is  lawful;  you  ha 
paid  for  it — you  have  a  license.  Y 
may  allow  boys  and  clwldren  to  frequent 
your  saloon;  they  may  witness  the  ap- 
parent satisfaction  with  which  their  sen- 
iors quafl:  the  spiu'kling  glass;  you  may 
be  schooling  and  training  them  for  the 
period  of  twenty-one,  when  they,  too, 
can  participate — for  all  this  is  lawful, 
You  may  hold  the  cup  to  their  lips;  but 
you  must  not  let  them  drink — that  is  im- 
lawfiJ.  For  while  you  have  all  these 
privileges  for  the  money  you  pay,,this 
poor  privilege  of  selling  to  children  is 
denied  you.  Here  parents  have  the  right 
to  say,  '  Leave  my  son  to  me  until  the 
la^v  gives  you  a  right  to  desti'oy  him. 
Do  not  anticipate  that  temble  moment 
when  I  can  assert  for  bim  no  fm*tber 
rights  of  protection.     That  will  be  soon 


enough  for  me.  for  bis  sister,  for  his 
mother,  fur  his  friends,  for  the  commnity, 
to  see  him  take  the  road  to  death.  Give 
him  to  us  in  his, childhood  at  least.  — 
Let  US  have  a  few  houi-s  of  his  youth. 
in  which  we  can  enjoy  his  innocence,  to 
repay  us  in  some  small  degree  for  the 
care  and  love  we  have  lavished  upon 
bim.' 

"  This  is  sonietbiug  which  you,  wbo 
uow  stand  jirisonei-s  at  the  bar,  havenfit 
paid  for;  this  is  not  embraced  in  your  li- 
cense. For  tbis  offense,  the  court  sen- 
tences you  to  teu  days'  imprisonment  in 
the  county  jail,  and  that  you  pay  a  fine 
of  seventy-five  dollars  and  costs,  and 
that  you  stand  committed  until  the  fine 
ami  costs  of  this  prosecution  are  paid." 
—  Exihavije. 

PRIDE  AND  VANITY. 

IIY  SARAH  51.  SAUNDEIIS. 

"VTOW  this  is  a  topic  upon  which  w'e 
-'-"  hear  a  great  deal,  both  fi'om  the 
pulpit  and  press;  we  hear  it  denounced 
as  a  thing  greatly  to  be  abhorred;  but 
we  .sometimes  tbiuktbere  is  not  a  jiroper 
distinction  made  lietween  pride  and  vaii- 
ty.  In  nine  cases  out  of  b^n  tlie  whole 
theme  seems  to  be  based  on  su|)erfliiity 
of  female  attire,  wdiieh  we  are  inclined 
to  think  is  hardly  fair. 

Now  we  believe  pride  is  an  over-esti- 
mate of  one's  own  importance,  u'hile 
gay  clothing  is  merely  an  index  to  a  vain 
and  foolish  desire  of  the  heart  or  cowar- 
dice, that  is,  We  cannot  bear  to  have  the 
finger  of  scorn  pointed  at  us  or  to  be 
"  old-fashioned."  Yet  we  .  have  seen 
persons  arrayed  in  gay  clothing,  who  in 
their  conduct  and  con  ver.sation,  were  quiet 
and  unasuming,  not  displaying  the  least 
sign  of  pride;  and  we  have  also  seen 
persons  clothed  in  the  habiliments  of  the 
worst  object  of  j>overty,  while  tbi'ir 
bearing  plainly  manifest  a  feeling  of 
arrogance  and  superiority.  "We  liave 
even  beheld  it  behind  the  sacred  table, 
hmdly  aud  vehemently  denouncing  pride 
in  others;  and  sis  soon  as  the  meet- 
ing \V!is  concluded,  we  have  beard  them, 
in  private  conversation,  the  theme  of 
which  was,  ivhut "  /  said  "  "  /  did  "  "  / 
told  them"  <fec,  loudly  boasting  of 
their  great  influence  and  abilitj'",  speak- 
ing in  tones  of  sarcasinof  their  superiors 
which  often  makes  one  shudder  to  eon- 
template  the  influence  of  such  an  ex- 
ample. We  like  to  bear  lueeknes.-*  and 
hiimilitj''  preached  to  all,  but  better  than 
all,  we  like  to  see  "living  epistles  read 
and  known  of  all  men."  We  somewhere 
siiw  a  production  which  we  think  con- 
tains a  volume  of  meaning,  which  we 
insert  here. 

If  your  ewi  you  would  save  (loni  JL-ers 
'i'he5L'  things  Iteep_  niecldy  hiil, 

Myself  ill  1(1  I  nad  niiui3tmd  my, 
And  Iiuw  I  do  or  did. 


"  FIRST  ON  THE  LIST." 

1.  Keep  a  list  of  your  friends;  anil 
let  God  be  first  on  the  list,  however  long 
it  may  be. 

2.  Keep  a  list  of  all  the  gifts  yon  get; 
and  let  Christ,  who  is  God's  unspeaka- 
ble gift,  be  first  of  all.  ' 

3.  Keep  a  list  of  your  mercies;  and 
let  pardon  and  life  ^and  at  the  head. 

4.  Keep  a  list  of  your  joys;  and  let 
joy  unspeakable  aud  full  of  glory  befii-st, 

5.  Keep  a  list  of  your  griefs;  and  let 
sorrow  for  sin  be  first. 

0.  Keep  a  list  of  your  enemies;  and 
however  many  they  be,  put  down  the 
'"  old  man  "  and  the  "  old  serpent"  fij-st, 

7,  Keep  a  list  of  your  sins;  and  let 
the  sin  of  unbelief  be  set  as  fii-st  and 
worst  of  all. 


THK    HnETHKEJS"    ^\.T    ^VOX<l<^. 


January    31- 


7if  gietltrcif  at  ^orh. 


PDBI.I3HED  WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE.  ) 

S.  H.  BASIIOB.         \  ER1T0H3. 

M.  M.  ESIIELMAH,  } 


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uUilrcsi  in  Iho  United  Sinlcs  or  Cniimln,  fur  $1  m  per 
uiiiiiim.  Tlinse  ftcncliiig  Iqh  nutDOS  und  ?Iu.OO,  will  rc- 
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per, 15  well  ns  ill  biisinoo  lunllcm  KOHiicelcd  wilh  Iho  of 
ficc  alioiiUl  be  addrci-jcil 

UOOBE,  SASBOK  &  ESHEIiMAK, 


JANUARY  31,  1B7B. 


UmiTiiKU  Biislior's  mlilivss.  until  fuvUiui- 
ice  is  Boiling  Springs,  Cnnilji.Tiiiiiil  Oci.,  1'il 


IJuoTUKU  N.  B.  Blongli  informs  iis,  tlmt  Ekl. 
Ilciiry  Hnrslibiirea-,  of  Smifce  Spring  Vsillcy, 
I'ii.,  is  very  [looilv,  "uii  not  yxpcctcil  to  recover. 


I^■  yon   would   liccp  your  ('tirislinu   iinnor 
briglit,  dtrn't  fnil  to  polish  it  with   pntyor,     Tt 

is  not  the  \vse  jis  mnch  ns  thf;  iihnse  thnt  i-RUsea 
tonls  to  wear  ont  soon. 


TiiE  brethren  lit  Qnniily  t'l'iitiv, 
ly  hokl  II  serie.s  of  meetings  ijiMl^i 
of  Uro.  Bnnuian,  which  rcMillMl  i' 
of  tNs-elve  pei^ons  to  the  chuivh. 


lilLriEit  Hciuy  Moitin,  one  of  the  clilcre  of 

tliis  congri;gatiou,  is  lying  qnite  low  with  iu- 
fliiniinntory  rheumatism,  iinii  other  diseiises 
His  couditioTi  is  very  criticiil. 


It  is  said  that  there  are  liJO,OtlCl  eohjred  chil- 
dren at  the  South  iiniler  the  eontrol  of  Roman 
Ciitholic  priests.  It  is  time  thnt  Protestant 
t'hurulie-3  were  walceiiin;^  up  to  a  sense  of  their 
duty.  ^ 

Tnos.;  who  send  us  piipei-^  eonlniuing  special 
articles  to  which  they  wish  to  cull  our  atten- 
tion, will  please  mark  aiich  nvticles,  as  we  get 
so  niaiij'  papere  that  we  cannot  read  near  all 
there  "is  in  them. 


Bhothek  Marshall  Ennis,  of  Corning,  Clay 
Co.,  Arkansas,  wishes  to  know  if  we  have  any 
ministers  living  in,  or  near  tliut  State,  Perhaps 
fiomc  of  the  Brethren  in  South-west  Mo., 
could  give  him  the  desired  inforiuutiou. 


Rp,.\D  D,  B.  Mentzer's  "New  Year's  Gift," 
and  i>rolit  hy  imitating  a  good  example.  "It  is 
more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive."  "  As 
much  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  these,  the 
least  of  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me." 


We  have  received  quite  au  interesting  piece 
of  correspondence  from  Uro,  BiLshor,  butit  came 
a  little  too  late  for  insertion  in  this  issue.  It 
will  appear  next  week.  When  last  heard  from, 
bo  was  preaching  in  Cumljerland  Co.,  Pa.,  wa-s 
well  and  enjoying  himself  finely. 


An  exchange  says:  "It  b  figured  that  the 
Christians  of  .A-merica  pay  at  least  twenty-five 
million  dollars  a  year  for  tobacco,  and  less  than 
seven  millions  for  religion." 

How  is  this?  Do  our  reiulers  pay  more  for 
tobacco  than  for  religious  purposes? 


CiiniSTiAXS  are  much  like  tin  vessels;  if  not 
used  and  kept  I'rom  the  dampening  influence  of 
the  world,  they  will  soon  become  rnstj-  and  use- 
I  less.  They  need  to  he  kept  constantly  einploy- 
o<l  at  something  useful  iu  order  to  keep  bright. 
"  It  is  far  better  to  wear  out  than  to  rnst  out, 
.say.*  a  well-put  proverb.* 


We  learn  that  Eld.  Joseph  Hendricks  is  con- 
tlnctiug  a  successful  series  of  meetings  in  his 
Iinuie  congregation,  near  Cerro  Gordo,  Illinois, 
and  up  to  January  23rd,  nine,  mostly  young 
people,  had  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  That 
is  right  brethren:  go  to  work  in  j'our  home 
congregations,  and  the  Lord  only  knou's  what 
good  may  be  accomplished. 


A>"  exchange  speaks  of  a  wretched  woman, 
dying  of  starvation  in  a  tenement  house,  while 
the  joy  bells  were  ringing  in  a  happy  New  Year, 
and  her  jioor  diseased  husband  lying  by  her  side 
unable  to  move,  '  God  pity  the  poor,  for  man 
will  not,  though  blessed  mill  abuudaiice  and  to 
spare,  "Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit:  for 
theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

Wk  are  commanded  to  pray  for  the  mlers  of 
the  land,  but  a  Mitssii eh n setts  preacher  lately 
prayed  that  Congress  might  have  a  little  more 
common  sense.  That  is  just  what  we  all  aland 
iu  need  of.  A  little  Greek,  a  little  Latin,  or  a 
little  philosophy  may  make  a  fool  of  some  men, 
hut  good  comniun  sense  never  wilt.  It  is  some- 
thing that  never  spoils,  and  is  always  in  de- 
mand. _ 

The  editor  of  the  CAifce/f  Advocate,  publish- 
ed at  Hin-rishurg,  Pa,,  is  writing  up,  and  pnij- 
lishing  u  series  of  articles  iu  defense  of  single 
immersion,  endeavoring  to  prove  that  it  was  not 
invented  and  introduced  byRunomius.  aliei-etic 
of  the  fourth  century.  It  is  evident  that  the 
editor  has  a  very  dilheiilt  ta?k  of  it,  lor  already 
two  artieles  have  appeared,  yet  not  one  jot  of 
proof  to  sustain  the  opinion,  that  single  im- 
mei-sion  existed  beyond  the  middle  of  the  fourth 
century.  A\'e  will  keep  an  eye  on  liis  articles, 
aud  wait  till  he  gets  through,  for  he  is  on  the 
right  track  if  siin 
taincci. 


Wk  have  put  iu  a  firet-class  engine  of  four 
horse  power,  aud  used  it  in  running  oft"  this  is- 
sue of  the  paper,  and  musi'aay,  that  so  far  ive 
are  well  pleased  witlj  its  working,  as  it  enables 
us  to  do  our  press  work  in  half  the  time  with 
much  less  haril  work.  While  running  the 
press  by  hand  it  took  two-  men  from  three  to 
four  days  steady  running  to  do  what  one  man 
can  now  do  in  less  than  half  the  time.  Our 
agents  can  now  send  in  subscribers,  just  us  tiist 
as  they  cini;  we  are  ready  Ibr  several  thonsaiid 
more,  the  more  the  better.  The  printing  on  our 
paper  Ibis  iveek  may  not  he  as  good  as  usual  on 
account  of  our  feeder  not  being  used  to  handling 
papers  so  fiutt  as  is  now  necessary,  but  he  will 
soon  get  used  to  it,  and  all  will  go  right. 


to  be  successful,  want  to  closoiy  -itndy  the  wrtli- 
ofl  of  imparting  ideas  used  by  Clirist  ami  the 
apostles.  They  made  no  attempt  at  a  display 
of  oratorj-  and  line  language,  but  told  what  thi-y 
had  to  say,  in  languagij  that  all  could  under- 
stand. They  spoke  from  hearts  full  of  love, 
-faiHi  and  anxiet>',  aud  their  appeals  went  home 
to  the  hearts  of  othei-s.  Their  very  preaching 
showed  that  they  wore  iu  earnest,  and  the  sim- 
ple way  they  had  of  telling  things,  gained  them 
the  confidence  of  the  people.  We  need  nmreof 
that  kind  of  preaching  in  this  age  of  the  world. 
There  is  too  much  attempt  at  showing  olf,  and 
making  a  display  of  leanihif;,  hut  not  enough  of 
Idling  the  old  Gospel  story  in  the  old  apostolic 
way.  Let  ua  have  more  plain,  direct  proauliiiig, 
and  leas  display.  We  iivant  preaching  that  goes 
home  to  the  lieart. 


FAREWBLIj. 


niHI'l  following  beautiful  lines,  (united  to  long 
JL  measure,  and  h.imlcd  to  us  by  a  brother, 
ai'C  sail!  to  have  been  sung  at  the  funeral  of  Eld. 
John  Kline: 

"Farewell,  fai-cwell  to  all  below. 
My  Jcsns  culls  and  I  must  go; 
I  luuneb  my  boat  upon  the  sea, 
Thi'J  laud  is  not  the  land  ibr  me. 

Fiirewell  dear  friends,  I  may  not  stay. 
The  home  I  seek  is  far  away, 
Where  Gbrisfc  is  not,  I  cannot  bn. 
This  land  is  not  the  land  for  me." 


BiioTiiKU  G.  W.  Gisb,  in  a  short,  hut  pointed 
article  on  first  page  of  this  issue,  calls  attention 
to  an  important  subject  that  is  too  much  over 
looked,  not  onlj'  by  the  world,  but  oven  auion^ 
our  peoi»lo.  .  Too  much  caution  cannot  be  bad 
ivhen  emploj'ing  teachere  to  take  eliarge  of  the 
common  schools,  and  the  training  of  the  rising 
generation.  As  the  twig  is  bent  in  early  life, 
may  we  expect  to  find  it  when  older.  Teaehi 
ought  to  be  standing  models  of  moralitj',  aud 
the  brightest  examples  of  Chi-istian  courtesy 
and  politeness.  The  school-room  wants  to  he 
not  only  the  place  of  learning,  hut  of  good  inan- 
nei-s — the  place  where  ehildren  are  fitted  for  the 
responsible  duties  of  after-life.  Most  of  our 
teachers  have  plenty  of  learning-,  but  majiy  of 
them  lack  a  little  good  common  sense — lack  the 
judgment  necessary  to  use  what  learning  they 
have. 

In  Tesponse  to  a  letter  written  Bro.  Bals- 
baugh,  in  regards  to  the  use  of  the  Loixl's 
Prayer,  the  following  is  a  part  of  has  re- 
ply: "I  have,  for  many  years,  beeu  contem- 
plating a  scries  of  articles  on  that  wonderful 
portion  of  Scripture,  but  it  is  so  unitjue,so  vast, 
so  comprehensive,  so  soIbdiu,  that  I  shrink  from 
the  task.  No  highest  finite  mind  can  fully  take 
in  the  meaning  of  those  devotional  utterances. 
To  reheai-se  that  prayer  aright,  is  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian, and  that  means  a  relation  to  the  Eteiiud 
above  the  angels.  Brief  as  it  is  the  saints'  ste- 
reotyped prayer,  is  the  concentration  of  every 

liable  and  letter  of  both  Testaments.  Yea, 
two  eternities  are  included  in  it.  If  the  Lord 
will  give  me  strength  and  light,  I  will  essay  to 
vniic  on  the  subject  at  iutei-vals  during  the  pres- 
ent year.  May  the  year  187S  be  a  year  of  high 
aims,  noble  eflbrta  and  glorious  achievements 
for  us  all." 


ONE    GREAT   STEP. 

Mn.  S.  W.  Brown,  a  Disciple  minister  of  Bed- 
ford, Ohio,  has  publicly  renounced  Free- 
masonry from  his  pulpit,  lie  was  led  to  see  Ihc 
position  in  which  he  stood  before  his  people,  ly 
listening  to  a  course  of  three  lectures,  in  which 
the  first  three  degrees  of  Masonry  were  exiios- 
ed  before  large  crowds  of  people.  It  is  time 
that  every  minister,  connected  with  any  aucret 
order,  wiis  following  the  good  example,  and  re- 
fuse to  be  unequally  yoked  together  with  unbe- 
liovei's.  The  Gospel  being  perfect  and  complete 
in  all  its  parts,  contains  sulficient  to  meet  all 
the  si)iritual  wants  of  the  race,  and  therefore 
the  joining  of  another  order  is  not  only  unnec- 
essary, but  shows  disrespect  to  the  adequateness 
of  the  divine  plan  of  salvation  to  cure  for,  and 
save  the  human  family. 

"After  listening  to  the  lecturer,  who  argued 
from  a  Christian  standpoint,  and  showed  tli 
false  and  double  position  in  which  a  minister  of 
the  Gor'pel  placed  himself  by  beir^g  a  Mason, 
since  he  was  bound  to  one  part  of  his  flock  by 
different  ties  than  those  which  hound  him  to  the 
rest,  aiid  compelled  to  carry  in  his  heart  a  bur- 
den which  he  dared  not  reveal,  Mr.  BroivTi  re- 
solved to  wash  bis  bands  of  it  forever.  He 
confessed  that  ho  had  ,siuued  in  taking  tlie  Ma- 
sonic oaths,  and  i)ermitting  himself  to  be  led 
through  the  shameful,  man-degrading  rites  of 
initiation,  aud  prayed  to  his  heavenly  Father  for 
mercy.  He  thanked  God  for  sending  a  man, 
who,  in  the  face  of  so  much  opposition,  could 
tear  the  mask  from  Masonry,  aud  the  hoodwink 
from  his  own  eyes,  so  that  he  could  see  it  as  it  is, 
ruid  declared  that  from  henceforth  he  wan  free 
from  itJi  gallin.cr  chains."  .i.  H.  m. 


date  and  A.  D.  100.  though  he  produced  uo  proof. 
Thurnian  put  up  some  thirty-one  or  two  points 
in  defense  of  trine  immersion,  one  of  wbieh 
was  pulled  down  by  the  argument  of  his  oppo- 
nent. Some  of  the  arguments  Tliurmnn  made 
were  excellent  and  well  put.  Thela.st  wehi-artl 
of  bim.  some  months  ago.  he  wa.«  in  B.iston. 


BURYING    THINGS, 


i  BRAHAM,  the  fiUher 
-ty    ed  a  hurying-|dace,  t 


The  Bible,  e.ipecially  the  New  Testament 
part,  contains  the  simplest  linown  method  of 
l)reaclung  and  teaching,  in  existence.  No  oth- 
er volume  of  the  same  size  conhiins  so  much, 
luid  yet  it  is  simple  thronghoiit.  The  sentences 
are  generally  short,  the  propositions  well  stated, 
the  arguments  imd  appeals  pointed.    Ministers,  I 


THE    THURMAN    AND    GRANT 
DISCUSSION, 

Dear  Urol  1,-r:— 

I  CUT  the  following  slip  out  of  the  World's 
Crisis,  of  Wednesday,  Sep.  3rd,  1874.  Will 
you  be  so  kind  as  to  let  me  know  through  your 
valuable  paper,  if  said  discussion,  betiveen  Wm. 
C,  Thurmau  and  Miles  Grant  ever  came  ofl'? 

WALnKM.A.R  MkVKH, 
AicDTimn  D]BL-[T9£ioN. — Wc  havo  aUo  ctinscnlcd  lo  tie- 
bolo  Ihu  suhjeol  of  Trino  Bapliam  wilL  Dro.  W.  C.  Thiir- 

>u,  inainrlcatoivn,  Miua..  MjiHio  IIoU.  No.  lOMiiinSI.. 

iiuictiding  Tucidny  ctening.  Sopl.  22nd.  u.  a." 

RKMAnKS. — The  discussion  came  off  at  the 
appointed  time,  lusting  several  evenings.  Thur- 
inan,  at  that  time  was  publishing  a  monthly  iu 
Charlestown,  Ma^s.,  aud  Grant  was  publishing  a 
loige  weekly,  called  the  World'n  Crisis,  in  Bos- 
ton.   Grant  was  an  Advent. 

Thurnian  was  in  the  affirmative,  smil  made 
some  good  points,  though  both  parties  claimed 
the  victory.  At  that  discussion.  Grant  admitted 
that  trine  immersion  was  practiced  as  early  as 
A.  D.  130.  and  hence  concluded  that  it  must 
havo  been  introduced  sometime  between  that 


r  of  the  faithful,  desir- 
that  he  might  bury  his 
deiul  out  of  his  sighi.  However  loving  and  use- 
ful they  may  have  been,  and  however  dear  to 
liis  heart,  when  once  dead  he  wanted  them  out 
of  hissight.  When  thingsaref/.w/ they  should 
be  buried  out  of  sight.  Dead  people,  however 
good  and  lovely  thej-  may  have  been,  are  of  no 
use  to  the  living,  and  thcrelbre,  want  to  be  bu- 
ried, and  should  nut  In-  dug  up  and  exposed  to 
public  gaze  every  feiv  days. 

What  would  you  tliiuk  of  the  man  who,  after 
hurj-ing  a  friend,  or  e\en  an  enemy,  should  dig 
up  the  body  and  drag  it  around  through  the 
stiei?ts,  and  even  into  private  houses  to  thf  im- 
noyauceof  people  gt'uerally?  You  would  think 
hiin  very  imprudent  ;  yet  the  world  is  full  of 
just  such  eases,  aud  people  having  become  used 
to  it  look  upon  such  transactions  with  indifl'er- 
ence. 

The  "old  man,"  with  all  his  evil  deeds,  is  to 
be  buried  in  baptism,  and  when  he  comes  forth 
as  a  "  new  creature,"  is  to  leave  all  his  old,  evil 
deeds  behind  him,  and  buried  forever.  They 
never  want  to  be  resurrected  again.  No  man 
\\^  the  right  to  go  down  into  the  watery  grave 
and  bring  up  the  sins  of  the  old  man  mid  pa- 
rade them  before  the  ]>uhlie.  Y'et  how  olleu  do 
we  see  it  done. 

It  is  a  common  thing  to  hear  even  converted 
people  tell  of  their  evil  deeds  before  becoming 
members  of  the  church.  A  man  will  tell  what 
a  had  hoy  he  was,  hoiv  he  used  to  revel  in  sLn  of 
the  darkest  dye,  and  that  too  before  children. 
He  thus  impresses  the  young  mind  with  the  idea 
that  even  they  may  spend  a  few  years  in  sin  and 
crime,  and  yet  turn  oiit  to  be  good  and  useful. 
Much  of  the  sin  planted  in  the  hearts  of  chil- 
dren is  due  this  unholy  practice  of  dragging  the 
dead  of  the  past  before  the  public,  and  expos- 
ing them,  with  all  their  disagreeablencss,  to  the 
world  at  large.  It  would  he  a  blessing  to  the 
cause  of  the  Master,  if  people  would  leani  to 
leave  their  dead  buried.  Nor,  is  it  right,  after 
a  man  h;is  foreaken  sin  and  the  world,  unites 
ivith  the  church,  and  endeavors  to  live  faithful. 
for  othei-s  to  drag  his  piwt  deeds  ont  of  the  grave 
and  expose  them  to  the  public.  He  who  does 
so,  is  guilty  of  robbing  the  grave  of  its  dead. 
Sin,  once  buried,  should  be  hid  from  sight  for- 
ever, and  no  one  has  a  right  to  disturb  the  sa- 
cred spot. 

One  man  has  a  difiiculty  with  another;  it  is 
finally  settled:  both  parties  agree  to  hurij  the 
troubles  of  Hie  past,  and  endeavor  to  live  in  peace 
with  each  other.  Soon  we  hear  one  of  them  saj', 
"I  can  forgive,  but  not  forget."  Here  is  where 
the  trouble  comes  in;  men  are  willing  to  iiU 
trouble,  hut  not  huyy  it;  they  want  to  drag  the 
dead  thing  around  from  house  to  house,  and  thus 
annoy  the  people.  Not  unfrequently  do  they 
exhibit  it  at  every  house  at  which  they  call,  and 
thereby  disgust  the  more  sensible  class  of  peo- 
pie. 

But  then  some  of  them  are  like  the  Jews  of 
old:  they  white-wash  their  dead,  unburied  things, 
in  order  to  make  them  take  better  and  look 
more  respectable.  Then  there  are  others  who 
will  embalm  their  dead  troubles  and  preserve 
them  for  years.  Of  course  they  must  show 
them  to  everybody  who  comes  along.  I  have 
known  men  who  took  pleasure  in  drawing  some 
old,  dead  carcass  out  of  the  grayo  every  time 
somebody  would  come  to  see  them.  Oue  would 
infer  that  it  was  their  delight  to  handle  dead 
carcasses  to  the  annoyance  of  visitors.  May 
God  speed  the  day  wlieii  people  will  learn  to  bu- 
ry their  dead  out  of  their  sight,  .and  than  leave 
them  buried. 

There  arc  also  church  difficulties  that  have 
been  settled  aud  buried,  and  that  too  to  the  joy 
of  the  whole  congregation.  But  not  imfre- 
qucutly  does  somebody  dig  them  up  aud  drag 
them  before  the  church  again,  endoavoriug  to 
render  the  living  house  of  God  the  abode  of  the 
dead.  Sometimes  these  dead  carcasses  are  so 
disagreeable,  as  to  disgust  the  whole  body,  and 
at  times  completelv  dcstroj's  the  health  and 
vitality  of^l^^l^^ftigregation.    Who  wants 


January   31. 


TI-IK    HKETHl^lirN     ^VT    AX^OIiK. 


tfi  lu'u  wh^Tc  tlitry  are  coiitimiiilly  ilistiiitK-d  hy 
tliu  implca<inntoilorof  purlly  ilci^iiycilciircaraos!' 
If  you  want  to  keep  the  cliuicli  of  (Joil  imre,  do 
your  iiimost  to  Ueop  di-ml  iiiiilU.'r  out  of  it,  iind 
Hw  tiidt  till  <Iiffi(;iiltic_s  nrt-  liiinVil  down  licep, 
never  to  bo  rcsiiriT'L-twl  iigiiin. 

Tliero  lire  also  lliings  tiiiit  ought  to  liclnirii'd 
iilivt— sii(;h  tisji'nloiiKij.  itl-icill,  iii'ilicr,  nnd  h!vci-y 
oSIk'i-  Pvil  lIlHt  h  of  no  iiHG  to  pitlior  God  or  niuri. 
TLi- quicker  you  ciin  get  them  into  tlie  giuve 
tile  letter;  bury  theiudeeii,atiun|)  Uiedirtrion'ii 
well. 

;\t)  fiiufMinsof  iiriprovoineiit.we  wnnttoHiink 
mid  tiilk  more  iiliout  the  living  mid  good  nf  tlie 
future,  luid  less  nbont  thedeitdof  tliepii-t.  Let 
yoiii-duiid  remiiin  buried  out  nfyoui'sijrlil,  Ood 
will  tidte  Ciil-e  of  them.  Tiool;  tr,  the  fnt.uro  for 
Hfo  luid  linppiness.  .1.  it.  j[. 


SOMETHING  BEJJWING. 

OXI>Y  a  lew  yenrfl  u-o,  the  oivili/ed  world 
WiLx  startled  by  what  WMs  l;iinwn  a.s  the 
Ueuclier  and  Tilton  seandid,  until  the  more  |ii- 
ous  becinuc  disgusted,  inlidelM  shoutod  for  joy, 
and  thousands  lost  what  little  cnntidence  tliey 
ever  had  in  the  great  (?)  Ameiican  preacher. 
The  fever,  however,  cooled  oH',  and  umttere  set- 
tled down  pretty  quietly,  leaving  Recchcr  and 
hia  I'lymonth  congregatfoh  to  enjoy  thernseives 
ashcstthoy  eould,  and  things  wenied  to  have 
been  worldug  along  pretty  smoothly,  with  the 
exception  of  an  occasional  ripple  over  Ihe  wa- 
ter.s  of  jiublic  scnlinient. 

Of  course,  Ueeelier  lias  for  years  been  popu- 
lar—hus  i--\v  equals  as  an  "orator,  and  possetaes 
in  a  liit.'li  dc^'ree.  the  peculiar  faculty  of  draw- 
ing and  entertaiiiitig  an  audience.  Where  hia 
ays  has  beeu  a  questiou  of  niueh  dispute 


among  bin  adu 
disenssed    by 

and  failed,  }.■. 
Ueecher.  t,li:,,i 


irevs,  and  not  a  little  luis  it  been 


wh„ 


..l![. 


do     I 


eroy,  and  we  inesinue  that  most,  of  tlieui  would 
not  like  to  bo  even  if  t.hej'  could. 

It  has  been  the  impression  of  not  a  few,  that 
Beecher  has  not  liccn  very  souud  in  the  faith 
really  in  any  Icind  of  a  faith.  Few  luen  eliango 
■  more  than  lie,  being  constaTitly  blown  about  by 
every  wind  of  doctrine;  ever  learning,  but  nev- 
er able  to  come  to  a  full  knowledge  of  the  truth. 
It  is  hard  for  cither  him,  or  anybody  else  to  tell 
one  daj-,  what  the  man  will  liclievc  the  ne.tt. 
He  .says  lie  believes  in  the  Trinity,  but  don't 
know  why  he  believer  that  way.  Of  course  ho 
i.s  too  far  advanced  in  the  literature  of  the  day, 
to  ■five  an  answer  of  tlie  hope  that  is  in  him,  /. 
1:  provided  he  h.is  auy  hope;  for,  from  the  ibl- 
lowiug.  it  would  seem  that  either  his  hope,  faith, 
or  something  cIho  is  rather  shaky: 

"  The  numbers  of  the  liuman  race  were  actu- 
ally beyond  couiputation,  and  for  thousands  and 
thousands  of  years  they  had  been  born 
intfl  the  world,  had  lived,  and  struggle<l, 
aud  finally  died,  and  gone — where?  If  you  tell 
nie  that  they  have  all  gone  to  heaven,  my  ans- 
wer will  be  that  such  a  5wce]>ing  of  mud  into 
heaven  would  defile  its  purity,  and  I  cannot  ac- 
cept that.  If  you  tell  me  that  they  have  gone 
to  heli,  then  I  swear  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  I  have  sworn  to  worship  forever,  that  you 
will  make  an  infidel  of  me.  The  doctrine  that 
God  has  been  for  thousands  of  years  peopling 
this  earth  mth  human  beings,  during  a  period, 
three-fourths  of  wliich  was  not  illuminated  by 
an  .altar  or  a  church,  and  iu  places  where  a  vast 
population  of  those  people  are  yet  without  that 
light,  is  to  transform  the  Almighty  into  a  mon- 
ster more  hideous  than  Satan  himself,  and  I 
swear  by  all  that  is  sacred,  that  I  will  never 
worship  Satan,  though  he  should  appeardressod 
in  royal  robes,  and  seated  on  the  throne  of  Je- 
hovah. Men  nnty  say, '  You  will  not  go  to  heav- 
en.' A  heaven  presided  over  by  such  a  demon 
lis  that,  who  Ikis  been  peopling  this  world  with 
millions  of  human  beings,  aud  then  sweephig 
them  otl'  into  hell,  not  like  dead  Hies,  but  with- 
out taking  the  trouble  even  to  kill  them,  and 
gloating  aud  laughing  over  their  eternal  misery, 
is  not  such  a  heaven  as  I  want  to  go  to.  The 
doctrine  is  too  horrible,  I  can  not  believe  it 
and  I  won't." 

'  There  is  nothing  uncertain  about  thitc;  the 
raaiispeuks  out  plain;  thereis  no  uncertain  sound 
about  that;  every  reader  can  nnderetnnd  it,  'I'he 
pi-eacher  shows  his  colors  and  spreads  them  to 
the  breeze.  Tread  cautiously,  roHder;  there  is 
danger  of  making  (■*)  an  infidel  of  the  man.  If 
you  insist  too  strongly  on  some  parts  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  he  threatens  to  become  an  infi- 


del; and  even  threatens  to  swear   about  it.  to 
■■  swear  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

What  cares  he  for  what  the  Gospel  teaches 
when  it  says,  "swear  not  at  all?"  He  claims 
to  be  a  preacher  after  God's  own  heart,  yet 
tlireatiius  to  "  swear  by  the  Lor.1  .lesus  Christ." 
Paul  did  not  talk  that  way,  says  he,  "know- 
ing the  terrors  of  the  Lord,  wc  peran.ide  men." 
God  used  to  wink  at  the  ignor.ince  of  people, 
"  but  now  commandeth  all  men  everywhere  to 
repent,"  "for  except  ye  lepenfc,"  says  inspiration, 
"ye  shall  all  likewise  perlsli."  Of  coui^c  it 
wont  do  to  preach  such  doctrine  to  Boecher,  for 
it  may  make  an  infidel  of  him;  and  hy  the  way 
he  h  not  far  from  that  point  just  uow.  It  is 
evident  that  he  has  been  thinking  over  theumt- 
tor.  for  he  lays  down  the  exact  tuims  on  whieh 
he  is  willing  to  become  one;  that  is  getting 
pretty  cloae — not  far  fi-om  the  "jumping  off 
phiee:"  I  mean  jumping  off  of  the  Bible.  He 
ha.'i  picked  his  ground  ou  v.diieh  to  alight. 

But  iirpiraliou  speak.t  oi  "indignation  and 
wrath,  triluihition  and  anguish,  upon  every  sonl 
of  man  that  dooth  evil "'  {Rom.  2: 0).  "Thes. 
:'nys  the  Lord,  ''.shall  go  away  into  everla.sting 
punishment:  but  the  righteous  into  life  eternal" 
(Matt.  1'.-.:  -Ifi).  "Hold,"  says  one,  "you  will 
make  an  infidel  of  Beecher."  Notmueh:  there 
y  uo  danger  of  making  an  infidel  of  him;  he  is 
too  near  one  already,  or  r.afher  of  his  own  free 
will,  is  getting  near  the  turning  point.  But 
more  Scripture  011  this  subject. 

"  Marvel  not  at  this:  for  the  hour  is  coming, 
in  the  wliich  all  that  are  in  the  graves  shall 
liear  his  voice,  and  shall  come  forth:  they  that 
liavc  done  good,  unto  tlic  resurrection  of  life; 
uid  they  that  have  done  evil,  unto  the  resurrec- 
tion of  dauinatiou"  (.John  0:  2S,  '29).  "Who 
Imll  be  punished  with  everlasting  destruotion 
from  the  jn-eseuce  of  the  Lord,  and  the  glory  of 
his  power"  (2  Tliess.  1:  0).  "  The  wicked  shall 
be  turned  into  hell,  and  all  the  nations  that  for- 
get God"  (Psalm  i):  17). 

If  this  is  not  proof  ngainst  Beecher's  theory, 
then  we  know  of  none.  What  cares  he  for  the 
fact  that  all  the  wicked  and  the  nations  that  for- 
get God  being  tuj-ned  into  hell?  He  don't  be- 
lieve it.  If  he  did,  he  says  it  would  make  him 
an  infidel.  But.  by  the  way,  iiol  believing  the 
Scriptures  is  just  what  makes  men  infidels.  If 
tho  Plymouth  preacher  does  not  belieye  that 
the  wicked,  aud  all  tho  nations  that  forget  God 
shall  be  turned  into  hell,  then  our  readens  biow 
just  what  lie  is,  and  if  he  does  believe  it,  he  has 
sworn  that  it  will  ;iiake  hiiu  aii  infidel  any  how. 
The  mau  is  in  a  dilemma.  j.  n.  M. 


1.  Paul,  Sylvnnus  and  Timotheus  felt  hmu>l 
to  give  thanks. 

3.  Because  the  faith  of  the  Thesaalonians 
grew,  not  only  mine  nor  a  lillle  but  cxceedhifjhj. 

3.  And  the  reason  their  faith  grew  exceed- 
ingly was.  because  the  charity,  not  simply  of  « 
fi'ic,  nor  of  the  mujuntij,  but  of  pitei-ij  vne  of 
them  abounded  toward  each  other..    ■ 

— Now  we  exhort  you,  hrothron,  warn  them 
that  arc  unruly,  comfort  thefoebie-minded.sup- 
port  the  weak,  be  patient  towards  all  men  (I 
Thess.  5:14). 

This  exhortation  teaches: 

1.  That,  there  are  some  who  arc  unnihj,  hence 
need  to  be  warned. 

2.  That  some  are /a'Wc-iii(H(/.Y/  and  should 
be  comforted. 

3.  That  some  are  Wfiik  and  must  be 
ed., 

4-.  That  it  is  just  and  proper  to  la-  patient 
towards  all  men.  m.  m.  v.. 


lupport- 


tht 


CONCERNING    MAN. 


BUT  whoso  keepeth  his  word,  in  him 
love  of  God  perfected;  hereby  bno 
that  wc  are  in  liini  (1  John  2:  5). 
The  "  whoso"  is  a  Christian  and  knows: 

1.  That  it  is  right  to  keep  (obey)  the  word 
of  the  Loi-d. 

2.  That  if  he  keeps  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
something  is  perfected  in  litin. 

3.  That  something  i.s  the  love  of  Gml. 

4.  That  if  the  love  of  God  be  perfected  in 
him,  he  is  iu  Christ,  which  is  joy,  peace  and  life 
eternal. 

—Take  heed  that  ye  do  not  your  alms  before 
men,  to  be  seen  of  them.  *  *  *  Do  not 
sound  a  trumpet  before  thee  (Matt.  6:  1,  2). 

This  tcache?: 

1.  That  the  Christian  should  do  alms. 

2.  Not  to  do  them  before  men  to  he  seen  of 
tliom.  .     . 

3.  Not  sound  a  trumpet  to  be  heard. 

4.  Ileshoiild  keep  his  good  work  to   him- 
If;  otherwise  he  shall  have  no  reward  of  liis 

Father  in  heaven. 

That  the  man  who  gets  his  reward  from 
any  other  source  than  from  heaven,  is  miserably 
poor. 

■By  this  shall  nil  men  know  that  ye  are  my 
disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  for  another  (John 
13:  35). 
All  men  shall  know; 

1.  Tiint  the  Savior  has  disciples. 

2.  That  the  disciples  do  not  belong  to  the 
Lord  in  part,  but  altogether, 

3.  That  all  they  are  his  disciples,  because 
they  have  love  one  for  auothcr, 

-Wc  are  hound  to  thank  God  always  for 
you,  brethren,  a.s  it  is  meet,  because  that  your 
faith  groweth  exceedingly,  and  the  charity  of 
every  one  of  you  all,  toward  each  other  nbound- 
eth(2Thess.  1:.1), 


YOTI    CAN    WOEK 

iroU  are  called  "the  chosen  of  the  Lord," 
"disciples  of  Jesus  Christ,"  and  those 
'hought  with  a  price."  You  are  at  liberty,  be- 
ing made  free  through  the  abundant  grace  ol 
our  Father,  In  his  vineyard  you  may  labor, 
building  with  God's  material,  and  strengthen- 
ing with  His  strength.  You  profess  to  love 
Him,  to  serve  Hiin,  to  follow  Him.  This  is  ji 
noble  profession,  and  you  are  permitted  to  pos- 
sess just  wlmt  you  ]>rofess.  Wonderful  liberty 
indeed ! 

But  are  you  laboring  for  tho  honor  of  God, 
!ind  the  salvation  of  souls?  Have  you  the 
deep  humility,  the  heartfelt  yearnings  for  oth- 
ei-3  that  you  would  have  for  youi-self  ?  Do  you 
feel  that  your  fellow-men  out  of  Christ  should 
have  .ill  t(i.at  you  have  iu  Christy  If  so,  are 
you  willing  to  help  them,  as  somebodj-  helped 
you  ?  You  ought  to  be  able  to  say  "  j'cs  "  to 
all  these  questions,  .ind  if  you  cannot,  you  have 
■onsons  for  deeper  humiliation  than  ever.  You 
say  yon  are  not  able,  have  not  the  means,  no 
talent,  no  money,  nothing  wherewith  to  labor. 
Not  precisely.  You  have  tident,  whether  one 
or  five  it  mattere  not.  You  jn-e  not  tho  one  to 
be  concerned  about  this.  To  bury  one  talent 
because  you  have  not  five,  is  to  hv  lushauied  of 
your  M.aker's  good  work. 

Do  you  say  you  have  no  opportunities  to 
lead  sinnei^  to  Christ?  That  is  not  the  exact 
truth;  for  opportunities  arc  abundant  every 
day.  Were  the  opportunities  gold  dollars, 
none  would  fail  to  find  them.  Are  you  waiting 
for  a  revival?  That  is  not  wisdom.  A  revival 
is  nothing  more  than  earnest,  practical  fellow- 
ship with  one  another  and  with  your  God.  — 
Have  a  revival  every  day,  get  nearer  the  great, 
white  throne,  and  induce  others  to  get  up  to  it 
also. 

Self-denying  labor  to  save  souls  as  well  ns 
your  owji  is  true  piety  without  any  husks.  — 
Talk  uot  of  humility  and  then  manifest  cold- 
ness towards  your  fellow-men.  Meekness  and 
humility  that  have  iu  them  the  Alpha  and 
Omega,  never  make  cages  for  themselves.  You 
may  wi-ap  them  in  stupidity  but  that  don't  alt- 
er the  law  of  God  aud  its  effects  one'  particle.— 
To  starve  and  rust  out  religion  for  the  mere 
sake  of-oddity  and  self-will,  is  only  deluding 
the  soul  aud  preparing  it  for  wailing  and  lamen- 
tation. If  you  love  heartily,  you  will  work  to 
save  men  from  the  burning,  jior  will  you  be 
ashamed  to  go  whore  sin  abounds  and  rebuke 
Wait  not  for  some  one  to  say,  "Go."  A 
God  and  Father  long  ago  said  that.  It  neodi 
not  the  "go,"  of  man  to  make  it  effectual;  it 
needs  man's  goinij.  There  is  such  a  thing  m 
blood  on  the  skirts  of  those  who  can  but  will 
not  work  to  lead  sinners  to  the  great  Fountain 
to  be  cleansed.  u.  si.  k. 


should  wo.  He  gives  that  His  goodness  may 
lead  UB  to  repentance  and  to  Him.  Our  gix-ing 
should  bo  lhecvj,res.sioii,  not  to  the  world,  if 
possible,  but  to  Him,  of  our  love  to  Christ  imd 
His  caiLse,  and  "the  Lord  loveth  a  cheerful  giv- 
er."   "  I'Veely  yo  have  received,  freelj-  give." 

"Give dollarafor  both  of  us,"  said  my 

eompamon  and  sist«r  in  tliu  Lonl,  ivhen  the 
matter  was  consi<lercd  in  His  fear.  And  here 
it  is  with  the  confident  hope  and  the  fervent 
prayer  that  it  nmy  contribute  to  the  necessity 
of  theNiiints  and  tho  spread  of  the  pure,  un- 
eoin promising  Go.ipel  on  tlie  shores  of  the  Old 
World. 

0,  brethren  and  sislera  let  ns  pmy  for  the 
work  over  there.  We  have  prayed  from  the 
beginning,  but  lot  ns  still  pray.  Fervent  pray- 
er avails  much.  In  our  own  free,  bountiful 
country  our  uiinistering  bvethven  travel  in  es- 
tablished eoiigregat  ions  without  inouey  to  p.iy  for 
food  and  fare,  {so  it  used  to  be)  but  in  new  sec- 
tions of  the  country,  money  is  needed  lor  ne- 
cessary exjienses.and  no  brother  or  sister  should 
hesitate,— niiy  they  should  be  glad,  like  the  be- 
lievers on  old  PcntecoJt  to  even  sacrifice,  that 
tho  preaching  of  the  pure, -full  Gospel-doc- 
'  may  not  be  hindered.  But  when  the 
preaching  is  faulty,  and  the  preacher's  practice 
unsatisfactory,  there  may  he  the  best  of  rea- 
sons for  a  "stand-still."  Our  American-Danish 
brethren  are  wcll-knoun  to  he  established  in 
the  entire  doctrine  of  the  church,  and  practical 
in  the  exemplification  of  it,  mid  hence  wc  have 
every  roaso|i-to  believe  the  cause  \rill  be  in  ev- 
ery particular  identical  with  the  most  orderly 
and  est]iblished  congregations  in  America.  And 
it  strikes  luc  that  the  church  in  Denmark  has 
au  enviable  advantage  over  many  backsliding 
(-■ongrcgal ions  in  America  which  are  but  a  step 
Ijchiiid  the  so-called  churches  of  perverted  and 
divided  Cbristianitv.  Brethren  and  sistere, 
don't  wait  too  long.  The  work  is  uow  well  be- 
gun, and  we  have  no  good  reason  to  withhold 
our  sympathy,  our  prayei-3  or  our  financial  as- 
sistance, as  ifc  is  needed.  Don't  wait  to  make 
up  a  largo,  congregational  contribution,  but 
let  families  consult  togetlier  and  send  each  a 
handsome  ofl'ering  in  the  love  of  Christ  and  lost 
Souls  and  then  follow  it  up  with  your  prayci-s, 
"letyour  requests  be  made  known  unto  God," 
So  shall  His  blessings  he  upon  you,  and  the 
boiilere  of  Zion  widely  extended, 

Youi-s  for  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel, 
D.  B.  Mextzkh. 


READING    AND    EATING. 


AVEUY  prai 
touched  ur 


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A    NEW    TEAR'S    GIFT. 

AY  He  who  called  you  into  the  fellowship 
of  His  Son,  Christ  Jesus  he  with  you  iu 
all  that  ye  do  for  the  spread  of  "  the  truth  as  it 
is  in  Jesus." 

Ill  the  name  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth  who  is 
uow  seated  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  and  pleads 
that  all  men  may  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth  and  be  saved,  I  enclose  to  you  our 
own  family  New  Year  offering  to  the  Danish 
Mission,  We  have  neither  riches  nor  poverty, 
thanks  lie  to  God!  But  as  the  Lord  giveth,  so 
He  enabled  us  to  give.      He  gives  wisely,  so 


acticul  and  important  matter  is 
upon  by  the  Chrislian  InlcUiyenc- 
er  as  follows:  Every  family  lias  ueed  of  books, 
umga/incs  and  newspapere,  ns  well  as  of  food 
and  clothing.  We  have  just  been  reading  the 
life  of  the  fnnious  aud  useful  Kev.  Wm.  Amot. 
He  made  his  breakfast  of  oat-meal  and  milk,  his 
dinner  of  bread  and  milk,  that  he  might  save 
money  to  be  expended  in  informing  aud  cultiva- 
ting his  mind.  For  doing  so,  he  was  praise- 
worthy. Oal-meal  and  milk  is  by  no  means  to 
be  despised  ns  nutritious  food.  For  a  yearpaat, 
on  many  days,  such  has  been  our  principal  meal. 
Aud  we  have  the  recommendation  of  no  less  a 
mau  than  Mr.  Wm.  Cullen  Bryant  in  favor  of 
bread  and  milk.  Far  too  much  atteiition  is  paid 
by  the  peoiilo  of  these  States  to  what  they  will 
eat,  and  drink,  and  weai-.  There  is  a  needless 
and  unwholesome  expenditure  for  these  things, 
Thore  is  no  virtue  in  turning  away  from  a  good 
book,  or  in  stopping  a  newspaper  in  order  to 
gratity  a  carnal  appetite  or  to  maintain  a  fair 
and  vain  show  in  the  flesh. — Goklen  Censer. 


Eartrrn-  \Vi\  iRM.— The  prospects  for  aspeedy 
teripination  of  the  war  are  good.  Russia  has 
presenteil  her  terms  to  Turkey,  and  it  is  report- 
ed that  the  latter  has  accepted  Lhem.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  synopsis  of  the  terms  agreed  upon, 

Bulgaria  to  acquire  some  territory  south  of  the 
Balkins.  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina  to  be  assur- 
ed of  protection  and  reforms,  and  have  a  Chris- 
tian Governor.  Security  to  be  given  for  the 
better  government  of  tho  otiR-r  Turkish  prov- 
inces. The  independence  of  Roumania,  Ser- 
viit  to  bo  independent  without  compensations. 
Montenegro  to  accquire  Antivari,  Nicsics  and 
SpuK,  and  a  portion  of  the  shore  of  Lake  Scu- 
tari. The  session  of  part  of  Bessarabia,  and  of 
Batoum,  Kais  mid  Erzaroum,  with  adjacent  ter- 
ritory to  Russia.  Indemnity  to  Russia  for  ex- 
penses of  war,  to  be  paid  in  money,  territory 
or  otherwise.  The  question  of  the  Dardanelles 
to  be  reserved  for  the  consideration  of   the 


TEEI-:;    BI^ETHKEN    ^VT    "VVOEIC. 


January   31. 


§h^  gom^  gircU. 

BEAD  AND  OBEY. 

"  IluEjImoilfl,  loye  your  wWm." 

'■  Wives,    olioy    joiir    liualinnJii." 

"  Fulliora,  provuko  nol  yuiir  diiUvn  lo  wrWb," 

"CbllilrOD,    ohoy   jour    jmrcnia    In    nil    lIii»eB." 

Edited  hy  M.  M.  Eshehiian. 


As  Hit!  cold,  pR-cdng  frosU  of  AViiikT  scck 
to  |)t'iietriite  our  bodies,  so  A(k&  sin  aim  to  reach 
our  -souls.  Then  if  you  would  keop  out  sin,  throw 
tirouM.l.  ftml  ilollip  your  soul  well  with  divine 
grauo.  Let  the  warm  lore  of  Goil  protect  youi 
si)irit,  and  the  frosts  of  sin  will  niiiki;  uo  im- 
pression ouyon. 


TiiiB  week  aiiiil  Katie  comes  out  niiil  talks  to 
the  cliililvcn;  and  she  knows  how  to  write  so 
that  you  can  all  nndewtand  what  she  means. 
Tlii^  will  no  douht  please  yon,  anil  wc  hope  slic 
will  write  some  more.  There  are  many  kind 
fathers  and  mothei-s  who  love  to  do  till  fcliey  can 
to  make  every  little  hoy  and  RJrl  happy. 


Wk  must  nsk  onr  little  writere  to  change  their 
imtiug  a  little.  Yon  know  if  you  all  tell  wliei-e 
yon  go  to  school  and  what  you  slndy.  it  will 
soon  lire  you.  We  tliinl:,  therefore,  you  should 
ivrite  >^i>me  about  things  in  the  Bible.  Tiieve  you 
win  fiuii  nice  niiitier  abont  great  iind  jsi.uil  men, 
what,  ilj.y  did,  or  what  God  did  l>y  them.  Do 
not  \\>-  di^conrased,  but  write  nbont.  all  the  good 
ihiii-.-i  liiujid  in  the  Bible,  about  meelinirf,  and 
good  works. 


SiSTKit  J.  S.  Thomn-:  of  Philudelphi;..  write.s; 
"  Little  Iva  has  written  yon  <inite  a  letter,  bein!; 
verv  nnich  in  syinp""i.'''  i^'i'l^  """  '''"''■  '"'J' 
wlioFe  father  is  too  poor  to  take  the  Bhkthtiek 
AT  WuiiK.  She  wishes  me  to  subscribe  for  him 
for  one  year,  i)eginning  with  this  week's  issue. 
"f  ~-  ■-  I  try  to  eneonrage  a  working  .spirit  with- 
in my  little  one.^,  and  1  thint-  my  eHnrta  are  not 
fruitier-." 

AVe  lu'e  glad  to  Icam  that  yon  are  trying  to 
inftil  into  jour  oliapriug  the  idea  of  mrfiilwa.'i 
in'this  life.  "  To  do  good,  and  to  comtuunicatu, 
forget  not." 


TO  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

I  WILL  here  relate  to  you  how  unnghtyiihoy 
was  one  time.  Hia  name  was  Alfred.  When 
he  became  a  man  he  told  the  following  story  to 
his  boys,  how  ho  nbnsed  liis  mother  when  a 
boy.  He  did  not  want  to  go  to  school,  so  he 
went  down  town  and  Iiis  mother  ciiuie  after 
him  mid  called  him  home;  lie  refused  to  come 
fit  first,  hut  at  lost  he  followed  her  home.  Now 
she  entreats  him  once  more  to  go  to  school,  but 
Alfred's  reply  was,  "  No  I  won't  go,"  She  took 
him  by  the  bmid  and  told  him  he  must  do  one 
of  two  things;  he  locknl  np  in  his  room,  or  go 
to  school.  What  do  yon  think  the  answer  was 
to  his  mother  :-•  "  Mother,  I  will  kick  you  if  yon 
lock  me  up,"  and  ho  raised  his  foot  and  kicked 
her,  and  his  mother  staggered  biick,  as  slie  wiis 
a  n-eakly  mother.    Just  then  a  man  passed  by 

1  she  called  him  in  and  told  him  to  take  Al- 
fred aiid  lock-  him  ni).  So  AllVed  found  himself 
a  prisoner,  but  ho  soon  fell  risleep,  and  at  twi- 
light he  heard  a  footstep  lit  the  door.  His  sister 
hud  come  to  ask  him  what  she, should  tellhis 
mother  for  him. 

'■Nothing,"  replied  Alfred, 

Soon  Ilia  mother  came  to  the  door  and  said, 

Alfred,  my  son."  The  voice  of  a  gentle  moth- 
er thiiUed  him,  hat  he  said  he  was  not  sorry  for 
wiiat  he  had  done;  so  he  fell  asleep  again.  He 
was  agaiji  awakened  from  sleep  hy  his  sister.     , 

■■  Alfred,  get  lip,"  she  said,  "  mother  is  dying 
idth  palpitation  ol'the  heart." 

Now  Alfred  was  willing  to  jisk  his  mother  to 
forgive  him,  hut  mollier  could  not  speak  any 
juoro,  but  took  his  hand  and  pressed  it  as  a  to- 
ken of  forgiveness. 

I  know  there  is  not  one  so  had  that  writes  for 
the  Home  Circle,  as  this  hoy  was.  I  have  re- 
lated this  lor  a  warning  to  hojs  and  girls. 

TJscLE  Jons. 


column  for  the  children,  I  iim  positive  he  will 
welcome  more  of  your  little  letters,  if  you  write 
them  as  good  ivs  the  one  yon  sent.  You  espect 
to  sometime  belong  to  the  church  of  the  Breth- 
ren, if  the  Lord  spares  you.  I  hoi)e,  dear  Emma, 
that  the  Lord  mU  spare  your  life  until  you  are 
niimhered  with  His  people;  hut  do  not  make 
your  "  sometime"  loo  long.  There  are  many  lit- 
tle girls,  even  at  the  age  you  are  now,  that  have 
given  their  hearts  to  Jesus,  and  followid  His 
foot-steps  by  heiug  baptized  "  ill  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghout" 
(Matt.  2S-.  19).  But  there  arc  a  great  many  men 
iind  women,  as  well  as  hoys  and  girls,  who  make 
their  somrlinir  too  far  distant,  so  that  God  calls 
them  from  this  world  ere  they  have  repented  of 
their  sins,  and  thus  they  stand  before  a  just  and 
avenging  God  unprepared  for  the  great  and  aw- 
ful change.  Hope  your  somclimc  will  be  soon, 
that  yon  arc  a  lamb  of  Jesus'  inld.  Hope  toaee 
more  of  your  good,  little  lettci-s  in  the  BitUTU- 
iiEN  AT  Woiiiv.  1  may  then  write  to  you  some- 
time again.  1  always  love  to  write  to.  and  for 
the  children. 

Affectionately, 

EslllA-  R.  STIFI.EIi, 

Huir,(litiphiii--i,  Pu. 


CHILDRE^r  AT    WORK. 


J  began  to  mingle  with  them 
ind  forgot  the  commanduLents 
*  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  God, 
n  to  the  king  of  Mesopotaniia, 


ISRAEL    IN    CANAAN. 

Or  It  yi.uiij.  readevs  who  read  the  Bible,  no 
dniibl  hiivr  Ic.irned  much  about  the  journey 
id'llie  l.-r^i.-literi  from  Egypt  to  Canaan.  You 
have  learned  that  through  iniicli  siilleriiig  they 
finally  entered  the  promised  land  under  the  lend- 
ei-ship  of  Joshua.  Though  they  had  manj- 
trials  n|i  to  that  time,  they  were  slow  to  learn 
from  the  Lord.  Even  when  in  the  laud  of  Ca- 
naan, they  did  not  hehavc  as  God's  children 
should,  hence  He  had  to  punish  them  olten. 
They  got  proud  and  wanted  to  do  things  their 
own  way.  God  in  many  ways  tried  to  prove 
them,  whether  they  would  "  keep  the  way  of  the 
Lord  to  walk  therein."  For  this  reason  the 
liord  would  not  drive  out  hastily,  the  nations 
who  po6sessedthebiii'l-r''^!i.'  !■:  Ibt....!:  Ilk 
time  to  that.    In  niii  r  .  ■    '  ■"  '  i     -  li-i;  ■  .i    lb' 

left  in  the  land  id'Tai-     -■.\- 1-\   iiii- 

itey,  Anionites,  Pe' 
Soon  the  Israelite 
in  tlu'ir  idolatry. : 
of  the  Lord.  Thi 
hence  He  sold  Ihoi 

■\vliieh  kiii'^  they  served  eight  yeiir.>.  This  wie^ 
their  hi-:^t  punishment  and  took  pbue  about  llf- 
ty  yciu-s  alter  they  had  entered  the  land  of  'Ca- 
naan. 

Thcv  so(ni  felt  their  bondage  to  he  severe 
hriK'i'  .lii'd  unto  the  Lord  to  deliver  them.  Tin 
Lord  livavd  their  cries,  and  raised  uiiOliniiel 
whil  liiini;fbt  them  out  safely  and  jadged  then 
forty  ye;ii-^.  But  no  sooner  was  Othniel,  tlieir 
gocirl  ruler  dead,  than  they  did  evil  again:  so  the 
Lord  strengthened  Eglin,  king  of  Moab.  who 
smote  the  children  of  Israel,  and  they  had  to 
serve  tills  king  eighteen  years.  You  sec,  the 
Lord  made  their  fii-st  punishment  light,  only 
eight  yeai-s  in  bondage,  hut  the  second  time  they 
forgot  Him,  He  made  the  punishment  longer— 
eighteen  years  instead  of  eight. 

1  have  given  you  this  sketch  of  Israel's  trouh- 
les,  that  you  may  learn  a  useful  leaaou  for  your- 
selves, llemember  that  the  6rst  sin  opens  the 
way  to  another,  and  that  it  i-  u>A  .-alV  iu  l;iiiipt.T 
with  the  >:o,«hie« mid  meivyni  i  In  l,.„il.  Nev- 
er think  that  MMce  He  wu,  r.,-y  uitb  v"i  ni 
yoar  liwt  error,  that  He  will  be  ja>t  iis  eiu-y  witli 
you  iu  the  second  and  thinl.  God  is  just,  and 
makefi  no  allowance  for  sin,  hut  does  for  your 
weakness.  The  safer  way.  then  is.  to  keep  near 
the  Lord,  luid  He  will  never  forsiJie  you, 


DO  ALL  THE  GOOD  YOU  CAN. 

BeorChihhrii:— 

I  HAVE  rend  your  nice  little  lettei-s.  Hike 
to  read  them  and  hear  you  tell  that  yon  love 
your  pa  and  nui,  and  Jesus.  And  if  you  love 
them,  you  do  not  want  to  do  anything  that  would 
displease  them,  so  yon  want  to  he  obedient  mid 
kind  to  pa  and  ma,  and  he  kind  to  brothers, 
teis.  friends  and  playmates  whether  richer  or 
poorer  than  you  are.  If  your  parentslove  Jesus 
iiud  obey  Him  as  they  -should,  and  I  hope  they 
do,  this  will  plciise  them,  and  I  know  it  will ! 
please  Jesus,  for  He  is  no  respecter  of  pei-sons; 
He  loves  the  poor  little  boys  and  girls  iis  well  as 
the  rich  ones.  Now  il'  auj-  little  boy  or  gkl  who 
thinks  they  arc  poor,  slionhl  rend  this,  if  they 
love  Jesns,  I  hope  they  will  trust  Him,  and  I 
hope  your  parent.3  have  taught  you  that  He 
no  sorrow  apon  us  but  Im  our  own  good. 
If  you  do  not  love  Him,  I  hope  you  soon  will, 
and  read  the  Bible  as  soon  as  j'ou  can  read,  then 

III  will  leavn  ho\v  rich  those  are  wlio  love  Je- 

s,  and  lay  up  treieinres  in  heaven. 

I  thought  as  Grandpa  and   Uncle  Thomas 

rote  a  letter,  perhaps  one  from  Aunt  Katie 
ivonld  ho  welcome.     I  am  glati  to  see  the  little 
folks  all  '..rying  to  do  a  little.     I  ha^e  selected  a 
little  piece  for  the  BitKTnuEX  at  Workj  the  ti- 
tle is  "  Do  a  Little."  and  I  thought  I  would  try 
and  do  a  little  by  writing  you  this  letter,  and 
some  more  selections.    As  I  cannot  write  much, 
I  am  willing  to  select,  and  1  hope  lean  do  a  little 
to  help  the  brethren  make  tlieir  good  paper  in- 
teresting.    I     '11  t  II  tl     ft!      f  f 
.ielections;  it         I  D      1 1        \               M  tl 
er."     If  the  I      tl         ll      k   t       I  1 1    f      tl 
pajier,andpr    t  t  I          t           II  to       d  t    B  t 
II   1        1  ttl    H  Id 
1    tl     1  1  I              1th      t  1 


A  WARNING  TO  THE  YOUNG. 

D.:ttrB>rl)u-ni:- 

AS  I  rend  in  the  BnrauKK.\-  at  Wohk,  tin/. yon 
ivmild  like  to  have  all  little  girls  and  boys 
write  ledei-s  to  you,  so  I  will  try  to  write  one, 
though  I  am  iinlte  young.  I  will  he  thirteen 
years  of  age  in  this  month.  (Dec.)  I  will  now 
hcgiu  my  Huhject. 

"  At  the  same  time  came  the  disciples  unto 
.Icsus,  saying,  Who  is  the  greatest  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven?  And  Jesus  called  a  little  child 
unto  him,  and  set  him  in  the  midst  of  them, 
s;iid.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  EMept  ye  ho  ( 
verted  and  hccomo  as  little  children,  ye  shall  not 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven"  (Matt,  IS: 
1-3).  Perhaps  some  think  it  will  be  hard  to 
become  as  a  little  child. 

Jesus  says.  "  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor 
and  are  la^iivy  hiden,  and  1  ^^ill  give  you  rest. 
'L'iike  my  yoke  upon  you,  aud  learn  of  me.  for  I  . 
am  meek  and  lowly  in  iieart:  and  ye  shall  lin.l 
rest  unto  your  souls.  For  luy  yoke  is  eas,y  and 
niv  burden  is  light"  (Matt.  ll:2S-aO).  0.  there 
arc  thousands  that  come  to  get  rest  for  their 
souls,  and  there  are  yet  millions  who  can  get 
rest,  but  they  don't  think  about  rest  for  their 
souls  as  long  as  they  are  well:  but  sorrowful  is 
the  ease  to  those  who  put  the  ejusy  yoke  otf  too 
long,  and  then  the  burden  is  heavy.  Jesus  is 
idways  calling  siiinei-s  to  Him.  He  is  calling, 
calling  lo-clay. 

Let  us  attend  to  His  cries  hefote  we  hecoine 
old  men  and  women,  iis  it  is  the  case  with  a  poor 
old  neighbor  of  cure,  who  did  not  attend  to  oaj- 
dear  Savior's  cries  while  young;  now  he  is  about 
sixty  years  of  age,  and  he  lies  on  his  bed  of  pahi, 
groaning  and  saying, "  Don't  put  it  oil  too  long." 
Don't  put  it  off  loo  long,  is  a  warning,  and  now 
he  is  trying  to  take  the  easy  yoke  of  our  Lord 
Jesns  Christ  upon  liim,  and  I  hope  the  Lord 
will  help  hiui  even  in  death.  Let  us  work  while 
it  is  called  lo-day;  tomorrow  it  may  be  too  late. 
I  write  this  iei  a  warning  to  the  young. 

Er.iZAiiF.TU  Ciruoivi,. 
Bmd/ortl.  Ohio. 


Fi'oni  Mary  J.  Sylcr. — I  am  young  in  years. 

hut  have  come  out  from  the  world  and  am  try- 
to  serve  the  Lord.     And  I  shall  rdso  try  to 
obey  my  parents  whenever  I  can.     I  goto  school, 

and  to  meeting.     AVe  have  no  Siridiv-.l 1 

so  we  go  to  Bro.  Glieks.  wh>  M    > Ml,.   [:.- 

hie,  and  he  teaches  us.     W;i-   '  ■■!    '     ■  i  ' 

2nd.  and  love  my  Savior  inid    ui;,   lii.nn.- I 

aistci^.  I  want  to  he  a  good  girl  so  the\  «ill 
love  me.  0,  I  hope  some  of  my  dear  school- 
mates who  are  yet  away  from  Jesus  will  giv^' 
their  hearts  to  Hira!  I  was  once  in  their  con- 
dition, but  God  g.ave  me  grace  to  change.  I  love 
my  school-mates,  my  teacher,  and  you  too,  my 
dear  editors.  Pray  for  lue,  that  1  may  be 
faithful. 
Fldff  Sp-iuy,  Mo. 

Fi-oni  Iva  M.  Tlioimis.— Dmt-  Ndihrs.—l 
am  nine  yeai-s  old.  I  go  to  school,  am  in  I  he 
fourth  division,  secondary.  I  study  reading, 
writing,  spelling,  geography,  luid  arithmetic. 
II  have  esamination  soon,  and  I  think  T 
will  he  promoted.  Oar  Sunday-school  is  on 
Marshall  street,  helow  Girard  Avcinie.  I'apa  is 
Superintendent.  We  have  one  session  com- 
mencing at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  Sahhnth  al'lernnons 
M  a  Mission  Sunday-school,  next  door 
but  one  to  our  own  home.  Every  Satiirdny  at 
:5:30  P.M.  we  go  to  Missionary  Sehool.     We 

have  some  veryijle:i-^;iiil  ' i' -'-^y 

is  trying  to  support  i  i.in-  ,;ii'  .■  Lnl.-  ii,. ti 

girl."  Sister  Lilla  is  uw  ■.(  I.I,.-  MiLinr.-i  ,.ii.l  I 
am  Treasurer.  The  olKeers  take  turns  in  h.'iul- 
ing  the  meetings. 

Mi.ss  Cora  B.  Emiiieri:  In  answer  to  your 
([uestioii  f  will  say,'  the  little  hoy's  name  was 
Samael,  and  we  read  about  huii  iu  lirst  hiamiiel, 
third  cluiptei-.  To  A.  J.  Uohinson'.s  (lae.-tion,  I 
would  iay,  Ihrid  would  be"  the  conect  answer. 
And  in  turn  will  ;isk.  What  name  in  (he  Bible 
is  precisely  the  same  backward  and  fonvurd':' 
EiuluMil  i-hwe  bud  SI-.MIfor  which  send  the 
UK,.nii.i.x  ArWoKKtnA-.l.K  .  :\ii.-|.r's  Station, 


You  will  leam 
I  spoke  of. 
Shi  I II  noil 


li       IE 


III 


DON'T     GIRLS 


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111 


TO     EMMA    A     GILLER      OF 
PLYMOUIH    IND 

I.AM  personally  a  perfect  stranger  to  you. 
Know  only  what  I  learaed  from  your  good, 
little  letter,  which  occurred  in  No.  49  of  the 
BuETiiRES  AT  WoHK.  You  have  truly  written 
a  Very  good  letter  for  one  of  your  age,  it  being 
your  liret  letlcr.  There  were  several  phrases 
[parts  of  sentences)  which  greatly  attr.acted  my 
attention,  aud  for  this  reason  I  write  this. 

That  you  are  hut  "ten  yeai-s  old,"  and  with 
"  pleasure  write-'  these  lines  you  sent.  In  this 
you  have  t^cn  the  right  step.  If  you  improve 
your  time  iu  a  good  and  noble  cause  while  you 
are  young,  you  may  expect,  if  you  live,  to  grow 
up  a  good  and  virtuous  woman.  It  must  surely 
he  a  great  comfort  to  your  parents  to  have  such 
a  good,  little  girl  that  takes  pleasure  in  writing 
for  our  good  paper. 

Since  Bro.  Eshelman  has  taken  charge  of  the 
"Home  Circle"  department,  and   has  n  speciid 


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From  HorttMise   Leai-.— /' 


•  F.diln,:—  \ 
your  viilnable 


will  try  and  write  a  i,w  h^n'. 
paiier.  It  is  the  tii-st  letter  I  liave  written  for 
the  BUKiniiES  AT  Wohk.  I  am  nctpiainted 
with  one  of  the  editors.  My  parents  belong  1" 
(he  Brethren  church.  Wclivealmit  seven  miles 
I'lom  the  chuvch.  and  the  roads  have  been  .-o  bad 
Ibis  Fall  that  we  have  not  been  to  meeting  for 

some  time.     I  ]ii.-e  t"  ■■"  to  „ linr.  v,..iy  much. 

1  ivuntto  Siiuda\---i  !■  l  !■■  '  ^'  KHier.  I  g..  to 
diiy-school  also;  inn  .  .iiim.  i.  ■>  liist.  lam 
twelve  yeai-3  old.  I  n'll  .I,...-  |,.,  Ilijs  lime,  If 
this  letter  escape  the  waste  basket,  1  will  write 
again. 

Urhumi,  III 

Froiii  Nancy  E.  Koriiiah.— I  am  ten  years 
old.  I  go  to  school  and  my  studies  are  reading, 
writing,  spelling,  and  arithmetic.  On  the  7th 
of  December  iu  the  evening  I  went  In  bed. 
About  eleven  o'clock  I  woke  up;  there  lay  uiy 
sweet  sister  Ida  on  a  hoaril,  dressed  in  ivhi(e, 
and  my  father,  mother,  brothers -and  sisters, 
standing  around  her  imd  crying.  She  was  dead. 
Aged  1  year,  S  months  and  iiS  days.  Let  ns  all 
try  to  meet  her. 

"Deai'est  Ida,  thou  hast  loft  us, 
Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel; 

Bat  'tis  God  that  hath  bereft  ua, 
H      an  dl  onr sorrjws  heal" 


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tl       fel  t      I    i  J  t  pt   t     q     I  I 

ygui-aelves  for  the  responsible  position  m  which 
it  places  you.  You  need  all  that  time  of  your 
life  to  tit  your.selves  for  it.  Don't  give  yonr 
time  and  talents  to  the  world,  or  to  seeking  (he 
things  of  time  and  sense  that  perish  with  their 
using.  God  has  created  you  for  a  uohler  pur- 
pose, and  made  you  ac'coimtahle  for  what  He 
has  given  you.  Don't  sell  your  birthright  for  a 
mess  of  pottage. 

Selected  by  Jexnie  Mykrs. 
6W.n(,  hiil. 


It  i 


s  onr  philosophical  curiosity  orijnperli- 
nenco  that  runs  forward  aud  undertakes  to  say 
that  God's  providence  works  in  this  way  or 
that  way,  or  the  other  way.  It  is  the  attempt- 
ing to  arrive  at  an  explanation  of  the  providenc- 
es of  God  that  brings  us  to  grief  iu  onr  reason- 
ing. 


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,        I  tb  tl         1   11      t  f  tit  1  t    tl 

II  1  1  t        d  t     ll 

1        11    1  ttl   1  Ik      I  t  t  I     t  tl    I 

1        b  t     3    1      tl        1  1  1      II  t 

1  11    t  I  d  I  tt  It 

,  I  th  t  11  1  Id  I  t  II  tc  I 
more  than  newspapers  or  novels.  We  have 
meeting  here  every  week.  Our  preachers'  names 
arc  Daniel  Mast  and  J.  W.  Gephiirt.  I  like  to 
go  to  meeting  and  hear  them  preach.  Dear 
young  readers,  go  to  meeting  when  you  can  aud 
iiear  the  Gospel  preaclied.  Let  us  all  trj-  and 
be  faithful  the  few  more  days  we  hiivetolive 
here  in  this  world,  and  wlien  the  time  will  come 
that  we  must  leave,  we  may  meet  each  other  in 
heaven,  where  parting  is  known  no  more. 
Cormll,  III. 


I F  you  would  be  kind,  good,  useful  and  happy, 
control  your  temper.  Never  allow  youi-self  to 
be  disturbed  by  mere  trifles,  but  with  firm  trust 
in  your  Muster,  leap  over  them  nil.  God  is 
strength  to  those  who  trust  Him;  then  keep 
near  Him  at  all  times,  and  joy  and  pence  shall 
be  yours. 


January    31. 


TI-IE    l^RETHTiElST    ^VT    ^S^^OIIK. 


correspo:nden^ce. 


HOME    MISSION   LABOR    IN    EAST- 
ERN  OHIO. 


1  from 
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(■OltDINCi  to  previous  arruiiyuuioiits,  and 
iioiinceuic'ut,  Bro.  G.  V.  KoHhf,  of  New 
I'liil.i:!.-lpl.iji.  Oliio,  arrivi-<l  at  Wiirnoclt,  Ohio, 
oil  I liu  evening  ol' Jiin.  'Jt\i,  and  commcuceil  a 
sc-riua  of  meetings  on  the  evpninj;  of  the  lOtli; 
contiiming  from  day  to  day,  closing  on  the  even- 
ing of  tlic  ISlli,  having  five  aecwsions  during 
till.'  lime  occupied.  The  Word  was  jireaclied 
ivilli  jiowcr.  Whilf  si  lints  were  made  to  rejoice 
in  thp>  [nrrioiis  promise  of  tlie  d'ospel.  ainuen; 
wrtv  iw.i.ii-  to  trenihk'  under  its  fearful  contlem- 
natiiins.  There  were  nmny  iilmost.  persmidcd  to 
be  Clii-istians;  may  God  help  them  to  fcpcedily 
turn  from  their  pernicioiis  ways,  and  come  to 
.lesn^,  that  they  nmy  be  saved  upon  the  easy 
terms  of  the  Gospel,  without  money  and  with- 
out pi-iee;  tlint  tliey  may  clioose  that  good  part 
that  will  be  for  their  present  peace  and  eternal 
hapjiiness. 

One-  of  those  that  united  tvith  the  church, 
ciime  nbont  twenty  miles,  through  the  storm, 
having  never  heard  the  Brethren  preach  until 
atonv  series  of  nu'otings  in  November  last;  there 
he  heard  tlie  Tnilli  i\s  lie  never  beard  it  before, 
ami  now  is  in  the  cliurch  with  ns. 

We  have  a  large  field  here  for  laborers,  and 
there  is  now  a  base,  or  center  formed,  around 
which  may  be  gathered  many  precious  souls. 
Ti      1i  1 1  is  1  b    11 

tl  I    Id    t    I  tl    1 1       d  M 

11     I     tl  1       trs)  II 

f  Id    tt  J       g    t      d 

t  f  fn^  II 

I  til 

litl     I       I    h    l|l    t    t       11      t    1 

t  1  hi      t    t  m  uj  f     tl    1 1 

t  I  tl        1  i         h    h  1 

t         di  1       I     nsb        1         1  "  t 

t  I!   I         1    lltl     n   ml   r.         f  II    t  f  tl 
d       1     M     tl    L     I  tl       (    tl        1 

confinn  theu'  Iiopo,  and  perfeut  tliein  iu  love. 

We  will  now  inaku  our  desire  known  to  the 
Brethren,  and  I  speak  the  sentiments  of  every 
one  of  our  bi-ethren  and  sisters  at  this  place,  and 
wii-i  iMriR-sHy  reipiested  to  do  so  by  Bro.  Koliar, 
td.say  tothceliureh,  and  the  committee  of  ar- 
raiipT'-'iiK-uts  for  Home  Mission  labor,  of  the  N. 
E.  District  of  Ohio,  that,  through  the  labors  of 
the  bictliren  that  have  been  sent  to  Ibis  jioint, 
and  the  blessing  of  God  upon  their  labors  in 
the  salvation  of  tivcnty-oue  precious  souls  at 
■  this  jilace  of  mission  labor,  that  the  number 
(|uivcs,  and  the  time  has  arrived,  that  (beif  be 
an  organization  etfcctcd  at  tbenest  appointmcnt 
wbich  is  announced  to  be  Feb.  Stli.  We  think 
it  is  necessary  to  ovganixe  at  this  place,  in  order 
to  a  better  discipliuo  and  course  of  iustruetion 
aui.ing  us,  as  many  of  our  menibci-s  are  young, 
and  need  inslniction,  that  they  may  grow  in 
grace,  and  in  the  light  and  knowledge  of  the 
Truth  as  it  is  iu  Christ  Jesus. 


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more  frequent,  until  now  we  feel  very  much  en-  j 
conr.iged  with  our  number  of  about  ninety,  of 
which  three  arc  ministers,  and  four  de; 
We  have  no  ordained  elder.  We  are  rather 
scattered,  and  poor;  notwithstanding,  all  seem 
interested  in  the  cause  they  have  espoused,  mid 
■press  forward  in  the  good  work  they  have  begun. 
The  greater  part  of  the  members  I  believe,  take 
the  church  papers.  The  body  of  our 
tion  lives  about  twenty  miles  from  the  nearest 
railroad  point.  On  this  account,  we  are  not  s 
often  favored witli  visits  from  traveling  brethren, 
as  those  who  live  along  the  main  lines  of  rail- 
road travel. 

Our  ministers  have  been  ably  helped  this  Fall, 
by  brethren  J.  W.,  Beer,  J.  B.  Wampler  and  .1. 
jV-  Sell,  reviving  iis,  and  directing  us  jn  the  good 
work  we  have  begun.  If  our  home  ministei-s 
me  not  always  able  to  give  us  scholarly  disconre- 
es,  they  are  always  able  to  tell  the  story  of  the 
Cross,  and  teach  ns  great  and  good  lessons  by 
their  exemplary  lives,  convei-sation,  their  inter- 
coni-se  with  their  neighbors,  and  others  witli 
whom  they  conic  in  contact.  I  sometimes  feel 
that  we  do  not  discharge  our  duty  toward  our 
ministei's,  giving  them  the  necessary  encourage- 
ment they  so  richly  deserve,  in  doing  so  well  as 
they  do;  so  mmiy  of  them  having  such  a  limited 
education,  and  fighting  the  enemy  at  such  great 
odds.  Brctbi-en,  it  was  our  voice  that  put  them 
wlieie  they  are,  now  let  us,  with  one  accord,  take 
them  by  the  arm  and  help  them  over  the  rugged 
steps  they  have  to  climb.     May  that  Power  that 


elsewhere.  People  listen  with  great  interest, 
the  doctrine  to  them  is  new,  though  eightc 
hundred  years  of  age. 

Went  from  there  to  the  southern  part  of 
Neosho  Co.,  where  we  held  some  tneeiings. 
Tliero  was  not  a  very  good  interest,  some  seem 
to  be  asleep.  I  am  now  in  Labette  Co., 
writing  from  the  house  of  Bro.  Wall.  Have 
hod  three  meetings.  Brother  D.  Harader  is 
with  me  here.  The  prospects  are  not  very  en- 
couraging, bad  ro.ads  and  bad  weather  work 
against  us,  hero  as  well  as  elsewhere. 

We  expect  to  commence  a  series  of  meetings 
in  Bourbon  Co.,  on  the  Sth  inst.  Hope  our  la- 
bors will  be  blessed  with  success.  There  is  call 
afler  call  for  iircaching  here  in  southern  Kan- 
sas. Much  good  could  be  done,  if  the  brethren 
would  show  more  of  a  missionary  spirit.  Other 
denominations  have  not  the  money  to  hii-e  sal- 
aried preacher;  now  is  the  time  to  work. 

D.  HoDODEy. 

Jan.  72.  1S7S. 


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U'aniock,  Ohio. 

FROM    GRANT,     PA. 

/>«!•  Bielhitii: — 
fllHIRTY  yeai-s  ago  or  more,  there  were  a  few 
X  Brethren,  who  moved  Iroia  other  congre- 
gations irito  the  pines,  about  where  our  clmrch 
now  stands,  which  formed  the  nucleus  around 
which  othei-s  gathered  afterwards,  from  time  to 
time  by  iniinignition  and  annexation,  until,  at 
length,  it  wiis  thought  prudent  to  orgmiize  this 
little  band  into  a  regular  church  orgauismtiou. 
These  old  pioneer  brethren  worked  hard  and 
zealously  in  the  good  Mastt-r's  cause,  agi 
great  odds,  by  precept  and  example,  until  at  last 
they  brought  about  what  they  so  devotedly  de- 
sired. Some  of  them  ai-e  yet  with  us,  as  living 
marks  of  temperance,  industry,  mid  economy. 

The  number  of  the  faithful,  little  band,  still 
gradually,  but  slowly  increased,  until  they  felt 
like  having  a  house_  to  worehip  in.  An  effort 
was  put  forth  and  a  beginning  wils  nmde  about 
the  commencement  of  our  late  war.  But  as  the 
national  pulse  indicated  the  war  fever  growing 
stronger,  bloodshed  and  carnage  the  order  of  the 
day,  the  little  band  was  frustrated,"  discouraged, 
and  abandoned  the  erection  of  the  house  until 
another  and  successful  effort  wils  made  about 
1870.  Now  we  have  a  good,  substantiid,  com- 
modious house,  dedicated  to  the  service  of  Christ, 
and  the  cause  of  building  up  and  enlarging  Hi.s 
K'ingilom.  We  lu-e  living  in  harmony  \vith  eaeh- 
olbec  I  believe  all  are  striving  together  in  the 
common  cause  of  redeeming  those  on  thedoim- 
wiml  road  to  destruction  and  death,  and  elevate 
ourselves  to  a  higher  degree  of  uiefuliiess  in  this 
life,  ami  immortal  glory  iu  the  unseen  world. 

Since  the  erection  of  our  house  of  worship,  the 
addition  of  members  in  the  church  has  been 


B    n         ^^         \  p     I    a    t  ,1, 

ilk  tl  tl         vill  f     t   f     od 

fl     i    1      tl  1    and  is         f     J        ig 

g     t    t  tl  f  t!    1      1      tj    t  /i- 

on.  Oh,  how  I  do  love  to  hear  of  the  many 
souls  that  are  brought  to  Jesus  through  the  en- 
terprise of  the  church  jiapors,  and  the  energetic 
ministers,  who  are  placed  oil  the  walls  of  Zion, 
l»roelaimiiig  glad  tidings  of  good  news  to  per- 
ishing creatures,  famishing  for  the  Bread  of 
Life! 

God  bless  you  dear  brethren,  and  humbly  con- 
tinue in  the  great  work  you  have  begun,  is  my 
prayer.  The  children's  papera  arc  doiugagood 
k  too — a  noble  work  1  dare  say.  They 
iild  Ijc  (akeu  in  every  family,  and  jilacod  in 
the  hands  of  .-very  child  of  the  church,  and  ns 
many  children  outof  the  church  sis  possible.  . 
mcmbois  of  tiie  cburch  iu\-  not  able  to  take  tli 
papers,  I  believe  it  Js  the  hii2)eivlire  duly  of 
those  brethren  who  are  more  favored  with  this 
\'.'orld'B  goods,  to  siipi)ly  such,  Brethi-en,  apply 
the  goldui  rule;  place  the  poor  in  your  stead, 
and  you  in  theii-s,  Ihou  think  what  you  would 
have  them  do. 

With  my  be.4  wishes  and  prayers  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  enterprise  in  which  you  are  engaged. 


Fraternally  Yoi 


FROM    KANSAS. 


I  LEFT  my  home   . 
thel 


Ind. 


!iuitingdon  Co, 
lOth  of  December  for  Kansas.  As  the 
calls  for  preaching  seem  to  be  very  numerous,  I 
concluded  to  throw  in  my  mite.  I  first  went 
to  Neosho  county.  Landed  there  the  16th  and 
wiw  soon  under  the  parental  roof,  having  beiU 
absent  nearly  three  years.  "Be  it  over  so  humble, 
there  is  no  place  like  home."  We  commenced 
meeting  soon  after.  Had  good  attendance  most 
of  the  time  ;  preuuhed  eight  discourses  in  all. 

The  church  seemed  revived  and  sinners  im- 
pressed with  the  duty  they  owe  to  the  heaven- 
ly jiarent.  Fioui  there,  in  company  with  fath- 
er, we  went  to  the  Brethren  in  Montgomery 
Co,,  found  tliein  alive  in  the  work.  The  bad 
weather  at  this  place,  was  considerable  of  a 
hindrance,  and  our  expectations 
what  blighted.  There  were  but  lour  appoint- 
ments that  the  people  could  attend.  Consider- 
able interest  was  manifested,  and  could  we  have 
staid  longer,  I  think  the  Lord  would  have  bless- 
ed our  labore  bountifully.  Tears  flowed  freely 
from  all  and  we  felt  that  the  Lord  was  with  ns. 
Felt  very  loath  to  leave,  but  our  cngagemeuts 
hud  been  made  ahead.  We  found  about  thirty 
mcmberahere.  Bro.  Schrock  of  Elk  Co.,  has 
recently  moved  in  their  midst.  Hopehislabors 
will  be  of  great  benefit.  Brethren,  traveling, 
will  please  remember  them;  they  live  south  of 
Indopendouce. 

A  great  many  brethren  come  to  Kansas  to 
preach,  but  it  seems  the  most  of  them  stay  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  State.  Go  and  come 
to  the  southern  part  of   the  State  as  well  as 


From  Sliiloh  Chnvch,  Va,— On  the27th  of 
Dee.,  we  started  to  Shiloh  church,  Barbour  Co., 

W.  Va,,  to  attend  a  series  of  meetings  which 
had  commenced  on  the  25th;  arrived  at  place  of 
meeting  in  the  evening,  found  brethren  M. 
Fike  and  James  Lilier  of  German  Settlement 
there.  The  meeting  continued,  and  on  the 
'29th,  brethren  Z.  and  G.  W.  Aiiuon  from  Thorn- 
ton Station  cnme.  They  remained  until  the 
31st.  Brethren  Pike  and  Liiler  had  left  the 
day  previous.  During  this  time  one  precious 
soul  was  added  to  the  church,  and  one  recbum- 
cd,  being  aniinister  in  the  first  degree.  The  rest 
of  the  brethren  having  left,  we  remained  and 
labored  with  them  until  the  sixth  of  January. 
Eleven  more  were  added  bj-  baptism,  and  there 
are  eleven  more  applicants. 

The  meeting,  upon  the  whole,  was  one  of  the 
most  interesting  I  ever  attended.  Many  of 
those  who  came  out  were  young;  in.iy  the  Loi-d 
help  them  to  put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God, 
and  may  they  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord  val- 
iantly and  endure  hardness  as  good  soldiers  of 
Jesus  Christ.  The  brethren  and  sisters  have 
my  thanks  for  their  kindness  to  me  while  with 
them. 

W.  A.  Gaunt. 
From  Eiig:Iisli  Prairio,  Iml.  —  Brethren 
Jeremiah  Gumj)  and  Samuel  Fields  came  here 
mid  held  a  series  of  meetings  at  our  churcli, 
and  also  at  the  M.  E.  chiirdi,  fourmites  Nortii- 
west  of  our  church.  They  commenced  meet- 
lUg  on  the  evening  of  the  fourth  inst.,  antl  con- 
tinued until  the  evening  of  the  tenth.  TIi 
suit  of  Uieir  labors  was,  one  soul  made  willing 
to  unite  idth  the  people  of  God,  and  we  believe 
many  more  wei'c  almost  pei-suadcd  to  come  to 
Christ,  May  the  Lord  help  them,  so  they  do 
not  put  it  oir,  till  it  is  too  late.  The  churcli, 
we  trust,  has  been  built  up  in  that  most  holy 
faith.  May  their  laboi-s  be  as  bread  cast  upon 
the  water,  Ihiit  it  may  be  seen  uianj'daysh 
May  the  Lord  bless  them  fortheir  earnest  hiboi-s 
while  with  us, 

E.  HOKKEII. 

Biighlon,  IikL,  Jint.  13, 1S7S. 

From  Pine  Creek  Congregation.— We  me 
still  trying  to  labor  in  the  cause  of  our  Master, 
and  while  we  see  from  time  sinuera  turning  to 
God,  we  are  made  to  thank  God  and  take 
age. 

We  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on  Sun- 
day, the  6th  inst.,  at  the  Center  meeting-house. 
Brother  Thurston  Miller  from  Portage,  and 
Bro.  John  Knisley  from  the  Union  district  were 
with  us  and  labored  faithful,  sparing  no  pains 
in  dealing  out  the  bread  of  life  to  huugry  souls. 
Continued  until  Thursday  evening,  then  chang- 
ed to  another  meeting-house,  about  three  miles 
North.  Being  more  central  and  a  larger  house, 
the  congregations  became  quite  large,  and  the 
best  of  order  prevailed.  On  Sunday  six  were 
immersed,  which  makes  our  numbor  of  acces- 
sions since  last  Spring  thirty-four.  We  now 
number  300  members,  have  four  good  meeting- 
houses. 

J,  N.  Barkhart. 

Walherlon,  Iml. 

From  lown.— Bro,  Eli  Troxel  from  Vinton, 
Iowa  arrived  at  Greene  on  the  third  inst.,  and 
on  the  fourth,  I,  in  company  with  him,  went 
to  Franklin  Co.,  on  the  outskirts  of  our  church 
district,  where  there  are  a  few  members  living. 
Commenced  aseriesof  meetings  the  same  night, 
and  continued  until  the  fonrteenth.  Though 
the  success  was  not  what  it  might  have  been  in 
othci;  localities,  yet  there  was  a  good  interest 
taken  by  the  people  in  that  place.  There  was 
one  applicant  for  admission  into  the  church, 
while  there  were  others  that  are  counting  the 
cost.  What  the  result  will  be  in  the  future,  re- 
mains yet  to  be  seen.     But  the  dear  members 


living  there,  were  much  taken  up  with  the 
preaching  and  thought  that  there  wils  a  foun- 
dation laid  for  good   r«.-.sults   in  (he   future. 

Then  we  came  home  on  the  15th  and  on  the 
Ifith  Bro  Trosel  commonceil  preaching  in  our 
church  in  Greene.  Continued  every  evening 
until  Sunday  night.  Congregation  notso  largo 
but  the  interest  very  good,  and  we  think  good 
impressions  were  made  'on  the  part  of  our  mem- 
bers in  their  holy  catling,  as  well  as  those  that 
stand  outside,  waiting  for  the  moving  of  the 
water. 

J.  F.  ElKEXnKKRY, 

Greene,  In.,  Jan.  32,  lf<78. 

From  Binikirk,'0.— T  will  now  give  you  a 
few  iteiiw  of  church  news,  which  may  be  of 
some  intere.st  to  your  many  readers. 

The  Lonl  has  blessed  ns  in  the  past,  nud  by 
this  we  feel  greatly  encouraged.  On  the  5th 
inst,,  Bro.  John  Wise  of  Pa,,  came  to  ns  and 
remained  with  ns  imtil  the  fourtcculh  inst., 
during  which  time  he  held  forth  the  rit^pcl  in 
jreat  beauty  and  strength,  not  shunnitig  to 
declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.  Though  no 
immediate  niauifestjittons  were  expressed  to  era- 
hark  with  us  in  the  goo<l  cause  yet  the  interest 
ncreased  as  the  meeting  progressed  and  we 
think  lasting  impressions  were  made. 

Just  as  the  rock  was  ready  to  break,  the  meet- 
ings broke  up,  a  circumstance  which  too  often 
occurs,  and  our  beloved  Elder  went  on  his  mis- 
sion to  another  field.  But  the  good  seed  was 
so^vn  and  to  our  joy,  on  the  16inst,,  while  we 
were  in  the  sanctuary,  attending  toourFather's 
business,  a  worthy  young  man,  Mr.  J.  Wheeler 
came  forward  and  desired  to  enter  the  church, 
and  now  we  congratulate  ourselves  that  anoth- 
er brother  in  Christ  is  born  into  the  kingdom  * 
of  God,  We  hope  that  many  more  will  soon 
come  tyid  labor  in  the  good  cause  of  our  bless- 
ed Master. 

S.  T.  BOSSERIIAN, 

Dind-ir/.-,  0.,  Jan.  30.  IhlS. 

From  the  Woodbury  District.— At  a  late 
council  meeting  held  in  the  Woodbury  Dis- 
trict, Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  the  Brethren  agreed  to 
build  another  new  mec ting-house,  35  by  40 
feet,  locitcd  on  the  north  end  of  said  district. 
Love  and  union  seem  to  pre^ad  among  w*  here. 
Souls  m-e  coming  to  Christ  but  min>  mo  j'ct 
out  of  Christ.  May  Go  I  help  us  to  kt  our 
light  so  shine,  that  many  mij  be  ^.on^truned 
to  follow  our  example 

D    S    REILOfllE 

Math.  Pa. 

From  ^laplu  Grove,  Ohio.— Our  church  is 
in  a  healthy  condition  at  present.  V\'e  com- 
menced a  series  of  meetings  on  the  evf-ning  of 
the  5th  of  .Jan.,  and  continued  meeting  twice  a 
day,  until  the  evening  of  the  I4th.  Biethreu 
Henry  Jacobs  and  Wm.  Keifer  of  Cougivi*,  0., 
came  at  the  commencement  and  remained  till 
the  close;  having  the  assistance  of  D.  N.  Work- 
man on  the  evening  of  the  12th,  ijnd  during  the 
13th,  accompanied  by  the  general  attendance  of 
our  own  laborers,  and  the  presence  of  many  of 
our  brethren  and  sistere,  who  were  very  active 
in  singing  songs  of  praises,  and  offering  prayere 
to  the  great  "  I  Am,"  while  the  zeal  manifested 
by  the  speakers,  held  the  audience  in  a  idiain  of 
attention,  evidently  appreciating  a  good  and 
succtasful  meeting.  The  occasion  was  one- of 
solemnity  and  rejoicing;  solemn,  because  many 
sonis  were  not  in  a  safe  condition;  rejoicing,  be- 
cause the  brethren  and  sisfera  were  much  built 
up;  and  when  God  sent  a  visitation  of  His  pow- 
er among  them,  they  wept  for  joy,  to  see 
ten  sistei-a  willing  to  follow  Jesus.  Such  a  re- 
joicing never  was  witnessed  before  in  our  meet- 
house.  When  we  wentfothe  water.alurga 
number  of  people  attended,  to  witness  the  bap- 
tism; Qltbuugh  it  rained  jdl  the  time,  nearly  all 
remained  till  the  close.  All  the  candidates,  ex- 
cept one,  were  young  people,  and  soveri.l  ([uite 
young,  one  only  ten  years  of  age.  Many  tears 
were  shed  on  the  occasion;  all  of  thetamlidates 
■ore  veiy  anxious,  and  could  scarcely  wait  till 
their  turn  cnme.  The  labor  passed  off  very 
Well,  considering  the  youtlifulness  of  several  of 
the  applitants.  It  was  not  excitement  that 
causcil  them  to  come,  but  a  prcnieditaU:d  inten- 
tion for  some  months  previous.  Some  of  the 
younger  ones  urged  it  as  a  duty,  and  pledged 
themselves  to  go,  if  older  ones  wouM;  when 
part  of  the  older  ones  saw  the  determination  of 
the  younger,  and  got  many  Gospel  invitations, 
duty  pressed  hard  upon  them.  Others  were 
made  to  tiemblo;  would  to  God  that  thej-  had 
given  heed  to  what  they  heard,  for  Satan  may 
cnuse  them  to  let  those  sacred  truths  slip. 
Now  kind  readers,  some  of  you  were  witness- 
to  the  greater  part  of  the  above,  and  may  the 
reading  of  it,  stir  your  minds  in  remembrance 
of  that  refreshing  time,  so  that  prayers  may 
cmanaie  from  your  hearts  to  God,  that  peace 
may  be  yours  iu  this  life,  and  joys  ever  new  in 
the  kingdom  of  God.  Wu.  Sadler. 

Ntnif:iii.  Ohio. 


'I'MPJ    BRETHREIsr    .VT    AVOKIC. 


Jannni-T,'     :il . 


OLEA-isriisras. 


From  J.  E.  Iteagy.— Our  series  of  meetiDgs 
Imvp  closed  with  one  nilditioii.  BrotWr  Jeremiah 
Giiiiip  and  Samuel  Fiflda,  lalored  for  ua  during 
our  meetings  ;  long  will  lliuy  I)p  roniombcrcd  I'or 
tlioir  wise  admonitiiins,  Muy  Godalill  aptire  llieni, 
to  go  on  with  tliat  noblo  work.  lurninK  sinnera  to 
God.  We  owe  n  debt  ol'  gmtiludc  to  oiir  m'lui- 
ters  who  are  striving  so  ronnfully,  and  giving  us 
couusel,  that  we  nmy  likewise  discharge  the  work 
thut  is  alloUed  t■^  us. 

At  ibc  present  writing,  geflilel  fever  U  rugiug 
nt  (in  uiarmiiig  extent  in  tliix  locality,  some  ie' 
deaths  have  occurcd.  Oh!  how  neccisnry  il  is  fo 
(is  lo  prepare  for  deiith,  that  we  inny  die  with  the 
sneet  iiasuratjce  of  elcriinl  life. — Bri'jhlon,  Ind. 

From     Jesse   Clllvevt.— Wo  commenwd 
series  of  meetings  here  Jan.  3rd,  closed  my  luhore 
here  to-night  with  twenty  addilinns  by   bnpti 
and   a  large  number  w*vc  almost  persiiiKk-d  lo 
come,     i  was  compelled  to  leave  lo  meet  my 
poiutmeut  at  A&hland,  left  brother  A.  .T.  Clemejjt 
in  chhrgcof  themeeling.     I  hopeiiud  jiriiy  many 
more  will  yet  come.     The  church  wns  much  re- 
vived and  built  up,  nud  nil  said,   bitsied  and  ho- 
ly be  Ihe   name  of  the  Lord  for  ever  mid  erer. 
This  church  has  two  clden^  bi.lh  in  the  decline  of 
lia-,  bill  very  good  ami  faithful  hihoiei^,  anrl  one 
niihiiler  iu  llie   second  degree.    Kldei-9,  John  Swi- 
hai-t  and   Conrad   Kahler;  minisiter,  Kuah  Lgng- 


tour  through  Worth  Co.,  the  Iflller  part  of  Febru- 
ary, provided  the  weather  is  favorable,  and  health 
will  admit.  Will  Bro.  Forney  or  some  one  give 
me  the  oddreia  of  some  of  the  brethren,  residing 
in  Worth,  especially  the  North-east  corner? 

Again  your  welcome  paper  has  made  its  ap- 
pearance. Frequently  we  hear  the  remark  :  "  O, 
how  we  miss  it,"  which  causes  fiuilo  a  sad  coun- 
tenance. When  it  svas  laid  on  the  table,  there 
was  quite  a  change,  such  as  makes  nil  feel  good, 
pleasant  and  happy.  \\'e  wish  you  God's  bless- 
ing. 

"0  hi  hopeful,  he  joyful, 

Ue  faithful  till  then. 
And  n  crown  of  bright  glory  we'll  ivear." 

WirrUonvWc.  Mf>. 

From  S.  Krumbau-jll.— Thearhof  the  Lord 
IB  Still  moving  on  slowly  with  us,  we  have  had  no 
series  of  meetings  for  some  lime.  We  have  regu- 
lar meetings  newly  every  Subbath.  Our  minis- 
terial force  coiiaisLs  of  Jiru.  Jacob  Miller,  elder; 
hrethreiL  Emanuel  Miller  and  Jonathan  Weurick 
ill  the-second  degree.  The  number  of  accessions 
by  Implisui  since  March,  about  eighteen.  Hopi 
the  good  Lord  may  hle--aa!l. 


was  a  loving  wife  and  an  aHeelionnte  mother..  She 
leaves  a  husband  and  little »ou  to  mourn  her  death. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  G.  E.  SliidcbaUer.aecnm- 
panieil  by  Bro.  Alarcits  Fowler  and  Bro.  Jacob 
Delp,  from  Rev.  14  :  13.  Marv  J.  Stets. 


■clcor 


Fi'oiii  Jli'iir.v  Troxcl. 

the  rir.-it  phcc   1  ?eud   gri:ulin!; 

Bnin'niti:N  at  Wohk.  It  hn 
vigils  to  ua  here  in  Te.\-Hs  ;  and 
Low  we  cim  pass  ilio  lime  wil 
in  our  isolated  coudiliou  a\v;iy 


D<-M 


r.rdh-cn  .—In 
il;iy  Lho  Lord 
iilicftlioiioftho 
idc  it.;  welcome 
do  not  know 
I,  its  visits  to  IIS 
mi  the  brother- 


DIED. 


papor, 


J!lNNOXJ  JSTCE  MENTS. 


a  pnper  scpnrulc 


Please  annoniice  that  the  Brethreii  at  Huds*m 
intend,  the  Lurd  willing,  to  hold  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, commencing  on  ihe  Uth  of  February.  Comk 
311,  hrclhreii,  and  help  \is. 

T.  D.  Lvox. 


Please  announce  that  the  District  Meeting  of 
Northern  Ind.,  will  he  held  the  Lord  willing  in 
the  English  Prairie  congregation,  May  9,  1S7S, 
commencing  at  it  o'clock.  Those  coining  from 
the  South,  stop  at  Lagrange  Ceuter,  nud  those 
from  the  North,  slop  at  Lima,  where  the  brethren 
will  meet  them. 

Jis3E  C--\r.vi;BT,  Clerk. 


hood.     We  are  ijiiilc  lonely  iicte  in  this  new  coun- 
try-;  wc  have   moved   about    twenty  miles  West 
from  where  we  were,  lo  Cj;iy  county.  We  like  this 
place  very  well;  have  taken  up  school  land,   and 
are  on  it,  espcei  lo  make  it  our  home.     We  hope 
soiue  of  our  dear   brethren  who  wish  to  get  cheiip 
aud  good  land,  will    come  here.     I  tliinij  this 
heidthy  coiiulry  and  Ihccliiuiile  is  mild  and  pleas- 
ant.    The  soil  is  gi:>od,  and    the  face  of  the  con; 
try  lovely:  also  some  praitic  ami  timber.    A\ 
arc  about  four  luilcs   Sonlh   of  Bulllilo  Spring 
East  of  the  Wire  Kond.— i>ec.  30.  1877. 

Fi'om  E.  C.  Packer. — The  work  of  soliciting 
for  the  Ashland  school,  goes  sttadity  on,  and  the 
prospects  are  (hat  Spring  will  see  some  importnnt 
work  done.  I  will  try  and  get  time  to  write  out 
n  more  full  account  of  the  work  done  soon, 
send  lo  YOU  for  publication.  I  think  your  paper 
is  improving  fast.     May    it  continue  to  improve. 

"From  J.  P.  (lisll.— I  received  a  letter  from 
brother  James  R.  Gish,  informing  me  that  you 
was  publishing  a  paper,  now  printed  in  III.  1 
wish  lo  tnkc  it,  and  herewith  send  you  the  money. 
I  wish  some  one  would  seud  us  a  preacher  to 
preach  hero  iu  Hendereou  Co.,  Ky. — Henderson, 
Jan.  12, 1878. 

[Occasionally  we  learn  that  there  arc  somewho 
have  not  yet  heard  of  our  paper.  Hope  some  of 
our  readers  will  send  us  the  mimo  of  someone  in 
every  family  of  members  where  our  paper  fs  not 
rend,  aud  wc  will  take  pleasure  in  sending  sample 
eopies,] 

Fl-0»l  J.  Irvitl.— The  Brethren  of  Beech 
Grove,  have  had  n  scries  of  meeliugs.  Brother 
Rideuhonr  of  Va.,  and  brother  C.  liong  of  la., 

preached  tlio  word  with  power.  Tvs-elve  eouls 
Ijelieved  and  were  hajJliKed,  and  one  made  appli- 
cation. The  brelhren  and  sisteiB  \i'eru  made  to 
rejoice  in  the  God  and  Rock  of  our  salvation. 
Pray  ibr  iis.-^Golden  Corners,  Ohio,  Jun.  lo. 

From  J.  S.  3lollI«r.— Ucnc  Inclkren  : — I  no- 
tice an  error  iu  my  article  on  the  covering,  in  fii-st 
column  fifteenth  line  from  bottom  up,  where  the 
term  "teoman'i  head"  occurs  ;  it  ought  lo  be 
"  nitn'a  head." 

Prom  R.  K.  Berl(eybil«.— Our  meetings  iu 
the  Swan  Creek  District,  nud  near  Delta  and 
Swantou  have  cliised,  with  an  addition  of  eleven 
precious  souls  made  willing  lo  Ibllow  the  Savior  to 
the  liquid  grave  to  rise  iu  newness  of  life.  Thoy 
were  mosUy  all  young;  five  wo  think,  were  be- 
tween the  ages  of  twelve  and  lifteen  ;  all  girls, one 
my  own  daughter,  Many  more  were  almost  per- 
suaded ;  they  went  as  far  as  the  dour,  did  look  in, 
hut  stopped  there ;  hope  they  may  aonn  enter  in. 

Brother  J.  Nicholson  was  with  us  during  the 
mcelingsaud  labored  with  great  zeal  and  power. 
May  he  long  he  renienihered  here,  and  iu  hcaveu 
he  rewarded.— To/crfo,  0.,  Jan.  6, 1878. 

From  Elder  W.  B.  Sell.— Since  we  are  hav- 
ing very  fine  weather,  and  roads  are  good,  the  va- 
rious denominations  are  putting  forth  all  iheir  en- 
ergies to  make  proselytts.  The  M.  E.  church  has 
been  at  it  over  three  weeks,  and  intend  to  continue 
for  several  weeks  yet.     I  coiitemplato  taking  a 


VANDYKE.— In  Liburly,  Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa, 
.Tan.  18th,  187S,  Lovinii  E.  Vandyke,  wife  of 
friend  Demetrius  A^'andyke,  and  only  daughter 
of  Bro.  Peter,  and  sister  Anna  Wolf.  Disease, 
conjuraptioii ;  agM  27  years,"  1(1  months  and  17 
days. 

Siic  had  not  united  with  the  church  only  by 
making  the  good  confc^ion,  that  nssoou  na  she  ivas 
able  iu  body,  she  would  do  so;  but  ere  this  oppor- 
tunity WHS  griiutiid,  her  spirit  louk  its  lliglit,  and  is 
now  resliug  in  the  hands  of  Him  who  will  deal 
justly  with  all.  Oh,  that  wo  would  all  obey  the 
Lord  while  in  the  \tg'»-  of  heidth.  The  funeral 
e  conducted  by  Ihe  Brethren  to  a  large 
bly  "f  mourneia.  B.  F.  T. 


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SH  IDLER.— Ueiijam 
nine  days.  He  lei 
church,  four  sons  n 
which  are  also  mem 


n  Shidter,  aged  4S  years  less 
ves  II  wife,  a  sister  in  the 

id  two  daughtei-3,  three  of 
lers  of  the  cliurch,  to  mourn 


the  loss  of  a  dear  husband  and  father.  He  liv- 
ed in  the  Elkhart  congregation,  and  died  of 
consumption,  January  20,  1878.  Funeral  serv- 
ices were  conducted  by  Eld.  Andrew  Bigler  aud 
Mosea  Hess,  from  the  words,  "  If  a  man  die,, 
shall  he  live  again?"  J.  C,  Lehman. 

FORNEY.— On   January    Gth   187S,  intheSol- 
omns  Creek  congregation,   Elkhart  Qo.,   Ind. 
Litlle  Winna  Forney,  only  daughter  of  Hiram 
and  Chloe  Forney,  aged  3  years  4  months  and 
17  days.     Disease,   croup. 
Winna  was  a  child  that  was  noticed  and  loved 
by  every  one  that  knew  her.     She  was   the  most 
intelligent   little   child  I  ever  saw.     She  would 
sing  "  come  to  Jesus. "     She  would  get  on  her  lit^ 
tie  knees  nnd  try   to  prny.     But  she  is   gone  to 
dwell  with  the  angels  in  tho  paradise  of  God. 
And  not  only  do  the  parents  and   relatives  mourn 
the  loss  of  Winnn,  but   all  who  knew  her.     Fun- 
eral disourse  by  J.  H.  Itfiller  nnd  D.  Shively,  from 
John  11:  28.  Lewis  Muxtz. 

TOOTHMAN.— In  Ihe  Rock  Grove  church,  Floyd 
Co.,  Iowa,  Dec.  21.  1877,  Mary  Ellen,  daughter 
of  sister  Toolhman,  (widow)  aged  10  years,  6 
months  and  21  days.     Funeral  by  the  writer 

J.  A.  MURHAY. 

STRETCH.— At  Pluttsburg,  Mo.,  Dee.  2!),  1877, 
Jennie,  daughter  of  sister  Sallie  C.  Stretch,-aged 
8  years,  5  months  aud  0  days. 

Before  death,  the  dear  child  said.  "I  want  to 
go  to  heaven,  where  papa  is.  Lay  me  close  to 
papa,  aud  plant  flowera  on  my  grave." 

SALLrn  C.  Stretcii- 

LEHMAN. — Cora  May,  a  sweet  aud  inteltigent 
litlle  daughter  of  Bro.  Adam  aud  sister  Sarah 
Lehman,  went  to  her  last  home  Nov.  13,  1377; 
aged  S  years,  0  months  and  28  days.  Disease: 
Typhoid  fever,  of  which  nearly  the  whole  fam- 
ily suflered.  ElO.  John  JIurhav. 

GROVE.— .Sister  Sarah  Grove,  of  Shannon,  III., 
was  on  a  visit  to  Ind,,  for  her  health,  ^vhen  her 
little  daughter  Lula  E,,  took  sick  of  the  croup, 
aud  died.  Her  husband,  Solomon,  was  tele- 
graphed fur,  but  did  not  reach  the  place  till  two 
hours  after  the  child's  death.  Aged  1  year  9 
months  and  2Rdayfl.  Funeral  services  at  Shan- 
non, 111.,  by  Lemuel  Hillery. 

ANDREWS.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church  dis- 
trict, Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  Jan.  17,  1S78,  sister 
Ervilla  Andrcsvs,  wife  of  Ilro.  Walter  Andrews. 
Age,  24  years,  10  months  nud  7  days. 

More  than  a  year  previous   lo  her  death  she 

was  converted,  and  united  with  the  Brethren.  She 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  Brimj    You  Good  TidinifS  of  €h-eat  Joij,  ivhich  ShaU  he  unto  AH  Feophy 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  7,  1878. 


No.  a 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

RTHTEIJ  ANll  PIIU[,lSHKil  WEKKLV 

J.Ii.Mooi-e,  S.ll.niishor,  M.M.Eshelman. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

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THE  HEAVEK1.Y  LAND. 

UY  ISABELLA  V.  KK1.S0. 

BEYOND  tlie  boiiu.ls  of  time, 
Aci'(.:«  tlie  sGii  of  life, 
"Whfie  iJiission's  billows  form  and  toss 
III  imgry  strife — 

Tlieie  is  a  limd  so  bright, 

That  mortals  cannot  gaze, 
But  wondering  stand  upon  the  verge 

In  lost  amii^. 

The  hilis  of  glorj-  tower. 

Majestic  imd  sublime. 
Above  the  snow-capped  peaks  of  earth. 

The  Alps  of  time. 

Four  sqimro  the  city  stands, 

Tlie  jaapi-r  walls  thiit  rise, 
Are  garai shed  bright  with  precious  stones 

Of  Paradise. 

No  storm  cloud  ever  throws 

Its  shadows  on  that  shore. 
No  lightings  flash  along  the  sky. 

Or  thunders  roar. 

The  air  is  pure  and  bright, 

All  is  serene  and  calm, 
Naught  ever  enters  there  that  can 

The  holy  hnvin. 
But  from  the  throne  of  God 

There  flows  a  crystal  stream. 
And  heaven's  pure  light  upon  its  clear 

Bright  waters  beaiu. 

And  where  that  river  flows, 

The  tree  of  life  appeai-s. 
Yielding  its  monthly  fruits  throughout 

Et«mal  years. 

Beneath  the  shadowy  bowers, 
,.     Robed  in  immortal  green, 
Grow  fairer  flowei-s  than  mortal  eye 
Hat  It  ever  seen. 

There  night  shall  never  couio. 
Nor  heaven's  long  day  be  o'er; 

God  and  the  Lamb  shall  be  their  light 
Forever  more. 

Tliroughout  that  iride  domain 

■Joy  beams  in  evorj'  eye. 
While  angel  voices  join  in  praise 

To  God  most  high. 

There  whito-rohed  spirits  bow 

Before  tlic  great  I  Am,    , 
And  is'Oi-sliip  Hiiu  who  pai-doned  them 

Through  Christ,  the  Lamb. 
^Vatcrloo,  Iowa. 


A  LEAP  FROM  THE  TREE  OF  LIFE. 

BY  0.  H.  LALSIIAUGU. 

"VTO  Wounds  arc  too  deep  for  the  healing  of 
-L*  Jesus.  The  Anti-type  of  the  good  Sam- 
aritan has  oil  mid  wine  for  every  bleeding  heart. 
Although  He  is  constantly  pouring  out  His 
Sanatives  for  the  relief  of  the  millions  who  sup- 
plicate His  aid,  His  ves.sel  of  grace  is  as  full  as 
ever.  "  In  Him  thi-dhth  all  Ihe  fullmss  of  the 
Godhead  bodity,"  and  the  oftener  we  come,  the 
more  ivc  need  awd  ask,  the  more  is  He  gladden- 
ed and  glorified.  Neither  the  Universe  nor  Eter- 
nity can  empty  the  Iu£nite.  He  gives  with- 
out diminution;  but  He  gives  not  His  best 
indiscriminately.  Ho  has  gifts  for  all,  but  not 
His   rai-est  and  sweetest  {Matt.  5:  i5).    If  we 


would  have  the  Gift  of  gifts,  we  must  he  made 
conformable  to  His  death,  and  know  the  fellow- 
ship of  His  sulferings,  imd  the  power  of  His 
resurrection  {Philp.  3: 10).  Blessed  elect.  To 
such  all  things  work  together  for  good,  because 
called  according  to  the  Divine  purpose  (Rom. 
S;  2S).  Having  died  and  risen  with  Christ,  His 
security  is  theirs.  They  can  perish  only  when 
He  becomes  bankrupt  in  power  and  lUeVcy. 
Tbey  can  boldly  take  up  the  challenge  of  Rom. 
8:  31.  3'J.  N"ot  only  sutfering  and  then  glor>-, 
but  glory  i»  sulFering. 

Afflicted  E.iint,  your  sorrows  are  in  form  not 
ordinary.  It  is  seldom  that  on  heu-  of  Heaven 
is  so  outrageously  treated.  But  in  substance 
we  all  sorrow  alike.  Causes  vary,  but  grief  is 
one  in  its  ultimate  analysis.  The  child  that 
weeps  over  its  shattered  doll,  brings  into  ac- 
tivity the  same  constitutional  soul-elenieuta  as 
the  pereon  ivho  agonines  over  the  coffin  of  the 
most  cherished  idol  of  conjugal  afl'ection.  Y'ou 
are  mourning  the  living  dead.  You  aie  a  wid- 
ow mthout  a  shroud  or  grave.  Your  sepul- 
chre is  within,  and  eutoinbs'the  dead  hopes  and 
joys  of  the  past.  These  are  crushing  misfor- 
tunes. But  Jesus  lives,  and  loves.  For  all 
your  unutterable  heart-throes.  He  has  a  "  far 
more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory." 
Your  racking  woes  and  irreparable  hewave- 
ment  have  bound  up  in  them  untold  blessings, 
if  you  allow  Jesus  to  take  the  place  of  the  vi- 
olater  of  ypur  confidence.  You  have  a  mighty 
struggle  to  maintain,  hut  you  are  on  the  way 
to  victory  and  in  due  time  it  will  be  youre. 
Turn  to  Matt.  12;  20  and  press  nieauiug  enough 
into  the  word  "  till"  to  include  all  God's  inten- 
tions and  all  your  utmost  endeavora  to  meet 
them. 

Remember,  Christ  is  risen  \  He  reigns  in  the 
flesh  and  orer  it.  Col.  3:1,2.  3  is  the  key  of 
your  triumph  and  joy.  Y''ou  will  yet  be  able  to 
rise  so  high  above  all  human  attachments  and 
human  desertions,  that  with  a  glad  heart  and 
responsive  conscience  you  cim  pray  Matt.  6: 12. 
Have  faith,  and  enlist  all  the  energies  of  your 
soul  in  the  great  crisis.  May  the  approaching 
Christmas  be  to  you  n  blessed  ante-past  of  the 
coming  glory  of  Rom.  S:  18,  May  the  Ever- 
lasting Kristkindloiu  comfort  you  out  of  the 
f.ithomless  depths  nf  His  chaui^eless  Heurt. 


ON  ELECTING  MINISTERS. 

Iiy  D.  I'.  SAYLOR. 

T  PRESUME  that  it  is  generally  known  that 
J-  there  are  brethren  who  have  doubts  of  the 
Seriptuj-ul  authority  for  electing  brethren  &c., 
t-tj  the  minislrj''  in  the  order  of  our  church. 
Some  have  spoken,  and  some  have  ivritten  on 
the  subject,  yet  the  minds  of  some  seem  not  to 
be  fully  enlightened;  and  1  presume  will  not 
be  from  whjit  I  may  say,  but  I  give  my  mite 
free.  1  have  given  this  subject  much  thought, 
not  because  I  ever  doubted  the  legality  of  my 
crdl.  Some  holding  that  a  majority  of  all  the 
members  in  the  church,  is  necessary  to  make 
the  (nil  legal.  I  was  told  that  I  have  even  many 
more  than  these;  hut  I  have  given  the  subjeot 
a  serious  thouglit  to  know  whether  the  order  is 
the  order  God's  Word  \vill  justify.  Again  I 
have  been  in  the  ministry  a  long  time,  and  soon 
will  be  twenty-eight  years  that  I  have  served 
in  the  capacity  of  an  Elder.  It  has  been  my  lot 
to  serve  at  elections,  and  installations,  the  sub- 
ject to  me  has  always  been  a  serious  one.  I  am 
however  fully  satisfied  that  the  order  of  the 
church  is  feasible  and  Scriptural. 

The  harvest  being  plenteous  and  the  laborers 
are  few,  is  as  true  now  as  it  was  when  the  Sav- 
ior so  declared  it  to  he;anditisJHstas  necessary 
that  we  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  to  send 
laborer  into  His  harvest  now  as  it  was  then. 
While  the  Savior  was  on  earth,  He  did  this  per- 
sonally. He  did  not  have  men  elect  themselves 
to  go.  but  He  appointed,  and  sent  them,  first 
tlic  twelve,  and  afterwiurds   the  seventy  (Matt. 


0;37;  Luke  10: 2).  Now  Paul  says  the  church 
is  the  body  of  Christ,  in  which  we  ai-o  members, 
and  each  member  must  perform  its  part  in  the 
body,  Ihe  church.  And  as  the  Lord  while  on 
earth  personally  chose,  and  sent  forth  in  the 
ministry,  it  follows  that  He  now  does  the  same 
through  the  membei-s  of  His  body,  the  church, 
which  is  also  the  groimd  and  pillar  of  the  truth. 
And  as  the  body  is  not  one  member,  but  many, 
the  foot  does  not  say,  Because  I  am  not  the 
hand,  I  am  not  of  the  body.  Even  so  in  the 
church,  one  member  cannot  say,  because  I  nm 
this  or  (hat,  anil  you  are  incompetent  to  decide 
who  shall  be  called,  I  will  dictate  to  you  &c. 
No  brethren,  this  is  not  Christ's  order  in  His 
church.  Ill  CJirist  there  is  neither  Jew  nor 
Greek,  there  isneither  bond  nor  free, neither  male 
nor  female,  but  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesns. 

I  am  fully  convinced  that  God  in  Christ 
through  the  churcli  calls  the  ministry;  and  al- 
though in  the  church  there  is  diversity  of 
gift^.  and  those  members  we  may  think  less 
honorable,  upon  these  God  may  bestow  more 
abundant  lionor;  for  while  He  gives  authority 
to  His  servants,  He  gives  to  every  man  his 
work,  and  we  have  no  right  to  doubt  the  com- 
petency of  any  member  of  the  body  doing  its 
part.  I  know  that  some  members  think  that 
certain  bi-ethren  should  be  named,  or  nominat- 
ed, and  from  these  the  members  should  select 
&e.,  and  for  a  precedent  refer  to  Acts  23,  I 
have  considered  this  suggestion,  but  as  it  does 
not  apply  to  the  selection  of  the  common  min- 
istry, it  is  not  feasible.  In  that  case  one  was  to 
be  chosen  to  the  apostleship  to  fill  the  place  of 
Judas  who  by  transgression  fell;  and  the  one 
eligible  to  fill  this  place,  must  have  some  pe- 
culiiu:  qualifications  which  apply  to  that  position 
onlj'.  "Wherefore  of  these  men  which  have 
companied  with  us  all  the  time  that  the  Lord 
Jesus  went  in  and  out  among  us,  beginning 
from  the  baptism  of  John,  unto  that  same  day 
that  He  was  taken  up  from  us;  must  one  be 
ordained  to  be  a  witness  with  us  of  His  resur- 
rection.    And  they  appointed  two." 

We  would  say, theynominated  two,  for  whom 
they  gave  forth  thek  lots  {votes  as  we  suy).  In  that 
case  this  order  was  feasible,  for  when  we  con- 
sider the  unpopularity  attached  to  a  follower  of 
Jesus,  who  was  set  for  a  sign  to  bespoken  against, 
the  would-be- volunteer  when  he  heard  Jesus 
tell  him  thiit  the  foxcR  have  holes,  and  the  birds 
have  nests,  but  He  has  not  wiiere  to  lay  His 
head,  his  ardor  soon  abated;  and  when  His  fol- 
lowers heard  that  His  flesh  must  be  eaten  Sc, 
became  oficnded,  went  back  and  followed  no 
more  afUjr  Him,  it  is  very  presumable  that  Bai- 
oabas  and  Mntthias  were  the  only  two  who  had 
the  required  quilifications  If  so,  they  could 
readily  bcnom  nated  But  tl  e  election  of  breth- 
ren to  serve  i  tl  mn  tiv  in  our  age  of  the 
church  is  ad  flc  ent  m  t(  Who  can  judge  a 
brothers  abil  tj  to  pre  cl  f  Tliis  can  be  known 
by  trial  only  Wl  o  si  11  who  ivill  dare  to 
name,  appoint,  or  nominate  brethren  to  be  vot^ 
ed  for?  Surely  the  elders  'vill  not,  who  then 
willP  Why  every  member  of  the  body  of  Christ, 
the  church  for  themselves  willsay,  who  isit  to  be 
called.  The  idea  that  difl'erent  brethren  may  be 
voted  for,  amounts  to  notbing.  It  is  not  cer- 
tain that  all  cast  their  lots  for  Matthias,  yet  he 
was  numbered  with  the  eleven.  Neither  is  it 
at  all  certain  that  one  of  a  half  dozen  nominat- 
ed hrethi-en  for  whom  all  the  members  would 
be  obliged  to  vote  for,  would  command  a  ma- 
jority of  the  whole  vote  cast,  any  more  than  is 
in  the  church's  order  often  done.  At  the 
elections  I  have  been  present,  very  frequently 
when  the  elected  brother  had  a  majority  of  all 
the  votes  cast.  On  several  occasions  there  be- 
ing a  tie  vote  between  two  brethren,  the  church 
was  called  together  and  informed  that  two 
brethren  hod  a  tie  vote,  and  that  under  the  cir- 
cumstances it  would  lie  for  the  members  to  de- 
cide whether  both  should  be  declared  elected,  or 
the  election  to  be  void.  In  everysuch  a  cose 
when  I  was  present  the   unanimous  vote  was 


both  elected.  In  a  few  dases  where  I  was  pres- 
ent, it  happened  that  one  brother  had  but  a/em 
more  votes  thiui  the  other,  and  in  tliese  cases 
the  church  was  informed  of  the  condition  of 
things,  and  asked  again  to  vote  whethershe  will 
have  both,  or  only  the  one  who  had  a  few  more 
votes  than  tlie  other.  I  believe  I  have  witness- 
ed three  such  cases,  and  in  two  of  them  the 
unanimous  voices  of  the  church  was.  hnfh  eUct- 
cd.  Brethren,  I  feel  assured  there  can  be  no 
improvement  on  the  church  order  of  electing 
ofGcere. 

Su].pose  we  admit  the  idea  that  some  mem- 
bei-s  are  incompetent  to  decide  who  to  vote  for, 
and  in  such  eases  allow  a  certain  sort  of  election- 
eering ;  that  is,  some  competent  in,?mher  tell 
the  incompetent  ones  who  to  vote  for.  Would 
this  insure  unanimity  of  thought-'  If  there 
was  but  one  member  so  to  electioneer,  this  in- 
competent floating  vote  might  be  concentrated, 
but  would  that  be  the  voice  of  the  church?' 
Might  not  the  member  as  well  come  forward 
and  flist  so  many  votes  himself,  as  to  send  for- 
ward so  many  of  his  pro.xies  to  do  it?  But 
suppose  there  are  several  members  in  the  church 
that  feel  themselves  competent  to  instruct  the 
incompetent  members  for  whom  to  vote;  and 
eiich  one  of  these  competents  has  a  favorifo 
nephew  or  friend  (o  vote  for,  then  bow  will  it 
be?  May  not  this  floating  vote  as  well  be  scat- 
tered among  a  dozen  brethren  as  to  be  in  this 
way  concentrated  upon  half  that  number?  But 
who  ai-e  the  incompetent  membei-s?  I  find  as 
much  division  among  the  ottieiakin  the  church 
as  among  the  laity. 

On  several  occasions  I  remember  when  the 
Elder  was  nearly  alone  in  his  choice,  and  in  each 
Ciise  the  election  was  a  success.  In  one  of  the 
cases  the  Elder  hassince  said  to  me,  I  icnsmroiuj 
in  my  choice.  Who  then  should  dictate?  The 
only  electioneering  that  is  admissible  is  PRAY- 
ER. Plead  with  God  for  guidance,  not  for  my- 
silf  only,  hut  for  nil  the  merabei-s,  and  the  re- 
sult we  can  rely  upon. 


A  BEAUTIFUL  SYNONYM. 

riY  E.  U.  STIFLER. 

ii    i  ND  a  supersL-ription  also  wits  written  ov- 
J\    er  him,  in  lettera  of  Greek,  and  Latin 
and  Hebrew:  THIS  IS  THE  KING  OF  THE 
JEWS  "  (Luke  23:  38). 

Wo  have  all  doubtless  many  times  read  the 
story  of  the  crucifi-xion.  We  wish  here  to  show 
how  metaphorically  the  inscriptions,  or  the 
number  of  languages  contained  therein,  with 
the  names  given  in  the  command  for  bitptisiD. 
Could  Pilate  write  three  different  languages  at 
the  same  time?  We  would  not  suppose  he 
could.  Wc  would  infer,  from  the  ditl'erent  lan- 
guages used,  that, to  write  in  Greek  and  Latin 
and  Uehrew,  that  it  would  have  to  l>e  written 
at  three  difl'erent  times,  and  we  learn  that  tlie 
abject  of  this  was  that  none  might  be  unappriz- 
ed  of  its  contents. 

-  It  was  written  in  Greek,  which  was  the  gen- 
eral language  of  commerce  in  Western  Asia,  and 
which  would  he  familiar  to  many  Jews  fi-om 
Europe,  Egypt  and  elsewhere;  it  was  alsoivrit- 
teu  in  the  Syriac,  called  "  Hebrew,"  the  vernac- 
uiar  languuge  of  Palestine;  and  it  was  written: 
ill  Lathi,  i»robably  for  the  use  of  the  Romans, 
many  of  whom  wou!d  assemble  at  Jenisalera 
during  the"  paschal  week,"  or  Jewish  Passover. 
If  Pilate  was)  so  exact  in  writing  ihe  super- 
eription,  so  that  none  who  came,  should  be  de- 
prived  of  its  meaning,  do  we  not  suppose  that . 
God  was  equally  iis  exact  in  expressiug.Hialan- 
guago  concerning  His  mode  of  baptism,  as  giv-- 
en  in  Matt  23:  li).  And  then  not  a#  many  ac- 
tions contained  in  this  holy  and  essential  com- 
mand, lis  there  are  languages  used  in  the  sup- 
erecriptions?  and  yet  how  many  read,  preach, 
and  practice  it  as  one  action,  omitting  the  firat 
and  second,  and  applying  the  third  action  of  the' 
Godhead  only,  for  the  "remission  of  dns," 
and  thereby  expecting  to  receive  the  gift  o£ 
the  HOLY   GEOST. 


TiiE   Bl^ETtl  R>J]Nr    ^T   WOHK. 


i'^ebruary  '?'. 


THE  HOLY  BIBLE, 

GOD'S  holy  Bible,  piedoiis  Book. 
On  ivliicli  I  oft  with  rupture  look! 
'  T1V113  tliitt  whicli  led  iny  roving  feet 
To  tlie  dear  hoiii-e  where  Chnatiniia  meet, 
Engnged  my  thoughts  in  early  time, 
Wiinied  nie  against  all  sin  and  crime. 
And  bade  me  through  the  coming  days 
To  walk  with  joy  in  ivisdom's  ways. 

In  childhood  years,  so  fair  and  bright, 
We  read  Gods  Word  by  morning  light; 
With  pleiisure  keen  I  now  recall 
The  houHehold  gathered  one  and  all, 
Around  the  cheerful  evening  lire, 
Before  llie  time  we  should  retire, 
And  aweot  it  was  to  listen  then 
As  tliiit  dear  Book  was  read  again. 

In  the  old  school-room  eveiy  day 
That  sacred  A'oliime  near  me  lay; 
'  Twas  studied  by  the  youthful  crowd, 
And  twice  a  day  was  read  aloud. 
There,  too,  upon  the  wonted  seat, 
Tliis  Word  by  heart  did  we  repeat; 
And  oft  it  gave  us  much  delight, 
To  see  how  well  we  could  recite. 

But  now  some  men  have  groivn  so  wise, 
That  they  the  Scriptiuos  lightly  pvisie. 
What  must  we  think  of  those  divines, 
As  fi'eely  forth  they  speak  their  minds. 
And  othei-s  join,  in  words  so  cool, 
"  Go  take  the  Bible  out  of  school; 
Reud  it  no  more,  with  oflered  prayer. 
If  some  dislike  to  have  it  there  ?" 

Sometimes  I  question  if  indeed 
Those  holy  men  delight  to  read 

The  sacred  Scriiiturea  every  day, 
At  seasons  wheu  they  kneel  to  pray. 
Can  good  men  ever  lightly  prize, 
Or  will  they  ever  dare  despise. 
The  "  Holy  B'hle  Book  divine" 
So  full  of  truth  in  every  line? 

Let  others  talie  the  course  they  will, 
I  shall  esteem  the  Bible  still; 
In  ail  its  truths  1  will  delight, 
lu  a  dark  world  walk  by  its  light. 
And  when  I  near  the  other  shore, 
Still  will  I  love  the  Bible  more, 
Will  then  in  all  its  truths  confide. 
Die  with  the  Bible  at  my  side. 

— Be!  ig  ions  He  raid. 


THE    LITERAL   MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED   PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN   RELIGIOUS 

FAITH    AND    PRACTICE. 

BY  J.  W.  STEIX. 

"Thou  slialt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel." — 
(Psalms  73:  24) 

NUSIHER  JI. 

4.  T/ie  depraved  hitman  conscience  is 
not  an  infulUhU  guide  in  mailers  of  reUfj- 
ioii-s  faiih  and  practice.  No  one  can  be  a 
Clivistian  and  not  be  conscientious. 
The  want  of  sincerity  is  hyjiocracy,  and 
yet  tbe  simple  fact  of  beingsincere  makes 
no  one  a  Christian.  Conscience  is  bias- 
ed by  education,  it  may  be  good  or  bad, 
enlightened  or  darkened.  Teach  a  child 
fi'oiii  infancy  to  manhood,  that  there  is  no 
evil  attached  to  a  life  of  profligacy  and 
crime  and  without  the  counteracting  in- 
fluence of  holy  precept  or  e.xample,  he 
will  do  ivi-ong  Avithout  remorse.  Con- 
science will  be  ao  "  seared  "  or  perverted 
that  its  power  to  reprove  \vill  begone, 
but  "  train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he 
should  go,"  and  conscience  will  reprove 
its  slightest  deviations  from  the  path  of 
rectitude.  This  peculiai-ity  of  conscience 
appeals  again,  in  that,  some  regard  ^vith 
great  composure  and  approbation  of  con- 
science the  obsei'vance  of  rites  and  or- 
dinances, which  to  other  sincere  and 
equally  pious  minds  involve  the  most  ar- 
rogant blasphemy  and  bricked  idolatry. 
The  reason  is  obvious;  one  believes  them 
to  be  of  GolI,  while  the  other  believes 
them  to  be  "the  commandments  of  men. 
teuding  to  supplant  and  set  aside  the 
commandments  of  God.  Thus  we  see 
men's  consciences  vary  as  theu'  religious 
and  moral  culture  has  vai'ied,  aucl  hence 
conscience  is  subject  to  one's  religion, 
and  not  the  religion   to  conscience  as 


some  falsely  plead.  "We  can  then  by  no 
means  accept  the  pojjular  docti'iue  of  the 
world  "  it  makes  no  difference  what  a 
man  believea  if  be  is  only  sincere." 
Were  this  ti'ue,  it  made  no  ilift'erence 
■whether  Paul  was  a  Jew  or  Christian, 
and  when  he  persecuted  the  Christian 
church,  he  did  right  for  he  testified  that 
he  had  "lived  in  all  good  conscience  be- 
fore God"  (Acts  23:  1),  ami  thought 
he  "  ought  to  do  many  things  contrary 
to  the  name  of  Jesus"  which  he  also  did, 
and  whicli  in  connection  with  persecu- 
tions inflicted  by  other  Jews,  as  well  as 
Pagans  and  the  imiuisitionM  of  the  Pa- 
pal hierarchy,  only  fulfilled  the  Savior's 
prophecy,  ^\'hen  He  said  to  His  disciples, 
"  The  time  cometli  that  whosoever  kill- 
eth  you  will  think  that  he  doeth  God 
service"  (1  John  10:  2).  Had  Paul 
persisted  in  his  Jui^aism,  notwithstand- 
ing his  sincerity,  he  would  doubtless 
have  been  a  lost  man.  IVhen  he  came 
to  the  light  and  repented  he  "  obtained 
mercy"  becaus  he  did  it  it  ignorantly  in 
unbelief  "  (1  Tim.  1 ;  13).  But  had  he 
neglected  the  truth  when  presented,  and 
persisted  in  his  disobedient  course  he 
describes  what  his  o^vn  destiny  -would 
have  been,  and  what  that  of  every  other 
such  an  one  must  be  when  he  said,  "  if 
we  sin  wilfully  after  that  ^ve  have  re- 
ceived the  knowletlgeof  the  truth,  there 
reinaineth  no  more  sacrifice  for  sins,  but 
a  certjiin  fearful  looking  for  of  judgment 
and  fiery  indignation,  which  shall  de^'our 
the  adversaries"  (Heb.  10:  26,  27).  If 
the  proposition  that  "  it  makes  no  dif- 
ference what  we  believe,  if  we  are  only 
sincere,"  be  true,  then  the  pagan  mother, 
who  presses  her  darling  child  to  her  bos- 
om, imprints  upon  its  lips  the  last  kiss 
of  maternal  love,  and  commits  it  to  the 
rude  waves  in  the  Ganges,  in  hope  that 
tlie  sacrifice  of  her  first  borji  will  atone 
for  the  sin  of  her  soul,  does  right  for 
she  is  sincere.  And  all  wlro  become  the 
victims  of  human  penance  in  order  to 
appease  the  wrath  of  some  imagined 
god  that  can  neither  see,  nov  hear,  nor 
act,  nor  think,  have  all  done  right,  be- 
cause they  were  sincere;  for  nothing  but 
the  deepest  sincerity  and  honesty  of  pur- 
pose, could  prompt  to  such  a  sacrifice. 
Only  accept  such  a  principle  once  and 
you  have  a  precedent  that  makes  an  ap- 
ology for  every  species  of  ^^ce,  and  every 
enormity  of  crime.  But  the  theory  is 
not  true.  Though  proclaimed  loudly 
in  the  popular  piUpits  of  the  day,  taught 
in  many  religious  periodicals,  consum- 
mated freely  in  the  social  circle,  and  con- 
sidered an  ample  apology  for  that  false 
liberalism  which  has  so  extensively  sup- 
planted true  Christian  chiuity  \vhich 
"  rejoices  in  thetruth,"  Iregard  it  as  one 
of  the  most  mischievous  principles  ever 
invented  by  the  enemy  of  God  and  man, 
for  the  accomp^hment  of  his  fell  pur- 
poses. 

Once  a  friend  of  mine,  who  had  been 
tutored  in  the  faith  of  affusion  for  bap- 
tism, but  because  persuaded  that  the 
Scriptiu'es  contained  no  pi-et^ept  or  ex- 
ample for  any  mode,  but  immersion, 
consoled  himself  ^vltli  the  thouglit  that 
the  apostle  Peter  permitted  the  other, 
when  he  said:  "Baptism  is  the  answer 
of  a  good  conscience"  (1  Pet.  3:  21). 
"May  I  not  conclude"  said  he,  "from 
this, that  if  1  am  conscientious,  that  will 
make  whatever  mode  I  prefer  haptism 
tome."  Such  an  impression  was  the 
very  natural  consequence  of  the  teach- 
ing he  had  received.  But  the  apostle 
says,  "  Baptism  is  the  answer  of,  wlial 
Mnd  of  conscience.^  a  f/ood  confidence" 
i.  c,  enlightened,  not  darkened  by  error. 
But  what  does  he  say  is  the  answer  of 
a"  good  conscience  if  ""Baptism."  Then 


if  anything  instead  of  the  baptism  au' 
thorized  by  Christ  and  taught  in  his  Di- 
vine Law,  be  administered  to  those 
whose  consciences  have  been  duped  to 
acceptthetraditionsof  men  in  lieu  of  the 
commands  of  Jesus;  they  may  be  ever 
so  conscientious,  and  yet  it  will  not  be 
true  that  "  Jiaptism  "  -will  have  lieen 
the  "  answer  of  a  good  conscience  ' 
them.  If  conscience  can  legalize  n  new 
mode  of  baptism,  it  can  also  legalize  a 
new  element  with  which  to  administer 
it,  and  if  it  can  dispose  at  option  of  a 
law,  it  can  also  dispose  of  the  Law- 
giver. If  it  possesses  the  prerogative  to 
legalize  or  make  valid  the  slightest 
change  in  the  arrangement  of  nnimmu- 
t-able  God,  and  create  its  own  deities, 
rites,  religion  and  destiny,  and  becomes 
itself  a  god,  the  sole  arbiter  of  life  and 
death,  elevating  its  professor  though  an 
atheist,  infidel,  Jew,  Polytheist,  Moham- 
medan, or  even  an  adulterer,  murderer, 
or  whatnot,  to  the  felicities  of  Paradise, 
such  a  Paradise  as  it  is  ca2tal>le  of  award- 
ing. , 

Such  is  the  horrid  and  blasphemous, 
though  legitimate  conclusion  of  the  doc- 
trine that  "  makes  no  ditferenee  what  a 
man  believes,  if  he  is  only  sincere." 
The  proper  office  of  conscience,  then,  is 
to  approve  right  and  disapprove  wrong, 
from  the  premises  of  divine  truth,  hold- 
ing itself  amenable  to  that  law  to  which 
it  is  subject,  and  at  the  tribunal  of 
which  with  every  kindred  faculty  of  re- 
sponsible intelligence,  it  nmst  account 
for  its  work  and  theu-  result.  But  again : 

.5.  Hitman  tradition  is  not  an  inf  alii- 
hie  gu/ide,  in  matters  of  rcligioiifi  faith 
and  practice. 

Tradition  means  "  handed  do\™," 
hence  I  allude  to  it  as  the  medium 
througli  which  any  thing  is  transmitted 
from  one  to  another.  Tradition  may  be 
a  good  thing  or  a  bad  thing.  We  are 
commanded  to  observe  the  traditions  of 
the  apostles  whether  communicated  by 
word  or  epistle  (2  Thes.  2:  15;  3:  6). 
If  the  traditions  of  om'  fathers  were 
correct,  we  'have  been  blessed  to  the  cx- 
teuG,  we  have  been  brought  under  their 
influence,  if  incorrect,  we  have  been  inj  ur- 
ed  to  the  same  extent.  The  simple  fact  that 
a  doctrine  or  practice  has  come  down  to 
us,  though  it  may  have  been  from  time 
immemorial,  does  not  make  it  infallibly 
safe.  It  must  be  in  harmony  with  the 
standard  of  truth,  and  thus  prove  itself 
to  be  from  the  same  source.  The  doc- 
trine of  the  cross  ^vas  no  sooner  prop- 
agated, than  its  counterfeits  began  to 
make  their  appearance,  the  mere  age  of 
a  practice  or  institution,  is  no  proof  that 
it  is  of  divine  authority.  There  is 
nothing  old  that  has  not  been  new,  and 
there  is  nothing  new  that  will  not  be- 
come old.  Time  and  circumstances  may 
st  nuich  in  deterniiniug  the  source 
and  value  of  a  tradition,  but  can  make 
it  neither  good  nor  bad.  The  young 
man  who  carried  a  stone  in  one  end  of 
his  sack  to  balance  the  corn  in  the  otfier 
end,  simply  because  his  father  did  it,  ex- 
hibited as  much  wisdom,  and  assumed 
nothing  like  so  much  risk  as  the  man  or 
woman,  who,  neglecting  the  exercise  of 
their  own  minds  in  apprehending  ti-nth, 
maintain  a  doctrine  or  practice,  simply 
because  their  parents  did.  Whatever 
om-  parents  may,  or  may  not  have  been, 
to  God  they  stand  or  fall.  "We  can  but 
leave  them  in  His  hands,  but  whenever 
we  neglect  plain  truth  or  duty  upon  the 
plea,  that  pious  and  sincere  parents  came 
short  of  it,  we  not  only  occupy  gi'ound 
fi'om  which  most  likely  they  would  ear- 
nestly tiy  to  dissuade  us,  were  they  able 
and  enjoying  the  light  which  we  pro- 
fess, but  we  entail  upon  ourselves  the 


bitter  displeasure  of  God  whicli  awaits 
all  who  sin  against  Hglrt  and  knowledge. . 
The  way  of  ignorance  mfuf  be  the  way 
of  death,  but  the  re.«nlt  of  known  and 
deliberate  transgi-ession  is  inevitable  ru- 
in (Jas.  4:17;  Matt.  11:  25,  22;  Luke 
12:  47,48).  "While  we  should  love,  hon- 
or, and  obey  our  parents,  our  rc-ligious 
faith  and  practice  should  imitate  them 
only  so  far  as  they  imitate  Christ. 


LAND  MARKS. 

IIV  S.  S.  1I0ULF.B, 
XUUItER   I. 

ii  TIOIl  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  Gos- 
■*■      pel  of  Christ:  for  it  is  the  pow- 
er of  God  unto  salvation  unto  every  one 
thatbelieveth  "  (Rom.  1:  IG). 

This  13  the  language  of  experience. 
Paul  before  this  writing  had  realized 
much  of  the  prediction  concerning  him- 
self recorded  in  Acts  9: 16.  "  For  I  will 
shew  him  how  great  things  he  must  suf- 
fer for  mynaine^ssake."  He  hail  already 
suffered  much,  so  that  he  said,  "If  in 
this  life  only  we  havt,  hope  in  Christ,  we 
are  of  all  men  most  miserable."  Paul 
"suffered  as  an  evil  doer,"  not  as 
having  done  evil,  but  !is  a  faithful  wit- 
ness of  the  ti'uth,  as  opposing  existing 
popular  evils,  idolaters,  vain  philosoiihies, 
and  false  brethren.  The  experience  of- 
Paul  has  been,  and  is  the  e.vperience  of 
faithful  ministers,  audfaithful  Christians, 
the  ministry  of  life  is  always  opposed  by 
the  ministry  of  death.  So  are  the  min- 
isters of  life,  opposed,  by  the  ministers 
of  death.  These  transformed  as  min- 
isters of  righteousness,  prosecute  their 
work  under  the  garb  of  truth  all  the 
more  successfully  in  lea<ling  the  multi- 
tudes aw;iy  from  the  truth,  and  thus  fos- 
ter the  spirit  of  opposition  to,  and  per- 
secution of,  those  who  are  obedient  to 
the  Word;  compassing  sea  and  land  to 
make  proselytes — children  of  hell.  As  a 
matter  then  of  practical  reflection,  it 
may  be  inquired,  how,  in  the  present  con 
fused  state  of  Christendom,  are  we  to 
know  the  tralh;  and  how  the  true  min- 
istry; popularly  speaking,  it  may  he 
even  thought  almost  presumption  to  sug- 
gest such  an  inquiry,  since  men  have  de- 
clared, that  they  thanked  God  for  the 
many  jihases  of  religious  ideas,  and  for 
an  equal  number  of  church  denomina- 
tion, so  that  all  may  be  accommodated 
somewiiere  among  these  church  forms. 
The  inquiry  however,  reflects  the  pop- 
ular mind  on  the  suVyect,  aud  the  mul- 
titudinous denominational  efforts,  are 
just  that  many  eftbrts  to  meet  the  inquiry; 
hence  while  some,  taking  the  authority 
of  the  Gospel,  urge  baptism  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  others  object,  and  say, 
baptism  is  in  no^viae  an  essential  condi 
tion  of  pardon,  but  is  simply  to  repre- 
sent the  death,  burial  and  resurrection 
of  Clirist.  Others  oppose  this,  and  say, 
baptism  is  not  analogous  to  a  burial,  but 
is  symbolical  of  the  pouring  out  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  of  its  cleansing  power. 
Othei-s  oppose  here  and  urge  it  as  the 
seal  of  covenant-mercies  as  was  circum- 
cision, and  hence  infant  consecration  by 
the  use  of  a  few  drops  of  water;  but  all 
this  is  again  opposed  and  affirm  all 
precepts  and  doctrines,  are  spiritual  in 
their  use,  as  opposed  to  aU  forms,  -while 
this  with  all  the  preceding  is  opposed, 
by  affirming  that  all  will  be  saved,  irre- 
spective of  their  character.  Through 
the  virtue  of  the  atonement  thus  in  cat- 
aloguing the  many  forms  in  which  men 
propose  to  their  fellows  the  true  way,  we 
find  beginning  with  the  proper  reading 
of  the  Word  and  ending  through  a  reg- 
ular series  of  deti-actions  and  mutilations 
of  the  Gospel,  with  au  emphatic  deni- 


February    7. 


TI-IE   BHKTi-lRBilsr    AT    \\'OJ^l<:. 


3 


III  of  nil  Its  coiulitions  of  promise,  aril 
so  fur,  (the  first  cxcBptc-cl)  are  nil  tlit-se 
advo.jatc3  fi'oni  raeetiug  tlie  demiintla  of 
the  inquiry;  i.  e.,  liow  may  we  Icnuw  tlie 
truth,  that  the  only  thing  accomplished, 
is  asortof  a  general  confession,  after  all 
these  efl'orts,  that "  we  are  not  certnin  af- 
ter all,  Ihnt  our  wwy  is  just  exaetly  the 
f/iiii'i"  and  I  am  entirely  wiUing  to 
hi-iiihcr  ifou  if  you  will  brother  me,  and 
tluiugli  we  occasionally  have  between 
us  n  theological  slcirmisli  about  our  pe- 
culiar doch-inal  jicls;  and  though  we 
auprfuiely  admire  our  own  altars,  and 
theories,  still  others  seem  equally  filnccrc 
with  ourselves. 

Thew  doctrinal  tenets,  neither-  yours 
nor  oui-s  after  all,  are  in  any\rise  r.^scntisil 
to  salvation  only  a  kind  of  aland  niark, 
quite  harmless,  which  should  not  be  per- 
mitted to  debar  M-ise  men,  and  good 
men  too,  fi'om  a  L'Oiumon  commiiniou 
service;  tlicrefore  we  will  occupy  an  en- 
larged, liljeral,  Christian  platform, broad 
enough  for  us  all  to  stand  upon,  and 
permit  all  God's  people,  whether  bap 
tized  or  not.  (our  Universalist  brother 
too,)  to  participate  with  us  at  the  Lord's 
table;  tind  sliall  hold  those  opposed  to 
this  liberal  Christian  spirit  as  self-right- 
eous, bigoted  to  expose  as  such,  and  hold 
them  (in  their  simple  way)  as  proper 
objects  of  our  amusement.  "  So  pecul- 
iar," pretty  good  sort  of  a  people,  who 
generally  pay  tJieii-  honest  debts,  but  so 
u/norinit,  having  no  t\rj}eri mental  Chrh 
iiahUij,  but  in  some  way  think  they  eai 
work  their  way  to  heaven;  with  right 
.'?mart  of  the  old  hiw-working  Jew 
the  make-up  of  their  ideiis. 

2»row  I  submit  in  all  seriousness  the 
correctness  of  the  character,  and  th( 
suit  &f  the  existing  popular  religious 
sentiment.  In  its  review,  it  is  proper  to 
remark,  that  is  a  matter  of  positive 
promise  by  Christto  the  disciples.  "  Yc 
shall  Moto  the  <tmtli'^"  (John  8:33). 
Such  camnot  concede  the  same  degi-ee  of 
right  to  those  who  differ  from  them  doc- 
trinally,  as  they'hold  for  themselves. 
It  follows  further  therefore,  that  no  pe>i- 
ple  ■\yill  .conc^'de  to  others  differing  from 
them,  the  same  degree  of  right  \nth 
themselves,  except  it  be  either,  first  that 
such,  do  it  (as  they  mayisuppi>se)  from 
asenseofpoliteue.=s,  or  secondly,  because 
they  are  not  positively  established  in 
the  correctness  of  their  own  sense.  If  for 
the  first  reasoii,  and  believing  at  the 
time,  \\-ithout  a  doubt  that  their  \'iews 
are  correct,  then  tliey  act  hypocritical- 
ly. If  from  the  latter,  tlien  it  necessa- 
rily follows  tliat  they  (having  no  pos- 
itive connections  of  their  nwn )  l^i'llnvf 
and  practice  as  they  d.i.  -iiuiil\  l.i.-.-ui'^r. 
some  one  else  profe.-^^i-  tn  iulii\i'  inul 
practice  that  way.  The  prev^^-nv*  of 
this  fact  makes  our  popular  Christianity, 
a  series  of  miniicries,  if  not  blas})hemy; 
for  in  the  life  of  such  it  is  seen  that  they 
have  no  defined  rule  Of  Christian  life, 
but  are  controlled'  by  the  ever  changing 
whims  of  acorrnptage;  whatever  there- 
fore becomes  popular,  they  adopt,  let  it 
be  style  iu  diiess,  Fail's,  Showt,  Mason- 
ry, Odd-fellowship,  Grange,  Sons  of  Tem  - 
pcrance,  jVIurphyism,  Picnics,  Soeial»le.s, 
Masqueradesorany  other  things  that  min- 
ister to  the  carnal  t^tes;  and  politically, 
^vhe^  their  party  is  the  peace  party,  they 
are  peace  men;  when  for  war, so  are  they. 
And  if  fashion  ^vollld  demand  the 
practice  of  tlie  principles  of  self-denial, 
this  would  even  become  palatable;  mak- 
ing obeisance  always  tothepopnlarwill, 
which  ot  course  not  only  gives  tolerance 
to  the  idea,  but  gives  the  idea  its  sanc- 
tion and  respectftbility  of  Christian 
^flW>^ej'»f,Sherifts,  Constables,  Politicians, 
warriors,    money   shavers,    and  church 


pew  respectability  to  hard-hearted  ex- 
tortionei-s,  oppressors  of  widows  and  or- 
phans, despoUers  of  houses,  gallows- 
criminals,  and  fellow -partners  with  un- 
fruitful workers  of  darkness,  courting 
the  friendship  of  the  world,  although  the 
Gospel  says  /.  c.,  "the  friendship  of  thi- 
world,  is  the  enemy  of  God."  Now 
why  all  this?  men  need  the  truth,  has  it 
been  gweM  them  ?  The  apostle  says,  the 
Gospel  "  is  the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation ;"  has  the  preachiug  of  it  led  to 
such  demoralization?  Aye  rather,  have 
not  men  preached  themselves,  instead  of 
preaching  tlie  Gospel?  And  for  con- 
sequence, like  priests,  like  people.  Peo- 
ple manacled  by  those  ^\'ho  preacli  for 
hire,  and  deceive  for  money,  ttikiug 
bribes,  and  perverting  judgment.  "Wlien 
considering  the  character  of  the  popular 
churches  at  this  time,  their  power  to 
mould  public  sentiment,  there  is  little  to 
liojje  for  from  that  source  towartls  cor- 
recting the  licentiousness  of  the  times, 
though  we  have  reform  movements,  em- 
bracing temperance,  dress,  women  vot- 
ing, politics,  finance,  and  public  morals, 
yet  all  this  aflects  comparatively  noth- 
ing, while  thfe  popidar  religious  sense  is 
demoralized,  for  this  impairs  to  an 
alarming  extent  the  power  of  tiiehome 
circle  in  which  the  domestic,  social,  and 
religious  vii-tues,  make  their  firstimpress- 
ions  on  the  youthful  minds.  "Wlientherc' 
fore  the  religions  sense  is  so  blimted 
here,  through  its  public  aspect,  and  pub- 
lie  inconsistencies  and  public  prostration 
to  the  demands  of  the  popidar  will,  we 
may  expect  the  home  influences  to  be  in 
like  manner  prostrated,  so  that  parents 
by  thousands,  consult  in  the  guardian- 
ship of  theii-  children,  not  the  ^vill  of 
God,  neither  His  fear,  but  consult  the 
popular  tastes.  These  are  trained  up  un- 
der these  influences  ^\'"hich  in  turn  be- 
come their  Alpha  and  Omega,  socially, 
and  j'eligiously.  It  is  with  a  sense  of 
elief  that  we  tiu-n  away  from  consider- 
ing the  confused  state  of  the  religions 
world,  and  the  consequences  of  this'  con- 
fusion to  the  simple  outlies  of  ihe 
Christian  system  in  the  Gospel;  Paul  de- 
clares, it  to  be  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation.  This  is  an  easy  solution  of 
the' whol^  difticnlty.  He  thanked  God 
that  'the  Koman  brethren  had'  obeyed 
fiom  the  heart  that/brwi  of  doctrine  de- 
livered linto  them,  by  which  they  were 
made  free,  holy  aiid  heirs  of  eternal, 
life.  To  adhere  therefore  to  the  Gospel 
is  safe:— to  oniit  obedience  to  any  of  its 
precepts, or  oiidinanees,  is  hazardous  ami 
demoralizing,,  and  leads  to  further,  neg- 
lect of '  its  provisions.  Since  it  is  seen 
that  to  the  extent  that  persons  neglect 
to  practice  the  precepts  of  the  Gospel, 
to  that  extent  tlieybecoine  the  advocates 
of  sncii  neglect,  which  is  tlie  gei^ra  of 
all  apost;i,sIe.s;  and  ou.-  of  the  ..lear  te.sli- 
monies  of  the  GuspeMnueli.  i-  llinvloie 
not  its   popularity,  but  ii-  uiq."']iiil;iiitv. 

"  If  ilif  wni'lil  love  me,  says  Clu'ist 
it  aNi.  Would  lo\e  yon,"  but  ye  are 
not  of  of  the  world,  therefore  the 
world  hateth  you  "  and  "  ye  shall  be 
liated  .of  all  men  for  iny  name's  sake." 
To  learn  the  way  of  salvation,  must 
necessarily  embrace  this  fact.  And  the 
whole  matter  aS  it  addresses  itself  to 
the  incpiiier  resolves  itself  into  the  sim- 
ple fact,  whether  such  are  prepared  .to 
choose  the  way  of  suffering  for  Christ's 
sake;  instead  of  drifting  in  ease  with  the 
popular  cmreiit?  An  unwillingness  to 
choose,  is  as  the  sin  of  witchcraft.  "  I 
am  come  a  light  unto  the  world;  that 
whosoever  believeth  on  me,  should  not 
abide  in  darkness"  (John  13:  4fl). 

{^To  he  continued). 


PEOPLE  WILL  TALK. 


You  may  gain  the  victory,  but  sorry  nmlslow. 
If  you  listen  to  nil  that  is  siiiJ  as  yoii  go, 
Vim'll  liL- worried  jiiid  fret  toil  and  ki-pfc  out  of 

tile  wiiy, 
For  nicddlesonsc   tongues  must,  have  soinetliitif,' 

Anil  then   if  you  show  the  least  boldness  of 

Or  a  slight  inclination  to  tukc  a  good  pni-t. 
They  will  call  you  an  upstart,  Conceited  and  vain 
But  keep  strniglit  alie^d,  doa't.stop  to  complain. 

If  you  work  for  the  Lord,  and  do  what  you  can. 
They'll  say  yoiu'e  abend  of  yonr  positioii,  very 

odd  man, 
Now  the  beat  way  to  do,  is  the  good  Lord  to 

please. 
And  then  youniiind  will  be  continually  at  ease. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  I  fear  that 
it  is  too  much  tlie  case,  that  while  w 
stop  and  fret  at  what  others  say,  we  lose 
sight  of  the  promise  of  God.  He  has 
promised  to  be  with  us,  and  if  the  Lord 
be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?  Yet 
we  sometimes  become  discouraged  ^vhen 
clouds  arise,  but  let  u.$  rely  on  the  prom- 
ise of  God  and  faithfully  yvovk  on ;  for 
if  we  ■  hinder  instead  of  encourage,  wq 
will  likely  receive  a  Ijlaek  mark  in  the 
book  of  account ;  for  hindrances  are 
Satan's  means  to  rob  us  of  heaven. 

A  few  nights  ago  while  seeking  repose, 
amid  grief  and  discom'agements,  I 
dreamed  that  I  saw  a  chariot  jiscending 
the  skies,  bearing,  as  it  were,  some  per- 
sons away  to  another  world.  This  vis- 
ion made  a  deep  impression  on  my  mind. 
Suppose  a  chariot  from  God  should  stop 
at  our  door  to  bear  us  away  to  our  home, 
which  will  soon  be  the  case  iidth  gome 
of  us,  are  we  ready?  "\\Tien  we  wish  to 
take  a  short  journey  even,  how  careful 
we  are  to  make  a  complete  preparation 
so  that  nothing  shall  mar  our  enjoyment 
when  ^ve  I'each  the  place. 

Why  not  prepare  as  well  and  as  fully 
for  the  journey  of  Life?  O  let  each  be 
ready  t  The  Lord  has  promised  to  keep 
us,  and  we  need  His  Iielp.  Here  and 
there  an  old  pilgrim  brother  or  sister  is 
going  to  rest.  Those  who  have  labored 
hard  to  keep  themselves  and  the  church 
pure,  fire  no  longer  present  to  give  us 
warning.  Are  we  prepared  to  do  the 
kind  of  work  they  did?  Much  remains 
to  be  done,  and  the  time  is  very  short. 
Let  lis  therefore  pray,  lest  having  a 
promise,  we  should  come  short' of  it. 
Your  sister  in  Christ^ 


THE  CROSS  AND  THE  LIFE. 


rPHE  way  of  the  cross  isour  life.  The 
-■-  way  of  God's,  chosen, people  is  the 
way  of  but  fe^v.  The  better  way  is,  the 
way  of  life  and  sanctification.  The  why 
of  Ijibi.r  In  ilic  way  of  perfection.  As 
ill  tlie  life  nf  t'lirist  there  was  a'cross,  i^o 
tiler-'  iiLUst  111'  a  cross  in  the  life  of  eve^y 
Christian,  especially  in  those  that  woint 
.to  be  a  peculiar  people  and,  spiritually- 
minded.  \ 

To  be  master  of  your  will,  that  is  the 
right  cross,  and  perhaps  the  greatest. 
The  world  honors  those  present,  forgebi 
those  absent,  and  neglects  the  dying. 
Therefcn-e  it  is  more  blessed  to  despise 
this  vain  world,  and  to  follow  the  truth. 
Too  much  enre  for  the  things  of  this 
world  makes  us  cold  and  indifferent  to 
our  soul's  salvation,  and  is  a  great  liiu- 
drance  in  our  spiritual  life.  The  more 
we  free  our  minds  from  the  cares  of  the 
world,  the  more  we  are  united  to  God, 
and  partake  of  His  divine  nature.  Shun 
those  things  which  have  for  their  pur- 
pose human  praise  and  htiman  knowl- 
edge, but   -with  all  diligence   seek  after 


those  things,  that  Jesus  lias  done  for  our 
salvation.  As  long  jui  you  are  not  truly 
humble  and  in  everything  dead  to  the 
world;  you  are  not  well  prepared  to  seek 
after  those  thiugs  that  are  above.  AVTiat- 
'  does  not  make  you  more  humble, 
and  whatever  is  not  done  in  obedience 
to  God,  that  yon  should  not  desire  to  do. 
The  saints  of  God. have  sai<l  many 
great  things,  and  written  iu  various  ways, 
as  it  was  given  to  them.  Yet  they  nev- 
er could  say  as  much  ns  is  contained  in 
the  Word  itself.  Therefore  we  should 
not  be  contented  with  simply  hearing 
the  outward  speech,  nor  l»e  delighted  at 
the  beauty  of  the  sentence  uttered;  but 
should  at  all  times  turn  to  God  and  seek 
those  tilings  that  are  above — the  high 
and  eternal  riches  in  Christ  Jesn^. 

DO  WE  LOVE  JESUS? 
BY  i.lX/.lEC.  SuUTHWOOlJ, 

TTfE  may  say  that  we  love  Jesus  and 
^^  are  witnesses  for  Him;  but  do 
we  show  by  our  actions  that  we  love 
Him?  Are  we  \villingto  prove  our  love 
for  Him  by  doing  whatHehas  command- 
to  do?  it  is  vain  for  us  to  say,  we 
love  Jesus  when  we  do  not  obey  His 
words.  For  He  says :  "  If  a  man  love 
me  He  \vill  keep  my  words."  If  ive 
truly  love  Jesus  we  will  be  willing  to 
do  whatever  He  has  eomraanded  us  to 
do;  then  will  we  prove  that  we  love 
Him. 

How  often  do  we  hear  church  mem- 
l)ers  say,that  they  know  they  love  Jesus; 
but  oh,  how  many  of  the  DiA-ine  com- 
mands they  leave  unobserved!  If  wo 
were  to  ask  them  why  they  did  not  do  as 
our  dear  Lord  commands,  tliey  \vould 
perhaps  say  tliej''  were  not  intended  for 
us;  we  can  be  saved  mthout  obeinng 
aU. 

Now  my  dear  friends,  do  you  think 
God  will  hold  us  guiltless  if  we  reject 
the  meaiis  of  salvation?  Let  us  ever 
search  for  His  commands,  and  resolve 
witli  God's  Iielp  to  do  them,  and  then 
will  we  prove  to  all  that  we  c/olove  Je- 
sus. 
'Lincolnvillc,  Ind. 


RULES  FOR  THE  CHURCH. 

TF  the  following  simple  rules  are  fol- 
-L  lowed,  they  will  promote  harmony 
and  secure  a  healthy  state  of  things 
among  church  members: 

JPirst.  To  bear  vnth  and  not  mag- 
iiifj' each  othersinfirmities  (Gill.  U:  1,2). 

'Second.'  To  pray  for  one  Another  in 
oijivsocial  uieeti^igs,  and  also  in) private 
(Eph.  (!:  bS),    ,  '         '  ''.'.'. 

Third.  To^avoid  going  from  house 
to  house  for  the  purpose  6f  hearing  or 
telling  news,  secrets,  and  etc.,  or  in  any 
way  interfering  with  the.affaii'^  of  .others 
(iTim.  5:  13). 

JPourth.  Alway.s  turn  a  deaf  ear  to 
slanderous  rejiorfs,  and  to  believe  no 
charge  which  maybe  brought  against 
any  person  until  proven  (1  Cor.  13:  4-,, 

"0- 

Fifth.  If  a  member  be  at  fault,  go 
and  tell  him  of  it  between  thee  and  him 
alone  (Slatt.  18;  15). 

Sixth.  Remember  and  regard  the 
wise  rule  of  Solomon,  to  "  leave  oH'  con- 
tention beforeit  be  meddled  mth"(Prov. 
17:  U).  —Bihh  Banner. 


PiiKTrv  STiiKi'. — The  intoxicating  liq- 
uor annually  drank  in  the  United  States, 
when  equally  divided,  furoishes  each 
male  member  \vith  thirty  dollars  worth. 
If  only  one-iialf  of  them  drink,  they 
will  have  si.\'t)'  dollars  worth  apiece. 
Enough  to  heat  them  pi-etty  hot. 


THE    BKETHRBN    ^T    -WORK. 


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i.  H.  MOORE. 
S.  II.  6ASH0R, 
M.  M.  ESilGLMAH, 


ciiusc  nil  lovers  of  the  Danish  to  rejoic.!, 
for  they  cim  see  that  their  imitetl  efforts  in  eoii- 
trilmting  to  the  support  of  the  mission  has  not 
been  in  vain.  The  church  is  now  fully  organ- 
ized, and  no  doubt  in  n  good,  healthy,  working 
condition.  This  is  certainly  encouraging  to  the 
missionary  cause. 


Tub  DncTHnM  at  Work  y.\\\  be  »ct.l  V^'^-V^'^-  '°  »"/ 
BddrcM  in  Iho  U»U«.l  SmtM  or  Canl'Ji^  for  fl  50  p«r 
UDUin  Those  msaJiiigliMi  nnmu  nml  516.00.  vfiU  ri- 
ooivf.  n'n  txtin  copy  fri-o  of  chorgo.  For  oU  over  Ihis 
number  Ibo  ngcnl  will  bo  allowed  10  ccnls  for  cnah  BdJi- 
lionAl  nnme.  "l.ich  nmounl  can  ho  dflHcWd  from  Ibo 
n.onoy,bBf6C0  sending  U  lo  ua.  Monoy  OrUor,  DrnO.. 
Mil  Bo8i8kro.l  Loltor«  mny  bo  .«nt  nt   o""-  ""V  '^ 

Bb«uld  bo  mido  p^j-iblo  to  Mocrc.  Il^l.or  &  ^holmin.  - 
SuhscriplionB,  »nd  comnmnicol.ona  miondort  for  Iho  r>i- 
par.  nn  ivcU  na  all  buiinias  nmllers  connoolod  ivilb  tbc  of 
.fiCB  should  bo  nddrcjscd 

UOOaS,  BASBOS  li  ESHELMAS, 
Lanart.  Carroll  Co.,  Ill- 


FEBBDAEY  7,  IB73. 


The  city  of  Lon.lon  now  covers  122  square 
luiles,  nnd  contains  a  population  of  3,483.42S. 
amon"  whom  are  222,086  more  women  than 


I,  and  several  appli- 


The  Brethren  nt  Ashland.  Ohio,  have  been 

having  a  glorious  mooting.    Forty-six  were  add- 
etl  to  the  church  by  bnptisi 
cants  besides, 

BnoTiiKB  Lemuel  Hillery  is  engaged  in  his 
nii^ionary  work  in  the  Central  Illinois  mission- 
ary field.  His  family  remains  at  their  home  * 
Shannon,  111.  ^  

It  is  Moid  tlmt  thirty  thousand  people  have 
emigrated  from  Georgia  to  Texas  and  tjie  West- 
orn  States  dui-ing  the  last  year.  "Westward 
the  star  of  empire  takes  its  way." 

We  want  tlie  name  and  address  of  some  one 
in  every  family  of  membei-s  where  the  Biieth- 
REX  AT  WouK  is  not  talten,  so  that  we  can  send 
them  sample  copies.    Send  the  names  along. 


BitOTnER  Benjamin  Miller,  of  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa, 
pulled  our  latch  string  one  day  last  week.  He 
always  meets  us  with  a  warm  grasp  and  is  full 
of  cheer.     He  contemplates  retuniing  to  this 

■t  of  the  county.  Lanark  (or  .lerusalcm 
some  call  it)  possesses  strong  attractive  proper- 
ties, and  those  who  once  lived  here,  and  have 
moved  away,  find  it  pleasant  to  return  and  wor- 
sliip  with  Ihe  Brethren  on  Ml.  Zion,  (for  onr 
meeting-house  stands  on  Zion's  Hill. 

An  ingenious  minister  brings  out  the  follow- 
ing iis  a  new  revision  of  the  five  points  of  Cal- 
vinism, He  concluded  that  the  ism  was  old 
enough  to  be  revised;  at  least  the  new  version 
is  not  much  less  logical  than  the  fii'st: 

1 .  A  man  gets  religion  when  he  don't  want  it. 

2.  When  he  has  got  it  ho  don't  know  it. 

3.  If  he  knows  it,  he  hasn't  got  it. 

4.  If  he  has  it,  he  can't  lose  it. 

5.  If  he  loses  it,  he  never  had  it. 


It  would  seem,"  says  a  certain  writer,  "  iis 
though  ministers  of  the  Gospel  might  find 
enough  to  preach  about  without  dragging  thesil- 
quesfion  into  the  domain  of  theology.  What 
extraordinary  knowledge  have  they  of  the  cur- 
rency question  that  they  should  presume  to  put 
men  down  as  thieves  who  interpret  the  provis- 
ions of  a  bond  somewhat  dift'erently-from  them- 
selves? What  chapter  and  verse  of  the  Bible 
gives  them  warrant  to  arraign  the  intention  and 
honesty  of  financiers  and  statesmen  as  a  prol>- 
lem  of  economica  or  finance?  If  these  men 
knew  how  much  discredit  they  reflect  on  their 
candor  and  good  sense  in  the  ti-catmeut  of  relig- 
ious doctrines  by  their  dogmatic  and  vitupera- 
tive handling  of  purely  secnlary  questions,  they 
might  be  more  slow  to  use  their  ministerial 
standing  quite  so  dogmatically  in  support  of 
positions  wliich,  to  say  the  least,  are  questioned 
by  men  as  devoted  to  public  morality  as  them- 
selves." Ministers  sliould  learn  to  hold  the 
pulpit  too  sacred  to  discuss  purely  secular  sub- 
jects, having  no  bearing  whatever  on  religion, 
Above  all  things  do  keep  God's  things  separate 
from  those  belonging  to  Ca^ar.  If  preachers 
will  see  to  it  that  they  shnn  not  to  declare  the 
hole  counKel  of  God,  they  will  haveenoiigh  to 
keep  them  at  work  one  Hfe-time  at  least. 


The  speaker  also  stated  (hat  England  will 
be  his  great  contedlant,  who,  to  oppose  him,  n-ill 
form  an  alliance  with  half  the  world,  agrunst 
wliieh  the  other  half  will  be  arrayed,  headed  by 
great  Gog  in  alliance  with  whom  will  be  Prussia, 
Germany  and  Itflly,  That  in  the  midst  of  this 
conflict  for  the  supremacy  of  the  world,  Christ 
will  come  to  overthrow  the  assembled  nations, 
organize  His  kingdom,  and  rule  the  world  in 
righteousness. 


ONE    BAPTISM. 


W" 


An  exchange  says,  that  among  the  curiosities 
owned  by  Dr.  Douglas,  of  PluenixviUe,  Pa.,  are 
bricks  made  by  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 

days  or  Pharaoh,  mid  a  nmmmy  i,000  years  old. 

Though  the  famine  in  India  is  over,  yet  the 
■effecte  of  it  are  still  felt  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. About  120,000  children  have  been  made 
orphans  by  the  calamity.  Famines  and  pesti- 
Jeuces  will  come.  ' 


The  Baptists  of  England  propose  to  take  care 
of  their  aged  and  infirm  ministers,  and  have  al- 
ready raised  a  considerable  sum  for  that  purpose. 
It  is  a  disgrace  to  the  common  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity the  way  some  donomuiations  are  neglect- 
ing their  poor  and  infirm.  Not  only  the  disabled 
ministei-a,  but  the  poor  of  other  classes  need  the 
special  care  of  the  church.  No  church  should 
allow  her  ministers  to  sufler,  after  having  work- 
ed hard  imd  spent  alt  their  means  in  defense  of 
the  truth.  We  have  hut  little  faith  in  any  con- 
gregation or  church  that  will  allow  a  worthy, 
disabled  minister  to  suffer  for  the  wants  of  the 
comforts  of  life,  especially  when  possessed  by 
the  church  in  abundance. 


It  is  said  that  the  President  and  Mrs,  Hayes, 
though  frequently  invited  to  attend  the  Wash- 
ington theatres,  have  so  far  declined  them. 
This  is  certainly  a  good  example,  whatever  else 
may  be  said  against  them, 

.lusT  at  this  time  some  of  the  Americans  aie 
doing  all  in  their  power  to  throw  the  Bible  onl 
of  public  schools,  but  in  England  there  is  being 
issued,  in  detached  parts,  an  annotated  edition 
of  the  Bible  for  the  use  of  schools. 


Elper  D.  B.  Ray,  editor  of  the  Baptist  Battk 
Fla(f,  is  writing  up  and  publishing  a  series  of 
articles  on  Baptist  succession,  claiming  that  Je- 
sus Christ  is  the  head  and  founder  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  to  make  good  their  claims,  endeav- 
ors to  prove  a  line  of  Baptist  churches  from  the 
apostolic  churches  to  the  present  time.  There 
is  one  thing  we  would  like  some  one  to  clear  up, 
and  if  possible,  make  plain.  We  have  read  a 
lumber  of  works  on  Baptist  succession,  andev- 
rj'  one  of  them,  in  tracing  the  Baptist  churches 
to  thetime.^of  the  apostles,  run  the  line  thrc 
churches  practicing  trine  immersion.  Why  is 
this?  Why  do  they  not  run  the  line  throi 
churches  practicing  single  immersion?  Will 
some  one  explain  ? 


Wt.  are  about  out  of  some  back  numbers, 

and  therefore  cannot  furnish  complete  sets  of 
the  preseut  volume.  New  subscribers  will  com- 
mence with  the  present  number.  The  price  of 
the  paper  from  now  till  the  end  of  the  year 
will  be  §1.40. 


-A  CAK 


)  just  received  from  the  PrhiiUive  Clin's- 
e  uiforms  us  that  they  are  out  of  the 
Brethren's  Almanacs,  and  heuce  we  can  fill  no 
more  orders  for  them.  Those  who  have  sent 
money  for  Almanacs  will  please  inform  us  what 
they  want  done  with  it. 


Au  excellent  way  to  follow  up  revival  efforts, 
is  to  place  a  copy  of  the  Bhethre.s  at  Work 
for  one  year,  in  the  hands  of  ail  new  converts. 
A  change  of  heart  demanib  a  changeof  mental 
food.  If  you  want  to  save  young  converts,  and 
nuike  of  them  useful  members  of  the  church, 
see  that  they  are  well  supplied  with  good,  whole- 
some reading  matter. 


BOOKS. 


Some  months  ago   the  whole  country 
startled  by  the  discovery  of  what  was  supposed 
to  be  a  petrified  giant  of  huge  proportions.    The 

e  man  was  examined  by  the  learned,  and 
pronounced  a  petrified  human  being,  and  sup- 
posed to  have  belonged  to  some  extmct  race  that 
existed  thousands  of  years  before  the  creation  of 
Adam,  the  first  man  of  the  Bible.    As  the  giimt 

in  possession  of  a  tail  about  two  inches  long 
this  was  regarded  as  proof  that  man  descendetl 

1  the  monkey,  and  hence  showed  the  Bible 
a  fable  and  of  coui-se  not  true.  But  it  has  now 
turned  up  that  the  Cardiff  Giant  is  one  of  P.T. 
Barnum's  humbugs,  was  made  by  a  man  whose 
name  is  Hull,  who  has  deceived  the  people  more 
than  once.  Thus  another  effort  to  find  man 
beyond  the  date  the  Bible  assigns  to  his  origin, 
has  proved  itself  false. 


It  is  more  than  likely  that  the  brethren  sent 
"to  Denmark,  are  now  in  England  on  their  way 
home.  If  a  good  opening  presents  itself,  they 
may  spend  a  few  weeks  preaching  on  the  island, 
proclaming  the  same  Gospel  that  tradition  says 
w.is  preached  there  by  the  ajjoatle  Paul  more 
than  eighteen  hunilred  years  ago. 

Dunisathe  past  week  we  were  favored  with  an 
unusual  amount  of  visitors,  and  among  them 
brethren  Dierforff  and  J.  L.  Meyers  of  Lee  Co., 
III.  They  had  been  west  preaching  in  adjoin- 
ing churches,  and  were  on  their  way  to  Pine 
Creek,  thinking  of  spending  considerable  time 
preaching  during  Ihe  remtunder  of  the  Winter. 


Tmfl  week  we  publish  an  interesting  letter 
from   Enoch   Eby,  the  reading  of  which  will 


Last  week  we  enjoyed  a  pleasant  visit  from 
Eld.  John  Wi.se,  of  Pa.,  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  their  two  sons.  We  were  pleased  to 
find  them  in  good  liealtb  and  enjoying  them- 
selves in  sweet  fellowship  with  the  children  of 
God.  Bro.  Wise  preached  for  us.  several  times 
at  Georgetown,  and  three  telling  discourses  in 
Lanark.  From  here  he  went  to  the  Arnold's 
Grove  congregation,  where  he  ivill  remain  a  few 
days  and  then  to  Waterloo,  Iowa  where  ho  will 
locate  for  the  time  being.  As  a  preacher  of  abil- 
ity, Bro,  Wise  is  extensively  known  among  our 
people;  small  of  stature,  j'ct  an  excellent  voice; 
was  favored  with  a  good  education  in  early  life; 
applied  himself  diligently  to  the  study  of  the 
Scriptures  and  hence  has  done  much  in  the 
furtherance  of  the  cause.  He  was  elected  to  the 
ministrj-  at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  and  has  serv- 
ed in  the  office  thirty-four  years,  twenty-two  of 
which  he  has  been  an  Elder.  His  travels  have 
been  extensive,  amounting  to  as  much  as  fifteen 
thousand  miles  in  one  year.  He  left  his  home 
in  Pa.,  five  weeks  ago,  and  has  filled  sixty-two 
appoint menta since.  God  bless  luminhislabors, 
that  he  may  bo  spared  to  accomplish  still  more 
good  in  the  world. 


AMONG  the  valuable  books  just  received  at 
this  office  are  the  following: 
Josephus  Complete  Works,  in  one  large  voluiie, 

bound  in  leather, S3-,50 

Cruden's  Complete  Concordance,  large  size,  well 

bo\ind  in  leather.    Just  the  thing  for  every 

Bible  student 3-50 

The  same  in  cloth  binding 2.75 

Prince  of  the  Honse  of  David.    Every  family 

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Pillar  of  Fire 2.00 

Biblical  Antiquities, ■  ■  1.50 

Campbell  and  Owen's  Debate, 1,50 

Campbell  on  Baptism, 120 

Reason  and  Revelation, 2.00 

Voice  of  Seven  Thundci-s, 1-50 

The  Philosophy  of  the  Plan  of  Salvation,.  .1.50 

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THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

JUST  now  there  is  uuiuh  interest  nnmifestini 
itself  over  the  Eastern  Question,  and  not 
few  are  carefully  examining  the  subject  in  the 
light  of  prophecy.  Some  days  ago  we  listened 
to  a  discourse  by  Eld.  J.  M.  Stephenson,  of  Chi 
cago,  in  which  the  speaker  presented  his  viewi 
of  which  the  following  is  a  summary: 

According  to  prophecy  there  were  to  be  two 
invasions  of  Turkey  by  Russia  before  the  final 
move.  The  first  to  fail,  the  second  to  succeed; 
but  neither  to  result  in  the  last "  great  battle  of 
God  Almighty,"  and  that  before  the  lost  great 
conflict  "  the  land  of  Canaan  "  must  be  brought 
back  from  the  sword  and  re-settled  by  the  Jews, 
who  will  have  been-gatliered  from  all  nations; 
and  that  this  grand  result  may  grow  out  of  the 
present  war— that  at  all  events,  the  present  diffi- 
culties will  he  amicably  adjusted.  He  also  stated 
that  England  would  be  the  leading  nation  to  re- 
store the  Jews,  and  to  protect  them  in  their  own 
land;  that  it  would  be  a  miLster stroke  of  policy 
to  restore  the  nationality  of  Israel;  that  they 
would  do  more  toward  maintaining  the  equilib- 
rium between  the  Orient  mid  Occident,  than  a 
standing  army  from  Europe  and  Asia;  that,  if 
England  ever  gets  her  pay  from  Turkey,  she 
must  take  it  in  landed  estate;  that  the  only  part 
of  Turkey's  domain  that  can  be  sold  for  money 
is  Palestine;  and  that  fhe  rich  Jews  having  a 
mortgage  on  that  land  for  money  loaned  the 
Sultan,  would  gladly  purchase  Englmid's  title. 
The  speaker  said,  that  there  would  be  a  time 
of  peace  nnd  prosperity  for  the  Jews,  after  their 
restoration,  as  evidenced  by  the  declaration  of 
the  prophet  that  when  Gog,  the  emperor  of  Rus- 
sia,— shall  send  his  armies  to  rob  the  rich  hank- 
ers and  merchant  princes  of  the  Jews,  they  will 
find  them  dwelling  in  unwallcd  villages  or  cities, 
showing  that  being  at  peace  with  the  world, 
they  will  have  made  no  preparations  of  defense. 
He  also  stated,  that  no  national  policy  will 
prompt  the  proud  autocrat  to  become  the  imper- 
ial robber  of  the  Jews— that  no  interest,  except 
a  sordid  love  of  gold,  will  prompt  him  to  say  to 
his  cabinet,  "Come,  let  us  go  to  the  land  of  un- 
wa'led  villages  that  has  bd^n  always  waste,  but 
is  now  brought  back  from  the  sword,  and 
against  the  people  who  are  gathered  out  of  the 
nations  to  take  a  spoil,  to  carry  away  gold  and 
silver,  and  to  take  a  great  spoil." 


Bt-ofhfrMm-e:— 

HAT  does  Paul  mean  in  Eph.  4:  5,  where 
he  says,  "one  baptism?"  A  few  even- 
ings ago  I  heard  a  preacher  read  it  "  one  immer- 
sion,"  and  tried  to  prove  that  was  what  Paul 
meant.  Give  ns  your  views  through  the  Bretii- 
BEN  AT  Work.  A  Bhother. 

Hesearks, — By  the  term  one  baptism,  Paul 
did  not  refer  to  the  number  of  actions  required 
to  constitute  Christian  baptism.  There  is  not 
one  particle  of  evidence  in  all  antiquity  favoring 
the  idea  that  the  apostle  is  referring  to  single 
immersion,  while  on  the  other  hand,  every  an- 
cient Greek  scholar,  without  one  known  excep- 
tion, who  has  written  on  theaubject,  says  that  it 
refers  to  the  three-fold  immersion.  Every 
known  Greek  witness  from  the  early  ages  of  the 
church  is  on  the  side  of  trine  immersion. 

As  before  remarked,  Paul  in  this  case  is  not 
writing  about  tlie/i»"itfof  actions  in  baptism; 
he  is  speaking  of  the  ordinance  itself,  and  if  we 
ant  to  learn  the  number  of  actions  that  arc 
required  to  constitute  Christian  baptism,  we 
must  go  to  Matt,  28:  10,  where  it  is  taught  in 
fuU.  Had  Paul  meant  to  teach  single  immer- 
sion he  would  have  said,  "one  Lord,  one  faith 
and  one  dip"  (bapto),  but  he  did  not  say  so.  In 
the  place  of  bapto  in  the  Greek,  he  bos  baplisma, 
which,  when  properly  rendered  into  our  lan- 
guage, is  dipping,  hence  otie  dipping,  making  it 
admissible  of  more  than  one  action,  and  with 
this  agree  all  records  of  antiquity. 

Chrysostom,  one  of  the  ablest  Greek  scholars 
of  antiquity,  a  man  who  is  said  to  have  been 
able  to  repeat  the  Bible  in  Greek,  from  begin- 
ning to  end,  and  who  lived  and  preached  in  a 
church  that  was  established  by  the  apostles  them- 
selves, when  speaking  of  this  passage  says: 
"  Christ  delivered  to  his  disciples  one  baptism 
in  three  immersions  of  the  body,  when  he  said, 
'go  teach  all  nations,  baptii^ing  them  into  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.' "  Here  Chrysostom  connects  Paul's 
one  baptism  \vith  the  great  commission,  making 
them  both  refer  to  trine  immersion. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  mode  of 
baptism  was  not  a  mattur  of  dispute  at  that  time, 
therefore  to  use  Paul's  language  as  evidence 
ag.iinst  the  three-fold  practice  is  not  logical. 
Christian  baptism  is  one  in  the  same  sense  that 
the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit  are  one,  that  is, 
one  in  the  sense  of  the.se  being  one.  The  apos- 
tle was  reasoning  on  unity,  showing  the  oneness 
of  different  characteristics  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment revelation — showing  that  in  all  its  partsit 
was  the  same  for  both  Jew  and  Gentile,  both 
bond  and  free,  never  once  alluding  to  the  differ- 
ent parts  of  which  certain  things  consisted. 

To  render  the  term  one.  immersion  does  not 
better  the  cose,  for  immersion  is  anglicized  Lat- 
in, and  no  better  than  baptism,  and  when  we  go 
lo  Latin  scholars  of  antiquity,  they  say  Christian 
baptism  consists  of  three  actions.  Men  who 
mix  up  the  English  and  Latin  in  order  to  get 
the  phrase  otic  immersion  before  the  people,  and 
thereby  deceive  them,  instead  of  giving  the  pure 
English  rendering,  one  dipping,  deserve  to  have 
their  logic  exposed.  Immersion,  all  scholars 
will  admit,  is  anglicized  Latin,  and  therefore 
must  mean  whatever  the  pure  Latin  term,  from 
which  it  is  derived  means.  If  it,  when  prefixed 
by  the  numerical  adjective  one  means  but  a  sin- 
gle dip,  how  does  it  come  that  the  whole  Latin 
church,  composed  of  members  who  spoke  imd 
read  the  Latin,  practiced  trine  immersion  from 
the  eariiest  ages?  Did  they  not  understand 
their  o\vn  native  tongue?  I  do  not  object  ma- 
terially to  the  rendering  of  the  term  by  one  baf- 
lisni,  provided  men  will  tell  the  truth  of  what 
lays  behind  it.  But  for  men,  who  claim  to  he 
scholars,  to  attempt  to  pass  off  such  erroneous 
doctrine  as  truth  when  it  is  directly  opposite  to 
all  evidence  on  the  subject,  is  going  considerably 
fiirther  than  they  have  papers  for. 

The  best  Greek  authority  in  existence  says, 
one  btiplism  refers  to  trine  immersion,  and  the 
united  practice  of  the  Latin   world  .■^hows  that 


February   7. 


THE    BRETH:R]i:N"    A.T    AVOEI?:. 


tho  jc  who  rend  and  spoke  that  language  as  their 
ntitive  tongue,  believed  that  the  term  ohpihiw*-*-- 
sioii  iilso  referred  to  the  same  method  of  bapti7y- 
ing,  and  when  it  conies  to  n  modern  Bcholnr,  who 
knon-B  but  little  about  the  Latin,  standing  up 
(igiiinflt  the  united  prActice  of  millions  of  com- 
petent judges,  it  amounts  to  but  little  in  the 
scale  of  evidence.  .i-  S-  «■ 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

ON  tile  night  of  Jan.  9th,  at  12:30  A.  M..  in 
company  with  brethren  Yoiince  and  Esh- 
eliuan,  myself  imd  lady  took  the  train  nt  Water- 
loo, Iowa,  fii  route  for  111.,  lud.,  and  the  East. 
At  9  A,  M.  we  lu-rived  at  Freeport,  111.,  where 
Bro.  Eshelman  separated  from  ns.  He  to  retuiii 
home  to  comfort  the  little  ones,  and  pen  glad 
tidings  for  our  unmerons  renders,  nnd  we  to 
joiiriiey  East-ward.  Arrived  in  Chicago,  and 
alter  a  delay  of  five  hours,  entered  one  of  the 
elegant  conches  of  the  B.  &  0.  R.  II.  Co.,  and 
were  soon  stcnmiiig  out  of  Chicago,  the  Garden 
City  of  the  West,  into  the  dnrkness,  and  over 
the  prairies  and  woodlands  of  Ind.,  among  whose 
people  we  spent  so  many  seasons  of  refreshing 
and  joy,  weeks  and  months  before.  At  three  in 
morning,  as  we  neared  Syracuse  where  Bro, 
Youuce  resides,  the  approach  whistle  from  the 
locomotive  sounding  through  the  stillness  of 
night,  brought  from  him  the  exclamation, 
"  There,  my  wife  heard  that,"  and  then  we 
thought  of  the  happy  meeting  at  home,  and  the 
"  God  bless  you,"  as  he  told  of  his  laboi-s  at 
Waterloo,  and  of  sinners  turning  to  God — then 
came  the  old,  old  reverie  of  absent  loved  ones 
in  the  home  of  repose,  and  wondered  if,  when 
the  puffings  of  life's  train  grew  more  hoarse  luid 
slow,  and  the  bugle  sounds  near  the  station  of 
death,  if  then  we  could  look  as  hnppy  as  Bro. 
Younce  did,  nearing  lib  earthly  home,  and 
eagerly  look  beyond  and  say,  there,  they  hear 
that  in  heaven  and  I'll  soon  be  at  home?  God 
grant  us  all  in  death,  this  eager,  anxious  long- 
ing, and  this  blissful  end. 

Without  giving  in  detail  all  the  incidents  of 
our  journey,  will  only  add  that  sister  Kat«  Say- 
lor,  whose  name  we  failed  to  mention  before, 
wiLS  in  our  company,  adding  much  to  its  cheer- 
fulness, until  near  W.  ¥a.  line  in  Ohio,  where 
she  stopped  off  to  visit  her  brother,  who  is  at- 
tending school  there,  preparing  for  usefulness 
in  future  life;  trust  it  may  result  in  good  to  not 
only  "lis  world,  but  to  the  enlarging  of  God's 
house  also. 

We  arrived  at  Greenville  in  the  afleraoon  of 
12th,  where  we  were  met  by  Bro.  Dr.  Boteler 
and  a  son  of  Eld.  J.  F.  Oiler,  who  conveyed  us, 
with  bome  friends  from  Cimiberlond  Co.,  Pa,,  to 
Bro.  Oiler's  house  in  Waynesboro.  After  the 
greetings  and  supper  were  over,  we  held  a  sea- 
son of  prayer  with  quite  a  number  of  visitors, 
experiencing  what  really  comforts  the  heart  in 
any  stage  of  Christian  life — gratitude  to  God 
for  life  presen-ed,  hospitable  and  entertaining 
friends  along  with  a  pleasant  home  and  place  to 
i-est. 

Next  morning,  in  company  with  Bro.  Oiler, 
we  attended  services  at  the  "Hade"  church; 
large  audience  and  good  interest.  In  the  even- 
ing, back  to  Waynesboro,  where  an  overflo^ving 
house  greeted  us,  and  by  request,  our  efforts  in 
the  interest  of  Truth  were  continued  for  a  few 
evenings:  preaching  principally,  on  Christian 
duty  and  doctrine.  Found  thechnrch  general- 
ly in  union,  and  much  interest  inanitestcd  in  the 
discourses  preached.  This  being  more  of  a  meet- 
ing for  the  members  and  building  up  of  the  faith 
of  those  already  in  Christ,  we  did  not  anticipate 
nny  results,  yet  we  feel  confident,  had  our  meet- 
uigs  continued  longer,  many  would  have  accept- 
ed the  Truth,  During  the  day-time  we  spent 
the  time  in  visiting  friends,  among  them  the 
family  of  our  "special  contributor,"  Bro.  D.  B. 
MentKcr.  The  only  regret  we  could  express  on 
leaving  them  was:  Our  visit  was  like  a  glorious 
sennon  or  a  powerful  prayer, — "Too  short." 
Bro.  Meutzer  has  a  pleasant  home,  good  library 
and  a  love  for  the  church,  and  has  promised  to 
still  continue  his  articles  for  our  columns,  and 
with  this  promise  our  readers  can  look  forsf 
thing  good  occasionally  from  his  pen.  We  al:o 
had  the  pleosure  of  meeting  our  esteemed  ohl 
brother  Eld.  Henry  Kooutz.  now  in  his  eight 
mill  year.  His  eyes  are  growing  dim  and  tbe 
steps  feeble,  though  not  sufficiently  so  as  U 
cause  him  to  remain  away  from  the  solemn  as 
sembly  and  the  house  of  prayer.     His  last  day. 


are  here,  and  soon  all  will  be  numbered,  and 
then — Ah,  what!  A  home  in  heaven?  Yesin- 
deed,  and  amid  the  shades  of  the  celestial  para- 
dise, and  beside  the  crystal  river,  and  the  great 
white  throne,  perpetual  day,  eternal  spring,  ev- 
erlasting youth,  and  the  songs  of  redeeming 
love  with  the  union  of  the  sanctified,  worship- 
ing and  praising  God  forever  and  evermore. 
Will  we  meet  him  there?  Yes,  by  God's  grace, 
and  the  patience  and  blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 

On  Saturday  lilth  iust,  Bro.  Oiler,  wife  and 
daughter  Annie,  accompanied  us  to  this  "Man- 
or "  church.  On  the  way  we  stopped  in  Hagers- 
town  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  E.  S.Miller;  spent 
an  hour  pleasimtty  and  then  passed  on.  Were 
kindly  received  by  the  membei-s  here,  and  up  till 
to-day  have  had  but  two  meetings,  rain  and 
mud  hiodei-ijig.  Of  our  visit  here,  will  have 
more  to  say  in  future.  Saturday  I  go  to  Browns- 
ville to  remain  a  few  days,  leaving  my  compan- 
ion here. 

May  God,  in  His  infinite  mercy,  bless  His 
people  and  church  overy-where.  All  our  cor- 
respondents con  address  us  at  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  as 
we  will  reach  there  Feb.  13tli.  Small-pox  is 
raging  in  Huntingdon,  Pa., — Priiiulit'c  home. 
Bro.  E.  D.  Kindig's  wife  died  with  the  disease. 
Trust  all  our  Primilife  friends  will  be  spared, 
s.  H.  B. 

Ffih-pl'iij.  M<7.,  Jan.  23.  Ji^S. 


CUIiBERTSON    AGAIN. 

OUR  readei-s  will  remember  that  in  Vol.  2, 
No.  51,  we  gave  place  to  on  article  from 
C.  L.  Culbertson,  followed  by  some  comments 
on  his  theoiy  of  the  "  invisible  church."  In  re- 
ply to  my  observations,  Cornelins  L.  Culbertson 
has  sent  in  an  article  about  six  icct  in  length, 
the  fii-st  half  of  which  he  addresses  "  Mr.  E."  at 
least  seventeen  times.  Just  why  he  should  get 
luch  "Mr.  E."  in  his  article,  and  so  little 
Lord  and  Master,  I  fail  to  see;  for  "  Mr.  E."  is 
not  fialvation  nor  the  way  of  salvation,  but  is 
himself  a  man  of  "  like  passions"  ivith  others. 
(Acts  14:  15).  A  portion  of  the  remainder  of 
his  article  is  here  given,  not  simply  to  reply  to 
Aiw,  but  to  set  some  things  right  in  reference 
to  baptism  and  regeneration,  two  things  that 
opponents  frequently  confound,  in  opposi- 
titm  to  the  belief  we  maintain  on  those  questions. 
Now  hear  him: 

"  The  particular  texts  are  John  3 : 5,  and  Titus 
_ .  5,  on  which  much  of  the  stress  of  this  con- 
troversy is  laid.  But  in  considering  them  atten- 
tively, I  find  nothing  in  either  of  tliem  to  lead 
us  to  think  baptism  is  the  regeneration  spoken 
of  there.  As  to  theformerof  theni(John3:5), 
when  our  Lord  says,  "Except  a  man  be  born  of 
water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  God."  It  is  (after  all  the  con- 
tempt with  which  that  interpretation  has  been 
treated)  veiy  possibly  he  may  mean  by  a  well- 
known  figure,  to  express  one  idea  by  both  those 
clauses,  that  is,  the  piirilying  influences  of  the 
Spirit  cleiuising  the  mind  as  water  does  the 
body;  as  eljewhere  to  be  baptized  with  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost  imd  with  fire,  (Matt.  3)  signifies  to  be 
baj>ti/.ed  by  the  Spirit  operating  like  fire;  but 
if  there  there  is  indeed  a  reference  to  bn^itism  in 
these  words,  (which  I  own  I  am  much  inclined 
to  believe)  it  will  by  no  means  follow  that  bap- 
tism i^  regeneration." 

"  It  by  no  means  follows  that  baptism  is  re- 
generation." Not  at  all!  If  baptism  be  regtn- 
ertition,  then  regeneration  must  be  bapHsm. 
There  is  no  evading  this.  "  Then  conieth  Jesus 
to  John  to  be  regemrattd  of  him."  Did  Jesus 
need  regeneration?  "Know  ye  not,  that  so 
many  of  us  as  were  regenerated  into  Jesus  Christ, 
were  regenerated  into  his  death?"  How  does 
that  sound?  and  this?  "Buried  with  him  in 
regeneration."  Was  Christregenerated?  "John 
preached  the  regeneration  of  repentance,"  I 
want  the  reader  to  note  this,  for  farther  on, 
frienil  C.  comes  to  the  defense  of  the  opinions  of 
niang  learned  divines  on  this  subject,  and  seems 
to  cross  his  own  path  in  this  matter. 

Baptism  is  one  of  the  means  on  man's  part,  of 
attaining  a  regenerate  state,  and  is  not  the  re- 
generate state  itself.  Baptism  is  one  of  the 
causes,  and  the  regenerate  state  the  effect.  Faith, 
repentance  and  bikptism  must  be  attende<l  to  by 
man,  then  God  pardons,  gives  the  gift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  the  hope  of  eternal  life;  and  when 
man  has  all  these,  he  is  iu  a  regenerate  state. 
We  must  not  confound  God's  work,  and  the 
work  assigned  to  man  to  attain  regeneration. 
The  things  to  be  done  to  the  body,  the  outward 
acts  are  given  to  man  to  perform,  while  the  needi 
of  the  soul  God  supplies.  God  promises  to  do 
certain  things  for  us,  if  we  do  certain  things  for 
ourselves.  He  always  telling  us  what  to  do,  and 
what  not  to  do. 


But  friend  Culbertson  insists  that  "Mr.  E. 
must  acknowledge  that  many  learned  and  pious 
divines  liave  taught  and  contended,  that  regen- 
eration does,  in  the  strictest  propriety  of  speech, 
Ignify  baptism."  He  says  I  "must  acknowl- 
edge" this.  There  is  no  dodging;  I  hih^/,  hence 
I  do;  hut  what  of  it?    The  question  is  not  what 

inang  learned  and  pious  divines  have  taught," 
nor  what  some  learned  divines  have  taught,  and 
do  teach,  but  icbnf  does  God  teach?  This  is  the 
important  query,  and  the  only  one  that  can  be 
aiiswered  with  safety,  and  that  is  irnrth  answer- 
ing. "  According  to  his  merey  he  saved  us,  hy 
the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renewing  of 
the  Holy  Ghost"  (Titus  3:  5).  Hero  we  have 
God's  answer,  which  is  regeneration's  washing, 

,,  the  regeneration  that  comes  hg  baptism — 
not  by  baptism  alone,  but  by  faith,  repentitncc 
mid  baptism.  In  the  same  connection  we  read 
of  the  "  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  meaning 
not  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  reiieueJ,  but  that 
man  is  renewed  bg  the  Holj'  Ghost.  All  these 
perform  on  important  part  in  the  induction  of 
m  into  Christ,  and  he  who  attempts  to  drop 
or  substitute  something  else  in  place  of 
them,  launches  his  vessel  on  tlie  great  sea  of 
[loubts  and  perplexities  and  sails  he  knows  not 
whither. 

Fnend  C.  next  attempts  to  prove  that  the  pen- 
itent on  the  cross  was  no  preacher!  Well,  who 
said  he  was  ?  These  are  the  words  I  used  in  my 
former  argument  on  this  subject:  The  'poor 
penitent  wa^  baptized  and  a  preacher,  "  Hold  1 
where  did  you  learn  that?"  says  one.  Learn 
Well  iu  the  same  chapter  that  Mr.  C.  finds 
evidence  that  the  poor  penitent  was  first  in  the 
''  invisible"  church.  It  is  called  the  chapter  of 
supposition.  Doe.''  he  not  see  the  point?  If 
not,  let  him  read  the  firat  chajjter  of  sitpjMsi- 
(ion  again.     But  hear  him  a  little  further: 

God  is  no  respecter  of  persons;  consequent- 
ly He  will  not  take  some  to  glory  on  an  excep- 
tion, and  require  others  to  observe  all  the  duties 
pertaining  to  this  life.  If  He  did.  He  would  be 
a  re.Hpecter  of  persons." 

Well,  but  you  say  the  penitent  on  the  cross 
did  go  to  gloi7  wiihoul  baptism,  and  then  turn 
round  and  say,  if  so,  God  is  a  respecter  of  per- 
sons. You  insist  that  a  man  must  be  baptized 
in  order  to  get  into  the  Baptist  church,  but  still 
he  can  get  into  the  "  invisible  church  "  without 
Then  a  man  can  get  into  the  invisible 
church  with  less  conditions  than  into  the  Bap- 
tist church.  Has  the  Baptist  church  added 
anything  to  the  conditions  of  salvation? 

True,  God  is  no  respecter  of  j'^rson.*,  but  then 
He  is  a  respecter  of  character  and  principle,  and 
this  is  just  what  He  respected  in  the  poor  peni- 
tent on  the  cross.  He  did  not  save  his  body 
there  and  then,  but  then  Pe  did  res])ect  the  poor 
penitent's  soul,  and  remembered  him.  One 
more  point.  Jesus  was  not  yet  dead, — had  not 
died  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world— hence  had 
not  sealed  His  Will  with  His  blood;  and  so 
long  as  the  Testator  liveth  He  has  perfect  right 
to  change  His  Will.  When  personally  present. 
He  had  power  to  say,  "  Thy  sins  be  forgiven 
thee,"  and  it  was  so,  but  when  He  ascended  and 
left  His  Will,  His  Word  and  Truth,  this  was 
from  that  time  forth  the  only  "  power  of  God 
unto  salvation,"  and  this  same  power  remains 
irith  us  unto  this  doy.  By  the  New  Testament, 
therefore,  we  must  be  governed.  It  cont.iins  all 
the  rules  of  faith  and  practice,  and  God's  man- 
ner of  dealing  with  His  people,  that  are  neces- 
sarj'.  There  is  no  other  revelation  from  God, 
that  shows  how  and   what  we  must  do  to  be 


"  Vermont  has  a  new  law  by  which  criminals 
convicted  of  murder  and  worthy  of  capital  pun- 
ishment, shall  bo  imprisoned  for  two  years  be- 
fore execution  shall  take  place,  so  that  if  the 
innocence  of  the  prisoner  can  be  established,  he 
may  have  the  benefit  of  it." 


"  With  more  truth  than  poetry,  an  old  sage 
has  divided  the  world  into  two  great  partie.s: 
One  goes  ahead  and  works  for  the  public  good 
in  the  best  way  they  know  how.  The  others 
stand  off  with  their  hands  in  their  pockets,  and 
with  the  heartlessness  of  true  grumblers,  ask 
why  things  were  not  done  in  a  different  way. 
That  is  like  some  men  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up,  while  others  go  to  work  and  turn 
something  up. 


News  from  the  Eastern  war  seem  badly  mix- 
ed. Peace  negotiations.gomg  on,  yet  the  Rus- 
sians, with  victorious  armies  closing  in  on  ali 
the  roads  leading  out  of  Constantinople. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT, 

Sweet  Home. 

WHAT  is  home?  A  place  of  rest  from  the 
toils  of  the  day.  A  sweet  resting  place 
where  we  can  meet  the  loved  ones  who  dwell 
there.  Long  years  .igo,  a  mim  who  never  had  a 
home,  ivrote  the  beautiful  words,  "  Sweet  home." 
sweet  home.  The  best  place  on  earth.  The 
paradise  of  this  worid.  What  would  wo  do 
without  a  home?  No  place  nt  which  to  rest 
from  the  cares  and  toils  of  the  day.  It  would 
he  miserable.  Yet  how  many  are  there  who 
have  no  home?    There  are  thousands  who  nev- 

k-new  what  a  home  is.  They  have  been  cast  - 
out  into  the  world  with  no  one  to  care  for  them. 
Have  not  even  a  place  where  to  lay  their  head. 
What  a  pity  it  is,  to  have  no  home;  no  kind 
mother;  no  good  father  to  provide  for  the  wants 
of  the  helpless;  no  brothers  and  sisters  to  help 
boar  the  burdens  of  life. 

To-night  it  is  cold.  The  ground  is  covered 
with  snow,  but  I  am  at  home,  yes,  sweet  homo 
here  all  is  bright  and  cheerful.  Nothing  to 
mar  the  feelings  of  any  one.  It  is  pleasant. 
Have  been  hai-d  at  work  all  week,  from  early 
dawn  to  near  the  small  hours  of  the  night. 
Working  hard  to  feed  hungry  souls  with  suita- 
ble healthy  food.  This  is  not  tt  task,  itisapleas- 
It  makes  one  feel  good  to  think  ho  has 
spent  the  week  doing  his  duty.  Then  when  the 
■eek's  work  is  over,  to  have  a  cheerful  home 

here  he  can  rest  and  be  refreshed. 

While  sitting  here  at  the  desk,  we  think  of 
even  tli£  many  sad  homes  in  the  land.  May  be 
at  this  very  minute  there  are  thousands  of  homes 

here  all  is  sad.  Not  one  ray  of  cheerfulness  to 
brighten  up  the  thorny  pathway  of  life.  A 
mother  may  be  weeping  over  her  little  infant 
that  has  just  closed  its  eyes  in  death.  Poor 
mother!  It  is  hard  for  her  to  give  up  the  pre- 
cious little  object,  yet  she  must.  Then  wc  think 
of  the  broken-hearted  young  wife.  Her  head  is 
buried  in  her  hands,  and  lier  heart  almost  ready- 
to  break.  What  is  the  matter?  Enough  to 
break  a  woman's  heart.  She  moved  in  respect^ 
able  society,  is  from  a  well-to-do  family.  She 
gave  her  heart  to  the  man  she  loved.  She  gave 
all  into  his  hands.  She  was  happy,  with  bright 
prospects  before.  But  alas!  she  was  betrayed. 
She  knew  not  that  she  was  marrying  a  tippler. 
She  trembles,  is  in  constant  dread.  Don't  know 
■here  he  is.  Poor  girl!  God  pity  the  drunk- 
ard's wife.  But  we  think  of  other  places,  can't 
call  them  homes,  they  are  not — where  a  poor^ 
broken-down  mother  is  struggling  with  poverty^ 
Her  clothes  are  thin;  no  food  in  the  house.  The 
fire  is  getting  low;  the  cliitdren  are  crying  for 
food;  they  draw  near  mother  and  bury  their 
heads  in  her  bosom,  but  she  is  only  weeping,  she 
cannot  help  them.  Where  is  theirfather?  Ask 
the  saloon  keeper.  How  thankful  we  ought  to 
be  that  we  have  good  comfortable  homes. 

How  many  sweet  homes  are  there  to-night? 
How  many  places  where  all  is  sunshine?  where 
the  family  love  each  other,  and  take  pleasure  in 
each  other's  society?  where  there  are  no  an- 
gry words,  no  quarreling,  naught  to  mnr  the 
beauty  of  the  home  circle.  God  bless  the  sweet 
homes  to-night,  and  help  the  inmates  to  live 
happy,  and  do  all  iu  their  power  to  make  each 
other  happy.  How  I  wish  I  could  impress  on  the 
mind  of  all,  the  necessity  of  making  home  a  lit- 
tle paradise;  a  happy  little  Eden  hereon  earth, 
where  all  the  family  can  meet  and  enjoy  the 
closing  of  the  week.  Clouds  may  come  and  go, 
and  even  dark,  gloomy  hours  may  pass,  yet  all 
should  labor  to  make  the  best  of  it,  and  if  pes- 
sible  have  a  happy  home. 

Not  all  wealthy  homes  are  happy  homes. 
Some  of  the  finest  palaces  of  the  land  are  the 
abodes  of  broken-hearted  people.  There  is  a 
placein  the  heart  that  wealth  cannot  fill.  There 
are  many  neat  homes  inside  of  rude  huta. 
Around  the  large  fire-place  the  family  can  sit 
and  sing 

"  Home,  home  sweet  home." 
But  think  of  the  thousands  who  this  night  are 
shivering  in  the  cold — tbev  have  no  home,  but 
little  clothing,  no  food,  all  is  dreary.  God  bless, 
the  homeless.  There  is  a  happy  home  in  the 
Great  Beyond,  in  the  other  world — where  all  ia 
sunshine.  We  hope  to  meet  thousands  there. 
Many  of  them  have  no  home  on  earth,  but  the 
great  and  good  Spirit  can  give  them  one 
above.  Let  us  hasten  on,  we  will  eoou  be  at 
home. — J.  n.  moorb. 


"NoTQlN'O  can  be  more  absurd  than  the  idea 
of 'looking  guilty'  proves  guilt.  An  honest 
man  charged  with  crime,  is  much  more  likely  to 
blush  at  the  accusation  than  the  real  offender, 
who  is  generally  prepared  for  such  on  eventj 
and  has  his  face '  ready  made.'  The  verj'  thought 
of  being  suspected  of  anything  criminal  will 
bring  the  blood  into  an  innocent  man's  cheek, 
nine  times  out  of  ten." 


Tl-IE    BEETPIEBN    ^T    -WORK. 


FebruHi-j'   Y. 


f /(?  fom?  §ircle. 

READ  AKD  OBEY. 

■'  HusbinUs,  love  jour  niicl."  ^^ 
■■Wives     obey    your    liuBbiinda." 
..  F-lhtr5,  prov»ko  not  your  ohiWreu  lo  vrrilh."  ^ 
..  ChiUrco.    obey    your    ptt«nl3    in    M    ibmg*. 


^(iii^e^Z  &r/  M.  M.  Eshelvian. 


If  you  would  1)0  tnily  grcnt  imd  good,  choose 
to  speiik  antl  to  do  right  nt  all  timea. 


PuFFED-uP  liiiowledge  is  proud  that  he  lins 
lcFirne<I  somctliiiig,  while  wisdom  ishumbleUuit, 
lie  knows  how  to  behave  himsylf. 


ands  arA\iiid  you  /eel  bad,  theii  chew  aud  smoke 
the  filthy  weed.  If  you  can  honor  God  with  a 
chunk  of  tobacco  iii  your  mouth,  or  if  you  can 
make  people  happy  by  spitting  and  puffing,  you 
would  better  go  on.  But  he  sure  that  you  can 
honor  God.  If  j'ou  can  place  the  words  "  holi- 
ness to  the  Lont "  over  a  <iuiil  of  tobacco,  and 
look  at  it  with  an  undisturbed  conscience,  you 
certainly'arewoU engrafted  in  the  weed.  "WuU,'' 
say  you,  "  there  are  other  things  just  as  bad 
using  tobacco."  Dou't  deny  that,  but  how  can 
they  help  tobacco?  One  empty  sack  cannot 
prop  up  another  empty  sack.  One  eril  caniiot 
make  another  evil  stand  up  straight  so  that  God 
eiiu  cull  them  both  good.  Yon  are  perfectly 
soimd  imd  safe  without  using  tobacco.  Let  it 
ilonc,  and  then  you  may  be  sure  it  will  leave 
you  alone.  This  is  written  to  you  young  man— 
not  to  old  men.    Now  do  not  give  it  all  away. 


RowLASi)  Hill,  calmly  observing  a  boy  amus- 
ing himself  on  arocking-liorsc,remarkea:  "Like 
some  Christiims;  motion  enough,  but  no  pro- 
gress." __^ 


The  anaconda  is  caught  by  throwing  toit_ 
live  do"  When  it  hn-s  swallowed  the  dog  it 
goes  to^sleep,  and  then  it  is  easily  tvapi>ed.  S< 
with  men  and  women ;  many  of  them  have  been 
captui-cdby  Satan  through  their  appetites. 


SpcitGEON,  not  long  since,  had  occasion  to  ad- 
dress some  young  men  who  had  prepared  them- 
selves for  the  ministry,  and  gave  them  thi; 
sensible  advice:  "Let  your  sermons  be  full  of 
sound  matter.  You  do  not  need  to  give  a  c 
field  every  time:  but  you  ewi  give  a  loaf  of 
bread." 

CmLiiREN,  if  yon  do  not  wish  to  bnrii  your 
hands,  keep  them  out  of  your  neighbor's  fii  - 
If  you  find  fault  ivith  othei-s,  yon  may  rest  ( 
sured  that  othei-s  wiU  find  occasion  to  find  fault 
ivith  you,  and  thisis  the  fii'e  that  burns.  Be 
to  never  kindle  it,  and  you  ivill  find  wisdom 
perching  over  your  roof  as  well  as  peace. 


PUNCTUALITY. 


Do  you  object  to  any  part  ,of  God's  ^'  perfect 
law  of  liberty?"  What  on  earth  is  the  good 
of  your  objecting?  God  made  every  part,  and 
you  may  stand  and  object  until  you  go  do\vn  in- 
to your  grave,  and  the  law  will  still  be  perfect. 
God  can  do  with  His  own  as  He  pleases,  and 
your  objections,  will  never  turn  Him  from  His 
purpose. ;_ 

At  the  beginning  of  the  present  year,  a  bright 
little  girl  said  to. her  father:  "  Papa,  I  am  going 
to  give  you  a  New  Year's  gift?  "  ■"  What  is  it, 
my  dear  child?"  asked  her  papa,,  ,"  I  am  going 
to  give  you  a  good  girl,"  said  she.  ,Tlieduar 
child  meaut  that  she  would  be  a  good  girl  the 
whole  year.  How  many  of  our  little  rcadei-s 
gave  tlieii-  jiareuts  such  gifts  ?  It  is  not  too  late 
to  give  them  iioiv. 


Not  ouepereon  in  all  tliis  universe  ever  felt 
the  pangs  'of  remol-se  for  doiiig  his  duty.  One 
good  action,  one  saci-ifice  of  desire  for  conscience' 

■  sake,  one  temptation  overcome  and  cast  do\yn, 
will  prove  a  blesding  and  raise  tho  low  spiiits 

■  above  di,e  vain  and  showy  things  of  lifc.  Be 
cheerful,  be  contented,  be  diligent,  be  active  in 
good  witrk-s  for  those  around  yon  and  your  rest 
will  be  peaceful,  your  jny  complete. 


A  LiTiLi:  br.y  waa  asl;ed  what  he  \vo\M  give 
to  Jesus,  and  he  promptly  rt-plied:  "I  think  I 
will  give  myself  to  ^lim  first."  That  was  a  good 
thought,  and  we  hope  he  put  it  int6  practice^ 
Will  Jiot  every  boy  and  ghl  who  rea.ls  this,  and 
is  yetoutof  Christ,  at  once  resolve  to  give  them- 
selves to  Jesus?  Go,  read  the  Testament  and 
learn  what  He  did  for  you,  and  wluit  H^  wauts 
you  to  do,  then  do  if,  and  be  happy. 


In  number  four,  pre^f-nt  toluWe,  we  gave 
subjects  to  as  many  children,  to  write  upon,  and 
we  are  happy  to  present  the  one  on  Abel  in  this 
issue.  Hope  the  othei-s  will  also  respond,  and 
in  next  number  shall  eall  upon  some  othere  to 
write  upon  Bible  subjects.  Dear  children,  the 
most  of  you  are  doing  well.  Do  not  feel  badly 
if  your  lettei-s  should  not  appear;  trj-  again,  and 
if  you  put  in  something  found  in  the  Bible,  it  is 
almost  sure  to  find  room  in  the  paper.  Those 
Icttei-a  containing  Bible  matter,  stand  at  the 
door  knocking,  and  kiioeldng,  and  will  not  give 
up  until  they  get  in.  And  it  is  a  pleasui 
let  them  in.     ^ 

YouKO  man,  I  want  your  ear  a  moment.  1 
want  to  put  a  little  (ofcaccoiJi  it-  No,  not  tobac- 
co exactly,  but  a  few  imrils  aboiil  tobacco.  If 
you  love  your  mouth,  teeth,  stomach,  your  whole 
srlf,  then  never  use  tobacco.  But  if  you  want 
to  sim-ll  bad,  want  to  make  hundred-  ami  Hiou.:- 


WHICH  meaus  doing  at  the  proper,  precise, 
and  exact  time;  to  bi?  prompt  and  ener- 
getic ;  and  in  most  cases,  niton  this  depends  suc- 
cess in  onr  imdertakings  or  pursuits,  the  coutrai-j" 
of  which  means  sluggishness,  slowness,  lateness, 
inactivity,  and  no  success.  It  is  so  in  what  our 
muids  act  upon,  and  what  our  hands  find  to  do. 
In  all  the  pui:suits  of  lifc,  not  being  punctual 
or  timely  in  doing  what  is  essential,  produces 
much  ignorance,  super-stition  and  misery,  deceiv- 
ing the  fond  anticipations,  blasting  the  bright 
hopes  we  cherish  and  entei-tain  for  doing  that 
which  makes  us  better  and  wiser,  and  diverts 
onr  attention  from  the  pui-suits  of  many  Inwftil, 
useful  and  beneficial  contrivances,  ami  thereby 
causing  us  to  come  short  of  the  crown  of  success, 
in  reaching  the  summit  of  many  little  hills  of 
science.  While  on  the  other  hand,  beujg  on 
time,  or  punctual,  makes  our  best,  happiest,  and 
most  esteemed  pei-sons,  most  useful  men  and 
women,  most  noble  and  thri^^ng  boys  and  girls; 
and  as  you  grow  older  you  mil  only  see  the 
plainer,  and  know  the  better,  how  important  it 
was.  Then  how  glad  you  are  if  you  hav«  tried 
to  be  punctual,  and  made  it  a  habit  in  you.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  you  become  older,  then  sad, 
sorry,  and  even  augry  will  you  become  at  your- 
selves, if  you  have  not  tried,  when  young,  to  be 
punctual,  to  he  the  first  in  scliool,  the  first  in 
the  class,  the  firat  to  obey  your  teacher,  your 
parent-^,  and  to  take  advice. 

Remember  also,  while  wt  are  little  boys  and 
girls  we  foiTU  habits.  We  either  learn  to  he  at 
onr  post  where  duty  requires,  to  go  where  ■  we 
are  sent,  and  that  quickly  and  manfully,  or  we 
become  careless,  slow,  ami  often  late  to  school 
without, a  good  cause.  From  the  want.of  licing 
punctual  and  in  earnest,  wc  leave  many  tilings 
undone  and  unlearned,  wliich  would  be  necessa- 
ry to  have  and  u^ake  ugso  happy  to  kiiow.  Ob-' 
servation  teaches,  that  schohirsin  Sabbath-school 
!my  other  school,  who  watch  the  closest,  and 
are  ever  ready  for  any  duty  or  work  given  them, 
atid  then  do  that  work  quickest,  therefore  ob- 
punctuality,  are  the' ones' who'itlease 
their  teacher  inbsf.,  who  ai-e  liked  Inostby  their 
parents,  suid  'ivithout  any  doubt,  are  rnnldug  the 
most  pfogress.in  leiirningourduties  to  ourselves' 
and  to  God.  whom  we  should  try  ever  to  please 
Lmd  love.        ,,  ,i   ,  ,    ,  i 

Then  childron,  never  be  late, 
But  ahvays.bc  in  dm?  tinie; 
This  even  t*ll  to  your  mate, 
And  the  same  I  will  to  mine. 

Pleasebe  in  school  every  day, 

■  And  of  good,  learu  whixli,you,tian; 
In  the  future  yon  can  any, 
,     ,     ,^o\v ytii;y  glad  now  I  am^^  ,■ 

'■   Fori  have 'tried' to  befirst. 
Learning  my  duty  to  do; 
Thereby  never  was  1  woi-st, 
Neitlier  thoughtless  nor  late  too. 

Pra^-,  this  motto  iilwa,)-s  keep, 
And  do  please  bear  it  in  mind. 
I    Neither  do  forget  Ijy  ^lecp, 
It  leads,  trcusui'ea  to  find. 

Fii-st  of  all.  do  not  forget. 
Each  day  yoiu-  pr.iyei-8  to  say,  , 

Asking  God  your  mind  to,  set. 
On  things  that  pass  not  away. 

Here,  some  day  will  be  our  last. 
Then  we  be  placed  'neath  the  sod, 

All  things  then  on  earth  are  past. 
And  we  must  he  meeting  God. 

J.  R.  Licnrrv. 


my  letters,  for  I  shall  try  hulxl  to  use  only  wonls 
of  one— sijl table.  Now  tJlei-e  is  a  big  wonl, 
what  does  that  mean?  Well,  I  will  tell  you, 
and  then  I  ^vill  go  on.  "  Big  "  is  one  ni/llablr  ; 
"  big-ger"  is  two  syllables.  And  so  on.  1  will 
try  to  use  not  more  than  two  syllables  or  word 
parts. 

SMALL    WORDS. 

Just  now  I  think  of  two  men— the  only  ones 
I  ever  heaiti  of  who  tried  to  write  in  worda  of 
"  syllable."  (Don't  let  that  big  word  slip. 
One  was  a  genend  in  the  army,  and  he  was  lik- 
ed for  his  easy  words.  The  other  man  has  bei 
called  "the  learned  blacksmith."  You  know 
what  a  blacksmith  is.  Well,  his  school  was  in 
the  blacksmith  shop.  Here,  it  is  said,  he  |pam- 
d  many  languages,  that  is,  many  kinds  of 
speech  or  talk  among  people  over  the  world,  as 
Dutch,  French,  Scotch,  Ac.  After  awhile  he 
gave  up  the  shop,  and  went  to  study  nniro  and 
more,  and  went  about  hilking  to  people  in  lect- 
ures. He  has  become  a  useful  man.  A  feiv 
yeara  ago  I  saw  a  small  jiaper  whose  name 
the  Augcl  <if  Pence.  It  wiis  in  this  paper  that  I 
saw  some  pieces  written  in  wonls  of  one  syllable 
for  the  little  ones.  "  The  learned  blacksmith  " 
wrote  them.  Now  do  you  know  his  mime?  I 
n-ill  lell  you— it  was  Elilui  BmrlK. 
hiniM  PEorLE. 
You  ai'C  small  now,  but  after  while  you  will 
be  men  and  women — big  people.  I  hope  you 
will  learn  a  useful  lesson  from  what  I  have  told 
you — that  you  may  grow  up  to  he  good,  and 
true,  and  useful.  Try  to  learn  little  by  little 
like  Eiihu  Burritt  did.  Learn  at  home  to  love 
and  obey,  and  at  school  to  improve.  This  is  the 
work  of  little  people.  Next  time  I  will  tell  you 
more. 

Your  Brother, 

D.  B.  Mestzkb. 


CEILDREjY  at   WOliK. 


FROM  ELLA  HECKMAN. 


SEEING  the  children  are  at  woj'k  s. 
Ij",  and  the  minislcriug  brethren  i 


=  trav- 


eling to  and  fro  over  the  great  deep,  spreading 
the  Gospel,  organizing  churches,  how  th.mkful 
we  ought  to  he  to  our  heavenly  Father  for  the 
privileges  we  enjoy.  And  how  earnest  we  should 
be  in'  prayer  to  God  for  each  other,  though  ive 
aie  a  great  disiance  apart  and  strnngere.  though 
not  strimgcrs  in  the  faith;  >vc  should  all  be  of 
one  mind  and  speak  the  same  thing. 

Our  ehureh  is  in  a  prospereuS  condition  at 
piNaeiit.  We'  have  about  sixty  members.  AVe 
do  not  get  to  meeting  very  often  on  account  of 
bad  roads,  as  we  have  a  good  w.iys  to  go,  have 
no  chureh-house,  but  hope  it  will  be  better  in 
the  future.  ' 

I'rejoice,  to  hear  of  so, many  young  peo^ile 
icominy;  to  'Ohrist.,  in  youth,  i-e turning  to  their 
r.,n....'-  ],,„,.,.  Ii.-foi-e  they  stray  veiy  faraway. 
1  ,  ..  ■  ■  .■  I,  I'll' Liiuse,  but  have  no  dosireto 
uorldagaia,  butw.-mf  togoun 
;ii  \\\>^  iiiili  it^udly  world  to  tho  end  of  the 
journey  of  life.  Let  u.-;  be.ir  from  some  more  of 
the  young  memboi's. 

ConicU,  III. 


LETTER  FROM  THE  EAST. 

Mij  Dear  Yiiinii/  ]{i-(u/ci:-' : — 

HERE  are  my  first  lines  to  you,  and  I  will  try 
to  make  them  so  easy  that  you  all  can 
know  just  what  I  mean  in  all  I  say.  If  you  can 
read  in  the  First  Reiider  at  school,  you  can  read 


'  .  ^^pM.ADINA  ARNOLD. 

,  Dmr  M<iilor:^   , 

T  H:,\Vil,b,een^^omeelingto-<h> 
i     bcr.  of 'tiie  church;  wa.  l^r 

I  am  a 

neni- 

Vr.kS 

ago  yesterday.      Whil^-    I  ^s.■ 

■'!-■'''■       ' 

fhe 

church  I  had  a  great  itianv  Imi 

,i-       l.lit       ■ 

lunni  tlu^v  liii\.>  all  foi-sakcjL 

le:   l,ii(.    I  have 

„;i,l,.  iK'u  n,„-,  which  makes  me 

leel  ver>- 

^ood; 

,ia  ,iiii-i  |n>iitt  tlip-  liir"erof  fconiilt  meandcry, 

■Old  iJiiukiii.i,  '.iri  ri-,t,i-nr'  i 

<\  I  don't 

mind 

that,  I  can  sutler  .I'.i     ■    ':    '   -  : 

,corii. 

The  Methodists  U'-.- 

iirj  lilelU 

then 

church.    Jatteml^a  tliui-   ,-?,.L.l 

L'.li-.choo 

last 

Summer;  they  took  a  great  dea 

ut  intei 

e^b  ni 

teaching  Tue  then' doctrine;  tlioi 

ghtthey 

vonld 

will    1,,.-  Iluit     WLIV.    llHt    1     thi.Ugl 

t.     1    W.Ull 
nIM. 

rcail 
tb^it 

1  fold 


did  not  baptize  accoi'^ling  to  the  commission. 
They  said  they  would  baptiM  men-ith  a"Dnnk- 
ard  baptism."  I  told  them  they  did  not  wash 
feet,  and  attend -to  many  other  tilings  found  in 
the  Bible,  so  I  thought  I  would  come  into  the 
church  where  there  is  safe  ground.  I  lelt  that 
I  was  a  sinner,  aijd  must  do  something.  Now 
I  want  all  other  children  to  follow  Jesus  and 
seek  Him  while  He  may  be  foimd.  X  am  eleven 
yeai^  old. 

M^rnmnnlk.  III. 


It  is  as  wrong  to  repel  a  cbild,s  questions  with 
'•  Don't  bother  me! "  as  to  whip  a  kitten  for  chas- 
ing mice.  It  is  by  questioning  that  they  acqnu-e 
the  knowledge  they  criive  and  need. 


From  Ida  E.  S  rmvoly .—Z)«ir  £'r/)Vor.'— In 
the  fourth  chapter  of  Genesis  we'read  about 
Abel.  He  wi>s  a  keeper  of  sheep;  was  a  good 
man  and  did  what  the  Lord  bade  him.  lie  Iiail 
one  brother  whose  name  was  Cain.  He  wiis  not 
so  pleasing  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  as  his  broth- 
er Abel,  and  that  made  him  verj-  angry,  there- 
fore he  slew  his  brother  Abel.  From  this  we 
should  learn  to  he  kind  to  each  other  and  obey 
our  parents  in  all  thiugn.  This  is  the  fiitit  com- 
mandment to  little  children;  if  we  obey  this, 
then  it  is  that  the  Lord  will  love  n*  ;ls  He  did 
Abel. 

Hudson,  III. 

From  Mary  C.  Donier.— We  had  meetings 
here  liLst  week.  Brn.  Fields  and  Gumii  were 
here  and  held  forth  the  words  of  lill'  witli  \<.nv. 
er.  I  go  to  school  and  h'\c  im-  l-':L,-ly,i  ('li,,i|,.- 
Gilbert,  very  weU.    Tim  iv  l,,-  ,...., il,  ,,,,,.,  ,u,<i 

we  all  like  him.    We  lost  oi r.ii.i-  li,.l    ,1,,,!- 

are  by  sciu'let  fever.     My  pa  w^is  at  the  limc-ral 
yestoiflay,  and  ho  said  it  vas  one  of  llie  most 
solemn  fuuer.ils  he  ever  attended.     I  do  love  lo 
read  the  young  folk's  lottei-s. 
Byiijhlim,  hid. 

From  AiiiiiiM.  LiiigoufOiIter.— I  am  twelve 
yem-s  old;  go  to  school  every  day,  and  to  Sab- 
bath-school every  Sunday,  lily  teacher's  name 
is  Edward  Fisher,  illy  studies  inv  iviuliug, 
writing,  spelling,  arithmetic,  and  geography,  I 
love  to  read  the  Bkkiuukx  .vt  Wouk  and  hear 
from  the  childieu.  I  have  five  brothel's  and 
four  sisters  living.  My  papa  and  mamma  be- 
long to  the  church  of  the  Brethren.  I  love  lo- 
go to  meeting;  we  have  meeting  at  our  school- 
house  every  four  weeks.  Uncle  Jacob  Negly 
preaches  to  us.  This  is  my  first  letter  and  I 
must  not  make  it  too  long. 
Fullon  Co..  III. 

From  Z.  Annueii  Miihornoy.— 7>"/-  Litfli- 
Childirii: — I  too,  am  a  little  boy.  I  have  read 
all  your  letters  in  the  lust  paper.  We  just  got 
it  to-<lay.  I  like  to  read  your  letters.  I  am  just 
beginning  to  learn  to  writ*.  I  have  only  gone 
to  school  about  three  weeks;  mamma  teaches  me 
at  home.  Have  been  through  the  Second  llead- 
er  three  times.  1  «'ant  to  learn  to  read  well,  so 
I  can  read  the  Bible,  as  it  is  God's  Book,  and  it 
teaches  us  how  to  be  good.  It  is  sad  to.  read 
how  those  wicked  men  nailed  Jesus-on  the  cross. 
Let  us  all  try  ftudbe'good  so  God  will  take  uato- 
heaven  when  we  die,  I'  nave  a  dear  little  siator 
in  heaven.  She  went  one  night  while  brother 
and  1  were  asleep.  I  have  one  brother  and  a. 
dear  little  sister,  ten  months  old.  Her  name  is 
Mary  Jacob.  I  love  her  so 'mnoh,.cau  hardly 
keep  away  from  her,  I  came  near,  killing  her 
last  Saturday.  I  w^l  tell  you  how,  so  youall 
cau  be  more. careful  and  not  do  as  [  did.  Sho 
was  playing  on  fhe  lloor,  I  sat  her  on  the  bed, 
did  not  watch  her  closely  enough,  and  let  her 
fall;  she  stnick  so  neal-  the  temple  that  she  seem- 
ed to''be.'dond  for  awhile;  we'wore  afraid  she 
would' not  come  to  life  again.  It  was  i  so  sad  to 
see  her)  and  il -was  soisorry;.  .WevUv((  ton  mile.'* 
north  of  Independence, 
Neodrsfiu,  Kan: 

From  Pi-anceS  V.Graa-ber.— Df(f<-JiV/(7oj-.- — 
I  am. in  my  twcUtii  yean,  am  a  daughter  of  Levi 
Garber,  Father  .and  mother  are  members  of  tho 
churcli.  Father  is  a  minister,  imd  is.away  from. 
home  a  great  deal  at  tending  to  ministerial  Unties. 
1  liave  three  brothei-s  and  four  sistoi-s,.  all  mem- 
bei-3  of  the  ehureh  except  my  siiter  next  older 
than  inc,  and  niyself-  Two  of  my  bretheis  are 
deacons:  I  love  to  see  people  follon'  Jesusi  aud 
I  hope  to  follow  Him  too,  for  when  I  road  how 
mudi  He  lovUd  ua  all,  liowr  can  we  help  loving 
Him?  I.wish.all.the  little  folks  would  learn  to 
love  Jesus,  and  then  wc  would  love  each  other 
too;,  this  would  be  so,  nice  to  dwell  together  ia 
the  love  of  Jesus.  May  God  bless  us  all. 
"ilt.  i>i(lm'i/,  Va. 

From  (Jcorge  W.  Wrichtsman. —  Drtti- 

E-IHor: — I  am  nine  years  old;  arid  go  to  school; 
I  never  went  very  much.  I  can  'read  the  paper 
and  like  it  veiy  well.  I  also  read  a  chapter  in 
the  Bible  nearly  every  evening.  I  love  to  go  to 
meeting,  but  do  not  get  to  go  as  often  as  I  would 
like,  for  mother  is  sick  a  great  deal,  and  I  stay 
with  her  when  father  goes.  I  have  no  brother  * 
or  sister.  Ilov.- d.  r.?,id  letters  from  Grandi,a, 
and!L..|..li.  -.\\\  ..ni..  ■■  m- rr,..,..      1  .,..,,Mlik.- 

tolhM,     ■        .  ■  .-■■..'  ,■■       ,    ,.|„| 

hop.-  Til.  ,    .■.■     .-.■.■  I  .    .I,,i.-.,      :;.    r  „,^l 

of  the  Scriptarts. 
Loictler,  III. 

From  Lydia  Shirely.— -Dmi-  Edilor:—My 
papa  takes  the  Buktore.v  at  Work,  and  I  like 
to  read  it.  ThL>  is  my  first  letter.  I  iry  tu  W  a 
good  girl,  and  go  to  school.  I  read  in  the  Fourth 
Reader,  study  apolling  and  arithmetic,  I  love 
to  hear  from  the  little  folks,  I  have  two  hroth- 
ei-s,.one  goes  to  school,  the  other  is  a  cripple- 
Hope  God  will  bles.s  him.    I  rim  nine  years  old. 

Cefr.o  GrmKBl. 


February    ^. 


TtJtE    BRETi-i:t^EK-    ^VT    ^V01<I^. 


CORRESPOK^DEiSrCE. 


TO    GEORGE    BUCHER.  ■ 

Ihw  Jifothfr:— 

IWllOTE  you  two  iinsrttiafiictorj'  letters  on 
the  subject  of  inlcrprctntioii,  nml  I  now 
wrifaj  a  tliinl,  wliich  niny  i)rovo  eqiiallj-  uiisatis- 
llictory.  When  I  referred  to  tlie  eatnbliahed 
!>ruicii(ics  of  intorpretntiori,  1  liad    uu   tliimirht 

nf  any  rules  ituthonned  lv\ !'■■'  i  '■  ■'  ■■  i|pcli 

its  tiul II IT  of  mhul  nmi  oi' '<  '         (;il(>. 

The  rule  is  missed  liy  mosi  ji  i.h  i-  .imi  i)m>  .i|)- 
jiliciitioii  is  (lifficiitt.  Sin  hiis  su  derimgud  lis, 
tlmt,  whikt  19  pifliii  to  n  sinless  being,  is  obscur- 
ity to  us.  Just  in  the  degree  thnt  we  hfivc  the 
mind  of  God,  will  oiirminA  think  with  Him. 
Tlw  priiiciiiles  I  hud  referred  to,  nro  these; 

1.  Whnt  is  the  object  of  revelation!-' 

2.  AVIiat  are  its  relations  to  nature,  which 
serves  ns  its  medium? 

3.  AVhnt  is  its  reliition  to  reason,  ivhicU  U 
to  apiiropriato  it? 

i.  What  is  iU  correspondence  to  the  cora- 
[<\cx  constitution  of  Christ  as  God  and  man? 

This  covers  every  difliculty  in  the  Bible.  — 
The.sc  piiuci pies  are  established,  essential;  with- 
<iut  (Ik'IU  there  wokild  be  neither  God,  nor 
mau,  nor  iiiitinv,  nor  revelation.  If  we  under- 
-tuiiil  ^Dirl  .qiply  Iheni,  there  will  be  no  two 
ilit^luiii;  M|ijiiinii-.  throughout  the  whole  church. 
Xiituty,  llie  luiildlc  term  between  the  Rcvplator 
;itid  His  rational,  ruined  creatures,  is  too  much 
ignored  by  the  bretlu-en.  Most  of  us  want  to 
look  only  to  the  Spirit  for  the  unfolding  of  the 
Holy  Oracles.  So  did  not  Jesus.  He  was  al- 
ways <leal!ng  with  the  visible  as  the  finger  board 


I  the 


visible. 


'luiii  of  Christ  we  have  the  ua(> 

iHiral  complementing  and  iu- 
illu-r.  To  know  Jlim  is  to  un- 
e  principles  of  rjei/csis. 

C.  H.  Bai^uaugh. 


termined  to  make  the  Lord's  prayer  a  pracfical 
one;  not  merely  to  say:  "Thy  kingdom  court," 
but  to  work  for  it  as  well,  thnt  it  may  indeSd 
conie,  first  to  ourselves  and  families,  then  to  our 
neighbors  and  lastly  to  strangers. 

Never  before,  do  we  think,  the  prospect  for 
our  |>eop]e,  imd  for  the  truth  ns  they  hold  it, 
as  bright  as  it  is  now.  Never  before  could 
we  say,  that  the  church  was  so  fiilly  alive  to  its 
own  work-,  and  that  the  church  was  at  work.  — 
"  But  it  is  good  to  ho  xealously  alfectod  alwayf 
in  a  good  thing"  (Gal.  4:  18).  This  work  is 
most  certainly  a  good  thing,  both  for  ourselves, 
our  nation,  and  for  the  world,  because  it  cannot 
be  for  the  injury  of  anj'  one;  therefore 
tliink  the  zeal  so  marked  for  the  time,  is  most 
commendable.  May  it  continue  to  spreaU,  and 
may  all  the  efforts  be  made  in  love  and  union,  is 
luy  prayer. 

Such  is  the  close  of  the  present  year,  and 
such  is  the  opening  of  the  next  one.  The  last 
has  been  an  eventful  one,  not  only  to  us  as  a 
people,  but  to  the  world  as  well,  and  what  other 
great  events  may  come  even  in  the  nest  year, 
none  hut  God  can  fell.  But  that  the  truth 
may  prevail  with  nil  and  in  all,  is  our  constant 
hope. 

Laxros  W>:5T. 


IN     MEMORIAM. 

OUR  beloved  sister,  Supbia  Wiiucre  uf  Mid- 
dle Ci-eek,  Iowa,  departed  this  life  Jim.  8, 
1878,  She  was  thirty-five  ycai-s  and  some 
months  old  at  the  time  of  her  death,  and  the 
oldest  daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  Pfout/.. 

Sister  Sophia  was  one  that  was  loved  by  all 
who  knew  her.  She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and 
.  ten  children,  mostly  small,  to  mourn  her  loss. 
It  is  a  loss  to  them  indeed.  No  more  will  her 
careful  hands  provide  for  their  daily  wants  and 
no  more  mil  her  motherly  voice  be  heard;  but 
we  hope  while  they  are  mourning  the  loss  of 
this  dear  friend,  she  is  reaping  her  rich  rewai-d 
in  heaven. 

Sister  Sophia  was  ever  ready  to  defend  the 
cause  of  her  Master,  and  her  loss  is  felt  in  the 
church  as  well  as  by  her  numerous  friends.  — 
Sister  Sophia  bore  her  afHietiou  with  great  pa- 
tience, and  always  seemed  to  be  of  good  cour- 
age. She  caroe  into  the  church  when  young, 
and  as  long  as  I  have  been  acquainted  with  her, 
.she  has  been  an  example  for  all.  Her  husband 
is  not  yet  within  the  fold;  we  hope  while  he  is 
now  muuming  the  loss  of  lus  dear  companion, 
he  will  have  great  cause  to  ponder  over  the 
Gospel  truths  and  seek  his  Savior  while  it  is 
yet  called  to-duy,  so  that  when  death  shall 
claim  him,  be  may  be  prepared  to  go  and  strike 
glad  hands  with  the  dcav  ones  that  have  gone 
before. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  by   the 
brethren  from  words  found  in  Amos:  "  Prepai 
to  meet  thy  God." 

L.  HiLi.tnv. 

JNVir  Shu-vii,  Jomi. 


THE    CHURCH     AT    WORK. 

Dear  Brclhrcii: — 

T 'IK  close  of  the  year  1877  Beenis  to  foretell 
a  glorious  future  for  our  brotherliood.  — 
Pea  .'c  at  home,  with  a  grqwing  interest  in  tho 
subject  of  religion  as  pi-eseiited  by  our  people, 
and  a  commendable  7,eal  for  still  greater  effort 
by  the  church  itself,  is  a  prospect  most  encour- 
aging. 

Lettei-s  from  bfcthrou,  at  work  in  new  fiehls,- 
Norfh,  South,  East  and  West,  show  that  the 
flaiue  is  spreading.  The  weekly  report  of  scores 
of  accessions  is  a  living  ivitncss  thnt  the  work 
is  well  appreciated  by  thost'  outside,  and  the 
field  is  really  widening.  Ministers  at  work  in 
States  of  our  own  happy  country,  hitherto  un- 
touched by  us;  some  also  at  work  in  Cauada; 
one  in  Old  England,  with  four  in  Denmark,  is 
we  think  the  most  glorious  prospect  our  people 
hnvf  ever  had.  It  L<  certain  at  least,  that  it  is 
what  we  have  never  liatl  before.  We  know 
that  many  will  say:  "Tliank  the  Lord  for  it." 
And  it  would  seem  that  our  people  are  now  de- 


FROM    GRUNDY     CO.,    IOWA. 
Ikar  Bitfhien.-— 
TX^E  feel  to  send  you  a  report  of  the  meet- 

}  }  ings,  lately  held  at  our  meeting-house,  ten 
miles  West  of  thisphu^e  (Grundy  Center).  On 
the  evening  of  the  fifth  of  January  our  dear 
brother  W,  J.  H.  Bamuan  an-ived  at  our  meet- 
ing-house and  preached  for  us  that  evening.  He 
continued  luitil  Thursday,  Jan.  17,  having 
all  twenty  meetings.  During  this  time,  twelve 
precious  souls  were  made  to  feel  the  heaviness 
of  sin  and  hence  united  with  the  church  by 
baptism. 

Wc  are  just  now  impressed  with  a  few  woi-ds, 
spoken  by  one  of  these  young  and  tender  lambs 
to  some  of  his  young  comi-ades:  "  God  is  work- 
ing here,  there  is  power  in  this  thing." 

Again  we  think  of  what  one  of  the  young 
sisters  said:  "  I  once  enjoyed  myself  in  sitting 
back,  and  every  now  and  then  whisper  a  little 
to  my  young  comrades;  but  now  I  want  to  hear 
every  word  that  is  said  by  the  minister.  My 
delight  is  now  in  that  direction," 

This  is  certainly  a  change  of  heart,  and  oh, 
how  glnd  we  are  to  hear  such  words,  they  are 
cheering  to  our  poor  souls. 

On  the  evenuig  of  the  17th  of  Jan.,  brother 
Baunnm  came  to  Grundy  Center  and  preached 
five  sermons  for  us;  having  our  last  meeting  on 
Sunday,  the  20th.  At  this  meeting  Bro.  Wet/,- 
el  opened  in  the  German,  and  Bro.  Bauman  fol- 
lowed in  English,  and  in  the  closing  remarks 
there  were  but  few  iji  the  house  but  what  had 
to  shed  teai-s.  0,  what  a  feast  this  was  to 
poor  souls!  We  could  look  forward  t<i  the  time 
when  Christ  shall  come  again  and  take  his 
faithful  children  home  to  glory,  where  we  can 
iing  the  sweet  song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

Bro.  Bauman  goes  from  here  to  Marshall  Co. 
into  a  new  field  of  labor.  May  the  good  Lord 
ever  be  with  and  help  huii  to  preach  the  Word, 
so  that  many  sinners  may'  be  called  home  to 
Jesus,  IS  our  pr.iyer.  Two  precious  souls  came 
nut  on  the  Lord's  side  here,  making  in  all  four- 
teen, and  others  are  counting  the  cost.  May 
they  soon  come  and  drink  of  the  riches  of  God's 
grace 


with  jwles  and  sod.    This  makes  the  stable. 
Pile  a  few  aodH  around  in  a  square,   this  forms 
the  pig  pen.     Then   the  chicken  house,  also 
uuide  of  mother  earth. 

Now  comes  the  dwelling  Iiouse,  not  marble, 
nor  frame,  nor  slats,  nor  logs,  but  earth,  moth- 
er earth,  primitive  mother  earth  makes  the  par- 
lor, the  kitchen,  the  dining  Imll,  the  bed  cham- 
ber, the  walls,  the  floors,  the  partitions,  the 
foundation  and  thereof 

Now,  brethren,  when  you  smile  as  you  read 
this,  remcmljer,  thnt  though  this  may  be  fun 
to  yon.  yet  it  is  stern  reality  with  thousands  of 
us  on  the  frontier. 

But  our  Father  sends  us  this  message,  "If 
we  love  Him,  He  will  come  and  make  His  abode 
with  us,"  and  no  reservations  with  regai-d  to 
the  kind  of  houses  wo  live  in. 

But  death  also  finds  his  way  into  our  primi- 
tive dwellings. 

Scene:  A  little  bouse,  ten  feet  square,  a  little 
bedstead  of  poles  and  ropes,  a  bench,  a  stove, 
an  earth  cupboard,  shelves  of  earth,  ceiling  of 
sun  flower  wecfls,  poles  and  hay,  earth  roof, 
earth  walls,  earth  floor.  For  toilet,  a  few  emp- 
ty bottles,  for  clothes  press  some  pegs  driven 
into  the  wall,  for  light  a  few  panes  in  an  old 
sash. 

Beneath  this  is  the  cotEn,  covered  all  over 
with  mourning,  inside  the  remains  of  a  young 
man,  eighteen  years  of  age. 

Daj'  before  yestciilay  that  young  man  was 
slightly  unwell.  Ycstei-day  morning  he  rested 
across  the  bed  with  the  feet  to  the  stove,  raised 
up  his  head,  mid  asked  his  father  for  medicine, 
fell  back  and  was  instantly  dead. 

To-day  Bro.  Gnrnmn  preachoil  over  the  re- 
mains in  a  aod  school-house  and  the  tempera- 
ture outside,  standing  only  a  little  above  zero. 
But  inside  the  house  was  packed  with  warm 
hearts,  8ymi»atlietic  neighboi-s  and  eager  listen- 
ers. There  was  no  sleeping  in  church,  no  list- 
lessness,  no  cold  indifference,  but  eyes  that  gaz- 
ed anxiously  at  the  preacher,  ears  that  heard, 
souls  that  seemed  hnngrj',  every  word  seemed 
to  strike  a  reapousivo  chord  in  the  congrega- 
tional heart. 

After  all,  is  n't  this  preferable  to  easy,  atflu- 
ent,  religious  sloth. 

Aflectionatoly  Yours, 

JaMRS  L.  SwiT/Eli. 

Jeiirll,  Ktnisiis,  J,ni.  11,  IS7S. 


DIED. 


Ob.luariia  should  bo  briif.  wrillcn  on  bii 
pn|>»r.  nnJ  icpnnilc  frain  nil  ollipi 


Griimhj  Cailcr,  lomi.  Jn 


J.  M.  Snydkr. 
I.  22.  l^S. 


LIFE    IN     THE     WEST, 
IMir  B,rt/,rni.— 
iiriMiERF.  shall   be  a  resurrection   of   the 
X     dead,   both  of   the  just   and  unjust" 
Acts  24:  15. 

This  was  the  te.\t  to-day,  but  God  preached 
the  sennou. 

It  was  in  this  wise:  Iii  this  far  West  there 
was  a  father  mid  sou.  They  lived  together  in 
a  sod-house. 

Did  any  of  my  eastern  brethren  ever  see  a 
sod-house?  Did  you  ever  see  a  "dug-out?" — 
Well,  "  necessity  is  the  mother  of  mvention," 
and  poverty  sharpens  our  wits." 

I  remember  an  expression  made  by  my  father, 
when  he  fii-at  hmded  in  Iowa,  twenty-one  years 
He  raised  his  eyes,  looked  over  the  broad 
lirairie,  stretching  away  as  far  as  the  eye  could 
roach,  not  a  house  in  sight.  "  It's  no  wonder," 
said  he,  "  that  land  is  cheap  here,  there  is  so 
much  of  it." 

Now,  when  we  have  lots  of  land  and  nothing 
else,  we  must  put  forth  all  the  ingenuity  we 
muster  to  maljc  that  land  go  as  far  as  pos- 


ihle. 
We  3 


I  to  a  hill  side  and  "drift  in,"  cover 


CHRISTIAN  INFLUENCE. 

THIS  subject  Ilia  been  brought  very  forcibly 
to  my  mind  Intely  by  reading  one  of  Bro. 
Enoch  Eby's  letters  from  Europe,  in  which  he 
stated  several  objections,  which  some  of  our 
brethren  have  to  the  Danish  mission.  What  a 
great  pity  that  some  brethren  seem  to  be  so 
much  inclined  to  use  their  influence  rather 
to  hinder  than  to  promote  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity. 

The  last  and  one  of  the  most  important  com- 
mands that  our  Lord  gave  to  tho.se  who  should 
proclnim  the  Gospel,  we  find  to  be:  "Go  ye 
therefore  and  teach  all  nations."  In  this 
world  we  must  expect  to  meet  with  some  op- 
position, when  we  undertake  to  hold  forth  the 
doctrine  of  our  blessed  Lord.  But  we  nresome- 
times,  may  I  not  say  many  times,  saddened  to 
find  that  there  are  those  among  our  own  breth- 
ren who  are  more  inclined  to  discourage  than 
encourage  such  a  high  and  holy  undertaking. — 
It  is  probable  that  brethren  do  not  always 
think  berorehand  of  the  evil  influence  such  a 
course  might  exercise. 

Our  brethren  who  are  expected  to  preach 
God's  Word,  need  all  the  encouragement  which 
a  sympathizing  and  devout  church  can  give,  in 
order  that  they  may  he  enabled  rightly  to  di- 
vide the  word  of  Truth  and  work  much  good. — 
It  is  not  likely  that  there  are  many  who  fully 
realize  the  amount  of  good  or  evil,  that  they 
may  accomplish  through  words  of  encourage- 
ment and  comfort;  or  words  of  censure  and 
disapproval.  I  mean,  not  many  who  have  not 
learned  through  experience  the  important  les- 
son. 

How  much  better  if  our  brethren  in  Den- 
mark and  at  home  were  encouraged  by  a  sym- 
pathetic and  pitying  brotherhood,  than  that 
they  should  be  greeted  with  words  of  distrust, 
if  not  of  open  censure.  Let  us  all  try  to  learn 
that  we  exercise  an  influence  for  thegood  of  man- 
kind. Let  us  study  well  that  we  may  influence 
our  hrethren  and  the  world  around  us  to  ijo 
good  works;  we  are  responsible  creature.^  for 
every  deed,  thought  and  word  while  we  live  in 
this  world. 

J.  C.  L'i.F.nv. 


HALDLRMAN.— In  the  Lower  Trim  district 
ol  church.  Jan.  8, 1878,  brother  Lewis  Hnl- 
derinan,  companion  of  sister  EliKabetli  Hal- 
dermnn. 

Deceased  was  a  worthy  brother  for  up- 
wards of  forty  yeai-s,  was  a  consistent  member, 
a  kind  husband,  and  affectionate  father  to  his 
children.  His  age  at  his  death  was  70  yeara,  9^ 
mouths,  and  one  day.  His  spirit  took  its  flight 
to  God  who  gave  it,  and  his  body  was  buried  in 
the  cold  grave  to  rest,  till  Christ  comes  to  raise 
it,  and  fashion  it  like. his  own  glorious  body. 

Brother  Halderman  was  aiflicted  severely, 
but  bore  all  with  Christian  fortitude  to  the  laal. 
He  hod  no  desire  to  get  well,  and  leaves  a  kind 
compiiuion  aud  seven  children  living;  two 
daiightere  and  one  son  having  preceded  him.  — 
His  remains  wore  taken  to  the  Brethren's  meet- 
ing-house on  the  tenth  of  January,  followed  by 
n  verj-  large  number  of  sympathizing  friends 
and  neighbors  where  a  funeral  discourse  was 
delivered  by  the  writer  from  Revelations  li:  13, 
^■^-  A.  TOUNOB. 

RUNYON.-Died    in    fl,      71;,,     Grove 

church,  Carroll  Co.,  III,.  \  ~:      -is- 

ter Lj-diu  Runyon,  witc.i   i         li  i^jn, 

yon,  aged  nearly  51  ve;ir-      I  h-.  i  ■     1:11,^7. 

Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Geoi!,'i"  I>  Zollara' 

Text:  2nd  Cor.  1:  5. 

She  leaves  a  sorely  bereaved  husband  and 

large  family  of  children  to  mourn  their  loss.  — 

But  the  life  aud  conduct  of  sister  Lydia  was  sa 

that  ive  have  reason  to  believe  that  our  loss  ia 

hfr  great  gain.  J.  Y.  Hecklbb. 

WESTFALL.— On  Jan.  IS,  at  Mechanicsbui^^ 
Pa.,    at  house  of  Bro.  David   Neiswonger," 

Henrj'  Westfall,  aged  84  years,  T  months  and 
14  days.  Funeral  discoui-se  by  brother  Gray- 
bill  Myers. 

J.  B.  Garveii. 


CHXJRCEC    NEWS. 


Four  things  are  grievously  empty:  tlit-y 
are  a  bend  without  brain.s,  a  wit  without  judg- 
ment, a  heart  without  honestj-,  and  a  purse 
«-ithout  money. 


From  North  Covontry,  Pa.— I  have  soma 
good  news  to  tell  you.  Bro.  Hotric  held  a  ser- 
ies of  meetings  in  our  church  at  Lawrenceville, 
and  during  the  meetings  more  than  30  express- 
ed a  desire  to  unite  with  the  church.  They  ate 
nearly  all  young  people,  and  some  of  them  ate 
very  young.  There  was  much  interest  mani- 
fested during  the  meetings  and  I  think  there 
are  some  more  that  are  almost  persuadeil. 

The  meetings  closed  last  Friday.  I  think  we 
will  soon  have  series  of  meetings  in  our  church, 
hero  at  Coventry,  and  I  hope  that  the  interest 
which  has  been  awakened  ivill  increase  from 
day  today.  Many  of  those  that  have  just  comfe 
into  the  church,  are  members  of  our  Sabbath 
school,  and  I  think  the  Bible  class  of  which  I 
you  in  my  l^t  letter,  will  be  the  means  of 
bringing  many  more  into  the  church.  May 
God  still  bless  and  prosper  you  in  your  sacred 
calling,  and  may  the  Hand  that  has  led  you  in 
the  past,  lead  and  guide  you  stiil,  and  bring  you- 
safely  to  the  end  of  the  race. 

K.vTiE  H.  Stem. 

From  Waterside,  Pa.— Elder  James  Qnin- 

ter  came  to  iabor  for  us  on  the  12th  of  Jan.  — 
Labored  on  the  evening  of  the  12th,  and  next, 

lorning,  at  10  o'clock,  in  the  Waterside  meet- 
ing-house, with  Lis  usual  zeal  and  warmth  of 
feeling.  Evening  went  to  the  Snowberger 
meeting-house,  where  he  labored  as  a  skillfiil 

irkman  in  the  Master's  cause,  twice  a  day,  un- 
til noon  of  the  20th,  when  he  went  over  into. 
Snake  Spiing  Valley  to  visit  Eld.  Henry  Herah- 
berger,  who  has  been  sick  for  .some  time.  We 
had  a  time  of  refreshing.  Were  much  encour- 
aged aud  found  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need. 
Nine  souls  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
were  planted  in  God's  vineyard.  Many  more 
ivero  awakened  to  their  eternal  interest,  and 
are  now  counting  the  coat.  May  God  help 
them  to  dedicate  themselves  to  the  service  of 
the  L^rd.  J.  Z.  Reploole. 

Pl'Oiii  New  Paris,  Ind.— Though  I  am  hat 
an  imperfect  writer,  I  thought  of  penning  a 
lew  thoughts  for  encouragement  of  the  saints, 
iilyseif  and  Bro.  Muutz,  raj-  fellow-laborer,  ao 
placed  by  the  church  to  take  turn  ivith  brethren 
Younce  and  Neff",  to  avoid  disappointments  at 
home,  did,  as  wc  frequently  do,  a  little  preach- 
ing for  the  Lord  and  to  the  jicople  in  uur  spare 
time,  outside  of  our  church  district.  According 
to  promise  wc  went  to  Wakarusa,  im  inland 
town  of  about  three  or  five  hundred  inhabitants. 
Four  or  five  different  churches  have  preach- 

g  here.     Held   a  few   meetings  ivitb    a  full 

house  and  the  best  of  order,  Bro.   Mefzler,  a 

thy   Gennan   and  English  sjieakcr  of  this 

district  l>eing  with  us.    One  was  made  willing 

to  lake  fho  cro.w  and  easy  yoke  of  Jesus. 

Dasiel  Shivelv. 


s 


THE  brethrejM  j^.t  woi^k:. 


February    T. 


From  Pine  Creek  ClmrcU,  Iiul.— Wc 

ngftin  tftkc  tbe  pli^nsure  lo  inform  the  readers  of 
your  pnper  ibot  on  the  IGtli  of  Jnnuary,  Bro- 
Tburatou  Miller  returned  Lo  tlio  Center  meeting- 
hoi.se  in  eompnny  with  Bro.  Daniel  Whitmer 
from  the  South  Bend  congregation.  On  Friday 
Bro.  Daniel  Rothenberger  joined  in  with  its. — 
The  brethren  continued  the  meetings  till  Sunday 
cveniug.  Tiic  result  of  iheir  labors  were,  nine 
baptized,  ranking  fifteen  in  nil.  This  pves  us 
courage  and  nc  hope  that  our  dear  brethren  will 
everyivhero  earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  once 
delivered  to  the  saints.  J.  N.  Barnhart. 

From  PottstOim,  Pa.  —  Thirty-one  mcro- 
Ijers  were  added  to  the  Coventry  cliurcli  in 
Clieater  Co.,  Pn„  by  bapliam,  on  the  third  aud 
fourth  days  of  this  month,  (Jauunrj-)  and 'six 
mo  1-0  postponed  baptism  for  the  present  on  ac- 
count ofill  health,  etc.  The  old  Gospel  ship  is 
still  afloat,  and  we  trust  it  may  help  many  more 
across  the  ocean  of  time  nnd  land  them  safely  in 
the  Goldeu  Harbor.  Jonx  Harley. 

From  Lower  Cumborlaiirt,  Pa.— As  church 

news  seems  desirable,  I  thought  a  foiv  worUsiuighl 
be  acceptable.  The  pood  Lord  put  it  into  the 
henrl  of  a  few  dear  brethren  to  come  and  preach 
for  us.  The  roads  beiu}-  good  and  the  weather 
plcflsmit,  most  of  the  time  Ihe  c-oug'^'^?'''''"'^  ^^" 
large,  attention  good,  and  we  think  the  brethren 
rcwanled  for  their  labors  of  love.  Twenty-four 
precious  souls  were  made  willing  to  forsake  tbeir 
sinful  ways,  turn  their  hacks  to  the  world  and 
their  faces  Zion-wai-d.  Jlay  the  good  Lord  help 
them  lo  go  on,  and  would  to  God  that  many  more 
niight  be  persuaded.  H.  E.  M, 

From  Bello  Creek,  Nebraska.— As  I  have 
not  seen  anything  from  here  lately,  I  thought  of 
penning  a  few  lines.  The  members  seem  to  be  all 
in  love  and  union,  as  far  as  I  know.  We  have 
meeting  every  second  and  fourth  Sunday  of  each 
month,  by  A.  Taylor,  and  J.  Eikenberry  is  with 
UB  whenever  he  has  no  appoiutraents  in  Dodge  Co, 
One  precious  soul  has  accepted  Christ  since  last 
Fall,  aud  I  think  there  are  more  counting  the 
cost,  trusting  they  ivill  come  soon. 

C.  J.  Rauer. 

From  Columbia  City,  Intl.— On  the  evening 
of  Jan.  12th.  Brother  Jeseph  Lcedy  of  Antioch, 
Iiid.,  met  with  tbe  brethren  ami  sisters  of  Colum- 
bia City  district,  and  commenced  meeting,  and 
continued  preaching  the  "Word  with  power,  until 
the  evening  of  tbe  20th;  when  lie  preached  his 
farewell  sermon  to  a  large  audience.  One'  pre- 
cious Buul  was  made  willing  to  put  on  Clirist  by 
bajitism,  and  many  more  are  almost  ready  to  be- 
come Christians.  May  God  speed  the  day  when 
they  «ill  be  made  willing  to  make  an  application 
of  the  blood  of  Christ  to  their  precious  souls. 
D.  A.  Workman, 

had  I 


We 


riptui 


believe  many  more  goud  imprcs- 
c.  It  has  caused  some  to  search 
that  were  careless  and  unconcerned 
before.  Bro.  Loehr's  abilities  for  speaking,  were 
beyond  our  expectations.  He  is  a  very  zealous 
old  brother,  apparently,  nothing  but  the  love  of 
God  at  heart.  This  I  say,  because  a  fireside  chat 
gcnemlly  tells  where  a  brother  or  sister's  treas- 
ures are,  and  where  tho  treasure  is  the  heart  will 
be  also. 

May  Ihe  Lord  blesa  him  with  health  aud 
strength  to  go  on  in  the  good  work  ;  warning  sin- 
ners to  lice  tbe  wrath  lo  come,  and  gather  many 
into  the  fold  of  Christ.  And  when  his  labors  are 
ended  here  on  earth,  that  it  may  be  said  :  "  Well 
done  (jood  and  faithful  servnut,  enter  thou  into 
the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 

Sarah  J.  Miller. 
Jm.  28,1878. 

From  Miami  Co.,  Ohio.— This  district  (Mid- 
dle) was  organized  one  year  ago  last  August.  At 
the  time  of  its  organization  it  numbered  forty-four ; 
since  that  time  thirteen  have  been  added  by  bap- 
tism. There  were  officials  when  organized  ;  ■ 
Samuel  Coppock  as  minister,  and  Eli  Shearer 
deacon.  Last  Spring  we  held  an  election  for  two 
more  deacons;  the  lot  fell  on  Jacob  Ettcr  and 
Diivid  Sollenbnrger.  Last  fall  we  erected  a  n 
ing-honsc  40.\oO  with  basement.  Although  with 
our  prosperity,  we  hnve  our  trials,  for  we  are  sur- 
rounded by  almost  every  denomination. 

Sometimes  we  almost  feel  discouraged  while  we 
are  battling  against  sin,  for  there  are  so  many 
things  to  contend  with,  nnd  tbe  world  is  so  slow  to 
accept  the  simple  plan  of  salvation  of  which  Je- 
sus has  given  to  us.  Brethren  pray  for  us,  for  if 
we  know  ourselves  we  will  walk  in  that  narrow 
way  that  leads  to  eternal  glory.  Bro.  G.  V.  Siler 
wns  with  us  on  the  lllh  and  preached  four  very 
interesting  sermons.  There  were  none  added  to 
church,  but  we  think  some  good  impressions  were 
made.  May  the  Lord  bless  him  in  his  efforts  in 
spreading  the  Gospel. 

0.  F.  YOD.NT. 

Jan.  23,  1878. 

From  Marsliall  Co.,  Iowa.— Bro.  J.  W.  H. 
Baumnu  is  with  us  laboring  with  might  and  pow- 
Mny  God  crawn  his  effiirts  with  glorious   re- 
sults.    The  Bretlirori  are  in  good  spirits,    feeling 
luch  revived.     Health  good,  weather  delighlful. 

A.  M.  F.  Miller. 
Jan.  26, 1878. 


the  servants  of  God.  May  she  be  kept  in  the 
lur  of  temptation  and  not  become  lukewarm, 
id  have  a  name  that  she  is  living  and  yet  is 
dead,  and  though  her  tribulation  and  poverty 
may  be  great,  and  the  devil  cast  some  of  you  in- 
to prison  that  ye  may  be  tried ;  yet  be  thou  faith- 
ful unto  death  and  thou  shalt  receive  a  crown  of 
life.    Amen. 

Our  trip  to  Germanj-,  for  certain  reasons,  has 
been  deferred  to  some  indefinite  time  in  the  future. 
Circumstances  will  determine  the  time.  We 
have  received  <iuite  n  number  of  letters  of  late, 
full  of  encouragement  to  perform_our  duty  in  the 
face  of  nil  opposition,  and  especially  to  go  to 
Germany  and  England,  giving  us  several  points 
they  wish  us  to  slop  at,  with  all  needful  instruc- 
tions, for  which  we  feel  thankful  and  in  due  time 
will  comply,  if  the  Lord  will. 

If  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  who  hnvo  writ- 
ten to  us,  do  not  all  receive  an  answer  inimediale- 
ly,  we  hope  they  will  hear  with  us.  Some  do  not 
demand  an  answer,  yet  we  would  like  to  treat  all 
alike,  but  tt  requires  considerable  time  to  give  all 
the  satisfaction  desired,  and  if  any  do  not  receive 
direct  reply,  rest  assured  it  is  not  for  tho  want  of 
love  and  respect. 

Those  who  desire  us  to  slop  with  them  on  our 
return,  wishing  to  know  the  time,  etc.,  will  be 
answered  as  soon  as  we  decide  that  matter. 

Our  health  still  continues  to  be  ;,;ood,  for  which 
i  try  to  be  thankful.     Winter  has  been  mild 


Fi-am  Huutiiigtloii,  Iiiil. 

pleasant  meeting  in  the  western  ]iart  of 


iir  Dis- 
trict, which  continued  one  week.  As  a  rewatd 
of  our  labors,  seventeen  were  added  to  the  church 
hy  baptism  on  the  20th  insl.  We  feel  encouraged 
to  still  press  on  for  that  prize  at  the  end  of  the 
race.  You  have  our  prayers  for  your  success. 
Ask  youi-s  in  return,  that  wo  may  hold  out  faith- 
ful unto  the  end.  Youre  in  hope  of  blissful  im- 
mortality. 


R.  K,  BiNKLl 


Ja;i.28,  1873. 


0 


FROM    ENOCH    E-BY. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

UR  second  t^mmunion  s. 


From  New  Euterprise,  Pa.— Accordinj 
previous  arrangements,  brother  James  Quinter 
came  to  our  church  district  to  hold  a  scries  of 
meatings,  He  preacheJ  at  Waterside  on 
evening  of  the  12th,  aud  on  the  13th  at  10  A.  M. 
On  the  evening  of  the  13tli  he  commenced  to 
preach  at  Enterprise,  (Suowbcrger  church)  and 
continued  day  nnd  night  till  tho  20th. 

During  these  meetings  there  was  a  good  attend- 
ance, and  I  do  no  injustice  in  saying,  that  we  bad 
powerful  preaching,  and  we,  brethren  and  sistere, 
nil  felt  good  and  revived.  During  these  meet- 
ings nine  precious  soub  came  to  Christ,  ojid 
have  reason  to  believe  that  many  more  are  count- 
ine  the  cost. 

NOAC  B.  BLOtrcn. 

Jmi.  21, 1878. 

From  Turliey  Creek  Clmreli,  IiuL— We 

number  about  one  hundred  aud  twenty-eight. 
Three  ministerB  and  seven  deacons.  Received 
seventeen  by  baptism  last  year.  Hope  we  can  re- 
cord many  more  than  that  number  during  this 
present  year.  Bro.  F.  Loehr  of  Bloomingdale, 
Mich,  came  to  us  on  the  5th  inst  ;  next  day  (Bun- 
day)  we  took  him  to  our  regular  meeting.  Preach- 
ing also  iu  the  evening.  Continued  meeting  un- 
til the  25th.  On  the  26th  he  bade  us  adieu  and 
went  to  fill  appointmets  in  another  district. 

We  have  no  meetiug-house  here.  Held  our 
meeting  in  echuol-houscs,  which  was  very  incon- 
venient, as  we  could  only  have  meeting  at  night 
aud  ua  Sunday.  Good  attention,  good  congrega- 
tions considering  the  inclemency  of  tho  weather. 
Two  made  application    fur  baplii^ui   during   the 


aud  sor 

cbUdrei 

How 
ior  said, 


far. 


Yours  in  Much  Love, 


GLEj^NINGS. 


h  our  dear 
brethren  nnd  sisters  in  Denmark  took  ph 
oiithcMMb  day  of  January,  and   hence   is  now 
among  the  things  of  the  past,  hut  trust  not  Boon 
to  be  forgotten. 

The  membere  were  all  present  except  three,  who 
on  account  of  age,  bodily  infirmity  nnd  wet 
weather,  were  prevented.  The  day  being  rainy, 
not  very  many  people  assembled,  but  though  few 
iu  nuniber,  there  were  still  more  than  on  the  oc- 
casion ivhere  Peler  said  :  "  It  is  good  to  be  here." 
So  we  were  made  lo  feel,  and  although  wc  did  not 
-share  tbe  same  halg  of  light  and  glory  and  the 
manifestation  of  the  kingdom  of  God  in  the  ful- 
Peter  did,  wo  think  nil  present  saw, 
ue  experienced,  something  that  directed 
inds  to  tbnt  glorious  event  awaiting  the 
1  of  God. 

solemn  ivns  the  occasion  on  which  theSav- 
I  will  no  more  drink  of  the  fruit  of 
the  vine  until  I  drink  it  anew  with  you  in  my 
Father's  kingdom."  Sorrow  filled  their  hearts 
when  Ihey  remembered  that  Jesus  was  going  to 
leave  them  and  that  their  next  meeting  would  be 
in  the  kingdom  to  conic. 

Okir  dear  brethren  and  sistci-s  in  Denmark 
seemed  to  be  impressed  with  .t  similar  thought 
aud  feeling,  our  atlnchment  to  ench  other  having 
grown  strong,  and  the  thought  that  we  shall  no 
more  be  permitted  to  eat  together,  til!  it  be  iul- 
lilled  in  tho  kingdom  of  Jesus,  caused  n  solemnity 
to  pervade  our  evening  services,  which  can  be 
more  easily  imagined  thnn  expressed. 

Another  feature  which  added  much  to  the  sol- 
emnity of  the  occasion,  was  the  ordination  of  Bro, 
C.  Hope  lo  the  eldership.  The  tears  were  shed  as 
freely  as  is  usual  in  the  chamber  of  death,  when 
some  kind  friend  Is  about  breathing  forth  the  last 
sigh  of  jife.  But  such  tears,  we  think,  arc  not  so 
nnich  tile  result  of  sorroiv  or  joy,  as  of  resi)onsi- 
hility.  aud,  truly,  the  whole  scene  seemed  to  say 
to  us,  "  We  will  bear  one  another's  burden,  and 
thus  fulfill  tho  law  of  Christ." 

The  church  in  Denmark,  in  answer  to  many 
prayers  of  the  saints  in  America,  is  now  fully  or- 
ganized according  to  tbe  Gospel,  and  hence  pre- 
pared to  curry  on  tho  work  of  tbe  salvation  of 
souls,  and  the  perfecting  of  tbe  saints,  and  our 
prayer  is,  they  may  never  lose  their  first  love,  nor 
ever  allow  the  doctrine  of  the  Nicolaitnns,  or  of 
BitlQum,  or  suHer  the   woman    Jezebel    to  seduce 


From  D.  1(.  Sturgis.  —  I  will  inform  yon 
that  wo  are  also  at  work  in  the  Master's  vineyard. 
We  were  urged  ti  aid  the  Brethren  of  tbe  Blue 
River  District,  Whitley,  Co.,  Ind,  to  wliicb  we 
assented,  and  commenced  on  Sunday  night,  tho 
13th  of  January,  187S.  Continued  every  night 
until  Monday,  the  21st-  On  Sunday,  the  20th. 
the  ice  being  cut,  we  baptized  twelve,  moslly 
young  people  aud  children  of  the  Brethren,  this 
being  the  first  addition  to  that  arm  of  tho  church 
in  three  years.  The  best  of.  order  prevailed 
throughout  tbe  meeting,  and  many  tears  ran 
down  the  cheeks  of  fathers  and  molhers,  to  flee 
their  sons  and  daughtei's,  by  tho  grace  of  God 
walk  into  Cednr  Lake,  led  by  an  old  gray-beaded 
elder  sixty-seven  yeare  old,  and  there  be  immers- 
ed. 

The  brethren  aud  sisters  of  Blue  River  District 
are  industrious,  kind-hearted  and  zealous  in  the 
holy  religion'of  Christ  .Icsus,  and  will,  no  doubt, 
feed  the  tender  lambs  as  well  as  tho  sheep,  nnd 
thereby  prove  that  they  love  Jesus,  I  promised 
them,  that  if  the  Lord  wilt,  I  will  visit  them 
again  tbe  third  of  March. 

To-morrow  1  go  to  Ligouier,  Xoble  Co.,  to  bold 
a  series  of  meetings  with  tlie  Brethren  there.  May 
tbe  grace  of  God  abide  with  all  the  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  Christ  Jesus,  Ls  our  prayer. — 
South  Bend,  Imi.Jan.  2S,  1S77. 

From  S.  C.  Meyers. — Seeing  in  your  paper 
that  elder  David   Keller,  Cumberland   Co.,  Pa„ 

contemplates  locating  a  colony  in  Kansas  on  the 
lands  belongini;  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  R.  R.,  we  would  like  to  know  if  ho  e.Ktcnds 
tho  invitation  to  those  who  have  contemplated  go- 
ing west.  If  .so,  there  arc  more  brethren  who 
might  join  their  happy  band.  Wo  write  these 
few  lines  by  way  of  inquiry,  thinking  we  might 
get  more  information  andparticularsof  the  broth- 
er, as  to  tbe  country.  —  Roiivburg,  0.,  Jau.  23, 
1878. 

From  B.  F.  Moomaw. — I  havojust  returned 
from  the  vicinity  of  Chris linnsburg,  Jlontgomery 
Co,,  Va,,  where,  in  company  with  brother  Moses 
E,  Brubnker,  I  held  a  short  aeries  of  meetings, 
Wc  hnd  meeting  Saturday  night,  Sunday  morn- 
ing nnd  night.  Mondoy  nnd  Monday  night  the 
weather  was  very  inclement  and  the  roads 
tremely  had,  but  we  had  good  congregations  not- 
withstanding, and  considerable  interest. 

It  was  announced  on  Sunday,  that  we  would 
discourse  on  tho  form  of  Christian  baptism, 
although  the  evening  was  (luito  unpleasant,  we 
bad  a  crowded  house,  and  interested  attention 
during  the  whole  time  of  lengthy  elfort,and  wbi 
dismissed,  the  fullest  demonstrations  of  approval 
were  exhibited.  Nearly  the  whole  congregation 
came  forward  nnd  bid  us  farewell  with  a  hearty 
shake  of  bands,  and  nmny  eyes  were  moist  witli 
tears,  and  the  expression  of  a  number  show  us, 
that  they  intend  to  serve  the  Lord. 

To  have  remained  longer,   would   undoubtedly 
have  been  attended  with  good  resulu,but  circui 
stances  did  not  permit  os  to  do  so.     May  the  Lord 
ordain  all  for  gootl. 

From  A.  HutchiilSOIl. — By  your  permission 
I  will  inform  your  readers  thai  by  the  aid  of  the 
faithful  brethren  and  sistere  in  Colorado,  I  am 
uoiv  enabled  to  set   out   on   a  minion  of  love  to 


those  blood-bought  souU  in  Tex;i«,  who  buve  been 
jiraying  the  Lord  of  the  han-est  to  send  them 
help,  that  they  might  be  received  into  fellowship 
■ith  the  Father's  children.  And  I  expect  to 
start  for  this  new  field  of  labor  on  the  fourth  of 
February  if  God  permit. 

I  hope  that  I  will  have  the  prayers  of  all  God's 
people,  for  this  is  an  important  work.  No  doubt 
'  anxious  hearts  have  been  lilted  to  n  Ibrono 
of  graco  already,  when  they  read  the  appeal  made 
in  our  pa{>ers,  by  J.  W,  Chamber  of  Texas.  I 
would  sny  ngain,  do  not  cense  to  pray,  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  that  your  humble  and  weak  broth- 
er may  have  strenglli  and  wisdom  to  perform  this 
work  to  the  glory  of  God  and  tbe  uplifting  of  tho 
Master's  cause  in  that  new  country. 

Any  wishing  lo  correspond  with  me  while  iu 
Texas,  will  address  me  at  Queen  Peak,  fifcuitaguo 
Co.,  Texns. —  Ccntrcvttno,  Mo. 

From  H.  Luml is. —Subscribers  arc  all  pleas- 
ed with  your  paper,  ns  fnr  as  I  know.  The  mem- 
bei-s  here,  are  in  love  and  union,  thank  the  Lord. 
We  have  been  bountifully  blessed  in  tho  year 
that  is  past,  both  spiritually  and  tempomlly.  — 
There  were  about  thirty-five  members  received 
last  year,  mostly  Sabbath -school  scholars,  I  think 
if  there  wns  a  well-directed  cllbrt  made,  many 
more  might  not  almost,  but  nltogethor  bo  pcisuad- 
ed  to  be  C'hristiaus. 

[The  following,  mailed  nt  Wawaka,  Ind,,  ex- 
plains itself.  No  name  nor  post  uflice,  hence  can- 
not be  attended  to.  Writers  should  be  careful  to 
ttcnd  to  these  essentials. — Ens.] 
Brother  Eshelman,  I  would  like  if  you  would 
just  send  tbe  paper  on,  for  we  think  it  very  inter- 
sting,  but  we  have  not  tho  money  now.  As  soon 
ive  as  get  it,  we  will  send  it  to  you,  and  will  do  tio 
before  May. 


NOTICE  ! 

A  Pamphlet  of  eigbty-eight  nnges,  proving 
that  the  Scriptures  do  not  teach  tlie  doctrine  of 
Universal  Res  torn  tiou. 

Tbe  price  ia  reduced  to  only  nine  cents.  -^ 
Any  one  sending  three  3-cent  stnnijB,  will  receive 
the  above-named  pamphlet.  Tbe  reduced  price 
will  not  last  long ;  therefore  send  on  your  orders 
NOW,  if  you  want  them  filled  at  the  above,  low 
rates.     Address: 

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Tiri'ECAxoE  Orrv.  Miajii  Co,,  O. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


emnrks  with   astonishment 
I  every  pnrt  of  the  State 


A  Florida  paper 
that  frost  Was  visible 
during  the  week. 

A  Special  from  Norfolk,  Va.,  says  tbnt  the 
whole  Roanoke  River  country  is  laid  waste  by 
the  recent  floods,  and  presents  a  startling  scene  of 
devastation'  Those  who  have  been  up  and  down 
tho  river,  say,  the  farms  along  its  course  for  one 
or  two  miles  back  are  nearly  destroyed.  Farm 
houses,  bnrus  nnd  stables  arc  swept  away,  and 
fences  destoyed. 

.  A  most  nuted  monk,  Alcoin,  occupied  himself 
twenty-two  years  in  transcribing  a  copy  of  tbe  sa- 
cred Scriptures  for  the  Emperor  Chnrlemagne. 
This  interesting  relic  is  now  in  the  Briti.sh  Mu- 
seum, nnd  is  valued  at  £750. 

A  mile  long  petition,  containing  (50,000  signa- 
tures, has  been  sent  to  Parliament  from  Ireland, 
asking  that  the  liquor  saloons  be  closed  on  Sun- 
day in  that  country. 

The  Mayor  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  who  iro])rison- 
ed  the  crusading  ladies  a  few  years  ago  for  sing- 
ing Christian  hymns  on  the  sidewalks  before  liquor 
saloons,  is  now  serving  a  long  term  in  a  Wtstem 
penitentiary, 

A  correspondent  of  the  Dailij  Ncm,  who  left 
Erzeroum  jnst  before  its  investment,  telegraphs 
that  the  town  is  noiv  a  little  better  than  a  huge 
hospital.  About  a  hundred  soldiers  die  daily,  and 
two  or  three  are  frozen  to  death  every  night.  Ty- 
phus fever  is  raging. 

A  rich  discovery  was  made  on  the  12th  inst,  at 
the  Ranta  mines,  a  short  distance  West  of  Peublo, 
Colorado,  Mr.  Mann,  an  old  prospector,  struck  a 
lode,  tbe  ore  from  which  as;ays  the  enormous  sum 
of  612,600  in  gold  and  S  1,100  inailver  per  ton. 
There  is  a  great  excitement  in  the  camp,  and  many 
are  rushing  to  the  scene  of  tbe  neiy  discovery. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Dftj  poMcnger  train  puing  ciiBl  Icitm  Lanark  nl  12:21 
P.  M.,uudarri.nimR«cmi)alfl:-13  1',  M. 

Day  pii3"eriger  Irain  goitig  west  leaves  Lonark  at  2:  10  P. 
M,,  an'l  nn-ives  nl  Rock  Island  at  5:50  P.  SI. 

Si^hi  possFngor  iroiQa.  going  east  and  neal.  nii^cl  and 
leave  Lnnnrk  al  2:'2l  A.  M.,  arriTing  In  RiLcino  al  9:0D 
A.   M..   and   nt   Rnok  Island  at  6:00  A.  M. 

t'mgbt  and  Accommodalioa    Trains    will   run    nest   at 
1-2:65P   M..    10:  50  A.  M,.   and  12:  20  P.  M„  nnJ 
east  n[  i:  10A.M.,  1  P.  M.  niiJ  4:  50  P.  M. 
TiokeU  aro  sold   for  above   trains  onlj.     Pasitnger 

iraios  make  c103g  cunncclion  al  Western  Uoion  JuncUon. 
0.  A.  SiutH,  AgcDl. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  JlriHij   Ymi  Oood  Tidintja  of  G-real  Joy,  which  Shalt  be  unto  All  Peoph."  —  huKy.  2:  111. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  14,  1878. 


No.  7. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  AHIl  PUBLISHED  WEKKLY 

J.H.Mooi-e,  S.lI.HasIior,  M.M.EsIielmiiii 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


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MISSIONARY    CAI.I.    FiiOM    DEN- 
MAEK  AND  OTHER  COUNTSIES. 

BY  F..  11.  STIFLEB. 

HARKI    I  hfnv  n  wni!  of  niiKnisb, 
'  Tia  the  iniKsioiiLii'i'  city; 
Come  ye  bretliri^ii,  si.stei's  help  us 

Is  tlic  Ijiirthen  of  the  sigh, 
"Must,  wo  perish, 
WHii?!!  iiilvntioii  is  so  nighV" 

Lo,  '  lis  Douiiiark's  sons  :iiul  rlaughttra, 

Liil  to  us  this  phiiutive  cry; 
Thus  wc  sent  ncros-s  the  isntei-:<, 

Ministei-s  of  the'  Most  Hi^^h; 
'  Tis  the  Gosiiei 

Thiit  can  all  their  wnuts  sit|j|ily. 

Ami  from  Norway's  worliUy    boiuidnries, 
Wliisiiprinj,'  biue/.es  ivaft  the  sigl\; 

Hii:!tL',  yo  IicimIiU  »1'  snlvation, 
Lo!  to  you  we  lil't  our  ej'e; 

Must  wc  laugiiish — 
Perish  'neatli  this  harren  sky? 

Thus  from  foreign  hind  resoumleth, 

Culls  we  mast  uottlkohey; 
Since  the  Lord  toeveiy  nation, 

Wills  the  light  of  Gospol  day; 
Free  snlvation. 

Shall  they  still  in  bondage  stay? 

Fathers,  have  you  not  axi  Isaac? 

Pay  nnto  the  Lord  your  vow: 
He  who  gave — forever  faithful — 

Wills  that  yoii  restore  him  now; 
At  His  altar. 

Freely  to  the  raniulntes  bo>v. 

Mothers,  bring  that  cherished  daughter, 

(Ah,  what  liquid  pearls  I  see), 
She  may  win  a  son  to  Jesus, 

Feeble  though  her  Efforts  be; 
What  a  privilege 

Then  to  labor  Lord  for  tlice. 

Haste,  though  neither  son  nor  daughter 

(Jewels  of  the  henct  that  lie). 
Still  Ho  calls — oil,  hear  Him  gladly, 

"  With  your  treasures  honor  uie; 
Ope  your  coffci-s 

Let  your  '  golden  eagles'  free," 

Onward,  oiiivard,  speed  them  onward, 

O'er  the  hind  and  o'er  the  sea; 
Christ  nud  dying  heatlieu  need  them — 

Give  and  your  reward  will  be 
By  the  river 

or,  salvation,  full  and  free. 

Lift  your  eyes,  behold  the  harvest, 
Ripening  iu  each  heathen  clime; 

Strengthen  thou  the  weary  laborers, 
They  have  claims  on  thee  and  thine; 

Then  together 

Stars  iJi  glory,  ye  shall  shine. 


CHRISTOIiOGY    VS. 
■frOHSHIP. 


IIY  C.  H.  IIAI^IIAI'GU, 


A  WELL-BELOVED  umbassudor  of  Chiist 
has  called  my  attention  to  an  article  in 
tiiQ  "  Biitth' Plaij  "  of  Januaiy  2iid,  IS7S,  en- 
titled "OiiiiAvin?  fhtohgij."  The  writer  has 
mthheld  his  name,  which  in  v-iew  of  the  char- 
acter of  the  article,  is  sigailiciutt.  Its  fidsity 
and  shallowness  are  so  conspicuous,  that  it  iu  a 
pleasure  lo  ascribe  it  to  nobody.  It  is  meant  j 
to  overhaul  my  exposition  of  John  lU:  3,  in  the  | 


BiiF-THiiEX  AT  WoHK  of  Dcc,  Otii.  The  writer 
seems  terribly  nauseated  at  the  thought  that 
John  the  Harbinger  admitted  "  the  Iiicarmitc 
God  personally' into  the  inciosi|re  of  Grace." 
He  rises  to  such  a  pitch  of  holy  horror  that  he 
calls  in  the  aid  of  an  exclamation  point  to  em- 
phasize his  deep  sense  of  mortification.  Ho 
aska  in  child-like  astonishment,  what  is  intend- 
ed by  the  "  iuclosui-o  of  Grace?"  Hag  he  ever 
heard  of  the  Cliurch  of  Christ? — of  a  Divine 
corporation  on  earth  into  which  weentcr  by  bap- 
tism f  Has  he  forgotten  that  the  great  Expound- 
er of  the  Divine  Mind  was  speaking  of  a  Fold 
which  He  constructed,  and  into  which  lit-  en- 
ttiT'f?  Will  he  cavil  'with  the  arraugement  of 
Him  who  "  spake  ns  never  man  spake?"  The 
Church  is  not  salvation,  but  its  inslriimeul. 
'■  Ye  are  the  lii/fit  of  the-  worli/,  ijv  are  the  suit 
of  ilir  miilt."  Not  in  mnj  position,  but  iu  iliul 
position  which  God  has  ordained.  Christ  came 
not  to  set  aside  His  o^ra  provisions,  but  to  hon- 
aiid  e.xalt  them.  Because  the  All-holy  was 
tside  the  visible  institution  to  which  baptism 
is  the  iaduetiou,  this  critic  takes  a  long,  blind 
tride  to  the  silly  conclusiou  that  He  must  have 
been  j/iw(7r,s-s  prior  to  that  entrance.  Here  is 
logic  that  shows  the  moral  lunacy  engendered 
by  niau-woi-ship  jind  seli-idolatry. 

Because  I  insisted  ou  Baptism  in  the  case  of 
Christ  in  order  lo  sanction  an  objective  rite  of 
Di\ijie  appointment,  and  reveal  his  relation 
both  to  Gud  and  man,  this  critic  at  once  infers 
"  that  Ho  w;is  haptiwd  in  orthr  to  enjoy  the 
Grace  of  God."  Is  this  only  ignorance,  or  is  it 
deliberate  pervei;sion?  Christ  was  the  Son  of 
God  lcfo>x  his  llt^sumptiou  of  Human  nature. 
Did  thi-i  do  away  the  necessity  of  the  Incar- 
nation I'  Christ  was  the  Lanib  of  God  before  His 
baptism.  Doe.'i  this  render  baptism  nugatory 
in  relation  to 'His  proHpectivo  ministiy?  If 
the  Church  is  not  the  iuelosure  of  Grace,  what 
kind  of  an  iuelosure  is  it?  Not  of  Grace?  Is 
it  a  human  shanty,  sepai'ating  the  elect  from 
the  wolves  of  earth  and  hell,  into  which  we 
may  enter  or  not,  as  self-will  inclines  us,  or  in- 
to which  we  cao  climb  some  other  way,  and 
not  by  the  Door?  He  continues:  ■'  Had  Christ 
either  failed  orrefusod  to  have  been  baptized, 
notwithstandiug  His  Dinnity,  He  could  not 
have  been  saved,"  This  is  to  be  a  clinching 
negative  of  the  intimiition  that  He  could  not. 
What  language  this  for  a  man  who  not  on- 
ly claims  intelligeucu  enough  to  act  the  critic, 
but  assumes  the  liigh  function  of  spokesman 
for  Jehovah.  Had  Christ  failed  or  i-efused  to 
iupporfc  aud  confirm  His  owa  ordinances.  He 
,vould  have,  belied  all  His  preteusions  to  Di- 
vinity. A  more  outrageous  violation  of  com- 
non  sense  I  never  met  with  than  the  ailirma- 
tion  of  a  Divine  Beins  neglecting  or  refusing 
the  enactment  of  Divinity.  Such  n  coiitviidie- 
tioii  woulfl  not  only  cxelude  Christ  from  snlva- 
tion, hut  would  tumble  the  Eternal  Throne  and 
its  August  Occupant  into  Hell,  as  it  would 
leave  not  a  pui-ticle  of  Righteousness  in  the 
Ujiivcrje.  In  this  very  act,  which  this  sorry 
mlii-  .■iippo5es  has. nothing  to  do  with  thepres- 
.'ivationof  "the  J/»H  Christ  Jf'.s-HS,"  the  God- 
iiiun  Himself  announces  the  gronud-principle 
of  safety  foi'  all  moral  being,  God  included: 
"  incs  il  brroiiielh  us  to  fulfill  all  righteous- 
yKSs."  "  Thereivas  a  man  .seiitfrfiiil  Gnd  whose 
mime  was  John."  Here  is  authority  which 
none  can  gaiusay  with  impunity. 

This  same  John  says,  "Hk  that  aenf- 
Kie  to  UAITIZE  &C."  Here  is  au  adiuinistra- 
tion  that  God  is  bftund  lo  honor.  Is  mmi 
pris-ilegcd  to  neglect  or  refuse?  Did  Je-sus 
request  this  Diviue  symbol  at  the  hand  of  the 
Major  prophet  as  an  idle,  uuneeessm-y  ceremonj- 
in  His  ciuie,  or  as  a  matter  of  obedience  to  His 
Father  s  will  ?  Ponder  and  tremble  before  you 
answer.  If  the  "man  sent  from  God."  who 
baptiswdby  God's  direction,  administered  to  the 
Eternal  VVord  what  that  Word  had  enjoined, 
without  express  reference  to  the  Father's  will, 
there  never  was  such  a  volume  of  cruel  non- 


sense thrust  upon  tlie  world  as  the  New  Tes- 
tament. If  that  act  was  the  expression  of  feal- 
ty to  a  Father,  I  submit  tlie  awful  question  to 
any  sane  mind,  whether  Jesus  Christ  could  have 
been  saved  without  it?  God's  will  and  rights 
eousness  are  synonymous,  and  His  security  rests 
ou  fidelity  to  obligation  no  less  than  the  mean- 
est of  His  intelligent  creatures.  The  return  of 
the  Son  to  the  Father  was  as  much  dependent 
on  obedience  as  ours.  There  is  not  one  way  for 
the  Head,  and  another  for  the  body. 

Because  I  spoke  of  Baptrism  as  the  entrance 
to  the  enclosure  of  Grace,  this  critic  declares 
that  Christ  is  degraded  from  the  dignity  of  be- 
ing the  Door  Himself.  He  says,  "  aecorthng  to 
Dunkard  exposition,  the  blessed  Lord  was  mis- 
taken when  He  said,  lain  the  Dour."  This 
man  is  not  only  blind*  as  lo  the  S/mvV  of  the 
truth,  but  he  even  abuses  and  falsifies  the  dead 
letter.  Let  Christ  speak.  He  not  only  says, 
"  I  fiiii  llif  Dii'i-,"  but  with  equal  pei-spicuity 
and  emphiLsis,  "  He  that  extehetu  ly  iiv  the 
DOtm  !s  THE  siiEi>HKnn  op  tiif:  sheep."  ''  I  AM 
THE  GOOD  SHEPHERD.''  If  this  will  not 
satisfy  any  candid  critic,  even  God  speaks  iu 
vain.  Christ  entere  through  Himself,  beiug 
both  Door  and  Shephei-d. 

In  conclusion,  my  mouitor  utters  His  horta- 
tory ejaculation: ''  May  the  Lord  deliveu  thb 

WOBIJi  PKOMSUfHE^a-OSITIOXOPGoD's  WoKD— 

sucR  BLASPHEMIES."  The  undei-scoring  is 
mine:  I  have  testified  of  Jesus.  I  have  refer- 
red to  principles  that  form  the  foundation  of 
the  Divine  Throne,  and  constitute  the  essence 
of  the  Divine  character,  and  without  which  Je- 
sus had  comein  the  flesh  for  naught,  or  having 
come  could  not  liavo  "  ascended  to  where  He 
was  before:"  and  yijt  a  poor,  self-sufficient.  Gos- 
pel-mangling mortal  dares  to  cry  out—  "  SUCH 
BLASPHEMIES." 

My  inmost  soul  weeps  at  the  uecessity  of  ad- 
ministering such  severe  cori-ection  to  a  fellow- 
mortal;  but  this  poor,  deluded  man  needs  help, 
as  do  thousands  of  others  who  grope  in  the 
same  darkness.  I  humbly  hope  he  will  meek- 
ly and  prayerfully  re-considerhis  rash,  ignorant 
criticisms  and  his  foul,  unchristian  epithet  in 
relation  to  Christ  and  his  incarnate  ministry, 
and  he  iicartily  ashamed  of  himself,  and  never 
repeat  his  offense  against  "  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel."  Jlay  ive  all  look  to  Jesus  only,  then 
we  may  be  Brethren. 


say  yes,  or  no.     Either  forever  silence  Paul,  ig- 
uore  Christ,  and  say,  the  Bible  is  amyth.  or  else 
be  a  follower  of  Paul;  because  he  was  a  follow- 
er of  Christ. 
Lditijmoiil,  Col  I). 


PENCIL  MUSINGS, 


PAUL  t 
lals 


NU-MaEIl  IV. 
.-VUL  says,  "  be  3'o  followers  of  me  even  as 
also  am  of  Christ."  It  doesn't  take  luiy 
argument  to  prove  Paul's  apostteship,  but  it 
docs  tak-e  considerable  argument  to  i)rove  what 
Paul  said,  is  a  thus  saifch  the  Lord.  Some  peo- 
ple Seem  to  be  great  reasoupra,  for  they  say,  that 
Paul  meant  tliat  tlie  hair  ou  tlie  womaji's  head, 
is  the  only  covering  thati^  meant  by  Paul. 
Their  ai-ginneut  is  this:  "But  every  woman  that 
prayeth  or  prophosieth  with  her  Itnir  ou  her 
head  dishouoreth  her  head,  for  tiiat  is  even  all 
oneasif  she //at/ /w /(«(■/■  ojj'htr  l„wl;  for  if 
the. woman  have  no  hair  on  her  head,  let  her 
have  it  taken  off  of  her  head  (1  Cor.  il:  5,  6). 
ThLs  is  the  way  they  butcher  it  up,  and  yet  still 
\tfoi-se  wlien  they  contend  for  the  .uatiinil  cov- 
ering whiuh  is'given  to  the  woman,  but  to  fol- 
low the  dictates  of  nature.  Paul  say.^i,  '■  we 
have  no  such  custom,  neither  the  churches  of 
God." 

Well  we  will  leave  the  subject  with  you;  for 
Paul  is  not  much  with  some  peo|.le  anyway,  no 
more  than  the  singing  of  Tom  Thumb  is  with 
a  two  year  old  baby',  and  if  we  w.;re  to  wear  our 
pencil. out,  penciling  the  sayings  of  -  old  fogy  " 
Paul,  some  would  cry,  if/mirniirc.  ii/iionuuf.  But 
who  is  that  faithful  and  wise  servmit  whom  the 
LotJ  shall  find  so  doing?  Jesus  says,  the  Lord 
will  make  him  niler  over  all  he  hath.    Never 


A  PUZZLED  DUTCHMAM. 

A  WISCONSIN  paper  contains  the  follow- 
ing good  story: 

One  who  does  not  beliere  iu  iuimereion  for 
baptism  was  holding  a  protracted  meeting,  and 
one  night  preached  on  the  subject  of  baptism 

In  the  coui-se  of  his  remarks  he  siiid,  .some  be- 
lieve it  neccs.s-ary  to  go  down  into  the  water, 
come  up  out  of  it,  to  be  baptized.  But 
this  he  claimed  to  be  a  fallacy,  for  the  preposi- 
tion "  into"  of  tlic  Scriptures  should  be  reuder- 
eddilferentlj-,  lisit  does  not  mean  into  at  all 
times.  "MosoH,"  hesaid,  "we  are  told,  went 
up  into  the  mountain,  and  the  Savior  was  tak- 
1  into  a  high  mountain,  etc.  Now  we  do  not 
suppose  that  either  went  into  the  mountain, 
but  upon  it.  So  with  gohig  into  the  water,  it 
means  simply  going  down  close  by  or  near  to 
the  water,  and  being  baptiwd  in  the  ordinary 
way — by  sprinkling." 

He  carried  this  idea  out  fully,  and  in  due  sea- 
son and  style  closed  his  discouiiic.  when  im  in- 
vitation was  given  to  any  one  who  felt  dispo.sed 
to  rise  jmd  express  their  thoughts.  Quite  a 
number  of  the  brethren  arose  and  said  that 
they  woi-e  glad  that  they  had  been  present  on 
the  occasiou,  that  they  were  well  plea-^ed  with 
the  sound  sermon  they  had  just  heard,  and  felt 
their  souls  greatly  blessed.  Finally  a  corpulent 
gentleman  of  Teutonic  extraction,  a  stranger 
to  all.  arose  and  broke  a  silence,  that  was  most 
painful,  as  follows: 

"  Mister  Breacher,  I  ish  so  glad  I  vash  hei-e 
to-night,  for  I  ho^  had  explained  to  my  mind 
some  things  I  never  could  beleif  before.  We 
read.  Mister  Breacher,  that  Tauiel  v.is  cast  into 
the  den  of  lions,  and  came  out  iilife  !  Now  I 
levereouldpeliefdat,  for  demit  peasts  would 
;hust  eat  him  up  right  off;  put  uow  it  ish  ferry 
clear  to  my  mind,  he  was  shust  close  py  or  near 
to,  aud  tid  not  get  into  de  den  at  all.  0,  I  vash 
so  glad  I  vas  here  to-night! 

Again  we  read  dat  de  Hebrew  children  vas 
cast  into  de  firish  furnace,  and  dat  air  always 
looked  like  a  big  slory  too,  for  they  would  have 
been  purnt  up;  put  it  ish  all  plain  to  my  mind 
uow,  lor  they  were  sluiat  east  close  py  or  near 
to  de  firish  furnace.     0,  I  viLsh  so  glat  I  vas 


-•  to  night! 


And  den,  Mister  Breacher,  it  i.s  said  dat  Jona 
v;ish  cast  into  de  sea  aii'd  into  dc  whalish  pelly. 
Now  I  never  could  pelief  dat.  It  seems  like  a 
jieek  fce.sh  story,  put  it  is  all  plain  to  my  mind 
now,  he  vash  not  taken  into  de  whaieisli  pelly 
at  all,  put  shust  shiimpcd  onto  liis  pack  and  rode 
ashore.    0, 1  vash  so  glat  I  vash  here  to-night! 

And  uow.  Mister  Breacher  if  j'ou  will  shust 
explain  two  more  bassages  of  Scrijjture,  I  shall 
pe,  0  happy,  dat  I  vash  here  to-night!  One  of 
them  is  vcre  it  saish  de  vicked  shall  be  cast  in- 
to a  lake  diit  burnH  mit  fire  aud  prjnshtone  al- 
vays.  0!  Mister  Breacher,  shall  I  pe  cast  into, 
that  hike,  if  I  am  viched,  or  shust  near  enough 
to  hecomfoi-iable?  0  I  hope  j'oii  tell  me.  I 
ball  pe  east  shust  py  a  good  vay  off,  juid  I  Wll- 
)c  so  gliMl  I  vash  here  to-night. 

The  other  bassage  is  that  which  aaish.  Blessed : 
are  doy  who  do  these  command  riieuts,  dat  doy 
may  have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  enter 

through  the  gates  into  the  city.  0!  fell  me 
I  shall  get  into  the  city  and  not  shust  close  py 
or  near  to,  shust  near  enough  to  see  vab  I  have- 
lost,  and  I  shall  he  so  glat  1  vas  lierB  to-night." 
[By  request  of  many,  the  above  has  heen  pub- 
lished in  tract  form,  and  can  be  had  at  this  of- 
fice at  the  tblluwing  rates:  51'.  copies,  25  cents; 
100  copies,  40  ccjits.— Eds.J 


ilmiy  hiunan  crecdd  have  been  inevnted,  vet 
God,  Olid  His  Word,  m-eer  changes.    He  i^  the 
yeslerday,TO-i>KY,  ondFOREVEB.  H«ad- 
:.  fail  not  to  obey  in  all  pbint.s,  for  if  yon  omit 


the  fulfilling  of  the  La\ 


be  held  accountable  for  the  whole. 


one  point,  yon  wiH 


THK    BRBTHmET^    ^T    "WOEKI. 


February    14. 


FIELDS  FOR  LABOR. 

IK  you  c'liiiiot  on  the  oi^oiiu 
Sail  ainoDF;  the  swift<st  fleet, 
Iloclring  on  tlio  highest  billows, 

Laughing  at  the  storms  you  meet, 
Yon  can  staml  among  the  auilora, 

Anihorcd  yut  within  the  hay. 
You  can  lend  a  himd  to  help  th.-ui 
As  they  launch  their  boats  away. 

If  you  are  too  weak  to  journey 

Up  tlio  mountain  .^tecl>  and  hijjh, 
You  tan  stand  within  the  valley 

"Wiiile  the  multitiides  go  by; 
You  can  chant  in  happy  measures 

As  they  slowly  pass  along; 
Tliough  thny  may  forget  the  siuger, 

They  will  not  forget  the  song. 

II*  yon  have  not  gold  or  silver 

Ever  ready  to  command. 
If  you  cannot  toward  the  ueedy 

Reach  an  ever-open  hand, 
Y'ou  can  visit  the  alHicted, 

O'er  the  erring  yon  can  weep; 
Yoii  can  be  a  true  disciple 

Sitting  at  the  Master's  feet, 

11'  you  cannot  in  the  eonilict 

Prove  yourself  a  aoldier  true. 
If,  where  fire  and  smoke  are  thickest, 

There's  no  work  for  you  to  do, 
■V\'heu  the  battle  field  is  silent 

You  can  go  witli  careful  tread, 
You  can  bear  away  the  wounded, 

You  can  eover  up  the  dead. 

Do  not  then  stand  idly  waiting 

For  some  greater  work  to  do: 
Fortune  is  a  hizy  goddess, 

She  vf\\\  never  come  to  you. 
Go  and  toil  in  any  vineyard, 

Do  not  fear  to  do  or  dare; 
If  you  want  a  field  of  labor, 

You  can  find  it  anywhere. 

Selected  by  J-  H.  Nevf. 

THE    LITERAL    MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN   RELIGIOUS 

FAITH    AND    PRACTICE. 


man  sinike,"  it  exclaims,  one  day;  "  Let    the  simple,  Imt  error  can  subsist  only  by 
us  take  Him  by  force  and  make  Him  a    tlio  sopliism  and  shiewduessof  intellect- 


■'  Thou  shalt  guide  nie  with  Ihy  counsel." — 
(Psiilnis73:Si) 

NUMBEIt  III. 

(>.  Popular  ojnnion  is  not  cm  infal- 
lihh  (/ui(h  in  matters  of  reliijiotis  faith 
and jjractice.  Localopinion  may  soiiie- 
tiraes  be  on  the  side  of  riglit,  but  tlie  pop- 
ular opinion  of  the  world  never  has  been 
aiul  never  will  lie  in  favor  of  ti'uth  un- 
til tlif  "  kingdoms  of  this  world  "  become 
'■the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  His 
Christ."  The  great  majority  of  man- 
kind to-day  are  Pagans  and  infidels, 
fl'hose  sentiments  are  as  contrary  to 
Christian  truth,  ,fls  darkness  is  to  light, 
and  if  we  take  an  impartial  survey  of 
professed  Christendom,  we  fiud  the  great 
mass  "  have  a  name  to  live  "  while  they 
are  "  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins."  They 
have  "  a  form  of  godliness,"  but  the 
power  which  transforms  the  life  and 
character,  and  subjects  the  thoughts  "to 
the  obedience  of  Christ "  is  wanting. 
Professing  to  be  the  servants  of  God, 
they  are  the  slaves  of  public  prejudice 
Woi'shiping  at  the  shriut  of  worldly 
popularity,  they  regard  whatever  divine 
trviths  and  precepts  array  themselves 
against  it,  with  feelings  of  derision  and 
contempt*  Overawed  at  the  frivolous 
pretenses  of  stupid  clay,  they  jest  at  the 
arraugements  of  infinite  wisdom,,  and 
trample  in  the  dust  the  mandates  of  the 
Uuivei-sal  Sovereign  and  following 
popular  opinion  t/tey  have  really  no 
guide  at  all.  Fickle  as  the  whirlwind 
aud  unstable  as  the  froth  upon  the  crest 
of  the  wave,  its  existence,  character,  and 
destiny,  are  subject  to  a  thousand  vary- 
ing influences  and  circumstances.  It  will 
applaud  to-day  and  censure  to-niorro\\'. 
It  will  bless  to-day  and  to-morrow  will 
curse  the  very  object  of  its  blessing. 

Astonished  aud.  overpowered  by  the 
wisihiin    uf  Him    who  spake  as  "never 


Kin","  but  another  day  when  that  sam^ 
wisdom  and  uncbmprohlising  holiness 
and  integrity,  expose  and  reprove  its  vil- 
lainy and  deceit,  it  madly  exclaims  mth- 
(uit  a  cause,"  Away  with  Him.  Crucify 
llim,  Crucify  Him." 

7.     The  candnniojis  of  learned  men 
do  not  constitute  an  infallihle  gtiMe  hn 
mailers  of  religious  faith  and  jpractice. 
I  am  saying  nothing  against  knowledge. 
I  am  both  a  lover  and  advocate  of  true 
education.     "  Knowledge  is  power,"  and 
like  wealth,  may  be  consecrated  to  pur- 
poses of  holiness  and  become  eminently 
useful  in  promoting  virtue,  or  prostitut- 
ed to   the  indulgences   of  vice  may  be- 
come   the  prolific    source   of   mischief. 
Knowledge  is  a  good  thing  in  itself  and 
in  its   true  scientific   development   and 
progres.1,  only  proves  to  be  the  handmaid 
of  the  Bible;  insomuch  that  the  most 
ernditc    student  after  yeai-s  of  anxious 
study  and  laborious  research,  must  yield 
the  palm  to  the  simplest  believer  in  rev- 
elation.    Au  old  school  of  pagan  phiL 
osophy  taught  that  ouv  eai'th    was  fiat, 
and  located  on    the  back  of  a  huge  ani 
mal,  and   that   when  tlie  animal  shook 
itself   the    earth    quaked.   (World    dis 
played).  Thus  they  accounted  foi- earth 
quakes,  and  this  the  world  called  "ie«r- 
■ning^''  (Science  falsely  so  called.")  Cen- 
turies after  when  the  circle  of  the  eai'th 
was   discovered    aud  demonstrated    by 
circumnavigation,  the  world   was  ready 
to  exclaim,  "  See  what  human  labor  and 
research    have  accomplished,"  but  had 
tliey  only  gone  to  school  centuries  before 
to  Isaiah  one  of  the  most  despised  and 
persecuted    of   Isai'el's  prophets,    they 
would  have   heard  him   talking  about 
the  circle   of  the  earth  "  (Is.   90:22). 
When  Sir  IsaacNewton  discovered  the 
iw    of  universal  gi-avitatiou  by  -which 
the  earth  was  understood  to  lie  support- 
ed and  controlled  in  space,  amid  the  sis- 
terhood   of  revolving   orbs,   the  whole 
■world    wondered    after   the    thoughtful 
discoverer,  and  yet  many   centuries  be- 
fore, an  ancient  sage  of  Idumea,  thepatient 
Job,  recognizing  the  Universal  sovereign 
of  every   universal  principle   and  law, 
said  "He  hangeth  the  earth  upon  noth 
ing"(Job  20:  7).     In  fine  almost  every 
ti'ue  science  will  find  tlie  sum-total  of  its 
practically  legitimate  conclusions  on  the 
pages  of  inspiration,    sho^ving  that  God 
has  adapted  Himself  to   the  interests  o' 
His  dependent  creatures,  and  though  of 
ten  unlearned    in    the  technicalitifS   of 
human  science,  they  have  that  which  the 
world  does    not    possess,  the    wisdom 
which  Cometh  from  above.     AVell  might 
the  Psalmist  exclaim,  "  I  have  more  un 
dei-standing  than    all  my    teachers:   foi 
thy  testimonies  are  my  meditation,  I  un 
dei-st.and  more  than  the  ancients,  because 
I  keep  thy  precepts"  (Ps.  llfl:  99,  100). 
Pardon  this  digression.  I  have  only  said 
this  mueh  by  way  of  caution,  that  my 
position  here  be  not  misunderstood.  We 
take  no  position  tlien  you  perceive  against 
the   proper  acfiuisitions    of  knowledge, 
l)ut  only  maintain  that  the  fact  of  being 
versed  in  human  lore,  is   by  no    means 
an    evidence    of  religious    Infallibility. 
But  we  need  not  dwell  upon  this  thought. 
Facts  abundantly  sustain  our  position. 
Je\vs,  Mohammedams,  Pagans,    Infidels 
and  Christians  are  alike  often  celebrated 
for  extensive  learning.    And  the  learned 
men  of  Christendom  maintain  as  many 
opposices  as  are  involved  to-day  in  the 
contradictory  faith  and  practice  of  their 
people.     Every  false  theory  depends  up- 
on the   efforts  of  its   leained    advocates 
for  subsistence. 

Truth  often  triumphs  in  the  hands  of 


The  Bible  is  its  own  interpretation,  and 
here  I  state 


iial  vigor  which  at  best  must  fail  at  last, 
for  God  overlooking  the  wise,  mighty, 
d  noble  to  a  great  e.xtent,  has  cliosen 
the  foolish,  weak,  base  and  despised 
tilings  to  confound  them,  and  "  things 
that  are  not,  to  bring  to  naught  things 
that  are,  that  no  flesh  should  glory  in 
his  presence  "  (Cor.  1 ;  fifi).  Ha\'ing 
DOW  sliown  \'.m  dear  ir(idci\s,  that  the 
heart,  til.'  "/''/.  rshnuin,,,.  tli.-  r,  <'.--,m,  the 
conscii'iirr,  trihlili")!,  pupul'ir  upinion 
and  the  eonclusions  of  loarni'd  men,  are 
all  fallible  and  need  themselves  the  more 
reliable  guidance  of  something  superior. 
We  come  again  to  inquire  what  that  in- 
fallihle  guide  is?  The  Psalmist  answers 
it  in  the  language  of  our  text.  Address- 
ing himself  to  God  he  says,  "  Thou  shalt 
guide  me  with  thy  comiseV  0  ^vhat 
an  inexpressible  consolation  to  know 
that  amid  the  oppositions,  persecutions, 
bereavements,  afllictions  and  perils  of 
life,  a  Father's  faithful  hand  vouchsafes 
us  help.  If  abandoned  to  the  weakness 
and  follies  of  our  carnal  natures,  what 
could  we  do?  But  at  every  turn  in  the 
pilgrimage  of  life,  may  he  seen  a  heav- 
enly guide-post.  In  every  fiery  tempest 
that  lashes  our  fi-ail  bark  on  the  surging 
billows  of  life's  dark  sea,  may  be  heard 
the  voice  of  an  Omnipotent  passenger 
bringing  peace  to  the  troubled  land.  In 
the  din  and  confusion  of  every  battle, 
we  may  hear  the  well  known  voice  of 
the    "  Captain   of  our  salvation,"    cry 

Follow  me."  Yes,  God  will  be 
o\u-  guide,  hut  how  will  He  guide  us 
Our  text  says,  "  thou,  shalt  'ju'ulc  nh 
with  thy  counsel."  We  ln-li.'Vf  tin- old 
and  New  Testament  Scriptures,  both  to 
have  been'  given  by  inspiration,  the  di 
vine  authenticity  of  which  is  clearly 
inced  by  the  character  and  claims  of 
theii'  writers  and  by  signs  and  wonders, 
so  involving  the  experience  and  observa- 
tion of  the  people  to  whom  they  were 
ven,  as  to  admit  of  no  mistake,  being 
of  such  a  character  as  to  challenge  im- 
itation from  Mohammedans,  Pagans, 
Spiritualists  or  Mormons,  and  so  com- 
memorated by  living  monuments  and 
ordinances,  instituted  at  the  time  of  their 
occurrence,  with  such  inscriptions  of 
their  o^vn  history,  as  to  utterly  prevent 
imposition  upon  subsequent  generations. 
Attested  by  the  very  accurate  fulfillment 
of  prophecy,  the  satisfaction  of  types 
and  shadows,  the  severe  ordeals  through 
which  it  has  passed  and  over  which  it 
has  triumphed,  its  transforming  influence 
upon  human  character  and  society,  and 
its  adaptation  to  the  aspiratious  and  sus- 
ceptibilities of  man's  higher  intelligence 
and  moral  nature,  which  is  unsatisfied 
with  anything  short  of  "  life  and  immor- 
tality," the  Bible  is  pre-eminently  the 
Book  of  books,  proving  the  Christian 
Scriptures,  the  last  vfiW  and  testament 
of  Christ,  sealed  with  His  own  blood,  to 
he  "  God's  counsel  "  to  us,  the  "  Magna 
Charta"  and  pillar  of  truth  to  guide  us 
in  faith  aud  practice  by  day  and 
night  to  the  end  of  our  race.  But  we 
are  not  here,  to  discourse  upon  the  au- 
thenticity of  the  Bible  nor  the  fact  of 
its  containing  the  divine  will.  On  that 
point  professed  Christendom  is  a  unit. 
The  question  now  is.  Mow  ai-e  we  to  un- 
ders^aiid  the  divine  counsclt?  Many 
will  say,  what  you  have  said  is  very 
good,  but  since  all  denominations  of  pro- 
fessing Christians  claim  the  Bilile,  and 
each  puts  ite  own  interpretation  upon  it, 
what  are  tlie  people  to  do  ?  one  says, 
"this  is  the  way  to  understand  it,  anoth- 
er says,  '  that  is  the  way.' '.'  I  answer 
dear  reader,  we  have  no  right  tojndani/ 
wifl7i's  i nie rj) relation  ujion  God^s  Word. 


3IY  FlnST  REASON 

for  a  change  in  my  vMirch  relnlion.  I 
joined  the  Brethren  because  they  believe 
in  the  literal  interpretation  of  tiie  divine 
precepts,  regarding  metaplioi-s,  parables, 
etc.,  as  so  many  illustrations  desigutul  to 
impress  as  by  object  teaching  the  posi- 
tive doctrine  of  revelation.  Being  one 
with  them  in  this  respect,  it  ivas  natural 
that  I  siioiild  desire  their  sympathy  and 
fellowship,  just  as  kimbed  elements  seek 
each  other  by  a  common  affinity.  We 
shall  attempt,  then,  to  ^va'^G  the  correct- 
ness of  this  2>osition,  aud  we  urge  it 
because 

1.     The  condition  of  man  and  his  re- 
lation to    God   demands  it.     When  we 
communicate  our    wills  to  our  children 
we  use  "  great  plainness  of  speech,"  es- 
pecially if  the  subject   is  one  of  impor- 
tance, and  can  we  suppose   that  an  Om- 
nipotant,  and  Omniscient  God  of  infinite 
goodness  and   love  would  communicate 
His  will,  the  helplessand  dependent  sub- 
ject's   of  His  creation,   providence    aud 
gi'ace,  whose  supreme  interests  and  des- 
tinies hang  on  His  AVord,  in  such  a  way 
as  to  be  incomprehensible?   to  give  law 
only  to  aggravate  and  confuse  the  sub- 
ject in  ability  to  understand  it?  and  yet 
hold  him  amenable  to  it?  to  give  a  trump- 
et "  an  uncertain  sound,"  and  yet  require 
the  people    to  be    in  battle?     Such  my 
readei-3,   is  not  the  character  of  God. 
Such  an    inference  would  be  preposter- 
ous.    His  voice  even  in  the  most   impe- 
rious instinctive  creation,  is  ■  unmistak- 
able and  if  man  mth  his  higher  attain- 
ments, fails  to  discover   it  in  revelation, 
it  is  because  his  sin  has  so  perverted  his 
faculties  and   alienated   him   from  God, 
that  he  really  does  not  want  to,  or  else 
afiaid   to   see.     I  like  an    expression 
once  made  by   Spurgeon  of  London,  on 
plainness    of  speech.  "  If  I  should    see 
that  house  on  fire   over  there"  said  he, 
do  you  think  I  would  stand  here  and 
say,  I  believe  the  operation    of  combus- 
tion is  proceeding  yonder?  No  I  would 
cry    fire!    fire!!    and   then    every  l)ody 
would  know  what  I  meant."     So  with 
God  to  us.     Are  we  to  suppose  the  notes 
of  alarm  and  calls  of  duty  from  God,  to 
the  perishing   millions  of  mankind,  are 
mere  theological    enigmas   to   entertain 
the  curiosityof  speculativeminds?  Sure- 
ly  not.     God    has  through  the  Gospel 
adapted  His  truth  to  every  condition  of 
our  lost  race,  and  the  Scriptures  express 
the  will  of  God  in  language  that  is  plain 
and    easy  to  be   understood    or    all  is 
shrouded  in  darkness,  doubt  and  uncer- 
tainty.    God  has  revealed  every  part  of 
His  divine  will,  all  of  which   is  impor- 
tant, to  the  understanding  of  all  who  are 
child-like    enough  to  believe  what  He 
has  taught  aud  obey  what  He  has  com- 
manded,    so  that   there  is  no  need  that 
His  people  be  lost  amid  "  the  confusion 
of  tongues,"  with  their  various  and  con- 
flicting methods  of  intei-pretation,  or  se- 
duced and  led  astray  "  by  every  wind  of 
doc  trine.by  the  sleigh  t  of  men's  hands  and 
cunning  craftiness  whereby   they  lie  in 
wait  to  deceive."  Supposeoneot  you  who 
is  a  parent  should  send  your  little  child 
on  some  important  mission.     You  state 
its  duty  in  plain  langua'ge.     It  under- 
stands, but  as  soon  as    it  is  a  little  dis- 
tance on  the  way,  some  designing  man 
stops  and    interrogates  it  respecting  the 
character  of  its  errand.     It  repeats  your 
instructions  showing  they  were  not  un- 
deratood,  but  tlie  man  interferes  by  say- 
ing "  Your   father   did    not   mean    you 
should  do   exactly  that,  l)ut  he   wants 
to  teach  you  such  and  such  a  lesson." 
Perhaps  he  states  just  enough   truth  to 


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Ti-iE  I3^{ETI-II?E:^^  ^vt  avoi?k:. 


3 


get  thf  boys  eoiifidi'iice;  for  it  is  linnl  to 
deceive  honest  Iieitrts  without  some  truth. 
Yet  the  boy  repliiis  by  repeating  your 
ccmmnnd.  But  the  man  persists  hy  say- 
iiif^,  "  You  are  only  a  little  boy,  I  am  an 
ol(i  man,  and  understand  all  about  such 
tliin"«.  1  am  your  father's  ft-iend  and 
Itnow  exactly  what  he  wants.  He  meant 
so  and  so.  Do  just  like  I  show  you  and 
you'll  do  riglit,  you  ought  to  be  thank- 
ful I  found  you;  I  see  you  were  about 
to  make  quite  a  mistake."  And  so  he 
jiersists  until  tlie  -little  boy  is  persuaded 
and  submits,  agreeing  to,  and  executing, 
pprliaps,  the  very  scheme  designed  to 
tliwart  yoni  arrangements  and  interests. 
Returning  tlie  t-liild  claims  to  have  per- 
formed his  errand,  and  states' what  he 
luis  done.  You  are  astonished,  chagrin- 
ed, disappointed.  You  ask  him  to  repeat 
your  instructions.  He  does  so  ivithout 
difficulty.  You  ask  him  why  he  did  not 
obey  them,  and  he  e.xplains  how  your 
enemy  and  his  made  Jum  believe  what 
he  did  was  right,  when  alas  it  is  too  late 
to  remedy  the  evil.  So  wtli  our  dntj' 
as  taught  in  the  Gospel.  It  is  plain  and 
adapted  to  the  common  people,  but  the 
spirituali/.iug  systems  of  modern  theolo- 
gy have  interfered  until  the  arrangements 
of  mercy  have  bcen'thwarted.tlieintersts 
of  truth  perverted,  and  man  consigned 
to  misery  and  despaii'. 

"We  believe  our  Heavenly  Father  has 
expressed  Himself  to  His  dear  cliildren, 
andtheir  childish  simplicity  with  a  Fath- 
er's faithfulness,  tenderness  and  care,  and 
that  we  can  rely  on  what  He  has  said 
without  the  inteiposiug  reconstruction 
of  human  wisdom  regarding  those  meth- 
ods as  only  deception  which  reject  di- 
vine precepts,  upon  the  plea  that  it  is 
enough  to  comprehend  the  principles 
they  involve ;  believing  that  such  persons 
even  fail  to  realize  their  spiritual  force, 
and  are  ministers  of  the  great  deceiver, 
transformed  into  "  ministers  of  right- 
eousness." 


TRIBULATION. 


i*ll>  A.  KORCBOSS. 


"W- 


E  mustthrough  much  tribulation 


God"  (Acts  U:  22).  A\Tiat  is  tribula- 
tiou'i  "  That  which  occasions  disti-ess, 
or  vexation;  severe  atUictiou."  It  seems 
that  ti-ibulation  or  affliction  is  necessary 
for  the  Christian — necessary  for  their 
eternal  happiness,  that  by  it  they  are 
fitted  and  prepared  for  the  full  enjoy- 
ment of  their  heavenly  inheritance.  Now 
let  us  look  for  the  proof,  and  as  nothing 
short  of  Divine  testimony  will  satisfy 
us,  we  M'ill  hear  what  the  apostle  Paul 
says  in  \\Titing  to  his  brethren  at  Cor 
iiith.  "  For  our  light  atflictiou,  which 
IS  but  for  a  moment,  worketh  "  for  sin- 
ners no,  no,  for  us  (the  Christiuu)  "  a 
far  more  exceedingand  eternal  weiglit  of 
glory"  (2  Cor.  4:  17).  Letushcarthe 
fearless  brother  again  who  shook  thi 
foundation  of  king  Agrippa,  and  "almost 
pei'suaded  him  to  lie  a  Chistian  "(Acts 
2ti:  2ti).  He  says,  "I  glory  in  tribula- 
tion (ilso,"  Wiiy  I'aul?  "  Knowing  this, 
that  tribulation  Avorketh  patience." 
AVliat  is  patience?  Patience  isthesiif 
fering  of  aftiiction,  adversity  distress, 
injuries;  ott'euces,  pain,  toil,  and  other 
evils,  witli  a  quiet  andxmruffled  tempe 
a  temper  which  cnbuly  bfears  all  things 
witliout  murmuring  or  becoming  angry 
so  we  can  plainly  see  that  we  Lave  great 
n«;ed  of  patience. 

For  patience  works  cvperience,  and 
experience  hope.  Without  ti'ibulation 
we  could  not  have  patience,  mtliout  pa- 
tience we  could  not  have  experience, 
^vithout  experience  we   could  not  have 


hope.  What  is  hopei  Hope  is  expec- 
tation and  desire.  We  all  desire  the  glo- 
ioua  cro\vn  promised  in  God's  Word  to 
the  faithful,  but  before  we  can  effect  it, 
we  must  comply  with  the  conditions  of 
the  Gospel.  And  when  we  like  the 
apostle  Paul,  become  "willing  to  count  all 
things  but  dross  for  the  excellency  of 
of  Jesus  our  Savior,  and  crucify  the 
world  ^vith  the  lust  and  step  down  into 
the  valley  of  humility,  and  walk  ])lame- 
lessly  before  God  in  all  His  commands; 
then  we  can  enjoy  that  blessed  hope  of 
heaven  nnd  immortal  glory  which  alone 
can  be  enjoyed  by  a  faithful  ol)edience 
to  the  Word  of  God.  Beloved  breth- 
I'eii  and  sisters,  what  could  we  do  with- 
out that  glorious  hope  ?  which  hope,  says 
the  apostle  "  we  have  as  an  anchor  of 
the  soul,  both  sure  and  steadfast,  which 
entereth  into  tliat  within  the  vail;  whith- 
er the  forerunner  is  for  us  entered,  even 
Jesus"  (Heb.  (5;  f),  20).  And  having 
this  hope  we  can  look  forward  into  tlie 
grand  future  state,  when  the  glorious 
crown  hoped  for  while  pilgrims  and 
strangers  here — will  be  possessed,  realiz- 
ed, and  enjoyed;  tKen  we  can  join  in 
with  every  nation,  kindred  and  tongue, 
in  singing  the  song  of  redemption,  which 
the  angels  cannot  sing.  Why?  because 
they  have  never  been  redeemed  from  tlie 
earth.  But  those  who  have  come  out 
of  great  tribulation,  and  have  washed 
their  robes  and  made  them  white  in  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb,  can  mingle  their 
voices  together  in  singing  the  glorious 
song  of  redeeming  love  to  God  and  the 
Lamb  forever  unto  Him  that  loved  us, 
and  washed  us  fiom  our  sins  in  His  own 
blood,  and  has  made  us  kings  and  priests 
unto  God  and  His  Father;  to  liim  be 
glory  and  dominion  for  ever  and  ever" 
(Rev.  5:  (>).  But  how  are' we  benefit- 
ed by  tribulation?  Answer: "  And  one  of 
the  elders  answered,  saying  unto  me, 
who  are  these  which  are  arrayed  in 
white  robes?  and  whence  came  they? 
And  I  said  unto  him,  sir  thou  know- 
est.  And  he  said  unto  me,  these  are 
they  whicli  came  out  of  great  tribula- 
tion, and  liave  washed  their  robes  and 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb."  "  Therefore,"  wliich  means 
for  this  or  that  reason,  referring  to  some- 
thing previously  st^ated ;  for  the  reason 
of  coming  out  of  gi-eat  tribulation,  and 
and  washing  their  robes  and  making 
them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 
"Therefore"  or  for  that  reason,  "are 
they  before  the  throne  of  God,  and  serve 
Him  day  and  night  in  His  temple;  and 
hethatsitteth  on  the  throne  shall  dwell 
among  them.  They  shall  hunger  no 
more,  neither  thirst  any  more;  neither 
shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  or  any  heat. 
For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of 
the  throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall 
lead  them  unto  living  fountains  of  water; 
and  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from 
their  eyes"  (Rev.  T:  13-lT).  O  then 
we  should  like  the  apostle  glory  in  trib 
ulation;  for  we  have  the  promise  that 
we  shall  enjoy  Him  forever.  Proof:  "  If 
we  sutler  with  Him  we  shall  also  reigr 
with  Him ;  if  we  deu)'  Him  He  ^\'ill  al 
so  deny  ns."  Again  if  so  be  that  we 
suffer  with  IHm  that  we  may  be  glori 
fled  togetlier.  No  doubt  but  what  the 
apostle  was  comparing  his  light  affliction 
\vitli  the  glorious  reward  in  reservation 
for  the  faithful,  when  writing  to  the 
briitlni'ii,  wiien  he  says;  "  For  I  recki 
that  th*'  siiflt-ring  of  this  present  time,  is 
not  \vi>rtliy  to  be  compared  with  the 
glory  which  shall  be  revealed  in  us." 
And  he  further  says:  "For  I  am  per- 
suaded that  neither  life,  nor  death,  nor 
principalities,  nor  powere,  nor  things  to 
come,  nor  any  other   creature,   shall  be 


able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  of  God, 
whichisin  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord  "  (Rom. 
S:  17,  18,  38,  39). 

O,  may  God  help  us  all  in  our  tribula- 
tion, to  exercise  that  patience,  which 
characterized  the  ti-ue  follower  of  Christ. 
For  patience  is  one  of  the  Christian 
graces  which  we  so  much  need  in  tills 
world  of  sorrow — that  we  may  ever 
have  a  rich  experience  which  the  world 
cannot  receive;  no.  which  the  world  can 
neither  g^ve  nor  take  away;  thereby  en- 
joy that  hope  M'hich  makes  us  not  asham- 
ed, or  in  other  words  gives  us  courage 
and  unwavering  confidence  in  God  to  ap- 
proach the  throne  of  grace  boldly  be- 
fore Him,  and  humbly  before  meu  to 
a-'*k  His  help  in  time  of  need.  Why 
doeshope  enable  us  to  do  this?  Paul  tells 
us  "  because  the  love  of  God  is  shed 
abroad  iu  our  heads;  no,  in  our  hearts 
by  the  Holy  Ghost  which  is  given  unto 
us"  (Rom.  5:6).  O  that  God  would 
wean  us  from  liU  that  is  «'orldly,  and 
aid  UH  to  place  our  aft'ections  on  things 
above  where  Christ  sitteth  at  the  right 
hand  of  God,  tliat  we  may  ever  have 
our  loins  girded  about  with  truth,  lamps 
trimmed  ar.d  burning,  looking  for  tmr 
blessed  Lord  from  heaven,  like  the  five 
wise  virgins  who  \vere  prepared  to  go 
forth  to  meet  the  bridegroom. 

The  apostle  in  writing  to  the  brethren 
at  Philippi  says:  "  For  our  con^'ersation 
is  in  heaven;  from  whence  also  we  look 
for  t;he  Savior  the  Loid  Jesus  Christ: 
who  shall  change  our  vile  body,  that  it 
may  be  fashioned  like  unto  His  glorious 
body"  (Phil.  3:  20).  Glorious  thought, 
the  Savior  is  coming  to  bless  this  earth 
with  His  presence,  and  care  for  the  wea- 
ry pilgrims  who  have  look  for  Him  and 
have  waited  for  Hia  return.  Is  there 
any  comfort  in  looking  for  the  Savior  i 
The  apostle  says  sc-;  "  For  the  Lord  Jesus 
Himself  shall  descend  from  heaven 
and  in  conclusion  says:  "Wlierefore 
comfort  one  another  with  these  words 
(1  Thess.  4:  16-18).  Having  these  ej 
ceeding  great  and  precious  promises  set 
before  us,  let  us  not  grow  \veary — the 
promised  I'eward  is  for  those  that  endure 
to  the  end.  Jesus  says,  "  Be  thou  faith' 
ful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a 
crown  of  life"  (Rev.  2: 10).  O  thenlet 
us  be  lively  workers  for  the  cause  of  oiu- 
Master ;  go  on  to  perfection  by  adding 
to  our  faith  the  Christian  graces,  and  give 
diligence  to  make  our  calling  and  elec' 
tion  sure.  For  the  Book  of  God  says 
"  If  ye  do  these  things,  ye  shall  never 
fall,  for  so  an  entrance  shall  be  minister- 
ed unto  you  abundantly  into  thw  ever- 
lasting kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Sav- 
ior Jesus  Chi-ist." 

For  fear  that  this  ai'ticle  will  be  more 
lengthy  than  interesting,  ^ill  conclude 
by  saying,  let  us  patiently  endure  all 
things  for  the  glorious  cause  of  Clii-is- 
tianity,  and  try  to  recognize^  in  all  our 
tribulation  the  goodness  and  msdom  of 
God.  Believing  that  whatever  He  does 
is  for  His  glory  and  for  our  eternal  good; 
that  we  may  ever  be  filled  to  ovei-floM'- 
ing  mth  the  spirit  and  love  of  G6d,re' 
joicing  in  the  hopf^  i>f  .■(ri-n;d  salvation, 

Shouk,  Tnd. 

INTEMPERANCE. 

HY  A.  RIOl.KR. 

Trow  ."ad  and  lamentable  the  condi- 
-'J-  tion  of  those  to  whom  these  words 
apply.  "  Liquor  drinkers,"  God's  Word 
pronounces  wine  a  mocker,  and  strong 
dj'ink  a  deceiver,  it  closes  the  kingdom 
of  God  against  the  drunkard,  which  at 
the  last  stingeth  like  an  ailder,  and  pro- 
nounces the  doom  of  dai-kness.    Is  not 


the  text  sufficient  (E)>h.  5;  1«).  The 
voice  comes  down  from  al)ove  let  it  alow, 
it  is  a  mocker,  whoso  is  deceived  there- 
by, is  not  wise,  the  risk  is  too  fearful, 
it  is  desired  by  the  Lord  to  let  it  alone, 
I  am  utterly  astonished  to  hear  miu- 
istei-sof  Christpreachingaboutthe  right 
kind  of  liquor  at  the  right  time,  and  in 
the  right  way.  There  is  one  right  way 
to  deal  with  an  adder,  that  is  to  smash 
its  head.  Who  never  drinks  is  wise. 
Your  pm-pose  to  drink  only  ^noderately 
is  wallowing  in  the  mire.  Think  soberly 
and  seriously  on  your  ways  while  the 
day  of  gi-ace  continues.  Through  grace 
seek  pardon  through  Christ.  Love  and 
thirst  after  rigiiteousuess.  Who  does 
not  know  the  nature  of  intemperance? 
"  A  lUtUdramw'dl  not  hurt  anylmly^it 
h  ipodfor  ijoibv  henJth."  Lift  up  j'our 
eyes  and  see  what  goud  it  does,  it  conies 
from  Jerusalem  aud  Palestine,  and  the 
pclio  went  back.  The  fruit  of  that  nature 
excites  men  to  deeds  of  riot,  robbery, 
bloodshed,  to  the  poor-house,  asyliun, 
to  prison,  and  some  to  the  gallows.  Ac- 
cidents, diseases,  deprive  of  life,  and  of 
reason;  deslToj-s  property  and  peace; 
fathers  to  be  fiends,  wives  to  be  widows, 
children  orphans;  it  corrupts  mini-sters 
of  relig-ion,  defiles  the  purity  of  the 
church,  causes  spiritual,  temporal,  and 
eternal  death.  This  is  tlie  nature  and 
fruit  of  it;  and  this  is  not  done  in  a  cor- 
ner. Away  ivith  your  liquors.  If  the 
fountain  is  impure  the  stream  must  be 
so.  He  that  receives  his  testimony  has 
set  to  his  seal,  that  God  is  true,  and  away 
with  liquor  traffics. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS  ON  TIME  AND 
ETERNITY. 


TVEAR  reader,  have  you  even  thought 
-'-'  upon  the  importance  of  time,  and 
the  never  ending  eternity?  If  you  have 
not,  let  us  give  it  a  passing  glance.  We 
might  say  a  great  deal  about  the  ditler- 
ents  parts  of  time,  but  will  speak  of  the 
part  that  mostly  concerns  us.  God  ga^'e 
a  certain  pai't  to  man  ^vhile  he  dwells 
here  on  earth,  to  prepare  his  soul  for 
God's  ser^aee,  and  He  earnestly  entreats 
him  to  perform  the  work.  He  has  given 
him  a  law  to  sliow  to  him  that  he  is  a 
.sinner  in  the  sight  of  God;  also  in  the 
same  Book  a  law  by  which  he  can  be 
saved,  and  lastly  the  time  to  do  the 
work. 

In  the  fourth  of  John  we  read,  "  I  am 
the  way,  the  trutli  and  the  life,  and  no 
man  cometh  to  the  Father  Imt  by  me." 
Again  in  the  third  chapter  of  John,  wo 
read,  "  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  He 
sent  His  Son  into  the  world,  that  whoso- 
ever believeth  on  Him,  should  not  per- 
ish, but  have  everlasting  life."  All  this, 
He  has  done  tor  ua,  not  that  we  deserve 
.so  much,  but  He  wants  us  to  be  happy. 
Now  time  is  the  part  given  to  men  to  pre- 
pare for  eterii'ity.  Think  of  eternity 
that  will  never  have  an  end.  Heaven  is 
promised  if  we  are  faithful.  Hell  will 
lie  our  abiding  place,  if  negligent  of 
our  duty.  Then  siilce  this  is  our  con- 
dition, let  U3  see  how  we  are  spending 
our  time ;  see  whether  we.  can  have  hope 
and  the  assurance  of  meeting  in  Em- 
anuels  land.  Learn  to  love  God  from 
henceforth,  so  that  your  sins  may  be- 
blotted  out  of  the  Lanil)'s  Book  of  life. 

He  only  is  great  who  has  ttie  habit  of 
greatness;  who,  after  peiforming  what 
none  in  ten  thousands  could  acconi[>lisli, 
p!is.ws  on  like  Bamson,  and  tells  neither 
father  or  mother  about  it. — Lavatcr. 


TX-IE    ]3l:iETK[KE:iNr    ^T    "VVOIilC 


February    l-i. 


PUBWSHED  WEEKLY. 


J.  n.  MOORE, 

S.  ir.  BASIIOR, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAK,  ] 


Tiie  BitKTiinF.'i  at  WokK   n-ill  ho  Hsnl  poBl-pnid,  U 
flilJrcjs  in   Iho  Uniied  Slntta  or  Oinnilii.  for  51  60  per 
atiDiiia.     TtiDSu  Bending  ten  niimca   ntiil    £16.(10.    KJll 
coivc  iiu   oilrn  cniiy   free   nf  olmrgo.    For  nil   over  1 
iiiiinhcr  (lie  agent  will  bo  nllovrcd  10  oonia  for  each    a', 
tioiinl    uiiiiic,    wliidi    ainoimt  cnu  ho  dcduclcd    froni   Hid 
money,  leforo  seniling  il   lo  Me.    Moncj  Orders,  Drafts, 
nnd  Itegisiercd  I.otlcrs  niny  ha  aonl  nl  our  risk.    They 
alioiild  bo  innde  pnyfililo  io  Jloore,  Baalior  &  Esliolmft 
Subscript iona,  nml  commiltiiefttionB  intended  for   llic    . 
per,  IIS  well  A  iiU  liuainess  mnUera  connected  n'illi  lUe  of 
fiao  aliould  liu  addrc^Hcd 

UOOEE,  BASH03  &  ESHELMAN, 
Lanart,  Carroll  Co.,111- 


FEBEUARY  H,  1378. 


One  day  Insfc  ireek  two  jieraons  wove  baptizctl 
n  the  strenm  oue  Iiulf  mile  nortli  of  Liinikrk, 


The  bvetlireti  tit  Yellow  Creek,  III.,  recently 
receivetl  two  poi-sous  into  the  chuvcli  by  bap- 
tism, mid  good  prospects  for  more  soon. 


Iro.  Daniel  Longanecker  reqitests  us  to  an- 
e  his  address  at  Plain  View,  Adiima  Co., 
Pa.    His  ciirrespoiidents  will  pleiise  take  uotieo. 


The  address  of  brother  T.  D.  Monroe, 
changed  from  Greeutown,  Intl.,  to  Slash,  Grant 
Co.,  Ind.    Hk  correspoiideut-s  will  make  a  note 
of  thi.s. 

A»  appalling  faniine  is  said  to  be  raging 
thronghoiit  North  China.  Nine  mission  people 
are  reported  destitute,  and  children  are  daily 
sold  ill  the  markets  for  food. 


Bro.  L.  S.  Snyder  of  Mo.  Valley,  la.,  started 
for  Texas  on  the  fouvtb  inst.     Any  one  wishi 
to  correspond  with  him  within  the  next  three 
or  fonr  weeks,  will  please  addre:«  him  at  Dallas, 
Texas. 


PoPK  Pitis  IX,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  year 
closed  his  eyes  in  death   at   Rome,  ou  the  7th 
inst.     The  conclave- of  Cardinals,  it.ia  omioi 
ed,  was  summoned  immediately  to  choose  his 
successor, 

On  the  third  inst.,  twopei-sons  were  received 
into  Christian    felIow,ship   at  New   Berlin  0. 
Thus  the  gathering  of  soiila  into  coniiijimioU' 
with  Christ  goes  on,  and  there  is  joy  in  hea' 
and  on  earth. 


Brother  J.  B.  Wampler  roeeiitly  assisted  thi 
brethren  of  the  Manor  church,  Indiana  Co.,Pa. 
to  hohl  a  seiies  of  meetings  and  ten  precious 
soiitswerebrought  into  fellowship  by  their  1; 
bijre.    Thanks  be  to  God  for  the  result. 


AVatch  the  date  opposite  your  name,  for  that 
tells  when  your  subscription  expires.  There 
are  some  that  expire  during  this  month,  hence 
wo  call  their  attention  to  it.  If  you  wish  to 
continue  tight  along,  renew  in  gooil  time. 


Bno.  J.  D.  Trostle  of  Lingtmore,   Md.,   w 
with  the  brethren  in  Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  during 
the  latter  part  of  .January,  and  labored  for  theui 
effoetuully.    There  were  a  number  of  additions 
to  the  church.    He  expected    to  leave  In 
agatu  Feb,  2nd  for  Ephrata,  Pa. 


CoKVKRSiNO  with  Bro.  John  Wise  regardiu" 
his  ministerial  Inboi-s  we  learn  that  since  his 
election  to  the  ministry,  thirty  four  yeai-s  ago, 
his  travels  have  been  quite  extensive,  amount- 
ing to  about  160,000  miles  in  tdl,  or  equal  to  the 
disfauce  around  the  globe  more  than  .nix  times. 
In  one  year,  1868,  he  traveled  15,000  miles. 


We  call  attention  to  the  article  on  first  page, 
entitled:  "A  Puzzled  Dutchman,"  as  illustrat- 
ive of  a  few  points  on  immersion.  It  is  an  ac- 
count of  an  actual  occurrence,  and  demonstrates 
the  great  fact  that  truth  cannot  he  overthrown. 
By  reiptest  we  have  pot  it  in  tract  form  for 
distribution,  and  will  be  sent  to  any  part  of  the 
United  States  or  Canada  at  the  following 
rates:  50  copies,  25  cents;  100  copies,  40  cont-s. 


Bho.  J.  W.  Beer,  formerly  assistant  Editor 
of  the  Primitivf  Clirislian  desires  a  situation  in 
the  West;  will  teach  school,  clerk,  or,  if  neces- 
sary, work  on  a  farm,  anything  to  make  an  hon- 
est living  and  be  useful  to  the  church.  Bro. 
Beer  is  a  speaker  of  excellent  ability  and  can  be 
of  great  service  to  a  church,  needing  minister- 
ial aid.  Brethren  look  around  and  find  a  place 
Ibr  him.  Let  those  work  who  will  work.  Ad- 
dress him  at  Huntingilon,  Pa, 


A  POOR,  ministering  brother,  wlio  has  bnt  one 
arm  that  he  can  use  says:  "  I  have  seen  your  pa- 


per, and  like  it  the  best  land.  It  would  be  j 
great  help  to  me  in  the  ministry.  Now  breth' 
ren,  send  me  the  Bretuhen  .\t  Work  for  one 
year  and  I  will  pay  for  it  before  the  year  is  out.'" 
Certainly  we  will  send  the  paper,  and  are  glad 
that  the  brother  appreciates  it.  But  we  have 
plenty  of  good  brethren  and  sisters  who  will 
pay  for  it.  Let  us  have  a  few  more  contribu- 
tions to  the  Cliuritij  Fund. 


There  is  perhaps  no  one  in  our  fraternity 
calh-'d  upiui  to  do  more  writing  for  the  public 
than  Bro.  C.  H.  Bahbaugh  vet  he  is  a  poor 
man  and  ill  prepared  to  defiay  the  expenses  of 
writing  the  immense  amount  ot  letters  and 
ticlcs  that  he  is  requiied  to  piepare.  In  this 
respect  he  is  required  to  depend  upon  the  char- 
ities of  othciB,  and  wheu  that  drops  off,  he  will 
of  necessity  he  compelled  to  cease  his  \vriting 
for  the  public  good.  Therefore  let  all  those 
who  write  Bro.  Balsbangh,  requesting  an  ans- 
wer or  article,  enclose  enough  to  defray  all  ex- 
penses. Don't  fail  to  do  this,  brethren  and  sis- 
tt'i-3.  And  furthermore  we  would  like  if  nl! 
those  who  read  this  notice,  send  the  afflicted 
brother  a  little  gift  in  the  "name  of  a  disciple." 
His  address  is  Union  Deposit,  Pa. 


CHOOSING  CHURCH  OFFICERS. 

MY  views  on  the  Gospel  order  of  electinfi, 
or  setting  apart,  church  ofScei-s,  having 
been  called  for,  I  will,  the  Lord  willing,  prepare 
and  publish  a  scries  of  articles  before  long,  on 
that  subject,  not  in  reply  to  any  one  else,  but 
simply  niy  (jonceptions  of  the  Apostolic  order 

It  is  not  reasonable  that  the  Loixl  would  e 
tablish  a  church  on  earth,  giving  commands  and 
ordinances  to  be  obeyed  and  perpetuated,  and 
yet  not.provide  for  the  setting  apart  of  suitable 
ones  to  perlbrra  special  duties  pertaiiiing  to  that 
body.  The  subject  is  one  of  more  thim  ordina- 
ry importance,  and  is  entitled  to  the  careful  con- 
sideration of  all  those  who  love  and  desire  the 
parity  of  the  church. 

Much  depends  on  the  holy  and  upright  lives 
of  church  officials.  They  should  be  men  who 
are  models  of  jmre  Christianity;  men  who  iire 
living  epistles  known  and  read  of  all  men;  men 
to  whom  the  church  can  look  with  unwave 
confidence,  for  advice  nnd  holy  examples,  men 
who  are  Christians  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the 
term.  It  is  evident  that  most,  if'  not  neaily  all 
the  erroi-s  have  crept  in  the  church  tiuough  the 
mstrumentality  of  ministers  not  sound  in  thi 
faith,  and  therefore,  the  -best  safeguard  against 
error  and  impiety  is,  for  the  church  to  see  to  it 
thiit  her  ministei-a  are  qualified  to  fill  the  posi- 
tions they  are  chosen  to;  see  that  they  are  mod- 
els of  holiness  in  the  Lord, 

It  is  clear  that  there  is  a  great  decline  in  true, 
vital  piety  among  the  ministers  all  over  the  land, 
and  there  is  not  that  deep-seated  and  indwelling 
holiness  that  existed  in  days  of  yore.  Preach- 
ing is  now  looked  at  from  a  secular  stand  point, 
aud  viewed  as  a  money  making  business.  Com- 
paratively few  preach  for  souls  as  they  ought; 
aud  in  many  instances  their  own  impious  con- 
duct causes  them  to  lose  their  influence  among 
the  people  who  look  upon  even  true  ministers 
with  suspicion.  May  heaven  speed  the  da}' 
when  there  will  be  more  real  holiness  iunong 
the  ministers  of  the  land.  j,  h.  m. 


THE  ORIGINAL  GROUND. 

IT  will  be  not  only  profitable,  but  pleasant  to 
examine  nnd  learn  more  of  tlie  position  oc- 
cupied by  our  ancient  Brethren,  who  were  iinst 
the  grand  reformatory  movement,  witli  wliich 
are  now  identified.    The  careful  student  e.in 
alivays  learn  from  the  history  of  the  past. 

To  me  it  has,  at  times,  been  a  matter  of  some 
astonishment  how  those  ancient  Brethren,  amid 
the  error  and  discords  of  that  age,  could  settle 
down  upon  such  true  and  noble  principles,  and 
occupy  a  basis  that  has  successfully  withstood 
the  opposition  and  criticism  of  over  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years.  That  the  position  occupied 
by  them  was  both  safe  and  Scriptural,  I  have 
er  had  the  least  reason  to  doubt,  and  the 
more  I  examine  thesubject,imdcomp,ireit  with 
luy  understanding  of  the  Scriptures,  the  better 
am  I  satisfied  with  it,  believing  it  to  have  been 
predicated  upon  the  practice  of  the  old  Apostolic 
church.  The  ground  selected  by  them,  is  fully 
sustained  by  the  Scriptures,  if  properly  inter- 
preted. Some,  however,  have  fallen  into  an 
error  regarding  the  jiosHion  occupied  by 
those  Brethren,  believing  their  examples,  set 
in  the  early  stage  of  the  reformatory  movement, 


should  be  regarded  as  obligatory  upon  id!  those 
who  should  follow  after,  nor  is  it  an  easy  task  to 
dislodge  these  convictions  from  minds  that  have 
once  entertained  them.    But  more  of  this  anon. 

It  is  my  candid  conviction  that  if  wo,  as  a 
body,  would  come  to  the  Gospel  ground  and  jio- 
silion  occupied  by  our  forefathei-s,  and  endeavor 
to  live  up  to  the  principles  embodied  therein, 
that  we  would  have  but  few  severe  difficulties 
with  which  to  contend,  and  what  few  might 
chance  to  arise  could  be  adjusted  in  a  very  satis- 
factory manner. 

There  are  two  prolific  sources  of  difficulties 
luid  schisms:  1st.  Meddling  with,  and  trying  to 
settle  questions  about  wliich  the  Bible  is  its  si- 
lent OS  the  grave,  2nd.  Evading  or  attempting 
to  alter  the  plain,  positive  commands  of  the 
Gospel.  On  these  points  our  ancient  Brethren 
wore  very  strict,  and  mutually  labored  to  avoid 
all  questions  calculated  to  lead  to  contention  and 
disunion.  Tliey  were  not  content  with  things 
just  a  few  hundred  years  old,  nor  were  they  will- 
ing to  settle  down  upon  the  i)latform  occupied 
by  nny.knoivn  class  ot  people.  They  took  the 
Bible  OS  their  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and 
practice,  and  for  theii-  order  went  right  back  to 
the  Apostolic  age,  and  aimed,  in  all  their  delib- 
erations, to  build  upon  the  foundation  of  Christ 
and  the  apostles.  They  did  not  attempt  to  lay 
a  new  foundation,  nor  to  introduce  a  new  sys- 
tem of  religion,  but  their  fii-st  and  grand  object 
was  to  get  back  to  the  ancient  order  of  things, 
and  continue  therein.  Thej'  labored  to  settle 
everything  by  the  Gospel,  appealing  to  it  as  their 
only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice,  the  on- 
ly existing  bond  of  union,  and  their  hearts  were 
so  wrapped  up  in  the  teachings  of  th?  good  Book, 
t^e  spreading  of  the  Truth  and  the  salvation  of 
souls,  that  they  had  no  time  to  stop  and  meddle 
with  questions  that  God,  in  His  wisdom,  thought 
not  worthy  of  notice. 

Then,  when  we  stop  to  inquire  for  the  posi- 
tion occupied  by  them,  we  are  referred  directly 
to  the  Apostolic  order,  and  the  practice  of  the 
Apostolic  churches,  and  when  we  go  back  to  the 
Apostles,  to  the  first  century,  to  the  Golden  Age 
of  the  Christian  church,  then,  and  not  till  then 
do  we  occupy  the  same  ground  nnd  position  that 
^  IS  advocated  by  our  ancient  Brethren  who 
were  first  in  thi"!  grand  reformatory  movement. 
The  great  difi'erence  between  them  aud  the 
popular  denominations  of  that  period,  laid  in 
the  i'itct  that  these  popular  chm-ehes  were  not 
(villing  to  adopt  the  Apostolic  order  of  things, 
they  were  not  willing  to  go,  for  their  faith  iind 
l»ractiee,  back  to  the  first  century,  to  the  Gold- 
en Age  of  the  Christian  church;  they  were  uii- 
wilHug  to  conform  to  the  order  laid  down  by  the 
Apostles;  while  on  the  other  hand,  our  Brethren 
stronglyconteudcdfortheApostolicorder,theold 
orderasrecoi-dedinthe  NewTestament.  Thiswas 
the  order  that  they  so  ardently  labored  to  re- 
produce, and  this  is  the  ground  and  position  oc- 
cupied by  the  Brbthrbn  at  Work.  We  want 
to  build  upon  no  other  foundation  save  that  of 
Chiist  and  the  Apostles.  For  this  foundation 
our  ancient  Brethren  contended,  and  in  all  their 
labore  aud  deliberations  they  pointed  to  this 
foundation,  to  this,  the  Apostolic  oitler  of  things, 
and  the  great  ideal  of  their  hearts  was,  to  build 
up  a  congregation  of  people  precisely  like  thi 
that  composed  the  churches  planted  by  the 
Apostles  themselves.  They  did  not  pattern  af- 
ter each  other;  they  took  no  man  for  their  mod- 
el. They  looked  to  u.  higher  and  more  perfect 
source  for  a  pattern—one  that  ivas  made  by  the 
Lord  Himself,  one  that  was  originated  by  the 
Father,  established  on  eai;th  by  the  Sou,  and 
smictified  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  as  such  has 
been  handed  to  the  world  as  the  only  perfect 
model  on  the  globe,  and  is  the  only  one  that  we 
e  justified  in  patterning  after. 

To  make  all  things  according  to  the  pattern 
shown  in  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  is  not  such 
an  easy  task  as  some  fanatics  have  supposed, 
yet  the  model  is  plain  and  simple,  and  if  care- 
fuUj'  studied,  may  be  imitated  to  the  letter. 
The  world  as  well  as  the  church,  is  too  full  of 
those  who  are  patterning  after  each  other,  ever 
learning,  but  never  able  to  come  to  a  full  kuowl- 
edge  of  the  Truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  and 

t  was  put  into  practice  by  those  who  were 
His  personal  followers.  The  inevitable  tenden- 
cy of  modern  Christendom  in  patterning  after 
each  other  has  been  to  grow  worse  instead  of 
better. 

They  forcibly  remind  me  of  my  early  school 
daj-s.  I  Wimted  to  learn  to  write.  A  copy-book 
was  furnished  me,  tmd  my  teacher  wrote  a  beau- 


tiful copy  on  the  first  line  at  the  top  of  the 
page,  telling  me  to  midio  my  letters  just  like  his. 
Of  course  I  did  my  best,  and  made  a  pretty  good 
stagger  at  it  in  the  first  lino.  The  second  lino 
was  still  better,  and  so  on  for  several  lines,  bnt 
when  I  got  down  to  about  the  middle  of  tlie 
page  it  was  too  troublesome  to  look  up  at  my 
teacher's  co|)-y,  so  I  looked  at  my  omi  writing 
nnd  went  on  till  the  page  was  full,  and  now, 
when  I  look  over  my  old  copy-hooks,  I  find  that 
the  last  line  is  the  worst  on  the  page.  But  I 
soon  came  across  a  teacher  ivho  worked  things 
quite  differently.  Ho  wrote  tlie  copy  on  a  small 
strip  of  paper,  telling  me  to  write  just  like  that 
on  the  first  line  of  my  biiok.  I  didso.  Then  I 
must  lay  the  strip  containing  the  copy,  on  the 
line  I  had  written,  and  wiitc  another  line  below, 
and  so  on  till  the  page  was  full.  ■  This  way  I 
learned  to  write. 

How  hiany  churches  are  there  that  have  been 
imitating  each  other  in  succession  till  there  is 
scarcely  any  resemblance  between  them  and  the 
original  copy?  Right  here  is  the  trouble  with 
our  people;  we  have  been  looking  too  much  at 
each  other,  and  not  enough  at  the  original  copy 
set  by  Christ  and  the  Apostles.  When  our 
Brethren  commenced  their  work  in  Germany  in 
the  year  1708,  they  procured  a  genuine  copy- 
plate,  and  did  their  best  to  imitate  it,  to  build  up 
a  church  just  like  it,  and  in  all  their  lahoi-s  nev- 
er thought  of  imitating  each  other,  nor  did 
they  intend  that  their  actions  should  he  an  in- 
fallible model  to  rising  generations.  Of  coui-se, 
in  their  attempts  at  following  copy  they  made 
some  mistakes — aud  who  litis  not? — hut  after- 
wards labored  to  amend.  They  did  not  look 
Ihi-owjh  two  or  three  generations  at  the  Bible, 
but  laid  the  good  Book  right  over  alt  their  past 
actions,  and  endeavored  to  mou'd  their  future 
conduct  accordingly.  Just  as  fast  as  they  pass- 
ed dowu  the  page  of  time  the  copy  followed 
right  along,  covering  up  the  things  of  the  past, 
but  preparing  them  for  the  future.  Sinners  and 
disobedient  membei-s  were  always  pointed  to  the 
Bible  as  the  great  standard  and  umpire  of  all 
disputes.  By  this  Perfect  Law  they  settled  all 
questions. 

Now  the  question  arises,  What  was  the  posi- 
tion occupied  by  our  ancient  Brethi-en  ?  Whtit 
was  their  platform?  We  unhesitatingly  ans- 
wer that,  having  cut  loose  from  the  world,  the 
conflicting  tmd  discordant  theories  of  the  then 
existing  Christendom,  they  came  out  before  the 
world,  advocating  the  Bible  as  the  only  infalli- 
ble rule  of  faith  and  i>ractice,  the  only  God 
iiuthorized  bond  of  union  on  earth,  and  hence 
in  all  things  appealed  to  its  teachings.  The  Bi- 
ble, and  the  Bible  onl}-  was  their  plea,  for  this 
they  labored,  and  upon  this  foundation  they 
stood,  defj-ing  the  wisdom  of  the  ivorld,  ever 
contending  for  the  faith  once  delivered  unto  the 
saints,  the  re-producing  of  Christianity  in  all 
its  primitive  purity.  They  did  not  stop  at  the 
Augsburg  Confession  of  faith,  neither  did  they 
linger  at  the  council  of  Nice  A,  D.  325.  They 
did  not  pause  to  wraugle  over  the  disputes  and 
debates  of  the  Greeks  and  Latins,  but  left  them 
in  the  rear.laying  hold  of  the  old  Apostolic  or- 
der, the  practice  and  teachings  of  those  who  liv- 
ed ill  the  first  century — here  they  found  their 
model  Christians,  their  model  church,  nnd  then 
went  to  work  patterning  after  it.  They  did  not 
compare  themselves  among  themselves,  butlaid 
the  old  Apostolic  copy  right  before  them  and 
went  to  work.  Their  efibrts  were  cron-ned  with 
mai'ked  success,  and  God  bless  them  tor  their 
zeal  and  good  works. 

I  would,  brethren,  that  we  were  as  zealous  as 
they,  OS  willing  to  go  back  to  the  first  century 
for  our  model  as  they  were  in  days  of  yore. 
We  may  boast  of  learning  and  privileges,  but  if 
there  is  anytliing  that  we  ought  lo  covet,  it  is 
the  zeal  and  honesty  of  those  who  were  first  in 
the  grand  reformatory  movement.  Thej-  left 
the  man-made  confessions  of  faith  behind  them, 
paid  no  attention  to  the  corrupt  decrees  of  men, 
but  laid  hold  on  the  old  Apostolic  order,  and 
endeavored  to  walk  in  their  footsteps.  And  if 
we  want  to  imitate  those  ancient  Brethren  we 
must  go  to  the  fountain  head,  where  they  went, 
for  our  cojiy.  We  must  lay  the  Bible  right  in 
front  of  US,  and  lenni  ttirectly  from  its  page?. 
We  must  not  look  at  the  Pertect  Law  of  Liber- 
ty through  them,  if  we  do,  we  will  not  be  fol- 
lowing their  example,  for  they  never  allowed 
any  object  to  get  between  them  and  the  Bible. 

The  example  they  set  tis  to  follow,  is  this: 
They  went  for  their  faith  and  practice  to  the 
Apostles,  to  the  first  churches  established  on 


February   14. 


TI-IE    BRETH:IIB.:>^    ^T    ^VOTil<L. 


earth.  Thnt  wiis  the  example  tliey  set  for  us, 
anil  ft  better  exiunple  ivoa  never  set  since  the 
Golden  Age  of  the  Christiau  clmrcli.  Now,  wiJl 
we  follow  it?  Will  we  go  Imek  to  llie  Ap6stles 
for  our  rale  of  faith  nnd  pmctice,  or  will  we 
yield  to  til  e  dictates  of 'some  uninspired  men? 
[f  we  want  to  serve  God  aright,  and  orink  from 
the  pure  fountain  of  nnadnlt«rated  knowledge, 
we  don't  want  to  stopthis  aide  the  very  fountain 
of  eternal  Tnith. 

It  is  right  and  prudent  that  we  should  respect 
and  honor  onr  forefathers  for  the  good  they  have 
done.  Many  of  them  endured  much  more  than 
we  will  ever  stand,  and  God  bless  them  for  their 
labors.  I  would  thntVc  had  some  more  such 
good,  pious  workers  among  us,  hnt  they  have 
gone  to  their  rest,  and  if  we  do  proportional- 
ly as  well  as  they,  we  ought  to  be  thankful,  liiit 
I  do  not  believe  in  malring  gods  of  those  an- 
cient Brethren;  they  were  not  iufnllible.  Wc 
should  not  regard  their  oj'iiiioiis  as  Inir  and 
gospel.  They  never  intended  that  we  shoidd 
do  that.  They  never  intended  that  the  church 
shonld  he  referred  to  them  for  their  rule  of  iiiith 
and  pi-actice.  They  went  for  wisdom  to  the 
Fountain  Heiid,  and  want  us  to  do  the  same 
They  wimt  us  to  have  knowledge  from  the  very 
place  from  whence  they  got  theira.  We  must 
also  make  a  distinction  between  thcii"  hand  writ- 
ing and  the  copy  they  followed.  It  would  do 
well  enough  to  copy  after  them  for  a  fewgouer- 
ntions,  but  to  make  a  i-egular  husiue-ss  of  it  mil 
be  just  like  my  first  lessons  at  acliool — the  more 
I  wrote,  the  woi-se  I  got.  We  v.;.nt  to  imitate 
the  copy  they  tried  to  imitate,  and  make  things 
according  to  the  same  jiattryn  they  endeavored 
to  follow.  Don't  take  what  they  did  for  a  pat- 
tern, hut  get  the  old  Apostolic  pattern  and  fol- 
low that,  then,  and  not  till  then  mil  we  be  like 
those  ancient  ones  first  in  tliis  our  movement. 
We  have  been  imitating  each  other  till  some  of 
lis  are  neai-ly  spoiled  by  it.  It  is  time  we  were 
seeking  for  the  old  paths,  and  endeavoring  to 
walk  therein.    .i.  ir.  M. 

EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE, 

ON  Sunday,  Jan.  20th,  at  10  A.  M.,  wo  met 
in  the  old  Manor  chiircli,  Washington  Co., 
Md.,  for  worship,  but  owing  to  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather,  many  were  not  permitted  to  at- 
,tend,  yet  our  congregation  was  large  for  the  day. 
Met  many  with  whom  we  had  formed  ncquaint- 
aiice  one  year  ago  while  there.  Tlie  meeting  to 
US,  was  one  of  pleasant  reunion  associated  with 
joyful  recollections,— glorious  nieetinga  in  by- 
gone days,  when  sinners  turned  to  God.  Dur- 
ing our  series  of  sen'ices  then,  and  since,  up  till 
now,  we  were  informed  that  near  eightj-  in  all, 
have  nnited  irith  God's  people.  Tliis  is  what 
infuses  couragfr— that  when  we  look  back  over 
the  past  thirty  months  of  our  ministerial  labor, 
in  every  (or  with  few  exceptions)  congregation 
where  God  called  us  to  labor,  a  steady  inereiise 
has  been  the  result.  No  spiisniodic  revivals  and 
then  a  general  backsliding,  but  a  continued  in- 
crease and  a  warming  up  that,  to-day  t^jlls  that 
God  was  in  the  work.  We  don't  often  like  to 
see  men  disappointed,  but  thiiuk  God  those  who 
look  for  and  sopositively  prophesied  "It  willend 
in  evil,"  have  been  di.'sappoiuted,  and  to-day,  in 
this  brood  land,  near  twenty-five  hundred  s 
stand  in  full  union  with  the  church  through 
humble  eftbrts,  and  not  overascore  of  this  vast 
number  have  failed  and  fallen.  It  ia  God's  work, 
though  in  the  eyes  of  men  it  be  marvelous. 
We  hope  to  meet  all  in  heaven,  and  feel  that,  hy 
God's  grace  we  will.  Men  may  oppose,  may 
circulate  false  reports,  may  grow  jealous  aiW 
pull  down,  hut  against  all  this  God's  work  will 
go  on  and  His  cause  prosper.  We  have  shed 
many  tears  at  the  prophecies  made  concerning 
the  work,  at  the  misieprcfeutatioiis  made,  and 
unfaii-ness  of  men's  wovk,  but  the  knowledge  of 
the  iwrnianency  of  the  work,  explodes  all  the 
magnetic  hootinga  and  excited  declarations, 
and  imparts  joy  enough  for  past  sorrows,  and 
aifonis  a  grand  incentive  to  future  work;  and 
may  heaven  speed  the  day  when  thousands  more 
will  come  out  from  the  world  and  walk  in  the 
life-giving  road  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Again  in  the  evening  we  met  for  worship. 
Still  raining,  butaudience large.  Monday  even- 
ing rained  so  we  did  not  go  to  church;  remain- 
«l  at  Bro.  David  Long's,  where  oiu:  home  is 
when  in  this  church.  It  seems  so  much  like 
father  and  mother's  house,  we  always  want  to 
go  there,  and  mimy  times  when  fiir  away,  we 
think  of  it  us  home.    Tuesday  evening  cold  and 


rough,  but  good  congregation,  and  each  evening 
after  until  the  close,  the  congregations  increas- 
ed till  idl  could  not  get  seats.  In  all,  we  tried 
to  preach  sii  sermons;  being  mostly  on  Bubjects 
of  doctrine,  and  our  health  not  admitting  of 
uch  hard  labor  and  eshortatioii,  we  did 
not  see  any  results  or  immediate  accessions, 
though  the  prospects  hid  fair  for  sinnere  turn- 
to  God,  could  we  have  remained  longer. 
One  or  more  expressed  a  desire  to  be  received 
into  the  fold  soon,  which  was  promised  to  be  at- 
tended too. 

On  Saturday  morning,  leaving  ourcompanion 
at  the  home  of  Bro.  Long,  we  hade  all  farewell 
and  started  for  this  place  to  hold  a  few  meetings 
with  the  Brethren  here.  May  God  bless  Bro. 
Long  and  I'araily,  and  all  the  dear  ones  who  so 
kindly  received  and  cared  for  us  while  there. 
Tnist  that  the  one  left  behind  among  them,  may, 
on  a  more  thorough  acquaintance,  increase  the 
confidence  so  mutually  begun  on  all  sides.  We 
are  more  and  more  conrinced  that,  whei-e  Go<1'm 
people  show  their  love  to  God  by  loving  one  an- 
other, and  treating  othoi-s  courteous,  that  stran- 
gers will  be  won  over  to  a  love  for  the  church, 
if  not  altogether  to  its  communion,  where  oth- 
erwise their  confidence  would  be  lost.  Why  is 
it  that  ui  one  locality  an  unconverted  man  or 
woman  will  exclaim, "  Christianity  is  idl  a  farce  " 
and  "  church  members  look  do^vu  on  those  out 
of  the  church,  and  freeze  us  to  death  and  drive 
us  from  the  Truth,"  while  in  other  places,  and, 
among  those  of  the  same  profession  thej"  say, 
"  The  people  are  all  so  good,  we  cannot  help 
but  love  them  and  admire  the  church."  Who 
of  the  readere  of  the  Brcthren  \t  Wokk  can 
tell?  Will  Bro.  Mentzer  or  some  one  of  our 
special  contributors  tell  us?  The  secret  is  some- 
where, and  now  where  is  it  ?  Let  every  one  try 
to  find  the  gem  and  possess  it,  and  what  a  glo- 
rious revival  we  will  have, 

Our  meetings  here  are  said  to  be  more  largely 
attended  than  any  of  the  kind  ever  held  in 
Brownsville,  and  up  till  to-day  the  waters  are 
being  troubled,  and  sinners  calling  for  the  way 
of  Life.  Will  give  a  full  report  of  the  church, 
its  past  and  present  spiritual  condition,  and  the 
results  of  our  meetings  next  week.  Our  health 
is  still  improving,  and  we  begin  to  feel  like  of 
old,  able  to  labor  each  day  for  the  cause,  and 
work  for  the  great  harvest  beyond. 

Thui'sday  evening  we  jireacli  at  Fiinkstown. 
Friday  join  our  companion,  Bro.  J.  F.  Oiler  and 
ivife,  goto  Bailey's  Springs,  Cumberhiud  Co.,  Pa. 
for  a  few  daj-a*  meetings,  then  to  Ohio,  Feb.  14. 
All  lettei-s  from  this  on,  to  reach  us,  should  be 
addr^sed  to  Dunkirk,  Haidiu  Co.,  Ohio,  in  care 
of  S.  T.  Bosserman.  hind  our  paiwris  increas- 
ing in  lavor  here  in  the  East,  and  in  the  homes 
of  very  inauy  more  of  our  Brethren  tliim  we 
expected  to  see  it. 

Love  to  Bro.  E.  K.  Buechly  and  all  the  dear 
Brethren  at  Lanark  and  Waterloo,  and  may 
God's  grace  be  mth  all  His  people  every  where 
now  and  foruvermore.  s.  ii.  L. 

Bra'^im^illc,  Md.,  Jan.  3!),  1878. 


led  in  Jordan,  sprinkled  i»lo  water — not  a  word 
about  this.  Or  does  he  refer  to  the  learned 
Christians  of  the  second,  and  third  cen- 
turies, who  took  up  the  Apostolic  practice  and 
ably  defended  it  against  all  innovations  and  sul>- 
stitutes?  If  so,  let  us  hear  a  few  of  them. 
First,  Justin  Mariyr,  who  wrote  sometime  be- 
tween the  years  100  and  16.5. 

"Then  we  bring  them  to  some  place  where 
there  is  water,  and  they  ate  baptized  by  the 
same  way  of  baptism  by  which  we  were  baptiz- 
ed; for  they  ore  washed  in  the  water  in  the 
name  of  God  the  Father,  Lord  of  all  things; 
and  of  our  Savior  ,Tesiis'Christ,and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  Next,  Clement  of  Alexandria  who 
^vrote  sometime  lietweeu  the  years  173  and  104. 
"  Ye  were  conducted  to  a  bath  just  as  Ghrist 
wiLS  carried  to  the  grave,  and  were  thrice  im- 
mersed to  signify  the  three  days  of  his  burial." 

Tlieii  comes  TertuUian,  sometime  between  160 
iuid  21iO:  "After  the  resurrection,  promising  He 
would  send  the  promise  of  the  Father;  and  last- 
ly, commanding  that  they  .should  immerae  into 
the  Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Spirit; 
not  into  one  name,  for  we  are  immerse<l  for  each 
name,  into  each  jiei-son,  not  once,  but  thrice." 
These  are  some  of  the  cvidencen  he  does  not 
wimt  us  to  read,  because  they  have  not  in  them 
the  sound  of  sprinkling  a  little  water  on  a  per- 
son, but  like  the  holy  Scriptures,  invariably 
speak  of  immersion.  We  do  not  read  ami  pre- 
sent them,  because  they  are  the  "  history  of 
men,"  but  because  they  are  faithful  witnesses  of 
the  continuation  of  thatiramoraion  which  Christ 
and  the  Apostles  set  up  in  the  laud  of  Pales- 
tine. 

"  Spyhiklhuj,  the  True  Mode  of  Bapimi." 
The  author  does  not  say  here,  that  spi-inkUnij  is 
one  of  the  modea  of  baptixin,  nor  that  it  is  bap- 
tism, bnt  that  it  is  "  the  triip  mode."  One  would 
conclude  from  the  title,  that  the  "  Rev.  Groen- 
wald,"  is  not  contending  for  baptism,  but  only 
the  mode,  but  when  the  torfy  is  brought  out,  you 
will  see  that  the  same  kind  of  blood  don't  run 
through  the  hood  and  body,  for  he  stoutly  in- 
sists that  sprinkling  is  baptism.  We  shall 
therefore,  in  a  series  of  articles,  let  the  rays  of 
divine  light  shine  on  the  (lanipblet,  according  to 
the  ability  which  God  giveth,  until  its  sophistry 
has  been  laid  entirely  bare.  If  "  sprinkling  be 
the  true  mode  of  baptism,"  the  rays  of  divine 
light  will  only  make  it  the  brighter,  but  if  itbe 
a  miserable  subsliliite  for  liaptism,  its  falsity 
will  only  be  the  more  apparent  when  held  up  to 
the  light.  We  hope,  therefore,  that  some  good 
maj'  follow  our  investigation  and  review,  anil  in 
next  issue  shall  endeavor  to  hear  our  first  lesson 
from  the  Dr.  Greonwald.  S£.  it.  E. 


"SPRINKLING, 

Till 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

ISmODCCTIOX. 

BEFORE  me  is  a  pamphlet  of  sixty-eight 
pages,  with  the  above  title,  by  "  Reii.  E. 
Greenwald,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Evangelical 
church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Laucastcr,  Pn." 
The  work  was  sent  to  the  writer  with  the  fol- 
lowing lines  neatly  written  and  pasted  on  one 
of  the  fly  leaves: 

"  Se.\jicii  thk  Scripturis;  not  the  histonj  of 
men,  for  in  them  you  ivill  find  hidden  ireas- 
t(res." 

I  presume  the  "  them  "  refers  to  "  Scriptures  " 
— at  least  I  shall  so  receive  it,  and  look  at  the 
inscription  accordingly.  "  Search  the  Script- 
ures;" so  says  our  Lord  and  Master,  hence  good, 
"  Not  the  history  of  men."  What  has  this  to 
do  with  "  sprinkling,  the  true  mode  of  baptism?" 
The  history  of  bttptism  has  much  to  do  with 
revealing  the  origin  of  "  sprinkling  for  bap- 
tism," but  the  history  of  men,  in  gcnerid,  does 
not  enter  int-o  this  subject.  Perhaps  the  sender 
of  the  pamphlet  meant  the  hist,ory  of  liaplism 
as  given  by  men. 

The  Scriptures,  which  he  invites  us  to  search, 
were  written  by  men,  and  they  tell  about 
persons  being  bapti/.ed  "  in  Jordan,"  going  down 
"  nj(o  the  water,"  and  coming  "up  out  of  the 
water,"  but  nothing  about  any  one  being  sprink- 


NOT  PROOBBSSION. 

riAHERE  are  some  things  transpiring  which  a 
X  popular  Christian  world  considers  evidences 
of  religious  progression,  but  when  these  evi, 
deuces  are  turned  over,  looked  into  and  careful- 
ly scrutinized,  they  are  found  to  be  evidences  of 
regre.ssion  into  the  world.  The  following,  from 
i]\ii  American  Christian  liericn;  tells  how  church 
progression  (?)  is  leading  out  in  some  places; 
"  The  latest  absurdity  for  church  fall's  is  the  plan 
of  auctioning  oft'  the  young  ladies  of  the  con- 
gregation. The  ladies,  being  veiled  in  sheets 
from  head  to  foot,  are  sold  one  after  another, 
and  are  the  partners  for  the  evening,  of  those 
who  bid  them  in.  Almost  any  young  man 
would  rather  select  with  his  eyes  open,  thin  to 
paj  three  or  four  dollars  for  a  choice,  with  them 
practically  shut.  Young  ladies  would,  perhaps, 
rather  be  auctioned  than  stand  up  to  be  kissed 
at  five  cents  a  kiss,  as  is  sometimes  done.  Most 
young  ladies  would  find  either  plan  of  raising 
money  distasteful." 

This  is  not  a  !.oul-reviving  text.  It  is  not 
such  iis  brings  joy  and  peace  to  a  Christian, 
though  it  may  add  a  little  to  the  flesh  of  a  sin- 
ner. Is  it  any  wonder  that  infidels  are  being 
made?  Call  such  nonsense  and  beggarly-ele- 
ment work.  Christian  progress!  And  mtii  idl 
such  folly,  the  popular  professor  will  assert  that 
"  the  worid  is  getting  better."  Perhaps  they 
mean  that  since  the  worldlis  ever  ready  to  help 
"bid  in  "the  darlings  and  thus  repleuish  the 
depleted  exchequer,  the  world  is  gelling  better. 
Jesus  does  not  say  anything  about  making  the 
world  better  by  aiming  to  excel  it  in  revelry  imd 
nonsense.  No,  Jesus  did  not  go  that  way;  nor 
do  His  obedient  children  want  to  go  that 
way  either. 

Professing  Christian,  when  you  step  into  the 


slime  and  filth  of  the  worid,  ivith  the  expecta- 
tion of  making  the  work!  lietter  by  being  filthy 
too,  yon  simply  extinguish  the  flickering  raj-s 
of  light  that  may  have  been  in  you.  "If  the 
light  that  is  in  thee  be  darkness,  how  great  is 
that  darkness"  (Mutt.  0:23).  Must  young  men 
be  make  the  victims  of  a  lottery  conducteil  by 
Christian  (?)  heads  and  hands,  and  that  too,  in 
order  to  raise  bread  and  butter  for  some  hungry, 
idle  professor  of  religion  ?  And  this  is  progres»- 
ion!  Yes,  progression  in  worldliness  in  sin,  in 
iniquity  and  corruption.  For  once  those  gam- 
blera  are  correct;  but  then  do  not  add  unto  your 
condemnation  the  idea  that  it  is  progression  in 
true,  vital  piety,  in  perfection  of  the  holy  relig- 
ion of  a  cnicificd  Lord. 

Lives  there  a  man  or  woman  who  has  "  put 
on  Christ,"  been  "buried  with  him  in  baptism," 
"  renewed  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  changed  and  made 
part.ikera  of  Christ's  sufferings."  that  will  go 
down  into  the  pits  of  sin  and  folly  as  described 
by  the  article  quoted?  Will  a  pious,  devoted 
Christian  permit  himself  to  be  fettered  and 
bound  again  by  Satan  in  that  manner?  God 
help  professors  of  religion  to  act  like  Christians 
and  to  shun  the  evils  of  this  world. 

God,  in  His  great  goodness,  and  loving-kind- 
ness, saw  fit  to  enjoin  upon  His  followers,  to 
"Greet  one  another  with  a  holy  kis-s."  Though 
tliis  be  a  fact,  yet  thousands  of  persons  may  he 
found  who  declare  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  do 
just  as  God  says  in  this  matter,  but  then  many 
of  them  can  be  found,  who  see  the  necessity  of 
setting  up  young  ladies  at  church  fairs,  for  men 
to  kiss,  at  five  cents  each.  It  is  needful,  you  see, 
to  the  extent  oi  five  cents.  Judas  received  ihir- 
tiipieees  of  silver  for  his  dirty  work,  but  some 
of  our  modem,  fashionable  Christians  (?)  mil 
do  dirty  work  for  a  nickle!  You  see  that  to  ful- 
fill the  injunction  of  the  Savior,  requires  some 
self-denial  and  considerable  love,  while  on  tha 
other  hand,  a  fii-e-eenl  kiss  is  so  tender  and  pleas- 
ant to  the  flesh,  and  requires  no  self-denial. 
Sin  lies  in  the  root,  trunk  and  branches  of  such 
unholy  actions. 

So  marked  has  the  majority  of  professoi-s  be- 
come in  imitating  the  world,  that  even  Moody 
enters  his  objections.  Hear  him:  "How  can  a 
church  i^rosper  when  turned  into  a  theatre,  with 
its  membera  for  amateur  actors?  Or  how  pros- 
per by  getting  up  fairs,  oyster  suppers,  with 
grab-boxes  and  such  things,  or  perhaps  the  sale 
of  the  privilege  to  kiss  the  handsomest  woman 
in  the  room,  or  some  such  iniquity?  "  In  this 
manner  he  recently  denounced  sacred  concerts 
in  churches;  and  now  we  don't  wont  spiismodic 
hearts  to  get  hurt  or  wounded,  for  he  who  is 
guilty  of  inaugurating  and  participating  in  the 
abominable  things  herein  enumerated,  is  al- 
ready badly  hurt — with  sin.  Give  us  ever  the 
old-fas hione<l  religion  of  Apostolic   origin. 


"A  REVIEW  OF  THE    MODERN   TUNKER, 
BY  DLRIC  VON  ROTTEN," 

THE  above  is  the  title  of  a  malicious,  slander- 
ous and  abusive  tract  against  the  Brethren, 
by  one  Mr.  Wilson,  of  New  Market,  Va.,  who, 
true  to  his  character,  falsely  styles  himself  "  Ul- 
ric  Von  Iluftcn."  The  author  has  (or  had  a  few 
years  ago)  quite  a  surplus  stock  of  these  tracts 
on  hand,  and  I  see  he  is  adopting  a  plan  to  rid 
himself  of  them  for  the  Brethren's  money,  by 
sending  private  cii'culars  to  the  Brethren  over 
the  country,  who  are  ignorant  of  the  character 
of  his  work.  A  Bro.  Harshberger,  of  Va.,  (I 
forget  his  full  name  and  post  office)  made  a  short 
imd  al)lc  refiitation  of  this  attack,  a  few  years 
ago.  Will  Bro.  Harahbciger  please  furnish  the 
Brethren "s  papers  with  his  fall  address,  also  the 
name  and  price  of  his  tract? 
Fraternally, 

J.  W.  Steik. 
(Prim.  Chris,  and  Vindicator  please  copy.) 


Some  temptations  come  to  the  industrious, 
but  all  temptations  attack  the  idle.  Idle  Chris- 
tians are  not  tempted  of  the  devil  so  much  as 
they  do  prompt  the  devil  to  tempt  them.  Idle- 
ness sets  the  .door  of  the  heart  ajar,  and  asks 
Satan  to  come  in,  hut  if  we  ore  occupied  from 
morning  till  night,  should  Satan  get  in,  he  must 
break  through  the  door.  Under  sovereign 
grace,  mid  next  to  faith,  there  is  no  better 
shield  against  temptation  than  obedience  to  the 
precept  -that  ye  be  "  Not  slothful  in  1 
serving  the  Lord." 


TI-IE    ]BKETH;KEi>^    ^T    AVORIC. 


February   1  4. 


§li^  §ami^  §irch. 


READ  AMD  OBEY. 

"  Uiialinnds,  love  jour  witM." 

"  Wivta,    oboy   your   husbonJa." 

••  Falben,  ptoToke  doI  your  cbildiea  lo  wnth." 

"  ChlWrcn,    obey   your"  pitenU    in    »11    Ihinga.' 


Edited  hy  M.  M.  Eshehnan. 


If  you  wish  to  be  wen  tiiroiigli  ii  microscope, 
just  iiormit  yourself  to  get  into  n  i>(i33ion. 


In  your  sweet,  silent  meditations,  remember 
liow  blo.ssed  to  be  saved,  go  to  heaven  and  dwell 
vrith  Jesus  and  all  tlie  angelic  throng  in  eternity. 


TiioimLE  is  heavy,  yet  Sve  seem  so  willing  to 
carry  it.  Would  it  not  be  better  to  let  it  run 
down  into  the  great  sea  of  forgetfulness  that  it 
might  be  choked? 


Until  we  ceiuse  froui  our  own  wisdom  which 
is  folly,  from  our  own  strength  wliich  is  weal; 
ness,  from  our  own  rigbteousuess  which  is  n 
filHiy  rags,  we  cannot  live  in  Christ,  nor  put 
Him  iM.  . 

If  you  have  been  unfortunate,  do  not  run 
about  nud  tell  nil  your  friends.  Most  pEOpledo 
not  like  to  have  such  conversation.  The  better 
waj-  is,  to  icork  iiiwli,  loaf  none,  Buve,  be  pru- 
dent, and  want  mil  never  get  acquainted  with 
you.  

QuEKiES. — 1.    Where  did  Levi  die? 

2.  How  old  WHS  ho  when  he  died? 

3.  Whose  grandfather  was  he? 

4.  When  did  Ishmaeldie.andbowold  waahe? 
o.  ^Vhen  did  Seth  .lie,  and  at  what  age? 

JOIIN'  R.  SXAVELY. 


We  want  the  foUow-ing  named  persons  to 
write  upon  the  suhjccfs  opposite  their  names: 
Christina  M.  Crij-e,  Cerro  Gordo,  111.. .  .Esther. 

Marcus  Mishler,  Yellow  Creek,  111 Jesus. 

'  Edgar  Simmons,  Union  City,  Ind David. 

Rosa  AVorkman,.  Danville,  Ohio Siunuel. 


A  POOB  sinner  says,  "I  cannot  go  to  Jesus;  I 
am  too  unworthy."  Then  you  are  just  ready  to 
let  Jesus  comi!  into  your  heart.  "IJehold  I 
stand  at  the  door  aud  knock,"  says  the  Lovely 
One.  When  you  get  to  the  "  unworthy  "  point, 
the  door  is  pretty  well  opened — then  lot  your 
Savior  in.       

Nkvkb  watch  the  multitude  to  see  which  ivay 
it  goes  in  order  to  shape  your  ends.  Stick  to 
principle,  though  you  be  stricken  and  smitten 
fts  Jesus  on  Calvary.  Policy  is  always  looking 
for  a  \Kg  to  hang  its  hat  on,  while  principle  is 
content  to  lay  his  on  the  table.  Be«  Hwn  from 
God's  side,  tuid  you  arc  theu  a  man  indeed. 


Fatheh,  mother  do  you  take  your  grown  up 
sons  and  daughters  by  the  hand,  tell  them  that 
Jesus  loves  them — that  they  are  sinners  and 
ought  to  turn  to  the  Lord?  Do  you  teach  them 
the  way  of  the  Lord,  etuhrace  them  and  say, "  0 
my  dear  cliild,  come  follow  your  kind  Savior?  " 
Do  you  ask  God  to  help  you  to  bring  your  chil- 
dren into  letlowsbip  with  the  saint-s?  Are  you 
always  concerned  for  them,  their  salvation?  0 
wrestle,  pray  and  entreat  for  them! 


I  AM  FOUND  AGAIN. 

in-  n.  c.  ciiKiSTV. 

CHRISTIANS,  I  am  on  my  journey, 
Ere  I  reach  the  narrow  sea, 
I  would  tell  the  wondrous  story, 
What  the  Lord  has  do.ie  for  me. 
Chorus. 
Glory,  glory,  hallelujah, 

Though  ft  stranger  here  I  roam, 
I  am  on  my  way  to  Zion, 
I'm  a  pilgrim  going  home. 

I  was  lost,  but  Jesus  fouiul  mc, 
Taught  ray  heart  to  sing  His  praise; 

From  a  wild  and  lonely  desert, 
Brought  me  to  His  fold  of  grace. 

Now  my  soul  n-ith  rapture  glowing, 
Sings  aloud  His  pardoning  love, 

Looks  beyond  a  ivorld  of  sorrow, 
To  the  pilgrim's  home  above. 

I  shall  yet  behold  my  Sari  or, 
When  the  day  of  life  i^  o'er; 

I  will  cast  my  crown  before  Him, 
I  shall  praise  Him  evennorc. 


QUERY  AND  ITS  ANSWER. 

Dear  Broth  f  I :—  '    ■      .:""■ 

WE  re^   in   Genesis,  of  A(iam"aji'd  Eve's 
triUisgrcssiou,  for  which  God  drove  them 
out  of  Edon,  aud  as  I  never  rend  of  their  re- 
penting, did  they  remain  in  sin  until  theyiUed? 
Katie  A.  Snai-ei.y. 

In  Genesis  3: 23,  the  Lonl  God  said :  "  Behold, 
the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us,  to  know  good 
and  evil:  and  now.  lest  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  take  also  of  the  tree  of  lite,  aud  eat,  and  liie 
forever:  therefore  the  Lord  God  scut  him  forth 
from  the  Garden  of  Eden."  Mark  here  that 
the  Lord  said  that  Adam  had  Iciu'nud  to  hioiv 
good  aud  evil  "jis  <iirr  v/  us" — not /of/o evil,  for 
the  Lord  don't  do  (hat.  The  iw.toij  God  sent 
Adam  forth  was,  "  Ic-iit  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
nud  tjike  also  of  the  trce  of  life,  and  eat,  ami 
liiv  /oierey."  Tliis  is  irliif  God  sout  them  oh/ 
of  Edeu.  Xow  whether  Ifiey  repented  or  not, 
the  Book  of  God  does  nor  say,  but  as  the  bless- 
iugsof  Go<l  were  upon  tbem,  uiy  opinion  is,  that 
.  iJk'j'  did  ivp(-nfc.  but,  had  no  accpss  to  the  Tree  of 
Life  until  alter  the  d™lh  of  Ouist.  Christ  died 
or  the  sins  of  the  whole  world,  not  a  part  of  it 


LITTLE  FOLKS  IN  THE  EAST. 

Dear  Brelbren: — 

WE  are  well  pleased  with  the  arnuigements 
and  provisions  made  for  the  children  in 
your  paper:  think  it  is  a  good  way  to  improve 
their  minds,  luid  cause  them  to  think.  Thc}' 
should  write  on  Scriptural  subjects,  giving  ques- 
tions to  be  answered.  '  I  like  the  brother's  sug- 
gestion, that  they  give  the  Scripture  heard  in 
church:  that  will  cause  them  to  pay  attention. 
Our  children  have  been  %vriting,  but  their  little 
letlei-3  do  not  appear.  They  feel  discounkgcd, 
and  will  not  write  again,  i  told  them  perhaps 
you  did  not  care  to  hear  from  the  little  folks  in 
the  East. 

A  Sister  in  Virginia. 

Remarks. — You  have  made  some  good  sug. 
gostions  to  our  many  young  writei-s,  dear  sister, 
and  we  hope  the  children  who  write,  irill  pay 
some  heed  to  your  kind  words.  Your  children's 
Icttei-s  have  not  been  reached  yet.  We  have 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  .lettei-s  on  hand 
from  the  little  writers,  and  they  will  all  he  reach- 
ed iu  duo  time.  We  are  just  as  willing  to  pub- 
lish the  letters  from  the  children  in  the  East 
from  any  other  part  of  tho  country.  The 
I3RKT11RES  AT  ^VoRH  IS  OS  mucli  opeu  to  Con- 
tributions from  the  East  as  from  the  West,  and 
in  conducting  it,  wo  look  at  the  wants  and  well- 
lare  of  the  genertd  brotherhood,  so  that  ull  may 
be  edified  and  oucouraged  in  the  home  life. 
Hope  your  children  will  not  he  discouraged,  but 
continue  to  think  and  tcrHc  about  our  blessed 
Master. — Ed. 


LOVELY  WORDS, 

I  AM  glad  to  see  there  are  so  many  little  hoy 
aud  girls  who  write  their  little  letters  for 
the  DitETHBEX  AT  WoRK;  it  looks  as  though 
they  were  trying  to  work  too.  That  is  right; 
do  all  the  good  you  can;  never  be  afraid  of  be- 
ing too  good. 

I  often  go  to  meeting  aud  see  little  children 
running  out  and  in  during  preaching;  it  maj;es 
lue  feel  sony  for  them  and  their  parents  too. 
I  hope  none  of  the  children  who  write  those 
good  little  lettera  arc  ever  guilty  of  the  like. 
I  think  that  would  I>e  disobeying  your  parents, 
for  I  hope  they  have  all  told  you  better.  Now 
if  the  editor  thinks  this  worthy  a  place  in  their 
good  paper,  I  will  wvjfe  again. '  Guod  Bye, 
Au^^■  Rachel. 


is  our  home,"  ;uid  in  thiw  favored  land  it  can 
be  had  by  the  well-directed  etVortsof  almost  any 
family.  The  chief  essential  of  a  model  home  is 
LOVE— it  is  the  golden  link  that  unites  all  the 
members,  subdues  all  discords  aud  supplies  all 
wants  under  the  control  of  willing  hands. 

No  home  can  he  truly  happy  without  a  family 
altar.  As  well  might  the  traveler  hope  to  pnr- 
his  journey  joyfully  and  successfully  without 
daily  bread  for  his  body,  as  the  Christian  pilgrim 
without  spiritual  food  for  his  soul.  A  portion 
if  Scripture,  a  short  hymn  and  a  short  prayer 
in  the  morning,  makes  the  head  clearer,  the 
heart  warmer  and  the  nerves  more  steady  for  the 
work  of  the  day.  0,  how  much  those  lose,  even 
iu  this  world,  who  have  no  faiuily  altar. 

Next  to  i-eligion  iu  a  family  is  intelligence. 
It  not  only  aflbrdspleasnreby  ilavery  oxistouce, 
b  t  t  01  ns  a  thousand  avenues  through  which 
\  I  flow  to  na.    The  ignonuit  live  in  a 

m  II  11  wliile  the  educated  mind  files  over  the 
1  d  th,  holding  intercourse  with  every  na- 
t  o  nd  sweet  eonverse  with  kindred  minds. 
Not  only  this  world,  but  other  worlds  contril)- 
ute  also  to  the  pleasure  of  the  refiued.  The 
trees,  flowei-s  and  rocks  of  former  ages  I'Oveal 
their  trciisnrcs  to  the  educated  only. 

Make  home  attractive.  The  log  cabin,  ivith 
proper  care  bestowed,  can  afford  more  pleasure 
than  many  n  gorgeous  palace.  Plant  flowers  in 
the  ymil,  train  up  shrubbery,  whitewash  the 
fence,  and  tliu  cabin  itself.  Last,  but  not  least, 
get  good  hooka  and  pei'iodicals  to  wliicb  the 
children  will  be  attractwl,  iind  kept  from  seeking 
pleasiu'e  elsewhere.  No  better  iuveatmont  can 
be  made  for  children  than  iu  siiitjible  books. 
S.  Z.  SiiAii!'. 


NOAH. 

NOAH  was  a  just  nmu,  aud  so  he  was  com- 
uiauded  by  the  Lord  to  huild  an  iirk;  and 
tbc  Lord  said  unto  Noah,  "Come  thou  aud  all 
thy  house  into  the  ark;  and  of  every  clean  beiist 
thou  slmlt  take  to  thee  by  scveus,  and  of  fowls 
also  of  the  air  by  sevens,  the  male  nud  his  fe- 
male." Then  He  said,  "  For  yet  seven  days,  and 
I  will  cause  it  to  rain  upon  the  eavth' forty  days 
-and  Ibrtiy  nights. 1'  Noah'was  six  hundred  years 
old  when  the  flood  of  the  waters  was  upon  the 
earth.  Nnali  and  his  whole  famii)-  went  into 
tlie  ark  and  ivere  saved  from  the  watery  grave. 
That  shows  the  protection  of  the  Lord  over  (he 
righteous.  James  HiTTtsuorsE- 

Schimih-nnllr,  Pa. 


MAKE  HOME  PLEASANT. 

Il'  luiy  iif  the  joys  of  a  former  paradise  yet  re- 
main on  earth,  they  can  most  likely  be 
fou:id  in  a  well  regulated  homo.  Wealth  is  not 
nec'.-s.-ary,  but  the  family  must  be  able  to  say, 


A  GOOD    SUGGESTION. 

WHILE  we  enjoy  rending  those  kind  letters 
fi-oni  grandpa,  uncles,  aunts  and  children, 
let  us  not  Ibrget  that  maUy  dear  children  have 
not  the  privilege  of  reading  as  we  have.  Their 
parents  are  too  poor  to  pay  for  the  paper,  Now 
I  propose  that  each  little  boy  and  girl  send  one 
cent  or  more  to  the  "  Charity  Fund."  I  there- 
fore send  two  cents  for  papa,  two  cents  for  mam- 
ma, and  one  cent  each  for  our  six  little  hoys. 
Who  comes  next?  J.  B.  Shirk. 

Remarks, — Brother  Shirk's  suggestion,  fol- 
lowed up  by  contributions  from  his  family,  is 
worthy  of  our  attention.  We  have  calls  daily 
from  poor  pcrauus  for  the  paper,  and  we  feel  to 
lot  thorn  all  liave  it,  yet  the  burden  falls  pretty 
heavily  upon  us.  God  bless  the  dear  ones  who 
remember  the  poor! — Ed. 


CHILDRE.^  AT    WOh'K. 


FROM  C.  A.  MOORE. 

I  AM  very  nmch  pleased  with  the  Home  Cir- 
cle. Its  heading  is  a  griuid  motto;  and 
though  it  is  intended  for  the  children,  yet  hus- 
bands and  wives,  parents  and  cliildj'en,  are  in- 
cluded, I  love  to  reatl  the  children's  lettei-s, 
especially  when  they  tell  ivhat  they  learned  in 
the  Scriptures.  We  see  in  the  Home  Circle  that 
one  of  the  most  profitable,  as  well  as  instructive 
methods  of  doing  good  is,  for  parents  to  read 
tho  Scriptures  with  their  children  before  retir- 
ing to  rest.  This  is  very  good  advice;  much 
good  could  he  done  these  long  evenings,  but  if 
parents  choose  to  read  with  their  children  hut 
onco  a  day,  the  morning  hour  seems  lo  he 
preferred;  children  are  brightest  in  the  morn- 
ing and  if  they  are  instructed  in  the  morning, 
they  may  think  ,of  that  orten  during  the  day. 

We  road  in,  the  sLvth  chapter  of  Matt.,  "  Seek- 
ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  his  righteous- 
hcss;  luid  all  those  things  shall  be  added  unto 
you."  Children,  if  you  will  m\d  the  ivhole 
chapter,  you  mil' leara  what  will  be  added  unto 
yon.  The  writer  well  remembers  when  father 
would  read  the  Scriptures  for  us;  it  seemed  to 
us  he  could  read  better  than  any  one  else;  it 
w'as  that  time  wc  became  fii-st  inlerested  in  (he 
Scriptures.  Wc  shall  ever  be  thankful  for  the 
example  we  had  in  our  youth.  C'hildven  are 
like  a  box ;  it  can  be  filled  with  shells  or  cannon- 
balls,  yet  one  can  put  in  a  great  many  bullets; 
after  that,  one  can  put  in  n  great  many  shot. 
Now  you  think  it  is  entirely  full,  hut  take  sand 
and  yon  would  be  astonished  how  much  one  cmi 
fill  in  of  that,  and  still,  more  ciui  be  put  in; 
take  water  and  it  will  receive  a  great  amount  of 
that.  Just  so  with  children  or  the  Christian,  if 
the  mind  is  cultivated,  it  can  receive  much. 

Nont,  IU. 


ICixoLoiis  crumble,  institutions  rise  aud  fall, 
human  doctrines  come  aud  go,  j'ot  the  Bible,  in 
all  of  its  lustre  aud  grandeur,  goi-s  marching 
on.  powerful  to  overthrow  sin  and  win  souls  to 
Christ.  Above  all,  stand  by  the  Bible  aud  be 
blei^Ecd. 

How  old  was  Methuselah  when  ho  died? 

J.  H.  Neff. 


From  Minta  Swab.—I  go  to  school  and  like 
my  teacher  and  my  school-mates.  I  go  to  church 
nearly  every  Sunday,  read  in  my  Bible  and  try 
to  obey  what  the  Savior  has  commanded  us  to 
I  am  not  blessed  with  a  father,  like  most 
children  are.  My  father  dicil  when  I  was  tjuite 
small;  I  can't  remember  anything  about  him. 
My  mother  belongs  to  the  church.  1  have  no 
isters  living,  and  but  one  brother.  I  joinml  the 
church  this  Fall,  and  love  Jesus.  I  am  twelve 
years  of  age. 
Geori/elowii,  III. 

From  Jiicol)  Baiini.— I  am  going  to  school 
every  doy,  and  try  to  learn,  loving  my  teacher 
andscliool-mates.  We  spend  many  happy  hours 
at  school,  although  the  Winter  is  drearj',  has  no 
plants  nor  Howci-s,  naught  but  ico  and  snow,  no 
birds  in  the  leafless  bowei-s.  Yet  iu  that  bettor 
laiul,  where  flowere  nevor  fade,  there  are  joys  for 
I  have  two  little  sistei-s  and  a  brother  in 
that  happy  laud,  resting  until  Jesus  comes, 

Shau,io„,  in. 

From  Fannie  H.  Monar.— Dear' Editw:— 
I  am  glad  that  you  havo  given  us  little  folks  a 
place  in  your  paper.  I  lUic  the  paper  very  much. 
My  papa  and  mamma  arc  living  and  are  mem- 
bers of  the  church.  My  oldest  .<^ster  has  also 
been  a  member  lor  three  yeare,  and  I  have  been 
a  member  for  eight  weeks.  I  hope  mure  will 
come  soon,  for  our  Lord  is  so  good.  I  hope  this 
letter  will  do  good,  and  rlvaw  some  nearer  the 
Lord.  I  love  to  rejul  of  the  mcelt  aud  lowly 
Savior.  Come,  make  liasto  and  serve  tlu^  Lord 
our  God. 

Union  Bridtie,  Mtl. 

From  Josophns  Hockniun. — I  am  fifteen 
yeara  old.  I  don't  go  to  school;  I  have  to  work. 
The  Brethren  have  no  Sabbath-school  here,  but 
I  would  like  to  go  if  thoy  bad  ouo.  I  came  to 
the  church  the  fifteenth  day  of  July,  with  two 
other  hoys  and  a  \s-oman  that  ^vouUl  not  wait  an 
hour  longer.  If  other  hoys  would  know  tho 
onjoynient  there  is  in  the  church,  they  would  ba 
like  the  woman,  they  would  come  at  once.  I 
was  at  one  communion  and  a  number  of  meet- 
ings. 0  boj's!  there  is  whore  we  find  true  en- 
joyment. Come  on,  boj'S,  and  let  us  serve  tho 
Lord.  I  have  two  brother,^,  not  raembei-s  (wish 
they  were),  and  three  sisters  who  ai'e  members, 
one  is  two  years  younger  than  myself.  Pa  twk^'s 
the  Bbethrbk  at  Work,  aud  it  is  a  wolyome 
messenger  to  me.  X  like  to  read  it  because  it 
gives  me  news  from  children  in  different  parts 
of  the  world,  and  I  like  to  read  the  tettoi>i  that 
Bro.  Enoch  Eby  \vrites  from  Denmark.  Breth- 
ren, sisters,  and  children,  keep  on  writing. 

Cornell,  III. 

From  Lydiii  A.  Faliiiestock.— 1  am  ten 
years  old,  um  going  to  school  imd  like  my  teach- 
er imd  school-mates.  I  also  take  lessons  iu 
singing  twice  a  week.  I  do  not  have  tho  privi- 
lege of  attending  Sabbath-school,  as  njany  of 
the  little  folks  have.  Where  I  live,  tho  Breth- 
ren have  no  Sabbath-school.  I  would  say  to  all 
the  little  boys  and  girls  that  have  the  privilege 
of  attending,  do  not  get  tired  and  stay  at  home, 
for  there  you  will  learn  many  good  lessons.  If 
I  could  go  to  Sabbath-school  lJ;bink  it  would 
be  ever  so  nice.  With  this  letter  I  will  send 
twenty-five  cents  to  help  pay  for  the  papi.T  for 
the  poor. 

Corini/toii,  Ohio. 

From  Collin  Prit'C. — Drur  Editor: — How 
Idnd  yon  are  to  publish  so  many  nice  letters  in 
your  good  paper,  from  the  little  boys  aud  girls. 
I  am  almost  nine  yean  old,  can  work  some.  I 
have  fed  ten  cows  nearly  every  morning  tlii.^ 
Winter.  I  go  to  school  and  have  learned  to 
read  some  in  the  Bible,  and  love  to  listen  to  the 
atoiy  about  the  man  Idlling  the  lion,  and  many 
others.  Will  some  of  the  little  boys  and  girls 
tell  us  where,  iu  the  Bible,  it  may  be  found,  ami 
^vho  it  was  that  killed  more  i>eople  at  his  death 
thanheJidiubish'fc? 

Oregon,  III. 

From  Floreneo  L.  Vrice.— I  am  only  eleven 
years  old.  The  Brethren  have  a  meeting-house 
close  here.  We  hiive  preaching  every  Sunday. 
My  papa  and  mamma  are  members  of  the  church, 
and  I  love  lo  go  with  them  to  meeting.  When 
r  grow  up,  I  want  to  be  a  Christian,  aud  get  to 
heaven  with  my  dear  friends.  I  love  to  read 
good  books  and  papers. 

Garrison,  loiai. 

From  Mary  A.  Thompson.— I  am  a  mombor 
of  the  church  of  Christ,  and  belong  to  Jesus. 
Aud  you  my  dear  young  friend,  if  you  have  not 
yiven  yourself  to  Christ,  do  not  delay,  for  it  is 
;aid,  "To-day  if  you  hear  his  voice,  harden  not 
your  hearts  "^  (Hob.  3:  7.  y.  15).  It  seems  tlio 
more  wo  try  to  do  what  is  right,  the  more  our 
I'Ueuiy  tries  to  make  us  do  >vrrmg;  I)ut  let  u,s  try  < 
tn  overcome  all  trials  and  temptations,  and  do 
•  ■Q'k]  to  them  that  deapilefully  u.se  us,  and  oomc 
boldly  to  the  throne  of  grace  in  time  of  need. 

Alt.  Morris,  III. 


February'  14, 


TI-IE    TJl^KTHREIiSr    AJT    "WORK. 


CORREST'OISrDENOE. 


FROM  TEXAS. 

IXfir  DiTtliivii.— 

1HAVB  rwul  n  good  deiil  of  lute,  in  tlio  col- 
iinms  oC  (Jill-  piiper,  aboub  the  misHionnry 
\voi-l(,  now  IjL'iiigeuvrifJoiieverywliei-othroiigli- 
out  till' Umihoi'iiriDil.  I  would  he  thiinitfnl  iT 
they  would  giva  Texas  a  call  and  come  to  my 
UL-ighhoi'houil,  As  the  people  here  tii!;e  grent 
iuturest  in  going  to  meeting,  it  is  nothing  uii- 
eoinmon  hcic,  to  have  n  meeting  histing  from 
fise  to  six  wcoka.  Good  ntt«udttnce  nnd  good 
orilor  previiil. 

I  hiivo  talked  to  a  great  many  ahout  the  doc- 
trine' nf  the  Brethren.  Some  are  very  much 
interested,  and  nay,  if  such  n  church  wore  csta- 
blishod  hero,  they  certainly  would  belong  to  it, 
Tu  .show  tliis,  I  need  only  refer  to  the  time  when 
Iti'o.  Asa  Harinnn  from  W.  Va,  was  with  uk. — 
lie  in-eadied  oue  Kcrnion  in  Pilot  Point  nnd  aft- 
er meeting  sonic  ten  or  twelve  came  np  luid 
wanted  liini  to  go  home  i\-ith  them.  Two  came 
to  my  liousc  next  morning,  wanting  to  see  the 
brother.  And  I  nm  convinced  of  what  he  tohl 
nic,  that  it  wouhl  he  no  trouble  tostartachiiich 
hca-. 

I  am  glad  that  Bro.  James  R.  Gisb  has  bought 
riiiiis<'lf  a  tout,  which  ho  intends  using  in  the 
Master's  cause.  I  hope  Bro.  Gish  will  not  for- 
got to  visit  us.  If  I  wore  able,  I  would  send 
for  some  hooks  and  pamphlets  treating  on  the 
doctrine  of  the  Brethren.  When  Bro.  Har- 
man  was  with  ua,  lie  gave  me  four  paniplilebi, 
and  these  are  out  all  the  time,  aLi.i  others  are 
waiting  for  them.  Your  paper  is  read  bj-  a 
great  many,  and  I  think  before  long  I  will  get 
some  subscribers, 

Land  is  going  up.  In  my  neighborhood 
nearly  nil  are  Illinois  and  Towa  folks,  and  most 
all  of  them  know  sometliing  about  the  Breth- 
ren's doctrine,  and  seem  quite  anxious  to  have 
them  come  here  and  settle.  I  am  willing  to 
give  all  my  aid,  nnd  meet  any  brother  at  the 
cars  in  Deiiisoii,  and  convey  them  to  my  place, 
if  I  get  word  of  their  coming.  I  live  nine 
miles  wefet  on  the  new  road,  lending  to  Jmiea- 
vjlle,  nnd  one  mile  south  of  Port  Martin's 
Spi'ings,  Gi^ayson  Co.,  Texas.  I  hope  the  breth- 
ren will  visit  me,  and  if  any  further  informa- 
tion is  wanted,  let  me  know,  and  I  will  do  the 
best  I  can. 

P.  R.  Wkhtj;. 

Martiii^s  Spriiii;s.  Tcjcs. 

NOTES    OF     TRAVEL. 

}h-ar  Brtthren: — 

LEKr  home  on  the  morning  of  January  T, 
and  the  same  evening  stopped  oif  at  An- 
tioch  with  Bro.  J.  B.  Lair.  Had  quite  a  pleas- 
ant stay  with  him.  Next  morning,  the  8th, 
Bro.  Joseph  Leedy  came  over,  and  we  had  in- 
dceil  a  social  time,  while  together.  Left  for 
Hiiiitiiigdon  on  the  noon  train;  was  met  there 
by  Bro.  J.  Hardman,  and  conveyed  to  his  plciis- 
ant  liome,  where  we  were  kindly  cared  for. 

At  half  past  six  o'clock  we  were  at  their 
large  mccting-house  in  Lancaster,  where  we 
tried  to  talk  to  n  large  and  attentive  audience, 
This  was  the  fii-st  time  that  we  ever  met  with 
this  pleasant  congregation.  This  church  ia  un- 
der the  care  of  our  esteemed  brother,  Samuel 
Murray  and  is  surely  we  believe,  in  a  healthy 
and  working  condition.  They  all  seem  to  be 
alive  to  the  Master's  cause.  I  was  informed 
that  they  number  about  tliree  hundred  mem- 
bers. 

Wo  contiuue<l  our  meetings  day  and  night 
until  the  evening  of  the  fourteenth,  then 
moved  to  the  Loon  Creek  school-house.  Had 
expected  to  continue  over  Lonl's  day,  but  for 
some  cause  the  meeting  had  to  stop.  We  re- 
turned again  to  Lancaster,  and  commenced  and 
continued  our  meeting  until  next  Lord's  day. 
The  attendance  was  large,  but  the  interest  was 
nut  (piito  OS  good  as  it  was  at  the  close  of  our 
fii-st  session;  yet  we  can  truly  say  that  our  en- 
tire stay  with  the  deju-  brethren  was  [i  >'ery 
pleasant  one.  and  was  a  feast  to  the  soul,  and 
one  that  will  be  long  remembered,  for  we  form- 
ed luauy  acquaintances  that  will  not  he  forgot- 
ten soon. 

Our  meetings  closed  on  the  20th  with  four 
additions  and  we  believe  many  luorc  were 
counting  the  cost.  I  was  much  pleased  to  see 
tlie  earnestness  in  the  members  there  in  attend- 
ing meeting.  They  let  the  cares  of  the  world 
go,  and  when  the  hour  of  worsliip  was  ap- 
proaching, they  were  on  their  way  to  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  occupied  their  time  in  solemn 
praise  and  thanks  to  the  Lord. 

One  dear,  old  brother  in  his  eighty-first  year, 
attended  every  meeting  at  Lancaster,  which 
were  nineteen  in  all,  and  when  they  were  clos- 
ed, he    wept.      May   the   good  Lord   bless  the 


dear  old  brother,  he  will  not  have  to  weep  at 
the  close  of  many  more  series  of  meetings,  for 
he  ivill,  if  faithful,  soon  meet  where  congrega- 
tions will  never  break  up  antl  the  tender  hand 
of  the  blessed  Jesus  will  wipe  all  tears  from  the 

Wo  could  say  much  yet  about  oui  enjoy- 
menta  and  of  the  foreta.slc  that  we  had  togeth- 
er of  the:  blessed  home  that  wft'aie  so  ai-di>utly 
laboi-ing  for,  but  we  must  bring  our  arlule  to 
a  close.  Many  thanks  to  our  dear  bretlncu 
and  sistei's  for  their  kind  tare  and  liberality  to 
ns  while  with  them.  May  the  blessings  of  God 
rest  upon  them. 


Isa.m:  BiLLuniER. 


Effim  Milh,  Imh,  Jan.  25, 


FROM  SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS. 

Dr.iir  Bi-vlhrai:— 

WE  send  you  our  best  wishes  for  your  hap- 
piness'and  prosperity  in  all  your  obliga- 
tious,  as  members  of  Christ's  body,  ministers  of 
the  Gosp(?l ;  and  aa  Editors,  you  niaj  be  able  to 
cojiy  the  Divine  Master  ;  that  your  ])ons  may 
be  dipped  in  the  fountain  of  Truth  ;  and  yon 
be  able  to  send  forth  to  yonr  many  readers  the 
pure  Word  of  God. 

Will  give  you  a  report  of  our  mission  work. 
With  brethren  Hendricks  and  Vanimau,  we 
went  to  Tennessee,  McDonough  Co.  Went  to 
West  Point,  Hancock  Co.,  remaining  till  the 
12th.  We  have  no  words  of  cheer  to  give  you 
from  this  place  ;  ten  members  met  with  us  in 
iicil,  and  said  they  held  no  felloivship  with 
hail  joined  the  Congregational  church. — 
Two  of  this  number  had  been  expelled  from 
the  church  for  adultery  ;  but  were  reeived  by 
them  in  their  sin.  Five  were  absent,  but  had 
expre^ed  by  letter  that  they  will  leave  the 
ohnrch  ;  oue  sist«r  still  remains.  May  the  Lord 
keep  her  as  His  chosen.  From  here  went  to 
Bro.  H.  W.  Strickler's,  twelve  miles  South. — 

Had  three  meetings — baptised  four.  On  the 
14th  started  home,  and  fonnd  our  family  in 
reasonable  health.  Churcli  council  next  day  ; 
all  the  membei-s  ai-e  in  love  and  union.  Held  an 
election  for  one  speaker  and  two  doneons  ;  the 
lot  fell  on  brother  H.  W.  Stviekler  for  speaker, 
and  Brn.  Joseph  Rife  and  Geo.  W.  Miller  for 
deacons.  Preaching  same  evening,  and  also 
next  day  and  evening.  On  Monday  brother 
Hendricks  was  taken,  by  brother  J.  Wolfe,  to 
Pike  Co.,  to  hold  some  meetings  with  the  mem- 
bei-s  there  ;  were  to  go  the  next  day  to  the  same 
place,  but  rain  and  mud  prevented.  Bro.  Hen- 
di'icks  staid  one  week,  and  baptized  one. 

Bro.  Clingingsmith  took  brother  Hendricks 
t^v-enty-five  miles  through  the  mud  and  rain  to 
this  place.  Next  day  brother  Hendricks  start- 
ed liome— found  all  well.  May  the  Lord  bless 
the  mission  work. 

David  Wolfe. 

Lih,Thj,W.Jnn.2Ut,  /WA 


THE   WESTERN   CAUSE. 

Dear  Bnlhren:— 

HAVING  an  interest  in  the  Master's  cause 
myself  and  wife  have  taken  a  trip  to  Kan- 
sas in  the  month  of  December,  to  view  the 
eountrj-.  We  were  in  Harvey,  Neosho,  Marion 
and  Bourbon  counties.  I  find  that  there  is  a 
church  of  the  Brethren  in  the  three  lust  named 
counties.  We  arc  well  pleased  with  thocountry. 
I  feel  jiressed  to  write  a  lew  lines  in  behalf  of 
brother  Thomas'  letter.  In  some  places  there 
are  three  or  four  speakers,  while  at  others  places 
there  is  none. 

Knowing  what  we  know,  we  feel  to  entreat 
for  sone  of  the  speakei^  to  go,  and  also  other 
members  that  are  not  able  to  buy  homes  iu  the 
East.  We  are  persuaded  you  could  do  better 
here  than  in  the  East.  I  have  traveled  about 
4,000  miles  to  look  out  a  home  for  my  family  ; 
the  best  place  I  have  found  is  in  Marion  and 
Harvey  counties.  A  few  weeks  shall  decide  if 
we  go  or  not.  As  many  more  as  feel  to  do  so  may 
do  likewise ;  don't  be  afraid  you  will  starve. — 
Perhaps  there  may  be  some  gi'iisshoppers  again. 
There  shall  he  pestilences,  and  there  shall  be 
seed  time  and  harvest  wliile  the  earth  remniueth, 
but  seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  heaven  and 
His  righteousness,  and  all  these  things  shall  be 
added  unto  you. 

Samcel  1'"raxtz. 

Ghanl  III. 


I   ENJOY   IT. 


ALL  the  preaching  I  hear  is  through  the  col- 
umns of  the  BriEinREff  at  Work  nnd 
ri-imilhe  Christian.  I  tliink  they  preach 
some  very  good  sermons  to  us,  I  dare  say  you 
have  but  few  subscribers  that  take  more  iut«r- 
ost  in  reading  yoiir  papers,  than  I  do.  It  brings 
me  ^ftddE^flB  ^''om  ^I)<^  church,  which  I 
w  o  u  iBSosXIR^Vthe  r  wi  sc, 


Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  you  that  have  the 
blessed  privilege  of  meeting  with  the  Brethren 
to  worship,  think  of  those  who  are  deprived  of 
that  happy  privilege  on  account  of  ill  health. 
Be  not  slow  to  visit  such,  and  give  them  a  word 
of  encouragement  which  they'  need.  Hope 
that  your  paper  may  yet  be  the  means  of  bring- 
ing many  more  into  tlie  fold,  and  that  we  nmy 
all  be  so  happy  to  meet  where  parting  is  known 

Mauy  a.  Burkholder. 
Moircrsvillr,  Pa.,  Jiiii.  S.'i.  IS,78. 


ohtjrch:   isrE"ws- 


From  East  Niniishilleii  Church,  0. — Our 
meeting  began  Jan.  20th,  nnd  continued  till  the 
2ith.  Brethren  John  Brillhart,  WUliam  A. 
Murray  and  Abraham  Gollj-  were  with  us. 
They  are  alive  in  the  Master's  cause.  Wo  had 
ten  meetings  in  all,  nnd  wore  made  to  rejoice. 
Four  precious  souls  were  willing  to  follow  the 
Lord  iu  His  example,  nnd  wove  buried  with  him 
by  baptism,  and  aro.se  to  walk  in  nemioss  of 
life.  Others  were  almost  pei-suaded  to  come 
and  take  the  yoke  of  Christ  upon  them. 

But  we  are  sorry  that  Satan  will  through 
the  instu mentality  of  some  try  to  keep  precious 
souls  out  of  the  fold.  If  there  are  any  into 
whose  hands  tliis  mu}'  fall,  guilty,  thej'  may 
consider  what  their  condition  will  he,  suppos- 
ing it  to  be  the  will  of  the  Lord,  to  bring  those 
souls  up  which  they  have  hindered,  as  witnesses 
against  them  in  the  final  day  of  judgment. 
Joseph  J.  Hoovkr. 

Marlboro,  Oliio,  Jan.  :mt,lf^S. 

From  Koschisco  Co.,  Inrt. — On  the  2nd  of 
Jan.  brother  R.  H.  Miller  came  to  us  and  staid 
five  days.  Good  attendance  considering  the 
weather.  Good  attention  paid  to  the  Word 
preached.  Lthink  many  good  Impressions  were 
made. 

We  have  never  taken  your  paper  until  this 
year,  and  we  like  it  much. 

DAni)  BECHTELHIltER. 

Feb.  ilh,  imS. 

From  Woostor  Church,  Ohio. — I  thought 
perhaps  some  of  the  Brethren  would  like  to 
heai'  from  this  part  of  the  vineynrd.  We  are 
not  many  in  number,  as  we  were  .divided  in 
three  parts  last  Spring  ;  yet  we  are  encouraged 
t-o  labor  on.  We  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  the  Moscow  church,  on  the  evening  of 
12th,  and  contiued  till  the  21st.  We  had  a  very 
interesting  meeting.  Five  were  added  by  bap- 
tism, auii  one  restored  and  others  have  made 
application. 

Bro.  Long  of  Iowa  wils  with  us  during  the  meet- 
ings, and  spoke  the  Woi-d  of  God  with  power. 
We  feel  to  thank  the  Chippeway  brethren  nnd 
sisters  for  their  assistance  during  our  meeting. 
Brethren  Halderman  and  Bolinger  were  also 
with  us.  Wo  feel  to  thank  God  for  the  glorious 
meetingweallenjoyed.  Since  the  meeting  has 
closed,we  are  made  to  think  of  brother  and  sister 
Long,  whose  locks  have  endured  the  frost  of  nin- 
ny a  Winter  ;  yet  they  feel  encouraged  to  still 
labor  in  the  cause  manfully. 

May  God  give  them  grace  for  a  few  more  days, 
and  then  the  storm  mil  be  o'er,  and  they  can 
rest  from  their  labors  and  their  works  ivill  fol- 
low them. 

D. M.  Ir»iu. 

Orrdtte,  0..  Jan.  2-ith,  JS7S. 

From  Oiiklaiul,  Ohio. — The  church  here  is 
united  in  brotherly  love ;  the  brethren  all  seem 
alive  in  the  good  cause,  and  have  charity  one 
for  another,  which  is  one  of  the  great  command- 
ments of  the  Lord.  He  hiis  also  said,  "  If  you 
love  me  keep  my  commandments,"  and  this  is 
what  we  try  to  do.  We  have  our  meeting 
every  two  weeks,  and  occasionaly  there  are  some 
that  become  tired  of  living  in  sin.  We  have 
taken  fifty-one  into  the  church  during  the  past 
summer.  There  are  some  more  that  are  almost 
persuaded  to  come  ;  but  not  as  a  friend  said  to 
me  not  long  ago,  on  the  subject  of  rtdigion. 

He  said,  he  thanked  God  that  there  were  so 
many  difl'erent  denomiuatiuus  ui  the  world;  for, 
if  we  become  dissatisfied  with  one  church,  we 
can  join  another  and  worsliip  as  we  like.  I  can 
saj-,  that  I  never  so  learned  of  Christ.  He  did  not 
say  while  with  ua,  that  He  and  the  Father  were 
one  :  and  throughout  His  teachings,  did  He  not 
teach  a  oneness  to  all  His  followers  ?  He  never 
said,  except  I  wash  thee  not,  thou  hast  no  part 
with  me,  imd  to  another,  you  can  do  as  you 
please  about  being  washed. 

This  would-be  Christiiui  would  liked  to  have 
made  me  believe  that  I  was  dis;atisfied,  and  like 
himself  join  another  church.  The  apostle 
warns  us  to  beware  of  such  teachers,  for  they 
are  lying  in  wait  to  deceive  the  people.  Then 
let  us  over  bo  on  our  guard,  jmt  on  the  ivhole 
armor  of  God,  let  ua  fight  manfully  the  battles 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  when  the  battle  is  fought,  the 
victory  won,  then  we  will  hear  the  captain  of 


our  salvation  say,  "  Come  ye  blessed  of  my 
Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world." 

M.  Cruea, 
W'thler.  Ohio. 

From  Fnruiingtoii,III.— Bro.  William  Car- 
rier and  I,  met  with  brother  Matthias  Linger- 
felter  at  his  house  on  the2ithof  Jan.,  '78.  Com- 
menced ascries  of  mootiiigs  that  evening  and  con- 
tinued till  the  2flth.  Eleven  accessions  to  the 
churcli  Ly  baptism.  Prospects  good  for  more. 
Good  attention  paid  to  the  Woi-d  preached. 
Jacob  Neglt. 

I'fb.  hi.  mn. 

From  Ashland,  Ohio.— We  commenced  a 
scries  of  meetings  in  this  church  Jan.  16th,  and 
continued  our  labors  until  Jan,  37th.  Next 
day  had  council  meeting  ;  all  things  seemed  to 
be  pleasant.  On  the  29th  they  had  a  Lovefeast; 
indeed  it  was  a  fciist  of  love.  Forty-sL-c  wore 
ailded  to  the  church  by  baptism,  and  two  were 
restored  ;  six  more  have  been  baptized  since, — 
Many  more  said,  "I  will  soon  come."  I  hope 
they  will,  May  the  good  Lord  bless  and  protect 
the  dear  lambs  from  evil.  Alter  the- Love-feast 
we  had  to  take  the  parting  baud,  expecting 
never  to  meet  all  again,  until  beyond  the  grave. 

Christian  Long  and  wife  of  Iowa,  came  to  ua 
ou  Jiui.  25th,  and  remained  with  us  till  the 
close  of  the  meeting. 

Jesse  Cai,\'ebt. 

Jan.  30t!i,  1S78. 

From  Union  Churcli,  Iiid.— On  Thursdaj-, 
Jan.  24th,  Eld.  John  Wise  of  Pa,,  came  to  ua, 
andj'emained  over  Sunday  ;  he  preached  six 
discouses  in  all ;  he  also  attended  our  council 
meeting  on  Saturday,  where  he  made  some  very 
appropriate  remarks,  exhorting  us  to  love  each 
other.  On  Sunday,  Bro.  Wise  was  requested  to 
preach  a  scniion  on  future  punishment,  which 
he  complied  with  on  Sunday  evening. 

While  Bro.  Wise  was  with  us,  he  preached  the 
Word  of  Goil  in  ita  purity.  No  accessions  to 
the  church,  yet  we  hope  that  his  lahoi-s  of  love 
will  be  as  bread  cast  upon  the  waters,  to  be 
gathered  not  many  days  hence.  May  God  help 
us  dear  brethren  and  sisters  that  we  may  be- 
come a  praying  people,  as  we  believe  ifc  ia 
praj'er  that  makes  the  Christian's  armor  bright, 
and  without  prayer  we  cannot  enter  into  the 
rest  that  renmins  for  the  children  of  God.  We 
are  taught  to  watch  and  prny  that  we  enter  not 
into  temptation.  May  God  help  us  all  to  do  all 
we  can  toward  the  promulgation  of  the  cause 
of  Christ. 

Jacob  An-LEJiAN. 

Jan.  31s/,  m8. 


DIED. 


HOLLAWAY,— Died  at  his  residence  one  and 
one-hnlfmiles  south  ofSevastopoI,Ind.,  on  Feb. 
2nd,  187S,  William  Hollaway,  aged  43 years, 
8  months  and  15  days.  Ho  leaves  a  compan- 
ion and  two  chidren  to  mourn  their  loss. 
Funeral  discourse  delivered  by  the  writer, 
from  Matt.  24;  44. 

DA^TD  Beciiielheisieb, 

ELLIOTT.— Sister  Nancy  Elliott,  departed 
this  life  on  the  mormug  of  the  20tb  of  Jan. 
Aged  fi7  years,  less  four  days.  She  was  an 
exemplary  sister  in  the  church  for  about  46 
years,  .and  her  seat  was  seldom  vacant  when 
at  home.  She  leaves  five  children,  and  a  num- 
ber of  gnmtl-children  and  sympathizing 
friends  to  mourn  their  loss.  Funeral  services 
in  the  Brethren's  meeting-house  to  a  large 
congregation,  from  2  Tim.  4:  7,  8,  by  S,  Ten- 
uis and  the  writer. 

Jacob  Neoly, 

BRENEMAN.— In  Sugar  Creek  church  0.,  on 
the  8th  of  Dee.  1877  ;  Nancy,  consort 
of  Jo,U'ph  Breneman,  aged  35  years, 6  months  ■ 
and  2.0  days.  She  was  a  consistent  member 
of  the  Monnonite  church.-  She  leaves  a  kind 
and  alfectionate  husband  and  children  to 
mourn  their  loss.  Occasion  improved  by  C. 
Gulp  of  her  church,  and  the  writer,  from 
Rom.  8:  28. 

MILLER.— In  Covington,  Ohio,  Dee.,  15,  1877; 
sister  Elizabeth,  consort  of  brother  Samuel 
Miller.  Aged  37  years,  6  months  and  22  days. 
She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and  children  to 
mourn  their  loss.  Occasion  improved  by  the 
Brethren  from  Thess.  4:  IS. 

HARV v.- In  Lima,  Ohio,  Dec.  26. 1877;  broth- 
er Henry  Harvy;  aged  56  yeara,  9  months  and 
22  days.  He  leaves  a  kind  companion  and 
two  children  to  mourn  their  loss.  Occasion 
improved  from  Isaiah  38:  1. 

Dasiel  Broweb. 


THE    33RETI-II?EIS'    ^T    "VVOHKl. 


February   1-i 


JACOBS.— Died  in  tlo  Ashland  clmrcii  Ohio, 
Jbu.,  22nd  1878;  brother  Jtsac  Jncoljs :  ngcd 
IG  yenra,  U  montha  and  two  days.  Funeral 
discounio  by  the  writer,  from  Job  14: 14. 

Isaac  KiLnEtsER. 

MISQLER. — In  the  QueranhoningdiatrJct,  Som- 
erset Co.,  Pa. ;  Rachel,  wife  of  brother  Joseph 
Mishler  ;  aged  4!)  ycarsund  G  monthB.  Funeral 
Bervices  by  the  writer. 

E.  J.  Blouoh. 

"WELLER.— In  the  Welch  Run  couf^rcgatiou 
Franklin  Co.,  Pa.,  Mary  F.  Wellcr,  aged  C 
years,  3  months  and  10  dnys.     Funoral  services 

■     by  the  writer,  from  Matt.  18  : 1,  3. 

AVAGNER.— lu  the  South  Keokuk  church,  Jowo, 

Iny  May,  only  child    of  A.    M.  iind    Kelle  C. 

^A'ogner,  aged  5  months  less  two  days.     Funer- 

nl  eervicea  by  C.  Wondorlieh  and   John    Frit/. 

J.  L.  Fimv.. 

MILLER.— lu  the  Logan  district,  Ohio,  Jan.  11, 
1878,  Jacob  Eber,  sou  of  friend  Martin  and 
Ennnnb  Miller,  aged  7  yeare,  1  month  and  25 
days,  Fiiiicrnl  services  by  the  writer,  from 
Matt.  16rl4, 15. 

Alsu  in  same  place,  and  of  the  some  parcule, 
Jaji.  14,  187S,  Olive  Atay,  aged  5  years,  S 
ntunths  and  2S  days.  Fiinenil  services  by  the 
writer,  assisted  by  SI.  Swoager,  froin  the  epistle 
of  John  2  eliai>tcr  and  12  verse. 

J.  L.  Feantz. 

BOYD.— Died  near  Center  Point,  Liun  Co,,  Iowa, 
Jan.  27,  187S,  brother  Silas  Boyd,  son  of  Jobii 
Btij'd;  aged  15  years,  2  months  and  2G  days. 
Funeral  diseoiirsc  by  the  writer,  from  John  17 
1!'.  Disease  untkuoWii;  but  ho  lay  about  fif- 
teen weeks  ;  snilered  a  great  deal.  lie  was  bap- 
tized about  three  weeks  beftiro  his  death  ;  heal- 
so  called  ibr  the  Elders  of  the  church,  and  was 
nuoiuted.  Jonx  C.  Mili.kr. 

BOLINGER.— In    RocUford    Valley,    Bourbon 
Co.,  Kaus.tB,  Dee.  2i3th,  1S77,  of  Coiisumptioii, 
.^Jlue  C.  wife  of  Michael  Botiuger,  Jr.,  aged  30 
years,  5  nioutha  and  11  days. 
She  leaves  a  tiuil  husband  and  throe  little  chil- 
dieu  lo  nionru  their  loss.     She  tliought    that  she 
would  get  well  until  the  evening  she  died, 
then  her  desire  was  that  she  miyht  live  till    m. 
iLig,  that  she  might  be  bapti/.cd.     0,  what  a  w 
ing  this  should  be  to  her  husband  and  others  who 
are   neglecting   the  golden  opportunity  of  doing 
known  duties.     Funeral  on  the  28th,  by  Bro.  W, 
W.  Reynolds,  aaaisted  by  the  writer,  from  Job  14  : 
14,  to  a  large  and  reapectnble  audience. 

A.  C,  NUMEH. 


(Lord 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

Roek  Creek  Church.  Ill S23.15 

Hickory  Grove  Church,  HI., 5.50 

Shannon  Chiirch,   111 .  13.50 

John  Mohler, 1.00 

\Vest  Branch  Church,  III 4.00 

Cherry  Grove  Church,  II!., 27.01 

John  and  Ella  Swnrtz, 3.00 

Reason    Maugaus 1.00 

Pine  Creek  Church,  III 33  35 

C.    E 25 

Roek  River  Church,  111 2-1,00 

Indian  Creek  Church,  la., 2.00 

Duniiing's  Creek  Church,    Pu., 4.00 

Previously  leported 1385.63 

Tot.it:  §152S,3n 

C.  P.  Row-LAN-D,  Treasure 
Ldiiiirk,  III.,  Feb.  fjth,  J878. 


CHARITY    FUND. 


USED  in  sending  papei-s  to  thos 
poor  to  pay  for  ihum. 
H.  Berkmnn, 


c.  wii 


Swoi 


on 

50 

John    Horuish, 1 Q 

E.  Brallier, 1,00 

T.  A.  Turner, 50 

C.  E.  Baikdoil, .10 

Lydia  Fnhncslock 25 

A  Brother, 3.00 

W.  P.    Lichly. 30 

Previously  reporletl 14.!I0 

Total  :      S21.G5 

GLE^JSriNG-S. 

From  J.  \\.  Soittli\yood.— In  my  nnicle, 
culilicil  ■■  Work  for  Jesus,"  in  No.  5  of  the 
BRi:riiiiK.v  AT  WuBK,  I  noiiee  three  errors.  In 
the  ieconil  litu-.if  first  vcn^j  it  should  read  "  your 
calling,"  instead  uf  "  our  calling.  In  second  line 
of  fourth  vei'je,  the  word  "aloiiQ"  ahoald  be 
"  above,"  iiud  in  iho  thinl  line  of  the  eight  verse. 
it  ;hui)|.l  n-«d.   "Irivc  yom-   mother,"   instead  of 


From  Daiiie!  Biwrci'-- This  makes  15  sub- 
sribcrs  in  all  that  I  have  obtained  for  you.  I 
may  procure  a  few  more  yet.  'Wo  are  having 
fine  weather;  not  much  rain  since  Dec.  22.  Had 
council  meeting  last  Saturday  ;  things  passed  ofT 
very  harmoniously.  We  bad  quite  an  interesting 
nieetinf,'  on  last  Sunday,  eight  miles  So'uth  of  Sn- 
leni. — Salaii,  Oregon,  Jan.  12t/i,  1878. 

From  0.  H.  Balsbaitgll.- 1  am  very  weak 
and  in  greatly  aggravated euffering,  I  am  asham- 
ed again  to  tell  your  readers  that  if  they  want 
their  letters  attended  to,  they  must  enclose  enough 
to  cover  all  expenses.  They  seem  to  have  over- 
looked or  forgotten  my  former  statement  of  the 
condition  and  circumstances  that  render  this  re- 
quest imperative.  0,  how  it  saddens  me  to  receive 
letters  asking  for  laborious  explanations  of  doc- 
trinal diffioultiea,  from  brethren  who  literally  roll 
in  allluence  and  superHuities,  telling  me  I  shall 
look  to  Eternity  for  my  remuacration.        ' 

"  Give  us  our  daily  bread  "  docs  notmean  hands 
in  poekeL  Etcniityis  linked  with  time,  and  re- 
wards with  means.  I  cannot  write  without  sta- 
tionary nor  generate  thought  without  "  the  meat 
that  perisheth."  The  soul  cannot  write  without 
the  body,  uor  the  body  employ  the  soul  without 
sustenance.  The  great  fundamental  principle  of 
God  manifest  in  the  Hesh  and  working  through 
Ibe  fle^h,  finds  application  to  the  commonest  af- 
fairs of  life.  Rightly  apprehended,  we  will  be 
astonished  how  little  we  copy  after  Christ.  We 
are  slow  in  Icarnuig  that  Eternal  Life  is  the  law 
of  sacrifice. 

If  lam  to  sacrifice  in  "somng  spiritual  tbings," 
reason  and  revelation  dictate  that  those  who  are 
to  reap  my  seed  must  sacrifice  in  "  sowing  carnal 
things,"  so  that  each  in  his  sphere  faithfully  rep- 
resents the  Cross  of  Christ. 

Ffoiu  Saiimpl  aiiirray.— I  expect, 
willing)  to  go  to  Lafayette  on  the  4tb 
month.  On  the  6th,  I  expect  to. .commence  a 
series  of  meetings  in  the  Fairview  meeting-house, 
Tippciiauouc  Co.,  Ind.  From  there  go  to  Clinton 
Co.  We  hope  much  good  may  he  done  in  the 
nnmo  of  the  holy  child  Jesus.  The  Lord  bless 
yon  in  your  enterprise.- Fefi.  Isi,  IS' 

From  S.  Irviii.— Bro.  James  Ridenour  of 
yv.  Vn.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  the 
Beech  Grove  meeting-house  on  Saturday  Dec.  11, 
1S77.  Three  came  out  on  the 'Lord's  side.— 
Soon  after  Bro.  Long  of  Iowa,  also  came  to  us. 
Nine  more  have  beCn  baptized  up  to  date.  We 
think  many  more  are  very  near  the  kingdom: 
—Feb.  4lk,  ISTS. 

From  B.  J.  Meyers.— The  snow  here  is  IS 
inches  deep;  the  roads  are  in  a  splendid  condition 
for  sleighing.  Our  church  ((he  Black  River),  is 
in  a  prosperous  condition  ;  seventeen  were  added 
by  baptism  in  Dec.  iast.—Hofniesfillc,  Ohio,  Feb. 
■ith,  1878. 

From  S.  A.  Houberger. — Have  just  return- 
ed from  u  trip  t«  the  Northern  part  of  Dn\'ic3, 
Harrison  and  Nodaway  counties.  Had  the  ])lea.i- 
ureof  baptiKing  four  willing  soub;  two  of  the 
number  in  Nodaway  Co.,  which  make^  12  at  this 
place  during  the  winter,  \Ve  have  made  arrauge- 
nicnls  to  move  among  them  in  the  Spring. — 
The  Lord  be  praised  for  the  good  that  has  been 
complishcd  Itsre.—RamiUon,  Mo.,  Feb.  5//.,  '78. 
From  1).  D.  Horner.— I  am  glad  to  hear 
that  you  are  prospering  in  your  work.  I  hope 
yui  will  still  appreciate  the  position  you  hold,  anil 
not  forget  to  "  earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  once 
delivered  unto  the  saiuts."  Health  in  the  neigh- 
Imrhood.is  very  good  at  present.— JBn«{'M/&,  Pa., 
Feb.  aik.  1878. 

From  Greene,  Iowa.- Bro.  J.  A.  Murray  of 
Waterloo,  has  been  holding'  a  series  of  meetings 
at  this  place.  One  bajitized,  and  we  think  many 
more  are  almost  ready  to  dime  out  on  the  Lord's 
side.  I  do  not  see  how  sinners  will  stay  out  of 
Christ,  after  hearing  Buoli  discourses  as  we  have 
been  hearing.  Bro.  Murr.iy  makes  the  Scriptures 
very  plain.  There  are  so  many  ways  taught  noiv- 
a-duye,  that  the  sinner  gets  bewildered,  and  does 
uot  know  which  to  believe.  *  I  think  the  Christian 
world  will  have  a  great  deal  to  answer  for  on  that 
acc'junt. 

W.  MoonE. 
From  Paint  Creok,  Ifau.— Eld.  J,  Stude- 
haker  and  Bro.  Miller  cam'e  to  ns  and  held  meet- 
ings one  week.  Baptized  one  young  sister. — 
Thank  them  for  their  timely  aid.  Bi-o.  Dorsey 
Hodgden  of  Ind..  and  Eld.  Hodgden  of  Douglas 
Co.,  also  came  to  us.  Continued  tlie  racctinu 
from  the  IS,  to  the  27  of  Jan. '  Preached  uinc- 
trien  sermons  in  all ;  four  of  our  children  profess- 
ed faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  were  bap- 
vzcd  in  the  name  of  a  triune  God. 

We  wish  to  say  to  nl!  young  ministers  of  the 
Gospil.  that  you  are  called  fo  preach  that  form  of 
doctrine  once  delivei-cd  unto  the  sainU:  for  we 
.ire  His  sjiiritual  soldiers,  and  Ho  is  our  captain 
and  has  gone  before.  0,  that  our  young  mem- 
bers might  he  onableil  to  become  pillars  in  the 
church  here  below. 


We  like  your  paper  very  well.  This  is  the  first 
year  we  have  taken  it  in  our  chureh  to  any  extent. 
We  like  the  name;  for  wo  think  that  all  should 
do  something  for  the  advancement  of  tho  cause 
of  Christ. 

M.  D.  Watoox. 


INTERESTINa    ITEMS. 


The  celebrated  clock  at  Westminster  (London, 
England,)  has  400  square  feet  of  dial  surface. — 
The  minute  hands  are  11  feet  long.  Although 
the  hands  are  all  counterpoised,  the  entire  weight 
of  bands,  counterpoises,  tubes  and  wheels  which 
have  to  be  moved  at  every  bent  of  the  pendulem 
is  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  tons,  'riie going 
weight  is  one  and  one-half  hundred  weight,  and 
the  clear  fall  is  170  feet.  It  takes  five  hours  to 
wind  this  clock  up  by  hand.  Huge  as  the  great 
machine  is,  it  shows  nn  error  of  less  than  one  sec- 
ond on  eighty-three  per  cent  days  in  the  year. 

Tue  Baptist  Year  Book,  soon  to  be  published 
will  show  the  followiug  for  the  United  Slates: 
Ministers,  14,5'JC.  Congregations,  23,908.  Mem- 
bers, 2,024,224. 

The  number  of  Methodists  in  Illinois  is  put 
down  at  124,000.  The  Baptists  who  are  second 
on  the  list,  number  80,000.  The  former  society 
are  making  preparations  for  a  great  Ecaumcuicnl 
coufereuce.  It  will  probably  be  held  in  New 
York. 

The  Russians  are  flocking  from  Moscow  toSak- 
olink  Park  to  behold  what  is  commonly  regard- 
ed as  the  miraculous  manitcstatinn  of  approval 
by  Providence  of  the  Ru^inn  crusade  against 
the  Tnrka.  A  pond  of  water  has  been  partly  fro- 
zen, and  portions  which  remained  litjuid,  are  shap- 
ed like  a  huge  Saint  Andrew's  cross.  To  go  lo 
the  pond  and  make  the  sign  of  the  cross  in  the 
presence  of  the  miracle  is  regarded  by  the  good 
people  as  a  sacrcd  duty.  One  of  the  Moscow  pa- 
pers predicts  that  after  the  present  war,  will  come 
the  millennium. 


The  Orlglti  gf  Singlo  Immenlas—SIi owing  ihm  iingie  im- 
iiicMlim  ttiw  ititonlvil  by  Eunoniius  cuiil  am  a  ptnclico, 
enimol  liu  Imceil  boyoiiil  the  mldillo  of  llio  fourth  wnl- 
iir; .  Hy  Bilcr  JfUDn  QuiiiKr.  It  it  a  Imol  of  iilxtcsu 
pngvs  auil  tlio  Uroilircn  sliuiiUI  Inko  an  nctWo  pnrl  in 
(jiving  il  an  eitHDilra  drculnlion.  Prico,  2  copies.  10 
coals :   6  coploi,  2b  ccnia ;  SO  copies  |1  00. 

Ono  Baptism- — Afliitlugno  ihawing  that  Irlno  imbicraion 


six  mmibors  of  four  pages  •^nch. 
1  Truth.  Foel-wnshing.  Urolh- 
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viiig  Ibnt  llic  obnvrrnncoof  Iho  lavciith-itav 
.'pil  nwny  with  nil  other  JowiBh  dnys,  nnd 
rni  ilnj  of  Ibo  neck,"  is  tho  proftrrcj  Uny 
DB  to  lujcmblc  in  wartliip. 


Easebiaii'  EcolBslaBttcal  HintDrj.— Tlils  nnthor  livc<l  in 

lliu  fuuiili  cenluiy,  Jinil  a  Thorough  Imorelc'lgc  of  Ibo 
ilislory  of  lliu  ohiinh,  and  his  wrilincjnro  Ihurefiiro  of 
consiilernhlu  rnUii.'  (o  the  Btuilonl  o 

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DIVINE  MTSTERIBS. 


BY  C.  H.  lt.V,I^llAU01l. 


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To  Broflnr  i'-fa-  S.  (Summi,  of  Ciinfotma:— 
"jlOli  wU<m  m  did  foreknow,  llr  nha  ilid 
pmtesiimle  to  he  conformed  to  the  iiii- 
(itjeuf  His  Son,  thai  He  mi'jht  be  the  FirHboni 
(I'moini  iiKiiii/  hrelhren:  iiwreorer  whom  Ec  did 
prcilrstiiiati;  lh,-m  He  w'so  c(dled:  and  whom  He 
rnUi-d  Ihi-Ki  He  also  jiisti/icd:  and  whom  He  jus- 
fifird,  Ihem  He  '.ho  glorijied  "  (Rom.  8;  20,  30). 

These  iirc-sufiiifc  passages  me  the  grunt  hobby 
of  Ciilviiiisni.  In  these  it  is  clnimed  God's  pav- 
tiiility  is  iiiiiioimced,  iiiid  the  limi  till  ions  of  the 
atouement  to  the  aefciially  saved.  That  the  facts 
iuchiiled  transcend  onr  finite  capacity  to  com- 
prehen.l,  admits  of  no  question.  But  wlUle  Ihey 
baffle  thu  mightiest  bitollect,  they  stagger  not 
the  weakest  faith.  Knowle<lge  is  not  the  limit 
of  fitith,  but  faith  is  the  nurse  of  knowledge. 
A  God  without  foreknowledge  is  no  more  fit  to 
rule  t-lie  Univeree  than  Calvin  or  Edwaitls.  I 
mean  fit  intcl lee lu ally.  The  iniuilie-e  fore- 
kiiowledye  of  all  future  events  is  wholly  beyond 
our  eoneeptioiijnit  ea.sy  to  our  faith.  The  God 
who  inspires  Prophets  must  have  a  iter/ect 
knowledge  of  eveiy  miunte  particular  to  whieli 
the  ptedietion  relates.  The  words  "  nntit  Shi- 
loh  come,"  took  in  nil  the  numifold  historical 
conilitions  that  eombiued  to  take  the  ^"irgui 
mother  from  Nazsireth  to  Bethlehem  to  give 
birth  to  Entmanuel  at  the  pi-ecise  time  and  -in 
the  exact  moment  foreknown  and  predestined 
by  the  Omniscient  (Gen.  iO:10).  This  is  but 
a  sample  of  «//  that  is.  To  foreknow  the  com- 
ing Eternity,  with  Time  included,  is  not  n  Di- 
vine elfort,  but  a  Divine  intuition,  a  Divine  nec- 
essity. Without  it,  Goil  would  not  be  God.  We 
need  entertain  no  I'ears  that  the  fyi-eknoivledge 
of  evil  is  a  derogation  of  the  Divine  cimracter. 
He  couhl  not  have  foretold  the  bruise  of  His 
Darling's  heel  without  forth nowimj  it.  The 
uon-anuuuciatiou  of  the  tragcdi'  of  Calvary 
would  have  been  no  proof  that  Deity  was  ig- 
norant of  it  nntil  it  had  transiiived.  or  was 
about  to  occur. 

Neitber  does  the  non-prediction  of  the  apos- 
tasv  of  ouv  primeval  ancestoi-a  furnish  an  ar- 
gument that  God  was  kept  in  the  dark  by 
the  necessity  of  His  constitution,  or  that  Ho 
kept  Himself  in  the  dark  by  a  self-roguhitinsj 
Ecveen.  withholdmg  from  Himself  a  knowledge 
which  He  could  not  help  having  without  lotuii' 
ianj  self-blindness.  If  there  is  anything  true 
about  God  it  is  His  uhsoliile  foreknowledge.  Ig- 
norance of  a  single  event  would  baffle  all  ar- 
rangements in  relation  to  what  is  known.  The 
falling  sparrow,  and  the  stray  ass,  enter  the  Di- 
vine Periscope  uo  less  than  the  rise  and  fall  of 
the  great  monarchs  imd  dynasties  of  History. 
Where  then  is  the  diflienlty  of  neccpliug  the 
foreknowle<tge  and  predestination  of  the  apostle 
Paul  in  relation  to  those  wljo  are  ultimately 
saveil.  God  need  not  force  events  to  fulfill  His 
preilictions;  neither  does  His  foreknowledge  of 
our  salvation  neces-iitate  the  coercion  of  our 
will,  or  the  weight  of  a  breath  to  turn  anj'- 
tbing  oiit  of  its  natural  course.  The  predesti- 
nation is  based  on  the  foreknowledge,  and  the 
foreknowledge  is  wholly  determined  by  the  nrl. 
itnl  iind  neceasarij .condition  of  things.  Our  vol- 
untary acts,  and  their  power  to  affect  the  course 


of  things,  arc  not  the  product  of  an   arbitrarj- 

deeree;  but  the  decree  lies  hack  of  all  phcnom- 
nmi,  in  the  Eternal  All-kjiowledge,  and  suits 
itself  to  the  forekno\vn,  and  is  limited  by  it. 
None  but  n  blinded  theorist  could  have  any  re- 
spect for  a  God  who  saves  many  or  few  onhj  he- 
le  He  win.  The  Divine  will  has  reason  and 
justice  in  it  iis  well  iis  Omniscience  and  Omnip- 
otence. 

It  would  be  wonderful  indeed  if  God  did  not 
foreknow  His  oisti  acts,  and  the  results  thereof. 
With  God's  reasons  or  purposes  as  related  to 
Himself,  it  is  not  our  business  to  meddle.  He 
who  sees  the  end  from  the  beginning,  is  able  to 
take  care  of  His  own  honor  and  Hjs  own  glory. 
The  forekuowledge  and  predestination  has  its 
objective  reason  in  what  will  ticlitnlUj  he;  the 
calling  and  justification,  in  that  which  is. 
God  does  not  foredeterminc  independent  of 
foreknowledge;  neither  does  He  call  or  justify 
independent  of  existing  necessities  and  condi- 
tions. As  Christ  is  tobe  '"  the  Fii-stborn  among 
many  brethren,"  there  must  be  an  agreement 
in  the  mmiuer  of  birth,  or  calling,  between  His 
and  theirs.  His  birth  was  not  arbitrary.  It 
was  foreknown,  predestined,  and  consummated 
in  the  view  of,  and  by  the  help  of,  the  human 
instrumentalities  which  were  whollj'  at  the  dis- 
posal of  powei-s  alien  to  God. 

Before  the  foundation  of  the  world  my  fate 
and  youi-3  was  foreknown,  or  God  could  have 
neither  thought  or  done  anything  for  ns  in  His 
purjiose  in  Hi.s  Son.  That  foreknowledge  took 
in  alt  the  facta  and  circumstances  by  which  our 
lot  is  determined.  And  on  this  rests  the  predes- 
linutiou,  the  call,  the  justification,  the  glorify- 
ing, and  all  that  follows.  .     - . 

SAYING  AND   DOING. 

IIY  D.  II,  JtKXTZKK. 
OUR  VltOllISES  TO  OTlIEIiS. 

ATOW  and  then  we  are  reminded  of  that  es- 
i-l  eellent  modern  precept:  nuihe  few  promis- 
es. If  I  eoiild  just  persuade  you,  my  dear  reader, 
to  think  of  its  great  excellence,  many  of  us 
would  doubtless  cause  less  disappointment  and 
grievance  amon.K  those  with  whom  our  society 
in  life  is  connected.  If  there  is  any  one  great 
reason  why  this  has  gone  forth  as  ,in  appropri- 
ate precept  iimong  the  people,  it  must  bebccause 
so  many  pi.rople  fail  to  make  good  their  promis- 
es. If  few  promises  are  made  it  follows  as  a  se- 
quence, that  few  disappointments  will  occur, 

V\'e  are  prone  to  make  many  promises — 
(|uick,  thoughtless  promises.  Thus  we  acquire 
a  habit  of  promising,  more  or  lesn  losing  the 
sense  of  the  importance  and  the  responsibility 
of  making  a  promise.  But  there  is  another 
stand-point  from  which  to  make  this  observa- 
tion, and  that  is, — we  are  inclined  to  exact  prom- 
ises— nnconditional,  unconsiderate  pionnscs. 
There  is  fault  on  both  sides,  imd  it  is  because 
we  are  luinian,  and  made  'weak  through  the 
tnmsgression.  But  we  must  rise  above  this 
plane  of  fiiUeu  liumamtv.  or  sink  deeper  mid 
deeper  still.  Blessed  is  lie  that  can  keep  his 
promises  and  fulfil  them  well  That  is  the  di- 
rection in  1  cl  e  si  o  1 1  be  t  a  n  1  B  t 
are  farm  -eea.  h  t  ain  I  the  other  w'k> — the 
wi-o'ng  w.  J  It  qu  es  o  s  11  n  o  nt  ot 
care,  wat  II  lue  a  ad  self  po'«e'«  on  uo 
days  to  act  j    u  le  tl)  o       p  on     e     ai  1 

our  a.sking. 

I  have  known  men  who  have  never  yet  ■'  put 
on  Christ"  who  are  exceedingly  guaiiled  in 
their  promises.  This  makes  me  think  that  in 
one  thing  at  least  they  would  make  good  Chris- 
tians. A  true  Christian  has  to  be  so  many 
things  that  a  perfect  man  can  rarely  .be  foimd. 
!f  any  man  have  one  specially  admimble  trait 
of  character,  it  is  this:  promising  rightly  and 
can^-ing  out  the  same  n-isely.  The  community 
needs  .euch  men;  the  nation  needs  hosts  of  such 
men;  mid  the  church  wimtsher  weak  [jlaces  re- 


plenished with  believers  of  the  same  sterling 
character.  God  wants  such  men.  The  prom- 
ise-maker ought  to  be  the  prorabe-fulfiller. 
When  he  says  definitely, "  I'll  P"!',"  he  docs  pay. 
When  he  promises,  whatever  it  be,  he  can  bo 
depended  upon.  If  he  fails,  he  learns  to  be 
more  careful,  and  particulai-,  more  guarded. 
This  is  wisdom,  and  as  Solomon  would  say, 
"  Therefore,  get  wisdom."  Mimy  a  man  who 
is  loose  in  Ins  promises,  would  be  very  strict  to 
fulfil  even  the  least,  if  failing  to  do  so  would 
take  his  possessions  from  him.  A  broken  prom- 
ise is  generally  »  loss — a  moral  loss.  The  loose 
liromise-maker  forgets,  or  is  not  aware,  that  he 
loses  l.he  confidence  of  those  whom  he  disappoints, 
and  filially  his  moral  vahie  is  set  so  low,  tliat  if 
he  reabzedifc  he  would  be  greatly  ashiimed.  ^^t 
let  us  turn  to  the  most  serious  side  of,our 
thoughts —  k 

OUR  PROMISES  TO  QOIJ.  >( 

To  man  we  may  say.  "yes,  yea,"  and  exercise 
our  o^vn  selfish  will  in  meeting  oui-  obligations 
or  disappointing  those  who  confide  in  our  ptom- 
ises.  We  still  live  and  may  seek  the  confidSuee 
of  others.  But  not  so  with  our  promises  to 
God.  If  we  pay  our  vows  to  the  Loi^d,  and  dis- 
appoint Him,  then  unto  whom  shall  we  go  for 
salvation.  His  conditions  are  laid  do^vn,  we 
promise  to  comply  with  them,  but  this  is  not 
salvation.  Saying  is  not  doing,  but  doini/  is 
both  saying  and  doing.  "Why  call  ye  Me, 
'  Lord,  Loivl/  and  do  not  the  tilings  that  I  aay?" 
It  takes  Jesus  to  ask  a  close  question,  and  stop 
all  mouths  from  quibbling.  But  Matthew  an 
eye-witness  and  hearer,  learning  at  the  feet  of 
Jesus,  has  recorded  a  very  simple  thought  of 
the.  Savior: ."  Not  every  one  that  says  unto-5fc, 
'  Lord,  Loi-d,"  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  My  Fath- 
er which  is  in  heaven."  Tliis  makes  tlie  pro- 
fession of  the  Christian  religion  a  most  solemn 
condition.  It  is  of  the  highest  moment, — fii^t, 
to  IciMW  the  will,  and  last  to  do  the  mil.  We 
may  feel  the  necessity  of  religion,  and  be  tii'cd 
of  sin.  We  maj'  promise  God  to  serve  Him, 
and  .then,  after  all,  keep  "  the  command- 
ments of  men,"  because  somebody  persuucled  iis 
by  his  learning,  or  "  flattering  words,"  or  "  fair 
speeches,"  to  embrace  the  religion  he  has.  But 
if  we  would  come  "  into  Christ,"  we  ionst  "know 
no  man  after  the  flesh  "  or  anything  else. 

He  is  in  ermr  whose  religion  is  not  plainly 
taught  by  the  Holy  Scriptures.  No  matter 
how  solemn  and  well-meant  his  promises  are, 
"  the  word  of  the  Lord  standeth  sure."  Jesus 
is  the  "  One  Lord,"  His  doctiine  is  the  "  One 
Faith,"  and  the  Church  is  the  "  One  Body."  He 
is  the  Head  and  His  church  ia  His  Body.  It  is 
one  Head  with  one  Body,  and  He  that  makes  it 
otherwise  rejects  the  Word  of  God.  0  (hat  men 
would  .seek  Jesus  and  hear  His  voice!  His  gra- 
cious words  are  the  beauty  and  sweetness  and 
life  of  every  page  from  Matthew  to  Revelation. 
Nowhere  does  He  teach  men  to  believe  on  Him 
a.stle  jleit  TJid  live  iis  they  desire.  All 
cr  1  ud  tcms  of  a  worldly  religion  must 
b  b'mloucl  11 1  the  one  truth  received  with 
fi  fa  tl  ind  through  deep  repentance.  Then 
tie  ol  btg  s  n  theonlyaudtruefoundation. 
But  even  then,  we  must  not  only  say  we  are  in 
the  TiHith,  in  Christ,  in  the  Church.  The  work 
nust  be  done,  or  ive  are  not  changed.  Jesus 
aid,  "Ye  wi»s(  be  Lorn  again."  Our  .estimate 
of  self  must  be  "loss,"  and  of  Christ,  " gain." 
f  he  lips  must  not  only  say,  "  I  offer  sacrifice," 
but  the  heart,  imd  the  head,  and  the  body  must 
be  presented  a  changed  and  "living sacrifice" 
to  God  continually.  Not  ouly  «"'.I""J  but  DO- 
ING is  the  all-needfu!  itiquisite  for  cih'zeuship 
in  the  "  Kingdom  'vhich  cannot  he  moved." 

0  brother,  sister,  let  lis  look  inward.  What 
a  sad  end,  that  we  should  fail  of  the  grace  of 
6od"(neb.  12:15).  Let  us  take  heed  now 
while  time  is.  The  Holy  Scriptures  declare 
that  some  will  be  disappointed.  Let  us  he  con- 
cerned about  so  important  a  matter,  like  the 
primitive  disciples  were — "  Lord,  is  it  I  i""    We 


can  Iqiow  it  now.  "  Examine  yonraclves  and 
see  whether  ye  be  hi  the  faith."  Let  us  cling 
to  the  old  atandant,  though  we  be  despised  and 
accounted  ignorant  among  men.  The  dayis 
fast  hastening  when  our  work  shall  bo  tried  "ns 
by  fire."  Our  work,  not  oursaying.  After  we 
have  done  all  that  we  have  been  commimdcd  to 
rfo.THEN  let  us  ^-.y-'-We  an-  unprofilable 
sorvimts." 


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BEGINNING  OF  THE  DAY. 

»Y  SILVIA  lirSASKlHE. 

E  all  know  how  hard  it  is  to  go  on  i)ieas- 
antly  if  we  have  made  a  bad  beginning. 
Breakfast  time  gives  the  turn  to  the  whols  day. 
If  father  is  stern  and  mother  is  cross;  if  the  big 
brother  gives  a  short  answer,  the  littlo  children 
catch  the  feeling  and  the  infection:  one  discor- 
datit  note,  sets  the  whole  household  choir  jar- 
ring; oiie  cross  face  repeats  itself  in  very  many 
variations:  one  angry  word  challenges  another. 

Let  us  be  careful  to  begin  right  in  the  mor- 
ning. Are  wa  careful  to  pray/  Do  wc  open  the 
day  with  a  petition  to  the  migiity  One  who 
guards  them  in  life  and  in  death?  Sunny  faces 
at  the  breakfast  table,  and  cheerful  gooil  mor- 
ning to  each  other,  are  blestsed  missionaries; 
they  start  everything  right,  and  all  housekeep- 
ers know  the  value  of  that.  Othere  who  aiv 
not  housekeepers  know  it  too,  and  benediction.t 
follow  the  man  or  woman  ivho  goes  doivn 
the  street  in  the  morning  with  a  bright  look 
and  a  word  of  cheer  for  evorj'  one  lie  nic-ts  on 
the  way. 

Vanluc,Ohio. 


BREVITY  OF  TIME. 

BY  H.  R.  SriFI.KR. 

ii  "TIOR  here  we  have  no  continuing  city,  bu 
A  we  seek  one  tni  come"(Heb.  13:  U). 
A  thousand  years  with  Christ  is  as  a  day  with 
us.  Time  is  fleeting,  and  passes  quickly  into 
eternity.  Thensinnor  delnynot  in  giring  your 
heart  to  Christ  in  your  youthful  days,  for  your 
life  at  greatest  length  is  but  a  span.  And  it- 
member  that  we  have  no  continuing,  no  abiding 
city  in  this  our  dwelling  place,  bnt  should  seek 
one  to  ccflne,  beyond  the  bright  Elysion  skies. 
Lot  nothing  of  this  world's  goods,  vanities  or 
vain  delusions  attract  you  or  rivet  yonr  faith  to 
them,  but  consider  your  faith  in  Clirist  Jesus, 
!Uid  lice  the  wrath  to  come.  0!  sinner,  seek  that 
golden  city,  that  heavenly  mansion,  whoso  streeU 
are  paved  with  gold,  and  whose  builder  and 
maker  is  God.  Seek  it  now,  for  your  life  may 
be  hut  for  a  day.    Rememlier, 

Life  is  short  and  time  is  fleeting, 
And  we  may  not  long  be  here, 

May  wc  then  to  Him  surrender, 
All  our  labor,  toil,  and  care. 

He  who  gave  His  life  a  ransom, 
For  us  ::U  that  we  might  live. 

Why  not  then  ye  wretched  sinnei* 
Turn  to  Jesus  Christ  and  livei* 

Live  above  the  sky  In  glory, 
Dwell  among  tlie  saints  of  light. 

Wait  not  then  until  to-morrow 
Come,  0!  come  to  Christ  to-night. 

To-night  you  have  His  promise,  for  many  of 
lis  niiiy  not  behold  the  light  of  l»-raoiTOW. 
Iklany  a  poor  fallen  mortal  is  brought  to  intense 
agony  aiul  grief,  by  waiting  forrepentanco  until 
a  more  convenient  season.  Then  remember, 
dear  reader,  that  death-bed  repentance  is  highly 
improbable.  Then  the  sinner  has  no  promise 
of  ft  prolonged  life;  for  the  Lonl  says,  "'The 
fear  of  the  Lord  prolongeth  days;  hut  the  yearn 
of  the  ^7icked  shall  be  shortened"  (Prov.  1": 
27). 

IhinJ.iij  h,i,;j.  Pti. 


TI-IB    BHETHKEN    A-T    "WOHIC. 


Febr 


P?  Some  girth. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

■'  Huabsnils,  lote  your  wivcfl." 

■'  WiTtJ,    obey   jour    husbnnds." 

"  Fatbon.  proToko  not  your  children  lo  wratli." 

"  Chililron,    oliey    your    pMcnU    in    nil    Ihings.' 


Edited  by  M.  M.  EsJielman. 


"  Give  me  j'our  heart,"  says  Jesus,  "imd  I'll 
iniike  you  rich  luifl  liappy.  I  am  your  friend, 
■will  you  be  miue  ?  "  Come,  dear  youth,  imd  say, 
Yes. 

Seek  not  the  riches  of  this  world,*  for  tliey 
l>riiig  sorrow,  trouble  and  often  destruction,  but 
ever  seek  the  riclies  of  Christ— riches  that  are 
full  of  joy  luid  pence. 


My  young  friunds,  the  Winter  is  passing  away 
very  fiist;  nnd  soon  many  of  you,  if  you  live, 
must  quit  school  and  go  to  work  with  your  hands. 
Study  ivell,  luid  do  not  idle  away  your  time  if 
you  would  be  good  men  and  women. 


Very  Bad.— It  i.s  liaixl  to  distinguish  some 

Christian  ebiirches  from  aiualeur  theatrical  as- 
sociations noiv-a-<lays.  It  is  beyond  the  powei- 
of  a  microscope,  magnifying  oau  thousand  times, 
to  show  the  line  where  the  world  ends  and  the 
church  begins. — Christkin  Iiahx. 


"WiTii-E  you  lire  rending  the  Home  Circle, 
Icnvning  how  plfiisant  miuiy  homes  are,  and  en- 
joying youi-selves  with  all  of  the  comforts  of 
life,  think  of  the  thousands  and  millions  who 
arc  poor,  and  wretched,  full  of  uiisery  and  suffer 
iny.  Yes,  think  of  thepe,  and  then  go  and  do 
all  the  good  you  can. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

LITTLE  children,  love  your  father, 
For  he  has  been  kind  to  you; 
And  be  ready  to  obey  hira, 
What  he  tcUcth  you  to  do. 

Little  children,  love  your  mother. 
For  she  is  your  kindest  friend; 

She  doth  caro  for  you  in  childhood, 
And  will  care  till  life  shall  end. 

Little  children,  hear  the  Savior — 
All  His  words  are  full  of  light; 

Children,  now  obey  your  parents 
In  the  Loi-d,  for  this  is  right. 

Honor  father  and  your  mother. 
That  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 

And  your  days  be  long  and  happy. 
On  this  earth  where  e'r  you  be. 

Little  children,  hoar  the  Savior, 

When  He  speaks  in  tones  of  love; 

Let  them  come,  oh  hear  Him  saying 
For  of  such  are  those  above. 

Little  children,  do  your  duty. 
Love  your  brothers,  sistei-s,  all; 

Let  me  say  to  you,  dear  children, 
Always  heed  the  Savior's  call. 

UxcLE  Jonx. 

LincohtviUv,  hul. 


he  can't  do  something  great,  he  won't  do  any- 
thing. If  all  were  willing  to  add  a  little  to  a 
prayer-meeting,  a  Sunday-school,  or  to  the 
strength  and  influence  of  the  church,  there 
would  not  be  so  many  praj-ing  to  be  excused. 
If  we  were  willing  to  ho  weak,  moke  simple 
prayers  and  speeches  when  we  can  do  no  better, 
wc  should  pray  oftener,  better,  and  in  every  way 
do  more  good.  Happy  is  the  man  who  ia  will- 
ing to  do  a  little,  to  be  the  servant  of  all,  a  door- 
keeper, bell-ringer,  fire-builder,  lanip-ligliter, 
anything  that  will  serve  Christ  in  the  house  of 
GaA—Sih-rled. 


CEILDREJ^'  AT    WORK. 


T  WOU 
i     CiicI 


A  TALK  WITH  THE  CHILDEN. 


■What  an  unhappy  place  that  must  be,  where 
father  and  mother  scold  each  other,  scold  their 
chiUlren  from  the  lime  they  rise  tiutil  they  go  to 
bed.  And  we  have  heard  parents  even  scold  the 
pigs  because  they  went  through  the  fence  where 
some  careless  fcnco-builder  left  u  hole,  scold  the 
chickens,  the  wind,  the  rain,  the  garden  seeds 
because  they  did  not  grow  fast  enough.  All!  a 
scolder  is  a  poor,  sad  creature.  God  pities  him; 
so  do  we.  ,^^^_^^.^^,_ 

HOW  THEY  LOVE  IT. 

Don-  Brother.-— 

I  THINK  your  youth's  department  adds  agood 
deal  to  the  usefulness  of  your  paper.  It 
gives  the  youth  an  eagerness  to  peruse  your 
pages,  and  thereby  lead  the  gentle  lambs  along 
the  line  of  duty,  then  those  that  will,  can  easilj- 
step  into  the  fold.  I  pray  that  your  paper  may 
he  kept  cleim  and  unspotted  from  the  world; 
yen,  when  the  proper  means  are  used,  it  brings 
food  to  many  a  hungry  soul.  I  believe  that 
there  are  thousands  that  Iced  on  the  husks  of 
earmdity,  and  they  do  it  with  a  clear  conscience, 
thinking  they  are  feasting  on  the  Lord  Jesus, 
H.  B.  Lehmas. 
Garrison,  Joica. 


HAPPY  HOME. 


HOME,  0  happy  home!  What  makes  home 
so  happy  thi.s  evening?  Why,  it  is  hap- 
py because  all  the  people  in  the  house  ti^  to 
make  each  other  happy.  The  little  folks  are 
kind  and  gentle  to  eadi'  other;  tliey  don't  scold 
and  push  each  other,  not  one  is  pouting,  not  one 
crying — all  busy,  trj-ing  to  do  each  other  good. 
Father  and  mother  are  so  kind  to  their  dear 
children,  and  their  dear  children  are  so  kind  to 
them — and  home  is  so  happy! 

Now,  here  comes  sister  Mary.  She  wants  to 
sing  the  pretty  songs  about  Jesus,  His  love  and 
grace,  liow  He  calls,  and  calls  tor  people  to  quit 
doing  bad  deeds,  and  come  lo  Him  and  live. 
Little  sisters,  brothers,  father  and  mother  all 
join  in  singing,  smiles  ai"C  on  each  face,  no  lui- 
kijid  woi-ds  arc  heai-d — home  is  happy.  When 
they  have  sung  many  pretty  words,  all  kneel 
down,  and  father  or  motlier  or  one  of  the  loving 
children  leads  in  a  good,  heartfelt  prayer,  whili 
the  others'  hearts  silently  send  up  their  thanks 
and  petitions  for  themselves  and  others- 
home  is  happy. 

When  the  last  united  "  Amen  "  is  heard,  all 
arise  and  again  sing,  "  Take  it  to  the  Lord  in 
Prayer,"  or  some  other  pretty  hymn,  then  the 
happy  children  kiss  their  happy  father  and  moth- 
er, and  each  other  "  Good  night,"  and  then  qui- 
etly go  away  to  rest  their  tender  bodies — and 
home  is  happy.  Father  and  mother  also  go  to 
rest,  feeling  so  good  that  the  evening  was  si)ent 
so  pleasantly.  Their  hearts  utter  praise  afti 
inaise  to  God  for  such  good,  kind  cluldrcn- 
and  home  is  happy. 


Dear  Chihlmi:— 

BEING  much  intciested  in  the  Home  Circle, 
I  will  also  fry  to  add  my  mite.  I  will  try 
to  give  you  an  interesting  little  Bible  incident. 
Our  story  is  about  a  little  maid  of  the  laud  of 
Israel. 

This  little  girl,  no  doubt,  had  a  pleasant  home 
in  her  native  country,  sunomuled  by  \-ineyarda 
and  olive  gardens.  Wc  may  imagine  she  was 
one  of  a  happy  home  circle,  having  a  kind  fath- 
er, an  affectionate  mother,  fond  brotliere  and 
sisters,  but  oh.  how  war,  cruel,  bloody  wiu-, 
changed  this  bright  scene  into  wretchedness  and 
woe.  This  dear  little  dark-eyed  maiden,  all  un- 
suspecting and  innocent,  was,  perhaps,  rambling 
over  her  native  valleys  or  hills,  when  lo!  sud- 
denly she  was  seized  by  some  rougli,  fierce  look- 
ing men  (these  men  were  soldiers  iii  the  service 
ol'  Syria)  and  taken  far  from  licr  home,  her 
kindred,  her  playmates,  and  everything  dear  to 
her,  into  a  strauge  country.  Here  she  Wiis  per- 
haps sold  into  slavery,  this  is  not  expressly  stat- 
ed, but  that  is  what  they  generally  did  with 
captives  in  those  days. 

Dear  children,  think  of  this  little  girl,  imag- 
ine yourselves  in  her  painful  circumstances,  and 
then  say,  if  you  haven't  much  to  be  grateful  for- 
Instcad  of  receiving  the  loving  caresses  of  fath- 
er, mother,  brothci-s  and  sistei-s,  she  is  now  a 
little  servant,  having  to  wait  on,  and  attend  a 
haughty  mistress.  And  what  made  it  stillw 
,  this  mistress  was  a  heathen,  a  worshiper  of  idols; 
she  knew  nothing  of  the  great  Jehovah,  whom 
this  little  girl  had  been  taught  to  worship. 

Now,  perhaps  soine  of  o>u-  dear  little  readers 
think,  if  they  were  so  painfully  situated,  they 
could  do  nothing  but  weep,  and  reoine;  no 
doubt  this  maiden's  little  heart  was  nearly  hro- 
keu,  but  her  conduct  shows  she  was  a  good  lit- 
tle girl.  She,  no  doubt,  had  been  blessed  with 
pious  parents,  who  had  taken  her  to  Jerusalem, 
where  she  had  seen  the  solemn  and  gorgeous 
worship  of  the  t«mple;  she  had  also  known  a 
very  good,  aged  man  whose  name  was  Elisha; 
this  man  was  a  prophet.  She  had  learned  that 
this  prophet  could  do  wonderful  things.  Now, 
this  little  giri's  mast«r,  though  a  veiy  rich  man, 
was  afflicted  with  a  most  dreadful  dLsease.  This 
little  maid,  though  her  master  had  been  the 
means  of  so  much  misery  to  her,  yet  she  bore 
him  no  hatred,  but  dcsu-ed  his  good,  so  she  said 
to  her  mistress,  "  Woidd  to  God  my  lord  were 
with  the  prophet  that  is  in  Samaria!  for  he 
would  recover  him  of  bis  leprosy."  Hermaster 
went,  at  her  suggestion,  and  the  happy  result 
was,  a  cure  from  his  leprosy  and  his  convei-sion 
from  idolatry,  to  be  a  worshiper  of  the  true  God.- 
Now  you  see,  dear  children,  how  much  good 
a  little  girl  wua  instrumental  in  bringing  about. 
It  all  was  the  result  of  her  faithfulness,  and 
kindness  of  heart.  She,  no  doubt,  also  indirect- 
ly reaped  the  benefit  of  her  piety,  for  her  mas- 
ter having  been  converted,  perhaps  returned  her 
to  her  native  home;  if  not  that,  we  may  well 
suppose,  in  gratitude  to  her,  for  Imving  directed 
liim  to  such  great  blessings,  he  everafter  treat- 
ed lier  mth  marked  kindness. 

Aunt  Mattie. 


CHRISTMAS   NIGHT. 

OULI)  like  to  add  my  uiito  to  the  Home 
I  am  eleven  years  old  and  attend 
school  regularly.  We  hnd  a  nice  time  on  Clirist- 
mas  night.  We  had  pieces  to  speak  and  shig, 
and  the  teacher  gave  us  all  presents,  I  gave  the 
opening  address  which  was  prepared  by  my  sis- 
tor.  It  riin  as  follows:  Kind  friends:  A  happy 
Christmas  to  you  all.  We  invite  you  to  listen  to 
our  childish  efforts  to-night.  It  gives  us  pleasure 
to  Icnow  that  we  have  the  privilege  to  entertain 
you,  making  our  parents  happy  and  our  hearts 
leap  mtli  joy,  as  we  look  around  the  room  and 
see  so  many  kind  faces  helping  us  to  celebrate 
the  birthday  of  our  Savior,  who  came  into  the 
world  to  bless  little  children,  ami  teach  men  the 
way  to  heaven.  Little  children,  our  Savior 
unce  a  little  child  like  you  and  I;  andlSTSyeara 

;o  to-night,  there  was  great  joy  in  the  land 
Judea,  because  a  Savior  was  i)orn.  The  glad 
tidings  were  made  knowni  to  the  world  by  the 
heavenly  host,  and  the  star  in  the  East  guided 
the  good  men  to  where  the  Savior  lay.  What  a 
time  of  rejoicing!  They  took  presents  to  the 
hnmljlo  place  and  worshipped  Him,  He  taught 
peace,  love  and  good  will  to  all. 

DXLLA  LlERLE, 

Lihcrhj.  in. 


ABOUT  SOME  QUESTIONS. 

SEEING  A.  J,  Robinson's  question,  asking 
what  name  in  the  Bible  spells  the  same 
backwards  as  ibrwards,  by  placing  the  fourth 
letter  before  the  fifth,  I  answer,  Nathan.  But 
instead  of  placing  the  fourth  before  the  fifth,  it 
is  the  third  before  the  fourth.  Now  am  I  right? 
We  read  of  Nathan  in  2  Sam.  13:  1,  and  the 
same  of  Naainan.  Now,  I  have  a  question: 
Who  was  the  oldest  man  that  ever  lived,  yet 
died  before  his  father? 

My  grandmother  is  here  at  our  house,  very 
sick.  She  was  anouited  last  Thursday.  She  is 
now  gettbig  better.  Our  Sunday-school  has 
closed  for  this  Winter. 

Maky  J.  BOWKIIS. 


II '«(/./« i/i's  Gro 


:  III. 


FROM   MELISSA  FORNEY. 


DO    A    LITTLE. 

MANY  a  Christian  destroys  his  peace  and 
usefulness,  because  he  is  not  ivilling  to  do 
little  things.    He  wants  to  speak  and  pray  well, 

eloiiuently,  edifyingly,  or  not  at  all.     Because 


OH,  what  thoughts  and  tender  emotions  clus- 
ter in  those  few-words,  "The  Home  Circle." 
How  eagerly  we  love  to  peruse  the  page  devot- 
ed to  tiduigs  from  the  loved  ones  of  that  circle. 
It  is  delightful  to  commune  with  our  dear  fellow- 
pilgrims,  even  at  the  distance  of  many  miles 
and  to  feel  that  the  bond  which  unites  us  togeth- 
er in  a  home  ckele,  is  our  fellowship  with  heav- 
en. To  love  in  Cluist,  is  the  happiest  earthly 
feeling,  and  I  do  truat.that  each  true  member  of 
''The  Home  Circle,"  thus  love  each  other.  It 
seems  a  preparation  for  another  state  of  being, 
where  "  God  will  be  all  in  all; "  for  the  love  that 
belongs  to  the  soul,  cannot  die.  But  in  our 
Father's  house,  purified  and  maile  one  in  Jesus, 
we  still  will  love  and  not  the  less,  for  rotnembcr- 
iug,  that  in  this  earth's  pilgrimage  we  held  sweet 
converee  Jind  often  met  in  spirit  before  the 
Lord. 

Gentle  reader,  have  you  not  often  looked  mth 
the  eye  of  faith  to  yonder  home,  and  the  many 
loved  ones  that  help  form  that  circle?  What 
innocent  faith  and  love  I  see  displayed  in  those 
lettei-s  from  the  little  folks;  and  I  think  of  nnmy 
little  jewels  that  emhcllish  the  coronet  of 
Master,  and  arc  happy  in  that  bright  circle 
above.  I  often  tell  my  little  boys  and  girls  that, 
if  they  are  obedient  to  their  parents,  thaC  God 
ivill  take  them  to  the  bright  world  above,  if 
calledttway  in  their  young  years;  for,  little  ones, 
the  promise  is  to  you.  "Suffer  little  children 
to  come  unto  me,  for  of  such  ia  the  kingdom  of 
heaven." 


From  Chnrle.s  Moomnw.— D«ir  Eiiitnr: — 
I  am  ever  so  glad  to  read  letters  from  little  boys 
and  girls.  I  have  not  the  chimces  to  learn,  as 
some  other  boys  have.  I  am  the  oldest  boy,  and 
as  father  has  lo  be  awjiy  preaching  verj-  often,  I 
must  stay  at  home  and  attend  to  things.  I  love 
to  go  to  meeting.  Was  with  pa  and  nui  to  a 
Love-feast  last  Fall  ami  felt  good  there,  I  shall 
go  to  school  whenever  I  can,  but  in  the  Spring 
I  must  stay  at  home  all  the  time,  to  plow  and 
harrow,    I  lun  ten  years  old. 

Pm-ph-  Ciiiic.  Nek 

Fvoni  Sliiiron  R.  Unssornmn. — Dear  Ktlil- 
: — I  wish  to  becomo  a  memhi^r  of  the  "  Chil- 
dren at  Work."  I  live  in  the  toivu  of  Dunkirk, 
Ohio.  Like  to  go  to  meeting.  My  father  is  a 
minister  and  I  often  go  with  him  to  meeting. 
I  am  nine  years  old,  and  do  some  work  for  ray 
parents.  We  live  six  miles  from  the  place  of 
meeting.  We  talk  some  of  building  a  meeting- 
house in  town. 

From  Louie  C.  Hick«y.— Dmr  Editor:— I 
am  a  little  girl,  eleven  years  old,  and  go  to  school. 
I  rend  in  the  sixth  render,  study  geography, 
spelling,  mental  and  written  arithmetic.  I  will 
ask  the  little  folks  a  question:  Which  is  the 
shortest  chapter  in  the  Bible?  I  wimt  to  sec 
who  can  anawer.this  fii-st, 

Whiksville,  Mo. 

Fi'om  S.H.  C\aai;— Dear  i'./.Voi:- All  the 
little  boys  and  girls  are  writing  lettere,  so  I 
guess  1  must  write  one  too.  I  am  sixteen  yeai-s 
old,  and  am  going  to  school;  am  not  gifted  in 
learning  as  some  boys  are.  Went  to  Sunday- 
school  last  Summer  and  to  a  Bible  class  this 
''ijit«r.  Have  one  sister  and  two  brothoi-s;  one 
a  member  of  the  church.  Mypapanjid  niam- 
nm  are  memhere  too.  We  have  preaching  every 
two  weeks.  This  is  the  first  year  that  we  get 
your  worthy  paper,  and  we  all  lilvG  to  n.'ad  it. 
We  have  received  four  copies;  we  have  not  the 
time  to  read  very  much.  My  morning  and  even- 
work  is,  to  feed  and  chop  wood.  I  am  young 
in  years,  but  hav.;  come  out  from  among  the 
worlil,  and  am  now  trying  to  serve  the  Lord, 
Woodhimj,  P«. 

From  Miltou  J.  Keiser.— 0.'«i-7i'-"r/(n-.— I 
have  been  reading  your  [japer,  and  I  find  many 
;oodlittle  letters.  We  have  had  a  good  protracted 
meeting  this  Winter;  there  were  nineteen  bap- 
tised and  four  more  have  applied,  and  I  can  say 
that  I  am  one  of  them.  I  like  to  go  to  meet- 
ing. Have  two  brothera  and  three  sistei-s  living, 
and  one  sistor  dead;  and  I  have  a  father  which, 
I  have  reasons  to  believe,  is  in  the  paradise  of 
God.  He  tried  to  teach  us  tho  Will  of  God. 
Only  one  of  my  sistera  belongs  to  the  church, 
and  my  mother  belongs  too.  I  would  like  to  see 
all  you  little  boj-s  and  girls  and  talk  with  you, 
I  am  thirteen  yeai-s  old. 
Vallcij  Furnace,  W.  Vti. 


When  you  speak  to  any  person  look  him 

the  face. 
Good  company  and  good  conversation  are  the 

very  sinews  of  virtue. 

Goofl  character  is  above  all  things  else- 
Never  listen  to  idle  or  loose  conversation 
YoTir  character  cannot  be  essentially  injured 

except  by  your  own  acts. 


From  Micliiiel  Ovcrlioltzer.— Den-  Edit- 
or:— I  have  five  brothers  and  three  sisters.  I 
am  thirteen  yeai-s  old.  My  father  and  mother 
belong  to  the  church.  Wc  have  meeting  in  our 
sehool-honse  every  two  weeks;  it  is  three  quar- 
ters of  a  mile  from  our  house.  I  love  to  go  to 
meeting  and  hear  them  talk  of  the  Scriptures, 
I  was  in  Illinois  la.st  Fall  ayear  ago,  with  my 
father  ami  mother,  to  see  my  crandpa  and  grand- 
ma Harnish,  and  my  uncles,  aunts,  and  cousins. 
It  is  too  cold  to  live  there;  I  would  sooner  live 
in  California,  where  wo  have  a  pleasant  climate 
and  plenty  of  all  kinds  of  fruit.  We  have  lived 
here  thirteen  years. 

Bunt  as,  Cal. 

From  Flora  Stouer. — Dan-  Editor: — I  see 
so  nmny  nice  letters  in  your  paper,  ivritten  by 
little  boys  and  girls.  I  am  nearly  twelve  years 
old,  I  live  ivith  my  aunt,  near  Columbia  City, 
Iowa;  my  father  lives  in  Jasper  Co.,  Iowa.  My 
mother  is  dead.  I  don't  go  to  school  at  present. 
I  like  to  read  the  paper.  There  are  no  Breth- 
ren here.  We  would  like  to  have  some  Breth- 
ren come  here  and  preach  for  ua.  Grandpa 
Toms  lives  ivith  us.  I  hope  the  little  boys  and 
girls  will  read  this  with  pleasure. 

From  John  II.  Nowlaii.— -Dear  Editor:— I 
am  a  little  boy,  ten  years  old,  and  go  to  school 
to  Mr.  George  Grigg.  I  like  to  go  to  school  and 
meeting  too.  The  church  is  on  one  comer  oi 
our  fann,  and  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from 
our  house.  Pa  and  ma  belong  to  the  Brethren 
church.  Pfi  {my  steii-father,  J.  P.  Lilligh)  used 
to  know  Mr,  Esheinian  in  Pennsylvania,  when 
they  were  hoys.  Brethren  Metzger  and  Hend- 
ricks come  here  sometimes  and  preach  for  us. 
They  were  both  here  this  Fall  and  Winter,  and 
had  meeting.  Pa  takes  your  paper,  and  I  like 
to  read  it. 

Miilba-rij  Groef.  III. 


February 


THE    XSKETFIKE^T    ^T    "WOKK. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


FROM    DENMARK. 


]>eiv  lirethrrn: — 

AS  yoii  ileairo  to  liear  from  us  cvltj-  week,  we 
will  pen  you  n  few  thooght.s ;  but  liave 
jiotliiny  of  unu!<uiil  interest  to  cliraiiicle  for 
your  pnper  at  this  (lat<;  relative  to  the  prosper- 
ity of  the  Mission,  anti  little  church  in  Den- 
mark. No  additions  sinee  the  middle  of  De- 
cember; but  from  diiferent  manifestations  we 
are  made  to  believe  there  are  some  that  arc  not 
far  from  the  kingdom;  and  calls  for  preaching 
nrii  sent  in  from  time  to  time,  whicli  will,  in 
time,  enlarge  the  Mission  field.  It  now  ex- 
tends about  forty  English  or  ten  Danish  miles 
North  imd  South,  and  about  fifteen  East  and 
West;  and  North  of  this  from  sea  to  sea. 

Our  dear  miuist*ri:ig  brethren  wore  about 
twenty  miles  North  a  lew  weela  ago;  had  six  or 
eight  appointments  at  ditFerent  idnccs;  were  ab- 
sent four  days,  and  in  that  time  walked  over  fif- 
ty miles,and  part  of  the  time  but  litHecomfortable 
sleep.  They  report  much  encouragement,  good 
attention  paid  to  the  Word  preaelied,  imd 
strong  desires  for  more  preaching,  hence  left 
sixteen  or  eighteen  appointmenb  to  be  filled, 
comnieneuig  on  the  9th  of  February. 

The  brethren  seemed  to  be  much  pleased 
with  the  inhabitants  of  that  part  of  the  coun- 
try, although  most  of  them  make  their  living 
by  fishing;  not  a  bad  omen  for  missionarj'  suc- 
cess, when  we  take  into  consideration  that  the 
fii-st  heralds  of  the  Gospel  were  fishermen; 
the  Savior  calling,  they  gladly  and  willingly  left 
iril,  even  tlieir  father,  Zebedee,  and  followed 
Him,  and  they  became  fishers  of  men.  Would 
to  God  the  same  joyful  story  could  be  told  of 
North  Denmark  before  many  yeai-s. 

They  have  great  success  in  fishing,  as  they 
enjoy  advantages  rarely  to  be  found ;  the  coun- 
try being  only  about  eight  miles  \vide  from  sea 
tosea.  As  the  nature  of  thosefisbis  tofollowthe 
current  of  the  wind,  when  the  wind  is  from 
the  East,  they  come  to  the  Eastern  shore,  and 
vUr  versa,  on  the  Western.  The  fisherman 
ha\'ing  only  eight  miles  across  the  land,  it  is  a 
small  matter  to  haul  their  boats  across,  and  thus 
have  the  benefit  of  both  shores.  Thousands 
are  brought  into  our  umrkcts  daily,  and  can  be 
liad  on  much  cheaper  terms  than  beef,  pork  or 
even  horse  flesh ;  it  being  the  cheapest,  and  hence 
made  use  of  by  many  of  the  poorer  inhabitants. 
They  use  it  generally  dried  and  smoked;  but  in 
this  I  can  say  like  Peter,  nothing  common  or 
unclean  hits  entered  my  mouth  (knomngly),  and 
the  fish  ive  think  are  not  quite  so  palatable  as 
fresh  water  fish  in  America,  yet  are  considered 
excellent  by  the  natives. 

One  thought  more  in  reference  to  the  fish  and 
the  Mission  in  North  Denmark,  and  I  itm  done 
with  that.  I  entertain  strong  hopes  for  the 
Brethren's  success  up  North,  from  what  I  have 
learned  of  them,  and  what  little  we  have  learn- 
ed of  human  nature.  In  spiritual  things  man 
is  so  much  like  those  fish,  inclined  to  go  the 
way  the  wind  blows;  and  in  this  the  apostle 
warned  his  brethren  that  they  should  not  be 
blown  about  with  every  wind  of  doctrine;  and 
in  consequence  of  the  people  being  priest-ridden 
by  a  proud,  hired  ministry,  they  have  become 
dissatisfied,  and  the  yoke  being  too  galling,  they 
have  thrown  it  off,  and  consequently  no  more 
preaching  by  the  Sribes  mid  Pharisees  and  hyp- 
ocrites, which  bind  heavy  burdens  and  lay  them 
on  men's  shoulders,  while  they  will  not  touch 
them  with  one  of  their  fingers;  who  love  to  sit 
in  Moses'  seat,  and  choose  the  uppermost  rooms 
at  feasts,  and  the  chief  seats  in  the  sj-uagogues, 
and  to  be  called  of  men,  Rabbi,  Rabbi.  As  a  mat- 
ter, of  course,  that  religious  tide  is  so  low  that 
their  ship  is  stuck,  and  when  they  see  tlie  Breth- 
ren steer  the  good  old  ship  Zion,  all  built  good 
and  strong  with  Gospel  material,  able  to  sail 
amidst  the  rocks  and  quicksand  without  sustain- 
ing any  injury  to  herself  or  passengers,  and  of- 
feis  a  free  passage  without  price;  methinks  many 
will  heed  the  call  and  set  sail.  Let  us  pray  for 
it  dear  brethren. 

If  I  rightly  remember  I  wrote  you  in  a  for- 
mer letter  of  the  full  orgiiuiaitiou  of  the  church. 
They  are  now  offii:ially,  and  we  think  mentally, 
([ualified  to  carry  out  the  ordinances  and  duties 
couuccted  with  the- church  as  introduced  by  our 
Savior,  imd  handed  down  by  the  apostles.  All 
the  membei's,  and  especilly  the  ministering 
brethren,  manifest  a  commendable  zeal  in  the 
Master's  cause;  willing  to  do  all  in  their  power, 
yea,  and  beyond  their  power  to  spread  the 
Truth,  and  save  i>erishing  souls;  but  Satan  is 
already  busy  scheming  for  their  fall,  and  to 
sift  them  as  wheat,  .\lready  a  sister  was  heard 
say,  "  Brethren  I  tear  I  must  leave  the  church, 
lor  the  treatment  of  my  husband  towards  me 
because  of  my  connection  ivith  the  church,  is 
almost  intolerable."     Hut  we  have  frequently 


met  ivith  similar  cases,  and  not  unfrequently 
were  they  brought  to  see  their  wickedness  in 
due  time,  and  hope  and  pray  it  may  be  so  in 
this  case. 

To-morrow,  if  the  Lord  will,  Bro.  Fry  and 
myself  intend  to  start  for  Germany,  and  leave 
our  ivives  here  until  we  ascertian  whether  our 
labors  will  be  appreciated,  and  whether  we  can 
secure  a  suitable  place  for  their  abode  while  in 
Germany  without  additional  expense.  If  so,  we 
shall  send  for  them  and  remain  several  weeks; 
hut  if  not.  go  to  England  and  spend  sometime 
there.  And  the  success  we  meet  with  in  those 
two  places,  will  dctermuie  the  time  of  our  de- 
partui-e  for  America,  if  no  other  unforeseen 
events  transpire  to  frustrate  our  designs,  hence 
cannot  give  a  satisfactorj'  answer  to  those  of 
our  correspondents  who  would  like  to  know, 
and  say,  "  We  wish  you  to  come  as  soon  as  you 
can,"  while  others  say,  "  Do  not  he  too  much 
in  a  hurry;  since  you  ai-e  over  there,  sjtend 
some  time  in  Germany  and  England;  there  will 
he  sutEcient  means  forth-comiug."  If  sueh  who 
think  so,  will  suit  the  action  to  the  word,  we 
can  venture,  but  so  fiir  we  do  not  feel  to  ven- 
ture too  far.  Our  last  informntion  was,  "  not 
much  in  the  treasury,"  and  a  treasury  without 
anything  in  it,  is  more  of  anuisance  thananad- 
vantiige;  but  it  may  be  quite  otherwise  by  this 
tinie,  as  our  remoteness  gives  ample  time  for 
great  revolutions  to  take  place  before  we  can  be 
apprised  of  it. 

Sometimes  our  conversation  runs  like  this, 
relative  to  crossing  the  ocean.  Well,  if  we  can 
get  around  satisfactorily  so  wo  think  we  have 
done  our  duty,  we  would  like  to  cross  about 
the  la.st  of  February  or  first  of  March;  but  if 
not,  then  we  would  rather  wait  till  between  the 
first  and  middle  of  April.  That  is  about  as 
near  as  we  can  tell  you  at  this  time  when  we 
will  start  for  America.  But  all  such  temporary 
decisions  are  like  the  door  on  its  hinges. 

Our  health  still  continues  to  be  good,  for 
which  we  truly  try  to  he  thankful;  though  sick- 
ness and  death  is  prevalent.  For  almost  every 
day  for  at  least  a  week,  the  bells  in  the  village 
have  been  ringing  to  signal  the  death  of  some 
loved  one.  I  say  ringing  inst-ead  of  tolling,  be- 
cause their  method  of  linging  to  an  Amercan 
would  be  the  signal  of  fire.  The  three  bells  all 
commence  a  vigorous  ringing  (I  am  told)  when 
the  grave  is  ready,  and  continue  till  the  corpse 
is  in  the  grave  and  the  ceremony  is  performed, 
which  consists  in  singing  a  few  verses,  and 
brief  remarks,  then  a  short  prayer  and  a  short 
ceremony  over  the  dead,  and  then  the  Doxology 
is  sung  and  the  congregation  is  dismissed;  thou 
the  grave  is  left  in  the  charge  of  the  sextou. 

The  weather  still  contnues  to  be  mild,  mostly 
damp  and  foggj',  and  sometimes  rain.     Hatl 
three  or  four  little  snows,  hut  soon  melts  away 
does  not  leave  the  roads  quite  as  deep  with  mud 
i  in  the  Western   States  in   America,    (from 
hat  we  can  learn  from  papers  and  letters);  the 
soil  being  more  sandy  and  heavey,  yet  the  walk- 
ing is  unpleasant;  hence  adds  to  the  labor  of 
ir  ministering  brethren. 

Some  of 'our  correspondents  say,  "Let  us 
have  a  piece  in  the  Brethbex  at  Wohk  every 
week.  Whatever  you  writ*,  whether  about 
the  church  or  country,  will  be  read  with  inter- 
The  face  of  the  country,  the  nature  and 
quality  of  the  soil  with  the  staple  articles  of 
produce,  all  have  been  promiscuously  itemi2ed 
in  my  former  communications.  Matters  of 
more  profound  interest,  such  as  the  true  state 
of  national  affairs,  the  progress  of  education, 
feelings  and  opinions  of  the  people  in  matters 
of  religion,  &c,  are  items  pretty  difficult  to 
certain,  not  being  able  to  converse  with  but  a 
few,  and  with  those  we  cannot  associate  much, 
being  too  far  apart.  But  the  countrj-  with  its 
low,  straw-roofed  buildings,  the  customs  and 
habits  of  the  people,  with  their  farming  imple- 
ments and  household  funiture,  their  looms  and 
spinning  wheels,  wool  and  flax,  manner  of  cook- 
and  eating,  all  combine  to  carry  our  minds 
back  to  our  boyhood,  but  mora  especially  back 
to  our  father's  boyhood,  nearly  one  centurj- 
ago,  when  our  grandfather's  carried  the  Euro- 
pean customs  and  habits  across  the  ocean,  and 
introduced  them  into  America;  but  soon  lost 
them  or  exchanged  them  for  better  ones,  bav- 
beeome  wealthy,  hence  more  energetic  than 
those  they  left  behind  in  their  native  conntiy. 

The  Americans  have  out-stripped  every  na- 
tion under  heaven,  in  point  of  wealth  and  im- 
provement, education,  government  and  relig- 
ion, (counting  true  and  false,  or  pure  and  unde- 
filed).  The  Europeans  have  in  a  great  meas- 
itood  still;  they  arc  satisfied  with  the  old, 
want  nothing  new.  So  in  matters  of  religion; 
many  of  them  are  satisfied  with  what  their 
taught  them.  They  are  afraid  of  our 
new  religion,  (as  they  suppose  it  to  be)  until 
they  see  that  ours  is  much  older  tbiui  their's, 
for  we  trace  our's  to  Christ   and  the    Apostles; 


they   can    their'a    only    to    the    Reformation 
Much  love  to  all  the  saints. 
Hjorring,  Denmark,  Jan.  21, 1878. 


FROM    INDIANA. 

iJrar  Brftlnrn.— 

I  FELT  somewhat  grieved  when  you  started 
the  Brrthren-  at  Work,  just  at  the  time 
when  we  thought  to  have  gained  our  object,- 
the  consolidation  of  the  two,  or  rather  threi 
periodicals,  ex]»ecting  now  to  get  all  the  new 
and  good  counsels  of  the  whole  brotherhood  for 
a  small  amount  of  money.  You  know  it  is  a 
fixed  principle  in  man,  to  get  the  most  for  the 
least  return.  But  your  move  disappointed  us; 
nevertheless  I  now  feel  reconciled,  not  that  I 
think  your  paper  better  than  others;  but  the 
title  stirred  up  some  brethren  that  lay  dormant, 
and  some  that  were  prejudiced  against  the  other 
publications.  I  look  forward  with  fond  antici- 
pations to  the  time  that  this  mountain  of  pre- 
judice vnW  gradually  melt  away  before  the  il- 
luminating rays  of  light  until  every  family  of 
oxir  dear  brotherhood  is  supplied  with  reading 
matter,  brought  forth  by  those  whom  we  dear- 
ly love. 

I  will  here  remark  that  I  Ihink  it  is  an  un- 
called for  modesty  to  withhold  one's  name  from 
the  public  whu-n  it  would  have  the  effect  to 
bring  us  in  sympatliy  with  each  other,  besides 
encouraging  us  in  perseverance  when  we  see 
the  improvements  made  in  or  by  the  writers.  — 
For  instance,  there  appears  a  number  of  names 
of  persons  formerly  opposers  to  church  litera- 
ture, now  zealous  workers  in  that  field.  Names 
are  on  the  list,  who  formerly  opposed  ehureh 
extension  and  went  so  far  aa  to  forbid  continu- 
ous preaching  in  one  and  the  same  place.  Now 
they  are  earnest  advocates  in  tlie  missionary 
movement.  I  acknowledge  myself  one  of  the 
class.  As  early  as  1834  brother  H.  Kurtz,  sol- 
icited my  co-operation  to  publish  a  Brethren's 
paper.  But  my  objections  then  were  that  other 
brethren  would  rise  to  publish  papers,  and  a  pa- 
per war  would  be  the  result.  He  desisted  until 
the  year  1851.  My  objections  appeared  in  the 
two  fii-st  volumes  as  well  as  other  brethren's. — 
Tlie  third  volume  presented  my  convei-sion  on 
the  first  page  and  first  number.  I  procured 
dozens  of  subscribers  in  consequence. 

Thus  brethren  like  myself  progressed  steadily 
until  opposition  to  Brethren's  periodicals  is 
held  but  by  a  few,  comparitively  speaking.  Yet 
there  are  still  too  many  of  that  class  who  stand 
in  their  own  light. 

I  objected  to  the  building  of  churches;  others 
did  the  same.  I  repented,  and  others  followed 
my  example.  There  are  still  some  of  the  kind, 
even  where  I  am  laboring,  we  can  have  but  ev- 
ening meetings.  Outsiders  urge  the  Brethren 
to  build  a  meeting-house.  Some  will  give  8100, 
others  $50,  §25  and  so  on.  Yet  a  few  of  the 
wealthiest  brethren  are  conscientious  (?)  about 
it,  so  the  majority  must  yield  to  the  minority. 
Church  extension,  missionary  work,  Sunday 
Schools,  meetings  like  those  that  the  first  Chris- 
tians held  when  Peter  knocked  at  the  door,  all 
are  opjiosed  by  a  few  for  the  want  of  better  edu. 
cation;  for  I  bear  them  testimony  that  they 
have  a  zeal  in  the  Master's  cause,  only  lack 
light  and  a  little  less  self-will.  Conscience 
wpuld  feel  much  easier  and  the  purse-string  a 
great  deal  loo.^er,  the  heart  would  expand  wider, 
the  blood,  (1  mean  love)  would  flow  easier 
throughout  the  whole  body,  (church)  health 
and  peace  and  joy  and  comfort  would  be  extend- 
ed from  shore  to  shore.  Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,  peace  on  earth,  and  good  will  t-o  man 
would  echo  throughout  the  universe. 

I  would  not  wish  to  be  understood  that  I 
slander  my  beloved  brethren,  that  see  differently 
from  me.  I  was  ouce  on  that  side  in  most  of 
those  things  ivhich  I  named  above,  and  even  an 
opponent  to  education,  jet  all  the  time  studpng 
with  all  my  might  in  any  and  every  way  to  be- 
come a  worker  approved  of  God  and  men;  and 
no  small  satisfaction  was  it  to  me,  when  ad- 
versities reached  their  bight,  and  a  smile  or  a 
word  of  approval  was  tendered.  I  don't  frown 
at  yoH,  brethren  when  you  still  think  it  wrong 
to  give  money  to  your  brethren  ivhen  they  la- 
bor for  you  and  the  world.  While  you  think 
it  might  make  them  proud,  I  assure  you  of  a 
dilferent  feeling  when  they  have  left  their  fam- 
ilies, spent  their  acimty  dimes,  and  have  wept 
and  prayed  on  the  road  to  you.  I  say,  I  don't 
frown  at  you.  but  it  freezes  my  heart  and  closes 
the  avenues  of  the  mind,  becimse  you  cannot 
sympathize  with  your  brethren. 

I  wish  you  coulil  have  a  peep  into  the  heart 
a  brother  when  his  need  is  supplied  by  an 
open  baud  and  a  smiling  face.  I  wish  your  ear 
could  hear  the  words,  issuing  from  the  inmost 
of  his  aoul,  yon  would  perhaps  stand  amazed 
and  smite  your  breast. 

It  is  true  there  are  egotistic  ministers,  but 


they  cannot  be  s|>oileil  worse  than  egotistic  lay 
members,  and  they  are  not  only  found  among 
the  yoiuig,  but— sad  to  tell— in  equal  propop- 
tion  among  sages! 

Now,  brethren  Editors,  before  I  began  to 
ivrite  I  asked  myself  the  question.  Will  it  pay? 
The  answer  was.  Try.  My  egotism  does  not 
insist  on  you  that  you  must  publish  what  I 
have  written.  When  you  have  looked  it  over, 
and  think  it  will  not  pay,  throw  it  in  the  waste 
basket.     Farewell! 

F.  P.  Lffinn. 


FROM  GRUNDY  CENTER,   IOWA. 
Diar  Brcthrai .— 

ON  the  2',Hh  of  Jan.,  Bro.  Bauman  returned 
from  Marshall  Co.,  to  our  town,  and 
jireached  nine  sermons  for  us.  During  this 
time  six  souls  were  made  willing  to  forsake  sin 
and  join  in  with  the  children  of  God.  During 
all  of  our  meetings,  lately  held,  Bro.  Bauman 
being  the  speaker,  twenty-one  have  come  out 
on  the  Lord's  side. 

I  feel  like  giving  the  way  and  manner  that 
the  meetings  were  conducted,  hut  for  the  pre- 
sent mil  not  do  so.  I  ivill  however  give  a  little 
hint  to  my  brethren  by  saying  to  them:  Aim 
right  at  the  sinner  with  the  Word  of  God  and 
tell  him  that  you  mean  him,  etc.  Again,  let  all 
indifference  among  believers  be  put  away  and 
all  watch  and  ivorfc  more  with  the  ministent.  — 
We  all  have  an  influence,  and  that  influence  is 
either  for  good  or  bad. 

Jesus  says:  "  Let  your  light  shine,  etc.  This 
means,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  we  ought  ta 
always  be  careful  what  we  say  luid  do.  Some- 
times after^)reaching  I  think  this  was  a  good 
meeting,  and  that  we  have  been  all  made  strong- 
er; but  in  a  lew  days  we  hear  some  outsider 
complain  about  a  member  which  makes  our 
heart  bleed.  Then  the  thought  presents  itself, 
there  it  is  again,  it  will  take  several  meetings  to 
heal  that  over. 

Right  here  comes  in  the  great  necessity  of  us, 

bo  have  made  a  profession,  to  always  be  on 
our  guard,  not  only  when  brethren  and  sistera 
are  around  ns,  but  always,  Remember,  dear 
Christians,  that  outsiders  notice  all  these  things 
md  then  make  capital  of  thein.  Oh  how  care- 
ful we  ought  to  live!  If  wo  would  live,  as  we 
ought  to  live,  nine-tenths  of   tlie   preaching 


would  be  done. 


J.  M.  SNVDEn. 


FROM    CENTREVIEW,    MO. 

AM  a  new  member,  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Campbellite  church.      We,  my  hus- 
band and  I,  joined  about  three  months  ago.  We 
have  been  living  very  happy  ever  since,   as  we 
are  both  in  the  same  church. 

We  have  a  very  intelligent  congregatioa 
here.  We  number  about  forty  or  more,  mem- 
bers, and  are  in  ii  verj'  prosperous  condition, 
though  we  have  a  great  many  oppositions  to 
endure  from  various  sources,  and  our  town,  al- 
though it  is  but  small,  is  very  much  divided  in 
matters  of  religion. 

The  brethren  and  sistei-s  are  all  in  love  and 
union.  It  appears  to  me  that  they  go  to  church 
to  worship  God,  as  Christ's  followers  will  do.^ 
This  is  the  church  I  have  hail  in  my  mind  be- 
fore I  knew  of  the  Brethren,  and  thanks  be  to 
God,  I  have  found  it. 

We  had  a  series  of  meetings  in  January  with 
no  accessions,  but  we  felt  that  our  labors  were 
not  in  vain,  for  I  feel  that  some  were  almost 
pereuaded.  Attendance  good,  considering  the 
bad  roads.  The  meeting  only  continued  a  few 
days,  Bro.  Bownum  from  near  Versailles,  Mor- 
gan Co.,  preached  for  us.  Bro.  Andrew  Hutch- 
inson and  Bro.  Weaver  have  gone  on  a  mission- 
ary tour  to  Texas.  Bro.  Reese  of  Warrens- 
burg,  and  others,  will  preach  for  us  while  Bro. 
Hutchinson  is  gone. 

Katie  E.  Royer, 


FROM    PRIMROSE,     OHIO. 


W^ 


DmiJirel/irni.-— 

E  can  read  in  God's  Word,  that  there  is 
more  rejoicing  in  heaven  over  one  sinner 
that  repeuteth,  than  there  is  over  ninety  and 
nine  just  persons  that  need  no  repentance.  We 
believe  that  every  honest  brother  and  sister  la 
at  all  times  made  to  rejoice  when  they  see  with 
their  eyes  and  hear  with  their  ears  that  through 
the  power  of  the  Gospel  sinners  are  made  to 
forsake  their  sins  imd  willing  to  unite  with  the 
people  of  God.  Such  has  been  our  joy.  Re- 
joice irith  u^  all  ye  that  love  the  Lord. 

Some  four  weeks  ago  I  wrote  a  letter  to  the 

many  readers  of  your  jiaper.    We  then  expeet- 

■d  to  have  Bro.  I.  J.   Rosenberger  and  Levi 

Dickey,  but  through  mistake  Rosenberger  came, 

Bro.  Forney  of  111.,  also  came  i-. 


alone. 


ri-IE   BT^ETHRKIN"   ^T   "V^^OKK. 


February   21. 


THE  EBSISBSIf  AT  WQBK. 


J.  II.  MOORG,  1 

S.  H.  BASHOR,        j- 
M.  M.  ESHELM&N,  ) 


TiiK  UnirTlinr.N  at  Wonp;  will  lio  sent  posl-piitl,  lo  nnr 
B.lJr*ss  in  iho  Unilcd  SWIm  or  Caiwln,  for  f  1  60  par 
■nnum.  Tbo!*  pending  ten  niunca  anil  $15,00,  will  re- 
cci^o  nn  e»lra  copy  free  of  cUnrge.  For  nil  o¥cr  lliia 
Duinhcr  llic  ngcal  will  bo  nllowcd  10  ccnii  for  vocli  nldi- 
liannl  imaia,  irhicli  aniDUDt  cod  be  ilcdiiclcd  from  llie 
money,  btfuro  BenUing  il  lo  us.  Money  Onlcrs,  Drnlls, 
anil  Itcgislorcil  LcUcr.i  mar  ho  sent  nt  our  rijk.  Tlicj 
aboulJ  bo  mniif  pnynblo  lo  Slooro,  Dubor  i  Eslielmmi. — 
Sulxscriplion-i,  nnil  com  mimical  ions  inlcnJfd  for  Ibo  pti- 
pcr,  it-<  >vi-l1  n:i  nil  hi>?iui'^s  uiHllers  countDlCtl  nilb  Iliu  of- 

UOOBS,  BASHDR  &  ESESLUA^, 
lanaT^,  Coiroll  Co,.  Tt\- 


PEBETIAa?  31,  1878. 


UuuTTiEit  Bnslioi-'s  aclilres.'',  until  further  uo- 
tiw,  will  hii  Gilboii,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  cnre  of 
1.  J.  Husenbergcr. 


Bkotheb  D.  C.  Hnnlman,  of  Polo.  Mo„  under 
(liite  of  Fvh.  I3fch  snys:  "  Tlie  -v^'cntLer  is  mild, 
l.ufc  the  roads  are  niudily.  Health  is  vpry  good. 
Tun  came  out  on  tlie  Loiil's  side,  durmg  the  piist 
your,  JHitl  were  baptized." 

TiiK  time  for  the  commencement  of  the  puh. 
lie  oriil  discussion  between  Bro.  Stoin  and  D.  B. 
Rny,  of  the  Baptists,  has  not  yet  been  made 
known  to  us.  It  is  lolt  for  Mr,  Ray  to  set  the 
time  when  tlit-  debate  shall  coninionco. 


Lv  this  issue  we  expected  to  hear  our  fii-st  les- 
son from  Dr.  Greenwald  on  Spriukling,  but 
ing  to  the  fact  that  so  mnch  other  matter  wns 
standing  and  knocking  for  admittance,  we 
obliged  to  withhold  it  nntil  next  week. 


Brother  Jesse  Y.  Fecklcr,  of  Hickory  Grove, 
preached  in  the  Brethren's  meefciiig-liouse  in 
this  city,  on  Saturday  evening,  Sunday  forenoon 
and  evening.  We  always  rejoice  in  being  able 
to  listen  to  good,  sound  Gospel  preaehiug. 


We  certainly  hiive  good  rea.son  to  admire  the 
lonimendablc  degree  of  courtesy  manifested  by 
)nr  contributors  toward  each  other.  We  receive 
rery  few  articles  calculated  to  produce  conten- 
tion. They,  like  us,  want  peace  in  the  church; 
want  Inveand  harmony  to  pervade  everj-partof 
the  body.    "  Dleswd  are  the  ponce  makers." 


Hope  the  Brethren  at  Ashland,  Ohio,  mil 
pardon  ils  for  not  getting  the  notice  of  their 
pecial  school  meeting  iu  last  issue.  The  notice 
WHS  hung  on  the  hook  at  the  proper  place,  but 
overlooked  in  tlie  make  np  of  the  paper.  We 
^ould  insert  tliis  week,  hut  it  is  now  too  late  to 
:et  the  notice  before  the  public  in  time.  Will 
trj'  and  do  better  next  time. 


Ei.nKit  n.  H.  Miller,  of  Ladoga,  Ind.,  has 
again  been  confined  to  his  room  ivith  sickness, 
ing  caught  cold  while  out  preaching,  and  it 
settled  on  his  lungs.  He  is  now  better,  and 
hopes  to  bo  ready  for  duty  soon.  May  the  Lord 
spare  Iiim  for  still  greater  iisefulness  in  the  fn- 
ture,  though  lie  has  ntready  done  much  in  de- 
fense of  the  Brethren  in  tlicii-  faith  and  practice. 


Our  agents,  generally,  have  been  doing  re- 
markably well,  and  arc  still  at  work  sending  in 
new  aubscribei-s. ,  Some  have  already  sent  in 
nearly  sevcnty-fivo  names,  and  "still  more  to 
coino"  they  say.  Hope  they  will  keep  the  good 
work  going  till  not  one  family  in  the  church 
will  be  without  it.  Those  wishing  prospeptus  and 
sample  copies  will  notify  us  aud  we  mil  send 
them  by  return  mail. 


Brother  Henry  Striekler,  of  Swhn,  Ind., says: 
Our  series  of  meetings  have  closed  without 
any  additions,  but  we  hope  that  some  goo<l  im- 
pressions have  been  maile  that  never  will  be 
forgotten.  Brethren  G.  W.  Studebaker  and  W. 
H.  Deeter  were  with  us  from  the  evening  of  the 
2nd  of  .Inn.,  to  the  2Tth.  Good  attention  was 
paid  to  the  word  preaclml.  Wliile  these  breth- 
ren were  witli  us  they  i>i-eached  the  funeral  of 
sister  Andrews,  aged  .IS  years  and  ten  months. 
Her  convei-aalion,  during  her  sickness,  was  alto- 
gether of  the  eternal  world." 


This  is  the  way  Bro,  Levi  Hoffert,  of  Carle- 
ton,  Neb.,  tells  of  their  rejoicing:  "  We  are  hav- 
ing glorious  meetings.  Brethren  Brnbnker  and 
Price  from  Beatrice,  and  Reed  and  Fadely  from 
Kansas  are  here,  declaring  the  words  of  eternal 
life.  We  have  meeting  in  dny-time  and  in  the 
evening.  Five  souls  were  buried  with  Christ  in 
baptism,  yesterday  and  to-day.  A  few  weeks 
ago,  two  were  baptized,  also  two  reclaimed.  We 
trust  that  many  more  are  near  the  kingdom. 
M.ay  the  Lord  continue  to  shower  His  grace  up- 
on His  servants,  is  my  prayer." 


Is  reply  to  the  brother  who  wants  an  expla- 
nation of  what  is  said  regarding  Melchesidec's 
genealogy,  we  remark  that,  the  subject  was  jirel- 
ty  fully  explained  iu  No.  51,  of  last  volume. 
We  will  soon  publish  an  article  by  Bro.  Bals- 
bangli  relating  to  the  same  question,  though 
his  views  are  somewhat  different  from  oui^s. 
Our  readei-s  will,  therefore,  have  a  chance  of  see- 
ing both  sides. 


BROxnF-it  Jacob  BeegJily,  of  the  Sandy  Greek 
'  church,  Fayette  Co.,  Pa.,  says,  thechurch  there 
is  in  a  healthy  condition,  aud  that  ninety  per- 
;sona  have  been  received  into  fellowship  since 
last  December,  among  the  number,  one  who  is 
eighty-one  ycare  old. 

Do  not  let  the  length  o''  Bro.  Stein's  scries  of 
nrticles,  now  heiug  published  in  our  paper,  keep 
any  one  from  gi^'ing  them  a  careful  reading. 
They  are  not  ouly  worth  reading,  hut  well  worth 
preserving,  and  are  calculated  to  instruct  even 
the  best  informed. 


As  an  experiment,  some  have  introduced  the 
paper  among  outsiders,  and  find  that  it  takes 
well.  One  agent  persuaded  liis  neighbor  to  take 
It  just  six  mouths,  but  when  the  sLx  months 
were  up,  the  miiu  would  not  couseut  to  do  with- 
out the  paper.  Readers,  give  it  a  trial  nmong 
your  neighbors. 

Bhothfji  Daniel  Vanimaii,of  Virden,  111.,  has 
in  contemplation  another  prospecting  tour  to 
Texas.  His  knowledge  u£  farniijig  and  good 
business  qualities  geuerdlly.  amply  qualifj'  him 
to  givo  a  correct  report  of  the  country.  Hope 
he  will  take  his  time  to  it,  aud  let  our  readers 
know  the  results  of  his  visit. 


Hope  our  correspondents  yoil  not  tliink 
strange  of  it  if  their  articles  do  not  appear  witii- 
few  weeks" after  being  sent  iu.  During  the 
Winter  we  are  usually  over-run  nith  matter, 
but  it  comes  good  in  the  Summer  when  people 
do  not  have  time  to  >vrite.  Wo  make  room  for 
articles  as  fast  as  we  ciui,  and  iu  due  time,  all 
■ill  be  acconmiodated,  so  far  as  their  matter 
may  be  adapted  to  the  wants  or  needs  of  our 
readers. 

Mex  ivho  have  good  homes,  and  are  prosper- 
ing well,  would  better  keep  them.  The  Amer- 
ican people  move  too  ranch.  Let  those  go  West 
who  need  homes,  and  build  up  the  country  there. 
But  those  who  have  good  farms,  are  out  of  debt 
and  getting  pretty  well  up  in  years,  ought  not 
to  face  the  hai*dBhips  of  afrontier  life.  We  need 
strong,  healthy  men  for  this  purpose,  young  and 
middle  aged  men  who  can  work  and  endure 
toils  and  privations  of  a  new  country. 


TiioiiAS  D.  Lyon,  of  Hudson,  UK,  writes: 
"  Our  meetings  are  very  intercstiug.  We  con- 
tinue right  along,  notwithstanding  the  condition 
of  the  weather  and  roads."  We  know  how  that 
goes,  for  we  have  had  mud  here  too,  nevertheless 
we  caunot  do  without  meetings — dare  not  neg- 
lect the  assembling  of  ouraelves  together. 


Jusi  before  going  to  press  we  received  ai 
ter^ting  letter  from  Bro.  Enoch  Eby,  dated  Jan. 
yiith.  He  and  Bro.  Fry  had  spent  several  days 
ill  (iciuiimy,  aud  when  be  wrote,  they  were  at 
Diivid  tiloek's,  at  Holieuek,  on  their  way  to 
Hamburg  where  their  wives  would  join  tliei 
and  tlien  all  would  proceed  to  Eugl.iud. 


Brotueb  J.  S.  Flory,  of  Greeley,  Colorado, 
a  recent  letter  to  this  office  sa3's:  "  Our  Winter 
has  been  a  most  delightful  one,  bat  little  snow, 
no  niin — mud  a  rare  thing — health  good.  On 
last  Sunday  evening,  the  Baptists  of  this  town 
had  four  additions  to  their  number  by  baptism. 
The  oi-dinauce  Wiis  admiuistcred  iu  the  baptist- 
ry in  the  churuh — the  water  made  iivim  by  tin; 
ii-,ffij'  /lot  iron^.  To-day  we  were  present  where 
f  wo  more  were  baptised  in  the  clear,  Hoivuig 
river.  The  administnitor  said,  '  I  baptino  you 
in  the  u.ime  of  the  Father,'  (but  he  didn't) '  and 
into  the  name  of  the  Son,'  (but  be  did  no  such 
triintri  "■  and  into  the  name  ot  the  Holy  Gho.^t,' 
:iim1  thru  throw  them  backward." 


Wanted.  Not  the  love  of  money,  not  rich- 
es, lands,  honor,  worldly  pleasure,  but  more  real 
honesty,  more  of  the  pnndjih-  that  comes  by 

itmg  of  the  Bread  of  Life,  aud  drinking  of  the 
Fountain  opened  for  sin  aud  uncleanness.  The 
ense  amount  of  corruption,  the  dishonesty, 
the  bickerings  mid  strifes  that  are  continually 
running  to  the  surface,  not  only  out  of  the 
eliurch,  but  even  in  it,  makes  those  who  desire 
to  live  right,  maintain  pure  and  uudefiled  relig- 
ion, sad  aud  troubled.  Often  our  confidence  is 
shaken  by  men  who  have  long  been  regnided 
IS  examples  and  models  of  piety  and  holy  prin- 
ciples, because  they  have  brofceu  out  with  cor- 
■uptiou  aud  dishonesty,  God  lielp  all  such  to 
ifcop  short,  confess  their  faults,  reform,  do  good, 
and  die  happy. 

Prom  the  PrimUii-r  ChrhlUm,  as  well  as  a 
letter  received  from  the  P.  0.  brethren,  we  are 
informed  that  the  small-jiox  malady,  in  Hunt- 
ingdon, wa-s  not  so  bad  as  was  at  firat  supposed. 
It  seems  that  when  the  disease  broke  out,  some 
of  the  city  authorities  acted  a  little  imprudent- 
ly, as  also  did  some  Iwal  papera,  publishing  cx- 
agerated  stories,  and  thus  causing  a  panic.  But 
two,  we  are  informed,  died  with  the  disease,  and 
several  others  had  it  in  a  mild  form.  In  behalf 
of  the  P.  C.  we  remark,  that  the  readers  of  that 
periodical  need  not  tear  the  di.sease  through  the 
handling  of  the  puper,  as  the  editore  state  that 
every  needful  precaution  was  used  to  keep  their 
office  clear  of  the  disease.  The  malady  has  en- 
tirely abated,  and  things  are  gomg  on  in  the 
even  tenor  of  their  way. 


to  in  due  time,  and  therefore  all  nre  roqviested  to 
ise  a  little  patience  towanl  us.  Do  not 
conclude  that  because  we  fail  to  respond  to  your 
letters  immediately,  that  we  are  unmindful  ot 
the  great  assistance  you  have  rendered  our  pa- 
per. We  arc  always  glad  to  hear  from  those 
who  have  taken  much  interest  in  our  work,  and 
arc  doing  all  in  their  power  to  help  it  along,  ■ 
though  we  do  not,  and  cannot  answer  all  their 
lettera. 

Having  been  holding  nieefingsand  preaching 
daily  for  nearly  t\vo  weeks,  our  private  corrcs- 
poudcnci!  has  been  entirely  neglected,  and  will 
be  tor  at  least  one  week  yet,  until  ive  get  through 
with  present  meeting  cngagement,s.  Wi'uk  be- 
fore last  we  commenced  meeting  with  (he  Breth- 
ren in  Mt.  Carroll,  and  continued  until  Tucsilay 
evening  the  13th,  when  our  meetings  closed, 
with  no  additions  however,  though  wo  had  at- 
tentive congregations.  On  \^'ei:lnesday  evening 
had  meeting  iuLimark,  large  congregation  and 
an  interesting  time  of  it.  Meeting  on  Thui-s- 
day  evening,  congregation  still  larger,  aud  inter- 
est greatly  increased.  On  Friday,  at  1  Pi  M., 
meeting  again.  Went  down  to  the  water  side 
juid  baptized  three  youug  men,  one  of  them  re- 
cently from  North  MancliCster,  Ind.  Many 
otbera  seemed  near  the  kingdom.  Meeting 
iigiiin  in  the  evening;  roads  very  muddy,  yet 
good  congregation.  Very  much  regret  that  wo 
have  to  leave  for  other  parts.  Working  in  the 
office  all  day,  and  preaehuig  at  night,  is  rather 
laborious,  but  being  blessed  with  good  liL-alth 
can  stand  it.  Saturday  morning,  wont  to  the 
Georgetown  cUureli  to  preach  the  funeral  of 
sister  Clara  H-  Ebj',  who  died  in  this  city,  at  the 
esideuce  of  brother  D.  F.  Eby,  on  the  14th  inst. 
Addressed  a  large  congregation  from  John  11: 
20-35.  Immediately  after  the  Inst  sad  resjMPcts 
■e  shown  the  departeil,  wo  returned  home  aud 
V  in  a  few  minutes  shall  leave  for  CJielsea, 
Stephenson  Co.,  this  State,  to  labor  with  the 
brethren  and  sisters  in  our  Master's  cause. 
God  grant  us  all  a  profitable  season,    j.  ii,  a. 


SiSTEK  Mary  C.  Dale  truthfully  says:  "If 
Christiiuis,  when  they  have  a  matter  'of  differ- 
ence, would  graciously  agree  to  meet  with*  each 
other  in  prayer,  and  pray  together  kindly  for 
each  other,  their  contention  would  soon  end,  but 
one  will  not  stop,  neither  will  the  other.  They 
are  not  so  wise  as  Luther's  two  goats,  which  met 
upon  a  narrow  plank  over  a  dee)>  water;  they 
would  not  go  back  and  dare  not  light;  at  length 
one  of  them  lay  down  while  the  'other  walked 
over  him;'  so  peace  and  safety  attended  both, 
Why  should  not  Christians  try  this  method?" 


J.  H.  EsHELiiAS,  of  Libertyvi'lo,  Iowa,  after 
sending  in  more  subscribers,  says:  "Your  wel- 
come paper  still  comes  with  its  usu'al  weekly 
visits  of  good  news  to  Zion,  bearing  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  our  laud,  which  is 
read  with  interest  to  both  old  and  young,  and 
a  great  many  othei-s  that  get  to  read  them.  I 
send  mine  out  to  those  that  have  not  the  means 
to  get  the  paper  othenvise.  An  old  gentleman, 
one  of  my  neighbors  says,  there  are  some  of  the 
strongest  articles  in  them,  that  he  ever  read. 
May  God  bless  you  and  youra  in  the  efforts  of 
spreading  the  Gospel," 


BuoTUEU  David  Norcross,  of  Shoals,  Ind., 
writes  as  follows:  "  Bro.  Cripe  came  to  us  nn  the 
ISth  of  January,  and  expected  to  remain  two 
weeks,  but  we  hnxl  the  pleasure  of  hearing  him 
only  twice,  as  he  took  sick  and  had  to  retimi 
home.  We  teel  that  our  disappointments  are 
great,  yet  we  console  ourselves  through  the  pre- 
cious ^vord  of  God,  that  "  all  things  work  to- 
gether for  good  to  them  that  love  the  Lord." 
We  make  the  best  of  our  troubles,  aud  try  to 
add  [iiitience,  so  that  wo  may  have  that  rich  and 
aboiuiding  experience  which  brings  the  blessed 
iKipu  uf  ..tenuil  lif-." 


The  Adveut  Publishing  Society,  in  one  week, 
sent  out  S  1290,27  worth  of  hooks.  This  shows 
great  zeal  in  spreading  their  doctrine.  They 
know  that  their  doctrine  can  bo  very  successful- 
ly, spreatl  by  that  mean  W  I  not  the  doc- 
trine of  complete  ob  d  t  CI  ist  in 
things"  be  extcnsivelj  d  m  u  t  d  rathcsame 
manner?  It  can.  L  t  u  th  n  b  ethreu  and 
sisters,  fully  awake  to  tl  m}  o  tanco  of  the 
work,  and  earnestly  t  k  1  Id  f  tl  good  cause. 
The  Gospel  Tract  iVssociatiou  aSbrds  an  excel- 
lent opportunity  to  thus  spread  the  Truth. 
Read  again,  the  aiiicle  on  this  subject  in  No  3, 
Vol,  3.  Already  mueli  has  been  done  in  that 
diiection,  but  the  field  is  yet  largo.  Will  we 
occupy  iff'  or  will  we  leave  it  to  others!*  What 
answer  shall  wo  hai'c? 

We  have  received  an  article  of 
length,  on  the  heard  question,  which  we  have 
not  yet  had  time  to  carefully  examine.  Will 
say  to  those  who  hud  the  article  prepared  and 
sent  iu,  tliat  we  arc  very  careful  what  we  pub- 
lish ou  that  subject,  not  that  the  editors  have 
any  conscientious  scruples  about  the  wearing  of 
the  beard, — just  so  it  is  plain  and  respectable — 
but  it  is  a  question,  over  which  some  i)eople 
bother  their  minds  a  great  deal  more  than 
the  salvation  of  sinners,  and  hence  should  be 
treated  sparingly.  Our  motto  is  peace,  union 
and  general  harmony,  and  hope  that  all  our 
readers  will  help  us  to  live  ui»  to  it.  Of  the  two 
editors  bore  in  the  office,  one  wears  a  full  beard 
and  the  other  does  not.  Of  course,  some  want 
to  know  if  we  ever  argue  the  question?  No, 
for  the  simple  reason  that  we  have  more  import- 
ant mattei'3  to  attend  to.  The  article 
examined  the  tir^it  Ojiiiortiitiity. 


villbe 


ARKO  GAUGE. 


HE  spreads  himself  wherever  he  can.  He 
thinks  himself  the  blanket,  the  overcoat 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  othora  must  freene  if 
he  chooses  not  to  cover  them,  and  there  can  be 
no  good  government  unless  he  turns  the  crank. 
Ai'rogance  assumes  what  belongs  to  others. 
If  he  be  engaged  in  business  with  others,  the 
people  must  know  that  /le  is  top,  bottom  and  sides, 
whether  he  is  or  not.  The  people  must  believe 
this,  whether  he  is  or  not.  He  awmgs  and 
sweeps  to  his  satisfaction,  whether  any  man 
or  woman  is  made  richer  in  Christ  or  not.  At 
home  he  is  miller,  waterwheel,  engiueer,  grain- 
inspector,  proprietor — everything,  and  if  he 
chances  to  go  from  home  a  few  days,  he  fails 
not  to  tell  all  the  people  that  the  rhief  iiiiller 
is  gone,  that  the  clear  white  flour  will  not  come 
rolling  out  as  usual,  but  that  the  dear  people 
must  for  a  while  live  on  tiubolUd  meal  until  he 
returns  to  refresh  them.  And  he  will  even  go 
further.  If  the  dear  people  will  not  believe 
this  arrogant  story,  to  have  things  his  icaij,  he 
mil  not  hesitate  to  break  the  k-neading  troughs 
aud  batter  down  the  ovens,  though  multitudes 
starve  for  good  bread.  Self,  sei.f  is  the  out- 
side and  inside  of  arrogance  and  no  chips  of 
truth  dare  fall  from  other's  hewing  unless  ho 
scores  first.  No  indeed;  they  would  not  hejirst 
class  chips  unless  his  axe>Vs/  went  through 
them.  If  he  chances  to  be  an  officer  in  the 
chureh,  he  cares  not  for  the  injunction,  "  in  hon- 
or preferring  one  another,"  but  gets  up  a  little 
injunction  for  himself  which  reads,' "  in  hon^or 
preferring  thyself."  Now  don't  say  that  I  have 
been  shooting  at  yoit;  I  aimed  all  the  time  at 
Arrogance,  and  if  I  hit  him,  he'll  speiik  out. 


WHISPERING. 


EDITORIAL  NOTES. 

Wa  have  on  hand  a  number  of  lettera,-  que- 
ries and  articles  requiring  my  special 
attention,  all  of  which  will  bo  attended  to  the 
first  opportunity.  Having  fallen  behind  with 
my  part  of  the  work,  it  will  take  a  fow  weeks  to 
catch  fully  up,  yet  all  will  be  promptly  attend'.'<l 


THIS  week,  while  Bro.  Moore  is  absent  hold- 
ing forth  the  Word  of  life,  urging  sinners 
to  turn  to  God  and  live,  exliorting  the  children 
of  God  to  greater  steadfastness  and  holiness,  I 
■  want  to  tell  our  readers  something  about  him. 
He  is  my  text  just  now,  and  I  shall  use  him  for 
our  edification.  Do  you  k-now  that  Bro.  Moore 
cminot  hear  a  whisper?  The  man  that  whispers 
to  him,  labors  in  vain.  He  will  not  hear  you; 
he  cannot.  He  can  hear  you  in  any  ordinary 
low  tone  of  voice,  but  it  is  useless  to  whisper  to 
him,  either  low  or  loud.  What  a  blessing  it 
would  be  if  more  of  us  were  thus  favored!  I 
say  favored,  for  in  these  times  of  secretism 
whisi>erings  and  hehind-the-back  work  it  would 
be  a  blessing  if  many  could  not  hear  ivhisper- 
ing. 

But  brother  Moore  possoises  another  advan- 
tage. While  he  cannot  luiir  a  whisper,  he  is 
fortimale  also  in  that  he  ainml  whisper.  ThU 
U  still  a  greater  blessing.     Too  often  heads  go 


February   '21. 


TI-IK    BRETHRE^T    ^VT    ^VOT{l^. 


lonetht-r  nnti  ongago  in  whiaperiiig  to  tlic  detri- 
ment of  church,  neighborhood  and  natioD,  It 
mny  he  right  at  times  tn  whisper,  hut  bcc.itiac  it 
IB  right  to  i\(i  ao  at  the  right  time  and  pliicc,  it 
I>y  no  nicjins  follows  Ihiit  it  i.s  right  to  nin  from 
housL-  to  huusG  luid  whisper  about  a  brother, 
sister  or  neighbor.  There  would  lie  more  pence, 
more  love,  more  holy  zeal,  more  real  piety  if 
there  were  fewer  whisperings  in  inatt«i-s  tliat 
concern  the  church  and  iieighhorlioods.  My 
object  in  writing  this  article  is,  to  iippriBe  you 
of  brother  Moore's  inability  to  either  whisper  or 
hear  whispeiing  and  thus  avoid  .sonic  iinpleas- 
niitnesB  nt  times.  And  then,  too,  I  think  we 
may  iill  gather  something  for  our  edification 
from  these  facts,  and  thus  become  still  Letter  in 
our  holy  profession.  m.  ii.  e. 


WAMTED!-A    LITTLE    MORE 
PRUDENCE. 

WUX'^  do  you  suppose  a  geueriil  would  think 
of  his  soldiei-s,  were  they,  while  in  the 
midst  of  battle,  to  cease  fighting  and  go  to  kill 
ing  insects?  He  would  certainly  conclude  that 
they  were  a  foolish  set  of  warrioi-s.  Well,  thci 
are  scores  of  just  such  inconsistent  soldici 
claiming  to  belong  to  the  array  of  the  Lord.  In 
the  midst  of  the  most  important  conflicts,  they 
will  pause  and  trifle  vdth  minor  <)ncstions  that 
are  of  no  vital  consequence  to  eitlier  God  or 
man,  They  will  spend  more  time  and  money 
to  settle  something  the  Creator  never  wanted 
settled  thaii  in  the  salvation  of  soula.  To  set 
a  little  supposed  MTong,  riglit,  they  will  do  more 
real  Iiai'm  than  forty  such  iniagiintry  wrongs 
would  amount  to.  Such  a  course  is  itbout  as 
logical  (IS  a  man  burning  down  his  barn,  with 
rill  tlie  contents,  just  to  get  rid  of  the  rats. 

People  want  to  learn  to  be  consistent,  and  see 
that  in  their  attempts  at  reforming,  they  don't 
do  more  harm  than  good.  There  are  men  who 
will  run  the  risk  of  ruining  the  pence  and  pros- 
perity of  a  whole  congregation,  just  to  have  a 
member  corrected  of  a  fault  that  is  not  half  so 
bad  as  some  of  their  ovni.  Then  there  are  peo- 
ple who,  when  trouble  comes  up  about  their 
brother  or  sister,  are  wonderfully  active  gather- 
ing up  evidence  and  helping  (?)  the  case  along, 
yet,  when  a  project  is  on  foot,  to  build  up  the 
kingdom  and  advance  the  cause,  they  are  as  qui- 
et and  unconcerned  about  it  as  adead  forest  tree. 
Their  zeal,  like  the  ocean  tide,  seems  to  ebb  and 
now  as  the  case  may  demand.  Their  running. 
like  a  stationarj'  windmill,  depends  upon  which 
waj'  the  wind  blows. 

It  is  n  good  thing  to  be  zealously  effected  iii  a 
good  work,  but  a  zeal  without  eitlier  knowled; 
or  prudence,  is  detrimental  to  the  prosperity  of 
any  cause.  Men  want  to  learn  the  urt  of  tak- 
ing hold  of  difiScultios  in  the  rit/hl  waj-  and  for 
a  good  purpose;  and  then  learn  irhen  to  take 
hold  of  them.  Never  allow  an  important  case 
to  go  neglected  for  the  sake  of  a  few  minor  mat- 
ters. Sometimes  we  may  see  a  brother  or  sister 
do  something  alwut  which  the  Bible  is  as  silent 
us  the  grave,  j-et  think  it  a  sin  of  the  tii-st  mag- 
nitude, and  w-ill  almost  ruin  the  church,  just  to 
get  that  brother  or  sister  set  right.  Such  a 
coui-sc  does  not  disjday  the  wisdom  that  should 
characterize  the  children  of  God;  A  skillful 
physician  will  not  ruin  the  health  of  his  patieut 
just  to  save  one  finger,  neither  will  he  torture 
the  whole  body  beyond  endurance,  just  to  cure 
a  small  bruise  on  one  of  the  limbs. 

If  the  children  of  the  kingdom,  in  their  gen- 
eration, would  display  half  the  wisdom  tJiat  is 
practiced  by  the  children  of  the  world,  the 
cRurch  pf  God  to-day  would  be  better  olV.  There 
is  too  much  beating  against  the  wind:  too  much 
time  spent  over  uuinstructive  questions,  andnot 
enough  interest  taken  in  the  vital  questions  of 
Christianity.  The  man  who  runs  liis  wagon 
against  a  tree,  just  to  avoid  a  little  stump,  needs 
to  learn  another  lesson-  Some  one  says,  "Little 
foxes  s])oil  the  vines."  Yes,  that  is  true,  but 
then  remember  that  the  birj  foxes  catch  the 
chickens.  It  is  good  to  icifch  the  little  foxes, 
but  don't  become  so  absorbed  us  to  allow  the 
ivolves  to  enter  the  fold  unmolested,  and  destroy 
the  .sheep. 


one  or  two  persons  in  the  congregation  a  going 
over.    It  is  disgusting  to  bear  a  minister,  in 
public,  hinting  at  the  faults  and  defects  of  some 
pereon,  and  not  instnict  liis  congregation  as  it 
ought  to  be.    A  ministers  business  is,  to  preach 
tlie  Gospel — t«Il  the  oM  Bible  story  as  it  was 
wont  to  be  told  in  days  of  yore  by  inspired  men. 
This  they  should  do,  and  not  condescend  to  us- 
ing the  sacred  desk,  from  wlionce  to  deal  out 
little,  low  personal  trash.    Leave  that  for  the 
enemies  of  the  Cross  to  do.     To  eveiy  minister, 
Christ  woiild  say,  "Feed  my  sheep,"  and  I  don't 
believe  in  a  minister  letting  the  "  sheep  "  starve, 
while  he  is  annoying  the  "'  goats."    Tiike  gpod 
care  of  the  Masters  flock  and  He  will  reward 
you  abundantly.    Christians,  like  sheep,  are  eas- 
ily mimaged,  if  properly  handled,  but  if  abused, 
become  troublesome. 
Use  consistency  and  judgment  in  religious 
lattei-s  as  well  as  those  belonging  to  the  ivorld. 
.  is  not  enough  to  be  as  "harmless  as  doves," 
but  we  must  be  as  "  wise  as  serpents,"  using ev- 
orj-  lawful  means  subservient  to   the  Master's 
cause.    See  that  your  eflbrts  are  calculated  to 
accomplish  good.     Don't  throw  till  you  kniow 
what  you  are  going  to  hit.    Never  shoot  till  you 
got  something  to  shoot  at.    Don't  make  a  fuss 
till  you  are  sure  thatyour  reason  is  good.     Don't 
cross  a  stream  befoi-e  you  get  to  it,  and  above 
all  things,  do  not  tell  a  thing  until  ijoit  hiaw  it 
is  true.    Let  us  remember  that  the  church  got 
along  before  we  came  into  the  world,  and  I  pi-e- 
suiiie  can  get  ihrougli  all  right  after  we  are  gone. 
Lepis  labor  diligently  to  do  our  duty — keep 
ourselves  jniro,  uiwpottod   from  the  world,  and 
God  will  take  care  of  the  church.     We  don't 
want  to  fret  so  much  about  the  church  and  its 
"condition,   but  more  about  oni-selves  and  our 
own  heai-ts.    If  each  member  ynW  keep  his  own 
heart  right,  he  ivill  not  have  much  time  left  to 
meddle  with  things  belonghig  exclusively  to  his 
:ighbor.    It  is  a  good  thing  to  watch  overeach 
other  for  good,  but  there  is  such  -a  thing  as  a 
farmer  bothering  himself  so  much  about  his 
neighbor's  neglected  farm,  us  to  entirely  neglect 
I  own.    Let  us  lii-sfc  set  our  own  mattera right, 
il  afterwm'ds  .see  to  those  belonging  toothers. 
"  Cast  out  fi>st,  the  beam  out  of  thine  own  eye, 
and  then  sbalt  thou  see  clearly  to  puM  out  the 
itc  that  is  iu  thy  brother's  eye,"  was  not  spo- 
kcu  for  niiuglit.  ,i  h  m 


There  are  ministers  who  will  lose  all  their 
lluence,  and  endanger  the  internal  peace  of  the 
it  to  retain  and  parade  before  the  pub- 


e  unprofitable  hobby  they  have  succeed-    mceti 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Dear  Papcv:— 

ON  Saturday,  Jan,  2Gth,  way  conveyed  to  the 
depot  by  Bro.  David  'Wolf,  where  we  were 
met  by  Bro,  David  Enimert,oneof  the  teachers 
of  Huntingdon  Normal  School,  who  accompa^ 
uied  us  to  Bi-owns\'ilIe,  Md.,  to  attoud  theserie.'* 
of  meetings  there.  On  the  way  down,  were  met 
by  several  other  brethren  nudsistei-scji  rouieior 
the  same  place.    Arrived  in  good  time,  and  were 

met  by  Eld. Cassel,  who  conveyed  us  to  his 

home,  where  we  were  kindly  ciu-ed  for  until 
services.  This  congregation,  nt  one  time,  be- 
longed to  what  is  known  as  theGrossuickle  arm 
of  the  church,  but  in  latter  j'ears,  when  the 
membership  increased  in  the  vidley,  each  side  of 
the  moiuitnin,  a  division  was  matle,  fonning  two 
distinct  congregations.  Bro,  Emanuel  Slifer 
has  presided  as  Bishop,  since  its  organization; 
though  quite  advanced  in  years,  is  still  enjoying 
good  health,  juid  retains  the  full  powei-s  of  mind. 
Brethren  Cassel  and  Yourtoc  aie  Ins  co-laborers 
iu  the  cause  of  Christ,  workei-s  of  i-ighteous 
laboring  for  the  kingdom  of  )>eaco,  and  the 
crown  of  inimoi-tftlity. ,  For  some  ycai-s  the 
cause  seemed  to  wime,  but  mthin  the  past  few 
months,  they  have  experienced  refreshing  show- 
ei-s  from  the  gracious  Lord;  adding  over  fifty 
in  all,  to  the  church,  by  confession  and  baptism. 
Our  meeting  begini  and  continued  with  (in  un- 
usual attendance,  increjising  in  numbers  each 
meeting,  until  the  snow  storm  of  Thureday,  Jan. 
31st,  interlerod,  when,  our  time  being  up,  we 
closed,  .■md  bidding  adieu  to  all,  parted,  perhaps 
forever  in  this  land  of  sorroiv.  During  our 
meetings,  a  number  made  the  good  confession 
and  were  baptized  into  the  Body  of  Christ;  oth- 
ers confessed,  but  owing  to  the  severe  storm  on 
the  last  day  of  meeting,  could  not  be  immereed. 
We  were  iuformed  their  number  is  seven.    A 


through  Him  in  the  world  to  come.  Preacheil 
at  Funkslown  in  the  evening  to  n  very  atten- 
tive audience.  Sjwut  the  night  with  Bro.  E.  S. 
Miller  imd  family,  Feb.  1st,  took  the  train  at 
Hngeretown,  for  Boiling  Springs,  Cumbcriand 
Co.,  Pa.  At  Greeucastle,  Bro.  Oiler  and  wife 
joined  us,  and  their  danghter,sister  Annie,  who 
had  been  with  us  in  Maryland,  separated  from 
our  company,  to  return  homo  and  to  school. 
We  trust  the  Spirit  of  God  may  and  ivill- 
guide  this  fair  dmighter  in  the  path  of  purity 
till  it  ends  beyond  the  pearly  gates  in  the  city  of 
gold. 

Arrived  at  Boiling  Springs  in  time  for  church 
good  congregation  imd  good  attention.  Hav 
held  services  each  evening  since  here,  withlarge 
audiences  in  attendance,  and  an  encouraging  in- 
terest manifested.  Expect,  to-morrow,  to  sec 
the  grave  opened  iu  the  beautiful  stream  near 
here,  and  the  dead  buried  and  raised  to  new  life 
in  Christ. 

While  we  see  the  Lonl's  cause  prospering  at 
this  place,  other  churches  in  the  valley  are  wit- 
nessing the  troubling  of  the  watera.  Just  fen 
miles  from  here,  Bro.  Mohler,  of  Lewistown,  Pa , 
and  Eld.  J.  F.  Oiler,  of  Wayncboro,  are  eon- 
ducting  a  successful  meeting.  l\'Tien  last  heai-d 
from,  eleven  had  Iwen  added  by  confession  and 
baptism.  Ten  miles  below  here,  Bro.  James  A. 
Sell  is  doing  a  good  worit.  Farther  up,  a  Bro 
Baker  of  Shady  Grove,  is  meeting  ivith  success; 
seven  had  been  added  whenla-stheanllrom,  .md 
among  them,  a  State  Senator's  son.  Bro.  Gray- 
bill  Meyers  recently  closed  a  meeting  not  far 
from  here,  with  twelve  additions;  and  in  other 
localities  equal  success  is  attending  the  efforts  of 
the  churches  in  the  interest  of  the  cause. 

Cue  thing  is  apparent  now,  and  that  is,  that 
notwithstanding  the  fears  of  some,  that,  under 
our  present  system  of  church  government  ana 
labor,  the  church  will  bo  a  thing  of  history  on- 
ly fifty  or  one  hundred  years  from  hence, 
er  has  it  been  known  among  us,  to  see  our 
numborg  increasing  as  fa.st  and  surely  as  now. 
Churches,  which  one  and  two  yeai-s  ago,  oppos- 
ed series  of  meetings,  nro  now  holding  them,  and 
hundreds  are  flocking  home  to  Christ.  Where 
then  there  was  coldness  and  weariness,  now  there 
is  life,  warmth  and  general  activity.  Where 
formality  ruled  the  day,  true  religion  now  swings 
aloof  over  the  fort  of  iniquity,  and  as  time  moves 
on,  we  look  and  pray  for  greater  achievements, 
and  brighter  «'ork.  May  Heaven  lend  a  helii- 
ing  hand,  nurl  the  old  Gospel  banner  unfurl  her 
folds  to  the  breeze,  and  span  this  entire  domain, 
and  over  the  broad  lan'd  of  America  be  heard  the 
shout  of  victory  in  and  through  the  blood  of 
Christ,  and  united  be  the  followei-s  of  Jehovah 
xTisliing  on  to  victory  over  the  consolidated  forc- 
of  hell.  More  of  our  meeting,  and  the  church 
next  week.  May  God  bless  all,  now  and  for- 
er.  s.  n.  », 

Boiling  SpniKj*,,  P.i.  Ffh.  m,  1S78. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT. 

The  Preacher  and  His  Family. 

THE  week's  work  is  over.  We  are  all  one 
week  nearer  the  tomb;  one  week  nearer  the 
time  when  we  shall  lay  our  armor  by,  and  be  at 
rest  among  those  who  have  gone  before,  The 
preacher's  work  is  not  yet  over.  To-morrow  is 
an  anxious  day,  not  only  for  him,  but  for  his 
family  also.  He  feels  great  responsibilities  rest- 
ing upon  him,  luid  must  be  prepniwl  for  them. 
May  be  he  has  been  working  hai-d,  ha.s  had 
but  little  time  for  either  reading  or  meditating 
upon  a  subject.  He  is  too  tired  to  study  much 
to-night— needs  rest,  yet  it  will  not  do  to  have 
the  cause  of  God  dishonored,  and  so  it  becomes 
him  to  apply  himself  diligently.  Periiaps  lie  is 
away  from  home,  on  a  mission  of  usefulness, 
ju-oclaiming  the  eternal  truths  of  God  to  a  \mt 
anti  ruined  ivorld.  Though  he  may  be  among 
the  best  of  friends,  and  well  provided  for,  yet  ho 
feels  and  thinks.  "  there  is  no  place  like  home." 
The  deal-  ones  are  at  home,  he  left  tJiem  in  God's 
care,  who  watches  them  as  a  mother  would  her 
children.  But  gentle  render,  will  you  pause  and 
ponder  a  few  moments,  the  condition  of  many 
ininistci-s  and  their  families  to-night?  Do  you 
know  how  many  of  them  suffer  in  executing 
their  mission,  while  you  are  at  home  enjoying 
the  fiuits  of  their  laboi-s?  Do  you  know  tha^ 
we  have  poor  ministera,  ivho  do  more  for  the 


of  Christy  and  keeping  up  the  church,  than 
.'  of  those  v'  -^ ' 

in  abundance? 


^uptj  __ 

those  who  possess  this  world's  goods 

reworking  men; 


Nearly  all    our  ministers 


■cba 


rd 


I  ti.^. 


eil  in  raising.  They  have  their  peculiar  itleaa 
about  things,  and  think  as  they  are  preachers, 
the  congregation  must  be  content  with  whatev- 
er is  given,  whether  it  is  appropriate  or  not. 
Sometimes  the  wants  of  a  few  hundred  people 
will  go  nnsiipplicd.  just  for  the  sake  of  giving 


jtiug  was  announced  for  the  folloiving  Lord's 
day,  when,  it  is  presumable,  they  were  received 
into  the  church. 

We  return  our  thanks  to  the  church  here,  for 
the  liberality  and  hospitality  shown  us  ivhile 
among  them.  May  the  Lord  rewai-d  and  bless 
them  all,  to  joy  in  Christ,  in  life,  and  salvation 


A    GOOD    EXAMPLE. 

qiHIS  is  the  way  Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman,  oi 
X  Virden,  III.,  approves  of  Westward  inission- 
ivork;  "  I  ])re3ume  you  have  noticed  in  No. 
5  of  Pi-iiiJitiiF  ChristitDi,  the  iiobic  example  of 
the  little  church  in  Boulder  Co.,  Col.,  in  li^spond- 
iug  so  manfully  to  the  ciill  for  help. in  Texas. 
This  church,  though  yet  in  itainiiiney,  and  bat- 
tling against  the  poverty  and  hardships  of  the 
frontiei-s  of  Col.,  and  without  a  meeting-house, 
and  many  other  conveniences  enjoyed  in  older 
churches,  was  yet  rich  enough,  when  the  earn- 
est call  for  the  Gospel  came,  to  raise  the  means 
and  send  a  minister  from  Mo.,  nt  once  to  see 
after  it.  What  a  noble  example  for  older 
churches  to  copy  after! " 

What  other  congregations  will  iiow  volunteer 
to  send  some  minister  West,  or  wherever  he  may 
be  needed  to  work  iu  the  vineyard  of  the  LordV 
We  have  plenty  of  preachers,  but  they  want  to 
be  scattered  a  little  more.  -When  sending 
preachers,  however,  fancy  not  that  they  shoidd 
bear  the  cross  atone  and  all  the  church  go  free. 
Not  only  say  "gc^,"  but  help  them  go. 


:ioss  alono 
II  [loor 


t!int.  in  synic  instances  Ibcv  bear  this  i 
and  ail  the  rest  go  free.  Not  long  siu^,  „  ,,uoi 
minister  told  me  that,  during  flio  first  eight 
years  of  Itis  ministerial  labors,  he  spent  five 
hundred  dollars  out  of  his  own  nocl.-et.  Then, 
says  he,  "  I  had  to  quit  traveling.''  "  But,"  says 
one,  "  that  minister  will  get  his  reward  in  the 
home  beyond."  Yes,  thank  God,  such  noble 
actions  are  too  good  to  be  rewni-ded  by  anything 
of  an  eai-thb'  character.  But  what  will  be  the 
rewiird  of  those  wealthy  ones,  who  stand  by  and 
see  the  poor  minister,  his  family  and  the  cause 
sufler?  Ah!  that  is  (vliere  the  trouble  comes 
ill,  not  so  much  in  this  worid  ua  in  that  which 
is  to  come. 

There  are  many  men,  who  want  to  see  the 
cause  prosper,  yet  refuse  to  help  bear  the  burden. 
They  can  see  poor,  useful  ministers  suffer,  yet 
refuse  to  suffer  with  tbera.  But  it  is  not  the 
preacher  that  suffere  so  much  as  it  is  bis  family, 
God  bless  the  families  of  poor,  hard-workin" 
ministers  to-night,  for  many  of  them  have  a 
hard  time  of  it;  the  wife  especially,  Jias  more 
than  her  portion  of  the  burden  to  bear,  and 
therefore  needs  the  sympatliies,  prayers  and  as- 
si.t.u.e  of  Rod'..  (.bildR^n.     Hrr  buvb,„ul  may 


The  Greek  Annximander  being  told  that  the 
very  boys  laughed  at  his  singing,  remarked, 
"Then  I  must  learn  to  sing  better."  Here  is  a 
text  from  which  we  nmy  all  learn  a  useful  les- 
son. Learn  to  do  things  better,  ought  to  be  the 
motto  of  ovorj-  devoted  follower  of  the  Master. 
Do  not  become  despondent  when  people  chance 
to  laugh  at  your  mistakes,  but  resolve  to  learn 
to  do  hotter.  If  people  would  cultivate  this 
trait  of  excelling,  the  world  would  be  better  oil, 
and  scholars  of  eveiy  grade  and  order  have  less 
reason  to  criticise  each  other. 


.1  M"""-,  liiiiM-vvurldn-  wife  ^it  houi.— r,he  is 
.loue  with  a  family  of  children.  They  are  poor, 
!u;  muHt  work  hard  with  but  few  bright  pros- 
pects before.  Her  husband  is  required  to  spend 
his  lime  and  me.-rns,  buOding  up  the  church,  and 
she  tears  that  soon  they  mil  be  left  iu  want, 
with  no  home  on  earth.  God  bless  the  poor, 
hard-working  preacher  and  liis  family  to-night, 
wlio  have  no  home.  To  the  wife,  libmc  is  not 
liapiiy  under  these  circumstances;  she  spends 
many  gloomy  hours,  while  others  enjoy  life 
with  iiriglit  prospects  before  thcin. 

Some,  who  know  not  what  it  istobein  want, 
nniy  say,  the  picture  is  too  dark,  it  cannot  bo 
true,  but  the  writer  knows  just  wliat  he  is  writ- 
ing ;di.>o(,  iuut  tiiri-e  ;ire  miui-ters  :in.I  their  fam- 
iii.-ul,,,Ki..>u  Jk,.  tnitht'ilm-.  ,>t  ihk.  lam 
uul  uiltJi,u'iLl..>ut  u.Mltliv   1,11111.1, .,-s  ;u,d   their 

w.-ll-t.v,l,,li,iiuh..-.JmtiLl tt ho-,,  who  are  poor. 

or  in  very,  limited  circumstances.  Gentle  read- 
er, have  you  a  poor  minister  in  your  congrega- 
tion ?  Do  you  help  him  he.-ir  his  burdens,  or  do 
you  let  him  bear  them  alone ?  .When  he  is 
away  preaching,  do  yon  see  to  it  that  hisfamily 
is  well  provided  for?  Sisters,  do  you  visit  his 
hard-working  wife  and  help  her  along  ipth  her 
work?  Do  you  now  and  then  make  her  a  pres- 
ent of  a  dre.>is?  or  do  you  use  that  moiu^y  for 
buying  luxuries  fnryourfamily?  Do  voti  "occa- 
sionally give  the  chiidreuHuits'of  clothes-'  or  do 
yon  use  that  money  to  buy  loijn  for  your  chil- 
dren ? 

Says  one,  "We  pray  lor  our  preacher,  and  en- 
coiiLi^c  iiiiii."     Do  you  know  how  much  good 

y "I  -  'I  II  .'\  'T^  do?    Can  your  poor  minis- 

' prayers  as  yours?     You  say, 

''  ,  |"ior  minister  and  supply  lus 

^^  I  ■  1  '  ■  ir;  you  want  God  to  do  it  nil. 
Liiii|.\i"i  ii"il!Ni^'.     The  best  way  to  jjray  for 

■'li'ii  ! ■  I'-r-riiis  is,  to  (vrap  a  sack  of  flour,  or 

Miiih-Hijn,.'  ii-,,riil.  up  in  your  prayers  and  .^end 
it  *"  111!' |.r.  ■■■iiir'?  family.  Some  good,  lienev- 
"'■    I  I     '  ■I■^a^e  large  enough  to  wrap 

III  'i  'om  and  wheat  in.    These 

■.u.--\.    |.i    ..,     'Iiitt  do  poor  heart-^  gn<id,  and 


luM  ot  rti-. 


-rti. 


ister  docs  not  sutler,  and 
ly.  Inasmuch  as  ye  assist  not 
1.^  poor  ,ind  needy,  ye  .visiat 
s  cause. — J.  H.  Mooile. 


THE    BKETHRElSr    ^T    "WOKK. 


February    '31. 


THE  DYING  WIFE. 

BISSJUUAE.    m„\JiL'IIARD. 

RAISK  my  pillow,  liusbmul  dearest, 
Fiiint  luid  fainter  comes  my  lireiitli; 
And  tlic  shadows  slealing  slowly 

Must,  I  now,  be  near  to  death. 
Sit  down  close  beside  me,  darling. 

Let  mo  clasp  your  warm,  strong  himd, 
Youre  that  has  ever  sustained  me, 

To  the  bonier  of  this  land. 
I've  had  visions  and  been  dreaming 

O'er  the  post  of  joy  and  pain; 
Year  by  year  I've  wandereil  Imckwnrd 

Until  I  was  a  child  again. 
Dreams  of  thee  and  all  the  earth-cords 

Firmly  twine  about  my  heart; 
Oh,  the  bitter,  burning  anguish, 
When  I  know  that  we  must  pnrt! 

It  has  pa.'isod,  and  God  has  promised 

All  thy  footsteps  to  attend; 
He  is  more  than  friend  or  brother, 

He'll  be  with  you  to  the  end. 
There's  no  shadow  on  the  portal 

Leading  to  my  hejiveuly  home, 
Christ  has  promised  life  imniortnl, 

It  is  He  who  bids  nie  come. 

Do  not  weep  so,  mother  deai-est. 

Wipe  those  mournful  tunvs  away; 
I  am  going  home  to  heaven — 

I'll  be  there  at  dawn  of  day. 
Tell  my  husband  to  love  Jesus, 

And  when  the  toils  of  life  are  o'er 
He  may  have  a  home  in  heaven 

With  the  blest  forevennore. 

Do  not  mourn  sr),  father — mother, 

AVipe,  oh,  wipe  those  teare  away! 
I  will  soon  be  with  the  angels. 

You  will  come  some  other  day. 
Father,  scenes  of  life  me  fading; 

Mother,  I  am  almost  o'er; 
Brother,  give  your  heart  to  Jesus; 

Sister,  we  shall  meet  once  more. 

Ciasp,  my  hand  still  closer,  dearest 

'  Tia  the  last  night  of  my  life; 
For  to-morrow  I  shall  never 

.\nswer  when  you  call  me  wife. 
Fare  thee  well,  iny  noble  husband! 

You  may  not  wait  so  very  long 
Before  you  corae  to  meet  your  darling 

In  that  bright  home  where  she  has  go 

Farewell  parents,  brother,  sister, 

I  can  see  the  other  shore — 
I  can  see  the  great  white  mansion — 

Farewell  all,  I  am  almost  o'er. 

— Selccte 
Ox  fori! ,  Mich. 


THE    LITERAL    MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED   PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN    RELIGIOUS 

FAITH    AND    PRACTICE.] 


"  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel." — 
(Psalms  73:  24) 

NU.MBKlt  IV, 

But  again  we   urge  oiu-   position    be- 
cause 

2,  It  is  the  only  alternaU/ve  hy 
which  to  a/void  the  evils'  of  of  hu- 
man priestcraft  and  mpci'stiiion.  Much 
lias  been  said  about  Papal  intolerance. 
Protestants  liave  deeply  coinmiserated 
the  spiritual-  serfdom  of  her  priest-rid- 
den subjects,  because  they  were  depriv- 
ed of  the  Bible.  But  if  Papists  actual- 
ly took  the  Bible  from  the  people  for 
many  centuries,  it  is  only  what  Protest- 
ants are  virluaUy  doiugnow.  They  ex- 
hort thepeopleto  read  theBible,butif  they 
presume  to  believe  and  obey  many  of  its 
plain  precepts,  at  once  the  clergy  labor 
liard  to  make  them  l»elieve  somethin< 
else,  and  thus  many  are  jjersuaded  to 
think  they  cannot  undci-stand  the  Word 
without  an  interpreter,  audbeingdestitnte 
of  any  pei-sonal  reason  for  their  faith  and 
practice,  are  only  the  dupes  of  wily  priest' 
craft,  neither  knowing  the  truth  nor 
^valkillg  therein.  Between  the  positio 
of  the  Brethren  and  that  of  the  Papist 
who  denies  that  the  Bible  is  adapted  to 
the  understanding  of  the  people,  and 
hence  pleadsa  necessity  for  the  spiritual- 
izing system  of  the  priesthood,  there  is 


no  alternative,  no    tenalde  intermediate 
gi'ound. 

If  yon  grant  that  oneplain  jyrecept 
must  he  taken  literally,  you  grant  all  -we 
ash,  for  it  is  a  precedent-  which  will  force 
our  conchmon,  and  when  you  firip  one 
Bihle  precept  of  its  literal  force,   and 
■Ijstituie  your  own  theory,  yoa  have 
adopted  the  controlling!  principle  of  the 
Papal  hierarchy   and  granted   all   the 
Papist  asks,  for  such  a    precedent  will 
ine%'itftbly  result  sooner  or  later  in  priest- 
craft, and  surely  Protestant   priestcraft 
is  no  better  than  Papal  priestcraft.    De- 
ny a  Christian  church   tlie  right   to  be- 
lieve they  "ought to  wasli  one  another's 
feet"    (.John    13:  14,  IT)),    observe   the 
"  holy  kiss  "  (Kom.    IG:  10";  2  Cor.    13; 
12;1   Thess.  5:20;1   Pet.   1;  U),  the 
'  anointing"  of  the  sick  (Jas.  5:  li,  15) 
the  proliibition  of  oaths  (Matt.  5 :  33-3" 
(Jas.  5:  12),  to  baptize  into  each  of  the 
three  names  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spir- 
it  (Matt.   28:19),  or    any    other    plai:: 
New  Testament  command,  and  substi- 
tute a  theory  which  -will   explain  these 
a\\'ay,  and  ^vith  tlie  same  argiunents  you 
can  go  further  and  make  au    onslaught 
upon  the  duty  of  baptism,  comnumion. 
preaching  the  AVord,  praying,  singing, 
etc.,  until  you  have  nothing  left,  and  the 
Bible   is    supplanted    by    a   priestcraft 
hich  "  makes  the  commands  of  God  of 
none  effect  by  its  traditions,"  and  if  we 
depend   on  human    priests,  to   those  of 
which,  of  all  the  varying  and  conflict- 
ing systems   shall  we  apply?  for  if  de- 
pendent upon  the  interpretation  of  one, 
why  not  upon  another?  and  who   shall 
decide  which  is  right? — and  if  the  Bi- 
ble is  a  sealed  Book  and  its  interpreters 
are  not  agreed,  ivhnt  are  the  poor  mass- 
es, ■who  ore  thii-sting  for  truth,  and  for 
whom  Christ  died,  to  do?     Surely  if  any 
man,  or  set  of  men,  has  a  right  to  put 
private  interpretation    upon,  or  opinion 
in  lieu,  of  any  pa^-t  of  God's  Law,  then 
all  othei-s  have,  and  the  plain  statements 
of  truth  may  be  supplanted  by  the  opin- 
ions of  men,  who  instead  of  obeying  tht 
Law  presume  to  be  its  judges  from  all 
their  varying  stand-points. 

Yon  must  then,  dear  reader,  to  be  con- 
sistent, either  to  accept  every  divine 
precept,  with  its  own  Scriptural  modi- 
fiers literally,  or  you  are  compelled  to 
virtually  surrender  the  Word  of  God, 
and  endorse  the  policy  of  Papal  Rome, 
Which  ■will  you  do?  There  is  no  half 
Bible  and  half  priest  here.  Adhering 
to  tlie  same  principle  by  \vhich  mill- 
ions to-day  disregard  many  of  the  plain 
commands  of  Christ  and  His  apostles. 
I  could  if  the  principle  were  correct, 
disjirove  the  authority  of  the  entire  Gos- 
pel, leaving  it  no  spiritual  vitality,  nor 
practical  power,  but  since  it  is  God's 
message  to  man,  every  precept  demands 
our  faith  and  obedience,  regardless  of 
human  opposition.  While  then  we  dis- 
claim, as  I  have  already  endeavored  to 
show,  the  rightof  judgment,  reason,  con- 
science or  any  other  human  faculty  to 
substitute  their  creations  for  the  Word 
of  God,  we  do  most  earnestly  maintain 
that  the  common  mind,  under  the  con- 
trolling influences  of  tlie  Holy  Spii-it,  is 
adapted  to  the  thorough  imderstanding 
of  every  divine  command.  But  again 
we  urge  the  literal  interpretation  of  the 
divine  precepts  because 

3.  I^he  very  accurate  a/nd  literal 
fuljillmeni  of  prophecy  (Gen.  6:  17). 
proves  it.  Both  the  prediction  and 
fulltilmtmt  of  the  flood  were  literal  (Gen, 
7:).  The  same  is  true  of  the  prophecy 
respecting  the  sojourning  and  affliction 
of  Abraham's  posteritj' and  God's  judg' 
ments  on  their  oppressors  (Gen.  15:  13- 
1(J;  E-tod   7:  14),  of  theii- promised  in- 


heritancu  (^Gen.  17:  S;  2U:  3,  4;   28;  13, 
14;  Josh.  1:  3,  4,  4),  of  the  destruction 
of  Sodom  (Gen.  10:  12-2(i),  of  the  sev- 
yeare  of  plenty  and  famine  in  Egypt 
(Gen.  41:29-57),  of  the  curse  upon  him 
who  would   attempt  to  rebuild  Jericoh 
(Josh.  (!:  26;  1  Kings    l(i:  34).     Of  the 
destruction  of  Eli's  sons  (1  Sam.  2 :  27- 
34;  4:  17),  ofElijah'sprophecyto  Ahab 
of  famine  (1  Kings  17:  1),  of  the  doom 
of  Abab  and  Jesebel  (Kings  21:  17-24 
22:  38),  of  Elisha's  prophecy  to  Hazael 
of  l\is  royalty  and  crimes  (2  Kings  2:  8 
11-13;  13  22;  2  Chron.  11:  21),  of  Dan- 
iel's explanation  of  the  rise,  progress,  and 
fall    of  earth's   imiversal    empires   vi2., 
the  Chaldean  or  Babylonian,  the  Medo- 
Persian,  the    Grecian,  the   Roman  \vith 
its  divisons  and  subdivisions  as  exhibit- 
ed   in    Nebuclmdne/.zar'.'j    gi'eat  image 
(Dan.  7:  8-Hi),  of  the  desolation  of  Bab- 
ylon, Assyria,  Moab,  Egypt,  Ethiopia, 
Arabia,  Tyre,  Israel  and  Jerusalem    (Is. 
8;  9,  13,  14,  15,  1(J,  17,  18,  21),   23,  29, 
Jer.  19:  49,  50,  51;Ezek.  25,31,32).  Of 
the   prophecies  concerning   Christ;   He 
was  born  of  a   virgin  (Is.   7;    14;  Matt. 
1:  18-23;  Luke  1:  2G-35)  in  Bethlehem 
of  Juden  (Mich.  5:2;  Luke  2 :  4-7),  call- 
ed out  of  Egypt    (Hos.   11:  1;  Matt.  2; 
15),  called  a  Naxarene  (Matt  11:   23), 
rode  into  Jerusalem  upon  an  ass(Zech. 
11:  12,  13;  Johnl2:  14,15),  offered  rest 
totheweary(Is.aO:  4;Matt.2:  28,  30), 
preached  the  Gospel  to  the  poor  (Is.  01 : 
1-3;  Luke  4:  17-21),  was  despised  and 
rejected  of  men  (Is.  53:  3;  John  19:  15), 
suffered  not  for  liimself,  but  for  others 
(Is.  53:  46;  Luke  23:  14),  was  betrayed 
for  thirty  pieces  of  silver  (Zech  11 
13;Matt.  20:  15),  was   delivered  to  the 
Gentiles(Lu.  18:32),  contrary  to  the  laws 
according  to  their  charge  (Lev.  24 
16)  which  they  attempted,  but  failed  to 
execute  ('John8:  59).     He  was  mocked, 
spit  upon  and   crucified  (Matt.  20:  19; 
Mark    10:    33;     Luke   18:  32).     They 
gave  Him  gall  and  vinegar  (Ps.  09:  21; 
Matt.  27:34).     They    parted  His   gar- 
ments and  casts  lots  for  His  vesture  (Ps. 
22:18;  Matt.  27:35).     They   laughed 
Him  to  scorn,  shooting  out  the  lip,  shak- 
ing the  head  and  saying,  "  He  trusted  in 
the  Lord  that  He   would   deliver  Him; 
let  Him  deliver  Him,  seeing  He  delight- 
ed in  Him"  (Pa.  22:   7,  8;  Matt.  27:  39, 
40).     He  was  numbered  with  the  trans- 
gressors (Is.  53:  12;  Matt.  27:  38;  Mark 
15:27).     He  was  with  the  richinHis 
death  (Is.  53:  9;  Matt.  27:  57-60).  Not 
a  bone  of  Him  was  broken  (John  19 :  33) 
which  corresponds  exactly  with  the  pas- 
chal type  (E.\od.   12:  46;  Num.   9:12). 
They  pierced  his  hands  and  feet(P8.  22: 
10).     They  looked  on  Him  whom  they 
had  pierced  (Zech.  12:  10;  John  19:  24, 
37).     He  rose  from   the  dead  the  third 
day  (Matt.  28:    6;  Luke    18:    32).    The 
same    is    true   respecting  New   Testa- 
ment prophecies. 


if  you  hear  His  voice,  harden  not  yonr 
hearts,  Nowisthe  timetowork.  If  there 
is  a  good  deed  before  you  to  be  done,  go 
and  do  it,  do  n6t  wait  until  to-morrow, 
or  next  week ;  for  Satan  always  has  some 
mischief  for  idle  hands  to  do. 

Work  while  it  is  called  to-day,  for 
each  day  has  its  duties,  and  if  you  defer 
this  day's  work  for  to-morrow,  there  will 
be  certain  duties  for  that  day  also(if  you 
should  live  to  see  it)  and  you  must  crowd 
two  days  work  in  one  or  be  constantly 
falling  behind,  each  duty  should  be  till- 
ed as  they  pre.sent  themselves.  And 
again  if  we  ever  intend  to  become  fol- 
lowers of  our  Savior,  now  is  the  time 
to  begin  as  we  have  lost  much  time  al- 
ready, and  should  we  employ  every  mo- 
ment of  om-  future  time  in  His  service, 
it  is  no  more  than  our  reasonable  service, 
and  cannot  make  up  the  time  we  have 
lost.  Let  us  therefore  begin  to-day  and 
work  diligently;  for  no  man  knows  what 
day  may  bring  forth.  To-morrow 
our  friends  may  be  preparing  these  ten- 
ements of  clay  for  their  hist  resting  ])lace, 
these  mental  powers  that  we  can  ex- 
ercise to-day  with  so  much  delicacy  and 
precision,  to-morrow  may  be  paralyzed 
and  obscured  and  we  may  be  a  howling 
maniac.  Such  is  our  mental  and  phys- 
ical construction,  that  at  any  moment 
all  can  l>e  destroyed.  Why,  then  plan 
for  the  futui-e?  Let  us  live  for  to-day, 
casting  all  our  care  on  Jesus,  and  trust- 
ing in  God  for  His  blessings,  receiving 
them  \vith  thankful  hearts  as  they  corae ; 
never  harassing  ourselves  ■with  imagin- 
ary evils  yet  to  come ;  "  Sufficient  to  the 
day  is  the  evil  thereof."  Surely  we  can 
trust  the  One,  that  has  given  us  life  and 
health  in  the  past,  for  the  future.  He 
has  blessed  each  day  as  it  passed,  and 
to-day  He  is  sending  numberless  bless- 
ings upon  us. 

The  future  is  before  us,  we  know  not 
what  it  is  to  bring  forth.  Biit  the  sanie 
Hand  that  guided  our  weary  footsteps 
thus  far,  and  the  same  protecting  Arm 
that  is  over  us  to-day,  is  able  to  conduct 
usthroughtherestof  our  journey,  wheth- 
er it  be  long  or  short.  "When  the  end 
comes  He  has  promised  to  go  with  us 
through  the  dark  valley  and  gloomy 
shadow  of  death,  and  finally  receive  us 
into  His  own  Divine  presence,  where 
there  will  be  one  eternal  day. 
Arcanum,  Ohio. 


WORK  WHILE  IT  IS  CALLED 
TO-DAY. 

BY  CHARLOTTE  T.  B0X1>. 

IT  is  natural  for  us  to  defer  matter; 
and  imagine  it  will  be  more  conven 
lent  to  attend  to  such  and  such  things 
at  some  future  time.  To-day  only  is 
om's,  we  know  not  what  a  day  may 
bring  forth,  if  we  have  a  duty  to  per 
form,  now  is  the  time  to  attend  to  it,  if 
we  should  wait  until  to-morrow,  we  may 
lose  the  opportunity,  and  we  are  among 
the  slothful  servants.  There  are  very 
few  pei'sons  living,  but  have  it  in  their 
minds  to  serve  God  and  prepare  for  death 
before  it  comes  upon  them,  but  alas! 
they  put  the  matter  off  until  it  is  too 
late -and  they  ai-e  forever  lost.     To-day 


THOUGHTS. 


IIY  W.  HRRTZLEB. 


SELF-GOVERNMENT  is  a  great,  and 
good  work;  especially  if  well  per- 
formed, in  two  ways;  temporally  and 
spiritually.  Temporal  government  in- 
cludes among  others,  temperance;  not 
merely  in  drinking,  but  also  eating  mod- 
erately, working,  sleeping,  and  thinking; 
all  of  these  functions  well  governed, 
brings  happiness  and  cheerful  days  to 
the  one  engaged  in  it,  in  the  pre.sent  life. 
It  also  qualifies  the  imli\'idual  for  duty 
whatever  his  calling  may  be.  But  when 
this  government  is  wanting,  it  seems  to 
have  a  di'awback,  and  a  downward  ten^ 
deney  in  every  case.  But  in  spiritual 
life,  good  government  brings  "  religion 
undefiled,"  religion  that  rules  even  the 
mind,  the  heart,  and  brings  into  subjec  | 
tion  the  inner  and  outer  man,  so  that 
the  image  of  Christ  is  readily  seen  in 
man,  in  all  his  callings  and  movements 
among  men.  Is  not  religion  the  cause 
of  the  family  altar,  whence  the  sweet 
smellings  arise  unto  the  Lord  ?  Yes,  it 
is.  Does  not  religion  ti-ansforra  the  li- 
on into  a  sheep?  Yes,  if  religion  d.are 
govern,  it' has  that  effect.  Sometimes 
the  disciples  get  the'idea,  they  ai-e  ivith- 


February    '-il. 


TI-IE    l^KETHT^EN    ^VT    "WORK!. 


3 


oiil  ]">\vi-r,  tliey  fnnoot  \v<irk  unless  urg- 
ed on  by  the  Spirit  of  the  honl.  Not 
quitf  so;  where  would  free  agency  Ijc  if 
wf  could  not  work?  God  wants  free 
agriits,  men  and  women  that  display  a 
willingness  to  do  what  little  they  can  Ibr 
the  t'ause  of  the  Jlastei-,  iviiich  in  every 
case  ^vill  meet  \Wth  the  approbation  of 
God,  and  di-aws  from  al)ove  the  smiles  of 
the  Savior  and  opens  Ilie  store-house  for 
the  needy;  whence  tbey  draw  a  daily 
snpply.  God's  children  must  be  mind- 
ed, like  our  obedient  ones.  An  obedi- 
ent child  does  not  want  to  he  pushed  on 
the  work;  no,  that  disposition  or  nature 
they  al)hor;  but  lazy  ones  look  for  it  ev 
ei-y  time  tbey  \vork. 

Now,  dear  brethren,  let  us  not  imitate 
idlers  and  laziness.  But  religion 
moulds  and  fashions  our  deportment 
among  men,  that  a  new  creature  may  be 
visible.  In  the  morning  lift  up  your 
hands  to  God  in  fervent  prayer.  At  the 
table  show  in  a  few  words  tiiat  meat  and 
drink  "comes from  above,  tlie  Father  of 
lights"  to  whomlionotis  due.  Also  let 
us  l>ridle  our  tongnes,*inee  we  have  to 
"  give  an  account  for  every  idle  ivord  we 
say."  Keligion  also  brings  kindness  in- 
to existence,  kind  talk  in  the  family,  be- 
tween husband  and  wife,  parents  and 
children,  masters  and  servants.  Even 
the  ercatiires  on  the  yaid  find  it  out. 
Proper  treatment  is  given,  in  feeding  and 
working.  Solomon  says, "  A  righteous 
man  regardeth  the  life  of  his  beast." 
The  neighbors  will  find  tokens  of  love, 
and  in  all  the  necessary  duties;  the 
church  ^^^ll  have  alfectiomite  members, 
attending  meetings  with  joy  and  long- 
ing; not  merely  as  a  dutj*.  When  tliere, 
engaged  in  prayer  for  the  church,  fortlie 
preachers,  and  the  welfare  of  mankind 
in  general.  No  sleepers,  nor  head-heiivy 
individuals,  who  must  jirop,  or  if  not 
engaged  in  that  business,  every  time  the 
door  moves  there  goes  the  face.  No,  re- 
ligion keeps  awake,  creates  attention, 
(.lesiring  to  cateli  every  ^vord  spoken,  in 
singing,  prayer,  or  preaching.  Christ's 
religion  stamps  a  "  peculiar  jieople,  zeal- 
ous of  good  works,"  at  home  and  abroad. 
Another  thought.  Some  yeai-s  ago  it 
struck  me  sensibly  as  if  the  Brethren  are 
ra_ther  fast  in  multiplying  papers;  and 
^vished  they  would  consolidate  all  those 
in  existence,  and  then  I  would  be  satis- 
fied, Now  a  partial  cousolidatiou  has 
been  accomplished,  and  another  sprung 
up.  And  so  I  went  to  work  to  examine 
them  all,  and  finally  came  to  the  con- 
clusiou  to  make  choice  of  the  youngest, 
being  the  nicest  type,  the  easiest  re-id, 
if  eyes  commence  to  fail  like  mine  for 
years  already.  Also  find  it  brimful  of 
wholesome  matter  every  time  Hcomes. 
May  God  speed  the  work,  iind  give  a 
special  blessing  to  the  beloved  editors, 
and  gi-ant  that  their  labors  may  be  the 
means  of  doing  much  good  among  men. 
^lizabelktown,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 


THE  SECRETS  OF  THE  LORD. 

DV  MATTIE  A.  LE.Ut. 

44  rpiIE  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  them 
-'-  that  fear  Him;  and  He  will  shew 
tliem  Plis  covenant"  (Psalms  25:14). 
Gi'eat  men  of  the  earth  such  as  kings, 
or  rulers  have  their  intimate  or  confiden- 
tial friends  to  whom  they  reveal  their 
plans,  purposes  or  designs.  To  be  thus 
taken  into  the  hidden  or  secret  counsel 
of  some  great  earthly  potentate,  is  con- 
sidered an  honor  that  most  persons  would 
earnestly  covet.  Jehovah  has  His  -dear 
and  intuuate  friends,  to  whom  He  reveals 
His  secrets  or  hidden  purposes.  AVho  are 
they  who  are  accounted  worthy  of  such 
distinguished  honor?      Our  text  says, 


s  pro 


they  that  feai"  Him.  But  what  \-<  meant 
by  the  term  "fear  Him?"  There  are 
two  kinds  of  fear  spoken  of  in  the  Scrip- 
tm-es,  the  former  is  the  kind  of  fear  re- 
ferred to  in  our  te."ct.  Tins  fear  of  God 
is  a  holy  affection  wrought  in  the  soul 
inclining  the  individual  to  obey  all  God's 
commandments,  no  matter  how  ditfioult, 
or  self-sacrificing  they  may  be. 

To  fear  God  then  in  this  sense,  is  syn- 
onymous ■\vith  the  term  love  Him,  and 
obedience  is  the  expression,  or  divinely 
appointed  manifestation  of  love.  It 
would  still  further  elucidate  our  text  to 
give  it  this  reading:  "  The  secrets  of  the 
Lord  are  with  them  that  obey  Him." 
This  explanation  is  still  fiu-tlier  borne 
out  by  the  language  of  our  Savior  to  his 
disciples.  "  Ye  are  my  friends,  if  ye  do 
^vhatsoever  I  command  you.  Hence- 
forth I  call  you  not  servants;  for  the  ser- 
vant knoweth  not  what  Jiis  Lord  doeth; 
but  I  have  colled  you  friends;  for  all 
things  that  I  have  heard  of  my  Father, 
I  have  made  kno^Ti  unto  you."  A  friend 
is  one  to  whom  ive  impart  our  minds 
more  freely  thau  to  others.'  This  is  ivhat 
our  Savior  does  to  his  followers,  he  ad- 
mits them  into  a  very  close  intimacy  with 
himself,  and  unfolds  unto  them  myste- 
ries of  his  love,  bis  gi'ace.  and  h 
idence  (see  Lamentations  .5:  1). 

But  says  one,  this  title  of  fiiii;x]>  w; 
oidy  applicable  to  the  apostles,  or  ; 
most  to  some  high  official,  or  dignitary  of 
the  cliurch.  The  papist  would  say,  the 
clerical  orders  alone  possess  this  superior 
wisdom,  it  is  never  vouchsafed  to  the 
laity.  But  wliat  says  Christ?  Upon 
one  occasion  after  commanding  John  the 
Baptist,  he  added,  "  But  he  that  is  least 
in  tlie  kingdom  of  God,  is  greater  than 
he."  That  is  the  most  lowly,  the  most 
humble,  the  one  ii'ho  has  the  least  of  self, 
and  the  most  of  Christ.  Again  our  Sav- 
ior addresses  his  Father  thus,  "  I  thank 
thee  0  Father,  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth, 
because  thou  hast  hid  these  things  trom 
the  Avise  and  prudent,  and  hast  revealed 
them  unto  babes.  Even  so,  Father;  for 
it  seemed  good  in  thy  sight."  It  is  then 
to  the  Immble,  the  poor  iu  spirit,  irre- 
spective of  his  office,  or  position  in  this 
world,  that  God  particularly  reveals 
himself. 

A^'^e  will  jtext  try  to  notice  some  of 
these  secrets  of  the  Lord  ^vhich  our  text 
;ayg,  are  with  those  that  fear  him. 
Though  these  purposes  are  all  I'evealed 
inhisAVord,  yet' they  luay  very  prop- 
erly be  called  secrets,  first  because  of  the 
many,  and  deep  mysteries  iu  them,  sec- 
ondly, because  they  are  said  to  be  hid 
fl'om  many,  because  of  their  carnality.  (1 
Cor.  2:  U). 

A  (dose and  patient  application,  is  nec- 
essary to  the  full  understanding  of  any 
department  of  knowledge.  This  applies 
to  the  science  of  religion.  One  person 
cannot  be  proficient  in  more  than  one 
branch  of  knowledge.  Paul  knew  this, 
hence  when  he  chose  the  religion  of 
Christ,  we  hear  him  exclaim:  "  1  deter- 
mined not  to  know  anything  among,  you, 
save  Jesus  Christ  and  him  crucified." 
But  the  teachings  of  Christ  are  unique. 
The  princiiiles  and  maxims  which  lie  in- 
culcated are  uo'where  else  taught.  The 
iitmost  sti-etch  of  himian  reason  coidd 
never  approx-imate  its  loftiness  and  pu- 
■ity.  Human  science  was  far,  fak  too 
weak  to  explore  this  domain  of  knowl- 
So  now,  since  life  and  immortal- 
ity have  l)een  brought  to  light  through 
the  Gospel,  neither  do  we  now  need  the 
aid  of  liuman  science,  or  human  bear- 
,n  any  of  its  departments  to  enable 
us  to  undei-stand  these  great,  and  heav- 
en-born truths.  They  emanated  solely 
fi'om  God,  and  he  alone  can  unfold  un- 


iiiiport. 

humble 


I  to  us  their  true  and  spiritual 
And  this  will  he  do  if  we  are 
and  teachable. 

That  human  knowledge  is  not  neces- 
sary to  enable  us  to  underatand  God's 
holy  AVord,  is  still  further  deducible, 
from  the  fact  that  nearly,  if  not  quite 
all,  the  errors  that  have  so  deformed  the 
church,  all  the  departures  from  the  plain 
and  obvious  meaning  of  the  sacred  Scrip- 
tures, have  originated  with  the  leanied. 
Had  mankind  only  gone  to  the 
Scriptures  for  knowledge  in  divine  things, 
and  had  they  only  sought  the  illu- 
minations of  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  church 
would  not,  as  it  now  "is,  be  rent  into 
fragments.  But  blessed  be  God,  there 
have  always  been  somewhohave refused 
to  oft'er  incense  with  strange  fire  in  their 
censers.  They  would  take  their  coals 
from  tlie  altar  of  burnt-oft'ering,  no  mat- 
ter at  what  cost.  Even  in  the  darkest 
days    of  that   overshadowing   evil,  the 

reat  apostsusy,  there  ■^vas  not  wanting  a 
period  in  which  there  were  not  some  to 
oflVr  a  pure  testiraony^  for  Jesus.  In  Rev. 
7:  1,  John  saw  "  four  angles  standing  on 
the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  holding 
the  four  wiutls  of  the  earth,  that  the 
wind  should  not  blow  on  the  earth,  nor 
on  the  sea,  nor  on  any  tree."  Now  'Wllj' 
this  suspension  of  judgment?  AVhy  not 
let  the  trumpets  immediately  proclaim 
the  vengeance  of  God.  All!  these  re- 
straining angels  are  to  keep  in  check  the 
impending  devastations,  until  the  ser- 
vants of  God  are  sealed  on  their  fore- 
heads. 

A  fierce  and  prolonged  contest  between 
truth  and  error,  was  no^v  about  to  be  in- 
augurated. That  dreadful  colossus,  the 
hierarchy  of  Home  was  being  rapidly 
developed.  Ignorance,  supei'stition,  and 
wickedness  were  about  to  spread  them- 
selves like  a  dark  pall  over  the  earth. 
But  God  was  preparing  a  noble  army  of 
torch-bearers  to  hold  forth  the  true  light 
during  these  degenerate  times.  There 
must  be  a  pause,  a  respite,  diu-ing  which 
period  the  apostasy  might  have  an  op- 
portunity for  repentance  and  reforma- 
tion, and  the  true  followers  of  the  Lamb 
might  l^ecome  established  and  confirm- 
ed in  the  ti'uth.  They  were  sealed  in 
their  foreheads.  God  M'rote,  as  it  were, 
his  Law  on  the  tablets  of  their  minds, 
to  them  the  promise  was  verified.  "  Then 
shall  we  kno'w,  if  we  follow  on  to  know 
the  Lord."  And  in  tht  others  ivas  ful- 
filled the  saying,  "  But  evil  men  and  se- 
ducers shall  wax  worse  and  worse,  de- 
ceiving, and  being  deceived." 

The  secrets  of  the  Lord,  or  His  deep 
mysteries,  then  are  mth  his  people,  with 
those  who  lo\'e,  serve,  and  obey  him ; 
to  such  are  constantly  unfolded  new 
beauties,  now  wonders,  and  new  grand- 
eurs. The  depth  of  divine  love  is  un- 
fathomalile,  but  the  nearer  we  live  to  the 
cross,  the  more  perfectly  obedient,  and 
submissive  we  are,  the  more  we  shall  be 
enabled  to  comprehend  of  this  wonder- 
ful mystery.  So  with  the  proWdence  of 
God.  His  dealings  with  individuals 
often  seem  strangely  inexplicable,  and 
sometimes  arbitrary.  AVe  see  the  wick- 
ed and  theuoniinalprofessoi-s,  "  in  great 
power,  and  spreailiug  themselves  like  a 
gi-een  bay  tree."  AVe  see  them  iu  the 
enjoyment  of  everything  that  this  world 
can  bestow,  having  health,  fiiends, 
wealth  everything.  A\''e  see  the  de\'out 
and  humble  Christian  deprived  of  all 
these,  "  plagued  all  the  day  long,  and 
chastened  every  morning,"  and  in  a  mo- 
ment of  despondency,  we  exclaim,  "  A'^er- 
ily  I  have  cleansed  my  heart  in  vain, and 
ivashed  my  hands  in  innoceucy."  But 
when  we  draw  near  to  the  sacred  Ora- 
cles, we  hear,    as  it  were,  a  voice  from 


between  the  Cherubim,  saying  to  us, 
"  Behold,  I  have  refined  tliee,  but  not 
u-ith  silver;  I  have  chosen  thee  iu  the 
fm-nace  of  aflliction."  "  As  many  as  I 
love  I  rebuke  and  chasten." 

Now  we  see  that  there  was  "  a  needs 
be  "  in  all  that  we  have  suftered,  wheth- 
er it  was  mental  or  physical  suft'ering, 
yea,  necessary,  that  we  should  know  that 
bitterestsorrows,  the  insincerity  of  friends 
and  we  doulitif  greater  pangs  can  he 
e.vporienced  by  human  hearts,  than  to 
be  wounded  in  the  house  of  our  friends." 
Blessed  indeed  are  they  who  have  learn 
ed  anfliciently  in  thcschool  of  Christ,  to 
know  thatallthese  things-are  necessary. 
And  so  it  is,  when  the  outer  darkness  is 
thickest  and  dense-st,  the  inner  light  is 
most  bright  and  glorious. 


A  HIGH  CALLING. 

1IYS.  II.  MINNICH. 

4iT  THEREFORE,  the  prisoner  of  the 
-L  Lord,  beseech  you  that  ye  walk 
worthy  of  thw  vocation  wherewith  ye 
are  (were)  called"  (Eph.  4:  1),  To 
walk  worthy  is  to  conduct  ones  self  in 
a  proper  manner.  The  AVord  e.vhorts 
us  "  to  walk  lay  failh,  to  walk  in  love, 
to  walk  hone-^thf,  to  walk  in  the  t'l-ufh" 
and  "  to  walk  in  wisdom  toward  them 
that  are  without."  Some  profe.'i«ors 
conduct  them.selves  very  circuniapectly 
n  the  presence  of  tlieii-  brethren,  but 
very  unbecomingly   in    the  pre.ience  of 

them  mthout."  "  AVorthy  of  the  vo- 
c.-ition,"  worthy  of  your  calling,  profess- 
ion or  business.  A  man  juay  Jiono/'  or  dis- 
honor,  the  humldest  profession  or  busi- 
ness ill  life;  may  be  an  honorable  tinker 
or  a  dishonoralde  artisan. 

The  called  will  honor  the  labor,  or 
business  to  which  he  is  called,  more 
readily  wJien  called  by  the  honorable. 
Reader,  has  father  and  mother  called 
you?  The  church  has  called  you.  The 
Spirit  calls;  the  Sou  calls;  the  Father 
calls. 

Called  "  to  be  saints,  called  to  fellow- 
ship with  the  Son;  called  to  be  children 
of  God ;  called  to  share  the  life  of  Christ" 
(Eph.  2:  5).  AVho  is  able  for  these 
things?  A\''ho  can  comprehend  this  high 
calling?  AVTio  can  walk  wortliy  oi'  such 
a  call  and  sucJi  a  calling? 

Ouly  the  spiritually  minded  can  hon- 
or this  calling,  that  calls  us  from  death 
uuto  life.  "  For  to  be  caraally  minded 
is  death,  but  to  be  spiritually-minded, 
is  life  and  peace  "(Rom.  8:  6). 

Aniioch,  Iiul. 


"  WHAT  NEXT." 

A    GENTLEMAN,  riding  near  thecity 

-^^  overtook  a  well-di-esssed  young 
umn,  and  invited  him  to  a  seat  iu  his 
carnage. 

Avhat,"  said  the  gentleman  to  the 
j^oung  stranger,  "are  your  plans  for  the 
future?" 

I  am  a  clerk,"  replied  the  young 
man,  "  and  my  hope  is  to  succeed,  and 
get  into  busine.ss  tor  myself," 

■'  And  what  next?"  said  the  gentle- 
man. 

"  AVTiy,  I  intend  to  marry  and  set  up 
;  establishment  of  my  own,"  said  the 
youth. 

"  And  what  next?" 
"AVhy,  continue  in  business,  and  ac- 
cumulate wealth." 

"  And  what  next?" 
.  "  It  IS  the  lot  of  all  to  die,  and  I,  of 
'ourse  cannot  escape,"  replied  the  young 
man. 

And  what  next?"  once  more  asked 
the  gentleman ;  but  the  young  man  had 
no  answer  to  make;  he  had  no  [jurpose 
that  reached  beyond  the  present  life. 
How  many  young  men  are  in  precisely 
the  same  condition?  AVhat  pertains  to 
the  world  to  come  has  no  place  in  all 
their  plans, — liihle  Jianner. 


THE    miETPIREN    ^T    AVOKlsI 


February    ~  1  - 


lis.  Otir  mcotinga  commenced  on  tlie24tli  of  Jan- 
imry  and  ended  on  the  11th  of  February.  We 
hod  iirencliing  every  evi-ning  aud  mosl  of  the 
time  in  the  ibrcnoon  of  each  dny.  The  Gospel 
Tvas  preached  en  pure  nnd  simple,  that  no  honest 
person  could  help  but  wntlerstnnd  it.  Onr  home 
ministers  and  in  fuel  nil  the  raembere,  tended  the 
meetings  well,  done  their  port  nobly,  everybody 
seemed  to  ciijoy  himself.  It  was  truly  a  time 
of  rejoicing  for  both  saint  and  sinner.  One  of 
the  converts  said :  "lam  sorry  I  did  not  start 
sixyeargago."  Another  said:  "Twenty  years  of 
tlie  beat  of  my  life  were  spent  iu  Bin  to  no  profit." 
Wc  hope  to  81100  start  meetings  in  other  parls 
of  the  district,  and  we  bnye  good  reasons  lo  ex- 
pect a  large  ingathering,  as  the  doctrine  of  the 
Bible  is  preached  in  its  purity,  many  scorn  to  bo 
willing  to  accept  it- 
Through  our  aeries  of  meetings  twenty-five  liovi 
been  made  willing  to  accept  Christ  and  entir  tlio 
army  of  the  Lord.  Now,  brethren  and  sisters,  let 
us  i)ray  that  thoy  may  put  on  the  whole  n 
Gml  that  they  may  wiilistand  the  attacks  of  tlie 
evil  one.  Of  the  number  that  joined,  eighteen 
word  Brethren's  childi-eu,  seventeen  of  them 
der  twenty  years  of  ago,  Seven  were  powons 
tween  forty  and  fifty  years  old.  We  hope 
trust  they  may  all  prove  faithful  anil  fight  the 
go'id  fight  of  fftitb,  lliat  in  the  end  they  may  say 
with  the  npostle :  "  I  have  fought  a  good  fight, 
hnvo  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith  ; 
hence  there  is  laid  up  for  inc  a  crown  of  right- 
eousness, which  the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge 
shall  give  mo  at  that  day.  and  not  to  me  only,  but 
unlo  all  them  also  that  love  his  appearing." 

May  the  good  Lord  help  us  anil  keep  us  all  in 
tliat  strait  nnd  narrow  way,  that  we  may  finally 
enter  in  through  tho  gate  into  the  city,  is  the 
prayer  of  your  unworthy  brother. 

J.  Si[ASi:ouii. 


NOTES    OF    TRAVEL. 

rBnllu::,:^ 


IN  company  with  my  wife  and  two  sons,  I  left 
Pennsylvania  on  Dec.  18,  1878,  and  arrived 
at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  at  7  A.  JL  Here  I  put  my 
family  on  board  the  train  for  Tiffin,  Ohio.  I  re- 
turned to  Tuscarawas  Co.,  Ohio,  and  vemained 
with  tho  brethren  one  week,  aud  preached  for 
them.  Had  a  .very  pleasant  sojourn  among  them. 
On  the  27th  I  passed  on  to  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio, 
where  I  again  joined  my  family ;  and  remained 
until  the  fifth  of  January,  1S7S. 

In  company  with  Bro.  S.  T.  Bosserman  went  to 
the  Eagle  Creek  congregation,  where  we  remained 
until  the  14th.  Then  went  to  J.  P.  Ebersole's 
charge.  Remained  until  the  21st,  Then  went  to 
Allen  Co,,  where  I  remained  until  the  2Jth.  Then 
to  Marshall  Co.,  Ind.,  where  I  stayed  until  the 
20  Lh. 

My  next  point  was  Lanark,  Illinois,  Here  I 
remained  until  the  fourth  of  February.  Thence 
to  the  Arnold's  Grove  congregnlion,  where  we  rc-- 
msiined  until  the  sixth.  In  the  evening"  of  the 
sixth,  I  spoke  in  Mt.  Carroll,  111.,  to  a  very  atten- 
tive nudieuL-e.  After  resting  "at  the  house  of  my 
old  aciiuainUmce,  Bro.  W.  Clemnier,  we  hoarded 
the  tniin  for  Waterloo,  where  we  arrived  safely 
on  the  Bcveath,  about  noon. 

We  had  a  very  jileasant  journey.  Enjoyed 
good  health  aud  pleasant  weather  mosl  of  the 
lime  all  along  our  journey.  Wc  had  very  pleas- 
ant meetings  wherever  I  stopped  with  the  Breth- 
ren, Now  I  will  sny  to  my  many  friends  iu  the 
East,  who  were  so  much  concerned  for  us,  we  are 
now  at  the  borne  of  our  dear  Bro.  Michael  and 
sister  Susan  Kehc-r.  They  make  ns  feel  as  much 
nt  home  as  possible. 

We  had  the   pleasure  of  seeing  some  precious 
souls  come  to  (he  church.      Among   them    I 
name  the  wife  of  Bro.   Uriaa  Fink    of    G) 
Springs,  Seneca  Co.,  0.    May  God  bless  tho  dear 
ones  wlicre  wc  slopped,   who  cared  for   us  like 


paper.  In  regotd  to  the  Slate  of  Kansaa  I  would 
firat  say,  that  I  did  not  only  take  notice  of  tho 
land  along  the  diffeient  roads,  but  slopped  off  al 
ly  places  and  made  search  through  the  coun- 
try. After  having  spent  about  two  months,  being 
at  work  all  the  time,  I  concluded  tliat  Kansas  in, 
without  controversy,  a  great  State.  The  soil  is 
deep  and  rich,  the  laud  is  slightly  rolling.  There 
slougbs  lo  be  found,  no  stagnant  water  and 
no  undcrdraining  ncftded.  Good  roads  through- 
out the  country,  nnd  particularly  along  tho  E,  P. 
R.  R.  In  my  judgment,  tbree-fourtbs  of  the 
conntrj-  U  better  adapted  to  the  raising  of  wheat, 
while  one  fourth  is  better  adapted  to  tho  raising 
of  corn.  Vegetables  grow  in  abundance ;  also 
fruit,  if  properly  cultivated,  and  timber  of  differ- 
ent kinds. 

If  any  intend  moving  out  there,  and  wbh 
lo  get  to  plowing,  they  can  get  at  it  right  away. 
The  ivater  is  generally  good  through  the  parts  I 
made  investigation  of;  the  depth  of  digging  wells 
varies  from  twenty  to  forty  feet.  Along  the  A. 
T.  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R.  they  use  driving  pumps  be- 
cause of  quicksand.  But  along  the  K.  P,  R.  R., 
they  dig  wells  like  they  do  in  Pa.  They  wall 
them,  so  there  is  no  danger  of  caving  in.  I  bought 
three  furnis,  six  miles  SoutU-west  of  Wilson  for 
two  of  my  sons  nnd  one  son-iu-law.  They  intend 
to  move  on  those  farms  in  the  Spring.  Wilson  is 
230  miles  West  of  Kansas  City.  The 
exact  place  for  the  colony  to  locate  is  not  yet  ful- 
ly decided.  Moat  of  our  members-  intend  moving 
lomewherc  in  the  neighborhood  where  I  have 
bought.  There  are  seven  members  in  that  part  of 
luutry  now,  and  with  those  who  intend  to 
go  there,  there  will  be  about  twenty-five  or  thirty. 
Ko  church  organized  there  yet;  but  hope  when 
we  arrive  there  will  be  a  sufficient  number  to  or- 
ganize a  church.  The  nearest  organized  church 
is  about  forty  miles  North  of  Wilson. 

I  will  now,  in  a  brief  way,  answer  some  of  the 
more  particular  (jueslions  I  have  been  asked  to 
answer.  In  the  first  i>luce  I  will  say  that  there  is 
no  govornnieut  land  worth  while  along  the  line 
of  the  first-named  railroad.  Railroad  land  can 
be  bought  from  three  to  ten  doUare  per  acre  be- 
tween Ellswortti  and  Ellis,  depending  how  near  it 
is  to  the  railroad  and  how  it  loys.  School-houses 
are  built  as  fast  as  they  are  needed.  At  most  of 
thetowus  they  have  built  good,  two-story  school- 
houses;  have  graded  sciiools,  aud  use  these 
school -bouses  for  religious  services.  Some  cliurcli 
es  have  built  themselves  places  for  worship,  and  1 
think  the  Brethren  ought  to  do  the  same. 

Coal  may  be  found  at  many  different  points  i; 
the  State.  About  three  miles  from  Wilson  is 
coal  mine,  and  eighteen  miles  North  of  same 
place  is  another  one.  Wood  costs  from  two 
dollars  a  cord,  coal  three  dollars  A  ton  at  tho 
e.  The  climate  is  very  good  nndhcidtby  ;  the 
towns  and  country  fast  improving. 

Li  answer  to  the  colony  plan  I  would  aay,  that 
the  colony  started  on  a.  regular  colony  course, 
elected  ofticere,  at  least  as  far  as  circumstances  re- 
quired, heforo  and  until  they  have  moved.  AVhcth- 
er  the  colony  intends  lo  buy  land  and  lay  out  a 
town,  and  then  cast  lots  whose  that  shall  be,  I 
know  not,  but  I  think  that  would  he  doinu-  justly. 
The  colony  meets  every  \\^ediiesday  etening  near 
HenlsviUe,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.  I  have  thus  llir 
answered  your  questions.  If  anything  more  is 
necessary,  no  doubt  those  interested  will  ask. 

We  have  a  series  of  mcethigs  in  progress  at  our 
meeting-house  in  Milltowu.  Bro.  John  Mohler 
of  Mifflin  Co.,  is  with  us.  Last  Lord's  day  we 
baptized  five  precious  souls,  and  to-morrow  at 
least  eight  more  have  given  their  consent  to  bo 
baptiticd. 


lor  better  uccJiiuuodations  tor  funerals,  and  also 
that  these  burial  places  might  not  go  lo  ruin.  Had 
consultations  among  themselves  in  regard  to  build- 
ing a  meetiug-house  between  the  two  places,  but 
not  being  able  to  come  to  a  satisfactory  agreement 
among  themselves,  as  regarding  the  pro[wise<l  sit- 
uation for  the  house,  the  tiro  parties  concluded 
to  build  u  house  to  themselves ;  (but  all  on  friend- 
ly terms— no  ill  feeling  existing  between  the  two 
parties  us  far  as  I  know.) 

houses  have  been  built  as  "  Union  meeting- 
houses," by  the  community  to  the  service  of  the 
Brethren,  Mcnnonitcs,  Lutheran  aud  Reformed 
churches;  but  giving  the  Brethren  the  pre-emi- 
nence. The  Brethren  opened  the  two  houses  (ded- 
icated as  some  say)  by  public  worabip.  While  at 
these  meetings,  my  mind  was  made  to  wandei 
back  through  the  dark  ages  of  past  centuries  whei 
the  followers  of  Christ  had  to  meet  in  secluded 
places  to  worship,  aud  were  often  molested  while 
thus  engaged,  and  by  the  enemy  of  our  holy  re- 
ligion. I  bad  to  think.  What  a  contrast  I  Our 
Christian  ancestm-s  met  in  caves  and  clefts  to  wor- 
ship together,  clothed  with  fears  nnd  anguish  of 
soul.  Wo  come  together  to  worship,  not  in  eaves 
and  dens,  but  iu  comfortable  houses. 

The  hand  of  a  civilizcdStateliLw,  holds  to  our 
view  tlio  words,  "  Fear  no  molestation,  but  wor- 
ship your  God  at  all  times,  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  your  own  conscience,  in  a  land  of  peace 
nnd  plenty.  I  nm  your  guardian — I  will  let  no 
molestations  come  upon  you,"  I  would  say  in  con- 
ision,  let  us  be  thankful,  and  pray  the  Lord 
give  His  Increase  to  the  ingathering  of  many 

L.  Andes. 

Luich'i,  Pa.,  Dec.  iy,.  IS77. 


ludilion.     They  had   t 


1  a  prosperous  ' 
additions  this  winter. 

On  Monday,  the  21st,  Bro.  .lonathan  Hoover 
took  us  some  twenty  miles  to  tho  Beaver  Dam 
congregation.  Here  I  met  my  only  brother  iu 
the  flesh  that  I  have  liviug.  Had  three  meetings 
at  the  Nichols'  nleeting-house  with  good  eongre- 
galiuns  and  good  order.  In  this  church  is  wheru 
Elder  David  Bechlelhimer  lives,  He  met  with 
us  al  two  of  the  meetings.  The  last  meeting,  on 
Tuesday  evening,  ended  Bro.  Kinscy's  labors  on 
this  mission,  making  fifteen  sermons  while  he  was 
out.  Hope  there  may  much  fruit  grow  out  of  his 
labors  to  the  glory  of  God  and  tho  good  of  souls. 
We  thank  the  Brethren  and  friends  for  their 
kindness  toward  us.  Gut  home  the  23rd  and 
found  all  well,  for  which  we  feel  to  thank  tho 
Lord.  AmuiiAM  Bowman. 

Haijtnlown,  Iiiil. 


rtiED. 


Feb.  1, 1878. 


Daniel  Kelleu. 


brelhre 


Joii.v  Wisi:, 


THE    KANSAS    COLONY. 

HAVING  been  re<[U03lcd  by  a  colony  lo  hunt 
a  place  for  its  location  in  Kansas,  I  did  as 
I  was  desired  t'l  do.  It  required  considerable 
aearcbiug.forsimie  wanted  Government  laud,  es- 
pecially the  poorer  class.  I  examined  Ihe  coun- 
try along  the  Atchison,  Topcka  &  Sautu  Fe  R. 
R.  as  far  as  Kinsley.  Also  along  the  Union  Pa- 
cific and  tbo  Kansas  Pacific.  Along  the  latter  I 
selected  Govemnieut  huid  for  a  colony. 

I  was  West  ns  fur  as  Ellis,  S02  miles  from  Kan- 
sas City-  Along  this  railroad  the  cdony  is  going 
tn  locate,  and  not  along  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Sanla  Fe  E.  U  ,  as  inserted  in  your  paper.  My 
name  also,  is  not  David  Keller,  but   Daniel   Kel- 


ler. 

I  ntn  getting 
eislcr?,  asking  u 
proper   to  give 


many  letters    from  brethren 

e  many  qiieslious ,  so  I  thought  it 

some  satisfaction   through  y 


FROM   PENNSYLVANIA, 

[Tho  following  Bhould  have  appcarwl  soc 
but  was  unintentiouly  mislaid,  and  heuce  is  in 
a  I  now, — Eds.] 

LAST  Sunday  the  23rd  inst,  .we  had  meeting 
lor  the  first  time  in  a  new  and  coinmudious 
meeting-house  nc-ir  Union  Station,  a  small  rillngi 
in  Lancaster  Co..  Pa.  On  Sunday,  December  Gtli 
wc  bad  meeting  for  the  first  lime  in  n  now  meet- 
ing-house, about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  the 
fotmer.  We  had  good  attendance  during 
meeting.  Good  attention  paid  to  the  Word 
preaeiied.  The  congregation  seemed  to  take  more 
interest  iu  this  mecthig,  than  in  the  center  part  ol 
our  own  district  where  we  a^o  better  known. 

I  will  lieresay,  that  these  two  meeting-houses  were 
built  under  somewhat  peculiar  circu  ma  lances. — 
The  Brelbren  did  not  build  them,  but  the  commu- 
nity rather  built  them  for  the  Brethren.  The  peo- 
ple about  Union  Station  had  iu  contempluticn 
some  liiae  lo  build  a  meetiug-house.  There 
two  grave-yards  near  tho  village ;  one,  one  nnil 
oDc-fourlb  mile  Emt  of  totvn,  and  the  other  a 
liule  North  of  the  place.  The  people  were  anx- 
ious to  have  a  meeting-bouse  erected   near  these, 


FROM    INDIANA. 

ACCORDING  to  previous  arrangements,  breth- 
ren Lewis  Kinsey  and  Lewis  W,  Teeter 
were  to  go  to  Fulton  aud  Marshall  cnnnlies  to 
hold  some  meetings,  aud  in  orde'r  to  enjoy  these 
meetings  and  visit  relatives  and  friends,  I  con- 
cluded to  accompany  them,  the  time  being  set  tii 
start  on  Friday,  the  lltli  of  January.  Tho  day 
previous  to  starting  we  got  the  sud  news  that  Bro, 
Teeter  was  sick  and  consequently  could  not  go 
with  us.  Not  to  disappoint  the  brethren  entirely 
Bro.  Kinsey  and  I  went,  and  were  met  al  Logans- 
port  by  Bro.  Aaron  Brower  (my  father-in-law) 
who  took  us  to  his  home  sixteen  miles  north-west 
of  LoganSporl,  where  there  arc  no  members  liv- 
ing but  himself  and  sister  Brower.  Saturday  at 
ten  o'clock,  we  met  at  Brewer's  school  house  for 
worship.  The  weather  being  disagreeable,  and  in 
Catholic  community,  the  congregation  was 
small,  but  iu  the  evening  the  house  was  pretty 
well  filled.  On  Sunday  morning  aud  evening  wo 
had  meeting  about  four  miles  further  north  in  a 
little  town  called  Pleasant  Grove,  preaching  iu 
the  Disciple's  meetiug-house.  Here  we  had  large 
;ation3.  The  subject  in  the  morning  was 
taken  from  Acta  9  :  G,  and  in  the  evening  from 
Luke  17 :  20.  Many  expressed  themselves 
pleased  with  the  doctrine  and  said  it  was  the  first 
preaching  they  ever  heard  from  the  Brethren. — 
They  seemed  anxious  lo  have  the  meetings  con- 
tinued longer,  but  the  appointments  were  made 
nliesid  and  we  could  not  stay.  On  flionday  even- 
ing wc  were  back  at  the  school  house  again  ;  had 
a  full  house  nnd  the  best  of  order  nnd  attention. 
This  was  our  last  meeting  in  this  ueighborhoud. 
Bro.  Kiusey  held  thu  woid  aud  will  of  God  forci- 
bly and  plainly  before  his  hearers,  nnd  I  believe 
by  the  poiver  of  the  Word  preached  there  were 
many  good  and  solemn  impressions  made.  There 
was  the  snme  trouble  here  that  is  frequently  com- 
plained of,  just  when  a  good  interest  was  aw.ikcn- 
ed  nnd  the  eongregalion  warmed  up,  we  had  to 
leave  tliem.  Now,  brethren,  here  is  a  missionary 
field  open  close  at  home,  and  one  in  which  there 
might  be  much  good  done.  On  Tuesday,  the  15th, 
we  were  taken  into  Marshall  ciuiuty,  about  twen- 
ty-five miles  north-east,  near  Argos,  on  the  Michi- 
gan and  Indianapolis  rond.  Here  we  met  with  a 
number  of  brethren  and  sisters  nnd  it  made  us 
feel  like  getting  home  to  assemble  with  lliem. 
This  church  numbere  about  seventy  members, 
Brethren  Henry  Deardorff,  Anion  Huffman  and 
Aaron  Swihnrt  are  their  ministers,  Bro.  Abra- 
ham Miller  is  their  elder  hut  does  not  live  in  this 
congregation.  Here  Bro.  Kinsey  commenced  n 
series  of  meetings  on  Tuesday  evening  continuing 
the  evening  meetings  flirough  Iho  week  and 
Sunday  had  two  meetings.  On  Sunday  one  made 
it  her  choice  to  follow  her  blessed  S.ivior  into  the 
sti'enm  aud  be  baptized  according  to  his  WonI, 
The  scene  at  the  water  was  truly  solemn,  nnd 
tears  rolled  down  the  choeks  of  many.  Some 
were  tears  of  joy,  while  we  believe  some  were 
tears  of  conviction.  Some  said  they-  knew  it  was 
their  duty  to  come  out  upon  the  Lord's  side  but  k 
seems  they  could  not  quite  get  the  consent  of  their 
minds.  Oh,  may  God  help  them  to  come  while 
they  have  the  ble^cd  opportunity  and  while  they 
have  health  and  strength.     This  church  seems  to 


EBY, — In  the  city  of  Lanark,  Carroll  Co,  III., 
Feb,  14,  1S78,  at  Iho  residence  of  Jim.  D.  F. 
Eby,  sister  Clara  H.  Eby,  aged  27  years,  7 
months  aud  20  days. 

HOLSINGER,— In  Bethel  church,  Fillmore  Co,. 
Nebraska,  Noveniber  2(ith,  1877,  Nelson  Hol- 
singer,  aged  7  ye^,  4  months  and  2U  days. 

HOLSINGER.— In  same  congregation.  Dee.  1. 
1877,  Henry  Holsiuger,  aged  0  years,  1  month 
and  7  days. 

HOLSINGER.— In  same  congregation,  Dec.  22, 
1877,  Sylvia  Holsinger,  aged  5  years,  1  month 
and  7  days.  A,  Holsinger, 

WILLIAMS.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church,  Ind., 
on  Feb.  7th,  1 878,  'sister  Susanna  Williams,  ag- 
ed 70  years,  11  months  and  5  days. 

A.  Bowman, 


SPITZER,— In  Ray  Co.,  Mo„  February  6th  78, 
Jcel  Spitzer,  in  his  73rd  year  of  ago, 

BOWMAN,— In  the  same  place,  January  23,  '78, 
Anna  Bowman,  aged  about  57  years. 

A.  HAUrEK. 

STEPHENS.— In  Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  February 

6lh,  1878,  Adnline  Stephens,  aged   28  years,  6 
months  and  25  days,  W,  K,  S. 

B.tVSHORE.— In  the  Oakland  churdi,  Darke  Co., 
Ohio,  February  4ih,  1878,  JIary  Bashor.  aged 
24  yeare,  0  months  and  8  days. 

51,  C.  H.VHDMAN. 

STOFFER.— In  the  Sandy  church,  Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio.,  .Ian.  25th,  187S,  John  Arthur,  aged 
1  year,  3  months  aud  11  days. 

A.  SlIIVEI,Y. 

CRILL,— In  the  North  Manchester  church,  Wa- 
bash Co,,  Ind,,  January,  17,  1S7S,  sister  Lvdin 
Crill,  aged  47  years,  3  mouths  and  28  dnys,' 

D,  NK1.-F, 

SWIHART.- In  Butler,  Richland  Co.,  0„  Jan. 
2.5ih,  1878,  Ulartba  Ellen  Swihart,  aged  3  years, 
7  months  nnd  27  days.         W.  A,  Muriuy, 

COVER,— In  the  Indian  Creek  Branch,  Fayette 
Co.,  Pa.,  December  23rd,  1877,  sister  Elizabeth 
Cover  aged  72  years,  3  months,  nnd  27  days. 

D.  D.  HoiLNKK. 


^isrNOUJsroEMEi:isrTS. 


The  Brethren  of  Northern  Iowa  and  Slinncsola, 
will  hold  their  District  Jlceting,  in  the  Root  Riv- 
er congregation,  Fillmore  Co.,  Minn,,  on  ^larch 
15, 1878.  J.  Ogg. 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidin/fs  of  Great,  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People.''^ 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  28,  1878. 


No.  9. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AHD  PUBLISHED  WEKSLY 

J.  H.  Moore,  S.H.  Baslior,  M.M.Esheliuan. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

H.  H.  MllLEB,        ------        LADOGA,  DJD. 

J.  IV.  STEIN,       ------       XKWTONIA,  MO. 

I).  VANIMAN,         -      -----      -  VIRDEK,  ILL. 

D.  U,  StENTZEB,        -      -      -      -      -  WAYIfESBORO,  PA. 

JIATTIE  A.  LEAR,        -----      URUANA,    ILL. 


THE  CROSS  OF  CHRIST. 


Id  Lcvc  Sabmitted  to  Bro,  L.  Hillery  of  Shanngn,  111. 
I.  V.  E.  I. 

TUo  cross  of  Christ, 

iUy    brottior    ilcar, 

In   much   despised, 

By    morlnls    here. 

Bui  if   ne    nautj 

Ila    gloriea    aharc, 

'TJB    uiidcrefood,— 

Tbnl  wo  muBl  bcnr 
Us  burden  on  our  flesb  nnil  crucify, 
In  "us  our  cariinl  uiau,  who  would  deny, 
Ignore  and  nulliry  Ibc  Mark  or  gnice, 
With  means  appro  prill  «il  lo  our  case, 
Of  leprosy  within.  Go,  pttoeti  the  cross, 
Li*e  under  Ihc  cross,  show  sinnera  Ihe  loss 

They  will   Buslnin, 

If     llioy       reuiniu 

Slrnugers  lo  graci?. 

To  truth  and  fnith, 

They    will  not  ii*o 

Tlie   lujrd,    nor    be 

Likelliui:  bullhey 

Who      diaoliny,   — 

Will     nil'    reeeivc. 

By  aeuli^Dco  baril, 

A      jus  I      reward, 

Of.  punish mcnt,  — 

AdiI        bnnishDicnl 

From  ceaseless  bliss 

To  the  gfpol  nbyss 

Of    dark     despair. 


To 


tbcr 


Elernally  where, 
Tho  dovil  TeigsE, 
In  fire  and  chajne, 
And  sinners  groan, 
Lament  and  moan. 
Bear  brothor  thou,  . 
UasI  learned  baiv 
stoop  DDd  bow 


Under 


Ibe 


or   Christ   because 


And  you  obeyed, 
Those  who  believe 
Th«  irulh,  receive 
CTKRNAL    LIFE! 


IT  IS  THE  LORD. 

,  BY  0.  H.  SALSBAO^. ' 

To  Bivther  S.  H.  liushor.—       , 

YOUR  welcome  misalvo.  Vritten  from  the 
Mimor  ChUt'cU,  Maryland,  woa  duly,  re- 
ceivMi  A8  you  gave  no  specific  directions 
wli&i't;  to  address  you,  T  venture  to  reach  you 
HivongU  this  public  mediuin,.  , 

Take  care  of  your  hQiilth,  It  Is  the  gift  of 
God,  and  a  prict>les3  one.  Tlti;  effectiveiicss  of 
l"'our  miiiistry  isWgery  diiliendeut  ou  its  pro- 
ner\'ntioH.  Heed  the  ili'iliciple  of  Paul's  advice 
trt  Timothy,  x^tiioM*  adopting  it  literally  {l< 
Tim.  5:  2S).  Paul^  prescription  was  in  acc»ftl- 
ftiice  with  the  CKlxent  therapeutic  notion,  but 
it  ehuwetl  bis 'Concern  for  his  hrothcr^  'Wd  his 
conceptioB ■of  the  relntioii  of  healtt^.^tUi  puhlic 
Gospel'wd'rk.  ;  _ 

All  Uiat  wo  do  has  reference  'it  law,  and  tho 
efficifticy  of  law  is  the  presejice  of  God.  Not 
oiity  is  "sin  the  sting  of  d^eath,  and  law  the 
strength  of  sin,"  hutGod'ts  the  strength  of  the 
'law.  Thia  truth  unravels  many  niysleries  in 
the  Sucred  Record.  iKthing  occurs,  no  matter 
how  nicked  the  holaediate  agency  through 
which  it  originatKts,  SvMch  does  not  involve  « 


])rinciple  which  justifies  thcexprcsjiion  of  .Jolni 
tu  his  fellow-disciples,  "  It  ia  the  Lord.''  If  we 
deliberately  thrust  our  hand  into  the  fire,  there 
could  he  no  sufiering  as  the  penalty  of  our  fol- 
ly, if  the  act  did  not  interfere  with  a  law  in 
which  Deity  is  active,  and  which  is  the  basis  of 
suffering.  If  we  commit  sin,  and  sufi'er  the 
hidden  horrors  of  damnation,  or  repeat  sin  un- 
til we  are  petrified  beyond  compuuction,  both 
results  m-e  the  inflictions  of  Divine  Righteous- 
ness through  the  ministry  of  law.  In  its  ulti- 
mate analysis  all  joy  and  all  sorrow  centres  in 
the  being  of  God,  iu  the  law  of  whose  essential 
self-existence  all  oflecU  are  determined.  Tliere 
is  no  escape  from  suffering,  and  iis  little  from 
happiness  iu  tho  relation  to  law  whence  these 
diverse  effects  issue. 

When  some  zealous,  Christ-loving,  sinnei- 
l>ityiug  lierald  of  th  Cross  becomes  zealous  be- 
youd  his  organic  capacity,  and  imjoses  a  strain 
upon  his  i)ower3,  exceeding  his  recuperative 
ciipitftl,  God  soon  "  takes  off  his  chariot  wheels 
and  makes  him  drive  heavily."  Many  a  Sam- 
son becomes  his  owji  Delilah,  and  applies  the 
fatal  shears  to  the  locks  tliat  have  their  roots 
in  the  inflexible  law  of  .Jehovah.  I  have 
seen  many  a  giant  in  Israel  "  grind  in  the  pri- 
son-house, eveless  and  locklesa,  with  no  hope  of 
a  second  growth  of  their  pristine  vigor,  and  no 
Iiossihility  of  a  great  final  crowning  victorj- 
over  the  Philistine  of  wickedness.  I  recall  to 
mind  some  of  the  noblest  workei-s  in  the  vine- 
yojTl  who  sank  in  middle  life  to  the  stroke  of 
avenging  law,  whom  God  had  endowed  with 
the  vital  resources  of  four-score.  When  a  false 
relation  to  law  becomes  second  nature,  it  requirea 
a  fearful  wrench  to  get  back  into  harmony 
ivith  God  in  His  authoritative  behests  of  or- 
ganic law.  If  tliere  is  any  thing  which  I  would 
represent  with  all  the  energy  of  God-head,  with 
all  the  gloiy  .iiid  beatitude  of  true  peace,  and 
all  tho  agony  of  self-condemnation,  and  all  tho 
terrors  of  Divine  wrath,  it  is  this:  "I  KEEP 
MY  BODY  UNDER,  AND  BHING  IT  INTO 

SUBJECTION:  LEST  THAT  BY  ANY  MEAN'S, 
WQEN  I  HAVE    PBEAfUED  10    OTHFJtS,    I  MYSELF 

SHOULD  DK  A  CASTAWAY"(1  Cor.  'J:  27).  Some 
of  the  most  fatal  violations  belong  to  our  high- 
er nature,  originating  in  the  consciousness  of 
moral  power,  and  work  their  waj-  down,  some- 
times slowlj'  and  sometimes  rapidly,  into  tlie 
biiser  elements,  until  the  man  become,-;  an  open 
cftstaway.  "  It  is  Hie  Lord."  His  retributive 
presence  accompanied  every  wrong  thought,  as- 
piration, and  act;  and  iu.  the  fintti  wreok  when 
soul  and  body  ai-e  quivering  in  the  hell  of  self- 
inflicted  woe.  He  is  asserting  His  Eternal  Law 
of  Righteousness.  Sin  belong.'ito  man,  but  ''the 
low  of  sin  and  death"  belong  to  God.  Hell  is 
His,  and  all  its  horron*,  hut  not  the  link  that 
connects  His  law  with  the  effect  of  its  infringe- 
ment. This  link  is  our  choice  of  a  self-pleas- 
lUg  to  a  self-sacrificing  life.  The  controlliiig 
thought  of  God,  will  put  aanctity  into  the  more 
itired  relations  and  acts  of  life,  and  put  the 
.m9(it  iffdeut  and  uumauugeflhle  elements  of  our 
being  at  the  coiiinuind  of  thf  Holj'  Giiost.  We 
will  have  a  living  seu3^  Uf  the  Divine  pre.^eace 
iu  the  food  and  ^m\k  which  is  to  susti^t  the 
temple  of  the  lii,ly  Spirit,  and  in  our.^tiJfep  and 
our  laboi'  ^'e  ivill  recognize  forces  wuith  are  no 
othpi'tUauthe  benign  or  bloji^ng  presence  of 
tWi  Omnipresent,  according  4i»  We  honor  or  dis- 
Vogard  His  arrangements.  This  is  the  Law 
which  binds  not  only  body  and  soul,  men  and 
devils  and  angels,  l«t  God  Himself.  Instead  of 
being  lawless  H#  ia  the  essence  of  Law.  AH 
living  and  All  our  preaching,  is  summed  tup ' 
ili'this.  All  'i;^  under  law,  and  whether  we  Are 
to  have  H«Uven  or  Hell  here  or  hereafter,  is  de- 
cided hy  our  relation  to  law.  If  we  do  well,  and 
bosk  in  the  smile  of  righteousness,  "Zf  /s  Me 
LoihC  If  we  do  evil,  and  i\-rithe  in  tile  coils 
and  ttjrments  of  the  worm  that  never'dies,  "  Jl 
is  the  Lord."  Conscience  is  God  in  luinature. 
Hetl  is  His  final  and  highest  expression  of  re- 
-tribtitive  holiness.    How  prone  we  &re  to.disowu 


the  Lord  both  in  our  blessings  and  our  tribula- 
tions. We  all  need  "line  upon  line,  precept 
upon  precept."  Letus  take  homeinto  our  heart 
of  hearts  the  great  truth  that  john  is  always 
the  first  to  recogniae  the  Divine  presence  (John 
21:  7). 

Love  finds  Jesus  when  faith  is  dead  (John  20: 
U-14).  Self-keeping  means  harmony  with  God 
iu  all  His  laws,  where  we  are  completely  be- 
yond the  roach  of  Satan  na  GodHiniself  (1  John 
5:28).  Infraction  on  our  part  means  victory 
for  the  devil.  "These  things  command  and 
teach"  (1  Tim,  4:  11-16).  Forget  not  that  to 
labor  more  than  six  daj-s  consecutively  is  a 
breach  of  the  Divine  oi-der.  God  has  given  you 
many  great  draughts  of  fishes,  hi  dragging 
which  to  the  shore  some  threads  in  your  seine 
broke.  Sun  yourself  awhile  on  the  hunk  of 
Gennesaret,  mending  your  net:  and  when  you 
again  "  launch  out  into  the  deep,"  and  the  bless- 
ed Jesus  fills  your  net  with  precious  souls,  may 
yoiu- heart  break  forth  in  the  joyous  recognition, 
"  It  is  thk  Lord." 


THE  FRUIT  OF  THE   SPIRIT. 


f  PHF,BE  WEAKLEY. 


ii  T)DT  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is,  love,  joy, 
J-*  peace,  and  long-sutfering,  gentleness, 
goodness,  faith  meekness,  temperance:  against 
such  there  is  no  law  "  (Gal.  5:22,  23).  Draw 
aside  the  misty  curtain  of  the  past,  and  in  imag- 
atiou  let  us  traverse  the  fruitful  garden  of 
Eden.  Here,  dH'elling  in  a  bower  of  bloom  and 
beauty,  we  see  a  man  made  in  the  image  of  God, 
after  His  likeness.  Careful  study  of  the  my 
terious  parts,  which,  t^aken  together,  form  this 
complete  whole,  reveals  to  us  that  this  human 
being  is  composed  of  mind  and  matter— the  lat- 
ter material  substance,  visible  to  the  eye — the 
former  we  become  acquainted  ivith  only  by 
aly zing  its  phenomena  as  presented  to  our  ob- 
servation and  consciousness. 

The  fii-st  man,  Ad^n,  is  a  type  of  all  our 
race.  The  mind  of  man  is  not  complex,*  as  is 
frequently  asserted,  but  is,  in  reality  one  and 
indivisible.  However,  its  activity  can  be  exer- 
cised in  different  ways,  and  the  three  general 
divisions  given  by  metaphysiciiuis  are  these: 
Intellect,  Sensibilities  and  Will.  We  shall  con- 
sider only  one  department  of  the  Sensibilities 
at  present.  The  heart  is  the  seat  of  afiection, 
both  benevolent  and  malevolent.  Belonging  to 
the  former  class,  istlove,  which,  Paul  tells  us,  is 
a  fruit  of  the  Spirit.  Gloomy  indeed  would  this 
world  be  without  its  purifying  influence.  The 
heart  craves  some  object  upon  whom  to  lavish 
the  wealth  of  its  affection.  Deeply  to  be  eom- 
lernted  la  the  man  who  can  call  no  human 
being  his  triend.'  Imagination  refuses  to  paint 
^uch  a  gloomy  picture.  Parents  love  then- chi!- 
rlren  with  ft  deep,  intense  aS'ection;  the  laugh- 
ing lil«Li  and  llilht-hearied  l.l^se^  M\mi  the  sen- 
timebtt  We  nit  luvo  our  kindi-inl,  friends,  homes, 
rtnd  country.  But  aW  W^  satisfied  .with  these 
objects  of  affection?  No,  we  long  for  some- 
tiling  nobler,  linrtr,  holier.  We  look  around 
and  behold  the  world  as  a  vast  picture  gal- 
lery, wbcifc  beauties  are  presented  to  our  rision 
kaleidoscopic  splendor;  and  we  ai-e  lost  m  a 
transport  of  wonder  and  admiration.  Or  "Moth- 
earth,"  with  a  beautiful  hand,  lavishes  rich 
gifts  upon  us — golden  treasures  and  ebon  dia- 
monds from  the  mine — ambei' grHin.  luscious 
fruits  and  fragrant  flowers  froni  het -incxhaustr- 
ble  store-house — drapery  of  vulvct^ottness  nnd 
silken  texture,  a  mossy  carpetand  starry  canapjs 
what  can  the  heart  desire  nowf  Are  we  un- 
grateful sons  imd  daughtersi'  Oh!  no;  for  God 
has  endowed  us  with  an  immorfidify  that  saves 
beyond  this  perishable  earth,  folding  not  its 
snowy  wings  until  it  searches  a  region  of  per- 
fect bliss — even  the  Paradise  of  God. 
WfacD  «ajtiilv  affection  -fails  to  satisfS',  Ho 


semk  down  Itis  Holy  Spirit  to  teach  us  of  n. 
love  greater  than  that  ever  felt  Jjy  fulK-n  hn-- 
manity,  even  thutwhich  led  to  an  ignominions 
death  on  the  cross— the  innocent  for  the  guilty, 
the  holy  for  the  uulioly.  We  listen  to  its  gen- 
tle plearlings,  and  bfUcrc.  We  look  aloft  and 
behold  the  radiant  stur  of  faith  is  shmiug,  and 
we  fancy  the  golden  gates  ajar,  and:  Jesua,  with 
a  halo  of  glory  encircling  His  blessed  brow, 
smiles  sweetly  upon  us.  Our  hearts  glow  with 
a  new  and  pureraffection,  inspired  by  Him  who 
loves  as  man  never  loved.  Everything  seems  to 
have  undergone  a  magical  change. "  Old  things 
have  passed  away,  and  all  things  Have  become 
new." 

This  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  which  now  animates 
every  fibre  of  our  being,  developes  all. the  best 
and  holiest  impulses  of  our  nature.  "  How 
sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds,"  now  that  we 
are  trj'ing  to  walk  in  His  footsteps.  But  if  we 
are  His  disciples,  wo  must  obey  His  command- 
ments. "  Little  children,  love  one  another."' 
Jesus  "  went  about  doing  good  "  and  we  must 
imitate  His  holy  example.  Thickly  strewn 
along  life's  pathway,  are  precious  souls  expos- 
ed to  the  poisoned  arrow  of  the  enemy.  Let  \is 
hasten  to  their  rescue,  and  hide  them  under  the 
shadow  of  the  \rings  of  the  Most  High.  Our 
heavenly  Father  loved  the  human  family  with 
such  a  depth  of  affection  that  He  sacrificed  His 
only  and  well-beloved  Son  th.it  we  might  re- 
ceive the  precious  gift  of  sjdvation.  "  We  love 
Him  because  He  first  loved,  ua;  but  this  is  not 
enough;  we  must  cherish  an  affection  for  nil 
'kind  and  labor,  earnestly  belli  them  to  be- 
come  partakers   with   us  of  tliis  never-failing 


fountain  of  bliss  w 


e  source  is  in  regions  ce- 


lestial, and  whose  crystal  waters  are  for  the 
cleansuig  of  all  nations.  Thus,  if  we  endeavor 
faithfully  to  discharge  all  the  duties  devolving 
upon  us,  we  shall  be  happy  in  this  life,  and- 
when  we  get  up  yonder,  in  our  "  Father's 
house  of  many  mansions,"  we  shall  evermore- 
enjoy  unalloyed  affection.  "  For  love  ia  heaven^ 
and  heaven  is  love." 

Bretiiren  and  sistere,  are  we  all  bearing  this 
"fruit  of  the  Spirit?"  The  apostle  says,  "Love 
not  the  world,  neither  the  things  that  ate  in 
the  world.  If  any  man  love  the  world,  the  love 
of  the  Father  is  not  in  him  "  (1  John  2: 15)_ 
Let  us  strive  earnestly — trusting  in  our  Divine 
Helper  for  strength  and  a.ssistance,  to  "  set  our 
affections  on  things  above  rather  than  things 
on  the  earth."  Let  us  labor  more  eneregetical- 
ly  m  the  Master's  vineyard,  and  endeavor  to 
guide  many  wandering  feet  into  the  straight 
and  narrow  path  thatieadeth  unto  life  eternal."^ 

And  yon  dear  friend,  whom-ensyct  outside 
the  ark  of  safety — fly  to  the  shelter  of  the 
Rock  of  ages  ere  the  whirlpool  of  sin  engidfi* 
you.    Deli^'  ;not  this  important  matter — coiiie 

Earthly  friends  ofttimes  deceive  us; 
Those  we  love  forsake  and  leave  us: 
Can  we  find  true  friendship  never?. 
Ji.-:*us'  love  abideth  ever. 

Seok,  oil  Meek, thin  lilX'cfous  treasure; 
Stay  not  for  the  World's  vain  pleasure: 
JesUs  lovtS  you — oh.  receive  Him! 
He  \\tH  sbVb  you— oh,  believe  Him! 

ScOff  "(lot.  His  commandments  hating. . 
■LoSt!  His  heart  is  animating; 
'Light  His  burden,  pciu-ly  portal, , 
Open!  Seel — a  crown  immuetol.. 


tVhat  u  magnificent  gift  the  Creatormnkes  Uy 
man  iaab  succcasive  SpriugL  Wdiat  refresh- 
ment gf  mind  and  body,  wluiii aonsciousor  un- 
conscious revivals  of  hope  iu,  dull,  heacts,  what 
profusion  of  things  of  beauty  which,  are  a  joy 
forever,  come  with  every  Springi.  0,  for  the 
thankful  heart,  to  acknowledge  that  ancient 
promise  so  faithfully  kept — "While  the  earth 
remaineth,  seed-time  and  harvest,  cold  and 
heat.  Summer  and  Winter,  day  and  night,  shall 
not  cease." — Dr.  GiiOme. 


THE    BRETHREIsr    ^T    WOKK:. 


February    '-^H- 


"THE     NIGHT    IS    FAR    SPENT, 
THE  DAY  IS  AT  HAND." 

]!V  GEC'KHK  J'-  ZDM.ERS. 

The  night  ia  dark,  the  shades  are  growing  dee  per. 

As  the  drenrj-  hours  nre  rolling  on, 
And  lo!  in  Zion  there  is  many  n  aleeiier, 

Who  fails  lo  watch  till  the  morning  dawn. 

The  liny  of  our  snlvation  now  is  nearer. 

Than  when  its  joyful  news  wo  first  believed: 
And  though  our  triida  yet  may  be  severer, 

'  Tia  joy  to  hope  we  aoon  shall  be  relieved. 
0  brethren  heed  the  Master's  solemn  warning, 

To  wittch  amid  temptation's  gloomy  hour. 
Until  the  dawn  of  the  resplendent  morning. 

When  He  will  come  with  glory  and  with  power. 

Sweetday  of  reat,  for  lion's  mourners 
When  all  their  tears  of  sorrow  shall   be  wii>- 
ed  away. 

Who  now  must  boar  the  vile  reproach  of  scomcr* 
Shall  ivear  a  crown  of  beauty  in  that  day. 

But  they  who  now  will  live  in  ease  and  jdeasure 
Who  love  to  make  the  flesh  their  daily  care, 

And  store  upon  the  earth  a  fiiding  treasure 
To  sink  them  into  ruin  and  despair. 

Who  wily  avoid  the  self-denials 

And  shun  the  daily  cross  which  they  should 
bear, 
Ah!  if  they  fear  to  share  the  Christian's  trials, 

How  can  they  hope  the  robes  of  light  to  wear. 

Thcii'state  issad  beyond  imagination, 
Who  do  not  in  the  love  of  God  abide, 

Who  reject  the  laws  of  heaven's  great  salvation 
The  solemn  warning  of  the  crucified. 

0  I  wish  ivith  one  of  old  my  Itead  were  waters. 
And  mine  eyes  were  a  fountain  too,  of  tears, 

Then  for  Zion  precious  slain,  sons  and  daughters 
I  would  weep  day  and  night  in  my  fears. 

Would  we  lieed  the  counsels  of  our  Heavenly 
Teacher, 

And  follow  Him  upon  the  narrow  way, 
And  shun  the  fictions  of  the  human  creature, 

Which  only  tend  to  lend  the  soul  astray. 

Naught  will  fit  us  for  the  day  of  full  salvation. 
But  obedience  to  the  Savior's  perfect  Word, 

And  constant,  meek  and  humble  resignation, 
lu  the  trials  we  must  suffer  for  the  Lord, 

This  will  yieid  to  us  the  hope  of  consolation 
And  calm  the  struggling   conscience  in  our 
breast. 

Then  with  Christian  in  the  night  of  tribulaton, 
We'll  be  longing  for  the  day  of  promised  rest. 

Let  us  brinii  thi-  Lord  a  pure  oblation. 
And  seek  the  good  old  path  our  fathers  trod. 

Lest  we  hear  the  dread  demtnciiition, 
Ajid  sink  beneath  the  awful  frown  of  God, 


THE    LITERAL   MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN   RELIGIOUS 

FAITH    AND    PRACTICE. 


"  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel. 
(Psalms  T3:  24) 

NUUDEB  V, 

Christ's  prediction  of  Jerusalem,  tht 
destruction  of  the  temple,  leaving  not 
one  stone  iipon  another,  the  long  cajitiv- 
ity,  exile  and  oppression  of  the  Jews, 
assuring  His  disciples'  safety,  and  direct- 
ing tliem  when  toescape,  (Mark  13:  2; 
Luke  10:  43,  4i;  21:  18-21),  are  strik 
ing  illustrations  of  the  literal  meaning 
of  prophecy.  Josephusiu  his  account  of 
the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  by  Titus, 
tells  us  thiitTurnus  Rufus  ploughed  up 
the  ground  ou  which  the  temple  stood 
(Wars  of  the  Jews,  Bk.  5;  Bk.  G;  Bt. 
7,  chap.  1,  2,  Whiston's translation,  com^ 
pare  with  (Jer.  2(3:  18;  and  Micah  3: 12). 
The  flight  of  the  chuich  from  Jerusah 
supposed  to  have  taken  place  during  the 
imaccountable  withdrawal  of  Cestius' 
army,  prior  to  the  last  siege  by  Titus 
("VVaraofthe  Jews  Bk.  2:  Ch.  20:sec.  1), 
is  thus  described  by  tlie  historian  Euse- 
bius,  "  The  whole  body  of  the  church 
at  Jerusalem  having  been  commanded  by 
a  divine  revelation,  given  to  men  of  ap' 
proved  piety,  these  before  the  war  re- 
moved from  the  city  and  dwelt  at  acer- 
taiu  town  beyond  Jordan  called  Pilla 
(Eusebius'    Eccl.    Hist.    p.    SO ;  Cruse' 


translation).  The  dispeit-ed  condition  of 
Abraham's  seed  for  eighteen  centuries, 
^vithout  a  king,  a  prince,  a  sceptre,  a 
sanctuary,  a  sacrifice,  an  altar,  an  ephod 
or  divine  communications;  oppressed  and 
persecuted  by  all  nations,  ^vith  no  rest 
for  the  soles  of  their  feet;  no  right  of 
franchise  or  property  until  the  last  few 
decades,  except  in  the  United  States,  their 
interests  fostered  by  uo  benign  sovereign, 
notwithstanding  the  superior  intellectual 
attraction  of  their  men,  and  the -unsur- 
passed beauty  of  their  women ;  the 
lonely  exiles  of  earth  though  the  chil- 
dren "  of  the  father  of  the  faithful,"  is  a 
subject  too  familiar  to  need  comment. 
The  sympathetic  heart  may  heave  the 
pensive  sigh  and  ask,  "  AVhy  was  all 
this?"  I  tell  you  they  have  been  living 
^vitnesses  to  all  meu  of  the  ?//errt?  truth- 
fulness of  7iis  doctrine  whom  they  reject- 
ed, and  who  told  them  even  weep- 
,  "Behold  your  house  is  left  unto  you 
desolate."  Their  present  condition  aud 
estoration  with  theii-  thousands  attend- 
ant circumstances  and  events,  fraught 
with  momentous  interest  and  destiny  to 
Christian,  Jew,  Mohammedan,  and  Pa- 
gan, and  the  whole  moral  and  physical 
world  around  us,  is  a  subject  of  intense 
and  thrilling  interest,  to  the  student  of 
prophecy, wlio  believes  what  he  reads, 
and  observes  closely  the  sti'iking  pro- 
phetic coincidents  of  the  present  century. 
And  now,  dear  reader,  I  pause  to  ask 
you,  supjjose  the  prophecies  alluded  to 
had  been  received,  imdenstood  and  pre 
pared  for  accordiug  to  the  spu-itualizing 
theory  of  the  schools  of  modern  divinity, 
what  disappointments,  chagrin  and  help- 
less ruin  would  have  been  the  result? 
But  those  who  believed  the  Word  of  God 
found  it  certain  and  its  own  interpreta- 
tion sure, 

I  have  read  some  spii'ltualizing  works 
on  prophecy,  but  could  never  derive 
much  satisfaction  from  them,  they  were 
so  contradictory,  until  finally  conclud- 
ing I  could  undei-stand  the  Bil>le  best  by 
believing  just  what  it  said,  and  compil- 
ing and  classifying  its  own  statements. 
Since  then  my  short  insight  iuto  proph- 
ecy has  been  at  least  intelligent  aud  ed- 
ifying to  my  own  ndnd,  fui'uishing  me  a 
standaid  by  which  1  can  test  the  pro- 
ductions of  men,  I  have  also  found 
much  comfort  in  associating  with  breth- 
ren to  fiud  many  here  and  there  strangei-s 
in  the  flesh,  to  myself  and  one  another, 
having  never  read  any  book  on  prophecy 
but  the  Bible,  holding  clearly  the  same 
outlines  of  prophecy  with  myself,  which 
hag  often  made  me  feel  that  we  had  been 
fellow -students  at  the  same  school,  and 
learned  of  Jesus  together. 

Peter  says,  we  have  a  more  sure  word 
of  prophecy;  whereuuto  ye  do  well  that 
ye  take  heed  as  unto  a  light  that  shiueth 
in  a  dai'k  place,  until  the  day  dawn  and 
the  day  star  arise  in  yourhearts;  hnow- 
this  firsts  tlmt  Twpropheoy  of  the  Scrip- 
tm-s-is  of  any  piiivate  interpretation. 
For  prophecy  came  not  in  olden  time 
by  the  ^vill  of  man:  but  holy  men  of 
God  spake  as  they  Avere  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost"  (Pet.  2:19-21).  Paul 
says,  "  Whatsoever  things  were  \vritten 
aforetime,  were  written  for  our  Uarning 
that  we  through  patience  and  comfort  of 
the  Scriptures  might  have  hope  "  (Rom, 
15:4).  Notice  then,  we  have  a''- sure 
word  of  prophecy."  Is  it  not  therefore 
certain  and  reliable?  We  have  a  Word 
"  unto  which  we  do  well  to  talce  Iteed" 
and  these  things  were  "  irriiten  for  our 
learningy  May  we  not  therefore  under- 
stand them?  We  have  a  Word  that 
"  shineth  m  a  light  in  a  dark  place." 
Need  we  therefore  abide  in  darkness? 
We  have  a  Word  through  the  learning 


of  w/iii:h  we  may  have  a  patient  and 
comfortable  hope  of  the  things  of  which 
we  have  I'cen  assured.  May  ^ve  not 
thercfoi'e  depend  upon  it?  Wc  have 
what  holy  men  of  God '^  spake  as  they 
were  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit."  There- 
fore they  spake  what  the  Holy  Spirit 
meant,  not  some  humau  speculation. 

We  have  prophecy,  no  part  of  which 
is  of  any  "private  inlerpn/'/don"  there- 
fore we  need  uot  the  spiritualizing  in- 
ventions of  man,  nor  his  logical  deduc- 
tions from  human  premises  which  antag- 
onize the  divine  Word.  We  have  a  giv- 
en method  by  which  to  prosecute  our 
Scriptural  investigations,  with  accuracy, 
comfort  and  profit,  and  God's  Word  may 
indeed  be  "  a  lamp  to  our  feet  and  a 
light  to  our  path."  But  again  we  urge 
our  position,  because 

4.  Tho  Word  itself  devlmes  it.  The 
apostle  Paul  says,  "  All  Scripture  is  giv- 
en by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profit- 
able for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correc- 
tion, for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that 
the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thor- 
oughly furnished  unto  all  good  works  " 
(2  Tim.  3:  16,  17)  But  if  any  part  is 
of  doubtful  interpretation  ^vhen  taken 
in  connection  mth  the  whole,  "  compar 
ing  spiritual  things  with  spiritual "  the 
Avhole  cannot  be  adapted  to  the  thor- 
ough preparation  and  perfection  of  the 
child  of  God,  But  since  it  is  "  profit- 
able for  doctrine,"  it  may  be  understood; 
since  "  for  rein-oof,"  no  sin  need  go  un- 
rebuked;  since  "  for  correction,"  all  error 
may  be  exposed  aud  abandoned;  and 
since  "  for  instruction  in  righteousness, 
we  need  not  remain  ignorant  of  any  pail 
of  our  whole  duty;  all.,  is  suited  to  fur 
nish  the  "  man  of  God,"  not  partially 
in  things  of  doul>tful  character,  but 
"  thoroughly  imlo  all  good  loorks.^''  "The 
Law  of  tl[e  Lord  is  perfect,  converting 
the  soul:  the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is 
■suT-e,  making  wise  the  simple.  The  stat- 
utes of  the  Lord  arc  right,  rejoicing  tht 
heart;  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
isj'tt're,  enlightening  the  eyes"  (Ps.  Id 
7,  S).  "The  words  of  the  Lord'  are 
pure  words:  as  silver  iriedin  afwrnace 
of  earth,  purified  seven  times"  (Ps.  12 
0).  '■'■All  His  commandmeni-s  are  sure" 
(Ps.  111:7).  "HisAVord  is  ir-u^  from 
the  beginning'*  (Ps.  119;  IGO  ),  "All 
the  words  of  His  mouth  are  in  ri 
e&usness;  there  is  nothing  froward  w 
perverse  m  them.  They  are  plain  to 
him  that  understandeih,  and  right  to 
them  that  seek  knowledge  "  (Prov,  8:  8, 
9),  Their  "writers  have  used  "great 
jdainness of  speech  "  (2  Cor.  3:  12),  and 
to  distort  them  by  sophistical  reasoning, 
ormisrepresentthem  by  injudicious  spir- 
itualizing comments,  is  to  pervert  the 
di\'ine  Law  and  utterly  destroy  the 
foundation  of  man's  present  hope,  or  fu- 
ture fruition,  leaving  the  reader  in  aw- 
ful suspense,  respecting  the  Lord's  will, 
and  his  own  duty  or  destiny. 

Hence,  I  maintain  that  the  semi-infi- 
delity that  accepts  just  so  much  of  the 
Word  as  suits  it,  aud  rejects  the  rest, 
converts  "  the  truth  of  God  into  a  lie,"  is 
one  of  the  most  treacherous  foes  with 
which  true  Christianity  has  to  contend. 
Paul  commended  the  Bereans  because 
they  tested  the  preaching  of  his  day  by 
Scriptural  examination,  "  They  received 
the  Word  with  all  readiness  of  mind  and 
searched  the  Scriptures  daily,  whether 
these  things  were  so  "  (Acts  17:  10). 
They  could  decide  the  chaiacter  even  of 
the  apostolic  t^-achings  by  comparing 
them  with  what  had  been'\\Titten,  which 
was  jilain  enough  for  them  to  understand. 
So  let  it  be  with  us.  Let  us  humbly 
and  prayerfully  seek  the  -wisdom  which 
cometh  from    above,    relying   upon    the 


nfluences  of  the  "  Spirit  of  truth."  That 
niany  who  profess  to  be  influenced  by 
the  Ibdy  Spirit,  are  influenced  by  other 
spirits,  appears  not  only  from  the  prin- 
ciples which  they  propagate,  but  that 
their  teaching,  not  only  contradict  the 
AVord,  but  tiach  other. 

May  the  Lord  guide  us  mth  His  ctum- 
sel,  for  His  "  counsels  of  old  are  faith- 
fuhu'ss  and  truth  "  (Is.  25: 1),  that  when 
our  conflicts  here  are  over,  we'iiiay  sing 
the  victor's  "  song  of  Moses  and  the 
Lamb,  sayi::g,  great  and  marvelous  are 
thy  works,  Lord  God  Allnighty;  _/«5( 
and  trite  are  thy  ways,  thou  King  of 
saints"  (Rev.  lo:  3).  May  tlie  Lord  add 
His  hkssings. 

{Concluded.) 


■NO  HELL." 


ToD.M:— 
TVEAR  FRIEND:  In  response  to  yom- 
^     request,  I  will  pen  a  few  thoughts 

upon  the  subject  of  "  no  hell  "  wliich  is 
the  all-absorbing  topic  at  present  among 
many  religionists.  AVhy  this  great  sth 
all  at  once?  AVhy  thisgi-eat  commotion 
about  a  matter  so  plainly  tauglit  in  the 
Scriptures?  Do  not  these  convulsions 
in  the  religious  world,  clearly  demon- 
sti'ate  to  everyright-thinking  mind,  that 
the  masses  instead  of  thinking  for  them- 
selves, have  a  few  men  to  do  their  think- 
ing for  them,  especially  in  religious 
matters?  How  else  could  we  account 
for  so  many  running  pell-mell  (like  a 
flock  of  sheep),  the  way  a  Beecher  or 
a  FaiTar  leads? 

People  talk  of  liberty  and  freedon 
while  slaves  to  the  wild  views  of  sen- 
sationalists, who  are  ever  studying  how 
to  keep  in  the  way  of  the  popular  cur- 
rent, no  matter  how  advei'se  that  may 
be  to  the  divine  Scriptures.  Let  us  look 
this  matt-er  squarely  in  the  face.  Sup- 
pose you  were  passing  along  the  higli- 
way,  surrounded  by  the  light  and  warmth 
of  the  noonday  sun,  and  you  meet  a  man 
and  he  says  to  you,  "  Do  you  believe  in 
there  being  a  sun?  "  You  say  of  com-se, 
"  yes,"  He  laughs  at  you  and  says, 
"My  friend,  you  are  mistaken,  your  be- 
lief is  a  matter  of  ^vl■ong  education,  your 
views  are  imaginary,  figuratively  speak- 
ing there  is  a  sun,  but  really  there  is  no 
such  thing,"  you  would  consider  the  man 
an  idiot  or  a  man  wanting  in  common 
sense.  So  when  a  man  says  there  is  no 
future  hell  you  may  set  it  down  he  is  a 
mononumiac  or  a  hypocrite  in  the  super- 
lative degree.  If  there  be  any  one  thing 
prominent  and  emphatic  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, it  is  the  fact  set  forth  there  is  a 
hell  for  the  wicked.  How  any  man  can 
be  so  inconsistent  as  to  profess  to  believe 
in  the  "  blood  of  Christ "  and  at  the 
same  time  deny  the  existence  of  a  future 
l)uuishment,  is  something  we  can't  un- 
derstand. 

The  same  authority  that  said  Christ 
shed  His  blood  that  the  world  might  be 
saved,  also  says,  "the  wicked  shall  be 
turned  iutfl  hell,"  He  that  sluneth 
against  the  Holy  Ghost,  is  "  in  .danger 
of  eternal  damnation."  That  there  is  a 
sin  that  shall  notbe  forgiven  in  this  world 
"  neither  in  the  world  to  come,"  and 
many  other  like  passages,  prove  most 
conclusively  there  is  a  terrible  doom 
awaiting  the  ivicked.  But,  says  one, 
those  terras  that  speak  of  future  punish- 
ment, do  uot  mean  what  they  say — are 
viifitranslations.  If  so,  then  what  assur- 
ance have  we  for  endless  or  eternal  hap- 
piness? The  term  given  to  portray  to 
the  mind  the  beauties  of  heaven,  may  in 
like  manner  mean  something  else.  Away 
with  this  infidelity   that   \vould  modify 


February   '2S. 


TKtE   BRETHHEN^    ^T    WORK. 


the  k-rrorrt  of  liell  to  auit  tlit-  ideas  of 
men;  and  tbeories  that  oljject  not  to  the 
good  thiit  is  in  the  Gospel,  but  would 
make  God  a  liar  in  respect  to  all  the 
sterner  asptcts  of  the  free  law  of  liberty. 

lieecber  and  men  of  bis  mold  of  mind, 
don't  go  to  the  heaven  of  such  a  God 
113  will  "  create  millions  of  human  beings 
and  then  sweep  them  off  like  flies  into 
misery  and  ruin."  What  blasphemy, 
what  terrible  words  coming  from  men 
of  such  influence!  Is  a  judge  a  mean 
man  because  he  sentences  the  prisoner  at 
the  bar,  to  death  or  to  a  life  of  misery 
bfliind  iron  bars?  No,  justice  demands 
tliiit  lie  tlius  pnss.senteoce.  It  is  not  the 
jud"L'  that  is  to  blame  for  passing  sen- 
tence; it  is  the  law  that  does  it.  The 
judge  gives  decision  according  to  law, 
and  execution  follows  as  a  matter  of  jus- 
tici".  There  is  an  inexorable  law  as  fix- 
ed and  unalterable  as  God  Himself  that 
shapes  the  destiny  of  all  men.  God's 
mercy  has  intervened  to  save  men,  and 
by  His  mercy  all  may  be  saved.  But 
just  so  certain  as  men  transgress  the  Law 
of  God,  that  La^\'  tliat  vais&s  mon  on  a 
plane  with  Divinity,  upward  toward 
Leaven  aud  eternal  glory — I  say  all  that 
ti-ausgress  that  Law  must  sink  down  on 
a  level  with  devils;  there  is  no  power 
can  or  will  save  them;  God  would  have 
theui  saved,  bnt  they  would  not  be  sav- 
ed, hence  they  cannot  nor  mil  not  be  sav- 
ed, to  hell  they  must  go.  Wbo  can  blame 
Go<l  for  the  separation  when  He  done 
all  in  the  bounds  of  justice  to  haye  them 
come  to  Him  in  union  aud  love? 

Let  us  reason  a  little  on  the  subject. 
If  you  know  that  to  thrust  your  hand 
into  the  fire,  burns  it,  can  you  blame 
the  fire  for  doing  that  ■\\'hich  according 
to  natural  laws  it  will  do?  If  a  man 
walk,  agaiust  knowledge  and  reason,  ov- 
er a  precipice  and  meets  death  at  the 
bottom,  M'ho  can  blame  the  precipice  or 
the  law  of  gravitation  foi".  the  catastro- 
phe? the  man  alone  is  to  blame:  K  a 
man  throws  himself  into  the  sea  and  is 
drowned,  is  the  water  to  blame?  Nothe 
man  is  to  blame  and  he  alone.  So  ■with 
men  and  women  who  in  the  S'ery  face  of 
what  is  God'^  Law,  choose  to  -walk  into 
the  fire,  walk  ovej-  the  precipice,  or  are 
diowned  iu  the  sea  of  iniquity,  can  they 
blame  God  for  their  folly?  they  and  they 
ali-piie  are  to  blame. 

As  i-i.'<_'(inl>  our  views  upon  the  subject 
under  cousidei'ation,  I  hope  I  have  none 
other  than  Scriptlu'al  views — ^thtey  are 
the  best.  Better  believe  what  God  says, 
about  everlasting  punishment,  "than  to 
even  /tape  the  views  of  men  may  be  c6r- 
rect.  The  New  Testament  Scinptures 
tell  us  theij'e  is^n.Jieaven  for  the  ju^t,  let 
us  helieve.thot  with  all  our  heai-t.  They 
also  tell  us  there  is  ahell  for  the, wicked 
and  unjust,  letms6e?i«)fl-^/m(  with  all 
our  siiul'  '  So  ':belie^'ing,  let usiworship 
Gud  with  (lurbody,  soul,  and  spirit,  that 
all  iiiav  be  .-.auctified,  purified  and  fitted 
for  conutiunion  ■with  God  here  aud  here- 
after we  need  not  be  perplexed  abolit 
whether  there  is  hell  or  not.  It  will  be 
enough  for  us  to  know  there  is  a  heavon. 
The  devils  know  there  is  a  hell  and  the 
bricked  shall  most  certainly  fin^i^f  out 
ill  due  tuue. 

What  else  hell  may  mean,  it  means 
si'jiaration  trotnGod  and /Ai'«  iomUeler- 
nihj.  Take  away  all  tlm  literal  fire  and 
brimstone  from  the  lake  and  it  will  be 
a  hellereji  then  beyond  onr  finite  con- 
ception. My  idea  is  that  heaven  aud  the 
joys,  of  heaven,  are  far  beyond  our  cbm- 
jir.Iirn^ion  in  what  God  has  laid  up  for 
the  righteous;  in  like  manner  the  hor- 
rors of  the  doomed  soulsin  eternity,  are 
far  beyond  oiu"  comprehension — we  have 
not,  even  in  the  Scriptural  illustration 
■'  a  lake    burning  with  fire  and    brim- 


stone," the  slightest  conception  of  tlie 
miseiy  and  woe  of  souls  alienated  from 
God  in  the  spiritual  state. 
'  You,  my  friend,  fear  or  intimate  that 
you  think  it  a  bad  state  of  afi'airs  for 
men  of  such  influence  to  give  vent  to 
such  thoughts  as  Beecher  did.  It  may 
be  all  for  the  better.  It  will  open  the 
eyes  of  some,  we  trust,  to  see  where  hu- 
man theories  will  lead  and  what  folly  to 
accept  of  opinions  that  savor  of  the  slime 
of  the  Serpent.  If  Satan  would  come 
out  from  under  the  sacerdotal  robes  so 
that  we  might  see  him  from  his  horns  to 
his  cloven  feet,  we  could  see  better  where 
to  thi'ow  the  spear,  aud  how  to  fight  him. 
This  fighting  him  in  ambush,  clothed  in 
the  "  being  of  heaven  "  and  with  the 
name  of  Jesus  on  his  banner,  is  what  is 
doing  so  m  ucli  mischief,  and  en- 
ables him  to  lead  so  many  captive  at  his 
mil.  If  he  will  come  forth  and  show 
his  true  coloi-s,  how  long  suppose  you  he 
could  stand  the  glare  of  the  Gospel  rays  ? 
Not  long.  Popular  opinion  invites  him 
out — he  now  shirks  the  responsibility  of 
eternal  punishment.  Ere  long,  (we  have 
an  idea)  he  will  come  out  and  through 
the  medium  of  some  high-minded  trump- 
ets, startle  the  world  "with  the  theory 
that  the  doctrine  of  atonement  "  is  all  a 
farce!"  Stai-tlenot,  reader,  that  day  is 
not  far  oft".  Just  so  soon  as  the  popular 
mind  is  ready  for  it,  it  will  come. 

But  we  are  growing  too  lengthy.  We 
close  by  saying,  we  have  of  late  been 
reminded  (while  reading  those  extracts 
of  sermons  which  modifies  hell  so  beau- 
tifullyl)  of  the  anecdote  of  a  certain 
man,  who,  when  even  he  went  to  his 
prayers  he  would  speak  well  of  both 
God  and  Satan ;  not  knowing  into  which 
one's  hands  he  would  fall,  he  wanted  to 
keep  on  friendly  terms  with  both  God 
and  Satan.  So  with  some  men  these 
days,  they  would  have  a  soft,  pleasant 
bed  made  for  them  in  Hades,  it  being 
possible  they  may  take  up  lodging  there. 

BALDWINS  PROPHECY. 

CONSIDERABLE  interest  has  been 
manifested  in  S.  D.  Baldwin's  proph- 
ecy,'Uiade  in  1854.  We  therefore  print 
his  remarkable  e.vrjwsition  of  the  proph- 
ecy of  Daniel.  According  to  Mr.  Bald- 
win's views  of  Daniel,  Kussia  was  to 
ovei'thi-ow  Turkey  within  eighteen 
months  after  the  commencement  of  the 
struggle,  aud  this  seems  to  have  already 
been  fulfilled.;'  We  look  with  , interest 
to  his .  future  predictions  — Eds. 

A  book  out  of  print,  entitled  "  Arma- 
geddon, oi'  the  United' States  in  Proph- 
ecy," ivTitten  by  the  Kev.'S.  D.  Bald- 
win, a  Presbyterian  minister  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  then  President  of  Soule 
Female  College,  but  loug  deceased,  ■\vas 
publihsed  inlS54.  When  the  work  ap- 
peared it  attracted  very  wide  attention. 
,  Among  the  pretlictions  was  a  bloody 
and  furious  war  to  begin:  in  18tll,  and 
end  on  the  llTth  day  of  1S65 — a  war 
which  exactly  fiilfills  the  term  of  the 
late  rebellion,  Johnston  having  suii'en- 
dered  to  Sherman  April  '26,  1865,  and 
thus  terminated  the  array  of  arms.  From 
the  exposition  of  the  prophetic  parts  of 
the  B^ble  we  copy  as  follows: 

"  At  the  time  of  the  end."  This  pe- 
riod was  to  be  that  between  the  first  and 
Inst  endings  of  the  three  and  a  half  times, 
or  between  177R  and  ISTS,  or  between 
the  1,290,  and  1,335  days.  During 
this  period  this  willful  king  was  to  come 
to  his  end:  hut  before  his  end,  he  was  to 
engage  in  ^vai-  for  some  outlying  coun- 
tries, and  was  to  be  interrupted  by  tivo 
great  powers,  but  was  to  conquer  and 
prosper   till  the    "  last    end  of  the    in- 


dignation," As  this  was  to  be  the  great 
monarchy  power  represented  by  the  im- 
age that  was  to  be  broken  by  the  stone 
(since  it  was  Rome),  it  is  evident  that 
its  head  must  be  in  Europe,  and  must 
be  the  empire  represented  by  the  septi- 
mo-oetave  head  of  the  beast  in  Revela- 
tion. Now,  the  great  power  which  fills 
half  of  Europe  and  overshadows  and 
controls  the  rest,  is  the  rising  colossus, 
Russia;  Russia,  therefore,  must  be  the 
power  intended  as  falling  in  the  holy 
mountain.  Now,  as  Ezekiel,  almost  lit- 
erally, describes  Russia  as  falling  on  the 
mountains  of  Israel,  in  the  latt<?r  day  he 
fiu-nishes  further  evidence  that  l!ie  fourth 
kingdom,  in  the  time  of  the  end,  was  to 
be  resuiTccted  in  or  by  Russia.  ,The 
willful  kingdom  was  an  autocrat  among 
nations,  and  so  is  the  Russian  kingdom, 

"The  king  of  the  south  shall  push  oi' 
butt  at  him,  and  the  king  of  the  north 
shall  come  against  him  like  a  whirlwind, 
with  chariots,  and  with  hoi-semen,  aud 
with  many  ships." 

The  two  kingdoms,  under  the  names 
north  and  south,  are  to  be  identified  liy 
their  relative  jjositions  to  the  Russian 
poSver,  or  to  each  other.  The  king  or 
kingdom  of  the  south  ■would,  very  natur- 
ally, appl)'  to  Turkey,  on  the  south  of 
Russia;  but  as  Turkey  exists  by  the  suf- 
ferance of  France  and  England,  it  is  pos- 
sible that  the  two  great  Western  powers, 
■which  hold  to  each  other  the  I'elatiou  of 
north  and  south,  may  be  intended.  At 
any  rate,  the  southern  king  makes  a  short 
flight  of  it,  if  anything  is  to  be  under- 
stood Ijy  the  butting  at  the  willful  king, 
or  he  brings  on  the  flight.  The  king- 
doms of  Syria  and  Egypt,  called  the 
kingdoms  of  the  north  and  south,  held 
about  the  same  close  relation  to  each 
other  and  to  Rome  that  England  and 
France  do  to  each  other  and  to  Russia; 
only  on  the  east  of  Rome,  and  the  case 
is  just  now  reversed.  The  king  of  the 
north  is  Great  Britain.  This  is  evident 
from  its  northern  position  as  a  great 
power,  and  from  the  immense  naval  as 
well  as  land  forces  it  possesses.  No  ua- 
tion  but  a  very  gi-eat  one  would  attack 
the  autocratic  king,  and  no  nation  has 
such  a  navy  as  Britain.  This  nrtrth  na- 
tion was  to  come  like  a  whirlwind,  with 
his  great  naval  and  land  forces^  which 
are  indicated  by  "many  ships"  and 
"  chariots  "  and  "  horsemen."  The  at- 
tack was  to  be  great  and  furious,  biit 
finally  unsuccessful:  for  the  autocrat 
moves  right  on  to  his  purpose,  and  more 
than  gains  it,  according  to  the  prophet. 

"  He  shall  enter  into  the  countries,  and 
shall  ovei-flow,  and  pass  over." 

His  entering  the- countries  intimates 
that  this  was  his  original  design,  in  which 
he  had  been  interrupted  by  the  two 
great'  powers  thflt  confederated  agaiiist 
him.  England  and  France,  or  England 
and  Turkey,  mil  unite  against  Russia. 
Audit  seems  that  a^  considerable  efibrt 
wai  to  he  made  to  check  Ru»<iia'fi  designs: 
yet  Russia  is  to  take  the  countries  this 
bide  of  the  crossifigs,  and  then  to  pass 
over  into  Asia,  it  would  seem.  The 
woi-d  "  overflow  "  signifies  the  great  in- 
crease of  his  armies  and  triumphs.  To 
"  pass  over  "  implies  the  advancement  of 
concpiest,  by  some  great  cros-sing,  into  a 
new  scene  of  warfare. 

"  He  shall  enter  the  glorious  land." 
This  at  once  reveals  his  advailtem^ht 
into  Palestine,  and  shows  that  the  pass- 
ing over  related  to  the  coiupiest  of  Asia 
minor,  aud  the  Turkish  Empire  general- 

ly- 

"  Many  coiintries  shall  Vie  overthrown : 
but  these  shall  escape  oiit  of  hie  hand, 
even  Edom  and  Moab,  anil  the  chief  of 
the  childi-en  of  Amnion."     This  would 


literally  imply  the  conquest  of  a  great 
portion  of  Asiatic  Turkey,  with  some 
exceptions.  These  wore  conquests  in 
Asia. 

"  He  shall  stretch  forth  his  hand  also 
upon  the  countries,  and  the  land  of 
Egypt  shall  not  escape."  This  express- 
ion implies  the  exertion  of  severe  sov- 
ereignty. African  countries  are  here  re- 
ferred to,  as  Egypt  is  used  as  specific  for 
a  generic  term  or  a  part  of  the  whole." 
"  He  shall  have  power  over  the  treasures 
of  gold  and  silver,  and  over  all  the  pre- 
cious things  of  Egypt." 

"  The  Libyans  and  Ethiopians  shall 
be  at  his  steps."  This  still  further  teach- 
es the  unlimiteil  dominion  over  Africa 
in  the  west  and  south.  Thus  having 
obtained  nearly  all  Europe,  Asia,  and 
Africa,  he  becomes  indomitable,  and  his 
empire  almost  limitless;  it  emulates  old 
Rome,  as  the  possessor  of  three  conti- 
nents.—  Inter  Ocean,  Oct.  23,  1876. 


HURRY!  HURRYII 


TTURRY  to  be  in  time  for  the  train, 
^*-  thought  I  on  my  way  to  the 
railrcwd.  Of  course  the  time  tor  the 
train's  arrival  was  nearly  up,  aud  I  had 
no  time  to  spend  carelessly.  You  who 
travel  by  railroad  understand  the  impor- 
tance of  being  on  time.  TJie  railroad 
companies  furnish  us  with  maps  and 
time  tables,  so  that  we  may  know  when 
to  arrive  at  the  depot.  Their  maps  show 
us  eveiy  crook  and  turn  of  their  roads, 
give  name  of  stations  and  all  needful  in- 
formation. 

Suppose  a  traveler  should  request  a 
conductor  to  -vyait  five  minutes  or  an  hour 
until  he  could  prepare  himself  for  his 
journey,  what  reply  would  the  conduct- 
or make?  Would  he  not  say,  "  Sir  we 
furnish  you  maps  and  time  tables,  and 
by  these  you  must  be  go\'erned ;  ■we  can- 
not wait  on  you.  You  knew  we  would 
ari'ive  and  depart  as  we  gave  notice,  but 
you  have  been  careless;  "vve  must  be  oft'," 
Precisely  so  Avith  Jesus,  our  gieat  Con- 
ductor. His  train  is  here  waiting.  Soon 
the  signal  vnW  be  given,  ahd  it  will  then 
speed  away',  leanng  us  behind  if  we 
have  not  prepared  ourselves,  and  gone 
forth  ^vith  Him.  He  has  given  us  this 
great  Map — the  New  Testament,  and  if 
we  ^vill  not  heed  that,  stay  behind  we 
must.  Paul  says,  "  Behold  'iww  is  the  ^ 
accepted  time ;  behold  now  is  the  day  of 
salvation."  He  s&ys  now;  not  to-mor- 
row or  next;  year:'  ■ 

God  tells, ua,how  aud  where  to  start. 
Repentance, is  , the,  first  station.  There 
weiget  on 'board  the  train.  Faith,  bap- 
tism and  full  obedience  all  follow  irt  reg- 
nl.'ir  oi'der.  All  along  lye  must  follow 
the  Guide-book,  and  hold  fast  thatwhich 
,Tiye  have  prpcured.  0,  how  necessary 
to  hurry  up  and  get  aboard  the  Lord's 
great  train !  O  what  a  glorious  thought, 
to  be  ready  when  God  calls!  Then  when 
He  comes  with  His  immense  train  to 
gather  His  elect,  oh  think  of  those  who 
are  unprepared!  Dear  sinner,  Christ 
calls  you,  antl  you  are,  not  hurrying  to 
the  heavenly  depot.  '  Come  quickly  or 
you  will  miss  the  train. 

Longjnont,  Col.   , 


Wo  unto  you  v/hen    men  shall  speak 

well  of  you!     A    man    whom    nobody 
traduces  amounts    to  but   little  in    this 

^vorld. 

See  to  it  that  each  hour's  feelings, 
thoughts  and  actions  are  pnre  and  true, 
then  will  your  life  be  such. 


THE    BRETHKEIsr    ^T    "WOItlC. 


February   28. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


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book — shoTild  be  read  by  every  preacher  ami 
others.     Price,  §1.50. 


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Elysia,  Feb.  2T.  May  God  grant  tliem  a  safe 
.and  pleasant  voyage. 


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And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  on 
■in  Falls  City,  Nebraska.  Bro. .L  J.  Liclity  held 
a  series  of  meetings  there,  and  s«  precious 
-souIb  were  brought  into  fellowship.  ".Praise 
Cod  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 

The  weather  in  this  part  of  the  State  still 
•continues  warm,  more  like  April  than  Febru- 
ary. In  fact  we  have  had  no  Winter  of  any 
'CODseqnenceyet.  Considerable  rain  has  fallen, 
.and  mud  abounds,  thus  rendering  it  very  dis- 
jigreeable  for  holding  meetings. 


From  the  Bnjilist  BullU  Flag  we  learn  that 
.Abe  discussion  between  D.  B.  Ray  and  Bro.  J. 
W.  Stein,  is  to  be  held  at  Newtonia,  Mo.,  com- 
mencing Wednesday,  Blarch  the  6th,  at  10 
o'clock.  The  notice  is  rather  short,  hut  will 
likely  reach  most  of  our  readers  in  time. 

A  TERKIBLE  famine  is  raging  in  North  China. 
70,(tUO,OOy  of  persona  are  now  starving.  The 
"  imagination  fails  to  cope  with  so  great  a  calam- 
ity. Famine  is  one  of  the  signs  of  Christ's 
second  coming.  Let  us  be  watchful  and  prayer- 
-ful  that  we  be  fully  prepared  at  His  coming. 


Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman  of  Virden,  111.,  is  now 
'traveling  in  Texas  and  finds  the  climate  delights 
ful.  With  other  flowers  he  sends  us  peach 
-blossoms,  showing  the  advanced  state  of  the 
;3?;i3on  there.  Don't  fail  to  read  his  .short  letter 
on  last  page,  and  then,  like  us,  wonder,  if  sev- 
eral colonies  of  Brethren  cannot  he  planted  ui 
that  State,  and  thus  spread  the  Gospel  and 
.build  up  churches? 


Thkrr  is  a  talk  of  holding  an  Anti-secret 
Methodist  Convention,  looking  towards  concert 
of  action  on  the  part  of  all  those  who  are  op- 
posed to  secret  societies.  It  is  a  sad'  comment 
«n  a  religious  body,  when  a  convention  must  he 
.flailed  to  root  out  an  evil.  Why  not  strictly 
,  follow  the  good  Master  and  avoid  all  such 
'  break  ctkt' 

-  As  the  result  of  a  series  of  meetings  at  Carle- 
ton.Neb..  Bro.  Levi  Hoflbrt  ivrites:  "This  iji- 
forius  you  that  ten  souls  have  been  wedded  to 
Christ  by  adoption,  during  our  meetings.  Six 
of  the  number  were  married  persons  and  In  the 
prime  of  life.  The  other  four  are  quite  young. 
May  the  good  Lord  enubic  them  to  hold  out 
faithful  unto  deatli.  And  I  pray  the  Lord  will 
bless  our  dear  brethren  that  labored  faithfully 
■while  >vith  us.  Truly  we  had  a  soul-cheering 
meeting,  both  for  saint  and  sinner.  Blessed  be 
ihe  Lord  for  his  goodness." 


Ox  the  20th  inst.,  Cardinal  Pecci  was  elected 
Pope,  and  assumed  the  title  of  Leo  XIIT.  He  is 
claimed  as  a  liberal,  but  anuounce-s  that  he  will 
puiBue  the  same  course  towards  the  Italian  Gov- 
ernment as  did  Pius  IX,  so  that  unity  of  action 
between  the  two  is  as  far  off  as  ever.  The  new 
Pope  is  68  years  of  age,  quite  tall  and  very  dig- 
nified. 


We  are  always  glad  to  receive  clear  and 
pointed  articles,  and  to  do  good  and  reach  many 
minds,  should  be  brief,  unless  the  subject  really 
requires  it.  But  we  feel  sad  when  we  have  to 
pay  from  six  to  twelve  Cents  postage  on  an  ar- 
ticle, that,  after  careful  examination,  cannot  es- 
cape the  waste-b.-isket.  But  we  will  endure  all 
this,  only  send  on  your  words  of  comfort,  ■words 
of  conviction  in  a  brief  way,  and  we  shall  all 
trj'  to  let  patience  have  her  periect  work. 


P.  T-  Barnuu,  in  a  late  speech  in  Denver, 
Colprado,  discussed  the  right  of  saloon  keepers 
to  sell  liquor,  even  if  possessed  of  license.  He 
says,  "  If  I  bad  a  license  to  shpw  in  Denver,  and 
should  release  a  lot  of  rattlesnakes  in  the  pub- 
lic streets  where  school  children  passed,  would 
iny  license  save  me  from  action  for  murder  or 
criniuial  carelessness?  No.  Neither  does  a 
license  justify  a  man  in  selling  a  poison  which 
robs  men  of  that  intellect  sufficient  to  keep 
them  from  deeds  of  violence." 


GoR  must  have  His  sledge-hammer  men  — 
His  Petei^  who  feel  the  need  of  reformation  in 
themselves  and  others,  and  then  arc  fearless  to 
take  hold  and  irork.  The  namby  pamby  men, 
nicely  dressed  in  satin,  and  scented  ivith  laven- 
der wat«r,  may  do  as  dolls,  but  they  .ire  mere 
ciphers  in  the  work  of  refonuation.  A  good, 
warm  house,  though  made  of  roughly  hewn 
logs,  should  not  be  despised  simply  because  it 
looks  rough.  It  sheltere  from  the  cold  as  well 
as  the  smooth  and  fancy  painted  house. 


CoURECTioN. — In  No.  37,  Vol.  TI,  I  presented 
some  strictures  on  a  sermon  by  Chai-lcs  E.  His- 
cox,  of  Greenport,  N.  Y.  In  number  51,  same 
volume,  C.  L.  Culbertson  came  to  the  support  of 
C.  E.  Hiscos,  and  I  replied  to  him.  In  No.  6, 
current  volume,  we  had  another  hearing,  and 
now  friend  Culbertson  informs  me  that  he  ia 
not  a  Baptist,  but  "hopes  to  get  to  heaven  by 
Metliodist  faith."  I  make  this  correction  which 
ia  due  him,  having  been  erroneously  led  to  be- 
lieve him  a  Baptist,  by  his  defense  of  Baptist 
theory.  Ji.  si.  e. 

President  J.  F.  Cook  of  La  Grange,  Mo.,  of- 
fers the  sum  of  §25  for  the  best  tract  on  the 
Lord's  Supper.  Of  course,  it  is  understood  that 
the  supjier  is  to  be  before  dinnei%  Those  pro- 
posing to  write  a  tract  on  that  subject  for  Pres. 
Cook  will  keep  this  in  view.  If  they  attempt 
to  prove  that  the  Lord  Jesus,  in  the  same  ni^ht 
in  which  He  was  betrayed,  took  bread,  they  cer- 
tainly wilt  not  get  the  §25.  If  Paul  were  here, 
he  could  not  get  it  either. 


In  reply  to  a  sist*r  who  gets  her  mail  at 
Philadelphia,  and  wants  to  know  why  the 
figures  telling  when  her  subscription  ex^jires 
are  not  stamped  to  the  right  of  her  name  on 
the  paper,  we  remark,  that  sometimes  the  name 
and  number  of  street  take  up  all  the  room  in 
the  width  of  the  mailing  galley,  and  hence 
there  is  not  room  enough  to  put  in  the  figures. 
This  is  the  way  with  most  uf  our  subscribers 
in  Philadelphia  and  other  large  cities  where  it 
is  necessary  to  give  the  number  of  street. 


The  world  is  passing  through  a  terrible  crisis. 
Governments  iu  Europe  seem  to  be  agitated, 
those  in  Asia  are  no  less  disturbed,  and  even  on 
our  continent,  corruption,  distrust  and  uneasi- 
ness seem  to  prevail.  No  doubt  the  present  age 
is  fulfilling  some  of  the  predictions  of  the  proph- 
ets of  long  time  ago.  Everj'thing  points  to 
strife  and  contention  in  the  political  world, 
while  popular  Christianity  ia  running  wild  over 
the  sayings  of  men  who  seek  the  applause  of 
the  multitude  rather  than  the  pleasure  of  God. 
With  these  facts  before  us,  brethren  and  sisters, 
we  need  to  constantly  watch  and  pray  that  we 
be  not  overtaken  and  carried  away  into  the 
whirlpool  of  destruction. 


A  BROTHER  who  appreciates  our  i)aper  very 
highly,  says:  "Dear  Brolhei;  have  just  read 
your  Editorial  in  No.  S:  "Wanted!  A  Little 
More  Prudence,"  and  I  must  thank  you  hearti- 
ly for  writing  it.  If  the  old  proverb  be  true, 
that  '  Words,  fitly  spoken,  are  like  apples  of 
gold  in  pictures  of  silver,'  then  this  article 
should  be  printed  on  silver,  framed  in  gold,  and 
hung  where  every  one  of  our  members  could 
read  it  at  least  once  a  week.  Or  better  still,  if 
it  could  be  graven  on  the  tablets  of  the  hearts 
of  a  class  of  imprudent,  meddling  persons,  it 
would  effect  incalculable  good.    I  am  not  given 


to  fulsome  flattery,  but  write  the^e  words  out 
of  the  fullness  of  my  heart. — Yours  Fraternal- 
ly, D.  L.  Miller." 


We  are  now  supplied  with  a  fiill  stock  of  the 
Brethren's  Hymn  Books,  and  all  orders  up  to 
the  present  time  have  been  filled.  Should  any 
who  have  ordered,  not  receive  the  books  in  due 
time,  they  will  inform  us  at  once.  We  would 
apo1ogi/.e  for  not  filling  orders  sooner,  but  have 
been  doing  all  in  our  power  to  get  the  books, 
having  ordered  them  six  months  ago.  Our 
terms  for  Hymn  Books  are  strictly  cash,  as  the 
profit  for  haudlmg  them  is  so  small  that 
eannot  afford  to  sell  them  on  credit.  Those 
who  send  the  cash  for  books,  will  have  theii 
orders  filled  immediately. 


Some  months  ago  we  published  a  commenda- 
tory notice  of  the  i)ropoEed  History  of  Carroll 
county,  thinking  that  the  parties  having  the 
work  in  charge  would  render  satisfaction.  The 
book  is  now  out  and  being  delivered,  but  fail; 
to  give  anything  like  satisfaction,  and  has  ex- 
cited a  general  feeling  of  indignation  against 
the  publishers,  liundreds  refusing  to  accept  the 
work.  Some  names  in  this  part  of  the  coun- 
try were  obtained  by  very  unfair  means.  We 
say  this  in  justice  to  the  welfare  of  brethren  in 
other  countie."  wlierc  the  same  parties  are  get- 
ting up  other  books,  If  any  of  them  get  de- 
ceivwl  after  reading  this  notice,  they  must  not 
blame  us,  as  we  say  once  for  all  that  the  histo- 
ry of  Carroll  Co.,  is  not  what  the  people  hatl 
reason  to  e.xpeet  it  would  be.  Many  of  them 
are  refusing  to  take  the  book,  and  every  secular 
paper  in  the  county  is  denouncing  it.  Reader, 
keep  your  eyes  open. 


OUR   CHELSEA   MEETINGS 

WE  left  Lanark  about  noon,  Saturday  Kith, 
and  reached  Nora,  some  thirty  mile; 
North  of  here,  about  five  in  the  evening.  Were 
met  at  the  depot  by  Bro.  Win,  Moore  and  takei 
to  his  home,  some  two  miles  out  in  the  country 
Had  meeting  in  the  evening  at  what  is  known 
as  the  Chelsea  meeting-house.  This  ia  a  part  ol 
the  Waddam's  Grove  district,  and  is  uhdcr  the 
oversight  of  Bro.  Enoch  Eby. 

lYeeting  the  next  day  at  ten  and  also  in  the 
evening.  The  congregations  were  good,  and  at- 
tention excellent.  Had  meeting  twice  each  day 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  but  had  to  contend  with 
considerable  mud  which  finally  became  so  bad 
as  to  render  roads  almost  impassable.  Our  last 
meeting  was  on  Thui-sday  evening.  It  rained 
all  next  day,  hence  no  meeting.  Left  for  home 
Friday  afternoon;  arrived  safe  at  midnight  and 
found  all  well.  Very  much  regret  that  the 
meetings  could  not  be  continued,  as  they  had 
just  reached  the  point  of  real  interest. 

Our  stay  among  the  members  wos  a  pleasant 
one,  as  it  always  is  with  the  faithful,  and  tnist 
that  our  mutual  labors  together  were  not  en. 
tirely  in  ^ain,  though  there  were  no  immediate 
accessions  to  the  church.  The  memben!  here 
attend  meeting  well,  and  take  great  interest  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  church.  We  made  our 
homo  with  Bro.  Moore  and  family,  and  found  it 
a  pleasant  stopping  place.  Many  thanks  for  the 
kind  treatment  received  at  the  hands  of  all, 
however,  very  much  regretting  that  we  could 
not  visit  around  more,  and  attend  the  proposed 
meetings  at  Waddam's  Grove  church,  at  which 
place  ive  were  to  have  preached  a  few  sermons 
before  leaving.  .  j.  h.  m. 


PRINCIPLE  AND  POLICY. 

POLICY  puis  the  be-.t  dress  on  the  out.^'ide; 
Principle  is  content  to  have  all  of  one 
piece.  Policy  leans  on  men  for  houses,  lands, 
money;  Principle  goes  about  his  business  daily 
and  lets  God  add  these.  Policy  puts  the  best 
wheat  at  the  mouth  of  the  sack:  Principle  lets 
the  good  and  had  run  together,  and  shows  it  all 
before  selling.  Principle  tella  the  whole  truth 
whether  men  will  hear  or  whether  they  will 
forbear;  Policy  will  tell  a  little  of  it,  and  keep 
back  the  rest.  Policy  goes  no  further  than 
bread  and  butter;  Principle  goes  straight  ahead 
whether  there  be  bread  and  butter  or  not.  Pol- 
icy bowa,  scrapes  and  covers;  Principle  stands 
up  without  show  and  lets  the  hght  shine  all  over 
Iiim.  Principle  is  always  easy,  never  disturbed; 
Policy  is  restless,  and  dreams  considerably.  — 
Principle  has  nerve;  Policy  is  ea.sily  scared,  and 
dodges. 

Policy  carries  a  tivisty  grindstone  to  sharpen 
axes  to  hew  for  it;  Principle  hews  a  straight 
,  no  difference  about  the  grindstone.    Policy 


turns  judgment  into  crooked  limes;  Principle 
follows  the  "  old  paths,"  that  have  along  them 
the  "  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus."  Policy  seeks 
for  itself  only;  Principle  hunts  for  others  also 
Policy  works  slow,  to  kill  time;  Principle  strikes 
out  right  and  left,  and  does  a  gootl  day's  work. 
Policy  visits  if  its  polkij;  Principle  goes  and 
comforts,  and  is  happy.  Principle  is  nlive  and 
green  from  the  root«  to  the  top;  Policy  is  dead 
at  the  top,  and  a  little  nt  the  roots.  Policy  wnnt.s 
to  A/ioi"  hoir  the  inultifii'/e  frill  go;  Principle 
does  not  concern  herself  about  that.  Policy 
wants  somebody  else  to  admonish  him  who  is 
in  fault;  Principle  goes  and  t«lls  the  fault  to 
him  who  is  faulty.  Policy  is  a  poor  fellow,  and 
if  ho  could  only  see  hiiiiset/,  he  would  be  straight- 
way ashamed,  and  repent. 

Now  let  us  have  less  policy  and  more  princi- 
ple, both  in  and  out  of  the  church.  A  little 
policy  may  be  good  at  times  for  principle  to 
work  with,  but  it  is  a  poor  thing  to  putiu  prin- 
ciple's place.  There  is  too  much  shirking  of 
duty  in  matters  that  are  clear  and  plain; — too 
much  evasion  when  there  should  be  distinct  ut- 
terance. Tlie  load  is  often  divided  for  polices 
sakf,  and  the  i;iuocent  made  to  carry  a  heavy 
load,  when  the  guilty  alone  should  have  borne 
the  whole  burden.  "  Bear  ye  one  another's  bur- 
den's" don't  mean  that  one  of  the  innocent 
shall  carry  a  part  of  the  guilty  one's  load,  for 
policy's  sake,  but  means  that  if  there  is  to  be 
any  htai'mg,  the  whole  body  shall  do  it.  If  the 
ear  is  gujlty,  it  is  not  right  that  simply  the  lit- 
tle finger  should  suffer,  but  let  the  whole  bond 
take  its  part.  Now  let  Policy  .step  behind  and 
permit  Principle  to  lead  as  God  doth  most  truly 
direct.  ^^^^^^^^^  y,  m.  e. 

A  PEACEFUL  FAMILY. 

A  DEAR  brother  who  is  active  and  zealous  in 
his  Mf iter's  work  ivrites:  "I  read,  with 
tears,  Bro,  Moore's  article  on  '  Sweet  Home.' 
My  heart  rejoiced  that  God  has  blessed  me  with 
a  little  home  and  a  pleasant  .family.  I  have  a 
kind  companion  who  ia  willing  to  share  my  joys 
and  sorrows,  ajid  a  dear  little  one  who  is  large 
enough  to  help  me  sing  the  sweet  songs  of  Zi- 
on.  And  in  place  of  being  scolded,  as  many 
weat7  husbands  are,  I  am  met  with  a  smile  and 
words  of  comfort.  I  can  sympathize  with  the 
homeless  and  the  tippler.  I  have  traveled  that 
road,  and  you  do  not  know  how  thankful  I  am 
that  God  gave  me  the  strength  and  moral  cour- 
age to  get  my  feet  out  of  the  broad  road  that 
leads  to  destruction.  Ah !  we  can  all  do  wonders 
by  malting  use  of  the  means  of  grace." 

How  many  husbands  can,  with  this  dear  broth- 
er, say,  "  My  companion  is  willing  to  share  my 
joys  and  my  sorrows?  Instead  of  being  scold- 
ed, I  am  met  vnih  a  smile?  "  Ah!  there  are 
too  many  unhappy  homes — homes  that  should, 
for  father's  sake,  for  mother's  sake,  for  the  sake 
of  the  children,  and  the  blessed  Master,  be  made 
happy.  If  you  bring  up  your  children  in  a 
peevish,  fretful  manner,  0,  think  of  the  misery 
they  must  endure  in  tliis  life,  and  perhaps,  also 
in  the  life  to  come.  You  should  make  home 
pleasant,  because  God  requires  it,  Ijecause  your 
duty  to  your  children  requires  it.  Let  love 
through  every  action  run,  and  there  will  be 
mu?h  sunshine  in  your  home.  Then  be  pleas- 
ant, be  kind,  and  your  children  will  soon  learn 
to  go  that  way.  a.  M.  E. 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE 

Dear  Paper: — 

OUR  meetings  in  the  vicinity  of  Boiling 
Springs,  Pa.,  continued  some  over  a  week 
at  different  places,  only  a  few  meetings  at  one 
place  and  that,  too,  sometimes  interchangeable, 
thus  lessening  the  power  of  our  labors  for  good, 
especially  in  the  conversion  of  sinners.  Though 
it  would  have  been  preferable  to  us  to  have  con- 
centrated our  efforts  while  in  this  church,  yet 
we  felt  it  our  duty  to  submit  to  the  wishes  of 
the  brethren,  and  thus  labor  together  in  harmo- 
ny and  good  will. 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  organizations  of  our 
fraternity  in  Pennsylvania,  having  been  eatab- 
li-the<l  in  ITfll.  The  first  speaker  was  elected  in 
J823,  and  since  that  time  has  been  feeding  the 
West  with  emigrants  of  our  faith,  who,  in  their 
work,  have  caused  the  Gospel  to  sound  in  more 
than  one  comer  of  the  Western  States.  The 
church  now  numbers  several  hundred;  all  in 
perfect  order  and  union,  as  far  as  we  were  able 
to  see.    Bro.  Moses  Miller  is  the  Bishop  of  the 


February   '28. 


TIIE   BUETI-IREr^    ^T   "WORK. 


Hock,  luid  liiis  the  heady  co-oi>eratiori  of  nil  the 
worktTs  among  thein.  It  is  useless  to  remark 
much  upon  the  life  ami  lahora  of  Bro.  Miller,  as 
his  name  and  history  are  too  well  known  nraong 
oiir  people,  anJ  his  position  lu  a  member,  our 
Aiiniml  Couneil  and  committees  speak  out  the 
general  confidence  of  the  hrntherhood  nt  large, 
and  the  apceinl  respect  of  his  own  district  where 
)iis  every  day  life  is  heat  known. 

Bro.  Miller  received  us  with  a  Christiaji  wel- 
come, and  the  kindness  and  courtesy  shown  to- 
ward U9  while  there,  \rill  ever  command  our 
ivspect  and  esteem.  At  Boiling  Springs,  con- 
fession was  made  by  the  alien  nnto  salvation; 
also  at  Baker's,  four  miles  from  the  Springs,  some 
turned  to  God.  Preached  two  sorinons  in  Jle- 
cliunicsburg,  a  neat  little  town  of  3,000  inhab- 
itants. Also  had  the  pleasure  of  BRiiin  meeting 
Bro.  .1.  M.  Moliler,  of  Lewistowu,  Pa.,  and  hear- 
ing him  preach  one  discourse,  At  the  close  ot 
our  meetings  here,  some  who  beliovod,  request- 
ed to  he  baptized,  wliich  was  attended  to  after 
we  left. 

On  the  IBth,  wc  bid  Bro.  Oiler  and  compan- 
ion farewell,  as  they  left  our  company  for  home, 
and  on  the  13th,  in  company  witli  Bro.  Mohh 
we  ivere  conveyed  to  Hfttrifihurg;  took  the  fast 
train  West  at  4:30  A.  M.,  and  soon  left  the  East. 
Here  we  had  some  trouble  ui  having  our  baggage 
checked,  as  the  evening  before  it  was  sent  to 
Harrisburg,  in  care  of  C.  V.  11.  R.  Co.,and  when 
^vt!  called  for  it,  their  agent  was  absent,  and  the 
other  company  would  not  exchange  checks;  but 
through  the  kindness  of  the  night  ticket  agent 
of  P.  C,  R.  U.,  we  wore  made  oil  right,  and  thus 
lost  no  time.  This  work,  probably,  is  synony- 
mous with  the  workings  of  the  great  throngl) 
train  to  Heaven.  She  does  not  stop  to  exchange 
baggage  or  checks  with  the  world  or  the  devil, 
and  this  too,  probably,  is  why  so  many  fail  to 
make  connection.  They  stop  to  parley  with  the 
world  too  long,  and  ere  their  pleasures  and 
nierchandi.slng  is  over,  the  Gospel  train  passes 
on  and  they  are  left  behind.  At  Lewistown  we 
bade  Bro.  Mohler  farewell,  in  hopes  of  a  u: 
ahove,  when  our  labors  end  below,  and  we  pass 
through  the  gloom  iuid  silent  shadows  of  the 
grave-laud  or  death-world,  to  receive  our  reward 
for  lahoi-s  below.  Passed  on  through  Hunting- 
don imd  learned  that  the  small-pox  scare  was 
over,  and  business  was  resumed  in  every  way  as 
usual.  The  disease  was  not  as  had,  som.esay,as 
was  first  reported.  At  Johnstown  we  exchang- 
ed greetings  with  Bro.  Mablon  Keim  mid  othera, 
thence  to  Pittsburg  and  the  West.  Arrived  at 
Dunkirk  thelith  inst.,  at  »:30  A.  M.  Was  met 
at  the  station  by  Bro.  S.  T.  Bossermau.  Spent 
a  few  hours  in  resting,  at  his  home;  were  then 
conveyed  to  Eld.  E.  Bossermau's,  six  miles  out 
in  the  country,  where  we  have  been  conducting 
meetings  each  evening  since.  The  roads  are  ex- 
tremely muddy  and  going  about  is  rendered  very 
unpleasant,  yet  our  congregations  are  good  and 
the  attention  and  interest  increasing.  We  ho|)e 
to  be  able  to  report  li  profitable  meeting  at  the 
close,  yet  the  work  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord, 
and  His  will  be  done. 

Many  letters  come  to  our  address,  soliciting 
assistance  in  revival  work,  hut  full  arrangements 
are  completed  until  A.  M.,  and  after.  Will  not 
be  able  to  reach  New  Philadelphia,  0.,  before  A. 
M.  Bro.  E.  L.  Yoder's  call  could  be  filled  bet- 
ter, one  month  later.  Wm.  Hertxier's 
gust.  May  the  blessings  of  God  attend  the 
*florts  of  His  people  everywhere  now  and  for- 
evermore.  _„^^^^^_  ^'  ^'  ^■ 

■  SPRINKLING, 

THE 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM  " 


iii'iiutii  1. 
■"L  We  ixad  of  the  BajiHsm  u/  Jesiis:— 
if'its  Jesus  immersed?  Let  us  exiunine  what 
tlio  Scriptures  say  about  it.  The  account  is  giv- 
en us  in  Mjitlhew  3: 13-17,  and  reads  as  follows: 
'  Then  coraeth  Jes\is  from  Galilee  to  Jordan,  to 
John,  to  be  baptized  of  Kim.  But  ,Tolui  forbade 
him,  saying:  "  I  have  need  to  be  hapti'/.ed  of  thee, 
and  comcst  thou  to  me?'  And  Jesus  ^answer- 
ing, said  unto  him:  '  Suffer  it  to  he  so  now,  for 
■thus  it  beconieth  us  to  fnltil  all  righteou^icas.' 
Then  he  sulJered  liini.  _  And  Jesus,  when  he  wiis 
biiptined,  went  up  straightway  out  of  the  water 
(or,  as  the  Greek  mny  be  equally  correctly  ren- 
nered,  'from  the  water ').  and  lo,  the  heavens 
were  opened  unto  him,  and  he  saw  the  Spirit  of 
^od  descending  like  a  dove  and  lighting  upon 
huii.' 

2.  Jesus  stood  at  the  edge  of  the  bimk,  whilst 
John  slooiiu-ii  duwn,  an  J  diiil'iiii;  \\\i  in  his  hand 
some  1.1  f  it-  I  l.'iir  \\iit'T,  In-  -,i,LiLikled  itupon  the 
lieadof  ,Irsii-,  l..-Mt  lnr«;ir.|  t,i  receive  it.  By 
.this  ceremoiiv,  till-  Uu-   whirl,  s;,id.  'Take  tbe 


priests  and  sprinkle  water  of  purifying  upon 
them,  that  they  may  execute  the  senice  of  the 
Lord,'  wa.-i  fulhlled.  The  law  said  water  must 
be  sprinkled,  and  it  was  sprinkled  upon  Him. 
Hia  Baptism  was  required  by  the  law,  imd  it 
must  be  done  as  tlie  law  direct«l.  No  other 
form  of  administration  would  have  been  accord- 
ing to  the  law.  Those  who  came  to  fulfil  the 
would  not  violate  the  law  by  acting  con- 
trar>-  lo  its  provisions.  I'e  c.ime  to  John  to  he 
baptized,  because,  thus  it  'became  Him  to  fulfil 
all  righteousness,  and  that  righteousness  could 
only  be  fulfilled  by  doing  precisely  as  it  direc^ 
■  ]t  required  Him  to  be  sprinkled,  and  His 
immersion  would  not  have  been  the  fulfilment, 
but  the  violation  of  that  law.  Ho  was.  without 
doubt,  sprinkled  as  that  law  required.  Thus  was 
the  one  part  of  His  consecration  to  His  work 
effected,'' 

Here  Dr.  Qreenwnld  wants  us  to  believe  that 
'  went  Mp  straightway  out  of  the  water,"  means 
'from  the  water."*  Very  well  if  "  up  out  of" 
means  ''from,"  does  not  "from  "  mean  up  out 
of?  If  the  Doctor  were  in  the  water  and  would 
go  out  of  it,  how  would  he  tell  a,  man  that  he 
went  out  of  the  water?  Would  he  say  he  went 
"  down  out  of  the  water?"  Kot  at  all!  But 
he  would  say,  if  he  bad  been  in  the  water,  "  I 
went  up  out  of  the  water."  In  the  original  it 
reads  thus:  "  And  ha\Tng  been  dipped  (Bad- 
tlihcis)  he  went  up  immediately  from  (apo)  or 
0>it  of  the  water."  Of  course  He  went  up  fr 
the  water,  from  the  river  because  the  river  did 
not  go  with  Him.  Infallible  inspiration  says 
not  one  word  about  Jews  going  down  to  the  wa- 
ter and  there  being  sprinkled.  Had  He  been 
sprinkled,  the  translators  would  have  rendered 
it  sprinkled.  But  not  finding  rhantizo  in  the 
original,  but  hnplizo,  they  were  compelled  to 
render  it  baptize,  dipping. 

The  man  who  looks  into  the  "  perfect  law  of 
liberty,"  wants  not  simply  a  mode  of  baptism, 
b\it  baptism  itself;  not  something  nearly  like 
baptism,  but  BAPTISM.  The  holy  Oracies  do 
not  say  that  John's  hand  was  dipped,  baptized, 
and  Jesus  sprinkled.  That  idea  has  a  scope  on- 
ly in  the  mind  of  him  who  seeks  for  a  siibsfitidp, 
something  else,  and  not  the  real  thing  itself. 
Jesus  was  not  sprinkled,  nor  poured  with  water, 
but  baptised  in  water.  Jesus  was  the  subject  of 
the  action.  He  came  to  John  to  be  baptized  in 
Jordan,  not  to  be  poured  or  sprinkled  into  Jor- 
dan. Nor  did  John  sprinkle  Jordan  on  Him, 
nor  pour  Joc</an  on  Him,  nor  sprinkle  a  little 
water  on  Him,  nor  j)OKr  water  on  Him,  but  to 
baptize  Him  in  Jordan,  in  water. 

Thus  it  becometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness." Thus  How?  What  was  done  to  fulfil 
righteousness?  Baptized  in  Jordan.  In  view 
of  this  fact,  how  can  those  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness who  refuse  to  thus  fulfil  it? 

His  baptism  was  by  sprinkling."  This  is 
the  same  old  slory:  a  thing  by  the  same  thing. 
A  man  ran  by  crawling,  would  be  just  as  aensi- 
Or  if  creeping  be  running  then  it  would 
be  proper  to  say  a  man  crawled  by  running. 
iut  if  sjmukling  Iw  baptism,  then  it  would  he 
just  as  sensible  to  say  a  man  crawled  by  crawl- 
ing, as  to  say  a  man  was  sprinkled  by  sprinkling. 
If  Christ  was  sprinkled,  why  not  say  He  was 
sprinkled?  Wliy  say  He  was  sprinkled  by 
sprinkling?  The  Doctor  well  knows  that  h 
learning,  his  scholarship  would  be  called  into 
question  by  every  well  read  man,  were  he  to  say 
"  Sprinkled  by  sprinkling,"  and  yet  he  virtuidly 
does  that,  when  he  asserts  that  Jesus'  "  Bapti.sm 
was  by  sprinkling,"  i.  e.,  if  baptism  means 
sprinkling. 

When  we  learn  from  God's  holy  Book  that 
persons  are  te  be  baptized  "into  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost," 
"  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,"  it  becomes  a  mat- 
ter of  great  importance  to  ever>-  one  to  know 
whether  he  has  been  baptized,  or  only  received 
a  miserable  substitute  for  baptism.  It  is  impor- 
t.tut  for  him  to  know  whether  he  hus  himself 
obeyed  the  Lord's  commandment,  or  simply  bud 
imposed  on  him,  when  an  infant,  before  he  had 
any  faith,  any  volition  in  the  matter,  a  some- 
thing instead  of  baptism. 

The  Holy  Spirit  commanded  the  first  persons 
who  inquired  the  way  of  salvation  after  Christ's 
ascension,  to  "  Repent  and  be  baptized,"  not 
sprinkled,  "in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the 
remission  of  sins"  (Acts  2:38).  Dr.  Clarke 
would  not  allow  his  scholarship  to  be  questioned 
by  saying,  Jeaiis  was  sprinkled  at  Jordan,  but 
plainly  remarks,  "  That  three  distinct  persons 
are  here  represented."  (Mott.  3:16).  I.  The 
person  of  Jesus  Christ  baptized  by  John  in  Jor- 
dan. 2.  The  person  of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  nbodi- 
ly  shape  like  a  dove.  3.  The  person  of  th> 
Father;  a  voice  came  out  of  heaven  saying, "  Tin: 
is  my  beloved  Son."    Dr.  Clarke  does  not  say 


that  ,Iesus  was  sprinkled  in  Jordan,  but  "  b'lj)- 
tizrd  by  John  in  Jordan."  Lather,  Calvin,  Mac- 
ight.  Doddridge,  Geo.  Campbell,  Watson,  and 
near'y  all  critics,  expositors,  translators,  com- 
mentators, and  reformers,  take  the  ground  that 
Jesus  was  baptized  m  Jordan— not  sprinkled  at 
Jordiui.  Dr.  Green waldstands  out  almost  alone, 
ding  the  force  of  the  clearest  language  of 
the  Word  of  God,  and  trying  to  justify  some- 
thing not  commanded  of  the  Lord.  Such  work 
can  only  mi.ilead,  and  confound  such  as  trust  in 
mere  assertions  and  the  arm  of  flesh.  The  only 
true  way,  safe  way.  is  to  set  forth  the  way  of 
salvation  as  the  Lord  and  Apostles  set  it  forth- 
show  what  the  inquiring  penitent  must  do  to  he 
saved,  to  inherit  eternal  life.    More  nest  week, 

M.  M.  E. 

ORIGIN    OF    BAPTISM. 

THE  following,  clipped  from  a  monthly,  pub- 
lished in  North  Carolina,  shows  how  a 
well-read  gentleman  looks  at  the  history  of  baji- 
tism,  though  he  belongs  to  no  church.  It  " 
the  history  of  baptism  in  a  nut-^hell: 

The  New  Testament  statements  indicate  that 
three  distinct  kinds  of  places  were  resorted  to 
by  Christ's  apostles  for  the  performance  of  bap- 
tism: Rivers,  pools  and  baths. 

The  earliest  known  WTiter  after  Luke,  was 
Clement  of  Rome;  he  says,  baptism  may  be 
lierformed  in  a  river,  in  the  sea,  or  in  a  lake, 
it  is  done  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
Clement  died  in  the  year  A.  D.,  165. 

Tertullian  describes  the  ordinance  of  baptism 
as  being  three  actions.  He  suys  it  is  unimport- 
ant at  what  place  one  is  baptized,  whether  m 
river,  sea,  or  lake,  in  standing  or  riinuing  water, 
so  it  is  done  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity. 
Tertnllian  died  in  the  year  A.  D.  220. 

Ambrose  established  an  order  of  Scripture 
reading,  singing  and  prayers,  in  the  language 
of  the  people.  He  baptized  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  the  Son  and  the  Holy  Spirit.  He 
says  this  was  the  primitive  mode  prior  to  the 
year  A.  D.,  360. 

Pascalin  baptized   by  immersion  up  to  the 

■ar  A.  D.,  iU. 

Cyril  ba|)ti/ed  by  three  actions,  having  a 
mystic  reference  by  figure  to  the  three  days  bu- 
rial of  Christ.  Cyril  died  in  the  year  A.  D. 
i44. 

Strabo  says,  trine  immersion  was  the  ancient 
mode.     Strabo  died  in  the  eigth  century. 

Sprinkling  was  granted  by  Pope  Stephen  II, 
of  France,  in  the  eighth  century,  by  pouring 
water  on  the  head  of  the  person  in  the  name  of 
the  Holy  Trinity. 

Luther,  Stei>hens  and  Calvin  haptiiied  by 
pouring  three  times  on  the  heod  of  the  person 
in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  A.  D.,  1522. 

It  ajipears  that  there  are  three  actions  re- 
quired in  baptism,    according   to   the  ancient 


rpHER 


mode. 

Eunoraiiis  invented  single  immersion  in  the 
year  A.  D. 


BitoTHEK  Stem's  series  of  articles  on  "  The 
Literal  Meaning  of  the  Inspured  Precepts  our 
Only  Safe  Guide  in  Religious  Faith  and  Pi 
tice,"  closes  with  this  issue.  Hope  all  our  read- 
era  have  carefully  read  them.  We  have  on  hand 
another  series  from  his  pen.  These  will  be  pub- 
lished sometime  during  the  Spring  months. 


In  an  Autograph  Album  I  find  the  following 
truthful  saying:  "No  man  is  wise  ut  all  times." 
This  is  the  ex|)erience  of  every  man  and  woman 
of  observation.  The  wisest  of  men  have  their 
foolish  spells,  and  do  that  of  which  they  would 
be  ashamed  in  their  deliberate  moments.  It  is 
important  that  we  learn  how  to  take  people. 


oiplish 


Though  you  may  not  be  able  to  ac 
great  things  the  world  is  full  of  small 
manding  your  attention.  Learn  to  execute  lit^ 
tie  things  well  and  thereby  qualify  yourself  for 
a  more  extensive  sphere  of  usefulness.  He  that 
was  found  faithful  over  a  few  things  was  count- 
ed worthy  to  become  ruler  over  many  thijigs  and 
enter  into  the  joy  of  his  Lord.  Go  thouaud  do 
likewise. 

G.  W.  Feslek,  of  Anderson,  Ind.,  says:  ' 
the  District  Meeting  in  187T,  we  askeil  for 
to  pay  our  church  debt.  We  have  received 
twenty-five  dollars  and  fifteen  c^uts  from  the 
Four  Mile  church,  and  four  dollars  from  the 
Nettle  Creek  church.  We  are  very  thankful 
for  this  and  would  be  very  glad  for  any  more 
that  the  Brethren  will  be  so  kind  as  to  give  us.' 


We  have  received  another  lot  of  Bro.  Miller's 
defense  of  the  Brethren's  doctrine,  and  are 
t^^ain  prepared  to  fill  orders.     Price,  $1.60. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT. 

Sad   Homes. 

RE  are  many  sud  homes  to-night,  not 
because  the  inmates  aiv  not  kind  to  each 
other,  but  because  of  bereavements  over  which 
humim  skill  has  no  power. 

I  have  been  preaching  most  of  the  week,  but 
omitted  one  meeting  to  attend  the  funeral  of  n 
young  lady  who  died  nway  from  home.  Eleven 
months  ago,  there  was  a  happy  family  compos- 
ed of  husband,  wife,  daughter  imd  two  sons;  hut 
in  an  unexjiected  moment  the  \vifc  was  taken 
away  by  death.  The  heavy  strolje  almost  broke 
the  husband's  heart.  He,  however,  had  a  kind 
daughter  left  to  guide  and  take  charge  of  his 
ho\isehold  labors,  and  thus  became  reconciled  to 
his  sad  state.  His  daughter  goes  on  a  visit  tot 
relatives,  but  returns  a  corpse  after  the  absencQ 
of  a  few  weeks.  The  unhealed  wounds  of  tha 
father  were  broken  afresh,  and  he  felt  the  keea 
dart  piercing  to  his  heart. 

Wliile  viciving  the  iViends  taking  a  last  fore- 
well  look  at  their  departed  friend  I  thought  of 
the  many  sad  homes  thus  occasioned,  and  of  the 
painful  situation  of  those  who  are  bereft  of  tho 
loveil  ones.  The  husband  and  ivife  set  out  oa 
life's  uneven  voyage,  thinking  only  of  the  joys 
and  pleasures  awaiting.  They  little  dream  of 
the  parting  hour,  little  do  they  think  of  the  sad 
yeatx  to  come,  of  the  bereavements  and  sufi'er- 
ings  to  which  they  must  be  subjected.  This 
world  is  not  all  sunslijne,  not  all  bright  and 
pleasant.  Those  who  glide  through  life  on 
"  flow'ry  bods  of  case "  arc  seldom  found. 
Though  our  pathway  may  he  strewn  mth  roses 
of  the  most  delightful  fragrance,  yet  there  are 
fields  of  thorns  abend,  and  otlen  where  we  least 
expect  them.  A  calm  after  a  storm  is  no  less 
true  of  nature  than  grief  after  joys. 

So  far  many  of  us  may  have  been  fortunate, 
but  still  we  know  not  what  awaits  us — we  know 
not  what  is  coming,  and  it  is  well  we  do  not. 
The  Lord  knows  what  is  best  for  all.  Affliction, 
may  seem  severe,  yet  it  is  often  an  excellent 
remedy.  None  are  entirely  exempt  from  these- 
sore  afflictions — they  will  come  sooner  or  later; 
it  therefore  becomes  all  to  prepare  for  them. 

Gentle  reader,  think  of  the  many  sad  homes 
thus  caused  to-night,  not  only  among  the  poor^ 
but  even  among  the  wealthy  andlearned.  Strong 
hearts  are  bowed  down  in  grief,  and  many  & 
poor,  broke n-heju-ted  wife  or  mother  goes  about 
mourning.  We  think  of  the  sad  mother  who 
has  just  buried  her  tender  lamb;  she  shares  her 
grief  alone,  none  can  weep  as  she  does,  the  dart 
comes  home'  to  her  heart  keenly.  But  what 
must  be  the  secret  feelings  of  the  wife — the  lasti 
ray  of  light  seems  gone — she  goes  from  the. 
church-yard  alone,  -svith  trembling  steps  she  en- 
ters the  lonely  dwelling — there  is  one  missing — 
the  side  compimion  of  life,  the  joy  and  comfort 
of  her  tender  heart  lies  cold  in  death's  embrace. 
There  is  none  on  earth  to  comfort  her.  God 
pity  the  poor,  broken-hearted  to-night.  I  often 
think  of  the  lonely,  frontier  settler — the  ^vifeis 
left  with  a  group  of  helpless  children  depending 
on  her  for  support.  She  is  alone  with  but  few 
neighbors  and  little  substance.  Such  persons 
need  comforting. 

There  are  husbands  and  fathers  in  griaf. 
Though  men's  hearts  may  seem  stronger  than 
those  of  finer  feelings,  yet  they  can  be  melted 
by  bereavements,  and  softened  by  afflictions. 
They  feel  the  dart — it  pierces  home  to  their 
hearts,  and  not  uiifreqnently  follows  them  to 
the  grave.  To  return  home  from  the  little  bu- 
rying city — enter  the  lonely  cottage  and  find  ni*. 
wife— no  tender  mate — no  welcome  smiles  from 
a  loving  companion,  is  enough  to  break  an  iron 
heart.  But  such  things  must  come,  may  God. 
help  us  prepare  for  them. 

In  view  of  these  coming  afflictions  that  are  in 
waiting  for  the  rich  as  well  as  the  poor,  hiw-*- 
band,-!  and  wives  should  put  forth  greater  efforts 
to  make  each  other  happy,  and  thus  render  the 
thorny  pathway  of  life  as  pleasant  as  possible^. 
The  worid  is  full  of  thorns  and  thistles,  sotft; 
afflictions  and  temptations  which  causes  manjr 
homes  to  he  dreary  and  uninviting.  But  muchi 
of  this  may  Iw  alleviated  by  due  kindness  andL 
conjugal  aftcL-tion  upon  the  part  of  the  compan- 
ions of  life.  Forgetting  tbeir  "first  love,"  has 
rendered  the  lives  of  millions  miserable  in  th« 
extreme. 

Beyond  this  vale  of  tears  we  look  for  a  better 
clime,  where  the  sad  ones  who  have  lived  faith- 
fully, shall  meet  and  be  forever  at  rest.  On  yon 
beautiful  shore,  amid  the  delightful  scenery  in 
the  Paradise  of  God,  we  can  walk  and  talk  of 
the  blessedness  of  the  redeemed.  Husband  and 
wife,  father  and  mother,  brothers  and  sisters  can 
greet  each  other  beyoud  the  stormy  waters, 
where  sickness  and  bereavements  never  come; 
there  they  can  walk  and  sing  tho  song  of  the 
saved  evermore.  Gentle  reader,  are  you  ready 
to-night  to  leave  earth  with  all  its  sorrows  and 
join  tlie  happy  and  immortal  throng  tliat  stands 
ready  to  welcome  you  home? — J.  H.  Moose. 


THE    BKETI-IItEN    J^T   "WOEIi. 


February   28. 


yamii 


clt. 


BEAD  AHD  OBEY. 

11  nusbanils,  love  j-oiir  wiita." 

"  Wives,    oh«j    your    husbands." 

'1  Fathers,  proroko  not  your  children  (o  wnlh." 

"  Children,    obey    your    parcnu    in    •U    lhing». 


Edited  hy  M.  M.  Eshehnan. 


If  you  find  you  arc  getting  angry,  just  begin 
to  count,  nnd  don't  atoi)  until  the  auger  is  lUl 
gone.     It  is  a  sure  cure;  try  it  and  be  happy. 


This  week  we  give  up  the  Home  Circle  to  our 
writers,  for  they  hove  been  very  kind  in  sending 
us  much  good  matter.  Read  all  with  cure,  and 
pray  the  Lord  that  it  may  do  you  mueli  good. 


Answeus  to  John  R.  Snavely's  queries  in 
No.  T. 

1.  Levi  died  in  Egypt. 

2.  He  was  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  years 
old, 

3.  He  was  the  grajidfather  of  Libni.  Sliimi, 
Amrnin,  Izhnr,  Hebron,  XJ/.ziel,  Mahali,  and 
Mushi.    (Exodus  6;  IT,  IS). 

i.  Ishmael  died  1773  years  B-  C,  at  the  age 
of  137  years. 

5.  Seth  died  2062  yeare  B.  C,  at  tlie  age  of 
912. 

Fii-st,  second,  third  and  fifth,  answered  hy  a 
Friend.  First,  second,  fourth  and  fifth,  correct- 
ly answered  by  John  L.  Frantz.  Same  hy  Clara 
E.  Lutz.     , 

In  answer  to  Iva  Thomas'  queiy,  in  No.  5, 
J.  H.  of  Va.  says,  Asa. 


IN  THE  GRAVE-YARD  SOFTLY 
SLEEPING. 

IN  the  grave-yard  f^uflly  sleeping. 
Where  the  cypress  branches  wave, 
Lies  our  little  school-mate,  keeping 

Silence  in  the  narrow  grave. 
There  she  sleeps,  and  no  to-morrow 

Wakes  her  in  that  silent  home; 
There  she  rests,  no  sign  of  sorrow 
Clouds  mth  grief,  her  rural  home. 

Tliere  the  daisies  and  the  roses. 

Pour  their  incense  at  her  feet, 
On  the  spot  where  she  reposes. 

Whore  the  grass  is  green  and  sweet. 
There  the  wood-lark,  sweetly  singing. 

With  her  music  charms  the  air, 
And  the  busy  wild  bee  winging 

Hum  a  hymn  for  flowVcts  fair. 

But  they  cannot  wake  our  sister. 

On  her  bed  mthin  the  tomb; 
Angels  up  in  heaven  missed  her, 

So  tliey  came  and  took  her  home. 
Took  her  where  the  wond'rons  glory, 

Fills  her  happy  soul  with  love. 
Where  her  heart  can  feel  no  sorrow 

In  her  blessed  home  above. 

Selected  by  Claba  E.  Lutz. 
Winshw,  in. 


Queries,  hy  John  L.  Frantz:  1  Who  was  the 
first  blacksmith?  2.  Who  caused  iron  to  swim? 
3.  Whatldngreigned  only  one  mouth?  4.  Who 
wrote  ivith  a  pen  of  iron  and  the  point  of  a  dia- 
mond? 5.  How  many  muracles  did  Jesus  per- 
form? 

By  A  Friend:  How  many  knives  did  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  take  out  of  Egypt? 

By  Clara  E.  Lutz:  1.  How  many  years  after 
the  departure,  of  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Egypt  did  Solomon  lay  the  foundation  of  the 
temple?  2.  Whom  did  the  Lord  appoint  to 
succeed  Moses? 

By  Uichnel  F,  Suavely:  I.  How  old  wiw  Noah 
when  the  Hood  came  upon  the  earth?  2.  Who 
was  the  first  man  that  died  a  natural  death,  and 
how  old  was  he? 


FROM  GRANDPA. 

G'  RANDPA  has  concluded  to  write  to  the  chil- 
dren at  work  in  the  Home  Circle  again. 

Youth  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord, 

Tho  time  to  insure  the  great  reward. 

1  would  advise  the  children  to  do  all  the  good. 
they  can,  and  forsake  all  evil  that  is  termed  6ai^-' 
nal  pleasures',  such  as  pride,  superfluity  of  ap- 
parel, all  species  of  gambling,  reveling,  cliuVcli 
suppers,  aiid  all  vanities.  The  earlier  in  life  you 
come  out  of  the  kingdom  of  this  world  n!nd 
come  into  ChrLsfs,  kingdom,  (church)  and  he- 
come  spiritually  minded,  the  hetter.  The  Sav- 
ior says,  "  Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  labor  and' 
are  heavy  laden,' and  Twill  give  you  rest."  I 
don't  tliink  Itiere  is  one  of  bur  little  readers  but 
what  wants  rest.  You  cannot  get  spiritual  rest; 
outside  of  the  church,  and  you  will  have  to  make' 
a  choice  of  a  church  that  will  condemn  ^the 
above  named  reveling  aiid  cjurnal  ple;wures,  and 
preach  and  practice  non-conformity  to  the. 
world.  lam  old  now,  and  lived  in  a  fo-sh- 
ionable  church  for  many  yeai-a,  and  in  rending. 
what  Paul  says,  "come  out  from  among  them," 
and  also  to  "  have  no  fellowship  with  them,"  I 
finally  took  birbtiier  Paul's  advice,  obeyed  his 
teachings,  and  joined  with  the  Brethren.  I  re- 
joice to-day,  that  I  made  this  step.  So  I  -would 
say,  make  the  right  start  for  glory. 

The  best  news  I  see  in  the  Home  Circle  is, 
that  so  many  children  come  out  on  the  Lord's 
side  and  iij-ii' baptized,  and  come  into  tlii;  church. 
It  is  glad  tiding*  of  great  joy  to  us. ,  Be  faith- 
ful, for  you  have  ma<le  the  right  start.  There  'u 
one  thing  that  I  will  vouch  for,  if  you  hve  to 
be  as  old  as  grandpa,  you  will  never  regret  that 
you  came  into  the  church  whilcyomig.  When 
you  hear  men  preach  their  opinion  ogainst  the: 
inspired  Word  of  God,  (which  is  done  in  many 
places)  don't  heed  it,  hut  take  the  Bible  for  your 
counsel,  and  if  you  or  your  parents  can  raise 
Sl.fiO,  get  Bro.  U.  H.  Miller's  hook,  "The  Doe- 
trine  of  the  Brethren  Defended,"  ajjd  read  and 
ro-read  it,  and  lend  it  to  your  nwghbors,  fuid^re-, 
'  solve  to  ser>'e  the  Lord, 

Gmu-d.  III. 


THE  CITY  OF  JERUSALEM. 

Dear  Young  Headers  of  llie  Home  Circle: — 
"VrO  doubt  some  of  you  havo  read  of  the  wis- 
Jjj     dom  of  Solomon,  and  that  beautiful  citj' 
Jerusalem. 

Solomon  was  the  flower  of  all  the  kings  of 
the  earth,  and  an  ornament  to  Israel.  For  or- 
der and  perfection  none  e.-tcelled  linn.  He  made 
Jerusalem  the  dwelling  place  of  holine.'^-i  and 
queen  of  all  the  earth.  In  the  city  on  Mount 
Moriah,  he  built  one  of  the  most  splendid  tei 
pies  that  ever  was  ei-ected;  adorned  imd  ort 
meuted  the  marble  stones,  of  which  it  was 
composed,  with  gold  and  silver,  shining  in  splen- 
dor like  the  majestic  sun.  Many  thousand 
workmen  were  employed  in  this  structure  for 
several  j'ears.  All  manner  of  carved  work,  lin- 
ens of  various  colors  covered  the  sanctum  siuic- 
torum,  the  holy  of  holies.  In  it  .were  the  altar 
for  burning  incense,  and  the  ark  of  the  covenant. 
There  was  no  city,  hut  the  city  of  Jerusalem, 
where  the  Almighty  could  be  thus  publicly 
worshipped. 

Jesus,  in  order  to  fulfil  the  prophecy,  entered 
the  city  on  im  ass,  and  therefore  he,  sent  two  of 
his  disciples  to  fetch  it;  imd  they  placed  the 
Lord  of  lords  thereon.  A  great  many  people 
assembled  themselves  and  came  out  of  the  oity, 
not  armed  ivith  weapons,  but  with  green  branch- 
es, in.  order/to  escort  their  King  in  triumph  into 
the  city.  All  were  full  of  joy;  every  one  look- 
ed on  Jeans,  who  could  he  seen  above  all  the 
rest,  riding,  surrounded  hj'  a  host  of  his  disci- 
ples who  cried,  "Hosannatothe.sonof  David!" 
"  Blessed  is  he  who  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord!"  The  cry  was  bo  gre(tt  that  the  Phari- 
sees became  very  much  disph'a.sed  and  went  to 
Jesus,  entreating  him  to'command  his  disciples 
tobe'quiet.  But  Jesus  told  'them  that  it  was 
impossible  nOw  to  be  silent  and  not'praise  God, 
and  that  otherivise,  the  stones  would  cry  out. 

When  he  saw  the  city  plainly,  which  wojS  very 
handsome  and  splendid,  and  also  the  beautiful 
temple  ivith  its  golden  roof  glittering  in  the 
sunshine,  together  with  "the  white  and  precious 
stones  of  its  walls;  andntthbHame  time, consid- 
ering ltd  future  condition  that  would  befall  this 
■great  city  on  account  6i  its  sins,  of  which  they 
would  not  repent;  but  contikiuedto  be  impeni- 
tent, he  wept  bitterly.'  When  hecame  into  the 
city  the  cry  was,  "  Who  is  this?  " '  but'  the  host 
that  followed  answered,  "  This  is  J&iub  the 
prophet  of  Nazareth,-of -Galilee." 

SUSAS  WlNGEJlT. 

.FrunkUnaroveilU.       ..  .,   .,  ,. 


of  the  world  and  eat  the  fruits  that  the  Lord 
forbids.  No,  no.  We  are  here  to  do  what  God 
.  He  has  told  men  and  women  many  things 
to  do  as  we  read  in  the  Bible,  and  if  they  do 
them  because  they  love  the  Lord,  they  become 
good  men  and  good  women-  This  is  why  we 
are  in  the  world — to 

no  ood's  will. 
He  says  in  the  Scripture,  that  boys  and  gurls 
should  love  and  hear  their  parents.  "  Honor 
thy  father  and  thy  mother."  This  is  what  God 
says.  It  is  His  will  that  yoii  should  do  so.  And 
now  here  is  what  He  promises  you:  "  That  thy 
days  may  be  long  in  the  land."  Now,  look  at 
it!  long  life  He  promises  to  obedient  children, 
and  how  sweet  life  is!  How  good  it  is  to  live 
long  in  this  world  to  do  right  and  help  others  to 
do  right.  This  is  what  vi^  should  live  for. 
While  ivc  are  at  home  with  mamma  and  papa, 
we  ought  to  be  good  children,  and  to  do  this  we 
must  do  what  a  great  and  good  preacher  once 
said:  "  Children,  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord, 
for  this  is  right."  See,  He  gives  us  the  reason- 
it  is  right  to  do  so,  and  of  coui-sc  wrong  to  not 
obey  them.     We  ought 

ALWAYS  DO  niOHT. 

If  you  do  wrong  because  you  can't  help  it, 
you  must  watch  that  point  and  do  so  no  more, 
and  so  st«p  by  step  you  may  come  up  to  a  good 
aud  great  life  when  you  are  men  and  women. 
The  time  will  soon  be  when  father  and  mother 
will  sleep  to  wake  iio  more  in  this  world,  then 
you  must  take  care  of  yourselves,  and  do  for 
yourselves.  How  good  it  will  then  be  to  look 
back  and  say,  "  I  tried  to  do  right."  Such  a  boy 
or  girl  can  go  through  this  life  and  always 
find  friends  and  homes  to  bid  them  Wehcmrl 
Love  only  what  is  good,  and  true  and  beautiful. 
Scorn  to  do  a  mean  act.  Don't  say  bad  words. 
Be  kind  to  all.  If  some  one  treats  you  badly, 
inj,  0  try  hard,  to  do  good  to  them.  If  they 
have  any  good  at  all  about  their  hearts,  they 
mil  he  ashamed  and  come  hack,  and  love  you  all 
the  more.  Uncle  Thomas  will  say  too,  this  is 
true.  Do  right  always  toward  others,  and  as 
you  learn,  and  grow  older,  may  you  also  leani 
to  give  your  hearts  early  to  the  Lord.  lam  still. 
Your  Brother, 

D.  B.  Mextzkr. 


csildrejY  at  W'OBK. 


LETTERS  FROM  THE  EAST. 

KUUllKIl  11, 

My  Denr  Young  lieatlers: — 

IT  gives'  me  much  ideasure  to  find  ■"  Children 
at  Work  "  among  the  pages  of  the  BuprmuiN" 
AT  Work.  I  see  brother  Eshelmim  is  in  true 
earnest  and  doing  finely.'  So  it  become^  us  to 
help  him.  Boys  and  girls  are  known  to  a.ik 
what  we  are  put  in  this  world  for.  They  are 
not  old  enough  to  think  much  about  it,'  nnd  so 
this  seems  dark  to  them.  If  you  were  asked 
this  question.  Why  tir<-  ue  here  in  ihii  teorld? 
what  would  you  say?  I  think  many  of  you 
could  give  a  good  answer.  It  is  one  of  the  great- 
est questions  that  can  be  iwked,  but  the  answer 
is  so  easy  and  simple  that  many  good  boys  and 
girls  can  answer  it.  Wo  are  not  here  only  to 
live  awhile  and  then  die,  like  the  birds  and  beasts. 
Oh  no.     We  are  not  here  to  drink  the  pleasures 


FROM  IDA  CLEMMER. 

EVE  was  the  first  woman,  and  with  Adam 
was  put  in  the  garden  of  Eden.  Eve  was 
also  told  that  she  might  eat  of  the  fruit  of  all 
the  trees  iu  the  garden  except  the  tree  of  the 
knowledge  of  good  and  evil.  But  Satan  came 
along  and  told  them  to  eat,  and  Eve  listened  to 
the  lying  words  and  took  of  the  fruit.  She  not 
only  ate  of  the  forbidden  fruit  herself,  but  gave 
some  to  Adam,  and  he  too  sinned.  When  God 
saw  what  they  had  done,  He  was  angry  at  them, 
aud  as  He  wnlked'in  the  garden  in  the  cool  of 
the  day,  they  heard  His  voice  which  made  them 
afraid.  God  n.sked  them  whether  they  had  eat- 
en of .  the  forbidden  I'rviit.  aud  Adam  answered, 
"The, woman  gave  it  to  mo  and  I  did  eat."  He 
did  not  humbly  confess  his  fault,  nor  did  Eve, 
so  both  were  driven  out  of  their  beautiful  home. 
Ml.^pan-oll.in. 


FROM  KATIE  A.  SNAVELY. 

Dp.nr'JCditi)r: — 

ISA^  an  article  in  the  Home  Circle,  Dec. 
No.  51,  written  by  Daniel  Brubaker,  about 
the  foolish' boy,  and  he  a.sked"  several  questions 
about  it,'aAd  wished  the  little  boys  and  girls  to 
answer  his  questions.  I  will  tvl!  you  what  I 
think  about  it.  He  wishes  ua  to  tell  him  ^vho 
told  it  and  what,  he  wanted  them  to  learn  from 
it.  I,  think  it  j^qs  Jesus  told  it,  and  He  wanted 
us  to  leaiTi  that,  when  we\  cyme  to  the  years  of 
understanding  we  should  not  do  as  the  foolish 
hoy,  n'hich  means  the  prodigal  ^on,  and  not 
wander  a\yay  from  our  Father's  house,  and  go  on 
in  sin  and  folly  until  we  come  to  want.  We 
then  See  Our  condition  OS' the  prodigal  son  did, 
and  Are  glud  to  go  back  to  our  Father's  house 
and  ask  Him  only  to 'use  us  &■*  one  of  His  hired 
servants,  Wewouhlnot  think  of  asking  God 
to  let  us  he  heirs  of  His  and  joint  heirsiwith  Je- 
sus Clirist,  but  ,God  has  said,  if  wo  retnm  to  Him, 
v(e  shall  he  heirs  .of  His  and  joifit  heixs  with 
Jesus.  As  tlicrc  was  joy  wlien  the  prodigal  son 
returned,  so  1  think  there  .ivill  he  joy  when  we 
return;  ('or  Chris*,  says, '"  There  is  more  joy  over 
one  sinner  that  repenteth,  than  over  ninety  and 
nine  just  persons  which  need  no  repentance." 
I  think  Jesus  is  the  elder  son,  for  He  never  wan- 
dered away  from  His  Father's  house.  If  this  is 
not  correct,  will  some  one  please  tell  me  whu 
the  elder  son  is? 
Hudsim,  III. 


TiTE  soul  is  a  soil  which  requires  to  be  dug 
imd  stirred  deeply,  otherwise  nothing  will  grow 
in  it  but  weeds. 


From  Annie  C.  Long.— R-nr  Editor:— I  see 
so  many  letters  written  hy  little  folks  that  I 
thought  I  would  try  and  write  one  too;  though 
it  may  not  be  iis  good  as  some  of  them.  I  go 
to  school  cverj'  day,  and  mamma  mid  pupa  says 
I  am  learning  very  fast.  I  like  my  teacher,  be- 
cause she  is  so  kind,  and  try  to  obey  her,  I  nm 
eight  years  old.  I  mean  to  be  a  good  girl,  but 
often  come  short.  I  pray  to  God  to  help  me  to 
do  hetter,  so  when  I  get  older,  I  can  he  His  child, 
and  do  all  His  commandments.  I  read  the  good 
Book  every  day.     1  love  to  read  the  little  letters. 

Lanark,  HI. 

From  Elln  Lehman.— Since  the  first  of  1877, 
I  lost  two  dear  sisters.  Sister  Ida,  the  firat  of 
Feb.  1877,  and  sister  Coru  tho  thirteenth  of  Nov. 
Five  of  us  children  had  the  typhoid  fever  this 
Fall  for  three  months.  Sister  Cora  May  died 
with  the  diphtheria.  Since  my  health  has  so 
failed  in  the  last  ten  months,  I  do  not  go  to 
school.  I  visited  the  school  which  my  two 
brothers  attend,  last  Friday.  The  scholars  are 
making  rapid  progress.  Since  the  Summer 
Sabbath-school  has  closed,  they  have  it  twice  u 
month.  We  are  eight  miles  from  the  church. 
On  account  of  hod  weather  and  muddy  roads, 
our  attendance  is  very  irregular,  I  am  thirteen 
years  old. 

Marshallloivit,  Iowa. 

From  Ira  Miller. —  Kind  Editor: — I  am 
twelve  years  old.  I  like  to  reail  the  Brethhbn 
AT  Work  and  the  young  folks'  lettere;  aud  also 
the  letters  from  the  missionaries  iu  Denmark, 
Hope  they  will  return  safely. 

Freeport,  IU. 

From  Mary  C  E.  E.  Sidcr.— ^Vi-.  Eiliior- 
— I  thought  I  would  let  you  know  what  ive  are 
doing  in  Canada.  I  am  ten  years  old.  I  have 
taken  the  "Children's  Paper"  for  four  years; 
but  naw  my  father  takes  the  Beethue.'(  at 
Work  audi  like  it  better,  because  it  contains 
more  reading  and  comes  oftencr.  I  like  to  read 
good  books  iuid  papers.  Aunt  Nancy  lives  with 
us  now;  She  came  from  Dupnge  County,  HI., 
last  Oct.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  church.  When 
Michael  Forney  was  in  Canada  last  Nov.,  he 
paid  us  a  visit  and  preached  one  evening  in  our 
house.  My  parents  are  members  of  the  Kiver 
Brethren.  We  have  meeting  here  every  Sab- 
bath. I  love  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  the 
Word  preached.  I  have  one  sister  and  three 
brothers;  they  are  all  living  yet.  I  like  to  reail 
letters  sent  to  you  by  other  children. 

Sfevenarille,  Out. 

From  Annie  Raffensperger.— Dei/r  Edit- 
or:~-\  am  fifteen  years  old.  Went  to  school 
Inst  Winter  until  I  took  sick,  and  have  been  sick 
ten  montlis.  I  was  able  to  go  to  church  and 
Sabbath-school  about  three  months  ago,  when 
brethren  Boslior  and  Gibson  were  holding  meet- 
ing here,  aud  I  was  then  baptized,  and  lun  now 
one  of  God's  little  lambs.  I  wish  you  would  all 
know  what  a  friend  we  have  in  Jesus,  if  we  be- 
lieve in  Him,  when  we  are  sick. 

Ilock  Run  Dintrld,  Ind. 

From  Jenuety  Back.— I  attended  (Sabbath- 
school  last  Summer,  atourmcoting-house;  only 
misspd  one  Sabbath.  My  teacher  x^  ^vs.  Hat- 
tie  A.  Hazen.  I  haye  .one  sister  and  one  broth- 
er. ,  I  love  to  go  a(id  sec  my  grandma  and 
grandpa;  they  Ijve  at  Fremont.  Mamma  is 
taking  this  paper  and  we  like  it  real  well.  I 
"wish  all  the  little  girls  would  write  a  letter  for 
this  paper.     I  nm  tWelve  years  old. 

FoMonu!hid.  ''■       ■ 

From  Dora  Simmons.— /Jear  Editor:— 1 
am  nearly  ten  years  old-.-  I  never  wrote  a  letter, 
but  will  write  a  little  letter  for  the  Home  Circle. 
We  have  no  Sunday-School  here  that  I  can  go. 
to,  but  I  go  to  meeting  nearly;  every  Sunday 
with  pa  and  ma,  in  the  carriage:  I  like  to  go  to 
meetmg  and  hear  them  suig  and  preach  about 
Jesus.  I  go  to  school  and  read  in  the  third 
reader.  I  live  in  the  countrj-  nnd  our  school- 
house  is  only  three-fourths  of  n  mile  from  our 
house.  Mr.  Editor,  tell  Miss  Yinnie  Eshelman 
that  I  th[»uk  her  for  inviting  me  tp  come  and 
see  her.  I  cannot  come  to  see  her  for  awhile 
yet. 

Union  Cily,  Ind. 

From  Leora  C'.  Lfoa.—Dfir  Editor:— I  am 

'ten  years  old.  I  went  to  Sabbath-school  last 
Summer.  Rebecca  Suavely  was  my  teacher. 
I  have  three  brothers  and  foursisters  living,  and 
one  sister  dead.  One  of  my  sisters  is  in  West 
Virginia;  she  went  away  last  March;  I  would 
like  very  much  to  see  her.  We  live  three  and  a 
half  miles  from  the  church.  My  father,  mother 
and  sister  Alice  are  members  of  the  church.  I 
am  going  to  school  this  Winter,  mid  have  not 
missed  a  day  yet. 
Hudmn,  III. 


February   28. 


TI-IE   BI^KTI-rREN"    ^VT    AVOKK. 


CORRESFONDENCE. 


FROM    GERMANY. 

}}.,ir  Breflireii.-— 

WE  left  Denmiirk  on  the  22ai  iiist.,  where 
and  when  my  list  cominiiniciitiou  was 
writU-ii.  Cftine  to  Heiclien  Sochsen  on  Fridoy 
evt'iiiiig  after  dark;  went  to  the  hotel  and  next 
morning  started  out  in  search  of  the  friends  we 
were  requested  to  visit  in  that  place,  and  preach 
to  them. 

As  a  matter  of  Course  in  this  comitrj',  the 
minister  in  charge  has  to  be  consulted  first,  as 
h-'  lias  the  entire  control  of  church  matters.  — 
lleiici'  we,  in  company  with  two  of  his  nicm- 
bei-s,  piiid  him  a  friendly  viait,  and  as  a  iintiiral 
result,  our  Mission  and  its  success  and  prospects, 
soon  became  the  topic  of  conversation,  and 
with  the  plidncst  hints  possible,  given,  he  nev- 
ertheless seemed  dull  of  comprehension  to 
understand  us,  hence  did  not  even  invite  us  to 
come  to  meeting  next  day,  much  less  otfcred  us 
the  church  for  services.  And  us  we  did  not 
like  to  leave  hefore  Monday  morning,  we  visited 
Home  six  or  eight  families  and  spake  to  them 
from  bouse  to  house.  Wo  went  to  meeting  on 
Suudny  and  heard  a  polislied  hut  saltless  sor- 
iiioii  of  twenty-five  minutes,  and  as  the  minis- 
ter lords  over  his  flock  in  this  country,  all  felt 
n  timidity  in  saying.  You  niiiy  preach  in  our 
house;  hut  on  Sunday  evening  quite  a  uiiiuher 
of  friends  met  to  bid  ns  farewell.  We  availed 
ounielves  of  the  opportunity  and  Bro,  Fry 
spent  about  an  hour  in  sj>eaking  to  them  with 
good  effect,  seemingly,  and  I  feel  persuaded 
they  heard  some  things  they  never  heard  before 
and  m\\  most  likely  not  soon  forget. 

Although  liberty  of  conscience  in  Germany 
luia,  of  late  years,  been  much  improved,  yet  the 
churches  and  schools  are  both  under  the  eontro! 
of  the  clergj";  benee  both  closed  against  stran- 
gers, especially  when  they  think  their  craft  is 
in  danger;  we  then  hear  them  say  mth  one 
voice;  "  Great  is  the  Diana  of  the  Ephesiana." 
We  think  however  in  places  good  might  be 
done  if  the  brethren  could  live  among  them  a 
length  of  time  and  live  out  what  they  preach, 
asHoeiate  with  the  people,  so  they  will  open 
their  doors. 

Hut  we  proceeded  further  and  came  to  this 
pliice,  and  am  now  writing  in  the  house  of 
David  Gtock,  brother  of  John  Glock  of  .4ugh- 
wick  Mills,  Huntingdon  Co,,  Pa.,  who  is  exten- 
sively known  in  our  brotherhood.  Here  we 
found  a  similar  state  of  things.  The  minister 
said,  bo  had  not  the  privilege  of  oflering  the 
use  of  the  church,  being  employed  by  the  gov- 
ernment, and  obliged  to  go  according  to  law. — 
So  we  will  shake  the  dust  from  our  feet  and  re- 
turn to  Hamburg  where  we  expect  to  meet  our 
companion,  and  go  to  England. 

The  country  in  Germany  is  more  hilly  than 
we  expected  to  find  it.  Between  Hanover  and 
Frankfort  we  passed  through  five  tunnels,  one 
of  several  miles;  and  between  Heidelberg  and 
Ludwigsburg  we  passed  through  some  smaller 
ones.  We  passed  through  some  excellent  coun- 
try on  our  way  here;  but  the  most  indescribable 
sight  I  ever  saw,  in  an  agricultural  point  of 
view  is  the  vine-yard  here  in  Hoheneck  on  a 
hill  side. 

The  weather  is  still  pleasant,  yet  the  temper- 
ature is  cold  enough  to  reilder  traveling  plea.s- 
ant.  There  is  from  one  to  three  inches  of 
snow  on  the  ground.  Our  health  is  still  verj' 
good,  and  hope  our  companions  arc  enjoying 
good  health  also. 

Our  privileges  for  writing  are  veiy  limited  ui 
traveling  around;  hence  please  excuse  for  short 
and  imperfect  notes. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

Enoch  Ebt. 
Uoheiitrk,  Ltidmysburg,  Witiieniberg,  Europe, 
Jan.  SOIh,  1^6. 


THE  WAY  SOME  GOATS  WERE 
MILKED. 

Y\/'HILE  reading  Bro.  M.  M.Eshelman'sart- 
V  I  cle  on  "Goat's  Milk  Enough,"  I  thought 
1  would  give  you  a  plan  that  was  concocted  in 
this  vicinity  for  milking  goafs.  They  have  been 
milked  so  long  and  often,  they  are  getting  pret- 
ty why.  It  ia  getting  rather  difficult  to  decoy 
them  into  the  fold  when  milk  is  wanted.  But 
the  fertile  brain  of  the  milkmen  seems  to  be 
equal  to  the  occasion. 

There  is  a  temple  in  Yicksburg,  Mich.,  said 
to  have  been  dedicuted  to  God.  The  worship- 
pers of  said  temple  seeui  to  be  rather  faithless 
with  regard  to  God's  power  to  provide  for  His 
own,  or  protect  them  ikgatust  danger  and  loss. 
So  they  concluded  to  take  it  from  under  his 
kind  care,  and  put  it  under  the  fostering  care  of 
a  worldly  institution.  The  protection  of  siich 
on  one  cannot  be  hiul  without  money  and  price, 


and  the  sheep  being  short  of  the  life-giving 
fiuid,  and  undoubtedly  also  of  the  bread  of  life 
which  cometh  down  from  above:  tliey  conclud- 
ed to  get  up  nn  old-fashioned  party.  The  sheep 
were  to  .dress  plain  and  in  the  good,  old  style  of 
one  hundred  years  ngo.  Some  were  to  repre- 
sent George  Washington  and  Lady,  and  other 
noted  characters  of  that  day.  The  Iwst  of  all 
was,  however,  they  were  to  have  an  old-fashion- 
ed supper  of  baked  pork  and  beans.  They  Imd 
old  music  such  as  Yankee  Doodle  and  the  like; 
Psalms  and  spiritual  songs  were  counted  out  of 
order.  Those  things  Iwing  such  a  novelty,  they 
took  amn7.ingly.  The  goats  flocked  in  from  all 
quai'ters;  they  were  patted,  coaxed  and  seated 
around  the  tables  with  the  sheep,  and  they  all 
partook  of  their  repast  without  asking  a  bless- 
ing or  returning  thanks  to  the  Giver  of  every 
good  and  perfect  gift.  And  while  they  were 
around  the  table,  some  of  the  most  fckscinating 
lambs  milked  them  to  their  heart's  content.  The 
needed  cash  was  raised,  and  now  they  are  living 
under  the  kind  and  pretecting  care  of  a  world- 
ly organization. 

There  are  a  few  members  of  tliis  society 
dissatisfied  frith  sucli  things  and  we  have  the 
above  from  them.  We  iiassed  around  among 
some  of  tbem  the  paper,  containing  Bro.  Esh- 
elmau's  comments  on  Pro?.  27:  27,  "  And  thou 
shalt  have  goat's  milk  enough  for  thy  food,  lor 
the  food  of  thy  household,  and  for  the  main- 
tainance  of  thy  maidens."  They  were  highly 
exasperated,  and  said  they  had  as  good  a  right 
to  the  goats'  money,  as  saloon-keepers  ami  the 
like. 

In  this  expression  we  think  all  the  humble 
followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Lamb  will  con- 
cur; but  that  don't  make  either  right.  We 
puss  your  paper  among  those,  that  we  think 
will  be  benefited  by  it;  and  it  seems  to  be  caus- 
ing the  scales  to  fall  from  their  eyes.  We 
ho])e  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  they  will 
see  as  they  are  seen,  and  that  they  will  conform 
to  the  pure  and  unadulterated  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

Fhask  Allen, 

Vkksbiirg,  Mkh. 


FROM     IOWA, 

De.ir  Brethren^ 

THE  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. — 
Since  the  firnt  of  January,  eight  precious 
souls  have  united  with  us  and  have  been  re- 
ceived into  the  church  by  baptism.  Thej'  have 
enlisted  under  the  banner  of  King  Emmanuel. 

To  the  comfort  and  encouragement  of  many, 
we  would  say  that  they  are  no  more  strangers 
and  foreigners,  but  fellow-citizens  with  the 
saints  and  of  the  household  of  Goth  They  are 
building  upon  the  lonndation  of  the  apostles 
and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ  himself  being  the 
chief  corner  stone. 

0  what  a  joyful  thought,  that  we  are  building 
upon  that  good  foundation  that  even  the  gates 
of  hell  cannot  i)rcvnil  against  us.  If  God  be 
for  us  who  can  be  against  us.  "  For  I  am  per- 
suaded that  neither  death  nor  life,  nor  angels, 
nor  principalities  nor  powers,  nor  things  pre- 
sent nor  things  to  come,  nor  height  nor  depth, 
nor  any  other  creature  shall  be  able  to  separate 
us  from  the  love  of  God  which  is  in  Christ  Je- 
sus, our  Lord  "  (Rom.  8:  39).  The  eyes  of  the 
Lord  are  over  the  righteous  and  bis  ears  are  of)- 
cn  unto  their  prayers. 

Five  more  have  become  willing  to  unite  with 
us  soon.  May  God  guide  tbem  with  His  holy 
Spirit  into  all  truth,  is  my  prayer. 

P.  Heil. 

Baldicin,  loiriK 


HOME    MISSION. 

I)(ar  Brethren: — 

ON  Friday,  the  eighth  of  February,  Elder 
George  Irvin  came  to  us  and  remained 
over  Sunday.  He  preached  six  disconrses  in  all 
and  while  he  was  "with  us,  the  Word  of  God 
wn.s  preached  in  it.s  purity.  No  accessions  to 
the  church,  yet  we  hope  that  his  labors  of  love 
will  be  as  bread  cast  upon  the  water,  to  be 
gathered  not  many  days  hence. 

May  God  help  iis,  dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
that  we  may  Ijecome  more  earnest  in  prayer,  as 
we  believe  it  ia  prayer  that  makes  the  Chris- 
tian's armor  bright,  find  without  prayer  we  can- 
not enter  into  the  rest  that  remains  for  the 
children  of  God.  We  arc  commanded  to  watch 
and  pray,  lest  we  enter  into  temptation. 

May  God  help  us  to  do  all  we  can  to  pcrauode 
sinners  to  come  to  Christ  and  seek  an  interest 
in  the  saving  blood  of  Hira  who  died  on  the 
cross  to  redeem  sinful  mankind  from  their  sins. 

We  number  twenty-one  members  here.  We 
have  prayer-meeting  three  times  a  week,  for  we 
know  it  is  good  to  wait  on  the  Lord  and  to 
gle  our  voices  together  in  singing  and  pray- 
to  God  OS  did   Paul   and  Silas.      Brethren 


and  sistern  pray  for  us,  that  we  may  live  faith- 
ful, that  othei-3,  seeing  our  earnestness  in  the 
cause  of  the  Lord,  may  come  and  join  with 
in  .serving  the  true  and  living  God.  Pray  that 
there  may  be  a  great  and  mighty  church  of  Je- 
sus Christ  reared  up  here  in  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio, 
here  in  the  midst  of  sectarians  of  most 
kinds.  God  is  working  in  the  hearts  of  many 
for  the  good  of  their  souls. 

A  S18TER. 
Wnniovli;  0. 


FROM    KANSAS. 

Dear  Bretlnai:— 

WE  have  seen  in  your  worthy  paper  that 
brethren  from  the  East  were  out  West, 
looking  for  B.  B.  land  to  locate  a  colony  on,  — 
Now,  why  pay  from  i  to  S  dollars  i)er  acre  for 
such  land,  when  you  can  come  here  and  get  just 
as  good  land  for  oni!  dollar  and  a  quarter?  This 
land  is  for  actual  settlers,  and  no  one  can  get  it 
without  living  on  it. 

We  have  a  beautiful  climate  with  good  water 
and  good  health,  live  in  Sumner  Co.,  on  State 
Creek,  thirteen  miles  North-West  of  Welling- 
ton and  thirty  miles  Sonth-west  of  Vichita.  — 
There  are  sixteen  memhera  here  and  all  willing 
and  ready  to  do  their  part  as  far  as  they  are 
able. 

Well,  we  cannot  close  without  repeating  the 
same  call:  "  Come  and  help  us."  Have  but  one 
speaker  here  and  there  are  more  calls  than  two 
or  three  can  fill.  Now,  dear  brethren  do  not 
stop  and  make  first  one  excuse  and  then  an- 
other, but  come  along  and  do  your  part,  and 
the  rest  will  be  done.  The  Lord  will  provide 
for  those  who  trust  him! 

Yours  in  the  One  Faith, 

A.  HOLLOWAV. 


TEXAS   LAND   SWINDLERS. 

AS  many  brethren  are  now  looking  at  Texas 
as  a  place  to  locate,  it  is  needful  that  they 
be  cautious  in  the  matter  of  Iraiidulent  deeds. 
We  clip  the  folloiving  from  one  of  our  exchang- 
es, and  those  going  to  Texas  should  cut  this  out 
and  carry  it  with  them  for  reference. 

'■  A  few  months  ago  a  number  of  men  were  ar- 
rested at  Kansas  City,  implicated  in  enormous 
siviudlings  in  Texas  lands.  An  immense  num- 
ber of  bogus  deeds  have  been  issued.  Through 
a  special  agent  of  the  Unitet(  States  Postal  ser- 
vice, the  names  of  most  of  those  wbo  issued 
these  fraudulent  deeds  have  been  ascertained, 
and  we  give  their  names  below.  The  publica- 
tion of  the  names  is  made  for  the  reason  that 
large  quantnties  of  land  were  sold  or  transferred 
by  memben  of  the  gang  in  most  of  the  Wes- 
tern and  Southern  States,  aud  it  ia  pretty  near- 
ly certain  that  all  the  titles  which  have  emana- 
ted for  the  past  eight  or  ten  years  from  any  of 
these  parties  are  fraudulent,  and  of  no  value 
whatever.    The  names  are  as  follows: 

E.  E.  Atwell,  E.  B.  Bates,  Job  D.  Barry, 
John  Burt,  George  D.  Brown,  John  R.  Davis, 
Thos.  Dalton,  H.  A.  Edwards,  J,  F.  Goodman, 
J,  R.  Hammil,  Aaron  Hughes,  John  Jones,  D. 
R.  Jackson,  H.  C.  Bro(vn,  Herman  Brandt, 
John  Hall,  J.  B.  Hughes,  A.  G.  Hazelton,  Jo- 
nas Cheek,  Job  M.  Davis,  George  Dawson,  W, 
H.  Gibbs,  J.  R.  Hamilton,  John  R.  Hall,  Barf- 
lett  Heekman,  John  L.  Hudson,  James  A.  HaM-s, 
A.  M.  Jones,  K.  G.  Kolley,  John  M.  Mercer. 
John  M.Martin, Orlando Kiger,  Alexander  Kel- 
ley,  John  T.  Martin,  D.  A.  Newberry.  Zero 
Cakes,  Allen  Oakley,  Luke  0.  Baunon,  John 
Ryan,  Uriah  P.  Smith,  W.  L.  Stephens,  Geo. 
W.  Smith,  Robt.  W.  TeasdaU,  B.  F.  Williams, 
Jacob  J.  Bates,  George  Arnaby,  J.  T.  Ogden, 
S.  A.  Oliver  &  Co.,  Sylvester  Oppice,  E.  L.  Rock- 
well k  Co..  D.  It.  Stein,  A.  J,  Smith,  Geo.  A. 
Stevens  and  Geo.  H.  Thomson." 


],npi'r 


BOWMAN,— In  IheWakcnda  Branch,  Mo.,  on 
the  23rd  of  Jan.  '78  :  sister  Annie  Bowman  ; 
wife  of  brother  D.B,  Boivman;  aged  56  years, 
10  months  and  25  days.  Occasion  improved 
from  Rev.  7;  1.3, 14,  by  A.  Harper. 

S.  B.  Sfirky. 

BLILER.— At  South  Bend,  Ind„  Feb.  12,  1878, 
sister  Nancy  Bliler,  aged  77  years.  Test: 
Numbers  UO:  23. 

J,  B.  WllIOHTSUAN. 

RERR.— On  the  31st  day  of  January,  1S7S, 
our  old  and  respected  sister  Sarah  Rerr,  wife 
of  brother  John  Rerr,  aged  70  years,  1  month 
and  U)  davs.  Funeral  services  conducted  by 
the  writer,  from  2  Tim.  4:6,7,8. 

J.  L.  Fkaxiz. 


GLE^N"i]sras. 


From  Josso  Culvert.— I  went  to  Newton, 
Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  7th.  Bro.  Davis  Youace 
was  there  and  had  held  two  meetiuga  before  X 
arrived.  We  continued  our  labors  there  until 
Feb.  11,  having  two  meetings  a  day.  The  lai>- 
gest  congregations  wo  have  seen  this  Winter, 
and  much  opposition,  probably  the  most  from 
the  Cadwalader  fraternity;  hut  amidst  all  the 
opposition  thirty-four  wore  led  down  into  tho 
water  mid  took  upon  them  the  name  of  Jesus, 
One  more  made  her  wants  knoivn,  and  we  think 
will  soon  unite  with  the  bond;  two  made  appli- 
cation to  he  restored,  and  many  more  said  they 
would  come  soon.  Several  of  the  Cadwalader 
people  said  they  were  dissatisfied,  aud  I  think 
they  will  return  hack  to  tho  fold  again. 

I  was  in  Ohio  about  eight  weeks  on  this  trip. 
Had  seventy-one  meetings,  besides  two  com- 
munion meetings.  One  hundred  and  filty-sev- 
en  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  ivith 
the  promise  of  twenty-one  more.  May  the 
Lord  bless  all  the  brethren,  sisters  and  friends. 
Came  home  on  the  12th.  Found  all  well  with 
the  exceptions  of  bad  colds.    Thanks  he  to  God, 

From  G.  W.  Cripo.  —  Bro.  Samuel  Uiery 
bold  several  meetings  in  tho  Northern  part  of 
the  congregation  and  as  the  result  of  his  labora 
twelve  wore  added  to  the  church,  and  prospects 
are  good  for  more.  Have  meeting  hero  now, 
Bro.  Murr.ay  doing  the  preaching.  Three  have 
made  application  to  be  received  into  the  church. 
Tho  roads  are  so  bad  that  ive  think  of  stopping 
•for  the  ])resent.  Yet  we  have  much  to  be 
thankful  for.  God  bless  the  labors  of  all  the 
Brethren  to  the  conversion  of  many  souls  to 
Christ!— Pf/fV,  Ind.,  Fib..  10. 1378. 

From  Jacob  Hiestiiurt.— Bro.  Samuel  Bos- 
serman  of  Dunkirk  was  ivith  us,  preached  iu 
the  evening  and  on  Sabbath  at  10:  SO.  Tho 
church  was  njade  to  rejoice  when  four  precious 
souls  were  made  to  forsake  sin  and  follow  their 
Master.  In  the  afternoon  a  large  crowd  of  peo- 
ple assembled  on  the  banks  of  the  Sandusky 
River,  where  theordinance  of  baptism  wus  i)er- 
formed  by  Bro.  Bosserman.  Those  that  were 
received  were  all  sisters,  the  youngest  being 
eleven,  the  oldest  about  eighteen  years  of  age. 
The  weather  was  cold  and  snowy,  but  we  never 
saw  as  much  fortitude.  The  ordinance  passed 
ofl"  quiet  and  orderly.  May  God  bless  tbem  and 
may  they  keep  close  to  the  foot  of  the  Cross! — 
LiUle  York,  0.,  Feb.  11,  1878. 

From  C.  Forney.- Elder  J.  J.  Lichty  from 
Brown  Co.,  Kansas  came  to  us  Feb.  2nd.  Com- 
menced a  serie-s  of  meetiugs  which  closed  on 
the  10th.  Six  accessions  to  the  church.  Bad 
weather  and  bad  roads  on  account  of  mud, 
greatly  interfered  with  the  success  of  the  meet- 
ing.   We  think  more  are   counting  the  cost. 

As  one,  we  feel  that  the  benefit  of  such  meet- 
ings need  not  necessarily  depend  only  on  the 
number  of  accessions.  The  Master  says  to  Pe- 
ter, "  Feed  my  sheep  "  which  was  not  forgotten 
at  our  meetings,  and  the  amount  of  good  accom- 
plished by  our  brother's  labors,  In  hard  to  tell. 
The  members  here  seem  to  he  in  union,  and 
growing  more  zealous  in  the  good  cause, — Falls 
CiUj,  Neb.,  Feb.  13, 1878. 

From  Delia  A.  Bolln. — In  this  neigh- 
borhood most  of  the  brethren  take  the  Bketh- 
KEN  AT  Work.  Last  Sunday  after  meeting,  I 
went  to  brother  Shelins',  and  there  lay  your 
paper  on  the  stand,  full  of  good  news  as  usual. 
One  poor  old  sister  said  she  wished  she  could 
have  the  paper,  as  it  bos  such  plain  print;  but 
she  ia  too  poor  to  pay  for  it.  If  you  have  a 
poor  fund,  please  send  the  paper  to  her.  May 
God  bless  you  iu  your  labors  of  love;  and  may 
Zion  prosper,  that  when  the  labors  of  life  are 
o'er,  may  we  find  sweet  rest  in  our  heavenly 
lome. — Niles,  Mich. 

From  J.  M.   Reploglc- There  are  fiflecn 

iieniliers  liviug  here,  and  no  one  to  preach  for 
s,  only  when  we  can  get  some  one  from  other 
rnis  of  the  church.  Bro.  Samuel  C.  Stump 
just  closed  a  series  of  meetings  here.  We  hope 
the  Lord  ivill  bless  his  labors  here  and  elsewhere. 
Wonld  be  glad  if  some  of  our  ministering 
brethren  would  stop  here  and  give  us  a  few 
meetings,  or  if  some  one  would  wish  to  move 
to  n  good  coimtry,  we  would  invite  them  to 
come  and  ace  our  country.  Remember,  Forru^ 
gut  ia  our  Station. — Farragut,  la.,  Jan.  28,  '78. 

From  Isaac  Wampler,— Snow  at  present 
three  or  four  inches  deep,  and  roads  almost  im- 
passable; however  our  meetings  are  well  attend- 
ed. Have  no  minist<.'r  living  in  this  part  of  the 
district.  This  would  be  a  good  place  for  one  to 
locate,  as  the  harvest  is  abundant.  We  have  a 
brick  meeting-house,  40  by  6I)  with  basement, 
and  prospects  for  doing  good  are  all  that  can  be 
desired. — Knobmster,  Mo.,  Feb.  12,  lt(78. 


8 


ti-ip:  BRETHi^Eiisr  A.^r  -work:. 


February 


From  Daniel  V  mi  i  mail  .—I  herewith  euclosc 
mmv  pi?acli  blossoms  Uikcn  Irom  a  tree  in  Lawrence 
&a(l  a  variety  of  llowcrs  whicli  I  gatliere<l  out  on 
Ibe  open  pmirie  while  walking  from  Lftwrenco  to 
our  stopping  plflco,  one  mile  Irom  Lnwrence.- 
My  brotiicr  George  and  I,  urrived  hero  Inat  Fi 
day,  ami  spent  yesterday  pleaanntly  prospecting 
over  rich  and  beautiful  prairie  ;  to-day  spent  the 
day  in  Jjawrence.  Preached  in  the  Slethodist 
vhurch  to  a  large  and  attentive  audience  at  11  A. 
M.  At  3  P.  M.  went  to  Sablmth-school.  Law- 
rence is  a  newly  Hcttlcd  place,  containing  two 
^huri'hea,  one  griwt  mill,  and  a  number  of  storea. 

The  citizens  of  both  town  and  vicinity  so 
far  ail  wo  have  learned,  arc  all  from  the  North, 
und  seem  ko  kind  and  aociable,  that  we  can  aearcc- 
ly  realirf  that  we  are  in  Texas.  They  seem 
anxious  for  the  Brethren  to  settle  among  them, 
and  help  buUd  up  the  country.  The  weather  ii 
very  pleasant  and  warm  ;  roads  a  little  dusty.— 
People  have  been  sowing  oats,  making  garden  &c. 
The  right  thinking  and  enterprising  people  here, 
lire  battling  against  the  sale  of  spirituous  liquors, 
and  are  making  good  progress. 

The  Methodist  minister  at  this  place  gave 
me  a  list  of  counties  in  Texas  that  had  succeeded 
in  banishing  every  liquor  shop  from  their  county 
and  othera  will  soon  reach  the  same  importantend 
which  is  accomplished  by  a  majority  of  the  votca 
of  tho  people  of  a  county  or  incorporoted  town. 

I  brought  with  me  a  bundle  of  llic  Bretkrln 
AT  WoKK  and  PrimiUve  Cliri-ilian.  At  the  close 
of  the  meeting  I  aanouuced  what  they  were,  and 
that  I  would  distribute  ihem  free,  which  I 
did.  Fifty  more  would  not  have  supplied  tlie 
demand.  lu  this  way  people  will  get  better 
quaiutcd  witli  llie  Brethren,  and  thereby  may  be 
brouglit  to  kuow  and  embrace  the  truth. 

We  leave  here  to-morrow  to  prospect  further  i 
•other  counties. — Lawrence,  Texas,  Feb.  17,  1878. 

From  John  Koicliuvil.— I  am  happy  tliat  I 
can  send  you  a  few  subscribere  for  the  Bretbren 
AT  Work.  Those  that  are  already  getting  the 
paper,  eeem  to  read  it  with  great  iutercst,  and  ap- 
preciato  Jt  very  much  for  its  plainness  and  sound 
doetriuc.  Seeing  that  aien  appreoiato  the  Truth 
for  itfl  sirajJicity  and  plainness,  we  ought  to  be 
the  more  encouraged  to  show  tinrth  the  Gospel 
Truth  in  ail  its  purity,  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 
And  again,  wheii  wo  see  men  going  ibrlh  claim- 
ing to  bo  Jhe  servants  of  God,  perverting  the 
Truth  as  much  as  possible,  and  see  the  intlueuc^ 
they  have  over  Borne  peoj>k-,  we  are  made  to  feel 
the  great  .need  of  true  and  faithful  workers  for 
Jesus.  Therefore  I  would  say  dear  brotbrrJ 
not  afraid  to  give  poinlc<l  counsel  to  both  i^aint 
and  sinner.  May  God  add  His  blessings  to  all.- 
Fordirich,  Oiit. 

From  JoitOlih  Zook.— Grace,  mercy  and  peace 
be  multiplied  lu  you  in  your  heavenly  calling  ir 
preaching  the  Word  of  Life  to  thousands  of  anx 
ious  listeners  or  readers  each  week.  Ma;  youi 
columns  contiuue  to  be  filled  with  the  wholesome 
meats  for  the  =onl,  to  tho  encouragement  of  thos* 
that  have  started  in  (he  Divine  Life,  that  we  may 
all  go  forth  ae  an  army  with  h:uiner3,  and  uot 
faint  by  the  way.  We  feat  1^  pray  with  you  and 
for  you  in  your  trials,  and  rejoice  with  you 
your  prosperilj.  The  health  hero  in  gcucral  is 
good.  The  wcrk  of  the  Lord  is  prospering  hero  ; 
over  filty  have  been  added  to  the  clturch  by 
tism  dnce  last  April.  Weather  ooutjnues  to  be 
waroi,  and  roads  very  tauddy.' — Diu&rivUte,  loiea, 
Feb.  16,  1878.  i     ■■ 

From  J,  R,  Crilio. — Your  paper  cornea  regu- 
lar. It  is  the  onlj  preaching  we  have  here.  "We 
live  40  mile^  from  tho  church.  My  wife  aikd  I 
have  been  the  only  members  here  tor  a  long  tiuiei 
but  some  of  "ur  children  have  HOW  oome  to  tho 
church,  and  some  hive  moved  here  In  all 
we  number  nine. — Dorchcalar,  Neb.  Fib.  18,  1S78. 

From  W.  McWllorter.— I  am  well  jjleased 
with  the  Beethhen-at  Work.  Itspagcafur 
us  with  good  wholesome  instruction,  atid  we 
sider  it  worthy  of  a  place  iji  every  family  of  the 
brotherhood.  May  the  good  Master  graiit  you 
abundant  suiJcMs. 

FfomLoviL.  Lamlis.  — Bro.  Jesse  Calvert 
held  meeting  here  for  two  weeks;  thirty-three 
added  by  baptism.  He  is  now  at  Ne\yton.  Good 
allenlion  paid  t«  the  Word  preached.  One  bap- 
tised yesterday.  May  the  Lord  bless  his  labors 
here  and  elsewhere, — Cuv'mgion,  0. 

An  Impostor.— The  Brethercn  and  friends 
are  hereby  cautioned  in  regard  to  a  man  about 
si.tty  years  of  age,  somewhat  gray.  He  rides  a 
small  bay  animal,  has  an  army  saddle.  Says  hii 
nameis  McGlochlhi;  and  never  tells  the  same 
tale  twice.     He  will  bear  watching. 

S.  C.  Ulekv. 

L^nhj  Milh,  Ind. 

From  John  Metzger.— Myself  and  son  met 
ut  West  Lebanon  about  the  middle  of  January. 
Had  some  meetings,  and  baptized  two.  From 
here  went  to  Vermillion  Co.,  111.,  near  Mariesville  | 


Meeting  one  week.     Baptized  eight  at  that  place. 
There  are  thirteen  members  living  there. 

The  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  in  our  church 
at  home  ;  twelve  were  recently  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  Hod  election  In  our  church  for  two 
deacons  ;  the  lot  fell  on  Brn.  John  B  lick  ens  taff  and 
I>eonard  BlickenstaS".  Hope  they  will  be  faithful 
in  their  office.— Ccrro  Gordo,  III.,  Feb.  18,  1S7S. 


JVNNOXJiSrCEMEN'TS. 


Please  announce  through  your  paper  (hat  the 
brethren  and  sisters  of  the  North  end  of  the  Ver- 
million church  intend  holding  a  series  of  meetings 
commencing  on  the  20ih  of  March  nest,  1S78.— 
A  cordial  invitation  is  given  to  all,  and  especially 
ministering  brethren.  The  meeting  to  be  held  ii 
Cornell,  Livingston  Co.,  III. 

J.  W.  Gephart. 

Notice. — I  expect  to  make  arrangements  on 
the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Great  Western  R.  B. 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Brethren  traveling  to  and 
from  the  .•Vnnual  Meeting  at  a  reduced  rate.  I 
hope  no  one  will  interfere. 

JoHx  BufxnLY. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS, 


Stay  on  the  Farm.— This  is  the  advice  I 
would  give  every  one  who  has  lived  for  any  con- 
siderable length  of  time  on  a  farm.  There  seems 
to  be  a  great  disposition  among  farmers  to  leave 
their  farms  and  move  to  town  when  they  and  their 
wives  begin  to  get  old,  and  work  begins  to  go  hard 
with  them.  Farmers  get  the  impresslou  that  it  is 
much  easier  to  live  in  town  than  in  the  country. 
This  is  a  great  mistake  aa  far  aa  the  wife  is  con- 
cerned. It  la  nearly  as  much  work  to  keep 
house  in  town  as  it  is  in  the  countrj-.  If  the  men 
will  milk  the  cows  and  make  tlio  garden  on  the 
farm,  which  they  should  do,  and  muke  things  as 
eonvenieiit  about  the  farm  house  as  they  generally 
are  in  town,  which  may  be  done  at  a  very  trifling 
expense,  the  wife  will  find  the  difiei'euce  very 
small.  The  farmer  will  also  find  it  much  cheap- 
er to  make  garden  and  do  the  milking  than  to 
buy  the  vegetables,  butter  and  milk.  He  will  al- 
-so  find  a  great  difference  between  having  market- 
ing to  sell  and  having  everything  to  buy.  This  is 
much  more  noticeable  to  persons  who  come  from 
the  country  to  town,  than  it  is  to  persons  who 
were  raised  in  town.  If  you  have  children 
would  better  raise  them  on  the  form  than  in  town 
— more  esj)ecially  boya. 

Country  people,  while  living  on  their  farms, 
ly  see  the  sunny  side  of  town  life.  When  they 
come  to  town  and  see  persons  m  the  street,  they 
generally  see  ihem  well  dressed,  especially  the  la- 
dies; but  it  is  often  very  different  if  you  were  to 
see  them  in  their  poorly  suppUed  kitchens,  but- 
teries, etc, — The  Farmer. 

Ar  THE  foot  of  Mount  Gargano,  a  buried  towu 
has  been  laid  bare,  the  houses  being  twenty  feet 
below  the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was  first 
brought  to  light,  tlieu  a  pfjrlico  comjiosed  of  col- 
umns without  capitals,  and,  finally,  a  necropolii 
coveringnearly  four  acres.  The  Italian  govern- 
ment iius  taken  measures  to  continue  the  escava- 
lions  on  a  large  scale,  and  has  already  discovered 
a  monument  erected  in  honor  of  Pompey  after  his 
victory  over  the  pirates.  The  town  is  the  ancient 
Siponfcmu,  of  which  Strabo  and  Livy.  speak,  and 
which  was  buried  bt-  an  earthquake. 

The  American  Bible^re vision  committee  report 
that  tho  Old  Testament  company  have  nearly  fin- 
ished their  first  revision  of  Jeremiah,  and  will 
ne.\t  take  up  EzekieL  They  had  previously  re- 
vised the  Pentateuch,  Psalms  and  Isaiah.  The 
New  Ttatsment  company  havcreacheil  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  the  second  epistle  to  the  Corinthians. 
The  gospel.  Acts,  and  two-thirds  of  the  epistles 
tiave  also  bad  a  first  revision.  The  American 
committee  ate  but  littJ«  behind  their  co-operating 
revisers  in  England. 

Mis^  Cook,  a  teacher  in  Missouri,  lectured  her 
class  of  girls  on  tl|o  evils  of  tight  hieing,  and  gave 
tliemalcssonin  anatomy  and  physiology.  The 
girls,  at  home  repented  portions  of  the  lecture  to 
their  mothers,  who  decided  that  it  was  improper, 
and  forthwith  combined  against  the  teacher,  and 
did  not  rest  until  she  was  dismissed  from  school. 
Miss  Cook  has  brought  suit  for  damages  against 
tlie  directors. 

Dr,  Anoi-s,  Bnptist,  and  one  of  the  Bible  Re- 
gion Committee,  preaching  in  Glasgow  recently, 
reassured  those  who  are  not  without  anxiety  as  to 
the  changes  that  may  be  made.  He  said  that, 
when  the  work  was  done,  they  would  fiind  the 
same  Teslaraeut  they  had  been  using  from  child- 
hood, though  there  had  been  many  changes.  Chap- 
ter after  chapter  would  be  read  without  their  ob- 


serving the  changes,  unless  by  comparison.  They 
would  have  substantially  the  same  test,  and  the 
same  translation. 

Tbe  Milwaukee  Common  Council  recently 
adopted  a  resolution  protesting  ogainst  public  Bi- 
ble-reading or  prayer  or  hymus  in  the  State  Uni- 
versity and  normal  schools,  and  also  instructed  tho 
representatives  of  Milwaukee  to  present  this  pro- 
test to  the  Legislature.  Vigorous  counter-protests 
have  followed  from  many  quarters. 

JUDOE  Westbrook,  at  Utica,  New  York,  the 
other  day  charged  the  grand  jury,  that  lottery  is 
a  lottery  whether  conducted  at  a  church  fair  or 
some  other  place,  and  lotteries  are  prohibited  by 
law.  This  Is  unhappy  news  at  a  season  of  the 
year  when  church  fairs  are  doing  a  reasonbly 
good  business, 


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SISTER  IS  GONE. 

nV  I.YJCAX  EBY. 

{f!^:. 

viir  sister  has  left  us, 

\--\;dvii  her  l)lest  reward, 

■r.>  I",  u 

li  iMM-bk-isedSiivior, 

AikI  t.l 

'^  iuigela  of  the  Lord^ 

She  iviis 

latieiit  in  affliction. 

But  tlie  Lord  her  Iielp  was  uenr, 

I'oiiriiig 

oil   of  consolation 

And  i 

I  apaiking  words  ol'  cheer. 

na  to  make  it  a  facile  vehicle  of  His  Uoly  Spirit. 
This  is  the  urgent  and  solemn  lesson  for  us 
all  to  learn.  Preaching,  prayinc,  writing, 
convei-sing,  are  often  so  heavily  charged  with 
self,  that  to  a  Spirit^t aught  soul  it  is  sickening. 
"  Pure  religion  and  uudeRlGd  hefore  God  and 
the  Father,"  is  iji  ninny  instances  so  lost  iu  signs 
tangible 


She  WHS  dear  and  kind  toward  us. 
Helping  113  with  heait-felt  glee; 

But  in  heaven  she  now  rejoices, 
Singing  songs  of  jubilee. 

Her  dear  sistora  left  behind  her, 
Mourn  bi;r  loss  with  heart-felt  grief. 

But  in  .lesus  our  dear  Savior, 
Tliey  do  trnst  with  strong  belief, 

Hor  dear  brothei-s  now  heart-broken, 
'  Are  bereft  of  one  they  lov(fd, 
l-'or  siie  was  to  them  a  token, 
01'  the  love  which  she  adored. 

Wc  no  more  can  bow  together, 
Bound  tlie  altar  here  below; 

I'or  thou  art  removed  up  higher, 
Uji  whore  heavenly  anthems  tlow. 

But  in  faith  we  can  look  forward, 
To  tlic  time  when  we  shall  meet; 

Before  .fehovali's  unsheathed  sword, 
At  tli'o  throne,  the  mercy-seat. 

Where  we  then  conjoin  in  singing, 
Songs  of  joy  and  songs  of  praise; 
With  the  saints  of  lieaven  joining, 
In  the  chorus  and  the  lays. 
Lniiiirk,  III.  ■  ' 


I,  YET  NOT  I. 


To  Elder  D.  1\  Saykr:- 

GHACE  audi  peace  be  multiplied.  I  am  too 
weak  to  write,  und  in  constant  Buffering, 
not  nolent  a-s  .sometimes,'  but  a  kind  of  dumb 
agony  that  gnnws  at  the  rootlets  of  life-  All 
day  something  is  whispering  deep  down  in  my 
soul,  irn'l)'  to  Brother  Saykr.  Yesterday  two 
angels  entered  my  bennitage,  in  the  persons  of 
dear  brethren  Tiostle,  of  Linganorc^andGeorgc 
Bueher,  of  Coruw;ill.  Trestle  tendered  ine  the 
greeting  you  committed  1:0  liini,  which  I  lov- 
ingly accept,  I'  perteive  by  your  contributions 
thatyou  still  write  with  theenergyoftwentyyeai-s 
ago,  I  am  glad  it  is  bo.  You  seem  to  carry  the 
hea«t  of  youtii  under  yonr  hoary  locks.  A 
young  old  man  in  the  best  sense,  i.s  a  blessed 
demonstration  of  the  rejuvenating,  sustaining 
power  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  supremacy  of 
Jesus  in  ua  prolongs,  freshens,  sweetens  life. 
The  wisdom  of  experience  gathered  from  a  long 
life  devoted  to  the  infereats  of  the  soul  and  the 
gloQ-  of  God,  is  most  valuable,  and  when  scat- 
tere<l  like  leaves  from  the  Tree  of  Lifii  through 
our  pnpew,  is  an  inestimable  Godsend  to  the 
Church.  If  we  have  dove's  eyes,  such  eyes  as 
the  Holy  Ghost  alone  can  give,  we  cannot  I'uil 
to  discover  that  many  of  the  leaves  which  are 
ort'ered  for  the  healing  of  the  nations,  me  pluck- 
ed from  the  Tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
evil.  It  reiiuires  u  wondertMl  iuwrapping  of  the 
6oul  in  God  to  gain  .sucli  acquaintance  with  self 


and  symbols,  and  so  overlaid  by  th 
and  natural,  that "  the'  jjowers  of  the  world  to 
come"  are  missed  in  the  commanding,  eloquent 
outgnshingof  a  richly  gifted  carnalisin.  To  be 
born  of  God,  and  grow  up  iu  Him,  taking  our 
childhood  into  om-  manhood,  is  indeed  a  glori- 
ous attainment,  and  rare  a?  glorious.  To 
lire  Christ,  to  speak  as  "  the  orucks  of  Gml,"  to 
irrUe  as  "  of  the  abmulaiice  that  God  givctli 
wait  ever  at  "the  gate  of  Righteousness  "  for 
the  communication  of  the  Divine  Mind,  to  kei 
the  moon  beneath  our  feet,  and  the  sun  as 
our  vesture — 0  this  is  a  work  which  in 
very  de-id  requires  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  the  inweaving  of  the  very  life  of  God 
(vith  onrlife,  the  blending  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
with  our  spirit,  the  origination  of  all  the  soul's 
activities  under  the  Divinely  natural  influence 
of  a    veritable  incarnation  of  the  All-Holy. 

What  shall  I  write,  what  shall  I  speak,  how 
shall  I  give  the  most  force  to  my  argnments, 
the  most  loftiness  and  originality  to  my  ideas, 
often  engage  mind  and  heart  more  intensely 
than  the  far  moresolemu  and  practical  question: 
WIkiI  aj[  I?  How  am  I  related  to  God?  How 
deeplj-  and  really  are  the  expressions  of  my  life 
the  nnfoldings  of  the  iiulwelling  Christ?  (Gal. 
3:  20),  is  the  on\y  fiinddmentiil  qualification  for 
the  ministry  of  the  Woi-d  of  God.  whether  with 
tongue  or  pen,  because  it  is  the  one  central  con- 
dition of  Divine  illumination  and  power.  "  The 
end  of  all  things  is  at  hand,"  the  seventh  angel 
is  preparing  to  put  the  trumpet  to  his  lips  for 
the  final  peal,  and  all  things  in  mid  out  of  the 
church  call  upon  us  for  the  most  thorough,  soul- 
investigating  scrntinj-  of  the  mil  cliaracter  of 
Christianity,  the  rar(//;/n/.  terms  of  salvation, 
and  our  own  peraonal  relation  to  Almighty  God. 
0  Brother  Saylcr,  let  your  sanctified  wisdom, 
your  Spirit>-impelled  pen,  break  forth  niightly 
lu  voTir  closing  ministry  in  behalf  of  the  higher 
themes  of  the  Gospel,  and  the  deeper  necessities 
of  our  nature.  The  Brotherhood  is  as  impreg- 
nable a  bulwark  of  the  sacramental  side  of 
Christimiity,  as  were  the  Jews  of  the  ancient 
dispensation.  But  have  not '  we,  like  they,  to 
im  alarming  extent  overlooked  and  denied 
the  deep  cementing  bond  that  constitutes  our 
saving  fellowship  with  God,  in  the  attention  we 
bestow  on  "the  ont^side  of  the  cup  and  of  the 
platter?"  This  tendenci/is  an  imriltdilc  accont- 
jHiiihnenloi  all  religion,  and  how  cisily  is  it  de- 
loped  into  a  fixed,  ruling,  souMestroying 
idolatry.  I  know  tbatyour  Christ-lodng  heart 
has  often  bled  over  the  sad  evidences  of  a/orm 
of  godliness  covering  up,  as  with  a  fig  leaf 
apron,  a  li/,;  wJiich  denies  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
come  In  the  flesh. 

Blessed  be  the  Moab  High,  there  are  yet  many 
iu  Ziou  who  are  in  very  truth  the  children  of 
Gud,  who  hove  been  crucified  with  Christ,  who 
/.■)io«»Him  andtheywjcerof  Hie  resunrriioii." 
to  whom  the  outward  is  nothing  save  as  it  is 
the  sincere  expression  of  the  ]ife  of  Him  to 
vhose  presence  it  owes  its  validity.  To  fill  the 
ymbols  of  grace  with  the  life  of  their  Author 
s  to  put  them  to  Christian  service,  and  make 
thorn  both  exhibitions  and  channels  of  salvation. 
For  me  to  live  is  CUIUST."  This  only  is  re- 
demption. All  else  is  deception,  hypocrisy, 
and  perdition.  0  the  grandeur  and  glory  of  a 
true  lite— a  reproduction  in  human  mould  of  the 
lite  of  God.  0  hoiv  prone  is  every  soul  to  live 
in  itself.  A  self-centered,  self-reposmg,  self- 
governed  soul  ia  lost,  LOST.  "Our life  is  hid 
trilli  Clin'st  in  God."  "  Christ  is  oun  lipk." 
These  are  the  God-born, 
ith  the  Only-begotten. 


WATCHING  JESUS, 


THE  wontiU  watciiixg, 
\rO  passage  from  the   wi'itings  of  the  evau- 


gehsta  is  so  full  of  mingled  interest  to  the 
believer  as  that  recoiTling  the  arrest,  mock-trial 
ai^(I  crucifixion  of  Jesus  of  Na/.arefcli,  oar  Ador- 
able Redeemer,  It  is  not  my  purpose  to  de- 
scribe this  woiideiful  series  of  events  happen- 
ing within  a  night  and  a  day,  ibr  I  should  fail 
to  be  satisfied  with  my  insignificant  effort. 

But  come  with  me,  dear  and  dying  reader,  let 
us  go  near,  and  look  upon  the  scene  and  gath- 
er some  lessons  for  our  profit  and  pleasure  in 
Christ. 

It  is  ahill  on  the  north-cast  side  of  Jenisalem, 
and  a  place  specially  appropriated  to  the  cruci- 
fixion of  malefactors,  or  transgressors  of  the 
civil  laivs  of  that  immediate  country,  Matthew, 
Mark  and  Jolui  call  it  Golgotha,  but  Luke  writ^ 
ing  about  twenty-five  years  after  Matthew,  calls 
it  Calvary,  Both  words  mean  the  same  thing 
— "The  place  of  n  sknll"—  in  two  different 
languages.  The  idea  is,  (he  place  where  crim- 
inals are  put  to  death. 

Here  sin  Wiis  made  to  appear  in  its  most  hid- 
eous form,  for  nothing  could  be  more  so  than 
the  lingering  death  of  the  crucifixion,  bringim 
upon  the  victims  the  most  painful  :uid  shame- 
ful death.  Hera  death  gained  its  victory  in  the 
most  ci-uel  way  possiltle.  Here  man  was  de- 
graded to  the  uttermost  degree,  and  in  that  con- 
dition severed  forever  from  this  life. 

To  this  desecrated  spot  was  brought  the  Lamb 
of  God,  our  Savior,  to  be  crucified.  Here  the 
"  Good  Shephei-d  "  was  brought  to  lay  down  His 
life  for  His  sheep— His  lost  sheep.  Here  is  the 
place  we  see  Jesus  sariug  His  people  from  their 
by  the  offering  up  of  Himself,  the  Only 
Sacrifice  to  the  insulted  and  baiTcd  Heavens. 
Gnmd  and  glorious  "suffering  and  death!" 
But  0  the  pain,  the  agony!  Three  houi-s  of  un- 
utterable aiiguiHii!!  My  heart  sinks  within 
me.  Our  nature  pities  and  sorrows,  but  our 
spirits  leaj)  for  the  jo}-  of  salvation.  So  we 
watch  and  are  comforted.  But  the  world  is 
watching  "too.  Jesus  is  crucified  and  enduring 
the  death  agonies.  The  Roman  soldiei-s  are 
watching.  They  put,  the  \-iiiegar  and  gall  to 
His  innocent  lii>s.  They  took  ehmge  of  His 
outer  gaiinent,  and  cast  then- lots  or  votes  for 
the  soldier  whose  it  should  be;  then  "aifcting 
down,  then  watched  Him  there."  0  the  sight 
to  them!  Never.ilid  thoy.see  such  a  strilcing 
object.  Many  were  here  executed  but  all  were 
cruuinals.  No  one  professeil  what  Jesus  did. 
He  taught  that  He  was  the  Messiah,  the  Son  of 
Gbd,  the  Savior  of  the  w^orld.  So  correct  was 
His  deportment  in  life"  that  even'  Pilate,  His 
jiXdge  Was  made  to  say,  "  I  fijid  in  Hi'ra  no  fault 
nil,"  He  did  justice,  loved  mercy,  and  walk- 
ed humbly.  Condemned  iliongh  'nckiio*\'le(Ig- 
ed  guiltless;  delivered  ton  bii£e  people  to  die  ii 
cruel  and  ignominious  death,  aud3-et  pronoiuic- 
ed  innocent.  How  siuguljtr  this  conduct!  He 
pities  His  foes.  He  prays  tor  His  murderers. 
He  comforts  the  mourners.  He  was  greatly 
misrepresented.  Few  took  of  Him  a  right  view 
of  His  character,  or  speak  of  Him  as  He  truly 
diiserved.  But  such  is  the  world's  reproach  of 
Jtisus  and  His  tiue  disciples,  then  and  mw, 
^Vberever  the  worldly  spirit  is  found  it  sits  down 
on  the  stool  of  depravity  and  watches  for  ad- 
vantages. 

THE  OURISTI.IN  WATCHING. 

The  more  our  eyes  are    anointed  ivith  the  eye- 
salve  of  Heaven  {Rev.  3:  18),  the  niori:  we  love 
to  watch  Jesus,  "  The  king  in  in  His  beauty." 
Nothing  is  more  [irecious  than  the  story  of  re- 
deeming grace.     Our  feeble  sight  traces  the 
lines    of  the  inspired  WonI  of  God,  and  it  be- 
comes a  mirror  of  wonder  and  delight. 
Let  me  illustrate:  say  you  stand  on  the  bank 
These  are  joint-heirs    of  a  pure  stream  of  water  on  a  clear  day  when 
'  the  sun  shines  in  its  splendor.     You  look  domi 


into  the  water,  and  yon  think  you  see  the  sun 
down  there  in  its  beauty  imd  brightue**.  It 
is  only  a  reflection.  So  it  is  with  the  written 
Wor<I.  We  look  into  it  and  we  think  we  see 
Jesus,  hat  it  is  only  His  beautiful,  wonderful 
refiection.  Yet,  a  little  while,  my  faithful  breth- 
ren, sistei-s,  and  we  shall  look  up  into  "  the 
Heaven  of  Heavens"  and  "see  Him  ils  He  is," 
If  so  beautiful,  and  lovely,  and  interesting  now. 
what  must  it  be  when  we  shall  behold  Him  on 
His  While  Throne,  and  surrounded  by  all  the 
hosts  of  His  Heavenly  Kingdom! 

But  let  us  commune  together  of  His  relations 
to  our  i)rescnt  life  that  we  may  prepait  and  be 
in  waiting  for  "  His  glorious  a|>pearing."  May 
the  menoryof  His  life  aud  death  be  so  inipress- 
ed  upon  the  tablets  of  our  hearts  that  we  may 
carefully  go  through  life  and  society  ii.s 
"  living  epistles,  known  and  read  of  all  men," 
Should  wo  bo  so  wise  and  fortunate  as  to  attain 
to  this,  we  will  doubtless  see  and  feel  the  pro- 
priety of  nou-conforniity  to  the  world  in  our 
doctrinal  views,  our  personal  .dress,  conduct,  in- 
dulgence and  association.  In  any  of  these 
things  we  may  be  condemned  with  the  wicked. 
If  then  we  are  not  to  be  conformed  to  the  world, 
let  us  by  any  means  he  conformed  to  the  church, 
for  also  shall  we  be  conformed  to  Cliriat  the 
lieiid,  ns  well  as  to  the  Church  His  Body.  These 
self-denials  mil  bring  us  away  from  the  world, 
so  that  Christ,  and  Christ  only,  will  have  our 
eyes,  and  ears,  aad  hands,  and  feet;  yen,  we  will 
"  glorify  Him  iu  our  bodi/  and  spirif  which  are 
His."  Then  shall  we  watch  Jesus  and  follow 
Him  wherever  He  leads,  tlirough  prosperity  and 
ailvei-sity,  through  joy.  atid  sorrow,  through 
health  mid  afllietion.  The  soldiei-s  of  the  world 
watched  the  expiring  Savior  that  no  one  should 
come  to  Him  and  t.ike  Him  away.  Not  so  with 
the  soldier  of  the  Church.  (I  compare  the 
Church  and  tlie  world).  The  Christian  soldier 
watches  Jesus  that  He  m.iy  learn  of  Him,  im- 
itate Hi.m,  and  partake  of  His  Divine  Nature. 
Again,  he  sits' at  .Tesus'  feetand  watches,  not  to 
guard  Him  as  the  Roman  soldiers  did,  but  that 
men  may  really  come  to  Him  and  take  Him 
with  them  into  life,  and  "live  godly  in  Christ 
Jesus."  Every  view  of  Him  is  wonderful.  Ev- 
ery trait  of  character  is  full  of  interest.  Every 
word  has  a  meaning  to  invite  us  heavenward, 
0  to  watch  Him,  and  love  Hini,  and  know  Him 
in  all  He  suffered  for  me!  0  for  His  gracemore 
and  more  to  follow  Him  whenever  it  goes  ill  or 
well.  Soon  Ho  will  "come  to  gather  the  faith- 
ful to  His  Palace  above.     Let  us  be  faithful. 


■cry 


THE  FORCE  OF  BREVITY. 

BE  brief.  Come  to  the  point.  Begin  v 
near  where  you  intend  to  leave  ofl'.  Brev- 
ity is  the  soul  of  wisdom  as  well  as  wit.  With- 
out it  ,vou  can  seldom  obtain  currency.  Only 
the  gems  of  literature  are  treasured  up  and 
qiiotcd;  and  gems  are  not  reckoned  by  gross 
weight.  '  '  "    • 

How  compact  all  thatcoiiies  down  to  iisfrom 
olden  times!'  In  how  few  woi-dswehave  the 
commandments  and  the  history  of  creation — 
liardly  embracing  so  many  words  a^: are  now 
employed  to  welconic  an  alderman,  or  to  make 
a  complimentary  present  of  a  spoon. 

The  efficacy  and  value  of  compression  caio 
scarcely  be  overrated.  The  common  iiir  we  beat. 
aside  with  our  breath,  compressed,  has  the  force 
of  gunpowder  luid  will,  rend  the  solid  rock;  so^ 
with  our  language.  Eloquence  will  never 
[lourisb  hi  a  country  where    tlie   public  taste  ia 

fantile  enough  to  measure  the  vnlui;  of  h 
sgieech  by  the  hours  it  occupies. 

A  gentle  stream  of  persuasiveness  may  fiow 
through  the  mind,  and  leave  no  sediment,  let  it 
come  at  a  blow,  as  a  cataract,  and  it  sweejjs  all 
before  it.  It  is  by  this  magniiScent  com)ire:->siuii 
that  Cicero  confoimds  Cataline,  and  Demii>,thi-- 
nes  ovenvholms  .(Eschines;  by  this  tluit  Maik 
Anthony,  as  Shakespeare  makes  him  speak,  cai- 
ries  the  heart  away  with  a  bad  cause. — Viiiii. 
Banner. 


THE    BUETHRE^    ^A.T    -WORK:. 


March   7- 


THE   SINNER. 


IlY  JAS.  T.  HECKJ.EIt. 


How  t«rrib!j-  wicked  fcho  sinner  must  bo, 
Cnroiisiiig  in  sin  and  iniquitj'  free! 
How  vilo  tho  ungodly!  How  ivretclied  in  sin, 
Tlie  niitii  who  rejects  reformation  within. 

The  pleasures  of  aiii  enticed  him  nway 
Froiiiinnoccncowhilchewnsyoungiiiidwnsgiiy, 
To  woreliip  the  devil  until  he  is  old, 
His  ieelings  are  hard,  his  affections  are  cold. 
The  sinner  will  lie,  and  to  cheat  is  not  loath, 
Blaspheming  the  name  of  the  Lord  with  an  oath. 
Hescemeth  to  challenge  the  jmlginent  of  God, 
Nor  fears  to  endure  tho  effects  of  His  rod. 
Hcmaddenshisbraiuwith  the  fumes  of  the  bowl, 
And  sips  of  the  fn-e  to  poison  his  .soul: 
Profanity  followa:  nor  distant  in  time. 
We  .ice  that  liis  hands  are  polluted  with  crime. 
Now  selfishness  reigns  in  the  whole  of  liis  Iioiirt: 
He  cannot  repent,  nor  from  evil  d'^pavt. 
The  lust  of  the  flesh,  and  the  hist  of  the  eye. 
And  the  pride  of  his  liie,  his  repentance  defy. 
He  scorns  to  rtpent,  for  he  seesnothis  sin; 
Perceives  not  his  moral  corruption  within, 
Nor  rends  in  his  Bible  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
Or  reuda  it,  blindfolded,  to  reap  his  reward. 
Before  him  are  rolling  the  flames  of  de.S|mir: 
And  blindly  he  saunters  away  to  get  there: 
Behind  him  is  brandished  a  great  flaniiugswoi-d; 
Retreat  there  is  none  from  tlie  wrath  of  the  Loitl. 
0,  could  he  awake  from  the  sleep  of  his  sin, 
And  see  his  coiTupted  condition  within. 
MetliiiJvS,  it  would  give  him  a  sensative  shock, 
And  cause  him  to  lude  in  the  cleft  of  the  Rock. 

Surrender,  surrender: '  tis  all  that  you  can  do: 
The  liest  for  your  life  which  you  never  will  rue: 
Accept  the  Redeemer  embraces  his  good  word, 
And  try  to  obey  the  commands  of  the  Lord. 

Tho  Cherubim  stand  in  the  presence  of  Goil; 
TheydoHisbehest-swhen  they  smitewith  His  rod. 
But  sinners  in  darkness  aiul  error  will  grope. 
Like  groveling  creatures  without  any  hope. 

Though  siunershy  thousands  are  moral  and  kind, 
Aiid  fair  to  each  other;  in  Scripture  not  blind; 
And  yet  they  neglect  or  refuse  to  repent. 
Rejecting  the  message  Jehovah  hath  sent. 

But  what  will  their  kindness  and  fairness  avail, 
I  f  faith  and  obedience  he  lacking  or  iiiJl  'i 
They  all  will  be  doomed  to  the  flames  of  despair, 
To  dwell,  in  eternity,  eternally  there. 


THE  SEVENTH  DAY. 


ARE  we  under  obligation  to  keep  tlip 
seventh  day  a  sabbath  unto  the 
Lord?  This  is  an  iiuportaut  question, 
and  unsettled  in  the  minds  of  some  good 
people,  and  settled  wrong  in  the  minds 
of  othera. 

In  order  to  determine  this  question 
eoi-reetly,  it  is  necessary  to  know  what 
the  law  on  that  subject  waa,  by  whom  it 
was  given,  whom  it  was  given  to,  and 
what  it  was  given  for.  When  we  liave 
•  learned  all  these  things  concerning  the 
seventh  day,  we  may  know  whether  it  is 
to  be  kept  under  the  Christian  disijensa- 
tion.  All  these  questions  are  settled  in 
the  IGth  chapter  of  Exodus,  where  the 
seventh  day  is  for  the  firet  time  given  as 
a  law.  Then  it  was  given  to  Israel,  and 
bound  upon  them  alone.  In  the  2Jth 
fyul  26th  verses,  God,  by  Moses,  commads 
Israel  to  gather  manna  six  days, 
but  on  the  seventh  day  their  should  be 
none.  Then  he  says  in  the  29th  verse, 
"  See,  for  that  the  Lord  has  given  you 
the  Sabbath ;  therfore  He  giveth  you  on 
the  sixth  day  the  bread  of  two  days. 
Abide  ye  every  man  in  his  place.  Let 
no  man  go  out  of  his  place  on  the 
seventh  day."  30th  verse,  "  So  tlie  peo- 
ple rested  on  the  seventh  day." 

These  Scriptures  sho^v  what  the  law 
of  the  Sabbath  was,  and  how  it  was  to 
be  kept  wheu  first  given  to  Israel.  They 
were  not  to  go  out  of  their  houses,  or 
tents,  on  that  day.  Surely  such  a  law 
is  not  binding  upon  us  in  this  age:  it  on- 
ly could  apply  to  Israel  under  theu-  pe- 


culiar circumst-inces  at  tlie  time  it  was 
given.  We  would  observe,  too,  that  this 
command  waa  given  before  the  law  at 
Sinai — before  the  ten  commandments 
were  given  to  Israel,  but  ^vlieu  they  were 
given,  it  was  included  among  them.  The 
manner  in  which  It  wa.s  given  at  Sinai 
shows  that  it  had  been  given  before, 
(Exodus  20:  18):  "  Remember  the  Sab- 
bath day  to  keep  it  holy."  This  phrase, 
"Remember  the  Sabbath  day,"  shows 
that  it  is  a  renewal  of  the  former  com- 
mand given  in  the  U>th  cliapter. 

Further,  concerning  the  law  of  the 
Sabbath  given  to  Israel,  (Ex.  35:  g), 
"  Six  days  shall  work  be  done,  but  on 
the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  to  you 
an  holy  day,  a  Sabbath  of  rest  unto  the 
Lord;  whosoever  doetli  work  therein 
shall  be  put  to  death."  .'ird  vei-se  "  Ye 
shall  kindle  no  iii-e  throughout  your  hab- 
itations upon  the  Sabbath  day."  This 
law  that  a  man  should  build  no  fire  on 
the  Sabbath  day,  surely  could  not  be  in- 
tended for  the  whole  earth.  How  could 
it  be  kept  in  the  cold»egiou3,  where  Chr 
tiauity  has  spread,  in  countries  covered 
with  ice  for  mouths? 

Again,  in  Numbers  15:  SS-.'SG,  "  And 
while  the  children  of  Israel  Avere  in  the 
wilderness,  they  found  a  man  gathering 
sticks  on  the  Sabbath  day,  *  *  *  and  all 
the  congiegation  brought  Inm  without 
the  camp,  and  stoned  him  with  stones, 
and  he  died;  as  the  Lord  commauded 
Moses."  Prom  these  Scriptures  we  leai;n 
that  this  law  was  a  part  of  a  penal  code 
which  belong  to  Israel  alone,  and  could 
not  be  incorporated  into  tlie  church  now 
unless  it  was  changed.  But  we  have  not 
the  right  to  change  God's  law  so  as  to 
suit  us,  and  then  keep  it  in  our  own  way. 
If  we  were  under  that  law  now,  no  man 
could  build  a  fire  on  that  day.  If  he 
carries  a  bundle  of  sticks  to  build  afire, 
he  must  be  stoned  to  death.  AVould  it 
not  be  tenible  tiling  now  to  see  a  con- 
gregation of  professed  Christians  stoning 
a  man  to  death  for  gathering  sticks  on 
the  Sabbath  day?  Yet  that  was  the  law 
given  to  Israel,  to  teach  tliem  the  awful 
consequence  of  violating  the  commands 
of  God. 

Sm-ely  this  is  enough  to  convince  us 
that  the  law  is  not  in  force  noiv.  But 
the  Sabbatarian  says,  we  shall  keep  it 
in  a  different  way.  Then  if  we  change 
the  manner  of  keeping  it,  we  must-  have 
divine  authority  for  the  change.  But  as 
we  have  no  divine  authority  for  chang- 
ing that  law  of  the  Sabbath,  adapting  it 
to  the  Christian  dispensation,  we  cannot 
believe  that,  that  law  was  ever  changed, 
but  taken  out  of  tlie  way  and  nailed  to 
the  cross,  as  the  otber  carnal  ordinances 
were.  We  know  nothing  of  any  way 
of  keeping  the  Sabbath,  or  seventh  day, 
by  divine  authoi'ity,  except  the  way  God 
;ave  it  to  Israel;  and  as  none  will  con- 
tend for  keeping  it  in  that  way,  we  now 
have  a  right  to  demand  of  those  who  ask 
us  to  keep  it,  to  give  the  law  teachin; 
to  be  kept  in  a  way  different  from  that 
given  to  Israel ;  for  we  cannot  keep  it 
that  way.  Then  let  no  man  put  a  yoke 
upon  us  which  neither  we  nor  om'  fath- 
ei-s  were  able  to  bear.  Paul  gets  this 
subject  before  us  in  its  ti'ue  light,  in  Eph- 
2:  1-i,  15,  "For  he  is  our  peace,  who 
bath  made  both  one,and  /m^/ibroken  down 
the  middle  wall  of  partition  between  us; 
having  abolishedin  his  flesh  the  enmity, 
even  the  law  of  coniniandments  contain- 
ed in'  ordinances."  This  shows  that  the 
law  which  was  given  to  Israel  did  not 
sui'vive  the  death  of  our  Savior;  and  for 
that  reason  is  not  binding  upon  us. 
Paul  says  again,  "  We  are  fi'ee  fiom  the 
law,  that  being  dead  \vherein  we  were 
held." 


AVe  might  rest  the  whole  matter  here, 
and  call  upon  the  Sabbatarian  to  find  a 
law  forkeepingthe  seventh  day,  diflFerent 
from  that  given  to  Israel;  for  until  that 
is  done,  we  are  under  no  obligation  to 
keep  it.  Not  only  timt,  but  he  must 
find  a  law  tcnrliiic.'  n-iliuwit  is  to  be 
kept  und'T  liii-  (mi-|i.1;  and  still  further, 
he  must  slu-w  Mi.-it  l^iTjiing  the  law  in  a 
different  ^vay  from  that  gi^•en  to  Israel, 
will  be  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  God. 
Until  this  is  done,  (and  we  are  confident 
it  never  will  be),  we  are  under  no  obli- 
gation to  keep  the  seventh  day  as  a  Sab- 
bath. 

We  would  observe  further,  that  the 
woi'ld  \vas  mure  than  two  thousand  year; 
old  when  thi.s  law  of  the  Sabbath  ivas 
given  in  Exodus;  and  since  it  was  taken 
out  the  way  by  the  Savior  when  He  died 
upon  the  cross,  the  Sabbatarian  must 
find  something  as  evidence  to  jirove  his 
cause  besides  the  law  given  to  Israel, 
And  in  order  to  do  that,  he  takes  this 
position,  that  the  seventh  day  was  bless- 
ed ami  sanctified  before  the  law  was  giv- 
en. From  this  fact,  he  argues  that  the 
seventh  day,  or  Sabbath,  should  be  kept 
after  the  law  was  taken  away.  But  that 
kind  of  reasoning  is  not  sufficient  to  sus- 
tain his  cause,  where  there  is  no  com- 
mand of  God  or  divine  precedent  under 
the  Gospel  to  support  it.  That  course 
of  reasoning,  if  admitted  as  an  argu 
ment,  would  bring  the  sacrifices  of  the 
patriarchs  over  into  the  Gospel  church 
for  they,  too,  existed  long  before  the  law 
was  given  and  never  accepted  of  God  in 
their  worehip.  In  Gen. 4:4,"  AndAbelhe 
also  brought  of  the  fii-stlings  of  his  fiock, 
and  of  the  fat  thereof.  And  the  Lord 
had  respect  unto  Abel  and  to  his  ofier- 
ing."  Here  we  see  that  sacrifices  were 
accepted  of  God  from  the  very  beginning 
— long  before  the  law  was  given;  and 
when  the  law  was  made,  these  offerings 
were  incorporated  into  it  like  the  seventh 
day,  and  made  a  part  of  the  law.  Now 
we  might  argue,  like  the^e  Sabbatarians, 
that  the  sacrificial  offerings  should  con- 
tinue after  the  laiv  was  taken,  awaij  and  as 
give  the  reason  that  they  were  accepted 
of  Godfrom  the  beginning — long  before 
the  law  was  given. 

If,  then,  the  seventh  day  must  be  kept 
because  it  was  blessed  before  the  law, 
and  did  not  depend  upon  tlie  law  for  its 
existence,  so  the  otTerings  of  Abel,  which 
God  accepted,  must  be  continued  under 
the  Gospel;  for  they,  too,  were  before 
the  law,  and  did  not  depend  upon  it  for 
existence.  Such  reasoning,  or  argument, 
founded  on  the  existence  and  acceptance 
of  either  the  sacrifices  or  the  seventh  day 
because  they  were  sanctified  or  accepted  in 
the  days  of  the  patriarchs,  cannot  with- 
out a  plain  command  of  Gpd  be  made  a 
law  in  the  Christian  dispensation.  It  re- 
quires a  command  and  precedent  to  en- 
join either  of  them  upon  the  Christian, 
just  as  much  as  it  required  the  command 
and  precept  to  enjoin  them  upon  Israel. 
The  command  to  Israel  does  not  enjoin 
them  upon  us;  and  the  command,  if 
there  had  been  one,  to  the  Patriarchs 
would  not  bind  either  of  them  upon  the 
Christian,  in  the  absence  of  Gospel  com 
mand  and  precedent.  We  have  a  right 
to  demand  of  the  Sabbatarian  an  exam 
pie  or  command,  of  some  one  of  the  in- 
spired men,  for  the  church  to  keep  the 
seventh  day  after  the  Jewish  law  was 
abolished.  We  ^vant  them  to  show 
one  Christian  assembly  meeting  to  wor 
ship  together  on  the  seventh  day;  theu 
they  will  have  an  argument.  The  apos- 
tles met  with  the  Jews  and  Greeks  on 
the  Sabbath,  because  they  there  had  an 
opportunity  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  thi 
but  those  meetings  .were  not   Christian 


congregations;  they  were  Jewiisli  as.-^cm- 
blies,  therefore,  not  a  precedent  for  us. 
But  before  we  are  done,  we  will  find  the 
precedent  of  the  apostles'  meeting  with 
Christian  congregations  on  the  fii-st  day 
of  the  week. 

We  will  now  return  to  the  second 
point  to  be  noted,  that  is,  by  whom  was 
this  law  given  ?  We  would  not  notice 
this  point,  were  it  not  a  fact  that  the  Sab- 
batarian makes  an  unwarranted  distinc- 
tion, which  leads  him  into  error,  when 
he  says,  "  God  gave  the  decalogue  and 
Moses  gave  the  law,"  when  the  truth  ia 
clear  that  God  is  the  author  of  the  whole 
law;  as  the  apostle  says,  "  Holy  men  of 
old  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost."  God  gave  the  law  through 
Mo.ses.  The  error  in  making  a  distinc- 
tion here,  as  Sabbatarians  do,  when  tiiey 
say  the  law  of  Moses  passed  a^vay,  but 
left  the  ten  commandments  binding  up- 
on us,  is  proved  to  be  a  dangerous  theo- 
rem, by  the  language  of  om-  Savior  in 
Matt.  22:  26-40.  A  lawyer  says  to  the 
Savior,  "  Master,  which  is  the  great 
commandment  m  the  law?  Jesus  said 
unto  bim.  Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy. 
soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the 
first  and  gi'eat  commandment.  And  the 
second  is  like  unto  it.  Thou  shalt  love 
thy  neighbor  as  thyself.  On  these  two 
commandments  hang  all  the  law  and  the 
prophets." 

Here  are  two  commandments,  on  \^'hich 
all  the  law  and  the  prophets  hang,  and 
neither  of  the  two  is  in  the  decalogue. 
As  the  ten  commandments  are  a  part  of 
the  law,  and  all  the  law  and  prophets 
hang  on  these  two  commandments,  and 
they  have  passed  away,  according  to  this 
irror  of  the  Sabbatarian,  then,  the  law 
and  the  prophets  went  with  them,  and 
the  decalogue  must  ha%'e  gone  too,  for 
it  would  have  nothing  to  stand  on.  As 
this  is  the  result  of  his  own  logic,  he  has 
nothing  to  hang  the  seventh  day  upon ; 
and  it,  too,  is  gone.  We  refer  to  this 
for  the  purpose  of  showing  that  tlie  Sav- 
ior condemns  the  unwarranted  distinc- 
tion they  make  between  the  ten  com- 
mandments and  the  law  given  to  Moses, 
when  he  gives  us  two  commandments 
which  lie  at  the  foundation  of  the  law, 
yet  not  in  the  decalogue. 

We  will  now  notice  the  third  point  in 
reference  to  this  law  of  the  Sabbath, 
that  is,  To  whom  was  it  given?  We 
presume  none  will  deny  that  this  law 
wius  given  to  Israel,  and  not  to  the  church 
under  the  Gospel.  All  its  ceremonies 
and  penalties  had  reference  to  Israel  alone. 
The  manner  of  keeping  it,  prescribed  in 
the  law,  applied  to  none  but  Israel 
And  that  law  to  Israel  did  not  bind  the 
Christian  anymore  than  itdid  the  Patri- 
arch. Then  we  have  several  important 
quetions  settled  in -regard  to  the  law:  1. 
It  was  given  to  Israel  alone;  2.  It  wa-; 
not  binding  upon  the  imtriarchs,  for  it 
was  given  after  their  day;  ;i.  It  was  not 
given  to  the  Christian,  therefore  he  i^ 
not  under  obligation  to  keep  it;  4.  It 
must  have  passed  away  when  the  Jew- 
ish dispensation  wound  up,  for  they  were 
the  only  people  to  whom  it  waa  given. 
But  the  Sabbatarian  says  the  seventh 
day  was  given  to  the  patriarchs  before 
the  law. 

We  say,  too,  the  sacrifice  were  given 
to  the  patriarchs  befor  the  law.  Then 
when  their  dispensation  was  wound 
up  and  ended,  like  the  Jewish  dis- 
pensstioii,  its  laws  ended  with  it,  and 
are  not  binding  upon  the  Christian 
dispensation,  unle.ss  made  so  by  the  com- 
mand of  God  and  precept  of  inspired  men. 
We  will  now  notice  the  fourth  point, 
that  is,  the  object  for  which  it  was  giv- 


Marcli   7. 


THE    BRETHREi^^    aVT    AVORIC. 


,  ]i  (Gill.  ■■I:  111).  "Wheriifori.'tbenseiv- 
■tbthelawi  It  wns  ndiled  because  of 
tiansgressionstill  the  seed  should  come." 
There  we  Lave  one  reflson  why  the  law 
L'iven — "because  of  transgression;"  and 
;ilso  the  length  of  time  it  should  stand — 
■  till  the  seed  (Christ)  should  come." 
In  Romans  7:  fl,  7,  we  read,  "  lint  now 
we  are  delivered  from  the  law,  that  be- 
ing dead  wherein  we  were  held.*** 
Nay,  I  had  not  known  sin,  but  by  tlie 
law:  fori  had  not  known  lust,  except 
the  law  had  said,  Thou  shalt  not  covet." 
Paul  makes  tliree  points  here  worthy  of 
note:  1.  Thelawuiider  which  we  were 
lield  l}eing  dead,  we  are  freed  from  it;  2. 
In  the  si.xtli  verse,  he  declares  the  law  to 
be  dead;  3.  In  the  seventh  verse  he  con- 
nects the  phrase,  "thou  shalt  not  covet," 
\vitli  the  law  which  he  tells  us  is  dead ;  and 
notice,  that  is  part  of  the  ten  couiuiand- 
iiieats,  showing  again  tJie  Sabbatarian 
to  be  wrong,  when  he  makes  his  distinc- 
tion between  the  ten  commnndments  and 
the  law,  saying  one  passes  away  and  the 
other  is  pei-jietuated. 

"Wlieu  God  gave  the  law  of  the  Sabbath 
to  Israel,  he  said,  (E.w  IG:  4),  "  And 
the.  people  shall  go  out  and  gather  a  cer- 
tain rate  e^'ery  day,  that  I  may  prove 
them,  whether  they  will  walk  in  my  law, 
iir  no,"  Here  we  have  the  object  for 
whioh  the  Paljliath  law  was  given  to  Is- 
i;n.-l — "  Ihiit  I  mill/  j'fove  tjiem"  not  to 
tin-  C'hristiniiK,  or  Gentiles,  or  Patiiarchs, 
for  they  »i'e  to  be  proved  by  a  different 
law.  It  was  given  to  see  if  Israel  would 
"  walk  in  it  or  no;"  not  to  see  if  the 
Christian,  Gentile,  or  Patriarch  \vould 
■'  walk  in  it  or  no." 

In  conclusion,  upon  this  point,  we 
would  observe  that  the  law  was  given  to 
Israel  to  fence  them  in — to  separate  them 
from  other  nations — constituting  them  a 
peculiar  people;  making  them  the  de- 
pository of  God's  law  until  Christ,  the 
promised  seed,  should  come.  "^Vhen 
Christ  came,  it  was  His  work  to  break 
down  "  the  middle  wall  of  partition 
heWem  "  the  Jew  and  Gentile,  "  to  make 
in  himself  of  twain  one  new  man" — 
■me  new  church;  not  to  revise  the  old 
law  and  re-enact  it;  not  to  re^e  or 
.'hange  the  old  seventh  day  and  re-enact 
it;  but  to  take  it  out  of  the  way.  The 
Scriptures  do  not  tench  that  the  Jewish 
Siibbath  is  changed  to  a  Christian  Sab- 
bath ;  but  that  it  is  taken  away  and  a 
new  one,  ^rith  a  new  law,  made  for  the 
Christian.  Then  we  shall  not  try  to 
prove  that  the  Jewish  Sabbath  is  chang- 
ed, but  taken  nivay,  and  kept  no  more 
by  inspired  men  after  the  law  was  dead. 

THE  flltST  DAY  Of  THE  WEEK. 

AVe  now  come  to  consider  the  author- 
ity of  keeping  the  First  day  of  the  week, 
in  the  new  chin'oh,  as  a  sacred  and  holy 
day.  In  this  investigation,  we  do  not 
lontend  that  the  Jemsh  Sabbath,  or 
^L'venth  day;  is  changed  to  the  Christian 
Sabbath,  or  to  the  fii'st  day;  but  the  old 
one  is  taken  away,  and  the  first  day  is  a 
new  day  of  rest,  given  by  a  new  law,  in 
a  new  chui'ch,  to  be  kept  in  a  new  way, 
by  another  people,  where  there  is  neith- 
er Jew  nor  Greek,  AVhen  we  come 
to  the  new  church,  we  ask  for  a 
command  to  keep  the  Jewish  Saljbath; 
hwi  we  ask  in  vain,  for  there  is  none  giv- 
en to  the  new  church.  "We  ask  for  an 
example  of  the  apostles  in  the  primitive 
chm-ch,  keeping  the  seventh  day  as  a 
day  of  meeting  together,  a  day  of  rest ;  but 
we  ask  in  vain,  for  there  is  no  such  ex- 
ample in  the  Gospel. 

Then,  as  the  Christians  in  the  apostles' 
day  must  have  some  set  time — some  set 
day — on  which  to  meet  as  a  congregation 
to  woi'shij)  God,  we  ask  when  that  day 
was  ■  ou  which  day  of  the  ^\'eek  did  they 


assemble  for  lliat  purpose?  If  ihey  iis- 
sembled  for  that  pui-^jose,  and  kept  the 
Je\vi8li  Sabbath,  then  we  know  the 
Cliristian  should  do  so  now;  but  if  they 
assembled  on  the  first  day,  and  kept  it 
as  a  day  of  worshiji,  then  Ave  are  assm-ed, 
by  their  example,  that  the  church  should 
follow  their  divine  precedent  at  this  time. 
To  determine  this  question,  we  must  go 
to  the  inspired  men — to  those  who  were 
led  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

The  first  case  which  has  a  bearing  as 
evidence  on  the  subject  of  the  fifst  day 
as  a  day  of  peculiar,  special,  and  great 
importance  to  the  Christian,  is  predicat- 
ed on  the  first  that  occurred  after  the 
Jeivish  la^v  was  taken  away.  The  res- 
urrection of  our  Savior  was  on  the  first 
day  of  the  week.  On  that  day,  while 
the  disciples,  were  assembled  together, 
the  Savior  met  mth  them,  and  gave  them 
His  blessing,  saying,  "Peace  be  with 
you;"  and  talked  with  them,  teaching 
them  the  tiuth  concerning  the  resurrec- 
tion. That  first  Lord's  day  was  spent  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  consecrate  it  in  the 
mind  of  the  fiist  Christians,  hy  their 
meetingtogether  atone  place,  and  Christ's 
meeting  with  them ;  the  teaching  on  the 
great  subject  of  the  resurrection;  the 
blessing  of  the  Lord  there  given,  as  re- 
corded in  John  20:  19--23,  "Then  the 
same  day,  .it  evening,  being  the  first  daj' 
of  the  «'eek,  when  the  doors  were  shut, 
where  the  disciples  \vere  assembled  fo]- 
fear  of  the  Jews,  came  Jesus,  and  stood 
in  the  midst,  and  saith  unto  them.  Peace 
be  with  j-QU."  Here  is  the  first  Lord's 
day,  the  first  Christian  assembly,  and  the 
Lord  Jesus  meeting  with  them  after  the 
law  is  t^ken  away. 

Now  these  same  disciples  must  soon 
pass  a  Jewish  Sabbath,  while  the  Savior 
is  yet  on  earth.  If  they  meet  on  the 
Jemsh  Sabbath,  to  keep  it  in  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  it  will  then  be  good  evi- 
dence that  it  should  be  kejjt  now.  Do 
they?  No;  they  pass  the  Jewish  Sab- 
bath, and  say  not  a  word  about  it.  There 
was  no  meeting  with  the  Loi'd  on  that 
day,  which  must  have  left  the  first  day 
of  the  week — the  resmrection  day — the 
day  when  the  Lord  met  with  them  in 
their  assembly,  and  blessed  them,  and 
breathed  on  them  the  Holy  Spirit  that 
they  might  understand  the  Scriptures — 
impressed  deeply  upon  theii'  minds  and 
hearts.  The  resurrection,  the  meeting 
of  the  disciples,  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 
His  blessing  and  teaching  consecrated  it 
in  their  hearts  in  such  a  manner  that 
they,  by  the  Spirit,  have  given  it  to  us 
as  set  apart  for  Chi'istians  to  meet  and 
worship  God ;  and  it  was  continued  in 
the  church  as  a  meeting  day,  during  the 
apostolic  age,  as  we  shall  hereafter  prove. 

The  second  case  of  -evidence  is  in  John 
20:  2(5,  couched  in  the  following  lan- 
guage: "  And  after  eight  days,  again  His 
disciples  were  ivithin,  and  Thomas  with 
them.  Then  came  Jesits,  the  door  being 
shut,  and  stood  in  the  midst,  and  said, 
Peace  be  unto  yon."  Here  it  is  most 
likely  the  phrase  "  after  eight  days  "  al- 
luded to  the  same  day  of  the  week  on 
which  they  had  met  before,  for  the  apos- 
tle says,  "  And  again  lTi.sdis<-iples  were 
within,"  and  adds,  "thfduor  licingshut." 
And  Jesus  again  meets  with  tlicui,  and 
blesses  them,  showing  the  same  kind  of 
a  meeting,  on  a  stated  time.  As  the  time 
included  by  both  meetings  would  be 
eight  days,  it  seems  the  apostles  had  the 
fii'st  day  as  a  stated  time  to  meet.  One 
thing  is  evident  in  vegai'd  to  these  meet- 
ings, that  is,  neither  of  them  w&s  on  the 
Jewish  Sabbath;  for  they  pass  over  that 
period  without  making  any  reference  to 
it  whatever.  The  question  then  is  set- 
tled, that  when  the  disciples  met  ou  the 


■A\W. 


first  day  for  the  woi-ship  of  God,  and 
pass  the  seventh  without  such  meeting, 
or  in  any  way  keeping  it,  they  are  ac- 
cepted of  Him;  for  when  they  did  so, 
Jesus  met  with  them  and    blessed  them. 

The  third  case  which  has  a  bearing  on 
the  subject  is  in  Acts  2:1,  reading  iis 
follows:  "  And  when  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost wais  fully  come,  they  were  all  with 
one  accord  in  one  place,"  Here  is  anoth- 
er example  of  the  disciples  being  assem- 
bled together  on  the  first  day  of  the 
week.  Pentecost  being  fifty  daj's  after 
the  Passover  Sabbath,  it  hardly  leaves 
room  for  doubt  that  this  Pentecost  was 
just  seven  weeks  from  the  resurrection 
of  our  Lord.  Then  it  was  that  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit  descended  upon  them,  marking 
the  fii'st  day  of  the  week  in  their  minde, 
with  still  more  of  the  important  wonders 
of  the  new  dispensation.  All  the  great 
miracles  of  the  Christian  religion  being 
\\T0Ught  on  the  first  day  of  the  week — 
the  resiUTection,  the  baptism  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit — sho\vs  that  day  as  a  prop- 
er time  to  commemorate,  in  solemn  M'or- 
ship,  the  gi-eat  work  of  man's  redemp- 
tion. The  seventh  day  to  the  Jew  did 
commemorate  the  creation  of  the  world ; 
but  these  solemn  meetings  of  the  disci- 
ples, when  Jesus  met  with  them  and 
these  greatest  events  ever  Avitnessed  by 
man,  do  fitly  commemoratt.  the  new  cre- 
ation in  Christ  Jesus,  when  he  "  led  cap- 
tivity captive  and  gave  gifts  unto  men;" 
when  he  was  declared  to  be  the  Sou  of  God 
\v\\h.  power  by  the  resurrection  from  the 
dead.  These  three  witm-^i-— thr 
ties  three  times  ii-^-i'iiiMlnL' ti>^r,.|| 
the  first  day  and  \W  LnnI  l.lr<.-.iiiy  them 
on  that  day — stand  up  in  the  church  as 
sacred  examples,  ever  commemorating 
the  resurrection  of  our  Lord,  and  giv- 
ing us  assiu-ance  of  divine  approbation, 
when  we  after  their  example,  meet  on 
the  first  day  of  the  week  to  wait  upon 
the  Lord ;  while  our  meetings  like  theirs, 
keep  in  memory  the  wonders  of  His  res- 
urrection. Then  since  the  Lord  bless- 
ed the  disciples  in  three  meetings  with- 
in fifty  days  after  the  resurrection,  and 
all  these  meetings  were  on  the  fii'st  day 
of  the  week,  and  in  that  period  there 
was  no  resting  on  the  seventh  day — no 
mention  of  keeping  it  in  any  manner — 
these  facts  make  the  way  of  the  Chris- 
tian so  plain,  clear,  and  safe,  that  we 
need  not  hesit-ate  a  moment  on  this  sub- 
ject. But  we  have  more  evidence  than 
this. 

The  fourth  ease  as  evidence  is  in  Acts 
20:  7,  where  we  read:  "And  upon  the 
fii-st  day  of  the  week,  when  the  disci- 
ples came  together  to  break  bread." 
Here  is  important  evidence  on  this  sub- 
ject. The  apostles  came  to  Troas,  and 
abode  seven  days.  Then  they  must  have 
passed  over  the  Jewish  Sabbath  again  as 
though  there  had  been  no  such  thing 
known  among  them;  for  they  say  noth- 
ing about  it:  but  when  came  to  the  first 
day  of  the  week,  then  they  came  togeth- 
er as  the  Lord's  people,  in  the  Lord's 
name.  Now  if  we  follow  the  example 
of  the  apostle  and  the  church  at  Troas, 
we  must  have  the  first  day  set  apart  for 
the  woi-ship  of  God.  And  this  is  anoth- 
er example  of  importance,  because  it  is 
by  the  apostolic  church  and  the  apostle 
led  by  the  Spirit  of  Truth. 

TliB  fifth  case  of  evidence  ia  lu  1.  Cor.  16:2, 
wliere  Paul  saya;  "  Dptti  tbe  first  day  of  tlie  week, 
let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  iiim  in  store,  ns  God 
baa  prospered  him,  tliat  there  bono  gatherings 
when  I  come."  Notice  this  passage  closely.  Tlie 
apostle  does  not  tell  them  to  come  together  on  the 
first  day  of  ihe  week,  but  he  commands  them  to 
do  a  certain  work  of  cbiirity  on  tliat  day ;  and  the 
way  he  commanda  it,  ahowa  conclusively  that  they 
were  in  the  halit  of  a^^embliog  on  ihat  day.  He 
says,  "That  there  be  no  gathering  when  I  come;" 


aud  [he  coiilribulioQ  loade  in  the  assembly,  L=  the 
only  way  llmt  could  prevent  the  ^tbering  when 
he  eanie.  If  they  had  not  kept  the  iirs;  day  of 
the  week,  and  assembled  on  that  day,  hiHV  could 
these  directions  make  auything  ready  ugninst  the 
time  of  his  comhig.  There  is  no  fact  more  clear 
than  this.  If  wo  would  ivrito  to  a  church  in  the 
habitof  meeling  on  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
that  wo  wished  them  to  du  somothiu^  on  that  day, 
wo  would  us«  juHt  aiioh  language  as  Paul  dkl ;  hut 
we  cannot  see  how  writing  in  that  manner  tn  a 
church  which  kept  Jewish  time  could  prevent  the 
gathering.  That  would  be  telling  tbom  to  lay  hy 
their  conU'lbution  theday  af^r  their  meeting;  and 
how  that  could  save  gathering  when  Paul  came, 
is  something  that  cannot  be  explainral ;  therelore 
we  believe  it  is  not  true. 

The  sixth  evidence  is  in  Rev,  1:  10,  John  says, 
"  I  was  in  the  Spirit  on  the  Lord's  day,"  Here 
is  a  day  distinguished  from  the  Jewish  Sabbath; 
because  the  Jewish  Sabbath  ianot  called  the  Lord's 
day.  This  phrase,  and  this  day,  are  peculiarly 
Gospel  in  tlielr  appointment  and  importnnce.  And 
what  other  day  could  be  so  well  called  the  Lord's 
day  as  that  of  His  resurrection  1  for  that  day  in 
the  Christian  Scriptures  is  potent  with  great  events, 
the  most  sacred  and  holy,  and  must  ever  bo  con- 
secratcd  in  the  heart  of  the  now  church,  built  on 
the  death,  burial,  and  resurrection  of  our  adora- 
ble Redeemer,  as  its  great  essential  truths. 

HISTORICAL   EVIDESCR, 

Wo  will  give  another  cla^  of  evidence  before 
We  close  our  arguments  in  favor  of  the  first  day. 
This  becomes  necessary,  because  some  have  said, 
thai  the  first  day  was  established  as  a  day  of  wor- 
ship hy  the  authority  of  Coustantine.  But  this  is 
tt  great  mistake,  ns  wo  will  show.  Long  before 
the  timo  of  Constantinc,  Ignatius,  who  was  made 
bishop  of  Antioch  about  the  year  A.  D.  70,  a  part 
of  his  life  being  contemporary  with  the  the  apos- 
tles, was  sent  by  the  Emperor  Trajan  to  Rome,  in 
the  year  A.  D.  107,  a  captive  for  his  faitli  as  a 
Cliristian,  to  be  devoured  by  wild  beasts.  He  re- 
ceived his  sentence  with  joy,  exclaiming,  "  I  thank 
thee,  0  Liord,  that  thou  hast  condescnded  to  hon- 
or me  with  thy  love,  and  has  thought  me  wortliy, 
with  thy  apostle  Paul,  to  be  bouud  in  iron  chains." 
Ou  his  way  to  Rome,  he  wrote  from  Smyrna  to 
the  church  at  Magnesia  in  these  words,  "  Where- 
fore, if  ihuy  who  were  brought  up  in  these  ancient 
laws  came  nevertheless  to  newness  of  hope,  no 
loixger  observing  Sabbaths,  but  keeping  the  Lord's 
day,  in  which  our  life  is  sprung  up  by  Him,  and 
through  His  death,  whom  yet  some  deny."  He 
liirther  says,  "It  is  absurd  to  name  Jeaua  Christ 
and  to  Judai^e ;  for  the  Christian  religion  did  not 
embrace  the  Jewish,  but  the  Jewish,  the  Chrisdan, 
that  so  every  tongue  that  bclieveth  might  be  gath- 
ered together  in  God."  Epis.  to  Mag.  chapter  3. 
How  similar  this  to  the  language  of  Paul,  (Col.  2: 
16),  "  liSt  no  man  therefore  judge  you  in  meat  or 
in  di-ink,or  inrespect  of  an  holy  day,  or  of  the 
new  moon,  or  of  the  Sabbath  days." 

We  would  observe  further  that  Pliny,  Justin 
Martyr, Terlullian,Ireneus.Origen,and  the  learn- 
ed Bengal,  all  unite  to  prove  that  the  first  day  of 
Ihe  week  was  kept  instead  of  the  Jewish  Sabbatb, 
from  the  time  of  the  apostles.  There  is  no  fact  in 
the  Christian  religion  that  can  be  traced  back  to 
the  apostles  with  more  certainty  than  that  of  keep- 
ing the  Lord's  day  as  consecrated  to  public  wor- 
shiji.  And  the  Lord's  <lay  was  kept  from  the 
very  first  iu  contradistincliuii  from  the  Jeivish 
Sabbath. 

OBJECTIONB  AN8WERED. 

We  will  now  speak  of  some  objections  that  are 
brought  against  the  first  day,  then  we  are  done  for 
the  present. 

Wo  will  first  uotolhal  the  Sabbatarian  demands 
of  us  to  prove  that  the  toventh  day  has  been  re- 
pealed or  changed.  No  need  of  proving  that  it 
has  been  repealed,  until  it  is  first  proved  to  bi  a 
law  given  to  the  church.  We  deny  its  being  a 
law  given  to  the  Christian.  It  was  ^ven  to  thi. 
.Tewisli  church,  but  that  has  passed  away  with  the 
law-  Then  it  is  evident  that  we  need  not,  and 
could  not,  prove  the  repeal  of  a  law  until  the  law 
is  proved  to  exist.  So  far  as  the  Jewish  church 
is  concernetl,  we  cio  easily  prove  the  law  to  have 
existed,  and  just  a<  easily  can  we  prove  the  death 
■  if  the  law,  and  the  end  of  the  church  ;  but  so  far 
as  the  Christian  is  concerned,  it  is  uot,  and  can- 
not be  proved  a  law,  therefore  we  could  not  prove 
the  repeal  of  a  law  that  did  not  exist.  So  far  as 
the  Patriarchs  are  cnicerned,  it  might  have  been 
a  law  to  them;  like  the  sacrifices  of  that  age 
it  might  even  constitute  a  part  of  their  religion. 
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moucy.  tpcfiTf  stmliiig  it  lo  tia,  SloQOj  Ordoni,  Drifts, 
mill  llcgiiiprpil  Irf^MPrB  mnj  be  Ben  I  nt  onr  risk.  Tbey 
should  be  mii<l>i  piiynblo  lo  Mooro,  Bnshor  &  Ksbclmun, — 
Subacripliona,  nnd  commimiciilioDS  inlcmlcd  for  tlio  pn- 
per,  n»  well  u  oil  busincJii  moUers  conncclcd  nilb  llio  of- 
Tice  sbould  lie  nddT»9od 

U00B2,  BASHOE  &  ESSEI.UA1T, 
Ljumrb,  Carroll  Co.,  Ill- 


LA17ABZ,  ILL, 


MARCH  7,  1ST8. 


"  Over  1.900  cifci/.eiis  of  New  Haven,  Conn., 
have  signed  a  petition,  asking  the  hoard  of  odii- 
cution  to  reconsidfir  their  vote,  excludijig  th'.' 
Bible  from  the  public  schools," 


ESPEniiiEiiTs  have  lately  been  mnde  witli 
electricity  to  light  up  synngosnes  and  streuts. 
The  light  is  not  only  much  better,  bnt  a  great 
deal  chciiper.    Some  cities  talk  of  trying  it, 


TnF.KE  is  no  liiek  ol'  worl:  for  those  who  wish 
to  do  something  pcvsonally,  to  extend  the  Gns- 
jH?!.  If  the  laity  will  nnitedly  engage  in  the 
great  work,  they  can   accomplish  au   untold 

amount  of  good. 


Pebsons,  having  No.  1  of  Vol.  I  of  the 
BnETHitEK  AT  WoRK  uiid  nofc  wishing  to  pre- 
serve it,  ■nill  confer  jl  ftivor  hy  tbrwarding  to 
this  office,  We  would  ■  like  to  have  several 
copies.  ^   

Bno.  J.  S.  Flory  has  changed  his  address  from 
Greeley,  Colo.,  to  Loagniont,  Colorado.  The 
change  is  made  in  order  to  locate  in  tlie  midst 
of  the  uiembere  in  Boulder  Co.,  and  also  to 
facilitate  his  business. 


Bro.  Bashor  dosed  his  labors  in  Eagle  Creek 
ehuruh,  0,,  the  !2Tth  ult.  The  immediate  result 
of  liis  labors  wci-o  ten  additions  by  baptism  and 
one  more  applicant.  Among  the  number  re- 
ceived into  fellowship  was  a  Methodist  preacher. 


A  POOR  brother  writes:  "Some  days  ago  Bro. 

sent  his  little  son  to  my  hermitage  with 

a  basket  of  i)rovisions."  This  is  the  kind  of 
praying  that  makes  the  heart  rejoice  and  God 
n-ill  bless  all  such  for  tlieiv  acta  of  kindness. — 
Remember  the  poor  and  do  them  good. 


By  request  it  is  re-anuounced  that  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting  of  Northern  Indiana,  will  be 
held  in  the  English  Prairie  congregation,  May 
9, 1S7S,  commencing  at  9  o'clock.  Tliose  com- 
ing from  the  South  will  stop  at  La  Grange 
Center,  and  those  from  the  North  at  Lima. 
where  they  will  he  met  by  the  brethren. 


All  our  readere  are  anxious  to  Viww  some- 
tliing  about  the  Steiu  and  Ray  debate,  nnd  we 
are  going  to  do  our  best  to  accommodate  them. 
Remember  that  the  paper  will  be  sent  from  the 
beginning  of  the  debate  to  the  end  of  the  pres- 
ent year  for  S1.20.  Now  let  each  of  our  present 
sabaeribers  endeavor  to  send  us  at  leiLst  one 
new  subscriber. 


Bno.  D.  B.  Gibson  of  Peirin,  Mo.,  says:  "The 
more  I  read  your  paper,  the  better  I  like  it.  — 
Your  "Saturday  Night"  in  last  number,  is  a 
gem,  and  I  am  glad  that  there  is  one  preacher 
that  has  the  humble  boldness  to  speak  it  right 
out,  aud  appeal  direct  to  the  hearts  of  the 
brotherhood.  Go  on  in  the  way  you  have  he- 
gun,  aud  the  Lonl  will  bless  you." 


"Onr  Sabbath,  while  at  church  with  her 
mother,  a  little  girl,  about  five  years  old,  heani 
the  preacher  praying  veiy  loud.  Turning  to 
her  raotlier,  and  beckoning  the  maternal  ear  to 
nspeak-ing  distance,  she  whispered:  'Mother, 
don't  you  think,  that  if  lie  lived  nearer  to  God, 
he  wouldn't  have  to  talk  so  loud?'  Such  a 
question  is  worth  a  volume  of  elocution  in 
prayer."  ^ 

SrsAN  W.  Denton  of  Sulphur  S|)riiigs, 
TexHS,  though  not  a  member,  speaK's  very  high- 
ly of  the  paper,  pamphlets  and  tracts,  the  nicia- 
l>ers  have  been  sending  her.  She  eaya:  "  1  am 
a  Baptist,  but  t-steem  your  church  very  highly, 
-IS  I  learn  its  tenets  from  the  literature  which 
has  been  kindly  sent  me  for  distribution.  I 
have  given  it  out  to  my  neighbors  and  sent  it 
nil' by  mail  and  other  ways  to  parties  atadi.s- 
liuice,  aud  almost  every  one  Ecems  to  be  well 
ploaseil   with   it." 


A  iiiKisTEit  who  knows  how  to  gladden  poor 
hearts  writes  thus:  "Please  Gml  enclosed  two 
dollars  (half  the  amount  recently  received  for  a 
little  matter  of  my  service,  the  other  half  sent 
to  the  P.  C.)  towards  sending  the  papers  to 
brethren  who  are  unable  to  pay  for  them."  "Go 
thou  and  do  likewise"  on  the  pm-t  of  many 
others,  might  result  in  great  good  to  those  who 
hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness. 


Ok  another  page  will  be  found  an  able  article 
on  the  Sabbath  question  li'om  the  pen  of  Bro. 
R.  H.  Miller.  It  waa  published  in  the  Primitive 
Cliristimi  some  years  ago,  hut  as  many  of  our 
readers  need  some  assistance  on  this  subject,  we 
give  them  the  article  entire,  trusting  that  from 
it  they  ivill  be  able  to  glean  something  of  great 
worth  in  defending  the  doctrine  of  the  Breth- 


Cakds  are  in  circulation  containing  the  fol- 
lowing which  persons  sign  as  a  pledge: 

_ "  I,  the  undersigned,  do  pledge  my  woxd  nnd 
honor,  God  helping  me,  to  abstain  from  the  use 
of  profape  language,  and  that  I  will  by  all  hon- 
omble  means,  encourage  others  to  abstain." 

This  is  a  good  thing  among  those  not  profes- 
sors, but  evidentlyuot  needed  among  Christians, 
for  they  have  already  signed  a  pledge  which 
reads,  "  Swear  not  nt  all." 


In  \vi-iting  to  this  office,  please  be  knnd 
enough  to  give  vaine,  post  office,  county  and 
Slate  plniiitj/ v/vMeu.  We  are  generally  able 
to  read  everything  in  a  letter,  hut  the  way 
iiawi'S  aresometimcs  written,  is  too  bad.  There 
are  some  peojde,  it  would  seem,  just  try  how 
care'ess  they  can  write  their  address.  This  is 
one  reason  why  so  miiuy  fail  to  get  what  they 
ordei- — their  Ifillcrs  axe  easily  read,  but  ivhen  it 
comes  to  deciphering  the  addrcs-i,  it  is  terrible. 
A  liint  to  the  wise  is  sufficient. 


A  urxiSTER  being  asked  why  he  made  his 
sermons  so  long,  remarked:  "I  haven't  time  to 
make   them  short."     This  means  more  than 

some  people  have  an  idea.  It  takes  work  to 
compress  a  long  sermon  into  a  short  space,  Just 
like  it  takes  tune  to  analyze  and  rewrite  an  arti- 
cle, making  it  occupy  buthalf  its  former  spiice. 
The  ability  to  condense  matter  is  as  rare  as  it  is 
needful.  Ministers,  instead  of  studying  how 
to  string  out  their  disconrses,  ought  to  be  culti- 
vating the  habit  of  abridging  them. 


Lizzie  K.  Howe,  formerly  from  Wadaani's 
Grove,  III.,  writes  from  Texas,  under  date  of 
Feb.  20fch  as  follows:  "We  are  within  nine 
miles  of  our  destination.  Although  iwe  are  in 
a  '  strange  laud,'  we  do  not  feel  like  '  strangers ' 
at  present,  as  we  are  stopping  with  Bro.  Wag- 
man.  We  can  hardly  realize  that  we  are  so  far 
from  loved  ones;  these  large  and  beautiful  prai- 
ries remind  us  of  Northern  Illinois.  What  a 
beautiful  consolation  in  the  thought  that  God 
dwells  here  as  well  tis  elsewhere,  and  has  the 
same  care  for  His  children  in  thisplace  as  ivhere 
they  are  more  numerous." 


The  Ashland  (Ohio)  Times  of  Feb.  21  reports 
a  successfiil  meeting  by  the  Brethren  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  Ashland  school.  We  would  judge 
from  present  indications  that  their  prospects 
are  good,  and  ere  long  they  ivill  have  things  on 
a  good  working  basis.  The  quiet  aud  steady 
manner  in  which  they  have  been  working  up 
the  enterprise,  is  quite  commendable,  and  shows 
what  can  be  done  by  a  careful,  steadj-  aim.  The 
Board  of  Incorporatore  have  already  secured 
the  chai-ter  of  the  institution,  under  the  name 
of  "  The  Ashland  College."  The  election  of 
twenty-one  trustees  was  to  have  takon  ])]nce  on 
the  23rd.  _ 

There  is  in   Constantinople  an  old  church 

building,  erected- by  Juatuiian  in  the  j'ear  532, 
and  called  St.  Sophia.  It  was  the  most  magni- 
ficent building  of  the  age,  and  was  to  the  olil 
Greek  church,  what  "St.  Peters,"  is  to  Rome. 
For  nearly  a  thousand  j-ears  it  stood  as  the  ad- 
miration of  the  Greek  or  Eastern  church,  and 
then  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Mohammedans 
imd  was  made  by  them  a  mosque.  But  now 
-since  the  "king  of  the  North,"  has  marched 
down  and  conquered  Turkey,  it  is  supposed 
that  Russia  mil  demand  the  restoration  of  St. 
Sophia  to  the  Greek  church,  thus  giving  her  a 
strong  hold  in  the  great  capital  of  the  East, 


In  reply  to  a  correspondent  who  wants  an 
explanati<m  of  his  dream,  we  remark  that  we 
are  not  skilled  in  that  kind  of  business.  In  fact 
we  never  had  very  much  confidence  in  the  gen- 
erality of  modern  dreams.  We  are  not  requir- 
ed to  believe  in  the  dreams  of  these  times,  nor 
is  it  needful  that  we  know  the  interpretation 
therefor.  God  has  given  us  the  perfect  law  of 
liberty,  containing  all  about  heaven,  and  divine 
things,  that  He  intended  we  should   know  in 


this  life,  and  therelore  for  a  more  thorough 
knowledge  of  that  pertaining  to  our  duty  to- 
ward Gml  and  man,  it  becomes  us  to  appeal  di- 
rectly to  the  Scriptures.  If  in  all  things  wc 
will  hearken  unto  "that  prophet"  we  need  not 
be  alarmed  about  either  dreams  or  anything 
therewith  connected. 


Among  the  Gleanings,  will  be  found  a  scrap 
from  Bro.  Enoch  Eby.  It  appears  that  instead 
of  meeting  their  ivives  at  Hamburg,  they  re- 
turned to  Hjorring  and  e.xpect  to  leave  there 
for  England  soon  after  the  fifth  of  February, — 
The  telegram  received,  shows  that  they  reach- 
ed London  in  safety,  and  that  they  are  now  on 
the  ocean;  hence  by  the  time  this  reaches  our 
readers,  they  will  be  Hearing  the  port  of  New 
York,  if  the  Lord  gave  them  a  successful  voy 
age.  Tlicy  earnestly  request  the'  prayera  of  the 
brethren  and  sistei-s,  that  they  may  return  in 
safety  to  those  of  tike  precious  faitli,  and  loved 
ones  at  home.  Bro.  Eby  says;  "We  think 
we  have  e.vpcrienced  since  we  left,  that  the 
prayers  of  the  faithful  are  of  givat  advantage. 
Will  He  not  avenge  His  elect,  which  cry  unto 
Him  day  and  night?     Yea,  speedily." 


TnERB  are,  at  the  present  time  about  fifteen 
or  twenty  inembei-s  in  Chicago,  but  living 
different  parts  of  the  city.  These,  including 
the  members'  clijldren  living  there,  might,  if 
collected,  make  up  a  pretty  fair  congregation. 
The  Brethren  have  held  no  meetings  in  the 
city  of  late,  though  they  did  some  years  ago.  It 
-eoius  however,  that  no  special  eifort  was  made 
to  build  up  a  church,  as  there  were  hut  n  few 
members  iu  the  place  at  the  time,  and  the  en- 
couragement not  very  good.  The  house  in 
ivhich  the  Brethren  preached  is  still  standing, 
and  belongs  to  the  Winebreunarians.  We 
think  that  some  efforts  should  he  made  to  hold 
some  meetings  iu  the  city.  ^Ve  would  like  to 
have  sent  us  the  names  of  all  the  inemhers  in 
the  city,  and  on  what  street  they  live.  A: 
visit  Chicago  quite  frequently,  it  would  alford 
us  much  pleasure  to  call  on  them  and  bee 
acquainted.     Brethren,  let  us  hear  from  yoi 


THE  JEWS  OF  JERUSALEM. 

THE  crowded  statu  of  Jorusalein  is  becoming 
quite  unpleasant  of  late,  and  is  materially 
atl'ectuig  the  present  condition  of  the  sacred 
spot.  The  country  is  flooded  with  paupers  of 
every  grade  depending  on  the  charities  of  oth- 
oi-s  for  support;  while  the  agi-icultural  resources 
of  the  laud  in  its  present  state  of  cultivation  an 
not  sufficient  to  supply  the  wants  of  all.  Un- 
less something  is  done  to  prevent  the  present 
rapid  flow  of  emigration  into  the  city,  its  suffer- 
ing condition  will  become  alarming, 

A  late  writer  says:  "  The  heads  of  the  differ- 
ent communities,  especially  of  the  Polish  nnd 
German  Minhagim  -should  adopt  the  most  strin- 
geut  measures  to  stop  immigration  altogether. 
Pel-sons  an-iviug  at  Jenisaleni  without  means  of 
existence  should  not  he  received  into  any  of  the 
congregations.  Circulars  should  he  forwarded 
to  the  principal  congregations  of  Poland,  whence 
pauperism  is  mostly  recruited,  informing  them 
that  after  a  certain  date,  destitute  strangers  ar- 
riving would  not  be  helped  by  any  existing  char- 
ity or  private  individual.  Of  course,  all  harsh- 
ness, even  in  appearance,  should  be  avoided  in 
dealing  with  persons  whose  misfortunes  may  be 
attributed  to  the  faults  of  a  system  rather  than 
to  their  own.  When  the  countries  aud  classes 
supplying  the  flood  of  poverty  flowing  toward? 
Palestine  become  convinced  that  the  pretence  of 
studying  the  law  no  longer  suffices  to  secure  the 
free  maintatuance,  even  of  the  poorest  descrip- 
tion, we  may  expect  to  see  an  amelioration  in 
the  state  of  the  Jews  in  the  Holy  Land.  Some 
scheme  for  the  emigration  of  those  who  m-e 
physically  competent  to  work,  but  are  unable  to 
find  employment,  might  perhaps  be  devised. 
Several  countries  might  be  selected  to  form  ex- 
periments of  this  nature." 


THE   STEIN—RAY  DISCUSSION. 

ON  March  sixth  the  discussion  between 
Bro.  J.  W.  Stein  and  Elder  D.  B.  Ray  of 
the  Baptist  church,  will  commence  in  Newtonia, 
Mo.,  and  continue  several  days.  Our  i-eadera 
may  look  for  an  interesting  synopsis  of  the  de- 
bate, as  Bro.  Moore  left  here  on  the  afternoon 
of  the  fourth  to  attend  thu  discussion  through- 
out. The  main  arguments  of  both  parties  mil 
he  presented  in  our  paper,  thus  affording  our 
brethren  not  only  an  excellent  opportunity  of 
noticing  the  difference  between  the  Brethren 
and  the  Baptists,  but  the  world  also  can  glean 
matter  for  serious  reflection. 


Would  not  this  be  a  good  opportunity  to  dis- 
semiuatc  the  Truth  as  wo  believe  nnd  practice 
it?  The  discussion  is  entered  on  the  part  of 
Bro.  Stein,  iu  onler  to  do  good,  —  that  {lersons 
in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  debate  may  be 
induced  to  obey  the  Lord  iu  "all  things,"  what- 
soever Ho  has  commanded.  If  it  should  reach 
hearts  and  convert  them  when  hearing  it  orally, 
why  not  also  reach  some  writlenly?  Webelievo 
it  will;  therefore  suggest  luid  kindly  request 
that  each  of  our  renders  make  an  effort  to  send 
us  subscribei-s.  Have  you  a  neighbor  or  a  friend 
who  would  likely  he  benefited  bj  reading  our 
paper  the  balance  of  the  year?  Then  extend  to 
him  the  privilege,  and  if  ho  refuse,  or  is  not 
able  to  pay  for  it,  then  do  the  next  heat  thing  if 
you  can — pay  for  it  yourself  nnd  send  it  to  him. 
Do  not  wait  for  a  prospectus,  hut  at  once  re- 
solve yourself  into  an  agent,  go  to  work  and  let 
us  see  how  active  the  army  of  lirclhren  nf  Work 
can  be — how  many  new  readers  we  shall  have 
commencing  with  the  Newtonia  Discussion, 
From  that,  until  Jan.  1st,  18711,  the  paj^er  will 
bo  sent  to  any  part  of  the  United  States  or  Can- 
ada, for  S1.20.  Put  the  amount  in  n  well  scaled 
envelope,  address  it  plainly,  Moore,  Bashor  and 
Eshehnan,  Lanark,  111.,  and  wo  shall  run  all 
risks.  Don't  fail  to  give  this  your  attention. 
We  will  not  publish  a  full  report,  hut  a  synop- 
sis of  the  discussion,  and  our  reader  may  de- 
pend upon  it  that  Bro.  Mooro  will  make  it 
interesting  for  them,  and  well  worth  the  price 
of  the  paper.  Now  let  us  see  how  many  new 
subscribers  we  shall  have.  jr.  u.  e. 


NAAMAW. 


IN  the  fifth  chapter  of  second  Kings  we  have 
an  account  of  Noainan,  the  captain  of  the 
host  of  Syria,  and  how  he  was  cured  of  a  loath- 
some dise.isc. 

Naamim  was  a  captain,  or  commander  of  the 
army  of  Syria.  A  man  not  only  of  rank,  but 
evidently  of  great  wealth.  He  wielded  an  influ- 
ence of  no  small  moment,  not  only  with  the 
king,  hut  over  the  ai'my  of  which  he  was  con-,- 
mauder.  He  had  a  loathsome  disease  known  as 
the  white  leprosy,  said  in  that  country  to  he  in- 
curabie. 

With  all  his  wealth,  rank,  learning imd  influ- 
ence he  was  of  no  real  enjoyment  to  either  him- 
self or  any  one  else,  because  of  his  unpleasant 
and  disagreeable  disea.se.  He  hail  jn  his  family 
a  Hebrew  maiden  that  was  captured  and  carried 
from  her  native  land,  and  became  a  servant  in 
his  family.  This  little  maiden  one  day  remark- 
ed that  she  wished  her  lord  were  with  the  proph- 
et in  Samaria,  that  he  might  be  cured  of  his 
disease.  Then  the  king  of  Syria  gave  Naaman 
letter?,  and  sent  him  over  lo  the  king  of  Israel. 
But  when  Naaman  presented  his  letters  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  the  king  became  exceedingly  an- 
gry andsaid,  "  Am  I  God  to  kill  and  makealivc? 
Why  send  such  a  man  to  me  with  a  disea.se  that 
is  ijicurable?  Does  not  the  king  of  Syria  know 
that  the  white  leprosy  cannot  be  cured?  and 
now  sends  a  case  to  mc  which  I  take  as  an  in- 
sult." 

But  there  was  an  old  prophet,  by  the  name  of 
Elisho,  in  the  land  of  Israel,  and  when  he  heard 
how  the  king  of  Israel  had  rent  his  clothes  in 
anguish,  he  sent  word  for  Naaman  to  eomo  to 
him  and  he  would  show  him  there  was  yet  a 
prophet  iu  Israel.  Natunan  made  his  way  to 
the  humble  dwelling  where  the  prophet  was, 
and  halted  with  his  splendid  outfit  and  dazzling 
array  in  front  of  the  prophet's  house,  expect- 
ing that  something  remarkable  would  occur. 
He  was  a  man  of  rank  and  wealth,  and  there- 
fore, as  he  thought,  should  be  treated  according- 
ly. When  the  i)rophet  sent  him  word  to  go  and 
wash  himself  seven  times  in  Jordan  and  he 
shoidd  he  cleansed,  he  was  completely  unnerved. 
He  did  not  supjiose  that  the  prophet  of  God 
would  tell  him  to  do  such  a  little  insiguiGcant 
work.  He  expected  him  to  come  out,  strike  hLs 
hand  over  him  in  some  grand  style,  call  on  the 
name  of  his  God  aud  thus  cure  him. 

Naaman  wanted  to  be  cured — had  no  desire 
to  remain  in  the  condition  he  was,  and  willing  ■ 
to  do  any  great  thing  that  the  prophet  might 
demand  of  him.  He  was  Uke  some  people  are 
noiv.  They  are  sinners,  away  from  God,  and 
without  hope.  They  want  to  be  saved,  hut  wish 
to  have  their  o(vn  way  al)out  it — arc  willing  to 
do  any  great  thing  that  God  may  ask  or  rcqm're 
of  thein,  Naaman  became  disgusted  at  the 
prophet,  not  because  the  prophet  told  him  to  do 
something,  bat  because  he  did  not  tell  him  to  do 
some  great  thing.     In  short  he  wanted  to  be 


March   7. 


THE    n-RETI-IRK>r    AT    M^OIR-R. 


ciireii,  but  wisliM  to  have  his  own  way  nboiit  it, 
He  begins  to  reason:  Are  not  tlio  rivers  of 
Abunit  and  I'hiirpar — beitutiful  streams  of  clea 
water — better  tbrm  Fill  Ibe  watei?  of  Israel 
thus  trying  to  evade  God's  iinsitivc  coniniatidto 
go  to  Jordan.  Hut  if  Naaman  did  not  hav 
yoo<I  jodgraent  lie  had  servants  with  him  wb 
did.  They  told  him  if  the  prophet  had  bid  thee 
do  some  great  thing,  wouldat  thou  nothave  done 
it?  Naanian  could  not  answer  a  word.  If  do- 
ing some  great  thing  according  to  the  command 
of  the  propliet  would  cure  you,  how  much  rath- 
er then  wlien  he  snycth  to  thee,  ivosh  and  be 
clean.  2fanmnn  consented  to  go  down  to  the 
river  Jordan,  and  dips  himself  seven  times  ac- 
cording to  the  suyiugs  of  the  man  of  God,  and 
came  forth  a  cured  miib. 

But  the  question  comes  up,  wbnt  cured  Na»- 
man?  He  goes  doivn  into  the  wut^'r  n  diseased 
man  and  conies  np  cnred.  Was  it  the  water 
that  cured  him?  I  say  nay,  for  there  Can  be  no 
real  virtue  iu  water.  Was  it  tlie  propliet  that 
cured  him?  Not  at  nil,  for  man  has  no  power 
over  such  a  diseiise  as  that.  Was  it  the  seven 
dips  that  cured  him?  Wo  answer  nay,  for  he' 
might  have  dipped  himself  forty  times  in  some 
other  |ilace  and  would  not  have  been  heiiefited 
in  the  Icnst.  Tlien  again,  what  was  it  that  cur- 
ed him?  We  answer,  it  was  God.  Tlic  proph- 
et of  the  Lord  had  told  bim  if  ho  would  dip 
himself  seven  times  in  Jordan  he  should  be 
cleansed  of  the  leprosy.  He  went  and  did  just 
what  Qod  told  him  to  do,  and  then  God,  accord- 
ing to  pramisc,  clennse<l  him  of  bis  Ie|>ro3y.  A 
j>nrallel  ca-sc  to  tliis  may  lie  found  'where  tb< 
Savior  told  the  hiiud  man  to  go  wash  in  the  pool 
of  Siloam,  and  he  sbo\ild  come  seeing.  The 
blind  man  did  so  and  his  sight  was  restored  im- 
mediately. It  was  a  divuic  poiver  that  restored 
his  eyes  and  not  the  water  in  which  be  washed. 
From  these,  we  may  learn  vahiable  lessons 
I'egarding  other  divine  commands.  The  trul^- 
penitent  believer  is  told  to  he  baptized  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remission  of  sin. 


water,  iniil  UiipHmii  irilli  lln-  /in! i;  films/.  Wns 
either  of  thrse  by  iiinnersinii?  These  two  are 
almost  idways  united.  Jeans  was  baptized  with 
water,  and,  at  the  same  time,  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  al.so,  In  His  conversation  with  Nico- 
demns,  He  sjieaks  of  being  '  born  of  water,  and 
of  the  Holy  Glio.st.' 

In  Acts  1:  5,  we  are  informed  that  our  Lord 
littered  to  His  disciples,  ten  days  before  the 
pouring  out  of  the  Holy  Gliost  at  Pentecost, 
these  words:  'John  tnily  baptized  with  water, 
but  ye  sh.ilt  be  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
not  many  days  hence.'  We  note  here  that  the 
sajne  word  *  baptized."  both  in  English  and  in 
the  Greeli,  is  applied  to  water  and  to  the  Holy 
Ghost — '  hiiptiwd  ivith  water ' — '  baptized  \vith 
the  Holj'  Ghost.'  As  the  same  word  is  nsed  in 
connection,  both  with  water  and  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  the  mode  of  the  one  must  be  the  mode 
of  the  other.  If  to  baptize  with  water,  means 
t.i  ,li|)  jiilu  wiihT,  then  to  baptize  with  the  Holy 
liliiji  iFiii.l  iiHMu  to  dip  into  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Tin  iv.ini  iijii-t,  of  com-se,  have  a  meaning,  imd 
if  if  uhM)!-,  Ill  ilip,  then  it  must  mean,  to  dip, 
in  the  one  connection  as  well  as  in  the  other. 
If  its  meaning  is  to  dip,  and  as  it  is  used  in  con- 
nection, both  with  water  and  the  Holy  Gliost, 
it  must  mean  to  dip,  both  into  water  and  into 
the  Holy  Ghost.  To  dip  into  the  Holy  Ghost 
"     "  absurd. 


Paul  was  told  to  "  arise  and  be  baptized  and 
wash  away  thy  sin,  calling  on  the  name  of  the 
Lord."  Was  it  water  that  washed  away  the 
sins  of  the  three  thousand  Pentecosfcians?  That 
conld  not  be,  for  there  is  no  sin-pardoning  vir- 
tue in  the  simple  element  of  water.  Water  has 
no  power  to  wash  away  sin — the  virhie  docs  not 
■  lie  in  the  water,  but  in  the  power  of  God.  No 
power,  bnt  divine  power,  can  cleanse  the  sinner 
of  his  sin.  Nothing  but  a  super-human  power 
tan  remove  from  the  transgressor,  the  great 
burden  of  sin  resting  on  him.  We  are  fold 
tiiat,  ivithout  the  shedding  of  blood  there  is  no 
i-emission  of  sin;  and  also,  that  Christ's  blood 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin.  The  sinner  is  told  to 
believe,  repent  and  be  baptized.  These  three 
things  constitute  the  human  part  for  the  sin- 
ner to  perform,  or  duties  enjoined  upon  him, 
On  condition  he  does  these  three  things,  God 
promises  to  pardon  his  sins.  The  virtue  then  is 
not  at  the  beginning  of  the  commimd,  not  in 
the  middle,  hut  at  the  end.  God  places  the  vir- 
tue at  the  end  of  the  commandment.  Then 
those  who  obey  Him,  come  in  contact  with  that 
virtue  and  are  cleansed  of  tlieir  sins.  Thus  it 
was  in  Naaniau's  case.  The  vii'tne  was  placed 
at  the  end  of  the  seven  dips,  and  when  he  came 
to  the  end  of  the  seventh  dip  he  came  in  contact 
with  that  virtue,  or  power  of  God.  and  became 
a  cured  man.  So  with  the  blind  man  at  the 
pool  of  Siloam.  He  too  eiimc  in  contact  with 
that  virtue  at  the  end  of  the  command.  Like- 
wise do  wo  in  obeying  the  commands  which  God 
has  enjoined  upon  ns. 

Our  divine  Law-giver  has  told  ua  just  what  to 
do  in  order  that  wc  may  be  pardoned;  then, 
when  we  do  that.  He  fulfills  His  promise  and 
remits  our  sins.  Then  friendly  reader,  you  per- 
ceive that  it  is  not  mmi  that  pardons  our  sins, 
it  is  not  the  water  in  which  we  are  immersed, 
but  it  is  God  who  gave  us  these  commandments, 
that  does  the  pardoning.  To  Him,  and  Him 
nloue,  be  all  the  honor  and  the  glory  for  our 
salvation  fiom  sin.  j.  n.  u. 


is,  of 
Ho"-  the 


,  bapli. 


d  with  Hie  Holy  Ghost, 
^    I'lif  I  M'isli,  now,  to 
Uwl  that  the 


.  ii  il,  and  in  our 
■111  >viththeHo- 
,litize  with  wat«r' 
baytizc  with  the 


'^SPRINEXING, 


TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

XfMllER  II. 

DOCTOR,  if  yon  are  ready,  we  will  hear  you 
recite  again.    There  is  so  much  repetition 
ill  your  lessons  that  we  shall  simply  hear  from 
you  OH  pages  13, 16, 17,  22,  23,  2-i  iind  25,  this 
time. 
"  2.    The  Scrij'liiff*  sprttl-  of  B<ijilhm  tritli 


have  till'  ■■!,■!' 
same  woi.i    i.  ■.  ■ 
trnnslati'ir,    i.  ,:  ,  !  u  -i    ,■. .  i 
ly  Gho:st.      It,  (lieivf.irr,  to  • 

means  to  dip  into  water,  to     _  _. 

Holy  Ghost,'  must  moan  to  dip  into  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

On  the  vei-y  same  day,  Peter  addressed  the 
Jews,  who  were,  in  great  numbere,  attracted  to 
the  place  where  the  disciples  were  speaking  the 
Word  of  God  to  the  people  in  every  known  lan- 
ginige,  and  referring  to  the  Holy  Ghost  as  the 
iuvine  cause  of  it,  quotes  the  Prophet  Joel,  say- 
ing: ■  But  this  is  that  which  was  spoken  by  the 
Prophet  Joel.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  iii  the 
last  dai's,  saith  God,  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit 
upon  all  flesh.'  Here,  this  application  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  to  the  -disciples  of  Pentecost,  is 
called  pouring.  Of  course,  ifc  was  not  dipping. 
In  the  33rd  verse  of  the  same  chapter,  he  says 
of  the  same  event:  'This  Jesus,  being  by  the 
right  hand  of  God  exalted,  and  bavin";  received 
of  the  F,tther,  the  promise  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
he  bath  shed  forth  this  which  ye  now  see  and 
bear.'  FIpiv  it  is  described  by  tile  words  'shed 
forth.'  AV,  |„  i'-  ,,;■  -iL.-diling  blood,  when  it 
squirts  ipiil  ,i   !■  ,      ;;ut  arteries  in  streams; 

of  the  ill'  ■  .  ,  1,1  I  .  -lutr  leaves,  and  of  ani- 
mals siic4.iii  /  -l.-'i  I.  Lir,  .n.-nningthntthoyfall 
or  drop  down,  or  iu-l'  spriutcied  upon  the  gronnd. 
It,  of  couree,  does  not  mean  dipping. 

If  we  tum  to  the  lOtb  chapter  of  the  Acts  of 
the  Apostles,  and  Wth  and  45th  veraes,  we  read 
the  account  of  the  '  Baptism  ivith  tlie  Holy 
Ghost,'  as  applied  to  Cornelius  and  hb  family. 
Peter  was  called  from  Joppa  to  fhr-  house  of 
Centurian  Cornelius,  ajid  h^  '    ■  -^^      ■ 

to  them.  Let  us  read  the  >■ 
yet  spake  these  words,  thi-  i 
all  them  whichheavd  the  w.-! 
of  the  Holy  Ghost's  apptieutiou  i>  st;ito.i  by  the 
words  'fell  on.'  We  proceed  to  read:  'And 
they  of  the  circumcision,  which  believed,  were 
ijjhi-d,  ;is  Jiiiiny  as  came  with  Peter,  because 
'■II  'l"'i' 'Lilies,  also,  was  poured  out  the 
'ihost.'  Here  itisdescribedby 
■  lout.'  When  Peter  .saw  them 
tliM.  vi-iliii  !,  ■,ii/L'd  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  he 
suki,  '  Can  any  man  forbid  water  that  these 
should  not  he  baptized  who  have  received  the 
Holy  Ghost  as  well  as  we?'  And  he  baptized 
witi)  w  !«.■'■  ii'-i-f  who  bad  been  baptized  with 
f '  ■  M  *  ■  ■  *  As  he  had  the  pattern  of  the 
i;.  'Im' Holy  Ghost'  before  him,  he 

I i.:     ■■       I  i-tiTcd  the'Bapti 


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i  t,,   fli. 


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^  (Ai't-s  II;  Ji>);   -And 
the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them, 


I  began  to  upeak, 
I  on  us  at  the  be- 


f  inning.  Then  remembered  I  the  word  of  the 
ord,  how  that  lift  said,  John  indeed  buutizcd 
with  water,  but  ye  shall  be  baptized  with  the 
Holy  Ghost.'  Here  he  expressly  calls  the  fall- 
ing of  the  Holy  Ghost "  as  on  us  at  the  begin- 
ning,' /.  /■.,  with  the  same  luminous  tongues 
descending  from  the  ceiling  upon  the  inmates 
of  the  room,  '  Baptism  with  tiio  Holy  Ghost.' 
How  was  this  their  '  Baptism  with  the  Holy 
Ghost' elfected?  Was  it  by  dipping?  Everj" 
one  perceives  the  contrary.  The  Holy  Ghost 
fell  on  them — was  poured  upon  them — and  this 
mode  of  application  is  called  their  '  Baptism 
with  the  Holy  Ghost.'  This  mode  was  sprink- 
ling. Does  not  this  case  settle,  beyond  all  con- 
troversy, the  meaning  and  use  of  the  words 
*  Baptized '  and  '  Baptism  ? '  And  as  the  '  Bap- 
tism with  the  Holy  Ghost'  and  '  Baptism  with 
wafer '  are  so  uniformly  used  together,  ajid  are 
described  by  the  same  word  both  iu  Greek  and 
iu  English,  does  it  not  mean  the  same  mode  in 
both  cases? 

If  the  Holy  Ghost  falling  cm  them  was  '  Bap- 
tLsm  with  the  Holy  Ghost,' was  not  water  falling 
on  them  'Baptism  with  water?'  If  the  Holy 
Ghost  poured  out  upon  them  was '  Baptism  with 
the  Holy  Ghost,'  was  not  wafer  poured  out  up- 
on them  'Baptism  ivith  water?  If  the  Holy 
Ghost  ruined  down  upon  them  in  n  shower  of 
luminous  flame  was  '  Baptism  with  waterj'  was 
not  water  sprinkled  down  upon  them  in  the 
same  manner  'Baptism   with    wiit..-r?'     Tf  the 

■ord 'baptized,' in  Greek,  di  ■.:;',  ,l   iJ.J  i ],■ 

of  application  to  the  person.  I   I  ■■     ,     i     .  iL,' 
Holy  Ghost,  does  it  not  settl.  ■,  i   ^  ^rl 

the  woi-d,  and  must  it  not 


stood  iu  the  same  way,  wlie 


very  same  vcree,  to  describe  the  application  to 
the  iieraon,  of  water?" 

"  UAPTISll  WITH  WATER." 

We  will  bring  the  Divine 'record  and  look 
atthis  "irit/i."  Hearit.  "John  indeed  dipped 
hi  water"  {Acts  1:5).  The  Greek  «H  nie.ins 
iit,  and  is  so  translated  by  Wilson.  Jesus 
does  not  say  anytliing  about  baptism  irllli 
water,  but  baptized  in  water;  and  the  man 
who  insists  on  saying  it  diflerently  from 
Jesus,  is  not  particular  about  the  exact  truth 
— is  a  little  reckless  in  bis  assertions.  Do  not 
marvel,  ye  sprinklers  at  the  words  "dip, 
dipped,  dipping,"  forin  using  them  I  simply  fol- 
low the  usages  of  commentators,  expositors,  aii- 
notators,  and  scholars  of  the  Greek  language. 

The  gentleman's  method  of  reasoning  is  not 
altogether  logical.  He  assumes  that  the  Greek 
preposition  en,  which,  in  King  James'  transla- 
tion is  sometimes  rendered  ivith,  has  the  mean- 
ing of  icilli.  In  the  translation  alluded  to  it  is, 
"  I  indeed  baptize  you  with  water,"  but  this  is 
evidently  incorrect,  for  (■;(  in  the  Greek  is  the 
same  as  in  in  the  English,  hence  John  baptized 
"m  water.  The  reason  we  say  iJippal  is  because 
that  is  the  precise  meaning  of  the  original  woixl 
hnplizn,  and  is  so  understood  by  the  best  Greek 
lexicographers  in  the  world.  The  people  were 
dipped  by  John  m  Jordan.  We  read  that  Naa- 
nian (lipped  hunself  seven  times  in  Jordan. 
Dipped,  in  Naaman's  case,  is  from  the  same 
original  word  as6n;;)/(2e,  where  itspeaks  of  John 
baptizing  in  Jordan,  hence  both  have  the  same 
meaning  in  English.  Had  Joint  sprinkled  with 
w,iter  it  would  stand  in  the  original,  "  John  in- 
deed rhaiilizcil  with  water,"  but  fortunately  it  is 
baptized,  "  dipped  in  water." 

"  IVITH  TUB  HOLY  GHOST." 

This  "  with  "  seems  to^e  the  Doctor's  mtei-- 
ing  ii-edije.  But  it  happens  not  to  be  the  Lord's 
"'///(.  Hear  the  Lord  Christ:  "Jolui  indeed 
dipped  in  water,  but  you  sh.ill  be  dipped  in  the 
Holy  Ghost,  aller  a  few  days  "  (Acts  1: 5).  This 
is  God's  side.  He  positively  says,  "  you  shall  be 
(lipped  in  the  Holy  Ghost."  Now  here  is  the 
point:  The  Doctor  says,  "  If  to  baptize  with 
water  means  to  dip  into  water,  then  to  baptize 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  must  mean  to  dip  into  the 
Holy  Ghost,"  and  then  adds,  "  To  dip  into  the 
Holy  Ghost  is,  of  course,  absurd."  Since  the 
Lord  said,  "  dipj«d  into  the  Holy  Ghost,"  it  is, 
"  of  couree,"  not  absurd,  for  our  Lord  never  uf^ 
tcrod  absurd  things. 

"We  have  now  shown  that  God  positively  says, 
baptize  or  dip  in  water — in  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
the  Doctor  himself  admits  that  if  "  bapti/-ed 
with  "(in)  "water"  means  "dip  into  wafer," 
then  to  "baptize  with"  (in)  "the  Holy  Ghost 
must  mean  to  dip  into  the  Holy  Ghost." 

But  there  is  another  idea  connected  with  this 
question  which  sprinklei-s  are  always  sure  to 
overlook.  Suppose  the  Lord  had  said,  "with 
water — with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  what  should  we 
understand  by  this?  Should  we  not  understand 
by  the  word  leiih  is  meant  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  used,  rather  than  the  manner  in  which  it 
was  done?  When  we  say.  The  woman  washed 
the  clothes  with  water,  we  undei-atand  the  term 
with  simply  shows  relationship  between  the 
things  washed  and  the  water  employed  in  wash' 
ing.  John  baptized  with  icaler, — not  with  sand 
or  dust.  God  haptiz-ed  with  the  Holy  Ghost- 
not  with  earth.  Thus  we  see  that  even  if  we 
should  concede  to  them  the  word  "  with"  they 
gain  nothing.  But  the  Lord  wisely  says,  "in 
watei- — in  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  that  stops  all 
caviling. 

Our  attention  is  next  called  to  the  prophet 
Joel.  We  must  complain  of  your  finding  some- 
thing that  is  not  in  the  Bible.  The  prophet 
Joel  says  nothing  about "  baptizing  by  pouring, 
baptizing  by  sprinkling."  We  should  be  slow 
to  question  what  is  asserted  by  a  "  Doctor  of 
Divinity,"  but  if  lie  will  show  where  Joel  or 
saiali  orEz^ekiel  predicted  "baptizing  by  sprink- 
ling." or  that  Christ  and  His  disciples  taught 
and  women  should  be  baptized  into  Christ 
by  sprinkling,  we  should  feet  under  the  necessi- 
ty of  making  a  trip  to  Lancaster  to  be  "  baptiz- 
ed by  sprinkling."  No  dirinely  inspired  writer 
or  preacher  ever  used  such  unmeaning  tenns  as 
"  baptism  by  sprinkling." 

Now  look  at  the  language  of  Peter:  "  And  as 
I  began  to  speak,  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them, 
even  as  on  n.s  in  the  beginning.  And  1  remem- 
bered the  word  of  the  Lord,  how  he  said,  John 
indeed  dipped  in  water,  hut  you  shall  be  dipped 
in  the  Holy  Ghost"  (Acts  11: 15,ie).  Notone 
woi-d  about  being  "sprinkled  with  the  Holy 


(-■d  ill  the  I  Ghost."    The  Foly  Ghost  falling  on  them  as  on 


the  apostles  at  the  beginning,  means  that  the 
room,  in  which  were  Peter,  Cornelius  and  house- 
hold, was  filled  just  as  the  room  was  where  the 
apostles  were  on  the  day  of  Pentecost.  And 
here,  as  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  not  one  wonl 
is  said  about  the  holy  Holy  Ghost  being  sprink- 
led on  any  one.  Is  the  Holy  Ghost  so  little  that 
ui  falling  on  a  man,  it  cannot  envelop  him? 
cimnot  wholly  cnrer  Iiim? 

But  Dr.  Green wald  insists  that  the  Holy  Gliast 
not  only  fell  upon  the  disciples,  was  not  simply 
ponred  out  upon  them,  but  that  it  rained  doim 
(down  simply  means  nt  or  to,  Doctor,  hence 
rained  u(  or  to  them)  "  sprinkled  down  "  (af^ 
Doctor,)  "  upon  them."  You  have  the  Holy 
Ghost  falling,  pouring,  raining,  sprinkling,  ba[>. 
tiziiig  on  them.  Come  now.  Doctor,  wc  cannot: 
get  along  with  such  higgling  as  this.  Take 
your  stand  and  do  not  get  so  many  things  mix- 
ed. When  shall  the  people  believe  yon?  Yoa 
want  them  to  believe  that  baptism  is  by  sprink- 
ling, by  pouring,  by  raining,  by  shedding,  by 
falluig,  when  the  Lord  says  not  one  word  about 
water  baptism  by  any  of  those  methods.  If 
sprinkling  a  little  wafer  on  a  pereon  is  baptism-, 
say  so.  Don't  have  it  by  raining,  by  pouring, 
falling,  shedding,  and  by  sprinkling.  Choose 
what  you  mean  and  stand  by  it. 

Wliy  attempt  to  mix  God's  part  of  the  work 
with  man's  part?  Man  is  required  to  be  hap- 
tiz-ed iu  water  by  man.  When  man  has  thus 
complied  ,  then  God  does  His  part;  pardons  liis 
sins,  and  gives  him  the  "  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost," 
.ind  if  faithful,  saves  him  in  heaven.  In  the  in- 
troduction of  the  "  New  Covenant,"  there  were- 
visible  manifestations  of  the  Hob'  Spirit,  a.i  at 
Christ's  baptism  and  on  Pentecost  &c.,  but  who 
has  seen  the  Holy  Ghost  manifested  in  fonii 
since  then?  Has  Dr.  Greenwald?  Onr  ears 
are-open  to  hear,  our  hearts  to  conversion  in  this 
matter  if  it  can  be  shoivn.  Dr.  Greenwald  well 
knows  that  at  Christ's  baptism,  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  and  at  Cornelius'  conversion,  the 
"New  Covenant"  was  not  yet  written;  the 
H'ords  of  the  Lord  were  not  j-et  put  iu  forni^ 
hence  the  visible  manifestation  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  but  since  we  have  the  woi-ds  of  the  Holy 
Ghost — God's  Truth  always  with  us,  there  is  no 
longer  any  such  manifestations  of  the  Divine 
Spirit. 

Again,  it  was  not  the  Holy  Ghost  that  was 
baptized;  it  was  the  people,  Jordan  was  not 
baptized  on  the  people,  but  the  people  m  Jordan. 
The  Holy  Ghost  was  not  baptized  on  the  people, 
but  the  people  in  the  Holy  Ghost.  The  Holy 
Ghost  fell  on  the  people,  but  that  does  not  prove 
that  Jordan  fell  on  tliem.  If  the  Holy  Ghost 
was  poured  out  on  the  people,  that  by  no  means 
proves  that  the  people  of  Jiidea  .ind  Jerusalem. 
and  lUl  the  regions  round  about,  had  Jordan 
poured  on  them.  "  The  application  of  water  to 
a  person,"  is  not  the  language  of  God,  nor  an  in- 
spired child  of  God.  Thus  fiir,  therefore,  we 
have  not  found  a  man  or  woman  on  whom  Jor- 
dan was  r.iined,  sprinkled,  ponred,  shed,  or  bap- 
tized; hence  we  dismi.ss  you,  Doctor,  until 
another  sitting.  y.  jj.  e. 


A  RATIONALIST'S  IiOGIC. 


AUATK 
Mr. 


TIONALIST,  sure  of  his  logic,  accosted 
Moody  the  other  day  with  "  Mr. 
Moody,  will  you  meet  me  on  this  whole  ques- 
tion?" 

"  No,"  said  Moody;  "  1  will  not." 

"  Just  aa  I  expected.  You  can  dogmatize  ad- 
libilum  at  the  Tahumncle,  but  you  dare  not  meet 
the  tests  of  reason." 

"Look  here,  my  friend,"  said  Moody;  "you, 
arc  an  educated  man,  and  have  a  wide  range  of 
learning:  now,  do  you  suppose  that  you  could 
make  a  fly  understand   all   that  you  know?" 

"  No;  of  course  I  could  not." 

"  Well,  the  difference  between  you  and  God 
is  a  million  times  greater  than  the  diSerence 
between  you  and  a  fly.  Would  it  not  be  more 
iu  keeping  if  you  would  not  deny  what  i/oit 
know  that  God  has  said  to  you  thramjli  your 
own  conscience?  Settle  the  quarrel  of  yours 
with  God,  and  you'll  have  enough  to  do." 

There  was  no  answer  to  this,  because  the  mail 
knew  that  he  was  having  just  that  battle  ou 
hand, — Selected!. 


ConN-FLANTisfj  is  jtrogressing  in  Texas,  and 
the  wheat  fields  present  a  grand  ap|iearance. 
Good  reports  from  the  growing  wheat  come 
from  all  the  .sections  heard  from. 

M.\HrH  came  in  like  a  iamb;  may  go  out  lilte 

lion. 


TI-IE    BRETtlltEjSr    ^VT    "WOKKl. 


ghq  §omi>  §irch. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

"  Hiiahnnds,  lo*e  your  witm," 

•'  Wi«a,    oboy    jour    LuabiinilB." 

■'  Folhon,  proToko  nol  your  chiMron  lo  pralli." 

■' Childrin,    obey   your    parcnla    in    nil    things." 


Indited  by  M.  M.  Eshelman. 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

The  Poor  Mother. 

IT  is  SiinJuy  morning.  Looking  arouiifl,  there 
18  not  much  diHerence  between  tliis 
other  inorniiigs  only  it  is  SuikIhij  niorniug. 
The  fiiiiiily  rise  as  usual.  Father  niiil  sons  go 
out  to  fttteiid  to  the  wants  of  the  hogs,  hoi-ses 
nnil  cattle.  Mother  goes  down  to  the  kitchen, 
makes  (ire  and  puts  things  in  order  for  the 
morning  meal.  Pretty  soon  Nannie,  the  dar- 
ling child  of  SL\  months,  culls  mother,  and  aho 
goes  and  brings  the  sweet  innocent  and  sits  it  on 
a  chair  in  the  kitchen. 

About  this  time  Mary,  the  only  grown  daugh- 
ter, arises,  gocs-to  the  kitchen,  washes  her  face, 
combs  her  hair  and  then  withdraws  to  the  par- 
lor, throws  back  the  great  piano  lid,  an-unges 
her  book,  and  is  soon  lost  in  the  sweetness  of 
the  music-  But  where  is  poor  mother?  In  the 
kitchen  doing  all  she  can  to  arrange  a  good 
breakfast.  She  says,  "I  must  hurry;  !  want  to 
go  to  meeting  to-day."  While  she  is  thus  con- 
soling herself,  fondly  looking  forward  to  the 
blessed  enioyments  in  the  assembly  of  the 
saints,  her  lovely  Nannie  falls  from  the  chau- 
and  is  badly  hurt.  Poor  child !  It  is  badly  hurt, 
and  screams,  but  the  loud  and  prolonged  tones 
of  the  piano  do  not  allow  Mary  to  hear  the 
child  and  come  to  mother's  aid.  Poor  mother! 
Sad  and  worried  she  carries  her  child,  in  vain 
trying  to  quiet  it.  Soon  another  trouble  arises. 
The  victuals  on  the  stove  begin  to  bum.  "  Oh 
dear,"  says  she,  "what  shall  I  do!  My  poor 
baby  is  hurt,  the  victuals  are  burning,  Hie  table 
is  not  prepared,  and  I  wanted  to  go  to  meeting 
— where  is  Mary?  "  "  In  tlie  parlor,  at  the  pi- 
ano," comes  the  answer.  God  bles.i  poor  moth- 
er! Her  troubles  come  not  singly.  She  wanted 
to  go  to  meeting  to-day,  but  lovely  Nannie  is 
hurt,  and  "  I  must  stay  at  home."  Witli  this 
thought,  she  takes  Nannie  in  one  arm  and  with 
the  other  hand  rescues  lier  morning  meal.  In 
comes  Levi  fresh  and  rosy  from  his  morning 
work,  and  asks,  "  Where  is  Mary?  "  Echo  ans- 
wera,  "  In  the  parlor  at  the  piano."  Finally  the 
baby  is  somewhat  quieted,  and  breakfast  is 
ready. 

Father  comes  to  the  kitchen  and  says,  "  Deal- 
wife,  are  you  going  to'meeting  to-<lay?  "  "  Oh 
1  was  so  anxious  to  go,  but  Nannie  fell  from 
the  chair — the  poor  child  is  hurt;  I  must  stay  at 
home;  and  then  it  is  too  late;  I  have  the  dishes 
to  wash,  beds  to  make  up  and  things  here  and 
there  to  set  in  oi"der.  No  husband,  I  cannot 
go."  Poor  dear  woman,  she  ia  almost  ready  to 
sink  down  with  care  and  trouble.  It  is  Sunday 
morning,  and  Oh  how  she  would  like  to  go  to 
meeting  to-day! 

Mary,  father  aud  sons  enjoy  the  meal  The 
repast  over,  Mary  says,  "  It  is  nine  o'clock  and 
I  must  get  ready  for  meeting."  Away  to  her 
room  she  speeds,  spends  a  half  hour  in  arrang- 
ing her  curls  and  clothes  to  make  the  best  ap- 
pearance. And  where  is  poor  mother?  In  the 
kitchen  cleaning  the  dishes,  and  caring  for  her 
baby.  God  bless  her  for  her  patience.  Slie 
wante<l  to  go  to  meeting,  this  morning,  but  now 
canjiot.    This  is  her  Sunday  morning. 

Soon  the  sous  bring  out  the  haud-some  car- 
riage mid  horses,  father  and  Mary  take  their 
seats,  and  away  rolls  the  conveyance  with  the 
four  cheerful  faces.  And  now  where  is  mother? 
At  home  making  up  the  beds,  sweeping  the 
rooms,  and  preparing  something  for  dinner. 
Oh  poor  mother!  there  she  is  alone  irith  her 
sweet  child,  and  so  lonely.  No  one  to  drop  a 
tear  for  her.  none  to  sympathize  with  her.  She 
wanted  to  go  to  meeting  this  Sunday  morning, 
but  too  much  work,  too  much  trouble.     . 

"  Oh  I  wish  mother  was  with  us."  exclaims 
Mary  as  the  wind  drives  a  huge  curl  into  her 
face.  With  you?  The  answer  to  that  lies  near 
the  uiano,  near  your  selfish  pleasures.  How  glad 
motlier  would  have  been,  had  you  gone  to  the 
kitchen  and  done  j-our  part,  to  the  bed-rooms 
and  put  them  in  order.  Then  she  could  have 
enjoyed  the  fellowship  of  the  saints,  the  music 
of  the  birds  aud  the  Iwauties  of  nature.  But 
this  enjoyment  is  not  hers.  At  home  she  must 
stay,  bowed  down  with  sorrow  and  care.  God 
bless  poor  mother!  "  What  would  we  do  with- 
out mother?  "  queries  Mary.  Ah!  yes,  "tcilh- 
oiil  mother."  How  you  could  have  made  her 
happy,  but  you  would  not.  Up  in  heaven,  when 
her  toils  are  all  over,  when  the  bell  tolls  tliesad 
news  of  her  death,  when  she  has  crossed  over 
the  dark  river,  she  shall  have  joy,  communion, 
eternal  glory.  God  bless  motlier  this  Sunday 
morning ! — Ed. 


ABOUT  BREAKING  DOWN  THE 
GIRLS. 

AGRE.\T  deal  of  talk  is  heard  now-a-days 
about  the  idleness  and  general  good-tbr- 
nothingiiess  of  girls.  Such  talk  is  all  very  well, 
its  right  place;  and  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
place  for  it  is  a  pretty  large  one.  Some  girls 
lazy  for  anything;  and  they  sit  around 
the  house,  and  loll  in  rocking-chairs,  and  read 
novels,  and  putter  at  bits  of  fancy-work,  and 
talk  scandal  about  their  neighbors,  till  it  needs 
a  great  amount  of  charity  to  believe  they  are 
really  of  any  use  in  this  world. 

The  dear  gurls  themselves  are  not  always  so 
much  to  blame  as  their  parents,  who  encourage 
such  idleness  and  gossiping  in  their  children. 
Parents  should  have  right  notions  themselves, 
and  understand  that  it  is  a  harm  to  a  girl  to  bo 
brought  up  to  do  nothing.  It  gives  her  false  no- 
tions about  herself,  scornful  to  the  poor  and  de- 
ceitful to  the  rich,  and  fills  her  ivith  nervousness 
and  other  diseases.  If  girls  have  enough  mon- 
ey to  stand  in  no  need  of  ri^ht  hard  work,  their 
idles  mil  only  make  them  miserable  if  they 
grow  up  to  do  nothing  at  all.  God  has  ordain- 
ed that  all  should  be  busied  at  something  use- 
ful; and  any  family  that  gets  above  His  ways, 
will  sutler  for  it  sometime. 

But  our  country  has  a  great  many  girls  that 
are  worked  too  hard.  Among  mechanics  and 
farmei-3  and  many  other  families  of  moderate 
means,  the  girls  aud  "  women  folks"  have  too 
much  to  do.  Strong  and  hearty  fathers  are  apt 
to  measure  by  their  own  strength  and  endur- 
ance, the  strength  and  endurance  of  their  mfe 
and  daughtei-s.  And  for  that  matter,  luothei-? 
who  never  knew  sickness  for  a  day,  may  niea^ 
snre  their  daughtei-s'  strength  by  their  own.  — 
The  fafchei-s  work  hard,  and  the  family  are  all 
anxious  to  get  on  in  the  world;  and  so  the  girls 
are  twitted  about  "  plflj-inglady,"  and  told  they 
mustn't  be  "  idling  around,"  and  reminded  that 
the  mother  used  to  work  so  aud  so,  "  when 
was  a  girl."  AH  through  the  family,  it  is  work 
and  hurry  and  drive,  from  early  morning  till 
uight,  just  as  if  women  were  like  saw  mills  and 
could  run  all  the  time. 

If  a  girl  ha.s  only  small  ambition,  she  gets 
disheartened  and  unhappy;  and  then  she  grows 
obstuiate  and  don't  want  to  do  anything,  be- 
cause she  never  gets  any  credit  for  what  she 
does,  and  the  harder  she  works,  the  harder  she 
has  to  do  it.  Or  she  contrives  to  get  away 
from  home  into  dress-making  or  something  of 
the  kind  that  is  light.  Or  else  she  marries  the 
first  stick  of  a  man  that  conies  along,  for  the 
sake  of  escaping  from  the  drive  and  drudgery  of 
her  father's  house.  So  it  is  that  many  a  home 
has  brought  misery  into  it. 

But  if  the  girl  is  ambitious,  she  determines 
to  do  her  share,  and  not  give  up  to  anything. — 
And  the  willing  ones  are  always  made  to  bear 
the  burden  of  thetlazy  ones,  and  so  have  their 
load  of  hard  work  doubled.  With  the  energy 
of  a  steam  engine  such  girls  work  on  —  sweep- 
ing; cooking,  washing,  scrubbing,  churning, 
and  doing  a  thousand  other  things  about  the 
house.  Not  a  moment  do  they  rest,  Irom  ear- 
ly rising  till  late  bed-time;  but  every  minute 
their  hands,  bodies  and  brains  are  gomg  on  the 
jump  and  stretch. 

Now  such  kind  of  work  mil  break  any  wo- 
man. If  the  constitution  is  very  strong,  it  will 
stand  a  good  many  years;  but  at  last  it  ivill  give 
way  idl  at  once,  and  the  woman  will  ilie  sudden- 
ly, and  the  people  will  wonder  that  such  a  strong 
person  couldn't  stand  sickness  any  better.  Poor 
thing!  She  had  stood  bui-dens  and  taxations  all 
her  life,  and  had  no  strength  left  to  endure  dis- 
ease, but  siiappeil  under  it  as  an  old  harness 
would  snap  at  a  moderate  pull.  But  if  it  is  a 
youngish  woinim  who  has  to  do  such  constant 
and  heavy  work,  and  she  is  small  in  .frame  and 
not  overly  tough,  she  breaks  early.  Many,  many 
girls  and  young  wives  arc  taxed  aud  ruined  l)y 
work,  and  the  parent.^  or  husband^o  not  under- 
stand why  it  should  be  so.  They  want  as  much 
liftuig  and  toiling  from  a  slender  woman  as 
would  tire  out  the  stoutest  man ;  and  they  want 
her  to  begin  it  in  the  moraing  as  soon  as  they 
do,  and  to  finish  up  in  the  evening  two  or  three 
hours  after  the  men-folks  have  quit  and  are  gos- 
siping with  theii'  nuighboi's  or  snoozing  on  the 
loimgc. 

A  woman's  work  should  be  grailed  by  her 
strength,  and  no  woman  should  ever  be  put  to 
her  full  utmost.  If  parents  and  husbands  wimt 
to  break  down  daughters  and  wife,  the}'  can  do 
it  surely  by  straining  work  kept  up  day  after 
day.  And  then  they  will  spend  the  rest  of  their 
lives  in  trying  to  get  back  what  was  lost  through 
a  broom  or  in  a  wash-tub.  Bot  if  parents  aud 
husbands  want  wife  and  daughters  comfortable, 
healthy,  and  models  of  cheerfulness,  they  will 
watch  that  the  Ijurdens  do  not  become  too  heavj', 
and  regulate  the  work  to  the  strength  according 
to  reason.    No  woman  of  the  least  ambition 


ever  idle  if  she  feels  well;  and  young  wo- 
men of  spirit  need  to  be  stopped  long  before 
they  tire  and  lag.  This  is  the  only  way  to  save 
their  constitutions;  and  dollars  saved  by  being 
penurious  about  hiring  enough  help  in  the  house, 
will  cost  hundreds  of  dollars  afterwards  in  doc- 
tors' bills  and  misery, — Physin-Mcdknl  Rrxorilrr. 


CEILDREX  AT    WOllK. 


HINTS  FOR  HUSBANDS. 

11HERE  is  an  article  afloat  in  the  papei 
titled  "  Golden  Rules  for  Wives,"  which 
enjoins  upon  the  ladies  a  rather  abject  submis- 
sion to  their  husband's  will  and  whims.  Iron 
rules,  not  golden  ones,  we  should  coll  them. 
But  the  art  of  living  together  in  harmony  is  i\ 
very  difficult  art;  and  instead  of  confuting  the 
positions  of  the  author  of  the  rules  aforesaid 
;  offer  the  following,  as  a  substance  of  what  a 
fe  likes  in  a  husband. 

Fidelity  is  her  heart's  first  and  most  just  de- 
and.     The  act  of  infidelity  a  tnie  wife  cannot 
forgive.    It  breaks  the  tie  that  bound  her  heart 
to  his,  and  that  tic  can  nevermore  exist. 

The  first  place  in  her  husband's  affections  no 
true  wife  can  do  without.  When  she  loses  that 
she  has  lost  her  husband;  she  is  a  widow,  and 
has  to  endure  the  ])angs  of  bereavement  intens- 
ified by  the  poi-son  she  no  longer  possesses. 
There  is  a  living  memoryin  the  house,  reminding 
her  of  her  loss  in  the  most  painful  manner. 

A  woman  likes  her  husband  to  excel  in  tho.se 
qualities  which  distinguish  the  masculine  from 
the  feminine  being,  such  as  strength,  counige, 
fortitude  and  judgment.  She  wantsher  husband 
to  be  a  holy  man.  A  wile  dearly  likes  to  have 
her  husband  stand  high  in  theestimationof  the 
community  in  which  they  live.  She  likes  to  be 
thought,  by  her  own  se.t,  a  fortunate  woman  in 
having  such  a  husbimd  as  she  has.  She  has  a 
a  taste  for  the  respectable,  desires  to  have  a  good 
looking  front  door;  and  kepp  up  a  good  appear- 
ance generally.  Some  wives,  it  is  said,  carry 
this  too  far;  and  some  husbands,  we  know,  are 
too  ready  in  yielding  to  the  front  door  ambition 
of  their  wives.  But  a  good  husband  will  like  to 
gratify  his  mfe  in  that  respect,  as  far  as  he  can, 
without  sacrificing  more  important  objects. 

Perfect  sincerity  a  wife  expects,  or  at  least  has 
a  right  to  expect  from  her  husband.  She  de- 
sires to  know  the  real  state  of  the  case. 
however  it  may  be  concealed  from  the  world. 
It  wrings  her  heart  and  wounds  her  [iride  to 
discover  that  her  husband  has  not  wholly  confid- 
ed in  her.  A  man  may  profitably  consult  his 
wife  on  almost  any  project;  it  is  due  to  her  that 
he  should  do  so,  and  she  is  glad  to  lie  consulted. 
Above  most  other  things,  a  wife  craves  from 
her  husband  appreciations-  The  majority  of 
wives  lead  lives  of  severe  and  anxious  toil. 
With  unimaginable  anguish  and  peril  to  theii 
own  lives,  they  become  mothers.  Their  chil- 
dren require  incessant  care.  Only  the  eye  of 
God  watches  like  a  mother's,  says  Fannie  Fern, 
in  that  chapter  of  "  Ruth  Hall,"  which  depicts 
with  such  power  and  truth  a  mother's  agoniz- 
ing anxieties.  And  besides  her  maternal  cares, 
a  wile  is  the  queen  regent  of  a  household  king- 
dom. She  has  to  think  and  plan  for  evers'body. 
If,  in  all  her  labor  and  cares,  she  feels  that  she 
has  her  husband's  sympathy  jmd  gratitude,  if  he 
helps  her  when  a  mim  can  help  a  woman,  if  he 
notices  her  efforts,  applauds  her  skill,  and  allows 
for  deficiencies,  all  is  well ;  but  to  endure  all  this, 
and  meet  no  appreciating  word  or  glance  from 
him  for  whom  she  toils  and  bears,  is  very  bitter. 
A  mfe  likes  her  husband  to  show  her  all  due 
respect  in  the  presence  of  others;  she  cannot 
endure  to  be  i-eproved  or  criticised  by  him  when 
others  can  hear  it.  Indeed,  it  is  most  wrong  in 
a  husband  thus  to  put  his  wife  to  shame;  and 
we  cannot  help  secretly  admiring  the  spirit  of 
that  French  woman  who,  when  her  husband  had 
so  wronged  her,  refused  even  for  twenty  years  to 
utter  a  word,  and  lived  in  the  house  a  di 
woman.  We  admire  her  spirit,  but  not  her 
mode  of  manifesting  it.  Husbands 
most  profound  respect  to  their  wives,  for  their 
wives  are  the  mothere  of  their  children.  No 
man  has  the  slightest  claim  to  the  character  of 
a  gentleman,  who  is  not  more  scrupulously  po- 
lite to  his  wife  than- to  any  other  woman.  We 
refer  to  the  essentials  of  politeness,  not  its  forms; 
we  mean  kindness  imd  justice  in  little  things. 

A  wift  likes  her  husband  to  be  considerate. 
Unexpected  kindness  and  unsolicited  favors 
touch  her  heart.  She  appreciates  the  sofleuiii 
tread  when  she  is  sick;  she  enjoys  the  gift 
brought  from  a  distance,  and  everything  which 
proves  to  her  that  husband  thinks  of  her  com- 
fort and  her  good. 

Husbands,  rellect  upon  these  things.  Your 
wife  has  confided  her  liapninesi^  to  j'ou.  You 
can  make  her  life  proudly  nappy  if  you  are  kind 
and  wise.  You  con  make  it  unspeakably  wretch- 
ed, if  you  arc  ignoble  and  short-sighted.  Let 
the  contest  between  husbands  and  wives  be  this; 
Which  shall  do  the  moat  happiness  for  the  oth- 
er? Selected  by  a  young  husband. 
Mt.  Morris.  III. 


From  John  B.  Glock. — Dear  Eilihr: — I  see 
in  your  hist  paper  a  note,  that  Enoch  Eby  aud 
Daniel  Frj-  were  at  David  Glocks  in  Hoheneck. 
That  is  my  papa's  brother.  And  also  a  letter 
from  Mary  J.  Bowers,  stating  that  her  grandma 
was  very  sick,  but  is  getting  better.  Glad  to 
hear  of  that.  She  is  my  papa's  sister.  Now  to 
her  question,  "  Wlio  was  the  oldest  man?"  1 
will  say  it  was  Methuselah;  he  lived  969  years 
and  died  and  Enoch,  his  father,  walked  n-ith  God 
and  he  was  not;  for  God  took  him.  Where  can 
the  passage  bo  foimd  which  saj-s,  the  child 
sneezed  seven  times? 
AiKjhwir-lc  Mills,  Pa. 

From  F.  E.Esterly.— Ihad  to  lay  in  bed 
eleven  weeks,  and  not  until  Christmas  morning 
could  I  walk  a  step.  I  then  got  up  and  walked 
out  of  the  bed-room  on  crutches.  0,  how  glad 
I  was!  But  I  must  tell  you  what  happened.  I 
cutting  off  coni,  and  cut  iny  knee-  I  had  a 
hard  time  of  it.  and  suffered  much  pain,  Inow 
,v  what  it  is  to  he  in  bed,  sick;  and  now  lit- 
tle boys  and  girls  you  do  not  know  ivhat  you 
are  enjoying  when  you  are  well,  I  go  to  Sun- 
day-school.   We  have  Sunday-school  all  Win- 


ter. 
Colnmhinna,  Ohio. 

From  Cora  I.  Swab. — I  also  attend  school, 
and  try  lo  learn.  My  father,  mother  and  grand- 
ma arc  members  of  the  church,  and  I  hope  I 
may  be  a  good  girl  and  join  too  sometime.  I 
like  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  preaching.  I  am 
thirteen  yeai-s  old. 

Cherry  Groec,  III. 

From  Alice  Price. — All  the  other  little  folks 
are  writing;  why  not  I?  My  mother  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  and  tries  to  do  right.  I  love 
to  go  to  church  and  heiir  the  tnith  preached.  I 
hope  we  may  all  belong  to  the  church  soon.  I 
think  the  cliildren's  letters  are  so  nice.  I  go  to 
Sunday-school,  and  there  learn  God's  words. 
When  you  come  to  Lexington,  come  to  see  me. 

Lexington,  I  ml. 

From  Clinton  Eisenbise. —  I  am  twelve 
years  old.  I  go  to  school  and  like  my  teacher 
very  well.  I  try  to  obey  my  teacher,  imd  try  to 
be  kind  to  my  sehuol-matea.  I  go  to  meeting 
nearly  every  Sunday,  aud  I  love  our  Savior. 
We  have  no  Sunday-school  here,  I  like  your 
paper  very  much,  and  I  think  there  is  a  great 
deid  of  good  in  it  for  both  old  and  young.  I  am 
always  waiting  anxiously  for  the  next  paper. 

Polo,  III. 

Prom  Clnra  E.  Swiliurt.— Pa  and  I  went 
nine  miles  to  council  meethig  to-day.  Came 
home,  and  then  pa  and  ma  went  six -miles  to 
meeting  to-night.  I  am  amemberof  thechurch, 
was  baptized  six  mouths  ago.  I  have  four  broth- 
ers and  one  sister  living.  I  think  I  have  a  great 
interest  in  the  better  world,  as  I  have  three  sis- 
ters and  two  brothers  in  the  promised  land. 
Jesus  says,  "  Sufi'er  little  children  to  come  unto 
me  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  king- 
dom of  heaven." 

Lhjonier,  Intl. 

Fi'oui  Sarah  P.  Yoder. — Kind  Hdilor:—! 
am  going  to  school  and  like  it  very  much.  1 
would  like  to  attend  Sunday-school,  but  there  is 
none  here  now.  I  hope  we  will  have  one  next 
Summer.  We  don't  get  to  meeting  very  often. 
I  would  like  to  attend  meethig.  I  love  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach,  I  am  so  glad  that  you 
have  given  us  little  folks  a  column  in  your  good 
pai)er.  My  father,  mother  and  one  of  my  sis- 
ters belong  to  the  church.  I  am  eleven  years 
old. 

From  Annie  Tiola  H  iestaml. —Z>mc  Edit- 
or:— I  read  dear  grandpa's  letters,  aud  was  so 
glad.  I  am  pleased  that  there  is  a  grandpa  in 
the  church  that  cares  for  us  little  folks.  Breth- 
ren Levi  Dickey  and  Isaac  Rosenberger  were 
with  us  and  held  meetings.  Grandpa,  I  wish 
you  could  have  been  here  and  enjoyed  the  meet- 
ings with  us,  0,  they  preached  so  good!  I 
went  to  Sunday-school  last  Summer,  but  it  has 
dosed  thi-'i  Winter,  I  love  to  read  this  good  pa- 
per, Goo.l  bye  grandpa;  hope  you  will  remem- 
ber all  of  ns  Uttle  folks. 

Seal,  Ohio. 

From  Emma  Saudrock. — Dear  Editor: — I 
am  a  little  girl  who  has  seen  twelve  Summers. 
We  often  go  to  meeting,  and  I  like  to  hear  the 
Brethi-en  preach  the  tnie  Gosjjel.  The  year 
lias  gone,  and  where  is  the  church  in  the  broth- 
erhood that  has  not  laid  some  loved  one  in  the 
grave?  There  were  three  laid  in  their  resting 
places  here,  and  one  of  them  was  my  dear  grand- 
ma.   God  took  her  to  rest. 

WaddamS  Grore,  III. 


The  Bretiires  at  Wokk,  from  March  Ist, 
to  Jan,  Ist,  1S79  only  §1,20. 


March   7. 


TI-IE    3RETT-IREiN'    ^VT    y^OTOiZ. 


CORRESPOISTDEN^CE. 


From  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa. 

Jkiir  lirdlircn:— 

\jirE  wish  to  say  for  tlic  ciicourngemout  of 
\  tlic  soiiits,  that  through  the  mercies  of 
God  we  lifive  hecn  permitted  to  cnjoj  ii  sciison 
of  gmce  at  the  Franklin  church.  Bro.  J.  II. 
Swiliart  of  Derbj-,  Iowa,  was  with  us,  aiul  he 
labored  faithfully  nearly  two  weeks,  prcaGiiling 
and  impressing  favorably  the  claims  of  .losus. 
As  the  iiiimcdinte  result  of  his  effort  we  record 
the  edifying  of  our  Father's  faithful  children, 
irith  five  additions  to  the  praying  army  by  the 
solemn  rite  of  Christian  baptism.  There  lu-e 
yet  two  more  applicants  for  membership. 

Our  heart  rejoices  in  our  Savior  aud  our  God, 
lo  hear  from  all  parts  of  the  success  of  the 
Master's  cause,  and  of  sinners  turning  to  the 
Lord.  Our  prayer  is,  that  the  grace  of  God 
may  bo  suflicieut  for  all,  so  that  ultimately  we 
niuy  meet  on  the  other  shore, 

"  Whcio  congregations  ne'er  break  \ip, 
Aud  Sabbaths  never  end." 

L.  M.  ICoij. 
FrmiMhi,  In.,  Feb.  22,  1S7S. 


From   Madison   Co.,    Ind. 

Dear  Jiirlh-cu: — 

WE  have  just  closed  a  series  of  meetings 
here.  They  wei-e  well  attended.  Al- 
though there  were  no  additions,  I  think  many 
good  impressions  were  made.  Saints  were  made 
to  rejoice  on  seeing  our  old  father  in  Israel  con- 
tend so  eiunestly  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints. 

Brethren'  F.  P.  Loihr  of  Michigan,  and 
liosenberger  of  Northern  Indiana  were  our 
ministei-3.  Our  prayer  is,  that  they  nmy  be 
faithfiil  till  death  and  then  pass  into  the  better 
world. 

We  expect  to  commence  another  series  of 
meetings  soon.  May  the  good  Lord  bless  us  all. 
G.  W.  Fessler. 


From   the   Almena   Congregation. 

Ikur  Brdhrai:— 

WE  are  still  trying  to  labor  in  the  cause  of 
our  Master.  Our  annual  visit  b  a  thijig 
of  the  past.  We  did  not  find  all  things  ns  we 
would  like  to  have  them,  but  still  our  church 
is  in  a  healthy  working  condition,  for  which  we 
are  thankful  to  Him  from  whom  all  blessings 
How. 

Elder  Closes  Z.  Baer,  a  very  worthy  aud  self- 
sacrificmg  brother,  has  the  oversight  of  this 
aim  of  the  church.  Sis  yeai-a  ago  he  com- 
menced his  labors  of  love  aniong  us.  We  had 
never  heard  the  Gospel  preached  in  its  primi- 
tive purity  before;  but  by  his  unceasing  labors, 
holding  forth  the  Gospel  in  its  great  beauty  and 
strength  he  has  built  up  a  church. 

On  the  13th  iust.,  Bro.  Walter  Clark  of 
Ca.'is  Co.,  Michigan  came  among  us  and  remain- 
ed nntil  the  18th.  Through  his  earnest  labors, 
combined  with  that  of  our  Elder,  three  souls 
were  made  willing  to  unite  with  the  people'  of 
Gnd,  and  others  almost  persuaded  to  come.  — 
May  the  Lord  help  them  so  they  do  not  put  it 
off  until  it  is  too  late. 

May  peace  be  yours  in  this  life,  and  eternal 
joy  in  the  world  to  come. 

F.  Allen-. 

Vieksbiirij,  Mich. 


From    California, 

SINCE  I  last  wrote  you,  we  have  been  having 
a  great  deal  of  rain.  Since  the  ISth,  ult., 
it  has  rained  so  much  that  the  ground  is  thor- 
oughly soaked.  The  prospects  for  a,  crop,  I 
think,  were  never  better.  ,The  farmers  are  all 
in  good  courage.  Work  is  progressing  finely; 
nearly  all  are  done  seeding.  Grain  and  grass 
are  growing  very  rapidly.  Health  in  general  is 
good.  All  fc-trs  of  another  dry  year  have  fled. 
t>  how  thankful  we  ought  to  he  to  the  Giver  of 
all  good.  Truly  His  ways  arc  not  our  ways, 
neither  are  His  thoughts  our  tlfcnghts.  0  that 
men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  His  loving-kind- 
ness to  the  children  of  men. 

Your  paper  continues  its  weekly  visits  a.s 
usual,  bringing  "  glad  tidings  of  great  joy  "  to 
the  cluldreu  of  God  in  this  remote  part  of 
God's  vineyard.  I  am  so  fortunate  as  to  receive 
two  copies  of  your  very  welcome  paper.  Yon 
may  continue  sending  as  before,  and  I  will  pay 
fiir  the  extra  copy  as  soon  as  I  can  get  the 
change,  and  I  shiJl  press  it  into  the  service  of 
the  ministry;  as  we  need  ministerial  help  hero 
very  much.  Isolated  as  we  arc  from  the  body 
of  the  brotherhood,   Brethren,   we  need  your 


prayers  in    our    behalf      "The  prayer  of  the 
righteous  avoileth  much," 

J.  FUSK. 
Jfipon,  Col.,  Feb.  !),  1878. 


From    Christine,    California. 

I  WELL  drop  yon  a  few  lines  to  let  you  know 
how  we  are  getting  along  in  the  far  West. 

In  tempond  things,  thanks  he  to  God,  we 
are  blest,  I  still  think  we  are  on  the  Lord's 
side,  are  striving  to  serve  Him.  Although  it  is 
hard,  as  we  are  alone — only  three  of  us,  my 
wife,  a  sister  from  Ohio  aud  myself.  Sometimes 
we  feel  lonesome,  but  the  Lord  has  told  us  in 
His  Word,  that  if  we  would  draw  nigh  to  Him, 
He  would  draw  nigh  to  us.  Then  when  the 
Lord  draivs  nigh,  we  are  not  alone,  but  we  feel 
happy  and  can  help  to  make  others  happy,  aud 
this  ia  one  way  to  serve  the  Lord.  Paul  says, 
we  should  rejoice,  and  weep  with  them  that 
weep.  This  is  ChrisHike.  We  are  trying  to 
live  right,  as  actions  speak  loader  than  words. 
Good  actions  spe.tk  powerfully  to  the  world. 

In  a  few  meetings  wliich  we  have  had,  we 
tried  in  our  weakness  to  hold  forth  the  Word 
in  its  purity.  We  have  a  great  many  rough 
people  beie,  a  great  many  infidels.  I  think 
more  than  in  any  other  |)Iace.  If  it  were  not 
for  the  beauty  of  the  climate,  its  health  fulness, 
the  rich  Imid  and  good  markets,  I  would  move 
away.  I  love  to  be  among  the  brethren,  I  still 
think  some  will  come  here.  There  is  some 
very  good  government  laud  here  yet,  hut  will 
not  he  very  long,  as  the  country  is  settling  up 
very  fast.  D.  S:  N.  Stvdehaker. 

Feb.  0, 1S7S. 


From   Tuscola,    Illinois. 

Deny  Biethien: — 

INASMUCH  as  we  expect  to  change  our  place 
of  residence  from  Tuscola,  Illinois  to  Cor- 
nell, Illinois,  we  send  you  the  following  church 
news. 

The  iuembei-3  are  in  union  and  love,  hut 
somewhat  lonesome.  Eleven  of  our  members 
have  moved  away  since  last  Fall,  reducing  our 
number  from  nineteen  to  eight.  Our  prayer  is 
tbab  the  few  remaining  may  hold  out  faithfully 
and  the  Lord  bless  them. 

We  left  home  on  Saturday,  Feb.,  9th  for  La 
Place,  where  we  held  meeting  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing and  night,  Monday  aud  Tuesday  night. — 
Had  council  meeting  and  all  went  off  in  loye 
aud  union.  Aft-er  meeting  we  went  to  the 
water  side,  where  prayer  ivas  offered  and  five 
precious  souls  buried  by  baptism  to  rise  and 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  May  they  be  faithful 
until  death,  that  they  might  obtain  that  crown 
of  life  whereof  the  apostle  speaks,  that  fadeth 
not  away.  Had  meeting  again  at  night,  after 
which  wo  had  to  bid  farewell  to  the  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters.  May  God  bless  them  all,  and 
if  we  meet  no  more  on  earth,  may  we  meet  in 
heaven,  is  ni3'  prayer. 

K,  Heckuan. 


Report    of   Travel. 

I  WILL  now,  according  to  promise,  drop  you 
a  few  words  for  the  beuefit  of  the  cause.  — ■ 
I  left  the  Brethren  iu  Kansaa  on  the  28th  of 
December.  The  last  church  I  visited  was  Paint 
Creek.  Found  the  brethren  alive  to  the  work, 
though  they  have  a  strong  opposition  by  Bap- 
tists aud  Methodists;  but  we  would  say,  hreth- 
stand  firm,  and  the  Lord  will  give  you  a 
crown  of  life  in  the  end. 

We  read  and  understand  there  are  mauj'  spir- 
its gone  out  into  the  world,  but  we  are  to  try 
them  by  the  Word  of  Eternal  Truth— see 
whether  they  arc  on  the  rock  Christ  Jesus.  We 
stayed  with  the  brethren  at  this  place  until 
there  were  nineteen  sermons  preached  in  all; 
meeting  in  the  school-houses  iu  the  evening  aud 
iu  dwelling  houses  in  the  day  time.  They  have 
no  meeting-house  here,  but  will  have  one  soon. 
During  our  stay  with  them,  four  precious  souls 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  buried  in 
baptism,  and  arose,  we  hope  and  trust,  to  walk 
in  newne.'is  of  life 

They  were  young  people;  hope  tbey  will  he  a 
light  to  the  world.  Brethren  care  for  the 
young  memhere,  for  they  will  be  the  bono  aud 
sinew  of  the  church  when  we  aie  gone.  We 
think  sometimes  the  youjig  members  are  not 
treated  with  that  degree  of  lenity  that  they 
should  he,  and  are  discouraged  and  driven  hack 
into  the  world.  Then  some  say  that  is  where 
your  series  of  meetings  runs  to.  By  saying 
this,  I  do  not  intend  to  encourage  pride,  not  by 
any  meims;  but  there  is   a  growth  of  grace. 

Brethren  traveling  through  here,  will  please 
remember  the  brethren  of  Paint  Creek  church. 
There  arc  also  some  brethren  living  iu  Ft.  Scott. 
I  preached  one  sermon  there.    Those  traveling 


througli  that  part  of  the  country,  and  wish  to 
stop  with  the  Brethren^  should  inquire  for  Bro. 
Everet.  !  feel  to  thank  the  Brethren  in  Kan- 
sjis  for  their  kindness  shown  towards  me,  while 
ivith  them. 

Myself  aud  nife  arrived  here  (where  wo  ex- 
pect to  reside)  on  the  lath  inst.  Found  all  well. 
Dorset  HononEX. 

Unuthi'jtou,  /«-/.,  Ftb.  2UI,1678. 


From    Valton,    Wis. 

Dcui-  Brethren: — 

I  THOUGHT  that  some  news  from  the  few 
branches  that  are  planted  into  the  Vine  at 
this  place,  would  be  encouraging  to  the  church. 
There  are  six  at  this  place  that  have  been  re- 
ceived iuto  the  church  by  baptism.  On  Satur- 
day the  Ifith  of  February,  brother  Caleb  Fogle 
of  West  Lima,  Wis.,  came  to  visit  us.  He 
preached  two  sermons  for  us,  one  one  on  Satur- 
day evening,  choosing  for  his  subject,  "Foras- 
much as  ye  know  that  yo  were  not  redeemed 
with  corruptible  thing:*,  as  silver  and  gold,  from 
your  vain  conversatiou  received  by  tradition 
from  your  fathers"  1  Peter  1: 18,  The  brother 
treated  largely  upon  the  trinity  of  Christ. 

On  Sunday  he  preached  from  James  2:10, 
giving  a  good  discourse  on  the  ordinances  of 
God's  house.  The  few  branches  here  were  wa- 
tered with  the  dews  of  heaven.  The  meeting 
on  Sunday  was  held  at  a  neighbor's  house;  it 
was  well  filled.  There  were  two  niiuistei-s  pres- 
ent of  other  denominations,  one  of  the  United 
Brethren,  aud  the  other  of  the  Methodists. — 
The  discourse  did  not  suit  them,  so  on  Sunday 
evening  after  Bro.  Fogle  had  taken  leave  for 
homo,  they  endeavored  to  pick  Bro.  Fogle's  dis- 
course to  pieces.  But  the  Lord  was  ^vith  some 
one  in  the  congregation,  and  they  met  with  op- 
position. There  was  one  that  was  not  afraid  to 
stand  for  Jesus. 

May  the  Lord  bless  Bro.  Pogle  iu  his  labors 
wherever  he  may  be.  Hope  the  brethren  of  111. 
ivill  remember  us.  Would  be  glad  if  Bro.  S.  H. 
Bashor  could  moke  us  a  visit  sometime;  also 
would  be  much  rejoiced  if  Bro.  Enoch  Eby 
could  come  this  way  sometime  after  he  returns 
from  Denmark.  Hope  the  good  Lord  will  grant 
the  brethren  and  sisters  a  safe  return  home 
from  Denmark. 

J.  E.  D.  Short. 

Feb.  im,  18/8. 

From     Missouri. 

Dear  Brelhrm.— 

I  WISH  to  say  through  the  Brethrkn  at 
Work  to  my  numerous  correspondents  in 
regard  to  the  land  in  this  jiart  of  the  country. 
Bro.  Henry  Wyland  of  Bloomingdale,  Mich., 
moved  bore  and  appears  very  well  satisfied  with 
the  description  that  I  gave  him.  Also  brother 
Michael  Herman  of  Victor,  Iowa.  Bro.  Her- 
man made  a  pretty  thorough  examination  of 
the  soil  here.  If  I  understood  him  correctly 
he  is  quite  favorable  to  our  country.  Land  is  be- 
ing taken  up  ^t  within  the  li^t  six  months; 
yet  there  are  several  thousand  acres  of  raw  laud 
for  sale  from  S  to  7  dollars  per  acre. 
Also  several  farms  of  160  acres  with  about 
0  acres  under  cultivation.  Good  houses,'  or- 
chards and  water  for  3,000  dollars.  Brethren 
wishing  to  purchase  some  of  this  raw  land  had 
better  do  so  before  Spring,  Laud  is  rolling, 
plenty  of  timber  and  rock.  Any  desiring  to 
know  more  can  address  the  undersigned.  En- 
close stamp. 

W.  B.  Sell. 
Martinsville,  Mo.,  Feb.  ISlh.  1S78. 


From    Texas. 

Dear  Brethren.-— 

LIKE  hundreds  of  others,  we  are  still  in  Tex- 
as, learning  all  we  can  with  a  view  of  fi- 
nally turning  the  knowledge  we  thus  obtain  to 
practical  use.  Arriving  here  at  a  late  hour  iu 
the  night,  we  put  up  at  the  hotel.  Next  day 
enjoyed  the  privilege  of  listening  to  a  well  di- 
rected discourse  to  the  children  and  youth  of 
this  place.  Test,  "Remember  now  thy  Crea- 
tor in  the  days  of  thy  youth,"  (EccI,  12:1). 

The  preacher  first  oxj}lained  the  meaning  of 
the  word  Ecclesiastes  to  be  the  preacher. 

2.  That  Solomon  was  the  preiicher  who  wrote 
it;  and  that  the  meaning  of  Solomon  is  "the 
peaceful  one," 

3.  That  Solomon  was  wise  aud  received  his 
wisdom  from  God;  that  God  gave  it  to  him  he- 
cause  he  asked  Him  for  it. 

4.  He  reminded  the  children  and  youth  that 
had  a  desire  to  become  wiae,  and  the  time  to  be- 
gin to  be  wise  is  now,  iu  the  days  of  thy  youth, 
and  espoeiully  pressed  the  thought,  that  "  the 
fear  of  the  Lord  is  the   beginning   of  wisdom," 


and  that  it  must  be  by  rememberiug  their  Cre- 
ator, not  by  forgi'tting  Him.  People  become 
ivicked  when  they  forgot  God. 

0.  He  prersed  the  thought  of  the  Bible  being 
a  lamp  to  our  feet,  and  would  only  Iwuetit  ns 
when  wo  used  it  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  where 
to  go  luid  what  to  do,  the  same  as  the  lamps  are 
used  in  these  dark  nighfs  to  enable  the  people 
to  see  how  to  keep  their  feet  out  of  the  mudaud 
other  dilHcultios  they  meet  on  the  streets  of 
Slieruum. 

SBEKlSa  A  DESntABLB  HOME, 

It  is  quite  instructive  to  see  people  coming  in 
hero  by  hundreds  from  many  different  States, 
seeking  for  desirable  homes.  Many  will  fiud 
themselves  disappointed,  when  they  get  hero, 
because  they  expect  to  find  good,  pleasimthomes 
here  without  the  necessary  exertion  on  their 
part  to  secure  and  improve  them.  Even  so  it 
is  to  he  feared  that  thousands  i>'ill  fail  to  secure 
a  home  in  heaven,  simply  because  they  will  not 
make  the  necessary  eSbrt  to  secure  a  title  for  it. 

We  visited  Bro.  LaRue's  family,  and  there 
met  the  brother  and  sister,  and  brother  P.  R. 
A;''erts.  We  learned  from  them  that  a  brother 
Snyder  from  Iowa  would  preach  some  three  or 
four  miles  North,  on  Saturday  night.  Sunday, 
and  Sunday  night.  Though  quite  anxious  to 
meet  him  and  other  brethren  and  sisters,  and 
join  with  them  iu  the  worship  of  God,  in  tins 
land  of  flowers,  our  anxiety  to  prosocnte  speed- 
ily, the  busmess  for  which  we  principally  camo 
hero,  in  oi-der  to  reach  our  absent  families 
again  as  soon  as  possible,  i)revented  ns  from  go- 
ing over,  as  that  would  have  delayed  us  several 
daj-3.  The  members  here  are  well  and  seem  to 
he  well  pleased  with  the  country  and  are  very 
desirous  to  have  more  brethren  to  settle  in,  aud 
especially  a  minister,  so  that  they  might  also 
have  regular  preaching, 

Daniel  Vanimas. 

Shfrman,  Tcjras,  Feb.  2M,  1S78 


From    Lower    Cumberland,    Pa. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

IF  some  of  us  do  complain  of  hard  times  fi- 
nancially, yet  we  have  certainty  had  a 
feast  spiritually.  That  is,  we  have  had  the  bread 
of  Life  richly  administered  amongst  us.  About 
the  first  of  December  last,  brother  Stouffer  of 
Md.,  was  with  us  about  a  week.  On  the  25th, 
(Christmas  day)  brethren  H.  Saylor  and  Wm. 
Franklin  also  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
continuing  over  a  week  with  good  results. 

About  middle  of  January  Bm.  Grabill  Myers 
and  Chrisfan  Myers  came  and  labored  faithful- 
ly for  about  one  week.  On  the  first  of  Febru- 
ary Bro,  S,  H.  Bashor  arrived  here,  preached  at 
Boiling  Springs,  at  Bakers  and  at  Mechanics- 
burg.  He  was  with  us  twelve  days.  Had 
good  congregations  most  of  the  time,  and  talking 
all  together,  the  labors  of  the  brethren  were 
not  in  rain.  Since  the  first  of  December  twen- 
ty-seven have  been  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism. 

Hope  those  who  have  put  on  Christ  may  walk 
in  Him,  and  those  of  us  who  have  been  longer 
in  Hiw  service  be  the  more  faithful,  knoiving  that 
our  salvation  is  nearer  than  when  we  first  be- 
lieved. 

H.  Beelwan. 

Dillsbin-'j,  Prt.,  F'b.  25th.  1S7S. 


From    Fortville,    Indiana. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

THIS  church  formerly  belonged  to  the  Stony 
Creek  church;  but  recently  there  was  a 
division  made,  and  the  Eastern  part  is  now  call- 
ed Beech  Grove.  We  number  near  fifty  mem- 
bers— still  under  tlip  care  of  J.  W.  Caylor,  the 
Elder  of  Stony  Creek  church.  Our  regular 
meetings  are  twice  a  month,  aud  occasionally 
some  brother  comes  in  and  holds  a  series  of 
meetings.  Bro.  Jacob  Rife  came  here  on  the  8, 
of  February,  and  preached  seven  sermons. 

There  were  none  added  to  the  church,  but  we 
hope  his  preaching  may  be  as  bread  east  upon 
the  waters,  for  we  think  many  crumbs  felt  from 
the  Master's  table.  Our  prayer  is  that  "noth- 
ing he  wasted."  Bro.  Rife  went  (rom  here  to 
the  District  meeting  at  Honey  Creek.  He  gave 
us  a  pcu'tiai  promise  to  come  again  next  sum- 
mer, if  spared.  May  God  be  with  him  is  my_ 
prayer. 

We  exjwct  Bro.  Geo.  Studebaker  here  the  1st. 
of  March.  He  has  preached  here  occasionally 
for  several  years,  and  has  been  the  means  of 
much  good  being  done  at  this  place.  May  God 
bless  him  in  his  labors. 

C.  A.  Savaqe. 

Feb.  2hl,  1878. 


The  Biietbren  at  Work  from  March  1st 
to  Jim,  1st  18T9  only  S  1.20. 


TPIK    BRETtXREISr    ^VT    AVOKKI. 


Marcli    T- 


"TiikSkvestii  Dav." — CoDclu'Ied  from  page 
three,  present  Dumber. 

But  that  could  not  inuke  cither  of  them  a  Inw 
to  iheClirialian  1  aud  tlic  Subbatarinn  only  hiis 
the  force  of  inforeuce  to  give  as  liis  rcasm  for 
that  US  n  law  binJiag  upon  tlie  Cbristian.  Tbe 
inference  would  bring  over  tlie  sacrifices  ujjon  the 
-6amo  principle  it  would  bring  the  .Sabbath  ;  nnd 
we  deny  the  right  of  inference  to  mnhe  n  law  lu 
the  aliHeiice  of  divine  conimnnd  and  cxnniple. 

When  they  demand  of  m  to  prove  n  change 
from  ihc  Beventh  day,  or  Sabbath,  to  the  first  day, 
Hint  ia  the  very  thing  we  do  not  believe.  The 
Sabbath  was  not  changed  ;  but  it  and  tbc  law  that 
bound  it  upon  Israel  were  taken  away,  nod  a  new 
day,  a  new  law,  for  a  new  purptee.  was  given  to  n 
iicwpc<iplc,  under  anew  dispensation,  Old  things 
pass(;d  away  anil    behold   all    things  ore  become 

It  h  said  that  the  Savior  did  not  nbmgale,  but 
k-ipt  tho  Sabbath.  But  we  reply  that  He  kept 
the  whole  law.  Tbe  Savior  come  tn  fulfil!  the  law 
auil  lie  did  it,  uiid  Ihentook  it  out  of  the  way, 
nailing  it  to  tho  crosa  ;  just  like  a  piece  of  writing 
between  two  parties,  no  part  of  it  can  be  abrogat- 
ed by  cither,  but  must  be  fulfilled  by  both  parties; 
then  it,  like  tlie  .leivish  law,  pasECt<  away,  because 
it  is  dead,  as  Paul  says,  that  being  dead  under 
which  we  were  hchi,  we  are  made  free  from  it. 
It  is  evident  that  Jesus  kept  the  law  until  He  ful- 
filled it ;  then  He  Inkelh  away  the  first  that  Ho 
may  catablipli  the  second. 

It  has  been  said,  ae  argumcat,  that  the  apostlcti 
preached  in  synagogues  on  the  Sabbath  day,  (Acts 
13;  14-44).  This  we  readily  admit ;  bat -as  the 
■Tewa  aud  Gentiles  were  in  the  habit  of  assembling 
on  that  day,  Paul  took  occasion  whenever  circum- 
stances would  )»crmil  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  both 
Jews  and  Gentiles.  There  arc  lunuy  other  occa- 
sions on  which  the  apostle  preached  in  the  syna- 
gogue on  the  Sabbath  day.  He  also  stood  in  the 
Areopagus  at  Athens  preacliiug  the  unknown  God 
to  them  ;  but  the  asaembly  at  Athenti  were  not 
Christians,  neither  were  thescsynngogues  assem- 
blies on  the  Sabbath,  Christian  congregations. — 
They  were  Jews,  and  they  wore  he]<I  under  .Jew- 
ish authority.  The  Christiaus  could  not  keep 
these  Sabbaths  with  the  Jews.  There  was  the 
evening  sacrifice  nflered  about  two  o'clock. 

This  would  be  mockery  in  Christian?,  for  they 
were  preacbing  agaiust  such  sacrifices  —  that  the 
blood  of  bulls  and  goalj>  could  not  take  away  sin. 
Paul  met  with  tlie  Jews  on  tho  Sabbath  to  prea(!h 
to  them,  Ittit  he  met  with  the  Christians  on  the 
firel  day  of  the  week,  as  we  have  proved.  Then 
ns  ne  cannot  find  in  the  Gosjielone  time,  one  ex- 
ample of  a  Christian  congregatiou  meeting  on  the 
Ecveulh  day  to  worship  God,  but  a  number  of 
times  where  they  met  and  the  Lord  blessed  them 
nu  the  first  day  of  the  week,  we  have  assurance 
that  God  will  accept  and  blees  the  same  practice 
now.  AikI  as  the  inspired  apostles  and  the  primi- 
tive church  are  the  pattern  God  has  given,  we  will 
not  agree  to  accept  this  Jewish  Sabbath,  or  sev- 
enth day,  until  the' Sabbatarian  can  find  cue  ex- 
ample, i>ne  precedent  of  tho  apostolic  congrega- 
tions meeting  on  that  day.  Until  he  does  that, 
nil  his  inference  and  far-fetched  reasoning  on 
Eonietbing  not  in  the  Gospel,  amount  to  nothing 
as  argument- 

The  plain  example  of  tlie  primitive  Christians 
and  the  inspired  apistles  meeting  on  the  first  day 
of  the  week  to  wonliip  God,  outweigh  a  thousand 
volumes  of  human  opinions  and  Judaixcd  notion.': 
concerniug  this  mutter.  These  can  only  divide 
the  church,  and  lead  it  away  from  the  example 
which  God  has  set  before  us  in  the  ]>riinitive 
church.  The  example  of  these  firat  day  meetings 
was  acceptable  then,  it  is  acceptable  now;  it  is 
fuunded  on  the  rock  of  God's  truth,  tried,  proved 
and  accepted.  Then  let  us  keep  it  as  they  left  it, 
an't  we,  too,  are  built  on  the  same  rock. 

I^iloga,  I  lid. 


DIED. 


C^\SSEL— In  the  Indian  Creek  church,  Mont- 
gomerj-  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  18,  sister  Catharine,  wife 
of  Bro.  David  Cassel,  iu  the  62nd  year  of  her 
age. 

BUSTARD.— In  the  same  church,  Feb.  20th,  sis- 
lei*  Leah,  wife  of  Bro.  Jnniea  Bustard,  in  the 
64lhyearof  her  age. 

GAKBER.— In  Richland  Co..  O,,  Februnr>-  24, 
IS7S,  Lewerlen,  iufaut  daughter  of  brother 
Simon  aud  sister  Anna  Giirber,  agci.1  one  year 
and  eleven  days.  AV.  A.  JIurR-W. 

KAUB.— Ou  Febrnory  lUtb,  187S,in  the  English 
Prairie  district,  Lagrange  Co.,  Indiana,  John, 
son  of  Bro.  Daniel  and  lister  Sarah  Kaub,  ag- 
ed 0  years,  5  months  and  12  days. 

A.  E.  Keagy. 


aDE-A.i<riisrGS. 


From  Enoch  Eby. — We  have  just  returned 
from  a  tour  of  two  weeks  through  Germany,  in 
different  places.  Met  with  but  little  success,  as 
the  privileges  for  missionaries  are  very  limited  at 
beat,  and  the  only  successful  way  is  to  live  among 
them  and  live  prejudice  down,  and  Christianity 
up.  But  that  is  not  the  work  of  a  day  or  two, 
but  of  years,  but  more  of  this  sometime  in  the 
future. 

Our  health  is  still  good,  and  the  prospects  for 
doing  good  as  favorable  as  ever.  Bro.  Hope 
starts  North  on  the  ninlh  inst.,  to  attend  some  18 
or  20  appointments.  May  tho  Iiord  give  the  in- 
crease. 

Weather  is  still  mild  and  pleasant,  just  cold 
enough  to  keep  the  roads  in  a  good  condition,  yet 
melts  what  little  snow  we  receive  occasionally. 

Bjorring,  Deiii'iark,  Feb.,  6,  187S. 

Ffoiii  H.  K.  Meyers. —  The  Ashland  College 
is  now  chartered  and  the  following  brethren  havo 
been  appointed  Trustees,  to  meet  at  Ashland, 
Ohio,  on  Thursday,  March  7th,  1878,  at  10 
o'clock  A.M. 

Austin    Moherman, Ashland  County,  Ohio. 

JohnShldier " 

H.  K.  Meyers "  "  " 

Richard  Arnold, "  "  " 

J.  D.  Parker " 

A.  M.  Dickey 

Wm.  Sadler, " 

J.  N.  Roop " 

Wm.  Workman, '■  "  " 

A.J.  Hixou, Highland       " 

E.L.  Yoder, .....Wayne 

Jacob  Mishler -Summit         "  " 

J.  A.  Clement, Col.  "  " 

Josiah  Keim, Stark  "  " 

From  D.  J.  Sleyers. — Bro.  A.  M.  Dickey  of 

Maple  Grove  church,  conmienced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings on  the  ninth  inst.,  and  closed  on  tbe  seven- 
teeuth.  He  preached  seventeen  sermons  foi 
Tbe  attention  was  good,  all  unite  in  s.iving  the 
meetings  were  good.  Many  undoubtedly  felt  that 
all  was  not  well  with  them.  But  Satan  tells 
them  not  to  get  excited,  that  they  arc  young 
have  plenty  of  lime  j'Ct.  Some  who  attended 
these  meetings,  confessed  they  were  doing  wrong, 
and  that  the  Brethren  are  right,  but  they  are  not 
qtute  willing  to  give  up.  One  young  sister 
thirteen  Summers  was  made  willing  to  come  i 
on  the  side  of  the  Lord. 

Homerivlila.  0.,  Feb.  21,  187S. 

From  Joint  Nicliolsoil.— Our  series  of  meet- 
in  {^closed  last  evening  withteo  accessions.  I  am 
now  iu  the  house  of  Bro.  C.  Newcomer,  near 
Bryan.  Our  series  of  meetings  here  will  i 
menca  this  cveuin^  and  perhaps  continue  a  week 
or  more  if  the  weather  is  favorable. 

JirganI,   0.,  Feb.  25,  1S78.. 

From  D.  B.  Stiirgls. — I  attended  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Hawpach  meeting-house  in  La 
Grange  Co.,  where  I  preached  twenty-one  times. 
Seven  were  bapli/.ed  and  one  more  application.  — 
The  house  was  crowded  at  every  night  meeting;  in 
day-time  not  so  many.  Good  order  and  deep 
terest  prevailed  all  the  tinift  and  it  is  believed 
there  will  be  many  more  added  to  the  church. 
■  Fci.  21,1878. 


From  Joint  Pool.  —  Bro.  Daniel    Vi 

was  with  us  one  week  in  December.  Although 
the  roudj  and  weather  were  bad,  our  meetings 
were  well  attendtd.  Two  souls  came  out  on  the 
Lord's  side,  and  'others  felt  tiic  need  of  a  Savior's 
love.  May  they  heed  the  call  before  it  is  eternal- 
ly too  late:  Brother  A.  S.  Leer  of  Christian  Co., 
was  with  us  from  the  ninth  to  the  sevenleenth  of 
this  mouth.  The  weather  and  the  roads  were 
bad.  One  more  was  added  by  baptism.  The 
terest  increased  with  the  uiCGtiogs.  The  Bretliren 
here  had  never  held  a  series  of  meetings  before. 
Prairie  CUy,  III. 

From  Allen  Ives.— I  am  iu  receipt  alnvosi 
daily  of  letters  calling  for  mimisterial  aid,  and 
Gospel  fooil.  Have  been  in  the  field  for  the  past 
four  weeks  Held  meetings  in  the  evening  and 
visited  families  during  the  day.  The  meciiogit 
were  all  well  attended,  the  nieinbers  strengthened; 
but  our  field  is  entirety  too  large,  and  the  dear 
members  too  much  scattered  fur  me  to  reach  tbem 
all  and  do  justice.  Our  territory  extends  North 
and  South  from  the  U.  P.  R.  U.  to  the  K.  P.  R.  R. 
and  westal  least  180  miles. 

.Burr  Otik,  Km..  Feb.  2S,  1878. 

From  John  Wise.— As  an  item  of  news  I  will 
say,  I  closed  a  meeting  of  fifteen  days  in  the 
Brethren's  meeting  place,  the  Hall,  in  Waterloo, 
on  the  evening  of  the  24th  inst.  No  additions  to 
the  church,  but  the  membcts  seemed  lo  he  built  up 
and  encouraged.  May  God  bless  us  and  save  us 
all.     Amen. 

Waterloo,  Iowa.,  Feb.  27,  187S. 


From  W.  ii.  Sell.— We  have  had,  s..  far.  the 
most  pleasant  Winter  I  ever  saw;  had  muddy 
roads  for  six  or  eight  days,  this  was  about  all. 
Some  of  our  farmers  have  sown  their  wheat.  Wo 
closed  our  mcetiugs  last  night  with  the  best  of  in- 
terest and  good  feelings.  Bro.  Herman  preached 
six  discourses  for  us;  we  appreciate<l  his  labors 
much.  Would  be  glad  if  some  more  would  come 
and  labor  for  us,  as  ^ve  believe  there  could  be  good 
accomplished.  We  have  many  calls  to  come  aud 
preach,  but  my  health  is  not  .good  at  present. 
Peace,  love  and  union  to  all  from  our  Lord  and 
Master. 

Martimvilk,  Mo.,  Feb.  18,  1S78. 

Fi'om  D.  A.  Lichty. — Will  you  say  to  those 
who  feel  to  rejoice  with  us,  and  with  the  angels, 
that  during  our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by 
our  dearly  beloved  brother  D.  D.  Soil  from  Mo., 
seven  have  already  been  initiated  into  the  house- 
hold of  faith,  and  several  others  have  openly  aud 
fearlessly  expressed  their  convictions  on  the  subject 
of  their  known  duty  ?  And  now,  may  the  good 
Lord  grant  thctn  grace  and  resolution  to  put  their 
faith  into  practice,  "  before  the  evil  day  come  "  m 
which  the  fowls  of  the  air,  the  cares  of  this  lifij, 
or  the  deceitfulness  of  riches,  rob  tho  heart  and 
the  mind  of  thosesacred  impressions  made  through 
tbe  preaching  of  tho  word  of  life.  And,  as  is 
customary  on  such  occasions,  the  result  was  a  gen 
eral  revival  among  the  membership — an  occasion 
I  trust,  whicli  will  ntlbrd  matter  to  many,  laden 
with  kindly  feelings  and  happy 
through  all  the  ceaseless  ages  of  eternity. 

Envxlin,  Kan.,  Feb.,  22,  1878. 


1     int 


A  TREE  THAT  RAINS. 

ml  for  the  United  States  of  Columh 
the  department  of  Lareto,  Peru,  has  i 

itly  called  the  attention  of  President  Prado 
a  remarkable  tree  which  exists  in  tbe  forests  ad- 
joining the  village  of  Moyobamba.  This  tree, 
known  to  tbe  native*  as  Tamai-Coapi  (rain  tree), 
is  about  fifty-eight  feet  in  height  at  full  growth, 
and  the  diameter  of  its  trunk  is  about  thirty-nine 
inches. 

It  ubsui'bs  and  conde])scs  the  moisture  in  the 
atmosphere  with  astonishinf^  energy,  auij  it  is  said 
that  water  constantly  exudes  from  its  trunk  and 
pours  like  rain  from  its  branches.  So  abundant 
is  the  water  supply  that  the  soil  near  by  is  lurncd 
in  a  marsh.  Tbe  tree  gives  forth  most  wolev 
when  the  rivers  arc  dry  during  the  Summer  sea- 
son, and  when  water  is  generally  scarce.  Its  cul- 
tivation is  proposed  throughout  tbe  arid  regions 
of  Peru. 


j^lNNOTJNOEMENTS. 


KotiCKS  of   Lavi<-rcii!itii,   District   Mt^ciinga.   etc.,  slioiild 

bs  lirief.  nnd  nrillcii  no  pniicr  eeparatc 

rroni   other   buHincsa. 


The  Brethren  of  itlie  Beaver  Dam  congregati 
KoaciuKco  Co.,  Ind..  contemplate,  the  Ixird  willing, 
lo  hold  our  Communion  meeting  on  Thursday, 
the  6th  of  June  next,  at  my  house,  two  niilci 
South  of  Sevastopol,  to  commence  at  4  o'clock  iu 
tbe  afternoon,  Those  coming  from  North  or 
South  on  tlie,  C.  W.  &.  W.  R.  R.,  will  stop  at  Sil- 
ver Lake  the  day  before  the  meeting.  Those 
_comiog  from  Chicago  on  the  P.  Ft.  W.  it  C.  H. 
R.,  will  inform  me,  and  we  will  meet  tbem  at 
Warsaw.  Those  coming  on  the  Indianapolis, 
Peru  &  Michigan  City  R,  R.,  please  iiiform  me, 
and  we  will  meet  them  at  Rochester,  Fulton  Co. 
Ind.,  on  tlay  before  meeting.  A  hearty  invitation 
is  given  to  all.  D,  BEcnTKLHr.MEH. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Ind.,  will  be 
held  iu  English  Prairie  church,  tbe  Lord  willing, 
Thursday,  May  (Ith,  1878,  commencing  at  li 
o'clock  A.  M.,  un(|  all  those,  traveling  by  rail- 
road, will  please  stop  at  Lima.  , 
Jesse  C.u,vert,   Clerk. 


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ivell  lis  a  hiilory  of  ill!  peraona  and  ptfices  menliuocd 
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Uoly  Land,  ami  enables  tio  observer,  at  li  einnce  lo  bu- 

nnd  nionudiins,  Iu  sborl.  it  is'iv  perfl'c'l  piciuro  of  Iho 
wfiolc  country  fruni  Damascus  tii  Ibu  de.«erl  of  Gam.  It 
ia  tlie  iiioal  complelo  thing  of  Ibc  kin.l  >ve  ever  sow.  By 
a  fuw  bours  cnrefill  study,  tbe  different  pUcca  menllnn- 
edin  Ibe  Bible iiboiit  riik^fiin-,  lui.y  lit-  (iimly  fi.icl  in 
the  mind,  making  Ihi'  rr-  irl'v  i  ■  fimilhr  -  ;rl-  tl,.--  i.,.- ,. 
tionof  (lioseiiifferci -    ■■  -  " ■■,,.■,!,. 


Those  who  think  till  i. 

It  in  primed  in  benuiifiil  calois,  .lij 
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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  pssscnger  iraio  going  eosl  Icnvts  Lanark  al  12:2i 
P.  M..  anil  arrives  in  Racine  at  <i:iS  P.  M. 

Day  passenger  Imio  going  vroal  lemcs  Lanark  al  2:  14  P. 

■    M.,  ami  arrives  at  Rook  Island  al  5:oO  P.  .M. 

Xighl  passenger  trains,  going  cast  and  vresl,  meet  nnd 
leave  Lanark  at  2:18  A.  M.,  nrririog  in  Itacine  at  11:00 
A.    M.,    nnd    al    Rock  lelund  al  ti:OU  A.  M. 

Freight  nod  Accomiuodulion  Tnuus  will  run  west  at 
12;  10  A.  SI.,  10:  CO  A.  M.  anJ  cast  al  12:  10  A.M. 
and*;  Vj  P.  M. 


G.  A.  Shitu,  AgeaL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"  Behold  I  Brhuj   You  Good  Tklmfjs  of  Great  Joy,  wUch  Shall  he  unto  All  Peopled 


-LuK 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  14, 1878. 


No.  11. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

l:llITKD  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


.J.H.  lloiiro,  S.  H.  Baslior,  M.  11. 1'Mielinaii. 


SPECIAL  CONTHIBDTOHS: 


K.  H.  illl,l,Ll:. 

1,AU0<!A,  ISIt. 

J.  IV.  STKIK,       --.... 

i'ZlVTO>'IA,  HO. 

I),  taxiii.lv,       ----.. 

-  VIHIiES,  IIX. 

D.  D.  MKKTZER.       -      -      -      -      -n 

\YXESltOUO,  I* A. 

IIATTIF.  A.  I-KAIt.        .      -      -      -      - 

UflllANA,    ILL. 

LOVE. 

iir  J.  w.  suUTUwti' 

II. 

LOVE  sl.oiil.1    It    iiiiti«nii-in. 
I'Vom  tlie  hoaic  luid  soul, 
As  we  jouriioy  omrard. 
From  the  Ckiistiiui  gonl. 

We  sLoiild  ne'er  be  fiUteriiifj, 
lu  this  Christian  Iniiil; 

For  the  Ciuisc   is  noble. 
Work   then  hand  in   liniifl. 


ighbrjr 


Let  us  love  our  i 

Even   as  oiirself; 
And  if  we  have  money, 

Use  it  not  as  iielf. 

We  should   love   Uic  Suvior, 
Aud  His  words  obfy; 

Be  baptixeil  in   witef, 
Anil   wash   our  siiia  away. 

They  that  lovo  the  Savior, 
All  His  sayiiiffs  keep; 

Alwnj-a  working  for  Hilii, 
Never  found  nsleep. 

Be   then  nlways  loving, 
Always  Itimi  and   true; 

Live  for  heaven  niid  glory. 
And  your  w&ik  pursue. 


THE  TfilPLE  SACEAMENT. 

1)Y  ('.  n.  BAl^llAl'GH. 

To  Bioilier  JucAi  Slmiicoiii;  of  Michigmt: — 

WE  iirc  to  give  a  re:ison  for  the  ho])e  that  is 
inns.  What  kind  of  reason?  Logical? 
Philosophical?  This  is  not  icipmed  by  Scnp- 
tuie,  and  in  the  majority  of  instances  is  impos- 
sible. The  re;ison  of  the  saint  is  moral,  not  iu- 
tellcctnal;  it  is  life,  not  thory.  Sectarians  of 
all  grades  ask  us  a  reason  for  Feet-washing  and 
the  Lord's  Supi>er,  and  aver  that  nothing  will 
satisfy  them  which  does  not  cairy  the  pi-ecision 
aud  force  of  n  mathematical  deiuonatiatiou. 
If  we  are  unable  to  offer  proof  in  that  form, 
they  clap  their  bauds,  wag  their  heads,  and 
sbontaba,aha!(Ps.  40;I5). 

When  (hey  ai-e  pressed  by  infidels  to 
g-jve  the  same  kind  of  proof  for  the  lucar 
tion,  and  the  presence  of  the  Holy  Ghost  iu  the 
world  as  tbe  Representative  of  Father  and  Son, 
they  denounce  their  antagonists  as  uiireasontible 
for  not  accepting  an  couclusivc  tbe  kind  of 
gumeut  that  we  offer  in  support  of  ivhat  theij 
deny.  The  best,  most  irrefragable  argument  in 
support  of  tbe  Divine  Incarnation  is  the  incon- 
testable historical  fact  of  a  Being  in  the  flesh 
who  did  what  Deity  aloue  can  do.  The  conces- 
sion of  Nicodemusis  the  most  philosophical  ar- 
gument, without  any  thought  of  philosophj', 
not  only  for  tbe  manifestation  of  God  as  the 
Sou  of  Man,  but  equally  for  Feet-washing  aud 
the  Lord's  Supper,  and  all  other  institutions  of 
Grace: "  Kabbi,  we  know  that  Thou  art  a  Teach- 
er comefvom  Gotl,  for  no  wan  can  do  these  mir- 
acles that  T/ioii  (loesl,  £!lCept  God  dk  with 
Hm."  When  this  same  Person  institutes  a 
feast  with  wholly  new  accompaniments,  preced- 
ing and  following,  and  excludes  from  His  King- 
dom those  who  rejectthis  arrangement,  we  need 
no  other  reason  for  the  hope  that  is  in  ns  ns 
connecteil  witli  these  observances. 
That  the  original  Paschal  Institttion  is  ob- 


solettf  no  one  disputes.  That  Christ  washed  His 
disciples'  feet  is  equally  incontrovertible.  There 
is  not  a  symbol  found  in  both  Testaments  rat- 
ified by  more  positive  and  solemn  sanction  than 
this.  "  Jf  Iwashtheenof,  thou  haul  nojxitiirith 
VIC."  Wliat  can  be  more  awful  tlian  such  an 
assertion  from  the  lips  of  God  ia  the  flesh? 
What  can  be  more  presumptuons  and  fatal  than 
ils  rejection?  "Iflijmir  Lord  and  Mmtei;have 
iitishrd  your/n't,  ye  oiii/ht  uho  to  wash  one  tin- 
olhersfecl."  "  Ihftvei/ivenynf  nil  EXAMPLE, 
tii-il  yp.  snopLi>  1,0  AS  I  HAVE  DONE  TO 
YOU."  "  2'he  gervdiit  is  not  tfieater  thiin  his 
Ijoi-iI."  What  can  be  more  imperative,  more 
vital  with  the  inflexible  righteousness  of  God, 
tlian  this  repetition  of  authoritative  command? 
Christ  knew  what  treatment  this  symbol  wouhl 
receive,  and  enforced  it  with  n  minuteness  and 
vigor  foimd  in  connection  with  no  other  insti- 
tution. "No  part  with  me  "unless  yon  ob- 
serve it.  Tbissounds  hard,  but  God  has  spoken 
it,  The  argument  of  (Nicodcnins  comes  in  here 
with  overwhelming  force.  "  We  hnoic  that 
Thou  art  a  Teacher  come  from  God."  "  We 
know  that  Tiiou  art  the  Christ  of  God.  We 
hme  that  Thou  art  Gml,  and  that  thjirord 
is  "  without  variableness  and  shadow  of  turn- 
ing." Here  hmmin  lore  is  nothing.  Here  tbe- 
ologicnf  science  is  nonsense.  Here  Doctora  of 
Divinityare  "foolsandslowof  heart  to  hdier. 

When  the  God-man  speaki,  what  need  of  the 
twisty,  diluting  logic  of  the  Seminary.  Is 
not  faith  nll-suiricient?  When  Jehovah  pro- 
claims, I  am  God,  fie  does  _not  condescend  to 
cypher  out  the  proof  of  His  churns.  His  proof 
lies  in  the  lightning  and  thunder  and  quaking 
of  MountSinni,  and  iu  the  impressive  evidences 
of  power  and  wisdom  in  all  that  meets  eye  and 
ear.  When  He  saj's,  "  wash  ye  one  another's 
feet,"  He  has  ali-eady  established  His  right  to 
command.  The  lowly,  towel-girded  Nazarene 
Carpenter  is-ho  stoops  to  wash  His  disciples'  feet, 
s  tlte  God  of  Sinai.  In  the  gently  spoken  in- 
junction,"  wash  ye  one  anotlier's  feet,"  were 
hid  the  terrific  stores  of  Omnipotence  that  Wan- 
ed forth  in  such  aivfnl  majesty  on  the  Mount  of 
Revelation.  The  Christ  of  Moriali  is  the  Law- 
giver of  Sinai.  "Wash  ye  one  another's  feet," 
hns  the  same  autliority  as  "Thou  shalt  have  no 
other  God's  before  me."  The  God-Christ  who 
will  bring  every  idle  word  into  judgment,  speaks 
no  idle  words  Himself.  "  If  I  wash  thee  not, 
tliou  hast  no  part  with  me."  Awful  words,  and 
true  iis  a^vful.  Noone  canslight  them  withim- 
pun.ty.  "  If  ye  hiow  these  things,  happy  are  ye 
if  yon  do  them."  "  He  that  believeth  not  shall 
bo  damned." 

This  is  the  prepai-atory  to  the  Supper;  its  se- 
qual  is  the  Eucharist.  All  churches  accept  this 
as  obligatory.  Let  them  show  what  authority 
attaches  to  this  that  Christ  does  not  with  equal 
weight  impress  on  the  antecedent  two.  If  Feet- 
washing  is  nou-cssential,  so  is  the  Communion. 
Je»ua  laid  less  stress  on  the  latter  than  on  the 
former.  To  retain  one  and  reject  the  other, 
the  boldest  kind  of  arrogance.  It  is  setting  the 
disciple  above  his  Lord,  and  reconstructing  the 
plan  of  redemption,  T\'ere  we  to  urge  iirgu- 
mculs  against  the  Eucharist  such  as  sectarian 
tinkers  urge  agaiustFeet-washing  and  the  Lord' 
Supper,  they  would  laugh  us  to  scorn,  and  jusl> 
ly.  There  never  was  a  plea  advanced  against 
these  institutions  which  has  not  been  employed 
with  equal  validity  against  the  existence  of  God, 
aud  the  authenticity  of  the  Bible,  The  pop- 
ular Petrine  remonstrance,  "  thon  shalt  never 
wash  ray  feet,"  is  only  infidelity  a  little  uai-row- 
ed.  To  disown  the  requisitions  of  Eternal  Truth 
is  as  i-eally  skepticism  so  far  as  it  goes,  as  the 
baldest  wholesale  atheism  that  ever  cursed  man- 
kind. To  admit  the  principle  that  fritters  into 
nothing  this  ordinance  of  God,  leaves  not  uu 
ill  of  ground  on  which  to  rest  an  argument 
for  the  Eternal  Being.  This  brings  me  back  to 
my  starting  points  The  proof  of  the  Divine 
Existence  is  patent  in  manifold  evidence  apart 
from  nil  logic.     The  proof  of  Feet-washing  and  ) 


the  Lord's  Supper  rests  on  the  s.ime  founda- 
tion. The  time,  the  circumstances,  the  lan- 
guage, combine  to  impart  peculiar  solemnity 
and  authority  to  all  that  wa-i  done  in  that  trip 
le  transaction.  The  fat-t  of  Fcet-wasbing  a 
an  act  of  Christ  is  not  disputed;  only  its  sig 
nifieancc  and  perpetuity. 

lis  validity  for  all  the  Christian  age  ha.i  been 
shown  to  rest  on  the  same  ground" as  that  of 
the  Eucharist.  The  principle  that  demands  the 
acceptance  of  the  one,  obligates  the  other.  Be- 
tween these  two  comes  the  Supper.  And  ber.> 
a  question  springs  up  spontaneously,  which  any 
one  ^vho  is  not  wholly  blinded  iind  seared  by 
sectarianism  would  be  ashamed  to  answer  in  the 
affirmative.  Did  Christ  insert  the  Jewish  Pass- 
over between  these  twi>  Christian  Symbols,  in 
flat  contradiction  of  His  own  teachings,  that 
no  man  puttetb  a  piece  of  uew  cloth  upon  an 
old  garment?  If  the  meal  eaten  with  His  dis- 
ciples on  the  night  of  His  apprehension,  was 
th  P  h  1  0  d  na  c  ,  He  evcji  committed  4. 
o>a  hi  de  th  n  He  exposed  iu  His  avowed 
1  la  at  on  o  tic  M  nd  of  God:  He  took  a 
J  t  n  II  o  out  ijimiienl,  and  patched 
'  0         C       ve,  in  such  a  supposition, 

rely  on  the  conviction  of  Nicodemus,  '■  we  hiow 
tb.it  Thou  art  a  Teacher  come  from  God."  What 
hiis  that  time-worn,  antiquated  Jemah  ivedge 
to  do  between  these  two  Christian  Ordinances? 
Why  not  disjoin  the  Bread  and  Wine  witii  a 
>vave-hreast,  or  heave-shoulder?  (Lev.  7:  30,  33). 
Who  would  plead  for  such  an  innovation  ?  And 
yet  those  who  would  be  the  first  to  denounce 
such  infringement,  contend  tluit  Christ  mixed 
a  ceutrnl  Jewish  ceremony  with  institutions 
characteristically  Christian.  To  tJ3ar  away 
Feet-Washing  is  to  tear  the  Eucharist  with  it. 
To  defend  the  Communion  is  to  rely  on  prin- 
ciples that  Christ  Himself  applies  with  equal 
stringency  to  Feet-washing. 

To  admit  the  perpetuity  of  Feet-washing  is 
to  allow  the  inconsistent  insertion  of  an  effete 
ccremon}-  as  a  disconnective  between  two  Chris- 
tian synbols,  or  else  admit  that  the  Supper  is 
an  institution  tliat  concerns  us  ua  much  as  it  did 
the  original  group  who  fii-st  partook  of  it.  I 
repeat  the  question,  if  Feet->\nshing  lias  the 
significance  that  Christ  has  given  it  with  such 
marked  emphasis,  what  has  the  Paschal  intru- 
sion to  do  between  twoordinancea  that  demand 
the  practical  faith  'of  every  follower  of  Jesus 
until  He  "  comes  the  second  time  without  sin 
unto  salvation?"  Let  those  answer  who  tram- 
ple on  the  authority  of  Jesus.  If  Feet-washing 
is  not  a  Christian  symbol  of  perpetual  obliga- 
tion, exhibit  your  proof  that  the  Eucharist  hiis 
that  character.  If  neither  has,  then  the  Sup- 
per is  also  void.  If  one  has,  both  have,  nud  if 
both,  one  introducing  and  the  other  con.?ummat- 
ing  the  meal  authorized  by  Christ,  then  the  three 
are  as  truly  symbolical  and  obligatory 
Holy  Trinity  is  Yea  and  Amen.  If  Christ  may 
he  gagged  here,  and  His  authority  set  at  naught. 
He  is  not  the  Word  that  was  with  God,  and 
was  God,  and  liveth  and  abideth  forever.  When 
He  says  Feet-wnshing,  He  does  not  mean  black- 
ing boots  as  some  affirm.  When  He  institutes 
a  Supper,  guardintr  it  on  both  sides  with  cor- 
responding Christian  Bymbols,  He  does  not  per- 
petuate the  sprinkling  of  the  blood  of  Inmbii 
and  kids.  Fii-st  the  ss'iubolical  washing,  tlien 
the  rite  of  fraternal  fellowship,  and  lastly  the 
higher  communion  with  God. 


iind  pray,  lest  ye  enter  into  temptation  "{Li&t- 
23:  45,  46).  Now  do  we  think  we  stand?  If 
we  do.  let  us  watch  aud  pray,  lest  wo  fall;  and 
when  we  pray,  we  should  pray  earnestly.  Think 
how  our  dear  Savior,  when  He  was  in  Gt-thse- 
nnme.  His  sweat  >va3  as  it  were  great  droi*.  of 
hlood  falling  down  to  the  ground;  being  iti  ag- 
ony. He  prayed  more  earnestly. 

0,  it  is  truly  heart-rendlug  to  rend  of  Him. 
how  righteous,  how  cahn  and  mild  He  was.anrf 
y^t  how  He  auflerod,  (or  the  heavy  mus  tUnt 
wore  upon  Him.  I  have  heard  some  persons 
say,  that  there  was  no  use  of  prayer;  for  those 
who  irere  born  to  ho  saved,  would  be  saved  any- 
how. Not  so,  away  with  such  doctrine.  TiMt 
is  not  of  Christ,  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus,  who  ' 
commanded  us  to  pr^iy.  If  such  stuff  he  true,  we 
have  no  use  for  tbe  Bible,  What  a  world  this 
would  be  if  we  bad  to  follow  the  doctrim«  of 
men.  But  thank  God  the  Giver  of  all  good^fis, 
Ue  hii3  give  us  a  better  plan  wlicreby  we  may 
be  saved,  I  fear  some  of  those  persons  who  do- 
not  believe  in  prayer,  will  receive  the  rewiml. 
of  the  wicked.  Upon  the  wicked  He  shall  raiu 
snares,  fire  and  brimstone,  and  a  horrible  ieui— 
pest;  this  shall  be  the  portion  of  their  cup{RjL 
11:  C). 

0  let  US  watch  and  pray,  lest  we  enter  into- 
temptiition;  take  heed  lest  we  fall,  and  nmy  we- 
bo  made  to  exclaim,  Let  the  words  of  my  niontli, 
fid  the  meditations  of  my  heart,  he  acceptaWe 
1  thy  sight,  b.  Lord  my  strength  aud  niv 
Redeemer  (Ps.  19: 14), 
Mt.Jar.kson,  Va. 


SECRET  WRONGS. 


W" 


right-to  hold  within  our  hearts^ 
a  secret  thonitht,  of  a  wrong  done  to  us. 
by-  a  brother.  "Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy 
brotherin  thine  heart:  thou  shalt  in  any  wise- 
rebuke  thy  neighbor,  and  not  suf^'r  sin  ujtuu 
him"  (Lev.  1!):  17).  Take  heed  to  j-ourselvf^-r 
If  thy  brother  trespass  against  thee,  rebuke  hiiiij 
and  if  he  repent,  forgive  him  "  (Lnke  17:  3). 

These  directions  are  imperative  in  them:bo& 
law  and  Gospel  unite  their  sanctions.  CLtBt 
and  Moses  .alike  condemns  the  hiding  of  wron^ 
committed  by  brethren  within  the  heait,  and 
and  require  us  to  rebuke  the  wrong  doers.  T3ic 
word  is  not  counsel,  it  is  command,  not  advicev 
but  authority;  it  must  be  obeyed.  Be  reconcil- 
ed, heaven  yearns  with  infinite  compaction  over- 
a  warring  .-md  tumultuous  worid.  Gotlistlifr 
only  source  of  calm  repose;  acquaint  thyself 
■ith  Him,  and  beat  peace;  and  let  His  [jeace- 
not  only  fill  your  heart,  but  mould  your  life  in 
Jesus.  "  Blessed  are  the  peacemakers;  for  thtsjr 
shall  be  called  the  sons  of  God." 


"WATCH  AND  PRAY. 


i' WHEREFORE  let  him  that  tliinketh  he 
Vl       standeth,  take  heed  lest  he  faH"(l 


10:12).  Do  we  take  heed  lest  we  fall?  Di 
think  of  this?  If  we  think  wo  stand,  how 
shall  we  take  heed?  Watch  aud  pray.  Our 
blessed  Savior  commanded  His  disciples  to  pray 
that  they  might  not  enter  into  temptation.  Did 
they  obey?  He  found  them  sleeping  fursor- 
and  said  unto  them,  ■'  Why  sleep  ye?  rise 


NOT  AFRAID  TO  DIE. . 

A  BELOVED  friend,  a  young:  wiJc,  Iriy  dyiogr 
Suffering  pain  for  ii  fcw   moments,  sLe- 
said,  "  It  is  all  ensy  nowi  it  is  all  glory-  am? 
brightness!     Oh,    such   brightness!     I   never 
dreamed  of  such  brightness.    Eot  mego!  I  waitfc 
to  go!"    imd  in  a  little  while,  in..-ii--tone  of  per- 
fect a.sanrance,  "  Every  sin  is  ftjrgiven;  Jesas  is- 
withmenow!"    To  the  dbctor  who  took  6er - 
hand,  she  said,  "  Don't  call   me  back;  don't  cnll' 
me  hack."    After  which,  hertips  movedin  pray- 
er, aud  the  word  "  Jesus"  was  the  last  spoken.  . 
A  Christian  woman  wlm  had  all  her  life  be«£- 
afraid  of  the  cold    watei-s  of  the  river  of  death, 
said,  when  dying,  "Wonderful!  wonderful!  Itis  ■- 
only  a  rivulet!" 

A  young  discij)le  just  before  dying  said,  "  I  , 
now  know  what  the  mnrtyr  in  the  flames  meant,  . 
who  said,  "  I  feel  no  more  pain  than  if  on  a  bed  / 
of  roses."  I  bles.H  God,  I  am  so  swallowed  Ejy 
of  joy  as  imt  to  reganl  my  outward  pains.  TLy 
rod  and  staff,  they  comfort  me.'  I  am  going  i<\ 
y  dear  Jesus,"  were  her  last  words. 
Another  dying  srsfer  siud,  "  Blessed  be  the 
Lord,  the  sting  of  death  is  gone.  I  irish  for 
death.  I  think  every  day,  when  it  is  night.  I' 
am  a  day  nearer  my  blessed  home.  The  blood' 
of  Jesus  cleanses  from,  all  sin,  and  has  cleanficSt 
Jesus  is  my  uIL'^ 


Tm:  BKETT-iKE:sr  ^t  avouk:. 


ISXarcb    14, 


GOING   TO  CHURCH. 

IF  I  w;ls  rich.  I  don't  Iwlieve, 
I'd  go  to  church  to  show  it, 
Bocansc  the  Mnker  of  us  nil 

Most  sartiiily  would  know  it. 
I  would'iit  put  on  flhowy  getir, 

Of  fnsliioiis  grand  arrayiii 
And  think  that  was  the  kindof  garb 
To  fit  the  minil  for  pruyiii'. 

I  jiever  thought  the  house  of  God, 

Was  just  the  pliice  foi-  showin 
All  the  fussy  fugdy  duds. 

Of  all  the  liLsliions  goiu'. 
Tcr  nuss  up  envyin's  nnd  pride 

Aud  keep  the  mind  a  atrayiu' 
From  holy  thoughts  and  holy  thinE;^ 

In  prcaehin'  and  in  prayin'. 

A  house  of  worship  made  for  God, 

Don't  mean  a  place  for  wenrin' 
Of  rich  aud  costly  showy  gear, 

With  coloi-s  all  a  flyin', 
T L-r  frighten  the  distressed  and  poor. 

Away  from  goodly  teachiu' 
Who  want  to  come,  yet  dare  not  come. 

To  listen  to  the  prcaehin". 
They  stand  away  with  hungry  heai'td. 

With  souls  like  Lazarus'  pleadin' 
For  crumbs  of  bread,  yet  fear  to  eonie 

However  much  tlie3'er  need  in'. 
Fa.^hioii  and  show,  and  lolty  pride. 

Shut  out  the  needier  neighbor. 
Who  have  a  right  to  reap  a  shai-e 

From  Christian  work  aud  labor. 

The  right  to  come  ;uid  worship  God, 

Unmoclted  by  showy  splendor. 
And  calmly  sit  at  Jesus  feet 

For  rest  and  pity  tender. 
And  gather  comfort  for  the  strife 

Li  daily  toil  and  trial. 
In  all  the  crosses  they  nnist  bear, 

And  nil  the  self-denial. 

—Selci-lfil. 

THE    CHRISTIAN. 

HV  JOSKl'lI  I-  nOOVEIi, 


THE  term  Christian  isfouiul  but  tli 
times  in  the  Bible.  Once  in  tlie 
phiniland  twice  singulnv,"  And  tlm  dis- 
ciples ^\'ei'e  enlled  Cbvistians  first  at  Air 
tiooh"  (Acts  11:26).  "Almost  tliou 
persiiadest  me  to  be  a  Christian  "  (Acts 
26:28).  "Yet  if  any  man  suffer  ; 
Christian,  let  him  not  be  ashamed,  but 
let  him  glorify  God  on  this  behaK"  (1 
Pet.  4:10).  The  Christian  is  sincere, 
truthful  and  just.  He  believes  that  Je- 
sus Christ  is  the  Son  of  God,  aud  that 
he  brought  from  heaven  a  saving  Gospel. 
He  has  renounced  Sataumth  all  his  perni- 
cious ways,  and  the  sinful  pleasures  of 
this  world.  He  has  covenanted  with 
God  in  Christ  Jesus  to  live  faithful  un- 
til death.  Ho  has  been  baptized  into 
Chiist.  He  lias  taken  the  yoke  of  Christ 
upon  him.  He  leads  a  quiet  and  peace- 
able life  in  all  godliness  and  honesty. 
He  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the  sight 
of  God.  He  is  steadfast  aud  immovable 
and  always  aboimds  in  the  work  of  the 
Lord.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  over 
him  and  His  ears  are  open  vmto  his  pray- 
ei-s.  He  lets  his  light  shine  like  a  city 
that  is  set  upon  a  hill  that  cannot  be  hid, 
and  does  not  put  the  candle  under  the 
bushel. 

He  presents  his  body  a  living  sacrifice 
holy  aud  acceptable  unto  God.  He  is 
not  ashamed  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 
Neither  is  he  conformed  to  the  world,  but 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  liis  mind, 
that  lie  may  prove  ^vhat  is  that  good  and 
ncceptftble,  and  perfect  will  of  God.  He 
is  the  salt  of  the  earth,  and  his  righteous- 
ness exceeds  the  righteousness  of  the 
Scribes  and  Pharisees.  He  lives  in  a 
manner  becoming  a  disciple  of  Cln-ist 
hastening  to  eternity.  He  worships  GoU 
in  spirit  and  in  truth,  and  lives  by  eveiy 
■word  tliat  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth 
of  God.  He  loves  God  with  all  his  heart, 
sonl.mind,  aud  stiength.  He  obeys  the 
Bible.  He  knows  this  Book  is  right 
whether  other  books  are  right  or  not, 


Suppo,s,'  t)i<-  iiifidfl  and  atheist  fonld 
prove  tlicird.ictriiiH  right,  nnd  th.' (.'hris- 
tiau  find  th.- Bibk'  t.-  be  m.  revelation 
from  God  i  even  then  he  is  safe ;  for  athe- 
ists and  infidels  are  bound  to  admit  the. 
morals  of  the  Bible  to  be  good,  and  those 
who  obey  it  are  as  happy  as  they  in  tliis 
world,  and  stand  as  good  a  chance  for 
hftp]>iiiess  hereafter.  Tiien  if  it  were 
possible  for  them  to  prove  their  doctrine 
right,  they  gain  nothing,  and  the  Chris- 
tian loses  nothing  here  or  hereafter. 
But  should  they  be  found  mistaken,  as 
they  most  certainly  will,  eternal  eonso- 
(piences  are  involved.  Here  the  Cliris- 
tian  is  safe. 

The  Christian  is  complete  in  Christ 
and  possesses  a  Chiistian  character.  And 
this  Christian  character  is  m:ide  np  of 
varioufi  elements  or  parts.  As  the  body 
is  formed  of  various  parts  wliich  we  call 
iiembei-s,  so  is  the  Christian  cliarnet.T 
formed  of  various  eleiufiits  i>r  [)riiieipli--. 
luthe  following  expressivt.-  language  the 
apostle  Peter  mentions  the  variety  of 
parts  in  the  Christian  character.  "  Add 
to  yourfaith,virtue;and  to  virtue,  knowl- 
edge; and  to  knowledge,  temperance; 
and  to  temperance,  patience;  and  to  pa- 
tience godliness;  and  to  godliness,  broth- 
erly kindness;  and  to  brotherly  kind- 
mJs,  charity  "  (2  Pet.  1 :  5-G).  In  ref- 
erence to  the  absolute  necessity  of  these 
parts,  Peter  declares  that  "he  that  lacketh 
these  things  is  blind  and  cannot  see  afar 
oft'  and  hath  forgotten  that  he  was  purg- 
ed fi-om  his  old  sins'Xvei-se  9).  From 
this  we  see  that  if  the  Christian  would 
be  "  neither  barren  nor  unfi'uitfiil  in  the 
kiiowledgeof  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ," 
these  things  must  abound  in  him.  Fur 
therthe  apostle  says,  if  the  Christian  does 
"  these  things"  he  "shall  never  fall 
Hence  we  see  that  the  Cluistian  charac- 
ter is  a  complete  character,  having  all 
the  parts  tlie  Divine  Law  requires. 

We  have  said  the  Christian  is  complete 
in  Christ  and  possesses  a  Christian  char- 
acter. This  character  is  an  ornament. 
It  is  "  the  ornament  of  a  meek  and  quiet 
spirit,  which  is  in  the  sight  of  God  of 
great  price."  Christ  was  of  a  meek  aud 
([uiet  spirit.  "  "When  He  was  reviled 
He  re\dled  not  again;  when  He  siifieied 
He  threatened  not,"  but  left  us  an  ex- 
ample that  we  should  follow  His  steps. 
Let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which  also 
was  in  Christ  Jesus."  "Forasmuch  theu 
as  Christ  hath  suffered  for  us  in  the  flesh, 
aiTU  yourselves  likewise  with  tiie  same 
mind."  Wlien  danger  and  pei-secution 
and  even  death  itself,  appeared  before 
Paul  he  said,  "  None  of  these  things 
move  me."  And  why  was  he  not  mov 
ed?  Because  he  possessed  a  meek  and 
quiet  spirit,  the  Christian  ornament. 
"  Blessed  are  the  meek:  for  they  shall 
inherit  the  earth." 
Marlboro,   Ohio. 


WORDS  OF  COMFORT. 

ny  y.vji\"  kowland. 

To  my  <lear  sisler  Elisaheth  Jioy; — 

DEAR  sister,  oh  how  sad  our  poor 
hearts  felt  when  ive  read  the  news 
om'  sister's  letter  contnined,  of  the  death 
of  your  dear  Sadie.  Our  hearts  are  in 
sympathy  with  you  for  your  dear  depart- 
ed child,  and  how  we"  wished  to  be  with 
you  in  that  hour  oi  affliction,  could  we 
have  done  so,  and  beheld  the  counte- 
nance of  our  dear  niece  and  sister  once 
more.  How  little  did  I  think  when  w 
last  parted  with  her,  that  we  would  no 
more  greet  her  in  this  lite:  and  as  wt 
could  not  sit  with  you  in  the  congrega- 
tion, as  a  mourner,  we  tried  to  remem- 
ber you  at  a  throne  of  grace,  for  death 
is    no  stranger   at  our  tlireshold,    and 


well  do  we  remember  the  bitter  cup  we 
drank  at  that  time.  Oh  dear  parents, 
you  are  now  bereft  of  your  only  daught- 
er so  young  in  yeai-s,  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen ;  you  can  no  more  see  her  smiling 
face  or  hear  her  sweet  voice  utter  kind 
words  of  love  and  affection  in  this  world, 
but  yon  have  a  strong  hope  of  meeting 
her  beyond  the  river,  "  nevermore  to 
sever."  Metliinks  she  heard  the  Sav- 
ior's voice  telling  her  she  had  no  contin- 
uing city  here,  therefore  she  sought  one 
to  come.  We  hear  she  sufl'ered  much, 
but  hope  she  is  gone  ^^■hcre  there  is  no 
■uft'ering.  "  Yes,  Sadie  is  gone,"  she  can 
no  more  press  the  kisses  on  her  mother' 
cheek  nor  entwine  her  with  her  loviui 
ai'uis. 

We  think  it  almost  impossible  fors' 
sweet  and  loving  a  rose  to  witlier  and 
die  in  so  short  a  time.  She  sprang  up 
and  budded  on  earth;  and  we  trust  she 
Is  blnnniiiig,  in  heaven.  Oh,  dear  par- 
ents, methinks  if  Sadie  eoidd  tell  of  her 
glorious  new  home,  freed  fi'om  all  her 
pain  and  suffering,  she  would  say,  oh  par- 
ents haste!  O  brothel's  come  and  don't 
delay  in  the  pleasures  of  this  world, 
which  must  all  vanish  away;  butlay  up 
treasures  in  heaven  which  -shnll  forever 
stand. 

This  is  a  loud  call  to  the  yoimg  aud 
unconverted  associates :  we  trast  it  may  be 
the  means  of  brining  some  to  Christ. 
y^^  hope  her  dear  brothers  who  are  in 
the  far  West  may  become  willing  to  be 
the  Lord's  children,  and  obey  all  His 
commands,  aud  try  to  meet  their  dear, 
pious  father  wlio  was  called  home  to 
heaven  in  their  early  childhood.  Oh, 
dear  sister,  while  yoiu- eyes  are  overflow- 
ing ^vith  tears,  and  your  hearts  are 
wounded  'with  sorrow  and  disappoint- 
ment, "  look  up  to  Jesus,"  for  no  otlier 
help  ^ve  kuo\\^  Try  to  be  submissive  to 
the  will  of  tlie  Lord,  for  His  ways  are 
not  our  ways:  and  they  are  past  finding 
out.  AVe  are  often  made  to  ivonder  why 
death  comes  so  often  to  the  young  and 
useful;  aud  leavt,s  the  old  and  feeble; 
but  the  Lord  has  an  object  in  it,  and  we 
may  see  it  some  time.  I  am  one,  too, 
that  is  disappointed,  for  I  alivays  looked 
up  to  her  as  one  that  would  be  a  help  to 
lier  mother  in  her  old  age.  We  trust  she 
is  resting 

"  Safe  in  the  nnus  of  Jesus 
Safe  oil  His  gentle  breast;" 
for  He  thought  it  wise  to  call  her  home, 
for  she  ^vas  not  ashamed  to  confess  Christ 
before  a  multitude;  she  was  young  and 
innocent,  and  has  escaped  many  ti'ials, 
troubles  and  sorrows  of  this  life.  Deal' 
sister  look  to  the  Lord  for  grace  to  sus- 
tain you  in  your  sad  bereavement.  Me- 
thinks without  the  aid  of  Jesus,  it  would 
be  impossible  to  bear  a  bereavement  so 
great.  Your  afflictions  have  been  severe, 
and  yom'  ti'oubles  liard  to  bear,  but  the 
Lord  is  able  and  willing  to  deliver  you 
out  of  trouble.  He  has  promised  to  be 
with  us  and  not  forsake  us,  if  ■we  live 
faithful  and  put  our  trust  in  Him.  Jesus 
can  turn  weeping  into  joy;  Jesus  can 
comfort  the  broken-hearted,  He  will 
wipe  all  tears  fi-om  our  eyes.  Maj'  you 
say  as  David  said,  "  Hope  thou  in  God, 
for  I  shall  yet  praise  Him."  Oh  that  we 
were  all  freed  from  trials,  sorrows,  temp- 
tation, and  could  join  the  angels  prais- 
ing God;  but  we  are  not  there  yet.  No 
one  knows  of  our  troubles  and  trials, 
save  Jesus  alone;  but  if  we  trust  Him 
and  obey  His  commands,  He  will  do  all 
things  for  our  eternal  welfare.  Let  us 
all  take  courage  anew  and  when  oui- 
^veary  feet  have  wandered  away  from  the 
Lord's  commands,  let  us  retrace  them 
and  not  stray  ft'om  the  fold,  but  cling 
near  to  Jesus. 


Dear  sister  it  won't  be  long  until  we 
will  be  called  to  pass  over  the  cold  and 
icy  stream  of  death,  to  meet  om-  loved 
ones  gone  before;  for  if  we  live  right, 
we  shall  die  right.  Then  what  joy  un- 
speakable to  know  as  we  are  known; 
and  while  we  mourn  let  us  not  forget  to 
pray;  and  pray  often  for  oui-selves  ami 
our  children,  for  there  are  so  many  things 
to  lead  us  asti'ay,  if  ^ve  lure  not  Avateh- 
ful  and  praytjrfid.  It  is  hard  to  part 
with  our  children,  but  we  believe  it  has 
been  for  our  good. 
Polo,  HI. 


THE  SIN  UNTO  DEATH 


»V  ENOCH  EBV. 


ii  TF  any  see  his  brotlier  sin  a  sin 
J-  which  is  unto  deatii,  he  shall  ask 
and  he  shall  give  him  life  for  them  that 
sin  not  unto  death.  There  is  a  sin  unto 
death:  I  do  not  say  that  he  shall  pray 
for  it"  (1  John  5:16).  "All  nm'ight- 
eonsness  is  sin,  and  there  is  a  sin  (or  sev- 
eral sins,  German),  not  unto  death"  ( 1 7th 
verse). 

In  the  abo^e  text  of  Scripture  wc;  have 
a  sin  setforth  much  to  be  dreaded,  more 
than  any  other  sin ;  hence  the  question 
is  often  asked,  what  is  that  sin?  We 
simply  ansiver,  any  ■willful  sin  against 
better  light  and  knowledge.  It  is  not  the 
crime  we  commit,  but  the  knowledge  of 
the  crime,  that  makes  it  a  sin  unto  de.ath. 
A  man  may  commit  a  crime  and  not 
have  a  Bible  knowledge  of  the  sin,  or  if 
he  has  and  does  not  consent  to  it  with 
his  mind  (Rom.  7: 25),  but  is  overtaken 
in  the  ten)ptati(in,  hence,  if  prayed  for, 
can  be  forgiven,  for  it  was  not  done  will- 
fully, while  another  may  commit  the 
same  crime  with  a  perfect  knowledge  of 
its  sinfulness,  but  yet  with'  a  less  degree 
of  temptation,  but  willfully  and  even 
willingly  commits  the  crime  and  conse- 
(piently  becomes  to  be  the  sin  unto  death 
for  which  there  is  no  use  in  praying,  for 
there  is  no  sacrifice  for  willful  sin  after 
we  receive  a  knowledge  of  the  truth 
and  have  been  enlightened  (Heb.  10:  20; 
6:4). 

The  Jews  in  searching  the  Old  Testa- 
ment Scriptures  and  propheoies,  had  ob- 
tained a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  char- 
acter of  Christ,  and  when  He  appeared 
many  of  them  believed  on  Him,  but 
would  not  confess  Him  lest  they  would 
be  turned  out  of  the  synagogue,  loving 
the  praise  of  meu  more  than  the  jiraise 
of  God  (John  12:  42,  43).  But  in  the 
face  of  all  their  knowledge  and  strong 
convictions  of  His  Messiahship,  and  of 
the  fact  of  Him  casting  out  deWls  by 
the  Spii'it  of  God,  they  nevertheless 
charge  Hiin  with  having  an  unclean 
spirit,  and  casting  out  devils  by  Beel- 
zebub the  prince  of  devils;  whereupon 
He  replies,  "all  manner  of  sin  aud  blas- 
phemy shall  be  forgiven  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  men,  but  the  blasphemy  against 
the  Holy  Ghost,  shall  never  be  forgiven 
neither  in  tliis  ^vorld  nor  the  world  to 
come."  It  is  a,  sin  unto  death,  and  the 
apostle  John  would  say,  there  is  no  use 
in  pra}ing  for  such  a  willful  rejection  of 
the  Son  of  God,  and  presumptuous  blas- 
phemy against  the  operation  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit. 

I  do  not  believe  that  they  posessed 
the  Holy  Spirit,  but  they  evidently  pos- 
sessed sufficient  knowledge  to  know  that 
theircharge  againstHim  was  alie,  andthat 
he  did  not  cast  out  deHIs  by  the  power  of 
an  unclean  spirit,  but  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

But  of  how  much  sorer  punishment 
suppose  ye  he  shall  be  thought  worthy, 
who,  after  he  has  been  enlightened  and 
tasted  the  good  word  of  God  and  of  the 
powere  of  the  world  to  come,  if  he  shall 


starch    1-^-- 


'ri-iK  BKK/rjb-iHE^s'"  ^VT  ^vork:. 


(till  fnviiy  agJiiii,  iind  fnicity  thi?  .Son  of 
God  afrwli,  by  trjtmiilins  II'"'  uiidei- 
Coot  and  counting  th<?  blood  of  the  cov- 
eimiit  wlieiewitli  he  wnss-inetified  an  uu- 
liidy  tiling,  and  doing  despite  to  the 
spirit  of  gifice  (lleb.  10:29). 

And  m  (i  sok-mii  Wfti-ning  and  menns 
to  taeape  tliis  mueli  dreaded  condition 
in  which  it  is  possible  for  the  believer  to 
f;dl  into,  lie  saya,  verse  25,  in  the  same 
tlmpter.not  to  forsake  the  assembling  of  i 
uu  rsc-lves  togethei'  aa  the  manner  of  some 
is,  but  t'xliorting  one  another  and  so 
iiiiiili  the  more  as  ye  see  the  day  ap- 
liroiK-hintj. 

We  sliould  however  use  great  caution 
in  discerning  between  a  willful  and  in- 
voluntary sin ;  for  while  some  have  been 
critical  in  their  investigations  in  compar- 
ing their  own  experience  with  the  Scrip- 
tnrcs,  have  concluded  that  many  of  the 
sins  wliich  tliey  have  committed  have 
been  willful,  simply  because  to  some 
small  degree  they  liad  obtained  the  con- 
sent of  their  mind,  hence  Ijccome  de- 
sponding, and  Satau  gets  the  advantage 
of  tlii-ni  in  that  way.  While  on  the 
othiT  liand,  some  may  lie  too  lenient  in 
their  investigations  and  attribute  all  their 
sins  to  the  weakness  of  their  Hesh,  and 
do  nut  make  use  of  the  means  of  gi'ace 
■.ttfcved  them  (prayer  and  fasting)  to 
overcome,  and  hence  by  degrees  lose 
stii'ngth  and  fall  back  to  sucli  an  extent 
tliat  Satan  may  get  the  advantage  of 
tlieni  in  that  way,  and  finally  cause  tliem 
to  commit  the  sin  unto  death. 

But  I  rejoice  that  I  can  entertain  the 
hope  that  few  fall  into  this  lamentable 
condition.  Neverthele^ss  let  him  tliat 
thiuketli  he  standeth  take  lieed  lest  he 
fall.     Written  by  request. 

J/Jmrhiff,  Dmmark,  Dec.  22,  1S77. 


VISITING  THE   SICK. 

i!VA.  .T.  mouou. 

"rnSITING  the  sick  is  a  divine  injuno- 
'  tion  enjoined  on  the  believer.  But 
howtodotliisanddoitright  is  the  point. 
Is  it  to  see  that  they  have  the  necessa- 
ries of  life,  or  to  speak  a  ivord  of  cheer 
and  comfort  to  them  ?  Or  do  we  go  tbere 
out  of  curiosity,  or  to  taste  the  medicine, 
and  interfere  with  the  doctor?  If  you 
do,  better  hot  go  near  the  sick.  Some 
show  very  good  sense  in  the  sick-room, 
while  others  ilo  not.  If  you  enter  the 
sick-room  remember  the  followiug:  En- 
tei'  the  room  pleasantly,  kindly,  speak 
cheeringly,  and  speak  no  more  than  what 
is  necessary.  Don't  stay  all  day  unless 
you  are  asked  to  do  so,  iis  the  cook  has 
enough  to  do^withoutjpreparing  an  ex- 
tra dinner  for  you.  If  you  are  asked  to 
stay,  do  sofif  not,  call  again.  Make 
your  visits  short  and  pleasant  and  they 
will  do  the  patient    good. 

If  you  go  in  a  sick-room,  dou't  go  in 
crying.  If  you  do  j'ou  will  injure  the- 
patient  evei  y  time.  Better  not  go  near. 
Don't  go  in  and  take  a  long  breath  ami 
then  comuience,  my  dear.  Mi's.  A.  told 
me  that  you  ivere  very  sick,  but  did  not 
expect  to  find  you  so  very  bad ;  oh  how 
deatbly  pale  you  are,  and  that  cough. 
I  suppose  you  have  no  appetite.  Next 
conies  in  No.  2 ;  she  was  here  before. 
'•  Oh  how  much  woi-se  you  look  this 
morning."  Turns  around  to  No.  1, 
■  Don't  you  think  she  is  going  with  the 
i|uick  consumption ;  Mrs.  B.  was  just  so, 
and  she  did  not  last  six  weeks.  And 
that  large  family  of  children.  I  think 
you  could  not  take  that  medicine  —  bad 
to  take,  and  so  much  ol  it.  I  thnik  you 
Would  better  change  doctoi-s.  Dr.  O.  is 
such  a  nice  man,  and  his  medicine  is  so 
nice  to  take.  I  know  a  case  just  like 
yoiu's  that  be  cured  in  two  \veeks."  This 


caller  does  more  harm  than  good;  the 
sooner  you  get  rid  of  her  the  better;  she 
don't  care  as  much  about  the  patient  aa 
she  does  about  the  doctor. 

Ne.\t  comes  No.  3,  not  mucIi  to  say, 
but  her  counti^nance  spcfiLs  louder  than 
words,  which  a  sick  person  reads  verj' 
readily.  As  a  rule  now  No.  -i  intioduees 
the  subject  and  the  three  hold  a  council, 
if  not  in  the  presence  of  the  patient, 
they  go  into  the  next  room  and  speak 
loud  enough  for  the  patient  to  hear  tlieni. 
And  right  here  if  they  can't  all  throe 
ngi-ee  on  one  doctor  there  'will  be  some 
blackmailing  done;  if  not  directly,  in- 
directly. The  doctor  put  the  patient  on 
a  diet  of  beaf  tea  and"  toast,  Init  these 
good-meaningcallers  say  the  iiiiHi'iit  w 
starve  ou  that.  One  )>r()]i<.i>;r>  diicki 
another  biscuit,  the  othei'  sumetliing  .■! 

AVlien  the  doctor  comes  iu  the  evening 
his  patient  is  nearer  ready  for  the  coffin 
than  for  a  night's  rest.  And  all  through 
these  good  meaning  callers  the  patient 
dies,  and  the  doctor  has  the  blame  of 
killing  the  patient.  If  you  visit  thi 
sick,  use  your  common  sense ;  cheer  them 
up  all  you  can.  It  does  not  concern  you 
who  is  doctoring,  what  medicine  he 
gives.  Don't  pa.ss  your  opinion  on  sorac' 
thing  you  know  nothing  about.  If  you 
taste  the  medicine  you  don't  know  what 
it  is,  or  ■what  elfect  it  has.  Don't  set 
your  judgment  against  that  of  the  doc 
tor.  A  siek-rooin  is  gloomy  enough  at 
best.  If  a  person  needs  a  word  of  cheer 
iu  this  world  it  is  on  a  bed  of  sickness. 
Scores  of  patients  are  yearly  talked  or 
scared  to  a  premature  grave  by  these 
good-meaning  callers. 

Lanark,  III. 


A  LAYMAN  TAKES  HIS  PREACHER 
TO  TASK. 


^£  T  OOK  here,  brother  B.,  haven't  you 
-^  been  idling  away  a  good  deal 
of  your  time  lately?"  Brother  A.  was 
standing  by  a  large  knotty  oak  log,  up- 
on which  he  had  bestowed  no  little  la- 
bor \vitrh  no  great  result.  His  pastor, 
Bro.  B.,  w!is  thus  saluted  by  way  of  in- 
vitation to  get  down  from  his  horse  and 
enter  into  conversation.  The  inWtatioa 
was  emphasized  by  Mr.  A.  sitting  down 
upon  the  log  holding  the  handle  of  his 
beetle  with  one  hand  and  a  piece  of  to- 
bacco in  the  other.  Not  that  he  e.'irpect- 
ed  to  entice  the  preacher  with  tobacco, 
but  taking  a  generous  supply  of  the 
weed  to  fortify  himself  for  his  argimient. 

A.  was  strong  iu  avgunieut.  AVTiile  B. 
was  securing  his  horse  to  a  ueighboring 
sapling,  there  was  a  merry  twinkle  in 
his  eye  and  a  half-concealed  smile  play- 
ing about  the  corners  of  his  mouth,  caus- 
ed by  an  amusing  train  of  thought.  He 
was  thinking  how  much  like  the  knotty 
log  ^vas  his  parishoner,  who  sat  on  it; 
and  thus  unconsciously  fortifying  himself 
against  the  attack  ^\'hich  he  was  about  to 
encounter. 

"Why  do  you  jisk  me  that  rpiestion, 
my  brother  ?"  said  B.  as  he  approached 
the  log  and  the  man.  "  O,  I  just  sup- 
posed you  had  taken  no  time  to  make 
new  sermons  lately  as  you  gave  me  an 
old  one  yesterday,"  said  A.,  and  slowly 
he  rolled  the  gi-eat  mass  of  "  tlie  weed" 
across  his  mouth,  bringing  it  to  rest  as 
he  watched  the  effect  of  his  heaviest  shot. 

B.  replied,  "  I  am  really  glad  you  re- 
membered that  sermon  a  whole  year. 
Do  you  remember  all  sermons  so  well!" 
"  No,  indeed,"  said  A-  alittle  disconcert- 
ed by  the  manner  of  his  pastor.  "No, 
but  you  preached  about  missionslostyear, 
you  said  enough  about  tobacco  costing 
more  than  we  give  to  missions.   And  one 


does  not  like  to  hear  you  poundinir  awav 
everl.'istingly  upon  one  thing," 

"  1  am  delighted  to  know  that  I  made 
an  impression  upon  you  that  histed  a 
whole  year,"  said  B.  But  you  say  I 
"said  enough"  then.  Now  let  us  see 
(faking  out  hl^s  memorandum)  you  gave 
fifty  cents  for  missions  then,  and  one 
dollar  yesterday.  It  costs,  you  say,  fif- 
teen dollars  to  keep  you  in  tobacco. 
Now  I  reckon  it  will  take  just  five  more 
repetitions  of  fliat  sermon  to  you,  pro- 
vided you  double  your  contribution  ev- 
ery time,  and  the  fifth  time  give  up  the 
use  of  tlie  filthy  weed  and  add  the  mon- 
ey saved  to  your  Ijenevolent  contribu- 
tion.s. 

I  did  say  enough  last  year  to  induce 
brother  C.  and  D.  to  give  \\p  the  "  weed" 
and  give  liberally  for  missions,  but  the 
facts  brother  A.  are  proof  positive  I  did 
not  say  enough  for  j'ou.  Now  if  you 
are  ready  to  give  up  a  foolish  habit  and 
enlarge  your  ability  and  disposition  to 
give  inoney  for  the  cause  of  Christ  in 
the  world,  I  will  confess  that  enough 
has  been  said  to  youupon  that  theme." 
The  tobacco  goes  across  his  mouth  and 
settles  down  on  the  other  side,  and  it 
does  not  need  that  A.  should  speak  the 
negative,  itwasapi)areutfrom  the  whole 
man.  "  Now  I  wish,"  said  B,  "  to  ask 
yon  the  .same  question  yon  put  to  me. 
Haven't  you  been  idling  away  great 
deal  of  time  lately?"  A.  is  relieved, 
surely  he  will  get  the  best  of  it  now 
and  he  replies  with  sjjirit,  "  No,  sir!  I 
am  a  hard-working  man.  Look  at  my 
farm,  (rising  to  his  feet),  look  at  my 
fence  and  l)arns.  Best  in  the  country. 
Look  at  the  new  rails  all  split  by  these 
hands.  Look  at  these  hands  hardened 
sir,  by  honest  toil."  And  by  way  of  em- 
phiisis  he  caught  up  his  beetle,  and  with 
all  his  force,  struck  the  half:driven  wedge 
two  ringing  blows.  The  perspiration 
was  standing  on  his  flushed  face  aa  he 
turned  to  his  pastor,  demanding  why  he 
should  ask  such  a  ([aestiou.  "Me,  idle, 
indeed,  why  ask  me  that?"  "  I^only 
thought  you  had  not  put  youi-  wedge  in 
anew  log  lately,  but "  kept  pounding 
away  ou  the  same  old  piece,"  You  just 
now  smote  that  wedge  twice  and  then 
complain  of  me  for  striking  a  wedge 
once  a  year.  Do  you  not  know  I  have 
some  tough  old  oaks  to  split,  as  well  as 
the  straight  saplings,  ray  brother?  In- 
deed I  am  only  imitating  your  wisdom 
in  pounding  away  at  tough  customers 
till  the  wedge  goes  through," — IfeiJiod- 
1st  Timm. 

THE  EXAMPLES  OF  CHRIST. 


fTlHERE  are  ma::y  incentives  held  foi'tli 
-'-  in  the  Scriptures  to  induce  the 
humble  follower  of  Jesus  to  imitate  His 
action.s,  and  the  actions  of  good  and  Wr- 
tuous  character,  who  endeavor  to  main- 
tain a  high  standard  of  moral  integrity. 
The  SaWor  has  set  the  brightest  e-vample 
of  all  that  is  lovely  and  right  in  the  na- 
ture of  things  for  us  to  copy,  and  he 
says  to  us  in  regard  to  those  who  do  well, 
Go  thou  and  do  likewise."  During 
His  youth  He  gave  us  a  noble  example 
of  implicit  obedience  to  His  earthly  par- 
ents. 

When  at  the  age  of  twelve  baring  ac- 
companied them  to  the  temple  in  Jeru- 
salem where  they  had  gone  to  woi-ship, 
and  afterwards  on  leaving  the  city  they 
found  that  Jesus  had  remained  behind, 
they  then  tmned  back  seeking  Him,  and 
to  their  astonishment  found  Him  profit- 
ably engaged  in  an  interesting  conver- 
sation in  the  temple,  in  the  midst  of  the 
doctors,  those  who  were  well  versed  in 


the  law,  luith  hearing  them  and  asking 
them  questions.  However,  upon  the  re- 
qucstof  His  mother,  He  \rillingly  return- 
ed liome  and  Wiis  subject  unto  tliein,  in- 
creasing in  wisdom  and  stature,  and  in 
favor  mth  God  and  man. 

Thus  we  see  whi-n  children  are  oliedi- 
ent  to  their  father  and  mother,  they  fol- 
low- their  Savior  in  this  respect  and  do 
that  which  is  right  and  ha\'e  the  prom- 
ise of  enjoying  good  days  and  long  life. 
Before  Christ  entered  upon  His  ministe- 
rial labors  He  worked  at  the  carpenter 
trade  and  by  this  means  He  no  doubt 
gained  alivelihood  for  Himself  and  oth- 
ere,  at  least  encouraged  industry,  and 
that  too,  to  some  profitable  purpose,  and 
our  own  impression  received  from  the  . 
study  of  the  Sacred  Pages,  is  that  the 
more  we  indtate  His  actions  the  more 
happy  and  useful  we  may  be,  and  lie- 
come  an  ornament  to  ourselves,  to  society, 
and  finally  to  our  Creator,  into  whose 
hands  we  commit  the  keeping  of  our 
sonl.^. 

There  is  plenty  of  labor  to  be  found 
in  God's  moral  vineyard,  and  no  e-xcuse 
to  be  found  for  idlenes.-i:  if  we  areenti-ust- 
ed  with  any  talent  the  command  i.s,  "Oc- 
cupy till  I  come,"  and  then  receive  mer- 
ited rewards. 

^fter  Christ  entered  upon  His  mission 
of  redeeming  the  world,  his  meat  was 
to  finish  the  work  the  Father  gave  him 
to  do.  The  apostle  in  writing  to  believ- 
ei-s  in  Clu'ist,  calls  them  workers  togeth- 
er with  him.  The  principle  of  co-oper- 
ation is  a  grand  one,  and  if  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  mystical  body  of  Christ 
would  unitedly  put  foi'tli  then-  best  ef- 
forts in  the  cause  of  our  blessed  iAIaster, 
lion's  borders  would  be  extended.  It 
is  a  hopeful  sign  that  the  brotherhood 
sees  aud  feels  the  need  of  a  unity  or 
concentration  of  action  in  the  great  work 
forthe  salvation  of  immortalsouls.  When 
Jesus  called  the  disciples  they  willingly 
left  all  and  followed  him,  and  he  com- 
manded those  who  sat  at  his  feet  listen- 
ing to  the  truths  which  he  proclaimed; 
aud  no  wonder  for  they  ^vei'e  such  as 
woidd  make  them  wise  unto  salvation 
if  they  heeded  them.  ■  Those  wlio  ren- 
der implicit  obedience  to  the  examples 
and  teachings  of  Chri.st,  wiU  be  made 
free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death.  The 
apostle  ^Titesthus:  "  Ciu'ist  also  sutt'ered 
for  us,  lea^nng  us  an  example  that  we 
should  follow  his  steps."  Christ  himself 
says,  "  I  have  given  you  an  example  that 
ye  should  do  asl  have  done."  "Whatso- 
ever things  were  written  aforetime  M'ere 
written  for  our  learning," 

May  \ve  as  the  followers  of  Christ 
humbly  go  forth  in  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  our  high  and  holy  calling, 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  finish- 
er of  oui'  faith,  and  not  become  weary 
in  Well-doing;  for  we  know  if  we  do  our 
work  well,  oui"  great  Examplar  will  say 
to  us,  "  Well  done  thou  good  and  faith- 
ful servant  thou-  hast  been  faithful  over 
a  few  things;  I  will  make  thee  ruler  ov- 
er many  things,  enter  thou  into  the  joys 
of  thy  Lord."  Christ's  examples  in  do- 
ing good  to  the  children  of  men — to  al- 
leviate their  sufferings,  and  proclaim 
such  good  news  to  poor  humanity,  are 
\vorthy  of  our  imitation ;  for  om-  acts  of 
kinduess  to  the  faithful  in  the  Loid,  are 
the  same  as  though  done  for  him,  and 
unll  be  regarded  as  such  when  he  comes. 
to  gather  the  redeemed  home  to  dwell 
in  those  mansions  in  our  ^''.ither's  House 
prepared  for  all  who  are  ready  to  awake 
in  the  likeness  of  their  Redeemer. 
Vivdm,  III. 

The  soul  into    which    God  puts  glud 
ness  can  never  Ijc  enqity  of  all  joy. 


TI-IE    BRETHIlREiSr    ^T    "WORK. 


MarcTi   14. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  n.  MOORE, 
S.  ][.  BASIIOR. 
M.  M. ESHELMAW, 


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-uUr<yj  ill  III!  Uiilto-l  Slnlw  nr  Caniuln.  for  (160  par 
oBiiani.  Tliosi!  FtinHnglPn  nnniM  nnil  $16.00.  will  re- 
=cii-c  an  cilru  oopj  fMo  of  oliarao,  For  all  OTor  Ibis 
aamhvr  Iho  agenl  will  bo  nllowpil  10  esnis  for  eacb  atiii- 
liatul  numv,  nhUb  lunolinl  can  b«  deducted  from  the 
moDCj.  hiforo  Bonding  it  lo  us.  Money  Ordpra,  Drtttla, 
i»4  Hogislorcd  Lollcrs  mny  bo  aonl  at  oni*  risk,  Thoj 
eboald  he  mndc  pnjablc  lo  Moore,  Bisbor  &  Eabclmnn.  — 
Sahseriplion.t,  nnd  coDimiinicJilions  inlended  for   ■"■-   — 


lux  sliuu 


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UOOBE,  SASHOB  ii  ESHELUAIT, 
Limark,  CiUTall  Co.,  111- 


ll&HABS,  ILL., 


UABCH  14,  1878. 


Dw  not  fail  fo  read  Bro.  Eiiocli  E'-v's  article 
tliLi  week,  entitled  "From  Europe"  mid  gath- 
er the  kernels  of  truth  that  are  in  it.  It  ought 
to  find  lodgement  in  everi'  heart. 

Ik  current  Vol.  No.  9,  there  appeared  an  article 
from  Bro.  A.  Holloway  of  Kan.,  and  by  some 
mcansliisaddresswHd  omitted.  We  cannot  now 
find  it.  and  as  Bro.  Geo.  Hardin  of  Hutsonville, 
DI.,  desire;-  his  address,  ive  take  this  means  of 
l>roc»riug  it.  

Brother  .lohn  Metzger  lately  held  several 
meetings  at  Marysville,  Iml.,  and  five  were  per- 
suaded to  enroll  themselves  on  the  side  of  Christ. 
TJiere  are  now  eighteen  members  at  that  place, 
and  it  is  hoiied  others  will  soon  put  on  Christ 
^nd  walk  in  the  narrow  way. 


Brother  J.  M.  Replogle  of  Farragut,  Iowa, 
writes;  "  Bro.  J.  H,  Fillmore  came  to  us  on  the 
morning  of  thelStliof  Feb.;  preached  at  night 
for  U'n  days;  had  large  congregations,  good  or- 
<ler  and  attention,  aud  six  souls  were  made  will- 
ing to  put  ou  the  yoke  of  Christ." 

Mb.  Wheeler,  Vice  ('resident  of  the  U.S.,  has 
announced  that  uo  liquor  will  be  sold  in  the 
Capit^il  building.  This  will  be  good  news  to 
those  who  want  to  live  in  a  community  where 
the  laws  are  framed  by  sober  men.  We  hope  it 
may  alao  not  be  given  away  in  the  same  build- 
ing and  thus  try  and  keep  all  our  law-makers 
;suber. 


Mrs.  Nicholas  Weiss  of  Fort  Wayne,  died 
ihat  city  ten  years  ago.  She  was 
weighing  200  pounds.  Recently  the  body  was 
disintcred  to  i-emove  to  another  cemetery,  and 
it  wa3  found  to  be  pRtrifiod,  weighing  nearly 
2,V>00  pounds.  The  features  were  iis  natural  as 
at  the  time  of  burial.  The  body  is  as  rigid  as 
a  stone. 

A  PUULic  discussion  on  the  subjects  of  Bap- 
tism, Feet^washing  and  Lord's  Supper,  will 
likely  occur  sometime  tliis  Spring  at  Waynes- 
boro, Pa„  between  Eld.  P.  Bergstreaser  of  the 
Xtitheran  church  and  Bro.  Uashor,  Will  give 
■onr  readers  a  report,  should  the  discussion  come 
•off-  All  that  remains  is  to  decide  the  wording 
■  af  the  ^1  repositions. 


-'Who  ever  heard  of  a  Jew  being  arrested  for 
drunlienne.^s  or  wife-beating?  "  asks  the  Jewish 
Times.  We  never  have,  and  it  is  a  credit  to 
that  people  that  they  know  how  to  behave 
thonselves.  Weintuma.sk:  Who  ever  heard 
nf  A  Chriatian  being  arrested  for  drunkenness  or 
wifb-beating  ?  The  man  that  does  suijh  things 
^no  Christian. 


"We  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Bro.  Enoch 
Kby  dated  London,  Feb.  18th,  in  which  he  says, 
"^.ToTmorrow  we  are  going  ojit  to  Bath  to  see 
'lJn<.^Ji'iESn»-orth,  and  see  what  the  prospects 
vjML  .If.aidthiiig  unusual  turns  up  to  make  it 
Dccessurj' to  stny -linger,  wo  \n\\  leave  for  New 
yorib/withe  steamer  Elysia,  the  37th.  Our 
fa<uJiflli~K--«till.good,  and  the  weather,  since  here, 
teels  like  M«y. 

"TiTE  "treaty  of  jieoco  between  Russia  and  Tur- 
key was  signed  at  Constantinople  on  Saturday, 
MaitiL  2nd.  On  the  announcement  of  this, 
the^  was  great  rejoicing  at  St.  Petersburg,  and 
iim  opinion  prevails  that  England  has  no  long- 
er my  pretext  to  engage  in  war.  We  fondly 
.hope  that  peace  nmy  jierch  upon  the  banners  of 
lall  nations,  for  war  is  u  fearful  thing.  In  our 
n»**5nn  reflective  moments  we  wonder  howin- 
■fcliigent  beings  can  deliberately  shoot,  mutilate 
ajid  destroy  each  other.  But  then  when  we  rc- 
luember  that  sin  lies  at  the  root  of  all  of  it,  we 
get  an  answer  to  our  wondering. 


It  is  said  that  the  firm  stand  taken  by  Moody 
^^ainst  secret  societies,  while  in  Chicago  one 
yvax  ugu,  has  i>n>duccd  considerable  oppositi 


to  him  even  among  members  of  his  own  ehiirch. 
They  are  wedded  to  their  secret  idols,  and  du  not 
want  the  traflic  of  their  goddess  Diunainlcrfer- 
ed  with-  Even  religious  papers,  that  ought  lo 
be  in  better  business,  oppose  him  on  the  ground 
that  he  ))rcuches  against  secret  onlers,  and  it  is 
evident  that  these  works  of  darkness  have  n  won- 
derful influence  over  the  modern  clergy,  and 
those  who  dare  lift  their  voice  against  them  may 
expect  to  ha\^  not  only  the  secular,  but  al.^o  the 
religiouii  preiis  arrayed  against  tlioni. 


A  LETTER  received  from  Bro.  Moore  just  as 
we  go  to  press,  informs  us  that  he  arrived  at 
Newtonia  on  the  afternoon  of  the  Cth  and  the 
debate  was  then  in  progress.  Our  readers  nmy 
rest  assured  the  report  will  be  interesting.  Bro. 
Stein  performs  his  part  in  a  cool.  Christian-]  ike 
nuinner,  pouring  in  the  solid  arguments  with 
good  effect  while  Eld,  Ray  presumes  to  carry  the 
fort,  by  storm.  However,  the  old  Gospel  (not 
"  Battle")  Flag  still  waves  triumphantly  over  the 
fortifications  and  in  the  hands  of  able  defendei-s, 
victory  willperch  upon  the  banner  of  Truth. 


BiiBTURBN  and  sisters,  please  do  not  forget 
your  dear  brother  and  sister  Hope.  They  have 
spent  even  their  omi  earnings  in  trying  to  es- 
tablish the  good,  old  apostolic  doctrine  in  their 
native  country,  and  are  unable  to  earn  anything. 
If  you  love  them,  you  v/ill  pray  for  them.  If 
you  pray  for  them,  let  it  be  a  re.il  practical 
prayer.  God  bless  them  for  they  have  endured 
much.  Send  your  contributions  either  to  this 
office  or  C.  P.  Rov/lund,  Lanark,  111.,  and  they 
will  bo  i'orwai-ded.  Or  if  you  prefer  to  send  to 
him  direct,  address  your  letters,  C.  Hope,  Hjor- 
ring,  Wcusyssel,  Denmark,  Europe,  and  look  to 
God  for  your  rewai-d. 


We  have  received  a  communication  entitled 
Look,  Before  You  Leap,"  in  which  the  writer 
gives  his  experience  and  observations  in  Kansas. 
His  conclusions  are,  that  it  is  best  to  tii-st  go 
and  look  at  the  country,  and  we  think  this 
good  advice,  for  uo  pci-son  should  go  head-long 
into  a  thing  or  place  without  due  consideration. 
Just  at  present  there  is  an  immense  nish  of  peo- 
ple to  Kansas,  Texas  and  Nebraska,  and  we  hope 
that  all  will  enjoy  health  and  prosperity,  hut 
work  as  they  wiU,  there  will  be  more  or  less 
disappointment.  We  hope  the  writer  of  "  Look, 
Before  You  Leap  "  will  pardon  us  for  not  pub- 
lishing his  article  as  it  would  likely  occasion 
considerable  ill-feeling,  and  create  much  need- 
less and  uncdilying  contention. 


Brother  Abraham  Bowman  says  he  is  pleas- 
ed with  our  manner  of  keeping  accounts  with 
agents,  AVe  hope  all  are  pleased  with  it.  By 
our  present  manner  of  doing  business,  wc  save 
much  space  for  more  interesting  matter;  and 
we  have  in  contemplation  some  improvements 
in  our  oftice  business  which  will  be  of  vast  ad- 
vantage to  us  and  all  our  patrons.  We  wish  to 
avoid  all  mistakes,  if  possible,  and  do  all  we  can 
to  have  everj-  subscriber  to  receive  hia  paper 
regularly.  It  is  no  advantage  to  ns  to  withhold 
a  single  paper  even  if  we  wished  to  do  so;  hence 
a  system  of  business  that  will  enable  us  to  faith- 
fully perform  our  part  was  apparent,  and  we  set 
ourselves  to  work  to  find  it,  and  think  we  have. 
Write  plainly,  all  names  and  addresses,  and  we 
shall  follow  your  orders  with  pleasure. 


The  subject  of  dancing  is  now  being  agitated 
in  New  York  by  popular  ministers.  The  "no 
hell  "  theor>'  being  nearly  worn  out,  of  course 
another  "  sensation,"  another  "  agitation  "  must 
come  forth.  Dr.  Theodore  G.  Thomas  says,  he 
"  considered  dancing  a  capital  exercise."  Ho 
thinks  that  the  exercise  that  comes  by  a  "treiid- 
mill  would  bo  absolute  drndgerj',"  wJiile  dancing 
would  be  "  pleasant  companionship  and  amuse- 
ment," One  church  in  Chicago  has  also  com- 
menced an  inquiring  into  the  subject  with  a 
view  of  recommending  it;  and  of  course  when 
a  church  once  begins  to  look  that  way,  they  are 
pretty  sure  to  yo  that  way.  It  seems  proper 
that  dancing  should  follow  the  introduction  of 
the  "fiddle"  and  "hom"  into  the  choir.  Ere 
long  the  preacher  can  arise  aud  say,  "  Let  us 
fiddle,  sing  and  dance  the  fortieth  Psalm." 


The  Christian  Standard  of  March  2nd,  says: 
"So  fur  OS  is  known  to  us,  there  is  not  another 
religious  weekly  published  which  exercises  the 
same  care  to  keep  its  advertisius  columns  per- 
fectly clean  as  it  does  the  literary."  In  looking 
over  its  advertisements,  wc  find  notices  of  pia- 
nos, cooking  stoves,  gold  and  silver  thimbles, 
mattresses,  fashionable  hats  and  caps,  baptismal 
suits,  bells,  engines,  yarns,  vegetine,  pills.silver 
spoons,  tobacco,  lounges,  i*ce.  We  present  & 
paper  thatis  cleaner  than  all  that,  for  we  are 
determined  to  leave  the  scculm-  field  to  whom  it 
properly  belongs,  the  secular  press  and  the 
world.  Of  late  the  Chicarju  Tribune  mid  the 
Dailij  News  have  been  dealing  out  some  hard 


arguments  to  certain  "religious  jiapers  "  for  ad- 
mitting sivindling  notices.  And  it  is  astonish- 
ing to  sec  what  even  professors  of  religion  will 
do  for  "  filthy  lucre."  Many  of  them  do  not 
hesitate  to  assure  their  rcadera  that  those  for 
whom  they  advertise  are  doing  a  legitimate  busi- 
ness, when  at  the  same  time  it  ought  to  be  ob- 
vious to  them  that  the  men  ^vho  oQer  to  sell 
gold-jiluted  watches  for  S3,  or  to  reveal  how  a 
man  can  make  from  S5  to  §20  per  ihiy  at  home, 
are  swindlers,  top,  bottom  and  all,  We  have 
been  approached  and  ofl'ered  "  rare  chances  " 
for  just  one  insertion  in  the  Brbtiiukn'  at  Work, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God  we  intend  to  have  noth- 
ing to  do  with  a  kitid  of  business  that  reflects 
nothing  but  disgrace  upon  the  Christian  relig- 
ion when  mixed  with  it.  "Ye  are  not  of  the 
world"  stall  1ms  the  same  old  sound  in  it  as  in 
apostoltc  times. 


OUR  MISSOURI  TRIP. 

KNOWING  the  anxiety  of  our  readoiy  to 
k'lU'u  the  particulars  of  the  Stein  and  Ray 
debate,  we  concluded  to  do  our  part  toward  giv- 
ing them  a  synopsis  of  the  discussion  through- 
out, hence  left  Lanark  nt  2:16  Monday  afternoon, 
March  the  4th,  and  reached  Rock  Island  at5:50 
in  the  evening.  We  left  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  R. 
R.,  at  8  o'clock  for  St.  Louis,  ivhere  we  arrived 
at  7:30  the  next  morning,  to  find  that  we  could 
not  get  a  train  till  9:i0  at  night.  Tliis,  of  course, 
did  not  suit  our  arrangements  exactly,  but 
thought  no  use  to  borrow  trouble  over  it,  but 
make  the  best  of  it. 

Most  of  the  day  was  spent  looking  over  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  city,  and  especially  at  the  large 
iron  bridge  across  the  Mississippi  at  this  place. 
I  cannot  describe  the  huge  structure;  its  com- 
plications are  beyond  all  I  know  about  bridge 
building;  suffice  it  to  say  that  it  is  a  masterly 
piece  of  work,  crossing  the  entire  river  with 
three  spans,  the  ends  of  which  are  firmly  held 
by  huge  abutments  of  well  executed  masonry. 
There  are  two  tracks,  the  lower  for  the  cars,  and 
the  upper  fur  wagons,  street  cars  and  foot  pas- 
sengers. The  heaviest  trains  moving  over  the 
bridge  do  not  seem  to  jar  it  in  the  least. 

I  spent  considerable  time  at  the  wharf  w.itch- 
ing  the  men  unloading  the  boats.  They  were  a 
rough  looking  set,  yet  each  one  seemed  to  know 
his  place  and  business.  Some  of  them  I  pitied, 
and  in  short  had,  perhaps,  good  reason  for  pity- 
ing all  of  them.  Doubtless  the  most  of  them 
were  unfiumilinr  with  the  Gospel  plan  of  salva- 
tion, not  because  they  had  no  opportunity  of 
learning,  but  because  they  made  no  eflbrt  to  add 
to  "  virtue,  knowledge."  I  do  not  believe  that 
the  great  Father  will  condemn  any  one  for  not 
doing  that  which  he  does  not  know,  but  it  is 
evident  and  reasonable  that  some  will  have  to 
give  an  account  for  not  applying  themselves 
more  diligently,  and  not  embracing  the  oppor- 
tunities they  have  of  learning  the  Truth, 

This  is  an  old  city,  having  been  settled  by  the 
French  in  the  year  ITGi,  and  is  consequently 
over  one  hundred  years  old,  Kaskaskia,  in  Illin- 
oii",  WiU)  also  settled  by  tiie  French  in  1720,  umk- 
ing  it  considerably  older  than  St.  Louis,  St 
Louis  is  nicely  located  on  the  Western  bank  of 
the  Mississippi,  but  very  poorly  laid  out.  The 
streets  are  crooked  and  in  some  places  very  nar- 
row, though  generally  clean.  The  city  was  first 
laid  out  by  the  French  when  it  was  thought 
imprudent  to  appropriate  much  land  to  the  use 
of  streets.  The  streets  here  forcibly  remind  me 
of  some  people  we  occasionally  meet  in  the 
world.  They  want  everything  to  go  with  the 
popular  current,  and  as  the  river  is  crooked 
must  the  streets  be,  and  when  once  crooked  there 
is  no  getting  them  straight  again.  And  then 
there  are  others  "whose  minds  are  so  narrow  that 
there  is  no  getting  a  good  share  of  divine  light 
into  them.  They  prefer  groping  their 
through  the  narrow  cells  of  darkness  when  the 
Lord  has  made  light  enough  for  them  and  as 
many  more  like  them.  But  we  learn  another 
lesson  from  these  crooked  streets.  They  were 
laid  out  without  the  use  of  the  compass,  and 
now  since  the  city  is  built  up  it  will  not  do  to 
change  them,  hence  all  who  erect  buildings  here 
in  this  part  of  the  city  must  conform  to  thi 
crooked  habit,  and  help  keep  the  crooked  thin, 
crooked.  That  is  just  the  way  with  some  of 
these  modern  churches;  they  were  formed  and 
laid  out,  not  according|to  the  divine  compass  of 
Truth,  but  in  harmony  with  somebody's  i 
science,  and  when  they  are  shown  their  error  it 
will  not  do  to  change,  for  that  would  spoil  the 
whole  church,  and  prove  that  the  uninspired 
founders  did  not  know  what  they  were  about. 


We  have  churches  that  were  suppa-*d  to  have 
been  made  according  to  the  pattern  of  the  Lonl, 
but  on  ft  little  closer  investigation  of  late,  it  is 
discovered  that  some  of  thein  practice  a  method 
of  baptising  not  yet  four  hundred  years  old. 
Some  oven  went  so  for  as  to  take  the  bread  and 
wine  before  dinner,  aud  then  call  it  the  Lord's 
supper,  just  as  though  supper  came  before  din- 
ner; but  on  looking  at  the  old  Gospel  compass 
it  is  foimd  that  "  the  Lord  Jesus,  in  the  siiiuo 
night  in  which  he  was  betrayed  took  bread." 
As  they  have  all  their  churches  built  up  along 
the  crooked  line,  it  n-ill  not  do  to  change,  for  it 
will  destroy  them  entirely.  I  presume  tlio  bet- 
ter way  would  bo  to  consume  them  in  the  fire 
of  the  holy  Truth,  and  lay  out  and  start  them 
aright,  and  if  possible  get  them  on  the  old  Gos- 
pel track. 

I  will  leave  St.  Louis  at  0:40  to-night  and 
soon  be  at  the  place  of  discussion,  from  which 
the  renders  will  hear  more  in  the  future. 


SOME  PLAIN  TALKING. 

rilHERE  are  a  class  of  people,  aud  the  number 
X  13  not  very  .'•mall  either,  who  pretend  to  bo 
great  lovers  of  the  Truth,  their  plea  is  the  Mi/s 
siiith  the  Lord,  "  we  will  go  where  He  comnmnd- 
ed,  but  uo  farther."  The  plea  is  a  good  one,  but 
most  woefully  abused  by  them.  It  seems  to  be 
a  kind  of  sacred  curtain  behind  which  they  can 
commit  their  dark  deeds.  They,  in  fact,  care  as 
little  about  the  Bible  and  its  sacred  teachings  as 
the  drunkard  does  about  temperance.  They 
have  their  heart  set  on  sin,  there  are  certain 
things  they  want  to  do  and  must  have  some  ex- 
cuse for  sinning  against  better  light  and  knowl- 
edge. 

Thev  can  do  this  and  that  just  because  the 
Bible  does  not  in  so  many  words  prohibit  it.  I 
tell  the  people  that  it  is  supposed  that  Christians 
would  have  a  little  good  common  sense  at  least, 
luid  therefore,  they  would  know  some  things 
without  being  told.  The  man  who  claims  that 
he  can  play  cards  and  not  sin,  on  the  ground 
that  the  Bible  is  silent  on  it,  lacks  a  few  of  the 
essential  elements  required  to  bonstitute  him  a 
fit  subject  of  conversion.  I  once  met  a  sister 
who  spent  much  of  her  time  reading  novels,  and 
undertook  to  justify  herself  in  the  habit,  for  the 
simple  reason  tliat  the  Bible  said  nothing 
against  it.  I  told  her  that  sisters,  who  claimed 
to  be  guided  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  ought  to  know 
that  much  without  being  told. 

Just  so  it  is  with  many  other  pernicious  hab- 
its that  have  crept  into  the  world,  and  I  fear,  in 
some  instjmces,  are  finding  their  way  into  the 
church.  We  have  people  who  will  ruflle  and 
trim  their  clothes  from  head  to  foot,  trim  them- 
selves out  in  all  the  modern  styles,  and  go  to 
church  that  way,  claiming  that  they  do  not  feel 
condemned,  for  God  has  said  nothing  against 
nifties  and  ornamental  trimmings.  They  call 
for  a  thus  saith  the  Lord.  When  we  refer  fchem 
to  the  "plain  apparel"  of  the  Scripture,  und 
"  not  of  costly  array"  then  they  want  to  know 
what  "  plain  apparel "  is  and  what  is  under- 
stood by  "costly  array."  Such  people  care 
very  little  about  the  Bible,  or  the  thus  saith  the 
Lord  either.  Their  heart  is  set  on  the  world 
and  they  are  determined  to  walk  with  it.  There 
are  people  outside  of  the  church,  making  no 
profession  at  all,  who  know  better  than  that.  I 
have  seen  men  and  women  who  belong  to  no 
church,  yet  seemed  to  be  a  good,  moral  kind  of 
(leople,  who  would  not  be  found  guilty  of  doing 
some  things  that  some  members  try  to  justify 
themselves  in.  I  think  it  high  time  for  refor- 
mation in  some  things  when  worldly  people  arc 
in  advance  of  professing  Christians. 

Our  people  started  out  as  a  plain  people,  re- 
pudiating and  opposing  everything  that  tended 
toivard  pride.  This  divine  feature  they  learned, 
not  from  the  decrees  of  men,  butfrom  the  Word 
of  the  Lord.  They  stood  aloof  from  the  foolish 
ftwhions  and  vain  customs  of  the  world,  and  en- 
deavored to  hand  the  same  principle  of  plainness 
and  non-conformity  down  to  conn'ng  generations 
This  peculiarity  did  not  belong  exclusively  to 
the  Brethren,  but  was  a  leading  feature  among 
other  denominations,  but  they  got  to  pleading 
the  Bible  is  silent  on  fine  dressing,  "  wo  want  n 
thus  saith  the  Lord  before  we  can  consent  to 
depart  from  the  fashions  of  the  world."  Well 
they  prayed  for  fashions  and  costly  array  and 
now  thcj'  have  got  them,  and  I  lear  that  among 
most  of  them  there  is  but  little  genuine  religion 
left. 

Those  who  are  acquainted  with  our  people 


Marcli    14. 


TKCK    BRETi-ITl]5:N"    ^VT    "WOUK:. 


know  tlist  plainness  in  drcM  is  oue  of  our  dis- 
tinctive features,  and  for  it  our  people  have  ever 
lubored,  and  therefore  wlien  they  unite  with  the 
church,  instead  of  going  to  work  and  doing  (ili 
they  can  to  pull  down  what  our  ancient  breth- 
ren have  lahort'dsoliardtoranintain,  they  ought 
to  liL'lp  huild  up  the  cause.  If  they  have  no 
j'ospt'ct  for  themselves  luul  their  salvation,  lliey 
ought  lo  have  some  for  the  church,  aud  not  try 
to  destroy  it.  There  are  congregations  which 
have  been  annoyed  for  years  hy  these  attempts 
to  introduce  pride  into  the  church.  If  making 
trouble  and  causing  dissensions  contrniy  to  the 
Word  is  their  object,  mid  all  they  havi?  in  view, 
there  would  be  nothing  wrong  in  the  church 
politely  informing  such  characters  that  there  is 
plenty  of  room  outside,  that  the  church  of  God 
was  not  miule  for  unconverted  people.  The  best 
thing  the  church  can  do  is  to  withdraw  herself 
from  every  brother  that  walketh  disorderly. 

Then  there  is  another  cliws  that  opjioses  the 
nilrii-r  of  the  church,  do  not  want  to  be  subject 
to  the  church,  but  are  glad  to  have  the  church  to 
submit  to  them.  Of  course,  when  it  comes  to 
reliyiou  they  know  more  than  the  entire  church 
put  together,  and  are  not  particularly  smart  eith- 
er. They  are  ever  ready  to  give  advice,  but  nev- 
er re;uly  to  take  it  without  a  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Some  of  these  persons  can  dress  just  as  tine  as 
the  world  dare  dress,  engage  in  their  amusements 
and  run  aller  them  in  their  sin  and  folly  gener- 
ally. Tliey  can  and  are  willing  to  learu  from 
the  world,  want  worldly  ways,  and  all  this  too 
without  a  thus  saith  the  Lord,  hut  are  neither 
disposed  nor  wilting  to  learn  of  those  older  than 
they  are.  They  can  enjoy  themselves  with  dis- 
obedient members  rigged  out  in  all  the  gewgaws 
and  flubdubs  of  fashion,  without  the  first  parti- 
cle of  thus  saith  the  Lord,  and  then  turn  right 
round  and  make  fun  of  aud  laugh  at  those  who 
are  dressed  plainly.  What  do  such  people  care 
for  either  the  Bible  or  the  church?  Compara- 
tively nothingaside  from  self-interest.  It  makes 
little  difference  with  them  what  the  Bible  says. 

Some  maj  think  this  is  too  plain  talking. 
Well  I  mean  it,  we  need  something  that  rings 
out  clear  and  distinct,  and  the  time  is  here  that 
some  plain  talking  should  be  done.  We  don't 
want  to  walk  so  close  to  the  world  that  it  fakes 
a  magnifjing  glass  to  tell  which  side  of  the 
line  we  are  on.  The  church  and  the  world 
should  walk  far  apart,  not  oifly  in  dres.s,  hut  in 
abstaining  from  every  appearance  of  evil.  If 
any  find  that  in  which  they  would  like  to  en- 
gage, and  the  Bible  is  silent  on  it,  Iad\'ise  them 
to  first  go  into  their  closet  and  nsk  God  in  earn- 
est prayer  to  bless  them  in  the  act.  If  there  are 
any  who  can  ask  God  to  bless  them  in  plajHng 
cards,  dancing,  at  the  billiard  table,  following 
the  foolish  fashions  of  the  world  and  a  host  of 
other  similar  things  they  have  a  different  con- 
science from  what  I  think  they  have. 


TEMPERANCE. 


rPHE  word  lempgrancf,  from  teiiijiei;  wliich  is 
X  derived  from  the  Greek  word  Teiiniein, 
meaning  "  to  cut  off,"  is  a  word  now  used  to  ex- 
press abstinence  from  strong  drink.  To  be  tem- 
perate, therefore,  is  to  cut  off  all  that  is  evil,  not 
only  in  the  matter  of  drinking,  but  in  all  things 
else.  Felix  said,  "Go  for  the  present,"  when 
Paul  discoursed  coueorniug  temperance  or  self- 
govf  rnment.  All,  what  a  strong  advocate  of 
temperaucu  was  that  eminent  apostle!  No 
drunkenness,  no  slave  to  strong  drink  was  Paul. 
He  made  no  apologies,  no  excuses  for  tippling 
aud  intemporunee.  God  blessed  him  for  his  faith- 
fulness too. 

"  For  those  who  sleep,  sleep  by  night;  and 
the  drunkards  drink  by  night "  (1  Thess.  Ci:  7). 
Drunkards  drink  by  night,  that  is  they  hide 
whenever  they  want  to  drink;  arc  ashamed  to 
come  out  boldly  aud  carry  on  their  brutish  busi- 
ness before  the  public,  but  as  soon  as  the  strong 
dvink  brings  them  into  subjection,  makes  them 
slaves  and  helpless  creatures,  they  will  show 
themselves  to  those -around  them.  Poor  fellows! 
First  they  simply  tasted  it;  after  awhile,  they 
tasted  a  little  more,  then  it  went  so  nice  that 
they  could  driuk  more  freely,  and  finally  they 
became  so  fully  overcome  that  they  could  not 
avoid  drinkiug  more  and  more  until  they  went 
i-eeliug  through  the  atreeta,  cursing,  swearing, 
staggering  and  degraded. 

God  says,  that  unrighteous  persons,  fornica- 
tors, idolaters,  adulterers,  effeminators,  Sodom- 
ites, thieves,  covetous  persons,  drunkards,  revel- 


ers, extortioners,  slmll  not  inherit  the  kingdom 
of  God,  Ah!  what  terrible  company.  Where 
is  there  joy  among  such  ?  Where  is  there  com- 
fort in  such  a  company?  None,  none.  Poor 
drunkard!  There  he  goes,  ragged,  poor,  filthy, 
disgraced,  all  because  he  thought  he  could  take 
his  drams  and  continue  temperate. 

I  hope  no  brother  will  try  to  apologize  for 
tippling.  Is  there  one  who  has ''  put  on  Chiist" 
that  has  the  boldne-ss  to  .stand  up  and  make 
excuses  for  the  traffic  in  strong  drink?  If  so, 
read  l.Cor.  6;  !>,  10,  then  read  it  again,  and  look 
at  t!io  result. 

Self-government  don't  mean  to  loiter  around 
saloons,  nor  even  to  go  in  them  for  diinks.  To- 
lay  the  world  is  moving  against  this  great  evil, 
aud  why  should  a  professional  follower  of  Jesus 
fidl  behind  the  world  in  good  works?  It  is  the 
appearance  of  evil  to  go  iuto  saloons,  to  drink 
where  drunkards  revel  and  cui-se.  Why  then 
not  avoid  the  very  appeai'ance  of  evil,  as  the 
Book  enjoins?  Do  you  know  that  when  you 
join  hands  in  the  support  of  liquor  traffic,  you 
are  virtually  helping  thousands  on  to  ruin?  Do 
yoTi  knoiv  that  some  of  the  cries  of  the  poor 
orphan  for  bread  may  come  up  at  the  judgment, 
because  you  Wrtunlly  helped  his  poor  father  to 
driuk  rum  and  go  down  into  a  drunkard's  grave? 
Do  you  know  that  hy  either  morally,  socially  or 
othermse  helping  the  saloon  keeper  to  scatter 
death,  woe,  misery  and  want  in  nmny  families, 
that  you  are  in  the  same  boat  with  him?  Do 
you  know  that  the  rum-seller's  and  rum-drink- 
er's army  is  a  poor,  miserable  lot  of  humanity 
that  bi-higs  no  comfort  to  the  homes  of  the 
friendless,  the  orphan,  the  widow?  And  you'll 
st^md  in  this  WTetched  looking  army  and  say  you 
fl  Christian?  A  Christian  in  favor  of  ruin? 
No  Christian  is  in  favor  of  strong  drinks  as 
■ended  and  poured  out  over  this  land.  The  man 
who  apotogi7«s  for  saloons  aud  rum  holes,  hiis 
himself  up  against  the  Bible  standard  of  a 
Christian,  and  the  man  that  runs  against  the 
Standard,  has  lost  his  perfect  iitic  to  Christian 
possession.  Stand  therefore  on  the  Bible  doc- 
trine of  temperance.'  Be  a  man,  not  only  for 
yourself,  but  for  your  neighborhood,  the  church 
aud  all  around.  Let  your  light  shine,  aud  nev- 
er put  it  out  with  strong  drink.  And  above  all 
stay  out  of  those  sinks  of  vice  and  misery — 
saloons. 

And  now,  brethren,  wliy  not  lay  this  matter 
before  candidates  for  baptism  and  fellowship? 
The  doctrine  of  temperance  is  as  clearly  and  as 
forcibly  taught  by  the  Lord  as  non-swearing, 
anti-secretism,  nou-conformity  to  the  world, 
non-resistance  or  any  other  vital  principle. 
AVhy  insist  on  these  on  the  part  of  applicants 
and  not  on  that?  Whj'  be  so  particular  as  to 
«  7wri  of  the  requirements  and  not "//?  Would 
not  a  step  forward  here  redound  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  God?  Would  not  n  little  proi/ress- 
ion  right  here  be  a  healthy  stepfor  the  church? 
I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  fact  that  the 
doctrine  of  temperance  is  not  presented  to  ap- 
plicants in  every  case  is  simply  because  of  neg- 
lect, or  want  of  thought.  And  I  shall  be  happy 
if  this  suggestion  puts  many  hearts  to  work  in 
this  neglected  matter,  and  thus  prove  to  the 
world  and  the  Lord  that  we  are  in  real  earnest 
in  temperance,  and  mean  to  shun  the  intoxicat- 
ing cup,  teaching  all  that  we  are  strictly  for 
Bible  temperimce.  I  do  not  wish  to  be  under- 
stood as  a.sscrting  that  the  church  has  not 
believed,  and  to  a  certain  extent,  practiced  tem- 
iwrance,  but  I  do  assert  that  more  good  can  be 
done,  more  homes  made  happy,  Bible  temper- 
ance more  vividly  impressed  upon  the  mind  by 
teaching  it  publicly  to  penitent'!.  And  on  the 
other  hand  I  see  no  good  reason  why  we  should 
not  do  so.  God  grant  grace  that  all  may  look 
to  Jesus,  stand  firm  against  intemperance  and 
at  lost  give  us  sweet  rest  in  heaven. 


■BUT  WHOM  THE  LORD  COM- 
MEKDETH." 

PAUL,  in  2  Corinthians  10;  18,  hassetastidce 
against  selt-eommendation  —  self-praise. 
He  stretched  not  himself  beyond  his  measure, 
hut  as  a  true  man  of  God  constantly  sought  to 
glorify  his  Lord.  True,  he  sometimes  had  to 
remind  his  brethren  with  whom  he  labored,  that 
he  too  was  an  a|)Dstle  and  (had  somewhat  to 
boast;  but  mark  you,  he  sent  the  letter  to  the 
church  which  he  wished  to  remind.  And  there 
can  be  no  just  objection  to  any  brother  sending 
a  letter  to  any  church  which  he  has  helped  to 
build  up,  reminding  them  how  he  labored  d.iy 


aud  night  to  present  them  as  a  chaste  virgin  to 
Christ.  But  there  is  no  need  to  send  such  an 
epistle  to  all  the  churches.  Paul  did  no  auch 
thing. 

To  you,  therefore,  who  have  fallen  into  the 
habit  (for  it  is  simply  a  habit,  I  think),  of  re- 
porting your  own  work  in  sucli  a  manner  as  to 
leave  the  impression  on  the  mind  of  the  reader 
that  you  are  seeking  undue  notice,  I  commend 
you  to  the  noble  example  of  Christ  and  the 
Apostles.  Remember  that  Paul's  letters  were 
private  for  some  time,  and  that  they  were  not 
instantly  spread  abroad  before  all  the  churches 
and  the  world.  I  can  see  the  ivisdom  of  that. 
It  is,  no  doubt,  well  that  the  progress  of  the 
Lord's  work  be  given  to  the  brethren  and  sisters, 
for  it  seems  to  strengthen  and  enliven  many  a 
poor,  weary  saint — especially  if  he  be  away  off 
from  the  main  body  of  the  church,  hut  for  the 
good  nf  the  minister,  the  good  of  the  general 
brotherhood,  let  some  other  peraou  do  it. 

Some  oue  in  each  congregation  should,  in  a 
brief  and  simple  manner,  state  that  such  or  such 
a  brother  labored  with  them,  and  give  the  re- 
sults. I  think  ft  minister  should  be  encouraged; 
and  James  says,  "  Brethren,  if  any  of  you  do  err 
from  the  truth,  and  one  convert  him,  let  him 
know  that  he  wliich  converteth  the  sinner  from 
the  error  of  his  way  shall  save  a  soul  and  hide  a 
multitude  of  sins."  Right  that /leshbuld  know 
it,  but  hardly  prudent  that  he  should  tell  it 
abroad.  Let  others  do  that,  and  in  doing  so, 
please  let  the  Lord  do  the  commending.  It  is 
one  thing  to  tell  what  was  done,  and  another 
thing  to  commend  it.  "  For  not  he  that  com- 
meudeth  himself  is  approved,  but  whom  the 
Lord  commendeth."  He  does  not  even  say  that 
another  shall  commend  publicly,  but  the  Lord 
does  the  commendin2. 

Now  let  us  all,  while  we  are  trying  to  reform, 
become  better,  seeking  unity  and  oneness,  en- 
deavor to  always  hold  up  the  old  Palestine  Glass, 
and  if  we  shojild  see  any  spots  on  ourselves, 
straightway  endeavor  to  getthem  oft'.  "0  well," 
says  one,  "  if  I  am  not  to  write  up  my  own  la- 
bors in  my  own  way,  I'll  suy  nothing."  Well, 
if  you  cannot  leave  out  all  of  youroHvi.andput 
in  all  of  Jrsns,  you  would  Wtter  not  write. 
Neither  you  nor  the  world,  nor  the  brotherhood 
will  become  any  the  richer  by  so  much  of  tjour 
own.    1  can  see  no  apostolic  order  in  crying 

reform!  reform!!"  and  at  the  same  time  press- 
ig  sf^/"  into  every  article  of  ministerial  labor, 
thot  the  Pattern  and  the  thing  made  liave  no 
resemblance  whatever.  Come,  therefore,  and 
let  us  have  a  real  reform  right  here,  and  the 
world  ivill  take  notice  that  we  have  been,  and 
liill  are,  with  Christ.  m.  m.  e. 


WITNESSES. 


SUCH  were  the  apostles,  the  disciples  of  our 
Master.  God  does  not  bring  men  and  wo- 
men to  Himself  with  argument,  but  with  testi- 
mony. He  makes  no  apologies,  no  display  of 
logic,  but  gives  us  testimony  that  we  may  be- 
lieve. Jesus  left  a  host  of  witnesses  that  He 
was  the  Christ.  Thase  said  to  the  stiff-necked 
Jews:  "But  ye  denied  the  Holy  One  and  the 
Just,  aud  desired  a  muiilerer  to  be  granted  unto 
you;  and  killed  the  Prince  of  life,  whom  God 
hath  raised  from  the  dead;  whereof  ice  are  wit- 
nesses"  {Acts  3: 14,  15).  Are  not  many  deny- 
ing the  Holy  One  to-day?  Do  they  not  desire 
another, — one  that  makes  uo  demands  of  them? 
Look  at  the  Prince  of  life;  look  at  the  wil 
They  believed  aud  practiced  alike.  They  had 
one  faith,  one  practice,  one  hope.  God  loved 
them  for  that.  There  are  no  witnesses  to  testi- 
fy that  God  requires  differently  of  us.  The  plan 
for  those  of  the  first  century  ihf/s(  he  the  plan 
for  those  of  all  centuries  to  the  end.  The  Gos- 
pel then  produced  people  that  were  alike  in 
faith  and  practice.  The  same  Gospel  produce; 
nothing  different  now.  Then,  all  spake  the 
"same  thing."  Similar  people  produced  in  a 
similar  manner  speak  the  same  thing  to-day. 
The  vritnessea  of  primitive  times,  speak  the 
same  testimony  now,  and  we  know  that  they 
are  true,  for  they  all  speak  alike. 

You  raoy  deliver  lecture,  after  lecture  on  the 
harmony  of  science  and  religion,  hut  that  does 
not  savcthe  soul.  It  is  testimonij  that  produces 
faith.  There  are  many  thuigs  in  the  Word  of 
Truth  that  seem  illogical  to  the  worldly  man, 
but  faith  is  the  Christian's  weajion,  not  logic. 
It  takes  a  Christ  to  put  fortli  testimony  that 
cimnot  be  shaken  to  pieces.  Will  you  believe 
the  witnesses?  ii.  ji.  e. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT. 

The  Country  Home. 

I  ALWAYS  enjoyed  the  country  home,  for  if 
given  a  little  attention  it  is  a  home  indeed. 
The  man  who  has  a  good  wife,a  few  happy  chil- 
dren, and  a  farm  amply  improved,  and  out  of 
debt,  ought  to  be  happy  so  far  as  tlus  world  is 
concemed.  He  has  the  little  premises  all  to 
himself  and  the deiu: taniily.  Of  courscnoreiit 
to  pay,  can  raise  his  own  produce  and  enjoy  life 
generally.    He  ought  to  be  happy. 

Not  every  one  knows  how  to  make  the  coun- 
try home  happy;  don't  know  how  to  make 
things  cheerful,  and  some  of  these  who  do  know. 
Like  no  effort  to  put  their  knowledge  into  prac- 
tice. There  are  plenty  who  know  how  to  work, 
how  to  save  money  and  accumulate  wealth,  but 
when  it  comes  to  making  a  little  paradise  of 
their  homes  they  know  not  how  to  do  it,  and 
often  care  less.  How  necessary  it  is  that  coun- 
try homes  be  made  happy,  for  it  is  the  best  place 
on  earth  to  raise  a  family  and  enjoy  the  good 
gifts  of  life. 

I  am  just  now  reminded  that  once  on  a  time  a 
well-to-do  farmer  met  nie  at  the  depot,  gave  me  a 
scat  in  his  buggy  and  soon  had  me  to  his  pleas- 
le  some  distance  out  in  the  country.  I 
soon  discovered  that  it  w.is  a  pleasant  abode. 
The  farmer  was  not  rich,  but  had  what  he  need- 
ed, and  that  is  about  all  that  any  of  us  ought  to 
have.    They  wore  not  too  rich  and  proud  to 

rk,  nor  too  aristocratic  to  he  kind  to  their 

ighbors  and  strangers.  There  was  no  quar- 
reling and  jarring  in  the  family,  each  seemed 
deiiglited  in  pleasing  the  other.  They  all  work- 
ed; no  idlers  were  allowed  in  that  hive,  and  it 
would  be  a  good  thing  if  none  were  allowed  any- 
where. It  IS  said  that  "  Idleness  is  the  devil's 
■orkshop,"  and  it  is  evident  that  he  knows  just 
how  to  make  use  of  it  to  advance  his  oivn  in- 
terest. 

On  looking  around,  I  saw  that  things  were 
neat  and  tidy,  and  well  arranged.  Every  thing 
was  in  its  place.  Nothing,  howevee,  extravagant; 
or  gaudy,  but  conveniently  arranged.  Whoa 
the  men  folks  came  iuto  the  house,  they  first 
deaned  off  their  boots  well,  and  thus  did  not 
carry  dirt-  into  the  rooms.  That  was  right,  for 
dirt  was  not  made  to  be  carried  into  houses;  its 
place  is  out  of  dooi-s,  and  there  it  will  accom- 
plish some  good.  It  is  very  perplc.x.ing  to  moth- 
ers and  sisters  when  the  men  carry  groat  loads 
of  inud  on  their  boots  into  the  noiLse.  Boys 
want  to  learn  a  lesson  here.  In  the  rooms  wero 
number  of  deep-meaning  attractions:  none  of 
these  pictures  that  are  a  disgrace  to  a  ivell  reg- 
ulated home.  I  allude  to  the  pictures  of  per- 
sons in  a  half  nude  state.  When  I  go  into  a 
family  and  see  their  walls  covered  with  such 
tempting  things,  I  feel  like  delivering  a  lecture 
on  the  '■  Proper  culture  of  the  human  heart." 
Few  are  aware  of  thedireful  evils  resuttiiig  from 
such  pictui^es.  If  parents  raise  sons  and  daugh- 
fei-^  iiiuund  thinj'.-;  of  this  kind  they  need  not 
e\|Mi  I  1i  iMii.il  il'-'v  will  fall  into  some  disgrace- 
ful -,  "■  ■  ■  ■  -^iich  pictures  are  regarded 
It-      '  iiii'n  of  the  works  of  art,  but 

till  II  :■:..'  ;'i'i.  i  :s  evil  in  the  extreme. 

Hiuigmg  on  the  wall  were  some  wtdl  selected 
mottoes  neatly  executed  in  needle  work.  One 
reads,  "  Tliou  God  seost  me,"  Another,  "  The 
Lord  will  provide."  But  lying  on  the  floor  was 
a  small  fool^carpet  on  which  were  worked  these 
beautiful  words:  "  Home,  sweet  Home."  I  won- 
der how  many  sweet  homes  there  are  to-night, 
I  would  that  these  words  were  inscribed  in  every 
room,  and  on  every  heart.  Near  the  entrance  I 
found  this  beautiful  prayer:  "God  bles,s  our 
Home;"  yes,  may  God  bless  all  sweet  homes  to- 
night, and  help  the  inmates  of  every  home  in 
the  land  to  make  their  abode  a  happy  one. 

There  are  no  homes  so  capable  of  b>'ing  ren- 
dered' pleasant  as  those  in  tlie  rural  districts,  and 
yet  how  sadly  are  many  of  them  neglected. 
There  are  thousands  of  such  to-night  where  the 
family  is  discontented,  they  are  not  following 
the  avocations  of  life  in  which  they  would  seem 
to  delight.  They  imagine  that  they  arc  out  of 
their  place.  The  boys  must  be  put  through  col- 
lege and  prepared  for  professional  life;  the  girls 
must  be  trained  to  accommodate  the  ways  and 
shades  belonging  to  the  upper  classes  of  society. 
Home  in  the  country,  to  them,  becomes  a  pur- 
gatory; they  visit  it  only  as  a  matter  of  neces- 
sity. The  old  people  are  forsaken,  or  urged  to 
enter  some  mercantile  business  for  which  they 
are  in  no  way  fitted,  and  the  consequence  is 
bankruptcy.  Not  one  in  this  once  hapi>y  group 
can  truthfully  sing  "  sweet  home."  Tney  have 
no  home.  The  country  home  lias  passed  into 
other  hands.  They  go  to  their  graves  in  sad- 
ness because  they  did  not  labor  to  make  their 
rural  home  pleasant. 

Fathers  and  mothers,  make  your  country 
hfftnes  happy  that  you  may  keep  your  sous  and 
daughters  there.  Do  not  run  them  off  into  city 
avocations,  for  these  are  becoming  flooded  Irom 
the  ranks  in  the  country.  Prepare  your  sons 
for  farmers  and  your  daughters  for  farmer's 
wives.  For  real  enjoyment  there  \s  no  place 
like  a  well  ren;ulated  country  home.  Learn  to 
be  content  with  your  position  in  lite  and  make 
the  best  of  it,  knowing  that  the  fanner  is  the 
lione  and  sinew  of  our  country.  The  time  is 
coming  when  their  jiositions  will  he  envied  by 
the  people  of  our  cities.    Standing  l)ehind  Ifae 

[ilow  is  of  more  real  worth  than  standing  he- 
lind  the  cmmter.  Instead  of  the  farmer  envy- 
ing the  merchant's  position  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  when  the  merchant  \n\\  gladly  exchange 
withthefarmer.  Rememberthesetiiin'^-ii.stayon 
'  the  farm  and  make  home  happy. — J.  H.Moobb^ 


Ti-IE    33KET1-IKI;::N"     ^V'V    AVOliK. 


jSlnroh    14- 


^/(?   §0mi;  §ircle. 


READ  AND  OBBV. 

I-  lluslmnils,  Icivo  your  wi*e«.'' 

■' WivM,    obey    jour   hiiabanda." 

"  Falhera,  provolii:  nol  your  chiUrta  lo  wrnth." 

"  Cliildrcn,    obey   your    pnrcnla    in    all    tUiuga. 


Edited  hy  M.  M.  Eshelman 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Going  To  Meeting. 
ii  rilHANK  tlio  Lord  wo  cuii  all  go  to  meeting 
X  to-day,"  suya  father,  aa  lie  entere  tlie 
i-oom  nfler  looking  lo  tbe  wants  of  his  lUii- 
mnlB.  "  Yes  we  can  all  go,"  says  mother;  "  iiml 
I?"  "Qiidlloo?"  chime  the  little  folks,  and 
even  little  three  year  old  Cora,  who  comes  run- 
uing  and  says,  "  Me  too,  mumma?"  "Yes  Co- 
ra too,"  replies  the  good  mother,  and  the  darling 
child's  licnrt  runs  over  (vith  joy  as  she  exclaims, 
"doodie,  doodie!" 

Now  why  are  nil  so  auxious,  from  pai-euts 
down,  to  go  to  inceling?  Is  it  because  they 
want  to  s/iuFP  themselves?  hecaiise  there  is  to  he 
fun  there?  or  a  t:ni-nn/  exhibition?  No  not  be> 
cause  of  these,  hut  because  that  family  lias  been 
taught  that  going  to  meeting  is  a  duty  we  al 
owe  to  ourselves  and  to  God — that  it  is  wisdon 
to  fear  God  and  obey  His  comraandmeut^,  Thi 
father  and  mnf;hef  early  sought  the  Lord,  mid 
from  that  time  forth  have  tried  to  live  under  tht 
cross,  tenchiug  their  children  tliiit  to  assemble 
with  the  siiints  is  joy  and  comfort  in  the  Holy 
Ghost.  In  prayer  tliey  have  pointed  fcheii-  chil- 
di«n  to  God,  and  asked  God  to  bless  them  and 
their  diildron.    God  has  done  so. 

The  Bible  was  the  chief  study  in  that  family. 
JcsHS  in  tlie  muruing,  Jesus  at  noon,  .Jesus  in 
the  evening— Jesus  all  the  day  long.  They  uov 
er  tire  of  the  "  old,  old  story."  When  the  old 
family  13ible  is  brought  out,  silence  takes  hold 
of  that  family,  and  while  one  reads  all  are  at- 
tentive. It  is  a  Bible  family.  The  seeds  of 
Divine  Truth  are  al!  the  time  being  planted 
that  family,  and  the  fruit  is  clear,  rich  and  de- 
licious. 

But  finally  all  are  ready,  and  tliej  start  to 
meeting.  Does  the  father  begin  to  tell  i 
funny  story  just  to  amuse  the  children? 
not  that.  Does  he  tell  how  he  -n-ill  "  beat"  this 
or  that  neighbor  in  a  trade  which  he  has  about 
consummated?  Not  at  nil.  Does  he  talk  about 
this  neighbor's  weiikncss — his  faults,  that  broth- 
er or  sister,  how  she  or  he  acted,  what  tJiey  wore, 
or  how  their  house  and  giounds  are  arrange<l? 
No,  not  such  talk.  Does  he  praise  his  own 
goodnesB  and  belittle  that  of  others?  No.  Is 
he  busy  telling  how  much  wheat  and  oats  he 
will  sow  this  Spruig,  how  much  com  he  will 
plant?  Not  hy  any  means.  Is  his  ivife  scold- 
ing the  cliildrcn  for  their  cheerfulness?    No,  no. 

Is  she  telling  how  sister  S M lii^  her 

di-esa  made,  the  kind  of  strings  to  her  bonnet 
or  covering?  No,  she  is  not.  Is  she  telling 
tales,  iinding  fault  with  this  member,  that  dea- 
con, or  such  and  such  a  brother?  0  no,  she  is 
not  spending  her  time  thus.  How  then  are 
they  engaged?    Listen! 

As  the  father  goes  driving  along  in  tlie  re- 
freshing breeze  imd  pleasaTit  sunshine,  he  says. 
"  Wife,  I  am  so  thankful  that  we  can  thus  en- 
joy life.  We  shall  have  a  good  meeting  to-day. 
for  I  feel  that  I  love  everybody."  '"0  yes,' 
says  she,  "  I  think  we  shidl  have  ft  feast  to-day, 
for  I  read  the  twclith  of  Romans  this  morning 
and  it  gave  me  so  much  to  tldnli  about.  It 
told  mc  to  ubhor  that  wbi<li  ^  ■■■."'  '•  '■ 
that  which  is  good;  to  be  k  .  '■ 
one  another,  and  to  have  111' '    ■  '  l    • 

lation.  And  tlien  I  tearn.il  ii  it  i-  ■  ih 
joice  with  those  that  rejoioe.  .^nd  y\-r-y 
those  that  weep,  and  many  other  very  U' 
lessons.  I  want  to  remember  all  tln-ie,  for  I 
fear  I  too  often  think  enV  of  some  of  my  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  and  the  Bible  savsr//'ii(7i/ //iio/.- 
eOi  no  fi'il.  I  love  all  my  brethren  and  listers, 
hence  do  not  even  want  to  llihik  evil  of  them, 
much  less  lulk  evil."  "  Yes,"  responds  the  lins- 
hand,  "you  have  spoken  good  things,  and  your 
lesson  this  morning  was  a  godly  lesson.  I'  rom 
it  we  learn  the  necessity  of  being  of  the  same 
mind,  and  dare  not  to  be  wise  in  our  own  con- 
ceits. Neither  should  we  avenge  ourselves,  hut 
live  in  peace.  0, 1  knoiv  we  will  have  a  good 
meeting  to-day,  lor  our  morning  lesson  wc 
good!" 

Thus  the  parents  spend  the  time  on  the  way 
to  meeting,  luid  the  children,  too,  have  been 
listening,  and  have  learned  some  good  lessons. 
Soon  they  arrive  at  the  place  of  meeting,  and 
in  they  go  with  [deasant  faces  and  woi-ds  of  love 
to  all  who  meet  thcni.  They  enjoyed  their  go- 
iug  to  meeting,  mid  ynu  can  see  it  in  their  faces. 
They  are  now  in  tin-  :L--riiil)ly  r--;i(ly  to  pick  up 
the  grains  of  trutlj  -.i-  tln-v  f.dl  trnm  the  lips  of 
the  pivacher,  and  it  in  lll.^  di.i.-.nirse  he  should 
throw  out  any  chatf,  thi.->  happy  fatuily  pays  no 
attention  to  it,  but  are  much  concerned  for  the 
pure  wheat.  In  our  next  we  shall  tell  you  how 
this  godly  family  Iwhaved  at  meeting,  and  how 
they  were  blessed.  God  bless  their  going  to 
meeting!  They  went  with  God  before  them, 
and  all  around  them. — Eu. 


TPIE     CETJCIFIXION. 

fpHE  following  is  a  curious  piece  of  antiquity.  The  middle  cross  represents  our  Saviour, 
X  those  on  either  side  the  two  thieves,  and  on  the  top  and  down  the  cross  are  our  Lord's  ex- 
pressions: "  My  God!  My  God!  why  hast  thon  forsaken  me,"  and  on  the  top  of  the  cross  is  the 
Latin  inscription:  "  INRI,"  Jesus  Nazayeniis,  I{ex  Jiulavnim,  meaning  Jesus  of  Nazareth, 
K  fe  ol  the  Jews.  Upon  the  cross  on  the  left  hand  is  the  prayer  of  one  of  the  thieves:  "Lord 
en  he  me  when  Thou  contest  into  Thy  Kingdom."  On  the  right  hand  cross  is  the  reproach 
of  tl  0  other:  "  If  thou  beest  the  Christ,  save  Thyself  and  us."  The  whole  comprised  together 
akcs  an  excellent  piece  of  poetry,  which  is  to  be  rend  across  all  the  columns,  and  mnlie  as 
ma  J  1  es  as  there  are  letters  in  the  alphabet.  It  is  perhajis  one  of  the  most  curious  pieces 
of    o    I    sition  t<j  be  found  on  record. 


JIY  GODlilY  QOd! 

VERS  OF  MV  TE,UIS  ^ 

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LET  SOT.  good! 

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"  TOO    YOUNG." 

little  boy,  ten  years  old,  and  go  to 
■hool  every  day.  My  father  is  dead.  I 
live  with  my  motliof.  I  want  to  join  the  Breth- 
i-en  church,  but  my  grandpa  thinks  I  am  too 
young.  What  do  you  say  dear  Editor?  I 
want  to  know  in  the  next  paper.  I  have  a 
brother  and  sister,  both  older  than  myself. 
They  joined  the  church  at  the  age  of  eleven.  I 
wish  success  to  your  paper. 

Geo.  D.  Triuhf,r. 
HeUflfsbintj,  Pit. 

Mij  Dear  Link  FrkniL— 

Do  yon  know  that  you  are  a  sinner? 
If  you  are  old  enough  to  know  that,  then  y 
are  old  enough  to  turn  to  Jesus.  Just  as  so 
iks  a  person  knows  that  he  is  a  sinner,  he  is  old 
enough  to  look  to  the  Itedeemer  for  salvation. 
You  are  not  too  young  to  love  Jesus,  are  you? 
If  you  can  loce  Him,  and  know  that  yon  are  a 
sinner,  there  is  no  reason  why  .you  should  not 
be  received  into  reliowshiji  with  God's  people, 

I'm  not  too  young  to  sin, 

I'm  not  too  young  to  die: 
I'm  not  too  little  to  begin, 
A  life  o!'  faith  and  joy. 
Let  this  be  your  sentiment;  and  may   God 
bless  you  in    your    wish    to    love  and  serve 
Him. — Ed. 


TO    SHARON. 

WHILE  looking  over  the  letters  in  the 
"  Children  at  Work,"  I  saw  one  from  my 
litile  friend,  Sharon  It.  Bosserman  of  Du'i- 
kirk,  Ohio.  It  did  me  good  to  rend  your  little 
letter,  and  that  you  msli  to  become  a  member 
of  the  "  Children  at  Work."  Of  all  the  writei-s 
in  that  column  your  name  is  the  only  one  I 
know.  But  go  on,  for  you  are  doing  well  for  a 
little  boy.  I  have  two  little  chihb-en,  and  they 
are  so  anxious  to  have  their  mamma  read  the 
lettera  written  by  the  little  folks.  Your  papa 
ami  I  used  to  he  well  accjuaiutetl  when  he  first 
came  to  Dunkirk.  Your  uncles,  James  and 
Joseph  were  then  little  boys.  And  how  glad 
they  were,  when  your  papa  brought  each  of 
them  a  little  nxe  with  htm  from  the  East.  But 
now  they  have  become  members  of  the  church. 
I  of^en  think  of  them  and  hope  that  the  time 
may  come  that  you  will  become  a  member  too. 
Our  Saviour  loves  little  children  aud  says:  "Suf- 
fer little  children  to  come  unto  me;  for  of  such 
is  the  kingdom  of  God." 

J.  J.  Hoover. 
Mmlboro,  Ohio. 


Be  Earnest. — "  Each  breath  is  burned  with 
a  bidding,  and  every  minute  hath  its  mission." 
Are  we  living  aimless,  useless  lives,  tossin; 
golden  opportunities  Iron)  our  hands,  as  so 
much  worthless  dust?  Yet  let  us  pause— 
these  souls  of  oura  are  iiiiinoiiril.  How  regret- 
fully may  we  exclaim  with  the  heathen  prince, 
"  I've  lost  a  day!"  "Last  night  died  its  day 
and  the  deeds  thereof  were  judged,"  Is  it  not 
the  duty  of  each  heart  to  a.sk  itself  the  ques- 
tion, "  For  what  purpose  do  I  live?"  A  noble 
aim  alone  can  give  dignity  and  beauty  to  a  life, 
and 

"  There  is  a  time,  we" know  not  when, 
A  point  we  know  not  where. 

That  marks  the  destiny  of  men, 
'Twixt  glory  and  despair," 


Idea  of  Death, — That  death  and  sleep  ai- 
very  much  alike,  the  sages  all  t-ell  us;  but  se 
how  iiltr.uL'tiv'ly  Leigh  Hunt  dcsribcs  the  latter. 
"It.  is  ii  ili.'lii  inii-  moment,  certainly,  that  of  be- 
ing w<.-il  [((.■■^thil  ill  bed,  and  feeling  that  you 
shall  drop  gently  to  sleep.  The  good  is  to 
come — not  past;  tbe  limbs  have  been  just  tired 
enough  to  render  the  remaining  in  one  position 
delightful;  the  labor  of  the  day  is  done.  Agi 
tie  tailure  of  the  perceptions  come  creeping  over 
one;  the  spirit  of  consciousness  disengages  it- 
self more  with  slow  and  hushing  degrees,  like 
a  mother  dcUichiitg  her  hand  from  that  of  her 
sleeping  child;  the  mind  seems  to  havea  balmy 
lid  closing  over  it,  like  tbe  eye;  'tis  closing,  'tis 
closing, — 'tis  closed.  The  mysterious  spirit 
has  gone  to  take  its  airy  round." 


Old  Age. — Old  age  is  blessetl  time  when, 

looking  back  over  the  follies,  sins  and  mistalies 
of  past  life — too  late,  indeed,  to  remedy,  but  not 
too  late  to  repent — we  may  put  off  earthly  gar- 
ments, one  hy  one,  and  dress  oni-selves  for  heav- 
en. Griefs  that  are  heavy  to  the  young,  are  to 
the  old  calm  and  almost  joyful,  as  tokens  of  the 
near  and  ever-iieurJug  time  when  there  shall  he 
no  more  death,  neither  sorrow  ami  crying,  neith- 
er any  more  pain.  Even  though  walking  in 
darkness  for  a  while,  the  aged  have  the  sure 
promise  ;  "  At  eventide  it  shall  he  light." 


The  BRETnRF-K  at  Work,  from  March  1st, 
to  Jan.  lat,  1S79  only  §1.20. 


Clustering. — You  have  seeu  the  ivy  and  the 
woodbine  clustering  around  our  walls.  \Vell, 
that  is  just  sometimes  the  sweetest  Christian 
graces  ding  to  rough  and  hard  natures.  Jesus 
sometimes  takes  us  as  stones  in  the  walls  of  His 
church,  but  He  has  to  trim  us  off  pretty  well  to 
make  us  fit.  Bj'  nature  we  don't 
with  goodness,  and  purity,  and  devotion. 


CEILDREM  AT    WORK. 


PuAVEK,  if  it  be  done  ns  a  task,  i 


From  Eilitim  IVatsoil.— /)«ir  ErIiloi-.—We 
had  one  of  the  most  able  sermons  preached  for 
us,  Tuesday  eve,  Dec.  18th,  from  the  R.  R.  Ser- 
mon, we  ever  had  the  pleasure  of  listeniog  to. 
It  WHS  delivered  by  Mr.  Grao,  of  the  Disciple 
hurch,  from  Randolph  Co.,  this  State.  He 
preiiches  here  once  a  month.  When  here  four 
weeks  ago,  I  gave  him  the  U.  R,  Sermon  to  read. 
After  reudingit,  ho  remarked,  "  I  would  give  ten 
cents  for  that  sermon."  I  gave  him  the  paper; 
he  thanked  me,  took  it  home  and  studied  it;  cut 
it  out  of  the  paper  and  pasted  it  in  a  pocket 
scrap  book.  The  other  evening  he  preached  from 
it  to  quite  an  audience,  saying  it  is  too  good  to 
pass  nimoticed;  commended  the  brother  very 
highly  lor  the  idea."  presented  and  the  compari- 
son was  very  appropriate.  H  you  have  not  yet 
published  the  sermon  in  pamphlet  form,  hope 
you  will  do  so;  for  certainly  good  would  be  ac- 
compliBhcd  by  it.  Shall  still  try  and  do  all  1 
can  for  your  i>aper. 

Gritcxn,  III'/. 

From  Liz/io  May  Jnliiniuu. — Dear  E<litor: 
— 1  am  now  twelve  years  old.  I  was  hai>tixed 
when  nine,  and  I  have  never feltlike going  back 
into  the  world  again,  hut  am  determined,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  to  live  a  Christian.  And  yon,  my 
dear  young  brethren  and  sistei-a,  I  ]n'ay  you  lo 
so  live  that  when  you  are  called  to  leave  this 
sinful  world,  you,  with  me,  can  be  laid  to  rest 
iu  peace  with  God  and  all  mankind,  and  then  in 
the  nimniiig  of  the  fii'st  resurrection  we  may  all 
meet  on  the  beautiful  shore  of  the  crystal  river 
and  forever  sing  praises  to  God.  Let  us  be  faith- 
ful and  a  crown  of  life  shidl  be  ours. 

Warsaw,  Iml. 

From  Lizzie  Miller.— I  want  to  got  a  good 
education,  and  be  useful  when  I  grow  to  be  a 
woman.  I  have  been  trying  to  labor  in  the 
Master's  cause  for  one  3'ear,  iUid  liave  enjoyed 
myself  well.  We  have  preaching  every  two 
weeks,  and  a  good  Sunday-school  in  the  Snni- 
mcr,  which  is  largely  attended. 

PhjmoHlh,  huh 

From  S.  Marilie  Balvcr.— Cmc  Editor:—! 
am  only  nin^  yeai-s  old;  go  to  school,  ajid  study 
my  lesions  in  the  evening  also.  When  we  all 
have  our  lessons,  we  read  in  the  Testament  be- 
fore we  go  to  bod.  We  read  by  turns,  sometimes 
pa,  sometimes  ma,  and  souietimes  the  teacher, 
(for  he  hoards  with  us),  and  so  on  round.  I 
have  three  brothers  older  than  I,  and  two  little 
sisters  who  cannot  read  in  the  Testament.  Af- 
ter prayer  we  all  sing,  and  I  thinkult  little  boys 
and  girls  ought  to,learn  to  sing. 

Bukci-'x  Mill,  Va. 

From  Sarali  E.  Brown.— i>f«»-  Edilor.—l 
liave  three  brothers  that  have  gone  to  rest  in 
Jesus.  I  want  to  be  a  good  girl  so  that  if  I 
grow  up  I  may  be  a  good  woman.  I  am  thir- 
teen years  old  this  morning.  So  far  in  life  I 
have  been  very  happy.  The  sun  has  come  up, 
making  all  thuigs  look  bright.  This  makes  me 
think  of  my  blessed  Master,  how  He  gladdens 
uur  hearts.  I  went  to  jireaching  last  Sunday 
and  heard  our  dear  uncle  John  Harsliey,  preach. 
I  love  him  very  much.  I  think  he  is  a  good 
man.  We  are  taught  of  God  to  love  one  anoth- 
er, and  I  hope  wc  tfll  do. 

Warrciixbiirij,  Mo.-, 

From  Chiirlie  M.  MolilDr,r-Oe«f  Editor.— 
I  like  the  "  Home  Circle."  I  am  nine  years  old, 
.lud  attend  school.  My  |ia  and  ma  go  to  church, 
and  I  like  to  go  too.  I  used  to  go  to  Snndaj'- 
school,  but  it  is  now  closed.  I  like  to  he  agood 
hoy,  and  obey  God's  commandments,  This  is 
the  first  letter  I  ever  wrote  bj-  myself,  hut  I  have 
written  four  more  that  my  ma  hel|)ed  me  to 
wiife. 

Cori)ujlo,i,  0. 

From  Sarah  L,  I'ilis.— />mi-^f/;/or.— lam 

quite  ii  lit  Ik'  :.'irl  i'i;:lit  years  old.  I  go  to  meet- 
ing with  fath'T  and  innther.  I  have  no  brother 
or  sister,  so  I  have  to  make  compiuij'  of  my 
books,  toys  and  kittens.  Some  evenings  I  read 
a  chapter  in  the  Testament  to  my  lather,  moth- 
er, great  grandmother  and  aunt;  this  is  all  of 

r  family.  This  evening  I  sat  on  father's 
l:nee  and  read  the  seventh  chapter  of  Mark.  I 
hojie  I  shall  leani  to  bo  a  good  little  girl. 

lliiiitiiKjIim  Co.,  hid. 

From  George  W.  ^Vriglitsraan.— iicnr  Ed. 
itor: — I  thiuk  it  must  tire  you  to  publish  all  the 
letters  from  tbe  little  folks.  But  I  love  you  for 
Now  I  come  to  tell  the  little  folks  who  it 
was  that  killed  more  people  at  his  death  than  in 
his  life.  It  was  Samson.  Yon  will  find  it  in 
Judges  16:  30.  I  read  it.  Now  will  some  of 
tbe  little  folks  tell  us  whose  rod  budded  and 
brought  forth  buds,  imrl  bloomed  blossoms  and 
yielded  almonds?  In  this  letter  I  will  send  ten 
cents  for  the  paper  for  the  poor.  Father  and 
muthf-r  send  twenty-five  cents  for  the  same 
purpose. 

L-.mh',;  III. 


Marcli    14. 


'I'l-n^:    l^l^KTl-LHKX"    ^VT    "SVOl-ilv. 


CORRESPOKDENOE. 


FROM    EUROPE. 

Quit  lioiiutifiil  vewsel,  Iris,  conHnctwl  by  cup- 
tniii  Wittiiigliaii,  luia  nnchorcd  at  or  near 
the  mouth  of  tlie  river  Elhi;  where  itentere  in- 
to thf  North  sen,  having  sei  sail  at  Hamburg 
I'or  London  yesterday  evening  at  11  o'clock  and 
anchorBd  this  morning  at  2  A.  M.  In  consc- 
(|iienc«  of  ft  dense  fog,  so  dense  we  can  scarcely 
see  the  wntor  from  the  deck,  and  notwithstand- 
ing the  impatience  sind  anxiety  manifested  on 
the  iiiirt  of  many  of  the  jiassengers,  the  captain 
will  not  go  till  lie  can  sec  his  way  clear.  Some 
of  the  passengers  say,  "  Captain,  can't  you  run 
by  thecompiiss?"  "  No,  ivc  may  rim  into  some 
other  vessel  and  one  or  both  of  us  suflbr  ship- 
wreck." 

Wc  can  learn  several  important  lessons  from 
this  circumstance;  as  our  journey  through  life 
can  be,  and  otlen  is,  very  apjiropriatcly  compar- 
ed to  a  voyage  on  the  aoa.  If  thousands  in  the 
world  would  act  as  cautious  as  our  captain,  they 
would  not  so  likely  make  shipwreck,  ilen 
financially  often  get  into  the  fog,  and  cannot  see 
far  ahead,  and  how  they  shall  or  can  nmUe  their 
ends  meet,  yet  they  will  drive  ahead ,  make  prom- 
ises and  contracts,  one  after  another,  and  all 
iin  a  risk,  and  run  headlong  into  some  other 
person's  interest  with  his  good  credit  and  lair 
promises,  that  he  himself  sufl'em  shipwreck  mid 
severely  injures  his  neighbor.  My  lirethreu, 
these  things  ought  not  so  to  he  among  us. 
When  we  get  into  the  fog,  cast  anchor  and  wnich 
for  the  day,  and  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  you  will 
be  the  gainer,  and  your  religion  won't  suffer. 
,  But  we  cim  also  learn  a  profitable  lesson  in 
our  spiritual  voyage.  We  often  get  into  the  fog 
and  can't  see  our  way  clearly;  then,  we  would 
better  cast  anchor,  if  it  docs"  require  some 
patience,  like  in  our  peculiar  position  at  pres- 
ent. Some  of  the  passengere  say,  "Captain, 
I  think  you  might  raovo  on  slowly  without 
much  danger,"  but  all  to  no  avail;  he  cannot  be 
prevailed  upon;  he  understands  his  business  and 
cannot  be  influenced  to  do  dilVorcntly,  though 
he  desires  to  go  as  much  jis  any,  but  he  is  more 
judicious  than  the  rest,  aud  says,  like  the  Lord 
to  Moses,  or  Moses  to  the  people,  "  Stmid  still 
and  see  the  salvation  of  the  Lord."  There  is 
frequently  more  salvation  in  standing  still,  than 
in  moving  forward,  but  when  the  way  is  clear, 
the  waters  divided,  then  the  command,  go  for- 
ward, si  I  on  Id  be  obeyed. 

1  learn  a  lesson  of  firmness  from  the  conduct 
of  our  captain — ii  trait  taught  by  the  apostle: 
"  Be  not  carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doc- 
trine." It  is  easy  to  be  u  Christian  while  the 
current  or  influence  is  favorable,  but  when  this 
sect  is  everywhere  spoken  against,  and  strong 
opposition  to  meet  with,  it  requires  firmness. 
"  Be  steadfast,  immovable,  always  abounding  in 
the  work  of  the  Lord,"  is  the  apostlu's  injuuc- 

\'V'c  also  Icarii  to  have  forbearance  irith  each 
other,  another  apostolic  injunction.  Wliile  we, 
in  our  impatience,  must  bear  with  the  seeming 
stubbornness  of  our  captain,  he  must  exercise 
still  more  forbeariince  with  our  impatience  and 
annoyance.  So  we  oft  must  do  as  Christians, 
Even  in  the  church  the  members  often  think 
they  know  better  than  the  minister  or  elder,  or 
even  the  church,  and  would  like  to  have  it  diH'er- 
ent,  but  cannot,  so  they  must  bear.  On  the 
other  haiul  the  elders  desire  the  purity  of  the 
church,  and  hence  must  keep  house  in  the 
church  according  to  the  Gospel;  he  often  must 
heiir  much  with,  and  from  unruly  members  ivho 
would  like  to  drive  ahead.  When  those  of  ex- 
jieriencc  say  uo,  we  must  cast  anchor  and  wait 
till  the  fog  passes  away;  it  is  dangerous  to  move 
now.  There  is  one  difficulty  comes  uji  right 
here,  aud  that  is,  we  always  think  the  brother 
or  sister  or  neighbor,  as  tlie  case  may  be,  is 
much  more  in  the  fog  than  we.  For  instiuice, 
in  n  foggy  day  you  sec  a  man  stand  a  piece  away 
from  you,  you  think  the  fog  is  much  thicker 
where  he  is  than  where  you  are.  So  with  us,  if 
we  are  not  very  cautious  in  self-examination, 
and  drive  against  each  other  with  such 
force  OS  both  to  sustain  injury,  and  the  reason 
often  is,  wc  are  both  in  the  fog,  and  hence 
should  have  forbearance  with  each  other;  and  if 
you  see  your  way  clearly  and  another  one  comes 
towards,  and  will  likely  run  against  you,  turn 
to  one  side  a  little  and  let  him  Jiome  up  along 
side.  then,  say,  come  let  us  rcnsoii  together,  and 
the  fog  may  vanish  and  both  see  their  way 
clearly. 

Again,  when  we  see  tlicm  drop  the  anchor 
fur  out  of  sight  we  are  made  to  think  of  our 
spiritual  anchor,  hope,  which  is  both  sure  and 
stcailfost,  aud  which  entereth  into  that  within 
the  veil,  whither  the  foreninner  is  for  ua  enter- 
ed, even  Jesus,  Oh,  blessed  hope!  how  firm  it 
holds  our  vessels  when  stonuK  prevail.  Itcaus- 
c-s  IIS  to  sing, 


"  Li't  cures  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 

-And  storms  of  sorrow  fall. 
So  I  but  safelj'  reach  mj'  home. 

My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all. 
What  unhappy  creatures  we  would  often  be  had 
we  not  that  blessed  hope  which,  being  connect- 
ed wit'i  the  cable-rope  of  faith,  reaches  far  out 
of  sight  and  holds  our  vessel  firm  amid  the 
storms  of  pei^seeution,  reproaches  temptations, 
losses  and  crosses  of  every  kind,  and  ollen  our 
little  boat  seems  ready  to  sink  when  the  waves 
are  high,  but  faith  looks  to  the  promises,  which 
are  more  firm  than  tlie  mountains  and  hills,  and 
liopc  firmly  grasps  the  cable-rope  of  faith  and 
begins  to  sing 

"  When  floating  on  life's  troubled  sea, 

By  storms  and  tempests  diiven, 
Hope,  with  her  radiant  finger,  points 

To  brighter  scenes  in  heaven; 
She  bids  the  storms  of  life  to  cease. 

The  troubled  breast  be  calm. 
And  in  the  wounded  heart  she  jiours 

Heliginu's  healing  balm. 
The  fog  having  nearly  all  passed  away,  our 
vessel  started  this  morning  about  four  o'clock, 
haviiiglostabouttwcnty-fourhours.  Wcarenow 
out  on  the  North  sea,  getting  along  quite  pleas- 
antly. It  shakes  rather  much  to  write  legible, 
so  I  will  stop  and  finish  in  London,  if  we  ar- 
rive safely. 

Loxiiox.  Had  a  tedious  trip;  instead  of  cross- 
ing in  36  or  40  houra,  we  were  75.  Our  clear 
sky  did  not  last  long;  in  the  afternoon  the  fog 
became  so  dense  that  they  were  obliged  to  stop 
awhile  in  mid  sea,  could  not  anchor;  but  the 
sea  being  very  calm  they  laid  still  awhile,  but 
soon  beg.in  to  move  along  slowly  till  sometime 
in  the  night  it  cleared  oft',  and  we  arrived  nt  St. 
Katharine's  wharf  in  London  at  2  A.  M,,  Sun- 
day. And  by  the  time  we  got  to  the  Adelphim 
hotel  and  everything  in  order,  it  was  too  late  to 
attend  any  place  of  worship.  We  spent  the 
day  in  reading,  wilting  and  meditating,  won- 
dering what  per  cent,  of  the  moving  mass  of 
human  beings  that  daily  crowd  the  streets  of 
this  exceeding  great  city  would  stand  at  the 
right  hand  of  the  judge  in  the  judgment  day. 
IVhat  a  pity  it  should  prove  to  be  as  small  as  in 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah.  We  do  not  feel  inclin- 
ed to  judge  in  the  matter,  but  if  we  are  permit- 
ted to  know  the  tree  by  its  fruit,  we  would  he 
forced  to  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  salt  is 
very  scarce. 

Enoch  Ebv. 
Loiiilon,  E>i(ilmi'l,Frk  ixih,  1878. 


From    Seneca    Church,    Ohio. 

DcaiBrftlnin.— 

i<  A  RACE  he  unto  you  and  peace  from  God 
VX  our  Father  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Let  us  thaiik  God  always  for  the  mer- 
cies aud  blessings  which  He  bestows  upon  us 
from  day  to  day.  Gro.  McMullen  of  Richland 
Co,,  was  with  us  four  days.  His  fir.it  sermon 
from  Matt.  6:  33,  "But  seek  ye  fii-st  the 
kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteousness;  and  all 
these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you." 

During  his  several  discoui-ses,  he  told  us  what 
the  kingdom  was,  how  to  seek  it,  and  how  to 
enter  in.  It  was  surely  good  seed  sown;  but  it 
remains  to  be  seen  yet,  whether  it  fell  on  good 
ground  or  among  thorns.  Ho  left  us  the  morn- 
ing of  20th  inst,  and  the  language  of  our  heart 
is,  come  again  brother,  come  again.  Apply  the 
trifle  enclosed  to  the  ])oor  ministering  brother 
that  has  the  use  of  hut  one  aim,  spoken  of  No. 
7.  present  volume  of  the  Bukthrex  at  Work. 

A  SiSTEH. 

Feb.  25,  JS7.S. 


From    David    Wolfe. 

IN  No.  7,  present  volume,  I  see  over  my  name 
a  communication  that  makes  me  say  things 
that  were  not  in  my  letter — neither  did  they  oc- 
cur. My  brethren  will  think  it  strange  when 
they  see  it;  and  that  I  may  bo  set  right,  you 
will  please  publish  this.  I  do  not  complain  of 
the  mistake  made,  hut  am  sorry  to  make  this 
correction.  I  have  no  copy  of  my  letter;  but 
con  give  the  sense  of  the  original. 

l}erir  Btvlhren: — 

We  send  you  our  best  wislies  for  your  happi- 
ness mul  prosperity  in  all  your  obligations,  as 
membei-s  of  Christ's  body,  ministei-s  of  the  Gos- 
pel; and  aa  Editors,  you  may  be  able  to  copy 
the  Divine  Master;  that  your  pens  may  he  dij)- 
ped  in  the  fountain  of  Truth;  and  you  be  able 
to  send  forth  to  your  nmny  readers  the  pure 
Word  of  God. 

We  will  give  you  a  continued  report  of  our 
mission  work  ivith  Bm.  Hendricks  and  Vnni- 
man,  beginning  Avhere  Bro.  Vaniman  left,  ofl' 
when  we  were  at  West  Point,  McDonough  Co. 
Bro.  Vaniinan  going  from  this  place  to  Tennes- 
see, McDonough  Co.,   wc  remaining  ot   West 


Point  till  the  12th  of  December.  We  have  no 
words  of  cheer  to  give  you  from  this  place. — 
We  met  with  ten  memlwrs  in  council  the  11th, 
inst.  They  said  they  held  no  fellowship  with  us; 
had  joined  the  Congregational  Brethren.  Two 
had  been  expelled  from  the  church  for  adulter}'; 
but  were  received  by  them  in  their  sin.  Five 
were  absent,  but  had  expressed  by  letter  that 
would  go  with  them.  One  sister  still  remains, 
May  God  keep  her  as  His  chosen.  December 
12th,  went  twelve  miles  South  to  Bro.  H.  W. 
Strickler's.  Had  three  meetings — baptized 
four.  On  the  14th  started  home— found  our 
family  in  reasonble  health. 

Church  council  next  day;  all  the  members  in 
love  and  union.  Held  an  election  for  one  speak- 
er and  two  deacons;  the  lot  fell  on  Bro.  H.  W, 
Strickler  for  speaker,  and  Brn.  Joseph  Rife  and 
Geo.  W.  Miller  for  deacons.  Preaching  smne 
evening,  also  next  day  and  evening.  On  Mon- 
day, (17th)  Bro.  Hendricks  ^vas  taken  by  Bro. 
John  Wolfe,  to  Pike  Co.,  to  hold  some  meet- 
ings with  the  brethren  there.  We  were  to  go 
the  next  day  to  the  same  place,  but  rain  and 
mud  prevented.  Bro.  Hendricks  gtaid  one  week, 
and  baptized  one. 

We  luid  made  an  appointment  for  a  church 
council  16  miles  North-ciist  from  our  place,  on 
the  25th  where  our  meetings  first  began  on  the 
Tth.  Bro.  Clingingainith  took  Bro,  Hendricks 
on  the  24th,  twenty-five  miles  through  the  mud 
aud  rain  to  this  place.  The  weather  was  so  in- 
clement there  was  no  meeting.  Bro.  Hendricks 
started  home  same  day — found  all  well.  May 
the  Loi-d  bless  the  mission  work'. 

LifKi-hj,  III.  J„».  21st,  187S. 

Rkuarks:  We  regret  that  any  mistakes  oc- 
curred in  the  former  article  sent  in  by  brother 
Wolfe.  Wc  instruct  oin-  workmen  to  folloTv 
copy  closely,  making  no  corrections  only  where 
the  laws  of  langui^e  demand  it.  We  remem- 
ber reading  the  manuscript  and  punctuating  it, 
supposed  it  was  all  right.  We  endeavor  to  do 
the  best  we  enn,  and  ask  pardon  for  such  mis- 
takes upon  our  part.  While  on  this  subject  we 
at  times  experience  considerable  difficulty  in 
getting  church  news  set  np  just  right  in  con- 
sequence of  the  careless  manner  in  which 
names  are  written.  Ens. 

From    Blackwater    Church,    Va. 

Dciir  Biflhren.-— 

FRANKLIN  Co.,  Virginia  is  one  among  the 
oldest  Hettlements  of  Brethren  in  Va. — 
Brethren  and  sisters  have  moved  from  here  to 
nearly  all  of  the  Western  States.  When  I  uni- 
ted with  the  church,  in  1860,  there  was  but  one 
church  of  the  Brethren  iu  this  county.  There 
were  seven  minister,  of  which  five  were  Eldei^s. 
They  have  now  all  jiossed  away,  and  otliei-s  are 
in  their  stead.  There  are  four  congregations 
of  Brethren — four  meeting-houses  suitable  for 
communion  purposes.  We  received  fifteen  in- 
to the  church  by  baptism  lost  Summer  and  Fall. 
The  Brethren  are  taking  an  active  part  in 
the  home  mission.  They  have  regular  up|joiut- 
ments  in  Bedford  aud  Pittsylvania  comities. — 
Have  received  some  by  baptism,  prospects  good 
for  more  in  Pittsylvania  county.  Hope  they 
may  build  up  a  church  there.  May  the  Lord 
bless  their  Inboi-s. 

Joel  H,  Fi.oiia. 


From    Vinton,    Iowa. 

Diiir  Brethren: — 

THROUGH  the  help  of  God,  1  ani  again  per- 
mitte<l  to  send  good  news  to  the  readers  of 
your  paper.  I  have  just  retuiTied  home  from 
Marble  Rock,  and  Greene,  Iowa,  where  by  God's 
aid  I  have  been  holding  a  series  of  meetings.- — 
Our  meetings  were  well  attended — interest  very 
good.  Eight  souls  came  out  and  demanded  ba|)- 
tism  nt  the  first  named  place.  Five  were  hai>- 
tized  while  wc  were  with  them;  three  to  he 
baptized  soon.  Some  of  these  were  members 
of  the  Campbellite  church,  and  ai-o  leading  per- 
sona of  tlie  neighborhood;  one  a  Free  Mason 
for  many  years.  Many  others  said  they  would 
unite  if  we  would  continue  the  meetings,  but 
our  health  and  appointments,  prevented  us  from 
staying  longer. 

While  holding  those  meetings  two  others 
were  bapti/.ed  and  one  reclaimed  at  other  points 
in  this  church.  From  this  place  we  went  to 
Greene,  (same  church).  Held  three  meetings. 
One  demanded  baptism  at  the  last  meeting. — 
Our  health  was  so  very  poor  that  we  had  to 
close  the  meetings;  though  much  could  have 
been  done  by  continuing.  We  have  concluded, 
after  filling  one  hundred  and  fifty-three  aiipoint- 
meuts  in  four  months,  not  to  preach  again  un- 
til our  health  improves.  \i  Marble  Rock  ive 
met  and  worshiped  ivith  brother  Joseph  Gar- 
her.  He  is  81  years  old;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  church  over  50  years,  and   a  deacon  for 


46  years;  has  never  been  calltti  on  to  answer  to  u 
charge  preferred  against  him  since  ho  is  in  the 
church. 

The  old  brother  was  bora  in  Ky.  Baptized 
by  .laeob  Ohmert  in  Big  Miami  River,  Shelb? 
Co.,  0.  He  was  able  to  attend  all  the  meetings 
we  held  near  Marble  Rock.  la.  Also  sister 
Barbara  Rjtter,  sister  of  the  above.  She  is  92 
years  old;  was  baptized  by  Eld.  Jacob  Miller, 
grandfather  of  Eld.  Jacob  Miller  late  of  Ind., 
72  years  ago  in  Bear  Creek  church,  Montgom- 
ery Co.,  0.  This  old  sister  said  to  me,  "  Bro. 
Troxel,  I  have  never  been  charged  ivith  any- 
thing twfore  the  chureh,  neither  did  I  charge 
any  one.  I  always  tried  to  do  right.  1  do  not 
believe  in  making  the  church  trouble  by  bring- 
ing every  little  thing  to  the  church  to  settle  for 
me,  I  done  that  myself,  I  never  failed.  Now 
I  am  too  neai-  the  River  to  stop  and  make 
trouble."    God  help  us  to  do  as  she  has  done! 

Slie  is  the  mother  of  nine  children,  all  living. 
The  youngest  one  U  52  yeare  old.  She  did  not 
attend  our  meetings  this  time.  She  attended 
our  meetings  last  March.  The  above  are  son 
and  daughter  of  Eld,  John  Garbcr  of  A'a.  Eld. 
John  Garher  was  the  first  brother  that  preach- 
ed in  Ohio.  He  organized  the  firat  church  of 
the  Brethren  in  Ohio,  (Stone  Lick)  and  also 
Donald's  Creek  church.  It  is  a  great  pleasure 
to  converse  with  these  aged  followers  of  Christ, 

We  can  hardly  do  without  the  Bhethren  at 
WoitK,  hut  wo  arc  not  able   to  pay  for  it.      I 
hope  the  Lord  ivill  bless  you  in  your  work. 
E.  TnoxEi,. 

Ffb.  23, 1878. 

From    Dayton,    Kansas. 

Dnir  Bri't/ircn : — 

AS  we  are  desirous  to  have  the  Redeemer's 
kingdom  prosper,  we  also  are  made  to  re- 
joice, when  we  hear  of  souls  made  mlliug  to 
forsake  sin,  and  turn  their  faces  heavenward. — 
Aa  it  was  requested  of  me  to  visit  Cedar  Creek 
church  iu  Audei-son  Co.,  Kansas,  I  did  so,  and 
found  the  brethren  and  sisters  in  ticalfch,  gen- 
erally. I  mean  in  spiritual  health,  also  in  tem- 
poral health,  exceiit  one  brother  who  will  have 
gone  to  the  spirit  world  before  this  reaches  the 
rcadei-s  of  your  excellent  paper.  When  I  ar- 
rived at  our  Elder's  house,  vi#:  Jesse  Studoba- 
ker,  to  my  joy  I  found  ouf  much  respected 
brother  Sydney  Hodgden  at  the  same  place;  and 
while  in  that  church  we  held  six  meetings,  three 
in  one  school-house,  and  ten  miles  South  of 
this  we  had  two  meetings,  and  from  this  place 
we  went  about  14  miles  North-west  to  hold  a 
little  service  by  the  way  of  exhortation,  sing- 
ing and  prayer,  and  to  anoint  brother  Levi  Lil- 
ly. At  this  meeting,  I  must  confess,  that  a 
more  impressive  occasion  I  never  witnessed; 
every  eye  was  filled  with  teai-s.  Those  who 
endeavored  to  use  ivords  of  consolation  and 
comfort  of  the  Scriptures,  had  to  give  place  to 
tears  and  solemnity.  The  influence  of  the 
Spirit  of  God  was  manifested  in  this  little  meet- 
ing, and  not  soon  to  he  forgotten. 

TliLs  arm  of  the  church  was  organized  five 
ycai-3  ago  with  nine  members;  several  were  added 
tlie  day  of  its  organization  by  hai)tism.  At 
this  writing  it  numbers  about  sixty  mcmbeiB. 
During  our  stay  in  Cedar  Creek  chui-ch  two 
souls  were  added  to  the  fold  of  Christ.  One  a 
son  of  brother  .Jesse  Studchaker,  and  the  other 
a  young  sister  only  14  years  old.  0  how  the 
angels  do  rejoice  when  the  young  come  to  Jesus 
for  aid,  for  He  will  surely  guide  them  safe  home. 
Three  of  Bro.  Stiidebaker's  children  are  now 
ineuibersof  the  body  of  Christ.  In  looking  at  the 
brotherhood,  its  labors,  trials,  privations  aud  in- 
equalities, and  at  the  cost  of  our  redemption,  I 
see  many  things  that  are  wanting;  aud  some- 
times a  surplus  of  some  things;  but  to 
remedy  the  deficiency  is  what  I  ai-dently  desire. 
I  believe  we  are  brethren.  Then  as  such,  let 
us  divide  the  labor.  Some  to  the  plow,  some 
to  the  mill,  some  mechanics,  aud  some  to  the 
Woi-d.  Now  these  all  receive  wages;  and  it  is 
right  that  they  should;  and  they  receive  it  in 
the  present  time;  while  the  one  who  is  to  preach 
the  Word,  is  he  to  tarry  for  his  siijiport  till  the 
resurrection  morn?  Brethren  let  us  act  con- 
sistently and  aid  the  brethren  who  labor  for  the 
good  of  all. 

Here  in  Kansas  some  Elders  have  the  over- 
sight of  six  counties,  while  in  the  East  some- 
times you  have  six  Elders  in  one  county.  Now 
brethren  look,  and  consider  our  condition  in 
Kansas,  and  then  act  wisely,  consistently  and ' 
judiciously.  We  need  ministerial  aid,  while  at 
the  same  time  we  are  poor!  0!  may  God  speed 
His  work  of  grace  so  that  both  saint  and  sin- 
ner may  have  their  portion  of  comfort,  consola- 
tion and  warning  while  it  is  called  lo-tlmj.  Time 
is  speeding  to  us  an  awful  day,  and  are  we  so 
little  prepnring  for  the  realities  of  a  future 
stateV  Ohl  think  before  thou  diest. 

William  Sia.  KMYEit. 

Ffb.  n,  187S. 


TT-IK    BEETtlREiN'    A/T    ^.VOJdKi, 


Morcli    11- 


From    New   Jersey. 

ON  February  nth,  brother. I.  T.  Meyers  of  Fa., 
came  tolhis  coDgrcgntion  and  commeDcetl  a 
Beries  "f  meetings  which  lasted  until  the  IStli. — 
He  preached  nine  Bcrmons  in  nil,  and  they  were 
old-fiubioncd  Gosi'el  sennoiis.  They  were  tell- 
ing iu  their  eUect  on  the  enemy's  ranks,  and  ihc 
"alain  of  the  Lord"  four  in  number  now  reji>ice 
in  the  God  of  their  salvation.  The  flock  hero  te- 
joicKt  ill  their  conversion.  But  ivhiUt  but  four 
nerc  made  willing  to  ground  the  weapons  of  their 
rebellion,  wo  trust  many  more  are  wounded  by  the 
"Sword  of  the  Spirit,"  Our  lirolhcr  prcnthcd 
■nilb  power — not  only  was  the  good  old  .Jerusalem 
blade  luraed  against  sin  without  the  church,  but 
so  ekillfully  was  it  handled  tlint  "  lovers  of  pleas- 
ure," professing  goJlineiS,  were  made  lo  howl : 

(O  may  God  help  His  niinistcrs  to  have  ibe 
courage  to  denounce  popular  sin,  whether  in  or 
out  of  the  churcb). 

Our  nicctiugs  were  well  attended,  good  order 
and  guuii  attention.  Our  house  was  filled  most  of 
the  time  to  its  titmoat  capacity.  The  interest 
Geeuied  lo  iocrcaso  at  each  meeting.  I  am  sorry 
that  our  meetings  could  not  have  contiuued  long- 
ger;  for  we  believe  much  good  might  have  be£u 
done.  But  our  brother  was  worn  out  and  had  to 
go  home.  People  said  they  never  saw  eo  much 
iulert'st  awakened  iu  ii  mccling  iu  eo  short  a  lime. 
AVc  hope  and  trual  those  ibat  Iiave  been  awkcned 
and  are  so  near  the  kingdom,  will  yet  come  and 
maku  of  Christ  their  only  choice,  and  jouruey 
band  in  baud  with  fi-icnds  ibnt  arc  on  the  heaven- 
ly  r«,l. 

Fraternally, 

Amos  CnAMU£iti.ix. 

Cfotuii,  jV.  /.,  Fe6.  25, 187S. 


From    La    Place.    111. 

n,„- Brellircn:^ 

BROTHER  Mcimo  Stoufil.-r  from  the  ilillmiiie 
i-ougregaliou  w;is  with  us,  and  preached  sev- 
eral sermons  the  first  of  ibis  mouth.  As  tho  re- 
sult of  his  labors,  Ave  were  added  by  baptism,  aud 
wo  think  many  more  are  seriously  counting  the 
cost.  The  church  is  in  a  flourishing  condition, 
but  we  much  regret  ibe  departure  of  so  many  of 
the  beloved  memburs  who  intend  to  go  to  Kansas. 
I  hope  they  aud  »s  may  bold  out  faithfuj ;  aud  if 
we  never  meet  id  this  world  again,  we  hope  to 
meet  in  that  better  world  whi^c  we  shall  part  no 
more. 

Bro.  Stoufliir  also  pi-eaehed  one  week  at  the 
Ridge  school-house.  Five  came  out  on  the  Lord's 
side.  Hope  the  good  work  may  go  on  here  aa  well 
as  elsewhere. 

Press  onward  siill,  dear  brethren 

The  cause  of  Christ  maintain, 

Add  faith  and  virtue  to  your  souls, 

Christ's    approbation  gain. 

Press  forward,  forward  brethren, 

Through  love  to  God  on  high, 

lie  active  in  the  work  of  Christ, 

Let  uot  religiou   die. 

L1//.IE  Arnold. 
Feb.  27,  1378. 


From  the  Woodbury  Church,  Pa. 

IA\'OULD  say  lo  the  readers  of  tbeBRETurtEN 
AT  Work,  tliat  Brn.  G.  AV.  Brumbaugh  aud 
Joseph  Snowborger  froui  the  Clover  Creek  con- 
gregation cams  to  lis  on  ilie  2-li!i  of  Feb.,  1S7S. 
They  preached  fourteen  sermons  iu  the  new  meet- 
ing-house near  AVoodbury.  As  11  resuU  of  their 
labui-s,  four  precious  souls  wei-e  made  to  live  anew 
life,  aud  were  buried  with  bim  in  huptisiu.  And 
we  believe  that  some  more  are  couLling  liie  cost. 
May  Gud  help  them  come  while  tbey  have  time, 
place  aud  opportunity. 

The  weather  being  rainy  and  nights  very  dark, 
our  mectiug  did  uot  h^fcoiue  as  interestm:  a)  it 
would  have  been  had  ibe  weather  been  nice. — 
Brclbrcn  and  sisters,  if  wewantourmeetings  to  be- 
come interesting,  we  must  all  take  an  active  part 
in  them.  If  there  is  a  coldness  on  the  part  of  the 
members  in  not  atleiidiug  them  regularly,  it  show 
as  though  the  labor  was  not  united  as  it  should  be. 
With  the  united  pruycra  of  the  church,  much 
good  may  be  done. 

D.  S.  Replogle. 

Mari<i,  Pa.,  March  3.  1S7S. 


G-LE  LISTINGS. 


From  Williiiiii  Stockniycr. — I   visited  the 

brethren  and  sislere  in  Jasper  Co.,  Mo.  While 
there  held  four  meetings;  interest  good.  At  the 
close  of  three  sermons,  one  soul  was  made  willing 
to  turn  his  face  Zionward,  aud  confessed  Jesus  iu 
the  flowing  stream  of  Spring  River,  aud  rose  to 
follow  the  Savior  in  spirit  aud  in  truth.  This  arm 
of  the  cburub  is  alive  in  the  cause  of  Oilvatiun  of 
souls,  and  iu  tbe  spreading  of  the  Redeemer's 


kingdom.      They    hail    twelve    aceesions   to    the 
church  in  one  year's  time. 

Duylon,  Kan.,  Feb.  17,  1878. 

Front  P.  Hcil. — We  held  a  series  of  meetings 
hero,  and  as  tho  result  seventeen  were  addeil  to 
tbe  eliurch  by  baptism.  Amoag  these  sevcntccu, 
seven  were  young  girls  from  twelve  to  sixteen 
years  old.  We  have  had  a  season  of  joy.  No 
doubt  tbe  angels  iu  heaven  rejoice  over  these  pc 
isbing  ones.  May  God  grant  them  His  holy  apii 
it  to  guide  thera  into  all  truth.  May  the  God  of 
truth,  of  peace,  love  and  joy  continue  with 
ibat  wo  may  go  on  in  the  service  of  the  Lord, 
to  defend  tlie  Gojpol  plan  of  salvation  in  all  its 
purity  and  power. 

Baldmn,  /o.™. 

From  F.  P.  Lielir.— Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  U  uo« 
engaged  in  preaching  at  New  Paris,  lud.  Crowd' 
ed  houses  of  eager  bearers  assemble  every  even- 
ing. And  no  wonder  such  demonstrations  of  the 
simple  Gospel  truth  must  find  a  lodging  placi 
every  honest  heart.  I  have  long  ere  this  seen  that 
God  always  prepared  His  instruments  to  suit 
times  and  occasions.  It  is  therefure  no  wonder 
that  just  at  this  time  where  such  a  strong  effort 
is  being  made  to  remove  the  devil  and  bell  ;  and 
conseipiently  no  Divine  and  huniaii§avior  is  need- 
ed,— I  say  no  wonder  that  a  man  bath  cojue  forth 
whose  arguments  ou  tbe  divinity  of  Jesus,  and 
trinity  of  the  Godhead  are  unaustvcrable.  Since 
it  is  iraposciblo  for  bim  to  appear  to  personevei 
where,  brethren  ought  lo  do  all  they  can  to  inli 
duce  bis  work,  "The  Doctrine  of  the  Brethr 
Defended,"  and  thereby  set  up  a  bulwark  against 
the  assaults  of  Rationalism. 

Elkhart,  Ind..  March  Id,  1S78. 

From  Tliomas  H.  Hig!;s.— A  few  weeks 
.■\go,  four  were  received  into  tho  church  by  con- 
fcssiou  aud  baptism.  Tbey  now,  we  trust,  walk 
in  ucivuess  of  lil'e,  and  may  Ihey  prove  faithful  by 
tbe  grace  of  God.  I  am  poor  in  tiiis  world's  goods, 
but  like  to  work  for  the  ingathering  of  souls, 
hence  seud  for  some  pamphlets  to  distribute. — 
God  always  richly  pays  us.  What  is  better  than 
to  liave  the  same  filled  with  love.  There  is  1 
ing  C(]U,il  to  it.  Thank  God  ibr  tho  gift  of  the 
Holy  S|>irit,  aud  words  of  life. 

Peoria  Cil'j,  la.,  March  1st,  1S7S. 

From  J.  ».  Parker.— The  Brethren  of  ili 
Ashland  church  have  lately  closed  another  scri< 
of  meetings.     It  was  held  in  the  West  end  of  the 
District,  at  the  Oak  Grove  churcb.     Sixteen 
baptized,  and  we  trust,  are  walkng  in  newness  of 
lili;.     May  God  receive  all  the  praise  forevern 

AMa>id,  Ohio,  Mardi  Ul,  1S7S. 

rrom  Edwavtl  Thomson.— I  am  happy  to 
inform  you  that  our  beloved  brotherSell  from  M( 
cauic  to  us  Feb.  15th,  aud  preached  here  one  week 
iu  the  evening  only.  Six  persons  were  induced 
to  enroll  themselves  on  the  side  of  Jesus  by  bap- 
tism, and  one  reclaimed.  God  bless  them,  and 
keep  them  faithful. 

F<ith  City,  Neb. 

Ehhata. — In  an  article  entitled,  "A  Beauti- 
ful Synouvm,"  in  No.  6  of  your  paper,  on  first 
page,eiglith  linefrom'the  bottom  please  read,  "Art: 
llicri:  not  an  many  actions  "  etc.,  instead  of  "Ami 
U>cm"  etc.  E.  R,  Stifler. 


-A.NN'OUN'OEJMEN'TS. 


uf   LOTC-feasi-,   Dislricl   Meetings, 
be  brier,  ami  ivrillcu  on  ]>iipur  Bcpni 
Trora   olbcr  biisiuL-aj. 


At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  9tb,  1878. 

DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church,  May  9ib. 

Tue  District  Meeting  for  the  Southeru  District 
of  Iowa,  will  he  held  tht  Lord  willing  in  tlie 
Monroe  church,  Monroe  Co.,  Iowa,  on  Friday, 
April  12th,  1878.  commencing  at  10  o'clock  A. 
M.  Public  preaching  the  eveuiug  previous.  — 
Those  coming  from  the  East  or  West,  will  atop 
off  at  Frederic  station  on  the  B.  &■  M.  R.  R.  — 
Those  from  the  North  at  Coalfield  Station  on  the 
Iowa  Central  R.  R.  Conveyances  will  be  at  the 
places  named  to  convey  to  place  of  meeting.  — 
Trains  arrive  from  ihe  Ease  at  twilve  o'clock, 
noon,  from  the  Wtat  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.,  from  the 
North  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  Address  :  Elder  Dan- 
iel Miller,  Frederic,  Monroe  Co,  Iowa. 

B.  F.  Flory,  Clerk. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Illiuois  will 
be  held,  the  Lord  willing,  with  the  Brethren  of 
the  Shannon  church,  ai  Sbauoou,  commencing 
Tuesday  morning,  Jlay  21,  at  eight  o'clock,  A.  M. 
J.  J.  Emjieht,  1  -,.  , 
M.  M.  EsnELMA.N-,  \  ^'^'^■ 


DIED. 

>  ghoiild  be  t.ri«r,  wriKcn  on  but  one  sUe  o(  ll 


BUCK.— In  New  Enterprise,  Be<lford  Co..  Pa. 
Feb.  22,  1S78,  sister  Mar>-  Buck,  aged  79  yeara 
7  ninutbs  and  10  days.  Funeral  occasion  im 
proveii  by  ihe  Brethren  from  Rev.  14  :  13. 

CARSON.— Near  New  Enterprise,  Bedford  Co. 
Pn.,  Feb.  28, 1878,  Bro.  Samuel  Carson,  a.;ed 
71  years,  7  months  and  4  days.  Funeral  ser- 
vices improved  from  Hebrews  13;  13, 14,  by  the 
Brethren. 

ZIGLER.— Near  Waterside,  Bedford  Co.,  P 
March  1,  1S7S,  sister  Mary  Ziglcr.     Age  about 
C4  years. 

These  three  were  among  the  oldest  memhei's 

of  tho  Yellow  Creek  church,  and  have  died  iu  one 

week's  time.  J,  Z.  Replogle. 

5I0RTON.  —  February  21,  1878,  friend  Mar)- 
Morton,  of  Fairview,  111.,  nged  SO  years,  G 
months  and  9  days.  Funeral  attended  by  the 
writer.  Jacob  Neuly. 

NOAH.— In  Floyd  Co..  Iowa,  iu  the  Rock  Grove 
church,  Harriet  L.  Noah,  aged  1  year,  S  months 
and  18  days. 

CHARITY    FUND. 

M.  P.  Lichty, S  .30 

Ida  C.  Bor!(eybile, uO 

Eliza  Sehmit, 

E.  T.  Robisou, 

D.  B.  Puterbaugh, 

.Toe!  Zumbrum, 

C.  H.  Rusher 50 

C.  R.  Supplee. 20 

Aarou  Long, 

J.  C.  Lahinun, 2.00 

E.  L.  Fahncstock, 

C.  Hcise 1,50 

J.   Lehman 

Kate  McNamara, ijQ 

Wm.  H.Foster, 

John  W.  Moore 1..50 


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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  passenger  train  g«ing  cast  le-ives  Lanark  at  12;25 
P.  M.,  nnd  arrives  in  Racine  al  6:J3  P.  11. 

Day  p.-issengcr  Irnin  going  west  leaves  Lanark  ol  2:  14  P 
.M.,  and  arrives  at  Rock  Island  ot  6:60  P.  M. 

Kighl  passenger  trains,  going  east  and  west,  mcel  and 
leave  Lanark  at  2:18  A.  M..  orriving  in  llacine  at  9:00 
A.   M.,   nnd   at   Rook  Island  at  11:00  A.  SI. 

Freight  and  Aecommoilation  Trains  will  run  wrat  al 
1*:10A.  M.,  10:  60  A.  M.,  and  east  all2:I0t.  Ml 
and  4:  45  P.  M,  ' 

Pi^Mnger 
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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^'Behold  I  Bring   Yoxh  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  ujito  All  People.'"  —  Luke  2;  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  21,  1878. 


No.  12. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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STAND  LIKE  AN  ANVIL. 

((  OTAND  like  :m  iu.vil,"  wlieii  fclie  stroke 
0     Of  utiilwiirt  men  tails  tierce  iiiul  fast: 
Storms  but  more  deeply  root  the  onk, 
Whose  brnwny  iirnis  embmce  the  blast. 

"  Statiil  like  iiu  nuvil,"  when  the  spiirks 
Ply  fur  iind  wide,  a  fiery  shower: 
Virtue  iind  truth  must  still  be  uinrka, 
Wlieremalicq  proves  its  want  of  power. 

"  Sttind  like  mi  au\il,"  whem  the  bar     ' 
Lie.s,  red  and  glowing,  on  his  breast; 
Duty  shall  be  life's  leading  star. 
And  conscious  iuiiocence,  its  rest, 

"  StauJ  like  an  ai.ivil,"  wlien,tlie  sound 
Of  ponderous  liammers  pains  the  ear; 
Tliine  but  the  still  and  stern  rebound 
Of  the  great  heart  that  cannot  fear. 

"  Staivl  liki;  an  anvil,"  noise  and, heat 
Are  liorn  of  earth,  aiid  die  w-i'tli  time 
The  soul,  like  Gofl,  its  Source  and  deat. 
Its  solomii,  still,  serene,  sublime. 

—Tin-  Guide. 

MBLCHISBDEC. 

BY  C.  H.  HALS)!AUGH. 

ABIiOTHER  of  Ohio  wishes  to'kuow  more 
about  tliis  mysterious  personage  than  the 
Sacred  Oracles  clearly  reveal.  I  am  too  weak 
to  write  much  at  present, '  iui(t  am  almost  con- 
stantly sulTering,. except  when  asleep.  On  this 
subject  I  write  reluctantly.  Pf^ople  a^e  gener- 
ally most  anxious  atout  .those  points  which  ai'e 
of  least  practical  impo^-Uincc.  I  have  e.'iamiuT, 
cd  every  expo.;itiou  within  my  reach,  but  have 
found  nothing  that  itnswoi's  to  tlie  portraiture 
drawn  by  the  Holy  Ghost'.'l'T  will  not'  under- 
take to  decide  positiv'ely  as'  to  his  superiiatural 
or  merely  human  constitution,  but  I  do  not  hesi- 
tate to  saj:  that  the  arguments  I  havenict  with 
in  favor  of  his  purely ,  ilj.uniuii(  ,lineagp,  'are  siu- 
gularly  uiisiitisf^ctoiy.-.  ,       , 

Till?  autlim-  of  tV  epistle,  tp.tbe Hebiews  in- 
vests hiui;  with  Bimaje^ty,  ap4.set^hini  in  a  dig- 
.iiity,  out  pf  till  pjrcipprtioii i^vith  amerely  hum-, 
man  Genealogy.  '  He  appeai-s  and  vanishes,  fill-, 
ing  his, brief  ^ffiy  n-itb  ju^t  .<m']\  titles  uud  func- 
tions as  becauH-  ;i  i-}i;ir,ir1-r  ii(I-.t  who>e  "iinlp,  " 
the  prograniiM.'  i,f  tli.-  l';t-TriM  couusvU  v.-'.i.<  \n 
be  niodeUd.  It  is'  only  maaonnble  to  expect 
(hat,  bad  he  been  simplj-a  (fcUow-ijature  with 
.\brahmu,80  for  above  him  as  the  Apostle  rep- 
i-eseilta,. he  would  figiit^  more'conspicuouslv  in 
the  aucieut  luirealivc,  Elijah  comes  upon:the 
scene  as  alffiipllj',  buthc.^tjays  .loJig,  euougli, 
and  bijtray^  oh^^ac^teriBticii,  that^learljl  judipnte 
his  bumau  lineage.  , 

The  Mosaic  accoimt  is  occupied  chiefly  yfii\\ 
the  historical  aspect  of  the  subject.  The  Psalms 
and  Hebrews  deal  with  the  character  of  this 
strange  beitig.  In  the  7th  of  Heb,,  the  Apos- 
tle makes  the  most  eictraordinfirytitatements, 
Mhich  are  wholly  tfocfrlnni.  He  avers  that  in 
the  Melehisedec  who  received  tithes  of  Abra- 
ham, there  is  a  Iji/e  uud  ,  cllaract^ll■  and  ojjke 
dcQp  and  high  and  broad  tmough  to  hf  the  basis 
of  an  "  order"  of  Priesthooti  and  Kimjhood  in 
which  the  Eternal  Son  of  Go<l  can  tind.  scoj* 
for  all  His  work,  on  earth  and  iu  Heaven.  It  is 
ill  this  fact  that  the  subject  culminates,  and 
makes  the  merely'  human  nature  of  the  ancient 


Melehisedec  so  highly  improbable.  Wlmt  ;iiid 
whom  he  rrpresents  seems  clear.  Who  he  iiiif 
is  a  problem  not  so  easily  settled.  That  he  re- 
ceives a  human  appellation  is  of  no  weight  in 
the  determination  of  the  question.  The  "Son 
of  God"  isniany  times  called  the"  Sonof  it/i/n," 
the  "  Man  Christ  Jesus,"  and  the  Man  whom 
God  hath  onlained  to  judge  the  quick  and  dead. 
Being  mthouf  father  or  mother  is  an  express- 
ion so  deep  and  wonderful,  that  it  is  the  most 
futile  of  all  attempts  to  cramp  it  into  the  fact 
that  his  name  was  not  fbund  in  the  genealogical 
record.  Whether  found  there  or  not,  if  a  de- 
scendant of  Abraham,  he  had  both  father  and 
mother,  and  the  simple  fact  that  his  birth  was 
not  registi^red  could  not  by  any  stretch  or  in- 
genuity of  argument,  serve  as  an  "ovr/er"  for 
the  everlasting  Priesthood  of  Jesus  Christ. 

I  have  astrong  and  growing  conviction  that  if 
we  could  penetrate  deeper  into  the  first  eighteen 
'voraiis  in  the  first  chapter  of  John's  Gospel,  we 
would  see  in  ileichisedec  a  link  in  the  chain  of 
Theanthropisin  which  stretches  from'  Eden  to 
Gethsemaue.  Tbecomprehensivenss  and  depth 
of  the  ivords,  "  He  was  is  the  would,  diid  Ihr 
irorl'l  was  made  by  Him,"  "and  the  world  }cncw 
Iliin  "o/,"  includes  the  Melehisedec  which  bless- 
ed Abraham.  He  is  not  an  Incarnation  like 
Christ,  but  a  Theophnny  like  the  Chief  o'f  the 
three'  Angels,  or  Men  at  Abraham's  tent-door 
in  the  plain  of  ATamre,  or  the  "  Wonderful  " 
who  appeared  to  Manoah  and  his-wife  lin  the 
harvest  field  (Gen.  18;  Judges, 13).  In  the  first 
instance  it  is  said,  "  The  Lord  appeared  ,  unto 
Abraham."  He  "  sat  in  the  tent-door  in  the 
boat  oftheday,  and  lifted  up  hiseyes,  and  looked, 
audio,  three  men  stood  by  him."  After  deliver- 
ing their  message,"  the  men  rose  up  from  thence, 
and  looked  toward  Sodom,  and  Abraham  went 
with  them  to  bring  then\  on  the  way."  Two 
of  thein  came  to  Sodom,  still  men  in  form,  but. 
ougels  in  chiinieter  and  power.  One  of  the 
Three  remained  with  Abraham  to  i-eveal  to  him 
the  fate  of  Sodom  and  her  sister  cities,  and 
this  was  God  Himself.  So  the  liccord  declares. 
He  had  all  the  objective  characteristics  of  a 
human  being,  washed  His  feet  at  the  Patriarch's 
solicitation,  partook  of  Abraham's  calf,  arid' 
Sarah's  cake,  and  yet  wiis  the  Word  '  which 
made  the  world  and  was  initfrom  the  begin- 
ning iu  all  the  forms  and  ways  in  which  God 
revealed  Himself  to  nmn.  We  have,  so  much 
lost  sight  of  the  essenliid  Ever-pre^enee  .oti  the 
Second  Person  of  the  Holy  Three,  that  we  over- 
look both  the  fact  and  thesignificanecof  the  oc- 
casional hiimiin  manifestations  of  Deity,  prior 
to  the  pernumont  assumption  of  huiininity.  In 
the  Old  Te-stameiit  everything  is  so  intensely 
human  and  representative,  that  God  is  fepokcn 
of  as  though  ■  Hh  wfi-?  a  superior  kind  of  Hu- 
mrinit,v. .  ■ '  ■  ■    ' 

■uoh  language  we  need,  and  it  should  not 
-Lull.- K- to  find  facts  that  correspomh  JHel- 
lij-t-lii;  siill  liM's.  So  Paul  ajfirms.  His  order 
1--  i'\ir  the  >,i(i]e,  (i]3i"  Kin(j  of  Ilif/hloouiiw.-^l', 
ifUr'lhitt  Kiii'j  of  Peiice."  In'  tliat  meeting, 
.Abraham  saw  the  day  of  ChinaL  niid  was'  gliid 
(JohnS:  5C),  '     ''     ' 


THE  MILLENIUM: 

I      ■■   ■  BY  JAMBS  .WIRT.  ■ '      ■!"!..    'i'  '        ! 

THIS  is  a  subject  of  prophecy,  and  denotes 
the  thousand  j'ears  mentiojied,  in  the 
twentieth  chapter  of  Revelatjon,  during  yhich 
period  Satan  will  be  bound  and  holiness  become 
triumphant  throughout  the  world.  The  signs 
and  events  which  are  predicted  to  immediately 
precede  this  grand  period  of  universdl  peace  and 
righteousness,  in  the  diviiie  .economy  of  God'd 
purposes,  here,  on  earth 'are  going  into  fulfill- 
ment: imd  in  om:  meditations  upon  these  events, 
and  olso  those  which  are  to  transpire,  during 
Christ's  personal  reign;  emotions  of  love  and 
hope  with  ardent  desires  for  its  introduction  are 
raised  in  the  soul,  causing  the  devout  Christian 


to  aspire  to  a  proper  degree  of  attainment  in 
the  divine  life;  exclaiming  with  emphasis  from 
their  inmost  being,  "  Thy  kingdom  come,''  as 
they  long  to  appreciate  the  result  of  its  ac- 
complishment. 

There  lure  some  verj-  important  events  yet  to 
take  place,  before  the  second  coming  of  Christ. 
That  day  shall  not  come,  e.xcept  there  come  a 
failing  away  fii-st  (2  Thes.  2:  3).  There  shall 
he  great  tribulation,  such  as  was  not  since  the 
beginning  of  the  world.  There  shall  arise  falsi 
Christs  and  false  prophets,  and  shall  shew  great 
signs  and  ivondei-s  (Matt  24:  21-24).  The  Jews 
will  return  to  their  promised  possessions  in  the 
land  of  Palestiue,  and  dwelt  there  as  a  nation, 
and  build  the  was'-e  cities  and  inherit  them,  plant 
vineyards  and  drink  the  wine  thereof,  also  make 
gardens  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them,  ami  thej- 
shall  no  more  be  pulled  up  out  of  their  land 
(Amos  9:  14, 1.5).  These  long  foi-saken  and 
downtrodden  people,  will  rebuild  Jerusalem, 
and  also  the  temple  close  to  the  city.  The 
prophet  Exekiel  gives  a  concise  description  of 
tliis  temple  to  which  place  it  is  prophesied'Christ 
will  rcijair,  after  thedead  in  Christ  are  resurrect- 
edf  and  all  His  true  followers  have  been  ehang- 
cil  in  the  likeness  of  their  Redeemer,  preparatory 
to  meet  Him  iu  the  air,  imd  foix-ver  be  His  con- 
stant guest,-;. 

From  this  temple  shall  go  forth  His  benign 
law  of  equity  and  justice  regulating  the  gov- 
erninenl  of  His  moral  subjects,  who  will  con- 
tinue' to  carry' oh  all  the  purposes  and  'affairs 
in  relation  to  the  milleuial  colnmonweHlHi. 
The  saints  will  reign  with  Christ  and  assii^t  in 
the  administration,  wheui  He  shall  reign  in  Mt; 
Zion  and  in  Jerusalem  .md  before  His  ancient-.-* 
gloriously.  This  honor,  have  all  the  saints  to 
reign  as  kings  and  priests.  This  work  of  right- 
eousness shall  produce  peace,  quietness,  and 
surance  nmorig  all  the  nations  of  the  earth, 
they  shall  learn  war  no  more;  and  their  w'cft|>- 
ons  of  warfare  shall  be  converted  intoiriiplc- 
luents  of  usefulness. 

During  this  period  Satan  will  not  bo  permit- 
ted to  go  about  as  a  roaring  lion  (nor  his  min- 
isters, be  transformed  Jis  .ministers  of- light) 
, seeking  whom  he,-maydevour,  but  will  be  abut 
uji  in  the  bottomless  pit,  to  aw.iit  his  release  and 
subsequent  final  frustration.  Tlio  redeemed  and 
ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  dw.eil  in  Zion  isith 
praise  imd  adoration  upon  their  tongues, ,  and 
obtain  joy  a'lid "gladness^  for  sorrow  and  sigliing 
shall  be  among  the  things  of  the  past  for 
the  spaceofn  thousand  yeai-s.  Thecarth-c'ur.se 
will  be  repealed  and  irtlHIien  produce  bounl.i- 
fully  in  quick  response  to  the  willing  husband- 
man; and  all  nature  will, teem  with  cheerful 
animatp  existence^  Also  the  curse  upon  man- 
kind will  be'  taken  aHXv.'^There  sliall  be  nci 
more  thence,   infant  of  day:<"  (Is.  (15;  20) 

Toward  .the  close  of  fhi-  p'.-riod  the  number 
of  those  who  dwell  up-.U  ihx-  .■arlli  >h;ill  1„. 
iinlilelise.'  Many  nafinn-  >ti;ill  l^iv  i.i-Cir,.  tliL' 
'aceptefof  King  Emanuel  by  yielding  a  dntitui 
mid  willing  submi^ion  to  His  Iiaw;  they  shall 
listorito  His  teachingsa'url  walkurHispath.  The 
believer  in  Christ  looks  forn-ai'd  in  joyful  aiitic- 
ipation,  when  he  may  realise  tlie  fruition,  of  the 
m^llenium,  knowing, ,^vhat  God  hosspokenby 
Hi^i  inspired  writers,  Ho  will  perform,  andean 
jvith  patience  wait  aild  lahur  in  the  ('hurc-h  Mil- 
itant'; and  through  the  appointej  meiin.-s  in  llie 
economy  of  grace  receive  the  qualification  to  be 
admitted  info  theChnrch  Triumphant,  and  there 
forever  dfroll  with  Christ,  the  hialy  angels  (ind 
rodeemed'in  heaven. 


stand  upon  the  "  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth," 
following  Jesus  in  "  the  regeneration."  Our 
niinisters  are  crying,  we  are  the  church  of  th<- 
liWng  God.  Viewing  our  beloved  Zion  from 
this  standpoint,  we  are  made  to  blush  when  wc- 
review  the  post;  seeing  how  slow  our  people 
have  been  in  evangelizing  the  world;  but  at 
presant  the  prospect  is  more  cheering,  the  dawn- 
ing of  brighter  days,  which  gives  fruitful  hopes 
of  the  future. 

By  the  census  taken,  we  number  .ibout  sixty 
thousand  strong.  This  gives  us  an  idea  what 
the  church  could  do  in  giving  to  the  Lord  of 
her  abundance  in  such  away  that  it  would  nev- 
er bo  missed.  Suppose  every  member  would 
give  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord  one  cent  per 
week;  in  one  year  weivould  liave  31.200'in  reaily 
means  for  the  spreading  of  Gospel.  This  amount 
would  support  one  hundred  mfssionarie.'^  one 
year.  Every  State,  an<I  every  county  iii  the  na- 
tion could  be  evangelized  in  less  than  two  yeai-s. 
Why  cannot  thochurchdo  this?  Each  member 
save  one  cent,  or  lu;  Paul  says  in  first  Cor. 
16:  I,  2.  I  verily  believe  that  much  good  coidd 
be  done  for  Jesus;  ponder  this  question  well. 
By  the  blessing  of  God,  we  arc  what  He  are. 
Dear  brethren  and  sistei-s,  let  us  dispense  with 
some  of  the  luxuries  for  the  sake  of  truth,  and 
each  one  lay  by  in  stoi-e  fifty-two'  cents  in  one 
year,and  the  chime  in  heaven  will  echo  back  to 
earth  "  Well  don.:" 

Loiif/mont,  Colo. 

OUTSIDE  AND  INSIDE. 


PENCIL  MUSINGS. 

BY  S.  r.  BA^HOK. 
SL'MBEll  V. 

I  HAVE  been  musing   over  the  past,  present, 
and  future.    As  a   people,  we  believe  that 
we  are  the  "chosen  of  God,"  have  token  our 


WE  have  much  in  our  land  of  the  necessi'.y- 
of  having  the  kernel  of  religion  and  the 
useIessneH.s  of  the  shell  or  husk.  Does  liot  even  , 
nature  teach  that  there  c.in  be  no  kernel  with- 
out a  shell  ?  Why  then  insist  that  there  can  be 
an  inside  without  an  oiifaide  iu  the  matter  of 
religion:-'  If. it  is  necessary  in  nature  that  a 
shell  envelop  the  kernel,  then  why  not  lillowthe- 
fruit  of  the  spirit  to  have  its  outside  also? 
There  is  a  form  of  godliness— there  is  a  form  of 
doctrine  which  is  an  evidence  of  'the  kernel 
within. 

"Well,"  says  one,"  if  the  blood  of :  Christ, 
by  faith  willinvariably  produce  the'proper  shell,, 
why  make  so  much  noise  aboubit?' Why  not 
preach  about  the  blood'  alone,  and  leave  Hie  rest 
to  coiiie  iUelf?"  Simply  because  the  apostle 
never  advanced  such'  a  theory.  The  faith-alone 
pr.-acbers  lit'  tlife  .in/  o'rdfer^BiJ-lkeep  the  "  One- 
Faith"  out,  and  make  the  people  belie  vein  them 
instead  of  bclievin.c;  on  ObrLst.  It  is  true  that 
faith  without  works  is  dead,  and  this  accounts 
for  HO,  m  uch:  dead  itulitter  am'ong  sy-infllefi  Ohris- 
tiaus.  Aa  the.  kernel  and 'shell  of  any  fruit  or 
irraiii  r]ev''toii3togcther,,so  will  faith,  repentance. 
!■  .|'ti-m  iiinl  iilu'du'iice  jtfi  m,tlie  comifiiands  of 
i."!."i,  lull)  ili\c!i.iji^ikcrii,tj(.  jintil  he  becomes  a 
mull  ol  full  .stature  in  Clu-jst  Jesiu.-i.  God's,  way.,- 
of'eleapi^ing  baa  evi^r  beei^  different .  froM,thc  - 
.^idn'er'.s.  '  It'wiil  not  better  th?  cajiefor  a  oi»ner  - 
to  stand'nlld  argue  '\vith'God;  to  acvept  orfe-  - 
jeet'i-;  all  be  trin  do. 

The  siiis  of  the  world,  and  the  cofruptiftu's  ot. 
ChristcndoM  aVe  the  same  tbe  world  flver,  only 
here  considerable  ignorance  prevails,  while  irith 
you  people  know  just.enough  to  seemingly  turn 
iuid  twist  and  bend  the  Truth  ta  suit  themselves    . 
in  this  life.     But  if  they  wonld'  know  it.   tiie 
Gospel  cannot  beliLUit  or  twisted,  biit  their  own 
minds  are  bent  and  tume<1  even  by  stfangede-  - 
lu^jions.      When  men   know  that   they    hnve.- 
neither  command   nor  example  for  the  mni4= 
niade  immersiori  and  sprinkling,  or  faith  with- 
out works,  and  then  fc\rist  and  turn  to  prove  their 
own  pos.tion,  then  it  w  pretty  tlertain  that  on  iucln 

II  bo  laid  the  plagues   written, in  the  Book  of 
God.     Let  us  all  take  hoed,  obey  and  be  saved.. 


We  rise  in  glory  as  we  sink  in  pride. 


THK    Iilll5TMRE>^    ^1^    AVOl-JK. 


!March.   '-21. 


TOBACCO  UNION. 

COMB  old  and  young  imd  honr  me  tell 
How  strong  tobacco  smoVera  smell, 
Willi  love  to  smoke  their  pipes  so  ^eW, 
TliJit  for  tobacco  they  would  sell 
Their  right  to  social  union. 

TliL'y  alwiiya  scent  the  ntniosi>here, 
Anil  you  niny  know  when  thtg/  are  neor, 
Though  not  n  word  from  tliemyou  hear; 
Tlicir  hroath  grows  stronger  every  year, 
Within  this  social  union. 
They  deiiTi  their  pipe-stems  with  a  wire, 
And  fill  the  bowl  and  put  in  fire, 
And  smoke  until  it  doth  expire, 
Nor  do  they  ever  seem  to  tire 
III  this  laborious  union. 

Sonietimea  from  three  to  six  you'll  .seti 
Collected  in  one  company 
And  every  fellow  in  great  glee, 
And  all  must  have  a  smokingspree, 
A  fiited  smoking  union. 

With  impudence  they  oft  presume* 
To  vox  all  persons  in  the  room. 
Who  can't  endure  tobacco  lume. 
And  they  must  bear  this  wretched  doom, 
Or  leave  this  smoking  union. 

Oh!  how  the  fumes  of  smoke  ivill  rise, 
Like  iiiorning  uiist  toward  the  skies 
And  woe  to  him  that  has  iveak  eyes, 
Unless  he  takes  his  leave  and  flies 
Awny  from  such  a  union. 

Some  keep  th«  money  from  the  poor 
,'Vjnl  send  the  hungrj'  from  the  door, 
And  haste  away  to  some  one's  store. 
And  spend  it  for  tobacco  more 
To  burn  in  smoking  union. 

Those  who  in  utter  darkness  lie. 
May  in  their  error  live  and  die, 
Uefore  those  persons  e'er  will  try 
Them  with  the  Gospel  to  supply, 
To  teach  tbein  heavenly  union. 

I  wonder  how  such  folks  can  say 
They  have  religion  every  day, 
-And  love  the  Lord  and  love  to  pray. 
When  they  His  money  smoke  away 
In  guilty  conscience  union. 

There  are  some,  who  tobacco  chew. 
And  though  it  often  makes  them  spe>v, 
Aai  makes  them  drunk  as  Bacchus,  too. 
They  the  practice  will  pursue. 
At  the  expense  of  social  union.  ,  . 

Sometimes  witliin  their  neighbor's  door. 
They'll  cast  their  quid  some  three  or  four 
And  spit  on  carpet,  hearth  or  floor, 
Sometimes  a  gill  or  even  more, 
And  talk  of  social  union. 

Ofttimes  within  the  church  you'll  view, 
That  persons  there  will  sit  and  chew, 
And  spit  upon  tlie  floor  or  pew, 
Until  it  spreads  a  foot  or  two, 
And  sing  the  heavenly  union. 

The  quid  is  otl  so  large  within; 
The  juice  runs  out  and  stains  the  chin. 
And  then  I  always  have  to  grin 
And  think  there  is  no  little  sin. 
In  this  tobacco  union. 

— Sfltfleil. 


PERSEVERANCE. 


BY  UATTIE  A.  LEAH. 


(iTVrOT  as  tbough  I  had  already  attaiu- 
-^'  ed,  either  were  already  perfect: 
but  I  follow  after,  if  tliat  1  may  appre- 
hend that  for  which  I  am  also  appre- 
hended of  Christ  Jesus.  Brethren,  I 
count  not  myself  to  have  apprehended: 
but  this  one  thing  I  do,  forgetting  those 
things  which  are  behind,  and  reaching 
forth  unto  thosethings  which  are  before, 
I  press  toward  the  mai-k  for  the  prize  of 
the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus' 
^Phil.  .-i:  U>-14). 

"The  language  embodied  in  this  tvxt  ex- 
pressed a  purpose,  a  fixed  deterniination. 
a  firm  resolve.  The  apostle  had  made 
Chi'istianity  his  choice.  Upon  iuvesti 
gating  this  noble  system,  hu  had  found 
it  woiihy  of  his  highest  regards.  He 
had  found  it  sufficient.  To  engross  all  the 
eapaeities  of  his  giant  mind,  to  engross 
all  the  capacities!  did  we  say?  oh!  the 
aiiostle  found  here  an  inexaustible  fund 
of  Itnowledge.     He  could  uot  fathom  its 


depths,  he  could  not  explore  its  liights, 
or  measuie  its  dimensions.  He  had  giv- 
en it  his  whole  attention,  he  hiid  inves- 
tigated it  with  all  the  strength  of  his 
deep,  penetrating  mind,  but  he  had  not 
e.vhausted  it,  and  he  now  knew  tlmt  he 
never  could  exhaust  it.  Hence  in  the 
language  of  our  text' he  says;"  Not  ils 
though  I  had  already  attained,  either 
were  already  perfect;  but  I  follow  after." 
The  more  I  le^vYi,',^he  jnicTtt ^  exflmine, 
the  more  I  penetrate,  the  more  beauties 
I  see.  New  and  wondrous  stores  of 
knowledge  arc  constantly  Ijeing  opened 
up  to  my  enraptured  sight.  My  mind 
is  ever  on  the  mng.  I  am  ever  follow- 
ing after  tide  knowledge  as  my  Master 
leads,  and  He  is  ever  opening  up  to  me 
new  and  grander  scenes  of  incft'able  glo- 
ries. 

The  wonders  that  are  embodied  in  the 
glorious  plan  of  salvation,  can  never  be 
fathomed  by  created  beings.  John  heard 
the  ransomed  in  heaven  sing:  "  Thou 
wast  slain,  and  hast  redeemed  us  to  God 
by  thy  blood,  out  of  every  kindred,  and 
tongue,  and  people,  and  nation,"  and 
this  he  calls  "  a  new  song."  And  why 
was  it  new?  Not  because  it  bad  never 
been  sung  before,  but  because  of  the 
new  beauties,  the  new  grnndeui's  which 
it  was  ever  evolving. 

But  why  does  the  apostle  still  seek 
after  this  heavenly  knowledge?  Not 
merely  to  gratify  his  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge. He  has  another  object  in  view, 
what  was  that  object?  That  he  might 
apprehend  that  for  Avhich  also  he  was 
apprehended  of  Christ  Jesus." 

The  above  clause  is  rather  peculiar  and 
perhaps  needs  some  elucidation.  Ap- 
prehend means  to  seize,  to  take,  prisoner. 
The  apostle  here  no  doubt  alludes  to 
the  time,  when  on  his  way  to  Damascus, 
full  of  hatred  and  cruelty,  Christ  inter- 
posed his  presence,  arrested  him,  when 
pursuing  his  wayward,  misguided  coui-se, 
and  thus  brought  him  to  a  sense  of  the 
enormity  of  his  crimes. 

The  meaning  of  Paul  is  this:  Since 
Chi'ist  thus  sei^ied,  or  laid  hold  ou  me 
when  I  was  plunging  recklessly  into 
ruin,  in  order  that  I  might  l)e  guided 
into  the  way  of  holiness  and  Life  Ktern- 
al,  I  am  determined  that  his  kind  inter- 
ference in  my  behalf  shall  not  be  in 
vain;  but  I  will  ndw  persevere,  and 
make  every  effort  to  apprehend  or  seize 
the  prize  for  the  obtaining  '  or  securing 
of  which  I  was  laid  hold  on  or  seized  by 
Jesus  Christ.  Since  he  has  done  so  much 
for  me,  his  gracious  purposes  in  my  be- 
half shall  uot  be  rendered  abortive 
through  my  neglect. 

Further  says  the  apostle:  '' !  cOUilt 
not  myself  to  have  apprehended."  Paul 
did  not  feel  as  secure  as  some  have  felt 
since  his  day.  Though  he  had  started 
in  the  heavenly  race  and  had  made  many 
attainments,  yet  he  knew  that  he  was 
beset  on  every  side  by  dangers,  and  that 
faithfulness,  embracing  energy  and  con- 
stant perseverance  were  necessary  to  se- 
cure the  prize.  Paul  knew  nothing  of 
the  doctrine:  Once  in  grace  always  in 
grace.  At  all  events  he  never  taught 
it.  "  But  this  one  thing,"  says  he,  "I  do, 
forgetting  those  things  that  are  behind, 
and  reaching  forth  tinto  those  things  that 
are  before." 

What  a  noble  resolvel  My  time  is  so 
preciou.s,  the  prize  for  which  I  am  com- 
peting is  so  inestimable,  the'dangei-s  by 
which  I  am  surrounded  are  so  many,  the 
difBculties  so  great,  th&t  I  have  no  lei- 
sure for  dwelling  on  past  events,  have  I 
made  failures  in  the  past,  I  will  not 
brood  too  long  over  this,  but  will  press 
on  and  endeavor  to  be  more  successful 
in    the   fntnre.      Have    I   made    great 


achievements  in  the  past,  have  I  taken 
many  strong-holds  from  the  enemy,  I 
have  not  time  to  regale  myself  too 
long  over  this.  However  much  I 
ay  have  done,  there  remains  much, 
very  m)ich  to  be  done.  That  portion  of 
my  journey  which  is  yet  before  me,  is 
just  as  beset  by  dangers;  aa  that  ovel- 
which  I  have  passed.  Past  successes  will 
not  guarantee  future  successes.  My  fu- 
t\lte[  success  as  the  paSt,  depends  wholly 
on  ray  faithfulness,  my  energy,  my  per- 
serveranee,  therefore  I  ^Viirforgefthe  past 
and  pass  over  it  as  unworthy  of  my  at- 
tention; I  will  press  onward  to  new  con- 
quests and  new  achievements. 

''  I  jire.ss  towards  the  mark  for  the 
price  of  the  high  calling  of  God  in 
Chri.st  Jesiis."  The  apostle  here  evi- 
dently alludes  to  the  ancient  games, 
which  were  instituted  by  the  nations  of 
antiquity  in  honor  of  their  gods.  In 
these  games  persons  of  the  highest  ranks 
reckoned  it  glorious  to  share  and  meri- 
torious to  carry  awoy  the  prize.  In  the 
passage  above  quoted,  L'Enfant  thinks 
the  apostle  alludes  to  those  who  stood  at 
theelevated  place  at  the  end  of  the  course, 
calling  the  racers  by  their  names,  and 
encouraging  them  by  holding  out  the 
cro^vn,  to  exert  themselves  ivitli  vigor. 
K  so,  the  allusion  is  most  grand.  The 
apostle  had  ir.  his  eye  Christ  standing  at 
the  end  of  the  race  course,  holding  out 
to  him  his  glittering  crown,  and  encour- 
aging him  to  energy  and  perseverance, 
But  tlie  athlete  were  boimd  to  contend 
for  the  prize  within  the  measured  and 
determinable  limits  of  the  stadium.  If 
they  deviated  ever  so  little  fronv  the  ap- 
pointed coni-se,  they  forfeited  their  prize, 
without  hope  or  reco\''ery.  The  spirit- 
ual contest,  has  also  its  rules  and  regula- 
tions, devised  and  enacted  by  infinite 
wisdom  and  goodness.  These  rules  re- 
quire implicit  and  exact  submission, 
which  yield  neither  to  times  nor  clreuirt- 
stances.  In  all  ages,  in  all  climes,  these 
rules  must  be  adhered  to.  The  combat- 
ant who  \iolates  these  rules,  will  certain- 
ly forfeit  the  prize.  Oh  how  solemn  is 
this  thought!  especially  when  we  know 
that  thousands  who  are  running  on  this 
heavenly  race-course,  are  violatin; 
many  of  the  plain  and  obvious  rules 
laid  down  by  the  great  Judge,  or  Awar 
der  of  prizes. 

Again,  the  victors  in  these  games,  were 
crowned  with  a  wreath  of  laurel,  which 
was  the  Stephanos,  or  victor's  ci'own,  not 
the  diadema  or  despot's  crown.  So 
Chi'ist'>)  graciiiiis  and  encouraging  Ian- 
guagf'  to  tlii-  Clii'lf^tiau  combatant  is, 
"  Be  flmu  faithful  unto  death,  aUtl  1  will 
give  thee  a  crown  of  life."  If  thouvvilt 
persevere,  and  run  successfully  thy  heaV' 
enly  race;  I  will  place  upon  thy  head 
the  Htephanos,  or  ^nctor's  crown,  I  will 
encircle  thy  brow  with  a  wreath  of  im- 
mortelles. 

Those  victors  returned  to  their  native 
city,  not  through  the  gate,,  or  common 
place  of  ingress,  but  through  a  breach 
in  the  walls  which  were  broken  down  to 
give  them  admission.  The  seer  of  Pat- 
mos  saw  a  door,  or  an  opening  through 
the  walls  of  the  celestial  city,  and 
through  that  opening  he  saw  the  success- 
ful Christian  corapctitoi-a,  in  all  the  glo- 
ry of  their  triumph.  He  saw  them  mih 
the  victor's  crown,  and  the  ^^ctor's  palm, 
arrayed  and  radiant  in  their  celestial 
glory. 

The  successful  combatants  in  the 
Grecian  games,  were  celebrated,  [(raised 
or  extolled  in  the  rapturous  effnsion  of 
their  poets.  John  heard  in  heaven  the 
eulogiums  of  the  Christian  victor-s. 
"  These  are  they  which  camp  out  of  great 
tribulation,  ahd  have  washed  their  robes 


and  made  them  white  in  the  blood  of 
the  Lamb.  Therefqre  ara  they  before 
the  throne  of  God,  ^nd  serve  Him  day 
and  night  in  His  taoiple.".! 


FRUITS   OF  REPENTANCE. 

IIY  1).  r.  SAYLEIt. 

ii  "DRING  forth  therefore   fruits  meet 

-L*  for  repentance"  fMatt,  ;t:  S). 
Much  has  been  said  by  some,  ft^Annual 
Meetings  in  reference  to  a  ckai-f/f; 
how,  when,  and  where  it  should  be  giv- 
en ^  applicants  for  baptist.  ^'Jiriiiff 
forth  linn fnr,  /mils  nn.lfor  Vfipen- 
la,we:"\~  ihr  .Uav^-  .l..hii  L'iivetO  those 
wlio  came  to  liliii  I'nr  luiptiMii.  And  this 
charge  surely  was  part  and  parcel  of  his 
preaching.  And  the  same  charge  Peter 
nt  a  subsequent  time  gave  to  those  who 
asked  what  they  must  do;  to  he  mvpd 
is  implied.  AVith  him  it,  too,  seems  to 
be  ]>art  of  his  preaching. 

"When,  "John  did  baptize  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  preach  the  baptism  of  re- 
pentance for  the  remission  of  sins"  (Mark 
1:4)  it  seems  tlie  idea  took  hold  ux 
the  people,  that  under  this  new  sy.stem 
all  that  was  required  to  obtain  the  le- 
missiou  of  sins  was  to  go  to  John  and 
be  baptized;  immersed^  by  hiiti  inline 
river  of  Jordan.  This  was  new,  and 
good  news  to  them;  the  law  had  it.  Tlie 
soul  that  sinneth  it  shall  die.  But  when 
John  saw  many  of  the  Pharisees  and 
Sadducees  come  to  his  baptism,  he  calls 
them  a  generation  of  vipere,  and  asked 
them  who  had  warned  them  to  flee  from 
the  «Tat]i  to  come.  He  questioned  them 
what  their  objects  and  motives  were  for 
coming  to  him  for  baptism.  And  right 
here  let  us  note,  John  did  not  go  among 
the  people  to  coax,  beg  and  persuade 
them  to  come  to  his  baptism,  but  he 
preached  repentance  and  baptism  for  tlie 
remission  of  sins;  and  when  the  mnltl- 
titude  came  (Luke  S :  7)  he  demanded  of 
them  the  fruits  of  repentance  as  a  pre- 
requisiteof  baptism.  Upon  this  it  is  man- 
ifest that  all  who  came  were  not  baptiz- 
ed; for  while  the  people  who  heard  him, 
and  the  publicans  justified  God,  and  be- 
ing baptized  with  the  baptism  of  John. 

But  the  Pharisees  and  the  lawyei-s  re- 
jected the  counsel  of  God  againsts  them- 
selves, being  not  baptized  of  him  (Luke 
20:  30).  No  doubt  these  all  woidd  have 
been  baptized  if  John  had  baptized  them 
without  any  fi'ults  of  repentance  (Luke 
3:  7).  It  appears  that  the  charge  to 
bring  forth  fruit  meet  for  repentance 
was  not  only  given  to  the  Pharisees  and 
Sadducees,  but  to  all  thepeople.  "  Then 
said  he  to  the  lUiiUitude  that  came  forth 
to  be  baptized  of  him,  0  generation  of 
Vipel's,  who  hath  warned  you  to  flee  from 
thewrdth  to  come?  Bring  forth  there- 
fore fruits  worthy  of  repentance."  Then 
the  people  (the  common  people)  Jisked 
him  sayingi  wlislt  shall  we  do  then?  We 
profess  repentflflte,  but  what  must  we  do 
for  the  fruit  of  lii  Ke  told  them,  (read 
it).  Then  came  als'W  J/rtblicans  (the  rev- 
enue  collectors)  to  be  I^ptized,  and  said 
unto  hira.  Master  what  shall  we  do?  He 
told  these,  and  the  soldiers  likewise  de- 
manded of  him,  soylng,  and  what  Hhnll 
we  do?  And  he  told  them.  All  these 
different  gi-ades  of  applicants  must  T>nng 
forth  fruit  of  repentance  appropriate  to 
their  occupation  in  life,  I  sometimes 
wonder  whether  we,  in  our  hm-ried  way 
of  baptizing,  do  not  sometimes  take  pro- 
fession of  repentance  instead  of  fruits 
of  it. 

When  we  talk  Of  our  ancient  brethren, 
the  Voice,  not  of  the  turtle,  but  of  old 
fogies  cfcc,  is  heard  in  the  land:  but  nev- 
ertheless, our  fathers  built  the  cliui'ch  in 
America   on   a  sound  basis;  and    they 


March   '21. 


'ri-lE    BRETKiREISr    ^\T    AA^ORKI. 


Imnded  h(?r  down  to  us,  built  on  tiie 
foundation  ot"  tlu'  jipustk-s  and  proplit-ts, 
Jesus  Christ  beini,'  tiic  fbit^t'corutT  ytoui 
They  would  tre(]Ueutly  di;taiu  upjdicaiit? 
for  bnptisjii  auiontli  or  more. .  This  un- 
der ordinary  cireuniatancea  perhaps  long- 
er than  necessary.  When  the  person, 
and  manner  of  life  is  known,  delay  may 
not  he  I'l'oper.  The  apostle  sometime 
did  quick  work.  But  eome  things  the 
apostk'sdid,  we  canndtdo;  and  others 
mil}'  not  always  he  expedient  for  us  to  do. 
I  know  that  to  baptize  all  with  undue 
haste,  is  not  always  iiroper,  John  will 
hiive  fruit  meet  for  repentance  before  hn 
will  baptize  his  applicants. 

Repent  as  defined  by  "Webster,  is  1 . 
To  feel  2Jain,  sorrow,  or  I'cgret,  for  what 
one  has  done,  or  omitted  to  do.  2.  To 
change  the  mind  or  coui-se  of  conduct 
on  account  of  regret  or  dissatisfaction 
with  what  has  oecun'ed.  3.  To  be  sor- 
ry for  sin  as  morally  evil,  and  to  seek 
forgiveness;  to,  renounce  the  love,  and 
practice  of  sin. 

Kcpentauce,  is  the  relinrpiishnient  of 
any  practice  from  the  conviction  that  it 
has  offended  God. '  Sorrow,  fear,  and 
anxietjr  are  properly  not  facts,  but  ml- 
jmicts  of  repentance,  yet  they  are  too 
closely  connected  with  it  to  he  eixsily 
separated."       '      ^         .       <t 

As  defined  by  Paul.  It  is  the  grace 
'of  God  which"  tcaclies  to  deny  ungodli- 
ness, and  worldly  lusts,  and  to  live  so" 
herly,  righteously,  and  godly  in  ■  this 
present  world;  ■  Aud  as  defined  by  the 
prophets.  '\V:i'^h  ym,  mako  yon  rlf.ni, 
put  awaylhc  ■■\\]  ul'  \-,,iu'  ilniuL:-  t'vwi 
before  men's  cvr^;  rriist-in  dn  cxil:  sink 
judgment,  I'elicw-  the  oppressed,  juJ:;.' 
the  fathrr]«,s,  plead  for  t%  wM..u, 
Come  now  and,  Jet   us    reason  ■  togcl.L' 


hnil  1 


(Is.  1:  10,.  17).  And  .'VLet  the  wicked  |  it  when  w 
forsake  his!  way,  and  the  unrighteous 
man  his  thoughts:  and  let  him  r.-t\ini 
\mto  the  Lord"  (Is.  bo:  7).  AVIimi  :iI1 
these  evidences  or  fruits  of  repentaiirr 
are  considered;  we  conclude  that  persons 
are  sometimes  hapt.i;(ed  who  have 
produced  them  in  the  .lives  they 'lived 
before.  The  theory  thjit  we  teach  them 
in  the  church,  to  bring  it  forth  is  anti- 
Scriptural,  The  fiuits  of  re])entauce 
must  precede  as  a  prerec|uisite  to  baptism. 
So  theSaviortaught,  and  so  the  apostles 
preached. 

Kejieutanee  tooi^i  a  pergonal  woi'k,  ev- 
ery one  for  thcin^elvi-s  imisr  l-jjui:  t'nith 
the  fruits  of  ii;  \\(-  caiiimt  plead  a  iidii;- 
ious  parentage  iu  litju.of  it,, ,  Toi:,'-.  also 
the  aNe  is,laidtuuto  the  rootiof  the  trees: 
therefore  eVery  tree  rwhiph  hritigethBot 


which  perisheth,  but  for  that  meat  which 
endureth  unto  everlasting  life.  Hence 
when  ^ve  spend  olu'  time  laying  uj)  that 
which  we  hiwo  nn  lu'i/d,  we  are  living  in 
open  disiilirrli,.|i.|.  m  the  express  com- 
mand of  .,111-  l)i\iiii'  liedceuier.  Nature 
itself  rebels  against  the  sweetmeats  and 
rich  dainties  we  very  often  .ipend  time 
to  prepare.  Plain,  nourishing  food  is 
much  bettei-  for  the  health  and  strength- 
ening of  the  body.  If  the  stomach  is 
full  of  indigestible  food,  the  mind  is  ob- 
scured and  clouded,  and  we  are  in  no 
condition  to  learn  the  mysterious  truths 
that  are  in  the  Scriptures.  These  things 
are  of  more  importance  to  ns  than  all  of 
the  world.  Besides,  should  we  not  kei 
ourselves  in  a  condition  that  all  of  our 
mental  powers  can  have  free  action?  AVe 
are  our  Master's  stewards,  and  M'oe  to  us 
if  we  waste  our  Lord's  substance  in  riot- 
ous living.  Likewise  we  are  command- 
ed to  be  temperate  iu  all  things.  Now 
M-e  understand  all  things  to  mean  drink 
ing,  eating,  wearing,  together  with  every- 
thing that  pertains  to  the  comforts  of 
this  life;  and  riotous  living  means  ex 
tiavagance  and  waste. 

If  anything  sJiould  happen,  which  is 
often  the  case,  that  we  should  lose  our 
goods  or  property,  we  are  commanded  to 
take  joyfully  the  spoiling  pf  our  goods; 
kno\viug  in  ourselves  thftt  we  have  in 
heaven  a  better  and  more  euduritig  sub 
stance.  How  often  do  we,  instead  of 
ejoicing,  fret,  worry,  and  grieve  over 
these  mattei-s;  and  never  once  turn  our 
(hniiLdits  toward  the  tn'.'isurc  in  heaven. 
K^'jidrr.  unv  life  \<  -A-,  a  v:ip,,r,  that  .soon 
p.is-- a\\;iy.  tlir  lilllr  iliat  is  required 
lo  -u-laiii  iM.  mortal  .-.Klstvuce,  ,is  al,l  We 
I '■■■illy  Hdd;   and  as  we  brought  nothing 

thio  World  \vecaii  take  nothing  out  of 


go.  ,  Tlierefoi'o,  having  food 


,ment,  let   us  be  contented,    and 

•  ■  oin-  thoughts  to  heaven  '  where  bur 

-HM- is;  and  by  daily  practicing  good, 

'■.  wui'k.s  continue  to'  cnlriVge  our  treasm-e' 

-|tlierp.      AVe   shmiM    al-o    bring  to  mind 

>t  1  the  -tniit  gatr  ;ui.l  nain.w  way  that  the 

tru--  follower  of  our  Lonl   and    Miister 

must  travel;  we  must  strive  to  enter  in 

at  tile    strait  gate,  i'or  many   will    sepk 

to  .enter  iq  and  shall  ni;)t  ,be  nble. 

AVe  naturally  suppose. that  those  who 
hii\  e  gathennl  for  themselves  great  earth- 
ly treasure^,  M'onld  lind  it  difiicult  to 
trav,.lthi<  n 


til.'  -fr; 

UnbeV 


id  til, 


thiol 


■■i\\  ov  puss  through 


if    thrtP 


irli 


forth 
into  rh,- 


fruit  i 


Mid    . 


id  , 


lollou    I 


told      til 

IK- a    eh; 

lidtli  not  Seen  or  ear  hath  riot  heard 
iii'i-  hath-itiienteifed'into.the  heart  of 


u'e  is  laid 

'--^essor    can 
his     pos- 
it it,  is  of  so 
laeter,  •■  that 


Let  us  flee  the  tempter,  listen  not  to 
bis  insinuating  words;  stand  true  to  our 
immortal  Being;  love  God  «nth  all  the 
heart,  trusting  in  all  His  promises,  for 
they  are  sm-e  and  steadfast,  our  treasuves 
are  safe  iu  His  hands  until  He  calls  us 
home  to  inherit  them,  and  then  all  mys- 
teries will  he  made  clear,  all  doubts  and 
conflicts  will  cease.  It  has  long  been 
given  up  by  man,  that  the  ways  of  God 
are  past  finding  out;  hi:t  we  believe  when 
we  enter  the  eternal  ^vorld,  all  tliose 
mysteries  will  he  revealed  to  us,  and 
that  oiu-  inheritance  will  he  all  tliat  has 
been  promised,  and  that  our  faculties  of 
enjoyment  can  he  exalted  to  a  degiee 
equal  to  the   inheritance. 

Our  heavenly  treasure  is  a  ti-ee  gift;  we 
are  only  to  accept  it  and  live  in  hiunble 
submission  to  His  wiU;  He  ^vill  do  all 
the  rest  for  us  in  spirit,  He  will  go  witli 
us,  directing  our  path ;  all  we  have  to  do 
is  to  heed  the  gentle  Monitor.  AVhat  is 
earth  and  all  its  treasui-es,  when  we  con 
template  the  joys  of  a  vast  etemity 
AVhy  woriy  over  the  little  trivial  affairs 
of  earth  that  mil  pass  away  like  a  shad- 
ow ?  A  few  more  days  oi-  years  at  most 
we  mil  pass  away  and  soon  be  forgot- 
ten by  the  inhabitants  of  earth,  our 
places  will  be  SHjjplied  by  new  forms. 
But  the  question  arises,  where  will  we 
be?  A  question  of  very  great  impor- 
tauee  to  us.  Lay  up  your  treasures  in 
heaven  where  moth  or  rust  cannot  cor- 
rupt nor  thieves  lireak  through  ami  steal. 
If  our  treasure  is  there  we,  \vill  be  call- 
ed home  to  inherit„not,for  a  day  or  year, 
Imt  through  a  vast  eternity.  ■  ■ 

Arcanum,  Ok'io. 

COME  And  preach. 


'  OOKING  ove 


our  jJeriodicals ,  from 


time  to  time  I  am  often  moved  by 
the  urgent  and  multiplied  calls  of  "Come 
md  preach  for  us."  It  must  he  appar- 
ent to  every  thinking  brother  and  sister 
tliat  tliere  are  hundreds  if  not  thousands; 
of  plj(ce5  even  in  our  ow»  country  (to 
say  nothing  about  foreign  countries), 
where  the  everlasting  Gospel,  as  we  un- 
dei-stand  and  believe  it  is  unknown. 
Besides  this  there  are  many  places  where 
ohci  or  a  fe^v  membei's  are  isolated  from 
organized  churches,  deprived  of  the 
pleasure  of  attending  GodV  house,  and' 
appeasing  their  hungering  and  tbirstlnc 
soulsjiwitii  the  bread  and,  water  of  life; 
and. seeing  theli'  friends  and  neighhoj-s 
juound.  them  rushing  headloiig  do^vn  tiie 
broad  road  tiiat  leadeth   to    de>triu-tioii. 


selves  useful,  and.  by  practice  an.l  per- 
severance develop  their  talents  and  thus 
become  good  preacliei-s  themselves. 

Again  there  are  plenty  of  lay  niem- 
hers  that  might  make  just  as  able  and 
eflieient  embassadoi-s  of  the  cross,  as 
those  already  iu  the  field;  hut 'not  be- 
ing needed  in  the  disU-icta  where  they 
reside,  they  are  never  called  out,  and  so 
the  cry  nmst  continue,  come  and  preach 
tor  us,  come  and  jueach  for  us,  hut  no 
one  goes.  Now  I  propose  that  eVery 
district  elect  a  minister  occasionally, 
even  though  he  is  not  needed  in  the  dis- 
trict; he  may  be  needed  elsewhere;  hut 
says  one,  will  they  go?  I  don't  tliink  all 
would,  of  course  not;  but  it  could  do 
no  particular  harm  to  have  several  min- 
isters iu  each  congregation  in  case  none 
would  move  away ;  but  I  .feel  safe  to  say 
that  many  would  not  feel  satisfied  to  re- 
main inactive,  and  would  therefore  move 
to  places  where  they  would  be  of  service 
in  the  Master's  cause,  and  thus  many 
calls  would  he  filled,  many  able  minis- 
ters .scattered  ovei-  the  land,  many  church- 
es built  up,  and  nuich  good  accomplish- 
ed in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  I  submit 
these  thoughts  to  the  further  considera- 
tion of  other  minds. 

Lanark,  III. 

READ   AND  BE  FAITHFUL. 

liV  AdltAM  HOr,LlN(U;B. 

T  HAVE  labored  iu  securing  names  fo,. 

■*-      tllO  Bl!ETIM!ICX  AT  AVoiiK,     for    I  do 


ject  further.     1  I 
yond  the  limit-  ( 


ARE     WE   LAVING  UP  TREASURES 
ON  EARTH,  OR  IN  HEAVEN? 

uv  (  haiiuitti:,!.  uuxu,,       ■,  ,  i ,, 

nnillS  is  aqu(;stiou  weshculd  coiistaut- 
^  ly,  keep  before  us..  Are  we, laying 
up  treasures  iu  heaven  or  on  eaVthi:  It 
is  impossible  to  do  both  at  the  same 
time.  '  AVe  are  commanded  not  to  lay 
np  our  treasures  on  earth,  where  moth 
and  rust  doth  corrupt;  but  to  lay  them 
up  iu  heaven  where  they  are  notcorrupt- 
ed,  uov  thieves  do  not  break  thi-ough  or 
steal.  Reader,  do  you  daily  consider 
where  you  aie  laying  up  your  treasures? 
A\1ierever  the  ti'easure  is  there  will  be 
the  heart,  and  as  God  requires  the  whole 
heart,  it  is  impossible  to  live  near  God 
with  our  minds  eonstautly  engaged  in 
earthly  affairs. 

0«r  Savior  says,  labor  not  for  meat 


what ' 


all  >. 


t  will    He.     A 
\^-  iii-i-tilti- 


av.-d ; 
■  Con, 


tlK- 


and  I 


'    '"    '■^'•-   'i| 

ofrarili,  foi-ii,.h;,iv«apl. 

uit  only  hriti^^^  sorrow  and 

e   glories   prdmise(,l.in  the 

L,'dom. 


nwanhf.l,  uiu'urn'i-rt.'i 
if  i-  111.1  w.)iidi.-r  thattlu- 
pl'each  foi;;Us." 

The  question  arises, 
guiltle-ss  fdr"thus  neglecting  Hi.- i-;tii^,- ; 
AVill  He  say  to  that  luiuister  who  never 
goes  out  of  his  district  to,  pi^eaph,  ,ftnd 


think  it,  in  conneetiiin -vvitli  the  Script- 
ures, is  a  great  help  to,  us  in  travtding 
that  nari-ow  road  of  wliidi  we  read  in 
Matt.  Y:  13,  14.  "'Enter  ye  in  at  the 
strait  gate,  for  wide  is  the  gate  and  broad 
is  the  way  phat  leadeth  to  destruction; 
and  mJiuy  there  bci  which  go'  iu  thereat. 
.Because  strait  is  the  gate  and  narrow  is 
the  way  which  h-JuK-th  tiulo  lit'e,  and  i\-w 
there  be  that  find  If." 

O  dear  brethren  ,und  .sisters,  let  us 
■i  that  we  are  traveling  on  that  narrow 
way,  that  when  we  cross  the  dark  nver 
of  death  we  may  be  s6.1iap[)y  as  to  hear 
it  said,  "Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father 
inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you 
from  tlie  foundation  of  the  world."  On 
the  other  hhnd  if  we  do  iiot  do  our  duty 
to  our  God  and  fellbw-men,  it  will  be 
said,  "  Depart  froni  me,  ye  cursed  into 
everlasting  fire,  prepared  for  the  de^-il 
and'his  angels."     Sinner,  read  Matt.  i».i. 


h,.\., 


fleet  iqton 

th 

bi(nislituenf  of  the 

1  from    the 

I' 

-srji.-,..    ,.,t"  (iod  into 

n   nl'    ,■,.1111- 

.  rlmnyoii 

■]  ; 

It,     Tak.-.li-u-for 
tid  oliey  Ilini  in  ..11 
t'le  iii"onii.stf,ot',rest 

i.-  file    til 

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o  serve    the.:  Lord. 

ill   (rod  ?|,,],1   , 


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ii;hU.,    [L.. 


all  power  wjis  given  in  lieavci,  and  ^-arth. 
He  is  not  only  able  .to  givi-  ns  ail  He 
promised,  but  has  shown  Ilim^.df -will- 
ing liy  sacrificing  His  own  life  for  us. 
Why  will  we  groyfel  after  eai'thly  ti-eas- 
\fres,  wdien  we  can  laise  our  thoughts  to 
such  glorious  anticipations,  if  we  are 
just  faithful  to  lay  up  our  treasures 
above?  At  times  we  feel  that  irrepress- 
ible longing  for  something,  earth,  with 
all  its  treasures,  cannot  give  the  ci-aviugs 
of  an  inmiortal  spirit  for  eternal  rest. 
A  secret  dread  of  coming  judgment  Avill 
haunt  us  at  times  when  oiu-  treacherous 
hearts  turn  toward  the  beggarly  ele- 
ments of  earth,  and  begin  to  lay  plans 
for  accunndating  earthly  treasures. 


ver  jiivache^    in 
od  and  failhfids.^ 
the  joy    ..f  flj\ 
iMjii    vvhy    all  "th. 
■  reshouiduot  be 
-  church  has    the 


it,  "  AVell  done:  thou 
]-\  jdit.  rnter  tlion  in- 
Lord;-  There  is  no 
■>i-  rails  arid,  many 
respo]idi..d.to;  and  !is 
means  available,  to 
do  this^  and  that  without  the  e.\pensC'  of 
a  dollari  I  don't  believe  she  will  be  e.K- 
cused  for  this  palpable  neglect  of  her 
duty. 

But  how  can  it  be  done  ?  As  before 
intimated  there  are  a  number  of  do-noth- 
ing preachers  in  nearly  every  large  con- 
gregation, who  scarcely  ever  preach  be- 
cause they  can't,  or  don't  want  to,  or  are 
afraid  to,  because  there  are  so  niauy  bet- 
ter preacher's  in  the  same  congregation. 
These  should  be  urged  to  go  where  good 
preachers  are  less  numerous  and  where 
they  would  have  a  chance  to  make  theni- 


Tli-i,  u,.  .|„.i,Mlal...r  ..|ini.-tlv  In  ..ur 
.\h(4.r'<,.a.i«.  wirli  all  ,.ur  <!|...|i,L'lh  so 
that  when  Wf  make  111.;  solejnu  ehaugc 
for  etfjrnity,  that  it;  jvvll  .be  for  a  home 
in  heaven ;  where .  there  is  no  sickness, 
.'sorrow,  pain  or  death,  and  parting^  un- 
known; there  to  sing,.praises  iu  the 
Father,  Son  and  IJoly  Spii'it  in  a 
ivorld  witliout  end. 


Men  know  how  thunder  and  Hglitning 
come  from  thu  clouds  in  Summer,  and 
they  want  to  thunder  and  lighfning- 
sometimes  themselves;  but  it  is  better 
that  the  contents  of  the  clouds  should 
drop  down  in  gentle  rains,  and  make- 
something  grow,  than  that  there  slionld 
be  flashing  and  resounding  in  the  heav- 
en, and  that  the  oak  should  be  crushed 
to  pieces  which  has  Ijeen  growing  for  a 
hundred  years;  and  it  is  better,  not  that 
men  should  produce  a  great  racket  in 
the  world,  and  work  destruction  round 
about  them,  but  that  they  shoultl  create 
happiness  among  their  fellow-men. 


TI-IE    l^-RETIiiRElN'    ^VT    "WOTiK. 


Marcb   '21. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work 

PUbLlBUKD    W£ESLr. 


J.  n.  MOORE, 
9.  H.  BASBOR, 
M.M.  ESHELMAH,  '_ 


Thi 


Uio  ITniud 
nding 


will  be  sent  posl-psid,  to  an; 
u  or  Cnntidn,  for  fl  50  par 
nnmci  nod  $16.00,  >Tili  re 
r  lliifl 


r  *U   e 


.■rlhangcni  willbanUowml  lO  cBnls  for  ench   adJi- 

llonnl  name,  wliich  RmDUDi  can  bo  deducted  Tram  (ho 
inoQcj,  berore  acndiag  it  la  us.  Manej  Ordc 
and  Ilcgialcrcd  Ltliera  may  be  sent  at  our  risk-.  Tboj 
ghoiild  bo  made  pnjnble  to  Moore,  Basbor  &  Esboliiinn.  — 
Subsmpfinua,  mid  oomniuiiiciiliods  inlumipJ  fnr  Hie  \>a 
per,  in  ircU  m  nil  huslniMB  mrttlora  connecCe^  ivilli  Iho  ol 
Gee  bIiouJJ  be  nildrcsaed 

UOOSB,  BA3H0B  &  ESHELUAH, 
Lanu'b,  Carroll  Co..  ni 


LAITARK,  ILL., 


MAKCH  21,  ISTS. 


The  following  tlispateh  just  received  (uoou  of 
Ifitli)  cxpIiiiiiH  itself: 

New  York.  March.  10,.!  878. 
l)mrB>-€ll,>rn.— 

Laiiilftl  ull  ri^lit. 

ENOCH  EBY. 


Buo.  John  Nicholsou  held  ft  series  of  meet- 
ings from  Feb.  10  to  24,  iiist.,  with  the  brethren 
jit  Deltn,  Ohio,  resulting  iu  ten  additions  bj- 
baptism  and  two  rednimed. 

"  TiiK  (irk  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  on 
slowly  here,  two  more  have  come  out  on  the 
Lord's  side  to  live  for  His  glory,"  says  Bro. 
Abnihfira  Wolf  of  Wnshingtou.Ja. 


On  the  third  of  March  three  persons  were  re- 
■ceived  into  the  Glude  Run  (Pa.)  church,  by 
baptism.  May  they  continue  to  walkiu  "new- 
ness of  life,"  ever  looking  to  Him  w" 
wisdom  and  strengtli. 


s  full  of 


Si'URGE«y  is  said  to  lie  completely  broken 
down  in  health,  and  has  been  forced  to  abandon 
ministerial  labor.  He  has  said  many  good 
things  in  his  time,  and  is  not«d  for  his  depth  of 
thought  and  boldness  in  preaching. 

The  house  of  brother  Jonathan  Kimme!  of 
-Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  was  burned  mth  nearly  all  of 
it-s  contents,  on  the  night  of  the  6th  inst.  His 
loss  is  between  twelve  and  fifteen  hundred  dol- 
Jars,     God  bless  him  in  this  his  severe  trial. 


The  bi-ethren  and  sisters  comprising  the  Mn- 
^juoketa  church,  la.,  recently  held  a  series  of 
meetings  at  Baldwin,  assisted  by  Bro.  Solomon 

Stnmy,  and  they  rejoiced  to  see  seventeen 
_precious  souls  turn  to  Jesus,  seeking  fellowship 

with  the  children  of  God. 


Be  ye  holy;  for  I  am  holy,  says  our  Ma^ti 
He  gives  an  excellent  reason  wliy  ive  should  be 
holy — because  lie  is  holy.  Jesus  always  gives 
good  reasons.  "  If  I  your  Lord  and  Master  have 
■washed  your  feet,  ye  also  oii<//it  to  wash  one  an- 
other's feet."  Here  He  gives  Ihe  reason  again, 
and  the  man  who  says,  "  not  I,"  is  hard  to  sat- 
isfy.  

Ox  the  8th  inst.,  a  terrible  snowstorm  visited 
the  Western  part  of  Nebraska  and  Wyoming 
Territory.  The  Union  Pacific  railroad 
blockaded  for  a  distantie  of  500  miles  and  il 
•quired  a  large  force  of  workmen  several  days  to 
«lear  the  track.  The  weather  was  verj-  cold  ;  a 
number  of  persons  perished,  and  in  many  places 
cattle  and  sheep  froze  to  death. 


is  always  wanting.  They  are  afraid  of  sunshine, 
hence  loiter  in  the  shade.  Their  display  on  the 
streets  indicates  millions.  The  facts  at  home 
show  they  are  beggars — poor,  because  too  lazy 
to  work.  Such  go  down  into  the  pit  which 
Satan  has  dug  for  them.  Yon  may  want  to  help 
tiieni  to  keep  out,  but  they  will^D  Iff.  That  seems 
to  Iw  their  place. 


The  weather  in  this  part  of  the  country  is 
Iwautiful,  At  this  writing,  (ISth)  tho  roads 
are  rapidly  getting  into  good  condition,  farm- 
ers and  gardeners  are  busy  putting  in  seed;  all 
no  donbt  having  faith  and  ho|>G  that  tliey  shall 
reap.  Children  of  Jesus,  are  we  careful  to  plant 
God's  seed  —  tho  Word  of  Life  —  iA  our  hearts 
day  by  day?  Phmt  and  ye  shall  reap,  and  that 
abundantly. 


which  the  rich  arc  held  iu  greater  esteem  than 
the  poor,  is  to  be  allowed.  All  contribution: 
for  church  purposes  to  be  voluntary  and  delin- 
quent  subscribers  not  to  be  held  as  debtors. 


In  the  city  of  Pekin,  in  China  there  are 
10,000  temples  deilicated  to  idols.  Here  mill- 
ions of  Chinese  worship,  and  men  iu  this  conn- 
try  bestir  themselves  to  Christianize  those 
heathen,  but  it  is  a  sad  commentary  on  popular 
Christianity  when  the  fact  appeal's  that  the  se- 
cretism  of  this  land  is  carried  to  China  by  mis- 
sionariesaudniixcdwith  their  teaching.  "Preach 
the  Word,"  and  let  other  things  die  as  they 
should. 


THEREare  many  Jews  in  Russia.  During  the 
war  just  closed,  tliey  tindcrtuok  most  of  the  re- 
sponsibility of  provisioning  Russian  troops,  and 
they  did  it  so  well  that  the  Czar  has  granted 
Hebrew  merchants  of  foreign  nationality,  visit- 
ing Russia  for  the  purpose  of  trading,  permis- 
sion to  become  members  of  the  firet  society. 
This  places  them  on  the  same  footing  with  Rus- 
sian merchants.  This  is  significant  of  the  rise 
of  the  Jews. 


On  the  night  of  the  lOtli  inst,  W.  Irving 
Bishop,  successfully  exposed  modern  spiritual- 
ism before  a  large  audience  in  Chicago.  He 
shows  how  slate  writing  is  done,  how  hands  can 
be  held  in  the  fire  and  not  be  burned,  how  per- 
sons can  creep  out  Of  a  tied  condition  and  all 
other  shams  that  go  about  under  the  name  of 
Spiritualism.  The  Spiritualists  seem  to  be  de- 
moralixed  .ind  confounded.  Thus  one  after  the 
other  of  the  humbugs  come  to  grief  aft«r  thous- 
ands have  been  deceived.  God  help  them  to  put 
on  Christ,  and  walk  after  the  Spirit. 


Bro.  Bashor  writes  that  his  health  is  again 
failing.  He  will  return  to  Lanark  the  23rd 
inst.,  hence  his  correspondents  will  note  this  in 
writing  him.  His  meetings  at  Gilboa,  Ohio,  re- 
sulted in  six  additions  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism, one  formerly  a  United  Brethren  minister. 
As  the  benefit  is  theirs,  may  God  be  glorified, 
and  the  children  of  God  everywhere   eucourag- 


EunopE.vN  complications  continue  to  exist. 
iRussia  maintains  a  firm  attitude,  being  disposed 
.net  to  submit  to  Congress  all  the  articles  of 
peace,  while  England  insists  that  all  of  them 
must  be  submitted  for  discussion.  In  the  mean- 
time active  war  preparations  are  being  made  in 
England  and  Austria,  and  Russia  is  strengthen- 
ing her  positions.  The  prospects  for  peace  are 
mot  .very  encouraging. 


BnoTHEit,  sister,  do  yon  not  see  some  one 
struggling  in  the  mire?  Yes,  there  he  is,  poor 
er  !  Will  yon  help  him  to  get  his  feet  on 
the  Rock?  Go,  help  to  lift  him  up;  do  hi 
good;  pray  ivith  him;  turn  his  thoughb  to  God 
and  show  him  the  riches  of  God's  grace.  Treat 
him  kindly;  for  he  will  like  it,  and  in  that  way 
his  heart  will  soften  for  the  Word  of  Truth.  — 
Tell  hiin  to  repent,  bear  fruit,  put  on  Christ, 
follow  Him,  seek  for  glory,  honor,  immortality, 
eternid  life.  Tell  him  this.  It  ivill  do  you 
good  too.  0  be  not  idle,  but  work,  work,  that 
others  uiay  enjoy  God's  blessings  as  you  enjoy 
them. 


The  Lutheran  Conference  of  the  Synod  of 
Northern  Illinois  was  held  in  this  city,  com- 
mencing the  12th  and  continuing  until  the 
ening  of  the  14th.  A  mong  the  topics  discussed 
were.  "  How  to  hear  the  Word,"  "  How  to  as- 
sist the  Pastor,"  "What  the  church  owes  thi 
comni,unity,"  "  The  agreement  between  nature 
and  revelation,"  "  What  ore  sensational  methods 
in  church  work?"  Tho  "Women's  Home  and 
Foreign  Missions,"  and  the  manner  of  manag- 
ing church  finances  were  also  discussed.  *  Har- 
mony of  action  and  zeal  for  their  faith  and 
practice  characteriw'd  the  meeting.  Their  last 
session  was  devoted  to  children  who  were  ad- 
dressed in  words  of  kindness  by  a  number  of 
the  delegates. 

A  NEW  church  has  been  formed  in  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y.,  and  named,  "The  Church."  There  are 
already  two  congregations  in  esistence.  Then- 
declaration  of  principles  is:  1.  One  faith,  and 
this  essentially  on  the  death  and  resurrection  of 
Christ.  2.  Condition  of  membership,  profound 
dependence  upon  the  grace  of  .lesus  Christ 
alone  for  salvation.  3.  No  article  of  faith  but 
the  Holy  Scriptures  (without  note  or  comment) 
and  ordination  of  ministers  without  human  in- 
tervention or  discrimination  of  sex.  4.  The 
preacher  a  servant  and  not  lord  over  God's 
heritage,  and  not  to  have  a  stated  salary,  for  if 
he  cannot  trust  Christ  for  support,  he  is  un- 
worthy. All  members  pf  tho  churcli  arc  to 
have  a  voice  in  electing  their  minister.  5.  A 
board  of  elders,  noted  for  their  godliness,  is  'to 
take  charge  of  the  finances.  6.  The  Passover, 
as  fixed  by  Christ's  authority  and  example 
typical   of  His  death,  resurrection  and  coming 


In  every  community,  in  every  society  there 
are  luen  who  toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin,  save 
to  make  nets  to  catch  other  people's  money,  — 
They  are  dioucs  and  deserve  to  be  stung  out  of 
the  hive.  They  arc  never  ready  to  do  a  good 
work  unless  there  is  ten  or  more  per  cent  in  it, 
cavil  down.     The  houey  of   other's  gatheiiug  [  again,'  to  he  celebrated  on  the   first  Sunday  in  I  f^'tli  toward  God  s]>read  abroad. 


they  delight  to  ^t,  but  the  honey   that  comes    April  each  year.    No  other  c 


APOSTOLIC  MISSIONART  WORK- 

HAD  Jesus  chosen  men  called  apostles?  Yes, 
He  had  apostles.  Did  His  apostles '  obey 
Him?  Yes,  they  obeyed  Him.  Did  they  do 
missionary  work,  "go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature?"  They 
did;  for  "  they  went  forth  and  preached  Ai-m-i/- 
irhcre,  the  Lord  working  with  them"  (Mark  IG 
20). 

Did  God  ever  cense  saying  to  His  ministers, 
"Go  and  pveacht'"  Never;  for  the  Guide  to 
the  apostles,  is  still  Guide  to  us.  About  this 
there  can  be  no  caviling  unless  men  ore  un- 
believers, of  whom  God  saj-a  they  "shall  have 
their  part  in  the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstono" 
(Rev.  21:8). 

God,  for  wise  reasons,  has  mthlield  from  men 
the  power  to  dictate  to  His  ministers  wlmi, 
where  and  what  to  preach.  "  In  season  and  nut 
of  season  "  is  the  tchen.  "  In  nil  the  world 
the  where.  "  All  the  counsel  of  God  " — the 
whole  truth  is  the  what.  Any  other  arranue- 
ment  lunounts  to  nothing;  has  not  on  it  the 
of  the  Lord,  nor  the  smiles  of  Jehovah.  God 
is  tho  best  Planner;  nht  only  the  best,  but  tli< 
onlj'  true  One.  Since  God's  method  is  the  best 
and  only  true  one,  it  would  be  folly  for  any  man 
or  number  of  men  to  try  to  make  one  like  it  o: 
nearlj;  like  it,  Ifj,  God's  plan  is  the  best  thei 
none  can  be  made  better;  and  to  make  one  near 
bj  like  it  would  be  vain  also.  Our  only  reeouree, 
then,  is  to  fall  back  on  God's  vhen,  where  and 
what.  These  are  definite  and  need  no  defining. 
We  look  with  admiration  upon  the  apostles' 
missionary  work.  They  went  ibrth  with  the 
hee  of  God  in  tlioir  hearts,  the  words  of  Truth 
in  their  minds.  Their  primary  objects  were  the 
s.ilvation  of  souls,  and  their  own  eternal  welfare. 
What  they  should  oat  and  wear  was  of  so  little 
importance  to  them  that  they  halted  not  to  con- 
sider it.  In  fact  all  the  disciples  were  taught  to 
use  hospitality  one  towards  another  and  to  give 
not  grudgingly,  so  that  all  were  abundantly 
supplied.  But  in  James'  time  some  had  become 
rich  and  their  riches  "  corrupted  "  them.  Those 
who  thus  allowed  themselves  to  become  entan- 
gled, were  told  to  "  weep  and  howl  for  their 
miseries  that  should  come  upon  them  "  (James 
5:  1).  Distributing  to  the  necessities  of  the 
saints,  minister  or  no  minister,  was  one  of  their 
peculiarities;  and  "having  food  and  raiment" 
they  tried  to  be  "  content." 

Paul  stripped  some  churches  that  he  might 
do  service  in  others,  but  is  quite  silent  about 
stripping  churches  to  preach  to  the  heathen.  In 
fact  his  faith  and  zeal  forbade  him  to  wait  until 
some  pci'son  or  persons  told  him  to  go.  God 
had  told  him  to  GO,  and  no  man  could  do  more. 
The  ajiostolie  method  of  spreading  the  Truth 
was  fiee  from  all  webs,  intricacies  and  partiali- 
ties. No  Conference  could  tell  them  whore  and 
when  to  go.  God  had  already  said  that.  No 
body  of  men  could  send  Paul  to  Spain,  Peter  to 
Rome,  Thomas  to  Babylon,  Mark  to  Egypt. 
God  had  already  said,  "  in  all  ihe  world."  No 
man  nor  body  of  men  could  say  more.  It  was 
not  a  question  of  saying,  nor  of  commanding, 
but  the  question  of  il/iiug,  of  obeyhuj.  It  was 
not  a  question  of  how  to  get  meat  and  drink,  for 
God  said,  "I  am  irith  you  alway."  There  wa.s 
no  time  to  get  up  doubts, — with  them  it  was 
matter  of  faith. 

"  How  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher? 
and  how  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent?" 
(Rom.  10:  14,  15)  is  the  voice  of  God.  No  hear- 
ing without  a  preacher,  and  the  preacher  must 
be  sent.  God  sends  him,  and  keeps  up  a  stand- 
ing GO  BO  that  no  minister  can  say,  "  I  am  not 
sent."  And  here  is  another  point  in  our  apos- 
tolic lesson.  They  made  no  noise  about  their 
intentions,  but  like  men  of  God,  went.  When 
the  work  was  done,  an  apostle  could  say  of  a 
certain  church:  "Prom  you  wounded  out  the 
word  of  the  Lord  not  only  in  Macedonia  and 
Achain,  hut  also  in  every  place  your  faith  to 
God-wanl  is  spread  abroad "  (1  Thess.  1: 8). 
Here  Paul  planted  a  church  and  from  this  church 
the  word  of  the  Lord  muiuM  oiil,  not  only  in 
Macedonia  and  Achaia,  but  in  every  place  their 
The  church  at 


s  to  bo  ob-   Thessalonica  was  a  real  live  chui-cb, — a 


not  the  help  of  othera,  but  with  strong  faith  in 
God  sounded  out  the  wonl  of  the  Lord. 

"  Well,"  says  one,  "  what  k-ind  of  n  plan  do 
you  favor?"  What  Amtf  of  aplmi?  Thcreare 
no  kiiuh  of  plan,  but  a  ;>/flH— the  old  apostolic 
plan.  Any  other  is  not  worth  thinknng  about, 
much  li'ss  talking  and  writing  about.  I  am  for 
the  plan  that  has  no  stain  upon  it,  the  plan  that 
is  more  than  eighteen  hundred  years  old,  the 
plan  that  makes  every  brother  and  sister  a  true 
worker,  makes  thorn  powerful  instniments  in  the 
hands  of  God,  for  the  spread  of  His  Wonl. 
This  apostolic  plan  tolls  who  shall  go,  where 
thej-shall  go,  when  to  preach  and  what  to  preach. 
More  than  this  no  man  can  say;  and  to  say  less 
is  avoiding  tho  issue.  I  see  nothing  hut  sim- 
plicity iu  the  apostolic  plan.  I  see  no  long  lanes 
with  little  crooks  in  them,  through  which  a 
mbiistcr  must  pass  to  reoch  the  sinner.  I  sec 
every  member  in  tho  apostolic  orAor  alitv  work- 
er. I  see  no  drones  there.  I  see  none  getting 
fat  on  tho  food  of  others,  I  see  none  getting 
lean  through  the  fullness  of  others.  Idon'tseo 
some  running  after  Peter's  plan,  another  after 
Paul's  and  a  thii-d  after  James';  for  these  had 
no  plan  save  the  one  given  by  Jesns.  In  fact 
they  worked  by  tho  name  rule,  and  left  that  for 
us.  If  we  do  not  accept  thatrulc.thatplan,  we 
accept  something  else;  audit  wo  accept  some- 
thing else  we  let  go  the  apostolic  order  of  things, 
and  then  we  are  wofuUy  entangled,  God  grant 
gr.aoc  to  avoid  the  entanglement. 

But  I  again  turn  my  ^yes  towards  Jerusalem 
and  see  no  concern  on  the  part  of  the  goers  how 
to  get  into  all  the  world,  where  to  go,  biit  na 
meek  and  humble  children,  the  entire  body  look- 
ed up  to  God  and  He  provided  a  way  forsucces-s- 
ful  work.  I  see  no  cumbrous  machinery,  no 
expensive  forms  among  the  early  Christians  to 
spread  the  Gospel.  I  look  over  into  the  apostol- 
ic order  and  see  no  man,  no  number  of  men 
spending  o.2>e»mj  to  gei  a.  faiihimj  for  mission- 
ary work.  I  look  into  the  world  now,  and  see 
just  such  work  going  on.  I  look  back  again 
over  eighteen  hundred  years  and  fail  to  see 
the  mites  of  widows  appropriated  to  clothe  in- 
dolent men  in  "  costly  array  "  and  to  adoni  their 
houses,  I  see  no  minister  standing  t<)  be  told 
to  go  with  shekels  of  silver  or  talents  of  gold; 
but  I  see  them  going  and  the  saints  everywhere 
administering  to  their  wants.  If  there  were 
any  poor,  the  more  able  were  commanded  to 
give  "  not  grudgingly,  or  of  necessity,"  but 
cheerfuHv-  I  see  none  burdened  and  others 
eased,  but  I  see  "  eqitttlifij  "  (2  Cor.  8: 14).  I  do 
not  see  the  minister  toiling  and  laboring,  bear- 
ing the  whole  burden,  but  I  see  eqiuditij.  1  do 
not  see  the  apostles  first  laying  a  money  foun- 
dation and  working  according  to  this.  I  do  not 
see  them  under  the  necessity  of  telling  the  saints 
to  administer  to  their  icaulu,  but  the  Siiints 
knew  this  by  the  Word  of  the  Lord.  In  fact, 
I  see  {'[ualilij  all  along  the  apostolic  route,  hence 
foil  to  see  any  occasion  for  want  or  concern 
about  money,  These  only  come  in  where  there 
is  ineqiuilHy;  and  the  best  medicine  for  inequal- 
ity is  large  doses  of  the  only  true  Gospel.  Now 
reader,  by  this  time  you  are  ready  to  aay  that 
you  are  in  full  accord  svitb  the  apostolic  plan  of 
missionary  work:  if  not,  why  not?  It  is  the 
oldest,  purest,  best  and  most  successful.  Others 
may  be  nearly  as  good,  but  the  tuarhj-as-good 
are  never  equal  to  the  best.  m.  v.  k. 


EDITOEIAIi  COREESPONDENCE. 


Dear  Paper: — 
A  UK  meetings  at  Eagle  Creek, 


4)y  hard  work  andXjict  honesty  on  their  part, '  served.     No  renting  or  selling  of   pews,  by  '  ary  church;  anH  the  facts  show  that  she  sought '  up  and  rejoiced. 


Dunkirk 
continued  several  days  and  though  tho 
roads  were  the  worst  we  ever  saw  during  any 
series  of  meetings  yet  the  attendance  was  good. 
Those  who  could,  came  on  horseback  and  in  bug- 
gies, others  came  each  time  afoot.  The  Presby- 
terians had  a  series  of  meetings  in  progress  one 
mile  and  a  half  distant,  while  the  Methodists 
were  conducting  meetings  within  two  miles, 
making  it  rather  a  competition  religiously,  yet 
oin-  meetings  as  before  stated  were  well  attend- 
ed. Doling  its  progress  several  uuit«d  with  the 
church,  among  them  a  man  called  a  moralist 
who  had  by  his  influence  been  a  hindrance  to 
the  church  in  many  ways  for  years  before;  an- 
other who  still  exerted  a  great4?r  influence  against 
the  church,  being  connected  with,  and  a  preach- 
er in  the  Methodist  church;  had  formerly  been 
only  an  exhorter,  but  at  the  time  of  his  Ijaptism 
was  A  regular  licensed  minister  among  them. 
His  brethren  seemed  much  surprised  and  de- 
pressed at  his  change,  and  outji  as  much  lifted 


Marcli    '21, 


TI-IE    I^TIKTHRT-.^T    ^VT    "WOniv. 


On  Thursday  SStli  wc  hH  nA\t:n  to  the  hreth- 
rtn  hun:  iiiiil  pa'wcd  rUi  of  Limn  tu  J.eipsic,  where 
lint.  Shidler  met  and  conveyed  us  to  the  church 
nfiir  Gilboa,  where  we  were  to  hold  meetings 
for  flomfi  diiys.  Bro.  Wm.  Workman  precedeti 
us  Bpvoral  days  and  preached,  but  owing  to  the 
rain  and  mud  our  meetings  were  very  small  nt 
lirst,  but  increaaod  until  the  close,  and  at  the 
close  of  the  meetings  we  bad  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  n  number  willing  to  confess  Christ  and 
change  their  church  relations,  as  nearly  all  were 
from  other  churches.  Among  the  number  add- 
ed here  was  o  minister  of  the  United  Brethren 
church,  making  a  rejoicing  among  God's  people. 
He  wiis  ft  stranger  among  the  Brethren  in  part, 
having  just  lately  moved  in  the  district.  Is  a 
man  ol  intelligence  and  we  hope  will  be  an  ex- 
ample and  instrument  for  good  in  the  church. 

March  8lh,  we  separated  from  our  brethren 
jmd  friends  here  and  enrae  to  this  place  (Fosto- 
rift)  where  wc  will  remain  for  a  few  days  and 
then  return  home,  as  we  need  rest  and  by  the 
advice  of  physicicms  will  labor  in  the  ministry 
no  more  for  an  indefinite  period,  at  least  not  till 
after  A.  M.  and  probably  not  then  unless  our 
nervous  system  strengthens  and  health  fully 
returns,  When  we  look  back  over  our  labors 
in  the  past  wo  see  many  acts  of  indiscretion 
which  may,  to  a  certain  extent,  bo  the  prime 
cause  of  jjresent  worn  down  health.  Among 
them,  preaching  at  night  and  changing  beds  af- 
ter riding  several  miles  through  the  cold  or  rain 
instead  of  occupying  the  same  bed  each  night, 
and  stopping  near  the  church.  Eating  of  every- 
thing good  without  i-eference  to  tlie  laws  of 
health,  and  incessant  talking  out  of  the  pulpit. 
I  used  to  think  that  men  would  not  wear  out 
pveacliiug,  hut  God  will  take  care  of  no  man 
who  violates  an  established  law;  above  all,  that 
of  the  laws  of  health. 

During  our  slay  at  Dunkirk  we  met  Bro. 
Howard  Miller  and  heard  him  preach  his  church 
extension  sermon.  Trust  his  work  ivill  end  in 
glory  to  God  and  the  cause  of  the  church.  As 
a  people  we  have  had  too  little  of  the  spirit  of 
missions  and  now  that  our  brotherhood  is  awak- 
ening to  its  duty  on  the  subject,  we  feel  that 
the  utmost  care  should  \>e  used  in  furthering  it, 
an  injudicious  move  at  present  would  result  in 
injury,  and  no  doubt,  retard  the  progress  of  the 
church.  Trust,  however,  that  salvation  may 
arise  in  the  morning  of  our  missionary  day  and 
"  spread  lier  wings  over  forenoon  and  evening  un- 
til thousands  enter  the  ship  of  peace  and  pass 
to  the  other  shore,  arising  before  God  in  the  full 
triumph  of  redeeming  love. 

With  kind  regards  to  all  God's  people  everj- 
■where,  and  a  prayer  for  those  who  sent  word 
tliiit  wc  had  not  their  praj-ers,  we  close  our  pres- 
ent letter,  promising  to  give  a  full  report  of 
objects  and  incidents  of  interest  when  we  ar- 
rive at  home.  s.  h.  b. 


THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

WHEN  I  last  wrote,  I  was  in  St.  Louis,  spent 
the  most  of  the  afternoon  writing,  for 
when  traveling  every  spare  moment  must  be 
devoted  to  our  business.  Loft  St.  Louis  at  9:30 
and  traveled  all  that  night  and  did  not  i-each 
Hitchey, ourstopping  place,  till  oneo' clock  P.  M. 
Wednesday,  on  which  day  the  discussion  was  to 
have  commenced. 

After  leaving  St.  Louis  I  saw  but  little  coun- 
try' that  I  admired  till  after  passing  Springfield. 
In  fact,  Springfield  is  located  in  an  excellent 
portion  of  the  State,  and  the  condition  of  the 
farms  show  that  it  is  capable  of  much  produc- 
tiveness, and  will  eventually  rank  among  the 
wealthy  portions  of  the  West. 

At  Hitchey  I  was  met  by  Bro.  Peter  Fahniey 
and  conveyed  by  him  direct  to  Newtonia,  some 
four  miles  distant.  This  is  a  neat  little  village 
of  some  600  inbabitimta  and  situated  in  the 
midst  of  an  excellent  farming  country.  The 
church  here  is  yet  young,  but  in  a  healthy  and 
growing  condition  with  excellent  prospects  be- 
I'orc  it. 

It  was  about  three  o'clock  when  I  entered  the 
house  where  the  discussion  was  }jeing  held. 
Mr.  Itay  was  then  on  the  floor  near  the  close  of 
one  of  his  speeches.  He  is  a  man  about  fortj- 
eight  years  old,  heavy  set,  coarse  features  and 
quite  bold  in  appearance  and  action.  lie  is  the 
most  stormy  man  in  speaking  I  ever  saw  on  the 
iioor,  and  it  would  be  impossible,  in  print,  to 
represent  his  woixls  as  he  emphasizes  them  while 
talking.  At  times  he  speaks  so  loud  that  it  is 
impossible  for  nnuiy  to  distinctly  nuderstandhis 


articulation,  and  hence  I  could  not  get  nil  bis 
arguments,  and  therefore,  cannot  report  them 

I  would  wish.  lie  is  a  mon  of  great  debat- 
ing talent — of  good  ability — and  has  been  de- 
bating for  twenty  years— is  an  old  debater, 
having  mot  in  discussion  some  of  the  best  crit- 
ics of  the  land,  and  therefore  comes  into  this 
debate  ivith  all  the  experience  that  any  man 
could  ask  for,  thus  rendering  him  amply  and 
fully  qualified  to  do  all  for  the  Baptist  cause 
that  could  possibly  he  doneby  any  one.  In  fact 
he  is  recognixed  ua  the  ablest  debater  in  tho 
West,  having  hukl  not  less  than  thirty  public 
discussions.  Ho  i-anks  verj-  high  in  the  literary 
circles  as  a  Bapti.st  Iiistorian,  having  written 
several  works  and  among  them  a  book  of  nearly 
500  pages  on  Baptist  Succession.  Two  of  his 
public  discussions  have  been  reported  and  pub- 
lished. He  is  also  editor  of  the  Btiplht  Battle 
Fluff,  a  weekly  paper  published  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Brother  J.  W.  Stein  is  thirty-six  years  of  age. 
He  was  born  in  Roanoke  Co.,  Va.,  and  descends 
from  a  respectable  line  of  Baptist  families  on 
mother's  side,  his  grand-father  having  been 
one  of  the  oldest  -Bniitist  ministers  of  the  times. 
His  father  was  from  Beriin,  Prussia;  ho  came  to' 
Va.  in  an  early  day.  The  war  prevented  Bro. 
Stein  finishinghis  regular  college  course,  though 
he  has  since  applied  himself  very  diligently  and 
thus  acquired  a  good  stock  of  knowledge.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  Baptist  ministry  when 
twenty-flve  years  of  age  and  continued  to  jireach 
for  tile  Baptist  church  for  nine  years,  when  ho 
came  to  the  Brethren,  and  is  now  pretty  well 
known  among  our  people. 

He  entei-s  this  discussion  without  any  expe- 
rience as  a  debater,  though  well  prepared  for  the 
work.  Some  of  the  Brethren  were  fearful  that 
Mr.  Ray's  great  experience  as  a  debater  would 
prove  too  much  for  Bro.  Stein,  but  he  proved 
himself  equal  to  the  task.  He  takes  things  cool- 
ly and  deliberately,  not  once  becoming  unduly 
excited.  During  the  entire  discussion  it  was 
plainly  visible  that  in  the  point  of  good  schol- 
arship Bro.  Stein  was  far  in  advance  of  Ray, 
and  entered  departments  where  his  opponent 
dared  not  follow.  For  instance  when  Bro.  Stein 
took  up  the  commission  and  analyzed  it  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  of  language,  showing  that  it 
unquestionably  taught  the  three-fold  immersion, 
Ray  just  let  himself  down  and  positively  refus- 
ed to  grapple  with  the  question.  When  the 
congregation  saw  him  do  that,  they  lost  confi- 
dence in  his  ability  to  refute  Bro.  Stein's  argu- 
ment thus  drawn  from  the  commission. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  Baptists  lay  great 
ebiims  to  organic  succession,  claiming  that  the 
Baptist  churches  can  he  traced  by  an  unbroken 
line  to  the  apostles.  This  position  was  taken  by 
Kiiy  as  one  of  his  strongest  arguments,  and  on 
it  he  placed  much  reliance.  Bro.  Stein  repeat- 
edly urged  him  to  name  just  one  body  of  Bap- 
tists, like  his  church,  before  the  twelfth  century. 
This  he  refused  to  do  though  challenged  several 
times,  then  Bro.  Stein  took  up  the  Baptist  his- 
tory, which  Ray  had  written,  and  showed  con- 
clusively, by  the  best  Baptist  historians  in  the 
world,  that  the  very  class  of  people  through 
which  Ray  was  tracing  the  Baptist  church  were 
just  like  the  Brethren.  He  showed  that  they 
practiced  trine  immersion,  feet-washing,  Lord's 
supper,  the  holy  kiss,  anointing  the  sick  with 
oil,  non-swearing  and  were  opposed  to  war  and 
took  no  part  in  it.  This  was  simply  overwhelm- 
ing. He  simply  cut  1200  years  off  of  the  other 
end  of  the  Baptist  church,  thus  proving,  that 
far  as  organic  succession  was  concerned,  the 
Baptist  church  lacks  1200  years  of  being  old 
enough  to  reach  the  apostolic  age.  No  attempt 
was  made  to  refute  this  argument,  Bro.  Stein 
demonstrated  that  the  Baptist  histories,  instead 
of  proving  the  Baptist  claims,  actually  sustain- 
ed the  Brethren's  doctrine. 

On  Baptist  history  Ray  was  driven  to  the  wall, 
and  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  day's  discussi 
declared  that  he  would  not  give  a  feather  for  the 
evidence  of  such  historians  as  Orchai'd,  Judson 
and ,  Robinson. 

Thk  discussion  has  been  in  contemplation  for 
some  time,  and  therefore  the  parties  were  well 
prepared  for  it.  Mr.  Ray  affirmed  that  "The 
Baptist  churclies  possess  Bible  cbaiacteristics 
entitling  them  to  be  regarded  as  churches  of  Je- 
sus Christ."  Bro.  Stein  denied.  Tho  discuss- 
ion commenced  at  11  o'clock  on  Wednesday, 
March  6th,  each  paity  making  four  half-hour 
siteeches  each  day.  Mr.  Ray  occupied  three 
days  affirming  his  pi-opo.sitiou.      It  was  clear  to 


dl  ih.ithe  failed  to  sustain  his  proposition,  for 
me  of  the  strongest  proofs  he  had  to  rely  on 
was  organic  succession  and  that  was  taken  en- 
tirely away  from  him,  leaving  a  gap  of  1'200 
years  between  his  church  and  the  churches  of 
Jesus  Christ.  He  made  a  great  ado  over  the  fif- 
ty million  Baptist  martyrs  who  suffered  for  the 
luse  of  Christ.  Bro.  Stein  wanted  hiui  to  tell 
ho  some  of  those  martyrs  were,  but  he  refused 
to  name  one,  for  if  he  had  Bro.  Stein  would 
ive  proven  that  they  were  like  the  Brethren 
d  not  like  the  Baptists.  His  eulogy  over  the 
church  in  the  wilderness,  its  sufferings  and  trials 
grand  indeed,  but  judge  of  the  astonish- 
ment when  it  was  proven  that  all  those  church- 
es he  referred  to  practiced  triuo  immersion,  and 
were  opposed  to  oaths,  war  &c. 

On  Saturday  morning  Bro.  Stein  commenced 
affirming  the  following  proposition:  "The 
Brethren  (or  Dunkard)  churches  pos,sess  Bible 
characteristics  entitling  them  to  he  regarded  as 
churches  of  Christ,"  and  spent  the  most  of  his 
on  trhie  immersion  up  to  Monday  evening 
at  which  time  I  finish  up  and  send  off  this  re- 

Up  to  the  present  time  Mr.  Hay  has  positive- 
ly refused  to  grapple  with  Bro.  Stein's  analysis 
if  the  commission.  Bro.  Stein  produced  not 
less  than  five  ancient  Greek  scholars  who  say 
the  commission  teaches  trine  immersion,  nnd 
offered  to  give  them  all  up  if  his  opponent 
svould  produce  j'Ha(  o;te  ancient  Greek  scholar 
saying  it  taught  single  immersion.     Ray  refus- 

to  touch  the  question.  Bro.  Stein  showed 
that  tlie  commission  taught  trine  immersion  so 
plainly  that  it  took  five  hundred  years  before  a 
man  could  be  found  having  audacity  enough  to 
claim  that  it  taught  single  immersion,  and  that 
that  man  was  a  pope,  belonging  to  the  mother 
of  harlots  too  at  that,  and  then  challenged  Ray 
to  produce  one  single  person,  before  500  years 
after  Christ,  saying  to  the  contrary.  Ray  would 
not  touch  this  question. 

Bro.  Stein  cornered  Ray  completely  on  one 
thing.     Ray  in  his  book  on  Baptist  succession 

id  that  trine  immersion  originiilcd  with  the 
Catholics  (i/ter  the  rise  of  the  Arian  controversy. 
This  would  place  the  origin  of  trine  immersion 
near  the  beginning  of  thefourth century.  But 
Ray  was  driven  to  admit  that  trine  immersion 
was  practiced  as  early  as  the  second  century, 
then  Bro.  Stein  proved  by  good  Baptist  histo- 
that  there  was  no  change  made  in  the 
administering  baptism  till  after  the 
close  of  the  third  century,  thus  showing  that 
trine  immersion  was  the  universal  mode  during 
the  first  three  centuries  of  Christianity,  nnd 
then  asked  Ray  to  find  just  one  cose  of  single 
immersion  during  that  time.  The  great  Baptist 
historian  and  debater  would  not  touch  it. 

The  discussion  will  last  two  days  yet.  I  am 
feeling  quite  well,  and  enjoy  myself  with  the 

'Hibers  here.     They  are  a   zealous   and    wide 

ake  body  of  members.     I  have  been  preacli- 

;  every  night,  with  one  exception,  since  here. 
The  weather  is  delightful  and  Spring  coming  in 
beautifully.  The  Brethren  have  a  fine  country 
here.     More  anon.  j.  h.  m. 


something  like.  Presto.  Liir^n,  Allegrn — play 
bri^k  and  bolitiy;  let  sense  and  sound  go  togeth- 
er. This  I  regard  as  the  most  probable  mean- 
ing of  the  term. 


aUEHIBS  AND  ANSWERS. 

1.  Please  give  your  views  on  Genesis  1:  26. 
To  wliom  was  God  speaking  when  He  said: 
"  Let  ua  make  man  in  our  own  image  and  after 
our  own  likeues.si'  "  J.  S.  Fmrz. 

Genesis  was  first  written  in  Hebrew,  and  in 
this  language  we  read  it  thus:  "In  the  lieerin- 
ning  Gods  created  the  heaven  and  the  earth." 
In  the  original  it  is  Elohim,  meaning  more  than 
one,  hence  plural;  imd  being  plural,  wc  can 
readily  perceive  why  Elohim,  Gods,  said,  "  Let 
IIS  make  man."  So  far  in  Divine  inspiration 
we  have  revealed  to  us  Father,  Son  nnd  Holy 
Spirit — all  of  whom  have  the  title  God.  I  un- 
derstand therefore  that  the  Father  said  to  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit,  "  Let  us  make  man," 


2.  Will  you  please  tell  us  through  the  col- 
umns of  the  BiiETiiiiEN  AT  WoitK  the  meoning 
of  the  word  "Selah"  which  occurs  so  frequent- 
ly in  the  Psalms?  ENyuiBEii. 

The  Septuagint  always  translates  it  diajtsalma 
— a  pause  in  a  Psalm.  The  Chatdee  sometimes 
gives  it  the  meaniug,  forever.  The  other  ver- 
sions leave  it  unnoticed.  By  some  commenta- 
tors it  is  said  to  have  the  signification  of  Amen 
— so  be  it;  mark  well.  But  it  seems  to  come 
from  Sal,  to  raise  the  voice,  or  Solafi  to  scatter 
or  spread  out,  meaning  that  the  subject  should 
be  attentively  considered.  The  most  reasonable 
view  is,  that  it  is  a  direction  to  the  musicians. 


3.  Is  it  sale  to  for  us  to  follow  commentatore 
on  the  Bible,  or  should  we  take  the  Won!  alone 
as  our  guide  and  ask  wisdom  of  God  to  under- 
stand it?  EsqnREtt. 

It  is  not  safe  to  follow  commentators  in  alt 
things.  hihUlnrkal  matter  they  lire  perhaps 
perfectly  reliable,  but  in  lioclrhie,  and  exjierience, 
they  often  shoot  wide  of  the  mark.  In  matters 
of  doctrine,  commentators  generally  follow  their 
early  religious  training,  hence  their  work  is 
e  or  loss  a  reflection  of  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  the  society  to  which  they  belong.  Here 
then  it  would  not  be  safe  to  follow  their  reason- 
ing, but  in  dates  and  events  they  are  not  influ- 
enced by  society  training,  hence  generally 
reliable.  It  is  safe  to  follow  the  Word  alone. 
It  is  not  lun-d  to  understand,  and  "  if  any  mim 
lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God  who  giveth. 
liberally."  But  there  is  only  one  way  of  asking 
for  wisdom.  We  are  taught  to  "  study  "  and 
search  the  Scriptures,  and  ask  for  the  influence 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  that  wisdom  niaymarkaUof 
our  thoughts  and  acts.  A  man  may  have  great 
learning,  yet  be  very  foolish — have  no  wisdom. 
Wisdom  in  man,  will  manifest  itself  in  the  mat- 
ter of  judgment,  discretion  and  skill.  So  we  are 
taught  to  stiidi/  God's  Word,  and  then  auk  God's 
influence  to  apply  that  knowledge  in  a.  wise 
ma  II  tier. 

But  there  is  an  error  afloat  that  it  would  Ije 
well  to  guard  against.  It  is  claimed  that  if  we 
ask  QqA  for  wisdom.  He  will  put  words  in  our 
biouth,  and  all  we  need  to  do  Is  to  let  them  out. 
Before  the  Word  was  written,  before  it  was  put 
in  form,  God  directly  inspired  men  and  gave 
them  words  to  utter,  but  since  the  words  of  God 
were  put  in  /orin  so  that  all  men  can  see,  read 
and  obey,  God  does  not  send  words  some  other 
way.  The  words  of  the  Holy  Ghost  must  be- 
put  in  our  mind  by  our  own  effort,  and  then  we 
have  a  perfect  right  to  pray  for  nisdom— thatis, 
good  judgment,  skill  and  discretion  to  apply 
them,  to  use  them.  It  la  hoir  to  apply  wisdom- 
words  that  we  should  seek  the  Lord,  and  not  the 
wisdom-words  themselves.  These  are  always 
with  us  if  we  learn  them. 


i.  Please  give  an  explanation  on  1  Peter  4: 
0.  Were  those  persons  or  characters  spoken  of, 
dead  physically  or  spiritually? 

A.  MoiiK. 

B.  YoHN. 

The  Scripture  alluded  to  by  those  brethren 
reads  thus:  "  For,  for  this  cause  was  the  Gospel 
preached  also  to  them  that  are  dead,  that  they 
might  be  judged  according  to  men  in  the  flesh, 
but  live  according  to  Godin  the  Spirit."  "  This 
cause  "  means  that  Jesus  "  is  remhi  to  judge  the  ' 
quick  and  the  dead."  Note  therefore,  first; 
The  Gospel  was  preached  to  those  that  were 
dead,  phijskallij.  Second:  This  was  necessary 
for  two  purposes.  1.  That  those  dead  persons 
might  be  judged  according  to  men  ui  the  flesh. 
2.  That  they  might  live  acconling  to  God  inthe 
Spirit. 

They  were  dead  physically,  because  I  nowhere 
find  in  the  Book  of  God,  that  the  spirit  of  man 
dicn.  We  reml  of  a  slumbering  spirit  (Rom.  II: 
8),  of  a  foul  spirit  (Rev.  18:  3)  and  of  many 
other  kinds  of  spirits,  but  nothing  of  a  dtad  , 
spirit.  Dead  in  sin,  is  not  a  dead  spirit,  but  a 
spirit  in  a  sinful  state.  If  there  were  such  a 
thing  as  a  dead  spirit,  or  a  person  dead  spiritu* 
ally,  it  would  appear  then  that  a  man  could  live 
without  a  spirit,  which  is  not  according  to  Di- 
vine arrangements.  The  apostle  firat  addres»> 
ed  \if:t  men,  and  next  told  them  something  aboafc 
dead  men.  We  should  understand  by  Hvt  men, 
such  who  aro  physically  able  to  know,  see,  move 
&c.  Then  we  understand  by  dead,  men,  such 
whose  breath  of  life  has  departed.  Look  at  it 
as  we  will  the  apostle  seems  to  allude  to  those 
who  were  dead,  physically.  u.  «.  k. 


Brotiikb,  if  you  would  be  happy,  let  God's 
sunshine  into  your  heart.  Do  not  be  under  the 
shadow  of  tho  world,  nor  try  to  get  others  un- 
der. Let  the  peace  of  redeeming  love  rule  in 
your  house;  and  while  that  peace  is  there  see 
that  you  are  not  preparing  carnal  weapons  for 
war.  Often  on  your  knees  in  secret,  will  help 
you  to  scatter  sunshine  to  others.  Do  not  be- 
dim its  rays  by  the  corruptible  things  of  the 
world,  but  feed  them  with  grace  divine. 

Maintain  purityby  yielding  up  nothing  that 
is  God's;  maintain  peace  by  yielding  up  all  that 
i-i  vour  own. 


TI-I35^  l^l?ETti:i?K:N^    ^VX    A\'01il<:. 


IVTarcli   ^1- 


.^/'?  !?<"«?  ffjtch. 


READ  AHD  OBEV. 
^        "  ilusbnnJs,  Iqtb  your  wlica," 
"Wiles,    obey    J9ur  ihuabantla." 
"  Falliera,  provoke  not  jour  cliilJrcn  la  nn 
"  Chijilrca,    ob»;    your    parenla    ia    all    tbi 


Edited  by  M)  M.  Eshelman. 


ACROSTIC. 

Mnny  iieople  now  are  nmruliiiig, 

On  tliD  path  the  wicked  are; 

Oft  thej-'re  warned,  but  slill  tliey  linger. 

Round  the  pool  of  dark  despair. 

Evil  still  is  to  them  clinging, 

Bnt  the)'  do  not  seem  to  care, 

AUvrtvs  they  me  something  craving, 

Something  that  saints  cannot  bear. 

Hear  now  what  the  Savior  sayeth. 

Oh,  come  now  yourselves  prepare, 

Rtao  and  hear,  then  put  in  practice, 

(ii  you  will  His  blessings  share. 

Every  soul  He'has  invited, 

Siiluera  come  while  all  is  fair.  ' ' 

He  has  given  us  examples, 

Kach  to  show  our  love  while  herd. 

Lord  now  help  us  to  live  faithful, 

May  ive  all  live  in  Thy  fear, 

Ami  at  hist  get  home  to  heaven, 

Never  more  to  sorrow  there., 

Jemima  Koh. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

VOIT  have  sent  us  uiiuiy  Icttei-s,  and  no  douht, 
JL  yOn  did  as  well  as  you  knew  litiw.  but 
many  of  you  tell  the  same  storj'.  I  don't  mean 
the  oldstory  of  the  cross,  but  the  storV  of  going 
to  school,  what  you  study,  your  teacJier's  nmnc 
and  so  ou.  All  this  is  evidence  of  a  child-like 
heart,  but  all  cannot  thus  see  it.  You  must, 
therefore,  ,excu:ie  us  if  we  leave  out  all  siichi  mat-, 
ter,  au(j  select  only  sucli  as  po.infs  directly  to  our 
Father's  spiritual  work.  Write,  short  urt^ck-s 
on  Bible  subjects.  You.kuoiv,  older  people  .will 
read  yoiir  letters,  and  they  want  substantial  food. 
Now  try  your  best  and  t^ee  how  well  you  eau 
write'of  .lesus  and  His  >:o(k1  wurk.'     M.  m.  r.. 


QUERY  AND  ITS  ANSWER. 

Dfar  Editor: — Please  tell  ns  (yho  the  ninety 
and  nine  just  persons  are>that  need  no  repent- 
ance?. Jv.\.TrE  X.  S-NAVULV. 

The-l)h!rablc  of  the  sheep  that  were  iii.t  lost 
and 'the  oho  that  strayed  aiAj-,  teachfe  us  a  yuoU 
lcss6nj  "The  just  shalMii4  by  tiiith  "  These 
are  tjie^' that  need  no  repentdnc^:  They  hal*c 
been  bom  again,  washed  thiir  robes  in  the  blood 
of  the  Lamb,  and  diligently  follow  Him.  These, 
sa^s  .lesuif,  need  no  repen,taiicp<;  for .  tbey  walk 
in  nil  the  stafutes  and  ;commriuduient3  of  the 


husk's  of  carnality-  -     I    ■  .■:.  ■,..  i    ;,|..  :r  , , 

and  when  he  is  foiii,.'  ■  '  -  ■,,  i,,  ,i  ,  ,  ,,  (h,. 
angels  rejoice.  My  .  _  .  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■■.  i  .  i  imi 
reach'tlie point wliii            '    ■'    ■  .  ,,!■, 

to  fill  yoiit  souls  IMI       ,         I  >    ■  ■     ■       ■  .  ■!,,. 

wilde^riii^SBof'sin,  \nv.  ni  :„!;_■.■  ■,  u,j:v. :-.,  -  ,,!,  .1,,. 
side  of  ■the  just,  and  theu  walk  bhiTnele'--s  befoiv 
the  Lord.  ■■  .■ ■      '11.  m;  k. 

,'     SUNDAY  MORNING. 

""  At     Meeting. 

flUtE  minister  uruc-,  I,., „t  rli.^  t..uiil,  •■\,..<,.x,--c 
1  "ot"  Peter s  fn-st  l-ir,.,-,  ,ii„|  I,,-.,.-,,,  |,,  f,,l[- 
plea-=a"ntiy't-o'the  pr>r.],l,^,  |M,}iiii)]_'  Hj.ui  ^l  IIk 
woi-Asy"'H'yO'be  reproach.'.!  '■  ■!■.  |.  ,,  .1 
ChriSt,'happy'.ireye;  forth.' -^^  ■■  ■•  .  ■■  n  ! 
of  God'ivsteth  upon  you:  mj  il,.-ii-  ,.,..'  1,,  , 
evil  Spoken  of.  but  on  _vriurpnrt  Ir.  h  ^'ti.i'ilieil.  ' 
He  told  how  happy  those  are;  who  ate  reproatb- 
ed  fur  the  name  of  Christ.  On  such,  rests  the 
Spirit  ol  glory.  The  kind  father,  mother  and 
children  who  came  to  meeting  with  a  godly 
conversation  ou  the  ivay,  noiv  sit  looking 
smilingly  and  ple.-isiiutly  .it  the  minister  and  arc 
happy  in  hearing  the  wonls  of  truth  from  him. 
Do  tbey  spend  their  time  in  looking  at  others? 
No.  Wliiie  ou  their  knees  at  prayer,  do  they 
peep  over  the  congregation  to  see  how  this  or 
that  person  is  dressed?  No,  not  at  all:  they 
are  not  "busy-bodies  in  other  men's  matters." 
Then  they  are  not  looking  to  tlie  right  and  left 
(13  if  they  came  ont  of  mere  curiosity?  0  no, 
but  as  children  of  God  they  look  luid  listen 
This  inspires  the  minister  to  work  pleasantly, 
and  he  feels  that  his  work  is  not  in  vain. 

This  Iiappy  family  is  here  to  be  nmde  better. 
Tbey  came  to  be  enriched  still  more  nnd  more 


in  the  truth  of  God.  God  blesses  them  for  their 
motives.  Sec  how.thej-  gather  the  rich  kernels 
of  truth!  What  care  they  for  the  chati?  It  is 
the  clean,  pure  gua\\  they  are  after,  and  tbey 
have  fio  time  to  spend  in  raking  over  matter 
that  can  <Io  them,  nor  any  one  else  any  good. 
God  bless  tliein  for  their  good  sense!  Grave, 
sober,  yet 'kind  and  ideasuiit  to  all.  '' Wliat 
nmde  brother  .Tames  and  sister  Mary  so  happy 
to-fluy?"  queried  sister  Cora  as  she  goes  home. 
Happy?  It  was  their  holy  living,  their  good 
conversation  on  the  way  to  meeting  and  their 
attention  while  at  meeting.  Their  hearts  were 
filled  with  love  to  God  and  man.  They  looked 
upon  others  as  their  equals  and  not  as  infeiiors. 
Tliej'  had  no  malice,  no  ill-ivill,  no  lad  /veliiuj 
towards  any  one.  In  fact  they  did  their  duty  as 
they  knew  it,  and  were  happy.  0  for  thousands 
and  millions  of  such  happy  people!  Misery, 
woe,  backbiting,  whisperings  and  contentions 
never  originate  mth  this  happy  family— this  Bi- 
ble family.  All  is  love  ivith  them.  True  they 
have  trials  and  temptations,  hut  they  orercouir 
Willi  /fiitli.  The  preacher  preached  plain,  but 
they  were  not  Auri:  Ho  told  of  sin;  howit  gets 
into  the  hemi,  and  then  shows  itself,  makes  its 
marks  on  our  bodies,  ourfaces,  lips,  in  our  hous- 
es and  all  our  possessions,  hut  they  were  not 
hurt.  In  some  tliijiga  they  were  condemned, 
bnt  they  profited  hy  it.  They  did  not  tell  it 
abroad  bow  the  preai.'hei''s  words  hiiniH  /liar 
lieiirl^;  but  they  were  uiiide  better  by  the  preach- 
ing. Tbey  spoke  hot  lightly  aboiit  the  minis- 
ter's bhindci-s.  Tbcse  troubled  them  not.  Tbey 
went  to  be  made  better,  and  were.  God  bless 
all  such  families  in  meeting  and  out  of  it!  God 
IS  glorilied  bj-  such  happy,  sensible  people.  The 
Spirit  of  glory  rested  upon  tbeni.  Happy,  hap- 
py, family  indeed.  Let  their  numljer  be  greatly 
increased.  .     11.  m.  e, 

TO  THE  DEAR  BOYS  AND   GIRLS 

WHO   WRITE  FOR  THE 

HOME   CIRCLE. 

I  HAVE  been  flunking  for;Soni^  tinu?, of, writ- 
ing a  few  lines,  ti^o,  fm-  the  BfiivTHHE-J  .vt, 

WoitK.      You  sop  I    nddli'--     ,-inl    r7,   .,    Imys    au. 

girls,'  So  yuu  are,  iilMiii_"i  ri,,i,_.,..  i,,  nu 
What  makes  you  donKly  .;    n  r  ,     i-ilean 

that  so  many  of  you  h.ivc  iihv.uly  cuiiie  ou 
from  umoufr  the  world  and  are  tfyiiig  to  serv 
the  Lord.  ■  I  sincerely  hope  that  tiiife  will  come 
when  evoryoneof  yoH  will  Ije  numbered  with 
the  people  of  God.  ■  A  good  man  of  old  advises 
us  to  ■'  renieml^er  our  Creator  in  the  days  of  my 

"tV"    ,      , 

I  SCO  you  iu-e  al!  impro*-ing  ij^  letter  wriliu;,'; 
yo^ir  Icltci:*  are  getting,  more  lengthy  and  inter- 

:ing  every   week.     If  you   t.ike  Bro.,  E>b.-1- 
in  s  advice  and  writt.-  upon  B^ble  subjects,  you 

II  improve  more  still.     Your  liiinds  will  he- 
coiiie  eiiliirged,  and  tbo  iuformatirtn  you  gmn 

be  valuable.  Letter  and  essay  writinir 
should  lie  participated  in  by'every  young  per- 
br^innings  are  small,!  h(,t  continue 
I--  lull  ii(>wiL.iyour,efforts.  ■  Byim- 
1  d'  llI^  imi.L  has  given  us,  AuiUivinii 
.' ■  "l- 1  .lii.licof, gijeat  u^j  bi^lh  tu 
.uid,th?  W9l-I(l.i,i„|,_,|.i,  .,., 


VOICE  FROM  THE  DEAD. 


M^^;: 


lutbful  mates,  both  small  and  great, 
Stmul  here  imd  you  shalleee 
A  solemn  sight,  which  is  a  type 
Of  what  you  soon  must  be. 

I  did  appear  once  fresh  and  fair, 

Among  the  youthful  crowd; 
But  now  behold  me  dead  and  cold. 

Wrapped  in  a  sable  shroud. 

My  cheeks,  once  like  roses  spread. 

My  sparkling  eye  so  gay; 
But  now  you  see  how  'tis  with  me, 

A  lifeless  lump  of  clay. 

When  you  are  dressed  in  all  your  best, 

In  fashion  so  complete. 
You  soon  must  be  as  you  see  me, 

Wrapped  in  a  winding-sheet; 

When  you  unto  your'frolics  go, 

Remember  that  I  say. 
In  a  short  time,  though  in  yoiu-  pi-ime. 
You  may  be  called  away. 

Now  t  am  gone,  I  can't  return, 

And  me  no  more  you'll  see; 
But  it  is  true  that  all  of  you 

Must  shortly  follow  me. 

When  yon  unto  my  grave  do  go, 

The  gloomy  place  to  see; 
I  say  to  yon  who  stand  and  view. 

Prepare  to  follow  me. 

The  above  ivas'suugat  the  funeral  services  of 
one  of  my  school  scholars' and  1  thought  how 
much. the  Inst  lino  should  engage  us  all;  especi- 


M,'. 


.  l.fK 


GOING  TO   Cif^Rg^iiiii^Q 

WHKX'Clm.M  ■  ■  !  ;  rr..„ich..reb.ona 
Sabball,.-.  ....  ;  -dty  themselves 
by'pro\iding  ;i -iii^.n.^-  .. ■■-,-...  Tliey  are  not 
well,  tired^  dfraid ot  tiikiiiL'  cnbUm-theyhiiVc'to 
I'cuminat  homo  tollebotherscgo-^soniotliinEr'iis 
found  •easily  at  ImiVl  todhimc  into,  on  apology. 


X<.f  n 


,{■•  iiu 


.-rbap.-'.  are 
■iUT    ;.s   .!nl 


I  to'  acknowiedgi 
iucy  A^lams  has 


ally  the  voi 

tift,.-n  v,.;,r 

ng.     Onr  d 

old,  i-i^hl 

parted  s 

11  lb-  t, 

hola 

ivas  only 

of  youth. 

\v,.  ,,,,■  -,„ 

-■(jrii.  -  1, 1.1,1 

1'. 

tlie 

young  do 

sL^.iKI.     ^. 

me  p,ii.^nU 

will 

tell 

tl.ei 

us   they 
children 

they  arc  toe 
they  nmko 

young  to 
n  ellbrt. 

erve 

the 

Lord,  even  if 

Hiff/irshwn,  MtL 

W 

r.FHE 

n  RiOK. 

'BEAUTIFUL   EXTRACT. 

I  SAWa- temple  reared  hy  the  hands  of  men, 
standing  with  its  high  pinnacles  in  the  dis- 
tant phiin.  ,The  storms  beat  upon,  it— the  God 
of  Natur(.',  hurled  his  thunderbolts  againstit^ 
yet  it  stood,  as  firm  as  adsmiant.  Revelry  was 
ill  its  halh— the  gay,,the  happj-,  and  the,beau- 
tiJul  were  there;  I  returned,  and  the  temple  was 
no  more,  its  high  walls  lay  scattered  in  ruins; 
mos>  and'  wild  gnu-^i  grew  wildly  there.  The 
young  niid  gay  who  reveled  there  bad  piis.sed 
away.  I  saw  a  child  rejoicing  in  his  youth— the 
idol  of  his  mother,  and  the  pride  of  bis'fatber. 
I  letiirned  and  the  child  had  beeomeold, — trem- 
bllug  wilb  tb...,  wdgbt  of  years,  he  stood  the 
1...I...I  1,1-    ::.n,..,.i,.ni-a  Strang.,    aumlst   the 


er?"'Snid  I  b>  r^n  ■_■"■'    ,     .    ■  '         !■    ,  ■ 
sjjidhe;'- W  li.-u  ih..,  ,,.,,;.  ._.  .,  ,,.     .,  ,._  ,,,^,', 
er  in  joy,  uvt-r  the   new  m;!'!..-    wt^rld,  lie  en 
mencedhis  co\irsq,   and   tvhonhe  shall  'ha 
destroycl,,  ail, (that;, in,  beautiful— plucked  ■  tlie 
siune    fr.ini    lii-.  sidi.T.-~v.'i|..,l  \\:.-   uii.on  into 
bl>M,l;   y..,    „]„.„    ;,,     .^      ;    ;.,,,       ,,,ii„,i   ],^.,^.^.„ 
aii.l.i.Ml,  ,„^.,^  „-  .....      ■..   ■.   ,,  A\  un  angel 

liuia  111-  Tin ,,!    ',      ;        .;,;,.    ..„ui     and' 


king.  He  was  niddy  and  withal  of  a  beauti- 
ful countenance  and  goodly  to  look  upon.  He 
was  a  cunning  flayer  ou  a  harp  nnd  a  mighty 
valiant  man  aud  a  mau  of  war.  Re  was  such  a 
great  man  and  did  so  many  great  tilings  that  I 
am  at  a  loss  to  know  what  to  toll  first.  One 
time  there  went  out  a  champion  named  Goliath, 
who  ivas  six  cubits  and  a  span  high,  (Editor, 
lii>w  nuiiiy  feet  is  that?)  and  defied  the  army  to 
which  David  belonged,  but  David  was  not  afraid 
of  bim.  He  did  not  know  how  to  fight  with  a 
aword  so  ho  took  his  staff  in  his  hand  and  chose 
five  smooth  stones  ont  of  the  brook  aud  his  sling 
was  in  hiB  hand,  and  be  wont  out  and  met  this 
great  man  nnd  overcame  him.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  his  very  eventful  life.  Ho  passed 
through  many  sorrows,  trials,  temptations  and 
troubles,  but  finally,  by  God's  direction,  he  go- 
eth  nji  to  Hebron  where  bo  is  made  king  over 
the  house  of  Judab  and  reigned  seven  years;  then 
he  went  to  Jerusalem  and  reigned  over  all  Isra- 
el thirty-three  yean;.  He  was  a  great  singer, 
and  wrote  many  of  tbo  Psalms.  He  died  at  a 
good  old  age,  and  Solomon,  his  son,  reigned  in 
his  stead.  Doha  SrMsroNS. 

Viiifiii  Citij,  1)1(1. 

[Goliab  was  about  nine  feet,  six  inches  in 
hight.— M.  M.  E.J 


A  Qoon  sister  suggests  that  the  "aunts  "  and 
'Umcles"  come  ont  and  give  onr  readei-s  their 
real  names.  The  suggestion  is  a  good  one  in 
some  respects,  for  it  does  one  good  to  read  tbo 
■iettere  of  Paul  aud  Peter;  but  had  they  not 
clearly  revealed  themselves,  we  would  be  worri- 
ed with  doubts  and  perplexities.  I  know  it  is 
not  Ibe  yiccwH  that  should  move  onr  sonb  to  joy 
and  love,  hut  the  sentiments  of  the  writer. 
Nevcrtbeless  it  is  good  to  know  who  penneil  the 
tbougbts. 


SisTEii  E.  Vuniman  writes:  "  I  noticed  in  No. 
7,  Bro.  J.-B.  Shirk's  suggestion,  and  I  thought 
his  example  a  good  one;  therefore  our  children 

and  myself  have  made  up  a  small  amount  to 
help  to  pay  for  the  paper  for  those  who  arc  too 
poor  to  do  so.  I  hope  more  uf  the  children  will 
send  in  Hii^ir  mitr,  Th-  rlnidrfii'^  liiHi-,  i<  nut 
atbuniv.     \Vm--1m.  1,-r-    I   am  -nn.   I,-    u,mM 


join  witli  ii-  J 
sister.  U<^A  w 
the  poor.  Wi 
and  tbe'4villii]< 
mothers  to  help 


TIki 


m..  Of 

I'oor, 
■i  and 
'■Tho 


poor  ye  always  have  with  you;  and  ye  con  do 
ii  good  whenever  you  will,"  says  our  Master. 
God  help  us  to  wiU  riijhl. 


CHILDREJf  AT   WORK. 


Froni  Snsnii  E.  Itoyei-.- />(/»■  Eililm-:—l 
ru  .*o  (-lad  that  the  Broth  ron  are  at  work,  and  I 
Hnit  r  ought  to  help  all  I  can.    I  go  to 


n-i-tiii;:''wboncVct'  I   have  a 

ehfinee 

but  the 

■"-.yU  have  been  so  muddv  fl, 

s  Winf. 

V  t!>at  we 

raijnot  yo  away    IV.im    bnnii' 

■■    nir,  t 

.,'     We 

luve  nieefcin^'iii  our  uneliiit-l 

'"-'■  ^-i' 

-■  liy  o_ur 

his  w.vr).-..  'i.i  ii 

EteriiaV;  Tiiu-  j- 
110  moi't!'" 

The 'alioT..'!-^  h-\ 
havd  -sidected    it. 


'.  bii!  Tir 


■;mtifiil   f 


,1,1!  ) 


promises  of  the  IWxyA  tV.r  ivlicf  from  ;,'ri\i-|j,  - 
from  soul-des  ])iiblic  luul  priviifi.-;  uhv^t  iinir-  l-i- 
vent  prayer  for  direiHon  from  above  to  leail  m- 
in  the  short  remnant  of  the  path  before  me.  1 
have  wasted  the  day  without  being  aware  of  re- 
missness till  the  day  w.^s  gone.  To  the  church 
of  n'hieli  I  am  a  member  there  are  no  religious 
holidays  save  tbeCbri.sfinu  Sabbath;  but  person- 
ally 1  sympathise  with  those  who  solemnize  the 
tNvo  annivcrearies,  Christmas  and  Eastci-— the 
birth  and  tho  resurrection  of  Jesus.'" 

Such  a  confcssiou  is  good  for  the  soul.  If 
every  Chri.stian,  when  feeling  tempted  to  neg- 
lect his  accustomed  worsliip,  would  go  to  God, 
iiskiug  a  blessing  on  his  excuse  and  on  himself 
for  making  it  aud  carrying  it  out,  lie  would  find 
himself  recalling  it  and  acknowledging  that  it 
was  framed,  in  the  fii-st  place,  a  concession  to 
bis  want  of  interest  in  the  Gospel.— 6'i;7t'c/('(/. 


m.i  I 
nnnkin^  notliij,g  ,Mi  ynod 
irwt/  Reader,  whenthe  giiardian  (in- 
fiirtb  to!  proclaim  thfe  above  excinma- 
■!■  wilt  thou  be  standing?  ::Askiyoni'- 
l-^ilOl,  iNi'W  .  and  hastily  "prepare  to 
i-.l   ■     Wli-i,  t,m,.  shall  be  no  more 

'"■"'  !■  1^ nil  liir  repentance.     Just 

■.■s  IIS  .hi^ath  will  find  us.     May  (h 
IS  nnpreparodl'    Plet^  to  the  arms  of 
Jesiis.   He  stands   pleading   for  you.     COME 
NOW.  '      '  E.R.  Stifle 

HoiUdnijsburg,  Ph. 


■i-lMlii 


not  find  1 


ABOUT   DAVID. 

Dear  Editor: — 

YOU  wanted  my  brother  Edgai-  to  write  some- 
thing about  David,  bnt  be  had  commenced 
writing  about  somebody  else,  so  I  will  try  to  tell 
something  about  David. 

David  was  Jesse's  eighth  son.  He  was  the 
keeper  of  his  father's  sheep.  One  day  while  he 
was  watching  them  the  good  old  projihet  Sam- 
uel cunie  and  called  him  in  and  auointed   him 


he  l.el..ni;s  to  the  ehurch  too;  but  my  litHc  m^, 
tors  do  not  belong  jlet. '    ■ '  '■   '  ' 
I  .  Moiilicelh,  Iij'l. 

From  Will.  Ilarinsei-.— While  lock,lng  over 
tb..  wrifini;.  uf  th.,SL-  liitlc'  "  Iambi  "'■fbat  are 
tiiiw  ill  (be  Hcick  of  ,F^■^us,  I  wasmadc  to  rejoice 
as  do  the  utigels  in  heaven  when  iinnel's  turn  to 
serve  the  living  God:  And  I  especially  rejoiced 
when  1  readia  letteriVom  a  cousin'  of  miue.and 
itijtt  a  l(ii,tlii'i-.  It  i.-'.now.two  >-carS'SincoIcfl3fc 
lu;  |„t  ;„ii,,„-  th-  l!i-et!irei,,  aiid  I  still  tcel  ito, 
|'i-.-^  nil  ;iii(l  .fu  Iu  glury,  for  this  world  is  not 
(Uir  -t-i-u;il  liujiie.  0,  my  deaj:  cousins,  breth- 
ren mid  ,-;i.'tci^,'  let  ns  work  for  an  entrance  into 
I'lir  Rifbci's  house,  and  then  we  shall  ro.ani  on 
lliL'  banks  of  the  fiver  tif  Iifo,'ind  brithe  in  ifa 
blissful  lid^;     '  '■  "'  ■'■    -  "-ii-i  '     , 

liristol,  lad.   ■   ' I'ln 

Fi'Oiii  Jolui  W.  Moore.— i)«(r  Editor:— Uy 
pa|)a  died  when  I  was  three  years  old.  but  I 
have  every  assnrance  that  he  is  at  reat;  also  two 
little  sisfer.H  in  heaven  above.  I  have  no  broth- 
ers or  sisters  living,  but  I  have  a  dear  mamma 
and  step-father  who  treat  me  very  kindly.  I 
have  been  a  member  of  the  church  for  a  httle 
over  one  year,  and  am  trying  to  do  the  best  I 
Hope  to  hold  out  faithful  to  the  end  and 
ve  file  crown  that  is  luid  up  in  heaven  for 
all  that  love  and  serve  the  Lord.  Louie  C. 
Hickey:  The  shortest  chapter  in  the  Bible  is 
the  one  hundred  and  seventeenth  P.saliu. 

Ti£i„,  Oliio. 


Marcli    '31. 


TlrlK    m^KTFITlElSr    AT    AVOKIC 


CORRESPOTSTDElSrCE. 


FROM    DENMARK. 

[The  followiug'  inme  too  liitfe  to  liitpear  in  re- 
giiliir  order,  nnflns  tlit?rc  may  be  food  in  it  for 
tlio  saints,  we  now  send  it  on  its  .mission. — 
E»aJ. 

f>mrliylhrcii:— 

LOOKING  out  of  our  Kast  window,  my  eves 
restjS  on  two  nn'oting-liouses  with  the  tinte  ■ 
of  erection  on,  the  end,  (igiin.-s  m^de  of  iron 
fastened  in  tiie  wall;  the  one  170",  the  other 
1781',  and  yet  seemingly  ns  firm  m  .when  hnilt. 

And  while  thus  viewing  them,  it  caused  my 
jiiiiid  to  run  (as  this  is  Ihe.litil;  dny  we  expect 
to  oceupy  our  Denmark  home),  luid  t,hink  hnw 
many  [■ermous  have  heeii  preiiched  in  the  one 
lor  Jil  years,  and  in  the  other  for  !I8  yents;  I 
think  of  the  niimy  pmyei-s  oH'ereil,  tlie  hymns 
aiing,  and  the  ninny  dollars  spent  professedly 
in  the  -service  of  God.  But  when  examined  in 
the  light  of  the  Gos|Jel,  it  beara  no  resemblance 
to  service  introduced  by  the  Savior  and  [nactic- 
ed  by  His  apostles;  lieneo  must  be  a  service  of 
their  own;  and  I  fenr  the  Savior  would  sny: 
'■  This  people  draweth  nigh  to  nie  with  their 
month  and  with  their  lips  they  do  honor  me; 
hnt  their  heart  is  far  from  me;  in  vain  they  do 
woi-ship  me,  teaching  for  doctriuo  the  com- 
nnuidmcut^  of  men." 

It  is  -.1  lamentable  fact  that  there  is  much,  yea 
very  Tuneh  of  that  kind  of  worship  engaged  in, 
at  tbiw  age  of  the  world,  a  fact  that  must  be  ad- 
mitted by  every  honest  Bible  student;  and  if 
that  diabolical  doctrine  were  correct  (which  is 
so  prevalent  at  the  present  day),  that  it  don't 
matter,  only  so  we  are  sincere  and  act  couscien- 
tioui  in  our  faith,  it  would  not  be  ■  so  impor- 
tiint;  hut  when  the  Saviour  himself  says,  that 
if  the  blind  lead  the  blind,  both  shall  fall  into 
the  ditch;  and  many  nill  come  to  me  in  that 
day  and  saj',  Lord  open  unto  us;  but  I  will  pro- 
fess unto  them,  I  never  knew  you.  Then  shall 
they  l)egin  to  plead  the  merits  of  their  false  re- 
ligion and  say:  We  have  cast  out  devils  in  thy 
name,  and  have  done  many  wonderful  works; 
but  all  to  no  avail.  Away  ye  cursed  into  ever- 
lasting fire,  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  an- 
gels, (not  for  man,  but  if  man  will  heodthe  doc- 
trine of  devils  and  follow  his  ministers,  in  pre- 
ference to  the  humble  doctrine  of  Christ,  taught 
by  his  ministers,  they  necessarily  must  share 
the  same  fat«,  and  go  with  him  whom  they  fol- 
lowed and  served  in  their  blind  zeal  into  the 
lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone) 
will  \te  the  anathema  poured  from  the  lips  of 
Jehovah,  equal  to  the  thundering  upon  Mount 
Sinai,  against  all  such  flesh-gratifying,  eross- 
dishonoriug,  heaven-insulting,  devil-pleasing, 
God-preteuduig  service,  without  any  allowance 
for  good-meaning  ignorance  and  pure  juotives, 
and  honest  hearts,  in  this  enlightened  age  and 
country  of  America  c-peciallj',  where  willful 
igaorunce  abounds,  where  the  truth  of  God  is 
changed  to  a  lie,  and  a  lie  preached  for  truth, 
^vhere  the  creature  is  worehipped  more  than 
the  Creator,  who  is  blessed  forevermore. 

The  above  thought  with  all  its  eternal  conse- 
([uenees  is  stirring  up  our  beloved  brotherhood 
to  gre;iter  efforts  in  opening  the  eyes  of  the 
blind,  and  turning  them  from  darkness  to  light, 
and  thereby  making  saints  and  angels  rejoice 
and  devils  tremble.  But  although  the  brother- 
hood has  bruised  Satan  under  its  feet  in  the 
missionary  cause,  they  must  remember  he  will 
not  be  content  with  that;  when  he  loses  power 
in  one  place,  he  will  try  it  in  another;  and  iJ 
the  Brethren  in  their  great  missionary  spirit 
and  /^al  which  at  this  time  is  manifesting  itself 
throughout  almost  the  entire  brotherhood, 
are  not  extremely  cautions  in  adopting  plans 
nnd  measures  to  carry  out  the  mucli-desired  end, 
the  salvation  of  souls,  they  mil  leave  some  door 
or  avenue  open  by  nnd  through  which  Satan 
will  get  the  advantage  of  ns;  for  we  are  not  ig- 
norant of  his  devices;  and  if  he  does  not  direct- 
ly corrupt  the  Word,  be  may  nevertheless  cor- 
rupt the  church  in  many  ways,  but  no  way  can 
he  be  more  successful  than  through  the  mi 
try.  ;        _ 

But  if  the  Brethren  adhere  strictly  to 
second  clause  of  the  duties  of  the  committee  of 
appointments  and  diahursemeiits,  as  set  forth 
the  report  of  the  Meyersdale  convention,  thi 
will  l<e  hufc-little  danger,  which  reads:  "This 
committee  shall  send  o(it  (fnly  such  men  as  min- 
isters, missionaries  or  laborers  in  the  church 
field,  as  shall  represent  the  teaching^,  faith  and 
general  order  of  the  Brethren  church." 

I  would  add  to  the  above:  "  Both  hy  precept 
and  example,  for  we  have  many  talented  breth- 
ren among  iia  who  are  able  exponents  of  the 
Gospel  and  order  of  tlio  church  in  dress  as  well 
as  non-resistance  aild  flther  things,  in  prect-pt; 
but  in  e.xample,  where  iu:e  they?  You  could 
not  tell  to  what  church  they  belonged;  but  the 


Brethren's  would   be   iiWil  the  last  one.  fiie" 
niijid  would  conjecture, 

For  instance,  since  we  are  in  Earope,  we 
went  one  Sunday  to  hear  a  man  preach  and  one 
clFiu-^e  of  his  sermon  required  him  to  preach  on 
humility,. and  he  did  it  well,  hut  at  the. same 
time  he  hail  a  gold  ring  on  one  of  his  fingers, 
his  hair  did  not  look  tuuch  like  a  Nazarene  and 
his  fashionable  suit  wpuhl  have  suite<l  u.. clown 
better  than  a  ministt-r  (}(  tlie  Gos|H'I.  Just  puch 
preaching  as  that,  the  devil  glories  .  in, .  and 
through  it  will  corrupt  the  church.  True,. yon 
may  say.  the  Savior  said  we  shall  do  a.^  they  tell 
us,  but  not  after  Iheir  works;  for  they  say  and 
do  not.  But  actions  speak  lou<ler  than  words. 
Send  out  a  man  with  a  fashipnable  suit,  and  his 
\vife  with  a  fashionable  div^a,  and  though  he 
may  speak  with  the  tongues  of  mpn  nnd  angels, 
you  will  soon  see  a  corrupt,  fashionable  church 
as  the  result  of  his  pi-eaching.  What  I  say  un- 
to you,  I  say  unto  all,  watch. 

This  will  he  bur  last  commiinication  from, 
Denmai^k,  and  perhaps  you  may  say,  it  is  a  pret- 
ty rough  one.  Well,  if  it  is  not  true,  throw  it 
into  your  waste  basket.  My  object  is,  by  no 
means  to  throw  a  block  under  the  wheel,  but  to 
give  timely  warning,  prompted  by  a  love  to  the 
cause  and  desire  for  the  i>urity  in  the  church, 
When  the  train  rnns  fast,  wc  ought  to  be  the 
more  watchful  and  careful  to  keep  it  on  the 
track.  No  use  in  calling  out:  Fire,  fire,  when 
the  house  is  burnt  down.  I  have  been  written 
too,  to  give  ray  opinion  of  the  m bai on ary  move- 
ment, and  wjiether  I  think  it  will  work  well, 
hence  the  above,  brief  hints.  The  Lord  wants 
the  Gospel  preached  among  all  nations,  before 
tlie  end  will  come,  and  if  we  only  do  it  right, 
he  will !«  pleased. 

In  conclusion  let  me  remark,  do  not  plough 
more  ground  than  you  hare  seed  to  sow,  or 
your  labor  will  he  in  vain. 

To-movrow,  if  the  Lord  will,  we  leave  here 
for  London,  via  Hamburg,  to  which  pla««  we 
travel  by  niil;  from  there  hj  water  acro6&  the 
North  or  German  Sea.  Have  purchased  tickets 
from  Hamburg  to  New  York  via  LondoQ,  with 
the  privilege  of  stopping  there  na  long  as  we 
wish,  and  to  take  any  line  I'rom  there  to  New 
York  we  wish;  but  from  Hamburg  to  Loudon 
we  must  take  n  smaller  class  of  boats  ruouiiug 
between  these  two  noints. 

Our  mind  now  is,  not tostop'morethaiQ about 
two  weeks,  so  as  to  cross  the  ocean  before  the. 
equinoctial  storms.  Our  stay  here  ivill  be  at- 
tended with  a  good  deal  of  expense,  a.^  it  will 
not  justify  to  commence  keeping  house  for  so 
short  a  time,  and  cannot  expect  to  do  mud 
good,  unless  we  would  stay  all  Sunuuer,  aud 
that  we  could  not  do  aocordiivg  to  the  nature  of 
our  mission  and  the-  feelings  c£  many,  if  m>t  all 
our  dear  brethren  aud  sisters  in  Northeia.  Illi- 
nois. We  will  and  uLUst  however  be  eoKiirolled 
by  circumstances,  and  are  willing  to  say.  As 
the  Lord  will  and  not  we. 

We  received  yourverj'  welcome' letter  jester- 
day,  which  was  so  long  desired  and  looked  for, 
hence  have  sufficient  means  to  take  ue^  en  our 
way.  We  rejoice  in  the  thought  Shnt  the 
length  of  time  we  spent  in  Deninitrk,  was'  not 
altogether  in  vain,  and  that  there  is  new  a  lit- 
tle actii-e  church  planted,  rejoicing  iu  its  first 
love,  (oh,  that  it  may  never  lose  it)  but  whcih  no 
doubt  will  be  tried  by  Satan,  that  h«- m.-iy  sift 
them  as  wheat,  but,  brethren  pray  that  their 
faith  fail  not,  but  that  it  may  be  lite  the  grain 
of  nnustard  seed — become  a  great  ire*  so  that 
the  fowls  of  the  air  (the  sinners),  may  uome  aud 
lodge  in  the  branches  thereof,  aud  that  the 
Lord  may  get  to  Himself  a  great  name,  not  on- 
ly in  Denmark,  but  also  in  all  the  other  coun- 
tries of  Europe. 

Our  separation  from  the  churth  here,  has  as- 
sociated with  it,  as  nsually  is  the  cose  under 
such  and  similar  circumstances,  a  degree  of  sor- 
row, mingled  with  joy.  The  lies  of  Christian 
fellowship  are  strong,  and  crcut«  a  desire  to  as- 
sociate with  each  other;  and  hencv  the  pangs  of 
separation,  especially  when  we  can  use  the  lim- 
guagc  of  the  apostle,  that  many  of  you  among 
whom  we  have  gone,  shall  Siceour  face  no  more. 
This  consequently  olt«n  causes  weeping,  falling 
around  the  neck  and  kissing;  and  that  is  the 
very  kind  of  religion  we  need  in  such  a  wicked, 
cold-hearted  world  like  this,  where  every  one 
is  seeking  his  or  her  own,  and  not  another's 
welfare. 

A  Christianity  that  will  not  sometimes  cause 
tears  of  both  sorrow  and  joy,  is  not  apostolic, 
and  hence  vain;  but  the  thought  that  Chris- 
tians will  meet  each  other  in  a  glorified  and  im- 
mortal state,  gives  joys  inexpressible.  If 
must  wear  the  crown  of  thorns,  we  shall  wear 
the  crown  of  glory,  if  wc  must  drink  vinegar 
mingled  with  gall,  we  shall  drink  of  the  waters 
of  life  in  the  midst  of  the  panulise  of  God.  0, 
whot  joy! 

If  this  loaches  you  in  du&time,  dcarbrethren 
and  sisters,  will  you  strive   with   lis  in  your 


prayer^'  toTiiidin  our  VKalf,  that  we  may  have 
a  safe  voyage  acrcws  the  great  deep,  and  be  jier- 
mitted  once  more  to  meet  many  loved  ones  in 
America?     ,\men  and  Amen.  .  i 

I  ■     I  Esock  Eby. 

'  "lljornug.  Dmhtirl;  FcbrUar>J  11, 1878. 


From   Anderson,   Indiana. 

MifrBirUircii:— 

ACCORDING  to  previous  airangement^,  Bro. 
William  Deeter  came  to  us,  to  commence 
a  scries  of  meetings,  which  took  place  on  the 
23rd  of  February,  and  continued  until  the  3rd 
of  March.  During  that  time  he  preached 
twelve  sermons.  Bro.  Deeter  is  not  ashamed  to 
work  in  the  cause  of  his  .Master,  knowing  that 
it  is  his  duty  to  persuade  both  men  dnd  woman 
to  come  to  Christ. 

Seven  souls  made  their  wauts  known,  came 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  imd  were  baptized.  Oth- 
era  said  they  would  coiue  soon.  Not  only  were 
sinners  warned  of  the  wrath  to  come;  but  samt^ 
were  comforted  and  made  to  rejoice.  Our 
meetings  were  well  attended,  and  the  best  of 
order  prevailed.  May  the  good  Lord  bless  us 
all,  and  finally  bring  ns  home,  where  wo  may 
hear  the  welcome  words:  "  Come  yo  blessed  of 
my  Father."  0  j-es,  brethren  and  sisters,  let 
us  so  live,  that  we  may  be  among  the  redeemed 
ones  around  the  great,  white  throne. 

G.  W.  Ff.?sler. 


Progress   of   Edmcation   Among  the 
B  rath  re  n. 

THS  idea  of  a  Brethren's  school  originated 
about  the  same  time  as  that  of  a  Breth- 
ren's paper,  and  witli  much  the  same  object  in 
view.  Both  enterprises  started  out  in  a  very 
modest  way,  with  a  good  deal  of  distrust  from 
the  great  body  of  the  brotherhood,  lest  evil 
might  result  from  such  enterprises. 

The  papers  agieeahly  disappointed  all.  — 
Though  making  some  mistakes,  and  sliifting 
about  from  placi;  to  place,  every  move  was  for- 
ward, aiul  now  they  enjoy  the  confidence  of  the 
brotherhood  at  liu-ge  and  are  making  , their 
weekly  visits  to  many  thousand  families,  from 
ocean  to  ocean,  from  Canada  to  Texas,  dispens- 
ing blessings,  and  cheering  the  hearts  of  more 
than  fifty  thousand  rendei-s. 

In  1S51,  the  year  in  which  the  first  number 
of  the  Gosj)cl  Visitor  appeared,  Brethren  also 
lent  their  aid  in  establishing  high  schools;  but 
to  Eld.  James  Quinter  belongs  the  credit  of  at- 
te^ipting  to  establish  a  school  under  the  e.xclu- 
sive  control  of  Brethi'en  in  South-western 
Ohio;  but  the  miads  of  the  Brethren  not  hav- 
ing been  i)revioijsly  prepared  for  such  an  enter- 
prise, the  patronage  was  insulEuient  and  the 
bui-den  too  great  to  bo  borne  by  one  man  alone, 
hence  the  project  ivas  abandoned.  The  foun- 
dation however,  was  laid,  and  the  attention  of 
our  church  called  to  the  neccsaJty  of  providing 
facilities  for  thoeducation  of  cur  own  children 
by  members  of  our  own  fraternity.  Impelled 
by  this  desire,  tihe  Brethren  ia  Northern  Indi- 
ana, favorable  bo  such  a  move,  held  a  convention 
which  resulted  in  the  purchase  of  Salem  Col- 
lege. The  sibintiou  being  badly  chosen  with 
reference  to  health,  and  no  provision  heing 
made  for  endcwing  the  institution,  it  was  nat^ 
urallv  involved  in  debt,  and  had  to  be  abfljadon- 
ed.    '  :  . 

The  movement,  however,  was  of  great  value 
to  the  cause,  as  it  was.  clearly  demoustt'ated 
that,  if  a  safiool  were  loit«led  in  a  h^altfey  situa- 
tion and  liad  a  sutficient  endowment,  it  would 
be  a  grand  success.  (_'jne  of  the  instriictoi-s  in- 
formed Tax  that  five  hundred  students  coijld 
have  hce»  secured  at  that  college,  if  (die  neces- 
sary inducements  coald  have  been  btld  out. 

Searqwly  had  the  |ffoject  been  abandoned  iu 
Indiana,  when  another  was  set  on  foot  in  Penn- 
sylvania, [f  the  enterprise  in  Indiana  failed 
for  want  of  pecuniary  means,  the  one  in  Penn- 
sylvania failed  in  uttemptiug  to  raise  too  much 
before  beginning  the  building,  as  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  was  the  least  sum  allowed  to 
begin  with,  according  to  the  plan  adopted.  It 
is  a  notable  fact  that  the  Brethren  in  Somerset 
Co.,  raised  thirty  thousand  dollars  by  subscrip- 
tion. Although  the  college  was  never  built  at 
Berlin,  the  place  then  Selected,  yet  the  liberali- 
ty of  the  Brethren  in  Somerset  Co.,  gave  the 
cause  such  an  impetus,  that  wherever  the  col- 
lege will  be  buitt,  a  large  amountof  credit  mu.st 
be  accocdeil  those  'Brethren.  From  the  time 
the  attempt  was  mode  in  Indiana,  one  move- 
ment followed  another  in  close  succession,  for 
Bro.  Lewis  Kimmel,  assisted  by  Bro.  Howard 
Miller,  then  teaching  a  Normal  School,  made  a 
noble  effort  to  have  their  institution  chartered 
and  endowed,  hut  some  legal  impediments  Iw- 
ingin  the   way  and   the  distance  from  their 


school  to  any  railroad  prevented  a   consumma- 
tion of  their  plan. 

No  sooner  waa  it  certain  that  Bro.  Kimmel's 
school  could  not  he  chartered  and  endowed, 
than  the  Brethn-Ji  in  North-eastern  Ohio  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  establishing  a  school  in  that 
section  and  opened  a  correspondence  with  the 
writer,  soliciting  his  aid  and  influence,  which 
were  then  -ivithheld. 

Abont  the  same  time  the  Editors  of  the  Pil- 
i7n'i)t  resolved  to  establish  a  school  for  Breth- 
ren's children  at  Huntingdon,  Pn.,  and  called 
Bro.  J.  M.  Zuck  to  take  charge  of  it.  He  ap- 
plied  himself  to  the  task  under  circumstances 
that  would  have  discour.-igeil  most  ordinary 
men,  devoting  his  time,  talents,  labor  and 
means  to  the  good  of  othei-s,  and  with  the  help 
of  his  devoleil  assist,ints,  dispelled  much  of  the 
prejudice  still  existing  and  gradually  increased 
the  number  of  his  pupHs,  aud  the  confidence  of 
tho  Brethren  iu  such  a  school.  ' 

The  Brethren  in  Ohio  repeating  their  solici- 
tations, the  writer  was  induced  to  give  their 
claims  a  careful  consideration,  and  found'  more 
elements  of  success  than  had  been  existing  at 
any  prcviom  place  or  at  any  previous  time.  — 
After  examining  the  numerous,  av.iilable  places 
for  locating  the  school,  aud  consulting  irith 
many  brethren,  ministers  and  elders,  personal- 
ly and  by  letter,  iu  the  States  of  Pennsylvania, 
Ohio,  Indiana  and  Illinois,  it  was  thought  ad- 
visable to  call  a  convention  in  August  last,  at 
Beech  Grove  church,  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio,  when  it 
was  decided  to  locate  the  school  at  Ashland, 
and  trustees-  were  appointed  who  worked  up 
the  matter  with  great  care  and  ability,  taking 
pains  to  explain  tho  subject  to  our  dear  breth- 
ren, who  did  not  understand  the  movement,  or 
Who  could  not  sec  the  propriety  of  it. 

On  the  IDth  of  February  last,  another  meet- 
ing, large  and  harmonious,  was  held  at  Maple 
Grove  meeting-house,  where  the  subject  was 
con  side  red,  we  believe,  in  the  fearof  the  Lord, 
and  it  was  uuajuinously  agreed  that  the  work 
had  sufficiently  advanced  to  warrant  the  getting 
of  a  charter  for  the  school,  and  everything  be 
made  safe  financially. 

The  charter  was  obtained  on  the  20th,  ult., 
and  twenty-one-  trustees  appointed  to  control 
the  school.  These  trustees  are  mostly  minis- 
ters and  eldeiis,  to  whom  is  entrusted  the  care 
of  chureheSf  while  a  few  private  members 
among  them  were  selected  for  their  prudence 
aud  wisdom  in  managing  business. 

With  the  mettu:  "  Whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all 
to  the  glory  of  God."  the  Ashland  College  is 
presented  to.  the  brotherhood  for  the  united 
prayers  of  all  his  children,  that  God  would  add 
His  blessing:»  and  make  it  an  asylum  where  the 
children  of  the  brotherhood  may  be  secure  from 
the  snares  of  a  wicked  world  jmd  where  they 
may  learn  to  walk  in  the  "  old  paths  "  as  they 
are  learning  wisdom's  ways. 

S.  Z.  Sharp. 


Prom    Virden,    Illinois. 


lk<n 


vtllivn, 


WE  arrived  safely  home  from  Texas.  After 
learning  all  we  could  in  everj-  way  during 
the  time  we  were  there,  we  came  home,  regard- 
ing Northern  Texas  upon  the  whole  as  favora- 
ble for  bretluen  to  locate,  to  build  up  homes 
and  churches. 

The  soil  in  many  places  is  very  rich,  lays 
high  and  rolling  enough  to  drain  well;  and 
seems  to  he  well  adapted  to  growing  wheat, 
oats,  barley,  cotton,  etc.,  and  especially  to  stock- 
raising  because  of  its  mild  climate.  We  saw 
numheri  of  cattle  that  had  no  feed  thi,'*  Winter 
except  that  found  upon  the  range.  In  most 
localities  in  Northern  Texas  there  is  plenty  of 
timber  in  easy  reach  for  fuel,  fencing  and  build- 
ing purposes.  Unimproved  land  is  remarkably 
cheap,  ranging  fntm  one  to  fen  dollars  per  acre, 
acconling  to  quality  and  location. 

Our  conviction  is,  that  the  following  would 
be  a  good  way  to  locate  in  Texas: 

1.  Ten  or  more  families  to  form  themselves 
into  a  colony,  and  agree  to  emigrate  at  one 
time. 

2.  Let  the  ten  colonists  meet  at  some  speci- 
fied time  and  place. 

3.  Let  them  organize  themselves  into  a  col- 
ony by  electing  a  President,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer. 

i.  Let  each  of  the  ten  colonists  pay  into  tho 
treasury,  say  UOOO  dollars  to  purcha.se  land. 

5.  Let  two  of  their  number  be  elected'  by 
vote  to  locate  imd  purchase  a  tract  of  say  six- 
teen sections  of  hmd  for  a  colonj-  and  moke  all 
nece.'i.-'ary  arrangements  for  trimsporting  and 
settling  families  on  their  new  homes  to  the  best 
odvantag^;  the  colony  paying  both  the  time 
and  expenses  of  the  two  sent  out  for  that  pur- 
pose. 


THE    BRETHREN    ^T    ^VOKK. 


Maroli  31. 


6.  Let  land))  bo  surveyed  into  160  aero  trncts, 
aUty  feet  wide  olong  all  section  lines  beiDpre^cn-- 
«d  for  roaJjf,  and  a  achool-houee  to  bo  built  by  the 
colony  near  tbe  center  of  tract  for  a  place  Cvt 
school  and  worship. 

7.  In  order  to  have  a  thick ly-Eettlcd  neif^h- 
borhovd,  cAch  ODe  of  the  coloniaLs  should,  soon 
after  nrrivnl  of  colony,  bo  required  to  select  and 
occupy  tts  hU  own  home,  a  tract  not  excecilini; 
320  acres  ;  the  remainder  of  land  to  be  kepi  for 
sale  by  colony  to  actuol  settlers  only  in  tracts 
not  exceeding  320  acres  to  one  person. 

The  advantages  (gained  in  thus  colonizing  would 
be: 

1.  A  saving  of  expenses  in  locating  land  and 
transporting  goods  and  families  at  reduced  rates. 

2.  Having  church  and  school  facilities  and  ac- 
quainlaaces  for  Deighbora  at  tbe  start. 

3.  It  would  form  a  nucleus  around  which 
there  would  be  inducements  for  others  to  settle, 
and  help  to  builtl  up  the  church  and  country. 

I  have  expressed  to  the  Brethren  »  willingness 
to  go  with  ten  or  more  responsible  persons  and  as- 
sist theni  ID  erecting  the  standard  of  Emmanuel 
in  Northern  Texas  on  the  above  plan,  and  urn 
now  only  awaiting  further  developments. 

Daxiel  Vaximax. 


A    Father's    Fullness    of   Heart. 

Dear  Brother  J.  S.  Moore :  — 

I  NOTICE  in  No.8  of  Bretures  at  Wokk,  on 
page  4,  in  your  editorial  notCE,  you  say  you 
have  neglected  private  correspondence,  and  asi<cd 
patience,  Who  would  not  exercise  patience 
ivMle  you  are  engaged  in  so  noble  a  cause?  You 
say  on  Friday  at  1  P.  M.  met  again,  "  went  dowi 
to  the  water  side,  went  down  into  the  water  and 
baptized  three  youiig'r.ien.  One  of  thera  recently 
from  North  Miinchestcr,  Ind," 

This  is  my  beloved  son  in  whom  I  am  well 
ple&sefl.  Dear  brethren,  I  cannot  refrain  frum 
writing  ynu,  being  made  to  rejoice  in  tbe  God  of 
my  salvation  on  hearing  of  my  son  (H.  C.  Uut- 
terbftugh)  making  the  good  confession  and  putting 
on  Christ  in  his  youthful  days  by  baptism  into 
the  church  of  the  living  God. 
'  Brethi^n,  I  love  him  as  an  earthly  parent 
should  ;  hence  the  following  devotions  to  GikJ 
0' almighty  and  heavenly  Father,  Thou,  host  pro 
tcct'ed  my  Kon  from  his  infancy  until  now,  Thy 
hands  have  warded  ofl' all  dangers  and  shielded 
him  from  the  great  miserie.=i  of  tbe  world.  I 
and  magnily  Thy  holy  name  lor  all  the  goml  Thou 
hast  done  unto  him  ;  yes  for  his  creation,  preser- 
vation, and  all  the  ble^iugs  of  this  life  ;  especial- 
ly for  his  redemption,  which  has  been  wrought  by 
thy  Sou,  Jesus  Christ,  and  for  thy  heavenly  grace, 
which  has  taught  him  to  Fee  the  wondrous  things 
of  Thy  Law.  0  merciful  God  !  I  beseech  Tliee 
to  not  forsake  him  now,  stand  by  him  through  ti 
shiftkis  scenes  of  mortal  life ;  do  not  withdrii 
Thy  fatherly  protection  from  him. 

Lord,  guide  and  direct  him  in  the  paths  thi 
wouhlst  have  him  go.  Tes,  ho  is  about  to  enter 
upon  the  world.  Give  bim  grace  to  withstand 
the  wiles  and  temptationu  that  are  in  it,  and  give 
him  counijye  and  resolution  to  overcome  all  its  dif- 
ficulties, leach  Him  Thy  Laws,  and  grajit,  'that, 
amid  all  his  worldly  occupations,  he  maj  never 
forget  Thee!  Yes,  increase  in  him  true  religion, 
nourish  him  with  all  goodness  and  of  Tiiy  great 
mercy  keep  him  in  the  same,  that  he  may  continue 
Thhie  forever,  and  daily  increoso  in  thy  Holy 
Spirit  more  and  more,  (ill  ho  come  to  Thine  cvor- 
Insting  Kingifnm,  and  I  bc-scech  thee  Lord  to  ex- 
tend tliy  goixine^s  to  all  his  relatives  and  friends' 
about  Lanark  and  ekcwbere  thewide  world  over. 

■  Protict  them  from  all  barm,  iEUplant  in  them  new 
deaires,  send  thy  Holy  Spirit  that  they  may  think' 
and  do  that  which  is  pleaeing  in  Thy  sight. 

■  What  we  have  asked  for  oureelves,  wei  asL 
all  mankind,    ,Yes,  J»rd,  lead  and  diject   u 

1  inihe  way  thou  wonldst  have^us  go.     Grunt 
we  may  be  One   flock    under  one  Shepherd,    thy 
eon  Jesus  Christ,  ounLord,  to  whom,    with    Thi 
and  the  Holy  Gbostheali  honor  and  glory   in 
world  without  end. — Amen. 

Should  the  contonti  of  the  foregoing  fail. to  h 
struct,  we  hope  that  it  may  induce  the  readers 
rightly  io  tliink.  act  and  PKAY. 

I).  S.  T.  BuiTERBAUCn. 
North  ManehaUr,  Ind. 


We  read  your  paper  and  like  it  very  much.  — 
l?ome  of  our  neighbors  read  it  that  never  heard  of 
the  Brethren  before,  but  like  tbe  paper,  and 
would  subscribe  if  the  limes  were  not  so  hard.  — 
Now,  if  you  know  of  any  brethren  living  in  Cow- 
ley Co.,  please  inform  ua  through  your  valuable 
paper.  We  are  living  about  fourteen  miles  North- 
East  of  Winficld. 

L.  Ow.VBY. 

[We  know  of  no  members  living  in  Cowley 
Co.— Eds]. 


rpH 


From    Duncansville,    Pa. 

Tkar  Brethren:— 

HE  brethren    and  sisters  of  the  Duncansville 

■ation  met  for  church  council  on  Sat- 
urday morning,  Feb.  2nd.  Bro.  Joseph  Snow- 
bcrger  from  Jiear  Williamsburg,  Pa.,  was  pre.sent. 
After  earnest  prayers  for  many  years,  it  was  final- 
ly granted  that  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  this 
congregation  would  organize  a  Sabbath  School 
the  coming  Spring. 

We  were  mucli  rejoiced,  for  we  have  always 
felt  that  the  Sabbath-school  is  the  greatest  nurserj' 
the  church  could  have.  "Train  up  a  child  iu  the 
way  he  should  go,"  and  we  feel  assured  fruiii 
God's  Word,  that  he  will  not  depart  from  this  re- 
ligious training  in  declining  age. 

In  connection  with  the  church  council,  Bro. 
Snowberger  delivered  three  able  sermons,  Oji 
Saturday  evening  he  spoke  from  the  word.s  found 
recorded  in  Heb.  4  ;  9;  "There  reniainelb  there- 
fore a  rest  to  tlic  people  of  God."  He  beautifully 
portrayed  to  our  minds  that  glorious,  never-ending 
rest  that  awaits  us  away  over  yoJider  in  God's 
glorious  kingdom.  The  meeting  closed  with  re- 
marks by  Bro.  B.  Sell,  Did  not 'hear  the  ser- 
mon on  Sabbath  morn,  but  learned  that  il 
was  good.  On  Sabbath  evening,  he  spoke  from 
Esodus  32:  21) ;  "  Wlio  is  on  the  Lord's  side?" 
Related  historical  facts  from  tbe  Bible  of  several 
who  were  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  wliat  favor  they 
found  in  tbe  eyes  of  the  Lord.  Spoke  of  the 
goodness  af  Joseph  and  of  the  unkindncis  of  bis 
towards  him.  and  what  favor  he  found 
(s  of  God.  Here  he  spoke  especially  to 
the  young  heardrs  of  his  audience^  CoJiciuded  by 
ableremarkaby  Bro.  Sell.  Wc  felt  like  Peter. 
ibat  "it  WHS  good  to  be  there,"  and  sorry  that 
Bro.  Snowh^rger  could  not  rcMain  with  us  any 
longer.  This  was  his  first  meeting  wilh  the  Breth- 
ren of  this  place,  and  we  fell  sad,  at  the  close  ol 
the  evening  services  to  have  him  e.\tend  to  us  tbt 
parting  hand.  Hope  il  may  not  be  hts  last  visit 
to  the  Duneaiisville'hrethren;  and  may  the  word; 
spoken  by  him  and  Bro.  .Sell,  sink' deeply  intc 
the  hearts  of  thoae  who  sat  beneath  the  sound  of 
tiieir  voices,  and  may  the  good  seed  sown,  sink 
deeply  into  well-cultivated  soil,  spring  upward 
and  bear  fruit  la  hundred-fold. 

Ministering  brethren,  in  your  travels  forget  not 
the  brethren  at  tbts  place,  for  Satan  holds  out  his 
allurements  here  as  well  as  elsewhere.  But  dear 
hrethreu  and  sifilers  be  faithful  totheend,Bud  you 
shall  obtain  a  crown  of  life  and  a  seat  at  God's 
right  hand.  ' 
■  Yo 


broth  re 
in  the  I 


Homesteads  can  be  had  for  from  two  to  five  hun- 
dred dollars.  Chances  are  good  for  cheap  homes. 
Tbpre  are  thirty  membere  of  the  Brethren  church 
here.  AVe  have  meeting  every  Sabbath  in  the 
month,  except  one  ;  but  to  accommodate  all,  tbe 
place  of  meeting  is  not  always  reachable, 
want  more  ministering  brethren  in  the  West  to 
strengthen  us  by  the  Word  and  to  call  sinners  to 
repentance,  and  build  up  the  church  generally.  I 
think  this  is  a  field  that  should  have  more  labor 
era,  because  pride  and  vanity  of  the  older  and 
richer  States,  have  not  reached  this  Western  conn, 
try  yet.  I  think  tbe  time  has  come  that  tho  Gob- 
pet  should  be  preached  in  tbe  West,  as  the  people 
seem  to  bo  anxious  to  hear  the  Word  of  the  Li)rd, 
And,  Oh  may  God  grant  that  they  may  bear  il  in 
itfl  primitive  purity  first. 
Ionia,  Kan. 


■'SifiterinGos 


■el  Faith,'      ' 

E.  ll..STIFLliii. 


From    Oregon. 


Dear  Brethren 


and  heilth  is  goodin  this' part  of 

Tho  climate  of  our  country  fa 
pleasant,  have  good  water  apd  beautiful, .Springs, 
The  waU-r  is  soltaiid  clear  as  crystal. ,  Wo,  have 
beautiful  tiinber.and  an.  abundance. of  iti,,..  Our. 
hills  abound  in  game,  such  as  deer  audheiKa,  The 
grouud  is  very  productive,  will ,  grow  .eviiry thing.!  towns.are   b)iUt;  t 


From    Valton,    Wisconsin. 

Dear  Brdhrm:— 
njlHERE  are  six  members  living  at  this  place 
X  and  no  preacher  nor  deacon  living  chise 
here.  Bro.  Fogle  was  here  sometime  a;;o  ;  wt-had 
a  social  meeting  appointed  and  met  yesterday  at 
sister  Broa's  house,  five  miles  from  here.  Good 
atteuJance  from  other  denominations.  The  mem- 
bers appointed  Bro.  Z,  Small  and  myself  to  lake 
charge  of  the  meeting.  We  opened  tbe  meeting 
by  singing  and  prayer,  then  read  the  fourth  chap- 
ter of  the  Lord's  Gospel  as  recorded  by  St.  John. 
We  gave  an  explanation  of  the  chapter  as  best 
we  could.  We  tried  to  explain  the  du(y  of  man 
iu  order  to  enter  in  nt  the  strait  gate,  and  walk  on 
that  narrow  way  that  leads  to  life,  first  repentance, 
then  baptism,  then  tho  holy  kiss,  then  feet-wash- 
ing, then  the  Lord's  Supper  and'  Communion. — 
Good  attention  was  given  to  the  words  spoken, 
after  which  un  old  man,  nearly  seventy  years  old, 
belonging  to  the  denomination  of  Friends  or 
Quakers,  rose  to  bis  feet  and  said  he  would  like 
to  say  a  few  wonts.  It  was  granted  liim,  and  he 
said,  that  this  was  the  first  time  he  bad  ever  beard 
that  part  of  the  .Scriptures  explained.  He  said, 
he  was  going  to  attend  the  next  meeting,  which 
will  be  in  two  weeks  at  my  house. 

We  pray  tbe  Lord  thut  tbe  Word  spoken  may 
take  efl'oct'on  some  other  poor  heai-t,  Tlie  meet- 
ing was  held  iu  a  neighborhood  where  the  Breth- 
ren never  were  heard  Io  speak  before. 

J.  E.  D.  Shokt. 


Ik< 


More    About    Texas. 


I  ARRIVED  at  Denison,  Texas,  February  (itb. 
Roads  were  bad,  and  a  cold  North  wind  was 
blowing.  It  is  generally  windy  here,  and  subject 
to  drouth  and  drying  up  of  all  waters,  except 
never-failing  wells  and  springs.  Timber  along 
the  sandy  bluffs  of  tbe  water,  and  plenty  for  fenc- 
ing. Grayson  and  Cook  counties  are  the  best  I 
saw  or  hearil  of.  Black  sand  and  whitish  sand  oi 
red  clay  and  also  hard  jiun  in  many  places.  .  Cai 
raise  wheat,,  ,  oats,,  bi^riey  and  .sweet  potatijcs 
Peaches,  a.gooJj  fair  crop,  Ntitfio  good  fur  con 
and  potatoes.  ,  Can  raise  timothy,  clover,  apples 
cherries  ojid  all  kinds  of  small  fruit  Cotton. five 
to  eight  cents  jier  pomid.  They  are  paying  fifiv 
cents  per  bushel  f>r  Kai^is  corn,  and  twenty-fivt 
cents  forlvaiHos  butter. 

Herds  are  leaving  fjr  Wcatern  Texas,   for  the 

gross  is  eat  out,  and  cattle  cannot  live  iu  the  above 

Some   cattle  and    hogs  are   porithing 


farming  between  Fort  Scott  and  Kansas  City.  — 
Also  in  Missouri  along  the  Kansas  line.  My  best 
thanks  to  tho  Hrethreu  for  their  kindne^j?.  Arriv- 
al at  home  March  5th.  Found  all  well.  This  is 
the  best  ploce  I  have  found  yet. 

L.  S.  SSYDEB, 

Mo.  VaUfy,  In. 


Educational   Notice. 

AS  announced  in  No.  10  of  your  paper,  tho 
Trustees  of  the  Ashland  College  met  March 
7th.  All  but  two  were  present  or  represented  by- 
letter.  The  Board  was  organized  by  electing  tho 
following  officers:  President,  Vice  President, 
Secretary,  Treasurer,  Auditor  and  Register  of 
scholarships.  A  few  By-Laws  were  adopted  nl^or 
which  three  committees  were  appointed  :  An  E.t- 
eculivQ  Committee,  a  Financial  Committee  and  n 
Building  Committc-e. 

'These  committees  arc  instructed  to  consider 
such  (lucstions  as  come  in  their  lino  of  duly,  and 
be  ready  to  report  when  called  upon  by  tho  Trust- 
c«.  A  united  sentiment  prevailed  among  those 
present  on  all  r^ucrlions  of  vital  importance,  and 
a  general  view  expressed  that  the  time  ia  not  far 
distant  when  tho  work  of  building  should  be  com- 
menced. 

The  friends  of  the  project  from  various  quart- 
ers are  urging  tho  trustees  to  move  onward  iu 
building  and  we  are  glad  that  tho  interest  is  thus 
awakening ;  but  we  would  say,  hretln-en  do  not 
grow  too  impatient,  for  enthusiasm  in  the  wrong 
direction  or  unguarded  by  prudence  will  Icnnin- 
ule  in  bad  results.  Wc  desire  to  gratify  the  wish- 
es of  our  brethren,  but  deem  it  prudent  to  exer- 
oisc  great  care  in  this  important  eoierprisc 

Tho  next  meeting  of  Trustees  will  be   hold  in 
Ashland,  >(arcli  2.5th  at  I  P.  JI.     More  anon. 
By  Order  of  Trusl«ea. 

J.  D.  Pakkek. 


GLEi^]Sri]S"GS. 


From    Winfield,    Kansas. 

Denr  BivtlifeH  .■ — 

FOR  seme  time  I  have  been  thinking  of  writing 
you,  but  have  kept  putting  it  off  until  now. 
We  hove  been  here  something  over  two  years,  and 
have  been  trying  to  find  some  of  the  Brnthron, 
but  cannot  find  any  in  this  county.  I  do  not  be- 
long to  the  church,  having  put  it  off  until  a.  more 
"  convenient  season.  Now  there  is  no  church  here. 
that  1  can  lenrn  of.  I  ihink  if  some  of  the  min- 
istering brethren  were  to  come  here,  there  could 
be  quite  a  church  started  here. 


buto 


apd  that  wiil  grow  in  someplai 
We  have  had  an  abundance  ,of  rain  thid    \\ 
tcr.  Spring  is  not  as  forward  thia  season  as  it  i 
loit,     Wc  have  nof  had  auy  snow  here  fo  amoi 
to, anything.     ,  '  ..',,,  ,i.|.| 

Brethren  David  Broiver  )iiid  Jsaao  Hiflfm 
were  hcfe  to  see  us,  i[i,Novembe,i;  1, think  it,  ivos., 
Oh,  wo  were  sp, glad  to  fco  thera,, it  doni 
much  gopd  to  see  some  of  the  Brethren.  It  made 
us  think  of  old  times  at  home,  ■  We  could  not 
have  any  meetings,  thy  roads  being,  to  bud.  I 
have  nt/t  bpen  to  meeting  since  we  cjtme  here,  but 
are  going, Io  have  i^jceting  as  soou  as  we  can  get 
a  convenient  place  W  hold  them  in,  May  tbe 
good  Lord  hi;|p  us,  is  my  prayer. 

M.  L.  WOKKUAN. 

Imbel,  Ovcgon. 


I  very 


The 


From    A.   W.   Austin. 

Uf»r  Brethren:— 
i  LLOW  me  to  make  a  little  explanation 
x\_  through  your  paper.  You  published  a  phort 
picco  from  me  a  short  time  ago,  that  cauaed  so 
many  to  write,  and  so  many  inqiiiriei  chat  I  can't 
answer  nil,  but  will  say  that  there  is  room  enough 
"    "     "      "         that  want  to   como   Wejt.  — 


for  all  the  Bretbrc 


ififood,'  as   hay    and   grain 
scarce,  ,       ',.,,... 

Land  sella! frt)m. 82.50  up  to  S 25,00  perj 
About  ibur  months  free  school   in   a  yeu 
ostJy  by  emigration. 
c&try  a  heavy   stock  of  goods,   un 
I  on  crctht,  and  some  a^e.  failing  to  pay. 

Texos  has  been  misrapredented  in  many  thi 
Some  are  rich,  others  arc  poor.  About  oUe  half 
that  go  to  Texas,  stay.  All  that  havegood  homes 
had  better  find  a  better  one  before  selling  and 
moving  here,  I  was  in  Dalla^^,  Fort  Worth,. 
Sherman  and  Deuison  couuties.  Was  also  at 
Bro.  LaRue'e.  Found'  four  members,  held' five 
(meetings.  Had  e^Hxl  attendance,  good:  atleniiim 
was  paid  to  the  Word  preachfti.  We  ilicn  went 
North  to  Bro,  P.  R,  Werl/s.  Found  two  mem- 
bers and  held  four  meetings  in  the  Crow  school- 
house.  Had  good  attention,  Vt'e  believe  there 
could  be  much  good  done  in  Te.taa.  We  learned 
tliat  ft  Methodist  preacher  did  not  like  to  bapti/Ai 
in  the  wator.  Ha  said,  ho  wished  to  God  tlie  next 
time  their  conference  met,  they  would  do  away 
with  baptising. 

Fort  Scott  at  Bro.  J.  Emmert'e. 
Found  eight  memhera  in  town.  We  held  a  series 
of  meetings  here.  Small  congregation  on  account 
of  rainy  weather  and  bad  roads.  Wo  believe 
that  many  were  sincere,  hope  they  will  become 
true  followers  of  JeauB,  the  meek  and  lowly 
Lamb  of  God.  j 

To  my  knowledge  I  found  the  best  couatry   for  I 


From  Thomiis  UcCuii  ley. —  Jesus  said  :  "  I 
know  you  not.  You  denied  me  on  earth  ;  I  deny 
you  nosv;  depart  from  mo."  How  heautil'ully  our 
Savior  warns  us  !  ,  Wo  are  to  watch,  so  that  when 
He  cnmgth,  we  may  bo  ready.  Will  wo  refuse 
His  kind  inv,itnti|(ri  tnbo  ever  ready  to  meet  Him 
when  He  comes..  Let  us  keep  .our  lamps  filled 
with  oil,  so  that  we  nuiy  he  prepared  to  meet  Him, 
and  go    with    Him    into  the   mansions  of  clomal 

blijS. 

Orajiffevil/c,  HI. 

From  Daniel  IVhitmer.  — Health  in  this 
section  of  country  isgoud,  1ms  been  so  allWinter. 
The  weather  also  is  very  mild,  for  which,  like  for 
all  other  blessings,  wc  hove  cause  to  thank  God. 
Our  church,  for  a  few  years  has  not  increaseil  in 
number  as  we  desired  it  should,  yit  notwithstand- 
ing the  ordeal  through  which  we  have  passed,  a 
few  have  como  out  upon  the  Lord's  side,  we  aball 
trust  in  the  Lord  lor  His  goodness  and  mercy. 

South  Bend,  Ind..  Mnreh  9. 

From  Qlara  E.  Biiir. — There  are  only  four 
members  of  the  Brethren  bere,  one  brother  and 
two  sisters  beside  myself.  We  do  not  get  to  hear 
the  Brethren  pre.icli  very  often.  I  am  always 
glad  to  bear  the  Truth  preached.  May  the  dear 
Lord  bless  the  good  works  of  the  Brethren  every- 
where, that  many  procious  souls  may  be  saved; 
and  Ipt  us  pray  to  God  that  He  will  bring  the 
ilcnr  brethren  and  sisters  who  went  to  Denmark, 
safely  across  tho  deep  waters  to  their  home  in  llua 
Stale, 

Florid',  III. 


^NI^OUJSrCEME]S"TS. 


•  ui«aGi:af ;.I<oye-(«a«ie,  bivirici  Iteeiipgs,  Q|e.;, should 


I  love-Feabts.  ' 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  Juk  Otl),  1878.  ■"'■'■'■ 

DISTRIOr  tlEETINCB. 

irthern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9tb.. 

Soutlii-ru  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  12,  ISrS.  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Noilhern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21.  af  »i  o'clock,  A.M. 


w. 

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t  2JH  A.  M.,  an-i.ing  in  Bwins  at  9:00 
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A.5I.,  M.d«M[  I11I2: 

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10  A.  M.^ 

rains  mitk 

ara  tali,   for  oboxe   Irftins   only.     Pneaenger 
closo  eoDQectiaa  m  Western  \iuiaa  Junutioa. 

Q.  A.  Sunn 

AgtnL 

The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bring  You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  28,  1878. 


No.  13. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


H.  H.  MIJ.LKR,       - 
J.  W.  STE[N,       - 
D.  VANIMAN, 
D.  B.  \IKNTZER, 
MATTn:  A.  LEAR, 


LADOGA,  IND. 
NE^VTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIRDEN,  ILL. 
WAYNESBORO, 

-  URBAi'A.    ILL. 


VAIN  GLORY. 

BV  GEORGE  D.  ZOIXERS. 

SOME  persons  covet  wealth, 
Some  scale  tlie  hill  0/  fame, 
And  all  their  vital  powers  exert, 

To  circulate  their  name; 
TJiey  boast  of  their  attniumeuts. 
And  tell  what  they  have  done, 
How  many   were  converted, 
By  this  or  that  great  one. 

Thej'  saj-  their  chnrcli  was  formal, 

And   very  dull   and   kIow 
Ere  they  assumed  their  stntions. 

Their  trumpets  for  to  blow; 
But  now  great  power  is  won 

And  thousands  are  converted; 
Since  they  have  gained  the  sway 

The  world  is  much  diverted. 

They  try  to  keep  a  record 

Of  all  the  new  born  throng; 
""  So  niany  are  that  man's. 

But  the  most  to  me  belong." 
They  keep  then-  list  more  accurate 

Than  dear  old  brother  Paul; 
For  he  was  undecided. 

And  could  not  name  them  all. 

So  now  they  sit  in  judgment. 

And  their  cases  they  decide; 
May  he  their  eyes  are  darkened, 

And  they  only  see  one  side; 
But  at  the  Lord's  tribunal  har. 

We'll  gather  by  and  hy, 
When  all  our  work  must  pass  beneath 

God's  scrutinizing  eve. 

Then  He  will  tell  us  who  is  great. 

And  who  has  done  the  most 
And  wo  will  plainly  undci'stand 

That  we  have  no  room  to  boast; 
Perhaps  some  poor  in  spirit, 

Called  formal  and  unwise. 
Will  then  stand  in  the  forwurd  ranks. 

And  win  the  highest  prine. 

We  have  many  precious  brethren. 

Who  are  doing  much  for  God; 
Who  do  not  tell  whate'er  they  do, 

To  blaze  their  fame  abroad; 
And  God  knows  all  their  labors. 

And  will  keep  a  just  account. 
They  may  not  all  their  converts  know; 

He  has  the  full  account. 

A  monarch  who  was  world-renowned — 

An  egotist  of  yore. 
Who  claimed  a  famous  city. 

Was  built  by  his  own  power. 
His  pride  had  reached  its  climax, 

An  augel  spake  his  doom, 
"  Descend  0  lofty  monarch, 

From  thy  exalted  throne." 

Not  he  who  doth  himself  commend 

Will  always  stand  approved, 
But  he  whom  Jesus  names  His  friend 

Will  of  the  Lord  be  loved; 
Then  if  we  cherish  heaven's  amile. 

And  heaven's  great  reward; 
We'll  cherish  no  vain  glory 

We'll  glory  in  the  Lord. 


DUTIES. 

BY  P.  A.  ROSS, 

WE  will  endeavor  to  give  your  readers  a  few 
limited  remarks,  pertaining  to  the  duties 
we  owe  to  ourselves,  to  our  fellow-man  and  to 


God.  The  subject  we  have  chown  to  write  up- 
on, is  one  of  great  importimre.  for  it  not  only 
implies  .self,  but  our  neighbor  and  our  God, 

The  duties  we  owe  to  ourselves  ore  these; 
shonid  live  and  act,  so  that  others  will  respect 
and  honor  us.  We  do  not  wish  to  infer  that 
we  should  pride  ourselves  upon  the  fact  (even  if 
never  true)  that  we  are  better  than  our  felb 
beings,  for  that  would  not  only  be  confcrarj'  to 
nature,  but  also  to  the  laws  of  our  Creator.  We 
should  have  a  fixed  principle  within,  that  mil 
ever  mark  and  guide  our  pathway  through  life 
one  that  will  teach  us  to  respect  self  and  keep 
us  from  evil  associates.  We  should  have  re- 
spect enough  to  keep  well  dressed,  well  read, 
not  only  in  literature  and  science,  but  also  in 
the  Word  of  Him  who  hath  created  and  taught 
us  to  respect  self  These  are  but  a  part  of  the 
mani/  duties  we  owe  to  ourselves. 

The  duties  we  owe  to  ovir  neighbor,  are  vast. 
We  should  in  all  our  actions  endeavor  to  pro- 
mote their  interests.  We  should  love  and  re- 
spect them  as  ourselves,  and  especially  reverence 
the  aged;  for  what  is  more  degrading  than  to 
seethe.m ridiculed  and  dishonored  by  the  young. 
We  should  strive  to  make  them  happy,  and  their 
short  pilgrimage  on  earth  as  ple;ksant  as  possi- 
ble. If  we  do  this,  in  one  word  the  law  wilt  be 
fulfilled,  which  is,  "  Love  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self." 

God  being  our. Creator  and  Redeemer,  we  ow 
all  we  have  to  Him.  The  firat  duty  we  owe  to 
Him,  is  to  give  Him  our  hearts,  and  devote  our 
lives  to  His  service.  "We  should  in  all  places 
and  company,  strive  to  build  up  His  kingdom, 
and  work  for  the  cause  of  Christ.  We  have 
more  encouragement  to  work  for  God,  than 
either  for  our  neighbor  or  ourselves;  for  wo 
know  that  if  we  live  and  work  for  Him,  that  He 
will  love  and  honor  us.  It  is  our  duty,  as  well 
as  our  privilege,  to  love,  honor,  and  obey  Him, 
for  He  has  comniundcd  us  to  do  so,  for  He  says. 
If  ye  love  me  keep  my  commnudments." 

Mi.  Sidwij,  Pa. 

THE  DOUBLE  BROTHERHOOD  OF 

THE  CROSS,  TO  MAN  AS  MAN, 

AND  TO  MAN  IN  CHRIST. 

BY  C.  H.  BAISBAUOH. 

To  Brother  David  EUer,  minister  in   the  Biij 
Swatara  Chinch,  Dauphin  Co.  Pchh.-— 

WHAT  am  I  in  the  world  for?  Is  it  not  that 
you  and  otheis  may  have  an  opportunity 
to  glorify  God  in  fulfilling  Mark  14:7?. 
All  the  bread  and  milk  and  eggs  and  potatoes 
which  yousend  to  Cherith,  will  be  counted  in- 
to Matt.  25:  40.  To  be  God's  raven  is  no  mean 
office.  Whatever  brotherly  bounty  you  send 
after  me  into  the  wilderness,  you  sell  at'  a  great' 
price;  not  ten  dollars  on  the  hundred,  hut  ten 
thousand  talents  on  the  jieuny.  To  lend  to  the 
Lord  is  to  become  the.  Lord's  heir.  Truly  "  it  is 
more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive,"  because 
it  BHtablishes  a  community  with  Christ  which 
puts  us  in  joint-heii-ship  with  Him.  Paul  un- 
derstood very  well  how  wide  are  the  obligations 
which  the  Cross  creates.  He  says,  "  I  am  a 
debtor  both  to  the  Greeks,  and  to  the  Baihar- 
iaus;  both  to  the  wise  and  to  the  unwise  "  (Rom. 
1:14)  This  is  the  very  reason  why  he  says  in 
the  16th  vei-se  that  he  is  "  not  ashiimed  of  the 
Gospel  of  Christ."  If  Christ  'vas  not  ashnmcd 
to  die  for  the  Greek  and  Barbarian  and  un- 
mse,  neither  would  Paul  be  ashamed  to  preach 
these  glad  tidings  to  the  Romans  as  well  as  He- 
brews. Bear  this  in  mind.  It  would  have  been 
great  scandal  to  have  renounced  his  high  po- 
sition in  the  Jewish  church,  and  proclaim  the 
crucifixion  of  a  Nazarene  Carpenter,  unless  he 
could  furnish  the  credentials  that  there  was  that 
in  the  Person  which  rendered  His  death  co-ex- 
tensive with  human  sin  and  misery.  The  14th 
e  tells  us  how  the  Cross  makes  us  debtors  to 
a// mankind;  and  at  the  same  time  elucidates 


the  16th  verse.  I  am  a  debtor  to  you  and  you 
to  me,  and  both  are  debtors  to  every  sinner  we 
can  reach  by  our  influence,  whether  it  be  a 
crownedmonarch,orapoor,  weary, ragged,  loath- 
some wanderer  on  the  highway.  We  are  as 
truly  and  responsibly  debtors  to  the  Barbarians 
as  was  Paul,  and  yet  how  we  twist  and  plead  and 
prevarieatetonnliquatethe  m i.isi on nry character 
of  the  church.  "  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as 
it  is  in  heaven."  The  angels  fly  as  readily  to 
escort  the  ulcerous  dog-licked,  Lazarus  to  glory, 
as  to  burst  out  of  the  skj-  over  Bethlehem  to 
chant  the  incarnation  of  Deity. 

When  a.  loafer  comes  to  stay  all  night,  we  are 
to  see  in  him  a  soul  for  whom  Christ  shed  His 
blood.  We  should  consider  well  how  we  may 
best  preach  unto  him  Jesus.  If  he  is  filthy  and 
disagreeable,  or  infested  with  vermin,  our  first 
sermon  must  be  on  wafer  and  soap,  brush  and 
comb.  A  good  text  in  such  a  case  is,  "  Wash 
and  be  cleft n.'  When  he  leaves  your  door,  in- 
vite him  to  come  again,  so  that  yon  may  see 
whether  the  Gospel  of  Siloam  has  taken  effect. 
This  is  one  of  the  obligations  to  Barbarians 
which  th©Gosi>el  imposes.  To  recover  cannibals 
and  dirt-w  alio  were  from  their  bestiality,  is  a 
good  beginning  in  the  illumination  that  takes 
in  the  loftier  meanings  of  life  both  in  its  muu- 
dime  and  eternal  aspects.  We  are  apt  to  forget 
what  we  owe,  for  Christ's  sake,  to  beggars  and 
tramps,  harlots  and  social  pests.  Clu-ist't 
relation  to  them  in  the  assumption  of  their  na- 
ture, and  crucilixion  for  their  sins,  demands 
both  our  sympathy  and  endeavors  for  their  par- 
ticipation in  tlic  great  salvation.  Let  us  show 
everywhere  and  on  all  occasions  that  we  are  not 
shamtd  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ.  Thnre  is  only 
x\Q\i&yoipromnij  our  fidelity,  and  tbatisbyccf^ 
imj  the  little  hook  as  John  did,  and  then  going 
forth  to  "prophesy  before  many  people,  and  na- 
tions, andtongues,andKings"(Rev.  10:9, 10,11), 
Our  life  must  be  the  Gospel-  "  In  Him  was 
life,  and  the  life  was  the  firjht  of  men."  Here 
is  Christ's  own  philosophj'  of  redemption. 
Christ  is  the  heart  of  God,  and  our  life  must  be 
the  heart  of  Christ,  or  the  Gos|>el  will  be  to  us 
the  power  of  God  to  deeper  damnation.  How 
anifold  and  yet  how  singh  and  central  is  the 
Christian  life.  How  intensely  pei^onal,  and  yet 
how  imperatively  relational.  "  None  of  us  liv- 
eth  unto  bimscif,  and  no  man  dieth  to  himself" 
(Rom.  14:  7).  "  W'n  live  and  die  to  the  Lord," 
and  He  lived  and  died  for  the  race. 

This  brings  us  round  again  to  the  Cross, 
which  hinds  ns  to  evoty  soul  on  earth  in  tiie 
presentation  of  the  Gospel,  even  as  it  hoiiud 
Christ  to  the  eiimc  extent  in  effecting  the  Atone- 
ment. The  milLUeP  and  object  of  His  Death 
make  us  debtors  to  Greeks  and  Barbarians  in  all 
latitudes  and  longitudes.  It  is  Fon  Jesus.  This 
nutkes  it  easy  to  visit  the  sick,  to  feed  the  hun- 
gry, clothe  the  naked,  carry  the  Cross  over 
ns  and  continents,  make  sacrifices  for  en- 
emies, glory  in  reproaches  and  necessities,  and 
suS'er  the  loss  of  all  things,  and  count  them 
but  dung,"  "  for  the  excellency  of  the  knowl- 
edge of  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord."  Is  our  Amen 
ready  for  these  essentialities  of  a  God-accepted 
hfe?  "Lord,  who  h.4th  belikved  odr  re- 
port? AND  TO  WHOM  HATQ  TttE  ARM  OF  THE 
Lord  been  revealed?"  0  ye  blessed  few,  "be 
not  iceary  in  uvU  doing,"  "  be  stb.vdfast,  un- 

^■ABLE,  ALWAYS    ABOUNDISG  IN  THE  WORK  OF 

THE  LORD,  forasmuch   as  ije  know  that  youk 

»H  IS  KOT  IN  VAIX  IN  THE  LORD." 


PENCIL  MUSINGS. 


NUMBER  VI. 

THE  battle  with  self,  if  overcome,  is  one  of 
the  greatest  victories  ever  acchieved  by 
.  The  sooner  self  is  brought  to  on  uncon- 
ditional surrender,  the  sooner  we  become  new 
creatures,  or  regenerated.    This  is  reform.  This 


is  a  matter  with  self.  The  axe  is  hud  at  the 
root  of  the  tree,  and  the  sword  of  justice,  in  the 
hands  of  mercy  must  strike  the  blow— fatal  to 
self,  sin,  world-loving,  and  mortal-binding. 

"  Born  again."  "  Transplanted  from  the  king- 
dom of  darkness,"  newsubjects,  new  creatures-^ 
all  attained  to  by  self.  ^'  Purging  our  conscience 
from  dead  works,  which  were  against  the  soul." 
To  be  new  creatures,  old  things  must  pass  away, 
a  new  life  begun,  it  is  not  an  old  book  reprints 
ed  with  the  same  illustrations  bearing  the  same 
old  authors  name.  0,  no!  a  new  hook  through- 
out, with  the  authors  name,  Jesus  Christ,  print- 
ed by  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  bound  by  the  graco 
of  God.  Every  chapter  is' full  of  love.  The 
first  engraving  is  a  cross,  the  last  a  crown.  The 
index  pomts  heavenward,  where  there  will  l>e  a 
new  edition,  upon  whose  pages  ivill  he  ivritten 
"eternal  life."  Jesuspaid  it  all.  New  and  bless- 
ed Book.  Thy  pages  are  my  life.  Thy  engrav- 
iirgs. are  thny  in  my  heart?  May  the  index  of 
our  lives  be  written  on  the  pages  of  eternal 
life. 

A  new  Book  written,  should  be  our  life 
Erase  from  its  pages,  all  hatred  and  strife, 
Engravings  should  be  humility  and  love, 
When  done  writing,  may  the  index  point  above- 

Lonymont.  Colo. 

THE  VALUE  OF  WORDS. 


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BY  CHAKLOTTE  T.  BOND. 

Gone  can  tell  the  worth  of  a  word  fitly 
poken.  One  strong  decisive  word  spok- 
en at  the  right  time,  may  change  the  course  of 
a  whole  lifetime,  and  arouse  new  energies  that; 
were  thought  to  be  entirely  dormant.  Many  a 
poor  desponding  one.  just  on  the  verge  of  de- 
spair, has  been  roused  by  a  few  kind  generous 
words  of  encouragement, 

The  human  heart  is  so  sensitive,  that  one 
word  may  crush  all  hopes,  and  another  may  fill 
it  with  new  life  and  noble  purposes,  which  if 
carried  out  will  bring  blessings  upon  many,  and 
-iend  nn  offering  of  sweet  incense  on  high. 
What  talent  is  more  to  be  desired  than  to  be 
able  to  send  forth  words  of  truth  and  love  to ' 
everj'  one  that  we  meet  on  our  jouniey  through 
life,  words  that  will  caiTy  peace  to  every  troub- 
led heart,  words  that  can  stay  and  quiet  the- 
conflicts  of  human  pa-ssion?  Such  words  caa 
he  spoken  on  very  common  occasions,  and  by- 
very  humble  lips.  We  uced  not  suppose  because- 
we  do  not  belong  to  that  class  of  persons  that; 
are  distinguished  for  their  knowledge  of  the 
various  sciences  of  the  world,  that  our  words 
:ire  of  no  value,  for  truth  is  mighty  and  will 
prevail, 
We  may  form  some  idea  of  the  words  spoken, 

the  condition  of  the  heart,  from  whence  they 
came:  as  we  read,  '■  From  the  abundance  of  the 
heart  the  mouth  speakcth."  If  the  words  are 
ilways  candid,  truthful  and  pure,  we  may  restv 
assured  they  proceed  from  a  truthful,  hoacsf-, 
heart;  but  if  they  are  light-speaking  ftdse£x>e<ls,  _ 
indulging  in  all  sorts  of  foolish  jesting,  we 
fully  decide  the  fountain  is  impure.  Our  own 
words  will  either  justify  or  condemn  us.  We 
may  send  blessings  upon  others  by  our  words, 
and  bring  happiness  upon  ourselves.  Kind 
ords  will  bring  their  reward  as  they  are  always 
appreciated.  The  most  savage  dispositions  have 
been  tamed  and  humbled  by  words  of  kindness. 
Feeling  and  kno^ving  the  value  of  words  fitly 
ipoken,  dear  reader,  let  us  always  in  our  inter- 
course withourfellow-men,  endeavor  to  nse  the  • 
right  words  in  the  right  place.  Let  no  harsh  ' 
words  mar  the  good  we  might  do  titm.  Itjiiav 
better  not  to  speak  at  all,  than  to  use  words  that 
will  wound  the  feelings  and  destroy  our  influ- 
ence for  good. 
ylrcanum,  Ohio. 

A  person  is  not  irorth  anything  that  Iw-iiot 
had  trouble.  You  cannot  subdue  selfishn^g.  i\:itli— 
out  a  struggle. 


THE    BRETKCREiSr    J^T    -W^ORK. 


March   '28 


THE  SHINING  ONES. 

"Fiiraway  in  Hie  land  ol"  the  pure  and  bright. 
Is  the  city  of  God  witli  its  golJen  light, 
■Oh  there  is  our  home  and  we  evershnll  stand 
"".Mid  the  cheering  ones  of  thnt  better  land 
chorus: 
■Oh  beautiful  home!  Oh  beautiful  home 
Where  beautiful  saints  surround  the  white 

throne, 
How  I  long  to  be  there  and  forever  to  stand 
'Mid  the  shining  ones  of  that  better  laud. 

'That  beautiful  home,  we  are  Hearing  now, 
Where  acrowu  of  bright  glory  encircles  each 

brow, 
"Where  the   tree  of  life  groivs  on  that  beautiful 

shore. 
Where  flowei-s  shall  freshen  to  fade  no  more. 

Withpaluis  and  bright  crowns  aiidrobes  of  light 
■    We  shall  roam  thefair  fields  mth  eternal  delight, 
We  shall  join  in  the  songs  of  the  pimfied  band, 
""Mid  the  shining  ones  of  that  better  laud. 

Then  comu  brother  pilgrim,  let  love  freely  flo^v, 
A.-^  on  to  that  beautiful  home  we  shall  go, 
For  Jesus  has  said  we  must  go  hand  iu  baud, 
If  ever  we  enter  that  beautiful  land. 

Oh  ni)'  soul  is  now  .weary  of  toiling  below, 
Tn  the  home  of  the  porlSed  saints  would  I  go, 
And  there  with  my  Savior  forever  to  stand, 
'ilid  the  shiuiug  ones  of  that  better  land. 


ttrpH 


LET  THEM   SLIP. 


SUMilER  I. 

HHEREFOllE  we  ouglit  to  give  the 
more  earnest  lieed  to  tlie  things 
wliifh  we  have  heard,  lest  at  any  time 
we  should  let  them  slip  "  (Heb.  2:  1), 
The  language  of  oflr  text  as  it  stands, 
dislocated  oi'  disjointed  ti-om  the  Scrip- 
tures to  which  it  sustains  ite  relation- 
ship, implies  an  imperative  command  in 
the  affiiTiiative,  which  is  the  position 
fi-equeutly  occnjiied  l^y  the  votaries  of 
popular  Christianity,  parfcieidarly  iuthis 
age  of  scientists  and  manifestations  of 
wisdom,  Notivithstan cling  this  position 
is  autagonistic  to  the  "Word  of  inspiration, 
as  declared  by  Paul,  and  sustains  the 
same  relationship  to  the  ti'uth  that  dark' 
iiess  does  to  light;  yet  it  is  cherished  and 
praeticitlly  adhered  to  as  tenaciously 
though  it  were  one  of  the  fundamental 
principles  of  the  plan  of  salvation. 

But  Paul  to  tlie  Heln-eivs  says,  "Theri 
fore  we  ou{/hi  to  give  the  more  ehrnest 
heed  to  the  things  which  we  have  heard. 
lest  at  any  time  we  should  let  them  slip." 
Oiviugaword  of  caution  to  the  Hebrew 
brethren, that  there  is  danger  of  sustain 
iug  losses,  if  the  slip  is  suffered  to  be 
made.  But  we  wish  to  make  -a  few 
practical  remarks  on  the  subject  as  it 
stands  in  the  heading  of  this  article. 

The  sense  or  meaning  of  words  or 
phrases  (as  every  school  boy  knows)  de- 
pends upon  and  is  grounded  by  the  words 
and  phi'ases  to  ■which  they  sustain  theii 
-relationship.  Hence  the  displacement 
t)t  words  and  pbi'ases  in  sentences  de^ 
stroys  the  true  sense  of  the  composition. 
in  the  same  relationthat  the  animate  body 
would  lie  rendered  unfit  for  service  with 
.its  limbs  dislocated.  In  this  article  I 
.-shall  endeavor  to  show,  that  to  reject 
partof  the  Scriptures,  win  wrest  from  the 
Word  its  power  of  salvation,  and  it  will 
prove  unto  you  "  a  savor  of  death  unto 
■  death."  Jesus  said, "  Man  shall  not  live 
by  hread  alone,  but  by  every  word  of 
God"  (Luke  4:4).  Wh6n  we  look 
around  us  over  the  ^vorld,  we  see  that, 
man  iu  relation,  to  hLs  duties  which  he 
owes  to  his  Creator  and  to  his  fellow- 
man,  is  practically  prone  to  "  lei  them 
'slip."  It  has  become  the  pass-word  of 
man  iu  every  station  or  condition  in  life; 
every  department  of  business  or  Indus 
trial  pursuit,  equally  suffers  from  its 
withering  and  l)lasting  effects,  which 
like  the  echo  returns  and  has  its  final- 
j-est  upon  the   instigator  wlio  invariably 


is  the  loser,  mechanically,  physically, 
morally,  or  religiously.  All  of  Adam's 
;  in  all  ages  of  the  world  have  been 
branded  more  or  less  with  it;  but  the 
present  state  of  Christendom  seems  to 
manifest  the  sUpjnng  sphif  more  pi'e- 
doQiinant  than  possible  (in  view  of  the 
introduction  of  every  considerable  means 
and  arrangement  to  facilitate  duty  and 
make  it  easy)  than  the  ante-deluvians. 

God  has  held  forth  every  inducement 
to  man  that  His  Divine  attribute  of  jus- 
tice could  allow,  that  man  being  with- 
out excuse  could  promptly  act  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties.  But  it  is  a  liearfc- 
rending  fact,  which  observation  long 
since  has  taught  us,  that  to  "  let  them 
slip,"  is  one  of  the  principal  constituents 
of  popular  religion;  and  figures  largely 
in  the  presbytery  as  well  as  the  laity. 
O !  the  awful  ponderous  soul-destroying 
meaning  of  the  phrase,  "  let  them  slij) ;" 
it  is  the  real  of  the  bottomless  pit;  the 
key  to  hell!  the  inlet  to  the  lake  tliat 
burneth  "with  fire,  and  brimstone !  ■  Never 
theless,  it  is  cherished  ami  proclaimed 
from  the  pulxi't,  !i»d  practiced  l>y  the 
laity.  Yes  we  bear  the  minister,  with 
outstretched  arms  and  uplifted  hands, 
and  eye.s  dii'eeted  heavenward,  in  tones 
like  peals  of  thunder  crying,  we  have  no 
need  of  baptism  for  the  remission  of  sins, 
the  people'  are  all  holy  "  let  them  slip, 
letthemslip!"  The  laity  responds.  Amen, 
Again,  he  cries,  we  won't"  wash  .one  an- 
other's feet,  if  Jesus  did  say  we  should, 
we  don't  believe  He  meant  us  high  Chris- 
tians, He  meant  primitive  Christians,  -we 
will  "  let  tliem  slip."  Again  you  hear 
a  sweet  and  solemn.  Amen.  And  again 
you  hear  him  raise  his  voice  to  a  some- 
A\'hat  higher  key,  and  say,  we  will  dis- 
pense with  this  Supper,  it  is  the  Jewish, 
Passover,  '■'■  This  is  not  to  eat  the  Lord's 
Supper,  for  in  eating  every  one  taketh 
before  another  his  own  supper;  and  one 
is  hungry,  and  another  is  drunken."  AVe 
will  therefore  "  let  it  slip,"  and  to-mor 
row  about  noon  we  will  eat  a  morsel  of 
bread  and  drink  a  sup  of  wine,  or  you 
may  eat  the  ■wafer  and  I  will  drink  the 
wine,  and  the  Lord  ■\vill  bless  it,  and  ■^ve 
will  make  a  supiper  out.  of  it.  O  y 
by  all  means  we  will  "  let  it  slip,"  for 
the  apostle  disannulled  the  Supper 
Amen,  say  the  congregation. 

He  elevates  his  brow,  and  lowers  his 
glasses  (wJiicli  by  the  way  he  inherited 
from  his  gi'and father),  and  reads  to  the 
congregation,  "  Be  ye  followers  of  me, 
even  as  I  am  of  Christ.  Now  I  praise 
you  I)rethren  that  ye  remember  me  in 
all  things  and  keep  the  ordinances  as  I 
delivered  them  to  you."  His  eyes  all 
the  while  bent  upon  the  sacred  _ 
and  if  perchance  he  "  lets  them  slip " 
and  fall  upon  1st  Cor.  1 1th  chapter  5th 
verse,  he  suddenly  "  lets  them  slip  "  to 
the  last  clause  of  the  loth  verse,  and  re- 
marks with  emphasis,  "  for  her  haii'  is 
given  to  her  for  a  covering."  In  Paul's 
days  when  the  women  came  to  worship 
God  without  any  hair  on  their  hi 
they  would  shear  or  shave  them ;  but  in 
these  days  of  light  and  ■wisdom,  the 
ters  weai'  hats  and  chignons,  hence  we 
will  "  let  them  slip."  Amen,  is  the  an- 
swer. And  if  by  accident  he  should  read 
to  the  congregation  the  fifth  chapter  of 
Paul's  first  letter  to  the  Thessalonians 
and  the  sixth  verse,  He  mil  almost  in- 
variably spiritualize  the  inspired  lan- 
guage or  charge  the  apostles  with  being 
the  propagandist  of  nonsense,  and  say 
I  will  not  enjoin  the  holy  kiss  upon  you. 
Know  ye  not  that  Judas  rendered  it  un- 
holy by  betraying  the  blessed  Mastei- 
vnth  a  hiss;  only  give  me  the  thirty 
pieces  of  silver,  or  more  if  you  possibly 
can,  the  more  the  better;  the  Lord  lov- 


eth  a  cheerful  giver,  (and  Judas  lias 
sanctified  the  silver),  give  to  your  pastor, 
give  freely  and  it  will  be  all  right  with 
you;  and  as  for  the  holy  kiss  or  kiss  of 
charity  we'll  "  let  them  slip."  The  con- 
gregation with  smiling  faces,  and  hearts 
filled  to  ovei-flowing  'with  admiration  and 
applause  burets  forth  with,  Aniens,  and 
God  bless  the  pastor,  for  making  the 
ways  of  the  Lord  so  congenial  to  om- 
feelings. 

We  need  not  give  the  more  earnest 
heed  to  these  little  things,  tliey  are  all 
non-essentials,  noM'-a-days;  we  need  not 
care  for  the  poor,  the  county  may  do 
that;  that  belongs  to  the  world,  we  will 
"  let  them  slip,"  and  we  will  shout  and 
pray,  and  pray  and  shout  and  praise 
God  for  His  loving-kindness-,  and  thus 
show  our  love  to  Him.  The  pastor  joins 
with  the  congregation  in  declaring  that 
they  will  be  peaceable  in  time  of  peace, 
and  in  time  of  war  they  will  enlist  iu 
the  service  of  their  country,  and  under 
that  banner  they'will  gird  on  their  whole 
armor  of  the  world,  and  fight  the  good 
fight  of  destruction,  lay  hold  on  eternal 
death ;  the  weapons  of  our  waifare  ai-e 
carnal,  they  ai'e  mighty  through  the, 
world,  to  the  pulling  doivn  of  houses,, 
and  even  cities,  and  governments,  mak-' 
ing  desolate  the  habitation  of  widows 
and  orphans,  and  the  raising  up  of  im 
aginations  and  every  lo^y  thing  that 
humbleth  itself  before  God.  If  my  ene 
my  hunger  I  \vill  let  him  starve,  if  he' 
thirst,  I  will  let  him  famish,  and  so  heap 
coals  of  fire  on  his  head,  and  bring  him 
to  terms.  If  any  man  sue  me  at  the  law 
and  take  aivay  ray  coat,  I  will  shoot  his 
ox  also,  or  if  he  smite  me  on  the  one 
cheek,  I  will  turn  to  him  my  fist  also. 
I  believe  God  gave  me  these  hands  to 
defehd  myself  with.  And  as  for  heal- 
ing the  sick,  we  will  send  for  the  doctor, 
that's  his  business;  he  will  dose  him  with 
colomeland  salivate  him,  and  if  his  con- 
stitution is  sti'ong  enough  to  endure  the 
effects  of  the  medicine  and  wear  out  the 
disease,  perhaps  or  probably  he  "will 
I'aise  him  up.  And  if  there  be  any  oth 
er  thing,  such  as  visiting  the  sick,  th( 
fatherless  and  the  ■widows  in  their  affile 
tion;  feeding  the  hungry,  clothing  the 
naked,  tfec,  we  will  just  "let  them  slip." 
I  have  no  time  to  attend  to  such  trifles; 
and  besides  all  this,  it  causes  such  queer 
feelings  to  come  over  me,  and  such  a 
heavy  distressing  pressure  on  my  heart 
to  go  to  the  house  of  mourning,  I  don't 
like  it  one  bit.  I  will  just  let  neighbor 
Newman  attend  to  the.se  things,  he  is 
such  a  singular  man  anyhow.  He  tliinks 
he  must  "give  unto  them  that  asketh 
him,"  no  matter  how  hard  he  has  work- 
ed for  what  he  has,  and  then  he  believes 
in  non -conformity  to  the  woj-ld,  pulling 
the  beam  out  of  his  own  eye,  in  charity, 
in  going  for^vard  when  he  goes  to  work, 
and  all  such  little  things ;  and  even  be- 
lieves in  all  Jesus  taught  and  did.  He 
believes  that  Jesus  meant  what  He  said; 
but  I  can't  see  it  in  that  light;  but  neigh- 
bor Newman  if  you  think  you  ought  to 
observe  all  these  things,  "  according  to 
your  faith  be  it  unto  you."  But  I  prefer 
the  theatre,  the  opera,  the.  circus,  the  fes- 
tivals, the  celebrations,  the  picnics,  the 
Christmas  tree,  the  ball  room.  I  love 
them  all. 

I  love  the  fascinating  di-amas.  Then 
there  are  theu'  duetts,  so  charmingso  be- 
witching. I  love  to  bask  my  soul 
in  those  elysian  fields  of  bliss,  and 
drink  in  those  enchanting  pleasm'es  to 
my  hearts  content.  O!  how  I  love  the 
ball  room  ■tvith  its  enticing  allurements; 
how  delightful  to  dance  to  the  sound  of 
the  fiddle  until  one  is  worn  out  by  the 
ostentatious   exercises;  and  then  to  lie 


down  to  repose  ones  throbbing,  aching 
iiead  in  the  lap  of  Delilah  and  think 
musingly  over  the  ordeal  of  pleasures 
which  you  have  happily  participated  in. 
Poor,  weak,  blind,  deluded  soul,  would 
to  God,  that  you  coidd  hear  the  warn- 
uig  voice  of  the  Lord  saying  unto  you, 
"  awake  thou  that  sleepest  and  arise  from 
the  dead,  and  Christ  will  give  thee  light." 
You  are  yet  dead  in  sins  and  in  trespass- 
es; your  heart  is  far*  from  the  Lord. 
You  have-beou  letting  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  slip,  until  they  have 
slipped  beyond  the  power  of  your  \-is- 
ion.  Or  perhaps  if  you  would  take  the 
ad^vice  of  Paul  to  the  Corinthians,  "But 
let  a  man  examine  himself,"  very  likely 
you  would  find  that  it  was  you  that  was 
slipping  all  this  tinm,  and  that  too  do\\'u 
the  broad  road  until  you  have  got  the 
world  between  you  and  the  Son  of  Bight- 
eousuess,  and  you  have  lost  sight  of  the 
true  light. 

If  you  would  have  come  to  the  light 
and  walked  in  the  light,  as  children  of 
the  light,  then  you  could  see.  Did  you 
ever  see  a  man  tliat  could  see  in  the  dark 
as  well  as  in  the  liglit?  It  is  true  it  is 
said  that  "  men  love  darkness  rather 
thaulight."  Tell  us  why?  "  Because  their 
deeds  areevil."  Jesiia  says,  "The  light 
of  the  body  is  the  eye;  therefore  if  thine 
eye  be  single,  thy  whole  body  shall  be 
full  of  light;,  but  if  thine  eye  be  evil, 
thy  whole  body  shall  be  full  'of  dark- 
ness; therefore  if  the  light  that  is  in  tliee 
be  darkness,  howgreat  is  that  darkness?" 
Now  we  have  come  to  the  end.  The 
whole  secret  is  revealed.  Standing  ar- 
raigned as  acriminal  before  the  bar,  thy 
countenance  is  fallen,  thy  face  sheweth 
guilt,  thy  knees  knock  together;  tliy 
heart  quaketh  with  fear,  and  thy  voice 
quivereth,  as  thy  mouth  speaketli  the 
truth  in  broken  accents,  declaring  the 
.iwful,  solemn  fact  that "  If  the  blind 
lead  the  blind  they  shall  both  fall  into 
the  ditch."  Yes,  you  have  been  bliud- 
ed  with  the  uutempered  mortar,  by  those 
^vho  are  trying  to  get  to  themselves  a 
great  name,  or  to  empty  yom-  purse  and 
fill  their  pockets,  who  cry  out,  "  Non- 
essentials! Non-essentials!  Virtually  say- 
ing, that  God  is  the  author  and  Chi'ist 
the  institutor  of  nonsense." 

Oh!  what  hypocrisy!  what  foolishness! 
to  let  the  commandments  of  God  slip, 
until  you  be  begin  to  slip  into  perdition ; 
and  in  hell  lift  up  your  eyes  being  in 
torment.  It  is  now  too  late.  You  have 
let  time  also  slip  and  you  have  slipped 
into  an  endless  eternity. 

May  God  help  us  all  to  think  of  these 
things. 

Hipan,  C(d. 


SAVE  ME  OR  I  PERISH. 

liY  KATE  KRI.VER. 

WIEN  Peter  stepped  over  the  side 
of  the  ship  to  go  to  Jesus  upon 
the  water,  he  walked  well  enough  while 
he  kept  his  eyes  on  the  Divine  Master, 
but  when  he  looked  at  the  wild  waves, 
and  thought  of  the  danger  suiTOunding 
him  be  began  to  sink;^and  if  he  had  not 
had  faith  enough  leftjto  cry  "Lord  sa\-e 
nie,"  he  would  have  sunk  to  rise  no  more. 
Many  in  this  our  day  try  to  walk  on 
the  treacherous  waves  of  a  worldly  life, 
at  the  bidding  of  the  prince  of  the  pow- 
er of  the  air;  they  step  forth  cautiously 
at  first,  not  meaning  to  go  far  into  dan- 
ger; but  they  give  themselves  gradual- 
ly to  mirth  and  pleasure,^  to  pride  and 
the  accumulation  of  wealth,  to  care  and 
ambition,  or  appetite  and  selfishness; 
they  go  further  and  further  from  the  old 
safeguard  of  prayer  and  watchfulness, 
the  Bible  and  the  sanctuary.    ("In-istian 


Marcli    -JS. 


'rnE    KKKXH^iEiST    ^VT    AVORKl. 


a 


company  and  C'lin.stinii  influences,  iind 
are  all  tLe  wLile  siukiiij,'  deeper  aud 
deeper  in  the  treacherous  waves  of  a  sea 
thftt  they  are  trj-ing  to  walk  upon ;  they 
are  becomiag  more  worldlj',  more  ab- 
Hoi'bed  in  the  things  that  can  never  sat- 
isfy the  soul.  By  and  by  they  become 
alarmed,  fear  comes  upon  them,  they  find 
tliut  tliey  are  sinking,  they  cry  for  help 
fur  they  see  they  have  exposed  them- 
selves to  a  storm  that  no  mortal  can  face; 
they  are  in  danger  of  being  ovei-taken 
l)y  n  night  that  is  the  blackness  of  dark- 
ness; yet  even  then  if  they  only  will  cry 
as  Peter  did,  "  Lord  save  me  or  I  per- 
ish," they  mil  find  the  hand  of  Jesus 
near  and  strong;  He  will  lift  tbem  out 
of  the  stormy  sea  and  set  their  feet  on 
the  solid  shoi'e. 

Biit  alas!  too  many  will  not  look  to 
Jesus  iu  the  Iiour  of  great  peril  and  sor- 
row, but  look  to  the  ^vorld  for  pleasure, 
and  grow  more  unhappy;  they  look  to 
the  world  foi-  light,  and  become  deeper 
involved  iu  dnrkuess;  they  loolc  to  the 
\\'orld  for  hope  and  are  answered  by 
groans  of  desjiair. 

Oh  I  have  often  tlionght  how  many 
of  us  have  gi'eat  need  to  offer  the  pray- 
er once  offered  by  the  sinking  disciple, 
"  Lord  save  me  fi*om  sinking."  Save 
me  from  sinking  in  this  sea  of  worldli- 
ness;  save  me  from  disowning  Christ  and 
denying  the  Rock  of  my  salvation ;  save 
me  from  giving  up  my  heart,  ray  life, 
my  soul,  to  the  unsatistying,  and  perish- 
aide  things  of  earth;  save  me  fi-om  liv- 
ing a  stranger  to  pe^ce  and  pardon,  and 
from  sinking  at  last  in  the  deep  waters 
of  death  and  destruction,  with  a  hope 
that  is  an  anchor  to  the  soul,  botb  sure 
and    steadfast. 

Oolo,  Iowa. 

THE   LORD'S  SUPPER. 


xr-MiiKR  r. 
T.S  the  supper  or  passovcr  Clirist  ate 
-*-  with  His  disciples  the  passover  of 
the  Law?  And  if  so,  did  Christ  and  the 
Apostles  eat  it  at  the  day  aud  houj-  ap- 
pointed by  the  Law  (Ex.  12  :Nnni.  9:1-5)? 
I  say  no;  this  caunot'be  the  case  accord- 
ing to  the  record  of  tlie  four  evangelists. 

AVesee  that  the  Jews  themselves  agi'ee, 
that  they  would  not  take  Him  on  the 
feast  day,  lest  there  be  an  uproar  among 
the  people  (Matt.  2C:i;  Mark  14:  2). 
Again,  the  four  books  of  the  Gospel, 
showing  plainly  that  it  Wiis  on  the  prep- 
aration day,'*;\vheu  Jesus  sent  one  of  His 
disciples  to  prepare,  that  they  might  eat 
the  passover  (Matt.  20 : 1 7 ;  Maik  14:12). 

Then  came  the  day  of  unleavened 
bread  when  the  passover  must  be  Icill- 
ed,  and  He  sent  Peter  and  John  snjing, 
go  and  prepare  us  the  passorel-  that  we 
may  eat  (Luke  22:  7.8).  Now  before 
the  feast  of  tlie  passover,  when  Jesus 
knew  that]  His  lioui-  was  come  that  He 
should  depart'outof  this  world  unto  the 
Father  (John  13:  I).  He  riseth  fi-om 
supper.  Here  John  telU  us  in  plain 
\vords,  that  Jesus  ate  His  supper  before 
the  feast  of  the  passovei',  Now  no  man 
at  tiie  table  knew  for  what  intent  He 
sjjake  this  unto  him,  for  some  of  them 
thought  because  Judas  had  the  bag  that 
Jesus  said  unto  him,  Buy  those  things 
that  we  have  need  of  against  the  feast 
(vei-ses  28,  29).  Here  it  is  again  plain 
and  beyond  all  dispute,  that  the  disci- 
jdes  did  not  think  at  the  time  they  had 
ate  it,  ^vhen  Judas  went  out  to  gather 
the  band  of  men  and  officei-sto  take  Je- 
sus. But  they  well  knew  it  was  only 
the  beginning  of  the  preparation  day, 
wliifli  was  always  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  first  month;  and   the  day   began  in 


the  evening,  as  soon  as  the  twelve  hours 
of  the  thirteenth  day  were  full.  And 
that  was  the  time  the  disciples  came  to 
Jesus  and  said,  "  Where  wilt  thou  tliat 
\ve  shall  prepare  for  thee  to  eat  the  pass- 
over?"  This  was  at  least  twenty  hours 
before  the  time  to  kill  the  Lamb  as  ap- 
pointed by  the  Law.  Jesus  ate  His 
passover  (or  supper)  as  near  as  we  can 
learn  fi'oin  the  Scriptures,  twenty  honi-a 
before  the  time  appointed  by  the  Law. 
For  the  preparation  dav  in  which  the 
lamb  was  to  be  killed,  was  never  called 
the  feast  of  the  passover,  but  the  (sac- 
rificing) killing  of  the  lamb  at  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  (or  between  two  eve- 
nings) which  was  the  ninth  hour,  or  what 
we  would  call  the  middle  of  the  after- 
noon ;  the  very  hour  Christ  died  upon 
the  cross.  And  it  was  to  be  eaten  that 
night,  which  was  the  beginning  of  the 
fifteenth  day,  called  the  day  of  holy 
convocation  unto  the  Lord. 

And  in  this  passover  feast  was  no  pro- 
viso made  in  the  Law  to  eat  it  one  day 
earlier,  or  one  day  later,  but  for  those 
that  were  unclean  or  on  a  journey  I'rom 
home,  they  were  to  wait  until  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  second  month,  and 
.then  they  were  to  prepare  it  according 
to  the  Law,  and  were  to  eat  it  that  night 
after  the  manner  of  the  Law.  And  ev- 
ery sonl  that  would  not  keep  that  feast 
according  to  Law,  was  to  be  cut  off  from 
among  His  people  (Num.  9:  14).  And 
no  man  was  to  go  out  of  his  house  until 
the  morning  (E.\.  X2:22).  But  Christ 
did  not  only  send  one  man  out,  but  they 
all  went  out  when  they  had  sung  a  hymn 
into  tbe  Mount  of  Olives  (JIark  14 :  20). 
The  Jews  also  M'ere  iq  an  uproar,  and 
came  to  Jesus  in  the  garden  and  took 
Him  up  into  the  high  priest's  palace;  and 
there  they  mocked  Him  the  remainder 
of  the  night;  but  early  in  the  morn- 
ing tliey  gave  him  over  to  Pilate.  Now 
the  Jews  did  not  so  much  as  go  into  the 
judgment  hall,  lest  they  should  be  de- 
filed, but  that  they  might  eat  the  pass- 
over  (John  18:  28). 

Here  we  have  another  witness  that 
they  Lad  not  yet  eaten  the  passover;  but 
Christ  ate  His  in  the  evening,  and  now 
it  was  morning.  They  had  Jesus  before 
PUate  to  have  Him  condemned,  to  put 
Him  to  death  (Matt..  27:  1-3).  Now 
when  Pilate  ^\'as  set  down  in  the  judg- 
ment seat  in  a  place  that  is  called  the 
pavement;  and  it  was  tlie  preparation 
of  the  passover,  and  about  the  sixth  hour. 
(John  19:  13,  14).  When  Jesus  there- 
fore had  received  the  vinegar,  He  said  it 
lis  finished:  and  He  bowed  His  head  and 
gave  up  the  ghost.  It  was  still  the 
preparation,  as  we  see  in  vei'se  thirty 
and  tliii-ty-one,  and  iu  verse  forty-two 
we  see  it  still  was  the  Jew's  preparation 
day,  when  Jo-seph  had  laid  Jesus  in  the 
sepulchre.  To  tliis  all  the  evangelists 
bear  witness,  that  Jesus  was  taken  from 
the  cross  on  the  preparation  day,  that  is 
the  day  before  the  S'abbath  (Matt.  27: 
(i2;  Mark  10:  42;  Luke  23:  .■)4).  Aud 
John  tells  us,  that  the  Jews,  because  it 
was  the  preparation  clay,  that  the  bod- 
ies should  not  remain  upon  the  cross  on 
the  Sabbath  day  (for  that  Saljliath  day 
was  an  high  day),  besought  Pilate  that 
their  legs  might  be  broken,  and  that 
they  might  be  taken  away. 

Hence  we  have  a  clear  case  here  that 
Jesus  ate  a  passover  (sujjper)  of  which 
He  could  say  to  His  disciples,  "  "With 
desire  Ilmve  desired  to  eat  this  passover 
with  you  before  I  suffer;  For  Isay  unto 
you  I  will  not  any  more  eat  thereof  un- 
til it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of 
God."  In  my  next  I  will  give  the  de- 
sign of  Christ's  passover. 


FREEDOM. 


'.  sorrnwooD. 


U  TF  the  Son  therefore  make  you  tree 

-*-  then  are  ye  free  indeed"  (John  8; 
36). 

After  the  death  of  Joseph  and  his 
contemporary  king,  tlie  Egyptians  began 
to  treat  the  Israelites  very  cruelly,  Vjiud- 
ing  heavy  burdens  upon  them ;  requir- 
ing them  to  labor  in  various  ways,  some 
making  brick  of  mortar  and  straw.  So 
gieat  was  their  bondage  that  then-  cries 
reached  high  heaven,  and  God  sent  Mos- 
es to  free  them,  "ttlien  Moses  began  to 
show  favor  to  the  Israelites,  the  Egyptians 
then  began  the  more  rigoious,  requiring 
them  to  make  the  same  tale  of  brick  and 
find  their  o\vn  stra^v ;  so  they  had  to 
gather  stubbles  from  the  fields,  and  la- 
bor very  hard,  that,  too,  under  very  rig- 
orous task  masters. 

At  last  the  time  arrived  for  Moses  to 
begin  his  work;  and  it  was  only  after 
he,  through  the  mighty  power  of  God, 
had  performed  many  miracles  and 
brought  many  sore  and  grievous  plagues 
upon  Pharofth  and  all  Egypt,  that  he 
succeeded  in  setting  them  free.  But 
when  they  were  free,  it  was  only  freedom 
from  Egyptian  bondage.  They  were 
not  free  indeed.  Why?  because  the  Son 
had  not  made'  them  free.  If  the  Sou 
had  made  them  free,  then  would  they 
have  been  free  indeed. 

AATieii  sin  entered  the  world  it  fell  up- 
on all;  so  all  were  under  the  bondage 
of  sin.  Then  as  much  more  .^ore  and 
gi'ievous  Avas  our  bondage,  as  Satan's 
power  exceeds  that  of  Pharoah.  It  is 
indeed  the  worst  bondage  in  which  mor- 
tal man  can  be  bound.  This,  like 
Egyptian  bondage,  caused  God  to  send 
a  deliverer.  But  He  did  not  send  Moses 
and  Aaron,  No.  There  was  no  need  of 
a  different  freedom.  There  was  need  of 
an  eternal  freedom;  a  freedom  not  of 
the  body  only,  but  of  the  soul;  a  free- 
dom from  every  variety  of  sin  and  woe. 
Who  is  able  to  fi'ee  this  people  ?  Who 
does  God  send  to  make  us  free?  We 
■ead  that  "  God  sent  His  only  begotten 
Son."  Why  did  He  send  His  Son?  Be- 
cause He  wanted  us  free  indeed,  "  If  the 
Son  therefore  make  you  free,  then  are 
you  free  indeed." 

Jesus  in. now  come  to  deliver  us  from 
the  bondage  of  sin,  and  He  is  willing 
and  able  to  lead  us  safely  through  the 
■wilderness  of  this  world  to  that  heaven- 
ly Caanan,  and  tJiere  give  us  an  eternal 
freedom. 

Brother,  do  we  uot  want  the  Son  to 
make  us  free?  Do  we  uot  want  to  be 
free  indeed  ?  Do  we  not  want  to  gain 
that  blissful  home,  and  rest  eternally  on 
that  glory-lit  Strand,  and  sing  praises 
to  God  forever  and  ever  ?  If  we  do,  let 
us  follow  Jesus;  for  He  says,  "I  am  the 
way."  Then  let  us  follow  Him  in  all 
His  precepts,  not  trying  to  reason  a^vay 
any  of  His  commandments,  but  take 
Him  at  His  word;  whatever  He  tells  us 
to  do,  let  us  do  it  without  murmuring 
OS  Israel  did;  but  let  us  "press  toward 
the  mark  for  the  prize  of  the  high  call- 
ing of  God  in  Christ  Jesus." 

Then  when  our  pilgrimage  on  earth 
is  brought  to  a  close,  weshall  with  our 
deliverer  dwell  eternally  in  those  bright 
mansions  He  has  gone  to  prepare  for  us. 

Sister,  do  yon  not  want  to  be  made 
free  indeed  ?  Do  you  not  want  to  be  de- 
livered from  tke  sins  and  woes  of  thi^ 
world?  Do  you  not  want  to  enter  the 
sun-bright  climes  of  eternal  glory,  and 
bask  in  the  pardoning  love  of  a  crucified 
Redeemer!!  Then  let  me  point  you  to 
the  Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  away  the 


sin.')  of  the  world.  If  yuu  will  humbk- 
youi-self  under  His  ndghty  ham},  by 
obeying  all  His  commands  mtliout  doubt 
or  murmuring,  and  cost  all  your  care 
on  Him,  He  will  e.valt  you  in  due  time,, 
and  save  you  with  His  everlasting  snlva-- 
tion. 

Li7u:olnvilh,   Wnha-'h,  Co.  Inil. 


A  PLACE  FOR  YOU. 


ii  T  G^  to  prepare  a  place  for  you"" 
J-  (John  14:  2).  Our  Father  in. 
heaven  has  a  place  for  all  His  children: 
then  of  course  we  nmst  become  His 
children.  And  it  has  been  decreed  by 
His  Son  Jesus  that  none  shall  inherit 
that  (dace  without  being  born  again.. 
For  that  reason  Jesus  left  the  shining 
courts  of  heaven  and  came  down  to  this 
lower  world,  to  speak  words  of  eternal 
life  unto  the  people,  and  as  never  mait. 
spake,  the  glad  tidings  of  great  joy, . 
which  shall  be  to  all  people.  The  good 
tidings  was  the  fulfilling  of  the  promise 
Moses  ga\'e  to  the  children  t>f  Israel ;  that 
a  prophet  the  Lord  3'our  God  Avould. 
raise  up  from  among  your  brethren  like 
unto  me,  him  shall  you  hear.  So  the 
fi^i"3t  news  concerning  the  new  kingdom 
was,  "Repent  ye  and  believe  tlif  Gos- 
pel,'^ that  it  migbt  be  fulfilled  which  ■ 
was  spoken  by  the  prophet  Esaias,  "  The 
people  which  sat  in  darkness,  saw  great 
hght;  and  to  them  which  sat  in  the  re- 
gion and  shadow  of  death,  light  is  sprung- 
up"  (Matt.  4:  16). 

So  after  impressing  upon  their  minds 
the  necessity  of  regeneration  and  admit- 
tance  into  tlie  sheep-fold.  He  said  it  was 
expedient  for  Hini  to  go  to  the  Father, . 
for  the  express  purpose  of  preparing  a 
place  for  them ;  and  to  comfort  His  dis- 
ciples He  said  to  them,  "  Let  not  yiww- 
heart  be  troubled,  ye  believe  in  God,  be- 
lieve also  in  me,  in  my  Father's  house 
are  many  mansions,  if  it  were  not  so  I 
would  ha^'e  told  you,  I  co  to  prepare  a 
place  for  you."  Before  He  could  go  to 
prepare  a  place  for  us.  He  had  to  fall 
into  the  bauds  of  sinners,  and  spill  His-- 
precious  blood,  "  For  \rithout  the  shed- 
ding of  blood  there  is  no  reniis.sion  of" 
siu8,"'thus  fulfillniug  His  own  prophecy- 
"Except  a  corn  of  wheat  fall  into  the 
grouad  and  dicj  it  abidtth  uloue."  So  He  liad  to 
full  into  tiie hands  nf  siunci'S  and  die,  or  He  would. 
be  alone  widi  the  Father,  but  by  submilting  lo  ■ 
Ihe  will  of  tliG  Falber  to  make  a  full  atouenicut 
He  was  lifLcd  up  from  tlie  earth,  not  to  be  jiione^ 
but  to  "draw  all  men  mito  Hiiu,  that  where  I  ant 
ye  luay  be  also;  for  in  my  Fatlier'a  bnu.'ie„ 
(churcli)  arc  manj-  mansions."  Yes  many  have- 
felt  the  drawing,  and  Inatly  tho  knocking  nt  the 
door  of  their  hearts  (Rev.  3:  20),  and  have  ojmui- 
cd  and  let  Him  in.  Then  He  has  an  indwelling- 
place  in  each  one,  "many  mansions"  until  this 
earthly  house  be  dissolved."  If  we  have  i)peued 
the  door  aad  let  Him  in  dear  reader.  He  has  b- 
mansion  in  yoii,  He  has  a  mansion  in  me,  for^aid^. 
He,  "  I  will  dwell  in  them  aud  walk  in  tbem,jinc£  ' 
1  will  he  tlieir  God,  and  tbey  shall  be  by  jieoplc 
(2  dr.  6  ;  16).  How  good  it  is  to  know  timl  Je- 
sus hof  an  indwelling  jilaco  in  our  licarljf,  ihi» 
earthly  tabernacle,  and  that  we  are  adopted  -■ 
children  of  Him,  and  ns  David  says,  "will  dwell 
in  the  house  oi'  the  Lord  forever  "  (Fa.  23 :  6), 
that  is  as  long  as  life  lasts,  and  if  faitlifnl  in  this 
timu ,  lill  all  shall  he  dissolved,  we  ^all  be  adoiit- 
"d  into  that  place  (not  many  places)  or- building 
of  God  made  without  hamls  eternuUy  in  the  heav- 
ens, and  fiball  go  out  no  more  forever^ 
Slierbiton,  Onl. 


A  promise  should  be  given  with  caution  and 
kept  with  care.  A  promise  should  be  mad*  with 
the  heart,  and  remembered  with  the  head.  A 
promise  is  the  olTering  of  theinteutitiu,  nnd  slionld. 
benurturcd  by  recollection.  A  promise  nnd  i la 
performance  should  be  like  a  true  baliince,  always 
present  a  mutual  adjustment.  A  promise  (hlayerl 
is  justice  deferred.  iVL>n)>uuo.iieglected.-is  an  un- 
truth told. 


TTTK  b-reth:ke:x"  ^t  "wokk. 


March   28. 


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M.M.  ESHELMAN,  [ 


Bbo.  S.  It.  Diiiion  is   Jul/   aulhoriieJ,  hy    u*  ns 
Irateling  curMspOnclinl  ftnil  ngcnt  for  llio   Bbitiiiiem 

regiilarmUB,      All  bii^inew  tniusMltd  by  him  fur  oui 
ficc,  will  bo  Iho  niimu  a»  it  'loae  bj  aui^glvos. 


Tile  BBCTiinus  at  WubK  will  bo  sout  poal-pniil,  lo  i  . 
Dddrcia  in  Ibo  UniloJ  Sinles  or  Oinncln.  for  51  60  por 
aDniim.  Tbnao  aending  Ion  nnmea  ond  f  16.(K),  will  re 
ocito  an  oitra  copy  trcn  ot  obnrge.  For  sU  over,  llii 
niimbcr  tlio  fiscal  will  bi  nllowcd  10  cents  for  vnob  add! 
tional  niioic,  wliich  oiuounl  con  be  dcduelcd  Trom  lb 
manef,  bcfars  lending  il  to  ub.  Money  OriJcr«.  Urnfi!. 
(wd  Kcgijtercd  Lolton  mny  bo  sent  nl  onr  risk.  Tbcy 
ghould  be  inndu  pajnbic  lo  Moore  &  EsUcUunn, 

SubjcriptioiLS,  iind  comniuoicalions  intcudcil  fur  tbo  [in- 
per,  113  well  r«  nil  bMBinesB  malteta  conncett"!  wilb  Ibo  "f- 
<Gae  should  bo  nddrcsiacd 

Iisiuu'lE,  Carioll  Cg.,  111. 


UABCB  3B,  1876. 


REPORT    OF   THE   DEBATE. 

WE  hitvt;  oil  Imnil  n  sufficient  amount,  taken 
down  ivliiSe  ftt  the  discussion,  to  iimke 
out  a  pretty  fiiir  re|>ort  of  the  oi-gumonts  pre- 
sented tluriug  the  debute.  But  ns  tlierc  are 
proaiMicta  of  ft  writteu  discussion  tlirougli  our 
paper,,  we  conclude  to  wait  a  few  weeks.  If 
itr.  Ray  will  stand  lo  the  challenge  he  made 
while  at  the  Newtonia  debate,  and  ngree-  to  dis- 
cuss, in  an  itcnii/.uJ  forui,  the  difl'erencc  lietween 
the  Baptists  luid  the  Brethren,  our  readere  can 
expect  to  have  the  pleiisuro  of  reading  the  ar- 
guments in  full.  We  will  Icnow  inside  of  afcw 
-weeks,  wheftiev  the  written  debate   will   come 


VALEDICTORY. 


AS  aunouncetl  in  another  colamii  of  this  issue, 
a  change  takes  place  in  the  control  and 
jiiaiiiigement  of  the  editorial  of  this  paper,  giv- 
ing the  entire  business  of  the  office  into  the 
iands  of  brethren  Moore  and  Eshelnian.  Our 
reasons  lor  disposing  of  our  interest  iu  the  pub-^ 
lication  of  the  paper,  are: 

First,  That  our  mind  might  be  entirely  free 
of  business  cares,  and  thus  be  more  fully  quali- 
fied for  the  labors  of  the  ministry,  feeling  that 
business  cares,  and  especially  the  vexations  of  s 
business  like  this,  unlits  any  minister  for  evan- 
gelistic work.  When  a  minister  is.away  labor- 
ing to  draw  souls  to  Christ,  and  the  difficulties 
of  conducting  a  paper  come  np,  he  is  ruffled  in 
mind  anil  incapable  of  preaching  n  sermon  \vith 
a  mind  only  on  Jesus. 

Sccoiff,  I  desire  to  devote  my  entire  life  to 
the  work  of  an  evangelist  and  wish  to  be  free 
from  every  other  care  so  that  when  worn  out  I 
can  be  at  liberty  to  rest  and  study,  mthovit  any 
of  the  vexations  of  business  and  when  rested 
ivill  be  at  liberty  to  go  at  will. 

2'hhd,  I  wish  to  escape  the  slangs  and  abuse; 
heaped  upon  editors,  which  renders  their  live* 
Dnplea.saut  ond  labors  i\is agreeable;  and  if  it 
■would  not  be  thought  out  of  place,  let  me  ask 
all  who  read  this,  not  to  be  abusive  in  their 
notea  to  publishei-s.  Encourage  them  if  you 
can,  and  fill  yo.ur  letters  with  kind  words.  Thif 
■will  please  them  and  show  you  to  be  a  gentle- 
man or  a  ludy,  and  more  than  that,  possessed  of 
a  Christian  heart.  This  I  wish  to  escape,  that 
my  life  will  not  be  hiu-assed  with  these  troubles, 
and  thus  1  feel  that  I  can  labor  more  to  the  glo- 
ry of  God. 

Fomih,  I  feel  that  under  the  raanageiuent  of 
flHsthren  Moore  and  Eshelman  the  [inper  will 
meet  the  wants  of  our  fraternity  and  be  as  ably 
, edited  as  it  is  with  my  assistance. 

:^vw  I  have  given  some  of  the  reasons  I  have 
?or  ii.  EYiiiuga  in  my  public  life.  Hope  they  will 
be  s;itisfactory  lo  all.  I  have  promised  to  still 
write  for  the  paper,  ginng  the  result  of  my  la- 
bors in  the  cause  from  time  to  time  as  circum- 
stances will  require  and  admit.  I  leave  the 
office  with  kindlyfeelings  for  all  connected  with 
iL  My  associations,  socially  mth  the  members 
of  the  firm  have  been  ple.-tsant,  and  in  future 
Jem's  I  ^all  rec.-dl  the  past  as  pleasant  to  me. 
I  widh  the  paper  success  and  trust  the  blessings 
of  oar  heavenly  Father  will  attend  il  in  time  to 
come.  I  am  worn  down  in  body  and  mind, 
but  hope  that  the  rest  I  propose  to  take  from 
now  till  A.  M.  will  renew  my  strength  bo  that 
I  will  bti  able  to  liil  my  present  engagements. 


I  want  to  here  remark  that  I  shall  labor  only 
for  (he  union  of  the  ehiirch  and  the  success  of 
the  cause  of  Christ.  More  union  ia  what  we 
want  and  we  feel  it  will  be  sought  for  by  the 
Brethren. at  v/ork  this  broad  laud  over. 

May  God  bless  all  and  in  heaven  give  to  each 
a  reward  that  will  last  while  llie  eternal  ages 
roll.  To  Him  who  loved  us,  died  and  redeemed 
ua,  he  glory  now  and  forevermore. 

S,  H,  Bashoii. 


THAT  WRITTEN  DISCUSSION. 

FROM  the  BaplisI  Batlh  Flag,  of  March  20th, 
we  clip  the  following: 
"  As  Mr.  Stein  spoke  of  a  newspaper  discuss- 
ion, we  pnisenl'id  the  following: 


Nr.wT. 

To  the  i*/'>^^/n , 

invite  you  U<   (ii 

church  prupii  !i: 

Mo.,  iuyour  uuli 


Mu..  M;u-cii  13th  1878. 
„  .,1   n  ...■:   —We  respectively 
■  ■;.  ■  I  111'  our  respective 

V  ,    I     .;.:.'.  -t  at   Newtonia. 
luiii-  -.niA  iiu.'  I'LXa. 
lirtispccttully, 

D.  B.  Ray. 

The  impression  hna  already  gone  out  that  the 
Tlunkards  will  never  again  i-isk  the  discussion 
of  their  church  claims.     AVe  will  see." 

To  those  who  were  at  the  Newtonia  discuss- 
ion, and  heard  all  the  speeches,  the  above  will 
seem  a  curious  evasion  of  the  facts  in  the  case. 
It  should  be  rcmemhered  that  it  wa.s  written  by 
Mr.  Ray  himself,  and  how  he  over  got  the  idea 
that  Bro.  Stein  proposed  a  newspaper  discuss- 
ion is  a  little  mysterious.  The  otherwise  unin- 
formed reader  would  infer  from  the  Bnlllc  FUiij 
that  Bro.  Sieiu  was  the  fii^t  of.  the  disputants 
to  speak  of  a  ucwspaiier  discussion,  when  in  fact 
Mr.  Ray  himself  knows  that  it  Wiio  just  the 
otlier  way.  Mr.  Ray  was  the  first  man  to  say 
one  word  about  the  matter.  Wo  will  now  mu- 
rate  the  tiling  as  it  occurred. 

Mr.  Ray  in  his  last  forenoon  speech,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  the  discussion  threw  ont  achallenge 
I'or  a  written  debate,  saying  that  the  columns  oi' 
bia  paper  would  be  open  to  a  full  discussion  of 
the  claims  of  both  churches.  The  nest  morn- 
ing Bro.  Stein  read  the  following,  and  then 
handed  it  to  the  Moderator  for  safe  keeping; 
Newtonia,  Mo.,  March  13th  1878. 

Mr.  Mocleralur : — 

I  have  for  years  desired  an  oppor- 
tunity to  discuss  the  doctrinal  differences  be- 
tween the  Baptists  and  Brethren  before  -the 
Baptist  leaders  of  America,  but  so  far  have  been 
refused  space  in  the  Baptist  papers;  but  as  my 
friend  D,  B.  Ray,  in  his  last  forenoon  speech 
yesterday,  threw  himself  open  for  a  written  dis- 
cussion throulgh  the  papers  of  our  respective 
chui'ches,  I  hereby  accept  the  oiler  fur  a  written 
discussion  with  any  man  of  the  n.iii:!^'  j-  >  il.i- 
sion  the  Baptist  church  ivill  emi-'. 
tiou,  however,  that  the  discna.^i.iM   ■■    i   :■  I 

ill  a  Baptist  paper  having  a  eii-'.-u;  li.'i.  ■  ij  .  ii  i.. 
the  paper  to  be  furnished  by  the  Hn-tlivou.  At 
the  close  of  the  present  discussion,  I  irill  be 
prepared  to  enter  into  arrangements  regarding 
the  said  writteu  discussion. 

J.  W.  Steik. 

Mr.  Ray  made  no  move  toward  accepting  the 
proposal,  but  tried  to  turn  it  ofi'  by  saying  that 
he  meant  me,  and  not  Bro.  Stein,  Then  the 
next  day  he  read  his  proposal  to  our  paper,  re- 
garding a  newspaper  discussion.  Now  this  is 
the  way  the  whole  matter  came  up,  Mr.  Ray  be- 
ing the  fik'st  one  to  mention  the  idea  of  having 
a  written  debate  and  Bro.  Stein  took  him  up. 

At  the  close  of  the  discussion  we  informed 
the  audience  that  we  were  not  in  any  way  in- 
volved in  the  discussion,  and  did  not  think  it 
according  to  the  rules  of  debate  for  Mr.  Ray  to 
challenge  us,  especially  so  since  Bro.  Stein  had 
taken  him  up  at  his  own  oder,  and  that  we, 
therefore,  would  not  accept  the  challenge,  as  it 
would  enable  hiui  to  avoid  a  wTitteii  debate  with 
Bro.  Stein. 

This  is  just  the  ivny  the  mattGi'  stands,  ail^l 
we  therefore  give  it  to  the  public,  Mr.  Ray 
made  a  proposal  for  a  written  debate  and  Bro. 
Stein  took  him  up,  and  he  must  now  either  de- 
bate or  eleo  back  down  from  his  own  proposal. 
Let  it  be  home  in  mind  that  Mr.  Ray  was  the 
first  one  to  say  one  word  about  a  written  dis- 
cusision,  aud  we  will  now  see  if  he  will  stand  up 
to  his  proposal. 

Our  people  were  well  pleased  with  the  result 
of  the  Newtonia  cUscussion,  and  feel  much  con- 
firmed m  the  strength  of  their  position,  but 
since  an  opportunity  for  getting  the  matter  fully 
discttsBcd  before  the  Baptist  readers  of  America 
has  been  ofl'cred,  they  are  anxious  that  the  op- 
portunity be  at  once  embraced,  and  therefore  it 
now  hangs  on  what  the  Flat/  has  to  say.  If 
Mr.  Ray  will  stand  up  to  his  proposal  for  a" 
written  debate  the  public  will  see  whether  we 
are  afraid  to  defend  our  position  before  the  read-  I 
ing  people  of  America,  I 


That  the  discussion  may  be  fair  on  both  sid'?s, 
it  is  necessary  that  the  points  of  ditferences  be- 
tween the  two  churches  be  discussal  separately, 
idlowing  each  disputant  the  same  number  ol  ar- 
ticles of  e<pial  length  on  each  proposition,  and 
the  disonssion  be  published  in  the^RerntiES  at 
Work  and  Baptist  Bafile  Flag.  If  Mr.  Kay  is 
ready  for  this  he  will  please  say  so.  Bro.  Stein 
is  prepared  to  arrange  the  propositions  ivith 
him.  J,  H.  U. 


THE  NEWTONIA  DBBAtU. 

OUR  last  communication  regarduig  the  dis- 
cussion closed  on  Monday  evening,  March 
11th,  at  which  time  the  debate  was  getting  quite 
lively  aud  the  interest  becoming  very  intense. 
Many  of  the  hearers  were  in  earnest,  seeking  for 
the  truth  that  tliey  might  embrace  it.  There 
were  several  present  from  a  distance  and  hud  a 
gi-eat  anxiety  to  learn  of  the  old  paths  luid  walk 
therein. 

What  renilerod  the  debate  of  great  interest 
was  that  quite  a  niiinber  of  families  in  attend- 
ance had  left  the  Baptist,  and  united  ^vith  the 
Brethren,  and  it  remained  to  be  seen  how  the 
arguments  would  nlfcct  them.  We  are  glad  to 
.say  that  they  were  much  confirmed  iu  their  faith 
aud  practice,  aud  now  feel  confident  that  they  oc- 
cupv  the  old  apostolic  platform.  We  hud  the 
pleasure  of  being  with  them  much  during  the 
discus^on  and  found  them  well  posted  on  the 
doctrine  of  the  Bible.  Hope  othera  will  follow 
their  example  before  it  is  too  late. 

Mr.  Ray  did  his  best  to  make  the  Bi-ethren's 
doctrine  look  ridiculous,  and  luid  contradictious 
in  their  ^ivritings.  When  Bro.  Stein  was  pre- 
senting his  arguments  in  defense  of  the  three- 
fold immei'siou,  Ray  did  not  follow  him  very 
closely,  but  spent  niucli  of  his  time  trying  to 
find  fault  with  feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper, 
the  kiss  and  our  manner  of  dressing.  It  seems 
he  could  not  wait  till  they  were  brought  up,  but 
must  bring  them  up  himself,  and  hence  did  not 
t-ake  the  time  to  answer  the  arguments  presents 
cd  iu  favor  of  trine  immereion  as  was  desired 
that  he  should. 

Bro!  Stein  made  a  nice  point  against  the  Bap- 
tists in  favor  of  the  forward  motion  in  baptism, 
by  showing  that  the  Baptist  church  believed  in 
the  forward  action  so  strongly  that  they  actual- 
ly sung  it  in  their  hymns,  and  then  read  quite 
a  number  of  extracts  froui  the  Baptist  Hymn 
Bookspealdng  ai  huwiiuj  iu  baptism,  and  the 
Savior  boicinij  under  the  hand  of  Jolmthe^ap- 
tist.  They  will  have  to  either  change  their 
manner  of  baptizing  or  else  revise  their  Hymn 
Book.  People  ought  not  to  sing  a  thing  they 
ilo  not  practice. 

The  discussion  clo.sed  on  Wednesday  evening, 
li.iving  losted  seven  days  in  all.  Tilings  gener- 
ally passed  off  very  quietly,  and  all  the  members 
felt  good  over  Bro.  Stein's  eflbrt,  not  one  of 
them  regretting  that  the  discu.ssion  wa^  held. 
Taken  altogether  it  was  an  instructive  inter- 
view, and  afforded  many  opportunities  of  learn- 
ing, and  we  are  confident  has  added  much  to  the 
credit  of  the  Brethren  in  and  around  Newtonia, 
as  well  as  greatly  confirmed  them  in  their  faith. 
The  two  disputants  parted  on  good  friendly 
terms,  in  short  a  good  feeling  seemed  to  pervade 
the  minds  of  nearly  all.  Of  course  the  future 
must  develop  the  result,  agd  time  alone  will  tell 
the  effect  of  truth,  when  once  planted  in  the 
hearts  of  those  seeking  after  it. 

Bro.  Samuel  S.  Mohler  of  Johnson  Co.,  Mo. 
was  the  Brethren's  Moderator,  and  Mr.  D.  N. 
Home,  of  Winsor,  Mo.,  the  Baptists',  and  Judge 
M.  H.  Ritchey  wils  the  presiding  Moderator. 
He  discharged  his  duty  with  impartial  ability, 
and  showed  himself  fully  qualified  to  preside  in 
pubhc  bodies.  He  is  a  man  of  excelleiit  stand- 
ing JQ  thiit  part  of  the  country,  and  seems  to  be 
highly  respected  by  all.  Owing  to  the  busy 
season  of  the  year  the  attendance  was  not  so 
liu-g^  flS  Wfli  expected^  but  the  interest  was  ex- 
cellent anil  tho  order  good.  The  Brethren  kept 
up  their  night  mootings  and  at  the  Inst  one  had 
quite  a  large  congregotion  of  attentive  hcarera. 

The  Brethren  at  thu  place  are  erectuig  a 
commodious  meeting-houso  which  they  expect 
to  have  completed  at  an  curly  day.  It  is  locat- 
ed near  the  edge  of  the  toivn,  and  will  be  quite 
a  convenient  place  for  meeting.  I  must  confess 
that  I  fell  somewhat  iu  love  with  tho  country 
around  Newtonia  and  believe  it  to  be  an  excel- 
lent place  to  live.  It  certainly  must  be  healthy, 
aud  affords  fruit  and  good  water  in  abundance, 
Members  desiring  a  suitable  location  in  the 
West,  should  visit  that  part  of  Mo.  Those 
desiring  information  should  address  Eld.  C.  Har- 
ader,  Newtonia,  Newton  Co.,  Mo.  We  made 
our  home  in  his  family  during  our  stay,  and 
found  it  a  pleasant  lodging  place.  Many  thanks 
for  their  kindness.  Bro.  J.  T.  Mason  will  Te\i- 
resent  our  paper  at  Newtonia,  acting  as  our 
regular  agent  in  that  part  of  the  country. 


BhUEWARD  bodsd. 

On  Thursday  morning,  in  company  with  Bro. 
S,  S.  Mohler,  we  started  by  private 'conveyance 
to  Carthage  where  we  arrived  in  the  afternoon 
in  time  for  the  evening  train.  I  much  desired 
to  pass  out  into  the  country  one  mile  and  visit 
Bro.  Wampler,but  hadnottimetodoso.  Inor- 
der  to  reach  Kansas  City  without  delay  I  was 
compelled  to  go  as  fiu-  West  as  Oswego,  having 
separated  from  Bro.  Mohler  at  Columbus. 
Reached  Kansas  City  the  next  day,  and  from 
there  made  my  ivay  to  Russelville,  Ray  Co.,  Mo., 
to  visit  my  parents  whom  I  had  not  seen  for 
seven  years.  Our  meeting  was  a  pleasant  one, 
though  imexpectod  to  them. 

They  are  getting  well  along  in  ycoi^s  and  he- 
coming  much  worn  down.  They  came  to.  the 
far  West  in  an  early  day  and  have  spent  much 
of  their  time  in  the  frontier  life,  ha%-ing  endur- 
ed many  hardships  and  deprivations.  May  the 
Lord  bless  aud  reward  them  for  their  labors  on 
earth.  While  hero  we  held  three  meetings:  one 
in  the  Brethren's  nieeting-houso  and  the  other 
two  in  Russelville,  On  Sunday  night  we  had 
tho  most  croivdcd  house  I  have  preached  to  in  a 
long  time.  Bro.  Addison  Harper  is  the  Elder 
of  the  congregation  here.  Ho  is  a  man  of  good 
ability,  and  known  as  an  intei-csting  speaker. 
The  Brethren  here  have  as  good  farming  conn- 
try  as  I  saw  while  in  the  State.  Tho  saints 
ought  to  go  up  aud  possess  the  land. 

I  left  on  the  IKth  and  reached  home  on 
the  morning  of  the  21st,  found  all  well  and  mat- 
lei-3  about  the  office  running  all  right.  Mmiy 
thanks  to  the  members  for  our  kind  treatment 
while  traveling  among  them.  j.  ii.  Ji. 


SHALL    WE    HAVE    REFORM  P 

THIS  is  the  time  of  the  year,  when  much 
of  the  "  council  work "  of  the  Brethren 
is  being  done.  In  addition  to  the  work  prepa- 
ratory to  Love-feasts,  is  that  of  the  District 
Conference.  It  is  about  the  preparatory  work 
for  the  latter  that  I  desire  to  note  here  more 
particularly.  Will  we  labor  to  bring  as  little 
matter  before  our  District  Meetings  as  possible? 
If  achurch  ia  iu  love,  peace,  prosperity,  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  ai)p()int  a  committee  to 
"  think  up  "  some  queries  for  the  District  Meet- 
ing, simply  to  have  a  query  or  two.  The  elder 
who  called  a  special  meetuig  in  order  to  get  up 
a  few  queries  for  D.  M.,  had  an  eye  to  icorh^ 
whether  profitable  or  unprofitable.  Now,  this 
is  not  the  way  to  come  to  "  unity  of  action," 
oneness  of  muid.  When  I  find  delegates  stat- 
ing that  their  church  "  sends  no  query,  but  is  in 
love  and  peace,"  it  makes  me  think  of  good,  old 
times  when  query-making  was  yet  unborn  — 
when  the  Brethren  lived  so  happily  together, 
studied  the  Word  so  carefully  and  diligently 
that  questions  of  policy  and  iu;tion  were  never 
raised,  or  if  raised,atoncesettled  by  the  Oracles 
of  God.  The  question,  the  standing  question 
with  us  then,  should  be.  How  little  can  we 
bring  to  D.  M.  ? 

When  queries  are  presented  to  the  church, 
would  it  not  be  well  to  get  down  the  New  Tes- 
tament, the  " iKi-fcd  law  of  liberty,"  and  search 
it  diligently  for  an  answer?  Better  do  this,  if 
it  takes  two  or  three  days,  than  send  them  to 
the  D.  M. 

God  is  good  and  wise.  He  gave  us  a  book 
containins  all  the  rules  of  action  necessary.  — 
"Ah!"  says  one,  "how  about  those  who  are 
beady  (stubboro)  high-minded  and  walk  not 
worthy  of  the  vocation  whereunto  they  have 
been  called?"  How  about  such?  Does  not 
Paul  say,  "  icarn  them  that  are  unruly,  disor- 
derly ?  "  Aud  then  again,  if  they  will  not 
hear,  will  continue  to  be  stubborn,  continue  to 
be  high-minded,  does  not  the  apostle  command 
to  withdraw  from  such?  Does  this  not  settle 
/W  question?  Thus  question  after  question 
may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Word  of  God,  savinjf 
much  time,  labor  and  feelings  at  District  Meet- 
ings, Study  the  Word  of  God  more,  and  the 
world  leas,  and  the  right  answers  ■will  alwoys 
meet  the  right  queries.  If  every  church  would 
thus  act,  give  no  room  to  those  who  arc  puffed 
up  and  seek  vain-glory,  the  praise  of  men  more 
than  the  praise  of  God,  there  would  be  no  occa- 
sion for  long  debates  over  queries  at  A.  M.  — 
And  if  there  are  those  who  are  hurt  when  que- 
ries on  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity,  on  gen- 
eral deportment,  on  the  avocations  of  life  are 
brought  up,  ■will  strictly  confine  themselves  to 
the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel,  iW  <pieries  will 
not  "  go  up." 

But  there  is  occasion  for  queries  at  times.  — 
Men  of  perverse  minds  arise  and  draw  after 
them  a.  multitude.    By  smooth  words  (flatter- 


Marcli   -28. 


TTrlE    33RKTI-IRIi.^sr    ^VT    A\^OKI-C. 


ies)  Qti'l  fftir  spcoclica,  they  "  deceiye  tlie  simple" 
ijlom.  18:  18).  To  save  the  "simple,"  the  sin- 
cere, the  true,  the  iowly  in  heart. are  moved  to 
combine  their  Ubora  in  defense  of  the  Gospel 
order  and  integrity  at  D.  11.  and  A.  M.  And 
such  queries  multiply  in  proportion  to  the  rala- 
chiovou3  acts  and  tendcnuiea  of  tlio  unruly.  — 
Let  those  who  cry,  "  Only  the  perfect  Into  of  li- 
^flij"  give  no  occasion  for  queries,  and  there 
will  be  no  juat  onc3.  And  then  let  there  be  no 
effort  to  find  occasion  whete  there  is  none,  imd 
another  source  of  evil  will  he  dosed.  Some 
gicc  occasion,  while  others  seek  occasion,  nieie- 
ly  for  selfish  purposes.  Not  until  these  aven- 
ues are  closed  by  a  strict  compliance  to  God's 
order,  will  there  be  n  dimiuuntion  of  querie 
But  juat  so  long  as  men  of  perverae  minds,  and 
men  who  love  to  find  fuult,  are  peruiitted  to 
lead  away  souls  fi-om  "  the  simplicity  that  is  in 
Christ"  (3  Cor.  11:  3),  juat  that  long  there  mil 
be  occusiou  for  "godly  jealousy"  {'2  Cor.  11:  2), 
on  the  part  of  those  to  whom  have  been  com- 
mitted the  oracles  of  God.  "  Contend  mrnestlij 
for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints"  {Jude 
3),  does  not  mean  to  sit  down  and  silently  listen 
to  such  as  are  murmurcrs,  complaincrs,  wiiUdug 
after  then- own  lusls;  speaking  great,  swellius 
woi-ds,  having  men's  persons  in  admiration,  be- 
cavise  of  advantage  (Jiule  10).  The  contending 
does  not  meau  submission  to  such,  and  if  there 
be  such  in  any  church,  that  church  has  weli- 
nigh  lost  its  first  love[Uev.  2:  4). 

Therefore  seeing  all  these  thijigs,  what  can 
we  all  do  to  shorten  eouneil  work?  Can  we 
not  each  walk  in  Gospel  simplicity  to  begin 
with?  Then  can  we  not  bear  a  little  with  each 
other  in  our  follies;  and  wheuever  we  err.  mani- 
fest a  readiness  to  heed  good  ;idvice,  looking  to 
the  Lord  in  prayer?  Will  we  study  the  Bible 
more  and  lean  upon  the  counsels  of  the  Lord? 
0  my  brethren  why  should  any  root  of  bitter- 
ness, and  conupting  influences  come  up  among 
a  people  possessing  such  lilj^rties  in  Christ,  and 
sueb  liberties  in  a  free  countrj'?  Shall  Satan 
get  fUi  advantiige  of  us?  No,  not  if  we  live  at 
the  foot  of  the  Cross,  not  if  our  morning  and 
evening  incense  goes  up  to  God.  But  ive  some- 
times let  it  go  down  to  Satan.  Our  voices  go 
out,  but  our  hearts  are  downward,  heuce  the  iu- 
cenib  is  lost  and  we  not  benefited.  I  have  no 
apologies  to  make  for  these  sentiments.  It  is 
time  to  tvrite  and  talk  so  that  old  and  young, 
simple  and  haughty  oin  undci'staud.  Milk  and 
water  is  not  Christiau  food,  but  milk  aud  meat 
are  reeprameuded  by  an  eminent  Apastte.  God 
bless  all  of  us  to  live,  act;,  think  and  talk  &r 
men  and  woman  in  Christ  Jesus.         ii.  M.  e. 


IIf-re.ifter  all  communications  intended  fur 
this  oliice  should  be  addressfd  Moore  &  Eshel- 
mau,  aud  to  them  all  money  orders  and  drafts 
should  be  made  payable. 


We  learn  that  No.  9  of  the  Bketueen  at 
WouK  did  not  i-eaoh  a  number  of  ofBces  in  the 
East.  For  this  we  are  sorry,  as  wc  very  much 
desire  every  subscriber  to  receive  his  paper  reg- 
ularly, and  labor  to  have  them  leave  the  office 
in  good  condition.  We  have  sent  No.  9  again 
to  all  who  have  notified  us,  hut  arc  now  out  uf 
this  number. 


Fkou  a  letter  received  from  brother  R.  H. 

Miller,  we  learn  that  he  returned  the  14th  inst 
from  New  Paris,  Ind.,  whither  he  had  gone  to 
preach  a  number  of  doctrinal  sermons.  While 
there  was  taken  sick,  and  had  to  remain  until 
well  enough  to  complete  his  labore.  On  account 
of  continued  impaired  health,  he  is  unable  to 
attend  to  engagements  at  present,  hut  hopes  to 
meet  them  as  soon  as  possible.  We  expect  to 
give  our  readers  something  from  hia  pen  soon. 


In  this  issue  brother  S.  H.  Bashor  takes  his 
leave  of  the  BRErnsEN  at  Wouk  as  one  of  its 
editors  and  proprietors.  Our  association  in 
business  and  as  brethren  in  one  common  cause 
has  been  pleasant.  Looking  back  over  our  past 
labors  together,  we  feel  grateful  that  God  gave 
us  grace  to  walk  and  tidk  together;  and  now  as 
oar  work  in  an  editorial  capacity  has  been  dis- 
solved by  mutual  consent  and  brotherly  kind- 
ness, may  our  feelings  of  sadness  be  swallowed 
lup  in  the  uijticipated  glory  of  the  coming  of  the 
iord,  when  we  shall  meet  to  nnrt  no  more. 
iBro,  Bashor  will  continue  to  work  for  the  inter- 
■ests  of  the  Bbeteben  at  Work,  and  contribute 
to  its  columns  as  he  may  find  opportunity  in 
the  midst  of  his  evangelistic  labors.    May  his 

work  in  life  be  fruitful  to  the  honor  and  glory 
o    God.  and  may  bis  and  our  end  be  complete 

n  Jdsm  who  has  redeemed  us. 


SATUHDAY  NIGHT. 

An  Evening  With  Clement. 

CLEMENT  of  Ale-vandrio,  m  he  is  generally 
Cidied,  flourished  near  tlie  close  of  the  sec- 
ond century.  In  early  life  he  was  a  heathen 
philosopher  of  no  suiidl  attainments.  He  was 
born  about  the  middle  of  the  second  century  and 
died  A.  D.  220,  having  spent  his  eniiro  life  in 
search  of,  und  teaching  what  he  eouceiVed  to  be 
the  truth.  He  was  a  man  of  learning  when 
converted  to  Christianity,  hut  being  anxious  to 
acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  it,  eagerly 
sought  instructions  of  the  most  eminent  teach- 
ers he  could  find,  and  for  that  purpose  traveled 
extensively  in  Greece,  Italj',  Egypt,  Palestine, 
and  other  jiarts  of  the  East.  In  this  way  he 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  teachings 
that  prevailed  in  the  second  century. 

It  may  be  ivell  to  observe,  in  this  connection, 
that  the  divided  st,ite  of  Christianity  was  not 
then  k\a  it  is  now.  The  church  as  a  great  body 
was  united,  aud  stood  firm  to  the  doctrine  of  the 
primitive  churches.  A  few  factious  had  split 
oft"  aud  set  up  for  themselvea,  hut  the  general 
church  of  all  Auntrics  stood  firm.  Clement's 
travels  amoug  the  churches,  and  convei'sing 
with  their  eminent  teachers  were  of  great  ad- 
vontjige,  thus  nflbrdiuu  opportunities  of  becom- 
ing better  acquainted  with  them  and  their 
doctrine,  and  at  the  sauie  time  assimilating  him- 
self to  them  and  their  customs. 

He  came  into  the  church,  not  to  teach  and 
govern  it,  but  to  be  taught  and  governed  hy  the 
church.  His  first  step  w.t.s  to  attend  the  school 
of  Christ,  and  become  familiar  with  the  faith 
and  practice  of  the  great  Christian  body,  and 
acquire  a  thorougli  knowledge  of  its  religion  as 
banded  down  from  the  earliest  times.  After  be- 
coming familiar  with  its  teachings  imd  princi- 
ples he  began  to  leach  and  publicly  defend  it, 
aud  wrote  some  valuable  ■  works  setting  forth 
iome  of  the  leading  features  of  the  Christianity 
of  that  age. 

From  tradition  it  would  seem  fcbat  Mark,  the 
evangelist,  traveled  down  into  Egypt,  and  there 
the  city  of  Alexandria  established  a  Christian 
school,  which  afterwards  became  noted  as  the 
leading  seat  of  learning  in  that  country.  Clem- 
ent finally  became  professor  of  this  school,  and 
added  much  to  its  reputation  a-s  a  Christian  in- 
ititution.  Though  devothig  much  of  his  atten- 
tion to  teaching  and  preaching,  yet  he  'found 
time  to  write  and  publish  some  valuable  works, 
a  few  of  which  have  come  down  to  our  time, 
writings  display  both  learning  and  care, 
and  in  many  instances  show  commendable  feat^ 
ures  that  characterized  the  churches  of  early 
centuries.  It  would  seem  strange,  however,  that 
the  professor  of  the  leading  school  of  the  land 
would  condescend,  as  some  call  it,  to  teaching 
some  things  that  we  find  iu  his  books,  but  the 
church  at  that  age  had  not  Ijecome  corrupted  to 
the  extent  that  it  did  in  latter  years,  and  there- 
fore .  as  we  approach  tlie  fountain-head  from 
whence  issued  the  pure  waters  of  the  Christian 
faith,  we  may  expect  to  find  a  generality  of 
more  piety  than  in  these  modern  days  of  cor- 
ruption. 

When  speaking  "against  embellishing  the 
body,"  Clement  saya,  "  The  god  of  the  Egyptians 
appears  a  beast  rolling  on  a  purple  couch.  So 
those,  women  ivho  wear  gold,  occupy  themselves 
arling  at  their  lock!?,  and  engage  in  anoint- 
their  cheeks,  painting  their  eyes,  imd  dyeing 
their  hair,  and  practicing  other  pernicious  arts 
of  luxury,  decking  the  covering  of  the  flesh — iu 
truth,  imitate  the  Egyptians,  in  order  to  attract 
their  infatuated  lovers.  ♦  »  »  •  *  For  Jotc  of 
display  is  not  for  a  lady,  hut  a  courtesan.  Such 
women  care  little  for  keeping  at  home  \vith  their 
husbands;  but  loosing  their  husbands'  purse- 
itrings,  they  spend  its  supplies  on  their  lusts, 
that  they  may  have  many  witnesses  of  their 
seemingly  fair  appearance;  and,  devoting  the 
whole  day  to  their  toilet,  they  spend  their  time 
with  their  bought  slaves." 

When  speakuig  of  those  who  are  attracted  to 
places  of  amusement  thesame  writersays,  "For 
those  that  glory  in  their  looks,  not  in  heart, 
s  to  please  others.  For  as  the  brand  shows 
the  slave,  so  do  gaudy  colors  the  adulteress. 
For  though  thou  clothe  thyself  in  scarlet  aud 
deck  thyself  with  ornaments  of  gold,  aud  anoint 
ttiine  eyes  mth  stibium,  in  vain  is  thy  beauty,' 
says  the  word  of  .lereniiah.  Is  it  not  monstrous, 
that  while  horses,  birds,  and  the  rest  of  animals, 
spring  and  bound  from  the  grass  and  meadows, 
rejoicing  in  ornament  that  is  their  own,  in 
main,  and  natural  color,  and  varied  plumage; 
woman,  as  if  interior  to  the  brute  creation, 
should  think  herself  so  unlovely  as  to  need  for- 
eign, and  bought,  and  painted  beauty." 

"  Let  the  woman  wear  a  plain  and  becoming 
dress,  but  softer  than  what  is  suitable  for  aman, 
yet  not  quite  immodest  or  entirely  gone  in  lux- 
ury. Aud  let  the  garments  be  suited  to  age, 
person,  figure,  nature,  pursuits.    For  the  divine 


apostle  most  beautifully  counsels  lis  '  to  put  on 
Jesus  Clirist,  and  make  no  provisions  for  the 
lust  of  the  flesh.'  " 

Regarding  ear-rings,  our  learned  teacher  says, 
"  The  Word  prohibits  us  from  doing  violence  to 
nature  hy  boring  the  lobes  of  the  ears.  For 
why  not  the  nose  too? — so  that,  what  was  spo- 
ken, may  be  fulfilled:  'As  an  car-ring  in  a 
swine's  nose,  so  is  beauty  to  a  ^voman  without 
discretion.'  For,  in  a  word,  if  one  thinks  him- 
self made  beautiful  by  gold,  he  is  inferior  to 
gold;  and  he  that  is  inferior  to  gold  is  not  Ion! 
of  it." 

Thus  writes  the  noted  professor  of  the  cele- 
brated high  school  nt  Alexandria,  from  whom 
some  of  our  modern  teacbei-s.  as  well  as  popu- 
lar Chi'istiaiis  can  learn  valuable  lessons. — J.  H. 
Moore.  

"SPRINKLING, 
TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

KLiMIlEil  III. 

WE  are  now  ready  for  auotlier  lesson,  and 
will  hear  the  Doctor  first  recite  on  John 
the  Baptist. 

3.  "Did  John  llie  Bnpiist  immerse  those 
whom  he  baptized?" 

Just  as  if  a  man  could  be  dipped  ivithout  be- 
ing dipped.  The  question  by  the  Doctor  falls  to 
pieces  of  its  own  accord,  for  there  is  no  baptism 
in  water,  nor  with  water  without  immei-siou, 
without  dipping.    But  hear  him  further; 

"  No  doubt  there  was  constantly,  for  weeks 
and  months,  a  large  encampment  of  men,  wo- 
men and  children,  at  the  place  he{Johu)  sojourn- 
ed. How  could  idl  these  people  and  then- 
animals  have  been  kept  alive  in  a,  dry  and  bar- 
ren region,  at  a  place  ivhere  there  was  little  or 
no  water?  For  the  purpose  of  subsisting  these 
immense  multitudes  of  men  aud  animals,  aud 


not  for  the  purpose  of  dipping,  it  was  necessary 

that  John  should  preach  aud  baptize  ou  t' 

Jordan,  atEuoH,  and  at  other  places  where  tbi 


was  much  water. 

This  learned  man,  this  Doctor  of  Divinity 
can  see  "a  large  encampmuut  of  men,  women 
and  children  for  weeks," — yes,  not  only  for 
"  weeks,"  but  for  "  months,"  and  all  the  "  lUii- 
miUs  "  in  Judea  aud  Jeruaidem  up  und  down  the 
Jordan,  but  no  iininci-siou.  He  can  see  what  is 
not  in  the  Book  of  God,  aud  don't  see  what /sih. 
Where  is  there  one  word  of  evidence,  positive  or 
circumstantial,  that  will  prove  that  men,  wo- 
men, children  and  animals  encamped  in  the 
wilderness  for  weeks  and  months?  Aud  even  if 
the  whole  world  had  been  there  for  a  year,  does 
that  prove  that  dipping  is  spriiiklitig?  Not  by 
any  means  1 

Ajid  then  he  continues  to  insist  that  John 
"  baptized  on  the  Joi'dan."  Look  at  that  little 
word,  "  OH."  "  Ou  Jordan."  Does  God  say  that 
John,  Jesus  and  tho  apostles  haiitized  ow  Jor- 
dan? Never.  Do  they  tell  about  baptizing 
2)eopk  on  Jordan  ?  Not  a  wonl  about  baptizing 
I,  womiin  and  children  on  Jordan.  The  fact, 
the  old  Bible  fact,  still  remains  that  John  bap- 
tized the  people,  of  Judea  and  .Jerusalem  and  all 

le  regions  round  about,  in  Jordan,  in  the  river, 
in  the  water.  The  man  that  says  on  Jordan,  on 
water  is  wresting  the  Scriptures  to  his  o^vn — 
let  Peter  say  the  rest  (2  Peter  3:  IG). 

4.  ""  Was  Cornelius  and  liis  family  immers- 
ed? There  is  nothing  said  whatever  that  they 
were,  and  no  allusion  in  the  accoimt  that  would 
favor  such  a  supposition  •  *  *  Nowi  what  is 
the  idea  conveyed,  immediately,  to  the  mind  of 
the  reader  when  reading  the  words:  'Canimy 
one  forbid  water  that  these  should  not  be  bap- 
tized?' Did  he  not  plainlymean,  'Can  anyone 
forbid  water  to  be  now  brought  into  the  room, 

order  to  hajitize  them  without  delay.'  " 

You  say  there  is  no  allusion  in  the  account  of 
Cornelius'  baptism  that  "would  favor"  the 
supposition,"  that  he  was  immersed.  The  Bi- 
ble doctrine  of  water  baptism  is  not  a  matter  of 
supposition, — is  not  so  indefinite,  not  so  vague 
that  it  needs  supposition.  Itisamatter  of /(/c(, 
a  matter  of  divine  appointment,  a  real  establish- 
ed ordinance.  There  is  no  use  of  supposition  in 
the  matter.  The  suppositions  are  all  on  the 
side  of  "baptism  bi/  sprinkling."  This  new  idea 
of  "sprinkling  6^  sprinkling"  is  in  need  of  all 
the  suppositions  in  the  universe,  and  then  it 
will  not  stand  up;  nor  can  it  be  propped  up.  It 
takes  divuie  inspiration,  divine  authority. 

Again  you  think  it  "plainly  ineaus,  Can  any 
one  forbid  water  to  be  brought  into  the  room, 
in  order  to  baptize  them  without  delay?"  It 
neither  means,  nor  plainly  means  that  water 
should  be  brought  into  the  room.  Why  do  you 
not  say  that  ivater  was  brought  in  to  sprinkle 
them?  Why  say  bap(i::c?  Why  not  say 
sprinkle?  Does  infallible  inspiration  say,  "  Can 
any  man  forbid  water  that  these  should  not  be 


.sprinkled?"  No,  not  at  all;  and  Dr.  Green- 
wald  is  afraid  to  put  the  Word  s]>rinkle  in  place 
of  the  word  baptize.  He  knows  that  a  transla- 
tion with  the  word  sprinkle  instead  of  the  word 
bnplize  would  not  be  accepted  by  any  man  who 
has  respect  for  his  learning.  And  yet  if  bap- 
tiiO  means  to  sprinkle,  it  would  have  been  so 
rendered  long  ago.  for  the  army  of  sprinklers  b 
indeed  large;  but  no  Greek  scholar,  no  number 
of  Greek  scholars,  will  dare  to  translate  bnptizo, 
"sprinkle."  There  is  a  reason  for  this.  It 
does  not  mean  to  sprhikl&,.\i,eyoT  did,  aud  no 
twist  of  human  hmguage  can  ever  make  it  mean 
sprinkle.  The  Greek  word  for  sprinkle  is  fhan- 
tizo,  and  rhantizo  is  never  rendered  baptize,  dip- 

The  Doctor's  next  questions  ai-e:  "  WasPatd 
immersed?  "  "  Were  the  jailer  and  his  family 
immersed?"  Under  these  two  heads  he  simply 
rehearses  his  arguments  "  wilk  water,"  "i«i77t 
the  Holy  Ghost,"  which  we  have  already  shown 
to  be  "  in  water,"  "  in  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and 
then  falls  into  the  error  of  supposing  that  Paul, 
Silsia  aud  the  jailer  did  not  go  out  of  the  prison 
to  hunt  a  river.  But  wc  go  to  the  record. 
"  Believe  iu  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou 
shalt  be  saved,  aud  thy  house.  Aud  they  spoke 
to  him  the  word  of  the  Lord,  aud  all  those  in 
his  hoiisc.  And  taking  fcheni  in  that  hour  of 
the  night,  he  washed  them  from  their  stripes, 
and  was  immersed  (dipped)  he  and  all  his.  And 
having  led  them  up  into  his  house,  he  set  a  ta- 
ble and  rejoiced  with  idl  his  house,  believing  in 
God  "(Acts  16:  31-34).  Then  tho  Doctor  in- 
sists that  if  the  jailer  bad  gone  out  of  the  pris- 
on all  the  other  prisonera  would  have  escaped, 
but  admits  that  the  jailer  went  vfith  Paul  and 
Silas  into  another  part  of  the  prison.  Did  all 
the  prisoners  flee  then?  If  all  the  doors  were 
broken  open  and  the  "  walls  rent,"  how  could 
the  jailer  keep  them  in  by  going  to  "  bis  own 
private  apartments?  "  He  could  keep  them  in 
bj'  going  and  sitting  down  iu  another  room, 
doors  all  open,  walls  rent,  etc.,  but  then  if  he 
had  gone  out  to  a  river  to  he  baptized,  they 
rt-ould  all  have  fied.  That  is  your  reasoning  ia 
it  not?  Ah!  you  forget  that  Piiul  said,  "Do 
thyself  no  harm,  for  ive  are  all  lierc."  God 
worked  there  that  night,  aud  the  Power  that 
broke  down  the  doors,"  and  "  rent  the  walls," 
could  also  restrain  guilty  prisoners  from  fleeing 
at  all. 

I  wish  to  note  one  more  point  iu  this  lesson. 
Doctor  Grecnwald,  ou  page  12  of  his  pamphlet 
says: 

"  And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron  and  his  sons, 
and  consecrate  them,  that  they  may  minister 
unto  me  in  the  priest's  office.  Jesus,  too,  as  our 
High-  Priest,  must  he  fidly  consecrated.  •  *  * 
The  idea  of  a  person  being  consecrated  to  the 
office  of  a  priest,  or  miiiistei%  by  being  dipped 
into  oil  or  the  water,  on  the  Holv  Ghost,  by 
which  he  is  consecrated,  is  absurd.' 

Here  the  Doctor  would  have  us  believe  that 
Jesus  was  a  Priest  after  the  order  of  Aaion; 
but  the  apostle,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  says:  ""Itis 
evident  that  our  Lord,  sprang  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Juda;  of  which  tribe  Moses  spokenotbing  con- 
cerning the  priesthood"  (Heb.  7:  14),  and  Jesus 
was  "  made  a  high  priest  forever  after  the  order 
of  Melchisedec"  (Heb.  6:  21).  Observe  that 
Jesus  sprang  out  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  not  of 
Levi.  That  Christ  was  a  priest  forever  after  the 
order  of  Melehisedic,  and  not  after  the  order  of 
Aaron.  The  Doctor  cannot  teach  us  that  Christ 
came  of  the  tribe  of  Levi,  and  was  made  a  priest 
after  the  order  of  Aaron,  God  does  not  so  in- 
struct; but  teaches  that  Jesus  came  of  the  tribe 
of  Juda  and  ivas  baptised  of  John  in  Jordan. 
This  ought  to  satisfy  any  truth-loving,  heaven- 
born  soul.  And  it  will.  Only  such  as  see  what 
the  Lord  ne\er  commanded,  and  don't  want  to 
see  what  He  did  command,  will  talk,  write  and 
act  diflerently.  We  write  plain.  We  want  to 
be  understood.  This  is  no  time  to  run  when 
the  smoke  of  error  arises,  The  time  has  arriv- 
ed for  bold  and  fearless  words — the  whole  truth 
of  Jesus,  all  He  spake  by  the  mouth  of  holy 
men. if.  M.  E, 

Brother  Bashor's  retiring  from  the  office 
makes  it  necessary  that  we  balance  our  accounts 
as  soon  as  po^ible,  and  therefon:  suggest  to 
those  who  are  owing  us  the  propriety  of  remit- 
ting as  fast  as  they  can.  We  have  considerable 
standing  out  and  are  anxious  that  it  be  yiaid  in 
as  soon  lis  convenient.  Hope  all  who  are  in- 
debted to  us  will  make  a  note  of  this. 


Bhotrkr  Bashor  and  wife  called  with  us  last 
week.  They  are  on  their  way  to  .Waterloo, 
Iowa,  where  they  expect  to  remain  some  months 
until  Bro.  Bashor's  health  improves  sufficiently 
to  take  the  field  again.  He  expects  to  devote 
his  time  wholly  to  traveling  and  preaching. 
His  correspondents  will  address  him  at  Water- 
loo. 


THE    BRETHRKN^    ^T    "WOKK:. 


ISdlaroli   28. 


§h^  §om^  §ircU. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 
■■  HusbiaJs,  lote  your  wiice." 
"Wires,    obey    jour    buabanda." 
"Fathcn,  proioko  doI  ;our  cbildren  lo  * 
"ChildrcD,    obey    70ur    pareDta    id    all    i 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshehnan. 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 
Jesus  is  Risen. 

OTHE  terribiD  gloom  aiid  sorrow  thnt  cover- 
ed the  hearts  of  nil  the  dear  brethren  ftnd 
sisters  on  Friday  and  Saturday,  because  Jesus 
had  been  crucified!  They  knew  not  where  to 
go:  poor  souls,  they  were  as  a  fiock  without  n 
shepherd.  But  ou  Sunday  morning  when  it 
Was  yet  dnrk,  Mary  Mngchilene  and  the  other 
Mnry  went  to  tlie  toiub  of  Jesus  to  anoint  his 
body.  Poor,  denr  sisters;  they  "were  much 
perplexed"  nnd  scarcely  Imew  what  to  do.  Who 
should  roll  away  the  stone  for  them?  Soon 
they  reached  the  tomb  and  behold  their  joy 
on  seeing  the  stone  rolled  away.  Mary  wept, 
and  stooping  down  looked  into  the  sepulchre. 
She  wanted  to  see  Jesus.  How  jinxtous  was  lier 
heait.  It  is  her  Sunday  morning,  and  now 
about  daylight.  Oliow  thej-loveilJesus!  Noth- 
ing could  keep  them  from  going  mrhj  to  the 
Master's  tomb.  It  seems  to  me  I  can  hear  Ma- 
ry say  to  Mnry  MQgdulene,on  Saturday  evening: 
"  0  dear  sister,  our  Master,  our  Jesus  is  dend; 
let  us  go  Ciirly  to-morvow  and  mioint  bis  body. 
We  must  be  ofi'  early."  Then  with  sad  hear 
on  Sunday  luorning  they  hiisteued  to  the  sepul- 
chre. Mnry  wept!  and  as  she  wept,  and  looked 
into  the  tomb  she  saw  two  angels  in  white,  one 
sitting  at  the  head  nud  the  other  at  the  feet 
where  flesus'  body  had  lain.  They  saw  her 
weei)ing,andsaid,  "Woman,  why  weepesfc  thou? 

0  "  because  they  have  taken  away  my  Lord,  and 

1  know  not  where  they  have  laid  him,"  she  an- 
swered. Poor  woman!  she  still  loved  Jesus. 
She  loved  the  dead  Jesus  just  ns  she  loved  Him 
when  He  was  alive.  0  whnt  love!  This  is  di- 
vine love,  the  iovo  that  comes  down  from  henv- 

As  she  stood  iveeping.  she  tunied  around  and 
saw  some  one  standing  near.  Tliis  was  Jesus, 
but  she  knew  Him  not.  He  said,  "  Woman, 
why  weepest  thou?  "  Her  heart  is  full  and  she 
says,  "  tell  me  where  tltou  hast  laid  him,"  She 
knew  not  Jeaus;  her  heart  was  yet  sad  and  sor- 
rowful. Presently  Jesns  said,  "Mary."  Then 
she  knew  Him  and  exclaimed,  "Master!"  Yes, 
Master!  Her  Master  was  alive  again.  Poor 
woman!  She  was  ready  lo  embrace  Him,  but 
He  forbade  her  saying,  "Touch  me  not;  I  am 
not  yet  ascended  to  my  Father;  go  tell  my 
brethren  that  I  ascend  unto  my  Father,  and 
yom:  Father:  and  to  my  God,  and  your  God." 
0  what  a  sermon !  Ohej'ing  Jesus  she  ran  to 
tell  her  brethren.  Her  heart  was  now  full  of 
jo]'.  What  a  blessed  Sunday  morning  now.  A 
little  while  ago  all  was  sorrow,  now  all  is  joy. 
The  sun  is  now  shining  in  its  splendor,  nature 
is  all  joy  and  life,  and  Marj-  hastens  to  tell  the 
good  news.  Soon  she  finds  Pome  of  her  breth- 
ren. Peter  doubts;  all  doubt,  and  her  words 
are  as  "idle  tides  "to  them.  However  Peter 
waJits  to  be  sure  about  the  i  matter  so  he  and 
"  that  other  disdjile  "  ran  to  the  tomb  to  see  for 
tV'msdves.  .Seeing  they  believed,  and  stood 
wondering,  Peter  is  amazed!  Poor  Peter,  hi 
hi:d  been  told  that  Jesus  would  arlsL>  again,  but 
he  could  haifUy  realize  its  truth.  He  went  and 
tuld  the  other  disciples,  and  all  were  ready  to 
believe  except  Thomas.  Poor,  doubting  Thom- 
iis;  lie  must  thriLst  in  his  fingere  before  he  can 
belii-'ve.  0  what  a  lia|)py  Sunday  morning  this 
to  the  brethren  and  sistei-s!  Never  before  was 
there  such  a  day  of  rest.  Death  and  the  grave 
had  been  overcome,  and  mankind  wholly  re- 
ilcLUied.  Joy,  joy,  beamed  on  every  counte- 
iiunce.  It  was  enough  to  make  thenr  sing  and 
Ivjliiee,  for  Jesus  had  risen.  Happy,  "  first  da.v 
1.1'  !lie  week."  The  wicked  Jews  hud  put  Jesus 
U>  death,  but  God  brought  Him  out  of  that, 
li!ory  to  God  in  the  highest!  Peace  nnd  good- 
\\-\W  to  alt  men  forever  if  they  believe,  Thesis- 
t._-r..5  Rloriiy  God  in  all  meekness  and  lowliness  of 
uiiml.  The  brethren  joy  and  rejoice  also,  0 
what  a  blessed  Sunday  morning  to  the  Breth- 
ren in  Palestine!  Who  would  not  enjoy  such  a 
Sunday  morning?  The  same  Jesus  still  lives. 
He  is  willing  to  arise  in  every  hemt  this  Sunday 
ni'jniing.  He  is  willing  to  take  up  His  ahdde 
tli.-iv.  Shall  He?  May  He?  Sinuer.  do  you 
live  Jesus  this  Sunday  morning?  Are  you 
Ividy  to  let  Him  come  in  and  dwell  with  you? 
S-Mii  He  will  come,  some  bright  Sunday  morn- 
ing, to  gather  His  elect  from  the  four  corneni  of 
tilt;  earth,  to  rest  with  Him'  Iiere 


(.0 


THE  LITTLE  CHILDREN. 

^OD  bless  the  little  children. 
We  meet  them  even-where; 
We  hear  their  voices  round  the  hearth. 

Their  footsteps  on  the  stiiir; 
Their  kindly  hearts  are  swelling  o'er 

With  mirthfulness  and  glee; 
God  bless  the  little  children, 

Wherever  they  may  be. 

We  meet  them  'neath  each  gipsy  l«nt. 

With  visage  swnrth  and  dun. 
And  eyes  that  sparkle  as  they  glance, 

With  roguery  and  fun; 
We  find  them  fishing  in  a  brook 

For  minnows  with  a  pin, 
Or  creeping  through  the  haKel-brush 

The  linnet's  nest  to  win. 

We  meet  them  in  the  lordly  hall. 

Their  stately  father's  pride; 
We  meet  them  in  the  poor  man's  cot — 

He  has  no  wealth  beside; 

Along  the  city's  crowded  street 

They  hurl  the  hoop  or  ball; 
We  find  them  'neath  the  pauper's  roof — 

The  saddest  sight  of  all. 

For  thei-e  they  win  no  father's  love. 

No  mother's  tender  care, 
Their  only  friend  the  God  above, 

Who  heai-s  the  orphan's  prayer; 
But  dressed  iu  silk  or  draped  in  rags, 

In  childish  grief  or  glee, 
God  bless  the  little  children. 

Wherever  they  may  be. 

— ff  rice  led. 


THE    APOSTLES. 


AS  I  am  much  ini 
cle  "  I  will  als 


ii  qiHUS  his  father  wept  for  him  "  (Gen.  37: 
X  35),  Joseph  was  one  of  the  twelve  sons 
of  Jacob,  He  was  a  kind,  obedient  and  dutiful 
son  to  his  father,  so  that  his  father  abundantly 
loved  him.  Although  Joseph  was  a  kind  and 
loving  boy,  liis  brethren  still  baled  him.  Jo- 
seph loved  iind  obeyed  God  and  his  brethren  did 
not,  consequently  they  did  not  love  Joseph. 
One  day  his  father  sent  him  iu  search  of  his 
brethren  where  they  were  feeding  their  (locks. 
But  wheu  his  brethren  saw  hhn  a  gi-eat  distance 
off  they  planned  how  they  might  kill  him. 
Was  this  not  very  wicked  for  them  to  want  to 
kill  their  brother?  But  one  of  his  brethren 
(whoso  name  was  Ileuhen)  being  kinder  than  the 
rest,  suggested  tluit  they  would  not  kill  him, 
but  cast  him  into  a  pit  or  into  the  wilderness, 
for  be  (Reuben)  desired  in  his  heart  that  Joseph 
might  return  to  their  father,  for  this  reason  be 
desired  that  he  should  not  he  killed.  Now  Jo- 
■ph  bad  a  "coat  of  many  colors  "  of  which  they 
stripped  him  when,  ho  came  to  them,  and  thi'ii 
they  cast  him  into  this  large  empty  pit.  Ttiev 
thoiisand  satdown  to  eat  some  bread  when  they  beheM  a 
..-.-».3,  Come,  go  nud  meet  Jesus  this  beautiful  company  of  men  coming  toward  them  to  whom 
Sunday  morning,  and  live  forever,     u.  m.  b.       '  they  sold  Joseph.    Those  men  took  him  far  off 


DmrChildieii: 

int«rcsfed  in  the  "  1-fome  Cir- 

also  add  a  few  thoughts  for  the 

little  folks. 

Did  you  ever  read  about  the  four  disciples, 
Andrew,  Simon,  James  and  John  whom  Jesus 
called  from  their  fishing-boats  to  follow  hiiu' 
Do  you  think  these  men  ever  felt  sorry  that  they 
left  all  nnd  followed  Him  ?  T  am  sure  they  nev- 
er did;  no,  not  even  wheu  they  had  to  siifler  and 
die  for  his  sake.  Would  you  tike  to  know  what 
became  of  them  ?  Simon,  who  was  afterwards 
called  Peter,  perhaps  the  most  useful  of  all, 
was  crucified  as  Jesus  was,  by  mcked  people 
who  hated  him.  But  he  felt  it  was  too  great 
honor  for  him  to  die  as  his  dear  Lord  did  and  so 
we  are  told  he  begged  to  be  crucified  ivith  his 
head  downward.    Andrew,  it  is  supposed,  died 

the  cross  too.  James  was  killed  with  the 
sword.  John  lived  longer  than  all  the  rest.  He 
was  sent  by  the  king  to  live  alone  ou  a  rocky 
island.  AVhile  there  he  wrote  the  last  book  of 
the  New  Testament,  He  lived  to  be  almost  a 
hundred  vears  old.  When  he  became  so  old 
that  he  could  not  go  to  the  meetings  of  the 
Christians  he  was  curried  by  some  of  his  friends; 
and  when  ho  could  no  longer  preach  senuons  he 
used  to  make  this  little  speech:  "  My  deai-  little 
children,  love  one  another."  Some  of  thein  at 
last  got  tired  of  hearing  him  say  this.  But  he 
would  say,  "  this  is  what  the  Lord  commanded, 

il  if  you  do  this  it  is  sufficient."  Ho  knew 
they  could  not  love  one  another  unless  the  loie 
of  God  was  shed  abroad  iu  their  hearts.  But 
these  apostles  are  all  now  in  heaven  praising 
Let  us  all  try  and  live  as  Christians,  so 
we  may  also  reach  that  happy  place. 

Mattie  Rowland, 


into  Egypt.  Just  think  of  those  brethren  sell- 
ing their  brother  for  a  slave.  They  took  his 
coat  of  many  colors  and  dipped  it  in  blood  and 
brought  it  to  their  father,  that  he  might  judge 
if  it  were  his  son  Joseph's  coat.  Jacob  recog- 
nized the  coat  that  it  was  Joseph's  and  he  ex- 
claimed, "  It  isTuy  son'scoat;  an  evil  beast  hath 
devoured  him:  Joseph  is  without  doubt  rent 
pieces  "  (Gen.  37;  34).  Just  think  for  a  moment 
how  Jacob's  poor  heart  would  ache  nt  the 
thought  of  his  deiu-  son  being  killed  and  devour- 
ed by  some  wild  beast.  He  would  not  possibly 
be  comforted  at  the  loss  of  his  son,  imd  then  he 
wept  in  deep  agonizing  grief  for  his  dearly  be- 
loved child.  Just  imagine  his  heartaches  at  that 
moment,  and  then  think  of  the  wickedness  of 
those  brethren  for  decei\Tng  their  almost  heart- 
broken father.  Oh !  how  he  wept,  how  lie  sigh- 
ed, how  he  moaned  over  his  great  loss. 

But,  dear  children,  if  God  were  to  lose  one  of 
you,  his  dear  little  lambs.  He  would  sustiin  a 
ejreriter  loss  than  Jacob  by  the  loss  of  Joseph. 
If  you  are  not  good,  obedient  and  loving  chil- 
dren you  cannot  go  where  God  is,  and  then  He 
would  lose  your  souls,  which  he  s^ys  of  one  that 
it  is  of  more  value  than  the  whole  world.  Just 
think  that  millions  of  dollars  would  not  buy  the 
world,  and  yet  one  soul  is  of  greater  value  in 
the  eyes  of  God  than  the  whole  of  it.  And  then 
just  think  that  God  suffered  His  only,  deariy  be- 
gotten Son  to  be  nailed  to  the  cross  to  redeem 
and  save  our  precious  souls  from  death.  How 
it  would  grieve  the  heart  of  our  dear,  loving 
Savior  to  know  that  one  of  those  precious  souls, 
for  which  He  sacrificed  His  life,  should  b*e  lost. 
Then,  dem-  children,  give  your  hearts  to  God 
while  you  are  young,  so  that  in  death  you  may 
obtain  a  crown  of  life  that  fadeth  not  away. 
God  has  prepared  a  beautiful  home  up  in  the 
sky  for  all  good  children  wheu  they  die.  It  was 
to  this  beautiful  iiome  that  Joseph  went  when 
he  had  finished  his  labors  on  earth,  .  If  his 
brethren  did  hate  him,  he  had  both  an  earthly 
and  a  heavenly  Father  that  loved  him, 

.    E.  R.  Stifler, 


'W 


Sim. 


I.  ///. 


THE   LOST   SON. 


HEAR    YE    HIM. 

HILE  he  yet  spake,  behold,  a  bright 
cloud  ovei-shndowod  them:  and  behold 
a  voi^  out  of  the  cloud,  which  said.  This  is  my 
beloved  Son,  in  whom  1  am  well  pleased;  hear 
ye  him"  (Matt,  17:5), 

And  Jesns  has  said,  "  Therefore  whosoever 
heareth  these  saj-ings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them, 
I  will  liken  him  unto  a  wise  man,  which  built 
his  house  upon  a  rock"  (Matt.  7:  34),  And  ou 
the  other  band,  "And  every  one  that  heareth 
these  sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them  not,  shall 
be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  which  built  his 
house  upon  the  sand  "  (Mutt.  7;  2(J),  Just  list- 
en at  the  plain  language  spoken  by  oui-  blessed 
Savior;  and  yet  so  miuiy  do  not  heed  it.  But 
beware  of  false  teachers,  Jcstis  says,  "  Whoso- 
ever heareth  these  sayings  of  mine,"  not  every 
one's  sayings,  for  iu  the  same  chapter,  2Ist 
vei-se.  He  says,  "Not  every  one  that  sayeth  un- 
to me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  kijigdom 
of  heaven;  but  he  that  doclh  the  will  of  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven."  So  dear  brethren 
and  sisters,  young  and  old,  let  us  he  verj' careful; 
il  yoii  too,  dear  young  friends,  who  are  still 
out  of  the  ark  of  safety,  and  know  good  from 
il.  It  has  been  said,  "Therefore  to  him  that 
knoweth  to  do  good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it 
is  sin  "  (Jaiiies  4: 17),  So  dear  young  friends, 
come  to  Jesus.  I  am  young  in  j'cai-s,  but  have 
come  out  from  among  the  world,  and  can  say 
with  the  poet, 

"  For  worldly  honor  I'd  not  waste, 

Of  life  my  little  spaUj 
Far  better  is  the  love  of  God, 
Than  highest  praise  of  man," 

Jkmih.v  Kou. 
FranhUn,  lomi. 


the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary  among  them  were 
nine  and  twenty  knives.    (Ezra  1:  9). 
Answers  to  Cl.ira  E.  Lutz's  queries  in  No, !(, 

1.  How  many  years  after  the  departure  of  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt  did  Solomon  lay 
the  foundation  of  the  temple?  Four  hundred 
and  eighty  years,    (1  Kings  6: 1). 

2,  Whom  (Ud  the  Lonl  appoint  to  succeed 
Moses?    Joshua.    (Joshua  1:  1,  2,  3), 

Answers  to  Michael  F.  Suavely '.s  queries, 

1.  How  old  was  Noah  when  the  flood  came 
upon  the  ei^th?  Six  hundred  years.  (Gen.  7: 
U). 

2.  Who  was  the  first  man  that  died  a  natural 
death,  and  how  old  was  be?  Adam,  and  he 
was  nine  hundred  mid  thirty  years  old.  (Gen. 
5:  5).  EsTELLA  J.  Allkn-. 

Vichshurg^  Mirli. 


CEILDHEN  AT    WORK. 


/,s  que- 


Tubal- 


Elisha. 


QuERFEi  AsswEBED.    Johu  L.  Frant; 
rie-s  in  No,  9, 

1.  Who   was  the  fii-st  blacksmith? 
cain,  (Gen.  4:22), 

3,'  Who    caused    iron    to    ^wiui? 
{2  Kings  6:  G). 

3.  What  king  reigued  only  one  month? 
Shallnm.  (3  Kings  15: 13). 

4.  Who  wjote  with  a  pen  of  iron  and  a  point 
of  a  diamond?  The  language  is  figurative. 
(Jer.  17: 1). 

5.  How  many  miracles  did  Jesus  iwrforni? 
Thii-ty-three. 

Auswei-s  to  friend's  qut^ries  in  No.  fl. 
1.  How  many  fcnirfes  did  the  children  of  Isi-a- 
take  out  of  Egypt?  I  do  not  fiml  a,  record 
li-r.'  fli^y  took  any.  The  fir^t  time  they  used 
iLvi.-?,  ,r'>shua  was  commanded  to  make  sharp 
lives.  (See  Joshua  .5:  3).  Wheu  Cyrui«,  king 
of  Media  and  Persia,  gave  the  captive  Jews  lib- 
erty to  return  to  Palestine,  and  restored  to  them 


Soinetimo:— I  do  not  belong  to  the  ehurt;Ii, 
but  hope  I  will  sometime.  I  read  my  Bible,  go 
to  school,  and  to  meeting  every  two  weeks.  I. 
J.  Rosenberger  and  J.  P,  Ebei-sole  are  our  min- 
isters. My  oldest  brother  has  been  a  member 
for  two  years,— 7rf(7  Boireis,  Gllboa,  Ohio. 

[Dear  child,  put  your  trust  in  Jesus.  Rend 
His  Woi-d;  be  good,  obey  Him  and  you  shall 
have  a  crown  of  glory, — Eu.] 

Death  of  Jesus :— I  was  reading  this  even- 
ing of  the  suffering  and  death  of  our  Savior.  I 
think  it  was  a  terrible  thing  to  kill  Him  Wo 
should  all  obey  Him.  To  Louie  C.  Hickey  I 
would  say  the  shortest  chapter  in  the  Bible  is 
the  117th  Psalm,  My  uncle  John  Wise  was 
here  this  Whiter,  01  love  my  denr  uncle! 
Jesus  is  our  best  friend.— C/ar«  B.  Wise,  Tiffin, 
Ohio. 

What  Mother  Does:- My  dear  mother 
teaches  me  to  say  my  little  prayers  before  I  go 
to  bed.— iYnHH(c  M.  liairlmid,  Shannon,  III. 

BeGood  Cliildroii:- 1  love  to  go  lo  meet^ 
ing  and  Sunday-school;  went  last  Summer  and 
only  missed  one  day.  The  answer  to  John  B, 
Clock's  question  may  be  found  in  2nd  Kings  4: 
35.  Dear  little  readers,  I  do  not  expect  to  mee  t 
you  all  in  this  worid,  but  let  us  all  be  good 
children,  so  that  we  may  meet  in  the  world  to 
come.— i;//»  Bloiigh,  Ilmhon,  III. 

They  That  Do:— Brother  John  Nicholson 
was  here  twice;  the  first  time,  ten  days  and 
eleven  added  to  the  church,  the  second  time  two 
weeks,  ten  received  by  baptism  and  two  reclaim- 
ed. I  came  to  Jesus  on  New  Year's  day.  "  Bless- 
ed ore  they  that  do  his  commandments  that 
they  may  have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and 
enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the  city."— JA 
E.  Bcrkeijhilc.  Delia,  Ohio. 

A  Warning: :— May  God  help  those  who  wiito 
for  your  papei;,  and  His  ministers  who  preach 
the  whole  Gospel.  "Suffer  little  children  to 
come  unto  me,"  says  Jesus.  "Enter  in  at  the 
strait  gate;  for  wide  is  tlie  gate  and  broad  is  the 
way  that  leadeth  to  destruction."  Let  this  be  a 
warning  to  all,  that  when  their  time  comes  to 
leave  this  world  they  may  die  happy, — Lijdia  E. 
Taylor,  Whilesrille,  Mo. 

Came  to  Jesns :— Father,  mother,  sister  nnd 
I  belong  to  the  church.  One  dear  sister  has 
gone  to  rest  in  Jesus,  and  I  wnnt  to  fry  to  meet 
her.     We  had  meeting  here  that  lasted  two 

eeks;  three  i)recioua  souls  came  to  the  church, 
and  we  think  much  good  seed  was  sown. — Ella 
jY.  Sliafei;  Sciola,  Iowa. 

A  Qiiery:— The  text  this  morning  was  tho 
thirty-fiflji  verso  of  the  tenth  chapter  of 
Hebrews.  Can  auy  of  the  little  readers  of  your 
paper  tell  which  chapter  in  the  Bible  contains 
all  the  letters  of  the  alphabet  except  one,  and 
which  letter  that  is?'— Ella  M.  Bork,  Qnincij. 
P<i. 

Wlio,  and  Wliat  Hind :— 1  read  all  the  chil- 
dren's lett^i's  with  profit,  and  I  want  to  be  a 
child  at  work  too.  What  man  climbed  a  tree  t(k 
see  Jesus,  mid  what  kind  of  n  tree  was  it? — 
Le'ih  H.  Cloircr,  While  Oitk,  III. 

'lci"y  Anuoj'iu;;: — Papa  and  mammaare  do- 
ing all  they  can  to  give  me  a  good  education. 
I  go  to  meeting,  sometimes  in  the  city  and  some- 
times in  the  country.  It  is  very  annoying  to 
the  minister  and  hearers  to  have  children  run- 
ning in  and  out  of  the  house  duruig  meeting. 
They  should  not  do  that.— i/HWu/i  Wnmg.  Ml. 
Conoll,  III. 

Do  Yourself  (lood :— So  admirably  Imtli  God 
disposed  of  the  ways  of  man  that  even  the  sight 
of  vice  iu  others  is  lilce  a.  warning  anow  sent 
to  take  hewl.  We  should  correct  our  own 
faults  by  seeing  how  uncomely  they  appear  in 
others.  Who  will  not  abhor  a  choleric  passion. 
id  a  saucy  pride  in  himself,  that  sees  how 
ridiculous  and  contemptible  they  render  tho^e 
who  are  infested  ivith  them. — SeUcled. 


March    28. 


TttE    ISRKTI-IIiEIsr    ^T    "WOKIC 


CORRESFONDENOE. 


From  A.  S.  Leer. 

Dmr  Brethren.- — 

A  FEW  tlnj'9  ftgo,  I  was   called    awiiy   from 
lioiiie  to  iiiioint  a  sick  sister  who  lives 
'     uboiit  twenty-two  miles  North  of  ns,  nnd  while 
therp,  ohtaiiied  tliree  subscribers  for  your  piijier, 
from   the  beginning  of  Bro,  Stein's  debnte  to 
the  end  of  the  year. 

Also  preached  one  sermon  while  there,  nnd 
Iiml  the  privilege  of  baptizing  three  persons, 
t*vo  brethren  nnd  one  sister,  one  of  the  former 
being  Iho  husband  of  the  sick  sister  who  was 
anointed.  Also  had  the  privilege  of  listening 
to  a  sermon  delivered  by  a  United  Brethren 
uiiniskT,  about  twenty  years  of  age,  from  the 
hiugiiagc  of  the  Savior,  found  in  the  eighth 
verse  of  the  fifth  chapter  of  Matthew.  His 
theme  was,  Puritv  of  Heart  and  Satictificntion. 
He  said,  this  chapfcr  contains  a  part  of  the 
great  sermoii  ou  the  mountain, -delivered  by  the 
Savior.  That  all  men  are  not  pure  in  heart,  no 
one  doubts.  Man  as  he  came  from  his  Maker 
is  pni-e,  hut  shortly  after  his  fall  it  is  said  of  him 
that  the  thoughts  of  liis  heart  are  wicked.  But 
that  we  don't  put  all  the  impunity  upon  (he 
udult,  it  is  said  by  one  of  the  sacred  writers, 
that  wickedness  is  wrapped  up  in  the  fbild'fi 
heiu't.  The  nntiirul  condition  of  the  humau 
heart  is  impure ;  but  after  all  there  is  yet  a  priu- 
ciple  in  the  Iimnau  heart,  that,  if  left  alone, 
will  bring  him  around,  so  that  he  will  finally 
become  a  child  of  God.  If  by  nature  mnu  is 
good,  why  is  it  that  we  have  our  government 
lawi  and  iuatitutions  for  reform? 

Why  is  it,  that  we  find  in  man  n  disiio'iitioii 
to  dislike  that  which  is  good?  Ts  it  not  because 
the  hciirt  of  maji  is  impure?  How  ciui  the  i 
pure  heart  be  cha(iged  to  a  pure  heart?  It 
done  through  the  efficacj'  ol  the  blood  of 
Christ, which  is  sufficieutto  eleause  from  a!l  sin. 
A  pel-son  must  first  become  ac(|uninfed  with  his 
condition.  Before  you  send  for  a  physician,  you 
want  to  know  that  you  are  sick,  and  that  you 
are  in  need  of  a  physician.  After  feeling  thiit 
yon  need  a  physician,  and  sending  for  one,  you 
will  niake  nse  of  the  remedy  prescribed  by 
htm. 

Leprosy  is  spoken  of  i)i  the  Scriptures  as  a 
repi-esontative  cif  sin.  People  atflicted  with 
that  disease,  made  use  of  the  means  ordiiiued  to 
heal  tbeui.  Here  he  spoke  of  the  children  of 
■,  Israel  and  their  afflictions.  The  branen  serpent 
being  put  upon  a  pole  by  Moses,  he  compared 
it  with  the  language  of  the  apostle:  "  As  Moses 
lil'teil  up  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so 
must  the  Son  of  man  be  lifi:«d  up." 

In  duo  time  the  Son  came,  and  with  His  life 
you  arc  all  acquainted  no  donht,  and  with  His 
suiferings  nnd  death  also.  And  now  we  are  not 
juslifioil  by  the  works  of  the  Law,  hut  the  apos- 
tle savji:  "  Therefore  being:  justified  by  fiiitb,  we 
have  peace  wilh  God."  The  apostle  says,  "  by 
faith,"  not  of  works,  "  lest  any  man  should 
boast."  The  apostle  saj's:  "  Salvation  is  to  him 
that  worketh  not,  but  helievetli."  Justification 
is  a  work  done  for  ns,  regeneration  in  us. 

Sometimes  we  are  iuclmed  to  call  this,  reli- 
gion; but  that  is  not  correct,  —  it  is  salvation. 
But  wp  must  go  higher.  This  fii-st  step  is  only 
the  beginning  of  sanctiKcation,  Wesonietimes 
hear  people  say,  "  I  am  trying  to  serve  the  Lord 
in  my  weakne^."  That  is  a  very  poor  way  to 
serve  Him.  God  demands  a.  holy  life  of  His 
people.  "  Be  ye  holy,  for  I  am  holj-."  "  Be  ye 
therefore  perfect,  even  as  your  Father,  which  is 
in  heaven  is  perfect."  Paul  thiinked  God,  that 
he  had  been  freed  or  delivered  from  bondage.  — 
The  blood  of  Jesus  cleanses  from  all  sin.  "  He 
that  conimitteth  sin  is  of  the  devil."  If  we 
commit  sin,  we  are  of  the  devil,  and  we  exclude 
Christ  from  the  heart. 

Now  sanctiBcutionists  claim  that  we  do  reach 
a  state  of  purity  just  before  death.  Well  if  we 
reach  that  point  just  one  moment  before  death, 
cannot  God  cleanse  our  hearts  and  keep  them 
pure  one  hour  before,  why  not  two,  etc.  We 
cannot  snnetify  ourselves,  that  is  the  work  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  Here  some  one  may  ask:  "Do 
you  expect  to  attain  to  the  holiness  of  Adam  or 
of  angels?  " 

In  answer  to  this,  the  speaker  gave  his  own 
experience.  He  said,  that  while  wrestling  with 
God  tor  holiness  or  purity  of  heart  for  some 
days,  and  spending  several  sleepless  nights,  but 
all  in  vain,  he  remembered  that  some  one  had 
done  him  a  great  injury,  and  he  often  thought 
to  get  reconciled  with  that  person.  He  kneiv 
this  wiw  impossible,  because  of  the  great  dis- 
tance. So  he  finally  concluded  that  he  would 
bring  that  and  lay  it  upon  the  altar  \rith  all 
the  rest.  He  did  so,  and  at  once  received  the 
bles.sing.  The  result  of  all  this  is,  that  we 
jihidl  see  God,  etc. 

Allerli.-tening  to  the  young   man   for  about 


an  hour  Jind  a  half,  I  was  made  to  think,  how 
dilferent  this  from  the  preaching  of  Jesus,  who 
was  led  by  God's  Holy  Spirit,  and  spoke  as  he 
was  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  said:  "  See- 
ing ye  hare  purified  your  aonls  in  obeying  the 
truth  through  the  Spirit,  with  unfeigned  love 
of  the  brethren,  see  that  ye  love  one  another 
with  a  |iure  heart  fervently,  being  born  again 
not  of  corruptible  seed  but  of  ineorruptiblo  by 
the  Word  of  God,  which  liveth  and  ubideth  for- 
ever." Also  the  language  of  tlieSavior,  in  the 
prayer  for  His  disciples,  when  he  says:  "Sanc- 
tify them  through  thy  truth,  thy  Word  is 
Truth."  We  may  pray,  and  wrestle  with  God 
all  our  life  for  holiness,  but  unless  we  make  use 
of  the  means  ordained  of  God  to  make  us  holy, 
it  will  all  be  in  vain, 

Jesus  says:  "  Why  call  ye  me  Lord;  Lord,and 
do  not  the  things  which  I  say."  And  again, 
"He  that  loveth  nie,  keepeth  my  com  man  d- 
ments;  he  it  is  that  lovctk  me."  Again,  "He 
that  saycth,  he  kuoweth  me,  or  loveth  me,  and 
keepeth  not  my  commandments  is  a  liar,  and 
the  truth  is  not  in  him.",  Again,  "He.  that 
sayetli  lie  abideth  in  him,  ought  himself  also  so 
to  walk,  even  as  he  walked.  And  again,  "  Let 
this  niijidibe  in  you  which  was  aUo  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

Mornwnrjll.;  III. 


Bro.  James  closed  his  series  of  meetings  with 
US  nt  Brush  Creek,  the  first  day  of  March,  and 
in  the  evening  came  to  our  place.  Strait  Creek 
Valley,  giving  ua  a  yanu  nnd  afiectiouatc  fare- 
well address. 

J.  H.  Garuas. 

Siufciiiff  Sj^'^'ifi  0. 


From    Norway,    Oregon. 
J>anB>-'l/,r<>i.— 

WE  live  on  the  Western  slope  of  the  moun- 
tiiin,  about  lil'teeu  miles  from  the  coast. 
Have  hod  a  mild  Winter,  wheat  looks  well  and 
promises  a  good  yield.  The  health  is  generally 
gooii;  bretlireji  who  m'e  afflicted  with  lung  dis- 
eases might  find  a  remedy  bj-  settling  here,  I 
I  would  especially  urge  iiiinisferiug  brethren 
who  have  almo:-t  worn  out  their  lungs  in  pro- 
claiming the  glad  tidings  of  f^nlvation,  to  come 
here,  reeniit  their  health,  and  thus  enable  them- 
selves to  spend  a  long  life  of  usefuJuess  in  the 
Master's  cause.  We  need  ministeriul  aid  here 
as  well  a.s  elsewhere;  though  we  have  six  min- 
istei-3  in  this  vaU*^',  there  are  many  valle.ys  here' 
where  they  have  none.  We  do  not  scatter ,  our 
foi-ces  very  niuch,  believing  tlnit  one  acre  well 
cultivated  is  better  than  two  poorly  cultivated. 
Wo  do  not  increase  in  numhei-s  very  rapidly, 
had  a  few  additions  by  baptism  hist  suunner, 
and  a  few  by  letter,  ■ 

\Vc  heard  that  Bro.  Basho'r  contemplates  vi- 
siting California  next  Summer,  "We  would  he 
h  pleased  to  have  him  visit  us  also;  but 
most  of  us  are  poor  in  this  world's  goods  and 
not  able  to  contribute  much  toward  defraj-ing 
his  e.Kpenscs,  and  that  may  prevent  his  coming, 
unless  he  will  do  as  Paul  did  in  2ud  Cor.  11 :  8. 

I  am  in  favor  of  niis.i.ionai-y  labors,  but  I 
don't  see  the  necessity  of  new  organizations  to 
iil'ect  our  jmriiose.  I  believe  the  plan  given  us 
ly  Christ  and  His  holy  apostles  is  ampl;f  suf- 
ficient to  meet  every  ease.  Let  us  therefore 
:Iouble  our  diligence  and  ail  labor  together  as 
one  faiuily,  built  upon  the  foundation  of  the 
apostles,  Jesus  Christ  Himself  being  the  chief 
Corner  Stone,  using  the  means  that  God  has 
given  us,  imd  we  will  be  able  to  send  out  many 
faithful  lahorera  into  the  Lord's  vineyard,  who 
will  not  shun  .to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of 
God.  May  the  Lord  prosper  the  good  cause. 
Yours  in  love, 

Daviui  Baoklow. 

From  Brush  Creek  Church,  Ohio. 

DvinDretlm!'.— 

BitO.  James  A.  Hidenour  came  to  our  place 
on  the  26th  of  January,  1S76,  commenced 
■ies  of  meetings  at  Strait  Valley,  and  closed 
on  the  fourth  of  February.  Eight  precious 
souls  made,  the  good  confession,  and  were  re- 
ceived into  the  church  of  tlie  living  God  (1 
Tim.  3:  15),  by  Christian  baptism,  and  rose  to 
walk  in  newness  of  liie. 

From  liera  he  went  to  Fairview,  Adams  Co., 
held  a  few  meetings,  and  some  four  or  five  made 
application  to  join  the  ehureh.  Nest  toMm-ble 
Furnace;  held  a  few  meetings.  The  few  mem- 
bers at  that  place  were  much  encouraged  and 
any  good  impressions  made.  Thence  to  Plea- 
sant Grove;  held  a  few  meetings,  where  four 
more  precious  souls  made  application  for  bap- 
tism. On  the  22nd  of  February  those  at  Fnir- 
iew  who  made  application,  and  those  of  Plea- 
sant Grove  were  received  into  the  church,  nine 
all  and  three  restored,  two  received  by  letter. 
Went  to  Brush  Creek,  had  a  few  meetings,  four 
made  application,  and  on  the  iirst  day  of  March 
were  received  by  Christian  Baptism.  One  was 
estored  and  received  nt  the  edge  of  the  water 
)y  salutation  with  the  othei-s,  making  in  all 
twenty-seven  added  to  the  church,  during  Bro. 
Itidenour's  stay  with  us. 


From  Sugar  Creek  Church,  O, 

Deiir  Brethren. •— 

WHEN  I  think  back  a  few  yeai-s  ago,  and 
see  the  i)leasures  then  enjoyed  mid  the 
pleasure  I  am  now  permitted  to  enjoy  with  the 
children  of  the  Heavenly  King,  what  a  great 
change!  A  few  years  ago  I  was  in  the  habit  of 
going  to  all  the  woridly  amusements,  such  as 
shows,  dances,  picnics,  political  meetings,  and, 
in  fact  all  things  that  I  could  get  to,  imd 
thought  that  we  all  enjoyed  ourselves  very 
much.  Then  afterwards  I  was  lii-ing  in  li  town 
and  helped  sing  in  a  choir  in  a  Presbyterian 
church,  and  here  I  began  to  take  some  interest 
in  my  soiiPs  salvation.  On  going  from  one  to 
thoother dcnot(!Mnt|-.:-.-  :i!ii!  hrnriug  so  many 
differentdoL'tii,,.  .,.,,1  .ai   aiming  at 

the  same  cent,  i  .■..■,,,,,!;.  .i-iuided  to  be  uu 
infidel.  But  Ui.iii:,.,  I...- I.,  llic  (iod  of  heaven 
.nil!  e:u-tli,  that  1  did  not.  The  Friends  (or  so- 
e.dl.'d  (Ji(iikei^)  suited  me  m  allfchings  hut  bap- 
tism at  (hilt  time:  But  on  reading  the  New 
Testament,  I  found  that  there  was  something 
more  to  be  done  than  baptism  alone. 

On  April  first  of  last  year,  I  came  to  this 
county  and  labored  in  Lima  for  some  time, 
when  I  got  a  chance  to  go  to  the  country  to 
help  paint  our  present  iuee ting-house.  I  got 
somewhat  acquainted  with  Bro.  Jacob  Weaver, 
nnd  convei'sed  some  with  him  upon  the  subject, 
and  was  invited  to  attend  a  Love-feast  which 
was  to  be  soon. 

Upon  that  oeciision  I  witnessed  something, 
that  was  never  seen  by  me  before,,  and  wliich 
met  my  approbation  to  the  letter.  Although  I 
was  out  in  the  world,  I  could  not  help  but 
think,  ihat  my  heart  was  filled,  {as  it  were)  with 
a  Gospel  feast.  There  was  Feet^washing,  the 
.Lord's  Supper,  the  Communion,  the  Holy  Kiss,, 
and  tho  way  the  Scriptures  were  explained,  ful 
ly  convinced  nie,  that  Such  was  according  to 
tho  law  of  our  heavenly  Father. 

Since  then,  in  July  last.  I  came. out  from  the 
worid;  nnd  enlisted  in  the  anuy  of  the  Lord.  I 
have  since  been  permitted  to  partake  in  a  Love- 
feast,  and  flien,  and  not  til!  then  did  fully  real- 
ize the  above  Hues  of  the  poet. 

Perhaps  some   would  like  to  Icnow  why   I 
united  with  the  Brethren,  and  not  witli  some 
popular  church.   Myi-eason  is  this:  first  Inever 
believed  in  such  doctrine;  second,  the  Brethri 
baptize  according  to  my  mind;  thii-d,   they  oli- 
sen-e  the  ordinances  practiced  by  the  Savior 
when  on  earth;  fourth  and  last,  they  have 
other  mode  or  creed  of   confession   than  the 
New  Testament  alone,  -and  practice  what 
commanded  therein. 

Perhaps  I  am  becoming  somewhat  tedious.  I 
will  bring  my  letter  to  a  close  by  asking  ,' 
aiid  all  the  brotherhood  to  remember  me 
your  prayei-3,  that  I  may  not  go  back  uito  the 
world  as  I  was  once,  hut  go  onward  and  np- 
waixl  in  the  work  which  I  have  undertaken,  in 
serving  the  Lord  as  best  I  can. 

In  conclusion  would  say  that  our  congrega- 
tion is  in  good  spirits  and  general  brotherly 
love  continues  among  us,  I  will  endeavor  to 
write  more  and  better  hereafter. 

Your  humble  brother  in  the  Lonl, 

Wm.  Browx. 


will  not  only  be  felt  to  the  conversion  of  sin- 
ners here,  hnt  elsewhere.  We  hope  that  the 
Brethren  will  lieed  the  many  calls  of  "  Come 
over  imd  help  us,"  for  there  is  a  great  field 
open  here.  Our  short  stay  in  Colorado,  thanks 
to  God,  has  not  heeij  altogether  in  vain.  May 
the  seed  wo  have  tried  to  sow,  when  the  harvest 
is  come,  be  gathered,  precious  fruit  to  be  stored 
in  heaven. 

Fraternally, 

S.  C.  BAsaoR, 


From  the  Maple  Grove  Church,  Iowa. 

Jkar  liytlhrm.— 

THE  work  of  the  Lord  sfill  moves  slowly  and 
steadily  on.  Bro,  J.  H.  Fillmore  of  Shel- 
by Co.,  Iowa,  came  to  us  on  Jon.  26tli,  com- 
menced meeting  same  night,  continuetl  for  two 
weeks.  Then  he  went  to  Eureka,  Adams  Co., 
same  congregation  and  preached  one  week.  — 
Then  he  went  to  -Fanigut,  Fi-emont  Co!, 
jireaehed  nearly  two  weeks.  Tlien  back  toCol- 
iver's  Grove  school-house  in  Adam's  Co.,  and 
preached  one  week,  .This  ended'  his  labors  in 
the  Maple  Grove  church.  Result  of  his  labors 
were  thirteen  blood-bought  souis,  initiated  by 
baptism  into  tho  family  of  God. 

These  meetings  were  all   well   attended,  and 
the  very  best  of   order  jirevailed.    Bro.   Fill- 
more hiboi-s  apparently  witli  much  zeal. 
Youra  Fraternally, 

N.  C.  WOUKJfAN. 

Sciohi,  lotm. 


GLE  LISTINGS. 


From    Longmont,    Colorailo. 

n-fn-  }Uftl„r„>- 

ON  the  evening  of  Feb.  18,  we  were  made 
ghid  by  a  visit  from  Bro.  M.  M.  Bashorof 
Pulaska,  Colo,  He  remained  with  the  Breth- 
ren until  the  20th.  Preached  in  all  four  ser- 
mons to  the  edification  of  both  saint  and  sin- 
ner. His  visit,  we  hope,  will  be  for  much  good. 
By  visiting  our  part  of  Colorado,  Bro.  B.  has 
more  favorable  impressions  as  regards  the  coun- 
try, people,  etc.  'There  is,  I  think,  some  proba- 
bility of  him  moving  to  Boulder  Co. 

Bro.  Bashor  lives  in  a  wild  country;  some- 
times men  with  musket  in  hand,  forbade  him  to 
preaeh,  but  with  a  firm  trust  in  God,  and  a 
proper  use  of  the  sword  of  the  Spirit,  has  made 
friends  of  such.  He  has  had  a  hard  time  of  it 
since  in  Colorado;  has  had  a  great  deal  of  sick- 
;  has  buried  two  children,  has  had  a  sick 
companion  which  needed  his  care  and  attention, 
and  besides  all  this,  the  grasshojiper  plague  and 
other  misfortunes  have  deprived  our  brother  of 
much  usefulneiis  in  the  ministrj-.  May  he  be 
remembered  in  the  prayers  of  God's  children. 

Our  infant  church,  though  smalt  in  number, 
is  yielding  a  poweriiil  influence,  which  we  hope 


From  A.  Tiijlor.— Our  church  here  con- 
tains about  thirty-five  members,  all  in  love  and 
union  as  fai-  as  I  know.  But  we  are  scattered 
over  a  large  territor}'  and  have  only  tn'o  minis* 
tei-s.  Have  Ibui-  ivgular  appointments,  which, 
give  us  hero  only  one  meeting  every  four 
weeks.  Our  ministerial  force  is  too  small,  smd 
it  is  rather  hard  for  Bro.  John  Ikenberry  to 
come  fiftj'  miles,  and  in  my  ireakness  I  cjmnot 
go  so  far.  We  wish  some  ministers  to  coma 
and  help  us.  The  field  is  large  and  prospects 
good.    God  grant  us  liioi'e  laborers. 

Tchtmah,  Xeb. 

Fi-OHi  E.  F.  Burrow.— Your  valuable  paper 
has  been  coming  to  mo  regularly  since  January 
1st,  187S,  and  I  feel  very  thankful  for  it.  I  have 
had  my  mind  made  up  since  last  October  to 
join  the  Brethren.  I  think  they  are  the  near- 
est right  of  miy  church  I  know  of,  but  il^  there 
ai-e  no  niombei-s  here,  I  don't  know  how  I  could 
get  a  chance  to  join  them.  I  would  be  glad  to 
hear  from  yon  or  some  of  the  brethren  on  the 
subject.  I  am  trying  to  live  a  Christian  life 
without  baptism,  and  I  think  a  person  ought 
to  he  bapti/,ed.  1  wish  some  of  the  brotbrea 
could  come  here  and  preimh  to  us.  I  shall  nev- 
er give  up  joining  them  us  long  as  I  can  see  any 
prospect  of  doing  so.  Clifton  Hill  is  on  the  St. 
Louis,  Kansas  City  &  Northern  It.  U. 

Clifton  Hill,  Mo.    - 

From  H.  Hamilton.  —  At  this  time  out 
health  is  tolerably  good,  and  we  have  many  rea- 
sons to  be  thankful.  We  hope  that  you,  too, 
are  enjoying  health  mid  prosperity.  Your  pa^ 
per  is  atill  a  welcome  messenger.  When  Bro. 
Eby  gets  home,  please  tell  him  to  give  us  &U 
the  news. 

Ertiu.  1,1(1. 

From  D.  A.  Workman.— I  think  if  all  the 
churches  in  the  brotherhood  would  considerthe 
question:  "  How  shall  the  poor  be  supplied  with 
good  and  Gospel  reading?  "  and  then  advise  all 
to  help  raise  a  little  amount,  there  would  be  a 
great  many  more  reading  and  leamuig  the  way 
of  the  Lord,  as  many  a  poor  sonl  is  not  permit- 
ted to  hear  the  Word  preached,  and  in  sending 
out  tho  paper  they  can  learn  the  plan  of  ^alvor- 
tion. 

I  received  those  tracts  iJl  right;  they  are 
worth  twice  the  price.  I  think  I  can  sell  some 
as  the  Brethren  who  have  seen  them,  like  them 
vei-j'  much.  My  opinion  is,  that  if  the  Bretk- 
i-en  would  spend  a  little  more  money  for  such 
books  and  not  so  much  for  unnecessary  things, 
there  conld  be  a  vast  amount  of  good  done,  and 
preachers  would  not  have  to  talk  so  much. 

Columbia  Cifij.  Tml. 

Prom  C.  H.  Balsbailgh.- 0  what  dignity 
and  glory  and  blessedness  in  being  children 
and  heirs  of  God.  In  the  Christian  life  there  is 
nothing  superficial,  or  selfish,  or  belittling.  To 
find  Clirist,  or  be  found  of  Kim,  is  to  rise  to  an 
altitude,  and  swell  into  magnitude,  in  Deific 
proportions.  There  are  so  many  stunted, 
fed  Christian  professors,  that  it  is  even 
dilficiilt  to  make  out  whether  is  imything  real- 
ly Christian  in  them!    Where  the  great  heart 


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THK    a3IlEXH:REI<r    AT    AVOUK^ 


M^arcb.   ^8. 


of  Christ  beata.  and  tlie  Holy  Ghost  electrifies 
every  fibre  of  our  being,  the  glory  of  the  Cross 
will  be  revealed  ia  the  splemlore  of  seven  suns. 
Christ  and  miasionB  can  uo  more  he  severed  than 
Christ  and  ealvation.  The  Cross  means  universal 
beneBeence.  Selfishoeis  alone  ihruata  il5  bloated 
form  betweeD  Christ  and  the  eslemion  of  His 
Kingdom.  He,  whoso  glory  is  holiness,  will  not 
siicic  his  pipe  or  grind  bis  quid  at  the  expense  of 
Christ's  blood  and  immortal  souls.  Jesus  ivas  an 
inccfsant  worker  for  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  — 
From  chltdbood  his  motto  was ;  "  I  must  be  about 
my  Father's  business."  May  the  great  Truth 
sink  into  our  inmost  souls,  direct  all  our  energies, 
and  make  us  living  photographs  of  Emmauuel. — 
God  hus  au  advertisement,  spanning  Heaven  and 
earth,  in  letters  of  blood  and  fire,  love  and  wrath, 
—  CHRISTIANS  WANTED.  But  when  He 
appeals  to  the  Bride  for  the  promulgation  of  the 
power  of  tbe  Cross,  thousands  have  no  response 
but  a  Blare  of  indifference,  or  a  frown  of  indigna- 
tion and  contempt,  or  a  pestilential  whiff  of  tobac- 
co smoke,  or  a  mouthful  of  black,  fetid  spittle,  or 
renewed  zeal '  in  the  aecumulation  of  wealth  for 
pei'sonal  ends.  So  did  not'  Christ.  Self-sacrifice 
was  tlie  law  of  His  life.  Tbe  loss^  of  the  Cross, 
are  the  riuhes  of  Eternity.  To  save  is  to  lose, 
and  to  lose  is  to  save.  0  the  madness  and  blind- 
ness of  the  carnal  mind !  O  the  exaltation  and 
rapture  and  royalty  of  ibo  re-born.  Let  each 
one  enter  into  the  depths  of  his  personality,  and 
propound  this  solemn  question:  how  am  I ireiitinij 
Jam  CliriM  f 

From  N.  B.  Murray. —  I  Ihinl:  all  should 
heed  the  admonitions  yon  give  on  reporting  trav- 
els and  church  news.  And  since  you  have  given 
the  children  a  chance,  we  think  much  good  can  be 
done  to  them,  However  it  would  he  well  for  par- 
ents to  write,  whatever  they  have  to  say,  in  their 
own  name.  We  expect  a  discussion  to  commence 
this  evening  in  our  neighborhood  between  a  Sab- 
batarian and  a  minister  of  the  Disciple  church. — 
We  appeciate  Bro.  Jliller'a  article  on  the  Sabbath. 

Quarrjf,  la.,  March  11,  187S. 

From  E.  R.  Stiller.— On  Sunday  night,  Feb. 
3rd,  at  about  2  o'clock  A.  51.,  the  house  of  Bro. 
Samuel  Brubaker  of  the  Duncausville  congrega- 
tion, was  totally  destroyed  by  fire  with  nearly  all 
its  content.1.  The  family,  consisting  of  father, 
mother  and  eight  children,  were  all  at  church  on 
that  evening  at  the  Brethren's  meeting-house,  two 
roiled  distant.  There  is  no  clue  as  to  how  tbe  fire 
originated.  The  oldest,  the  ouly  daughter,  was 
Eleeping  up-stairs.  She  was  aroused  by  tbe  noise 
of  the  fire  which  seemed  to  have  originated  where 
the  main  building  and  a  shed  kitchen  came  in 
contact.  The  kitchen  was  attached  to  the  end, 
not  to  the  back  part  of  the  building.  The  family 
nin.le  a  desperate  effort  to  save  tbe  home,  hut 
finding  it  of  no  avail,  they  rescued  a  few  of  its 
contents,  snch  as  bed  clothes,  cooking  stove,  table, 
doflgh-trongh,  some  meat  and  some  of  their  own 
clothing.  They  had  six  beds,  and  some  provisions 
in  the  cellar,  which  were  saved.  Bro,  B,  saved 
some  of  his  clothing  which  contained  « 
church  money,  bui  the  rest  of  the  family  wert 
nearly  destitute  of  clothing.  The  daughter 
married  shortly  before,  so  she  and  her  husband 
lostall  they  had.  Thus  this  poor  brother  and 
family  were  driven  from  their  comfortable  beds 
at  a  dead  hour  of  tbe  night,  almost  destitute  oi 
clothing,  the  night  being  the  coldest  we  endured 
this  Winter,  and  the  ground  covered  with  anow. 

Bro.  B.  and  wife  have  been  members  of  the 
Brethren  church  here  for  Some  time,  ;ind  for  eev- 
criil  years  be  has  been  a  worthy  deacon.  They 
were  trying  to  pay  for  a  home,  and  ivcre  in  limit- 
ed 1,-i  re  urns  tan  CCS.  He  was  unfortunate  enough  to 
lo.'^e  bis  valuable  papers.  They  certainly  deserve  ' 
I  be  sympathy  of  all  in  sustaining  sucb  a  severe 
tiiss.  Bro,  B.  is  a  man  of  industry,  and  has  a 
large  family  to  support.  We  hope  that  be  may 
not  he  left  to  sustain  the  whole  Iosj^,  hut  th.it  those 
wlio  can,  will  help  him  bear  it, 
nollidayshirg,  Pa.,  Feb.  19,  1678. 

From  Samuel  Murray.— On  the  Gib  of  Feb. 
T  vi^ittd  Eid.  Sbuely's  wife,  who  was  verj-  sick.— 
S  ime  cveniug  had  meeting  in  Fairview  mceling- 
hijuse  and  meetings  were  continued;  but  bad 
r.inds  so  mucli  interfered  with  people's  attendance, 
■.li:it.  wc  dosed  after  holding  ten  meetiugs.  Dnr- 
ji;^-  these  assemblings  we  were  called  to  Edoa 
5Iilla  to  anoint  sister  Blickenstaff.  Three  were 
jiddeil  to  the  church  hy  baptism  and  faith;  On 
S.iturday,  ibo  17th  preached  funeral  sermon  on 
thu  death  of  sister  BlickeustafE  Same  day  com- 
ia^Dcv-d  meeting  in  Clinton  Co.,  at  their  upper 
nirtlijig-houoe.  Held  ten  meetings  ;  good  atten- 
dlince  and  prospect  for  some  additions.  Brethren 
und  sisters,  awake,  do  not  allow  any  one  to  find 
you  sleeping.  Ou  tbe  24ih  meeting  in  the  M.  E. 
tiiurvh  in  Rossville.  Kuxt  bad  a  little  meeting 
*i;^niii  in  the  evening.  From  hero  went  home,  and 
on  the  2ud  last,  bad  council,  where  all  passed  off 
plwisantly,  thank  the  Lord, 

Jiurneti't  Creek,  Jnd, 


DIED. 


STOFER.— Ill  the  Sandy  church,  Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio,  flbter  Mary  L.  Stofer,  aged  34  years, 
7  months  and  17  days.  Died  February  26, 
1S78.  L.  Glass. 

KELTNER.  —  In  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
Stephenson  Co.,  111.,  March  Gth,  187S,  Malinda 
Keltner,  aged  3  years,  7  months  and  3  days. 

KELTNER.— In  the  same  congregation  March 
9tb,  1878,  Effa  May  Keltner,  aged  5  years,  7 
months  and  10  days. 

M.  H.  Fowler. 

STOUFFER.— Near  Wayneshon,  on  tbe  20th  of 
February,  Susan,    infant  daughter  of  John  F. 
and  Ella  Stouffer,  aged  4  years  and  26  days. 
E,  Stouffer. 

COTNER.— In  Eagle  CVeek  church,  Hancock 
Co.,  Ohio.,  March  14tb,  18T8,MaryJ,,daugbler 
of  Bro,  J,  A.,  and  sister  Mary  Cotner,  aged  2 
years,  1  month  and  27  days.  Funeral  services 
by  the  writer  from  Job  1 :  21. 

S,  T.  B059ERMAN. 

LESH.— Near  Georgetown,  Dark  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan. 
l?th,  1878,  Joel  Lesh,  aged  Gl years,  10  months 
and  4  days.  L.  A.  C. 

BEAL. — In  tbe  Meyersdale  congregation,  Somer- 
set Co.,  Pa,,  March  11th,  1878,  Milton  Allen 
Beal,  son  of  Bro.  Andrew  0.,  and  sister  Bjirba- 
ra  Beal,  aged  one  year,  eleven  months  and  sev- 
enteen days.  J.  W.  Beer. 

ALBAUGH.— In  the  Bachelor's  Run  church, 
Carroll  Co.,  lud.,  March  6th,  1878,  sister  Re- 
becca Albaugh,  aged  7G  years,  6  months  and 
17  days. 

FLORA.— In  the  same  church,  March  9th,  1878, 
Susannah  Flora,  aged  2G  yeai^,    7  mouths   and 

7  days.  H.  Landis, 

BAUER.— Sister  .Mary,  ivife  of  Bro.  Stephen 
Bauer  and  sister  to  Elder   John   G.   Glock   of 
Aughwick    Mills,    Huntingdon    Co.,    Pa„ 
born  Dec.  30th,  1810  in  Hobeneck,  kingdom  of 
Wuerteniherg,   Germany  ;  was  married  Feb. 
1838,  and  caroe  to  America  in  August  1638.  ■ 
She  and  her  husband  were  baptised  by   brother 
Yentin  1839  at  the  timeof  tbe  A.M.  in  Augh- 
wick, Pa.,  the  writer  being  on  eye-witness;  lived 
in  Pennsylvania   until    April  184!) ;  moved   to 
Stephenson  Co.,  III.     She  was  confined   to   he 
bed  11  weeks,  died  March  5th,   1S78,   aged  6: 
yeara,  2  months  and  5  days.     She  had  sis  cbil 
dren  ;  four  preceded  her  to  tbe  grave,  leaving  i 
sorrowful  husband  and  two  sons   {all  brethienj 
and  grandchildren  and  many  friends  to  mi 
her    departure.       Funeral   occasion   improved 
from   Job  7  :  1 — 6,    (tbe  sister's   selection)  by 
the  writer,  A.  H.  Lntz,  W.  K.  Moore   and 
Eby  to  a  large  audience.         Alleu  Boyer. 
(P.  C,  please  copy.) 

LA.MMEDEE,— In  South  Bend,  Indiana,  Dec. 
0th,  1877,  Charles  I.  Lammedee,   aged  6  years, 

8  months  and  13  days,  D.  Wuitsee 


INTERESTINe    ITEMS. 


When  writing  an  article  for  the  press. 
Whether  prose  or  verse,  just  try 

To  utter  your  thouglita  in  tbe  fewest  words. 
And  let  them  be  crisp  and  spry. 

And  when  it  is  finished,  and  you  suppose 
It  is  done  exactly  brown. 

Just  look  it  over  ng.iin,  and  then — 
Boil  it  down. 

Mna.  Lucy  Sherek,  a  lecently-oou verted  Jewess, 
iVas  received  into  membership  of  the  Baptist  Church 
iu  Brooklyn  last  week,  and  baptized  under  the 
name  of  Ruth.  The  Rev.  J.  Schwab,  Jewish  rabbi 
referring  to  the  case,  says,  he  knew  that  another 
daughter  had  left  home  and  married  a  Catholic  a 
few  years  ago,  but  be  had  never  seen  any  of  Mr. 
Sherek's  family,  because  they  do  not  attend  the 
synagogue.  So  he  said  to  him  frankly,  "I 
afraid,  my  friend,  you  are  the  fault  of  this  If 
your  chihl  had  been  properly  trained  she  would  not 
leave  you.  But  since  neither  you  nor  your  wife 
ever  attend  our  meetings  you  have  no  right  to 
blame  the  child  for  growing  up  with  loose  ideas  of 
our  religion." 

A  Strange  Case. — An  interesting  casebas just 
closed  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  this 
county,  nt  Bryant,  Ohio.  The  case  involved  the 
(]uestion  of  the  authority  of  church  or  State. 

Joseph  Lichty  brought  suit  against  John  Hoi- 
demao  and  others  in  810,000  damages  fur  enticing 
his  wife  to  abstain  from  marital  relations  to  hii 
It  appears  from  the  evidences  that  all  the  parties 
were  members  of  tbe  denomination  called  "church 
of  God,"  a  hrnncb  of  ibe  Mennonites.    In  May, 


1375,  the  church  of  which  John  Lichty  and  his 
were  members,  for  divers  reasons  not  shown 
in  court,  excommunicated  him  and  placed  bim  un- 
der the  ban  termed  "  avoidance."  This  means 
that  remaining  members  shall  shun  and  avoid  the 
or  excommunicated  brother  until  he  repent, 
again  received  iulo  the  church.  It  makes 
it  the  duty  of  the  wife,  she  being  a  raenibor,  to 
not  cat  at  the  same  table  with  her  husband  ;  nor 
talk  with  bim,  under  penalty  of  being  expelled 
from  the  church  and  being  forever  lost  for  disobe- 
dience. She  could,  however,  keep  house  for  bim 
,nd  family,  which  consisted  of  lour  children.  — 
This  abe  did  for  a  year,  he,  in  the  meantime,  pa- 
tiently and  kindly  trying  to  induce  her  to  act  her 
fely  part  with  bim.  But  on  different  ocCRsions, 
when  he  had  nearly  succeeded  in  winning  her 
hack  to  bim,  these  priests  or  teachers  would  step 
in  and  warn  her  that  she  could  not  tako  such  a 
step  without  the  consent  of  the  church,  and  if  she 
did,  her  soul  would  be  forever  lost.  He  then 
tod  his  farm  and  moved  away,  to  be  from  un- 
der this  infiuence,  thinking  his  wife  would  go 
with  him,  but  this  influence  was  brought  to  bear 
upon  her,  and  she  would  not  leave  the  society. 

Thus  did  these  men  on  the  one  hand  seiae  upon 
the  strongest  chord  of  the  human  heart,  religious 
and  faith,  to  keep  this  wife  from  her  husband, 
that  they  might,  on  the  other  hand  grasp  the 
cords  of  human  aft'cctiou  and  love  to  make  a  m(in 
how  to  the  church  in  which  he  did  not  worship.- 
They  were  willing  to  break  up  a  family  which 
had  been  maintaineil  in  peace  and  love  forsixteen 
years,  to  compel  this  man  to  do  their  bidding,  — 
They  made  their  own  defense  in  court,  not  believ- 
ing iu  lawyers.  The  Bible  wua  their  law  book, 
from  which  they  read  in  parts  from  Numbers  and 
Revelations.  Simon  Menno  of  Holland,  who  Hv 
ed  in  the  sixteenth  century,  was  their  commenta- 
tor. By  the  Bible  they  sought  to  justify  theii 
course,  and,  under  the  plea  of  religious  tolerance 
guaranteed  by  the  constitution,  claimed  a  verdict 
iu  their  favor. 

It  is  perliaps  safe  to  say  that  such  a  people  and 
such  a  defense  were  never  before  seen  or  heard  of 
in  the  courta  of  this  country.  It  was  the  sixteenth 
and  nineteenth  century  face  to  face.  The  testi- 
mony being  all  in,  and  the  arguments  having 
been  made,  the  case  went  to  the  jury,  who  soon 
brought  in  a  verdict,  giving  82,000  damages 
the  plaintiff.     Tbe  case  has  excited  mncb  interest, 

DmcouRAOiNG  TO  SiEOKERS.  —  Dr.  Lawson, 
late  Surgeon  Central  of  the  United  States,  sayt 
he  often  observed  that  when  the  wolves  and  buz- 
zards came  upon  the  battle  fields  to  devour  the 
slain,  they  would  not  disturb  tbe  bodies  of  tliost 
who  had  chewed  or  smoked  tobacco,  until  they 
bad  consumed  all  the  others  among  them.  And 
yet  there  are  thousands  of  presumptuous,  young 
chewers  and  smokers,  who  expect  that  refined 
young  ladies  will  be  willing  to  love  and  cherish 
all  their  lives  what  even  buzzards  will  reject  i 
nauseating  and  nnwholesorao, —  Selected  6y  Wit 
K.  Moore. 

Laudable  EFrORT. —  Cigar  slumps  are  no 
utili/,«d  in  Berlin,  Prussia.  There  is  a  society 
there  that  collcels  all  the  pieces  of  cigat«  and 
sells  them.  The  proceeds  are  devoted  to 
clothing  of  poor  children.  Last  Christmas  thirty 
children  were  chjthed  by  this  society,  each  child 
being  provided  with  a  shirt,  a  pair  of  good  leath- 
er boots,  n  warm  dress,  a  pair  of  stockings  and  a 
pocket  handkerchief.  Altogether  more  than  two 
hundred  children  have  been  clothed  by  this  socie- 
ty. It  is  now  proposed  to  build  an  orphan  house 
from  proceeds  received  from  the  sale  of  ciga 
stumps.  This  however  does  not  prove  the  rigb 
of  hoys  to  learn  to  smoke,  but  simply  shows  tbe 
good  sense  of. turning  the  effects  of  au  evil  intoi 
useful  channel.  There  ia  a  lesson  in  this  worthy 
of  study. 

Mother  Shipton.  —  We  clip  the  following 
from    tbe  Weekly  Inler  Ocean   for  the  benefit  of 
those    who    have    taken    considerable   stock 
"  Mother  Shipton,"      The  deceivers   are  not   all 
dead  yet : 

"  The  so-called  pixipbecy  of  Mother  Shipton  is 
one  of  the  clever  fraud/ perpetrated  a  few  years 
ngo.  In  1862  Charles  Hind  ley,  of  Brighton,  Eng- 
land, published  what  he  said  was  a  reprint  of  an 
old  edition  of  Mother  Shiptou's  pieces,  but  has 
since  acknowledged  that  the  wonderful  prophe- 
cy and  some  other  pieces  in  tbe  book  were  written 
by  him  nt  that  time.  This  prophecy,  which  ori- 
ginally was  claimetl  to  have  been  written  in  1488, 
and  republished  in  1C41,  was  first  wrought  out  of 
the  brain  of  Mr.  Hindley  in  1962.  Who  Motbe 
Shipton  really  was,  is  not  known.  It  is  probabh 
that  such  a  woman  lived  about  1488,  but  nothin: 
save  tradition  is  known  of  her.  The  prophecy  is 
not  worth  reprinting,  as  it  runs  the  circuit  of  tht 
press  every  year  or  two, 

Jerusalem. — The  Babazelelh  saya  rain  haa  fal- 
len in  snch  quantities  in  the  Holy  Laud,  that  the 
oldest  inhabitants  can  hardly  remember  its  parah 
lei.     Tbe  streets  were  fioadild  in   several    places, 


and  some  loss  of  life  resulted  from  the  overflow, 
roads  are  in  a  very  bad  condition,  and  communi- 
cation is  frequently  stopped  between  tbe  villages 
and  the  city.  Notwithstanding  tbe  rsiufiUI,  the 
price  of  provisions  is  steadily  increasing. 

Much  READtKn. — During  Iba  past  year,  545,- 
000  pages  have  been  printed  at  the  Baptist  Mia- 
sion  Press  in  Japan,  including  Luke,  Galatians, 
Ephesiana,  Philippians,  CoUosians,  Thessaloniaus, 
part  of  Genesis,  ealechisra,  etc. 

Went  Down. — The  pew  rents  of  Mr,  Bcech- 
er'a  church  are  this  year  810,4!)2  less  than  those  of 
the  last  year.  Whether  this  is  attributable  to 
the  decline  of  this  singular  man's  influence,  or  to 
the  prevailing  financial  panic,  wc  cannot  dctcr- 
■,  but  are  inclined  to  think  it  should  bo  charg- 
ed to  the  former. 

PisiZE  Essay. — The  International  Confedera- 
tion, for  the  observance  of  the  Christian  Sabbath, 
has  nflered  a  prize  of  2,000  francs  for  the  best  es- 
say on  "The  Evils  of  Sunday  Railroad  Traffic." 
The  work  may  be  in  English,  French,  German 
or  Italian,  and  may  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Confederation  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  by  the 
10th  of  December,  I87i). 


^NNOUISrCEMENTS. 


Notices  of  Lovo-ftnalg, 
be  brief,  ami  ivi 


ilrict  Mcetingi,  oto. 
a  OD  pnpcr  scpnralo 
r   buaineis. 


I.OVE-FEABTB. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co,, 
Ind„  June  Gth,  1878. 

There  will  bo  a  Communion  meeting  at  the 
meeting-houee  in  South  Waterloo,  four  miles 
South  of  Waterloo  City,  on  Wednesday,  June  5, 
1878,  comraenciug  at  10  A.  M.  An  invitation  is 
extended  to  all  the  members  in  surrounding  i:on- 
gregations. 

By  Onler, 

J,  Wise, 

DISTRICT   MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  iu  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9th. 

Southern  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  12, 1878,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Northern  District  of  Illinoia  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  Annual  Conference  of  the  North-eastern 
District  of  Ohio,  will  bo  held  in  the  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  2ath,  1878, 
commencing  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  The  meeting  will 
be  held  two  miles  North  of  the  town  of  Columbi- 
ana, Delegates  coming  on  the  P.  Ft.  W.  &  C. 
It.  R.  will  address  Samuel  Mellinger,  Colunibiaua, 
0,.  or  A.  W.  Louganecker,  East  Lewistown,  Ma- 
boning  Co.,  O.,  and  they  will  be  met  the  day  be- 
fore the  meeting  at  Columbiana  Station.  Those 
coming  on  the  A.  &  G.  W.  R.  R.  will  address  J. 
W,  Kurtz,  Poland,  0.,  and  they  will  ho  mot  the 
day  before  thti  meeting  at  Struther's  Station,  if 
due  notice  is  given. 

NoAn  LONOANECKEB,  Clcrk. 


REPORT    OF    FUNDS, 

THE  following  sums  were  received  for   building 
the  Brethren's  meeting-house  in   Montgom- 
ery Ctjunty,  Iowa : 

C.  "Workman  and  family Sl.OO 

Hickory  Grove  Church,  Illinois,  by  Jesse  Y. 

Heckler, 1.00 

Macoupin  Church,  111.,  by  D.  Vaniman 1.31 

Jackson  Hull,  Pa,  collected  by  S.  Benedict,.  .2.00. 

Libertyville,  la.,  by  E.  E.  Garher 25 

Morrisonville,  III.,  by  J.  J.  Cart, 35 

Panther  Creek  Church,  111.,  by  J.  B.  Tawzer,1.15 

Wm.  Ikenberiy,  Waterloo, 2.00 

Greeu  Mountain,  Va.,  hy  B.  Miller, 3.00 

Total:  812.12 

SlLAB  MOUTON, 
N.  C.  WORKMA>-. 

&-wla.  Iowa,  March  13,  1878. 

{!'.  C,  please  copy.) 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Xighl  pik'!Henger  Irains,  going  chhI  nnJ  weal,  mcel  and 
Icure  Lntiorlt  nt  2:1S  A.  M.,  orriTlBg  In  Kadne  al  '.M» 
A.   il.,  and  at   Iloik  IsLmd  b(  0;UU  A.  M. 


0.  A.  Skitb,  AgtDt. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'^Behold  I  lirirt'j    I'm  Good  TUlimjs  of  0-reat  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  I'eople."  —  Luke  3:  10, 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  4, 1878. 


No.  14. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLr 


J.  H.   MOORE    &    M.   M.   ESHELMAN, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

11.  H.  MlJ.l.KU,       ------        LADOUA,  IN'D. 

J.  W.  6XELV,       ------       NKWTONIA,  MO. 

D,  VANIMAN,        -------  vritlJEN,  ILL. 

D.  D.  MKNTKKll,        -      -      -      -      -  WAYNES HOKO,  PA. 

MATTIE  A.  LKAR,        -      .      .      -      _      xntbANA,    ILL. 


WE    SHALL    BE    LIKE    HIM. 

Y\rE  slmll  be  like  Him!  0  bcnutlful  ihougln, 
VV  Weslinll  lie  like  Him, ;ind  like  Him  we'll  wlk 
Ai'itif  lliu  sorrow's,  the  wo-.  nuJ  the  [i?Ars, 
We  shrill  be  like  Hiiu  wlien  Jcsita  appears. 

Aftf^r  tlie  coiiUict  in  peace  to  sit  doivn,' 
After  tbc  cross  to  be  ivreatbed  with  the  crowu, 
AlUir  tlic  dust  nod  tlie  &oil  by  the  way 
With  him  nm\  like  him  forever  to  slay. 

Never  again  shall  the  throbbiag  licad  nche, 
Never  agaiu  shall  the  beating  hcfti't  break, 
NcvcT  the  tusk  <lriip  from  wearying  hands, 
Nor  Ibe  feet  ever  fail  in  tbe  brightest  of  laiida. 

Never  Gball  giu  with  the  trail  of  its  shame. 
Shadow  love's  sunlight,  uor  chill  il^i  clear  flume  ; 
Snvior,  oft  grieved  in  ihe  house  of  thy  frii-mls, 
No'erwill  woMOund  thee  if  earth's  frail  life  euds. 

Death!  ibis  dear  thought  does  away  with  tliyaliug, 
Makes  us  triumpbfliit  to  meet  thee  aud  aiug, 
"Glory  to  God,"  wheu  the  Jordan  is  passed 
Weshall  go  home  and  be  like  him  at  InsL 

Master,  alas,  thee  we've  oftea  denied  ! 

When  the  world  scorned,  we  have  shrunk  from 

Thy  side. 
Yet  blc-sed  Jesus,  Thou  knowest  Thy  love, 
Pardon  and  help  us  with  grace  from  above. 

M'heu  Thou  appeartst,  0.  rapturous  thought  I 
Well  may  our  souls  into  rapture  be  wrought. 
We  jhnll  be  like  Him  wheu  this  life  is  o'er, 
Wound  Thee,  offend  Thee,  deny  Thee  uo  more  ! 
Selected  by  Ida  Kingekv. 


CHURCH  ORDER. 


TfANY  of  the  bretlirou  ivbo  liavo  hearil  you 
liA  prcaeut  the  rules  of  tiie  cliuvcb  to  those 
beiiig  received  into  the  church,  have  a  desire  that 
you  publish  the  formula  iu  the  columns  of  the 
Brethren  at  Wobk.  Will  you  do  so,  nn  we 
think  it  might  be  of  benefit  to  others? 
Fraternally, 

D,  L.  MlLLKK 

The  above  was  prescuted  to  our  notice  some- 
time ago,  but  as  timo  aud  other  duties  forbodei 
the  subject  has  been  neglected  until  uow.  And 
even  now  the  matter  is  rather  lengthy  to  place 
before  ourreaders;  but  as  it  is  of  general  interest, 
we  feel  that  it  will  at  leaat  command  the  atten- 
tion of  many.  We  have  no  regular  formula, 
though  use  tbe  samueaeh  time,  and  to  all.  Af- 
ter inviting  tbosa  who  aro  to  be  immersed  for- 
ward on  the  front  seat,  before  tbe  entire  con- 
gregation, wo  lny  before  them  tbe  rules  of  the 
Gospel  OS  foUowsi 

You  are  here  to-day  desiring  odmission  into, 
the  body  of  Christ,  and  as  there  are  requisitions 
in  the  Gospel  with  which  you  will  ho  eipectod 
to  comply,  we  deem  it  pnident  to  fully  ac- 
quaint you  of  them  now,  that  in  the  event  of 
your  unwillingness  to  bow  in  submission  to  the 
full  Law  of  grace,  you  can  witbdrow  until  such 
time  as  you  can  accept  tbe  Lord  in  all  things; 
hunjbly  and  meekly  bowing  to  Hi.s  Divine  will. 
Then,  as  ^ervouts  of  the  Lord  you  are  to  give 
and  take  counsel,  under  all  circunistaneed  accord- 
ing to  the  Gosjiel. 

We  learn  from  the  Gospel  that  we  are  not  to 
sweur,  neither  by  heaven  for  it  is  God's  throne, 
nor  by  the  earth  for  it  ia  Llia  footstool;  nor  by 
ourheudafor  we  can  neither  make  one  hair 
white  or  blaok,  hut  we  are  to  let  our  converva- 


tion  be  yea  and  nay,  for  more  than  thi3  is  evil. 
What  others  do  is  nothing  to  us,  only  to  follow 
our  great  Teacher  in  all  things,  under  all  cir- 
cumstances. Shunning  all  oaths  before  courts 
of  justice  or  in  private.  When  as  it  sometimes 
occurs  we  are  called  before  the  tribunal  to  testi- 
ly, instead  of  swearing  we  simply  alfirm,  whiuh 
God  hath  placed  in  the  lianda  of  our  rulers  to 
allow.  If  we  cannot  speak  the  truth  without 
swearing,  we  should  not  talk  at  all.  You  \vill 
find  the  law  recorded  in  Mutt,  5:  Si,  35;  James 
5: 12. 

Almoin  we  hear  the  Master  say,  concerning 
the  character  of  His  followers,  "  My  kingdom 
is  not  of  this  world,  if  it  were,  then  would  my 
servtmts  fight."  And  "  If  a  man  smite  you  on 
one  cheek,  turn  the  other  also,"  And  again, 
"  Pray  for  your  enemies,  do  good  to  those  who 
persecute  you  and  aay  oil  manner  of  evil  against 
you."  And  if  we  do  this  we  certainly  cannot 
go  to  war  or  engage  in  muster  or  warfare.  I 
have  often  thought  if  two  contending  arn 
came  together  to  battle,  all  claiming  to  he  Chris- 
tians, and  each  kneel  do^vn,  prayto  God  forvic- 
tory:  then  prepare  for  action,  and  nt  the  mo- 
ment of  presenting  arms,  the  voice  of  Jehovah 
would  sound  as  of  okl  in  every  ear,  saying, 
"  Brethren  love  one  another."  What  would  be 
done?  Would  they  go  on  and  slay  one  anoth- 
er, or  drop  their  gnus  and  clasp  h.tnds,  pleading 
for  forgivness?  Don't  yoi|  think  th^  letter 
would  he  the  nearest  right?  This  we  try  to  do, 
servo  God  and  kill  onr  enemies  with  love  in- 
stead of  the  sword. 

Again,  we  hear  the  Master  say,  "  In  secret 
have  I  said  nothing,  ami  what  y?  hear  in  secret, 
that  declare  from  the  housetop,"  and  we  are  to 
be  unspotted  from  the  world. 

In  doing  this,  we,  as  a  people,  do  not  belong 
to,  nor  eucounige  secret  societies  of  any  kind, 
from  the  fact  that  all  the  goo<l  found  in  any 
secret  order  is  contained  in  the  church.  Aud 
we  hold  it  as  wrong,  uuil  inconsistent  to  go  out 
of  the  church  for  good  that  we  have  there.  Sup- 
pose a  number  of  professing  Christiims  come 
together  in  the  Lodge-room  and  initiuTO  a  mem- 
ber into  the  secrets  of  Masonry,  he  a  Christian 
too.  Then  ringing  through  the  hall  would 
come  the  command  anew,  as  of  old, "  Sweam 
XOT  at  ai,l.    What  ye  hear  ik  sEortRT,  that 

|IECL,VRE  FROM  THE    HOUSETOPS."      What  WOuld 

the  result  be?  Masonry  would  be  exposed  or 
Christ  disobeyed.  This  then  is  God's  Law,  anil 
whatever  man  may  say  and  think,  itstill  stands 
unchanged,  and  will  till  time  is  no  more. 

Ami  again,  we  learn  from  Romans  12,  that 
WL'.  are  not  to  be  conformed  to  this  world,  but 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  our  minds.  To- 
do  this,  our  entire  life  must  l)e  changed.  We 
will  not  talk  as  the  world  docs,  or  swear,  or 
blospheme,  or  steal,  or  lie.  or  backbite,  or  en- 
gage in  following  the  fashions  as  the  world  does. 
Following  the  apostle,  and  instead  of  ornament- 
ing the  body  with  gold  aud  costly  array,  we  or- 
nament the  character  with  holiness  and  good 
works.  The  characteristics  of  the  church  are 
pltunness  and  non-conformity  in  all  things. 
GliriBtiaua  cannot  dress  :like  the  world  in  fash- 
ionifblo  attire  and  please  God,  neither  can  they 
appefir  filthy  and  command, His  praisea;  but 
dress  modest,  comfortable,  and  neat,  that  onr 
appearance  will  be  a  light  and  encouragement 
to  th«  world  to  love  and  serve  God. 

Again,  we  read  in  first  Corinthians,  chapter 
eleventh,  the  head  of  the  man  is  Christ,  and  the 
head  of  Christ  is  God.  Every  man  praying 
with  his  head  covered  dishonore  his  head,  that 
is  dishonors  God;  but  every  woman  who  prays 
or  prophesies  with  her  head  uncovered  dishon- 
ors her  head,  or  man,  aud  indiruutly  dishonors 
God-  The  act  thot  man  does  in  honor  to  God 
in  worehip,  ia  to  uncover  his  head.  The  act 
that  woman  does  is  to  cover  her  head.  Wlu'U 
I  uncoven*  his  head  to  pray  the  woman  ia  to 
do  the  reverse,  either  cover  the  head  or  leave 
tlie  covering  on.  But  remarks  some  one,  the 
LI   the  covering.    Then  every  time   man 


prays  he  is  to  have  his  hair  shaved  off,  and  the 
woman  is  to  let  hers  grow;  but  Paul  says,  "If 
she  be  not  covered,  let  her  a(so  be  shaven,  that 
is,  if  she  will  not  cover  her  head  let  her  finish 
her  disobedience  and  slijime  by  being  shorn,  for 
the  idea  is  that  it  is  just  as  much  sh.ime  in  God's 
sight  for  a  woman  to  pray  to  God  uncovered, 
it  is  in  the  sight  of  men  to  be  shorn  or  shav 
■  But  he  adds  that  nature  teaches  the  hair  to  be 
a  covering,  doubtless  admitting  arguments  of 
some  in  his  day,  who  took  advantage  of  tho 
Uberties  the  Gospel  gave  to  women  in  that  day 
and  appeared  before  men  unveiled,  and  as  an  ar 
gument  justifying  their  act  said,  "  That  nature 
teaches  that  the  hair  is  given  for  a  covering. 
Paul  admits  that  iititiiTc  teaches  the  hair  to  be 
a  covering,  but  adds  if  any  nmn  is  contentious 
(about  what  nature  teaches),  the  church  of  God 
has  no  such  practice. 

The  practice  of  the  church  of  God  is,  that  tho 
hair  is  not  the  covering  that  is  enjoined  on  ivo- 
Mien  to  wear  in  time  of  worehip,  especially  as  a 
people  of  Christ,  we  practice  the  same.  TliiTii 
sisters  when  you  come  before  God  in  prayer,  let 
it  be  at  noon-time,  morning  or  evening,  in  the 
public  assembly,  or  around  the  family  altar,  fol- 
low the  instructions  of  the  man  of  God,  by  cov- 
ering the  head  in  honor  to  God  and  Him  alone, 
the  brethren  the  opposite;  and  this  is  why  we 
sometimes  speak  against  professing  Christians 
coming  into  God's  house  (vith  their  hats  on.  The 
house  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  the  Loi'd, 
and,  OS  such  should  be  treated  with  reverence. 
Then  when  you  enter  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
respectfully  uncover  your  head  at  the  door,  and 
keep  it  so  till  you  leave  the  place;  this  looks 
more  manly  if  not  Christian-like. 

One  more  thought,  and  then  we  submit  all  to 
your  consideration.  We  do  not  go  to  law  with 
one  another  before  the  courts  of  the  unjust,  as 
some  did  in  the  early  church,  but  according  to 
tbe  instruction  of  the  apostle,  when  difficulties 
exist,  we  arrange  them  in  the  church,  knowing 
it  to  be  a  shame  for  brethren  to  go  to  law  one 
with  another.  Now  then  the  teachings  are  be- 
fore you,  what  have  you  to  say,  are  you  willing 
ivhen  you  become  members  of  the  body  of 
Christ,  to  follow  them  out  as  far  as  you  are  able 
and  find  them  consistent  with  the  Word  of 
God  ?  {Each  reply  in  the  affirmative),  Yoii  each 
no  doubt  feel  to-day  that  life  is  bright  before 
you,  that  you  are  strong  in  the  faith  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  a  holy  life  will  he  easy  to  live.  But  I 
wojit  to  tell  you  that  feel  as  you  may,  there  are 
great  difficulties  ahead;  storms  aud  trials  that 
will  be  hard  to  overcome,  troubles  await  you  .in 
future  life  that  you  do  not  dream  of  now.  A 
life  of  rtghteousnes  is  not  all  tiowera  or  peace; 
here  it  takes  continual  watching  and  praying; 
but  beyond  all  these  trials,  are  great  joys, — ev- 
erlasting life  and  eternal  rest.  May  the  bless- 
ing of  the  Father  rest  upon  you,  the  grace  of 
the  Son  attend  you,  and  the  comforting  pres- 
ence of  the  Spirit  be  with  you  now  and  iu  ail 
life  to  come.  To-day  we  meet  in  the  congrega- 
tion of  God's  people  on  earth  forming  this  cov- 
enant, and  it  is  my  humble  prayer  that  it  may 
be  followed  faithfully  till  death,  and  then  wheu 
a^/ our  crosses  are  over  here,  we  will  meet  in 
the  union  of  dear  ones  above.    . .       n 

Now  to  the  church  we  turn  aud  say, .  tak^ 
thine,  I  give  them  to  you  toTday,  not  as  my 
converts,  but  the  Lord's,  for  they  are  His.  Treat 
them    kindly    and    gently,  and  at   last   fathers, 

hen  you  are  gone,  they  ivill  remember  you 
with  tender  drawings  and  labor  on  till  the  wel- 
come will  come  to  them:  Servant,  it  is  enough, 
come  up  higher. 

May  God  hle,ss  all,  and  administer  to  us 
an  entrance  into  tho  silent  land  in  peace,  aud 
at  the  resurrection  morn  a  home  in  the  mansions 
of  love,  among  tho  redeemed  and  -anctified 
when  all  toil  oud  care  will  end,  and  vanities 
cease,  free  from  a  world  of  sin  and  sorrow,  we 
come  Father  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  forever  and  ev- 
er, Amen.  S.  H.  Gashor. 

Waterloo,  loita. 


EFFECTS  OF  EDUCATION. 


EDUCATION  does  not  enable  the  true  min- 
ister of  God  to  preach  a  new  faith  or  dtn;- 
trine,  it  only  enables  him  to  present  that  iIkl-- 
trine  in  a  clearer  light  or  in  a  more  furi'iblt.- 
manner.  If  the  Woi-d  of  God  is  the  "  sword  of 
tho  spirit,"  then  education  gives  skill  to  the 
hand  that  wields  it,  imd  makes  tho  strokes  niort; 
effective.  This  fact  is  recognised  by  our  church, 
for  scarcely  is  a  young  man  of  considoraMe  lit- 
erary ability  received  into  the  church,  and 
the  luembera  satisfied  that  he  is  sound  in  the 
faith,  wheu  he  is  almost  iuvarialjly  called  to  the 
luiniitry,  and  yet  tbe  cry  is  everywhore.  "  Sl-u  1 
us  ministers,"  "  Send  us  able  ministers." 

When  our  faith  is  assailed  by  our  enemies,. 
we  always  send  for  our  heal,  educated  ministers 
to  defend  us  in  public  debate,  even  if  we  hav^ 
to  send  several  hundred  miles. 

When  some  one  assails  us  through  the  preEs, , 
then  his  productions  aii:  sent  to  our  ablest  writ- 
era  to  he  reviewed;  thus  showing  that  we  must 
have  educated  men  among  ns.  Onr  cause  suf- 
fers without  them.* 

Education  does  not  create  now  powers,  hut 
it  makes  those  we  have  more  available,  no  mat- 
ter whether  we  guide  the  plow,  wield  the  h;»w. 
cure  the  sick  or  preach  the  Gospel.  It  takes- . 
the  man  that  makes  the  most  out  of  liim. 


COMMENDATORY. 


r  AM  glad  that  there  are  still  some  who  dan.- 
A  to  raise  an  alarm  and  have  courage  enonglk 
to  meet  that  treacherous  foe  on  the  open  field 
in  a  formidable  manner.  Oh!  how  very  true- 
it  is  that  the  church  and  the  world  look  and  act- 
so  much  alike,  that  from  all  the  evidence'  meu 
can  gather,  it  ia  simply  impossible  to  disttngui.sh 
to  which  a  good  many  belong,  of  both  sexes.. 
In  some  localities  it  even  looks  as  if  the  churdi 
and  the  world  had  ofi'cctcd  a  compromise,  say- 
ing to  each  other  if  you  will  let  me  alone  I  will 
let  you  have  your  way,  while  the  Scriptitrt'St 
say,  "  Come  out  from  among  them  and  lie  yc- 
parate."  Some  so-called  church  mcmbcis- 
are  so  completely  swallowed  up  by  the  ftiolLsh 
aud  ever  changing  fashions  of  the  world,  that 
if  kindly  told  about  these  inconsistencies,  will 
say,  if  I  would  exchange  my   clothes  for  those 

f  humbler  style,  would  that  make  me  any  bet— 
terat  heart?  would  I  notbe  just  as  I  no  warn?  lit 
ans(ver  to  such  we  say,  let  them  lay  ofi'  incon- 
sistencies and  wear  only  becoming  apparel  and. 

tudy  their  Bible  diligently,  and  above  all  else 
pray  like  David  did,  "  Lord  create  in  me  a  dean^ 
heart,  and  renew  n  right  spirit  within  me,"  and 
they  will  soon  experience  such  a  change  (rf  heart 
will  bring  about  a  disgust  (or  Ihe  lanities- 
and  superfluities  of  the  world. 
How  very  truerthat  remark  made  by  a.  brother 

few  3'eurs  ago  in  the  State  of  ColoiEado,  it  re- 

laineth  forever  true,  that  the  outward,  l^  sig- 
nificant of  that  which  is  within.  Biethren  on 
the  walls  of  Zion  stand  firm. . 


You  cannot  easily  restrain  prido  without 
conflict.  You  cannot  expect  to  go  through. 
life  without  bearing  burdens.  But  you  are  go- 
ing to  have  help  under  the  circumstances  that 
ivill  redeem  you  from  these  things-  You  are 
going  to  e]:perience  more  victories  thoo.  defeats. . 
Your  aufl'ering  will  only  be  here  and  there — lit-- 
tle  spots  iu  a  whole  field  of  peace  and  joy. 


Wonns  are  little  things,  but  they  strike  hiinL 
We  utter  them  so  eo-iiily,  that  we  are  apt  to- 
forget  their  hidden  power.  Fitly  spoken,  they 
act  like  the  sunshine,  the  dew  and  the  fertilising 
rain,  but  when  unfitly,  hko  the  fcoat,  .the.  haiL 
and  devastating  tempests.. 


THE    T?r;"ETHRElSr    ^^.T    AVOl^K. 


April   4. 


BOOKS  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

OLD  TESTAMBHT, 
In  Gtnexh  Uie  worlit  was  made  by  God'a  creii- 

tivohnnd; 
In  Exo(l»«i\\e  Hebrews  inn rched   to  giiiii  tiie 

promised  Innil. 
Leriticiis  contains  the   liiw,  liolj  ami  jiist  and 

good; 
Niinibfrs  records   t)ie  tribes  enrolled,  all  sons  of 

AbrulmDi'?  blood. 
Moseg  in  Tituttroiioiiuj  proclaims  God'a  Diiglity 

deeds; 
Brave  Joslnui   into  Caunhn's  land  the  host  of 

Israel  lowls    ,[;     .       ^\  - 
In  Jii'Iijti  their  rebellion  oft  provokes  the  Lord 

to  smite; 
But  Ritlh   records   tlic  faith  of  one  well  pleas- 
ing in  hia  sight, 
In  Fivsl  and  Second   Samnel  of  Jesse's  sou  WO 

read; 
Ten  bribes  in  Firs!  and  Second  Kiiiffn  revolted 

from  his  seed, 
In  FirsI  and  Second  Cliivniclcs  see  Judnh  caji- 

tive  made, 
But  JiJ^rii  leads  a  reinnnut  back  tlivongli  prince- 
ly Cyrus'  aid. 
The  city  walls  of  Ziou,  Nehcinlah  builds  again; 
While  Esther  saves  her  people   from  plots  of 

»'iukcd  men. 
In  Job  we  read  how  faith  will  live,  beneath  af- 
fliction's rod- 
Aud     Dnrid'a   Pxiilmx  are  precious  songs  for 

evcrv  i-Iiild  i.f  God. 
The  Pnirn-lif!   like  a   goodly  string  of  elioicest 

pearls  iipiienr; 
Ecclesiasffs  teaclics  man  how  vain  are  all  thii 

here 
The  mystic    So)ii/s  of    Solomon    exalts  sw 

Shnron's  Rose; 
And  Ghrisfc,  the  Siivior  nnd  the  King,   the  rapt 

Isiiiiih  shoiva. 
The  warning  Jerciui'ih   apostnte  Israel  scorns. 
His  plaintive  LniiicidittioHS  their  awful  down- 
fall moiu'ns. 
Ezehicl  tells    in   wondroas  words  of  daz/ling 

mysteries; 
And  kings  and  empires  yet  to  come  Daniel  in 

vision  sees. 
Of  judgmeut  and  of  mercy  Rosea  loves  to  tell; 
Joel  describes  the.  blessed  days  when  God  with 

man  shall  dwell 
Among  Tekoa's  herdsmen  ^DMsreceivedhisciill; 
And  Ohediah  prophesied  of  Edom's  final   fall. 
Jonah  eushrines  a  wondrous  type  of  Christ  our 

risen  Lord; 
Mimh  pronounces  Judab  lost,  in  Christ  to  be 

restored; 
NaliHiit  declares  on  Ninevah  just  judgment  shall 

be  poured. 
A  view  of  Cbaldea's  coming  doom  Ilabakkiik's 

vUiou  give; 
And  Zcphamuh  warns  the  Jcwsto  turn,  rejient 

and  live. 
Haijijai  wrote  to  those  who  saw  the   temple 

buillagaiu; 
A.-aH.Zaclianuh  prophesied  of  Christ's  triumpb- 

aut  reign. 
Mil  loch  r  was  the  last  who  touched  the  high 

prophetic  choni, 
Its  final  notes  sublimely  show   the  coming  of 
the  Lord. 

KEW  TE5TAUEST, 

Midllieip  and  Mark  and  Luke  and  Johu  the  ho- 
ly Gospels  wrote 
Describing  how  the  Savior  died,  His  life  and  all 

He  Uught. 
Ads  show  how  God  the  Apostles  owned  with 

signs  in  every  place; 
St.  Paul  in  Bamans  teaches    us  how   man    is 

saved  by  grace. 
The  Apostle  in  Corinthians  instructs,  exhorts, 

reproves, 
(/ufa^/flfjs  shows  that  faith  in  Christ  alone  the 

Father  loves. 
Ephesians  and  Philippians  tell  what  Christians 

ought  to  be; 
Colossians  bids  us  to  live  to  God,  and  for  eternity. 
In  Thassnloniam  we   are  taught  the  Lord  will 

come  from  heaven; 
Ifn  Timothy  and   Tiias  u  biabop's  rule  is  given. 
H'/u'leiHoii  marks  a  Christian's  love,  which  only  a 

Christ.an  knows; 
Mebreics  reveals  the  Gospel,   prefigured  by  the 

law. 
Jiimet  teaches  without  holiness,  faith  is   bilt 

vain  and  dead;  ' 

And  Petcrpomts  the  narrow  "irtiy  in  which'the 

Saints  are  led.  '  i  , 

Jo/iiiinhis  three  EpLttles  on  love  delight?  to 

dwell;  .    .^_ 

And  J II t/*  gives  awful  warning  of  judgment, 

WToth  and  hell. 
The  Becflaiions  iirophpsies  of  that  tremendous 

day,        ■"  ■■   ■■" 

When   Christ,  nnd  Christ  alone;  shall  be^  the 

trembling  sinner's  stay.  ,,   i    ,  ,, 

—Sekcttdj 


THE    CHRISTIAN    HOME. 

ilY  J.  S.  MOIU.F.U. 

^^  TN   my    Father's    house    nre   many 
-*-     ninnsions;   if  it   were    not  so,  I 
would  liiivii  toltl  you.     I  j,'o  to  prepare 
a  place  for  you  "  (John  14:  2). 

Tbe  a^ove  words  of  our  Savior  are 
full  of  comfort  and  consolution. ,  Christ 
had  been  with  His  disciples  about  three 
yeai-s,  teacliiug  tliem  tlie  way  of  Life 
and  salvation;  but  tlie  time  of  His  de- 
parture drew  near.  He  told  His  disci- 
ples that  it  was  expedient  tor  them  that 
He  sliould  go  away:  tliis  fdled  tlieir 
heavta  with  sorrow.  Tboy  wanted  to 
gowitli  Christ  right  a\vay;  could  uot 
endure  the  thought  of  being  sepa- 
rated from  Him  whom  they  dearly 
loved.  Christ,  in  order  to  comfort 
them,  uses  the  cheering  words  of 
our  te.vt.  While  the  above  words 
were  cheering  to  the  disciples,  they  are 
also  cheering  to  us.  i 

Our  condition  in  life  is  such,  that  we 
have  no  leal  home.  We  have  jilaces 
we  call  our  homes,  but  we  cannot  enjoy 
them  long.  Our  homes  on  earth  may 
be  adorned  with  everything  that  is  pleas- 
ing to  the  eye,  and  our  tables  may  be 
ero^vncd  with  the  choicest  Ijlessings  of 
earth,  and  like  the  rich  man,  we  may  be 
"  clothed  in  fme  linen  nnd  purple,  and 
fai'e  sumptuously  every  day."  But  \ve 
must  leave  all  these  comforts  of  earth  and 
pass  away.  In  the  al>ove  words  Christ 
promises  us  a  home  that  is 

KVliKLASTINfi, 

A  home  tlint  we  can  enjoy  forever.  "  A 
kiiigdom  which  cannot  be  moved"  (Heb- 
12 ;  28).  "To  an  inheritance  incorrupt- 
ible, undefiled,  and  thatfadeth  not  away  " 
(1  Peter  1:4).  "And  God  shall  wipe 
away  all  teai-s  from  theif  eyes;  and  there 
shivll  be  no  moie  death,  neither  sorrow, 
nor  crying,  neither  shall  tliere  be  any 
more  pain;  for  the  former  things  liave 
passed  away  "  (Rev.  21:  4). 

To  obtain  a  mansion  in  this  life,  is 
more  than  most  people  are  able  to  do. 
A  gi-eat  many  persons  are  too  poor  to 
obtain  even  an  ordinary  home.  But  not 
so  with  tliia  heavenly  mansion.  The 
poorest  man  or  woman  on  God's  foot- 
stool can  have  one  of  those  mansions  as 
well  a'f  the  rich.  In  fact  the  riches 
of  the  wealthy  will  do  no  good  in  ob- 
taining this  heavenly  mansion,  but  are 
rather  in  the  way.  "  How  hardly  shall 
they  that  have  riches,  enter  the  kingdom 
of  heaven,"  says  Christ,  from  the  fact 
that  their  hearts  and  affections  are  upon 
things  that  are  earthly,  to  the  almost  ut- 
ter neglect  of  the  true  richc)^.  In  this 
life  tbe  poor  are  generally  neglected  by 
a  proud,  fashionable  world,  as  well  as  a 
popular  Christianity,  as  uuwortliy 
theii-  notice  or  association.  It  matters 
not  how  \'iituous  the  character  of  the 
poor  may  be;  the  simple  fact  of  being 
poor  is  enough  to  disgrace  them  in  the 
eyes  of  an  unregeuernted  people.  In 
consequence  of  this,  they  are  often'  de- 
prived of  the  conveniences  of  life;  and 
sometimes  of  its  actual  necessities.  But 
while  the  poor  aie  otl:en  neglected,  if 
they  are  obedient  to  the  precepts  of  Je- 
sus, they  stand  higher  in  favor  with  God, 
and  one  day  will  be  vastly  richer,. than 
the  proudest  monarch  that  evy  .reigned 
on  earth.  "  They  shall  shine  like  the 
sun  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father." 
All  things  shall  be  their's,  and  they 
Chi-ist's,  and  Christ  God's."  When  the 
poor  beggar  was  in  Abraham's  bosom  he 
was  ten  thousand  times  richer  than  the 
■ich  niau.  at  whose  gate  lie  lay,  c\-er  u-jis 
in  this  lite.     "  We  shall  be  heirs  of  God 


and  jouit  heii-s  with  the  Lord  Jesui? 
Christ." 

Naturally  when  pei-sons  Intend  pur- 
chasing a  home,  especially  a  mansion 
they  are  very  particular  to  examine 

THE  TITLK 

to  see  whether  there  might  not  be  some 
incumbrance  on  it,  and  if  so,  to  have 
it  removed.  This  applies  well  spiritu- 
ally. We  should  carefully  e.vamine  our 
title  to  this  heavenly  nmn.'iion.  For  it 
Is  only  by  complying  with  certain  im- 
jioiiant  conditions  given  by  Christ  that 
we  obtain  a  good  title.  "  Blessed  are 
they  that  do  His  commandmenta  that 
they  may  have  a  rifjlit  to  fclie  tree  of  life 
and  may  enter  in  through  the  gates  into 
the  city"  (Rev.  21:  14).  Agaiii,  "teach- 
ing them  to  observe  all  th  iugs  whatsoever 
I  have  commanded  you"  (Matt.  28:  2(1) 
Again,  "  And  hereby  we  do  know  that 
we  know  Him  if  we  keep  His  command- 
ments "  (1  John  2 :  3).  "  Not  every  one 
that  saitli  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  en 
ter  the  kingdom  of  heaven ;  but  he  that 
(loelh  the  will  of  rni/  Father  which  Is  in 
heaven"  (Matt.  7:21).  A  mlfull neg- 
lect, or  disobedience  to  any  of  the  pre- 
cepts of  Jesus,  seriously  alfects  our  title. 
Peter  tried  this  once  in  a  precept  that 
thousands  of  professors  of  to-day  are  too 
proud  to  observe,  and  he  came  near  los- 
ing histltle(John.  13:8).  Assoonas  Pet- 
saw  what  he  would  lose  he  was  obedi- 
ent at  once.  Would  to  God  that  all 
professors  when  they  find  themselves  de- 
linquent, would  manifest  the  ready  obe- 
dience of  Peter;  we  would  have  less  schism 
and  division  than  we  now  have.  It  is 
only  wiien  we  rendei-  a  ready  obedience 
tothe.eouimaudmenla  of  Cluist  that 

"We  can  read  our  title  clear. 
To  a  mansion  in  the  skies, 

And  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And  wipe  our  weeping  eyes." 
Naturally  when  persons  caimot   pay 
in  full  foj'  their  homes   they   sometimes 
give 

A  DEED  OF  THlfST, 

as  security  for  future  payment.  This 
may  do  naturally,  but  it  will  not  do 
spiritually.  When  a  professor  of  relig- 
ion freijuents  tlie  saloon  or  gambling  ta- 
ble, he  is  givingthe  devil  a  deed  of  trust 
on  his  heavenly  mansion.  Or  if  he  swears 
or  uses  filthy  language,  because  no  mem- 
bers of  the  church  are  present,  he  is  giv- 
ing tlie  devil  a  deed  of  trust.  Or  if  he 
neglects  prayer,  or  his  attendance  at 
church,  or  indulges  in  unholy  thoughts, 
he  is  simply  giving  the  devil  a  deed  of 
trust,  and  unless  he  redeems  his  charac- 
ter soon,  the  devil  mil 

SELL  HIM  OUT 

for  he  is  a  cruel,  unmerciful  tyrant,  and 
wlU  not  give  one  hour's  grace, —  like  a 
roaring  lion  seeking  whom  he  may  de- 
vour. Judas  sold  Christ  secretly,  but 
the  devil  sold  Judas  out.  And  Ananias 
and  his  wife  sinned  secretly,  but  the  dev- 
il sold  them  out;  as  well  asmany  thous- 
ands of  others  since  that  time.  It  has 
been  said,  "  Give  the  devil  hia^  dues," 
but  be  careftil,  there  ain't  much  duehira. 
It  is  only  by  constant  vigilance  that  we 
can  keep  our  title  free  from  the  de\'irs 
claim.  "Resist  the  devil  and  he  will  flee 
from  you  "  (James  4:  7).  "  MTiat  I  say 
unto  you,  I, say  uflto,  all  wo/fA"  (Mark 
1 3 :  37)-  ,  ",  Above  all,  taking,  the  shield 
of  faith  whereby  ,w:e  i  may  be  able  to 
quench  all  lhe-Jiei>y  tlarts  of  the  wicked^' 
(Eph.  (i:  161.).  "Bringing  into  captivity 
every  thought  unto  the  obedience  of 
Chrl!rt"(2  Cor.  10:. 5).  By  a  constant 
use  ot  the  weapons  of  our  holy  war- 
fare, we  may  li'ecomemur^'  than  conquerors 
thn.iiLdi  liiid  that  Inv.-d  iis  ,iiid  '^avu 
Hiiu-rlf  iMrii-. 

Again  it  is  customary  for  all  the  mem-J 


bei-s  of  a  family  to  meet  occasionlly  at 
the  old  hof/iestead,  to  have  a 

FAMILY   RKl'NION, 

a  good  social  time,  when  the  best,  fresh, 
new  dainties  of  earth  crown  the  board, 
nnd  all  present  enjoy  themselves  much 
in  each  other's  society.  AVe  are  some- 
times in  fancy  carried  back  to  the  days 
of  our  childhood,  and  iilingine/  me'aee  the 

OLD  1I0.MKSTEAD 

with  all  its  surroundings — the  orchard, 
the  meadow,  the  spring;  the  npjding 
stream,  the  family  mansion,  its  doors,  its 
windows,  its  rooms— the  family  circle, 
as  they  gather  around  the  family  altar, 
our  kind  parents  reading  fiom  the  sa- 
cred pages  of  inspiration;  the  rich  treas- 
ure of  God's  Word. 

How  painfully  pleasing  tbe  fond  recollection 
Of  youthful  conufction  and  innocent  joy, 
When  blessed  with  ptirental  advice  nnd  affection 
Surrounded  with  nicrcj",  withpeaeefrom  on  high 
I  still  view  the  cbiiira  of  my  father  and  mother. 
And  those  of  theirofF*pring  ranged  ou  each  hand 
vVnd  that  richest  of  books  which  excells  every 

other, 
The  family  Bible  that  lay  on  the  stiuid. 

But  alas!  those  hajipy  scenes  of  child- 
hood have  passed  away,  never  to  return. 
The  family  circle  is  broken.  Some  of 
its  members  have  passed  over  Jordan's 
storm^ river;  others  are  in  afar  distant 
laud.  One  by  one  its  members  are 
])assiug  awTiy.  How  appropriate  the 
following  lines: 

Yon  scenes  of  tranciuility,  long  since   have  we 

parted. 
My  hopes  almost  gone,  nnd  my  parents  no  more, 
In  sorrow,  and  sadness,   I  live   hroken-heartetl. 
And  wander  alone,  on  n  far  distant  shore. 

\n  sorrow  -we  tui'n  aivay  from  oui' 
earthly  home.  We  think  of  the  cheer- 
ing words  of  Christ,  "  In  my  Father's 
house  are  many  mansions."  We  think 
of  that 

IIKAVKNLV  liKUNION 

when  all  the  members  of  God's  family 
will  be  reunited.  In  fancy  we  also  pic- 
ture in  our  minds  our  futwe  home — 
om-  heavenly  mansion,  the  holy  city,  the 
new  Jerusalem,  with  its' beautiful  foun- 
dations and  walls  adorned  with  all  man- 
ner of  precious  stones,  its  pearly  gates, 
its  golden  streets,  its  beautiful  river,  that 
maketh  glad  the  city  of  God.  Its  stately 
tree  of  life  that  stands  in  the  midst  of  tlie 
paradise  of  God,  its  beautiful  scenery 
adorned  ivith  Sharon's  lovely  rose,  that 
never  fades. 

Before  the  morning  stars  were  born, 
It  bloomed  on  heavenly  ground. 
Its  fair  climes  where 
"  The  dripping  cloud  is  chased  away," 
where  no  Hashes  of  vivid  lightning  are 
seen,  where  no  fearful  thunders  roll, 
where  the  dark  and  threatening  clouds 
do  not  lower,  where  no  fearful  storms 
and  tornadoes  come,  where  no  wintry 
winds  sweep  ovei-  the  land,  where 
darknessis  forever  banished,  where  they 
need  not  the  light  of  the  sun,  st-ars  or 
of  the  moon,  nor  of  a  candle;  but  the 
the  Lord  God  and  the  Lamb  are  the  light 
thereof,  where  the  noon-tide  of  glory 
eternally  reigns.  Wethink  of  the  hearth 
of  that  home;  where  thereis  no  sickness, 
nu  sorrow,  nocrylng,  no  pain,  nor  death, 
where  grave-yards  are  not  needed,  where 
we  can  say, "  Oh  death  where  is  thy 
sting,  oh  grave  where  is  thy  victory?" 
Where  we  shall  bloom  in  the  vigor  of 
imraortjil  youth,  where  the  family  circle 
will  never  be  broken,  where  we  see  our 
dear  Redeemer,  "The  chiefest  among  ten 
thousand,  and  the  one  altogether  lovely, 
wiiose  head  Ls  ^  the  most  fine  gold.  His 
cheeks  are  as  a  bed  of  spices,  as  sweet 
fiuwei-s,  nia  ]ip.s  like  lilies,  dropping 
sweet -siiielllng  myrrh,"  who  will  gird 
Himself  and  welcome  uh  all  home  bi  en- 


April  4. 


TiiK    HHi^:;Ti-IJiKi\T    AT    "VVOKK. 


3 


joy  tlu-  uiafriagf-feast  of  the  Lamb. 
Wheu  we  thus  (tbougli  fei*l))y)  contern- 
jilate  our  future  home, — 

THE  IlKiHTKOUS 

•k'sire  to  be  there.  Like  the.  apostle, 
wlio  (l&sired  to  bo  ftl)seut  ft'om  the  body 
and  preseut  witli  the  Lord,  wliich  was 
far  bett^-r.  Patient  Job  after  experi- 
encing many  of  the  troubles  and  disap- 
pointments incident  to  this  life,  says,  "I 
would  not  live  always."  "  Oh  that  I 
had  the  wngs  of  a  dove  I  would  fly 
a\vay  and  my  soul  would  be  at  rest." 
Again,  "Looking  for,  and  liasteuing  unto 
the  day  of  God,  even  so  come  Lord  Je- 
sus quickly."  "  For  we  know  that  if 
our  earthly  house  of  this  tabernacle  were 
dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God,  a 
house  not  made  mth  hands  eternal  iu 
the  heavens"  (2  Cor.  5:  1).  Iu  our  sor- 
ro^vs  and  troubles  here,  we  become  tired 
of  earth,  and  often  feel  to  say  with  the 
poet: 

0  lixiul  of  rest,  lor  thee  I  sigh, 
'When  will  tlic  moniciiU  conic!' 

When  I  sliiill  !:iy  my  uruior  by. 
Aud  (Iwull  with  Christ  at  home. 

TllKtWICKED 

also  desii-e  a  }u)nie  in  liea\'en,  but  are 
constantly  going  farther  fi'om  home.  The 
only  way  to  get  home  is  to  get  on  the 
M'ay  that  leads  home.  We  may  desire 
a  home  in  heaven;  we  may  talk  about 
it,  we  may  sing  about  it;  but  unless  we 
practically  get  on  tlie  way  that  leads 
home,  we  will  never  get  there.  The 
most  unfortunate  persons  in  this  life,  are 
those  who  have  no  home.  There  are 
many  of  this  class  called  (ra/inps,  wan- 
dering from  place  to  place,  begging  their 
w.'iy  through  the  world,  and  doubtless 
are  ofen  hungry  and  cold,  having  no  home 
of  comfort  to  go  to.  While  this  is  a  sad 
condition  in  thislife;  yettbe  wicked  i.  e. 
tlie  homeless  in  the  world  to  come,  will 
fare  iulinitely  woi-se,  than  iu  this  life. 
It  IS  not  only  a  want  of  comfort  they  will 
experience,  but  in  addition  to  this,  in- 
tense suffering  iu  that  awf\d  world  of 
gloom  and  despaii-,  "  Whei'e  tliere  is 
weejaing  and  gnashing  of  teeth,  where 
the  worm  dieth  not  and  the  fire  is  not 
quenched,  where  the  smoke  of  their  tor- 
ment ascends  forever  andever,"  where  no 
sanctuary  privileges  are  enjoyed,  wheie 
the  Bible  is  not  rend,  where  the  songs  of 
Zion  arenot  heard,  where  uokiud  hands 
are  oft'ered  to  minister  to  their  wants  and 
relieve  their  sufferings,  and  not  one  ray 
of  light  shines  from  Zion's  lioly  hill, 
but 

"  On  slippery  rooks,  I  sea  them  stund, 
^  While  fiery  billows  roll  beiieath." 
There,  iwitli  tilt ,  dlimued  iu  the  pit  of 
hell  to  sufleveternuJly  with  all  the  tilth 
and  soum  of  the  human  family — the 
drunkard,  the  liar,  the  thief,  the  mui--' 
derer,  theswearei-,  the  miser,  tlie  proud, 
the  whoremongei',  and  the  adulterers,-^ 
not  one  righteous  person  am<mg  theni/ 
Who  would  want  to  go  there  ?  Not  one. 
Yet  thousands  are  fin  their  way,  and  mi- 
le^ they  return,  that  \<-i]l  surely  be  their 
destihation.  Awful  to  think,  since  there 
is  Such  a  good  home  provided  for  all, 
and  on  such  easy  terms  that  all  can  get 
one,  that  men  and  women  will  throw 
themselves  away  in  the  service  of  the 
devili  ior  the  sake  of  a  little  earthly 
pleasure,  and  thus  forfeit  all  right,  title, 
and  claim  to  that  glorious  mansion,  they 
might  so  easily  have  obtained.  Our  ob- 
ject in  penning  this  article,  is  to  stir  us 
up  to  greater  diligence  in  securing  our 
title  unimpaired  to  that  heavenly  man- 
sion we  need  so  much  wheu  we  depart 
this  life.  May  God  help  us  all  to  do  so, 
is  my  prayer. 


THE  TRULY  SAVED. 

BV  D.  p.  SAVLOR, 

(ifTlIIOU  Shalt  call  HU  name  JESUS, 

-^  for  He  shall  save  His  people  ft'om 
their  sins  "  (Matt.  1 :  21 ).  The  angel  of 
the  Lord  appeared  to  Joseph  in  a  dream, 
tells  him  that  the  child,  Mary  his  wife 
should  l)ring  forth,  was  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  that  he  should  call  his  name 
JESUS,  because  he  should  save  his  peo- 
ple from  their  sins.  Saving  from  sins, 
and  the  remission  of  sins,  are  two  dif- 
ferent things  (Acts  2:  47).  It  is  said, 
"  And  the  Lord  added  to  the  church  dai- 
ly such  as  sliould  be  saved."  Those  who 
aresnved,  is  the  reading  of  the  revised 
translation.  And  according  to  Clark  this 
is  the  true  rendering.  He  says,  "Though 
many  approved  of  the  life  and  manner 
of  the  primitive  Christians,  yet  they  did 
not  become  members  of  this  holy  chm-ch ; 
God  permitted  none  to  be  added,  but 
those  who  were  saved  from  their  sins 
and  prejudices.  The  church  of  Christ 
was  made  up  of  saints;  sinners  ^vere 
not  permitted  to  incorporate  themselves 
with  it."  Is  not  this  the  ti'ue  design  of 
ihe  church?  How  can  she  be  the  body  of 
Christ,  if  made  up  of  sinners!  But  wjis 
it  not  Clirlst's  mission  to  save  siuiiers? 
Yes,  to  save  them  from  their  sins,  aud 
whenso  saved, addiugthem  to  the  church 
is  an  easy  matter;  it  is  a  consequence 
which  follows  being  saved  from  sins.  A 
reformation  in  repentance  saves  from 
coutiuuing  in  willful  sius.  Ceasing  to 
do  evil,  and  learning  to  do  well;  forsak- 
ing evil  ways,  and  unrighteous  thoughts, 
is  saving  from  sins.  They  \\'lio  are  sav- 
ed from  pride,  find  no  more  pleasure  in 
the  society  of  the  proud;  they  who  are 
saved  from  vanity,  have  no  pleasure  in 
the  society  of  the  vain.  If  saved  from 
imbelief,  they  feel  it  unequal  to  be  yok- 
ed with  unbelievers;  and  so  through  all 
the  rauiificiition  of  sins. 

The  saved  from  sin  are  no  more  of 
the  world,  the  world  knows  them  not; 
they  seek  the  church,  the  soul's  asylum, 
aud  are  added  by  baptism  in  the  name 
of  Jesus  Clirist,  for  the  remission  of  tlie 
sius  committed  before  tliey  were  saved 
from  sins  or  sinjbinff.  Their  sins  are  a 
dead  body  on  the  soul,  and  must  be,  and 
in  baptism  are  remitted.  The  church 
made  up  of  such,  is  holy,  and  is  the  salt 
of  tlie  earth,  and  the  light  of  the  world, 
all  will  apeak  the  same  thing,  aud  there 
will  be  no  divisions  among  them,  but 
are  perfectly  joined  together  in  the  same 
mind,  and  in  the  ^amejudgihent.  Aud 
we  are  justified  in  saying  that  all  the 
saved  from  sins  are  to  be  added  to  her.  / 

The'great. effort  of  the  i>ge,  is  to  add 
numbers  to  the  church,  while  the  eftbrt 
to  save  from,  sins  is  very  feeble.  The 
Savior  said,  of  some  that  they  compass- 
ed sea  and  land  to  make  one  proselyte, 
and  when  they  had  made.him,  they  made' 
him.  tivo-fold  worse  than  thw  >  child  'of 
hell  than  thi'mseives.  Brethren;  I  trem- 
ble when  1  see  and  hear  Imw  things  are 
going  with  Us.  ]Vu?nbersf  Ni'MfiEits! 
seems  to  be  tlie  raging  mania  of  the  age 
in  whicli  we  live.  , 

Toisttve  His  people  from  their  sins; 
the  Lord  employs  heljis.  Among  these 
is,  preaching  the  Gospel.  It  is  the  pow- 
er of  frod  unto  salvation  to  all  them 
that  believe.  But  the  Gos]iel  must  be 
preached  to  edification,  and  to  comfort. 
The  liridei-stahding  must  be  iustnictcd 
and  the  mind  enlightened.  The  people 
mu,->t  be  taught  that  God  is  holy,  and  to 
be  with  Him,  they  must  be  holy;  they 
must  be  taught  that  God  is  pure,  and 
that  the  pure  in  heart  only  \viU  see  God. 
They  must  know  that  they  niUHt  follow 


|ieace  with  all  ini*n  and  holiness,  with- 
out which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord, 
To  preach  the  Gospel,  is  to  proclaim  that 
e\'ery  tiausgression  and  disobedience  is 
sin,  and  that  no  sinner  can  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

Another  7teljj  is,  the  godly  parental 
instructions.  Parents  can  bring  up  their 
children  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord,  so  n.s  to  be  saved  from  many 
sins,  by  never  having  fallen  into  them. 
In  olden  times  parents  brought  up  their 
children  for  the  Lord,  and  when  they 
grew  up  they  were  readily  added  to  His 
church.  But  now  many  of  the  children 
of  Christian  parents  are  leaders  in  pride, 
fashion  and  e.\travagance;  and  if  added 
to  the  church  at  all,  the  parents  plead 
for  them  to  be  received  as  they  are  in 
their  sins;  ami  hence  the  degeneracy  in 
holiness  and  the  grievous  departures  from 
the  land-marks  of  the  holy  fathers  in 
the  church. 


PAPER  READING. 


TT  is  strange  indeed  that  iu  this  en- 
■*-  lightened  nineteenth  century  that 
any  should  oppose  the  publication  and 
circulatiou  of  a  religious  newspaper;  es- 
pecially when  said  paper  is  devoted  to 
the  dissemination  of  the  precious  truths 
of  the  Gospel,  as  they  themselves  profess 
to  believe  them.  But  I  am  sorry  to  note 
such  is  the  case,  and  that  among  the 
brethren,  yea  more,  among  those  who 
are  commanded  to  be  ensamples  to  the 
flock. 

AVheuever  I  hear  those  who  profess  to 
be  the  followers  of  Jesus,  expressing 
themselves  in  antagonistic  terms  ,upon 
any  measure  that  has  a  tendency  to 
spread  the  story  of  the  cross  far  and 
wide,  I  am  almost  constrained  to  believe 
that  they  are  afraid  heaven  will  get  too 
full,  that  no  room  will  be  left  for   them. 

jSfotlong  ago  I  heard  a  preaclier's  wife 
say,  "  We  don't  take  the  BijKTiiuiiN'  at 
WoKK,  noi'  the  Primitive  Christimi, 
dcui't  believe  in  reading  the  uninspiied 
literature  of  the  day;  think  folks,  had 
better  be  reading  the  Bible,  or  going  to 
meeting,  instead  of  reading  the  papers 
so  much."  .  Now  I  have  not  a  word  to 
say  against  reading  the  Bible,  for  I  am 
confident  there  is  too  little  of  it  done 
among  the  Christ- professing  people,  to 
say  nothing  aboutothers;  but  Lhave  se- 
rious doubts  that  those  who  do  nut  read 
the  religious  periodicals,  read  the  BiVde 
any  more  ■  than  those  who  do ;  and  1  am 
satisfied  that  ninny  will  read  the  paper 
who  neyer  read  tlie  Bible,  and  thus  are,' 
as  it  were  uncunseiously  led  to  ai  knowl- 
edge and  Idve  of  thf  truth,  and  obedi- 
ence to  Christ;  a  most  happy  result  that 
■mi^t  have  never  been  acconij dished 
without  the  papers.  But,  sa)'  the  pa- 
per .opposers,  "Let  them  go  to  meeting, 
and  there  hear  the  Sci'iptures  exjilained." 
Yes  let  them!  I  am  willing  to  let  thehi',' 
but  they  won't  do  it.  Unfortunately, 
some  of  GUI'  pulpits  are  6ccupled  by 
very  deficient  preachers;  theii'  sermons, 
(if  sermons  they  might  be  called),  being 
neither  edifying   nor  entertaining.    . 

I  idon't  wish  to  be  understood 
as  speaking  reproachfully  of  those 
who' are  called  upon  to  preach,  and  are 
not  able  to  do  so;  but  I  look  upon  them 
ns  the  result  of  the  minority  system  of 
electing  ministers;  asystem  that  I  depre- 
cate in  the  strongest  possible  language, 
—and  as  long  as  fifteen  or  twentv, 
may  chance  to  elect  a  preacher,  in  a  dis- 
trict of  one  hundred  or  more  members, 
this  state  of  affairs,  must  inevitably  con- 
tinue; andthe  unfortunate  ones,  who  are 
thus  forced   to  undertake  what  they  are 


altogether  unqualified  to  do,  having 
neither  the  education  nor  inclination, 
necessary  to  become  successful  ministers, 
should  enlist  our  most  ardent  symj>athies 
in  their  behalf,  instead  of  calling  forth, 
our  contempt  and  abuse. 

But  just  as  long  as  our  pulpits  are  so 
inadequately  supplied,  so  long  our  pa- 
pers, which  are  edited  by  those  who  are 
generally  able  to  discern  between  the 
chaft'  and  the  wheat,  and  give  to  the- 
public  only  such  matter  as  is  in  conso- 
nance with  the  Gospel,  and  intended  to 
enlighten  the  honest  searcher  after  truth, 
must  and  will  rank  higher,  iu  the  impor- 
tant work  of  expounding  and  promul- 
gating the  Word  of  God, 

Again,  if  all  our  preaching  were  un- 
exceptionably  good,  it  would  not  essen- 
tially lessen  the  net-essity  for  a  good  re- 
ligious journal  iu  every  family.  Ther^ 
have  been  no  better  means  introduced 
for  the  instruction,  and  moral  elevation 
of  our  children,  than  to  place  liefore 
them  an  interesting  pa[>er  every  week, 
filled  with  new  and  wholesome  matter, 
printed  in  a  simple  and  attractive  style, 
with  beautiful  large  type  as  is  found  iu 
the  Binyj'iiREN  AT  Work.  The  children 
find  much  in  the  papers  every  week  to 
interest  them,  and  draw  their  minds  into- 
holy  channels;  ami  the  impressions  thus. 
made,  often  form  the  foundation  rock  of 
a  future  life  of  usefulness  and  piety. 
And  what  are  the  articles  in  the  papei-s 
othei'  than  sermons,  written  sermons;  and 
if  it  is  good  to  listen  to  oral  sermoua, 
why  should  not  the  reading  of  written 
sermons  be  equally  as  beneficial?  But 
I  am  aware  that  those  ivho  oppose  the 
publication  of  religious  papers,  belong 
to  a  cla.5S  that,  -would  like  to  adhere  to 
the  old  catholic  dogma,  that  the  interpre- 
tation of  the  Scriptures  belongs  only  to 
the  priesthood;  but  the  papers  are  open 
to  all  who  feel  like  emifriliutiiig  to  their 
pages;  aud  the  artli.-li-  s,[r,'ii.,|  ihr  their 
columns,  are  selected  u|m.ii  tln^ir  merits, 
regardless  of  who  wrote  them;  thus  giv- 
ing us  of  the  laity  a  chance  to  express 
our  sentiments  on  difterent  subjects. 

Now  to  all  M'ho  oppose  the  papers  up- 
on this,  or  any  other  hyjjothesis,  I  will 
say,  let  us  lay  aside  all  prejudice,  and 
jealousy,  aiul  work  together  for  the 
advancement  of  the  Master's  cause,  and 
the  enlargement  of  Zion's  bordere  in  any 
way  that  we  can  accomplish  the  most 
good,  and  God  will  certainly  bless  us. 


A  TASK  FOR  A  SKEPTIC. 

A  SKEPTICAL  student  once  inform- 
-^  ed  Dr.  Wayland  that  he  had'beiea 
unable  to  discover  any  internal  evidence 
thfit  the  Old  Testament  was  inspii-ed. 
"  For  instance,"  said  he,  ''  take  the  book 
of  Proverbs;  certainly  it  needed  no  in- 
spiration to  \nite  that  portion  of  the  Bi- 
ble; a  uiau  not  inspired  could  have  done 
it  as  well ;  i  inileed,  I  have  often  thought 
that  I  could  ^vrite  as  good  proverbs  my- 
self."   .      „  „,,,,  .1        ",,    ,.    ■..;;   ,,! 

"Very  wbII,  my  aoHj"  wastheqniet 
rejoinder  of  the  profejyior:  "  perha])s  ymi 
can.  Suppose  you  make  the  ex'iieriment; 
prepare  a  f'e\y  pi;over,bs,  and  briHg;,t3iem- 
to  the  class  to-morro\y.",  „,      ;. , ,  i, 

•It  is  unnecessary  to  add  that  the  young- 
man  felt  he  needed  a  little  inspiration  to 
accomplish  the  task  thus  challenged  and 
imposed.  Such  gentle  reproof  proved 
far  more  powerful  than  a  learned  ai'gu-  < 
ment  on  the  evidences. — Jiiltle  Banner. 


Nothing  is  more  plain  than  that  the 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  God's  peo- 
ple lie  in  whole-heai-ted  obedience  and 
devotion  to  Him;  yet  nothing,  ia  sa  dif- 
ficult for  them  to  learn^ 


THE    T3nETHKE:N    ^T    A\''0LIK:. 


-A.pril   4. 


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uil.lix.'is  of  H.  Holloway  will,  this  week,  liud  it 
jiniong  "  Gleimiiigs." 


It  is  snid.  tliHt  1,500  clergy  of  the  Estublisli 
cil  Cliurcli  of  Eiiglftiid  Imvc  signed  ii  protest 
against  wiir  with  Russia. 


For  the  want  of  time  tbe  Querist's  Departs 
uieiit  has  been  neglected.  Wo  will  wow  give  it 
more  attoiitioii,  and  lio]je  to  soon  get  thi'ongli 
witlt  the  pile  of  quefies  uow  on  liaiid. 


Inghtisoll  once  rcinnrked  to  a  hidy,  that  he 
tlid  not  know  aiiy  good  tlint  Christianity  hail 
ever  done.  She  aptly  replied,  "  It  kept  you  from 
■being  governor  of  the  State  of  Illinois." 


!>'  compliance  with  the  request  of  mimy,  Bro, 
Biishor  has  written  out  his  method  of  laying  the 
order  before  the  applicants.    Our  readers  will 

find  the  article  on  Hret  page  of  this  issue. 


"  Whilk  in  this  over-changing  scene  below, 
^Vbe^e  thorns  and  roses  both  together  grow. 
How  sweet  to  look  upon  the  precious  flower, 
-i\jjj  thus  forgot  the  thorn  with  all  its  power.' 

The  price  of  the  Brcthrek  at  Work  from 
MOW  till  the  end  of  the  year  is  $1.10.  Names 
are  still  steadily  coming  iu,  and  we  hoiic  fo  add 
considerably  to  our  list  yet.  See  your  neigh- 
bors— may  be  they  would  like  a  religious  paper. 


It  would  be  a  good  idea  for  the  clerk  of  eacl 
district  tJ3  send  in  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  missionaries  set  apart  for  missionary  work, 
that  those  isolated  from  the  churches  niiiy  know 
whom  to  address  when  writing  for  ministerial 
assistance.  ^ 

h>  answer  to  Bro.  Ownby  in  No.  12  whether 
there  are  any  brethren  in  Cowley  Co.,  Kansas, 
we  are  informed  that  L.  E.  Prickett,  T.  Hoover 
and  James  Boyd,  all  get  their  mail  at  Winfield, 
Kan.,  and  there  is  a  church  ten  miles  South-east 
of  tbesame  place. 


ScircTLEH  Colfax,  formerly  Vice  President, 
is  .said  to  be  not  only  opposed  to  war,  hut  a 
tomporauce  man,  and  one  who  never  used  to- 
biu.'co.  If  all  the  lending  men  of  our  nation 
would  set  that  good  an  e^tample  it  would  cer- 
tainly be  of  lasting  benefit  to  the  rising  gener- 

;Vx  immense  amount  of  rain  hos  lately  fallen 
"in  -Jerusalem,  thus  Hooding  the  streets  with 
water.  The  land  seems  to  be  returning  to  ita 
former  beauty  and  fertility,  for  it  was  once  "a 
land  of  brooks  of  water,  of  fountains  and  depths 
that  spring  out  of  the  valleys  and  hills  "  {Deut, 


''t>-vii  bardiy  knows  what  will  turn  up  in  Chi- 
7nu3«t,  for  it  iias  been  shown  that  they  under- 
stond  4ie  art  of  painting  long  before  it  was 
dreamed  of  in  Europe,  built  suspension 
bridges  centuries  ago,  and  now  it  turns  out  that 
■  tbey  bored  artesian  wells  long  before  they  were 
bought  of  in  this  country. 


A  pAiTBTin.  servant  who  baa  endured  much 
for  Christ's  sake  writes  as,  follows:  "  We  have 
no  guod  news  to  write  you  this  time.  There  ia 
iivt  that  love  and  union  among  us  that  there 
aboold  be.  We  have  our  troubles  here  and 
niitnj' difficulties  toovercome.  Idon'tmindthe 
scoli's  and  scorns  of  tbe  wocld,  for  this  we  may 
all  aspect,  but  we  are  soniptimcs  made  to  weep 
by  the  unkind  w'ords  and  actions  of  those  who 
profess  to  love  and  serve  tbe  Lord  Jeans  Christ." 
Christ tiays,  ''By  this  shall  all  men  know  that 
_yc  are -my  disciples,  if  ye  have  lovo  one  to 
.another,"  but  it  is  evident  that  ^vbero  there  is 


much  trouble  and  groat  diliiciiltiee  that  but  lit- 
tle genuine  love  exists;  it  certainly  does  not 
abound  as  it  should.  In  the  nhsenco  of  love — 
true  ChrLntian  love — there  is  no  true  religion, 
no  salvation,  no  promise  of  life  everlasting. 
We  need  not  tear  the  scolfs  and  ridicules  of  the 
world — the  unfaithfulness  and  hypocri.sy  of  pro- 
fessing Christiana  are  tbe  mlglity  weapons  of 
the  enemy.  It  is  not  that  which  is  from  with- 
out that  does  the  harm,  but  that  which  is  from 
within.  __   

David  NfolKy  of  Famiington,  III.,  says,  "  I 
JTist  returned  home  from  a  visit  of  over  one  week 
in  our  own  church  district.  Myself  and  Bro. 
Wm.  H.  Carrier  held  thirteen  meetings  at  difl'er- 
ent  places,  with  good  order  and  attentive  hear- 
ers. One  applicant  for  baptism  and  a  desire  for 
more  prenching." 


The  political  condition  of  things  in  Enropo, 
up  to  timcof  going  to  press,  is  alarming.  Eng- 
land has  called  out  her  reserve  forces  and  Rus- 
sia is  seemingly  getting  rejidy  for  a  bloody 
conflict.  Sliould  war  broal;  out  it  may  be  ex- 
pected to  be  n  long  and  bloody  one,  and  may, 
before  ended,  involve  nearly  all  Europe.  Rus- 
sia and  Turkey  sceiu  to  be  on  good  terms,  but 
England  is  not  satisiied. 


The  late  Pope,  Pius  IX  left  property  to  the 
amount  of  $20,000,000.  Thousand,  tens  of 
thousands  of  persons,  with  bnnger  and  naked- 
ness staring  tbcm  iu  the  face,  sent  him  money 
while  be  lived  in  ease  and  splendor.  Such  is 
the  work  of  poor,  deluded  mortals — work  that 
is  lost,   no  pei-sDu  made  better  for  the  life  to 


A  PREACHER  by  the  name  of  Ellis  was  preach- 
ing iu  the  Fi-iend's  church  at  Amboy,  Intl.,  on  b 
recent  Sunday,  and  lost  the  thread  of  his  dis- 
course in  the  middle  of  it.  He  at  once  inform- 
ed the  conj^regntion  of  bis  dilemma,  and  asked 
if  imy  brother  or  sister  could  tell  liim  what  he 
was  talking  about.  Some  one  in  tbe  house 
came  to  his  aid  and  put  him  on  the  tr.ack  again. 
This  must  have  been  a  case  of  too  little  thought. 


The  Electric  Lights,  now  being  used  in  cer- 
tain parts  of  Paris,  are eauoinggreatexcitement 
in  that  city.  The  light  is  said  to  he  many  times 
greater  than  the  common  giu-light  and  mncli 
cheaper,  and  will  therefore  do  away  with  tbe 
gas  lights  altogether.  Paris  bos  decided  to 
adopt  its  use.  The  inventor  is  an  exile  from 
Russia,  and  has  spent  many  years  perfecting  his 
method. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  in  Soutbern  Illinois, 
who  live  isolated  from  tbe  church,  and  want 
preaching,  we  give  below  the  names  of  the  four 
traveling  missionaries  in  that  district:  Joseph 
Hendricks,  Cerro  Gordo,  Piatt  Co.,  HI.;  Jas.  R. 
Gish,  Roanoke,  Woodford  Co.,  III.;  David  Wolfe, 
Liberty,  Adams  Co.,  111.;  Daniel  Vaniman,  Vir- 
den,  Macoupin  Co.,  III.  They  are  all  ordained 
elders. 

From  all  accounts  it  would  seem  that  very 
few,  if  any,  of  No.  9  reached  our  subscribers  in 
Pennsylvania.  We  are  unable  to  account  for 
this  mistake,  as  the  papers  left  tbe  office  in  good 
condition.  It  is  more  than  likely  that  the  sack 
containing  the  Pa.  mail  was  lost  somewhere  on 
tbe  road  and  did  not  reach  that  State.  We  are 
now  out  of  that  No.,  therefore  cimnot  fill 
any  further  calls. 


Already  tbe  good  results  of  ihe  Stein-Ray 
debate  are  beginning  to  he  manifested,  thus 
showing  that  the  tmlire  doctrine  of  Christ,  when 
properly  set  forth,  must  end  in  good  to  the  sav- 
ing of  souls.  God  grant  that  while  we  have 
time  and  place  to  labor,  we  may  do  so  to  the 
honor  asd  glory  of  God.  Follow  the  "  old  paths  " 
that  lead  on  and  on  to  eternal  rest,  and  the  ben- 
efit shall  he  ours  and  the  praise  and  honor  our 
Father's, 

Wb  purpose  giving  more  special  attention  to 
the  productions  of  our  contributors,  and  allow 
them  more  room  iu.  the  paper  than  formerly. 
They  have  favored  us  with  a  number  of  good 
lu-ticles  which  shall  be  published  just  a.-;  fast 
an  we  can  find  room  for  them.  Tbey  come  in 
good  play  during  the  Summer  season,  when  our 
contributors  do  not  have  time  to  prepare  many 
articles.  Those  who.se  articles  have  not  yet  ap- 
peared will  have  patience;  we  will  commence  on 
tbe  pile  at  once. 


"  The  churches  at  Rome  are — the  Walden- 
sian,  the  Free  Church,  tbe  Methodist,  the  Epis- 
copal Methodist,  the  Baptist,  the  American 
Southern  Baptist  and  'Tne  Brethren;'  in  all 
seven." 

We  clip  the  oliovo  from  the  Christian  Index 
of  March  14th.  It  will  be  observed  that  there 
is  a  church  in  Rome  entitled,  "Tbe  Brethren." 
We  have  written  to  several  parties  in  Rome,  to 
learn  more  about  those  people  and  the  Waldens- 


03.  Hope  to  b*.-  able  to  lay  somebbing  before 
our  readers  in  the  future,  concerning  "The 
Brethren"  at  Rome.  There  were  many  Breth- 
ren there  during  the  first  centtu-y,  hut  [rersecu- 
tion  soon  drove  them  to  the  mountain  fastnesses. 
We  would  rejoice  to  hear  that  the  primitivu 
practice  and  simpliuity  have  found  their  way  in- 
to Rome  during  the  last  few  yeara  of  religious 
liberty. 

An  exchange  aptly  says:  "All  things  are 
possible  to  those  who  live  and  ivork  by  faith. 
'  One  shall  chase  a  thousand,  and  two  shall  put 
ten  thousand  to  flight.'  No  church  ought  to 
despair  of  success  because  of  tbe  smallness  of 
their  number.  .  If  they  arc  one  in  spirit,  uuited 
in  love  and  labor,  and  forsake  not  the  assem- 
bling of  themselves  together  for  worship  and 
the  study  of  God's  Word,  the  Lord  is  with  them 
aud  for  tbcm,  and  sometime  they  i\-ill  be  built 
up.  There  can  be  no  mistake  about  this,  for 
the  'promise  of  God  remains  siu-e,'  His  woi-d 
cimuot  fail.  '  Fear  not,  little  flock,  for  it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the 
kingdom.' '' 


Bbeturbs  and  sisters,  read  tbe  touching  ap- 
peal of  Bro.  Hansen;  and  may  the  Lord  giant 
you  all  grace  and  sympathy  to  extend  some 
practical  aid.  Truly  our  Danish  brethren  aud 
sisters  have  many  severe  ti-ials.  Perhaps  their 
afllictions  are  means  to  try  our  love  and  devo- 
tion, for  God  knows  how  to  try  us  when  we 
prosper.  It  will  do  us  no  harm  to  take  thi 
view  of  their  trials,  and  give  our  brethren  and 
sisters  some  of  that  which  the  Lord  has  given 
us.  "  The  em-th  is  the  Lord's  and  the  fullness 
thereof."  Shall  His  needy  children  have  a  lit- 
tle of  the  "  fullness  "  with  which  all  of  us  ari 
blessed?  Or  will  we  withhold  and  lose  in  tho 
world  to  come?  These  are  serious  matters,  and 
not  one  of  us  can  aflord  to  jeopardize  ouv  chanc- 
es for  eternal  glory.  But  let  us  give  as  giving 
unto  the  Lord,  and  not  unto  men.  Thou 
Father  iriU  reirard. 


WORK  AND  PREACH. 

THE  bard  times  seem  to  be  aft'ecting  the  miu 
ister's  salary  materially  iu  certain  localitie.' 
and  some  of  them  go  unsupported.  Of  course 
this  is  Jiai'd  on  that  class  of  people,  but  then 
ivhy  can  they  not  learn  to  work  a  little.  Preach- 
ers were  made  to  work  as  well  sis  other  people, 
and  thus  not  only  help  to  earn  their  own  living, 
hut  set  a  good  example  for  others.  It  evidently 
is  not  right  that  preachers  should  bear  all  the 
burden  and  the  laity  "go  free,  but  all  can  help 
and  work  together.  The  man  who  won't  preach 
simply  because  lie  is  not  paid  ibr  it  has  very  lit- 
tle of  tbe  old  apostolic  rehgion  left  in  his  heart. 
In  order  to  pure  Cbrisfcianity  we  want  the  churcl 
composed  of  rivrkiufj  men  and  women,  and 
preachei's  who  are  neither  afraid  nor  ashamed  to 
work.  Of  course  we  do  not  refer  to  those  who 
are  devoting  all  their  time  to  the  ministry,  but 
to  those  who  preach  but  two  or  three  times 
week.  The  idea,  that  it  takes  a  well  educated 
mim  six  days  to  get  up  matter  enough  for  two 
half  hour  sermons  is  rather  a  bad  comment  ou 
tbe  ministerial  talent. 


IM"    SECHET. 


WHY  do  men  tleairt  to  do  things  in  secret,^ 
things  that  concern  mankind  in  general;' 
The  answer  to  the  desire  will  no  doubt  be  the 
correct  answer  to  their  doing  it.  Do  you  know 
that  i'JH  makes  a  man  selfish?  makes  him  con- 
tinually seek  his  own  welfare  in  preference  to 
others?     It  does, 

Do  those  who  believe  or  practice  Free-moson- 
ry  get  more  in  this  life  than  a  real  Christian? 
Does  not  a  Christian  receive  food,  raiment,  bless- 
ings of  civil  government  and  the  benefits  of 
trade  and  commerce?  Does  a  Free  Mason  re- 
ceive more?  True  he  may  receive  more  wealth 
at  times,  but  does  he  receive  more  happiness? 
Not  at  all  I  for  his  getting  may  not  be  of  the 
fairest  kind,  then  the  enjoyment  is  more  or  less 
marred. 

You,  my  friend,  who  belong  to  a  secret  order 
that  practices  things  that  should  not  ev^  be 

,med  in  public,  are  you  doing  your  family  jus- 
tice? Why  should  you  leave  your  dear  ,wife, 
your  loving  companion  at  home  alone,  deprived, 
of  your  company,  while  you  revel  in  the  secre- 
cies of  the'lodge?  Is  not  your  cherished  com- 
panion entitled  to  your  evenings,  and  especially 
those  which  are  devoted  to  lodge  work?  Have 
you  no  sympathy  for  her  in  her  trying  moments? 
and  do  you  know  that  one  of  her  Rcverest  trials 

tbe  fact  that  you  belong  to  ft  society  which 


has  swum  you  not  even  to  reveal  its  work  to 
your  own  flesh?  Ah!  sir,  you  make  her  heart 
bleed;  you  cause  the  shadow  of  sadness  to 
come  over  her;  you  do  to  her  what  you  would 
hardly  be  willing  to  tolerate  in  her.  Should 
she  go  each  week  into  a  closed  room,  and  stout- 
ly maintain  secrecy,  your  feelings  would  Iw 
aroused;  you  would  feel  that  due  respect  was 
not  shown  yon;  nh!  you  will  feel  the  bitterneas 
of  her  acts  and  tho  sadness  of  death  would 
more  than  once  steal  over  you.  Turn  those 
feelings  over  to  your  loved  companion  and  then 
know  that  they  arc  in  her  breast  just  as  tliey 
were  in  yours. 

You  say  there  aro  "  benefits  "  that  will  accrue 
to  your  wife  in  the  event  she  outlives  you. 
Present  benefits,  of  a  temporal  chai'acter,  are 
much  better  than  t\ie  prospective  ones.  The 
money  ]-ou  expend  in  the  Lodge,  if  put  at  com- 
pound interest,  wcnild  go  far  towards  a  "  bene- 
fit" in  future  yoai-a;  and  besides  this  your  wife 
would  have  the  pleasure  of  your  company  at 
least  onco  a  week,  and  be  saved  the  pangs  of 
sorrow  and  remorse. 

Will  you,  then,  husband,  enroll  youi-self  on 
the  side  of  freemen,  and  dnreloeJo  r/i^/i^ though 
all  men  would  enslave  you?  And  you  young 
man,  keep  your  feet  out  of  the  trap.  Bea  uniu; 
fear  God,  obey  Him,  follow  Him,  aud  you  will 
he  sure  of  an  immortal  crown,  otenml  life.  God 
bless  the  women  whose  husbands  have  been 
caught  in  the  meshes  of  secrutism. 


THOSE    NINE   PROPOSITIONS. 

rilHE  following  nine  propositions,  or  u^serliims, 
X  are  clipped  from  the  Baptist  liallle  Flaij. 
Tbey  are  kept  aa  standing  matter,  and  though 
they  do  to  fill  up  with,  yet  contain  very  little 
solid  truth.  They  were  written  by  Mr.  Ray. 
The  matter  in  fine  print  is  his,  and  the  answers 
in  coarse  print  aro  oura: 

DunknrdiBin  next  Boek,  wc  will  only  ropcnl  llic  following 
fncLa,  n'hicb  Mr.Sloin  did  not  deny,  for  our  TunkorfrlcDdB 
to  consider ; 

I.  Ii  is  n  fuel,  Ibnt  no  oianiplD  in  classic  Qreck  can  bo 
produced  ivhcrc  tlio  Greek  verb  buptiio  mcniis  moro  IhaD 
one  submersion. 

%  It  in  n  fiiat,  that  no  cxnniplo  Id  snored  Orook  can  bo 
produced  wliotc  tho  word  bapliio  Dicane  moro  (bun  one 

Why  did  Mr.  Ray  not  tell  his  readers  that 
Bro.  Stein  produced  no  less  than  seven  Greek 
lexicographers  and  grammarians,  who  aflirmed 
that  haptizo  was  a  frequentative  verb,  and  meant 
to  dip  repeatedly,  and  that  he,  during  the  entire 
discussion  could  not  produce  one  saying  that  it 
was  not  a  frequent ii live  verb?  It  was  simply 
seven  against  nothing.  Why  did  he  not  tell 
his  readers  that? 


Why  did  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  Bro. 
Stein  proved  that  the  commission,  in  Matt.  2S: 
19,  taught  trine  immersion  so  clearly  that  it 
took  500  years  before  a  man  could  be  found  say- 
ing that  it  taught  a  single  dip,  and  that  msii 
■was  from  tlie  dark  regioiH  of  liOfjery  ?  Why 
does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  when  the  com- 
mission Wfis  analyzed  according  to  the  laws  of 
language,  in  both  tbe  Greek  and  Eiiglish,  and 
-shown  to  teach  trine  immersion,  that  he  (Ray) 
would  not  touch  the  argument  during  tbe  en- 
tire discussion  ?  Of  course  he  does  not  want  his 
readers  to  know  that. 
*.  It  ia  a  foci,  tbiil  not  one  of  the  four  apMlolic  fntbori 

Why  does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  it  was 
shown  conclusively  that  single  immersion  is  not 
mentioned  by  any  writer  till  after  the  middle  of 
tbe  lourth  century,  and  that  every  historian  of 
antiquity,  without  one  single  known  exception, 
who  describe  the  first  and  primitive  method, 
state  that  it  was  the  three-fold  immersion  ? 

6.  Iti>>nrnc(.  tb'al  tbcre  is  no  mention  of  trino  im- 
menlon  In  Ihc  litGraturv  of  (ho  world,  whether  sacred  or 
profuiD,  (111  about  tbe  commonceinetit  of  tho  third  centDry. 

Why  did  he  not  tell  his  readers,  that  Mr. 
Ray  in  his  book  on  Baptist  Succession  Hiud, 
that  truie  immersion  originaltd  with  the  Cath- 
olics in  the  third  century,  and  that  in  the  dis- 
ion  he  had  to  ailrait  that  it  was  practiced  as 
early  a,s  the  close  of  the  second  centui^-,  thus 
proving  that  the  groundless  a.'^sertiun  made  in 
bis  book  Ls  untrue?  Why  did  he  not  tell  his 
remierg,  that  during  the  entire  seven  days'  dis- 
cnssioD,  he  failed  to  find  one  case  of  single  im- 
mersica  within  one  thousand  miles  of  Jcrusa- 


j^pril  4. 


TI-IE    BEETH:ilB.>r    ^T    AVORKl. 


Ifin,  iK-fore  one  thousand  yenrs  after  the  death 
of  Cliriat,  while  Bro.  SUsin  proved  that  during 
the  three  firat  centuries  of  the  Christian  era. 
trine  imuicrsion  was  the  only  knotvn  method  of 
bnptiaing  in  oxistenceV  Why  docs  he  not  tell 
hia  renders,  that  neither  lie  nor  nny  other  mini 
in  AnLericn  crin  find  one  case  of  single  immer- 
sion before  the  middle  of  ihe  fourth  eentiirj', 
when  it  was  invented  by  Eunomiui",  a  heretic? 

II,  11  ia  n  fnol,  Ihnl  when  ••  trinE  Imnicrnion"  firat  mnilo 
ila  njipcnrnnco  in  ehurdi  hUlory,  it  wns  nsiociulcd  irith 
inflint  lidjiliBm,  inrnnlcomniuriion  nnd  a  Bwurm  of  oilier 
IrExlltions. 

Mr.  Itay  says  that  TertulHan  wiu  the  first 
writer  to  mention  trine  immersion,  licnco  where 
it  "first  made  its  appenraiico  in  church  history." 
Will  he  please  name  the  page  where  TertulHan 
associates  "  infant  baptism  and  infant  com- 
munion" with  trine  immersion?  Why  don't 
he  tell  his  rcadei's  that  when  single  immersion 
iii-st  made  its  appearance  in  the  fourtli  century 
it  was  aibniuistei'cd  into  tlie  Jianie  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  only,  and  not  "into  the  name  of  the 
Kathor,  and  of  the  Sou,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost," 
as  commiimkil  by  Jesiis  Christ?  Why  does  he 
not  tell  his  readei-s  that  his  backward  singleim- 
mersion  is  not  yet  JOO  years  old,  and  that  the 
l>est  Baptist  historians  in  the  world  admit  it  to 
he  a  human  invention?  Why  don't  he  tell  the 
people  that  his  method  of  baptizing  with  oue 
dip  in  the  three  names,  was  invented  by  a  pope, 
and  -was  never  practiced  by  the  mai-tyrs  of 
Jesus  in  the  early  centuries? 

7.  Il  is  II  fad,  llinl  "Irino  Immenion"  mm  rognrJed  by 
vui'l^'  i^liiircli  \s'rilors  ns  only  uii  npoilolia  IrnOiliDii. 

Instead  of  telling  his  readers  that  trine  im- 
mersion rests  alone  on  apostolic  tnidition,  why 
docs  he  not  tell  them  that,  duriug  the  discussion 
at  Newtouia,  Bvo.  Stein  produced  not  less  than 
five  ancient  Greek  writ*i"3  who  say  that  the 
Greek  commission  teaches  trine  immeriou, 
and  olVered  to  give  fhetn  all  up,  if  Mr.  Ray 
would  produce  just  one  ancient  Greek  writ^ 
er  who  said  the  Gi^eek  commission  taught 
single  immersion?  Then  why  docs  he  not 
come  out  like  a  man  and  siiy  that  he  did  not, 
nnd  could  not,  produce  oue  single  author  of  an- 
tiquity saying  that  the  commission  sustains  liis 
single  dip?  Why  does  he  not  tell  his  readei-s, 
that,  in  the  point  of  authority  there  were  five 
sayiu<;  that  the  Greek  commission  teaches  trine 
immersion  and  not  one  against  it? 

8.  llijtafiiet,  that  "  trino  imiucrsion"  can  bo  (raced 
only  lliriiugli  ihoKomlsh  and  Greek  Calliolic  churcUca,  up 
lo  nljDul  ILc  iKginiiing  of  lliG  lliiid  ccnlury. 

Instead  of  publishing  to  the  worid  that 
"  trine  immersion  can  be  traced  onlij  through 
the  Homish  and  Greek  Catholic  churches,"  why 
does  he  not  tell  liia  readei-s  that  during  the  de- 
bate Bro.  Stein  proved  by  the  best  authority  in 
the  world,  that  all  the  old  so-called  Baptist 
churches  prior  to  tlietwelflh  century,  practiced 
the  three-fold  immersion?  Why  don't  he  tell 
the  people  that  he  refused  to  name  oue  Baptist 
church,  prior  to  the  twelfth  century,  that  prac- 
ticed single  immersion,  though  requested  to 
do  so?  Why  does  he  not  tel!  his  readers 
that  neither  he  nor  any  other  man  in  America, 
can  name  a  Baptist  church,  beyond  the  twelfth 
century,  that  practiced  backward  single  immer- 
sion? And  why  docs  be  not  publish  to  the 
world  that  neither  he  nor  anybody  else  can 
trace  the  Baptist  church  mth  its  backward 
single  immersion,  beyond  the  twelfth  century? 

a  II  ii  a  fncl,  thnt  no  l^inkcr  church  ccer  ciialvd  (ill 
Ihc  jpar  1708,  when  ilr.  Mock  onJ  taita  other  I'vao-bop- 
llBle  uul  Iqls  fur  nn  adminif  Irnlar ;  anU  having  received 
three  'Up4,  Ihey  organiied  (hemiclTCs  into  lh«  flr«t  DuDk- 
ord  cLurfh  knonn  lo  (be  Morld, 

Why  does  he  not  tpll  his  readen  that  those 
ancient  churches  whom  he  and  other  historians 
of  like  faith,  call  Baptist,  practiced  trine  im- 
mersioji,  feet^ washing,  the  Lord's  Supper  and 
the  Holy  Kiss?  Why  don't  he  tell  them  that 
they  would  not  go  to  war,  and  would  not  take 
oaths,  but  were  in  their  faith  und  practice  as 
much  like  the  Brethren  as  they  could  be?  Why 
don't  he  tell  his  readers  that  Bro.  Stein  proved, 
giving  book  and  page  in  every  in.tlance,  that 
those  ancient  martyrs,  whom  Baptist  historians 
call  Baptist,  resembled  the  Brethren  through- 
out? 

When  he  publishes  these  things  to  the  world 
along  side  of  his  propositions,  then  he \\ill  givp 
the  people  a  chance  of  seeing  how  little  solid 
tnitb  there  is  in  bia  assertions. 

J.  U.  M. 


We  had  quite  a  snow  here  last  Satunlny; 

something  unusual  after  such  fine  weather. 


Q  VERIST  S  DEF.  IE  TMEXT. 


Quoalioii)  touching  the  meaniog  of  Scriplure,  rcln|ing 
I  Iliitorj  and  prieiicnl  siihjecis  of  rotisioi"  inicrcjt  mill 
ome  in  phee.  The  qiiorisl's  nnmo  miiit  accuupany  Ml 
ommuaicnliiiDB.  Wo  ahall  labor  lo  avoid  giving  nny  just 
cuuion  for  sldfc  and  oonteution  otct  uuiDporlanL  quos- 


WILL  you,  or  some  other  brother  explain, 
through  your  paper,  1  Tim-  3:  2?  It 
reads  as  follows:  "A  bishop  then  must  be  blame- 
less, the  husband  of  one  wife."  Do  we  under- 
stand by  the  term  "  husband  of  one  wife  "  that 
a  bishop  should  not  get  a  second  wife?  or  does 
it  mean  that  he  should  not  have  two  women 
living  at  the  same  time?  I  know  some  who 
claim  that  a  man  who  has  his  second  ^vife  can- 
not be  an  Elder.  If  it  does  not  mean  the  second 
wife,  then  does  it  not  follow  that  some  had  more 
than  one  wife  when  Paul  wrote  this  letter  to 
Timothy?  A  Brother. 

Many  diH'erent  interpretations  have  been  giv- 
en of  this  passage,  but  the  most  reasonable 
seems  to  be  the  following:  Among  the  Greeks 
and  Romans  divorces  were  allowed  for  very  tri- 
fling causes,  and  hence  multiplied  to  such  an 
extent  that  it  was  a  very  common  thing  to  find 
several  women  who  had  successively  been  the 
wives  of  one  man.  Men,  for  trifling  causes, 
obtained  divorces  from  their  mves  and  mamed 
others.  No  doubt  some  of  these  characters 
came  to  the  church,  having  repented  of  their 
sins,  yet  were  not  qualified  to  till  the  position  of 
uu  Elder,  It  was  needful  in  the  Eelection  of  Eld- 
ej-s  that  great  caution  be  taken,  hence  Paul  lays 
down  to  Timothy  what  the  qualifications  of 
these  pei'sons  must  be,  and- among  them  is  "the 
husband  of  one  wife,"  1.  He  should  be  a  mar- 
ried man — a  man  of  e.\perience  in  the  family. 
2.  Should  not  be  one  of  those  pei'sons  having 
divorced  wives,  fortheehanginfffrom  oue  living 
wife  to  another  is  proof  that  the  man  has  not 
sufficient  depth  of  ehariieter  and  sta'oility  to 
take  care  of  the  cUuvch. 

The  passage  evidently  docs  not  prohibit  an 
Eider  from  marrying  a  .wcfW  time,  provided  his 
wife  be  "  grave,  sober,  antl  faithful  in  all  things," 
but  on  the  contrary,  we  regard  it  as  being  rath- 
Dmmendahle  and  calculated  to  cut  off  occa- 
sion of  reproach.  As  we  have  bi  course  of 
preparation  a  series  of  articles  on  the  election 
and  qualifications  of  church  officials,  we  make 
no  further  comment  at  present. 


Is  it  right  for  a  minister  to  settle  up  his  ac- 
counts on  the  Lord's  day?  Give  us  your  opin- 
ion on  the  subject.  *  J.  H,.B. 

We  object  to  mluistors  settling  up  their  ac- 
counts on  the  Lord's  day  for  the  following 
reasons:  1.  It  does  not  show  that  respect  for 
the  Lord's  day  tliat  a  true  minister  ouglit  to 
have.  2,  He  who  does  so  is  not  "  blameless  "  as 
all  ministers  should  be.  3.  It  is  setting  deed.*! 
of  darkness  rather  than  light  before  the  world. 
4.  It  indicates  that   man  is   not  satisfied  with 

hat  secular  business  he  can  do  in  six  days,  but 
must  use  part  of  the  seventh.  5,  It  is  calculat- 
ed to  lessen,  and  finally  destroy  the  religious 
solemnity  that  should  pervade  each  heart  during 
that  day,  6.  Its  tendency  is  to  render  those 
who  do  so  still  more  and  more  worldly-minded. 
7.  If  the  custom  should  once  become  prevalent 
it  will  cause  the  saints  to  neglect  the  assembling 
of  themselves  together,  and  8.  For  ministers  to 
do  80,  is  setting  a  bad  example  before  the  people. 
We  understand  that  they  should  be  ensamples 
to  the  tlock,  but  if  the  flock  follows  their  exam- 
ple, and  settle  accounts  on  the  Lord's  day,  in- 
stead of  it  becoming  a  day  of  worship  it  will 
finally  degenerate  into  a  day  of  secular  business. 
I  have  known  worldly  men  to  think  too  much 
of  the  Lord's  day  to  transact  business  on  that 
day,  and  my  impression  is,  that  except  our 
righteousness  exceed  the  righteousness  of  those 
outside  of  the  church  we  stand  a  very  poor 
chance  for  either  heaven  or  life  everlasting. 
Brethren,  eapeciully  ministers,  should  not  settle 
up  accounts  on  the  resurrection  day.  Set  a 
good  example. 


Brethren,  Plea.te  let  me  know  whether  there 
is  any  record  in  biatary,  by  which  we  may  prove 
that  Christ  was  buried  upon  His  face,  as  a  crim- 
inal, by  his  friends  ait  a  death-penalty?  Please 
answer  through  the  Bbetorkn  at  Work. 

Enquirer. 

I. know  of  no  such  record  in  any  work.  If 
any  of  our  readers  do  they  will  greatly  obligei 
us  by  furnishing  us  with  the  evidence.' 

The  question  ia  intended  to  have  some  bear- 
ing on  the  mode  of  baptism  by  supposing  tnat 
baptii^  is  to  be  performed  in  the  likeness  of 
Christ's  burial  instead  of  His  death.  "  Know 
ye  not,  that  so  nianj"  of  us  as  were  baptised  in- 


to Jeain  Christ  were  baptize<l  into  bia  death? 
For  if  we  have  bieen  planted  together  in  the 
likeness  of  hisdcath"  &c.  (Rom. 0:3, 5).  Christ's 
death  took  place  upon  the  cross,  where  He  bow- 
ed His  head  nnd  gave  np  the  Ghost.  The  En- 
glish Baptists  supposed  that  baptism  should  be 
performed  in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  burial, 
hence  thought  of  their  own  way  of  burying  on 
the  bnck,  therefore  commenced  practicing  the 
backward  immersion  and  from  them  it  found 
its  way  to  the  Baptist  churches  of  America,  but 
from  the  beginning  it  was  not  so. 


In  Acb  5:  G  we  read,  "  And  the  young  men 
arose,  wound  him,  and  carried  him  out,  nnd  bu- 
ried him."  Also  verse  10.  Who  were  these 
young  men  spoken  of  in  these  two  vci-ses? 

A  Pu.OIiIM. 

It  is  not  distinctly  stated  just  who  they  were, 
but  I  am  of  the  impression  that  the  Jews  had 
among  them  a  class  of  men  whose  business  it 
was  to  bury  tho.se  having  no  one  to  look  after 
them.  These  young  mtfti  being  present  when 
Ananias  dropped  dead,  took  immediate  charge  of 
him  and  attended  to  his  burial.  On  returning 
to  the  same  place  they  found  another  ready  to 
be  carried  out  and  bxiried.  From  the  narrative 
we  would  infer  that  they  were  well  acquainted 
with  the  business  and  knew  just  what  steps  to 
take  in  case  of  sudden  deaths.  In  climates  like 
that  of  Palestine  it  is  necessary  that  persons  be 
buried  as  soon  after  death  as  possible,  and  hence 
the  necessity  of  men  to  attend  to  such  cares. 


Please  give  your  views  on  Gen,  4: 15:  "  And 
the  Lord  set  a  mark  upon  Cain,  lest  any  finding 
him  should  kill  him."    Was  that  mark  visible? 

A  PiLGIttll. 

Cain  was  the  first  murderer  on  earth,  and  the 
Lord  determined  that  he  should  live,  and  be  a 

living,  walking  monument  of  His  disapproval 
of  such  a  liigh  crime,\  and  hence  "  set  a  mark 
upon  Cain,  lest  any  finding  him  should  kill  him." 
This '' mark  "  to  Cain  was  a  sigu  that  no  one 
should  kill  liim,  and  was  to  others  a  token  of 
God's  abhon-ence  of  murder.  It  is  fruitless  to 
endeavor  to  ascertain  what  the  mark  was,  but 
doubtless  it  was  a  visible,  indelible  brand  of  in- 
famy, which  would  make  him  known  to  all 
whom  he  chanced  to  meet.  He  was  a  walking, 
Hving  and  visible  advertisement  of  God's  wrath. 


Brother  James  Quinter,  in  his  defense  of  trine 
immersion,  in  replj^  to  Elder  Adamson,  page  31, 
admits  that  single  immersion .  was  practiced  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  second  century,  but  in  iiis 
"  Origin  of  Single  Immersion  "  shows  that  it 
originated  in  the  latter  part  of  the  fourth  cen- 
tury.    Will  you  please  harmonize? 

Samuel  Sala. 


It  has  been  supposed  by  some  that  single  im- 
mersion was  practiced  by  Praxeaa,  a  heretic  who 
lived  near  the  close  of  the  second  century,  but 
the  conclusion  need  not  necessarily  be  inferred 
from  the  facts  in  the  case.  Those  who  contend 
so  strongly  for  single  immersion  do  not  like  to 
claim  Praxeas  as  their  brother,  and  hence  never 
refer  to  him  as  proof  of  the  antiquity  of  their 
pnictice.  "  Bishop  Beveridge  shows  that  Prax- 
eaa and  his  followers,  in  the  close  of  the  second 
century,  baptized  into  one  only,  vii.  Christ  who 
died  for  us  "  (Clergyman's  Vade-Mecum,  Vol.  '2, 
p.  25).  His  baptizing  into  but  one  name  is  what 
hits  caused  some  to  infer  that  he  practiced  sin- 
gle immersion,  but  it  is  not  regarded  as  a  fact, 
but  simply  an  inference.  Had  we  time  to  give 
the  evidence  in  the  case  it  could  be  shown  that 
Praxeaa  and  his  followers  did  not  use  single  im- 
mersion unless  they  were,  by  the  force  of  argu- 
ment driven  to  it  to  sustain  their  theory  of  but 
one  person  in  the  Trinity,  This  might  have 
been  done,  though  there  is  no  record  of  it. 

Regarding  the  origin  of  single  immersion,  all 
imcient  historians  who  have  written  on  the  sub- 
ject, state  that  it  was  invented  by  Enuouiius 
near  the  middle  of  the  fourth  century,  Tliis  is 
the  fact  in  the  case  and  is  not  to  be  upset  by  an 
inference  to  be  drawn  from  a  theory  held  by 
the  heretics  of  the  second  centurj-.  An  admi-s- 
sion  that  Praxea.^  and  hia  followers  did  practice 
the  one  dip  method  is  not  to  be  regarded  as  ev- 
idence in  the  case,  but  is  simply  an  inference 
that  not  even  the  lovers  of  the  one  dip  will  de- 
fend. Taking  the  fact-s  into  consideration  there 
is  no  contradiction  in  the  two  statements.  , 
J,  H.  M. 

A  MANiwho  was  taking  two  papers,  one  a  re- 
ligious paper,  and  the  otiier  political,  concluded 
that  times  were  too  hard  for  two  papers,  so  he 
stopped  the  political  and  kept  on  with  the  relig- 
ious. That  man  knows  what  ia  good  for  him- 
self and  family. 


SATTJKDAY  NIOHT. 
Hard  Times. 

A  MINISTER,  who  during  hi,'*  extensive 
travels,  heard  much  of  the  hard  times,  es- 
pecially when  he  asked  people  to  subscribe  for 
a  religions  journal,  relates  his  exiwriouco  about 
as  follows: 

"  Some  two  years  ago  I  visited  and  held  n  se- 
ries of  meetings  for  a  well-to-do  congregation, 
Tliey  had  all  of  this  ivorld'a  goods  tjiat  hearts. 
could  wish  for  and  enjoyed  life  well.  While 
among  them  I  heai-d  not  one  word  about  hard 
times — they  ail  had  plenty  to  eat  and  ^voi^■,  and 
with  their  good  possessions  imd  commodious 
homes  seemed  well  satisfied. 

Last  Winter,  by  request,  I  calleil  on  them 
again  and  spent  pleasant  seasons  of  worship. 
But  things  were  somewhat  ditl'erent,  they  were 
not  so  well  contented,  but  talked  a  great  deal 
about  hard  times.  I  asked  them  to  subscribe 
for  a  religious  journal,  but  they  plead  hard  timeSj 
and  the  same  wlien  asked  to  aid  in  the  mission- 
ary work.  I  concluded  to  look  around  and  see 
where  the  hard  times  ivere.  I  saw  their  farms 
were  in  as  good  condition  as  two  years  jigo,  and 
in  fact  some  of  them  much  better.  Thcii-  hous- 
es were  just  as  good,  and  if  any  diU'erence  a  lit- 
tle better,    I  saw  no  hard  times  there. 

I  then  went  to  the  meeting-house  and  watch- 
ed the  teams  as  they  drove  up.  The  horses 
were  just  as  good  as  two  years  ago.  Some  of 
them  that  used  to  have  plain  harness,  now  had 
silver-mounted  ones.  Their  carriages  were 
much  better  than  two  years  ago,  many  of  them 
much  moro  fashionable.  I  could  see  no  hard 
times  Hi  ere. 

TJion  I  went  into  the  meeting-house  nnd 
found  that  the  members  dressed  just  as  good  as 
they  did  two  years  ago,  nnd  in  fact  some  of  them. 
dressed  a  good  deal  finer.  I  saw  just  as  many 
ruflles,  feathers  and  ornaments  as  I  did  twoyeara 
ago.  I  eould  see  no  hard  times  in  the  meeting- 
house. The  members  were  not  one  bit  plainer 
than  they  were  two  years  ago,  if  any  difierence 
they  were  a  little  finer. 

I  concluded  that  the  hard  times  must  be  at 
their  homes,  so  I  went  there.  I  noticed  that 
the  old  carpet  they  had  two  years  ago  was  t&- 
moved  nnd  new  costly  carpet  in  its  place.  The 
old  furniture  was  not  tliere  any  more.  Its  place 
was  filled  by  that  much  more  costly  and  beau- 
tiful, and  even  the  pictures  on  the  walls  were- 
changed.  Thinks  I,  surely  there  are  no  ho^d 
times  here. 

Then  I  went  into  the  dining  rooms.  Tha 
tables  were  furnished  just  us  well  ns  twoyeara 
ago,  and  in  fact  with  more  expensive  diet.  There 
were  fine  cakes,  fine  pies,  sweetmeats,  and  in 
short,  enough  to  kill  any  dyspeptic.  I  conclnd- 
ed  that  there  were  no  hard  times  in  the  dining 
rooms. 

I  walked  into  the  sitting  rooms  to  search  for 
hnid  times.  On  the  table  I  found  "  Harper's 
Weekly,"  "  Harper's  Baxaar,"  "  New  York 
Weekly,"  "The  Ledger"  and  the  county  papers, 
but  not  one  religious  paper.  Here  was  the  hard 
timea;  it  had  struck  the  religious  papers,  had 
etiected  the  Master's  cause.  They  had  no  mon- 
ey for  religious  reading,  but  plenty  of  it  for 
secular  papers.  No  money  for  the  spreading  of 
the  Gospel,  but  plenty  of  it  for  new  furniture, 
costly  pictures  and  silver-mounted  harness. 
Yea,  I  found  the  hard  times  at  last.  It  had 
struck  religion;  Christ's  cause  must  sulfer  and 
sinners  go  to  destruction  because  of  hard  times." 

Thousands  ivill  read  the  above  on  Saturday 
night.  We  ask  you  to  take  the  lessou  with  you 
to  the  meeting-house,  to  your  homes,  your  din- 
ing rooms  Ac,  and  see  whether  there  is  not  more 
truth  than  poetry  in  it— J.  H.  MooitE. 


The  Roman  Catholic  Church  ba.s  purchased 
a  tract  of  7,000  acres  of  land  within  nine  miles 
of  Chase  City  (Virginia),  and  propose  to 
colonize  and  educate  the  freedmen  on  the  in- 
dustrial farm  plan.  While  other  denominn- 
tiona  are  wrangling  over  their  difl'erenccB  the 
Catholics  are  quietly  working  to  get  the  con- 
trol and  influence  of  the  four  million  blacks  in 
the  South,  and  thus  gain  a  stronger  footing  in 
America.  Unless  Protestantism  makes  greater 
exertion  in  the  future  than  it  has  in  the  past,  it 
will  be  called  on  to  face  atern  realities  when  it 
is  too  late.  From  a  secular  stimd-poiut  the 
Catholic  project  is  a  good  one  for  the  bliicks,  bnt 
calculated  to  add  numerical  strength  to  the 
Catholic  church. 


Is  some  of  the  New  England  States  i&. 
Moody  ia  called  "  John  the  baptist."  It  is  evi- 
dent that  he  has  ver>'  little  use  for  the  Jordan. 
It  is  said  that  John. the  "baptist  baptized  in 
Enon  because  there  was  much  water,"  but  mod- 
ern critics  say  he  went  there  that  the  people 
might  bo  supplied  with  water  for  their  horses 
and  to  drink.  Well,  the  crowd  tliatMr.  Moody 
draws  needs  water  for  iiniraals  ood  to  drink; 
why  docs  he  not  go  where  there  is  much  water? 


THE   BRBTHHBN    J^T    -^VOUK. 


;/(^  §amf  §trc 


u. 


READ  AHD  OBEY. 

"  lIuabBii'Is,  lorf  yoiir  wiT»i." 
WItm,    obey   joiir    busbanJs," 
I,  proroke  not  your  cbililren  (o  wr»(li." 
Oboy    your    piuoata    ia    all    things . ' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Looking  Into  the  Bible. 

WHAT  n  gniiirl  siibju'ct  we  have  this  morn- 
ing! Hfrc  is  the  Bible— the  Holy  Bible, 
the  Book  that  has  come  down  to  us  through 
many  centuries — the  Book  that  has  been  kept 
safe  and  preserved  through  dark  and  benighted 
ages.  Yes,  here  is  the  Holy  Bible.  How  we  all 
love  this  good,  old  Book.  What  would  we  do 
■without  it?  What  eoiihl  iTe  do  without  it? 
Could  WG  know  the  miml  of  God  ivithoufc  it? 
No.  Gould  we  know  who  is  our  Siivior?  No, 
not  at  iill.  Could  we  know  of  joys  and  the 
eternal  life  ivifhout  it?  No,  we  could  not  know 
any  of  these  things.  But  come,  let  us  look  in 
this  -wonderful  Book. 

The  first  we  lenru  is  about  this  wondrous 
earth  upon  which  we  live,  the  stars,  sun,  moon 
and  the  creation  of  this  vast  globe.  We  look 
again,  and  find  that  we  are  sinners.  Then  once 
more  we  see  God  calling  a  faithful  old  man  and 
tilling  him  to  build  ii  mighty  ship.  Next  be- 
hold the  watei-s  covering  the  earth,  mcu,  women, 
children  and  animals  tossed  to  and  fro  by  the 
angry  billo\i-s,  and  finally  they  sink  amid  their 
cries  and  shrieks  never  more  to  sec  the  beauties 
of  earth.  Sin  was  the  cause  of  all  this.  Noah 
and  his  deai-  family  came  forth,  the  only  beings 
of  a  once  numerous  race.  Think  of  it:  only 
eight  pei-sons  on  tliis  great  globe. 

We  look  again  and  see,  in  the  course  of  time, 
a  numerous  people.  They  conclude  to  hiHd 
their  way  up  to  heaven,  hence  make  brick  and 
take  slime  for  mortar,  and  go  to  building  a  tow- 
er. Poor  people!  they  were  of  one  language, 
and  highly  blessed,  but  Ihey  wanted  "  a  namv," 
and  went  about  building  their  wa-y  up  into 
heaven.  God  wants  us  all  to  build  a  house,  but 
not  that  way.  'ieswn  nnist  be  the  chief  corner- 
stone, or  else  we  shall  be  confused.  Will  we  all 
build  with  Hiiu  and  on  Him? 

Next  we  see  good  old  Abraham  called,  then 
Isaac  and  Jacob  and  finally  reach  the  point 
where  poor  Joseph  was  sold.  0  wliat  cruel 
brathers,  yet  the  Lord  knew  how  to  turn  their 
eril  in  good  channels  for  His  people.  0  p'jor 
old  Jacob,  how  he  had  to  suUci- in  mind!  Do 
you  see  the  once  pretty  coat  now  all  covered 
with  blood  ?    Do  ynu  sec  pior  .Joseph  going  with 


-A.pril  4. 


ed  and  lit  upon  him.  When  you  little  boys  and 
girls  become  old  enough  to  know  right  from 
wrong,  do  like  Jesus  did,  go  into  the  water  and 
be  baptiwd  and  you  will  receive  the  Spirit. 
When  you  nil  arrive  to  the  age  of  twelve  years, 
remember  the  story  of  Jesus,  about  being  left 
Iwhind  in  that  large  city  If  any  of  the  little 
readers  ot  tl  e  Bret  re\  AT  Work  go  with 
their  fath  r  1  other  to  a  large  city  and  get 
lost,  whei  tl  J  h  1  JO  tell  them  that  .lesus 
was  loft  on  e  a  d  va.  lound  again.  Always 
obey  God's  Word  and  you  will  never  he  lost. 
John  L.  Bno*VN. 


the  nierchant'i  di 
dear  old  fathi 
seehi^'  gojid 
down  til  ,!,■.  ,  r'i..  1 
Hcihiui  .  ■  . 
seetheu).  )■...■  i.. 
am  I  guLij- V  "  111-  ,1 
and' my  iiLnilnr  ;i]i 
conic  to  iiif  ri>-iiiL;li 


Ah!  h 


I  i''^'ypt,  ii"''iy  froQi  hi^ 
longs  to 
'V  once  more.  He  lays 
'  yj.M,  but  cannot  sleep. 

)ther,  and  longs, to 

!■     .uinotsleep.    "Where, 

■  Will  I  see  my  father 

-IV?     0  father,   father 

1  want  to  see  father       1 


mother.  l^Icuie  dear  sirs,  take  mc  home,  0  tik 
me  home  to  father  and  mother.  They  will  feel 
so  Sad,  so  lonely,  ,i5o  sorrowful  because  I  am  not 
there.  0  take  fne  home,  please."  Thus  poo 
Joseph  idead  and  ploiid,  but  the  hard-hea  tijd 
merchnnh  would  liot  listen.  They  had  twi  // 
'\'''---  .i!i.l  -...I,.-  -i.     All  1  thiukIca]LS...-l 


JOSHUA. 

I  FIND  in  the  book  of  Joshua  so  much  good 
matter  for  a  subject,  and  so  many  good  ex- 
amples for  us  in  this  age  of  the  world,  that  I 
hardly  know  where  to  begin. 

Joshua  was  one  of  the  two  who  found  grace 
and  favor  with  God,  through  obedience,  to  cross 
over  the  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Canaan.  Is  it 
not  Siul  to  tliink  that  oi^t  of  six  hundied  thou- 
sand, only  two  were  obedient,  and  wlien  they 
could  have  made  the  journey  in  forty  days,  it 
took  them  so  many  years?  I  hope  it  will  not 
be  so  with  us  who  have  lieen  bai)tized.  But  we 
see  that  Joshua,  who  became  the  leader  after  the 
death  of  Moses,  had  some  work  to  perform  after 
he  made  the  passage.  But  he  obeyed  to  the 
letter.  To  take  Jericho  ho  was  told  what  course 
to  pursue  (Josh.  4:  3.  4,  5).  He  did  notsnj-, 
once  will  do,  but  he  took  God  at  His  word.  Bat 
God  was  displeased  ^vith  one  who,  perhaps 
thought  like  we  sometimes  do,  that  God  would 
not  be  so  particular,  but  we  see  that  disobedi- 
ence will  receive  its  reward  as  well  as  obedience, 
for  he  had  to  sufier  the  penalty.  "Judgment 
wilt  I  lay  to  the  line,  and  righteousness  to  the 
plummet."  Joshua  was  obedient  to  the  emi. 
He  saya  to  his  people,  "  Choose  you  this  day 
whom  you  will  serve  "  (Josh.  2i:  15). 

As  I  have  become  a  member  of  the  church 
since  my  former  letter  to  the  childi-en's  columns, 
I  hope  that  I  may,  as  well  as  all  my  young  sis- 
tci-s  who  came  in  the  church  with  me,  be  found 
faithful,  like  good  old  -Joshua,  to  the  end.  T  am 
young,  only  a  little  past  thirteen,  and  have  per- 
hap-s  more  to  contend  with,herc  ah>ni>  in  'rulciln, 
than  those  who  are  purronuded  with  iatln'i-s  and 
mothers  in  Israel  and  with  Ic-^s  teinptatiuu. 
But  I  am  not  alone.  Christ  said  He  wonld  be 
with  the  obedient  always.  Pray  for  me  my  dear 
fatjiers  and  niothei-s  in  Christ;  and  should  this 
be  found  n'orthy  a  place  in  the  paper  and  read 
by  my  youug  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ, 
may  they  also  try  to  bo  as  obedient;  as  Joshua, 
whose  age  was  one  hundred  and  fen  yeai-s,  Let 
us  be  like  I'liul  and  follow  Christ,  who  is 
e.\aiuide,  so  that  we  may  come  out  more  than 
conquerors  through  Him  who  loves  us. 

Ella  B.  BEiiKEYaii, 
Tokdo,  Ohio. 


MY    BIBLE. 

WHAT  is  it  that  can  bring  delight 
To  my  sick  heart  in  sorrow's  night. 
Making  the  darkness  all  shine  bright? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  that  can  yield  me  peace. 
When  trials,  toils  and  care.s  increase. 
And  from  them  all  my  sonl  release? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  tenches  me  to  live, 
A  life  of  love  and  to  forgive, 
That  I  forgiveness  may  receive? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  that  directs  my  way 
To  heav'n's  high  joys  and  holy  day, 
Driving  the  fear  of  death  away? 
My  Bible. 

It  is  my  treasure,  wisdom,  light, 
0  may  I  in  it  loam  to  fight 
The  fight  of  faith  nor  ever  slight 
My  Bible. 
Selected  by  M.J.  EiSKNiiiSE. 


IN    PRISON 


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DEVI  Iftl 
III     r    t     P  f  -mil 


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I»y!    'So 
liBheart 

1  pilirf  liin 
for  lie  iiev 

gl,i> 
11.1,1 
t  for 

[liirciit 
no  do 
ooli  tin 

bt  comi 

M,  M. 

THE   LOST   BOY. 

ABOUT  eigiiteeu  hundred  o'Mra.tlgo  mil  1! 
,,  was  born.  .JIipnamo,wiisJe6us.[...Weimd 
byreading  the  ..Testauitiif,  that  i  asi-tliislohdd 
grew  up  he  hadimutih  wisdom, .fivas  .very  smart 
His  father  aaul  mother  etarlwi  to  a  large  ci by 
TliLsUttlo  boy  'at,that.time  .was.  about,  twelve 
ycariold,  and  went  with  his  father  and.  moth  r 
lo.  the  city,  but  on  returning  was  Jot  t  behind 
They  missed  their!  child,  and  after  searchmg 
three  days,  found  him  in  the  temple  .\vith  ti 
Dootors  hearing  and  asking  them  questio  s 
This  same  Jesus  grew  to  be  a  man,  and  when  1 
wa^  hbout  thirty  years  old,  he  wont  down  into 
the  river  and  was  baptized.  When  he  was  bap- 
tized, went  "up  straightway  out  of  the  water: 
and,  lo,  the  heawiia  wtre  opened  unto  him,  and 
lie  saw  the  Spirit  of  God  descending  like  a  dove,' 
:iad  lighting  upon  him!  and  lo  n.  voice  from 
heaven,  saying,  This  is  my  Ik-loved  Son,  iiiwhnm 
1  am' well  pleased."  Itemenibor,  little  readers, 
that  this  ia  the  ^rae  Jesus  who  talked  with  the 
Doctors.  Now  nt^erhe  was  baptized  and  r^ 
ceived  the  Spirit,  God  said:  "This  is  my  beloved 
Son,"  but  didn't  say  so  until  the  Spirit  desceud- 


tl   1  }  I  01  en 
a  to  r  ad  of 

n  a    tl    t  hal  bee    sh  t  u|    n  i      on    and  1  o 
h    lal  ben  bond      th  cl  a  n    h    ug  b  t  v  e 
t  vo  sold  e        0  e  n  ght  tl  ere     as  oi      ngel 
e  me  to  h       ad  told  h  n    to  ar  ^e    nd  tollo  v 
1  md   tl  e  cl  a  na  iell  f  om  h  a  1  aa  la    the 

I        u  loo  -s     ere  oi  ned  ai  d  th  >  d  p  rt  d  all 

k   ov    to  tie  keeper     ^o    younllfi    Ul 
1  11  h   torj  ol  tl  )p  e  e  t  reco  do  I      ti  e  t     It  h 
claitrftl     Vets  of  tl    Aiostle.       Ih      jou 
vll  al  oh    I      t      hp    t  wv  tl    t  1   t  I         u 
P  1     1    f  1  m 

1  1     t    1    I       I 


1  till 


THINK  ON  YOUR  WAY. 

TIME,  ihe  most  fleet  of  all  travelers,  is  rapid- 
ly bearing  us  away  from  earth  to  our  home 
on  the  other  shore.  Have  any  of  us  forgotten 
the  resolutions  we  formed  when  the  present 
year  came  to  us  in  its  snowy  whiteness?  Si 
of  us  said,  if  God  in  His  infinite  mercy  will 
spare  our  lives  a  little  lougor,  we  will  be  more 
zealous  in  His  cause,  and  will  make  greater 
ortions  to  lead  sinners  to  Christ,  mid  will  live 
more  faithful  and  e-vemplaiy  lives,  letting  our 
light  shine  &c.  Now  let  us  ask  ourselves  the 
question.  Have  we  done  all  that  we  could 
Alas!  too  many  of  ns  will  have  to  acknowledge 
that  we  have  oftan  neglected  our  duty,  and  in- 
stead of  glorifjing  God  we  have  been  careful  to 
s.iy  nothing  about  Him,  But  when  we  think 
on  our  way  seriously,  we  know  that  this  is 
wrong.  Each  day  of  the  year  will  be  as  a  fresh 
page,  pure  and  unsullied,  on  which  we  will  write 
our  deeds  in  charactei-s  which  tune  can  never 
efface. 

Dear  young  Christians,  let  us  watch  and  pray 
earnestly  that  our  deeds  be  not  evil,  but  that  we 
may  do  some  good  in  the  Master's  cause.  May 
we  all  remember  that  ^ 

There  is  a  cross  in  every  lot. 

And  an  earnest  need  of  prayer; 
But  the  lowly  heart  that  leans  on  God, 
Is  happy  everywhere. 

Sister  Ei.sie. 
^'ew  Whiihor,  Md. 


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THE  WAY  OF  THE  WORLD. 

E'S  a  poor,  himl-workiiig  man  trying  to 
pay  his  honest  debts  and  support  his  fam, 
ily  b}'  honest  toil,  but  "go  for  him,"  because  he 
cannot  pay  von  a  few  dollai^;  ho  owes.  He  i^ 
100  -ind  entitled  to  o  co  sdeiaten  K  ep 
I  n  do  r 
Help  h  m  He  a  ich  man  ho  robbed  a 
nont  1  cs  n  a  fne 
Ij   enjjjmglfc 


keeps  the  wife  from  fretting  when  the  husband 
tracks  the  newly  washed  floor  with  his  muddy 
boots,  and  makes  the  husband  mindful  of  the 
scraper  and  the  door-mat;  keeps  the  mother  pa- 
tient when  the  baby  is  cross  and  amuses  the 
children  ns  well  as  instructs  them;  cares  for  the 
servants  besides  paying  them  promptly,  projects 
the  honey-moon  into  the  harvest-noon,  and 
makes  the  happy  home  like  the  Eastern  fig-tree, 
bearing  in  its  bosom  at  once  the  beauty  of  the 
tender  blossom  and  the  glory  of  the  ripened 
fruit.  We  want  a  religion  that  shall  interpose 
between  the  ruts  and  the  gullies  and  rocks  of 
the  highway  of  life  and  the  sensitive  soiJs  that 
are  traveling  over  i\\Qm.—Schclfil. 


CHILDREJ^  AT    WORK. 


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TRY  AND  CAN  T  DO  IT 


MAN  Tdo  t3tcU 
\ ;     Ir  g  tl       ag 


idTj    ai  i 


,  t 


n  ud,  b  t  Tr    boon 
t  the    ut     Tl     foT 


1  tl 


L     1 


r  Uur 

el  siud  Try. 


1 P  1     t   i  n      Tl     b  1 

fl  r^  ntohone  Tl  i 
d  up  he  went  to  the  top  of  a 
beech  tree.  The  snow-drop  said  Try,  and  bloom- 
ed in  the  cold  snows  of  Winter.  Tlieaun  said 
Trj',  and  the  Spring  soon  threw  Jack  Frost  out 
of  the  saddle.  The  young  lark  said  Try,and  he 
found  that  his  new  wings  took  him  over  hedges 
and  ditches,  and  up  where  his  father  was  sing- 
Theox  said  Try.  and  plowed  the  field 
end  to  end.  No  hill  too  steep  for  Trj'  to 
climb,  no  clay  too  stiff  for  Try  to  plow,  no  field 
too  Wet  for  Try  to  drain,  no  hole  too  big  for 
Try  to  mend. — Selected, 


He    a 

1  auk  or   u  ade  an  a;> 

on  and     atk    le 

to  and    1  11 

tl     1       ne   of        Itl        I 

tj       He        ma  t-a 

i     a  1 1  t    a      tj  1    s 

Don  t  sa    anjtl  ng  to  1 

e  lecth  n  to      I  h    d 
He  con  po     d  I  v  ti 
tl  rty  per  ce  t    aui  n 
n  honorel  resie  ti.1 
an  n  the  gl    rcl 
Go  for  luni      He  s  poo 
f  t  to    cent      th      t 
ird  n   1 1     toil— 1  I 


dp       d  of    0  e  of 


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tof 


1  tors  tt  e  t  h  o 
1  s  nluxur  ousea^e 
t  j.n    and  R  prom  nent 


StnUyiiig  tlio  Bilile:— I  think  if  I  live  a  lit- 
tle longer  and  study  the  Holy  Bible  more,  imd 
commit  more  verses  to  memory,  I  shall  be  able 
to  write  bettor  letters.  I  try  to  be  a  good  girl 
and  obey  my  parents  and  teacher,  but  I  some- 
times forget  imd  am  naughty.  I  hope  as  I  grow 
older  I  will  also  grow  better. — Lilli/  M.  Hvpftr, 
Chcn-ij  Grmc.  III. 

ftemombcrthi)  Poor;— One  very  cold  day 
as  mamma  looked  from  the  window,  she  saw 
quite  an  old  woman,  poorly  clad,  wandering 
down  the  street  iiicking  up  bits  of  paper,  sticks, 
etc.  Thinking  she  must  bo  very  cold  and  hun- 
grj',  mother  sent  Maggie  to  call  her  in,  and 
while  some  food  and  hot  tea  were  being  prepar- 
ed for  her,  she  told  us  the  following  story:  "  I 
am  a  poor  old  woman.  I  live  in  a  small  room 
in  the  third  story  of  an  old  house,  in  Peim  Vil- 
lage. My  husband  is  n  laboringman,but  ithas 
been  a  long  time  since  he  had  any  work.  We 
must  pay  our  nnt  everj-  month, (or  be  turned 
out  on  the  street.  I  thought  I  would  never  go 
out  to  beg,  but  I  was  so  hungry  this  morning  I 
could  not  stay  in  any  longer.  There  was  a  wo- 
man told  me  to  come  to  her  house  to-day  and 
she  would  do  something  for  me.  I  went  to  sec 
her  and  she  told  me  she  was  very  sorry  for  me 
and  gave  me  two  tracts,  but  dear,  0  dear  I  can- 
not cat  thera!  They  will  do  for  people  who  arc 
not  so  hungry  and  can  see  to  rem!." 

Ever  since  that  djiy  she  has  been  coming  to 
our  back  door  for  scraps  and  we  never  turn  her 
away  without  being  warmed  and  fed.  Now  I 
want  all  who  read  this  to  do  something  lor  poor, 
old  Mrs.  Leivis.  I  don't  exactly  mean  that  you 
shall  send  her  clothes  and  money,  but  send  up  a 
real  prayer  to  onr  Father  and  ask  Him  to  send 
her  a  ble-ssing,  rmd  1  am  sure  the  ue.\t  time  I 
write  I  can  tell  you  something  bettei-.  Now 
please  don't  forget,  and  I  know  some  good  will 
come,  for  Jesus  says,  "A.'ik  and  ye  shall  receive." 
Lillip.  A.  Thomas,  2022  N.  22nd  St.,  Phihidd- 
phia,  Pa. 

A  Good  Suggestion :— I  will  encourage  the 
other  boys  and  girls  to  read  this  paper.  There 
is  so  much  in  it  about  .lesus.     [  think  we  chil- 

1  en  ought  to  study  the  Bible  so  that  we  can 
talk  together  about  the  Lord. — C.  T.  Dtntnei\ 

Istoria,  III. 

Yes,  There  is  a  God :— I  want  to  be  good. 
My  parents  say  that  good  girls  and  boj-s  nmko 
good  women  anjj  men.  I  go  to  school.  Some 
of  the  children  say  bad  words.  I  tell  them, 
God  don'tlikc  that;  tlifin  some  of  them  say  thej' 
lou't  know  that  there  is  a  God.  I,  know  that 
Christ  is  the  SaV|ior  of  the  world,  and  that  H^, 
Ikes  good  children,  good  people,  —  Marij  E. 
1  rpler.  New  Humptoii,  loiai. 


I  "  li    =    of  1 
t         —1     1 
til    Ijut   t 
1  t    1 

t      bb 
vo  Id  lav   t 
ought  to  be 
dow  — I  le    1 1 
u  1 1  ecun  .u-j 


I  tl 
II  I 


I  anfl 

Mil       1  el  tl  e 

tit         <^t  th 


t  dh 


JCeep  h  ] 


1  oor      Go  frtr  h  n 

h  m  (,  ch  a  ve  ght  of  obloqi 
harass  nent  th  t  he  v  11  never 
Tha    s  tie    vaj   the     oril 
talks  — imlectal 


let  HS  Lovo  Jesus  iT-This  beautiful  Saturr 
day  as  I  am  free  Irom  school,  1  thought  1  would 

talk  a  little  to  the  othtr  children  about  Jesus  and 
,s  trying  to  paj  jj  ^  ]^^.^_  Do  you  e'ver  thinkof  the.love  He 
I  d  for  children  ^vhen  Jle  was  on  earth?  I  be- 
1  eve  Ho  loves  us  just  o^  well  as  He  did  thechil- 
1  'U  then, and  I  think  we  ought  to  love  Him. 
U  I-  iiujjlif  ),i  .iIiF-v  Him  M)  that  we  can  be  happy 
1 ,11  i\.-.iiMi,-  1.1  ,li,,  I.  iim  ten  years  old,  and 
1  hiii'l  Hiiiik  1  :iiii  t.iii  yuung  to  love  Jesus.  I 
I  vu  a  litth'  sisli.'r  livu  years  old  who  says  she 
I  k  's  the  Good  Man,  and  is  glad  'that  we  can  go 
to  a  good  place  when  we  die. — Joint  Shidler, 
I    nnrk,  III.    ■' 


THE  KIND  OF  RELIGION  WE 
WANT. 


w 


E  want  a.  religion  that,  softens  the  step, 
and  tunes  the  voice  to  melody  and  fills 
the  eye  vnih  sunshine,  and  checks  the  impatient 
exclamation  and  harsh  rebuke:  a  religion  that 
polite,  deferential  to  superiors,  courteous  to 
inferiors  and  considerate  to  friends;  a  re'igion 
that  goes  into  the  family,  and  keeps  the  hus- 
band from  being  cross  when  dinner  is  late,  and 


Watch  and  Pray :— I  have  come  out  from 
an  ong  the  world,  and  given  iny  heart  to  .lesus. 
We  have  social  meeting  Thursday  and  Sunday 
nights.  I  love  to  join  in  singing  and  prayer. 
The  brethren  speak,  both  old  and  yoimg.  I  love 
all  the  brethren  and  sisters  and  want  you  all  to 
pray  for  mc,  that  I  may  hold  out  faithful. 
"  Watch  and  pmy  that  ye  enter  not  into  temp- 
tation," Jesus  says  this.  "Verily  I  say  unto 
you.  Whosoever  shall  not  receive  the  kingdom 
of  God  as  a  little  child  shall  in  no  ^vise  enter 
therein." — Fronii  Hti-hiiiiiii,  Coriiell,  III, 


AxuosT  saved  is  altogether  lost. 


April 


TtlE    l.^Kl^TtlliKiSr    ^\.T    AVOHKl. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


FROM    ENOCH    EBY. 

OUR  VOYAGE. 

A  FTER  spending  ten  Aaya  in  London  and 
j\_  different  other  places  in  Eugliind  quite 
Butisiiictorily  to  oureolves  and  seemingly  to  oth- 
ers, we  resorted  to  TidM  Baiin,  Victoria  Docks, 
London,  on  Tneaday  evening,  the  26th,  of  Feb,, 
where  we  found  alt  hnnds  biisy  loiidDiff:  and 
cleatiing  the  large  steamer  Elyaia,  ready  lo  set 
aail  next  morning  at  7  o'clock.  We  wero  how- 
ever delayed  until  t-en  o'clock,  wlien  the  huge 
vessel  with  its  2,0Ul>  tons  of  cargo  and  only 
twenty-two  passengers,  {emigration  being  very 
slack  all  through  the  months  of  Febniary  and 
Slarch),  began  to  move  slowly. 

After  sailing  about  two  houi-s  down  the  river 
slowly,  they  stopped  to  repair  the  compass, 
which  detained  them  till  next  morning.  Then 
we  sot  sail  again,  at  six  o'clock.  The  morning 
was  beautiful,  hut  by  noon  the  heavens  were 
black  and  rain  began  to  fall.  The  South-west 
wind  began  to  blow  furiously,  and  by  two 
o'clock  P.  M.,  the  fog  was  upon  tis  so  dense, 
that  they  were  again  obliged  to  stop  nnii  cast 
anchor  for  two  hours,  when  they  set  sail  again, 
being  at  this  time  near  Dover  Straits,  seventy- 
five  miles  East  of  London,  and  as  sailing  was 
extremely  dangerons,  and  the  vessel  heavily 
laden,  they  moved  very  slowly  for  two  days,  till 
thej'  got  out  on  oiien  sea,  and  through  the  en- 
tire voyage  we  ivere  strongly  opposed  by  Euro- 
clydon  and  high  sea  so  that,  instead  of  making 
the  trip  in  ten  or  t^velve  days,  we  were 

SEVK^■TEF.S  DAYS  ON  THE  WATEK, 

Had  good  accommodations  however,  pa  id  for 
second,  but  were  favored  with  fii-st-class  piis- 
sage.  Arrived  at  New  York  the  evening  of  the 
loth  inst.,  having  endured  individually  about 
the  same  amount  of  sea-sickness  its  going  over. 
There  were  nine  fii'st^class  passengei-s,  and 
thirteen  fore-cabin  passengera,'  until  the  thir- 
teenth day,  when  one  was  added  to  the  latter- 
uanicd  class,  which  was  christened  Elysia, 
(whicli  means  delightful  or  happiness)  by  a 
Catholic  i)riest  on  board.  Had  a  quiet,  moral 
crew,  which  added  much  to  our  satisfaction,  as 
we  are  compelled  to  mingle  in  society  a.s  one 
family,     We  had  two 

SB.\SOSe  OF  WORSHIP 

the  second  Sunday,  (the  first  Sunday  wc  were 
too  sick  and  weak)  at  10  A,  M,,  and  eight  P. 
M.,  in  which  all  on  board  ol  the  difl'erent  clas- 
ses, officers  and  hands  were  invited  to  partici- 
pate. Nearly  all  responded  to  the  invitation 
and  seemed  to  enjoy  the  services.     Ai^er  arriv- 


aud  having  our  baggage  slightly  examined,  on 
Saturday  morning,  the  16th,  we,  for  the  first 
time  in  five  months  separated.  Bro,  D.  Fry 
and  wife  went  toPhiluJelphia,  myself  and  wifu 
to  Meclnuiicsburg,  Cumberland  Co.,  via  Reitding 
and  Harrisburg,  not  likely  to  meet  again  belore 
the  .Annual  Meeting,  if  the  Loi'd  will. 

Wc  remained  with  the  brethren  at  Mechnn- 
icshurg  till  Wednesday,  met  ivith  them  three 
times  in  worship;  on  Sunday  morning  at 
Mohler'a  meeting-house;  and  Sunday  and  Mon- 
day evenings  in  Mechaniesburg.  It  is  needle.'^s 
to  say  anythiilg  about  our  enjoyment  at  those 
meetings  and  among  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters at  this  place,  after  the  fatigues  of  so  tcdioas 
and  perilous  a  voyage;  that  can  Uiorc  easily  be 
imagined  than  oxpreased.  ■  ■ 


with  its  rich  country  imd  beautiful  scenery,  is 
densely  populated  by  sopiablo  people,  and  also 
many  loving  brethren  and  sisters  ^  and  around 
it,  give  it  attractions  to  our  view,  and  taste 
rarely  found  in  any  other  eountrj']  aiid  more  es- 
pecially l>ecause  we  formed  as,<<0ciation8  (it'this 
place  thirty  years  ago,  in  the  choice  of  my  fii-st 
companion  in  life,  which  will  never  die  as  long 
as  that  generation  remains.  }3ut,  alas!  what  a 
change;  many  of  them  are  already  gathered 
h'ouie  to  their  fathers,  and  their  children  in 
their  places.  Soon  those  loved  associations  on 
earth  will  cease, "hut  a  happy  thought  preserit-s 
itself  to  our  roilld  atthis  period,  that  the  church 
is  alive,  and  the  Lord  ia  udduig  almost  daily 
such  as  should  be  saved.  Hence  the  pepple 
have  a  good  opportunity  of  preparing  for  the 
associations  of  the  blessed  reign  of  Jesus  inj  tliO 
future  kingdom. 
On  Wednesday  weca<ne  to  this  place,'  ■ 

HILLBR^TOWN,!     <         <  ■  ' 

■wherewo  expect  to  remain  for  ten  days'  or'twci 
wiwfcs,  and  visit  among  our  friends  in  the.  Lost 
Creek  congregation;  then  go  to  the  upper  end 
of  Perry  Co.,  where  our  aged  Bro,  Peter  Long 
esidcSf  .frpm  .tbgnce  to  Path  Valley,  to  the 
place  of  my  boyhood.    From  thence  to  Tusca- 


rora  Valley,  back  again  to  this  place.  Hence 
our  addres.t  till  the  middle  of  April  will  be 
Millerstown,  Perry  Co.,  Pa.,  afterwards  we 
think  of  stoppmg  at  Lewistown,  McVeytown 
and  Aughwick,  two  or  three  daj's  at  each  place 
as  may  suit  best;  also  one  night  with  tho  breth- 
ren at  Huntingdon,  and  ono  night  at  Altoona 
with  my  nepheiv  Jacob  Eby.  From  there  to 
Liberty,  Ohio,  ten  luiie.s  West  of  Dayton,  so  as 
to  arrive  there  about  the  third  or  fourth  of  May. 
Thence  to  Lima  to  the  District  Meeting  of 
Northern  Indiana,  and  if  convenient  to  the 
District  Meeting  in  Michigan,  so  as  to  be  in 
Northern  Illinois  by  the  ISth,  ready  to  meet 
our  loved  ones  in  D.  M..  on  the  Slst.  This  will 
we  do  if  the  Lord  will. 

ABOUT  ENOLAirn. 

We  arrived  at  London  from  Hamburg,  on 
Sunday  morning.  On  Tuesday  Bro.  Pry  and 
myself  went  to  Bath,  (leaving  the  sisters  at  the 
hotel)  lo  see  Bro.  lirinkworth,  who  then  was 
stopping  with  his  brother  near  Bath.  Remain- 
ed there  two  days.  Hod  some  convei-satiou  to- 
gether, relative  to  tho  Mission  in  England,  it^ 
prospects;  but  as  he  had  had  only  a  few  meet- 
ings in  ditferent  places  and  none  in  that  vicini- 
ty, and  no  place  convenient  to  hold  meeting, 
we  returned  again  to  London,  without  we  or 
the  people  being  profited  as  much  as  we  would 
have  desired,  but  in  our  short  interview  with 
Uro,  Brtnkworth  we  learned  that  according  to 
his  judgment  there  are  several  places  where 
good  conld  he  done;  and  that,  if  he  stayed  in 
England  during  the  Summer,  he  hoped  to  be 
able  to  give  more  satisfaction,  as  lie  thought  of 
making  still  further  efforts.  May  the  Lord 
keep  him  in  the  hour  of  temptation. 

Having  beeu  previously  recommended  by 
Bro.  diaries  Asquith  of  South  Waterloo 
church,  Iowa,  to  go  to  Bradford,  about  eighty 
miles  North-East  of  Liverpool,  I  accoitlingly 
set  out  for  that  place  (Bro,  Fry  choosing  to  re- 
main at  London),  on  Friday  morning.  Arrived 
at  Liverpool  and  next  d!iy  went  to  Bradford.  — 
Found  the  friends  accordrng  to  directions,  who 
received  me  with  inexpressible  kindness,  and  as 
a  natural  consequence  tho  ii'nex]>ected  approach 
of  an  entire  stranger,  so  'poculiarin  appearance, 
being  recommended  by  one  who  lind  left  that 
country  about  twenty  ycar^  ago,  and  who  is 
held  in  good  repute  among  them,  at  once  intro- 
duced our  mission  and  its  probable  results 
among  them,  if  we  were  permitted  to  spend 
time;  but  it  will  be  remembered.  tJmt  our  ar- 
rangements were  made  by  this  time. to  set  sail 
on  the  following  Tuesday;  hence  had  only  Sun- 
day to  spend  with  them.  This  we  did;  going 
with  them  some  distance  in  the  forenoon  to  a 
Wesleyan  meeting.  In  the  afternoon  at  ono 
o'clock  went  to  a  large  Sabbath-school.  Byre- 
quest  tilked  to  the  cliildren.  At  two  o'clock 
crossed  the  street  to  place  of  worship,  a  good 
congregation  in  addition  to  the  school  being 
assembled.  The  Superintendent  of  the  school 
(friend  Butler)  being  also  an  Elder  in  the  Prim- 
itive church,  introduced  me  to  the  minister 
with  a  request,  if  agieeable  to  allow  me  the 
privilege  to  speak,  which  he  seemingly  granted 
with  all  his  )ieart,  and  seldom  do  1  feel  the  lib- 
erty I  enjoyed  there,  and  meeting  being  ap- 
pointed in  the  evening,  he  wished  me  to  be  pre- 
sent, to  which  I  readily  consented,  with  the 
undor-'tanding  he  should  speak,  but  when  I  was 
tlirough,  and  he  closed  \vith  prayer,  he  arose 
and  announced  that  I  would  speak  that ,  even- 
ing, and  that  they  should  turn  out  and  bring 
their  friends  with  them;  consequently  had  a 
full  house  and  extraordinary  attention.  I  nev- 
i;r  had  a  closer  attachment  formed  in  tlte  same 
time  between  strangers  and  myself. 

My  couvictiou.s  from  my  short  experience  in 
England  are,  that  good  could  be  accomplished, 
in  course  of  time;  but  it  would  not  be  the  work 
of  B  few  days  or  a.,  few  months,  but  of  years, 
and  that,  by  brethren  living  among  them,  and 
phuung  the  light  on  a  candle  stick. 

There  ai-e  many  in  the  worid,  when  they 
hear  the  Brethren  preach,  must  say,  like  the 
Captain  on  board  the  vessel:  "  I  never  heard  the 
Scriptures  explained  in  that  waj',"  Hence  all 
such  must  have  a'  little  time  to  think,  before 
they  can'get  the  consent  of  theii'  rtind  to  leave 
their  old  house  and  move  into  another,'  even  if 
it  is  better.  ' 

^fiHfl\^tolnl,  Ph.,  Mairh  22)id,  1877. 

From  Bethel  Church,  Kansas. 

Dear  Birfhreii  — 

THE  Bethel  church  has  just  enjoyed  a  season 
of  refreshing.  Bro,  Hiram  Fadely  from 
Burr. Oak,  Kansas,  had  meeting  on  Snuday,  3d 
of  February',  Bro.  Amos  Reed  from  Republic 
Co.,  arrived  on  Wednesday  following,  bad  ineet- 
itigs  iThursday  and  '  Friday  evenuigs,  bat  the 
[vseatMei, lwing..ve^-.  dipagrewble^.svp.iiad  no 
more  meetings  until  Sunday.    Eld.  Henry  Bni- 


baker  and  Bro.  Price  from  Beatrice  arrive<l  on 
Saturday  evening,  traveling  all  day  through  a 
severe  snow  storm.  Sundaj'  evening  the  In 
was  crowded,  notiyitlistauding  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather.  As  the  meetings  continued, 
the  interest  increased.  Had  meettug  mornings 
and  evenings  till  Monday  evening,  the  18th 
inst. 

The  brethren  spoke  the  Word  with  power, 
and  many  were  maile  to  see  the  error  of  their 
way.  ■  Ten  gladly  received  the-Word  arid  Sverc 
baptised.  We  were  madfe  to  rejoice  to  see  our 
neighbors  taking  the  yoke  upon  thera,  and 
were  not  alone  in  our  joy,  but  we  believe  that 
the  angels  rejoiced  more  over  these  ten,  th; 
over  nine  liundred  and.  ninety  just  persons  frho 
needed  no  repentance.  May  they  live  near  the 
cross,  and  finally  receive  the  crown. 

We  believe  that  there  were  those,  who  arc 
counting  the  cost,  but  are  too  firmly  united  to 
the  iileasures  and  vanities  of  this  world  to  yield 
obedience  to  tlie  lowly  Nazarone.  Oh  remem- 
ber, that  there  is  a  time  coming  when  every 
knee  shall  bow  and  every  tongue  confess.  Bet- 
ter do  it  now. 

We  believe  that  the  members  are  all  much 
revived.  While  the  brethren  were  rightly  di- 
viding the  Word  of  Truth,  many  eyes  were 
made  to  sparkle  and  many  hearts  beat  faster  in 
the  anticipniion  of  the  crown  of  righteousness 
that  aVaits  the  fiiithful.  We  wore  sorry  to 
part  mth  the  dear  ministering  brethren.  May 
the  Lonl  strengthen  them  that  they  may  con- 
tinue to  tell  the  stovy  of  the  cross. 

Our  membership  is  now  upwards  of  fifty. 
We  have  four  niinistei-s,  three  in  second  de- 
gree, and  one  in  the  firat.  We  also  have  four 
deacons. 

May  tho  Lord  bless  your  efforts  to  spread  the 
Gospel  and  may  the  pages  of  the  Bbbthrbn  at 
Work  be  kept  pure! 

J.  E.  Bryant. 


Fronn    Christian    Hansen. 

Dear  Bi-ellireii:— 
/^RACE,  mercy  and   peace  from    God    our 
\J    Father,  and  His  beloved  Son,  our  Redeem- 
er, be  multiplied  to  you  all. 

I  shall  try  to  write  you  a  few  lines  the  second 
time.  The  first  letter  sent  you  by  me,  was, 
when  T  ivns  in  prison,  w'here  my  enemies 
thought  to  punish  me,  hut  One  was  with  me, 
whom  they  did  not  see.  There  1  received  many 
rich  blessings  from  my  heavenly  Father.  My 
food  for  the  body  was  black  bread  and  water; 
two  pounds  of  bread  each  day,  and  a  crock  of 
water.  Sometimes  I  got  a  salt  herring.  For 
twenty  days  I  was  glad  to  receive  that  kind  of 
food,  and  the  time  did  not  seem  long,  because 
our  God  and  our  Savior  were  with  me  always. 
My  though  tsAvore  continually  on  Christ's  coming 
when  all  His  children  shall  be  free  in  glory  and 
all  enemies  trampled  under  His  feet;  for  it  is 
just  that  the  Lord  aftJicts  those  who  aBlict  His. 
0  my  beloved  brethren  and  sistei-s,  in  all  of  our 
trials  and  afilictions  here,  let  us  look  upon  the 
Rock  on  whom  we  build!  We  shall  then  soon 
reach  the  end  of  our  faith   and  gloo'  shall  be 

We  are  many  miles  from  you,  but  we  cannot 
forbear  to  let  you  look  into  our  severe  trials  at 
this  time.  We  are,  on  account  of  hard  times 
in  this  country,  without  work  and  without 
money,  and  no  house  in  which  to  find  shelter. 
Soon  we  will  be  without  food,  and  we  can  no 
longer  buy  on  credit,  for  the  Lord  requires  us 
to  owe. no  man  anytliiug,  but  to  love  him;  and 
this  we  want  to  obey,  hence  cannot  put  our- 
selves in.  a  strait  so  that  our  holy  culling  luid 
salvation  .will  he  endangered. 

0,  Brethren,  what  shall  we  do?  Is  there  any 
probability  of  a  helping  hand?  God  can  help. 
But  ivill  He  perform  miracles  when  His  iwople 
are  full?  None  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
here,  can  lend  a  helping  hand  as  all  are  ,poor, 
and  can  barely  support  themselves.  My  dear 
companion  is  sick  and  suft'ers  much,  and  it  is 
needful  that  slie  have  medicine;  yet  no  money 
to  buy.  (In  the  (ii-st  of  May  we  mnat  leave 
thLs  bousi',  and  where  shall  we  go?  Rent  must 
be  paid  in  advance,  and  we  have  nothing  to  pay 
with,  and  no  work  to  lie  had  at  all. 

Here  in  Bronderslev  we  can  get  nroom,  if  we 
bad  the  money  to  pay  rent  The  house  is  tol- 
erably dry  and  tight,  and  also'  near  the  road, 
which  would  suit  inv  business  if  1  can  get 
work — tailoring.  The  room  is  small.  A  bed, 
stove,  tTible  and  two  cliaiw  in  it,  ivill  leave  one 
and  a  half  -square  yards  of  space.  You  see  ive 
are  in  hard  rimes. 

We  sigli  in  ptftyer  and  tears  ,and  look  to 
Jean9,.tbat  He  may  put  it.  into  the  hearts  of 
His  children,  to  lend  mh  a  helping  hajid!  0, 
Bretjiren,  I  wish  you  could  for  one  moment.see 
our  condition  in  tliis  country!.  There  are  many 
poor,  j'.ut  Jhere  is  no  belp.from  the.govoriuneut.. 
0  how  glad  we  wonld  be  to  get  work,   that  we 


might  help  oureelve-s  as  you  do!  We  have 
many  thoughti  about  our  dctiterance.  I  also 
think  of  tho  time  I'was  in  America,  and  how 
hard  it  was  for  many  poor  there,  yet  they  were 
rich  compared  to  our  present  condition.  We 
sometimes  think  it  would  be  bptter  for  us  to  go 
to  .imtrica,  but  we  think  it  ia  needful  to  remain 
and  help  build  up  the  church,  hoping  that  bet- 
ter times  will  ere  long  bless  this  land.  We  much 
prefer  to  remain  iiere  in  order  to  strengthen 
the  cause,  for  if  we  leavo,"itho9e"Who  are  now 
with  us,  will  have  a' hard  time  to  battle  for 
the  cause  alone.  '  The  prospeots  for  getting 
more  arc  good,  and  wo  feel  for  all  who  want  to 
be  saved.     In  this  condition,  what  shall  we  do? 

The  hoUHes  in  this  counti-y  are  built  too  near 
tho  ground,  hence  there  is  much  sickness.  It 
is  almost  impossible  in  the!<e  villages  to  get  a 
dry  house.  Rooms  are  damp  so  much  that 
clothes  will  mold  and  decay.  And  then  too  the 
tines  or  chimneys  are  so  pooriy  built  that  in 
calm  weother  the  smoke  will  not  go  through 
them.  All  these  things  we  have  to  contend 
with. 

I  have  not  had  any  work  since  New  Year,  — 
Our  food  since  that  time  has  been  mainly  bread 
and  wafer.  I  leave  these  things  with  you.  Pet^ 
haps  your  kind  hearts  will  pity  us  a  little.  The 
Word  of  God  and  all  His  promises  are  with  us; 
otherwise  we  could  not  endure.  Our  days  will 
soon  be  over,  and  then  wc  go  in  pence  to  Jesus 
and  be  at  home  where  want  and  hunger  and 
suffering  will  no  more  trouble  us.  Jesus  lum~ 
self  will  wipe  away  nil  our  tears.  Our  united 
love  to  you  all  in  Christ  Jesus! 

Your  Brother, 

C.  Hansen. 

BroiidrrsliE,  Drnmark. 

Rkii.uiks. — Godble-ssyou  dear  brother  and 
sistrr.  Ajid  that  you  may  not  suffer,  a  mite 
goes  out  by  next  mail.  0  may  each  brother 
and  sister,  who  reads  your  letter  forthwith  send 
you  and  the  dear  ones  in  tliat  country  some  of 
their  abundance.  And  when  they  do  this,  may 
they  nil  go  down  on  their  knees  and  ask  God  to 
give  it  a.  safe  and  speedy  journey  so  that  youx 
trials  and  sufferings  may  be  in  a  measure  alle- 
viated. True  some  may  think  if  each  of  us 
should  give  a  mite,you  would.g^t  too  much.  I 
am  not  afraid  of  that.  Cautiousness  among  us 
in  a  money  sense,  has  become  the  eleventh 
commandment.  Hoiv  afraid  we  are  somo  one 
will  be  spoiled!  Then  we  let  the  suffering  suf- 
fer on,  and  at  last  we  fall  into  covetousness  and 
with  this  milt-stone,  down  into  destruction  we 
go! 

God  help  us  to  have. pity!  0  righteous  Fath- 
er touch  our  hearts,  and  make  thein  tender  for 
works  of  love!  Somo  one  may  ask,  "^Vhere 
or  how  shall  I  send?"  If  a  small  amount,  put 
a  letter,  sea!  well  and  address:  C.  Hope, 
Hjorring,  Wensyssel,  Denmark,  Europe,  or  if  a 

■ge  amount,  get  exchange  at  any  banking- 
house  on  Copenhagen.  Do  not  send  it  to  me, 
but  send  it  to  them  direct,  whether  silver,  gold 
or  paper  money.  "  It  is  mar-!  blessed  to  give 
than  to  receive."    This  is  the  vonji  of  heaven. 

II.  M.  B. 


From    Wawaka,    Ind. 

Deitr  Brelhren: — 
rjlHE  Ark  oE'the  Loi-d  is  still  moving  on  in 
our,  the  Pleasant  Mound  District.  Twenty- 
have  been  received  by  baptism  since  last 
Christmas.  My  aged  father,  D.  B.  Sturgis, 
held  up  the  cross  and  told  its  story  with  ability 
hi  two  series  of  meetings,  in  Which  he  labored 
for  US  and  the  conversion  of  sinners. 

The  result  of  these  meetings  were  fourteen 
additions  by  baptism.  Since  that  time  he  pass- 
ed through,  and  tarrying  for  a  short  time, 
baptized  two  more.  We  held  two  meetings  in 
an  isolated  point  of  our  district,  and  as  a  result 
elder  led  three  into  the  stream  and  baptized 
them.  Last  Saturday  and  Sunday  Brethren 
James  Barton  and  George  Roofner  were  with 
ind  two  more  were  made  willing  to  put  on 
the  arnior  of  Christ. 

Health  is  good;  roads  are'  muddy;  members 
are  in  love  and  union.  M^ay  ttie  Lord  be  prais- 
ed for  all  his  mercies. 

Db.  J.  Sturois. 


From    Qoeen    Peak,    Texas. 

Dmr  Brtlhrcii:—'  ' 

BY  permission  of  tho  Editors,.  I  will  try  to 
answer  some  of  tliQ  many  questions  that 
are  askwl  me,  relative  to  Texas.  In  this  coun- 
ty (MontagTii')  there  arc  some  very  nice  prairies 
though  they  aru  smaller  than  in  Cook,  Grayson, 
Dallas  and  other  C'Juntii^'East..  Through  this 
ity  there  are  eouie  very  nicu  streams  of 
wi^er,.yet  in  thehot  and  and  dry  part  of  the 
itsou,  they  measurably  or  entirely  go  dry. — 


TtlBJ    BRETHREN"    -^T    "WORK. 


-A-pril   4. 


There  (ire  some  gotvl  Springs,  bill  ns  tho  country 
is  quite  new,  ihero  ore  not  many  weila  dug  yel. — 
Of  tlic  wells  out  of  which  I  uEcd  water,  &  idbjo- 
rity  hud  good  water.  There  are  nioro  living 
BtreauiH  in  Cooli  and  Grayson  counties,  but  not 
much  timber.  Those  counties  are  longer  settled, 
and  some  advantages  may  be  found  in  them  that 
are  not  here,  8uch  ns  school  and  church  privilege 
But  land  there,  is  higher  than  here.  In  luiy  of 
these  cmntiee  land  is  very  low,  ranging  in  price 
from  one  to  ton  dollars  per  acre,  according  to  lo- 
cation and  improve  men  Is, 

Lumber  ranges  in  ])rice  from  about  SIS  to  $28 
per  thousand.  As  to  tho  prices  of  horses,  cows, 
hoga,  etc.,  there  is  hut  little  dift'erence  in  prices 
here  and  tlie  mure  Northern  and  Eastern  Slates, 
that  is,  for  tho  same  grade  and  quality  of  animals. 
But  as  a  general  thing,  boge  and  hordes  here  are 
of  an  inferior  grade  to  those  North  and  East, 
hencG  lower  in  price. 

As  to  the  idea  that  land  here  is  bard  to  culti- 
vate, it  is  in  the  main  a  mistake.  Tho  land  here 
Buoitrs  in  plowing  just  as  nicely  as  in  any  other 
country,  unless  you  get  the  regular  black,  waxy 
loud,  Lhat  docf  not  work  quite  eo  nell,  yet  the 
laud  is  OS  good  and  productive  as  any  land  in  the 
country. 

The  Northern  part  of  Texas  is  certainly  a 
wheat-growing  country.  Wheat  looks  very  well 
here  at  this  time,  and  wbeu  this  land  is  brought 
under  tba  same  system  of  agriculture  that  your 
lands  are,  tbe  harvest  will  be  immense.  Fruit 
seems  to  do  well  bero,  especially  penchc-a.  Vege- 
tables of  almost  all  kinds  do  well.  It  is  t>aid  how- 
ever that  cabbage  and  Irish  potatoes  do  not  keep 
as  well  na  in  more  Northern  climes.  Yet  I  think 
it  likely  that  time  and  experience  will  remove 
that  impression. 

As  to  positions  as  clerks  and  carriage  making 
and  trimming,  many  such  poiilions  cannot  be  ex- 
pected in  a  country  ns  new  os  this,  yet  in  some  of 
the  larger  towns,  sucb  ns  Denison,  Sherman,  Dal- 
las or  Fort  Worth,  such  traiiesinen  may  get  plen- 
ty of  work. 

Now,  dear  brethren,  if  you  want  to  come  to 
the  front  and  setlle  down  among  the  pioneers  of 
tbe  Lord's  cause  in  Texas,  there  are  broad  acres 
here,  only  awaiting  tbe  hand  of  industry  to  make 
this  one  of  the  finest  countries  in  the  Union.  But 
do  not  come  here,  expecting  to  see  big,  white 
houses  like  you  have  in  your  native  land,  but 
come  and  buy  you  a  nice  piece  of  the  fertile  land, 
and  then  put  up  good  buildings  if  you  are  able. 
Go  to  work,  and  God  will  bless  you,  and  you  will 
find  yourself  in  a  country,  where  you  need  not  lay 
by,  waiting:  for  a  day  that  is  fit  to  work  out,  for 
there  are  more  nice  days  here  than  in  any  coun- 
try I  have  ever  been. 

And  ivben  you  come,  throw  out  your  tobacco 
on  tbe  North  side  of  Red  River,  before  you  enter 
Denison,  the  Gate  C'ily  into  this  great  Stale, 
mid  thereby  show  that  you  are  willing  to  help 
bring  about  that  great  reform  that  is  so  much 
needed  in  this  country.  I  do  hope  and  pray  that 
if  our  sisters  come  to  this  sunny  clime,  they  w. 
never  suffer  themselves  to  be  defiled  with  lhat 
loathsome  and  disgusting  habit  of  using  snuff.  — 
The  females  in  Texas  have  giron  way  to,  or  in- 
dulged in  that  abominable  practice  till  they  hard- 
ly show  tbe  color  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  anymore. 
Hence  I  repeat,  do  not  give  way  to  any  such  filthy 
bnhit,  for  St.  James  says  plainly  :  "  Lay  apart  all 
filtbiness." 

Now  I  have  answered  a  few  of  the  inquiries 
about  the  country,  and  will  yet  aay,  you  cannot 
help  but  bo  pleased  with  tbe  climate  here.  The 
people  I  have  found  very  kind  and  sociable.  — 
Moat  all  the  people  here  ai-e  new-comtrs,  just  like 
jou  will  be  when  you  come.  What  I  have  writ- 
ten is  in  behalf  of  Bro.  Chambers,  as  bo  is  very 
bus)'  Itko  all  now  settlers.  February  and  March 
is  their  busy  season  for  sowing  and  plaining,  , 
,    A.  Huicuixeon. 


tho  District  Meeting,  in  company  with  Bni.  E.  K. 
Buechly,  anil  arrived  at  this  place   in   the   o 
noon.     We  are  now  at  the   home  of    Bro.  John 
Saddler,  one  of  the  miubters  of  tbe    Root    River 
congregation  in  Howard  Co.,  la.      The    Distri 
Council  will  commence   to-morrow   tbe    15th. 
will  tell  you  about  the  council  in  my  next. 
Fraternally  Yours, 

.J.   Wl8K. 


Annual   Meeting   and  Church   Extension 
Union, 


WE  waut  the  following  instructioiui  respected. 
There  will  be  no  provision  made  for  enter- 
taining any  at  tbe  place,  nor  in  the  congregation 
where  the  A.  M.  is  to  be  held,  until  on  Monday, 
the  teutb  of  June,  except  by  individuals  who 
may  invite  tbeir  friends  at  their  own  expense.  — 
Wo  do  not  want  a  collection  of  people  here  until 
the  time.  We  are  making  arrangements  with  the 
companies  of  tho  two  railroads  crossing  here,  for 
excursion  rates  and  special  trains,  of  which  notice 
will  be  given  iu  due  time. 

And  as  to  tbo  meeting  of  tho  friends  of  the 
Church  Extension  Union,  the  following  explana- 
tion is  thought  to  be  necessary.  The  friends  of 
this  meeting  will  bo  at  all  tho  necessary  expense, 
and  none  of  the  money,  appropriated  for  A.  M, 
purposes  will  be  used. 

We  don't  want  nn  outpouring  of  people  from 
all  quarters  to  this  meeting  vrhich  will  be  held 
Saturday  before  A.  M..  with  the  Ogan's  Creek, 
congregation,  six  miles  South-east  of  North  Man- 
chester. Using  the  language  of  Bro.  Howard 
Miller,  this  moetiug  is  more  for  privale  cousulta- 
,  than  public  demonstration.  So  we  will  re- 
gard it  until  other  arrangements  are  made.  A 
prominent  ministering  brother  told  nie  that  ho 
would  see  that  money  suQieicnt  was  raised  to  de- 
fray all  expenses,  with  the  understanding  that 
r  missionary  workers  were  to  be  there  besides 
the  officers  and  directors  of  the  Union.  Until 
other  arruugements  are  made,  it  will    he  held  as 

lave  stated. 

I  suggest  that  all  the  workers  of  this  meeting 
address  me  with  a  Postal  Card,  signifying  a  de- 
to  be  here.  This  would  give  us  some  idea  of 
the  necessary  arrnngcments  that  would  have  to  be 
made.  The  Brethren  will  be  met  at  the  trains  on 
Fridaj',  and  taken  to  their  lodgings.  Then  next 
morning  (o  tbe  meeting,  then  in  tho  evening  to  ap- 
pointments for  preaching  throughout  the  country, 
wlieretbey  will  remain  over  Sunday,  and  oa  Mon- 
iay  morning  start  to  place  of  A.  M. 

A.  Leedy, 
Corresponding  Secretary'. 


The  Bear  Creek  Church's  Bereavement. 


From     Lime    Springs,    Iowa. 

J)ear  Bnthruii: — 

I  HEREBY  wish  to  aay  to  my  numerous 
friends,  that  I  am  well,  tkank  tlie  Lord.  I 
and  my  wife  went  to  Li^comb,  Marshall  Co.,  la., 
oil  the  2Gth  of  Feb.,  and  remained  until  the  ev- 
tnitig  of  the  4th  of  March.  Preached  thirteen 
s(,-roiona  and  had  the  pteiLsure  of  seeing  five  re- 
turn to  the  fold  of  Christ  Returned  home  on 
the  5lh.  Attended  a  council  meeting  iu  South 
AVaterloo  on  tiic  6th  ;  also  another  council  in  tba 
Hall  in  Waterloo  City  on  the  7th. 

The  bth,  in  company  with  Bro.  E.  K.  Buei^hly, 
boarded  tiie  train  for  Benton  Co,,  Iowa.  Met  tho 
church  at  their  meeting-houEe  in  tho  Big  Grove 
congregation  at  10  A.  M.  of  sarao  day.  Conlinu* 
ed  in  council  oil  day.  Neit  day  met  again  at 
D  ;  30,  A.  M.,  and  continued  until  5  P.  M.  Then 
took  the  train  for  home.  Arrived  in  Waterloo 
the  morning  of  the  tenth,  and  attended  meeting 
in  th«  Hall  morning  and  evening. 

On  tba  morning  of  tha  l^th  took  the  train  for 


B" 


RO.  Nicholas  Briibaker,  died  March  3rd, 
187S,  aged  -KS  yeaw,  6  months  and  U  days. 
His  remains  were  interred  in  tbe  Bear  Creek 
Cemetery,  attended  by  n  large  concourseof  people. 
Ho  ivas  an  able  minister  of  the  Gospel,  was  wide- 
ly known,  and  his  labors  highly  appreciated.  The 
occasion  was  improved  from  2  Timothy,  4:6.  — 
He  labored  ia  the  chuich  us  a  minister  upwards 
of  twenty-one  years. 

While  the  scrvnccs  were  in  pi'ogress,  a  message 
came  to  one  of  tho  ministering  brethren,  that  an- 
other brother  had  died.  This  ministering  brother 
afterwards  addressed  tbe  congregation  and  made 
it  very  impressive.  The  brother  that  died,  was 
Isaac  Hyer,  of  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio,  aged  (iH 
years,  5  months  and  3  days.  Disease,  lung  fever. 
The  church  feels  its  bereavement  very  deeply.  Ho 
was  a  faithful  laborer  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord  upwards  of  twenly-four  year?.  He  was 
elected  to  tbe  ministry  in  Peter  Nead's  church. 

These  brethren  wilt  be  very  much  missed.  Tbey 
have  not  shunned  to  declare  the  whole  Gospel, 
and  havo  left  behind  theoi  many  good  impress! 
To  those  who  havo  been  under  their  ministry,  I 
would  say,  remember  their  counsel  and  put  it 
to  pnicticc. 

Tbo  latter  funeral  occn-sion  was  improved  by 
Bro.  George  Holler,  Abraham  Flory  and  Johi 
Smith  from  John  14:  13.  Since  thu  death  of 
these  two  brethren,  we  bad  the  pleasure  of  seeing 
five  precious,  young  souls  unite  with  tho  church. 
Of  the  number,  two  were  sons  of  Bro.  Brulmkcr. 
May  wo  all  to  live  that  we  can  meet  again,  and 
enjoy  tho  rest  prepared  for  the  peoplo  of  God,  it 
ly  prayer  1 

J.  R.  Dekuxobb. 


GLE^isri:isrGs. 


From  C.  llnpp,— The  church  here  is  in  peace 
,nd  union  so  far  as  I  know.  I  saw  several  of  the 
memberE  last  Sunday  iu  meeting,  and  have  heard 
iiora  others.  All  that  troubles  them  is  hard 
times,  and  tbo  wont  seems  not  at  band.  I  expect 
to  see  the  moit  of  the  membera   next  Sunday   in 


town  here.  We  have  had  meetings  one  week 
here,  and  shall  cimtinue  a  part  of  tbb  week. — 
Many  dear  souls  are  still  getting  nearer  the  king- 
dom. My  time  is  divided  as  follows  :  One  week 
South  of  Hjorring  (pronounced  Yorring),  One 
week  in  and  around  town,  ten  or  twelve  days 
North,  and  two  or  three  days  at  home,  setting 
things  in  order.  Travel  on  foot  about  ninety  miles 
North  and  South  and  considerably  in  other  direc- 
tions. The  other  officials  cannot  go  along  to  help, 
but  help  here  at  home.  Denmark  is  a  fruitful 
country  for  tbe  mission,  and  all  that  is  necessary 
is  to  aid  na  some  for  awhile  yet,  and  then  it  can 
go  on  with  its  own  help,  and  carry  the  glad  tid- 
ings into  other  parts  of  Europe.  But  all  this  will 
depend  entirely  ujion  the  action  of  tbe  Brethren 
in  America.  It  is  in  their  power  to  push  it  forward 
if  they  will  ;  if  they  will  not  hold  the  ground,  the 
fault  is  not  ours.  God  bo  with  you  all,  and  help 
each  of  us  to  continually  seek  for  immortality  and 
eternal  life. 

HJorriny,  Weiifysiiel,  Denmark,  March  6. 

From  A.  Holloway.— My  address  is  Sumner, 

Sumner  Co.,  Kansas.  We  will  just  say  to  all 
who  think  of  coming  to  Kansas,  you  need  have 
no  feais  of  starving,  as  bread  and  meat  are  cheap, 
and  a  little  money,  judiciously  handled  goes  a 
great  ways.  Tbe  prospects  for  wheat  were  never 
better  than  at  present.  We  wish  you  success, 
dear  brethren,  who  publish  tbe  Brktures  at 
Work. 
Sumner,  Kan.,  March  21. 

From  Naperviile,  111. — Our  church  is  small, 
compared  with  some  othera  ;  but  ive  know  that  it 
cannot  be  judged  from  our  number,  whether  we 
arc  in  the  faith  or  not.  We  have  had  no  acces- 
sions by  baptism  this  Winter.  Bro.  Samuel  Lab- 
man  of  Leo  Co.,  was  with  us  last  month,  intend- 
ing to  hold  a  series  of  meetings,  but  owing  to  tbe 
inclemency  of  the  weather  and  extremely  muddy 
roads,  be  made  his  stay  very  short,  preaching  four 
very  interesting  sermons.  We  know  that  there 
are  some  among  us  who  have  been  made  to  feel 
tho  need  of  a  Savior,  0  may  tbey  not  procrasti- 
nate. Two  of  our  deacons  have  left  us.  Bro.  H. 
C.  Martin  left  last  October,  and  located  in  Neb. 
Aaron  Julius  left  the  12th  of  this  month  and 
located  in  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa.  By  tbe  ties  of  nat- 
ure we  were  loth  to  have  them  leave  us.  Slay 
we  all  be  abundatly  blessed  by  our  Father  in 
heaven.  N.  Early. 

March  16. 

From  the  Ogaii's  Creek  Coiigregfttion.— 

We  too  have  bad  a  season  of  rejoicing  and  en- 
couragement. Bro.  G.  VA  Cripc  met  with  us  on 
tbe  evening  of  the  18lh  of  February,  preached 
tliirteen  sermons.  As  the  immediate  result,  four- 
teen of  our  Sunday-school  scholars  were  baptized 
according  to  the  Word.  They  are  all  young  in 
years,  but  reali-«  that : 

"  Youth  is  tbe  time  to  serve  tbe  Lord." 

We  hope  and  trust  that  this  will  encourage 
others  to  do  likewise.  G.  Leslie. 

iVi»(A  MitJichetler,  Ind, 

From  J.  S.  Flory.— Arc  having  most  delight- 
ful weather.  Grass  is  coming  out  finely,  the  ma- 
ple and  elm  are  in  bloom;  in  places  wild  flowers 
made  tbeir  appearance.  The  Spring  birds 
have  come,  and  all  nature  seems  to  rejoice. 
Farmers  have  been  unusually  busy,  putting  in 
their  crops  for  the  lost  month,  but  there  is  much 
yet  to  be  put  in.  The  eighth  and  ninth  of  this 
month,  a  very  severe  storm  of  wind  and  s 
passe<l  over  Colorado  and  further  North.  In 
locality  there  was  but  very  little  snow,  but  the 
id  the  most  severe  I  ever  experienced.  Raih 
roads  were  all  blocked  up,  so  that  we  had  nc 
Eastern  mail  for  nearly  a  week.  Many  head  of 
cattle  and  sheep  perished,  and  in  some  cases 
human  beings.  In  one  case  two  herders  got  lost 
on  the  plains,  and  when  found  were  sitting  on 
their  horscA,  froze  to  death,  tbe  horses  being  in 
the  same  condition.  They  had  taken  shelter  at 
the  base  of  a  perpendicular  bluff,  tbe  snow  piled 
over  on  them,  almost  covering  them  from  sight. — 
Two  days  after  the  storm  the  weother  was  spring- 
like again  and  has  so  continued. 
March  10. 

From  Fnirvieff,  lud.  —  I  will  send  more 
good  news  for  the  paper.  I  have  just  closed  an- 
othejf  serifjj  of  meetings  at  Sugar  Creek,  Tippe- 
canoe Co.,  Ind.,  which  resulted  in  the  convercion 
of  six  more  precious  souls,  making  iu  all  eighteen 
during  tbo  two  meetings.  Others  are  almost  per- 
Muadcd  to  come.  May  the  good  Lord  bless  us  all. 
Saul'bl  Ulery. 

PyrmojU.  Ind.,  March  19, 


ml  text 


DIED. 


the  church  in  B^Uetourt  Co.,  Va.     Fu 
from  Revelations  14:  13. 

B.  F.  MooMAW. 

WHITMORE.— In  the  Welsh  Run  arm  of  the 
church,  Pa.,  February  23,  1878,  Bro.  David 
Whitmore,  aged  80  years,    10   months   and   20 

WHITMORE.— In  the  same  congregation,  March 
11th,  1878.  sister  Mary  Whitmore,  aged  37 
years,  10  moQihs  and  1  day. 

WHITMORE. -In      the    same    congregation, 

March  20,  1S7S,  sister    Polly    Wbitmoro,  aged 
6")  years, !)  mouths  and  23  days. 

Tbo  above  were  all  out  of  one  family,  tbo 
father,  mother  and  the  sister,  —  all  were  taken 
away  in  less  than  one  month's  time.  Truly,  \rhcn 
wo  are  in  the  midat  of  life,  we  are  in  death  I 

G.  W.  Bkicker. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


— The  CbiriMC  seek  every  opportunity  to  emi- 
grate to  this  country,  notwithsLinding  strong  and 
organized   eflbrts  are   being  made    to    dissuado 

— Tbe  Qateltc  de  St.  Fekr.iburg,  considers  im- 
mediate war  with  England,  preferable  to  conces- 
sions, and  calls  for  the  occupation  of  the  Dardan- 
elles by  Russia. 

— The  drouth  is  causing  alarm  in  the  Hawnian 
Islands.  Tho  cane  crop  is  partially  destroyed  on 
the  Island  of  Maui,  and  stock  is  dying  for  want 
of  feed, 

— The  Cholera  is  sweeping  off  tho  pilgrims  to 
Mecca  by  the  hundreds.  It  ia  feared  that  on 
then'  return  to  Gmfllnntinople  it  will  break  out  in 
that  city,  and  he  productiva  of  much  misery, 

— Fully  one-fourth  of  the  Roman  Catholics  of 
the  world  are,  it  is  said,  in  America,  —  North, 
Central  and  South. 

—The  old  Charter  Oak  at  Hartford  was  declar- 
ed to  be  at  least  050  years  old  at  the  time  of  its 
destruction. 

—A  woman  has  just  died  in  Switzerland,  at 
the  age  of  114.  She  leaves  two  orphan  cliildreu, 
daughters,  aged  respectively  86  and  82. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


KoTiCKS  or  Lovu-fcusla,    Diilricl   Mccliugs,   olu. 
bo  brief,  nnil  wrillcn  oa  pnpcr  scparMo 
tcoDi  otbcr   biiBiaesii 


IX>VE-FEAaT8. 

At  Be.aver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  6th,  1876. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterioo,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day, June  5th,  187S,  at  10  A.  M. 

We,  the  iffombers  of  the  Union  church,  Marsh- 
all Co.,  Ind.,  have  appointed  our  Communion 
meeting  on  the  4lh  of  June,  1S7S,  commencing  at 
clock  in  the  eveniiig.  Brethren  coming  on  tho 
,  should  stop  at  Plymouth,  Ind,  where  they 
will  be  met  on  the  same  day  at  12  o'clock  and 
conveyed  to  place  of  meeting,  five  and  a  half 
miles  from  Plymouth. 


J.  K: 


IS  LEY. 

intend  to 


The  Brethren  of  Winona  Co.,  Minn., 
hold  a  Love-feast  at  their  mceling-h( 
miles  South-east  of  Lewistown,  on  tbe  Winona 
&  St.  Peter  R.  R.,  where  all  those  that  are 
coming  by  K.  R.,  will  stop  olf.  Meeting  will  be 
held  on  the  first  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June 
next.  C.  F.  Wirt, 


llISTRICi'  MEETISOS, 


n  English  Prairie 


Northern  District  of  Indiana  ii 
church,  May  9th. 

Southern  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  12,  IS7S,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern   district    of  Ohio,   in    Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  2'Jth,  ( 
Iiig  at  !>  o'clock,  A.  M. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


B  LuDu-k  Bl  ■!■.  14  P. 


LAYMAN.— On  March  Gth,  1878,   sister  Polly 
Laymaa,  consort  of  Bro.  George  Layman,  in 


aail  AccammoJaliui 
OA.  11„  lOi  60  k. 
-  45  P.  U. 


UDl.    going    colt    Ud     WMt, 

!:18  A.  M.  orriTiDg  [n  Rk 
Rock  UlandsLOiOO  A.  U. 
TniB)   will   TU 


0.  A.  Smith,  AgoaL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidhu/s  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People.''''  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  11, 1878. 


No.  15. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEEaY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  B.  MILLER,       ------       LADOGA,  IND, 

J.  w.  sTEiy,     ------     Ni-:wroNiA,  Jio. 

D.  VAXniAN,         -------  VIBDEN,  ILL, 

D.  B.  MKNTZER,        -----  WAYNEiltORO,  PA, 

UATTIE  A.  LKAR,        -----      [nai.urA,    ILL. 


THE  Q0IJ5EN  STREET. 

lirtlEX  we  go  up  tlie  goltleii  street, 
f  I       We'll  King  the  songs  of  Zion; 
As  we  met't  tlint  glorions  throng:, 

Who'll  Willie  when  night  is  o'er; 
In  joy  we  then  shikll  meet 

Upon  the  golden  street, 
No  parting  will  he  known, 

Upon  that  better  shore^ 


Don't  joii  see,  Jon'tjou  see, 
Tlie  hcfcler  Innil  helbrc  us; 
Brighter  ilnys  will  dawn, 
On  you  US  Well  as  me; 
^or  soon  we  nil  shall  meet 
Upon  the  golilen  Btreet, 
We'll  tune  our  hsirps  in  Ziou, 
And  so II ud  the  jubilee. 

We  know  the  durkest  uight 

Brings  sunshine  on  the  morrow; 
And  iil'tor  Jestis  comes 

Much  hright«r  lights  appear. 
For  tlieii  we  all  shall  meet 

Upon  the  golden  street. 
The  sweetest  lioavenly  music, 

Wc  tUon,  ive  then  shall  hear. 

If  trials  hero  below, 

Bow  down  the  heart  in  sndnciis, 
'Tis  only  lor  the  night. 

Soon  will  our  sorrows  flee; 
AVe  know  there's  cli^er  ahead, 

The  past  is  cold  and  dead,     • 
Bett«r  days  \vill  dawn, 

A  welcome  sight  for  thee. 

Selected  by  John  H.  Peck. 

THE  TWO  WITNESSES. 


To  B,-Q(her  Emmanuel  P.   Peffley,  of  Gosheu, 
Indhimi: — 

THE  Holy  of  Holies  is  not  for  any  one  t.o  en- 
ter. To  speculate  with  the  letteriu  which 
God  has  enveloped  His  a\vfnl  mysteries  is  pro- 
fanation. This  last  book  in  the  Saci-ed  Oracles 
is  the  Adyhim  of  the  DiYiuo  Economy,  Not 
with  curious  or  presumptuous  hand  may  we 
knock  here.  Not  with  daring  or  adventurous 
step  may  we' cross  this'solemn  threshold.  The 
holiness-blnzing  Shekinali  hovers  in  drgad  maj- 
esty ii^  tliH  inner  Shrine.  The  Apocalypse  is  a 
Kaleidoscope  in  which  all  nations  and  churches 
and  individuals  may  see  themselves.  The  "  Two 
Witnesses  "  concerning  which  you  inquire  are 
not  ouly  for  yoji  and  me,  but  if  practically  tak- . 
en,  arc  us,  or  ought  to  be.  Whether  they  were 
two  individuals,  two  monarchs,  or  two  epochs, 
or  two  dispeusutions.  will  not  make  us  any  the 
wiser,  even  if  we  could  accurately  determine. 
What  teas  thtir  leslmontj,  how  iras  it  rauUvtd, 
and  how  ihi/s  it  eorrtxpimd  iritU  the  Ifilimontj  nf . 
Ifte  fleet  hi  alt  a^ts?  Here  is  the  lesson  for  us. 
Christ  said  to  His  Apostles,  '•  other  men  labored, 
and  ijc  arc  enttre4  iuto  their  lubors"  {John  i: 
3S).  So  here.  Other, mentestified,  imd  yo  have 
taken  up  and  projong  their  testimony.  "  Be- 
ing dead,  they  yet  sintak  "  in  their  Christ-  gen- 
erated successors. 

Whatever  two  persons  or  objects  or  events 
were  selected  to  fill  the  Panorama  of  Patuios, 
they  represent  nil  God-accepted  testimony.  If 
Christians,  you  and  I  were  in  the  Heaven-enact- 
ed Drama  of  that  lonely  Isle,  and,  oh,  let  let  us , 


see  to  it  that  we  do  not  mar  the  picture.  They 
witnessed  in  "sackcloth.'  God  owns  no  other. 
This  represents  the  humiliation  and  self-sacrifice 
of  which  the  Godman  is  the  perfect  Type. 
Conformity  to  Him  is  the  standing  testimony  of 
sainthood.  Selfishness  is  the  devil's  ivitness. 
It  is  the  mark  of  Apollyon  that  brands  the  soul 
and  forehead  of  all  the  progeuy  of  Beelzebub. 
Proud,  self-centered,  self-wordlupiug.  Cross- 
shunning,  flesh-pampering — this  is  the  testimo- 
ny of  Hell,  Sackcloth,  self-crucifisioii,  subjec- 
tion of  body  and  soal  to  the  Eternal,  Christ- 
embodied  Sou  of  Right eousuoss,  death  for  the 
ratification  of  their  testimony — these  are  the 
two,  and  all  the  holy  in  them,  that  live  though 
they  die.  They  are  God-planted,  God-nurt.ured 
Christian  olives,  rooted  in  GetliseUmne,  "wlio.se 
leaves  do  not  wither,"  and  they  "  briijg  forth 
fruit  in  their  season."  Their  "power,"  is  of  God, 
their  testimony  is  "  the  beauty  of  holiness,"  ev- 
er-burning lamps  "  standing  before  the  God  of 
all  the  earth."  Is  it  you  and  I?  The  fire  of 
God  is  in  their  mouth,  their  words  are  His,  and 
will  be  secouded  by  His  final  judgment. 

"  Our  God  is  a  consuming  fire,"  and  all  Hi^ 
enemies  will  be  wi'upped  in  the  llanies,  all  His 
enemies  are  our  enemies,  uud  the  word  that 
saves  and  the  fire  that  devoui^  is  the  testimony 
of  our  lips  aiid  lives.  Is  it  so?  Is  our  testi- 
mony the  expression  of  the  Divine  heart?  In- 
stead of  proceeding  as  a  fire  out  of  our  mouth 
to  devour  our  enemies,  will  it  not  turu  upon 
ourselves  and  become  an  eternal  self-consump- 
tion? an  irrevocable  death-penalty  for  per- 
jury in  the  Name  of  Almighty  God?  Are 
there  not  multitudes  of  false  witnesses  in  the 
church,  who  "fcave  a  name  to  live  and  are 
dead?"  Where  is  their  "sackcloth?"  Where 
is  their  identity  with  the  Cross  which  makes 
it  their  glory  to  die,  and  fill  out  their  "thousand 
two  hundred  and  three-score  days"  in  the  tes- 
timony of  the  daily  shedding  of  their  blood? 
God's  true  witnesses  are  the  media  of  Him 
that  is  True  and  Holy  and  Mighty.  They 
speak  not  of  themselves,  Their  "  pow^r  to 
shut  heaven,"  aud  "  turn  water  into  blood,  and 
smite  the  earth  with  plagues,"  is  but  the  reflec- 
tion of  Divine  power  in  them  upon  God, 

Their  power  Godward  is  the  same  as  their 
testimony  manward.  Thiit  the  government 
and  cbasHsemeiit  of  nations  is  connected  -nth 
the  testimony  and  supplications  of  God'?  faith- 
ful witnesses,  there  can  be  no  doubt.  Their 
testimony  can  provoke  no  opposition  till  it  is 
rendered;  but  when  finLshed  or  uttered,  if  ut- 
tered as  the  Cross  prescribes,  the  bottomless  pit 
is  in  arms  itgainst  it.  First  "war  iu  heaven," 
then  on  earth,  in  every  heart,  till  Devil  aud 
Beast  and  false  prophet  and  all  their  adherents 
meet  the  all-decisive  Annageddon,  and  the  tes- 
timony is  confirmed  in  the  everlasting  damna- 
tion of  all  those  whose  liveS  were  not  inwrought 
with  the  sackcloth  of  the  two  olive  trees  and 
the  two  candlesticks. 

Ail  trne  witnesses  must  die  for  the  truth. 
'He  that  loseth  his  life  shall  find  it."  "We 
are  killed  all  theday  long;,  we  are  accounted  as 
sheep  for  the  slaughter."  Is  this  true  pf  us  us 
to  the  conflict  between  good  andevil  in  ouraelves, 
or  in  regard  to  our  relation  to  "  a  wicked  and 
adulterous  generation?"  We  may  seem  to  be 
vanquished  for  "  three  days  and  a  half,"  aud 
the  world  may  "  rejoice  and  make  merry,  and 
send  gifts,"  but  no  body  who  has  been  a  plas- 
tic vehicle  of  "  the  Spirit  of  Life  from  God," 
will  be  in  the  dominion  of  death  long  enough 
"  to  see  corruption."  In  Christ  the  two  witr 
nesses  are  one.  He  that  is  able  to  receive  it,  let 
Him  receive  it."  Take  John  Hi:  20.  21,  22,  as 
a  Heaven-lettered  finger-board  on  the  narrow 
ivay  that  leads  through  the  "  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three-score  days." 

Christ  isthochief  witness  (Jo  1  in  18:  37).  The 
Holy  Ghost  corroborates  His  testimony  (John 
15:26  and  16;  13, 14, 15).  Our  lives  uud  words 
must  veriff  the  testimony  of  both  John  15:  27; 


IJohn  1:3,  0  our  awful  responsibility.  0 
the  bottomless  perdition  of  the  religious  per- 
jurer. 

EXHORTATION    TO   FAITHFUL- 
NESS, 

BY  DA■\^D  A.  xoncRosa. 


I  HAVE  anxiously  looked  for,  and  prayed 
'to  see  the  day  come  when  our  neighbors 
and  friends  would  follow  in  love,  with  not  only 
a  part  of  the  truth,  but  with  the  whole  truth, 
and  become  willing  to  follow  aOer  Christ  in  all 
things  whatsoever  He  has  commanded.  But  I 
now  feel  like  giving  up  all  hopes.  Our  meet- 
ings have  been  discontinued  for  the  present. 
When  we  have  no  me^^tings  I  go  to  hear  others 
preach,  for  I  eiijoy  a  good  discoui'se,  it  mitttcra 
not  by  whom  it  ia  delivei'cd.  I  never  hcai-d  a 
sermon  preached,  but  what  I  heard  something 
that  WHS  beneficial  and  worthy  to  be  treasured 
up  in  the  heart;  if  westudy  God'a  Word  which 
is  able  to  make  us  ivise  unto  salvation;  we  can 
tell  what  to  receive  and  what  to  reject.  May 
God  help  us  all  to  live  aright  imd  keep  our  bod- 
ies in  subjection  to  His  Divine  injunction,  that 
we  may  render  them  instruments  of  righteous- 
ness and  true  holiness,  thereby  keep  on  the  "new 
man  "  which  after  God  is  created  in  righteous- 
ness. We  are  required  to  possess  the  dbposition 
of  Christ.  "  If  any  man  have  not  the  Spirit  ol' 
Christ,  he  is  none  of  His."  What  kind  of  a 
spirit  did  He  have?  He  loved  His  friends,  His 
enemies,  and  so  loved  the  world,  that  He  gave 
His  life  for  the  sins  of  the  world;  and  looked 
with  compassion  even  on  the  cruel  tormentors 
of  His  last  agonizing  hours  on  the  cross,  and 
prayed,  "  Father  forgive  them  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do.''  0  let  us  pray  for  a  meek, 
quiet  and  forgiving  spirit  like  linto  our  Lord 
and  Master.  We  must  realize  an  indwelling 
of  God's  Spirit,  If  our  lives  would  iaeet  the 
divine  approbation  of  God,  we  must  become  fit 
temples  for  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
aud  for  God  Hunself  to  abide  iu.  We  read,  "  I 
will  dwell  in  them  and  walk  in  them."  We 
cannot  be  made  tit  for  the  Mastei's  Use,  uiiiess 
we  become  united  to  Him  by  a  living,  active, 
faith,  that  faith  which  works  by  love  and  puri- 
fies the  heart.  And  when  bj'  a  universal  and 
impartial  obedience  to  the  requirements  of  the 
Gospel,  we  can  live  in  His  favor  aud  receive 
nourishment  from  Christ  the  Vine;  for  Jesus 
is  the  Vine.  His  Father  is  the  vine  dresser. 
His  humble  followers  (imlividuallj')  are  the 
branches,  and  every  bvimch  that  beat's  not  good 
fruit,  the  Father  takes  it  away. 

We  must  bear  much  good  fruit  or  becut  off 
from  the  Viue.  Jesus  bore  much  fruit  to  the 
honor  and  glory  of  the  Father,  aud  it  we  would 
be  like  Him  when  He  shall  appear,  we  must 
hfear  much  fruitto  His  name's  honqr  antl  glory. 
Our  Sa^r  said  on  one  ocewion,  that  He  must 
be  about  His  Fother's  business.  Just  so  with 
us,  we  must  let  loose  the  things  that  we 
worldly  and  sinful,  and  midce  it  our  bu.siness 
daily  trytodo  the  work  faithfully  that  is  resting 
upon  us,  that  the  worth}'  name  of  oar  blessed 
Lord  and  Master  may  be  honored  both  in  our 
bodies  and  spirits  which  are  His;  and  our  work 
and  labors  of  love  may  be  accepted  by  the  God 
of  heaven. 

It  ii  true  that  we  have  many  things  to  over- 
come, evil  habits  to  put  ofl",  and  old  companions 
to  be  parted  with;  but  when  faith,  patience; 
and  obedience  have  once  smoothed  our  p.ith- 
way,  0,  what  a  comfort  it  is  to  serve  the  true 
and  living  God.  If  Jesuseouldso  humble  Him- 
self to  pass  through  the  shiuneful  death  of  the 
cross  that  He  might  be  obedient  unto  the  Fath- 
ivith   what   humility  and  patience  ought  we 

:ome  unto  Him  and  live  and  be  willing  to 
suffer  all  things  for  His  sake,  that  we  may  be 
partakers  of  His  divine  nature  and  be  glorified 
with  Him  at  Hb  coming.    The  obedient  belier- 


er.  is  the  only  wise  man  at  last  who  builds  his 
hopes  of  heaven  and  salvation  upon  a  sure  aud 
abiding  foundation,  notwithstanding  the  rains, 
winds  and  floods  of  persecution,  he  is  found  im- 
movable, always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the 
Lord.  His  light  is  hot  under  a  bushel,  but 
shines  out  prominently  like  unto  a  city  set  on 
a  hill  that  cannot  be  hid,  and  is  a  living  epistle 
known  and  read  of  all  men  mth  whom  he  as- 
sociates. 

0  nmy  we  daily  grow  in  grace  and  iu  the 
kTiowIedgo  of  Him  ivho  loved  us  and  gave  Him- 
self for  us,  that  wo  )uay  become  permanently 
settled  iu  the  blessed  hope  that  our  assurance 
in  God  may  be  confirmed  and  increased  in  the 
knowledge  of  divine  things,  and  filled  with  the 
fulness  of  .God,  and  may  be  rooted  and  groiuid- 
ed  in  love. 

Brethren,  farewell;  remember  me  in  your 
prayers  aud  man)'  others  that  are  near  and  dear 
to  me  by  the  ties  of  nature,  who  are  j'et  out  of 
the  a_rk  of  safety.  To-morrow  is  the  Lord's  day; 
0  how  happy  I  would  be  if  I  could  hear  some 
of  our  dear  brethren  preach.  I  am  not  pemiiU 
ted  to  enjoy  that  privilege,  but  must  be  recon- 
ciled to  my  lot.  Brother  John  W.  Metzger  and 
Jacob  Rife  are  appointed  on -the  Southern  Mis- 
sion of  Indiana.  Brethren,  will  you  come?  wo 
trust  that  you  will  not  forget  us. 


GENERAL  GRANT  IN  JERUSA- 
LEM. 

GENERAL  Grant's  reception  at  Jerusalem' 
was  as  brilliant  in  its  way  as  the  other 
ovations  that  have  been  heaped  upon  him  ever 
since  the  beginning  of  his  extended  tour.  His 
entry  into  the  holy  city  was  sufficiently  cere- 
monious to  suggest  an  irreverent  comparison, 
porjiups,  withacertain  other  triumphal  process- 
ion a  good  many  years  ago.  At  Koleniyeh, 
near  the  brook  where  David  found  the  stones 
to  slay  Goliah  with,  lie  was  met  by  a  large  com- 
pany of  cavalry  aud  tin:  representatives  of  the 
pasha  and  the  consulates,  besides  the  delego^ 
tions  of  Americans,  Jews,  Greeks  and  Arme- 
nians, and  they  conducted  him  t^  Zion  in  a  very 
\vorldly  manner,  somewhat  to  the  genernrs  dis- 
appointment, jio  doubt,  for  he  would  rather 
have  gone  along  in  hia  own  plain  woy.  With 
bared  head  tlie  ex-president  rode  through  as- 
icmbted  multitudes  and  between  ranks  ofsol- 
liiers  drawn  up  in  line,  while  bands  were  play- 
ing and  colors  flying.  Arrived  inside  the  city, 
ivliich  was  entered  by  the  gate  that  Zancred 
forced  with  his  crusudci-s,  the  pilgrim  was  met 
by  the  pasha  in  state  aud  the  consuls,  bishops 
and  patriarchs.  The  pasha  ofl'ered  a  band  of  50 
pieces  and  a  guard  to  be  in  constant  attendance, 
which  was  more  brass  than  even  a  veteran  sol- 
dier could  stand,  and  he  felt  obliged  to  decline 
the  proffered  favor  with  complimenb.  He  did 
accept  an  invitation  to  n  state  dinner,  however 
d  made  out  to  get  through  ivith  it  very  pass- 
ably. His, entire  stay  iu  Jerusalem  was  mark- 
ed by  the  kindest  hospitality,  and,  despite  the 
monies,  he  foimd  time  to  visit  with  Mrs, 
Grant,  the  various  places  of  interest,  including, 
of  course,  the  Mount  of  Olives  and  Garden  of 
Gethsemane.  The  party's  Holy  Land  tour, 
though  brief,  included  most  of  the  scenes  of 
Scripture  narratives. — ReUijioux  Herald. 


CHARITY. 

rpH.\Tehai-ity  alone  endures  which  flows  from 
J-  a  sense  of  duty  and  a  hope  in  God.  This 
is  the  charity  that  treads  in  secret,  those  paths 
from  which  ail  but  the  lowestof  wretches  have 
fled.  This  is  that  charity  which  no  labor  can 
eary,  no  ingratitude  detach,  no  horror,  dis- 
gust— that  toils,  that  pardons,  that  sufterti — 
that  is  seen  by  no  man  and  honored  by  no  man, 
but.  like  the  great  laws  of  natiire,  does  the  work 
of  God  in  silence  and  looks  to  a  better  and  fu- 
ture world  for  its  reward. 


TKT^i:    13R3i7X^HRE>s^    AT    "VVORK:. 


April   11. 


•■IT   DOTH  NOT  YET  APPEAR." 

IT  (loth  not  yet  nppenr  wliot  we  shaU  be. 
When  wehaveliiiJ  life's  Inst  3(ul  burden  down 
Hut  in  our  mious  we  may  almost  see 
Our  fair  estate,  the  brightness  of  our  crown. 

Amid  till!  holy  quietude  of  prayer 

Life's  yreat  fruition  seeuieth  very  near; 

We  riiw  above  the  lower  world  of  care. 
And  dwell  in  purer,  nobler  ittraosphere. 

Almost  we  cateli  the  echoes  from  afar 

Of  that  refrain,  whose  measure  fills  the  sky; 

And  thro'  the  gates  of  day  that  stand  ajar 
We  view  the  many  mansions  built  on  high. 

And  like  the  exile  lone,  in  Potmps  Isle, 
Celestial  glories  greet  our  wildered  eyes; 

And  in  the  intervening  "  little  while," 
We  almost  seize  the  everlasting  prii-.e. 

0  sweet  and  mystic  consciousne.ss  divine! 

Indwelling  fount  of  all  our  joy  and  peace! 
The  power  hath  made  our  earthly  way  to  shine. 

Till  eveniug  shadows  fall  and  life  doth  cease. 

0  pilgrim,  toiling  in  the  wilderness, 

Sink  not  beneath  thy  burden  in  the  way; 
Let  comfort  minister  in  thy  distress 

And  point  to  realm  of  glad,  eternal  day. 
Ye  fainting  ones,  grown  weary  in  the  strife, 

Receive  the  bles.*ing  of  the  vaulted  skies; 
Rejoice!  for  Christ,  the  author  of  your  life. 

Hath  given  you  a  kingly  place  in  Paradise. 

It  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be 
When  we  with  transitorj-  things  have  done, 

Bnt  wlien  from  .sin's  dread  blighting  we  are  free. 
We  shall  appear  in  brightness  as  the  snu. 

And  we  shall  be  like  Christ,  our  Savior  King, 
In  His  all-matchless  character  complete; 

And  we  His  praises  evermore  shall  sing, 
Aud  kneel  ^n  adoration  at  Hi.s  feet, 

A  fullness  of  eterlial  recompense 
Reserved  for  us  in  the  eternal  years! 

We  wait  to  grasp  thy  meed  in  sweetest  sense, 
Andrenpinheavcnwhatwehavesowu  in  tears. 
—Selected. 


THE   CHURCH  THE  BRIDE  OF 
CHRIST. 


-ii  T  AM  black,  but  comely,  Oyetlaiigli- 
J-  ters  ot'  Jerusalem:  as  the  tents  of 
Eednr,  as  the  tents  of  Solomon,  Look 
notupon  mebecaiisel  am  black,  because 
the  sun  hath  looked  upon  me:  my  moth- 
er's chilcbeu  were  angry  with  uie;  they 
made  ine  the  keeper  of  the  vineyards;- 
but  mine  o\vn  vineyard  have  1  not  kept" 
(Soug  of  Solomon  1;  5,  0). 

The  song  of  Solomon  is  an  epithala- 
mium,  of  Christ  and  His  church,  perhaps 
no  portion  of  Sacred  Writ  is  more  gen- 
erally misundei-stood,  than  this  truly  el- 
oquent production.  Because  of  the  dif- 
ficulty of  properly  understanding  this 
spiritual,  nuptial  poem,  the  Jews,  it  is 
said,  would  not  permit  any  one  to  read 
it  under  thirty  yeai-s  of  age. 

It  was  \TTltten  by  Solomon,  probably 
on  the  occasion  of  his  marriage  to  Phar- 
•oah's  daughter.  The  persons  introduced 
as  speakers,  are  the  bridegi'oom  and 
bride,  and  their  ftttendauts.  In  that  por- 
tion which  stands  at  the  head  of  this  es- 
say., the  bride  isinti'oduced  as  tliespeak- 
■er.  -She  confesses  her  outward  deform- 
ity, but  is  not  insensible  to  her  inwai'd 
bcjiotj'.  In  her  outward  appearance  she 
compares  hei-sclf  to  the  rough,  coai-se, 
black  tents  made  of  felt,  used  by  the 
Aralw,  If  We  take  a  retrospective  view 
■■■of  the  churcli,  if  we  follow  her  down 
'  £htf  .sti-eam  of  time,  and  note  the  re- 
proablies,  persecutions,  dangers,  afflic- 
tions, and -conflicts  which  slie  has  passed, 
when  we  see  ■'the  _great  fight  of  afflictions 
which  she  ha-shad  to  sustain,  the  dread- 
fill  oppiisition  which  she  hashad  to  re- 
sist, how  she  has  been  compelled  to  set 
her  face  as  blind  against  the  dominant, 
and  prevailing  customs  of  the  world  in 
all  ages,  how  persecution,  ridicule, 
flattery,  persuasion,  all  have  been  suc- 
cessively employed  to  di'aw  lier  from  her 


giance,  and  seiluce  iier  into  sin,  we 
wonder  not  that  fhe  Jia'i  been  compelled 
to  envelopheraulf  in  a  strong  and  rigid 
panoply. 

And  how  the  world  lia.i  evermisjudged 
lier !  Her  firmness  aud  fidelity  to  the  truth, 
have  been  construed  into  obsdnancy,  or 
stubbornues.  Her  devotion  and  zeal  for 
the  truth  were  called  a  lind  and  extiav- 
igant  superstition,  thus  :have  the  faith- 
ful witnesses  of  Jesus  been  traduced. 
By  following  the  church  through  her 
clieckered  history,  we  can  understand 
the  language  of  our  Savior,  *'  If  ye  were 
of  the  world,  the  world  would  love  its 
own;  but  because  ye  are  not  of 
the  \vorld,  but  I  have  chosen  you 
out  of  the  world,  therefore  the  world 
hatefh  you."  And  how  often  with  pow- 
eiful  emphasis  comes  to  our  mind  our 
Lord's  words,  "  My  kingdom  is  not  of 
this  world,"  Paul  says,  "  "We  are  made 
as  the  filth  of  the  earth,  and  are  the  ofi"- 
scouring  of  all    things   unto   this  day." 

By  referring  to  the  early  history  of 
the  church,  we  find  that  the  heathen  re 
garded  her  in  just  this  light.  Tacitus, 
the  famous  Roman  historian,  thus  speaks 
of  those  Christians  whom  Nero  persecut- 
ed.  "  The  criine'bf  setting  fire  to  Rome 
was  by  him  ascribed  to  those  people 
who  were  hated  for  their  wicked  prac- 
tices, aud  called  by  the  vulgai-Christian; 
these  he  punished  exquisitely;"  then  af- 
ter describing  the  horrid  tortures  to 
which  they  were  subjected,  he  says, 
"  Whence  a  commiseration  arose,  though 
the  punishments  were  leveled  at  guilty 
persons,  and  such  as  reserved  to  be  made 
the  flagrant  examples,  as  if  these  people 
were  destroyed,  not  for  the  public  ad- 
vantage, but  to  satisfy  the  barbarous  hu- 
mor of  one  man." 

The  early  Christians  generally  suffer- 
ed under  the  notion  of  the  worst  of  mal- 
efactoi-s  and  traitoi-s,  and  on  pretence 
thiit  by  their  wicked  and  execrable 
charms  they  hindered  the  prosperity  of 
the  emperor.  Even  those  emperors,  who 
were  most  famed  for  their  singular  jus- 
tice and  moderation,  treated  their  Chris- 
tian subjects  as  outlaws.  All  other  per- 
sons had  rights  that  must  be  respected, 
and  were  entitled  to  the  protection  of 
the  law,  but  those  had  no  rights,  no  pro- 
tection of  the  law. 

There  entered  then,  upon  the  contest, 
another  class  of  men,  who  have  never 
since  ceased  to  pei-secute  Christianity. 
These  are  those  who  hold  up  Christian- 
ity to  ridicule,  and  derision.  These  are 
persons  who  look  upon  this  holy  system 
with  cold  indifterence,  and  the  profane, 
every-day  feelings  of  worldly  prudence. 
From  this  standpoint,  and  not  knowing 
anything  of  the  inner  workings  of  the 
system,  they  see,  or  Imagine  they  see, 
much  which  serves  for  the  object  of  their 
sarcastic  raillery.  The  sacrifices  which 
the  true  Christian  is  ever  willing  to  make, 
his  zeal,  his  brotherly  love,  his  non-con- 
foi-mity  to  the  world,  his  strict  adher- 
ance  to  all  the  commands  and  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel,  are  regarded  by  this  class 
of  pei-sons  as  the  very  climax  of  folly 
and  fanaticism.  But  does  not  the  scoffer 
draw  upon  himself  the  very  derision  he 
aims  at  othei's,  by  venturing  to  pass  sen- 
tence on  the  phenonema  of  a  world  of 
which  he  has  not  the  slightest  concep- 
tion,  and  which  to  his  eyes,  buried,  as 
they  are,  in  the  films  of  the  eal-th,  is  en- 
tirely closed?  Though  blackened  by 
the  smoke  of  many  a  battle,  though 
scarred  and  marred  by  the  long  and 
fierce  contests  through  which  she  has 
passed,  though  outwardly  black  and 
homely  as  the  tents  of  Kedar,  yet  in- 
wardly the  bride  is  as  comely  as  the  cur- 
tains of  Solomon.     Beneath    the   rough 


armor,  with  which  she  must  needs  be 
equipped  to  prepaie  her  for  her  arduous 
struggles  with  the  world,  is  concealed 
a  beauty,  a  dignity,  a  grace,  a  loveliness 
that  surpasses  the  brightest  conception. 
David  says,  "  The  king's  daughter  is  all 
glorious  within."  How  dbe-S  this  royal 
bride  dift'er  in  this  respect  from  the 
daughters  of  the  world?  It  is  not  so  much 
inward,  as  outward  elegance  tliat  the 
latter  seeks  after. 

But  what  does  this  inward  loveliness 
consist  of?  Christ  Jesus  is  presented  to 
us  as  the  perfect  model  which  we  are  to 
imitate,  or  as  Paul  has  it,  grow  up  into 
Christ  which  is  the  head  in  all  things, 

1.  He  is  our  pattern  in  obedience. 
His  own  language  is,  "  Lo,  I  come  in  the 
volume  of  the  Book  it  is  ^vritten  of  me, 
to  do  thy  will,  O  God."  And  how  of- 
ten during  His  ministry  on  e.irth,  do  we 
hear  Him  say,  "  I  come  not  to  do  my 
own  will,  but  the  will  of  Him  that  sent 
me,"  In  the  time  of  His  greatest  agony, 
we  hear  Him  say,  "Nevertheless  not  as 
I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt."  He  obeyed 
and  canied  out  the  precepts  of  the  law 
of  God  in  every  particular.  His  com- 
mand to  the  church  is,  "  follow  me." 

2.  He  is  our  example  in  meekness, 
To  His  folloM'ers  He  says,  "  Take  my 
yoke  upon  you,  and  learn  of  me;  for  I 
am  meek  and  lowly  in  heart,"  "  When 
He  was  reviled.  He  reviled  not  again; 
when  He  suffered,  He  threatened  not: 
but  committed  Himself  to  Him  that 
judgeth  righteously.  He  was  oppress 
and  He  was  afflicted;  yet  He  opened  not 
His  mouth;  He  was  brought  as  a  lamb 
to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before 
his  shearers  is  dumb,  so  He  opened  not 
His  movith."  Meekness  is  a  trait  of 
character  which  is  very  much  commend- 
ed by  the  sacred  writers.  Peter  recom- 
mends this  as  the  true  adorning,  that 
wliich  is  not  corruptible,  even  the  orna- 
ment of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  which 
is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great  price." 

3.  He  is  our  example  in  patience. 
John  tells  the  Christians  of  Asia  that  he 
is  their  brother  and  companion  in  trib- 
ulation, and  in  the  kingdom  and  patience 
of  Jesus  Christ.  Patience  is  that  grace 
which  enables  us  to  bear  afflictions  and 
calamities,  ^vith  constancy  and  calmness 
of  mind,  and  with  a  ready  submission 
to  the  will  of  God.  All  who  are  con- 
versant with  the  history  of  Christ,  know 
how  eminently  He  possessed  this  gi'ace. 
Thesaered  writera  very  much  recommend 
the  acquisition  of  this  holy  principle. 
Paul  says,  "  Follow  after  righteousness, 
godliness,  faith ,  love,  patien^ce,  meekness," 
and  Peter  presents  us  with  another  neck- 
lace of  the  richest  gems.  "  Add,"  says 
he,  "  to  your  faith  virtue;  and  to  virtue 
knowledge;  and  to  knowledge  temper- 
ance; and  to  temperance  patience;  and 
to  patience  godliness;  and  to  godliness 
brotherly  kindness;  and  to  brotherly 
kindness  charity."  Tmly  such  orna- 
ments are  priceless,  and  they  who  are 
adorned  with  them  are  all  glorious  with- 
in. These,  and  not  the  outward  tinsel 
of  the  world,  should  be  the  ornaments 
of  Christ's  glorious  bride. 

"  Look  not  upon  me,  because  I  am 
black,  because  the  sun  hath  looked  up- 
on me,"  The  bride  begs  that  she  may 
not  be  scrutinized  too  closely,  her  fea- 
tures scanned  too  narrowly,  she  knows 
her  imperfections,  she  is  conscious  of  her 
deformities.  But  why  is  she  blacks  Be- 
cause the  sun  hath  looked  upon  her,  be- 
cause of  the  dreadful  sufferings,  perse- 
cutions, and  afflictions  through  which 
she  has  passed.  Job  when  he  describes 
his  awful  afflictions,  says:  "  My  skin  is 
black  upon  me,  and  my  bones  are  burnt 
\rith  heat."     And  the  weeping  prophet. 


when  lamenting  tlie  desolation  of  his 
country,  says:  "  For  the  hnrt  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people,  am  I  hurt;  I  am 
black." 

'*  My  mother's  chiklren  were  angry 
with  me."  How  forcibly  the  last  quo- 
tation portrays  the  attitude  of  the  world 
toward  the  church.  From  the  earliest 
history  of  our  race,  we  learn  that  tlu' 
righteous  and  faithful,  have  ever  been 
objects  of  hatred  to  the  ungodly.  A 
persecuting  spirit  was  very  soon  devel- 
oped. The  first  death  was  that  of  a 
martyr.  And  the  same  antagonistic 
spirit  has  prevailed  from  that  time  to 
this,  and  has  manifested  itself  at  differ- 
ent times  in  different  ways. 

The  history  of  the  righteous  is  a  con- 
firmation of  the  apostle's  declaration, 
"  All  that  will  live  godly  in  Christ  Je- 
sus shall  suffer  persecution."  "  They 
made  me  the  keeper  of  the  vineyards." 
Another  declaration  which  shows  the 
unfairness,  the  injustice,  the  imkindness, 
which  the  world  bears  toward  the  church. 
The  world  can  mark  out  the  path  of  du- 
ty, of  rectitude,  of  holiness  which  the 
Christian  should  tread  with  wonderful 
accuracy. 

We  often  hear  them  descant  eloquently 
on  the  shortcomings  and  imperfections 
of  the  Christian,  But  could  not  the  lan- 
guage of  Paul  be  aptly  applied  here? 
'■  Therefore  thou  art  inexcusable,  Oman, 
whosoever  thou  art  that  jiidgest;  for 
wherein  thou  judgest  another,  thou  con- 
demnest  thyself;  for  thou  that  judgest, 
doest  the  same  things.  And  thinkest 
thou  this,  O  man  that  judgest  them 
which  do  such  things,  and  doest  the 
same,  that  thou  shalt  escape  the  judg- 
ment of  God?"  (Rom.  2:  1-3,)  Surely 
those  who  know  so  well  how  othei-s 
ought  to  do,  should  know  how  they 
ought  to  do  themselves.  Such  persons 
are  their  own  accusers.  Let  such  know 
that  God  is  no  respecter  of  persons.  He 
exacts  no  duties  of  one  class  which  He 
does  not  exact  of  all,  all  are  equally  re- 


But  how  common  it  is  for  persons  to 
"  bind  heavy  burdens  and  grievous  to 
be  borne,  and  lay  them  on  men's  shoul- 
ders; but  they  themselves  will  not  move 
them  with  one  of  their  fingers."  The 
complaint  of  the  spouse,  "They  made 
me  the  keeper  of  the  vineyards,"  might 
still  be  the  complaint  of  the  church,  for 
how  prone  is  the  world  to  shirk  their 
own  responsibilities,  by  pointing  out  and 
magnifying  the  failures  or  seeming  fail- 
ures of  the  professor. 

"  But  mine  own  vineyard  have  I  not 
kept."  *  One  of  the  most  sti-iking  points 
of  contrast  between  the  world  and  the 
church,  ia,  that  it  is  almost,  if  not  quite 
the  sole  object  of  the  former  to  main- 
tain a  fair  exterior,  while  it  it  the  chief 
concern  of  the  latter  to  cultivate  truth 
and  msdom  in  the  inward  parts,  to  have 
created  a  clean  heart  and  a  right  spirit 
within.  Being  so  busied  with  this,  the 
spouse  has  but  little  time  to  court  the 
commendation,  applause,  or  flatteries  of 
a  fickle  world,  and  because  she  does  not 
change  \nth  the  ever-varying  standards 
of  an  inconstant  Work,  she  is  denounced 
as  illiberal,  bigoted,  and  narrow-mind- 
ed; but  it  matters  little  what  epithets 
the  world  may  bestow  npon  her.  These 
accusations  can  do  her  do  harm,  but  the 
following  rebuke  is  a^jplicable  to  her 
enemies:  "  Who  art  thoa  that  judgest 
another  man's  servant  f  to  his  own  mas- 
ter he  standeth  or    falleth  "  (Rom.    14: 

But  the  indications  are  that  this  mor- 
tal conflict  between  truth  and  error  will 
Boon  terminate  in  a  complete  and  perfect 
triumph  of  the  ti'uth.     Soon,  it  may  l>e 


jVpi-il    1-1. 


TELE    BJRETK^lEIiSr    ^VT    WORK!. 


very  soon,  the  great  Bridegroom  will 
come  to  claim  His  bride.  Surely  it  will 
not  be  long.  The  prophecies  are  all 
meeting  and  converging.  Soon  ttie  great 
cry  mil  be  heard  ecLoing  and  re-echo- 
ing through  the  caverns  of  the  earth. 
"  Hehold  the  bridegroom  cometh;  go  ye 
out  to  meet  him."  Surely  then  the 
church  ahnil  lay  aside  her  sable  robes, 
she  shall  then  have  beauty  for  ashes,  the 
oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment  of 
praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness  (Isaiah 
r>l:3).  "Then  shall  she  be  clothed  in 
royal  robea,  she  shall  be  brought  uuto 
the  king  in  raiment  of  needle-work,  and 
presented  unto  her  glorious  Lord  as  a 
chaste  virgin,  a  glorious  church,  not 
having  spot  or  wrinkle,  or  any  sucli 
thing;  but  holy  and  mthout  blemish." 


THE    TRIALS    AND    TRIUMPHS 
OF  FAITH. 

BY  I).  XEGLEY. 

4^  Tj^*^*R  yp  see  your  calling  bretlii-en, 
J-  how  that  not  many  wise  men  af- 
ter the  tiesh,  not  many  mighty,  not  many 
noble,  are  called"  (1  Cor.  1: 'iO).  In 
the  Iiistoryof  king  David,  his  trials  and 
persecutions,  we  have  the  above  text  and 
subject  illustrated.  I  will  first  notice, 
his  obscure  birth-place,  Bethlehem,  as, 
being  little  among  the  thousands  of  Ju- 
dea,  being  too  insignificant  to  be  men- 
tioned among  the  other  cities  of  Judea 
(John  15).  It  was  here  that  king  Da- 
vid was  born,  and  is  still  more  sacred  as 
the  liirth-place  of  the  King  of  kings, 
the  blessed  Savior  of  whom  he,  David, 
was  an  eminent  type.  Such  was  the 
wonder-working  providence  of  God  at 
that  eventful  period  iu  the  history  of  the 
Israelites;  the  career  of  king  Saul  was 
soon  to  end,  his  disobedience  to  the  di- 
vine commands,  has  caused  the  forfeiture 
of  his  crown.  "  I  have  rejected  him 
from  reigning  over  Israel,"  was  the  dec- 
laration of  God  to  the  prophet  Samuel, 
"  Fill  thy  horn  mth  oil,  and  go.  I  will 
send  thee  to  Jesse  the  Bethlehem itc;  for  I 
have  pro\ided  me  a  king  among  his 
sons."  David  being  the  youngest  son 
of  Jesse,  and  the  last  and  least  in  the  es- 
timation of  his  father,  and  the  prophet, 
to  be  made  king,  when  Samuel  saw 
Eliab,  he  said,  "  Surely  the  Lord's 
anointed  is  before  him."  But  the  Lord 
said,  look  not  on  bis  countenance,  or  the 
heights  of  his  statue,  because  I  have  re- 
fused him,  for  the  Lord  seeth  not  as  man 
seeth,  for  man  looketh  on  the  outward 
appearance,  but  the  Lord  looketh  on  the 
heart."  Again,  Jesse  made  seven  of  his 
sons  to  pajis  before  Samuel,  and  he  said 
the  Lord  hath  not  chosen  these ;  are  here 
all  thy  children?  and  he  said,  there  yet 
remaineth  the  younge-st,  send  and  bring 
him,  and  when  be  came,  the  Lord  said, 
arise,  anoint  him;  for  this  islie.  Andthe 
Spii'it  of  the  Lord  came  upon  David  from 
that  day  forward  (1  Samuel  llj;  1-14). 
From  this  time  on,  we  may  safely  infer 
from  the  sacred  narrative,  that  David  and 
his  kingdom  began  to  increase  and  gath- 
er strength,  and  Saul  and  his  kingdom  to 
decrease  and  get  weaker,  so  also  did 
bis  trials  and  afflictions  increase,  as  the 
opposition  and  persecution  increased  and 
raged  through  Saul. 

Soon  after  Saul  was  engaged  in  war 
with  the  Philistines.  The  diampion  Gol- 
iath, said,  "  I  defy  the  armies  of  Israel 
this  day,  give  me  a  man  that  we  may 
fight  together.  When  Saul  and  all  Is- 
rael heard  these  words  of  the  Philistine, 
they  were  dismayed  and  greatly  afraid." 
On  David's  arrival  at  the  camp,  he  learn- 
ed the  circumstanees  respecting  Goliath, 
and  expreased  a  wiah  to  engage  with  him 
in  coBtesb.  "  And  David  bald  to  Saul,  let 


no  man's  heart  fail  because  of  him,  thy 
servant  slew  both  the  lion  and  the  bear 
the  Lord  that  delivered  me  out  of  the  jaws 
of  the  lion  and  the  bear,  mil  deliver  me 
out  of  the  hand  of  this  Philistine."  "And 
David  said  to  the  Philistine,  thou  com 
est  tome  with  a  sword,  and  with  spear 
and  shield;  but  I  come  to  thoe  in  thi 
name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
the  armies  of  Israel,  whom  thou  defiest 
for  the  battle  is  the  Lord's."  A  noble 
example  of  trust  and  faith  in  God,  and 
a  beautiful  type  of  the  efficacy  and  tri- 
umph of  faith  over  all  spiritual  enemies. 
Hence,  Paul  exhorts  the  Ephesians.toput 
on  the  whole  armor  of  God;  "  For  tbf 
weapons  of  ovu-  \varfare  are  not  carnal 
but  mighty  through  God  to  the  pulling 
down  of  strong- holds."  Again  he  says, 
"  For  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh  and 
blood,  but  against  principalities  and 
powei-s;  against  the  rulers  of  the  dark- 
ness of  this  world  and  spiritual  wicked- 
ness in'  high  places  "  (2  Cor.  10:  4;  Eph. 
G:  12).  So  David  through  faith  iu  God 
triumphed  most  gloriouslv  over  his  ene- 
mies the  Philistines;  he  is  called  by  Sanl 
to  give  a.u  account  of  his  family,  aud 
that  day  he  was  introduced  into  the  fa^ 
vor  apd-  friendship  of  Saul,  and  entered 
upon  all  the  dangers  and  perils  of  pub- 
lic life,  that  day  he  gained  much  fame, 
much  honor.  He  also  got  one  of  heav- 
en's best  blessings — a  true  friend,  Saul's 
sou  Jonatban,  "  whose  soul  was  knit 
with  the  soul  of  David,  and  Jonathan 
loved  him  as  his  o^vn  soul."  It  was  a 
heart- feltsympathy  and  ardent  love  that 
never  wavered,  but  grew  in  strength  day 
by  day,  till  death  separated  them  from 
each  other  on  earth,  and  no\v  it  is  jper- 
petuated  in  richer  peifection  In  heaven. 
What  a  blessing  to  earth  true  friend- 
ship is.  It  is  a  relic  of  Paradise,  come 
down  to  us  from  amid  the  ruins  of  tire 
fall.  It  is  a  ti'easure  possessed  when  it 
is  not  employed;  a  reserve  of  strength, 
ready  to  be  called  into  action  when  most 
needed.  Here  is  nothing  more  touching 
in  poetry  or  eloipience,  than  David's  la- 
ment when  his  friend  died  (2  Samuel  1). 

DAVm,   TUK    liOYM.    PltOI'IIET   AND    TYP- 
ICAL KING. 

In  this  two-fold  relation  in  the.  life 
and  history  of  king  David,  I  will  try 
and  illustrate  somewhat  from  the  Scrip 
tures  and  brief  extracts  from  eminent 
authors.  From  the  Scriptures  we  have 
it  clearly  revealed,  that,  David  and  his 
kingdom  bitterly,  to  which  he  was  call- 
ed and  chosen  by  the  Lord,  and  the  con- 
sequent trials  and  persecutions  that  fol-. 
lowed,  is  typical  of  Jesus  aud  the  Spir- 
itual kingdom  He  came  to  establish  in 
the  hearts  of  His  followers,  aud  the  con- 
sequent trials  and  pei'seeution  that  gen- 
erally follow  (Luke  1:  32  33;  2  Samuel 
7:12.13).  We  come  now  to  consider 
David  as  in  adversity  (a  state  generally 
more  secure  and  safe,  than  one  of  ease 
and  prosperity,  tis  vnW  appear  from  the 
sequel),  and  pjissing  through  the  deeji 
waters  'of  affliction.  After  the  achiev- 
meut  of  the  overthrow  of  the  champion 
of  the  Philistines,  he  is  taken  into  Saul's 
household,  one  of  his  chief  captains. 
This  strange  man  prophesied  greatfriend- 
shipfor  him,  but  it  proved  very  decep- 
tive. The  triumph  attended  the  armies 
of  David,  and  the  still  stronger  hold 
"which  it  gave  him  on  the  affections  of 
the  people,  awakened  and  rekindled 
afresh  the  jealousy  and  malignant  pass- 
ion of  Saul ;  and  David  has  to  flee  from 
his  presence,  and  can  find  no  rest  from 
his  inveterate  enemy  any^vhere.  Well 
may  it  be  said,  "  jealousy  is  as  cruel  as 
the  grave."  Alas!  how  uncertain  are 
earthly  honors.  The  great  deliverer  of 
l6ra«l,  has  now    to  flea  from  the  habita- 


tion of  men  and  hide  himself  in  caves 
of  the  earth.  How  does  he  stand  these 
trials?  For  the  most  part  of  his  time  his 
trust  is  firm  in  God,  and  he  triumphs 
over  his  trials;  at  other  times  he  appears 
weaker  in  the  faith,  aud  has  doubts  and 
fears,  saying,  "  I  shall  one  day  perish  by 
the  hand  of  my  enemy."  But  thus  it 
with  us  all;  there  is  a  constant  struggle 
going  on,  the  llcsh  jiulling  one  way  and 
the  spirit  of  truth  the  .ither;  now  faith 
prevailing  a::d  then  unbelief  till  we  seem 
like  two  different  persons  at  different 
times. 

According  to  the  influence  prevailing 
we  will  next  notice  David  in  his  typical 
and  prophetical  relation  in  the  different 
books  of  the  Bible,  and  the  Psalms 
particular,  what  is  historical,  as  it  relates 
to  D;ivid  .■iiid  till' Jrvvivh  church,  is  often 
typi<';il,  ;i(nl  xi  |in>]i|ii.ti.';il  as  it  relates 
to  Ju>u>riai>t  ami  tu  llLs  church,  either 
mUitaut  or  triumphant,  while  Darid  is 
describing  his  own  enemies'  sufferings 
and  triumph.  The  Spirit  enlarges  his 
sentiuients  and  swells  out  his  expression 
to  a,  proprotion  adapted  to  the  charac- 
ter of  the  Messiah,  of  whom  David  was 
so  eminent  a  type,  thatour  Savior  is  often 
especially  described  in'the  Scripture  by 
His  name  (Is.  55:  3;  Jer.  30:  9;  Ezek. 
34:  23;  Hos.  3:  5). 

During  his  e.\ile,  a  circumstance  occurs 
that  shows  the  forgiving  spirit  of  David. 
Saul  is  chasing  him  amoug  the  mountains, 
has  gone  into  a  cave  and  fallen  asleep. 
In  that  state  David  found  him  and  had 
it  in  his  power  to  take  his  life.  To 
this,  he  was  tempted  by  many  strong  in- 
ducements ;  but  he  nobly  resisted  them 
all,  and  only  cut  oft'  a  portion  of  his 
enemy's  garment  that  he  might  know 
that  he  had  been  in  his  power  which 
happened  twice  (1  Samuel  24, 26).  Thus 
of  the  power  and  triumph  of  faith,  we 
ha^'e  many  illustrations  of  this,  alforded 
by  his  history,  Saul  had  finally  driven 
him  from  his  friends  and  country,  and 
the  Philistines  from  theii-  camp;  the 
Amelekites  had  plundered  his  city;  his 
oivn  people  spake  of  stoning  him;  but 
he  yet  encouraged  himself  in  the  Lord 
his  God  (I  Samuel  30:  6).  Butsoon  af- 
ter his  wanderings  for  the  present  are 
over,  and  the  bright  sun  of  prosperity, 
coming  from  under  the  cloud,  shines  up- 
on his  head,  like  one  said,  that  always 
before  being  called  to  perform  any  high 
and  honorable  work  for  God,  he  is  made 
topass  through  severe  trialsand  afflictions 
of  some  kind. 

David  now  comes  forth  from  the  hid- 
ing place,  to  the  throne  and  the  crown. 
He  soon  began  to  make  preparations  for 
bringing  the  ark  of  God  to  Jerusalem. 
It  was  asolenin  procession  aud  hadamost 
important  meaning.  It  was  God  taking 
up  His  abode  among  them,  and  as  the 
ark  moved  on  through  the  assembled 
throng,  amid  shouts  of  joy,  we  are  re- 
minded of  what  happened  ages  after, 
when  God  manifested  in  the  flesh,  walk- 
ed in  those  same  streets  amid  the  wav- 
ing of  palm  brandies,  and  cries  of  "ho- 
sanna  to  the  Son  of  Da\'id;"  abtiut  this 
time  David  began  to  cherish  in  bis  heart 
a  strong  desire  to  build  a  temple  to  the 
Lord.  His  faith  seems  to  have  grown 
stronger  by  the  trials  through  which  he 
had  passed,  ju.st  as  the  oak  grows  strong- 
er by  the  storm  that  beats  upon  it.  It 
was  not  God's  design  that  he  should 
build  his  house,  that  honor  being  re- 
served for  his  son;  but  he  was  told  that 
in  OS  far  as  it  was  in  his  heart  to  do  it, 
the  Lord  accepted  the  will  for  the  deed. 
"  Thou  didst  well  that  it  was  in  thine 
heart  "(2  Chron.  6:  8). 

Farmhngton,  IU. 


ON  TEMPERANCE. 


rriO  be  temperate  in  all  things,  seems  a 
-■-  moral,  as  well  as  a  religious  duty. 
I  should  say,  strictly  a  Christian  duty,, 
for,  can  Christianity  exist  in  the  heart, 
where  sobriety  does  not  exist?  No- 
Hence  we  say  that  temperance  is  one 
great  primary  step  toward  Christianity. 
If  temperance  is  a  primary  element  ol" 
Christianity,  (and  no  one  doubts  tbt- 
fact),  does  it  not  demand  the  approval 
of  all  Christians  ?  Now,  the  antagonist 
of  temperance  is  intemperance,  and  he 
exists  in  our  land  as  large,  as  high  Ohjm- 
piis. 

This  hoary-headed  monster,  intem- 
perance, does  not  assail  the  poor  only; 
but  men  of  all  stages  of  society  are 
swept  down  before  him.  Who  then 
should  Chrisliam  ende&vov  to  lead  a-'ide 
from  tliia  laonst'ir's  eiubracn?  The  j'oulhs  of  our 
land.  Wlio,  ere  long,  will  be  unllctl  to  perform. 
Hie  variuus  duties  of  this  life,  which  nre  now  mnn- 
nged  liy  older  bunds  ?  The  youths  of  Araerica- 
If  the  yomig  nicu  of  our  Inml  ure  soon  to  occupy 
all  places  of  honor,  trust,  aod  ifsefuhu-Ks,  iloe 
it  not  bcwjme  nil  men  and  women  of  inKucnco  to 
prevail  on  the  youth  to  abstain  from  the  uao  of  ail 
in[6.\ic«tiug  liquors  ?  It  i^ertainly  does.  \Vbat 
is  a  Stat«  ?  DoM  broad  pastures,  rich  coal  betls, 
fertile  valleys,  vast  forests  and  large  cities,  con- 
stitute a  State  ?  No.  These  urn  only  tacnltieii,. 
but  the  people  make  up  the  State.  What  a  vast 
number  can  reside  within  tbe  boundaries  of  a. 
Slate  7 

The  rising  generation  will  soon  bave  control  of 
the  State,  ant.'  sbould  not  parents  strive  to  have 
tlicir  children  grow  up  in  sobriety  and  usefulness, 
rather  than  drunkeDuess  and  debauebery  ?  You 
bave  seen  the  youth  reeling  in  the  streets.  Moth- 
ers have  wept  bitter  tears ;  some  have  breathed 
silent,  some  audibly  prayers  for  reform,  Ileform  . 
lias  come  and  shaken  the  ivbisky  tralbc  almost  to- 
tottering,  and  now  Christians  lay  hold  of  tbe 
moDstcr,  and  prostrate  hiro  while  he  is  tottering. 
Don't  discourage  tbe  movement,  but  embrace  iL. 

PaUaliite,  III. 


SOUL-SLEEPING- 

IS  death  an  unconscious  slate?  No,  Else  alf  " 
who  die  would  be  unconscious ;  but  Christ 
died, remained  three  days  iu  the  state  of  tbedead^ 
and  was  conscious  wbile  in  that  slate.  Proof:"! 
have  power  to  lay  down  my  life,  and  I  have  pow- 
er lo  lake  it  again  "  (^John  10  i  18). 

Where  Ibcro  is  no   uneDDsciousnesg,  tliere  is  oc.  ^ 
voluntary  exercise  of  power.     Christ    did   exert^ 
power  in  taking  Kis  life   which   He   laid  down: 
and  tbis  He  did   while  dead.     Therefore  He  was  - 
coD9cious  while  dead  ;  and  if  Christ  was  conscious  ■ 
while  in  the  state  of  tbe  dead,  then   death  is  not 
an  unconscious  stale  ;  bence   those   who  enter  that 
state  do  not  become  unconscious. 

This  one  argument  I  consider  decisfve  r  and' 
until  it  is  set  aside  by  logic  or  Scripture  testimo- 
uy,  it  is  not  necessary  to  multiply  words  upon  the 
subject. — Chridian  Standard, 

GOOD  FOR  MAINE. 

NEAL  Dow,  in  n  letter  just  published,  slions- 
that  the  assertion  that  liquor  is  freely  sold  in. 
Maine  are  utterly  false.  Both  parties  now  sup- 
port the  Maine  law.  There  never  was  a  time 
when  the  prohibition  to  the  liquor  traffic  was  more 
firmly  established  in  the  public  opinion  of  Maine 
than  it  now  is.  The  original  Maine  law  tras  pass- 
ed through  the  legislature  of  1851  by  a  vote  of 
8G  to  40  in  tlie  house,  and  18  to  10  iu  the  senate. 
At  the  la.st  seesion  of  the  legislature  Jauuury,  IU- 
77,  nfier  an  experience  of  twenty-six  years  of  the 
result  of  prohibition,  an  a^t  additional,  with. 
greatly  increased  penalties,  passed  through  both 
houses,  without  a  dissenting  vote.  In  Maine  there 
is  not  one  barkeeper  known  to  the  authorities. 
In  New  Jerey  there  are  five  tbotuand.  In  Maine 
there  is  not  a  restaurant  known  to  sell  liquor. 
In  New  Jenicy  there  Brel.380.  Iu  Maine  there  b- 
not  a  dealer  in  liquor,  unltaw  it  be  secretly  nod. 
in  violation  uf  law.  I"  New  Jersey  there  un 
66.5.  In  Maine  there  is  not  one  brewer.  In  New 
Jeraey  there  are  573.  In  Maine  there  is  not  one- 
distiller.  In  New  Jeiaejr  there  are  42.— /iM/tyentf- 
uit. 


TUK  bteeteire:^  ^t  avokk. 


^pHl    11. 


The  Brethren  at  Work 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J-  H-  MOORE.  KDITOKS. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  f  '•"^•""'■ 


lice,  will  he  I'uo 


Hjuidont  ;nni  agcut  for  Uic  IliiKniiirs  / 
1  rv^ceire  subBuriplionB  for  the  s.injo  M  oi 
Ml  Iiiisinc3j  irnnsnaicd  bj  him  fur  ouro 
BQmo  lu  if  done  by  oUtbdItci. 


Tim  DuETiintN  at  Wouk  will  bo  Bont  poai-pnid,  lo  nny 
iKlilrCM  in  Ibo  Unitcil  Slnles  or  Cnnndii,  for  f  1  fjl)  pai 
smiiim.  TboNC  Bending  Icd  namcn  mid  91G,U0,  trill  re. 
crivu  no  oilrn  copy  fri^e  of  ohnrgo.  Por  all  o*pr  Ihis 
number  <bc  ngonl  n'ill  he  nllowed  10  ccnln  for  cnch  n<l<li 
tionni  nnnie.  which  amoHDt  cun  be  Jeduclcd  from  the 
moni'j.  I'cfiiTc  scdJIde  i(  lo  uo.  Moncj  Orders,  Dmfls, 
ami  ItegisUTCd  Lcllera  Eoiij  bo  seni  al  nur  ri^k,  Thuy 
ehould  bo  mniie  pnjnbic  lo  Moore  k  Eshclcnan. 

Suhscriptians,  noil  communicMiani  intended  far  llicprk- 
por,  as  well  lu  nil  btuinCM  lunKcrs  coancclcd  wi<h  the  of- 
flov  obould  bo  addressed 

MOOBE  &  ESHELUAM, 

Liuuk,  Carroll  Co.,  lU- 


LAtTABE,  ILL., 


AFBIL  n,  1BT3. 


A  BRnriiKR  by  the  nume  of  Workman  at. No- 
rn Springs,  lown,  wislies  us  to  send  him  the  pn- 
pcr,  which  we  will  gladly  do  whenever  ho  sends 
ns  his  given  name. 


We  have  just  received  nil  interesting  letter 
from  Bro,  Hope.  He  reports  the  pros|iccta  lor 
building  up  the  church  in  Denmnrk  greatly 
increasing.    The  letter  will  appear  next   week. 

It  is  announced  that  the  venerable  Cyril, 
Putriarch  of  Jerusalem  is  dead.  He  was  born 
on  the  Island  of  Saraos,  and  became  Patriarch 
of  Jerusalem  in  1845,  being  at  the  time  of  bis 
death  in  his  eighty-seventh  year. 

A  nnoTDER  who  is  very  earnest  concerning 
othei-s  coming  to  the  knowledge  of  the  truth, 
w:ites:  "If  1  were  able,  I  would  supply  many 
pei-sons  with  the  Brethren  at  Work.  iVs  it 
is  I  get  a  little  enthusiastic  occasionally,  and 
become  determined  that  the  old  Gosiiel  Ship 
must  move  as  much  as  possible  with  my  aid." 


Mk.  Moody  told  his  Springfield  audience  re- 
cently a  story  about  a  poor  woman,  who  hear- 
ing a  rap,  thought  the  landlord  had  come  tbde- 
nmnd  the  rent.  She  refused  to  answer,  and 
thus  turned  away  aliieud  who  wished  to  give 
her  money.  The  audience  laughed  at  this,  but 
Moody  stopped  them  abniplly  by  crying:  "You 
laugh  at  that  woman,  but  it  was  you  yourself, 
sijiner." 

We  present  the  following  from  Bro.  J.  W. 
Stoiu  for  the  consideration  of  the  Brethren; 
"Allow  nie  to  say  to  the  Brethren  io  Indiana 
and  elsewhere,  who  have  been  asking  a  nsit  by 
me,  that  I  intend,  if  the  Lord  will,  to  spend 
several  weeks  from  home  about  the  time  of  the 
Annual  Meetiug,  so  as  to  include  it^  attend- 
ance. I  therefore  hope  the  Brethren  will  write 
and  inform  me  of  their  arrangements  in  good 
time," 

AnR.VHAM  WoLTE  of  Washington,  Iowa  says; 
"Again  the  waters  have  been  troubled,  angeh 
rejoiced,  the  church  made  glad  and  encouraged. 
Last  Tuesday  there  were  five  souls  buried  with 
Christ  ill  baptism,  and  rose  we  trust  to  walk  in 
iiewniess  of  life.  Three  of  them  were  from  the 
Baptist  church,  two  were  quite  young  persons; 
one  not  quite  eighteen,  the  other  in  bis  fif- 
teenth year.  Othei^s  we  hope  are  counting  the 
cost.  There  are  now  seventeen  memhera  resid- 
ing here." 

Thoi'Sands  of  men  and  women  in  cities,  vil- 
lages and  even  in  the  country,  who  are  without 
either  work  or  home,  wUl  do  well  to  study  the 
principles  of  industry,  economy  and  content- 
ment. There  is  work  and  brain  labor  for  all. 
The  great  difficulty  however,  is  knoiving  how  to 
find  it.  The  leariiiug  of  the.se  things  is  gener- 
ally put  ott'  too  late  in  life.  They  should  be 
learned  early  and  put  to  immediate  practice. 
The  real  secret  of  getting  work  i.s  the  good  hab- 
it of  constantly  sticking  at  it  when  you  do  get 
it. 

Those  who  purpose  attending  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting,  shoyld  bear  in  mind  that  the 
congregation  in  which  the  meeting  is  to  bo 
held,  is  making  no  preparations  whatever  to 
entertain  any  until  on  Monday,  the  tenth  of 
June.  To  hold  an  A.  M,  is  very  burdensome  on 
the  congregation  in  which  it  is  held,  and  there- 
fore every  eftbrt  possible  should  be  made  use  of 
to  light«n  the  burden  and  diminish  the  labors. 
This  precaution  has  been  too  frequently  ne- 
glected. 

Most  of  our  readers  have  donbtle^  heard  of 
Deacon  Giles  and  his  rum  work,  and  also  of  tho 
famous  illustrated  article  concerning  him.   The 


ariicie  >vas  published  over40yejirs  ago  and  nt 
that  time  created  great  excitement  in  different 
parts  of  the  country,  and  hiw,  in  its  time  done 
much  towards  creating  a  tenijiernnce  sentiment 
in  various  localities.  It  was  written  by  a  min- 
ister, who  tor  the  act  was  confined  in  jail  a  few 
days.  He  refused  to  make  any  apolo.^ies  and 
was  released.  The  article  though  rudely  illus- 
trated, contains  volumes  of  truth  against  the 
liquor  trafiic.  , 


Of  Henry  Ward  Beeeher  it  is  said,  that  he 
"has  about  completctl  the  handsomest  countrj' 
residence  at  Peekskill  on  the  Hudson,  It  has 
the  model  billiard-room  and  card  room  of  the 
State,  frescoed  in  a  sort  of  a  religious  hiveudi 
to  cushion  the  ragged  edge."  These  startlijig 
facts  show  where  the  popular  preacher  mth  his 
"no-hell"  theory  is  drifting  to.  This  man  can 
go  to  church  and  hold  an  audience  spell-bound 
for  two  hours,  while  treating  some  deeply  inter- 
esting, religious  subject,  and  then  return  home 
and  play  billiards  or  cards  to  give  the  mind  rest. 
No  wonder  that  such  men  want  to  dismiss  the 
idea  of  a  hell  from  their  minds. 


Ik  reply  to  a  brother  who  wishes  to  know 
why  we  do  not  publish  the  "Memoriam"  of  a 
certain  sister,  we  remark,  that  it  would  be  very 
imprudent  for  us  to  publish  even  one  tenth  of 
that  kind  of  articles  sent  here.  Our  paper 
would  soon  be  entirely  filled  up  with  them.  We 
think  it  generally  sufficient  to  publish  an  obi- 
tuary notice  and  use  the  paper  as  much  as  pos- 
sible for  suitable  articles  on  other  subjects.  We 
know  the  friends  of  the  deceased  would  like  to 
have  us  give  a  column  for  expressing  their 
lolemn  reflections  on  such  occasions,  but  they 
ihould  bear  in  mind  that  there  are  scores  of 
others  making  similar  requests,  and  were  we  to 
give  way  to  them  they  would  soon  fill  the  en- 
tire paper  with  that  kind  of  matter. 


THE    POOR    SAINTS. 

Dear  lirelhren:— 

I  PROPOSE  that  you  act  as  treasurer  to  receive 
and  forward  contributions  for  the  poor 
saints  in  Denmark,  ^r  if  not  convenient  for 
you,  then  name  some  other  brother  whose  ad- 
dress is  also  Lanark.  It  is  not  convenient  for 
all  to  send  direct  to  Denmark. 

Jesse  Y.  Hecki^er. 

While  we  were  away  from  home  a  few  days 
last  week,  our  hands  had  put  up  in  the  office  a 
neat  little  box,  having  on  it  a  card,  containing 
the  following:  "  DAiiish  Mission  Contribu- 
tiou  Box.  Drop  In  Your  Mite."  Of  course 
the  members  drop  in  their  mites  pretty  freely; 
we  therefore  conclude  that  if  the  brethren  and 
sistera  wish"  to,  they  can  send  their  contribu- 
tions to  us  and  we  will  forwai'd  them  direct  to 
Dennmrk,  as  we  will  have  to  forward  the  mou- 
ey  paid  in  here,  and  it  can  all  he  attended  to  at 
one  time. 

It  will  be  observed  that  wc  takecharge  of  thi 
money  sent  to  the  poor  saints  in  Denmark,  and 
not  the  regular  missionary  fund,  of  whi 
C.  P.  Rowland  is  treasurer.  This  we  will  do 
until  the  coming  District  Meeting,  sending  the 
money  off  to  Denmark  as  received  each  week. 


PHILIP  AT  SAMARIA, 

IN  the  eighth  chapter  of  Acts,  commencing  at 
the  fifth  verse,  we  have  an  account  of  the 
flKt  protracted  meeting  that  Philip  ever  engag- 
ed in.  With  the  disciples  and  brethren  he  had 
spent  many  plea-sant  sea.sons  in  and  around  Je- 
rusalem and  enjoyed  tho  association  of  those 
possessing  the  same  faith.  The  miraculous 
manifestation  that  occurred  on  the  memorable 
day  of  Pentecost  conftrmed  then:  belief  m  the 
divinity  of  their  arisen  and  ascended  Master, 
Persecution,  however,  soon  arose  and  caused  tho, 
dispersion  of  the  disciples  to  different  parts  of 
the  country. 

Philip  goes  down  to  the  city  of  Samaria  and 
there  commences  a  .series  of  meetings.  The 
question  arises,  why  did  he  go  into  a  city  to  make 
first  efforts?  The  city  contained  a  great 
many  inhabitants  and  among  them  were  men 
of  learnins  and  influence.  In  fact,  Samaria  was 
tho  largest  and  most  maguificont  city  in  that 
part  of  the  country.  Philip  did  not  shun  the 
place  as  some  people  do  now.  He  did  not  pause 
to  lament  over  his  want  of  education — did  not 
fear  his  incapacity,  but  trusting  in  God,  be 
walks  into  the  proud  city  and  preached  Christ 
unto  them,  showing  how  it  was  that  according 
to  the  prophets  and  what  was  foretold  of  Him, 

that  He  must  suffer  at  the   hands  of  enemies.    Then  brethren,  from  these  old  apostolic  prece- 
He  showed  that  He  was  put  to  death,  was  so- 1  dents  let  us  learn  valuable  lessons.     Of  conne 


curely  burietl,  and  around  His  sepulchre  was 
placed  an  armed  body  of  men  to  keep  it  secure, 
but  on  the  morning  of  the  third  day,  He  arose 
in  sight  of  the  armed  guard,  and  afterward 
showed  Himself  to  His  disciples  and  conversed 
mth  them  from  time  to  time,  till  He  took  His 
ascent  into  heaven  and  is  now  seated  at  the 
right  hand  of  God. 

He  showed  them  how,  by  signs  and  wonders, 
Christ  proved  Himself  the  Son  of  God,  and  that 
His  enemies  had  done  the  deed  of  crucifying 
Him.  His  reasoning  was  so  logical  and  appeals 
so  forcible  that  the  city  with  one  accord  gave 
heed  unto  the  things  which  Philip  spake.  But 
a.s  a  confirmation  of  the  truth  of  his  preaching 
he  also  performed  miracles  in  their  pre-sence. 
Then  we  read  that  when  they  believed  the  things 
concerning  the  kingdom  of  God  and  the  name 
of  Jesus  Christ,  they  were  baptized,  both  men 

There  is  a  peculiar  feature  about  the  apostles' 
manner  of  carrying  on  missionary  work  that  is 
worthy  of  our  attention.  Even  the  careless 
reader  of  the  New  Testament  will  have  observ- 
ed that  they  did  the  most  of  their  preaching 
in  the  cities,  devoting  but  little  time  to  meet- 
ings in  the  country.  There  is  a  deeper  reason 
for  this  particular  feature  of  their  work  than  is 
by  many  supposed.  It  is  a  known  fact  that  the 
custom  and  manners  of  country  life  are  more  or 
loss  moulded  and  affected  by  the  prevailing  hab- 
its of  cities.  If  the  enemy  wishes  to  introduce 
an  evil  in  the  land,  he  first  makes  an  effort  to 
obtain  for  it  a  strong-hold  in  the  cities,  thus 
paving  the  way  for  its  introduction  into  the  ru- 
ral districts.  We  obtain  all  our  foolish  and 
health-degrading  fashions  from  the  cities.  In 
short,  the  direful  evils  that  spread  over  our  land 
first  find  a  foothold  in  cities  and  towns.  The 
apostles  in  introducing  the  noldest  system  of 
morals  the  world  has  ever  heard  of,  worked  on 
this  well-known  principle.  They  made  vigor- 
ous efforts  to  plant  the  standard  of  truth  in  the 
large  and  influential  cities  of  the  land,  and  that 
paved  their  way  for  the  introduction  of  Chriati- 
iinity  into  the  villages,  towns  and  smaller  cities. 
The  mother  church  of  the  whole  world  was 
planted  in  Jerusalem,  a  large  city  composed  of 
se^ral  hundred  thousand  inhabitants.  Philip 
planted  a  church  at  Samarja.  and  in  a  few  years 
another  was  planted  at  Antioch,  which  grew 
from  year  to  year  until  it  finally  consisted  of 
more  than  one  hundred  thousand  members.  At 
Corinth,  Philippi  and  Ephesus  and  even  at 
Rome  we  have  account  of  the  planting  of 
flourishing  congregations  which,  in  after  years, 
wielded  an  untold  amount  of  influence  in  the 
spreading  of  Christianity.  This  method,  adopU 
ed  and  practiced  by  the  apostles,  proved  itself 
eminently  successful,  for  at  the  end  of  the  firat 
centmy,  no  les.s  than  one  million  converts  are 
said  lo  have  been  the  fruits  of  the  apostolii 
der  of  conducting  missionary  work.  They  did 
not  go  into  a  city,  preach  just  a  few  sermons, 
and  then  leave  because  the  people  did  not  at  (irst 
give  heed  to  their  preaching,  but  labored  from 
day  to  day,  and  month  to  month,  defending  the 
evidences  of  Christianity.  Protracted  meetingi 
continued  with  them  the  order  of  tlie  day. 
Their  object  was  to  convert  the  peo|»le — to  con- 
vince them  that  Jesus  Christ  was  the  Son  of 
God,  that  in  His  name  and  that  alone  was  there 
the  promise  of  salvation.  Knowing  the  terror 
of  the  Lord  they  persuaded  men  to  repent — did 
all  in  their  power  to  cause  them  to  cease  to  do 
evil  and  learn  to  do  well. 

From  these  apostolic  precedents  you  and  I 
can  learn  lessons  of  great  value.  We  need  not 
fear  to  introduce  our  humble  order  of  religion 
into  large  and  influential  cities;  for  the  apostles, 
the  old  primitive  preachers,  did  that  way  in  the 
golden  age  of  the  Christian  church  and  met  in 
their  labor  ivith  more  success  than  has  been 
known  since  that  perio<l.  Another  reason  why 
they  preached  in  cities  is.  because  that  was  the 
place  to  which  the  people  resorted  in  those  days 
to  worship.  Their  object  being  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  the  people,  prompted  them  to  go 
where  the  people  were.  They  did  not  travel 
proportionally  as  much  as  we  do,  but  did  by  far 
more  preaching  for  the  same  amount  of  travel- 
ing. 

Wlien  they  went  into  a  city  or  village  they 
stayed  there  lohg  enough  to  accomplish  some 
good — did  not  do  iike  we — get  up  a  good  inter- 
est and  then  go  off"  and  leave  their  little  good, 
.Iready  done,  to  perish  for  the  want  of  care. 


customs  and  habits  have  chang*;d  since  that  day 
and  the  rural  districts  now  nflbrd  the  most  prof- 
itable places  for  evangelizing  and  building  up 
churches,  yet  this  is  no  reason  why  holding 
meeting  in  cities  should  be  avoided,  for  in  some 
of  them  much  good  may  be  accomplished,  es- 
pecially if  the  members  are  exemplary  Chris- 
tians as  they  ought  to  be.  j.  h.  m. 


WHT  NOTP 


■nding  a  piece  ii 


'^  TS/'^^'^^'^J"st  fiiii,shed  r 

VV  No.  7,  of  the  BnETnRE>f  at  Work 
on  intemperance,  and  the  question  arisp-s,  Wh.v 
do  not  Christians  sign  the  temperance  pledge? 
It  is  one  ol  the  laws  of  the  Bible.  Christ  com- 
mands US  to  be  temperate,  and  we  ask  the  ques- 
tion why  members  of  the  church  do  not  set  tho 
example  before  the  world,  and  lend  their  influ- 
ence in  the  cause.  We  hiow  families  who  pro- 
fess to  follow  Christ,  and  try  to  raise  tneir 
children  right,  yet  they  keep  their  wines  and 
brandy  (for  their  health,  they  say)  all  tho  time 
before  their  children.  It  scorns  to  us,  if  church 
members  would  do  away  with  the  habitit  would 
be  better  for  them  and  their  childron." 

Temperance. 

Wb  are  inclined  to  believe  that "  Temperance" 
is  nnt  acquainted  with  the  Brethren's  teaching 
on  that  important  subject.  As  a  people  we  fail 
to  find  divine  warrant  for  any  of  us  fo  become 
yoked  with  the  world  in  any  organization  (John 
15:  19;  2  Cor.  6: 14-17).  The  church  of  Jesus 
Christ  has  not  within  itself  any  other  orgimiza- 
tion.  The  church  is  itself  one  of  the  best 
temperance  organizations  in  existence,  bonce 
no  need  for  any  of  its  members  to  become  iden- 
tified with  any  other.  The  church  that  does 
not  enforce  Bible  temperance  has  lost  apostolic 
ground,  and  when  this  is  gone,  they  resort  to 
something  else. 

Members  of  the  church  should  set  good  ex- 
amples before  their  children.  This  we  try  to 
teach.  Nor  can  any  one  let  his  light  shine  more 
brightly  by  joining  a  worldly  temperance  organ- 
ization, A  Christian's  light  shines  the  same 
everywhere.  It  does  not  shine  brightly  at  one 
lace  and  dim  at  imother;  it  is  the  same  at  all 
places.  Our  influence  on  the  street,  at  home, 
in  business,  at  meeting,  everywhere  should  be 
in  favor  of  temperance.  The  good  and  true 
disciple  thus  acta  and  feels,  hence  needs  no  oth- 

fellowship. 

We  have  not  one  word  to  say  against  worldly 
temperance  organ i«itions,  that  is,  organizations 
composed  of  non-profe.ssors  of  religion  who  are 
desirous  to  see  the  traffic  in  rum  stopped.  They 
no  doubt  do  much  good,  and  have  a  perfect  right 
to  labor  for  the  suppression  of  intoxicating 
drinks,  but  when  it  comes  to  pressing  the  neces- 
sity and  propriety  of  the  disciples  of  Jesus  join- 
ing such  a  society,  the  question  is  one  by  itself. 
The  right  and  propriety  of  worldly  persons 
forming  themselves  into  a  temperance  society  is 
one  thing,  and  the  right  and  propriety  of  the 
disciples  of  Jesus  joining  that  society  is  quite 
another  thing. 

It  may  be  said  that  unity  of  action  is  desird^ 
bio,  hence  professors  of  religion  should  join  the 
worldly  society.  If  that  be  a  fact,  let  the  world 
be  converted  and  come  over  to  the  disciples,  and  . 
not  the  disciples  go  over  to  the  world.  We 
think  the  world  can  form  themselves  into  and 
manage  a  temperance  society  without  Christians, 
hence  Christians  need  not  concern  them.wlves 
on  that  score.  Looking  at  this  matter  from  a 
Bible  stand-point  we  can  join  nothing  save  Je- 
sus. This  ought  to  be  enough  for  us,  since  it 
was  enough  for  the  apostles  and  all  primitive 
Christians.  Let  Christians  conduct  themselves 
according  to  the  apostolic  pattern ;  -let  the  world 
do  their  best  in  their  way  to  think,  live  and  act 
temperately  and  our  land  will  be  blessed  as  ni 
other  land  is,  Wc  have  now  briefly  givensome 
of  the  reasons  why  we  do  not  join  the  worldly 
temperance  societies.  m.  m.  e. 


FAITH. 


THE  apostles  were  required  to  go  into  all  the 
world  and  preach  tbe  Gospel  to  every  crea- 
ture. It  was  enjoined  that  they  teach  or  dis- 
ciple all  nations,  that  is,  make  learners  or  be- 
lievers of  them.  They  were  to  preach  "  re- 
pentance iind  the  remission  of  sius,"  baptizmg 
such  as  believed,  "into  the  name  of  the  Father, 

id  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and 
then  was  the  promi.se,  "  He  that  believelh  and 
is  baptized  shall  be  saved."  On  theothcrhand, 
"  He  that  believeth  not,  shall  be  damned," 

But  why;>rraeA  to  the  people?  That  they 
might  beUeve.    "  How  con  they  believe  in  him 


April   11. 


THE    BRETHTHKN"    AT   "WORE:. 


of  wlinm  they  have  iiot  heard?"  Ami  "  fnith 
comeih  by  heariDg."  Why  should  people  [lave 
faiih?  Because  "without  fiiith  it  is  impossible 
to  plefiso  God,"  iind  "he  that  belicveth  not 
3hiill  1)0  dnmiieil."  Faith  prompts  people  to 
"  ceiiso  to  do  evil  and  lenm  to  do  well."  This  is 
roiiGiitnucG,  a  turning  from  evil  to  good,  "  Ex- 
cept ye  repent,  ye  shall  all  likemao  perish," 
aaya  inspiration. 

But  what  shall  the  people  helievc  in  order  to 
salvation?  Believe  in  the  Lord  Josns  Christ.— 
This  embodies  the  Christian's  faith.  Bidievina 
in  the  Lord  Josiia  Christ  embraced  an  iniwavcr- 
inR  eonGdonce  in  all  that  He  htus  said  and  done, 
S3  well  as  the  divinely  authorized  circunistancoa 
connected  with  His  life.  Assuming  as  we  do 
that  His  teachings  are  not  only  holy,  but  just, 
the  conclusion  is  inevitable  that  "  he  that  be- 
lievoth  not,  shall  be  damned,"  "  because  he  be- 
lievcth  not  in  tlio  only  begotten  Son  of  God;" 
for  "  without  faith  it  is  impos-siblo  to  please 
Go.1." 

We  do  not  believe  that  God  will  condemn 
any  one  for  not  believing,  provided  believing 
with  him  is  a  matter  of  iiiipossibiUl!/.  There 
arc  some  living  in  remote  lauds  who  never  had 
an  opportunity  to  believe,  never  heard  of  Jesus 
and  therefore  know  nothing  about  Him.  — 
Thiiugh  such  may  bi!  for  some  cause  condemn- 
ed, yet  not  for  dislwlieving  in  Christ.  "  For  how 
call  they  believe  in  him  of  whom  Hicy  have  not 
heard."  "  Faith  cometh  by  hearing,"  and  it  is 
evident  that  they  cannot  hear  without  a  preach- 
er." If  they  are  lost,  it  cannot  bo  iu  conse- 
quence of  unhelirf,  for  unbelief  is  not  u  sin  on- 
ly in  cases  where  belief  is  not  possible.  This 
we  think  is  so  reasonable  that  no  logical  reasoii- 
er  will  squarely  dissent  from  it. 

Nations  that  are  without  a  knowledge  of 
God  and  His  laws,  will  be  judged  according  to 
the  light  they  have,  and  not  according  to  that 
which  tLoy  have  not,  for  "  these,  having  not 
the  law  are  a  law  unto  themselves."  The 
knowledge  they  have  of  good  and  evil  is  to  be 
their  law,  by  this  are  they  to  be  judged,  and  if 
condemned  it  will  be  because  they  have  not  done 
that  which  they  knew  to  be  right, 

Ftuth  being  a  creatm-e  of  education  is  materi- 
ally effected  by  surrounding  circumstances.' 
The  training  received  in  early  age  baa  much  to 
do  with  thebent  of  the  mind  in  afterlife.  Those 
who  are  born  and  raised  in  heathen  lands  where 
Christ  is  neither  preached  or  known,  have  no 
faith  in  Him,  though  they  may  iirmly  believe 
in  other  objects.  Under  the-w  circumstances 
faith  in  Christ,  with  them  is  an  impossibility. 
They  never  heard  of  Him,  therefore  can  have 
no  Gospel  faith.  They  become  a  law  unto  them- 
selves. Those  born  and  educated  in  Christian 
lauds  are  different;  thoy  liave  better  opportuni- 
ties, therefore  faith  is  not  an  impossibility.  Un- 
to them  it  is  said,  "  He  that  believcth  not  shall 
be  damned."  They  not  only  have  ample  oppor- 
tunities of  reading  the  Gospel,  but  can  hear  it 
preached,  hear  it  proclaimed,  then  if  they  believe 
not  it  is  their  on-n  fault,  and  on  them  the  con- 
demnation is  pronounced,  the  decree  has  gone 
forth  that  they  shall  be  condemned.  Not  one 
reader  of  these  lines  can,  in  the  great  day  of 
judgment,  escape  condemnation  in  unbelief. 
"  He  that  Itnoweth  to  do  good  and  doeth  it  not, 
to  him  it  13  a  sin."  And  "  he  thatheareth  these 
sayings  of  mine  and  doetb  them  not,  is  like  un- 
to a  foolish  man."  Furthermore,  "every  soul 
that  \vill  not  hear  that  prophet  shall  bedi-stroy- 
ed  from  among  the  people."  j.  ii.  u. 


"SPBINKLINa, 

THE 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM," 

NUMBER  IV. 

WE  now  come  to  the  fourth  and  last  lesson 
on  this  sahjeet  with  Doctor  GreenwahL 
His  first  question  at  this  time  is: 
"  Was  Ihtt  enniicb  iiiimfrsfii?  " 
*'  The  eunuch  confessed  that  what  he  read  wits 
not  clear  to  him,  and  he  invited  PbiHp  to  take  a 
^seat  beside  him  in  the  chariot.  He  did  so;  aud 
.as  they  rode  along  he  explained  to  him  that  that 
prophecy  pointed  out  Christ  as  the  Messiah,  that 
Christ  had  come  iu  fulfillment  of  it,  aud  that 
Jeaus  of  Nazareth  was  the  Christ.  The  eunuch 
was  so  thoroughly  convinced  of  the  Messiabahip 
■of  Jesus,  that  he  was  ready  at  once  to  become  a 
Christian.  But  what  should  he  do?  Ho  was 
goingaway  from  Jerusalem,  lieyond  Egypt,  quite 
into  Ethiopia,  and  might  never  have  another 
opportuuity  of  hearing  of  Jesus,  or  of  embrac- 
ing the  Gospel,  by  receiving  Baptism,  aud  mak- 
ing a  profession  of  his  faith.  He  was  here  in 
the  midst  of  the  desert,  with  no  house,  or  town, 
-or  hamlet  near  where  he  could  stop  to  have  the 


ordinance  of  Baptism  regularly  administered  in 
a  quiet  room.  Even  streams  of  w.it«r  were  of 
very  uncommon  occurrence.  But  as  he  journey- 
ed with  Philip  at  his  aide,  behold,  'they  came  to 
a  certain  water,'  and,  wishing  to  embrace  an 
opportunity  which  might  never  occur  to  him 
again,  he  said,  'See,  here  is  water,  what  doth 
hinder  me  to  be  baptized? '  Pliili]i  .said  to  him: 
■If  thou  believest  with  all  Ibin,.  h..;irt.  fhi.u 
niayest.  And  he  answered  auil  said,  I  lir'lii>\-i> 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Sou  ol  (j'ul.  And  Iv 
commanded  the  chariot  to  sfaiid  slill:  ami  thi.'v 
went  down  both  into  the  water,  both  Philip  and 
the  eunuch;  and  he  baptized  him!"  How  did  he 
baptize  him?  By  dipping  him  into  the  water? 
Where  is  that  said?  There  is  nothing  of  the 
kind  said.  There  was  no  house  near,  no  con- 
veniences of  any  kind  at  hand,  and  both, going 
down  to  the  rivulet,  could  not  Philip  eiisily  have 
stooped  doivn,  as  the  great  man  bent  his  head 
over  the  clear  rill  that  ninrmured  before  him, 
and  raising  up  in  his  hand  some  of  the  water, 
poured  or  spnnkted  it  on  his  head,  and  thus  bap- 
tized him  with  water  in  the  same  way  as  John 
ba|>tized  Jesus,  and  as  the  Holy  Ghost  baptized 
the  disciples  on  the  day  of  Pentecost?" 

Here  we  have  it,  not  from  Jesus,  not  from  an 
apostle,  hut  from  the  Doctor  that  the  eunuch 
was  "  iu  the  midst  of  the  desert,  with  no  house, 
or  town,  or  hamlet  near  where  be  could  stop  to 
have  the  ordinance  of  Baptism  regularly  admin- 
istered," Now  he  has  the  euuuch  hi  the  midst 
of  a  desert,  and  yet  there  was  a  "  rivulet "  there. 
How  afraid  the  Doctor  is  of  "much  water!  " 
"Dry  places  "suit  him  much  better.  Some- 
thing is  said  about  the  "  unclean  spirit "  walk- 
ing through  "dry  places  "  seeking  in  vain  for 
rest.  No  rest  in  drij  jilnces,  Doctor.  Come 
follow  Jesus.  Poor  eunuch!  There  was  "no 
house,  or  town,  or  hamlet  near"  for  him.  No 
gorgeously  decked  house  with  a  bowl  of  water 
for  Philip  to  sprinkle  him,  but  "down  into  the 
water  both  Philip  and  the  eunuch  "  bad  to  go, 
and  Philip  "ta/J'/arf  Aiiii,"  Why  did  not  the 
translators  say  "  aprtnkled  him,"  Doctor?  If 
sprinkling  was  the  thing  done,  why  not  say  so? 
But  you  see  Philip  bapHwJ  the  eunuch:  he  did 
not  stoop  doivn  '"  as  the  great  man  bent  bis  head 
over  the  rill,"  and  "sprinkle"  water  on  his 
bend.  The  eunuch's  head  alone  is  not  the  thing 
to  be  acted  upon,  but  the  PKHifrfi— the  man. 

Whenever  the  Lord,  the  apostles  and  primi- 
tive Christians  speak  iibout  baptism,  they  do  not 
say  the  heads  of  the  people  were  sprinkled,  but 
ihc  people  uxye  bnjiHzed.  Jesus'  head  was  not 
iprinkled  with  a' little  water,  but  He  was  baptized 
'n  Jordan — the  river,  not  a  rivulet.  In  every  Bi- 
ble instance  of  water  baptism  the  whole  person, 
not  simply  a  part,  was  baptiswd,  dipped  in  wafer. 

And  the  learned  Doctor  wants  to  know 
"  where  it  is  said  "  that  Philip  dipped  the  eunuch 
in  water.  Turn  to  Acts  8:  3S  and  read:  "And 
they  both  went  down  into  the  water;"  and  in 
order  that  no  man  might  deceive  the  "  very 
ilect,"  the  Holy  Spirit  repeats,  "  both  Philip  and 
the  eunuch,  and  he  baptized  him."  Of  course 
if  the  Holy  Ghost  had  not  caused  Luke  to  write 

buth  Philip  and  the  eunuch,"  some  modern 

divine  "  would  have  discovered  that  "  both  the 
chariot  and  the  euntich  went  down  into  the  riv- 
ulet, and  Philip  reaching  down  took  up  a  few 
drops  of  water  and  shed  them  on  the  head  of 
the  eunuch."  Is  not  this  the  w.iy  it  was  done, 
Doctor?  Certainly  it  can  l>e  proven  from  the 
same  verse  and  chapter  that  the  chariot  went 
down  into  the  rivulet,  that  you  prove  that  the 
uch  was  sprinkled.  Now  look  over  the 
chapter  of  Supposition,  Doctor,  and  see  wheth- 
er you  cannot  find  a  verse  to  prove  that  the 
chariot  wheels  were  sprinkled  too.  I  might 
lere  give  the  reader  what  Clark,  Wetstein  and 
Sehoetgen  say  relative  to  the  term  desert,  but 
for  the  want  of  space  omit  their  testimony. 

The  Doctor's  nest  efforts  are  to  show  that  in 
immersion  we  are  not  buried  with  Christ,  that 
Noah  in  the  ark  is  no  figure  of  baptism,  and  that 
in  the  passage  of  the  Israelites  through  the  Red 
Sea  they  were  sprinkled  untoMoses.  He  thinks 
they  passed  over  on  "  dry  ground,"  did  not  get 
into  "  deep  mire  "  or  water,  but  were  sprinkled 
bj  a  shower  of  rain.  You  see  the  ground  over 
which  they  passed  was  "  dry,"  though  it  rained 
on  them  all  the  time,  Doctor,  how  much  "dry 
ground  "  is  there  on  the  surfaco  during  a  show- 
er? You  would  better  locate  your  showers  at 
some  other  point.  In  all  these  assertions  the 
error  crops  out  so  plainly  that  no  one  will  be- 
lieve them,  hence  pa-ss  on  to  his  voice  on  Isaiah. 

"  The  prophet  Isaiah  has  «  prophetic  allusion 
to  the  mode  of  baptism:  Does  he  foretell  immer- 
sion ?  " 

In  Ismah  52: 15,  we  find  the  followmg  re- 
markable expression  concerning  the  future 
Messiah:  'Soshidl  he  sprinkle  many  nations.' 
This  passage  is  found  in  connection  with  many 
other  predictions,  all  of  which  refer  directly  to 
Christ.     Indeed,  so   plain    are   the   concludiug 


ver#.-..r  H-  ---,i,.!,-,,,f,.r,  a-.IMi.>wli.,|,Miftlie 
53nl  /■..■■,  .  .   ■  .■■!,      ,',  L'har- 

aet'T.r  ■.!.,,,     1, -a  bib- 

lical »ii^.  ■-  1..  I  .,:  i-  ,1  ill  ■  till.  .■\:iiiL'clical 
propiiet.  When,  luerelore,  it  is  eiud:  "He 
-shall  -spnnkle  many  nations,"  the  reference  is 
unquestionably  to  Christ,  and  it  intends  to  saj-, 
•Chrisf  shiilUpriiil;!.-  m^mv  nafinns.'  As  it  is 
thr.MiL-li  r',,.r.  ,„  [|,,!  ]..  i'l,,,  i\  ,.,,,..-,... com- 
iles 


'■  of 


Ml.'  I'.j:  .,  ■'.  -  :,,,,,,. I  (!,.■  llniv  (;|„„i,  the 
people  ol  all  uatiuu.s  i.ouLe  into  the  church  or 
kingdom  of'  Christ  which  he  has  set  up  in  the 
world,  anil  into  possession  of  the  rich  eills  of 
grace  and  salvation  procured  for  them  by  the 
blood  of  sprinkling  which  lie  shed  for  them  on 
the  cross,  there  is  obvious  allusion  to  Christian 
Baptism  in  this  passage. 

A  Jew  or  Gentile  baptized,  is  no  longer  a  .Jew 
or  Gentile,  hut  a  Christian.  Eveiw  individual 
of  all  the  nations  that  become  Christiana,  is 
baptized.  No  one  anywhere  enters  the  Chris- 
tian Church  except  by  being  baptized.  Such  is 
the  case  now,  and  sucli  has  always  been  the  case. 
Since  the  commencement  of  the  Christian 
Church,  untold  laillions  of  inen,  in  alruost  all  na- 
tions of  the  worM.  li  n-li'  i  u  Im|.'  ..  .1  'd  i!i.'  name 
ofChrist.    Chri--  ■  ■■     'i.      ..m^ers 

and  iu  His  naiiji  ,-  .i-:  this 

test  predicts.  Auil  II.'  n..-  ■■  .|.ri,.  ,i  r  lirTii,  too, 
not  by  immersion,  but  by  spfiukling.  Not  a 
single  nation  has  ever  been  immersed,  either  in 
whole  or  by  a  majority,  but  verj-  numerous  na- 
tions have  been  sprinkled.  Baptism  by  sprink- 
ling, or  pouring,  has  ever  been,  aud  is  now,  the 
prevailing  mode  of  .id  mini  storing  Baptism  in 
the  Christian  Church.  Taking  the  whole  Prot- 
estant Church  together,  throughout  Europe  and 
America,  only  a  very  small  proportion,  compar- 
ed with  the  whole,  practice  immersion.  The 
great  mass  of  the  Protestant  Churches  and  na- 
tions practice  sprinkling.  And  so,  too,  does  the 
Roman  Church." 

Turn  to  Isaiah  52: 15,  hunt  up  the  connections, 
dear  reader,  and  notice  how  plainly  the  propltet 
had  no  allusion  to  sprinkling  a  little  water  on 
any  person.  Neither  Jesus  nor  any  of  His  fol- 
lower ever  sprinkled  water  on  nations  and 
called  it  h.-iptism.  Observe  the  assertion  that 
"  not  a  single  nation  has  ever  been  immersed, 
either  in  whole  or  by  a  majority,  but  very  nu- 
merous nations  have  been  sprinlcled."  Will  the 
Doctor  bring  just  one  nation,  which  from  the 
first  to  the  thirteenth  century,  were  sprinkled 
with  water?  At  the  conclusion  of  this  article  1 
shall  give  him  some  evidences  all  along  the  line 
favor  of  immersion.  Will  he  bring  proof 
that  the  Greeks,  iis  a  nation,  have  not,  from  the 
days  of  the  apostles,  practiced  immersion? 

"  Baptism  by  sprinkling,"  runs  through  the 
ivhole  of  Dr.  Greenwald's  work;  and  he  insists 
that  it  is  now  the  "prevailing  mode  of  adminis- 
tering Baptism  in  the  Christian  Church."     This 

a  broad  assertion,  and  savors  not  of  the  apos- 
tolic order.  Will  he  point  where  the  Greek 
church  practiced  sprinkling  for  Christian  bap- 
tism? The  Christians  who  came  forth  from  the 
apostolic  model,  were  all  baptized,  not  sprinkled. 
The  teachers  sent  out  by  Jesua  were  told  to 
baptize  all  nations,  not  sprinkle  them,     Every- 

here  men  aud  ivomen  repented,  believed  and 
were  baptized,  doing  precisely  aa  the  Lord  di- 
rected them  in  Hia  Word. 

I  now  close  this  review  of  "  Sprinkling,  the 
True  Mode  of  Baptism,"  with  aoine  evidences 
this  subject,  which  the  Doctor  may  put  on 
side  of  the  scales  if  he  can  find  profit  there- 
in. The  numbers  opposite  the  names  shoiv 
ibout  what  time  they  wrote. 

B.VRNABAS,  A.  D.  50.  "Blessed  are  they,  who, 
putting  their  trust  in  the  cross,  descend  into  the 
lealer;  for  they  shall  have  their  reward  in  due 
time." 

Heruas,  A.  D.  90.  This  person's  writings 
were  very  popular  during  the  first  and  second 
centuries.  Hear  him  on  baptism:  "Before  a 
man  receives  the  name  of  the  Son  of  God,  he  is 
ordained  unto  death;  hut  when  he  receives  that 
seal,  he  is  freed  from  death,  and  assigned  unto 
life.  Now  that  seal  is  the  water  of  baptism,  into 
which  men  yo  down  under  the  obliifalion  unto 
death,  but  come  up  appointed  unto  life." 

JusitN  Martyr,  A.  D.  140.  "They  are  then 
washed  in  that  water  in  the  name  of  God,  the 
Father  and  Loi'd  of  the  universe,  and  of  our 
Savior  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  Holy  Spirit." 

Tektolian,  A.  D.  200.  "  Therefore  all  who 
believed,  after  these  words  were  uttered,  were 
immersed.  Then  also,  when  Paul  believed  he 
was  immersed." 

Origes,  a.  D.  240.  "  As  the  serpent  was  liid 
in  the  Egyptian  river,  so  doth  God  in  this  (the 
Jordan);  for  the  Father  is  in  the  Son." 

Ambrose,  A.  D.  350.  "Thou  wast  asked. 
Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty? 
Thou  said,  I  do  believe,  and  wast  dipped,  that 
is,  buried." 

St.  Acgustike,  A.  D.  420.  "The  Savior  willed 
to  be  baptized,  not  that  He  might  Himself  be 


cleanse)!,  hut  to  cleanse  the  water  for  us.  From 
the  time  that  Himself  was  dijiped  in  the  water, 
from  that  time  he  has  washed  away  all  our  sins 
in  water." 

Rabakus,  a.  D.  850.  "As  by  the  immersion 
of  His  body  He  dedicated  the  lavcr  of  baptism." 

Luther,  A.  U,  1540.  "  First,  the  noun  bap- 
tism ia  Greek;  in  Latin,  it  can  be  rendered  im- 
mei-sion,  when  we  immerse  anything  in  water, 
that  it  may  be  all  covered  \vith  water;  and  al- 
though that  custom  has  grown  out  of  use  with. 
most  persons  (for  they  do  not  wholly  submerge 
the  children,  but  only  pour  on  a  little  water), 
yet  thoy  ought  to  he  entirely  immersed,  and 
immediately  drawn  out.  For  this  the  etymolo- 
gy of  the  noun  seems  to  demand." 

Calvin,  A.  D.  1560.  "  The  word  baptize,  it- 
self, signifies  immerse,  and  it  is  certain  that  the 
rite  of  immersing  was  observed  by  the  ancient 
church." 

Dr.  B,uiKOWB,  A.  D.  1670.  "  The  action  Ls 
baptizing  or  immersing  in  water." 

Dr.  Whitby,  A.  D.  1725.  "  We  are  buried 
mth  Christ  in  baptism,  by  being  buried  under 
water  •  •  dying  to  sin,  being  taken  hence,  and 
this  unmersion  being  religiously  observed  by  all 
Christiana  for  thirteen  centuries." 

Maoknioht,  a.  D.  1775.  "He  (Christ)  sub- 
mitted to  l>e  baptized;  that  is,  to  be  buried  un- 
der the  water  by  John,  and  to  be  out  of  it  again, 
aa  an  emblem  of  his  future  death  and  resurrec- 
tion." 

Alexander  Casipbell,  A.  D.  1850.  "The 
facts  then  are,  the  whole  world  immersed,  with 
these  few  exceptions,  for  thirteen  centuries. 
The  east  half  of  Christendom  still  continues  the 
practice.  The  Greek  portion  of  the  chureh 
never  to  this  day  has  given  up  the  primitiva 
practice." 

Dr.  Lightfoot,  A.  D.  1857.  "  That  the  bap- 
tism of  John  was  by  plunging  the  body  seems 
to  appear  from  these  things  which  are  related  of 
him;  namely,  that  ]ie  baptized  in  Jordan;  that 
he  baptized  in  Enon,  because  there  was  much 
water  there;  and  that  Christ  being  baptized 
came  up  out  of  the  water:  to  which  that  seems 
to  he  parallel,  Acts  8:  38.  Philip  and  the  eu- 
nuch went  down  into  the  water." 

Bisnop  Jkrkmy  Taylor.  "  The  custom  of 
the  ancient  churches  was  not  sprinkling,  but 
immersion,  in  pursuance  of  the  sense  of  the 
word  iu  the  commandment,  and  the  example  of 
our  blessed  Savior." 

Here  is  testimony  from  a  number  of  the  most 
learned  men  in  the  world,  some  of  them  strong 
advocates  of  sprinkling,  and  they  all  testify  that 
immersion  was  the  primitive  practice.  The 
number  of  witnesses  to  this  fact  might  he  great- 
ly multiplied,  hut  I  deem  this  sufficient.  Now 
Doctor,  if  sprinkling  is  the  true  mode,  and  "  nu- 
merous nations"  have  all  along  the  line  been 
sprinkled  with  a  little  water,  why  do  all  these 
men,  with  a  host  of  others,  speak  in  such  strong 
terms  iu  favor  of  immersion  ?  Is  this  not  itself 
evidence  that  immersion  was  the  prevailing  prac- 
tice for  more  than  thirteen  hundred  years?  Do 
not  the  facts  before  us  show, that  baptizovinev~ 
er  rendered  ifprin/cle,  that  the  primitive  Chris- 
tians resorted  to  where  there  waa  "  much  water" 
when  they  wished  to  baptize,  and  that  coming 
up  "  out  of  the  water"  does  not  imply  sprink- 
ling? God  grant  that  our  constant  aim  may 
be  to  follow  Jesus  in  all  things. 

^_^^^^^___^  u.  M.  E. 

DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

White  Oak  Church,  Pa. 810.00 

B.  H.  Kepner, 3.50 

S.  A.  Walker,  Ohio 5.00 

Pre'vioualy  reported 1528.39 

Total:  $1546,89 
C.  P.  RowLANn,  Treasurer, 
Lanark,  III.,  March  20th,  1S78. 


HUMANITY. 

HUMANITY  has  iLs  two  sides: — one  side  in 
the  strength  and  intellectof  manhood,  the 
other  in  the  teuderu&ss,  and  laith,  and  submisa- 
iveness  of  womanhood;  Man  and  Woman,  not 
man  alone,  make  up  human  nature.  In  Christ, 
not  one  alone,  hut  both  were  glorified.  Strength 
and  Grace,  Wisdom  and  Love,  Courage  and  Pu- 
rity,— Divine  Manliness,  Divine  Womanliness. 
In  all  noble  characters  you  find  the  two  blend- 
ed; in  Him — the  noblest — blended  into  one 
perfect  and  entire  Humanity. — Selected. 


THE    BRETHREN    ^VT    AVOREl. 


April    11. 


;fni  ^ame  ^tr 


ircU. 


READ  AKD  OBEY. 

"  IliiJiliands,  loie  jour  wiies." 

■'  WiTM,    ohoy    joiic    huBhunds." 

"  Fitlhfn.  protoke  not  jour  children  to  wmth." 

"  CblMreD.    obe/    four    piwrcnU    la   nil    thlags . " 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

The  Afflicted. 

YES,  many  ore  sick  tins  morning.  Their 
bodies  are  full  of  pain;  tlieir  strength  is 
almost  gone,  their  endurance  severely  tried.  0 
how  you  would  like  to  go  to  meeting  to-<lay, 
■would  you  not,  dear  sick  brother?  Your  heart 
la  full  of  love;  you  long  and  long  for  sweet  fel- 
lowsliip  with  the  brethren  and  sisters  as  in  day; 
gone  by.  Perhajis  you  have  long  borne  the 
storms  and  trials  of  life  iu  the  church,  and  still 
desire  to  associate  a  little  longer  with  those  of 
"  like  precious  faith."  Or  may  be  you  have  just 
"  put  on  Christ,"  have  ]U3t  tasted  of  the  refresh- 
ing from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  you  long 
for  more  of  such  sweetness. ,  Before  you  wei-e 
thus  nfUictcd,  0  how,  you,  loved  to  meet,  sing 
and  pray  with  your  dear  brethren!  And  now 
you  think  you  could  enjoy  their  company  more 
than  ever.  Now  you  feel  the  worth  of  their 
presence  more  and  more.  Ah!  how'  yoii  crave 
thoir  prayei-a,  symputhios, .  YouV  Jieart  is  full. 
Tho  Lord. bless  you,  beloved  brother.  You  have 
not  tho  privileges  that  others  have  this  Sunday 
morning,  but  you  have  the  same  Jesus  to  love, 
the  same  Father  to  )>rotcct  you.  You  can  have 
the  same  hope  of  immortal  glory,  the  saiue  vis- 
ion of  eternal  bliss,  thesame  loving-kindness  of 
our  Father  as  when  you  were  well'  and  stron] 
ButO!  you  must  suffer  in  the  body.  0  the 
pains,  the  burnings,  the  terrible  racking  of  the 
body! 

You  look  over  "  tlie  valley  of  the  shadow  of 
death,"  and  see  the  same  crown  for  you  as  whi 
you  could  walk  and  tjilk  with  your  brethren  and 
sisters.  You  have  the  same  precious  promises 
of  Jesus,  you  behold  tho  same  home  in  het 
for  you  as  wlien  in  good  health.  All  these  your 
faith  beholds.  Thank  God  for  this  grand  priv- 
ilege whether  sick  or  well. 

Sister,  you  too  are  suffering  this  morning, 
Last  night  was  a  dark  and  stormy  one  to  you, 
and  this  morning  the  body  is  still  weak  and 
worn.  Oft  have  you  prayed  to  be  released  from 
sickness,  and  longed  to  be  absent  from  the  body 
and  to  he  present  with  Jesus.  Delightful  wish ! 
But  Jesus  says:  "Wait  a  little  longer:  your 
mission  on  earth  isuotyetended:  soon  I'll  come 
and  take  thee  where  I  am;  be  patient,  the  crown 
shall  be  thine." 

Our  loving  Jesus  whispers  to  you  as  softly  as 
ever.  His  voice,  His  comforter  is  just  as  sweet 
and  consoling  as  in  times  past.  Ah  how  well 
Jesus  loves  you  still!  TiustHim:  beencourag- 
ed.  And  you  who  are  this  morning  attending 
the  sick,  be  kind  imd  tender  to  them.  Thous- 
ands arc  suffering  just  now  and  have  no  one  to 
administer  to  their  wants.  During  the  late  ter- 
rible war  in  this  country,  the  writer,  while  mak- 
ing a  forced  march  through  Maryland,  beheld 
coloretl  persons  lying  along  the  high,way,  rack- 
ed and  torture<l  with  fever,  with  nothing  but  a 
narrow  strip  of  muslin  over  them  and  no  one  to 
care  for  them.  The  stern  discipline  of  war  allowed 
no  one  to  stop  and  give  them  so  much  as  a  cup 
of  cold  water.  And  even  to-day,  in  the  midst 
of  apparent  peace,  go  into  large  cities  and  see 
the  miseries  of  thousands  of  sick.  No  tongue 
can  toll,  no  pen  describe  the  awful  sufferings  of 
the  sick  there.  Then  he  gentle  and  kind  to  the 
sick.  Do  not  worrj'  and  fret  in  their  presence. 
Walk  lightly,  be  calm  and  pleasant,  imd  mix 
Jesus  mth  your -Conversation.  They  have  no 
.smiles,  for  their  sickness  has  driven  thorn  all 
away.  Then  let  them  have  some  of  your  sun- 
shine. All  is  cloudy  and  dark  to  (hem,  and  yuu 
uted  to'  let  in  a  little  light.  Pleasant  words  and 
cheerful'sniilos  will  help  them  much.  There 
now,  lay  them  down  gently,  make  the  room 
neat  mid  cluan,  and  above  ail  see  that  the  tem- 
perature is  even  and  the  air  fresh.  Do  not  ask 
them  too  many  qu&stions,  nor  expect  them  to 
eat  as  you  do  and  what  you  do.  In  fact  remem- 
ber they  are  xkk,  and  act  aeoordiugly.  God 
bless  all  the  sick  this  Sunday  morning  and  help 
them  to  look  longingly  and  faithfully  to  our 
dear  Savior. — M.  M.  Esuklmax. 


I    DONT    LOVE    YOU     NOW, 
MOTHER ! 

AG  RE  AT  many  years  ago  I  knew  a  lady  who 
hud  bctu  sick  for  two  years,  all  the  while 
slowly  dj'ing  with  consumption.  She  had  ous 
child — a  little  boy  named  Henry.  Ouu  aft<>r- 
noon  I  wiui  sitting  by  her  side,  and  it  e(.H:med  m 
if  she  would  cough  her  life  away.  Hor  littlo 
boy  itood  by  the  b«d,  hiii  blu«  ^tM  gllad  witli 


tears  to  see  her  suffer  so.  By  and  by  the  terri- 
ble cough  ceased.  Henrj-  came  and  put  his 
arms  around  his  mother's  neck,  nestled  his  head 
in  her  bosom  and  said: 

"  Mother,  I  do  love  yon,  I  ivish  you  wasn't 
sick." 

An  hour  later,  the  same  loving,  blue-eyed  boy 
came  in  all  aglow,  stamping  the  snow  off  his 
feet. 

"  Oh  mother,  may  I  go  a  skating?  it  is  so  nice 
— Ed  and  Charlie  are  going." 

"  Henry,"  feebly  said  the  mother,  "  the  ice  is 
not  hard  enough  j-et." 

"But,  mother,"  very  pettishly  said  the  hoy, 
"you  are  sick  all  the  time — how  do  you  know?" 

"  My  child,  you  must  obey  me,"  gently  said 
the  mother. 

"  It  is  too  bad,"  angrily  sobbed  the  boy,  who, 
an  hour  ago  had  so  loved  his  mother. 

"  I  would  like  to  have  my  little  boy  go,  said 
his  mother,  looking  sadly  at  the  little  boy's  face, 
all  covered  with  frowns;  "you  said  you  loved 
me — be  good." 

"  No  I  don't  love  you  now,  mother,"  said  the 
boy,  going  out  and  slamming  the  door. 

Again  the  dreadful  coughing  came  upon  her, 
and  iFK  thought  no  more  of  the  boy;  after  the 
coughing  had  commenced  I  noticed  tears  falling 
thick  upon  her  pillow,  but  she  sank  from 
haustion  into  a  light  sleep.  In  a  little  while 
muffled  steps  of  men's  feet  were  lieavd  coming 
into  the  house,  as  though  cariying  something; 
and  they  were — carrying  the  almost  lifeless  body 
of  Henry.  Angrily  bad  he  left  his  mother,  and 
gone  to  skate —  disobeying  her:  and  then  bro- 
ken through  the  ice,  sank  under  the  water,  and 
;  now,  saved  by  a  great  effort,  was  brought  home, 
barely  alive,  to  his  sick  mother.  1  closed  the 
doors,  feeling  more  danger  for  her  life  than  the 
,  child's,  and  coming  softly  in,  drew  back  tho  cur- 
tains from  the  bed.  She  spoke,  "I  heard  them 
— it  is  Henry;  Oh  Iknewhe  went— ishedead?" 

But  she  never  seemed  to  hear  the  answer  I 
gave,  telling  her,  0  no.  She  commenced  cough- 
ing— she  died  in  agony — strangled  to  death 
The  poor  mother!  the  boy's  disobedience  killed 
her.  .  After  a  couple  of  houi^s  I  sought  the  boy's 
room. 

"  Oh  I  wish  I  had  not  told  mother  I  did  not 
love  her.  To-morrow  I  will  tell  her  1  do,"  said 
the  boy  fobbing  painfully.  My  heart  ached;  to- 
morrow I  knew  we  must  tell  him  she  was  dead. 
We  did  not  till  the  child  came  fully  into  the 
room,  crying,  "Mother,  I  do  love  you."  0! 
may  I  never  see  agony  like  that  child's,  as  the 
lips  he  kissed  gave  hack  no  kiss — as  the  hand  he 
took,  fell  lifeless  from  his  hand  instead  of  shak- 
ing his  hand  as  it  always  had,  aud  the  boy  knew 
she  was  dead.  "Mother,  I  do  love  you  now,' 
all  the  day  long  he  sobbed  and  cried.  "  0  moth- 
er, mother,  forgive  me."  Then  he  would  not 
leave  his  mother.  "Speak  tome, mother!"  but 
she  could  never  speak  again,  and  he — the  last 
woi-ds  she  had  ever  heard  him  say,  were,  "  No, 
I  don't  love  you  now,  mother." 

That  boy's  whole  life  was  ehauged;  sober  and 
sad  he  wiis  ever  after.  He  is  now  a  gray-haired' 
old  man,  with  one  sorrow  over  this  one  act  of 
disobedience,  one  wrong  word,  embittering  all 
his  life — ivith  those  words  ever  ringing  in  his 
ears,  "  I  don't  love  you  now,  mother." 

Wilt  the  little  ones  who  rend  this,  remember 
if  they  disobey  their  mother,  if  they  are  cross 
and  naughty,  they  say,  every  single  time  they 
do  so,  to  a  tender  mother's  heart,  by  their  ac- 
tions, if  not  in  the  words  of  Henry,  the  very 
same  thing,  "I  don't  love  you  uow,  mother." 
Selected  by  Aunt  Katie. 


GOD  WANTS  OUR  LOVE. 

/"10D  is  perfectly  happy.  His  resources  oi 
VJ  enjoyment  are  infinite.  Can.  we.  His  poor 
creatures,  add  anything  to  his  happiness?  Yet, 
no  do.ubt  He  is  pleased  with  our  atfections,  else 
He  would  not  command  and  invite,  and  even  en- 
treat us  to  love  Him.  Wonderful  condescension ! 
Does  the  great  God,  the  Almighty  Sovereign  of 
heaven  and  earth,  the  everlasting  Jehovah,  real- 
ly want  our  love?  The  dignity  of  man  must 
be  exalted  if  God  wants  his  love.  Our  love  to 
God  must  be  very  precious,  if  God  desires  it  and 
paid  so  great  a  price,  even  Christ's  blood,  to 
purchase  it.  The  Holy  Spirit  is  intently  aud 
constantly  at  work,  to  bring  us  into  such  a  state 
of  faith,  and  purity,  and  ho'iness,  as  to  be  meet 
to  love  God.  Amazing  privilege,  most  enrai)t- 
uriug  happiness  to  be  in  entire  fellowship  and 
love  with  God  Himself.  Whoever  fails  of  this, 
fails  of  tho  high,dolightfuldestinat{on  to  which 
God,  in  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  most  certainly  is 
calling  nt.  God  manifested  His  love  toward  us 
iu  Christ,  that  He  might  win  our  love  to  Him. 
bVUow-traTeter  to  eternity,  do  the  trifles,  tho 
fashions,  tho  folliee,  tho  sports,  the  groveling 
pleasurets  of  earth  enslave  your  appetites?  or 
L'S  your  love  to  God  rise  supremely,  pure,  holy, 
worldly,  ardsutf     God  want*  your  love. 


ACROSTIC. 

Go  ye  into  all  the  world. 
On  a  teaching  mission  tour; 
Do  SA  Christ  has  plainly  taught, 
Bearing  Gospel  that  is  pure. 
Let  us  work  the  work  of  Christians, 
Even  in  the  mission  call. 
Sowing  seed  in  every  nation, 
Some  in  good  hearts  sure  will  fall. 
Bear  the  Gospel  to  all  nations 
Round  this  earth  where'er  they  be, 
Oh,  do  tell  them  of  the  Savior — 
Tell  His  death  upon  the  tree; 
How  He  died  for  fallen  creatures, 
Even  they  of  heathen  might. 
Raise  their  hearts  from  dark  delusion. 
Helping  them  to  see  the  light, 
Oh,  hut  do  not  home  forget, 
Preach  the  Word  to  them  as  well. 
Even  till  time's  sun  shall  set. 

J.  W.  SoUTHWOOD. 

LiiicolnvUU,  Iml. 


CONGRATULATORY. 

/iivVAirH;— The  followiug  letter  was  written 
by  one  of  my  former  school  teachei-s.     Pli 
give  it  space'  in  the  "  Home  Circle." 
••A.  E.  Kea'gV-.-  ' 

r  ■•  I, was  glad  to  hearthat 
you  have  made  a  start'  for  heaven.  It  was  the 
best  thingyou  could  do.  1  hope  you  will  gi 
much  iu  grace  and  ui  the  knowledge  of  the  Loi'd 
our  Savior  and:bc  a  shining  light  in  the  church. 
Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church,  and 
different  denominations,  are  the  branches.  We 
believe  there  are  good  people  in  all  its  branches. 
All  are  engaged  in  the  same  cause — work  for 
the  same  purjiosc  and  have  the  same  Father. 
So  you  see  we  are  brethren  and  do  not  differ, 
because  we  belong  to  different  brunches  of  the 
church.  The  Lord  instituted  the  church  for  tin 
good  of  His  people;  that  they  might  assemble 
together  in  unity  and  love,  aid  and  instruct  each 
other  in  the  good  cause,  aud  how  they  may 
make  advancement  anil  grow  in  grace,  and  lay 
up  for  themselves  treasures  in  heaven.  We  be- 
lieve it  is  the  duty  of  all  pereons  to  join  some 
branch  of  the  Christian  church  and  be  regei 
ated  from  their  fallen  nature  by  the  powe 
the  Holy  Spirit,  received  through  faith  in  J* 
Christ,  whereby  they  may  be  delivered  from  the 
power  of  sin,  which  reigns  over  all  the  unre- 
generated,  so  that  they  may  love  God  and 
through  grace  serve  Him  with  the  affections  of 
the  heart;  and  therefore  do  good  to  othi 
around  them,  and  he  a  shining  light  to  the 
world  around  them,  "  As  a  city  that  is 
hill  cannot  he  hid." 

We  are  commanded  to  seek  first  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  and  all  things  shall  he  added  unto 
I  wish  you  well  in  your  Christian  life.  Hope 
you  may  enjoy  much  of  its  benefits  in  this  life, 
and  finally  a  home  in  heaven  is  the  prayer  ol 
your  friend, 

Auos  Harbauob. 

RK.\iAnKii. — The  above  needs  to  be  compared 
(vith  the  apostolic  order,  the  Lord's  one  ph 
salvation.'  That  woi-d  "denominations"  was 
unkno^vu  in  apostolic  times  as  applied  to  the 
church  of  Jesus  Christ.  There  were  "sects 
then,  such  us  Sadducees,  Pharisees,  Essenes,,_but 
none  of  these  were  called  "  branches "  of  tht 
one  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  Did  not  the  apos- 
tles and  all  their  folloivers,  all  their  brethren 
and  sisters  lictiiie  and  prtidice  alike  ?  They  did. 
They  worshipped  the  "  one  Lord,"  possessed  the 
"one  faith,"  "  hCpt  "  the  same  commandments, 
practiced  the  same  ordinances,  had  the  "  one 
hope  "  in  all  climes  aild  ill  all  nations.  "  Differ- 
ent denominations"  have  their  origin  along 
way  this  side  of  Christ,  and  bear  no  resemblance 
to  the  old  Pattern..  "Good  people  in  all  branch- 
es." We  go  further,  and  say  there  are  gowl 
people  in  the  w^rld,  among  those  who  profess 
not,  but  that  does  not  prove  that  they  are  fol- 
loiving  Jesus  in  "  all  things;  "  and  the  writer  of 
the  above  can  find  no  promise  of  eternal  salva- 
tion for  an]-  iuan"w-ho  refuses  to  believe  and 
obey  tho  whole  Book  of  Christ. 

True  "  the  Lord  instituted  the  church  for  the 
good  of  His  people;  that  they  might  assemble 
together  in  unity  and  love;  "  but  then  He  did 
not  "  institute  "  that  one  should  practice  a  jHtrt, 
or  a  Utile  of  His  teachings,  mid  another  all  of 
them,  but  commands  that  they  be  of  one  mind, 
of  the  same  judgment,  abide  in  the  same  vine, 
keep  the  same  commandments.     This  idea  of 

different  denominations  "  is  leading  thousands 
to  ruin.     You  may  cry  "  dogmatic,"  "  ilbberal," 

narrow-minded,"  "ignorant,"  that  moves  us 
notfromdcfcnding  the  ichoUtrutii.  Were  Paul, 
Petor,  John,  James  and  the  long  list  of  Chris- 
tiana who  all  taught  and  practiced  alike, — we 
say,  were  they  here  to  teach  precisely  as  they 
4id  in  the  ffrst  and  tecond  centuries,  they  would 


be  regarded  as  "unjust,"  "unfair,"  mid  "nar- 
row-minded "  men;  but  all  that  kind  of  accus- 
ing would  not  make  them  wrong,  would  not 
change  the  Truth  of  God,  nor  the  practice  of 
His  people.  We  are  not  quite  ready  to  admit 
and  drink  the  "  differcntrdeuomination  "  theory, 
hence  raise  our  voice  against  it  here  and  every- 
where, u.  «.  E. 


DEFACING    BOOKS. 

rp.\KE  up  almost  any  Suuday-school  song  book 
X  ill  your  neighborhood  oriu  mine,  turn  the 
pages  carelessly  or  carefully  as  you  like,  and  tell 
me  what  you  see, — names  mid  comments  with- 
out number  written  before  and  after  the  titles 
of  hymns.  Shall  I  instance  a  few  by  way  of 
illustration?  "Shall  we  go  Home?"  Maltie; 
"Come  To-night."  Jofm;  "Wholly  Thine." 
Lizzir;  /iPi7/fif  "More  Faithful  to  Thee."  Jim; 
"Coming  by  and  by."  i/  nothhuj  hfifipfii-i ;  Jik, 
"  I  Love  Thy  Charming  Name."  Tell  me,  gen- 
tle reader,  does  tho  tell-tale  blush  mantle  your 
cheek;  and  do  you  look  hastily  around  for  the 
"rubber"  to  erase  tho  marks  from  your  books? 
Do  they  hear  the  unhallowed  thought,  and  are 
they  the  common-place  books  of  the  neighbor- 
hood where  every  idler  may  Ica^c  an  Unworthy 
thought  or  a  trace  of  his  or  her  idle  mood? 
How  does  it  impre.M  a  right-minded'  pei-son, — 
would  they  caro  to  leave  n  clcnn-leavedi  copy  on 
your  table  and  expect  to  receive  it  again  unsoil- 
ed?  Book-marks  of  this  kind  m-o  evidences  of 
a  slovenly  habit  of  mind,  and  untidiness  of 
thought.  They  are  clitiiw;ter-inaiks  that  I  urn 
sure  you  would  be  ashamed  to  have  any  one  see, 
whose  good  opinion  you  valued  and  wished  to 
gain.  Besides  the  injury  it  does  tho  book,  it  is 
irreligious,  and  harms  more  than  you  are  aware. 
It  begets  the  habit  of  treating  sacred  subjects 
lightly  and  irreverently,  and  in  the  end,  leads  to 
ridicule  aud  skepticism.  Beware  then  of  these 
little  beginnings — spider-webs  are  not  lighter, 
but  the  legend  says  they  imprisoned  a  princess 
— and  so  will  these  things  imprison  you. 

L.  H.  MlLLEH. 

L'astoii.  ir.  V.I. 


CHILDREJT  AT   WOliK. 


Rejoicing  in  Jesns : — There  are  many  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  this  part  of  the  country,  and 
quite  a  number  of  ministers  have  beeii  here  this 
'Winter.  Many  have  turned  to  Jesus.  I  was 
received  into  the  church  Feb.  24th.  I  hope  all 
the  little  boys  and  girls  will  read  this  with  pleas- 
ure and  remember  the  Creator  in  the  days  of 
their  youth. — Huiriri  0.  Sprhiga;  Ctnnbcdand 
Co.,  Pa. 

The  First  lesson : — I  goto  Sunday-school 
in  the  Summer,  but  have  quite  a  distance  to  go. 
On  the  first  ticket  I  got,  were  these  words: 
'■  Then  spake  Jesus  unto  them  again,  I  am  the 
light  of  the  world:  he  that  followeth  me  shall 
not  walk  in  darkness,  but  shall  have  the  light 
of  life  "  (John  8: 12).— C.  E.  BarkdoU,  Turner, 
III. 

Might  Work  Moro:— I  think  we  ought  to 

work  too,  and  if  we  obey  the  just  commands  of 
our  parents  we  will  be  working  for  Jesiis.  And 
we  children  might  work  still  more  in  Sunday- 
school  if  the  old  people  would  help  us.  I  am 
afraid  we  can  have  no  school  this  Summer  as 
some  are  opposed  to  it.  I  am  sure  I  lost  noth- 
ing by  going  to  Sunday-school  and  reading  my 
Testament  there.  My  teacher  was  a  young  sis- 
ter in  the  church. — Amanda  Mock,  B^ydston 
Mills,  Jnd. 

Sweeps  Them  Out: — I  have  now  been  in 
the  church  one  j'ear.  My  father  takes  care  of 
the  meeting-hou-ie  and  he  has  to  sweep  ontpiles 
of  tobacco  quids  every  Sunday  morning.  I 
think  people  ought  to, leave  such  stuff'  in  the 
barn-yard.  I  knit,  sew  and  do  work  about  the 
house,  for  I  want  to.  be  usefuj.— £^s<Ma  E. 
CUinr,  Wwidbury,  Pa. 

The  New  Bihle: — 1  have  been  to  meeting 
to-day  at  our  new  meeting-house.  Grandpa 
{Diiniet  Neher)  preached.  He  is  old,  and  quite 
ray.  Sly  father  bought  me  a  new  Bible.  In 
it  I  found  two  questions  that  I  wish  Nellie 
O'Neill  of  Pottstown,  Pa.,  to  answer.  How 
often  must  we  forgive  those  who  sin  against  us? 
many  stripes  did  Paul  receive?  I  also 
u  my  Bible  that  children  should  olwy  their 
parents.  I  know  it  is  good  to  do  so,  but  I 
ometimes  forget. — Noiih  jY,  Nelttr,  Salem,  IU. 

I  Love  Jesus : — In  my  other  letter  I  said  I 
liked  Jesus.  I  never  saw  Him.  but  I  love  Him 
because  He  first  loved  me.  When  He  was  on 
earth  He  wanted  children  to  come  to  Him,  and 
He  wants  them  yet,  I  know  that  Jesus  wants 
sinners  to  repent  aud  be  baptized. — Mary  E. 
KepUr,  .Vd»  Hampton,  latca. 


April   11. 


TtiE  73i;eth:re:n"  ^vt  avoric 


COKRESFONDETSTCE. 


A    Sad    Accident. 

JkarBirt/imi.-— 

ON  Friday  evening  the  8tli  of  Mnrch,  be- 
tween six  iind  seven  o'clock,  as  Tety  Holt, 
11  young  liuly,  sixU'en  yefii-s  oltl,  witli  her  littly 
brother,  ten  yonra  old,  were  on  their  way  to 
.singing,  riding  on  lioreebnck,  their  road  lead- 
ing tlirough  the  timber,  about  n  mile  from 
homo  JL  tree  fell  ncross  the  roiid  at  the  same  mo- 
ment they  were  passing,  and  the  young  lady 
was  struck  on  tlie  head  and  killed  instantly. 

The  accident  happened  only  a  little  ways 
from  some  houses,  and  the  hny,  who  had  a  very 
narrow  escape,  gave  the  alarm,  and  several  per- 
sons were  soon  on  the  spot.  And  now,  who 
will  take  the  sad  news  tt>  hor  parents?  What 
sad  news  it  was  to  carry  to  that  mother,  who 
WHS  ao  much  attached  to  her  daughter!  -  The 
man  who  brought  the  iMid  intelligence,  first  told 
the  parents  to  brace  up,  and  prepare  to  hear  sad 
news.  "  What  is  it?  "  exclaims  the  mother,  — 
The  answer  was:  "YoiirYety  is  dead;  a  tree 
fell  on  her  and  killed  her."  Such  u  heart-rend- 
ing shock  can  be  better  imagined  than  espress- 
ed.  We  ought  to  all  sympathize  with  them  in 
their  bereavement,  which  can  only  be  realized 
hy  e.\perienee.  That  she  was  much  loved  and 
respected  wits  plainly  manifested  at  the  funeral. 
Never  have  1  seen  tears  flow  more  freely  than 
they  did  on  that  occasion,  by  her  school-mates 
and  associates  and  by  many  sympathizing 
friends.  One  reason  that  she  gained  the  love 
and  respects  of  so  many  was,  because  she  wa-i 
so  good  and  obedient  to  her  parents. 

What  a  warning  to  all!  "Therefore  be  ye 
also  ready,"  for  in  such  an  hour  as  ye  think  not, 
the  messenger  of  death  cometh. 

J.  P.  Neusb. 
Salan.  HI. 


frequent  and  regular  meetings.  The  members 
are  all  in  love  and  union,  and  seemingly  desir- 
ous of  continuing  faithfully  in  every  eood 
work.  Bro.  M.  M.  Bashor  from  the  Southeni 
part  of  the  Stale,  was  up  not  long  since  and 
preached  severs!  exccUeut  discourses.  In  reply 
to  nnmeroiLS  letters,  making  inquiry  about  Col- 
orado, how  to  get  here,  otc.,  wo  would  say:  If 
health  i,s  the  principal  consideration  in  view,  by 
all  means  (ry  this  renmrkiiljly  healthy  climate. 
Many  conhrnicd  invalids  come  here  yearly,  and 
soon  get  to  hehale  and  hearty.  The  Spring  is 
the  best  time  to  come. 

To  persons  ot  small  means,  seeking  homes  in 
a  new  country,  we  will  say,  you  might  do  well 
hy  coming  hero,  but  we  would  not  over-persuade 
such  to  risk  it. 

To  come  here,  take  the  best  and  cheapest 
route  to  Omaha.  There  get  a  through  ticket 
to  Denver  over  the  M.  P.  &  Colorado  Central  R, 
R.  This  route  will  bring  you  to  or  through 
Longmont,  Sleepers  run  from  Omaha  to  Den- 
ver without  change. 

J.  S.  Flort. 


Call    For    Preactiing. 

Dear  Brethrtn: — 

AS  I  am  living  where  there  is  none  of  our 
brethren  but  myself,  I  thought  I  would 
make  a  call  for  some  of  our  missionaries  to 
come  here  and  preach  at  this  little  town,  situat- 
ed ou  the  Mi^issippi  river,  ten  miles  above 
Alton. 

Our  doctrine  has  never  been  preached  in  this 
part  of  the  country.  We  have  no  church  here 
*  but  the  Methodists;  they  will  let  us  occupy 
their  place  of  worship.  There  are  many  very 
anxious  to  have  the  Brethren  visit  us.  May 
the  Lord  send  some  one  this  way. 

J.    BnCKLBT. 

Ehuh.  III. 

f  Hope  some  of  the  brethren  in   Southen  Il- 
linois will  give  the  above  their  attention,  as  the 

place  is  not  veiy  i'ar  from  where  some  of  them 
Iive,-EbS.  I 


From    Lick    Creek    Church. 

I),arBrft/,rcii.— 

BRO.  John  H,  Miller,  from  Indiaua  came  to 
us,  the  lAth  of  February  and  stayed  one 
week.  Also  Bro.  Forney  from  Illinois,  stopped 
with  us  a  while.  The  result  of  the  meeting  Wiis, 
one  added  to  the  church.  May  the  blessings  of 
God  be  mth  those  brethren. 

On  the  25th  Bro.  John  Nicliolsoufrom  Knox 
Co.,  0.,  came  to  us.  Had  meetings  one  week, 
but  no  additions.  From  thence  he  came  to  my 
place,  but  getting  sick,  he  was  not  able  to  fill 
his  first  apiiointment  here,  and  I,  in  my  weak- 
ness had  to  fill  it  as  best  I  could.  So  on  the 
nest  evening  he  preached, though  hardly  able  to 
do  so.  But  he  was  filled  with  so  many  good 
things  to  tell,  that  he  gave  us  four  sermons;  not 
feeling  able  to  give  two  discourses  in  one  day, 
jnst  preached  in  the  evening. 

Bro.  Isaac  Stockman,  from  adjoining  district, 
came  to  our  assistance,  and  preached  once  in 
the  day-time,  and  was  with  us  two  evening 
meetings.  Bro.  Nicholson  not  being  very  well, 
and  the  roads  being  so  extremely  bad,  did  not 
have  any  additions,  bnt  many  good  impressions 
seemed  to  have  been  made.  I  am  inclined  to 
think,  if  the  meetings  had  been  kept  up  longer, 
and  the  roads  in  a  better  condition,  that  there 
would  have  been  good  prospects.  He  is  now  in 
the  luljoining  (Silver  Creek)  district.  May  God 
bless  him  in  his  labors! 

S.  Lo.vu. 

Brifiin,  0. 


w 


From    Longmont,    Colorado. 
Ihiir  Brtihrm:— 

E  will  say,  that  we  are  now  located   : 


in  Boulder  Co.,  in  the  community  of  the 

body  of  Hiembei-s  here,  and  wilt'now  hold  more 


From  the  Stanislaus  Church,  Cal. 

Bear  Brelhren:^ 

TO  the  Brethren  of  Northern  Illinois,  and  to 
whomsoever  this  may  concern,  send  greet- 
Having  assembled  together  in  a  quarterly 
council  on  Saturday,  Feb.  23rd,  1878,  among 
the  business  which  came  before  the  meeting  for 
consideration,  the  Danish  mission  question 
again  presented.  The  members  unanimously 
and  heartily  .'issertetl  their  willingness  to  co-op- 
erate with  the  general  brotherhood  in  the  mis. 
sion  cause.  Whereupon  we  have  adopted  the 
following  resolutions: 

1.  Resolved,  that  we,  the  members  of  thi 
Stanislaus  church  consider  the  missionary  cause 
{as  conducted  by  the  brethren)  of  divine 
pointment  and  should  be  encouraged  and  sus- 
tained by  the  church. 

2.  That  we  hereby  express  our  willingness 
to  continue  our  pecuniary  contributions  to  the 
support  of  the  mission  as  soon  as  circumstan- 
ces will  permit.  Having  just  passed  through 
a  year  of  drouth  at  present,  ive  can  only  offer 
aid  by  way  of  good  will  and  prayers  to  the  all- 
wise  and  ever-mercifiil  God,  petitioning  a  throne 
of  grace  in  behalf  of  the  cause  and  particular- 
ly for  those  brethren  who  have  quit  themselves 
like  men,  in  embarking  in  a  cause  so  noble,  and 
a  work  so  holy  and  so  divine. 

3.  That  the  brethren  may  know  ourfeelings 
on  the  missionary  cause  and  the  love  which  we 
entert-ain  for  the  brotherhood,  it  is  resolved, 
that  an  expression  of  the  same  be  sent  to  the 
offices  of  the  Brethren  at  Work  and  Frimi- 
live  Chrisdau  for  publication,  committing  all 
into  the  hands  of  our  kind  and  merciful  Fath- 
er in  heaven,  to  whom  be  all  the  praise,  power, 
dominion  and  glory,  forever.  Amen. 

In  Behalf  of  the  Church, 
Jonx  Funic. 
liipoii,  Cal. 

(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


then  we  can  all  meet  in  heaven,  never   to  part 
any  more.     There  we  will  not  get  lonesome. 
There  will  be  no  sorrow  there,  no  weeping  nor 
parting.    There  we  can  always  be  with  Jesus. 

0,  Lord,  help  us  oil  so  to  live,  that  we  miy 
all  meet  in  our  Father's  house.  Dear  sisters, 
you  don't  know  how  much  we  long  to  see  those 
we  love  so  much.  But  if  we  love  Jesus  as 
should,  we  can  nil  meet  again  where  we  shall 
never  part  any  more.  Oh,  sistei-a,  we  must 
love  Jesus  if  wo  would  reign  with  Him.  0, 
God,  fill  my  heart  with  love  to  all  my  dear 
friends!  A  kind  farewell  to  all,  and  many 
thanks  to  the  dear  ones  who  have  done  so  much 
for  us. 

Tour  Sister, 

Nancy  Wise. 

Watcrho,  loiru. 


From    Falls   City,    Nebraska. 


Epistolary, 


i  to  the 
which  I 
but  if  1 


THE  health  in  tliis  part  of  country  is  good, 
and  the  weather  the  same  way.  March  so 
far  has  been  more  like  May.  We  saw  not  a 
flake  of  snow  to  my  knowledge  since  some 
time  in  February.  Peaches  are  in  full  bloom. 
Trees  are  leafing  out,  some  look  quite  green 
now. 

I  will  now  give  you  something  that  is  of 
more  importance  to  me  than  the  good  weather; 
that  is,  the  Christians  {called  Campellites)  were 
told  by  their  preacher  the  other  night  that  bap- 
tism by  trine  immersion  was  not  right.  And 
how  do  you  think  he  proved  it?  He  did  it  by 
quoting  from  the  6th  ch.ipter  of  Romans,  that 
we  are  to  be  baptized  in  the  likeness  of  Christ's 
burial  and  resurrection.  A  few  night.-)  before, 
he  showed  that  we  must  be  baptized  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesns  only,  and  that  Peter 
had  the  keys  of  the  kingdom,  and  he  opened  it 
for  the  Jews  at  the  day  of  Pentecost,  "Now 
remember,"  said  he,  "  that  Peter  alone  spoke 
to  them  at  that  time,  and  there  is  no  indication 
in  all  that  second  chapter  of  the  Acts,  that  any 
of  the  other  apostles  spoke." 

Now  how  a  man  can  put  on  boldness  enough 
to  speak  such  a  perversion,  I  cannot  see,  when 
the  testimony  is  so  clear  that  they  all  spoke, 
we  see  from  Acts  2:  6-11.  '  I  «'ill  also  say,  we 
are  called  upon  by  the  Brethren  of  Holt  Co., 
Mo.,  to  meet  a  man  of  the  same  denomination 
in  controversy  on  baptism  and  other  difl'erences 
between  us  and  them.  C.  Forney  and  I,  will 
go  on  the  30th  inst.,  and  will  stay  one  week,  if 
necessary  to  do  so.  But  wo  want  to  go  like  a 
David,  in  the  name  and  strength  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  His  glory  only. 

JouN  Forney,  Sen. 


you  are  doing  now.  Soon  father  and  mother 
will  be  gone.  Then  you  will  have  to  do  all  the 
writing,  and  all  the  prayuig  and  preaching.  — 
We  trust  the  good  Lord  will  hle^i  idl  ellbrta 
put  forth  for  the  advancement  of  His  cause. 

We  have  not  had  imy  additions  to  the  church 
durmg  the  Winter,  and  are  not  in  as  prosperous 
a  condition  as  we  might  wish  for;  yet  thure  are 
some  who  are  trying  to  do  all  they  can  for  the 
cause  of  Jesus.  And  I  think  we  ought  to  all 
try  to  crucify  our  flesh,  and  be  diligent  in  our 
Christian  duties.  Then  we  will  bo  ready  to  go 
to  that  better  land  when  the  hour  of  death 
comes  upon  us. 

Brethren,  pray  for  us  that  we  miglit  be  truly 
found  building  upon  the  foundation  of  the 
apostles  and  prophets,  .lesus  Christ  Himself  be- 
ing the  Chief  Corner-stdne,  in  whom  all  the 
builduig.  fitly  framed  together,  groweth  unto 
an  holy  temple  in  the  Lord,  in  whom  ye  also 
are  builded  together  for  a  habitation  of  God 
through  the  Spirit. 

0,  Brethren,  what  a  building  we  can  have! 
Yes,  and  we  all  can  have  a  place  in  this  build- 
ing. All  have  something  to  do.  Let  us  then 
love  our  brethren;  when  we  see  them  castdovm 
let  us  lift  them  up.  In  short,  let  us  all  work 
for  Jesus.  If  we  are  for  Jesus,  we  will  have- 
something  to  do  when  there  is  meeting.  If 
there  be  any  sick,  we  will  bo  there,  siting . 
them.  If  any  in  distress,  we  will  be  found 
ready  to  help  them  all  we  can.  Trulj',  breth- 
ren, we  could  have  a  heaven  on  earth,  if  all 
would  do  their  part. 

G,  M.  Noah. 


GLEjVnSTINaS. 


IT  is  my  desire  to   write  a  few   iim 
many  sisters  I  saw   last   Winter, 
never  expect  to  see  any  more  on  earth 
never  meet  you  in  this  world  again,  I   hope  to 
meet  you  all  in  heaven. 

Well,  sisters,  I  have  not  forgotten  you.  No, 
I  oft«n  think  how  kind  you  were  to  me  and 
my  children  when  we  had  no  home.  I  often 
felt  sad,  when  the  sisters  were  so  kind  to  me.  — 
They  did  all  they  could  to  make  me  happy.  I 
promised  to  write  for  the  pajrer,  and  let  them 
hear  how  we  get  along. 

A  great  nnmy  may  read  this  letter  who  never 
saw  my  face.  To  such  I  will  say,  I  love  you  all. 
Mimy  thanks  to  those  who  were  so  kind  to  me. 
I  have  not  words  to  express  my  thankfulness  to 
you.  We  have  been  spared  to  reach  our  new 
home.  We  have  a  nice  home.  We  have  all 
we  could  wish  for  to  make  ns  happy,  for  which 
we  feel  thankful  to  our  heavenly  Father.  We 
feel  to  praise  His  holy  name  for  his  mercy  in 
sparing  us  as  He  did  through  all  our  long 
journey. 

Now  a  few  words  yet  to  my  dear  sisters  in 
the  East.  Dear  sisters,  I  am  far  from  you  this 
night.  I  am  all  alone  now,  John  is  at  prayer- 
meeting,  I  think  of  you  until  I  go  to  sleep  at 
night,  imd  when  I  awake  in  the  morning,  1 
think  of  you  again,  I  think  that  I  shall  never 
sec  you  again  in  this  world,  but  pray  that  we 
may  meet  in  heaven.     I  think   wc   ivill  never 

meet  in  this  world  again.  What  a  thought,  }}  so  much  good  news  in  it.  We  love  to 
that  we  can  never  see  nor  meet  those  we  love  so  read  the  children's  letters.  That  is  right,  chil- 
much.  Oh,  sisters,  I  want  you  to  think  of  me  dren,  go  on  in  your  work;  send  in  your  letters 
often.  Pray  for  me,  that  I  may  hold  out  to  the  and  we  will  read  them.  The  time  wilt  soon 
end.     Let  us  all   be  faithful   until   death,   and  I  come,  when  you  irill   more  fully   realiiie  what 


From  Peabody,  Kansas. 

Bear  Biflhrcn: — 
"irOUR  paper,  still  makes  its  weekly  visits  at 

JL  our  homes  and  gives  much  food  to  hung- 
ry souls.  It  affords  us  much  joy  to  read  the 
wholesome  instructions  by  our  dear  brethi 
and  our  hcirts  are  made  to  feel  glad  when 
read  of  the  progress  of  the  Master's  cause.  We 
hope  that  all  will  work  and  try  to  be  faithful  in 
the  Master's  vineyard. 

ur  church  at  this  place  is  small  yet,  but  is 
increasing  slowly.  Several  have  been  lulded  by 
baptism  through  the  Winter,  and  brethren 
from  different  parts  are  continually  locating 
here.  There  is  still  room  for  many  more,  if 
any  of  the  brethren  contemplate  commg  to 
KansiLi,  I  would  advise  them  to  come  soon,  as 
hmd  is  on  the  rise.  We  have  a  very  good  coun- 
try here;  farmers  are  mostly  done  sowing  oats 
and  spring  wheat.  The  prospect  for  a  good 
crop  of  Fall  wheat  is  very  promising,  hut  it  is 
to  the  Lord  that  we  must  look  for  the  harvest. 
This  makes  me  think  of  the  great  harvest  as 
spoken  of  in  Matthew  13,  and  Rev.  14:  15, 
wJien  the  souls  ivill  Ije  gathered  together,  and 
the  wicked  shall  he  separated  from  the  good 
and  righteous.  Dear  brethren  let  us  try  to 
;tand  justified  on  that  day,  l>efore  the  Lord,  our 
Maker,  that  we  might  not  bo  counted  as  tares, 
and  be  burnt  ivith  everlasting  fire. 

'Brethren,  let  us  not  grow  weary  in  well-do- 
ing, but  let  us,  like  Paul,  "  thank  God  and  take 
courage." 

Your  Brother  in  Christ, 

H.  SnOMBER. 


From   Nora  Springs,   Iowa. 


F*  Brethren: — ■ 


WE  like  to  read  your  paper,  because  ther 
so  much  good  n 


From  L.  J.  Williams.  —  We  have  a  nice 

country,  and  it  is  building  up  rapidly.  Dug- 
outs and  sod-houses  are  fast  going  out  of  date, 
and  neat  frame  and  stone  houses  are  built  in 
their  stead.  We  have  had  a  fine  Winter,  no 
cold  weather  scarcely  and  but  little  snow,  more 
rain  than  uiual.  The  farmers  are  all  as  busy  as 
bees,  sowing  their  grain.      The  health   of   the 

untry  is  pretty  good  at  this  time.  Your  pOf 
per  is  a  welcome  visitor  to  our  home.  I  am 
thankful  that  I  can  hear  the  true  Gospel  pro- 
claimed through  the  silent  medium  of  the 
press,  if  am  deprived  of  hearing  it  preached  in 
person  by  the  Brethren.  I  hope  and  long  for 
the  time  when  there  will  be  a  church  here  of 
the  Brethren,  and  everj-  place  where  there  is 
none  now.  There  is  a  strong  emigration  to 
Kansas  this  year.  Hope  some  of  our  brethren 
will  come  and  look  at  our  «ouutr}'.  May  the 
good  Lord  bless  all  his  people  and  save  them  in 
His  kingdom,  is  my  prayer. 

Scandinavia^  Kansas. 

From  Riiftis  E.  Hillery.— You  who  are 
looking  for  homes  should  give  this  country  a 
visit.  We  would  like  to  see  brethren  and  sis- 
tcrs  move  here.  Good  land  can  be  bought  on 
long  or  short  time  or  for  cash,  quite  cheap.  — 
Coal  and  wo.id  are  cheap,  health  generally  good. 
Any  further  information  may  be  had  by  addres- 
sing me  at  Goicrie,   Wrbsler  Co.,  la. 

From  Ohio.— This,  the  Grove  church,  ap- 
pears to  he  in  a  healthy  and  prosperous  condi- 
tion. Seventeen  precious  souls  have  been  made 
to  feel  the  need  of  a  Savior,  and  made  willing 
to  t4ike  the  yoke  of  Jesus  upon  them,  and  were 
baptizc4t  according  to  the  command  of  the 
Savior. 

Yesterday  brethren  George  Holler  and  Geo. 
Garver  came  to  us,  and  preached  for  us  in  the 
evening  and  also  to-day  at  our  regular  meeting 
to  a  large  congregation.  To-day  they  spoke 
from  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  Luke,  preach- 
ing the  Gospel  with  power  and  in  its  primitive- 
purity.  We  think  many  good  impression* 
were  made  on  our  young  and  rising  generation. 
We  hope  that  the  labors  of  love  will  be  as 
bread  cast  upon  the  waters,  to  be  gathered  nob 
many  days  hence, 

H.  H.  Akkold. 

Bayfon,  Ohio. 

From  Spriiigfleld,  Iiid.— The  members  are 

still  alive  in  the  Master's  cause  and  battling 
against  the  sinful  elements  of  this  world,  — 
Though  few  in  number,  with  here  and  there  a 
traveler  to  join  our  little  band,  we  had  a  time  of 
refreshing  of  a  few  days'  duration  through  the 
instrumentality  of  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert,  resulting 
in  one  addition  to  the  church. 

John  Baldwin. 

From  John  P.  Yonng.— Five  years  ago  Bro. 
David  Bowman,  who  lives  eighteen  miles  East 
of  this  place,  came  here,  held  a  few  meetings 
and  baptized  J.  F.  Goodman  and  wife  the  same 
Summer.  My  wife  and  children  attended  the 
meetings.  I  had  fallen  into  the  dirty  and  de- 
grading hole  of  infidelity,  though  I  had  been 
brought  up  under  the  catechism  in  Prussia,  and 
had  been  a  member  of  the   Baptist  church  in 


THE    BRETHREN    ^T    -WORK;. 


Ji-pi-n   11. 


ill  thh  oiuatry,  but  I  went  dnnn,  duivn  iaki  un- 
helier,  ull  bccjiiiae  I  went  afier  the  doctrine  ond 
commandnienls  of  men.  In  18T7,  Bro.  Bowman 
and  hU  little  band  came  again,  preached  the  Word 
of  tlie  Lord,  and  nt  the  close  of  lib  first  scries  of 
meeting  baptized  six ;  and  in  Beptcmber  roy  wife 
and  I  were  received  ntid  still  later  one  of 
daughters.  There  are  now  eleven  members  hi 
and  nil  in  peace  and  union,  though  the  enemy 
has  tried  to  overcome  some  of  us. 
Flon-,tce.Mo..March20. 


DIED. 


SJDEltS.— Near  Aatorio,  Fulton  Co.,  III.,  C^nii 
SidcTd,  iigud  43  yeara  and  lo  dnys. 

J.  C.  Demy. 

CARNEY.— In  the  Hickory  Grove  church,  Car- 
roll Co.,  III.,  Bro.  Jacob  Carney,  aged  05  years 
and  4  months.  Jess}l  Y.  Heckler. 

PARTCH.— In  the  Falls  City  church,  Nebraska, 
March  3rd,  1878,  Bro.  R.  D.  Piirtch,  nged  15 
yefii'9,  8  months  and  2  days. 

PECK.— In  the  same  place,  March  7th,  1878, 
Charlie  Cassius  Peck,  infant  son  of  George  Peck 
and  mfe,  nged  2  months  nud  1  day. 

John  Forney,  Se.-j. 

STUTSMAN.— In  the  Elkhart  District,  Elkhart 
Co.,  Ind.,  March  2ud,  187$,  sister  Elizabeth 
Stutsman,  aged  88  years  and  14  daya. 

D.  H.  Joxia. 

GIBBERT.— In  the  Lower  Twin  district,  Preble 
Co.,  Ohio,  sister  Auna  L.  GibberE,  on  March 
21st,  aged  21  years,  4  months  aud  1  day, 

A,  YouxoE. 

DOMER— In  the  Sugar  Creek  church,  Tuscara- 
was Co.,  Ohio,  JuQ.  22,  1878,  Lydia  Ellen,  only 
child  of  Bro.  W.  M.  aud  Sarah  Domer,  aged 
1  yearj  2  months  and  eis  days. 

M.   H.   SUL'TT. 


INTEKESTIKG    ITEMS. 


-]- An  fxploiing  expedition  from  Sweden  will 
atart  fur  the  North  Polo  uc.\t  May,  It  sciims 
that  man  ciiunol  ha  satUfted  until  every  spot  un 
the  globe  is  explored. 

—  It  is  a  curious  fact  that,  notwithstanding  (he 
guro  destruction,  sooner  or  later  of  hcuses  built 
near  tlie  base  of  Mount  Vesuvins,  the  Italians  do 
not  cease  to  build  there.  The  town  of  Tcrro  del 
GrecO,  containing;  ntarly  10,000  inhabitants,  is 
constructed  on  the  lava  slreains  of  1631. 

—  It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  the 
Shnkei-s  not  only  avoid  all  stimulating  drinks, 
including  tea  and  coffee,  as  well  ns  alcoholic 
drinks,  but  have  tor  thirty  yeara  abstained 
from  the  use  of  pork,  irhich  may  account,  in  part, 
for  the  fact  that  they  are  remarkably  free  from 
fevers  and  cotisumption. 

— It  is  slated  on  authority  which  cannot  be 
questioued,  that  seventy  millions  of  people  in 
Northern  China  are  starving.  A  terrible  fire  bus 
also  rqcently  destroyed  a  large  number  of  Jives  io 
that  country. 

—  A  San  Francisco  party  claim  to  have  invenU 
ed  a  new  battery  by  which  they  can  supply  tin 
city  vi\th  »  beautiful  electric  light,  much  superioi 
to  the  proscnt  gailigbt,  at  about  one  third  the  cost 
of  gaslight. 

-^Cfipt.  Eads'hds  leen  entirely  successful  at 
lost  with  his  jetties,  by  menns  of  which  he  has 
made  the  Mississippi  River  deeiien  its  channel 
from  eight  to  twenty-two  feet,  so  that  it  is  now 
open  to  ocean  steamers. 

■ — An  inventor  baa  incurred  the  eternal  dis- 
pleapiire  of  tho  gas  monopolists,  by  devising 
means  of  making  iiluniiuatiug  gas  at  the  nominal 
expense  of  thirty  cents  a  ton. 

—  Tho  Bible  production  of  our  time  is  equal  to 
five  every  iuinbie  of  working  time.  At  this  rate 
the  press  is  producing  a  Bible  or  New  Testament 
every  twelve  seconds.  i  .,\    , 

—  It  has  been  proposed  to  redeem  the  great 
divert  of  Western  Kansas  and  Nebraska  by  irri- 
gation, the  water  to  be  obtained  by  damming  up 
theArkauDOS  and  Platte  rivers. 

—  The  soldiers  of  the  Mexican  army  have 
been  set  to  work  by  the  government  iu  draining 
tho  Mesicau.  Valley,  and  in  improving  the  roads  ; 
which  is  better  than  making  raids  or  fighting. 

-^Slnnley's  African  expedition  cost  the  Now 
York  Herald  and  London  TeUgraph  nearly 
SlOO,O00. 

—  An  iron  mine  formerly  worked   by   the  an- 

citnt  PheniclauB,  has  been  di.scovered  iu  Syria. 

— Strong  edbrla  are  being  made  to  complete 
tho  Chicago  and  Pacific  railroad  to  this  place.  — . 


There  aro  about  thirty  miles  to  bo  built,  after 
which  wo  sball  have  direct  communication 
Chicago,  being  distant  only  118  miles.  The  value 
of  the  road  to  this  city  and  community  will  pei> 
hapf  be  much  greater  than  many  of  us  are  willing 
to  admit  just  now. 

—  A  gentleman  in  Texas  bos  gone  into  thi 
camel  busine^  and  proposes  supplying  that  Stati 
with  what  camels  may  be  needed.  They  ore  said 
lo  be  useful  as  travellers,  and  can  be  relied  upon 
for  one  hundred  miles  per  day.  The  cbmate  is 
said  lo  be  well  adapted  to  them.  They  feed 
on  cactus  and  brush,  refusing  all  grasses  that 
horses  and  cattle  ent. 


-AJSTNOUJSrOEMENTS. 


NtiTiCEa  of  Loro-feiuts,   Disirici   MctiingB,   clc, 
be  brief,  and  writion  on  pnpor  sepnnHD 
rram  other  bugiDcu. 


LOVE-FEAflTS. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,   Koaciusoo  Co., 
Ind.,  Juno  6th,  1878. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wcdi 
day.  Juno  5th,  1S78,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,    Marshall   Co.,    lud.,   June  4, 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  iicwistown,   Winona   Co 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June  next. 

The  Lord    willing   we    intend    to  organize   a 

cburcb,  hold  a  Couimuuion  and  series  of  meetings 
in  Noilaway  Co.,  Mo.,  at  the  house  of  Bro. 
Michael  Mowry,  four  miles  East  of  Graham  and 
eight  miles  North-west  of  Bernard,  commencing 
on  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  May. 

S.  A.  Ho.>iBF.BGEIl. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  in  this  arm  of  the 
church,  Montgomery  (Jo.,  Iowa,  twelve  i 
North  of  Villisca,  on  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R., 
have  a  Communion,  the  Lord  willing.  May  18, 
1878.  We  give  a  general  invitation  to  all.  All 
those  coming  on  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  will  stop  off 
at  Villisca,  and  send  notice  to  N,  C.  or  G.  W. 
Workman,  Sciola,  Iowa. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  of  the   Panther  Creek 

church.  Dallas  Co.,    Iowa,   intend   to   hold   th;ir 

Love-feast,  the  Lord   willing,   ou   the    IGth    and 

17tli  of  May, commencing  on  tho  Ibth  at  1  o'clock. 

By  order  of  the  Church, 

T.  J.  Be.\.ver. 
The  Lord  willing,  we;  the  brethren  of  the  Ma- 
quoketa  church  will  hold  our  Communion  meet- 
ing, May  2otb,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  in  our 
church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation.  All 
persons  coming  to  our  meeting  from  the  West, 
:.  como  to  Marion  and  there  take  the  train  in 
the  morning  about  seven  o'clock,  arriving  at  Lost 
Nation  at  ten  o'clock,  A.  AI. 

By  order  of  the  church, 

Isaac  Bahto. 
There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  two  mile^i 
North  of  Hudson,    McLean  Co.,    111.,   May  llth, 
1878,  commencing  nt  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 
By  Order, 
Jou«  Y.  SSAVELY. 
A  Communion  meeting  is  to   be  in   the  Stone 
church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  I6lh,   to   com- 
mence at  10  o'clock,  A.  M,,  and  continue  till  Sun- 
day noon.  J.  MuiiHAY. 

niSTIUCT   MEKriMGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church,  May  9th. 

Southern  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  12, 1878,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Northern  District  of  Illi; 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  RL 


ingMnnday  morning,  May  13th,  at  S 
o'clock,  A.  M,  Brethren  coming  by  R,  R., 
should  address  the  writer,  M.  L.  Spire,  Beatrice, 
Gage  Co-,  Neb. 


few    lines 


Educational    Items. 

WE  take  pleasure  in  contributing  j 
relative  to  the  progress  wa  are  making  in 
an  educational  direction  at  Ashland.  We  attend- 
ed the  meeting  of  the  trustees  April  1st,  and 
found  everything  moving  along  smoothly  but 
very  cautiously. 

The  idea  seems  to  pervade  in  the  minds  of  the 
leading  spirits  that  prudence  should  be  exercised, 
and  that  nothing  should  be  done  contrary  to  the 
view  of  tho  brotherhood.  Some  time  has  been 
spent  in  adjusting  the  subscription,  pledged  by 
the  town  of  Ashland,  which  at  present  is  entirely 
eatisfactory,  and  the  locating  cominilteo  hns  been 
instructed  to  receive  propositions  from  parties  re- 
lative to  a  location.  Several  very  beautiful  views 
both  of  the  town  aud  surrounding  country  are 
proposed. 

It  (S  desired  that  twenty  acres  be  obtained  that 
may  be  of'  easy  access  and  satisfactory  to  the 
many  warm  friends  of  the  college  in  the  town  ; 
and  April  twelfth  is  the  day  appointed  whou.  the 
decision  is  to  be  made,  as  to  where  the  building 
shall  be  erected.  The  building  committee  was 
also  instructed  to  draw  uj)  a  design  for  the  build- 
ing, and  also  present  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of 
tho  same  at  tho  next  meeting. 

The  available  means  at  the  disposal  of  the 
trustees  is  near  twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
whiph  it  is  hoped,  will  soon  bo  iucipased  to  thirty- 
five  or  forty  thousand.  Everybody  in  Ashland 
seems  to  be  more  or  less  interested  in  the  enter- 
prise, but  are  a  little  disappointed  that  the  work 
is  not  already  ccmmenced.  We  hope  that  they 
will  exercise  a  good  degree  of  patience,  aud  ere 
long  there  will  be  erected  in  their  midst  an  insti- 
tution of  which  they  may  well  be  proud,  and 
which,  wo  hope,  may  be  a  lasting  monument  to 
the  memory  of  it*  projectors. 

We  would  add  a  few  thoughts  relative  to  the 
country.  Jt  is  beautifully  uuduliitiug  around  the 
town  and  ,from  the  most  elevated  points  prescuts 
magnificent  views.  The  water  is  cxceUont 
public  facilities  good,  and  considering  we  tiiink 
everything,  it  would  he  difficult  to  iiad  a  nion 
desirable  locality  for  founding  an  institution  foi 
the  education  of  our  children,  morally,  socially 
oriutellectually,  than  Ashland,  O. 

By  Order  of  the  Trustees  of 
Ashland  College. 


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fprt'.iil  Iji'Iiiro  Ihvni :  Ho  liUB  jujt  aDDQuDceil  lli»l  »iio 
of  lliL-Hj  sliould  t>cliny  liim.  Ilwh  of  Iho  Iwi'lvo  pro- 
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North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  -Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  2'Jth,cnkimenc- 
ing  nt  0  o'clock,  A.  51. 

The  District  meeting  for  tho  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at<tbe  churcli 
one  and  jijialf  mile  Eastof  Lost  Nation.    . 

1  IsAAO  Eapto. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Eastern  District  of 
Pennsylvania  will  be  held  in  the  Indian  Creek 
church.  Montgomery  Co.,  ftley  23rd.  Brethren 
will  he  met  with  convej'anco  nt  Snlford  Station  on 
the  Perkiomen  R.  R.,  and  at  Souderton  on  the 
North  Penn.,  H.  R.,  the  day  before  the  meeting. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

Ja3.  Y,  Heckler. 

The  Difltr/ct^Ieotiflgof  the  Eastdrn  District  of 
West  Virginia  will  he  held,  the  Lord  willing,  on 
the  19tb  and  20th  of  April,  in  the  Faircoat  con- 
gregation, East  of  Romney. 

The  District  Electing  for  tho  Northern  District 
of  Kansas  and  Southern  Nebraska,  will  be  held, 
the  Lord  willing  with  the  brethren  of  the  Bea- 
trice church,  eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice. 


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in  bciiulifiil  colon,   suapendod   on   rollers 

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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  pass  en 
M.,  and  arrlTca  at  1 

Night  piLjs eager  Iraii 


tnd  AecoRimodatl 
A,  M„    10:  60  il 

■I.  r.  M. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bring   You  Oood  TiiUngn  of  Great  Joy^  which  Shall  he  unto  All  PeopU?''  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  18, 1878. 


No.  16. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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HOME.  SWEET   HOME. 

UT  .1.  «'.  SOUTHWOOD, 

rilHERE  is  no  pluce  like  home; 
1     No  pluce  on  this  earth  so  sweet; 
For  it  is  a  place  of  contentment  here, 

When  we  nil  round  the  nltar  meet. 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sjveet  home; 

No  place  on  this  earth  ao  sweet; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

When  we  itU  round  the  altar  meet. 

Oil,  there  \s  no  place  like  home; 

No  place  on  this  earth  ao  dear, 
For  thelovethatdwellethMithin  this  home 

Casteth  out  ail  earthly  fear; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

No  place  on  this  earth  so  dear; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  aweet  home; 

Cast«th  out  all  earthly  fear. 

But  there's  a  home  above, 

Where  Christ  sits  upon  His  throne. 
That  is  far  more  sweet — filled  perfect  love, 

Oh,  that  is  the  sweetest  home 
Where  Christ  sits  upon  His  throne; 

Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 
Oh,  that  is  the  sweetest  home. 


THE    TITLE    OF  HONOR. 

Iiy  C  H.  BALSSACGH. 

To  Sister  L.  H.  Miller,  of  West    Virginia:— 

AMBITION  and  emulation  are  gifts  of  God. 
It  is  their  perversion  that  the  Scri|»tnre3 
condemn.  Ambitiouless  means  fatuity;  Self- 
esteem,  03  implanted  by  God  in  our  pristine  con- 
stitution, is  oua  of  the  most  dazzling  nvips  in 
our  crown  of  glorj-.  To  think  highly  uf  our- 
selves, as  God  means  we  shall,  and;  as  He  does 
of  Himself^  is  salvation.^  In  sin  we  are  self- 
idolaters,  we  are  pxiffed  up  as  fools,  as  though 
alienation  from  God  were  Heaven.  When  the 
prodigal  "  came  to  himself"  he  found  his  man- 
hood, and  in  it  he  found  God.  We  cannot  get 
Doity  out  of  our  vtfike,  even  if  we  have  identi- 
fied ourselves  ivilh  the  devil  meharacter.  To 
sift  immortality  out  of  the  soul,  is  to  cut  off  the 
possibility  lof  both  .Heaven  and  Hell.  Tha 
being  who  cuniiot  live  forever  in  sin,  cannot 
siu  at  all,  neither  can  he  be  holy,  To  sin  is  t^^ 
have  a  moral  coustitutic^n  identical  with  that  of 
God.  The  poi^r  to  do  evil  is  the  same  mth 
that  which  sustains  God  eternally  in  holy  char- 
acter. He  is  not  holy  because  He  must,  but  be- 
cause He  will.  Man  was  no  more  under  neces- 
sity to  sin  tha^i  God. '  "this  equality  with'  God 
is  synonymous  Avith  immortality.  Sin  separates 
from  God  as  soul  andliody  are  divorced  in  death. 
To  sinb  to  die,  though  we  live.  To  live  as  God 
lives  is  Eternal  Life.  Death  is  the  iwrver^ion 
of  life.  Eternal  perversion  is  Eternal  Death. 
Sinners  are  as  truly  dead  and  damned  on  tiiia 
side  the  grave  as  hereafter — not  as  deeply  and 
hopelessly. 

To  be  lost  does  not  mean  going  to  hell,  but 
living  in  sin.  Christ  came  to  seek  and  save  the 
lost,  not  in  the  lake  of  fire,  but  on  earth.  His 
"  higli-calling  ]»  to  saiul/iowl.  TbiH  is  the  glo- 
rious title  of  the  God-bom — saists.  lu  this 
all  our  constructional  elements  are  included. 
Nothing  is  defecated  but  sin.  Self-esteem,  self- 
will,  anger,  what  grand,  Heaven-lifting,  bliss- 
infusing  powers  are  thei>e  when  once   they  are . 


possessed  andexalted  andswayedby  the  indwell- 
ing of  God.  Tlieii  it  is  even  Divinely-grand  to 
he  "  wroth  "  ou  ttie  Jeath-tml  (2  Kings  13:  IJ- 
20).  "  The  wrath  of  man  worketh  not  the 
rif/hleousness  of  God  (James  1:  20).  But  to  be 
"righteous  jis  God  ia  righteous,"  and  to  share 
His  indignation  against  sin,  against  ourselves, 
is  to  attain  to  the  highest  glory  of  sainthood. 
Such  a  being  is  love.  To  be  offended  only  for 
righteousness'  sFike,  is  the  dearest,  sweetest, 
most  lovable  character  conceivable. 

How  few  know  how  to  be  angry,  or  ambitious, 
or  self-appreciating  as  minln.  "Love  be^irelh 
uU  things."  "Not  easily  provoked,"  runneth 
after  enemies  with  tears  of  entreaty,  and  is  so 
glad  to  win  a  mocker  and  persecutor  to  holiness, 
that  it  forgets  the  slime  and  venom  that  have 
been  spit  into  its  face,  These  beautiful,  God- 
configured  souls  are  few.  Thpy  have  found  the 
strait  gate,  they  walk  in  the  narrow  way,  they 
are  saints.  With  great  power  they  give  witness 
of  the  resurrection  of  the  Lord  Jesus  (Acts  4: 
33).  They  are  "risen  with  Christ,  and  seek 
those  things  which  are  above."  They  are  dead 
and  they  live,  they  are  risen  and  yet  on  earth,  their 
treiusure  is  in  heaven,  and  their  hearts  are  knit 
with  the  heart  of  Jesus,  they  are  the  joy  of  the 
angels,  the  saltof  a  corrupt  generation,  and  the 
light  of  the  world. 

If  we  had  as  many  saints  as  round  coats  aud 
borderless  caps,  we  would  be  "  beautiful  as  Tir- 
zah,  comely  as  Jerusalem,  lookiog  forth  as  the 
morning,  fair  as  the  moon,  clear  as  the  sun,  and 
terrible  as  an  army  with  banners  "  (Cant.  6:  4- 
10).  Many  suppose  that  they  can  be  saints  and 
fash  ion- worshipers  at  the  same  time.  They  go 
outside  the  sacred  circle  and  dally  with  the  har- 
lots of  the  world,  aud  in  their  unhallowed  em- 
brace carry,  the  Midianitish  Coshi  into  the  tent 
of  holiness  (Num.  25:  6-15).  Some  day  the 
javelin  of  God's  Phenehasiviil  rend  their  bellies, 
and  fill  them  mth  the  fire  and  worms  uf  Hin- 
uom.  Ohers  have  become  so  infatuated  with 
the  regimentnis  of  God's  host,  that  they  under- 
taketo  count  the  saints  by  the  number  of  round 
coats  and  broad  rims.  Would  to  God  we  all 
had  round  coala.  But  ten  thousand  times  more  do 
I  wish  we  were  all  saints.  That  we  have  many 
unconverted  dandies  in  the  church  is  sadly  and 
shamefully  true.  And  that  we  have  nuinv  \vith 
whom  the  round  coat  is  but, a  screen  of  corrup- 
tion, is  equally,  and  no  less  sadl}'  and  shamefully 
patent.  "  Bf  ije  holy,  for  I  am  holy."  This  is 
saint-ihip.  Here  unholy  pride  and  fashion  and 
foppishness  are  given  to  the  flames. 

Just  as  little  as  a  holy  heart  can  bring  forth 
the  paraphernalia  of  lust  and  self-idolatry,  con 
a  plain,  church-sanctioned  .garb  cover  a  greedy,, 
selficdi,  \v  or  Id-loving,  mam  mo  n-woi-filiiping  heart. 
I  feel  unutterably  sorrowful  to  write  thus.  But 
I  wish  to  awaken  in  you  and  others,  or  to  deep- 
en and  contij-m  if  idready  awakened,  the  solemn, 
fearfully  solemn  , conviction,  that  nothing  can, 
substitute  holiness  in  the  Day  of  Judgment. 
Those  who  can  here  maintain  their  standing  by 
minute  conformity  to  the  order  of  the  church 
in  spite  of  tempers  and  dispositions  and  greed 
and  carnality  which  might  make  ddvils  blush, 
must  in  the  fiual  verdict  take  their  plat:e  with 
the  openly  profane  and  godjess,  and  ^vill  perr 
hajis  sink  deeper  into  damnation  than  if  they 
iinA  been  a.s  gay  in  appearance  as  they  were  sel- 
tlsh  and  worldly  in  spirit.  My  heart  is  far  more 
burdened  that  what  is  good  aud  proper  in  its 
place  in  so  many  instances  usurps  the  place  of 
Christ,  as  that  fleshly,  unrenewed  hearts 
should  express  themselves  in  appropriate  rai- 
ment. I  wish  all  the  unholy  were  arrayed  in 
true,  hfe-expr^ising  habiliments,  so  that  the 
round  coat  and  plain  cap  might  be  greater  pow- 
er for  good  in  the  world.  But  as  it  is,  they 
have  become  widely  distrusted.  0  the  beauti- 
ful, Qod-seided,  Heaven  reflecting,  blLss-inherit- 
ing  saints.  They  are  known  eve'rj-wlierc. 
The  signature  of  God  is  on  their  forehea<ls. 
They  are  the  favorites  of  angels.  The  devil 
knows    them,  hated  them,  fears  them.    The 


world  knows  them  and  trusts  them.  And  they 
know  God.  Temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Rep- 
resentatives of  ,Jesus.  These  have  a  right  to 
the  round  coat,  and  make  it  the  index  of  the 
Cross  aud  Heaven.  0  God,   multiply  the  saints. 


COME  BEHOLD  THE  WORKS  OF 
THE  LORD. 


HE  maketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the 
earth,  he  breaketh  the  bow  and  cutteth 
thespearin  sunder;he  burneththechnriot  in  the 
fire  (Ps.  46:  it).  In  Salem  (.Jerusalem)  also  is  his 
tabernacle;  there  brake  he  the  arrows  of  the 
how,  the  shield  and  the  sword  and  the  battle 
(Ps.  76:  23),  I  will  break  the  bow  and  the 
sword  and  the  battle  out  of  the  earth  (Hosea  2: 
IS).  And  he  shall  judge  among  the  nations, 
and  shall  rebuke  many  people;  and  they  shall 
beat  their  swords  into  ploughshares  and  their 
speai-s  into  pruninghooks;  nation  shall  not  lift 
up  sword  against  nation,  neither  shall  they 
learn  war  any  more.  Come  ye  and  let  us  walk 
in  the  light  of  the  Lord  (la.  i:  5).  In  the  last 
daj-a  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  the  mountains  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord  shall  be  established  in 
the  top  of  the  mountains,  and  it  shall  be  exalt- 
ed above  the  hills;  aud  people  shall  flow  unto 
it.  And  many  nations  shall  come,  and  say. 
Come  and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the 
Lord,  and  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob; 
and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  mil 
walk  in  his  paths:  for  the  law  shall  go  forth  of 
Zion,  and  the  word  of  the  Lordfrom  Jerusalem. 

And  he  shall  judge  among  many  people,  and 
rebuke  strong  nations  afar  off,  and  they  shall 
beat  their  swords  into  ploughshares,  and  their 
spears  into  pruninghooks:  nation  shall  not  lift 
up  a  sword  against  nation,  neither  .Khali  they 
learn  war  any  more  (Micah  4: 1-3). 

When  did  that  law  go  out  from  Zion,  and 
the  word  here  spoken  of  from  Jerusalem? 

Did  not  the  perfect  Law  of  Liberty  and  the 
Gcispel  of  Jesus  Christ  begin  at  Jerusalem? 

Most  assuredly  it  did. 

Can  we  expect  any  other  Law  or  any  other 
word  to  go  out  from  there,  concerning  thia  mat- 
ter? ,;, 

Surely  not,  for  the  Lord  has  in  those  last 
diiys  spoken  to  us  by  His  Son. 

Very  well,  then  theGo.ipel  most  emphatically 
forbids  war;  for  the  pn.ii)het  claims  as  a  result 
of  the  teaching  of  the  Lord's  ways,  when  they 
walk  in  His  paths,  that  the  above  shall  be  ful- 
filled. When  it  is  a  plain  fact  that  all  who  go 
to, war  or.t^ftch  war,. teach  the,. doctrine  of  the 
devil  and  walk  in  the  pntlis  of  the  wicked,  and 
will  receive  the  promise  of  everlasting  destruc- 
tion, when  He  will  appear  to  take  vengance  on 
all  those  who  know  not  God,  and  have  not  obey- 
ed the  Gospel 'of  Jesus  Christ  (Thes.  1;  S). 

Butlookatthe  happiness  it  will  be  to  live 
where  peace  will  reign;  thank  God  He  ha.s  said, 
it  will  come  to  pass;  but  tile  question  natural- 
ly arises;  When  will  it  be?  I  will  gather  all 
nations  and  will  bring  them  down  into  the  val- 
ley of  Jehoshaphat,  where  I  will  »it  aud  judge 
all. the  nations  round  ubput,  and. speedily  v^'H  I 
return  your  reqompense  upon  your  own  head  " 
(Joel  3:  2,  12,  4).  "  And  1  saw  heaven  open- 
ed, and  behold  a  white  horse,  and  he  that  sat 
upon  him  was  called  Faithful  and  True,  and  in 
righteousness  he  doth  judge  and  make  war. 
And  I  saw  the  beast,  and  the  kings  of  the  earth, 
and  the  armies  gathered  together  to  make  war 
against  him  that  sat  on  the  horse,  and  against 
his  army.  And  the  beast  was  taken,  aud  with 
him  the  false  prophet  that  wrought  miracles 
before  him,  with  which  he  deceived  that  had  re- 
ceived the  maT^  .of  the  beast,  and  thum  that 
worshiped  his  image.  These  both  were  c»st 
alive  into  a  lake  of  fire  burning  with  brimstone" 
(Rev.  Ifl:  n,  li>,  20.  21). 

Amen,  yea  Lord  let  it  soon  be  done,  it  h  just 
kings  and  commanders,  and  powerful  men  who 


cause  war  and  carnage  everj-where;  they  have 
been  a  blessing  to  none,  and  only  a  curse  to 
themselves.  Hasten  the  work  that  soon  we 
may  see  oar  poor  blacksmiths  cam  their  bread 
by  fulfilling  thy  work. 

Times  are  Imrd,  no  money,  no  broiul,  no  work; 
everi'thing  is  invested  in  implements  of  war. 
If  you  want  better  times,  repent  and  believe 
the  Gospel,  become  children  of  peace,  and  the 
Lord  will  not  only  save  you  in  the  coming  fear- 
ful combat,  hut  add  to  you  daily  bix'ad.  Sinner 
turn  now. 


MORE  PREACHERS   WANTED. 

BY  LANnON  WEST, 

I  NOTICE  one  common  feature  in  letters,  es- 
pecially those  from  brethren  of  the  West.  It 
is.  that  they  in  their  part  do  not  have  enough 
ministers,  and  for  relief  they  look  Eastward  to 
have  one  sent  to  fill  the  want  so  general  in  the 
West.  We  have  no  doubt  as  to  the  lack,  for 
that'  is  common  both  East  and  West,  North 
and  South,  but  that  the  supply  should  alwavs 
come  from  the  East  is  a  mistake.  There  are  no 
more  ministers  in  the  older  States  than  are 
needed  here,  and  our  wish  is  that  there  were 
only  more  that  would  work.  I  am  well  aware 
that  in  some  places  there  are  more  than  are  at 
tcork,  in  preaching  the  Word,  but  no  workem 
that  we  can  spare.  Those  who  will  be  idle  here, 
ivill  be  idle  there.  Change  of  location  will  hard- 
ly change  the  disposition,  even  of  a  pre.icher. 
Those  preachers  that  w^  could  spare  aud  would 
be  willing  to  see  go,  you  would  not  want,  for 
when  you  ask  for  harvesters,  you  want  nodrones, 
but  workers.  It  is  the  same  everywhere.  We 
not  only  wEint  those  who  can  work,  hut  those 
who  mil  work. 

The  man  who  will  freely  work  for  a  cause, 
must  love  it,  and  those  who  will  not  work  for 
so  good  a  cause,  as  that  of  Christ,  cannot  love 
it  very  much.  Therefore  you  do  not  want  such. 
Our  advice  to  those  who  lack  preachers,  is,  to 
come  together  and  choose  one  or  more  as  you 
have  need,  and  that  too  of  your  own  flock. 
These  can  learn  to  preach  better  and  sooner,  if 
they  will,  where  speakers  are  tew  th;m  if  they 
are  plenty;  and  as  well  in  the  West  as  in  the 
East,  for  they  must  learn  it  somewhere.  Beside, 
you  will  find  that  home-bred  material  is  better 
than  imported.  A  dozen  members  without  a 
preacher  is  a  sad  mistake. 

The  primitive  church  at  its  dawn,  and  with 
the  prince  of  Preathers  with  them,  were  all 
ministerii.  Then  brethren  do  not  sigh  Ibr  a 
preacher,  bnt  chodse  one'  and  then  do  not  let 
him  do  it  all,  byt  go.with'  him  and  work 'too, 
and  you  will  soon  be  Surprised  tri  see  what  yon 
and  he  can  do.  Do  not  think  you  have  no  tim- 
ber, as  some  say,  to  make  them  out  of,  for  you 
only  want  one  who  can  tell  what  he  has  learn- 
ed, so  that  you  can  uiidcrst.ind  it.  The  Bible  is 
the  Fund  of  Truth;  with  it  oil  who  can  talk, 
cEin  preach.  Let  the  motto  be:  "  Take  care  of 
theTruth  and  God  will  take  care  of  the  church." 


THE  LORD'S  POCKET  BOOK, 

■ii  "IMHOSE  pocket. hook  is,  that  .v^hich  you 
VV  carfy?"  said  a  friend  to  a  business 
juan,  as  he  drew  a  well-filled  wallet  from  his 
pocket. 

"Why,  thy  own  of  course;  whose  else  could 
it  be?"  was  the  prompt  reply.    ■ 

"  To  whom  the  pocket  book  belongs  depends 
on  another  question.  If  you  belong  to  the 
Lord,  I  guess  the  purse  is ,  His  also." 

"  Well,"  Ba.d  the  mad  thoughtfully,  "  I  hope 
I  do  belong  to  the  Lord,  but  your  remark 
throws  a  new  light  on  this  subject.  It  never 
impressed  me  beforoas  it  does  just  pow,  that  I 
am  to  tarry  imd  use  (Lis  pocket  book  '  my  pock- 
et book,'  as  my  Lord  directs,  I  must  think  fhis 
matter  out,  for  I  confess  honestly  I  never  have 
looked  at  it  in  the  light  in  which  you  place  it." 
—The  Christian  Girer. 


THE   BRETHHEiSr    ^T   "WOHK. 


April   1ft. 


'      I    NO  HELL. 

A''      

*     BT  JA8.  T.   EKKtER.       , 

t  J  'j   ^  ^^-  -        ■< 

"VTO  liell:  so  says  the  pulpit  orator 

]j\     Of  Brooklyuiso  say  iilso  millions  more 

Who  seem  to  fear  no  hell;  they  live  in  sin, 

In  sin  persistently  life's  journey  run, 

Though,  widethegnlesof  hell  still  open  stand; 

Anou  the  willing  sinner  to  receive; 

And  thouHOiidHgothat  way  in  plume  and  pride 

Unchanged  and  ■  up  re  formed,  to  enter  there. 

No  hell.     \Vhiit  daring  contradiction  this. 

Of  God's  unchanging  Word.  Has  puny  man 

In  his  revolt  against  eternal  truth, 

Audacity  enough  to  contradict 

Mis  Milker?  Who  is  he  that  dares  deny 

"What  God  asserts?  How  wicked  is  that  man! 

There  was  a  hell,  a  place  of  torment,  once, 

And  one  of  olden  time  wiis  banbhed  there 

To  spend  eternal  night,  in  woe  and  pain 

'Tormented,  where  the  worm  that  never  dies 

JUust  welter  in  the  bottomless  nltyss 

Of  fire  iinquenehable,  fibrevcrmore. 

Tlie  children  of  this  sinful  wotld  belong 

To  Siitan's  kingdom,  and  they  all  are  out 

Upon  the  great  highway  of  sin  and  death, 

Intoxicated  with  the  pride  of  life. 

With  fleshly  lusts  that  war  against  the  soul, 

And-nlso  with  idolatry  of  self. 

In  pleasure  and  in  sin  glides  on  their  bark 

Upon  the  great  Niagara  of  time, 

Till  over  the  eternal  cataract 

They  go  to  endless  ruin  down— to  hell. 

No  "hell!  shall  all  this  populous  Babylon 

In  Aviekeduehsand  profiuiation  vile, 

Beifcurned  to  Heaven  to  make  hell  in  heaven? 

God  forbid.    Man  cannot  reverse  the  law 

Immiitiiblyordained  of  God.    There  is 

A  he)l,  a  fiery  deep,  la  resecvoii'    '   -\     ■        ' 

Of  wick'cdjiess,  a  place  oF  woe  and,  pain,   . 

Eternal  torment  for  undying, souls    , 

Wlio  disbelieve,  and  will  not  he  redeemed. 


THE  ORIGINAL  GROUND  AGAIN. 

BT  n.  C.  JlOOilAW. 

I'  CANNOT  withholtl  an  'exiiress'ioii 
.)l'ciiniiiirinl!itioii  which  I  conceived 
t«  1".-  till.'  '' .Maiiid  doctrlue"  .taught  iu 
brother  Moore's. ni'ticJe,  on  "The  original 
^■oimd  "  in.  No.  7  current  volume  of  the 
BuETiiHBN  AT  WoitK.  It  IS  Uo  brimful 
of  truth  nud  righteousness  that  it  should 
constitute  the  key  note  for  all' the  legis 
lation  of  the  chur<!:h, 'and  should  more 
fully  elaborated  be  republished  in  tract 
form  anil  sent  to  the  hojne  of  every 
-brother  and  sister  in  the  church. 

It  hits  lii'i-n  painfully  evident  to  every 
Teflecting  br^)tVr  that  the  opinions  of 
■our  old  bretliren  (blessed  be  their  mem- 
ory) were  being  held  as  sacred,  and  in- 
violable a6  the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  and 
-«ven  paramount  to  known  apostolical 
UKnges.  Indeed  instances  are  not  want- 
ting  in  my  observation  and  bitter  expe- 
lience  where  the  example  of  our  Savior 
Himaelf  wop  openly  ignored  in  defense 
to  what  is  affirmed  to  be  the  e:5ample  of 
the  brethren.  And  it  18  equally  appar^ 
-ent  that  our  legislation,  both  national 
and  local,  is  determined  with  sole  and 
direct  reference  and  devotion  to  the 
■opjTw'om  of  the  brethren  who  lived  one 
(hundred  (or  less)  years  ago. 

It  cannot  be  denied  that  we  are  fol 
lowing  in  the  boisterous  wake  of  the 
denominations  Burroundicg  us,  in  thus 
choosing  them  for  our  pattern.  For  in- 
stance, Lutherans  believe  a;id  practice 
substantially  what  Luther  taught,  Meth 
-odists  endorse  so  much  of  the  Bible  as 
;set  forth  by  AVesley,  Episcopal!  an  ism  is 
just  what  the  ancient  man-made  creed; 
anake  it,  Campbellite-s  are  orthodox  in 
jjroportion  to  theij" .devotion, to  the  opin 
ions  of  the  great  Alexander,  and  so  on 
to  the  end  of  the  list;  audit  is  a  sad 
commentary  on  the  weakness  of  human 
mature,  that  the  brethren  have  defiled 
themselves  \vith  the  same  alTiisive  slime, 
and,  today,  determine  a  member's  title 
to  the  privileges  of  religion  and  the 
blessing  of  heaven^  not  by  the  upright, 
ness  of  their  lives,  neither  by  their  un- 
deviating  fealty  to  the   doctrine    of  the 


Bilde,  but  by  th^r  devotions  to  the 
pinions  of  our  old  brethren.  My  breth- 
ren dr>  nut  cry  out  in  aatoni^hmfut  at  the 
expressii.n  of  such  .'sentiments.  Instan- 
ces can  be  nmltiplied  tf?  injinituia  at- 
testing the  truth  of  the  foregoing  decla- 
ration, As  brother  Moore  says  with 
great  and  solemn  truth,  we  thus  substan- 
tially "  make  gods  of  those  old  breth- 
ren." WTien  we  adopt  any  pei-son's 
views  or  opinions  without  itiquiWng 
whether-they:  aiie. -right  or.  wroiig,.JYe 
blindly  assume  that  they  are  infallible, 
and  thus  practically  make  ^;hem  equal 
vnX\\  God. 

It  is  apparent  from  an  expression  of 
our  dear  brother  Kurtz  (he  being  dead 
yet  speaketh),  on  page  three  of  the 
Brethren's-  -Encyclopedia  "  tlmt  they 
thought  and  aited  fbr  themselves,  and 
felt  free  to  ]mrsue  any  coui-se  \vhen  it 
seemed  in  consonance  with  the  AVord  of 
God."  I  may  be  allowed  to  criticise 
our  dear  brethren  editors  for  their  sei)-. 
sitiveness  in  dealing  with  such  momen- 
tous questions.  Occupying  a  position 
that  enables  them  to  see  their  course  of 
events,  it  cannot  be  presumed  that  they 
are  not  cognizant  of  the  fatal  tendencies 
to-\\diicli  brother  Moore  adverts,  and  yet 
ttiis  is  ttic  first  direct  truiupet  sound 
iVniii  th;if.  qu.'irti'r.  Their  atteiition'has 
lit/cii  <iirri'tr(l  r'-pi-atedly  to  the  great 
wrongs  tiiat  l.ivthnni  have  sntVcred  who 
would  not  fall  down  and  pay  idolatrous 
homage  to  our  anceetor-s,  and  the  chains 
of  a  moral  servitvide,  worse  than  papal 
are  iieing  riveted;  on  the  minds  of  tlie 
brethren  (see  brother  Mentzer's  astound 
ing  propoliitidn  toabolish  the'empire  of 
the  mind  atid  to'  make  the'  '"61d'order 
.N\"n(inyni.ni.-^  with  the'  'doctrines  of  tlie' 
liibli",  [Hiblislii'd  in  a  leading  journal'^' 
the   Vivdiaitur  No,  2). 

Abook  is.being.glowly  manufactured 
by  ourannual  convention;  a  chapter  ad 
ded  thereto  each  year,  that  bids  fair  be- 
fore the  lapse  of  one  hundred  years  to 
be  as  voluminous  as  the  Bible,  and  al- 
ready its  teachings  '  are  to  us  what  the 
hateful  creeds  a^id  disciplines  of  other 
denominations  are  to  thera,  a  supplement 
to  the  Bilde,  and  yet  nut  a  word  of  warn 
ing  comes  from  thesanetum  of  our  beloved 
editors.  If  the  creation  of  that  wonder 
fulbook  continues  in  proportion  to  the 
growth  of  the  church,  the  coming  gener 
ations  will  have  an  heirloom  that  will 
plant  their  pillows  with  thorns.  Broth 
er  Zuck  should  auticpate  their  necessities 
and  organize  a  department  in  his  school 
with  esj)ecial  reference  to  the  interpreta- 
tion of  itfl  hetereogeueous  precepts. 

It  seems  now  to  have  occurred  to  the 
brethren  who  are  molding  the  history  of 
the  church,  that  God  has  never  smiled, 
but  always  fi-owned  on  the  productions 
of  annual  or  ecumenical  councils.  Where 
are  the  minutes  of  Annual  Meetings  of 
the  seventeenth  century?  (don't  tell  me 
that  was  before  the  church  was  organ- 
ized). Where  are  the  minutes  of  anti-Ni- 
cene  councils  as  supplemental  guides  to 
the  church  f  Where  are  the  apo.gtolical 
canons  as  authority  in  church  govern- 
ment? God  has  destroyed  them,  and  I 
say  here  what  I  said  in  a  district  council 
three  years  ago  under  the  protest  of  be- 
loved bretlq'en,  that  God  would  destroy 
our  council  minutes  if  they  ever  encroach- 
ed on  the  supremacy  of  the  Bible,  and 
a  very  indifferent  observer  of  events  can 
see  that  in  all  matters  where  the  two 
conflict,  the  former  has  the  precedence, 
and  where  the  Bible  is  sUent,  it  raised 
its  supplemental  trumpet  voice  with  all 
assurance  and  authority  of  Divinitj'  and 
infallibility. 

It  behooves  brother  Moore  now,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  he  has   initiated  the  im- 


portant move  to  retrace  to  the  old  apos- 
tolic order,  a  pi-oposition  I  endorae  with 
all  my  heart,  to  give,  the  church  a  clear 

position  of  that  order,  lie  proclaim- 
ed in  the  last  volume  of  the  Buktiikkn 
T  WoHK,  "  that  it  is  as  clear  as  the  noon 
we  have  ijot  got  the  apostolic  ordijr," 
and  I  have  been  solicitous  to  have  him 
complete  hia  important  work.  Do  not 
)je  intimidated,  dear  brother,  by  fears  of 
opposition  from'  brethren  of  diverse 
views^-  We,  as  a  church,  owe  our  cele- 
brity to  the  apostolical  character  of  our 
habits  and  our  worship,  and  if  we  have 
failed  in  our  eftbrts  to  reproduce  the  pu- 
rity of  primitive  Christianity,  ,it  is  in- 
cumbent on  those  who  are  capable  of 
doing  it,  to  lead  us  into  the  old  path 
from  which  we  have  swer\'ed.  And  if 
there  ave  men  in  our  association  who  will 
opjiose  such  a  worji,  (which  may  be  un- 
fortunately the  case)  it  will  only  mani- 
fest more  clearly  the  truth  of  the  inspir- 
ed declaration,  "There  must  be  heresies 
amougst  us. 

My  reference  in  the  foregoiqg  to  the 
Annual  Meeting  apd  its  work  is  not  die 
tated  by  any  captious  hostility  ^to  our 
old  or  to  nur  ycuni'.''  I>i(  tliicii    who  ha' 

trticiii 


pnrticipiiti'd  in  it^.l.lii.M-.idn,,-.  i  imvc 
several  iii>in>t  i>bji-i-tinn-^'  tu  it,  bii^'TJ  on 
what  I  conceive  to  Ije  Gospel  grounds. 

1.  'phe  church. ,, did,  not  get  into  the 
practice  of  lassenibling.i^i,  annual. ecuiU' 
enicftl  council  foj:  several  hundred  years 
after  the  apostolic  age.  The  Acts  of  the 
apostles  and  their  epistolary  eftuRious 
which  werevere  its' inspiration  affoi'd,  as. 
tonishng  to  ^^ay,  not  n  -^in^lc  in'^tinn^i'  o 
such  a  couiiii!,  mid  tin  y  .r.Mi'  :i  pi-i-im 
of  about  .sixty  \  i-:N>.  TluTuiincil  ivfcr 
red  to  in  Acts  15,  was  purely  local. 

2, ..  Wb  flre  embodying  a  .code  of  laws. 
that  are  destined  to  be  revered  as  equiv 
aleiit  to  the  Bible  itself,  before  another 
generation  passes  aWay,  Ifideed  nlreiidy 
it.'<  rtilin^.s;  imd'  ot'dei-s  are  held  i:;  almost 
idolatrmis'  veneration, '  .ihd  a  hundred 
years  hence,  if  God  does  not  mete  out  to 
it  the  same  fate  that  has  befallen  all  oth' 
er  human  productions  that  arose  in  rival- 
•ship  to  the  Bible,  its  decisions  mil  bt 
venerated  as  luspii-ation,  and  men  and 
women  will  be:  judged  by  it  as  they  now 
ai'e  by  the  Bible. 

'A.  Men  now  in  high  places  besiege 
it  yearly,  and  with  marvelous  insidious' 
ness,  for  decisions  to  enable  them  to  ob- 
tain sorue  personal  advantage  or  to  ruin 
some  hated  rival,  and  in  too  many  in 
stances  they  accomplish  their  work,  and 
their  helpless  victims  have  no  other  re 
source  but  to  suffer  out  their  painful  ex 
istence  under  the  calumny  and  reproach 
of  legalized  injustice. 

4.  Itencumbei-s  and  clogs  the  work 
of  an  /m/ffl*/ minister  of  the  Gospel  who 
thinks  he  should  preach  the  truth,  thf 
whole  truth  and  TioOiAnj  hut  the  iTulh. 
When  we  tell  the  people  that  the  terms 
of  membership  and  communion  in  our 
association  are  solely  in  submission  to 
the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  it  is  very  an 
noyingto  have  a  book  containing  more 
rules  and  regulations  than  the  NewTes 
tament,  to  iutnide  its  voluminous  prea 
ence  before  our  face  as  a  spectre  to  tell 
iw  that  our  declaration  is  not  true,  and 
that  we  know  it.  It  thus  places  our 
ministei's  iij  very  embarrassing  positions 
sometimes  which  will  greatly  impede 
our  triumphant  passage  tlirough  the 
thrilling  scenes   of  the   tinal  judgment. 

There  are  other  causes  upon  which 
my  objections  are  based,  but  the  forego- 
ing shall  suffice  for  the  present.  I  have 
now  to  say  that  I  am  in  favor  of  coun- 
cil meetings  for  the  pui-pose  of  adjust- 
ing difficulties  and  of  maintaining  a  una- 
nimity of  sentiment  and  practice  on  the 


rdinal  doctrines  of  the  Bible,  and  not 
i>n  trivial  questibns  that  relate  to  our 
private  and  persojial .tastes  anfl  liabits. 
In  .such  matters,  the  tastes  of  one  brother 
are  as  dear  to  him  as  those  of  another 
brother  are  to  him,  and  it  is  ridiculous 
an,d  tyrannical  of  any  combination  of  men 
to  arrogate  to  themselves  the  power  to 
force  their  brethren  to  accept  their  tastes 
and  habits.  i  i       ' 

But  in  the  adjustment  of  difficulties 
thei-e  could-be  no-po)«sible  combination 
of  circumstances  iht^t  would  i-endetiit 
ne'cessary  to  call  an  assembly  of  the 
whole  church.  Not  one  case  in  a  score 
would  ever  cross  the  threshold  of  the 
district  council,  it  brethren  would  make 
a  proper  use  of  the  Bible,  and  were  mov- 
ed by  the  HolyiSpirit'that  pemueates  its 
teachings.  And  a  maintainance  of  nna- 
nimit}'  of  sentiment  and  2)ractice  on  the 
cardinal  doctrines  of  the  Hible.  does  not 
by  any  means  require  an  annual  council. 
But  few  cases  of  disagreement  have  oc- 
curred in,  the  last  century  and  it  has  not 
appeared  in  the  evitlence  that  they  were 
prevented  by  the  intervention  of  our  A. 
M,  Possibly  a  sole  reliance  on  the  di- 
vine aid  thronirli  ilic  iiM'diiiii  of  |ir:iycr 
and  faith,  would  h;i\r  l-i-ii  i i  .ivail- 
ing  than'the  a.-^-i^l;nir,- nf  liic  .\,  M. 

We  hope  that  brothei-'  Moore  will  ire- 
spond  at  his'  earliest'  convenience  to  the 
wished' 6f  ^  large  ntiriibe:'  of  his'breth- 
reu, 
(See  unot7ie?-  page  for  eil^torialreinarl-^.) 

THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

DV  JOHN  FonX>:Y.   '     ■" 

"">s'tH^iUifi'W:    '    '  ""    '   ' 

WE  hear  Christ  say  to  His  disciples, 
I  say  .unto  you  I  will  not  any 
iiiore  eat  thereof  until  it  Ijc  fulfilled  in 
'  the  kingdoini  of  God  (Luke  22:10 ).  And 
He  took  bread  and  gave'  th.anksi  and 
brake  it  and  gave  unto  them,  sajiii/g,  this 
is  my  body  which  is  gi'?'eB  for  you:  this 
do  in  rfeitieifibrarice  of'i&W.'"  Likewise 
also  the  cup  after  sup^rer,  saying.  This 
cup  is  the  New  Testaihi^nt'iti'my  blood, 
which  is  shed  for  you.,         .^    , 

There  is  no  record  in  the  Bible  of.  any 
supper  or  passover  ever  commanded  or 
eaten  before  this  one  eaten  by  Jesus  and 
His  disciples,  that  was  preceded  by  Fest- 
washing  and  followed  by  the  Communion 
of  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ  (John 
in:4-2S;Luke  23:  15-20).  And  we 
also  know  that  the  Law  was  very  strict 
in  the  observance  of  the  pa^over  to  the 
very  day,  or  death  was  the  result.  Mod- 
ern, great  and  wise  men  tell  us,  the  Jews 
had  lost  the  proper,  day,  and  ate  it/on 
the  sixteenth  day  of  Nisin,  while  Christ 
ate  His  (passover)  supper  on  the  proper 
day.  They  must  also  prove  that  God 
also  had  forgotten  the  proper  day,  or 
else  the  Law  had  lost  its  power  to  cut 
off  (see  Ex.  19:  15;  9:  13). 

THR  lord's  supper  CONTItASTED  WITH 
THE  "PASSOTER  OF  THE  l.AW. 

The  one  in  Moses'  Law,  had  no  Feet- 
washing,  no  bread  and  cup  of  Commun- 
ion connected  with  it  (Ex.  12).  While 
Christ's  (passover)  suppei"  had  it  all 
(John  1.3;  Luke  132).  In  the  Law  to 
Moses,  the  command  was  to  roast  it  with 
fire,  eat  it  with  bitter  hei*bs,  with  unleav- 
ened bread.  And  thus  shall  ye  eat  it 
with  your  loins  girded,  your  shoes  on 
your  feet  and  your  staff  in  your  haiid 
(Ex.  12:  8-11),  Andnoneof  you  shall 
go  out  at  the  door  of  his  house  until  the 
morning  (verse  22).  But  in  Christ's 
passover  we  read  nothing  of  the  kind. 
Modern  critics  teU  us  Christ  and  the 
apostles  had  no  shoes,  and  therefore  He 


^prills, 


'rH.Tr.  breti-irejst  ^t  ~wokk:. 


3 


M'a-slied  tfieir  f<^et  Ijeciiuse  of  filth.  But 
CbiistHakl.yeare  clean  every  whit  (Jffhn 
la:  10).  At  this  supper  they  were  all 
seated  at  a  table,  and  one  leaning  on  Je- 
sus bosoVn'(v'ei-se'  23-28;'2'l:  20).  And 
they  all  went  out  before  morning  (Matt. 
20:  aO;Markl4:  -26).  And  wereacliiot 
that  they  bunied  anything  with  fire  in 
the  moming  as  commanded  by  the  Law 
(K\\  13:  10). 

The  Law  called  for  an  holy  convoca' 
tion,,aud  an  offering  made  by  fu'e  unto 
the  Lord  (Lev. '23:  7,  8).  At  the  time 
Musc'ii  and  Aavon  and  his  sons  made 
such  offerings  by -fii-e;  they  were  to  wasli 
their  hands  and  feet,  lest,  they  die. ,.  They 
washed  their  own  feet  (E.v,  30:,  17-20; 
40:  30^  31).  ,  But  Chi-ist  washed  His 
disciples  f^t  aild  wiped  them.  The  first 
was  eaten  by  Moses  and  his  people  the 
last  night  they  were  in  the  bondage  of 
Egypt.  Tlie  Lord  ate  His  supper  Math 
the  disciples  the  last  night  they  were  in 
Ijondage  of  sin. 

OP  THE  BLOOD  OF  Till-:  LAMB. 

Israel  spilt  tlie  blood  of  the  lamb  and 
sprinkled  it  on  tlie  door  post  of  tbe 
houses  (JEx.  12:  7),  before  tlie  eating 
of  the  passover  to  save  them  from  the 
destroyer.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  ate 
His  passover  (supper)  with  His  disciples 
before  He  apilt  >Iis  blood,  and  He  stroke 
it  not  on  the  door  posts  of  houses;  but 
He  spilled  (sprinkled)  it  upon  all  nations 
to  save  them,  not  from  a  physical  death, 
but  from  the  death  of  sin  under  which 
all  men  were  plunged  Ijy  the  fall  of  Ad- 
am's transgression  (Bom.  a).  And  tliis 
f'hrist  done  all  after  supper,  and  took 
the  power  of  Him  who  had  the  power 
of  death,  that  is  the  devil  (Heb.  2:  14), 
and  delivered  them,  who  through  fear  of 
death  were  all  tbeir  life-time  subjects  to 
bondage  (verse!  15).  In  tbe  first  pass- 
over,  tlie  first-born  was  slain  in  Eg}'pt. 
But  after  Christ's  supper,  the  fi,^"st  sin 
was  slain.  

Many,  other  difi'erenceg  Jcould-be  pro- 
duced; but  may  this  suffice  to  ,eou\'in.ce 
the  reader,  that  Christ  ate  not  a  passover 
to  fulfill  the  Law,  but  one  to  be  fulfill- 
ed in  His  kingdom)  --^andrXJiuisti,  :died  to ' 
fulfill  the  Law.  ! 

,    „^,,  ^T,^CON;liIJfI/ANQ^.;„„,„       (  )| 

The  Israelites  were  to  contimieittlii'oiigh- 
out their 'generati6n,^and  had  its'fulfill- 
meiit  in  tli^'  end  of  tln-ir  Law.  C'lu'i^t 
isthe'eudbf  ihat  Law  (Koni.  in:  4). 
.  The  Lord  said,  I  lKivpgi\fii  yi>ii  ;iii 
e;^amp]e,  that  you  thould  do  a.'j  I  liavr 
doneto  you  (John  13:  ITi),  If  ye  kuuw 
thesH  things,  happy  are  y  if  yt- do  them 
-  (v«rbe  17i)i  ,:  And  the.Lord.said,  He  will 
not  any  more  eat  thereof  lUitil:  it  lie  ful- 
■filled  in  tbe  kiuL'dom  of  (r-.d  (  Luke  -J-.': 
16").  Hf^nfe\u>  MM'tli;it  It  is  to  l).-kppt 
arorighrMitTlir-iinrclu'-.      I'niil  -iiy;,  UA. 

'lis  kr.']it!ir  f^;l.t  [1  Cor.  :,:  .^Y  ]';lld 
'^apL'lltit,:iIidr,rabli.li..litil.  tli.dllMv!, 
'at  CoLiiitli,  .■iii'I  t\K-\  k.ft  ill.'  oniliiaiin- 
as  lb-  d.-bv.p^il  it'iuit..  tli.Mii.  :iin]  In- 
pniisL'il  tbwii  for  it.  Hut  lie  r..pLn\  ,■.! 
them  sharply  for  tin  ^liM.nil<>i  ili;Lt  cr^pt 
iiifamdng.them,  in  mn  r.-n  !■)  iii'_'  oue  for 
aiuithei'v  but  one  atw  before  tlie  other 
liifi  own  9uppei\  and'' bne  was  hungry  and 
.  anoirlier  'drUnken;  and  in  that  order  of 
thiu'j*  M'HK'  liiid  hi  ffikr  the  Oomnnni- 
ioii  vvitliouttl.e^npiiHi-.      P;ui]t('n>  them 

h.'   lv,vi^-ed      if      of    the      Lnnl,     and      tells 

then,  the  Lord  ble-.rd  the  bread  aii.l 
cup  when  He  bad  Mippe.l  (1  Cor.  II  ). 
He  took  the  Invud'  and  th.j,  cuji,  at'ty)- 
supper,  and  when  He  had  given  thaukt^ 
He  briike  it  and  gave  it  to  them  (Luke 
22:  l'.i,'2ii).  The  churoh  still  kept  thf 
feifct,  Nvlien  Peter  and  Jude'  wrote  their 
epistles  i.^  evid'ent  fi'nm  2  Peter  3:1M; 
Jude  12. 


THE  TWO  VETERANS. 

A  N  aged  aiid  well  kiiowTi  brother 
-^^ ,  speaks  thus  of  the  experience  of 
himself  and  brother  Peter  Nead  in.break- 
ing  off  fi'om  the  use  of  tobacco.  It  is 
copied  from,  the  April  Ko.  of.  thei  Vin- 
dicator! ■  ■  ■  I        ■  ■  I  ■ 

"  My  old  brother  Peter  Nead  and  my- 
self wete  slaves  to  the  habit  of  using  to- 
bacco. It  may  ha\''e  been  before  you 
were  aoq^uainted  with  him.  He  told  me 
what  led  him  to  put  it  away,  but  did 
say  how  hard  it  was  for  hijn  to  do  it. 
With  me  it  was., a  severe  trial — ^I  was 
years  ,  in  gaining  the  conquest.  ,  For 
twenty  yeai's  I  used  it  only  in  private, 
and  possibly  would  have  done  so  until 
this  day,  only  for  the  reason  that  I  nev- 
er ano\ved  myself  to  have  a  particle  of 
tobacco  in  my  mouth  in  my  private  de- 
•yojlm??,  and  only  used  it  when  I  retired 
at  the  call  of  nature  for  evacuation. 
And  I  remember  on  one  occasion,  twenty 
years  ago,  that  I  so  retired  in  a  grove  in 
Illinois,  Itherefounda  dear  old  liroth- 
er  smoking  his  pipe.  He  blushed  (he 
did  not  know  my  habit),  and  he  apolo- 
gized. He  thought  it  needful  for  ,  his 
health  an,d  comfoi-t,  and  hc^  did  not  wish 
to  offend  any  one,  so  he  went  alone.  But 
it  was  soon  after  that  event  I  quit  it. 
The  question  came  to  my  raind,  Do  I 
love  Jesus,  aud  is  this  practice  acceptable 
to  him?  As  I  said,  I  never  had  tobacco 
in  my  mouth  when  I  retired  for  devotion. 
My  mind  was  devotionally  engaged,  and 
it  was  under  such  circumstances  I  asked 
myself,  "  Do  I  love  Jesus?"  A  solemn 
thought  followed.  I  threw  away  the 
nasty  weed,  and  said  audibly,  but  in  the 
hearing  only  of  God  and  the  holy  angels, 
"  Live  or  die,  I  mil  never  use  that  thing 
any  longer."  And  I  kept  the  vow.  And 
to  my  surprise  the  appetite  left  me,  and 
my  health  was  even  better  than  when  I 
used  it.  My  head  is  more  clear,  though 
I  suppose  I  must,  always  suffer  some  loss 
in  point  of  health,  for  my  long  indul- 
gence, in  I  that  and  other  inplations  of  the 
laws,  of.  nature." 


,  ,    AVOIDANCE. 

(i.     i    -in)       ,  ,'.   .i&t  U.  fi  SAXLOR.  ;        '       ,      ' 

IN  Nb.li3i,page,4iBn'ETHiiE3S-  at  "Woek 
I  s^e'Whnt  is'callefd  asTEASGE'tfotse,' 
wlii^li  <a[iii-  off'  iu'th'e'  ooui't  df  common 
ple;w  ;iT  H\T;i!if,  r)hiii',  in  whic'h  Joseph 
Llelily  obt;iiiied  a  verdiet  for  ^2(inn, 
.laiiiaL'e>  a-:iiu-t    John  Holdeiaau,  a  re-, 

li^ions/e:,i;.t, 

I  pn-uijie  the  ^lu.l  .b.hii  Mild  party 
will  ^o^,^tn^■  tlu^liilo  an  act  nf  p.r.se.-u- 
ti oil  fur  <'),ri>i".,  ^;ike,  .,r  l.i  Milfer  for 
rii;hteousuf-s^"  f,ake.  But  soUie  will  hold 
to  the  o])inion  thatthe  Byi'ant,  Ohiri  jury 
sewed  Joini  wpII.  The  book,  "  A  his- 
tory of  theeliur^h  of  (b,d,'-li.'piibli:.b- 

e,l,";i   enpy    ,  ,f    wlliell    1     IVerivrd   b^■   ni;iit 

(1  pre.iiine  he  ^eiit  if)  i-  ;i  HI"'!  :iL'aiii-t 
the  (.■hn-ii.-in  n^li-ion  in  ■^•'u<-v:,].  an-l 
.-igaiii^t  the  (ieniiaii  Hapti-i  rlim.-h  of 
^the  Brethren  ni  p;n-t.U'ular. 

IlLsaid  book,  John  holds  in  uvoidauvr 
all  who  dare  dilfer  with  biui  iu  matttir.s 
of  religions  faith'  and'  practice,  aiid  all 
iqion  whom  his'  et^elesiastir'al  'aiithority 
lie  meted  out,  are  eoininitted  iiiiilcr  his 
law  of  iivohliniee  a^-,.'t  fortli  in  the  ea'^e' 

|..fenv,l    to. 

I  have  on  diH'.-rent  oeea-ion>  -,aid  to' 
(ho>e  who  hold  aud  piaeli.-.- Miiiih.r  prae,-' 
tii-e.-i,  founded  on  eertaiu  aiiilnguoii.-i  piL§-' 
,sag<.-s  of  Seiipture,  that  holding;  a.meui-' 
ber  of  the  church  iu  such  a  htxitv.  of  avoid- 
ance as  John  has  done,  wouUl  be  action'- 
able  for  slandei"  and  damage  under  the 
laws' of  Marylitlld.  But  ;Ui  that  system 
'ia'n6t'practii'6fed  hei^fe,'  there   lias    never 


been  a  case  for  trial.  But  it  now  ap- 
peal's the  law  of  Ohio  has  done  what  I 
presumed  the  law  of  Maryland  would 
do.    " 

Any  system  of  religiou  that  will  low- 
er, or  degi'ade  man  in  the  estimation  of 
his  f6lloW-man  as  not  to  be  eaten  with, 
or  to  so  demoralize  his  social  relations 
with  husband,  wife,  or  children,  is  not 
the  i-eligion  God  sent  into  the  world  by 
His  Jesus  Christ.  Time  was  when,  at 
the  rebuke  of  Peter,  Anaiiias  and  Saph- 
ira  his  ivife  may  fall  dead  at  his  feet. 
,And  at  the  rebuke  of  Paul,  Elymas  may 
grope  in  blindness;  but  now  God  com- 
mands all  men  everywhere^to  repent,  He 
has  wisely  withdrawn  the  exercise  of 
this  power,  as  well  as  the  power  itself. 
The  system,  if  practiced  in  the  name 
and  authority  of  Jesus  Christ,  is  a  libel 
on  Christ  Himself,  as  He  never  taught 
any  such  a  doctrine,  or  enjoined  any 
such  a  practice.  Then  while  John  Hol- 
deman  aud  party  has  been  well  served, 
let  othei's  who  hold  similar  views  take 
timely  warning. 

SENSATIONAL  PREACHING. 


rpHERE  seems  to  be  considerable  ob- 
-'-  jection  to  what  is  called  sensational 
preaching.  But  we  fear  more  from  prej- 
udice than  proper  reflection.  To  be  sen- 
sational, is  to  excite  interest,  and  sinners 
must  become  interested  before  they  can 
be  converted.  When  friends  are  in  dan- 
ger, we  are  apt  to  use  every  effort  in  our 
power  to  save  them.  AYe  care  but  lit- 
tle as  to  the  means  employed,  so  they 
are  saved.  Suppose  father  or  mother, 
that  a  building  was  on  fire,  and  a  dear 
child  inside  of  that  building,  would  not 
your  synipathies  be  aroused  ?  "Would 
you  not  become  excited?  If  telling  a  sor- 
rowful story  would  bring  that  child, out 
of  the  flames,  would  you  not  tell  it  with 
all  the  tenderne-ss  of  a  parent's  heart? 
Anything  that  would  save  that  child 
you  would  consider  lawful. 
,'  Have  you  ever  stood  by  tlip  dying 
bed  of  dear  ones  ?  '  If  s'o,  ■were  not  your 
sympathies  aroused  ?  Were  yon  not  ^m'o- 
tioiiai;  Did  nut  your  bosom  heavei  with 
tenderness^  Would  yo\/  not  liave  cou- 
si(iered,^ny  remedy  lawful  that  woiUd 
ihaveiSaved  the  loved  one?  A^k  yoiu' 
physlt.laii,  aud  be  will  tell  you  that  rein- 
edie-liiu^l  b,-rhaTli;v,|  fp.pielitl V  areuiM- 
iug  to  tlie  eoii-titiitiun  ur  condition  of 
the  patient;  and  thut  priuuip^  will  hold 
good  in  persuadiie^  -iiiin-i-s  to  be  healed. 
While  spme  cau  be  bettej,' ,^i;eacheid.irW 
the  thunder  of  Mount  Sjuai(;  otihera  ne|dl 

milder  intluenees.'     ''".■'■■ !■■■,■■■ 

(.)ne  iif  the  jijost  e^^entiiil' ipialities  in 
the  nnni«terial  eiiarai-ter,  i-  aknou-led<:e 

of   hlituall    nature.        lle<,il,:llt    to  be   well 

v-T-d  in  iii.-ntal  and  t^liy^ieal  ;niarom>  , 
111  order  to  apply  the  proper  leiii.die,: 
and  if  lie  tliid-  that  a  Miiiier  eau  !.■■  be^l 
bl-nUL'hT  to  a  seu-e  uf  hi^  dutv  bs  all 
appe;il  to  iii.s  ^yiii]iathie.^  au<i  einoti.mal 
"■'t>^J-;Pv^fiW»igl»liit9  tj;t;^,llp„W^lj,.ili-t,!tiid 
^peak  accordingly,  if  he  ha^  the  gift  to 
do  it,  ., If  Ueiha.s,Oof  th^itjgi^tt,  b^.^hould 
try  to  get  the,  p^itieuiii  under  ■.,thti..ti"eirt-' 
meat'  of  i  some  I  other  one ;  i  fto  .save  .sinners  | 
from  their  sins  ought  to' beihw.aim. 

BiT-threri  aud  .sistera,  hundred.-*  and 
thousands  of  our  .  dear  friends,  ■  yes,  of 
children,  oxii''brothel^'  ahtt-i  Sistei'S'  and 
bosom aompanjonsj  6ur  fathersafid  moth- 
ers and  our  fellow-men' I  in  general',  !ire 
enveloped  by  the  flames  of  the  IVittom- 
lejS'abyss'tif  helk'Helbdideiist'ftneieiii- 
ly,  it  exists  yet.  ■  O  let  us  do  'all  "we  can 
to'fiftve'p^ril5hihg'  'sihntirs.  It  is  highly, 
necessary  to  be  excited  iind  arAi^ed  'at' 
this  time.-    The     fires  of  infidelity  are 


burning  all  around  us.  Great  men  in 
the  pulpit  are  trying  to  make  people  be- 
lieve the  (to  the  carnal  raind)  flattering 
doctrine,  thiit  there  is  no  hell.  O  let  us 
charge  upon  the  batteries  of  the  enemy 
with  all  the  powei'  we  can  command. 
Let  us  tell  sinners  the  exciting  and  sor- 
rowful story  of  the  cross.  Let  us  point 
them  to  the  bleeding  and  heart-rendimr 
scene  on  Calvary's  brow.  If  they  do  get 
Excited  a  little,  ijon't'  get  scared;  but 
continue  on  and  show  them  the  ^vay  and 
urge  them  to  come  out  of  the  fire,  and 
rest  and  cool  themselves  under  the  sooth- 
ing shadow  of  the  Tree  of  Life 

If  we  can  arouse  the  bereaved  jiar- 
rent  \vith  the  thought,  that  by  becoming 
converted  to  Christ  they  can  after  while 
meet  and  greet  loved  ones  gone  before 
in  the  land  of  immortal  bliss,  let  us 
do  so;  only  save  them  if  possible.  Point 
siunera  to  the  right  track ;  get  them  to- 
understand,  what  they  must  do  to  be 
saved.  Then  ui"ge  them  with  all  the 
might  you  can  summon  to  do  their  dutj'; 
you  can't  sacrifice  too  much,  for  one  soul 
is  worth  more  than  all  the  world.  Much 
more  might  be  said  on  the  abovesubject, 
but  we  forbeai',  a  word  to  the  wise  is. 
sufficient. 


•BENJ.  FRANKLIN'S  ADVICE  TO> 
TOM   PAINE. 

AFTER  Paine  had  written  a  part  of 
his  book  against  the  Bible,  and 
before  publishing,  he  sent  it  to  Dr. 
Franklin,  to  get  his  opinion  about  it> 
This  is  the  reply  he  got: 

"  I  have  read  your  manuscript  udth- 
some  attention.  By  the  argument  it 
contains  against  a  particular  Providence^ 
you  strike  at  the  foundation  of  all  relig- 
ion. For  without  the  belief  of  a  Prov- 
idence, that  takes  cognizance  of,  guards 
aud  guides,  and  may  favor  particular 
persons  there  is  no  motive  to  worship  a. 
Deity,  to  fear  his  displeasure,  or  to  pray 
for  l^is  protection.  I  will  not  enter  into 
any  discussion  of  your  principles,  though 
you  seem,  to.  dosvi-e  it.,  I  shall  giveyou' 
only  my  opinion,  that  though  your  rea- 
sons, are., 'suiffVe,  and  may  prevail  with 
some  j^eaders,  you  will  not  succeed  so  iis 
to  change  the  general  sentiment  of  man- 
kind on  that  subject,  aud  thecousequen<i« 
of  printing  this  jiieee will  be  a' gi'eat 
dc.'il  of  odium  Urawii  upuu  yourself,  mis- 
ehi.'f  to  you  .and  uu  benefits  tp,',  others.  * 
lb'  tliat  H[iits  ag.ain^t  the  ■  ^Tiids,  spits, 
in   lli^owni   face, 

Voii  luiLdit  ea-iiv  dl-[>lav  Vuir  talents 
'upoi,a]e-."lia>'aid<ms subject,  and  there- 
b\-  obtain  a  rank  %vith  our  authors.  For 
laiiiuii;^  II-  it  !■■  not  "neeess|ary,,'  iife;arii6ng 
Ilottentutsj  tliat  a  yputh,  to be,  valued  in- 
to the  company  of  men,  should,  prove 
his  nianhnod  by  beathig  his  mother. 

1  would  advi'Je  yoti  therefore  nut  to 
att.  iii]it  iincliaiiiingthetiger,  but+.i  burn 
thisjiiece  before  It  L-  ser'ii  by  atiy'..tlier 
pet-on;    wlicrel,^    ^  ou  will.^ine    Nour-lf 


;    wlicrel,^ 
dealuti 


i-t  }oii,    and    per- 
\v.\ii~,  a  i^ood   ileal  of  n-L'tet  and    repent- 

If  iiieii  are  >n  \\-icked  With  reliLnon, 
whal  v^■uuld  thevbeif   ,rHh.mf  Wr'' 

d'aiaJ  did  not  take  tlie  a.lvicc  of 
Franklin,  but  published  to  the  w.-rhl 
the  "Age  of  Keasuii,'  luid  thuu-h  ihe 
author  is  dead,  yet"  bis  evil  deeds  .stilL 
follow 'him.  "■; 


(tuh  has  tixed  upon  earth  two  'gates 
which  lead  tu  heaven.  He  has  ^yl'flted 
them  at  the  two  extremities  of 'life:  one 
.at  the  ibeguming,  the  other  at  tht-  end, 
'The  flrst  is  that  of  innocence,  the  be  .'uud 
that  of  repentance. 


TT-IE    BKETEEEEiN'    ^T    AVOHIv. 


April    18. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY, 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Bno.  S.  II.  llABiroBis  duly  nulhoriteil,  hy  in  lu  ou 
Irntoling  oorrcspondonl  ond  ngcnt  for  Ibc  Uhrtiiukn  * 
WonK  anJ  will  rectiTO  fliibscriplioiiBfor  the  anrop  til  on 
roguliir mica.   'All  busincfis  imnsnclwl  by  hiiu  tor  ourot 


TirM  DuBTnKiiW  at  Wouk  will  bo  sent  poBt-paicI,  to  sny 
iddrcBS  In  tho  UnlKrl  Sliilos  or  Canada,  for  $1  60  par 
mmuDi.  Thoio  sending  ten  niuncs  nnd  ?16.00,  will  ro- 
E»lte  HD  eitra  copy  free  of  chnrgo.  For  all  over  tbU 
number  llie  ngcnt  will  bo  allowed  10  centa  for  enob  nddi- 
tionol  oauiB,  which  amount  cnn  be  deJuelcd  from  tbe 
money,  before  sondiDg  il  to  UB.  Money  Ordera,  Drafts, 
and  Begl»lor*d  helltn  mny  bf  sent  at  our  nsk.  They 
abauld  bo  mode  psjoble  to  Moore  &  F^hclman. 

Subscripli  •       --"  —  :-.-J..t  f-  .1. 

per,  I 


111  Id  bo  nddrciied 


UOOBE  k  ESHELUAK, 

Lanark,  Coirall  Co..  DV 


Bhotheb  0.  P.  YousT  requeste  iis  to  say  tliiit 
h(j  liita  no  more  pamphlets  for  stile,  against  the 
doctrine  of  "Univei-sal  Restoration." 

Onb  was  bnpti-zeA  in  the  Hii;kory  Grove 
church, lust  week.  ,  Two  others,  ive  learned,  have 
made  applieation  for  mbnission  into  the  church. 

If  any  one  should  chance  to  speok  evil  of  yon, 
and  it  be  true,  endeavor  to  cojrrecfc  your  conduct 
and  be  a  better  person;  but  if  it  he  untrue,  then 
you  may  laugh  at  it. 

The  members  of  this  congregation  have  de- 
cided to  hold  their  Love-feast  on  Wednesday, 
May  15th,  commencing  at  ten  o'clock.  The 
usual  invitation  to  others.  The  meeting  will 
likely  last  hut  one  day. 

Brother  D.  W.  George,  WilUamsport,  W. 
Vn.,  writes:  ^'  Weather  delightful,  health  excel- 
lent, church  in  prosperous  condition.  Ten, ad- 
ditions to  the  church  last  year.  Praise  Him  to 
whom  all  praise  belong." 

Some  one  at  Forest  City,  Mo.,  onluretl  the  pa- 
per sent  to  John  H,  Miller,  Mouml  City,  Mo., 
and  t-o  himself,  but  failed  to  give  his  name. 
Now  we  cannot  set  this  tiling'  right  until  we 
have  the  name  of  the  writer. 


Some  one  who  feels  much  interested  in  the 
contents  of  our  paper  has  gone  to  the  trouble 
of  hunting  up  and  sending  to  us  a  number  of 
interesting  items  to  fill  up  odd  places.  This  is 
right.  We  appreciate  such  efforts  very  much 
and  hope  others  will  do  likewise. 

Bkothek  R.  H.  Miller  writ-ea  that  his  health 
is  still  poor,  butimproving  some.  Hope  he  will 
soon  be  able  for  regular  duty.  He  has  I>een 
holding  a  very  successful  meeting  at  Cerro  Gor- 
do, III.  Quite  a  number  of  accessions  were 
made  to  the  church  at  that  place. 


We  think  that  our  readers  ivill  find  the  Home 
Circle  unusually  interesting  this  week.  The 
way  our  contributors  are  helping  us  fill  it  with 
good,  wholesome  reading  matter  ia  commendable 
indeed.  Hope  they  will  make  great  efforts  to 
render  that  department  of  the  paper  of  great 
w  orth . 

One  man  cornea  up  and  s.'iys.  "  I  am  safe,  for 

here  ia  brother  B ,  a  church  member,  and  I 

am  aa  good  as  he,"    That  may  all  be,  but  your 

brother  B may  not  be  so  good  after  all,  and 

unless  you  repent  both  of  you  may  be  lost. 
They  that  compare  themselves  among  them- 
selves are  not  ivise,  but  foolish,  and  all  know 
what  became  of  the  foolish  virgins.  Better  do 
right  and  set  a  good  example  for  your  brother 
B .  ^__.^____ 

Bhother  B.  W,  WaltoS,  of  Four  Forks, 
Stokes  Co,,  N.  C.  says:  "  I  want  you  to  send  me 
an  able  minister  with  a  small  family.  We  are 
needing  one  very  much.  I  have  t-o  travel  some 
twenty-five  miles  to  hear  preaching  by  our 
Brethren.  If  one  will  come  I  will  furnish  him 
with  a  house  as  soon  aa  he  arrives.  The  reason 
I  ask  this  is  that  I  am  surrounded  with  a  class 
of  people  who  need  preaching  and  good  papers 
to  read." 


We  do  not  object  to  receiving  a  few  postage 
stamps  occasionally  where  change  cannot  be 
made  otherwise,  but  to  receive  so  many,  is  not 
at  all  encouraging.  We  cannot  buy  bread, 
clothing,  paper  nor  pay  our  hands  with  postage 
atampa.  They  circulate  quite  well  among  mail 
matter,  but  an  a  money  medium  for  other  bnai- 
ness  they  will  not  do  well.  Wo  prefer  that  you 
Bond  us  P.  0.  order,  if  possible:  if  not,  send 
draft  on  Chicago. 


As  the  sea.son  for  holding  district  meetings 
in  vnriors  [rnrts  of  the  brotherhood  is  at  hand, 
we  suggest  that  some  one  at  each  place  take  the 
matter  into  hand  and  send  us  a  report  of  such 
things  as  nmj-  be  interesting  and  profitable  to 
our  readers.  Do  not  fail  to  send  for  sample 
cojiies  of  the  Brethkex  at  Work  to  use  in  so- 
liciting subscriber  at  those  meetings.  Some 
one  in  the  vicinity  of  the  meetings  should  order 
sample  copies. 


Quite  an  interest  is  beiiig  manifested  over  the 
propriety  of  taxing  church  property.  It  is  pro- 
posed to  exempt  church  property  to  the  amount 
of  four  or  five  thousand  dollars,  but  all  over  nnd 
above  that  to  be  taxed  as  other  property.  This 
is  a  step  in  the  right  direction,  and  if  it  does 
nothing  more,  may  stop  the  building  of  such 
costly  churches  as  are  burdening  most  city  con- 
gregations. If  judgment  and  prudence  cannot 
keep  popular  professing  Christianity  within 
reasonable  boimds,  perhaps  law  will. 


BnoTiiEn  R.  H,  Mh.t.er  informs  us  that  he  is 
entirely  out  of  the  second  edition  of  the  "Doc- 
trine of  the  Brethren  Defended,"  He  will  pub- 
lish another  edition  soon.  Those  ^vishing  tho 
book  will  send  in  their  ordei-s  and -we  will  fill 
them  just  ns  soon  as  we  can  get  the  hooks.  It 
is  worthy  of  remark  that  brother  Miller's  book 
is  the  best  defense  of  our  doctrine  yet  published, 
and  should  be  in  eveiy  family  in  the  brother- 
hood. It  should  be  in  the  hands  of  every 
preacher,  and  if  the  preacher  is  too  poor  to  buy 
the  book,  lot  some  one  who  is  able  buy  one  for 
him,  and  thus  help  him  to  defend  the  truth. 


I  no  not  think  God  is  angry  with  us,  when  we 
feel  how  rugged  the  road  is,  and  even  stumble  a 
little  over  the  larger  stoues  that  lie  in  the  way 
of  our  feet.  We  are  but  children,  all  of  us,  and 
our  feet  arc  not  grown  enough,  for  us  to  march 
along  the  stouy  path  w-ith  onr  heads  upright  and 
our  eyes  always  lifted  up  to  the  sky  above  us. 
Even  when  a  child  is  clasping  his' father's  strong 
hand,  he  cannot  help  but  feel  that  his  footsteps 
are  among  sharp  and  loose  pebbles,  which  roll 
from  under  him  as  he  treails;  and  the  father  is 
not  angry  when  the  small  feet  slip,  and  the  Ht~ 
tie  fingers  close  \y.ith  a  tighter  grasp  about  his 
hand.  How  much  more  the  heavenly  Father. 
—Belle's  Charity. 


A  UBOTBER  informs  ua  that  some  of  our  breth- 
ren have  been  very  badly  swindled  by  certain 
sharpers  traveling  around  over  the  country. 
They  are  induced  to  sign  an  order  for  goods,  and 
then  hiive  to  pay  more  than  what  they  bargain- 
ed for.  Fanners  want  to  be  very  cautiouH  about 
such  things.  The  better  way  is  not  to  deal  with 
traveling  agents  that  you  are  not  in  some  way 
personally  acquainted  with.  If  you  want  some- 
thing not  kept  in  stock  by  your  merchants,  tho 
better  way  is  to  have  them  order  it  for  you. 
Deal  with  men  whom  you  know  to  he  honest, 
and  shun  traveling  sharpers  aa  you  would  an 
adder.  If  they  want  to  sell  you  something,  let 
them  first  bring  it  around  that  you  may  see  it. 
Never  expect  to  get  a  good  thing  at  half  price. 
When  men  offer  you  things  for  §2.00  that  cost 
$6.00  you  may  depend  upon  it  that  there  is 
something  wrong  somewhere.  Deal  with  hon- 
est people,  act  uiirightly  and  all  mil  go  well. 


SANCTIFICATION. 

THIS  is  expresaive  of  a  man's  condition  after 
God  hits  had  His  way  with  him.  None  of 
our  readem  can  afford  to  do  without  it.  It  will 
do  you  good,  help  you  all  through  life.  But 
perhaps  neither  you  nor  I  can  be  fully  persuad- 
ed to  come  up  to  this  point  without  some  evi- 
dence. Evidence  is  everything,  especially  right 
evidence,  true  evidence.  We  must,  therefore, 
look  about  for  some  evidence  so  that  our  confi- 
dence may  be  strong.  We  go  along  and  meet 
our  elder  Brother,  Jesus:  also  called  our  Savior, 
whitrh  He  is.     Says  I: 

We  hear  much  about  sanctification;  how  ore 
we  sanctified? 

"  I  have  asked  my  Father  to  sanctify  you 
through  the  truth;  His  word  ia  truth," 

Are  we  sanctified  through  the  truth  alone? 

"Not  simply  through  the  truth  alone:  My 
servants  will  tell  you  the  rest." 

My  faith  begins  to  rest  more  firmly,  I  pass 
on  and  meet  brother  Paul,  and  I  ask: 

What  do  you  know  about  sanctification? 

"  I  know  something," 

What? 

"  I  know  that  ye  are  waahed,  that  is,  made 
clean:  ye  are  mnctijied,  are  now  holy;  ye  are 
justified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  by 
the  Spirit  of  God;" 

Sanctified  how? 


"  In  the  iiawe  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  bij  the 
Spirit  of  God." 

What!  you  don't  mean  to  tell  me  that  these 
are  the  only  means  of  sanctification? 

"No,  not  the  only  means:  the  Lord  Himself 
asked  His  Father  to  sanctify  us  through  His 
truth — not  a  part  of  it,  but  through  atl  of  it," 

Is  that  all  you  know  about  sauctification  ? 

"  I  know  that  Jesus  came  to  do  the  will  of 
God,  by  which  will  we  are  sanctified  through  the 
oflcring  of  the  body  ot  Jesus  Christ  once  for  all, 
I  know  that  by  one  offering  He  hath  perfected 
forever  them  that  are  sanctified;  that  this  same 
Jesus  loved  the  church  and  gave  himself  for  it; 
that  he  might  sanctify  and  cleanse  it  with  the 
wiLshing  of  water  by  the  word." 

Why  do  thus,  brother  Paul? 

"That  he  might  present  it  to  himself  a  ghn- 
oirs  church,  not  having  spot,  or  wrinkle,  or  any 
such  thing:  but  that  it  should  be  holy  and 
without  blemish," 

And  what  more? 

"Follow  peace  with  all  men,  ami  holiness, 
without  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord,  God 
hath  not  called  us  to  uncleanjiess,  but  to  holi- 
ness," . 

I  go  on  a  little  ways  and  meet  brother  Peter. 
I  say:  Brother  Peter,  do  you  Jtnow  anything 
about  sanctification? 

"  Certainly  I  do.  Sanctify  tho  Lord  God  /» 
t/oiir  hearls.  Christ  is'made  unto  us  sanctifica- 
tion; not  only  sanctification,  but  also  wisdom, 
and  righteousness,  and  redemption.',' 

This  is  enough.  I  don't  want  any  more  evi- 
dence. I  am  fully  persuaded.  My  faith  is  firm- 
ly anchoied  on  what  God  says  about  sanctilica- 
tiou.  He  has  proven  His  position  correct,  and 
I  believe  it.  Dear  friends,  none  of  us  need  go 
tossed  about  on  the  waves  of  doubt,  Sanctifi- 
cation docs  not  come  of  ourselves,  nor  yet  with- 
out  oui-selves.  Holiness,  which  is  only  another 
name  for  sanctification,  cornea  not  from  great 
knowledge;  Balaam  had  that.  Nor  does  it 
come  from  /eal  for  a  ,part  of  God's  law:  John 
had  that.  'It  comes  not  simply  thi'ough  outward 
respectability, — for  the  young  rami,  who  from 
youth  up,  kept  the  commandments,  had  that. 
It  comes  not  alone  through  the  desire  to  heai' 
pleaching,  for  the  Jews  loved  that  even  in  Eze- 
kiel's  time^  It  comes  not  by  keeping  company 
with  religious  people;  Joab  and  Demos  did  that. 
Nor  does  it  come  hy  great  pretensioas  and  loud 
professions:    Judas  Iscariot  did  all  that. 

But  it  comes  by  believing  and  obeying  God; 
by  walking  in  all  the  commands  and  statutes  of 
Jesus,  blameless;  by  keeping  unspotted  from 
the  world,  doing  our  duty  to  God,  our  fellow- 
men  and  ourselves,  A  man,  then,  is  sanctified, 
mode  holy,  when  he  giveshiniself,  every  hour  of 
his  life  to  God,  obeys  Him,  follows  where  Jesus 
leads,  doubts  not  a  particle  of  His  Word,  believes 
all  the  facta,  obeys  all  the  commands,  hopes  for 
all  the  promises.  He  is  not  sanctified  by  prayer 
(tlone.  God  never  said  so.  He  is  not  sanctified 
by  irorH  tilone,  God  never  said  so.  He  is  not 
sanctified  simply  by  baptism.  God  never  said 
so.  But  he  is  sanctified  through  the  truth,  hi/ 
the  Spirit  of  God,  by  walking  blameless  before 
the  Lord,  by  yielding  himself  a  member  of  His 
body.  QoA  thus  declares,  and  what  God  declares 
is  true.  Do  you  believe  that  you  can  be  sancti- 
fied other  than  by  the  Lord's  way  ?  If  so,  where 
does  your  belief  rest?  Remember  you  and  I 
carry  about  with  us  "  a  body  of  death."  This 
tells  ns  not  to  rely  on  ourselves,  but  on  Jesus 
who  has  no  such  body.  The  '*  old  man  "  often 
comes  back  and  wants  to  thrust  out  the  "  new 
man,"  and  here  we  want  to  guard  the  door  care- 
fully. 

Now  do  not  conclude  that  Wt)  &t6  against 
Honctification.  We  are  for  practical  sanctifica- 
tion, the  Lord's  simctiflcation.  Jesus  Himself 
was  meek  and  patient.  This  showed  holiness. 
He  was  leparate  from  worldly  people.  This  tells 
that  He  was  pure  and  would  not  defile  Himself. 
He  was  hold  and  uncompromising  in  denounc- 
ing sin.  He  was  full  of  love  and  compassion. 
He  sought  to  help  others  all  the  time.  He  look- 
ed not  at  the  appearance,  but  at  the  heart.  He 
thought  more  of  godly,  pious  people  than  of 
proud  and  haughty  kings.  He  was  humble  and 
lowly  in  heart,  full  of  pity  and  "sympathy  for 
the  poor  imd  enslaved,  "He  that  soith  that  he 
abideth  in  Christ  ought  himself  so  to  walk  even 
as  He  walked  "  (1  John  2:  G).  "  Christ  suflered 
for  us,  leaving  an  example  that  ye  should  follow 
his  steps  "  (1  Pet.  2:  21).  This  ia  the  Pattern 
for  those  who  will  be  sanctified.  A  holy  man 
tnaa  to  reineiuber  all  these  things.    Love  and 


w 


eternal  peace  dwell  in  him  who  goes  wherw  Jesus 
goes,  follows  Him,  believes  Him,  trusts  Him. 
This  is  sanctification  complete. 

^_^^^_^__  «.  M.  E. 

FROM  J'.  W.  STEIN. 

E  remain  well  for  which  we  thank  the 
Lord.  Have  been  very  busy  since  the 
Am  preparing  to  leave  home,  if  the 
Lord  will,  about  the  1st  of  May.  I  see  Ray  re- 
marks in  the  linttU-  Flatj  that  I  admitted  (if  I 
remember  hia  statement  correctly)  that  tiiere 
was  no  instnuce  in  classic  or  sacred  Greek  where 
baptiM  meant  more  than  one  submersion.  I 
admitted  no  such  thing,  but  maintain  that  there 
is  lio  instance  in  snct-eil  Greek  where  hnptizo 
means  one  dip  or  one  action, 
Frntcnmlly, 

J.  W.  Steis. 

Remarks: — Yea,  and  he  (Ray)  is  publishing 
in  his  paper  that  brother  Stein  admitted  that 
there  was  notrinoimmeraionin  thecoqimission. 
He  certainly  knows  hotter  than  that,  for  broth- 
er Stein  produced  argument  after  argument  just 
to  the  contrary,  not  one  of  wliich  was  met  by 
Ray.  If  tho  geutteman  will  stand  up  to  his 
own  challenge  for  a  written  discussion  with 
brother  Stein,  his  readers  will  see  whether  or 
not  trine  immersion  is  taught  in  the  commiss- 
ion. He  persists  in  publishing  a  series  of  arti- 
cles against  the  Brethren  nnd  tioes  not  say  one 
word  about  the  discussion  that  he  himself  firat 
protioaed  while  at  Newtonia.  Is  it  a  square  back 
down  upon  hispartP  Will  he  stand  up  to  his 
own  proposition? 

We  have  been  waiting  for  some  time  to  hear 
from  him,  but  as  yet  not  one  word  is  published 
about  it.  Oiu"  readers  avo  looking  for  it,  and 
many  of  the  Baptist  readers  want  to  read  the 
discussion.  Mr.  Ray  was  the  fit^tmautoniake 
the  proposal.  It  was  two  days  before  the  close 
of  the  Newtonia  discussion  that  he  offered  to 
engage  in  a  written  debate  with  brother  Stein. 
Brother  Stein  accepted  the  challenge  in  writing; 
it  has.  aliready  gone  to  the  public  and  it  remains 
to  be  seen  whether  he  ivill  stand  to  it. 

I  know  that  ho  tried  to  evade  the  written  de- 
bate withi  brother  Stein  by  rending  rt  challenge 
to  uie  on  the  last  day  of.  the  discussion.  I  tjien 
mid  there  refiisetl  to  accept  the  challenge  as  it 
would  enable  him  to  evade  the  debate  with  broth- 
er Stein.  He  must  now  either  stand  to  his  first 
challenge,  and  engage  in  a  written  discussion 
with  brother  Stein  or  else  back  squarely  do^ra, 
then  his  challenge  made  to  me  comes  next  in 
order,  and  we  may  see  what  he  will  do  in  that 
case.  The  gentleman  may  yet  liave  two  chanc- 
es before  he  is  through.  J.  H,  it, 


OKIGINAL  OJIOTJND  AGAIN. 

ON  the  second  page  of  this  issue  will  be  lound 
an  article  entitled  the  "  Original  Ground," 
by  D.  C.  Moomaw  that  needa  some  notice  from 
ns.  We  give  it  place  this  week  that  we  may 
have  occasion  to  offer  a  few  thoughts  that  at 
this  time  seem  necessary.  We  are  glad  to  hear 
of  the  brother's  appreciation  of  what  we  wrote, 
and  hope  that  as  we  more  fully  develop  thesuh- 
je(?t  in  future  articles  that  he,  as  well  as  others, 
will  have  a  better  opinion  of  our  general  broth- 
erhood. Since  we  have  commenced  business, 
Beveral  letters  ofasimilarcharacter  have  been  re- 
ceived at  this  office,  hence  we  conclude  to  give 
this  one  a  Bpei:ial  notice  for  the  benefit  of  oth< 
era  who  have  not  the  cardinid  points  of  the  Bible 
so  fully  set  in  their  minds.  We,  before  proceed- 
ing, however,  vrill  state  that  Bro.  Moomaw's 
article  has  been  in  the  office  several  weeka,  but 
we  did  not  get  time  to  read  it  till  a  few  days 
ago. 

We  would  like  It  much  better  if  the  brother 
had  manifested  a  little  milder  and  n  more  sub* 
missive  spirit  while  writing  ofl  the  points  of 
difference  in  the  brotherhood.  We  should  be 
very  careful  not  to  abuse  any  of  the  brethren, 
but  always  speak  of  them  with  kindness  and 
becoming  Christian  courtesy.  It  should  be  re- 
membered that  we  are  brethren,  and  our  cause 
ia  a  common  one.  To  call  Bro,  Ment/er's  arti- 
cle an  "  astounding  proposition  "  &c.,  we  think 
is  not  speaking  as  kindly  of  our  brethren  as  we 
ought;  it  looks  as  though  we  did  not  love  each 
other  and  therefore  harbored  some  ill  feelings. 
We  hope  that  our  people  will  not  become  like 
other  denominations  and  get  to  abusing  each 
other.  It  is  not  letting  the  right  kind  of  light 
shine  before  the  world.  The  vrriting  in  our 
periodicals  should  be  ao  conducted  that  when 
strangers  get  hold  of  our  paper  they  can  appro- 
priate to  us  the  language  of  Christ:  "  By  this 


April    IH. 


THE    IBRETHRI.IN'    AT    "VVORK. 


■iiiiil!  nil  men  know  that  ye  ure  my  disciples  if 
yi;  have  love  one  for  the  other." 

Our  formec  article,  to  which  the  Bro.  alludes, 
was  not  written  in  haste,  but  has  been  the  sub- 
ject ol  much  thought  for  several  years.  We 
hnve  preached  on  tliesubj'ectanumberof  times, 
but  do  not  remember  of  having  written  much 
on  it  save  what  Is  contained  in  our  Per/eel  Plan 
of  Salvafion.  The  article  only  contains  the 
outlines  of  what  we  may  have  to  say  in  the  fu- 
ture, for  it  would  be  iinpossiblc  to  discuss  so 
important  a  que-stion  in  one  short  article.  In 
our  judgment  it  contains  the  only  ^afe  method 
of  retaining  apostolic  purity  kno^vn  to  eatist, 
Lind  if  once  thoroughly  ventilated  will  be  fully 
■■ndorsed  by  all  our  people. 

While  writing  on  this  subject  we  do  not  want 
tn  be  misunderstood  by  any  one,  but  desire  that 
what  we  may  ofler  to  the  public  be  handled  with 
proper  care  and  not  misconstrued. 

We  are  fpr  progression,  but  not  the  kind  of 
progression  that  many  ai'e  now  working  for. 
The  hind  of  progre.ssion  that  we  are  contending 
I'ur,  is  that  which  makes  us  a  separate  and  a  dis- 
tJnct  people  from  the  world,  a  progression  that 
i<  continually  making  lis  better  instead  of  worse, 
I  progression  that  leads  us  back  to  tlie  old  Apos- 
tulic  church  for  our  model  and  example,  We 
ire  not  in  for  that  which  is  mixing  the  church 
lip  with  the  world,  niid  assimilating  us  more  and 
more  to  the  corrupt  ways  of  popular  religion. 
When  it  comes  to  this  kind  of  progression  you 
may  count  us  out;  you  may  mark  us  down:a.s 
au  unflinching  opponent.  Out^  ploais  the  Bible; 
llie  old  Apostolic  order;  the  old  pattern  and 
priiuitive  model  that  our  ancient  Brethreii  la- 
liored  so  hard  to  imitate.  P6r  this  we  shall 
'  ontend,  believing  it  to  be  the  oiily  safe 
that  we  can  possibly  pursue. 

With  the  vain  speculations  and  conflicting 
tlieories  of  modern  Ghi-istondom  we  have  noth- 
ing to  do.  We  propose  to  stand  upon  ihe  foun- 
iliilion  of  the  Apostles  and  prophets,  and  do  all 
.u  our  power  to  direct  the  minds  of  our  readers 
til  the  same  point,  and  thus  assist  ju  uniting  our 
People  still  more,  and  more  in.  nil.  things  that 
pertain  to  godliness.  It  is  worthy  of  remark 
this  connection,  th.it  Uiere  is  no  class  of  people 
more  fully  nnited  in  fiiHli  than  we.  The  points 
uf  diiference  among  ns  are  in  opinion  and  not 
faith.  We  do  not  differ  so  much  about  what  is 
in  the  Bible,  as  about  what  is  not  m  iU,  and  if 
we,  in  our  deliberations,  would  adhere  a  little 
closer  to  the  Book  it  vrill  bo  agood  deal  better 
fi:ir  all  of  us. 

Some  of  our  brethren,  when  treating  this 
subject,  imagine  that  their  local  feelings  and 
1  oiidition  of  the  church,  determine  the  cliarac- 
ter  of  the  entire  brotherhood.  ■  This  they  should 
not  do.  In  our  work  at  this  office  we  are  look- 
ing to  the  good  of  the  entire  body,  and  for  that 
reason  do  not  allow  purely  local  difficulties  to 
be  discussed,  and  if  possible  not  mentioned. 
We  have  a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  standing  of 
our  people,  and  know  that,  as  a  body,  they  are 
not  so  far  out  of  the  way  as  Bro.  M.  thinks. 
What  he  says  may  apply  locally,  but  should  not 
be  regarded  as  general. 

Sometimes  our  impressions  of  ft  difficulty  de- 
])end  upon  the  shape  in  which  the  story  is 
presented  to  us.  This  has  much  to  do  with  our 
impressions  of  church  government  also.  We, 
at  times,  may  imagine  some  verj'  peculiar  things, 
which,  if  properly  examined,  would  appear  quite 
differently.     This  I  know  by  experience. 

Brethren  should  also  be  careful  how  they 
write  of  these  things  in  our  periodicals,  as  they 
have  an  extensive  circulation  in  the  world,  and 
are  much  read  by  those  who  do  not  belong  to 
the  church.  Our  enemies  seeing  these  things 
take  advantaKO  of  them  and  use  them  much  to 
our  injury.  This  is  a  point  they  should  watch 
with  great  care.  You  know  that  a  prudent 
child  will  be  very  carefiil  what  it  tells  out  of  the 
fiimily.  Let  ua  not  foil  to  learn  a  lesson  from 
this. 

To  say  that  the  "o^i'nfojis  of  old  brethren" 
are  "  being  helfl  as  sacred  and  inviolable  as  the 
doL'trine  of  the  Bible"  maybe  true  of  some 
I  ongregations,  but  is  not  true  of  the  brother- 
hood, nor  is  it  true  of  any  congregation  well 
drilled  in  church  government.  True,  some  con- 
gregations in  these  things,  have  not  acted  as 
wisely  as  they  should,  and  may  have  done  some 
very  imprudent  things,  but  to  conclude  that 
they  hold  the  opinions  of  old  brethren  equal 
with  the  Bible  will  apply  to  but  a  few,  and 
ought  not  to  apply  to  any,  but  at  any  rate  should 
be  treated  locally.     It  is  a  local  and  not  a  gen- 


end  matter.  That  there  is  too  much  of  this 
kind  of  a  spirit  among  our  people  i.s  evident, 
but  it  cannot  be  removed  by  abusing  the  mem- 
bers; it  should  be  treated  with  the  greatest  of 

What  Bro.  M,  says  about  us  patterning  after 
other  denominations  is  only  too  true,  but  we 
may  likely  speak  of  this  further  along,  but  when 
he  accuse.i  our  people  of  things  Hke  the  follow- 
ing he  is  spreading  the  thing  on  a  little  too  thick 
to  hold  well: 

"  It  is  a  sad  commentary  on  the  weakness  of 
human  nature,  that  the  Brethren  have  defiled 
themselves  with  the  same  atfusive  slime,  and  to- 
day, determine  a  nieniber's  title  to  the  privileg- 
es of  religion  and  tilt.'  Ijlr.-siiiij,^  11^  hra If n  not 
by  the  uprigh trie-,  of  tlieir  lives,  neither  by  their 
undeviating  fealty  to  the  doctrine  of  the  Bible, 
but  by  their  devotions  to  the  opijiions  of  our 
old  brethren.  My  brethren,  do  not  cry  out  in 
astonishment  at  the  expression  of  such  seiiti- 
meiita.  Instances  can  be  multiplied  lid  injiiii- 
tuiu  attesting  the  truth  of  the  foregoing  decla- 
ration. As  Brti.  Moore  says  with  great  and 
solemn  truth,  we  thus  substantially  'muke  gads 
of  those  old  brethren.'  " 

He  may  find  a  lew  local  instances  of  the  kind, 
but  certainly  the  brotherhood  is  not  that  cor- 
rupt, or  if  it  is,  I  have  failed  to  find  it  out,  and 
I  am  as  much  opposed  to  that  kind  of  work  as 
any  brother  in  the  fraternity.  But  does  Bro. 
M.  thirikit  profitable  to  publish  such  assertions'!' 
Does  he  really  think  it  for  the  good  of  the  cause 
to  do  so?  If  he  does,  he  thinks  less  of  our  re[»- 
utation  than  w;hat  we  do.  We  think  brethren 
ought  not  to  write  such  things  for  the  world  to 
read.  Several  of  just  such  things  have  come  to 
the  oflice.  but  this  is  the  first  one  that  has  yet 
found  its  way  into  the  paper,  and  hope  that 
those  who  are  so  opposed  to  certain  things 
among  our  people  will  use  a  little  more  prudence 
about  what  they  want  us  to  put  before  tli 
world. 

I  am  for  reform  too,  hut  not  the  reform  that 
prompts  us^to  abuse  each  oth^r  by^  making 
that  we  are  that  corrupt.  If  we  differ  from 
old  brethren  let. us  not  speuk  so  unkindly  of 
them.  I  am  miBrepresent4>(l,wheu  Bro.  M.  inti- 
mates that  I  siiid  we  make  gods  of  those  old 
brethren.  My  language  ■  was  this:.  "I  do  not 
believe  in  makin|;  gods  of  those  ancient  Breth- 

The  brother  should  not  attempt  to  stretch  my 
writings  too'  far  on  this  subject,  there  is  such  a 
thing  as  over  doing  a  matter.  L  shall  likely 
write  considerably  on  this  question,  but  shall 
handle  it  as  mildly  as  possible,  and  with  an  eye 
to  the  good  of  the  general  brotherhood,  and  do 
not  think  that  any  one  ought  to  make  of  it  an 
occa.sion  to  Come  out  and  writ-e  against  the 
whole  fraternity,  nor  should  it  be  so  construed 
as  to  apply  against  the  general  order  of  the 
church.  We  have  not  progressed  that  far  yet, 
nor  is  there  any  likelihood  of  usdoingso.  Our 
progression  goes  the  other  way. 

The  brother  says  that  our  attention  has  been 
repeatedly  directed  to  this  matter.  That  is  true, 
but  the  articles  that  were  sent  us  were  often 
ver>-  abusive  imd  so  personal  that  it  would  not 
do  to  publish  them.  When  it  comes  to  defend- 
the  truth  we  are  not  so  sensitive  as  he  sup- 
poses. Our  paper  is  as  outspoken  as  any 
respectable  sheet  in  America.  There  are  many 
questions  mth  which  we  do  not  think  it  pru- 
dent to  grapple  for  the  simple  reason  that  they 
are  of  no  vital  importance.  We  have  no  time 
•ddle  with  questions  about  which  Christ 
and  the  Apostles  are  as  silent  as  the  grave,  and 
then  certain  ones  should  not  expect  us  to  stand 
up  and  defend  their  peculiar  views  about  certain 
things.  It  should  be  remembered  that  we  be- 
long to  the  church  and  not  the  church  to  us.  I 
united  with  the  church  because  I  thought  it 
was  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  I  came  in 
with  the  full  intention  of  living  up  to  and  de- 
fending ita  doctrine.  It  would  not  look  right 
for  me  to  turn  round  and  try  to  upset  her  entire 
order,  I  propose  to  have  respect  enough  for  the 
church  to  stand  up  in  her  defense  and  do  all  I 
can  to  promote  her  interest.  Doubtl&ss  the 
church  has  at  times  made  some  sad  mistakes, 
md  1  presume  that  wo  have  made  somo  too. 

1  deem  it  my  duty  to  do  my  utmost  to  keep 
the  church  pure,  and  shall  labor  to  my  best 
ability  to  get  her  to  return  as  much  as  possible 
to  the  original  ground  ocfflipied  by  our  Brethren 
who  were  first  in  this  grand  reformatory  move- 
ment, but  want  it  distinctly  understood  that  we 
shall  not  accuse  our  people  of  priestcraft,  cor- 

iptions  and  many  other  things  of  like  charac- 

r.  The  church,  as  a  body,  ought  to  be  respects  "  They  bring  money  into  the  treasury  to  meet 
ed.  When  we  look  around  and  see  how  other  necessary  expenses  "  exclaim  a  dozen  voices  at 
churches  have  gone  into  the  ways  of  the  world,  I  once.    Is  that  all?     Is  that  argument?     If  so, 


1  do  not  know  but  that  we  ought  to  be  thank- 
-ful  that  it  Ls  OS  well  with  us  as  it  is,  imd  God 
grant  that  we  may  get  better  instead  of  worse. 
What  Bro.  M.  says  about  the  book  (Minutes) 
that  we  are  slowly  manufacturing,  is  too  true. 
What  ought  to  be  done  with  our  minutes  has 
with  me  been  a  matter  of  much  serious  thought 
for  several  years,  and  it  is  also  engaging  the 
thoughts  of  much  older  and  more  experienced 
heads,  but  whatever  is  done  in  the  case  should 
be  done  with  the  greatest  prudence,  'Wheu  wo 
write  on  that  subject  we  are  handling  a  very 
critical  question,  and  should  not  act  nuthly. 
But  my  candid  opinion  is,  that  the  church  of 
to-d,iy  would  be  better  off  if  there  never  had 
been  a  minute  printed.  Our  old  Brethren  in 
the  early  history  of  the  church  had  nothing  of 
the  kind,  and  I  do  not  know  but  that  they  got 
along  better  than  we.  I  am  satisfied  that  they 
had  more  of  this  real  heart  religion  than  maiiy  ■ 
of  us,  and  the  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice 
timtthey  hnd  ivas  the  New  Testament.  That 
is  all, the  church  of  the  first  century  had. 

Brethren,  I  am  afraid  that  in  some  respects 
we  have  missed  the  mark  a  little,  and  need  to 
go  back  about  one  hundred  years  mid  get  upon 
the  old  Gospel  platform  that  our  ancient  Breth- 
ren used  to  occupy.  They  started  right — their 
principle  was  truly  Apostolic,  and  their  motives 
pure.  But  some  of  us  have  been  a  little  too 
Fast — we  have  been  progeressing  a  little  too  fast 
the  wrong  w.iy,  and  to-day  our  A.  M.  is  not 
characterized  by  that  tmly  deep-seated  piety 
that  ought  to  pervade,  such,  meetings.  I  would 
like  to  see  more  'love  and  good  feeling  prevail 
in  our  deliberations. 

As  before  remarked,  to  me  it  is  evident  that 
our  ancient  Brethren  started  out  right.  They 
laid  aside  the  man-made  confessions  of  faith,  re- 
pudiated the  decrees  of  uninspired  men  of  every 
grade  and  order,  and  agreed  upon  the  Bible  and 
that  alone  as  tlieir  only  infallible  rule  of  faith 
and  practice.  For  their  model  of  a  true  Chris- 
tian and  church  government  they  went  back  to 
the  fir^t  century,  to  the  Apostolic  age,  and  there 
found  a  pattern  made  by  the  Lord  Ilims'elf, 
This  pattern  they  endeavored'  to  imitate,  and 
though  they  may  have  made  some  mistakes  at 
first,  yet  the  principle  involved  in  their  move- 
ment was  a  noble,  one,  and  I  would  to  God  that 
every  brother  and  sister  in  our  fraternity  had  in 
their  heart's  the  same  feelings  and  reverence  for 
the  Bible  that  was  possessed  by  those  ancient 
Brethren.  I  am  satisfied  that  if  we  were  in 
possession  of  as  much  i love  for  each  other  as 
they  were,  that  we  would  have  far  less  difficul- 
ties among  us.  If  we  were  as  zealous  for  the 
literal  observance  of  the  Bible  as  they,  we  would 
have  less  time  to  s|>end  over  things  about  which 
the  Gospel  is  as  silent  as  the  grave.  It  is  at 
times,  painful' to  hear  how  some  would-be  re- 
formers abuse  the  aged  veterans  that  have  stood 
up  so  nobly  in  defense  of  the  Master's  cause. 
If  they,  in  their  faith  and  practice,  were  as  good 
as  some  of  those  old  veterans  our  church  would 
be  better  off. 

The  great  commendable  feature  about  those 
ancient  Brethren  was  their  gbing  to  the  Apos- 
tles for  their  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  They 
took  the  unadulterated  truth  as  the  man  of 
their  counsel,  and  did  their  utmost  to  walk 
all  the  commandments  and  statutes  of  the  Lord 
blameless.  They  never  thought  of  imitating 
either  each  other  or  any  body  else  this  side  th< 
Apostolic  age;  their  whole  plea  was  the  Bible 
and  for  its  teachings  many  of  them  sacrificed 
their  all.  And  as  we  walk  down  the  stream  of 
time  we  find  that  they  retained  this  distinctive 
feature  for  a  number  of  years.  All  their  diffi- 
culties were  settled  by  the  Bible.  True,  many 
of  them  were  not  well  educated,  yet  they  were 
honest  and  threw  themselves  right  into  the 
spirit  of  the  Gaspel,  and  1  don't  know  but  that 
they  decided  many  things  much  better  than  we 
with  our  boasted  superiority  of  intellectual  cul- 
ture. 

As  we  have  not  room  in  this  issue  to  finish 
our  comments  and  observations,  we  cut  the  ar- 
ticle off  here,  asking  our  readers  to  suspend 
judgment  regarding  the  correctness  of  our  posi- 
tion until  they  hear  from  us  again  next  week. 


SALOONS. 


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AN  any  one  tell  what  benefit  drinking  s 


is  it  the  best  argument  you  can  bring?  Why 
not  say  that  they  bring  wiint,  mise^/,  ruin  into 
scores  of  families?  Why  not  say  that  out  of 
them  come  murderers,  abusers  of  women  and 
children,  squalor  and  poverty-'  Say  not  that 
cities  and  countries  are  blessed  by  granting  li- 
cense to  men,  women  and  children  to  pour  the 
burning,  cutting  fluid  down  their  throats. 
Blessings  never  come .  by  tliat  road.  You  want 
the  poor  druukanl,  the  tippler,  the  respecta- 
ble (?)  drinker  to  spend  fifty  dollars  that  you 
may  get  five  to  build  sidewalks,  make  goo4  roads, 
and  meet  genenil  expenses.  No  sir,  your  fegic 
is  not  good.  Mouiy  thus  received  counts  noth- 
ing in  making  up  the  riches  of  heaven. 

You  tell  mc  that  there  is  just  as  much  traffic 
in  strong  drinks  when  prohibited  as  when  aoU 
under  sanction  of  the  law.  To  the  Chriatiaii, 
that  is  not  the  qu&stion.  "Jiisl  as  miuh"  or 
"  more "  is'  not  the  question  with  the  mail  of 
God.  The  question  of  pecuniary  gain,  of  eas- 
ing the  burden  of  taxation  by  legalizing  (?)  tho 
sale  of  intoxicating  drinks,  are  not  entert.ained 
by  the  followers  of  .lesua.  To  him  the  question 
is  one  of  (livine  principle.  Temporal  gain,  the 
saving  of  dollars  and  cents  for  himself  at  tho 
expense  of  mm  drinkers  and  .saloon  keepers  are 
nottheimportantquestionswith  him,  Helooka 
at  the  ruin  ■UTOiight  by  tho  degrading  business, 
the  evils  that  grow  out  of  strong  drink,  and  is 
against  its  traffic  in  any  form  whether  he  loses 
or  gains  monej-.  How,  then,  can  any  one  who 
loves  Jesus,  who  professes  to  believe  and  obey 
Plim,  for  one  moment  look  upon  the  effect  of 
rum-and  endoree  it?  How  can  he?  Do  you 
suppose  Jesus  looks  upon  it  .with,  the  least  de- 
gree of  allowance?  I  ain  glad  that  the  lord 
does  not  require  us  to  decide  how  we  shall  get 
the  greatest  benefit  by  its  use,  but  has,  from  the 
beginning,  declared  a  woe  agaiiist  it.  He  has 
laid  down  certain  principles  by  which  we  are  to 
be  governed,  therefore  the  question  a^  to  its  le- 
galization is  settled.  God  never  authorized  it, 
never  sanctioned  it,  hence  we  are  opposed  to  it 
.being  dealt  out  tp  poor,  frail  humanity  in  any 
form  for  tlie  sole  purijpse  of  satisfying  a  deprav- 
ed appetite.  Principle  not  ^noney  is  the  temper- 
ance issue.  Principle  is  everything  in  this 
question.  It  oiitweigha  every  argument  that 
ever  came  up,  or  ever  can  come  up,  on  the  side 
of  whiskey,  secret  or  legalized.  Point  out  one 
good  thing  that  a  saloon  docs  and  I'll  point  out 
forty  cases  of  misery  that  it  produces.  It  is 
mply  fortyagainst  one  (or  nothing),  happine.ss 
against  misery,  heaven  against  hell.  Say  not 
th.it  this  article  wiw  called  out,  save  by  a  love 
of  truth — a  love  of  good  society,  good  works, 
peace  of  God,  and  the  blessings  of  heaven.  Pol- 
not  here.     We  are  free  in  Christ. 


We  were  informed  that  two  persons  were  to 
be  baptized  at  Yellow  Creek,  111.,  last  Sunday. 
One  of  them  seventy-eight  years  of  age  and  the 
other  twelve.  Quite  a  contrast,  but  it  is  accept- 
able with  the  great  Master  of  the  vineyard. 

The  latest  news  from  the  East  show  that 
things  are  in  a  very  unsettled  condition — it  is 
neither  war  nor  peace,  but  may  be  either.  Both 
England  and  Ru.*sia  are  making  great  prepara- 
tions for  war,  yet  at  the  same  time  negotiating 
for  peace.  However  the  jirospects  for  a  settle- 
ment of  the  difficulties  are  better  than  one 
week  ago,  though  it  is  a  terribly  mixed  up  af- 
fair. 

We  are  one  day  behind  time  with  this  issue, 
but  hope  to  be  fully  up  next  week. 


The  Brethben  at  Work  will  be  sent  from 

now  to  the  end  of  the  year  for  one  dollar.  Send 
the  cash  with  tho  name. 


People  who  complain  so  much  about  hard 
times,  and  hence  refu.se  to  do  anything  to  ad- 
vance the  cause  of  religion,  should  remember 
that  the  wages  of  sin  have  not  yet  been  ent 
down. 


Evert  body  should  read  Reason  and  Rettla- 
lion.    It  is  a  grand  book.    Price,  82.50. 


We  are  putting  out  another  edition  of  the 
Perffci  PUin  of  Sntrafion,  and  will  soon  b« 
ready  to  fill  orders.  The  work  has  had  an  ex- 
tensive sale  in  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
and  is  extensively  read  in  Denmark. 


We  would  like  a  few  numbers  of  No.  43,  con- 
taining Bro.  J.  S.  Mohler'a  Railroad  Sermon. 
Who  can  send  them  to  us?  If  sent  we  cannot 
return  them.  The  sermon  is  to  be  published  in 
tract  form  after  awhile. 


THE)    BHteTilBEN    A.'t'    "WORK. 


^prU    18. 


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(inle. 


BBAD  AMD  OBEY. 

•■  Fathc 
•■  Childro 

•■  |[u«hftn.lii.  loTe  your  wiveB." 
Wirci,    obflj    your    husbando." 
rn,  pr9ToliB  ool  your  cbiMren  lu  irrnUi," 
,    ohdy    your    parcnla    ia    all    llilnga ,  " 

SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Trusting. 

WE  (ill  se^rii  to  imovr  v«i-y  liiuc'h  about  trust- 
ing,—nt  \eaai  a  certain  kibd  of  thisting. 
We  trust  that  the  bridge  over  wliich  We  wnlk 
will  Qotfiill  down.  We  lie  iowu  in  tbei-Tciiing, 
trusting  tbut  the  bouse  will  not  burn  Jowu 
during  tlie  iiight;  nnd  at  the  approacbiug  atorin 
W8  trust  to  the  building  for  shelter  and  prnt<;c- 
tioL.  W(!  sit  down  to  the  table,  trusting  that 
there  is  no  poisou  in  the  food  we  ^,at,,  nor  in  tho 
water  wc  drink.  We  enter  the  car^  or  the 
stearoboiit  trusting  tliey  mil  convey  us  safely  to 
our  destination.  We  enter  the  b.uggv  trusting 
that  the  horses  will  carry  us  along  ivithout 
hnrm;  in  all  places  which  dnty  or  bu sin es.s calls 
in  this  life,  we  are  billing  to  place  our  trust  in 
somebody  or  something.  You  see,  perhaps  we 
hove  more  trust  than  was  at  first  supposed. 
We  brlidc,  then  trust  that  our  faith  may  grow 
into  strong  hope.  We  believe  the  cars  can  car- 
ry us  to  some  point,  and  then  trust  theui  to  do 
HO.  But  unless  we  (jo  on  the  cars,  tliey  will  not 
carry  us,  though  our  faith  in  their  ability  to  do 
so  be  like  a  mountain.  Sinners,  learn  a  lesson 
from  this.  You  may  .believe  with  all  your  heart 
that  Jesus  is  able  to  save  you,  (which  if  a  fact) 
but  unless  you  put  Him  on.  He  will  not  tarry 
you  over  into  the  promised  land.  You  must 
trust  Him  practically.  You  believe  the  food 
before  you  has  nourishment  in  it,  but  unless 
you  eiil  it  so  that  it  can  perform  its  work,  you 
will  starve.  You  believe,  then  trust.  So  with 
Jesus  you  must  do.  Believe  that  He  is  both 
able  and  willing  to  save  you,  then  permit  Him 
to  come  into  your  heart,  and  dwell  there,  and 
He  will  be  your  Strength  and  your  Salvation. 
0  come  to  Jesus  just  now! 

In  Luke  eighteen  we  are  told  of  some  who 
trusted  in  themselves.  0  reader,  self  is  a  poor 
person  to  trust!  Trust  Jesus.  On  another  oc- 
casion this  same  Jesus  said,  "  Children,  how 
hard  is  it  for  them  that  trust  in  riches  to 
into  the  kingdom  of  God  "  (Mark  10: 24). 
how  hard  to  get  into  heaven  with  a  heart  set  on 
riches!  Riches  have  wings  and  fly  away,  hence 
it  will  not  do  to  tniat  them  for  salvation.  Rich- 
es rust;  trust  theni  not.  Riches  puft'  up,  make 
men  intolerant,  covetous,  unhappy.  Trust  not 
nth  r  ie-)  of  t\^V  wb  H  Tr  t  God  lo 
vn     n  tl     g       Po    ess  as  t  J    1  1    ul 

Ih      srth  s     anctfied  to  (  ol     0  tr    t  th 
L  ri  null  til  ngs        Ob  ri,p  tl  e  n  thitaren  1 
1  th  8  woHU  tl  at  they  1  p  not  1  gl  In    d  d  u 
tnisb  miiucertain  nche  ,  but  n  tl  e  li  jng  Gol 
vhofe    ethusnclilyalUbng  toenjo>     (1 T  u 
6   1)     Ye-i  God     giv^fh  is  richly  all   thi  ^ 
loc  T)j       NAw  let  u    enj  \    n  Sleekness    u 
pea  e    u  1  ve  to  one  lui  ther     God  tt  sts  H 
Word  to    ur  use  and  fa  or     V  ll  ^^e  giv    tt  to 
othen  rglfly   livide  t -So  thiit  tWlnaj  sto 
an  1 1      ?    Come  brother  s  ster  let  us  trust  our 
F  ther  hs  He  Wlls        to   tr  6t  "Him     U^ 
d     H        111   I    tw  1  (II 


ought  to  do  who  get  the  paper  for  a  small  cost 
because  they  are  poor — Ihey  ought  to  lend  their 
papcn  t«.ii  neigh  bo  R  and  fricnda  and  try  to  get 
subscriptions.  In  thia  way  they  can  work  for 
the  paiMjr  and  retaro,a  fayor  for  the  favor  they 
ixeive.         ,,  I,      ,   I    .     ,,  f.. 

But  boys  and  girls  I  waii^,,tjO|  say  pqmething 
lore  to  you  about  tliis.  If  you  trj-  to  get  sub- 
criljers,  don't  get  .tired  for  all  kinds  of  excuses 
,-i!l  be  offered,"  B'iit  ils  you  Itnow  the  paper  is 
:ood  and  your  work  is  a  good  oho,  try,  and  try 
again.  SomC  will  give  you  their  names  without 
h  delay,— others  need  coa^ng,  beiiaiise  they 
like  n  dollar  and  (ihalf  more  than  they  do  good 
reading  for  them  Eind  those  around  them.  Bnt 
so  it  is.  And  when  we  ore  at  a  good  work,  we 
ought  to  keep  right  on.    If  you  are  ivorking, 

dos't  stop.  ,  ,  , 
If  one  pays  §1.50  ia  too  mui;;h,  t^U,him  $1.00  is 
too  little  unless  he  is  tjoo  ppor  to  pay  more.  If 
he  saj'M,  (le  cant  spare  §l.riU,  saj- ,  you  w'ill  take 
75  cents, for'six  months,  or -10  cents  for  three 
months.  Don't  stop.  Then--  arc  niaiiy  ways  to 
help  people  to  good  things.  I  have  subscribers 
who  pay  me  with  apples,  by  working,  and  other 
trade.  If  in  ibis  way  we  can  help  others  to  the 
paper,  who  cannot  w-ell  pay  money,  let  us  do  it. 
It  costs  a  great  amount  of  money  to  keep  the 
paper  going,  so  we  ought  to  work  for  it  and  not 
stop. 

One  word  more.  Let  us  still  write,  and  select 
good  pieces  aud  send  them.  Don't  stop  writing. 
Nothing  should  be  so  dear  to  u?  as  Jesus.  Aud 
every  work  for  Him  that  agrees  with  the  Holy 
Scriptures  we  ought  to  help  along.  So  shall 
we  be  happy; 


March  Sht,  1S7S. 


r  Brother, 

D.  B.  Menizeu. 


TWO    FAMILIES. 

IAVANT  to  tell  all  the  little  children  who 
read  the  Brethkex  at  Wokk,  what  I  have 
seen  this  week  while  away  from  home  on  mis- 
sionary work.  I  shall  have  to  give  you  a  dark, 
dark  picture  of  one  fiimily  I  visited.  A  dear 
mother  who  had  three  bright  little  boys,  wrote 
me  a  letter  tbat  she  wanted  to  learn  more 
about  i  Jesus,  and  join  the  church.,  She  had 
heard  some  preaching  when  she  was  a  girl. 
When  we  went  to  vi^iit  this  poor  mother  and 
her  little  boys,  they  all  seemed  very  glad,  only 
the  boys  were  more  shy  than  other  little  boys. 
What  do  you  think  that  mother  told  us?  She 
said  that  since  she  had  written  me  the  letter,  s. 
had  to  take  several  hard  whipiiirtga,  just  because 
she  wanted  to  join  the  church.  Who  do  you 
tliink  i(7ii>^;en' tho'littlelioys'mother-'    Doyi 


think  it  was  thi 

i    ve  g  od  I"  I  a   cjn  1    rdl    th  nk    t 

hut  t  1       I      t  U 


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^  venr  and  tlirew  her  B  ble  o     the  floor     "> 
s-ns  vl         he        h     t  I  tl   i  good  B     I 

si  a  las  to    Jit  1 11  he  ^wa  o  t   'the  ho 
si  1  lint    attu  d  meet  I  ut 

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AVb  t  Ll  \\  1  1  I 

jHr  at  all      I  t)  u  1 
c      t     ell  1        thout  tl 
tl     t  ap  r  1    «  Ts  a  "TlJat  deal  of  good  in  mai  i 

wajs,\    So  *enng\tfto  H     ri    /I    I  v 

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B  bleior  *ou,mll  tell     o     alio  t   leau      oul 
kneel jIoSj'u  in  (1  ei  mor  i  MB  fwtl  piift   tfc  jo 
fflld  [jat  J     I  go    1      nr  i>    I  tl   t^        u  I  ei  d 
till)  I 


MAKE  YOUR  MOTHER  HAPPY. 

CHILDilEN,  make  your  mother  happy; 
Hake  tier  sing  instead  of  sigh; 
For  the  mournful  hour  of  parting, 
May  ba  very,  very  nigh. 

Children,  make  your  mother  happy; 

Many  griefs  Uie  has  to  bear; 
And'  she  wearies  'neath  her  .burdens — 

Can  yon  not  those  burdena  share? 

Children,  make  your  mother  happy; 

Prompt  obedienre  cheers  the  heart; 
While  ft  willful  disobedience. 

Pierces  like  a  poisoned  dart. 

Childron,  make  your  mother  happy; 

Oh  her  brow  the  linea  of  care. 
Deepen  daily — don't  you  see  them? 

While  your  own  are  smooth  and  fair. 

Children,  make  your  mother  happy; 

For  beneath  the  coffin  lid, 
All  too  soon  her  face  so  ^aint^like. 

Shall  fbrovermore  be  hid.  . 

Bitter  tears  and  solf-upbraidings. 
Cannot  bring  hor  back  again; 

And  remorseful  memories. 
Are  a  legacy  of  pain. 

Oh  begin  to-day,  dear  children, 
Listen  when  your  mother  speaks; 

Render  quick  and  sweet  obedience. 
For  your  highest  good  she  seeks. 

tovea  yon  better  than  all  others — 

For  your  sake  herself  denies; 
She  is  patient,  prayerful,  tender. 

Gentle,  thoughtful,  true  and  wise. 

Never,  while  you  live,  dear  children. 
Though  you  search  the  world  around. 

Will  you  find  a  friend  more  faithful 
Than  your  own,  your  lov-ing  mother. 

Selected  by  Mahy  Hilleby. 


..  both 


of  twenty-five  years,  aijd  she  is  as  \ 
of  my  grandmothers  put  together,  who  insists 
upon  Iteing  called  Eitty,  and  her  real  niuiiu  is 
Catharine ;  and  although  her  brain  U  big  unougli 
to  conduct  otfiurs  of  state,  she  does  nothing  but 
giggle,  cover  her  face  with  her  fan,  and  ewluim 
once  in  four  minutes,  "  Don't  now!  you  are  real 
meim," 

How  can  a  man  propose  a  life-partnership  to 
such  a  silly  goose?  My  dear  girls,  you  must, 
if  you  got  huahands,  and  decent  ones,  drcs.s  in 
plain,  neat,  becoming  garments,  and  tidk  like 
earnest,  sensible  sisters.  Remember  that  nine- 
teen times  in  twenty,  sensible  men  choose  sens- 
ihle  women.  I  grant  you  that,  in  company, 
they  are  very  likely  to  chat  and  toy  with  these 
over-dressed  and  forward  creatures,  but  they 
don't  ask  them  to  go  to  the  attnr  with  them. 
Selecteil  by  T.  D.  Lyos. 

Hudson,  III.    I 


CHILDREJ^   AT    WOB,K. 


HINTS   TO   GIRLS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Boston  Con- 
gretjalionat  has  been  taking  notes  which, 
having  direct  reference  to  one  of  the  great  re- 
forms of  the  age,  will  probably  be  interesting 
to  the  reader.  Girls,  although  bis  remarks  may 
seem  to  be  a  little  sharp,  they  are  quite  too  true; 
and  the  timely  hints  here  given,  may  lead  you 
to  take  a  m,ore  sensible  course;  and  your  moth- 
ers will  doubtless  be  thankful  that  the  valuable 
suggestions  are  published  for  mutual  benefit. 
They  are  as  follows: 

1.  You  aire  perfect  idiots  to  go  on  in  this 
wdy.  Your  bodit'S  are  the  mo^t  beautiful  of 
God's  cre'tt'on  In  tl  e  contnetital  galler'es  I 
al  vays  saw  grOU)  of  i  eo|  le  g  itherdd  abo  ttl 
p  etures  ot  omonl  It  aa  i  ot  a  pass  i  th 
gazers  Vere  just  ns  1  koly  to  he     otilen   s  men 


an    le 

von  u      bodj 

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1  de  -tul   bea  b\    ot  a 


oftice  vindo  v  an! 


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in 


Aaron's  Rod:— I  am  not  blessed  with  a 
mother  like  many  of  you  are;  I  have  a  good 
home  though,  with  Samuel  Eiler.  I  can  tell  the 
little  folks  whose  rod  budded,  bloomed  blossoms 
and  yielded  almonds.  It  was  Aaron's;  and  the 
account  of  it  may  be  found  in  Numbers  17:  8. 
— Mary  E.  I{q)logk,  HayerstoiPn,  Incl. 

Peter  and  Neliemiah : — We  wont  to  church 
last  Sunday,  H.  P.  Stricklor  is  our  minister. 
His  text  was  1  Pet.  4:  17,  IS.  We  have  meet- 
ing every  two  weeks,  and  I  love  to  go  and  hear 
the  bretliren  talk  about  Jesus.  I  am  trying  to 
be  a  good  girl.  First  letter  of  Peter  and  fourth 
chapter  contains  all  the  letters  of  the  alphabet 
except  the  letter  z.  The  seventh  chapter  of 
Nehemiah  contains  all  the  lett<^r8  except  q. — 
Aldu  Alhriijhi,  Steamboat  Itocl\  Iowa. 

About  Esther: — Ahosuems  made  a  royal 
feast  on  the  seventh  day.  He  sent  for  queen 
Vftsbti.  She  refused  to  come.  The  king  was 
angry;  so  he  resolved  to  take  ]feT  royiil  estate 
and  give  it  to  another  that  was  hetter  than  she. 
All  the  virgins  of  the  land  were  brought  togeth- 
er, and  Esther,  the  adopted  daughter  of  Mordc- 
cai,  the  Jew,  found  favor  in  the  sight  of  all  who 
looked  upon  her;  and  the  king  loved  Esther 
more  than  all  the  wontpn.  When  her  people 
were  to  be  destroyed,  she  plead  for  thoni  and 
saved  them  from  death,  while  Haman,  their  ac- 
cuser, and  his  ten  sons  were  hung.  We  must 
do  good  tp  others  if  we  wisii  to  prosper. — C.  M. 
Cripc,  Ccrro  Gordo,  III. 

From  Cora  E.  Wales : — 1  am  a  reader  of  the 
BuETUUKN  AT  WoRK  and  like  to  read  it.  I  like 
to  go  to  meet  l  g  and  1  (.ar  thf  tr  I  o  pel 
I  r  a  bel      The  t    jth     halter  of  Hebr  on 

ta    s    11    f  th    lett  r    ol  tl       Ij  1    let 

Tht  ToorlOri  han  —My  f  tl  r  I  ed  vl  en  I 
w  IS  four  yeuri.  old  and  my  n  other  vhou  I  as 
e  tbt  I  m  t^ed  my  mother  ^rj  mu  1  b^'n 
al  e  d  ed  apd  rem  mh  r  so  ne  nbout  41  d  ar 
t  tl    r  but  the    ire  t  th    t  ft,  t    y  1  II 

t    f  t  ther     t  !■      r  1  r  tl  er^       da 

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ocuui  y  n  ost  bf  tl  0  HpaoeAif  the  ottt  idb  r  g  I 
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■illie>  bmo  o!  ly  aeon  the  dark  s  lo  oi  h  n  ua 
lifo  and  n  ed  i  bttle-su  si  1  t-  ot  tl  e  lift,  ng  vf 
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Hf  hiil  nches  duffident  who  bath  dnmigh 
to  be  charitable.  < 


April    IH. 


TI-IE   I^TIETI-XHES^r '  AT   WOliK 


CORRESFOISriDElSrCE. 


From    Marshalltown,    Iowa. 
Dmi- Brefhrai.— 

THIS   is   Siiturday    afternoon.      To-morroiv 
tliete  will  l>e  no  meeting  of  the   Brethrou 

nearer  to  tia  fclinn  twenty  miles.  Think  of  us, 
brethren,  wlien  you  are  traveling,  and  make  it 
suit  to  stop  and  preach  some  for  us  and  to  us. 
Our  place  of  worship  is  a  school-house,  but  it 
is  well  suited  for  holding  meetings  as  it  is  well 
provided  with  seats  and  has  a  high  ceiling, 
which  makes  it  pleasant  and  easy  to  speak  in. 

96nie'hav6  bten  with 'ua  this  past  Winter, 
and  we  cannot  too  warmly  os))ress  our  grati- 
tude to  them. for  thcicikindness  in  remembering 
us,  but  us  tha'earth  takes  in  the  gentle  rain 
whi(fh  ofteiijConie^  upon  jt,jSO|it  is  with  us,  we 
fee^  anxious  to  have  meeting  more  often.  There 
are  but  a  few  of  us  here,  and  the  evil  one  tries 
to  make  inroads 'ahiong' lis.    " ' 

Brethren  pray  for  us  that  we  be  able  to  'Wafd 
off  all  the  darts  of  the  wicked  one.  He  is  full 
of  devices,  but  when  we  look  into  ouc  Biblo 
and  around  us,  we  are  pei-su(ided  that  He  wlio 
is  for  us,  is  stronger,  than  he.  who  is  against  ,i)s.| 

Dear  brethren  and  sistei^s  let  us  lyork  more 
and  harder,  for  we  can  see  the  time  approach- 
ing when  the  elements  shall  melt  "ivith  tervent 
lieat;  tlieieai'th  also,  and  the  works  which'are 
therein,  shall  be  burned  up.  Seeing  then  that 
nil  these  things/fihall  be  dissolved,  what  manner 
of  pei-sous  ought  ye  (^ve)  to  be,  iiv  all  holy^jn-: 
versation  and  godliness.  . 

There  has  been  a  little  stir  among  the  people 
of  the  country  about  here,  ou  the  Subbatli 
quesfion,  Bro.  Hall  delivered  two  lectures  at 
the  church  concerning  it,  which  were  very  iut-| 
cresting  ajid  iusfjrutjtive.  Any  one  concluding 
to  favor  us  wi^hja  v^sit  will  please  drop  us  a 
card,  so  we  may  have  time  to  make  an  appoint- 
ment: We  will'  lie  glad  to  meet  aii)'  such  at 
the  train.  ■'  ■■:!■:■ 

I        ■.  I    -Yours  Prat^rually, ' 

A.  M.  I.  &  M,  C.  Miller. 


,i  From    C.    Hope. 


.    r  fr- 


If  even  work  could  be  had,  I  would  bu  obllgi.'d 
to  hire  for  six  months  or  a  year  and  then  work 
on  Sunday  as  well  as, other  days.  In  such' a 
situation,  I  could  not  preach  any;  and  if  I  am 

to  thus  proceed,  it  would>be  better: for  me.to  be 
in  America,  where  I  would  be  free  on  Sunday, 
Things  are  differeat  here  from  those  in  Ameri- 
ca. We  are  like  all  other  people,  we  cannot 
get  along  without  food  and  raiment. 

I  trust  our  beloved  brethren  fini}.  si3tera,fr9m 
America  will  give  you  a  complete  nqcount  of 
matters  here.  We  also  trust  the  Lord  that  He 
will  make  us  able  to  stay  here  if  he  wills.  To 
make  missionary  work  successful,  requires. con- 
stant work,  night  and  day,  aud  it  is  better  to 
work  mainly  in  one  (ihice.  I  believe  the  time 
of  the  Gentiles  is  nearly  fulfilled,  ;uid  the  return 
of  the  Jews  near  at  hand.  The  present  war 
does  not  affect  our  work,  but  rather  promotes, 
it  spiritually.  , 

Some  may  think  our  expenses  too  great,  but 
I  am  sure,  their  kind,  tender  hearts  will  not  so 
believe  when  they  once  Ifiarn  ouf  condition,  the 
condition  of  our  country  and  the  customs  of 
the  people.  It  is  customary  to  give  people  some- 
thing to  e.'ifc  when  they  come  to  see  and  ask  the 
way  of  life,' '  Strangers  come  from  dl  parts  of 
the  country-  to  inquire  about- -the  wayof-fche- 
Lord,  and  of  eour^jwe;  dari^  pot,  ought  not, 
cannot  turn  them  away  hungry.  Our  God 
says,  "  Feed  the  hungry,  clothe  the  naked,"  and' 
0  may  we  never' become -so  lost  to  love 'as  to 
mthhold  the  food  from  the  hungrj-!  Last  Sim- 
day,  we  had:sixteen  persons  fordinnter;  all  were 
from.adistaiicfi.,.  Yqiirsae;  therefore, ..in, -every 
way  .we  have  cares  and   burdens   rt'staug,  upon 

us.      Butlsballattln.  (1,.,.      - — 

Look  to  those  Wliuiii  ,..ii  ■■■,■■    r..    '  .  .|,    .,      ,,]id 
lookat  our  staudiii'.;.     Tli'i  ■    .1  -11  m.i  u.'tUT 
than  I  can  of  our  bill' l"n-,   il         ;ii>^  and   se- 
vere trials,'  Godb!.-  s,mA\  '"I  -J-' 
'  J-Tjornng,T)Uu>.n-k.  M,.r.h  loih,  1S^S,'""\ 


ments  and   then  took  dinner  at   Bro.   David 
Brower's  who  kindly  rr-ceived  us. 

On  Saturday  the  36th.  wo  ^a.V^A.  through  the 
Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  contkinirig  that 
snow  shed  over  thirty  miles  long,  and  the  snow 
in  many  places  drifted  about  over  ^he.  shed,  and 
in  one  place  broke  it  down,  so  tliat  we  were  der 
tained  about  twp  bout^.  No  hann,  ho,wever, 
was  done,  and  what  seemed  the'  strangest  to  us, 
while  we  letl  those  snow  drills  about  nine,  in 
the  morning,  we  wore  by  noon  in  the  midst  of 
green  pastures  and  bloomiiig  flowers,  and  even 
now  while  1  am  writing  these  lines,  the  24th, 
the  pastures  are  green  and  fruit>-trees  blooming 
in  Oregon.  The  weather  is  ideasant  and 'the 
peojde  are  busy  plowing  and  sow-in^;  the  white 
clover  in  our  door  yard  is  ankle-high.' 

In  contlusion  we  ■would  remark  that  we  can- 
not tell  yet  how  ivc  will  i?njoy  our  neiv  horiie 
in' the 'far  West.  Many  would  like  to  knowt 
hdw  much  our  trijicbst  lis;  we  would  say  it  cost 
U3','fare  aild  boarding' from  Lima,  Ohio  to  Salem, 
Oregon,  ahOut  8530.  We  paid  for  six  whole, 
and  two  half  tickets,  or  abont  76  dollare  to  the 
whole  ticket.  ''But  I  would  say  that"lhose,' 
wishing  to  come  to  Oii^gon' now,  c6uld  not 
com'*"'  fiv  tin'-  n-  .  mt,  i,s  we  bought  ourst<-:un- 
erti-I..'-  -  I!.'  -^  for  eighf  dollai-s  .■.ich 
cabin  ,■  _■  i.  ■  -  '.V  the  rates  haVe  ndvani-fd 
to-tui,'ii;^*-liiv,l.jll.u-^.      '■■'     '  ' 

Commendiug'ourselveii  tb  God  e^  urito  an'dil- 
wiseCreator,  we  bid  j-ou  farewelTW  the  pl'es- 
ent.      ,     .^  ,'.:■',  I 

D,vvir>  Eaulv. 

Salem,  Oinjoii,  Murch  21,  1'&7S. 


.To    Sister    Maryi   Harding. 


I  Oregon    Lettei 


'''T>nii^  U'Mhrcil':'^:-'  ' 
'AOD'hettiankHtoid 

Xj  .as'lf  rhi„tju-i  1„.  .  ■  ■  ,  .  :  ■  ,„u,l;u-|,  1 
prison,  ,  Often  hsw--  1  ^^    '  ■  ■  :■,  ■.   rm-d  a  '. 

to  [lieces;  and  what  btlic  1  h.uu  .-in:  you  \V!l-  '. 
filled '  with. oUr  burdens,  which  must  beendurcil 
ou  all  sides.'  ■<  ■       i.m.    ■  '  ■.     ■  !'i'   .   '<r.'  \ 

I  commenced  a  series  of-  meetings'  in  oUr 
house.  ..Abiirstonly  five  orsbc'  persons  came, 
but  as  theimeotingswei-e'continued,.  the  num- 
ber increased,  front  time  ito  time,  until  we  had' a 
good  congregation,  tliei'honse  well  filled.  At 
first  we  were  alone,,  no..'other.imembers  being! 
present;  but  onSuturday  evening  Bro.  Nielson, 
Bro.  Eskildsen  and  two  sisters  came. .  At  this 
nifieting  I  spoke  on  th,;  blood  uf  Christ,  and  it 
"was  soon  manifest  that  the  chains  of  some  were 
■beginning  to  break.  0  how  the  teo-rs  flowed 
from  Iheir  eyes,  denoting  thai-  they'  felt  their 
sinfulness. '  '  ' 

On  Sunday  was  our  regular  appointment,  and 
an  hour  before  the  appointed  time  the  people 
began  to  nsaenible.  The  first  hour  was  spent 
in  setting  before  our  members  their  datie-s  and 
privileges  in  order  to  help  carrj-  on  the  work, 
and  when  the  time  came  to  declare  the  word  to 
the  people,  Bro,  Eskildsen  humbly  set  the  truth 
before  them  from  2  Cor.  5  :  1&.  The  audience 
was  much  affected  and  mony  wept  long  .  and 
loud.  I  thought  when  Bro,  Eskildsen  had  fin-r 
ished,  I  would  s;iy  nothing,  biit  still  one  remark 
by  our  brother  filled  my  soul  for  this  people, 
that  "theh?  are  (inly  two  classes  of  people  in 
thi3'\torkl,  good  and  bAd,  saint  and  smner."  I 
■wish  you  ojold  have  'seen  a'nd  heard  the  tears 
and  sobs  ol  the  whole  congregation.  I  rejoiced 
to  hear  and  see,  for  it. denotes  conviction.  We 
appointed  prayer-meeting  at  seven  P.  M.,  and 
at  that  hour  the  house  was  again  nearly  full,  — 
Bro.  Eskildsen  took  charge  of  the  meeting,  aud 
again  the  sinners  felt  the  arrows  of  conviction 
penetrating  their  hearts.  Poor  jwople!  God 
bless  them  in  hearing.  We  closi-d  our  meeting 
at  ten,  and  ^pointed  meeting  for  neit  Wednes- 
day. We  canno^  work  as  rabidly,  as  you  can  in 
America.  We  have  so  many  barriers  to  break 
down,  so  many  obstacles  to  overcome;  and  we 
must  be  careful  to  remove  them  so  that  repent- 
ance may  be  thorough. 

I  have  written  to  the  Pnvn'live  ChHsHan  in 
answer  to  several  requvsts  from  "warm-hearted 
brd^ren.  They  wish  to  kuo^y  how  loug  we  in- 
tend to  stay  here,  and  whether  we  have  suffici- 
ent means.  We  get  all  that  is  put  in  the  trea- 
auiy,  but  has  l>cen  barely  suflicient.  And  as  to 
staying,  we  will  rtimain  here  as  long  as  we  can. 
We  will  conduct  the  mission  rts  cheaply  as  we 
can.    But  t«  get  work  ia  out  of  the  question. 


■  ])Cfii  r .  Brelh  J/tn  :^      ,    j 
T\TE.ieft  our  home  in'Ohin  on  the   aftenioon 

VV-  "f  thrsPvoiitb  af  !\l-uv|,,  ISTSIM  Inns- 
11;. J.  I,  ,,-  v..-  ^^.-i--  .,I..Mi(  i,.  -;  ,!■!  ..ji  nur-dqyrnqy, 

t"  :!.'■  I'.i' I .i-i.  l.'.-liiiL.' ijiut-    an    assurance 

El..,i  ur~l,.,iil.l   u^:^,-m.M:-    i.ihii,    to   ()nr  old 

I aii.i  ln,.u.i,ii,  nil,,,,  «,■  Idt   Uke  reading 

ill.-  i;L-t  |.ui.i-r..i.l.  ..r  Hh'  1^1  itl,  .hiipter  of  Acts, 
uliM-1.  u,.,l..l  mnl  ll,..i.  lM,u,.,i  ,!,,„„  audengag- 

■  ■'    '.  I  ■  ! ■■!.■!     ■.'!■    -iinls  and' 

^■■■-  '   '  '     ■■  1    >:'■.     tni^Hij-   that 

11.'  ^^'.'.''I  i.'-.-l r  ■■•    ulM'tli.T    by    land  'or 

sea.  I    , 

A't  oiir'sepaVation  we  all  wept  aloud  to  take 
the-paitiHg'hUTntDf-EDTiranythWrwere^dewto" 
us  a&:  pqt-entS,  cjiildreni  ihretjiren,  sifters, 'frien^i 
and  neighbors.  Then  that  evening  at  U  o'clock 
we  took  the  train  in  Lima,  for  the  West  Ar- 
rived at  Chicago  on  tlie  ninth  at  10  A.  M.  — 
Here  ■we  met  Bro.  Isaac  N.  Huffman  of  Lahi. 
Co.,  Oregijn,  who  had  went  East  witli  un  in 
December.  He  had  lormerly  lived  in  Page  Co., 
Va„  find  spent  the  Winter  there,  on  biisines> 
and  visiting  friends.  We  also  had  old  Bro.  J, 
Biishore  of  Dark  Co.,  Ohio  vrith  usihe  was 
piming  for  the  Walla  Walla  Co,  W.  T,  "  He 
stood  the  trip  remarkablj'  well  and  continued 
with  us  to  Portland,  at  which  place  we  separat- 
ed and  left  him  to  travel  the  rest  of  his  journey 
n-ith  stnmgurs. 

We  left  Omaha  at  4:  45  the  same  evening 
and  moved  slowly  on  our  way  Westward,  till 
we  arrived  at  North  Piatt  City  Sunday  even- 
ing. Here  we  received  orders  to  lay  over  in 
consequence  of  tjie  snow  storm  further  West, 
though  there  was  no  snow  nt  this  place.  We 
remained  at  this  place  till  Tuesday,  aud  arrived 
at  Ogden  on  Thursday  evening.  By  this  time 
there  were  hixt«im  emigrant  curs  in  our  train, 
and  having  this  great  crowd  together,  we  were 
continued  through  at  the  same  rate,  and  w^ere 
landed  in  San  Francisco  on  Saturday  evening, 
the  16tb,  about  dark.  On  Sunday  morning  at 
10  o'clock  we  were  aboard  the  steamship  Idaho 
for  Portland,  and  though  it  was  in  the  stormy 
mouth  of  March,  we  had  an  extremely  fimopth 
voyage  and  only  niyself  and  some  of  the  young 
children  were  sea-sick  for  a  short  time,  while 
the  wife  and  the  older  children  didn't  mlia  a 
meal. 

We  arrived  at  Portl&nd;  Wednef/day  evening, 
the  20th,  and  remdned  here  till  the  next  after- 
noon, spending. the  day  in  prospecting  the  live- 
ly City  of  Poriland.  Then  at  4  o'clock  P.  M-, 
we  took  the  train  for  Salem  and  arrived  there 
alHilil  T  o'clock,  h  distlince  of  about  fifty  milen, 
wher^  wii  were  met  by  BrO.  Ashenfelter,  and 
taken  to  his  house  in  the 'city  and  entertained 
for  the  night.  On  Friday  Were  met  by  Martins 
Brower  and  F.  M.  Wade,  ■with  whom  we  con- 
tracted for  our  new  home  and  were  conveyed 
out  to  the  same.      Looked   around   a  few  mo- 


Dcar  Sinlerii)  ni,-i^f:—   ■■'  ■  '■■ 

,T  PEELl'i-kc;i,i.lr,-ii,.'  M  r.'U  lii,..-  I,,  y.M,, 
i_'  ''sLn'ci^'witlli--ihL;   \'iiir  lM[i|i>-'rTinv, -(■•!. Ill     in 

IoMm.  ■'.!,..,:.;-:,;.!  .  ,i  ..,,nir,t- 
ly  uL,.-ti,L-^  '-l!,.^-.-  rl,,,,-.  ^^.■,.■  -.,,  I,. -,,,,■  .-nt- 
,el'ing  this  nei^  r<'].,U;u  vMfli  tli,-  :ill-:,l,.inii<; 
Son  of  God,' an.!  ;il....  timt  urn  Ini.l  brntr..-  .b- 
|satisfied  several  jcaii  agu  wiili  i^uiui;  in■^^i^s•i<\ 
;followei-s  of  Christ,  or  the  so-called  Christian 
[church,,  with  which  yom  havei  Jbeeh .  Connected 
isome  thirty  years.,  t-., ,         .     ■,  ,l ,     . 

You  say  you,  have  read  the  .Word  -of  the. 
Lord  much,' find  ■tvitlhi  anxious  ptayer  and  that 
at.lastyou  have' come  to  utile  .  conclusion  thati 
tbefe. professed  Christians. do  not,,  dbserye  near 
all, of  the  holy  commandments' of  Jesu.^,i  but 
pass  theniloyef  in  uJight;  careless  mnnner,icon- 
:sjdering,them,  as  tliey  call  .  them,  "  nou-essen- 
.tjal to salvatio4i," .though,  tlie  Holy.  Scripture,^ 
themeelveB  declare,  that  the.  .wiiyji  that  in,  the 
commandments  of  Christ,/are  .ao  plain,  that: 
the  wayfaring  man,  though  a  f(;iol,.need  not  err 
therein,  ,        .      ,     ,     ■ 

You  also  saw  too  mui^t  corruption  iri  that 
body,  such  as  running  after  every  vain  fashion 
and  custom  of  thp  world;  an  the  putting  on  of 
costly  array  and  of  gold  and  iiud  the  lust  of  the. 
eye  and  pride  of  life,  etc,  all  of  which  we  are 
commanded  to  abstain  from.  We  are  plainly 
told  not  to  conform  to  the  world  but  to  be 
transformed. 

Now,  dear  sister,  as' yob  have  so  arduously' 
studied  to  know  the  ways  of  the  Lord  more 
peri'ectly,  and  have  at  last,  like  Mary  of  old 
chosen  that  good  part.  Oh,  how  happy  abonld 
you  feel  when  you  and  your  dear  husband  and 
family  join  in  singing  those  beautiful  songs  of 
Zion,  and  exercise  your  musical  talents,  with 
which  you  all  seem  so  highly  endowed,  can  you 
not  now  more  than  ever  before,  truly  sing  with 
the  spirit  and  with  the  understanding  olaoP 

Dear  sister,  I  tnily  did  rejoice,  when  I  saw 
you  returning  from  the  cold  and  ■watery  grave, 
where  you  had  been  buried  with  Christ  by  bajv 
fism,  and  as  you  came  forth,  praising  the  Lord, 
I  thought  within  myself,  surely,  ,i.,\  ,1.\,.,.,,  i| 

..  "There's  acrown  of  gloi^,. II    I   )M<ri'4  . 
And  a  spotless  robe  for  yon. 
When  you  reach  that  Golden.  City^ 
In  the  land  beyond  the  blue." 

Now,  dear  siater,  since  you  and  your  husband 
have,  by  the  grace  of  God  pot  on  the  whole  ar- 
mor of  God,  in  Christ  Jesus,  0,  how  I  would 
love  to  say  a  word  of  encouragement  to  you 
both,  but  I  feel  my  great  inability  to  do  so;  for 
I  know  that  Lam  very  unworthy,  .Yes,!  often 
feel  that  I  am  the  very  leatt  in   the  household 

f  faith,  and  that  I  coine  far  short  in  living  up 
to  the  requirements  of  the  Gospel, .  but  yet  I 
never  feel  like  giving  up.  I  wonld  just  say  to 
you,  brother  and  sister,  put  your  trust  in  God, 
cast  your  care  on  Him  from  .whence  all  your 
help  coip^oth,  and  He  wiU.oayer,  never  forsake 
you;    foA      ■:  .''    :';.  i,in.-i.-i.  I  -ji       . 

'  When  throngh  th'e'dotS  Wktt'ra  he  'calls  yod 
to  go, 


The  river  of  woe  shall  not  you  overfl  ow. 
And  when  hoary  hair'shall  yourtemples  adorn 
Like  lambs  shall  you  still  in  His  bosom  be 

Oh    then    never    Ixi    discourageil    although 
friends  should  forsake  you  or  you  should  meet 
with  many  difficulties  through  this  life. 
"And  if  you  meat  with  tron  hies,  and  trials  on 

tho  way; 
Cast  all  your  care  on  Jesus  and  don't  forget  to 

pray.'.'     . 

I  Now,  lejst  my^  article  .Ijecorae  tpo'  lengthy,  I 
will  close  hy  hoping  that  you  byyoiar  fthristiaa 
example  aiid  pious  walk,  may  soop  constrain 
your  dear  family  and  many  of  your  kind  ifriend,s 
to  turn  in  with  "the  overtures  of  mercy  and 
make  their  peace,ioalljiig  and  blection  sure,  b&- 
fore  it  be  eternally  too  late,  is  the  prayer  of 
your  unworthy  sister  in  Christ,  ■ 

CaKRLE  HoLSINQEtt. 

Cnrhlou,  Nehfaxkii.  .  ,  , 


A    Strange    Death. 

ONE  w,.,,k  fn-,bL),  one  of  our  u..i^-hl,or's. 
Iioy.^,  rainn.it  t|iirb...ri  v^'ui  .1  old,  ,),jha 
li'nM,,-,,,!  bj  n-Mw,  «a.  -..lit  t.j  w,it,,r  th..  hors- 
ci  -f  hi^  i-Mi'-v.  \  .1m, ri.  fiiiK..  alter,  iiis  broth- 
er ^M'lil  'Hit.  ;ui.I  .riw  .liiliiis  hut  near  the  wood 

pil'.  :oi.l  i.l  -.. -t.id...l.,„tin  search  of  .lohn. 

In  a  lew  niuiutw  he  luuju!  him,  a  short  distance 
from  the  hou.sc, — dead,  . 

It  seems  he  had  haltered  a  two-year  old  colt 
to  lead  to  water,  aud  bv  some  nn-aiis  the  rope 
got*ina  loo|,  ai-.Hind    hi.    ,ie.;k,    :md '  tju-   colt 

drew  him  in  tiLi-  111,1 r.  nnlil  llu'  li:iU(-r  came 

oft'. 

>!■ '   '    ■ i..  i..lt..l'  Wun  wr..  held 

t"-'      -I-  ■  ■    ■    .  '     ■!■    :lH.-miI.'.I   iSnhbath 

M,  HIiEiis. 
Macloibunj,  -loiva.  MiJ-Wi  3is'/,  ibfS.    ' ' 


u  , ,      ,  .Frorn    Texas.,  .  ,    , 

Dear  Brethren:--  ",  '       ,'    '        ,   '   ' 

BY  your  request  and  that  of  ,C(lihei-sy  yic  will 
,    try  to  give  some  account  of  oui-selyes, 
siiiee  itt  "this  simny  land,  throiin;h  the  colunjiia 

of  y.Mir  |„.i,..r,  -I Lt  ^..l|    .l.-i,i    it    worthy    of 

puMii.'iiti.in  .i]i.l  lii.]ii.  it  111. IV  jii'iivi'  uf'  some 
interest.  We  iL-sk  furle.ir.uict  fnjrii  our  many 
dear  friends  in  not  writing  to  them  pei-sunally; 
were  we  to  ivrite  to  all  that  requested  us  to  do 
sb,  iVe  colild' do  but  little  else.  Received  no 
mail  with  the  exception  of  one  'letter  till  first 
of  last  week,  whefa' itcamepIentifuUy!  Among 
it  were  three  copies  of  BRetitRen  at  Work, 
and  cardi  from  your' office. 

The  paper,  always  dear  to  us,  is  doubly  ao 
nciw.  While  we  read  with  pleaaure.'  the  good 
tidingsi  out-  eyes  are  darkened  ^vith'  tears  as  we 
read  of.  the  deaths  of  those  with  whom  we 
formerly  associated,'  We  think  we  are  settled 
for  il  while  at  I6a.1t,  iniour  humble  log  cabin, 
and  extertd  a  hearty  welcome  to  our  Northern 
friends.  ' 

We  continue  to  like  the  country,  Tho  peo- 
ple about' here,  are  kind,  obliging  and  Ohris- 
tiau-Jike.  We  live  within  three  miles  of  Bro.  J. 
SoVder,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree. 

Have  regular  appoiiitments  the  fourth  Sun- 
day in  each-  month;  Yesterday  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to  a  discourse  from  Bro- 
Hutchinson  of  Mo.,  followed  hy  Bro.  Sowder. 
Also  met  with  Bro.  J,  W.  Chambers  from  Mon- 
tague Co.,  Texas.  The  house  was  filled  toovra-- 
fioiring  and  good  order  prevailed. 

Although  a  fair-looking  country,  excepting 
the  improvements,  to  those  contemplating  moT- 
iQg_here,-we  would- od-vise  to  first  come  and 
look  at  the  country.  It  is  not  always  wisdom 
to  be  guided  by  the  opiiiions  and  judgment  of 
3  there. 

'.  '        i-  LI.E.HOWB.! 

-  'GaimacilU,  Texasi  March  25th.  187S. 


From    G,    W.    Lindower. 

Drur  Brethren  :— 

yOUR  paper  has  been  n  faithful  visitor  to  us 
since  January  1st,  3,877,,  and  v/e  ,like  to 
read  its  columns.  I  think  (hat  good  impres- 
sions are  produced  by  reading  the  paper  and 
comparing  the  same  \rith  the  Holy  ScriptutBS. 
I  fear  that  we  are  not  searching  the  Scriptures 
as  faithfully  as  we  should.  We  sometimes  for- 
get our  spiritual  welfare  and  think  too  much  of 
earthly  things.  This  should  not  be  thus;  for 
we  may  be  called  away  at-  any  time.  Then  if 
we  are  not  ready  and  have  not  been  faithfiil  to 
our  Di^rine  Master,  we  will  not  hearthosecheet- 
ing  Words:  "Well  done,  thou  good  and  faith- 
ful servant,"  but  it  will  be,  "  Depart  from  me, 
ye  workers  of  miquity;  I  ne^'er  knew  yon."  — 


THK    BRETPIREISr    AJT    "VVORKl. 


^pril   18. 


All.  we  aboulil  watch  nnil  iiray.  lest  we  enter 
into  tcmplntioD.  The  Spviorwiid  ;  "  Be  ye  ready 
alwayfl,  for  ye  know  not  nt  what  hour  the  Son  of 
mau  will  come.  O  what  a  pity.  If  He  would 
tome  and  find  ua  sleeping.  Therefore  let  us 
natch.  WoBhoald  be  a  light  to  the  world  and 
Bait  to  the  earth  ;  by  our  daily  walk  and  condntt 
we  should  shuw  what  we  profess. 

How  many  uf  us  would  be  ready  to-night  to 
leave  the  ahorefi  of  time?  Ah,  I  fear  that  we 
would  see  a  preat  deal  yet  undone  ;  I  think  there 
arc  but  few  that  could  say  :  "I  am  ready  to  go." 

This  I  have  written  out  of  love  to  the  cause  of 
<iur  heavenly  Master,  May  the  L^rd  bless  ub  all 
and  finally  gather  ua  arouiid  His  throne,  there  to 
praise  Him  forever  and  ever. 


Jkiif  Brrlhren: — 
lipiEN  r  last  wrote  you,  I  was  near  Bryan, 
If  Ohio.  I  remained  here  nearly  two  weeks, 
had  good  meetings.  From  here  I  went  North- 
west of  Bryan  into  the  Silver  Creek  church, 
preached  some  eight  days.  Had  very  good  meet- 
ings, though  thoy  were  not  very  well  attended  on 
account  of  bad  roads;  several  applications  for 
membership  were  made.  On  the  19tli  arrived  at 
Eld.  John  Horuish's  near  Defiance,  Eld.  Loose 
had  preached  in  the  forenoon ;  he  remained 
with  us  till  Saturday  ;  then  returned  home.  Our 
meetings  continued  ;  preached  twice  a  day  until 
the  31st;  closed  with  twenty  addilioos  to  the 
church. 

This  church  is  known  as  tlie  Poplar  Ridge 
church  ;  Jacob  Lehman,  tho  elder,  is  in  his  71st 
year.  The  church  here  is  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. At  this  point  I  received  a  clallenge  from 
an  elder  of  the  United  Brethren  church. 

Prof-  1.  Docs  the  New  Testament  teach  that 
water  baptism  is  an  indispensable  pre- rec|ui site  to 
the  pardoD  of  sius? 

J,  Nicholson  affirms. 
J,  K.  Alwood  denies. 

Prop.  2.     Does  the  New  Testament  teach  that 
Jesus  Christ  instituted   as  an   ordinance   in   His 
church  two  literal  .suppers  ? 
J.  Nicholson  affirms. 
J.  K.  Alwood  denies. 

Prof.  3.     Does  tho  New  Testament  teach    that 
faith,  repentance  and  baptism,    administered   into 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and   of  tho  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  are  for  the  remission  of  sins? 
J.  Nicholson  aifirms. 
Will  J.  K.  Alwood  deny  ? 

Prop.  4.     Does  the  New  Testament  teach  that 
bread  and  wine  constitute  tlie  Lord's  Supper? 
Will  J.  K,  Alwood  affirm? 
J.  Nicholson  denie-", 

I  will  now  say  to  our  brethren  and  sisters  and 
kind  friends,  God  bless  you  with  all  needed  good. 
Thanks  to  you  all  for  your  acts  of  kindness.  To 
those  who  have  recently  entered  the  fold  of 
Christ  with  us,  we  would  say,  many  of  you  are 
quite  young,,  while  others  are  near  the  grave ; 
the  Lord  keep  you  near  His  bleeding  side!  War 
a  good  warfare.  He  will  soon  come  to  bear  His 
children  across  the  dark  and  rapid  river,  which 
divides  ub  from  our  joyful  ijiheritance.  But 
those  who  arc  out  of  Christ  and  die  in  their  sins, 
death  will  have  lis  sting,  the  grave  tlie  victory,  it 
will  be  deep  and  dark ;  the  form  of  death  will  be 
terriblaj  But  bdievers  in  Christ  have  found  the 
grave  a  resting-place,  j\nd  death  thair  kindest 
I'riehd.  They  have  gone  down  into  the  tomb,  soy- 
ing,  when  Christ  who  is  our  life  shall  appear,  tbea 
shftir  wo  also  appear  with  him  in  glory.  They  do 
not  die,they. only  .sleep.  ,    ,■!         ...    r      .:,... 

I  arrived  homb  IB  safety)  found  all  it'cU.  i'     

'■  '  ■-'!''  'i-ij.  Nicholson^ 

Rot-mUe,  Ind.  p 


GLEjVN"IlSrGS. 


From  Henry  Troxel.— I  see  there  is  a  mis- 
take in  giviug  my  address' through  your  paper.  It 
is  Post  Oak,  Clay  Cg,,  Texas,  We  have  meet- 
ings once  a  month,  good  attendance,  excellent 
order  and  great  interest  hre  being  manifested  by 
the  people  generally  and  prospects  of  doing  much 
g<>od.  We  like  this  country  well.  There  is  cim- 
siderable  corn  pliuitid  and  up  already.  ThB 
weather  if  warm  and  dr)-,  and  a  shower  is  much 
needed.  Health  is  good' po  fur,  and  there  are 
good  chances  here  to  gel  homes  with  hut  little 
capital.  But  the  honey  ponds  and  biscuit  trees 
are  not  found  in  Texa-;;  it  takes  industrj-  and 
economy  to  live  happy  at  home. 

Manh  25.       ■  "    ''       , 

From  W.  Wllitmer.— The  Bretliren  of  the 
South  Bend  church  have  just  concluded  a  series  of 
meetings,  which  were  conducted  by  Tbur^tin  Mil- 
ler of  Portage  church.  The  meeting  commenced 
March  17lh,  cbsiug  March  24th  with  one  addi- 
tion.    So  the  good    work  is   going  forward  here 


while  angels  lo  heaven  rejoice  more  over  one  tin- 
ner that  repenleth.  than  over  ninety  and  nine  just 
peivona  that  need  no  repentance.  Daniel  Rujm^ 
of  Pine  Creek  church  wac  with  us  also  and  assist- 
ed. 

From  S.  T.  Bossernian.  —  The  ark  of  the 

Lord  is  still  moving  on  with  us.     One  more  added 
to  the  fold  hy  baptism,  making  twelve   additions 
since  Jan.  lat,  1873. 
Dunkirk,  0.,  April  6, 

From  Janifts  Y,  Heckler. — I  will  say  that 
elder  Daniel  Frj"  and  wife  were  here  on  their  way 
home  from  Europe,  though  they  ilo  not  expect  to 
get  home  before  July  next.  Tliay  held  three 
meetings  w|th  the  brothrcn  at  Hatfield,  and  iivo 
at  Indian  Creek.  From  here  they  went  to  Nor- 
ristown  and  from  there  to  Ephrata  in  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.  He  also  preached  in  Germautown  and 
Philadelphia  before  coming  here.  He  made  some 
very  gooil  impressions  and  the  brethren  were  very 
glad  for  the  visit  they  made  among  us,  as  the 
Brethren  here  are  interested  in  the  Danish  mis- 
sion. When  they  heard  how  poor  the  Brethren 
there  must  live,  Ihey  again  had  something  to  give 
for  their  relief  May  the  Lord  bicas  our  little  sis- 
ter church  in  Denmark,  and  those  who  labor 
there  to  sow  the  good  seed  of  truth.  Bro,  Daniel 
thinks 'that  the  prospect  for  the  church  in  Deu- 
mnrk  is  good.  Bro.  Eby  went  right  on  from  New 
York  to  the  interior  of  Peansylvania. 

Mainland,  Pa. 

From  Mary  Hickery.  —  The  Whitesvillc 
church.  Mo,,  is  progressing  slowly.  Some  of  our 
members  have  lell  here,  some  have  gone  to  Oilo- 
rado  for  their  health;  others  have  gone  where 
land  is  cheap,  to  get  homes.  We  have  only  two 
preachers,  Bro,  J.  Ba,-hor  and  Bro.  D,  Glick  in 
this  arm  of  the  church.  Have  preaching  twice  a 
month  here.  Elder  John  Forney  has  the  care  of 
the  church,  he  has  not  been  here  since  last  Octo- 
ber. I  hope  Bro.  Stephen  will  give  us  a  call  as 
he  goes  to  the  A,  M,,  and  preach  some  for  us.  We 
have  bad  a  very  mild  Winter ;  scarcely  snow 
enough  to  cover  the  ground,  but  plenty  of  rain 
and  mud,  Had  nice  warm  weather  all  through 
March,  everything  looks  nice,  peach  trees  are  in 
bloom. 

Wkiiem-ille,  Mo. 

From  F.  Teeter.—  Bro.  K.  Heckman  had 
been  our  preacher  for  the  past  year,  but  has  some 
time  since  moved  to  the  North  part  of  the  State, 
so  we  are  left  without  a  preacher.  There  are  on- 
ly eight  members  in  our  neighborhood,  and  have 
not  the  privilege  of  meeting  with  the  brethren 
and  sisters  as  often  as  we  would  like  to.  We  be- 
long to  the  Okaw  church,  Piatt  Co.,  111.,  though 
about  twentv-fuur  miles  distant  from  the  main 
body  of  the  church.  Ministering  brethren  should 
not  forget  to  give  us  a  call  when  traveling  through 
this  section  of  country. 

Tm<^ta,  111..  April  7. 

From  I.  M.  Calvert.— The  work  of  the  Lord 
!.';  slowly  moving  on  here  in  Allison  Prairie.  We 
have  just  chised  a  series  of  meetings  and  with  all 
the  oppuaition  we  have  to  contend  with,  we  have 
had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  seven  persons  baptized, 
two  of  whom  were  prominent  members  "f  the 
Cnmpbellito  church,  Bro,  Jesse  Calvert  labored 
for  us,  with  the  assistance  of  Bro.  S,  M,  Forney  ; 
hope  the  Lord  will  bless  their  labors  wherever 
they  go.  .,  ,    ■-  I , 

April  ^-  ,        (,■      .,j    ,     .^     ii 

'  From  E.  iHOoyei-.-t^Tb^Pe  nfe'  few  members 
here,  yet  all  seem  to  be  in  n  healthy  condition.  — 
We  have  one  minister  in  the  first  degree.  We 
would  love  to  have  some  of  our  brethren  to  come 
and  hold  some  meetings  for  us.  We  have  not  had 
any  brethren  to  visit  us  this  Winter,  There  are 
some  here  now  who  desire  to  unite  with  the 
chnrch,  but  have  been  waiting  for  some  one  to 
come  and  bold  a  series  of  meetiug<.'.  Who  will 
wjme'?  I'ro.^t>eola  were  never  better,  for  the  build- 
ing up  of  n  church  here. 
WinficU.  Kan. 

Fl'om  A-  B.  Snyder. — Our  series  of  meetings 
in  Cerro  Gordo,  commenced  March  Uth  and  ended 
April  7th.  Bro.  It  H.  Miller  came  to  the  aid  of 
our  home  ministersMarch  28th.  The  result  of 
the  elRirts  by  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  ware  furty- 
two  accessions.  The  entire  result  of  meetings  in 
Cerro  Gordo  district,  is  sixly-oue,  of  which  six 
were  reclaimed.     Unto  God  be  all  the  praise. 

Ctrro  Qordo,  HI.,  April  Uk.  ,,     ,,, 

Fi-om  Josiab  Kelm. — On  Februory  9th  the 
Brethren  of  the  Loudenville  church,  North-east- 
ern t  )hio,  cimmenced  a  series  of  meetings,  which 
continued  nine  days.  The  result  wob  that  four- 
teen precious  eouls  cnme  out  on  the  Lord's  aide 
and  were  baptiied.  I  leat-ned  that  two  morewerc 
added  Moce,  making  sirteea  accessions  in  this 
church  this  Spring.  Love  and  Union  oharacterii- 
ed  the  meeting  throughout  and  all  were  made  to 
feel  glud  and  thaukful  for  what  the  good  Lord 
did  for  them. 


The  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition  under 
the  care  of  Bro,  Morgan  Workman,  whose  chief 
concern  seecus  to  be,  to  work  in  the  interest  of 
Hb  Master.  May  he  be  spared  to  watch  over 
little  flock,  and  enjoy  their  society.  We  \ 
kindly  cured  for  while  laboring  with  them.  The 
brethren  have  our  warmest  tbanks  for  their  kind- 
Lou  i«i'i7/c,  Ohio. 

From  Beatrice,  Neb.  —  The  brethren  of  the 
Beatrice  District,  Gage  Co.,  Nebraska,  are  looking 
forward  to  the  erection  of  a  bouse  of  worship.  — 
Prospects  for  a  good  crop  are  very  encouraging 
here  now.  There  will  be  great  abundance  ol 
fruit,  if  frost  does  not  yet  cut  it  ."horu  The 
farmers  are  very  much  encouraged,  and  emigra- 
tion is  flowing  in  very  rapidly.  The  church  here 
is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  all  is  well,  our  pray- 
ers are  for  your  prosperity  and  tlio  enterprise  you 
have  undertaken.  Your  paper  is  highly  valued 
in  this  neighborhood,  W.  B.  Price. 

From    Manor   Congregation,  Pa.  —  Our 

church  is  still   prospering.      Eighteen   accessions 
during  this  year  so  far,  and  more  to  follow.    Uap- 
tized  two  sisters  that  belonged   to  the   Campbi 
lites  for  several  yeara,  J.  Holsoppli-;. 


DIED. 

1  ebould  btr  brier,  nrilten  on  but  o 
per,  and  acparalo  from  all  o<hcr  bi 


BRUNK.— In  the  Fall  Creek  church,  April  G. 
1878,  Bro.  Jacob  Brunk,  aged  79  years,  2 
months  and  24  days.  H.  Bru.sk. 

WARNER.— Near  Salem,  Montgomery  Co.  0., 
March  31st,  1878,  Bro.  John  J.  Warner,  aged 
74  years,  5  mouths  and  4  days.  S.  D. 

FRISTOE.— In  Shelby  C«„  Ohio,  March  2l8t, 
1878,  Annie  M.  Fristoe,  daughter  of  friend 
Charles  and  sister  Maria  Fristoe,  aged  18  years, 
7  months  and  15  days. 

Sauuel  Mohleb. 

STUDEBAKER.— In  tho  Yellow  Creek  congre- 
gation, Stepheneou  Co.,  III.,  April  2,  1876, 
friend  George  Studebaker,  aged  47  years  and 
5  months.  M.  H.  Fowi.er. 

STROUP.— In  the   Sandy   chnrch,   Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio,  March  7tb,    1878.   sister   Laura   E, 
Stronp.  dan  >bter  of  Bro.  E.  and  sister  Lucinda 
Stroup.  aged  14  years,  1  month  and  ?  days. 
D.  S.  Biran, 

BARKLEY.  —  In  the  Queraahoning  congrega- 
tion, Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  March  26th, 1878,  Noah 
Barkley,  son  of  George  and  Catharine  Barkley, 
aged  16  years,  and  11  months. 

E.  J,  BLortiH. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Now  AND  Tben. — One  hundred  years  ago  not 
a  pound  of  coal  or  cubic  foot  of  illuminating  gas 
had  been  burned  in  the  country.  No  iron  stoves' 
were  used,  and  no  contrivances  for  economi 
heat  were  employed  until  Dr.  Franklin  invented 
the  iron-framed  fire-place  which  still  bears  hi 
name.  All  the  cooking  and  warming  in  town 
and  country  ,werQ  donu  hy  the  aid  of  fire  kindled 
upon  the  brick  hearth  ur  in  the  brick  oven.  Pint 
knots  or  tallow  candles  furnislied  the  light  for  th. 
long  winter  nights,  and  sanded  floors  tupphed  the 
ploce  of  rugs  and  carpets.  The  water  used  for 
hou^eliohl  purposes  was  drawn  from  deep  wells  by 
the  creaking  5weep, 

No  form  of  plimp  Was  used  in  this  country,  so 
far  as  we  can  learn,  until  after  the  commencement 
of  the  present  century.  There  were  no  friction 
matches  in  those  early  days,  by  the  aid  of  which 
a  fire  could  be  speedily  kindled  ;  and  if  the  Are 
went  out  upon  the  hearth  over  night,  and  the 
timber  was  damp,  so  that  the  spark  would  not 
catch,  the  alternative  remained  of  wading  through 
the  BDow  a  mile  or  so,  to  borrow  a  brand  of  a 
neighbor. 

Only  one  room  in  any  housie,  was  warm,  ui 
some  one  in  the  family  ivas  ill  ;  in  all  the  other 
rooms  the  temperature  was  nt  zero  during  many 
nights  in  the  Winter.  The  men  and  women  of  a 
hundred  years  ago  undressed  and  went  to  their 
beds  in  a  temperature  colder  than  our  modern 
barns  and  wood-shotls,  and  they  never  complain- 
ed.— Home  Journal. 

r- French  Quaker*  are  not  numeroup,  but  a 
young  man  of  Sarthe,  named  Tureau,  belonging 
to  the  sect,  was  lat«ly  conscripted  to  the 
French  army,  and  refused  to  do  duty.  Ht  was 
stripped  of  his  clothing  and  left  an  entire  day  in 
his  tent  in  his  shirt,  with  the  option  of  suffering 
the  cold  or  donning  the  uniform  presented  to  him. 
Towards  night  be  sought  warmth  hy  wearing  it, 
but  no  efforts  could  make  him  drill.  He  was  fin- 
ally court-martialed  and  sentenced  tn  two  years' 
imprisonment  for  disobedience  of  orders.  His 
father  vitited  him,  and  encouraged  him  to  per- 


sist in  his  L-ourse,  telling  him  that  ho  bad  liimse 
formerly  been  subjected  to  the  very  same  per» 


^NNOUJSr  CEMENTS. 


Notice)  nf    Lo«e-fcn; 


n  paper  icpualo 


1.0VE-FEA8TB. 

At  Beuvcr  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  fitb,  1878. 

Four  miles  South  of  Wateriiw,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day, June  5th,  1878.  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind.,  Juno  4, 
1878,  commenciDg  at  6  o'clock,  P.  M, 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewistown,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  flist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June  tiaxt. 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham. 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villisca,  May  18, 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  Iowa,  May 
16th  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Maijuoketa  church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  commencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clock, 

Two  miles  North  of  Hudson.  McLeon  Co.,  III.. 
May  1  Kb,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M, 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  brethren  of  Cedar  Lake  congregation,  in 
Northern  Indiana  will  hold  a  Love-feast,  the 
Lord  willing,  at  the  church-house,  two  miles 
South-east  of  Corunna.  Dekalb  Co,,  on  Thursday, 
June  6th,  1878,  meeting  to  commeiice  at  2  o'clock. 
By  Order, 

G.  J.  Patterson. 

We  the  Middle  District  of  Miami  Co,,  Ohio, 
have  appointed  a  Communion  on  the  15th  of  May, 
commencing  at  2  P.  M.  Those  coming  by  rail- 
road will  stop  off  at  Tippecanoe  City.  This  Lowu 
1.1  on  the  Dayton  and  Michigan  ^o^d  ;  please  en- 
quire for  my  house,  as  I  live  ig  tho  town. 

0.  F.  YOUNT. 

If  the  Lord  will,  our  Communion  meeting   in 
the  Silver  Creek  congregation.  Ogle  Co.,    Illinois, 
will  be  on  Thursday  and   Friday,    the    16th    and 
17th  of  May,  1878,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 
D.  K  PaiCE. 

The  brethren  of  the  State  Center  church,  Iowa, 
contemplate  holding  a  Commmunion  meeting,  five 
miles  and  a  half  South-east  of  State  Center  at  the 
premises  of  brother  Martins  on  tho  29th  and  3Uth 
of  May,  1878,  commencing  at.  1  P.M.  Those 
coming  from  the  West,  will  be  met  at  the  train  on 
the  28tli  at  4  o'clock  P.  M,,  and  those  from  the 
East  on  the  29th  at  10  A.  M.,  on  the  N.  W.  R. 
R.  D.  B.  Martin. 

The  Brethren  at  the  Pleasant  Valley  church, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  have  appointed  a  Communion 
meeting  at  their  meeting-houi^o  on  the  10th  of 
May,  1«78,  commencing  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.  Those 
coming  by  railroad  will  stop  off  at  Vistula,  three 
miles  North  of  place  of  meeting. 

'  ';'  _^,''  ^^  A-  -i-  Wise. 

DISTRIW  UEETIUOB:  ■ 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9tli. 

Northern  District  of  IllinoiS'fit  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  &  o'clock,  A.M.  ,  ,| 

North-eastern  distriot  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church.  Mahoning  Co..  Ohio.  May-  29th,  commenc- 
ing at  1)  o'clock.  A,  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  acid  a  half  mile  East  of  Loit  Nation. 

Easleni  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  .May  23rd.     . 

Easterii  District  of  West  Virginia,  Apr|l  19th 
and  20  hi  the  Faircoat  congregation. 

Niirlhern  District  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, ciglit  mil^  South-east  of  Beatrice,  Jtlay 
13th.  at  8  A.M. 


W.  U.  R,  R.  Time  Table. 


Night  poucnger  Intitis,  goiDg  toil  »ad  waat,  c 
leiLTC  Lnmirk  at  'i-.lH  A.  M.,  krriiiDg  in  Racin 
A.   M:„Bnd  nt   Rook  lalnnd  at  6;00  A.  M. 


0.  A^  Smrd.  Ageot. 


The  Brethren  At  Work 


^Behold  I  Jirinij   You  Good  Tid'iTujn  of  Great  Joy.,  wJtich  Shall  he  unto  All  Peophy  —  Luke  2:  lO/ 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  25,  1878. 


No.  17. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

KIIITEU  AND  PUBLISHED  WKKKLY 
J.   H.   MOORE    &    M,  M.  ESHELMAN 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBD'fORS: 


R.  H,  M1T.I.KH,       - 
J.  IV.  STHIX,       - 
D.  YAMiCA.V, 
D.  1!.  MKSTZEI!, 
UATTIK  A.  LKAil, 


-  -      -        L.VBOOA,  IKD. 

-  -       NEWTOSIA,  UO. 

-  -      -      -  VIRDES,  ILL. 

-  -  H-AYiTESlSOUO,  PA. 


IHANA, 


ILI- 


EVENING  HYMN. 

IIV   slAlll-'l.LA  Kt:i.S'J, 

1  J/- II EN  the  light  of  any  is  closeil, 
I  \       Ami  pv'i-y  Olio  liiis  soiiglit  repose, 
\V1,.  II  flu-  n'aiiMo  of  sleei)  is  thrown, 

H; I"-  .  uufion  nioiie; 

hi'  ij  iii  1  .nr^'i'ls  o'er  us  bend, 
'Ii^llitji!  nil,  .Il'susIs  our  frieml; 
Hp  watches  tliroiigli  the  diivkest  jiight, 
Preseives  o\ir  life  tili  nioniiiig  liglit, 
Then  we  should  wake  with  joyous  hciirts, 
To  work  or  pleasure  He  imparts. 
And  the  glorious  rays  of  sun, 
All  (^f  find's  children  shining  on, 
IfL'iicwiuu  i^pluudov  ev'ry  duy, 
lili'.--LiiL'  fill'  i.'liristinn  on  his  way; 
S!iowii)L,  till'  I'.^i'LC'  of  God  above, 
Teaching  mortals  that  Ho  is  love,  , 

To  needy  iiniu  His  grace  bestows, 
Instructing  men  precepts  to  know, 
To  the  Redeemer  chanting  pi'aise, 
Our  voices  in  submission  raise, 
To  Him  from  the  throne  on  high 
Looks  down  in  mercy  from  the  sky. 
Where  Hitting  angels  ever  ronm, 
Whilst  they  are  pure  luid  bright  at  hoiTie, 
Pi-aisijig  the  Omnipotent  One, 
Relating  all  to  Christ  His  Son; 
Fljing  with  awe  around  His  throne. 
Radiantly  their  faces  shone. 
By  faith  we  see  them  from  afar, 
Shining  elegant  ns  a  star; 
To  faithful  ibU'wers  He  vill  shoiv, 
The  path  of  truth  we  are  to  know; 
He'll  guide  us  to  our  home  above, 
To  glorify  the  God  we  love. 
For  stai-a  are  but  the  shining  dust 
Of  saints  below  whq  in  Thee  trust; 
And  if  the  suu  refuse  to  shine, 
The  lasting  promise  "  We  are  Thine," 
Shall  cheer  us  through  this  world  of  gloom 
To  dwell  with  Christ  secure  at  home; 
When  all  the  saints  of  God  shall  raise 
A  song  of  unjvei^sal  praise. 


THE  INKER  APOCALYPSE. 

BV  C.  H.  B.VLSUAUGH. 

To  Braihei-  B.  F.   Stninp,  hii  wife,  brother,  -nul 
sister,  of  DaveiljiOrt  Nehiankli: — 

WOULD  to  God  I  could  run  the  jiib  of  my 
pen  into  a  million  hearts,  and  efl'ect  an 
opening  for  the  ingress  of  Enimanuel.  To  see 
with  our  eyes,  and  handle  with  our  hands,  the 
Word  ot  Life,  is  not  enuugh.  The  objective 
and  tangible  must  become  pei-soiial  and  con- 
scious, "  Uevfhij  we  do  know  that  we  know 
Him,  IP  WE  KEEP  Ills  coiui-iNBUENTs  "  (1  John 
2:3).  To  KNOW  that  we  know.  7'Aisi3"the 
mystery  of  godliness."  All  the  saints  have  it 
as  their  blessed  experience,  without  being  ablp 
to  define  it.  To  know  our  knowing  ix  the 
KEEPING  OF  HIS  STATUTES,  is  a  grievousiy  mis- 
interpreted passage.  To  keep  the  command- 
ments of  Jesus  reaches  to  the  Jlnest,  deepest  el- 
ement of  onr  being.  The  Naairene  Carpenter 
would  have  been  the  chief  of  impostures  hod  He 
not  beeu  GOD  in  liuwiin  idouIiI.  "The  flesh 
protiteth  nothing;  it  is  the  Spirit  that  quick- 
eneth."  Sectarians  and  blind  and  deaf  to  the 
true  significance  of  the  humanity  of  Jesus. 
And  the  Brotherhood  is  imperiling  the  Deity 
by  the  ovcrgrowtli  of  the  humaJi.  In  the  flesh 
and  blood  of  the    Son  of  AIiui    lay   all    that   is 


outward  in  religion;  and  we  can  no  more  make 
redem[)tion  actual  irithout  the  objective,  than 
He  could  nmke  it  possible  withoiit  the  assumi>- 
tion  of  a  veritable  human  body.  And  iis  abso- 
lute as  was  the  necesfiity  of  a  real  Deific  inbeing 
in  order  to  make  the  human  the  vehicle  of 
Atonement,  soesscntinl  also  isimmanenceof  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  give  efficacy  to  the  ontward  in- 
stitution of  grace.  The  incoming  and  indwell- 
ing of  God  in  regeneration  and  sanctiticntiou 
is  not  ;i  mere  "  think  so,"  or''  hope  so,''  or  loose 
presumption,  or  imaginary  conlidence,  but 
"  hereby  ive  do  know  that  we  knoip." 

"  Born  of  Got!,"  uotsimply  by  thinking  and 
willing  and  believing,  but  by  doing  all  these  in 
relation  to  iin  object  who  becomes  ^«f;V  q/"  ns 
in  tlicse  psycholot/iml  proresses  thrituijh  tiie  op- 

KRATION    of  TUE    HOLY    GllOST.      We    "  piuiflj 

our  soitis  in  ouevlxo  the  truth  THROUGH 
THE  SPIRIT  "(1  Peter  1:22).  This  is  the 
same  as '■  keeping  the  commandments"  in  the 
interior  sense  alreadj-  indicated — Christ  is  "God 
niimifest  in  the  flesh,"  and  the  Spirit  is  ns  truly 
God  as  either  of  the  other  two  in  the  Holy 
Trinity,  and  it  is  the  experienced  reality  of  the 
Divine  Presence  in  the  soul  "  through  the  Spir- 
it "  that  constitutes  religion.  Feari'uUy  is  this 
ignored  by  many  in  the  church,  by  placing  the 
hope  of  salvation  on  obedience  in  the  external 
sense,  and  bearing  our  filial  relation  to  God  in 
the  region  of  fancy. 

If  we  must  (/Hess  our  sonship  and  heirship, 
there  is  occasion  for  solemn,  searching,  radical 
{juestioning  as  to  the  reality  of  our  regencrntion, 
If  there  is  one  thing  on  earth  wh.ch  it  is  pre- 
eminently perilous  to  take  for  gianted,  it  is  our 
saving  relation  to  God.  "  This  is  Eternal  Life, 
that  they  might  know  The  only  true  God,  and 
Jesus  Christ,  wliom  Thou  hast  sent  "  (John  17: 
3),  It  is  a  pei-sonal  acquaintance,  a  uew-creat- 
ing,  transforming,  God-infusing,  Heaven-par- 
ticipating Apocalypse  of  Emmanuel.  Short  of 
this  there  is  no  salvation.  "  Whosoever  driuk- 
ethof  the  water  that  /shall  give  him  shall 
never  thii-st;  but  the  water  that  I  shall  give  him 
shall  BE  IK  HIM  a  leell  of  water  springintj  up 
into  everlasting  life."  Convereion  from  sin  to 
holiness,  from  enmity  to  friendship  mth  God, 
is  a  deep  and  thorough  work-  As  the  Holy 
Ghost  must  originate,  so  most  He  perpetuately 
reside  over  imd  sustain  it.  Temples  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  embodiments  of  God,  duplicates  of 
Jesus.  These  are  Christians.  Who  can  claim 
the  title? 

CHURCH  GOVERNMENT, 

BY  nANIEL  VANlilAN. 

IN  answer  to  your  request, for  me  to  write  out 
for  you  the  method  the  Brcthi-en  of  South- 
ern 111.,  have  iidoptcd  for  defraying  the  District's 
expenses,  and  also  the  method  of  church  gov- 
ernment in  the  Macoupin  Creek  congregation, 
I  will  say; 

1.  Each  congregation  in  Southern  111.,  re- 
ported to  the  treasurer  the  uuml)erof  her  mem- 
bership. 

2.  The  treasurer  is  inatnicted  by  District 
Meeting  to  estimate  what  the  probable  cvpenses 
will  be  for  the  next  year,  by  considering  the  No. 
of  delegates  sent,  and  the  distance  to  be  travel- 
ed &c..  and  proportion  the  aniouut  to  each 
churcli  according  to  her  membership.  When 
this  is  done  he  drops  a  card  to  each  church,  stat- 
ing the  amount  needed  from  said  church,  and  at 
what  time  it  will  be  exiiected  to  be  in  his  hands 
BO  as  to  have  it  in  time  to  pay  over  to  delegates 
before  starting  on  their  journey.  They  have  so 
far  responded  to  the  calls  of  the  treasurer,  and 
since  this  plan  has  beeu  adopted,  we  always  have 
some  money  ahead,  which  works  well. 

The  means  for  the  support  of  our  home  mis- 
sionaries, were  raised  by  each  church  appoints 
ing  a.  committee  of  brethren  to  circulate  a  sub- 
scription through  the  church,  and  request  each 


to  give  for  that  purpose  oa  much  as  they  wished. 

3,  Themethod  of  church  government  in  the 
Macoupin  Creek  church,  does  not  differ  much 
froni  the  general  practice  of  other  congrega- 
tion.'!, except  a  little  more  system  and  a  stricter 
adherence  to  parliamentary  rules  than  have 
been  adopted  in  many  other  cougi-egations. 
For  instance,  every  question  before  being  dis- 
cussed, must  conio  in  a  written  form;  must  be 
read  by  the  clerk  and  presented  to  tlie  congre- 
gation by  the  chairman  before  anything  is 
said  on  it.  No  member  is  allowed  to  nmke  a 
statement  or  discuss  a  question  without  rising, 
and  tlnis  obtaining  the  right  to  the  floor  legal- 
ly; unlesp  permission  is  obtained  to  speak  in 
the  seat,  by  asking  for  it. 

■i.  The  clerk  is  required  to  keep  a  faithful 
record,  in  a  book  {procured  by  the  church  for 
that  purpose)  of  all  business  transacted  by  the 
church,  except  such  as  relates  to  improper  con- 
duet  of  members  that  has  been  considered  by 
the  church,  and  panlon  granted. 

5.  All  items  found  by  the  brethren  on  annu- 
al visits  are  brought  in  ivritiiig,  mid  if  possible 
ill  the  form  of  questions.  Each  item  is  then 
in  its  order  read  to  the  church  and  disposed  of 
by  the  church,  by  giving  it  a  written  answer  or 
by  tabling  it,  the  same  ns  at  Distrct  Meetings; 
if  answered  then  they  are  recorded. 

6.  Members  departing  from  the  order  of  tl  e 
church  bj'  wearing  gold  or  superfluitj',  will  hav 
a  regular  visit  sent  thein  by  the  official  brethren, 
and  if  they  refuse  to  conforju  to  the  order,  they 
will  be  brought  before  the  church  and  dealt 
with  iis  transgressora. 

7.  The  chairman  or  ovei-seer,  of  this  church 
never  takes  sides  or  discusses  any  question  with 
any  of  the  raembei-s  in  council;  but  allows  the 
church  to  dispose  of  her  own  business  in  hi 
own  way:  while  he  simply  considershis  businei 
to  be:  to  present  business  in.  its  order;  to  pre- 
side over  the  assembly  and  see  that  members 
keep  inside  of  the  rules  of  order  adopted  by  the 
church;  to  see  that  the  voice  of  the  assembly  is 
fairly  taken  on  all  subjects  left  to  vote  and  state 
the  result. 

I  have  now  given  you  some  general  outlines, 
supposing  that  this  will  probably  about  cover 
what  you  wanted  by  asking  for  our  method  of 
church  government.  If  this  does  not  cover 
what  you  wanted,  you  must  particului-ize  and 
[  will  answer  more  minutely. 

Virden,  III. 


"MY  KINGDOM  IS  NOT  OF  THIS 
WORLD," 

IIY  A.  TIKAII5S. 

IT  is  plainly  understood  by  all  intelligent  be- 
ings that  there  ate  two  kingdoms  or  ruling 
powers  bj-  which  tlie  masses  of  the  people  are 
wholy  influenced  or  ruh-d.  There  arc  two 
classes  of  people  in  existence,  aud  always  have 
been  from  the  time  the  fii-st  family  was  upon 
earth ;  for  we  see  thespirit  of  opposition  between 
the  first  two  brothers  on  earth,  which   resulted 

sorrow,  disappointment  and  bloodshed.  By 
this  we  might  understand  that  there  are  two 
grejit  powera  which  influence  the  mind  of  God's 
creatures. 

When  the  great  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of 
lords  came  to  this  lower  world,  His  birth  was 
announced  to  the  humble  shephenis,  ivhile  on 
the  plains  of  Bethlehem  in  the  silent  watches 
of  the  night,  by  the  heavenly  host,  sayiug: 
■'Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  and  on  earth 
peace,  good  will  toward  men."  This  of  coni-se 
does  not  mean  trouble  on  earth  and  bad  wilt 
toward  men;  so  we  see  that  the  disciples  of  Je- 
sus cannot,  or  will  not,  tidte  part  with  tlie  king- 
dom of  this  world,  as  long  as  they  are  under  the 
guidance  of  King  Emmanuel.  We  have  a  plain 
figure  of  the  two  classes  of  subjects  as  control- 
ed  by  the  two  powers  recorded  in  the  fourth 
chapter  of  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  where  tho 
authorities  of  the  kingdom  of  this  world  told 
Peter  and  John  to  speak  no  more  in  the  name 


of  Jesus.  iSiit  they  being  ruled  by  King 
Emmanuel  answered,  "We  ought  to  obey  God 
rather  than  men." 

No  wonder  that  Jesus  said,  my  kingdom  is 
not  of  this  world.  When  "  the  kings  of  the 
earth  stood  up  and  the  rulers  were  gathered  tr- 
gether  against  the  Loi-d  and  his  Christ "  (Acts 
i:  26),  for  to  de.itroy  this  great  King,  that  the 
prophet  Daniel  spoke  of  many  hundred  years 
before:  "He  should  break  in  pieces  and  con- 
sume all  other  kingdoms.  He  (Chri.'it)  shall 
reign  over  the  house  of  Jacob  forever,  and  of 
His  kingdom  there  shall  be  no  end."  That  is. 
fii'st.  He  would  set  up  a  kingdom  in  men's 
hearts  that  would  consume  all  our  woHdly 
plciisures  and  enjoyments,  and  wouhl  rule  over 
us  forever;  for  said  he,  '-Behold  the  kingdom 
of  God  is  witliin  you." 

Our  Savior  said,  we  should  not  resist  evj. 
This  is  in  opposition  to  a  temporal  kingdom; 
and  wcai-rying  out  His  object,  He  taught  His 
little  family  how  to  make  peace  before  tho  first 
buttle  was  Ibiiglit.  when  simply  trying  to  defend 
their  blessed  Miister:  that  He  might  not  fall  in- 
to the  hands  of  sinnere  and  be  cnicified  accord- 
ing to  His  own  prediction,  for  said  He,  "  If  my 
kingdom  were  of  this  world,  then  would  mj 
servants  fight  that  I  should  not  be  delivered  un- 
to the  Jews." 

Alter  the  discii>les  weiv  endowed  with  pow- 
er from  on  high  by  the  outpouring  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost  on  tho  day  of  Pentecost,  they  were  of 
one  heart  and  soul,  they  were  no  more  after 
that  desiring  fire  to  eome  from  heaven  to  con- 
sume those  who  would  not  receive  their 
testimony,  neither  were  thev  desirous  te 
know  who  should  be  the  greatest.  Thej'  had 
then  that-samemind  in  them  which  also  w.^s  in 
Christ  Jesus.  Now,  then,  if  we  have  received 
that  Holy  Spirit  that  our  King  promised  to 
send  luito  us  when  He  went  to  the  Father  which 
reproves  the  worlil  of  sin  and  of  righteousness 
and  of  judgment,  and  will  also  lead  us  into  all 
truth,  by  the  reception  of  that  Spirit  and  be- 
ing led  by  it,  we  are  subjectsof  His  kingdom, 
and  subject  to  His  laws  as  recoiiled  in  His  hut 
will  aud  testament;  and  by  reading  His  W.ord 
in  the  right  mind  His  Spirit  will  bear  witness 
with  our  spirit  that  wc  are  the  sons  of  God. 
We  sliould  be  very  careful  indeed  that  we  do 
not  reml  it  as  £arnat!y-minded  and  only  as  the 
dead  letter;  for  the  Apostle,  .John  says,  "the 
letter  killeth.but  the  Spirit  quickeneth.  and  the 
carnal  mind  cannot  discern  the  things  of  the 
Spirit,  lor  they  are  spiritually  discerned."  Then 
if  we  want  to  understand  tho  deep  things  of 
God  and  His  Word,  we  must  get  in  the  spirit 
like  those  that  tvrote  it. 

Never  will  I  forget  the  expression  of  my 
mother  when  in  my  boyhood  days,  she  gave  me 
one  day,  ivhile  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of 
duty  by  the  convicting  spirit,  and  was  in  troub- 
le about  my  soul  and  was  searching  the  Word 
of  God  for  what  I  could  not  tell,  every  move 
in  the  quiet  home  was  noticed  by  her;  so  she 
said  to  me,  "  Thee  can't  undei-stand  the  Scrip- 
tures until  thee  gets  in  the  spirit  like  they  that 
wrote  them."  Thus  far  on  the  Christian  path 
I  have  experienced  the  truth  of  this. 


PATIENCE. 

IF  a  robust  man,  after  a  stout  breakfast,  lays 
off  a  thick  overcoat  on  the  dnmask  pulpit 
sofa,  and  preaches  fiom  the  t^xf,  "  Let  patience 
have  her  perfect  work,"  it  seems  but  little.  Any- 
body can  be  patient  when  he  hasabout-every- 
thing  he  wonts.  But  when  auntie,  wifh  the 
ma,  and  dropsy,  and  dyspepsia,  white  as  it 
1?  possible  to  be,  mul  not  having  Iain  down  for 
three  nights,  talks  about  the  goodness  of  God 
and  how  she  ha.^  been  sustained  in  all  her  suf- 
ferings, that  makes  an  impressisn  on  the  whole 
household  and  the  whole  neighborhood  as  far 
they  hear  of  it.  If  you  cannot  be  the  cu- 
pola, with  a  loud-ringing  bell,  be  a  pillar  to  bear 
up  one  of  the  arches.  The  people  j-ou  do  not 
hear  of  often  are  more  useful  than  some  who 
make  a  great  racket. — The  Adtaiwr. 


THK    l^^r.EXHI^ElN"    ^T    AVOIU-C 


April   '2r 


WHO  WILL  MEET  ME  FIRST? 

TiniO  will  i.ieet  iiiu  first  in  heaven? 

VV       ^Vheu  tlmt  blissful  tenlni  I  gain: 
When  the  hnnds  li.ivo  ee.ised  from  toiling, 

And  the  heart  hath  ceased  from  pain; 
When  the  last  farewell  is  spoken, 

Severed  the  Inst  tender  tie, 
And  I  know  how  sweet,  hnw  solemn, 

And  how  blest  it  is  to  die! 

As  ni}'  bnrk  glides  o'er  the  waters 

Of  that  cold  and  silent  stream, 
I  shall  see  the  domes  of  ti?mples. 

In  tli3  distant  bi-ightly  beam — 
Temples  of  that  honnteous  city 

From  all  guilt  and  sorrow  free; 
Who,  adorn  its  golden  portals, 

First  will  baste  to  welcome  raei' 

Who  will  greet  me  firat  in  gloiy? 

Oft  the  earnest  thought  will  rise — 
Miiiting  on  the  unknown  wonders 

Of  that  borne  heyond  the  skies. 
Who  will  be  my  heavenly  mentor? 

Will  it  bi'  some  seraph  bright, 
Or  an  angel  from  the  countless 

Myriads  of  that  world  of  light? 

No,  not  these  for  they  Imve  never 

Gladdened,  here,  my  mortal  view, 
But  thfi  dear  ones  gone  b"fore  me — « 

They,  the  loved,  the  tried,  the  true — 
They  who  walked  with  me  life's  pathway, 

I'Voni  my  soul  by  deatli  was  risen, 
They  who  loved  me  best  in  this  world, 

Will  be  first  to  greet  in  heaven. 

Si'lectorlby  Susik  HniT. 


THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

THE  following  is  a  brief  synopsis  of 
the  ai-giiments  presented  dui-ing  the 
disenssion  at  Newtonia,  Mo.,  between  D. 
B.Kiiy  of  the  Baptist,  and  J.  "\V.  Stein  of 
the  Brethren.  As  several  speeches  were 
made  before  I  reached  the  place,  my  re- 
port cannot  commence  with  the  fiist 
speeelies.  Suffice  it  to  say  as  a  commence- 
ment that  Mr.  Kay  affirmed  that  "  the 
Baptist  churches  possessed  Bihle  charac- 
teristics entitling  them  to  be  regarded  as 
churches  of  Jesus  Christ."  This  Bro. 
Stein  denied. 

EaymaiutftinedthattheBaptistehurch, 
like  Solomon's  Temple  was  composed  of 
the  proper  material,  claiming  that  the 
people  were  fully  converted  and  pardon- 
ed of  sins  befoi'e  being  received  by  bap- 
tism into  the  church.  He  maintained 
that  persons  must  hft\-e  their  sins  par- 
doned, and  beftilly  converted  before  en- 
tering the  church.  Brother  Stein  main- 
tained that  Baptist  elnnches  were  not 
eomiiosed  of  proper  material — that  their 
conversion  was  not  tliorough,  for  they 
did  not  cease  to  learn  war  as  commaud- 
ed  in  the  Scriptures  ^vhich  was  proof 
that  the  Baptist  churches  were  uot  com- 
posed of  properl)'  prepared  material — 
not  lully  converted.  He  maintained 
that  their  repentance  wa.s  not  genuine, 
not  sufficiently  thorough  to  prevent  them 
fi'om  taking  oaths  of  confirmation  in  di- 
rect violation  of  the  Scriptures,  when  it 
says,  thou  shalt  not  swear. 

AVhen  I  entered  the  meeting-house,  Mr. 
Ray  was  near  the  close  of  his  second 
speech,  hence  I  could  obtain  no  direct 
notes  of  it,  but  had  to  start  in  with  Bro. 
Stein's  second  speech  which  commenced 
about  three  niinute.s  after  I  entered. 

THK  DKKATE. 

Stein.  God  does  things  that  we  dare 
not  do,  for  He  kills  and  makes  alive. 
His  making  oath  is  no  proof  that  we  are 
to  do  likewise,  especially  so  since  He  has 
said  in  His  AVord,  "  Thou  shalt  not 
eweav."  God  forbids  swearing.  The  Bap- 
tist churches  do  not  heed  the  command, 
but  violate  it  by  taking  oatlis  of  confiri 
mation.  Baptists  kill  each  other  in  bat- 
tle— they  go  to  war  and  fight,  imbuing 
their  Jmnds  in  each  other's  blood :  this  I 
know  to  be  a  fact.  The  Gospel  tL'n{!hes 
that  every  soul  should  be  subject  uriio 
the  higher  powei-s,    but    not  subject's  of 


tjjese  powers.  We  are  not  only  subjects 
o/' this  government,  but  strangers  and 
pilgiims  on  the  earth.  "\Ve  obey  man 
when  it  does  not  conflict  with  God's 
teaching,  but  prefer  obeying  God  rather 
than  man.  We  pay  tribute,  and  in  this 
way  respect  those  wlio  are  over  lis,  but 
take  no  part  in  war.  M'e  do  not  rc^/sf, 
but  submit.  The  gentleman  has  been 
attempting  to  prove  that  baptism  ig  not 
a  condition  of  salvation,  but  Peter,  who 
evidently  knew  what  he  was  doing,  told 
the  Penteeostiansto  "  repent  and  be  bap- 
tized/«;■  the  remission  of  sins."  Paul 
was  told,  "  Arise  and  be  baptized  and 
wash  away  thy  sins  calling  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord."  From  this,  it  is  clear  that 
Paul's  sins  were  not  [tardoncd  till  after 
baptism,  hence  makini;  baptism  a  condi- 
tion of  salvation.  The  water  did  not 
wash  away  his  sins,  but  God  did,  and 
this  was  on  condition  that  he  would  "arise 
and  be  baptized." 

People  do  not  become  members  of  the 
body  of  Christ  imtil  they  puldicly  put 
on  Christ  in  baptism;  this  is  to  be  "born 
again  of  the  water  and  of  the  Spirit." 
To  illustrate:  a  foreigner  desires  to  be- 
come a  citizen  of  this  government.  He 
must  fill  the  requirements  and  the  last 
act  upon  his  part  is  to  take  the  oath  of 
allegiance.  1  care  not  how  good  his  mo- 
tives are,  nor  what  may  l^e  his  faith,  the 
oath  he  must  take  and  is  not  recognized 
as  a  citizen  until  he  does.  The  simple 
oath  don't /no ^"1?  him  aeitizen,  but  he  can- 
not be  one  without  it.  ,Tust  so  in  bap- 
tism, this  simple  act  does  not  make  man 
a  Christian,  but  God  has  ordained  that 
man  must  be  baptized,  or  born  of  the 
water  before  entering  the  kingdom. 
Naanian  was  told  to  dip  himself  seven 
times  in  Jordan  and  he  should  be  cleans- 
ed. He  became  clean,  not  by  the  water 
cleansing  him,  but  God  did  the  cleans- 
ing, however  on  condition,  and  that  t'oji- 
dition  was  that  he  should  dip  himself 
seven  times  in  Jordan.  My  friend  wants 
to  know  what  a  inan  is  before  he  is  bap- 
tized? Is  he  a  child  of  God  or  tlie  dev- 
il ?  I  will  answer  by  asking  him  a  ipies- 
tion:  What  is  a  foreigner  before  he  takes 
the  oath  of  allegiance?  Does  he  belong 
to  this  government  or  not?  I  want  him 
to  show  that  salvation  is  by  faith  inde- 
pendent of  baptism  ^\'here  baptism  is 
possible.  This  we  know  he  cannot  do. 
He  refers  to  the  thief  on  the  cross  and 
says  that  proves  salvation  without  bap- 
tism. But  it  evidently  does  not  in  this 
case,  for  it  was  not  at  that  time  possible 
for  the  thief  to  be  baptized.  Let  him 
bring  forward  a  case  where  it  was  possi- 
ble for  a  man  to  be  baptized,  and  saved 
\vithout  it,  and  that  may  be  some  proof 
of  his  faith  alone  theoi-y. 

But  while  Christ  A\'as  on  eai'th.  He 
could  do  as  He  thought  proper  regard- 
ing the  pardoning  of  sins — He  couldsay, 
"  thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee,"  but  after 
His  death,  after  His  will  was  sealed  and 
made  valid  by  His  death,  no  one  on  earth 
has  the  powei'  to  promise  pardon  on 
any  other  condition  than  by  that  laid 
down  in  that  will.  That  mil  says,  "  he 
that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be 
saved,  and  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be 
damned."  This  is  the  will  and  from  it 
not  one  daie  deviate.  The  law  has  been 
committed  to  earthen  vessels  and  they 
must  teach  and  administer  it  just  as  it 
stands.  Christ  commands  both  faith  and 
baptism  as  a  condition  of  salvation,  Mr. 
Ray  don't  do  that;  he  will  not  teach  the 
Bible  doctrine  on  this  subject.  He  don't 
teach  like  Peter  on  Pentecost,  to' "  repent 
and  bi.-lni]itized  forthr  n-mihsiun  of  sins." 
He  and  P.'t,T  ditl'er.  Ur  h:x^  th.-  remis- 
sion of  .■,in^  without  baptism;  lVti.-r  dot's 


not,  that  is  one  point  of  difference  between 
Peter  and  Ray. 

Christ  says,  "  except  a  man  be  born  of 
the  water  and  of  the  Spirit  he  cannot 
enter  the  kingdom  of  God,"  but  Ray 
says,  he  can — can  get  into  the  kingdom 
without  being  "  liorn  of  water."  My 
friend's  method  is  an  abortion,  it  is  get- 
ting peojde  into  the  kingdom  before  they 
are  legally  born. 


Ray. — Being  iwn.  of  ivafer  does  not 
refer  to  baptism,  I  will  not  say  what  it 
refers  to,  but  \vi}l  say  it  does  not  refer 
to  baptism.  I  leain  that  he  that  "  lov- 
eth  is  born  of  God,"  this  don't  refer  to 
baptism.  A  man  loves  before  he  is  bap- 
tized, and  when  he  loves  he  is  bom  again 
— born  of  God,  this  puts  being  born  be- 
fore baptism.  All  wlio  cull  upon  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  saved.  God 
will  damn  a  man  for  the  want  of  faith, 
but  not  because  he  is  not  baptized,  for 
he  that  "  believeth  not,  shall  be  damned" 
so  says  Christ.  He  don't  say,  he  that  is 
not  BAPTIZED  shall  be  damned,  not 
one  word  of  it. 

I  maintain  that  Ciiristians  have  a  right 
to  fight  in  defense  of  their  connti-y  when 
called  on  to  do  so.  If  we  live  in  a  gov- 
ernment and  endorse  what  it  does,  though 
we  do  not  help,  yet  it  is  the  same  as  if 
we  did  it  ourselves.  If  we  gi\'e  our 
voice  for  hanging  a  man  it  is  the  same 
with  us  as  if  we  ourselves  had  done  the 
hanging.  Our  giving  consent  also  im- 
plicates us. 

Cornelius  was  saved  before  baptism, 
for  Peter  says,  "  wlio  can  forbid  fl'ater 
that  these  may  not  be  baptized  who  have 
received  tlu'  ITdIv  (-ilinst  as  well  as  we." 
Cornelius  ivn-iv^-d  tin'  Sjiirit  just  like  the 
apostles  at  the  beginning,  which  shows 
that  his  sins  were  jiardoned  before  bap- 
tism, for  the  Holy  Ghost  would  uot  dwell 
in  a  heart  full  of  sin.  My  friend  says, 
baptism  is  a  symbol.  Well  tlie  thing 
symbolized  must  exist  before  the  .symbol, 
and  as  baptism  is  a  symbol  of  remisssion 
of  sins,  it  follows  that  sins  are  remitted 
before  baptism.  If  Paul's  sins  were 
washed  away  at  baptism  then  the  liteii- 
Ai.  WATER  washed  them  away,  and  there- 
fore I  call  it  a  WATER  salvation.  But 
this  leaves  salvation  in  the  hands  of  men, 
and  hence  the  sinner  must  come  to  man 
to  have  his  sins  pardoned.  I  tell  you 
sii-s  that  I  don't  believe  such  doctrine — 
away  with  a  doctrine  that  puts  salvation 
in  the  hands  of  poor,  fallible  man.  Come 
unto  ME  all  ye  ends  of  the  earth  and  be 
saved,  is  the  language  of  the  Bible.  AVe 
learn  that  salvation  is  of  <jrace_  and  not 
of  WORKS  lest  any  man  should  boast,  for 
by  grace  are  ye  saved  and  that  not  of 
yom-selves,  it  is  the  gift  of  God.  AVe 
are  saved  by  grace  thi-'Hi'jh  faitli,  then 
our  salvation  is  not  of  work-^,  but  F  AITl  I. 
A  man  can  be  saved  without  cLmiing  to 
me,  he  must  go  to  Christ,  and  not  come 
to  me.  The  doctrine  of  salvation  by 
water  \vill  not  apply  to  the  poor,  wound- 
ed soldier  on' the  battle  field.  He  is 
wounded  and  helpless,  and  away  from 
home  and  tViends  in  a  dying  condition, 
and  there  calls  ujion  the  name  of  the 
Lord;  must  .he  be  damned  because  he 
cannot  be  baptized?  I  say  no,  he  can 
be  saved  without  the  aid  of  man. 

Judsou  tells  of  three  nubli;-  vounii  men 
who  made  application  fui- bnpti-iri,  but 
died  before  it  could  be  attended  to.  Must 
they  be  damned  and  %q  to  hell  just  be- 
cause they  had  no  chance  of  being  bap- 
tized ?  Take  a  poor  sinner  who  is  down 
sick  with  the  tpyhoid  fever.  AVhile  on 
his  death-bed  he  is  convinced  of  his  sins 
anil  «'ants  to  be  saved.  He  cannot  he 
immersed  for  ho  is  not  able.  Must  he 
be  forever  lost  just  because  he  is  not  able 


to  lie  baptized  i  This  water  sidvation 
doctrine  is  a  Roman  Catholic  dtignia.  it 
eamefrom  the  mother  of  harlots  ami  not 
from  God.  Peter's  language  to  the  Pen- 
tecostians  does  not  prove  that  baptism 
is  for  the  remission  of  sins,  but  teaches 
that  baptism  is  to  take  place  became  of 
the  remission  of  sins.  For  Solomon's 
Temple  they  had  the  material  fully  pre- 
pared before  it  went  into  the  temple.  So 
with  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ;  people 
want  to  be  converted,  and  made  a  Chris- 
tian before  put  into  the  church,  I  ask- 
ed my  friend,  what  a  man  is  before  lie 
is  baptized,  whether  a  child  of  God  or 
the  uKvii,?  He  says  ho  will  answei-  by 
asking  me  a  question.  That  is  the  way 
the  yankee  does,  and  I  guess  he  must  be 
one,  they  answer  one  question  by  asking 
anothei-.  He  M'ants  to  know  whether  a 
foreigner  is  a  citizen  before  he  takes  the 
oath  ?  I  answer  he  is  not.  Now  I  want 
to  know  of  him  what  a  man  is  before  he 
is  baptized?  Is  he  a  child  of  God  or 
the  devil  ? 


Stkin. — God  in  His  divine  arrange- 
ments re([uires  no  impossibilities  of  any 
one.  AYe  are  not  debating  about  the 
design  of  baptism  where  it  is  impossilde. 
The  Baptist  church  holds  that  even 
where  baptism  is  possible  it  is  not  a  con- 
dition of  salvation,  and  then  to  prove 
that  they  are  right,  bringup  a  case  \vhere 
baptism  is  impossible,  hence  the  thief  on 
the  cross.  All  he  could  do  was  to  lie- 
lieve  and  repent;  with  him  bapti.sm  was 
impossible,  hence  not  required.  Let  him 
bring  forward  a  case  where  baptism  is 
possible  and  then  uot  a  Bible  condition. 
He  thinks  salvation  is  not  tm-ned  over  to 
human  hands,  in  agencies,  vet  he  preacli- 
es,  and  tiiis  is  human  work,  in  order  that 
people  may  believe  and  be  saved.  Christ 
says,  "  As  my  Father  has  sent  me,  even 
so  send  I  you."  They  were  to  go  into 
all  the  world  and  preach  the  Gospel  to 
every  creature,  in  order  that  "  He  that 
believetli  and  is  baptized  might  be  sav- 
ed, and  he  that  believeth  not,  be  damn- 
ed. If  human  instrumentalities  have 
nothing  to  do  with  salvation,  whv  have 
the  Gospel  preached?  He  virtually  ap- 
proves of  human  agencies  when  he  sends 
men  to  preneh  to  the  heathen.  Paul 
says,  we  are  saved  "  By  the"  washing  of 
regeneration,  and  the  renewing  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  "(Tit,  .3:  5).  'i:\iewashimj 
of  regeneration  here  refers  to  baptism, 
to  being  born  of  the  water,  A  man's 
faith  is  not  perfected  till  in  baptism, 
for  by  works  is  a  man's  faith  brouglit  to 
perfection.  Abraham's  faith  was  made 
peri'ect  by  works.  Faith  without  works 
is  dead,  and  a  dead  faith  has  no  virtue 
in  it.  Jesus  Christ  is  the  author  of  sal- 
vation  unto  all  who  obey  Him,  and  bai)- 
tisin  is  one  of  his  commands,  but  the 
man  who  refuses  to  obey  Jesus  by  not 
being  baptized,  has  not  Christ  as  the  au- 
thor of  his  salvation,  for  he  has  no  sal- 
vation unless  there  is  salvation  out  of 
Christ  in  disobedience.  AVe  teach  sal- 
vation by  both  grace  and  faith,  but  not 
independent  of  baptism,  nor  neither  do 
we  teach  salvation  by  the  washing  of  re- 
generation independent  of  gi'aee  and 
faith.  We  obey  God  and  then  trust  iri.y 
for  salvation.  Peter  connects  baptism 
with  salvation,  for  he  says,  when  speak- 
ing of  the  eight  souls  being  saved  by 
water,"  The  like  figure  whereunto  even 
baptism  doth  also  now  save  us."  The  Bap- 
tist Church  makes  baptism  a  condition 
of  membei-ahip,  for  they  will  not  receive 
a  member  into  the  church  without  bap- 
tism, but  maintain  that  a  man  can  be 
saved  without  it.  If  a  man  can  l>e  sav- 
ed without  ba^jtism  he  can  be  saved 
without  getting  into  the  Baptist  chureh 


^^pril   '^n 


'I'iriii:  13i^kti-ike:n"  ^vt  "woriv. 


:Lt.  all;  and  if  tlit;  Baptist  churcli  is  the 
(■hiiiTh  of  Jesus  Christ  tUon  a  man  can 
l.t'  sjniil  (iiit-si(l(?of  theohm-ch  of  Christ, 
nud  if  that  iK'the  cose  I  Jo  not  see  what 
use  the  church  is. 

You  see  Mr.  'Ray  teaches  that  a  uiau 
can  get  to  heaven  witout  baptism,  but 
he  cannot  get  into  the  Baptist  church 
without  baptism,  therefore  it  ibllowa 
that  a  man  has  to  be  better  to  get  iu- 
tu  the  Bajitist  church  than  he  does  to  get 
into  heaven.  According  to  this  logic  a 
man  without  baptism  is  wood  enough  to 
fonnnune  with  the  Father,  Son  and  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  but  not  good  enough  to  com- 
niuue  with  the  membei-s  of  the  Baptist 
cliurch.  Because  wetalk  about  baptism 
being  a  condition  of  salvation,  niytriend 
calls  it  water  saloaiion.  Why  does  he 
not  talk  about  afaitk  salvation?  Ac- 
cording to  his  logic  Naaman's  cleansing 
from  the  leprosy  was  a  waier  salvation. 
Wliy  iloes  he  not  talk  about  a  serpent 
-:il\  iitioti  ill  the  wilderness  where  Moses 
litU'd  ujj  the  serpent?  AVhen  the  blind" 
iiiim  was  told  to  go  and  wash  in  pool  of 
Silonm,  why  not  call  that  apool  salva- 
tion I  AVhy  not  talk  about  a  s/tittle  sal- 
vation when  the  eyes  of  the  blind  man 
were  anointed?  He  saj's  baptism  for 
the  remission  of  sins'  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic doctrine,  and  is  fi'ora  tbe  mother  of 
hntlots.  Both  Mosheim  and  Dr.  Cave, 
h'arned  historians,  say  the  primitive 
iliarches  held  baptism  for  the  remission 
'•i'  sins.  Tertullian  ■who  wrote  at  the 
i-lose  of  the  second  centmy,  taught  the 
•^ame  doctrine,  and  so  did  Justin  Martyr, 
wiio  wrote  about  the  middle  of  the  sec- 
1  )iid  Century.  The  i\.postolic  Fathers, 
whose  Avritings  I  ha\'e,  taught  the  same 
doctrine,  and  they  lived  in  the  first  cen- 
tury. Both  Paul  and  Peter  taught  bap- 
tism a  condition  of  salvation;  and  so  did 
'  'hrist,  yet  my  friend  says  it  cam«  from 
tlie  mother  of  harlots. 


This  closed  the  discussion  on  Wednes- 
day evening.  Our  next  mil  contain 
what  ^vas  said  on  Thiu-sday. 

J.  II.  MOOIIK, 

PLAINNESS    IN    DRESS     A  SOURCE 

OF  MORAL    POWER  IN 

THE   CHURCH. 


I.KX  W.  ItEESE. 


;tni 


themselves  in  modest  apparel 
with  shamefaced ness  and  sobriety;  not 
with  braided  hair,  or  gold,  or  pearl,  or 
mostly  array"  (1  Tim.  11:  0).  The 
Clmrch  on  earth  was  established  by  our 
Lord  Jesus^Christ,  for  a  specific  purpose. 
It'  i-hief  object  being,  as  we  believe,  to 
-,/., I '■■!'.-  His  followers  fi'om  an  unbelier- 
ii'i  ;iiid  godless  world,  and  to  reclaim 
:lie  lost  and  ruined  race. 

It  pleased  God  by  "  the  foolishness  of 
[ireaching  "  to  lead  men  out "  of  nature's 
darkness  into  the  marvelous  light  of  the 
Gospel."  Man  is  naturally  a  social  he- 
1.1-.  IIU  >yiiL),:itlii,'s  lead  him  to  affill- 
■A-  >vll!i  hi-  kind.  What.-ver  affects 
iiii-u  ;is  ;i  rla,"  ;dh'cts  tin'  individual  man. 
^\.n  old  writer  says,  "  One  touch  of  na- 
ture makes  the  woiUl  akin."  These  in- 
stincts and  symi»afchies  are  as  universal 
as  the  race. 

History,  individuality,  repeats  itself 
tVora  age  to  age.  "  For  we  are  the  same 
that  our  fathei-s  have  been;  we  see  some 
eights  that  our fathere  have  seen,  and  run 
the  same  course  om"  fatliers  have  run." 
One  of  the  noblest  sentiments  that  ev 
tell  from  mortal  lips,  is  that  memorable 
expression  of  Cicero— a  pagan  writer, 
and  yet  a  philosopher  and  sage.  "  I 
a  man,  and  consider  nothing  foreign  to 
liu'  that  liehmgs  to  man."  Man  is,  also, 
!i  depffdeiit  and  imitative  creature.     He 


is  greatly  influenced  by  the  conduct  and 
e.\ample  of  his  fellow  men. 

"  No  man  liveth  to  himself,  and  no 
man  dieth  to  himself" — God  planted 
these  instincts  in  the  human  soul  for  great 
and  noble  purposes.  As  our  blessed 
and  adorable  Redeemer  was  not  only 
Divine,  "  God  manifest  in  the  flesh,"  but, 
also,  a  perfect  man.  He  could  sympa- 
thize with  the  common  wants  and  sym- 
pathies— the  natural  aft'ections  and  feel- 
ings of  man.  Christ  needed  not  that 
any  should  instruct  Him  in  regard  to 
mau,  and  knew  what  was  in  him.  "  For 
we  have  not  an  High  Priest  who  cannot 
be  touched  by  a  sense  of  our  infirmities, 
but  was  in  all  points  tempted  like  as  we 
are,  and  yet  without  sin."  In  our  wor- 
ship of  the  blessed  Redeemer,  we  often 
forget  this  precious  fact.  So  full  of  rev- 
erence and  awe  is  the  devout  soul,  in  its 
approaches  to  the  throne  of  grace,  that 
it  often  fails  to  realize  that  Christ  is  our 
Eldin-  Brother  in  a  human,  4s  well  as  a 
divine  point  of  view. 

The  church  is  the  light  of  the  world. 
It  is  the  great  moral  lever  that  mo\'es 
the  -tvorkl,  and  its  mission  is  to  save  the 
world  from  sin  in  this  present  life,  and 
from  "  the  wages  of  sin  "  in  the  life  which 
is  yet  to  be.  But  the  church,  as  a  body, 
is  just  what  the  individual  membei's  are. 
The  moral  power  of  the  church  can  rise 
no  higher  than  the  individual  character 
of  its  component  parts.  The  fountain 
can  rise  no  higher  thanits  source,  is  true 
in  a  spiritual  as  well  as  jihysical  sense. 

Speaking  to  His  disciples  the  Savior 
said,  ''  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth,  but 
if  the  salt  have  lost  its  savor,  wherewith 
shall  it  be  salted?"  Also,  "  Ye  are  the 
light  of  the  world,  but  if  that  light  be 
darkness,  how  great  is  that  darkness?" 
All  the  moi-al  power,  then,  the  church 
can  possibly  laring  to  bear  against  Satan 
and  the  po\vers  of  darkness  depends,  not 
on  the  cliurch  as  a  whole,  but  upon  the 
individual  character  of  its  membei-s. 

Then  ^vllatever  affect-s  the  individual 
character  of  its  members  afl'ects  the 
chm-ch  as  a  whole.  This  proposition, 
we  thinli,  no  one  ■will  care  to  dispute. 
The  moral  character,  then,  ,of  the  church 
is  the  -m/ni  of  the  moral  character  of  its 
•members.  Whatever,  then,  tends  to  ho- 
liness of  life  in  the  individual  members, 
tends  to  elevate  the  standard  of  purity 
and  holinessin  tbe  church.  This  reason- 
ing being  assumed  as  correct,  the  con- 
verse of  the  proposition  must  be  equally 
true. 

lu  the  proportion,  therefore,  that  the 
church  is  pure  and  holy,  does  the  church 
exert  a  moral  power  over  the.  world? 
"VVe  are  commanded,  among  other  things, 
in  God's  blessed  Book,  not  to  affiliate 
\vith  the  world: — to  come  out  from  it, 
and  to  be  "  fl  peculiar  people,  zealous  of 
good  works?''  "  Love  not  the  world, 
neither  the  things  that  are  in  the  world," 
say  the  Scrijitures  of  divine  truth.  "Why 
not?  Because,  continues  the  AVord,  "all 
that  is  in  tlie  world,  the  lust  of  the  eye, 
the  pride  of  life"  ttc, ''is  not  of  the 
Father,  but  is  of  the  world."  "  Set  not 
your  aft'ections  on  the  things  of  the 
earth  ?"  Why  not?  Because  "the  fash- 
ions of  this  earth  passeth  away."  The 
tilings  of  time  and  sense  are  transitory, 
evanescent,  perishing,  mutable,  passing 
away,  is  written  by  the  finger  of  God 
Himself  upon  all  things  that  pertain  to 
earth. 

"  The  things  that  are  seen  are  tempo- 
ral, but  the  things  that  are  unseen  are 
eternal."*  The  world  cannot  supply  the 
wants  of  our  imperishable  souls.  Then 
it  is  not  only  the  duty  of  man,  as  the 
intelligent,  rational  creature  of  God — 
accountable    unto   the  Judge  of  all  the 


earth  for  the  deeds  done  in  the  body,  to 
seek  for  those  things  that  are  permanent, 
immutable,  and  ftcrnal,  butit  is  supreme 
folly  to  do  other\vise.  Every  source, 
then,  of  moral  power  should  be  earnest- 
ly and  diligently  sought  and  appreciated, 
^vith  a  view  to  our  growth  in  grace,  and 
in  "  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and 
Savior  Jesus  Christ." 

All  undue  concern  about  the  perish- 
ing things  of  time  and  sense  must  be 
banished  from  the  mind  of  him  who 
would  set  out  to  win  the  prize  of  eternal 
life.  The  Christian  is  admonished  not 
to  b-  .■nnfunm-d  tn  Mils  unild,  but  to  be 
tran>l'oniird  li\  rli''  rcni'wliiu'  "I'  his  mind. 
Tlu'  wiirld  runs  til  gM>at  ■■vci'vs  m  adorn- 
ing the  outward  man,  the  perisliing  tab- 
ei'nacle  of  clay,  ■which  shortly  must  be 
food  for  the  worms,  in  the  habiliments 
of  fashion  and  pride.  To  be  *'  clothed 
in  puvple  and  fine  linen,"  and  to  "  fare 
sumptuously  every  day,"  is  the  one  ab- 
sorbing passion  of  the  vast  body  of 
worldly  and  godless  men.  To  this  end 
all  their  energies  are  bent,  and  like.  Dives 
of  old,  upon  this  unhallowed  shrine  all 
the  tender  and  sympathetic  impulses  of 
the  soul  are  offered  up.  The  rich  set 
up  a  princely  and  gorgeous  style  of  life, 
to  gratify  their  o\i'n  sensual  instincts,  and 
to  operate  as  an  inseparable  barrier  be- 
tween them  and  the  poor,  whose  poverty 
condemns  them  to  social  ostracism,  and 
bars,  as  ^rith  triple  steel,  the  dooi-s  into 
this  charmed  and  exclusive  circle. 

The  poor,  striving  to  attain  to  this 
envied  and  fascinating  position  in  life, 
are  led  into  extravagant,  profligate,  and 
and  vicious  habits,  which  ultimately, 
terminate  in  financial  ruin,  and  not  un- 
freqently  end  at  the  penitenti'aiy,  tiie 
gallo^vs,  or  suicides'  graves.  "We  need 
but  !xlance  over  the  columns  of  the  secu- 
lar prints,  to  see  this  sad  truth  abundant- 
ly verified  in  the  long,  black  catalogue 
.of  crimes  set  forth  from  day  to  day 
therein.  In  fact  are  not  these  melan- 
choly details  the  chief  "stock  and  store" 
of  the  daily  prints  of  the  land?  Behold 
the  gluistly  record  of  victims  oftered  on 
the  pitiless  moloch  of  fashion,  extrav- 
agance and  pride. 

{To  he  continued  next  week,) 

THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

BY  JOHN  POliNEY. 

KUMDKR  UI. 

THK  I.OHD's  SUPPKHAND  THE  COM.MLTNION 

.    CONTKASTEl). 

npHE  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  evening 
J-  meal,  and  was  so  eaten  by  Christ 
and  the  apostlesjust  before  the  Commun- 
ion, and  is  never  called  the  Communion 
anywhere  in  the  New  Testament  by 
an  inspired  man,  and  points  us  to  the 
marriage  supper  of  tiie  Lamb  m  the 
kingdom  of  God  (Rev.  19:  7,  9;  Liike 
2-2:  .'tO),  while  the  Communion  is  em- 
blematical of  the  broken  body  and  shed 
blood  of  the  Lord,  by  which  we  do  shew 
forth  the  Lord's  death,  and  shall  do  it 
in  remembrance  of  Him  (Matt.  2(j:  27- 
29;  Mark  U:  22-^4;  Luke  •22:  10,  -20). 
Christ  ate  of  the  supper  with  His  disci- 
.  pies,  but  He  did  not  eat  of  the  bread, 
nordi'ink  of  the  cup  of  the  Communion, 
but  said,  take  this  and  divide  it  among 
yourselves.  For  I  say  unto  you  1  will 
not  drink  of  the  vine  &c.  (Mark  H:  25; 
Luke  22:  17, 18).  Paul  said,  the  bread 
which  we  break,  is  it  not  tlie  Commun- 
ion of  the  body  of  Christ?  The  cup  of 
blessing,  is  it  not  tlie  Communion  of  the 
blood  of  Christ?  (1  Cor.  10:  l(i).  Paul 
said,  fori  have  received  of  the  Lord,  that 
which  I  also  delivered  unto  you,  that  the 
Lord  Je«ns,  the  same  night  in  which  He 


was  betrayed,  took  bread,  and  when  He 
had  given  thanks  He  brake  it,  and  said. 
Take  eat;  this  ismy  body,  which  is  brok- 
en for  you:  tliis  do  in  remembrance  of 
me.  After  the  same  manner  He  also 
took  the  cup,  when  He  had  supped  (af- 
ter supper  Luke  22),  saying;  This  cup, 
is  the  New  Testament  in  my  blood  itc 
(Cor.  23-26). 

TJIK   COMMUNION. 

How  men  can  call  it  the  Lord's  supper, 
and  thereby  contradict  Christ  anrt  Paul, 
when  they  named  it,  the  Commnicn 
of  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ,  as  if 
Christ  and  the  apostles  knew  not  how  to 
name  it,  and  men  knew  lietter,  and  then 
turn  right  aiound  and  take  it  in  the 
morning  and  at  nooii,  and  call  it  the 
Lord's  Supper,  and  what  is  still  wor-^^e, 
they  separate  God's  ordinances,  as  if 
Ciirist  had  not  known  the  business  of  His 
mission;  or  as  if  the  Father  had  iiotun- 
der.stood  His  business  when  He  sent  His 
Sou  into  the  world  to  do  what  the  Fath- 
ei"  confbianded  Him  ?  For  we  hear  Je- 
sus say,  the  Sou  can  do  nothing  of  Him- 
self, but  what*  He  seeth  the  Father  do : 
these  also  doeth  the  Son  likewise  (John 
5:  19,  20).  For  I  have  not  spoken  of 
myself,  but  thr  Fatii.T  \\>:>l  sunt  me,  He 
gave  me  a  coinni:i!iili)ii'iii  wliatlshould 
say,Tind  what  1  ,sli..nld >[)r;ik  (do,  Ger- 
man), and  I  know  that  His  command- 
ment islife  everlasting  (John  12:49,  50). 
Then  surely  He  has  received  Feet- wash- 
ing, the  Supper  as  well  as  the  Commun- 
ion, all  from  the  great  Father  in  heaven, 
and  can  pooi-,  inched  men  disregard  and 
throw  aside,  and  put  asunder  that  which 
God  has  joined  together,  and  only  ke.e|) 
that  ^vhich  tliey  in  their  carnal  mind 
think  best,  and  pervert  and  abuse  it? 
How  long  will  God  forbear  judgment? 
Who  will  answer?  AVho  will  be  able 
to  stand? 

We  hear  Christ  say,  before  He  left 
the  supper  table  in  that  uppei"  room. 
"  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  he  that  bpliev- 
eth  on  me,  the  ■works  that  I  do  shall  he 
do  also;  and  greater  works  than  these 
shall  he  do;  because  Igounto  the  Fath- 
er" (John  14:  12).  Here  Christ  had  just 
finished  the  work  of  Feet-washing,  the 
Supper  and  Communion,  and  said.  He 
that  believeth  on  me,  the  works  that  I 
do  shall  he  do  also ;  if  a  man  love  me, 
he  will  keep  my  ■words,  and  my  Fath- 
er will  love  him.  He  that  loveth  me 
not  keepetli  not  my  sayings  (John  1 2 : 
23,  24).  He  that  hath  my  comipand- 
ments  and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that 
loveth  me:  (verse  21).  For  this  is  the 
love  of  God,  that  we  keep  His  command- 
ments, and  His  commandments  are  not 
gi-ievous  (1  John  u:  3).  And  hereby  we 
do  know  that  we  know  Him,  if  we  keep 
His  commandments.  He  that  saith,  I 
know  Him,  and  keepeth  not  His  com- 
mandments, is  a  liar  and  the  truth  is  not 
iuhim  (1  John  2;  3,  4,  5,)  Whosoever 
trausgresseth  and  abideth  not  in  the  doc- 
trine of  Christ,  has  not  God.  He  that 
abideth  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  he 
hath  both  the  Fjitlier  and  the  Son  (2 
John  9-11).  I  marvel  at  ministers  who 
profess  to  teach  men  the  doctrine  of 
Christ,  and  misconstrue  and  set  aside 
the  above  plain  teaching  of  Christ.  How 
will  they  stand  when  Christ  ^vill  come  in 
flaming  fii'e  to  take  vengeance  on  all  that 
obey  not  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ?  (2  Thes.l:  8).  May  God  open 
their  blind  eyes  and  stop  the  error  and 
save  the  world,  is  my  prayer. 


"Pray  without  ceasing,"  is  an  ex- 
hortation of  thL=:  apostle.  If  we  live  a 
prayeiful,  pious  life,  we  have  pi-.ur  in 
God;our  lives  will  be  a  continual  prayer. 


THK    l^-RETI-IKEISr    ^-VT    AVOKK. 


A.pril 


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The  Brethren  at  Work 

PUBLISHED    WBEKLT. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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LiLOui,  Carroll  Co.,  111- 


I'oii  lejiort  of  the  Ruy  nnil   Stein  debate  nt 
Newtoiiia,  sec  second  pnge  of  tlik  isaiii.'. 


The  boy  wlio  nninses  liiiutclf  on  a  rockinR- 
liorse,  forcibly  remiuils  one  of  some  Christians, 
— n  terrible  sight  of  motion  but  nothing  done. 


A  CAKn  from  Bro.  Bnslior  informs  us  thnt  he 
is  still  uiinbk-  to  do  much  prencliiiig  owing  to 
tlie  fevered  condition  of  his  lungs.  He  is  now 
at  his  home  in  Wiiterloo,  Iowa. 


TuE  Bai>fist  Bfdlh  Fluf)  has  finally  come  out 
and  said  aomethiug  about  the  contemplated 
written  discussion,  to  which  we  will  respond 
next  \veel(,  not  having  room  to  say  much  this 


Bno.  S.  Z.  Sharp  of  Tennessee  writes  that 
everything  in  that  part  of  the  heavenly  king- 
dom is  i]i  love  and  hamiony,  and  that  wheat 
and  rye,  on  the  loth  of  April  were  out  in  head, 
and  as  proof  sent  ns  a  rye  heail  in  bloom. 

Bettf.r  be  humble  with  one  talent,  than 
proud  with  ten,  says  a  sensible  writer.  "  Pride 
goeth  heioi-e  a  fall,"  aud  if  the  fall  be  with  the 
ten  talents  in  hand,  great  may  be  the  fall.  Act 
■B-isely,  use  pnideuce,  do  not  be  too  fust;  deep 
waters  run  slo^v,  especially  if  useful. 

Bko.  John  Y.  Suavelj-  of  Hudson,  III.,  wishes 
us  to  publish  an  article  on  How  the  BIomI  of 
Chnut  rleaiiseth  m /mil  all  sin.  It  is  a  good 
siihjei;t  to  write  upon.  We  take  the  liberty  of 
inviting  Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman  to  give  us  an 
aiticle  on  it.  The  question  conies  in  his  line  of 
thinking. 

We  do  not  report  the  money  sent  here  for 
Bro.  Hansen,  but  drop  it  in  the  contribution 
box,  aud  forward  it  to  him  once  a  week.  Most 
of  those  who  send,  request  us  not  to  re- 
port, they  want  to  wait  till  they  reach  heaven 
and  then  hear  a  good  i-eporfc.  They  wont  to 
obey  Mutt.  4:  1-i.' 

There  is  considerable  talk  regarding  the 
propriety  of  Northern  Illinois  purchasing  and 
fitting  up  a  farm  to  be  used  m  a  chai'itahle  in- 
stitution, at  which  to  keep  and  care  for  the  poor 
of  the  district.  The  enterprise  we  think,  is  a 
commendable  one,  at  least  it  is  worthy  of 
thought,  for  the  poor  we  have  always  with  us, 
and  it  is  in  our  place  to  do  them  good. 

Bro.  David  L.  Williams  writes  us  a  long  let- 
ter soliciting  ministerial  aid  in  Saline  Co.,  Mo. 
He  has  more  calls  than  he  knows  how  to  fili, 
having  to  meet  about  six  in  each  mouth.  He 
describes  the  countrj'  as  being  an  excellent 
place  to  live;  good  land,  good  water  and  an  ex- 
ceUent  climate.  Ministering  brethren  thinking 
of  going  West,  would  no  doubt  do  well  to  cor- 
respond with  Bro.  Williams.  His  address  is, 
Brownsville,  Sahne  Co.,  Mo.  They  want  breth- 
ren who  let  their  light  shiiie  in  thoir  daily  walk 
aud  conversation. 


Regarding  the  Eastern  question  a  late  writ>- 
er  says:  "  Russia  seems  to  be  tuniiug  her  eyes 
to  Palesiine;  of  this  there  have  been  several  in- 
dications lately-  A  Russian  ne>vspaper  says, 
'  the  hour  is  come  to  complete  crusades  by  de- 
livering tlie  holy  places  forever.  A  free  Chris- 
tian and  iulernatioual  province  must  be  mailc 
from  Jerusalem  to  the  banks  of  the  Jordan,  aud 
independent  and  international  institutions  must 
be  given  to  it.'  Students  of  prophecy  will  do 
■Avoll  to  watch  the  course  of  events  in  this  di- 
*  ^riKtion,"         

"SsB  Chrislian  Cijnofurc  says:  "A  new  XJni- 
itariflP, congregation  in  Boston,  the  South  Free 


church,  has  introduced  a  ndvtl  way  of  observ- 
ing the  Lord's  Supper.  The  bread  and  wine 
arc  displayed  on  the  Communion  table,  and  that 
is  nil  there  ia  of  it.  Imnginulion  does  the  rest; 
the.v  partake  like  a  hungry  innn  in  his  dreams 
aud  presume  to  call  it  faith.  Tlieir  spirituali- 
zation  goes  a  step  further  back  thau  do  the 
Catholics  before  the  priest  begins  liis  formality 
of  t  ran  substantiation," 

Thei-e  is  not  a  little  of  tlie  imaginary  faith 
extant  now.  Some  imagine  a  little  water 
sprinkled  on  a  person  is  baptism;  others,  that 
if  they  thiiilc  that  they  uxe  willing  to  wash  one 
another's  feet,  the  Lord  will  take  the  thought 
for  the  act;  or  if  they  imagine  they  salute  one 
another  with  a  holy  kiss,  it  will  be  apjiroved  of 
God.  Verily,  imagination  has  about  nil  it  can 
do.  ____^_____ 

MESinRRS  moving  from  one  congregation  to 
another  should  not  fail  to  carry  with  them  cer- 
tificates of  itiembership,  es|)eci!dly  when  moving 
some  distence.  Persons  frequently  move  to  the 
West  and  settle  doivn  in  small  congregations, 
but  make  no  ellort  to  procure  a  certificate  of 
membei'ship  till  sometime  afterwards,  after 
causing  a  good  deal  of  trouble  andgii-ing  room 
for  much  suspicion.  Things  of  this  kind  are 
quite  embarassing  to  weak  congregations.  — 
Thei-e  is  miother  feature  however,  somewhat 
worse  than  this.  There  is  a  chuss  of  persons 
who  sonmtimes  get  into  trouble  and  move  to 
small  congregations  before  settling  the  ditticul- 
ty,  and  thus  cause  a  stigma  io  rest  upon  the 
church  to  which  they  move.  Those  small 
churches,  especially  in  the  West,  have  a  hard 
time  of  it  to  keep  a  good  light  before  the  irorld, 
nnd  when  annojed  by  unfaithful  members  mov- 
ing among  them,  it  makes  it^that  much  woi-se. 
Those  who  move  to  other  congi-egations  shouhl 
go  in  the  proper  light,  and  carry  along  a  certi- 
ficate of  good  standing. 


OKIGINAL  GROUND  AGAIN. 

XUliliEU  il. 

OUR  last  closed  with  the  observation,  thnt 
our  ancient  Brethren  took  the  unadnlter- 
atod  truth  as  the  man  of  their  counsel,  and  in 
all  things  weregovernedexclusively  by  it.  But 
fiunlly  they  commenced  holding,  what  we  call, 
Annual  Meetings,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting 
each  other  in  arriving  at  abetter  understanding 
of  the  Apostolic  order  of  church  government. 
They  never  thought  of  any  other  method,  save 
that  practiced  in  the  fii'^t  ceutnry.  Those  nicet^ 
ings  were  of  the  simplest  character,  having 
neither  clerk  nor  moderator  chosen.  Tlie)kept 
no  minutes  of  their  proceedings,  Wlien  an  im- 
portant case  was  presented  it  was  answered  by 
letter  to  the  church  or  chui-ches  that  had  pre- 
sented it.  This  was  the  Apostolic  oi'der  as  laid 
do\vn  in  Acts  15:  23. 

They  settled  everything  by  the  Bible,  I'eferring 
iis  much  as  possible,  to  chapter  and  verse.  They 
had  nothing  else  to  settle  things  by,  for  they 
kept  no  minutes  of  theirproceedings;  and  as  for 
the  decisions  and  decrees  of  other  churches  they 
rejected  them.  Stern  necessity  threw  them 
back  on  the  inspired  Word  as  their  only  rule  of 
faith  and  practice,  and  that  was  the  reason  why 
they  reproduced  the  church  in  it-s  primitive  pu- 
rity. Had  they  selected  any  other  model,  save 
the  Apostohc  churches,  their  efforts  would  have 
been  a  failure. 

It  was  some  time  before  the  Brethren  com- 
menced printing  their  minutes,  and  for  thnt 
reason  it  is  difficult  to  get  hold  of  any  early  rec- 
ords of  their  business.  It  is  our  impression,  that 
when  they  commenced  printing  the  minutes 
they  did  not  see  what  it  would  finally  lead  to, 
nor  what  would  be  the  inevitable  consequences 
arising  from  their  improper  use.  From  year  to 
year  they  have  come  down  to  us,  aud  now  fill  a 
book  of  considerable  si/*,  aud  owing  to  a  few 
conflicting  decisions  in  it  some  of  our  ene- 
mies take  delight  in  using  it  against  us.  The 
import  of  the  hook,  however,  is  badly  miscon- 
strued, not  by  outsiders  only,  but  frequently  by 
members  who  do  not  act  as  prudently  as  they 
might. 

Of  those  who  use  the  minutes  improperly 
there  are  tivo  classes:  One  class  takes  the  book 
to  council  meetings,  nnd  decide  every  case  by  it, 
never  once  referring  to  the  Bible.  They  can 
tell  ivhat  the  minutes  say  on  most  everj"  ques- 
tion that  comes  before  the  church,  but  when 
asked  for  Bible  authority  fail  to  give  it.  Church- 
es that  pursue  this  course  cannot  prosper  as 
they  ought,  for  they  do  not  search  the  Script- 
ures to  see  whether  these  things  be  so.  They 
are  not  on  the  original  ground  occupied  by  our 
aucieut  Brethren,  and  their  course,  if  persisted 


in,  will  cause  one  part  of  the  church  to  more  or 
less  disrespect  the  Bible,  and  in  the  other,  cre- 
ate hostile  feelings  agaiiLst  the  minutes,  the 
Annual  Meetiug  and  the  coimsels  of  the  old 
brethren  generally.  The  intentions,  though 
seemingly  good,  will  lead  to  evil  in  the  end. 

The  other  class  shun  the  minutes  as  they 
would  a  viper;  they  will  not  allow  it  in  their 
houses,  and  lose  no  opportunity  of  speaking 
evil  of  it,  oft«n  saying  very  hard  things  about 
it,  and  sometimes  before  the  world  too  at  that. 
It  would  seem  that  they  cau  never  get  done 
censuring  it.  They  speak  against  the  Annual 
Meeting  in  a  very  unbecoming  manner,  often 
saying  hard  things  about  the  old  brethi 
They  make  more  fnss  and  trouble  over  the  u 
utes  than  they  would  over  a  false  prophet,  aud 
are  so  intent  on  its  destruction  that  they  cannot 
keep  still  .thout  it.  Of  this  class  we  have  met 
but  few,  yet  know  thnt  tbej'  exist.  We  see 
reason  why  they  should  be  materinlly  ainrmed. 
God  will  lake  care  of  the  church  if  wo  only  take 
care  of  oui'selves.  If  it  should  so  happen  that 
the  minutes  will  become  an  injury  to  the  church, 
we  feel  contident  that  He  ivill  have  a  way  of 
removing  them.  The  bra/.eu  serpent  wasagood 
thing  in  if.=  day  and  place,  but  when  the  Lord 
saw  that  it  #hb  being  iniiirnperly  used  He  pro- 
vided a  way  for  its  removal,  smd  it  was  no  more 
a  source  of  trouble  (2  Kings  IS:  4).  Let  us  have 
n  little  more  confidence  in  the  Lord,  and  labor 
a  little  more  earnestly  m  the  performance  of  our 
duty,  and  it  mil  be  better  for  both  us  nnd  the 
church. 

There  is  a  third  class  who  look  at  things  quite 
diiferently,  and  constitute  the  main  strength  of 
the  church.  They  look  upon  the  Bible  astheii 
only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice,  but 
have  great  respect  for  the  sentiments  of  the 
general  brotherhood,  desiring,  as  much  as  pos- 
sible, to  act  in  concord  with  the  entire  body 
and  for  that  reason  i-espect  the  decisions  of  the 
Annual  Meeting.  They  know  that  man  is  fal. 
lible  and  liable  to  make  mistakes,  but  never  fail 
to  i-emember  that  they  themselves  are  uotinfal- 
lible.  They  do  not  all  approve  of  tlie  general 
course  of  the  A.  M.,  but  do  not  think  it 
prudent  to  abuse  and  reject  it.  They  consult 
the  minutes  to  learn  the  general  sentiments  of 
our  people  on  certain  questions,  and  then  fol- 
low tlie  best  light  the}'  can  obtain.  They  know 
that  the  A.  M.  is  not  a  law-making  power,  and 
that  her  decisions  are  not  law,  but  advice,  nnd 
have  been  so  decided  by  that  body. 

If  all  the  ministers  and  churches  would  pur- 
sue a  course  of  this  kind  they  would  not  he 
troubled  so  much  about  the  minutes,  neither 
would  the  A.  M.  be  annoyed  by  them, 
presumed  that  we  have  hundreds  of  imnisters 
who  never  i-end  the  minutes,  yet  they  are  in  per- 
fect harmony  with  the  genai-al  order  and  i)rac- 
tii;e  of  the  church.  They  say  very  little  about 
the  minutes,  but  a  good  deal  about  the  Bible, 
and  are  in  their  faith  and  practice  like  the 
Apostles  and  our  ancient  Brethren. 

It  is  painful  to  see  the  course  taken  by  the 
two  first  classes  named  above:  one  party  making 
the-minutes  a  liible,  virtually  so  to  speak.  We 
have  never  had  the  misfortune  to  meet  one  of 
this  class,  though  we  have  heard  of  them,  but 
do  hope  that  the  report  is  false.  The  other 
cla.ss,  if  they  had  it  in  their  power,  would,  at 
one  sweep,  send  the  minutes  and  A.  M.  entirely 
out  of  existence,  and  thus  jeopardise  the  present 
existing  unity  of  the  brotherhood.  If  the  first 
party  had  its  way,  and  would  persist  in  that 
course,  it  would  finally  run  the  church  into  the 
worst  of  superstition,  luid  ultimately  and  IXEV- 
iTAMLY  into  priestcraft.  History  of  past  ages 
has  demonstrated  this  fact.  But  if  the  other 
class  should  prevail,  it  would,  under  the  present 
existing  circumstances,  sever  the  church  into  a 
hundred  fi'ogmcnts  bleeding  at  every  wound. 
The  church  would  soon  be  so  mixed  up  with  the 
world  that  no  one  could  distinguish  saint  from 
sinner.  Its  members  would  join  secret  societies, 
follow  the  fashions  of  a  corrupt  world,  and 
finally  degenerate  into  achurch  void  of  the  true 
piety  that  should  characterize  the  people  of  God. 
These  are  not  far-fetched  conclusions,  but  found- 
ed upon  logical  deductions. 

It  is  to  the  third,  or  conservative  class,  that 
we  must  look  for  the  strength  and  disposition 
to  sustain  and  defend  before  the  world,  the  dis- 
tinctive characteristics  of  our  people.  They  are 
not  led  about  by  every  wind  of  doctrine,  nor  are 
they  ea.sily  persuaded  to  take  hold  of  aud  en- 
dorse that  which  they  know  to  be  contrary  to 
the  general  principles  of  the  church.     Among 


u^  they  arc  the  gmund  and  pillar  of  the  truth. 
and  when  it  comes  to  our  distinctive  Bihh  char- 
acteristics they  are  one,  being  perfectly  joined 
together  in  the  same  mind  and  in  the  same 
judgment,  but  sometimes  dilier  about  opinion, 
but  not  about /(iiM,  The  conservative  pnrt  of 
the  church',  since  the  day  it  was  organized  in 
Qermaii3',  down  to  the  present  time,  has  stood 
together  as  a  body.  She  lias  passed  through 
several  wnrs,  but  was  not  aflecfed,  nnd  came 
through  the  late  robollionasmuch  united,  if  not 
more  so  than  before.  But  she  has  had  her 
troubles.  Small  parties  have  sloughed  off  on  eith- 
er side,  and  nt  times  disturbed  her  tranquility, 
yet  to-day  the  church,  as  a  body,  stands  firm, 
but  where  are  those  factions  that  s])lit  off  from 
her?     We  ask  again,  where  are  they? 

The  church  hits  stood  and  ipiU  stmui,  though 
her  trials  nnd  troubles  maj'  increase.  There 
may  be  some  drawing  off  from  the  two  extremes, 
but  the  hofiij,  Ihf  church  will  remain' and  the 
gates  of  hell  shiill  not  prevail  agmnst  it,  while 
those  who  depart  from  the  faitli  will  cither 
dwindle  down  to  nothing  or  else  drift  off  into 
the  corruptions  of  the  worid.  and  popular  re- 
ligion. 

Thus  it  was  with  the  old  Apostolic  church  of 
the  fii-st  century.  There  were  schisms,  but  the 
main  body  stood  firm;  rejecting  the  decrees  and 
discipline  of  uninspired  men  it  adhered  firmly 
to  the  unadulterated  Gospel,  and  labored  to  keep 
tlie  church  pure,  while  the  Mchisms  either  dwin- 
dled down  to  nothing  or  else  drifted  olf  into  the 
vile  corruptions  aud  idolatry  of  a  pagan  world. 

If  the  gentle  reader  ivill  now  follow  us,  we 
shall  driftoti'into  nseriesof  reflections, relating 
to  the  prosperity  aud  good  of  the  church  in  the 
future.  Doubtless  some  will  not  fully  agree 
with  us, especially  those  occupying  the  extremes, 
yet  we  ile.iire  a  candid  consideration  of  the  con- 
clusions before  passing  judgment. 

The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  has  but  one  he.ad, 
and  that  is  Christ.  He  is  its  law-giver,  and  has 
given  to  the  clnn-cli  a  perffH  law,  to  which  ive 
cnji  neither  add  thereto  nor  subtract  therefrom. 
This  law  is  perfectly  adapted  to  the  wants  of 
every  nation  and  people  in  every  age  of  the 
Christian  dispensation,  and  for  that  purpose 
needs  neither  addition  nor  subtraction;  and  to 
prevent  such  a  crime,  the  closing  chapter  of  the 
New  Testament  sets  forth  a  woeful  penalty  up- 
on any  who  would  dare  tamper  with  the  reveal-. 
ed  law  of  the  Lord.  This  law  has  been  recorded 
by  inspiration,  contains  all  respecting  reveliition 
God  designed  that  man  should  know,  and  woe 
be  unto  him  who  dare  add  thereto. 

This  perfect  Law-giver,  while  on  earth,  organ- 
ized a  church  that  was  to  be  the  model  of  all 
chmrchcs.  He  also  inspired  men  who  were  to 
travel  in  different  lands,  and  organize  model 
churches  for  different  countries.  The  first 
church  nt  Jerusalem  was  the  model  for  these 
model  churches,  and  when  all  were  once  put  in- 
to good  working  otiler  they  resembled  each  oth- 
er, for  they  were  all  made  from  the  some  model. 
The  New  Testament  was  then  placed  in  their 
hands  as  their  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice, 
their  only  divinely  authorized  bond  of  union. 
This  was  their  creed,  and  by  it  all  were  to  square 
their  lives  and  conduct.  God  designed  that  the 
church  should  have  but  one  rule  of  fiiith  and 
practice,  for  by  that  means  they  cotdd  be  one 
body,  having  the  same  practice  throughout. 

During  the  early  age  of  the  church  some  men, 
who  held  their  membership  at  Jerusalem,  for 
they  lived  in  Judea,  went  up  to  Antioch  and 
taught  false  doctrine  in  the  church  at  that  place. 
Itcrented  considerable  disturbance  in  the  church, 
hence  they  concluded  to  send  the  matter,  in  the 
hands  of  two  delegates,  to  Jerusalem,  where 
these  men  were  from,  to  consult  the  Apostles 
and  elders  about  it.  Now,  here  comes  tlie  mod- 
el council  for  the  whole  world.  When  this 
matter  was  brought  up,  speeches  were  made 
over  it,  and  they  were  Bible  speeches  too  at  that. 
James  made  the  best  Bible  speech  at  that  meet- 
ing that  I  ever  read  of  nt  any  council  meeting. 
And  when  the  question  was  settled,  it  was  set- 
tled by  the  Bible.  But  who  settled  it?  The 
Apostles  and  elders?  Not  quite,  for  it  is  said 
that  it  pleased  "  the  Apostles  nnd  eidere,  with 
the  whole  church,  to  send  chosen  men  of  their 
company  to  Antioch  with  Paul  imd  Barua- 
b.is,"  the  two  delegates  from  Antioch.  So  we 
see  that  the  uhoh  rhuich  had  a  hand  m  it.  Then 
they  wrote  letters  to  the  church  at  Antioch  and 

h  other  points  as  they  thought  prudent. 
This  is  the  only  council  of  which  we  hare  any 
account  during  the  Apostolic  age,  and  should 


April 


THK    TiRKTHnt->:    ,VX    AVOKlv. 


U-  the  mo<Iel  counsel  of  the  church  in  evcrj-nge. 
^\'c  will  Imve  more  use  for  this  aftor  awhile. 

Soitie  of  the  primitive  churches  were  not  con- 
tent with  the  simple  Gospel  which  the  Holy 
Spirit  liad  left  them,  but  during  theseconJ  een- 
tiirj',  and  especially  the  third  ;md  fourth  centii- 
lii.'H.  they  commenced  meddling  with  questions 
wliicli  neither  Christ  uor  the  Apostles  lind  set- 
lied,  hence  the  necessity  of  councils  to  settle 
Lliem,  But  their  councits  were  not  nfter  th 
model  council  hehl  nt  Jerusalem  in  the  days  of 
iiispirntion;  but  parf.ooh  more  of  a  IcgixUilk. 
chnrncter.  They  published  their  decrees  and 
tonfessious  of  fnith,  which,  in  the  course  of 
lime,  actually  took  the  place  of  the  Oospel  in 
many  respects.  Then  coinineuced  theirschisms, 
not  so  uiMch  about  what  was  in  the  Bible  as 
what  was  not  in  it. 

But  they  ran  into  juiother  evil.  They  soon 
began  to  have  what  was  kuown  ns  Hetropolitim 
churches.  These  were  to  Iw  the  models  of  the 
surrounding  churches,  and  hence  they  com- 
menced imitating  each  other  instead  of  follow- 
ing the  New  Testament.  The  consequence  was 
that  they  grew  worse  and  worse,  not  so  much 
in  the  external  acts  of  n^orship  as  in  real  Chris- 
linn  piety.  Had  all  those  churches  let  their  de- 
crees and  confessions  alone,  and  cinng  to  the 
New  Testament  as  their  only  rule  of  faitli  and 
practice  they  would  liave  preserved  their  piinii- 
tive  purity.  They,  in  their  church  government, 
departed  from  the  Apostolic  order,  and  the  con- 
sequence was  that  many  of  them  went  into 
coiTuption.  From  these  things  let  unleiirnv.al- 
uable  lessons. 

When  our  people  started  up  in  Germany  Hioy 
hit  right  upon  the  old  Apostolic  order,  and  set- 
tled down  upon  that  ohl  primitive  foundation. 
They  took  tlie  churches  orgauized  by  the  Apos- 
tles themselves  as  their  model,  and  for  their 
creed  oi-  confession  of  faith  took  the  snme  book 
that  the  Apostles  had,  and  that  is  the  reason 
why  they  occupied  Apostolic  ground.  Let  me 
tell  you.  gentle  reader,  that  there  was  something 
luiiff  Ihiiii  liiiinnn  power  in  that  little  move- 
ment. 

But  one  steii  farther;  When  difficulties  arose 
how  did  they  attempt  to  settle  them  ?  Like  the 
world?  By  making  decrees  and  passing  laws? 
Not  one  bit  of  it.  They  held  their  council 
meetings  just  like  the  old  mother  church  at 
Jerusalem.  And  why  did  they  do  that?  They 
had  to  have  a  model  and  were  not  willing  to  go 
to  the  world  lor  one,  hence  went'  to  the  New 
Testament  where  they  cpuld  find  but  one.  This 
they  imitated  to  the  letter  and  spirit  too  at  that. 
The  "  whole  cliurch  "  took  part  in  it.  They 
kejit  no  nijuutes,  but  like  the  old  model  council 
at  .lerusalem,  wrote  letters  where  it  was  ueces- 
saiy.  Was  not  that  Apostolic?  Who  dare  say 
that  that  little  church  was  not  the  church  of 
.lesus  Christ?  She  took  the  New  Testftuient 
teachings  as  ];er  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 
Did  the  Apostolic  churches  have  anything 
more?  They  held  their  first  councils  just  like 
the  old  and  divinely  inspired  model  council  at 
Jerusalem.  Could  either  reason  or  revelation 
ask  anything  more  of  them? 

Before  closing  this  part  of  our  article,  wo  turn 
to  page  ten  of  brother  Kurtz's  Encyclopedia  and 
copy  the  following  account  of  the  "origin  of 
Annual  meetings"  among  the  Brethren,  and 
liow  they  were  held  by  our  people  in  days  of 
yore: 

THE  ORIGIN  OF  ANNUAL  SIEETINOS. 

"  From  our  forthcoming  History  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  America,  which  shall  be  published  as  soon 
OS  possible,  if  the  Lord  will  spare  us  yet  so  long, 
Ve  will  find  that  the  first  conipany  of  our  Breth- 
ren, having  arrived  in  1719,  almost  150  years 
ago,  held  their  firat  love  feast  in  Germnntown, 
Pa.,  on  Christmas-day,  December  25, 1723,  and 
previous  to  this,  we  are  informed, '  they  had  im- 
portjmt  work.'  They  remembered  difficulties, 
which  had  occurred  in  Crei'eld  (Gernmny)  al- 
ready. They  were  indeed  a  branch  of  a  church, 
but  not  yet  a  church  (sufficiently  organiited  mid 
established)  that  could  assume  (the  authoritj)  to 
administer  the  sacraments  (ordinances).  But 
the  chief  difficulty  was,  that  tliere  were  still 
differences  among  tliemselves,  and  they  only  of 
late  had  commenced  to  come  togetjier.  After 
all  these  difficulties  had  been  workefl  through 
in  the  spirit,  they  at  last  agreed  to  gmtiiy  them 
(the  new  converts,  who  desired  baptism  and  be- 
ing received  into  fellowship,  and  and  also  to 
hold  the  love  feast).'  So  then  we  have  a  record 
not  only  of  the  first  churth  visit,  the  first  meet- 
ing for  public  worship,  the  fii-st  baptism  and  the 
first  love  feast,  but  also  of  the  first  council 
meeting,  and  in  fact  the  first  general  council  or 


yearly  meeting  ever  held  in  thiscounlry:  and  it 
is  presumable  that  the  love  fea.sts  were  connect- 
ed and  preceded  by  such  council  meetings  the 
dty  before  love  feast,  and  that  these  council 
meetings  being  attended  by  meml>ers  and  min- 
isters from  cver>-  church,  were  sufficient  for  ev- 
er)' purpose  during  the  first  thirty  or  forty 
years,  while  the  churches  were  confined  at  first 
within  a  territory  bonlcred  only  by  the  Dela- 
ware river  on  the  eiLst  and  the  Scluiylkilt  on  the 
west,  and  at  a  Inter  date  by  the  Siisqueliann: 
the  west.  But  as  the  churches  multipltetl,  and 
extended  into  New  Jei'sey  on  the  cast  and  be- 
yond the  Snsquelinnna  on  the  west,  and  even 
into  Maryland,  &c.,  and  it  thus  becoming  im- 
practicable,for  all  th6  churches  to  be  represent- 
ed at  every  ordinary  love  feast,  it  became  a 
necessity  to  set  apart  every  year  a  certain  time, 
and  appoint  from  year  to  year  u  place  for  such 
ft  general  council.  This  was  done,  as  far  as  we 
can  learn,  a  little  after  the  middle  of  last  centu- 
ry, and  consequently  a  little  over  a  hundred 
yeai-s  ago.  The  first  council  meeting  had  been 
held,  as  we  have  seen,  about  Christmas,  the  pre- 
sumed birthday  of  the  Savior,  but  noiv  a  more 
proper  time  wa.i  chosen  in  fixing  Pentecost  of 
every  year,  the  birthday  of  the  church,  for  the 
big  meeting,  as  it  was  called  even  to  a  recent 
day  of  our  own  reeoUeeiion.  With  regard  to 
the  place,  it  was  concluded  at  a  late  day,  that 
the  big  meetings  should  be  held  alternately,  one 
year  east  of  the  Sasquelianua,  and  the  next 
year  west  of  that  river.  The  chtirches  spread- 
ing further  west  and  south,  the  Allegheny 
mountains  were  considered  as  the  dividing  line 
for  a  time  in  this  respect,  and  still  more  recent- 
ly the  Ohio  river  was  named  as  such  line. 

HOW  THE  TEAULY  MEETINGS  WEKE  HELD. 

That  they  were  at  fii^st  held  in  the  most  simple 
manner,  even  as  our  ordinary  council  meetings 
have  been  held  up  to  our  own  times,  is  evident 
fi-om  all  the  testimony  we  could  gather.  Breth- 
ren met  on  Friday  morning  before  Pentecost, 
and  opened  as  usual  by  singing,  exhortotion, 
prayer,  and,  perhaps,  re.iding  the  Scriptures. 
Having  met  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  invited 
him  to  preside  over  the  meeting,  and  prayed  for 
the  Holj'  Spirit  to  guide  and  lUrcct  all  hearts, 
they  considered  the  meeting  ready  for  business. 
Cases  were  presented  and  decided,  questions  ask- 
ed and  answered,  all  by  word  of  mouth,  as  ui 
ordinary  council  meetings;  there  was  no  clerk 
ehoseu  nor  minute  taken,  and  hence  it  is  that 
our  records  are  so  meagre  for  the  fii^t  twenty- 
five  or  thirty  yearly  Fen  tecostial  meetings.    But 

will  lie  made  to  appear  more  at  large  in  our 
forthcoming  '  History  of  the  Brethren,'  when 
any  important  case  or  cases  had  been  presented, 
it  was  answered  aftj;rwaiTl  by  letter  to  the  church 
or  churches  that  had  pre.sented  them.  Of  these 
uscript  letters  a  goodly  inmibor  yet  extant 
have  been  collected  with  great  care,  and  are 
embodied  in  this  present  work." 

Let  each  reader  .study  brother  Kurtx's  remarks 
well,  then  turn  to  Acts  fifteen  and  eomiinre  the 
practice  of  our  ancient  Brethren  ivith  the  old 
Apostolic  order.  Do  this  till  next  week,  and 
then,  if  tlie  Loi-d  willing,  we  shall  commence 
here  we  now  leave  off,  .ajid  carry  the  subject 
up  to  the  present  time.  J.  n.  ii. 


HEAVEN  AND  HELL. 

WHAT  are  they?  Simply  states  of  mind— 
this,  and  nothing  more,  nothing  less. 
Heaven  is  n  happy,  and  hell  an  unhappy  state  of 

iud.  Happiness,  that  results  from  the  con- 
sciousness of  rightKloing,  is  heaven;  unhappi- 
I  that  results  from  the  consciousness  of 
wrong-doing,  is  hell.  Conscious  innocence  is 
conscious  heaven;  conscious  guilt  is  conscious 
hell.  Self-approval  is  heaven;  and  heaven  can- 
not be  in  the  soul  without  it.  Self-condemna- 
tion is  helf,  and>vithoutitthei-oisno  hell.  The 
man  who  is  self-approved  is  self-sustained,  has 
heaven  in  him;  but  self-condemned,  he  has  no 
sustaining  power  within;  he  has  no  courage,  no 
inward  support;  he  sinks  in  his  own  esteem;  he 
falls,  and  is  in  a  moral  paralysis — he  is  bi  hell 

no;  he  is  not  in  hell,  but  hvH  is  in  him. 

Heaven,  or  hell,  then,  is  a  state  of  mind,  and 
exists  nowhere  in  the  univei-se  for  us  but  in  our 
souls.  As  is  our  state  of  mind,  so  is  our 
heaven  or  our  hell.  They  exist  only  in  the  hu- 
man soul.  G . 

We  clip  the  above  from  Tlie  Misslouarif  pub- 
Ikhed  at   Towanda,   Pa.      The   conclusion  of 

G is,  that  heaven  and  hell  arc  not  jilnces, 

but  a  condition  of  something — the  state  of  the 
soul.  It  is  said  of  Ai,  that  "  the  smoke  of  the 
city  ascended  up  to  heaven "  (Josh.  8:  20). 
Did  the  smoke  of  the  city  only  ascend  up  to  the 
condition  of  the  mind?  To  the  condition  of 
whose  mind?  Again  we  rciid  in  God's  Book 
that  "  Jesus  lifted  up  his  eyes  to  heaven."    Did 


He  simply  lift  up  His  eyes  to  the  condition  of 
His  mind?  When  Jesus  went  to  His  Father, 
His  disciples  stood  looking  "steadfastly  towanl 
hoaveil "  its  the  Lord  "  went  up."  Looked  "  to- 
ward" the  condition  of  their  mind,  did  they? 
Did  Jesus  go  up  in  the  condition  of  their  minds, 
and  then  they  stood  gazing  up  into  the  state  of 
their  own  minds?  What  absurdity!  Ajid  yet, 
this  is  the  only  conclusion  that  can  be  drawn 

from  the  position  assumed  by  6 ,     Heaven 

is  «  pirwa,  not  the  condition  of  a  place.  Heav- 
en is  not  time,  ttia)inc>;  nor  comlition,  but  a  real 
place. 

David  declares  that  "  the  wicked  shall  be 
turned  into  hell.'*  Does  the  term  "  hell "  here 
mean  that  the  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  a 
"  state  of  mind?  "  If  hell  "  exists  nowhere  in 
the  univeree  for  us  but  in  our  souls,"  then  the 
ivicked,  whose  state  of  mind  is  already  evil,  shall 
be  turned  into  a  wicked  condition  of  the  mind. 
They  will  not  be  hiriieti  info  hdl,  but  being  evil 
will  be  turned  into  the  condition  of  the  wicked 
Ah,  how  your  rope  of  sand  melts  away  before 
the  sword  of  the  Spirit! 

Again,  wo  are  taught  that  "  death  and  boll 
delivered  up  the  dead  which  were  in  them" 
(Rev.  20: 14).  Were  the  dead  in  the  condition 
of  the  mind?  If  so,  whoso  mind?  Here  it 
expressly  stated  that  hell,  a  place,  delivered  up 
somothing,  "  the  dead."  It  is  not  said  that  a 
condition  of  the  mind  delivered  up  the  dead, 
but  IwU  did  the  delivering.  jt.  m.  e. 


HOW    IS    THIS  ? 

THIS  is  the  way  one  of  our  subscribers 
writes:  "I  was  at  the  post  office  one  day, 
and  there  wo.-^  a  ministering  brother  there  also. 
I  received  my  paper,  the  BnETUitEN  at  Work, 

and  he  the State  Jounial  and  two  other 

political  papers.  I  tried  to  slunv  him  the  BreiH' 
REN  AT  Work,  and  asked  him  why  he  did  not 
take  it?  He  replied  that  he  did  not  patronize 
church  papers,  neither  did  he  think  it  was 
■ight  for  any  one  else  to  do  so.  I  asked  him^ 
why?  He  said  it  was  making  merchandise  of 
the  Word  of  God,  and  when  brethren  published 
their  talents  in  books  and  pamphlet  form  and 
then  sell  it  (if  it  was  the  truth)  it  was  selling 
the  Word  of  God,  and  the  Word,  says  he, 
■  shall  lie  bought  without  money  mid  without 
price.' " 

We  wonder  if  that  preacher  ever  bought  a 
Bible?  Did  he  get  it  without  money  and  with- 
out price?  Supposing  a  brother  were  to  print 
number  of  Bibles,  must  he  give  them  all 
away?  Have  those  who  print  Bibles  a  right  to 
sell  them?  If  not,  then  those  who  patronize 
them  do  wrong.  Does  that  preacher  patronize 
them  when  he  buys  a  Bible.  He  has  no  money 
for  a  religious  paper  for  his  family,  but  plenty 
of  it  for  political  journals;  no  money  for  those 
ivho  are  working  hard  to  disseminate  the  prin- 
ciples of  truth,  but  plenty  of  it  for  unconvert- 
ed politicians,  who  are  spreading  their  corrup- 
tion and  discord  over  the  country.  He  has  a 
conscience  that  allows  him  to  patronize  world- 
ly institutions,  but  not  a  religious  enterprise; 
ho  has  no  ta.ste  for  the  good,  religious  matter 
written  by  his  brethren,  but  relishes  that,  writ- 
ten by  unconverted  and  corrupt  men.  Straws 
show  which  way  the  wind  blows.  If  that 
preacher  would  spend  his  iime  reading  the 
good  books  and  pamphlets  published  by  the 
brethren  instead  of  reading  secular  papers,  he 
would  doubtless  be  setting  a  bettor  example,  if 
it  would  not  make  a  better  i)reacher  of  him.  — 
If  any  of  our  readei-s  can  find  that  preacher, 
they  will  please  let  him  read  this  article. 

^^_^^^.—  •'■  ^-  "■ 

HAHSH    WORDS. 

HARSH-woids  are  hke  hail  stones  in   Sum- 
mer, —  heating    down    and    destroying 
hat  they  would  nourish   if  they  were  melted 
into  drops. — Enoch  Ehj. 

And  in  harmony  with  the  idea  of  our  dear 
brother,  Solomon  says  that  "  A  soft  answer 
turneth  away  wrath;  but  grievous  words  stir 
up  anger,"  and  "  a  soft  tongue  breafceth  a 
bone."  How  many  there  are  who  delight  in 
sending  forth  the  hail  stones  that  beat  down 
and  destroy.  Better  far  to  let  them  melt  in  the 
mouth,  and  then  they  will  run  out  in  a  gentle 
shower,  nourishing  and  building  up.  Harsh 
words  have  not  in  them  any  soul-cheering, 
soul-inspiring  power.  They  tear  down,  over- 
throw and  mutilate  to  no  good  purpose.  A 
soft  tongue  breaketh  many  a  bony  heart.   Kind 


never  die.    Their  effects  grniv  and  grow, 
eternity  reveals  thorn  in  all  their  gnind- 


wonls 

until  eternity  revi 

How  often,  do  those  who  are  supposed  to  bo 
empowered  to  "  rebuke,"  do  so  in  a  haiMike 
manner  instead  of  rain-like!  Instead  of  doing 
so  with  "  all  long-suffering,"  it  is  done  with 
harsh  words,  and  an  air  of  authority  as  if  the 
rcbnker  were  incapable  of  doing  as  the  Lord 
direct,i.  How  many  lender  lambs,  full  of  love 
and  zeal  for  the  cause,  are  driven  away  out  on 
the  barre^i  hills  by  Imi'sb  words?  How  many 
who  are  able  to  "eat  meat,"  are  made  to  weep 
and  sorrow  because  some  brother  used  hail  stone 
words?  Ah,  the  bitter  pangs,  the  hcart-rond- 
ings  that  fill  many  places.  —  all  because  some 
person  in  authority  used  not  soft  words. 

Soft  words,  tender  words,  —  woi"ds  of  sym- 
pathy are  noble  and  divine-  like,  and  those  who 
use  them  are  silently  but  surely  doing  a  work 
that  will  stand  to  their  honor  in  eternity,  — 
When  I  hear  a  man  use  hai-sh  wonis  just  be- 
cause he  can,  I  begin  to  conclude  that  he  is 
proud  and  wants  to  show  himself,  and  he  does. 
He  shows  how  ill  he  is  qualified  to  speak  to 
any  onu,  and  he  himself  becomes  an  object  of 
l'it.V-  ^^_^^__^  M.  sr.  E. 

Brother  T.  J.  Allen,  of  Storkton,  Mo., 
writes  that  they  have  now  organized  a  church 
in  Cedar  county,  \vith  eighteen  members.  This 
sounds  like  news  from  home,  for  we  spent  five 
j-em-s  of  our  boyhood  life  in  the  northern  part 
of  that  county  and  have  always  had  alikingfor 
that  part  of  the  State.  Before. the  war  there 
was  a  church  there  of  some  thirty  or  forty  mem- 
bers, of  which  brother  Wm.  Gish,  who  now 
lives  in  Kansas,  was  older.  As  we  left  soon  af- 
ter the  commencement  of  the  war,  wo  have 
beard  but  little  of  the  \vorkings  of  the  church 
till  now.  Hope  the  Brethren  will  prosper,  and 
sueeccd  in  building  up  a  good  congregation  in 
that  part  of  the  West.  Wo  have  many  fond 
recollections  of  life  in  that  countrj-.  If  we  are 
not  mistaken,  there  is  n  small  congregation  a 
short  distance  South  of  Osceola,  in  the  beautiful 
and  fertile  bottoms  of  Sack  river,  and  not  very 
far  from  the  North  line  of  Cedar  county.  Will 
some  one  please  write  us  regarding  this? 

_       J.  H,  M. 

TuE  third  edition  of  brother  Miller's  defense 
of  the  Brethren's  doctrine  is  now  out,  and  hav- 
ing just  received  another  lot  we  are  now  ready 
to  fill  orders.  Price  Sl.CO  by  mail,  post  paid, 
and  may  be  ordered  of  us,  or  R,  H.  Miller,  L(t- 
doga,  Ind. 


UNAHSWEEED  QUESTIOITS. 

mc  In  nnaiver,  >ve  give  somo  of  llicm  below,  hoping  our 
3rrcs(iopdc!ntH  iviU  iiiil  iin  iti  lliia  depnrinnjut.  Lol  jour 
nsivora  bo  sliorl  nnil  lo  llio  point. 


Did  Christ  dio  n  QoJ-forankcn  mim  ac(»rdiiig  lo  the  fol- 
lowing Scripture?  "MyGoil,  my  Ooi],  whj  liuat  thou 
foreiikcn  mc?  "     Murk  IS:  BJ.  J.J.  Hooven. 

Will  Boma  of  yqu  pUtue  gWe  nu  explanalian  on  tha  Sf< 
conlh  verse,  lliird  chapter  a r  Ist  CoriDlhinnsT 

D.  A.  W, 

I  fvish  lo  know,  tlirbiigh  yoiii'  pujier,  (be  menning  of  Iho 
nh  vciso  of  tho  third  clmplcr  TiluH. 


Would  f  ou  or  somo  otber  brotbor  plcoae  give  ui  your 
eiva  on  (ho  third  verso  o(  the  serenth  ohapler  of  He- 
civB?  "  Without  folher,  withoul  mothtir,  ivithout  do- 
ent,  having  neither  loginning  of  days  nor  cud  of  life, 
it  mnde  liko  ualo  Iho  Son  of  Qod  nbideth  n  priest  coa- 
(inuolly."  Maria  B.  Heejitasd. 

nnn  claiming  to  be  a  minister  sf  tho  Gospel,  In  a. 
aermon  ogainat  fcot-waahlng,  defied  the  norld  (o  ihow, 
from  snereil  or  profane  hiitoij,  that  the  Gentile  church 
■er  practiced  the  ordinance  of  feet-iviishingi  and  W.  C, 
lurmnn.  In  hi."  booh  on  feet-ivashing,  page  50,  00,  says  it 
might  bo  shoivn  ttvia  ohurch  hialory,  tknt  feel-wiubiDg 
lin.1,  from  tho  night  of  ila  iaslitution,  down  lo  the  proteut 
day,  always  heon  obBcrvgil  us  nu  ordinance  of  the  churob. 
ivliich  istruo?  Pteuau  iatorm  me  Ibrough  your  pa- 
per. Samuel  Sala, 


I'leAao  give  me  an  cxplanalion  of  Ibo  second  chapter  of 
aeoond  Thcssalouions,  from  tho  Erst  to  tho  (welnb  verao 
inclusive.  D.  Lkatheehah. 

ricaac  ciplain,  through  tho  paper,  tho  Striplure  fouud 
1  Acta  2:  17,  18,  concoroing   the  prophesying  of  dangli- 
;ra.    Also  reconcile  uhal  I'aul  says  in  1  Cor.  14;  34. 
S.  Brdhpavob. 

llid  Ihe  apoallo  I'quI  rccyivo  tho   Holy  Ghost  before  ho 
113  iMipliicd  t    Vlewm  answer  through  the  paper. 

J.  E.  U. 


TI-IE    BRETHKEjST    ^VT    "VVOKK. 


April   '•^•~ 


f /,f  §amc  §inh. 


BEAD  AND  OBEV. 

"  Husbands,  late 

■'Wilms,    ohoy    yoi 

"FdlhorB,  proYokc  not  yoi 

'■  CbilJrcn,    obey    your    pa 


huabnnda." 
children  'o  vrroth." 
ulH    in    nil    tilings. 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 


Cannot  Go  to  Meeting.' 
■  THINK  of  tbe  iimny  this  morning  v 


to  meeting  for  six  months,  and  0  how  she  longs 
to  go  to-day.  God  blesa  you,  dear  sister,  in 
your  isolated  condition.  Bretbron,  seek,  sucb, 
and  sing  and  pray  with  them.  Do  them  good 
whenever  yon  can.  Their  lot  is  truly  n  hard 
one.  They  need  sympathy  and  encourage- 
ment.—M.  M.  ESHBLMAN. 


X  away  from  the  main  body  of  the  church- 
are  isiilated  and  cannot  go  to  worship  \vith  their 
brethren  and  sisters.  There  are  many  such' 
Perhaps  you  once  lived  in  a  large  and  flomish- 
ing  congregation  where  the  members  can  all  gt 
to  a  laige  house,  comfortably  warmed  and  seat- 
ed, and  there  enjoyed  the  words  of  truth  as  they 
were  read  or  si)oken.  Yes,  brother,  sister,  you 
once  lived  where  you  saw  your  bretlnen  often, 
but  because  of  poverty  you  were  compelled'  to 
go  to  some  country  wliere  land  is  cheap,  that 
you  might  have  a  place  called  "  home."  How 
you  would  have  liked  to  stay  where  yo\i  could 
go  to  meeting  eveij  Sunday,  but  you  cov.ld  not. 
Go  away  you  must,  and  you  went;  and  now  you 
cannot  go  to  meeting  this  morning.  0  how 
your  heart  would  leap  for  joy  if  yon  could  go  to 
meeting  once  more!  You  ai-e  very  hungry  for 
the  bread  of  life,  luid  the  fellowship  of  the  saiuta. 
0  how  you  long  for  a  few  brethren  aud  sistere 
to  come  and  sing  and  pray  with  you!  If  a  fe^v 
would  just  now  come  in,  how  full  of  rejoicing 
you  would  be-  You  would  not  cave  for  the  brok 
en  remarks,  the  feeble  voice,  the  bashful  look- 
yoii  are  liungry,  and  the  words  of  comfort  would 
be  gold  to  yon  now.  Ah  how  happy  you  would 
be,  if  n  poor,  "unlearned"  brother  or  sister 
should,  this  morning,  wall:  into  your  lonely 
cottnge  and  talk  of  Jesus  to  you!  What  full- 
ness of  joy  would  he  in  that  house. 

But  I  waut  to  encournge  you  this  beautiful 
morning  with  the  words  of  .Jesus.  "  I  have 
chosen  you  out  of  the  world,"  therefore  "  let 
your  light  shine,"  that  otheis  may  he  constraiii- 
ed  to  follow  Jcaus.  First,  Ih-e  rUjhi;  this  will 
have  a  powerful  effect  on  your  neighboi-s.  Sec- 
ond, when  you  have  thus  gained  theii-  lovo  aud 
respect,  iisk  them  to  coiue  to  your  house,  and 
there  try  to  instruct  them.  Do  uot  say  you  can- 
not. A  wan  that  can  tell  how  he  plows,  can 
tell  how  he  is  saved;  and  he  that  can  tell  how 
he  was  saved,  can  toll  how  others  may  be  saved, 
for  all  men  are  saved  alike— are  saved  by  the 
?ame  Savior,  have  the  same  Book,  the  same 
Spirit  to  lend  and  guide  them.  Ah,  but  you  -lay 
you  are  no  preacher — have  not  been  called.  Do 
not  mistake.  He  who  shall  he  king  and  priest 
of  God  in  yonder  world,  is  cert^ainly  fit  to  tell 
sinnere  to  come  to  Jesus.  Work  for  sinners: 
work  to  build  up  the  church,  not  only  in  num- 
Ijcrs  but  in  piety  and  godliness.  Y'es,  you  would 
like  to  sifc  in  a  comfortable  meeting-hotse,  with 
brethren  to  your  right  and  left,  and  listen  to 
some  one  preach,  hut  you  cannot.  The  Lord 
bless  you  in  your  loneliness. 

And  then  you  are  exposed  to  the  jeers  and 
taunts  of  the  world  much  more  than  tliose  who 
almost  wholly  make  up  a  community.  Yom- 
plainness  is  a  sxibject  of  remsirk  by  both  the 
popular  proli3ssor  aud  the  worldly  person.  Your 
mode  of  worship,  yonr  plain  habits,  your  devo- 
tion to  Bible  principles  are  talked  about  in  a 
light  nmnnev.  But  be  patient,  beloved  in  the 
Lord,  and  ncv<-r  give  up  the  old  ship.  Hold  to 
the  helm,  keep  the  sails  up  and  yon  will  sail 
through  in  safety.  To  speak  evil  of  God's  ways, 
God's  people,  is  to  speak  evil  of  God  Himself, 
and  all  such  naughtiness  God  will  avenge.  0, 
never  leave  Jesus!  Cling  to  Jesus!  How  He 
loves  you!  You  were  baptized  into  His  death, 
therefore  abide  in  Him.  Look  up  and  behold 
His  care,  His  love.  Head  the  Bible,  pray  much 
in  secret,  talk  Jesus  to  your  neighboi-s  und  he- 
hold  the  work  of  the  Lord  in  your  midst.  For 
every  Ullh.  that  you  do,  God  will  Aovuivh.  But 
He  wants  you  to  do  your  part.  True,  your  bur- 
dens are  great,  the  cross  heavy,  but  0,  what  is 
'  more  pleasant  and  profitable  than  working  in 
God's  vineyaul!'  God  pity  the  poor,  isolated 
brother  aud  sister  this  morning!  They  have 
many  trials,  many  temptations  to  overcome. 
We  who  have  all  things  convenient  know  but 
little  of  your  hardships.  But  I  would  encour- 
age you  to  overcome  them  by  irorhhiff  forsouls. 
You  want  those  around  j'ou  of  the  same  fnitli. 
M'ork  for  them.  Take  God's  tools  and  work 
with  them. 

But  I  now  think  of  some  poor  sistei-s  whase 
husbands  are  not  yet  in  Christ.  They  live  quite 
a  distance  from  the  regulai'  places  of  meeting. 
Thoj  want  to  go  to  meeting  this  morning,  but 
the  husband  says,  "  0  no,  we  cannot  go  to-day; 
I  want  to  i-est."  Ah!  my  friend,  were  you  at 
rest  in  Jesns,  you  could  not  stay  away  from 
meeting  tinluv-     Poor  sister!  she  has  not  bei 


A    TALK    WITH     MY    YOUNG 
FRIENDS. 

ILOVK  to  meet  and  talk  with  young  people, 
and  take  great  pleasure  in  hearing  them 
talk.  That  you  may  know  I  do,  I  will  tell  you 
how  lonesome  I  have  been  the  past  week,  for  I 
was  not  permitted  to  meet  with  my  young  folks 
(my  seholara)  because  the  directors  thought  it 
proper  to  close  school  for  a  short  time,  to  pre- 
vent the  spread  of  that  loathsome  disease,  diph- 
theria, which  has  been  raging  for  some  time  in 
this  place. 

About  four  weeks  ago,  a  little  girl  in  this 
neighborhood  took  the  dreadful  disease  and  died. 
About  the  same  time  one  of  my  pupils  was  kept 
from  school,  und  on  learning  the  cau^e  of  her 
absence,  I  found  that  she  too  had  taken  the  dis- 
ease.   She  hud  ti  sweet  little  brother,  Willie, 


who  came  with  her  to  school  pvery  day.  After 
she  took  sick,  he  came  alone,  bmigmg  me  word 
from  her  every  morning  until  finally  he  took 
the  disease  too,  aud  it  wa.s  not  long  nutil  anoth- 
er of  my  pupils  whom  I  will  call  little  Alfred, 
took  it,  and  then  another,  Alfred's  little  brother 
Sidney.  The  nest  time  I  saw  Willie,  he  was  in  . 
his  coffin.  He  did  not  look  like  one  dead,  but 
like  one  sleeping  aud  dreaming  an  angel  dream; 
for  on  his  face  was  a  smile  of  joy.  As  I  watch- 
ed thein  filling  up  the  grave  I  thought, 
"  One  move  buried  beneath  the  sod. 

One  more  standing  before  his  God; 
We  should  not  weep  that  he  has  gone, 

With  >i3  'tis  night,  mill  him  'tis  mom." 
The  morning  after  Willie  was  buried,  and  my 
pupils  and  I  had  again  met  at  school  and  were 
busily  engaged  in  our  daily  work,  some  one  rap- 
ped. On  going  to  the  door  to  learn  who  was 
there,  I  met  a  gentleman  who  had  come  to  tell 
us  that  little  Alfred  was  dead.  0,  how  sad  it 
was!  He  was  to  be  buried  tbe  ue.xt  <hiy.  I  did 
not  attend  the  funeral,  but  went  home  to  see 
the  dear  ones  there.  On  Sunday  evening  when 
I  returned  again,  they  (the  people  ^vith  whom  I 
board),  told  me  that  Sidney  was  qiiite  sick  and 
could  not  get  well,  but  must  follow  his  little 
brother  Alfred.  They  took  me  to  see  him,  but 
we  were  too  late;  he  was  gone.  We  found  the 
bereaved  father,  mother,  sister  and  brother 
weeping  for  the  dear  one,  who  but  a  short  time 
ago,  was  a  laughing,  joyful  member  of  the  cir- 
cle. The  baby  brother  was  sleeping,  unaware 
of  what  had  taken  place. 

Lust  Monday  these  three  vemaiuing  childiuu 
were  well,  but  to-da)'  the  sister  and  brother  are 
very  sick.  The  baby  brother  too  was  sick,  hut 
is  better  now.  I  hoped  they  would  escape  the 
dreadful  disease,  b\it  ere  long  my  hope  faded 
away, 
"  Thus  youth  and  beauty  for  awhile 

The  cheek  and' eye  will  show. 
But  scarce  they  claim  the  tribute  smile 

Ere  death  will  lay  them  low." 
To-morrow  I  will  op^u  school  again.  0  what 
a  change  there  will  be  from  the  scene  in  the 
same  school-room!  How  we  will  mks  the  dear 
little  ones  who  have  left  us  here  and  joined  the 
heavenly  school.  I  will  miss  them  sadly,  for  I 
loved  them  deavly.  They  were  beautiful,  and 
more  than  beautiful,  they  were  good.  Their 
seats  will  be  vacant,  and  I  will  miss  thein  in 
their  classes,  those  bright  faces  aud  sparkling 
eyes  and  sweet  little  voices  that  would  sound  so 
well  when  reciting.  My  pupils  will  miss  them 
on  the  play-ground  and  school-room.  And  thc- 
vacancieS  they  leave  at  their  homes  are  too  nu- 
merous to  tell,  for  they  were  remarkably  studi- 
ous and  ambitious,  also  obliging  and  obedient, 
both  at  home  and  at  school.  Willie  was  very 
amiable  witli  his  little  sister;  he  would  help  her 
to  put  on  her  wrappings  befoi-e  Idaving  the 
school-room  and  always  carried  the  dinner  pail. 
Little  sisters  and  brothers  are  you  kind  to 
each  other?  I  tell  you  this  story  so  that  those 
of  you  who  have  brothere  aud  sisters  will 
them  aud  be  kind  to  them,  for  you  do  not  know 
how  soon  they  too  may  be  called  to  leav. 
And,  dear  readers,  those  of  you  who  have  kind 
parents  to  provide  food  aud  raiment  for  you,  do 
you  appreciate  them?  Do  you  love  and  obey 
them?  Remember  that  they  too  may  die  and 
leave  you  alone  in  this  world.  Then  will 
thoughts  of  the  lost  ones  crowd  tliemselves  upou 
yonr  mind;  then  will  you  be  forced  to  acknowl- 
edge that  their  teachings  and  prayers  for  you 
were  earnest  and  right,  yet  you  heeded  them  not; 
then  will  arise  iu  your  mind  the  many  slight 
acts  of  disobedience,  and  sometimes  open  rebell- 
ion, by  which  you  have  grieved  your  ever  too 


indulgent  parents.  But  on  the  other  baud  if 
you  will  be  obedient  and  kind,  it  will  not  be  a 
final  parting,  but  will  seem  only  as  though  they 
had  gone  before  you  to  their  long,  last,  happy 
home,  where  you  can  hope,  when  your  work  on 
earth  is  finished,  to  join  them  to  piu-t  no  more. 
My  dear,  young  readei-s,  are  you  prepared  to 
meet  your  God?  If  not,  begin  "  while  it  is  yet 
called  to-day."  Does  not  even  reason  tell  us 
plainly,  that  now  is  the  only  time  we  can  call 
our  own?  We  are  sure  of  this  moment,  but 
the  next  may  never  be  ours,  ■  Why,  then,  when 
uncertain,  not  attend  at  once,  to  so  im- 
portant a  matter?  It  is  your  heavenly  Father 
who  watches  over  you  and'  cares  for  yon  always. 
He  can  do  more  to  keep  you  from  evil  tlnui  the 
most  watchful  eye  of  a  loving  father  on  earth 
ever  could,  if  you  will  only  ask  Him.  Then 
come  to  Him  now,  while  you  are  young.  God, 
in  His  holy  Wonl  says,  "  Kemember  now  thy 
Creator  iu  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while  theeril 
days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them." 
"  They  that  seek  me  early,  shall  find  me,"  Then 
why  put  off  so  important  a  subject  till  some 
more  convenient  season?  for  that  will  never 
come.  He  is  waiting  now  with  outstretched 
arms  to  receive  you,  if  you  will  but  give  up  all 
else  for  Him.  Christ  does  not  ask  you  to  pur- 
chase His  love;  He  makes  it  a  free  gift  to  all 
who  accept  it  upon  His  own  gracious  terms,  und 
I  am  sure  they  are  easy.  He  only  wants  us  to 
love  Him — to  give  ouv  whole  hearts  to  Him.  I 
wonder  how  I  could  live  so  long  without  Christ! 
How  ungrateful  and  wcked  I  have  been!  But 
I  hope  that  I  shall  always  love  Him  now.  I  am 
made  happy  by  the  presence  of  God's  Holy 
Spirit.  Often,  when  I  was  made  to  feel  uneasy. 
did  I  try  to  still  the  voice  within  me,  which  was 
constantly  calling  me  to  come  to  Christ  and  live, 
by  going  more  and  more  into  the  ways  of  the 
world;  but  I  could  not  help  seeing  the  empti- 
ness of  the  world  and  its  vanities,  upou  which 
I  depended  lor  all  my  pleasures,  as  compared 
with  the  all-s\ifficicncy  of  the  great  Savior,  I 
was  then  forced  to  ndmit  that  the  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  was  a  good  thing,  and  that  some 
day  I  would  embrace  it.  Thank  God,  that  day 
came !  Oh  that  baptismal  day!  Never  was  there 
a  day  half  so  beautiful ;  never  before  had  i 
iounded  so  sweet,  for  T  was  now  about  to  follow 
the  footsteps  of  Him  who  had  meekly  bowe<l 
His  head  beneath  Jordan's  wave.  Never  befoi* 
did  words  seem  half  so  expressive  as  those  which 
fell  from  the  lips  of  the  minister  on  that  day; 
and  when  it  was  all  over — when  I  had  "  sought 
and  found  "  the  place  where  Jesus  lay,  how  hap- 
py I  felt  in  the  consciousness  of  doing  right! 
It  was  a  day  of  gladness  and  joy. 

Let  me  now  entreat  yon,  my  dear  friends,  to 
think  seriously  upon  what  Christ  ha.^  done  for 
you,  andVhat  He  ofters  to  you.  It  is  not  safe 
to  put  it  off  a  moment  longer.  This  moment  is 
yours;  God  in  His  infinite  mercy,  has  given  it 
to  you;  but  the  next  hiuy  be  withheld;  it  may 
never  be  youi-s;  then  before  I  close,  let  me  urge 
upon  you  once  more,  the  importance  of  at  once 
accepting  Clmst  Jesus  as  your  Friend  and 
Savior.    Much  love  to  all. 

MaRV  J.  SlEES. 

Y<-lloir  Crrvl;  III. 


WHAT  CAN  I  DO  FOR  JESUS? 

WHAT  can  I  do  for  Jesus? 
I'm  such  a  little  cliild; 
Can  I  make  known  His  goodness, 

His.il^l.-itiHi,  mild? 
WIml  wuitlii  I  il.i  fur  Jesus 

If  I  hud  but  the  power? 
Alas!  1  feel  my  weakness, 

I'm  such  a  little  flower. 

I  cannot  preach  the  Gospel, 

To  eager,  listening  ears. 
Nor  fight  His  glorious  battles, 

Who  am  so  young  in  years. 
Can  I  do  naught  for  Jesus, 

For  His  kind  love  to  me? 
0  yes,  I'll  sing  His  praises, 

Who  died  upon  the  tree. 

Yes,  I  can  sing  for  Jcsns, 

And  He  will  liear  my  song. 
Who  wishes  little  children 

Join  the  heavenly  throng; 
He  loves  to  hear  the  voices, 

Of  little  ones  like  me. 
And,  smiling,  say  His  kingdom. 

Shall  too  our  kingdom  he. 

ril  pray  and  sing  to  Jesus, 

The  little  children's  Friend, 
Who  gave  His  life  to  save  us. 

From  torment  without  end. 
The  sound  of  children's  voices 

His  willing  ear  doth  greet; 
Then  sing  and  pi-ay  to  Je-'us, 

For  children's  prayei-s  are  sweet. 

Selected  hy  Wii.FRKn  llic 


CHILDREJf  AT    WORK. 


From  Gridtii  Fislior : — I  live  with  my  good, 
kind  mother  aud  two  brothel's.  We  are  seven 
children  living;  three,  together  withmy  father, 
lie  buried  on  the  bank  of  the  Tippecanoe  river. 
Father  and  little  Bettie  are  buried  in  one  grave. 
0  how  sad  we  felt  when  they  died!  I  go  to 
school  and  want  to  learn  all  I  can.  My  broth- 
er-in-law takes  your  paper,  and  he  gives  it  to 
me  to  take  to  mother  to  read.  I  became  so  fojul 
of  the  little  folks'  letters  that  I  wislf  to  do  iny 
part.    Let  iis  try  to  be  good, 

Oder  Cvek,  hid. 

From  P.  D.  McKeever:— I  go  to  meeting 
and  like  to  hear  the  minist-er  preach  about  Jesus. 
"Children  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord:  for 
this  is  right.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  moth- 
er, which  is  the  first  command  with  promise." 

Middkhitry,  Iiid. 

From  Jacob  Bomgardner:— I  am  a  poor 
orphan  boy,  and  live  with  my  sister  Mary.  I 
have  a  little  blind  brother;  and  oh  how  thank- 
ful I  am  lo  God  for  my  eyesight  when  I  see  my 
brother  read  his  Bible  with  his  fingera.  I  am 
not  a  member  of  the  church,  but  I  like  to  go  to 
meeting.  I  hope  the  gootl  Lord  will  spare  me, 
so  that  when  I  am  older,  I  may  become  a  mem- 
ber.    Let  ua  all  be  good  children. 

MiddUbiinj,  Jnd. 


"  Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  every 
one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store  as  God  hath 
prospered  hiui." — Paid. 


THE  OTHER  FAMILY. 

Dew  Child irn:— 

I  AM  now  ready  to  tell  you  something  about 
that  olhei-  fnmilij,  I  am  glad  I  don't  need 
to  pain  your  feelings  again  by  giving  j'ou  such 
a  sad  picture  as  I  did  in  the  account  of  the  oth- 
er family.  I  received  a  letter  from  a  motlier 
that  has  three  bright  little  hoys,  and  they  have 
a  sweet  little  sister  whom  tliey  love  very  much. 
In  the  letter  she  wished  me  to  visit  them,  I  got 
there  in  the  evening  and  how  glad  we  all  \vei-e 
to  see  each  other  again,  for  since  we  had  parted 
the  last  time,  these  children's  dear,  good  papa 
had  become  willing  to  love  Jesus  aud  helptheir 
dear  mamma  keep  up  the  family  prayer  aud 
read  the  Bible.  (Don't  you  just  now  think  of 
the  little  boys'  papa  in  that  other  family,  who 
whipped   maniiua  for  wanting   to  do   good?) 

When  I  got  to  this  family  instead  of  the  chil- 
dren being  shy  imd  awkwai^d,  they  came  right 
up  -(vith  happy  smiles  beaming  on  their  faces,  - 
and  shook  hands,  and  what  intelligent  little 
faces  they  had  too.  At  night  after  all  the  chores 
were  done  the  little  hoys  came  in  and  each  one 
seemed  to  know  just  where  to  put  his  hat,  and 
just  how  to  do  to  please  jiapa  and  mamma.  At 
the  table  each  one  seemedto  know  just  how  to 
behave  so  ils  to  make  people  love  them.  .'Vnd 
papa  and  mamma  seemed  also  to  know  how  to 
talk  kindly  and  politely  to  the  children  so  that 
they  will  love  them.  I  heard  no  hai-sh,  loud 
words  there.  After  supper  we  read  out  of  the 
blessed  Bible  and  talked  about  our  duties  as 
Christians.  The  little  boys  can  talk  intelligent- 
ly about  many  things.  Their  papa  told  me  that 
the  boys  can  sit  up  late  of  nights  and  hear  the 
Bible  read.  Aft«r  the  reading  and  lalking,  we 
all  bowed  before  God  and  tried  to  ask  Him  to 
still  be  good  to  us  as  in  the  past,  and  keep  us  all 
safe  through  the  dark  night.  I  heard  these  lit- 
tle children's  mamma  ask  our  good  Father  in 
heaven  to  bless  these  dear  little  ones  whom  He 
had  entrusted  in  their  care.  Yon  will  now  think, 
no  wonder  that  these  are  good,  happy  children. 
After  prayer,  when  the  little  boys  started  to  go 
up  stairs  to  bed,  I  heard  them  say,  "  good  night, 
mamma."  0!  what  a  blessing,  thought  I,  to 
have  such  good  [larents;  but,  dear  children,  I 
only  saw  it  the  more  when  I  was  in  that  other 
family  and  saw  how  it  is  when  a  family  does  not 
obey  Jesus. 

The  next  day  was  Sunday,  and  we  hud  the 
good  privilege  of  attending  meeting  and  heard 
about  some  of  the  things  we  must  do  to  be  snc- 
i-d.  In  the  evening,  when  I  parted  with  that 
nice  family,  I  just  felt  like  staying  all  night  with 
them  again. 

Now,  dear  children,  which  of  these  two  fami- 
lies would  you  rather  live  in?  (I  forgot  to  tell 
you  that  tlio  good  family  reads  the  Brethren 
AT  Wokk).  Now  if  this  poorly  written  sketch 
proves  aeceptjible  to  our  little  readers,  and  our 
editors  print  it,  yon  may  hear,  after  awhile, 
again  about  that  poor  mother  who  wants  to  be 
sKced,  or  something  else  to  interest  and  edify 

Your  Well-wishing  Brother, 

D,  E.  Brcbaker. 

hum  C'-iiln;  loiai. 


April 


TT-TTC  Ti"mr:T^TTTnT::sr   ,\-r  avortn:. 


coRRESPo:Nr)EisroE. 


My    Visit    West. 

Jkiir  Srctfinn: — 

I  WAS  requested  to  give  n  report  of  my  trav- 
els (luring  the  Winter,  mid  I  thou;rlit  t 
would  do  80,  but  I  foyl  that  n  brief  report  only 
ia  necessarj'i  os  'he  moat  of  my  meetings  hnve 
beiin  reijorted  by  llie  broHiren  where  they  were 
held. 

On  the  25th  of  October  Inst;  I  started  for  the 
Stnto  of  Ohio;  I  first  stopped  iii  Wayne  Co., 
with  Bro.  P.  J.  Brown,  where  wc  had  a  few 
meeliiigs.  From  here  I  wont  to  Sugar  Creek 
c oi I g rogation,  in  Holmes  Co.,  where  wehadsev- 
end  days'  meetings,  resnlttug  in  the  converaioii 
of  some  tiveiity-two  jicrsons.  Here  I  baptize*! 
eighteen  before  coming  out  of  the  water,  four- 
teen of  whom  wore  young  ladies  under  the  age 
of  twenty-one.  A  brother  who  timed  tis,  said, 
it  took  thirty  minutes.  Tina  congregation 
scomt  to  bo  in  a  good  condition. 

From  Sugar  Creek  I  visited  Bro.  Horn's  eoii- 
gregaliou,  in  Muskingum  Co.,and  the  Joniithnu 
Greek  congregation  in  Perry  Co.  From  here 
went  to  Wooster  congregation,  in  Wayne  Co. 
jVftor  laboring  there  a  few  days,  went  to  Medi- 
na Co.,  in  the  Black  Kiver  congregation,  where 
I  s]ient  some  days  laboring  with  the  brctliven. 
Here. I  had  the  pleasure  of  baptti^ing  seventeen, 
mo-itly  young  persons,  some  of  whom  were 
the  s]jccial  subjects  of  my  prayers  for  the  past 
year.  I  labored  some  i"  this  congregation  ■  Inst 
Winter,  and  formed  quite  an  agreeable  acquain- 
timoe  with  tlie  bretliren  and  othei-s.  Some  who 
were  almost  pei'suaded  last  Winter,  became  ful- 
ly persuaded  this  Winter,  and  are  now  happily 
anil  liveh'  engaged  in  the  noble  cause  of  our 
bles'cd  Master,  May  their  future  ever  grow 
brighter,  and  may  they  fully  realize  ivhat  it  is 
to  walk  in  newness  of  life,  ever  striving  to  at- 
tain a  higher  type  of  Christian  perfection.  I 
think  the  Black  River  church  a  model  church. 

From  the  Black  River  congregation  I  went 
to  the  Beech  Grove,  in  Wayne  Co.,  where  I  la- 
bored with  the  brethren  for  several  daj-s.  From 
here  I  went  to  the  Canton  church,  in  Stark  Co., 
where  were  hold  some  meetings  and  some  addi- 
tions. This  closed  our  labora  in  the  North- 
eustern  district  of  Ohio, 

From  the  North-eastern  district  I  went  to  the 
Southern  district  of  Ohio,  where  I  continued 
my  laltora  until  my  time  had  exi)ired,  ami  I  re- 
turned home.  Our  firet  meetings  in  the  North- 
ea.slern  district  were  held  with  the  brethren  in 
Ross  Co.,  on  Twin  Creek,  From  here  I  went 
to  the  Brush  Creek  congregation.  Here  I  spent 
about  five  weeks,  at  different  points,  laboring 
with  these  much  neglected  but  faithful  breth- 
ren. I  must  say  that  I  was  much  pleased  with 
my  dsit  to  Bnisli  Creek.  I  tliink  the  general 
in]|>ressinii  among  the  Brethren  at  large,  of 
tills  church,  was  very  unfavorable;  but  for  the 
information  of  all,  I  would  just  say,  that  in  all 
my  travels,  (I  have  been  traveling  eleven  months 
out  of  the  last  fourteen)  I  have  not  found  a 
more  faithful,  conscientious  and  zealous  class  of 
Brethren  anywhere  than  the  Brethren  at 
Brush  Creek, 

They  hnve  their  Sabbat)i-schoo)s,  social  meet- 
ings, singing  schools,  and  their  regular  stated 
meetings  for  public  preaching,  and  though 
quite  poor  when  compared  mth  the  brethren 
in  other  parts  of  the  State,  they  have  built  two 
ur  throe  new  meeting-house'?,  and  are  now  mak- 
ing preparations  to  build  another.  They  liber- 
ally respond  to  the  calls  of  the  poor  and  needy, 
giving  more  than  many  of  the  wealthy;  they 
earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  that  was  deliv- 
ered to  the  saints;  they  strongly  oppose  all 
cr.-eds  and  formality,  accepting  the  truth,  the 
whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth. 

1  s!iy  these  things  not  to  flatter  them,  but  to 
correct  others.  The  result  of  our  meetings 
there  were  twenty-five  additions. 

From  Brush  Creek  I  went  to  Fall  Creek; 
theucu  to  Lexington.  Spent  a  few  days  here; 
thence  to  Fairview  in  Fayette  Co.  At  the  t^vo 
last  named  places  1  could  not  stay  aa  long  aa  I 
would  like  to  have  done.  This  closed  our  labors 
fur  the  present  in  Ohio.  From  here  I  started 
for  my  home  in  W.  Va.,  where  I  anived  safely 
on  the  evening  of  the  Slst  of  March.  Found 
my  family  just  in  moderate  health  and  anxious 
for  my  return  home. 

I  feel  to  thank  God  for  His  kind  care  over 
myscll  and  tamilj  during  our  separation  of 
nejol)  Jive  monthj.  My  labors  were  heavy  and 
continuous,  but  I  stood  it  well  till  the  last,  but 
I  can  feel  its  eftects  somewhat  at  present.  I 
tiel  howe\tr,  that  the  work  is  a  noble  one,  for 
under  the  circumstances  surrounding  my  fami- 
ly, I  could  nit  have  remained  so  long  from 
home  in  any  other  work. 

1  preaclied  in  all  one  hundred-  and  eighty 
three  discourses  and  baptized  and  receveid  into 
tiie    church  seventy-seven   precious  souls.     I 


ho[]e  to  meet  Ihcm  in  heaven.  The  dear  breth- 
ren and  si.'Jters  will  plca.se  accept  my  thanks, 
for  they  were  kind  to  nm  everywhere.  When 
it  goes  well  with  yon,  remember  me.  Hope  wc 
all  shall  meet  in  heaven. 

.Jas.  a.  RiDENorn. 


From    Graham.    Mo. 

JJrur  Bnlhmu— 

WE  have  seen,  in  reading  the  corres])ondence 
of  your  worthy  paper,  that  our  dear  Bro. 
Hansen  is  in  very  destitute  circumstances.  Our 
sympathy  was  considerably  aroused  and  on 
next  dav,  being  Lord's  day,  we  presented  the, 
ease  at  our  social  meeting,  Bro.  George  A 
Shamberger  proposed  and  read  the  first  chapter 
of  second  Peter,  Appropriate  remarks  wore 
made  in  regard  to  adding  those  beautiful  Chris- 
tian graces,  enumerated  in  verses  5  to  7,  Among 
the  uumber  is  brotherly  kindness,  During  the 
meeting  we  made  a  practical  application  which 
resulted  to  the  amount  of  enclosed  Postal  Or- 
der. The  usual  application  is  found  in  James 
2:  15. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  how  can  we  turn  .i 
deaf  ear  to  the  urgent  cjdl  of  loved  ones  across 
the  great  deep?  The  time  was  when  they  were 
pleading  for  the  bread  and  water  of  life.  The 
church  nobly  came  to  their  relief.  Shall  they 
now  call  in  vain  for  broad  to  sustain  their  mor- 
tal bodies,  when  there  is  enough  and  to  spare  hi 
this  l;uid  of  plenty?  Head  Matt.  25: 31-10."  In- 
asmuch as  ye  hiivc  done  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  un- 
to me."  Jesus  has  suft'oring  ones  in  Denmark, 
will  you  come  to  their  relief?  If  you  do  not, 
tlie  day  of  judgment  will  reveal  it.  Let  every 
brother,  having  charge  of  a  congregation,  pre- 
sent this  matter,  and  a  cheerful  response  willbe 
the  result. 

I  would  suggest  that  the  I'riinitirc  ClirisHaii 
publish  Bro.  Hansen's  letter. "  Let  all  mites  be 
sent  to  the  Bhethrex'at  Work  oflice,  and  let 
them  forward  it,  nccompnuied  with  the  eftectu- 
al,  fervent  prayer  of  every  devout  heart.  May 
the  richest  and  constant  blessings  of  our  kind 
Father  abide  upon  the  little  band. of  brethren 
and  sistej-s  in  Denmark. 

Yours  in  hope  of  a  glorious  union, 

S,  A.  HOSIIEROER. 


Our    Texas    Letter. 

Dial-  Bielhrvn: — 

BY  request  of  some  of  the  Brethren  in  the 
Csdar  Creek  district,  Indiana,  I  shall  try 
to  give  you  «  short  article  in  regard  to  Texas. 

I  arrived  at  Austin  the  26th  of  last  Noveni- 
bor.  Since  then  have  travelled  over  portions  of 
Travis,  Williams,  Hayes,  Blanco,  Gelisbe  and 
Kerr  counties.  The  Eastern  part  of  Travis  Co., 
is  rolling  prairie,  the  soil,  excepting  along  the 
Colorado  River,  is  black,  waxy  and  will  not 
scour  from  the  plow'.  The  Western  portion  of 
Ti'avis  Co.,  is  mountainous.  The  Western  part 
of  Williamson  Co.,  is  timbered,  hilly  and  stony, 
the  Eastern  part  is  beautiful,  rolling  prairie.  — 
Hays  and  Blanco  counties  are  for  the  greatest 
p.art  mountainous. 

Gelisbe  Co.,  is  a  timbered  country  with  sandy 
soil,  and  is  settled  mostly  by  Germans,  1  saw 
better  wheat  here  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
State.  Kerr  Co.,  is  thinly  settled,  but  all  the 
land  that  is  worth  anything,  is  taken  up,  most- 
ly by  Northern  peoyde. 

When  traveling  in  Kerr  Co.,  one  morning 
about  -io' clock  we  were  awakened  by  drops  of 
rain  falling  on  our  faces,  so,  rising  from  our 
restiug  place,  wc  soon  had  our  wagon  cover 
stretched  over  .'jonie  pples  and  had  a  fire  started 
to  prepare  the  morning  meat.  Daylight  a|J- 
pearing.  we, soon  had  our  teams  to  the  wagons 
and  started  on  our  journey.  It  continued  rain- 
ing the  most  of  the  day,  and  the  roads  were 
very  bad.  After  traveling  eleven  miles,  and  it 
being  nearly  night,  we  felt  anxious  to  find  a 
house  to  stay  in  during  the  night.  Seeing  a 
house  at  last,  we  drove  up  and  learned  that  we 
could  stay.  After  tending  to  our  teams,  we 
were  soon  in  the  house  by  a  good  fire.  The 
house  was  built  of  cedar  poles,  a  bole  being  cut 
ill  the  side  for  a  window.  The  space  between 
the  poles  was  from  one  to  three  inches.  The 
house  described  is  a  fair  sample  of  the  most  in 
that  section.  Spent  the  night  very  comfortor 
bly  and  were  very  kindly  treated;  by  this  the 
reader  can  get  an  idea  how  a  great  many  peo- 
ple live  in  this  country, 

[  staid  three  iveeks  in  Ken-  Co.,  then  return- 
ed to  Austin,  Found  the  trees  and  bushes  all 
crcen;  the  hilU  and  valleys  covered  with 
flowers.  That  was  about  the  middle  of  March. 
As  to  climate,  I  think  Texas  is  equal  to  most 
any  placciil  the  Uriited  States,  although  there 
is  a  great  ditFerence  in  difiereut  parts  of  the 
State, 


Health,  in  general  is  good  here  at  present.  — 
The  Central  and  Western  portions  of  the  State 
are  considered  the  healthiest.  The  Northern 
portion  of  Texas  is  more  adapted  to  the  raising 
of  small  grain.  The  peach  trees  are  full  of 
peaches,  being  about  half  grown  at  this  date. — 
Corn  is  growing  fine,  and  from  three  to  eight 
inches  high.  I  think  Texas  more  adapted  to 
stock  raising  than  to  farming. 

I  have  not  met  with  any  brethren  since  I 
have  been  in  Texas.  I  think  this  would  he  a 
very  good  place  to  come  and  preach  the  Word 
as  taught  by  Christ  and  the  Apostles:  I  have 
been  to  meeting  in  ditferent  churches  but  only 
heard  about  two  sermons  preached,  all  the  rest 
being  rend,  I  love  to  listen  to  a  sermon  that 
comes  from  the  heart  as  well  as  the  head. 
Yours  Fraternally, 

IIkkry  Proiist. 


Dear  Bn III  rni:— 

I  WOULD  say  to  your  many  readci-s  that  the 
membei-s  of  the  AVillametfe  Valley  church 
are  generally  in  usual  health,  enjoying  the 
bounties  of  the  earth,  and  I  think  I  am  safe  in 
saying  that  there  is  a  good  feeling  existing 
among  the  membera  generally,  having  a  desire 
for  the  advaueeineut  of  our  dear  Redeemer's 
kingdom  and  for  the  conversion  of  the  uucou- 
verted. 

We  still  have  our  regular,  and  some  special 
meetings.  People  seein  to  be  taking  more 
terest  in  our  meetings,  consequently  our  i 
gregations  are  becoming  larger.  Tlie  attention 
and  order  at  our  meetings  are  generally  good. 
Last  Saturday  and  Sunday,  the  23rd  and  24th 
of  this  niontli,  we  had  three  meetings  near 
Hamilton  Creek,  Linn  Co.,  about  36  miles 
South-east  of  Salem  and  some  20  miles  nearly 
East'of  Albanj',  in  the  neighborhood  where  the 
Brethren  fii-st  settled  in  Oregon,  about  the  year 
1850.  Since  that  time  some  have  passed  away 
othere  moved  away  and  a  few  withdrawn  from 
the  church.  The  Brethren  had  no  meetings 
there  for  a  number  of  years.  By  request  we 
made  a.  visit  to  the  above  named  neighborhood 
and  held  three  meetings.  People  turned  out 
well,  and  the  attention  was  very  good  indeed. — 
Bro.  A.  H.  Baltimore  of  Albany  met  with  me 
there  and  a.ssistcd  me  in  the  work.  \Ve  hope 
and  pray  that  this  dear  brother  will  become  use- 
ful in  the  cause.  There  were  no  additions  by 
baptism  while  we  were  there,  but  there  were 
two  reclaimed;  and  we  hope  and  pray  that  they 
ni.iy  prove  faithful  until  death. 

AVe  have  reason  to  think  the  Lord  operated 
upon  some  othei-s  while  we.  were  there.  Quite 
a  number  said  to  us  after  the  close  of  our  meet- 
ings: Come  back  and  give  us  some  more  meet- 
ings. There  seems  to  be  a  shaking  of  dry 
bones  out  here  in  the  far  West,  though  but  in 
a  small  degree,  Believing  that  if  we,  the  mem- 
bers of  this  arm  of  the  church  would  rerive 
more  and  more,  crucify  the  flesh  a  little  more, 
that  there  would  be  more  of  a  shaking  of  dry 
bones,  yes,  souls  saved  and  God's  name  honor- 
ed, may  God  grant  a  revival  to  us,  here  in  tlie 
far  West. 

We  hope  our  dear  Brethren  in  the  Atlantic 
States  will  jiray  earuestly  for  us.  We  need 
iiiiiiistcrial  helii;  cannot  some  of  our  ministers 
move  out  here  and  help  us?  Would  be  very 
glad  if  Bro.  S.  H.  Bashor  and  others,  would 
make  us  a  visit.     Love  to  all- 

Yours  Fraternally, 

Daviii  Bhowek. 


Report    of   a    Discussion. 

Dviir  iiivlhren : — 
riIHE  discussion  atSquawCreek  Valley schqol- 
i  house,  between  Bro.  C.  Forney  of  Falls 
City,  Nebraska,  tuid  Mr.  Shutf  of  the  Christian 
church,  which  has  been  pending  for  some  time, 
is  now  one  among  the  things  of  the  past. 

The  di.ieusaioii  began  on  Monday  evening, 
April  1st  at  7  P.  M.,  and  closed  on  Sunday 
evening,  April  7th,  having  been  held  ouly  in 
the  evening,  but  frequently  continuing  until 
11  o'clock,  P.  M,  Friend  Miller  acted  as 
chief  Moderator. 

The  propositions  discussed  on  Monday  night 
were  as  follows: 

"Feet-washing  is  an  ordinance  in  the  house 
of  God  and  should  be  observed  in  the  public  as- 
sembly of  the  saints. 
,  Bro.  Forney  ailinned,,Shuff  (letiied.' 

Bro.  Forney  showed,  that,  hs  a  church  ordin- 
ance it  had  Christ  iti  its  Author;  that  it  had  a 
spiritual  design  from  the  fact  that  it  was  insej>- 
arably  connected  with  spiritual  things:  proved 
clearly  that  it  was  an  ordinance  in.  the  house  of 
God,  similar  to  other  ordinances  instituted  by 
our  blessed  Savior;  that  as  it  was  institute*!' at 


the  same  time  and  pl.ico  iind  with  the  same 
people  as  was  that  of  the  Lord's  Sup|ier  and 
also  the  Communion,  should  bo  suthcient  ovi^ 
dence  that  they  arc  inseparably  joined  together, 
and  the  continued  observance  of  the  one  de- 
manded the  perpetuation  of  the  other.  And 
unless  his  friend  could  show  from  the  Word  of 
God,  that  feef^washing  as  a  ChrLitian  ordinance 
had  been  made  null  and  void,  it  remained  equal- 
ly bindiuir  with  that  of  the  Lord's  Supper  and 
Communion. 

He  further  showed  from  Christ's  language  to 
Peter  in  John  13-17,  that  its  object  was  not,  to 
cleanse  their  feet  from  contracted  filthiness,  as 
was  supposed  by  his  friend  Shuff,  hut  that  its 
observance  did  then  and  docs  now  impart  spirit- 
ual blessings  necessary  for  the  enjoyment  of 
that  happiness  which  God  designed  his  disciples 
should  enjoy,  while  tabernacling  in  the  flesh 
and  absolutely  requisite  to  entitle  them  to  a 
part  with  Christ  to  the  eujoynient'ol  endless 
felicity  in  the  life  to  come. 

He  shoived  conclusively  from  John  13: 10 
and  1  Tim.  5:  10,  that  it  was  not  an  ancient 
custom  as  his  friend  supposed,  and  that  Christ 
was  only  the  Author  of  it  in  part,  (which,  Bro. 
Forney  said,  reminded  him  of  a  new  patch  sew- 
ed upon  an  old  garment,  having  a  tail  sticking 
back  to  Exodus  38:19).  But  as  an  ordinance  it 
was  strictly  confined  to  the  saints  as  is  seen 
from  Christ's  language  to  Peter  (Jolm  13:  10), 
"He  that  is  washed  (baptized),  needeth  not 
save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit." 

From  this  language  it  was  shown  that  a  pre- 
vious preparation  of  heart  was  necessary  to  its 
proper  observance.  He  showed  that  it  was  in- 
stituted by  Christ  himself  in  the  public  assem- 
bly of  tlie  saints,  and  we  had  no  authority  given 
either  by  precept  or  example  for  observing  it 
anywhere  else  than  in  the  house  of  God. 

The  second  proposition  read  as  follows:  "The 
bread  and  wine  constitute  the  Lord's  Supper." 

Mr.  Shuff  affirmed,  Bro,  Forney  denied. 

John  6:  31-58  and  1  Cor,  10:  21,  were  refer- 
red to  as  proof  texts  in  support  of  the  propo- 
sition. Although  Mr,  Shuff  made  an  able  de- 
fense, yet  he  could  but  fail,  when  such  texts  as 
Matt.  26:  26,27;  Luke  22:  19,  20;  Mark  14; 
23,  24,  were  arrayed  agaiust  him.  On  1  Cor, 
11:  21,  an  argument  was  tounded  on  the  suppo- 
sition that  Paul  condemned  the  Corinthians  for 
eating  a  full  meal  in  the  church.  But  Bro. 
Forney  showed  clearly  from  Paul's  own  lan- 
guage that  he  did  not  censure  them  for  eating 
a  meal  but  because  they  did  not  tarrj-  one  for 
another.  It  was  claimed  that  the  meal  which 
Christ  ate  with  his  disciples  the  night  in  which 
he  was  betrayed,  was  the  Passover.  But  this 
ivas  proven  not  to  be  true  from  Christ's  own 
language,  Luke  32:  16,  "For  I  say  unto  you,  I 
will  no  more  eat  thereof  until  it  be  fulfilled  in 
the  kingdom  of  God."  Bro.  Forney  showed 
that  while  the  legal  Passover  spanned  the  en- 
tire perioil  of  time  from  its  institution  in  Egypt 
to  the  crucifixion  of  Christ,  so  this  Passover  or 
Lord's  Supper  spanned  the  entire  time  of  the 
Christian  dispensation.  Wliile  the  legal,  or 
Lord's  Passover  directed  the  mind  forivard  to 
Calvary's  rugged  brow,  the  Lord's  Supper  car- 
ries the  mind  forward  to  the  evening  of  this 
world,  when  we  shall  sit  down  ivith  Abraham, 
Isaac  and  Jacob  at  the  marriage  su])per  of  the 
Lamb,  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

P-.  E.  Whitmeb, 
(To  he  conliituetl  irnxt  week.) 


Libraries. 

A  GOOD  aud  well  selected  library  is  u.seful 
and  a  benefit  to  every  person  and  family 
seeking  after  infelligence.  But  as  it  requires 
means  to  obtain  one,  there  is  seldom  one  of 
scarcely  any  size  found.  Every  one  who  has 
given  reading  a  fair  trial,  knows  it  to  be  the 
best  way  for  a  person  to  pass  away  his  spare 
moments. 

"  Well,"  says  one,  "  if  I  want  to  read,  I  most 
have  something  to  read.  I  cannot  afford  tij 
pay  from  one  to  two  and  thi-ee  dollars  forbooks. 
What  shall  I  read?  Political  papers,  dime 
novels,  love  stories,  etc.?"' 

No,  time  is  too  precious  to  spend  in  filling  up 
our  minds  with  such  trash.  If  you  wish  to 
read,  read  such  as,  "The  Doctrine  of  the  Breth- 
ren Defended,"  "  Passover  and  Lord's  Supper," 
"Reason  and  Revelation."  the  Brethhen  at 
WouK,  and  the  difl'erent  tr.iuts  published  by  the 
Brethren,  and  all  works  that  throw  light  on 
God's  truth. 

The  question  now  arises,  how  can  all  of  these 

■  so  many  books  be  obtained  nithout  pressure 
on  the  iiecossarias  of  life,  of  those  that  need  all 
that  the  times  afford? 

Why  would  it  not  be  easy  for  each  church 
to  have  or  get  a  library?  Of  course  it  would 
have  to  be  kept  right  in  the  meeting-house,  and 
every  member  ought  to  give,  on  an  average, 


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THEi   BRETEtREoSf   ^T   WOKK 


-A.pril   *25. 


&om  ten  to  tneDly-Rveccnts  a  year  for  llie  sup- 
port of  it.  Tlie  money  thua  nrising  lo  be  used  for 
buying  book  a. 

These  books  could  bo  taken  by  any  person  iviah- 
iDg  to  read  them,  by  complying  witli  lUe  rulea  ne- 
cessary to  keep  it  all  strnigbt  and  in  order. 

This  would  secure  privileges  to  maDy  of  our 
'miuisteriDg  brethren  (especially  the  poorer  ones 
who  cannot  nflbrd  to  spend  bo  much  for  books)  in 
preparing  themselves  better  against  our  opponents, 
holding  views  ccnttary  to  oure.  Sume  ntay  i^ay 
the  Bible  is  sufficient ;  but  we  cnn  bo  sure,  it  will 
not  hurt  them  iii  Btudying  God's  word,  by  having 
access  to  other  men's  views  besides  their  own  on 
certain  subjects. 

And  next,  it  would  give  every  member,  rich  o.' 
poor,  young  or  old,  n  chance  to  read  on  different 
subjects,  that  they  would  in  no  other  way  obtain. 

And  lastly,  it  would  be  one  of  the  best  plans  to 
distribute  the  many  tracts  published  by  the  breth- 
ren. Members  could  get  them,  give  them  to 
their  uelghbora,  aud  ^I'hcu  read  through,  thuy 
could  be  returned  to  the  librtiry  again, 

0.  Westrich. 

'  Remarks. — The  plan  suggested  by  our  brother 
is  a  good  one,  and  if  reduced  to  a  ])roiJer  system 
and  put  to  practice,  would,  no  doubl,  result  in 
much  good.  If  each  congregation  would  purchase 
a  good  collection  of  reliable  hooks,  keep  them  at 
some  coQveuicut  pohit  and  lend,  for  &  slated  time, 
to  such  as  would  want  to  rend  them,  themecubers 
could  be  afforded  an  opportunity  of  being  kept 
posted,  and  that,  too,  without  the  outlay  of  much 
money.  It  would  cause  all  the  memiers  and 
their  children  to  i-ead  more,  imd  do  much  to^val■ds 
improving  the  literary  ntt.iinnients  of  onr  people. 

There  are  hundreds  of  good  books,  which  if 
selected  with  care  would  be  a  credit  to  any  con- 
gregation, and  the  reading  of  them  be  attended 
with  the  best  results.  \i'a  all  will  read,  in'  fact 
we  ought  to  read.  It  does  us  good,  both  mentally 
and  physically,  will  improve  the  mind,  and  if  the 
right  kind  of  reading,  will  improve  us  spiritually 
— make  better  men  and  women.  It  will  give  us 
something  useful  to  talk  about,  and  that  is  no 
small  consideration.  Miuistei^,  whoso  limited 
circumstances  will  not  allow  them  to  purchase 
books,  will  he  much  houefited  by  having  such  a 
library  convenieut.  At  no  cost  to  themselves 
they  can  have  the  privilege  of  consulting  works 
that  otherwise  they  could  Lave  no  access  tu.  Mem- 
bers' children  would  bo  much  benefited  by  such 
an  arrangement,  for  they  must  have  something 
read,  and  why  not  furnish  thwu  with  good,  whole- 
some reading  matter. 

There  are  young  brethren  and  sisters  too,  who 
spend  all  their  leisure  time  reading  borrowed 
books,  and  if  they  cannot  borrow  a  good  hook, 
they  will  borrow  a  bad  one.  Outsiders,  living  iu 
the  vicinity  of  the  library,  might  derive  much 
good  from  such  a  library,  for  by  reoding  works 
treating  the  faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren. 
they  would  in  many  instances  become'  conviuecd 
of  the  truthfiduess  of  our  position. 

Hope  our  readers  will  give  this  matter  some 
thought.  The  suggesCiun  made  by  the  brother  is 
certainly  a  good  one,  and  may  be  made  practical' 
ly  useful.  J.  ![.  M. 


the  subject,  "  How  Does  the  Blood  of  Christ 
cleanse  us  from  all  sin?"  to  scatter  among  them, 
ight  do  much  good.  Brethren,  write  on  the 
subject  soon. 

John  Y.  Sxavelhy. 


From    Marshall    Co.,    111. 

IMir  Bitllircii  :— 

WE  will  by  your  permission  give  a  little  his- 
tory of  the  branch  of  the  church  located  at 
this  place. 

We  belong  to  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois. 
Bro.  Ijemuel  Hillery  came  to  labor  for  us  two 
s  ago.  We  had  only  three  members  then, 
but  some  additions  since,  and  on  April  fourth  had 
■evcnteen  members.  Bro.  Hillery  commenced  a 
■edes  of  meetings  on  that  day,  and  preached  with 
such  power  that  three  precious  souls  came  out  on 
the  Lord's  aide  on  Sunday  the  7th,  and  were  bap- 
tized, all  of  the  brethrea  and  sisters  and  a  largo 
congregation  being  present. 

Bro.  Hillery  then  went  to  Woodford  Co.,  but 
returned  the  lltb,  when  three  more  precious  souls 
were  added  to  the  church  the  same  day  by  bap- 
tism. There  were,  we  think,  others  that  are  al- 
most persuaded.  There  should  be  more  preach- 
ing here  and  our  house  is  open  at  all  times  for 
this  purpose.  We  liope  the  Lord  will  reward  the 
brother  for  his  labors,  and  may  the  blessings  of 
God  rest  upon  those,  who  have  started  out  in  the 
service  of  their  Master.  Brethren  of  Northern 
Illiuois,  do  not  forget  us  iu  your  District  Meeting. 
With  Mueh  Love, 

J.  M.  FlKE. 


A  Half-Day  at  a  Baptist  Conference. 

AFTER  singing  and  prayer,  the  lint  thingwa 
What  does  the  word  "resurrected"  mean 
This  was  answered  by  two  only ;  that  it  means  I 
stand  up,  only  once,  not  again. 

The  ne-xt  was,  How  docs  the  blood  of  Christ 
cleanse  us  from  all  sin  ?  "Well,"  aoid  one,  "by 
faith  in  Christ;  if  we  believe  that  Christ  died 
and  shed  His  blood  fur  us,  and  are  baptised  be- 
cause our  sins  are  remitted,  this  brings  us  down 
verj-  low,  as  low  as  we  can  get,  and  have 
hearts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience." 

Another  said  ;  "  I  cannot  see  it  iu  that  light, 
how  can  we  have  our  hearts  sprinkled  with  the 
blood  of  Christ?" 

"  Why,"  said  another,   "  what  do  we  believe 
Christ  for '!     Because  He  shed  His  blood  for  i 
ibis  pays  the  debt  for  us.     It   is  just  like  a  m 
paying  a  debt  at  the  bank  foi'  another  man,   that 
man  U  now  free  from  that  debt  if  he  believes  the 
man  that  paid  ihc  debt  for  bim." 

Then  another  said :  "  I  cannot  see  how  that 
would  cleanse  us  from  all  sin." 

Another  read  a  part  of  1  John  1 :  7,  "And  the 
blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  bis  Sou,  cleanses  us  from 
all  sin."  "  Now,"  said  he,  "  in  this  lies  the  wluli 
matter.  Now,  if  we  believe  this,  we  need  have  rn 
more  fears  of  condemnation  ;  we  are  as  free  from 
sia  as  Christ  was  free." 

So  tliey  Itft  it,  as  they  eould  not  agree.  Such 
things  we  hear,  silting  under  the  aound  of  the 
voice  of  these  mistaken,  learned  men.  No« 
brethren,  I  thought  if  we  had  some  tracts  treating 


here  are  in  love  aud  onion  so  far  as  we  know.  I 
would  say  to  the  brethren  who  are  going  West, 
come  and  sec  our  country  before  localin,^  else- 
where. We  have  a  beautiful  town  site  here,  nod 
land  surrounding  it,  which  can  be  bought  cheap. 
The  weather  is  fine  and  health  is  good. 
Daici>i,ort,  Neb. 

From  Jolill  Metzger. — I  came  toOgden,Ill., 
yeslerilay  evening.  Expect  to  stay  with  the  few 
brethren  here  this  week  ;  they  have  appointed 
meeting  in  Ogden  for  this  evening  in  the  Meth- 
odiat  church.  I  learn  a  Uiiiversalist  minister  is 
coming  to  Ogden  to-day,  to  have  meeting  this 
evening  and  continue  awhile  here  at  this  place. 

April  IG. 


GLEA-NINGS. 


IiVoin  .1.  S,  Flory. — We  have  nothing  special 
to  wrili.'  in  n'gard  to  church  matters,  only  nil 
seems  to  be  moving  on  in  perfect  union,  Have 
regular  appoiutmejits  and  good  attendance.  Had 
two  appointuieuts  at  our  school-house  last  Sun- 
day, 

We  have  nu  unusual  early  Spring.  Large 
crops  are  being  put  iu.  Health  seekere  are  begin- 
ning to  come  in,  in  order  to  receive  the  benefit  of 
our  healthy  and  invigorating  climate. 

April  10. 

From  W.  C.  Milroy. — Please  send  me  acopy 
of  "Camphelliam  Weighed  in  the  Balance  and 
Found  Wanting."  I  heanl  one  of  these  preachers 
preaching,  having  on  a  big,  silver  watch  chain,  a 
gold  breast-pin  and  a  fine  suit  af  broadcloth.  I 
could  not  help  hut  think,  that  if  the  blind  lead 
the  blind,  they  will  both  latl  into  the  ditch.  He 
says,  they  take  the  Word  of  God  for  the  man  of 
their  counsel.  He  pfeached  from  Matt.  25,  dwell- 
ing considerably  on  the  word  "  oughtest,"  in  vei 
27.  If  it  had  been  iu  the  13th  chapter  of  Job 
he  would  have  talked  differently. 

CorldoH,  Nrb.,  Aprim. 

From  L.  Hyre. — The  health  is  good  among 
the  members  at  this  time.  The  cause  of  the 
Master  is  progressing  slowly;  had  twelve  addi- 
tions this  Winter.  Pray  for  us  that  w'e  may  hohl 
out  faithful  and  that  the  evil  one  may  never  gain 
the  victory  over  us. 

ileri'iani,  Ind. 

From  Amos  Clianiberliil. — There  was  biii>- 
tism  in  this  arm  of  the  church  on  the  first  Sunday 
in  March.  Five  precious  souls  covenanted  with 
God  in  baptism.  May  He  help  them  to  be  faith- 
ful !  The  waters  are  still  troubled  ;  for  on  Inst 
Sunday  one  more  was  baptized,  and  we  believe 
that  othi  rs  are  near  the  kingdom.  May  the  Lord 
help  them  to  come. 

We  arc  having  meeting  and  Bible  clasa  every 
Sunday  when  the  weather  permits ;  also  prayer- 
me£tiiig  every  Wednesday  evening.  Hope  tu  be 
able  to  acnd  mure  good  news  soon.     Pray  for  us. 

Croloji,  New  Jer«ey. 

From  S.  Murray. — I  have  been  in  what  I 
call  my  home  church,  the  Salamony  district,  one 
week.  Preached  every  evening,  also  on  Lord's 
day  preached  at  three  diflerent  places.  Yester- 
day preached  a  funeral  lor  an  infant  child  of  Bro. 
Jacob  and  sister  Lida  Hitches.  By  reijucst  of 
sister  Hoover  we  had  a  little  meeting  at  the  house 
of  Bro.  Eli  Hoover  in  the  evening.  The  sister 
has  been  pourly  all  Winter  ;  0  may  the  good 
Lord  comfort  her  in  her  atllictioos,  is  our  prayer! 
Tomorrow  evening  we  expect  to  commence  a 
scriui  of  meetings  iu  the  Huntington  dbtrict, 
and  think  of  continuing  them  some  ten  days. 

Huntington,  Ind. 

From  1).  Uittcnltouse.— Since  our  meeting 
at  Primrose,  Bro.  Nicholson  from  Knox  Co.,  0., 
has  been  with  us,  and  preached  a  fetv  sermons  at 
different  places,  and  four  have  been  added  to  the 
church  and  otiiers  arc  counting  the  cost. 

Plouttr.  Ohio. 

From  B.  F.  Stump.  —  I  have  no  special 
church  news  to  write,  hut  the  brethren  and  sisters 


DIED. 

:3  aliould  be  hticf,  writlcn  on  bi 


HENDRICKS.— In  the  Nettle  Crwk  church, 
Indiana,  our  rateemed  brother,  Robert  A.  Hen- 
dricks. Departed  this  life  April  9th,  1878,  ag- 
ed 48  years,  4  months  and  5  days.  He  had 
been  afflicted  with  that  dread  disease,  consump- 
tion and  not  been  able  to  perform  any  labor  for 
about  seven  years.  A.  Bowman. 

YARGER. — In  the  Waddam's  Grove  congrega- 
tion, Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  April  2nd,  1878, 
William  Yarger,  aged  72  years,  6  months  and 
1(J  days.     Funeral  text :  Rev.  14:  13. 

D.  B.  Eby. 
SNELL, — In  ihe  Cook's  Creek  district,  Va.,  sister 
Susannah  .Snell,  on  April  3rd,  1878.  aged-  fi4 
yeai-s,  6  months  and  4  days. 

S.  F.  San«ek. 

MERTZ,  — Near  Buraettaville,  Ind.,  April  4, 
187.S,  sister  Sarah    Merlz,    wife   of    Peter   H. 
Mert/,,  aged  3C  years,  9  mouths  and  7  days. 
J.  G.  Rover. 
BOWMAN.— In  Jlaggodeeeongreeation,  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Va.,  April  7th,  1878,  sister  Catharine 
Bownlan,  aged  SI  years,  G  months  and  27  days. 
W.  A.  Peters, 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


meeting  by  dropping  a  card  to  tlie  undersigned  at 
Mifilin,  Box  l(i,  Juniflto  Co..  Pa. 

Jous    ZOOK. 
The  Brethren  of  the  Smith  Fork  church,  Clin- 
ton Qo.,  Mo.,  will  bold   a    Love-feast,   the  Sth  ol 
Juna  next,  commeueing  at  2  o'cU>ck,  P.M.   Place 
iceting  one  mile  and  a  half  North  of  Platts- 
burg  in  our  mecling-housc. 

By  order  of  the  church, 

D.  D.  Seli,. 

DtBTRiet   MEETIXCB. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairio 
church.  May  Sth. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock.  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  iu  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  29th,  com meuo. 
ing  at  9  o'clock,  A.  JI. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pcimsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgouiciy  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Eastern  District  of  West  Virginia,  April  lEIth 
and  20  in  the  Faircoat  congregation. 

Northern  District  of  Kansas  iind  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-cast  of  Beatrice,  May 
13th,  at  8  A.  M. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Indiana  will 
be  held  in  English  Prairie  church,  the  Loid  will- 
ing on  Thursdny,  May  9(h,  1878,  commencing  at 
9  o'clock.  A,  M.  All  the  Brethren  coming  by 
railroad  from  the  East  and  from  the  West,  must 
come  via  Kendallvillo  and  stop  off'  at  Lima, 
where. the  Brethren  will  meet  them,  as  there  is  no 
connection  flt  Sturgis.  The  Brethren  coming  to 
that  place,  will  have  tu  sUiy  over  night. 

By  Order  of  the  Church, 

D.  Kaub. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Norlh-wesiern  Ohio 
will  be  held  with  the  Brethren  at  the  Sugar  Ridgo 
church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  on  June  1st.  Those 
coming  from  the  East  on  the  B.  &  0.  R.  R.,  will 
be  met  at  Haytsville  by  notifying  the  undersign- 
ed. Those  coming  from  other  points  will  stop  off 
at  Lcipsic  on  the  D.  &  JI.  R.  R.,  where  they  will 
be  met  with  conveyances.  Wo  suggest  that  each 
delegate  consult  his  church,  as  to  how  many  copies, 
of  Minutes  arc  desired.     Address  me   at  Gilboa, 

Ohio.  I.  J.  ROSENCEKGER. 


NoTier."  of   Lovc-re,isi3,    Dislri 
from   oliicr   t 


I.OVE- FEASTS. 


Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day,  June  Sth,  1S7S,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co,,  Ind.,  June  4. 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lowistown,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June  next. 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham. 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  ol 
Villisca,  May  IS. 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  Iowa,  May 
ICth  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Maquoketa  church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  commencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clock. 

Two  ndles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  III. 
May  nth,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Cedar  Lake  congregation,  in  NdVthcrn  Indiana, 
two  miles  South-east  of  Corunna,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
Thursday,  June  6th,  1878,  at  2  o'clock. 


Silver  Creek  congregation.  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  on 
Thursday  and  Friday,  May  16th  and  17th,  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock. 

Slate  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  miles  and  a 
half  .South-east  of  State  Center,  Moy  29th  and 
30th,  commencing  at  1  P.  M. 

Pleasant  Valley.  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind,  May  Kith 
at  4  P.  JI. 

Cherry  Gmve,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  May  15th,  com- 
mencing at  10  A.  M. 

We,  the  brethren  of  the  Clear  River  district,  in- 
tend holding  a  Love-feast  on  the  18th  of  Juue.— 
Place  of  nieeling  near  Merriara,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

L,  HVRF- 

We,  the  brethren  of  the  C«rro   Gordo   church, 
Macon  Co.,  111.,  will  hold   a  Communion  meetiug, 
June  5lh,  commencing  at   2   o'clock  P.  M.      A 
coming  by  railroad  trom  the  East  or   West,    w 
slop  at  Cerro  Gordo  the  day  before, 

John  Met/oeh. 
Jos.  Hendricks. 

The  brethren  and  sis'ers  of  tlie  Lost  Crei 
church,  propose,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  al^ov 
feast  on  Sunday  and  Monday,  the  12th  and  13th 
of  May  at  the  Good  Will  meeting-house,  eight 
miles  East  of  Mifilin  station.  A  hearty  inviut- 
tion  extended  to  all.  All  coming  by  railroad  lo 
Mifflin,  will  be  met  with   conveyance   to  plac 


INTERESTIKS    ITEMS. 


— The  late  controversy  has  completely  turned 
the  heads  of  our  Baptist  hretbreu.  They  discov- 
ered during  the  discussion,  that  apostolicity  was  a 
very  necessary,  if  not  an  essential  mark  of  the 
true  church,  and  then  went  straightway  to  work 
to  get  up  an  apostolic  pedigree  for  thdr  sect.  The 
Baptist  BaW/eii'/a^,  of  this  city  has  gone  so  far 
that  the  Wulchmaii  of  Boston,  calls  upon  it  to 
stop  its  "  suicidal  nonaense,"  —  SI.  Laiiii  Daily 
Globe. 

Y'es,  they  are  contending  for  church  succession, 
when  ill  fact  th^e  is  not  a  man  among  them,  who 
cau  find  a  Baptist  church,  practicing  backward, 
single  immereion,  beyond  the  twelrlh  century.  Let 
them  bridge  those  1,200  years  with  their  method 
of  baplimg",  if  they  can.  Their  succession  is 
about  1,200  years  too  short. 

—  The  grand  doxology,  "  Praise  God  fi-om 
whom  all  blessings  flow,"  was  composed  by  bishop 
Keu,  and  is  240  yeara  old, 

—  The  annual  incime  of  the  church  of  Eng- 
land is  83G,00O,000,  The  Church  has  16,000 
religious  edilicca,  including  thirty  cathedrals. 

—  The  Superintendent  of  a  factory  in  Canada, 
which  manufactures  paper  from  wood  says,  that 
the  process  is  now  so  mueh  improved  that  the  pa> 
per  can  be  made  ready  for  use  in  six  hours  from 
the  cutting  of  the  tree. 

—  A  new  Pompeii  has  been  discovered  in  Italy. 
At  the  foot  of  Mount  Gargono,  a  buHcd  town  has 
been  laid  bare,  the  houses  being  twenty  feet  below 
the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was  lirst  brought 
to  light,  then  a  portico,  composed  of  columns 
without  capitals,  and  finally  a  necropolis,  cover- 
ing nearly  four  acres, 

—  Eagles  havx  been  carefully  timed  and  found 
to  fly  often  at  the  rate  of  140  miles  in  an  hour, 
and  the  hawk  exceeds  even  this  speed. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Dnj  poascnger  train  going  cut  leaves  Lanark  al  12^Li5 
f.  M.,  aaJ.  arriicB  Ja  Itiiciiie  nl  0:43  ?,  M, 

Day  pasBcnger  lr»iii  going  weal  leares  Lanark  at  2;  14  P, 
M.,  and  arritcH  nt  Ituck  Island  al  5:50  P.  M. 

Nigbl  possengor  Irnina,  going  coal  oad  ireat,  mwl  and 
leave  Lanark  «I  'ilK  A.  .M.,  arriving  in  Ilaoinc  at  0;0O 
A.    M.,    Bud    at    Rook  Irlanil  nlU:IX)  A.  M. 


Freiglil  and  Accommmlinion 
U:  HI  A.  M.,  IU:  60  A. 
and*:  45  1'.  M, 


I   »iii  I 


rii 


Ihe  Brethren  At  Work. 


^^  Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  —  Lukk  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  May  2, 1878. 


No.  18; 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

KDITED  AHI)  PUBLISHED  WEKKLY 


J.  H.   MOORE    &    M.  M.   ESHELMAN, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


R.  U.  MIM.BII, 
J.  W.  BTF.IN,       - 
D.  VAN  III  AS, 
D.  11,  lIENTZEIt, 
MATTIE  A,  LEAH, 


LADOBA,  INI). 

-  NKWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIItDEN,  IIX. 

-  IVAYNESllOllO,  PA 

-  URIIASA,    U,L, 


GO.  FEEL  WHAT  I  HAVE  FELT. 

HV  KMlt.Y  STEHi, 

(10,  il-el  what  I  hiive  fcU, 
X    Go  biiiii- wlmt  I  Imvc  borne: 
Sink  'iiGiitli  a  bloiv,  a.  dnuikai'd  dcnU, 

And  the  cold,  proud  worldV  scorn, 
Tims  atniggle  on  from  year  to  year, 
Tliy  sole  lolief,  the  sealdiug  tenv. 
Go  weep  iw  I  li:ive  wept, 

O'er  a  loved  huEbiind's  fall; 
See  every  clierisUcd  promise  swept. 

Youth's  sweetness  turned  to  gall; 
Hope's  faded  flowera  strewed  all  the  way 
That  led  me  np  to  woman's  day. 

Go,  kneel  as  [  have  knelt. 

Implore,  lH.'-M:ei.-I  :ini:l  praj'. 
Strive  the  besotted  hcaii  to  melt, 

Tho  downward  curae  to  stay; 
Be  cast  with  bitter  curse  aside — 
Thy  prayers  burlesqued,  thy  tears  defied. 

Go,  st-aad  whore  1  have  stood, 
And  sec  the  strong  man  bow, 

With  gnashing  teeth,  lips  b.itbed  in  biood 
And  told  and  livid  brow. 

Go  catch  his  wandering  glance  and  see 

There  mirrored,  his  soul's  misery. 

Go,  bear  what  I  have  heard. 

The  sobs  of  aad  despair, 
As  memory's  feeling  fount  hath  sliri-ed 

Ami  its  revealings'  there. 
Have  told  him  what  he  ought  have  been 
Had  he  tho  drunkard's  fate  foreseen. 

Go,  hear  and  see  and  feel  and  know 
All  that  my  soul  hath  felt  and  known; 

Then  look  within  the  wine  cup's  glow, 
See  if  its  brightness  can  atone; 

Think  of  its  flavor  you  would  try. 

If  all  proelainied — 'tis  drink  and  die. 

Tell  me  I  hate  the  bowl. 

Hate  is  a  fcelile  word; 
I  loath,  abhor,  my  very  soul. 

By  strong  disgust  is  stirred 
Whcn'cr  I  see,  or  hear,  or  tell 
Of  the  dark  beverage  of  hell! 

LOCK  AKD  KEY. 

DV  C.  n.  UALSliAUOU, 

To  Shier  Miirij  Hoover,  of  C^inthnm   Centre, 
Ohio:— 

WE  are  nil  Nebuchadne/,ziu-s,  and  need  some 
Daniel  to  interpret  our  dreams  and  dis- 
solve our  doubts.  God  has  made  no  lock  to 
which  He  Iuls  fitted  no  key.  Both  lock  and 
key  may  be  too  intricate  for  our  compi-ehension 
in  this  life:  but  this  life  ts  not  intended  to 
spring  the  holt  of  all  the  dark  texts  of  Revela- 
tion. Eternity  will  present  ntore  mysteries 
than  time.  Even  the  simplest  tbinirs  reach  in- 
to the  depth  of  the  Infinite.  While  penning 
these  lines  I  am  chevriug  a  fragment  of  orange 
rind.  I  pereeive  it  to  be  an  orange  and  not  a 
(w.ach  or  fig  or  banana.  There  is  as  inexplica- 
ble a  mysterj-  in  the  distinction  of  lante  as  in 
the  /iteariKitioii,  or  the  jwrsDiinl  iibiijuUij  of  the 
Holij  Spirit.  I  am  not  only  incapable  of  giv- 
ing a  full  solution  of  the  queries  you  propound, 
but  can  give  you  no  guaranty  that  yon  will  not 
have  some  of  them  on  baud  in  the  world  to 
come.  Eternity  is  an  ever-unfolding  Apocalypse 
of  the  Unknowable, 


Your  iii-st  lesson  is  Mark  i:  11,  12.  Wlmt> 
ever  exegesis  is  given,  we  must  never  throw 
the  shadow  of  a  shade  of  suspicion  on  the  Di- 
vine integrity,  as  though  Fie  arbitrarily  vouch- 
aafes  or  withholds  the  treasures  of  His  gniee 
to  or  from  any  one.  Christ's  course  was  a  puz- 
7.\e  even  to  His  disciples.  They^J'v'cn/e/y  inter- 
rogated Him.  This  was  not  the  disposition  of 
the  multitude.  For  reasons  into  which  the  in- 
ner life  of  the  apostolic  elect  entered  ns  factors, 
it  was  "  ijii'en  unto  them  to  know  the  inyslery 
of  the  kingdom  of  God."  The  same  conditions 
would  have  brought  the  same  revelation  to 
twelve  thousand  instead  of  the  individual  twelve. 
The  word  lest  in  verse  12  is  not  the  representa- 
tive of  a  Divine  decree,  but  of  human  prejudice, 
judicial  stupor  and  petrifaction.  The  words  are 
as  applicable  to-day  as  eighteen  centuries  ago. 
This  principle  of  the  api)rehonsion  and  obscur- 
ation of  the  mysterj'  of  the  Cross  is  forcibly 
pre.sented  in  vei-se  13,  v/here  it  is  declared  that 
tho  knowledge  of /Aff?  parable  is  the  p^issport 
to  all  othei-s. 

Your  nest  qiiery  is  Miu-lf  Ifi:  17, 18,  The 
life  in  the  winged  bntterfly  is  the  same  as  that 
which  throbbed  in  the  chrysalis.  That  the  vis. 
ibiy  extraordinary  has  passed  away  is  no  proof 
that  the  saints  have  lost  any  of  the  essential 
power  of  lioly  character.  The  ocular  demon- 
strations requisite  for  the  inauguration  of  Chris- 
tianity are  not  needed  for  its  perpetuation.  No 
Divine  Dispensation  can  he  changed  without 
Di\-ine  authority,  and  the  authority  must  be 
supported  by  Divine  credentials.  To  eontimie 
these  would  be  to  destroy  their  effect  by  making 
them  common.  Familiarity  with  variations  from 
the  ordinary  course  of  things  would  lower  tbemir- 
aculous  to  the  sphere  of  daily  natural  pheuom- 
ena.  The  perpetuation  of  niirnclos  would  ut- 
terly derange  the  order  of  providence,  and  in- 
validate allbiblical  evidence  that  Jcsns  Christ  was 
theSoE  of  God.  Had  miracles  continued,  their 
cessation  would  uoiv  be  the  miracle. 

Your  third  interrogation  refera  to  the  case  of 
those  WHO  ai-e  immersed  witliout  convereion, 
and  are  led  to  repentance  n/lcr  their  admission 
to  church-tellowship.  This  is  a  serious  ques- 
tion. It  comeshome  to  our  individual  condition 
and  destiny.  I  have  had  many  similar  problems 
presented  for  solution,  but  liave  never  met  one 
that  i-eally  needed  rebaptism.  That  many  are 
immersed  in  profound  ignorance  of  the  import 
of  the  ordinance,  does  not  necessitate  its  repeti- 
tion when  they  awake  to  "  theexceeding  sinful- 
ness of  sin."  The  unfitness  for  baptism  lies  in 
our  unbroken  relation  to  sin,  and  not  in  our 
lack  of  apprehendipg  its  depths  and  power  and 
beinousness.  The  inbred  taint  of  sin  may  ap- 
pear to  us  more  horrible  and  damning  at  four 
score  undcrthefuUblaze  of  the  Sun  of  Righteous- 
ness, than  did  actual  sin  in  our  first  awakening 
prior  to  baptism.  Hoarj'-headed  ministering 
bretbi'en  have  asked  wliether  they  ought  not 
be  rebapti/.ed  because  their  sense  of  sin  was  so 
much  more  overwhelming  at  Seventy  than  at 
Twenty.  When  the  motivt^  is  base,  or  selfish, 
and  the  consciousness  of  impenitence  predom- 
inant, and  the  love  of  sin  unsubdued,  the  ne- 
cessity of  going  hack  to  the  Divin-;  oi-der  and 
character  of  induction  is  imperative. 

Next  comes  the  awful "  mystery  of  iniquity," 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost.  What  is 
it?  Wliether  .it  has  but  one  form  of  commis- 
sion we  are  not  told.  But  one  thing  is  logical- 
ly certain :  whoever  commits  it  must  he  schooled 
in  a  course  of  imrighteousness  which  crushes 
out  all  capacity  for  the  retention  or  readniission 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  To  "  sin  willfully,"  accord- 
ing to  Paul's  solemn  averment  in  Heb.  10:  26, 
has  a  deeper  meaning  than  lies  on  the  surface  of 
the  letter.  It  is  not  a  single  act,  nor  a  dozen 
acts,  however  vile  and  damnable,  but  a  pei-sist- 
enee  that  converts  thb  will-power  into  unmiti- 
gated devilism.  To  sin  once  wilfully  is  to  put 
our  souls  in  fearful  Jeopardy.  To  sin  twice  is 
to  rivet  the  bonds  of  hell,  and  shrivel  onr  spirit- 
ual capacity.    To  keep  on  sinning,  in  whatever 


form,  approximates  more  and  more  to  the  com- 
plete transformation  of  every  soul-element  into 
the  hopeless  disposition  of  Satan.  To  reach 
this  climax  is  to  eradicate  all  possible  conditions 
for  the  indwclluigof  the  Holy  Ghost.  "With- 
out faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God,"  and 
certain  psychologic  conditions  are  as  essential 
to  faith  as  certain  condition  of  the  eye  to  sight. 

Next  you  put  the  query  whether  there  arc 
persons  now  possessed  with  devils  in  the  same 
way  as  in  the  time  of  Christ.  I  do  not  think 
so.  We  need  not  enter  upon  proof  that  the 
demoniacs  of  that  period  were  personallij  occu- 
pied by  the  Spirits  of  tlie  pit.  The  instance  of 
the  Gadarene  is  irrefragable  evidence  of  this 
fact.  Hell  was  allowed  a  wider  sphere,  and  a 
more  extraordinary  regnancj'  over  human  na- 
ture, so  as  to  prepare  conditions  for  the  most 
wonderful  and  convincmg  exhibitions  of  the 
Omnipotence  of  the  Nasiarene  Carpenter.  The 
devil  and  his  angels  are  as  busy  now  as  ever, 
and  have  as  complete  possession  of  souls  as  in 
any  former  period;  hut  with  the  pei-sonal  min- 
istry of  Jesus,  and  the  miraculous  endoivmeuts 
of  the  immediate  successors,  tho  pei-sona!  in- 
being  of  evil  spirits  terminated.  To  extend 
their  incarnation  beyond  that  period  would  have 
been  as  disastrous  to  tlie  cause  of  redemption 
as  the  perpetuity  of  miracles. 

Your  next  query  sweeps  a  wide  field,  and 
goes  to  the  very  core  of  the  principle  on  which 
rests  the  very  existence  of  the  church.  What 
is  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  power  conferred 
in  Matt.  18:18,  nudl(5:l!),and  John 2U:23?  Here 
is  room  indeed  for  misconception,  usurpation 
of  autlioritj-,  and  misapplication  of  power. 
Tho  assumption  of  unauthorized  prerogatives, 
buttressed  liy  these  passages,  has  been  the  cause 
of  incalculable  evil.  Tbe  Heaven -loathed, 
eartb-and-helt-astounding  corruptions  of  the 
Church  of  Rome,  are  tbe  outgrowth  of  unholy 
ambition  and  abused  authority.  There  is  noth- 
ing in  which  the  church  has  need  of  greater 
vigilance  lurd  humility  than  in  the  weight  she 
puts  upon  her  decisions  in  relation  to  matters 
not  specified  in  the  inspired  record.  Now  ap- 
plications of  principles  are  necessary,  but  it  is 
a  rare  thing  to  devise  an  application  so  perfect- 
ly accordant  with  the  principle  as  not  to  admit 
of  improvment.  Not  unfrequently  there  is  no 
reference  to  principle  whatever  in  the  exercise 
of  authority:  hut  decisions  are  made  with  a  dog- 
matism as  repulsive  as  irrational.  Too  often 
thecountercheck  to  theforegoing  passages  which 
tbe  Spirit  has  added  as  a  kind  of  Postscript  iu 
Rev.  22:  18,  is  ignored.  The  door  should  ever 
be  left  open  for  investigation  and  progress,  and 
peremi)torily  closed  against  all  cavilera  with  the 
principle  on  which  our  imperfect  decisions  rest. 
Tradition  and  custom  are  only  hum;m  mile- 
stones, and  should  not  be  exalted  into  equality 
with  Revelation.  To  "lord  it  over  God's  her- 
itage "  is  as  culpable  a  violation  of  the  Divine 
arrangement  as  injubordination  to  church  offi- 
cials in  the  exercise  of  their  God-given  author- 
ity. Tests  of  menibei^Iiip  cannot  be  based  on 
any  thingsave  the  exprewion  oi  the  Divine  life 
iu  its  Divine  forms,  without  arrogating  Divine 
prerogatives,  which  is  popery.  There  has  been 
enough  given  iu  tho  life  of  Christ  in  relation  to 
huinility  to  divorce  us  th.oroughly  from  the 
vanities  and  frivolitic.*  of  fashion,  so  that  tbe 
above  principle  cannot  ^fe  claimed  in  defense  of 
departure  from  the  general  order  of  the  Broth- 
erhood, That  no  alteration  in  the  sanctioned 
order  of  dress  is  allowable  iu  any  particular,  I 
would  not  aver.  But  the  claiuoi-s  for  liberty 
generally  repudiate  tbe  centnd  truth  of  the 
Cross. 

You  a.sk,  in  the  next  place,  "  Whether  it  is 
according  to  the  Scriptures  to  nave  our  likeness- 
es taken,  or  to  have  instrumental  music,  or  in- 
structive pictures?"  Thousands  will  luiswor 
no,  and  thousands  yes,  God  never  employs 
what  is  intrinsically  wrong.  He  "  created  man 
in  His  own  inmge,  after  His  own  likeness."  Has 
filled  the  many  mansions  of  His  vast  temple 


with  pbotograpiis  of  His  Infinite  Beauty  niM?. 
goodness.  Whose  ejcs  are  purged  may  see  the- 
face  of  the  DiWne  Father  in  miniature  ten 
thousand  times  a  day.  He  ^  not  only  tho  Chier 
Photograjilier,  but  the  great  Choir-leader  ui  llie- 
Diaposon  of  the  Universe,  andlias  made  Heaven 
on  earth  a  magailicent,  ravi^biug  picture-gal- 
lery. The  harps  and  spleiutors  of  thoUp|XT 
Realm  will  do  tbe  sainb  no  harm  on  earth,  hxtt. 
tho  sainb  harm  themselves  by  the  perver^tiotn 
of  the  Divine  Goodness,  In  relation  to  all  tliis 
God-invented,  God-arranged  concert  of  beauty 
and  harmony  for  the  culture  of  tbe  soul.  Tinny 
are  under  the  spell  of  1  Cor.  8:  T.  Their  con- 
scientiousness I  respect,  while  I  deploif  their 
prejudices,  and  deprecate  their  denunciations. 
There  arc  many  others  who  are  unfit  to  have 
pictures,  or  be  skilled  in  instninjental  music, 
because  of  the  vanity  and  self-idolatry  of  tlu-ir - 
natives,  But  tho  restrictions  of  eircuiustimcoe  . 
3o  not  diminish  the  beneficence  of  the  Divhte  ■ 
provisions,  or  our  natural  right  to  their  enjay— 
ments. 

Lastly,  you  inquire  "  why  was  Jesus  thirty 
3'cara  old  before  He  was  baptixed.  being  He  wus 
our  example?"  The  (rnrtZ/i^  period  of  His  Iif& 
is  th"  most  signiK'jant  and  instructive  of  alL 
How  Jew  of  m,  with  the  stirring  conscioiuuess 
of  great  pcnt>-np  |iowei:s  for  human  good,  know 
how  to  wait  under  the  vail  of  obscarity  nm/^ 
the  burden  of  toil,  for  the  best  employment  of " 
their  endowments  for  the  church  and  the  worlJ  _ 
A  mighty  truth  lies  buried  under  the  tools  itna 
shavings  and  dustof  the  workshop  of  Nazai-etli, 
which  can  come  to  profitable  resurrection  oofy 
by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Thewjeof 
Jesus  at  baptism  is  no  morea  precedentforiei; 
than  that  of  His  death.  Our  sense  of  sin,  hnn- 
r  and  thirst  after  righteousness,  and  onr  le- 
verj-  to  holiness,  qualify  for  baptism  at  ten> 
years  of  ago  .-is  truly  as  at  thirty.  The  iniii* 
of  Christ  gives  a  right  relation  to  and  perecp- 
tion  of  alt  things.  We  grow  into  Him  eternal- 
ly 1  Cor.  13: 13, 


THE  OBLIGING  ELEPHANT.-. 

Silt  Emerson  Tennent  tells  of  an  adventure - 
he  had  in  Ceylon   while  riding  on  a  nar 

row  roadthrough  the  forest.  He  heard  a  ram- 
bling sound  approaching,  and  directly  thare 
came  to  meet  him  an  elephant  bearuig  on  hfe- 
tusks  a  largo  log  of  wood  which  he  had  be«t- 
directed  to  carry  to  the  place  where  it  was  . 
most  neede{l.  Tenuent's  horse,  unused  to  these  - 
monatei^s,  was  frightened,  ami  refus^ed  to  go  for-  - 
ward.  The  ele]ihaut  seeing  this,  evidently  de- 
cided that  he  must  himself  get  out  of  the  way- 
But  to  do  this  be  was  obliged  to  take  the  log- 
IVoiu  his  tusks  with  his  trunk  and  lay  it  or.felit 
gronml,  whicli  be  did,  and  then  hacked  out  tA 
the  road  between  the  trees  till  only  his  iKnS. 
wa*  visible.  But  the  horse  was  still  too  tim- 
id to  go  by,  when  the  thoughtful  elcphani 
pushed  himself  farther  hack,  till  all  bis  borty 
except  the  end  of  his  trunk  hail  ibsuppcared. 
Then  Sir  Emoraon  succteded  in  getting  bi=  . 
hoi-so  by,  but  3iop])ed  to  witness  the  resnlt. 
Tho  elephant  came  out,  took  the  lug  up  again, 
laitl  it  across  his  tiwks,  and  went  on  bis  wa>-. 
This  stoiyshosvs  not  only  reasoning,  hut  faith- 
fulness to  his  task,  and  spirit  of  courtesy  tw  a, 
felloiv-traveler  not  always  shown  by  man. 

-~Srla.-lcL  _ 

The  old   Jerusalem    wiis    hiid   waste  by  wur^  _ 
and  tlie  ruins  are  overlaid  ivitb  dirt  jmd  desola- 
tion.    But  the  New  Jeru-ialem  shall  never  turn 

bic  down.  The  jasper  butHements  shall  stand'- 
and  shine  forever.  The  golden  gates  shall  nev- 
er lose  their  lustre  nor  rust  upon  their  portals. 
The  white  rf.).,-  .|!:i||  u.'vrr  n.-<|  cl^'aii-iit;.  f.T 

they  are  wji-lir.l  m  tli-  \.\ |  ,,|  t],,.  |„,,„i,    ■pi,,. 

harps  of  h'MM'ii  -liiill  ,ii. ■..,!-  i...  .,,  (,,,,,.,  ,,  > 
.■er  he  :iivr-;n  1,\  ,|  i-,j.-.,  .X..  i  n'm- r.^.  ,,-\j 
gr.iy  h-Mv-  j,.>  u>.-,iry  jji„l,.-.  ,f.  ,vrinkl"<i 
iws.  no  IidIIiiw  cheeks,  no  sickness,  no  jwji., 
r  any  more  death.  0!  blessed  prospectLlh*^ 
full  glory  dniweth  nigh! 


THE    BKETHCRElSr    ^T    AVORKl. 


TVTay 


EXPOSTULATION. 

SINNERS,  perliops  this  news  to  yon 
May  hiive  iiowL'ight  aUhuughso  tr.ui? 
The  camul  pleasures  of  llieeartli 
Cast  off  iho  thoiighU  and  fears  of  death. 

CHOKUS, 

It  is  awful,  awful,  nwful. 

Tlio  blooming  youth  Ml  iu  their  prime. 
Are  counting  ont  their  li-nglh  of  time, 
They  otltimes  say  'tis  to  their  intent, 
When  they  got  old  they  will  repent. 

The  aged  sinner  will  not  turn, 

His  heart 's  so  hard  he  cannot  mourn, 

But  oh,  the  sad  and  awful  state 

Of  those  who  sfjiy  and  come  too-late. 

Much  harder  than  a  flinty  rock, 
He  will  not  turn  though  Jc^us  knocks. 
The  foolish  virgins  they  began 
To  knock  hut  could  not  cuter  iu. 

Tlien  parents  take  a  solemn  view 
Of  your  dear  children,  dear  to  you, 
How  can  you  hear  to  hear  them  cry 
And  fault  you  with  their  uiisery? 

When  Christ  the  Lord  shall  come  again. 
In  siolemn  pomp  and  burning  flame. 
Say,  Gahriel  go,  ])roelaiin  the  sound, 
Awake  ye  nations  under  ground. 

Oh  how  will  parents  tremble  there 
Who  raise  their  children  \vithout  prayer! 
Methinks  they'll  hear  their  children  sny, 
"  I  never  heai'd  my  parents  pray." 

Good  Lord  what  groims,  ivhat  bitter  cries. 
What  thunder  rolling  through  the  skies, 
Poor  sinners,  sink  iu  dark  despair, 
Whilesaintsareshoutiug  through  thenir. 
Selected  by  G.  W.  Adams. 


PLAINNESS    IN    DRESS     A  SOURCE 

OF  MORAL    POWER  IN 

THE  CHURCH. 

UV  ALEX.  W.  RKESE. 


SEE  the  suspensions,  tlie  abscoiidings  of 
confidential  clerks,  cashiers  and  tel- 
lers of  banks — di.shonest  public  officials, 
defaultei's,  and  swindlers  of  every  grade 
and.type;  men  who  have  betrayed  their 
trusts,  embezzled  the  funds  of  othi 
and,  in  numberless  iustances,  have  fled 
to  foreign  lands  to  escape  the  vengeance 
of  the  law,  and  a  felon's  cell.  Look  at 
the  fi'ightful  listof  murders,  thefts,  for- 
geries, robberies,  breaches  of  trust,  bank 
rupteies,  betrayals  of  confidence,  both 
in  public  and  iu  private  life,  and,  to 
crown  all,  thaterrible  list  of  suicides,  lui 
manlives  rashly  and  recklessly  castaway 
to  escape  I'emorse,  exposure,  and  disgrace. 
And  why  all  this?  Simply  because,  in 
a  corrupt  and  venial  age  men  are  so 
infatuated  with  "  style,"  that  they  will 
live  beyond  their  means,  and,  iu  order  to 
make  a  display,  to  l^eep  up  appearance, 
to  pamper  a  false  and  peruicious  pride, 
wi7? accomplish  the  end  so  eagerly  sought, 
even  at  the  sacrifice  of  honor,  integrity, 
manhood,  self-respect  and  all  that  in- 
volves and  dignifies  the  character  ot  man. 
Yea,  they  will  imperil  the  immortal  soul 
that  they  may  enjoy  the  ''  pleasures  of 
sin  for  a  season." 

Such  is  the  ghastly  picture  of  the  mor- 
als of  the  present  day,  and  it  is  enough 
to  cause  a  sickening  shudder  of  the  soul 
to  contemplate  its  revolting  features. 
And  this  results  from  the  sad  fact  that 
men,  as  well  as  women,  fritter  away  the 
brief  and  ti-ansitory  life,  that  God  has 
given  for  uohler  pvii-poses,  in  tliis  mad 
rush  after  display. 

While  oui  text  condemns  the  wearing 
of  gold,  of  jewels  and  the  putting  on  of 
costly  array  by  the  feniales  professing 
godliness,  itbyno  means  confines  the  in- 
terdiction to  them.  Every  one  (both 
males  and  feuiales  who  are  the  follow- 
eraof  Christ)  is  included  iu  the  command. 
None  can  escape  its  obligations  without 
guilt.  The  doctrines  of  Christ  are  in 
startling  contrast  with  the  maxims  and 
habits  of  the  world.  In  all  respects  the 
Christian  dift'ers   from    the    man  of  the 


world.  And  this  diftV-rpnc^  is  as  appar- 
ent as  it  is  real.  The  Clu-istian  is  lit- 
terally  "  a  living  epistle  known  and  read 
of  all  men."  "What  nioial  power  does 
the  worldly  and  fashionable  Chri8tian(?) 
exert  upon  a  godless  world  ?  Where  is 
the  cross  in  the  worldly  and  fashionable 
church  ?  (unless  it  be  the  picCure  thereof, 
garlanded  with  roses,  and  hung  in  aframe 
on  the  ivall,  or  perhaps  the  wooden  rep- 
resentation of  it  on  the  summit  of  the 
perched  church  spire). 

Where  is  the  self-denial  in  such 
church?  Where  the  image  of  Christ? 
Can  we  distinguish  the  fashionable 
dience,  at  the  fnshioual>le  church,  from 
the  fashionable  assembly  at  the  fashion 
aide  watering  place,  or  the  fashionable 
theatre?  Are  not  vanity,  pride  and  dis- 
play the  ruling  jja-ssion  with  the  first  as 
well  as  the  latter  ?  Are  such  membei-s 
noted  for  piety,  godliness  and  humility 
of  mind  such  as  the  Gospel  demands? 
Are  such  church  members  "  a  peculiar 
people,  zealous  of  good  works?"  No 
wonder  that  in.  view  of  inconsistency 
like  this,  the  worid  is  full  of  infidels  and 
skeptics,  who  openly  scoff  at  a  religion 
like  this!  No  wonder  that  such  Chris- 
tians as  these  e-xcite-  the  pity  and  con- 
tempt of  the  world.  No  wonder  that 
the  moral  power  of  such  a  chuich  sinks 
below  zero,  and  its  zeal  for  Christ  like 
the  sun's  rays  i-eflected  from  the  ice  bergs 
of  the  Arctic  seas. 

Just  so  far,  tlien,  as  the  church  is  in 
no n- conformity  to  the  world,  in  that  de- 
gree will  its  moral  power  be  felt  and  ac- 
knowledged by  the  world.  If  the  Chris- 
tian supposes  that  he  gains  anything  in 
the  estimation  of  the  world  by  concession 
of  principle,  a  sad  bid  for  its  favor,  he 
makes  a  sad  mistake.  The  world  is  a 
keen  critic.  It  detects  inconsistency  in 
the  Christian  character  mth  the  quick 
perception  of  intention;  and  the  world 
gives  no  quarter  in  such  a  case,  "\\liile 
the  world  is  full  of  sophistical  reasoning 
and  plausible  argumentation,  in  sustain- 
ing its  innate  enmity  to  the  cross  of 
Christ,  it  yet  rigidly  holds  the  professor 
of  Christianity  to  both  the  spirit  and  let- 
ter of  the  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God. 

For  every  sacrifice  demanded  of  the 
sinner  unbelief  upreai's  its  "  horrid  front," 
but  while  specious  argument  is  now  at 
hand,  the  world  cannot  resist  a  pure, 
.consistent,     and     godly    life. 

"Truth  crushed  to  earth  will  rise  again; 

The  eternal  years  of  God  are  her's; 
But  error,  wounded  writhes  in  paiu, 
And  dies  amidst  her  worahipei-s." 
The  example  of  a  pure  and  godly  life 
has  a  moral  power  upon  the  world  as  ir- 
resistible as  the  torrrent  of  the  Niagara, 
or  as  the  surge  of  the  nightly  ocean. 
Every  source,  then,  of  moral  power 
should  be  utilized  by  the  church,  to  the 
end  that  the  Gospel  of  Christ  have  free 
coui-se  and  be  glorified  of  men.  "  Let 
yoxu'  light  shine,  so  that  others,  seei/ng 
yom' good  works,  may  glorify  your  Fath- 
er which  is  in  heaven."  Simplicity  and 
plainness  in  dress  are  so  manifestly  in 
accordance  with  both  the  letter  and  the 
spirit  of  the  Gospel,  and  so  diametrical- 
ly opposed  to  the  feelings  and  sentiments 
of  the  carnal  mind,  that  it  is  passing 
strange  how  any  one,  professing  the  re- 
ligion of  "  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus," 
should  hesitate  to  adopt  these  Gospel 
priueiples,  and  to  incorporate  them  iuto 
their  daily  confession  of  Christ. 

We  are  not  surprised  at  this  defection 
among  the  members  of  the  various  fash- 
ionable and  worldly  sects  of  the  present 
day,  for  we  ftr/crf  nothing  of  self-denial 
or  of  sacrifice  of  popular  favor,  on  the 
part  of  such  peo2Jle.  What  indeed 
could  We  expect  from  professing  Chris- 
tians who  distort  the  plain  Word  to  suit ' 


their  own  peculiar  views — caprices,  con^ 
venience,  or  whims;  but  the  sad  fruits  of 
disobedience  and  schism  which  such  a 
source  inevitably  produces.  But  that, 
in  the  membei-ship  of  the  Brethren 
church,  which  especially  claimsto"obey" 
the  Gospel,  there  should  be  found  those 
in  open  rebellion  against  one  of  the 
plainest  and  most  positive  principles 
found  inside  the  lids  of  the  New  Tes- 
tanu^nt;  or  if  not  actually  in  open  re- 
bellion,yet  in  secret  sympathy  with,  and 
encouraging,  those  who  are,  surpasses 
all  comprehension.  While  such  men- 
bers  profess  humility,  and  approve,  (so 
they  say)  non-conformity  to  the  world, 
yet  how  plainly  do  we  see  the  symptoms 
of  ^vorldly  vanity  and  pride  cropping 
out  iu  their  actions  and  appearance. 

While  these  ostensibly  profess  to  have 
"  put  away  the  old  man  and  his  deeds," 
do  they  not  secretly  pine  after  those 
God-forbiddeu  indulgences  which  the 
Word  condemns?  The  trouble  witli 
such  members,  we  greatly  fear,  is  that 
they  are  trying  to  hold  on  to  the  church 
with  oue  hand  and  to  the  world  with  the 
other.  This  Christ  Himself  has  declar- 
ed to  be  an  impossibility.  "  Ye  cannot 
serve  God  aud  mammon."  "No  man  can 
serve  two  masters;"  no  man cau have  the 
spirit  of  the  lowly  Nazarene  in  his  bosom, 
and  forbidden  trappings  of  worldly  van- 
ity and  pride  on  his  back,  at  one  and  the 
same  time.  Ah,  hut  says  one,  "  God 
looks  at  the  Aci/r/,  and  not  at  tlie  out- 
ward appearance!"  So  He  does,  and  if 
the  heart  is  humble  tlie  outside  appear- 
ance will  correspond  -with  the  state  of  the 
mind,  vice  versa.  The  man  whose  soul 
is  filled  with  Holy  Ghost,  has  no  desire 
foi'  the  decorations  of  a  sinful,  God-hat- 
ing world.  No  abstract  virtue  can  exist 
without  itscorrespondinsact,  for,  in  the 
absence  of  its  expression,  there  is  no  ev- 
idence of  its  e.Kistence.  The  humble  dis- 
ciple of  Christ  -will  give  e.xpression  to 
this  grace  in  his  conduct  and  in  his  ex- 
ternal appearance.  The  proud  man  will 
show,  by  the  reverse  of  this,  the  state  of 
lis  heavfc.  We  firmly,  believe  the  Breth- 
■en  chiu'ch  to  be  a  great  moral  power  in 
the  world.  And  why?  Because  of  its 
unflinching  and  steady. adherence  to  the 
plain  text  of  the  Word  of  God ;  and  be- 
cause the  church  in  its  membership  en- 
deavors to  carry  out  this  belief  in  the 
Word  of  God  by  strict  compliance  with 
divine  teachings  in  their  daily  walk 
and  conversation. 

Let  the  Brethren  church  drift  away 
in  the  smallest  degree,  from  this  sure  foun- 
dation— this  "  safe  plan  of  salvation,' 
and  just  so  far  the  Brethren  church  ceas- 
es to  be  a  moral  power  in  the  world. 
Now  oue  of  the  distinctive  features  of 
the  Brethren  church,  is  its  opposition  to 
worldly  forms  of  dress,  and  its  adoption 
of  a  pej'sonal  costume  representing  the 
Scriptural  doctrine  of  non-eoufoniiity  to 
the  Morld.  This,  the  Brethren  claim,  is 
essential  to  tlie  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 

We  are  taught  to  regard  this  peculiar 
costume  as  the  imiform  of  Christ  the 
great  Captain  of  our  salvation.  The 
Scriptures  represent  the  Christian  life  as 
a  warfare,  with  the  flesh,  the  world  and 
the  devil,  the  combined  and  deadly  en- 
emits  of  the  human  soul.  The  Chris- 
tian is  commanded  to,  put  on  the  whole 
armor  of  God,  the  details  of  which  are 
specially  set  forth  in  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus 
Christ.  We  are,  also,  taught  to  put  on 
the  uniform  of  the  Christian  soldier,  so 
that  we  may  be  distinctly  and  certainly 
known  and  distinguished  from  the  sol- 
diers of  Christ's  enemies  and  our  own. 

We  earnestly  believe  that  this  is  one 
of  the  great  som-ees  of  moral  power  in 


the  Brethren  church,  and  just  as  we  de- 
part from  this  principle,  as  expressed  in 
the  personal  costume  of  its  menibei's, 
just  so  far  we  yield  to  the  canial  appe- 
tites of  the  flesh,  are  spiritually  damag- 
ed oui-selves  and  lose  our  infiuence  upon 
the  world  without.  And  the  more  li- 
cense indulged,  or  granted,  in  this  direc- 
tion the  more  the  church  assimilates  to 
the  pride  and  fashion  of  the  world,  un- 
til, finally  Christian  identity  is  lost,  and 
the  church  sinks  into  the  destructive 
vortex  of  worldliness,  vanity  and  sin. 
Wf  have  but  to  look  at  the  history  of 
contemporaneous  churches,  to  behold  the 
inevitable  result  of  such  a  course.  Look 
at  the  Methodist  church  in  the  day.s  of 
Whitfield  and  John  Wesley!  With  all 
the  doctrinal  defects  of  the  organization, 
which  we,  by  no  means  endorse;  they 
were  right  as  to  their  principle  or  non- 
conformity to  the  world  in  dress  and  os- 
tentatious display. 

In  that  early  day  they  were  as  distinct-  - 
ively  and  severely  plain  as  the  Brethren 
church  ever  has  been.  Many  a  fiery  and 
withering  denunciation  against  pride, 
and  its  inevitable  expression  in  personal 
adornment,  as  the  wearing  of  gold,  of 
pearls,  of  jewels,  of  gay  ribbons,  of  ar- 
tificials, fiowers  and  of  "costly  array," 
was  hurled  from  the  pulpit  of  the  prim- 
itive Methodists  in  those  purer  days. 
And  this  Gospel  doctrine  is  part  and 
parcel  of  the  Methodist  "  Book  of  dis- 
cipline "  at  this  very  hour.  But,  alas, 
how  sadly  has  the  Methodist  church  de- 
generated in  this  respect  since  the  days 
of  Whitfield  and  the  two  Wesleys.  How 
ha\'e  they  departed  from  the  tiospel  of 
Christ,  until  to-day  theii'  church  bears 
off  the  palm  in  the  race  after  worldly 
fashion  and  display? 

Is  the  Methodist  church  the  moral 
power  in  the  world  that  it  was  in  the 
days  of  John  Wesley  and  that  "  sweet 
singer,"  liis  brother  Charles?  The  most 
ardent  of  its  devotees  will  scarcely  do 
his  intelligence  justice  to  say  that  it 
is.  While  its  members  have  been  great- 
ly swelled,  yet  its  primitive  and  fiery 
zeal  for  Christ  has  become  so  diluted 
with  the  spirit  of  worldly  fashion  and 
pride,  that  its  moral  power  h.ts  visibly 
and  sensildy  declined.  And  other  de- 
nominations might  be  cited,  which  start- 
ing out  in  the  principles  of  plainness, 
have  so  drifted  away  fi'om  i)ie  ancient 
moorings  as  almost  to  defy  recognition 
by  human  eyes.  This  %ve  earnestly  be- 
lieve, will  be  the  sad,  inevitable  fate  of 
the  Brethren  church  whenever  it  departs 
from  its  primitive  simplicity  of  dress, 
worship  and  practice  as  found  ■  in  the 
Word  of  God;  for  it  is  a  well-known 
saying  that  "  history  repeats  itself."  But 
it  seems  that  some  of  our  brethren  while 
assenting  to  the  general  principles  of 
plainness,  yet  object  to  reducing  it  to  a 
pei-sonal  and  practical  application  by 
adopting  the  jieculiar  g-irb  of  the  church 
as  understood  among  ourselves.  They 
are  impatient  of  the  restraints  of  the 
church;  they  will  not  come  into  the  or- 
der without  much  admonition  on  the 
part  of  those  wlio  have  the  rule  over  ns. 
They  declare  that  there  is  no  "thussaith 
the  Lord  "  for  the  sister's  cap,  or  the 
brother's  round -cornered  coat,  or,  indeed 
any  of  the  other  specific  details  which 
go  to  makeup  the  costume  by  wliich  the 
Brethren  are  known  in  a  peculiar  sense, 
as  the  followers  of  Christ. 

Now  we  fearlessly  assert  that,  in  the 
consideration  of  this  question,  there  is 
'nevitably  one  of  two  thin^,  either  the 
Brethren's  costume  represents  a  principle 
of  godliness,  or  it  does  not.  If  it  rep- 
resents a  principle  of  godliness  that 
principle  is  found  in  the  Book,  for  there 


May  2. 


'rH.I£.    BJ-^i^XHKElN"    ^VT    AVORK. 


■  is  rfjjinncipk-  of  goclliiies?  in  the  wide 
iiiiivei"se  tbat  is  not  found  iii  the  Book. 
Tlien,  if  this  proposition  be  true,  liow 
can  the  sincere  anti  humble  follower  of 
Christ  refuse  to  accept  ita  truth,  and  to 
be  governed  bv  it  in  his  practice?  "On 
tlie  other  hand,  if  tlie  Brethren's  cos- 
tume represents  no  principle  of  a  holy 
jind  godly  charnctor,  then  it  is  ns  worth- 
less as  tlie  worldly  dress  of  a  century 
atfo,  and  no  specific  benefit  can  come 
from  its  adoption  by  the  church. 

These  are  the  two  palpable  horns  of 
tlie  dilemna,  one  or  the  other  of  which 
must  be  grasped  wlien  we  come  to  in- 
vestigate the  moral  aspect  of  the  ques- 
tion. There  is  no  middle  ground.  Those 
who  contend  for  uon -conformity  and 
Ithiinnesa  of  dross,  and  yet  oppose  uni- 
formity in  costume,  involve  themselves 
and  the  church  in  cndlessconfusiou,  im- 
practicable theories,  and  diverse  inter- 
pretations of  the  AVord. 

Some  of  the  writers  of  our  church 
papers,  who  assume  the  ground,  seem 
not  to  foresee  the  logical  results  of  the 
reasoning  employed.  In  a  recent  issue 
of  one  of  our  papei-s  an  article  of  this 
character  occupies  a  considerahle  space, 
Its  author  (who,  by  the  way,  is  one  of 
the  ablest  winters  among  the  Brethren) 
in  his  review  of  the  subject  which  ap 
peal's  in  the  form  of  an  open  letter  ad 
dressed  to  another  brother — take-s  what 
seems,  at  least  to  us,  objectionable 
grounds.  While  admitting  the  general 
principle  of  plmnnes)<y  he  strongly,  and 
in  his  quaint  and  peculiar  style,  objects 
to  iviiiformity,  in  tbat  respect,  among 
the  Brethren.  Onr  dear  brother  says, 
"  Some  of  onr  plainest  members  have 
fallen  the  deepest  into  scandal,"  because 
they  knew  without  knowing. 

AVhile  this  sentence  might  be  changed 
with  amliguit'!/,  we  presume  that  the 
brother  means  that  the  members  alluded 
to  had  the  form  of  godliness  -without  the 
spu'it  thereof.  Granting  this,  for  argU' 
meut's  sake,  might  not  the  result  he  de 
plores,  be  due  more  to  the  latter,'than  to 
the  former  cause  ?  And  really  is  this  a 
sound  argument  against  the  principle  of 
plainness,  as  represented  in  the  peculiar 
garb  of  the  Brethren  church?  Again 
he  says,  "  None  of  us  are  in  equipoise 
in  Christ  as  He  is  in  Himself,  and  tins 
issues  in  collisions  of  thought,  feeling 
and  action."  This  statement  is  the 
ground-work  of  all  the  differences  of 
modern  Christendom.  Hundreds  of  dif- 
ferent sects,  all  claiming  the  Word  for 
their  various  and  specific  views,  have 
sprung  up  fi'om  this -source.  Because 
we  cannot  all  see  alike,  is  not  the  fault 
of  the  Word,  but  in  ourselves.  Because 
of  a  want  of  equipoise,  men  differ  about 
what  is  essential  in  the  AVord,  and  what 
they  consider  is  not.  Hence  one  thinks 
we  "  ought"  to  do  this,  and  the  other 
that  we  "  ought  "  not. 

One  claims  to  be  of  Paul,  another  of 
Cephas,  and  a  third  of  Christ.  Men 
have  thus  differed  for  over  eighteen  hun- 
dred years,  and  perhaps  \vill  differ 
through  all  time  to  come.  But  the 
church  is  condemn-'d  for  this  very  thing. 
We  are  commanded  to  be  of  one  mind, 
and  that  there  be  no  divisions  among 
us.  Now  the  presence  of  divisions  among 
us,  is  an  evidence  that  we  are  not  in  the 
order  the  Scriptures  prescribe  for  the 
church  of  Christ — not  "in  equipoise  with 
Christ  as  He  is  in  Himself,"  aud  shows 
conclusively  that  there  is  something 
wrong  among  us,  and  that  these  divis 
ions  ought  to  cease.  Do  not  such  article; 
as  our  dear  brother  has  penned,  tend  to 
encourage  these  divisions,  rather  than 
otherwise,  by  stimulating  opposition  to 
the   order  of  the   church?  I  cannot  at' 


tempt  in  tliis  already  prolonged  essay, 
any  elaborate  review  of  the  brother's 
article,  but  will  simply  give  expression 
to  the  thought,  that  it  is  a  matter  of  re- 
gret that  anything  emanating  from  so 
nfluential  a  source,  should  seem  to  in- 
fluence members  against  adopting  the  or- 
der of  the  church. 

This,  probably,  is  not  the  intention  of 
the  article,  but  we  fear  its  tendency  is 
in  that  direction.  Finally  if  the  Breth- 
ren church,  claiming  to  be  in  a  special 
and  peculiar  sense,  the  people  of  God- 
claimiug  to  obey  all  the  commandments 
of  Christ,  and  known  among  men  by  its 
unflinching  opposition  to  pride  and  van 
ity  as  expressed  in  worldly  forms  of 
dress,  would  cease  to  exert  its  moral 
power  upon  the  world,  then  let  the  door 
be  opened  for  indulgeuce  in  this  respect. 
And  the  door  once  opened  will  never 
again  be  shut.  Brother,  wider,  deeper 
the  onsweeping  tide  of  worldliness  and 
fashionable  pride  will  flow,  until  the 
very  foundations  of  the  church  ivill  be 
sapped  to  their  fall,  and  the  Brethren 
church,  its  identity  swallowed  up  and 
lost  in  the  resistless  torrent  of  fashion- 
able Christianity,  will  be  known  only  as 
a  thing  of  the  past. 
Warrcnshurij,  2fo. 

THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

[Brief  synopsis  of  the  discussion  held  sit  Nciv- 
tonia,  Mo.,  between  D.  B.  Ray,  of  the  Baptists 
and  J.  W.  Stein  of  fclie  Bretlireii.  We  givcna 
much  of  the  ai'guments  as  ive  could  correctlj' 
report. — J.  H.  Moore.1 

Tliwsday  morning  March  7tb 
Kay. — If  baptism  is  a  conditioT?  of 
salvation  then  that  places  salvation  in 
the  hands  of  men — I  tell  you  I  want  no 
salvation  in  my  hands  to  deal  out  to  peo- 
ple. I  point  them  tp  Christ,  for  there 
is  no  other  name  given  under  heaven  or 
among  men  whereby  we  may  be  saved. 
The  salvation  is  all  in  Christ,  not  in  the 
hands  of  men.  We  preach  the  Gospel 
because  we  are  commanded  to  do  so.  The 
washing  of  regeneration  referred  to  in 
Titus  does  not  refer  to  the  pardoning  of 
the  sins,  but  the  cleansing  of  the  church, 
It  does  not  say  one  word  about  baptism, 
The  washing  of  regeneration  does  not 
refer  to  immersion,  but  alludes  to  moral 
cleansing.  We  are  not  justified  by  wa- 
ter baptism,  but  in  1  Cor.  6;  11,  we  are 
told  that  we  are  justified  by  the  Spirit 
of  God.  Paul's  baptism  was  emblem- 
atic of  the  ^vashing  away  of  his  sins. 
My  fi-iend  thinks  a  man  canuot  be  a 
Christian  without  baptism.  It  is  the 
blood  of  Christ  that  cleanseth  us  fiom 
all  sins. 

There  is  nothing  wrong  in  talking  of 
serpent  salvation — The  chiUbeu  of  Israel 
had  to  look  upon  the  serpent  and  then 
they  were  healed  of  God  Himself.  AVho- 
soever  believeth  on  Christ  shall  be  sav- 
ed. From  Gal.  3:  26,  we  learn  that  we 
are  all  the  children  of  God  by  faith  in 
Christ  Jesus.  AVe  become  a  child  of 
God  by  faith,  but  get  into  the  church  or 
body  by  baptism.  We  are  baptized  in- 
to the  body.  The  church  will  save  no 
one.  Salvation  is  not  locked  up  in  the 
church,  but  is  free  to  all  who  will  believe 
on  the  Lord. 

The  Baptist  church  is  the  true  church 
of  God,  yet  I  believe  that  there  wiU  be 
many  saved  out  of  other  churches.  Even 
out  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  for 
the  Revelatorsays,  come  out  of  her,  my 
people. 

My  friend's  theory  is  that  if  you  bap 
tize  a  goat  it  makes  a  sheep  of  him.  He 
goes  into  the  water  a  goat  and  comes  out 
a  sheep.  I  hold  that  some  out  of  all 
denominations  will  be  saved.     The  old 


mother  church  will  be   saved,    and  will 
constitute  the  bride,  the  Lamb's  wife. 

The  Scriptures  teach  that  except  ye 
repent  ye  shall  all  likewise  perish,  but 
if  according  to  my  friend,  they  ^vill  all 
go  to  the  devil  if  not  immei-sed  three 
times.  The  jailer  wanted  to  know 
what  to  do  to  be  saved,  and  was  told  to 
believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  This 
is  what  Paul  and  Silas  told  him. 


Stein. — My  friend  just  keej^  repeat- 
ing the  same  arguments  over.  He  blames 
us  for  teaching  baptism  a  condition  of 
salvation,  yet  he  will  teach  faith  a  con^ 
dition,  and  also  repentance.  He  teaches 
salvation  by  grace  alone,  yet  brings  it 
faith  as  a  condition.  Faith  alone  will 
not  save  men.  Christ  told  the  Jews  that 
believed  on  Him  that  if  they  would  con 
tiniie  in  His  AVord  they  should  be  His 
disciples  and  the  truth  should  make  them 
free.  Though  they  had  faith,  yet  they 
were  not  free,  were  still  the  servants  of 
sin.  Tlien  faith  alone  will  not  save,  for 
faith  without  works  is  dead,  being  alone. 
My  friend  refuses  to  tell  us  what  be- 
ing born  of  the  water  means.  If  it  does 
not  mean  baptism,  why  does  he  not  tell 
us  what  it  does  mean  ?  X-et  him  answer 
the  argumen't  X  drew  from  the  language 
of  Peter  when  he  speaks  of  the  like  fig- 
ure whereunto  baptism  doth  also  now 
save  us.  Paul  says  ns  many  of  us  as 
have  been  baptized  into  Christ  have  pTit 
on  Christ  (Gal.  3:  27).  It  is  not  repent 
into  Christ,  nor  believe  into  Him,  but  be 
baptized  into  Him.  AVe  believe  on  Jesus 
Christ,  repent  of  ovir  sins  and  then  are 
hapiizcd  into  Christ,  thus  we  get  into 
Christ  by  baptism,  aud  not  by  faith  on- 
ly, as  my  ft-iend  says. 

AVe  have  shown  you  that  Peter  told 
the  Pentecostinns  to  repent  and  be  bap- 
tized for  the  remission  of  sins.  Here 
repentance  and  baptism  are  joined  to- 
gether for  the  same  purpose.  If  l.mp- 
tism  is  hecaiise  of  the  remission  of  sins, 
then  repentance  is  too,  and  therefore  put 
repentance  after  the  remission  of  sins  in^ 
stead  of  before.  I  want  my  friend  to 
tell  us  whether  Peter  answered  the  Pen 
tecostians  right  when  he  told  them  to 
repent  aud  he  baptized  for  the  remission 
of  sins?  The  Baptists  will  not  answer 
their  converts  that  ivay.  Though  Sir. 
Ray  takes  the  position  that  baptism  is 
not  a  condition  of  pardon,  yet  he  makes 
it  a  condition  of  membership  in  the  Bap 
tist  church,  and  will  not  commune  with 
any  one  without  it.  He  maintains  that 
a  man  becomes  a  child  of  God  by  faith, 
yet  he  is  not  good  enough  to  be  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  According 
to  his  logic  people  can  be  membei-s  of 
the  church  of  Christ  without  baptism, 
but  cannot  be  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  without  it;  therefore  the  Baptist 
church  is  not  the  church  of  Christ. 

But  he  maintains  that  we  get  into 
Christ,  Mc  head,  by  faith  aud  tlien  into 
the  church,  the  body  by  baptism.  I 
would  like  him  to  explain  how  one  gets 
into  the  head  without  getting  into  the 
body?  and  what  authority  he  has  for 
making  that  distinction. 

During  the  past  Winter  I  have  read 
about  150  books  of  the  ancient  Fathers, 
and  find  that  for  the  first  500  years  bap- 
tism for  the  remission  of  sins  was  the 
doctrine  of  the  general  chiu'ch,  yet  my 
friend  will  maintain  that  it  originated 
with  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He 
talks  about  the  doctrine  not  being  in  the 
Bible.  The  New  Testament  is  full  of  it. 
John  the  Baptist,  Christ,  Peter,  Ananias 
aud  Paul  taught  it. 

The  primitive  Christians  did  not  go  to 
war  and  kill  each  other.  They  were  all 
opposed  to  war  and   blood-shed.     AVar 


was  o])posed  by  Ore-^'in  who  lived  in  the 
uid  ci'Utury,  ;iii'i  rdso  byCyprian,  Ter- 
tulliauaud  Justiu  Martyr.  The  Baptist 
church  is  not  opposed  to  war  as  was  the 
primitive  church.  Even  their  preachers 
are  allowed  to  tjike  part  in  it,  go  to  war 
aud  help  kill  their  brethren  instead  of 
preaching  the  Gospel  of  peace  as  they 
are  commanded  to  do  by  the  Bible.  The 
old  Anabaptists  and  AValdenses,  with 
which  they  claim  proud  counection  took 
no  part  in  war  of  any  kind,  but  stood 
aloof  fi'om  all  blood-ahed  and  cruelty. 
Thus  we  see  that  llie  Baptist  chlU'ch  has 
departed  not  ouly  from  the  faith  of  the 
Bilile,  but  from  the  practice  of  the  an- 
cient churches. 


For  the  want  of  time  to  prepare  our 
report  for  the  press  this  is  all  that  we  can 
give  this  week.  .i.  ii.  m. 


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THE  MARCH  OF  DEATH, 

BY  .I.e.  UlLLER. 

HE  march  of  death  is  relentless,  uni- 
versal; none  can  escape  his  hand; 
no  place  is  safe  fi'oiu  liis  quiet  footsteps 
behind.  Death  may  overtake  us  at  sea 
— the  waters  receiving  the  cold,  still 
form,  that  left  the  shore  full  of  life,  and 
the  hope  of  meeting  friends  across  the 
ocean.  The  angry  ^vaves  close  over  the 
still  living  forms  that  cry  and  pray  as  the 
wrecked  vessel  sinks  down  to  destruction. 
He  may  visit  our  homes  and  fake  us 
along  with  him  when  we  are  surrounded 
by  loving  friends,  whileweare  in  youth's 
bright  hour,  or  in  the  blessed  peace  of  ■ 
old  age  following  a  well  spent  life. 

He  may  snatch  away  the  infant,  spar- 
ed of  all  life's  sorrow-r-innocent,  pure 
and  holy.  He  may  meet  his  victim 
when  abroad,  lonely  and  desolate.  The 
sad  news  is  carried  across  the  sea  to 
mourning  friends,  who  are  made  t6  feel 
that  they  too  must  meet  this  last  enemy 
of  man.  AVhatever  of  evil  we  may  es- 
cape in  life,  whatever  of  good  we  may 
miss,  one  lot  awaits  all  maukind  that  we 
cannot  escape.  AVe  must  all  yield  to  the 
march  of  death.  AVe  cannot  bar  the  way 
for  the  couquering  warrior  who  stead- 
ily advances  towards  us,  every  day  draw- 
ing us  onward  to  the  inevitable  end. 
■  He  may  come  quickly,  snatching  us  from 
the  cradle.  He  raay  come  in  hours  of 
deepest  joy — to  the  bridegroom  at  the 
altar,  to  the  mother  can-essiug  her  first- 
born,to  the  youtli  whohas attained  great 
renown.  He  may  come  in  our  deepest 
anguish — taking  the  widow  fi-om  con- 
templating her  husband's  corpse;  the 
child  upou  its  dead  father's  bosom;  the 
wi-etch  who  is  confined  to  the  darkest 
dungeon.  He  may  claim  the  good  man 
who  is  distributing  merciful  gifts:  he 
may  strike  down  the  murderer  beside 
his  victim.  No  place  vriW  hide  us  when 
death  seeks  us. 

Let  us  then  so  live  that  the  grim  mon- 
arch will  be  greeted  as  our  best  friend, 
that  he  will    unbar  for   us   the   portals 
leading  to  a  glorious  immortality. 
"  Death  is  a  pnl.li  that  must  be  trod, 
If  ever  man  would  pass  to  (iod." 


A  young  man  distinguished  for  his 
mathematical  attainments,  was  fond  of 
challenging  his  fellow  students  to  a  trial 
of  skill  in  solving  diiHcult  problems. 
One  day  a  class-mate  came  in  tohis  study, 
and  laying  a  folded  paper  before  him 
said:  "  There  is  a  prolilem  I  wish  you  to 
help  me  solve,"  and  immediately  left 
the  room.  The  paper  was  eagerly  un- 
folded, and  there  instead  of  a  question 
in  mathematics,  were  traced  the  lines, 
"AVhat  shall  it  iirofit  a  man  if  he  gain 
the  whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul; 
or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange 
for  his  soul?" 


Tl-nv    T=,TIETHREJ^    ^T    A^^ORK. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISKI^D    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


<liil/  milhorUvil.  bj  il9  lu  mi 
iikI  ngcnt  foi'  llic  Uiictjihcx  .1 
ITuBK  nnd  will  rccciio  aiihscriplians  for  Ihe  inmc  nl  on 
CT^1nrralr<i.  All  bu^inc^s  irnDfactcil  by  liini  Tor  our 01 
&3C,»>11'>«>>>'^  siimciuir  <l<iQO  by  oiirtvlvca. 


KTMnrN  AT  Woni:  will  be  sent  poal-pniil,  la  nny 
I  tbc  United  Sintcs  or  Caoadu,  for  $1  HO  pir 
aoDum.  ThoBo  gcnding  leii  namca  and  $10.00,  trill  rc- 
oei'W  nn  exlrft  copy  (Vto  of  ohnrgc.  For  nil  ijTcr  (Ins 
otnutwr  >ho  ngcnl  will  be  iilluweil  10  conia  Tor  cnch  nddi- 
tional  name,  wbicb  nmniinl  ciia  bo  dciliictod  from  llir 
mrniTv.  before  Acniling  it  lo  us.  'Money  Ordpre.  Urnfls, 
/iftiiil  ilEgiilcrcd  LcllcTS  mny  be  acnt  nt  our  riak.  Thoy 
tJ.<  «l  •  be  innili:  pnynblo  (a  Moore  tc  Esliclninn. 

M.icDtiplions.  nud  oomniunicnlians  inlomicil  for  tbo  pn- 
■pcr,  119  well  n.H  idl  biisincsa  mnUera  eonrieolcl  ivilh  llio  0" 
(iOD  sboiikl  be  ndilressed 

UOOKE  k  ESHELlfAlT, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co,,  111. 


iiikvi;  charge  o(  llieii-  httors  anil  the  Home  Cir- 
cle. It  is  likely  Hint  Bro.  E.  mny  li.ivc  some 
g(iod  things  to  fell  yon  ou  bis  retuni  lioiiie.  In 
his  .".Vseiiee  we  \rill  say  to  our  little  renders,  do 
not  be  diicouragetl  hecuiisc  your  letters  do  not 
nplieiir  m  soon  as  you  think  they  ought,  aa  we 
have  iiuito  ;i  number  of  them  on  hsind,  nnil  can- 
not find  room  for  nil  yet. 


The  remainder  of  tbo  report  of  the  discus- 
sion between  Bro.  Forney  and  Mr.  Shuff  rencb- 
ed  tbc  office  too  late  for  this  issue.  It  ivilj  aji- 
jMiar  Best  iveek.  and  will  he  found  (niito  inter- 
-  estiug,  especijslly  the  closing  part. 


The  recent  researches  in  the  rtiins  of  Baby- 
lon deiiioMstrale  the  greatness  of  Nohucbadnex- 
znr's  power,  Ibr  not  less  than  nine-tenths  of  all 
tlie  brick,  fonnd  timong  tbe  ruins,  are  stamped 
with  Jiis  uinue.  Babylon  was  at  one  iime  tbe 
must  splendid  city  on  the  eartb. 


It  is  said  that  the  New  Engbuid  Methodist 

Confcveiice,  nt  Westfield,  Mass.,  biLS  voted  not 
to  admit  ministers  in  tbe  future  who  use  tohiic- 
co.  It  is  well  for  ministei-s  to  set  a  good  exam- 
ple for  the  rising  gentration.  Thisis  doubtless 
the  best  way  to  aboti-;li   an   unbecoming  babit. 


The  season  in  this  part  of  Illinois  is  about 
-ane  uioutli  ahead  of  its  usual  time.  Vegeta- 
tion is  growing  very  rapidly,  fruit-trees  out  in 
JWooni,  thus  giving  the  city  a  beautiful  appear- 
^mce.  So  far  tbe  plospects  for  abundant  crops 
sire  good,  though  we  still  have  some  cool 
Tveatheii. 

From  J.  W.  Stkin.  —  Permit  me  to  say 
SJiroiigh  your  columns  in  reply  to  a  number  of 
?etbers  which  I  have  not  time  to  answer,  that  I 
'faave  close  engagementd  up  to  time  of  A.  M. 
Itreihren  will  try  to  have  tbeir  letters  reach 
■nte  ^t  A.  M.,  or  early  in  May  in  care  of  J.  H. 
■  Gish,  Roanoke,  III.  ' 


"At  Dallas,  Texas,  a  large  thmi  hns  beon 
purcbaseil  by  the  city,  ami  all  tramps  and  vn^ 
grants  am  sent  there  to  work."  So  says  a  Chi- 
cago paiwr.  Th!tt  in  u  right  sfep  in  Ibe  right 
direction.  The  country  is  full  of  men  who  are 
doing  an^iutold  amount  of  mischief,  and  arc  of 
jio  benefit  to  either  tbemselves  or  anybody  else, 
but  if  put  to  work,  may  he  reformed  aud  be- 
come useful  and  enterprising.  Men  were  made 
to  work,  and  there  is  no  use  in  any  one  being 
idle.  There  is  plenty  of  worl;  for  all  to  do, 
thongb  wages  may  be  low,  j-ct  a  little  is  far  bet- 
ter than  nothing.  It  is  said  that  tlic-ro  is  an 
organized  body  of  these  tramps  and  tboy  hnv. 
bound  tbemtelves  togftber  by  oatb.not  to  work. 


May 


of  tbe  slow  moving  black  spot  on  the  face  of  the 
great  luminaiy.  while  they  are  willing  to  leave 
the  delicate  observations  and  calculations  to 

practical  eyes  ami  mathematical  brains. 


REASON  AND  REVELATION, 


BY  ii,  Milligaji. 
printed  in  large  and  beautiful  typ. 


Through  the  kindness  of  the  Central  Book 

■  concern,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  we  have  received  a 
■w)l)y  of  the  Gospel  Echoes,  containing  a  choice 
collection  of  songfi  for  Sunday  Schools,  et^.,  by 
IL  G.  Staples.  We  are  not  sufficiently  verse*! 
in  music,  to  pass  judgment  on  tbe  raerit-s  of  tbe 
^ork.    The  appearance  of  the  book  is  very  at- 

.teictive. 

^T  would  seem  that  we  are  to  have  another 
"breexe  from  the  Beecher  and  Tilton  scandal.  It 
is  hoped  that  the  good  sense  of  publishers  will 
iet  the  carnality  of  tbe  reading  public  have  a 
little  rest.  A  leading  pix;acber  ot  Detroit  has 
also  fallen  from  \vbat  little  grace  he  ever  bad, 
by  similar  conduct.  What  in  most  needed 
among  preachers  just  now,  is  a  thorough  sifting 
itai  may  God  hasten  tbe  day  when  it  will  be 
^oina  _       

'JTHE-neiv  Pope  astonished  a  crowd  of  Roman 
l»ggars,  too  lazy  even  to  tramp,  by  dispersing 
tbem  in  front  of  the  Vatican  with  n  message, 
tJiat  "  it  is  God's  will  that  man  shall  earn  his 
bread  by  tbo  sweatof  his  brow."     If  he  would 

■  rjiforce  that  precept  on  the  attention  of  the 
OJ^litflie  church  in  this  country,  it  might  mat- 
irialjy  relie^-e  tbe  people  here  of  a  great  nuis- 
.miw,    et  -would  seem  that  a  majoritj-  of  the 

-  tramps  are  Catholics. 


ORIGINAL  GROUND. 

WE  have  been  so  busy  tliis  week  that  we 
could  not  find  time  to  write  our  third 
article  on  "Original  Ground,"  and  must  there- 
fore ask  our  reitdei's  to  wait  on  us  a  lititle  while 
longer.  We  shall  finish  up  tbe  series  just  as 
soon  a-s  ive  can  spare  the  time  to  prepare"  them* 
for  the  preiis.  With  us  the  subject  is  one  of 
impoE.tance,  and  needs  to  he  well  undei-atood  if 
unity  and  purity  be  retained  in  tbo  eburcli. 

The  Gospel  is  perfect  and  complete  in  all  its 
pftvts,  aud  fully  adapted  to  our  wimts,  but  must 
he  studied  with  care  and  wisdom.  Tlieso  times 
ok  deception  aud  falso  teacbuig  make  tbe  study 
of  tbe  Bible  absolutely  essential.  If  there  was 
ever  a  time  that  Christians  should  lie   "  as  wise 

serpents  "  it  is  now.  The  falling  away  from 
the  faith  once  tielivcred  imto  tbe  saints,  with 
the  general  disposition  upon  tbe  part  of  modern 
Christendom  to  pattern  after  the  vain  and  cor- 
rupt things  of  the  norld,  make  it  necessary 
that  tbe  distinctive  features  of  our  religious 
claims  be  clearly  set,  not  only  before  tbe  world, 
but  before  our  people.  Other  denominations 
have  been  ruined  by  patterning  after  each  other, 
instead  of  using  tbe  primitive  churches  as  their 
only  model,  aud  unless  we  repent  there  may  be 
danger  of  our  candlestick  being  removed,  and 
we  cease  to  be  the  light  of  tbe  world. 


RAILROAD  ARRANGEMENTS. 


W'^ 


■ranged  with  the  Western  Union 
ailroad  company  to  carry  persons  desir- 
ing to  attend  A.  M.,  from  Laimrk.  Shannon  and 
Freeport  to  Warsaw,  Indiana  and  return  for 
59,00.  Wai-saw  is  about  twenty  miles  from 
North  Manchester,  the  place  near  which  the 
meeting  is  to  be  held.  Persons  tan  start.it  any 
time  between  tbe  fifth  and  tenth  of  June  aud 
return  by  the  twentieth.  Those  coming  from 
Ogle  nnd^  Lee  counties,  tliis  State,  and  tliose 
from  northern  Iowa,  will  change  cars  at  Free- 
port.  Those  from  centr.il  Iowa  and  other  parts 
of  tbe  West,  who  wish  to  avail  tbemselves  of 
this  route,  can  reach  Lanark  bv  way  of  Hock 
Island,  III.,  or  Clinton,  lown.  Tickets  will  be 
for  sale  at  the  offices  above  named. 


This  is  a  work  of  564  pages, 

,  well 

n  cloth-  Following  are  some  of  the 
subjects  handled  in  a  masterly  manner:  "Di- 
vine Origin  of  the  Bible;"  "Unity  and  burrao- 
uy;"  "Simplicity  and  Incomprehensibility  of 
the  Bible;"  "Unparalleled  Theology  of  the 
Bible;"  "Superior  Morality  of  tbe  Bible;" 
"Supernatural  Character  of  Cjirist; "  "E.vist^ 
ence  and  Prevalence  of  Christianity; "  "  Fulfill- 
ed Prophecy;"  "Harmony  of  the  Bible  and 
Science; "  "  Tbe  Cmionof  the  Holy  Scriptures;" 
"Integrity  of  tbe  Holy  Scriptures;"  "Scope, 
of  Biblical  Criticisms: "  "  Inspiration  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures;"  "Theories  of  Inspiration;" 
"  Sacred  Hermeneutica  and  Exegesis; "  "  Last 
aud  Highest  Function  of  Rea.-ion;"  "Faith  and 
InSdcHty;"  "Tbe  Bible  as  a  means  of  Educa- 
tion;" "Qualifications  of  tbe  Bible  Student;' 
"Fellenistic  Greek;"  "Scripture  Analysis.' 
A  careful  perusal  of  this  work  cminot  fail  to 
give  the  reader  valuable  ideas  on'the  Divine  or- 
igin of  the  Bible,  its  inspiration  and  barmojiy. 
Price,  ftS.oO.  

GRAVES  AND  TRINE  IMMERSION. 

f'  AN  Ba])ti5t  history,  Ray  was  driven  to  the 

\J   wall;  and,  at  tbe  end  of  tbe  fourth  day 
discussion,  declared  that  be  ^vould  not  give  a 
featbci'  for  the  evidence  of  such  historians  as 
Orchiu'd,  Judson  ami  Robinson." 

So  reports  one  of  the  editoi-s  of  the  Duukard 
paper,  who  attended  the  debate  between  Bro. 
Rayjnd  Mr,  Stein,  who  .was.  a  few  yeara  ago,  a 
Bajitist  minister  of  tbe  Cold  Water  Association 
of  Mississippi.  We  do  not  believe  Bro.  Ray 
disparaged  those  histories.  If  they  art 
va!(Mes3,  what  is  his  own  worth? 
"Bro.  Stoin showed  that  tbe  commission  taught 
trine  immersion  so  plainly  that  it  took  five  hun- 
dred years  before  a  man  could  be  found  having 
audacity  enough  to  claim  that  it  taught  single 
immersion,  and  that  that  man  was  a  pope,  be- 
longing to  the  mother  of  bavlot-s,  too,  at  that; 
aud  then  challenged  Ray  to  produce  one  single 
person  before  five  hundred  years  after  Christ 
saying  to  tbe  contrary,  Ray  would  not  touch 
this  question." 

If  filr.  Stein,  or  any  body  else,  will  find  a  pope, 
/.  c,  bishop  of  all  bishops,  before  the  seventh 
century,  we  will  give  them  tbe  pen  we  write 
with,  and  publicly  confess  our  ignorance  of  ec- 
clesiastical history. 

Duukard  St«in  misstates  the  matter  wholly. 
We  ctui  find  a  man  in  tbe  first  century  who  had 
tbe  audacity  to  sny  that  Christiim  baptism  con- 
sisted of  but  one  single  immersion;  audhei-»p(p 
whereof  be  affirmed.  His  name  was  Panl,  who 
received  his  information  directly  from  Jesus 
Christ,  the  author  of  the  commission.  He  de- 
clared, in  a  letter  to  tbe  chni-ch  at  Epbesus,  that 
there  was  but  "  ojie  immersion."  Trine  immer- 
sion destroys  the  symbolism  of  baptism.  We 
only  btiry  a  dead  body  .once;  and  therefore,  as 
baptism  is  /he  lilteness  of  death,  we  can  dip  hut 
once. 

IIEMARSS. 


-Xvjiiwn flatter  Co.,  Pa.,  there  are  said  to  i)e 
nbiiut  twoS'iiMmsand  niembora,  yet  we  have  not 
vvvtr  fifty  papers  going  to  that  county,  and  the 
Priiitiiice  Chn'stian  says  that  it  has  but  about 
.  (swo  dozen.  This  is  a  small  number  of  papers 
Iota  thai  amount  of  members;  we  therefore 
saggwt  that  parties  living  in  that  county, 
seiid-foT  sample  copies  of  our  paper,  and  distri- 
.bot^'thein  among  tbc  members  there,  and  in 
that  wny.we  may  sui!ceed  in  working  up  a  pret- 
.  ty  .largS,li(rt  in  Lancaster  Co. 


VBrO.  Esbolman  is  at  present  on  a  trip  East, 
adilniaf  likely  remain  a  few  weeks.  He  letl 
here  ^t  noon  the  22nd,  intending  to  spend  a 
day  or  more  irt  Chicago.  Our  little  folks  will 
exerois^.patii'uee.tili  bis  return,  as  he  generally 


THE  TRANSIT  OP  MBROURY. 

A  TRANSIT  of  Mercury  will  occur  on  the 
Gth  of  May,  ivhicb  k  anticipated  ■ 
much  interest  in  the  astronomical  world.  It 
will  be  visible  all  over  tbe  United  States,  and 
will  occupy  about  seven  hours  and  a  half  in  its 
passage.  Transits  of  Mercury  are  much  more 
frequent  than  those  of  Venus,  the  average  in- 
terval being  less  than  ten  years.  Thus  tbe 
coming  transit  will  be  followed  by  others  in 
18S1  and  1891,  while  after  the  transit  of  Venus 
in  1S82  none  will  occur  until  2004. 

Mercury  is  the  name  of  a  small  planet  about 
37,000,000  miles  from  tbe  sun,  and  3,000  miles 
in  diameter.  It  revolves  about  the  sun  once  in 
every  eighty-eight  days,  and  so  happens  that  it 
gets  between  tbe  earth  and  sun  quite  frequently, 
thus  causing  a  dark  spot  to  slowly  move  across 
tbe  disk  of  tbe  sun.  "The  heavens  declare 
the  glory  of  God;  and  the  firmament  showeth 
his  handiwork." 

Mercury  is  too  small  to  be  seen  by  the  naked 
eye  in  its  passage  across  tliesun,butunscientific 
obsen'ei-s,  who  have  access  to  good  telescopes, 

ill  have  no  difficulty  in  detecting  the  presence 


Tbe  abovo  is  clip[)ed  from  The  Bapihf,  tkt 
leading  Baptist  paper  of  the  South.  It  is  edit- 
ed by  J,  R.  Graves,  the  most  prominent  Baptist 
minister  aud  writer  in  the  United  States.  I 
needs  a  few  comments. 

Mr.  Ray  (Hsparfiged  historians  as  badly  a; 
represented  by  tbe  quotation  taken  from  oui 
paper.  We,  too,  vro\i\A  like  to  know  what  hii 
own  history  is  worth?  What  ia  any  Baptist 
history  worth  to  the  Baptist  church?  for  every 
one  of  them,  when  endeavoring  to  establish 
Baptist  succession,  run  the  chain  through 
chnrcbes  that  practiced  trine  immersion.  Why 
do  they  not  run  the  succe^ion  through  church- 
es that  practiced  backwai-d  single  immersion? 
When  they  find  a  man  who  can  do  this  then  we 
will  send  him  our  pen. 

Mr,  Graves  wants  some  one  to  find  a  "  pope  " 
before  the  .leventh  century.  That  is  not  the 
question.  The  question  is,*  find  a  man  before 
five  hundred  years  aftjjr  Christ,  saying  that  tbe 
commission,  in  Matt.  28:  lil,  teaches  single  ini- 
merriion.  That  is  what  we  want  Mr.  Graves  or 
some  other  man  to  do.  We  can  find  plenty  be- 
fore that  time,  who  affirm  that  the  commission 
teaches  tbe  trine  immersion;  this  is  an  easy 
task,  but  to  find  one  whosaysotberivise  is  where 


the  trouble  comes  in.  The  first  person  who 
taught  single  immewion  in  connection  with  the 
three  names  of  the  Trinity,  was  Gregory  the 
Great,  sometimes  called."  Poiw  Gregory."  Ho 
flourisbodat  tbe  close  of  the  si.xth,  and  begin- 
ning of  the  seventh  centuries.  If  Mr.  Graves 
can  find  a  nnin  before  tliLs  saj-ing  that  the  com- 
mission teaches  single  immersion  he  will  please 
name  it. 

But,  he  says  Paul  tiuight  "  that  Christian 
baptism  consisted  of  out  smjlt  immersion," 
Will  he  please  name  tbe  chapter  and  vei-sc  where 
Paul  says  that  Christian  baptism  consisted  of 
one  single  immorainn?  Tn  Eph.  4:  5,  Paul  uses 
the  Greek  term  at  hiijHisma.  Does  the  gentle- 
nmn  maintain  that  m  briplisma  means  one  shiijle 
hiiniersion?  If  he  does,  then  we  call  for  his 
proof.  It  is  certainly  evident  that  native  Greeks 
ought  to  understand  their  own  language  best, 
and  all  of  them  who  have  written  on  the  sub- 
ject say  that  en  hitplhnui  refei-s  to  trine  immer- 
sion. Will  Graves  name  just  one  ancient  Greek 
scholar  w\\o  aay,s  that  Paul's  m  btipthnin  refei-s 
to  single  immersion?  Now  for  your  history  if 
j'ou  please. 

But  be  violates  the  rules  of  logic,  by  ns.intn- 
inij  the  very  thiug  to  be  proven.  He  tigxiinies 
that  en  hiiplisnui  {oivc  baptbni)  means  one  single. 
immersion.  We  have  just  as  good  a  right,  on 
the  other  band,  to  assume  that  it  refera  to  the 
lliire-folil  immei-sion.  But  to  the  law  and  tes- 
timony we  ap{>eal,  We  want  some  proof  from 
proper  authoritv. 

He  further  says,  "  Trine  immersion  destroys 
the  symbolism  of  baptism."  Does  ho  mean  that 
the  symbol,  and  the  thing  symliolized  must  agree 
in  number?  Does  he  teach  that  the  type  and 
ante-tyiie  must  agree  in  number?  If  he  does, 
then  he  should  be  able  to  prove  that  it  is  a  Bi- 
ble rule  for  types  ni)d  ante-types  to  agree  in 
number,  but  if  he  cannot  prove  this,  what  au- 
thority has  he  for  saying  that  "  trine'immeraiou 
destroys  the  symbolism  of  baptism?"  It  will 
not  do  ibr  him  to  ris.tinne,  or  suppose  that  types 
and  antetypes  anhii/e  of  baptism  need  not  agree 
in  number,  but  in  baptism  they  should,  for  that 
would  establish  premises  that  could  be  strongly 
urged  in  defense  of  sprinkling  and  pouring.  If 
Mr,  Graves  will  now  go  to  work,  and  prove  that 
it  is  a  Bible  rule  for  the  symbol,  and  tbe  thing 
symbolized  to  agree  m  number,  be  will  help  bis 
people  to  an  argument  that  would  be  difficult  to 
refute. 

When  it  comes  to  Baptists  writing  against 
trine  immersion  thej'  need  to  tread  cautiously, 
for  if  they  take  the  position  that  trine  immer- 
sion is  not  Christian  baptism  the  theory  dis- 
proves tbeir  claims  to  church  succession,  as  theii- 
i)ooks,  already  written,  when  tracing  up  the  line 
of  succession,  invariably  run  the  chain  through 
churches  that  practiced  the  tbree-fold  immer- 
sion. There  is  not  a  man  on  earth  who  can 
trace  church  succession  through  churches  that 
practiced  hiiekward  single  immersion. 


.  STRANGE  CASE. 


THERE  was  a  young  man  at  meeting  that  had 
talked  for  some  time   of  comijig   to  the 
church.     I  preached  one  of  my   old-fa,Hhioued 
sermons.    After  meeting  I  saw  that  he  evident- 
ly wanted  sbniutliing,  but  he  said  nothing.     I 
went  home  aud  he  went  with  one  of  the  breth- 
ren for  dinllpr.     So  that  night,  quite  awhile  af- 
ter dark,  he  and  tbn  brother  and  sister  be  stop- 
ped with,  eanie  to  my  house  and  he  deiiiundoa 
baptism  that  night.     I  a'iked  him  if  he  woflll! 
not  as  soon  wait  till  mortjittg.     He  paid  no,  it 
must  be  done  that  night;  poid  he,   "I  mighf 
not  live  till  momingr'    So  we  sent  *ord  m-Onnd 
to  the  nearest  neighbors  and  soon  had  quite  a- 
little  meeting.    I   inquired   into  his  fiuth;  he 
seemed  very  strong.     I  laid  ail  tbe  duti(?s before 
him  as  plain  as  I  could,  and  be  answered  eftVy- 
thing  unhesitatingly;  then  we  repaired  to  the' 
water  and  I  baptized   him.     The  scene  was  a 
very  solemn  one,  which  could  be  seen  by  the 
light  of  the  lanterns.    He  seemed  all  right  till, 
iwrbaps,  three  weeks  ago;  he  came  to  me  mid 
told  rue  that  be  dirl  not  realiy*  any  benefit  from 
his  baj/tism,  be  bad  no  more  evidence  of  his  sins 
being  ffflrdfined  than  he  had  before.     I  showed 
lany  evidences,  in    tbe  Gospel,  if  he  did, 
what  be  did  do,   in  J'uilh.    Ho  .naid  be  bad  no 
vivid  manifesfatiim  in  his  feelings  that  his  sins 
were  pardoned,  and  that  hemnsthave;  nothing 
else  will  satisfy  him.    He  said  he  was  converted 
once  when  a  small   toy,  while  in  the   field  at 
work;  said  he  had  tbe  evidence  then  in  bis  feel- 
ings, but  it  did  not  last  long,  and  he  has  tried 
for  years  since  to  get  tbff  saio-  feeling  and  could 


Mav  3. 


THK    BT^ETI-IRI<.>.^    ^VT    ^VOJRTC. 


not.  Mc  iit.tendci!  Metlirxlist  and  United  Breth- 
ren's meetings,  lifid  been  at  tlie  mounier's  lioneli 
a  niunbcr  of  tiuifia,  and  had,  I  think,  joined  both 
tlie'c  cbiirches  as  a  seekci",  but  hns  over  failed  to 
get.  that  feeling  (\ie  was  raised  a  Methodist), 
nod  he  thought  if  be  would  be  bnptJKed  he 
uoiild  then  instantly gntthatfeeling he 30  much 
desired,  and  be  said, ''  I  did  not  get  it,  and  now 
I  know  tbnt  baptism  is  not  for  the  remission  of 
sing,  and  I  wont  be  owntd  as  a  member." 

I  reasoned  witli  him,  but  conld  not  effect  any- 
thing. If  yoii  pnblisli  any  part  of  this  letter 
give  ns  us  (tbiin  an  ni'ticlc  on  the  subject  as  you 


The  trotibl..'  with  the  yoimg  man  is  a  lack  of 
fiiitli  in  what  the  Gospel  teaches,  lie  is  de- 
pending on  his  fcefiuf/s  for  efitleiu-e  of  his  pni*- 
iton,  and  does  not  rely  on  the  plain,  simple 
AVord.  He  was  taught  wrong  in  the  first  phico, 
and  still  entertains  those  wrung  impressions, 
and  will  not  like4y  be  much  benefited  until  they 
are  removed. 

He  has  been  tanght  that  when  his  sins  ni-e 
pardoned  the  Holy  Spirit  will  fell  him  so,  that 
is,  put  that  idea  tlirevthj  into  his  heart.  He 
not  de|)onding  on  what  Christ  and  the  upostles 
say  about  convei-sion,  but  is  relj-iug  on  what  he 
supposes  the  Spirit  will  put  in  his  heart.  He  is 
not  the  fii^st  one  who  lias  been  in  this  trouble, 
though  it,  underdifferent  circumatauces,  assumes 
other  fonns,  however,  the  (theory  is  about  the 
same,  and  to  reach  one  will  be  to  raacli  the 
otber- 

Tbe  whole  thing  is  predicated  upon  what  is 
known  as  the  "  abstract  Holy  Ghost  doctrine," 
a  doctrine  extensively  preaclied  by  the  popular 
denominntions  of  the  day,  and  even  by  some 
that  are  not  so  popular.  It  supposes  that  tli 
Holy  Ghost  works  or  acts  u;ion  the  human  heart 
independent  of  the  Bible,  and  at  times  tells  peo- 
ple things  that  are  not  recorded  in  the  Bible. 
A  better  underat-'uidiug  of  the  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  speedily  remove  all  such  erroneous 
ideas. 

It  should  he  remembered,  that  all  you  and  1 
kuow.  about  God  and  His  revealed  system  of  re- 
ligion is  what  we  have  learned  from  the  Bible. 
Whatever  the  office  of  the  S|>irit  may  be,  it  is 
evident  that  it  never  reveals  to  ns  anything 
iibont  the  Christian  religion  that  is  not  in  the 
Bible.  Among  those  who  believe  in  the  abstract 
Holy  Ghost  doctrine,  I  have  the  first  one  to  find 
who  can  name  a  single  idea,  not  in  the  Book, 
revealed  to  bini  by  the  Holy  Sjnrit.  It  is  then 
upon  the  Word  that  we  must  depend  for  all  our 
knowledge  of  conversion,  and  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  pardoning  of  our  sins.  It  is  by  tlie  Word 
that  we  know  when  our  sins  are  pardoned,  and 
to  rely  on  feelings,  mouliled  by  erroneous  doc- 
trine is  dangerous  in  the  extreme. 

Paul  says,  "Faith  comelh  by  bearing,"  and 
"  without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God." 
"  He  thiit  believeth  not  shall  be  damned."  But 
what  must  he  believe?  "Believe  the  Gospel" 
— believe  in  Jeaus  Christ  with  all  that  He  said 
and  did.  The  sinner  is  not  required  to  believe 
that  whieli  is  not  in  the  Book.  A  belief  iu  such 
things  is  not  a  condition  of  salvation.  If  he 
believes  in  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his  heart,  that 
is  "  Gospel  faith."  If  he  believes  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  come  tohinif//rcf(,  and  tell  him  wheu 
his  sins  are  pardoned  tbeu  be  believes  something 
that  isiiot  in  the  Book,  something  not  taught 
by  inspired  men,  something  that  lias  a  tendency 
to  lead  wrong  instead  of  right.  Hia  faith  on 
tliat  subject  is  not  Gospel,  and  therefore  he, 
while  in  that  condition,  eauuot  get  the  Spirit  to 
bear  witness  with  his  spirit  that  be  is  the  child 
of  God.  The  Holy  Ghost  will  not  bear  witness 
with  a  spirit  that  is  not  nccoi'diug  to  the  Gos- 
pel. The  young  man's  spirit  is  not  according 
to  the  Gos|>el,  for  he  believes  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  come  into  his  heart  direct  and  tell 
him  so  and  so.  This  being  anti-Gospel  he  can- 
not exjiect  to  have  the  Spirit  bearing  witness 
with  bis  spirit.  Before  he  can  expect  the  Spirit 
to  bear  witness  mth  his  spirit  that  be  is  a 
child  of  God  he  must  chuuge  his  faith,  and  he 
fully  in  possession  of  a  tnily  Gospel  faith. 

The  New  Testament  was  written  by  nieu  who 
were  inspired  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  hence  when 
we  turn  to  it  we  get  just  what  the  Spirit  has  to 
say  on  the  subject,  and  it  is  evident  that  the 
Spirit  of  God  "will  not  now  contradict  what  it 
had  to  say  years  ago.  We  now  turn  to  the 
Book.  The  young  man  wants  the  evidence  by 
which  lie  can  know  that  he  has  passed  from 
death  unto  life.  Here  it  is:  "We  know  that 
we  have  passed  from  death  unto  life,  because  we 


love  the  brethren  "  {1  John  3:  14).  Then  it 
follows  that  he  who  loves  the  brrlhien  has  jiass- 
ed  from  death  nnto  life— has  had  his  sins  par- 
doned. But  who  are  the  brethren  here  spoken 
of?  and  hoiv  shall  one  know  when  he  loves  the 
brethren?  All  will  agree  that  the  brethren  are 
the  children  of  God.  No  one  will  call  this  in 
question.  Concerning  the  second  question  the 
Lord  has  not  left  us  in  the  dark,  but  gave  us 
positive  proof  on  the  subject  that  we  may  know 
when  we  love  the  brethren.  I  know  some  ivanfc 
to  trust  to  feelings,  but  in  matters  of  this  kind 
feelings  areaverj-  poor  guide,  especially  so  when 
wc  realiw?  that  they  arc  creatures  of  faith  iind 
education,  and  are  turned  about  by  the  faith  at 
will. 

Says  John  (1.  3;  2),  "  By  this  we  know  that 
we  love  tlie  children  of  God,  when  we  love  God, 
and  keep  his  commandments."  How  do  we 
knowthatwelove  the  children  of  God?  "When 
we  love  God"— is  that  all?  No,  "and  keep  his 
commandments."  Then  it  turns  on  "loving 
God  and  keeping  his  commandments."  Now 
for  the  conclusion  of  the  argument:  The  man 
who  loves  the  brethren  kn'OWS  that  he  is  saved 
from  sin.  And  he  knows  that  he  lo\'ES  the 
brethren  when  he  loves  God  and  keeps  His  com- 
mandments. Then  if  he  loves  God  and  keeps 
His  commandments  the  point  with  him  is  set^ 
tied.  "  For  this  is  the  love  of  God,  that  we  keep 
his  commandments"  (1  John  3:  3). 

What  are  the  commandments  of  God  to  the 
unpardoned  sinner?  By  turning  to  the  second 
chapter  of  Acts  we  have  three  thousand  nnpar- 
doncd  sinners  inquiring  what  must  we  do? 
They  were  out  of  Christ,  nnpardoned,  and  wanl^ 
ed  to  be  saved.  Peter,  by  the  authority  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  said  to  tbeni,  "  Repent  and  bebap- 
tiwd  •  *  •  *  for  the  remission  of  sins."  This 
was  the  command  of  God.  They  believed  it 
with  all  their  hearts.  Then  they  were  baptized, 
and  fell  in  their  hearts  that  their  sins  were  par- 
doned. Why  did  they  feel  that  way?  Because 
they  believed  what  Peter  said.  Peter  told  them 
that  they  should  repent  and  be  bapti/.cd  for  the 
remission  of  sins;  they  bidieved  him,  hence  had 
Gospel  faith;  then  the  Spirit  bore  wifnes.=i  ^vith 
their  spirits  that  they  were  the  children  of  God, 
hence  felt  it  in  their  hearts.  God  tells  the  sin- 
ner that  "  be  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damn- 
ed," and  to  "repent  and  be  baptized."  The 
man  who  does  this  hiwir»  that  his  sins  are 
pardoned,  and  why?  b^'caosehe  W/rrcsit.  And 
why  does  he  believe  it?  l^ecause  God  says  so. 

If  the  young  man  has  Gospel  faith  and  does 
what  God  says,  he  knows  that  his  sins  are  par- 
doned, because  the  Bible  says  so.  It  aays  in 
[lositive  terms,  "He  that  believeth  and  is  bap- 
tized shall  be  saved."  Any  man  who  baa  Gos- 
pel faith  and  Gospel  baptism,  \i3i*  bis  sins 
panloned  just  as  sure  as  there  is  a  God  in  heaven- 
And  that  is  not  all,  he  Atjojcs  it,  and  he  eannofe 
help  bnt  fee!  it,  for  having  Gospel  faitlv,  which 
is  authorixed  by  the  Holr  Ghost,  tlw  Stiirit  of 
God  will  bear  n-itness  leiib  bis  spirit  t*  that  ef- 
fect. And  when  a  man  Uniotes  that  he  has  pass- 
ed from  d  with  unto  life,  fee  fs  bound  bo- fed  it; 
his  fai(h  in  God's  Word  tbiU  make  liim  feel  it. 
If  he  has  been  baptized  asA  docs  not  fuel  that 
his  sins  are-  pardoned  it  is-  evident  tlut  he  has 
not  faith  enough  in  what  the  Bible  Knys  about 
the  duty  oi  unpardoned  sinners.  What  he 
wants  is  loirre  fall h.  If^e  believed  with  «// 
hit  heart  that  "He  that  lielieveth  audi  is  baptiz- 
ed shall  be  saved,"  and  that  he  should,  "repenk 
and  be  baptned  for  the  reniissiou  of  ains,"  and 
then  does  a»  it  says,  he  knows  that  Ititis  pardcm- 
ed,  and  if  be  knows  it  fee  will_/t'*J  it.  If  bfr 
tloes  not  /fcf  it,  it  is  evident  he  does  not  A-Hoirit, 
and  if  he  does  not  know  it,  it  is  for  the  want  of 
unbounded  toujidence  luid  faith  in  God's  Woed. 
May  God  he'lp  us  all  ta  havo  more  tnue,  genuine 
faith. 

His  saying  that  be  vas  converted  while  s  lit- 
tle boy  out  in  the  field,  does  not  harmonize  with 
the  Bible  order.  Conversion  consists  in  the 
change  of  at  least  three  things:  1.  The  heart, 
2.  The  actions,  and  3,  The  relation.  These  ciin- 
uot  take  place  in  a  field  where  a  man  cannot 
fully  obey  all  that  God  has  enjoined  upon  biin. 
What  is  the  evidence  of  bis  conversion  i*  Sim- 
ply feelings.  Aside  from  bis  feelings  he  has  no 
evidence.  He  put-a  his  trust  in  bis  feelings — in 
his  heart,  and  Solomon  says,  "  He  that  trustetb 
iu  his  own  heart  is  a  fool "  (Prov.  28:  26),  for 
the  heart  is  desperately  nicked.  Before  a  man 
is  safe  in  trusting  hia  heart,  he  must  have  some- 
thing by  which  ho  can  try  his  heart.  Peelings 
being  governed  by  faith  it  is  needful  that  u  man 


first  I'xaniine  himself  to  see  whether  he  be  in 
the  fiuth. 

To  maintain  that  baptism  is  not  for  the  rtf 
niission  of  sins,  just  because  one  person  did  not 
have  the  rigbtkindof  feelings  after  his  bapfci 
would  but  array  falh'bk  human  feelings  against 
the  infidlible  Word  of  God.  The  Gaspel  on 
this  subject  is  true,  and  every  man  who  speaks 
difTcrontly  b  simply  mistaken,  it  isnoti/veu 
possible  for  him  to  be  right.  Peter  told  the 
Pentecostinus  to  "  repent  and  be  baptised  *  ' 
*  *  for  the  remission  of  sins."  This  we  know 
is  right.        .  -  .'.  H.  11. 


"WHO  SHOULD  BE  PLEASED.? 

ANYTHING  relating  to  Gospel  facts  and 
commands  must  be  oliserved  to  please  God ; 
for  "  our  God  is  in  the  heavens;  be  hath  done 
whatsoever  be  pleased  "  (Psalm  115:  3).  When 
God  is  pleased.  He  fulfills  His  promises;  and 
He  is  faithful  to  comply  with  all  He  has  prom- 
ised. This  pleases  us.  "Christ  pleased  not 
Himself."  Had  He  pleased  Himself,  the  way  to 
the  tree  of  life  would  yet  be  closed ;  but  denying 
Himself  of  comfort  and  pleasure,  He  came  to 
save  that  which  was  lost.  He  knew  that  there 
would  be  pain  and  death  in  His  pathway,  but 
He  hesitated  not — pleased  not  Himself. 

Now  it  often  tunis  out  that  somebody  wants 
to  help  some  other  body  to  come  to  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  and  starts  out,  even  without 
any  concern  who  is  to  furnish  the  money  for 
railroad  fare,  food  and  lodging,  and  soon  finds 
men  and  women  hungry  and  waiting  to  he  fed. 
They  feed  them  the  bread  and  water  of  life,  and 
the  once  lean  niultitiido  grow  strong  luid  healthy 
in  grace  and  truth.  True,  such  a  minister 
might  please  himself  by  waiting  for  some  one 
to  show  him  au  easy  way,  but  he  pleases  not 
himself,  but  goes.  Too  many  are  listening  to 
the  "  ijo  "  of  the  pui-se,  and  not  enough  to  the 
"*/o"of  the  Lord.  Just  a  little  vaore  faith, 
both  on  the  part  of  the  working  n>inistcr  and 
among  those  who  ought  to  help  Iwar  the  bur- 
lens  might  increase  simplicity  and  Gospel  or- 
der among  us. 

Again  a  minister  conies  along,  rearly  and  will- 

ig  to  labor  for  the  turning  of  sinners  to  God. 
The  congregation  owns  two  or  three  meeting- 
houses. The  minister  can  only  remain  one 
week.  Now  to  please  all  the  br»lhren  and 
sisters,  he  must  preach  two  or  three  »ennons  in 
eiich  place,  whether  sinners  are  made  saint"  or 
not.  He  intist  phase  the  brethren,  aod  that  too 
when  he  knows  that  by  staying  at  ome  place  and 
concentrating  liis  efforts  he  might  tiutucemany 
to  turn  to  the  Lonl.  Now  the  question  is.  Who 
ihould  be  pleased?  the  Lord  or  some  brethren 
and  sisters? 

We  should  remember  thatse//"-rfcw/(7lisapart 
of  the  Christian  creed,  and  that  it  »  onr  duty 
to-  deny  oniselvea  for  the  good  of  siuuei's.  We 
^lould  not  jtieuse  inirsehes,  but  try  lo  please  the 
Lord,  and  certainly  the  turning  of  men  .and 
women  to.  obey  Him  pleases  Him..  Do  not  ex- 
pect yom-selves  to  be  simply  gratilied  by  hearing 
the  worils  of  comfort,  but  forget  not  that  many 
are  yet  serving  sin,  and  for  them  jou  should  be 
concerned.    Enoch,  I>efore  his  tionslataon,  bad 

this  testimony,  that  he  pleasedi  God."  Excel- 
lent testimony  indeed!  God  hel^  us  to  please 
Him  in  all  Ihintfn!  11.  ii.  E. 


RAILROAD  ARRANSESCENTS. 

rilllE  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis 
J.  Railway  company  (Pan  Handle  Route)  will 
sell  to  Brethren  and  their  iuuilies  desiiiiig  to 
attend  the  A.  M.  at  North  Manchester,  IndianoL 
Round  trip  excursion  tickets  at  low  rates.  Tick- 
ets wilt  he  sold  at  all  poii^s  idong  the  route,  by 
preseuting  to  the  ticket  sgent,  ordei-s  from  Ibe 
company  which  will  bo  ffuruished  all,  by  \mt- 
ing  for  them.  Do  not  write  us  for  ordei-s,  but 
id  toW.  T.  O'UrieB,  Gen'l  Pass'r  Agent, 
Columbus,  Ohio.  The  lines  of  this  company 
extend  from  Pittsbui^,  Pa.,  Washington,  Pa., 
and  Wheeling,  W,  Va.,  connecting  through  to 
North  Manchester,  Indiana. 


A  SEXsiDLE  gentleman  down  iu  Texas  wants 
to  know  "  why  it  is  such  a  wicked  thing  for 
people  to  amuse  themselves  mth  a  bull-fight,  or 
a  bear-fight,  or  any  other  little  thing  like  that, 
and  quite  a  proper  and  Cliri.stian  thing  for  two 
or  three  great  nations  to  get  by  the  ears,  and 
kill  a  million  men,  and  leave  the  widows  and 
orphans  desolate?  "  This  will  serve  as  a  lesson 
for  some  modern  preachers  who  justify  Chris- 


tians going  to  win-  and  kilUng  their  fellow-men. 
If  neighbor  B.  goes  over  and  kills  his  neighbor 
on  his  own  promises,  lie  must  be  punished  for  it, 
yet  one  nation  can  march  into  the  country  of 
another,  and  kill  a  couple  hundred  thousand 
men,  women  and  children  and  nothing  serious 
thonght  of  it.    Take  tliis  as  another  lesson. 


News  from  the  East  is  little  else  save  conject- 
ure. One  day  peace  seeins  to  be  the  leading 
feature,  the  next  ^dl  is  war-like  and  gloomy.  Gei^ 
many  seems  to  \k  acting  as  a  kind  of  a  modent- 
tor.  England,  in  certain  parts,  is  threatened 
with  some  trouble  resulting  from  a  strike  among 
her  cotton  operatives.  Thousands  have  quit 
work,  rtnd  others  will  follow. 


At  the  present  time  four-fifths  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  earth  have  the  Bible  in  their  own 
native  tongue,  so  that  they  can  read  and  obey 
the  Word  of  (!ie  Lmd. 


THE  WRITTEN  DEBATE. 

rilHE  Daplht  Battle  Fkuj  say.s:  We  did  not 
X  understand  the  Dunkards  as  accepting  out 
invitation.  But  now  the  editor  says:  Mr.Jiau 
made  u  proposal  for  11  written  debate,  and  Bro. 
Stein  took  him  ni>,nnd  he  imtst  now  either  de- 
bate  orback  down  front  his  own  proposal!  (Ital- 
ics oui-s).  But  Mr.  Moore  iiiially  says:  "Bro. 
Shin  is preparedfoarrangethc proitosilionswith 
him!!!"  If  Mr.  Stein  accepted  our  "proposal," 
then  thcpropesitionsare  already  ariiuif.^td.  The 
same  "  church  propositions  as  debated  :it  New- 
toiiia."  were  our  propositions.  Mr.  Moore  and 
Mii  Stein  kuo*v  this.  Why  then  tiy  to  dodge 
out  into  an  open  field  and  quihble  over  forty 
abstract  propositions?  We  arc  still  of  the 
opinion  that  the  Dunkurds  will  not  again  risk 
the  discussion,  of  tbo.se  church  propositions. 

We  made  our  offer  to  the  Brethren-at  }P'ork, 
because  Mr  Stein  neither  edits  nor  controls  any 
paper.  Mr.  J^  II.  Moore,  the  leading  editor  of 
the  Dnnkard.  organ,  was  i)reaent,  assisting  Mr. 
Stein;  therefore,,  we  made  our  invitation  to  the 
paper,  in  onler  to  give  the  projier  weiglit  to  the 
written  discussion.  We  still  press  the  invita- 
tion for  thewaiittcu  discussion  of  our  respective 
church  propositions,  as  debated'  at  Ncwtonia, 
uijon  the  Bf.othr^u  at  Work.  The  editora  may 
conduct  the  discission  themselves,  or  endorse 
Mr.  Stein  on  any  one  else  for  the  woek.  Will 
the  editors  of  the  Brethren  at  Work  ojwn  their 
columns  foe  the  discussion  of  the  church  propo- 
sitions as  debated  at  Newtonia?  If  they  re- 
fuse, they  «ouf'e.ss,  by  actions  at  least,  that  the 
Newtonia  affair  did- not  plea.se  them  too  well. 

BEUAKKS. 

The  above  from  the  BajitiH  Bottle  Flat;  fully 
explains  Mi-.  Hay's  feelings  in  regard  to  a  writ>. 
ten  debate.  We  will  endorse  brotherStein  as  a 
man  competent  to  defend  our  .side  of  the  ques- 
tion in  a  written  discussion  with.Mr.  Ka)-;  hence 
that  subject  is  settled.  Brother  St»in  is  the 
man  that  our  people  want  to.  see  handle  the 
Baptist  doctrine.  It  would  be  bet  tec  and  more 
satisfactory  if  each  subject  were  discussed  under 
a  sejiarate  and  distinct  proposition,  but  as  Mr. 
Kay  does  not  feel  disposed  to  debate  any  other 
propositions  only  those  used  at  N*wtonia,  we 
accept  them,  in  the  order  as  follows: 

Th»Brethmt  (Titnker)  chtirche&  possets-Bi- 
ble cltaracteristics-entitling  them  ia.he  reijard&i 
as  clmrches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.W.  Stein  affirms. 

Dl  B.  Bay  denies. 

'ffhe  BajUist  ehiirclies  possess  Sible  cltaracter- 
islxs  entillinffthein  to  be  regardod  as  churches  of 
Jdsns  Christ. 

D.  B.  Ray  affirms, 

.1.  W,  Stein  denies. 

Each  disputant  will  be  expected  to  exchange 
on  agreed  t»  number  of  articles  on  e.ich  propo- 
sition, the  articles  to  be  of  ecjual  length,  and  to 
appear  eatJi  week  alternately  in  the  Brethres 
AT  WdRs  and  Baptist  BuiHe  Ftai/,  i  e.,  tEe 
entire  discussion  is  to  appear  in  both  papeis, 
Bro.  Sic-in  one  week,  and  Mr.  Ray  the  next  till 
through  with  the  first  proposition,  and  ihea 
vice  icwK  the  next  proposition. 

Wo  see  nothing  now  in  the  way  of  a  <liscuss- 
ion.  Other  things  pertaining  to  the  number  of 
articles  Sc,  must  be  settled  between  the  parties 
and  publishers. 


NOTICE. 

rpHE  two  railroad  companies  here  are  making 
i  arrangements  ivith  other  connecting  lines 
running  East,  West,  North  and  South,  for  ex- 
cursion rates  to  Annual  Meeting.  In  a  very 
few  days  I  will  give  notice  of  the  entire  arrange- 
ment. The  Pittsburg,  Columbus  S:  St.  Louis 
Railroad  tickets  are  only  good  from  the  10th  to 
the  15th.  That  time  is  too  short.  Who  will  see 
to  it?  A.  Leedy, 

Cor.  Sec. 
North  Manehesler,  [nd. 


TI-IE    3RETI-IRElSr    J^T    "WORK;. 


May   a. 


'he  ^amii  ffJrcU. 


BEAD  AHD  OBEY. 

"  EuBliaoilfl,  lore  jour  wiica." 

"  WiTca,    obey    your    bmbnnJs.' 

"Falhert,  provoka  not  your  children  lo 

"  ChllJroD,    obey    your    pnrents    in    nil 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Fellowship. 

PltAISE  the  Lord  for  frllowsiiip— for  real 
Christian  fellowship!  Before  there  can  be 
any  fellowship,  there  must  be  two  or  more  who 
profess  "  like  precious  fnith," — who  believe  nnd 
prnctice  alike.  God  has  given  us  Jesus,  and  Je- 
sus telU  us  how  two  or  more  of  us  may  believe 
and  practice  the  same  thing,  may  have  fellow- 
ship. 

Of  the  first  disciples  of  Jesus,  it  is  written: 
"  They  continued  steadfastly  iu  the  apostle's  doc- 
trine and  felloivship."  0  how  happy  they  were 
in  sweet  fellowship!  0  blessed  fellowship!  It 
luoans  love,  peace,  oneness.  We  are  "  called  to 
the  fellowship  of  his  Son "  by  our  Father. 
Think  of  the  fellowship,  the  association  of  His 
Son,  our  Savior!  Could  poor,  nfortal  man  de- 
sire more?  Could  he  have  better  company  than 
Jesus?  No,  there  is  none  better  than  Jesus  and 
our  Father  (1  John  1:3). 

If  we  walk  in  the  light,  and  the  light  he  in 
us,  we  have  fellowship  with  each  other.  Do  uot 
eriiwl  in  the  light,  but  iral/c — be  a  man  of  God. 
Thauk  God  for  such  a  privilege! 

There  could  be  no  church,  no  one  bodj',  no 
unity  iu  Christ  without  the  doctrine  of  fellow- 
ship. To  he  together,  to  work  the  same  way, 
to  he  alike  in  purpose,  following  the  same  rule, 
having  one  divine  nature  is  holy,  heavenly  fel- 
lowship. Individual  choice,  self-will,  pride  and 
vanity  must  fall  behind  if  we  would  reach  true, 
practical  fellowship.  The  institution  of  the  ho- 
ly kiss  is  designed  to  bring  us  nearer  each  other. 
Brother,  this  morning  you  take  pleasure  in  sa- 
luting your  brother  of  like  precious  faith.  Sis- 
ter, yon  meet  your  sister  with  a  kiss  of  charity, 
not  simply  because  Jesus  said  you  should,  but 
lipeause  i/ou  hce  her.  Your  very  actions  Ml 
that  you  love  each  other.  You  rejoice  in  fellow- 
ship. The  holy  kiss  prepares  you  to  love  each 
other,  to  speak  kindlj-  of  each  other.  If  there  is 
a  spark  of  ill-feeling  between  brother  and  broth- 
er, sister  and  sister,  the  holy  kiss,  if  properly 
considered,  will  go  far  towards  removing  the 
bad  slate  of  the  heart.  Is  your  brother  or 
ter  sick?  Go,,  speak  words  of  kindness,  and 
have  fellowship.    Both  are  made  stronger. 

You  go  forth  into  the  busy  world  and  meet 
your  brother  or  sister  in  your  travels.  The 
moment  you  meet,  you  begin  to  rejoice,  you 
have  fellowship  even  in  the  midst  of  the  busy, 
noisy  world.  How  your  heart  is  lifted  up  with 
joy.  Perhaps  you  are  in  the  public  assembly 
having  fellowship  with  your  brethren  and  sis- 
ters. And  then  there  is  the  Love-feast;  who 
does  not  enjoy  the  fellowship  at  the  feast?  Here 
are  associations  full  of  love  and  kindness, — real 
brotherly  kindness.  0  blessed  fellowsliipl  We 
meet,  sing,  pray,  are  exhorted,  hear  the  Word 
preached,  and  have  fellowship.  Take  away 
these  privileges  and  aweetfellowship  loses  much 
of  its  brightness  to  us.  Then  brother,  sister, 
born  of  God,  stay  not  from  meeting  if  possible 
to  go.  Meet  those  of  the  same  mind,  sing  and 
pruy  with  them.  This  way  you  will  grow  in 
knowledge,  faith  will  increase,  hopes  become 
brighter,  fellowship  sweeter.  Go  meet  each  oth- 
er ivith  Jesus  dwelling  in  )'our  hearts.  Go  with 
love-flame  brightly  burning  iu  your  soul.  Go 
with  self  down  and  brotherly  kindness  up,  and 
fellowship  will  dwell  richly  wherever  -yon  go. 
Raise  a  bountiful  crop  of  fellowship  all  the 
year  round.  God  will  harv&st  it  in  the  resuiTcc- 
tiou  morning.  If  you  cannot  go  and  have  fel- 
lowship with  your  brethren  and  sisters,  invite 
them  to  come  to  you  if  they  neglect  their  duty; 
you  cannot  get  along  well  without  fellowship. 
0  Lord,  enrich  all  of  us  with  holy  desire  for 
Christian Tellowship. — M.  M.  EsrniLUAN. 


SEEK  JESUS  EARLY. 

Deiir  Bof/s  and  Girls: — 

I  HOPE  you  will  continue  to  write  about 
things  in  the  Bible.  We  all  should  try  to 
work  for  Jesus,  and  not  depend  on  our  ministers 
to  take  us  to  heaven.  I  rejoice  that  so  many  of 
you  have  started  to  serve  the  Lord.  I  am  sorry 
I  spent  so  much  of  my  time  in  sin  and  folly. 
It  is  hard  to  overcome  Satan  when  we  are  old. 
Then  come  to  Jesus  early.  Trust  iu  the  Lord 
and  do  good:  "  So  ahalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land, 
and  verily  thou  shalt  be  led  "  (Psalm  37:  3); 

Ja>'£  Ha^TiH. 


BEstrictintheperformonceof  family  devotion. 


SCRIPTURAL     ALPHABET. 

A  is  for  Adam  the  first  of  his  race: 
In  the  garden  of  Eden  God  gave  his  place; 
He  took  from  his  body  and  made  him  a  wife 
And  breathed  in  their  nostrils  the  breath  of  their 
life. 

B  is  for  Benjamin  the  father  of  lua  tribe, 
Thi^brother  pf  Joseph  whom  no  man  could  bribe; 
He  went  with  his  brethren  to  Egypt's  good  land 
And  returned  to  his  father  with  breodinhis  hand. 

C  is  for  Caleb  the  faithful  and  true 

Who  was  firm  in  his  faith  when  the  valiant 

were  few; 
He  followed  God  fully  to  the  end  of  his  days 
And  gained  the  assurance  that  God  loved  his 

ways. 

D  is  for  David  the  poet  and  king; 

He  taught  the  whole  nation  to  pray  and  to  sing; 
He  led  forth  their  armies,  he  cou(|uered  their  foes. 
Then  laid  oiF  his  robes  to  rest  and  repose.. 

E  is  for  Ezra  that  servant  of  God 

Who  restored  the  old  paths,  where  the  fathers 

had  trod; 
Also  for  Esther  .who  periled  her  life 
To  rescue  her  kindred  from  bloodshed  and  strife. 

F  is  for  Felix  who  quailed  before  Paul 
As  he  felt  that  the  wicked  and  drunken  must  fall, 
But  Satan  suggested  that  Paul  must  be  mad, 
That  one  in  his  station  no  need  to  be  sad. 

G  is  for  Gideon  who  led  the  small  band 
Against  the  great  host  that  invaded  the  land; 
He  went  toiih  to  battle  mth  pitcher  and  lamp 
And  drove  in  confusion  the  loe  fiom  the  camp. 

U  stands  for  Hainan,  that  tieacheroxis  man 
Who  conceded  m  his  malice  that  satanic  plan; 
He  built  ahighgallowsfor  the  death  of  another. 
But  on  it  was  hung  the  son  ot  his  mother. 

I  is  for  Isaac  the  pure  and  the  good. 

Who  was  laid  by  his  father  on.thealtai- of  blood; 

God  rescued  the  lad  aa<l  accejjted  the  goat. 

So  that  no  stain  was  left  on  the  patriarch's  coat. 

J  stands  for  Jesus  the  Savior  of  men. 
Who  died  on  the  cross  to  save  us  from  sin; 
He  now  reigns  in  glory  to  hear  our  complaints, 
God  over  all  and  king  over  saints. 

K  is  for  Kish  the  father  of  Saul, 
Whose  person  and  stature  were  noble  and  tall; 
God  made  him  a  king  and  gave  him  a  crown, 
But  he  dishonored  God,  and  his  sun  went  down. 

L  stands  for  Luke,  the  companion  of  Paul, 
A  doctor  beloved,  who  administered  to  all; 
He  gave  us  tivo  books  that  will  out-last  the  sim. 
Pertaining  to  mysteries  before  time  begun. 

M  stands  for  Moses,  a  type  of  the  Lord, 
Ho  gave  to  the  lathers  the  first  written  word, 
A  God  to  the  Hebrew,  he  delivered  from  death, 
He  finished  his  mission  and  gave  up  his  breath. 

N  was  for  Nathan  who  preached  at  the  heart; 
His  personal  preaching  made  consciences  smar 
He  rose  above  fear  of  the  king  on  his  throne, 
As  above  the  small  sparrow  on  the  house-top 
alone. 

0  stimds  for  Ohed,  the  son  of  that_Ruth, 
Who  left  her  own  kiudred,  from  love  of  the  truth, 
The  father  qf  Jesse,  whose  young  stripling  son 
Slew  the  great  champion  with  a  smooth  pebbli 
.        stone, 

P  stands  for  Peter  the  apostle  of  truth, 

Who  was  called  from  his  nets  iu  the  days  of  his 

youth; 

Though  acting  the  coward  in  the-judgment  hall. 
He  was  after  converted  and  restored  from  his  fall. 

Q  is  for  Queen  who  came  from  the  South, 
To  hear  words  of  wisdom  from  Solomon's  mouth; 
She  walked  in  his  gardens  and  drank  at  his  board 
And  saw  all  the  splendor  that  riches  afford. 

II  stands  for  Rachel,  Jacob's  loved  wife, 
Who  gave  him  a  son  at  the  cost  of  her  life; 
Also  for  Reuben  tho  chief  of  a  clim, 

A  merciful  brother  but  an  imperfect  man. 

S  is  for  Simeon  who  waited  to  see 
The  dawn  of  that  Sun  that  makes  the  world  free; 
He  came  iVoiii  the  Temple  and  gave  the  embrace, 
And  with  great  satisfaction  returned  to  his  place. 

T  stands  for  Thomas  who  doubted  the  word 
Of  those  who  had  seen  and  conversed  with  the 

Lord; 
He  must  feel  with  his  hands  the  wounds  in  His 

Before  he  could  credit,  believe  and  confide. 

V  is  for  Umah  the  God-fearing  king. 

Of  whom  prophets  did  write  and  poets  did  sing; 
But  iu  the  last  of  his  days  he  fell  by  his  pride. 
Forsaken  by  his  people  imd  of  God  cast  aside. 

V  is  for  Vishti  the  young  Persian  queen 

Whose  sense  of  dishonor  was  pungent  and  keen; 


She  was  thrust  from  the  palace  and  left  in  dis- 
grace, 

While  the  beautiful  Esther  was  r^sed  to  her 
1)1  ace. 

IV  was  invented  since  the  prophets  have  died. 
It  is  now  used  for  Water,  Winter  and  wide; 
It  is  left  to  stand  here  for  artists  to  paint. 
Too  largo  for  a  king  and  too  small  for  a  saint. 

X  is  too  cross  to  fix  on  a  name. 

Of  one  who  is  saintish,  a  king  or  a  dame; 

It  is  left  where  it  stands  till  names  shall  be 

changed. 
Or  the  structure  of  language  shall  be  re-arranged, 

Y  fits  the  Yankee,  a  New  England  lord, 
A  good  saint  at  home,  but  a  trimmer  abroad; 
To  every  opening  where  the  dollar  is  at  stake, 
At  home  or  abroad  he  is  ever  awake. 

Z  is  for  Zacchcus  who  was  anxious  to  see 
That  wonderful  man  whose  words  made  him  free; 
He  took  a  position  above  the  dense  throng. 
To  see  the  great  King  as  the  crowd  pressed  along. 
—Sclccled. 


FROM  D.  D.  CLARK. 

Ikar  Brtjflur.— 

I  CONGRATULATE  you  on  the  successful 
management  of  the  "  Home  Circle."  You 
certainly  have  a  host  of  workers.  How  nice, 
and  how  encouraging  to  the  children,  to  have  a 
column  reserved  for  them. ,  I  like  your  plan — 
to  have  them  write  on  Bible  subjects.  That  is 
certainly  a  good  plan,  and  will  encourage  them 
to  read  for  themselves.  I  fear  parents  too  often 
neglect  their  duty  in  failing  to  get  the  young  to 
rend  in  the  good  Book.  Try  and  get  them  in- 
terested and  they  will  read  it  with  pleasure.  A 
good  plan  to  get  the  young  to  read  the  Bible,  is 
to  rend  it  ivith  them.  This  I  know  from  my 
own  experience,  for  it  is  the  plan  my  dear  fath- 
er (who  is  now  asleep  in  Jesus),  pursued  with 
me,  and  it  proved  a  success. 

Another  excellent  plan  to  get  the  young  to 
read  the  good  Book  is,  tell  them  some  Bible  sto- 
ry, for  instance,  the  story  of  Joseph.  You  can 
tell  them  in  as  simple  words  as  you  are  able, 
then  try  and  t«aeh  them  good  precepts.  You 
will  find  it  a  subject  from  which  you  can  gather 
many  good  and  profitable  lessons.  When  they 
get  old  enough  to  read  and  take  care  of  a  book, 
let  them  read  the  story  themselves.  They,  no 
doubt,  will  ask  you  a  great  many  questions 
which  you  should  answer  ^as  best  you  can.  Do 
not  get  in  a  flurry,  but  take  time  and  explain, 
for  it  is  a  commendable  spirit  and  should  be  en- 
couraged. By  follo^viug  this  second  plan,  you 
first  get  them  interested,  then  you  will  have  no 
trouble  to  get  them  to  read. 

Then  there  is  the  Sabbath-school  which,  if 
properly  conducted,  will  also  encourage  them  to 
rend,  but  this  will  not  interfere  with  what  I  have 
written,  and  all  the  children  do  uot  have  tho 
privilege  of  attending  Sabbath -schools. 

I  submit  the  above  for  the  consideration  of 
parents  and  guardians. 


MUSIC  BY  STEAM. 

Dear  Utile  Friends: — 

WOULD  you  like  to  read  a  little  news  from 
the  far  West?  Of  the  wonders  of  Cali- 
fornia? I  see  by  your  land,  little  letters  that 
you  can  say  something  good  about  that  One  who 
is  a  Friend  to  all,  both  old  and  young,  imd  who 
loves  little  children — Jesus  who  is  love;  al: 
anxious  to  hear  what  others  can  say  in  favor  of 
His  marvelous  kindness,  and  to  leiuii  of  the 
wondei-3  which  are  contrived  by  man  in  difl'er- 
ent  parts  of  the  world. 

As  we  have  im  amusing  sight  which  pos.'^es  up 
and  down  the  great  Sacramento  river,  and  which 
draws  the  attention  of  all  the  little  folks,  and 
the  big  ones  too,  I  will  tell  you  what  it  is:  A 
large  steam-boat  named  "  Whipple,"  which 
plays  music  by  steam,  and  can  be  heard  for 
miles.  Whenever  she  passes,  she  calls  out  all 
the  little  children  by  the  music,  who  clap  their 
hands  and  shout  for  joy  as  long  as  they  can  see 
her;  but  she  passes  on  with  her  songs,  leaving 
the  little  ones  behind,  anxiously  wishing  she 
would  stay  longer.  But  at  last  all  consent  to 
let  her  go  on  for  this  time  and  wait  till  to-mor- 
row to  come  back  and  give  us  another  song; 
but  she  comes  again  to  pass  on  as  before.  By 
this  I  am  often  reminded  of  the  sweet  dreams  I 
used  to  have  when  I  was  a  little  girl,  that  I  saw 
and  heard  companies  of  angels  and  virgins  pass 
over  on  a  cloud,  singing  sweet  songs  of  praises 
to  God,  and  as  I  ran  to  meet  them,  w.iving  for 
them  to  stop  and  let  me  join  in  with  them,  they 
would  pass  on  aud  leave  me,  beckoning  me  to 
wait  till  they  came  back,  which  made  me  feel 
sad. 

Oh,  dear  little  friends,  I  want  to  tell  you,  as  I 
feel  that  I  love  yon  all  and  wish  you  all  well,  | 


to  keep  close  to  Jesus,  so  when  He  comes  to  col- 
lect His  j  cwels  home  that  none  will  be  left  be- 
hind, but  all  can  happily  enter  the  good  ship 
"  Zion,"  and  safely  ride  home  to  glory,  where  all 
can  join  in  to  sing  the  songs  of  redemption 
with  Moses  and  the  Lamb  forever. 
There's  a  beautiful  land  far  beyond  the  sky. 

And  Jesus,  my  Savior  is  there; 
He  has  gone  to  prepare  me  a  home  on  high, — 

Oh  I  long,  oh  I  long  to  be  there! 

Mauy  a.  Rioole. 

Clarksbifyjf,  Cal, 


CHILDREJ^  AT    WORK. 


From  6.  "W.  Asclienbreunur : — We  were  to 
meeting  last  Sunday.  Elder  Peter  Forney 
jneached.  His  text  was  in  Ephesians,  second 
chapter.  He  read  from  the  first  to  the  ninth 
verse.  I  love  to  go  to  meeting,  and  to  school 
too.     One  little  brother  has  gone  to  Jesus. 

Dijsui-I,  loica. 

From  Willie  L.  Ikenberry:— I  am  trying. 

to  read  my  Bible  through.  I  have  road  to  tho 
13th  chapter  of  Mark.  I  read  oneor  two  chap- 
tera  every  day.  In  the  2Tth  chapter  of  Mat^ 
thew  I  learned  how  our  Lord  was  mocked  and 
crucified.  I  also  learned  many  more  things 
about  Jesus;  how  He  raised  the  dead,  healed  the 
sick,  and  made  the  blind  to  see.  When  I  get 
tlirough  the  good  Book,  1  can  toll  more  about 
Jesus.  I  also  read  in  the  Old  Testament,  how 
God  made  the  earth  and  all  things,  and  then 
how  soon  the  people  forgot  God  and  He  had  to 
punish  them.  Noah  wasagoodinan;  we  know 
he  was  good,  because  he  did  what  God  told  him 
to  do. 

Waterloo,  loivii. 

From  Myron  Deal:— I  read  this  paper  ivith 
much  pleasure.  I  must  write  some  for  the  lit- 
tle folks  too.  The  brethren  ilo  not  come  here 
to  preach  any  more.  My  father,  mother,  sister 
and  brother-in-law  are  membei-s  of  the  church. 
I  love  to  read  the  Bible.  I  have  one  little  sister 
at  home  with  me.  I  want  this  letter  to  miss 
the  waste  basket. 

S/icriiiaii,  Ohio. 

From  A.  J.  Robinson.— Pen c  link  Iva: — 
You  don't  know  hoiv  your  kind  favor  made  my 
heart  throb  with  thanks.  The  moment  I  read 
your  letter  of  Jan.  Slst  I  rejoiced.  May  our 
Father,  who  knows  the  secrets  of  all  hearts,  bless 
you  in  your  deeds  of  charity  (1  Cor.  13: 13). 
Ma  and  pa  will  give  me  some  ground  to  raise 
some  vegetables  this  Summer,  so  that  I  can  sell 
enough  to  return  your  gift;  then  you  can  cheer 
the  he.irt  of  some  other  boy  or  girl.  In  iaj 
next  I  will  write  on  Rev.  6: 17. 

Miser's  Slaiion.  Teitn. 

From  Anna  Lehmau:— I  have  two  littlo 
brothei-s  and  two  sisters  in  heaven,  and  I  want 
to  be  a  good  girl  so  that  when  I  die  I  can  go 
to  them.  I  like  to  go  to  meeting  and  keep  my 
seat  in  time  of  worship.  I  think  it  is  had  for 
boys  and  girls  to  run  out  and  in  during  meeting. 
And  I  think  all  little  boys  and  girls  ought  to 
kneel  at  prayer. 

Garrison,  loica. 

From  Mary  E.  Kepler :— I  do  like  to  see  the 
letters  written  by  the  little  boys  and  girls.  I 
have  been  sick,  am  better  now.  1  want  to  be 
good;  my  parents  are  kind  to  me.  I  know  some 
children  who  have  no  parents.  I  would  be  sor- 
ry if  my  parents  should  die;  I  want  to  obey 
them.  Dear  girls  and  boys,  I  love  j-on;  let  ns 
be  kind  and  obedient  to  our  dear  parents,  for 
we  know  that  they  will  not  always  bo  with  us. 
I  am  young,  but  I  know  that  we  must  all  die; 
my  parents  tell  me  that  the  old  must  die  and 
the  young  can.  I  love  Jesus,  aud  my  mother 
taught  me  to  pray. 

New  Hampton,  loira. 

From  Samuel  J.  Mooro:— I  am  alittlehoy 
tliirteen  years  old.  I  have  two  sisters  ond  a 
kind  pa  and  ma.  They  belong  to  the  church. 
I  do  not  belong,  but  hope  I  may  sometime,  J^ 
H.  Ebersole,  L.  Dickey,  C.  nnd  I.  Graybill  are 
our  ministers.  In  answer  to  Leah  H.  Glower's 
question  I  would  say,  you  vnW  find  it  in  the  17tli 
chapter  of  Luke.  Zaccheus  is  the  man's  name, 
and  the  tree  was  a  sycamore  tree.  I  will  now  - 
ask  a  question:  What  man,  in  the  Bible,  fell 
backward  and  broke  his  neck,  and  died,  and  how 
old  was  he,  and  how  long  was  he  judge? 

Fostoria,  Ohio. 

From  Barbara  A.  Frnntz:— I  read  the 
"Home  Circle"  and  like  it  very  much.  I  like 
to  read  so  many  letters  from  the  children.  My 
pa,  ma  and  two  of  my  sisters  belong  to  the 
church.  Pa  is  a  minister  of  the  Gospel.  Leah 
H.  Ciower  asked  who  the  man  was  that  climb- 
ed the  tree  to  see  Jesus,  and  what  kind  of  a  tree 
it  was?  I  would  say,  in  reply,  that  ii  was 
Zaccheus,  and  it  was  a  sycamore  tree. 
Degraff,  Ohio. 


Mnv  2. 


THP:    TiT?ETI-IKT^]sr    ^T    "WORK: 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


lh>. 


From    Enoch    Eby. 
Dnlhtn:— 


MY  wifi;  nnd  I  just  returned  to  tliia  place, 
lifter  beirtg  absent  nearly  two  weeks  on 
a  tour  through  Perry  Co.,  mid  Pntli  Valley, 
Frtkiikliii  Co.,  to  my  native  home.  From  tlienco 
went  to  Tiiscarora  Vallev,  in  Huntiugrton  and 
,!ii]ii,it;i  rotinlies.  Had  &  very  pleitsnnt  visit 
wiMi  KMiiy  old  as3,)ciatcs,  and  also  iimuy  deivr 
hii'lliri'ii  iind  sisters,  who  seomed  to  enjoy 
ln^altli  l*oth  physically  and  spii-itiially.  Among 
them  vfOA  our  aged  brother  Peter  Long,  who, 
though  in  hia  S2nd  year,  travele<l  and  preached 
more  last  Winter  than  in  the  prime  of  hia  lilb: 
even  bnpti'/^tl  tlirei.'.  Surely  lie  has  many  rea- 
sons to  praise  the  Lord,  and  mtli  him  we  had 
aevernl  interesting  and,  to  us,  profitable  seasons 
of  worship.  What  added  still  more  to  our  en- 
joyment, was  the  Sympathetic  feeling  nnd  liber- 
ality uiiuiiCcslcd  towards  the  poor  saints  in 
Dunmurlc.  We  hope  onr  nbiinJnnce  will  he  a 
full  supply  for  their  wants.  0,  that  many 
more  henrU  throughout  the  brotherhood  niieht 
be  touched  in  u  sim; 


IS  IT  CORRECT? 

That  is  the  query  revolving  in  the  minds  of 
inauy  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  and  not 
unfrcquently  asked  in  relation  to  Bro.  Hansen's 
slatement  of  his  eireumstances,  which  appear- 
ed in  your  paper,  April  itli.  Having  a  Imowl- 
edge  ol  bis  circumstances,  we  can  say,  for  the 
satisfaction  of  any  who  may  bave  any  doubts, 
it  is  correct  as  far  as  he  related  it,  hut  did  noi 
tell  all,  I  presume,  for  modesty's  sake.  Ho  told 
enough,  however,  to  give  us  to  unilerstaiid  the 
necessity  of  him  having  some  aid, 

OCR  JOUHKEY 
prospectively,  will  be  as  follows:  April  20th  to 
Dry  Valley  congregation,  Miliiin  Co.,  Pa.;  on 
the  24th  to  Spring  Run;  on  the  2Cth  to  Augh- 
wick,  Huntingdon  Co.;  on  the  30th  to  Hunting- 
don; May  1st  to  Altoona;  the  3rd  to  Boar 
Creek,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio;  the  6tb  to  Cov- 
ington, Miami  Co.,  where  we  expect  to  meet 
Bio.  Henry  Smith  and  wife  from  Barry  Co., 
Mioh.;  hence  we  will  not  go  to  Michigan,  as 
previously  reported.  On  the  8th  we  intend  to 
be  ut  Lima,  and  if  we  meet  with  conveyance  at 
this  point,  will  go  to  D.  M.  of  Northern  Indi- 
ana. On  the  10th  we  intend  leaving  for  Lena, 
III.,  so  as  to  ai'rive  there  on  the  evening  of  the 

nth. 

And  to  many  others,  who  wished  us  to  stop 
with  them,  we  would  remark,  that  the  above 
arrangement  was  matured  before  many  of  your 
letters  reached  us,  hence  cannot  comply  with 
your  request,  though  it  would  be  a  great  plea- 
sure for  us  to  do  so;  furthermore  it  would  take 
us  until  harvest  or  even  longer  to  respond  to 
all. 

FIRE  IX  MILI,ERST01VK. 

The  night  of  the  16th  iust.,  about  midnight, 
fire  was  discovered  in  one  of  the  stores,  and  in 
B  few  minutes  the  building  with  its  contents 
was  consumed;  also  a  dwelling-house  and  post 
office  building  connected,  was  burnt,  though 
most  of  the  contents  were  saved.  The  suppo- 
sition by  many  is,  that  those  buildiui;s  were  set 
ou  lire. 

Millerslowii.  Pa.,  April  IS. 


From    Denmark. 


Jl.ar  Jhrlhnn.— 

I  HAVE  once  more  returned  home  from 
North  Denmark;  have  bad  ten  meetings 
with  good  interest  aijd  appointed  many  more, 
for  the  coming  month. 

Sevcml  souls  are  coming  much  nearer  in  that 
neighborhood,  and  we  hope  will  come  out  soon 
on  the  Lord's  side.  Around  Hjorring  there  are 
go{'d  prospects  for  an  ingathering  soon.  Let- 
ters reaclj  me  from  Bro.  Christensen  that  some 
in  his  native  place  want  to  unite  with  the 
church.  I  await  him  here  every  day,  as  he  in- 
tends stjirting  for  Lanark,  where  be  expects  to 
arrive  by  the  latter  part  of  this  month.  Then 
I  will  find  out  about  those  mentioned,  and  if 
necessary,  go  there  at  once. 

On  my  last  trip  I  sold  500  peace  envelopes 
and  calls  for  thorn  still  continue.  I  also  get 
interesting  letters  and  inquiries  about  the  peace 
cause  and  about  the  church.  I  have  written 
two  days  right  along  to  inform  and  explain  and 
answer  letters,  and  you  know  I  write  not  so 
very  slow  when  1  get  hold  of  a  pen. 

1  know  of  about  twelve  persons  whom  I  con- 
siiler  near  the  kingdom  and  earnestly  counting 
the  cost,  nnd  yet  I  have  not  counted  all.  I 
glad  it  is  30  and  rejoice,  that  many  of  the 
Brethren  over  there,  are  glad  with  us.  So  far 
everything  is  all  right  and  good,  but  when  we 
look  at  the  signs  of  the  times,  they  are  darker 


than  ever  for  poor  laboring  people.  I  tried  to 
prevail  on  Bro.  Christensen  to  stav  and  help 
work  for  the  good  cause,  but  he  answered;  "I 
cannot;  I  can  get  no  work  of  any  kind,  and  it 
is  now  over  halt  a  year,  since  I  am  out  of 
work."  May  God  help  us  all  to  work  for  good, 
and  to  the  salvation  of  souls. 

War  between  England  and  Russia  appears  to 
be  near  at  hand,  yea,  and  we  believe  it  will 
come  sure,  and  dreadful  will  be  the  consequenc- 
es. We  know  not  bow  long  we  will  live  in  n 
land  of  peace;  know  but  little  how  soon  we 
will  have  to  endure  severe  trials,  yet  the  Lord 
will  help.  We  dread  not  this;  we  are  not  feai- 
ing  such  things. 

We  shall,  by  the  grace  of  God,  not  leave  our 
station  or  put  the  light  under  a  bushel  so  long 
as  the  church  says,  stay,  and  does  her  part,  so 
that  we  can  stay  and  help  along  the  now  well 
begun  work.  I  traveled  yesterday  twelve  miles 
by  rail  and  sixteen  miles  on  foot,  in  a  rough 
snow  storm  and  deep  snow.  Had  two  small 
meetings  ivith  good  interest;  kept  them  for  the 
benefit  of  the  membei-s  living  on  places  too  far 
away  to  come  to  meeting  often.  They  however 
are  alive  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  and  happy 
in  Him. 

Our  meetings  in  town  will  he  continued  this 
week,  the  interest  is  increasing  and  those  meet- 
ings, how  I  love  them,  when  after  some  few 
remarks,  Jiinners  will  not  only  weep,  but  pray! 
Saints  and  sinners  often  mingle  their  teara  and 
prayers,  and  I  believe  that  at  the  same  the 
High  Priest  intercedes  for  sinners  at  the  great 
throne  of  grace. 

Bro.  Eshelnian,  do  j'ou  remember  that  m 
orable  meeting  at  Bro.  D.  Ko3'ei''s  house?  If 
you  do,  you  may  have  an  idea  how  our  town 
meetings  are  conducted.  Do  you  have  such 
meetings  yet  in  Laimrk?  Are  the  young  peo- 
ple cared  for  as  they  were  then?  Well,  now, 
when  I  am  getting  so  close,  I  see  your  wife, 
your  dear,  loving  companion,  a  good  wife  for 
you  she  is;  I  see  your  childr  n  and  you,  work- 
ing as  ever,  and  yet  I  cannot  embrace  nor  kiss 
you,  I  cannot  hear  you  say,  God  bless  yon, 
nor  speak  to  you  about  the  crimson  fountain  of 
life,  but  yet,  God  be  thanked,  we  can  drink  of  it 
together,  and  at  the  same  time. 

It  would  do  my  heart  good  if  I  could  see  you 
a  little  while.  I  would  appreciate  it  more  than 
ever,  but  it  cannot  be.  We  thank  God  that 
you  go  ahead  so  well  with  your  p.iper,  we  long 
for  it  all  the  time.  No,  8  did  not  reach  Bro. 
Nielsen  and  me. 

Please  remember  then,  Bro.  Christensen  and 
his  wife  will  arrive  at  Lauark,  the  Lord  ivilling, 
the  last  part  of  this  month.  Please  help  them 
to  get  a  situation.  I  mean  places  to  work,  so 
that  they  can  help  themselves  along.  He  is  a 
young,  well-meaning  brother,  and  I  hope  you 
will  have  joy  when  he  commences  to  tell  you 
something  about  Denmark.  May  God  bless 
you  all  evermore.  Our  united  love  to  all. 
Your  Brother, 

C.  Hope. 


From     C.     H.     Balsbaugh. 

Sister  Eliza  liramie:  — 

GREETING  in  the  Crucified.  Tour  fragrant 
Christian  missive  has  come.  Your  defec- 
tive orthography  is  a  thousand  times  compen- 
sated by  the  excellent  sentiments  and  saintly 
tenor  that  characterize  your  letter.  Your  de- 
votion to  Christ  and  His  cause,  your  earnest  de- 
sire for  the  extension  of  His  Kingdom,  and  the 
increased  sanctification  of  those  ivho  are  to  ex- 
tend it,  have  taken  hold  of  my  inmost  soul,  — 
The  lethargy  of  at  least  one  half  of  the  church 
in  relation  to  the  progress  and  triumph  of  the 
Cross,  is  absolutely  soul-harron-ing.  No  per- 
son has  ever  been  slighted  and  snubbed  like  Je- 
sus. We  bave  much  to  say  of  the  ordinances 
of  God,  while  we  show  but  superficial  appreci- 
ation of  the  God  of  the  ordinances.  "All  souls 
are  mine,"  saith  the  Lord.  Pi-actically  many 
i-espond,  the  Cross  and  salvation  are  only  for 
America,  or  this  section  or  that. 

^^'hat  a  Heaven-seconded  voice  just  now 
comes  across  the  Atlantic  from  Denmai'k.  How 
imploringly  the  nail-pierced  hands  of  Emman- 
uel reach  out  to  us  through  the  appeal  of  Bro. 
H.inaen  in  No.  14,  Brethren  at  Work.  It  is 
hard  to  believe  that  any  reader  of  that  heart- 
melting  letter  can  love  Jesus  and  not  unclasp 
his  pui-se  and  contribute  his  mite.  Pinched  as 
I  am,  I  would  feel  like  a  murderer  to  close  my 
heart  against  such  a  God-endorsed  Macedonian 
cry.  The  very  angels  are  poising  on  the  mys- 
tic ladder,  awaiting  our  response  to  the  warm, 
loving,  tearful  pleadings  of  the  God-man.  0, 
brethren  and  sisters,  how  can  you  act  so  coldly, 
selfishly  and  treacherously  toward  Him  who 
vacated  the  Throne  of  Glory  for  ijmt,  veiled  Hia 
Eternal  Majesty  in  your  nature,  submitted  to 
all  the  limit^itions  of  the  finite,  to  all   the  in- 


dignities imd  crueltie?  of  misapprehension,  mis- 
representation and  enmity,  and  sacrificed  His 
life  under  an  nggreg.ation  of  unspeakable  hor- 
rors to  meet  the  necessities  of  your  ruined, 
doomed,  damned  condition?  .  Is  it  Christian  to 
profess  love  to  Jesus  and  tuni  the  back  to  His 
claims?  What  right  have  you  in  the  Christ  of 
God  that  does  not  belong  to  the  most  idolatrous 
heathen  and  the  most  revolting  barbarian  on 
the  face  ol  the  earth  ? 

The  life  of  Jesus  is  tbo  very  antithesis  of 
selfishness.  Wliere  Jesus  reigns,  the  heart  ex- 
pands over  all  latitudes  and  longitudes.  The 
indwelling  of  the  Holy  Ghost  widens  and  ele- 
vates and  clarifies  our  affections  so  aa  to  take  in 
the  whole  horizon  of  Calvary.  "  The  field  is 
the  WORLD."  So  says  Jesus.  Will  we  fence  in 
a  patch  for  our  cultivation,  and  consign  the 
rest  to  the  thorns  and  thistles  and  desolation 
of  sin,  and  to  the"  blasting  and  burning,  wail- 
ing and  woes  of  perdition? 

Shall  the  de\-il  be  a  freeholder  and  Christ  a 
tenant?  Jesus  has  bought  every  soul,  nnd  to 
the  church  He  has  committed  the  triumph  of 
His  blood.  Who  will  say  nay  to  Jesus?  Hark 
all  ye,  who  in  very  deed  can  say  that  the  Son  of- 
God  has  delivered  yon  from  sin  and  hell,  hark 
to  the  pleadings  of  your  bleeding,  dying,  living, 
loving  Redeemer.  Weigh  well  your  purposes 
and  decisions  against  the  claims  ol  Jesus  and 
the  issues  of  Eternity.  ' 


From  Arkansas, 

Dear  Bn-lhrn<  :— 

WE  are  living,  where  the  Gospel  has  never 
been  preached  in  its  purity  and  the  follow- 
ing words  have  often  come  to  my  mind:  "  And 
he  said:  How  can  I,  except  some  man  should 
guide  mc?"  (Acts  8;  31). 

But  while  wo  have  no  preaching  here,  we  are 
comforted  by  the  weekly  visits  of  your  paper. 
We  are  much  built  up  by  the  perusal  of  its 
columns,  and  that  others  might  have  the  same 
benefit,  we  send  it  around  among  our  neighbors. 
All  seem  to  he  much  pleased  with  it,  and  right 
here  come  in  the  words  of  our  text:  "How  can 
I,  except  some  one  should  guide  me?  " 

Not  long  since  while  conversing  with  our 
friends  about  the  ordinances  of  God's  people  as 
we  believe  and  practice  them,  a  young  lady 
said,  that  she  would  go  twenty  miles  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach,  but,  alas!  this  can  never 
be.  A  few  days  iigo,  her  body  was  laid  in  the 
silent  grave. 

0,  how  sad  we  were  made  to  feel  that  bloom- 
ing youth  is  thus  snatched  away  by  the  resists 
lei's  hand  of  death.  Our  prayer  to  God  is,  that 
some  of  our  dear  ministering  brethren  will 
come  in  and  preach  Jesus  Christ  and  Him  cru- 
cified. We  think  much  good  could  be  done; 
there  is  not  one  ministerbig  brother  in  the 
State,  as  far  as  I  can  find  out, 

Marshall  Eunis. 

Coniinff,  Claif  Co.,  Arhiiisaa. 

Educational. 

DcarBriihrc,,.— 

AT  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Ashland 
College,  ou  the  twelfth  inst.,  the  follow- 
ing business  was  transacted: 

The  locating  committee  reported  on  the  vari- 
ous lots  offered,  on  which  to  erect  the  College 
buildings,  and  the  Trust^ees,  after  considering 
different  sites,  concluded  to  accept  a  lot  on 
Bank  street,  containing  twenty-seven  acres  of 
land.  The  land  is  high,  and  gently  sloping 
downward  on  all  sides.  From  the  grounds  n 
beautiful  and  magnificent  view  presents  itself 
of  the  totvn,  railroad,  and  surrounding  coun- 
try. Ou  the  grounds  is  a  beautiful  spring  of 
clear  water. 

The  lot  is  on  tin*  South  side  of  the  town, 
above  and  away  from  the  obnoxious  and  miiis- 
matic  influences  of  the  town.  The  building 
committee  was  instructed  to  proceed  at  once  to 
purchase  the  lot,  and  have  the  proper  paper 
executed  and  proceed  to  erect  tbo  main  part  of 
the  building.  < 

The  present  plan  of  the  edifice  is,  112  feet 
&ont,  and  when  finished,  106  feet  deep;  three 
stories  high  besides  the  basement.  In  the 
buildiug  will  be  a  chapel  in  which  the  students 
are  all  requested  to  meet  ever\'  morning  for  de- 
votional exercises  and  preaching  on  the  Sab- 
bath. Bro.  S.  Z-.  Sharp  of  Tennessee  has  been 
elected  President  of  the  institution.  Bro. 
Sharp  is  an  ordained  Elder  of  the  Brethren,  of 
unsullied  character,  a  ripe  scholar,  and  standing 
in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  brotherhood. 

Enough  money  has  been  subscribed  to  war- 
rant the  commenc<;ment  of  the  building.  It  is 
expected  that  the  buildings  will  advance  far 
enough  this  Summer,  so  as  to  commence  the 
school  next  Fall,    The  citinens  of  Ashland  all 


seem  to  be  in  good  earnest  to  assist  in  tho 
furtherance  of  the  cause.  As  a  sample  of  their 
metal  I  would  say,  that  on  the  day  of  the  meel^ 
ing  at  noon,  we  reported  to  Mr.  Stublw,  Editor 
of  the  Ashland  Timts,  that  we  would  accept  a 
certain  lot,  provided  the  town  would  raisa 
§800;  as  the  price  was  more  than  we  ^vished  to 
pay.  In  about  three  hours  he  reported  a  sub- 
scription of  ^50,  being  §50  more  than  we  ask- 
ed for.  All  this  was  done  after  the  town  had 
raised  §10.700  for  the  school. 

By  Oi-dcr  of  Trustees, 

Jacob  Mishler. 
Mogadore,  Ohio,  April  16, 1S78. 


From    Bristol,    Indiana, 

Dear  Bi-elhren: — 

OUR  annual  visit  in  the  Elkhart  congrega- 
tion came  off  last  week,  consequently 
yesterday  we  had  a  council  meeting  to  report 
the  visit.  Everj-tbingseemed  to  be  in  harmony 
with  the  Word  aa  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus  onr 
Lord,  and  the  members  seemed  to  bo  in  lovo 
and  union.  One  member  was  excluded  from 
the  body,  which  made  us  feel  sad,  but  it  seem- 
ed he  would  rather  serve  mammon  than  the  liv- 
ing God.  So  the  brethren  thought,  it  was 
not  good  to  serve  two  masters,  and  acted  ac- 
cordingly. 

The  church  seems  to  be  alive  to  the  Master's 
cause,  and  we  have  had  about  fifty  accessions 
by  baptism  since  last  September.  The  members 
are  also  alive  in  the  missionary  cause  in  Den- 
mark, and  showed  the  same  by  raising  eighteen 
dollai-s  fo  send  to  Bro.  Hope  for  the  Danish 
Mission,  We  have  six  spealicrs  in  our  district 
of  church,  four  elders,  and  two  in  the  second 
degree.  Eider  Jacob  Studebakor  is  eighty-five 
yeai-s  old,  elder  Jacob  Leer  between  seventy-five 
and  eighty,  Elder  D.  B.  Stutsman  seventy-sev- 
en, and  elder  A.  Bigler  is  about  sixty.  So  our 
ministerial  force  is  not  verj'  strong  after  all,  hut 
much  zeal  is  manifested  for  the  Master's  cause. 
Yours  in  the  bonds  of  love, 

J.  C,  Lehiian. 


From    the    Missionary    Field. 

Dear  Brelhreit  >-r 
"l/"OUR  worthy  paper  makes  its  weekly  visit 
X  to  our  home  and  ivith  pleasure  its  con- 
tents are  read.  May  God  abundantly  bless 
your  labors  and  give  you  a  glorious  reward  for 
them  in  the  end. 

Aa  an  item  of  church  news  I  would  say  that 
Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  hos  just  closed  a  series  of 
meetings  at  this  place,  and  six  precious  souls 
have  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  making  four- 
teen that  have  yielded  to  the  commands  of  the 
blessed  Savior,  since  Bro.  Hillery  came  among 
us  a  few  months  ago. 

I  think  that  there  are  those  among  us  who 
are  counting  the  cost.  And  would  our  broth- 
er's health  have  permitted  him,  to  stay  with  us 
longer,  much  good  might  have  been  done  in 
building  up  the  cause  of  Ziou.  May  the  Lord 
bless  his  labors  here  and  elsewhere  and  restore 
him  to  health  that  he  may  visit  us  again.  O 
may  we  feast  on  the  crumbs,  as  they  fall  from 
the  Master's  table,  and  thus  enable  us  to  go  ou 
our  way  rejoicing  in  hopes  of  the  glory  of  God. 
May  the  words  spoken  by  our  brother  sink 
deeply  into  the  hearts  of  those,  who  sat  beneath 
the  sound  of  his  voice.  And  may  the  good 
seed  aowu,  spring  up  and  bear  fruit  an  hundred 
fold.  May  the  Lord  bless  us  all  and  guide  us 
by  the  divine  Spirit  into  all  truth,  while  we 
live,  and  when  time  shall  he  with  us  no  more, 
save  us  all,  without  the  loss  of  one,  is  the  pray- 
er of  your  sister  in  Christ, 

Harriet  Buck. 

Lacoii,  III. 


From  the  California  Church. 

J>i'ar  Brelhnti:— 

HEEDING  the  Master's  command, ."  Go, 
work  in  my  vineyard,"  we  went  over  to 
the  San  Joaquin  and  united  there  with  Bro, 
George  Wolfe,  and  J.  P.  Wolfe  in  holding  a 
series  of  meetings.  We  found  a  hard  road  bo- 
fore  HS,  full  of  infidels,  free-thinkers  aud  others 
who  love  darkness  r.ither  than  light.  But  God 
is  good;  His  Word  is  truth,  and  will  shine 
brightly  when  all  those  who  now  talk  and  write 
against  it,  will  be  gone  and  forgotten.  A  woe 
is  pronounced  against  such  already  in  the  word 
of  God  and  unless  they  repent,  it  "  will  surely 
come;  it  will  not  tarry  beyond  the  appointed 
time."  He  from  Bozrah,  traveling  in  the 
greatness  of  his  strength,  who  is  red  in  bis  ap- 
parel, will  come  in  His  holy  proridence  and  put 
in  motion  the  wine  press  of  His  wrath.  Hi3 
glittering  sword  is  bathed  in  heaven,  he  hath 
bent  his  bow  and  made  it  ready  for   the  over- 


8 


THK    BRETIiKEN    ^VT    "WOKK. 


May    2. 


throw  and  ileslniclioa  of  all   who  abide   doI  by 
the  doctrine  of  Christ. 

God  blessed  our  work  and  gnve  iis  souU  for  our 
labor.  Four  were  baptized  in  His  own  appointed 
way  and  about  the  same  iiumber  will  be,  in  the 
moDlfa  of  May. 

Our  church  is  in  love  nnd  union,  each  one  striv- 
ing to  enter  in  at  the  Btmit  gate  iiiU)  the  'golden 
dty  of  our  Lord  and  King.  Our  hearts  are  with 
you  ill  your  noble  work  and  with  those  acroia  the 
ocean.  God  bleaa  Bro.  Hope  and  bis  co-laborers 
and  his  work,  and  Go<l  willing  wc  will  soon  seud 
our  m'lla  to  help  the  I^Iisaion. 

Waldemak  Meyers, 

Bl-i'jhton,  Oil.,  April  17. 


GLEANINGS. 


From  Coriioll,  III. —  Our  scries  of  meetings 
in  Cornell  commenced  March  20lh,  aud  ended 
April  l'2th,  though  there  was  an  intermission  of 
ax  days.  Bro.  T.  D.  Lyon  and  Itro.  John  MetK- 
ger  were  with  us  in  the  beginning.  Bro.  Mel/ger 
stayed  only  a  few  days  on  account  of  the  ill  health 
of  his  companion.  On  Saturday,  March  23rd, 
brethren  Jlowry  and  Hollinger  of  Will  Co.,  III., 
also  came  to  our  assistance  ;  stayed  one  week.  The 
result  of  the  efibrfs,  by  the  blessings  of  the  Lord, 
wero  three  ncccasions  and  oue  reclaimed.  Since 
then,  two  more  have  been  baptised  nnd  many 
TDorc  strong  impressions  made.  Unto  God  be  all 
the  praise.  D,  Heckman. 

From  George  Worst.— Correct  in  paper  No. 

4,  present  volume,  page  8,  article  above  gleanings 
twelfth  line  fi-oui  bottom,  omit  "  volunteered  to 
perform,"  aud  read  "  performed." 

From  D.  D,  Clark. — Your  paper  makes  its 
weekly  visits  regularly  and  is  a  welcome  guest.  — 
"We  would  feel  lost,  if  it  would  cease  to  visit  us. 
It  is  very  pleasant  to  get  news  from  the  whole 
brotherhood.  0,  how  ivo  rejoice  to  read  of  the 
success  of  the  church. 

On  the  31st  of  March  we  were  much  pleased 
to  have  Bro.  Daniel  Hays  call,  and  preach  two 
very  interesting  discourses.  We  were  much 
built  up,  even  amidst  our  severe  trials.  Hope 
the  good  Master  will  abundantly  blcM  Bro.  Hays 
for  his  labor  of  love  while  with  us. 

Your  "  Plain  Talk,"  is  certainly  very  good.  — 
That  is  right,  brethren.  I  like  to  sec  our  editors 
unveil  the  mask  aud  speak  plainlj*.  Now  let 
there  be  a  general  recruiting  all  along  the  line. 
Thera  is  certainly  much  room  for  improvement. 
Some  things  are  painful,  yet,  ncverthelefs  true, — 
yes.  too  true. 

Grat.t,  W.  Va.,  Ajn-U,  15. 

From  J.  T.  Mason.— The  debate  is  still  the 
topic  of  conversation  in  Newtonia,  aud  is  result- 
ing favorably  to  the  Brethren. 

Newloniii,  Mo. 

From  Poplar  llidgo  Church,  0.  —  Bro. 
John  Kicbolson  from  Knox  Co.,  0.,  came  to  us 
on  the  19lh  of  March.  Had  two  meetings  every 
day,  mornings  and  evenings  ;  continued  until  the 
30th  of  March,  and  the  result  was,  twenty  re- 
ceived by  baptism  and  a  good  many  more  good 
impressions  made.  God  bjess  Bro.  John,  and  here 
let  me  tell  you, ,  brethren  nnd  sisters,  God  bless 
you  also,  that  you  may  never  forget  to  contribute 
to  the  want^  of  those  who  need  our  help  and  aup- 
port.  Jons  Harxish. 

From  Isaac  Dell. — As  an  item  of  news  from 
opr  pavis,  would  s-iy  to  those  of  our  dear  breth- 
ren and  bisters,  contemplating  a  bonie  in  the  West 
at  some  future  time,  that  at  our  last  quarterly 
council  a  committee  was  chosen  to  select  suitable 
grounds  fur  a  burying  place  nnd  meeting-house. 
Also  privilege  granted  to  that  part  of  our  congre- 
gation, Korth-east  of  Beatricr,  to  make  an  ollbrt 
to  build  a  house  of  worship  this  Fall.  Our  pros- 
pects at  present  are  good,  both  spiritually  and 
temporally,  thank  the  Lord  ;  although  since  the 
planting  of  His  vineyard  at  this  place  it  lias  been 
found  HCceKary  to  do  cousidei-able  pruning,  tin  we 
desire  a  healthy  vineyard,  hearing  good  fruit.  — 
Many  of  the  vines  planted  here,  have  been  im- 
ported and  came  to  us  more  or  less  damaged, 
hence  need  pruning.  Some  ate  wild  vines,  or 
branches  gniited  in,  aud  need  dressing,  neyerthc-' 
less  we  all  need  the  pruning  knife  at  times,  May 
the  good  Husband-man  give  wisdom  and  skill  to 
know  when  and  where  to  apply. 

Beatrice,  Neb. 

From  W.  B.  Sell.— I  jiresume  that  it  is  gen- 
erally undcnitood  that  the  District  Meeting  is  to 
be  held  with  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Long 
Branch  congregation,  Har.ison  Co.  I  do  hope 
that  we  shall  have  it  good  representation,  as  it  is 
dcsireU,  and  the  clerk  gave  notice  to  this  dlect.  — 
Let  us  have  therefore  a  good  and  full  representa- 
tion. I  have  understood  that  of  late  some  have 
taken  exception  to  having  it  here,  on  the  ground 
tlmt  it  was  too  much  one  side.  Now,  brethren, 
it  hiis  been  desired  lor  several  years   to   have  the 


churches  East  of  us  represented  in  district  coun- 
cil, and  as  yet  we  have  not  succecdc>l.  But  as  I 
have  corresponded  with  them,  wc  have  the  prom- 
ise of  some  of  them  to  be  represented  at  District 
Meeting,  which  is  to  be  on  the  17tli  and  18th  of 
May.  Now,  bretbreu,  we  want  you  to  come.  — 
True,  we  are  poor  and  considerably  scattered,  yet 
wc  will  do  all  we  can  to  make  you  feel  at  home, 
and  we  do  hope,  by  having  the  District  Meeting 
here,  it  will  be  the  means  of  doing  much  good,  in 
advancing  and  enlarging  the  border  of  our  Mas- 
ter's kingdom.  We  have  also  in  contemplation  a 
Love-feast  and  Communion  after  the  District 
Meeting. 


DIED. 


B0SSER5IAN.— In  th(-  upper  Stillwater  church, 
Miami  Co.,  Ohio.  February  19th,  1878,  Brc. 
f?olomon  Bofscrmau,  aged  80  years,  9  months 
and  17  days.  E.  Hoover. 

BOWMAN.— In  Franklin  Co.,  Vn,.  sister  Cath- 
arine Bowman,  on  April  8,  1878,  aged  SI  years, 
6  months  aud  27  days.  J.  H.  Flora. 

GOSHO. — In  the  Stony  Creek  church,  Hamilton 
Co.,  lud.,  April  2nd,  sister  Anna  Gosho, 
daughter  of  friend  Tobias  and  Kate  Gosho,  ag- 
ed 19  years,  7  months  and  25  days. 

S.  Sauxders. 

STUDEBAKER.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
Stephenson  Co.,  III..  April  6tb,  1878,  sister 
Jaminia  Studebaker,  wife  of  Bro.  Joseph  Studc- 
bakei',  aged  54  years  aud  12  days. 

M.  H.  Fowler. 

MILLER.— Near  Crr^seent  Hill,  Bates  Co..  Mo., 
March  3rd,  friend  Joseph  Miller,  aged  2i>yeai^, 
2  mouths  and  43  days.  J.  Faksler. 

DULLINGER.— In  Boydston  Mills,  Kosciusco 
Co..  Ind,  Feb.  2S.  Dauiel  Dullinger,  aged  62 
years,  3  months  and  24  days.  A.  Mock. 


.A.NNOUNCEMENTS. 


NoTiCKS  of  l^ve-teosls,   Uiitlrict   Mcolinga,   dc.  ahould 

ba  brior,  nnd  wrillpti  on  paper  acparato 

from   ollivr   buaiDcaa, 


At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  tJth,  1S78. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day, June  5lh,  1S7S,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Mareball  Co.,  Ind,,  June  4. 
1878,  eommeneiug  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewistown,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  aud  Sunday  of  June  next. 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo,,  four  miles  East  of  Graham, 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villisca,  May  IS. 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  lowu.  May 
Kith  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Clear  River  disti'ict,  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Ind., 
June  18th. 

Maquokcta  church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  commencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clock. 

Two  miles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  111., 
May  1  llh,  at  10  o'clock  A.  JI, 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  1.7,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Middle  district,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  May  15th,  at 
2  P.  M. 

Silver  Creok  congregation.  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  ou 
Thursday  nnd  Fridav.  May  IGth  and  17th,  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock. 

State  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  miles  and  a 
half  South-east  of  StjUe  Center.  May  2{lth  aud 
30th,  commencing  at  1  P.  M. 

Plcisant  Valley,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind,  May  IGlh 
at  4  P.  M. 

Cherry  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  May  lolh,  com- 
mencing at  10  A.  M. 

C^dar  Lake  congregation,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
iwo  miles  South-east  of  Cornnua,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
Thursday,  June  Gth,  1878,  at  2  o'clock. 

Corro  Gordo  church,  Macon  Co.,  111.,  June  5tb, 
at  2  o'clock. 

L  ist  Creek  church,  near  Milllin,  Juniata  Co., 
Pa.,  Jlay  12th  and  13. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8ih,  at  2  o'clock. 

There  will  he  a  Love-feast  held   in    the  Eagle 
Creok  church,  Hancock  CV,  Ohio,  on  the  l-Jlh  of 
June,  1S7S,  beginning  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

S.  T.  Bosserman. 
OurLovc-renst  at  Hickorv  Grove  III.,    will  bo 
ou  tho  23rd  and  24th  of  Ma'y. 

Geo.  D.  Zollass. 

There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting   in   the 

Monttcello  church.  White  Co.,  Ind.,  June  eighth, 

conijuencing  at  10  o'clock  and  last  over  Sunday. 

Wc  want  the  brethren  in  the  West  to  notice   this, 


and  come  to  us,  as  they  can  very  bandy  go    from 
here  to  place  of  A.  M,  on  Monday  following, 

ftlooticello  is  the  station  to  stop  o&i  and  convey- 
ance will  be  there  on  Friday  evening  and  Satur- 
day morning.  J,  S.  Snowbergeb. 

There  will  be  a  Love-feast  at  Tipton,  Iowa,   on 
Thursday  and  Friday,  the  6th  and  7th  of  June. 
B.  F.  Miller. 
Our  Communion  meeting  in  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  will  be  on  Thursday, 
May  16th,  1878,  commencing  at  one  o'clock. 

J.  B.  Tawzer. 

We,  the  brethren  of  Middle  Fork,  Clinton 
Co.,  Ind.,  have  appointed  a  Communion  meeting 
on  the  8th  of  June,  to  commence  at  2  o'clock.  P. 
M.  Brethren  coming  on  the  L.  M.  it  B.  R.  R., 
will  stopofi' at  Mulberry,  and  those  coming  on 
the  T.  W.  W.  R,  R..  will  stop  ofl'  at  Lafayette, 
All  those  desiring  to  stop  with  us,  will  be  met  at 
the  above-named  places  on  the  day  before,  if  no- 
tice be  given  to  the  undersigned,  or  J.  W.  Metz- 
ger,  at  Ednii  i\Iills,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind, 

In  Behalf  of  tho  Church, 

I.   BiLLllIMER. 

The  Brethren  of  Napcrville,  Dupage,  Co..  III., 
contemplate  holding  a  Love-feast  on  the  11th  and 
12lb  of  May,  1878,  cummeucing  at  2  o'clock,  P. 
M.    By  Order,  N.   Early. 


Northern  Digtrict  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church,  May  9th. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock^  A,  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
cbureb,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  29th,  commenc- 
ing at  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Ci'eek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Eastern  District  of  West  Virginia,  April  19th 
and  20  in  the  Faircoat  congregation. 

Northern  District  of  Kansas  aud  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice,  May 
13tb,  atS  A.  M. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Haucock  Co.,  Ohio,  June  1st. 


Notice    to    Brethren, 

I  have  made  arrangements  on  the  Toledo,  Wa- 
bash &  Western  Railroad,  for  brethren  going 
to  the  Annual  Meeting,  at  oue  and  one-lifth 
fare.  Tickets  will  be  placed  at  the  following  sta- 
tions :  Quincy,  Springfield,  Cerro  Gordo,  Dan- 
ville, Lafayette,  Delphi,  Peru,  Decatur,  Toledo, 
Ft  Wayne,  St.  Louis,  Taylorville,  Warsaw.  Bur- 
lington and  Ilannihul.  .1.  Beechly. 


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1;|>AnE\VELL  to  the  bleak  winds  of  Winter, 
Rejoice  for  the  Spring  time  is  here, 
Wlieu  nnture  presents  to  our  ftsion — 
The  loveliest  scenes  of  the  yenv. 

Tlien  the  dormiuit  receive  ajiimation, 
And  emerge  from  their  cnvenis  of  gloom; 

Then  the  S|)ritig  ever  gladdens  crentioii, 
And  tiie  welkin  is  vocal  with  song. 

The  trees,  too,  nrrnyed  in  tlieir  grandeur, 

The  kingdom  of  niiture  ndorn, 
Wiiile  the  birds  sit  with  joy  in  the  b  run  dies. 

And  chnnt  in  the  bliish  of  the  morn. 

I  long  for  n  honie  in  that  country, 

Wliere  the  bleiik  AVinter  storms  never  blow. 
But  the  bright  vernal  scenes  are  immortnl, 

And  ourmpture  no  respite  shnll  Itnow. 

Here  our  joyful  sensations  are  transient, 
And  the  handsomest  flowei-s  must  fade, 

And  the  friends  we  so  tenderly  cherish. 
All  vanish  in  death's  dismal  shiide. 

But  the  Lord  in  that  day  shall  restore  them, 
And  bring  them  with  joy  from  the  grave. 

And  iiliir  in  the  lajidscnpe  of  glory, 

Tlieir  liriglit  [laiiiis  of  victory  shall  wave. 


EMMANUEL. 


UY  C.  H,  BALSHAUGH. 


To  firo/her  Isaiah  Homer,  ftf  Briglilon,  Indiana. 
' '  rilO  be  or  not  to  be;  this  is  the  question." 
X  So  says  the  world's  great  dramatist. 
This  is  no  question  at  all.  Moral  being  admits 
liot  of  extinction.  Suicide  changes  life's  con- 
ditions, but  changes  not  its  character,  nor  de- 
stroys its  essence.  To  be  Onis,  or  to  be  otlier- 
iiisc — this  is  the  question  on  which  hinges  our 
eternal  destiny.  To  be  Emmanuel  or  Diabo!- 
us — this  is  the  supreme  choice  of  the  human 
Hill.  "  God  with  us  "  is  the  only  condition  of 
Eternal  Life,  but  not  of  etcnial  being.  "  I  am 
the  LIKE."  Emmanuel  is  not  simply  life,  but 
specific  Life,  being  untwinted  by  sin.  In  the 
communiuiition  of  the  Divine  Nature,  we  are 
also  honoi-ed  with  the  Divine  Name.  CimtST 
is  the  (inoiiitffl  of  God,  and  "ire  have  an  uiicHon 
from  the  Holy  One."  "Thou  shalt  call  His 
Name  Emmakiel,  which  is,  God  with  i(.t." 
"God  is  ill  yw  of  a  truth."  "  Christ  in  tjoii  the 
hope  of  glory"  (1  Cor.  14:  25,  and  Col.  1:  27). 

All  the  Holy  Ghost  begotten  are  Emmanuels; 
Incarnation,  living  Photographs  of  the  Eternal 
Wonderful— Father,  Mother,  Brother,  Sister, 
t'nend,  all  in  One.  The  inbeing  of  God,  gives 
the  character,  the  peace,  and  the  glory  of  God 
{John  14:  20.  1  Pet.  1;  16.  Philpp.  4:  T.  2  Cor. 
3: IS,  and  4:  fl).  "I  will  \vritc  upon  him  mv 
new  Name."  If  the  life  of  God  is  in  the  soul, 
the  name  of  God  will  be  on  the  forehead— 
Emmanuel.  "  God  with  us "  is  the  central  fact 
of  religion;  not  only  God  in  Christ,  but  Christ 
in  us.  Christ  came  not  without  requisite  cr^ 
denlials.  We  cannot  be  Christians  without  the 
evidences  of  Divine  paternity.  To  say  Lord, 
Lord,  is  not  the  criterion  of  sonship.  The  test 
for  the  Only  begotten  was,  "no/ as  Twill,  but 
■I!'  Thou  will."  The  test  of  the  younger  broth^- 
ren  is,  "  thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in 
Heaven."     "Holy,    harmless,     undejiled,     Sfy>- ' 


aratefrom  sinners."  This  was  the  standard  of 
Emmanuel  the  Great.  "  Eecnj  man  that  hath 
this  hope  in  Him  porifieth  iiimsklf,  EVEN 
AS  HE  IS  PURE."  This  is  the  Idea!  and  work 
and  dignity  of  nil  in  whose  bosom  beats  the 
pulse  of  the  Godman.  "  Ye  are  a  chosen  i/en- 
eralion,  ii  royal  priesthood,  a  holy  nation,  a  pf,- 
cULiAR  2>eojik;  that  ye  should  show  forth  the 
PKAisES  o/Him  who  hath  called  ijnu  out  of  dark- 
ness ISTO  His  M-uiTELOUS  LiHUT  "  (1  Pet.  3:  9). 
When  Elijah  restored  to  life  the  sou  of  the 
widow  of  Zorephath,  she  said,  "  hij  this  I  know 
that  IhoH  art  a  man  of  God"  (1  Kings  17:  24). 
"  By  (his  slnill  all  men  k)iow  that  ye  are  my 
disei])les,  IF  YE  HAVE  love  onk  to  another." 
"  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a 
man  laij  dmcn  his  life  for  his  frien'Is.''  "Love 
one  another  as  I  have  loyeu  you."  "  By  this 
/  know  that  thou  art  a  man  of  God:  by  this — 
EMMANUEL.  "The  love  of  God  shed  abroad 
in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  "Holi- 
ness to  the  Lord"  emblazoned  on  our  mitres — 
"  by  this  I  know  that  thou  art  n  )ian  of  God." 
"  Without  holineis  it  is  hipossijile  to  sf.k  the 
Lord."  "  Blessed  arethe^;H/-f  in  heart,  for  they 
shall  see  God."  "  Beloved  let  us  /ow  one  anoth- 
er, for  LOVE  IS  OF  God."  '•  God  is  love,  and  he 
that  direlleth  in  loie  dwelleth  in  Gok,  and 
GOD  IN  HIM."  Love  and  Holiness— this  is 
Jehovah.  This  is  "the  Divine  Nature"  of 
wliich  we  are  to  be  "  jjartokers."  "  By  this  I 
know  that  thou  art  a  max  of  God  " — Emmanuel, 
God  \vith  us,  A  pharos  beaming  on  n  surging, 
periloifs  ocean;  a  beacon  on  the  diwy  edge  of 
a  soul-engulfing  precipice;  ii  city  set  npon  Jihill 
a  sweet,  fascinating  picture  of  Jehovah-Je.sus ;  a 
living,  loving  epitome  of  "the  glory  thatexcell- 
eth  "  and  the  "  joy  unspeakable,"  and  the  beau- 
ty ineffable; — such,  in  some  measure,  is  the 
Chiist-bornman  and  woman. 

"God  manifest  in  the  flesh" — Emmanuel — is 
the  cliaracter  and  title  of  all  the  seed  royal. 
Our  lineage  is  not  in  the  line  of  the  mighty 
princes  of  earth — these  ai-e  insignificant — but 
we  are  sons  of  God,  "heirs  of  God,  and  joint- 
heirs  with  Christ."  Our  call  is  not  to  mount 
earthly  thrones,  possess  earthly  dominie 
wield  earthly  scepti-es.  Perishable  gewgaws 
are  all  these.  "The  high-culUny  of  God"— 
this  is  ourglory,  our  boast,  our  bliss  unuttera- 
ble. "  A  crown  of  glory  that  fadeth  not  away," 
a  throne  built  on  the  perfections  of  Deity,  a 
palm-scei)tre  of  eternal  majesty,  a  gAiment 
ivoven  out  of  the  heart-strings  of  Jesu's,  and 
dyed  in  the  seven  colors  of  the  "  rainbow  round 
about  the  thi-one."  A  calling  so  high  implies 
a  corresponding  character.  None  but  Emman- 
uels can  shaie  the  beatitudes  of  the  All-holy 
and  AU-beautifnl.  Where  there  is  to  be  an 
eternal  community  of  interests,  there  must  be 
an  eternal  intrusting  of  natures.  Herein  lies 
our  only  true  hopeof  Heaven.  Salvation  means 
not  going  where  Jeans  is,  but  beiny  what  He  is. 
All  the  elements  of  Heaven  must  be  ours  in 
this  life. 

,  '•  The  Holy  Ghost  shall  come  upon  thee,  and 
the  power  of  the  highest  shall  overshadow  thee; 
therefore  " — Emmanuel.  This  adumbrates  and 
includes  our  individual  regeneration.  The  On- 
ly-begotten and  the  many-begotten  have  one 
Life.  One  overshadowing,  fructifying  Agent 
has  made  them  brothers  and  fellow-heirs.  The 
Cross  of  the  One  is  the  glory  and  salvation  of 
the  many.  The  footsteps  of  the  Firstr-born 
must  be  trodden  by  all  the  after-born.  It  must 
ever  be  Emmamtel.  The  nails  that  eriLshed 
through  the  quivering  hands  and  feet  of  the 
Savior,  must  pierce  the  hands  and  feet  of  all  the 
saints.  None  pass  through  the  glory-flashing 
Doors  of  Pearl  save  those  on  whose  bodies  are 
found  the  marks  of  "the  Lord  Jesus."  Self- 
pleasei-8  and  world-worshipers,  money-hoarders, 
and  Cross-despisers,  can  never  set  foot  on  the 
Golden  Gabbatha.  Only  Eminimuels  will  be 
acknowledged  as  the  seed  of  the  "  Everlojsting 
Father,"  "God  manifest  in  the  lle.sh "  is  the 
mould  for  all  whom   God  mil  own   when   He 


calls  His  family  together  to  colebnitethe  Gold- 
ing  Wedding  of  the  co-eternal.  Divine-human 
Sou.  A  mystery  so  fraught  with  sacrifice  and 
suffering  to  the  ever-cxistcnt  Trinity  demands  a 
renovation  ondlustration  of  our  nature  in  order 
to  realize  a  genuine  fellowship  with  incanmte 
Deity  which  few  attain.  Emmanuel  is  a  mighty 
name,  representing  a  stupendous  fact.  "  If  any 
man  haye  not  the  Sjiirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none 
of  His."  0  if  we  could  grasp  the  overpowering 
significance  of  these  words,  we  would  drop  on 
our  knees  and  wrestle  against  fle.sh  and  blood, 
against  the  principalities  and  powers  of  the  in- 
fernal realms,  and  wrestle  irith  the  Jehovah- 
Angel  at  the  "ford  Jabbok,"  uutil  the  desert 
would  become  a  Penuet.  It  is  because  we  so 
inadequately  njiprehend  John  3:  16,  that  we 
have  so  little  experience  of  the  flesh-macerating, 
sin-blasting,  soul-liberating  reality  of  Philpp. 
2:12. 

No  one  can  know  that  for  which  the  letter 
stands  save  through  tlie  soul-and-spirit-rising 
energy  of  the  Everliving  AVord.  0  how  many 
are  fettered  and  choked  and  self-murdered  by 
the  letter.  How  tenaciously  they  adhere  to  the 
forms  of  sacred  realities,  w'lule  they  are  "  in  the 
gall  of  bitterness,  and  the  bond  of  iniquity." 
Where  is  the  Divinity  of  our  generation?  the 
royalty  of  our  priesthood  ?  the  sacredness  of  our 
citizenship-"  the  peculiarity  of  our  high  and  ho- 
ly relationship?  Can  we,  in  the  honest  testi- 
mony of  our  conscience,  and  with  the  Divine 
ajiprobatiou,  jircsent  oui-selves  to  a  sin-smitten, 
hell-threatened  world  and  saj' — Emmanuel? 

THE  INCARNATION. 

bV  JAMES  WIRT. 

DEFINITION:  The  act  of  clothing  ivith 
with  flesh;  the  act  of  assuming  fle.sh,  or 
of  taking  a  human  body  aud  the  nature  of  man ; 
as,  the  mc«i7i«^'oji  of  the  Son  of  God. — Web- 
ster. God  was  manifest  in  the  flesh  (1  Tim.  3: 
16).  Christ  hath  suffered  for  us  in  the  flesh  (1 
Pet.  4:  1).  Ajid  the  Word  was  made  flesh  and 
dsvelt  among  us,  full  of  grace  and  truth  (John 
1:14).  These  quotations  have  direct  reference 
to  the  Incarnation  of  the  Son  of  God.  The  in- 
spired apostle  states  that  they  were  permitted 
to  behold  His  glory,  the  glory  of  the  only  be- 
gotten of  the  Father.  When  Christ  says,  that 
He  and  the  Father  are  one.  He  is  speaking  of 
His  divinity,  but  when  He  says,  "  my  Father  is 
greater  than  I,"  it  is  respecting  His  humanity, 
and  cannot  be  apjilied   t"o   His  divine  nature. 

The  human  and  divine  natures  completely 
harmonize  in  the  person  and  character  of  Christ, 
and  it  is  the  union  of  these  two  natures 
whicli  the  incarnation  consists.  The  union  of 
these  two  natures  is  a  great  mystery,  and  will 
remain  u  mysterious  union  until  the  deep  things 
of  God  are  revealed.  The  objecc  of  this  union, 
is  plainly  reveoled  in  the  New  Testament  Scrip- 
tures, which   is  the  salvation    of  the   world. 

What  great  things  the  Lord  has  done  for  us, 
aud  it  is  just  and  pro|)ei-  that  we  should  write 
and  speak  of  His  mighty  acts  to  our  liindred  of 
the  human  race — to  stir  up  their  pure  minds 
by  way  of  venienibrance.  The  time  is  coming 
when  we  need  not  say  to  onr  neighbor,  "  know 
the  Lord,"  for  all  shall  know  Him  from  the 
least  to  the  greatest,  as  theknowledgeof  the  Lord 
shall  eventually  cover  the  earth  as  the  waters 
now  cover  the  sea.  This  \v\\\  be  the  state  of 
things  after  the  great  arcli  enemy  of  souls  is 
bound  and  Christ's  i>ersonal  reign  on  earth  is 
introduced. 

By  the  death  and  resurrection  of  Christ  His 
humanity  became  immortality,  and  with  this 
immortalized  body  He  ascended  to  heaven,  and 
is  at  present  at  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of 
God,  interceding  for  the  saints   who 


have  been  means  provided  for  our  iLssimilation 
to  the  holy  character  of  our  dirine  Head,  and 
the  church  collectively  is  the  representative 
body  of  Christ  on  earth,  and  whatever  mission 
or  work  is  accomplished  by  the  cliurcn  mil  be 
realized  in  heaven,  if  the  course  taken  is  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  written  Word.  He  lia.s  com- 
mitted this  power  or  authority,  to  projierly  ex- 
ercise, until  He  comes  again  to  take  the  reignof 
His  government  in  His  own  person  during 
those  hidcyon  days,  when  peace  and  righteous- 
ness shall  prevail,  where  sin  and  iniquity  now 
abound. 

Now  lus  God  ha-*  Sent  His  Son  in  the  likeness 
ot  sinful  flesh,  to  open  up  a  new  aud  living 
way  from  earth  to  glory,  should  we  not  be 
earnestly  engaged  in  working  out  our  salvation, 
and  taking  Jesus  as  our  pattern,  who  has  said. 
"  I  am  the  w^y  the  trutli  and  the  life,"  and  by 
this  means  be  in  a  state  of  readiness  to  be  awak- 
ened or  chimged  into  the  likeness  of  our  Re- 
deemer? The  writings  of  holy  men  of  <ild 
plainly  intimated  that  the  aspirations  of  the 
soul,  will  only  be  satisfied  when  we  can  see  Je- 
sus OS  He  is  and  he  like  Him.  To  the  behcver 
in  Cliiist  the -future  has  bright  praspeetsof 
heavenh  blcssedne-s  and  spiritual  felicity.  The 
teachings  ot  the  Bible  require  purity,  chashty 
and  viitue,  as  the  ruling  disposition  of  our 
character,  md  entire  subjection  of  the  carn.nl 
mind  to  the  law  of  the  s])irit  of  life,  to  insure 
to  us  these  happy  ends.  May  we  iniplicity  con- 
fide in  our  divine  Law-giver  aud  be  jui  plaatic 
clay  in  the  Potter's  hand,  ready  at  all  tiimsto 
be  fiLshioned  aecfcrding  to  His  own  likeness,  and 
whether  living  or  dying  we  are  the  Lord's,  and 
claim  Him  as  our  blessed  Redeemer,  He  being 
formed  within  us,  is  the  hope  of  gloi-j'. 

DAY  OF  CRUCIFIXION. 

AND  while  they  abode  still  in  GaliW,  .It.-ui. 
said  unto  them,  the  Son  of  man  shall  be 
betrayed  into  the  hands  of  men,  and  they  shall 
kill  Him,  and  the  third  day  He  shall  be  raised 
again  (Matt.  17:  22,23),  Here  it  is  deliiirtcly 
stated  that  His  resurrection  is  to  be  on  the  third' 
day.  Again,  in  John  24:  21.  we  read  the  fol- 
lowing: "To-day  is  the  third  day  since  these 
things  were  done;"  the  "things"  refeued  to  are 
the  trial,  and  the  crucifixion  of  Chrisi  Early 
in  the  morning  of  this  day,  the  women  came 
to  the  sepulchre  and  found  not  the  body  of  J^ 
In  the  first  veree  of  the  chapter,  wo  ar& 
told  this  was  on  the  fii-st  day,  this  was  i-eekoued 
one  of  the  three  days;  the  day  before  waB  the 
Sabbath,  thus  the  fii-st  day  aud  the  Sabbath 
which  corresponds  to  Saturday,  makes  two  of 
the  days  which  Christ  ivas  to  remain  in  'the 
grave.  On  the  day  which  He  was  crucified,  Hd 
died  before  the  close  of  the  day,  thus  this  day 
making  one  of  the  three  days,  would  bring  the 
crucifixion  on  Friday.  The  objection  often  aris- 
es that  if  this  be  th^  case.  He  could  not  have 
remained  throe  whole  daj's  in  the  grave.  In  na 
placein  the  Bible  do  we  find  it  stated  that  He 
should  remain  three  whole  days  in  the  grave, 
only  that  He  should  be  raised  on  tl»e  third  day 
Had  the  crucifixion  taken  place  on  TJiuinday, 
aud  the  resurrection  on  the  first  day,  wanW  He 
have  risen  on  the  fourth  and  not  on  the  third 
il-ay.—imie  Banner. 


Goii's  government  is  one  of  personal  respond 
sibility.  No  man  can  perform  his  neighbor'a 
duty  for  him,  and  no  man  will  he  excused  for 
neglecting  his  own  duty  because  his  neighbor 
has  failed  in  his. 


upon  the  earth,  burdened  with  their  tabernacli 

of  clay,  and  waiting  for  the  redemption  of  the  I  do  it  now.    Let  lue  not  defer 

body.     In    the  great   plan  of  salvation,  there  '  I  will  not  po.'^s  this  way  again." 


A  worthy  Quaker  thus  wrote:   "  I  exjieet  fo 
pass  through  this   world  but  once.     If,  there- 
fore, there  bo  any  kindnesses  I  can  show,  iir  any 
good  that  I  can  do  to  any  human  Ijcing,  let  me 
negh-et  it,  for 


THE    BREXI-IREIN^    -dVT    AVOHKI. 


Ma- 


THE  ALTERED  MOTTO. 

OH !  the  bitter  shiimo  antl  sorrow, 
Tliiit  (I  timo  could  ever  be, 
When  I  Ipt  my  Siivior's  pity 
Plearl  in  vfiiii — nml  proudly  niiswered— 
"  All  of  self,  nnd  none  of  Thee." 

Yet  he  found  me— I  beheld  Him, 
Bleeding  on  the  nccui-sed  tree; 

vHeard  Him  pray:  "  Forgive  tli'-ni  Father 
And  my  wistful  heart  snid  faintly, 

■"  Some  of  self,  and  some  of  Thee." 

Day  by  day  His  tender  mercy. 
Healing,  helping,  full  and  free. 
Sweet  and  strong,  and  oh!  so  patient! 
IJroiight  one  lower,  while  I  whispered; 
-  Less  of  self,  and  more  of  Thee." 

Higher  tliiin  the  highest  heavens, 

Deeper  than  the  deepest  aea. 
IiDi'.l!  I'iiy  love  at  lait  ha^  oonqucred; 
Ijraut  me  now  nij'  aoiil'a  <lcsire; 
"  Norn-  of  solf,  and  all  of  Thee." 

Seluutud  bv  Kmma  C.  Bowjus. 


BE  HONEST  BE  TRUE. 


ARI.OTTK  T.  UOX 


TTONESTY  and  tnitli  five  not  only 
-"-  the  most  noljle  principles  oi'nior 
ality,  but  without  them  a  profession  of 
religion  is  mockery,  A  lift*  of  ilecep' 
tion  is  a  life  of  wickedness.  Let  us  be 
true  to  ouiselves,  true  to  our  friends,  true 
to  brethren  and  sisters,  true  to  Christ, 
and  true  at  all  times,  and  in  all  places. 

The  great  work  we  have  to  do  for  God 
and  our  own  salvation,  can  never  be 
done  unless  our  Iieartsare  true  and  hou- 
fist.  AYe  cannot  have  the  blessed  influ- 
ence of  the  divine  Spirit  unless  our  hearts 
are  pmlfied  from  all  deceitful  lu^ts;  we 
may  deceive  our  fellow-uien,  but  God 
SL'cs  intliereuiotestrecessea  of  our  hearts 
ami  can  discern  every  thought.  God^ 
Spirit  niDve.-;  upon  the  miudiand  thought 
together,  the  rational  thought  and  right 
feeling;  the  sound  mind  nnd  pui-e  heart 
come  from  the  same  source.  All  must 
be  honest  and  true  to  do  the  work  of 
righteousness  requii-ed  atour hands.  The 
greater  part  of  the  religion  of  the  pres- 
ent day  has  become  so  much  a  matter  of 
taste  that  we  very  much  fear  the  trutli, 
as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus  is  lost  sight  of; 
the  preaching  and  praying  must  be  so 
jjolished,  the  language  so  elegant,  the 
singing  so  stjdish.  Such  fine  gems  of 
thoughtareexpectedbythe  audience,  that 
the  main  object  of  the  Gospel  of  Chi-ist 
is  entii'ely  overlooked, andsoulsin  search 
of  truth,  hungering  and  thirsting  after 
righteousness,  are  not  filled,  and  wonder 
if  they  are  to  find  Jesus  in  all  this  pomp 
and  display. 

The  humble  Nazarene  is  not  to  be 
"Tound  among  people  wlio  come  to  meet- 
•ing  Jo  applaud  anything  that  is  beauti- 
■  fiil,  and  to  be  pleased  with  nothing  that 
is  not  done  up  in  good  taste.  AVe  learn 
His  people  and  followers  have  always 
iieen  an  humble,  true-hearted  class  of 
beings,  entirely  separate  from  the  world 
and  its  follies.  Go  to  our  large  cities, 
view  the  number  of  houses  dedicated  to 
the  worship  of  the  Creator  of  heaven 
and  earth;  walk '  around  on  Sabbath 
morning  and-  see  the  vast  numbers  wend- 
ing their  way  to  different  places  of  wor- 
ship. How  many  of  this  number  are 
going  with  true,  honest  heai-ts?  How 
many  are  going  to  worship  God  in  spirit 
and  in  truth?  We  cannot  tell  the  num- 
ber but  God  knoivs  their  hearts,  and  will 
reward  them  ^according  to  their  works. 
We  have  been  created  and- given  life  for 
a  j)urpose.  Was  it  to  spend  a  life  of 
hypocrisy  and  decelti  Verily  no.  God 
is  true,  and  He  loves  the  truthful  and 
honest.  False  words,  false  heads  and 
false  hearts  are  an  abomination  in  His 
sight,  while  the  ti-uthful,  honest  and 
upright  are  His  delight.    .Hie  Word  is 


truth, 'and  it  is  only  thr-  ti-iietliat  can  un- 
derstjind  it,  and  if  we  search  in  it  for 
truth  we  certainly  will  find  it,  and  if  our 
motives  be  honest  and  pure,  we  can 
stand  firm  in  conscious  security  before 
all.mankind. 

The  man  who  stands  firm  in  the  de- 
fence of  trutlrhas  many  conflicts,  yet  he 
feels  nothing  is  more  worthy  of  his  great- 
est abilities  and  he  has  a  sweet  conscious- 
ness that  the  great  Founder  of  truth  is 
ever  readj'  to  brace  him  up  and  give 
strength  to  his  weakness,  and  in  every 
act  and  thought  the  divine  truth  is  por- 
trayed. New  desires  are  given  him, 
the  mind  will  flash  into  a  new  world  of 
thought.  Pride  and  arrogance  will  quail 
beneath  niightjr  words  of  truth ;  all  is 
weak  and  worthless  that  has  not  truth 
for  its  anchor. 

Those  that  are  true  foUowers  of  thi 
blessed  Redeemer  are  endowed  with  thf 
spirit  of  truth,  and  when  we  see  profesS' 
ed  Christians  diverting  from  the  path  of 
rectitude,  Imving  very  little  respect  for 
truth,  whose  honesty  we  cannot  help 
questioning;  we  "can  but  say,  by  their 
fruits  shall  ye  know  them,  and  out  of  a 
true,  honest  heart,  true  and  honest  ac- 
tions will  proceed.  The  spirit  of  truth 
does  not  guide  into  false  actions,  but  it 
guides  into  all  truth.  Our  Savior  says, 
I  am  the  true  Vine.  The  brancii  must 
necessarily  be  true  and  faithful  or  it  can 
not  abide  in  the  Vine  or  bring  forth 
fruit,  but  will  he  cast  forth  as  a  worth 
leas  branch. 

It  is  greatly  to  be  deplored  tliat  in  this 
enlightened  day  as  the  present  time  is 
generally  called,  that  there  are  fewer  true, 
honest,  noble  men  than  there  have  been 
for  ages  pasit.  Converse  with  old  men, 
bow  tliey  were  raised,  how  earnest  tlnjir 
parents  were  to  instill  right  and  true 
principles  in  theii"  minds  while  youni 
now  that  thing  in  a  great  measure  is 
overlooked,  and  children  are  allowed  to  do 
anything  that  will  make  them  popub 
in  the  \\'Oi-ld.  The  \vorld  and  church 
have  joined  hands  too  much,  and  are  so 
near  together  in  the  manner  of  education 
that  the  difference  can  scarcely  be  per- 
ceived. We  believe  education  to  be  very 
essential,  but  not  exactly  as  the  world 
has  it.  We  believe  we  should  instill  in 
to  the  minds  of  the  young  true,  honest 
principles,  and  that  which  will  establish 
genuine  moral  worth,  and  by  this  means 
prepare  a  soil  for  the  seed  of  eternal 
truth — a  soil  that  will  not  be  .barren  or 
unfruitful ;  for  an  education  that  fills  the 
heart  and  head  with  vanity  and  pride, 
is  worse  than  useless. 

God  has  endowed  us  with  improv- 
able faculties,  and  it  is  our  duty  to 
strengthen  them  that  we  may  be  better 
able  to  >vield  the  sword  of  the  spirit  and 
more  capable  of  learning  of  Christ;  for 
if  we  are  not  able  to  properly  under- 
stand His  Word,  it  M'ould  be  much  more 
difficult  for  us  to  get  into  the  strait  and 
narrow  way  of  truth.  God  grant  that 
we  may  all  be  able  to  walk  in  wisdom's 
ways  and  be  guided  by  the  Spirit  of 
truth. 

I 'like  an  open  honesi  heart, 

Where  frankness  loves  to  dwell. 
Which  has  no  place  for  bare  det-eit 
Nor  hollow  words  can  tell: 


COME  TO  JESUS, 

BY  J.  W,  SOUTHWOOU. 

T  WISH  to  call  yoiu-  attention  to  a  few 
-*-  thoughts  that  have  often  been 
brought  forcibly  to  my  mind  while  think- 
ing of  persons  at  the  so-called  mourner's 
bench.  While  they  are  kneeling  and 
seeking  Jesus  as  they  call  it,  the  minist^- 
is  saying,  come  Lord ;'   come  near ;  come- 


and  1111  his  heart  with  Tliy  Holy  Spirit; 
come  down  just  now  tbc. 

Now  let  me  ask,  is  this  the  way  to 
come  to  Jesus?  Is  this  coming  to  Jesus 
according  to'the  Gospel?  Is  this,  hum- 
bling one's  self  under  the  migljty  hand 
of  God!  Is  this  coming  to  Jesus  accord- 
ing to  His  plan,  or  is  it  trying  to  have 
Jesus  come  to  men  according  to  their 
plans.     They  often  sing: 

Come  to  the  Savior,  make  no  delay. 

Here  in  His  Word  He's  shown  ns  the  way. 

Why  not  search  His  Word  and  find 
out  the  way;  that  is  find  out  Christ's 
way  ?  Why  not  find  out  bow  Paul  came 
to  Jesus?  Did  he  get  down  at  the 
mourner's  be"nch?  No.  When  he  fell  to 
the  ground  the  Lord  did  not  tell  huu  to 
lay  there  and  mourn,  Itut  sent  him  to 
Danuiscus;  whcu  Ananhis  came  to  him 
be  did  not  say,  pray  on  brother,  but  he 
said,  "  Why  tarriest  thou?  Arise  and 
be  baptized  and  wash  away  tbj  sins  " 
(Acts  22;  Ifi)  How  did  the  Samaritan.^ 
come  to  Jesus  ?  Did  thef  get  down  to  the 
mourner's  bench?  No,  Philip  preached 
till  they  and  many  others  believed,  then 
they  were  baptized  (Acts  S:  12,  13). 

Look  also  at  Crispus,  the  chief  ruler 
of  the  .synagogue,  and  see  how  he  and 
many  of  the  Christians  came  to  Jesus. 
Did  Paul  tell  them  to  come  to  the  mourn- 
er's bench  and  get  religion?  No,  he 
preached  till  they  believed,  then  they 
were  baptized  (Acts  18:  8).  Did  Phil- 
ip get  down  to  the  mourner's  Itench  with 
the  Eunuch  and  try  to  comfort  him  by 
saying,  pray  on  a  little  longer?  No, 
but  lie  got  down  into  the 'Wffto- with  him, 
and  baptized  liim  (Acts  S:  37,;18).  Wliy 
not  listen  tJ",  and  heed  what  Peter  said 
on  the  day  of  Pentecost  when  tliQ  in- 
quirers asked  what  they  should  do? 
Does  he  tell  the  Lord  to  come  to  them 
and  fill  their  hearts  with  His  Spirit?  No, 
Blithe  tells  them  to  come  to  Jesus  by 
repenting  and  being  baptiaed  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins;  then  said  he,  "  ye  shall  re- 
ceive the  gift  of  the  Holy  Cihost,"  and 
thus  three  thousand  souls  came  to  Jesus 
in  one  day  (Acts  2:  37,  3S-il).      , 

Is  this  not  the  way  to  come  to  Jesus? 
Is  it  not  the  way  that  all  must  concede 
to  be  infallibly  safe?  Is  It  not  the  only 
way  in  which  we  have  any  promise  of 
being  saved?  For-  he  that  believeth 
and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved;  but  he 
that  believeth  not  (of  course  will  not  be 
baptized,  and  hence)  shall  be  damned 
(Mai'k.iy:  10).  It  is  not  every  one  that 
aayetli  unto  me  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter 
the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  he  that 
doeth  the  will  of  my  Father  which  is  in 
heaven  (Matt.  7:  21).  Now  we  see  that 
only  those  wlio  do  the  will  of  the  Fath- 
er have  any  promise;  and  as  the  Fath- 
er has  revealed  His  will  to  us  through 
His  Son,  why  not  accept  it,  and  arise  and 
be  baptized,  and  come  to  Jesus  as  Christ 
and  the  apostles  command,  and  receive 
the  promise  and  not  try  to  climb  up  some 
other  way. 

Brethren,  let  Us.ever  take  Gospel  plan 
for  all  we  do,  endeavoring  to  persuade 
othei-s  to  come  to  Jesus  according  to  the 
Gospel  and  be  saved. 

Linr.ulnvillc,  hid. 


WHAT  IS    DEATH? 


TT  is  a  gi'eat  evil  in  the  world,  because 
-*-  it  is  the  eftect  of  sin,  and  sin  was 
introduced  by  Satan;  and  hence  separat- 
ed man  from  God,  by  the  death  of  sin, 
and  caused  nakedness  and  fear,  and  a  fi- 
nal separation  from  the  garden  of  Eden 
and  the  tree  of  life.  Death  is  an  e\dl, 
because  it  separates  husband    and    wife 


without  tlu'ir  wish  or  consent.  No  matter 
htiw  much  they  love  each  other,  or  how 
much  they  need  each  other  to  help  raise 
the  little  fanuly  of  children.  Death 
conies,  and  the  father  or  mother  must  go 
and  leave  the  children  in  the  care  of  the 
other,  no  difterence  how  unwilling  the 
other  of  the  family  is,  to  see  father  or 
mother  fall  into  the  cold  embrace  of  tliat 
monster  death.  So  it  takes  the  childrt-u 
from  the  parents  without  their  wish  ..r 
consent;  the  minister  from  the  chuivli 
without  the  counsel  or  consent  of  the 
church.  And  oh!  what  sorrow,  what 
mom-uing,  and  shedding  of  tears  death 
causes  daily  in  the  world,  in  the  church 
and  in  the  family.  Death  is  an  evil  be- 
cause it  not  only  was  brought  about  by 
sin  and  Satan,  but  must  also  be  cast  in- 
to the  lake  of  fire,  which  is  the  second 
death,  wherein  the  devil  is  to  be  cast. 
So  we  see  that  both  death  and  the  devil 
arc  a  great  evil  in  the  world  and  must 
dwell  together  in  the  hereafter  (Rev. 
20:  lO-l-i). 

We  know  that  sin  and  Satan  have 
caused  all  tiiis  great  evil  in  the  iTOrld, 
and  it  will  not  stop  when  this  world  will 
end;  if  tlie  sini|er  is  not  freed  from  sin 
in  tliislife,  the  poet  says  sin  kills  bej^ond 
the  tomb  (John  S:  21).  Jesus  says,  "ye 
shall  die  in  your  sins,  wither  I  go  ye 
cannot  come."  Then  I  will  say  to  you 
sinner,  why  will  you  go  one  step  further 
in  sin?  Do  you  not  know  that  you  are 
bearing  truif;  unto  death?  for  the  M'ages 
of  sin  is  deatJi,  Paul  tells  us  in  Rom.  0: 
23.  "But the  gift  of  God  is.eternal  life 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord."  Then 
it  is  only  through  Christ  Jesus  that  you 
and  I  can  be  made  free  fi-om  sin,,  and  to 
make  our  escape  from  the  second  death,' 
aud  to  lay  hold  on  eternal  life. 

Brethren  and  sisters  and  all  who  pro- 
fess to  know  "God  (2  John  S:  9),  let  us 
look  well  to  oui-selves,  that  we  lose  not 
those  tilings  which  we  have  ■wi-ought, 
but  that  we  receive  a  full  reward.  AVho- 
soever  cransgresseth  and  abideth  not  in 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,  has  not  God.  He 
that  abideth  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ, 
be  has  both  the  Father  and  the  Sou  (1 
John  3:4).  Whosoever  cbmmitteth  sin 
transgresseth  also  the  Law,  for  sin  is  the 
transgression  of  the  Law  (8th  verse). 
He  that  committeth  sin  is  of  the  devil. 
Then  let  no  one  violate  any  command- 
ment of  God;  for  all  who  will,  do  love 
death  rather  than  life,  and  do  forfeit 
their  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  must 
take  their  part  outside  of  the  city  of  God, 
where  there  is  weeping  and  gnashin"  of 
teeth.  Come  sinner,  consider  well  what 
you  are  doing,  and  whom  you  serve;  for 
God  surely  will  not  be  mocked  by  you, 
whatsoever  you  sow,  that  you  must  also 
reap,  then  sow  to  the  spirit;  and  from 
the  spirit  reap  life,  everlasting,  is  my 
prayer. 

A  LITTLE   CHARITY. 

liy  r.  A.  HROIVN. 

T  HAVE  l)ecn  reading  your  paper  for 
-*-  some  time;  I  like  it  very  much. 
As  there  are  still  calls  for  help,  I  wish 
to  throw  in  a  small  mite  for  the  poor 
fund,  Cliarity  covei-s  a  multitude  of 
sins.  Tliougb  yon  have  angel's  tongues 
and  harve  no*  charity  it  will  profit  you 
nothing.  I  wislr  \ve  were  all  engaged 
in  the  work.'  Ofe  what  a  happy  time  if 
we  could  all  Work  together  for  Jesus. 
All  things  work  fogrther  for  good  to 
them  that  love  the  Lord.  But  there  are 
divisions  which  oughtnotto  be.  Would 
to  God  we  could  all  stand  firm  and  work 
together  in'  one  band.  The  enemy  is 
going  about  seeking  whom' he  may  de- 
our;  there  are  many  temptations  and 


>Iav  1>. 


'miO    J3I<J5TI-lX-lEjNr    ^VT    AVOlilC. 


3 


trials  in  tliis  life.  The  way  is  rmrrow. 
a  littki  step  to  the  right  or  left,  aud  we 
ai'e  straying  a«'jiy  from  Jeans. 

Oh  could  we  ever  be  near  to  Jesus — 
influenced  by  His  Iloly  Spirit,  so  we  may 
be  able  to  with.stand  the  wiles  of  the 
enemy.  Abstain  from  every  apitearance 
of  evil,  and  use  the  swoi-d  of  the  Spirit, 
which  is  the  AVoi'dof  God,  Oh  remeai- 
hey  Jesns  when  He  was  about  to  be  cru- 
cified; His  enemie-8  were  nailing  Him  to 
the  cross.  He  says,  "Father  forgive 
them  for  they  know  not  what  they  do." 
Could  we  liave  a  praying  heart  like 
Jesus,  that  we  could  love  our  finniiics 
and  pray  for  tliose  that  ilfspitefully  use 
us;  for  God  h.'itli  not  appointcil  ns  to 
wrath,  but  to  obtain  salvation  by  ouv 
Lord  Jesns  Clu-ist  who  died  for  us,  that 
\vhefher  we  wake  or  sleep,  we  may 
live  togethev  with  Him.  Then  let  us 
press  onward  toward  the  niarlc  for  the 
prize  of  the  liigh  calling  of  God  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

Often  when  I  retire  at  niglit  do  I  med- 
itate and  thinlc,  if  Jesns  would  come  to- 
night, would  I  be  ready;  for  the  day  of 
the  Lord  coineth  as  a  thief  in  the 
night.  Let  us  ever  stand  firm,  putting 
on  the  breastplate  of  faith,  and  have  for 
a  helmet  the  hope  of  salvation.  We 
linvethe  promise  if  we  ask  in  pr.iyer, 
believing  we  shall  receive^  Faith  is  the 
substance  of  things  hoped  for,  the  ev- 
idence of  thinfjs  not  seen.  The  e\idences 
of  faith  are  love  to  Christ,  confidence, 
prayer,  attention  to  His  ordinance,  z(?al 
in  promoting  His  glory,  and  holiness  of 
heait.  Oh  could  we  all  be  more  engag- 
ed in  the  great  work,  more  zealous  in 
the  cause  of  our  Master,  There  are 
many  precious  souls  that  we  would  re- 
joice to  see  come  into  the  fold;  some  are 
almost  persuaded  to  become  Christians. 
Oh  that  I  knew  nothing  but  Christ  and 
Him  crucified,  and  conld  we  be  prepared 
ready  for  death  at  any  moment.  Our 
friends  are  passing  away  one  by  one,  aud 
we  too  must  die. 


PICTURES. 


IIV  S.  M.  MfXKIOH. 


rriHAT  is  a  picture  gallery.  You  en- 
■*-  tt-r  and  yon  will  see  perhaps  many 
pictures  on  the  walls  that  are  familiar  to 
you.  That  lady  before  the  glass  is  pre- 
paring to  sit  for  u  picture.  Heating  her- 
self before  the  Ciimem,  hands,  head, 
mouth  and  eyes  must  all  be  in  perfect 
position.  She  knows  that  the  pietui-e 
mil  be  an  exact  likeness  of  her  pei-son, 
hence  her  great  eflbrt  is  to  look  grace- 
ful. 

How  wonderful  is  man  that  he  caii 
make  an  instrument  that  does  so  perfect- 
ly delineate  every  feature,  liut  in  God's 
Book  of  remembrance,  not  only  the  fea- 
tures will  be  delineated,  but  the  life,  the 
thought  and  intent  of  the  heart,  will  be 
seen  and  known. 

Some  years  ago  I  saw  an  account  of 
a  girl  who  was  laying  in  a  trance  for 
some  days.  "When  she  a«'oke  to  con- 
sciousness, she  said,  she  had  been  to  the 
place  of  "many  mansions,"  that  an  an- 
gel had  been  her  guide.  The  angel  took 
her  into  a  beautiful  mansion  and  said  to 
her,  "  I  will  leave  you  here  a  while,  you 
can  interest  yourself  examining  the 
paintings  that  are  hanging  on  the  walls.'* 
She  said  the  pictm-es  looked  familiar. 
Continuing  to  examine  them,  she  saw 
with  amazement, and  read  with  astonish- 
ment her  life;  her  good  and  evil  deeds 
Were  spread  before  her. 

Pei'sons  who  have  been  rescued  from 
the  water  in  an  unconscious  state,  when 
lirought  to  consciousness,  have  said  that 
a  panoramic  view  of  their  life  had  viv- 


idly passed  before  them.  It  is  the  opin- 
ion of  some  that  whatever  is  impressed 
on  the  mind  can  never  be  erased.  For- 
gotten, but  not  blotted  out;  covered  up 
with  new  thoughts  and  ideas,  l)ut  not 
lost. 

As  a  witness  in  a  judical  court  stands 
waiting  to  be  called,  so  our  life  is  writ- 
ten and  mapped  ready  to  wituessi  for  or 
against  us.  AVhen  the  books  are  opened, 
and  every  man  is  judged  according  to 
his  work,  the  inside  will  be  seen  as  clear- 
ly as  the  outside.  We  may  look  at  the 
whited  sepulchres  that  appear  l>cautiful 
now,  then  we  shall  see  tlie  dead  l)oni;s 
aud  uncleanness  that  these  sepulchres 
covered  up.  In  that  day  when  e^-ery 
man's  work  shall  be  made  manifest, 
uo  broad  fringes  or  phylacteries  will 
conceal  the  evil  thoughts  of  the  heart, 
nor  of  the  fieah. 

The  wicked  shall  see  and  know  their 
evil  deeds  so  plaiidy  thattliey  passjudg- 
nient  upon  themselves — crying  out  for 
the  rocks  and  mountains  to  fall  upon 
them  and  hide  their  shame.  Reader, 
you  and  I  are  in  a  great  picture  gallery. 
Every  day  a  picture  of  our  lives  is  map- 
ped, to  be  revealed  in  the  last  day. 

"  IIow  careful  then  ought  I  lo  live, 

With  what  religious  i'enr! 
Who  such  ii  strict  account  must  givo, 

Foi  my  behavior  liei-c." 


THE  CHURCH. 


ii  fTlIiKN  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
-*-  be  likened  unto  ten  virgins" 
(Matt.  '25;  1).  While  perusing  your 
valuable  paper,  we  see  how  many  ■\^ne- 
yards  of  the  Lord  are  planted  over  this 
goodly  land  and  in  Europe;  and  the 
cause  of  God  and  His  dear  Son  being 
propagated  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  to 
the  going  down  thereof  Sons  and 
daughters  are  being  begotten  of  God, 
and  laboi'ers  brought  into  the  vineyard 
of  the  Lord  through  the  instrumeutality 
of  the  Word  and  power  of  God,  by 
the  preaching  of  His  Word  through  men 
of  God,  Embassadoi'sin  Christ's  stead, 
who  I)eing  mindful  of,  and  obedient  to 
the  sacred  injunction,  "  Go  stand  "in  the 
temple  and  speak  to  the  peftple  all  the 
words  of  this  life,"  aud  through  the  fool- 
ishness of  preaching,  it  has  pleased  God 
to  save  men. 

As  A\'ater  falling  daj'  by  day  M'eai-s 
the  hardest  rock  away,  even  so  the  jireach- 
ed  Woi'd  fiom  the  sacred  desk  and  the 
religious  literature.  Speaking  the  same 
thing  are  an  ebbing  and  a  flowing  tide 
upon  the  ocean  of  God's  woi'kiugs  with 
the  hearts  and  conscience  of  the  children 
of  men.  .'*  Paul  may  plant  and  Apol 
los  water,  but  the  increase  must  come 
from  God."  "  No  man  cometh  unto  me 
except  the  Father  which  has  sent  me 
draw  him."  Itishere  that  the  prophecy 
of  Ezekiel  finds  a  connecting  link  of  ful- 
fillment when  he  speaks  of  the  "dry 
bones."  "  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  can  these  bones  live,  and  I  answered 
O  Lord  God  thou  knowest.  Again  he 
said  unto  me,  prophesy  upon  these  bones, 
and  say  unto  them,  O  ye  dry  bones  hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  unto  these  bones.  Behold  I 
will  cause  breath  to  enter  into  you,  and 
ye  shalUive"  (Ezekiel  37:  3,4,  5).  The 
dry  bones  may- well  be  regarded  as  a 
figure  emblematical  of  the  sinner,  thi 
unconverted,  and  the  valley  the  prophet 
speaks  of, — the  entire  world.  Thesi 
dry  bones  had  been  veiy  dry,  and  they 
also  were  many.  The  scorching  rays  of 
the  sun  dried  them;  the  winds  that  blew 
over  them  caused  them  to  wither,  and 
the  valley  was  full' of  them. 


While  the  prophet  was  prophesying 
(preaching)  there  were  "a  shaking,  and 
the  Clones  came  together  bone  to  his 
bone,  and  the  sinew  and  the  flesh  came 
upon  them,  and  the  skin  covered  them 
above,  but  there  was  no  breath  in  them. 
Then  said  he  unto  me,  prophesy  unto  tlie 
winds,  prophesy  Son  of  man,  and  say 
unto  the  wind,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
come  from  the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and 
breathe  upon  these  slain  that  they  may 
live,  and  the  breath  came  into  them  and 
they  lived  and  stood  upon  their  feet  an 
exceeding  gi-eat  army." 

Now  my  brethren,  an  e.vceeding  great 
army  brought  forth  liy  the  Word  of  God 
aud  the  preaching  of  the  same  unto  you, 
brought  from  the  dry  bones  of  sin  aud 
iniquity  into  the  glorious  ,  liberty  of  the 
children  of  God.  Consider  a  parable. 
"  Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven  be 
likened  unto  ten  virgins."  This  parable 
given  by  Christ  Himself,  is  the  most 
striking  aud  deepest  driven  of  all  the 
many  parables  He  has  used;  in  the 
volume  of  the  Book.  Most  of  the  par- 
ables He  used  in  the  present  tense,  but 
the  one  under  consideration.  He  used  in 
a  future  tense.  "  Then  shall  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  (the  ehui'ch)  be  likened 
unto  ten  virgins.  He  did  not  here  say, 
by  whom  it  shall  be  likened — who  shall 
use  the  legislative  or  administrative 
power?  Butsuffice  it  to  have  us  under- 
stand that  it  shall  be  likened.  This  be- 
ing a  settled  point,  it  next  follows  to  con- 
sider the  subject,  who  shall  be  likened? 
Not  the  dry  bones  shall  be  likened,  but 
those  into  whom  God  Iios  breathed  His 
Sjiirit  of  adoption  and  made  them  to 
stand  upon  their  feet;  those  "whom  He 
has  "brought  out  of  thehorridpit  and  the 
miry  clay,  and  set  their  feet  upon  a 
rock  and  established  their  goings."  Thest^ 
virgins  who  have  set  out  to  meet  the 
Bridegroom,  members  of  His,  mystical 
body  ou  earth,  the  church.  These  vii 
gin."*  who  are  traveling  with  glowing 
hearts  in  the  prospect  before  them,  and 
anticipating  in  their  minds  to  realize  n 
vision  and  full  enjoyment  of  what  Paul 
said  he  heard  in  the  spivit,  as  he  ■ 
caught  up  into  the  third  heaven,  which 
was  not  lawful  for  liim  to  utter,  and 
though  he  had  heard  this  above  four 
teen  yeai's  ago.  Even  now,  he  only  re- 
veales  this  much  unto  the  Corinthian 
ehiu'ch.  The  church  membei-s  (vir 
gins),  who  gave' him  so  much  trouble  in 
that  they  were  so  much  inclined  to  get 
out  of  order,  and  to  whom  Paul  hasoc- 
casion  to  say,  ."Truly  the  signs  of  an 
apostle  were  wrought  among  you,  in  all 
I^atience,  in  signs  and  wonders  and 
mighty  deeds  "  (Qor,  l-l:  12), 

And  furthermore  he  also  said,  ''  For  I 
fear  lest  when  I  come  I  sliall  find  you 
such  as  I  would,  and  I  shall  be  found 
unto  you  such  !is  I  would  not;"  and 
though  they  were  claiming  to  be  virgins, 
yet  they  needed  many  reproofs.  Their 
garments  of  an  uudeliled  religion,  were 
so  easily  soiled,  they  oft  forgot  that  they 
were  purged  from  theii-  foniier  sins. 

"Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
be  likened  unto  ten  virgins."  This 
ceeding  great  army  who  started  out  to 
meet  the  Bridegroom,  whose  aims  and 
purposes  are  fixed  on  the  one  and  same 
object;  all  start  with  the  same  mind;  all 
M'ill  come  to  the  enfl  of  the  journey  of 
life,  and  here  be  fully  desirous  of  meet- 
ing the  bridegroom.  But  alas,  unfoi-tU' 
nately  five  were  wise  and  five  were  fool- 
ish, aud  while  the  bridegi'oom  tarried, 
■they  all  slumTiered  and  slept;  and  at 
midnight  there  was  a  cry,  behold  the 
bridegroom  cometh,  go  ye  out  to  meet 
him,  aud  they  that  were  ready  (wise) 
went  in  with  him  to  the  marriage,  and 


the  dooi-  w;is  slm'."  Sad,  irrevocable- 
trutii,  oni?  h.il:'  Mi"  the  numbt-r  sayiuij, 
"  Lord  Lord  open  unto  us."  Who  shall 
be  able  for  these  things?  The  Sou  of 
God  has  spoken  it,  "  and  my  words  sinill 
not  pass  away."  "  If  I  Imve  told  you 
earthly  things  and  ye  believe  not,  how 
shall  ye  believe  if  I  tell  you  of  heaven- 
ly things."  Then  it  is  plainly  evident 
that  there  are  drones,  foolish  virgins  in 
the  chureh  to  be  revealed  in  the  last  day. 
When  we  use  the  term,  the  church,  we 
do  not  propose  to  allow  every  \vind  of 
tloctrine  to  be  the  church,  but  they  that 
have  "  <ibryiM  fn.iii  the  heart  that  form 
of  doL-triiif  ili'li\ri,'il  to  the  saints;"  ''tor 
if  ye  kuiiw  |-]ir-;i;  iliiiigs,  happy  are  ye 
if  ye  do  them." 

AYe  find  upon  record  a  time  when 
among  twelve  inspired  apostles,  one  was 
a  Judas.  Marvel  not,  "  the  time  will 
come  when  they  will  not  endure  sound 
doctrine."  "Finally  bretheu  whatsoever 
things  are  true,  whatsoever  things  aiv- 
honest,  whatsoever  thmgs  arejust,  what- 
soever things  are  pure,  whatsoever- things 
are  lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of 
good  report,  and  if  there  be  any  praise 
think  on  these  things,"  David  say?*, 
"  while  I  was  musing  the  fire  burned.'^ 
"  All  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration 
of  God,  and  is  profitable  tor  doctrine., 
for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instructimr 
iu  righteousness"  (Tim.  3:  111). 

READ  THE   BIBLE. 

UNDOUBTKDLV  thuEibh-,  as  such, 
is  but  little  used  in  some  Sunday- 
schools.  Lesson-leaves  andkiudred  Iielps 
supersede  the  one  book.  Good  helps 
have  this  mission.  They  are  a  means  of 
opening  up  and  enforcing  the  Scriptures'. 
But  they  should  never  supplant  the  Bi- 
ble in  the  clashes.  President  Chadbourne-y 
of  Williams  College,  recently  enunciat- 
ed this  sound  doctrine  upon  the  point, 

"  There  is  danger,  in  the  multitude  of" 
books  and  studies,  that  the  Bible  mil  be- 
ncgleeted.  It  is  neglected  sadly  even  iu 
Christian  families.  AVhen  the  Biiilewas  - 
the  one  Book  of  the  family,  many  learn- 
ed its  truths  as  they  are  not  noM'  learn- 
ed by  the  young.  There  is  a  denmnd 
that  the  Bible  Ije  banished  from  our  pub- 
lic schools.  All  these  eftbrts  and  this 
talk,  which  will  poison  the  minds  of  our 
children,  make  it  more  important  that 
the  Bible  be  exalted  in  every  Christiao- 
school  and  college.  And  especially  is 
it  necessary  that  the  Sabbath- schools  - 
shoidd  do  their  work  in  the  mostetiicient 
manner.  Tjiey  should  teach  the  Bil^ile,. 
and  not  merely  somethmg  about  the  Bi- 
ble. The  Bible  will  remain  when  the 
earth  and  the  heavens  pass  away  ^  aud 
when  the  great  M'hite  throne  is  set,  it  is- 
one  of  the  Books  that  will  be  opened. 
Can  such  a  Book  be  ignored  in  any  .sys- 
tem of  education — a  Book  that  fits  men. . 
for  all  in  this  life — for  citizenship,  for 
social  life,  for  old  age,  for  sickness,  ami. 
for  death,  and  for  that  other  life  for 
which  this  whole  life  is  simply  an  educa- 
tion? Let  us  come  to  simide  Bible 
truth,"— 5Wt<'/(v/. 

Goon  humor  is  always  relished.  But 
when  either  wit  or  humor  is  employed, 
to  undeiTuine  inspect  for  the  truth,  or  t» 
ridicule,  or  to  make  sport  of  what  sill 
should  prize  as  most  valuable  to  the  in- 
dividual and  to  society,  then  it  becomes 
the  thoughtful  to  utter  their  protest. 
"  Great  laughter,"  the  reporters  tell  ns,, 
followed  ou  certain  occasions,  wheu  re- 
cently the  Bible  was  reviled,  and  its 
most  vital  doctrines  ridiculed.  An  au- 
dience that  can  be  arausetl  with  witty 
blasphemy  is  nearly  reatly .to  toleiate- 
any  crime. — Christian  InteUifjencer.. 


THE    BrtETHREN    ^T    -WOT^K. 


May    9. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED   WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE,  I 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  f 


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UOOBE  &  SSHEUIAH, 

Luork,  CatrcU  Co..  111- 


LA»AttK,n,I.., 


At  the  close  of  a  card  just  veceived  from  a 
brotliev,  wiia  tlielollowhig:  "Pray  withmib ceas- 
ing." Thnt  would  be  an  excellent  subject  for 
some  one  to  write  on.  Tlieie  are  those  wlio 
would  like  to  kuow  how  one  can  pray  without 


"  TiiK  New  Testament  revision  conipanv  held 
tlieir  luouthly  meeting  at  the  Bible  house  in 
New  York,  last  week,  and  finished  the  firat  re- 
vision of  Ephesiiuis  and  part  of  Colossians. 
The  01(1  Testament  company  arc  still  at  work 
in  Ewkiel."    _-.^__^ 

TiiREF.  were  baptized  at  Yellow  Creek,  (III.) 
April  27th,  and  one  on  the  Sunday' followinj; 
There  were  several  more  npplicimts,  and  a  warm 
feeling  generally  among  the  people,  The  church 
hiis  excellent  prospects  of  considerable  increase 
the  present  season. 


An  exchange  says,  that  Minnesota  is  a  Lu- 
thei-au  State,  haring  more  Lutherans  among  its 
population  than  of  any  other  name  or  confes- 
sion. They  number  75.000  Germans  and  Scan- 
dinavians. There  is  but  one  EnglLih  Lutheran 
church  in  the  State. 


BitOTiiER  Christian  Hiirader,  of  Newtonia, 
Mo.,  writes  that  lie  receives  more  letters  Of  in- 
qniryjibont  that  country  than  he  can  answer. 
They  have  excellent  prospeet-s  for  good  crops. 
Peaches  are  as  large  as  hulled  walnuts.  Will 
publish  a  description  of  the  country,  from  him, 
nc.\t  week. 

BitoTHHB  E.  C.  Parker,  formerly  of  Canton, 
Ohio,  wishes  us  to  announce  that  his  address  is 
now  changed  to  Ashland,  Ohio.  Under  date  of 
April  30th  he  says:  "Ground  was  broken  yes- 
terday for  the  Ashland  college,  and  it  is  e.-spect- 
•ed  to  push  the  work  right  along  now.  Brothei 
Sharp  will  be  here  right  after  the  A.  M.  to  help 
push  the  work  to  a  speedy  completion." 


U  dei-rease  a  hundred  per  cent,  and  thousands 

of  familit'.-  nia'h'  happy  theri?liy. 


SATAN'S    GROUND. 

TEUTULLTAN,  in  his  writings,  tells  of  a 
Christian  woman,  who,  on  going  to  the  thea^ 
Ire,  was  there  possessed  of  the  devil,  and  when  the 
evil  spirit,  at  his  casting  out.  was  asked,  How  he 
durst  set  upon  a  Christian?  he  presently  ans- 
wered, "  I  did  but  what  wjls  fit  and  just,  for  I 
found  her  on  my  own  ground." 

How  many  Christians  are  led  astray  by  get- 
ting on  Satan's  ground?  Tho  narrow  path  of 
Christianity  is  not  wide  enough  for  them,  they 
must  w'alk  and  act  witli  the  world,  not  for  the 
purpose  of  making  tho  world  better,  hut  for  the 
purpose  of  enjoying  its  sins,  and  patronizing 
the  evil  ways  of  the  world.  We  learn  most  oi 
our  had  habits  by  getting  onto  ground  where 
we  ought  not  to  he.  Satan  claims  that  ground, 
and  us  too,  if  he  can  get  us  onto  it.  The  best 
way  to  keep  clear  of  being  captured,  is  to  keep 
off  of  Satan's  ground,  and  walk  steadily  in  the 
footsteps  of  Christ  and  the  Apostles.  If  we 
keep  near  to  God,  there  is  no  danger  of  Satan 
overcoming  us.  If  you  go  onto  Satan's  ground 
he  may  capture  you,  but  if  you  stay  on  the 
Lord's  side  and  he  comes  to  you,  then  resist  him 
and  he  will  flee  from  you.  Satan  will  not  stand 
a  hard  fight  wlien  on  the  Lord's  ground.  The 
path  is  too  narrow  for  him. 


GltriT  AT  LAST. 


centered  on  the  cross.  On  either  side  of  the 
narrow  path  that  lead.s  to  life  eternal,  is  dark- 
ness, and  .those  who  walk  in  darkness  are  not 
the  children  of  the  ligiht. 


Joseph  Cook  says,  aionios  is  used  sixty-six 
times  in  the  New  Testament.  In  fifty-one  cases 
it  is  used  to  express  the  happiness  of  the  right- 
eous; tivice  to  ex|)ress  the  duration  of  God's  at- 
tributes; six  where  it  certainly  denotes  eternal 
duration.  In  the  remaining  seven  instances  it 
refers  to  the  death  of  the  wicked.  It  should  be 
interpreted  in  the  seven  instances  as  it  is  in  the 
ififty-nine. — Er. 


"We  have  just  received  a  small  tract  from  Mr. 
Jamea  Crystal,  author  of  the  Modes  of  Baptism, 
setting  forth  his  intentions  to  inaugurate  a 
movement  looking  to  the  Restoration  of  primi- 
tiveChristianity.  The  basis  of  the  movement 
is  prottj"  fully  given  in  this  tract,  many  princi- 
ples of  which  we  conceive  to  he  erroneous.  No 
preventing  providence  we  shall  notice  the  tract 
more  fully  next  week. 

Mood V  advises  converts  to  avoid  Masonrj', 
Odd-fellowship,  theatres,  card-plaj-ing,  horse- 
niciug,  novel-reading,  and  business  partiierahips, 
and  maiTiages  with  unljolievei-s.  Pretty  good 
advice,  if  only  other  preacher's  would  preach 
and  defend  the  same  principles.  "  Be  ye  not 
unequally  yoked  together  with  unbelievers" 
should  he  earned  out,  as  near  as  possible,  in  ev- 
ery department  of  life. 


It  would  seem  that  the  Kentucky  drunkards 
■will  have  a  hard  time  of  it  if  the  ueiv  law  is 
strictly  enforced.  It  prohibits  licensed  liquor 
dealers  from  soiling,  giving  or  loaning  spiritu- 
<uLS  or  molt  liquoi's  to  them.  Maine,  in  this 
work,  is  setting  a  noble  example,  and  therefore, 
in  tliat  extreme  Northern  climate,  hits  hut  few 
dnuikurds.  Let  the  liquor  tni£c  he  banished 
from  our  land  and  in  a  few  yeare  our  crime  list 


WHILE  vi.-,iting  a  school,  some  yeni-s  agi 
Mr.  B.  was  called  on  to  address  the  scho 
ai-s,  .  He  directed  his  remarks  against  the  use  of 
tobacco  by  hoys  and  young  men,  telling  them 
that  as  a  habit  it  was  useless,  yet  very  expensive 
— was  a  continual  strain  on  their  financial  re- 
sources. Says  he,  "  If  you  \rill  save  up  and  put 
on  interest  what  money  you  otherwise  would 
spend  for  tobacco,  if  you  used  it,  it  will,  by  the 
time  you  are  old,  he  sufficient  to  purchase  the 
best  farm  in  the  county."  Pointing  across  the 
room  to  an  Jiged  farmer  of  some  sixty  yeai-s,  he 

continued,  "  There  is  old  father  S ,  I  expect 

he  has  spent  money  enough  for  tobacco  to  pur- 

chn.ieagood   farm."     Old  father  S jumped 

up  and  s^iid,  "  Yes,  I  have  spent  money  enough 
for  tobacco  to  purchase  the  best  farm  in  the 
county,  and  I  would  advise  boys  to  never  touch 
it." 

About  oue  year  after  this,  old  father  S 

stepped  into  Mr.  B's  businessoffice,  looking  un- 
usually hale  and  hearty  for  a  man  of  sixty-one. 
Says  he,  "Mr.  B.,  I  have  not  touched  tobacco 
for  one  year,  and  I  feel  better  than  ever  before. 
My.  appetite  is  good  and  I  enjoy  the  best  of 
health."  This  is  a  good  lesson  for  boys  and 
young  men.  Learn  to  save  your  money  while 
young,  and  enjoy  good  health   when  well  up  in 


SHOT  AND  CHRISTIANS. 

rilHERE  is  a  feature  in  reUgion  that  forcibly 
X  reminds  me  of  a  proc'ess  in  the  miinufaiv 
turing  of  shot.  When  the  lead  is  melted,  it  is 
])oured  through  a  sieve  of  tho  proper  structure, 
from  a  lofty  tower,  and.whilc  passing  through 
the  ikir  assumes  a  globular  form,  thus  making 
shot,  ivhich  fall  into  water  and  thereby  become 
cool  and  hard.  The  shot  are  then  taken  out- of 
the  water  and  dried.  Of  course  many  of  them 
are  imperfect. 

To  separate  the  round  sliot  from  those  that 
are  imperfect,  they  are  taken  into  a  room  hav- 
ing a  smooth  inclined  floor,  imd  slowly  poured 
on  the  upper  side  of  the  floor.  The  round  shot 
will  roll  straight  down,  and  fall  into  a  vat  plac- 
ed there  for  that  purpose,  but  the  imperfect 
will  gradually  roll  either  to  the  right  or  left,  and 
thus  miss  the  vat,  so  that  none  but  the  best  are 
preserved. 

Just  so  with  Christians,  they  must  be  tried, 
or  tested.  They  are  started  down  the  inclined 
plane  of  life  toivard  the  paradise  of  God.  Some 
of  thorn  seemingly  describe  veiy  crooked  lines, 
others  pass  straight  on  in  the  line  of  duty,  while 
manj-,  regardless  of  their  fate,  wander  off  to  the 
right  or  left  and  are  lost.  Wlren  you  see  pro- 
fessing ChristiiiuB,  instead  of  walking  in  the 
foot3tei>s  of  their  Master,  gliding  off  towm-d  the 
dance,  or  some  other  place  of  amusement,  you 
may  know  that  they  are  not  evenly  balanced. 
The  true  Christitin  on  liis  way  to  heaven  does 
not  wander  off  into  the  by  and  forbidden  paths 
of  sin,  but  keeps  straight  ahead,  having  his  eye 


PRACTICAIi  PRAYER. 

A  SCOTCH  paper  gives  the  following  account 
of  a  practical  piece  of  sympathy:  A  poor 
man  who  hail  a  large  family  to  support,  broke 
his  leg,  and  as  he  would  for  some  time  be  desti- 
tute of  the  means  of  grace,  it  was  proposed  to 
hold  a  pmyer-ineeting  at  his  house.  The  mem- 
bers assembled  and  tho  meeting  was  led  by 
Deacon  Brown.  Soon  a  loud  knock  on  the  door 
interrupted  the  services.  A  tall,  young  man 
stood  at  the  door  with  an  ox-goad  in  his  hand. 
Calling  for  Deacon  Brown  he  said:  "Father 
cotihl  not  attend  the  meeting,  but  he  sent  his 
prayers,  and  they  are  out  here  in  the  cart." 
They  were  soon  brought  in,  in  the  shapeof  po- 
tatoes, beef,  pork  and  corn. 

This  is  a  specimen  of  the  kiud  of  praying  that 
is  much  needed  jnst  now.  This  thing  of  a  man 
of  wealth  getting  down  on  his  knees  and  pray- 
ing the  Loi-d  to  "  remember  the  poor,  clothe  the 
naked  and  feed  the  hungry,"  and  then  won't  turn 
his  hand  over  to  help  the  poor  and  hungry,  is 
mockery.  Such  prayoi-s  never  reach  heaven. 
A  cart-load  of  prayers  that  can  be  of  some  prac- 
tical use  to  the  poor,  is  worth  a  million  of  such 
hypocritical  actions.  How  can  we  expect  tin 
Lord  to  feed  the  poor,  if  wc  don't  help  him  do 
it?  He  is  not  going  to  a  man's  crib  and  take 
out  grain  without  his  consent.  The  Lord  is  not 
going  to  come  into  your  house  while  you  are 
asleep,  take  your  clothing  and  give  it  to  the  dei 
titute,  unlesp  you  assist  in  the  work.  When 
you  pray  the  Lord  to  clothe  thenaked,  and  then 
refuse  to  give  Him  afljthing  to  do  it  with,  how 
in  the  name  of  reason  do  you  expect  Him  to 
answer  your  prayei^s? 

This  is  like  some  people  praying,  "  Thy  will 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  done  in  heaven  "  and 
then  get  right  up  and  oppose  spreading  the 
Gospel,  just  as  though  faith  could  come  without 
hearing,  and  we  could  hear  without  a  preacher. 
The  most  effectual  missionary  prayer  that  can 
be  offered  is,  to  go  or  put  brethren  to  work 
preaching  the  Gospel.  Prayera  of  this  kind 
will  do  soiue  good.  If  you  want  to  pray  for 
some  poor,  destitute  sister,  just  put  your  prayers 
in  a  sack,  basket  or  cart,  and  send  them  direct 
to  her.  God  never  fails  to  hear  and  bless  such 
prayers  as  these,  and  then  they  are  of  some  prac- 
tical use  to  some  one.  The  fervent,  efffctitaf 
prayer  of  the  righteous  availeth  much,  provid- 
ed it  is  done  in  faith;  but  we  should  remember 
that  faith  mthout  works  is  dead. 

Whenever  we  pray  the  Lord  to  do  a  good 
work  we  ought  to  do  all  in  our  power  to  enable 
Him  to  fully  answer  us.  If  a  man  gets  down 
on  his  knees  and  prays  the  Lord  to  make  a  bet- 
ter man  of  him,  he  is  in  duty  bound  to  help  the 
Lord  accomplish  the  work,  or  he  may  rest  assur- 
ed that  it  will  never  be  done.  We  need  more 
practical  and  living  prayer,  prayer  that  people 
can  somotiiufs  see  and  !"■  b.-nefited  by. 


tenvards  by  another  machine  are  given  off"  just 
as  they  were  made  at  first.  But  the  possibilities 
which  this  opens  for  the  future,  make  one  hold 
his  breath  iu  wonder.  In  a  few  years,  doubt- 
loss,  these  machines  will  be  as  common  as  tele- 
graphs are  now.  Friends  will  send  phonograph 
letters  to  each  other,  and  instead  of  sitting  dowi. 
and  reading  them,  will  put  them  into  tho  ma- 
chine and  have  their  friends'  very  voices  talking 
to  them.  The  sweet  little  prattle  of  babies  can 
be  caught  and  saved  and  re-produced  in'alter 
yean?.  What  would  you  not  give  to  know  just 
what  your  father  and  mother  said  when  they 
were  children,  and  how  they  said  it!  It  is  quite 
likely  that  this  pleasure  will  be  in  atoi-e  for  the 
children  of  the  next  generation. 

Our  singers  and  eloquent  speakers  will  sing 
and  speak  through  the  phonograph,  and  j'ears 
hence,  when  they  are  dead,  perhaps,  there  may 
1(0  concerts  and  lectures  where  their  voices  may 
he  heard,  just  as  they  were  iu  life." 


DAWCINa. 


TELEPHONE  AND  PHONOGRAPH. 

BROTHER  Eshelman  writes  us  that  he  has 
been  tallying  through  the  t'elephone,  and 
tinds  its  construction  a  very  simple  contrivance. 
It  is  a  wonder  some  one  never  thought  of  it  be- 
fore. Perhaps  he  can  give  the  little  folks  a 
description  of  it  on  his  return. 

We  give  below,  an  account  of  a  still  later, 
and  more  remarkable  invention,  which  causes 
one  to  stand  in  awe,  thinking  of  the  world  of 
woudera  to  which  this  invention  will  open  the 
door. 

"  When  tho  telephone  was  invented  not  long 
ago,  by  which  two  pei-sons  at  a  distance  could 
converse  with  each  other  as  well  as  if  they  were 
sitting  in  the  same  room  together,  it  really' 
seemed  .is  if  invention  had  gone  about  as  far  as 
it  could.  But  here  comes  a  man  with  some- 
thing more  wouderful  still,  a  phonograph.  It 
is  an  instrument  by  which  the  tones  of  the  hu- 
man voice,  either  in  speaking  or  singing,  or  in- 
deed any  other  sound  muj-  be  caught  and  kept 
as  long  as  one  pleases,  and  then  given  out  again 
precisely  as  the  words  were  firat  uttered.  It  is 
a  kind  of  bottling  up  of  sounds  for  future  use. 

The  instrument  is  too  elaborate  for  descrip- 
tion here.  It  is  enough  to  say  in  genera!  that 
the  sounds  are  caught  aiid  recorded  upon  a  sheet 
of  tin-foil  or  some  other  such  substance,  and  af- 


rilllE  following,  clipped  from  il  Baptist. paper 
JL  coming  to  this  office,  is  worth  preserving. 
The  first  half  dozen  lines  afford  matter  for  seri- 
ous thought: 

"  The  churches  of  Christ  have  for  a  centurj- 
been  free  from  persecution,  and  they  have  relax- 
ed the  old-time  pi-apticc  of  rigid  examinationa 
for  candidates  for  baptism;  and,  under  the  mod- 
ern revival  system,  thousands  of  the  unregoner- 
ated  have  been  swept  into  the  churches,  and,  for 
lack  of  Scriptural  discipline,  they  are  allowed  to 
remain  iu  the  church,  but  these  unrenewed 
members  caniiot  be  kept  out  of  their  old  haunts 
of  sinful  pleasure,  the  ball-room  and  theatre, 
any  more  than  the  '  washed  sow '  can  be  kept 
out  of  a  mud-hole.  She  can  see  nothing  but  a 
pleasant  pastime  in  it,  and  they  can  see  nothing 
but  an  innocent  amusement  in  them.  They  are 
the  only  places  where  they  can  find  pleasure, 
and  they  cannot  deprive  themselves  of  all  enjoy- 
ment; they  find  none  in  their  religion.  Our 
personal  conviction  is,  that  it  would  prove  a 
hard  matter  to  influence  a  child  of  God  to  fre- 
quent the  ball-room,  and  that  it  is  a  very  diffi- 
cult matter  to  keep  an  unregenorated  church- 
member  away.from  them,  and  therefore,  it  is  a 
very  good  test  of  the  state  of  the  heart.  Any 
church  can  very  well  spare  every  member  who 
can  enjoy  himself  or  hei-self  better  in  a  ball-room 
thauaprayer-meeting.  The  light  of  that  church 
is  but  dim  and  its  influence  misleading  that  con 
fellowship  the  dancing  girl  as  a  witness  for  Je- 
sus. A  thousand  times  better  that  all  such, 
bearing  the  Baptist  name  were  swept  from  the 
face  of  the  earth,  than  to  exist  to  Encourage 
conformity  to  the -world  in  her  own  membeni, 
and  to  shed  such  dangerous  light  abroad  to  the 
misleading  of  others. 

The  question  raised  is — 

Is  tho  modern  dance  a  species  of  the  'revelry' 
condemned  by  Paul? 

The  Greek  word  is  komns,  and  to  the  Greek 
we  must  go. 

Hedericus  defines  it: — 

'  Sallaliiitien  in  coinessafiombiis,  el  saHuliones 
iniinTsal  —  dancings  in  merry  makings,  and 
dancings  in  general,' 

Liddel  and  Scott,  (the  latest  and  standard  Le.v- 
ieon).  '  Konios,  a  jovial  festivity  with  music  and 
dancing,  a  revel,  a  carousal,  a  men-ij-inakutg, 
singing  and  dancing  and  playing  all  kinds  of 
fyolirs  or  games.' 

Music  and  dancing,  either  decorlously  or  las- 
civiously, was  denominated  komos, '  revelry,'  by 
the  Greeks  in  Paul's  day,  therefore  he  used  that 
teim  to  denote  the  exercise  of  '  music  with 
dances '  as  belonging  to  the  '  works  of  the  flesh,' 
and  wholly  unbecoming  Christians  who  had 
professedly    renounced     them    and    put    them 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

BUT  we  preach  Christ  crucified,  unto  the  Jews 
a  stumbling  block,  and  unto  the  Greeks 
foolishness  {1  Cor.  1:  2:3).  This  was  the  theme 
of  bVother  Snyder  of  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  in  the 
Autietam  church,  this  forenoon.  The  minds  of 
the  hearers  wore  enriched  with  the  idea  that 
unto  iLs  who  ate  saved,  Christ  crucified  is  neith- 
er a  stumbling  block  nor  foolishness,  but  "  the 
jMirer  of  God,  and  the  irisfloin  of  God."  With 
these  words  of  truth  fixed  in  the  heart,  the 
beauties  and  glories  of  the  eternal  mansions 
wore  |)ortrayed,  so  that  our  hearts  were  refresh- 
ed and  joy  and  peace  beamed  forth  from  all  who 
love  the  Lord,  our  God.  After  meeting  ire  re- 
paired to  the  stream  near  by  and  witnessed  the 
immersion  of  one  who  had,  with  full  purpose  of 
heart,  given  herself  to  Jesus.  God  grant  that 
peace  and  everlasting  life  may  be  hers. 


May    0. 


THE    BRETI-IT-l"K>r    ^T    AVOHKl. 


In  tiif  attemonn,  we  were  plad  to  meet  with 
brctliroii  and  sisters  and  mniiy  tlear  children  in 
llio  Brotliren's  mceting-Uoiiso  in  thi.i  place. 
Here  the  Word  of  God  wiis  read,  and  many 
qiicHtions  asked  and  answered.  Our  Master 
once  astonished  Hic  doctors  and  lawyera  ivith 
His  n.'iking  and  iinswering  questions.  Here  the 
desire  seemed  to  be,  to  know  God's  will  and 
obei/  H.  This  cim  only  bo  done  in  union  and 
love-  The  hrst  mrthoil  of  so  doing  should  con- 
cern every  brother  and  aist«r.  God  commands 
lis  to  assemble  and  worship  Him.  Jnst  irherc 
to  assemble  He  says  npthing,  liencc  the  church 
must  look  for  the  icheir — the  place.  Many 
tilings  arc  required  of  us  by  our  Father,  but 
irlirre  and  Iwir,  He  does  not  prescribe  in  every 
case.  Circumstances  must  more  or  less  deter- 
mine these,  hence  He-wisely  leaves  the  where, 
the  how  for  the  church  to  decide.  Now  this  be- 
ing the  case,  each  brother  and  sister  should  la- 
bor, not  to  have  Iiis  or  her  own  way,  but  com- 
pare ideas  with  each  other  and  adopt  llic  best, 
ever  romemberiug  that  the  most  simple,  and  that 
in  harmony  with  tlie  meek  luid  humble  charac- 
ter of  Jesus,  is  the  best.  Brethren,  sisters  and 
childien  should  not  come  together  to  simply 
p'lrnt  lime,  not  to  make  a  display  of  talent  or 
culture,  but  totJo  good — to  make  themselves  and 
othi'i-s  het.ter.  Tlio  motive  should  be  to  conform 
nioi-e  and  more  to  the  image  of  Him  ivhom  we 
have  put  on — into  whom  we  have  been  baptizod. 
I  would  rejoice  to  see  everj'  brother,  every  sister 
and  ail  the  children  assemble  once  each  week  to 
loach  and  admonish  each  other  in  love  and  to 
good  works.  The  early  Christians  came  togetli- 
e  oft  to  learn  of  Jesus.  There  were  no  sus- 
p  c  o  3  no  fears  of  usurpation,  no  strivings  for 
pr-(.n  en  e  among  the  primitive  disciples',  but 
tl  ej  1  1  ore  1  in  union  and  love,  and  then  ivhen 
any  o  became  disorderly  they  withdrew  from 
h  n  But  they  did  not  withdraw  until  ho  did 
i\alk  1   orderly.     I  wish  to  notice  here  for  the 

0  g  ment  of  brethren  audsisteraelsewhere, 
tl  at  tl  e  called  of  Christ  in  and  around  this 
pla  e  1  e    ot  ashamed  of  the  apostolic  order  in 

or!  leed  and  appearance.  In  love  they  are 
bel  1 1  0  e;  not  that  thej-  simply  love  those 
I  0  uay  clinncc  to  visit  them,  but  one  soon 
fin  1  o  t  tHt  they  love  ench  olher.  This  tells 
well.  The  standing  collar  on  the  coat,  is  no 
etumbling  block  here.  In  fact  the  plain  garb  of 
the  hretltren  and  sisters  is  very  highly  i-espect- 
ed,  as  a  rule,  by  those  who  have  received  like 
precious  faith.  "  Holiness  iind  dress,"  seem  to 
dwell  richly  here.  The  reader  will  i)ardon  this 
seemingly  "  small  subject "  here.  Hope  to  give 
our  readers  something  more  clear  on  this  sub- 
ject soon,  God  bless  all  who  hunger  and  thiret 
after  righteousness  and  true  holiness;  for  here 
are  many  veterans  in  God's  vineyard — many 
who  have  borne  the  heat,  the  burden  and  vexa- 
tious of  the  day.  Here  are  those  who,  full  of 
youthiVil  vigor,  are  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent 
for  God's  cause.  Here  are  scores  who,  with 
careful  training,  may  soon  adorn  the  House  of 
tho  liord  by  good  works  and  consistent  lives. 
Ood  gl'ant  that  the  apostolic  order,  tlie  pi'imitive 
purity  and  practice  may  be  held  sacred  in  every 
converted  soul. 

Yesterday  brother  Mentzer  kindly  showed  me 
the  extensive  boiler*nianufactorj'  with  which  he 
is  identified.  I  noticed  the  strongAand  of  man 
would  rapidly  change  the  shape  of  the  massive 
sheets  of  iron,  converting  them  into  a  useful 
machine  for  man  s  service.  This  made  me  think 
of  God's  power.  His  Word  and  Spirit  is  able 
.  to  take  hold  of  a  man,  and  though  he  be  over  so 
vile,  will  turn  him  into  a  new  creature,  make 
him  a  man  of  God,  a  jewel  for  heaven.  What 
lessons  we  learn  by  looking  at  those  wonderful 
works.  Next  visited  the  Geiser  Manufactory 
Institution,  where  brother  J.  F,  Oiler  spends 
much  of  his  time.  Here  many  brethren  work 
from  day  to  day,  and  the  place  is  noted  for  the 
quietness  and  steadiness  of  the  hands.  Our 
miuds  grasp  many  noble  thoughts  as  we  learn 
that  these  threshing  nmchines  are  stnt  to  all 
pari?  of  the  United  States,  and  even  to  South 
America.  Behold  the  innumerable  precious 
grains  that  they  separate  from  the  chaff  for  the 
farmer.  They  do  the  bidding  of  man  for  man, 
slaving  him  much  hard  labor.  God  has  a  great 
threshing  machine  too — His  Spirit.  It  is  abun- 
dantly able  to  separate  the  chaft'  from  tho  ^vheat 
if  we  only  allow.  God  to  work  it.  We  must 
permit  Him  to  work  in  us  to  do  His  own  good 
will  and  pleas  me. 

1  leave  you  now,  and  by  God's  grace  and  care, 
^hall  pass  on  to  Philadelphia  and  other  points 


further  Eastl     I'oace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost 
to  ay  who  are  not  ashamed  of  Jesns. 

M.  M.  E. 

WiiytifsbQi-n,  Ph.,  April  am.  JSTS. 


FROM  BROTHER  BASHOR. 

Deiir  Brethren  Moore  d-  Eshelmtin:— 

GRACE,  mercy  and  peace  from  the  tri-pereon- 
al  God  he  with  vou  now  and  forever,  lend- 
ing lustre  to  your  life  and  labors  in  Chri>t,  and 
the  power  to  fold  your  mantle  in  peace  at  death, 
and  Elijah-like,  ascend  to  the  dwelling-place  of 
the  fii-st  Begotten  of  God,  where  the  old  life 
will  be  forgotten  in  the  felicities  of  the  new. 

I  have  for  several  days,  resolved  to  reply  to 
your  Christian  missive,  but  as  often  failed  in  the 
attempt,  through  a  feeling  of  mental  indigence 
and  physical  indifl'ereuce,  brought  on,  probably, 
bj'  a  general  relaxation  of  the  system  after  my 
incessant  mental  labor  and  preaching  in  the 
past;  but  to-day  I  feel  like  putting  something 
on  paper  for  yon,  and  I  presume  something  of 
oneral  character  will  prove  of  more  interest 
to  you.  Not  being  acquainted  pei-sonally  in 
this  locality,  locals  would  be  monotonous  and 
neighborhood  gossip  (of  which  we  always  have 
a  full  stock  and  of  the  latest  styles  and  variety), 
would  prove  wearisome. 

As  a  church,  we  arc  moving  along  toward  the 
city  of  final  union,  in  peace  and  brotherly  love, 
with  the  exception  of  an  occasional  gossip-cloud 
v/hich  hovers  over  our  spiritual  plantation,  and 
stops  the  works  of  Jesus,  to  gaze  from  faith  and 
hope  backward  to  the  flesh-pots  of  Egypt. 
This,  however,  ia  of  common  occui'rence  every- 
where, and  the  more  deplorable  because  it  is  so 
prevalent.  ^Ve  have  extremely  large  congrega- 
tions at  all  points  of  preaching,  aiid  usually 
services  at  tivo  places  on  each  Lord's  day.  Our 
Sabbath- school  will  reorganize,  probably  (at  the 
big  church")  next  Sabbath  with  a  lull  corps 
of  teach ei-s  and  pupils.  Of  former  years  the 
school  has  been  quite  flourishing,  and  it  is  pre- 
sumable it  will  continue  so. 

Tlie  Brethren  at  Wouk  finds  its  way  to  my 
address  each  week,  laden  with  good  things  from 
the  mental  kitchen  of  our  brotherhood,  and  is 
eagerly  read  by  both  of  us  (wife  and  I),  especi- 
ally the  local  squibs  luid  editorials,  and  church 
s,  too,  forms  an  important  item  when  the 
writers  have  something  to  tell  outside  of  big 
dinners  and  social  life  and  convei'sation.  I  am 
pleased  with  the  position  j'ou  take  relative  to 
"Original  Ground,"  as  it  is  the  only  position 
that  will  stand  in  the  light  of  the  Gospel  and 
bring  about  a  unanimity  of  sentiment  among 
our  people. 

Labor  to  make  the  Bretiikes  at  Work  a  link 
between  the  extremes — a  Gospel  truni]»et — and 
God  will  ble.ss  your  labors  for  every  good  deed 
and  act  you  commit.  I  find  the  pappr  very 
highly  esteemed  by  all  its  readers,  and  trust  it 
may  ever  command  the  respect  of  all. 

My  lungs  are  still  weak  and  I  fear  I  will  nev- 
er he  able  to  labor  as  continuously  in  the  future 
as  in  the  post;"  but  to  whatever  is  the  will  of 
God,  I  willingly  bow.  It  is  pleasant  to  remem- 
ber the  past  years  of  labor,  and  the  souls  gath- 
ered into  the  great  garner  of  God.  I  hear,  now 
and  then,  of  sonie  one  of  those  who,  1  am  led 
to, believe,  I  helped  into  the  kingdom  here,  have 
preceded  me  into  the  gates  of  glory.  It  will  be 
pleasant  to  meet  them  on  the  other  shore.  And 
0,  the  thousands  who  may  meet  you  there  and 
bless  God,  that  in  His  mercy  you  lived  to  work 

Walcrl(M>,  lou-'i,  April  2flth,  1S7S. 


WHAT  THE  SINGLE  IMMERSION- 

ISTS  SAY  ABOUT  THE 

DEBATE. 

CONFLICTING  opinions  exist  rchitive  to  Dr. 
Ray's  failure  to  set  up  the  claims  of  single 
imuietsion  at  the  Newtonia  discussion. 

1,  There  are  those  who  say  that  Ray  is  only 
about  a  third-class  man  iu  point  of  talent,  which 
they  say,  accounts  for  his  failure  to  establish  the 
claims  of  single  immersion.  We  cannot  accept 
that  as  being  correct.  Ray's  long  experience 
as  Ik  debater,  having  engaged  in  so  many  regu- 
lar debates  with  other  denominations,  and  the 
fact  that  be  stands  approved  by  the  Landmark 
Baptiste  of  the  South-west,  as  one  able  to  defend 
their  doctrine,  certainly  argues  against  the  cor- 
rectness of  such  a  conclusion. 

2.  There  are  others  \yho  say,  that  Stein  is 
such  a  mild  speaker,  and  Ray  is  so  stormy  that 
they  might  utter  the  very  same  language,  and 


that  spoken  by  Stein  would  have  a  deeper  im- 
pression than  that  spoken  by  Ray.  While  we 
are  willing  to  agree  that  Hay  did  display  an  ex- 
traordinary amount  of  voice,  we  cannot  accept 
that  OS  being  the  reoson  of  the  failure. 

3.  A  third  apology  is  that,  Uay  did  "not  an- 
ticipate such  opposition  or  he  would  have  made 
different  arrangements.  Of  thevalidity  of  such 
reasoning  let  the  unbiased  mind  decide. 

■i.  There  are  those  who  say  that  Ray  is  a 
very  talented  man,  a  good schohu",  &c.,  that  they 
expected  liim  to  set  up  the  claims  of  single  dip 
baptism,  especially  when  that  trunk  full  of 
books  was  exhibited,  but  seeing  that  he  made 
such  a  complete  failure,  they  are  forced  to  the 
conclusion  that  he  has  no  foundation  to  build 
on,  and  that  ho  did  perhaps  as  well  as  any  one 
can  do.  With  the  latter  we  are  agreed.  It 
would  certainly  take  a  very  extraordinary  mind 
to  make  an  argument  in  favor  of  a  practice  that 
had  its  origin  ivith  a  Eunomian  heretic,  and 
was  ratiGe<l  by  a  Spanish  Catholic  Pope  far  this 
side  of  the  Apostolic  age.  As  to  the  backward 
action  in  baptism,  we  don't  know  whether  any 
one  wonld  attempt  to  defend  the  practice  or  not, 
We  will  await  further  developments, 

J.  T.  Mason. 

Newlo?u'ii,  Mo. 

Brother  Mason,  the  writer  of  the  above,  was, 
for  a  number  of  years,  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  well  rea<l  in  their  histories, 
.nd  posted  on  tlieir  doctrine,  but  when  he  came 
to  examine  tho  Baptist  claims  to  church  success- 
and  Bible  characteristics,  he  found  them 
without  foundation.  He  at  once  came  out  from 
among  them  and  united  with  the  Brethren.  He 
attended  the  debate  throughout,  and  it  is  need- 
less to  say  that  he  enjoyed  it,  and  was  mucli 
confirmed  in  his  change.  His  living  in  the 
town,  and  mingling  much  with  the  people  of 
that  place  afl'ord  him  ip  excellent  opportunity 
of  knomtig  their  sentiments. — Eo. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

UY  C.  H.  IIALATIAUGH. 

■'  DiJsl  iidt  lliuti  tigroc  ttilh  nio  for  a  pDnny  n  c]ny?  " 

CHRIST'S  penny  means  more  or  less,  as  the 
case  may  be.  It  means  an  equivalent, 
whether  it  be  a  dime  or  a  dollar.  It  is  God's 
ordination  that  "  the  laborer  is  worthy  of  his 
hire,"  whether  he  till  the  ground,  or  the  Gar- 
den of  grace.    Luke  9:  7;  1  Gor.  it:  li. 

Change  of  circumstances,  which  curtail  my 
pei-sona!  resources,  i-endor  it  imperative  that 
those  who  solicit  articles  for  their  special  benefit, 
whether  private  or  published,  defray  all  expens- 
es, and  allow  me  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
my  labor. 

A  dependent  invalid  for  twenty-five  years, 
ipeechloss  fourteen  years,  too  feeble  for  any 
form  of  service  save  with  thfi  pen,  it  is  surely 
no  more  than  simple  justice  that  I  get  my  pen- 
ny a  day.     It  is  only  Christ's  due-bill.     "  How 

ich  owest  thou  unto  my  Lord?"  if  it  be  "a 
hundred  mea.-mres  of  oil,  or  wheat"  do  not 
write  "fifty."  or  "eighty." 

Remarks. — The  above,  and  much  needefl  no- 
tice, from  brother  Balsbaugh  should  not  be 
overlooked  by  those  who  admire  his  writings. 
He  is  unable  to  labor  at  anything  else  save  writ- 
ing, and  when  we  take  into  consideration  the 
amount  of  writing  he  has  to  do,  answei-ing  let- 
ters, queries,  and  writing  articles,  we  know  that 
his  expenses  must  be  considerable.  Those  who 
write  hiin  should  not  fail  to  send  the  brother 
something  that  can  be  used  to  defray  his  ex- 
penses. ^^^^^^^^_^ 

A  WELL  I'UT  Rebuke. — "  Mr.  Bright  was  re- 
cently asked  to  dine  with  the  Princess  Louise, 
and  a  small  party  was  made  for  him,  mostly 
Duchesses.  One  of  these  great  ladies  presently 
begaii,  as  the  fashion  now  is,  to  abuse  Mr.  Glad- 
stone. Mr.  Bright,  in  his  gravi-  way,  asked  this 
pci-sonage:  'Madam,  have  you  any  childreuV 
She  admitted  she  bad.  '  Then  permit  me.  Mad- 
am, to  advise  you  to  take  them  on  the  first 
opportunity  where  they  may  see  Mr.  Gladstone, 
[uid  when  they  are  in  his  presence,  say  to  them 
they  are  standing  before  one  of  the  greatest 
Englishmen  who  ever  lived,  and  who  bos  done 
his  country  perhaps  the  greatest  service  it  was 
ever  permitted  an  Englishman  to  do,  by  pre- 
serving it  from  a  wanton  and  wicked  war.'  " 


All  those  who  contemplate  going  to  the  A, 
M.  from  Northern  Illinois,  will  please  drop  us  a 
card.  The  round  trip  fare  from  Lanark,  Shan- 
non and  Freeport  will  be  ab.out  §10.00.  We  want 
to  know  the  number  that  is  going. 


,\  Bho,  has  ordere<Ithe  Brethren  at  Work 
sent  to  James  James,  of  Texas,  saying  that  ho  is 
lUyeai-s  old,  and  was  at  one  time  neighbor  to 
George  Washington.  This  ripe  old  age  is  reach- 
ed by  but  (ew,  though  it  might  be  attained  by 
thousands  more  if  the  laws  of  health  were  more 
scrupulously  adhered  to. 


We  will  soon  have  more  time  to  devote  to  our 
series  of  articles  on  Original  Ground,  and  writ^ 
out  the  remainder  of  the  Newtonia  discus- 
sion, which  report  has  been  kept  back  oil  tho 
account  of  tho  contemplated  written  debalo, 
which  we  think  is  almost  sure  to  como  off  he- 
fore  long.  It  will  be  qijitc  a  treat  to  our  read- 
oi-s-.  . 

Those  who  write  for  our  paper  should  i-einem- 
ber  that  we  will  not,  under  any  circumstances, 
allow  inisrellaiieoiis  controvercics  between  eon- 
Irihiilors,  as  it  has  a  tendency  to  engender  strife 
and  contention.  Those  >vho  write  articles,  abus- 
ing the  general  practice  of  the  B roth erlio oil, 
and  want  us  to  publish  them,  will  save  postage 
by  keeping  them  at  home.  It  is  only  about 
two  feet  from  our  writing  desk  to  the  waste 
basket,  and  it  does  not  take  abusive  articles  very 
long  to  travel  that  distance. 

Writers  who  know  the  principles  by  which 
our  paper  is  to  be  governed  should  not  tempt 
us  to  violate  our  rules.  Though  we  think  none 
of  them  have  yet  been  broken,  j'et  it  is  evident 
that  in  a  few  instiuioes  we  have  bent  some  con- 
siderably. Our  paper  is  intended  as  an  uncom- 
promising defender  of  Primitive  Cliristianity  as 
it  was  embraced  by  our  early  BRirriiREN,  and 
those  whe  want  to  drag  us  fiom  this  old  Apos- 
tolic platform,  should  know  that  we  are  not  for 
sale — we  do  not  propose  to  sell  what  little  hon- 
or we  have  for  tho  simple  sum  of  one  dollar  and 
fitly  cents.  When  we  get  so  far  along  in  heresy 
that  we  cannot  be  satisfied  with  tho  dodrine  of 
the  Brethren  Church  we  will  quit  it  like  a 
man.  We  do  not  propose  to  be  a  member  of 
one  church  and  then  pi'cach  and  defend  the  doc- 
trine of  another,  heucf  want  it  distinctly  un- 
dei-stood,  tliiil.  this  A\<-<-\.  is  published  in  the  in- 
terest of  thi'  ItLblcL'liaiiiclcristicsof  the  Bueth- 
RKS,  and  will  not  opL'ii  its  columns  toafewwho 
want  to  engender  strife  and  discord  among  our 
peoiile.  AVe  embraced  the  Brethren's  doctrine, 
becau.se  we  thought  it  was  right,  and  we  are  not 
ashamed  to  defend  it. 


UNANSWEEED  QUESTIONS. 

Ilnving  on  hanil  nnuniljurof  quirleji  ivliiili  wchnvonot 

orcMpondunIs  »iU  aid  ua  in  tlii>i  (icpnrlnicnt.     Lcl  jour 
iiHM'crs  lio  aliort  nnd  lo  (lie  puinl. 


Will   aomo   hrolhcr   plcnac  give  nccounl  of  Ibo  River 
DrctUrcn  ua  Iu  nlicTe  tlicy  alarlcd,  Ihroiigli  (lie  13al!TiinE.>( 

AT  WCIIK  T  J.  J.  Still 


.\ic  there  any  Brethren  liTing  in  Oerinnnj!     Whnt  bt- 

cnmc  of  Ihoae  niembecfl  bnpliicd  by  brollier  Kuril  nhils 
OD  R  Tisit  in  OcimnDy  eomu  ycnra  ago  ?  S.  S, 

What  is  Ihc  Boul?  \Vhn(  is  the  SpiriLT  nod  nhat  U  Iha 
diflcrenco  between  Ihc  iDiil  and  apiril  ?  Will  3oms  kin'l 
hrolhcr  pUaao  anflwcr  Ihrougli  Ihe  pnpcr! 


Did  Christ  dio  b  God-forsnken  man  nocording  to  the  fol- 
lowing S(ripliirc7  ".My  Gad,  my  Ood,  why  bust  thou 
forattkenmo!"'     JInrk  16:  34.  J.J.  IIooveb. 

Will  aotnc  of  yau  piciuo  give  an  Giplannlion  on  the  &f- 
tccQth  verse,  third  ohnpUr  if  Ist  Corinthians! 

D.A.W. 

I  wieh  to  kmiw,  through  your  paper,  the  meaningof  tha 
nflh  verso  of  llic  third  chapler  Titus. 

Ww.  B.  GooDWis. 

Wonld  you  or  somo  oilior  brolher  pliinso  giro  us  yo«c 
views  on  ibo  third  versa  of  the  scvonlh  chapter  of  fie- 
brcwa!  "  Wilhout  father,  without  mother,  tvithout  do- 
seeni,  hnving  neither  beginning  of  days  nor  end  of  lift, 
but  Dindo  like  unto  ili^'Ruii  ot  God  nbidcib  n  priest  eoa< 
linunlly."  M.ini.i  li.  Hei^stand. 

A  man  claiming  Iu  be  n  minislcr  of  Ibc  Gospel,  ia  ft 
sermon  ngninst  fcel-wnahing,  defied  tho  norid  to  show, 
from  sncreil  or  profane  history,  that  the  Oenlilc  church 
over  practiced  the  ordinnneo  of  feel-washing ;  and  W.  C,f 
Thurmnn,  in  his  booV  on  feet-wishing,  page  69,  BO,  aajs  It 
might  bo  shown  from  ehureh  hislory,  that  fecl-wuhlng 
has,  from  Iho  night  of  its  institution,  down  to  Ihc  prMOot 
dny,  nlivays  been  observed  as  an  ordinance  of  ihe  choreh. 
Koiv  which  is  true;  Tleaso  inform  mc  through  jour  pa- 
per. Samuei.  Sali. 

ricasc  ciplnin,  through  the  paper,  the  Scripluto  Ibnad 
in  Acts  2:  17,  18,  concerning  Iho  prophesy ing  "'  daugh- 
ters.   Also  reconcile  ivhnl  Paul  enya  in  1  Cor.  14 :  84. 


Did  Iho  apostle  Paul  rt 
»as  bapllicti  1    Pleuo  ai 


e  the   Holy  Ghost  before  ha 
r  through  the  paper. 

J.  E.  U. 


Tl-13^    I3KETI-IKE:N"    jVT    A\'01?1v. 


May    0. 


^hc  ^ome  gircle. 


READ  kSD  OBEY. 

"  HuibnoJa,  ]o*d  your  wjics." 

'•  Wi7e»,    obey    jour    hUBlMinds." 

"  Folhers,  provoko  nol  jour  ohildrcn  lo  wrnlh." 

"  ChiliticD,    obry    your    pnrcnls    in    ntl    Ihing.i . ' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

God's   Works. 

GREAT  >un\  iimrvflous  nre  tliy  works,  0  Lord, 
is  tlie  Imigiiage  of  tlio  man  of  Goil.  They 
are  not  only  great,  not  only  vast  and  stupend- 
ous, but  marvelous  iu  oureyea.  Who,  but  the 
Lord  could  make  the  huge  rock?  Who,  but  the 
aVmighty  Fafchei-  could  rear  the  lofty  mountain, 
orshnpe  the  pleasant  valley?  Who,  but  Jeho- 
vah couli)  form  man  and  all  things  that  are? 
Great  and  ninn'elous  are  thy  works! 

Now  behold  the  pretty  bud  breaking  its  little 
covering  at  the  approach  of  Springl  Who,  hut 
our  Lord  could  make  the  refreshing  blossom  and 
afterwards  tho  ripe  fruit?  Our  God  cuu  cause 
the  t^iuder  blade  of  grass  to  spring  up  to  delight 
the  henlfl-  and  (locks.  The  gods  of  Egypt  nev- 
er did  this.  Our  God  created  the  pretty  bints 
which  sing  for  us  now.  Listen  how  they  war- 
ble their  sweet  notcs^!  How  they  cheer  and 
enliven  the  drooping  spii-its  of  men.  0,  thank 
the  Lord  for  the  pretty,  useful  bii-ds!  Do  not 
hurt  them,  deiu-  cliildren,  for  our  Father  gave 
them  to  us  for  compimy.  Thej'  are  |>art  of  His 
great  works. 

Our  God  makes  the  seed  yield  its  fruit  in  due 
season,  and  gives  to  His  people  the  abundance 
of  the  earth's  increase.  Thus  comes  tlft;  daily 
bread  which  keeps  our  bodies  strong.  "The 
earth  is  the  Lord's  and  tlie  fullness  thereof," 
Praise  the  Loitl  for  the  "  fulluess,"  for  He  has 
given  that  into  our  keeping.  When  He  calls 
for  some  of  it  for  the  poor,  0  let  us  hasten  to 
return  it  to  Him!  Open  thy  hand  to  the  needy 
if  thou  wilt  be  rich  in  the  Lord,  Reuicmher 
t]K /iilhiess  is  the  Lord's,  as  well  as  the  earth 
itself.  Our  God  sends  the  eaily  and  the  latter 
rains;  these  gather  into  brooks  and  rivers,  and 
go  forth  to  serve  man,  beasts  and  all  animated 
beings.  No  other  god  can  create  water.  With- 
out we  cannot  livi!;  hence  we  all  depend  upon 
our  God  and  our  Father  for  life.  Children,  nev- 
er forget  this.  Thank  our  Fathcrforgood, pure 
water. 

Now  look  at  that  noble  horse  as  he  draws  the 
wagon  through  tlie  streets,  or  on  tho  farm.  Ah, 
bow  useful  he  is  to  man.  God  made  the  horse; 
treat  him  well,  feed  him,  care  for  him,  for  he 
is  the  Lord's.  And  there  is  the  useful  cow,  the 
innocent  sheep,  the  dog,  and  all  other  useful 
animals.  God  made  them  all.  Use  them  ten- 
derly. Speak  kindly  to  them,  and  notice  how 
they  understand  it.  God  made  them  to  under- 
stand kindness.  Now  point  to  any  kind  of  an- 
iBial,  vegetable  or  mineral  (hat  God  did  not 
create.  Our  God  made  them  nil,  I  want  you 
to  sue  how  dependent  we  are  on  our  God.  We 
ovm  nothing.  The  e.irtb  is  the  Lord's.  The 
eai-th's  fullness,  all  things  that  grow  on  the 
earth,  belong  to  the  Lord.  I  want  you  to  see 
how  poor  we  all  are.  Naked  came  we  into  the 
world,  and  naked  we  go  out.  Then  we  are  all 
alike  when  ivc  come  in  and  all  alike  when  we 
go  out.  We  are  a  part  of  God's  great  work. 
In  the  world  ive  are  prone  to  seek  variety — to 
seek  to  excel. one  another  in  goods  and  lands; 
but  then  we  should  not  forget  that  the  goods 
and  laud  belong  to  the  Lord.  They  go  not 
with  us  to  the  grave.  There  our  God  makes  us 
nil  alike  again.  We  have  no  pre-en»inence  over 
each  other  there.  Marvelous  are  the  works  of 
the  Loi-d.  Thank  the  Lord  for  His  great  and 
miu'velous  works.  The  (lowei-s,  the  birds,  the 
fruits,  the  grain,  all  things  belong  to  our  God, 
If  WL>  remember  this,  our  hearts  will  feel  very 
humble.  If  we  look  .it  God's  works  as  belong- 
ing to  us,  we  soon  hecoiue  lilted  up  with  pride. 
God  l)e  thanked  for  the  earth  and  the  fullness 
thereof. — M.  M.  Esheluan. 

Grceiicasllc,  Pa. 


TOO    LATE. 


JJeai-  Young  Ffkuih: — 

WE  have  no  doubt  but  that  you  all  inteud  to 
"be  good  children  and  haveagrcat  regard 
and  respect  for  your  parents;  then  when  you  are 
commanded  to  do  anything,  let  me  warn  you  of 
the  great  danger  of  putting  it  ott"  \intil  it  is  too 
lute.  I  always  loved  my  parents,  but  did, 
thr()Ugh  neglect,  diSobey  my  dear  mother  at  one 
time.  Although  it  has  been  nearly  forty  years, 
it  seems  to  me  that  I  can  remember  it  as  if  it 
were  but  yesterday.  Would  you  like  to  know 
how  it  happened? 

One  Sunday  morning,  meeting  being  a  long 
way  off,  father  started  quite  early.  There  being 
110  Sunday-school  in  that  country  (E.  Teun.)  at 


that  time,  the  neighbor  boj's  came  to  our  house. 
We  were  busy  nt  play  in  the  yard  when  my  dear 
mother  told  me  to  put  the  cattle  in  the  pasture; 
but  we  were  so  busily  engaged  in  play  that  I 
put  it  off  till  we  would  get  thrgugh.  We  were 
soon  in  the  woods  and  oyer  the  hills  when  it 
came  to  my  mind;  1  thought  we  would  soon  be 
at  home  then  I  would  attend  to  it,  hut  at  last  I 
forgot  it.  Night  came  on,  now  it  was  too  late. 
Mother  knew  nothing  of  it  till  father  came 
home;  when  she  found  it  out  she  hui-st  into 
teara.  You  can  imagine  ray  feelings,  I  cannot 
express  them.  0  if  I  could  only  do  my  dear 
mother's  command,  but  it  was  too  late. 

This  has  been  a  warning  to  me  since;  for  if 
my  feelings  were  such  then,  what  will  they  be 
if  I,  through  neglect,  put  off  the  Savior's  com- 
mands?   Head  Luke  19. 

Al/aoiia,  Iowa. 


THE  JEW. 

THE  .Jew  still  walks  the  earth,  and  beai-s  the 
stamp  of  his  race  upon  his  forehead.  He 
is  still  the  same  being  as  ivheii  he  lirst  wander- 
ed ibrth  from  the  hills  of  Judea.  If  his  name 
is  associated  with  avarice  and  extortion,  and 
spoken  in  bitterness  and  scorn,  yet,  in  the  morn- 
ing of  history,  it  gathei-s  around  it  recollections 
aacred  and  holy. 

The  .lew  is  a  niinicle  among  the  nations.  A 
wanderer  in  all  lands,  lie  has  been  a  witness  of 
tlie  great  events  of  history  for  more  thiui  eight- 
een hundred  yeai-s.  He  saw  classic  Greece  when 
crowned  with  intcUectual  triumphs.  Ilelinger- 
ed  among  that  broken  hut  beautiful  architecture 
that  rises  like  a  tombstone  over  tho  grave  of  her 
departj.'d  splendor. 

The  .Jew  saw  "Rome,  the  "  mighty  heart "  of 
nations,  sending  its  own  ceaseless  life's  throb 
through  ail  the  arteries  of  its  vast  empire.  He, 
too,  has  seen  that  heart  cold  and  still  in  death. 
These  Imve  perished,  yet  the  .Jew  lives  on — the 
same  silent,  mysterious,  indestructible  being. 
The  shadow  of  the  Crescent  rests  on  Palestine, 
the  signet  of  a  conqueror's  faitli — still  the  Jew- 
an<l  his  religion  survive.  He  wandei-s  a  captive 
in  the  streets  of  his  own  once  queenly  Jerusa- 
lem, to  meditate  sadly  and  gloomily  on  the  rel- 
of  ancient  power.  Above  him  shines  the 
clear  sky,  fair  as  when  it  looked  do^vn  on  the 
towers  of  Zion;  but  now,  alas!  it  beholds  only 
a  desolate  city  and  an  unlmppy  land.  The  world 
his  home.  The  literature  of  the  itncient 
Hebrew  triumphs  over  all  creeds,  and  schools, 
and  sects.  ITankind  woi-ship  iu  the  sacred  songs 
of  David,  and  bow  to  the  divine  teachings  of 
Jesus  bf  Nazareth,  who  also  was  a  son  of  Abrar- 
Sueh  is  the  Jew.  Hi5  ancient  dreams  of 
empire  are  gone.  How  seldom  do  we  realize, 
as  we  see  him  in  our  city  streets,  that  he  is  the 
creature  of  such  a  strange,  peculiar  destiny. 
Neither  age,  nor  country,  nor  cliniate,  have 
changed  him.  Such  is  the  Jew,  a  strange  and 
solitary  being,  and  such  the  drama  of  his  long 
and  mournful  history. 

And  the  Jew  in  all  his  str.mge  characteristics 

a  living  wituefs  of  the  truth  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament which  he  cherishes,  which  ages  since 
foretold  his  wondrous  destiny;  and  also  of  the 
New  Testament  which  he  rejects,  but  whose 
prophecies  at  the  same  time  he  continually  ful- 
fills. Jerusalem  is  vi't  trodden  under  foot — of 
the  Gentiles,  M.'r' ■■  I  :>f  •[■■■  Jews  are  3"et 
■ftudcrera  in  cvi  I  ■.  ■■.  i ;  i.  .•■  ::l:2-l;  Deut.  4; 
f),  their  uani"  J    i'li  ■   i  ■  ing  and  a  cui-se 

in  all  the  earth,  (l.->a.  UJ;  IJJ,  v.liile  their  silent 
influence,  unmeii-iin.-d  ;viid  unmeasurable,  shapes 
the  destinies  of 'lii'iuiis.  leads  in  .the  march  of 
intellect,  iitsinuaU'-  itMjlf  throughout  the  social 
and  political  sysli'iii,  and  controls  the  financial 
destinies  of  the  wmld.  Tlie  history  of  the 
chosen  people  is  lull  o!'  solemn  interest  imd  in- 
etiou  to  Geiiiiles.  Once  nourished  like 
branches  of  a  [jood  olive  tree  in  the  garden  of 
God,  "  Because  of  unbelief  they  were  broken  off; 
and  tfioii  standest  by  faith.  Be  not  high-mind- 
ed, but  fear;  for  if  God  spared  not  the  natural 
branches,  take  hei'd  lest  he  also  spare  not  thee. 
Behold,  therefore,  the  goodness  and  severity  of 
God;  on  them  which  fell,  severity;  but  toward 
thee,  goodness,  if  thou  continue  in  his  goodness: 
otherwise  tlion  also  shalt  he  cut  off.  And  they 
also,  if  they  abide  not  in  unbelief,  shall  begrafl- 
ed  in:  for  God  is  able  to  graft  them  in  again '' 
(Uom.  12).— 7V(c  Ch-iKliaii. 


TiiouiiLE  comes  lo  ns  all  in  this  life;  we  set 
our  hearts  on  things  it  is  not.  God's  will  lor  us 
to  have  and  then  we  go  aoiTowing;  the  people 
we  love  arc  taken  from  us,  and  we  can  find  joy 
in  nothing,  because  they  are  not  with  us;  .sick- 
ness conies,  and  we  faint  under  the  burden  of 
our  feeble  bodies;  we  go  astray  and  do  wrong, 
and  bring  ourselves  into  trouble  with  our  fellow- 
n.  There  is  no  man  or  woman  bom  into 
this  world  to  whom  some  of  these  trials  do  not 
fall. 


THE   FAMILY  BOOK. 

THE  family  is  like  a  book. 
The  children  are  the  leaves: 
The  parents  arc  the  cover  ivhich 
Protecting  beauty  gives. 

At  iri-st  the  pages  of  the  book 
Are  bhmk  and  purely  fiur, 

But  time  soon  writcth  memories 
And  painteth  pictures  there. 

Love  is  the  little  golden  clasp 
Which  bindeth  up  the  trust, 

0  break  it  not  lest  all  the  loaves 
Should  scatter  and  he  lost. 

—Sclcclcd. 


FROM   CALVIN   ESHELMAN. 

IH.-VVE  come  out  from  the  world  aud  am 
now  trying  to  serve  God  as  near  as  I  can, 
hut  I  sometimes  forget  aud  leave  undone  the 
tilings  I  ought  to  do  and  do  tlie  things  I  ought 
not.  I  live  in  Farmington  with  my  father  and 
three  sistei-s.  My  mother  died  when  1  was 
twelve  years  old;  I  miss  her  very  much.  Little 
children,  be  kind  to  your  mother,  for  you  can- 
not reali^.c  how  kind  she  has  been  to  you  until 
she  is  called  away. 

Father  takes  the  paper  and  I  like  to  read  it. 
I  alwaj's  enjoy  reading  the  little  folks'  lettei-s. 
Wc  have  orgaui'zed  a  Sunday-school  at  our 
church,  and  hope  to  have  a  large  attendance. 
IVe  have  meeting  every  Sunday  at  the  Cole 
Creek  church.  The  church  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition;  thirty  have  been  added  to  the churcli 
by  baptism  since  last  August;  among  the  num- 
ber were  my  brother  and  two  sist«rs.  We  have 
many  trials  and  temptations  while  here  on  earth, 
yet  this  should  not  discourage  us,  but  when  we 
think  of  the  reward  that  is  laid  up  in  the  fu- 
tui-efor  the  faithful,  we  should  take  courage  and 
go  on  our  way  rejoicing;  for  the  crown  is  not  in 
the  beginning  nor  in  the  middle,  hut  he  that 
endureth  to  tho  end  shall  be  saved. 

Can  any  of  the  little  folks  tell  how  old  the 
Savior  was  when  He  was  crucified?  also,  How 
old  was  He  when  He  was  baptized? 


HOW  TO  HELP  MOTHER. 

1.  Children  little  realize  the  anxious  care  of 
mother;  therefore  govern  yourselves;  be  gentle 
and  patient. 

2.  Guard  your  tenipei^,  especially  in  seasons 
of  ill  health. 

3-  Never  speak  or  act  toward  mother  in  an- 
ger. 

4.  Bo  not  expect  too  much  of  mother.  She 
is  often  weary  and  worn  by  cai'c.  Seek  to  com- 
fort her. 

5.  Remember,  she  will  serve  you  when  very 
weary,  therefore  do  not  needlessly  distvirh  her. 
Some  children  uever  think  "  mother  is  tired." 

6.  Never  retort  a  sharp  or  angry  word  lo 
mother;  it  may  break  her  heart. 

7.  Often  speak  kindly  and  lovingly  to  her, 
and  confess  your  faults  to  her. 

8.  Learn  to  speak  to  mother  in  a  gentle  tone 
and  kind  spirit. 

9.  Say  kind  and  pleasant  things  whenever 
an  opportunity  ofTei-s. 

10.  Do, not  neglect  little  things  if  they  can 
effect  her  comfort.  Do  many  little  things  for 
her,  to  save  her  steps. 

11.  Avoid  moods,  iuid  pets,  and  fits  of  sulki- 
ness,  aud  saucy  words. 

12.  Remember  the  grave,  the  judgmenti-seat, 
and  the  scenes  of  eternity,  and  that  mother  may 
soon  he  gone.     Then  jou  will  miss  her. 

— Si'hcled. 


PEWS. 

rPHE  following  from  the  Chtelmul  Herald, 
±  gives  the  history  aud  origin  of  pews  iu 
churches,  and  slioivs  ho,w  selfish  some  people 

id  to  be  in  trying  to  have  things  all  to  their 
own  comfort  regardless  of  the  welfare  of  others. 
The  sleeping  part,  however,  we  are  glad  lo  say, 
is  rapidly  going  out  of  date,  and  well  it  may. 
The  Lord  does  not  want  to  find  any  oi  His  sen- 
tinels asleep  when  He  comes: 

"  A  writer  in  the  Spi-iiujjirld  Ueimbiican  says: 
The  first  seats  provided  in  churches  aii?  seen  in 
those  of  some  Anglo-Saxon  and  Norman  edifices 
still  standing  in  Englaud.  Theyeonsist  of  stone 
benches  which  project  from  the  wall,  running 
around  the  whole  interior  excepting  on  the  East 
cud.  In  1319  the  congregations  are  represented 
as  sitting  on  the  ground  or  standing,  and  it  wa^ 
at  this  period  that  the  people  introduced  low, 
rude,  three-legged  stools  promiscuously  over  the 
church.  Not  till  after  the  Norman  conquest 
were  wooden  seats  brought  into  use.  In  1287 
a  decree  was  issued,  iu  regard  to  the  wrangling 
for  seats  (which  had  become  a  decided  nuisance). 


that  no  one  should  cidl  any  scat  in  the  church 
his  own  except  noblemen  aud  patrous,  each  per- 
son taking  the  nearest  empty  seat  he  could  find, 
as  he  entered  the  church.  From  1530  to  1540, 
as  we  apiiroach  nearer  to  the  reformation,  seal.i 
were  moregenerally  appropriated,  their  entranee . 
being  guarded  by  cross-bars,  and  the  initial  let- 
ters of  their  owners  engraved  upon  them.  But 
direttly  after  the  rcfornmtion  the  pew  syistem 
commenced,  for  there  is  extant  a  complaint  from 
the  poor  commons,  addressed  to  Henry  VULin 
1.546,  referring  to  his  decree  that  a  Bible  should 
be  in  every  church  at  liberty  for  all  to  read,  he7 
cause  they  feared  it  might  be  taken  into  the 
"  guyre  "  or  some  "  pue."  Galleries  in  church- 
es were  not  known  till  1608. 

As  early  as  1611  luxurious  ai-raugemcnts  wore 
considered  essential  in  church  pews,  imd  they 
were  bailed  or  cushioned  all  over  their  sides,  and 
the  seats  furnished  with   comfortable  cushions, 
while  fqot-stools  were  also  introduced.     Next, 
the  sides  of  the  pews  were  made  so  high  that 
they  entirely  concealed  the  occupants  from  view. 
This  is  said  to  have  been  a  device  of  those  who 
desired  not  to  be  seen   by  the   oflicers,  who  re- 
ported all  who  did  not  stand   up  aud   bow  ioiv 
when   the  name  of  Jesus  was   spoken    by  Ihe 
clergyman.     Fire  places  wore  also  built  in  the 
pews,  and  every   possible  convenience  added  for 
the  comfort  of  the  highly- favored  few.     But  the 
services  wore  often  so  long  aud  tedious  Ihut  the 
listeners  fell  asleeji  and  frequently  nodded  their 
approbation   of  the  uiiiiiHters  sermons,  while 
they   were   totallj'   oblivious   of  its   teiichings. 
Swift's  lines,  which  we  quote,  allude  to  the  pre- 
vailing fashion  of  church  upholstery: 
'  A 'bedstead  of  the  antique  mode, 
Compact  of  timber  many  a  load, 
Such  as  our  anceatoi-s  did  use. 
Was  ni  e  tain  or  p  hosed  into  pews. 
Which  still  their  ancient  nature  keep, 
■  By  lodging  folks  disposed  to  sleep.' 
With  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  the  reasovis  tor 
the  heightening  of  the  sides  of  the  pews  disap- 
peared; and  from  the  civil  war  they  declined  to 
their  present  height. 


BE  GOOD  TO  MOTHER. 

Dr.n- Chihhnt :- 

YOU  who  have  a  kind  mother,  do  you  ever 
think  of  the  many  children  in  the  world 
who  have  no  mothei?  Some,  perhaps,  have 
kind  friends  to  take  care  of  them,  hut  no  friend 
on  earth  can  fill  the  place  of  a  mother. 

-Twelve  yeara  ago  I  was  one  among  eight 
children  who  surrounded  the  bed  of  our  dying 
mother  to  bid  her  a  last  farewell.  Oh  what  a 
thought  must  this  be — the  last  time  I  shall  ki-ss 
the  lips  of  my  dear  mother,  or  look  upon  her 
face,  which  so  often  smiled  upon  us,  now  so  pale. 
She  turns  her  eyes  to\vards  me  as  if  to  speak; 
ber  lips  move,  but  no  sound.  Oh,  ca'u  this  be 
r.^al?  Shall  I  never  bear  my  dear  mother  spenk 
again?  This  almost  crushed  my  heart.  My 
father  said,  she  wishes  to  say,  be  a  good  girl. 
She  bowed  her  head,  —  that  was  it.  May  our 
'heavenly  Father  help'me  to  keep  in  remem- 
brance your  liist  wish,  dear  mother. 

Children,  since  then,  I  have  had  many  trials 
to  pass  through.  All  the  trouble  and  iui.\iety  I 
ever  caused  my  mother,  has  been  brought  forci- 
bly to  my  nmid,  and  I  have  been  made  to  realize 
what  a  blessing  it  is  to  have  a  kind  mother. 
Dear  clnldreu,  now  while  your  mother  is  with 
you,  he  kind  to  her,  he  careful  not  to  cause  her 
unnecessary  care  aud  trouble,  and  be  kind  to 
those  dear  children  who  have  no  mother  to  care  - 
for  thoui.  fllf  you  know  of  any  such  now,  may 
the  Lord  help  you  in  your  work,  is  my  prayer. 
Eva  .STI-.M1'. 


SCRIPTURAL    ACROSTIC. 

1.  What  prophet  spake  of  Christ  the  most? 

2.  What  was  joy  to  th'  angelic  host? 

3.  What  sacred  singer  can  you  name? 

4.  What  patriarch  of  priestly  fame? 

5.  What  father  lost  his  household  gods? 

6.  What  son  left  home  for  husks  and  pods? 

7.  What  sweetly  cheers  the  Christian's  way? 

8.  What  weakness  did  (dd.Noah  display? 

9.  What''mighty"sportsman  canyon  bring? 

10.  What  mortal  slain  by  stone  and  sling? 

11.  And  what  iugrate  reviled  his  king? 

12.  What  crown  awaits  the  Christiim's  end? 

13.  In  what  state  will  all  mortals  blend? 

14.  What  must  yon  add  to  "  I  am  the? " 

lo.  What  word  meuneth  to  entwine? 

Itl.  Which  of  the  "twelve"  was  unbelieving? 

17.  What  within  is  oft  deceiving? 

15.  Wliat  men  nre  part  of  Israel's  race? 

19.  Wh.it  prophet  showed  the  king's  disgrace? 

20.  Wliose  son  went  to  seek  the  asses? 

:.  Please  name  that  son  before  he  psLsses? 
The  initials  will  give  a  Bible  command. 

—Sthdfd. 


Mav    f. 


THE    T^HETHREIsT    ^VT    -WORK. 


ANN  OTJJST  CEMENTS. 


KorifW  nt  LoTO-femHi,   DiBlriel   McoIJngs,   cic,  Bhould 

Ite  brief,  nnd  iTrillon  on  paper  aepamlo 

from  olhor  biuiDBM. 


I  L0VE-FEA8TS. 

At  Uciivor  Dnm  congregation,  Kosciasco  Co., 
Lid.,  Jniie  (icli,  1878. 

Four  miles  Siiuth  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wedues- 
day,  June  5th,  187S,  nt  10  A.  M. 

Union  clufTcli,  Mftraliall  C'o„  Ind.,  June  4, 
1S7H,  imraniencing  nt  5  u'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  LewUtowu,  Wiiionn  Co,, 
Minn.,  fust  Sniiirduy  and  Sunday  of  June  next. 

Nmlnway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham, 
Mi.y  10. 

^^onlgorae^y  Co.,  loiva,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villiacu,  May  18. 

Pautlier  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co,  Iowa,  Jlay 
lljtb  tiud  17tli,  commencing  all  o'clock. 

ClSar  River  district,  Meniani,  Kohle  Co.,  Ind„ 
Jnne  18th. 

MHi[uokeltt  clmi'eh,  oae  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nali'in,  commencing  May  25lh  iit  1  o'clock, 

Tho  miles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  111., 
Mjiy  1  Uh,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

Slnno  church,  Wnrshall  Co.,  lown,  Juno  15,  nt 
lOnVliick,  A.  M. 

Middle  district,  Minuii  Co.,  Ohio,  Mtiy  ISth,  nt 
2  P.  M, 

Silver  Creek  congregation,'  Ogle  Co.,  111.,  on 
Thursday  and  Friday,  Muy  IGtIi  and  17tU,  com- 
meni'in};  at  10  o'clock. 

Siiilu  Center  churcli,  lown,  four  miles-  and  n 
Imlf  Southeast  of  Stale  Center,  ftLay  2!)tli  and 
30th,  coiomuiL-ing  at  1  P.  M. 

PlcnsiintVnllcy,  ElkhnrtCV,  Ind,  M:iy  16tli 
nt  i  P.  M. 

Cliorry  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  111,.  May  15lh,  com- 
mencing nt  10  A.  M. 

Ci-'dar  Lake  cougrcgation,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
two  miles  SoutU-east  of  Corunnn,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
ThuRihiy,  Juuc  6th,  187S,  nt  2  o'clock. 

CeiTo  Gordo  chmcli,  Macon  Co.,  III.,  June  5th, 
nt  2  o'clock. 

List  Creek  churcli,  near  Mifflin,  Junintn  Co., 
Pn.,  May  12t!i  and  13. 

Smitb  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8th,  nt  2  o'clock. 

Engle  Creek  Cburcli,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15lh,  nt  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  May  23rd 
and  24tli. 

Slr.nticello  church,  White  C"..  Ind,,  Juue  Sth 
nt  10  o'clock. 

Tijiton,  Iowa,  Juue  6th  and  7th. 

Piiulher  Creek  Church,  Woodford  Co.,  III. 
May  IClh,  commeucing  ntoue  o'clock. 

Middle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind.,  June  Slli  nt  2 
o'clock. 

Najiorrille,  Dupage  Co,,  III.,  May  lllh  and 
12l!i  Ht  2  o'clock. 

niSTRICT  MEETINGS. 

Ntntliern  District  of  Illinois  nt  Shnnnou,  Blay 
21*atS  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Xdrth-oasteru  district,  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
churcli.  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  29th,  commeuc- 
iugnlOy'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Moudny,  May  27th,  nt  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation.' 

En^teni  Diatrict  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Northern  Dietrict  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice,  May 
13th.  at  8  A.  M. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  Juue  lat. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Michigan  will  be  held 
at  the  residence  of  Bro.  Hiram  Allen's,  four  aud  a 
half  miles  North-west  of  Vicksburg,  Michigan, 
the  Lord  willing,  on  Thursday.  May  Kith.  All 
the  brethren  coming  from  the  East,  West,  North 
and  South  will  stop  off  at  Vicksburg,  where  they 
will  be  couveyeil  to  place  of  meeting  by  the  un- 
dersigned. Frank  Allex. 


Notice  to  Ministering  Brethren. 

I  have  made  arraneenienta  with  the  Burling- 
ton and  Missouri  River  R.  R.,  in  Nebraska,  for 
half  fare  permits  over  their  road  for  our  mission- 
aries and  those  roini.itcrs  moving  West,  sent  there 
by  the  church, 

Bro:  H.  Miller  will  please  give  me  the  name 
and  address  of  that  minister,  and  ^vhat  point  he 
is  going,  and  I  will  send  the  half  fare  permit.  My 
address,  from  the  14  of  May  is.  Burr  Oak,  Jewell 
Co.,  Kansas.  D.  E.  Fadelv. 

Bmlricc,  Neb. 


ZEIGLEU.— In  the  Swan  Creek  church,  Ful- 
ton Co.,  Ohio,  April  IS,  of  consumption,  sistei 
Elixabeth  Zeigler,  daughter  of  Bro.  Siln^  nnd 


sister  S.irali  Zeigler,  aged  IS  years,  3  moi 

and  in  diiyi. 
The  subject  of  tho  above  notice  was 
like  many  others,  put  off- serving  the  Lord  until 
lately,  when  the  LonI  called  her  to  repentance. 
Said,  she  was  not  willing  to  die  until  she  was 
baptized.  The  cas  •  seemed  to  be  a  critic.il  one, 
ns  she  was  very  weak  in  body.  But  since  she 
was  strong  in  the  Spirit,  we  repaired  to  the  wat- 
er about  a  mJio  from  the  house,  curried  her  in- 
to the  stream,  and  tlirough  the  grace  of  God 
haptiKed  her.  She  stood  it  well,  and  aflerwai-ds 
was  desirous  to  be  released  from  earth  and  be 
with  Christ,  and  nn  iiifiuit  brother  and  sister  in 
the  spirit  world  who  preceded  'her  in  death,  in 
one  week  from  the  time  she  gave  her  heart  to 
.lesus.  She  had  her  desires  complied  ivith  mid 
died  in  the  blessed  hope  of  n  glorious  immortal- 
ity. May  the  Lord  comfort  the  parent^s,  broth- 
ers and  sisters  left  behind.  May  the  above  no- 
tice he  a  warning  to  others  to  prepare  for 
death.  Fniiend  services  by  Hlo  writer,  assisted 
by  A.  Stutzman  and  D,  Berkeybile  froni  Rev. 
J4: 12,  13.  A.  Bkrkeyiiilg. 

(P.C.pkasecopy.)      ' 

ROLSTON.— In  Washington  Congregation,  of 
consumption,  April  26, 1878,  sjster  Rachel  A. 
Rolston,  aged  26  yeai-s,  S  months  ajtd  7  days. 
She  was  a  faitliful  servant  of  Christ,  and 
longed  to  be  with  Him  in  heaven. 

Jesse  Calvert. 

MOORE.— In  the  Cold  Wnter  cluireh,  Butler 
Co.,  Iowa,  Ethaii.  infant  son  of  Bro.  John 
tnid  sister  Barbarn  Moore,  aged  6nionthsnn<t 
32  days.  N.  Thapp. 


MOjSTEY     LIST- 


til'  To  avoid  the  expenses  of  sending  many 
receipt.-?  by  mail,  we  give  below  a  list  of  the 
money  received  through  the  nmils  at  this  olfice 
during  the  month  of  .Vpril.  Parties  sending 
us  money  (in  amounts  over  l.'i  cents,)  and  not 
seeing  it  acknowledged  here,  will  know  that  it 
has  not  been  received. 

Noah  Clai-k,  1.00;  S  A  Neber,  2.00;  C  Fraiits!, 
3.00;  J  Bennett,  1.20;  J  Forney,  1.00;  H  Lil- 
ligh,  2.50;  J  Wirt,  1.20;  3  Reed,  5,70;  TA 
Turner,  1.20;  J  Fisher.  ,15:  D.  Whitmer,  1.40: 
J  M  Whitmer,  6.00:  Mrs  N  A  Hoke,  .15;  E  B 
Shaver,  8-25;  J  D  Trostle,  7.45;  C  H  Strohm, 
8.70;  E  W  Miller,  2,45;  D  Berkeybile,  .25;  H 
H  Arnold,  1.00;  E  Ftack-,1.00:  G  W  Taylor,  .27; 
~  H  Ashniore,  1.20;  Geo  W  Cline,  .35;  J 
jhly,  l.-M:  R  Arnold,  l.Ott;  S  Smith,  4.50^ 
J  S  Berkey,  3,20;  W  Rice,  7.20;  J  R  Gish,5.00: 
J  K  Hensel,  1.20;  L  A  Miller,  1.00;  M  M  K 
TaiiDyke,  2.00;  L  F  Coudry,  1.40;  Mrs  M  D 
Benton  6.00;  A-Ives,  2.40;  J  Sadler,  1.60;  W, 
Ikenberry,  10.00;  D  G  Varner,  1.00;  S  Murray, 
2.00;  D  A  Noreross,  .25;  Z  Z  Mott,  1.10;  J  C 
Miller,  .75;  M  A  Byrd,  1.50;  S  Diehl,  1.50;  F 
J  Frnntz,  1  20;  J  L  Gooding,  .25;  T  M  CuKert, 
1  50;  S  S  Mohler,  1  20;  L  B  Jones,  1  50;  M  C 
Czigans,  1  75;  D  Bowman,  8  25;  S  B  Beechly, 

1  00;  J  Holsopiile,  1  50;  J  N  Zigler,  1  50;  S 
Long,  3  00;  P  A  Brower,2  Ol>;  J  Lesh,  1  60;  W 
B  Price,  1  60;    J  V  Filer,  6  50;    HA  Snyder, 

2  15;  A  B  Snyder,  3  75;  S  M  Markley,  1  20;  T 
C  Brindte,  1  20;  D  Wysong,  1  00;  S  Long,  1  0(1 
D  L  Miller,  14  10;  H  B  Lehman.T  79;  P  Probst 
4  15;  J  R  Cripe,  2  10;  J  M  Ridenour,  1  20;  H 
Butterbimgh,  1  50;  P  Bame,  1  40;  M  F  Petry, 
1  OO;  T  J  Yeoman,  1  40;  K  Leonard,  1  00;  DP 
Fye,'.75;  S  Flinn,  150;  J  S  Florj-,  1350;  S 
Wine,  1  12;  J  A  Ridenour,  3  00;  L  M  Kob,3  75 
J  Cnnnb.aker,  2  40;  H  Stitzel,  9  00;  J  Hoover, 
1  00;  M  W  Keim,  2  80;  J  D  Vanburen,  .15;  A 
Met/gcr,  2  75;  AMTMiller,200;  WD  Tyson 
4  15;  D  C  Wyand,  1  50;  J  J  ^iles,  3  ,50;  A  Q 
Oiler,  13  50;  J  F  Oiler,  .  50;  N  Mitchell,  2  20; 
LB  Howe,  100;  AFftw,110;  E  Criek,  150; 
W  Leedy,  1  20;  D  Neher,-.10;  N  Barter,  75;  G 
W  Horn,  120;  C  Fit?.,  2  30;  J  Leatherman, 
1  511;  A  Geyer,  1  50;  M  C  Rddwin,  2  40;  H  W 
Strickler,  5  00;  M  A  Casselberry,  2  00;  E  Wil- 
liams, 10  50;  D  S  .50;  A  J  Inglerighfc,  2  00;  M 
M  Milroy,  .20;  S  S  Uleiy,  10  50;  C  Holzer,  1  20 
D  D  Wine,  .20;  S  Reber,  .50;  T  D  Lyon,  1  20; 
J  Mitchell,  5  40;  E  Stoner,  2  60;  J  H  Eshcl- 
man,  3  00;  S  A  Daggett,  2  00;  D  Bechtelheini- 
er,  .25;  J  B  Wrightamnn,  10  35;   J  if  Snavely, 

1  Oil;  C  L  Strong.  1  50;  HA  Snider,  1  50;  M 
Hiilcry,  2  00;  C  Rowey  2  25;  L  Andes,  6  00;  J 
HuH;  3  00;  J  Hautle,  1  00;  H  L  Miller,  .61;  1 
Deli,  1  80;  J  H  Ow-iiby,  3  00;  D  B  Clum,  8  50; 
D  N  Wengert,  7  00;  J  D  Speicher,  2  00;  J 
Lehner,  2  60;    W  G  Lint,  6  90;    J  V  R«emau, 

2  SO;  J  B  Wampler,  6  00;  W  J  Jones.  1  00;  L 
Arnold,  6  1)0;  J  J  Cover,  10  50;  H  Jones,  5  00; 
A  H  Hamm,  2  00;  J  Hornish,  1  S5;  S  P  Burn- 
hum,  .35;  D  M  Irvin,  2  00;  S  Shultz,  1  50;  D 
Pefley,  5  00;  D  Stump.  1  20;  L  H  Dickey,  11  00 
D  Vaninian,  4  50;  B  Hiuegnrdner,  1  50;A  Bow- 
man, 4  50;  W  R  Peterson,  .25;  D  Ritteuhouse. 
1  00;    A  Wolf,  10  00;   J  B  Tawzer,  24  30;    P  S 


Bnrgard.  1  00;  J  C  Mays,  1  10;  E  E  Coate,  1  50 
E  Correli,  .10;  S  T  Bos^erman,  9  50;  J  T  Mil- 
ler, 1  00;  A  sister.  3  00;  J  M  Replogle,  3  00;  I 
Cornell,  1  25;  J  S  Mohler.  2  00;  J  Wise.  23  50; 
C  E  Long,  2  67;  J  J  Hoover,  5  40;  L  Ketring, 
7  50;  J  P  Jennings,  5  40;  D  E  Buwninu,  1  45; 
S  M  Smith.  7  15;  S  J  Giffer,  1  00;  J  Aruold 
1  00;  E  Jndy,  1  00;  W  C  Milroy,  .20;  S  H  Mil- 
ler, 1  90;  S  Groff,  6  OO;  D  Hershey,  .50;  J  C 
Miller,  2  50;  H  Frant/.,  10  35;  J  J  Cart,  5  SO; 
M  Milter,  10  00;  J  Kreutzcr,  1  00;  S  A  Over- 
holtiwr,  2  00;  J  S  Mohler,  60  00;  G  Spamy,3  00 
Two  sisters,  2  00;  M  Miller,  1  00;  G  B  Royer, 
1  50;  M  C  C/igaus,  1  00;  D  Bock,  1  00;  S  B 
Kepner,  5  00;  S  Gilbert,  1  35;  J  T  Dickey,  .25; 
M  Schrantz,  1  50;  J  Bennett,  .90;  J  H  Wilson, 
.35;  G  W  Limestone,  1  40;  D  J  Hetrie,  3  00;  D 
L  Fulton,  1  00;  J  Wise,  1  00;  N  S  Gripe,  1  00; 
J  H  Wirt,  1  00;  D  Sowei-3,  4  00;  N  T  Brubnker 
10  00;  D  Hodgden,  1  00;  M  DeardorS;  1  00;  D 
A  Workman,  1  05;  J  Shirk.  3  75;  E  Thompson 
9  00;  W  B  Price,  1  00;  D  Bossermnn,  12  00;  G 
W  Yost,  1  00;  S  Diibble,  .90;  A  N  Hnffman,  1 
50;  T  T  Wolfe,  1  00;  H  B  Mnysilles.  1 CJO;  E  J 
Nehei-,  1  00;  J  Nedeshiver,  1  50;  S  Bowman,  1- 
OO;  J  Lehman,  1  25;  L  Wallace,  1  20;  S  H 
Bashor,  3  40;  L  iililler,  2  00. 


CORRESFOIiSriDElSrOE. 


Report    of   a    Discussion. 

(CaulimiMl.) 
rpHE  proposition  discussed   read   n-s   follows  : 
X   "  One  dip  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of -the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  constitutes 
Christian  Ba|.l,isiu." 

Mr.  Shnir  affirmed. 
Bro.  Foniey  denied. 

The  first  argument  was  based  upon  the  word 
Itaplho,  claiming  that  its  meaning  was  to  sub- 
merge but  once. 

The  second  argument  w-iis  drawn  fi'om  tho 
following  fitiures:  Salvation  of  Noah  and  fami- 
ly, a  figure  of  baptism  [1  Pet.  3:  21).  Children 
of  Israel  passing  through  the  Red  Sen  (1  Cor. 
10: 1.  2). 

The  third  nvgument  was  ba-sed  upon  the  fol- 
lowing figures.  Baptism  is  compared  to  a 
planting  (Rom.  6:  5).  Baptism  is  compared  to 
regeneration  (Matt  19: 2S).  Baptism  is  com- 
pared to  a  burial  (Rom.  6: 4). 

Mr.  Shuff  next  introducetl  a  iimnber  of  fig- 
ures to  establish  the  fact,  that  wherever  there 
wa.s  a  singular  number  on  one  side  of  a  Bible 
figure,  the  same  must  l>e  on  the  other.  And 
wherever  there  existed  plurality  on  one  side, 
there  must  be  plurality  on  the  other.  To  ex- 
plain this  mi^re  clearly,  he  took  the  figure' of 
the  ten  virgins,  claiming  that  there  were  two 
kingdoms,  and  ten  virgins  in  each  kingdom, 
and  while  there  were  five  wise  in  one  kingdom, 
there  were  five  wise  in  the  other;  and  while 
there  were  five  foolish  in  one,  there  were  like- 
wise five  foolish  in  the  other;  consequently 
plurality  on  both  sides.     (Bro.  Foraey  thought 

lesson  on  the  kingdom  might  do  his  friend 
much  good.) 

Bro.  Forney  took  the  figure  of  the  Pashal 
Lamb,  and  showed  that  his  friend's  arguments, 
in  reference  to  Bible  figures,  were  not  well 
founded,  showed  the  nmay  points  of  dissimilar-  „ 
ity  existing  between  it  and  that  which  it  pre- 
figured, showed  that  while  the  Lamb,  slain 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world,  was  singular, 
the  lambs  slain  by  the  Israelites  were  many.  In 
reply  to  Shutf's  second  argument  it  was  clearly 
shown,  that  they  had  no  hearing  upon,  the 
point  at  issue,  namely,  the  lumiber  of  dips  in 
Christian  baptism.  That  us  figures  of  baptism 
they  were  given  long  after  the  commission 
Matt.  28;  19,  which  atone  does  determine  the 
iber  of  actions  in  baptism;  as  figures,  the 
only  features  they  presented  were  those  of  sal- 
vation. 

In  reply  to  &rst  nnd  second  figures  of  the 
lecond  argument,  Bro.  Forney,  we  think,  prov- 
ed very  clearly  that  both  planting  and  regene- 
ration were  the  results  of  baptism  and  not  bap- 
tism itself,  showed  that  there  was  quite  a  diS'er- 
ence  between  the  means  and  the  thing  accom- 
plished. Referring  to  Rom.  6:  4,  Bro.  Forney 
thought,  the  passage  might  do  to  prove  immer- 
sion, but  could  not  see  that  it  hnd  .iny  bearing 
upon  the  point  nt  issue,  for  if  it  hnd  been  de- 
signed to  set  forth  the  action  in  baptism,  it 
would  not  have  been  necessary  to  do  the  same 
in  the  peculiar  phraseology  of  the  commission. 

Another  argument  was  founded  upon  Eph. 
4:  5,  claiming  that  Paul  liere  alluded  to  the 
number  of  dips  in  baptism.  Bro.  Forney  sliow- 
ed  from  the  Imiguage  here  used  that  Paul  was 
exhorting  his  Ephesian  brethi-en  to  unity,  and 
hence  had  no  allusion  to  the  action  in  baptism; 
claimed  that  Paul  \\iia  not  arguing  against  the 
doctrine  of  sprinkling  and  trine  immersion,  ils 
his'friend  thought,  for  he  himself  would  not  ad- 
mit that    they  then  existed.      But  designed, 


showing,  that  as  there  was  but  one  Lord,  one 
faith,  so  there  was  but  one  baptism  for  Jew  aad 
Gentile:  bond  and  fi-ce,  barbarian  and  Scythian, 
Having  thus  given  the  principal  points 
brought  forward  upon  the  aflirmative,  iu  favor 
of  one  dip  in  baptism,  we  shall-  now  give  us 
briefly  as  possiblo  some  of  those  produced  on 
the  affirmative  in  favor  of  three  dips.  We 
shall  give  the  points  in  order  as  presented: 

The  proposition  read  as  follows:  "  Three  dips 
— into  the  nnme  of  the  Father,  and  of  the.Son, 
and  of  the  Holv  Spirit,  — constitute  Christian 
Baptism." 

The  first  argument  in  favor  of  the  proposi- 
tion  was  based  upon  tho  Trinity.  It  was  shown 
that  Father,  Son  and  Hoiy  Spirit  were  one  in  a 
certain  sense,  and  three  in  another.  Also  while 
they  wore  one  in  purpose,  they  were  three  iu 
name  and  office. 

The  second  argument  was  based  upon  the 
fact  that  these  three  were  first  associated  to- 
gether  as  three  distinct  persons  at  Christ's  bap- 
tism- The  Son  was  baptized  and  not  the  Fath- 
er. The  Spirit  descended  and  abode  upon. 
Him. 

The  third  argument  was  based  upon  the  fact, 
that  the  Christian  is  represented  as  being  in 
in  the  Father,  and  in  the  Son,  and  in  the  Spir- 
it (Thess.  1:  1;  Gat.  5:  25).  Showed  that  in 
baptism  this  change  of  relationship  is  ett'ected. 

The  fourth  argument  was  biised  upon  the 
fact  that  the  Greek  Fathers  understood  the 
Scriptures  to  teach  trine  immer.iion.  For 
proof  refened  to  Clirj'sostom,  Monuius  and. 
Tertulliau.  Shuff  here  defied  Bro.  Forney  to 
trace  trine  immereion  beyond  Tertulliau,  claim- 
ing that  iu  his  time  the  change  was  made  from 
single  to  trine  immersion. 

Bro.  Forney  here  brought  upoa  the  witness 
stand,  Clement  ol  Alexandria,  who  w;is  born 
only  one  hundreil  and  fifty  yeara  after  Christj 
and  stood  at  the  head  ol  the  first  Christian  sem- 
inary in  the  world,  and  he  saya  they  practiced 
trine  immersion  there.  Bro.  Forney  also  estab- 
lished the  fact  beyond  contradiction,  thrtt  single 
immersion  could  not  be  traced  beyond  the  mid- 
dle of  the  fourth  century,  when  it  was  invent- 
ed by  Eimomius,  a  heretic. 

Forney  challenged  his  friend  to  show  where 
trine  immersion  was  ever  called  in  question, 
white  on  the  hand  it  was  nibundantly  proven, 
that  single  immersion  was  an  innovation  and 
«;as  not  considered  valid  baptism  until  legalized 
by  Hie  fourth  counuil  of  Toledo  in  the  year 
633,  acting  under  advice  of  Pope  Gregory.  — 
This  showing  tliatit  was  human  and  not  divine, 

id  lacked  three  hundred  years  of  being  old 
enough  to  be  Christian  baptism;  was  first  prac- 
ticed in  Spain  over  one  thousand  miles  from  Je- 
■usalem,  the  birtli-plaee  of  Ciiristian  baptism. 

The  fourth  argument  was  based  upou  the 
•riimmatical  construction  of  the  commissioQ 
IS  recorded  iu  Matt.  28: 19.  Forney  showed 
'from  the  best  grammatical  authority  that  in  the 
English  language  there  existed  compound  el- 
liptical sentences  and  proved  the  commi^iou  to- 
be  such.  Showed  that  it  contained  a  repetition 
of  certain  words,  which  could  not  be  properly 
dispensed  of  in  any  other  way.  Showed,  that 
1  compound  sentence,  it  consisted  in  three 
propositions,  and  then  referred  to  Latham's 
Hand-book  of  the  English  Language,"  for 
instructions  as  to  how  the  second  and  third 
propositions  are  fonned.  He  defied  his  friend 
Shuff,  or  any  one  present  to  show  anything  to 
the  contrary. 

Shuft'  here  objected  to  a  repetition  of  the 
word  nnme  in  the  commission  upon  the  ground, 
that  it  was  equivalent  to  the  "  firm  name,"  and 
in  it  were  lncluded_  the  three  names.  Father, 
Son  and  Spirit,  eiiuming  that  they  were  a 
grand  unity. 

Bro.  Forney  here  ])roceeded  to  transpose  the 
commission,  sons  to  have  it  read,  "into  the 
Father's  name,"  in  order  to  compel  his  friend 
to  admit  a  repetition  of  the  word  iiiniie  in  the 
second  and  third  proposition,  and  then  referred 
his  friend  to  Clark's  Grammar,  page  262,  as 
authority  for  doing  so.  Shnlf  seeing  that  Bro. 
Forney  had  sustained,  by  the  best  authority, 
his  position  with  regard  to  repetition  of  the 
word  mniic,  he  referred  to  Dr.  Conant's  Critical 
Notes  on  Matt.  28:  18,  reading  as  follows: 

"  The  practice  was  adopted  at  an  eariy  period, 
of  immersing  at  the  utterance  of  each  nnme. — 
But  this  is  clearly  contrary  to  the  terms  of  the 
commission.  To  justify  such  a  practice,  the 
form  should  have  been  either,  'in  the  names 
of,"  or  '  In  the  name  of  the  P'uther,  and  in  the  _ 
name  of  the  Son,  and  in  the  name  of  the  Holy* 
Spirit.' " 

In  reply  to  this.  Bro.  Forney  referred  to  A. 
Campbell,  Myers,  McConnetl  and  others  who 
accepted  the  repetition  of  the  word  nniiie,  just 

Dr.  Conant  says  it  ought  to  read    to   imply 

iree  dips,  and  further  claimed  that  when  the 
ellipsis  is  properly  supplied,  it  is  the  way  the 
commission  does  reod. 


THK    BRETliREI^J-    ^T    AVOKl-C. 


May    0- 


The  iR-xt  cfTtirt  made  upon  tlie  part  of  Mr. 
i^liuir,  ID  order  to  sustaiu  his  pa'^ilioa,  ntu  to  ilia- 
grara  the  (.■ommUsion  8«  09  to  engulf  the  Uiree 
names  in  oue,  and  necessarily  excluding  the  repe- 
tition of  the  preposition  of,  thus  rejecting  a  pnrt 
of  ttic  phrw<eology  of  the  proijosition  ngrced  upon 
befurc  cnli?ring  upon  the  diacusaion. 

To  Eustain  his  position,  he  (i^hulT,)  quoted,  if  we 
miBtako  not,  from  a  work,  entitled  "  McKene's 
Greek  Grummar,"  «n  the  Genitive  in  Greek  as 
BUthorily  for  dropping  tlie  prepoaition,  when  the 
three  names,  (ns  ho  claimed  in  this  case)  are  en- 
gulfed in  one.  In  this  same  connection  the  same 
nudior  explained  (he  Genitive  in  Greek  to  be 
c<|uivalent  to  the  preposition  of  \i\  English  :  con- 
necting \U  subsequent  term  with  its  antecedent 
term,  which  it  mrHilifies,  which  corresponded  with 
the  authorities  referred  to  in  Clark's  Grammar, 
for  transposing  the  lauj;ungc,  "  Into  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  ol  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spir 
it,"  so  as  to  read,  "Into  the  Father's  name,  and 
into  the  Son's,  and  into  the  Holy  Spirit's,"  tliut 
showing  that  in  the  Greek  as  well  as  in  the  Eng- 
lish, the  repetition  of  the  word  nnme  was  neces- 
sarily required,  a  fact  to  which  Bro.  Foniey  call- 
ed his  friend's  attention,  asking  him  now  to  sup- 
ply the  prei)ositiou  of,  which  he  refused  to  do, 
claiming  that  the  Father,   Son   and   Holy   Spirit 

Bro.  Forney,  iu  order  that  the  audience  might 
mure  fully  comprehend  the  idea  he  wished  to 
tain,  proceeded  to  place  iu  diagram  thi 
sioii,  supplying  the  ellijiiis  in  the  sccoud  and 
third  propudtion,  nficr  which  he  called  upon  his 
IVienrt  to  parse  it  in  any  other  way  thai)  that  in 
which  he  had  diagramed,  and  show  the  grammiit- 
icrtl  relation  of  words,  as  retiuired  by  the  rules  of 
grammar.  His  friend  Shuff  not  seeming  disposed 
to  undertake  the  task,  Bro.  Forney  then  proceed- 
ed to  parse  it  himself,  at  the  same  time  extending 
the  liberty  to  any  one  present  who  might  feel  dis- 
jioaed  to  ask  any  questions  or  offer  any  criticisms ; 
but  there  were  none  offered.  Bro.  Forney  repeat- 
e<lly  called  upon  his  friend  Shufl"  to  parse  the  pre- 
position of  and  point  out  its  terms  of  relation, 
which  he  refused  to  do,  Mr.  Shuff  hero  denied 
the  verbatim  rending  of  the  commission  :  but  all- 
erwards  said  that  Bro.  Forney's  analysis  was  cor- 
rect, hut  said,  he  would  not  risk  his  salvation  on 
the  weak  phraseology  of  the  English  commijeion. 

We  are  sorry,  we  cannot  give  in  full  Bro. 
Forney's  closing  speech.  It  was,  as  Mr.  Shuff' 
himself  acknowledged,  eloquent  indeed,  and  while 
it  was  clo<|uent,  it  was  brimful  of  solid  argument, 
such  as  riveted  conviclious  in  the  hearts  of  all 
present,  and  will  over  loom  up  in  the  minds  of 
those  who  heard  it,  as  a  monument  in  defense  of  I 
Gospel  truth. 

Bro.  Forney  proved  himself  amply  able  for  the 
occasion,  and  ready  for  any  emergency  ihatmighl 
present  itself.     Mr.  Shufi"made  an  able  eftbrt  in 
defence  of  the  faith  and  practice  of  his   brethren, 
am*  all  that  it  lacked,  was  the  "thus   sayeth  the 
Lord,"  to  sustain  it.      The   discussion   passed 
pleasantly,  both  speakers  parting  with  the  best  of 
feelings.     Our  brethren  were  pleased  with  the 
suits,  being  much  strengthened  in  their  faith,  i 
looking  forward  with  bright  anticipations   to   the 
time  when  they  ahnll  reap  n  houptiful   harvest 
the  result  of  the  "  bread  cast  upon  the  waters." 

P.  E.  WiiiT.MEn. 
Craig,  Mo. 


From    Lemuel    Hillery. 

Ikar  Hnlhnu:— 

IF  it  ij  not  out  of  place,  I  wouhl  write  a  few 
lines.  I  feel  a  deep  sense  of  uuworlhiness,  in 
occupying  space  in  your  paper,  not  because  I 
think  the  sheet  is  any  too  good  to  give  f^pace 
to  my  weak  and  imperfect  ellorts.  The  rea- 
son is,  I  fear,  that  I  might  be  the  means  of  hav- 
ing something  published,  which  would  only  re- 
tard the  progress  of  truth,  for  already  we  have 
such  crippling  work  before  us  from  able  writers. 
■\Vhere  there  are  hundreds  of  members  and  old, 
organized  churches,  the  cause  will  stand  a  pretty 
heavy  shock,  but  away,  on  the  outskirts,  where 
the  cause  is  only  weak,  we  fear  such  blunders.  If 
there  is  anything  wrong  in  church  government, 
tolk  about  it  at  home,  or  at  the  District  Meetings 
and  the  A.  M. 

A  missionary  pajier  should  devote  its  pages  to 
th(salvation  of  souls;  and  what  belongs  to  ihe 
congregationa,  districts,  or  annual  meetings,  let 
that  be  discussed  where  it  belongs.  Whenever 
there  is  anything  wrong,  keep  on  working  until 
everything  is  arranged  according  lo  the  Word  of 
God,  and  then  if  you  want  to  publish  anything 
^  about  it,  it  wilt  be  enough  to  suy,  thank  God,  we 
are  planted  upon  the  Gospel,  the  whole  Gospel, 
and  nothing  but  the  Got]iel ;  otherwise  your  lack 
of  using  proper  judgment  lo  come  to  right  conclu- 
sious,  will  only  end  in  useless  public  discussions, 
much  to  the  rctaniing  of  the  cause  of  Christ, 

The  time  is  soon  coming  when  the  Nortlieni 
District  of  Illinois  will   consider  her  missionary  , 


work  of  the  past  year,  and  to  act  fi>r  the  further- 
ance of  (he  cause  during  the  coming  year.  Oh, 
may  God  help  the  brethren  and  aisteri  to  meet 
and  labor  in  the  name  of  Jesus  for  the  purity  of 
the  church  and  the  salvation  of  souls.  We  havi 
need  t^j  he  cncourat;ed  for  the  succesi  that  the 
Brethren  have  had  on  this  field,  although 
work  was  not  gone  into,  according  to  the  true 
der.  With  a  brother  appointed  to  this  work, 
qualified  to  do  the  work  of  an  evangelist,  much 
more  can   be   accomplished   during   the   coming 

It  has  been  but  a  short  time  since  wo  commenc- 
e<l  our  work  in  Central  Illinois,  We  had  but  six 
members  in  nil  this  country,  now  we  number  forty 
and  there  are  more  applicants  for  membership.  — 
But  we  cannot  expect  to  accomplish  very  much 
towards  building  up  and  organizing  churches,  un- 
less some  brother  will  move  to  this  country,  who 
will  he  faithful  in  his  living,  true  to  the  cause  in 
character,  as  well  as  faithful  in  preaching;  then 
I  believe  wo  could  do  much.  Th'ere  ought  to  he 
three  minisler^  located  on  ihis  mission  ;  with  such 
a  start  OS  wh  now  have,  if  faithfully  maintained, 
in  ten  years  we  would  grow  up  a  powerful  district 
in  Central  Illinois,  as  much  so  as  the  one  North 
and  South  of  us. 

One  of  our  dear  sisters  in  Bureau  Co.,  has  left 
the  little  band  of  bclievera  here,  to  join  the  broth- 
erhood on  high,  UHmely  sister  Catharine  Kulp, 
the  daughter  of  Share  and  Elizabeth  Sloufer,  iu 
whose  barn  we  held  our  Love-feast lastyear.  Sister 
Kulp  had  been  a  member,  of  the  Campbellite,  or 
Christian  church,  aa  called  by  some.  She  united 
with  us  in  the  face  of  derision  and  opposition  from 
some.  Her  experience  in  uniting  with  the  Breth- 
ren is  so  peculiar,  that  I  may  write  out  a  brief 
sketch  of  it  iu  the  future,  and  have  it  published. 

I  receive  a  goodly  number  of  letters  from  dif- 
terent  places,  na  well  as  different  brethren,  to 
know  what  I  expect  to  do  when  my  time  is  out 
here.  I  cannot  tell,  but  want  to  do  what  is  right, 
and  I  believe  that  will  be  to  preach  and  labor 
with  my  hands  as  I  am  able  and  have  opportuni- 
ty, which  I  try  to  do  wherever  I  go.  Some  ask 
the  question:  "Will  you  go  West?"  If  the 
Lord  will,  I  expect  to  go  West  after  our  District 
Meeting;  how  far  I  don't  know,  but  want 
Western  Iowa,  a'ud  also  to  Missouri,  Kat 
Nebraska.  Cannot  tell  how  long  I  will  remain 
West,  but  think  about  eight  weeks,  and  I  would 
say  that  I  am  willing  to  stop  with  the  brethren, 
■  I  am  mo.st  needed.  Would  like  to  at- 
tend some  Love-fi  asts  with  the  Brethren  in  the 
West;  but  wherever  you  expect  ten  or  twelve 
preiichers,  you  will  have  enough.  There  mav  be 
I  places  where  the  Brethren  will  not  have  much 
help,  there  my  effort  might  be  gladly  received. 
I  As  much  as  1  love  to  associate  with  the  brethren 
in  large  congregatious,  yet  I  feel  like  traveling 
through  the  West  to  visit  and  hold  meetings  in 
neighborhoods  of  isolated  members.  The  fact  is. 
iu  what  little  I  can  do,  I  am  a  kind  of  a  frontier 
missionary  ].reacher.  I  cannot  help  it,  and  I  do 
not  want  to  help  it  very  much. 

The  Lord  willing,  we  will  start  West  the  fitlh 
of  June;  until  that  lime  you  can  address  yoir let- 
ters to  me  at  Sbauuon,  Carroll  Co.,  III.  From 
the  fifth  to  the  fifteenth  of  June  I  want  to  put  in 
my  time  any  place  that  the  brethren  may  think 
best,  in  tlie  Easlern  portion  of  Iowa.  By  the 
15lh  we  want  to  be  iu  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  ou  our 
way  further  West ;  my  wife  will  accompany  me. 
Brethren  wishing  to  write  me,  can  address 
their  tetters  to  Quarry,  Marshall  Co,,,  Iowa,  care 
of  Jrhn  Murray. 
jV«u  Bedford,  III. 


When  the  evening  came,  he  said  nothing  about 
it,  but  reviewed  my  discourse,  and  that  the  i 
night  he  would  review  his  former  subject.  ' 
he  did,  but  according  to  my  judgment  did  not  suc- 
ceed very  well.  So,  taking  two  nights  out  of 
meeting,  and  destroying  the  interest,  we  thought 
best  to  just  <{uit  But  as  it  aeemed  to  be  n  good 
time  for  reviewing,  I  met  their  two  preachers  ne.\t 
morning  and  told  ihem,  that  there  had  been 
enough  cross-firing  done,  and  that  I  would  now 
meet  either  of  them,  and  we  would  review  our 
differences,  until  we  were  through  ;  when  the  old 
man  excused  himself  on  account  of  age,  and  said 
that  the  other  was  tho  man.  So  we  let  it  rest, 
telling  them,  that  they  must  father  all  that  they 
nurse  in  their  church,  and  ive  would,  do  the  same. 
So  in  a  few  days  we  weui  hack  and  offered  the 
following  proposition  : 

In  order  that  we  may  have  a  better  under- 
standing between  our  respective  denominations, 
the  Dunkarda  and  Campbellites,  we  agree  to 
meet  and  discuss  our  differences  of  doctrine  and 
practice;  each  to  defend  what  they  fellowshiii 
and  tolerate  in  their  church  ;  each  to  affirm  their 
own  doctrine  and  practice.  We  also  offered  as  a 
■tarting-point,  that  the  Dunkards  are  nearer 
right  than  tho  CamphelKtes,  or  they  might  affirm. 
But  he  would  not  come  to  time,  backed  out  Hkea 
man,  saying,  with  this  proposition  we  would  dig 
down  towards  the  hard  pan. 

James  R.  Gish. 

Roanoke,  III. 


From    Soutficn 
Bear  B)vthreH : — 


From  Jewell  Co..   Kansas. 

})r<,rlir,(hmi.— 

A  FEW  lines  from  this  part  of  the  couutry,  will 
probably  prove  acceptable  to  you.  Our 
country  certainty  is  not  excelled  by  any  of  the 
great  Western  States,  and  has  some  advantages 
not  enjoyed  by  others. 

iir  soil  we  consider  ine.xhaustible,  and  our 
climate  we  consider  as  good  as  con  be  found  in 
America.  It  is  generally  admitted  (hat  we  have  a 
better  climate  than  Nebraska,  and  a  better  soil 
than  Southern  Kansas  and  our  country  is  settling 
up  with  a  rapidity  that  is  astonishing.  We  have 
two  organized  churches  of  the  Brethren  in  this 
county.  This,  (White  Rock)  and  Uewak,  num- 
bering altogether  about  130  members,  but  there 
is  still  a  demand  for  ministering  brethren  lo  move 
here.  There  is  some  government  land  here  yet. 
and  some  very  cheap  farms  and  claims  for  sale 
and  I  would  just  add  that  for  a  healthy  couutry, 
we  can  compete  with  Colorado. 

I  will  cheerfully  correspond  with  Eastern  Breth- 
ren, who  want  information  about  this  country, 
with  a  view  of  emigrating  thither. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

J.  D.  SWIT/.ER. 


BRO  T.  D.  Lyon  am!  I  held  i 
cor,   in  the  C.  M.  church, 


standing  that  \i 


>uld 


to  havi 
ee  fit  to    . 


meeting  at   Se- 
ilh    the   under- 
the   use  of  the 
we.      The   first 
evening  or  so.  the  congregation  was  rather  small  ; 
but  it  stnll    continued    to  increase   until    we  had 
about  a  full  house,  good  attention  and  good  order. 
Bro.  T.  D,  Lyon  had  been  requested  to  preach  on 
Trine  Immersion,  which  he  did.      After   meeting 
closed,   their  old    minister   walked    up   into   the 
iland  and  said  that  he   would   review   Trine   Im- 
mersion,  Feet-washing  and    llie  Lord's  Supper, 
'len  we  got  through,  which  was  nuite  a   damper 
the  meeting,  inasmuch  as  it  said,   these  jjeople 
ve  not  preached  the  truth.     As  I    did    not  feel 
Uiug  to   continue    the    meeting   in    this   fog,  I 
ful  to  him  nest  morning  and  asked  him  to  make 
I  review  the  coming  night,  and    then    we  could 
go  on  with  our  meeting  until  we  gut   through.  — 
ut  he  said  that  he  would  announce  it  that  eveu- 
g,  and  make  his  review  Ihe  next.     So  we  agreed, 
id  that  night  I  Bjwke  from  the  full  Commission. 
After.moeting  he  announced  to  the   congregation, 
that  he  would    preach   on    the  subject  of    Trine 
B  Feet-washing  and    the    Lord's  Sup- 
per. 


From    Iowa. 
Jkar  Brclhrm:^ 

THE  Southern  District  council  of  Iowa,  held 
with  the  Monroe  Co.,  brethren,  passed  off 
very  pleasantly  the  12ih  and  13thof  April, — 
Pence  and  harmony  prevailed  throughout  the  en- 
tire proceedings  of  the  council.  But  four  queries 
were  under  consideration. 

The  Church  Extension  Union  wag  taken  cogni- 

nce  of,  and  disposed  of  as  follows  ;  While  we 
endorse  the  Church  Extension  Union  as  a  great 
and  glorious  work,  nud  wish  it  unbounded  success 

extending  the  bordet^  of  Zion,  would  prefer  to 
keep  up  our  own  missionary  work,  commenced  by 
this  district  council,  held  at  Mt.  Edna,  Adams 
Co,,  in  1874. 

Wt  had  preaching  ot  three  different  places  at 
night  during  the  time.  The  church  in  Monroe 
is  under  the  care  of  Elder  Daniel  Miller,  as- 
sisted in  the  ministry  by  Hiram  Burkman  and 
Daniel  Miller,  jun. 

We  found  many  young  members  iu  that  congi 
gatlon,  that  are  an  ornament  to  the  church.    May 
the  good  Master  halp  them  to   be   faithful   to  tho 
end  I  M.  >Iyei 

Ma£k$burg,  la. 


GLE.A]Sri]SrGS. 


From  Diincaiisville  fongiegatioii.  —  God 

bless  the  abundant  efforts  you  are  putting  forth  to 
sow  tlie  seeds  of  truth  and  righteousness  in  the 
heart;!  of  His  people.  Sabbath,  April  14th  was 
the  regular  day  for  services  here.  The  weather 
was  delightful.  The  house  was  welt  filled  with 
anxious  listeners.  We  found  upon  reaching  the 
place  of  meeting  that,  much  to  our  surprise,  Bro. 
Joseph  B.  Sell,  of  Elk  Lick,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa., 
would  address  the  meeting.  He  simke  from 
James  1st  chapter,  latter  clause  of  the  23rd  verae. 
He  is  like  a  man,  beholding  his  natural  face  in  a 
glass."  He  portrayed  the  subject  to  our  minds 
first  in  a-tem]Kiral,  then  in  a  spiritual  point  of 
.     The  sermon  wos  concluded  by  Bro.  James 


A.  Sell,  who,  it  is  known  by  many  of  our  readers, 
was  absent  from  home,  preaching  for  nlxxil  two 
nionlha.  It  is  also  known  by  many  that  Bro. 
Joseph  B.  Sell  iu  former  years  was  one  of  tho 
apeakers  in  this  congregation.  He  and  compas- 
ion  were  hert.'  on  a  farewell  visit  to  their  friends, 
when  they  expect  to  start  for  a  field  of  labor  at 
Shoals,  Ind.  God  bless  the  dear  brother  and 
family  in  their  mission  field,  so  that  their  labors 
may  bo  crowned  with  a  home  at  God's  right  hand, 
is  the  prayer  of  your  sister  in  Christ, 

E.  E.  Sthxer. 
From  (itfrro  Gordo,  III.— Had  meeting  in 
theiMethudist  church  at  Ogden,  Champaign  Co., 
Ill,,  and  one  raeetiug  at  St,  Joseph,  where  we  bap. 
tized  three,  with  good  prospects  for  more.  Tho 
Universalist  minister  soon  left  Ogden,  as  he  could 
only  get  a  few  hearers  I  would  like  if  some  of 
our  missionaries  would  stop  at  Ogden. 

John  MEr-fOEit, 
From  Ashland  College.  —  Operations  have 
now  commenced  ou  llie  College  grounds,  ancf  the 
Trustees  have  appointed  regular  meetings  to  he 
held  during  the  Summer  and  Fall,  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  each  mouth,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  ami 
the  Building  Committee  to  meet  every  Saturday, 
at  one  o'clock  P.  M.,  during  the  Summer  and 
Fall.  All  correspondence  concerning  soliciting 
funds  and  subscriptions,  aliould  ho  addressed  to 
the  Secretary.     By  order  of  the  Trustees, 

H.  K.  MvEBs,  Soc'y. 
From  Griiiidj-  Conter,  Iowa.— We  are  still 
in  a  prosperous  condition  here,  Bro.  Bashor  was 
with  us  and  gave  ua  four  meetings.  Tho  Word 
was  preached  with  power,  and,  we  hope,  may 
bring  fruit  accordingly.  Our  town  is  growing 
very  fast;  lust  Spring,  when  I  cnme  here,  there 
were  only  two  member  at  this  place.  Now  there 
are  eighteen  members  here,  and  wo  have  one  of 
the  finest  couniies  in  the  Slate,  good  society,  wat- 
er, and  land  of  a  superior  quality.  To  brethren 
and  sistei-s  who  are  thinking  of  making  a  move, 
lid  say,  Come  and  see  our  town  and  coun- 
'^y-  J.  M.  SxvnER, 

From  Aiitioeli,  Cal.  —  Our  meetings  com- 
menced the  first  of  March,  at,  what  is  called  tho 
East  Union,  on  the  sand  plains,  near  Eld.  Georga 
Wolfe's  place.  There  were  four  preachers  the 
most  of  the  time,  namely  Elder  Wolfe,  S.  Broad- 
hurst,  J.  P.  Wolle  and  Waldemar  Meyere.  They 
preached  Christ  and  Him  crucified,  which  made 
sinners  tremble  and  saints  to  rejoice.  We  had 
rainy  weather  a  part  of  the  time,  but  not  enough 
to  stop  meetings.  I  stayed  here  .me  monlli,  and 
was  much  pleased  to  see  four  make  the  noble  con- 
fession,  aud  come  out  on  tlie  Lord's  side. 

Grain  looks  well  and  we  expect  big  crops  this 
year.  Haying  will  commence  Ihe  first  of  May, 
God  hlcss  you  and  your  work. 

TaoMAs  Morgan. 
From  A.  N.  Hiiffmaii.-I  have  been  rending  • 
your  paper,  and  like  it  very  much.  I  think  it^ 
just  Ihe  paper  for  everybody  to  rend,  and  I  wish 
to  subscribe  for  it,  as  I  do  not  get  to  hear  the  •> 
brethren  preach  very  often.  There  are  five  mem- 
bere  here,  all  of  the  same  family,  those  are  all  tho 
members  near  us.  AVe  moved  from  Oregon  hero 
last  Full,  and  I  hope  there  will  more  come,  ami 
settle  close  by,  so  we  could  have  preaching  more 
Irequently.  ThU  is  a  new  Muntry,  just  settling 
up.  There  is  good  land  here  to  be  laken  yet,  hut 
there  is  a  big  immigration  to  this  countrv  no«- 
they  are  coming  in  every  day,  and  I  hope  there 
will  he  some  Brethren  among  them. 
i'inc  Creek,  Whitman  Co.,  W.  Ty. 
Sunday-School  Organized.  -  On  .Sunday 
April  the  7th,  the  members  belonging  (o  the 
Greenville  meeting-house,  located  on  the  Eastern 
side  of  the  Allegheny  mountains,  and  belonging 
to  the  Meycredale  congregation,  met  lo  organize  a 
Sunday-school.  Quite  a  number  of  the  memhera 
and  friends  of  the  cause  having  convene.!,  Bro 
Hady  was  called  to  thechair,  who.  with  appropri! 
ate  remarks  addrt^sed  the  n.eetiug,  folloued  by 
C.  G.  Lint.  After  tho  meeting,  olRcere  were  dp. 
pointed  to  serve  for  one  month,  after  which  they 
will  he  elected  for  one  year.  The  prospect  for  a 
good  school  are  rather  flattering;  hope  thoy  may 
succeed  in  having  good  attendance  and  tho  good 
results,  they  ore  laboring  for.  The  school  is  to 
^^"ySuudAy  at  <J  o'clock  during  the 
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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bring  You  Good  Tid'mgs  of  Great  Joij^  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  May  16,  1878. 


No.  20. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITKll  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS; 

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-      -  lVAy>"ESJ!ORO,  PA, 
-      -      -      UllBANA,    ILL. 


MISSIONARY  HYMN. 

HARK!  the  voice  of  Jesus  crying, — 
"  Who  will  go  and  work  to-<liiy? 
Fields  nre  white  niul  harvest  waiting; 
Who  will  bettr  the  sheaves  away?" 
Loud  and  strong  the  Master  calleth, 

Rich  reward  He  offers  thc^: 
Who  will   answer,  gladly  saying, 
"  Here  am  I;  send  ine,  send  nie!" 

If  you  cannot  cross  the  ocean. 

And  the  heathen  lands  explore, 
You  can  find  the  heathen  nearer, 

You  can  lielp  them  at  your  door, 
If  you  cannot  give  your  thousands, 

You  can  give  the  widow's  mite; 
And  the  least  ynn  do  for  Jesus, 

Will  be  precious  in  His  sight. 

If  you  cannot  speak  like  angels, 

If  you  cannot  preach  like  Paul, 
You  can  tell  the  love  of  Jesus, 

You  can  say  He  died  for.  all. 
If  you  cannot  rouse  the  wicked 

With  the  judgment's  dread  alarms, 
Y''ou  can  lead  the  little  children 

To  the  Savior's  waiting  arms, 

If  yon  cannot  he  the  watchman. 

Standing  high  on  Zion's  wall. 
Pointing  out  the  path  to  heaven. 

Offering  life  and  peace  to  all; — 
With  your  prayers  and  with  your  bounties 

You  can  do  what  heaven  demands; 
You  can  he  like  faithful  Aaron, 

Holding  up  the  prophet's  hands. 

If  among  the  older  people. 

You  may  not  he  apt  to  te.ich; 
'■  Feed  my  lambs,"  said  Christ  ourShepherd, 

"  Place  the  food  within  their  roach." 
And  it  may  be  that  the  children 

Y'ou  have  led  with  trembling  hand. 
Will  be  found  among  your  jewels. 

When  you  reach  the  better  land. 

Let  none  hear  you  idly  saying, 

"There  is  nothing  I  can  do," 
While  the  souls  of  men  are  dying. 

And  the  Master  calls  for  you. 
Take  the  task  He  gives  you  gladly. 

Let  His  work  your  pleasure  be; 
Answer  quickly  when  He  calleth, 

"  Here  am  I;  send  me,  send  me!" 

Selected  by  Marv  Hillkry. 


ONE  THING  IS  NEEDFUL. 

DY  C.  H.  UALSBAUOH. 

To  Brother  J.  C.  Horsh,of  Illimii.— 
rpHANKSfor  your  Heaven-savoring  missive. 
1  I  could  not  satisfactorily  decipher  your  ad- 
dress, and  so  my  reply  was  returned.  I  now 
send  it  to  press,  in  hope  of  its  reaching  you. 
Mary  chose  the  good  part,  which  was  promised 
her  as  everlitsting  possession.  Sitting  at  the 
feet  of  Jesus  was  not  the  choice  which  Christ 
so  highly  commended.  Thecomplaint  of  Mar- 
tha against  her  sister  was  not  without  ground, 
even  in  Heaven's  Order.  God  is  a  Mighty  Work- 
er, and  so  is  His  Son.  "  My  Father  icorkdh 
hitherto,  and  I  itork."  Christ  needed  a  good 
dinner  as  much  as  Martha  needed  Bread  from 
Heaven.  She  might  have  shared  Mary's  "good 
part "  even  while  busy  in  the  pantry  and  while 
preparing  a  meal  for  the  hungrj-  Savior  and  His 
Disciples.    Mary's  station   at  the   feet  of  the 


Godimui  may  have  been  a  typiciil  act,  but  what 
it  represented  she  might  have  enjoyed  in  the 
kitchen  frying  meat  or  baking  bread.  Hit 
choice  was  Jesus,  not  a  peculiar  ])liysical  pos- 
ture. She  had  a  true  appreciation  of  His  In- 
carnation, and  a  perfect  reposeof  soul  in  it,  and 
i\m  was  infinitely  better  than  Martha's  fussy 
ado  about  "  tiie  meat  tliat  peiisheth,"  My  mind 
filH  out  the  unfinished  Gosiwl  picture  by  bring- 
ing Mniy  n  Hh  a  bound  to  her  feet  to  asiint  her 
fretting  sister  to  hasten  diuner.  The  '■  one 
thing  needful"  will  not  so  etherealize  us  as  to 
raise  us  above  food  and  raiment.  But  it  will 
un<iucstionably  so  acclimate  us  to  the  higher  cit- 
izenship as  to  leave  behind  the  follies  of  fashion, 
and  the  indulgence  of  artificiiil  appetites.  Mary's 
choice  does  not  mean  a  goatee  and  dandy  lip 
for  the  Brethren,  and  hats  and  cbignona  for  the 
sisters.  Christ's  tphok  life  was  a  preparation 
for  the  Cross;  and  in  accepting  Him  we  begin 
where  He  ended. 

To  take  Mary's  typical  position  is  to  welcome 
the  thorn-crown,  the  nails,  and  the  derision, 
and  the  death-agony.  Tlie  prickly  coronet  of 
the  world's  contempt  does  not  fit  the  he.id  that 
glories  in  f:ishionahle  rigging:  nor  the  cup  of 
atoning  Divine-human  blood  the  lips  befouled 
with  carnal  mistiness.  The  Divine  sifter  is  fine 
enough  to  catch  the  most  infinitesimal  gnut,  and 
our  throats  should  not  have  room  enough  for 
the  passage  of  a  camel.  No  one  can  sit  at  the  feet 
of  Jesus  who  hiis  not  tbund  the  Crucified,  and 
to  find  Him  is  to  lose  all  else:  Here  is  the 
trouble  with  our  pleasure-loving,  flesh-humor- 
iui;,  world- worshiping  members.  Tliej'  know 
not  the  import  and  glory  of  having  "  fellow- 
ship with  Christ's  sufferings."  They  will  rath- 
er be  uuder  the  ban  -  of  the  Church  and  the 
frown  -of  the  Crucified,  than  break  with  the 
world. 

A  certainLutheran  fashion-worshiper  calls  our 
dressy  members  "  seiisihir  Christians."  Sense- 
less idolatry  rather.  When  the  soul  is  in  sym- 
pathy \vith  the  Cross,  we  "  are  crucified  to  the 
world,  and  the  world  unto  us."  There  is  no 
inconsistency  in  Lutherans  going  with  the 
world;  hut  Christ  is  "  not  of  the  world,"  and 
Christians  are  like  Him.  The  life  of  Jesus  in 
us,  will  express  itself  in  the  mould  of  Bis  In- 
carnation. "  One  thing  is  needful  " — to  be 
what  Jesus  was  in  the  flesh,  "  holy,  harmless, 
(dirff/ita/,  SEPARATKFHOM sinners"  IN  CHAR- 
ACTER AND  CONDUCT.  This  is  Christian; 
all  else  is  the  offspring  of  Anfci-christ. 


THE  DANGERS  OF  WORLDLY 
PLEASURE. 


FROM  the  consideration  of  the  dangers  which 
beset  the  Christian  iu  his  conduct  with 
the  world,  and  temptations  which  too  often 
rlraw  the  professed  child  of  God  aside  from  du- 
ty and  true  happiness;  if  we  are  truly  childreu 
of  God,  we  have  been  chosen  by  Him  in  His 
eternal  counsel,  to  a  life  of  usefulness,  as  well  as 
to  a  life  of  holiness.  Everything  iu  our  posi- 
tion in  the  age  in  which  we  live,  in  the  solemn 
duties  to  which  we  are  called  in  the  terms  of 
salvation,  and  the  price  paid  for  our  redemption, 
calls  on  us  to  aim  at  a  high  st^indard  of  piety, 
and  to  the  attainment  of  eminent  holiness.  If 
we  would  have  at  last  an  abundant  entrance  in- 
to the  kingdom  of  God,  we  must  make  religion 
the  business  of  life;  it  is  not  enough  to  profess 
it,  we  must  be  so  penueated  with  the  Spirit  of 
Christ  that  it  shall  shine  forth  in  every  act  of 
life.  It  is  because  the  love  of  the  world  and 
conformity  to  it,  hinder  the  prayers  of  the 
Christian,  prevent  his  usefulness,  destroy  his 
influence  and  mar  his  peace  of  heart,  that 
I  wish  to  prt?sent  to  us  the  dangers  and  evils  of 
seeking  afterworldly  pleasures  and  amusements, 
of  conforming  to  worldly  customs  and  tastes, 
and  the  vain  and  trifling  fofhiona. 
The  motto  of  the   Christian  should  be,  let  us 


lay  aside  evcrj'  weight.  Some  appear  to  act  as 
though  there  were  no  lino  of  demarcation  be- 
tween the  church  and  the  world,  except  that 
which  is  made  at  the  (able  of  the  Lord.  The 
great  question  which  every  one  is  bound  to  an- 
swer, is  not  how  fai-  he  may  live  away  from  God, 
and  yet  he  a  Christian,  nor  liow  near  he  may 
imitate  the  world,  and  yet  maintain  his  stand- 
ing in  the  church,  but  how  he  may  most  hon- 
or his  Savior  and  promote  the  interests  of  His 
cause  and  the  salvation  of  souls:  aud  the  good 
rule  of  Christian  life  is,  whether  ye  eat  or  drink 
or  whatever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glor;*-  of  God. 
Conformity  to  the  world,  renders  a  man  or  wo- 
miui  useless  as  a  member  of  the  church  of  Christ, 
the  object  for  which  they  are  placed  there,  is  to 
honor  God  and  advance  the  interests  of  His 
kingdom.  "  Heroin,"  saith  Christ,  "  is  my 
Father  glorified  that  ye  bear  much  fruit."  But 
he  who  allows  himself  to  be  drawn  aside  from 
his  profession  and  to  become  conformed  lo  the 
world  initssiuful  tastes nud  fashions  and  amuse- 
ments, loses  not  only  the  confidence  of  his 
brethren,  but  the  respect  of  the  ivorld  as  a 
Christian;  liis  influence  as  a  Christian  ceases 
when  he  crosses  the  line  that  divides  the  church 
and  the  world. 

Even  the  enemies  of  our  holy  religion  respect 
and  honor  the  man  who  leads  a  life  consistent 
with  his  CI  ristian  profession,  and  look  upon 
their  lives  as  a  more  convincing  argument  in 
favor  of  the  truth  of  Christianity,  than  all  the 
demonstrations  of  the  defenders  of  the  Gospel. 
The  logic  of  the  life  often  succeeds,  while  other 
testimony  fails.  But  he  who  in  effect  tells  the 
world  that  religion  has  no  pleasures,  and  who 
wlien  he  desires  them,  seeks  them,  amid  scenes 
of  gayety  and  amusements  and  dissipation,  of 
what  use  is  he  as  a  witness  for  Christ?  What 
new  lessons  does  be  give  of  the  value  and  pow- 
er of  religion  ?  What  proof  does  he  afford  that 
"  wisdom's  ways  are  pleasantness,  and  all  hi 
paths  are  peace?"  So  far  from  being  a  ivitness 
for  Christ,  he  is  leading  men  to  question  the 
reality  of  the  religion  he  professes,  and  to  de- 
spise the  Gospel  whose  effect  he  fearfully  mis- 
represents. His  example  so  far  as  it  extends,  if 
an  injury  to  the  cause  he  professes,  whenever 
he  passes  over  to  the  world,  and  is  led  astay  by 
its  wiles.  He  cannot  stand  neutral.  If  he  is 
doing  no  good,  he  is  accomplishing  evil. 
the  fig  tree  is  barren,  it  is  acumberer  of  the 
ground. 

The  cause  of  religion  suffers  whenever  its 
professors  fail  to  manifest  its  proper  results. 
And  Christ,  were  He  questioned.  What  are 
these  wounds  iu  thy  hands?  might  answer,  those 
with  which  I  was  wounded  in  the  house  of  my 
friends,  many  a  fair  and  flourishing  professor 
has  gone  back  to  the  world,  parleying  with 
temptations.  Our  osvn  age  and  times  have  pro- 
duced more  than  one  appalling  example  of  men 
who  once  stood  high  in  the  church,  hut  who 
yielding  to  the  fascinations  of  pleasure  th.it  the 
orld  called  innocent,  were  drawn  down  to  ruin. 
The  Gospel  admits  of  no  compromise  with 
e  world,  it  requires  of  us  that  we  give  all  to 
Christ,  that  when  we  have  laid  our  poor  sinful 
hearts  at  the  foot  of  His  cross,  that  there  they 
ight  be  washed  and  renewed;  we  consecrate 
their  entire  affections  and  impulses  to  the  ser- 
vice of  Him  who  died  that  we  might  live.  The 
sight  of  that  crass  should  forever  annihilate  all 
thoughts  of  self,  and  all  desire  for  any  pleasures 
which  do  not  spring  from  the  love  aud  grace 
of  Christ.  Resolve  then  in  His  strength  that 
you  mil  forsake  all  to  follow  Him,  aud  that  you 
will  renounce  everything  that  may  interfere  with 
His  service.  You  have  a  glorious  vocation. 
Look  over  the  sacred  oracles  and  see  with  what 
[liguity  mid  houor  the  Christian  is  invested, 
linked  as  he  is  with  the  sovereign  and  eternal 
purposes  of  God.  The  apostle  says,  "  ye  are  a 
a  chosen  generation,  a  royal  priesthood,  a  holy 
nation,  a  pecaliar  people,  that  ye  should  shew 
forth  the  praise  of  Him  who  hath  called  you  out 
of  darkness  iuto  His  marvelous  light." 


A  BEGINNING. 


ALL  created  beings  Imve  u  heguming,  "  In 
the  beginning  God  created  the  heavens 
and  tlie  earth,"  and  in  this  beginning  God  cre- 
ated man— Adam  and  Eve,  and  from  them  all 
the  multiplied  milhons  of  humau  beings  have 
originated.  From  this  beginning  the  courts  of 
heaven  are  made  to  sing  with  praise  to  the  Cre- 
ator, .ind  fi'om  the  same  beginning,  are  filled, 
the  pits  of  bell,  and  the  cries  of  lamentation 
are  heard  from  the  regions  of  the  dimncd. 

"Little  beginnings  sometimes  make  hig  end- 
ings." For  instance,  a  stone  in  a  stream  some- 
times is  the  cause  of  an  island;  the  stone  breaks 
the  force  of  the  current,  and  the  sand  begins  to 
gather  between  iUnd  it  continues  to  accumulate 
until  an  island  is  formed.  The  large  Dunes  on 
the  Baltic  are  formed  in  tliis  way,  any  little  ob- 
ject that  is  placed  on  the  wave-beaten  shore 
mayTause  great  dunes,  it  may  only  hold  a  small 
measure  of  sand  at  the  fii-st  wave,  hut  each  suc- 
ceeding wave  leaves  its  portion  behind  the  small 
heaps,  and  though  it  may  take  years  to  build  it. 
the  gradual  deposit  of  sand  there  by  the  waves, 
grows  higher  and  higher,  until  it  becomes  a 
mountain  of  sand,  and  the  fern,  sand  oats,  pine 
and  spruce  take  hold,  and  the  eonsequeuce  is 
that  the  one  flat  wave-beaten  shore,  now  is  a 
mountain  covered  with  large  trees,  brush  and 
grasses.  So  little  beginnings  have  often  made 
mountains  that  are  able  to ,  breast  the  fierce 
storm  and  the  mighty  beating  waves. 

Just  so  with  the  seeker  after  truth,  at  first 
his  mind  may  be  as  barren  as  the  wave-beateu 
shore;  hut  finally  he  lays  hold  of  one  of  God's 
promises,  this  holds  some  saud  or  proves  an  in- 
centive to  lay  hold  on  other  promises — every 
wave  leaves  its  portion,  or  every  thought  adds 
strength  to  the  cause,  and  so  he  goes  on  grow- 
ing stronger  and  stronger,  until  he  becomes  able 
to  resist  the  beating  waves  of  temptation. — ev- 
ery word  of  God's  truth  has  been  as  a  grain  of 
sand  toadd  to,  and  strengthen  the  now  ponder- 
ous mountain  that  is  able  to  resist  every  besets 
ment  of  a  fierce  enemy. 

A  break  in  the  levee  of  the  Mississippi  widens 
and  grows  larger  until  a  great  volume  of  wa- 
ter is  let  out,  imd  thousands  of  acres  are  over- 
flowed. Just  so  with  the  good  designed  per- 
sons, if  they  yield  to  one  temptation,  however 
small  it  may  seem,  it  is  a  break  in  men's  moral 
character,  and  one  temptation  will  succeed 
another,  once  they  yifeld  one  time  after  another, 
until  they  become  engulfed  in  the  very  pit  of 
despair  before  they  are  aware  of  it.  Many 
other  little  beginnings  often  make  great,  bad 
endings.  As  for  instance  one  sip  of  ardent 
spirits  sometimes  is  not  only  the  cause  of  pre- 
mature death,  but  sinks  the  soul  lower  than  the 
grave.  One  bad  word  sometimes  makes  a  very 
great  swearer,  and  even  worse,  it  sometimes  is 
the  introduction  of  blasphemy.  One  bod  act 
sometimes  takes  a  man  to  prison,  penetentiary, 
and  even  the  gallowfi.  Hence  we  see  that  one 
drink,  one  bad  word,  oronc  had  act,  often  results 
in  the  worst  of  misery,  the  greatest  of  crimes, 
besides  sinking  the  soul  to  a  miserable  bell. 


LEISURE  is  sweet  to  those  who  have  earnef 
it,  but  burthensome  to  those  who  getit.- 
for  nothing. 

If  you  ever  promise  at  all,  take  care,  at  least, - 
that  it  be  to  nobody  that  may  suffer  by  trust-^ 
ing  you. 

He  who  wishes  to  reap  n  harvest  of  the  tears: 
of  sincerity,  must  first  sow  the  true  love  in  his 

God  accepts  man's  hearty  desire,  and  the  will 
instead  of  the  deed,  when  they  have  not  the 
power  to  fulfill  it. 

He  that  does  good  for  good's  sake,  seeks 
neither  praise  nor  reward,  though  sun-  of  both. 


THE    BRETHREISr    AT    -WORK:. 


May    10. 


JEHOVAH'S  DWELLING  PLACE. 

THERE  is  a  truth  so  great 
Nature  dure  not  deny, 
Yet  foolish  mini  sits  in  debute, 
Aud  doulits  11  God  on  high. 

'"In  mj'  warm  ri»ys  he  dwells," 

Saith  the  uprising  sun, 
And  crimaou  sky  at  twilight  t«ll3 

Who  hath  its  tinting  done. 

Gently  the  falling  dew 
Freshens  the  suubumt  sod, 

iVnd  whispers  sweetly,  "  Unto  you 
I  am  Jehovah,  God." 

"  In  me,"  the  thunder  roars; 

"  In  me,"  the  min-drops  cry; 

"  In  our  pnvillion  upward  soars," 

The  gnthering  clouds  re|)ly. 

"  And  on  my  speedy  wings 
Rideth,"  the  whirlwind  siiith; 

The  perfumed  air,  oheying,  brings 
His  ever-quickening  breath. 

The  gamers  full  of  grain. 
The  teeiniun  earth  aud  sen, 

Sing  evermore,  the  glad  refrain, 
"  Jehovah  dwells  in  me." 

The  insect  chirps  his  thanks, 
Ajid  drink!)  his  drop  of  dew; 

White  violet-s  on  mossy  banks. 
How  sweet  God  mtiketh  yuu! 

An  old,  old  Book  I  turn, 
Scanning  its  leaves  all  o'er, 

.Jehovali's  dwelling-place  I  learn. 
Is  fixed — foreverraore. 

Yet  a  more  powerful  voice 
Than  all  combined  can  be, 

Sings  nie  this  song,  and  I  rejoice, 
"  Jehovah  dwells  in  me." 

—Si-Icclcd. 


INFIDELITY. 


IIY  I'll.  FAHKXKY, 


AMUSOULAR,  man  may  boastlngly 
lift  just  oue  ounce  too  much-  and 
become  disabled  for  life.  An  intellectu- 
al man,  religiously  inclined,  may  investi- 
gate more  tlian  lie  can  comprehend,  and 
thus  get  his  imagination  inflamed.  Jeal- 
ousy is  reversed  love.  Infidelity  is  re- 
versed piety.  A  tearle-ss  eye,  is  oft- 
times  a  symptom  or  indication  of  con- 
gestion of  the  brain.  "When  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  of  this  city  stood  by  the 
-death-bed  of  the  ^^dfe  he  professed  to 
love,  ■\\-ithout  shedding  a  single  tear,  and 
afterward  issued  invitation  cards,  asking 
his  friends  to  attend  the  funeral,  and 
'  come  with  a  cheerful  countenance,"  and 
then  read  to  them  a  discourse  written  by 
himself,  denouncing  Christianity  and  the 
clergy,  would  it  not  in  this  case  be 
charitable  to  suppose  him  to  be  the  vic- 
tim of  a  mental  delusion  or  hallucina- 
tion ? 

If  infidelity  is  a  disease,  then  it  is  acute 
-and  chronic,  endemic  and  epidemic, 
and  veiy  frequently  contagious.  The 
■causes are  various;  but  not  unfi'equently 
pei-sons  meeting  with  church  troubles 
become  separated,  if  not  in  fact  then 
in  sympathy  from  the  body.  Such 
-characters are  to  be  compared  to  a  meteor 
in  space  attracted  by  nothing  else,  it 
gi'iivitates  first  slowly,  then  moreraiiid- 
]y,  and  finally  with  the  greatest  velocity 
strikes  the  center  of  attraction  in  the 
solar  system.  So  with  the  individual 
who  is  deprived  of  religious  society,  he 
M-ill  eventually  land  in  a  moral  hell,  un- 
ities atti'acted  as  lie  passes  some  religious 
body  or  planet. 

That  kind  of  unbelief  wliich  is  con- 
tagious and  epidemic  is  only  met  with 
in  times  of  great  moral  commotion , 
and  among  the  people  more  than  oue 
hundred  years  ago,  those  belonging  to 
tlie  Amei'ican  colonies  became  restless 
and  the  spirit  of  insubordination  had  full 
sway,  not  only  in  this  country,  but  in 
Frauee  and  other  parts  of  tlie  world.  A 
very  small  tax  on  tea  was  grasped  as  a 


pretext  and  revolt  against  the  king  caus- 
ing eight  years  of  revolution.  Paine  the 
son  of  a  Quaker  who  had  endeared  him- 
self to  the  Americans,  went  to  France 
in  time  to  fiud  a  woi-se  state  of  society, 
here  he  witnessed  the  evils  of  priest- 
craft. The  constant  excitement  as  a  po- 
litical writer  in  America  dilated  and 
distorted  his  ideas  to  an  abnormal  degi'ee ; 
it  was  while  intoxicated  with  this  spirit, 
and  while  a  political  prisoner  without  a 
Bible,  at  band  that  he  wrote  a  portion 
of  his  work  against  the  ])riests,  and  what 
he  supposed  to  be  their  religion  and  his 
"  Age  of  Reason,"  is  one  relic  of  his  pro 
ductions  during  the  political  cyclone 
through  which  he  passed. 

A  hundred  years  have  passed  and 
what  do  we  see?  History  will  yet  re- 
cord the  events  of  the  last  few  yeai-s  as 
the  most  remarkable  of  any  period  known 
to  the  world — the  spirit  of  communism 
radiating  from  Parisin  1870,  has  spread 
all  over  the  world,  the  cry  is  notj  down 
with  the  king,  but  down  with  the  cap- 
ital and  the  capitalist — cities  and  cor- 
porations are  threatened  with  the  torch, 
insubordination  is  rampant  everywhere, 
business  has  become  prostrated  and  the 
supposed  rich  men  are  discovered  to  bi 
poor.  The  honest  officials  are  proven  to 
be  corrupt,  those  standing  high  in  the 
church  have  debarred  themselves  by  gross 
immoralities — our  whole  financial  sys' 
tem  has  been  rotten,  and  men  mistrust 
and  fear  each  other.  "While  the  Moody's 
of  Christendom  are  converting  infidels, 
the  Ingei-sol  of  America  and  Bradlauglis 
of  Europe  are  spreading  their  contagion 
among  Christians— surely  men's  hearts 
fail  them.  How  long  this  condition  of 
society  shall  continue  no  one  can  say,  but 
when  the  clouds  are  dispersed,  and  the 
dead  buried,  then  it  is  time  to  give  at' 
tention  to  the  disabled,  and  Christ's 
method  of  teaching  should  be  adopted, 
when  He  says,  "  He  that  provideth  not 
for  his  own  household  is  worse  than  an 
infidel."  It  would  seem  that  this  class 
of  people  is  not  considered  hopeless. 
Here  improvidence  is  a  greater  sin  than 
infidelity.  AVhen  Christ  drove  the  mon- 
ey changers  out  of  the  temple  He  han- 
dled them  rather  roughly,;  they  doubt- 
less were  considered  among  the  most  pi- 
ous of  the  Jews,  who  have  ever  counted 
acquisitiveness  a  virtue.  "What  a  con- 
trast in  His  treatment  of  Zaccheus  the 
skeptic,  he  was  a  man  for  his  work.  So 
with  many  skeptics  of  this  generation, 
kind  and  winning  words  are  more  effect- 
ual than  abuse  and  misrepresenation. 


PRIDE  AND  HUMILITY. 

liY  B.  F.  MISSLEH. 

ttTJEAR  ye,  and  give  ear;  be  not 
JJ-  proud:  for  the  Lord  hath  spok- 
en "  (Jer.  13:  15).  "Be  not  highmind- 
ed,  but  fear  "(Rom.  11:  20).  Pride 
and  humility  are  correlative  or  opposite 
terms;  and  the  Scriptures  as  forcibly 
condemns  the  one  as  they  commend  the 
other.  "  Pride  goethbeforedestruetion," 
and  "  before  honor  is  humility."  And 
again  it  is  said,  "  God  resisteth  the  proud, 
and  giveth  grace  to  the  humble."  The 
popular  teaching,  that  a  man  to  heaman 
nmst  possess  some  degi'ee  of  pride,  is  not 
sustamed  by  the  Word.  With  the  same 
logic,  as  well  contend  that,  to  be  a  man, 
he  must  be  intemperate  to  some  degi-ee. 
For  iniemjwrunce  bears  the  same  relation 
to  teiapeirmice^  or  sobrietj'  that  pride 
bears  to  humility.  They  are  both  de- 
fined as  excesses ;  the  term  intemperance 
not  being  applicable  to  the  n.'ie  of  any- 
thing until  the  point  of  excess  is  reached, 
neither  the  term  pride  until  the  point  of 


inordinate  self-esteem  is  reached.  Henci 
we  contend  that  "  Every  one  that  i 
proud  at  heart  is  an  abomination  to  the 
Lord."  Humility  is  an  essential  trait  of 
the  Christian  character. 

The  i)ious  of  every  age,  patriarchs  and 
projihpts,  apiistles  ami  t ■  van gf lists,  in 
walk  anil  pr^c.-pt,  .'ittt^-t  tii.^  truth  of  it. 
The  JIast.-r  llliiis..-lf  in  His  grandest  ef- 
forts taught  the  importance  of  it,  for  it 
was  His  greatest  theme.  Witness  Him 
calling  the  chosen  from  the  lowest  walks 
of  life;  making  Himself  of  no  reputa 
tion  by  forbidding  His  disciples  to  tell 
His  fame  abroad;  showing  them  in  the 
example  of  a  little  child  what  it  cost  to 
attain  to  honor  in  the  kingdom  of  heav 
en;  and  finally  bowing  down  to  the  low 
est  degi'ee  of  humility  ami  grasping,  as 
it  were,  in  one  embrace,  the  extreme 
height  and  depth  of  glory  and  humili 
tion.  He  ascends  to  the  right  hand  of 
"  the  majesty  on  high,"  leaving  the  foot- 
prints in  the  valley  of  humiliation,  and 
signifying  thereby  that  we,  too,  must 
tread  the  self-same  road. 

Pride,  on  the  other  hand,  is  a  trait  of 
the  uuregenerate;  for  it  cannot  dwell  in 
the  heart  of  the  Christian.  It  is  the  sin 
ner's  vital  spirit,  the  main  spring  of  his 
actions.  Acknowledgins;  no  God;  but 
the  gratification  of  his  carnal  appetite, 
he  bows  at  every  shrine  that  promises 
perishingwealth  or  worldly  honor.  Pride 
wasS.itan's  condemnation — ^the  weapon 
of  his  suicidal  action  when  he  fell  from 
his  exalted  position.  He  therefore  knows 
its  power,  and  knows,  that  if  it  could 
drag  angels  down  to  hell,  how  much 
more  eflectually  it  can  be  used  to  hunt 
down  a  weak  and  already  fallen  race. 
Hence  he  is 'so  eager  to  plant  the  seeds  of 
highmindedness, '  early  in  the  hearts  of 
the  children  of  men  and  make  that  the 
leading  motive  of  their  lives,  that  it 
may  so  eflectually  occupy  the  ground  of 
the  mind  as  to  exclude  the  "  good  seed ' 
and  drag  his  victims  down  to  the  abodi 
of  demons  and  sijirits  damned. 

A  careful  obsei-ver  would  probably 
attribute  the  evils  of  the  day  to  many 
causes  and  rightly  too.  But  the  most 
fy'xjhtfiif  sou'i-ce  of  evil  is^Wtf*;.  It  is 
as  some  one  sa\di,^^  first -hcgoUen  of  the 
devil  and  was  implanted  in  the  heart  of 
our  ancient  mother  while  -she  was  look- 
ing upon  that  fascinating  t/i-ee  and  listen- 
ing t-o  the  unhallowed  suggestions  and 
false  reasonings  of  Satan.  Her  mind  be- 
coming -inflated  with  the  idea  of  becom- 
ing a  goddess  iii  wisdom,  she,  no  doubt, 
adopted  the  devil's  subterfuge  that, 
"  Whatever  is,  is  right,"  and  reasoning 
from  such  premises,  she  probably  con- 
cluded that  as  the  Lord  had  made  the 
fi'uit  good  to  the  taste  and  pleasant  to 
the  eye,  and  had  placed  it  in  such  a  con- 
spicuous i^lace,  he  intended  it  for  enjoy- 
ment. Having  silenced  her  conscience, 
she  raised  her  haud  and  plucked  the 
fruit.  The  rankling  poison  shot  through 
her  moral  system  and  brought  shame  and 
woe  upon  hei-self  and  the  myriads  of  her 
offspring. 

"Why  is  there  such  an  array  of  oppo- 
sition to  the  plain  teachings  of  the  Bi- 
ble? Wliy  are  the  Scriptures  so  crimi- 
nally T\Tested  fi'om  their  true  meaning 
and  made  to  bend  to  the  whims  and  car- 
nal inclinations  of  so  many  of  the^wo- 
fessed  followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly 
Jesus?  Vf\iy  is  infidelity  raising  her 
ulcerous  form  and  swelling  her  blasphe- 
mous ranks  daily,  yea  hourly,  with  re 
emits  fi'om  the  rising  generation  ?  Ai'e 
there  not  some  of  the  same  causes  work- 
ing to-day  that  operated  eighteen  hun- 
dred years  ago?  Does  Satan  lay  aside 
a  weapon  because  ithas  become  old  with 
using?     Nay,  verily.     The  blessed  Mas- 


ter came  to  His  own  and  His  own  receiv- 
ed Him  not,  because  He  came  not  in  that 
pom])  and  splendor  so  congenial  to  the 
highminded  Jews.  And  when  convinc- 
ed of  His  Messiahship,  many,  like  the 
young  man  whom  Jesus  loved,  turned 
away  from  Him  when  they  heard  that 
"  humiliiy  was  the  price  of  ghrg.""  Mul- 
titudes procrastinate  tlieirtime  to-day  by 
hstening  to  the  wiles  of  Satan  which  he 
plays  upon  their  proud  hearts — magni- 
fying every  sacrifice  to  double  proportions 
through  the  instumentality  of  pride.  So, 
that  instead  of  falling  iu  with  the  chil- 
dren of  God,  they  turn  away  "  sorrow- 
ing," and  openly  oppose  the  message  of 
truth  or  flee  to  some  faith  in  which  the 
valley  of  humility  is  bridged  over. 
Many  churches  have  filled  up  that  val- 
ley which  abound  with  so  many  blessed 
promises  by  changing  or  discontinuing 
the  ordinances  of  the  house  of  God,  and 
rejecting  the  doctrine  of  non- conformity. 
Such  churches  have  become  leprous  with 
sin  and  spotted  with  the  world.  Infidels 
point  to  them  as  the  cro\vning  argument 
of  the  falsity  of  Christianity.  The  Chris- 
tian world  stands  shocked,  and  tlie  faith 
of  many  is  shaken  by  the  impious  con- 
duct of  leading  professors  of  all  church- 
es. Enslaved  by  fashion  and  being 
"  lovers  of  pleasure,"  they  seek  the 
haunts  of  wickedness  to  gratify  the  "lust 
of  the  flesh,  the  lust  of  the  eye  and  the 
pride  of  life." 

Many  again,  bring  the  standard  of 
Christianity  so  low  that  they  can  the 
more  easily  di-aw  in  the  multitudes  and 
swell  their  membership,  and  thus  gratify 
the  spiritual  pride  of  those  who  care  less 
for  souls  than  for  imposing  edifices  and 
thronged  congregations.  Aud  wliy  all 
this?  Yea,  and  more!  WTiat  gnawing 
canker  lias  eaten  to  the  hearts  of  many 
of  the  old  church  organizations  through- 
out the  world,  and  made  them  wither  as 
under  some  blighting  cui-se,  so  that  they 
now  stand  only  as  monuments  of  human 
folly,  or  perhaps,  are  bearing  and  shed- 
ding the  deadly  fruits  of  blasphemy  to 
the  destruction  of  many  precious  souls? 
What  is  it  that  renders  it  impossible  to 
recoguize  many  professors  in  society,  on 
the  street  or  even  in  the  sacred  asseinbly, 
unless  it  be,  perhaps,  by  their  mocking 
efforts  to  have  the  world  believe  that 
they  have  a  shining  light  somewhere  by 
lifting  the  bu-shel  a  little,  or  throwing  a 
few  chips  into  the  fire  upon  the  hill  on 
Sabbath  days,  and  on  Monday  morning 
kicking  them  far  down  in  the  valley  that 
the  burning  and  smoking  faggots  may 
not  interfere  with  the  carnal  pursuits  of 
the  meek? 

Go  yonder  and  read  the  answer  to 
these  questions  in  those  gaudy  edifices, 
with  their  lofty  pinnacles,  their  flashy 
trappings,  their  gorgeous  pulpit  and 
five -thousand -a- year  occupants.  Read 
it  in  the  rustling  silks,  tiie  downy  plumes 
and  the  jeweled  bosoms  that  gather 
around  their  polluted  altars.  Head  it  in 
the  unhallowed  walk,  the  haughty  bear- 
ing and  the  inordinate  ambition  of  the 
ministi'y  and  the  laity.  Ho,  read  ye,  as 
ye  I'un !  l^^or  it  is  written  all  over,  ^vith- 
in  and  without,  with  the  devil's  own  pen : 
Died  of  highmindedness,  ambition  and 

"  But  fear,"  says  the  apostle.  Fear 
implies watchfulnessandan  unceasing  ef- 
fort to  subdue  all  selfishness  and  vanity. 
Not  by  becoming  indlfterent  to  all  the 
needs  of  the  body  and  mind,  and  there- 
by inducing  sloth  and  slovenliness  to  the 
shame  of  the  church;  but  by  a  proper 
comprehension  of  the  precept,  "  Be  not 
conformed  to  this  world,"  and  "  Let  us 
cleanse  oui'selves  from  all  fllthiness  of 
the  flesii   and   spirit."     We  should  find 


May  16. 


T-HE   BIHEXKCKEjNT   ^t   "vvork:. 


3 


our  true  relation  nnd  ilepemleuce  upon 
God  in  tlie  dust  of  rciientance,  and  then 
by  prayerful  vigilance,  maintain  that 
state  tlivough  the  grace  of  God  promised 
unto  U8.  Our  eyes  sball  then  see,  as  we 
are  seen.  Our  nothingness  will  then 
loom  up  as  a  gi-eat  something^  making 
us  to  feel  humble,  aliamefaced  and  de- 
pendent. Our  weaknesses  being  con- 
stantly before  our  eyes,  stimulate  us  to 
renewed  exertions  to  become  strong  in 
the  power  of  Christ,  and  withdraw  all 
dependence  upon  self,  and  the  things 
that  weigh  us  do\\'D.  Being  thus  buried 
in  Christ,  we  are  able  to  fight  the  battle 
of  the  Lord  to  a  triumphant  ending — 
save  our  souls  and  gain  the  end  of  our 
being. 


THE  UNGRATEFUL  MAN. 

IIY  .ICilIX  II.  PECK. 

rPllERE  was  a  certain  poor  man,  who 
■^  liad  a  very  rich  neighbor;  unlike 
most  rich  men,  this  neighbor  of  his  was 
very  good  and  kind;  so  much  sotbathe 
ivould  regularly  administer  to  the  wants 
of  this  poor  neighbor  of  his;  and  so  lib- 
eral and  profuse  was  he  in  his  adminis- 
trations that  the  poor  man  actually  gi-ew 
rich.  Unlike  the  rich  man  boM'ever,  tkis 
poor  man  OS  he  increased  in  riebes  also 
giew  selfish;  he  would  look  around  him 
and  see  othera  poor  like  be  onc^e  was,  and 
wonder  why  they  are  not  better  off;  he 
forgot  that  had  it  not  been  for  bis  gen- 
erous neighbor  he  would  not  be  where 
he  now  is;  be  even  went  as  far  as  to 
accuse  those  that  are  poor  of  being  so 
through  their  own  bad  management,  and 
to  attiibutehisaccumulation.sto  his  own 
smartness,  instead  of  thanking  his  benev- 
olent neighbor  for  wkat  he  had.  He 
was  naturally  avaiicious  and  began  to 
look  around  him  for  bargains,  and  he 
was  not  very  scrupulous  about  making 
jiist  bargains,  bis  main  object  was  to 
make  paying  bargains;  even  if  in  bis 
dealings  be  would  oppress  tbe  poor,  as 
long  as  he  did  not  make  himself  liable 
to  tbe  law,  be  claimed  that  he  was  doing 
a  square  and  uprigbt  business. 

He  would  employ  poor  men  to  labor 
for  him,  and  wlien  the  labor  was  done 
would  sit  up  half  a  night  trying  to  per- 
suade the  poor  laborer,  whose  wife  and 
children  were  dependent  on  the  labor 
of  his  bands  and  the  blessings  of  God 
for  support,  that  he  did  not  owe  him  as 
much  as  be  claimed.  Tbough  bis  rich 
neighbor. would  often  i-emind  him  bow 
be  helped  him  along,  and  point  out  to 
hiui  how  be  should  now  treat  other  poor, 
he  would  make  all  kinds  of  excuses,  and 
utterly  ignore  tbe  advice  of  his  good 
frifend.  He  would  not  even  loan  mon- 
ey to  a  poor  man  forfeai'be  might  break 
up  and  be  would  lose  it,  but  always 
had  money  to  loan  to  tbose  who  were 
rich  like  himself,  and  not  in  actual  need, 
but  simply  wanted  it  to  speculate  upon. 
He  professed  to  be  a  Cbi'lstian,  and  made 
long  prayei-s,  but  bi'otherly  lo^'e  was  not 
one  of  bismost  prominent  cbaracteristics; 
he  would  not  hesitate  to  rob  a  poor  man 
out  of  an  honest  contract  just  to  gratify 
one  of  bis  own  peculiar  whims,  and  per- 
haps replenish  bis  pocket  book  a  little. 
He  never  considered  it  bis  duty  to  pati'on- 
ize  a  brother  in  his  business  transactions, 
in  fact  he  preferred  to  deal  with  outsider's, 
because  he  could  take  the  advantage  of 
them  with  less  danger  of  being  exposed 
and  subjected  to  reproof.  He  was  al- 
ways needed  at  home  about  tbe  time  tbe 
brethren  began  to  talk  about  raising 
money  for  missionary  or  other  charitable 
puii3oses. 

He  had  a  great  deal  to  say  about  se- 
cret societies,  and  was  loud  in  his  denun- 


ciations of  ministei"3  of  the  Gospel  and 
othera  who  belong  t-o  secret  ordei-s,  it 
never  even  occurred  to  bira  that  be  is  ex- 
ercising a  greater  influence  over  others 
to  induce  them  to  join  these  orders  than 
any  preacher  ever  did  by  joining  him- 
self. It  just  takes  such  member's  as  he 
in  tbe  church  to  drive  tbe  poorer  ones 
to  tbe  sad  alternative  of  joining  secret 
societies,  in  tbe  hope  of  procuring  sup- 
jjort  for  their  widows  and  orphans  when 
they  have  passed  away. 

I  do  not  refer  to  any  particular  one  as 
representing  tbe  ungrateful  man  in  this 
narrative,  but  there  are  too  many  that 
would  fill  tbe  bill.  And  tothem  I  will 
say,  Jesus  Christ  is  your  rieli  neighbor, 
through  His  goodness  and  mercy  you 
bave  what  you  have ;  don't  forget  that 
the  earth  is  tbe  Lord's  and  the  fulness 
thereof,  and  the  time  is  coming  when 
you  will  have  to  answer  for  tbe  disposi- 
tion you  made  of  your  wealth ;  and 
please  don't  accuse  the  poor  of  being 
l>oor  through  their  o\\'n  liad  manage- 
ment, that  may  have  considerable  to  do 
with  it,  but  I  dare  say  most  people  do 
as  well  as  they  know  how,  but  all  can- 
not be  rich,  and  many  poor  people  miglit 
get  along  much  better  if  the  rich  were 
not  continually  keeping  them  down. 

And  you  who  bave  been  blessed  with 
this  world's  goods,  though  your  superior 
judgment  and  judicious  management 
may  have. bad  much  to  do  with  your 
prosperity,  for  God's  sake  do  not  attrR)- 
ute  it  wholly  to  this  cause,  but  stop  and 
refiect.  May  God  help  each  of  us  to  see 
ourselves  as  others  see  us,  and  learn  to 
know  that  unto  whom  much  is  given,  of 
him  will  much  be  required. 

RELIGIOUS   LIVING. 

ItY  J.  £.  FLOKY. 

TT  is  said  tbe  only  way  to  reach  some 
-'-  men's  hearts,  is  through  their  stom- 
ach ;  likewise  is  the  broad  road  and  wide 
gate  through  which  Satau  makes  his  way 
to  many  precious  souls.  The  outside  of 
the  platter  may  be  clean,  and  the  breath- 
ings of  the  soul  long,  solemn  aud  some- 
times while  the  stomach  is  full  of  rebell- 
ion and  tiansgressiou,  the  wardrobe  ami 
altar  many  have  every  appearance  and 
essential  becoming,  humility  and  genuine 
piety,  while  tbe  larder  and  table  are  full 
of  all  iniquity! 

Is  there  any  greater  sin  in  superfluity 
of  bodily  apparel  than  in  superfluity  of 
eating  and  drinking?  The  unwhole- 
some tit-bits,  pastry  and  condiments  of 
the  t.able,  stand  alongside  tbe  ribbons, 
feathers  and  fol-de-rols  worn  by  Miss 
Flora  McFlimsey. 

"  Every  disobedience  receives  a  just 
recompense  of  reward."  No  marvel 
then  if  to  disobey  tbe  laws  of  God  in 
eating  and  drinking,  one  has  to  endure 
punishment  in  way  of  sickness,  aches 
and  pains.  God  hath  given  laws  and 
requirements  necessary  for  the  growth 
and  health  of  the  body  as  well  as  for 
tbe  health  and  growth  of  our  spiritual 
natures.  To  disobey  in  either  ease  is  to 
•sin,  and  to  sin  is  to  die — in  part  or  total- 
ly. Intemperance  in  drinking  is  the 
theme  that  is  moving  the  world,  whilst 
intemperance  in  eating  lies  slumbering 
in  peace  and  quietness.  "  Be  temperate 
in  all  things,"  is  the  Alpha  and  Omega 
of  divine  Revelation.  AVitbout  this  text 
ingrafted  into  our  very  being — body, 
soul  and  spirit,  we  can  never  rise  to  the 
standard  of  true  morality  and  religion. 
To  be  temperate  in  all  things,  is  a  sul)- 
ject  requiring  our  most  sincere  and  ear- 
nest thoughts.  In  a  thorough  digest  of 
tbe  subject,  we  mil    notice  it  rightfully 


belongs  to  our  actions  and  motive-s  as 
well  as  our  eating  and  di-inking.  In- 
temperate desires  lead  us  into  tlie  most 
absurd  inconsistencies.  Such  aspreach- 
ing  temperance  and^rffc/rcf-Ti^intemper- 
ance,  talking  loudly  of  the  things  up- 
on the  body  that  are  highly  esteemed 
among  men,  hence  an  abomination  in  the 
sight  of  God,  and  at  the  same  time  pos- 
sess table  ware  and  ornaments  that  are 
"  highly  esteemed  among  men ;"  are  they 
any  less  abominable  in  the  sight  of  God? 
Think  of  it  you  who  spend  your  money 
(which  tbe  Lord  loaned  you)  forthegild- 
ed  ornaments  so  common  to  a  gay  and 
proud  world.  Better,  yea,  a  thousand 
times  better  spend  it  to  tbe  advancement 
of  Christ's  kingdom. 

Be  ye  temperate  in  all  things  and  thus 
fulfill  the  gi'eat  design  of  God  in  givini^ 
us  existence.  How  careful  many  are  of 
the  outward  adornment  of  tbe  body,  de- 
voting hours  of  care  and  thought  to  them, 
while  the  food  for  the  nourishment  and 
growth  of  tbe  temple  in  which  shoidd 
dwell  tbe  Holy  Spirit,  is  a  matter  of  but 
little  concern,  other  than  to  satisfy  the 
cravings  of  a  morbid  or  perverted  appe- 
tite. The  question  is  not,  will  this  or 
that  do  me  good,  but  it  is,  does  it  taste 
good?  Tiiste  is  the  governing  principle, 
most  generally,  in  what  we  shall  eat,  and 
what  we  shall  ^vear.  This  principle 
would  be  all  right,  if  our  tastes  were 
not  unnatui'al  or  contrary  to  God's  Laws. 
Taste  for'what  we  should  ^vear,  is  after 
tbe  outgrowth  of  a  sin-polluted  mind. 
Rules  necessary  to  our  health  and  com- 
fort are  ignored.  So  it  is  with  taste  for 
food  and  drink.  Not  being  satisfied 
with  the  dictates  of  simplicity  in  na- 
ture's laws  and  provisions,  we  are  inclin- 
ed to  be  led  and  governed  by  the  adul- 
terations of  men — virtually  acknowledg- 
ing that  men  are  superior  to  God  in  pro- 
viding for  the  wants  of  humanity,  so 
far  as  food  and  drink  ai-e  concerned.  Just 
as  it  is  with  those  who  are  not  satis- 
tied  with  tbe  simplicity  of  the  Gos- 
pel, but  clamor  for  a  better  religion — 
something  human  and  palatable  to  a  per- 
verted spiritual  appetite. 

We  hear  a  great  deal  about  religion 
in  business,  which  is  a  good  thing,  but 
we  want  to  have  a  theology  brought  to 
the  notice  of  all  men  that  -will  ingi-aft 
itself  into  what  we  shall  eat  and  what 
we  shall  drink,  and  what  we  shall  put 
on,  as  well  as  what  we  shall  do  in  busi- 
ness, and  how  we  shall  live  mentally, 

Tbe  Gospel  is  just  that  kind  of  a  re- 
ligion. Itlaystheaxat  tbe  root  of  the 
ti-ee.  It  was  not  hung  in  the  branches 
with  the  idej\  that  the  fruit  only  has  to 
be  transformed  ti'oiu  a  wild  fruit  to  a 
tame.  But  the  idea  is,  make  the  tree 
healthy  and  the  fi'uit  will  be  correspond- 
ingly healthy. 

The  soul  cannot  make  progress  in  di- 
vine life,  while  the  body  is  a  daily  sac- 
rifice to  sin  and  inordinate  desires.  AVhat ! 
expect  tbe  Holy  Spirit  to  bave  free  in- 
tercourse with  God,  while  it  is  hamper- 
ed on  every  side  by  the  clanking  chains 
of  carnal  propensities  reveling  in  all 
manner  of  sensual  pleasures?  No!  never. 
Give  tone  and  temper  to  tbe  body  accord- 
ing to  the  requirements  of  religious  liv- 
ing, and  see  how  harmoniously  will  ev- 
ery incentive  of  tbe  whole  being  har- 
monize with  tbe  "inner  man,"  then  there 
will  be  fear  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 


BEHIND  TIME. 

KY  .r.  M.  IUb£.S-OUR. 

rpiME  is  a  measured  portion  of  dura- 
-'-  tion.  It  is  divided  into  hours,  min- 
utes, seconds,  and  on  up  to  centuries. 
It  is  always   passing    away   before  you 


have  time  to  think  it  is  gone.  Deai- 
readt-r,  did  you  ev.-f  think  how  fast  it  is 
hurrying  you  uu  to  your  (injU  end,  and 
did  you  never  think  that  you  sometimes 
get  behind  it,  or  that  you  are  not  up  to. 
time?  Yes,  such  is  very  often  the  case- 
Let  us  illustrate:  "A  railroad  train  was 
rushing  along  at  almost  lightning  speed. 
A  curve  was  just  ahead,  beyond  which 
was  a  station,  where  two  trains  usually 
met.  The  conductor  was  late,  so  late 
that  the  period  during  which  the  up- 
train  was  to  wait  had  nearly  elapsed ; 
but  be  hoped  yet  to  pass  tbe  curve  safe- 
ly. Suddenly  a  locomotive  dashed  into 
sight  right  ahead.  In  an  instant  there 
was  a  collision.  A  shriek,  a  shock  and 
numbers  of  human  souls  were  in  eterni- 
ty; aud  all  because  an  engineer  was  he- 
hind  time.''''  Just  so  it  is  with  all  of  us 
through  the  journey  of  life;  we  are  con- 
tinually getting  behind  time.  It  is  nat- 
ural for  man,  to  be  looking  into  the  fu- 
ture for  a  more  convenient '  time  to  ac- 
complish what  lie  might  do  at  the  pres- 
ent; hence  be  is  sometimes  behind  time. 
It  is  the  same  way  in  a  spiritual  point 
of  view.  We  put  oft'  serving  Christ 
from  time  to  time  until  it  is  too  lab-, 
and  we  are  hchimd  time;  behind  so  far 
that  we  are  forever  lost. 

O  sinner,  do  not  delay  any  longer,  but 
arouse  from  that  lethargic  sleep  aud  come 
to  the  Savioi  *and  find  peace  to  your  soul ; 
for  "  He  is  able  to  save,  and  willing  to 
deliver,  and  that  to  the  uttermost."  Do 
not  put  it  off  until  you  are  upon  the  bed 
of  affliction,  then  you  will  realize  when 
it  is  too  late  that  you  are  behind  time 
and  forever  lost.  Do  not  delay,  for  now 
is  the  accepted  time !  God  will  accept 
thee  now;  He  nowhere  promised  to  ac- 
cept thee  to-morrow.  Think,  O,  think 
of  thy  soul  and  its  value ;  think  of  Je- 
hovah and  His  love ;  think  of  Christ  aud 
His  precious  blood ;  think  of  heaven  and 
its  eternal  blessedness;  of  bell  and  its 
terrible  torments!  Upon  tliy  present 
conduct  rests  thy  eternal  destiny.  What 
art  thou  sowing?  What  art  thou  work- 
ing? "What  art  thou  treasuring  up?  Let 
conscience  answer.  Think  of  the  past 
aud  all  its  guilt^-of  the  future,  and  ite 
uncertainty — of  the  present  as  thine. 
Now  is  the  day  of  salvation ;  now  thou 
mayest  wash  away  thy  sins,  calling  on 
tbe  name  of  the  Lord,  inspire  anew  life,, 
njoice  in  the  glorious  hope,  enroll  your 
name  among  the  children  of  God,  and 
become  a  glorious  citizen  of  immortality 
in  heaven.  Do  not  delay,  for  tbe  houra 
are  (|uickly  passing.  Improve  the  pres- 
ent. Now  is  the  accepted  time.  The- 
Gospel  car  is  starting,  step  on  before  it 
is  everlastingly  *'  too  late,"  and  improve 
"  a  moment  you  may  wish  when  worlds, 
want  wealth  to  buy." 


THE  SOULS  REST. 

"VrOU  want  contentment,  and  youwanfc 
-'-  rest.  You  want  something  to  fill 
you  and  make  you  feel  that  it  is  well 
with  you.  Sloney  won't  do  it;  praise 
from  friends  won't  do  it;  high  standing 
won't  do  it.  There  will  be  a  turning  and 
sickening  of  the  soul,  aud  if  you  do  not 
feel  it  this  moment  it  ivill  come.  It 
stands  to  the  law  of  truth  that  men 
made  like  God  cannot  be  satisfied  with 
less  than  God.  And  at  every  heart  of 
the.  poorest  man  and  the  richest  man,. 
God  isstanding  knocking  and  asking  to 
le  taken  in,  that  it  may  he  well  with 
them,  so  that  the  child  of  tbe  Divine 
hall  be  made  glorious  by  the  Divine, 
thatthe  child  of  the  Father  may  become^ 
thiougbout  the  world,  the  sharer  of  the 
glory  of  tbe  Most  High.  What  a 
sclieme  of  salvation?  Less  than  this 
Mill  not  do.  Less  than  this  will  nut 
call   you  to  glory. 


TX-TE    BTlETHl?EjSr    ^VT    AVOKK. 


May    16- 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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Brother  E.  L.  Yoder  snys:  "Elder  George 
Irvin  is  confined  to  bis  home  iit  present,  waiting 
on  his  sick  wife  and  daughter.  The  Lord  be 
present  n-ith  them  in  their  affliction  as  well  as 
with  all  others  who  are  similarly  afflicted,  As 
a  church  we  are  prospering  and  feel  tlnit  the 
Lord  is  with  us." 


ury  lahors  nn.lor  tlic  .lifcctions  of  the  Northern  '  ^'^^'*^'«n^-  It  is  sf^itcil  that  secret  committees 
District  ol"  Illinois,  fur  it  i?  cerfain  that  he  is  '<  ^^^  "^  work  at  Damiisens,  Boyroot  and  Jemsa- 
wcll  ailapted   to  that  kind  of  work,   and  one  }  ^^'"i  ^^^  *l"i'^  ^^^if  object  is  tlie  annexation  of 


continued  effort  in  u  misiion  field  will  ac- 
complish vastly  more  than  the  popular  idea  of 
coutiuuiilly  changing  preachere  to  suit  the  peo- 
ple. When  we  find  a  man  is  arhiptcd  lo  a  cer- 
tain kind  of  useful  work,  it  is  wisdom,  to  keep 
him  at  it,  

THE  WEITTEN  DISCUSSION". 

WE  are  now  pretty  certain  that  the  written 
discii.ssion  between  brother  Stein  and 
Dr.  Ray  will  come  off.  A  few  more  prelimina- 
ries to  be  ari'anged  yet,  and  tlien  it  will  com- 
mence. It  irill  likely  continue  thronghthe  en- 
tire year,  there  being  hut  one  sprsech  each  week. 
The  entire  discussion,  that  is,  both  sides — will 
he  published  intljcBRKTiinENAT  WoitKand  the 
Bfip/hl  DiiUlc  Flttfj,  brother  Stein's  nrticle  one 
week  and  Hay's  reply  the  next.  The  discussion 
ivill  evidently  be  an  interesting  one  and  the 
Baptist  claims  thoroughly  examined.  By  this 
arrangement  brother  Stein  will  be  able  to  reach 
a  host  of  Baptist  rendci-s  through  the  Baptist 
paper,  and  our  members  get  the  benefit  of  his 
careftil  researches  and  arguments.  No  member 
in  the  church,  we  think,  can  afford  to  be  with- 
out the  Brkthuen  at  Work  while  this  discuss- 
ion is  going  on. 


It  is  said  that  a  large  number  of  pulpit-s  are 
now  vacant  within  a  hundred  miles  of  Ohicngo. 
This  shows  the  result  of  tlic  non-working  min- 
isterial system.  Men  who  liave  to  preach  but 
once  or  twice  a  week  would  derive  much  benefit 
from  some  useful  employment,  and  then  it 
would  relieve  a  heavily  taxed  people  from  a  se- 
vere b\irden.  _ 

Brother  Christensen  and  wife,  from  Den- 
mark, reached  Lanark,  May  6tli.  He  cannot 
talk  English,  though  ho  can  write  it,  hence  wo 
ha\-e  to  do  our  talking  with  pencil  and  paper. 
He  is  a  good  book-binder,  and  is  working  at  his 
trade  here,  and  can  accommodate  those  who 
have  anything  to  bedoneiuhisline.  His  work 
is  \\A\  ami  neatly  done.  He  seems  well  posted 
on  the  Brethren's  doctrine,  and  is  in  full  faith 
with  oui-  people. 


We  learn  that  the  con teni plated  discussion 
hetweed  Bro.  Bashor  and  the  Lutheran  minister 
of  Waynesboro  has  now  fallen  through  with, 
the  Lutheran  refusing  to  atfirni  propositions  in- 
volving his  own  practice.  He  seems  to  lack 
confidence  in  his  avn\  doctrine,  especially  on 
baptism,  as  that  was  the  subject  that  he  refused 
to  affirm  a  proposition  on.  His  articles  in  the 
Waijiieshoro  Record  do  not  display  that  fairness 
that  one  man  should  manifest  toward  another. 


SoUE  one,  who  fails  to  give  his  name,  has  sent 
in  a  query,  asking  what  ought  to  be  done  with 
a  brother  who  fails  to  take  his  wife  to  meeting, 
and  yet  can  always  find  a  team  and  time  to  go 
to  other  places?  We  do  not,  as  a  rule,  notice 
(|ueries  unles  accompanied  by  the  sender's  ni 
and  then  in  regard  to  questions  of  this  kind  the 
^visdom  of  any  well  trained  congregation  is  suf- 
ficient to  guarantee  a  Gospel  decision  upon  theii- 
part.  It  is  well  to  see  that  memhei-s  walk  or- 
derly before  the  world,  letting  their  light  shine 
in  a  becoming  manner. 


FEATHEHS  VS.  HISTORY. 

^i  A  N  Baptist  history,  Ray  was  driven  to  the 
\j  wall;  and,  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  day's 
discussion,  declared  that  he  would  not  give  a 
feather  for  the  evidence  of  such  historians  as 
Orchard,  Judson  and  Hobinson," 

So  reports  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Dnnkard 
paper,  who  attended  the  debate  hrtween  Bro. 
Ray  and  Mr.  Stein,  who  Wiis,  a  fftw  years  ago,  a 
Baptist  minister  of  the  Cold  AVater  Association 
of  Mississippi.  AVe  do  not  believe  Bro.  Ray 
ever  disparaged  those  histories.  If  they  are  val- 
ueless, what  is  his  own  worth? — The  Jinpiisi. 

Mr.  Moore's  statement  is  withoutfoundatiou. 
He  was  evidently  so  excited  that  he  could  not 
report  correctly.— .B«j)((s(  Bailie  Flay. 

If  any  body,  was  excited  it  was  Mr.  Ray  when 
ho  made  the  assertion.  We  were  careful  in  tak- 
ing it  down,  as  we  thought  he  would  one  day 
wimt  to  deny  it.  Excitouieut,  when  in  public, 
is  something  that  we  know  very  little  about. 
The  gentleman  should  not  judge  others  by  him- 
ielf.  But  as  the  written  discussion  is  to  come 
off,  we  will  see  how  he  gets  along  with  his 
"  Baptist  Martyi-s,"  who  practiced  trine  inimer- 
;  would  not  go  to  war,  nor  take  oaths.  He 
may  have  to  apologi/e  ibr  them  yet,  nr  more, 
perhaps,  for  his  own  church.  j.  h.  si. 


CAUTION  TO  FATHERS. 


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Er,DER  J.  H.  Waggoner,  an  Adventist,  in  a 
ries  of  articles  published  iu  one  of  our  es- 
auges,  is  fcryijjg  his  hiuid  on  history  and  trine 
immersion.  We  wonder  il  he  will  agree  with 
Miles  Grant,  another  Adventist,  who  concluded 
that  trine  imuieraiqn  was  invented  by  Marccitfn, 
about  thirty  yeai-s  after  the  close  of  the  Apos- 
tolic age?  The  subject  is  just  now  receiving  a 
good  deal  of  attention  among  the  learned,  and 
will  libelybepretty  thoroughly  discussed  during 
the  next  few  year^.  Single  immei'sionists  are 
working  hard  to  find  nn  instance  of  single  im- 
mei-sion  beyond  the  time  of  Eunomius.  So  far 
their  efforts  have  proved  fruitless. 


The  Gontial  Illinois  Mission  field  is  becoming 
quite  interesting  The  efforts  made  there  have, 
so  far,  resulted  qinte  encouragingly,  and  ivc  be- 
lieve will  be  moie  so  if  the  work  is  properly 
coiitiiiued.  We  much  regret  that  there  are 
prohnhililic*  of  brother  Hillerj-  leaving  the  field 
and  going  to  other  parts,  for  it  is  evident  that 
he  has  worked  hard  and  done  a  good  work,  that 
if  kept  moving,  may  result  in  the  building  up 
of  several  large  and  llourishiug  eongiegutions 


A  WRITER  t*lli  of  a  cool-he.ided  father 
wasoneday  clir 


who 
ihiug  a  dangerous  precipice, 
and  when  he  had  reached  one  specially  perilous 
point,  h.is  heart  grew  cold  when  he  lieai-d  from 
below  the  voice  of  liis  little  sou,  and  looking 
down,  saw  the  little  fellow  clambering  along  the 
same  path.  The  jjurpose  wliicb  was  leading 
him  up  that  rugged  cliff"  was  not  so  important 
as  the  liic  of  his  son,  luid  he  promptly  retraced 
his  steps,  and  his  heart  did  not  cense  to  throb 
with  alarm  until  he  had  led  his  little  one  back 
to  a  place  of  safety. 

How  many  parents  arc  there  to-day  who 
traveling  dangerous  roads,  and  their  children 
following  closely  in  their  footsteps.  We  would 
to  God  that  they  pause  a  few  moments  and  be- 
hold the  dangei-s  to  which  they,  by  bad  examples, 
are  subjecting  their  offspring.  Could  each  fath- 
er remomberthat  the  footsteps  of  their  boys  ore 
just  behind  them,  how  many  a  sinful  habit 
would  be  forsaken,  and  how'  much  better  it 
would  he  fiM"  the  rising  generation. 


Syria  to  Egypt." 

Should  this  contemplated  change  take  place, 
the  land  of  Palestine  \\-iIl,  in   all   probability, 

fall  into  the  hands  of  England,  and  tin 
to  the  Rothchilds  who  already  hold  heavy  mort- 
gages on  it.  This  once  accomplished,  the  land 
will  be  delivered  from  the  hands  of  the  Gcnfcili 
and  may  ttien  be  rei>ossessed  by  the  Jews.  At 
all  events,  the  contemplation  of  the  subject  as  a 
fulfillment  of  prophecy  is  interesting  and  prof- 
itable.   

FROM  JERUSALEM. 

WE  clip  the  following  from  the  Jewish  Times, 
showing  the  present  and  painful  condi- 
tion of  things  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem: 

"  Horr  Luncz,  underdateof  March lith, gives 
a  most  deplorable  account  of  the  ravages  made 
by  the  scarcity,  iilmosl  amounting  to  famine, 
among  the  poor.  Tbere  has  been  no  rain,  he 
writes,  for  the  Inst  three  weeks.  T!ie  roads  are 
dry,  yet  no  provisions  come  in.  Cereals  are  still 
rising  m  puce,  ind  there  is  now  no  chance  of  a 
fall  befoie  the  haivLst.  The  harvest,  however, 
it  is  expected,  mil  be  most  abundant.  Tbere 
WH3  lately  i  meeting  of  the  heads  of  the  Ashken- 
amn  of  alt  congregations  to  deliberate  on  the 
steps  to  be  taken  for  tlic  relief  of  the  poor.  ■  An 
appeal  was  issued  for  a  collection,  which  pro- 
duced about  IJ.OOO  piiistres.  Two  delegates 
were  then  sent  to  Jaffa  to  purchase  flour,  rice 
and  beans.  The  flour  will  be  to  the  poor  two 
piiLstors  under  price.  But  only  half  a  measure 
will  be  sold  per  head.  Now  tliat  the  port  of 
Odessa  is  again  open,  some  persons  who  can  af- 
ford to  bear  the  expenses  nill  go  to  that  town. 
Flaur  imported  from  Russia,  we  Icaru,  will  like- 
wise be  dear.  Altogether,  the  prospects  are 
most  distressing.     H^dp,  help  i.-^  wanting." 


/"PHE  coi  t  nml  commotion  among  Eosteni 
X  po  ai  I  1  ro  inces  indicate  a  coming 
eniptiou  of  some  k  nd  "  According  to  trust- 
worthy n  s  f  on  "ij  a,  although  no  insun-ec- 
tiouury  10  me  1 1  a>  broken  out,  much  excite- 
ment prevails  iu  the  principal  cities.  Assomhlies 
of  men  at  Dmnascus,  Alleppo,  and  Beyroot, 
have  protested  to  the  local  authorities  against 
the  signature  of  the  treaty  of  peace,  by  which 
all  Turkey  in  Europe 'is  lost;  and  the  Syrians 


THE  CHINA  FAMINE. 

THE  effects  of  the  famine  in  Northern  China 
are  increasing  to  an  alarming  extent.  Dr. 
Williams'  letter  to  the  Christian  Union  says: 
"Two  and  a  half  million  persons  requiring  re- 
lief; people  eafciug  the  sorghum  from  the  thatch 
of  their  houses,  and  others  slate-stone  from  the 
hill-sides;  still  others  digging  up  roots  nnd  strip- 
ping trees  of  their  bark  to  provide  tliemselves 
with  another  meal;  parents  selling  their  chil- 
dren to  eke  out  the  means  of  subsistence — these 
are  some  of  the  features  in  this  terrible  picture. 
In  the  single  city  of  Tsi-Nanfu  15,000  are  re- 
ported to  have  perished  from  hunger  and  disease, 
and  to  these  denths  must  be  added  others  from 
suicide,"  An  American  raissionary  in  Pekiu 
writes  to  the  Independent : 

The  accounts  from  the  Province  of  Shansi 
are  horrible  beyond  the  imagination  of  those 
who  in  distant  lands  only  hear  of  famine.  The 
stories  in  the  Books  of  Kings  about  the  famine 
are  realized  iu  that  province.  Children  boiled 
d  eaten  and  multitudes  dying  by  the  ^vay-side. 
One  of  our  church  meinbei-s  told  me  that  out  of 
ihout  seventy  families  in  his  village  thirty  peo- 
ple had  starved,  although  there  is  a  relief-yard 
within  a  few  miles,  where,  however,  they  have 
far  more  applications  than  they  have  accommo- 
dations—some  15,000,  it  is  said.  A  subscription 
has  been  taken  up  among  the  foreign  residents 
in  Tientsin  and  in  Pekingfortherelief  of  Shan- 
si, The  missionaries  are  making  toure — oi 
two  together — with  a  view  to  relief;  but  means 
are  wanting  to  carry  on  the  work." 


II  that  part  of  the  State.     It  is  therefore  hoped    express  their  iimhi I ity  to  support  the  heavy  ob- 

1:  '.  lie  may  be  induced  to  continue  his  mission- '  ligations  which  the  Porte  haa  assumed  to  the 


liUTHER  AND  TRINE  IMMERSION. 

Bi-olhcr  Mooye: — 

WHILE  holding  Rseries  of  meetings  in  Secor, 
Illinois,  I  met  ivith  an  e.x-Lutheran  of 
the  old  stamp,  but  now  a  Cainpbellite  preacher. 
He  had  read  your  pamphlet  on  Trine  Ininiersion 
Traced  to  the  Apostles,  and  said  he  believed  you 
told  a  falsehood  on  the  14th  page,  where  you 
quote  Luther's  instructions  how  to  baptize  a 
converted  Jewess.  He  said  he  had  read  Luther's 
works  and  that  was  not  iu  it.  Nowif  you  know 
which  of  his  works  it  is  in,  look  it  up,  and  let  us 
have  it.    Youra  for  the  truth.    Jas.  R.  Gish. 

REMARKS. 

The  gentleman  ie  not  very  well  posted. 
When  he  accuses  me  of  miting  a  falsehood  he 
needs  to  be  a  little  ciu'eful,  or  the  charge  may 
fall  back  onto  one  of  hjs  own  preachers,  as  the 
following  will  show: 

The  quotation  which  I  gave,   (us  found  in 


Quinter  and  ilct'onneU's  dclwlc,  p.  I2:"),  is  from 
Lnther's  works;  cd.  Wnlch,  Part  lU,  page  2(137. 
It  was  translated  tor  the  Disciples  by  C.  L.  Loos, 
one  of  the  leading  preachers  and  writers  of  the 
Campbellite  church.  If  there  is  anything  wrong 
about  the  passage,  it  lays  with  C.  L,  Loos,  a 
member  and  preacher  of  his  own  church,  and 
certainly  he  wdl  not  accuse  his  own  brother  nnd 
preacher  of  telling  a  falsehood.  The  passage  in' 
which  Luther  is  giving  directions  how  to  baptize 
n  converted  Jewess,  reads  as  follows: 

"  As  to  the  public  act  of  baptism,  let  her  be 
dressed  in  a  garment  usually  worn  by  females 
in  baths,  and  bo  phtced  in  a  bathing  tnb,  np  to 
the  neck  iu  water;  then  let  the  baptist  dip  her 
head  three  times  in  the  water,  with  the  usual 
words:  '  I  bai)tize  you  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er,' "  etc.    (Quinter  and  McConncll's  Debate, 

''■  ^"''*'  •  .1.  It.  M. 

THE   GOOD   EXAMPLE. 

fjlUE  commeinhible  conduct  of  Daniel  furnish- 
X  cs  a  noble  example  for  young  men,  and 
some  older  ones  too.  While  away  from  the  land 
of  his  nativity,  and  iu  a  strange  country  lie  did 
not  forget  his  religious  principles,  nor  his  good 
training  of  earlier  days.  He  was  carried  away 
captive,  and  placed  among  strangers.  He  was 
not  afraid  to  let  his  light  shine,  but  dared  to  do 
right  if  he  would  thereby  become  a  little  singu- 
lar. His  was  a  noble  character- his  conduct 
even  gained  the  esteem  of  those  who  were  at 
first  his  enemies. 

AVe  Would  that  all  professors  of  Chiistinnity 
were  as  true  to  their  religion  as  Daniel  was  to 
his,  and  show  by  their  daily  walk  that  they  are 
not  ashamed  of  their  religion.  Act  right,  be- 
cause it  is  right,  and  stand  up  for  the  self-denial 
principles  of  the  Gospel.  Be  bright  examples 
to  others,  and  by  chaste  conversation  nnd  up- 
right walk,  gain  the  esteem  of  all-around  you. 

Christians  ought  to  excel  the  world  in  that 
which  is  good  and  useful,  and  show  the  effect  of 
their  superior  religious  claims.  If  members 
have  the  reputation  of  superior  honesty,  benev- 
olence and  industry  in  any  community  they 
wield  nn  untold  amount  of  influence.  But  if, 
iu  these  respects,  they  are  grently  inferior  to 
those  around  them,  their  influence  is  small,  and 
there  is  no  likelihood  of  them  accomplishing 
much.  ChiTstians  ought  to  be  more  manly  than 
the  world — more  charitable,  and  show  a  greater 
zeal  for  their  Master's  cause  than  the  world  does 
for  worldly  interests.  They  should  be  more 
chaste  and  guarded  in  their  conversation,  and 
more  upright  in  their  dealings.  The  object  of 
their  religion  is  to  place  them  above  the  woHd, 
not  below  it.  A  true  Christiim  will  nlw.ays  bo 
better  than  the  world  in  that  which  is  to  elevate 
him  above  the  base  things  of  earth.  Let  Dan- 
iel, in  these  respects,  be  your  model,  and  dare  to 
do  right. 

BONNETS- 

THE  following  sensible  article  is  clipped  from 
one  of  our  exchanges,  and  was  written  by 
one  who  makes  no  pretensions  to  belonging  to 
a  church  that  advocates  plainness  in  dress,  yet 
there  are  members  belonging  to  a  church  pro- 
fessing plainness,  who  actually  are  opposed  to 
the  use  of  plain  bonnets  as  advocated  by  the  ar- 
ticle below.  If  it  should  become  fusliinuaiile  to 
wear  a  plain  Quaker  bonnet  to  meeting,  our 
people  will  have  no  more  trouble  about  fine  hats 
and  fashionable  bonnets  onsome  would-be  fash- 
ionable sisters.  It  n-ill  no  more  be  a  cross 
to  wear  a  plain,  neat  bonnet.  There  are  some 
strange  things  in  this: 

"  If  the  vast  sisterhood  of  New  England  wo- 
men should  speak  what  they  know,  a  large  ma- 
jority of  these  would  say  that  Sunday  bonnets 
have  given  them  more  pain  than  pleasure.  This 
would  be  the  testimony  of  many  who  live  in  the 
pursuit  of  pleasure  as  their  chief  good.  But 
what  is  true  in  the  case  of  tho.w  who  are  not 
Christians,  is  deplorable  in  the  cose  of  those  who 
are,  because  a  new  bonnet  is  one  of  the  agents 
which  the  devil  makes  nse  of  in  tuniing  Chris- 
tian women  aivay  from  the  light  and  joj'  and 
blessedness  of  communion  with  God,  into  the 
darkness  and  sorrow  and  cursedness  which  those 
who  depart  from  Him  must  encounter. 

Just  now  Spring  fashions  place  many  a  Chris- 
tian woman  in  a  condition  as  precarious  as  ivos 
that  of  the  strongest  man  when  Delilah  said  to 
him, 'The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Samson.' 
\nd  is  there  no  strength  or  skill  or  device  by 
.vliich  these  seven  green  withes  can  be  broken? 
\re  we  so  enslaved  Ihat  we  cannot  be  c 
pated? 


May    IG. 


TEtTC    3T?ETI-II?lL?^    ^VT    AVOEK:. 


Wv  would  not  tolerate-  soiled,  faded  or  iinsea- 
joiiiiblc  linta  in  the  Iiouso  of  God  on  His  day, 
Imf  auppose  that  tbo  Cliristinu  ivomcn  who,  in 
(liesc  times  of  refreshing  froui  the  presence  of 
the  Lord,  nre  sitting  tos^ther  in  heavenly  plnces 
in  Climt  Jesns,  should  adopt  a  fashion  uotveiy 
unlike  a  (Jtniker  bonnet? 
•  Let  this  be  done  from  Christian  principle  as  n 
means  of  benefiting  others  as  well  as  themselves. 

Uniformity  in  shape  does  not  necessarily  in- 
volve uniformity  in  color  or  texture,  and  Aire. 
Adrian  who-^e  moans  are  ample,  might  consult 
her  ]t references,  and  Mrs,  Ahrian  whose  means 
lire  not  ample  might  wear  such  as  she  could  af- 
ford without  looking  odd  or  old-fashioned,  or 
ieelint;  so,  so  long  ns  the  shape  of  her  bonnet  is 
ver3'  nearly  if  not  exactly  the  shnpe  of  the 
wcaltliy  Mrs.  Adrian's. 

Let  soine  one  shape  become  a  permanent  fash- 
ion, mid  Itonncts  will  be  vastly  more  comfortable, 
and  no  le^s  becoming  than  the  fluctuating  fash- 
ions Mint  are  the  occasion  of  so  much  disquiet- 
ude. In  ferreting  out  the  reason  why  so  many 
ivonien  of  mentsd  and  moral  worth  stay  away 
IVom  the  house  of  God,  we  find  it  closely  wrap- 
ped up  ami  hidden  iiwny  in  this  bonnet  question. 
If  it  is  true  that  'Women  may  as  well  be  oiitol 
thoH  Olid  ni  out  ol  the  fashion,' then  those  whose 
1  osition  in  the  commiinit\  gives  thorn  great  iu- 
Ihicnu,  uinuot  linl  to  see  that  on  them  rest 
niLat  ie«pon<ihilil'ie<>  These  women  who  are 
k(,pt  nnaj  from  the  house  of  God  need  the  bless- 
ings iihith  othei-*  find  there,  and  the  sooner 
Ihis  hindiance  is  taken  ont  of  the  way  the  bet- 


THE  NEW  MOVEMEITT. 

I  HAVE  before  me  au  eight  pnge  document, 
tvritten  and  published  by  James  Crystal, 
•ilting  forth  the  grounds  and  principles  of  the 
loformatory  movement  that  he  proposes  to  set 
riu  foot.  The  world  has  seen  many  reformers  of 
almost  every  grade  and  order,  yet  few  of  them 
have  taken  that  broad,  comprehensive  view  of 
i  he  world's  wants  that  should  characterize  all 
-irailar  movements. 

Among  other  things,  Mr.  Crystal  pi-oposes  to 
n-store  the  ancient  practice  of  trine  immersion, 
I  taiming  that  he  has  the  successioual  mode 
through  one  of  the  Eastern  Chiu-ches,  behav- 
ing formerly  been  a  member  of  the  church  of 
Enghmd,  whose  early  pi-actice  in  baptism  was 
the  dipping  of  the  candidate  three  times.  It  is 
<lue  Mr.  Crystal  to  say,  that  his  "  History  of  the 
Modes  of  Baptism  "  is  the  most  scholarly  work 
.\et  i>ublishcd  in  defense  of  the  primitive  prnc- 
fice,  and  has  been  the  means  of  sunplyingsome 
iifour  brethren  with  no  small  amount  of  aid  in 
■iipport  of  their  practice  in  baptism,  though  it, 
ill  our  estimation,  contains  some  erroneous  doc- 
irine — infant  baptism,  and  infant  communion — 
yet  as  a  treatise  on  trine  immersion,  it  is  valu- 
able. 

He  proposes  that  the  government  of  the  soci- 
i^ty  shall  he  episcopal — "  the  church  to  be  gov- 
orued  by  Synods  *  *  *  *  in  which  bishops 
alone  may  sit  and  vote."  "All  elders  and  dea- 
cons to  be  placed  and  removed  by  the  bishops 
alone,"  and  the  bishops  to  have  "supreme  con- 
Un]."  This  virtually  places  the  power  of  all 
lunch  government  in  the  hands  of  a  few  bisli- 
jts,  who  can  deal  out  liberties  as  their  inclina- 
tmus  may  dictate.  The  laity  to  be  the  next 
tiling  to  passive  save  the  footing  of  the  bill. 
They  can  have  no  say  so  as  to  who  shall  preach 
ior  them,  for  this  little  tract  says,  that  all  the 
ii|ipoiutmonts  are  to  be  made  by  the  bishops. 

The  laity  will  be  expected  to  be  at  all  the  ex- 
lienses  when  it  comes  to  holding  the  "Synods," 
liut  not  one  of  them  to  have  anythiifg  to  say, 
they  will  he  allowed  no  vote,  no  voice  in  the 
matter.  They  must,  in  all  things,  submit  to 
\rliat  a  few  bishops  may  have  to  say,  and  of 
rouj^e  if  the  bishops  become  corrupt,  and  intro- 
duce false  doctrine,  the  laity  nmsti  submit,  for 
they  have  no  power  nor  say  so  in  the  gover^- 
uient  of  the  church.  But  here  is  something 
iiiricjus: 

'■  There  will !« two  classes  of  members:  those 
'-'i'  the  firet  class  who  are  baptized,  and  arc  full 
iiii-mbei-3.  Those  of  the  second  who  favor  the 
uiovi-ment,  but  do  not  desire  to  become  full 
iiicnibera.  They  are  called  Well- wish ei-s,  and 
aiay  be  luenibevs  of  other  denominations,  or  of 
im  donominntion."  If  baptism  is  a  "saving 
lite  '■  (us  he  says  it  is),  wlmrc  is  the  salvation  of 
fliose  well-wishers?  Were  theft  "two  classes 
I  if  members"  in  the  Apostolic  church?  Who 
were  the  "■  well-wishers "  in  the  first  ceiitiiiy':' 


What  relation  do  they  susl;i!n  to  the  kiugdom? 
They  must  come  under  the  head  of  "  hike- warm" 
raembera— "neither  cold  nor  hot."  ,A  truly  pi- 
ous and  devoted  Christian  \vill  not  unite  with 
another  society  iis  a  well-wisher  or  anything  of 
the  kind;  it  requii'cs  a  luke-warra  pereon  for 
that  purpose. 

The  plan  proridos  that  no  minister  can 
"  spend  more  than  two  consecutive  years  in  any 
one  congregation."  and  he  is  to  bs  moved  be- 
fore the  congregation  gets  tired  of  him.  Our 
impression  is,  that  tho  longer  a  faithful  minister 
remains  with  a  congregation  tho  more  influence 
for  good  lie  will  have,  mid  if  he  is  not  a  faithful 
minister,  he  is  in  the  wrong  business.  This 
tiling  of  changing  preachers  every  yeai-,  is  as 
ruinous  to  religion  as  the  habit  of  changing 
teachers  is  detrimental  to  thecauseof  educntion. 
An  occasional  change  of  labor  maybe  advisable, 
but  achange  in  the  overseers  every  year  is  about 
as  logical  as  making  nchangcin  theheadof  the 
family  that  often.  In  the  ministry  should  be 
none  but  faithful  men,  who  are  able  to  teach 
others  also,  and  these  as  they  continue  to  reside 
with,  and  labor  for  a  congregation,  will  improve 
in  influence  and  usefulness.  The  theory  is  of 
modern  invention,  and  evidently  Unsustained  by 
either  the  New  Testament  or  great  Christiap 
antiquity.  Its  origin  is  human  and  its  tenden- 
cy e\il. 

The  project  further  provides  that  "All  bish- 
ops, eldei-s  and  deacons  must  have  full  liberty, 
without  interference  from  the  people,  to  fulfill 
the  command  of  Christ  to  baptixe  and  to  admiji- 
ister  all  the  other  rites  to  all  whom  they  deem 


fit." 

This  throws  nil  the  power  of  receiving  mem- 
here  into  the  church,  into  the  hands  of  a  few 
pllicials,  while  the  laity  can  have  no  say  so  in 

the  matter.  It  makes  no  difference  liow  well 
they  are  acquainted  with  the  applicant,  nor  how 
much  they  know  about  his  motives,  thej'  have 
no  say  so  in  it.  This  is  taking  the  power  out 
of  the  hands  of  the  people  and  putting  it  into 
the  hands  of  afew  officials,  thus  virtually  taking 
away  the  religious  liberties  and  privileges  he- 
longing  to  the  church  of  Christ. 

The  position  on  Feet-washing  seeras  rather 
loose:  "And  though  men  differ  as  to  the  per- 
manent obligatiou  of  Peet^washing  and  anoint- 
ing the  sick,  nevertheless  we  deem  it  safest  to 
retain  these  usages.  We  must  retain  them  for 
those  who  desire  to  observe  them,  though  we  do 
not  define  them."  The  reader  will  underetand 
that  the  washing  of  the  saint's  leet  is  retained 
for  III ose  irho  desire  io  observe  it.  Of  course 
when  they,  some  of  the  members,  cease  desir- 
ing to  observe  it,  it  will  he  unnecessary  to  re- 
tain it  in  the  church  any  longer.  This  is  the 
legitimate  conclusion. 

The  movement  is  intended  to  oppose  the  plain 
and  nuiform  garb  usually  worn  by  our  members, 
and  give  thein  full  liberty  to  drift  out  into  all 
the  foolish  aud  vaiu  fashions  of  acorrupt  world, 
laying  no  restraint  whatever. 

This  movement  provides  that  all  infants  shall 
he  baptized  and  ever  after  addressed  and  treated 
as  Christians — full  members  of  the  church,  and 
.Iso  to  partake  of  the  communion.  Nothing  is 
said  about  them  taking  part  in  tlie  Lord's  Sup- 
per and  the  washing  of  the  saint's  feet,  but  if 
fcct-woshing  Is  only  retained  in  the  church  for 
those  who  desire  it,  it  follows  that  it  is  not  for 
infants,  for  they  do  not  desire  it.  This  is  an- 
other anti-Gospel  practice,  unsustained  by  the 
f/ciier(d  practice  of  antiquity.  ,  The  AlpiBtles 
confined  their  baptizing  to  believers  only — such 
as  could  bring  forth  fruits  meet  for  repentance, 
and  infants  can, neither  believe  nor  repent. 
Christ  coniiuanded  that  the  bread  and  wine 
should  be  taken  in  miieinhraiicc  of  Him,  and 
how  infants  can  do  this  is  a  little  mysterious. 

Taking  Mr.  Crystal's  movement  all  in  all,  it 
leeuis  a  kind  of  a  lodging  place  about  half  way 
between  Cliristianity  and  the  world— it  is  a  lit^ 
tie  of  both,  and  perhaps  not  much  of  either.  It 
contains  just  about  enough  of  popular  religion 
to  make  it  take  well  among  certain  classes,  and 
not  enough  of  the  Bible  order  to  entitle  it  to 
much,  if  any  virtue.  We  thinli  itwillgainveiy 
little,  if  aiiy  respect  from  our  people,  and  per- 
haps not  much  from  othei-s.  As  for  the  good 
there  is  in  it,  wc  have  all  of  that  in  onr  church, 
while  the  erroi-s  can, ho  found  among  the  popu- 
denouii nations  of  the  day.  j.  H.  M. 


If  yon  prosper  in  business  do  not  boast  of  it 
to  your  IViends;  they  may  envy  you.    Letevery 

trust  in  God  and  keep  his  own  secrets. 


DAUGHTERS  PROPHESYING. 

Plctuc  cipVlin,  through  Iho  pupor,  Ihc  Scripture  found 
io  Acl»2;  IT,  18,  conoorning  llic  projiliisyingof  ilnugb- 
lers.    Also  reconeilo  what  Paul  snyj  in  1  Cor,  M;  3'1. 
S,  Drv'idacou, 

PROPHESYING  has  considerable  latitude  of 
meaning.  The  Greek  for  prophesying  is 
ProphiflfMsutisin,  from  Prophafeiia,  (present  in- 
dicative) defined,  "  fo  foretell  future  evenis; 
predict;  (o  sprnh-  from  /lir  Iwjirhc  of  divine  in- 
spiration." Wc  are  inclined  to  think  that  this 
last  meaning,  is  tho  one  lefen-od  to  by  the  apos- 
tle Paul. 

Wc  re.id  in  tho  Gospel  that  Philip,  the  evim- 
gelist,  had  Ibur  daughters  who  did  prophesy 
(being  virgins),  Acts  21:9.  But  the  apostle 
Paul  forbids  women  speaking  in  the  church 
1  Cor.  li:  34.  Now  then,  the  difficulty  seems 
to  be:  How  can  daughters  or  women,  prophesy 
without  speaking  in  the  chureh?  Some  take 
the  position  that  "  daiifflders  "  means  nnman-i- 
cd  iromcii.  Like  Philip's  virgins.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  the  term  daughters  does  refer  to  un- 
■ried  ivomon,  but  it  refcra  with  equal  propri- 
ety to  married  ones.  Women  are  as  much  the 
laughters  of  their  parents  after  marriage  as  they 
were  previously.  The  Prophet  expressly  says, 
their  sons  and  their  dmighters,  not  their  virgins, 
shall  prophesy;  and  the  apqstle  applies  it  to  the 
church.  Paul,  however,  admits  service  in  the 
church  by  Christian  women,  when  lie  says,  "  I 
commend  unto  yon  Phebc,  our  sister,  which  is  a 
mTiint  of  (he  ehureh  "  &c.(Rom.  16: 1).  Again, 
"Greet  Priscilla  and  Aquilla  my  helpers  m 
Christ  Jesus"  (Rom.  1():  3).  Here  the  apostle 
acknowledges  Priscilla  as  being  a  helper  m  Christ, 
as  well  as  Aquilla.  Again,  "  Greet  Mary,  who 
bestowed  much  Wwron  us  "(Rom.  16:6).  Un- 
to women  the  joyful  news  of  Christ's  resurrec- 
tion was  fii-st  mode  knoivu,  and  they  were  com- 
manded to  toll  it  to  the  apostles.  It  was  evident 
that  in  the  apostolic  age  of  the  church,  women 
took  an  active  part  in  the  local  afl'aii-s  of  the 
church  in  some  way  or  other,  or  perhaps  in 
rious  ways.  They  were  workers — helpers.  They 
prophesied. 

To  reconcile  Paul's  language,  where  he  for- 
bids women  speaking  in,  the  churches,  with  the 
privilege  daughters  have  to  prophesy,  it  is 
sary  to  nudei-stand  the  meaning  of  the  term 
chureh,  or  rather  Ecclesia.  The  Greek  for 
church,  means,  "  To  convoke  any  public  assem- 
bly, a  congregation:  a  Christian  assembly; 
church."  Hence,  Ecclesia  may  mean  an  assem- 
bly of  unbelievers,  as  well  as  believers,  or  a  mix- 
ed assembly  of  both;  this  is  doubtless  what  the 
apostle  had  in  view  in  forbidding  wo 
speak  in  the  church,  ('.  c,  in  those  large,  public 
assemblies  made  up  of  all  classes  of  people,  where 
women,  in  attempting  to  speak  in  all  probabili- 
ty would  have  been  disrespectfully  treated.  We, 
however,  use  the  term  Ecclesia  in  its  restricted 
sense.  In  fact  the  term  church,  is  but  one  of 
four  definitions  of  the  word  Ecclesia. 

We  do  not  conceive  that  the  apostle  forbids 
women  speaking  in  the  church  strictly,  i.  e.,  an 
assembly  of  believei-s  only.  If  so,  no  woman 
would  have  the  right  to  say  even  a  word  in 
church  council.  There  are  times  in  church 
council,  especially  in  things  pertaining  to  sistei-s, 
when  women  can  speak   more  advisably  than 

m.    Again,  in  a  great  many  places,  especially 

the  West  where  the  members  are  scattered 
about  in  little  groups,  aud  are  destitute  of  a 
minister,  sometimes  for  yeai^,  under  such  cir- 
cumstances it  would,  we  think,  be  right  for  such 
mcmbei-s  to  moot  in  a  religious  capacity,  read, 
sing,  pray,  and  exhort  one  .inother  to  steadfast>- 
ness  in  the  faith.  If,  under  such  cu-cuinstances, 
a  sister  had  the' gift  to  exhort,  we  think  she* 
would  have  Gospel  liberty  to  do  so,  when  the 
exercises  are,  in  tho  main,  intended  only  for  be- 
lli this  way  they  would  be  helpers,  as 
well  as  in  sptaking  a  word  for  Christ,  more 
privately. 

We  further  believe  that  if  membei^s  of  tho 
■liurch  would  meet  often  in  a  more  private  ca- 
jiacity,  to  sing,  pray  and  exhort,  even  where 
they  have  regular,  public  prcacliing,  that  it 
■onld  result  in  advantage  to  the  chnrch;  and 
in  such  meetings  sistei-s  might  participate  in 
prophesying,  ns  well  as  in  pnying  to  the  edifi- 
cation of  the  chureh.  Wc  know  that  we  are 
getting  on  delicate  ground,  and  perhaps  have 
tramped  on  some  one's  toes  alfoady,  but  if  our 
explanation  is  not  satisfactoiy,  we  aslc.  What 
did  those  women  do  who  'helped  Paul,  and  lie- 1 
slowed  much  labor  on  them,  andwerose>'ffTH^»to  ' 


tliechurchr'    How  did  they   helpi'    In  what 
way  did  they  labor? 

We  do  not  believe  in  women  prophesying  on 
any,  and  every  occasion,  whether  public  or  pri- 
vate, but  we  do  think  there  arc  times  when  it 
might  be  done  to  edification,  For  this  reason, 
I  think  liberty  is  given  sistci's  to  pray  at  our 
communions,  and  I  am  sorrj-  to  say,  is  seldom 
engaged  in,  fliore  by  them. 

J.  8.  MoiILER. 


IN  BRIEF. 


OUR  rciidei's  are  beginning  to  roll  in  new 
subscribers  pretty  lively.  Brother  J.  S. 
Flory  says:  "  Enclosed  find  !jO  cents  for  one 
subscriber  to  B.  at  W.  I  got  you  one  as  my 
qjioto  to  help  raise  your  list  to  10,000."  -~  An- 
other brother  sajs,  he  was  not  well,  hencQ  could 
not  get  around  much,  yet  he  scuds  in  three  new 
names.  ~  One  brother  writes,  he  cannut  do 
much,  OS  everybody  there  takes  the  paper.  He 
is  certainly  excusable,  —  One  agent  was  deter- 
mined to  send  in  six  new  names,  and  to  do  it 
paid  for  part  of  them  himself.  —  And  another 
who  had  already  sent  in  a  large  list,  sends  in 
eight  more  new  subscribers.  That  is  good,  — 
Many  are  sending  in  for  sample  copies  aud  pros- 
pectuses as  au  outfit  to  canvass  for  more  new 
names.  —  A  few  business  letters  must  go  uuait- 
swered  a  few  days.  —  Though  we  have  nooi'ly 
one  hundred  pajjcrs  going  to  Goshen,  Ind.,  yet 
our  agent  sends  in  four  more  new  names;  afew 
more  and  there  will  be  one  hundred.  —  In  con- 
sequence of  hfS  written  discussion,.  Bro.  SteiQ 
will  not  take  his  contemplated  trip  among  the 
Brethren  this  season.  —  A  lew  more  arrange- 
ments to  be  made  and  the  written  debate  ivill 
commence.  It  will  be  interesting.  Now  let 
us  have  a  few  thousand  more  new  subscribers. 
Your  neighbors  will  want  to  read  the  debate,' — 
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will  get  through  with  the  pile  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble. —  Those  who  copy  Bro.  Balsbaugh's  letters 
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those  in  your  neighborhood  who  are  not  taking 
the  Brethhen  at  Work.  We  \vill  send  them 
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hard  to  read,  and  worae  yet  for  the  compositors. 

—  Keep  us  posted  on  church  news.  As  the 
Love-feast  season  will  soon  he  here  we  ought  to 
have  a  number  of  reports.  —  The  entire  trip 
from  Lanark,  Shannon  and  Kreeport,  to  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  and  return,  will  be  not  over 
§9.85,  may  be  a  little  less,  though  not  much.  — . 
A  gentleman  of  this  town  has  shown  us  new 
I»eaclies,  about  the  si/e  of  liickory  nuts,  taken 
from  trees  in  Solomon  Valley,   Kan.,  May  6th. 

—  For  some  time  we  have  been  ont  of  "  Family 
Rules  and  Regulations."  Will  print  more  as 
soon  ns  we  can  get  time  to  do  so. 


UNANSWERED  gUESTIONS. 

Having  on  hnnil  a  nuniht^rof  qucrici.ivhich  uo  liaTenot 
nc  Io  nnswer,  wc  give  some  at  Ihcm  bclo^T,  lioping  oar 
corrcspuudcnls  ivill  n[d  ua  ill  Uiis  depnrlaicDl.    Lot  jour 
um  bo  aliorl  nud  Io  thu  point. 


)  brollirr   pl<:nsc  givo  occounl   iif  lie  Riier 
Io  ivlicro  Ihcy  alarlcJ,  through  Ihv  Dbctdbex 

J.J.  ScaKCHTEB. 


TiJDS,  D.   Wo.SBOB. 

re  thuro  au;  Brclhrcu  living  in  Gormanj!  What  be- 
:0  of  Ihosu  mcinburs  hrtpli>i»l  liy  brolhor  Eurli  irhilo 
I  Tisil  in  Cicriiiiiny  Konic  yann  ii{;o  ?  S.  S. 


WhaliBlhca 

i>l  ?     Whnl  is  Ihu  Siilril  ?  mid  trhal  U  the 

diffcronco  botivc 

Qulliveaiil  nnd   npirilT    Will  sDmo  kind 

brolhcrpknacit 

nsn'cr  ILrough  IIjo  paper? 

3,  11.  Gahmas, 

J.I)IESM.  Dailbt. 

Pid  Cbrisl  Uio 

n  God-fonakcn  miin  according  to  Ihe  fol- 

owing  So  rip  I UT 

•     "Sly  God,   my   God,   why  haat  thou 

forenkon  mcT  " 

Mnrkl5:3.1.                  J.J.IIoovBB. 

Will  eomo  of  you  pleoao  givo  nn  ciplonQtion  on  Iho  Gf- 
icnlli  Tcrac,  Chird  chapter  of  Ut  CorloihiniiB ! 

D.A,W. 

Would  you  or  foiue  olhvr  Iirttlxr  pl«iue  give  us  your 
iMva  oD  tbo  third  tone  of  Ibo  govculh  chapter  of  Hfr- 
bcciTti!  ■' ^Vilbout  fullior,  withuul  niothcr,  wiilioul  de- 
'ccnl,  Lnriug  ucilhcr  t>4ginuing  uf  dnys  nor  ond  of  Ufo, 
ml  mndo  liko  iinfo  iLu  Sou  of  Ood  ubidutb  a  priest  coa- 
inunlly."  Maiha  B.  Ukbst.uid. 


THE    BUETHRE^    ^T    ^VOnl■C. 


May    16* 


§hq  §omii  §irch. 

BEAD  AHD  OBEY. 

"  Huobonds,  loyr  your  wiTes." 

"  WiYCH.    obey    your    huntiands." 

"Fathera,  provoke  nol  your  chililrcn  to  wiolh." 

"  ChUJnn,     obty    your    parrnla    in    all    things . 


GOD  BLESS  PAPA. 

GOD  bless  our  dailiiii;  papa 
Wlierever  he  may  roam, 
Protect  him  from  all  danger, 

And  bring  liiui  safely  home; 
Mny  lui^el  giiarcls  be  near  him 

In  dark  temptation's  hour, 
To  rescue  him  from  falling 
Within  the  tempter's  power. 

When  fniut  with  weary  toiling 

And  snd  with  many  a  cnre, 
Give  liira  new  strength  and  coitrnge 

This  heavy  load  to  hear; 
Should  sickness  come  or  sorrow, 

To  cloud  his  life  to-day, 
God  send  a  bright  to-morrow 

To  drive  a  cloud  away. 

His  arm  is  our  protection, 

His  smile  is  our  reward. 
And  may  we  nev«r  forfeit 

His  liinduess  and  regard; 
And  05  the  yeai-s  roll  o'er  him. 

And  his  bright  eyes  grow  dim, 
For  all  his  love  and  goodness 

Our  care  shall  comfort  Jiim. 

The  evening  meal  is  waiting. 

The  lights  are  all  aglow, 
The  bright  tea  urn  is  singing 

A  welcome,  soft  and  low; 
We  hear  his  steps  approaching, 

We  see  him  nearer  come, 
Thank  God,  for  bringing  papa, 

DeaV  papa,  safely  home. 
Selected  by  OLms  &  Vinnie  Eshelman. 
Loiinrh,  III. 


ur  must  wc  forget  that,  the  tendency  of 
liopular  relig^ion  is  to  lean  un  thesapngs  of  this 
or  that  great  man.  The  great  mass  of  profess- 
ors are  prone  to  lean  upon  the  sensationalists  of 
the  day,  and  soon  both  trees  will  be  yielding, 
bending  under  the  displeasure  of  God.  Lean  on 
our  blessed  Master  instead.  God  be  thanked 
that  we  have  One  who  is  strong  and  mighty  to 
uphold.  Young  man,  do  not  leao  upon  father 
and  mother  for  lite  eternal,  but  lean  on  our 
Lord.  Leim  not  on  the  world,  lean  not  ou  old 
associates,  lean  not  on  friends  for  the  water  of 
life,  but  on  Him  who  has  it  to  give  in  abundance. 
Young  woman,  lean  not  on  the  fashions  of  the 
day,  lean  not  on  your  own  naughty  heart,  but 
lean  ou  the  ever  precious  Jesus.  Lean  on  Jesus, 
Jesus!  Children,  learn  to  lean  on  your  Savior, 
your  good  Friend.  Lean  on  Him  early,  lean  on 
Him  through  life,  and  you  shall  lean  on  Him 
in  eternity.    Lean  on  Jesus  now  and  forever. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Leaning. 
"VTEAR  Shady  Grove,  Pa.,  is  a  small  piece  of 
Xl  timber,  and  there  I  saw  something  that 
suggested  our  lesson  this  morning.  This  grove 
consists  mainly  of  large  trees,  sparsely  scatter- 
ed over  about  twenty  acres  of  ground.  Near 
the  road  is  a  tree,  quite  huge  and  somewhat 
bent,  leaning  against  another  only  about  half  as 
large.  Now  it  was  evident  that  before  the  larg- 
er tree  begun  to  lean  ou  the  smaller  one,  that 
the  smaller  was  a  straight,  thrifty  tree,  but  now, 
with  its  load,  it  too  had  become  a  little  crooked. 
You  see  it  had  a  promising  future  before  it,  be- 
fore the  larger  one  threw  its  weight  upon  it, 
but  now  it  must  yield  more  or  less  to  the  weight 
of  the  larger. 

This  made  me  think,  and  think;  and  I  shall 
here  let  you  have  a  little  of  the  thinking.  In 
the  church  are  some  who  ought  to  hear  their 
own  burdens,  ought  to  stand  erect  and  let  the 
dews  of  heaven  w.aterthem  thoroughly,  butthey 
I'lill  lean  on  otliers,  and  that,  too,  upon  those 
who  are  smaller  than  themselves.  They  \vill 
ask  those  to  carry  a  load  for  them,  who  are  bare- 
ly able  to  carry  their  own.  They  will  lean  on 
some  one.  If  a  smaller  "  tree  "  has  about  all  it 
can  do  to  stand  erect,  the  larger  one,  to  keep 
himself  in  the  grove  (church),  will  lean  on  the 
smaller  one.  Of  course  such  work  must  more 
or  less  crook  the  smaller  one  too.  Better  lean 
on  Jesus,  who  is  strong  and  able  to  bear  up  all 
our  griefs  and  Morrow. 

Then  it  sometimes  happens  that  we  lean  up- 
on each  other,  when  wc  ought  to  be  leaning  on 
Jesus.  .0,  lean  upon  Jesus!  He  is  full  of  power 
to  bear  us  up.  To  lean  this  way,  then  that,  and 
have  no  "  tixedncis,"  is  to  fall,  finally  as  utterly 
wortliiess  in  the  sight  of  God.  The  tree  re- 
minded lue  of  those  who  want  to  lean  upon  the 
world — have  nu  desire  to  grow  up  straight  in 
the  M'ist>-rs  kingdom,  but  all  the  time  want  to 
reit  against  the  world.  Poor  mortals!  Come 
lean  upon  the  arm  of  Jesns.  Do  not  think  that 
the  devices  and  sins  of  the  world  will  bear  you 
np  rind  cjirry  you  into  eternal  bliss.  They  me 
unsafe.  Do  not  lean  agumst  them;  for  ere  you 
know  it,  they  will  give  way,  and  down  you  will 
go  w.th  Ihcni. 

.\nd  you,  pureuts,  do  not  lean  upon  your 
childieii  and  irijiik  tbcni.  Do  not  press  them 
with  yuii-  own  weight,  but  first  let  them  grow 
up  strong,  and  tlien  when  you  get  old  and  feeble, 
YOU  limy  s;iL-ly  lean  on  them  for  help  and  com- 
fort in  ihis  lilf.  First  let  their  minds  grow 
siiaiylit  ;iiid  strung  in  the  truth.  Show  them 
lioiv  til  l.iui  ou  Jesus;  and  in  showing  them, do 
no;  liirgel  tii  lean  un  Him  yourself.  It  mil  not 
do  til  ]i  iLU  on  this  man  or  that  man,  but  it  will 
p.ty  t.,  U-iiu  un  Jesus. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

GOD  bless  you,  dear  little  friends.  I  know 
that  Fe  loves  you,  and  will  do  you  all  good, 
if  you  will  bo '  kind  to  Him  and  all  of  those 
whom  you  meet.  I  am  so  far  from  home  that  I 
cannot  read  your  words  of  love  as  they  are  sent 
in,  but  when  1  get  home,  I  hope  to  find  a  largi 
pile  for  me  to  read.  And  then,  if  God  spares 
me  to  reach  home,  I  shall  have  so  much  to  tell 
you  of  what  I  saw.*  I  think  you  all  want  to 
hear  of  the  great  things  of  God,  of  His  vj^t 
works,  of  the  host  of  things  which  are  His,  and 
of  tlie  works  of  man,  whom  He  has  made.  But 
when  yon  read  these,  and  learn  what  is  in  this 
great  world  which  God  made,  I  hope  it  will 
make  you  feel  to  thank  the  Lord  that  He  has 
thus  shown  how  good  He  is  to  all  men,  and  even 
to  all  the  small  folks.  Be  good  and  kind  to  your 
pa  and  ma,  as  well  as  to  all  that  you  meet, 
that  God's  love  and  care  may  be  with  you  all 
through  life.  Read  God's  good  Book.  In  it 
you  will  find  the  way  of  life.  In  it  you  will 
learn  the  road  to  peace  and  joy.  I  write  this  to 
3'ou,  so  that  j'OH  may  know  that  I  still  think  of 
you.  Yes,  you  are  in  my  mind  all  the  time,  I 
think  soon  you  must  take  the  place  of  those  who 
are  now  old,  and  I  want  you  to  be  fit  to  do  thi 
great  work  that  ivill  fall  on  you.  Then  be  good : 
read  what  God  has  put  in  your  hands- 
Word  of  Truth;  and  then  pray  to  God  to  bless 
you.  M.  M.  EsuEi.MAN. 

Line  Lexinijlon,  Pa.,  Mn;i  Hnl,  lS7li. 


FROM  MARCUS  MISHLER. 

JESUS  was  bom  at  Bethlehem,  about  six 
miles  from  Jerusalem.  The  same  night 
God  sent  an  angel  to  tell  the  shepherds, 
were  watching  their  sheep  in  the  neighboring 
fields.  The  shepherds  were  afraid  at  first,  but 
the  angel  said,  "Fear  not:  for  behold  I  bring  ; 
you  glad  tidings  of  great  joy,  which  shall  be  ' 
unto  all  people,  for  unto  you  is  born,  this  day, 
in  the  city  of  David,  a  Savior."  And  the  angel 
said,  they  would  find  the  babe  wrapped  in  swad- 
dling clothes,  lying  in  a  manger.  The  ahe|>- 
herds  went  and  found  the  child  as  the  angel  had 
told  them.  About  this  time  a  star  appeared  in 
the  East  and  the  i\Tse  men  from  the  East  came 
in  search  of  Christ.  Herod  asked  the  wise  men 
to  inform  him  where  he  might  find  the  child,  so 
he  might  worship  Him;  but  the  wise  men  were 
warned  in  a  dream  and  went  home  without  let- 
ting Herod  know  where  Jesus  was.  Herod  be- 
came angry  when  he  saw  that  he  was  mocked 
by  the  wise  men,  and  sent  forth  and  slew  all  the 
children  under  the  age  of  two  years,  that  were 
in  Bethlehem.  Joseph  fled  to  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

While  Jesus  was  on  the  earth,  he  spent  most 
of  His  time  preaching  and  performing  miracles, 
such  as  healing  the  sick,  giving  the  blind  their 
sight,  commanding  unclean  spirits  to  come  out, 
raising  the  dead,  feeding  the  hungry.  Finally 
He  was  taken  before  Pilate  to  be  tried,  but  He 
would  not  ans»vcr  the  questions  the  council  ask- 
ed, and  they  could  not  prove  anything  against 
Him,  until  two  persons  said  that  He  had  said 
he  would  overthrow  the  the  temple  and  rebuild 
it  in  three  days.  To  this  He  made  no  direct 
answer,  but  when  asked,  "  Art  thou  the  Son  of 
God?"  he  answered,  "  Ye  say  I  am,"  for  which 
the,v  said  He  should  be  put  to  death.  After  this 
they  spat  on  Him  and  a  crown  of  thonis  was 
put  on  His  head.  He  was  dressed  in  a  robe  like 
a  king,  and  the  king's  servants  mocked  Him; 
after  this.  He  was  compelled  to  carry  His  cross 
to  the  place  of  crucifixion.  He  was  then  nailed 
to  the  cross  with  two  men,  one  ou  each  side  of 
Him.  After  He  was  nailed  tothecro^,  asponge 
was  filled  with  vinegar  and  placed  to  His  lips. 
He  siud,  "  It  is  finished,"  bowed  His  head  and 
,dicd. 

YfHow  Creek,  III. 


BOY'S    RIGHTS. 

I  WONDER  now  if  any  one 
In  this  broad  land  has  heard, 
In  favor  of  down-trodden  boys 

One  solitary  word? 
We  hear  enough  of  '  women's  rights,' 

Ajid  'rights  of  working  men,' 
Of '  equal  rights,'  and  '  nation's  rights,' 

But  pray  just  tell  us  when 
Boy's  rights  were  ever  spoken  of? 

Why  we've  become  so  used 
To  being  snubbed  by  every  one, 

And  slighted  and  abused. 
That  when  one  is  polite  to  ns, 

We  open  wide  our  eyes. 
And  stretch  them  in  astonishment 

To  nearly  twice  their  size! 
Boys  seldom  dare  to  ask  their  friends 

To  venture  in  the  house! 
It  don't  come  natural  at  all 

To  creep  round  like  a  mouse. 
And  if  we  should  forget  ourselves 

And  make  a  little  noise! 
Then  ma  or  auntie  sure  would  say, 

'  Oh,  my!  those  dreadful  hoys.' 
The  girls  bang  on  the  piano. 

In  peace,  but  if  the  boys 
Attempt  a  tune  with  fife  and  drum. 

It's  '  Stop  that  horrid  noise ! ' 
'  That  horrid  noise! '  just  think  of  it; 

When  sisfer  never  fails 
To  make  a  noise  three  times  as  bad 

With  everlasting  '  scales.' 
Insulted  thus,  we  lose  no  time 

In  beating  a  retreat; 
So  off  we  go  to  romp  and  tear, 

And  scamper  in  the  street. 
No  wonder  that  so  many  boys 

Such  wicked  men  become, 
'Twere  better  far  to  let  them  have 

Their  games  and  play  at  home. 
Perhaps  that  text  the  teacher  quotes 

Sometimes — '  Train  up  a  child ' — 
Means  only  train  the  girls. 

And  let  the  boys  run  wild. 
But  patience,  and  the  time  shall  come 

When  we  will  all  be  men. 
And  when  it  does,  I  rather  think 

Wrongs  ivill  be  made  right  then. 

—The  Shaker. 


THE  MYSTERIOUS  BEING. 

A  Pointed  Lesson  for  the  Old  as  well  as 
Young. 

ONE  of  the  best  writers  in  America  makes  a 
good  picture  of  a  popular  old  lady.     Will 
our  young  readera  tell  us  what  her  name  is? 

How  different  people  appear  at  diflerent  times, 
as  when  we  are  sick  or  well,  rejoicing  or  mourn- 
ing, laughing  or  weeping.  A  few  days  since  I 
met  an  old  lady,  who  nodded  very  familiarly  to 
me,  and  yet  I  hesitated  to  call  her  by  name,  lest 
I  should  miscall  it.  She  looked  old  and  yet 
young,  soft  and  smiling,  and  yet  wore  stern 
frowns.  She  was  fair  in  face,  yet  her  hands  were 
iron.  It  seemed  as  if  the  wind  would  blow  her 
away,  and  yet  she  moved  with  the  strength  of 
an  elephant. 

"Why,  sir,"  said  she,  "you  seem  to  stare  at 
me,  though  you  have  seen  me  a  thousand  times 
before." 

"That  may  be  madam;  but  I  never  saw  you 
loaded  dowii  with  all  sorts  of  tKings.  I  am  cu- 
rious to  know  about  them.  Would  it  be  rude 
to  ask  you  a  few  questions?  " 

"Not  at  all.     Ask  away." 

"  Well,  what  are  you  going  to  do  with  those 
small,  thin,  ladies'  shoes?" 

"Why,  make  the  ladies  wear  them,  to  be 
sure." 

'  "  Not  in  the  cold,  wet  season?  Why  I  can 
hardly  keep  my  feet  warm  in  these  thick,  doub- 
le-soled boots.  I  must  have  over-shoes.  How 
can  they  wear  such  thin,  cold-calching  shoes?' 

"  Oh,  sir,  I  have  only  to  bring  them  to  them. 
and  the  dear  creatures  put  them  on,  and  never 
hesitate  a  moment.    They  know  me!" 

"And  those  little  half-dresscs  hanging  on 
your  arm?" 

"They  are  to  put  on  little  children  in  cold 
weather,  or  to  walk  out  in — naked  at  the  knees, 
naked  at  the  neck,  and  hardly  covering  half  the 
body.  You  can't  think  how  eager  parents  are 
for  these  dresses." 

"  What  have  you  in  that  little  tin  boi?  " 

"  Lozenges,  sir;  troches,  hoarhound  candj;— 
things  that  always  go  with  thin  shoos  and  thir 
dresses.  And  this  bright  red  box,  sir,  contain! 
what  is  called  conscience  salve,  which  I  always 
keep  on  hmid  to  rub  on  the  conscience  when 
any  one  sees  he  has  done  wrong  in^  olicjing 
It's  in  great  demand,  sir,  and  a  cerUiin  cure. 

"  What  have  you  in  that  bundle,  madam? 

"This?  Why  a  few  knick-knacks,  which  1 
sometimes  distribute  in  Sabbath-schools,  in  the 


shape  of  dialogues,  spefches — things  to  make 
people  laugh  luid  to  prevent  the  schools  from 
feeling  too  serious,  or  thinking  too  much  about 
religion.  You  must  understand,  sir,that  I  con- 
tinually have  to  attend  church  to  regulate  things 
there — to  see  that  the  bonnets  are  right,  the 
rings  are  bright,  and  tho  dresses  complete;  yet 
religion  itself  I  hate  as  poison!  And  hero  is  a 
box  of  the  finest — what  shall  I  call  it?  It  is  a 
sort  of  wit  and  smartness  which  I  deal  out  to 
preachers,  ivith  wliich  they  spice  their  sermons 
and  become  popular,  I  sell  them  by  the  gross, 
They  are  growing  in  demand,  and  they  are  a  real 
savingof  conscience  and  headache.  Warrmitcd 
to  keep  in  all  climates — a  kind  of  sensation 
powder." 

Pray,  madam,  what  arc  those  screws  for?" 
Why,  to  piirch  the  feet  and  make  them  look 
small,  without  regard  to  corns  or  biuiions.  Thoy 
can't  wear  those  dear  little  shoes  except  you 
have  pinchers  to  go  ivith  them." 

"  And  that  great  heap  of  books  in  your  arms  ?" 

"  Those?  They  are  the  latest,  most  exciting, 
and  the  weakest,  most  silly  novels.  But  I  hand 
them  out,  and  shake  my  head  with  a  smile,  and 
crowds  read  them." 

"  Well,  madam,  I  am  very  inquisitive,  I  know, 
but  I  do  want  to  know  what  yon  have  in  that 
great  bag  tlu-own  over  your  shoulder?  " 

"A  great  variety  of  valuable.*",  such  as  '  !at<3 
suppei-s,'  in  great  demand,  and  which  send  peo- 
ple to  the  grave  early,  and  thus  make  room  for 
more.  Here  are 'late  houre,' and  '  late  rising,' 
and  all  manner  of  hair-dressing,  mid  expensive 
dressing — things  that  ladies  must  have,  even  if 
their  husbands  fail.  Here  arc  diamond  pins  and 
rings — just  the  things  to  stir  up  envy  and  cre- 
ate extravagance.  Here  are  gold  watches,  cigars, 
meerschaum  pipes,  gold-headed  canes,  eye-glass- 
es, and  all  manner  of  things  to  suit  all  kinds  of 
people.  And  I  laugh  and  coax,  and  frown, and 
command,  till  I  get  them  to  wear  and  use  them, 
and  do  just  what  I  please.  Now,  I  have  stoi>- 
ped  to  talk  with  you  a  few  moments;  don't  you 
see  what  a  crowd  have  gathered  round  me — low 
necks,  thin  shoes,  muslin  dresses,  tight  boots; 
some  on  crutches,  some  coughing,  some  breath- 
ing short,  ail  crowding  to  get  near  me;  and 
when  I  move  you  will  see  how  they  all  run  and 
rush  and  crowd  after  me.  0,  sir,  I  am  the  great 
power  of  the  world,  I  rule  kings  and  queens^ 
beggars  and  philosophers.     Don't  you  see?" 

"Truly,  madam,  truly.  And  now  may  I  iLsk 
you  your  name?  " 

"Name?  Fashion,  sir;  my  name  is  Mrs. 
Prevailing  Fashion!  I  thought  everj-body  knew 
me." 

We  wonder  if  any  of  our  readers  patronize 
this  Mrs.  Prevailing  Fashion?  She  travels  ex- 
tensively, is  found  in  every  city  and  ^-illage  in 
the  land,  mid  does  not  hesitate  to  visit  the  rural 
district-s.  She  is  highly  esteemed  in  fashionable 
circles,  and  is  therefore  an  abomination  in  tho 
sight  of  the  Lord.  Do  not  patronize  her;  do 
not  even  admit  her  into  your  houses;  she  is  a 
dangerous  tramp  of  world-wide  reputation — ac- 
quainted with  every  nation,  kindred  and  tongue, 
and  familiar  with  the  ways  of  public  and  pri- 
vate life  of  every  grade  and  order.  Her  business 
is  to  ruin  health,  squander  your  money,  ruin 
families  mid  churches,  and  people  the  regions  of 
despair  with  myriads  of  unhappy  and  eternally 
tormented  beings. 


C'EILDRJLK  AT    WORK. 


From  Ida  Gripe  :— 

Jesus,  cleanse  my  soul  from  sin, 
Let  Thy  Spirit  dwell  within; 
Mould  me  to  Thy  will  divine, — 
Maj'  I  in  Thy  likeness  shine. 

From  KatiB  A.  W.  Roher,— /Jrar  Ediiw: 
— I  am  pleased  to  see  the  children  at  work.  I 
am  only  twelve  years  old.  Was  baptized  ivhen 
I  was  eleven,  and  I  am  trj-ing  to  work  for  Jesus, 
for  He  has  done  so  much  for  us.  He  gave  His 
life  for  ua,  that  we,  through  Him,  can  be  the 
children  of  God.  Dear  young  workers,  as  we 
grow  in  days  and  years,  let  us  try  and  grow  in 
grace  and  the  knowledge  of  Jesus.  In  this  let- 
ter I  will  send  twenty-five  cents  for  the  paper 
for  the  poor. 

Wilier  ho,  Iowa. 

From  Mary  A.  Tyson.— I  was  just  reading 
tho  eleventh  chapter  of  John,  about  Lazarus 
and  his  sisters.  How  sorrowful  they  must  have 
felt  when  their  dear  brother  died!  but  oh,  what 
joy  when  Jesus  came  and  called  him  to  life 
again.  My  little  brother  Willie,  thought  if 
Jesus  had  been  here  three  years  ago  when  my 
papa  died,  Ho  could  have  made  him  alive  again. 
I  read  in  the  Brethres  .kt  Wohk  to-day,  how 
poor  brother  HmiBen's  m-e.  It  made  my  heart 
feel  sad,  and  I  hope  they  will  soon  have  enough. 

HarleysiiUe,  Fa. 


May    10. 


THE    BT^ETHKEIST    ^T    AVORK. 


ANNOXJJSr  CEMENTS. 

NoTior«  of  Loic-fcMis,   DiMricl   Mcclingi.   etc.,  ehould 
ho  briuf,  nnd  wrillen  on  pnper  scpnrolD 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

At  Beaver  Dnm  congregation,  KosciuBCO  Co., 
-Ind.,  June  Cth,  1878. 

Four'miles  South  of  Waterloo,  lown,  Wednes- 
day,  June  5Lh,  1878,  at  10  A.  iM. 

Union  eliurcli,  Maraliall  Co.,  Ind.,  June  4, 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewistowu,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June  next. 

Clear  llivet  dialrict,  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Ind., 
June  18lh. 

Maquoiteta  cliureh,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  ciinimencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clocl<, 

Stnno  church,  Marshall  Co.,  lown,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clocit,  A.  M. 

State  Center  church,  loiva,  four  milca  and  a 
half  South-east  of  State  Center,  May  29tli  and 
30lli,  commencing  at  1  P.  M. 

Ceilnr  Luke  congregation,  in  Nortli cm  Indiana, 
two  miles  South-east  of  Corunna,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
ThuKday,  June  6th,  187S,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerro  Gordo  church,  Macou  Co.,  III.,  June  5th, 
at  2  o'clock.  * 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Jfo.,  June 
6th,  at  2  o'clock. 

Eaglo  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
loth,  at  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  May  23rd 
and  24th,  to  commence  at  1  o'clock, 

Moiiticello  church.  While  Co.,  Ind.,  June  8th 
at  10  o'clock. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  June  Gth  and  7th. 

Middle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind..  June  8[h  at  2 
o'clock. 

Silver  Creek  congregation,  Ogle  Co,,  III.,  on 
Thurstlny  and  Friday,  May  16th  and  17th.  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villisca,  May  IS. 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co,  Iowa,  May 
16th  and  17th,  commeficing  at  1  o'clock. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Grundy  church,  Grundy 
Co.,  Iowa,  will  hold  a  Love-feast  the  Cth  and  Tth 
of  July  next,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M.  — 
Place  of  meeting  10  milea  West  of  Grundy  Cen- 
ter, at  our  meeting-house. 

H,  P.  Strickler. 

There  will  be  a  Love-feast  the  25th  and  26th 
of  Jlay  at  the  Richland  church,  Richland 
Co.,  Ohio,  to  be  held  atBro.  John  Kendall's,  near 
our  meeting-house.  Those  coming  by  railroad, 
will  be  met  at  Mansfield  if  notice  is  given. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

J.   C.   McMuLLEN. 

Wr  the  Brethren  of  the  West  NinuBhillen 
church,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  conteuiplat€  holding  a 
Comuninion  meeting,  eight  miles  North  of 
Canton  on  the  sixth  of  June.  The  brethren 
going  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  coming  from  the 
East,  will  ple.ise  stojt  otf  at  Canton  on  the  Gth 
of  June,  and  they  will  he  met  ut  the  train  the 
day  before  the  meeting.  M.  Holl. 

DISTRICT  MEETIKG8. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock.  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  20th,  commenc- 
ing at  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Tbe  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co..  Ohio,  June  1st. 

In  Michigan,  at  Bro.  Hirara  Allen'i),  four  and  a 
half  miles  North-»Test  of  Vicksburg,  Mich.,  May 
IGth. 


HOLDEMAN. — In  the  Mohiciu  congregation, 
Feb.  n,  1878,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Bro.  Chiis- 
tiau  and  sister  Susan  Holdeniun,  aged  9  years, 
3  months  and  3  day.i. 

H.  S.  Jacobs. 
(P.  C,  jilmse  copij.) 

CLAIiK. — In  the  bounds  of  the  Waterloo  con- 
gregation, Iowa,  July  2Sth,  1877,  friend  John 
Clark,  aged  74  years,  5  months  and  1  day. 
Funeral  by  J.  C.  Keppord  (Winebrenarian)  to 
■a  large  company  of  relatives  and  sympathiz- 
ing friends. 

Th(^  subject  of  the  above  notice  was  the 

Father  of  our  esteemed  sister  E.  C.  Teeter.    Hi 

was  not  a  member  of  the  church,  but  alway; 

bind-to  the  Brethren.  John  Wise. 

NISWONGER.— In  the  Manor  congregation 
ludiLma,  Co.,  Pa.,  April  8th,  1878,  Bro.  Johq 
Kiswouger,  aged  about  SI  years. 


This  place  has  been  his  residence  since 
184(5,  with  the  exception  of  the  five  years  when 
he  lived  in  Ohio.  Just  fifty-two  weeks  before 
he  died,  his  house  was  consumed  by  fire  and  he 
narrowly  escaped;  having  been  helpless  and 
blind  for  several  years.  He  leaves  t«n  children 
living  nnd  all  bolongine  to  the  church.  Had 
sixty-eight  grand-children,  fifty-eight  living; 
and  42  grcat-grand-children,  of  whom  thirty 
are  living. 

Funeral  occnsion  improved  from  2nd  Tim.  4: 
6 — 8,  by  Joseph  Holsopple  and  David  Ober. 

FRY.— In  the  same  place,  April  24th.  1878, 
Rose  Ella  May,  infant  daughter  of  Bro. 
Joshua  C,  and  sister  Tillie  Fry,  aged  10 
months  and  25  days.  Funeral  discourse  from 
Job  1:  21,  latter  clause  by  Joseph  Holsopple. 


OORRESPOTSTDElSrOE. 


The    Last    Appeal. 

Datr  Brethrm:— 

WE  wilt  make  one  more  appeal  to  the  breth- 
ren and  sister-  for  help  to  build  our 
meeting-house,  and  we  feel  that  it  will  be  our 
Insfc  appeal  to  you  for  that  purpose.  Other 
brethren  nnd  sistei-s  have  also  urged  upon  tlm 
Brethren  to  send  in  their  donations,  yet  the  do- 
nations have  almost  ccitsed  coming  in. 

Last  Spring  wc  postponed  building  until  Fall 
for  want  of  means.  Fall  came  and  we  were  yet 
without  the  necessary  means.  Wc  then  put 
otf  building  until  this  Spring,  hoping  then  to 
he  able  to  go  on  with  tlie  building.  Wc  got 
but  little  money  during  the  Winter,  conse- 
quently we  had  to  abandon  the  idea  of  building 
this  Spring.  We  will  commence  the  building 
now  as  soon  as  we  get  the  necessarv  means.  — 
Unless  wo  get  about  three  hundred  dollars  from 
the  church,  we  cannot  build.  That  will  be  less 
than  ono-half  the  amount  we  asked  for. 

One  sister  in   Philadelphia,  after  collecting 

om  the  members  what  they   were  willmg  to 

ve,  says,  that  the  amount  nsked  for  was  so 
small,  that  many  did  not  think  it  worth  while 
noticing,  and  further  remarks  that  had  we  ask- 
ed some  great  thing  or  amqunt  of  the  church, 
it  would  have  been  noticed  and  responded  to 
much  more  readily.  We,  in  offering  our  pen- 
ny proposition,  thought,  that  it  would  give  the 
rich  and  poor  a  chance,  and  all  could  have  a 
share  in  the  enterprise.  So  far  the  poor  church- 
es, composed  ol  but  few  members  ond  them 
poor,  have  been  leading  far  in  advance. 

By  request  I  wrote  to  one  brother  in  the 
East,  said  to  be  worth  about  a  half  a  million  of 
dollars,  making  a  special  request  of  him  for  a 
little  help.  He  was  so  much  surprised  aboutit, 
that  it  took  him  sometime  to  be  composed 
enough  to  answer,  and  when  he  answered,  how 

ich  do  you  think  he  sent.  Instead  of  means 
to  help  us,  it  was  a  sharp  reproof  for  our  im- 
pudence. 

Such  a  rebuke  we  never  got  before,  intimat- 
ing very  plainly  that  he  did  not  use  his  money 
in  that  way.  We  had  the  addresses  of  several 
other  rich  brethren,  but  rest  assured  we  did  not 
write  to  thenl. 

In  Vol.  2,  No.  12  of  P.  C,  sister  A.  H.  of 
Marlboro,  Ohio,  makes  an  appeal  to  the  sisters 
to  make  an  effort  to  collect  means  under  the 
penny  proposition.  Will  you  heed  the  call  to 
your  duty,  dear  sisters?  Rest  assured,  ^i^^ter3, 
if  you  make  an  effort  you  will  succeed.  Some 
have  collected  from  five  to  eight  dollars  from 
small  congregutionn ;  none  refuse  to  give.  Dear 
sisters,  will  you  make  the  effort?  This  is  our 
last  call  to  the  church  for  means  to  help  to 
build  our  house. 

We  feel  much  discouraged  and  almost  asham- 
ed to  ask  so  many  times  for  so  little  and  yet 
that  little  would  be  of  so  much  help  to  us,  and 
no  one  would  be  any  poorer.  All  donations 
will  be  reported  in  the  Brethren's  papers.  — 
Money  may  be  sent  in  Registered  letters  to 
Soiola,  or  P.  0.  orders  on  Villisca  or  Red  Oak. 

We  hope  that  all  that  are  no^  opposed  to 
helpiug  us,  will  send  in  their  donations  inside 
of  three  months.  As  soon  qs  wc  get  means  to 
buy  the  material,  we  will  go  to  work  and  put 
up  the  building.  '  Bi'ethren  nud  sisters,  shall 
we  have  the  means!'    Time  will  tell. 

Silas  Morton, 

N.   C,    WoKKilAS. 

Scioht,  loim,  April  17, 1S78. 


From    the    City    of   Rome. 

YOUIt  letter  of  the  18th  of  March  with  the 
accompanyiug  journal  arrived  at  Rome  on 
the  fifth  of  April.  The  Post  Office  which  is 
ignorant  of  our  distinctions,  sent  your  lettei 
and  paper  to  some  one  else,  there  being  hurt 
American  Baptists  and  Episcopal  Methodists 


also.     At  last  it  reached  me  on  the  15th.     You 
will  therefore  pardon  the  delay  of  my  answer. 

I  thank  the  Lord  who  has  sent  you,  the  in- 
habitants of  a  State  of  the  New  World,  the 
tidings  of  our  testimony  in  Rome,  which  is  one 
of  extreme  simplicity  in  face  of  the  extreme 
worldly  power  of  the  Papacy.  How  we  thank 
the  Lord  for  having  apprized  you  of  the  line  of 
conduct  followed  by  many  here  for  the  manifes- 
tation of  their  faith  in  the  Gospel  of  our 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 

In  Rome  we  are  as  yet  but  few,  because  Satan 
contends  with  Christ  with  all  his  forces  gather- 
ed together  in  the  papacy,  and  in  so  many  other 
enemies  of  the  Cross,  but  we  are  very  sure  that 
Christ  will  bruise  Satan  under  our  feet  shortly 
(Hom.  12:20). 

To  say  a  word  on  the  principle  expressed  by 
you  in  the  circular  of  your  periodical,  I  would 
inform  you  that  ive  receive  the  teaching  of  the 
Word  of  God  with  much  simplicity  and  huniil- 
ty  in  submission  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  seeking 
above  all  the  sanctification  of  our  spirit,  soul, 
heart,  mind  and  body  in  the  Lord,  and  therefore 

Paul  enjoins  us,  we  gliwlly  avoid  the  disputed 
questions  on  God's  Word,  commonly  raised  by 
men,  rather  beseeching  the  -Lord  to  enlighten 
e  who  are  of  a  contrary  mind.  In  tliose 
things  which  are  not  absolutely  necessary  to 
salvation,  we  act  in  the  liberty  and  charity  of 
Christ, 

I  hope  therefore  that  the  love  of  God  will 

ove  you  to  pray  fervently  for  us  here  in  Rome, 
and  for  the  Brethi-en  scattered  in  all  Italy,  even 
■e  pray  for  all  the  children  of  God  scattered 
throughout  the  world,  and  now  we  shall  make 
special  mention  of  you  all  before  the  throne  of 
Supreme  Grace  in  Jesus  Christ. 

Since  to  my  great  regret  I  have  not  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  knowledge  of  English,  our  d^ar 
brother  in  Christ,  J.  W.  Bell  has  translate 
ed  for  me  what  you  have  written,  ond  now 
also  translated  this,  my  humble  letter. 

I  hope  that  some  other  brother  will  write  to 
you  in  English  more  at  length,  respecting  the 
'ork  of  God  in  Italy.     I  send  you  a  copy  of  our 
journal.    God  be  with  you  all  ! 

With  my  salutations  in  the  Lord  to  your- 
selves and  all  who  love  him  with  incorruptible 
purity  of  heart,  I  remain, . 

Your  Servant, 

Carlo  Lanini. 

A2)nl  18fh,  mS. 

Another  Letter  from   Rome. 

Dear  Sir: — 

THE  congregation  at  Rome,  spoken  of  in  your 
periodical,  is,  I  believe  not  the  same  denom- 
ination as  yours,  but  they  belong  to  what  are 
called  the  "  Plymouth  Brethren,"  (See  Apple- 
s  Encyclopedia  under  that  title)  of  whom 
there  is  a  small  church  here,  and  one  or  two  at 
Pluena.  I  cannot  state  the  name  of  any  mem- 
ber*, hut  if  you  choose  to  send  me  communica- 
tions or  pamphlets,  I  will  see  that  they  are  put 
in  the  right  hand. 

You  will  find  account  of  the  Vnwlois  or 
Waldenses  in  Appleton's.  May  number  30,000; 
more  in  the  volleys  near  the  source  of  the  Po; 
small  numbers  scattered  over  all  Italy.  Their 
congregation  in  Rome  numbers  about  one  hun- 
dred souls. 

Yours   Respectfully, 

Geo.  p.  Mahsh. 
■ipril  imh,  1S7S. 


Description  of  Oliver's  Prairie. 

Ihay  Brethren : — 

THIS  beautiful  prairie  is  lying  in  the  Eastern 
part  of  Newton  Co.,  Misso.uri.  Newtonia 
is  a  town  located  about  three  miles  from  the 
center  of  the  prairie. 

Now  about  the  size  of  the  prairie.  It  is 
from  four  to  eight  miles  wide  and  about  eight- 
een or  twenty  miles  long,  lying  somewhat  in  a 
circle. 

Newtonia  is  four  miles  South  of  Ritchey,  the 
nearest  railroad  point.  It  is  a  very  well  water- 
ed villsige  of  some  six  hundred  inhabitants,  and 
an  excellent  graded  school  and  good  school- 
house.  Grunby  is  a  considerable  mining  town, 
situated  on  the  North  side  of  the  prairie.  It 
has  several  thousand  inhabitants  and  a  fair 
market.  The  prairie  lays '  well,  about  as 
level  ns  the  farmer  would  wish  it.  The  prairie 
is  principally  clear  ol  stone,  soil  fair,  well  wat- 
ered; though  mostly  well  water,  a  large  spring 
can  be  seen  in  Newtonio,  sufficient  to  '  wat*;r  a 
city.  The  Brethren  have  built  a  commodious 
meeting-house  quite  near  the  town,  nearly  com- 
plet<.'ted;  for  the  payment  of  which  we  still  soli- 
cit some  more  aid  from  om"  well-wishing  hreth- 

The  price  of  the  land  on  this  prairie  is  from 
five  to   twelve  dollara  raw,  and   from  ten   to 


twenty  dollars  for  improved  land.  Timber  is 
plenty,  handy  and  cheap,  as  the  prairie  is  sur- 
rounded with  timber  on  all  sides.  Excellent 
building  rock  can  also  b-  found  here,  plenty 
and  of  the  best  quality.  Good  schools  ore  here 
as  well  as  elsewhere. 

The  prospects  are  good  for  abundant  crops  of 

everything  pliuited  and  especially  fruit.     At 

this  writing  we  have  peaches  nearly   one  inch 

in  diameter.  Wheat  is  waist  high.    The  Spring 

far  has  been  seasonable. 

This  is  also  an  ■■xcellent  grass  and  stock 
country,  and  both  the  timber  ond  prairie  are 
well  adapted  to  stock  raisine.  The  moat  copi- 
ous springs  in  great  number  issue  from  the 
earth  in  the  timber,  and  round  about  the  prai- 
rie. The  country  is  healthy,  generally  good 
morals.  I  hope  what  I  have  written,  will  satis- 
fy numerous  inquiries. 

G.  Harader. 

Neiclonid,  Mo. 


Memoir  of  Elizabeth  Bowers, 

Dear  Brethren:— 

THE  12th  of  April,  died  Elizabeth  Bowers, 
consort  of  John  Bowers,  aged  T2  years,  2 
months  and  27  days. 

She  was  a  pioneer  veteran  of  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Sugar  Kidge  church,  Hancook 
Co.,  Ohio.  She  was  bora,  raised  and  warmly 
attached  to  the  Lutheran  faith,  in  Lancast«c 
Co.,  Pa.  About  thirty-five  years  ago,  the  above 
pair  identified  themselves  with  the  people 
known  by  the  term  "  United  Brethren,"  where 
our  deceased  sister  continued  faithful  and  aotiYO 
nearly  fifteen  years;  when  her  defective  practice 
became  apparent  to  her.  Her  doubts  became  so 
great  that  she  could  no  longer  erase  them,  nor 
destroy  their  unhappy  effects.  To  share  the 
Communion  service  in  this  doubtful  frame  of 
mind,  she  remembered  that  the  apostle  says,  in 
Rom.  14:  23,  "  He  that  doubteth  is  damned  if 
he  eat,  because  he  eateth  not  of  faitli."  Per- 
mit me  to  enquire  liere.  How  can  any  Bible 
readers  take  the  bread  and  wine  in  the  middle 
of  the  day,  calling  it  the  Lord's  Supper,  with- 
out doubting,  when  the  Bibe  emphatically  tells 
us  they  were  taken  after  Supper? 

After  a  severe  struggle  with  her  former,  pre- 
conceived notions,  she  gained  complete  victory, 
entered  the  church  of  the  Brethren,  living  03 
a  faithful  member  until  the  close  of  her  day.  — 
Her  suffering  was  great,  distressing  to  those 
that  stood  at  her  bed-side;  but  she  bore  it  all 
with  the  patience  of  an  ancient  Christian  mar- 
tyr. 

She  expre.'ised  herself  anxious  and  imjiatiettt 
to  go  to  Him,  who  alone  can  give  relief  to 
those  who  have  made  themselves  white  in,  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb.  By  the  energy  of  onr  de- 
ceased sister,  aud  the  few  members  living  there, 
especially  her  faithful  husband,  when  their 
number  was  but  tew  and  scattered,  they  erect- 
ed a  house  for  worhip,  at  which  time  we  came 
among  them.  When  she  came  to  leave,  she 
had  the  pleasure  of  witnessing  about  one  huU'- 
dred  and  twenty-five  members  under  our  care; 
for  whom  she  felt  a  warm  attachment.  Many 
of  our  ministering  brethren  will  remember 
sharing  their  hospitalities. 

Although  our  departed  sister  had  such  pleas- 
ant enjoyment  in  the  church,  yet  her  joy  was 
much  alloyed  to  find  that  she  was  unable  to  in- 
duce hut  two  out  of  ten  of  her  children  to  sit 
with  her  at  the  Lord's  table,  they  having  found 
homes  in  different  branches  of  the  fashionable 
religion  of  the  day.  Many  parents  have  to 
mourn  the  same  unhappy  experience. 

Services  by  the  Writer  from  Heb.  9;  27,  to  a 
very  large  assemblage. 

I.  J.  ROSEKDERQER. 

Gilboa,  0. 


Report    of   Funds. 


Catharine  Suplee, $2.00 

Clear  Branch  Church.  Pa., 3.00 

J.  H.  Lichty, 16 

M.  Minser, 50 

Lower  Cumborhmd  Church, 5.00  . 

Ella  J.JJrumbaugh 1.2B 

G.Hellman, ■■■■  2.00 

Arnold's  Grove  church, 2,50 

Panther  Creek  church,  111., 4.60 

Hurrican  church, LOO 

Spring  Creek  congregation,  Ind 1.50 

Plum  Creek  church.  Pa.., 2.00 

Total,  S24.5X 
Silas  Moktoh, 
n.  c.  workuan. 
Sciolu,  loiru.  Maij  1,  1678. 

(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


If  the  world  did  but  know  the  worth  of  good 
men,  they  would  hedge  them  about  with  pearls,    t 


a^rll!:    BIPIETEEKEN    ^VT    ^VOKIC. 


May    IG. 


Take     Notice. 

Ihar  Brethren: — 

BRETHREN  goil]^'  tbrougli  RonJing  to  tli 
District  Alceliiig  of  EmU'ra  PcDDsylraiiii 
nil!  (like  tlio  Express  train,  leaving  Lcbnnoo  nt 
9:07  A.  M.,  anil  arrive  at  Pcrkiomeu  Junction 
atll:41,  A.  M.  Tralu  will  stop  on  that  day, 
May  22iiii,  expressly  to  aceommodflte  the  Brethren. 
They  will  change  cars  and  arrive  nt  Salford  Sta- 
tion at  1  :  3C  P.  M. 

Those  going  through  Philadelphia  on  theNorth 
Penn,  R.  E.,  will  leave  the  depot  at  2:10  P.  M., 
Buil  arrive  at  Soudcrtou  nt  3 :  00. 

Ja9.  Y.  Heckler. 
Correnpondirig  Secretary. 


To  the  Ministering  Brethren  in  Southern 
Illinois. 


M 


Ikiir  Brcthtn:- 
Y  objec-  iu  writing  these  liaes, 


to  call  your 
altenlion  lo  ihe  needy  and  almost  bclple>s 
condition  of  n  little  hiind  of  menibere,  living  in 
Heuilorsou  Co.,  Ky.,  only  sotae  three  or  four 
milea  South  of  the  City  of  Hendersou  on  the 
Ohio  River,  Henderson  is  about  ton  miles  below 
Evausville.  That  would  be  the  point  to  go  lo, 
tliBu  to  Henderson.  There  are  some  fourteen  or 
filleeii  members  ihorc  ;  all  j-oung  in  the  cause,  and 
when  last  heard  from,  the  young  brother  that 
wna  elected  to  the  ministry,  was  sick  and  had  not 
been  able  to  preach  for  n  long  time. 

They  have  now  been  two  years  wiihont  any  as- 
sistance. Brethren,  you  that  live  towards  the 
Southern  part  of  the  District,  try  and  go  and  see 
Ibcm,  and  arrange  to  stay  two  or  three  weeks  and 
help  ihcm,  and  have  a  Coramuuion  with  them, 
and  I  think  that  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois 
will  help  to  bear  the  bnrden.  However  I  can  say 
this  much,  if  it  will  not,  I  will.  So  ^o,  and  the 
Lord  be  with  you. 

You  may  ask,  Why  don't  you  go?  because 
many  brethren  live  much  nearer  than  wc  do,  ao 
the  expenses  will  be  much  less.  I  don't  think 
that  the  Brethren  from  the  Allison  Prairie  church 
con  be  over  fifty  or  sixty  miles  from  tlietn.  Ad- 
dress :  John  P.  Gish,  Henderson,  Ky. 

James  R.  Gish. 

Roanoke,  III. 


Thomas    Paine. 


Fen  men  of  modern  times  have  done  more 
harm  than  Tom  Paine.  Having  endeared  himself 
to  the  American  pe')ple  by  the  assistance  be  reu- 
den;d  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  gave  him 
much  influence  over  many  lovere  of  liberty,  and 
thus  enabled  him  to  reach  hearta  that  otherwise 
would  have  remained  firm.  His  sins  still  follow 
arter  him. 

The  LomUdnlf  (Pa.)  liepublltan  thus  describes 
the  ilinracter  and  eliding  career  of  the  author  of 
the  "  Age  of  Reason."  ' 

or  ■  the  moral  character  of  Paine,  we  have 
said  specifically  Httle.  But  we  now  come  to  that 
juncture  of  his  history,  where  no  amount  of  chari- 
ly is  able  to  cover  up  his  vices.  We  use  the  term 
vice),  cousidcredly,  because  the  evil  habits  of 
Paine  had  firmly  fixed  themselves  in  his  charac- 
ter. 

-  Lfidkiug  at  him,  as  he  was  during  the  last  years 
in  France,  when  he  wrote  also  part  of  his  "  Age 
of  Reason,"  we  find  that  a  long  habit  of  intemper- 
ance had  made  him  a  confirmed  drunkard.  Nor 
is  this  all,  liut  with  it  were  coupled  also  the 
Jtindred  vicca  of  lewdness  aud  adultery. 
'  ■  We  are  told,  that  on  account  of  his  gross  im- 
morality, he  was  a  very  disagreeable  guest  at  the 
huuse  of  our  Minister  in  Parirf,  to  which  be  had 
been  invited  out  of  compassion. 

ijut  Paine  played  his  role  iu  foreign  countries, 
ami  having  finished  that,  he  found  himself  alcne 
and  alui..!.t  fiir.--Hken.  He  had  accomplished  noth- 
ing to  .stnbliah  an  attachment.  His  desire  was  to 
leave. 

Iji  America  there  were  thoae  who  had  not  for- 
gotten rhe  cervicta  he  had  once  rendered,  and 
were  nu'Iy  w  aelvuuwledge  them. 

By  letiii-lrom  Jefliirson,  he  was   invited   to  re- 

_  turn  to  America.    In  1S02  he  came.    It  is  easy 

t<i   imngiiie   what    liis   reception    and   remaining 

yeiim  wuiT.d  have  be-n.   if    the  man's   character 

M'luld  iioi  bavi-  been  nearly  blasted. 

Paini:  bn-u^'ht  with  him,  not  his  wife,  but  a  wo- 
man wJiJi  ibtce  children,  the  wife  of  one  of  his 
PariNinu  fiicndY.  Pm.rwomanl  whatever  became 
of  her  ami  hc:  children,  history  is  silent;  douht- 
lcsBBhem.[  ilie  J'aleof  all  those  who  tread  the 
patii  'if  vi'-e. 

Thefini-ir^-i~nem  and  affectionate  friendship 
wliiili  hull  li-^.n  |.r.i(rii-*d  iu  the  letter  from  Jef- 
krtmi,  iiH- dr-.ji,|i-,||_y  cooled  down,  when  Paine 
pr\.-iiit.-.|  hiiiLsIf,  nod  was  found  to  be,  as  several 
I '.Ml  i.i|ri[;,i,i.,  iij  accounts  tell  U8,  a  revolting  com- 
J1..11111I  ..r  lilil,  1,11,1  imiucencj." 
r.iiiic  p,iiv-td  fr„in  Washington    to    New  York, 


(which  he  once  said,  was  not  fit  for  a  gentleman 
to  live  in)  aud  from  there  to  his  farm  at  New 
Rochelle,  As  he  passed  along,  the  people  were 
ready  lo  greet  the  author  of  "Common  Sense," 
but  every  demonstration  soon  lost  its  enthusiasm 
and  finally  died  away.  Estimating  them  proper- 
ly, they  were  more  sad  than  joyous. 

The  short  time  he  yet  lived,  ho  pawed  between 
his  place  and  New  York,  During  this  time  he 
mai'e  several  appeals  to  Congress  for  money,  but 
no  attention  was  given  them.  He  led  a  wi-etched 
life.  In  his  person  he  was  ragged,  unclean  aud 
filthy.  He  drank  to  great  excess,  sufiered  great 
bodily  pain.  In  his  conduct  aud  language  he 
was  so,  that  no  decent  person  was  found  iong  in 
his  company. 

It  was  only  by  the  aelf-sacrificing  power  of 
Christian  charity,  that  a  few  kind  bauds  minister- 
ed to  his  wants,  as  hc  tittered  to  the  grave. 

As  to  his  last  hours,  taking  the  only  account 
given,  tbey  wore  shocking  indeed,  and  the  account 
fills  oue  with  teiTor  and  pity.  He  is  to  have  said, 
"  If  ever  the  devil  had  an  agent  on  earth,  I  have 
been  one."  He  would  call  out,  during  his  parox- 
ysms of  distress,  without  inter  mission,  "0  Lord, 
help  me,  God  help  me.  Jesus  Christ  help  me,  0 
Lord  help  me,  etc.,"  repeating  Ihe  same  expres- 
sions without  the  least  variation,  in  a  tone  of 
voice  that  would  alarm  the  bouse,  (For  a  full 
description  of  this  dark,  dark  scene,  see  Chelt- 
ham's  Life  of  Paine;  Stephen  Gscllet's  Autoblo- 
gmphy,') 


G  L  E  ^  isr  I  isr  a  s . 


From  AVlthlut,  111.— As  the  I^ord  has  spared 
lie,  I  take  the  privilege  to  inform  you, 
ittie  band  here  is  prospering.  Wo  all  feel  sorry 
to  say  that  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  has  preached  his 
farewell  sermon  on  the  28th  of  April.  He  preach- 
ed with  such  force,  that  he  had  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  two  more  sisters  return  to  the  folil  of  Christ, 
Wo  number  eleven  in  this  little  arm  of  the  church. 
Bro.  Lemuel  has  preached  here  about  a  year,  and 
igh  the  grace  of  God  has  accomplished  much 
good.     We  hope  the  Lord  will  bless  him    for   his 

Much  good  could  be  done    here,  if 
minister  would  come  aud  settle   among  us. 
feel  like  lost  sheep,  having  no  one   to    preach  for 
us  ;  but  hope  the  Brethren  will  not  forget  us. 

P.  VOICIHT. 

From  Wft.sliington,  loiva.  —  We  have  01 
jre  applicant  for  baptism,  so  that  we  still  ha' 
mething  to  encourage  us.  Others  are  counting 
the  cost;  bope  tbey  will  come  soon.  On  the  14th 
of  April  the  Brethren  organised  a  Sabbath- 
school  ;  this  being  the  first  Suuday^chool  ever 
iducted  by  the  Brethren  here.  Hope  it  may  be 
a  success,  although  wc  oreaniKed  under  rather 
embarrassing  circumstances,  there  being  another 
Sunday-school  within  a  mile  of  ours,  which  had 
been  conducted  Sumuier  aud  Winter  for  some 
years.  On  the  Sunday  that  we  organized,  there 
were  only  thirty-lwo  present,  the  following  Sun- 
day fifly-five,  the  last  Sunday  eighty.  The  pur- 
pose of  the  school  ia  to  do  good,  and  we  hope  all 
will  labor  in  that  direction.  A.  Wolf. 

From  New  Bwlforii,  III.— By  request  of  the 

Brethren  in  this  branch  of  the  church,  I  will  give 
you  a  short  sketch  of  Bro.  Hillery'a  labors  here. 
When  he  commenced  preaching  in  Bureau  Co., 
there  was  but  one  member  here.  Now  a  great 
interest  has  been  awakened,  ten  have  been  bap- 
ti7.ed  by  Bro.  Hillery,  and  one  by  Bro.  Georga 
Studebaker.  There  are  prospects  of  many  more 
uniting  with  ua,  if  wo  are  not  forgotten. 

C.  R.  CONANT. 

From  Daiiburyj  Neb.— Iu  looking  over  the 
columns  of  your  paper,  we  are  made  to  rejoice  to 
hear  of  so  many  sinners  being  brought  back  to 
the  fold  of  God,  but  wo  are  deprived  of  hcari 
the  Brethren  jireach.  There  are  no  memhi 
here,  but  myself  and  wife;  all  the  comfort  that 
we  have,  is  when  the  paper  comes  to  hand  ;  it  al- 
ways brings  glad  tidings  of  great  joy.  It  is  as  the 
btead  of  Life  to  the  hungry  eoul.  It  is  a  source 
of  great  comfort  to  ua  that  the  Lord  is  at  work 
among  the  brethren,  that  they  are  getting  more 
Kealous  in  the  missionary  cause.  We  hope  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  that  we  will  he  permitted  to 
the  Brethren  preach  again.  Wc  have  a 
very  gooil  country  here,  plenty  of  vacant  land 
for  homesteads.  B.  R.  GERnAirr. 

From  Bethel  Churcii,  Neb.— The  Brethren 
of  the  Bethel  church  held  their  quarterly  council, 
March  ICtli.  Found  the  church  iu  love  and  un- 
Elected  two  delegates  to  the  District  Meet- 
ing, to  be  held  at  Beatrice,  Gage  Co,  On  Satur- 
day following  Bro.  Thomas  VanBuren  and  myself 
went  lo  York  Co.,  to  hold  a  few  meetings,  but  on 
account  of  their  not  receiving  the  intelligence  of 
our  coming,  no  appointments  were  made  for  us. — 
However  wo  had  meetiug  Sunday  afternoon  at 
one  o'clock  and  also  at  five.     Had  council  nt  half  I 


past  7  o'clock,  P,  M.  Found  all  the  members  in 
harmony. 

The  church  iu  York  Co.,  is  known  as  the  Bea- 
ver Creek  cburcli.  There  are  seventeen  or  eight- 
een members  living  here,  with  an  imperfect  or- 
ganization ;  have  no  speakers,  have  two  deacons, 
one  of  which  has  sold  out  lately,  and  will  thus 
le.ive  them  with  hut  one  dc-icon.  I  would  say  to 
any  ministering  brother  who  contemplates  coming 
West,  that  hc  would  do  well  to  visit  York  Co.  — 
The  church  is  much  in  need  of  a  minister  and 
the  members  much  desire  it  True,  the  speakers 
of  Bethel  church  visit  them  once  in  a  month,  but 
sometimes  not  so  oiYen.  J.  E.  Bryant. 

From  BiiffiUo,  Mo.— Wo  have  asmall  church 

here,  with  but  one  preacher,  namely  Bro,  John 
Hoover.  He  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on 
the  tenth  of  i^Iarch  and  preached  five  sermons. — 
Hc  shunned  not  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of 
God.  Wo  had  no  additions  at  that  lime,  but  the 
eleventh  of  this  mouth  at  our  regular  appoint- 
ment, we  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  three  pi-ec ions 
souls  unite  with  (hc  church.  Two  were  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism,  aud  one  reclaimed. 

S.  DOSCAJT. 

From  Bristol,  0.— I  am  holding  a,  meeting 
at  this  place  aud  expect  to  remain  here  until  the 
29th  inst.  Eld.  S.  S,  Stoockey  and  Bro.  J.  Hufl- 
man  were  with  us  a  few  days.  We  had  many 
pleasant  meetings,  good  attendaoce ;  may  God's 
blessings  rest  upon  them.  The  Lord  willing,  I 
expect,  according  to  previous  arrangements,  to 
commence  a  meeting  on  the  25th  of  May,  with 
the  Brethren  in  the  Mawmee  church.  Defiance  Co., 
Ohio,  on  my  way  to  yearly  meeting.  Also  intend 
stopping  a  few  days  near  Bryan,  where  Bro.  Si- 
mon Long  resides.  J.  KicholSox. 

Inquiry  from  S.  E.  Cornelius.  —  I  have 
seen  two  or  three  letters  written  by  Bro.  David 
Brower  of  the  Willamette  Valley  church,  Oregon, 
and  I  would  like  to  know  if  there  is  any  Corneli- 
us's living  near  there,  as  I  had  a  great-uncle  by 
the  name  of  Absolom  Cornelius,  who  moved  to 
the  Willamette  Valley  a  good  many  years  ago. — 
We  have  written  to  them  but  received  no  answer, 
so  we  don't  know  whether  he  is  living  or  not.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  church. 

Samukl  E.  Cornelius. 

Arcadia,  Ind. 

From  J.  E.  Laycock.— Through  the  kindness 

of  some,  I  have  been  receiving  your  very  valuable 
paper,  and  must  aay  that  I  am  much  pleased  ' 
it.  I  have  heard  some  of  your  ministers  preach 
in  that  State  uear  Decatur,  Macon  Co.,  Ill,  I 
have  been  reiuliug  your  paper  pretty  attentively, 
and  shown  it  to  some  neighbors,  among  the  num- 
ber to  a  Baptist  minister.  He  did  not  know  the 
existence  of  such  a  denomination  ;  be  seems  to  be 
very  much  delighted  with  the  doctrine  set  forth  in 
the  paper.  Generally  he  wants  me  to  lend  him 
the  papers,  when  I  am  through  with  them. 

I  see  among  your  special  corrrespon dents,  J. 
W.  Stein,  whom  I  once  knew  while  in  this  State ; 
he  being  at  that  time  a  Missourian  Baptist  minis- 
ter. I  would  like  to  get  this  written  debate  in 
full.  Please  inform  me  through  your  paper, 
where  I  can  obtain  it. 

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THE    CROSS. 


iS.  sriALT.nASK, 


I'lo.st  they  *vlio  seek 

AVhilcintheiryoutli, 

With  spirits  meek, 

The  way  61  truth. 
To  them  the  sacred  voUmie  doth  disphty, 
Christ  .  US  the  ouly  true  and  living  wny, 
His  precious  Blood  on  Calvary  given,  — 
To  muke  them  heii-s  of  endless  hiists  in  heaven. 
And  e'en  ou  earth  the  child  of  God  can  trneo 
Tlio  glorious  blessings  of  His  sovereign  grnco. 

For   them   He  bore 

Flis  Father's    frown, 

Foi-    them  He  wore 

The   thorny  croivu. 

Nailed  to  the  cross, 

Bnduri'd     its    pain, 

That  His  life's  loss 

Might  be  their  gain. 

Then  haste  to  choose 

The    better   part,  — 

Nor    dare   reliise  — 

TheLoi-dyonr  heart, 

Lest  He  declare;  — 

"I know  yon   not." 

Then    deep    despair 

Will  be  your  lot; — 

REFLECTION. 

The  past,  where  is  it?  It  hasded. 

The   future?   It  may  never  come 

Our  friends  departed?  Withtheilead; 

Ourselves?  Fast  hastening  to  the  tomb. 

Whatarc  earth's  joys?  The  dews  of  morn. 

Its  honors?    Ocean's  wreathing  foam  — 

Where's    peace?      In   trials  meekly  borne, 

.4nd  joy?      In  heaven  the  Christian's   home, 

THE   FAITHFULNESS  OF  GOD. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSIIAUGH. 

To  EUhr    David    Bossermaii,    eif    Geltijshurij, 
Pe.nna : — 

MAY  the  honey-dew  of  Heaven   lie  refi-esh- 
iugly  on  your  almond-blossoms.  Ps.  133: 

3.  Eccl.  12 :  5.  Once  you  were  "  like  a  green  fir 
tree;"  now  you  are  like  a  tree  .stripped  of  its 
fohage,  and  ready  to  yield  to  the  last  strokes  of 
the  "  holy  watchers  "  Hos.  14: 8.  Job.  lJ:7.Di 

4.  13, 14.  Mutation  is  written  on  everjthing 
earthly.  God  in  "  Christ  is  the  same  yesterday, 
aud  to-day  and  forever."  But  for  the  "  immor- 
tality brought  to  light  in  the  Gospel  "  we  "  would 
be  of  all  men  moat  miserable."  "  He  la  faith- 
ful THAT  PLiouiSED."  To  know  this  is  wisdom, 
and  to  this  the  most  illiterate  may  attain. 

."■And  even  lo  your  oM  age  f  am  He;  and  even 
to  your  hoar  hai's  will  I  carry  you;  I  /wire 
matie,  and  I  ipiUbmr;eveti  I  will  carry  you,  aud 
will  deliver  you"  Is.  46:  4.  What  an  anchor  is 
this  for  the  tempest-tossed  sonl!  What  un  na- 
surance  for  the  aged  saint  on  which  to  pillow 
his  drooping  head,  and  repose  his  aching  heart! 
In  reviewing  the  eighty  yeai-s  you  have  spent 
on  earth,  you  cannot  find  the  least  occasion  for 
suspecting  the  Divine  faithfulness.  "  The  wings 
of  the  Almighty  "  have  ever  overshadowed  you, 
and  you  were  ever  encircled  and  upheld  by  "  the 
Everlasting  Arms."  In  contemplating  the  In- 
finite tenderness  of  God  in  the  past,  you  can 
strike  your  harp  to  the  Te  Deum  of  the  ecstu'^ 
ic  Apostle,  0  "  the  riches  of  His  goodness,  am! 
forbeaniure,  aud  long-sufferiug"  Rom,  2:  4. 
Standing  on  the  brink  of  the  bottomless  0c«au 


of  yet  nufnlfilled  promises,  you  eselaim  in  sub- 
dued rapture  with  the  sahie  Apostle,  "  0  the 
Iiepth"  Rom.  11:  33.  "  T/iere/ailed  not  auyht 
"/ any  yood  thing  irhirh  the  Lord  had  spoken 
uufo  the  housn  of  Ismel;  all  came  to  pass  "  Josh. 
21:45.  The  "  JEnovAn-JiHBii  "  of  Abraham 
is  still  the  motto  of  the  Ileaven-hound  pilgrim. 
"  0  give  Ihanhs  unto  fhv  Lord;  for  He  is  good: 
far  His  mercy  endurclh  forever,"  is  a  jubehitiou 
of  fiiith  repeated  twenty-six  times  in  as  many 
successive  vcises  Ps,  13(1.  Holiness  and  faith 
and  joy  ju-e  God-born  triplets.  Nothijig  dark  or 
niis.shapen  or  ghastly  ever  issued  from  the  ma- 
tri.\  of  Deity.  He  g'meiiteri  niau  in  His  own 
image,  and  when  sin  drew  the  dr.ipcry  of  Hell 
over  the  glorious  Genesis  of  God,  a  new,  trans- 
cendent, all-echpsing  manifestation  of  grace 
broke  forth  in  the  veritable  lucai-mition  of  the 
Uncreated.  After  snch  a  Henven-imd-eavth-aud- 
Ilell  amazing  proof  of  Love,  what  sonl  hsis  rea- 
son to  doubt  the  ability  and  readiness  of  God  to 
ce  to  the  uttermost?"  If  any  problem  has 
ever  been  solveil  beyond  refutation,  it  is  the 
Divine  Fatherhood  and  Motherhood.  "  Like  as 
a  VATis-EH pilieth  his  cliUdren,  so  the  Lord  pit U-th 
them  that  fear  Him'' Vs.  103:  13.  "As  one 
whom  his  yoTHEK  comforlelh,  so  miU  I  comfort 
you"1s.QS:  13. 

The  past  is  a  pledge  for  the  future.  Jesns  is 
both  "  Fii-st-sheaf  and  Harvest.  "  He  that  spar- 
ed not  Sis  own  Son,  hn(  delivered  Him   up  for 

US  idl,  HOW  SHALL  He  XOT  WITH  HiM  (dso  FREE- 
LY give  us  all  things"  Rom,  8:  33.  The  whole 
heart  of  God  lies  open  to  the  saint,  and  Al- 
mighty Power  is  at  the  command  of  the  weak- 
est heirof  Heaven.  Omnipotent  Lovehass;jfH? 
itself  for  our  eternal  security.  The  loving  Vi- 
car on  theCross  is  the  All-prevailing  Pleader  on 
the  Throne. 

I  heartily  wish  j'ou  a  cloudle&s  Saturday  aftw- 
noon,  and  a  golden  sunset,  and  an  ''abundant 
entrance  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  the 
Lord  and  Savior  Jt^us  Christ." 


MISSIONARY  "WOBK. 


TO  do  good  is  the  duty  of  all.  Those  who 
profess  to  be  followers  of  the  blessed  Mas- 
ter cannot  consistently  be  contented  simply  by 
being  membere  of  the  church,  (thinking  them- 
selves safe,  and  hence  care  nothing  for  tlic  safe- 
ty of  others),  but  tlieyshouldhave  that  concern 
for  fallen  humanity,  which  will  prompt  them 
to  put  forth  ail  reasonable  etforts  to  bring  others 
into  the  fold  of  Christ.  It  is  true  they  e.xert  a 
good  influence  by  their  examples— that  ia  by 
coming  into  the  church,  and  by  their  godly 
walk  and  conversation,  but  there  are  various 
other  ways  in  which  they  may  be  instrumental 
in  doing  good. 

"  We  are  many  members  in  one  body,  and  all 
have  not  the  same  office."  It  follows  that  some 
can  do  good  in  one  way,  others  in  a  different 
way.  One  very  efficient  way  of  promoting  the 
Master's  cause,  is  by  contributing  means  for 
supporting  home  and  foreign  missions.  The 
vices,  follies  and  evil  jjractices  of  this  sinful 
world,  may  be  seen  on  every  hand.  Everywhere 
wickedness  abounds,  which  betokens  the  indif- 
ference aud  ignorance  of  the  musses,  concerning 
their  duties  to  themselves  and  to  God.  Here  a 
vast  field  of  labor  is  open  to  all  who  would  workfor 
the  salvation  of  souls.  Much  has  already  been 
done  by  those  who  have  entered  earnestly  into 
this  noble  work.  The  work  should  be  contin- 
ued; for  I  verily  believe,  that  thousands  of  in- 
telligent men  and  women  residing  in  places  re- 
mote from  the  organi/ed  churches  of  the  Breth- 
ren, would  gladly  unite  with  the  church,  if  they 

■uld  only  he  made  acquainted  with  its  practices. 

Thi'  command  of  Him  who  came  to  save  sin- 
ners is  "Go  TEACH."  This  seems  obligatory,  and 
we  have  the  promise,  "  If  ye  keep  my  command- 
ments, ye  shall  abide  in  my  love  "  (John  15 :  10). 
It  is  necessary,  then,  that  ministering  brethren 


be  sent  out  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God, 
to  preach  the  Word  as  we  undei-stand  it,  to  ex- 
plain all  the  practices  of  the  Brethren,  aud  give 
the  Bible  reasons  for  the  same;  and  to  receive 
such  as  may  he  induced  to  become  true  followei-s 
of  the  Savioi'.  Books,  pamphlets  and  tracts 
should  also  be  distributed.  Tl:ese  may  exert  a 
noble  influence.  WouU  it  not  be  well  to  place 
our  best  publications,  (books,  pamphlets  &c,,) 
in  various  public  libraries  alid  reading  rooms 
throughout  the  United  States,  jmd  also  distrib- 
ute them  to  some  extent  in  foreign  huids?  To 
accomplish  these  ends,  funds  are  required.  In 
juaking  up  thesL-,  all  can  assist;  each  can  give 
fiomething.  If  it  bo  ouly  a  "mite  "  it  will  help 
to  mcrcase  the  amount.  Thus  by  a  united  eftbrt 
large  sumv  may  be  accumulated;  and  these  if 
wisely  apportioned,  and  rightly  applied,  would 
undoubtedly  be  the  means  of  aecoinplishmg  an 
iuealcnable  amount  of  good.  How  should  we 
give?  Answer.  "Every  man  according  as  ho 
ith  in  Ilia  own  heart,  so  let  him  give, 
not  grudgingly  or  of  necessity,  for  God  loveth 

cheerful  giver"  (2  Cor.  9:  7).  Again,  "He 
tlmtgiveth,  let  him  doit  with  simplicity  "(Rom. 
19;  8). 

We  infer  from  this,  that  we  should  not  boast 
of  what  we  thus  bestow.  "  Do  not  sound 
trumpet  as  the  liypocrites  do;  for  they  have 
their  rowm-d."  Surely  no  one  will  boast  of  tht 
little  sacrifices  he  thus  makes,  when  he  remein- 
bera  the  great  sacrifice  made  by  our  Savior  on 
Calvarj'  to  atone  for  our  sins.  We  should  rath- 
er deplore  our  weakness,  our  inability  to  do 
more  to  aid  in'  the  good  cause.  Bear  in  mind 
that  a  little  sum,  that  one  may  donate,  may  be 
the  means  of  bringing  the  light  of  truth  to 
some  benighted  mortal,  "  save  a  soul  from  death 
aud  hide  a  multitude  of  sius."  Who  can  esti- 
mate the  value,  even  of  one  immortal  soul?  It 
is  beyond  price.  For  ought  we  know  its  worth 
is  inGnitely  greater  than  all  the  wealth  of  earth. 
"  For  what  is  a  man  profited  if  he  gain  the 
whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul?"  (Mark  10; 
26).  If  then  by  our  feeble  efforb,  wo  can  be 
instrumental  in  saving  souls,  which  are  of  such 
;reat  value,  wo  should  certainly  improve  our 
opportunities.  The  jn-ophet  Daniel  says,  "  thcj- 
that  tiiiTi  many  to  righteousness,  shall  shine  ;w 
the  stiii-a  forever  and  ever." 


WHAT  IS  THE  OEDERP 

S.  H.  Basilar:— 

IF  we  are strangci-s in  the  flesh,  I  think  we  are 
one  in  Christ  Jesus  onr  Lord.  Now  dear 
brother-as  j'on  have  been  over  the  brotherhood  a 
great  deal,  it  is  the  request  of  somealmostfallen 
members  to  hear  from  you,  whether  it  is  the 
order  of  the  Brethren  for  sisters  to  wear  plaii 
bonnets  or  luits;  and  if  it  is  the  order  of  th 
church  for  sisters  to  wear  a  cap  or  vait?  Give 
it  through  the  BiihTHUEX  at  WoitKand  I'rlm- 
iliee  Clin.slian.  Susan  Funk. 

Jiijmn  Cat. 

Response. 
Dear  Sister: — 

Amone  the  first  churches  of  our 
Brethren  in  America  and  for  many  years,  even 
in  the  present  century,  it  was  customaiy  among 
the  sisters  to  wear  plain  fur  hats,  with  broad 
brims,  and  lam  informed  that  some  of  tliEm  were 
occasionally  worn  until  within  the  last  fewyeai-s. 
Though  I  have  never  seen  one  worn  by  a  sister, 
yet  have  often  seen  the  hats,  and  judging  from 
their  appearance,  they  would  be  more  servicea- 
ble than  fashionable,  if  worn  to-day. 

As  the  fashion  changes  todiflerent  stj-les,  the 
churches  in  a  few  places,  have  departed  from  the 
general  order  of  the  brotherhood,  and  wore 
plain  hats,  but  formed  after  the  order  of  the 
world,  that  is  shaped  like  fatdiionable  hats;  the 
kind  of  triminga  used,  I  believe  is  supposed  to 
make  the  hut  fashionable  or  plain.  In  76  at 
Annual  council  a  query  was  presented  as  to 
whether  it  was  admissible  for  sisters  to  wear 
fashionable  hats,  and  the  way  the  council  decid-  I 


ed  some  conceived  the  idea  of  it  granting  the 
ivearing  of  hat.s  if  they  were  plain.  To  correct 
this  error,  A.  M.  last  year  decided,  sislere  should 
wear  no  hats  at  all,  and  all  who  now  wcfir  hats. 
do  so  upon  their  own  responsibility,  whether 
they  he  plain  or  otherwise,  and  throw  themselvLvs 
liable  to  the  censure  of  the  church.  Notwith- 
standing this  advice,  some  still  persist  in  the 
wearing  of  hata,  and  consequently  have  fallen 
into  the  judgment  of  the  church.  No  sister  has 
yet  to  my  knowledge  been  reproved  for  the 
wearing  of  a  plain  bonnet,  and  hence  it  follows 
that  it  must  be  the  general  order  as  held  forth 
by  our  old  Brethren. 

Some  of  the  bonnets  now  worn  are  not  fash- 
ionable, but  very  immodest  and  foolishly  trim- 
rd,  and  display  more  vanity  than  becometh  god- 
liness, or  should  he  allowed  of  the  pure  in  heart. 
It  is  not  a  bonnet  simply  that  is  required  but 
one  of  modest  appeanmce.  As  to  the  covering 
in  Paul's  day  I  presume  a  vail  was  in  genera! 
use;  later  it  was  changed  by  all  Christians  to  a 
cap,  wlijph  WHS  discontinued  by  the  popular 
denominations  within  sixty  years  past,  but  -mr 
church,  with  some  othera,  still  retain  the  plain 
cap,  especially  atchm-ch-meetings  and  Commun- 
ions. Just  wliy  some  make  these  seasons  a  spec- 
ial time  for  parading  their  caps,  and  fail  to  hon- 
or God  at  other  seasons,  has  been  a  question  in 
my  mind  of  long  standing;  probably  some  of 
them  could  explain  satisfactory;  I  cannot.  Tlie 
general  ordcris  to  wear  caps.  Some  too,  in  this 
display  a  certain  degree  of  vanity  by  using 
red,  bine  and  white  strings.'  I  never  could  see 
the  virtue  or  honor  to  God  there  was  in  putting 
great  red  mid  blue  strings  to  a  plain  white  cap. 
Now  I  believe  I  have  answered  your  questions 
in  full,  and  about  all  contained  in  your  letter. 

If  all  our  people  could  see  and  practice  alike, 
it  would  do  away  with  many  difficulties,  with 
wliich  we  uowhave  to  contend.  Most  all  the 
churches  in  our  brotheriiood  that  have  walljed 
out  of  order  have  been  subjected  to  advei-sities, 
and  many  have  gone  almost  entirely  to  nothing, 
being  reprimanded  by  A.  M.,  for  disobedience, 
and  by  the  world  for  professing  to  be  of  us  when 
they  were  diltereut  in  practice,  and  had  many  in- 
ternal troubles,  but  these  we  have  everywhere. 

Without  further  remarks  I  leave  the  matter 
as  it  stands,  ofiering  the  editors  the  liberty  of 
lakingany  corrections  or  remarks  they  may 
deem  prudent.  May  the  blessing  of  Godatfend 
all  His  people  on  the  Pacific  coast,  aiul  grant 
you  grace  to  overcome  all  obstacles,  and  finally 

■e  you  above  with  all  the  washed  aud  redeem- 
ed.    Yours  Fraternally. 

S.  H.  Bashok. 


THE  FIRST  APOSTLE. 

rilHE  word  Apostle.ha.-!  the  same  meaning  as 
X  the  word  missionary,  a  person  having  a 
message.  Like  the  word  missionary,  it  is  used 
generally  in  a  religious  sense;  and  is  commonly 
applied  to  those  twelve  persons  whom  our  Lord 
selected  to  accompany  Him,  and  to  go  about 
Judca,  and  elsewhere,  to  preach  His  doctrine. 
These  apostles  were  gHuerally  poor  men.  At 
least  four  of  them  were  fishermen. 

Jesus  was  walking  by  the  sea  of  Galilee,  wlien 
He  saw  tno  brothers,  Simon  and  Andrew,  cast- 
ing their  nets  into  the  sea.  Simon  was  afler- 
wanh  called  Peter,  and  the  same  who  wrote  the 
Epistles,  or  Letters,  which  bear  his  name.  The 
Savior  said  to  the  two  brothers,  "Follow  me, 
and  I  will  make  you  fishere  of  men."  Having 
heard  of  and  known  Jesus  before,  they  had  con- 
fidence in  Him,  and  and  immediately   left  their 

)ts  and  went  with  Him. 

Going  a  little  farther  on,  Jesus  saw  two  sons 
of  Zebedee,  James  and  John,  ina  vessel  with 
their  father,  mending  their  nets.  These  two 
brothei-s  were  also  acquainted  with  Him;  and 
when  He  had  called  them,  they  too,  lefi  their 
father  with  his  hired  men,  and  accompanied  J.?- 
sus.  This  Jamds  is  not  he  who  wrote  the  Epis- 
lle  beariuK  his  name;  but  the  John  is  the  liel.iv- 
ed  disciple  who  wrote  all  the  books  of  that 
name  in  the  New  Testament,  as  also  the  Book 
of  Revelation. 


TI-TK    1^7?T^.TI-I]REiSr    -VT    "WOEKI. 


Mav    '23, 


SIGNS  OF  THE  TIMES. 

RY  JAS,  Y.   HECKLEH. 

VES,  we  see  tlio  hriligM  coming, 
1      Of  that  bright  milleiiiiil  morn, 
Sit;n>!  of  promise  drawing  nearer, 
Uiiya  of  light  the  sky  mtoni. 

Miiiij-,  to  nntl  fro  are  ninuing, 
"  But  the  wise  jihall  umlerstiind," 

Thiit  the  time  is  I'ast  appro iiohiiig. 
Ami  the  Lonl  is  nigh  ixt  hand. 

Signs  He  told  us  would  betoken 
The  events  thnt  passed  before— 

Li'jhtof  truth  and  Bible  knowledge 
Show  that  Christ  is  near  the  door. 

Famini'S  rage  with  deviistation. 
Where  the  heathen  temples  stimd. 

rcMilences  walk  in  darkness 
In  Ihe  MoslpMi  pilgrim's  Ismd. 

And  the  cry  of  war  is  sounding, 
Lireat  commotions  wait  the  earth. 

Thrones  will  tremble,  crowns  be  falling, 
Wonders  soon  may  lake  their  birth. 

See  the  fig  tree,  cursed  and  withered, 
Putting  forth  again  its  leaves; 

Summer  surely  must  be  coming, 
For  t!ie  treu  new  strength  receives. 

Hasten,  Lord,  the  clmrch  extension; 

Bless  the  missionary  cause; 
Gather  in  thy  congregation, 

Pi-et.'ious  souls  to  bear  the  cross, 
'  Tis  a  sign  of  Thine  appearing, 

That  the  Brethren  hasten  so, 
To  hiiild  \i\)  thy  pi-ecious  temple 

In   thy   Zion  here  below. 
Watchman  see,  the  momiug  cometh, 

Sound  the  trnmpet  through  tlie  laud, 
Pi-eiUih  the  Gospel  to  the  nations. 

Is  tlie  Savior's  great  command. 

Hiisten,  Lord,  Thy  coming  kiui-dom, 

"Wheusoe'er  the  time  may  be; 
Let  the  earth  be  full  of  knowledge, 
As  the  waters  of  the  sea. 

SALVATION.— ITS  AUTHOR  AND 
CONDITION. 


"  He  became  the  author  of  etenial  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey  him"  {Heb.  5:  'J). 

IN  ouv  last  we  called  yoiiv  attention  to 
tbe  literal  menuiiig  of  the  inspired 
precepts  .is  our  only  safe  guide  in  our  re- 
lif^ious  faith  and  practice.  We  noAV  in- 
vite your  serious  attention  to  salvation, 
its  author  and  conditions  as  set  forth 
tbereiu.  No  subject  involves  questions 
of  greater  moment  to  eacli  of  us,  than 
this.  Our  text  clearly  intimates  that  by 
nature  we  are  undone.  The  pro]position 
to  save  indicates  that  ita  subjects  are  lost, 
which  solemn  truth  is  abundantly  taught 
in  the  "Word.  "  Sin  entered  into  the 
wui'ld  and  death  by  sin,  and  so  death 
pas-sed  upon  all  men,  for  that  all  have 
sinned"  (Rom.  5:  li).  Man's  lost  con- 
dition includes: 

I/is  present,  moral  and  spiriUtal 
alienation  from  God.  His  understand- 
ing is  darkened;  his  judgment  pervert- 
ed;  his  conscience  "  scared  "  and  polluted ; 
his  affections  earthly,  sensual,  sordid  and 
grovelling;  and  his  will  insubordinate 
ami  rel.)ellious.  Every  faculty  of  his  in- 
telligent being  is  prostituted  to  the  pur- 
poses of  sin,  and  all  have  continued  to 
render  him  obnoxious  to  God  and  loath- 
some in  eyes  of  piu'e  and  holy  intelli- 
gence. He  is  but  a  mass  of  spiritual 
putrefaction.  "  Every  imagination  of 
the  thoughts  of  his  heart,  is  only  evil 
continually  "  (Gen.  (5:  5).  "  The  whole 
head  is  sick,  and  the  whole  heart  faint. 
From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  ;iinto  the 
head  there  is  no  soundness  in  it;  but 
wovmds  and  bruises,  andputi'ifyiugsores' 
(Is.  1 :  5,  6).  Hence  man  is  a  stranger  to 
lift  and  peace.  His  lost  condition  also 
includes; 

The  fendency  of  Ms  body,  to  dissolu- 
tion and  corruption.  However  unwel- 
come this  thought,  it  is  a  solemn  truth 


tli.it  very  soon  we  mu,st  become  the  oc- 
L-upaiits  of  the  grave,  and  it  will  be  said 
of  n3,  "  Eartli  to  earth,  dust  to  dust  and 
ashes  to  ashes."  Every  falling  tree,  ev- 
ery withering  leaf,  every  fading  flower 
repeats  the  story  of  human  destiny,  and 
nuui  tliough  "  Lord  of  tbe  animal  and 
inanimate  creation,"  must  bow  his  head 
and  die.  Again,  man's  lost  condition 
includes: 

His  exposure  to  the  hitter  pO'ugs  of 
the  second   death.    "  It  it   is    appointed 
unto  man  once  to  die,  but  after  this  the 
judgment  "  (Heb.  0:  57).     "  There  shall 
be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead,  both  tUe 
just    and  unjust"  (Acts  24:15).     And 
while    the   subjects    of    salvation   shall 
"  awake  to  Gverl.istingUfe,"thelostmust 
come  forth    "  to  shame  ami  everlasting 
conlwupt"   (Dan.    12:    2).      "For  the 
hour  is  coming,  in  which  all  that   are  in 
the  gravessliall  hear  His  voice,  and  shall 
come  forth;  they   that  have  done  good 
unto  the  resurrection  of  life ;  and   they 
that  have  done  evil  unto  the  resurrection 
of  damnation  "  (John   5:28,29).     Sal- 
^'atiou  then  involves  a  present,  thorough 
■eiiovation  and  tr.ansformation  of  man's 
moral  and  spiritual  nature;  a  resurrec- 
tiou  from  death  in  the  likeness  of  Jesus 
(Phil.  3:  20,  21;  1    John  3:  2),  and  par- 
ticipation  of    "  life  and   immortality  " 
beyond  the  grave.     But  how    is  this  at- 
med?    Just  here  I  remark  that: 
1     Man    caniiol   he  the  author  of  his 
own  salvation.  .  This   appeai-s  when  we 
reflect  upon  the  relation   of  man,    as  a 
transgressing  subject,  to  God's  just  and 
good  and  holy   and   righteous  law,  and 
liere  we  speak  not  of  the  law  of  the  Gos- 
pel, but  of  that  law  by  which  comes  "  a 
knowledge  of  sin,"  and  which  serves  as 
a  "  school-master  to  bring  us  to  Christ." 
Death  is  tlie  penalty  of  its  transgression 
(Ezek.  IS: '!).     Man  cannot  plead  guilt- 
less, for    he   has  sinned.     The  Law  re- 
quires spotless  piu'ity  of  character.  Man 
does  not  jjossess  it.    It  requires  peifect 
obedience  to    all    its  commands.     It  de- 
mands ample  satisfaction  and  atonement 
for  sins  committed.     Man  cannot  make 
satisfaction  without  suii'erlng  its  penalty. 
The  Law  makes  no  provision  for  repen- 
tance, it  is,  "  do  and  live,  or    transgress 
and  die,"    which    certainly  harmonizes 
with    every     principle   of  justice.     See 
that  criminal  standing  at  the  bar  of  civ- 
1  justice,   the  victim    uf  condemnation. 
He  purposes  to  be   a  better  man.    He 
prostratesliimself  before  the  court,  judge 
and  jury  and  importunes  their  clemency. 
He  melts  them,  and  the   spectatoi-s  into 
tears  of  sympathy,    and  sighs  of  heavi- 
ness, but  what  can  they  do?     As  faith- 
ful    administrators  of  justice,  they  are 
compelled  to  execute  its  penalties.     So 
no  repentance  under  the  Law   of  God 
can  evade  the  inexorable  demands  of  di- 
vine justice.    Some  have  been  so  blind 
even  as  to  suppose  that  they  can  keep  ac- 
counts with  God.     They  have  intioduc- 
ed  the  science  of  book-keeping  into  their 
religion    and  every   evil  deed   they  do, 
they  put  to  God's  credit  and  eveiy  good 
deed  they  do,  they  put  to  their  oivn  cred- 
it and  suppose  if  at  last  they  will    only 
have  done  as  much   good  as  evil,    that 
they  will  square  accounts  with  God  and 
bring  Him  underobligations  to  savethem, 
such  is  the  madness  of  .sin.     "Itfirst  in- 
fatuates  and  then    destroys."      I  have 
somewhere  read  of  a  little  boy  ivhose 
father  once  said  to  him,  "  My  sou  fgr  ey- 
ery  ))ad  deed  }'ou  do  I  am  going  to  drive 
a  nail  into  a  certain  post,  and  for  every 
good  deed  you  do  I  ^stII  draw  a  nail  out 
of  it."     At  length  the  post   was  full  of 
nails  and  the  boy  resolved  to  do  better. 
One  by  one  the  nails  disappeared  until 
the  last  was  out,  but  on    examining  his 


post  a  new  fact  became  apparent  to  him, 
and  overwhelmed  with  grief  he  sought 
his  father  exclaiming,  "  O  father,  the 
nails  .ire  nil  gone,  but  thcprints  are  there 
yet."  So,  whatever  the  sinner  m.iy  do 
to  reform  an  immoral  life  and  restoie 
himself  to  the  confidence  and  favor  of 
society,  he  cannot  efface  the  dark  and 
deep  and  damning  eftects  of  sin  already 
committed.  Its  early  imprt'ssions  upon 
himself,  upon  society,  upon  the  church 
and  the  world,  may  have  been  small  like 
the  first  impressions  of  the  falling  peb- 
ble upon  the  bosom  of  the  i>lacid  lake, 
but  in  its  communicative  influence  it  ex- 
tends until  itla-shes  the  distant  shores  of 
eternity,  and  none  but  Omnipotence  with 
the  blood  of  mercy  shed  by  the  hand  of 
divine  justice,  can  wipe  it  out  and  coun- 
teract its  awful  effects,  for  the  law  can- 
not repeal  a  solitary  decree  in  order  to 
spare  a  sinner. 

The  act  by  which  any  sovereign  would 
repeal  a  single  edict  in  order  to  exercise 
clemency  toward  a  transgressor,  would 
at  once  impeach  his  righteousness  in 
making  the  law,  his  purity  in  hating  the 
transgression  and  liis  tiuth  in  the  admin 
iatration  of  justice.  He  would  forfeit  at 
once  the  confidence,  respect  and  obedi- 
ence of 'every  subject  of  his  government, 
and  all  might  say,  "If  this  man  has  sin- 
ned with  impunity,  we  can  do  the  same, 
and  if  the  king  has  annulled  the  law  to 
spare liim,  he  will  probably  doso  for  us." 
So  with  God.  Could  the  Sovereign  of 
the  universe  repeal  one  edict  of  divine 
justice  in  order  to  save  a  sinner,  that  one 
act  would  impeach  the  di\nue  righteous- 
ness, imrity  and  truth;  would  thwart  the 
purposes  of  immutability,  subvert  the 
scepter  and  throne  of  Omnipotence  and 
involve  the  universe  in  hopeless  anarchy 
and  ruin.  But  not  so.  "Heaven  and 
earth  shall  pass  away,"  but  "  not  one  jot 
or  tittle  shall  pass  from  the  law,  till  all 
be  fulfilled."  One  sin  then  committed, 
though  the  smallest,  of  word,  thought 
or  deed,  without  atonement,  is  enough  to 
desti'oy  a  soul.  Hence  it  is  clear  that, 
"  By  the  deeds  of  the  law  shall  no  flesh 
be  justified  in  God's  sight,  for  by  the 
law  is  the  knowledge  of  sin  "  (Rom.  3; 
20).  "  For  as  many  as  are  of  the  works 
of  the  law,  are  under  the  curse:  for  it  is 
written,  cursed  is  every  one  that  contin- 
ueth  not  in  all  things  that  are  written 
in  the  book  of  the  law  to  do  them " 
(Deut.  27:  26;  GaL  3:  10). 

This  is  a  proposition  however  at  jvhich 
thecarnalandunrenewedmindoften  stum- 
bles. "  What!"  says  one,  "  destroy  me 
for  one  sin  when  my  life  h.is  been  habit- 
ually good  and  upright?"  Mr.  Leupolt, 
a  missionary  to  India,  was  once  preach- 
ing on  human  corruption,  when  one  of 
his  hearers  surprised  at  his  assertions, 
exclaimed,  "  How  can  this  be  true?  that 
"  whosocve}-  shall heep  the  whole  law,  and 
yet  offend  in  one  point,  is  yo/iUy  of  all " 
(Jas.  2:  10).  How  can  this  be?  If  I 
keep  six  of  the  commandments  and  break 
four,  have  I  not  keptthe  majority?  And 
is  not  God  in  justice  bound  to  save  me 
because  I  have  kept  more  than  I  have 
broken  V  The  missionay  answered  him 
by  supposing  a  vessel  to  be  dashed  along 
in  the  midst  of  a  furious  storm  upon  the 
Ganges  threatened  ^v^th  destruction. 
The  shrieks  of  the  passengers  attiact  the 
attention  of  friends  on  shore,  who  im- 
mediately fasten  a  stone  to  one  end  of 
the  rope,  and  the  other  end  of  the  rope 
to  a  large  chain  and  succeed  in  cast- 
ing the  stone  on  board,  by  which  the 
chain  ia  drawn  on,  one  end  of  which  is 
laid  liold  on  by-  the  pass'engei-s,  and  the 
other  lield  by  the  friends  on  shore.  But 


Vive  the  storm,  when  it  is  only  yet  a  ■ 
fewyardsoft",  juston^ZiJii-breaks,  There 
may  be  a  thousand  sound  links  left,  but 
one  is  gone.  Now  he  asks,  "  AVhat  shall 
these  distressed  people  do?  Shall  they 
cling  to  the  unbroken  links?"  "  No, 
exclaimedone  of  the  hcirere, "  over- 
board with  the  chain,  or  it  will  sink  them 
the  sooner"  (PoM'er  of  Illustration  pp., 
52),  then  unless  some  other  remedy 
is  available  it  is  a  gone  ease.  So  belov. 
ed  I'eaders,  \yith  us. 

The  convict  of  civil  justice  may  plead 
a  life  of  haliitnal  innocence  and  virtue, 
to  exempt  lum  from  the  awful  penalty 
of  one  transgression,  but  it  is  all  in  vain. 
Tlie  law  is  broken  and  he  is  undone.  So, 
if  we  have  broken  just  one  command  of 
the  divine  Law,  we  need  not  cling  to  the 
nnbi'oken  ones,  for  the  Law  is   violated 
and  by  it  we  cannot  be  justified  in  God's 
sight.  This  part  of  our  proposition,  then 
I  trust  is  clearlyunderstood.    That  "man 
cannot  be  the  author  of  his  own   salva- 
tion, appears  furtlier  in  that,  no  human 
rite  or  penance  whicli  he  may  invent,  ob- 
serve or  suft'er,  and    no  oft'erings  which 
can  render  to  God,  who  professes  all  the 
essentials  of  Imppiness  and  glory  inde- 
pendent of  human  serWce,   can  avail  to 
[compensate  for  sin  or  secure  for  him  the 
divine  favor.     The   important   question 
then  arises  again,  whencecome  salvation? 
Our  text  answers    the    query.     Though 
man  is  lost  and  cannot  be  the  author  of 
Iiis  own  salvation,  refeiTing  to  the  au- 
thority and    efficiency    of  Christ  as  our 
_  eat  high  Priest,  it  declares  that,  "  He 
hecumc  the  author  ofsalwataon."  Taking 
our  law-place,  being  "  made  of  a  woman, 
made  under  the  hiw,"  He    came  "  to  re- 
deem them  that  wore  under  the  law,  that 
wc  might  receive  the  adoption  of  sons  " 
(Gal.  -t:  4).     He  "  came    not  to  de-stroy 
the  law  and  the  prophets,  but  to  fulfill  " 
(Matt.  5;  17),  to  magnify  the  law  and  as 
our  substitution,  in  our   ste.id  to  satisfy 
whatever  claims  it  made  at  our  hands. 
Did  it  demand  spotless  purity?     He  pos- 
sessed it.     Did  it  require  perfect  obedi- 
ence?   He  rendered  it.      Did  it  exact 
satisfaction  for  sin,  granting  no  repen- 
tance    and    allowing   no    repeal  of  its 
righteous  claims?   He  made  .satisfaction, 
unbosoming  Himself  to  receive  its  divine 
penalty,  and  "  bore  our  sins  in  His  own 
body  "  upon  the  cross."   He  suftered  for 
sin,  the  just  for  theunjustthatHe  might 
bring    us    to    God"  (I   Pet.  3:    18). 
"  Though  He  was  rich,  yet  for  om-  sakes 
He  becamepoor,  thatwe  through  His  pov- 
erty might  berich"(2Cor.  8:9).  Though 
He  "  knew  no  sin,"  He  was  made  "  to  be 
sin  for  us,"  that  we  might  be  made  the 
righteousness    of  God  in   Him  (2  Cor. 
5:  21),   "He  was  wounded  for  om- trans- 
gressions," and  "bruised  for  our  iniquities, 
the  chastisement  of  our  peace   was  upon 
Him,  and  with  His  stripes  we  are  healed 
(Isaiah  S53:    5).     Man  was  an  insolvent 
debtor  to  the  claims   of  divine  justice. 
He  had  not  wherewith  to  pay,  but  Christ 
as  our  kind  surety  discharged  the  liabil- 
ities, and  took  the  law   into   His    own 
hands,  so  that  our  sins  might  be  imput-. 
ed  to  Him  and  His    righttousnesa  to  us, 
"  notHis  personal  righteousness  "  asman 
"  for  that  could  not   be   transmitted   to 
another,"  "  not  His   essential   righteous- 
ness" as  God,  for  that  could  not  be  trans- 
ferred to   man,  but  His  "  mrety-sMp- 
li^hteonsness,"  as  the  God-man,  Media- 
tor between  God  and  man. 

When  a  debt  is  canceled  by  a  sui-efcy, 

the  original  creditor  has  no  more  claims 

L-ii)a!  rhan  if  his  own  mon- 


*  P"'" 


upon  th' 

oy  had  i>;iid   thr 
for  the  priiii'ip 


Icbt,    it  only   remains 
to  satisfy  the   surety, 


now  \vhUe  they  are  drawing  the  vessel  and  if  he  ejiooses  to  make  tbe  principal 
shoreward  where  they  hope  it  may  sur- 1  a  present   of  the   whole,    on  conditions 


M:av  23. 


'rm^    BKKTI-IXIEN    AJT    AVORK. 


(.■asy,  Imnorfililt'  and  snl't;,  no  one  elst.-  litis 
n  I'iglit  to  compliiiii.  So  Christ  ns  our 
.Surety  lias  taken  the  wbole  thing  into 
His  ownlmnds.  Stnndiug  between  us  and 
the  hiw  which  has  no  more  deraamls  up- 
on us.  He  has  Iiecoine  the  sole  disposal 
of  life  and  death,  and  we  can  be  savud 
by  becoming  reconciled  to  Him  on  con- 
ditioDs  which  He  Himself  stipulates. 
'^  Me  heat  me  the  author  of  salvtUioii" 
and  it  becomes  possible  for  God  to  be 
just,  and  yet  the  juatifier  of  the  believer 
in  Christ.  "  IJut  asks  "  one  "wherein 
is  the  justice  of  all  this?"  I  answer, 
there  would  be  no  justice  in  laying  the 
penalty  due  tlie  transgressor  upon  the 
head  of  another  innocent  subject,  but 
when  the  king,  whose  will  is  tlie  law, 
than  A\'hich  there  is  no  higher  appeal  to 
justice  designs  to  humble  himself  and 
suffer  instead  of  his  subject,  no  one  else 
can  complain. 

{To  heronfininyJ.) 


BLOWING  THE  TRUMPET. 


|-  M.  H.  FOWI-Kit. 


"D*L0W1NG  the  trumpet  has  become 
-L*  the  watchward  of  the  day,  or  near- 
ly so,  not  altogether  the  Gospel  Trump- 
et, but  a  ti'umpet  of  om-  own.  It  is  true 
the  Gospel  Trumpet  should  sound  out 
with  a  clearness  from  the  dooi'  of  every 
professor,  yea,  from  every  corner  of  the 
street,  from  every  high  place,  and  in  ev- 
ery vale,  until  every  ear  is  saluted  with 
the  glorious  sound. 

The  clear  notes  of  the  trumpet  of  God 
is  music  of  the  most  majestic  kind  to  the 
sold  of  the  saint,  and  a  warning  voice  to 
the  sinner.  The  true  trumpeter  of  God 
seeks  not  his  own  glory,  but  the  Lord's. 
He  blows  the  trumpetin  Zion  and  sounds 
an  alarm  in  the  holy  mountain,  and 
when  the  inhabitants  of  the  Lord  are 
made  to  tremble  and  give  heed  to  the 
warning  sound,  and  seek  refuge  in  the 
ranks  of  the  army  of  the  Lord,  the 
faithful  trumpeter  of  God  bows  his  head 
in  humble  reverence  and  and  gives  God 
the  glory,  and  rejoices  in  soul  that  sin- 
nei-s  are  converted.  But  ah,  there  were 
those  in  ancient  days  who  had  a  trump- 
et of  their  own,  and- when  they  done  a 
charitable  act,  their  horn  was  brought 
into  use  and  Idowed  a  terrible  blast, 
sounding  it  long  and  loud  that  all  could 
know  what  they  had,  done,  that  they 
might  have  the  glory,  and  by  some 
means  the.  old  pharisaic  trumpet  has 
found  its  way  down  to  the  present,  and 
it  is  brought  into  frequent  use;  we  hear 
the  sound  thereof  from  the  housetops 
and  in  the  market,  from  the  corner  of 
the  streets,  through  the  columns  of  re- 
ligious papers,  in  the  social  circle,  from 
hill  and  dale  comes  the  sound,  See  what 
I  have  done.  8ee  what  I  have  done,  too 
often  precedes  what  the  Lord  has  done. 
We  have  beard  that  ugly  sound  so  much 
that  it  has  become  obuoxious.  Hardly  a 
Week  passes,  we  hear  that  some  one  has 
to  give  the  old  trumpet  a  blast.  "I,"  held 
a  series  of  meetings,  and  three,  six,  ten, 
twenty  were  added  to  the  church.  But 
"  I,"  precedes  the  Lord.  Oh  that"  I" 
could  in  some  way  be  killed,  that  the 
Lord  could  live  more  in  us,  and  be  in 
all  our  actions.  Then  we  will  find  no 
more  use  for  the  old  pharisaic  horn. 

Is  not  this  true  my  brethren?  The 
Lord  Jesus  did  not  blaze  abroad  His  do- 
ings Himself.  But  we  frequently  hear 
Him  say,  "  see  that  thou  tell  no  man." 
Although  He  was  Lord  of  all,  He  never 
sought  to  make  Himself  conspicuous  in 
the  eyes  of  men.  The  humbleness  and 
meekness  of  His  character,  forbade  that 
He  should  blaze  abroad  His  doings  Him- 
self,  there  were    others  that   done  that, 


neithn-  the  apostks.  In  view  of  tliese 
facti^,  can  we  do  it  and  be  blameless? 

I  do  not  think  that  it  is  required  of 
God's  ministers  to  keep  an  account  of 
how  many  souls  were  brought  into  the 
church  through  our  instrumentality,  and 
then  .sound  the  trumiiet  to  the  world 
what  "  I  "  have  done;  God  is  to  have  the 
glory,  "I"  am  not.  If  we  have  been  ^vll^ 
ing  instruments  iu  the  Lord's  hands  to 
perform  a  good  work,  He  is  to  have  the 
glory,  not  man.  If  we  do  our  duty,  God 
will  keep  an  account  of  it;  He  is  not 
forgetftil,  God's  peopledo  not  need  the 
praise  of  men  in  this  world  to  add  to 
their  glory  in  the  world  to  come.  The 
Lord  takes  notice  of  all  our  acts,  and 
there  is  no  danger  that  He  will  forget 
them.  How  is  it,  if  we  do  anything  that 
is  not  so  commendable,  we  are  willing  to 
keep  those  things  perfectly  quiet;  we 
are  not  very  apt  to  make  them  publicly 
known.  ^Vby  not?  Because  we  love 
the  praise  of  men.  "Why  not  give  pub- 
licity to  both  good  and  bad  alike?  I 
mean  why  do  not  we  ourselves  blaze 
abroad  oui'  own  evil  as  well  as  the  good. 

I  leave  this  question  for  each  one  to 
answer  for  himself.  How  natural,  — 
(not  very  spiritual),  if  we  have  preached 
a  good  sermon,  or.  written  a  spicy  article 
to  the  public,  or  done  auy  good  act,  and 
some  one  is  presumptuous  enough  to  tell 
us  that  was  very  good;  we  want  every- 
body to  know  what  "  I  "  have  done, 
hence  the  old  horn  is  caught  up  and  we 
get  a  blast;  if  no  other  way,  it  comes 
through  the  newspapers.  Is  not  this 
true  ?  We  have  been  drawn  into  this  by 
degrees,  and  perhaps  do  not  think  how 
obno.xious  it  is  to  the  Lord.  Therefore 
let  us  all  wake  up  to  a  true  sense  of  our 
obligations  to  God,  and  seek  His  glory 
and  not  our  own.  <i 

Then  the  Gospel  Trumpet  will  sound 
with  a  clearness,  and  with  its  soul-stir- 
ring notes,  and  then  saints  will  rejoice, 
sinners  will  be  saved,  and  then  we  can 
rejoice  together  in  a  full  hope  of  eternal 
life. 


riy  NOAH  n.  shutt. 

A  REGARD  for,  or  an  affection  to 
-'*-  any  object  whether  real  or  imag- 
inary, is  the  substance  of  our  subject. 
How  easy  it  is  for  us  to  follow  that 
which  we  love,  and  have  an  affection  for 
It  is  easy  for  a  follower  of  God  to  love 
him.  Love  is  a  cause  for  which  an  effect 
will  generally  follow.  The  adversary  of 
souls  loves  to  cast  his  snares  to  deeeiv 
the  nations  of  the  eartli,  and  his  snares 
are  many. 

AVith  all  his  pernicious  ways  he 
throws  his  heinous  and  satanic  snar 
around  like  the  spider  costs  his  web  to 
catch  the  fly,  he  is  very  busy  going  about 
like  a  roaring  lion,  seeking  the  souls 
whom  he  may  devour,  and  if  possible, 
will  deceive  the  very  elect;  this  is  what 
he  loves  to  do,  and  oh!  how  his  follow- 
ers love  to  follow  him  in  his  tread;  the 
fornicator,  idolators,  adulterers,  love 
to  follow  his  evil  vices  (1  Cor.  6:  9,  10), 
Wbat  will  be  the  consequence  of  these? 
They  will  be  banished  from  the  presence 
of  God,  from  immortal  bliss,  from  the 
celestial  shores  of  ceaseless  ages,  where 
Christ  and  his  holy  angels  dwell  forever 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  eternal  Father, 
and  be  cast  into  (mter  darkness,  there 
shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth, 
where  the  worm  diethnot  and  the  fire  is 
not  quenched  (Matt.  8:  12). 

God  so  loved  the  world  that  he  gave 
his  only  begotten  Son,  for  a  ransom  for 
our  sins,  and  not  for  our  sins  only,  but 
for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world,  and  how 


his  f.iHowei-s  love  to  do  hl.^  will;  they 
love  to  be  ai-ound  the  family  altar  in 
prayer,  in  thesanctiiiiries  of  God,  where 
his  Word  is  preached  and  any  place 
where  any  good  can  be  accomplished. 

God  is  love;  and  he  that  dwelleth  iu 
love  dwelleth  in  God,  and  God  in  him 
(1  Jolin  4:  lil).  True  and  holy  love 
\vill  make  the  whole  heart  of  man  and 
his  soul  rejoice  and  delight  in  God  and 
obey  iiis  commauduieuts;  such  a  love 
will  meet  and  fullill  all  the  ends  of  the 
Divine  Law  (Matt.  22;  37-40). 

The  love  of  nnrepcnted  hearts,  is  mix- 
ed with  sin  and  loves  that  which  is  for- 
bidden, and  ahorrs  that  which  it  should 
love,  we  must  be"  born  again"  in  order 
to  see  God  (John  3:3).  In  the  three 
Persons  of  the  Godhead,  love  is  towards 
holy  angels  and  Christians,  unspeakably 
full,  perfect  and  blissful,  God's  love  is 
an  infinite  satisfaction  and  an  immeasur- 
able compassion  towards  sinners. 

The  love  that  can  be  enjoyed  is  almost 
incomprehensible.  The  lovely  scenes 
around  the  fireside,  in  God's  sanctuaries, 
and  in  our  visitations  to  our  friends  and 
brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ,  and  at  tlie 
parting  hour  M'ill  cause  the  tear  to  roll. 
and  joy  will  be  mingled  with  sorrow, 
and  at  the  tijueof  interment  of  our  friends 
and  neighbors  will  be  around  the  silent 
tomb  of  the  departed  one,  take  the  last 
Wew  on  this  side  of  eternity,  will  mourn 
and  weep,  the  love  and  affections  so 
strong  sometimes  that  it  almost  causes 
broken  hearts  (Matt.  22:  37-38).  Thou 
shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  ^vlth  all  thy 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with 
all  thy  mind,  and  thy  neighbor  as  thy 
self  (Matt  22;  40).  On  these  two  hangi 
all  the  law  and  the  prophets. 


dilftjiiia,    for  he   will    ncithi-r    worship 
the  dL'vii.  nor  U-Vww  G„d  (the  Bible). 


,\SS1E  E.  aUliEBT. 


LIFE  AND  DEATH. 

BY  1>.  DK.VRDOBFF, 

3fr.  Infidel: — 
rpAICE  a'^vay  Jesus  and  the  resurrec- 
-'-  tiou  from  the  dead  through  him, 
and  what  have  you  left?  Thomas  Paine 
(a  kind  of  modern  Jesus  to  you),  the 
declaration  of  independence  (as  you 
claim  he  wrote  that)  and  a  long  and  end- 
less dark  future  in  which  not  even  the 
faintest  gleam  of  light  appears  to  cheer 
and  console  the  weary  and  troubled  soul. 
And  while  you  prefer  the  one  side  of  the 
picture,  we  take  the  other;  and  throw 
ourselves  into  the  hands  of  God  a  "  liv- 
ing sacrifice,"  and  resolve  with  Paul, 
"by  the  gi'aee  of  God  I  am  what  I  am." 
For  to  me  the  burden  of  life  is  heavy 
enough  with  all  the  bright  prospects  of 
tlie  future,  let  alone  having  the  soul 
weighed  down  with  the  thought,  that  af- 
ter this  life,  all  is  done,  and  w.^  go  down 
into  the  srave,  without  any  hope  of  com- 
ing forth  to  enjoy  those  who  have  gone 
before,  which  to  me  would  be  worth  ten 
thousand  worlds  like  this  to  again  em- 
brace those  three  little  ones  at  the  right 
hand  of  God. 

But  you  may  say,  we  believe  in  a  fu- 
ture state  of  e.\istence.  But  if  you  de- 
ny Jesus  and  the  resurrection,  how  are 
you  to  prove  it  ?  Who  made  you  so  wise  ? 
For  this  is  something  I  have  yet  to  learn ; 
for  I  have  never  yet  been  able  to  even 
hope  in  life  beyond  the  grave  outside  of 
Jesus.  Neither  do  I  msh  to ;  for  it  seems 
as  if  those  who  have  ventured  to  disbe- 
lieve the  Bible,  have  got  themselves  in- 
to a  very  bad  condition.  For  even  the 
great  American  teacher,  although  a  very 
strongman  (or  weak  man  I  should  per- 
haps ,=iay,  for  he  has  "  sworn  by  all  that 
is  sacred,  never  to  worship  the  devil, 
though  he  should  appear  dressed  in  roy- 
al robes,  and  seated  on  the  throne  of  Je- 
hovah,") has  gotten  himself  into  a  great 


TTOW  delightful  is  the  thought,  that 
J-^  those  who  cannot  be  influenced  by 
our  e.xample,  may  be  reached  by  our 
prayers.  Perhaps  there  are  friends  who 
are  separated  from  us  by  thousands  of 
miles,  orsonie  dear  one  in  oui'  home.  Per- 
haps a  dear  father  or  mother,  brother, 
or  sister,  who  repels  every  effort  which 
we  make  to  arouse  him  or  her  to  a  sense 
of  danger. 

How  impossible  it  seems  to  do  such 
a  one  good.  But  is  it  really  impossible 
when  there  is  a  throne  of  grace,  where 
we  are  encoui-aged  to  ask  what  we  will 
in  the  name  of  Christ,  and  it  shall  be 
done  unto  us?  Impossible  when  we  know 
that  the  fervent  effectual  prayer  of  a 
rigbteous  one  availeth  much  ?  We  have 
every  encouragement  to  hope  that  ear- 
nest and  persevering  prayers  will  lie 
heard  and  answered. 

Call  to  mind  the  records  of  our  iSav- 
ior's  ministry  upon  earth,  and  mark  the 
numerous  instances  in  which  his  favor 
was  besought,  and  never  besought  in 
vain  for  friends  and  relations.  The  Sy- 
rophenieian  women,  tiie  ruler  Jarius,  the 
centurion,  and  others  are  sufficient  proof 
that  prayer  was  not  unwelcome  in  a 
Savior's  ear.  Oh  let  us  intercede  ^Wth 
him  who  answei-s  prayer  for  dear  ones 
who  are  not  in  the  church  of  Christ; 
pray  for  the  heathen  at  home  and  for 
the  heathen  abroad;  pray  for  the  minis- 
ters of  Christ,  and  for  the  missionaries  of 
the  cross.  You  are  jierhaps  timid,  yon 
cannot  say  much  for  the  cause  of  Christ, 
that  Savior  whom  you  love  and  desire 
to  serve,  but  you  can  pray  that  his  king- 
dom may  come  and  that  his  will  may 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.  You 
can  remind  his  promises  which  he  has 
made  respecting  the  world,  being  filled 
M'ith  his  knowledge,  and  nations  being 
blessed  in  him. 

How  truly  nobhi  is  a  useful  life.  Let 
the  e.xample  of  oui'  Savior  prove  a  pow- 
erful incentive  to  increase  exertion. 
Birth  and  elevated  rank  may  satisfy  the 
earthly  mind;  but  the  Christian  is  a 
co-worker  with  the  eternal  and  shall 
shine  as  the  stars  forever  and  ever. 


THE  COURAGE  TO  LIVE. 

~\T7E  need  not  preach  the  courage  to 
*  '  die — that  is  common  enough — 
but  the  courage  to  live,  to  be  honest  in 
spite  of  poverty  and  neglect;  to  be  true, 
though  all  is  dark  except  where  God 
shines  in;  to  be  faithful,  though  heavens 
fall  and  hearts  break,  and  fi-iendships 
turn  to  gall.  Yes  we  must  teach  men 
to  dare  to  be  unpopular,  to  be  misap- 
prehended, to  be  ahead  of  the  times,  to 
follow  the  voice  of  God  though  it  leads 
into  the  wilderness,  to  tell  the  devil  to 
his  very  face  that  he  lies,  and  also  to 
give  him  his  dues — an  act  which  requires 
tbesupremest  courage  at  times. 

I  wouldn't  give  a  farthing  for  the  tri- 
umphant faith  of  the  death  hour,  unless 
it  comes  from  that  triumphant  faith  that 
makes  our  life  full  of  noblest  daring, 
that  is  ready  to  fling  aside  honor,  wealth 
the  praise  of  friends,  rather  than  impair 
for  one  moment  the  soul's  integrity.  Oh, 
for  such  a  courage — the  courage  to  think, 
to  act,  to  tell  the  harsh  truths,  to  over- 
throw splendid  falsehoods,  to  diso^vn 
sweet  lies  and  to  banish  tendei'eet  asso- 
ciations rather  than  check  the  least,  the 
free  movement  of  the  sovereign  soul. 
We  all  must  die  with  more  or  less  equan- 
imity, but  we  cannot  live  in  the  full 
splendor  of  our  being  e.vcept  by  courage 
and  determined  exertion. — Th^e  Guide. 


THK    T5T:^ETI-IK25:N'    -cVT    AVOl^K. 


May    Q;S. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLlSflED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE,  [editOKS. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  ) 


Bno.  S.  II.  Ii.vj(in>ii  13  Ji'ly  authuriicJ,  by  us  as  ou 
iroTcliag  cortcspniiilonl  and  agent  for  Iho  Duktube-N  * 
WoBK  and  will  roccivo  aubacrijilions  for  llio  sntuG  n(  an 
rogulw  rates.  All  buainc.M  Irnntfiicled  by  hiui  for  ouro 
fico,  will  bo  llio  smiio  as  if  dono  by  ourselves. 


Tub  BHRTuncs  at  Wobk  will  bo  scut  rosi-pnid,  to  ncy 
Biidrcss  in  Iho  United  SiulOS  or  Cannda,  for  51  50  Par 
annum.  Tlione  sun.ling  ttn  unnicji  nnd  SIfi.OO,  will  ru- 
ccito  nil  oiira  copy  free  of  obnree.  For  nil  over  lliis 
miinbcr  tlio  ogcnl  will  be  allowed  lU  cents  for  each  ndJi- 
lionnl  name,  wliicU  amount  tnn  bo  deducted  from  Iho 
monpy.  hi'forc  sending  il  to  us.  Money  Ordcra,  Dmfls, 
Bii'l  iicgialorcd  Letters  may  he  acnl  at  our  rial;.  Thi>y 
M>,.i>lil  bo  niitdu  uftvable  to  Moore  ft  Eshelmnn. 

.vhi.jtniiliooa,  ami  comrauuicalionsinlondod  for  the  p.i- 
iier  II-  "ill  «■'  nil  husineas  mnllora  connected  with  the  of- 
liec'^U.'uUlbv  addressed 

losart,  Corrcll  Co.iHI- 


LAHABS,  ILL 


UAY  23,  13TS. 


1''kosi  the  Priniilii-f  Clirlsti'in  wo  Icnrii  that 
tlio  school  buikliug  wt  Huntingdon,  Psi,,  is  uow 
cfiiiiuieDced;  the  gi-ouad  hiiving  beta  broken 
Miiy  6th.  Tiicy  expect  to  have  the  building 
really   by  the  conimenccmciit  of  the  Winttr 


U'l 


Thk  feiist  ill  our  cougrcgatioii  last  weelc — 
May  15tb— wiu  an  enjoyable  one.  Tlie  weath- 
er was  beautiful  and  the  congregation  largo. 
About  400  coiiinmned— the  house  being  nearly 
i'uU  of  members.  The  feast  is  one  that  will 
long  he  remembered. 

"  The  copy  of  the  Bible  which  Martin  Lutlier 
nsod  daily,  and  the  leaves  of  which  are  covered 
«'ith  annotations  made  with  his  own  hand,  is 
now  in  the  Bi-andenburg  uiuseiira,  which  gave 

for  it  about  S4o0.  The  Bible  was  printeil  in 
Basle,  in  1509,  nod  is  bound  in  leather,  !ind  is  in 
good  preservation." 

"As  Egyptian  papyrus,  twenty-eight  feet 
long  by  seventeen  inches  broad,  has  recently 
been  purchased  by  the  French  Director  of  Fine 
Arts.  The  document  dates  hack  to  the  year 
2,000  B.  C,  and  relates  to  the  death  and  funeral 
of  the  queen  mother  of  Kor-Hor,  of  tlie  first 
Egyptian  dynasty." 


Fkou  a  quotation,  taheu  from  the  writings  of 
Elder  Henry  Kurtx,  and  published  some  Nveehs 
ago,  the  impression  litis  gone  forth  that  we  have 
in  contemplation  the  publishing  of  a  complete 
Iiibtory  of  the  Brethren.  We  at  this  time  have 
no  project  of  the  kind  in  view,  but  wo\il<l  he 
glad  to  see  Abrani  Ca*sel  and  a  few  othei-s  take 
hold  of  the  work. 


Some  years  ago  the  editor  of  the  BtqilisI  Hut- 
tk  Flag  wrote  that,  "  Dunkardism  is  ii  local  dis- 
ease and  must  he  treated  locally,"  but  now  he 
says  it  "  is  a  growing  hercs)'  and  must  be  met." 
It  is  rapidly  becoming  the  "sect  every-wbi 
spoken  against,"  and  to  certain  woi-shi[iei-3  of 
the  goddess  Diana,  is  becoming  alaniiing  and 
endangering  their  craft. 


Though  wc  have  ne\'er  been  opposed  to  using 
lightning  rods,  yet  we  must  confess  that  the 
following,  clipped  from  a  leading  journal,  docs 
not  speak  very  encouragingly  for  them,  and  hiis 
a  tL'iidency  to  shake  one's  faith  in  the  virtue  of 
lightning  rods;  "  Eight  out  of  every  tenhoii: 
and  barns  in  Illinois,  struck  by  lightning  hist 
year,  had  rods  on  them." 


"  During  the  past  thirty-seven  years  56  At- 
lantic vessels  have  been  lost.  The .  number  of 
liritish  vessels  was  42:  American,  5;  Frei 
4;  German,  4;  Belgian,!.  The  causes  of  disas- 
ters are  given  tis  follows:  Wrecked,  30;  burned, 
■i:  collision  with  icebergs,  2;  foundered,  2;  lost 
iti  fog,  2;  never  heard  from,  9.  No  less  than 
4,430  pei"sous  lost  their  lives  hi  conscqueiice  of 
these  disasters," 

MzTHoniST  preacliere  tiro  much  .perplexed  and 
annoyed  by  the  increasing  demand  of  their  eon- 
vcrts  to  lie  immersed.  It  is  generally  as cei-tai li- 
ed that  this  class  of  converts  have  been  rending 
the  New  Testament.  All  who  honestly  and 
faithliilly  read  the  New  Testjiment  go  down  in- 
to' the  water.  When  the  Bible  is  intelligently 
understood,  then  the  mourning  henth,  as  a 
pliyscbological  inagnet,  has  lost  all  its  imma- 
nent virtue. — Clirhlinn  Ifcvieir. 

Thr  correspondence  between  Bro.  Baslioi- 
nnd  a  Lutheran  jireacher  at  Waynesboro,  'Pa,, 
regarding  a  public  discussion,  has  resulted  <iiiite 
favorably,  as  it  luis  alreiuly  induced  one  man  to 
leave  the  Lutherans  and  to  come  out  a  uon-con- 
iormist  to  the  ways  and  costumes  of  the  world. 


The  correspondence  was  carried  on  through  the 
Wiiijnvsborii  Urcoid,  and  was  quite  interesting. 
Were  it  not  fur  the  great  length  of  the  corres- 
pondence, we  would  like  to  republish  it  in  the 
BnKinitEN  AT  Work. 


It  was  a  nleasure  to  ua  to  meet  and  conver.-ie 
with  brother  Daniel  Fry  nt  our  Love-feast.  He 
scorns  none  the  ivorse  by  his  trip  to  Denmark, 
but  if  any  difference  is  improved  in  health.  He 
looks  hale  and  hearty,  though  a  man  of  seventy 
ywira  of  age.  He  stood  the  trip  well — the  best 
of  any,  not  once  being  sick  while  on  the  ocean. 
Brother  Fry  lias  great  hopes  for  the  Danes,  and 
feels  conlident  that  the  mission,  if  properly  con- 
ducted, will  be  a  success,  as  the  Brefchi-en^s 
humble  and  selt-denial  doctrine  is  just  the  kind 
to  take  among  a  depret^ed  and  ])ricst-riddini 
people.  He  told  us  inueh  about  the  country 
and  the  peculiareustomsandways  of  the  Danes 


We  hope  the  iiiemhcra  in  Lancaster  county 
['a.,  will  pardon  us  for  making  mcution  of  the 
snmll  nuniLer  of  papei-s  going  to  that  county. 
We  have  since  learned  that  nearly  all  of  them 
speak  the  German  language,  and  hence  cannot 
get  much  satisfaction  from  reading  English,  and 
for  that  rciison  do  not  take  our  paper.  They 
are  certainly  excusable,  and  may  the  Lord  bless 
them  in  their  ellbrts  at  doing  good,  for  they  are 
reported  worthy  of  brotherly  respect.  Though 
wc  cannot  use  the  same  language  here,  yet 
doubtless  when  we  meet  on  the  other  shore  we 
will  be  able  to  converse  with  each  other  in  the 
same  tongue. 


From  the  following  it  would  seem  that  the 
Refomieil  lijpiscopal  church  is  learning  some- 
thing, for  this  is  what  they  have  been  doing, 
and  it  would  he  better  for  the  cause  of  our  holy 
religion  if  a  few  thousand  Protestant  congrega- 
tions would  follow  their  example:  "The  com- 
mittee on  Popular  Amusement,  rejiorted  agiiiiist 
theatrical  amusements,  games  and  dancing  in  all 
entertainments  sanctioned  by  the  Church  and 
discouraging  frivolous  nnd  worldly  modes  of 
raising  funds;  also,  requesting  communicants 
to  abstain  from  such  entertain  men  ta." 

A  nuoTiinn  in  Philadelphia  soon  after  his 
marriage,  said  to  his  wife:  "I  use  no  tobacco, 
hence  I  shall  claim  a  certain  sum  of  money 
each  year  for  books.  I  have  inquired  of  those 
who  use  it,  as  to  their  expenditures  for  the  weed 
each  year.  Some  said  SIO,  some  §20,  some  3^25, 
and  one  said  it  cost  him  SaOO  a  year.  I  then 
thought  that  if  I  would  use  it,  I  should  perhaps 
spend  $25  a  year,  hence  claimed  this  for  good 
books."  It  is  scarcely  needful  to  say  that  that 
brother  has  a  large  collection  of  interesting 
works,  and  cerfninly  he  need  not  be  ashamed  of 
his  wise  aud  prudent  eoui-se.  Will  oui-  young 
men  accept  this  as  an  important  lesson  for 
them?  ____,^^^^ 

Mt.  Cnrmel  is  said  to  be  the  richest  and  most 
divei-sified  in  all  Palestine,  as  it  unites  the  prod- 
ucts of  the  mountain  with  those  of  the  valley 
and  sea-con.'^t.  A  writei'  enumerates  forty-seven 
diffeiTut  kinds  of  flowei-s  found  there,  and  then 
did  not  complete  the  list.  Says  Vim  de  Velde, 
"  There  is  not  a  flower  that  I  have  seen  in  Gal- 
ilee, or  on  the  plains  along  the  coast,  that  I  do 
not  find  hero  on  Carmel."  When  the  glorious 
Millenial  iieriod  shall  roll  on,  during  which 
time  Chiist  shall  reign  on  earth  one  thousand 
yeara,  and  the  saints  go  np  to  Jerusalem  once  a 
3'ear  to  woi-ship,  it  mil  be  refreshing  to  visit 
Mt.  Carmel,  jmd  pluck  from  her  brow  some 
beautiful  fnigr-uit  flowers. 


It  is  painful  to  hear  sister  Fry,  who  lias  just 
returned  from  Denmark,  relate  the  siifferiiigs 

and  piiviitions  endured  by  the  people  there. 
Their  dwellings  are  nide,  mainly  covered  with 
straw — though  they  do  not  leak — while  their 
diet  is  of  the  simplest  character — being  such  as 
the  American  people  would  not  use,  yet  they 
are  a  good-hearted  and  iiidustrioua  people.  The 
sifter  has  gr^at  sympathies  for  the  Danes,  and 
thiiiks  that  oiJv  people  ought  to  deprive  them- 
selves of:  a,  few  luxuries  for  the  benefit  of  the 
poor  -sauits  and  the  Master's  cause  in  Denmark. 
Christ  endured  much  for  us;  can  wc  not  now 
mak'e  some  sacl'ifice  for  Hi3  cause?  Read  Matt. 
25:  40.  

SrxcK  Christ  liiis  said:  "  Go  into  all  the  world, 
nnd  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature"  (Mai-k 
IC:  15),  it  is  worse  than  useless  to  talk  or  write 
against  missionary  work.  Christ  himself  was 
a  niiEsionnry  sent  from  heaven  to  earth,  aud  all 
his  apostles  weii;  niissiotiai'ies  sent  by,  the  head 
of  the  chiu-ch  to  teach  ,iill  fiations.  If  there 
ivere  less  pjirk-ying  over  missionary  labor,  nnd 
mere  work,  it  would' 'be  much  better  for  the 
cause.  "But,"  says  one,  "I  see  no  place  to 
take  hold."  Look  nlound  nnd  Jiiiif  a  place  to 
take  hold.      Insteail  of  waiting  for  something 


to  turn  up,  go  to  work  and  /iir;i  something  up. 
Butter  do  a  little  than  nothing.  Every  lawful- 
ly inst-alied  minister  is  a  dvinely  appointed  mi';- 
sionary,  and  in  bis  work  a.s  a  minLfter,  is  hacked 
up  hy  the  highest  imthority  in  the  universe. 


GOOD   SUGGESTIONS. 

HERE  is  something  that  every  young  man 
and  woman  should  cut  out,  preserve  and 
heed:  "  It  is  not  what  people  eat,  hut  what 
they  digest,  that  makes  them  strong.  It  is  not 
what  they  gain,  but  what  they  save,  that  makes 
Ihcni  rich.  It  is  not  whnt  they  read,  hut  what 
they  remember,  that  makes  them  learned.  It  is 
not  what  tbey  jirofesa,  but  what  they  practice, 
that  makes  them  good.  It  is  not  what  they  «[)- 
pear  to  he,  but  what  tbey  really  arc,  that  fits 
them  properly  for  life's  mission  aud  destiny." 

The  person  that  strictly  follows  these  sugges- 
tions will  certainly  prosper  in  whatever  lawful 
calling  be  may  chance  to  engage. 


EDITOKIAL  CORRESPOMDENOB. 

SPENT  two  days  in  Philadelphia;  met  with 
the  brethren  one  evening  in  prayer-meet- 
ing. Here,  for  the  first  time  in  luy  life,  I  met  a 
colored  brother  and  sister.  They  are  very  zeal- 
ous in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  and  on  the  "  firat 
day  of  the  week"  teacli  a  number  of  colored 
persons  the  Word  of  God,  in  their  own  house. 
This  is  commendable,  luid  hope  the  Lord,  who 
notices  even  the  sparrow^,  iviU  not  fail  to  ahim- 
dantly  reward  tliem  for  theii"  concern  for  their 
fellow-men.  Also  visited  our  esteemed  and  aged 
brother.  Elder  Fox  who  is  now  upwards  of  nine- 
ty years  of  age.  What  changes  have  occurred 
on  thisvjist  globe  in  even  that  short  period! 
Though  more  than  four  score  aud  ten,  his  diges- 
tive organs  retain  their  youthful  activity,  and 
his  mind  quite  well  preserved.  He  is  a  living 
witness  of  proper  care  of  the  digestive  organs 
and  may  be  profitably  imitated  by  many  young 
persons.  He  is,  however,  confined  almost,  en- 
tirely to  his  room  on  account  of  the  frailty  of 
his  limbs.  I  felt  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion 
as  we  bowed  in  prayer  \ritli  one  who  bad  seen 
so  many  years,  and  Iiad  been  intimate  with  those 
of  our  brethren  who  first  came  fVom  Europe, 
The  Lord  grant  bis  last  days  to  be  peaceful  nnd 
full  of  hope  for  eterinJ  life. 

On  the  evening  of  the  4tb,  met  with  the  breth- 
ren and  sistei"8  of  the  Hatfield  cbureh,  in  public 
woi-ship.  and  on  Sunday  with  those  of  the  In- 
dian Creek  church.  The  latter  is  among  the 
oldest  organizations  in  this  countiy.  I  am  now 
writing  in  the  library  of  brother  Ahrm.  H.  Cas- 
sel  who  is  closely  related  to  those  who  first  or- 
ganized the  church  in  America.  He  is  one  of 
the  foremost  antiquarians  of  this  country,  and 
his  vast  collection  of  rai-e  and  valuable  works 
strikes  one  with  wonder  and  amazement.  Nor 
has  be  brought  all  these  works  together  without 
trials  nnd  severe  struggles— many  of  which 
would  have  tliseouragcd  and  prevented  most  men 
in  such  labor. 

Here  I  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  read  the 
memoranda  of  brother  Christopher  Saur,  some 
of  which  I  here  give,  simply  as  matter  of  histo- 
ry, which  shows  bow  the  fii-stchurcbesin  Amer- 
ica carried  on  their  work:  '"On  the  9th  of 
August  17S0,  brother  Mnrtin  Urner  and  I  visit- 
ed the  little  Swatarn  church  on  the'Schns'lkill. 
On  the  12th,  ordained  brethren  Martin  Gaby 
and  j^Eichnel  Prantz  to  the  bishopric  h'y  the  lay- 
ing on  of  hands.  Also  confirmed  to  the  minis- 
try hy  the  imposition  of  hands,  brethren  David 
Kintzy,  Geo.  Bashore  and  Jacob  Moyer.  On 
the  J  5th  iwent  to  Big  Swatara,  where  brother 
Geo.  Miller  wa.s  ordained  or  confirmed  to  the 
bishopric.  August  16th,  visited  the  White  Onk 
church,  where  brother  John  Zug  was  ordained 
bishop  under  the  followijig  provisions:  He  is 
to  be  subordinate  to  elder  Christian  Longan(?ck 
er,  except  in  the  nbsence,  siekness  or  deatb  of 
Elder  Longauecker,  when  he  shall  e.icoroise  full 
power  of  the  bishopric.  Otherwise  he  shall  do 
nothing  of  importiince  without  ,the  consent  of 
Elder  Christiim  Louganeeker."  This  shows  the 
care  and  concern  of  those  who  were  among  the 
lii-st  in  the  grand  reformation. 

I  also  give  as  an  item  of  historical  interest, 
the  calling  of  G.  Saur  and  A.  Mack  to  the  min- 
istry. On  the  Tth  of  June.  1T4S,  thej-  were 
called  to  tlie  work  aud  the  church  given  into 
tiieir  charge.  This  was  at  Germantown,  and 
on  the  M  of  NoTeniher  they  did  their  first  bap- 
tizing.   Theyconduetedthe  work  assigned  tliem 


with  such  ability  that  on  the  10th  of  June  1753, 
five  years  and  three  days  after  being  cull- 
ed to  the  ministiy,  tbey  received  the  imposition 
of  hands.  On  the  same  day,  brother  Henry 
SlinglulT,  who  had  beenchosou  overseer  of  the 
poor,  was  also  coiilinued  by  the  laying  on  of 
hands.  This  brother  kept  the  recoi-ds  of  the 
church,  which  are  now  in  the  hands  of  hrother 
Cassel.  Tiiey  not  only  kept  an  aecurnto  account 
of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  chiireh 
in  a  neat  and  simple  manner,  but  noted  the 
proceedings  of  their  council-meetings  in  a  brief 
^vay.  Here  may  be  seen  the  names  of  those 
who  contributed  to  the  cliureh  treasury  nnd 
amount  given  by  each.  It  seems  they  were  not 
afraid  of  hurting  each  other  hy  keeping  a  clear 
record  of  tlieirbusiness.butlikonienof  niotbod 
and  carefulness  were  cautious.  On  the  13th  of 
December,  1761,  Bro.  G.Schriver  was  chosen,  ac- 
cording to  the  apostolic  order,  as  overseer  of  the 
poor,  or  deacon,  and  on  the  l^tli  of  May,  1706, 
he  received  the  imposition  of  hands  in  confirm- 
ation. He  was  the  assistant  of  brother  Henry 
Slinglufl"  already  mentioned,  and  as  such  his 
name  appears  on  the  recoi-d.  In  support  of 
their  practice  of  first  trying  a  man  in  office  be- 
fore confirming  Iiim,  they  cite  us  to  1  Timothy 
5:  33-25. 

I  here  give  an  extract  from  an  article  written 
by  brother  A.  H.  Cassel  and  published  in  the 
Chrhtifni  Family  Companion  of  Sep.  1st,  1863, 
showing  the  work  of  those  who  bravely  stood  in 
defense  of  primitive  Christianity  in  the  early 
settlement  of  America. 

"Their  first  meeting  wa^  published  to  be  on 
the  following  Sunday  in  October  1732,  at  the 
bouse  of  Peter  Becker.  The  next  Sunday  tbey 
bad  it  at  brother  Jobim  Gomery's,  and  thus 
they  continued  alternately  until  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather  obliged  them  to  atop.  But  early 
in  the  following  Spring  they  i-esumed  them 
again,  and  held  them  weekly  at  the  house  of 
Peter  Becker,  without  anything  of  note  occur- 
ring until  about  September,  when  a  revival  took 
place  along  the  banks  of  the  Schuylkill,  occa- 
sioned, as  it  was  supposed,  by  the  Hermits  of 
the  Ridge,  (which  were  the  remains  of  a  defunct 
sect  called  the  "  Woman  of  the  Wilderness  "), 
They  heard  the  Brethren,  and  visited  their 
meetings  occasionally.  Several  of  them  were 
soon  so  deeply  impressed  with  the  truth  that 
they  heard,  that  they  applied  as  candidates  for 
baptism."  *  •  *  •  Peter  Becker  baptized 
them  "  in  the  stream  called  Wisahicon,  a  tribu- 
tary of  the  Schuylkill  nnd  not  far  from  its  hanks. 
While  these  were  the  "fnsl  fni'Us"  of  the 
Brethren  in  America,  it  might,  perhaps,  be  a 
satisfaction,  (to  some  at  least),  to  know  their 
names.  They  were  Martin  Urner  and  wife, 
Heinrich  Laudes  and  wife,  Friedericb  Long  and 
John  Mayle."  *  *  *  *  We  find  that  after 
the  Brethren  had  thus  united  themselves  their 
meetings  were  crowned  with  peculiar  blessings, 
and  tended  to  the  edificationrof  many,  and  still 
increased  in  numbers  as  ivell  as  in  power,  so 
that  the  whole  region  soon  became  alive — espec- 
ially the  young  and  rising  generation,  wlio,  to 
the  great  joy  of  their  parents,  began  to  walk  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  the  love  of  the  Hretli- 

I  would  love  to  give  the  entire  article,  for  it 
is  truly  interesting,  and  to  many  who  have  re- 
cently been  added  to  the  flock,  no  doubt  new. 
I  will  just  add  that  the  church  at  Germantown, 
pa.,  was  the  fii-st  organized  church  of  the  Breth- 
ren ill  America.  Coventiy  churcJi  was  organiz- 
ed Nov.  7: 1724.  Epbrata,  Nov.  12th.  or  five 
days  later.  Then  followed  Oley  church  1732, 
Great  Swamp,  1733.  Amwell,  N.  J.,  1733, 
Coealico,  1735.  White  Oak,  1736.  Little  Con- 
owago,  173S.  Big  Conowngo,  1741.  For  all 
these  interesting^  facts  I  am[indcbted'to  brother 
A.  H.  Cassfel  whose  iudelatigable  researches  and 
collktions  have  brought  to  light  facts  pertain- 
ing, to  the  planting  of  thcjpure Gospel  in  Amer- 
ica. These  collections  are  truly  valuable,  and 
as  a  people  we  should  not  be  indilTerent  as  to 
their  worth.  The  truth^of  God  suffers  none  by 
their  existence,  for  thej'  greatly  testify'  to  the 
holy  and  self-denying  principles  of  the  Christian 
religion.  And  I  believe  if  nmny  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  various  deuoniinatioiid  of  this  coun- 
try could  see  and  learn  how  some  of  those  prac- 
ticed whose  name  they  have  loved  to  revere  as 
reformers  and  teachers,  they  would  he  compell- 
ed to  confess  that  there  k  vast  ditfereuce  in  the 
practices.     In  my  nest  I  hope  to  be  able  to  give 


May    23. 


THE    13RETI-iriE>^    ^VT    "WOUK. 


our  rt'^deri  some  fncts  concerning  the  printing 
biiaineaa  among  our  "  old  bretliren." 

IL  M.  EsiTBiatAV. 
The  above  was  written  in  brotlior  Cnssd's 
Librarj',  but  was  unavoidnbly  delaj'ed.  Since 
■writing  it  I  Iiave  arrived  home  saCely  and  feel 
much  improved  in  health.  Thanks  to  onr  Lord 
for  His  blessings.  .  )i.  m.  e. 


BAPTISM. 


SOME  one  lins  sent  us  a  copy  of  the  FoiTcston 
Ilernht,  containing  nu  article  on  baptism. 
The  article  contains  hut  little  now  matter,  hut 

reiterates  old  arguments  that  have  boen  met  aiid 
refuted  scores  of  times.  The  following,  howev- 
er, is  decidedly  new: 

"  AVe  could  quote  from  scores  of  distinguish- 
ed scliolare,  all  declaring  positively  that '  bap- 
tizo '  means  to  sprinkle  as  well  as  to  immerse." 

"  Scores "  means  not  less  than  forty,  and  we 
think  the  gcnttcmau  will  have  u  lively  time 
finding  forty  "  disthiguisheil  scholars,  all  declar- 
ing positively  that  Implho  means  to  sprinkle  as 
well  as  to  immerse."  Wo  knew  that  there  were 
scores  of  distinguished  scholai^s  who  affirm  that 
tfy>/ (CO  means  to  immerse,  and  also,  that  all  dis- 
tinguished Greek  ,  lexicographers  define  briplho 
to  immerse  or  (/i/»,  but  never  before  did  we  know 
that  "  scores  of  distihguished  scbolai's  "  affirmed 
to  the  contrary,  and  ive  are  a  little  doubtful 
whether  the  gentleman  knoivs  it.  If  he  does, 
]ie  is  certainly  far  in  advance  of  the  champion 
Pedo-haptist  debaters  and  writers  of  modern  and 
ancient  times. 

His  ovni  authoi-3  are  against  hiiu,  for  in  his 
article  be  quotes  Scbrevellius  and  Schleusuer, 
two  Greek  Icxicographera  and  both  of  them  de- 
fine l>aj)(izo  to  immei-se,  not  once  giving  sprink- 
ling as  the  first  definition,  but  oiir  Forreston 
writer  lias  the  audacity  to  place  sprinkling  be- 
fore immei-sion,  something  that  no  good  Greek 
scholar  of  reput-ation  in  the  world  would  venture 
to  do.     Here  is  something  that  is  remarkable: 

"We  believe  that  sprinkling  or  pouring  was 
the  apostolic  mode  of  baptism  for  this  further 
reason  viz — that,  in  all  the  cases  of  baptism 
mentioned  in  Scripture,  the  attendant  circum- 
stances accord  perfectly  with  this  mode  fspriuk- 
luig]  of  administering  this  ordinance — while  in 
many  cases,  thej-  utterly  preclude  the  idea  of 
immersion." 

When  Philip  and  the  ennuch  both  went  down 
into  the  water  that  would  utterly  preclude  the 
idea  of  immersion,  would  it?  And  when  the 
Savior  came  np  straigbtwaj'  out  of  the  water 
that,  too,  would  preclude  the  idea  of  immersion? 
When  they  bapli'/ed  at  ./Gnoii,  because  there 
ivas  much  water  there,  would  that  preclude  the 
idea  of  immersion?  Would  that  favor  sprink- 
ling? When  the  people  were  baptized  of  John 
in  Jordan,  would  that  also  preclude  the  idea  of 
immeraion?  No  farther  comment-s  are  needed 
to  refuie  such  illogical  and  iar-fetdietl  conclu- 
sions. 

But  lie  believes  "  that  sprinkling  or  pouring 
was  the  Apostolic  mode  of  baptism."  If  sprink- 
ling or  pouring  was  the  Apostolic  mode,  where 
does  he  get  his  authority  for  immersion?  These 
men  will  preach  and  write  that  immersion,  as 
baptism,  was  neither  taught  nor  practiced  by 
the  Apostles,  and  thou  turn  right  around  and 
administer  it.  IF  thi."!  is  not  inconsistency  then 
we  do  not  know  the  meaning  of  words. 


A  JEWISH  TRAVELER. 

HERR  Juda  Czeruy,  a  learned  Jl-vv  from  Wil- 
ua,  in  Russian  Poland,  has  returned  from 
his  journey  of  exploration  in  Caucasia,  on  which 
he  set'out  eight  years  ago.  The  principal  ob- 
ject of  this  journey  was  archaologica!  and  eth- 
nographical inquiries;  fnrtlier,  the  desire  to 
uncertain  the  origin  of  the  Jews  settled  in  Can- 
easin,  Hcrr  Czeniy  inclines  in  his  investigation 
to  the  opinion  i-ejieatedly  expressed,  that  we 
meet  here  with  the  ten  lost  tribes.  Carried 
away  from  their  country  by  the  Assyrian  Kiug 
ytialnianesser,  they  took  up  their  iibode  in  the 
CaiicBSUB  about  700  yeai-s  before  the  common 
era.  Herr  Czerny  has  collected  i  numerous  in- 
teresting data  on  the  Jews  in  Perain  and  Bokha- 
ra and  on  the  Assyrian  Nestorinjia,  and  in  addi- 
tion also  historical  data  on  inmjy  Caucasian  and 
Asiatic  trilies,  as  yet  little  known. — Jewish 
Tillies.  __^__^^^^^ 

Decency  and  not  pride,  zeal  and  not  fanati- 
'  ism  is  what  is  wanted. 


QUERISTS  DEPJETME^VT. 


Qiicsliona  louofiing  ihc  nuiining  ot  Soriplurc,  rclnling 
0  Ilistor]'  nnd  praclUal  siilijccl.t  or  rcUgSnua  Inlcrcil  W\\\ 
onii!  in  plnco.  Tlic  iineriBl's  namo  must  nwonipiinj  nil 
ommunicaliong.  We  alinll  labor  to  nvoii]  gining  nnyjuril 
vuuioD  tot  strife  nod  conlcution  tiet  unimportiiDt  •tiics- 


1.  Give  an  explanation  of  1  Tim.  5:  El,  24, 
"  Let  not  a  widow  be  taken  into  the  number, 
under  three  score  years  old,  having  been  the 
wife  of  one  man." 

2.  "Some  men's  sins  are  open  beforehand, 
going  before  to  judgment;  and  some  men  they 
follow  after." 

Geo.  C.  STUiip. 

1.  It  is  evident  from  1  Tim.  5:  0,  that  there 
was  an  oixler  of  widows  among  the  apostles  and 
early  Christians.  Weareinclined  to  the  follow- 
ing: 1.  They  were  so  classed,  because  they 
ivere  widows  "  indeed."  2.  The  young  females 
wlio  came  to  the  clinrcli,  both  Jews  and  Gen- 
tiles, needed  instnictioii  iu  the  Gospel,  and  the 
widows  indeed  were  especially  qualified  for  this 
work.  We  here  quote  from  the  Apostolic  Con- 
stitution, showing  that  there  was  still  a  widow  s 
order  among  the  Christians,  some  time  after 
the  Apostles  had  all  departed: 

"  Choose  your  '  -widows  not  under  sixty  years 
of  age,'  that  in  a  measui-e  the  suspicion  of  a 
second  marriage  may  be  in'evented.  But  if  you 
admit  one  younger  into  the  order  of  widows, 
and  she  cannot  bear  her  ividowhood  iu  her 
youth,  and  marries,  she  will  procure  indecent 
reflections  on  the  glory  of  the  order  of  widows, 
and  shall  give  an  account  to  God;  not  because 
she  manied  a  second  time,  but  because  she  wax- 
ed wanton  against  Christ  and  not  kept  lier 
promise.  *  *  *  But  the  true  widows  are 
those  which  have  had  only  one  husband,  having 
li  good  report  among  the  generality  for  good 
works;  widows  indeed,  sober,  chaste,  faitliful, 
pious,  who  have  brouglit  up  children  well, 
and  have  entertained  strangers  uublameably, 
which  are  to  be  supported  as  devoted  to  God.  — 
Besides  do  thou,  0  bishop,  be  mindful  of  the 
needy,  both  reaching  out  the  helping  hand  aud 
making  pro\'isions  for  them  as  the  stoivard  oY 
God,  distributing  seasonably  the  oblations  to 
every  one  of  them,  to  tlie  widows,  the  orphans, 
the  fiieiidless  and  those  tried  with  application  " 
B.  2,  pp.  t)3,  Oi. 

Among  the  earl}'  Christians,  as  well  as  among 
the  heathen,  the  widow  who  had  had  hut  one 
man,  was  hold  in  very  high  esteem.  It  was 
supposed  such  would  take  a  great  interest  hi 
tlie  doctrine  of  Christ,  and  more  especially  if 
she  had  arrived  at  the  age  of  sixty.  Such  a 
one  would  not  likely  "  Wi\x  wanton,"  be  a  busy- 
body, nor  tattle;  but  sober,  grave,  well-estab- 
lished in  the  faith.  This  is  how  the  early  Chris- 
tians reasoned  with  respect  to  their  widows. 

2.  Some  meu's  sin's  are  open  before  hand, 
goiue  before  to  judgment."  We  incline  to  the 
opinion  that  Paul  has  reference  to  the  appoints 
ment  of  men  to  otBce  in  the  church.  He  form- 
ed three  classes  in  tho  church.  1.  Those  of 
whom  he  knows  nothing,  except  that  they  pro- 
fessed Jesus.  2.  Some  he  Icnew  who  were  well 
established  in  the  doctrine.  3.  Those  whose 
lives  indicated  that  they  were  only  partially  re- 
formed. The  sins  of  these  ivere  open  to  all, 
going  before  to  judgment  —  condemnation.  — 
Such  could  not  deceive  the  church,  for  their 
lives  showed  just  where  they  stood:  such  they 
need  not  clioose  to  olhce.  Those  of  the  first 
class  would  be  more  difficult  to  handle.  — 
Under  the  disguise  of  piety,  they  might  creep 
into  office,  and  then  their  sins  would  follow 
after,  condemnation  would  cOme  afterwards.  — 
"  Lay  hands  suddenly  on  no  man,"  should  be 
Welt  heeded  here.  We  draw  these  conclusions 
from  the  twenty-fifth  ver^e.  The  good  works 
of  all  l;rue  followers  of  Jesus,  ai-e  manifest  be- 
fore hand,  not  simply  some.  You  thus  see  that 
these  two  verses  ean  have  no  allusion  to  be- 
lievers iind  unbelievers  in  general,  but,  as  they 
evidently  have,  to  such'  as  .ire  chosen  to  office. 
We  would  then  conclude  that  the  good  works 
of  some  meu  chosen  to  office,  are  manifest  be- 
fore liand,  "  and  they  that  are  otherwise,  can- 
not be  hid."  Some  need  to  be  brought  forward, 
because  their  "good  works,"  are  well  known  — 
Others  wlio  have  done  much  in. a  private  wuj% 
yet  are  not  BO  well  known,  cannot  he  hid,  and 
they,  too,  must  he  brought  forward. 


3.     Plca.^e  explain   the  latter  clause  of  the 
6tb  Verse  of  the  third  chapter  of  3  Corinthians. 
Jacob  Bijckkkstakf. 


The  chiUi-e  referred  to,  is  as  follows:  "  Vot 
the  letter  killetb,  but  the  spirit  giveth  life."  — 
Paul  declares  that  "oursiij^tciciicy  is  of  God." 
Our  competency,  our  ability  to  work  comes 
alone  from  God.  With  this  view,  Paul  further 
declared  that  God  made  him  and  others  not 
only  ministers,  but  ahU-  ministera  of  the  New 
Testament;  not  of  the  letter  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, but  of  the  spii-it  of  the  New  Testament. 
Not  that  Ihey  were  m(  to  use  the  letter,  for 
that  is  necessary  to  the  putting  off  and  keeping 
off  the  "  old  man  with  his  deeds,"  while  the 
spirit  is  essential  to  the  new  man,  and  his  etern- 
al welfare.  The  letter  destroys  sin,  and  the 
spirit  gives  life.  It  is  a  fact  that  every  institu- 
tion iu  God's  house,  is  of  an  humbling  nature. 
All  are  directed  against  the  carnal  mind,  which 
is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God,  hence  must  be 
crucified.  In  being  baptized  in  water,  we  deal 
ivith  the  letter;  and  while  this  act  in  the-  idler 
denotes  death  to  sin,  the  spirit  gives  life.  Bread 
and  wine  cannot  give  life,  hut  remiud  us  that 
we  are  not  yet;  in  the  laud  of  promise;  but  the 
spirit  connected  ivith  the  bread  and  wine,  gives 
life.  Faith,  hope,  charity — these  are  spirit,  life, 
0  that  we  may  all  have  the  spirii  of  the  New 
Testament  continually  dwelling  in  our  hearts! 
Let  no  man  build  his  hopes  on  the  letter,  buton 
the  spirit,  01>ey  God  because  God  demands  it. 
Practice  all  His  teachings,  mt  because  others 
do,  but  because  God  requires  it.  Get  into  the 
spirit,  live  in  it. 


BREVITIES. 


WRlTEUSshould  not  fail  to  sign  their  nanujg 
to  articles  sent  here  for  publication. 

Brother  David  A,  Norcross  of  Shoals,  Ind., 
says:  "I  would  not  be  without  your  paper  for 
ton  dollai-s  a  year."     He  thinks  of  moving  tp 

the  West. Brother  Daniel  Vaniman  saj'.s: 

"  1  have  not  been  able  to  (ind  time  to  spare 
lately  to  write  for  the  paper,  neither  did  I  think 
it  nece.fS!iry,  as  it  is  always  brimful  of  good 
matter  by  othei-s." The  Brethren  of  Cosh- 
octon county  district,  Ohio,  are  building  a  nieel>- 
ing-housc  which  they  e.xpect  to  have  finished 

by  the  first  of  July  next. Sister  Susan  B. 

Gifct  says:  "  Our  ch\ireh,  the  Upper  Conowaga, 
Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  is  in  a  prosi^rous  condition." 

A  subscriber  writes:  "I  am  not  a  member 

of  your  church,  hut  I  think  your  paper  is  good. 

We  have  iu  thisofficeapiecoof  Olive  wood 

takenfroiuMt.  Olives  near  Jerusalem. Bro. 

Slump  held  eight  meetings  with  the  Brethren 
in  Saline  Co..  Neh.    Three  were  sulded  to  the 

church  ut  that  place. We  do  not  employ 

agents  to  sell  the  "  Prince  of  the  House  of  Da- 
vid." .  U  is  a  good  book.    Price,  S2.00. 

Brother  L.  Hillery  preached  his  farewell  sermon 
last  Sunday,  amid  the  regrets  of  his  flock.  He 
leaves  for  a  missionary  touriu  tlin  West.  With- 
in a  year  he  has  baptized  into  the  Dunkm-d 
church  some  thirteen  or  fourteen  in  this  sec- 
tion. —  MarshuH  Coitntij  Deinocral. The 

Love-feiist  at  Milledgevillc,  111.,  will  be  June  t>th, 

commencing  at  ten  o'clock. Some  one,  who 

signs  himself  J.  R.  L.,  has  sent  us  an  article  for 
the  paper,  but  we  cannot  publish  it  unless  ive 
have  the  writer's  name.  Every  pei-sou  should 
be  responsible  for  what  he  writes. Broth- 
er George  Wolfe  of  California,  writes:  "  My  son, 
J,  P.  TA'olfe,  ivill  send  on  a  few  names  soon  for 
your  pajier  which  we  prize  very  much  in  the 
way  of  instructiou  for  new  converts,  and  old 

ones  too. Brother  Euoch  Eby  and  ^vife 

reached  their  home  in  Stephenson  county.  111. 

week  before  last. At  a  series  of  meetings  m 

Pyrmoiit,  Ind.,  fourteen  were  baptized. A 

sister  sends  in  a  bundle  of  queries  to  be  answer- 
ed, but  fails  to  give  her  name. Brother  Es- 

kildscn  hiis  been  holding  some  successful  meet^ 
iugs  in  Denmark.     He  is  said  to  be  a  minister 

of  good  ability. Who  will  volunteer  to  give 

us  a  good  article  on  close  communion?  Let  us 
have  good,  solid  arguments  well   boiled  down. 

No  peace  yet  among  the  wrangling  nations 

in  the  East. One  lirother  writes  that  the 

"  railer  aiidslauderer  have  been  at  work"in  their 
congregiition.  It  is  some  consolation  to  know 
that  there  will  bo  no  such  characters  in  heaven. 

Tlie  Brethren  organized  a  Sunday-school 

at  Lanark  last  Sunday  with  excellent  prospects. 

The  attendance  will  he  very  large. It  is 

said  that  Darwin's  father  aud  grandfather  were 
atheists.     No  wonder  Darwin  opposes  tho  Bible. 

The  Prlitii/ire  CliHsHan  has  in  it  a  Wesf- 

eni  Dr]"iii»ient,  edited  by  Elder  John  Wise  of 
Waterloo,  Iowa.  - —  The  trouble  mth  the  En- 
glish cotton  operatives  still  continues.  Thous- 
ands have  struck,  and  much  violence  is  fcaretl. 
Congress  is  grappling  with  some  threaten- 
ing ditBcuities,  an  eli'ort  being  made  to  remove 
President  Hays.  Much  corruption  abounds. 
—    Among  those   lately  baptized   by  brother 


B.  F.  Stump,  in  Neb.,  were  two,  formerly  be- 
longing to  the  Methodist  chiuch,  and  a  Camp- 
bellite  elder.    Brother  S.  is  domg  a  good  work^ 

We  had  a  pleasant  little  Love-feast  with 

our  aged  sister  Long  of  this  place.    Such  feasta 

are  evidently  promotive  of  true  piety. A 

severe  storm  lately  visited  Hanly  Co.,  W.  Va. 
Much  damage  done  to  buildings,  property  and 

grain. It  is  pleasant  when  Brethren  write, 

"  We  are  nil   in   peace  and  love;  thank   the 

Lord." Tho  sunsbiiieof  family  love  is  what 

makes  home  happy. Several  heavy  frosta 

have  lately  visited  this  part  of  the  State.  Not 
much  damage  done,  iiside  from  k  illiug  some  ten- 
der varieties  offmit. New  subscribers  are 

coming  iu  quite  encouragingly.     The  more  the 

better  for  the  cause. War  between  Russia 

and  England  seems  almopt  inevitable.  The 
Russians  have  moved  two  miles  nearer  Constnn- 

tinople. An  artesian  well  iu  Hungary  has 

reached  a  depth  of  over  3,000  feet. In  an 

artesian  well  iu  Paris  over  2,500  feet  deep,  the 
water  reaches  a  temperature  of  ICl  degrees  Fahr., 
and  increases  in  heat  with  the  depth  of  the  well, 

One  more  has  been  bapti/.ed  iu  Denmark. 

Do  not  send  any  more  money  to  Denmark 

till  you  bear  froiji  us  next  week,  as  thero  haa 
been  a  law  passed  that  confiscates  oue  fifth  of 

all  money  not  sent  in   the  right  way. A 

petrified  crocodile  forty  feet  long  has  lately  been 
found  at  Oonio,  on  the  Union  Pacific  railroad. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  a  twenty  page  pam- 
phlet on  Feet-washing,  by  J.  P.  Ehei-aole,  of 
McOomb  county,  Ohio,  but'  have  not  yet  had 

time  to  read  it. The  boy  who  said  that  hell 

was  any  where  outside  of  heaven,  got  more  sol- 
id truth  in  a  few  words  than  is  found  in  nmny 

sermons. A  good-hearted  brother,  who  is  in 

much  sympathy  with  our  movement,  writes  ns 
"not  to  burn  the  candle  of  life  at  both  ends," 
We  fear  many  prcacliei-s,  who  break  down  in 
the  prime  of  age  have,  too,  been  humuig   the 

candle  of  life  at  both  ends. Some  of  our 

people,  who  attend  Annual  Meetings  are  not 
sufficiently  watchful  about  pickpockets.  Many 
bretliren  have  had  their  pockets  picked  by  cun- 
ning wolves  ill  sheep's  clothing. The  fam- 
ine iu  North  China  is  expected  to  continue  sis 
months  longer. The  noted  "  B.  F.  Leon- 
ard "  who  has,  during  the  lost  several  yenrs 
iviitteu  so  e.xt-ensively  for  the  A.  C.  Review,  and 
is  uotetl  as  one  of  the  ablest  Campbellite  writers 
of  the  East,  is  said  to  be  L.  (eoniird)  F.  Bittle, 
of  Somerset.  Pa. In  spite  of  numerous  ac- 
cidents resulting  therefrom,  people  will  persist 
in  lighting  fires  with  coal  oil.  The  horrible 
burning  of  those  who  kindle  fires  in  this  way, 

shonld  lie  a  warning  to  all. Tho  crops  in 

Texas  are  reported  as  the  best  since  the  war, 

The  communists  have  strong  organ i'/Jitions 

in  diflerent  parts  of  the  country.  Their  move- 
ment is  threateuhig.  Oue  exti'cme  produces  an- 
other.   Pope  Leo  is  sick, The  city  of 

Dallas,  Texas,  has  bought  a  farm  near  by,  and 
tramps  who  come  tliat  way,  and  want  to  board 
a  few  daj's,  are  sent  out  there  aud  put  to  work 
and  made  to  earu  their  bread  mul  lodging. 


bf  addition  to  Hcury  Wai-d  Beecher  being  a 
preacher,  audaluiostif  not  quite  a  Universaliat, 
he  is  also  a  chaplain  of  a  regiment  of  soldiera, 
This  is  the  way  he  displayed  himself  one  Sunday 
night  in  his  church:  The  pew-holdei's  resign- 
ed their  pews  for  the  occasion,  and  the  regiment 
maiched  in  fall  uniform.  Mr.  Beecher  appeared 
in  his  dark  blue  chaplain's  uniform,  but  omitted 
the  shoulders  traps  and  gilt  buttons.  He  preach- 
ed from  the  text: — "Wherefore  take- unto  you 
the  whole  anuor  of  God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to 
stand  in  the  evil  day,  and  having  done  all,  to 
stand."  The  preacher  who  can  do  all  this,  has 
very  little  respect  for  the  Gospel  of  peace.  His 
text  ought  to  have  been  this:  "Lonl  have  mer- 
cy on  me,  a  poor  sinner." 


UNAUSWERED  QUESTIONS. 

ITatlng  on  Lind  n  riiiinlieror  iiicriot  which  wcharonal 
timu  lo  unawcr,  \<e  glvu  9<inic  of  Iliuiii  below,  liaping  ouT 
correspunilcnls  wilt  ni>I  us  ia  llilx  dupurlmcnl.  Let  your 
ansjvora  bo  short  nud  la  llic  poiul. 


A  miin  clnioiing  to  be  a  minislcr  of  th«  Gospel,  ins 
sermon  ngninsl.  rcct-wnahing,  defied  tbe  iForld  (o  ahon, 
(Void  snurcd  or  iirofiinc  Lislory,  Ibnl  llio  Gcnlilv  ohoroh 
cvor|)rncticed  the  ordiuixncc  of  feot-wiubipg:  iiiiil  W,  C, 
Thiirrimii,  in  bU  book  on  rccl-iciubing,  p.igc  SD,  UO,  sajg  it 
mighl  bo  sboirn  Mm  church  hi-ilDry,  (hnt  rcct-icuhiDg 
has,  from  Ibc  niglil  of  Ha  instidiliori,  dowD  lo  tho  preaeot 
day,  nhvnys  bccD  ohsurTcd  as  na  ot<ll[inaoo  of  t!io  ohurch  . 
Xow  which  is  true?  Plcnso  inform  luc  through  jour  pA 
per.  ShiuelSam. 

Did'Christ  dio  a  Qod-rnrsakcn  mnn  nocording  to  the  fol- 
lowing  Soriplurc?  "  My  God,  my  Ood,  ivby  hnst  thon 
forsu3tcii  nit !  "     Murk  16 ;  84.  J.  J.  lIoovBa. 

Arc  there  any  DrclbrcQ  living  in  Gennmiy?  What  be- 
came of  (host  momhetB  hiplimd  by  brother  Kuril  irhUa 
on  n  Tlsil  in  Gennany  aome  yenra  ago  t  8.  S,    . 


THE    BRETHREN    AT    AVORK. 


May    23. 


§li,l  §am^  gircle. 


READ  AKD  OBEY. 

"  Huabnnds,  love  your  mives." 

"  WItcs,    obtj    your    huabaDda." 

'•  Fnlhere,  provoke  nol  your  eliildrcn  lo  wrath." 

"  Cbildron,    obey    your    pnrcnlB    in    nil    Ihioga. 


Havikq  arrived  home  too  late  t.o  give  tlio 
"  Home  Circle "  special  ottention,  we  ask  our 
readere  to  bear  with  us  a  little,  and  especially 
nsk  the  children  to  be  patient.  By  the  bless- 
ings of  God  we  hope  to  icsiinie  onr  Sunday 
Morning  next  week.  Let  the  tender  hearts  and 
humble  spirits  not  forget  to  indilc  good  matter 
for  this  page,  for  we  all  need  words  of  comfort, 
and  the  sweetness  of  divine  truth.       si.  m.  e. 


BELIEVETH. 


MOST  of  the  young  renders  of  the  Bketuken 
AT  Work  have  probably  heanl  or  read  of 
the  little  liiniily  that  lived  in  Bethany,— Mary, 
Martlm  and  Ijazartis;  how  that  Lazarus  took 
sick  and  died.  Dear  Martha  and  Mary,  how  sad 
and  lonely  they  must  have  I>eeu!  But  they  lov- 
ed Je«us,  and  He  also  loved  them.  At  the  time 
of  Laxanis'  death,  Jesus  was  beyond  Jordan, 
but  when  He  heard  of  it.  He  went  again  into 
Judea,  and  when  Martha  heai-d  that  He  was 
coming,  she  went  and  met  Him  and  said  unto 
Him,  "  Lord,  if  thou  haiist  been  here,  my  broth- 
er had  not  died."  *  Siie  still  adds,  "  But  1  hww, 
that  even  now,  whatsoever  thoti  wilt  ask  of  God, 
God  will  give  it  thee."  Jesus  told  her  that  her 
brother  should  rise  again.  Says  she,  "I /thow 
that  he  shall  rise  again  in  the  resunection  at 
the  last  day." 

Just  see  what  ^reat  faith  she  had.    Jesns  said, 
"lam  the  resurrection,   and  the  life:  he  that 
believeth  in  mo,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall 
he  live:  and  whosoever  liveth  and  believirth  in 
me,  shall  never  die,     Believest  thou  this?  "  She 
said,   "  Yea  Lord:  I   believe  that  thou  art  the 
Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  which  sho\ild  come  into 
the  world"  (John  11;  6:47).    Jesus  says,  "Ver- 
ily, verily,  I  say  unto  you,  he  that  believeth  on 
me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he  do  also;  and 
greater  works  than  these  shall  he  do;  because  I 
go  to  my  Father."     How  strange  it  seems  that 
some  people  will  say,  "  I  believe  on  the  Lord  Je- 
sus Christ,"  and  not  do  the  works  that  He  has 
done,  and  commanded  us  to  do;  but  turn  round 
and  do  something  He  be  has  not  commanded  us 
to  do.    Oh !  that  each  and  everj'  one  would  take 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  for 
The  Savior  has  said  so  very  plain, 
If  thou  wouldst  My  disciple  he. 
Repent,  believe,  be  born  again, 
"  Take  up  thy  cross  and  follow  me." 
Jeuima  Kou. 

Fruiiktiii,  lima. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

I  AM  very  glad  tosee  that  you  keep  up  ar 
terest  in  your  department.  It  causes  us  old 
■veterans  to  rejoice  to  hear  now  and  then  one 
say,  "I  expect  to  belong  to  the  church  some- 
time." You  sometimes  go  to  meeting  and  hi 
the  Gospel  preached;  perhaps  you  sometimes 
have  explained  to  you,  such  passages  as  Mark 
4:  2S.  Last  Sunday,  a  week  ago,  we  used  that 
passage  in  presence  of  some  children,  and  ohlei 
persons,  and  at  the  close  of  services  we  sajig  that 
beautiful  hymn.  No.  109,  Please  take  the 
Brethren's  Hymn  Book  and  sing  it.  After  dis- 
missing the  meeting  we  were  apprized  that  the 
thoughts  of  this  beautiful  hymn  were  treasured 
by  one  of  the  children  not  quite  t«n  years  old, 
and  she  requested  to  be  baptized,  but  was  ivill- 
ing,  on  account  of  inconveniences,  to  postpone 
the  matter  one  week.  She  kept  her  purpose, 
and  the  good  Lord  favored  her  with  the  oppor- 
tunity to  accomplish  her  desire.  Last  Sunday 
»ve  qtiGstioned  her  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
congregation,  and  her  answei-s  were  far  beyond 
her  years.  She  was  baptized  and  submitted  so 
beautifully  that  it  called  forth  the  exclamation 
from  the  mothers  in  Israel,  "What  a  beautiful 
baptism  1" 

I'ope  the  Loi-d  will  enable  her  to  be  a  model, 
safe  for  many  of  my  young  friends  to  pattern 
after;  and  hope  that  you  will  give  this  subject  a 
thought  and  sing  the  beautiful  lines  again. 
UxcLE  Joseph. 


iderstand  as  yet;  but  let  no  doubts  or  uncer- 
tainties prevent  you  from  acting  on  what  yon 
do  know.    There  are  some  sjnritual  facts  clear 

nough,  plenty  of  Christian  duties  plain  enough 
to  you;  act  immediately  on  those.  Dofaithful- 
ly  all  you  know  you  ought  to  do,  and  the  larger 
knowledge  will  follow  in  duo  time.     Use  earn- 

itly  every  means  that  will  enlarge  and  strength- 
en your  Chrtstian  life.  Study  the  Bible.  Pray 
without  censing.  Don't  neglect  the  prayer- 
meeting  or  the  Sunday-school.  Stir  up  your 
Sunday-school  teacher  and  get  your  doubts  ex- 
plained. Go  to  the  minister  with  your  questions, 
and  find  out  the  best  he  knows  on  things  that 
perplex  you.  ICeep  your  heart  warm  by  doing 
ijood.  Make  your  life  beautiful  in  the  sight  of 
men,  and  show  them  the  sweetness  and  |)ower 
of  Christianity.  Be  conscientious  in  little 
things.     Let  the  Master's  Spirit  shine  through 

(very  hour  of  your  life.  In  school,  in  shop,  or 
lield,  in  sociefc)',  the  young  Christian  ought  to 
be  the  most  faithful,  tlie  most  courteous,  the 
most  generous  and  kindly,  the  noblest  pei-aon 
there. 

Follow  Christ.  Seek  to  reproduce  His  traits 
in  your  life.  Do  always  aa  you  would  believe 
He  would  if  Ho  were  in  your  place;  so  you  will 
have  a  growing,  joyful,  successful,  Christian 
career.  — Scleclcii. 


HINTS  TO  YOUNG  CHRISTIANS. 

DON'T  be  afraid  to  "  show  your  colors."  A 
eo»vardly  Christian  is  a  misnomer.  Shrink 
Irom  nu  dt-claration,  from  no  duty  that  Christ 
de.--ires  of  you.  The  timid,  vacillating  course,  ii> 
the  hardest  and  most  barren.  The  brave,  out- 
spoken, faithful  life  is  the  happiest  and  most 
effective.    There  are  many  things  you  do  not 


IS  THERE  ROOM  IN  ANGEL-LAND? 

ASHORT  time  since,  the  author  of  the  fol- 
loM-ing  lines  listened  to  an  interesting 
discourse  by  a  pi-eacher,  inwhich  he  related  the 
following  touching  incident:  A  mother  who 
was  preparing  some  flour  to  bake  into  bread, 
left  it  for  a  few  minutes,  when  little  Mary — m*th 
childish  curiosity  to  see  what  it  was — took  hold  of 
the  dish,  which  felt  to  the  floor,  spilling  its  i 
tents.  The  mother  struck  the  child  a  severe 
blow,  saying  that  she  was  always  in  the  way! 
Two  weeks  after,  little  Mary  sickened  and  died. 
On  her  death-bed,  while  delirious,  she  asked  her 
mother  if  there  would  be  room  for  her  among 
the  angels — "  I  wiis  always  in  your  way,  moth- 
er, you  had  no  room  for  little  Mary!  And  will 
I  be  in  the  angels'  way?  Will  they  have  no 
room  for  me?"  The  broken-hearted  mother 
then  felt  that  no  sacrifice  would  be  too  great, 
could  she  have  saved  her  child. 

Is  there  room  among  the  angels 

For  the  spirit  of  your  child? 

Will  they  take  your  little  Mary 

In  their  loving  arms  so  mild? 

Will  they  ever  love  me  fondly. 

As  my  story  books  have  said? 
AVill  they  find  a  home  for  Mary — 
Mary  numbered  with  the  dead? 
Tel!  me  truly,  darling  mother! 

Is  there  room  for  such  as  me? 
Will  I  gain  the  home  of  spirits, 
•  And  the  shining  angels  see? 

I  have  sorely  tried  you,  mother — 

Been  to  you  a  constant  care! 
And  you  will  not  miss  me,  mother. 

When  I  dwell  among  the  fair! 
For  you  have  no  room  for  Mary — 

She  wa.s  ever  in  your  way, 
And  she  fears  the  good  will  shun  her! 

Will  they,  darling  mother,  say? 
Tell  me — tell  me  truly,  mother! 

Ere  life's  closing  hour  doth  come! 
Do  you  think  that  they  will  keep  me. 

In  the  shining  angels'  home? 

I  woa  not  BO  wayward,  mother! 

Not  so  very — very  bad. 
But  that  tender  love  would  nourish. 

And  make  Mary's  heart  so  glad! 
Oh !  1  yearned  for  pure  atiection, 

In  this  world  of  bitter  woe! 
And  I  long  for  bliss  immortal, 

In  that  land  where  I  must  go! 
Tell  me,  once  again,  dear  mother, 

Ere  you  take  the  parting  kiss! 
Will  the  angela  hid  me  welcome 

To  that  world  of  perfect  bliss? 

—Sekded. 


TO  PARENTS. 


Iiut  bring  ihcm  u]>  in  iLc  Durturc  anil  admonilion  of  iho 
I^rd," — Eph.  tt  :  4. 

f^PHESE  words  were  spoken  to  parents,  "  Pro- 
J.  voke  not  your  children  to  ivrath."  Fath- 
ers and  mothers,  those  of  you  who  have  children 
under  your  control,  do  not  provoke  them,  N 
child  has  a  temper  that  does  not  need  more  o 
less  cultivation;  and  instead  of  cultivating  that 
temper  in  the  proper  iBanner,  some  children  are 
teased  and  provoked  to  such  an  extent  that  they 
become  naturally  fretful  and  spiteful;  aud 
they  grow  up  in  this  way,  being  provoked  from 
time  to  time,  home  is  unpleasant  to  them. 
They  are  not  taught  love,  peace  and  happiness; 


hence   they   become    quarrelsome    with   those 
ound  them. 

"  Biing  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  Lord,"  then  they  become  ornaments 
in  society.  This  places  a  g:reai;  responsibility 
upon  parents,  and  at  this  age  of  the  world,  and 
n  these  perilous  times,  the  work  is  a  task,  but 
should  be  commenced  when  childi'on  are  small. 
Pride  is  one  of  the  severest  things  we  have  to 
overcome;  and  it  is  one  thing  that  is  too  much 
cultivated  in  children.  Innocent  little  children, 
those  of  whom  Jesus  said,  "Of  such  is  the  king- 
dom of  heaven,"  are  dressed  in  all  the  fashions 
of  the  world,  and  I  am  soiTy  to  say,  by  our  dear 
brethren  and  sisters.  Now  brethren,  if  we  put 
those  unnecessary  things  upon  children  when 
small,  what  will  be  the  comcquence  ivhon  they 
V  up.  If  we  put  on  our  children,  things  wc 
ivould  be  ashamed  to  weai',  who  will  have  to 
answer  for  it?  I  will  leave  that  for  the  reader 
to  judge, 

When  we  give  children  the  menus  to  ^o  to 
worldly  amusements,  and  help  them  to  satisfy 
their  carnal  wishes,  hists  and  desires,  are  wo  ful- 
filling the  commands  of  Jehovah?  Are  we 
trying  to  gather  them  into  tlie  fold,  or  are  we 
encouraging  them  on  the  downward  road  to  ev- 
erlasting destruction?  Brethren,  I  wish  to  im- 
press it  upon  all  our  minds,  to  be  engaged  in 
bringing  up  the  children  in  the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord,  for  when  they  once 
have  strayed  away,  how  many  teai's  their  parents 
shed  for  them?  How  many  prayers  ascend  to 
lieaven  in  their  behalf?  la  it  reasonable, 
consistent  for  parents  to  help  their  childre 
to  the  degradations  of  sin  and  folly,  and  then 
try  to  get  them  back  ?  I  assert  upon  the  truths 
of  heaven,  that  if  children  are  brought  up  in 
the  admonition  of  the  Lord,  nine  coses  out  of 
ten,  they  will  be  where  Jesus  wants  them,  and 
that  is  in  His  service. 

May  God  help  us  all  to  be  more  engaged  for 
the  conversion  of  sinnei-s,  and  for  the  welfare  of 
one  another.  May  we  live  so  that  when  the 
Master  says,  "It  is  enough;  come  up  higli 
we  may  gladly  drop  this  robe  of  flesh,  and 
mount  above  the  skies,  where  we  can  be  contin- 
ually engaged  in  singing  praises  to  His  almighty 
name  throughout  all  eternity. 

D.  A.  Rowland, 

Grecncastic,  Pa. 


HOLD  ON! 

HOLD  on!  It  is  dark  aud  you  are  weak!  but 
life  depends  on  your  holding  fast  to  your 
religious  profession,  your  character,  and  your 
Christ,  Many  a  man  has  waited  for  the  Lord  a 
little,  when  long  waiting  was  required.  He  de- 
spaired early,  when  he  should  not  have  despair- 
ed at  all.  The  trials  you  bear,  cut  into  your 
flesh.  You  say  you  could  stand  that,  but  they 
also  eat  into  your  resolution.  Hold  on!  Noth- 
ing else  will  answer.  It  is  a  time  of  trial. — Men 
lose  money,  and  there  is  danger  of  losing  repu- 
tation with  it.  Men  defame  them,  curee  them, 
laugh  at  their  Christianity.  Hold  on!  Pay  all 
you  can  now,  and  pay  the  rest  hereafter.  Be 
sweet,  patient,  forgiving.  You  want  men  to 
forgive  your  mistakes;  forgive  also  their  re- 
proaches.— Get  all  the  helps  you  can.  And 
where  can  you  get  the  most?  The  closet,  the 
]>rayer-meeting|  the  Sunday-school — all  these 
will  help  you  to  hold  on.  Increase  your  dili- 
gence, your  watchfulness,  your  zealfor  God,  and 
through  His  service  find  His  helping  hand.  It 
is  there;  so  near  you  though  you  may  not  see 
it;  so  strong  and  willing,  though  Satan  may 
tempt  you  to  doubt  it.  It  is  only  a  little  longer. 
Hold  on  in  darkness,  doubt,  affliction.  The  day 
will  dawn,  the  doubts  will  fly  away,  and  your 
"  light  affliction  will  work  out  for  you  a  far  more 
exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory." 

—Selected. 

A    THRILLING    TEMPERANCE    AP- 
PEAL, 

AT  a  certain  town  meeting  in  Pennsylvania, 
the  question  came  up  whether  any  person 
should  be  licensed  to  sell  rum.  The  clergyman, 
the  deacon,  the  physician,  strange  as  it  may  now 
appear,  all  favored  it.  One  man  only  spoke 
against  it  because  of  the  mischief  it  did.  The 
question  was  about  to  be  jmt,  when  there  arose 
from  one  comer  of  the  room,  a  miserable  wo- 
man. She  was  thinly  clad,  and  her  appearance 
indicated  the  utmost  wretchedness,  and  that  her 
mortal  career  was  almost  closed.  After  a  mo- 
ment's silence,  and  all  ej'es  being  fixed  on  her, 
she  stretched  her  attenuated  body  to  its  utmost 
height,  and  then  her  long  arms  to  their  great^at 
length,  and  then  raising  her  voice  to  a  shrill 
pitch,  she  called  all  to  look  upon  her. 

"Yes,"  she  said,  "  look  upon  nio,  aud  f/ien, 
hear  me.'  All  that  the  last  speaker  has  "aid  rel- 
ative to  temperate  drinking,  as  being  the  father 
of  drunkards,  is  true.     All  practice,  all  experi- 


ence declare  its  truth.  All  drinking  of  alcoholic 
poison,  n.i  a  beverage  in  health,  is  excess.  Look 
iijinii  iiic!  You  all  know  me,  or  onco  did.  You 
idl  know  that  I  was  once  mistress  of  the  best 
fann  in  town;  you  all  know,  too,  I  had  one  of 
the  best — the  most  devoted  of  husbands.  You 
all  know  that  I  hud  five  noble-hearted,  industri- 
ous boys.  Where  arc  they  now?  Doctor,  where 
are  they  now?.  You  all  know.  You  all  kiuiw 
they  lie  in  a  row,  side  by  side,  in  yoiulor  church- 
yard; all — every  one  of  them,  fillmg  the  drunk- 
ard's gnive!  They  were  all  taught  to  believe 
that  temperate  drinking  was  safe — that  excess 
alone  ought  to  be  avoided;  and  tliej-  never  nc- 
kuowledgcd  excess.  They  quoted  you,  and  you, 
and  you,"  pointing  with  her  shred  of  a  finger  to 
the  minister,  deacon,  and  doctor,  "  as  authority. 
They  thought  themselves  safe  under  such  teaeh- 
era,  But  I  saw  the  giadnal  change  coining  over 
my  family  and  its  prospects,  ivitli  dismay  and 
horror.  I  felt  we  were  all  to  be  overwhelmed 
in  one  common  ruin.  I  tried  to  waid  off  the 
blow;  I  tried  to  brciik  the  spell,  in  which  the 
idea  of  the  benefits  of  temperate  drinking  hod 
^involved  my  husband  and  sous.  I  hcgguil,  I 
prayed;  but  the  odds  were  against  me.  The 
minister  said  the  poison  that  was  destroying  TUy 
husband  and  boys  was  a  good  creature  of  God; 
the  deacon  who  sits  under  the  pulpit  there,  and 
took  our  farm  to  pay  his  rum  hills,  sold  them 
the  poison ;  the  doctor  said  a  little  was  good  and 
the  excess  only  ought  to  bo  avoided.  My  poor 
husband  and  my  dear  boys  fell  into  the  snare, 
and  they  could  notesciipe;  and  one  after  anoth- 
er were  conveyed  to  the  sorrowful  grave  of  the 
drunkard. 

Now  look  at  nie  again.  You  probably  see 
me  for  the  last  time.  My  sands  have  almost 
run.  I  have  dr.igged  my  exhausted  fiame  from 
my  present  home — your  poor-house — to  warn 
you  alt,  to  warn  you,  deacon,  to  warn  you,  'false 
teacher  of  God's  Word!'"  and  with  her  anas 
flung  high,  and  her  tall  form  stretched  to  its 
utmost,  and  her  voice  raised  to  an  unearthly 
pitch,  she  exclaimed,  "  I  shall  soon  stand  before 
the  judgment  seat  of  God.  I  shall  meet  you 
there,  you  false  guides,  and  be  a  witness  against 
you  all ! " 

The  miserable  woman  vanished.  A  dead  si- 
lence pervaded  the  assembly;  the  minister,  the 
deacon,  and  physician  hung  their  heads;  and 
when  the  president  of  the  meeting  put  the 
question,  "  Shall  any  licenses  he  granted  for  the 
sale  of  spirituous  liquors?"  the  unanimous  re- 
spouse  was  "NO!"— .SVfe'^fi?, 


ALPHABETIC  MAXIMS  FOR  BOYS. 

Ask  your  father,  mother  or  guardian  what  is 

best  for  you  to  do. 
Begin  active  life  with  noble  purposes  to  direct 

you. 
Care  for  those  whose  lives  have  been  embittered 

bj'  oppression  and  ill  treatment. 
Decide  to  take  a  firm  stand  in  favor  of  truth. 
Endeavor  to  study  the  laivs  of  life,  so  that  health 

may  be  your  constant  attendant. 
Fail  not  to  show  that  a  hoy  caU  have  honor. 
Gain  money  if  you  can  honestly;  otherwise  re- 

mahi  in  penury. 
Have  respect  for  every  good  thing. 
Indulge  not  in  any  intemperance. 
Observe  justice  to  all. 
Pay  as  you  go;  or  if  you  do  not  conclude  to  go, 

pay  at  any  rate  all  you  agree  to  pay,  and  keep 

out  of  debt. 
((uery  whether  your  old  coat  paid  for,  will  not 

set  better  and  appear  handsomer  than  u  new 

one  if  owed  for? 
Resolve  that  you  will  never  speak  disrespectful- 
ly of  giris. 
Strive  to  help  your  kind  parents. 
Teach  nil  with  whom  you  may  associate  that 

you  are  unable  to  do  a  mean  thing. 
Unite  with  all  for  the  promotion  of  good. 
Venture  not  to  take  a  cent  dishonestly. 
Welcome  your  kind  parents  to  your  homo. 
Xpect  no  money,   but  that  which  you  get  by 

honest  labor. 
Yield  all  unimportant  considerations  rather  than 

have  a  row. 
Zealously  discbarge  every  duty,  and  you  ivill 

have  nothing  to  fear,  either  now,   or  here- 

ai'ter. 

Selected  by  Usclb  Thouas. 


MofKiKO. — No  mocking  in   this  world  ever 

sounds  to  me  so  hollow  as  that  of  being  told  to 
cultivate  happiness.  What  does  such  advic« 
mean?  Happiness  is  not  a  potato  to  be  plant- 
ed in  mold  and  tilled  with  manure. — Happiness 
is  a  glory  shining  far  down  upon  us  out  of 
heaven.  She  is  a  divine  dew,  which  the  soul, 
on  certain  of  its  summer  evenings,  feels  drop- 
ped upon  it  froui  the  amaranth  bloom  and 
golden  fruitage  of  Paradise, — SeleeUd. 


May  3:1. 


Ti-iK  bi?eti-ihe:n^  at  avokk. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


of   l/itn-feials,   Dieirict   Meetings,   etc..  thvaU 
bo  briflf,  anil  imilen  <m  jinpcr  BHparnic 
rrom    oUicr   liiisiacj!. 


L0VE-FEAST8. 

At  Beaver  Diim  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
liiii.,  June  Clli,  187«. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wediica- 
iky,  Juno  5tli,  187S.  at  10  A.  iM. 

Union  diuruli,  Marshall  Co..  Ind.,  June  4, 
1S7S,  eonimcucing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M, 

Four  miles  South  of  Lowisl^wn,  Wimma  Co.. 
Minn.,  tiist  Salwrday  and  Sunilay  of  Jujit-  next. 

Clear  River  diatrict,  Merriani,  Noble  Co.,  liid., 
June  J8th. 

Maqimkcta  elnirch.  one  Iinlf  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  eomnicucing  May  25ih  nl  1  o'clock. 

Slone  cbnroli,  Marshall  Co.,  lowo,  Juno  15,^  at 
10  o'dock,  A.  M. 

Slate  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  railc3  and  n 
half  Sout!i-enat  of  Suito  Center,  May  29th  uud 
SOtli,  cnmnierieing  at  1  P.  M. 

Cellar  Lake  eoiigrcgaljon,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
two  miles  .South-east  of  Corunnn,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
Thursday,  Jnuc  Gth,  1S78.  at  2  o'cloiAk. 

Cerro  Gordo  church,  Jlacon  Co.,  111.,  June  Gth, 
at  2  o'clock. 

.Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8th,  at  2  o'clock. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15tb,  at  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  May  23rd 
and  24th,  to  conimenco  at  1  o'clock. 

Mouticello  church,  While  Co.,  lud.,  June  Stli 
at  10  o'clock. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  June  Cth  aud  7lh. 

Jliddlc  Fork,  Cliuton  Co.,  lud.,  Juno  8tb  at  2 
o'clock. 

Montgomery  Co.,  loiva,  twelve  miles  North  of 
VilliEca,  May  IS. 

Grundy  church,  Grundv  Co..  Iowa,  July  Cth 
and  rib,  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Richland  ehureb,  Kichland  Co.,  Ohio,  May 
25th  and  2Gih. 

West  NiraishillcQ  church,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  the 
Gib  of  Jmie. 

The  luonibere  of  the  Sandy  church,  Coluiuhiana 
Co.,  Oliio,  have  appointed  a  Cummuuion  meeting 
on  the  15tb  of  June  nest,  to  commence  at  five 
o'clock,  P.  jr.,  and  meeting  nest  day.  The 
meeting  will  be  two  miles  West  of  North  Geovge- 
towu.  Brethren  comiiig  from  the  Annual  Sleet- 
ing, will  cha-jge  cars  at  AlUnnce  ou  Friday  and 
run  Soulh  ti  Homeworth,  where  tbey  will  be  met. 
L.  Glass. 

The  Burr  Oak  church  will  hold  a  Lovo-fenst 
t!ie  fifteoiitb  and  sixteenth  of  Jhne.  Meeting 
to  comniciiee  at  five  o'clock,  P.  M,,  and  close  on 
the  inorit  of  the  ITth.  Place  of  meeting  at  the 
residence  of  the  writer,  uear  Burr  Oak,  Jewell 
Co.,  Kansas.  iVi.LEU  Ivies. 

The  membere  of  the  Pony  Oi-eek  church, 
Brown  Co.,  Kansas  will  hold  Hieir  Love-feast 
ou  the  2;)tli  and  26tb  of  May,  coraraeucing  at 
10  A.  M.  Those  coming  by  railroad  hy  way  of 
St.  Joseph,  will  take  St.  Joseph  and  Denver 
City  traiu,  uud  buy  tickets  for  Morrill,  at  which 
point  suitable  eonvcyauce  will  be  found  to 
place  of  meeting,  distauce  four  luiles. 

J,  J.  LlCIITT. 

There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in  the 
Hamilton  church,  Caldwell  Co.,  Mo.,  at  the  i-es- 
idonce  of  JJro.  John  Stubhs,  four  miles  Soutli- 
West  of  Hamilton,  commencing  June  1st,  at  3 
o'clock,  P.  M.  Geo.  Witweii. 

The  hi-ethreu  and  sisters  of  the  Eight  Miles 
church,  Franklin  Co.,  Kausa'!,  have  appointed 
a  Coininunion  meeting  nt  the  house  of  Bro. 
Daniel  Hnrader,  four  miles  West  of  Centropolis, 
on  June  1st,  commencing  at  2  o'clock  P.  M. 
Meeting  also  next  day.  J.  S.  Keim. 

The  brethren  of  the  Green  Spring  District, 
Seneca  Co.,  Ohio,  will  hold  n  Communion  meet- 
ing on  the  eleventh  of  June,  commencing  at  10 
o'clock,  A.  M.  A  hearty  invitation  is  extended 
to  all.  David  Wise. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Beaver  Dam  congrega- 
tion,-Kosciiiseo  Co.,  Ind.,  will  bold  their  Love- 
feast  June  Cth.      .-  D.  Bkohtbuiisikk. 

-  The  Lov'o-feast  for  the  Chippewa  congrega- 
tion i;  appointed  for  June  lib.  commencing  at 
3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  "Wm. 
LiebtenivaUer,  two  nuln  North_of  Smithville 
Station  on  the  P.  Ft.  W.  &  C.  R.  R.  Meoting.s 
to  commence  Tbiii-iclav 'evening,' May  30th,  at 
tlie  Beech  Giovc  meeting-house,  in  the  evening 
and  conlinue  until  the  Iwginniug  of  the  Love- 
fea£t-  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert  is  exi>ecSed  to  be  with 
m.  K  L.  Yf.i.jjt. 

•  The  Brolhreu  in  the  Eel  River  district  have 
concludi;d  to  appoint  meetings  on  Saturday  ev- 
ening, June  Stb,  and  also  on  Sunday,  .iiineS'tb. 
Brotlncn,  coming  from  a  distance  by  railroiid 
to  the  Eel  River  Distriot,  will  stop  oft'  at  the 
following  points:   North  Manchester,  Liberty 


Mills,  Conrily  Line,  or  Silver  Lake,  Our  meet- 
ing-house is  five  miles  North  of  North  Man- 
chester, Ind,  .J.  J.  Ulert. 

There  will  be  u  Connunuiou  Meeting  in  the 
Cedar  Creek  ebnrcli.  Anderson  Co.,  Kan.,  June 
13tb  and  Mth,  nt  the  house  of  Bro.  C.  Hoda- 
hangb,  eii;bt  miles  West  from  Garnett,  com- 
mencing at  2  o'clock,  P.  M.     All  are  invited, 

.1.  SlUnEilAKER, 

The  Brethren  of  the  Macoupin  Creek  church, 
Montgomery  Co.,  111.,  intend  to  hold  our  Love- 
feast  at  C.  T.  Brown's,  about  nine  miles  South- 
east of  Girard,  May  2.Slb.    D,  R.  Studebaker. 

The  Pine  Creek  Love-fcnst  will  be  on  the  5th 
and  Gth  of  June,  Commencing  nt  10  o'clock, 

A.  M.  E.  POHNKT. 

niSTP.lCr  MKETINGS. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  2!llh,  commenc- 
ing at  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Ijost  Nation. 

Eftstorii  Di.itrict  of  Pennsylvauia,  in  liidiau 
Creek  church,  Jfoutgomery  Co.,  Maj-  23rd. 

Nurth-wcsteru  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June  1st. 


illLEY.  —  Died  at  the  residence  ot  her  son, 
Geo.  "Riley,  sister  Eli/aboth  Riley,  iji  the 
86tli  3'ear  of  her  age.  Pnneral  occasion  im- 
proved by  the  brethren  of  the  Botetourt 
church  from  the  following  test:  "To  die  is 
gain.  B.  P.  MooiiAw. 

HANAfiAN.— In  the  Rod  Bank  congregation, 
Annstrong  Co.,  Pa.,  April  27,  Bro.  William 
Hnnagan,  aged  70  yeai-s,  S  months  and  IS) 
days,  Funeral  iliscoui'sii  by  the  writer  from 
Job  U:  li.  J.  M.  Smousk.  , 

HARK— In  the  Bnflalo  Valley  Branch,  Ubion 
Co.,  Pa,,  April  Sth,  sister  Angeliue,  wife  of 
frieiul  George  Hare,  :iged  3G  \-ears,  1  nmntli 
and  2-1  days.  J.  L.  Beavek. 


CORRESPOiSrDETSrCE. 


Railroad  Arrangements. 

Dear  Biflhreii: — 

I  HAVE  made  arrangements  with  the  Wa- 
b;ish  railroad,  Toledo,  Wabasb  k  Western 
railroad  for  brethren  traveling  to  and  from  the 
Annual  Meeting  at  the  rates  of  one  and  one 
fifth  fare.  Tickets  will  not  be  on  sale  before 
June  5tli.  Good  until  J\ine  ITth.  Tickets  will 
be  placed  at  the  following  stations:  Quincy, 
Springfield,  Cerro  Gordo,  Danville,  Lafayette, 
Delphi,  Peru,  Decatur,  St.  Louis,  Taylorville, 
Hannibal  and  Toledo.  Jons  Beecrly. 


Railroad    Arrangements. 
Dcfii-  Bicthren: — 

WE  call  the  attention  of  our  brethren  and 
their  families  who  think  of  attending  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting,  to  the  arrangements' 
that  have  been  made  by  the  Dayton  &  Union 
R.  R.  This  company  Idudly  offers  to  sell  to 
all  that  will  pass  over  their  road,  at  the  follow- 
ing rates:  Fare  from  Dayton  to  North  Man- 
chester, §0.40.  At  other  stations  than  Day- 
ton, two  cents  per  mile. 

Tiekeb  will  be  placed  at  the  following  sta- 
tions: Dayton,  Trotwood,  Urookville,  Balti- 
more, Gordon,  Arcanum,  Greenville.  At  sta- 
tions where  tickets  are  not  sold,  passengers  will 
be  furnished  by  the  conductor  ou  the  train.  — 
Tickets  good,  going  from  June  5th,  and  return- 
ing to  June  18th,  This  company  offere  special 
inducements  by  way  of  accommodating  parties 
of  a  hundred  or  more,  going  togetlier,  will  go 
through  from  Dayton  to  North  Manchester 
without  change  of  cara.  When  the  number  is 
less  than  a  hundred,  the  fare, mil  be  the  same 
as  named  above,  but  must  change  cars.  The 
above  named  ra^es  are  nnind  trip  tickets. 

By  order  of, J.  L.  Miller,  Goner.il  Ticket 
Agent  of  DuytoD  and  Uniou  Pitilrond,  Dtiyton, 
Ohio.  ,  ,  A.  W.Pt'ouTZ. 


Call    for    Labor, 

Ihir  Jirelhren.— 

THE  following  is  one  of  a  number  of  such 
calls  as  we  have  received  during  the  past 
year.  \  friend  from  Round  Grove,  Lawrence 
Co.,  Mo.,  writes  nie,  "The  people  have  request- 
ed me  to  invite  yon  to  come  here,  and  preach 
the  doctrine  of  your  church  clear  through.  — 


Yon  cim  have  the   Baptist  meeting- 1  muse.     It 
will  hold  400  and  will  be  full." 

Some  such  calls  as  tlie  above  have  had  to 
he  neglected  by  our  brethren  here,  from  the 
simple  pressure  of  home  necessities.  A  lew  of 
us  hero  alone,  amid  the  imploring  people  of  the 
sniTounding  country  for  many  miles,  are  utter- 
ly unable  to  meet  the  demands  upon  our  ener- 
gies. We  need  an  arrangement  in  South-west 
Mo.,  by  which  at  least  two  brethren  at  a  lime 
can  bo  kept  moving.  The  interests  of  the 
truth,  and  precious,  starving  souls  demimd  it. 
If  the  few  of  us  in  South-west  Mo.,  attempt  it, 
to  meet  these  calls  unassisted,  our  families  must 
go  without  the  comforts  of  life,  for  want  of 
home  providence.  Dear  Brethren,  our  country 
is  getting  to  be  one  vast  missionary  field.  The 
fields  ar  ivhite  for  the  harvest,  aud  wo  are  im- 
ploring God  to  send  forth  lahorei-s.  Can't  you 
help   us? 

"  Our  country's  voice  is  pleading, 
Ye  men  of  God  arise! 
His  proridence  is  leading, 

The  land  before  you  lies, 
Day-gle.ims  are  o'er  it  brightning, 

And  promise  clothes   the  soil. 

White  field-s,  for  harvest  wlut'ning. 

Invite  the  reaper's  toil." 

It  seems  that  the  home  demand  and  duties 

with  the  other  claims  upon  our  time  ivill  render 

our  eonteml)lated  Annual  Meeting  trip,  (during 

which  I  had  hoped  to  spend  a  few  weeks  in 

Indiana)  mi  entire  fjiilure. 

Your  Brother, 

J.  W.  Ste!N. 
Maij  8, 187S. 

(P.  C.  ami  Vimlicahr,  pJease  e'ipij.) 


Report    of   Meetings. 
Dair  Brdhrni:— 

I  COMMENCED  a  meeting  in  the  Hunting- 
ton district,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Ind.,  ou  the 
evening  of  the  13th  of  April;  preached  five  dis- 
courses. As  it  rained  two  evenings  in  coui-se  of 
the  week,  we  could  not  get  to  church,  which 
checked  the  meeting  and  interest  to  some  ex- 
tent. Yet  the  interest  was  quite  good,  three 
precious  souls  rose  in  favor  of  Christ,  to  unite 
with  the  church. 

On  Saturday  forenoon,  the  20th,  we  had  a 
church-meeting,  where  Bro.  Sumers  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry.  I 
then  left  for  the  Saloinouy  district,  where  I 
preached  on  Lord's  day,  the  21st.  Bro.  Leedy 
remained  over  Lord's  day,  preached  three  dis- 
courees,  but  had  no  more  additions,  so  those 
three  who  had  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side, 
were  baptiited.  On  Monday  Bro.  Click  took  me 
to  Huntington,  where  I  got  aboard  the  train 
for  Antioch.  Staid  one  uigUt  with  Bro.  Leedy, 
^and  next  morning  took  the  train  for  Peru.  — 
Then  to  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  met  by  Bro.  J. 
Fox,  who  took  me  to  the  raeeting-house,  where 
I  p  readied  ■ 

Next  day  attended  the  District  Meeting  of 
the  Middle  District  ol  Ind.  Some  ten  queries 
were  presented,  as  usual  not  of  much  import- 
ance; hence  were  soon  decided.  Done  some 
visiting  at  Bunker  Hill,  then  went  to  Cass  Co., 
preached  Friday  evening,  Saturday  evening, 
Sunday  and  Sunday  evening.  Had  good  atten- 
dance .tnd  attention,  and  quite  an  interesting 
meeting,  I  might  have  continued,  but  as  none 
of  the  ministers  in  that  arm  of  the  church  at^ 
tentlcd  the  meeting,  and  ou  the  whole  are  not 
in  favor  of  protracted  meetings,  I  thought  best 
to  discontinue. 

We  expect  to  go  North  of  Logunsport  daj' 
after  to-morrow  to  commence  meeting  on  Fri- 
day evening  and  to  continue  over  Lord's  day,  or 
perhaps  longer.  S.  Mi"hray, 

BuriidhviUe,  I,i,l. 


A  Good  and  Noble  Suggestion. 

I).nr  Brctlmn:- 

WE  find  a  very  good  example  and  suggestion 
in  No.  17  of  your  worthy  paper.  Bro. 
Harshbergcr  of  Mo.,  gives  an  example  which  it 
would  do  well  to  follow.  Some  good  and  zea- 
lous brethren  in  every  congregation  ought  to 
imitate  him.  Bro.  Hansen's  circumstances 
should  ho  presented  to  the  congregation  aud 
what,  funds  could  bi;  collected,  should  be  imme- 
diately f-ent  to  the  Danish  Mission  Contribution 
Box. 

I  have  often  had  cause  to  wonder  why  such 
a  move  is  not  adopted  in  every  congregation, 
where  such  call,'^  are  made,  and  imnicdiately 
supply  the  want  of  the  lieedy.  Many  niite-s 
might  bo  obtained  in  this  way  from  libend 
hands  and  noble  hearts,  wliich  otherwise  are 
not  collected.  Dear  brethren  and  si-itei-sdoaot 
fear  that  too  much  will  be  collected  for  our 
dear,  suffering  brethren  and  sisters  in  Denmark. 


If  you  press  nieiming  imough  iuto  Bro.  Han- 
sen's article,  to  realize  half  his  sufferings  and 
doprivution,  you  cannot  help  but  loose  your 
purse-striugs  and  drop  a  mite  for  bis  benefit. 

Just  think  for  a  moment,  if  God  wore  to 
withhold  His  blessiugs  from  us.  Just  o^  w« 
deal  with  God's  saints,  either  temporally  or 
spiritually,  so  will  He  deal  with  us.  As  wo 
mete  to  others,  so  it  shall  be  meted  to  us.  Do 
not  let  this  matter  pass  by  unheeded.  Do  not 
say,  Let  the  dear  brother  be  warmed  mid  filled, 
but  send  him  the  ueccssary  funds  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

"  Love  as  you  would  if  the  nngcis, 

Waited  for  it  at  the  door; 
Give  as  you  would  If  to-morrow, 

Pound  you  where  all  alms  arc  o'er, 
Give  as  you  would  to  the  Master, 
If  you  met  His  searching  look, 
•       Give  as  you  would  of  your  substance. 
If  His  hand  your  oftering  took." 
Now,  brethren  imd  aistere,  send   your  mites 
along  at  once.    Do  not  delay  because  your  mite 
is  small.    If  you  have  hut  five  cents  to  give, 
do  so    with    a    willing    heart,    and  God  ivill 
abundantly  reward  you  for  it.     But  I  trust  tlie 
one  who  gives  five  cents,  will  not  be  a  brother 
or  sister  blessed  with  iiu  abundance  of  perish- 
able material,  while  a  poor  brother  or  widowed 
sister,  cast  a  much   greater  amount  into   the 
Lord's  ti'casury  for  His  sulleriug  saints. 
God  bless  the  donors  to  this  noble  purpose! 
Your  well-wishing  Sister, 

Emily  II.  Stifler. 
Ilollnhiijsbui-g,  I'll. 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

One  who  is  .striving  for  heaven, §    1.75 

Daniel  Snowberger, 2_oo 

Indian  Creek  church,  Pa., 37.OO 

Rome  church,  Ohio, 11.00* 

Previously  reported 1546.89 

Total;  §1588.64 
C.  P.  Ro^VLANii,  Treasurer. 

Lanark,  III.,  April  SSlli,  1S7S. 
(P.  ('.,  please  copy.) 


GLEAISriNGS. 


From  Lost  Nation,  la.— The  brethren  and 
sistere  and  delegala?  coming  to  our  feast  on  the 
25th  of  May.  should  remember  that  the  time 
for  the  traiu  to  leave  Marion,  is  at  7  A,  M.  — 
This  is  the  only  train  that  day  coming  East  to 
our  place  of  meeting.  Brethren  please  notice 
the  time,  as  there  will  be  no  train  until  Mon- 
day ^morning  the  27th.  I,  Barto. 

From  BIai-ia,Pa.— The  Woodbury  congre- 
gation is  still  prospering.  Bro.  Silas  Hoover 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  15th  of 
March,  imd  preached  in  all  fifteen  st'tmons  ia 
this  district.  Twenty-one  precious  soiils  came 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  baptized.  I 
learned  that  two  more  wore  added  since.  May 
God  receive  all  the  praise  forevermore. 

Lottie  Ketrikq. 

The  Danish  Mission.— This  mission  is  as- 
suming a  new  phase.  The  brotherhood  has 
just  been  taking  a  look  at  Denmark,  through 
the  eyes  of  elders  Fry  aud  Ehy.  These  breth- 
ren have  just  returned,  and  are  spreading  that 
■missionary  field  before  the  entire  church.  To 
some  this  is  not  necessary,  but  to  the  great  ma- 
jority it  is  n  necessary  step.  Brethren  general- 
ly want  to  inspect  things  closely  aud  now  since 
the  facia  are  made  ao  plain,  the  liberality  of  the 
brotherhood  ivill  he  largely  iucre;ised.  Read  1 
John  3:  17.  S.  Z.  Shabp. 

From  Geneva,  Iiid.— The  cry  for  help  in 
Bro.  Hansen's  letter  is  too  bad  and  heart-melt- 
ing to  be  east  aside  without  one  tear  of  syfti- 
pathy.  Hope  the  brethren  and  sistei-s  will 
cheerfully  respond  to  the  call.  God  loves  a 
cheerful  giver,  one  who  gives  out  of  a  heart  of 
love  to  Him  and  his  fellow-men.  ■  Safan  is  very 
apt  to  whisper  in  our  ears:  "  You  are  not  able 
to  give  but  a  small  mite,  so  don't  give  any,  and 
let  others  give  who  are  able."  But  what  does 
Christ  say  about  a  certain  poor  widow  that  on- 
ly cast  in  two  mites.  O  let  us  adhere  to  the  in- 
junction of  Christ,  to  watch  and  pray,  lest  we 
enter  into  temptation.  I  am  glnd  you  do  not 
jjiihlish  the  mites  given.  Jesus  .says,  "Let  not 
Lby  left  hand  kno^v,  what  thj'  right  hand  do- 
eth."  B.  Watson. 

From  Liticolnrillo,  Iml.  —  On  the  second 

.Sunday  of  last  month  at  Dora,  (Antioch  dis- 
trict) three  were  bapti7.ed  according  to  Christ's 
eominission  and  rose  to  walk  in  newness  of  life, 
and,  we  trust,  (o  earnestly  contend  for  the  faith 
onee  delivered  to  the  saints. 

On  Easter  Sunday,  at  the  above-named  place, 
the  brethren  and  friends  met  and  re-organized  n 


THE    BRETHREN    ^VT    "W^OKKl. 


May  a  a. 


Snblmtli* school,  TCliinli  at  present  bids  litir  for 
BucecM.  In  No.  19  of  13.  at  W.,  in  the  nrlicle, 
Come  to  Jeitis,  it  should  rend,  "  Many  of  the  Cor- 
inthiaus  came  to  Jeaus,"  instead  of  "  many  of  the 
Christians,  etc."  J.  W.  Soutuwood. 

From  ^Vinfielil,  Kansfis. — The  other  time  I 
'wrote  you,  I  could  give  no  news  from  this,  the 
Silver  Creek  congregation,  but  noiv  we  can. 
elder,  Jacob  Buck,  gave  u9 1\  call,  preacbed  three 
discotir?c3.  The  result  was,  that  one  was  made 
willing  to  forinke  pin,  take  up  the  cross  and  fol- 
low the  Savior.  E-  Hoovek. 

From  Slllney,  Ollio.— Bro.  Oliver  Younthnj 

just  closed  a  aeries  of  meetings  at  our  place,  eight 
miles  West  of  Sidney,  It  coinraeuced  the  27tli 
of  April.  Ho  preached  eigbtcen  sermons;  during 
that  time,  tbere  were  eighteen  precious  souls  that 
felt  it  their  duty  to  go  down  to  the  liquid  stream, 
and  there  be  bapti7*d  for  the  remission  of  theii 
sins;  the  youngt^t  being  about  twelve  years  old, 
and  among  them  tbere  was  one  young  man  who 
is  deprived  of  hearing  and  speaking,  when  he  felt 
it  his  duty  to  obey  the  blessed  Savior,  why  should 
not  those  who  are  blessed  with  hearing  and  tlic 
utterance  of  speech,  feel  it  their  duty  to  obey  their 
blessed  Master  iu  all  His  appointed  ways  ?  May 
tbe  Loid  bless  our  brother's  labors  bei'e  and  else- 
whei'e,  and  may  tbe  words  spoken  by  our  brotber, 
sink  deeply  into  tbe  hearts  of  those  who  sat  be- 
neath the  Eoniid  of  bis  voice.  May  tbe  good  seed 
sown,  spring  up  and  hear  fruit  an  buudred-fold. — 
May  Ibc  Lord  bless  us  all  and  guide  us  by  the  di- 
vine Spirit,  into  all  truth,  while  wo  live  and  when 
time  shall  be  with  us  no  more,  save  ua  all,  with- 
out tbe  loss  of  one,  is  tlie  prayer  of  your  sister  in 
Christ.  Marv  a.  AVbight. 

.  From  John  II.  Miller.— I  wonld  say  to  the 

readers    of  your  worthy    paper,    that    wo    tbe 
Brethren  of  the   Brooklyn    congregation   intend 
holding  a  Love-feast,  June  Sth  and  9th,  comm 
ipg  at  10  o'clock,  at  Bi-o.  Absalom  Miller's,  three 
and  a  half  miles  Noitb-easl  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa. 
.1.  J.  Mu-LER. 

From  Milford,  1ml.— I  write  to  let  you  km 
of  a  sad  occurrence.  On  the  7lh  inst,  friend  J, 
Pinkerton's  lioy,  Wm.  Edward,  aged  4  yean 
months  and  T  days  old,  was  struck  by  lightuing, 
while  lying  on  the  floor,  and  killed  instantly.  The 
lighluiugsti'uck  tbe  mother  of  tbe  child,  and  at 
this  time  is  sufleriug  much  by  the  elTecta  of  the 
lightning.  Her  clotbes  were  ou  fire,  hut  not 
burnt  mticb  until  they  wore  torn  off.  Tbe  boy's 
clothes  were  set  on  fire,  but  be  was  s.ived  from 
burning  up,  by  Inking  his  clothes  of.  The  light- 
ning struck  through  the  floor  into  the  cellar  and 
set  some  straw  on  fire,  but  it  was  discovered  in 
time  to  save  the  building.  Funeral  by  the  Breth- 
ren from  Job  19:  21.  "Have  pity  upon  me,  0 
ye  my  friends,  for  the  hand  of  God  has  toiiclicd 
mo."  Surely  the  hand  of  God  ba^  touched  lliis 
family.  J.  H.  MiLLKK. 

From  Maple  Kiver  Junction.  —  The  Lord 
willing  we  intend  to  hold  a  Love-feast  at  the  Ma- 
ple River  Junction  in  Carroll  Co.,    Iowa,   on  the 

loth  and  IGth  of  June.  D.  "W.  Shirk. 

From  Liicoii,  III.— I  feel  a  deep  interest  in 
the  cause  of  Christ,  though  I  um.  as  yet,  one  of 
the  weakest  mombera.  I  love  the  atuse  of  Christ, 
and  feel  to  thank  God  for  all  his  goodness  towards 
me.  I  love  lo  see  the  good  work  prosper  and  I 
think  if  there  were  a  ministering  brother  to  come 
here,  that  there  could  be  a  gi-eat  deal  of  good  done. 
It  is  the  recjuost  of  all  the  members  that  Bro.  L. 
Hillery  should  come  back,  and  labor  with  us.  He 
is  well  liked  by  both  saint  and  sinner  and  has 
made  many  good  impressions  here.  If  be  is  per- 
mitted to  come  hack,  we  are  sure  ibat  several 
could  be  gained  for  the  kingdom  of  God.  O  may 
he  come  back  to  help  poor  sinners  to  Christ. 

"We  still  hold  our  social  meetings,  which  our 
dear  brother  started  for  us  before  leaving.  We 
enjoy  ourselves  very  much  iu  ibem  and  our  pray- 
er is  that  we  may  never  fall  from  grace,  but  stay 
close  to  the  cross  of  Christ  and  there  learn  of 
Him  who  is  able  to  save.  Now  if  I  am  not  a.sk- 
ing  too  much,  I  would  say,  send  us  back  our  dear 
Bro.  Lemuel.  We  are  poor  in  this  world's  goods, 
but  will  do  all  we  can  for  the  spreading  of  the 
tftb.  H.  C.  Long. 

From  Orrville,  0.  —  The  Brethren  of  the 
Wooster  church  will  hold  a  Love-feast  the  31st  of 
May,  1878,  commencing  at  10  o'clock.  The  meet- 
ing will  be  held  near  SmithviUe  Summit,  and 
those  wishing  to  come  by  rail,  can  be  met  at  that 
place  or  at  Orrville.  by  giving  notice  to  U.  M. 
Irvin.  D.  M.  Irvi.n. 

From  L.  W.  Andrews.— Your  paper  makes 
its  welcome  visits  regularly,  and  is  a  welcome 
guest.  I  Would  feel  lost  if  it  would  cease  to  visit 
mo.  It  is  very  pleasant  to  get  news  from  the 
whole  brotherhood.  O  how  I  rejoice  to  read  of 
the  success  of  the  different  churches.  We  had  a 
pleasant  meeting  on  Sunday  ;  met  by  the  water's 
side,  and  saw  four  precious  souls  baptized  into  the 


kingdom  nf  God.  The  church  here  is  increasing 
very  fast.  May  the  Lord  go  on  with  the  good 
work  ! 

YcUqw  Crffh,  III. 

From  C.  H.  Ilalsba)ii;Ii. — There  is  nothing 
in  the  world  without  relations  ;  and  it  ia  in  the 
entire  circle  of  relations  that  things  must  he  judg' 
ed  of.  The  majority  go  by  fragmenta  and  sec- 
tiona,  and  lieueo  reach  erroneoua  conclusions.  Il 
is  ono  of  tbe  most  lamentable  facta  of  the  Church 
that  persons  judge  hastily,  before  they  acquire  the 
data  for  reliable  conclusions.  Narrow-mindedness 
is  the  universal  penalty  of  sin.  Holiness  brings 
divine  illumination,  in  which  wo  see  tbo  right  po- 
sition and  relation  of  things,  Bmin  work,  iso- 
lated from  the  indwelling  Christ,  is  surface  work. 
The  greatest  unsanctified  minds  see  not  to  the 
depths  reached  by  the  shallowest  intellect 
which  tbo  Holy  Ghost  is  enshrined.  How  much 
is  given  to  the  press,  whjch  is  no  more  than  ii 
placard,  flaunting  the  attainments  of  tbe  writer, 
Not  unfrcquently  it  is  undisguised,  brazen-faced 
plagiarism.  Better  five  simple.  Spirit-begotten 
words,  than  ten  thousand  stolen,  unflasbing  gcmi 
from  another's  brain.  There  is  hut  one  college 
course  that  makes  us  truly  wise,  and  that  is  the 
in-hcing  of  the  Great  Teacher,  "  in  whom  are  b 
all  tbe  treasures  of  wisdom  and  of  knowledge." 

From  Jolin  H.  Peck.  —  AVhoreas  tho  article, 
entitled  "  The  Ungrateful  Man,"  pubUshed  in  No. 
20,  bns  caused  some  oflence,  I  embrac^  this  op- 
portunity of  saying  that  in  tbo  writing  of  that 
article  I  did  not  intend  to  cast  any  personal  reflec- 
tion upon  any  one  ;  hut  since  it  has  caused  some 
oflence,  I  now  regret  that  it  was  written,  for 
my  writings  I  do  not  wish  to  say  that  which  will 
in  any  way  hurt  the  feelings  of  my  brethveu.  The 
motives  that  prompted  the  articio,  on  my  part, 
were  pure  and  not  personal ;  but  siueo  it  has  caus- 
ed some  unpleasant  feelings,  I  hereby  ajik  tbe  for- 
givenesa  of  all  those  whose  feelings  have  been  af- 
fected and  hope  that  hereafter  I  may  use  that 
tion  and  regard  lor  the  welfare  of  my  Master's 
cause,  that  heeomcth  every  devoted  child  of  God. 


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INTEKESTING    ITEMS. 


Trouble    Brewing, 

'■  Cm  yp  iiol  dicern  Ibc  Signs  of  llio  Times?"— Mnlt  10:3, 

A  DAY  or  two  ago  a  Tribrtne  reporter  had  a 
long  talk  with  one  of  tho  leaders  of  the 
Socialists  in  the  city  of  Chicago.  Said  be, 
"  There  is  trouble  brewing." 

The  reporter  asked  why,  and  he  replied  that 
times  are  not  improving.  "You  will  see  some- 
thing Urrible  in  a  short  time;  something  that 
will  open  your  eyes,  and  will  compel  you,  as  well 
as  all  wage-workore,  to  go  with  us." 

"  Do  you  mean  to  aay  that  you  will  attemjit  a 
revolution?" 

I  mean  to  say,  sir,  that  a  hatred  has  been  en- 
gendered between  the  capitalisU  and  laboring 
classes,  and  the  time  is  ripe  for  a  change.  The 
capitalists  are  divided  against  themselves,  and 
that  is  what  will  help  us.  I  hale  to  see  it  coming, 
but  there  are  going  to  he  terrible  times.  I  am 
afraid  we  can  get  reform  in  no  other  way." 

"  What  do  you  mean?"  asked  the  reporter. 

"  I  mean,  sir,  that  our  rights  are  denied  us  at 
the  ballot-bos,  and  we  propose  to  have  tbem  by 
force  of  anna ; — have  tbem  we  will." 

"  Do  you  mean  to  say  that  there  will  be  blood- 
shed ?  " 

"I  say,  that  there  will  be  a  change  within  tbe 
nest  ninety  days,  and  we  will  bring  it  about." 

"  How '! " 

"  By  revolution.  The  mines  are  laid.  We  have 
the  trains  ready,  and  the  firing  will  be  cojninenc- 
ed  all  along  the  line  at  once.  Capitalists  will 
meet  the  laborer  on  the  street,  and  the  capitalists 
will  he  banging  from  every  lamji-post.  The  lab- 
oring men  have  been  kept  down  long  enough,  — 
What  we  want  is  a  eo-operativo  State,  in  which 
all  rights  of  property  shall  be  vested,  ond  each 
man  shall  he  recompensed  according  to  his  power 


of  production.  That  is  tbe  object  of  the  Socialis- 
tic party." 

This  convereation  took  place  in  the  presence  of 
a  well-known  local  contractor,  whom  the  Social- 
istic leader  was  not  acquainted  with. 

The  leader  who  waa  inter\'i6wcd  alsostated  that 
the  Socialist  party  was  working  now  under  tlie 
instructions  of  the  National  Executive  Committee 
whose  headquarters  are  at  Cincinnati.  A  circular 
issued  to  the  diflbrent  sections  of  tbe  country, 
some  four  months  ago,  advised  the  various  com- 
mittees to  organise  companies  in  each  city,  town 
and  hamlet,  where  it  was  posible,  throughout  the 
United  St-ites.  In  this  State,  Wisconsin,  Michi- 
gan, Pennsylvania,  New  York,  California  and 
Maasflchusets,  this  has  been  carried  out  to  the  let- 
ter. To  every  company  there  is  appointed  a  Cap- 
tain by  the  Central  Section,  and  the  two  Lieuten- 
ants are  elected  after  the  organization  is  cflected. 
Every  ten  oompnuies  constitute  a  battalion,  which 
is  in  command  of  a  colonel,  appointe<l  by  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee.  It  is  claimed  that  in  New 
York  City  there  are  twenty  battalions  organized, 
having  an  enrolled  membership  of  over  16.000 
men,  largely  composed  of  Poles,  Bohemians,  Scan- 
dinavians, Freuehraen,  and  a  few  Irish,  under  tbe 
lead  of  the  notorious  Mcgy  and  Schwab. 

In  this  city  there  are  claimed  to  he  enrolled  up- 
wards of  14,000  men.  Of  these,  it  has  been  slat 
ed  that  18,000  belong  to  the  military  organi nation. 
In  California  tbe  best  organization  exists.  Pitts- 
burg is  tho  armory  for  the  i)arty.  The  guns  and 
ammunition  that  they  possess,  it  is  claimed,  are 
stored  there,  because  tbe  leaders  hold,  "  that  tho 
boys  there  know  how  to  use  them." 

Itis  still  claimed  that  the  riots  of  last  Summer 
were  started  prematurely,  but  tnis  time  there  is  to 
bo  no  failure.  The  work  is  to  commence  in  Chi- 
cago at  a  given  signal,  when  simultaneously 
Schwab  and  Kearney  and  the  other  lendera  will 
gatbertheirhosls  together,  and  the  work  of  car- 
nage and  destruction  commence.  —  Chicago 
Tribune. 


A    Baptism    of   Hundreds. 

ON  Sunday  morning  the  roa<ls  and  lanes  lead- 
ing across  ChimhoraKO  Park,  were  filled 
with  persons,  white  ,ind  black,  male  and  female, 
from  the  gray-haired  sire  to  the  infant  iu  arms, 
all  hurrying  in  the  direction  of  Gillie's  Creek  to 
witness  tbe  great  baptizing. 

By  10  o'clock  at  least  4,000  persons  had  assem- 
ble<l  on  the  York  River  Railroad  and  the  sur- 
rounding hills,  and  the  long  line  of  new  converts 
male  and  female,  in  twos,  arrived  on  the  ground 
and  stood  in  readiness  on  either  side  of  the 
stream — the  males  on  one  side  and  females  on  the 
other.  The  females  were  dressed  in  white,  with 
white  turbans  around  their  heads,  and  the  men 
with  wbita  shirts  and  white  handkerchiefs  around 
their  heads,  awaited  patiently  under  the  burning 
sun  the  arrival  of  their  turn,  After  the  singing 
of  a  hymn  and  a  short  prayer,  (he  Rev.  Scott 
Gwathmay,  accompanied  by  one  of  his  deacons, 
stepped  down  into  the  water  and  the  baptizing 
was  begun.  The  females  were  served  first,  and 
they  were  quickly  disposed  of  to  make  room  for 
the  others  in  waiting.  The  men  outnumbered  the 
women.  By  half  past  twelve  o'clock  the  cere 
ny  was  over,  and  233  persons  had  been  immersed 
by  one  man.  The  converts  for  the  most  were 
very  (juiet  and  undemonstrative,  but  occasionally 
some  manifestation  of  religious  fervor  would  break 
out 

One  old  woman,  at  least  seventy  years  of  age, 
walking  on  crutches,  hobbled  to  the  pool  and 
among  those  baptized.  She  was  taken  in  the 
arms  of  a  stalwart  deacon,  and  borne  out  to  the 
dressing  room.^.fijc/i(nonrf  Slate  Jovriiai. 

Here  is  proof  that  a  man,  in  a  little  over  two 
hours,  baptized  233  persons.  At  this  rate  of  bap- 
tizing, the  twelve  Apostles  could  have  baptized 
tbe  3,000  Penlecostians  in  lesa  than  three  hours, 
or  if  assisted  by  the  seventy  disciples,  in  less  than 
hour,  and  yet  modern  pedo-baptista  claim 
that  it  could  not  have  been  done  in  one  day. 
Those  who  think  of  meeting  opposition  on  this 
point,  will  cut  this  out  and  paste  it  in  their  scrap- 
book.  Every  reader  ought  to  have  a  good  scrap- 
'look  for  such  things. — Eds. 


Charlie    Ross, 


SEVERAL  Baltimore  ladle.^  insist  tliat  the  De- 
marra  lad,  who  ia  at  the  House  for  the 
Friendless  in  that  city,  is  the  lost  Charlie  Ross. 
e  his  arrival  iu  the  Monumental  City,  the 
boy's  skin  has  become  fairer,  and  his  hair  lighter 
d  curiier.  It  is  proposed  to  take  him  to  Ger- 
mantown  about  the  first  of  July,  in  the  hope  that, 
OS  that  was  about  the  time  of  the  kidnapping,  the 
boy  may  recognize  in  tlio  i)lace  scenes  which  will 
1  thoughts  of  home  and  refresh  his  memory. 


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Day  passenger  Irain  going  west  leaves  Lanark  at  2'  U  P 
M,,  aud  arrirea  at  Book  Island  al  6:60  P,  M. 

Night  passenger  Iniina,  going  easl  ond  weit,  meet  and 
leave  Lanark  at  2;18  A.  M.,  arriving  in  Kacinc  al  9-0O 
A.   M.,   and   at   Roek  Island  alliiOO  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Acconimodsliun  Traina  will  run  acai  al 
12:  10  A.  M.,  10^  50  A.  M.,  and  east  al  12:  10  A.  M. 
and  4:  45  P.M. 

trains  only.     Paijsengef- 

0.  A.  Shitq,  Age&L 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  J  Urhuj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  vildck  Shall  he  unto  All  Peojtle.^^  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  May  30,  1878. 


No.  22. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

KOITBD  ASD  PUBLISHED  WSKHLY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTOHS: 

R,  H.  >I11,I,KI1,        ------        LADOGA,  UTD. 

J.  W.  STKIK,       ------       NEWTONIA,  MO. 

D,  TA^'I11A^%        -------  TiTJtDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  UEKTZEn,        -      -      -      -      -WAYXESDOHO,  PA. 

MATTIE  A.  LEAlt,        -----      miBANA,    ILL. 


FLOWERS  THAT  NEVER  WITHER. 

rriHERE  nre  flon-i.T3  tluifc  never  wither, 
X     There  me  sides  that  uever  fuJe, 
Thiire  are  trees  llmt  ciist  forever, 

Cooliug  howei-s  of  teiify  shnile, 
Tliore  are  silver  wiivolets  floiriug 

"With  a  lulliiiK  soniicl  of  rest. 
Where  the  West  wind,  softly  blowing, 

Fftiis  the  fair  hinds  of  the  blest. 

Tliithenviu'd  our  steps  are  tending, 

Oft  tbroiigli  dim,  oppressive  tenrs, 
Moi-e  of  grief  tlmii  pleusiire  blending 

In  the  darkening  woof  of  years, 
Oft«u  woMld  our  footsteps  weary, 

Sink  upon  tlie  winding  way, 
'  But  tliut  when  all  looks  most  dreary, 

O'er  us  he-.inu  a  cheering  ray. 

Thns  the  Father  who  hath  made  ns 

Tenants  of  this  world  of  care, 
Knoweth  how  to  Idudly  .iid  us 

With  the  burdens  we  must  bear; 
Kuoweth  how  to  euuse  the  spirit 

Hopefully  to  raise  its  eyes. 
Toward  the  home  it  doth  inherit. 

Far  beyond  the  azure  skies. 

There  is  a  voice  that  whispei-s  slowly 

Down  within  this  heart  of  mine, 
Where  emotions  the  most  holy 

Ever  make  their  >acred  shrine. 
And  it  tells  a  thrilling  story 

Of  the  great  Kedeemer's  love, 
And  the  all-bewildering  glorj- 

Of  the  better  luiid  above. 

Oh,  thia  life,  with  all  its  sorrows, 

Hasteth  ouwai-d  to  a  close! 
In  a  few  more  brief  to-morrows 

Will  have  ended  all  our  woes; 
Then  o'er  death  the  jiast  immortal 

Shall  sublimely  rise  and  soar, 
OVr  the  star-resplendent  portal, 

There  to  dwell  forevermore. 

—Sekded. 


"  PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING," 


THE  Greek,  for  the  above  phrase,  K"A<lia- 
leijitos,  Proseukeathr."  Adialeipfos,  tneans, 
iineftisiniihj,  contmuiiUy.  Prosmkomui,  means 
to  come  or  go  to  any  one,  draw  nearer.  H^nce 
the  phrase  "  Prtiij  without  ceashig  "  means  to 
come  to  God,  or  approach  God,  regularly,  dmly, 
each  morning  and  evening,  as  well  as  to  give 
thanks  through  day.  It  does  not  menu  that  we 
shall  occupy  a  iiraijiiuj  position,  and  keep 
saying  words  of  j/ifii/iy  and  never  stop,  nor 
move  out  of  a  praying  position  till  we  die.  The 
phrase  icitltout  ceasing,  or  unceasing,  does  not 
mean  that  no  intermission  can  occur.  We  say 
of  some  persons,  "  They  are  uiiceasiny  in  their 
effort^,"  '.  e.,  they  keep  on  trying,  though  inter- 
missous  may  occur.  Again,  "he  is  a  man  of 
unerasing  industry,"  thia  does  not  mean  that, 
that  man  work-ion  day,  and  night,  without  stop- 
ping to  eat  and  sleep;  but  that  he  works  regu- 
larly, daily,  whenever  he  has  the  opportunity, 
Some  persons  are  unceasing  talkers;  but  this 
does  not  mean,  that  when  their  tongues  start, 
that  they  never  stop,  but  it  means,  that  when- 
ever opportuoity  otlers,  they  alwnj-s  seem  tt 
have  a  supembundance  of  talk. 

in  tluK-Knsewe  understand  the  phrase  "  xeilk- 
otU  ixasiitgj'as  applied  to  prayer.     But  there  is 


a  sense  in  which  the  phrase  "ip(V/i«h/  ceasing" 
ikea  closer  application  still.  Christians  live 
an  clement  of  prayt-r.  They  constantly 
breath  a  spirit  of  prayer,  though  they  may  not 
ically  pray.  This  spirit  of  prayer  is  manifest 
wherever  they  go,  or  in  whatever  they  do;whoth- 
in  the  discharge  of  family,  or  neighborly 
duties,  or  in  laboring  on  the  farm,  or  shop,  or 
traveling  abroad,  and  when  we  lie  down  to  sleep, 
groans  thatcannot  be  uttered.  In  this  sense 
we  always  pray.  There  are  a  class  of  professors 
who  instead  of  living  m  pragcr,  simply  live  a/ 
imuin;  i.  e.,  they  pray  occasionally.  Thrgfeel 
their  iliilij  to  pruy,  but  do  not  fejl  very 
tliiuikful  that  they  have  the  privHtijf  tojn-ai/. 
Prayer  is  a  tremendous  job  for  them.  The 
t  pteasingpartof  theexercisc,is  the  AMEN; 
and  when  that  is  said,  they  feel  that  they  have 
done  their  duty  any  waj',  whether  willingly  or 
■eluctantly,  and  are  very  glad  the  job  is  olf  their 
hands.  iS'Hc/iy^'fnycc  does  not  amount  to  anj'- 
thing.  For  our  encouragement  in  i-ontiuued 
prinjrr,  Christ  refers  to  an  unjust  judge,  who  at 
first  would  not  hear  the  petitions  of  a  cert.iin 
poor  ^vidow,  at  hist  concluded  to  grant  her  re- 
quest in  order  to  get  rid  of  her  continued  com- 
ing. ■'  And  (says  Christ)  shall  not  God  avenge 
His  own  elect,  which  ng  dug  and  night  unto 
!,  though  He  hear  lont;  with  them  "  (Luke 
IS;  7). 

It  is  as  impossible  for  a  Christian  to  live 
without  priiyei;  as  for  a  fish  to  live  on  dry  land. 
In  prayer  we  talk  with  God.  Prayer  climbs  the 
ladder  Jacob  saw,  aud  brings  heaveu  and  earth 
together.  Prayer  is  the  medium  through  which 
the  comforting  and  eheerJug  iuflueuces  of  heav- 
nre  given  unto  us.  The  strong  mau  in  bat- 
tling with  the  powers  of  darkness,  is  often  sore- 
ly tempted;  but  prayer  gives  him  strength  and 
ictory  over  his  eueiny.  The  weaker  ones  aud 
babes  in  Christ,  are  too  weak  to  walk  alone. 
Prayer  brings  their  Savior  near,  who  will  not 
foi'sake  them,  but  will  enable  them  to  stand 
firm  against  our  common  foe. 

'■  Satan  trembles  when  he  sees. 
The  weakest  saint  upon  his  kiiess." 
Bereaved  parents  seek  comfort  in  prayer,  aud 
a  |>raycrful  God,  heals  their  wounds.  The  be- 
reaved widow  prays  for  grace  and  strength,  that 
she  may  be  submissive;  aud  the  widow's  God 
heai-s  her,  Ministere  tremhlinglg  pray  that  God 
would  give  wisdom  and  courage,  that  His  cause 
be  properly  pi-eseuted.  Eldei-s  pray  that  they 
may  fe=d  the  ilock  with  the  rich  pastures  of 
God's  Word.  Wiien  elders  pray,  when  minis- 
ters pray,  when  lay  members  pray,  all  pray,  the 
church  will  prosper,  and  be  in  peace,  and  ain- 
nei-s  will  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  In 
nine  cases  out  of  every  ten  the  troublesome 
meiul>era  ai'e  those  who  do  little  or  no  praying. 
The  united  prayers  of  a  church,  will  prevent 
many  a  church-meeting;  will  prevent  many  a 
tnuisgression.  If  we  ask  in  faith,  believing,  for 
things  that  are  needful,  God  will  grant  them. 
No  good  thing  will  He  withhold  from  them  that 
walk  uprightly.  The  trouble  with  so  many 
professors  is,  they  do  not  pray  enough.  Every 
follower  of  Christ,  prays  in  secret.  All  follow- 
ers of  Christ  who  are  heads  of  families,  should 
by  all  means  have  family  prayer,  or  family 
worship.  We  are  pained  to  learn,  that  some 
ministers,  and  even  elders,  are  neglecting  thus 
important  duty.  This  ought  not  so  to  be. 
Pray  without  ceasing,  and  in  all  things  give 
thanks,  for  this  is  the  will  of  God  in  Christ 
Jesus  concerning  you,  says  Paul.  Those  who 
will  not  pr.iy  noiv,  may  see  the  time  when  they 
will  be  compelled  to  otier  a  very  unwilling  pray- 
er, namely  for  the  rocks  and  mountjiins  to  fall 
upon  them,  and  hide  them  from  the  face  of  Him 
that  sitteth  on  the  throne,  and  the  wrath  of  the 
Lamb. 

May  God  help  us  all  to  pray  aright,  that  we 
may  obtain  heaven's  choicest  blessings,  be 
faithful  until  death,  and  obtain  an  abundant 
.  entrance  into  His  everlasting  kingdom  above. 


FERVENT  IN  BUSINESS. 


IIY  II.  II,  MESTKF.R. 

My  Dear  Brethren :— 

MAY  the  flame  of  s.icred  love  bo  over  burn- 
ing upon  the  altars  of  your  hearts,  that 
neither  creatui-e  nor  power,  life  nor  death,  shall 
be  able  toseparateyou  from  Christ  or  His  Word. 

"  Diligent  in  business,  fervent  in  spirit,  serv- 
ing the  Lord."  What  an  admirable  profile  of 
the  true  Christian  life  is  expressed  in  these 
words  of  the  distinguished  apostle!  True  to 
the  necessity  of  luimau  existence,  and  true  fu 
the  dearest  and  noblest  interests  of  the  soul. 
Paul  was  himself  a  business  man,  and  was 
known  to  work  at  his  trade,  notwithstanding 
he  was  a  minister  of  Christ.  This  enabled  him 
to  know  the  demands  of  a  business  purauit,  and 
could  thus  sympathize  and  truly  comfort  his 
fcUow-disciples  who  labored  to  maintain  a  live- 
lihood. So  it  is  with  us  to-day.  Well  it  is  for 
many  of  us  that  we  arc  "diligent  in  business," 
lest  we  too  might  be  running  to  and  fro  and 
making  oui-selves  busy  in  matters  wherein  we 
should  learn  submission,  harmony  and  love — 
sanctified  love.  There  is  doubtless  nothing  with- 
in the  range  of  our  undertaking  that  we  caiinot 
overdo —  drive  to  excess.  This  is  true  in  bu- 
siness. We  may  be  too  diligent  in  business  so 
as  to  liinder  our  fervency  in  spirit,  and  deprive 
us  often  from  "  serving  the  Lord  "  while  we 
ought  to  be  serving  Him"ivithout  ceasing," 
thus  "  growing  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge 
of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ."  It  must 
all  go  together.  He  that  dou't  work,  (because 
he  cannot),  is  dependent  upon  the  labor  of  oth- 
el's,  and  should  ■  .leknowledge  that  deiicndence, 
and  act  accordingly.  0  that  we  might  learn 
this  happy  sentiment  of  a  faithful  minister  of 
Christ,  aud  know  in  very  deed  just  how  to  coup- 
le btisiuess  with  religion  and  religion  with  bu- 
siness. Labor  is  honorable,  but  let  i-etigion 
sanctify  it,  that  religion  maymayahv.iysbebest 
aud  highest. 

OUR  ANKUAL  MEETING 

is  at  hand.  There  is  labor  to  he  done — labor 
for  the  good  of  the  church  of  Christ.  This  we 
most  devoutly  hope  for  and  pray  for;  but  0  the 
danger  of  work  being  done  which  would  not  be 
for  the  welfare  of  Zion.  We  know  what  the 
past  has  been,  but  who  kuoweth  what  the  fu- 
ture will  be?  Brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ; 
are  you  awake  to  the  march  of  events  in  the 
church?  1  fear  that  many  arc  better  acquaint- 
ed with  the  march  of  events  in  the  natural  af- 
fairs of  the  world  than  those  of  the  Church. 
I  fear  many  are  so  "diligent  in  business  "  that 
they  forget  the  "  jierilous  times"  through  which 
Zion  is  moving.  To  say  nothing  of  the  great 
commotions  amongst  nations  and  so-called  re- 
ligious bodies,  let  us  consider  the  evidences  of 
unprecedented  commotion  all  over  our  own  be- 
loved, though  bleeding  Brotherhood.  These 
evidences  "  the  wise  shall  understand."  0  who 
that  loves  the  church  whose  most  worthy  and 
ever-glorious  Head  is  "Christ,  the  Lord," — 
who,  I  say,  can  be  at  ease?  I  appeal  to  every 
one  of  you  whose  eyes  trace  these  feeble  lines, 
shall  wenpt  be alittle less  "diligent in  business" 
and  more  "  FERVENT  IN  SPIRIT,"  now  and 
especially  at  the  sitting  of  the  Annual  Council 
on  the  10th  of  June.  If  those  who  attend  the 
council  can  luy  aside  their  "  business  "  for  the 
time  being,  shall  not  we  who  remain  at  home 
be  there  too  in  spirit? — in  the  fervency  of  the 
Spirit?  If  thousands  congregate  at  North 
Miuicbester'on  that  day  and  a  few  following 
days,  I  trust  most  sincerely  that  tens  of  thous- 
ands will  go  up  there  in  spirit  and  blend  their 
deepest  solicitude  with  all  the  faithful  who  stand 
up  and  labor  in  the  defense  of  the  church  and 
the  God-given,  time-tried,  doctrines.  Mimy  si- 
lent, secret  workers  at  home  will  moke  it  a  day 
of  fasting  and  of  prayer.  Such  workera  the 
Muter  wants.    If  we  lov^  the  church,   we  may 


well  tremblefor  her  welfareand retire  fo  a  place 

where  none  hears  but  God,  and  pour  info  His 

ever-Iiearingearonrlamenfations.     If  we  would 

apeak  a  good  word  lor  the  Virgin  of  Christ  let 

speak  it  in  the  manner  wo  ought  to  utter  if 

our  Father  in  heaven.    If  our  mouths  would 

ig  praise,  let  a  part  be  all  of  the  2o3rd  hymn. 

Youra  in  faith,  hope  and  love.  ' 


DRAWING  TO  A  CLOSE. 


EVERYTHING   but  that  which  iselcnml  is 
drawing  to  a  close.     Oiir  existence  in  this 
world  is  drawing  to  a  close. 

Soon,  borne  on  time's  most  rapid  wiu;^. 
Will  death  command  us  to  the  grave. 

Yes'soon  the  sublunary  cares  of  this' life  will 
be  at  an  end  as  far  as  we  are  concerned.  "  For 
manthatisbornof  awoman  isof  fewday.-s"  (Job. 
li).  Not  only  our  present  existence;  but  our- 
troubles  are  drawing  to  a  close,  Cheering 
thought;  as  this  life  ia  not  only  short,  but  full, 
of  trouble.  Troublcain  this  lif'u  are  cunliuual- 
ly  annoymg  our  souls;  but  when  we  outer  the 
promised  land  on  the  other  shore,  the  wicked 
(and  our  own  wickedness)  will  cease  from  tnuli- 
ling,  and  the  weary  will' be  at  iiist.  Were  it 
not  for  the  fact  that  the  trials  and  troubles  of 
this  life,  soon  will  end,  there  would  be  but  lit- 
tle inducement  in  living  at  all,  as  many  Eire  beset 
with  trials  worse  than  death  itself^  Their  hopes 
of  earthly  comfort  wrecked,  surrounded  by  en- 
emies thirsting  forthoirdestruetion. 

But  thank  God,  Jesus  lives  the  same,  to  save 
from  troubles,  from  enemies.  The  object  of 
His  mission  into  the  world  was  to  save,  (not 
to  destroy)  and  the  deeper  we  are  in  sin,  the 
stronger  the  effort  to  save  us.  He  has  no  pleiLs-- 
ure  in  the  destruction  of  any;  but  wants  all  to- 
be  saved.  He  is  not  vindictive,  but  labow 
(though  we  despise  and  persecute  Him)  for  tlic 
good  of  all. 

If  the  impenitent    are  destroyed,  it  will   be 
their  oivn  fault;  He  wants  to  save  them,  buf;. 
they  (vill  not  be  saved.     He  does  all  to  attract 
them  to  good,  spurns  and  abuses  uone.    Thus  . 
we  repeat,  Jesus  lives  to  save,   and  it  won't  be  ■ 
long  till  the  ransomed,  the  saved  from  the  afflic- 
tions of  this  life  will  make  the  vault  of  heaven  ', 
ring  with  the  shouts  of  triumph.     It  will  not- 
be  long.    Joyful  thought,  that  the  tii&a  is  so  ■ 
nigh.    Then  Oye  afflicted,  be  faithful,  pei-severe 
a  little  longer,  yes,  a  little  while.     Thotime  of  . 
your  sorrowful  sojourn  on  earth  is  dhiwing  to  ■ 
a  close;  soon  you  will  be  free;  soon  y.ou:will  be  - 
at  rest;soonyou  will  join  the  Redeeniorom  high;. - 
soon  your  now,  stammering  tongue  will  be  in- 
spired to  sing  in  unison   with    the  heavenly 
choir,  the  songs  of  redeeming  lo-ve;  -soon  you 
willstand  among  the  redeemed,  clothed  in  white; . 
soon  yon   will  meet  loved  ones  gone  before; 
soon  you  will  enjoy  an  eternity  of  inexpressible  - 
bliss.    Come  Lord  Jesus,  come  cjuickly,  Amen.  . 

HOW  TO  SAVE  TIME. 

rpHERE  are  many  ways  in  which    a  l/ii»y  wo--- 
l     man  can  save  that  which  is  more  valuable   - 
to  her  than  any  other  commodity,  viz,  her  time.   . 
One  is,  by  never  leaving  a  room  in  confusion   . 
at  night.    The  family  sitting-room  presents  an    , 
appearance  of  cheerful  disorder  when  the  circle 
breaks   up   for   the   evening.     Take  a  feiv  mo-   ■ 
nients  then  to  lay   the  books  straight  on   the 
table,  set  the  chairs  in   their  places,  gather  np 
shreds  and   patches  from  the  floor,  and   put 
newspapers  into  tte  wall-pocket.    Every  living ; 
room  should   be  provided  with    a  wuste-basket  - 
for  odds  and  ends  of  paper,  a  serap-bag  for  bile 
of  thread  and  ravellngs,  and  a  wall-pocket,- or 
two  of  them,  for  letters  and  papers.     It  is.  much 
plcusanter  in  the  morning  to  come  down   to  a 
neat  and  tidy  room  than  one  which  reiuiuds  us 
by  its  disorder  that  workis  never  done. — SeL  ■ 


THE  beethcre:n"  ^t  •work:. 


May    30. 


THE   LILIES. 


I!¥  JAS.  Y.  HECKLER. 


C CONSIDER  the  lilios.  that  grow  in  the  fiehl. 
;     Thejjeaiityand  tragrance  thuir  hlosaoms 
may  j'ield, 
Tlioy  toil  not,  they  spin  not,  the  warm  Summer 

diiy. 
But  grow  from  the  earth  in  a  mystical  way. 

Yet  Solomon,  king,  iu  hia  glory  arrayed, 
Like  onu  of  these  lilies  no  beauty  displayed, 
Nor  was  he  so  harmless,  so  innocuiit  there, 
As  the  lilie*that  grow  in  the  valley  so  fair; 

The  lilies  that  grow  in  the  bowera  of  love, 
Arc  fed  by  the  dews  from  the  Eden  above, 
Tiu'i.-  !ieiiuty  excelleth  the  flowei's  that  bloom 
And  lirudly  wither  away  for  the  tomb. 

Tiie  clouds  that  encompass  this  earthly  domain. 
Oft  laden  with  storms  and  with  terrible  rain 
May  darken  tlie  HIies  that  grow  in  the  field, 
Whose  Iteantv  and  fragrance  the  earth  has  to  yield- 
But  there  is  a  Lily  the  lilies  among, 
Whose  beauty  aiidfrngrauce  the  angelshavp  sung 
Whose  beauty  surpasses  the  lilies  that  bloom 
And  waft  on  the  breeds  their  sweetest  perfume. 

And  now  are  the  lilies  of  childhood  and  love, 
Transplanted  to  bloom  in  the  Eden  above; 
They  toil  not,  they  spin  not,  they  fade  not,  away. 
But  bloom  in  the  regions  of  infinite  day. 


SALVATION.— ITS  AUTHOR  AND 
CONDITION. 


"  He  beciune  the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
unto  all  them  thatobey  him"  (Heli.  o:  0). 

IONCIE  vend  of  an  oriental  sovereigu 
who  m.ide  a  decree,  and  affixed  .is 
a  penalty  for  its  violation,  the  plucking 
out  of  both  the  eyes  of  the  oft'end- 
fi'.  It  so  happened  that  the  first  trans' 
gressov  was  the  king's  owu  beloved  son. 
Here  was  a  hard  case  for  an  affectionate 
father  and  faithful  sovereign.  He  want- 
ed to  maintain  the  integrity  of  bis  gov- 
ernment, and  yet  save  his  son's  sight. 
Could  both  be  done?  Committing  the 
case  to  the  advice  of  his  most  judicious 
covmsellore,  they  concluded  that  he  could 
not  be  jnst  iu  inflicting  the  penalty  up 
on  any  other  subject  of  hi.s  kingdom,  but 
that  inasmuch  as  he  ivas  t^ie  king  and 
made  the  law,  that  he  could  save  liis 
.  son's  eyes  by  plucking  out  his  owu  iu 
their  stead,  and  justice  would  be  main- 
tained. Consetjuently  the  king  had  one 
of  his  own  eyes  plucked  out  and  one  of 
his  son's  eyes,  and  thus  the  integrity  of 
his  government  was  sustained  and  vin- 
dicated, and  mercy  also  exercised  toward 
his  son.  And  do  you  think  any  of  his 
subjects  would  now  x^i'^^m^t  to  say, 
"Our  king  is  so  good  and  merciful  that 
We  can  transgress  without  punishment?' 
AVould  they  not  ratlier  say,  "  If  he  love 
juvtlce  and  trutli  so  much  that  he  wOl 
punish  his  own  son  and  suffer  himself, 
rather  than  the  law  shall  go  unhouored, 
let  us  t-ake  heed  lest  he  spare  not  us." 

Sothe  very  suft'eriugs  of  the  Son  of 
God,  as  a  substitution  for  human  guilt 
is  the  strongest  and  most  overwhelming 
vindication  of  divine  justice  the  wprld 
hii-i  had.  Here  "  mercy  and  truth  are 
m--t  togethe-i";  righteousness  and  peace 
havu  kissed  each  other."  It  is  the  niad- 
ne^of  men  that  makes  them  say,  "God 
is  too  good  and  merciful  to  punish  men." 
They  had  better  say,  "  If  God  so  hates 
sin  that  he  spared  not  hisown  Sou, though 
an  innocentsubstinite  for  guilty  man,  let 
ui-  take  heed  lesthe'spare  not  vs."  AVtre 
it  not  for  man's  spiritual  insani'ty  lie 
could  easily  discern  that  "  God"  out  of 
Christ,  "  is  aconsuiuiuglire."  ^Ve  have 
now  called  your  attention  to  our  position 
respecting  Christ  as  the  mtdiorof-mlva- 
t'ufit.  Our  text  says, "  etenitd salvation," 
but  wedeemitimnecessaryto  dwell  upon 
th.Ht  thought.  This  brings  us  then  to 
our  final  pi'oposition-  viz.,  t/ie  limiialion 
or  ctmilidom  of  salvation.     Christ  "  be- 


came the  author  of  eternal  salvation  to 
whom?  I  beg  you,  beloved,  to  ponder 
this  question  well.  To  whom  does  this 
salvation  pertain?  To  a  chosen  few,  in- 
dependent of  character  or  conduct?  Sure- 
ly not.  To  everybody  indiscriminately 
and  regardless  of  faith  and  practice  ?  By 
no  means.  Just  here  two  oppo.si  te  and  very 
dangerous  errorshave  arisen.  Some  have 
concluded  that  because  comparatively 
few  accept  the  Gospel,  that  therefore 
Christ  did  not  die  for  all. 

This  is  one  species  of  fatalism  tiiat  con- 
tradicts God's  Word  which  tenches  us  he 
tasted  death  "  for  every  man  "  (Heb.  1 1 : 
S)).  "  We  have  seen  and  do  testify,  says 
John  "  that  the  Father  sent  the  Son  to 
be  the  Savior  of  the  world  "  (1  John  i: 
14).  "And  he  is  the  propitiation  for 
our  sins:  and  not  for  our  sins  only,  but 
also  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world" 
(l-John2:2).  Others  have  concluded 
that  smce  Christ  died  for  all,  that  there- 
fore all  will  be  saved  regardless  of  life 
and  character,  and  that  there  is  no  pun- 
ishment for  sin  beyond  the  gi-ave.  This 
is  another  species  of  fatalism,  equally 
opposed  to  the  Word  which  affirms  the 
future  judgment  of  the  ungodly  (Rev. 
20:  12-15).  The  simple  fact  that  Christ 
died  for  sin  and  "  became  the  author  of 
salwation,"  saves  no  actual  transgressor. 
We  believe  it  saves  unconscious  infants 
and  idiots,  and  that  they  are  passive  sub- 
jects of  redeeming  mercy  independent 
of  anything  they  can  do,  or  cannot  do. 
God  does  not  ask  them  to  believe  the 
Gospel.  They  are  not  able  to  credit  its 
testimony  nor  weigh  its  evidence,  neith- 
er will  he  condemn  them  for  unbelief, 
"  Unbelief  is  the  rejection  of  testimony 
sustained  by  evidence,"  and  they  areuot 
guilty.  God  does  not  require  them  to 
repent.  They  have  nothing  to  repent  of, 
neither' will  he  condemn  them  for  im- 
penitence. They  are  not  guilty.  God 
does  not  ask  them  to  obey  the  Gospel, 
l)ecause  they  cannot. 

Obedience  is  avoluntary  principle  and 
must  proceed  fi'om  the  heart.  If  you 
make  rae  do  what  I  don't  want  to  do, 
that  is  not  obedience  on  my  part,  but 
only  compulsion  on  yours.  One  may 
thus  seem  to  obey  and  be  only  a  tinsel 
professor  and  a  .hj-poorite. .  Again  God 
will  not  condemn  them  for  disobedience 
for  they  are  not  guilty.  Thus  it  appears 
that  what  was  lost  in  Adam  independent 
of  our  personal  responsibility  and  con- 
duct, hits  been  regained  in  Christ,  but  the 
sufferings,  death  and  resun*eetion  of 
Christ  alone  saves  no  actual  sinner.  The 
fact  that  Christ  died  for  me,.don't  make 
my  sin  a  small  matter.  I  am  condemned 
Ijy  the  law  as  a  transgi;essor,  and  if  I 
have  not  accepted  the  provisions  of  sal- 
vation through  Christ,  I  am  condemned 
by  the  Gospel  for  insulting  the  overtures 
of  divine  goodness  and  truth,  and  count- 
ing the  blood  of  the  covenant  an  unholy 
tiling.  The  provisions  of  the  Gospel 
then  must  be  acceptect'in  order  to  salva- 
tion. 

The  fountain  may  be  ever  so  cool  and 
refi'eshing,  and  yet  i ft  a  man  wiU  not 
drink,  he  may  famish.  A  table  maybe 
spread  Isefore  him  with  the  richest  vlanils, 
and  yet  if  lie  ivHl  not  eat  he  may  starve. 
Tlie  sun  may  sliine  in  all  its  meridian 
splendor  and  be,^uty,  and  yet  if  a  man 
will  go  blindfoltled,  lie  may  nut  .■^i.'c.  The 
vicarious  sufferings  of  Christ  ar.- but  the 
openituj  of  thefouutaii^,the  jj/-(;/j»>'<(/(V;« 
of  the  feast,  the  risuig  of  the  "Sun  of 
Righteousness,"  and  it  remain^  for  mau 
endowed  with  intelligent  faculties  and 
nuile  responsilile  to  accept  the  oft'ei'a  of 
the  (rospel  and  be  s»\^d,  or  reject  them 
and  be  lont.  Under  the  tj'pical  dispen- 
sation, the  simple  shedding  of  the  blood 


of  animals,  atoned  typically  for  no  one's 

;,  and  had  the  ceremony  stopped  there, 
the  type  would  have  been  a  failure,  but 
alter  the  blood  was  shed,  the  high  priest 
took  the  blood  and  entered  the  holy  place 
once  a  year  where  he  made  atonement 
for  tb>  sins  of  the  jjeople  (Ex.  30:10; 
Lev.  16:  ll-li);Heb.  i):  7,  8).  "With- 
out the  shedding  of  blood  is  no  remis- 
sion "  (Heb.  9:22),  but  had  nothing 
more  been  done  than  the  shedding  of 
Christ's  blood  upon  Calvary,  the  atone- 
ment could  not  have  been  complete.  But 
Christ,  at  once  our  sufficient  sacrifice  and 
great.  High  Priest,  with  his  own  blood 
entered  heaven,  once  for  all,  when  he 
ratifies  the  covenant  relation  between  an 
offended  God  and  offending  man  (Heb. 
9:  12,24-26),  Buton  whatconditions? 
I  beg  you  again  to  ponder  the  importance 
of  this  momentous  question.  "He  be- 
came the  author  of  eternal  life "  to 
■wli.otn'^.  Owv  te.xt  says,  "  to  all  them  that 
ohey  him."  Here  we  learn  that  salvation 
is  conditioned  upon  obedience  to  Christ. 
We  al'so  learn  from  the  Word  that  it  is 
conditioned  u^on  faith  in  Christ. 

The  apostles  Paul  and  Silas,  said  to  the 
jailer  "  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved"  (Acts  20:  31). 
"  To  him  give  all  the  prophets  mtness" 
said  Peter,  "  that  through  his  name  who- 
soever believethin  him  shall  receive  re- 
mission of  sins  "(Acts  10:  i3).  "By 
him  all  that  believe  "  said  Paul,"  "  are 
justified  from  all  things,  from  wliich  yt 
could  notbejustifiedbv  thelawof  Mos' 
es  "  (Acts  13 ;  39).  "  He  that  believeth 
on  the  Son  hath  everlasting  life,"  (John 
3;  36)  said  Jesus.  Here  justification  and 
remission  of  sins  are  clearly  dependent 
upon  faith,  but  here  I  call  your  attention 
to  the  fact  that  noneoi  these  testimonies 
teach  us  that  salvation  is  by  faith  onhj. 
While  vfQ  do  believe  and  teach  that  sal- 
vation is  conditioned  upon  faith  in  Christ, 
we  also  teach  that  it  is  not  contingent 
on  faitii  only,  and  should  we  teach  that 
it  was,  we  would  most  positively  contra- 
dict James,  an  apostle  of  Christ  (Matt. 
10:  3),  "Our  Lord's  brother,"  (relative 
Psl.  1:  19;  Eusebius;  Eecl.  Hist,  p  131) 
and  first  bishop  of  the  church  at  Jerusa- 
lem, (Eusebius  Eccl.  Hist.  pp.  49,  131) 
who  positively  teaches  that  justification 
is  "  oioi  by  faith  onlyy  I^eferring  to 
Abraham's  obedience,  which  preceded 
the  haw,  and  hence  could  not  be  reckon- 
ed under  the  law,  which  pei-fected  his 
faith,  (James  2:  22)  and  without  which 
he  could  have  no  living  faith,  he  says, 
"  ye  see  then  ho^v  that  by  works  a  mau 
is  justified  and  not  byfaiiJi  only"  (Jas. 
2:  24),  and  yet  is  it  not  an  unmistakable 
fact  that  almost  nine- tenths  of  the  pop- 
ul.ar  preaching  of  to-day,  on  this  subject, 
all  over  the  land-,  declai'es  salvation  .by 
faiiJi  only,  and  thus  palms  upon  the  cre- 
dulity of  the  people,  deception  and  im- 
position ?  It  is  proclaimed  from  the  pul- 
pits; it  is  published  in  the  journals;  it 
is  talked  around  the  social  cu'cle;  it  is 
whispered,  and  shouted  and  sung  and  al- 
most beat  into  poor,  bewildered  mourn- 
ers, who  already  "  believe  and  treuibje," 
])ut  who  like  Peter's  hearers  at  Pentecost, 
want  to  know  what  they  must  do.  Yet 
"  only  believe"  is  the  mysterious,  unin- 
telligible counsel  given  on  every  hand. 
They  need  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized" 
and  to  put  their  faith  into  lively  exercise, 
not  .dimply  to  bcli,'v,-,  Imt  t-.  have  a  faith 
whicl)  '-works  by  love,"  "  purities  the 
heart"aud"  overcounts  the  world."  They 
need  to,"  w«?A-by  faith,"  a  faith,  that 
(tccepts  Clu'ist  OS  a  King,  as  well  as  a 
sacrifice,  and-"  counts  all  things  but  loss 
for  tlie  excellency  of  the  kno\Yledge " 
of  thiiti'uth.     . 

If  all  who  only  believe  "  on  Christ  are 


saved,  then  the  rulers  who  were  ashamed 
of  him  were  in  a  saved  condition,  for  the 
Word  most  emphatically  declares  that 
.among  the  chief  rulei-s  also  many  be- 
lieved on  him"  (John  12:  42).  But 
were  they  in  a  saved  state?  I  appeal  to 
you  who  say,  to  the  trembling  sinner, 
only  belteve  on  Jesus  and  your  sins  are 
pardoned?"  Were  these  riders  in  a  yjoj'- 
doNcd^Justifedsiatti'i  If  you  insist  that 
faith  in  Christ  alone  saves,  you  must  ad- 
mit that  they  were.  Your  theory  will 
.illow  nothingelse  for,  they  "  believed  on 
him"  but  because  of  the  Pharisees  they 
did  not  confess  him,  lest  they  should  be 
put  out  of  the  synagogue;  for  they  lov- 
ed the  praise  of  men  more  tlian  the  praise 
of  God  (John  12:  42,  43).  Christsays, 
"  whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  me  and 
my  words,  in  this  adulterous  and  sinful 
generation,  of  him  also  shall  the  Son  of 
man  be  ashamed,  when  he  cometh  in  the 
glory  of  his  Father  with  the  holy  angels" 
(Matt.  S:  38),  Surely  none  are  safe  of 
whom  Jesus  will  be  ashamed  when  he 
comes  in  his  glory.  It  may  seem  a  small 
thing  for  me  to  be  ashamed  of  him  in 
his  humiliation,  asliamed  of  his  people, 
his  ■words  and  oi'dinances  here,  l)ut 
it  will  not  be  a  small  thing  for  him  to 
be  ashamed  of  me  when  he  "  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven  witli  his  mighty 
angels  in  flaming  fii-e  taking  vengeance 
upon  them  that  know  not  God,  and  obey 
not  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 
To  believe  on  Christ  only  will  not  es- 
cape the  punishment  of  a  life  of  contin- 
ued sin,  nor  secure  his  approbation  when 
he  shall  say  to  "  the  faitliful :"  "Well 
done  good  and  faithful  servant."  Clirist 
said  to  those  Jews  wliich  believed  on 
him.  "  If  ye  continue  in  my  word,  then 
arfc  ye  my  disciples  indeed;  and  ye  shall 
'know  the  truth,  and  the  truthshall  make 
yon  free"  (John  3:  31,  32).  But  they 
claimed  that  they  were  Abraham's  seed, 
and  were  never  in  bondage  and  that  God 
was  their  Father  (John  8:  33-12,  but 
Clirist  said  to  them,  "  ye  are  of  your 
father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ye  will  do  "  (John  8:  54).  They 
believed  him  as  the  devils  who  "  believe 
and  tremble,"  but  his  truth  and  com- 
mandments and  pacific  priuciple.s  were 
all  hatefid  to  their  deceitful  and  murder- 
ous hearts,  which,  though  they  may  have 
been  depressed  or  elated  undej-  religious 
influence,  had  never  been  transformed 
"  by  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ 
Jesus. "  So  with  thousands  and  tens  of 
thousands  today.  Though  believers  on 
Clirist,  they  are  "  of  the  synagogue 
of  Satan,"  destitute  of  almost  every 
principle  and  trait  of  character  which 
distinguishes  the  eaint  from  the  sinner; 
observing  and  preferring  the  opinionsand 
ways  of  a  rebellious  world  to  those  of  , 
Christ,  of  which  they  are  yet  ashamed. 
(^To  be  continued.') 

REASON  AND  REVELATION. 


IN  our  intercourse  with  the  iutelliijent 
world,  and  in  our  ol)servation  upon 
the  conduct  of  the  children  of  men  gener- 
ally, thequestJon  has  oftenari.'jenin  our 
mind,  why  tliismanifestearelessneas  and 
indifference  with  the  masses  upon  the 
tlie  subject  of  religion,  considering  it  a 
truth,  that  we  are  in  possession  of  an 
inunortal  principle,  and  that  it  is  destin- 
ed to  live  mth  Goil  in  infinite  hajipine.^, 
or  to  suiter  the  tortures  of  the  under- 
world with  the  lost  forever,  and  especial- 
ly when  the  enjoyment  of  the  one,  or 
the  endurance  of  the  other  is  dependent 
upon  our  acceptance  of,  and  compliance 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Goai»el,  or 


May  80. 


THE  BRETHREN  A.T    ■WOEKl. 


3 


onr  nej^Iect  of  tliis  great  anlviitioD.  Diir- 
iDg  the  short  period  of  our  life,  we  may 
from  time  to  time  be  called  upon  to  wit- 
ness the  scenes  of  mortality  in  the  per- 
son of  our  ancestors,  our  friends  and  our 
neighbors,  until  looking  around  over  the 
coniniunity  in  which  we  live,  and  the 
congregation  in  the  house  of  God  when 
we  meet  with  His  woi'shipers,  and  dis- 
cover that  we  now  staiul  at  the  head  of 
the  column,  that  if  the  visitation  of  the 
cold  and  icy  messenger  be  diverted  by, 
seniority  or  according  to  age,  we  would 
be  his  next  subject,  and  still  we  hesitate, 
still  we  dehiy,  still  we  procrastinate. 
"Wliy  is  this?'  "VVhy  take  this  fearful 
risk  ? 

In  contemplating  tbis  question  my  an- 
swer is,  the  want  of  faith,  or  preponder- 
ance of  I'eason,  not  ^villiI]g■  to  accept 
anything  that  is  supernatural,  or  that  is 
beyond  the  reach  of  our  reasoning  pow- 
ers, nv  that  cannot  be  accounted  for  by 
the  principles  of  science,  more  inclined 
to  listen  to  the  voice  of  rationalism  than 
the  voice  of  Revelation,  This  being  the 
case,  we  canbeimcdnsciously,  and  imper- 
ceptibly drawn  into  the  mffilstroiu  of 
rationalism  and  infidelity;  and  I  very 
much  fear,  that  many  good  and  virtuous 
men  and  women  are  at  this  day  uncon- 
sciously ill  the  feni-ful condition;  not  con- 
sidering that  the  religion  of  which  God 
is  the  author,  is  a  religion  of  faith,  and 
in  many  respects  lieyond  the  range  of 
science  or  human  reiison.  We  would  not 
be  understood  to  say  that  religion  is  not 
reasonable,  foritis  altogether  reasonable, 
that  God  as  our  Creator,  Benefactor. 
Redeemer,  Sanetifier  and  Savior  should 
give  us  such  a  code  of  laws — make  such 
requirements,  enforce  such  duties,  and 
tbrow  around  us  such  resti-aints,  as  He 
in  His  wisdom  sees  proper.  But  that  -ive 
should  by  the  exercise  of  our  own  fac- 
ulties, be  able  to  comprehend  the  nature, 
ftssence,  motives  and  designs  of  the  Di- 
vinity, together  with  mysterious  work- 
ings ofHis  Providence,  the  immortality 
of  our  spirits  tfec,  is  not  for  us  in  this 
sphere  to  comprehend.  "  Caust  thou  by 
searching  find  out  God,  canst  thou  find 
out  the  Almighty  unto  perfection  "  (Job. 
11:  V).  "  "WTiich  doeth  gi-eat  things,  and 
uusearchably,  marvelous"  (Job.  5:  9), 
He  is  almighty,  invisible  and  unsearcli- 
able.  "  For  after  that  in  the  wisdom  of 
God,  the  ■world  by  ^visdom  knew  not 
God,  it  pleased  God  by  the  foolishness 
of  preaching  to  save  them  that  believed." 
If  left  to  follow  the  light  wliich  reason 
affords,  we  could  not  only  know  but  lit- 
tle of  the  being  and  attributes  of  the 
Triune  God,  but  we  could  know  but  lit- 
tle of  ourselves;  and  following  the  un- 
certain guide  of  science,  we  would  un- 
avoidably fall  into  the  idea  of  materi- 
alism, and  into  the  cheerless  doctrine  of 
spiritual  unconsciousness,  and  final  an- 
nihilation. Physiologists  admit  that  this 
wouhl  be  the  result  of  their  philosophy, 
and  the  evidence  of  consciousness,  in  my 
judgment  is  but  very  little  more  satis- 
factory; for  with  all  that  is  claimed  for 
this  class  of  testimony  apart  from  Rev- 
elation, the  idea  of  immateriality,  and 
immortality  of  the  soul,  would  nev^r 
have  occurred  to  thehuman  mind  beyond 
what  may  have  been  communicated 
through  the  fading  light  of  tradition. 
So  we  discover  from  these  premises  that 
all  religion  of  divine  origin,  is  a  religion 
of  faith  and  uotof  reason,  or  in  any  way 
dependent  upon  science,  and  hence  the 
importance  of  properly  understanding 
this  matter,  lest  we  fall  into  rationalism. 
and  neglect  this  great  salvation. 

This  was  the  ditBculty  with  ancient 
Israel,  God's  peculiarly  favored  people, 
attended  with  such  fearful  consequences, 


not  drilling  to  accept  Jesus  Christ  as  their 
Messiah,  because  they  could  not  in  the 
exercise  of  theii"  reason  comprehend  the 
idea  of  a  Triune  God,  or  harmonize  it 
with  the  Monotheism  of  their  Jehovah. 
And  so  at  this  day  a  large  proportion  of 
those  people  having  cultivated  a  deter- 
mined opposition  to  Christianity,  have 
organized  themselves  into  a  body,  and  in 
their  organized  system  of  opposition  to 
the  miracles  of  Christ  aud  His  apostles; 
determined  not  to  believe  anything  that 
does  not  come  within  the  range  of  their 
rationality,  call  themselves  reform- 
ers, or  rationalists,  and  to  be  consistent 
ridicule  the  miracles  of  Moses  in  Egypt, 
at  the  Red  sea;  the  manna,  the  watei' 
from  the  rock,  and  all  the  miracles  of 
the  wilderness,  and  the  Jordan,  declaring 
that  these  are  feimply  poetical  composi- 
tions, or  legends  to  delude  the  credulous 
they  being  supernatural  and  incompre 
lifusible,  and  therefore  not  to  be  believ. 
ed. 

I  opine 'that  this  species  of  philosophy 
is  not  confined  to  Jewish  reformers  or 
rationalists,  but  that  it  obtains  largely 
in  the  Christian  world,  and  among  pro 
fessors  of  the  Christian  name,  not  only 
"  to  the  Jews  a  stumbling-block,"  but  to 
professed  Christians,  foolishness;  if  not 
the  miracles,  the  pei"son  and  doctrine  of 
Christ  are  rejected,  because  it  ([oes  not 
harmonize  with  the  progres.sive  and  lib- 
eral idea  of  the  age.  The  doctrine  of 
the  cross  and  the  humble  self  denying 
ordinances  as  instituted  and  practiced 
by  Christ  and  His  disciples,  seem  to  "be 
beneath  the  spirit  of  the  age,  and  though 
commanded  by  Christ, who  declared  that 
"  all  power  in  he.iven  and  earth  was 
given  to  Him.''  Their  essentiality  is 
called  in  question  and  the  observance  ot 
them,  ridiculed  or'neglected'as  being  too 
little  to  be  thought  of  as  requirements 
of  the  Omniscient.  To  illustrate,  per- 
mit me  to  refer  to  an  interview  between 
a  highly  cultivated  literary  gentleman, 
a  professor  of  religion.  Happening  to 
meet  together  on  a  visit  to  a  sick  man, 
we  soon  became  engaged  in  conver- 
sation on  questions  of  theology,  as  is 
generally  the  case  when  he  and  I  meet 
together.  After  discussing  other  subjects 
the  conversation  turned  upon  the  design 
of  baptism,  during  which,  we  quoted 
five  testimonies  from  the  Scriptures  in 
support  of  our  position.  He  replied  say- 
ing, that  "  the  verbal  text  woidd  seem  to 
oonvey  the  idea  that  the  forgiveness  of 
sins  was  in  some  way  dependent  upon 
baptism,  but  looking  at  the  subject  fi'oni 
a  philosophical  standpoint,  I  cannot  he- 
lieve  that  my  sajvation  is  in  any  way 
contingent  upon  a  third  person."  This 
I  would  say  is  rationalism  in  the  most  ap- 
propriate sense. 

The  Scriptures  teach  the  doctrine,  but 
my  philosopher,  will  not  allow  me  to  be- 
lieve it;  it  is  contrary  to  reason,  and 
doubtless  the  same  spirit  would  indicate 
the  same  with  reference  to  other  duties 
imposed  by  the  Bible.  And  is  not  ray 
surmising  correct  as  intimated  above,  that 
it  is  the  want  of  faith  in  divine  Revela 
tion,  that  is  preventing  the  thousands 
trom  accepting  Christ  on  the  terms  of 
the  Gospel,  and  thronging  the  broad 
road  leading  to  the  chambei-s  of  ever- 
lasting ruin  and  despair?  If  all  were 
willing  to  believe  and  take  the  Bible  as 
it  is,  it  lieing  theAVord  of  God,  which  is 
the  power  of  God  unto  salvation,  all  the 
difficulties  which  bar  the  way  that  leads 
to  peace,  unity  and  happiness  here,  and 
to  a  glorious  immortality  in  heaven, 
would  soon  disappear.  But  unfortunate- 
ly as  we  travel  life's  joui"ney,  the  relig- 
ious world  is  becoming  more  and  more 
divided,  each  having  the  law  of  the  Lord 


so  interpi'eted  as  to  suit  their  respective 
vitiated  tastes. 

This  fact  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the 
declaration  of  the  wandering  Jew.  This 
wandering  Jew  be  it  understood  is  a 
myth,  and  is  introduced  to  represent  the 
Jewish  family,  in  theu"  wandering  among 
the  nations  of  the  earth,  which  being 
jirt^served  alive,  so  to  speak,  by  the  prov- 
idence of  God,  is  a  living  miracle  to-day, 
as  are  beyond  the  reach  of  human  un- 
derstanding, as  any  other  miracle,  and 
an  infallible  testimony  of  God's  prov- 
idence and  the  truth  of  Revelation,  as 
any  other  miracle,  and  defies  the  jiow 
er  of  human  volition  to  deny,  or  human 
reason  to  comprehend. 

This  M'andering  Je^v  there  contrasts 
the  purer  ages  with  the  present  progi'ess- 
ive  state.  He  says,  "  I  am  very  much 
troubled  about  the  present  method  of  us- 
ing the  Bible.  The  Bible  is  now  takeu 
quite  dillerently  from  what  it  used  to  be. 
They  us!!d  to  take  it  as  it  is.  Now  the 
world  is, advanced;  they  have  meat  ex- 
tract, and  milk  exti'act.  That  Bible  ex- 
tract is  a  very  saleable  article ;  our  peo- 
ple all  buy  it.  There  is  a  man  who  is  a 
spu'itual  chemist.  By  chemistry  he  can 
make  almost  every  spiritual  thing,  and 
he  sells  it  for  genuine.  He  recommends 
the.  extract  of  Bible  highly,  and  says  it 
with  science,  and  the  people  buy 
it  liberally,  and  when  asked  why  they 
do  not  buy  the  Bible  as  it  is,  they  say, 
the  Bible  is  out  of  fashion,  we  want  to 
lie  fashionable  according  to  the  times. 
But  t)ie  manufacturers  of  this  Bible  ex- 
tract have  their  troubles.  Ifhehasa 
number  of  customers,  every  one  wants 
an  article  to  his  taste,  and  when  he  has 
it,  is  scarcely  ever  satisfied.  You  have 
no  idea  what  the  poor  extract  dealer  suf- 
fei-s  from  his  customers ;  if  he  is  not  pli- 
alje,  but  sticks  to  a  principle,  theu  he 
looses  his  patron  age,'they  do  not  care  for 
an  honest  man,  but  he  must  please  them ; 
the  dealer  in  turn  hates  his  customers, 
but  sufi'ers  everything  as  long  as  they 
pay." 

The  wandering  Jew  after  saying  many 
things — e.teellent  things,  thus  sums  up 
his  discourse.  "Look  at  the  Bible;  Ites- 
tify  to  its  genuineness  aud  my  ti'oubles, 
and  the  most  wonderful  preservation  of 
my  life,  and  the  unanswerable  evidence. 
Science  has  nothing  to  do  with  supernat- 
ural things.  I,  the  supernatural  man, 
have  received  the  Bible  direct  from  the 
King,  and  the  world  got  it  through  my 
hands.  I  was  the  sole  agent  for  that  ar 
tide,  use  it  and  think  of  me  aud  the 
great  King." 

"  That  living  miracle,  wandering  Ji 
went  his  way.  .  I  noticed  that  his  road 
is  dift'erent  from  other  men's  roads.  He 
seems  to  be  led  by  something  invisible, 
for  such  roads  nobody  but  he  can  pass. 
He  even  overcomes  all  obstacles,  and 
leaps  over  precipices,  swims  through  riv 
ers  of  blood,  and  crosses  lakes  and  oceans. 
He  is  a  marvelous  man;  who  can  re 
ject  the  Bible  after  looking  at  the  wan 
dering  Jew.  And  everybody  sees  the 
wonderful  man,  every  one  knows  him 
his  way  is  marked  in  the  annals  of  his 
tory,  eversincehistory  began  its  record.' 
The  Bible  should  be  our  motto,— the 
Bible,  the  whole  Bilde.and  nothing  but 
the  Bible. 


THE  TWO   KINGDOMS. 

BY  C.  B.  JOHN'S. 

WE  are  infoimed  in  the  Scriptures, 
that  Satan  took  Jesus  upon  an 
exceeding  high  mountain  and  showed 
Him  all  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  and 
the  glories  of  them,  and  said  unto  Him, 


"  All  thfse  will  I  give  th.^e.  if  thou  wilt 
fall  down  and  Wi>isliip  me  "  (Matt.  4:  S, 
0).  Jesus  did  notrebuke  him  by  say- 
ing, these  kingdoms  and  the  glories  of 
them,  are  not  thine  to  give  unto  me,  but 
rebuked  him  by  saying,  "  It  is  written 
thou  shalt  woi-ship  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  Him  only  shalt  thou  serve."  AVe 
read  also  that,  when  Christ  was  brought 
before  Pilate,  He  said,  "  iny  kingdom  is 
not  of  this  world  or  else  my  servants 
would  fight "  (John  IS:  3G).  Here  it 
appears  plain  that  Clu-ist  denies  the 
kingdoms  of  this  world,  while  Satan 
claims  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  with 
the  glories  of  them,  therefore  the  king- 
doms of  this  ^vor^d  with  the  glories  of 
them  belong  to  Satan.  tTesus  said  unto 
His  disciples,  "  Yeare  not  of  this  world, 
even  as  I  am  not  of  this  world,  tlierefore 
the  world  hateth"you;if  you  were  of  this  ' 
world,  the  world  would  love  it.s  own." 

Jesuscame  to  set  up  His  kingdom,  not 
a  kingdom  of  this  world,  but  a  kingdom 
of  grace — in  a  direct  opposition  to  Sa- 
tan's profane  kingdom  of  this  world. 
After  Christ's  kingdom  of  gi-ace  was  set 
up,  Satan  became  alarmed,  in  that  he 
felt  that  Christ's  kingdom  of  grace  W:is 
Iculated  to  reduce  his  power  and  strip 
him  of  his  glory.  Satan  therefore  tried 
i  >  destroy  Christ's  church,  by  employ- 
ing heathens  and  infidel  Jews,  as  in- 
atruments  of  death  and  destroyed  the 
citizens  of  Christ's  chui'chby  bloodshed. 
By  aud  by  he  learned  that  the  blood  of 
the  martyi-s  were  the  seed  of  Christ's 
kingdom  of  grace,  and  to  destroy  that 
by  bloodshed,  Was  impossible.  So  Sa- 
tan found  it  necessary  to  try  some  other 
way,  he  then  succeeded  by  introducing 
into  the  chui'ch,  by  some  proud,  high- 
minded  members,  easier  ways,  such  as 
sprinkling,  infant  baptism,  do  away  with 
Feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper  ttc. 
And  in  this  way  Satan  became  an  angel 
of  light,  or  as  a  minister  or  ministers  of 
the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  He  had 
learned  already,  that  it  was  necessary  for 
his  instruments  to  assume  a  Christian 
profession,  in  order  to  destroy  Christ's 
kingdom  of  grace ;  for  this  reason  I  be- 
lieve that  Christ  said,  unto  His  disciples, 
"  beware  of  wplves.in  sheep's  clothing." 
These  wolves  are  e.vplained  by  Paul 
as."  grievous  wolves,  that  will  enter  iu 
among  you,  not  sparing  the  flock;  even 
of  your  ownselves,  shall  men  arise  speak- 
ing perverse  things  to  draw  a\vay  disci- 
ples afterthem"(Act20:9S),  30).  Those 
defendents  of  Satan's  kingdom,  through 
the  skill  of  their  master  have  proven 
very  successful;  for  we  have  reason  to 
believe  that  they  have  the  world  full  of 
popular  churches  founded  on  worldly 
doctrines,  and  have  not  even  one  of 
Christ's  institutions.  But  Satan  with 
all  his  boasting  instruments  of  defense, 
vnW  meet  with  a  horrible  overthrow  be- 
fore long,  when  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  de- 
scend from  heaven  with  His  mighty  an- 
gels in  flammg  fire,  to  take  vengeance 
on  them  that  know  not  God,  and  obey 
UQt  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Savior 
Jesus  Christ,  who  shall  be  punished  with 
everlasting  destruction  from  the  presence 
of  the  Lord  and  the  glory  of  His  pow- 
er (3  Thess.  1:  7,  !)}.  "  But  as  the  days 
of  Noah  were,  so  shall  also  the  coming 
of  the  Son  of  man  be."  "  For  as  in  the- 
days  that  were  before  the  flood,  they 
were  eating  and  drinking,  marrying  and 
given  in  marriage,  until  the  day  that 
Noah  entered  into  the  ark"  (Matt.  24: 
Zl,  38).  _ 

The  happiness  of  man  depends  on  no 
creed  and  no  book :  it  depends  on  the 
dominion  of  truth,  which  is  the  Redeem- 
er and  Savior,  the  Messiah  and  King  of 
glory. 


THE   BRETHREN    ^VT   -NVORK, 


May   30. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  J 


Bnn.S,  II.  D«>iroiii9  .liilj  nulhoriKJ.  by  t 
trarcling  corrcspQndeat  anil  ikgCDi  Tor  Iho  llriE 
WanK  nnil  will  receive  BubscripLioni  for  iho  m 
TCgiilnr  mLes.  All  bualucis  trnaBnutod  )>j  hlni  ft 
ficc,  will  llo  Ibo  flniiio  as  If  dona  by  oursGlvcs. 


The  Diietiiren  at  Wouk  will  be  senl  post-pnid,  to  nny 
•ddrcss  in  Iho  Unilci  States  or  Canada,  for  f  1  6D  par 
anoum.  Tlinaa  scndiag  ton  nnnics  nad  (IG.OO,  will  ro- 
CdIvg  an  cilrn  copy  frco  of  cbnrKO.  Far  nit  over  thia 
DumbLT  ilir  ngBDl  will  bo  nllawcd  10  cents  for  en«b  addi- 
lioDol  niimc,  wbiob  amounl  can  be  deducted  from  the 
nancy,  before  ncnding  id  to  us.  MoDoy  Orders,  Drafls, 
»ail  UcgistoTOd  Lctttra  may  bn  aont  at  our  rink.  Thsy 
titiixild  bo  madu  payable  lo  Moore  &  Esliclnian. 

Siiliscrjplinns,  and  cotumimi cations  intended  for  (ho  pn- 
'I>cr.  na  well  on  nil  buaincss  Diuttera  conneelcd  wltli  the  of- 
'iice  Khoiilil  be  nddlesticd 

^  UOOBE  k  SSHELUAN, 

LiuuLriE,  Carroll  Co..  l\l. 


Dijiiniark,  butnow  are  fully  convinced  that  it 
was  all  ior  tlip  better.  Their  presence  ndded 
much  to  the  favorable  iiipressioa  among  the 
Danes.  And  now  since  their  return  they  ure 
able  to  relate  many  things  eoneeming  the  mis- 
sion, and  manner  of  living  in  Denmark  that 
escaped  the  notice  of  the  brethren.  Their 
strong  sj-mpiithies  for  the  welfare  of  the  little 
chtirch,  and  the  heart-melting  circumstances 
tliey  relate,  stirs  np  the  fountain  of  benevo- 
lence to  its  very  depth.  One  of  the  sisters  said, 
that  if  she  thought  it  her  duty  she  would 
freely  and  willingly  endure  the  hardships  of 
another  voyage  for  the  aako  of  the  little  church 
ill  Denmark, 


LAHABK,  ILL, 


Tn?f  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  ivill  carry 
passengers  from  Fostorin,  Ohio  to  North  Man- 
chester, End.,  mid  return  for  five  dollars  luid 
■  tweiiby-five  cents. 

71"uE  Northern  District  of  Illinois  sends  two 
deleg.ates  to  the  Annual  Meeting  this  year. 
Enoch  Eby  on  the  Standing  Comniittf,  and 
David  E.  Price  as  delegate. 


Peoi'le  should  not  blame  boys  so  much  for 
-doing  \vrong  occasionally,  when  it  is  so  hard  for 
men  to  do  right.  If  the  men  of  our  hind  would 
set  11  better  example,  we  might  look  for  better 
boys. 

To  those  who  desire  the  address  of  brother  .J. 
D.  Switzer,  we  will  here  say,  that  it  is  White 
Rock,  .Tewell  Co.,  Kansas.  In  addressing  him 
for  iulbrmation  concerning  the  country,  do  not 
forget  to  enclose  stamp. 


Tnosi;  going  to  A.  M.  from  Freeport,  Shan- 
non and  Lanark  can  start  any  time  after 
May  31st.  Round  trip  from  any  of  these 
points  to  Warsaw,  Ind.,  nine  dollars.  Tickets 
for  sale  at  the  above  named  offices. 


BitoTHEii  Lemuel  Hillery,  who  had  charge  of 
the  Central  Illinois  Mission  field  the  last  ye.ir, 
has  started  on  his  preaching  tour  West.  He 
thinks  of  spending  some  time  in  Iowa,  and  may 
travel  considerably  elsewhere.  The  Lord  go 
with  him. 


We  are  informed  that  there  is  a  man  going 
through  i:ertain  parts  of  this  .State  selling  goods, 
and  representing  himself  as  our  agent,  and  has 
succeeded  in  collecting  names  and  money,  but 
fails  to  send  either.  He  says  he  kno^vs  iis  well, 
and  has  procured  many  subscribers  for  us.  He 
may  luiow  us,  and  we  know  him  to  be  an 
poslor,  for  we  have  no  such  agents.  People 
will  do  well  to  keep  an  open  eye  ou  all  such. 
We  liave  an  agent  in  almost  every  church  to 
whom  persons  can  entrust  their  subscriptions. 
In  addition  to  the.se  we  have  a  number  of  trav- 
eling agents,  ministers  of  good  standing,  who 
ha^e  been  endorsed  by  ns  as  proper  persons  to 
sell  hooks  and  to  take  subscriptions  for  the 
Bbethken  at  Work,  Pay  no  money  designed 
for  us  to  any  one  you  do  not  know. 


OUR  DISTRICT  MEETING. 


QV 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

WING  to  a  law  in  Denmark  prohibiting  thi 
transmission  of  money  through  the  mail; 
unless  registered  or  by  drail,  under  penalty  of 
the  confiscation  of  one-fifth  of  the  money,  yon 
are  hereby  notified  not  to  send  money  to  the 
Brethren  in  Denmark  except  by  draft  or  regis- 
tered letters.  The  better  way  is,  to  send  your 
contributions  to  C.  P.  Rowland,  Lanark  III., 
who  will  see  tlmt  the  money  is  properly  for- 
wai-ded.  Brethren  Eby  and  Frj-  estimate  that 
the  mission  will  require  about  §801)  the  next 
twelve  months,  half  of  which  Northern  Illinois 
has  agreed  to  contribute. 


Ak"  investigation  of  the  Joliet,  III.,  prison  af- 
faii-s  discloses  some  brutal  treatment  inflicted 
upon  helpless  inmates.  The  whip,  sharp  gags, 
partial  stflrration,  and  irons  have  been  resorted 
to  with  inhuman  recklessness.  Humanity  has 
some  rights  at  least  that  ought  to  he  respected, 
•  even  if  in  prison. 


Ahout  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  on  the 
,  "11th  of  May,  an  unsuccessful  attempt  was  made 
to'iissassinote  Emperor  William  of  Prussia.  He 
was,  in  company  with  his  daughter,  taking  his 
usuid  ride,  when  three  shots  were  fired  at  him, 
neither  of  them  taking  eflTect.  The  would-be 
^siissin  wasinimediutely  arrested. 


''Enoch  Eby  and  wife  gaveiis  a  call  last  week, 
feeling  well  pleased  with  their  trip  to  Denmiirk. 
BroUier  Eby  speaks  well  of  the  mission,  and 
thinks  it  a  success.  He  has  but  little  hopes  of 
any  success  in  Germany,  unless  a  better  opening 
sh'^uld  present  itself.  Some  good  might  be 
done  in  England,  but  it  would  require  much  la- 
■   bor  and  many  protracted  efforts. 


Tub  people  of  Iceland  are  fearing  another 
'  vokanic  eruption,  similar  to  that  which  devas- 
tated the  island  a  few  yeare  ago,  as  the  air  has 
Iwcorne  very  ■warm  and  close,  and  subterranean 
rumblings  have  been  heard,  accompanied  by 
showers  of  ashes.  Before  the  coming  of  the 
grciit  and  notable  day  of  the  Lord,  "ihere  shall 
be  f;unines,  and  pestilences,  and  earthquakes  in 
divers  places  "  (Matt.  24":  7). 


Brother  .las.  -B.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co. 
Thos.  D.  Lyon  and  John  Y.  Suavely  of  Hudson, 
lU.vspeut  0)16  day  with  us  last  week,,  Thos.  D. 
Lyon  is  best  known  to  our  young  readers  as  Un- 
cle Thomas.  Brother  Gish  spends  most  of  his 
time  preaching  and  building  up  churches.  We 
were  plea.sed  with  their  call,  and  spent  u  pleas- 
ant season  with  them.  They  feel  a  deep  iiVtercst 
in  our  pai»er,  and  are  -working  hard  to  extend 
its  circulation.  •  May  wu  oltbe  of  much  service 
in  the  Master's  cause. 


We  were  at  fii^t,  and  all  along  opposed  to 
■itnding  Iho  two  sisters   witli   the  brethren  to 


FOR  HUSBANDS. 

Compiled. 

DO  not  think  when  you  have  won  a  wife  that 
you  have  won  also  a  slave. 
Do  not  think  that  your  mfe  has  less  feelings, 
since  marriage,  than  when  she  was  your  sweets 
heart.     Her  nature  is  not  changed,   only  her 
relation. 

Do  not  think  that  you  can  dispense  with  all 
the  little  acts  of  kindness  towards  her  just  be- 
cause you  are  married.  She  appreciates  these 
things  quite  as  much  as  other  women 

Do  not  be  gruff  and  rude  at  home.  Had  you 
been  that  sort  of  a  person  before  marriage  it 
likely  that  you  would  have  remained  a  single 
nmn.  If  you  make  as  great  an  effort  to  retain 
your  wife's  love  as  you  did  to  gain  it  y 
find  her  a  letter  woman.  A  good  wife  is  worth 
making  some  sacrifice  for. 

Do  not  make  your  wife  feel  that  she  is  a  bur- 
den to  you,  and  that  yon  must  give  to  her 
grudgingly.  What  she  needs  give  cheerfully 
as  if  it  were  a  pleasure  to  do  so.  It  will  make 
her  feel  better  and  you  too. 

Do  not  meddle  too  much  with  your  wife's  af- 
faire; she  would  like  things  in  the  house  aiTang- 
ed  h  little  her  own  way,  and  it  is  right  that  she 
have  her  taste  consulted. 

Do  not  leave  your  wife  at  home  alone,  night 
ttfler  night,  while  you  bolt  down  town  for  pleas- 
ure's sake.  You  did  not  do  that  way  before 
marriage,  for  you  could  not  spend  enough  even- 
ings \vitli  her  then. 

Do  not  think  that  the  woman  you  promised 
to  love,  cherish  and  protect,  ha^  become  your 
servant  just  because  you  married  her.  Remem- 
ber you  are  now  one  flesh. 

Do  not  conclude  that  boai'd  and  clothing  are 
a  sufficient  compensation  for  what  she  does  for 
you. 

Do  not  expect  your  ivife  to  love  and  honor 

pu  if  you  prove  a  brute,  unworthy  of  her  love 

id  honor. 

Do  notcnrcssyour  ViTfi)  in  public,  and  then 
snarl  and  growl  at  her  in  private.  That  shows 
that  yon  are  both  a  hypocrite  and  a  brute. 

Do  not  wonder  that  your  wife  is  not  as  cheer- 
ftil  OS  she  used  to  be,  when  she  has  so  mulch  to 
■ndtiie,  and  knows  that  j-ou  do  not  love  her  as 
you  oncedid.     ,       i-.  ,,: 

Be  AS  good  toi  your  ivife  ns  yon  was  to  ly our 
siveetheart  and  you  ivill  be  happy. 


THHOUQH  the  kindness  of  our  heavenly 
Father  were  again  permitted  to  meet  in  our 
yearly,  district  council  with  the  church  at  Shan- 
non, III.,  May  21st.  There  were  delegates  pres- 
ent from  all  the  congregations  in  the  district, 
and  the  crowd  was  immense,  being  the  largest 
collection  of  members  we  have  seen  in  this  part 
of  the  State.  Nearly  all  tlie  eldei-s  and  minis- 
ters in  the  district  were  present.  We  were  also 
favored  tvith  the  presence  and  aid  of  brother 
Jas.  R.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co.,  and  Thomas  D. 
Lyon  and  John  Y.  Snavely,  of  Hudson,  III. 
Their  presence  added  to  the  interest  of  the 
meeting. 

The  business  before  the  meeting  was  of  the 
most  interesting  character,  especially  the  mis- 
sionary department.  At  eight  o'clock  in  the 
morning  the  meeting  was  opened,  the  large, 
commodious  building  being  then  pretty  well 
filled.  It  was  concluded  to  take  up  the  mission- 
ary work  first. 

The  Treasurer's  report  showed,  that  up  to  the 
present  time  83325.38  has  been  contributed  to 
the  mission,  §1329.00  of  which  was  donated  by 
the  Northern  District  of  III.,  and  the  remainder 
came  from  other  parts  of  the  britherhood. 

Then  .brethren  Eby  and  Fry  declared  what 
God  had  done  among  the  people  in  Denmark, 
telling  the  success  of  the  mission,  the  skillful 
manner  in  which  it  was  being  conducted,  and 
the  great  prospects  of  its  future.  Their  report 
had  an  excellent  effect  upon  the  audience,  and 
when  it  was  told  what  hardships  brother  Hope 
endures,  how  extremely  economical  he  is,  and 
how  much  sacrifice  he  makes  just  to  lessen  his 
expenses,  all  felt  that  they  could  willingly  and 
freely  contribute  still  more  to  the  support  of 
the  mission.  But  when  these  brethren  told  h< 
devoted  the  Danes  were,  and  how  great  was 
their  love  for  the  brotherhood  in  Americi 
brought  tears  to  hundreds  of  eyes.  We  m 
before  saw  a  better  impression  regarding  mis- 
sionary work.  Brother  Fry  said  it  was  hai-d 
for  him  to  separate  from  his  people  in  America 
and  go  to  Denmark,  but  when  there  be  became 
so  attached  to  the  Dimes  that  it  was  equally 
hard  to  leave  them.     ■ 

The  meeting  accepted  the  report  with  the  best 
of  feelings,  and  pledged  itself  to  continue  the 
;ood  work.  It  was  deemed  prudent  to  raise 
about  ?!i00.00  for  the  support  of  the  miesiou 
during  the  coming  year,  and  the  paying  of 
^§137.00  debt,  which  amount  had  Itfen  advanced 
by  Eby  and  F17.  Of  this  §900.00,  Northern 
Illinois  proposes  to  raise  §500,00,  hoping  that 
the  other  §400.00  will  be  contributed  by  the 
general  brotherhood.  This  should  be  raised  and 
sent  in  as  soon  as  possible. 

In  addition  to  the  above  the  meeting  propos- 
ed to  raise  S700.00  for  home  missionary  work. 
Four  missionaries  were  set  apart  to  take  charge 
of  the  Central  Illinois  Mission  field  during  the 
present  year,  and  a  committee  of  three  deacons 
was  appointed  to  secure  the  services  of  min- 
isters for  the  Wisconsin  mission.  The  entire 
day  was  spent  on  missionaiy  work,  and  a  good 
day's  work  it  was. 

At  five  the  meeting  adjourned  long  enough  to 
take  some  refi-eshments,  after  which  the  meet- 
ing proceeded  to  the  considerations  of  the  que- 
ries in  their  regular  order.  There  were  some 
twelve  queries  before  the  meeting,  some  of 
which  called  out  considerable  argument,  being 
Confined  mostly  to  the  Bible  view  of  th 
These  were  all  disposed  of  in  the  most  harmo- 
nious manner,  and  in  the  language  of  brother 
Lyon  must  say,  "  that  not  an  unkind  word, 
personal  reflection  was  thrown  out  during  the 
meetuig."  The  night  session  was  both  interest- 
ing and  profitable.  The  meeting  closed  at  one 
o'clock  ill  the  night,  all  the  business  having 
been  satisfactorily  finished. 
It  is  refreshing  to  all  who  have  beeninterest- 
the  Lord's  work  in  Denmark,  to  know  that 
when  the  call  came  from  that  country  to  send 
ministers  to  preach  to  them  the  whole  Gospel, 
there  was  a  oneness  as  to  the  necessity  of  the 
work;  and  when  tliose  who  were  choseu  to  go 
were  made  kno^vn  to  the  congregation,  the  sym- 
pathy and  prayers  of  the  whole  body  were  free- 
ly given  amidst  many  tears.  And  then,  when 
the  work  wa.s  reported  from  time  to  time  to  the 
District  Meetitigs,  all  seemed  to  have  a  d'esire 
for  its  success,  giving  everj-  evidence  of  a  will- 
ingness to  do  their  part.  When  the  time  came 
for  brethren  Eby  and  Pry  to  leave,  the  sympa- 
thies and  prayers  of  the  church  were  again 
i  deeply  manifested-  by  the  tears  that  filled  every 


eye;  and  now  when  they  recite  the  success,  of 
the  mission,  the  zeal,  devotion  and  aflection  of 
our  brethren  and  sisters  in  Denmark,  we  see  the 
same  evidence  of  sympathy  all  over  the  congre- 
gation. This  speaks  in  no  unmeaning  terms, 
and  the  Lord  be  praised  for  oil  that  has  been 
done. 


SOME   OBSERVATIONS. 

IN  my  former  article,  I  promised  to  tell  you 
more  about  those  who  were  first  in  this 
country  to  set  up  the  plea  of  doing  all  things 
whatsoever  God  domands  of  His  people,  They 
spared  neither  time  nor  money  in  spreading  the 
glorious  Gospel,  and  were  soon  filled  with  joy  iu 
seeing  many  turn  from  error  to  tnith.  They 
were  plain  and  simple  in  their  habits,  and  not 
conformed  to  this  world  in  dress,  deception,  and 
carnal  display.  And  though  strict  in  maintain- 
ing tL  distinction  between  themselves  and  the 
world,  they  were  the  first  people  by  whom  the 
firet  printing  press  was  recogni^^d  as  a  power 
for  good.  Brother  Saur  was  a  printer,  and  soon 
after  his  orrival  in  this  country  went  to  print- 
ing Bibles  and  other  good  books;  and  so  steadi- 
ly did  he  pursue  this  business,  that  in  about 
forty  yeai-s  he  printed  no  less  than  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six  different  kinds  of  books, 
some  of  which  were  quite  largo,  and  about  sev- 
enty-five smaller  works,  such  as  pamphlets,  et<:. 
He  also  print^ed  the  first  semi- religious  paper  iu 
this  country,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  h.tndB  of 
Bro.  Cas.sel,  being  perhaps  the  only  one  in  ex- 
istence. After  learning  of  the  vast  labors  of 
Bro.  Saur,  in  book-printing,  under  the  most 
discouraging  circumstances,  we  of  this  late  day 
are  compelled  to  wonder  at  our  slowness  in  this 
respect,  especially  when  we  remember  that  our 
facilities  are  vastly  superior  to  what  his  were. 
I  might  tell  you  much  about  those  old  brethren, 
but  leave  that  for  Bro.  A.  H.  Cossel  who  has  all 
the  reliable  data  at  h.ind  to  interest  us  for  some 
time  to  come. 

Attended  council  at  Indian  Creek  on  the  9th. 
Here  saw  the  brethren  install  brother  Booz  into 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  the  man- 
ner in  which  it  was  done  impressed  me  as  •emi- 
nently fitting,  and  1  give  it  to  you  for  your  joy 
as  well  as  mine. 

The  counsel  of  the  church  was  taken  in  the 
absence  of  brother  and  sister  Booz,  and  then  el- 
der Henry  Cassel  gave  them  the  charge  or  in- 
structions in  a  very  feeling  manner,  after  whicb 
the  church  received  them  with  'the  right  hand 
of  fellowship  and  the  kiss  of  charity  amidst  con- 
siderable impres,siveness,  It  seems  to  be  much 
encouragement  to  ministers  to  be  thus  received 
into  more  responsible  duties,  for  at  best  they  get 
none  too  much  sympathy.  Their  pathway 
through  life  is  besot  with  cares  and  anxieties, 
hence  to  be  received  by  the  mombera  of  the 
church  in  avery  lovely  manner,  is  truly  encour- 
aging to  them.  Perhaps  more  ministers  snffer 
for  the  want  of  sympathy  and  encouragement, 
than  aiespoiled  through  words  of  love  and  "good 

II."  Let  us  not  fear  to  hold  up  the  hands  of 
our  faithful  ministers.  God  bless  them  in  their 
work  of  love!  Pray  for  and  ^vith  them.  No 
good  can  come  by  making  their  mistakes,  mat- 
ter for  general  conversation.  Much  good  might 
be  done  by  lovingly  telling  them  of  any  mis- 
take they  may  make,  A  bracing-up  is  produ(^- 
tive  of  good.  A  pulling  down  of  earnest,  faith- 
ful labor,  tickles  the  devil  and  spoils  men.  0, 
"be  pitiful,  be  courteous,"  be  ifisel 

■     M.  M.  E. 


BREVITIES. 


1    MAI 

rl     whc 


AN  has  lately  been  released  from  prison, 
who  for  twenty  long,  hopeless  years,  suf- 
fered through  false  witnesses. It  is  better 

to    suffer  without  a  cause  than  be  punished 

for    transgression.    Catharine    Beecher, 

one  of  the  ablest  iemale  writers  of  America, 

died  Sunday,  May  J3. There  wos  quite  a 

itorra  at  Desmoineg,  Iowa,  May  0. 

The  first  book  presented  to  the  Ashland  College 
Library,  was  a  copy  of  Worcester's  Unabridged 
Dictionary,  and  the  second,  a  co|)y  of  Webster's 

Unabridged  Dictionary. The  Brethren  are 

building  a  brick  meeting-house  40  by  TO,  on  the 
Lime  Stone  Ridge,  five  and  one  half  miles  North- 
west of  Carey,   AVyandot   Co,,  Ohio. Two 

mote  new  plancts'have  lately  been  discovered, 

fell  during  the  past  Winter 

along  the  sunny  shores  of  the  Mediternineaa 

sea  than  for  many  previous  years. The  slave 

traffic  still' continues  in  the  region  bordering  on 
the  Congo  River.  A  British  gunboat  recently 
captured  a  brig  which  carried  one  hundred  per- 


May    30. 


THE   BEETHRE::Nr    At   WOHK. 


^ons  n*liVy  had  been  cnptuTuil  and  bnptizcd,  iind 

were  ifeing  transported  for  salt'. One  of  the 

most  interesting  monthliea  coming  to  this  office, 
is  7'lie  Hf/iJlh   Ifr/ormer,   published   at   Buttle 

Creek,  Mich, '  In  tlie  tdty  of  New  York  there 

nre  said  to  be  over  one  hundred  snioona  to  every 

thurch  or  place  for  religiona  meeting. Tlie 

feliKrch  of  Rock  River,  III,,  will  hold  their  Feast 

JtfHe  14th  and  16th. ■  The  finnnce  committee 

of  tfiC  Oanish  mission  will  report  through  the 
pnpers  BoWl.  ^ — The  next  District  meeting 
for  Northern  Illinois  will  be  held  with  the  Ar- 
nold's Grove  congfegiition.  ~ —  Two  churches 
n-ere  recently  organiaid  in  Nodtiway  county, 
Mo. "  May  God  Wess  you  and  help  yon  ev- 
er to  lieep  your  paper  filled  with  good  matter 
and  subjects  of  great  interest." — E.  F.  Goon. 
At  the  International  Siindny-schoul  Con- 
vention held  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  recently,  one  of  the 
leading  colored  ministers  of  the  country  v/iu 
fused  admission,  because  he  was  not  a  white 

man, The  Congregational   Association   of 

Miclrigan  have  agreed  to  ndiuit  women  as  di 

gates  to  that  body  hereatler. Edison,  the 

inventor  of  the  telephone  and  phonograph,  h: 
invent<?d  a  new  machine  which  he  calls  "  The 
Auraphone."    It  records  worfa  and  speaks  at 

the  same  time. It  is  refreshing  to  see  : 

subscribers  coming  in.    They  come  seven  aud 

eight  in  a  bunch. Moody  is  preaching  in 

New  Haven,  Conn. Diflicultios   exist   in 

South  Africa;  so  far  several   English  officers 

have  been   killed. A  great  tornado  swept 

over  Clinton,  China,  April  11th,  destroying 
thousands  of  houses,  and  killing  500  persons. 
— -  Over  1,500  communisls  have  been  drilling 

in  Cincinnati. The  Hicksite  Friends,  who 

many  years  ago  carried  away  from  the  main 
body  of  the  Quaker  church,  more  than  four- 
fillhs  of  their  whole  number  are  now  fast  de- 
clining, so  that  the  old  orthodox  body  outnum- 
bers them  four  to  one. Enoch  Eby,  Lemuel 

Hillery,  Marcus  Fowler  and  Joseph  Lehman 
were  appointed,  at  our  District  meeting,  to  take 
charge  of  the  Central  Illinois  Mission  tield  the 

coming  year. Those  who  have  ordered  the 

"  Family  Hules  and  Regulations,"  will  plea.se  Ije 
a  little  patient.  We  have  been  so  crowded  with 
work  that  we  have  yet  had  no  time  to  print  a 

new  edition. We  shall  have  good   times 

when  each  idle  man  in  .this  land  ceases  stouding 
around  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets,  and  sets 
himself  to  work  trying  to  make  a  support — to 

produce  inoj'e   than   he  consumes. About 

20,000  Chinamen  annually  emigrate  to  this  coun- 
try to  settle. There  is  a  factory  in  Daven- 
port, Iowa,  for  making  sugar  from  Indian  corn. 
The  product  somewhat  resembles  maple  sugar, 
aud  sells  readily  in  the  neighborhood.  The 
synip  is  especially  liked. The  feast  at  Hick- 
ory Grove  last  week,  we  learn  ivns  an  enjoyitljig 
one.  Two  ministering  brethren  from  Iowa,  in 
addition  to  a  number  of  others  were  In  attend- 
ance.   A  terrible  tornado  passed  over  a  por- 
tion of  Wisconsin  last  Thursday,  playing  havoc 
with  life  and  property.  The  damages  were  im- 
mense and   the  loss  of  life  considerable. 

Last  week  was  pretty  well  taken  up  with  inter- 
esting incidents.  The  calls  at  the  office  were 
numerous  and  interesting.    God  be  praised  for 

the  many   words  of  encouragement. The 

news  Irom  the  Ea.st  deals  out  neither  war  nor 
peace,  but  preparations  are  going  on  for  either. 

Several  female  tramps  are  reported  from 

the  ~East.    They  are  said  to  be  quite  impudent 

and  independent. Some  door  yards  look  as 

though  they  had  been  .visited  by  a  Western  tor- 
nado. 


QUERIST'S  DEPABTMEJ^T. 


Qiicstiona  loiicbing  Ibu  meaning  of  Scrijitutc,  rclnling 
0  ilistorj  anti  praeticiil  aulijecla  uf  religious  [nlct«sl  will 
:oinc  ia  plnco.  TUc  qitcrlat'ti  Durac  must  aceompnny  all 
loniniiiniralioiu.  Wo  ahnll  Inbor  lo  oToiilgirlng  anyjinl 
KicnsioD  for  sirifo  and  cantDulioD  ovar  UDimpDrlant  qucs- 


THE  ilANSEH  OF  JUDAs'  DEATII. 

Give  an  explanation  of  the  18th  verse  of  the 
first  chapter  of  Acts,  which  reads  as  follows: 
"Now  tliis  man  purchased  a  field  with  the  re- 
ward-of  iniquity;  and  falling  headlong,  he  burst 
(isunder  in  the  midst,  and  all  his  bowels  gushed 
out."  Also  the  5th  versc  of  the  2Ttli  chapter  of 
Matthew;  "  And  he  east,  down  the  pieces  of  sil- 
ver in  the  temple  aud  departed,  and  ,w(-nt  aud 
hanged  liiuiself."  Did  he  fall  down  after  he 
hanged  himself?  We  \vere  asked,  the  other  ^ay, 
to  give  an  answer.  The  apostle  tells  us  to  be 
ready  to  do  so,  aud  we  were  not  prepared  for 
this. ,  ,        '  L.  S. 

By  some  it  is  supposed  that  the  narration  giv- 
en by  Matt,  and  the  writer  of  the  Acts  do  not 
fully  harmonize  regarding  the  numncr  of  Judas' 
death.  We  read  in  the  first  chapter  of  Acts, 
4hat  he  fell  headlong,  burst  asunder  in  the  midst 


and  all  hb  bowels  gushed  out.  But  on  tuniing 
to  Matt.  17;  5,  we  are  told  he  went  and  hanged 
himself.  A  clear  nnderatanding  of  these  two 
pns,sages  will  show  that  there  is  a  well  defined 
harmony. 

Judas,  by  the  reward  of  his  iniquity,  which 
was  thirty  pieces  of  silver,  purchased  a  field,  af- 
tenvai'ds  called  the  field  of  blood  in  which 
strangers  were  to  be  buried.  He  agreed  to  be- 
tray Christ  intfl  the  hands  of  the  chief  priests 
for  the  sum  of  thirty  pieces  of  silver.  This  we 
call  the  reward  of  iniquity.  Judas  received  his 
money  and  Christ  was  betrayed  into  the  hands 
of  sinners.  This  took  place  near  midnight  on 
Thursday  evening.  Early  the  next  morning 
Judas  brought  back  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver 
to  the  chief  priests  and  elders,  claiming  that 
had  betrayed  innocent  blood.  The  man  ivas 
weighed  down  in  remorse — he  felt  the  full  force 
of  the  crime  he  had  done,  resting  upon  him  and 
ivus  therefore  unwilling  to  keep  the  money. 
He  threw  the  money  down  in  the  temple  aud 
departed.  This  money,  the  reward  of  iniquity, 
was  taken  by  the  priests  and  used  in  the  purchas- 
ing of  the  potter's  field,  which  we  call  the  field 
of  blood  in  which  to  bury  strangers. 

Jxidas,  after  he  had  thrown  down  the  money 
in  the  temple,  went  aud  hanged  himself.  Tliis 
took  place  sometime  Friday  mornmg.  It  is 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  went  out  some- 
wliere  to  the  top  of  one  of  the  lofty  bluffs  near 
the  city,  and  finding  an  over-hanging  tree, 
placed  a  cord  around  his  neck  and  then  fastened 
it  to  the  tree  and  swung  out  oyer  the  bluff,  there 
hanging  two  hundred  feet  or  more  from  the 
ground,  and  rocks  below.  He  hung  here  the 
remainder  of  that  day,  all  of  Friday  night,  all 
day  Saturday  and  the  entire  Saturday  night. 
We  read  that,  early  on  Sunday  morning  there 
was  a  great  earthquake.  Matt.  33:  2.  And 
therefore  it  is  likely  that  this  earthquake  was  so 
great  that  it  shook  loose  large  portions  of  over- 
hanging rocks  along  the  bluffs,  and  among  them 
the  tree  on  which  Judas  had  hanged  him- 
self. When  the  rock  I'ell,  down  went  Judas, 
tree  and  all  to  the  bottom  of  the  bluff'  below; 
and  the  distance  which  he  fell  was  so  great  that 
it  caused  him  to  bui-st  asunder  in  the  midst  and 
all  his  bowels  gushed  out.  In  this  condition  he 
was  found,  and  it  became  noised  abroad  till  all 
the  dwellers  at  Jerusalem  heard  of  it.  Hence 
the  field,  the  very  field  that  the  chief  priests  had 
purchased  with  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver,  the 
reward  of  iniquity,  is  now  called  the  field  of 
blood,  Judas  being  found  on  it  in  that  con- 
dition. 


What  should  wo  understand  by  the  following 
Scripture:  "  Moreover  when  j'e  fast,  be  not  as 
the  hypocrites,  of  a  sad  countenance:  for  they 
disfigure  their  faces,  that  they  may  api)ear  unto 
men  to  fast:  verily  I  say  unto  you,  they  have 
their  reward.  But  then,  when  thou  fastest, 
anoint  thine  head,  and  wash  thy  face"  (Matt. 
16: 17).  G.  M.  Noah, 

To  fasf  means,  to  abstain  from  food  of  any 
kind.  And  to  insure  a  rich  blessing,  it  would 
be  well  to  give  what  is  saved  by  fasting  to  the 
poor.  But  the  mtinucr  of  genuine  fasting  is 
worthy  of  notice.  "Anoint  thine  head,  and 
wash  thy  face."  Be  dean,  and  (Iniimte  your- 
self fo  God,  is  the  idea.  Do  not  even  put  on 
crnpe  as  an  evidence  that  you  mourn  for  sjji, 
but  be  bright  and  cheerful.  Yonder  are  the 
hypocrites,  thecounterfeiters;  they  make  crook- 
ed faces,  affect  a  great  show.  They  have  a  hard 
task  of  it.  They  have  no  godly  sorrow  at  heart, 
hence  must  put  on  a  fasting  appeorattcc — must 
make  the  outside  look  gloomy.  This  is  a  hyp- 
ocrite's style  of  fasting;  aud  the  Lord  knows 
how  to  overturn  it.  Do  not  conclude  that  yon 
can  fast  by  abstaining  from  Jleah  and  eat  fish 

id  I'cgclabka.  This  would  only  be  a  change  of 
(liel—uob  fasting.  When  to  fast,  is  left  to  the 
discretion  of  him  who  fasts.  But  I  am  fully 
persuaded  that  if  there  were  ujore  fasting  pre- 
vious to  council  meetings,  anointing  and  pray- 
ing over  the  sick,  and  all  other  highly  important 
occasions,  we  would  see  better  results  than  we 
often  do.  Then  I  Ijavc  wondered  whether  some 
fasting  just  before  a  Love-fea'*t,  even  to  the  ex- 
lent  of  not  eating  any  other  meal  in  the  house 
of  God  than  the  Lord's  Supper;  would  not  en- 
rith  all  of  us  in  thought  and  deed.  But  as  a 
nation,  we  well-nigh  eat  ourselves  to  death,  and 
those  of  us  who  have  been  chosen  out  of  the 
world,  bring  abotit  all  of  that  habit  with  us  in- 
to the  church.     "  Be  not  conformed  to   this 


world  "  ought  to  be  allowed  to  refonn  us  in  this 
matter  na  well  as  all  others. 


SBTYRNA  AND  LAODICEA. 

HY  C.  U.  DALSIIAUOH. 

To  Sister  Ahnn   M.   Cmisr,  of  Ml.   Carroll, 
Illinois: — 

a  T  KNOW  thy  poverty,  but  thou  art  rich." 
X  "  Blessed  are  ye  poor."  How  many  can 
truthfully  claim  this  photograph  as  their  own? 
Smyrna  and  Laodicea  are  twenty  billion  miles 
apart.  The  one  has  its  tent  pitched  fast  by  the 
pearly  doors  of  tlie  gem-walled  Pavillion  of  gh 
ry,  and  the  other  is  situated  in  the  Netherlands 
of  selfishness  which  bound  the  metropolis  of 
damnation.  "Iain  rich,  and  increased  with 
goods,  and  hare  need  of  nothing."  Thns  speak 
the  haughty,  self-reliant,  money-worshiping, 
Cross-spurning  Laodiceans  both  of  the  first  and 
nineteenth  centuries.  Here  comes  the  thunder- 
ing, shattering,  blasting,  God-uttered  contradic- 
tion: "thou  art  ivretohj:d,  and  uiseraiilk, 

ANTi  POOn,  XSt)  BLIND,   AND    NAKED."      "  Buy  of 

me  gold  tried  in  the  fire,  that  thou  niayest  be 
rich;  and  white  raiment,  that  thou  niayest  be 
clothed,  and  that  the  shame  of  thy  nakcdne: 
do  not  appear;  and  anoint  thine  eyes  with  eyi 
salve,  that  thou  niayest  see:  be  zealous  and  re- 
pent," or  ■'  I  will  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 
What  tremendous  representations.  What  far- 
reaching,  soul- withering,  hell-picturing  words. 
I  would  subscribe  them  all  into  capitals,  but  the 
wrath  of  God  alone  can  give  them  the  flaming 
color  of  their  direfnl  import,  and  Eternity  alone 
is  high  and  deep  and  long  enough  to  give  them 
scope.  In  which  of  these  two  congregations 
are  we  at  home?  Do  we  lodge  in  the  world- 
crowded  Inn,  or  in  the  God-cradled,  angel-crowd- 
ed Stable?  Do  we  gloi-y  in  the  Cross,  oris 
sacrifice  a  heavy  yoke,  a  galling  burden?  Philip. 
2:  5-S.  Is  the  Corner-atone  of  redemption, 
"Made  Himself  of  no  reputation?"  This  is  the 
most  wondrous  line  in  the  record  of  inspiration. 
How  dwarfed,  and  mean,  and  monstrous  many 
professors  look  in  the  light  of  such  self-abnega- 
tion. "  In  the  form  of  God,  equal  with  God, 
BUT  MADE  HIMSELF  OP  NO  REPUTA- 
TION." Who  can  stand  before  this  Divine- 
Human  Mirror  and  not  blush  crimson,  and  hide 
his  head  for  very  shame?  This  is  not  simply 
something  to  wonder  at,  but  to  imitate.  "  Let 
THIS  mind  be  in  gon,  which  was  also  in  Cnitist 
Jesus,"  "  He  was  rich,  get  for  vodb  sakes  He 
became  poob."  "  J'o  da  qood  and  to  coiiiiUNi- 
CATB  forget  not;  for  with  sucu  sacripices  GOD 
IS  WELL  PLEASED."  Heb.  13:  16.  "  Let 
this  mind  be  in  you,  which  was  also  in  Chbist 
Jesus."  "  Who  loved  nie,  and  oave  Himself 
forme."  Gal.  2:  20,  "Love  one  another  as  1 
HAVE  LOVED  YOU."  "  Freelij  ye  have  reccieed 
FiiEELY  GIVE."  Math.  10:  8.  The  mind  of 
Christ  is  sacrifice,  and  "  if  any  man  have  not  the 
Spirit  of  Christ  he  is  none  of  His."  Rom.  8: 9. 
Overwhelming  thought!  "None  of  His,"  and 
the  conditions  so  stringent,  soul-penetrative, 
flesh-c  ru  c  ifyin  g. 

"  Straight  is  the  gate,  narrow  is  the  way,  and 
few  there  be  that  find  it."  Few,  few,  but  pre- 
cious to  God,  and  the  salt  of  the  earth,  and  "  the 
light  of  the  world."  They  have  the  mind  of 
Christ.  They  are  lustrous  with  holiness.  The 
dear  Name  Emmanuel  flames  in  Heaven-traced 
letters  on  their  foreheads.  Matt.  5;  44,  and  2!>: 
19,  and  Mark  16:  15,  is  the  bliss  and  glory  of 
their  character  and  conduct.  "  God  is  not  mock- 
ed." His  Christ  is  "  the  first-born  among  many 
brethren."  He  sanctified  the  womb  of  Divine 
Generation  for  all  that  follow.  "He  died  for 
all,"  and  His  "  love  constrains"  us  to  carry  His 
blood  to  the  ends  of  the  earth  for  the  cleansing 
of  every  sin-polluted  soul.  All  souls  ai-e  His, 
dl  the  gold  is  His,  all  the  glory  is  His.  We 
and  our  substance  are  the  instruments  of  His 
mighty  working  for  Hia  mighty  ends.  The  two 
mites  belong  to  Him  as  well  as  the  two  millions. 
No  investments  so  profitable  as  those  we  intrust 
to  Jesus.  With  what  alacrity  we  make  sacrific- 
es under  the  constraint  of  Divine  Love,  and  the 
■apture  of  assurance  that  not  a  eup  of  wa- 
fer shall  miss  the  approbation  of  the  loving 
Savior — God  in  the  final  reckoning.  If  we 
:ld  have  the  benediction  of  Heaven  flowing 
pon  us  in  temporal  and  spiritual  treasure-^, 
uiust  not  forget  the  Lord's  tithes.  For  many 
souls  it  is  absolutely  liecessary  to  sell  all  that 
they  have  and  distribute  to  the 'poor,  as  the  on- 
ly means  of  eradicating  their  idolatry  of  wealth. 


and  making  room  for  the  occupancy  of  the  All- 
rich,  All-poor,  and  again  All-rich.  There  are 
thousands  in  the  church  to  whom  no  greater 
blessings  could  come  than  poverty  to  grind 
them  into  the  very  dust  of  nothingness,  empti- 
ness' and  self-loathing.  Covetousness  is  idola- 
try, and  exalting  temporal  possessions  above  the 
Cross  is  covetousness.  The  Lord  loveth  a  Cross- 
assimilated  soul,  a  "  cheerful  giver,"  an  ever- 
open  heart  and  hand  for  all  the  claims  of  the 
Ineaniatiou.  There  is  perhaps  nothing  in  which 
"  the  violent  must  take  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven 
by  greater  force,"  than  in  giving  the  Lord  His 
share  of  their  substance.  We  are  impoverished 
by  riches.  By  cheating  Jesus  we  cheat  our  oivn 
souls,  and  lock  the  doors  of  nature,  so  that  mil- 
dew, drought,  grasshoppers,  bugs  and  beetles 
avenge  the  defrauded  AU-proprietor.'  The  great 
Redeemer  and  Mediator  needs  a  full  exchequer 
for  the  extension  and  support  of  His  Kingdom; 
and  of  nothing  may  His  people  be  more  confi- 
dent thiui  that  if  they  faithfully  uphold  His 
cause,  He  will  abundantly  bless  their  store,  and 
settle  them  in  the  very  heart  of  Gosheu.  We 
need  another  Pentecost  to  learn  the  meaning  of 
thewondrous  monosyllable— FAITH.  "Looking 
m)i^oJf.sus,  the  AuTDORand  Finisher  of  faith," 
His  cross  our  cross,  His  joy  our  joy.  His  Heaven 
our  Heaven.  "  Who  for  the  jog  that  was  set 
before  Him,  endured  the  Cross,  despising  the 
shame."  To  fellowship  Jesus  at  "  Cana  of  Gal- 
ilee "  any  sinner  can  do;  but  to  cling  to  Him  on 
Golgotlia,  none  but  saints.  Elect  of  God,  cry 
day  and  night  unto  Him,  and  He  will  avenge 
yon  speedily,  in  the  overthrow  of  sin  in  your- 
selves, and  the  triumph  of  His  Kingdom  in  the 
world. 

QuiTK  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  left 
Lanark,  Mt.  Carroll  and  Hickory  Grove  last 
Saturday  morning  to  attend  the  Love-feast  and 
District  meeting  at  Lost  Nation,  Iowa. 


The  Primitive  Christian  is  mistaken  about 
brother  Hansen  and  ivife  being  in  Lanark.  It 
was  brother  Christensen  and  wife  that  we  said 
were  here,  and  not  brother  Hansen. 


In  last  week's  issue  the  round  trip  rate  on 
the  B.  &  0.  R.  R.  from  Cumheriand  Md  to 
North  Manchester  was  given  at  ?  23.75.  We 
are  aiithori/ed  to  nay  that  the  round  trip  rates 
on  the  above  named  road  from  Mineral  Point 
and  Meyersdale  Pa.,  and  Cumberland  Md  ia 
20.95.  TickeU  will  be  for  sale  at  any  of  the 
above  named  offices  and  good  from  the  5th  of 
June  to  the  20th. 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 

Unfing  on  band  a  aumboror  queries  which  ivo  hrLvenol 
(imc  to  unsivor,  wo  give  aoins  of  Ibani  bolow.  hoping  our 
corrcBpondoiilA  will  Did  us  in  Ibis  dcpartnieiit.  Let  jour 
mmverH  bo  short  nail  to  Ihc  poinl. 


Please  answer  the  followiag  questions;  Matthew 
24  :  34,  "  Verily  I  sav  unto  you,  This  geuerntiou 
shall  not  pass  till  all  these  things  be  fulfilled." 
Now  what  generatiou  did  Christ  moan  was  not  to 
pass  ?  Michael  Funk, 


I  want  an  explanation  on  the  17th  verse  of  the 
20th  chapter  of  John;  "  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  touch 
me  not,  for  I  am  not  yet  ascended  to  my  Father, 
but  go  to  my  brethren  and  say  unto  them,  I  as- 
cend unto  my  Father,  and  your  Father  ;  and  to 
my  God,  and  your  God."  Please  answer  this 
question  through  jour  paper.  I.  Mvers. 

Will  some  brother  or  sister   explain  verse  24th 
id  25lh  of  the  5th  chapter  of  firet  Timothy. 
Also  Rom.  the  7th  chapter  aud    24lh  and  25th 
verses.  J.  S. 

Will  some  one  please  comment  on  the  following 
'rse  found  in  the  New  Testament :  1st  Cor.  16tE 
cliapter  29th,  verse.  "  Else  what  shall  they  do 
which  are  baptized  for  the  dead,  if  the  dead  rise 
not  at  all;  why  are  they  Uien  baptized  for  the 
dead  ?  "  Let  us  hear  on  the  subject  through  your 
ntercfltiug  journal,  Sajiubi.  Prtke. 

Will  some  brother  give  an  explanation  on  the 
following  Scripture  :  1st  Cor.  7  :  14.  "  Else  were 
your  children  unclean  ;  but  now  are  they  holy." 
Do  we  not  think  children'  of  unbelievers  are  sav- 
cc'  OS  well  as  of  believers.    Ivate  MoNamaara. 

I  wish  you  would  give  an  explanation  on  the 
2ud  cliaplcf  of  Acts,  in  regard  to  speaking  "  \rith 
otlier  tongues,"  i.  c,  whether  the  apostles  spoke  in 
their  own  tongues,  and  it  was  miraculously  trans- 
lated into  these  other  17  tongues  in  pa^iog  from 
the  speaker  to  the  hcarera.  Answer  through  the 
BnrrnrREN  ai  Woek.  .   J-  C.  Bkvasit. 

Please  give  us  tlie  meaning  of  lat  Cor.  H  :  15. 
The  hair  of  tlie  woman  is  given  to  her  for  a  cov- 
ering.    Why  do  tbey  wear  a  cap? 

Also  verses  21,  22  of  the  same  chapter  of  the 
"hove.  H.  L.  HiBXEB. 


THE    BRETHTiEiSr    ^T    -WORK:. 


May    30. 


;h^  ^om^ 


irch. 


READ  AKD  0BB7. 

"  Huflbnnda,  love  your  wivea." 

"  Wiioa,    obey    your    huobttncli." 

"  Fftlhera,  proToko  not  jour  childrou  to  wralb." 

"  CbllpJren,    obey    your    pBrenis    in    all    Ihirgs . " 


— We  should  alwnys  love  each  other. 

— Believe  not  every  iipirit,  but  try  them  with 
the  Word  of  God. 

— Tlie  faint  heart  would  like  to  take  up  the 
cross,  but  fetira  reproach  from  evil  persons. 

— The  good  heart  desires  ever  to  do  good.  It 
wishes  all  persona  well,  .lud  does  all  in  its  power 
to  make  others  happy.  ,      ,    , 

— The  tender  heart  is  full  of  niercj  and  kind- 
ness. It  is  free  of  envy,  and  seeks  only  to  do 
good.  0,  that  ive  may  all  seek  to  have  a  tender 
heart,  full  of  love  and  pity! 

— Cliildren,  you  are  now  happy.  The  birds 
Lave  come  again  mid  siiig  so  sweetly.  Tlie 
leaves  h.ive  come  out,  the  flowei-s  are  full  of 
beauty  and  all  things  look  lovely,  God  gives 
them  all  to  us.  Think  of  God,  and  let  your 
youthful  hearts  be  turned  to  Him.  His  Works 
are  lovely,  but  He  is  still  more  lovely. 

— Sister  Ella  M.  Bock  says,  that  there  was  a 
mistake  in  Iier  query  in  No.  13.  The  question 
is  not,  which  chapter  in  the  Bible  coutiiins  all 
the  lettera  of  the  alphabet  except  one,  but  which 
Verse. ,  Now  ivho  among  the  little  folks  mil 
answer  thb  queiy? 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Reading  Men. 

YOU  may  think  this  a  strange  idea.  Not 
strange  at  all;  for  it  is  possible  to  rend 
men  as  well  as  to  read  hooks.  But  chiefly  should 
one  read  himself.  When  you  read  books  you 
gather  ideas, — thought-s  rushftom  your  mind  in 
quick  succession,  and  you  are  almost  as  quick 
in  your  conclusions.  So  when  you  read  men. 
You  note  their  words  and  deeds  and  draw  your 
conclusions.  If  the  woi-ds  ai-e  good,  your  con- 
clusions are  good:  if  the  ivords  are  bad  your 
-conclusions  ore  that  the  man  is  bad.  So  with  a 
man's  deeds.  Good  deeds  impress  your  mind  as 
coming  from  a  gootl  man,  evil  deeds  as  coming 
from  an  evil  man. 

But  then  you  cannot  read  a  book  when  clos- 
ed. To  read  it  you  must  open  it  and  look  into 
it  carefully.  Nor  can  you  read  tlm  hook  by 
standing  a  long  distance  from  it.  If  you  tiy  to 
read  it  afar  off,  you  will  not  read  it  correctly, 
and  if  you  do  not  read  it  correctly,  you  are  not 
qualiRetl  to  tell  anything  about  it.  Precisely  so 
in  reading  men.  If  the  man  keeps  himself  shut 
up  from  other  men,  you  cannot  read  him;  and 
if  you  attempt  to  read  him  at  a  distance  you  are 
quite  certain  to  i-ead  him  incorrectly.  Then  if 
you  would  be  read  correctly,  spread  eacli  i)uge 
of  your  life  out  so  that  your  actual  condition 
may  be  read.  If  you  are  incorrectly  read,  re- 
member that  perhaps  the  fault  is  your  own. 
Did  yon  t-ake  care  that  your  words,  your  actions 
and  dealings  were  such  as  to  enable  you  to  let 
them  go  before  men  so  that  no  shame  might 
come  upon  yon?  Then  you  who  rend,  be  sure 
that  you  are  near  enough  to  read  well.  Do  not 
stand  off  at  a  great  distance  and  read  ani-in,  but 
go  up  to  him,  associate  with  him,  deal  with  him, 
and  if  there  are  any  black  Hues  you  can  then  see 
them.  Then  if  you  see  any,  do  all  you  can  to 
help  hini«to  wash  them  out.  It  is  a  good  thing 
to  read  men  when  you  do  so  with  the  intention 
of  making  them  and  yourself  hf/le>:  Never 
read  a  man  to  make  Aim  worse,  and  ijoursulf 
bfller.  Such  reading  has  in  it  not  the  Spirit  of 
Chrisf.  Read  men  for  good,  not  for  evil.  And 
if  you  would  do  this,  always  take  Jesus  with 
you.  It  is  good  to  go  to  your  neighbor  occa- 
sionally to  rcfid  h  nil.  But  unless  yon  go  to  make 
both  of  you  better,  then  stay  at  home.  0,  that 
men  would  learn  the  jiower  and  the  beauty  of 
Icindly  telling  each  other  of  their  faults,  and  ul- 
loiring  themselves  to  be  read  for  the  better! 
Only  those  who  are  willing  to  throw  aside  every 
iault,  and  get  better,  know  the  value  of  being 
read  correctly.  And  when  you  read  a  man,  do 
not  turn  the  letters  wrong  side  up,  simply  to 
destroy  him.  If  he  himself  has  made  crooked 
lines,  it  is  his  fault,  but  it  is  your  privilege  and 
duty  to  help  him  to  re-adjust  them.  And  above 
all,  do  all  you  can  to  read  yourself.  Do  not 
read  too  fast,  but  be  sure  to  read  carefully  and 
prayerfully.  Read  with  the  mind  of  Jesus. 
Read  so  as  not  to  spare  sin;  but  read  that  in  all 
things  you  may  become  more  like  the  great 
Teacher, — M,  M.  Esuelman, 


TuEFi£  is  no  test  to  the  Christian  character 
BO  severe  as  prosi>crity.  Through  its  means 
many  fall  who  would  have  stood  proof  against 
ftll  the  direct  assaults  of  Satan. 


LOOKING  OFF  UNTO  JESUS. 

OHeyesthatareweary,andbe.irtalhat  are  sore, 
Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  I  sorrow  no  more; 
The  light  of  His  countenance  shuieth  so  bright 
That  on  eai'th,  as  in  heaven,  there  need  be  no 
night. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  my  eyes  ciuinot  see 
The  trouble  and  danger  that  throng  nrouudmo; 
They  cannot  be  blinded  with  sorrowful  tears, 
They  cannot  be  shadowed  with  unbelief  fear. 

Looking  off'  unto  Jesus,  my  spirit  is  blest, 
In  the  world  I  have  turmoil,  in  Him  I  have  rest, 
Tlie  sea  of  my  life  all  about  me  may  roar, 
When  I  look  unto  Jesus,  I  hear  it  do  more. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  I  go  not  astray, 
My  eyes  arc  on  Fim  and  He  shows  me  the  way; 
The  path  may  seem  dark  as  He  leads  me  along. 
But  following  Jesus  I  cannot  go  wrong. 

Looking  olT  unto  Jesus,  my  heart  cannot  fear, 
Its  trembling  is  still  when  I  see  Jesus  near; 
I  know  that  His  power  my  safeguard  >vilt  he. 
For  why  are  ye  troubled,  He  s;iith  unto  me. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  oh  may  I  be  found 
When  the  watera  of  Jordan  enconipa.ss  me  round , 
Let  them  hear  me  a\vay  in  His  presence,  to  me 
'Tis  but  seeing  Him  nearer,  whom  always  I  set. 

Then,tlienIshallkuow  the  full  beauty  and  grace 
Of  Jesus,  my  Lord;  when  1  stand  face  to  face, 
I  shall  know  how  His  love  went  before  me  each 

day, 
And  wondorijig' that  ever  inj'  eyes  turned  away. 
Selected  by  Katik  S.  Harley. 


FOR  THE    CHILDREN. 

DearChil'lmi.— 

I  WANT  you  to  get  your  Testaments  and  turn 
to  the  sixth  chapter  of  Kphesians,  and  read 
the  fii-st,  second  and  third  verses;  also  read  the 
twentieth  verse  of  the  thii-d  chapter  of  Oolossi- 
ans.  Be  sure  and  read,  for  you  will  find  some- 
thing good  in  these  verses;  something  about 
yourselves;  something  I  hope  you  all  obey;  but 
to  decide  I'nr  yourselves  I  want  you  to  ask  your- 
selves, individually,  this  question:  Do  I  obey 
this  Scripture?  Do  I  do  as  it  teaches  me?  If 
I  do  not,  am  I  not  doing  wrong? 

I  want  vou  to  think  well  and  be  sure  and  no- 
tice particularly  the  words  "  alt  Ihinijs"  found  in 
the  last  verse  you  have  read. 

Uncle  John, 

Linoltit'illr,  Lid. 


TRAINING    CHILDREN. 

IT  must  be  evident  to  every  observing  mind, 
that'in  the  training  of  children  there  is  a 
sad  failure.  Think  of  the  confusion  in  school, 
society  and  chui'ch.  Even  when  Christians  are 
engaged  it^  the  solemn  worship  of  God,  reckless 
hoys  and  girls  disturb  the  harmony  of  the  ser- 
vices by  talking  and  laughing.  Think  of  the 
ruinous  life  so  many  men  and  women  are  living 
— drunken,  ignorant,  profane,  obscene,  adulter- 
ous and  loathsome,  glorj'ing  in  crimson  sin. 
Oh,  look  upon  the  thousands  of  degenerated 
homes,  the  penniless  and  distressed  ividoivs  imd 
orphans!  Hang  the  tine  of  imagination  upon 
the  glittering  star  of  God's  universal  empire, 
and  between  each  supporting  star  suspend  the 
crimes  committed  and  lo!  there  is  not  room  for 
all!  Oh  that  we  might  awake  to  the  importance 
of  our  subject! 

"  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go." 
"  Bring  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord."  How  plain,  how  pointed  the  lan- 
guage! Who  obej's?  When,  how  often  and 
where  is  it  done?  Train — cultivate,  discipline, 
educate,  refine,  tench,  exercise  the  child.  Do! 
It  takes  pains,  patieiice,  intelligence,  persever- 
ance, determination  and  the  assistance  of  the 
Lord,  hut  with  the  motto  "  By  the  grace  of  God 
I  icill "  you  are  sure  of  success.  Train,  act,  stir, 
move,  strive,  pump  and  pour — do  something! 
Why  bo  idle?  Idleness  is  the  mother  of  vice. 
Once  more,  look  at  the  myriads  pressing  forward 
on  the  way  to  ruin— -everlasting  misery  and  woe, 
and  the  few  who  are  striving  for  the  realms  of 
bliss ! 

But  what  are  children  to  be  trained  for? 
Different  courses  of  training  are  pursued  for 
different  objects.  Soldiers  are  trained  to  kill; 
physicians,  to  heal;  lawyers,  to  argue;  teachers, 
to  instruct;  mechanics,  to  construct;  Christians 
to  serve  God,  Of  these  callings  the  one,  para- 
mount to  all  others,  is  the  lost  nmned — to  serve 
God,  and  whoever  fails  in  training  his  children 
to  serve  God,  commits  one  of  the  grossest  sins  of 
which  I  can  conceive.  What  constitutes  train- 
ing for  the  ser^'ice  of  God?  It  is  to  train  the 
child  to  do  whatever  God  commands  us  to  do. 
Children  are  to  be  brought  "  up  in  the  iiurlure 
and  tidmoniHon  of  the  Lord,"    Here  is  where 


many  of  us  seem  to  be  strangely  inconsistent. 
We  talk  of  the  pride  and  selfishness  of  some  of 
our  brethren  with  very  little  charity.  If  we 
understood  what  their  training  had  been  we 
wonld  very  often  discover  that  it  is  just  such  as 
we  are  giving  our  children,  and  what  these 
brethren  and  sisters  are,  we  may  be  assured  our 
children  icill  be.  Take,  for  instance,  the  subject 
of  di'ess.  The  church  requires  its  members  to 
conform  to  the  order  of  the  Brethren  which  is 
in  non-conformity  to  the  wojld.  If  it  is  wrong 
for  us  to  conform  to  the  world  in  dre-iss  it  is  also 
wrong  for  us  to  conform  our  children  to  the 
world  in  dress.  Now,  how  many  of  us  are 
guiltless  ?  "  But,"  pei-sista  one,  "  is  it  a  fact  that 
what  is  wrong  for  you  to  do,  would  be  wrong 
for  your  child  to  do?  "  That  misrepresents  the 
point  at  issue.  The  child  does  nothitiy — it  mere- 
ly receives  the  act,  it  ia  the  parent  who  does  the 
harm.  The  child  is  to  be  trained  for  the  service 
of  God,  to  be  a  Christian  like  you,  so  it  is  cer- 
tainly very  plain  that  you  would  not  be  training 
it  to  »(i«-conforinity  when  you  arc  rojiforming 
it.  But  this  is  only  one  of  the  things  which 
distinguishes  the  child  of  God  from  tlie  son  of 
perdition,  and  what  is  true  of  this  one,  is  true  of 
all.  Children  should  he  taught  the  Scriptures, 
I  presume  no  one  will  deny  that,  but  hoiv  as- 
tonishingly little  of  it  is  done. 

Poreiits  can  train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he 
should  go  if  they  will,  and  "when  lie  is  old'he 
will  not  depart  from  it,"  but  when,  if  ever,  will 
it  be  done.    Wo  can  all  see  a 

PROPRIETY  IN  THIS  LA^\". 

The  cliiireh  is  composed  of  men  and  women  who 
were  once  children.  So  the  children  now  will 
be  the  church  in  the  near  future,  and  according 
as  the  children  aie  trained  so  will  the  church  he. 
Elders  say  a  great  deid  to  the  present  membei-s 
about  preserving  the  purity  and  integrity  of  the 
church.  But  all  effort  will  avail  nothing  so 
long  as  it  is  directed  to  the  mere  blossoms  of  the 
evil,  the  root  lies  buried  deep  iowa  in  early 
home  training.  If  we  desire  to  reform  or  leave 
a  church  where  the  complete  law  of  God  will 
be  obeyed  we  must  train  the  children  right; 
without  this,  it  will  only  be  continually-  worse 
and  worse.    The 

ONLY  llOl'E  OF  THE  OHURPH 

is  in  the  children;  for  if  there  were  no  children 
thei-e  would  soon  be  no  church,  as  those  of  us 
now  living  will  soon  be  dead  and  gone  and  none 
would  he  here  to  take  our  place.  Therefore, 
white  we  are  pondering  the  questions  of  church, 
let  us  ever  remember  that  its  very  existence  de- 
pends upon  the  children, 

I  was  very  seriously  impressed  not  long  ago, 
by  a  convei-sation  between  two  men  raised  in 
Ohio,  knowing  each  other  well  when  thei'e,  but 
had  not  seen  each  other  for  about  twenty-five 
jears.  When  they  discovered,  they  had  once 
been  boys  together,  they  talked  over  the  affairs 
of  theirold  neighborhood.  Among  other  things 
was  a  family  of  which  tlie  parents  wore  quite 
zealous  Christians.  But  when  the  parents  went 
to  church  they 

LEFT  THEIR  CHILDREX  AT  llOUt. 

When  the  parents  had  gone,  the  children  would 

plan  something  to  do.  Children  must  be  busy. 
They  would  hunt  and  fish,  build  swings,  play- 
houses, set  traps,  play  ball,  chesd,  cards,  run 
horses  and  so  forth.  The  end  of  this  family  is 
briefly  this: 

THE  BOYS  ALL  KAK  AWAY  FROM  HOUE. 

One  worked  on  a  steamboat,  and  was  killed  at 
St.  Louis  by  im  explosion  of  tlie  boiler.  Anoth- 
er was  captured  by  the  Indians  on  the  plains, 
and  murdered,  eadli  one 

MEETINO  A  UOURIBLE  DEATH. 

And,  as  would  he  expected,  the  parents  died  of 
grief. 

We  now  reach  the  point  of  the  mraiis  to  be 
used  in  training  cliildren.  On  this  duty  as  well 
as  most  others,  people  are  not  ignorant  of  what 
they  ought  to  do,  but 

TOEV  LACK  THE  SNAP 

to  do  it.  Children  arc  told,  in  mauy  instances, 
what  they  should  do,  but  the  parents  do  not  see 
tliat  the  children  do  it.  The  father  or  mother's 
affection  for  the  darling  child  is  seldom  govern- 
ed by  good  judgment  The  child's  highest  in- 
terests are  surrendered  by  the  too  indulgent 
parent  in  yielding  to  the  little  one's  childish 
whims  and  fancies.  S.  J.  Hariiison. 


If  one  should  give  me  a  dish  of  sand,  and 
tell  me  there  were  particles  of  iron  in  it,  I  might 
feel  for  them  with  the  finger  in  vain.  But  let 
me  take  a  magnet  and  #weep  through  it,  and 
aow  would  that  draw  to  itself  the  most  invisible 
particles  by  the  mere  power  of  attraction !  The 
unthankful  heart,  like  my  finger  in  the  sand, 
discovers  no  mercies.  But  let  the  thankful 
heart  sweep  through  the  day,  and  as  the  mag- 
not  finds  the  iron,  so  it  will  find,  in  every  hour, 
some  heavenly  blessings — opiy  the  iron  of  God's 
sand  is  gold. — Holmes. 


CEILDREJ^  AT    WORK. 


From  Charlie  E.  Barkdoll.  —  I  am  quite 

young  vet,  but  I  like  to  go  to  school.  We  live 
nine  miles  from  the  menting-house.  We  Imvo 
Sunday-school  in  Summer,  but  it  is  so  lor  that 
we  have  to  start  very  early  in  the  morning  to 
get  there  in  time.  On  the  firet  ticket  receiv- 
ed were  these  words;  "Then  spake  Jesus  unto 
them,  saying.  I  am  the  light  of  the  world:  ho 
that  foUoweth  me  shall  not  walk  in  darkness, 
but  shall  havc'tho  light  of  life."— THj-ncr,  ///. 

Fi'om  Harriet  E.  Springer.— I  have  agood, 
kind  father  and  mother.  Many  brethren  live  in 
this  part  of  the  country;  and  I.ist  Winter  quite 
a  number  of  ministers  camo  through  here  and 
preached  Jesus  to  us.  Many  'turned  to  servo 
the  Lord,  and  among  them  was  the  writer  whom 
Jesus  loves.  I  hope  this  will  be  good  news  to 
all  the  boys  and  girls.  Remember  your  Creator 
in  the  days  of  your  youth. — Cumberland  Co.,  Pa. 

From  HiUiiiali  A.  Wampler.— Nearly  ev- 
ery evening  we  all  read  in  the  Testament,    My 

father,  jni'ther  and  oldest  sister  are  members  oF 
the  church.  In  the  ISth  of  Luke  we  read  that 
Jesus  said,  "  Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto 
me,  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  king- 
dom of  heaven:"  so  we  see  that  if  we  are  good 
children,  God  will  always  love  us.— i>/  Plaiti,  III. 

From  David  D.  Bceliuaii.  —  Father  is  a 

member  of  the  church.  1  like  to  go  to  meeting 
with  him.  I  sometimes  go  to  the  Moliler  meet- 
ing-bouse to  meeting:  also  to  Baker's,  to  Shep- 
herdstown  and  to  Boiling  Springs.  I  heard 
S.  H.  Bashor  preach  at  Boiling  Spriugs  liLst 
Winter.  I  like  his  preaching,  and  hope  it  will 
do  us  all  good, — Dillshmg,  Pa. 

From  Lizzie  HoLsingoi-.- 1  had  a  notion  to 

tell  you  that  I  think  very  much  of  this  paper, 

I  went  to  M Sunday-school  and  to  their 

meetings,  but  I  found  that  nil  the  commands 
of  God  were  not  taught  there.  God  says,  "  For 
if  any  be  a  hearer  of  tho  word  and  not  a  doer, 
he  is  like  unto  a  man  beholding  his  natur&l  face 
in  a  glass," — Cnrleton,  Neb. 

.From  Carrie  B.  Gihson.- 1  am  so  glad  you 
left  a  little  comer  for  us  little  folks,  I  have 
read  Matthew,  Mark  and  part  of  Luke.  I  want 
to  belong  to  the  church  when  I  get  old  enough, 
so  that  I  can  go  to  heaven  as  on  obedient  child 
of  God.  I  want  to  meet  you  all  in  heaven.  0 
I  like  to  read  the  ^'  Home  Circle ! "  It  makes  us 
very  glad  every  week. 

From  Lanra  Kahricli.— I  have  three  sistere 
and  I  had  a  charming  littlebrolher,  hut  heis  no 
more  here,     I  also  had  a  kind  father,  but  he  is 

gone  too;  so  my  little  friends  who  have  fathers, 
when  you  read  this  just  think  of  me  for  a  mo- 
ment. I  once  had  a  father  and  good  little  broth- 
er, and  soon,  perhaps,  some  of  your  dear  friends 
may  go  the  same  way,  1  pity  all  who  are  thus 
bereft;  but  I  hope  to. meet  those  dear  ones  in 
heaven,  never  more  to  be  separated.  Myinoth- 
er  and  two  sisters  belonji  to  the  church,  and  I 
intend  to,  as  soon  as  I  am  a  little  older. — PUjm- 
oulh,  Ind. 

From  Sarali  J.  Harnish.— I  was  baptised 
last  Fall.  I.  enjoy  myself  much  better  than 
when  I  was  away  from  God.  I  try  to  dress 
plainly,  and  obey  God  in  all  things.  It  is  good 
to  follow  the  meek  and  lowly  Savior.  I  often 
think  of  what  He  has  done  for  all  of  us.  He 
wa.s  nailed  to  the  cross  that  ws  might  live.  I 
thank  Him  that  He  has  kept  me  thus  far;  per- 
haps I  may  not  live  to  see  the  end  of  this  year, 
I  am  so  happy  since  the  Savior  called  me;  and 
now  if  I  am  faithful  I  can  meet  Him  in  Ihe^ 
promised  land. — Tai/loriHlc,  III. 

Fi'om  Emma  J.  Garber. — For  two  years  I 
have  been  trying  to  walk  as  Jesus  teaches,  and 
in  that  time  T  have  found  more  real  pleasure- 
than  I  ever  did  before.  I  am  glad  that  so  many 
are  coming  out  from  the  world,  for  the  Bible 
teaches  us,  to  not  be  conformed  to  this  world, 
but  be  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  our 
minds  so  that  we  may  prove  what  is  that  good 
and  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God.  My 
father  and  mother  are  very  kind  to  me.     All  of 


From  Ilia  C.  Berkeybiie.- This  evening 
finds  me  blessed  of  the  Lord,  for  which  I  feel 
thankful  to  God  who  is  the  Giver  of  all  good. 
I  wish  you  editors  God's  blessings,  so  that  the 
paper  may  always  contain  good  and  wholesome 
matter  for  us  all.  May  the  Lord  still  enable 
you  to  send  out  more  and  more  sound  words  so 
that  man)'  hearts  may  be  made  glad.  Though 
only  tliirteen,  I  have  come  out  from  the  world, 
and  am  trying  to  serve  the  Lord.  I  see  so 
many  calls  for  the  paper,  so  I  send  a  mite  for 
the  poor  fund. — Delta,  Ohio. 


May    30. 


TKE   3RETHRE:N'    AT   "W^OKKL 


Brotherly  Love  and  Kindness. 

OUR  blessed  Roat;emcr,  before  Hg  departed 
from  the  world  and  ascended  to  mansions 
1)11  bigli,  gave  His  followers  il  new  eommnnd- 
nient;  and  it  was  one  that  He  wwlied  them  to 
remember,  from  the  fact  that  lie  called  it,  "  The 
New  Commandment." 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  have  you  ever  con- 
sidered how  nmcii  is  embodied  in  these  few 
wfirdg,  nttered  by  our  Lord  and  Master,  possibly 
with  the  same  tenderness  that  we  would  plead 
with  our  children  to  love  and  be  kind  to  each 
other?  "A  new  commandment  I  give  nuto 
yon,  that  you  love  one  another."  And  to  give 
it  more  force.  He  says,  "  As  I  hiive  loved  you." 
Then  again,  "Greater  love  has  no  man, 
than  this,  that  a  man  lay  down  liis  lifo  for 
his  friends."  "  Ye  are  my  friends,  if  ye  do 
whatsoever  I  command  you." 

Here  we  see  the  command  given  and  the  re- 
ward is  shown  if  wc  obey.  The  ijuestion  arises. 
Are  we  living  in  daily  obedience  to  this  com- 
mand? If  we  are  not,  of  course  we  are  not  the 
friends  of  Jesus.  The  dreadfnl  thought  that 
we  are  not  his  friends,  professing  to  be  His  fol- 
lowers and  yet  living  in  open  disobedience!  Je- 
sus says,  "  If  ye  love  me,  ye  will  kceii  my  com- 
mandment, and  my  Father  will  love  yon."  — 
Can  any  pei-sou  wrap  himself  up  in  a  cloak  of 
selfishness,  professing'  to  love  Jesus,  and  yet 
showno  kindness  to  their  brethren?  Absurd 
incoUMBtency! 

Love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  Law.  "  He  that 
says,  he  loves  God,  and  loves  not  his  brother, 
how  dwells  the  love  of  God  in  him?"  Broth- 
erly I'Jve  must  exist,  or  our  religion  is  yarn.  — 
One  will  nak,  "  In  what  way  must  we  love  our 
brethren?"  The  answer  is,  from  the  heart; 
we  must  sympathize  mth  nil  in  tlieireartlily  tri- 
als. Their  sorrows  must  be  our  sorrows. — 
Mouru  \vith  those  that  mourn,  weep  with  those 
that  weep,  rejoice  with  those  that  rejoice  and 
in  every  way  add  to  their  earthly  comfort  as 
■well  OS  spiritual  welfare.  This  is  the  most  im- 
portant part  of  our  earthly  pilgruuage;  to  be 
■constantly  engaged  in  doing  good  to  mankind 
is  the  purpose  of  life,  more  especially  in  the 
household  of  faith.  When  we  consider,  how 
little  we  really  need  oui"selve3  in  our  pnssage 
through  this  lowly  vale  of  teai-s,  could  not  the 
weakest  and  poorest  do  mueli  for  the  cause  of 
Christ?  If  we  have  nothing  else  to  give,  can 
we  not  give  kind  and  loving  words  and  thus 
add  greatly  to  the  happiness  of  those,  by  whom 
we  are  surrounded,  and  with  whom  we  come  in 
daily  contact? 

Out  of  a  true  and  loving  heart,  horn  of 
■Christ,  can  always  proceed  something  goo^i. 
something  to  cheer  the  despondent,  oncourag' 
those  who  have  many  (emi)tations  to  resist.  A 
few  woi-ds  in  such  cases  will  sometimes  have  ■> 
wonderful  effect,  elevate  and  strengthen  a  poor, 
]i cart-stricken  one  hej-ond  the  tempter's  power, 
and  give  him  new  impulse  to  fight  the  good 
fight.  Yes,  we  should  bear  one  another's  bur- 
den and  thus  fulhtl  tiie  law  of  Christ.  Never 
be  afraid  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  anything 
that  is  worthy,  and  though  it  may  not  be  ap- 
precialed,  thai  should  make  no  difference,  for 
the  reward  will  be  so  much  the  greater  herc- 
:i!tur.  CnAULorTE  T.  Bond. 


The    Worth   of   a    Paper. 

FOR  a  whole  year  li  man  of  more  than  ordi- 
naiy  intelligence  and  penetration,  with  the 
iiid  of  able  assistants,  devotes  his  time  and 
strength  to  the  work  of  gathering  together  in- 
teresting and  proRtable  information.  He'  ex- 
plores his  own  library  of  many  volumes,  select- 
ed with  special  reference  to  his  work,  He  care- 
fully elaborates  his  own  choicest  thoughts.  He 
reads  thousands  and  thousands  of  valuable  pa- 
pei-s  and  periodicals,  which  conic  to  him  by 
bushels  from  distant  cities  and  cnuiiLvles,  mark- 
ing and  cutting  out  eviiA  :iil.ii-lr  iiiid  item  of 
interest  which  meets  h:  -\..  Ili  i  ill.  to  bis 
aid  the  ablest  writers  ln' i  Mn  i  .iiiiiiiiiurl,  and 
paj's  tliem  liberally  for.tiieir  best  . iiroducLions, 
He  keeps  his  eyea'Opeo  continually  for  inlorma- 
tiou  from  whatever  source. 

Every  bopk  that,  falls  beneath  his  notice  is 
scanned;  every  piece  of  priuk-d'  paper  is  hcruthi- 
ized;  every  old  scrap  or  sci'ap-)K>ok  that  con- 
tains anything  of  special  valuf,  is  bfti-rowed, 
begged  or  copied: 'ScOTtS  cf'bTiOks  are"  bought 
that  asingle  ifageLlnuyhe  eitntalclifiom  them. 
Heaps  of  itidilVerent  materia!  are  selected,  read, 
winnowed  out,  ami  tumbled  Jwtu  tliowaste  bas- 
ket or  the  fire: ;  "   t  ' 

Articles  from  his  own  pen,  on  which  thno 
and  labor  have  been  spent,  are  laid  iwide  it'  not 
quite  up  to  the  murk.  Prosy  communications 
of  kind  Iriends  are  knndlj'  received,  carefully 
read  and  regretfullj'  r^ect^jd,  as  not  tlie  best 
that  can  be  obhuneilj — and  then,  ontof  all  these 


stores  of  material,  the  very  choicest  articles,  se- 
lected, read,  re-read,  put  in  type,  made  up  into 
pages,  sometimes  illustrated  with  great  labor, 
care  and  cost;  and  then  paper  is  purchased, 
printing  is  done,  subscription  lists  are  kept,  pa- 
pers are  folded  and  mailed,  postage  is  prepaid, 
and  the  result  and  benefit  of  all  this  labor  is 
sent  to  your  door,  and  laid  down  bright,  fresh 
imd  clean  upon  your  table,  for  a  mere  trifle, —  a 
dollar  or  two  a  year,  not  the  tenth  of  the  cost 
perhaps  of  a  single  article,  which  can  be  ob- 
tained in  no  other  foi'm,  and  which  in  itself  is 
worth  more  than  the  whole  price  of  the  sub- 
scription. 

Is  not  such  a  paper  worth  the  price?  Sure- 
ly MO  competent  man  could  devote  a  year  to 
such  resaarehes,  without  gathering  together  in- 
formation and  instriictiou  which  must  be  worth 
its  price  to  any  intelligent  person. 

And  yet  people  begrudge  the  dollar  they  pay 
for  a  pai)er.  They  wast*  the  money  on  trifles, 
consume  it  on  appetites,  squander  it  in  luxur- 
ies, and  lose  it  in  speculations,  and  then  starve 
their  minds  for  lack  of  the  knowledge  which  is 
so  cheaply  brought  to  their  hand.  Too  busy, 
or  too  idle  to  study  themselves,  lacking  means 
and  opportunities  for  pei-sonal  investigations, 
they  are  unwilling  to  pay  a  few  pence  that  each 
member  of  their  family  may  possess  themselves 
of  a  mass  of  information  nowhere  else  to  he 
found,  and  which  careful  and  intelligent  stu- 
dents labor  continually  to  prepme  and  present 
to  their  minds.  Surely  the  work  of  the  con- 
scientious and  diligeut  editor  should  be  nppre- 
ciatiid  by  every  intelligent  mna,  and  papers, 
when  carefully  mid  thoroughly  edited,  should 
have  the  widest  possilile  circulation. — Selected. 

Luther    on    Feet-Washing. 

[From  11.5  Cluircli  A.lvocnlc.l 

I  HEREWITH  furnish  a  copy  of  a  comment 
of  Martin  Luther's  on  Feel^washing,  that 
I  do  not  remember  to  have  seen  before  in  print. 
It  is  copied  from  an  old  German  Bible  of  mon- 
strous sine,  brought  from  Germany.  The  book 
claims  to  be  300  yeara  old.  It  is  full  of  plates 
of  all  the  scones  in  the  Bible,  among  the  rest 
one  on  Peet-washing,  where  Christ  is  washing 
the  disciples's  feet. 

We  herewith  have  the  precept  and  example 
ol  Christ,  that  he  through  his  love  and  humili- 
ty hath  given  us,  that  we  should  follow  with 
the  highest  zeal,  not  only  in  word  and  will,  but 
should  also  obey  what  He  hath  commanded,  so 
we  shall  be  saved  as  He  hath  promised. 

Geo.  Gahxer. 


j!L]sr3sroTJ  JsrcE  ments. 


Notice)  of '  I-ovc-fcnils,    Oisiricl   Mccfinga,   cic.,  sbould 

be  hrior,  »nd  wrillcn  on  paper  Ecpanilc 

f^^oiu   oilier   busiucsa. 


LOVE-FEASTS. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congrcgatiou,  KosciuSeo  Co., 
Ind.,  June  6tb,  1S75. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day, Juno  5lh,  1S7S,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind,,  June  4, 
1S73,  commencing  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewistown,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  aud  Sunday  of  June  next. 

At  Milledgeville,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  June  6th,  at 
10  o'clock. 

Clear  River  district,  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Ind., 
June  18th. 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Cedar  Lake  congregation,  in  Northern  Indiaua, 
two  miles  South-east  of  Corunna,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
Thui-sdny,  June  fltb,  1878,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerro  Gordo  church,  Macon  Co.,  111.,  June  5th, 
at  2  o'clock, 

I     Smith  Fork  church,  .Clinton   O).,   Mo.,  June 
Stii,  at  2  o'clock. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co,,  Ohio,  June 
JSlii,  alio  o'clock. 
Mojiticello  oliurch,  Wiiile  Co,,  Ind.,  June  Sth 
at  lOo'elcck. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  June  Gtb  aud  7th. 
'     MiddlcFork,  CliutouCo.,,Iiid.,  June  Sth  at  2 
o'clock. 

Grundy  church,  Grundv  Co.,  Iowa,  July  6th 
and  1th.  at  1  o'clock,  P.  U. 

West  Niniishillen  church,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  the 
6tb  6f  June, 

Sandy  church,  Columbiana  Co.,  Oh'io,  June 
15th  at  5  o'clock  P.  M, 

Rurr'O^V  -iciio),,  .T-nvll  Co.,  Kansas,  June 
■loihumi  |i>''  ■  ■    .  ...I....'- 


Beaver  Dam. congregation,  Kosctusco  Co,,  Iiid., 
Jaofi  (jth. 


Chippewa  congregaliou,  two  miles  North  of 
Smithvllle  Station,  Ohio.  June  4th  al  3  P.  M. 

Eel  River  district,  5  miles  North'of  Manchest- 
er, nill  have  meetings  only  June  Sth  and  'Jth. 

Cedar  Creek  church,  Anderson  Co.,  Kan,,  June 
13th  and  14tb,  at  2  P.  M. 

Macoupia  Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  III., 
May  2Stb. 

PineCreek,  OgleCo.,  ni.,.Juae  5th  aud  tilh 
at  10  A.  M. 

Brooklyn  congregation,  three  and  a  half  miles 
North-east  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  June  Sth  aud  0th 
at  10  A.  M. 

Maple  River  Junction,  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa,  June 
15th  and  16. 

We,  the  Brethren  of  Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  will  hold 
a  Love-feast  on  the  13tb  and  Hlh  of  June,  to 
which  all  are  invited.  J,  C.  Mili-er. 

The  Communion  in  the  Fair  View  congrega- 
tion will  be  held,  the  Lord  willing  on  the  6Lh  of 
June,  comnieucing  at  2  P.  M.    Tliose  coming  by 
rail  will  be  met  at  Lafayette,  Ind.,  June  Sth. 
G.  W.  Ciui'E. 

DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  churcli, 
Hancock  Co,,  Ohio,  June  1st. 


Railroad  Arrangements. 

The  Brethren  going  to  j\j]Dual  Meeting  at 
North  Manchester,  Indiana,  are  hereby  informed 
that  I  have  made  arrangements  on  the  Pittsburg, 
Ft.  Wayne,  &  Chicago  R.  E.,  to  gtt  excursiou 

rates.  Tliose  wishing  to  avail  themselves  of  this 
privilege,  should  seud  to  nie  at  Lima  for  orders, 
No  tickets  can  be  had  without  au  order ;  cost  of 
orders  5  Cents  each  ;  good  from  June  1st  to  20th, 
Daniel  Brower. 


DIED. 


EPARD.— On  Oct.  10,  1877,  a  ftern  lingering  ill- 
ness, Bro.  Samuel  Epard,  aged  Go  years,   8 
months  and  25  days. 
EPARD.— On  the  ISth  of  March,  1878,  the 
husband  of   the  above,    aged  69  years,    3 
months  and  24  days. 
Samuel  Epard  was  married  to  Mary  Stoup 
June  11th,  1829.    They  moved  from  Clark  Co., 
Ohio    to    Tipton    Co.,    Ind.,    some    eighteen 
years  ago,   when  they  did  not  know  of  any 
brethren   near,  and  did   not  get  to  hear  the 
brethren  preach  for  about  fourteen  years.     For 
throe  years  the   Brethren  have   been  holding 
meetings  occasionally  in  that  neighborhood  and 
have  baptized  several.      We  found   these  old 
members  strong  in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel,  and 
there  was  a  very  large  concourse  of  people   as- 
sembled, when   the  funeral  occasion   was  im- 
proved from  Rev.  14: 12,  13,  by  the   undersign- 
ed, assisted  by  Bro.  Daniel  Bock. 

HiEL  Hamilton. 
(P.  a,  please  copij.) 

HARTON.  —  In  the  Long  Branch  congrega- 
tion, Harrison  Co.,  Mo.,  April26th,  Catharine 
M.  Harton,  aged  22  years,  1  month  and  19 
days.  W.  B.  Sell. 

LIN  DOWER.— Near  Carey.  Wyandot  Co.,  0., 
April  Sth,  187S,  Clara  M.  Lindower,  daughter 
of  G.  W.  and  E.  Lindower,  aged  2  ycar^,  1 
month  and  14  days.  Funeral  preached  from 
2  Kings  4:  26.  S.  W.  Lixpower. 


CO  RRESPO  isr  DEisrcE. 


From    Enoch    Eby. 
Ikw  BiTlhren:— 

T  NOTICE  in  the  P.  C.  No.  19,  that  my  senii- 
JL  ments  im'elation  to  nnifcing  the  Church 
Extension  .Union  and  the  Danish  Mission  are 
to  some  extent  misrepresented,  and  jls  J  feel 
confident  that  if)  was  not  done  intention- 
ally, but  merely  the  result,  pf  a,  uiiaunderstand- 
ing,  I  therefore  feel  fr^e  to  correct  it  if  ..per- 
mitted. 

I  said  t  Wi^s  alivays  in  favor  of  a  combined 
eflort  in  spreiwling  the  Gospel,  hence  made  an 
etfort  to  get  the  Danish  Mission  into  the  liands 
of  the  Annual-  Conferencb;  If  this  Annual' 
Conference  accepts  the 'plan  adopted  by  the 
Church  Extfeiision  Union,  (as  itsurely  will,  if 
it  is  the  best  method  of  spreading  the  Gospel 
audretaiiiing  purity'in  the  chnrch)  I  have  no 
doubtbufSrhnt  the  Oburrli  Extension  Union 
and  the  Danish  MiJ^ion  will  bo  united;  and'  I 
^^O-Amen.  _         ■ 

But  to  unite  the'  Danish  Mission  and  the 
Church  Extension-  Union,  independent  of  the 
Annual  Meeting,  is  and  idway^  hasl^eeAforeigm 
to  my  sentiments,  and  even  if  I  were  'favoi-able, 
I  cani^ofcsee,  how  it  could  he  done;  for  the  dis- 


trict of  church  in  Denmark  as  legally  belongs 
to  the  general  brotherhood  as  any  legally  or- 
ganixeJ  church  in  America;  it  wishes  aud  ex- 
pects to  be  subject  to  our  Annual  Conference, 
and  to  he  cared  for  by  it,  as  all  other  branches 
of  the  church.  ExocH  Eby. 

Lrmi,  III. 


Notes    From    Pennsylvania. 

Dnir  Jinthm.— 

WE  belong  to  tlie  Snake  Spring  Valley 
Church,  Bedford  Co.,  though  we  are  sep- 
arated twenty-five  or  thirty  miles  from  the 
main  body  of  the  congregation.  We  hold  meet- 
ings ourselves  as  best  we  can.  Get  an  occasion- 
al visit  from  tlie  lirethi-en.  Some,  seemingly 
are  near  the  kingdom;  hope  and  pray  they  may 
be,  before  long,  not  only  almost,  but  altogether 
within  the  fold. 

\A'e  are  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  the  differ- 
i;nt  po|iiihir  denominations,  and  many  who 
make  no  prolcs^iou  at  all;  hence  we  do  not 
want  for  opportunity  to  work  in  the  cause  of 
the  Master.  While  we  have  [denty  of  work  at 
home,  yet  we  feel  to  encouratre  every  h»vfnl  ef- 
fort put  forth  for  the  advancement  of  the  Re- 
deemer's kingdom.  Brethren,  lot  all  ourefforts 
lie  lawful  and  made  with  proper  motives. 

Joiis  Benxetx. 

Elbhisiillf.  Pa. 


From    Plymouth,    Indiana. 

Dcor  Bivthven: — 

AS  I  conld  not  go  to  meeting  to-d.iy,  being 
about  sis  miles  from  the  place  of  the 
meeting,  and  it  being  rainy,  I  thought  I  would 
nevertheless  improve  the  time  to  the  best  ad- 
vantage. 

Just  now  I  mil  thinking  of  the  many  dear 
members  in  the  United  States,  and  in  traveline 
among  them,  we  find  them  to  be  very  kind,  hut 
if  we  ask  for  the  Brethren's  periodicals  which. 
we  love  to  read  so  well,  we  find  not  as  many  as 
we  would  like  to  see.  I  do  think  that  every 
family  should  take  at  least  one  of  the  papers  so 
as  to  read  a  few  good  sermons  at  home,  if  we 
are  deprived  of  going  to  meeting. 

Some  say,  "  I  do  not  take  the  periodicals,  and 
if  I  do  not  go  to  meeting,  I  can  read  my  Bible 
at  home."  0,  dear  membei-s,  this  we  can  do 
and  should  do,  and,  wcJiope,  all  will  do,  even 
if  wo  go-to  meeting  every  Sabbath,  and  if  it  is 
not  right  to  read  a  written  sermon  founded  up- 
on the  Bible,  why  go  to  meeting  to  hear  a 
brother  preach?  A  written  sermon  is.  if  any- 
thing, more  profitable  in  a  family  than  one 
spoken  in  public,  as  we  can  road  and  peruse  it 
as  often  as  we  wish,  and  dear  members,  our 
children  can  read  them.  It  would  also  do  the 
neighbors  a  great  deal  of  good  to  read  our  pa- 
pers, as  the  doctrine  contained  therein,  is  well 
calculated  to  enlighten  the  mind. 

A  few  weeks  ago   I   sent  with  one  of   my   ■ 

neighbors  lor  my  mail,  and  he  got  the and 

read  it.  He  told  me  that  it  was  a  verj'  good  pit- 
jier,  aud  his  wife  said,  "  Yes,  I  read  it,  and  there 
are  good  sei'inons  in  it;  I  wish  you  would  take 
it."  I  tried  to  get  him  to  subscribe  for  one  of 
our  papei-3,  hut  he  thought  he  could  not  at  that 
time. 

Dear  Brethren,  if  we  would  take  the  papers 
more  generally,  the  price  for  them  could  be  re- 
duced so  much,  that  even  the  poorest  could  af- 
ford to  take  the  paper.  We  could  then  supply 
cvei->'  poor  member  with  the  paper,  even  if  they 
were  too  poor  to  paj'  for  it  theniBelvcs.  If  we 
would  give  to  the  Lord  or  for  the  good  of  aouls 
only  one  penny  out  of  one  hundred  dollars,  we 
would  have  money  enough,  to  send  brethren  to 
preach  the  Gospel  to  t-very  nfltion  under  heav- 
en, and  if  we  would  deny  oureelves  of  all  that 
is  injurious  to  us,  snoh  things  that  we  do  not 
actually  need,  —  wo  could  save  much  more,  to 
give  to  a  better  purpose.  We  would  have  mon- 
ey enough  in  our  treasuries,  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  all  missionary  enterprises  throughout 
the  brotherhood. 

Dear  members,  I  do  hope  our  eyes  will  soou 
open  to  our  highest  jnljcrcst,  that;  wo  may  have 

iii'MT ■' 1 II  l'.'^ -iiiil.-;    than    fur  luiything  qq 

c.iiii'  ^'  '■■  ■  Il  :ill  our  dear  brethren  and 
•!-•!■  .  -'  '  !■:■  .,  !'i>]iiiig  that  we  will  meet  at 
jioim-,  Ml  jiiiii  III)  ijiore  forever! 

JohnKnislet, 


GuidjCS. 

He  who  is  false  to  preaent  duty  breaks  a 
thread  in  the  loom  and  will  see  the  defect  when 
the  weaving  of  a  life-time  is  luirollcd. 

He  who  freely  praises  what  he  means  to  pui> 
chase,  and,  he  who  (.iiumeratcsi  the  faults  of 
what  he  ineau.s  to  sell,  may  set  ui>  a  partner- 
■liip  with  hoUesty.  i, 


THE    BRETI-IRE^<r    ^T    AVOKlv. 


May    30. 


ar-Ei^isriisras. 


From  Jacob  H.  Erh.— I  sec  a.  request  in  last 

■week'a  nunibcr,  that  some  one  would  like  to  know 
where  the  Uivcr  Brethren  alarlcil.  I  was  born 
anJ  rniscd  right  where  thej-  etiirteJ.  bo  I  know  the 
very  place,  sod  lliot  is  in  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  be- 
tween Maytowu  and  Bainbridge,  near  the  SuEf|iic- 
hanua  River,  in  which  they  firot  baptized  ;  and 
hence  they  received  the  name  of  River  Brethrep. 
Tlie  names  of  the  foundere  of  the  church  are 
John  and  Jncob  Eugle. 
Lone  Tree.  la. 

From  Bnldwin,  lowii.  —  Since  our  lost  re- 
port, nine  precious  souls  have  united  with  the 
church,  and  were  joyfully  received  according  to 
the  commission  of  Christ.  Six  more  have  appli- 
ed to  he  received  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  May 
God  bless  them  and  grant  His  holy  Spiri^  to  guide 
them  into  nil  Truth,  that  they  may  all  bo  faithful 
until  death  is  my  prayer.  P.  Heii.. 

From  Potit,  lud.  ~  As  an  item  of  church- 
news  I  would  say,  that  Elder  Jacob  Waggoner  oi 
Illinois  and  myself,  held  a  series  of  meetings  at 
Pyrmont.  Continued  nine  days  and  baptized 
fourteen,  and  one  since,  llail  bad,  rainy  weather 
about  all  the  time;  yet  tho  congregations  were 
good,  and  the  best  of  order  prevailed  during  the 
meetings  for  a  village  of  this  si^e.  But  wo  quit 
too  soon,  as  quite  a  number  more  were  much  con- 
cerne<l  about  their  souls'  salvation. 

G.  "W.  Gripe. 

From  Pottstoi™,  Pa —On  the  1 2ih  of  May, 
seven  new  members  were  added  to  the  Coventry 
church,  Chester  Co.,  by  baptism,  making  in  all 
thirty-eight  since  the  first  of  this  year. 

John  Habley 

From  Pcaljoily,  Kansas. — We,  the  Pcabody 
congregation,  arc  not  making  as  rapid  strides  ; 
the  increase  of  numbers,  as  some  of  the  oldi 
churches,  but,  wilh  God's  grace,  we  will  try  to 
move  sure  and  steady.  AVc  think  the  church 
generally  is  in  a  healthy  condition,  and  prospects 
are  promising.  G.  W.  Thomas. 

From  Hudson,  III.— I  will  try  and  give  you 
a  brief  account  of  our  Love-feast  at  Hudi 
which  pMssed  off  pleasantly  and  I  trust  profitably 
to  the  little  hand  here.  In  the  name  of  King  Je 
sus,  the  blood-stained  bauuci'  was  unfurled  by 
brethren  Hillery,  Gish,  Frantz  and  sister  Mattie 
A.  Lear,  God  sent  convicling  power  and  four 
precious  souls  enlisted  to  work  in  the  Master' 
vineyard.  Oh,  that  they  may  never  lose  their  first 
love,  but  work  for  Christ,  work  for  God,  work  for 
humanity  ;  ever  learning  in  tho  school  of  th 
blessed  Master. 

Let  us  remember,  that  he  that  is  least  shall  he 
greatest.  Thcrae  who  live  nearest  in  humble  peni 
teuce,  and  love  to  their  benign  Redeemer  shall  be 
most  blessed  among  the  enraptured  throng.  Be 
this  our  ambition,  the  only  destination  we  aii 
to  live  at  the  foot  of  the  crojs,  abhorring 
selves  for  Che  sins  that  made  the  Son  of  God  to 
Eofier  and  die.  But  let  us  be  wite  unto  salvation, 
and  steadily  advance  in  those  pursuits  that  en- 
large the  mind,  and  strengthen  the  capacities,  liv- 
ing as  the  children  of  the  Highest  ought  \a  live 
At  oil  times. 

What  will  the  delight  be,  where  a  blaze  of  hea- 
veidy  light  discloses  to  us  the  counsels  and  the 
character  of  the  Eternal,  0  let  us  fill  up  wisely 
our  time  here  below  ;  for  life,  at  best,  is  but  very 
short.  To  those  dear  brethren  and  sister  Mattie 
Lear,  who  spoke  as  faithful,  unwearied  laboi'crs 
in  tJse  vineyard,  —  we  can  not  express  our  grati 
tude  in  words,  but  the  heart  cherished  your  visit 
of  love  and  Christian  fellowship  and  memory  mil 
oft  open  her  portals  and  bring  back  visions  of  our 
happy  meeting  \  reminding  us  of  our  meeting  ov- 
er yonder  where  the  notes  of  redeeming  love  will 
sweetly  tremble  on  the  harp  of  eternity  and  an- 
gels, who  require  no  atonement  will  leurn  to  hear. 
Perhaps  I  am  digre^ing,  but  thoughts  How  freely 
for  I  love  my  Moatfir's  cause. 

Melissa   Forset. 

From  Parkersburg,  111.  —  The  weather  in 
this  part  of  the  country  is  wet  and  cool,  Uur 
church  is  still  increasing  ^omc  in,  numbers.  We 
had  a  visit  from  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert,  the  20th  of 
of  March,  which  resulted  in  thirteen  additions. — 
May  God  help  them  to  be  faithful  and  receive  a 
crown  of  life.  S.  M.  FokNE^". 

From  Elk  Lick,  Pa. — It  seems  to  bo  my  du- 
ty as  well  as  my  privilege,  to  say  a  few  words  in 
helping  to  advance  the  missionary  cause,  which  1 
think,  is  a  noble  work'  Much  has  already  been 
Baid  ;  enough,  I  think,  to  awaken  every  soul  to  a 
sense  of  their  duty.  The  missionary  tubject  has 
been  buudled  much  already,  and  belter  than  I 
could  do  it,  yet  it  seems  to  me,  we  have  not  all 
done  what  we  could  have  done.  For  my  part,  I 
have  not  done  all  I  could  in  days  that  are  num- 
bered with  the  pasL 

1  think,  if  we  could  all  appreciate  the  blessings 


if  G("l  that  we  are  daily  receiving,  with  every 
icw  morning  that  dawns  on  us  in  this  land  of 
iurs,  this  land  of  religious  liberties,  I  think  wo 
toiild  be  more  engaged  about  the  work  which 
God  has  given  us  to  do.  Those  that  know  to  do 
good,  and  do  it  not,  to  them  it  is  sin. 

We  all  know  our  duty  well  enough.  None  of 
can  plead  ignorance  at  that  great  day,  when 
I  mankind  shall  be  judged.  There  is  much 
more  required  of  us,  than  of  the  poor  heatbeu 
that  never  knew  any  better.  It  appears  to  me,  if 
vere  as  earnest  in  seeking  the  salvation  of 
souls,  as  to  accumulate  earthly  riches,  that  will 
soon  pass  away,  we  could  do  a  great  work  in  our 
Master's  vineyard.  We  would  most  surely  obey 
all  the  commandments  of  God,  which  we  must  do 
if  we  expect  to  be  happy  in  eternity.  In  obeying 
tho  commandments  of  God,  we  would  not  con- 
form ourselves  so  much  to  this  world,  provide  nil 
things  honest  in  the  sight  of  God  and  men.  Nev- 
er think  of  taking  the  advantage  of  any  one.  We 
should  be  humble  and  child-like,  yes.  and  love  one 
another.  We  could  hear  to  be  persecuted  for  the 
sake  of  Christ  without  murmuring,  if  we  have  the 
Lord's  spirit  in  ns. 

If  our  fellow-men  harm  us,   never   harbor   the 
thought  of  retaliation.    Let  us  live  as  Peter  says, 
aa  obedient  children,  not  fashioning  yourselves  ac- 
cording to  the  former  lusts  in  your  ignorance.  — 
But  as  He,  which  has  called  you,  is  holy,  so  be  ye 
holy  in  all  mauner  of  conversation.    Yes,  we  can 
all  do  something  for  Christ,  at  home  ns   well  .la 
abroad.     We  all  have  a  work  to  do,  our  talents  ta 
to  improve.     Give   all  you   can   to   advii 
cause  of  Cnrist.     Those  that  have  no   pennies  to 
give,  can  pray  God   to  bless  the  donations  that 
have  been  given,  and  bte^  our  brethren  who  are 
laboring    in   the   missionary  field.      "For  what 
shall  it  profit  a  man.  if  he  should  gain  the   whole 
world  and  lose  his  own  soul,  or  what  shall  a  man 
give  in  exchange  for  his  soul  ?     Whosoever  there- 
fore shall  be  ashamed  of  me  and    my    words,   in 
this  adulterous  and  sinful  generation,  of  htm  also 
shall  the  sou  of  man  he  jishamed,  when  he  come 
in  the  glory  of  His  Father  with  the  holy  angels 
■■  Improve  thy  talents,  take  duo  care. 
Against  that  greatest  Day  thyself  prepare, 
Let  not  thy  life,  which  God  has  lent. 
Alone  in  vanity  be  spent." 

Lizzie  Rawlins. 

From  South  Bend,  Iiid.— The  South  Bend 
church  is  gradually  increasing  in  numbers,  which 
is  cousoliug  indeed.  Our  Love-feast  came  off  the 
16th  of  May,  at  which  time  we  received  two  per- 
sona by  confessioa  and  baptism,  a  man  and  wife. 
Give  God  all  the  praise  for  the  progress  of  the 
truth,  notwitlietaiidiug  the  opposition  that  has  to 
be  endured.  Our  Communion  passed  off  pleasant- 
ly and  with  much  enjoyment  Co  the  edification  of 
the  saints.  All  were  built  up,  for  the  Savior 
says,  "  Except  you  eat  my  flesh  and  drluk  ray 
blood,  you  have  no  life  in  you." 

Da>iel  Whttmer. 

From  tlie  Red  Bank  Cliiirch,  Pa.  — On  thi 
20th  of  Feb.,  Bro.  Silas  Hoover  paid  us  a  visi 
ami  preached  one  week.  He  held  forth  the  truth 
in  its  purity  and  primitive  simplicity,  and  ns  a 
suit  of  His  labors,  two  precious  souls  were  mt 
willing  to  forsake  iboir  sins  and  come  out  on  the 
Lord's  side,  to  covenant  with  God  to  live  faithful 
until  death.  May  God  bless  ihem,  and  keep  thei 
ever  at  the  foot  of  the  Cros.'. 

We  also  feel  a  deep  sympathy  for  Bro.  Hoover, 
who  had  the  sad  misfortune  of  losing  Jiis  entire 
property  by  fire..  Trust,  that  his  labor  of  love 
will  make  for  him  many  friends  ou  earth,  and  a 
friend  in  heaven  thai  sticketh  closer  than  a  broth- 
er. We  have  in  the  past  year  been  almost  desti- 
tute of  preaching.  This  year  Bro,  Smouse  of 
Smieksburg,  Pa.,  is  laboring  for  ua  every  fou; 
weeks.  He  is  young  in  the  ministry,  but  zealous 
in  the  cause,  and  seems  to  labor  with  all  his 
might  and  strength  for  the  salvation  of  souls,  and 
the  up-building  of  Zion.  We  pray  that  the  Lord 
will  prosper  bim  and  work  mightily  through  him 
to  the  pulling  down  of  the  strong-holds  of  sin  and 
Satan,  and  the  building  up  of  Christ's  kingdom 
on  the  earth,  and  strengthening  the  walls  of  Zion, 
and  lengthening  her  streets,  so  Chat  the  heathen 
lands  may  hear  and  obey  the  Gospel.  May  God 
help  and  keep  ua  all  faithful,  is  my  prayer. 

D,  A.  Hetbick. 

Oakland,  Pa. 

From  Shelby,  Co.,  0.— On  the  27th  of  April, 
Bro,  O.  F,  Yountmet  with  us  in  what  is  called 
the  Landis  meeting-house,  remained  with  us  about 
ten  days,  during  which  lime  he  did  not  shun  to 
declare  the  whole  truth  of  the  Gospel.  We  think 
the  Lord  was  at  work  wilh  us  ;  there  wei'c  added 
to  the  church  eighteen  by  baptism.  May  the 
Lord  bless  our  dear  brother,  who  labored  so  earu- 
eetiy  wbile  with  us,  and  to  the  Lord  be  the  honor. 
A,  Whitmek. 

From  Afihland,  Ohio.— The  brethren  of  the 

Ashland  church  met  on  April  7th,  and  again  or 
gaiiize<l  their  Sabbath -school.     Bro.  J.  D.  Parke; 


elccteil  Superintendent.  The  'ilfioers  and 
teacliCR  of  the  school  jire  all  mendiers  of  the 
Brethren,  which  makes  it  very  pleasant  and  inter- 
esting. We  have  now  enrolled  over  one  hundred 
scholars,  and  the  school  is  increasing,  both  in  at- 
tendance and  interest.  Wo  meet  every  Sunday 
morning  at  9  o'clock. 

We  trust  that  all  the  brethren  and  sisters  may 
send  their  united  petitions  to  God  in  behalf  of 
every  boy  and  girl  in  tho  land,  that  they  may  he 
brought  into  the  Sabbath-school  fold,  and  there 
taught  the  true  principles  of  Christianity.  May 
God  bless  the  Sabbath-school  cause  evcrj'whcro ! 
E.  F,  Good. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Our    Church    Literature, 

fllHEfollowing,  published  in  a  late  number  of 
X  the  Primilivo  Ghriiiian,  was  written  by  Bro, 
Abraham  H.  Cassel,  and  contains  so  much  inter- 
esting history  of  our  people,  that  we  thought  it 
well  worthy  of  a  place  in  tUe  Brethren 
Work,  Wo  give  our  readers  aa  much  of  the 
article  as  will  likely  prove  interesting  to  them, 
Bro.  Cassel's  facilities  for  preparing  such  articles, 
are  e.xcellent,  as  he  has  at  his  command  a  library 
of  over  ten  thousand  volumea,  saying  nothing 
about  the  thousands  of  pamphlets  and  papers  lu 
his  possession : 

It  is  a  fact,  not  generally  known,  that  almost  as 
soon  as  the  Brethren  had  organized,  they  fell  (he 
necessity  of  a  Printing  press  10  disseminate  their 
peculiar  views  of  religion,  cspccialiy  while  free- 
dom of  speech  was  restricted.  Accordingly  a 
small  press  was  obtained  and  a  number  of  religi- 
ous tracts  and  small  books  were  issued  from  it, 

Among  Ihem  was  Aloxauder  Mack's  "Rechte 
und  Oi-dnnngen  im  Hause  Gottea  ; "  "  Gruber's 
Gruudforschendc  Fragen,  Eeantwortet  von  Alex- 
ander Mack ; "  Ernst  Christopb  Hockman's 
"  Glaubeii's  Bclccnntniss,"  and  others. 

But  soon  after,  the  persecutions  became  so  fierce 
that  the  little  flock  was  scattered ;  they  fled  to 
diflhrent  places  to  find  an  asylum  of  safety,  until 
they  embarked  for  America,  and  settled  in  Ger- 
mantowu,  Pa.  About  1735,  their  little  printing 
press  was  sent  over  too,  and  came  in  tlio  custody 
of  Christopher  Saur,  as  no  one  else  hud  room 
it. 

Bro.  Saur  was  uo  printer,  but  he  was  a  learned 
man  of  great  natural  ijenius.  So,  after  havinj 
the  ])ress  in  his  care,  he  would  often  try  his  hand 
at  setting  type,  and  printed  a  number  of  small 
hand  bills,  hymns  and  other  broadsides, 
manufactured  his  own  ink,  and  with  the assLslauce 
of  a  frieud  he  cast  his  own  type,  and  soon  after 
made  his  own  paper. 

As  there  was  but  little  printing  done  in  Ameri- 
ca up  to  thai  time,  and  none  at  all  with  German 
type,  there  was  such  a  necessity  for  printing  that 
it  induced  him  to  open  a  printing  office  for  the 
public,  which  he  did  in  the  Fall  of  173S.  Besides 
other  mattere  he  printed  several  sch"ol  books  and 
an  almanac  that  year  yet.  In  1739  he  printed 
Jarge  collecliun  of  hymns  for  the  Ephrata  Sev- 
enth-day Baptist  Brethren,  founded  by  Conrad 
Bcissel.  It  was  cpiite  a  respectable  volumt 
.  the  time,  of  over  eight  hundred  closely  printed 
double  column  pages.  But  uo  sooner  was  the  of- 
fice established  till  be  was  requested  to  print  a 
newspaper. 

He  at  first  refused  by  the  plea  that  the  press 
was  procured  to  promote  the  honor  and  glory  of 
God,  and  he  would  therefore  not  profane  it  by 
publishing  a  newspaper,  neither  would  he  waste 
precious  time  by  hunting  up  lies  and  falsehoods, 
ns  the  case  of  too  many  was.  But  us  he  had 
sometimes  issued  broad  shoels  of  remarkabli 
events,  which  he  scattered  graciously  in  the  mar 
kets  and  other  public  places,  which  seemed  ti 
have  a  good  cfiect,  he  changed  his  mind  and  re 
solved  to  publish  a  "  Semi-Religious  Newspaper ' 
of  current  events  of  the  kingdom  of  naturo-'oi 
well  aa  of  grace,  "  because  memorable  facts,  when 
they  are  heard  or  read  by  men,  often  cause  n 
deeper  impression  than  things  which  happen 
daily." 

He  therefore  made  a  beginning  and  issued  the 
Rnt  number  on  tho  20th  of  August,  173!),  entitled 
"  Der  Geschichtr-.Schrciber,  oder  Sammluug  Wich 
tiger  Nschriebteu,  aus  dem  Xalur  and  Kirchen- 
Reicbe,"  at  three  sbillinga  per  year,  which  he  con- 
tinned  till  1778,  when  the  Revolution  broke  up 
his  establishment  on  the  charge  of  being  a  tory. 
It  was  at  first  only  quarterly,  but  soon  monthly, 
then  semi-monthly  and  at  Inat  weekly,  and  while 
it  waa  so  e.ttenaivciy  patroniied,  he  could  affurd 
and  did  publish  it  all  the  lime  fur  the  same  old 
price  of  tliree  shilliugs  per  year. 

Next  was  a  great  demand  for  Biblea  and  Testa- 
ments, and  aa  they  could  hardly  be  imported 
from  Germany,  under  the  thon  existing  laws,  he 
felt  it  a  duty  to  attempt  the  publiehing  of  an  edi- 
tion here;  ho  accordingly  issued  a  prospectus  to 
lliat  eifect,  and  immediately  set   to   work    upon  it 


th  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies  in  targe 
4vo.  the  last  form  of  which  was  completed  in  .Au- 
gust, 174^ ;  a  second  edition  of  two  thouMud  co- 
pies in  177C,  during  which  time  he  published  scv- 

editicins  of  the  New  Testament  and  at  least 
four  editions  of  the  Psalms  apart,  besides  an  al- 
most innumemble  number  of  other  books  end 
tracts. 

fVfter  the  succesaful  issue  of  the  Bible,  he  felt 
so  deeply  indebted  to  the  Lord  foE  enabliug  bim 
to  complete  thb  great  and  much  d<  sired  undertak- 
ing, that  he  commenced  publishing  a  strictly  re- 
ligious periodical,  graciously  as  a  "Thank  ofleriug 
0  the  Lord,"  for  His  many  blessings,  the  first 
lumber  of  which  appeared  early  iu  17G4  under 
he  title  of  "  Ein  Geistliohes  Magarin  oder  nut 
don  Schietzcn  der  Schriftgclebrten  zum  Himiuol- 
reich  gelesen,  dnrgereichtcs  Altea  und  Neues," 
which  was  coutiiiued  many  years  to  the  suhacrib- 
if  his  newspaper,  and  whoever  else  wauled  it, 
to  which  the  old  brethren  contributed  freely,  un- 
der asumcd  signatures,  being  too  modest  to  ap- 
pear before  the  public  with  their  proper  names. 

Prom  this  I  will  leave  you  to  judge  fur  your. 
self  whether  tho  Eciald  of  Qoapel  Liberlt/  baa  a 
just  claim  to  being  the  firet  religious  newspaper 
ever  published. 

It  has  several  limes  been  asserted  that  iu  tho 
year  1349,  elder  Henry  Kurt/,  first  conceived  tho 
ide.t  of  publishing  a  monthly  paper  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  church  of  the  Brethren,  etc.,  which  is 
an  error  even  so  far  ns  brother  Kurtz  is  concern- 
cd  (to  say  nothing  of  the  older  brethren  who  had 
not  only  conceived  the  idea,  but  did  actually  car- 
ry it  out)  for  he  had  conceived  that  idea  already 
almost  aa  soon  as  he  was  in  connection  with  tho 
Brethren,  and  made  an  attempt  to  carry  ii  out 
already  while  living  at  Osnabiirgh,  Stark  Co,,  0,, 
in  1833-4  under  the  title  of  "  Das  Wochcnblatl," 
hut  for  wantof  patronage  it  was  aopn  suspended— 
am  not  sure  of  more  than  one  number  being  is- 

But  in  1S3G  he  made  a  more  peiaevcring  at- 
tempt to  publish  a  twenty-four  page,  double  col- 
umn monthly,  English  and  German  iu  opposite 
columns  under  the  title  of  "Zeugnisse  dor  Wuhr- 
heit,"  or  "  TesUmouiea  of  Truth,"  of  which  I  have 
two  complete  numbers  before  me,  (dou't  know 
how  many  more  were  published)  on  the  cover  of 
whicii  are  his  conditions  as  follows:  "Each  uum- 
her  shall  contain  tM'cnty-four  pages,  and  for 
twelve  such  numbers  which  make  a  volume,  there 
shall  he  added  a  title  puge  and  index.  Tho  price 
of  a  single  number  is  6!  ceut«,  but  he  that  pays 
50  cents  at  the  receipt  of  tho  first  number,  is  en- 
titled to  a  whole  volume,  etc," 

The  reason  that  he  so  soon  conceived  the  idea 
of  publishing  a  periodical  may  bo,  because  ho 
edited  and  published  a  twenty-four  page  monthly, 
whilst  a  Lutheran  pastor  at  Pittsburgh,  under  the 
title  of  "  Das  Wiedergefundeno  Paradiea,"  etc.  — 
The  fir^t  number  bears  date  of  Sept.  IS'2.5.  In 
In  1827  he  changed  the  title  to :  "  Der  Friedcua- 
bote  von  Concordia,"  and  was  published  in  Can- 
ton, Ohio  until  I82S,  when  he  became  convinced 
of  the  truth  aa  practiced  by  the  Brethren.  Price, 
§1 .00  per  vi'lume.  This  last  volume  la  exceeding. 
ly  interesting,  because  it  contains  so  much  of  his 
change  of  mind,  or  now  views  of  the  truth,  be- 
iiides  a  very  lengthy  address,  continued  through 
two  numbers,  in  which  he  explains  himself  very 
fully  and  pointedly  in  regard  to  his  relation  to 
them  as  pastor  and  to  the  Lord  as  a  faithful    ser- 


Recent,  geographical  surveys  show  that  the 
Aconcagua  peak  is  the  highest'  in  South  America, 
being  nearly  24,000  feet  above  the.  level  of  the 
sea.  It  would  be  pretty  difficult  to  cook  at  such 
an  altitude,  as  the  water  would  boil  at  172°,  or 
40  degrees  below  the  boiling  point  at  the  level  of 
tbe  sea. 


An  ingenious  Western  man  has  invented  a  sail- 
ing railway  car,  in  which  a  speed  of  forty  miles 
an  hour  can  be  attained.  This  novel  vehicle  has 
already  been  in  use  for  three  yeare,  and  is  found 
to  be  emhiently  useful  and  economical,  .Sailing 
carriages  were  in  use  in  Holland  more  than  two 
hundred  years  ago, 

Tyive-setting  in  Japan  is  a  tedious  business.  — . 
The  Japanese  have  a  character  for  each  word,  in- 
stead of  using  alphabetic  charactera;  conscnuent- 
ly  instead  of  sitting  at  a  stAud,  at  work  wilh  his 
characters  all  within  reach,  the  compositor  it 
obliged  to  wander  about  an  immense  room,  search- 
ing  through  the  50,000  word  characters  for  the 
one  required. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  pMSongcr  train   going  tast  leaxM   Liinark     at  12:00 

r.  M.,  nnJ  orriTM  ja  Ratine  at  6:48  P.  M. 
Day  pusicngcr  train  going  weal  \eatt5  Lanark  at  2:06   P. 

M.,  QDil  HrriTES  at  Hopk  Islond  a(  5:60  P.  M. 
Night  passeDger  trains,  going  ea«t  and  west,  meet  and 
leaie  Lanark  at  UAS  A.  Jl  ,  arriving  in  ttaeiuc  at  BiOO 
A.    M.,    and    at    Rock  Inland  al  6:00  A.  M. 
Fr*igbl  and  AecommadnlioQ    Trainii    wiU    nin     veil    at 
■■!:10   A.M..    tl:10A.M.,   acd   eu-l    at   V2 :  It)  A.  il. 
id  5:  15  P.  M. 

Tlckcu  (TB  sold  far  abote   trains   oalj.     Pusongir 
DB  make  cloee  eonsection  at  Weeicro  Union  Junciiun, 
0.  A.  Sunn,  Ag«nL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

"Behold  I  Mrin^   You  Good  Tidiiujs  of  Great  Joi/,  which  Shall  be  unto  All  People.''''  ^hvv.v.  2;  ID. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  6,  1878. 


No.  23. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AKD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.   MOORE    &    M.  M.   ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


R.  H.  yiLLER,       - 
J.  W.  BTEIN,       - 
D.  VANDIAK, 
D.  B.  MENTHER, 
UATriE  A.  LEAR, 


-  LADOGA,  IND, 

-  MEWTONIA,  1(0. 

-  -  VUtRim,  ILL. 

-  lVAYIfE8B0R0,  PA. 

-  UlUIANA,    ILL. 


HOPE. 

HOPE  is  an  ever-during  star 
That  shineso'er  life's  iuconstniit  sen, 
\Vlieu  bent  by  winds,  when  toss'rl  urar. 

It  ligbts  our  lone  adversity, 
Hupe  is  an  angel's  boly  smile, 

Tbiit  beckons  each  enlight«n'd   race, 
Not  to  the  bard's  Hesperian  isle. 
But  to  the  Good  Man's  dwelling  place. 

Hope  is  asoug  the  liearfc  can  siug 

In  every  desert  camp  of  rest; 
Hope  is  a  limpid,  wayside  spring, 

Above  all  earthly  waters  blest; 
A  fountain,  that  the  heat  of  noon, 

The  long,  the  lingering  summer  day, 
The  wild  eclipse  of  sun  or  moon. 

Ne'er  stole  from  hnmnn  hearts  away. 

Hope  is  a  manna  sweeter  fur 

Than  that  by  wandering  Israel  known; 
Hope  is  a  light,  no  bolt  no  bar 

Can  melt  the  sinner's  heart  of  stone. 
Hope  is  the  st-aff  that  Mercy  gave 

When  Adam  left  his  Eden  shade; 
The  stftif,  sustaining  to  the  grave, 

The  soul  by  the  Etenial  made. 

Selected  by  J.  F.  Kei^so. 
Wiilriho,  loica. 

EXPEDIENCE  AND  TRUTH. 

BY  C.  H,  BALSUAUIiH, 

'"IIHE"  all  things  "which  were  -  la  ir/uV  for 
X  Paul,  but  "not  expedient,"  were  not  so 
latitiidenarianos  some  cont«nd.  Paul  was  no 
religious  fornicator  who  could  hug  all  factions 
and  the  world  to  boot,  restrained  only  by  ex- 
ptiiieuey.  He  w^  an  out  and  out  radical,  but 
his  rout  waaChrist.  He  saw  in  the  Incarnation 
and  the  Cross  a  comprehensiveness  that  covered 
all  life  in  all  its  phases.  His  expediency  was 
always  Tfaiting  at  the  Orient  of  Calvary  for  a 
ray  of  light  to  hannoni/e  it  with  what  is  fun- 
dnnieutal  in  religion.  Thisisniesson  we  great- 
ly need  to  learn,  lest  we  make  that  lawful  which 
is  radically  antichristian,  and  relegate  tis  expe- 
diency what  is  cardinal. 

With  your  "  Onginril  Orouml,"  and  remarks 
on"  A  Strange  Case,"  \  was  pre-eminently  pleas- 
ed. We  cannot  be  too  assiduous  in  guarding 
the  clumps  of  Divine  authority,  and  of  fasten- 
ing our  own  with  caution.  Precedents  of  ex- 
pedience are  so  apt  to  become  law,  that  coses 
which  are  disposed  of  on  this  ground,  should 
not  be  regarded  as  irreversibly  settled.  Inves- 
tigation and  experience  may  reveal  its  conneC' 
tion  mth  the  essential  idea  of  the  Christian  lite, 
io  as  to  a:^sure  adjustment  on  a  [lermanent  basis. 
Holiness  is  not  in  forms,  but  it  demands  form 
for  its  manifestation.  These  are  Divinely  es- 
tablished in  their  symbolical  charocter,  and 
some  are  left  to  the  absolute,  unerring  conscious- 
n-;S3  of  the  indwtilliug  Christ,  Beyond  this  the 
Church  has  but  small  necessity  for  legislation, 
and  none  for  penal  correction.  So  far  as  the 
Church  baa  aright  to  institute  an  order,  no 
Christ-begotten  soul  will  demur. 

Ordinances  by  man  must  always  be  kept  in 
the  sphere  of  the  uninspired,  so  that  the  expe- 
dient be  neither  deified,  nor  the  essential  low- 
ered into  the  plane  of  the  merely  human.  To 
qnarrel  with  the  order  of  the  Brethren  became 
of  the  order,  is  one  thing;  to  question  the  prin- 
ciple and   purpose  of  the  order  ia  something 


wholly  different.  Here  we  have  yet  much  to 
learn.  Holiness  necessitates  an  onler  of  its 
own,  and  the  less  we  interfere  the  better.  It 
needs  not  the  intei-diction  of  what  is  foppish 
and  world-mimicking.  Dandies  and  sainls  are 
never  found  in  the  same  skin,  A  mild  regula- 
tive world-severing  regimen  m  relation  to  dress 
is  most  consonant  with  the  idea  of  Holiness, 
while  in  relation  to  Holiness  itself  let  the  im- 
perative, inflexible  charactenstics  of  the  Cross 
speak,  A  holy  Church,  burning  with  the  love 
of  Clirist,  distinguished  by  a  general  uniformity, 
repelled  from  the  spirit  and  conduct  of  the 
world  by  the  inherent  force  of  the  Divine  Life, 
and  drawn  to  the  world  by  the  yearning  love 
that  courts  death  to  rescue  the  hell-doomed — 
what  could  we  not  accomplish  tor  the  King- 
dom uf  Grace  and  the  gloiy  of  Gotl. 

LET  US  MEASURE  UP. 


•  •  i  ND  there  was  given  me  it  reed  like  unto 
}\_  a  rod;  and  the  angel  .stood,  saying, 
"Rise  and  measure  the  temple  of  God,  and  the 
altar  and  them  that  worship  therein  "  (Rev.  11: 
1).  This  subject  of  measuring  lo  see  whether 
we  are  in  the  faith  or  not,  is  of  great  impor- 
tance in  this  our  day,  as  there  areso  many  meas- 
ures u^ed,  and  not  the  "  reed  "  that  John  used, 
straiglit  like  a  rod,  one  that  will  not  bend  and 
twist  to  suit  the  fancies  of  men. 

We  see  men  on  every  hand  making  sticks 
(creeds of  faith)  and  measuring  the  old  reed,  the 
Bible,  by  them  instead  of  measuring  by  the  reed 
as  John  did.  But  all  claim  to  measure  by  the 
same  reeil;  and  I  must  say,  ivith  duo  respect  for 
all,  that  if  they  do,  it  is  a  reed  made  of  gum- 
laafcic,  for  we  have  all  shapes  except  perfect 
squares  as  Ezekiel  saw,  when  he  sa'v  this  same 
building  measured  (Exekiel  ith  chapter).  But 
what  did  the  angel  tell  John  to  measure?  He 
said  (neasure  the  temple,  or  church,  the  altar 
or  worship  and  the  worsbipei-s.  Then  we  have 
to  measure  the  church,  for  Paul  says  the  church 
is  the  temple  (1  Cor.  3: 16,  17;  2  Cor.  6: 16). 
Yes  we  must  measure  the  church,  the  whole 
family  or  church  of  God,  must  not  fill  the  meas- 
ure any  more  than  each  congregation,  however 
small, and  such  congregations  must  fill  it  as  full 
as  the  whole  church.  E/.ekiel's  temple  had 
numerous  rooms  or  chambers,  and  yet  each  room 
was  as  large  as  the  whole  building.  When  ev- 
ery congregation  is  meiisured  by  the  reed,  there 
will  be  no  different  sects  as  as  we  now  have,  but 
all  will  observe  tie  ordinances  of  God's  house 
as  He  has  given  them  to  us  in  this  precious  old 
reed,  the  Bible. 

There  mil  be  elders  or  bishops,  ministers  and 
deacons,  in  the  church,  but  no  arch  bishops,  no 
D.  D.,  no  Rev.,  and  Right  Rev,,  nor  will  there 
be  an  arch  deacon  found  in  it,  for  they  are  not 
in  the  reed;  they  are  put  in  by  some  of  man's 
sticks,  and  measure  the  altar  or  worship;  for 
Paul  used  "  altar"  in  the  same  sense  that  John 
docs,  and  evidently  meant  worship  (1  Cor.  10: 
18;  Heb.  13: 15).  He  does  not  mean  that  they 
octualty  lived  of.  or  ate  of  the  altar,  but  he  uses 
"  attar"  for  the  sacrifice  of  the  altar.  He  fur- 
ther says,  we  offer  the  sacrifice  of  jnaise  to  God, 
that  is  the  fruit  of  ourlife  (Heb.l3:15).  There- 
fore we  conclude  that  John  was  to  measure  the 
worship — yes  measure  our  preaching,  measure 
our  singing,  and  measure  our  prayers  by  the 
faithful  old  reed,  then  we  will  all  preach  tlie 
same  things,  there  will  be  no  conflicting  theo- 
ries of  theoloey  advoc.ited,  but  men  will  preach 
the  Gospel  in  simplicity  and  power.  We  will 
all  sing,  we  will  sing  psalms  and  spiritual 
songs  mth  the  spirit  and  with  underetanding. 
We  will  pray  by  measure,  and  we  will  pray  for 
the  things  God  hiis  promised — we  mil  not  hear 
long,  boisterous  prajers  full  of  unlearned  and 
silly  eipressions  as  we  now  sometimes  hear.  Is 
this  all  that  is  to  be  measured!'  0  no,  the  an- 
gel  said,   measure   the  worshipers.      It  is  this 


same  old  Volume  or  reed  that  is  to  measure  ev- 
ery individual  of  the  whole  family  of  God  on 
eiurtli — yes  it  tells  us  our  duty  to  God  and  one 
another:  it  fells  the  duty  of  one  neighbor  to 
another  neighbor;  it  tells  us  our  duties  as  fath- 
ers and  mothers,  as  husbands  and  wives,  and  as 
brothers  and  sisters,  yes  servants  of  the  church, 
it  tell  us  our  duty  as  eldera,  as  ministers  and  na 
deacons, — in  a  word  it  tells  everything  that  is 
measuring  to  fit  us  for  nmnsions  in  the  sky. 

Are  we  doing  all  W'?  can  as  a.  cliurch,  do  we 
worship  according  to  measure,  are  we  as  indi- 
vidualsmciisuringand  comparing  ourselves  with 
the  precious  old  Reed,  or  are  we  measuring  our- 
selves by  ourselves,  and  comparing  ourselves? 
If  we  are  not,  it  Is  time  to  be  about  the  work. 
For  heaven's  sake  let  us  measure  up,  that  we  may 
all  be  measured  up  and  found  fit  material  for 
the  Master's  use,  and  that  the  building  of  tlio 
Lord  may  go  up  without  a  sound  of  the  ham- 
mer, is  the  prayer  of  your  unworthy  brother. 


MY  POSITION. 

!IY  D.  C.  MOOMAW, 

IH.4VE  had  a  reply  to  the  afore  mentioned 
comments  ready  tor  publication  for  several 
weeks,  but,  as  important  proceedings  were  pend- 
ing in  our  district,  I  deemed  it  prudent  to  with- 
hold it  till  further  developments.  Since  that 
period  our  D.  M.,  has  met  and  transacted  its  af- 
fairs and  among  the  results  thereof,  we  are 
pleased  to  note  a  healthful  modification  of  the 
views  of  our  brethren  in  the  administration  of 
church  government.  The  spirit  of  proscription 
that  has  been  so  active  for  some  time  past  rel- 
ative to  matters  that  have  heretofore  been  con- 
sidered.very  properly  indifferent  and  unimportant 
as  they  boreou  the  future  welfare  of  thechureh, 
or  the  personal  safety  of  membere  concerned, 
has  given  place,  happily,  to  a  broad  and  com- 
prehensive policy;  such  as  is  taught  with  so 
much  force  by  the  apostle  Paul  in  the  14th 
chapter  of  Romans,  and  which  received  its 
most  thorough  illustration  in  his  own  pure  life, 
and  his  treatment  of  liis  fellow-Christians. 

This  change  of  policy  has  rendered  it  improp- 
er to  continue  the  exposition  of  the  subject  of 
my  former  article,  and  we  accept  it  as  an  omen 
of  happier  times  for  the  church,  trusting  that 
the  same  results  are  realized  by  other  districts 
that  were  agitated  as  ours  was. 

To  those  who  were  familiar  with  the  the  se- 
cret sj>rin<fS  that  set  to  work  the  machinery  of 
the  government  of  our  district,  (and  none  oc- 
cupied a  position  more  favorable  for  making 
correct  observations  than  your  humble  essayist) 
my  seeming  severity  in  the  former  article  was 
not  wholly  unJMstijiahle,  but  I  cheei'fully  ac- 
knowledge that  I  gave  to  a  local  trouble,  a  gen- 
eral character,  which  wils  positively  a  grievous 
fault,  and  for  which  I  ask  the  pardon  of  the 
dear  brethren  whose  feelings  were  wounded 
thereby.  It  is  my  purpose  and  the  sole  a.spira- 
tion  of  my  life  to  assist  in  the  preservation  of 
the  purity  and  peace  of  the  church,  but  at  the 
same  time,  I  hope  to  cherish  a  jealous  regard  for 
the  principles  that  were  transmitted  to  us  by 
our  honoredspiritual  progenitors,  notably  among 
whom,  are  the  Apostles  and  primitive  Christians; 
and  the  faintest  infraction  of  those  principle-s, 
tue  text  of  which  is,  unity  in  thijigs  essential, 
that  is  where  there  is  a  "  thus  saith  the  Lord," 
and  liberty  and  toleration  in  things  mutable 
and  indifferent,  will  secure  inflexible  and  un- 
compromising opposition.  A  just  balance  ot 
power  nms(ficpreserDe(/,  at  every  hazard,  between 
the  various  branches  of  our  church.  Either  op- 
po.sition  by  the  laity  to  Gospel  authority  ivise- 
ly  luiministered  by  our  rulers,  or  the  concentra- 
tion of  power  in  the  eldership,  should  meet  with 
the  speediest  condemnation.  Our  Lord  has  del- 
egated His  power  to  thechureh,  audit  is  a  usur- 
pation for  any  branch  thereof,  to  absorb  that 
power.  The  effort  to  do  so  has  been,  and  is 
now,  the  fruitful  source  of  a  large  share  of  the 


trouble  that  has  distressed  the  church  in  pre- 
ceding ages  and   at  the  present  time. 

If  our  "wise  men"  would  devote  a  share  of 
their  time  and  talents  to  the  elucidation  of  the 
principles  which  form  the  basis  of  church  gov- 
ernment, they  would  do  the.  churcli  a  great  ser- 
vice, and  be  entitled  to  the  lasting  gratitude 
thereof. 

Tt  should  hui'dly  ba  expected  that  those  who 
arc  entrusted  with  the  government  of  our  con- 
gregations, many  of  whom  arc  elevated  to  that 
sacred  office,  in  painfully  too  many  instances, 
by  Ihe  iicridaits  of  hirlh  or  atje,  should  com- 
prehend the  delicate  machinery  thereof,  which 
can  only  be  comprehended  by  well  tliscipHned 
faculties,  formed  by  nature,  and  'especially 
adapted  thereto. 

Ari-sing  from  such  a  source,haa  been  the  fault 
of  many  of  our  people  choosing  our  immediate 
fore-fathers  for  models,  without  knowing  the 
character  of  the  circumstances  that  gave  tone 
and  form  Eb  their  actions.  Cireumstances  and 
times  are  constantly  varying  and  and  wiselyad- 
niiuistered  government  is  based  on  the  adapta- 
tion of  principles  to  those  changes. 

The  failure  to  make  such  an  adaptation  has 
give  the  world  the  Mennonite  folly  of  fasteiiini; 
their  clothes  with  the  hooks  and  eyes  of  a  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  the  orthodox  drab  to  the 
Quaker  costume,  with  his  thee's  and  thou's  and 
and  so  on  to  the  end  of  a  long  and  unhandsome 
list. 

An  apostolic  form  of  government  recognizes 
the  necessity  of  constant  modifications.  Our 
ancient  brethren  illustrated  this  idea  in  "  fol- 
lowing the  best  light  they  had  at  the  time." 
We  should  never  full  into  the  folly  of  suppos- 
ing that  weai-e  the  exclusive  depo3iti)rie3  of  that 
infallible  knowledge  that  would  render  us  inca- 
pable of  making  mistakes,  or  of  failing  to  reach 
perfection  in  the  comprehension  and  adminis- 
tration of  church  government. 

Had  not  our  immediate  ancestors  made  mod- 
ifications, such  as  were  rendered  imperative  by 
the  changing  of  circumstances,  our  houses  and 
farms  and  wardrobes  would  be  remarkable  for 
their  meagreness  of  appliances  which  we  con- 
sider now  to  be  essential  to  a  full  enjoyment 
of  God's  blessings.  With  the  uncurtained  mn- 
dows,  and  uncorpeted floors,  nndunpainted walla, 
and  unpainted  and  undressed  furniture,  and 
clocklcss  shelves,  and  bootless  feet  and  spring- 
less  wagons,  the  etc«(/  iniinitum,  of  our  ances- 
tors, we  would  present  a  sad  spectacle  of  fossi- 
lized stupidity. 

Such  a  course  as  is  contemplated  in  the 
foregoing  remarks  does  not  suffer  any  indul- 
gence in  the  lusUdemanding  frivolities  of  a 
crooked  and  perverse  generation.  Were  such 
the  case  I  would  commit  this  communication 
to  the  flames,  and  with  the  ascending  smoke  I 
would  .send  a  prayer  to  heaven  for  power  to  lor- 
bid  the  faintest  variation  in  costume  in  our 
house  furnishijig,  in  our  fai'm  appliances,  in  our 
forms  of  speech,  or  in  any  other  particular 
whatever.  On  the  contrary,  changes  in  unessen- 
lial  details  have  marked  the  historj'  of  the 
church  from  its  dawn,  down  to  the  present  time, 
and  no  policy  could  lie  more  suicidal  to  the  best 
interests  of  the  church  than  the  "no  modifica- 
tion theory-"  While  no  defection  wonld  ciuse 
me  more  poignant  sorrow  than  the  lapsing  of 
the  church  into  a  state  un  distinguish  able  from 
the  world,  or  to  see  spotless  robes  befouled  with 
the  stench  and  mire  of  fashion-loving,  time- 
serving age,  I  would  not  consider  every  varia- 
tion in  our  costume  a  simple  concession  to  the 
insatiable  leech  of  the  restless  soul  which  con- 
stantly cries,  "  give,  give." 

I  submit  the  foregoing  to  the  just  criticism 
of  the  brotherhood  as  the  natural  reflection  pro- 
ceeding frnm  the  state  of  affairs  which  seem  to 
have  called  for  the  article  entitled  "  The  Origin- 
al Ground."  If  my  position  is  anti-^criptural 
or  an ti- apostolical,  the  brethren  will  do  me  the 
kindness  to  point  it  out.  I  have  no  interest  in 
wlvocating  error,  but  I  have  a  vital,  thrilling 
interest  in  advocating  the  truth. 

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TMK    BRETHREiSr    ^T    "WOUKI. 


June    6. 


"THEY  DO  COMFORT  ME." 

WHEN  eartbly  frk-ni^  ileecive  mc, 
And  H-itli- tbtir  colduess  grievn  mc 
With  broken  pledges  leave  me; 

How  sweet  to  find  in  thoe 
A  friend  Hint  cliangca  never, 
Whose  iinimises  forever 
Do  comiort  me. 

When  heavy  ciires  oppress  me. 
And  enrthly  ills  distrcsa  me; 
"Thougli'trials  sore  harass  me, 

How  sweet  to  find  in  thee 
A  sj'mpathizing  Savior, 
AVhose  aid  and  kindly  favor 

Do  comfort  nie. 

When  sorrow's  clouds  are  bending, 
The  heart  with  anguish  rending, 
And  sighs  and  teara  are  blending: 

How  sweet  thy  face  to  see, 
Hehind  the  silvery  lining, 
Look  out  with  radiance  smiling 

To  comfort  mc. 

.^nd  wlien  my  heart  grows  weary 
With  gloomy  thought,  and  dreary, 
I  er}',  and  Ibou  dost  hear  ine, 

As  to  tliy  side  I  flee; 
iViid  on  tljv  bosom  leaning, 
Thy  looks  so  full  of  memiiug 

Do  comfort  me. 
.And  when  farailir-r  faces, 
From  out  their  wonted  places, 
Slip  from  my  warm  embraces; 

Thj'  voice  of  sympathy, 
"  I  will  not  leave  you,"  precious, 
Heals  all  luy  heart's  distresses, 

And  comforts  me. 

When  fades  all  e.irth  has  bore  me, 

And  shadows  dark  before  me. 

From  death's  dark  vale  come  o'er  me, 

I  rest  my  all  on  thee; 
Thine  arms,  they  do  enfold  me, 
Thy  roil  and  thy  staff  \iphold  me, 

And  comfort  me. 

— Selected. 

SALVATION.— ITS  AUTHOR  AND 
CONDITION. 

II  y  .r.  W.  nTElN. 

"  He  became  the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey  him"  {Heb.  5:  9)1 

{^Concluded), 
"IITY  srcond  reason,  for  a  cliauge  iu  .my 
-'-^  church  relntion,  I  united  with 
the  Brethren  because  they  believe  and 
teach  that  obedience,  as  well  as  faith,  is 
a  condition  of  pardon  to  the  sinner;  not 
that  itis  a  source  of  pardon,  for  t-lie 
grace  of  God  is  its  source;  not  tliat  it  is 
the  price  of  pardon,  for  it  is  purchase! 
■with  the  precious  blood  of  Christ,  but 
like  faith  and  repentance,  is  an  unraer 
torious  acquiescence  in,  and  acceptance 
of  salvation,  from  God.  I  cannot  offer 
my  faith  to  God  as  the  price  of  •my  sal- 
vation. Itis  too  imperfect,' God  will 
have  no  such  recompense,  but  through 
faith  I  can  plead  the  meritoriou,s  work,*;, 
and  ^ncaribus  sufferings  of  my  tieav  lie- 
deemer.  May  I  therefore  conclude  that 
I  may  be  saved  M'ithout  faitli  ?  Verily 
not,  for  unbelief  is  au  .open  insult  to  tlie 
divine  veracity-  and  every  attiibute  and 
perfection  of  Deity.  It  declares  God  to 
be  a  liar,  Ghrist  an  'impostor,  the  Holy 
Spirit  a  myth,  the  Bible  a  fiction,  and 
thus  spurns  all  possibility  of  salvation. 
'*'  He  that  believeth  not  the  Son  shall 
not  see  life;  but  tlllj!^^Tath  of  God  abid- 
eth  on  him"  (Jolm  3  $(1).  Again  I  dare. 
not  uffer  my  ^repentance  to  God  as  a 
piice  of  pardon.  It  is  too  worthless  a 
thing,  but  through  repentance  I  ean^ -'ac- 
cept His  grace  to  whose  ^\'ill  I  eonfoini. 
Shall  we  therefore  conclude  that  repen- 
tance is  not  necessitry,  tt)sa1vatiort  ?  Sure- 
ly not.  A  'state  of  iiiipeniteiice' is  one 
of  persistentdt-fianc^-againstGoil.'  'Chri.-.t 
saidtollia.disciplas,"  It  ln-hooved  tliji^t 
to  suffer,  to  ridL-  from  tile  dtjad  th^^  thir.d, 
day,  ,tli;^t  repeuUm^c  ami,  remisaiuiL  ,of 
sins  should  be  preached  '  iii  \m  jiaine 
aiiioug  i\^  ,i^:itipiis"  (ICukc  5i:,  itj,  j;7), 
and  to  certain  others,  ^'  E.vcaptye  repent, 


ye  shall  all  likewise  pen-sli  "  (Luke  13: 
'i).  Again,  I  camiot  offer  my  obedi- 
ence to  God  as  the  piice  of  my  pardon. 
To  obey  hiiu  is  only  my  "  reasonable 
service,  and  when  I  have  "  done  all  that 
is  commanded  "  me  I  have  still  to  say, 
I  'm  au  "  unprofitable  servant  "  and  have 
"  only  done  whrtt  was  my  duty  to  do." 

"  The  best  obedience  of  luy  bands 
Dare  not  appear  before  His  throne  " 

as  a  meritorious  offering  or  remuneration 
for  pardon.     Thun  I  can  sing, 

"  Nothing  in  my  hands  I  bring. 
Simply  to  his  cross  I  cling." 

"  I  'm  a  poor  sinner  and  nothing  at  all, 
But  Jesus  Christ  is  all   in  all." 


"  A  wreiched,  poor  and  helpless  worm, 

On  His  kind  arms  I  fall. 
He  is  my  Goil,  my  righteousness, 

My  Savior  and  my  all," 

But  if  Christ  is  my  "  all  and  in  all " 
he  is  not  only  the  prophet  whom  I  hoar, 
and  tlie  priest  on  whom  I  rely ;  but  also, 
the  king  wiiom  I  obey,  and  if  I  disregard 
his  authority  in  neglecting  his  smallest 
commandment,  it  cannot  be  ti-iie  that  he 
is  mj/  all  and  in  all.  Oh  hoM'  I  tremble 
fovthe  infiituated  and  deluded  professor 
of  Christianity,  who  scoffs  at  the  ordi- 
nances of  Christ,  and  excuses  himself  in 
their  neglect  by  pleading  that  Christ  is 
his  all  in  all.  Because  grace  and  not 
obedience,  is  the  source  of  salvation,  be- 
cause Christ's  work,  and  not  obedience, 
is  the  price  of  salvation,  shall  we  there- 
fore conclude  that  obedience  is  not.a  con- 
dition of  salvation?  Would  it  not  be 
as  reasonable  to  conclude  that  faitkwas 
not  a  condition  of  pardon  upon  the 
gi-ound  that  it  was  neither  the  soiu-ce 
norpriceof  redemption  .as  obedience? 
A  state  of  disoliedience  is  a  state  of 
hellion  aiid  condenmation,  and  the  sen- 
tence of  condemnation  can  only  be  avert- 
ed by  submitting  to  the, ilivine  will.  "He 
thatsaith,!  know  God, "says  Johji  "and 
keeps  not  his  commandments,  is  a  liar 
and  the  ti-uth  is  not  in  liim  "  (1  Jolm  2: 

J). 

Clement  in  his  letter  to  the  Corinthian 
brethren  says,  "  If  we  do  the  will  of 
Chi-ist,  we  shall  find  rest;  but  nothing 
shall  deliver  us  from,  eternal  punishment 
if  we  disobey  Ids,  commandments.  For 
even  thus,  saitb  the  Scripture  in  the 
prophet  Ezekie!  (U:  14-30).  ■■  If  Nuah, 
Job  and-  Daniel  should  rise  up,  they 
shall  not  deliver  their  children  in  cap- 
tivity. Wherefore,  if  .'<ii<-h  )i-_'i1.-..n-  men 
are  not  ableby  tjieii- li.'  .  :  ■  ■■■•  [le- 
liver  their' cLihb-en;  Lu,,  .■:,:,  -,.■  I.,,,,,,  to 
enter  iuto  the  kigudom  uf  God,, except 
we  keep  our  baptism  holy  and  undeliled. 
Or  who  .shall  be  our  advocate,  unless  we 
shall  be  found  to  have  done  what  is  ho- 
ly and  just  "  (Clement's  21  Epistle  to  the 
Corinthians  ;i:  S,  Ji).  Charles  Coote  in 
adding  a  sketch  of  the  eighteentli  cen- 
tury tomoslieim's  Eeclesiastiacal  history 
liot  only  grossly  misrepresented  the  Breth- 
ren wlio  are  so  very  strict  abuut  the  mar- 
elation  by  falsely  accusing  them 
of  not  entertaining  ahigii  opinion  of 
ts  sanctity,,,  but,  says  their"  principle 
tenet  is,  that  futuile  hapiiiufiss  can  only 
be  secured  by  penance  and  mortification" 
McLaine's  IVau.  Cen.  lS:4,Poot  note), 
andBuL^k,  who  in  hi.sthcnhvgieal  diction-' 
aiy  confmirtds  tho  'Brefhi'eii'  with  tlie 
"Kpllraf:,.^"^^l'M,  v.-n- cut  off"  fr.,'m  thr- 
Brvthivu  io!<.l,vr;iugnie.rewisli  Snb- 
,th-ullh  ;iiii[i^b.;iMj,-',>thv^'tbingsn.-:Lr 
Philad^-Iphia^at.oub  A.,  I).  1724,'says,,ui 
connection,, w'Uli  a.iM'Uiilper  of  ,«thar  m,- 
correct,  idlatiiiiieuta,  that  the  Dimkers, 
'''admit  of  \vorks  of  super orogati on,  -and 
d(fclftrethat"a  rasmuiay  do  muclr'  more 
than  he  is  in  justice' '  or '  equity  obliged^ 


may  therefore  be  applied  to  thes.alvation 
of  other 

I  do  notimpugn  the  motives  of  Messrs. 
Coote  and  Buck.  They  were  douh 
misinformed,  and  like  many,  stated  what 
they  did  not  know,  but  to  take  this  oc- 
casion to  say  in  behalf  of  the  church 
that  these  statements  as  they  stand  as 
well  as  others  connected  with  them  are 
slanderous  imputations  upon  our  faith. 
AVe  do  believe  and  teach  that  we  must 
"  through  the  spirit  mortify  the  deeds  of 
the  body ''and  keep  our  carnal  lusts 
subdued  (Rooj.  8:  13;  Col.  3:5,  G),  in 
order  to  salvation,  but  I  oft'er  this,  much 
less  human  penance  and  works  of  su- 
pererogation, as  a  price  of  salvation,  or 
that  we  believe  in  penance  or  works  of 
supererogation  at  all,  we  do  utterly  dis- 
claim. ICnowing  that  our  influence  ha^ 
been  temporarily  hindered  by  enemies 
whose  only  successful  method  of  opposi- 
tion has  been  to  misrepresent  us,  to  con- 
struct faliiics  of  their  o%vn,  and  falsely 
impute  them  to  the  Brethren,  only  to 
have  the  privilege  of  demolishing  them. 
we  have  for  the  sake  of  truth,  taken 
pains  to  make  tliese  remarks. 

We  put  obedience,  then  along  with 
faith  and  repentance,  all  of  which  ar 
retpiired  by  God  of  the  sinner,  are  al 
of  such  momentous  importance  that  the 
rejection  or  neglect  of  either,  is  the 
jection  or  neglect  of  salvation.  Some 
have  tried  to  opposeourplea  for  the  im 
portance  of  obedience  by  quoting  the 
language  of  the  apostle,  "  By  grace  are 
ye  saved,  through  faith;  and  that  not  of 
youi-selves,  it  is  the  gift  of  God ;  not  of 
M'orks,  lest  any  man  should  boa-st  (Eph.  2 : 
8,0),  and  there  they  stop,  butthe  apostle 
continues  by  sayidg,  "  for  we  are  his 
workmanship,  created  in  Christ  Jesus 
unto  good  works,  which  God  has  before 
ordained  that  we  should  walk  in  them*'' 
(verse  1").  I  have  shown  you-  ovu'  po- 
sition, that, salvation  is  not  of  man;  not 
by  works  of  the  law,  nor  of  man's  in! 
ventioii,  but  that  it  is  by  grace,  that 
Christ  who  is  himself  the  gift  of  God 
has  become  its  author  and  that  faith,  re- 
pentance and  oliedience,  which  are  'the 
coinlltwii-  Ihii'ii'^di  which  we  accept  it, 
are  mil  iin.'i  Ilurimis.  ,  Our  po.sition  so  far 
then  is  in  harmony  with  this  te.^t,  and  is 
the  saine  a.s  the  apostle's,  but  those  who 
deny  tbe.necessity  of  obedience,  thereby, 
deny  a  part  of  the  new  ci'eation  formed 
in  them  -who  are  "  created  in  Christ  t/o-i 
sus  mito  good  woj-^^fl,"  and  pervert  the 
forcordi nation  of  God  which  predeter- 
mined' "'  that  we  .flioidil  waU:  in  ihem" 

Christ  became  .the  author  of  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey — not  the  law, 
and  its"  carnal  ordinances,".nob  the  rites 
and  penances  .of  pagan  piiestcraft,  nor 
yet  the  ti'aditions  of  men,  who  teach  foi- 
doctrines  their  own  commands  and  "make 
the  cominandments  of  God  of  none  ef 
feet"  by'human  tradition,  but  "  he  be- 
came the  author  of  eternal  sanation  to 
all  them  them  that  oLei/  him."  He  is 
thii  end  of  the  ,  law.  He  holds  in  his 
hands  the  destinies  of  the  nations.  ,He 
is  the  sole  disposer  of  life  and  death,  the 
onlyS.Tvlor  of  men,  and  will  "  judgethe 
quick  and  tJie  dead,"  and  he  demands 
tiint  the  subjects  whom  be  ha?  created, 
preserved  and  redeemed,  ren<]erhim  not 
(>\]]y  tlii'ir  grateful  homage-,  but  their 
■'r.';,.Mi,-d.l.-s^rvi--e."  H  "is  In'ie  when 
wi'  Ikim-  ;irci-pt(;il  v!ie  dlviuc  authority, 
>•!■'! iii:iiii'''Sinjdpreci-pt.,\M.' may  still  comp 
.short,  of ,  duty  through  infirmity.  „  "If 
wetSay  wo  haw,  no;si.n,  ,we-  deceive  our- 
^■eh'es,''  Viut  as  we  with  our  infirmities 
accept  Ihe  conditions  of  pardon,  so  biv 
who  is' our  great  "High  PrieSt  "  and 
Advofate"  ^(cci'pt-!  iw    with  the  siime. 


firmities,"  and  knows  how  to  forbear 
and  succor;  but  to  despise  orne"-lect  his 
authority,  is  to  die  without  his  covenant 
mercy. 

The  necessity  of  faith  and  obndience 
combined,  was  strikingly  illustrated  in 
an  incident  of  M'hieh  I  have  heard  and 
very  graphically  sketched  by  the  author 
of  the  "Bible  Lookingglass"  (Religious 
Emblems  p.  91).  Two  men  were  cross- 
ing a  river  in  a  boat.  One  contended 
that  justification  was  by  faith  only,  the 
other  that  it  was  by  works  only.  Th*e 
boatman  said,  "  you  an;  both  wrong.  I 
have  two  oai's.  I  call  one  '  faith  '  and 
the  other  '  works.  Let  us  try  *  Faith 
only,' when  droppingone  oar,  he  plied 
the  other  with  all  his  might,  but  the 
boat  only  turned  round  and  round  iu 
useless  circles,  and  made  no  progress. 
"Faith  alone  won't  do  "  he  said,  "  now 
let  us  try  works  "  when  dropping  that 
oar  and  taking  the  other,  he  plied  it  with 
all  his  energy,  but  the  boat  only  turned 
round  and  round  in  useless  circles  the 
other  way,  and  made  no  progress. 
"  Worlcs  alone  won't  do  "  he  said,  when 
taking  both  oars  he  plied  them  together 
and  at  every  sti'oke,  off'  shot  the  boat 
toward  its  destined  shore.  "  You  see  " 
said  he,  "  it  requires  faith  and  works 
both."  This  then  simply  is  our  position. 
We  shall  never  complete  our  Christian 
voyage  without  both.  Just  here'  how- 
ever a  query  sometimes  arises  in  the  cu 
rious  mind.  "How  is  it"  asks  one, 
"  that  we  are  saved  by  faith,  and  by 
obedience,  and  by  repentance,  and  by 
calling  on  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
by  the  righteousness  of  Christ  and  by 
gi-ace  ?"  It  takes  all  to  save  just  one  sin- 
liel'i 

See  that  man  who  has  just  fallen  over 
yon  precipice.  He  catches  to  a  few 
shrubs  that  grow  from  the  creWces  of  the 
rocks,  and  succeeds  in,  planting  his  feet 
on  a  small  projection  which  offers  him 
temporary  assistance.  But  as  he  looks 
up  at  the  overarching  precipice,  he  sees 
that  it  is  iuipossible  to  restore  himself. 
As  he  looks  downward  he  sees  nothin"- 
but  death,  and  if  he  lets  loose  his  hold, 
he  must  be  dashed  in  i)ieces  on  the  rocks 
beneath,  and  he  cannot  remaiii  where  he 
is  for  he  is  holding  by  main  strength, 
and  soon  that  will  be  exausted.  Fit  em- 
blem of  fallen  man.  He  cannot  restore 
himself  to  the  divine  favor,  the  futm-e 
no  hope,  and  he  diinnot  remain  where 
he  is,  for  the  brittle  thread  of  life  will 
soon  be  cut,  and  he  must  meet  his  doom. 
But  this  man  remembers  that  a  little  way 
off  are  kind  ears  tliat  can  be  reached, 
and  friends  that  can  Ijring  relief.  Here 
is  faith,  but  suppose  he  proce,eds  no  fur- 
ther, can  faith  alone  -  save  ?  But  he  calls 
aloud  for  "help!7/f^;//  iiklp!!  "  Help 
c(ime-i.  So  "  Whosoever  .shall  call  on 
the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  sav- 
ed. Biit;  how  shall  they  call  on  him 
in  whom  thoy  have  not  believed?" 
(Rom.  10:  i;i,  14).  His,  friends  arriv- 
ing constj-uct  a  noose  in  a  rope  and  let 
it  down  wljei-e  he  is  hanging,  bidding 
him  cast  himself  into  it  with  the  assur- 
ance that  if  he  does,  they  -will  save  him. 
Mark  you  it  will  not  do  now  simply  to 
believe  them,  but  he  nnist  actually  obey 
them,  by  casting  himself  into  that  noose, 
and  ii,ow  otr'he  swings  over  the  danger- 
ourchnsni.  I.shcsaved?  I  answer  sav- 
;1  pro-speetively,n<>t.  finally.  ,  If  he 
;diid,e.s  in  tjie  rope,  however,  his  salvation 
is  contingent  upon  nothing  less  than  the 
efficiency  of  the  rope  and.  the  ability  and 
ftiithfulness  of  his  friends.  So  beloved 
in  Christ,  after'  we  have  believed  and 
obeyed  the  Gospel,    wtf   hre    saved  only 

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P'atln-i-'s  house  intervenes  percliuuce 
many  a  weary  step  "  lieaet  with  crowds 
of  sinners,  legions  of  devils,  and  a  whole 
world  of  temptations."  Before  we  reach 
the  harljor  of  safety,  many  a  fiery  tem- 
pest may  lash  our  frail  burk  and  threat- 
en witli  destruction.  AVe  may  have, to 
bear  "  the  liurden  and  heat  "  yet  through 
many  a  weary  hour  before  ^ve  he.iv  the 
"  well  done  "  and  on  the  battle  field  of 
truth,  many  a  long,  and  fierce  and  ter- 
ri])lc  conflict  may  await  us,  Math  numer- 
ous, powerful  and  malignant  foes,  clad 
in  formidable  armor  ere  we  «'ear  the  \'ic- 
tor'.s  i)nlni,  or  march  through  the  tri- 
umplud  arches  of  the  celestial  city.  But 
if  we  abide  faitliful  in  Jesus  as  fjhe  liv 
ing  branch  aliides  in  the  vine,  our  tinal 
salvation  is  contingent  on  nothing  less 
than  the  vicarious  suffering  of  Christ, 
his  nieritoriovis  work,  and  the  sovei-eign 
gran.'  of  God  which  Iirings  salvation 
down. 

But  some  one  who  has  mtnessed  this 
man's  condition  and  salvation  says,  "He 
was  saved  by  trusting  his  friends."  True, 
and  we  are  saved  by  faith.  Another 
saya,  "  He  was  saved  by  calling  on  his 
friends."  So  we  ai-e  saved  by  calling 
"  on  the  name  of  the  Lord."  Another 
says,  "  He  was  saved  by  letting  loose  his 
former  hold."  True  also,  and  we  are 
saved  by  repentance,  counting  oui' 
righteousness  as  filthy  rags."  Another 
says,  "  He  was  saved  by  obeying  his 
friends."  That  was  true,  and  we  are 
saved  ))y  obejnng  Chi-ist.  Another  says, 
"  He  was  s.aved  by  a  rope."  True  again, 
and  we  are  saved  by  the  righteousness 
of  Christ.  Another  says,  "  He  was  sav 
ed  by  the  kindness  of  his  friends."  That 
was  true,  and  we  are  saved  by  grace — 
saved  by  grace  as  the  source — saved  by 
the  righteousness  of  Christ  as  the  piice, 
and  saved  by  faith,  repentance  and  obe- 
dience including  the  rest  as  conditions. 

Thus  we  see  how  all  are  true,  and  neith- 
er the  source,  price,  nor  conditions  of 
pardon  can  be  dispensed  with,  Avithout 
exposure  to  the  penalties  of  sin.  We 
might  dwell  here  upon  tlie  more  general 
outlines  of  evangelical  obedience,  but 
reserve  these  thoughts  for  future  dis- 
course upon  that  subject  in  a  more  ap- 
propiate  connection.  We  ti'usttben  be- 
loved, that  so  far  you  have  understood 
our  position,  and  we  pause  to  enquire  if 
it  is  not  at  least  safe  ground?  The  doc- 
trine I  had  been  trained  to  believe,  was 
that  one  is  saved  as  soon  as  he  believes, 
before  he  goes  a  step  fin-ther,  but  that 
he  cannot  be  received  into  church  men- 
bership  and  fellowship  without  baptism, 
thus  making  the  way  into  the  church 
more  difficult  to  the  sinner  than  the  way 
into  "  life  and  immortality."  We  main- 
tain that  every  one  who  has  escaped  the 
condemnation  of  ain,  and  been  made  an 
heir  of  life,  is  an  essentia]  element  and 
living  constituent  of  the  Lord's  ecclesia; 
theresponsible,[niade  so  by  discharging 
responsibilities,  and  the  irresponsible, 
withoutany  conditions  whatever.  I  was 
taught  that  obedience  was  no  condition 
of  salvation  whatever,  but  onh/  follow- 
ed salvation  in  every  case. 

Now  suppose  this  position  to  be  ti'ue, 
I  ask  whether  I  have  lost  any  thing  here. 
If  faith  alone  saves,  then  of  course  we 
are  saved,  for  we  earnestly  contend  for 
for  its  necessity  and  believe  on  Christ 
■with  the  whole  heart.  If  faith  alone 
saves  them,  when  we  believe,  we  are 
"new  creatures  in  Christ  Jesus,"  and 
hence  entitled  to  all  the  immunities  of 
the  church  of  Christ  without  proceeding 
fui-ther;  and  those  who  teach  this  to  be 
consistent,  aie  bound  to  bid  me  and  my 
brethren  God  speed,  and  offer  us  church 
fellowship  as    we  are,  though  differing 


n-itli  them  in  doctrine,  because  acconbng 
to  th«ir  own  confession,  we  profess  all 
that  is  required  to  make  Christians.  On 
the  other  hand,  suppose  "  faith  only  " 
won't  save?  What  if  practical  obedi- 
ence is  a  condition  of  s.'ilvation,  I  ask  are 
they  safe  who  depend  on  "  faith  only?" 
If  this  is  cori'ect,  then  we  are  ^afc,  but 
if  our  position  is  correct,  they  are  not 
safe.  Kind  reader,  how  how  stanils  the 
case  with  you?  Have  you  believed  and 
ohei,ed  theGosptiM 


TO  A   FRIENDLY   BAPTIST  IN 
AMERICA. 


'Y'"OU  stjite  you  are  sure  of  salvation, 
J-  that  faith  is  enough  to  assiu-e  you 
of  salvation,  that  baptism  is  notfor  the 
forgiveness  of  sins,  and  that  Feet- wash 
iug,  means  to  polish  boots,  split  wood, 
or  do  any  other  kind  deedtoyoursuffer- 
ing  brethren,  that  shaking  hands  fidfills 
the  requirements  of  saluting  one  another 
with  a  holy  kiss.  That  any  style  and 
fashion  can  be  worn  provided  it  is  not 
the  adorning;  but  the  hidden  man  is 
present  in  the  secret  heart,  that  warfare 
is  even  commanded;  but  yet  if  it  were 
not  contrary,  yet  if  it  were  all  true,  the 
Brethren  claim  to  be  so.  Faith  alone 
would  save  you;  for"  By  faith  are  you 
saved,  and  uot  by  works,"  and  the  dec- 
laration is,  "  And  whosoever  ^vill,  let 
him  take  of  the  water  of  life  freely 
(Rev.  2^:  17). 

If  it  were  not,  that  I  know  you  ai 
ensnared  by  the  craftiness  of  others,  that 
you,  like  the  poor  fly  in  the  spider-web. 
are  entangled  and  secured  to  the  Baptist 
body  of  modern  professors,  and  know 
not  yourself  really  what  you  are  about, 
I  should  not  attempt  to  answer  you,  yet 
I  have  but  little  hope  that  I  can  be  of 
any  help  to  you  whatever. 

I  su}»pose  you  have  selected  no  better 
passage  that  more  fully  sets  forth  the 
freedom  of  salvation;  and  yet  you  are 
not  aware  that  you  took  a  sword,  sharp 
and  tn'o-edged  which  cut  your  theory 
asunder  through  and  through. 

The  water  of  life  is  free  to  all,  the 
good  and  bad,  saint  and  sinner,  and  it 
costs  no  money,  nor  price.  It  is  as  free 
as  the  air  you  breathe  and  the  sunshine 
you  enjoy,  tree  as  the  rain  that  falls  on 
the  ground,  and  the  great  water  of  the 
sea;  and  yet  to  be  had  only  on  condi- 
tions, and  this  condition  is  not  faith  alone. 
The  Lord  does  not  say,  "  And  whosoev- 
er will,  let  him  believe  on  the  water  of 
life  freely;"  but  he  did  say,  "let  him 
take,"  Now  you  know  to  take  is  to  act. 
and  action  is  what  j'ou  dread — want  to 
cut  out  and  and  put  in  the  place  of  it, 
faith  ^rithout  works.  You  know  the 
public  water  pump  in  your  town,  is  free 
to  all,  and  the  water  that  climbs  up  on 
every  store,  in  every  handy  place  from 
the    waterworks,  on    the  shore  of  the 

eatMissisippi,  is  also  fi-ee  as  free  can 
be  unto  you,  and  yet  it  does  uot  force  it- 
self upon  you,  nor  in  you.  So  it  is  with 
the  water  of  life,  it  is  free,  and  yet  uses 
no  force  to  come  to  you;  this  it  cannot 
do,  from  the  fact  that  it  is  free;  if  it  did 
use  force,  it  is  no  longer  free  as  you 
claim  it  is,  and  want  it  to  be. 

Well,  you  say,  I  must  believe  it  is  for 
one,  and  that  is  all  that  is  needed.    Here 

where  you  fail  to  the  eternal  ruin  of 
your  poor  soul.  Is  it  sufficient  to  believe 
the  ail-  is  free  to  all  i  Will  that  faith,  ev- 
en though  it  is  a  tnie  one,  keep  you 
alive?  Must  you  not  i(tie  ihto  your 
lungscontinually,  by  action  all  you  need? 
Did  ever  your  faith  without  works  bring 
water  from  the  town  pump,  or  turn  the 
stopper  on  the  water  pipe  ?     If  not,  faith 


without  works  wilt  uo  more  make  you 
partaker  of  the  water  of  life;  and  for 
this  very  reason  the  Lord  did  not  say, 
"let him  believe  on,"  but  "let him  take 
the  water  of  life  freely." 

Or  you  take  some  day  a  poor  fellow 
along  to  your  church  festival,  generally 
paying  his  twenty-five  cents  entitling  him 
to  take  of  your  ice  cream,  pies,  cakes  or 
what  else  can  be  had  in  that  restaurant, 
fieely  ^vitbout  money  and  Avithout  price. 
Will  he  need  no  more  than  faith  alone 
to  !»e  partaker  of  all  there  isfound  there? 
AVill  his  earnest  believing  be  the  same 
to  him  as  to  fal-e  it?  Surely  not.  Well 
my  fi'iend,  just  so  absiu'd  and  foolish  is 
your  idea,  to  be  partaker  of  the  wacer 
of  life,  by  even  the  most  true  and  earnest 
faith;  so  longyoui-  faith  is  not  united  to 
the  Lord's,  talce  it. 

On  the  other  hand  if  you  take  it,  you 
have  it,  and  it  cannot  bcw/ce  versa.  Bo 
you  see  already  that  faith  leaves  you 
empty  from  the  things  that  are  free, 
even  from  the  water  of  life;  hence  it  is 
time  for  you  to  take  it.  I  know  when 
you  bring  this  to  your  preacher,  he  will 
make  you  indifferent  by  telling  you 
"  When  you  believe  in  it,  you  possess  it 
in  your  faith,  and  that  is  sufficient,  that 
is  enough  for  salvation,  for  Paul  says, 
'  Not  of  woi'kg,  lest  any  man  should 
boast.'  !  Bewai'e  of  the  snares  of  Dunk- 
erism." 

It  shall  be  admitted  readily,  that  it  is 
true  you  possess  it  in  faith,  by  faith,  but 
unlucky  for  yon,  faith  is  uot  eternal ;  and 
when  the  day  comes  tliat  faitli  can  bt 
yours  no  more,  then  all  that  you  pos 
sessed  in  faith  is  gone  forever,  and  you 
have  nothing  at  all,  not  even  so  much  as 
fjuth  alone. 

But  now  how  will  you  get  the  water 
of  life,  or  how  can  you  lake  it  \vithout 
following  or  complying  with  the  require' 
ments  necessary  or  ordained  from  the 
Lord  to  bring  it  in  your  possession  ?  So 
get  water  from  your  town  pump,  still  it 
is  fi'ee,  you  can't  get  it,  but  by  working 
the  pump,  to  get  it  from  the  watei'works, 
you  must  turn  the  stopper,  and  even 
those  things  that  compel  you  to  act  to 
get  it,  are  essential  to  bring  it  to  you ; 
uot  even  in  your  socials,  can  you  pi 
take  of  the  joys  without  means.  You 
never  hesitate  to  drink  coffee  out  of  a 
cup,  or  eat  ice  cream  off  a  plate  with  a 
spoon.  You  know  faith  without  works 
does  liot  amount  to  anything  there.  Why 
then  do  you  reason  away  those  require- 
ments to  which  the  many  precious  prom- 
ises are  riveted  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
that  should  make  you  partake  of  the  di- 
vine nature?  Surely  God  did  not  every 
time  rivet  a  promise  to  a  command,  if  it 
were  not  so  that  by  obeying  Him,  we 
would  be  possessors  of  the  promise ;  hence 
we  all  see  that  forgiveness  of  sins  was 
t  secured  for  the  3000  thousand  souls 
by  faith  alone.  It  was  ready  for  them 
in  Christ  even  before  they  believed  it. 
By  faith  they  were  made  conscious  of 
where  theu*  soul's  desire  was  embodied; 
but  by  obeying  Him,  or  doing  the  nec- 
essary work,  they  plunged  through  the 
water  into  forgiveness  of  sins,  and  then 
they  had  it,  but  not  before.  And  so  it 
is  with  every  promise  by  obeying  the 
iquiremeuts.  You  open  the  channel 
through  which  the  graces  flow ;  so  you 
take  it,  and  it  is  yours.  If  you  under- 
stand this,  surely  you  '  will  cease  your 
man-made  dipping  and  go  to  the  Lord's 
arrangements;  you  will  cease  polishing 
boots  and  splitting  wood  in  place  of 
washing  the  saint's  feet,  you  will  sweep 
out  on  the  dung  hilj  your  worldly' style 
and  vanity,  and  adorn  yourself  In  modest 
apparel;  you  will  sleep  no  longer  in  a 
bed  with  a  revolver  under  youi-  pillow, 


but  equip  yourself  with  the  Lord's  ar- 
mor. Yet  you  will  tell  me,  "I  am  sure  I 
will  be  saved  if  I  die  as  I  am."  Trine 
immei-sion  will  give  me  no  better  as- 
surance. 

How  do  you  know  since  you  did  not 
try?  AVe  are  eightsouls  here  in  Europe 
who  have  said  so  too,  but  by  complying 
with  the  Lord'swiil,  all  have  found  that 
the  testimony  received,  weve  far  beyond 
expectation.  May  be  in  America 
you  can  find  many  testilying  to  the  same 
ti'uth;  but  you  may  scorn  our  experi- 
mental testimony  and  rely  on  yourscorea 
of  mockei-s  that  do  not  know'  what  they 
affirm,  or  ridicule  because  they  never  did 
it,  hence  can  know  nothing  about  it. 


ONE    HUNDRED   YEARS    FROM 
NOW 


AH  what  an  important  subject  have  we 
^  before  us  for  our  consideration;  it 
is  the  one  by  which  we  can  deterpiine 
where  we  will  spend  eternity.  And 
what  interesting  interrogative  is.  One 
hundred  years  fi-om  to-day  wJtere  shall 
ivch'f  God  has  said,  that  "  the  wick- 
ed shall  go  away  into  everlasting  pun- 
ishment; but  the  righteous  into  life  eter- 
nal." 

Now  the  great  question  to  be  decided 

is,  which  do  we  prefer,  to  spend  the  ev- 
erlasting ages  of  eternity  in  the  sunlit 
jileasures  of  the  God  of  heaven,  sur- 
mounting the  throne,  wearing  a  crown 
of  righteousness,  praising  the  God  of  our 
salvation?  Or  be  with  the  damned  cast 
out  and  be  forever  lost?  May  God,  iu 
His  infinite  mercy^  help  ns  to-day  to 
"  choose  that  good  part  that  shall  never 
be  taken  away  from  us." 

Who  can  resolve  the  doubt. 

That  tears  our  auxioiisbren-st? 
Shall  we  be  with  the  dabneJ  cnst  out 

Or  numbered  with  the  hle=t? 
We  uiiiat  from  God  be  driven, 

Or  ivith  our  Savior   dwell; 
Mu?t  come  nt  His  command  to  lieaven, 

Or  else  depart  to  belt. 

WHAT  IT  IS  TO  BEAR  THE  CROSS. 

LET  us  have  a  fcnie  uuderstandiug  of  what 
bearing  the  cross  is.  He  after  whom  Si- 
mon bore  the  cross  is  now  for  above  all  woe  and 
weariness  and  pain,  and  needs  no  help  or  com- 
fort of  otirs.  We  cannot  even  follow  Him  in 
person,  as  He  called  the  rich  young  man  to  do. 
it  ia  in  heart  and  si)irifc,  in  life  and  conversion, 
that  we  ore  to  bear  the  cross,  uot  in  au  outward 
or  bodily  way.  True,  even  outwardly  the  cross 
is  a  Christian  symbol.  But  should  the  cross  be  ' 
made  an  ornament  of  the  person?  Should  the 
symbol  of  i-edeniption,  the  likeness  of  the  cross 
of  Calviiry  on  which  the  Lord  of  glory  died  for 
our  souls,  be  put  on  just  as  a  brooch  or  bracelet 
is  put  on,  lind  dangle  from  the  neck  amid  song 
aud  douce  and  light-hearted  mirth?  Is  this 
seeml^'  right?  Is  it  not  rather  apoinful  parody 
on  the  bearing  of  the  cross?  Is  not  the  cvo3< 
too  often  thus  borne  when  the  mind  of  the 
bearer  is  sfill  vain  and  frivolous,  and  there  is 
no  bearing  of  the  cross  in  the  heart  or  life? 
The  true  bciuiiig  of  the  cross  after  Jesus  is  to 
follow  Hira,  in  faith  and  love,  through  all  that 
His  service  leods  us  to;  to  give  up  all  that  He 
requires  to  be  given  up;  to  undertake  cheerfully 
whatever  He  calls  us  to;  to  be  willhig  for  Him 
to  suffer  shame  and  loss,  to  be  mocked,  despised 
disliked,  persecuted;  to  submit  cheerfully  to  all 
His  dealings;  to  surrender  our  will  to  His  will 
An  outward  and  formal  bearing  of  the  cross  ia 
^■iBy  indeed;  siich  a  bearing  of  it  as  this  is  not 
^■isy;  nav,  not  possible  for  us,  unhelped.  Yet 
this  is  what  our  Lord  calls  ns  to,  and  He  Him- 
self tyill  give  u.s  help  and  strength.  His  grace 
.fficient  for  ua.-^Sel. 


Keep  the  horroi^  at  arm's  length.  Never 
turn  a  blessing  round,  to  see  whether  it  has  a 
dark  aide  to  it. 


thp:  bkethkejst  ^t  work. 


June    6. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.H.MOORE,  ly.uiroRS. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  f 


Bbo.  S.  H.  BA.iiion  is  diilj  QuiboriicJ,  by  us  na 
tratcting  corrcspondonl  nnil  agent  Tor  llio  ItRETUm 
WonK  oBil  will  recdfO  Bubatripliona  fur  Iho  samo  ft 
regular  mlM.  All  husiiiMS  tmnsnolea  liy  liini  for  oi 
ncp,  will  bo  iUd  Bftmo  ns  if  Jodo  by  ouraeUM. 


Tub  BRE7iinEH  at  Wouk  will  be  scnl  poal-poii],  to  any 
ftilJrfss  in  Ibc  United  Slales  or  Canodn,  for  £160  par 
SQDUDi.  Tliose  a  ending  ton  nomea  nnd  5"'-*>U.  w'H  "- 
coWe  nn  oilrn  copy  ti-ce  of  olinrge.  For  nil  over  tills 
number  llio  ogcnt  will  bo  lUloived  10  odnla  for  ooeb  odili- 
ILonul  name,  whlob  nmoiinl  enn  be  deducted  from  the 
money,  before  apnding  it  lo  us.  Money  Orders,  Drnns, 
ftQil  ILi-gistcred  Lctlcra  miiy  bo  sent  al  our  risk.  They 
sbiiiiM  hi!  uindu  pnyiiblo  lo  Mooro  S  Eshelinnn, 


.,, lunicnlions  inlondod  for  tie  pa- 

iiU  biisinefs  mntlcra  conneclod  wilh  Iho  of- 
[iddreased 

UOOBE  k  ESECLUAH, 

Luuul^  CuTflU  Co.,  HI- 


LAHAKS,  ILL., 


June  6,  1S7S. 


An  exchange  says,  "  Pureiita  should 

cftutioD,  imd  select  good,  i-utertaijiing  reading 
for  their  cliildren.  If  parents  do  not  make  the 
selection  tlie  devil  will  cheerfully  do  it  for 
them." 

The  price  of  the  Brethren  at  Work  from 
the  Annual  Meeting  to  the  end  of  the  pi-eseut 
year,  mil  be  75  cents.  We  mention  this  that, 
those  who  wish  to  send  in  six  mouths'  subscrib- 
ers may  know  what  to  do. 

Brotheii  Geo.  W.  Thomas,  of  Peahody,  Eaii., 
says;  "  God  bless  you  in  your  labor.  Your  pa- 
per is  doing  a  noble  work  on  these  Western 
prairies.  Two  more  precious  souls  united  with 
us  yesterday,  by  baptism,  and  two  more  copies 
of  the  Brethren  at  Work  wanted  on  the  00 
cent  solicitation."  That  is  the  way  to  treat 
new  converts.  Place  a  good  paper  in  their 
hands,  and  thus  induce  them  to  become  greatly 
interested  in  the  wellfare  and  workings  of  the 
church.  

The  publisher  of  a  weekly  newspaper  in  Ill- 
inois, prints  in  each  number  a  chapter  of  the 
Bible,  and,  upon  being  ridiculed  for  it  by  his 
contemponiries,  remarks  editorially:  "We  pub- 
lish nothing  hut  what  is  news  to  our  readers." 
It  is  hoped  that  the  contents  of  the  Bible  are 
not  new  to  our  readers,  or  if  we  thought  they 
were  we  should  certainly  give  them  a  chapter 
each  week.  It  is  well  to  get  into  the  habit  of 
reading  a  portion  of  Scripture  each  day.  Every 
boy  ought  to  have  a  Testitmeut  to  carry  i^  his 
pocket.  

We  are  glad  to  learn  that  a  number  of  Dis- 
trict of  churches  are  taking  their  missionary 
work  into  their  own  hands,  appoint  their  own 
evangehsta,  and  apply  the  money  raised  ,diytTlli/ 
to  the  work.  It  is  hoped  that  every  district  will 
fall  in  line  and  adopt  this  method  of  carrying 
on  missionary  work,  for  they  will  then  have 
their  own  field  under  their  direct  care,  and  mil 
kiiow  just  what  kind  of  men  are  being  put  into 
the  field.  Proper  eftbrts  in  this  direction  will 
enable  them  to  push  the  Gospel  into  every  nook 
and  corner  of  the  land. 


■Those  who  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Mid- 
dle District  of  Iowa  last  week.speakwellof  the 
meeting.  '  The  meeting  was  held  with  the  Lost 
Nation  congregation,  just  after  fcheir  feast,  and 
was  attended  by  some  thirty  or  forty  brethren 
and  sisters  from  this  part  of  the  conatvy.  .  They 
hiid  a  pleasant  trip  of  it,  the  W.  U.  R,  R.  Co.. 
having  provided  them  with  a  car,  and  did  what 
the)'  could  to  make  the  trip  an  enjoyable  one. 
The  railroad  men  were  much  delighted  with  the 
siuguig  by  the  members.  The  District  Meeting 
passed  ott'  harmoniously  and  seemed  to  give  gen- 
eral satisfaction. 


On  anpther.pago  will  be  found  a  compromise 
communication  from  Bro.  D.  C.  Moomaw,  in 
'  which  he  manifests  a  conciliator}'  feeling.  He, 
in  a  privnt«  communication,  thinks  our  reply  to 
hiu),  was  a  little  too  severe.  That  may  have 
been,  ns  we  are  in  the  habit  of  handling  things 
without  gloves.  But,  as  Bro.  M,  siiys,  this  ar- 
ticle is  to  be  his  last  on  that  subject,  we  Iiope 
that  all  unpleasant  feelings  will  now  be  buried, 
and  that  the  old  sliip  of  Zion  will  continue  to 
glide  smoothly  along  over  the  placid  waters  of 
time.  We  earnestly  solicit  the  aid  of  all  our 
able  writers  in  keeping  peace  and  harmony  in 
the  church,,  and  to  place  nothing  before  our 
renders  but  what  is  calculated  to  edify,  and  build 
up  the  cause,  Let  the  Brethren  at  Wouk  be- 
come a  medium  for  the  publishing  of  the  best 
tliought^.and  most  harmonious  communications 
that  can  be  produced,  and  we  are  satisHed  that 
our  efforts  will  result  in  much  good,  and  redound 
to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God. 


OHILDBEN  AT  "WORK. 

FOR  some  time  we  have  felt  that  there  is  a 
demand  for  a  juvenile  paper  among  us, 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  children  and  young 
people  of  the  brotherhood,  and  after  mature  de- 
liberation, and  much  consultation  with  others, 
in  various  parts  of  the  country,  we  have  con- 
cluded to  issue  ft  semi-monthly  sheet  to  be  call- 
ed the  Cnn.DREK  at  Work. 

Brother  Eshelman  will  take  charge  of  the 
paper,  giving  it  his  attention  and  talent,  and 
will  do  all  in  his  power  to  make  it  both  inter- 
esting and  instructive  to  the  young.  Since 
opening  the  Home  Circle  and  children's  depart- 
ment in  the  Brethrbn  at  Work,  we  have 
learned  how  anxious  children  are  for  a  paper 
adapted  to  their  wants,  and  how  eagerly  they 
grasp  every  opportunity  for  reading  such  mat^ 
ler. 

It  is  believed  that  a  failure  upon  the  part  of 
many  parents  to  supply  their  children  with  !■ 
able  rending  matter,  has  been  the  cause  of  some 
growing  up  and  embracing  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  other  orders,  and  also  the  cause  of  much 
novel  reading.  About  the  only  way  to  keep 
children  from  reading  trjishy  literature  is  to  put 
good  reading  matter  before  them  instead,  and 
thus  train  them  to  love  and  relish  strictly  mora! 
reading.  This  brother  Eshelniaii  purposes  to 
do,  and  desires  the  united  support  of  every  lover 
of  the  truth  in  the  great  and  good  work. 

Onr  little  folks  have  become  so  interested 
with  their  department  in  the  Brethren  at 
Work  that  we  found  the  space  thus  allotted,  too 
inadequate  to  anything  like  meeting  their  wants, 
hence  this  little  sheet.  We  send  it  forth  upon 
its  mission  of  usefulness,  hoping  that  it  may  at- 
tain to  an  extensive  circulation,  and  thus  accom' 
plish  a  vast  amount  of  good.  Just  pause  and 
calculate  for  one  moment.  Supposing  the 
Children  at  Work  sliould  reach  a  cii-culation 
of  ten  or  twelve  thousand,  and  the  children 
would  read  it  year  after  year  till  grown  up,  what 
an  army  of  soldiers  would  we  have  to  strength- 
en the  cause  and  build  up  the  church.  Christ 
told  Peter  to  feed  his  lambs,  and  this  Ls  just  what 
this  little  paper  is  intended  to  do.  We  want  to 
put  the  feed  down  low  enough  so  that  the  lambs 
can  reach  it,  and  then  when  they  get  older  they 
can  reach  up  higher.  The  children  want  to  be 
taught  while  young,  so  that  when  they  get  old, 
they  will  not  depart  from  the  principles  of  the 
truth  thus  taught.  We  therefore  conclude  that 
everj'  family  having  children  large  enough  to 
read,  should  be  sui-e  to  send  for  the  Children 
at  Work. 

1  n  your  neighborhood  there  may  be  some  poor 
boys  and  girls  whose  surroundings  at  home  are 
not  very  favorable  to  religion.  They  are  liable 
to  be  led  still  farther  iistray  and  perhaps  die  a 
disgraceful  death.  Now  do  you  not  think  that 
it  would  be  a  noble  idea  if  you  would  pla 
good,  little  paper  in  their  hands  to  read?  It 
might  be  the  means  ^  of  rescuing  them  from 
eternal  ruin.  And  then  what  joy  would  yon 
realize,  if  in  heaven  you  should  meet  some 
whom  you  had  thus  been  instrumental  in  lead- 
ing froiu  threatened  destmction  to  life  eternal  y 
Then  there  are  thousands  of  little  boya  andgirls, 
in  the  lower  walks  of  life,  who  would,  read  such 
a  paper  with  the  greatest  of  joy,  and  never 
cease  to  thank  the  pei'son  who  sent  it  to  them. 
Then  friendly  reader,  do  all  in  your  power  to 
get  thi^  little  paper  into  the  hands  of  every  lit- 
tle boy  and  girl  youknowof,  especially  the  poor 
and  off'caat.  The  hardships  through  which  we 
hnve  passed  in  early  life,  compel  us  to  be  a 
friend  to  every  poor  boy  wo  meet.  We  know 
and  have  felt  what  it  is  to  he  a  poor  boy,  and 
we  would,  pertainly  rejoice  to  biow  that  the 
Children  at  Work  is  going  to  thousands  of 
poor  boys  and  girls  who  are  looked  down  upon 
by  society.  It  would  be  the  hight  of  oarambi- 
tion  to  be  instrumental  in  lifting  afew  thousand 
of  them  up  from  the  degraded  walks  of  life  and 
make  of  them  useful  men  and  women.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  will  you  lend  a  helping  hand  in 
this  work?  We  want  your  aid,  your  prayers 
aud  sympathies. 

The  Childben  at  Work  is  intended  to  stick 
close  to  the  Bible  doctrine,  and  tvill  not  shun 
to  tench  the  fiiith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren. 
We  do  not  propose  to  shun  the  plain  Gospul 
truths  just  because  the  paper  is  for  children. 
We  want  to  so  teach  the  children  that  when 
they  come  to  the  years  of  sufficient  knowledge 
they  will  come  to  the  church  and  become  u;>eful 
members.     In  fact,  we  want  all   the 


among  us  lo  Ire  trained  up  in  the  doctrine  and 
practice  of  the  Brethren  church.  That  in  fact 
in  the  primary  object  of  this  little  paper — get 
the  children  to  "  fear  God  and  keep  his  cura- 
mandments,"  It  is  needful  that  the  lambs  be 
fed,  for  they  are  what  must  one  day  make  the 
sheep.  Just  so  with  your  children — they  must 
one  day  Like  your  place,  and  into  their  hands 
must  fall  ^the  government  of  the  church,  and 
how  important  it  is  that  they  be  well  prepared 
for  it. 

As  before  remarked,  brother  Eshelman  will 
take  charge  of  the  children's  paper,  and  we 
want  everybody  to  assist  hiin  in  making  it  in- 
teresting and  giving  it  a  wide  circulation.  I 
shall  take  charge  of  the  Brethren  at  Work 
and  do  my  utmost  to  make  it  still  more  attract- 
ive and  useful.  By  the  help  of  the  Lord  we 
hope  to  make  the  paper  still  better  and  keep  its 
columns  free  from  objectional  matter.  And  in 
this  work  we  want  the  united  .issistance  of  all 
our  readers.  We  want  them  to  watch  the  con- 
tents of  the  paper  carefully,  and  if  they  see 
that  which  is  calculated  to  injure  the  cause,  they 
ivill  confer  a  great  favor  by  being  free  to  inform 
us  of  it.  For  our  success  so  far,  we  are  greatly 
indebted  to  the  good  advice  received  from  our 
readers.  When  we  make  mistakes  please  do  not 
talk  to  others  about  it,  but  write  us  and  let  ns 
have  your  judgment  regarding  that  which  will 
be  for  the  good  of  the  cause.  We  are  still  young, 
perhaps  the  youngest  editor  in  the  brotherhood, 
but  willing  to  learn  and  be  convinced  by  our 
peojile.  We  have  been  vtsry  fortunate  in  work- 
ing up  a  good  circulation  and  may  God  help  us 
to  so  conduct  the  paper,  that  it  may  pi'ove  a 
credit  and  a  blessing  to  our  holy  religion,  and 
be  instrumental  in  leading  many  from  darkness 
to  the  true  and  marvelous  light.  Brethren,  in 
your  prayers  do  not  forget  the  Brethren  at 
Work,  nor  the  Children  at  Work  either. 
Pray  for  us  often,  and  may  God  bless  both  you 
and  us.  ^^^^^^^^^  j.  H.  m. 

ALMOST  PERSUADED. 

To  a  Loved  One  an  The  Pnnfic  Coiisi  Who 
Knows  that  Jems  also  Died  for  Him,  yet  is 
not  Altogether  Persuaded  lo  Put  Him  On : — 

THE  man  of  God  says;  "  Knowing  therefore 
the  terror  of  the  Lord,  we  persuade  men  " 
(2  Cor.  5: 11).  The  "  then/ore"  refers  to  Paul's 
argument  and  declaration  previous  to  the  fore- 
going expression.  In  the  therefore  is  wrapped 
up  the  fact,  "  For  we  must  all  aii]icar  before  the 
Judgment-seat  of  Christ."  Why?  "That  ei>- 
enj  one  may  receive  the  things  done  in  his  body, 
according  to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  it  be 
good  or  bad."  The  measure  is,  "  according  to 
that  HE  HATH  DONE."  And  that  none 
,  might  escape,  he  says,  "  whether  it  be  good  or 
bad."  This  makes  known  the  (quality  or  kind 
of  deeds;  and  it  is  clear  that  only  two  kinds 
will  be  noticed  by  the  Lord — good  and  bad. 

To  you  it  must  be  evident,  that  to  believe  nil 
the  facts  of  the  Gospel,  to  obey  all  the  com- 
mandments and  hope  for  all  the  promises,  is  to 
possess  GOOD  in  its  highest  sense.  Whatever 
God  has  declared,  is  good.  To  believe  this,  is 
to  believe  good.  Whatever  God  has  commanded, 
is  good.  Then  to  obey  all  His  commandments, 
is  good.  All  that  God  has  promised  is  good. 
Therefore  to  hope  for  or  enjoy  them,  is  also  good. 
On  God's  side  all  things  are  good,  and  to  bo  on 
the  side  of  the  good  things  is  to  be  safe  beyond 
a  shadow  of  doubt.     God  cannot  lie. 

To  get  into  Christ  through  the  divinely  ap- 
pointed means,  is  not  enough.  To  remain  in 
Him,  aud  walk  as  He  walked,  is  no  leas  imperar 
five  than  the  getting  into.  To  go  on  unto  per- 
fection (Heb.  6;  1),  is  indicative  of  something  to 
be  done  on  the  way:  Simply  enmiiifjto  Je-sus 
brings  not  perfection  as^Ood demands  perfection. 
To  do  the  "  all  things"  commanded  by  Christ, 
brings  the  realization  and  enjoyment  of  the 
things  hoped  for.  The  God  that  says,  "  be  bap- 
tized," with  equal  force  says,  "  In  like  manner 
also,  that  women  adorn  themselves  in  modest 
apparel  "(1  Tim.  2: 'J).  In  like  manner  also 
implies  that  what  is  said  to  women  was  rtlso 
said  td  men  by  the  Apostle.  But  the  apostle 
Peter  speaks  more  definitely  concerning  the 
wearing  of  gold.  "  Whose  adorning,  let  it  not 
be  the  outward  adorning  of  plaiting  the  hair, 
and  of  wearing  of  gold,  or  of  the  putting  on  of 
apparel  "  (1  Pet.  3:  3).  In  short,  let  not  the 
outward  appearance  be  that  of  a  vain  and  foolish 
person,  not  the  putting  on  of  gold,  but  "  a  meek 
and  ijuict  spirit."  This  is  the  Lord's  definition 
of  the  Christian. 


But  you  are  not  altogether  persuaded  concern- 
ing the  manner  nf  our  dress.  First:  We  re- 
gard our  mode  of  dress  as  being  plain.  This 
the  Holy  Ghost  by  the  Word  requires.  Second: 
We  regard  our  mode  of  dress  as  being  non-con- 
formedtothe  world.  Thistho  Lordalsorequires. 
"  Who  is  to  give  the  pattern?"  queries  one. 
Let  me  explain;  You  know  that  the  Lonl  says 
of  the  cup  of  the  communion  of  His  blood, 
"Take  this  and  divide  it  among  yourselve3"(Liike 
22: 17).  Does  Ho  say  how,  in  what  manner  we 
shall  divide  it?  Does  He  say  each  person  shall 
have  a  little  wine  in  a  cup  or  that  there  .shall 
be  one  cup  for  all?  Not  at  all!  He  says  noth- 
ing about  it.  Then  wlio  shall  say  in  what 
manner  the  cup  shall  be  divided?  Evidently 
the  church,  for  every  one  in  the  church  is  con- 
cerned— "  divide  it  among  yourselves."    To  this, 

1  think  you  will  agree,  as  do  all  who  believe  in 
the  sacred  emblems  of  Christ's  sufieringa  and 
death. 

Now  if  this  be  evident  to  all,  should  it  not 
be  equally  evident  that  the  church  con  safely 
give  the  manner  of  onr  dress,  since  we  are  com- 
manded to  be  non-conformed  to  this  world — to 
be  a  separate  and  peculiar  people?  If  wc  admit 
the  privilege — the  right  of  the  church  to  lay 
down  the  manner  of  doing  one  thing  command- 
ed by  Qod,  then  we  must  admit  the  right  in  an- 
other, where  God  is  equally  silent  concerning 
the  manner  of  doing  it.  God  tells  us  in  every 
instance  what  to  do,  but  in  u  number  of  cases 
does  not  tell  how  to  perform  it.  I  presume  He 
ordained  that  in  some  things  the  church  should 
exercise  judgment,  hence  so  arranged  the  plan 
of  salvation. 

To  accept  the  church's  method  in  one  thing 
in  the  absence  of  a  plain,  positive  "  thiLs  saith 
the  Lord,"  pre-suppo.'ies  her  right  to  adopt  that 
method  and  continue  it  until,  in  harmony  and 
brotherly  kindness,  it  can  be  supplanted  with 
something  better.  On  the  doctrine  of  non- 
conformity, I  trust  we  are  generally  agreed,  but 
as  to  the  best  manner  of  observing  it,  a  differ- 
ence of  opinion  exists.  These  differences  of 
opinion  may,  in  general  council,  he  compared 
aud  passed  upon  in  the  spirit  of  love  and  Ibr- 
bearance;  and  when  this  is  done,  no  one  will 
likely  lose  an  iota  of  holiness  by  complying 
with  the  conclusion.  But  the  root  of  the  mat^ 
ter  is  holiness  of  heart,  and  here  the  submission 
must  find  lodgment  or  the  doctrine  of  non- 
conformity will  be  such  only  in  name. 

"Well,"  says  one,  "  I  am  glad  thatitdoes  not 
say,  Yon  must  be  non-conformed."  Hold!  do 
not  be  too  fast.  It  does  virtually  say,  You 
must  be  non-conformed.     Turn  to  Rom.  12:1, 

2  and  leara  what  the  Holy  Ghost  by  the  mouth 
of  Paul,  says:  "  Be  not  conformed  to  tliis  world, 
but  be  ye  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your 
mind."  ,  Here  the  Lord  tells  by  what  you  shall 
be  non-conformed — "  by  the  renewing  of  the 
mind."  There,  now,  the  Lord  has  said  "  Uijgour 
«ii)irf,''and|if  you  "be  non-conformed  to  this 
world  "  "  by  your  mind  "  there  will  be  abundant 
visible  evidence.  There  will  then  be  no  need  of 
sending  a  detective,  or  special  agent,  to  learn 
whether  you  are  non-conformed  to  this  world,  or 
not.  But  this  evidence  of  a  non-conformed 
mind,  being  a  good  thing,  of  course  must  have 
its  counterfeit  and  abuse.  Wolves  run  miles  to 
get  the  mantle  in  order  to  devour  the  sheep. 
Some  prominent  branches  near  the  top  of  the 
tree,  with  the  non-conformed  garment  on,  have 
laden  themselves  with  sins,  broken  off  and  fall- 
en to  the  ground,  scratching  the  bark  a  little  in 
the  descent,  yet  the  tree  goes  on  bearing  its 
fruit  as  before.  These  abusci  and  fallings  carry 
no  argument  against  the  mode  adopteil  by  the 
church  for  apparelling  its  members. 

"  But  I  can  live  a  Christian  out>  of  the  church." 
Not  precisely.  Why  then  did  the  Lord  estab- 
lish n  church?  Why  speak  of  "the  church," 
one  body,  one  faith,  if  you  can  live  without  the 
one  body?  Suppose  all  would  adopt  your  plan, 
where  would  the  ordinances  he?  The  Lord  or- 
dained the  church.  The  Bible  teaches  the  ne- 
cessity of  the  church  being  of  one  mind — of 
one  faith.  Where  would  the  one  faith  be  if  no 
two  believed  alike?  You  see  your  inclination 
leads  to  unsafe  ground.  A  stone  lying  on  the 
street  is  as  much  of  a  stone  as  the  one  in  the 
building;  but  what  good  is  it  doing  there  all 
alone,  being  knocked  from  one  side  of  the  street 
to  the  other  by  every  old  cart  that  comes  along, 
and  a  stumblingblock  toothers?  But  if  it  is 
taken  up  and  pnt  into  a  bnilding  with  other 
stones  it  is  valuable.  To  wash  the  stone  and 
lay  it  down  in  the  street  again,  can  answer  no 


June    0. 


THE  bretk[re.:n"  ^t  avokk:. 


[.virpi'^^e;  but  let  it  be  prepiired  uiiJ  put  into  the 
liousf  and  tlien  it  is  a  part  of  the  building.  I 
beg  or  you  to  come  to  Jcsua.  Accept  Him;  let 
Him  (tre»H  and  polish  you.  May  the  Lord  help 
you  to  l>e  not  only  almost,  but  altflgether  per- 
suaded and  be  a  lively  stone  in  the  Mtistcr's 

house,  ^^^^^^^^  M.  H.  E. 

SECRET  SOCIETIES  IN    HEAVEN. 

IT  is  not  uncommon  in  Masonic  literature  to 
road  of  the  "  Grnud  Lodge  above."  We 
wonder  if  these  peoplu  believe  there  la  a  secret 
society  in  heaven,  and  that  they  have  regular 
organized  lodges  in  the  paradise  of  God?  If 
not,  why  talk  of  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above?  " 

One  would  infer  from  their  writings  that 
there  will  be  many  secret  lodges  in  heaven,  for 
one  party  talks  of  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above," 
and  another  of  the  "  Great  Grange  in  heaven." 
To  come  right  down  to  the  candid  truth;  Do 
they  iictunlly  believe  there  will  he  a  Grange  in 
heaven?  Do  they  believe  there  will  be  a  Ma- 
sonic Lodge  among  the  saiuls  in  heaven?  A 
Lodge  presupposes  the  existence  of  secrets,  pass- 
words and  signs.  What  do  they  want  with  se- 
crets, pass-words  and  signs  in  heaven?  and  it  is 
evident  that  there  can  be  no  "Grand  Lodge" 
without  them. 

It  is  worse  than  nonsense  to  talk  of  the  "  Grand 
Lodge  above  "  or  the  "  Great  Grange  in  heaven." 
Who  supposes  there  will  he  a  "Gi-ange"in 
heaven?  What  in  the  name  of  reason  do  they 
want  with  n  secret  organization  against  monop- 
oly, railroads  and  middle-men  in  heaven?  Will 
heaveu  be  so  corrupt  that  it  will  be  necessary  to 
organise  secret  societies  to  oppose  mouoi)olies 
there? 

Men  who  are  supposed  to  understand  the  ob- 
ject of  secret  societies  say,  they  are  benevolent 
institutions,  and  intended  to  render  assistance 
to  the  poor  and  needy,  and  then  talk  about  the 
"  Grand  Lodge  above"  just  as  though  they  need- 
ed a  charitable  institution  where  there  is  no  lack 
of  anything.  What  would  you  think  of  politi- 
cians who  would  talk  about  their  brother  going 
to  the  Grand  Republica]i  party  above,  or  the 
Grand  Democratic  party  in  lieaven  ?  and  yet  it 
would  be  no  more  absuitl  and  ridiculous  than 
talking  of  the  "Grand  Lodge  above"  or  the 
"Great  Grange  in  heaven,"  The  idea  that  there 
are  secret  societies  in  heaven  is  too  ridiculous  to 
reason  about.  They  even  go  so  far  as  to  say 
that  men  will  take  their  last  degree  in  heaven. 
If  it  costs  as  much  to  take  a  degree  there,  as  it 
does  here,  there  will  be  but  few  degrees  taken. 
But  is  this  not  talking  nonsense,  when  intini.i- 
tiou  is  made  of  taking  Masonic  degrees  in  heav- 
en? Surely  everybody  knows  that  there  can  be 
no  secret  degrees  in  the  land  of  the  blessed. 

Were  this  true,  it  would  divide  the  inhabitants 
of  heaven  at  once,  for  all  would  not  join  the  se- 
cret society,  and  if  they  did,  then  it  would  cease 
to  U'  a  secret  order. 

When  om-  Masonic  people  talk  of  the  "  Grand 
Lodge  above  "  do  they,  fur  a  moment,  suppose 
that  there  will  be  a  great  Masonic  Hall  in  heav- 
en, where  they,  with  barred  doors  and  covered 
windows,  can  teach  and  practice  their  secrets? 
Or  do  they  think  that  heaven  itself  will  1m  the 
great  secret  hall?  If  the  latter,  then  what  do 
they  want  with  secrets?  Then,  how  about  the 
"  Great  Grange  in  heaven  ?  "  Must  they  have  a 
separate  room  to  themselves,  where  they  can 
teach  their  secret  workings  against  monopoly 
and  railroads?  Can  those  who  talk  about  the 
"  Grand  Lodge  above  "  and  the  "  Great  Grange 
iu  heaven  "  tfill  us  how  these  things  are  to  be 
fixed  up? 

We  think  that  in  order  to  he  at  least  a  little 
cousbleut,  the  eupporlers  of  secret  orders  should 
cease  using  such  unmeaning  phrases,  for  we  dare 
say,  there  is  not  one  of  them,  who,  after  due  re- 
flection, mil  say,  there  are  secret  societies  in 
heaven,  and  yet  we  find  intimations  of  it  in 
their  writings.  There  can  bo  no  Lodge  without 
secrets,  and  an  organization  to  that  eflfect,  and 
io  talk  of  the  Lodge  above  is  to  admit  the  ex- 
istence of  an  organized  secret  society. 

If  any  one  should  teach  that  secret  societies 
form  an  essential  feature  of  life  in  the  other  lo- 
cality we  would  have  no  reason  to  object,  for 
that  would  seem  a  little  reasonable,  as  darkness 
is  essential  to  the  perpetuity  of  such  secret  or- 
ders, while  light  is  calculated  to  bring  their 
deeds  to  light  that  all  may  see  them. 

Perhaps  there  may  be  those  who  can  throw 
some  light  on  thesubjcct.  If  thers  is  a  "  (>rand 
Lodge  above  "  it  Is  time  we  were  all  knowing  it, 
for  it  would  induce  thousands  to  enter  the  Lodge 


here  l>elow,  that  they  might  have  the  pleasure  of 
taking  still  higher  degrees  in  the  world  to  come. 
If  there  is  a  Lodge  above,  then  it  must  be  be- 
yond the  real  heaven,  perhaps  the  uppermost 
scats,  hence  thousands  of  devoted  Christiims 
must  remain  in  the  ordinarj'  heaven,  while  the 
Masonic  people  pass  on  up  to  the  "  Grand  Lodge 
above,"  This  is  the  inevitable  conclusion  drawn 
from  some  absurd  expressions  foimd  iu  their  lit- 
erature. Its  fallacy  is  so  easily  detected  that 
further  comment  is  urinecLSsary.  J.  ii.  M, 


THE  PREPOSITION  WITH. 

"I  indeed  baptine  you  ivith  (en)  wat«r  unto 
repentance;  but  he  that  cometh  after  me  is 
mlKhtier  than  I,  whose  shoes  I  am  not  worth]- 
to  hear,  he  shall  bapti/.e  you  with  (en)  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  tcUh  {not  in  the  Greek)  fire." — Matt. 
3:1.- 

rpHE  Greek  preposition  oi,  which  is  rendered 
X  ""'A  in  the  verse  given,  is  found  not  less 
than  290  times  in  the  book  of  Matthew.  And 
out  of  these  290  times  it  is  rendered  in  215  times 
in  King  James'  translation.  Twelve  times  it  is 
rendered  among;  three  times,  within;  once, 
for;  once,  KHrfer;  once, //i/-OMj//i,- once,fi^- once, 
into;  once,  upon;  twice, ii?cnH.?e; seven  times, f(^; 
four  tim.es,  by  miscellaneous  terms;  twenty-six 
times,  bij;  and  is  rendered  with„  but  eleven  times, 
showing  that  our  authority  for  saying  that, 
John  baptized  with  water,  is  without  foundation. 
It  should  he  rendered,  "  I  indeed  baptize  you  /*i 
water."  "  He  shall  baptize  you  in  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  (in)  fire." 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  favored 
with  the  facilities  for  referring  to  the  Greek,  we 
give  below,  a  few  instances  where  the  preposi- 
tion en  is  found  iu  the  original: 
Mutt.  3:  6.     Baptized  of  him  i»  (en)  Jordan. 

"     i:  21.    In  (en)  a  -ship  with  Zehedee. 

"     4:  23.    Teaching  ihCcji^  their  syjmgogues. 

"     5:  12.    Your  reward  in  (en)  heaven, 

"     5: 15.    All  that  are  in  (en)  the  house. 

"     C:  9.    OuiFatherwhichartinfcH^heaven, 

"     9: 10.    Sat  at  meat  in  (en)  the  house. 

A  number  of  other  examples  might  be  given, 
but  these  mil  suffice  for  the  present,  I.t  is  a.s 
logical  to  talk  of  Christ  baptizing  in  the  Holy 
Ghost  as  to  say  John  baptiwd  in  Jordan,  as 
the  same  Greek  preposition  is  used  in  .both  in- 
stances. We  greatly  prefer  the  rendering  of  c » 
by  our  English  preposition  r»,  as  it  makes  much 
better  sense,  and  then  it  is  the  exact  meaning 
of  the  original.  J.  H,  it. 


I  HAVE  been  so  crowded  mth  work  that  I  urn 
mpelled  to  defer  the  remainder  of  my  articles 
on  "Original  Ground"  till  after  the  Annual 
Meeting.  We  keep  no  clerk  in  this  office,  but 
attend  to  nil  the  business  personally,  each  one 
taking  a  certain  portion,  hence  having  more 
k  to  do  than  is  generally  allotted  to  editors. 
This  we  do  in  order  to  give  our  readers  a  good, 
cheap  paper,  and  are  glad  to  know  that  our  ef- 
forts are  being  appreciatjjd  by  thousands  of  read- 
era.  We  would  like  to  have  completed  the  scries 
of  articles  before  the  A.  M.,  but  now  find  that 
t  cannot  be  done,  espeuially  so  since  we  want 
to  make  preparations  for  attending  the  meeting. 


BbvOKe  our  next  issue,  the  Lord  willing,  we.' 
expect  to  he  with  the  Brethren  at  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting.  There  may  he  some  uncer- 
tainty about  both  of  us  being  tliere,  yet  we  will 
come  if  it  is  possible  to  leave  home.  Brother 
Eshelman  will  be  there  at  any  rate,  prepar- 
ed to  attend  to  ^vhatever  business  may  be- 
loug  to  this  office.  It  is  pleasant  to  thus  meet 
and  mingle  with  thase  of  the  same  faith,  and  of 
the  one  common  brotherhood,  [b  seems  to  us 
that  meetings  of  this  kind  would  be  edifying, 
lif  there  were  no  business  to  attend  to.  May 
the  blessing  of  the  Lord  rest  upon  the  coming 
meeting,  that  what  is  done  may  redound  to  His 
glory  and  honor.  A  little  less  of  self  and  more 
of  the  grace  of  God  would  be  a  blessing  to  any 
meeting.  What  we  need  most,  is  to  encourage 
unity,  and  in  all  things  manifest  more  charity 
toward  each  other. 


Those  who  have  sent  ua  queries  on  the  Di- 
vorce question  will  please  excuse  ns  for  not 
answering  them  through  the  paper,  as  we  do 
not  wish  to  become  involved  in  a  discussion  on 
that  subject.  Our  people  are  not  fully  agreed 
as  to  whether  the  innocent  party  has  a  Scripts 
ural  right  to  marry,  and  were  we  to  publish  our 
views  in  full,  and  defend  them,  that  would  pro- 
duce a  controversy  which  would  not  be  very  ed- 
ifying to  our  readers,  for  they  want  peace,  not 
contention.  Let  us  unitedly  work  together  for 
greater  nnrtnimity  of  sentiment.  If  such  things 
must  be  discussed,  there  are  proper  places  for 
them,  but  let  us  try  and  keep  them  oAt  of  our 
papers. 


CONFIDENCE    CRAFT. 

A  WRITER  sums  up  a  little  of  his  experi- 
ence as  follows,  which  we  give  place,  that 
it  may  thi>ow  others  on  their  guard.  The  bet- 
ter way  is  not  to  trust  any  one  you  do  not 
know: 

"The  day  being  far  spent,  and  being  fatigued, 
I  set  out  for  the  Hudson,  purposing  to  continue 
my  journey  to  Albany.  Walking  leisurely  and 
rather  slowly  along,  a  young  man  rushed  up  and 
stuck  a  bill  in  my  face,  which  announced  the 
sale  of  jewelry,  and  great  bargain  to  be  had.  I 
paused  to  read,  and  then  told  the  man  I  did  not 
wish  to  purchase  as  I  never  wore  such  things. 
At  this  juncture  lUiothercame  up  apparently 
very  eagerto  learn  the  contents  of  the  hill  and 
was  also  very  anxious  to  make  a  purcha.se,  and 
the  two  urged  me  to  go  with  them.  Still  I  re- 
fused, telling  them  I  had  no  desire  whatever  to 
make  such  a  purchase.  At  length  they  said,  if 
I  did  not  wish  to  purchase,  I  need  not  do  so,  but 
they  would  esteem  it  a  great  favor  to  have  me 
go  with  them.  I  still  hesitated,  and  only  con- 
sented to  go  as  a  mere  matter  of  accommoda- 
tion which  they  assured  me  would  be  greatly 
appreciated  by  them.  Yet  I  did  not  feel  that 
things  were  quite  right,  Another  thing  that 
made  me  regret  my  having  consented  to  go  was, 
as  soon  as  we  had  entered  the  room,  a  door  at- 
tendant locked  it  .ifter  us.  As  for  the  jewelry, 
I  would  not  have  given  one  dollar  for  all  there 
was  displayed.  My  two  companions  purchased 
freely  and  one  dollar  drew  valuable  watches — all 
the  sales  were  in  purchasing  a  ticket,  and  the 
ticket  drew  whatever  the  number  upon  it  cor- 
responded with  iu  the  show-case.  I  still  stood 
and  looked  on,  and  was  not  at  all  anxious  to  in- 
vest. But  they  continued  to  urge  me  to  "try 
my  luck,"  and  I  as  Ktoutly  refused,  reminding 
them  of  their  promise. 

"  But  they  began  to  grow  more  vehement, 
imd  almost  compelled  nie  to  make  a  purchase. 
Finally  they  asked  me  if  I  had  any  money.  I 
told  them  I  had  enough  to  pay  my  expenses  to 
Albimy.  Then  they  wanted  me  to  show  it  to 
them.  This  I  refu.sed  to  do,  at  the  same  time 
feeling  anxious  for  my  safety.  They  then  grew 
angry  and  commenced  to  swear  at  me.  This 
made  me  feel  still  more  uncomfortable  and  I 
began  to  realize  that  I  must  be  iu  some  of  the 
'sharpers' '  trap. 

"  Finally  I  told  them  if  they  would  let  me  out 
I  would  make  a  purchase.  To  this  they  agreed. 
I  paid  one  dollar,  and  drew  a  blank.  In  this  I 
not  disappointed,  for  I  considered  myself 
lucky  if  I  could  regain  my  freedom  at  the  ex- 
pense of  one  dollar.  They  urged  me  several 
times  to  try  my  luck  again  as  I  would  have  bet- 
tor success.  But  I  kept  reminding  them  of 
their  promise,  constantly  telling  them  I  had 
no  use  for  jewelry. 

"  At  last  they  unbarred  the  door  and  let  me 
out.  When  I  had  reached  the  street  I  took  a 
long  breath,  and  resolved  not  to  be  thus  caught 
again. 

"  I  continued  my  way  to  the  boat,  purchased 

ticket,  and  purposed  sitting  down  and  taking 
a  rest.  Having  gone  aboard,  and,  it  being  quite 
warm,  I  took  a  drink  of  water.  While  at  the 
tank,  a  wpll-dressed,  fine-looking  and  gentle- 
lanly  behaved  mim  waited  his  turn  after  me  to 
take  a  drink.  White  I  was  drinking  he  asked 
me  where  I  was  going.  I  told  him.  He  want- 
ed to  know  if  I  lived  at  Albany.  I  replied  that 
I  did  not.  Upon  this  I  passed  along  to  a  sofa 
and  sat  down. 

"Scarcely  had  I  seated  myself  than  the  man 
at  the  water  tanlt  took  a  seat  by  ihy  side,  and 
continued  his  conversation.  He  was  cleanly 
dressed,  had  a  duster,  and  to  all  appearance  look- 
ed like  a  man  of  business.  He  said  he  was  a 
merchant  in  Albany,  had  been  to  the  city  and 
made  a  purchase  of  goods,  and  there  was  only 
hour  left  before  the  boat  started,  and  he  had 
to  see  about  the  shipping  of  his  goods,  and 
'anted  to  know  if  I  would  do  him  so  great  a 
favor  as  to  go  up  town  and  with  him,  and  ac- 
company his  wife  and  sister  to  the  boat  while 
he  attended  to  his  goods,  a.s  he  had  not  time  to 
do  both,  and  he  feared  they,  his  wife  and  sister 
could  not  find  their  way  to  the  boat  alone.  The 
request,  uttered  iu  all  sincerity,  seemed  to  me 
to  bo  a  reasonable  one,  and,  tired  as  I  was,  I  told 
him  I  would  go  >vith  him  and  do  as  he  had  re- 
quested. 

"  He  took  me  through  one  street  and  another, 
occupying  my  attention  by  prying  into  my  his- 
tory and  asking  very  personal  questions,  I  felt 
somewhat  distressed,  yet  politeness  to  him  for- 


bade my  domg  olhenii-ise  than  to  answer  them. 

"  We  had  traveled  some  two  miles,  and  I  bfr- 
gan  to  grow  anxious  about  getting  back  to  the 
boat  in  time,  and  had  frequently  asked  him  how 
much  farther  it  was,  and  was  on  the  point  of 
breaking  away  from  him  and  returning,  when  a 
man,  springing  out  from  some  unperceived 
nook,  in  mi  angry  tone  demanded  pay  for  a  bill 
of  goods  shipped,  which  he  violently  shook  in 
the  face  of  my  companion.  It  was  for  the 
amount  of  §600,  The  merchant  pulled  out  his 
pocket-book  as  if  he  was  willing  and  ready  to 
pay.  But  hero  came  the  "tug  of  war."  He 
had  n  great  roll  of  bills,  but  all  ranging  from 
§500  to  S2,000.  He  could  not  make  change  so 
as  to  pay  the  §600.  In  his  perplexity  he  turn- 
ed to  me  and  asked  me  if  I  had  any  money.  I 
replied  that  I  h.ad.  '  How  much  have  you?  '  I 
said,  about  $50.  He  still  seemed  perplexed,  and 
took  out  another  pocketr-book,  and,  behold!  he 
found  ?50  in  small  hills.  Now  if  I  would  lend 
him  my  money  he  could  make  change.  The 
man  who  presented  the  bill  kept  urging  him  to 
hurry  up  as  his  time  was  valuable.  The  mer- 
chant asked  me  if  I  would  lend  him  my  §50  un- 
til he  reached  the  boat,  when  he  would  repay 
me.  I  hesitated.  I  did  not  feel  quite  right  in 
the  matter.  He,  seeing  my  hesitancy,  offered 
me  a  ?500  bill  for  security  until  he  reached  the 
boat.  Still  I  hesitated.  He  as  promptly  offer- 
ed me  a  §1,000  bill  if  I  would  only  lend  him' 
so  that  he  could  pay  the  man,  I  had  never 
seen  government  bills  of  the  denominations 
above  named,  and  I  feared  there  might  be  an- 
other 'sharper's'  catch  in  this,  so  I  declined. 

"  Upon  this  they  both  turned  upon  me  and 
urged  me  to  accommodate  them  in  a  matter 
of  so  great  importance.  I  put  my  hand  into 
my  pocket,  and  had  hold  of  my  pocket-book, 
when  I  noticed  the  merchant  give  tho  other  a 
wink  of  the  e3'e,  peculiar  and  similar  to  winks 
exchanged  at  the  jewelry  store  *s'here  I  had  so 
ntlyinvested  one  dollar.  The  thought  flash- 
ed into  my  mind  that  it  was  nothing  but  a  con- 
fidence game,  and,  without  saying  a  word,  I 
turned  and  ran,  leaving  the  merchant  to  pay  hie 
own  hills,  and  to  escort  his  wife  and  sister."  — 
J.  Lent  ley. 


Persons  desiring  to  take  the  train  at  Lanark, 
Shannon,  or  Freeport  for  Annual  Conference, 
will  observe  the  following  so  as  to  make  good 
connections  at  Chicago  and  Wareaw: 

Leave  Lanark,  12  M.;  Shannon,  12;15  P.  M.; 
Freeport,  1:05  P.  M.  By  leaving  these  stations 
at  the  time  mentioned,  you  will  arrive  at  North 
Manchester  the  next  morning  at  6:07,  Call  for 
tickets  via  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago 
Railroad.  

BREVITIES. 

A  RECENT  earthquake  at  Cuna,  in  Venezu- 
ebi,  destroyed  much  property,  and  caused 

the  loss  of  600  lives. The  Turks  have  again 

attacked  the  Christians  in  the  island  of  Crete^ 

Four  have   been  added   to  tho  church  in 

Champaign  Co.,  III.,  this  Spring. Aohureh 

has  been  orgiuiized  afewmiles  Westof  Mahom 
et.  III.     Bro.  John  Barnhart  has  the  ovei-sight 

of  it. The  tornado  in  Wisconsin,  of  which 

mention  was  made  last  week,  was  terrific.  A 
number  of  persons  were  killed,  and  the  loss  of 

property  is  beyond  estimate.  Two  were 

added  to  the  church,  by  baptism,  at  Vellow 
Creek  (III.)  feast,  week  before  last.   The  meeting 

was  a  good  one,  and  very  largely  attended. ■ 

Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson  of  Mo.,  does  not  expect  to  do 
much  traveling  till  after  harvest,  when  he  ex- 
pects to  take  the  field  again. A  friend,  liv- 
ing in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  sends  for  a 
bunch  of  "  Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the 
Apostles  "  to  circulate,  and  thereby  meet  the 
efforts  that  are  being  made  against  triue  im- 
mersion,   Steps  are  being  taken  iu  Germany 

to  suppress  the  alarming  increase  of  socialism. 

The  cholera  has   broken  out  in   Calcutta, 

India.    Thirty   out  of  forty  have  died  of  the 

disease. At  least  fifty  lives  have  been  lost, 

and  from  200  to  250  injured  by   the  hurricane 

that  passed  through  Wis.,  May  24th. We 

would  like  to  have  a  few  copies  of  the  Brethren's 
old  Hymn  Book.      Who  can  furnish  them? 

The  colored  Baptists  of   Virginia  have 

built  and  paid  I'or  fifty  meeting-houses  during 

the  past  year. "  Success  to  you  and  all  you 

do,  and  in  all  you  say  and  write.  Your  paper 
has  a  broad  field,  and  yet  a  wider  circulation  is 
in  store  for  it  if  you  only  carry  on  as  you  do  at 

present." — C.  Hope. "  Father  Crumpacker 

took  very  sick  on  the  first  evening  of  the  Dis- 
trict meeting,  and  a  telegram  just  received  an- 
nounces that  he  is  in  a  dying  condition." — D. 
C.  Moomaw. 


THE   T3KETl-IRE:Nr    AT    AVOKKI. 


June    G. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 
■'  Husbands,  love  jour  witM." 
"  Wiies,    obpj    your    husbinJs." 
ire,  ptoTokc  nol 
a ,    obey    you  r 


U. 


ir  chilJre 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 
Council  Meetings. 

COME,  brotlier,  sister  lot  ua  liave  a  little  talk 
about  council  meetinga  this  ■  moniiiig. 
You  know  such  meetings  nro  of  the  church,  by 
the  church,  for  the  church.  They  are,  as  their 
unnie  indictites,  to  give  and  accept  counsel,  nd- 
vice  from  each  otlier  as  to  the  best  mode  of  do- 
ing things.  To  help  each  other  and  to  receive 
help,  are  the  motives.  To  become  better  and  to 
help  eacli  other  to  become  better,  are  the  results 
if  we  permit  Jesus  to  be  there  too.  Unless  we 
talk,  read,  net,  vote  as  if  Jesus  were  moderator 
of  the  meeting,  the  council  will  be  of  a  worldly 
character  and  not  one  will  be  made  richer  in 
Christ  Jesus.  Tlie  clean  heart  should  have  full 
weight  and  inflnence  there,  for  this  is  accepta- 
ble to  the  Lord.  The  pure  heart  must  have  its 
way  too,  or  impure  work  will  be  done.  "  Bless- 
ed ai-e  the  pure  iu  heart."  The  upright  in  heart 
are  meek  and  lowly  in  heart  too,  and  have  a 
right  to  "  shout  for  joy  "  {PsaUn  33: 11).  Then 
there  are  the  tender  hearted.  These  must  not 
he  hurt;  for  the  apostln  says,  "  Be  kind  one  to 
another,  tender-hearted  "  (Eph.  4 :  32).  0,  that 
we  may  seek  to  have  a  tender  heart!  A  tender 
heart  has  pity  aud  compassion,  and  seeks  to  do 
othei's  good, 

It  would  do  no  good  to  go  to  council  with  an 
evil  heart.  Such  a  heart  can  add  nothing  to  a 
tender  heart  butsorrow  and  grief,  Theharden- 
ed  heart,  the  unclean  heart  would  better  go  imd 
be  washed  first  iu  the  precious  blood,  before  they 
go  to  council-meeting,  to  put  other  hearts  on 
the  way  of  life.  Let  the  heart  be  bathed  in  the 
Fonntuin  of  life  before  these  precious  meetings. 
Nor  can  the  faint-heart — the  lieart  that  would 
do  its  duty,  but  fears  to  bear  the  burden,  do 
much  good  at  council. 

Council  work  is  perhaps  the  most  important 
of  all  others  in  the  church.  On  this  depends 
the  unity  of  the  body,  the  peace  of  the 
body;  and  on  the  peace  of  the  body,  the 
church,  depends  the  church's  success.  A  word 
spoken  out  of  season  in  council,  may  be  the 
spark  that  endangers  the  whole  body.  There 
are  some  members  of  the  body  that  can  be  am- 
putated and  the  body  will  go  on  and  succeed, 
while  on  the  other  hand,  if  some  are  "  cut  off,'' 
the  body  suffers.  For  instance,  the  tender  heart 
should  not  be  hastily  nor  severely  dealt  with, 
lest  the'judgmeut  be  too  severe. 

But  there  is  another  thing  I  wish  to  notice 
here.  When  a  member  is  disobedient,  will  not 
take  the  advice  of  the  church,  the  question  is 
not,  "Will  we  cut  him  off?  Will  we  excom- 
municate him?"  but  "Will  we  withdraw  fel- 
lowship from  him?"  Paul  says,  "Withdraw 
yourselves  from  every  brother  that  walketh  dis- 
orderly "  (2  These.  3;  6).  This,  I  am  inclined  to 
believe,  will  have  a  better  effect  on  the  disorder- 
ly, than  to  say  that  we  "  cut  them  off'."  It  is 
so  mnch  better  to  use  the  words  of  the  Book. 
But  more  about  our  manner  and  words  at  coun- 
cil meeting.  Our  words  should  be  seasoned  with 
grace,  filled  with  the  spirit  of  kindness.  There 
are  few  cases,  few  persons  in  the  church  who 
cannot  be  touched  witii  love  and  kind  words. 
And  above  all  should  officials  learn  to  speak  in 
love.  Unless  they  give  evidence  of  brotherly 
kindness  and  long-suffering,  aud  learn  to  ad- 
.  monish  in  love,  it  is  morally  certain  the  body 
will  not  be  held  together  in  harmony,  but  fac- 
tions will  grow  up,  bitterness  will  characterize 
the  work,  and  instead  of  glory  to  God,  His  anger 
will  be  kindled  against  that  church.  God  help 
all  of  us  to  talk  and  act  kindly.  No  one  should 
go  there  to  enforce  his  will  against  [my  one.  I 
think  we  should  all  act  and  speak  as  if  Jesus 
were  personally  present  and  our  very  existence 
depended  on  Ilis  decision.  And  our  claims  to 
eternal  glory  do  depend  upon  Uis  will;  how 
careful  then  should  we  be  in  our  council  work. 
A  Httlc  bitterness,  a  little  self-will  may  mar  the 
peace  of  the  church,  and  if  the  peace  be  marred, 
0,  how  sad  the  condition !  Then  will  we  be  kind 
and  tender-hearted  towards  each  other?  Will 
we  talk  about  the  things  of  God's  house  in  rea- 
son and  and  for  ejich  other's  good?  Keep  cool, 
be  patient,  and  hold  .Jesus  before  you  and  the 
work  will  be  well  done. 

Remember  that  we  do  not  come  together  to 
decide  what  commands  of  God  we  will  or  will 
not  obey.  We  all  agree  to  obey  all  tin'  com- 
mandments of  God.  LTere  we  are  of  "  one  faith." 
God  does  not  allow  us  to  pa.ss  judgment  uuon 
these,  for  they  are  established;  but  then  He  has 
left  to  the  church  to  say  in  what  manner  some 


of  them  are  to  be  nhservetl.  For  instance,  He 
directs  that  the  sick  shall  Iw  anointed  with  oil 
in  the  name  of  the  Lonl,  but  He  has  not  said 
whether  this  shall  bo  done  in  a  standing,  sitting 
or  kneeling  posture,  hence  thf  maitneroi  anoint- 
ing has  been  left  to  the  church  to  decide.  Thns 
many  instances  might  be  brought  forward  in 
support  of  this  theory,  but  I  leave  it  for  your 
mind  to  enlarge  upon.  Then  in  matters  of 
judgment,  each  church  should  aim  to  decide 
difficulties  in  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  mercy 
and  justice.  In  doing  thus,  aim  to  ever  speak 
in  a  kind,  pleading  tone.  This  will  win  the 
most  flinty  heai-t. — II.  M.  EsrrELir.vN. 


HARD    WORK. 

ii  TirHAT  is  your  secret  of  success?  "  asked 
VV      a  lady  of  Turner,   the  distinguished 

paint«r. 

He  replied:  "  I  have  no  secret,  m(\dam,  hut 
hard  work." 

Says  Dr.  Arnold,  "  The  difference  between 
one  boy  and  another  is  not  so  much  in  talent  as 
in  energy." 

"  Nothing,"  says  Reynolds,  "is  denied  well- 
directed  labor,  and  nothing  is  to  he  attained 
without  it." 

"Excellence  in  any  department,"  says  John- 
son, "  can  be  obtained  only  by  the  labor  of  a 
lifetime;  it  is  not  to  be  purchased  at  a  lesser 
price," 

"There  is  but  one  method,"  said  Sydney 
Smitli,  "and  that  is  hard  labor;  and  a  man  who 
will  not  pay  that  price  for  distinction  had  bet- 
ter at  once  dedicate  himself  to  the  pursuits  of 
the  fox." 

"  Step  by  step,"  reads  the  Fi-ench  proverb, 
"  one  goes  veiy  far." 

"  Nothing,"' says  Miraheau,  "  is  impossible  to 
a  man  who  can  will.  'Is  that  necessarj'?" 
'  That  shall  he,' — This  is  the  only  law  of  suc- 
cess.' " 

"  Have  yon  ever  entered  a  cottage,  ever  trav- 
eled in  a  coach,  ever  talked  with  a  peasant  it 
the  field,  or  loitered  mth  a  mechanic  at  the 
loom,"  asks  Sir  Edward   Bulwer  Lytton,  "and 
not  found  that  each  of  those  men  had  a  talent 
you  had'not,  knew  something  you  knew  not? 
The  most  useless  creature  that  ever  yawned  at  a 
club  or  counted  the  vermin   on  his  rags  under 
the  suns  of  Calabria,  has  no  excuse  for  want  of 
intellect.     What  men  want  is  not  talent,  it 
purpose;  in  otherwords  not  the  powertoachiev 
but  the  will  to  labor,     I  am  no  believer  in  g 
nius,  but  I  believe  that  labor  judiciously  and 
continuously  applied  becomes  genius. 

—Selected. 


HOPE. 

WHAT  is  man  without  the  hope  of  a  future 
life? — how  feeble!  how  disconsolate!  how 
unsatisfied!  Earth,  it  is  true,  has  a  thousand 
allurements,  and  opens  to  our  taste  unnumber- 
ed sources  of  joy;  but,  in  the  midst  of  them, 
tl^ere  is  a  certain  something  wanting  to  gratify 
the  sonl,  if  the  hope  of  immortality  be  absent. 
We  saw  the  man  in  full  flow-  of  health;  in  the 
prime  of  life;  in  the  prosperity  of  business; 
blessed  ivith  one  of  the  most  amiable  wives,  and 
with  a  circle  of  blooming  and  beloved  children; 
but,  altis!  he  was  melancholy.  This  earthly 
prosperity  he  knew  must  end;  and  he,  with  all 
that  he  held  dear,  must  descend  to  the  tomb  and 
perish.  He  had  no  hope  extending  beyond  the 
grave;  and,  in  the  midst  of  worldly  splendor 
and  apparent  joy,  the  worm  of  sorrow  gnawed 
at  his  heart.  His  wife  sickened  and  died.  He 
followed  her  to  the  grave,  and  mourned  without 
hope.  Alas  for  him!  he  had  no  hope  of  a  re- 
union. And  when,  at  lust,  he  was  stricken,  he 
laid  himself  down  to  die,  as  the  beast  dieth  with- 
out hope.  He  furnishes  a  mournful  example  of 
the  very  important  hope  of  a  future  life,  and  a 
firm  belief  and  trust  in  the  all-wise,  benignant 
and  overruling  Providence,  which  qualifies  man 
to  pass  through  this  world.  In  all  the  circum- 
stances of  his  being,  he  feels  the  need  of  hope. 
Tell  me,  unbeliever,  is  not  your  cose  here  de- 
scribed? You  have  rejected  religion,  you  have 
closed  your  eyes  upon  the  Bible — are  you  happy  V 
Have  you  no  desires  in  regard  to  the  future  un- 
satisfied? When  your  friends  depart,  do  your 
views  give  you  comfort?  Docs  your  soul  enjoy 
peace?  If,  after  all,  tberc  is  a  constant,  longing 
desire  unsatisfied,  apply  to  the  religion  of  Jesus 
for  comfort!  "Come  to  the  waters;"  "Buy 
wine  and  milk  without  money  and  without 
price."  If  you  drink  of  this  water,  you  shall 
never  thirst  again.  Your  joy  shall  be  full.  In 
prosperity  and  in  adversity;  in  health  and  in 
sickness;  in  life  and  in  death,  you  mil  cu.st  your 
cares  upon  the  Lord,  and  be  at  peace. 

— Selected. 


IT  ISN'T  ALL  IN  BRINGING  UP. 

IT  is'nt  all  in  "  bringing  up," 
Let  folks  say  what  they  will; 
To  silver-scour  a  pewter  cuji — 

It  will  be  pewter  still. 
E'en  of  old  Solomon, 

Who  said,  "  Train  up  a  child," 
If  I  mistake  not  had  a  son 

Proved  rattle-brained  and  wild. 

A  man  of  mark  who  fain  would  pass 

For  lonl  of  sea  and  land, 
May  have  the  training  of  a  sou. 

And  bring  him  up  full  grand;' 
May  give  him  all  the  wealth  of  lore, 

Of  college,  aud  of  school, 
Yet,  after  all,  make  him  no  more 

Than  just  a  decent  fool, 

Another,  raised  by  penuiy. 

Upon  his  bitter  bread. 
Whose  road  to  knowledge  is  like  that 

The  good  to  heaven  musttread. 
He's  got  a  spark  of  nature's  light, 

Hell  fan  it  to  a  flame. 
Till  iu  its  burning  letters  bright 

The  world  may  i-ead  his  name. 

If  it  were  all  in  "  bringing  up," 
In  counsel  and  restraint. 

Some  rascals  had  l>een  honest  men, 
I'd  been  myself  a  saint. 

Oh,  it  isn't  all  in  "  bringing  up," 
Let  folks  say  what  they  will, 

Neglect  may  dim  a  silver  cup- 
It  will  be  silver  still. 

—Srk-ckd. 


CnnisT  is  not  valued  at  all,  unless  He  be  val- 
ued above  all. — AmjuMinc. 


OUR  DEAR  CHILDREN. 

PARENTS  are  commanded  by  the  Gospel,  to 
proride  for  their  children.  We  are  also 
taught  to  bring  tbem  up  in  "the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord  " — not  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  world.  The  Lord  does 
not  want  us  to  let  our  children  do  what  w. 
would  not  do  ourselves.  If  we  are  ashamed  to 
go  to  a  place,  we  ought  to  be  ashamed  to  let  our 
childi-en  go.  If  we  are  condemned  in  wearing 
gay  apparel,  \v\\\  we  not  be  condemned  if  we 
put  the  gayeties  on  our  children? 

Sometimes  parents  promise  children  things, 
and  then  do  not  fulfill  the  promise.  This  has  a 
bad  effect.  Then  again,  when  a  child  is  in  mis- 
chief, we  are  apt  to  say,  "don't!  quit!"  and  if 
it  mil  not  hear,  we  again  scream,  "stop!  stop 
now!  or  I  shall  whip  yon;"  but  the  child  if 
ed  to  that  kind  of  promise,  aud  gocji  on  as 
concerned  as  ever.  By  this  time  the  child  has 
gained  its  end,  and  we  say  no  more.  Such  a 
course  is  not  in  the  nurture  of  the  Lord,  The 
child  that  is  thus  raised  is  not  apt  tu  honor  fath- 
er and  mother.  Parents,  have  you  ever  thought 
of  this?  How  careful  we  ought  to  be,  and  set 
good  examples  for  our  children.  You  see  chil- 
dren are  apt  to  think  that  they  have  a  right  to 
do  what  parents  do,  hence  let  ail  the  examples 
be  good  ones.  We  should  often  ask  the  Lord 
to  help  us  raise  our  children  so  as  to  please  Him, 
E.  S.  HiHNise. 


SAMUEL. 

THE  history  of  Samuel  is  very  interesting, 
but  it  is  too  lengthy  for  me  to  give  many 
of  the  particulars  of  his  lite.  His  father's  name 
was  Elkanah,  and  his  mother's  name,  Hannah. 
When  small,  his  mother  took  him  up  to  the 
temple  to  present  hiiu  to  the  Lord,  and  he  staid 
there  with  Eli  who  was  High  Priest  at  that 
time.  When  with  Eli  he  had  to  sleep  alone, 
and  one  night  he  thought  he  heard  Eli  call  him, 
Ko  he  arose  and  went  to  the  man  of  God  and 
asked  what  he  wanted.  Thrice  he  heard  a  voice 
call  him,  and  each  time  went  to  Eli,  when  the 
good  man  perceived  that  it  w.is  the  Lord  calling. 
Eli  then  told  Samuel  what  to  do  and  he  did  as 
he  was  commanded. 

In  this  is  a  lesson  for  us  children.  Weshould 
obey  those  who  are  over  us.  Samuel  became  i 
prophet,  and  the  Lord  told  him  what  would  be- 
come of  EH,  and  It  came  to  pass  as  the  prophet 
declared.  He  also  told  king  Saul  tu  destroy  the 
Amulekites,  but  Saul  obeyed  not.  Look  at  the 
terrible  result  and  again  leom  a  lesson.  See 
what  disobedience  does.  Samuel  was  a  faithful 
prophet  of  the  Lord.  Rosa  Workuan. 

Danville.  Ohio. 


TO  YOUNG  PEOPLE. 

HOW  much  better  it  would  be  in  this  world, 
how  much  more  pleasant,  if  alt  sons  and 
daughters  would  bo  more  obedient  to  the  coun- 
sels of  their  parents.  We  have  often  thought 
how  great  a  burden  and  heavy  care  children 
could  preVent,  if  they  would  be  obedient  to  fath- 
er and  mother.     But  how  is  it  in  a  general  way 


with  the  children  and  youth  in  this  time?  Do 
they  not  walk  after  the  world,  follow  its  foolish 
and  vain  fa-thions?  lusts  and  pleasures?  on  the 
broad  road  to  destniction?  "A  iriso  son  re- 
gards the  advice  and  instruction  of  his  parents, 
but  a  mocker  and  unruly  son  regards  not  the 
advice  and  punishment  of  his  parents,"  They 
Id  sooner  leave  their  parents,  and  thus  make 
r  affliction  aud  heart-rending  groater.  Did 
you  over  think,  children,  how  great  is  the  love 
of  a  father  and  mother?  You  ought,  with  the 
full  measure  of  gratitude,  return  their  att'ection, 
You  arc  bound  to  them  by  tlie  strongest  ties. 
Treat  them  with  tenderness.  They  will  lovo 
you  whatever  be  your  character,  but  let  them 
have  cause  to  bo  proud  of  you.  Disappoint  not 
their  hopes,  do  not  compel  thorn  to  wish  that 
God  would  hide  you  in  the  grave.  Look  unl* 
Jesus,  the  pattern  of  every  excellence.  Lovo 
your  parents  as  the  children  of  God,  obey,  hon- 
or, cherish  and  protect  thepi,  as  Jesus  obeyed 
His  earthly  pai-ents.  If  you  do  this  in  respect, 
you  will  resemble  the  Holy  Child  Jesus, 

Listen  what  the  Bible  jays:  "  Ho  that  is  obe- 
dient unto  the  Lord,  will  ho  n  comfort  to  his 
mother."  "  My  sou,  hear  the  instruction  of  thy 
father,  and  foi'sake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother; 
for  they  shall  bo  im  ornament  of  grace  unto  thy 
head,  aud  chains  about  thy  neck"(Prov.  1:S,  9). 
Read  Col.  3:  20;  Lev.  1!):  .33;  Dent.  37:  IC. 

How  many  an  aged  fatlier  and  dear  mother 
could  proceed  on  their  journey  more  peacefully 
aud  happily  if  their  children  would  ho  respect- 
f\il  and  devoted  to  them.  But,  oh,  how  often  it 
is  the  reverse!  Children  who  are  kind,  respects 
ful,  cheerful,  obey  their  parents,  take  the  way  to 
become  a  blessing  to  themselves,  their  parents, 
the^church  of  God  and  the  world.  My  advice 
to  you,  my  young  friends,  is,  turn  ye  from  the 
wrath  to  come,  and  from  the  broad  road  which 
leads  to  death  and  bell.  "  Remember  now  thy 
Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while  the  evil 
days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them." 
God  says,  "  Those  that  seek  nie  early  shall  find 
me."  You  see  that  you  are  not  too  young  to 
serve  God.  Search  the  Scriptures,  "  which  are 
able  to  make  thee  wise  unto  salvation  through 
faith  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus."  My  dear  young 
reader,  flee  from  the  ivrath  to  come  and  avoid 
the  terrible  calamities  that  might  befall  you. 

There  are  many  young  people  that  attend 
meeting  year  after  year,  hut  thev  are  not  will- 
ing to  become  obedient  to  the  commandments 
of  God.  They  feiu-  the  world  will  laugh  at 
them;  they  fear  that  they  will  have  to  refrain 
from  pride,  and  things  pertmning  to  the  pleas- 
ures of  the  world.  To  love  the  world,  and  the 
things  that  arc  in  the  world,  is  to  make  them 
our  treasures,  and  put  our  trust  iu  tbem  instead 
of  God.  The  sum  of  true  religion  and  our 
whole  duty  to  God  aqd  man  is,  "Thou  shalt 
love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and 
with  alt  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind,  and 
thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  Dear 
young  friends,  we  hope  you  will  think  what  a 
terrible  thing  it  is  to  be  n  trimsgressor.  Those 
who  transgress  the  commandments  of  God,  have 
very  little  pleasure  or  happiness  in  this  world 
and  will  have  none  in  the  world  to  come.  We 
hope  you  will  not  associate  with  wicked  com- 
panions; keep  awuy  from  those  who  curse  and 
swear,  lie,  quarrel,  and  fight;  for  they  will  lead 
you  into  the  same  wicked  habits.  Oh !  how  aw- 
ful it  must  be  for  the  wicked  to  look  back  over 
their  past  lives,  and  think  how  wicked  they  have 
been,  aud  that  Jesus  is  not  their  friend,  and  now 
must  die  and  go  into  everlasting  punishment 
jirepared  lor  the  devil  and  his  subjects. 

W.  W.  Warnes, 

Plijnioulh,  Iml. 


Ip  we  could  only  read  each  other's  hearts  we 
should  be  kinder  to  each  other.  If  we  knew 
the  woes  and  bitterness  and  physical  annoyances 
of  our  neighbors  vm  should  make  allowances 
which  we  do  not  now.  We  go  about  masked, 
uttering  stereotyped  sentiments,  hiding  our 
hearts'  pangs  and  our  headaches  as  carefully  as 
we  can;  and  yet  we  wonder  that  othere  do  not 
discover  them  by  intuition.  We  cover  our  beat 
feelings  from  the  light;  we  do  not  so  conceal 
our  resentments  and  our  dishkos.  of  which  we 
are  prone  to  he  proud.  Often  two  people  sit 
close  together  with  "  I  love  you  "  in  either  heart 
and  neither  knows  it.  Each  thinks  "I  could 
be  fond,  but  what  is  the  use  of  wasting  fond- 
ness on  one  who  does  not  care  for  it?"  .ind  ho 
they  part  aud  go  their  ways  alone.  Life  is  a 
masquerade  at  which  few  unmask  even  to  their 
very  dearest. — Selected. 


Ip  you  would  have  your  children  respect  re- 
ligion and  grow  up  something  more  than  mere 
thorns,  take  them  with  you  to  meeting,  and 
when  there,  see  that  they  behave  in  a  becoming 


June    0. 


TI-IE   BPtETHRElSr   ^T   "\VOR35:. 


^NNOUJST  CEMENTS. 


SoncM  of  I-oTp-reMla,   Dillrict   MtetiOKS,   Wo,.  shooM 
bfl  Iiriof,  find  writloD  on  paper  ocpamlo 


LOVB-PEABTfl, 

At  BeAver  Diira  congregation,  Koacilisco  Co. 
In.U,  June  fitli,  1878. 

At  Milleilgoville,  Cnrroll  Co.,  111.,  June  Clh,  at 
10  o'cldpk. 

CleJir  Rivor  district,  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Intl. 
Juno  18th. 

Stone  clnirch,  MarahnI!  Co.,  lown,  Juno  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Cellar  Lake  congregatioD,  in  Mortiiern  Iiiilianii, 
two  milea  South-east  of  Coninna,  Dekulb  Co.,  on 
Tl.uraday,  Juuo  6lh,  18?8,  at  2  o'clock. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  Juno 
8th,  nt  2  o'ciofk. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co,,  Ohio,  June 
15th,  at  10  o'clock. 

Monlicello  cburcb,  While  Co..  Inil.,  Juno  8th 
at  10  o'ch.ck. 

Tlptou,  Iowa,  June  Giii  and  7lh. 

Middle  Fork,  Cliutou  Co.,  lud.,  June  8lh  at  2 
o'clock, 

Grundy  church.  Grundy  Co.,  Iowa,  July  0th 
ami  7th,  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 

West  Nimiahillen  church,  Sfark  Co.,  Ohio,  the 
6lh  of  June. 

Sandy  church.  Cohiuibiauw  Co.,  Ohio.  Juuo 
loih  ai'5  o'clock  P.  JI. 

Burr  Oak  church,  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas,  June 
lotli  and  IGth  at  5  o'clock. 

Gienn  Spriug  District,  Seneca  Co.',  Ohio,  June 
loth  at  10  o'clock. 

Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusoo  Co.,  lad., 
Juue  iJth. 

Eel  River  district,  5  wiles  North  of  ilaiichcsl- 
er,  will  have  luecliugs  only  Juue  StU  nnd  Oth. 

Cedar  Creek  church.  Anderson  Co.,  Kan.,  June 
13th  and  nth,  at  2  P.  M. 

Pino  Creek,  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  June  5th  and  6th 
at  10  A.  M. 

Brooklyn  congregation,  throe  and  a  half  miles 
NortU-enst  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  Juno  8th  and  9th 
at  10  A.  M. 

Mniilo  Iliver  Junction,  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa,  June 
15th  and  16. 

Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  June  13th  nnd  14th. 

Pair  View  congregation,  near  Lafayttte,  lud., 
Juno  6th,  at  2  P.  M. 

At  Rock  River.  III.,  June  14th  and  IS'th. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Swan  Ci-eek  church,  Ful- 
ton  Co.,  Ohio,  intend  to  hold  a  Love-feast  on  the. 
J5lh  of  Juue,  comnieneing  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at 
the  resideuce  of  friend  Daniel  Eberly,  two  and  a 
half  niilea  Eaet  of  Warren,  [?]  Air  Line  R.  R.— 
Brethren.Coniing  from  the  Wt*t,  will  please  stop 
at  Warreu,  and  those  coming  from  the  East,  .'it 
Delia,  on  the  evening  of  the  14th,  as  noon-tr.iijis 
doo't  stop  in  Delia  ;  there  will  be  conveyance  in 
both  places.  It  is  expected  that  brethren  on  thiir 
return  from  A.  M.,  will  atop  ivilii  vi3. 

A.  Berkkybile. 

The  Brethren  in  Osboru  Co.,  intend  to  hold 
their  Love-feast  on  the  8tb  and  9th  of  June,  at 
the  residence  of  D.  Brumbaugh. 

Furlher,.we  the  Brethren,  of  the.  Burr  Oak 
church  iutoud  (o  hold  our  Love-feast  the  lath  and 
IGth  of  June,  at  Burr  Oak,  commencing  at  5 
o'clock  in  the  evening.  H.  E.  Fadely. 

A  Love-feast  has  been  appointed  in  the  Berlin 
congregation,  Somerset  Co.,  Ph.,  for  the  IGlh  of 
June,  ommenciri^  at  3' o'clock,  P.  M.  '_  ^linister- 
ial  aid  from  abroad  earnestly  desired. 

By  Order,' 
'"■■  -  '!    !         '    '  H.  B.  Hoi^isGEn. ' 

'Wc^  theiircthron  of  the  Rome  church,  Tliin- 
cock  Co.,  0.,  intend,  Gud  willing,  to  hold  ,our 
Love-feast  the  ISth  of  June  in  ourniceling-hou.^e, 
five  mile^  South-west  of  Fustoria,  conimciicing  at 
2  o'clock  P.  M.  J.  P.  EnEnsoi.E. 


DIED. 


Ohiluntica  abould  be  (iricf,  wrilloii  (lU  hill  ono 
piippr,  nnd  ecparnto  fioni  nil  olliui'  biisi 


DUBBS.— Ill  the  Solouiou'.s,  Crook  congrega- 
tion, Konciusiio  Co.,  InJ.,  of  Dropsy,  sister 
Elizabeth  Dubbs,  aged  711  yi'ars,  11  nioiithfl 
atiil  0  days.  .liasK  Oaj.vk|it, 

DITMER.~Iii  the  Brookville.  coii^rtgalion, 
Montgomery  f^o.,  Ohio.  JIny  i.   1S7S,  sis-ti-r' 

"Salome  Ditmer,  aged  SOycaw,  4  months  iind 
12  days.-'"- '      '"'  '      ''  ■■"    M,  J.DlTMLTt. 

ROTHROCK-— In  the  BigCi-cek  cougrogHtii)n, 
Edwurde  i;o.,  111.,  Martin  Itolhrock,  nged  Hi 
ve.iri;i.ndl!duv:'.  S,  SI.  FoKNtY, 


MOjSTEY     LIST- 


l>B'Kenney,7  0(1;  J  A.SpunglB,.WO;SGreeu-, 
await,  K  45;    A  Stoner,   100;    G  W  Lindower,' 


1  00;  E  R  Stifler,  1  75;  L  C  Saylor,  2  00;  John 
Crush,  1  00;  D  Bechtelheitner,  5  10;  L  Huff,  1- 
50;  J  Holsopple.  .25;  G  C  Stump,  1  00;  NZel 
lere,S90;  A  Mock,  9  (K);  E  G  Parker,  ,50;  J 
K  0, 1  00;  D  Pippingcr,  1  00:  L  Shaeffer,  1  00; 
D  W  Stowder.  1  50;  M  Myers,  5  40;  G  T  Wqi- 
gle,  2  80;  H  Jones,  2  00;  HA  Slabaugh,  I  50; 
M  Mnn-ay,  .15;  J  C  Tinkle,  .ilO;  J  G  Eby,  5  32 
B  Homer,  2  40;   D  Sluvely,  4.05;    J  C  Liegler, 

4  35:  J  B  lianmi,  1  20;  H  J  Wliitmer,  .35;  J 
Forney,  .80;  W  B  Ileimcr,  1  50;  S  Glick,  5 

J  Hoover,  5  81;  M  B  Wilson,  1  50;  R  Culhert^ 
son,  .flO:  E  Neves,  160;  MG  Good,  100;  L 
Wallace,  2  00;  J  J  Workman,  1  00;  J  H  Good- 
man, 4  85;  D  Flora,  .90;  K  McNamarn,  .25;  W 
A  Murray,  8  70;  PS  Garmaii,  15  00;  J  S  Flory, 
1 00;  J  V  Eiler,  0  25;  S  Sala,  1  00;  H  Forney. 
.90;  J  H  Pitm-,  15  00;  M  L  Gr.iter,  1  00;  E  S 
Ellie,  1  20;  S  A  Non-is,  1  00;  Fauuie  Cissn,  1- 
10;  S  Snln,  .15;  S  H  Miller,  14  44;  J  H  Zook, 
3  25;  S  Ream.  1  00;  D  Snyder,  1  00;  J  W  D, 
.00;  J  Murray,  1  25;  D  Eikenberry,  1  00;  E 
PeiiniDgtoii,  1  00;  H  Engcl,  1  00;  T  A  Turner, 
.90;  H  Boyer.  90;  0  A  Yost,  4  50;  WMcWhor- 
ter,  100;    J  F  Kahlar,  .20;    J  W  Zigler,   4  50; 

5  Glick,  80;  G  W  Thomas,  2  00;  E  Hoover,  1- 
20;  D  Wysong,  7  00;  J  D  Parker,  25  00;  H 
Kepler,  1  00;  N  B  Murray,  1  00;  E  Watson  27; 
J  J  Solomon,  1  00;  S  M  Markley,  90;  U  J 
Beeghly,  1  66;  J  Raiiek,  4  50;  M  Wanipler,  1- 
35;  J  J  Meyers,  1  00;  J  Bcoghly,  6  77;  J  Click 
90;  G  W  Cook,  7  00;  S  Raugh.  25;  H  Tallbelm 

1  00;  Indian  Creek  church,   la,  5  62;  C  Work- 
,'  1  00;  A  BcrkeybUe,  12  00;  S  B  Gitt,  2  00 

J  C  Horah,  1  00;  D  Brower,  10  00;  LD  Brown, 

2  40:  J  Erb.  3  00;  J  W  Fisher,  60;  A  W  Cle- 
mens, 1  50;  J  Liudermnu,  1  00;  C  L  Buck,  8  40 
J  T  Fidler,  80;  S  S,  1  00;  Mi-s  E  M  Kiehl,  1  00 
G  S!>rang,  3  50;  S  Buck,  1  00;  W  Ikcnberry, 
20  00;  D  D  Stcckley,  1  00;  S  P  Weaver,  2  35; 
W  Boyd,  1  00;  J  T  Couser,  2  00;  C  Baker,  1  50 
S  Sala,  1  05;  S  Crist,  1  OO;  M  J  Good,  1  00;  F 
Gai-st,  2  00;  P  Detrick,  90;  J  Frank,  ,1  00;  G  B 
Kneppeiv25;  E  Laue,  1  00;  B  Swiiigley,  1  50; 
C  Martin,, ].3>50;  L  W  Teeter,.  11  35;.  j  Ricli- 
fu-d,  1  25;  S  Wajinor,  1  00;'  MA  Yodef,  20;  P 
J  Trostle,  1  00;  J  Enuis,  1 00;  C  C  Gibson,  2  50 
G  C  Stump,  75;  G  H  Graybill,  1  00;  P  Feebler, 
1  50;  A.  J  White,  I'OO;  I  Stees,  3  00;  W  Mallo- 
ry,  1  00;  E  J  Good,  2  75;  I  Henricks,  90;  S  M 
Schiick,  90t  D  Vanimau,  2  00;  DShively.  1  50; 
H  C  Louganecker,  1  40;  A  A  Munson,  7  61;  W 
Young,  1  00;  S  Pattei-son,  2  00;  A  E  McGloth- 
lin,  90:  M  Hnll;  3  60;  S  M  Dauglierty,  90;  A  R 
Smitb,2  50;  J  JCover,'lOO;  J   M  Wliitelieud 

;  T  S  Holsinfter,  1  00;  G  Sprang,  90;  T  Har- 

mison,  3  00;    W  It  Lierlie,  1  600;    D   Brower, 

50;  J  E  Kinsey,  35;  L  Himes,  2  00;   D  Slick, 

eoo. 


CORKESPONDEIN'CE. 


From    Mattie    A.    Lear. 

ON  the  loth  .sister  Scott  and  I  took  the  train 
at  Urbann  for  Bloomingtou,  ai'ived  there 
about  10  o'clock  P.  M.,  ivhere  we  were  met  by 
Bro.  J.  Y.  Suaveley,  and  taken  to  bk  borne 
Hudson.  In  the  evening  attended  meeting 
at  the  Brethren's  chiu-ch,  about  two  miles 
North,  of  Hudson,  preaching  by  Bro.  James  R. 
Gisbof  Woodford  Co.  Text,  1  Cor.  15:  40.  A 
most  excellent  discourse  on  tbe  necessity  of  oiu- 
lives  being  made'  conformable  to  the  life  of 
Christ  in  this  world,  or  bearing  His  earthly  im- 
age, being  like  Hiiuiu  the  flesh, .that  W£  may 
bear  His  heavenly  image,  or  be  like  Him  in  His 
glorified  state.  'Bro.  Hillery  followed  Bro. 
Gisli  with  some  most  eloquunt  and  appropriate 
irks. 

iliiril;iy  iiiijiiiiii^  ii'jiuiri'd  fu  tlie  church 
i[,  whi'Ri  wv  l(-(.ri.'il  to  n  most  touching 
:oiL  I'll  iiii'  i.lii  I  Hi-- of  ovir  dear  Sa™r  by 
Bro.  1).  I.I.  .1  -'.i  I  -.11  Co.  Text  I..  5314- 
7.  ib.'.'h,  .■.-.:!  I.,  lini,  Hillery.  Siiturdiiy 
aflcrnooii  pr.>;ii'iHiLK  by  liro.  Hillery  from  Rom. 
12:  2.  We  \vere  treated  to  a  most  excellent 
rl  pividii:al  discourse  on  tbe  mutual  duties 
,1    ,.l>!:.-,,(inMT.|'r|,rrti;n,->,      Th^:.]],    nftcr  a 


M  .n->  :  .;.^.L-,  ,,,,1  .r,-al  ...■dlJ^LlJC.aofthe 
Jiord'.^'  lioii.,-,  il;.-  ll.,|v  Couiii^'imion  pud  its  nc- 
•ompiiiiiip..'!-'-,  '  ,  ')     '     ' 

On  Sui..l;iy  i oli-  i\u:  lirst.bmiv  wa.^  devot- 
ed f.)  the  Pidjbani-schoolchihi.vii.  Bro.  France 
Ib.-.l  ;iddrcv.cMl  the  little  folks  "ud  vt-rv  sweet 
and  f'.nder  were  his  reiiiaik.-;.  Bjo.  Hillery 
ade  tbe  closing  speeth  to  them,  and  if  we 
wore  to  judge  from  theii-  apavkliug  eyes  and 
beaming  countenances,  we  would  say  tbey  were 
At'ellVleiiscd".  ""'     ' 


Preaching  Sabbath  forenoon  by  Bro.  Hillerj' 
from  Psalms  86;  11,  David's  desire  to  know 
the  Lord's  will,  that  he  might  do  it,  was  beauti- 
fully imd  forcibly  presented.  This  \vas  follow- 
ed by  an  exhortation  to  obedience.  Sabbath 
afternoon  a  discourse  from  Rev.  2:  1-7.  The 
subject  of  the  discourse  was  Christ's  message  to 
the  church  at  Ephesus. 

Monday  morning  met  again  at  the  church; 
services  conducted  by  Bro.  Hillery,  after  which 
we  repaired  to  tbe  water,  where  ibur  precious 
souls  put  on  Christ  by  being  baptized  into  the 
likeness  of  bis  deatli.  One  of  the  nuuiber  was 
our  nephew,  William  Snavely,  son  of  Bro. 
John  Y.  and  sister  Snavelcy.  The  entire  fami- 
ly is  now  gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  May 
tbey  all  be  faithful  unto  death,  that  unto  each 
may  be  awai'ded  tbe  crown  of  life. 

Monday  evening  preaching  again  by  Bro. 
Hillery.  Subject,  "  The  Kingdom  of  Christ." 
Many  of  tbe  ideas  advanced  were  new  to  us 
and  we  received  much  instruction  and  were 
deeply  interested.  Tuesday  evening  preaching 
again.  This  was  the  closing  meeting.  Text, 
Philippians  3:  12:  14. 

Wednesday  morning  we  were  compelled  to 
bid  farewell  to  our  dear  Hudson  friends.  Our 
sojourn  with  them  had  been  extremely  pleasant, 
both  in  meeting  our  old  friends  and  in  forming 
new  acquaintances.  '  Here  we  first  met  Bro, 
and  sister  Hilleiy,  and  formed  their  acquaint- 
ance, which  to  us  at  least  was  very  i)!ejisaut, 
and  we  hope  profitable. 

The  church  at  Hudson,  which  is  under  the 
oversight  of  Bro.  T.  D,  Lyon,  is  in  n  vefy 
ilourishing  coudition.  True,  they  sometimes 
have  painful  incidents,  but  we  trust  timt  if  the 
church  administers  her  chastisements  with  firm- 
ness and  discretion,  she  mil  be  able  to  preserve 
her  purity.  This  church  is  very  much  in  order, 
being,  we  think,  a  model  cluirch  in  tin's  respect. 
We  were  also  highly  pleased  with  the  exhibi- 
tions of  love  and  Christian  courtesy  among  the 
members  of  this  church. 


From    the    Skirmish    Line, 
pmr  Bretknn:^ 

WE  commenced  holding  some  meetings  jn 
the  South-western  pjyt  of  Johnson  Co., 
Mo.,  several  yeai-s  ago.  The  pl'ice  of  meeting 
was  about  eight  miles  South  ol  Holden,  There 
was  not  a  smgle  member  there  then,  and  the 
doctrine  entirely  now.  The  first  year  we  had 
some  accessions,  but  a  dark  cloud  seemed  to 
hang  over  that  part  of  God's  vineyard  until  re- 
cently. 'We  were  sent  for,  a  few  ,  days  ago  to 
baptize  a  sister  there,  which  was  attended  to 
after  morning  services.  In  the  aff,ernoon  her 
husband  made  application  for  memberehip;  a 
meeting  was  appointed  early  Monday  morning 
for  his  baptism.  At  the  evening  meeting  an- 
other application  was  made,  after  meeting  still 
another;  so  that  on  Monday  morning  we  bad 
the  pleasure  of  leading  three  precions  souls  in- 
to the  troubled  waters,  making  four  additions 
to  the  church.  The  members  there  are  now  in 
peace,  and  are  very  affectionate  towards  each 
other. 

At  tlie  baptismal  scene,  several  members  of 
the  United  Brethren  church  were  present;  who 
had  never  heard  the  brethren  preach  before,  nor 
seen  our  mode  of  ba^)tism.  They  were  so  af- 
ected,  that  tears'  flox^'ed  freely.  Others  were 
imilarly  affected.  Au  excellent  door  is  now 
■pened  there.  A  wide  fivld  seems  to'  be  ripe, 
ready  for  the  laborer  to  enter,  nnd  it  is  hoped 
that  laborers  from  the  Centre  View  aiid  other 
churches  ivill  enter  the  field  promptly, '  as  they 
are  now  much  more  convenient  to  that  field 
than  we  ai-o. 

May  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
the  love  of  God,  and  the  Communion  of  tbe 
Holy  Ghost,  rest,  remain  and  abide  upon  all  the 
dear  children  of  grace,  now  and  everniore. 
Amen.  Fraternally, 

J.  S.  Moni.,EU. 


From    Farragut,    Iowa. 

Dear  Brdhrcn:— 

ON  the  18th  of  May.  somo  eighteen  of  us, 
-  went  from  -  F«rragnt  to  attend  a  Com- 
ninuion  meeting  in  Montgomery,  Co.,  Iowa, 
wdiere  we  .ill  enjoyed  oui'selves  exceedingly  well. 
It  made  me  fee!  ^ocid  to  see  so  many  yoyng 
b'retlirmi  and  A<.\~.-r^  Uiere.  1  felt  li^  if  I  was 
at  lioin<>  amoii-  Ihcni. 

Lf:i.  nic  suy  fu  tin?  young;  brethren  nnd  si.'itcrs 
that  have,  st  at  ted  in  ILe  cause  of  our  great  Re- 
deemer: Go  on  in  the  giiud  way.  It  has  not 
been  loiig  siiiije  I  started  in  the  cause  of  Christ, 
but  thanks  bo  to  Uod,  1  am  determined  to  fiyht 
my  way  through,  so  that  when  my  time  is  done 
here  on  earth,  that  I  can  close  my  eyes  in  death, 
„„d  .„y. 


"  Come,   welcome  death, 
I'll  gladly  go  with  thee." 

Now  a  few  woi-ds  to  those  that  have  not  yet 
enlisted  in  the  good  cause,  let  me  ask  you  to 
come.  Come  and  0,  love  your  heavenly  Father 
for  He  says  iu  St.  John's  Gospel,  15:  1,  3,  S, 
"  Let  not  your  lipiirt  be  troubled.  Ye  believe  in 
God;  believe  also  in  me.  In  iny  Father's  bouse 
are  many  mansions;  if  it  were  not  so,  I  would 
have  told  yon.  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you, 
and  if  I  (10  and  prepare  ft  place  for  yon;  I  ivill 
come  again  and  receive  you  unto  myself,  that; 
where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also." 

Now  you  see,  young  friends,  what  a  good 
home  our  heavenly  Father  has  prepared  for  U9, 
if  we  will  only  follow  his  laws,  which  He  has 
laid  before  us  to  do.  Then  let  me  say  ngaiu 
that  if  we  will  follow  our  heaveuly  Fatlier'siu- 
structions,  wo  have  tlie  sure  promise  of  a  home 
above,  where  all  ia  joy,  peace  and  love. 

S.  U.  ZooK, 


From    Northern    Missouri. 
Dear  Brethren.' — 

BY  rcfjuest  of  the  Brethren  of  the  Northern 
District  of  Mo.,  I  will  give  you  a  sketch 
of  church  news,  as  the  working  of  the  Lord 
revealed  itself  in  the  different  places  wliile  I 
was  with  them. 

I  met  with  the  brethren  on  the  11th  of  May, 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Michael  Uoiny,  South- 
west end  of  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo,,  iu  church  coun- 
cil, with  elder  D.  D.  Sell  from  Clinton  Co.,  and 
a  number  of  other  brethren  and  pisters  from 
other  dbtricts.  It  wa.s  luianimously  agreed  to 
organize  a  new  church  here,  called  the  Wiiit* 
Cloud  Branch.  The  following  officers  were 
chosen:  George  Shamborger  to  the  fii-st  decree 
of  ministry;  C.  M.  Moiviy  and  David  Koller  to 
the  deaconsbip.  Samuel  Honberger  was  or- 
dained to  the  full  ministry. 

Here  the  Brethren  also  had  agreed  to  hold 
Love-feast;  had  arranged  a  beautiful  tent,  28  by 
40  feet.  Preaching  evening  before  by  Bro.  D. 
D.  Sell,  and  othoi-s.  Love-feast  services  took 
place  in  regular  order  and  time  in  the  evening, 
aiid  was  the  first  meeting  of  that  kind  held  in 
Nodaway  Co.  It  ivas  largely,  and  by  all  ap- 
pearances solemnly  ntteiid^;d  by  spectatoi^.  — 
Considering  the  cjool,  rainy  weather  during  the 
services,  the  attendance  was  larger  than  could 
be  expcocted.  All  seemed  to  enjoy  God's  bless- 
ings. Meeting  next-day  and  night,  lasting  uu- 
til  AVednesday  evening. 

■ro.  Sell  and  I  then  went  to  the  North- 
east end  of  same  Co.  Meeting  on  the  uioht  of 
the  14th.  The  nest  day  met  in  council  with 
the  membei-s,  ten  in  number,  at  the  house  of 
Wm.  H.  Clark.  Here  we  also  agreed  in  union, 
to  make  a  partial  organization,  called  the  Honey 
Creek  church.  Held  a  choice,  the  lot  fell  on 
Bro.  Wm.  H.  Clark  for  minister  .md  Elijah 
Redicb,  deacon.  Wm.  B.  Sell  of  Harrison  Co., 
was  chosen  as  their  ovci-seer^  Meeting  that 
night  with  two  applicants  tor  baptism,  which 
;  attended  to  next  morning.  This  makes 
their  number  twelve. 

Could  not  some  good  brother  in  the  ministry 
th.it  is  a  good  example  to  the  flock, .move  to 
this  place,  as  there  is  a  prospect  for  a  large 
church  here,  if  not  nogleettd?  The  country 
here  is  good  enough  for  auy  one.  The  mem- 
bers are  kind  and  so  .ire  their  neighboi-s,  of 
'hom  quite  ft  number  are  coiinting  the  cost, 
and  I  think  some  will  unite  ere  long. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th,  after  'baptism, 
D.  D.  Sell  and  I,  in  company  with  Bro.  Clark, 
Redick  and  Davi,s  went  to  Hanison  Co.,  to  the 
place  of  District  Meeting.  Met  with  the 
Brethren  that  night  from  the  various  districts 
of  Northern  Mo.,  at  Long  Branch  school- 
house,  this  being  Wm.  B.  Sell's  district.  We 
metat  a  rather  late  hour.  Meeting  had  already 
commenced,  whcniwe  eiltered  tlie  house.  Bro. 
HaiTison  Palmer  from  the  Someraet  ohureh, 
Mercer  Co.,  addressed  us  with  Strong  apjwals  on 
Heb.  2,  and  why  we  should  mot  let  slip  what  We 
hear.  On  the  mocning  of  the  17th,  at  9  A,  M. 
mot  again  at  thu  saiiie  schof>I-houf?o  with  the 
delegates  of.  elevfln  districts  ortt  of  tbirt«en 
composing  the  Northern  DistrictofMoJ  ■  With 
ioiiie  of  them  wc  nover  met  before.  The  luorn- 
ui:  services  were  opened  in.  order  by  singing 
and  prayerj         :    >     ,;■         ,.     ,       .:    ,■:     .  ,  .j. 

The  meeting  organiwdhv  the  ' appoin'tment 
of  the  follofriiig  bfiici'i-s:  D.  D.  Sell,  Reading 
Clerk;  C.  C.  Root,  Writing  Clerk.  All  the  bu- 
siness waB-fraugncte^l  ploasiiutiy  »»d  iU  the  foor 
of  God  to  the  satiBfaclion  of  all.  No  query 
was  k-ft  for  A.  M.  to  &vlile.  ,      ,,, 

The  la-.t  \vits  the  hoiiie  mis^'o^n  for  Nprthem 
Mo.,  for  wiu'ch  the  iliectiri?,  chose  a  commit- 
tee of  five  to  get  up  tlie  best  plan  in  their'  wis- 
dom, and  present  it  next  day  to  t(ie  meeting  of 
idl  the  i.lelegales.  for  apiJi;pyal  or  rejection.,  Jhe 
meeEiog  then  closed  ftt  5'  P.  M.      Preaching 


THE   BRETECREIN    ^T   ^\^ORK:. 


June    G. 


BgaiQ  at  night,  liy  (he  writer,  followe<i  by  D.  Sell, 
Met  agnin  uext  niorniDg  nt  9  A.  M.  The  com- 
mittee iinanimouflly  ngrccil  to  send  two  evangelists 
03  much  of  the  time,  ns  the  committee  of  three 
brethren  as  directors,  in  conaullotion  with  the 
eyBngelisita  may  determine  to  be  advisable  in 
preaching  the  Gospel,  in  places  where  the  breth- 
ren huve  not  prcflclicd.  ill  languishing  cbiirches 
and  among  isolated  membcre  ;  the  said  directors  to 
determiae  the  actual  expcnaes  to  be  paid,  by  a 
chosen  treasurer,  out  of  the  common  contributions 
of  the  unitwl  diBlrict. 

Act-ording  to  appointment,  the  above  plan  was 
presented  to  the  meeting,  and  unanimously  adopt- 
ed, and  brethren  Wm.  B.  Sell  and  C.  C.  Root 
were  chosen  evangelists.  Bro.  David  Bowraau, 
Hardin,  Ray  Co.,  Mo.;  P.  E,  Whitmcr,  Craig. 
Htilt  Co.,  Mo.;  J.  E.  Bosserman,  Polo,  Caldwell 
Co.,  Mo.;  as  Directors,  J.  R.  Ellenberger,  Turtj- 
ey,  Clinton  Co,,  Mo.,  Treaaiirer. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Mo.,  closed 
its  bnainess  by  electing  Daniel  D.  Sell  delegate  for 
the  Standing  Committee  of  A,  M. 

To  the  brotherhood  at  large  I  would  recommend 
this  meeting  as  being  worthy  of  copying  after, 
in  regard  to  settling  all  their  busiue^  nt  home,  as 
well  as  the  great  responsibility  and  interest  felt 
and  manifested  by  it  ns  a  whole,  for  the  spread- 
ing of  the  Gospel ;  not  ouly  by  home  misaion,  but 
also  the  spirit  of  love  and  sympathy  expressed  for 
missionary  labora  generally. 

The  meeting  was  followed  by  a  pleasant  Coni- 
Tnunioa  season  on  Saturday  night,  the  18th;  al- 
so meeting  ne.\t  day  at  10  A.  M,  This  closed  the 
happy  meetings  with  our  dear  brethren  in  Harri- 
Eou  Co.,  Mo.  The  parting  scenes  were  solemn, 
more  so  because  I  was  a  yoke-fellow  with  the 
Northern  District  of  Mo.,  for  several  years.  As 
this  will  be  my  last  trip  to  Missouri  to  serve  then 
as  elder  over  those  districts,  namely  Bethel  church 
Holt  Co.',  and  Whitcsville  church,  Andrew  Co. 
with  the  mcmbere  of  the  two  new  districts  nov 
organized  in  Nodaway  Co.,  and  the  little  flock  ii 
Grand  River,  Gentry  Co.,  with  whom  I  have 
formerly  labored, —  I  would  say  that  I  feel  a  deep 
interest  in  your  spiritual  welfare.  I  often  remem- 
ber you  all  in  my  prayers,  and  I  know  you  do 
the  same. 

It  was  hard  to  part  from  you,  my  dear  brethren 
and  sisters,  and  I  cannot  close  without  tendering 
you  my  heart-felt  thanks  and  best  wishes  for  your 
kind  treatment  and  brotherly  respect  shown 
whilst  among  you,  I  commend  you  to  the  grace 
of  God  and  the  word  of  His  power.  May  the 
Holy  Spirit  keep  ub  in  the  same,  is  my  prayer. 

We  also  had  one  meeting  Sunday  afternoon, 
South-east  of  Martinsville,  in  friend  Funk's 
neighborhood,  Bro.  D,  Gliek  left  an  appoints 
ment  for  us,  when  he  went  to  D.  M,,  in  what  they 
call  a  union  house.  Bro.  D.  Sell  and  I  addressed 
the  meeting.  Had  the  beat  of  attention.  Th 
to  Wbitesville  church,  in  company  ivith  D.  Gliek, 
and  E.  Orr.  On  Monday  the  20th  meeting  at 
night;  also  on  Tuesday  night  Gave  thtm 
farewell,  with  another  appointment  for  brother 
Orr  to  till  on  Wednesday  eve, 

I  came  home  on  the  evening  of  the  23rd,  My 
address  will  be  alter  the  first  of  June,  Abilene, 
Dickenson  Co.,  Kansas. 

John  Forney,  Sen. 
FalU  Ciiy.  Neb. 


ed  near  Manheim,  and  of  late  some  fourteen  or 
fifteen  were  bapti/.ed  at  Middle  Creek,  two  and  a 
half  milea  from  Lincoln.  Nearly  every  week  wo 
henr  the  welcome  news  of  sinnera  turning  to  the 
Redeemer. 

In  our  own,  the  Ephrata  district,  we  have  not 
increased  quite  eo  largely  in  numbers  yet,  ns 
some  of  our  neighboring  congregations.  Wo  have 
however,  since  New  Year,  received  six  by  baptism 
and  two  reclaimed.  May  the  Lord  now  be  their 
strength  and  comfort  through  this  life  of  troubles 
and  trials,  so  that  when  done  with  earth  they  may 
rest  above  in  the  mansions  of  bliss. 

As  places  of  worship  and  calls  for   the   Breth- 

u,  to  preach,  are  ijicreasing,  and  the  ministerial 
force  not  adequate,  it  was  proposed  and  resolved 
that  we  elect  a  brother  to  the  ministry,  and  one 
as  visiting  brother.  The  church  met  together  for 
that  purpose  on  the  11th,  inst.,  and  the  lot  for 
minister  fell  on  Bro.  Israel  Wenger;  and  Isaac  B. 
Keller  for  deacon. 

May  the  spirit  of  the  Holy  One  rest  upon  those 
brethren,  so  they  may  walk  worthy  of  their  olfico, 
and  go  forth  in  the  Master's  cause,  with  such  a 
fftrength  and  zeal  to  His  cause,  that  they  may  he 
an  ornament  to  His  house  here  below,  and  a  jewel 
to  His  Jilansiou  above,  and  he  a  means  by  which 
niany  ain-defileil  souls  may  be  brought  back  again 
to  the  fold  of  Christ  and  to  the  feast  of  His  sal- 
vation. L.  Andes. 

Lincoln,  Pit. 


ed   us   so  far  this  season.     If  any   ministering 
brethren  should  pass  this  way,  we  would  be  pleas- 


ed to  have  then 


)  us  a  call. 


S.  Mu 


From     Knox    Co.,     Tenn. 

Dfiir  Bivthnii:— 

ON  Inst  .Saturday  evening  the  first  Love-feast 
of  the  Brethren,  was  held  iu  Knos 
near  Bro.  Hert/.ler's,  about  eight  miles  from  here, 
and  about  twenty  miles  from  the  Oakland  church. 
Though  the  nearest  members  from  that  side  were 
about  twelve  miles  distant,  and  we  were  the  only 
ones,from  this  side,  yet  twenty-five  ccmmuned 
(about  half  of  tho  church). 

The  church  in  moat  part  is  poor,  but  we  hope 
rich  iu  faith  and  love.  We  have  reason  to  thank 
the  Giver  of  all  good,  that  it  has  been  our  lot,  at 
least  in  the  last  two  or  three  years  to  have  peace 
and  harmony  in  the  church.  "  Behold  how  good 
it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity."  We 
have  once  in  a  while  an  addition  or  two.  The 
last  were  two  of  elder  Crosswhite'a  daughters, 
about  two  weeks  previous  to  the  Love-feast,  The 
church  has  about  doubIe<l  its  membership  in  the 
last  three  years.  Financially  we  are  not  able  to 
have  a  general  meal  iu  connection  with  the  Love- 
feast,  as  the  kind,  old  brethren  used  to  have  and 
probably  have  yet  iu  places. 

G.  F.  Detwiler. 


River    Brethren, 

IN  the  BntmiREN  at  Work,  No.  20,  Vol.  5, 
page  5,  I  find  that  J.  J.  Schechter  wishes,  that 
some  brother  would  give  an  account  of  the  start  of 
the  River  Bretliren,  through  the  paper,  and  as  I 
am  one  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  in  Lancaster  Co,, 
where  the  River  Brethren  started,  I  think  I  can 
give  a  correct  account  lA'  their  origin. 

In  1752,  a  man  by  the  name  of  William  Otter- 
bein,  a  minister  of  the  German  Reformed  church, 
from  Dillinhurg,  Germany,  came  to  this  country, 
and  settled  m  the  State  of  Maryland.  He  saw 
that  his  old  church  was  not  in  jjossession  of  the 
life  and  Spirit  which  the  Gospel  requires.  Then 
Martin  Boehm  associated  with  Otterbein,  they 
started  a  church  uudcr  the  appellation  of  "  The 
United  Brethren  iu  Christ,"  In  17S4,  this  Mar- 
tin Boehm  came  to  Donignl  township,  Lancas- 
ter Co.,  Pa.,  and  commenced  preaching,  which 
resulted  in  a  great  revival,  and  among  these  reviv- 
al converts  were  six  men,  Jacob  Eugel,  HnnsEu- 
gel,  John  Stern,  Samuel  Heigs,  C.  Rupp,  and  an- 
other man  whose  name  I  could  not  learn,  A  few 
of  them  were  members  of  the  old  Menuonites. 
These  six  met  together  to  examine  the  Scriptures, 
and  edify  themselves.  They  soon  found  that  hap- 
tismby  a  three-fold  immersionis  the  only  legal  mode 
contained  in  tho  Gospel ;  then  they  went  in  com- 
pany to  a  minister  of  tho  old  Baptist  brethren,  by 
the  name  of  George  Miller,  and  requested  to  be 
baptized  by  the  Brethren,  but  afterward  slnnd 
aloof  and  act  for  them.selvcs,  which  our  Brethren 
refused  to  do.  Then  they  cast  lots  which  of  them 
should  baptize  one  of  the  others,  aud  he,  theu  be- 
ing baplized,  shall  baptize  the  other  five,  which 
was  done  in  the  Susquehanna  river.  Hence  the 
name  "  River  Brethren."  This  happened  about 
the  year  1787.  Such  was  the  origin  and  start  of 
them.  J.  E,  Pfautk. 

Ephrata.  Pa. 


From    Lancaster    Co.,    Pa. 

Dear  Birlhren: — 

I  WILL  try  to  drop  a  few  lines  for  your  worthy 
paper,  and  thereby  tell  others  how    the  ark 
of  tlie  Lord  is  moving  along  in  this  part  of  God's 
moral  vineyard. 
A  few  Sundays  ago,  some  eighteen  were  bapliz- 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND 

Nettle  Creek  church,  Ind. S     11.35 

Rome  church,  Ohio 5.00 

Chas.  C.  Gibson, 2.50 

Sarah  Myers,  Iiid., 25 

John  Freidley 25 

Sarah  Czigana,  - .25 

Hannah  Czigans, .25 

Milton  C.  Czigaus .25 

David  Bcower, 1.50 

Lime  Rawlins, .1.00 

A  Brother, 2.00 

ElizabethHillery, LOO 

Previously  reported 15SS,64 

Total:  Sl!il4.24 
C.  P.  RoHXASD,  Treasurer. 
La,ia,-k;  III.,  Mu>j  27tlL  187S. 
(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


GLE^Niisras. 


From  Winchester,  Kan. — I  receive  j 
paper  regularly.  It  always  brings  glad  tidings  of 
great  joy.  In  looking  over  its  columns,  we  are 
made  to  rejoice  to  hear  of  so  many  sinners  being 
brought  to  the  fold  of  Gud.  We  are  deprived  of 
hearing  the  Brethren  preach;  there  are  no  mem- 
bers here  but  myself  and  wife.  All  the  comfort 
we  have,  is  when  the  paper  comes  to  hand.  The 
minbtering  brethren  used  to  eurae  and  preach  for 
us  quite  often  lost  Summer,  but  they  havenegleet- 


From  Porrin,  Mo. — I  desire  to  say  to  those 
inquiring,  that  I  am  not  traveling  and  preaching 
nl  this  time,  and  will  not  until  after  harvest,  and 
if  the  way  opens,  will  give  due  notice  in  a  private 
way.  My  health  is  so  far  improved  that  I  am  able 
to  work  considerably  on  the  farm.  I  feel  very 
grateful  for  all  kind  words  of  sympathy  and  en- 
couragement received.  May  God  bless  you  all. 
D.  B.  Gibson. 

From  MogOilore.Ollio.— We  want  the  Bieth- 
ren  to  donate  good  books  to  the  Ashland  College, 
especially  their  own  productions.  Any  books  you 
may  wish  to  donate  will  be  thankfully  received. 
Please  present  the  matter  to  those  you  meet.  Send 
by  express  to  Ashland  College,  Ashland,  Ohio,  or 
bring  to  A.  M.  We  would  like  the  name  of  the 
donors  on  the  books  donated. 

Jacob  Mibhler. 

From  Ncmalia,  Kan. — We  are  living  where 
the  Gospel  has  never  been  preached  but  once  or 
twice.  There  are  thirteen  mcmbtrs  here,  yet  wo 
have  no  preacher  nor  deacon  among  ub.  Wo 
would  like  to  have  a  speaker  move  here;  for  we 
need  one.  There  is  quite  a  number  of  Quakers 
here.  If  it  was  not  ibr  tho  Brethre-v  at  Work 
I  do  not  know  what  we  would  do ;  for  we  get  so 
much  good  food  from  its  columns.  We  read  the 
paper  through  and  then  let  our  neighbors  have  it 
to  read  ;  it  seems  to  take  very  well.  If  any  of 
the  brethren  move  West,  we  would  like  to  have 
them  come  and  see  our  country. 

Wm.  Edgecomb, 

From  Harleysville,  Pii. — Our  District  Meet- 
ing passed  off  very  pleasantly.  There  were  thir- 
teen queries  considered,  and  all  the  deliberations 
were  kept  in  a  proper  niantier — uo  one  excited. 
Brethi-en  Samuel  Harley  of  Ephrata,  and  S,  R. 
Zug  of  Mastersonville,  Lancaster  county,  are  to 
represent  the  Eastern  District  of  Pa.,  at  the  An- 
nual Meeting;  tho  former  on  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, On  Saturday  tho  25th  there  was  an  elec- 
tion held  in  the  Hatfield  church.  Brother  Fr.iuk 
Cassel  was  elected  to  the  ministry,  and  brethren 
Jonas  M.  Cassel  and  Jacob  M.  Detweiler  to  the 
office  of  deacon.  Elder  C.  Bucher  and  elder 
Wra.  Hertzler  being  present,  they  had  a  very  in- 
teresting meeting  on  Sunday. 

Ja8,  Y.  Heckler. 

From  Oalesbiirg  Kunsns.— Our  council 
meeting  came  off  May  the  11th,  The  members 
seemed  to  be  in  love  and  union  with  one  anothei 
and  to  be  encouraged  in  the  good  work  ;  where 
the  church  works,  (ho  Lord  works.  We  ha 
good  many  young  members  in  our  church  here. 
There  have  been  no  accessions  this  Spring.  We 
have  meeting  regularly  every  two  weeki  It  has 
been  very  wet  for  the  last  week,  so  much  so  that 
the  farmers  could  do  nothing.  Neosho  river  is 
said  to  be  the  highest  it  ever  was  known  since  the 
country  has  been  settled.  I  would  like  to  see 
brethren  move  in  and  help  the  good  causi  along. 
Kansas  is  fast  filling  up  with  emigrants  from  oth- 
er states.  We  have  a  tine,  healthy  country.  Fruit 
will  be  plenty  this  year,  if  nothing  should  happen 
it.  M.  p.  HODGDEX. 

From  Lj'<iia  KriKC— We  are  now  living  in 
Little  Travers,  and  are  surrounded  by  ditlerent 
kinds  of  people,  excepting  our  members  ;  for 
which  we  feel  very  sorry.  There  are  seven  mem- 
bers that  I  know  of  iu  this  neighborhood,  and 
they  live  about  eight  miles  from  town,  and  some 
of  them  have  been  here  for  two  years  and  have 
never  heard  a  sermon  preached  by  any  of  the 
Brethren.  Now  I  would  say  here,  don't  the  Scrip- 
tures say,  to  them  that,ask  it  shall  be  given.  We 
are  asking,  we  are  calling,  we  are  begging  and 
praying  for  some  of  the  brethren  to  come  and 
preach  for  us.  We  want  some  of  them  to  come 
and  settle  iu  our  neighborhood. 

Little  Travcrg.  Emmerl  Co., Mich. 

From  Pony    Creek  Ohiirch,   Kan.— Our 

Love-feast  is  now  amoiig  the  things  of  the  post. 
The  church  came  together  nt  ten  o'clock  as  was 
appointed  ;  had  preaching  till  noon.  Then  broke 
up  to  meet  again  at  four  o'clock.  The  church 
made  a  choice  for  two  deacons  in  the  afternoon, 
and  the  lot  fell  on  our  dear  brethren  Daniel  A. 
Lichty  aud  Levi  Wallace.  May  the  Lord  blcis 
thim  and  guide  them  in  the  ways  of  truth  aud 
righteousness.  The  brethren  were  instnlled  in 
their  office  before  the  evening  services  commenced. 
The  meeting  was  hehl  iu  brother  Jonathan  Lich- 
ty'e  large  barn.  The  crowd  was  quite  large  in 
the  evening ;  the  members  could  not  all  be  seated 
at  the  table.  Considering  tho  crowd  there  was 
pretty  good  order.  On  Sunday  the  crowd  was 
very  large  ;  had  preaching  at  two  o'clock.  Dear 
brethren  let  us  holdout  faithful;  it  will  not  be 
very  long  till  nc  meet  to  part  no  more. 

E.  Thompson. 


STEIN    AND    RAT    DEBATE. 

I  NOTICED,  recently,  in  the  Primitive  ChrUtiwi 
an  extract  from  tho  Baptist  Battle  Flag  which 
referred  to  the  doctrme  of  Christ,  as  observed  by 
the  Brethren,  in  rather  disparaging  language.  Tho 
editors  of  the  P.  0.  stated  iu  reply  that  if  such, 
milar  language  were  used  in  the  proposed  dis- 
on  between  Mr.  Ray,  aud  Bro.  Stein,  that 
they  would  not,  by  any  means  open  the  columns 
of  their  paper  for  the  publiciilion  of  such  lan- 
guage, and  further  referred  to  tho  necessity  of 
restricting  Mr.  Ray  in  his  use  of  longuage,  before 
consenting  Ia  the  publication  of  said  discussion  in 
the  Breturen  at  Work. 

Nu  doubt  the  editors  of  P.  C.  wrote  from  pure 
motives,  and  desire  that  the  pages  of  our  relig- 
ious papers  he  kept  ns  pure  and  free  from  filthy 
personalities  as  thf^y  possibly  can  be.  This  is 
right,  but  it  is  tmj  opinion,  that  iu  the  peniliug 
discussion  the  best  thing  that  can  be  done,  is,  to 
let  Mr.  Ray  say,  what  he  has  to  say,  in  his  own 
unrestricted  language.  His  abusive  manner  of 
speaking,  and  writing,  aud  the  disrespectful  lan- 
guage he  uses  towards  other  churches,  will  gi> 
farther,  in  the  minds  of  sober,  thinking  people, 
towards  defeating  his  oivn  propositions  than  all 
the  arguments  he  can  produce  to  support  them. 
Publish  every  word  lie  writes,  and  let  the  world 
rend,  think,  and  judge  for  themselves. 

Several  years  ago  Mr.  Ray  delivered  several 
discourses  in  our  vicinity.  Iu  said  discourses  ho 
referred  to  the  Brethren  church  in  very  disre- 
spectful language,  calling  our  baptism  "  filthy 
rags;"  ourmembers,  "silly  people;"  our  church 
organization,  "  pulling  straws,"  etc.,  eto. 

Since  then,  the  Baptist  church  at  that  place 
ceased  to  prosper  and  began  to  diminish,  and 
has  been  diminishing  ever  since,  and  if  it 
dwindles  a  few  more  years  there  will  be  noth- 
ing left. 

Truth  cannot  be  destroyed,  by  all  the  filthy 
language  men  may  cast  upon  it.  It  will  be 
truth  still,  and  shine  the  brighter,  by  coming 
in  contact  with  eiTor. 

To  brother  Stein,  we  would  say,  go  on,  in  the 
even  tenor  of  your  way.  Use  soft  words,  but 
liard  arguments,  and  the  truth  will  not  suffer 
in  your  hands;  and  the  God  of  heaven  and 
earth  guide  your  pen,  to  write  only  what 
will  result  in  honor  to  His  great  name  aud  the 
salvation  of  many  souls. 

Fraternally. 

J.  S.  MOHI-Elt. 


Prayer,  if  it  be  done  ns  n  task,  is  no  prayer. 


EDITORIAL  remarks. 

The  above  came  to  hand  just  as  we  were  ready 
to  go  to  press,  hence  tho  necessity  of  inserting  it 
here.  We  much  regretted  what  the  P.  C .  said 
about  the  debate,  but  concluded  to  pass  it  all  by. 
We  know  just  what  we  are  doing  in  the  case,  and 
can  say  amen  to.what  Bro.  Mohler  says.  If  Mr. 
Ray  wants  to  spend  his  time  abusing  the  Breth- 
ren, he  can  do  so.  The  more  of  it  he  does,  the 
better  it  will  be  for  our  cause.  He  found  that  out 
at  the  Newtonia  debate.  The  discussion  will  com- 
mence just  as  soon  as  a  few  more  amingementi 
are  made,  and  OS  proof  that  it  is  looked  to  with 
great  interest,  we  will  say,  that  hundreds  are  sub- 
scribing for  the  paper  on    account  of  it. — Eos. 


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EusobiQB'  EcoIasliBtiflal  History.— This  auibor  ii«i^d  ia 
tliu  fourib  ccDiurj,  had  a  (boruugh  knonlcdgc  or  th« 
llialtiry  or  (he  chureli,  nnd  tiis  nritingaiirc  ttiorcforo  of 
caaaiiletnblo  vikluo  to  the  atuilunt  of  Ancient  Uiiilarj. 
8yo.  Cloth.  '2.50 

Cimpball  and  Owen  Dobllto.  —Containing  m  ejominn- 
liori  at  tlic  Social  Syaicjn,  mid  nil  (lie  njatoma  of  Sliopl- 
iciiim,  nncicnt  tind  modern.  Complcle  in  one  voluine. 
Thin  will  nlwuys  remain  a  leading  work  on  Ibe  evidences 
of  Cliriaiianitj.    Sl.TG. 

Passover  and  Lord'a  Supper.— By  J.  W.  Beer.  An  able 
work  of  great  merii,  and  nliuiild  be  in  ibe  bandi  of 
every  pcraon.  who  wisbe*  (o  thorooghly  understand 
(bis  Biitijcct.     Bound     Id  good  ctoth  ;  268  pages.    Price, 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Dny  paasenger  (rain  going  east  leaves  Lanark  at  12;00 
1'.  M.,  and  arri.es  in  Baclneal  0:43  P.  M. 

Day  passenger  Inia  going  ivcst  leaves  Lanark  at  2:01)  P. 
M.,  ond  arrives  at  Rock  Island  d1  5:60  P.  M. 

Night  passenger  Iraiofl,  going  cost  and  west,  meet  and 
tcuTE  Lanark  at  2:1S  A.  M,.  arriving  in  Itacine  al  9;0D 
A.    M.,   and   nt   Rook  Island  at  S:00  A.  M. 

Fretgbl  and  Accomniodatian  Trains  will  run  west  at 
12:  10  A.  M..  fl:lC  A.  SI.,  and  cast  at  12;  10  A.  M. 
and  G;  1.^  F.  M. 

Tickeu  are  Bold   for   above    trains    only.      Pa.-i3Cnger 

iToins  make  close  oonaectioa  al  Weslern  Union  Junction. 
Q,  A.  Bmitb,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  BehoU  I  BHnf}   Ynxi  Good  Tidings  of  G-reai  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  Ail  People.'' ~  Lvke  -2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  June  13, 1878. 


No.  24. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITHD  ANB  PUBMSHED  WHEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.   M.   ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B,  H.  MILLER,       ------        LADORA,  IND. 

J.  W.  8TE1N,       ------       NEWTONIA,  1I( 

D.  VANUIAK,         -------  \'l]tDE!<',  UA 

D.  B.  MENXZF-l^        -      -      -      -      -WAYNES110RO,  P,* 

ILATTIB  A.  Li■:AI^        -----      inut.VNA,    ILI 


moon  nor  star  uor  candle,  tint  Gofl  aud  the 
Lamb  are  the  light  thereof.  But  for  all  who 
ni-p  in  the  Devils's  order  of  creation,  the  nioi-n- 
iug  and  evening  are  the  first  day  and  the  last 
eternal  midnight  "  the  hhickness  of  darkness 
forever." 

1  WISH  I  WERE  A  CHRISTIAM. 


OUR  PRECIOUS  BIBLE. 

BY  LEia'EI,  lilLLiJUy. 

HOLY  Bible  how  I  love  thee, 
What  a.  pleasure  to  my  soul; 
Naught  on  earth  shall  ever  move  me 

From  thy  pure  and  sacred  fold. 

Not  in  all  the  realms  of  pleasure. 

Shall  there  he  sufficient  cause, 

Rohhing  me  of  this  great  Treasure, 

And'  of  heaven's  holy  Law. 

Holy  Bible  let  rae  clasp  thee — 

Ever  near  my  heating  heart; 
Oh  'tis  all  I  now  do  ask  thee, 

And  ril  never  from  thee  part. 
Soothe  my  pain,  lead  on  to  heaven — 

For  I  would  tliy  trutli  declare, 
Oh!  let  this  just  now  be  given, 

Soon  I  will  (hy  glory  sliiire. 

THE  ORDER  OF  CREATION. 

BY  C  H.  BAXSBADGH. 

IT  was  a  fatal  mistake  to  divorce  the  Supper 
aud£uchanst.  Either  of  these  terms  stands 
for  the  entire  oi'dinance.  They  are  connected 
as  vitally  as  our  love  to  Joaus  and  our  brethren. 
The  bread  of  the  Communiou  was  taken  from 
tiie  Slipper  thus  signifjTng  that  both  are  sec- 
tions of  one  whole. 

Your  second  question  is  a  perplexing  one,  and 
not  easily  settled  on  an  immutable  basis.  That 
there  was  double  diurnal  division  of  time  among 
the  Jews  seems  tolerably  clear — one  including 
the  wurkhtf/  day,  from  sunrise  to  sunset,  oi 
from  six  in  the  morning  to  six  in  the  evening. 
The  other  including  both  day  and  uight,  and 
beginning  in  the  evening  according  to  the  order 
of  the  creation.  Let  us  see  to  it  that  all  our 
time,  as  a  whole  and  in  fragments,  is  not  only 
in  the  order,  hut  in  the  charact':r  of  creation. 

Not  only  was  the  evening  first,  but  man  was 
first  a  dead,  dark,  inanimate  lump  of  clay,  be- 
fore the  morning  of  life  and  consciousness  and 
intelligence  dawned.  All  things  came  ont  of 
night  or  nothing.  God  is  a  Spirit.  There  is 
no  materiality  in  His  constitution.  The  idea  of 
matter  was  in  Him,  but  matter  «s  matter  had 
to  spring  from  nonentity.  The  six  day.s  work 
WHS  successively  on  this  plan.  God  did  uofc  ile- 
lelop  the  second  days  work  out  of  the  Brat  and 
so  on.  Each  day  was  a  oeatioii ,  first  the  even- 
ing then  the  morning;  firet  nonentity  then  ex- 
istence. The  same  with  man.  Ho  was  taken 
from  the  dust,  but  «s  man  he  was  a  ereutiim  no 
less  than  the  dust  itself.  Man  was  not  devel- 
oped out  of  a  monkey  as  some  filthy  dreamers 
aver,  but  was  the  product  and  image  of  the 
eternal.  And  the  saint,  the  new  man  in  Christ 
is  just  as  little  a  development  out  of  the  sin- 
polluted  creature  as  the  first  man  was  the  pro- 
duct of  a  cultivated  ape. 

The  whole  creation  is  represented  in  nmn. 
"  The  things  that  are  'made"  expl-essth'e  "  eter- 
nal power  and  Godhead."  Butman  is  a  geuer- 
tion  of  the  Divine  eo«sf(7(((fOM.  He  is  the  last 
evening  and  morning  in  the  calendar  of  creation 
linking  matter-  eternally  with  Deity,  fmally 
bringing  down  the  very  God  Himself,  not  only 
as  Creator  but  Redeemer,  making  the  last  morn- 
ing an  endless  day.  The  evening  and  morning 
are  the  firet  day  and  the  evening  aud  morning 
are  the  last  day,  when   they  need  no  sun  nor  | 


HOW  I  wish  I  were  a  Christian,  was  the  es- 
presision,  a  man  made  in  my  hearing 
sometime  ago.  Since  then  I  have  some  thoughts 
on  loish,  or  wishint/.  And  although  the  word 
wish  occurs  a  few  tinies  intl*  Scriptures,  Paul 
could  wish  himself  accursed  from  Christ  for 
his  brethren  (Rom.  D:  3).  "  This  also  we  wish 
even  j-our  perfection  "  (2  Cor.  13  9).  And  John 
to  liis  beloved  Gaiu.=,  "  I  wish  above  all  things 
thou  mightest  prosper."  And  the  shipwrecked, 
"  they  cast  anchor,  and  wished  for  the  day." 

The  word  occurs  about  an  equal  number  of 
times  in  the  Old  Testament  Scriptures,    Yet  I 
am  not  sure  but  to  ivisli,  and  to  be   ivishiiig  k 
useless  waste  of  time,  and  I  think  we  might 

■ell  discard  the  words.  As  a  thing  that  mil 
surely  come  to  pass,  it  is  vain  to  wish  for  it  to 
come;  wait,  have  patience  till  it  comes.  After 
the  shipwrecked  had  cast  anchor  it  was  useless 
for  them  to  wish  for  the  day,  that  would  surely 
come  at  the  apijointed  horn-.  The  better  way 
would  he  for  them  to  do  all  for  their  comfort 
iind  safety,  and  with  patience  wait  for  the  day, 
for  it  will  most  assuredly  come.  Wishing  wUl 
only  ]>et  a)id  sorrow  the  mind,  wishuig  for 
this  is  useless. 

Again,  wishing  for  that  which  never  can,  nor 
will  be,  surely  is  vain.  And  what  you  can  at- 
tain to,  or  obtain  by  your  own  proper  effort, 
why  wish  for  that?  Make  the  lawfuleft'ort  and 
obtain  it.  The  man  who  wished  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian, will  never  be  one  by  wishing.  The  means 
by  which  he  may  become  one  are  sanctified  for 
hiin,  let  him  use  them  according  to  appointment 
aud  he  will  soon  be  a  Christian.  But  it  seems 
some  men  are  willing  to  do  even  more  to  be  a 
Christian  than  God  requires'of  them,  if  they 
can  have  it  their  own  way. 

When  I  was  in  public  business  I  kept  my 
hank  accounts  in  the  bank  of  a  wealthy  bach- 
lor  banker.  He  heard  me  preach  oq  the  advan- 
tages of  Christianity,  a  reh'gion;  during  th( 
week  I  made  a  business  call  at  his  bankino 
house.  As  I  entered,  he  said,  "  give  me  the  re- 
ligion yon  preached  lastSunday,  and  I  willgive 
you  my  best  farm."  Lookiug  him  in  the  face 
I  said,  "John,  it  is  not  mine  to  give;  Christ, 
whose  it  is  to  give,  has  appointed  the  moans 
whereby  you  can  obtain  it  without  giving  your 
farm."  But  here  was  the  tug  of  battle;  that 
retjuired  what  he  was  unwilling  to  do.  Rather 
buy,  or  wish,  than  believe  and  repent  for  it. 

Time  spent  wishing,  is  badly  spent.  I  be- 
lieve it  is,  ii3  Tuppereays,  "  of  all  employments, 
wishing  is  the  woret." 


MUSIC. 

BY  OnAIil-OITE  T.  liO-VD. 

WE  cannot  conceive  why  some  people  are 
opposed  to  an  improvement  in  our  sys- 
tem of  music.  We  believe  that  which  is  worth 
doing,  is  worth  doing  well,  and  why  cramp  our- 
selves down  to  an  imperfect  way  of  exercising 
our  voices  in  sbiging  pniises  to  God.  Music  and 
singing  began  soon  after  the  creation  of  our 
first  parents  as  we  rend  in  the  Scriptures.  And 
may  we  not  suppose  that  the  little  birds  of  the 
soon  after  they  were  created,  began  to  war- 
ble forth  their  sweet  songs  in  tlifir  Creator's 
praise?  The  sparkling  little  violets  went  sing- 
ing their  way  toward  the  ocean.  Can  we  doubt 
that  all  nature  filled  the  eai-th  with  harmonious 
lounds  as  an  offering  of  gratitude  (as  it  were) 
to  the  great  Creator  and  Founder  of  the  uni- 
verse? 


We  learn  that  singing  and  prayer  are  the 
two  main  mediums  by  which  we  can  roach  or 
communicate  with  our  Divine  Creator,  and  wi 
are  cominamled  to  go  on  to  perfection.  "Be  yi 
pei-fect  as  your  Father  In  heaven  is  perfect.' 
The  more  perfect  we  can  offer  our  tributes  of 
praise  and  present  our  humble  petitions,  the 
k'Lter  will  they  he  received.  We  ai-o  wai-ned 
against  being  heathenish  in  our  manner  of  ad- 
dressing the  Deity.  "But  when  ye  pray  use 
not  vain  repetitions  us  the  heathen  do;  for  they 
think  they  shall  he  heard  for  their  much  speak- 
ing." We  are  rationid  beings,  and  have  im- 
provable faculties,  and  tlic*e  faculties  formed 
within  lis  by  the  same  Being  that  breathed  into 
man  the  breath  of  life.  That  same  being  re- 
quires us  to  bo  perfect  as  He  is  perfect.  How 
can  we  attain  this  perfection,  if  we  content  oiu- 
selves  to  remain  inactive  and  not  improve  the 
talents  given  us?  Some  have  ten  talent^s,  some 
five.  Some  one,  each  is  required  to  improve 
the  t-alents  given. 

The  apostle  tells  us  there  is  a  diversity  of 
gifts,  and  that  one  member  is  not  to  believe  he 
is  of  no  use,  because  he  cannot  fill  the  place  of 
another.  He  speaks  of  the  gift  of  prophecy —  | 
of  miracles,  of  teachers,  of  healing,  of  interpre- 
tation and  so  on.  ■  He  does  not  apeak  of  a  gil't 
of  musical  talent  especially,  hut  we  all  know 
some  persons  are  more  gifted  in  music  thim  oth- 
ers, and  some  love  to  hear  and  practice  it  more 
than  others.  This  being  the  case,  should  we 
not  cultivate  music,  both  in  om'  families  and 
the  churches?  And  by  a  regular  system  bring  it 
as  near  perfection  as  possible.  Tbeapostle  says, 
again,  "I  will  sing  with  the  spirit  and  I  mil 
sing  with  the  understanding."  We  believe  we 
should  understand  what  we  sing,  and  how  to 
sing  it,  and  the  Spirit  aids  our  infii'mities.  In- 
activity is  the  bane  of  human  life,  it  will  destroy 
thehealthofbothbodyandsoul,  while  auactive, 
industry  promotes  health  to  the  body,  enlivens 
mental  powers,  and  if  we  have  complied 
with  the  offered  terms  of  reconciliation  with 
God,  and  have  received  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  guide  and  direct  us,"  we  will  actively 
pursue  that  course  through  life  that  will  mostly 
bring  good  to  the  human  family,  and  work  to 
the  honor  and  glory  of  God. 

We  are  told  in  Holy  Writ  that  music  had 
power  to  soothe  the  troubled  spirit  of  the  wick- 
ed. Saul  orten  called  for  David  (though  he  was 
treated  as  his  worst  enemy)  he  would  desire  him 
to  come  and  soothe  him  nith  his  sweet  songs. 
And  oi1:en,  very  often  do  wc  see  teai-s  of  peni- 
tence roll  down  the  cheeks  of  the  listenei-s, 
when  some  sweetstrains  of  music  are  sung  with 
such  spiritual  farce  as  to  make  us  feel  as  if 
souls  were  lilted  above  this  lowly  vale,  and  that 
wo  were  being  wafted  from  om-tli  to  our  ever 
blessed  and  happy  home  above.  And  the  most 
we  know  of  onr  enjoyments,  there  is,  that  wo 
are  to  sing  songs  of  eternal  praise  to  our  dear 
Redeemer. 


new  impulses  and  holy  desires,  such  as  you  nev- 
er experienced  before.  The  worldly  mly  luock 
and  the  uuleaiued  may  disapprove,  but  th.ie  is 
a  power  in  systematic  music  for  good  that  nmnofc 
he  equaled  by  the  best  oratory  theworhllms  ev- 
er produced.    . 

Natural  oratory,  like  the  musical  taleni,  muat 
he  improved,  and  then  if  directed  by  (.pj.j.unl 
inspiration,  each  can  fight  a  terrible  w.iitare 
with  the  wicked  one.  We  do  not  mean  \i,-,v  to 
condemn  the  weaker  ones,  no  indeed;  orlu.Kiout 
the  idea  that  thoy  have  nothing  to  do,  where 
much  is  given,  much  is  required,  and  wW-n-  Ut- 
ile is  given,  there  is  not  so  much  required,  and 
as  we  said  before  .there  is  a  diversity  <jI'  irift.". 
Whei-e  one  can  do  much  good  in  one  way,  aunth- 
er  has  the  advantage  in  another.  Ever.v  wno 
of  should  do  all  they  eaji  to  make  the  most 
theii-  abilities  and  circumstances  ll;|^  i:ig 
always  in  view,  in  ever>'  action  or  thou-ht, 
the  honor  and  gloiy.  of  God,  and  the  proiu.-rion 
of  His  cause.   Andalter  we  have  done  all  w<-can 

aie  unprofitable  servants;  hut  thank-s  Iil-  to 
God,  we  have  an  Intercessor. 

REPENT  AND    BE   BAPTIZED. 

IJY  WILFltEil  1!1i;E. 


Reader,  have  you  never  felt  when  you  \ 
listening  to  the  delightful  songs  of  Zion,  that 
you  were  getting  a  foretaste  of  the  enjoyment 
of  that  blissful  home  beyond  the  tomb,  and  that 
your  souls  were  united  in  a  bond  of  eternal 
sprirtual  love  to  all  those  who  are  looking  for- 
ward to  the  coming  of  our  Lord  and  Savmr  Je- 
sus Christ? 

My  dear  reader,  if  you  never  were  exercised 

'  such  feelings  as  these,  you  ai-e  losing  all 
the  enjoyments  of  the  life  of  a  tnie  Chris- 
tian. This  is  our  enjoyment  and  rppaysus  four- 
fold for  all  the  conflicts  we  have  to  encounter 
here.     Some  may  call   this  fanaticism,  he  that 

it  may,  it  is  worth  more  than  all  of  the  friv- 
olties  and  foolish  pleasures  of  earth.  Goye  that 
delight  so  much  in  the  clownish  ditties  that  are 
sung  among  the  pleasure- seeking  throngs  of 

■th.  Go  listen  to  one  of  the  hymns  of  Zion 
sung  witli  the  spirit  and  the  understanding,  and 
you  will  find  that  you  never  underetood  the  pow- 
er of  music  before;  your  soul  will  be  filled  with 


^(  pETER  said  unto  them.  repent,aml  be  hap- 
X  tizcd  every  one  of  you  in  the  naiue  of 
Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins,  and  ye 
shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost "  (Acts 
3:  3S).  There  has  been  a  gi-eat  deal  said  about 
repentance,  baptism  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  that 
it  almost  seems  useleM  to  say  anything  more  on 
the  subject;  hut  I  think  a  few  Bible  tlmughfa 
on  the  above,  occasionally  will  not  harm  any 
one,  hut  to  i)ractice  them  would  be  a  great  gain 
to  the  never-dying  soul,  which  is  of  more  val- 
ue than  this  world,  aud  what  a  lamenl;J,le 
thought  it  would  be  to  think  any  one  sh.iuld 
'gleet  to  feed  his  soul  on  the  Broad  of  Lir.-. 
We  should  have  faith  in  the  Word.  What 
^vord?  'Why,  Christ's.  Not  some  poor,  ireak 
mortal  man  who  will  teach  tor  commandments 
the  doctrines  of  men.  "My  v/ords  tliey  are 
truth  and  they  are  ]ife,"say3  our  blessed  Savior. 
Repentance,  which  makes  us  weep  for  our  sins, 
and  that  we  have  disobeyed  our  b!es5e(l  Jlaater's 
will,  should  precede  baptism,  and  then  wi'  aro 
fit  subjects  for  baptism.  Then  we  lu-e  lo  be 
baptized  in  the  name  of  -Tesus  Christ,  and  wl  at 
for?  "For  the  remission  of  sins."  What 
docs  remission  really  mean  ?  We  might  say, 
simply  to  pardon,  or.tho  act  of  tjikiug  au.ir  or 
removing  our  sins  so  that  they  will  not  be  re- 
membered against  ns  any  more.  Thi'ii  the 
promise  is,  we  shall  reeeive  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  A  gift  that  we  all  should  strive  for,  and 
strive  lawfully;  then  more  men  and  women 
would  have  that  gilt,  and  others  could  see  the 
workings  ivithout  being  told. 
:  There  are  many,  yea  many,  who tlimlt  and  .-^ay, 
they  have  this  great  Gift  aud  have  not.  ln-.-^uae 
they  do  not  obey  the  truth.  There  are  .■;o  m  :ny 
non-essentials  in  the  Scriptures  to  thi-ju.  that 
keep  thciu  from  obejing  the  Word,  aniUb-re- 
fore  are  uubclievei-s,  because  they  don't  lj.-1-eve 
Christ.  What  is  baptism,  and  how  is  it  Ui  be 
performe<l?  Does  the  Savior  leave  us  in  the 
(lark?  No.  He  even  g,ive  ns  an  exaiuple,  as 
on  all  occasions.  Where  did  He  go?  To  John_ 
Where  was  John  baptizing?  In  Jordan.  "An* 
there  went  out  unto  him  all  the  land  of  Judeoi 
i^ud  they  of  Jerusalem,  and  were  all  baptiml  of 
him  in  the  river  Joi-dan,  confessing  tlK-ir  sins  " 
(Markl:5),  Could  not  John  have  gone  Infht-ir 
houses  and  sprinkled  them?  cei-tainiy;  hut  that. 
mid  not  have  been  baptism.  This,  some 
ight  think  rough  talk,  but  it  is  the  truth. 
John  baiitiKcd  ns  he  was  commanded.  IK-  kasw 
sprinkle  or  poUr  did  not  mean  dip. 


Free  souls  freely  work; 
Itars  to  sit  at  ease. 


I'hoever  leur^  God 


THE   BRETHRElsr    ^T   ^VORK:. 


Jxine    1 3, 


FALLING  LEAVES. 

THEY  are  fulliug.  slowly  falling. 
Thick  upon  tlie  forest  side — 
Severed  from  the  noble  brandies, 

Where  they  waved  in  beauteous  pride, 
They  are  falling  in  the  valleys, 

Where  the  early  violets  spring. 
And  the  birds  in   suuny  spring-time, 

Firet  tli'^ir  dulcet  music  riug. 
They  are  ftilling,  sndly  falling. 

Close  beside  our  cottage  door— 
Pale  Jind  fndbd.  like  the  loved  ones 

Thut  ha7e  gone  forevennore. 
They  are  falling  and  tlie  sun-beams 

Shine  in  beauty  soft  around; 
Yet  the  faded  leaves  are  falling- 
Foiling  on  the  grassy  mound. 
They  are  falling  on  the  streamlet 

Where  the  silvery  waters  flow, 
And  upon  its  placid  bosom 

Onward  with  the  waters  go; 
They  are  falling  in  the  church-yard. 

Where  our  kindred  sweetly  sleep; 
Where  the  idle  winds  of  summer 

Softly  o'er  the  loved  ones  weep. 

They  are  falling,  ever  falling, 

When  the  Autumn  breeds  sigh — 
When  the  starsin  beaufy  glisten; 

Bright  upon  the  mid-night  sky; 
They  are  falling  when  the  t«mpest 

Moans  like  ocean's  hollow  roar — 
When  the  tuneless  i^-iiids  and  billows 

Sadly  sigh  forevermore. 

They  are  falling,  they  are  falling. 

While  our  saddened  thoughts  still  go 
To  the  sunny  days  of  childhood. 

On  the  dreamy  long  ago; 
And  their  faded  hues  remind  \is 

Of  the  blightj}d  hopes  and  dreams — 
Faded  like  the  tailing  leaflets, 

Cast  upon  the  icy  streams. 

Selected  by  H.  J.  Nepf. 


THE  TWO  WITNESSES,  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,    AND    THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

BY  UATTIE  A.  LEAH. 

"  And  I  will  give  power  unto  my  two  ivit- 
nesse*,  and  they  shall  prophesy  n  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three  ^ core  days  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. These  are  the  two  olive  trees,  and  the 
two  candlesticks  standing  before  the  God  of 
theearth"(Rev.  11:3,  4) 

SEVERAL  yea)-3  ago  we  ■wi'ote  a  series 
of  articles  on  the  above  subject,  aiid 
Liiving  been  req^iiested  to  ^vrite  on  it 
again,  we  ynll  try  to  do  so,  toping  we 
may  be  enabled  to  throw  some  light  up- 
on it.  Since  writing  before  we  have  stud- 
ied the  subject  considerably,  and  have 
gained,  we  think  some  additional  knowl- 
edge. Our  views  now  arc  iu  the  main 
what  they  were  then. 

The  apostlePeter  tells  us  that  we  have 
a  move  siu'e  word  of  prophecy; "  wbere- 
,  unto  ye  do  well  that  ye  take  heed,  as  un- 
to a  light  that  shineth  in  a  dark  place  " 
(2  Peter  1:  14).  Inexplicable  and  dark 
indeed  would  be  thewiu'ld's  history,  but 
for  the  gleam  of  light  that  is  thrown  up- 
on it  fi'om  the  sacred  pen  of  prophecy. 
The  seer  of  Patmos  gives  us  an  epitome 
of  successive  ages,  beginning  with  the 
opening  of  the  s^als  and  ending  mth  the 
pouring  out  of  the  last  or  seventh  Ndal; 
that  is  a  period  commencing  near  the 
time  when  John  wrote,  and  ending  with 
the  second  advent  of  Chri.st.  But  that 
which  chiefty  engaged  the  attention  of 
the  holy  apostle,  was  the  rise  anddevel- 
•opnient  of  a  colossal  power,  an  over- 
rshadowing  evil  iu  the  church.  This  pow- 
der we  have  portrayed  in  chapter  13th, 
under  the  similitude  of  a  terrific  beast. 
This  power  supei-seded  the  dragon  or 
pagan  power  (see  in  verse  '2,  of  chapter 
i;i).  This  second  power  was  again  to 
be  iiarfcly  svibvetted  by  another  power 
■  delineated  in  chapter  13,  verse  11-18. 

These.tihree  powei-s  were  to  be  the  suc- 
cessive antagonists  of  the  tnie  church, 
the  faithful  witnesses  of  Christ.  "We 
cannot  now  however  dwell  longer  on  this 
branch  of  tke  subject. 


It  was  during  the  dominiim  of  the  first 
beast,  when  the  two  witnesses  were  to 
prophesy  clothed  in  sackcloth,  for  the 
time  they  were  thus  to  prophesy,  was 
just  the  length  of  time  this  bea.st  was  to 
e.\cercise  his  functions. 

We  undei-stand  the  two  fatnesses,  the 
two  olive  trees,  and  the  two  candlesticks 
are  only  difterent  forms  of  expression, 
meaningthe  same  thing.  The  word  here 
translated  witnesses  comes  from  the 
Greek  word  marbis,  whence  our  English 
word  martyr.  The  word  martu-s  sim- 
ply means  a  witness.  But  in  the  days  of 
]>agan  and  papal  pei'secution  to  be  a  ^vit- 
ness  for  Christ,  was  just  equivalent  to  be 
what  is  now  meant  l.)y  die  term  martyy. 
Then  the  profession  of  Christ,  and  im- 
plicit faith  in  His  Word  preceded  to  the 
cross,  the  rack  or  stake,  it  was  ail  offense 
worthy  of  death. 

We  will  now  try  to  ascertain  what  is 
meant  by  the  above  terms.  The  apostle 
Paul  calls  the  Old  Testament  believers 
(who  by  their  doing  and  suftering  for 
God,  gave  testimony  to  the  truth  of  our 
holy  religion)  "  a  cloud  of  witnesses." 
And  when  the  disciples  had  met  togeth- 
er with  their  resurrected  Loi-d,  they  again 
asked  Him  ^vhftt  was  to  them  the  most 
interesting  question,  "  Lord  wilt  thou  at 
this  time  restore  again  the  kingdom  to 
Israel?"  He  gave  them  to  undei'stand 
that  the  exact  period  when  this  glorious 
event  was  to  be  brought  about,  was  not 
to  be  revealed  to  them.  "  But "  said  He, 
"  ye  shall  receive  power,  after  that  the 
Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you ;  and  ye 
shall  be  witnesses  unto  me,  both  in  Je- 
rusalem, and  in  all  Judea,  and  in  Sama- 
riaunto  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth ;" 
almost  the  exact  language  of  the  Apoc- 
alypse, "I  will  give  power  unto  mttwo 
wiTNicssES."  The  two  %vitnesses  then 
are  pei'sons,  or  a  successions  of  persons, 
in  short  the  faithful  followers  of  Christ. 

We  vn\\  next  ti'y  to  show  that  the  two 
olive  trees  mean  the  same,  by  referring 
to  Zechariah  4:  11-14,  we  find  that  the 
angel  explains  the  two  olive  ti'ees  to  be 
the  two  anointed  ones,  that  stand  by  the 
Lord  of  the  whole  earth.  Under  the 
law  persons  and  things  set  apart  for  sa- 
cred purposes,  were  anointed  with  the 
holy  oil;  which  appears  to  have  been  a 
typical  representation  of  the  communi- 
cation of  the  Holy  Ghost  to  Christ  and 
to  His  church.  Hence  John  in  speaking 
to  the  true  believers  who  remained  faith- 
ful and  obedient,  says,  "But  ye  have  an 
unctiop  from  the  Holy  One;'*  "  But  the 
anointing  which  ye  have  received  of  Him 
abideth  in  you;  and  ye  need  not  that 
any  man  teach  you ;  but  as  the  same 
anointing  teacheth  you  of  all  things,  and 
is  truth,  and  is  no  lie,  and  even  as  it 
hath  taught  you,  ye  shall  abide  in  Him." 
The  t^vo  olive  trees,  or  the  two  anointed 
ones,  then  are  Christ's  faithful  disciples, 
those  who  are  led  by  the  Spu'it,  "  Who 
walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but  after  the 
Spirit." 

We  will  next  try  to  prove  our  posi- 
tion with  regard  to  the  two  candlesticks, 
and  this  we  can  easily  do  by  referring  to 
Rev.  1:  12, 13-20.  John  saw  His  glo- 
rified Master  in  the  midst  of  the  seven 
golden  candlesticks,  and  the  seven  can- 
dlesticks are  explained  by  the  Lord  Him- 
self to  be  the  seven  chiu'ches  of  Asia. 
Now  when  we  speak  of  a  church,  we 
naturally  call  to  mind  some  edifice  or 
building,  but  the  word  was  not  so  under- 
stood formerly.  The  Greek  word  ckJcle- 
sia  rendered  church,  denotes  an  assembly 
met  about  business,  whether  apii-itual  or 
temporal.  The  church  of  Christ  then 
denotes  an  assembly  ot  believers,  met  to 
worahip  and  adore  His  glorious  name. 
With  such  assemblieswherever  they  may 


meet,  and  under  whatever  circumstances 
they  may  meet  Christ's  divine  presence 
will  ever  be  with  them,  for  such  is  His 
comforting  promise. 

But  the  number  of  these  witnesses  are 
said  to  be  two.  What  can  be  meant  by 
this?  The  reason  why  the  number  two 
is  employed  may  be  that,  under  the  Mo- 
saic law  two  witnesses  were  necessary  to 
constitute  a  valid  testimony,  more  might 
be  employed,  but  two  were  essential, 
and  it  may  therefore  imply  that  during 
the  terrible  eclipse  which  enveloped 
Christendom  during  the  dark  ages,  the 
witnesses  of  Christ  were  reduced  to  the 
fewest  number  that  could  render  a  valid 
testimony. 

By  referring  to  history  we  find  their 
number  was  numerically  two,  for  there 
were  two  contemporaneous  lines  of  wit- 
nesses protesting  against  the  popular  cor- 
ruptions, and  vindicating  the  blessed 
truths  of  the  Gospel.  These  were  the 
Paulicians  in  the  Eastern  division  of  the 
Roman  Em2jire,  and  the  Waldenses  in 
the  AVestern  division.  These  messengers 
of  Jesus,  these  anointed  ones,  bore  aloft 
the  torch  of  truth  during  that  dark  and 
doleful  night  when  ignorance  and  super- 
stition were  spread  like  a  thick  pall  over 
men's  minds.  Christcalls  these  two  wit- 
nesses, my  two  witnesses,  they  witness  of 
ME.  One  thing  strikes  us  forcibly  in 
reading  the  Apocalypse,  it  is  this ;  when- 
ever an  error  is  being  promulgated  and 
practiced  on  earth,  we  have  a  correspond- 
ing but  contrasting  scene  proclaimed 
from  heaven.  The  truth  that  He  is  re- 
vealed to  us  from  the  Apocalypic  heaven, 
shows  forcibly  the  correlative  error  con- 
temporaneously held  below.  On  this  oc- 
casion, our  iSavior  declares  that  His  wit- 
nesses, witness  of  Him.  They  bear  tes- 
timony to  Plis  truths,  they  proclaim  His 
laws,  they  vindicate  His  doctrine. 

Now  we  find  from  history  that  an  op- 
posite state  of  things  was  prevalent  with 
the  gieat  body  of  professed  Christians. 
Opposite,  and  contrasting  errore  were 
popular  at  the  time  when  the  testimony 
of  these  faithful  ones  was  given.  We 
will  now  give  a  few  quotations  from  his- 
torians,to  show  that  our  above  assertions 
are  correct.  Giblou  says,  "  The  use  and 
even  worship  of  images  was  firmly  es- 
tablished before  the  end  of  the  sixth  cen- 
tury." Again,  *'The  Christian  of  the 
sixth  century  had  insensibly  relapsed  in- 
to a  semblance  of  paganism.  The  throne 
of  the  Almighty  was  darkened  hy  a 
cloud  of  martyrs,  saints  and  angels,  the 
object  of  popular  veneration."  Mos- 
heim  writes  of  this  very  period.  "  At 
this  time  true  religion,  weighed  down 
by  a  heap  of  insane  superstition,  was 
unable  to  raise  its  head.  The  early 
Christians  were  wont  to  worship  God 
and  His  Son  only;  but  in  this  age  (sixth 
century)  they  who  were  called  Christians 
worshiped  the  wooded  cross,  the  images 
of  saints,  and  the  bones  of  men."  Col- 
eridge says,  "  The  pastors  of  the  church 
had  gradually  changed  the  life  and  light 
of  the  Gospel  into  the  very  supei-stition 
they  were  commissioned  to  disperse,  and 
thus  paganized  Christianity  in  order  to 
christen  paganism,"  How  true  the  above 
strong  language,  for  we  learn  at  that  age 
of  fearful  declension,  the  very  temples 
of  idolatry  were  inthout  any  violence 
done  in  making  the  change  transfomed 
into  Christian  churches. 

In  theyear604,  the  Pantheon  at  Rome, 
which  contained  the  images  of  all  the 
gods  of  the  heathen,  was  thus  quietly 
transformed  into  a  Romish  temple,  and 
the  images  of  the  godswere  chrlsteuedby 
the  names  of  the  saints  of  papal  Rome, 
The  dragon  quietly  resigned  his  seat  to 
the  beast.     In  this    era,  that   is   in  the 


fifth  and  sixth  centuries,  were  developed 
all  the  elements  of  the  predicted  apos- 
tasy. The  most  frivolous  ceremonies 
were  introduced,  and  a  strict  conformity 
to  these  were  called  devotions,  no  mat- 
ter how  profane,  licentious  or  wicked  the 
life  of  the  individual;  on  the  other  hand 
a  non-compliance  with  all  the  institutions, 
and  rites  of  Rome,  would  subject  the  of- 
fender to  proscription  and  death,  no  mat- 
ter how  pure  and  spotless  his  life. 

Again  Christ  says,  I  M'ill  give  power 
unto  my  two  witnesses  and  they  shall 
prophesy.  The  word  prophecy  has  con- 
siderable extent  of  meaning,  sometimes 
it  means  to  foretell  future  events,  and 
sometimes  it  signifies  to  be  inspired'to 
speak  from  God. 

The  Lord  said  to  Moses,  "  Aaron  thy 
brother  shall  be  thy  prophet,"  that  is, 
he  shall  e.\plain  and  interpret  thy  senti- 
ments and  commands  to  Pharoah  and  to 
his  people.  Now  Jesus  says,  "  /  wiU 
give  power  unto  my  two  witnesses,  and 
they  shall  prophesy."  Ah!  these  two 
witnesses  shall  do  a  great  and  mighty 
work,  they  shall  speak  from  God,  they 
shallexplain  and  interpret  the  sentiments 
and  commands  of  Jesus,  in  spite  of  all 
tlie  denunciations,  and  persecutions  of 
Rome.  These  holy  ones  of  whom  the 
\vorld  was  not  worthy,  who  wandered 
about  in  sheep  skins  and  goatskins,  who 
retired  to  the  most  inaccessible  portions 
of  the  earth,  who  sought  refuge  amid  the 
fastnesses  of  the  Alps,  brought  down  the 
truth  pure  and  undefiled  fi-om  the  apos- 
tles. The  following  is  a  testimony  of 
the  Waldenses  by  a  bigoted  Papist  and 
abitter  enemy.  "  They  are  sedate,  mod- 
est; they  have  no  pride  in  clothes;  they 
do  not  carry  on  commerce,  that  they  may 
avoid  falsehoods,  oaths  and  fraud;  they 
are  chaste,  and  abstain  from  lying  and 
and  swearing,  only  they  blaspheme  the 
Roman  church  and  clergy."  The  same 
writer  also  speaks  of  their  desire  to 
propagate  the  truths  of  the  Bible,  he 
calls  them  "  the  sackcloth -wearing  her- 
etics." But  what  is  the  secret  of  theii- 
success,  whence  do  they  derive  their 
strength?  all  comes  from  Jesus,  "  I  will 
give  them  power,"  "  My  sheep  hear  my 
voice,  and  I  know  them,  and  they  fol- 
low me;  and  I  give  unto  them  eternal 
life;  and  they  shall  never  perish,  neither 
.shall  any  roan  pluck  them  out  of  my 
bands." 

The  length  of  time  that  they  shall 
prophesy,  is  next  given;  "a  thousand 
two  hundred  and  three-score  days,"  the 
same  period  that  the  woman  was  to  re- 
main in  the  wilderness  (Rev.  12:  6);  that 
the  first  beast  was  to  exercise  his  terrific 
functions;  that  the  little  horn  of  Daniel 
was  to  wear  out  the  saints  of  the  Most 
High  (Dan.  7:  25).  That  the  above 
dates  all  refer  to  the  same  jieriod  we 
have  no  doubt.  It  is  a  period  of  1260 
literal  yeare,  during  which  thaf'mystery 
of  iniquity  "  which  had  ah-eady  mani- 
fested itself  in  Paul's  time  (2Thess.  2: 
7),  should  have  become  developed.  This 
period  of  1200  yeai-s  was  to  be  the  time 
of  its  universal  and  almost  unchecked 
away;  when  pride,  and  error,  and  vice 
and  ignorance  should  be  dominant;  a 
period  called  by  historians  "  dark  ages." 
But  amid  all  this  darkness  and  pervers- 
ity, Christ  sustains  His  faithful  follow- 
ers. The  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail 
against  His  church.  They  are  the  two 
candlesticks  emitting  rays  of  light,  amid 
the  surrounding  gloomj 

{To  he  contmited. 


Faith  and  the  cross  are  iiweperable. 
The  cross  is  the  shrine  of  faith,  and  faith 
is  the  light  of  the  cross. 


June    13. 


THE    BKETI3:JRE:Nr    ^T    AVOBK. 


A  GOSPEL  DRESS. 


«Y  IIAVID.  L,  WILLIAMS. 


TilD  God  in  the  Gospel  anywhere  com- 
-*--'     mnnd    how    we    should    cut   and 
iiifiki-  our  apparel  <fec.  ?     We  answer  not 
directly,  but  indirectly  He  did.     Let  us 
see  now  how   that  is.     Well,   He    com- 
mautls  us  not  to  be   conformed   to  this 
world.    Just  let  us  try  this  command  on 
a  little  and  see  what  the  result  is.     Now 
suppose    one   of    the  present    popular 
churches  should  resolve  to  pay   due  re- 
gard and  strict   attention  to   this  com- 
mand, at  this  time  and  fi'om  hence  forth. 
At  this  date  they  are  garbed  in  the  pres- 
ent fashions;  but   next  year   the  world 
changes  the  fashion  a  little;  still  aspiring 
for  something  a  little   more  shoivy  and 
stylish.     The  change   however,  is  but  a 
alight  affair  the  first  j'ear,  but  they  still 
continueto  change  the  first,  secoud,  third 
and  on  for  yeare  to  come,  so  that  in  the 
coui-se  of  time,  the  present  fashion  will 
become  very  odd;  yet  there  is  a  church 
that  does  follow  them.     They  knew  that 
God  was  exact  in   His  counsels  and  firm 
in  all  His  ways,  and  that  every  disobedi- 
ence and  transgression  would  receive  a 
just  recompense  of  reward;  consequent- 
ly they  could  not  change    as  the  world 
changes,  hence  would  be  obliged  to  re- 
tain the  same  identical  order  in  dress,  oi 
do  violence  to  one  of  God's   plain    com- 
mands.    Now  there  is  no  question  about 
this  matter:  one  or  the  other  is  positive- 
ly the  case.     We  have  either  got  to  de- 
nounce the  world  and  cut  loose  from  it, 
hence  crucify  it  unto  ourselves  and  our- 
selves into  it,  or  court  its  favor,  its  fash- 
ions, and  thus   do    positive  violence    to 
one  of  God's  plain    commands,    and    be 
subject  to  a  just  retribution  in   the  day 
of  judgment. 

But  the  above  supposed  church  don't 
do  so;  they  don't  intend  to  run  any  risks, 
but  are  deteimined  to  purify  theii'  souls 
by  obeying  the  truth;  hence  they  are 
established  in  a  certain  order  of  dress. 
This  dress,  as  a  matter,  of  course  has  to 
be  cut  and  made  in  accordance  to  this 
order,  and  if  tiiia  church  follows  and 
observes  this  order,  they  ^v^ll  be  the  fa- 
vored of  God;  for  God  is  a  God  of  or- 
der. As  above  seen,  tliia  church  has  an 
order  in  wearing  of  theii' apparel,  and  it 
is  a  Gospel  order  too.  And  why?  Be- 
cause tLe  Gospel  command  stopped  them 
ft'om  following  the  fluctuations  and 
changes  of  a  fashionable  world.  God 
saw  that  there  was  no  use  of  so  much 
changing,  that  the  order  of  the  present 
year  would  be  all  sufficient  for  the  next 
year,  and  also  for  all  time  to  come;  that 
is,  if  the  order  is  what  is  truly  embrac- 
ed. The  word  order,  that  is,  decent  and 
in  order  truly;  and  so  arranged  or  cut 
and  made  for  comfort's  sake.  To  bede- 
cent  and  protected  from  the  inclemency 
of  the  -weather.  God  saw  that  we  pos- 
itively needed  nothing  more,  and  that 
changes  of  fashion  tended  in  its  nature 
to  foster  pride,  thatwoulddaraage  every 
one  that  would  become  its  participants. 
He  saw  it  strictly  important  to  give  the 
command,  or  Hh  never  would  have  giv- 
en it;  and  He  never  has  given  a  com- 
,  mand,  but  that  He  intended  it  to  be  re- 
spected by  us,  and  it  is  highly  important 
for  us  to  obey  it,  and  if  we  don't,  the 
consequence  \vi\\  be  a  fearful  one  with 
us  in  the  day  of  judgment.  Then  on 
the  other  hand,  we  should  obey  the  order 
that  God  designed  when  He  gave  the 
command  in  regard  to  dress  as  in  every- 
thing else. 

We  have  an  established  order.  The 
above  supposed  church  lias  obtained  this 
by  the  counsel  of  God,  as  in  the  Gospel. 


is  not  commanded  just  in  so  many  wonls, 
that  is  not  every  dimension  directly  giv- 
en, yet  it  is  indirectly  given,  and  we  can- 
not, do  violence  to  it,  or  we  do  violence 
to  the  command.  The  present  fashion 
being  established  as  an  order  by  this 
supposed  popular  church  which  has  re- 
solved to  strictly  regard  and  respect  this 
command,  must  and  will  stand  if  they 
ever  after  proves  faithful ;  none  of  itii 
members  can  deviate — turn  to  the  right 
or  left  without  doing  violence  to  this 
order,  hence  become  transgressors. 

Now,  friendly  reader,  the  above  is 
precisely  the  way  the  Brethren  obtained 
their  order  of  the  wearing  of  apparel, 
Keverential  respect  for  the  above  com- 
mand, and  a  resolve  to  fear  God  and  keep 
His  commandments  which  is  the  whole 
duty  of  man.  So  they  thus  establish  an 
order  or  rather  the  Word  of  God  did  it, 
and  we  should  prove  to  be  loyal  to  it,  if 
not  we  certainly  will  bring  God's  judg- 
ment upon  ourselves.  The  above  com- 
mand is  not  confined  to  dress  alone  by 
any  means;  it  has  reference  to  all  worldly 
affaii-s.  We  are  not  permitted  to  con- 
form to  the  world  in  any  respect  as  per- 
tains to  its  own  affairs;  such  jis  its  gath- 
erings and  societies,  \vhether  secret  or 
public;  anything  that  vain  man  or  a 
set  of  men  has  desired  or  instituted  for 
amusements  or  to  draw  into  worldly  cir- 
cles and  worldly  associations;  the  purity 
of  our  soul  and  the  perfection  of  our 
salvation,  demand  that  our  lives  be  cut 
loose  from  the  world,  and  our  time  be 
spent  in  the  strict  service  of  God;  not 
amusing  ourselves  with  the  worldly  van- 
ities as  associated  with  ^vorldly  gath- 
erings, for  God  is  not  there,  hence  if  we 
are  there,  we  are  not  in  fellowship  with 
God,  our  salvation  is  very  uncertain- 
very  doubtful ;  for  we  can  do  nothing 
except  God  be  with  us.  Did  any  of  you, 
when  you  were  at  the  show,  fair  or  pic- 
nic <fec.,  feel  the  fellowship  of  God's  dear 
Son!  Did  you  ever  ask  yourself  this 
important  question?  "  Is  God  with  me 
here;  do  I  feel  His  Spirit  communing 
with  my  spirit  here  amid  all  this  revelry, 
laughing  and  sport?"  If  not,  something 
is  wrong,  and  it  is  all  your  own  fault, 
and  not  God's. 


The  cut  and  make  of  this  order  of  dress. 


HOW   TO     PRAY    WITHOUT 
CEASING. 


BY  NOAH    IVniSlER. 


/^AN  a  person  pray  without  ceasing? 
^  I  know  there  are  some  people  who 
tbinkaperson  oughtto  be  on  their  knees 
when  they  pray;  therefore  think  it  is 
impossible  to  pray  without  ceasing. 

I  will  give  my  simple  views  on  it.  A 
person  may  begin  in  the  morning  of  his 
pilgrimage  in  life,  or  in  the  morning  of 
each  day,  pray  when  you  wake  up  in  the 
morning.  "  I  praise  Thee  O  Lord  for 
thy  kind  protection  through  the  dark 
and  shady  hours  of  this  night;  and  as  I 
am  permitted  to  rise  and  put  on  my  earth  ■ 
ly  garments,  to  clothe  this  earthly  body 
of  mine,  O  Lord  wouldst  thou  also  clothe 
rae  with  a  robe  of  righteousness,  that  I 
may  abstain  from  all  unrighteousue,ss 
and  that  I  may  lead  a  peaceable  andqxiiet 
life  all  day".  Then  I  kindle  up  fire  in 
my  store  or  fire-place;  then  I  praise  the 
Lord  to  kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love  in 
this  cold,  benighted  heart  of  mine.  Oth- 
ers can  do  likewise  when  they  wash  their 
hands  anil  face,  they  pray  to  God  to 
wash  and  make  them  clean  in  the  blood 
of  the  Lamb,  and  cleanse  them  from  all 
evils  and  sinful  lust. 

Then  next,  as  we  are  heads  of  families, 
should  call  all  the  family  together 
mound  the  family  altar,  read  a  chapter 
or  a  Psalm  and  then    admonish  them  to 


the  best  of  their  knowledge,  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  Lord;  sing 
and  pray  with  them  in  family  worship." 
"When  we  go  to  the  table,  we  can  thank 
God  that  we  were  permitted  to  again 
partflke  of  this  precious  food,  to  nourish 
our  frail  bodies,  and  also  ask  Him  to  feed 
our  souls  with  the  Bread  of  Life,  that 
we  may  grow  strong  in  the  knowledge 
of  the  Lord.  AVlien  we  go  outto plough, 
we  can  again  pray  to  God,  as  we  plough 
up  the  ground  to  plant  or  sow  our  tem- 
poral grain.  We  also  can  apply  it  in  a 
spiritual  point  of  Wew,  and  pray  God  to 
break  up  the  fallow  ground  of  our  hearts, 
and  make  deep  the  furrows  that  the  seed 
sown  may  root  down  and  spring  up  and 
bring  ft  hundi-ed,  sixty  or  thirty-fold,  all 
to  his  name's  honor  and  to  the  benefit  of 
souls  immortal;  and  so  on  in  all  our 
earthly  labors.  We  can  apply  it  in  a 
a  spiritual  point  of  view,  and  thus  can 
have  our  hearts  and  minds  in  a  frame  of 
prayer  all  the  time.  If -we  do  this, 
we  can  pray  without  ceasing,  and 
are  not  very  apt  to  get  out  of  the 
path  of  duty.  Never  go  to  gather- 
ings where  the  Lord  can't  be  a  guest. 
When  we  have  our  hearts  wholly  and 
solely  upon  God  and  His  goodness,  we 
will  not  be  likely  to  go  or  walk  in  for- 
bidden paths.  "  Seek  ye  to  enter  in  at 
the  strait  gate  "  (Matt.  7:  13). 

It  is  when  we  get  out  of  the  path  of 
duty,  and  wander  away  in  forbidden 
paths,  that  we  get  into  ti-ouble  with  Sa- 
tan; for  he  claims  that  ground,  and 
%vhen  we  get  on  it  he  assails  us,  and  if 
we  don't  get  oil'  of  it  he  will  overcome 
us,  and  claim  us  as  his  victims.  It  is  al- 
so when  we  are  out  of  the  element  of 
prayer  that  we  fall  into  divers  tempta- 
-tions — then  we  get  into  hankering  after 
things  that  will  give  us  trouble  and  sor- 
row. Therefore  let  us  always  watch 
unto  prayer,  and  if  we  do  this,  we  mil 
pray  without  ceasing.  Let  us  be  engag- 
ed in  whatever  occupation  we  may,  we 
should  remember  that  the  all-penetrat- 
ing eye  of  Jehovah  is  over  us.  Then 
why  not  heed  Him  when  He  can  look 
into  the  very  recess  of  our  hearts? 


takes  itlle  tells  them  in  His  Word  what. 

shall  become  of  them. 


ANOINTING  THE  SICK. 

BY  .r.  T.  SNAVELT. 

ii  TS  any  sick  among  you?  let  him  call 
-*-  for  the  eldei-s  of  the  church;  and 
let  them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him 
^vith  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord" 
(James  4:  U).  Now  if  it  is  a  benefit 
for  the  sick  to  call  for  the  elders  of  the 
church  to  be  anointed,  is  it  not  their 
duty  to  do  so,  mthout  asking  him  con- 
cerning his  desires  whether  he  wants  to 
get  well  or  not?  James  does  not  say,  let 
him.  ask  fii-st  the  question,  but  he  saith, 
"  let  them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him 
with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord."  We- 
believe  then  that  it  requires  faith  thatit 
may  be  done,  "  in  the  name  of  the  Lord."' 
So  then  I  believe  the  sick  cannot  help, 
himself,  if  all  done  in  faith,  he  shall  be 
raised  from  his  sick-bed;  because  the 
"  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,  and 
the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up" — not  may- 
be so;  but  shall  he  be  raised  up?  yes  he- 
shall  be  raised  up  in  this  present  life;: 
not-as  some  have  it  at  the  resurrection 
day,  because  there  shall  be  no  sins  for- 
given then. 

I  understand  if  we  commit  sins  they 
must  be  forgiven  in  this  life.  Again. 
James  says,  "  and  if  he  has  committed 
sins  they  shall  be  forgiven  him,"  if  it 
is  all  done  in  good  faith.  Brethren,  we 
must  believe;  if  not,  the  sick  I  suppose- 
will  die  with  his  sins.     O  for  more  faith, 

my  prayer;  for  "  the  fervent,  effectu- 
al prayer  of  the  righteous  man  availeth 
much." 


ON  CLOSE  COMMUNION. 


ItY  EL[;!ADETH  TBOEAX. 


ii  rilHEN  said  they   unto  Him,   what 
-*-      shall  we  do  that  we  might  ^vork 

the  works  of  God  "  (John  6 :  28).  Now 
I  claim  that  believing  His  works  is  do- 
ing it  also,  and  if  they  believe  and  do 
not  the  work,  have  they  a  right  to  eat 
of  that  bread  or  drink  of  that  cup?  For 
Chi-ist  says, "  I  am  the  living  bread  which 
came  down  from  heaven."  Has  any  one 
a  right  to  take  of  that  bread,  unless  they 
come  in  the  way  that  Jesus  has  laid 
dowu  for  them?  Now  if  any  one  does 
not  the  word,  they  are  not  worthy, 
Christ  does  not  tell  any  such  to  eat  r<( 
His  body,  or  to  drink  of  His  blood.  It 
is  only  for  believers,  and  if  they  have 
faith  Tvithout  works,  it  ^vill  profit  them 
nothing;  any  one  in  this  condition  is 
outside  the  church  of  God,  has  no  right 
to  commune;  for  there  are  two  ways,  a 
right  way  and  a  wrong  way,  and  we 
are  on  either  one  or  the  other.  There  is 
but  one  way  to  get  to  heaven,  and  that 
is  the  way  Jesus  has  told  us  to  go  in  His 
Word.  But  there  are  agi'eat  many  ^vrong 
ways,  and  Christ's  Word  does  not  give 
any  one  aright  to  commune  if  they  are 
on  one  of  the  wrong  ways.  I  claim 
there  is  no  close  Communion;  for  the 
Communion  was  given  to  the  followers 
of  Chri.st,  and  all  that  follow  Him  have 
a  right  to  that  bread  and  wine  that  Je- 
sus left  for  His  followers.  He  never 
gave  it  to  the    world,    and  if  the  world 


THE  POWER  OF  LOVE. 

A  BSENCE,  we  have  often  been  told, 
-^-^  cannot  conquer  love.  The  victory 
of  love  over  absence,  when  that  love  was 

grounded  in  presence,  is  no  strange  thing. 
It  is  part  of  every  family  history,  and 
consecrates  all  our  griefe.  But  to  love 
one  we  have  never  seen,  known  to  us 
only  by  the  biography  and  by  a  spiritu- 
al power  we  cannot  explain,  isone  of  the 
mysteries  of  the  grace  of  God.  And 
yet  it  is  a  fact. 

Children,  who  know  hai-dly  anytldng 
of  principles,  philosophera  weary  of 
theories  which  yielded  nothing  but  chaff 
under  the  flail  of  logic,  have  found  in. 
the  love  of  a  personal  Lord  the  answer 
to  every  longing  of  their  hearts.  Here- 
is  one  of  the  greatest  facts  of  humaa 
history;  there  ouce  lived  and  died  and. 
ascended  from  earth  a  Man,  who,  though, 
never  seen  on  earth  again,  has  command- 
ed the  hearts  of  millions,  with  an  at- 
tachment whose  bonds,  like  those  of 
gravitation,  are  at  ouce  invisible  and 
almighty. — Sel. 


TiiEY  who  say  they  are  of  the  church, 
who  are  in  the  affection  of  truth  and 
not  in  the  good  of  truth,— are  much  de- 
ceived. Every  one  who  lives  in  the 
good  of  charity  and  faith,  is  a  church 
and  kingdom  of  the  Lord;  and  hence  al- 
so he  is  called  the  temple  and  likewise 
the  house  of  God.  The  church  in  rren 
eral  is  constituted  of  those  who  are 
churches  in  particular,  however  remote 
they  are  from  each  other  as  to  their  place- 
of  abode.  They  alone  are  of  the  church, 
in  whom  the  church  is;  and  the  church. 
is  in  those  who  are  in  the  affection  of 
truth  for  the  sake  of  truth,  and  in  the 
affection  of  good  for  the  sake  of  good  , 
who  are  therefore  in  love  towaril  the 
neighbor  and  in  love  to  God. 


THE   M-RETHEEN    A^T   ■VVORK:. 


Juno    13. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


icl.  by   i 


Blio.  S.  II.  ll.i.inoBis  dul/  nulbor 
mrclini;  corrpspondent  and  ngenl  for  ijib  uniiiiiii..' . 
Wouk  QQil  will  rcceiro  BUlncripiiun*  (or  Ino  sumo  al  oi 
rogiilnr  mlM.  All  IiusIupm  ImosiiciBJ  by  liini  for  our  o 
600,  will  bo  Iho  Bnmo  as  if  'loan  by  ourselves. 


BiicTiiftK!(  AT  WoDK  mil  bo  accil  po5i-pi>iJ,  to  any 
s  in  tlie  United  Slnlcs  or  CunaJn,  for  ^1  6U  par 
.  Tboso  Bonding  Ion  nnmea  mid  JIB.OO,  will  ro- 
in  eilra  copy  freo  of  cbnrge.  For  nil  OTcr  tbis 
r  Ihc  nBOnt  will  be  Qllovscd  10  ccnW  for  cmIi  addi- 
numc.  «bich  amount  can  be  dedudcil  ftom  the 
Imrcir'';  aenJing  it  to  us.  Money  Orders,  Drafts, 
riiiored  LoLiors  may  bo  sonl  nl  our  tiak.  They 
.-  mnO«  poToblD  lo  Mooro  &  Eahelmnn. 
I  i|ilion.i,  nnil  oomlrunications  inlendtd  for  the  pa- 
,.ul!  n*  nil  buaincss  maltflrs  connected  wiib  Iho  of- 
lid  hu  nddrG33cd 

UOOSE  Ic  ESHELUAH, 

Lanark.  Camll  Ce.,  Hl- 


moTipy, 

«Dll     II-- 

ebould 
SiiIpvc 


LAH ARE,  ILL, 


JTOEia,  IB73. 


\Vk  want  less  of  mnn-mnde  creeds,  but  more 
coiilulence  and  trust  in  the  all-sufficiency  of  the 
holy  Scriptures.  Less  unmeaning  ceremony, 
but  more  genuine  good  works.  Less  doctrine 
iiud  tfnditious  of  men,  hut  more  love,  pr,iyer 
and  chiiritiible  acts. 


WiTiuK  the  last  quarter  of  a  century,  geolo- 
gist^ have  reduced  the  iige  of  the  world,  as  esti- 
mntcd  from  geological  data,  IJ'om  200,000,000,- 
000,001)  to  20,000,000  of  years.  Yea,  and  a  few 
more  investigators,  in  the  interest  of  truth, 
mthiiu  eye  looking  to  the  authenticity  of  the 
Bible,  may  compel  them  to  reduce  it  to  about 
6.000  yyars.     . 

Th£  young  bee,  on  the  day  it.firat  leaves  the 
hive,  goes  at  once  to  coUectijig  honey  and  form- 
ing wax,  and  builds  its  hexagonal  cell  with  pcr- 
fei-fc  skill,  as  its  progenitors  have  done  for  ages 
pa^t.  This  is  a  good  example  for  young  Chris- 
tian converts.  We  can  learn  some  uoblu  lessons 
evL'u  from  bees.  If  we  were  all  as  industrious 
as  the  busy  bee,  there  would  be  fai-  less  jiiischief 
going  on. 

Soox  after  Mr.  Stanley  completed  his  explo- 
ration ot  Africa,  a  gentleman  who  signed  him- 
self "  an  unprofitable  servant,"  donated  S25,000. 
00,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  missionar>' 
posts  aTuoug  some  of  the  tribes  visited  by  Mr. 
Stanley,  but  owing  to  more  zeal  than  judgmeiit 
the  mission  has  not  proven  successful.  Zeal  is 
a  good  thing,  but  cannot  prosper  mtliout  judg- 


The  Phonograph,  it  would  seem,  is  destined 
to  accomplish  wonders.  It  will  likely  do  away 
with  the  greater  part  of  writing.  A  business 
firm  or  family  having  a  machine,  can  talk  into 
it  whatever  tliey  want,  take  out  a  little  tin  foil 
ami  send  it  to  other  pai-tics,  who  will  mn  it 
through  another  machine,  which  mllgiveout 
preeisely  the  words  as  were  spoken  into  the 
first  machine. 


The  Dead  Sea  is  about  fifty  miles  long  and 
twenty  broad,  suiTounded  by  bare  mountains, 
and  the  water  is  salt,  pungent,  and  deleterious 
to  miinial  life.  It  is  believed  that  it  was  once  a 
fertilo  basin,  abaorbed  by  a  volcano  and  earth- 
quake. Heaps  ofsalt  are  collected  on  its  shores. 
By  some,  it  is  supposed  to  be  the  site  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah,  which,  being  destroyed  by  fire, 
sunk  into  the  earth,  thus  forming  a  ha.siu.  The 
sea  has  no  outlet,  and  is  several  hundred  feet 
lo«cr  than  the  Mediterranean  sea,  though  the 
latter  is  not  over  fifty-five  miles  distant.  Its 
histoiy  is  remarkable. 


A  GiiiCAGO  writer  tells  of  .a  woman  who 
w-iuld  not  call  the  minister  of  her  church  t-o  her 
death-bed.  "  Every  time  during  her  illness  that 
he  who  was  her  pastor  entered  the  room  to  bring 
the  consolations  of  the  blessed  Gospel  of  love, 
peace,  and  purity,  there  came  also  with  liim  the 
strong  and  unmistakable  fumes  of  tobacco.  To 
whisjier  into  her  dying  ear  the  words  of  Jesus, 
the  Savior,  on  the  breath  of  tobacco  was  more 
than  the  dying  saint  could  complacently  bear. 
The  words  might  reach  the  ear,  but  so  would 
the  breath  the  nostrils." 


EvES"  valuable  lessons  may  be  learned  from 
the  Phonograph.  It  is  a  inachine  into  which 
if  yon  talk,  every  word,  whether  good  or  bad, 
will  be  correctly  recorded  and  preserved  on  tin 
foils,  which,  on  Iwiiig  run  through' another  ma- 
chine, even  yearn  afterwards,  will  give  out  the 
same  words  spoken  info  it  in  the  fii-st  place.  It 
forgets  nothing.  Every  ivoi-d  spoken  by  us  hen 
goes  into,  and  is  recorded  by  God's  groat  Phoii' 
ogfaph  [uid  in  eternity  can  all  bo^iven  ontjust 
as  spoken  while  here  below.  How  careful  ought 
wc  to  live  and  talk. 


KEADING  SERMONS. 

THOUSANDS  of  well-meaning  people  are 
getting  disgusted  with  tho  popular  style  of 
reading  instead  of  preaching  sermons.  If  fine- 
ly educated  men  haven't  brains  enough  to  preach 
without  writing,  and  then  rtudinij  their  sermons 
before  the  congregation  they  would  better  step 
doivu  and  out,  as  they  are  in  the  wrong  calling. 
But  here  is  the  way  a  Baptist,  who  attended 
church  in  Atlimta,  Ga..  writes  the  editor  of  a 
Baptist  paper  of  that  place: 

"  Dear  Index; — I  write  to  let  you  know  of  my 
disappointment.  When  this  Ireautifu I  day  dawn- 
ed upon  us,  I  got  up  feeling  that  a  rare  privilege 
before  me — that  of  choosing  to  hear  who- 
ever I  pleased  of  all  the  preachers  of  the  South- 
Baptist  Convention,  who  were  appointed  to 
preach  to-day.  Well,  a  friend  and  I  agreed  to 
;elect  the  minister  who  was  len^t  likely  to  road 
his  sermon,  and  hear  him.  So  we  pa-fsed  three 
other  churches,  and  at  lost  seated  ourselves  in 
the  desired  spot:  But  what  was  our  disappoint- 
ment to  discover  the  full  manuscript,  and  to  be 
bored  for  fifty  minutes  with  a  read  sermon.  The 
brother  gesticulated  vigorously,  ranted  at  his  pa- 
per ou  the  Bibl^,  and  read  as  much  about  the 
slats,  the  flying  clouds,  the  blooming  flowers, 
the  singing  birds,  the  music  of  the  spheres,  tho 
wliispei-s  of  angels,  and  a  little  about  Jesus.  0, 
me!  when  will  our  smart,  big  preachei-s  learn 
that  it  is  more  acceptable  to  the  people  to  preach 
in  a  simple  style  about  Jesus  and  His  love?  I 
came  away  from  the  chiu'ch  unprofited,  and  the 
first  preacher  I  met  who  was  to  preach  to-night, 
1  asked  him  if  he  was  going  to  read  his  sermon, 
and  he  said  "  no."  So  I  will  go  to  heiu-  him  to- 
night, and  more  than  that,  1  never  intend  to 
hear  another  read  sermon,  if  I  cau  prevent  it 
without  being  rude," 


PRAYING  FOR  EDITORS. 

THE  ConfjregatioMalisf  says:  "An  exchange 
makes  the  inquiry  whether  any  one  ever 
heard  a  ininister  pray  publicly  for  editora,  or 
whether  any  one  ever  thinks  of  doing  so  pri- 
vately? We  have  certainty  heard  such  prayer; 
but  possibly  if  there  had  been  more  of  it  in  the 
t)ast,  there  would  have  been  less  occasion  in 
these  days  for  the  crying  necessity  of  reform  in 
the  secular  press,  and  for  more  stamina  in  some 
religious  journals  on  great  moral  and  doctrinal 
questions  of  the  hour.  The  grooving  power  of 
journalism  renders  the  family  paper  one  of  the 
most  influential  educators,  upon  all  subjects  that 
arise.  It  may  be  a  |)owerful  agency  Ibr  moral 
uplifting,  or  the  whole  dpit  of  its  influence  may 
be  downward.  A  great  responsibility  is  thus 
laid  upon  pai'cnts  to  see  to  it  that  only  such  pe- 
riodical literature  be  admitted  to  their  house- 
holds as  is  wholesome  and  pure,  And  if  any 
subject  be  worthy  of  earnest  ajid  constant  pray- 
er, it  is  that  those  who  conduct  the  public  press 
may  be  men  of  high  integrity,  of  pure  personal 
character,  and  earnest  Chriatiuns;  and  that  they 
may  be  divinely  guided  in  the  discharge  of  their 
great  and  solemn  trusts.  Of  one  thing  we  ven- 
ture to  make  sure — that  no  Christian  man  does 
well  to  censure  and  complain  of  editors,  who 
wholly  neglects  thom  in  his  prayers." 

We  wonder  if  all  our  readers  pray  for  the  ed- 
itors of  the  BttETiiKEN  AT  Wo«K?  Do  they 
remember  us  when  they  apjiroach  the  throne  of 
grace?  or  are  they  leaving  us  to  battle  our  own 
way  through  the  world?  James  says,  "  the  ef- 
feetual,  fervent  prayer  of  the  righteous  man 
availeth  much." 

Christiana  often  pray  for  their  ministei-s  and 
elders:  this  is  right.  But  did  you  ever  pauseto 
think  th.tt  the  responsibilities  resting  upon  ed- 
itoi-s  are  far  greater  than  those  resting  on  either 
preachers  or  elders?  The  latter  count  their 
hearers  by  the  huntlreds,  but  editora  by  the 
thousands.  And  then  their  work  in  not  onlj* 
read,  but  re-read,  and  ha.s  much  to  do  in  mould- 
ing the  sentiments  of  the  masses.  In  fact,  ed- 
itors ard,  to  a  great  extent,  responsible  for  much 
of  the  existing  public  sentiment.  This  beJiig 
the  case,  it  is  certainly  worth  while  to  pray  for 
them.  It  would  do  our  liem-ts  good  to  know 
that  thousands  of  voices  were  going  up  io  the 
throne  of  grace  in  our  behalf. 

If  our  readers  want  to  make  the  BRFrrHHEW 
AT  Work  a  power  for  gdod,  they  nhould  not 
neglect  to  resort  to  prayer  in  our  behalf.  We 
know  yon  have  been  working  faithfolly  for  u; 
but  work  alone  will  not  accomplish  the  desired 
object.  It  is  the  earnest  prayers  of  the  faithful 
that  we  soinuch  stand  in  need  of.     When  you 


'ome  before  the  throne  of  grace,  remember 
your  editors.  Do  not  forget  to  pray  for  all  our 
contributors,  and  our  readers  too.  They  all 
need  more  grace  and  faith. 

"  What  a  friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 
All  our  sins  and  griefs  to  bear; 
What  a  privilege  to  carry 

Everything  to  God  in  i)rayer. 
Oh,  whot  peace  we  often  forfeit. 

Oh,  what  needless  pain  we  bear — 
All  because  we  do  not  carry 
Everything  to  God  in  prayer." 


WHEN  IS  THE  CHURCH  PROS- 
PEROUS P 

IN  this  idea,  two  things  present  themselves: 
When  is  the  church  prosperous,  numerical- 
ly? and  when  is  it  prosperous  spiritually?  The 
church,  the  "  one  body  "  of  Christ  may  he  pros- 
perous in  numbers,  and  very  deficient  in  piety — 
in  holy  principles;  or  it  may  be  prosperous  in 
principle  as  well  as  in  number.  To  be  prosper- 
ous in  numbers  and  also  in  vital  piety,  is  "  like 
a  tree  planted  bj'  the  rivers  of  water,  that  bring- 
eth  forth  his  fruit  in  due  s(-a9on  "  (Psalm  1:  3). 
The  Jews,  were,  perhaps,  the  most  stubborn 
people  in  all  the  world,  to  bring  over  to  Christ. 
Ordinary  means  could  not  move  them  to  accept 
Jesus — to  believe  and  obey  Him.  Sujierhiimnn 
means,  not  only  while  Jesus  was  here  personal- 
ly, but  after  He  ascended  to  His  Father,  had  to 
be  used  to  convince  Jew  and  Gentile. _  In  the 
midst  of  all  difficulties  imaginable,  Christ  and 
the  Apostles  succeeded  in  turning  many  to  the 
water  of  life.  About  three  thousand — more  than 
there  are  members  in  this  part  of  the  State, 
heai-d  and  obeyed  in  a  single  day.  Here  num- 
bers frightened  not  the  Apostles;  for  this  great 
number  had  been  moved  by  the  powerful  appeals 
of  Pet«r  and  others,  and  no  doubt  truly  repents 
ed.  It  may  take  some  time  to  get  the  proper 
knowledge  to  arrive  at  4  proper  sti^;e  to  repent, 
but  that  a  man  must  take  weeks  and  months  to 
repent  is  not  warranted  by  Apostolic  usage. 
Show  a  man  that  he  is  a  sinner,  get  him  to  be- 
lieve this,  and  the  fruits  of  repentance  will  soon 
'show  themselves. 

As  already  noted,  the  church  may  ii 
numbers,  yet  not  in  "like  precious  faith,"  not 
in  piety  and  holy  zeal.  This  kind  of  progres- 
sion could  not  he  put  dowu'as  Bible  progression, 
and  not  being  Bible  progression,'  tlie  church  is 
not  pros|>erous.  But  the  church  that  steadily 
increases  in  numbers  and  in  holiness,  is  pros- 
perous yithout  a  shadow  of  doubt.  The  church 
that  is  at  peace,  is  zealous  iu  trying  to  save  oth- 
ers, leaves  nothing  undone  to  become  rich  in 
love  and  good  woriss  is  truly  prosperous.  Such 
a  church  is  a  blessing  to  any  community,  is  an 
honor  to  God  and  greatly  to  be  admired. 

We  shall  now  look  at  some  of  the  (dements 
necessary  to  a  prosperous  church.  A  church 
consists  of  a  number  of  membei-s  of  the  body 
of  Christ,  united  together  bij  failh.  for  two 
grand  purposes;  To  have  communion  with  each 
ot'her.  which  communion  shall  become  perfect 
in  eternal  glory;  and  second:  To  be  able  tu 
spread  the  truth,  planting  it  in  other  hearts  for 
the  same  noble  purjiose.  This  union  of  mem- 
bers constitutes  the  Lord's  house,  the  one  body 
in  which  Christ  dwells  {1  John  i:  16;  Eph,  3: 
17).  To  carry  on  the  work  of  sowing  the  seed 
in  other  hearts,  and  to  take  care  of  the  things 
of  the  house,  membera  are  chosen,  such  as  bish- 
ops, deacons  and  ministers.  Here  lies  the  great 
secret  of  a  prosperous  church.  If  those  who 
are  sot  apart  to  look  after  the ,  welfare  of  the 
Lord's  house,  are  holy  men,  are  full  of  patience. 
love  and  sound  judgment,  the  church  will  be 
prosperous.  But  on  the  other  hand,  if  the  ser- 
vants lack  any  of  the  qualifications  noted  by 
the  Gospel,  then  there  ivill  be  conftision, 
confusion  brings  not  prosperity.  Should  the 
servant-i  or  any  of  tliembe  proud  and  haughty 
some  of  the  congregation  will  be  proud  and 
haughty  too;  "Like  priest,  like  people,"  If 
any  of  theservantsbe  light-minded, self-willed  or 
soon  angry,  the  chuich  cannot  prosper;  for  it 
will  not  receive  the  proper  instruction,  the  food 
that  strengthens,  the  words  that  edify. 

Then  to  prosper,  the  pure  Gospel  must 
preached,  the  apostolic  order  strictly  followed 
and  practiced  towards  those  ivithout  and  with! 
The  doctrine  that  brings  men  and  women  into 
the  church  must  be  preached  with  God's  wis- 
dom, God's  power.  Then  when  they  have  been 
baptized  into  Christ— have  put  Him  on,  they 
must  be  treated  %vith  all  kindness,  all  love,  all 


patience  and  as  beings  possessing  equal  rights 
with  us.  The  hardest  lesson  for  any  servimt  to 
learn,  is  the  lesson  of  equality — the  lesson  of 
qual  righfe.  Every  act  concerning  the  church 
hould  be  open  to  the  church.  Secrecy  has 
well-nigh  ruined  the  country,  and  the  church 
<ho\ild  jealously  guard  her  interests  from  this 
;vil,  I  have  never  found  in  an  official  capacity 
a  single  importfmt  thing,  relative  to  church 
government,  brotherly  love,  unity  of  the  spirit, 
peace  and  prosperity  of  the  church,  that  would 
;,  in  my  judgment,  been  in  tho  lead  injuri- 
ous to  lay  before  the  church.  The  servants  that 
aim  to  do  the  church's  work  in  secret,  to  ivith- 
liold  from  the  church  tho  work  that  properly 
belongs  to  it,  cannot  count  on  prosperity.  So 
far  as  I  am  concerned,  I  have  never  found  occa- 
sion to  mistrust  the  church.  I  believe  the  "  one 
body  "  is  strictly  honest,  is  desirous  of  doing 
right,  and  will  do  right  if  properly  instructed. 
Many  of  us  have  yet  to  learn  the  power  of  kind- 
ness. When  we  learn  this  lesson  thoroughly, 
we  shall  find  prosperity  in  truth  and  in  deed. 
Often  we  pino  and  lament  the  want  of  prosper- 
ity, lament  because  the  church  does  not  increase 
in  numbers,  in  piety,  in  holiness  and  good  works. 
The  reason,  perhaps,  may  bo  found  within  our- 
sehes.  Our  lives  may  not  be  after  tho  apostol- 
ic model,  may  not  be  consistent  and  fixed  upon 
the  truth.  Any  errors  in  the  body,  tolerated  by 
the  body,  will  prevent  prosperity.  Exact  justice 
by  the  church,  for  the  good  of  the  churnli,  will 
make  tho  ehurch  prosperous.  It  is  notao  much 
the  getting  into  the  church,  us  the  proper  living 
after  being  iu,  that  makes  a  church  prosperous. 
God  ha.s  prescribed  tho  method  of  getting  into 
tho  church,  and  the  method  is  therefore  jierfect. 
To  work  by  this  perfect  rule  will  bring  prosper- 
ity so  far  as  members  are  concerned,  but  the 
proper  feeding,  nourishing  and  preserving  must 
be  followed  by  the  servants  of  the  church,  if 
the  prosperity  in  holiness  and  integrity  would 
he  maintained.  Divisions,  seeming  difference  of 
opinion  must  be  avoided,  for  nothing  destroys 
tbehopes,  the  pro,spects,  the  brightness  of  young 
membei-a,  of  bodies  in  Christ,  so  much  jls  those 
little  strifes  concerning  judgment.  Then  if  you 
want  prosperity  in  the  body,  cling  to  the  Word 
of  God,  seek  the  Lord  often  in  prayer,  be  court- 
eous, be  kind,  be  earnest,  be  watchful,  be  pious. 
Act  not  OS  superior  in  authority,  but  let  your 
actions  deelai-e  that  you  have  become  a  man  in 
Christ  Jesus.  Here  is  prosperity.  In  tho  next, 
the  relations  of  the  laity  and  the  servants  will 
be  more  particularly  noticed.  h.  )I.  e. 


PROTRACTED  EFFORTS. 

"SoiHc  time  ago  1  was  talkiuc  with  a  brother 
from  lUiooia,  He  said  some  of  tlie  bretlireu  had 
beeubolding  protracted  meetings  tbere,  and  re- 
ceived many  couvcrU  during  the  excitement,  but 
in  a  short  time  they  had  to  expel  some  of  them. 
That  is  [be  result — making  tbe  latter  end  worse 
than  the  first  I  fear  these  protracted  meetings 
are  calculated  to  open  the  door  a  little  too  wide, 
and  so  let  the  wolves  come  in  and  destroy  the  flock. 
Why  is  it  that  the  bretlirea  cannot seo  when  Jesus 
so  warned  them  to  be  not  deceived  ?  " 

THE  above,  clipped  from  one  of  the  Breth- 
ren's papers,  misrepresents  the'  condition 
of  thinffs  among  the  churches  iji  Illinois.  We 
do  not  kiitrtv  so  much  about  Southern  Illinois, 
but  we  do  kilort-  it  to  be  untrue  of  tho  North- 
ern district.  Wo  are  familiar  with  the  results 
of  every  protracted  meeting  lield  among  the 
churches  here  during  the  last  few  years,  but  do 
not  know  an  instance  where  some  of  the  new 
converts  had  to  be  expelled  in  a  short  time. 

We  know  of  one  meeting  where  fifty-two 
were  added,  another  thirty,  some  others  twenty- 
five,  and  some  less,  and  not  one  of  tho.^e  church- 
es regret  the  protracted  efforts  made.  And  we 
believe  the  same  to  be  true  of  the  churches  in 
Southern  111.  Tliey  have  four  raissioniu-ies  in 
the  field,  and  have  been  putting  forth  great  ef- 
forts toward  converting  sinners,  and  wearegla3 
to  know  that  their  labors  were  not  in  vain. 

But  supposing  that  in  course  of  time  a  few 
should  be  found  unluitlifui.  Would  that  prove 
protracted  efforts  wrong?  If  so,  then  that  pror- 
traded  meeting  held  by  Philip  at  Samaria  was 
all  out  of  order,  for  one  of  the  converts  was 
found  to  be  in  the  "gall  of  bitterness"  only  a 
few  days  after  being  baptized,  and  surely  no  one 
<vill  say  that  Philip  did  not  understand  the 
Apostolic  order.  ■' 

That  some  are  received  into  the  ohnrch  too 
carelessly  we  admit,  hut  that  does  not  prove 
protracted  meetings  injurious.  Churches  can 
be  just  as  strict  about  lading  the  order  before 
applicants  received  at  protracted  meetings  aa  at 


Jnne    13. 


THE   BKETHRIi^^r    AT   "WORK:. 


iiny  ntWr  time.  Wr  jiiucli  rfgret  tlinl  tlit-  old- 
tiiii^  practice  of  rigwl  culmination  a  for  tippli- 
caiiU  for  bnptism  ia  beginning  to  full  into  dis- 
use in  many  locrilitics,  anil  thus  bring  reproach 
upon  the  cauae  of  ChnHt.  It  U  right  that  can- 
didates should  "bring  forth  fruit  meet  for  re- 
pentance," and  show  by  their  actions  that  they 
aru-  fully  resolvod  to  foreake  the  world  with  nil 
ita  allurements.  It  is  expedient  that  the  order 
Iw  laid  before  them  fully,  and  thtit  tbey  know 
just  wbiit  they  are  doing. 

As  to  how  many  should  be  received  at  one 
meeting,  the  Bibb  precedents  show  not  over 
3,01X),  nor  less  than  one.  As  long  as  we  do  not 
receive  over  3,000  in  one  day  we  need  not  fear 
of  transcending  the  privileges  vouchsafed  to  the 
church  by  the  Apostolic  example  ou  the  day  of 
Pentecost.  But  we  mean  that  they  must  come 
right,  imd  show  that  they  arc  ^neere.  Of  couree 
^iomc  may  be  in  the  gall  of  bitterness,  which 
will  not  manifest  itself  till  after  baptism,  yet 
that  should  not  dolev  auy  from  pusiiing  the 
Loril's  work  forward.  Let  us  learu  to  do  our 
work  well,  and  in  the  imme  of  the  Lord  for  the 
glory  and  honor  of  God,  and  then  we  will  not 
regrutbavingtakeutherighfc  coursu.    J,  H.  a. 


"It  is  a  most  wonderfnl  fact,  that  although 
the  Jews  have  )iad  no  distinct  political  govem- 
ment  for  more  than  eighteen  hundred  years,  and 
have  mingled  with  the  citizens  of  every  nutiou- 
iility  on  the  globe,  they  are  to-day  as  clearly 
marked  as  a  peculiar  aud  separate  people,  on  in 
tlie  days  of  Solomon." 


Jerusalem.—  Mr,  Simon  Stampfer  writes  to 
the  Jewish  ChmiicU  from  the  Holy  City,  that 
tiie  turning-point  in  the  high  price  of  the  nec- 
L'.v^aries  of  life,  whieb  had  prevailed  in  Jerusa- 
lem for  some  mouths  pa^t,  has  at  length  been 
reached.  Prices  of  breadstuff^  are  drooping,  and 
sanguiue  hopes  are  entertained  that  the  coming 
harvest  will  he  bountiful.  The  Committee  of 
Rabbis  continue  to  import  from  Triesl«  and 
elsewhere  cereals  which  are  sold  to  necessitous 
persons,  below  the  market  price. 

Fossn,  fish  have  been  found  on  th^  lofty 
heights  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  0,000  or  8,000 
feet"  above  the  present  sea-level.  Of  course,  this 
proves  tlmt  the  water  at  one  time  covered  the 
Rockj-  Mountains,  yet,  some  years  ago,  there 
wore  those  who  maintained  that  the  flood  could 
uot  have  covered  the  higher  mountains  as  there 
was  not  water  enough  ou'the  etu-th  for  that 
purpose.  When  the  Bible  speaks  of  the  watera 
covering  the  whole  eartli,  these  learned  skeptics 
cannot  believe  it,  but  when  they  find  fossil  fisli 
ou  the  top  6f  mountains  then  it  is  all  right. 
They  can  see  liow  the  water  got  to  the  top  of 
the  mountain,  and  how  those  fish  got  up  there, 
8,000  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  but  for 
their  lives  they  cannot  see  where  the  water  came 
from  to  cover  the  whole  earth. 


HAPPY  WOMEN. 

IMPATIENT  women,  as  you  wait 
In  cheerful  homes  to-night,  to  hear 
The  sound  of  steps  that,  Roon  or  late, 
■    Shall  come  as  music  to  your  car! 

Forget  yourselves  a  little  while, 
And  think  in  pity  of  the  pjlin 

Of  women  who  will  never  smile 
To  hear  a  coming  step  again. 

With  babes  that  in  their  cradles  sleep, 
Or  cling  to  you  in  perfect  trust; 

Think  of  the  mothers  left;  to  weep. 
Their  babies  lying  in  the  dust. 

And  when  the  step  you  wait  for  comes. 
And  all  your  world  is  full  of  light, 

0  women,  safe  in  happy  homes. 
Pray  for  all  lonesome  souls  to-night! 

— Sckektl. 


BREVITIES, 


Lyi!.\N  Abbott's  commentary  on  Luke,  pult- 
bibed  by  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York,  is  the 
most  interesting  volume  yet  received  at  this  of- 
fice. The  mechanical  part  of  the  book  is  good, 
being  printed  on  good  paper  and  well  hound. 
The  an-augement  of  the  book  is  the  best  we 
have  seen.  The  notes  are  short,  but  to  the 
point,  aud  in  the  main  correct,  though  we  can- 
not expect  commentators,  whose  faith  partake 
of  the  general  popular  turn,  to  be  very  explicit 
on  the  doctrinal  practices  of  the  Bil»le.  The 
look,  we  think,  mil  supply  a  long-felt  want. 
We  ore  exceedingly  anxious  to  examine  the 
comments  on  Matthew  and  Mark,  and  also  the 
volume  on  John,  imd  then  may  have  something 
more  to  say  about  the  plan  of  the  work.  In 
our  opinion  it  is  well  adapted  to  the  use  of  Bi- 
Ide  classes.    Price  ?1.50i  and  may  be  had  of  the 

publishers.      

The  ludepcMent,  a  religious  weeklj-,  publish- 
ed in  the  city  of  New  York,  is  disposed  to  throw 
fun  at  the  plain  bead-dress  usually  worn  by  our 
siatcra,  aud  even  stoops  to  ridiculing.  It  calls 
one  of  our  leading  ministers  "  a  mighty  bull  of 
Biishan  among  the  people,"  just  because  he  ad- 
vocates plainness  and  simplicity  among  the  peo- 
ple of  God.  We  think  the  hidejxndenl,  when 
it  resorts  to  such  slangs  as  that,  is  lowering  it- 
self considerable  in  the  estimation  of  good- 
meaning  jieople.  If  it  cannot  sanction  our 
mode  of  dix>ss,  it  certainly  can  use  respectable 
laugaage  when  speaking  of  us.  We  could  not 
L-xtwi't  any  thlng'better  from  some  secular  pa- 
pers, but  when  it  comes  from  a  high  toned  re- 
ligimis  journal,  we  are  led  to  conclude  tbateven 
finely  educated  and  polished  editors,  mil  some- 
times forget  that  Christian  courtesy  and  purity 
<jf  motives  that  should  charaeleriKe  thi»  molder 
ijf  the  opinions  and  conduct  of  the  reading  peo- 
ple I'f  mir  land. 


—John  Wolfe,  the  baliatr entitled  the  "  Rail- 
road to  Heaven,"  was  published  in  the  Breth- 
KEN  AT  WoHK  last  year. 

— From  the  Vindkatoi;  we  learn  that  a  man 
ninety  years  old  was  lately  baptized  and  receiv- 
ed into  the  Blue  River  church,  Ind. 

— The  Free  Masons  in  France  have  fully 
adopted  the  atheistic  principles;  have  voted  God 
out  of  existence,  and  proceed  to  do  homage  to 
Voltaire. 

— The  health  of  Pope  Leo  is  reported  as  de- 
clining daily.  He  will  soon.  Wave  tha  Vatican 
for  bis  health.  In  some  quavtei-s  fear  is  enter- 
tained that  a  new  Pope  may  he  to  elect  before 
the  first  year  of  Leo's  pontificate  is  ended. 

—Brother  S.  C.  Keim,  of  Elk  Lick,  Pa.,  is 
now  at  Dr,  Walter's  Mountain  home,  Berks  Co., 
Pa.,  under  treatment,  aud  will  likely  remain 
some  time. 

— All  the  money  sent  to.  Denmark  for  the 
poor,is  placed  in  the  hands  of  the, deacon  of  that 
eburch  there  and  applied  by  him  as  directed  by 
the  church. 

— Spend  the  money  for  bread,  clothes  and 
home  comforts  that  is  now  spent  for  strong 
drink,  and  not  a  single  person  in  the  whole  land 
need  ever  sufl'er  want. 

—Of  nearly  ?S0.00O,OOp  spent  yeariy,  in  this 
country,  for  intoxicating  drinks  and  tobacco,  the 
larger  portion  is  spent  by  our  employed  or  labor- 
ing class. 

— Another  attempt  has  been  made  toassassiu- 
ate  Emperor  William.  Thirty  large  and  small 
shot  were  fired  into  bis  head,  anus  and  body, 
but  none  of  them  seem  to  have  wounded  fatal- 
ly. The  old  man  is  quite  weak  from  the  loss  of 
blood.    He  may  yet  recover. 

— The  Postmaster  General  Las  given  orders 
that  hereafter  posfanastei-s  will  not  be  allowed 
to  attach  stamps  to  letters  for  any  one.  The 
order  is  given  so  th*t  no  blame  may  be  attached 
to  the  ofEcials  in  case  letters  should, miscarrj". 

— The  commit  tee  .en  gaged  in  the  revision  of 
the  Old  Testament,  at  Westminsterj  England, 
havecoucluded  theirfiftietli  session.  Tlieyhave 
revised  the  translation  of  the  historical  books 
from  Genesis  to Nehemiab,  inclusive;  the  Psalms, 
Isaiah,  Ohadiab  aud  Jonah.  The  work  is  thu^ 
making  slow  but  sure  and  steady  progress. 

— Some  articles  ^vritten  with  a  pencil  have  to 
be  rejected  on  the  account  of  being  too  illegible, 
The  best  and  safest  way,  is  to  use  good  black 
ink. 

— A  severe  storm  passed  over  Quincy,  111.,  on 
the  morning  of  June  2nd,  doing  considerable 
damage  to  property. 

— Our  correspondent,  who  does  not  give  his 
address,  but  biis  written  a  short  article  entitled, 
Iliuts  to  Young  Ladies,"  will  please  try  his 
band  on  another  subject.  With  proper  training 
he  may  become  a  good  writer.  This  is  tbe  on- 
ly way  we  have  of  reaching  him, 

— Some  of  our  correspondents  take  the  com- 
mon  note  paper,  spread  it  oat  and  WTite  the  lines 
clear  across  both  pages.  This  makes  it  very  in- 
convenient for  our  compositors.  The  ( 
note  pai)er  page  is  sufficiently  wide  for  manu- 
script purposes  without  spreading  out. 

— The  Brethren  at  the  Waddam's  Grove  dis- 
trict, Stephenson  Co.,  111.,  will ,  hold  their  Love- 
fea.st  at  their  meeting-house,  two  miles  North 
of  Lena,  on  the  20th  and  21st  of  June,  com- 
mencing at  one  o'clock.  A  general  inyitation 
given. — E.  ICby. 

— In  answer  to  an  inquiry,  wo  will  state  that 
Bro.  B.  R.  Gerharl's  address  is  Dauhury,  Neh. 
It  will  be  found  among  the  gleanings  in  No.  20. 
— There  are  now  good  hopes  for  England  and 
Russia  settling  their  difficulties  in  a  European 
Congress  which  will  likely  meet  some  time  in 
June.  I 

—Ministers  who  travel  and  preach  where 
they  are  not  personally  known,  should  carry 
with  them  certificates  of  memhership,  showing 


th;it  they  are  in  love  and  union  at  home.  This, 
the  order  of  the  church  is  too  much  neglected. 
The  Superintendent  of  Police  in  Chicago, 
tinces  that  tiOO  saloons  have  been  closed  up 
in  that  city. 

The  Catholics  of  Spain  have  imprisoned  an 
American  Baptist  Missionary  for  preaching  and 
establishing  a  place  of  worship  in  Alcony. 

— At  a  meeting  of  the  Ashland  College  Trust- 
ees, June  ith,  Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp  accepted  the 
olHce  of  President  of  the  College,  and  has  been 
appointed  general  agent  to  solicit  and  appoint, 
coiivas-sers  for  the  institution. 

-A  correspondent  of  Eel  River  township, 
sends  the  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  Htntind,  au  account 
of  the  death  of  a  young  man,  named  Perry 
Eoltz,  who  died  some  tittle  time  since  at  the  age 
of  iiO  years.  On  Friday  night  Koltz  had  at- 
tended a  dance.  On  Saturday  morning  he  got 
up  and  while  putting  ou  bis  shoes,  one  of  his 
shoestrings  broke,  when  he  began  to  curse  aud 
swear  in  a  terrible  manner.  He  was  instantly 
stricken  with  a  fit,  and  died  without  speaking 
another  word.  The  people  of  Eel  River  town- 
ship regard  this  strange  death  as  a  sudden  and 
awful  dispensation  of  Divine  Providence,  aud  a 
terrible  warning  to  profane  swearere.  Truly 
God  is  not  mocked.  Whatsoever  a  man  soweth 
that  shall  he  also  reap. — Herald  of  Tnil/i. 

— A  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  left  this 
part  of  the  State  last  week  for  the  purpose  of 
attending  the  Annual  Meeting. 

The  brethren  at  Milledgeville,  ten  miles 
South  of  this  place,  held  their  feast  last  Thurs- 
day and  Friday.  The  meeting  was  a  pleasant 
one,  though  the  rain,  on  both  days,  kept  many 
away.    Tivo  were  baptized. 

Brother  Esbelman  left  Lanark  en  roit/e  for 
the  A.  M.,  on  Tuesday  night  the  4th  inst.,  in- 
tending to  spend  some  days  visiting  before  the 
meeting. 

■The  Brethren  of  the  Pine  Creek,  congrega- 
tion, South-east  of  hero,  held  their  feast  the  mid- 
dle of  last  week.  The  attendance  was  very  good, 
imd  the  meeting  said  to  have  been  a  good  one. 

— BrotherStein,  Newtonia,  Mo.,  has  arrang- 
ed to  start  on  his  preaching  tour.  He  will  like- 
ly be  in  the  field  some  little  time. 

■There  will  be  a  Love-feast  in  the  Middle 
Creek  church,  near  New  Enterprise,  Somerset 
Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  liJth  of  June.,  The  notice, 
reached  us  too  late  to'be:insertedin  the  proper 
place, 

■The  article  on  the  "  Two  Witnesses,"  by 
Mattie  A.  Lear,  commenced  in  this  issue,  was 
written  in  answer  to  a  query  on  that  subject, 
handed  us  early  last  Spring. 

In  addition  to  the  Pope  being  ill,  be  is  said 
to  he  very  distressed  in  mind,  imd  thinks  stroug- 
ly  of  alxlic<ating.  His  path,  in  this  enlighten- 
ed age  is  not  very  smooth. 

Over  1,400  women  and  children  were  lately 
buraed  to  death  in  China.  They  were  refugees 
from  the  famine-stricken  district,  and  sheltered 
a  large  relief  depot,  surrounded  with  a  strong 
fence  of  reeds  and  millet  stalks  plastered  with 
.id,  and  having  but  one  place  of  exit.  This 
inllamable  stuff  took  fire  one  cold  morning, 
literally  roasting  hundreds  of  the  unfortunate 
inmates.    The  scene  was  horrible. 

— Some  startling  developments  regarding 
grave  robbing  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio  have  lately 
been  brought  to  light.  The  discovery  was  made 
in  the  Ohio  Medical  College. 

— The  Brethren  at  Work  mil  be  sentfion 
now  to  the  end  of  the  year  for  seventy-five  cents. 
This  is  the  price  for  six  months  subscribers. 

— A  collision  between  two  iron-clad  vessels 
took  place  near  Dover,  England,  re.<iulting  in 
sinking  one  of  the  vessels  instantly.  Qut  of  460 
pei-sons,  only  18  escaped. 

— They  ai-e  likely  to  have  serious  difficulties 
with  the  Indians  iu  Idaho.  Numerous  largi 
aud  small  bands  are  nuding  the  country,  and 
committing  depradatious  to  settlers  and  proper 
ty  iu  the  vicinity  of  Boise  City.  Several  white.^ 
have  been  killed. 

— Sir  Moses  Moutefiore,  the  Hebrew  philan- 
thropist, ninety-five  years  old,  is  still  laboring 
for  the  restoration  of  Jerusidem. 

—  The  Conieiiiporary  News,  a  Russian  new 
paper,  says:  "  The  hour  ia  come  to  complete  the 
crusades  by  delivering  the  holy  places  forever. 
A  free  Christian  aud  international  province 
must  be  made  from  Jerusalem  to  the  banks  of 
the  Jordan,  and  international  institutions  must 
he  given  to  it." 

— Two  were  bapti/.ed  at  the  feast  in  Cedar  Co. 
Iowa  last  weekV  W*!!!!  Harris  was"  advanced  ti 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  John 
Eshelmau  elected  deacon. 


A  CEBTAUi  ivriter  says:  "Mf  I  omit  prayiu^ 
and  reading  God'a  Word  in  the  morning,  noth- 
ing goes  well  all  day."  How  many  of  us  may 
find  iiere  the  cause  of  many  of  our  failures',  and 
consequnt  discontent  and  unhappiness. 


THE  GROWTH  OF  THE  ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE. 

FEW  acholara  even  are  aware  of  the  great 
changes  through  which  tj^e  English  lan- 
guage has  passed  in  successive  centuries.  FoU 
lo^vi^g  are  specimens  of  the  Lord's  Prayer  as 
used  at  various  periods  in  English  history: 

A.  D.  1158. — Fader  ur  in  heune,  hale  weide 
beith  thi  neune,  cumin  thi  kuneriche,  thi  wille 
th  idon  in  heune  and  in  erthe.  The  euryen 
dawc  bried,  gif  ous  thilk  dawe.  And  vorxif  uer 
dettes  as  vi  yorsifeu  ure  dettoures.  And  lene 
us  nought  into  temtation,  hot  delyvor  eus  of 
Tel.     Amen- 

A.  D.  1300. — Fadiur  ure  in  bevene,  Halewyd 
l)e  thi  name,  thi  kingdom  come,  thi  wille  be  don 

in  bevene  and  en  erthe.  Our  urche  days  bred 
give  us  to  daye.  And  forgive  oure  dettes  as  we 
forgive  oure  dettoures.  And  lead  us  not  in 
temptation,  bote  delyvor  ua  of  yvel.     Amen. 

A.  D.  1370. — Oure  fadir  that  art  in  lieunes 
hoUo;vid  be  thi  name,  thi  kingdom  come  to,  he 
thi  wille  done  in  erthe  as  in  heune,  geve  to  us 
this  day  oure  breed  oure  other  substance,  for- 
gene  to  us  oure  dettes  as  wo  forgauno  to  our 
detlouris,  lede  not  into  temptation;  but  delyuer 
us  yvel.    Amen, 

A.  D,  1524. — 0  oure  father  which  arte  in  hev- 
en,  hallowed  be  thy  name.  Let  thy  kingdom 
come.    Thy  wyoll  be  fulfilled  as  well  in  earth 

it  is  in  heven.  Give  ua  this  daye  our  dayly 
hrede.  And  forgive  us  our  trespaces  even  as  we 
forgive  our  trespacers.  Aud  lead  us  not  into 
temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  veil.  Forthyne 
is  the  kiugdouie  and  the  power  and  the  glorye 
for  ever.    Amen. 

A.  D.  1581. — Our  father  which  artinbeauen, 
sanctified  by  thy  name.  Let  thy  kiugdome 
come.  Thy  will  he  done,  as  in  heaueu,  inearth 
also.  Give  ua  to-day  our  supei-stantial  bread. 
And  forgive  us  our  dettes  as  we  forgive  our 
detters.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation.  But 
delivere  us  from  evil.    Amen. 

A.  D.  1611. — Our  father  which  art  iu  heaven, 
hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come. 
Thy  will  be  done  in  ■  eai-th  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  dayley  bread.  And  forgive  us 
our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors.  And  lede 
us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  usfromeviL 
For  thyne  b  the  kingdoiue,  and  the  power,  and 
the  glory  for  ever.    ^meii. 

The  above  is  worthy  of  preservation.  It 
shows  very  vividly  how  the  English  language, 
e  now  have  it,  has  changed  and  grown  in 
700  years,  until  it  has  reached  its  present  form 
and  shape.  All  living  languages  are  subject  to 
slow  changes — hartlly  noticed  by  one  generation 
of  men,  but  phun  enough  when  we  institute  a 
comparison  between  dist.int  times.  The  English 
language  is  not  yet  perfect,  and  will  probably 
undergo  as  great  chimges  in  the  future  aa  in  the 
past. — lieligioiis  Telescope, 


"  The  church  is  God's  jewelry — His  working 
house,  whei-e  His  jewels  are  polished  for  BUs 
palace;  and  those  He  especially  esteems  aud 
meaiis  to  make  moat  resplendent  He  hath  oft«Q- 
cst  His  tools  upon  tliem."  Let  none  of  them, 
shrink  from  the  Master's  touch,  though  it  be 
the  severest  affliction.  Those  whom  he  lovetk 
he  ehasteneth." 


"  Truth  will  not  arrange  any  pereon's  opin- 
ions in  the  capacity  of  a  target  of  error,  for  aome 
other  erring  gunner  to  shoot  at.  It  will  simply, 
kindly  shine,  aud  lo\ingly  enlighten  all  con- 
cerned \rith  it.  However  rusty  iiny  may  be, 
few,  or  none  will  sit  willingly  still,  and  quietly 
be  rubbed  until  they  shine  brightly;  for  they 
will  think,  and  with  some  good  reasons  too,  that 
the  dust,  made  in  the  _proces3  of  scouring,  will 
so  blind  the  eyes  of  the  operators,  that  they 
will  never  sec  the  shining." 


The  German  Baptist  Publication  Society  of 
America,  have  recently  completed  and  dedicated 
a  handsome  and  costly  building  in  the  interest 
of  the  Society,  The  organization  of  thi3ent«r- 
prise  took  place  in  18fi6,  aud  it  has  enjoyed  a 
career  of  remarkable  prosperity  under  the  snper- 
iutendence  of  P.  W.  Bicknell.  The  nuta« 
her  of  German  Baptist  ministers  since  1851  haa 
increased  from  5  to  134;  and  the  number  of, 
church  members  from  401  to  about  8,000.  8o 
says  one  of  our  exchanges,  which  proves  that 
there  is  another  body  of  religious  people  known 
aa  German  Baptist,  but  we,  who  have  been  form- 
erly called  German  Baptists,  prefcr  to  be  known 
by  the  endearing  appellation  of  Brelhren. 


THE   BTiETHREISr   ^T   "WORIC. 


Juno    13. 


A  HOME. 

WHAT  is  a  home?    A  guarded  space 
Wherein  a  few,  unfairly  blest, 
Shall  sit  together,  face  to  face, 
And  biLsk  and  purr  and  be  at  rest? 

Where  cushioned  walls  rise  up  between 
Its  inmates  and  the  common  air. 

The  conimou  pain,  and  pad  and  screen 
From  blows  of  Fate  or  winds  of  care? 

Where  art  may  blossom  strong  and  free. 
And  pleasure  furl  her  silken  wing. 

And  every  laden  moment  be 
A  precious  and  peculiar  thing? 

And  past  and  future,  softly  veiled 
In  hiding  mists,  shall  float  and  lie. 

Forgotten  half,  and  unassailed 
By  either  hope  ot  memory. 

While  the  luxuriant  present  weaves 
Her  perfumed  spells  untried,  untrue, 

Broiders  her  garments,  heaps  her  sheaves, 
All  for  the  pleasure  of  a  few? 

Can  it  be  this — the  longed-for  thing 
Which  wanders  on  the  restless  foam. 

Unsheltered  beggars,  birds  on  wing, 
Aspire  to,  dream  of,  Christian  "  home  ?  " 

No.    Art  may  bloom,  and  pence  and  bliss; 

Grief  may  refrain  and  Death  forget; 
But  if  there  be  no  more  than  this. 

The  soul  of  home  is  wonting  yet. 

Dim  image  from  far  glory  caught. 
Fair  typo  of  fairer  things  to  he, 

The  true  home  rises  in  our  thought 
As  beacon  lor  all  men  to  see. 

Its  lamps  bum  freely  in  the  night; 

Its  fire-glows  unhidden  shed 
Their  cheering  and  abounding  light 

On  homeless  folk  uncomfort«d. 

Each  sweet  and  secret  thing  within 
Gives  out  a  fragrance  on  the  air — 

A  thankful  breath,  sent  forth  to  win 
A  little  smile  from  others'  care. 

The  few,  they  bask  in  closer  heat; 

The  many  cateh  the  farther  ray. 
Life  higher  seems,  the  world  more  sweet. 

Anil  hope  and  heaven  less  far  away, 

So  the  old  miracle  anew 

Is  wrought  on  earth  and  proved  good, 
And  crumbs  apportioned  for  a  few, 

God  bless,  suffice  a  multitude. 

—Seleclc4l. 


THE  CROSS  AND  CROWN, 

BY  K.  L.  T.  WBKTZ, 

IN  reading  about  the  suffering  and  death  of 
our  Lord  and  Savior,  Jesus  Christ,  we  find 
in  the  lilth  chapter  of  St.  John,  these  words: 
"And  he  bearing  his  cross,  went  forth  into  a 
place  called  the  place  of  a  skull,  which  is  called 
in  the  Hebrew,  Golgotha:  Where  they  crucified 
him,  and  two  others  with  him,  on  either  side 
one,  and  Jesus  in  the  midst."  How  humiliating, 
thus  to  die!  Dear  readers,  when  we  think  of 
the  boundless  love  of  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
gave  His  only  begotten  Son  to  be  sacrificed  on 
the  Cross  as  an  atonement  ior  the  sins  of  a  lost 
and  ruined  world,  that  we,  through  Him,  might 
he  saved  from  everlasting  misery  and  woe;  and 
think  of  our  blessed  Redeemer — the  meek  and 
lowly  Jesus — who  for  love  of  us.  in  obedience  to 
His  Father's  will,  was  willing  to  bear  the  Cross, 
to  bleed  and  die  upon  the  Cross — guilty  of  no 
crime,  that  we,  through  His  suflering,  might  be 
made  free,  and  inherit  eternal  life.  Should  not 
our  hearts  bo  filled  with  love  and  gratitude  to 
that  Supreme  Being  who  has  thus  opened  a  way 
whereby  sinners  may  be  saved  from  death  and 
destruction?  Should  not  we  be  willing  to  bear 
the  Cross,  to  give  up  the  vain  and  sinful  pleas- 
ures of  the  world  which  con  give  us  no  true 
happiness,  and  strive  to  obtain  that  perfect  joy 
that  remains  for  the  children  of  God?  Yes,  it 
is  our  duly,  as  well  as  privilege  to  accept  this 
kind  offer  of  salvation  before  it  is  forever  too 
late.  We  are  naturally  prone  to  wander,  and 
Satan  is  ever  ready  to  lead  the  wandering  feet 
astray.  Especially  does  be  try  those  who  have 
made  a  public  profession  of  religion,  to  get  them 
to  turn  aside  from  that  straight  and  narrow  path 
that  leads  to  heaven.  But  we  should  stand  firm ; 
ever  looking  forward  with  an  eye  of  faith  to 
that  beautiful  world  where  we  shall  be  free  from 
the  tempter's  snare.  Our  Savior  has  said:  "No 
man  having  put  his  hand  to  the  plough  and 
looking  hack,  is  tit  for  the  kingdom  of  Go.!' 
(Luke  9:  62).  It  therefore  becomes  necessary 
that  we  fight  valiantly  to  overcome  every  obsta- 
cle that  Satan  may  place  in  our  way.  We  must 
expect  trials  as  we  journey  through  life;  they 
are  sometimes  sent  to  check   us,  to  bring  m 


nearer  to  the  Cross,  and  help  us  more  plainly  to 
see  our  unworthinesa,  and  seek  help  from  on 
high.  Oh  that  we  could  be  more  faithful  in  do- 
ing our  duty!  The  Savior  says,  "  If  any  man 
will  come  after  me,  let  him  deny  himself  and 
take  up  his  cross  daily,  and  follow  me  "(Luke 
9:  23),  Again  He  says,  "  Whosoever  doth  not 
bear  his  criss  and  come  after  me,  cannot  be  my 
disciple  "  (Luke  H:  27).  What  is  .to  he  our 
promised  reward,  if  we  prove  faithful  to  the 
end?  A  spotless  robe  and  a  croivn  of  glory 
will  be  ours  eternally  in  heaven.  Jesus  has 
borne  the  Cross,  endured  the  pain,  and  is  now 
wearing  the  crown,  sitting  at  the  right  hand  of 
God;  and  we  are  to  be  heirs  and  joint  heirs  with 
him  in  glory,  if  we  do  our  Father's  will. 

We  are  very  apt  to  complain,  and  think  our 
trials  very  great,  forgetting  that  without  a  con- 
test there  can  be  no  victory,  aud  without  victo- 
ry there  will  be  no  crown.  May  we  ever  strive 
so  to  live,  that, we  may  have  a  right  to  the  tree 
of  life,  and  enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the 
city,  _     

EXCUSE-MAKING. 

BY  D,  ir.  p(;teiii),\.uoh. 

""pHE  subject  that  I  have  selected  to  write  uii- 
X  on  is  a  very  important  one — one  that  is  of 
far  greater  importimce  than  many  think.  Look 
and  hue  what  Luke  has  to  say  about  this  matter 
of  excuses  (Luke  14;  18-25),  Look  again  at 
Rom.  1:20;  2:15;  2  Cor.  12:19.  Readandsee 
what  our  Lord  and  Savior  says  about  this  mat^ 
ter  of  excuse-making.  We  find  people  making 
a  great  many  excuses  in  this  day  and  age  of  the 
world,  uA  well  as  in  Christ's  time,  that  do  not 
amount  to  anything. 

I  find  that  in  getting  subscribers  for  the 
BRETiiiiEN  AT  WoUK.  those  brethren  who  are 
the  best  off"  in  this  world's  gotnls,  make  more 
excuses  than  those  who  are  poor.  They  are 
sometimes,  like  this:  The  paper  costs  too  much, 
and  that  they  can  get  the  Post  aud  Mull  of 
Chicago,  or  some  other  paper  for  half  the  mon- 
ey. Now,  those  papers  are  very  good  in  their 
place,  but  they  do  not  contain  reading  matter 
that  is  of  auy  use  to  the  Christian,  or  the  build- 
ing up  of  his  soul's  welfare.  Those  very'  breth- 
ren have  large  families  growing  up  around  them. 
They  must  and  will  have  something  to  read;  if 
they  do  not  have  suitable  books  aud  papers 
placed  at  their  disposal,  they  will  be  very  apt  to 
take  to  reading  novels  or  other  worthless  books; 
for  this  world  is  full  of  such  books,  aud  when 
children  once  get  their  minds  centered  on  these 
books  it  is  no  easy  matter  to  get  them  back  into 
the  right  channel.  Brethren,  do  not  let  your 
children  rise  up  in  the  judgment,  on  that  great 
day  and  say,  that  "  You  did  not  provide  for  me 
suitable  books  aud  papers, 'and  encourage  me  to 
read  things  that  would  have  been  of  some  bene- 
fit to  me.  You  did  not  do  so,  and  now  I  must 
go  down  to  destruction."  0,  brethren,  there 
will  be  no  time  then  for  you  to  make  excuses. 

Let  us  do  what  we  can  in  this  world  for  the 
cause  of  our  Master,  and  then  we  will  have  noth- 
ing to  regret  of  in  the  world  to  come. 

The  BBETHiiEN  AT  WoRK  makes  its  weekly 
visits  to  our  home,  and  is  read  with  great  pleas- 
ure by  all  of  the  family.  May  God  bless  the 
dear  brethren  editors,  and  may  they  he  the  cause 
of  bringing  many  souls  to  Christ,  through  the 
medium  of  their  paper. 


ON  PRAYER. 

BT  D.  6.  T.  UUTTERUAOGS. 

PRAYER  is  the  greatest  privilege  that  the 
Almighty  has  granted  unto  ns  creatures. 
By  praj'er,  we  can  hold,  as  it  were,  sweet  con- 
veree  with  our  heavenly  Father,  By  prayer,  we 
can  obtain  forgiveness,  through  Christ,  for  all 
our  sins.  By  prayer,  we  can  call  down  the 
grace  of  God  to  assist  us  in  time  of  need,  and  to 
prepare  us  for  eternity.  Prayer,  secures  the 
protection  of  heaven.  Prayer,  teaches  us  to  be 
dependent  and  Bubmissive  to  higher  powers. 
Praj-er  prospers  all  our  works,  aud  invokes  the 
blessing  of  God  to  rest  upon  them.  Prayer  is 
the  greatest  consolation  in  danger,  necessity,  or 
tribulation.  Prayer  spirituiiliws  the  mind,  pu- 
rifies the  atfections.  enlightens  the  intellect,  and 
secures  for  us  the  assistance  of  God,  without 
which  we  can  do  nothing. 


CLOSE  COMMUNION. 

C.  H.   KIKGEUY. 

IT  is  olten  asked  why  we  hold  close  commun- 
ion? One  reason  is,  this:  sometimes  there 
are  mi-mbers  excommunicated  from  the  church, 
and  then  join  other  denominations  without  even 
making  satisfaction  to  the  church,  and  then  to 
vrith  snch  members,  would  he  incon- 


sistent. And  how  could  we  avoid  it,  if  we  would 
hold  open  communion  with  all  that  wanted  to? 
Agaijj,  there  are  but  few  other  denominatious 
that  believe  in  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  Feet- 
washing  as  we  do,  and  for  them  to  come  and 
engage  in  washing  feet,  and  partake  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  merely  to  commune  with  us,  aud 
not  believe  in  the  two  fint  ordinances,  would 
be  to  commit  a  great  sin;  for  Paul  said  that 
"work  without  faith  is  sin."  It  would  cause 
such  to  eat  and  drink  unworthily,  and  not  dis- 
cern the  Lord's  body,  therefore  would  eat  and 
drink  damnation  to  themselves,  and  we  do  not 
want  any  one  damned,  hut  want  all  saved. 


THE  SAVIOR. 

Description  of  Jesm  by  Piibliiis  Lcnfitltis,  Pres- 
ident  of  Juffea  in  the  reif/ii  of  Tiberius  Cwsar. 

THERE  lives,  at  this  time,  iu  Judea  a  man  of 
singular  virtue,  whose  name  is  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  the  barbarians  esteem  as  a  prophet,  but 
his  followei-s  love  and  adore  him  as  the  offspring 
of  the  immortal  God.  He  calls  back  the  dead 
from  their  gr.ives,  and  heals  all  sorts  of  diseases 
with  a  word  or  a  touch.  He  is  a  tall  man,  and 
well  shaped;  of  an  amiable  and  reverend  aspect] 
his  hair  of  a  color  that  can  hardly  he  matched, 
falling  into  graceful  curls,  waving  about,  and 
parted  on  the  crown  of  the  head,  running 
stream  to  the  front  after  the  fashion  of  the  Naz- 
arites,  his  forehead  high,  large  and  imposing; 
his  cheeks  without  spot  or  wrinkle,  beautiful 
with  a  lovely  red;  his  nose  and  mouth  formed 
with  exquisite  symmetry;  his  heard  thick,  and 
of  a  color  suitable  to  his  hair,  reaching  below 
his  cbin,  and  parting  in  the  middle  like  a  fork; 
bis  eyes  bright  blue,  clear  and  serene;  look,  in- 
nocent, dignified,  manly,  and  mature;  in  pro- 
portion of  body,  most  perfect  and  captivating; 
hii  hands  and  arms  most  delectable  to  behold. 
He  rebukes  ivith  majesty,  counsels  with  mild- 
ness, his  whole  address,  whether  in  word  or  deed, 
being  eloquent  and  grave.  No  man  has  seen 
him  laugh,  yet  his  manners  are  exceedingly 
pleasiuit;  but  he  has  wept  frequently  in  the 
presence  of  men.  He  is  temper.ite,  modest,  and 
wise;  a  man,  for  his  extraordinary  beauty  and 
divine  perfection,  surpassing  the  children  of  men 
in  every  seuse. 

The  Savior  is  so  seldom  recognized  in  profane 
history  that  this  confirmatorj'  contribution  to 
his  perfections  is  especially  valuable, 

— Selected. 


CHURCH-MEETINGS. 

BY  J.  3.  SHELLY. 

IN  holding  church-meetings,  we  find  that  al- 
ways some  are  staying  at  home  and  seem  to 
be  careless  about  matters  pertaining  to  the 
church.  I  have  been  asked  what  we  should  do 
with  those  members  ?  Our  old  brethren  answer- 
ed very  nicely,  working  under  the  Spirit  of 
God,  when  they  said:  "Lay  the  m. it  ter  before 
such  members,  admonish  them  from  time  to 
time  to  be  more  faithful;  induce  them  to  come, 
tell  them  the  evils  that  might  be  derived  from 
such  conduct."  But  we  might  here  ask  our- 
selves two  questions: 

1.  What  is  the  reason  for  them  staying  away? 

2.  How  should  we  induce  them  to  come? 

Is  not  the  reason  for  them  staying  away,  per- 
haps, because  we  do  not  regard  them  as  we 
should,  iu  being  humble  enough  to  help  bear 
their  burdens?  Is  it  not  becouse  we  are  think- 
ing ourselves  farther  advanced  than  our  breth- 
ren, and  give  no  heed  to  what  they  have  to  say? 
Or  if  they  say  something  that  does  not  just  suit 
us,  give  them  a  short  answer  imd  give  no  heed 
to  the  proverb,  "  A  soft  answer  turneth  away 
wrath,  but  harsh  words  stir  up  anger?  "  Is  it 
not  because  we  do  not  pray  aright  for  them,  that 
we  drive  them  away,  instead  of  drawing  them 
there?  Are  not  these  some  of  therea.'ious?  It 
is  only  too  often  the  case  that  members  are 
careless  and  unconcerned,  but  for  such  we  ought 
to  pray  to  God,  that  He  shouhl  give  them  a  new 
heart,  a  willing,  helping  hand,  that  they  might 
help  to  work  iu  the  cause  of  Christ.  Admonish 
them,  and  if  they  are  not  willing,  God  has  His 
own  appointed  way.  But  what  shall  we  do 
with  those  that  aro  drawn  away  by  these  reasons, 
with  those  that,  instead  of  feeling  a  desire  to  go, 
would  rather  stay  at  home  ?  For  them  we  ought 
to  pray  that  God  might  give  them  an  obedient 
heart,  that  lie  might  give  them  such  a  desire  to 
come  and  help,  that  they  could  not  stay  away; 
and  pray  Hint  that  He  should  give  us  an  hum- 
ble, contrite  heart,  drive  away  all  self  in  every 
matter  pertaining  to  the  church  and  our  breth- 
ren. We  should  show  them  that  we  have  a 
loving  kindness  contained  in  us,  that  reaches 
not  only  to  the  more  prominent  members,  hut 
also  to  those  who  feel  that  they  are  not  stand- 
ing OS  high  iu  positions  in  the  church  as  others, 
and  we  ought  to  fiive  them  to  feel,  and  feel  it 


ourselves,  that  God  has  created  us  all  alike  in 
His  own  image,  and  that  we  have  all  an  equal 
right  to  express  ourselves. 

Although  He  gave  five  talents  to  one,  and 
two  to  another,  (for  He  gave  us  the  talents  ac- 
coi-diug  to  our  ability).  He  gave  us  all  the  same 
promise,  if  we  all  work  faithful  with  them;  for 
when  that  man  came  home  from  his  journey 
aud  found  tlmt  the  one  with  the  five  talents  hod 
won  five  more,  and  the  one  with  two,  two  more, 
he  did  not  say  to  the  first,  go  and  rule  over  the 
second,  but  he  said  to  them  both,  "  Go  and  en- 
ter into  the  joys  of  your  Lord;  for  you  were 
faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will  make  you  rul- 
er over  many  things."  0,  brethren,  let  us  show 
love  towards  each  other,  that  we  work  not 
against  the  will  of  our  Savior,  but  that  we  treat 
all  alike,  as  He  does.  Make  our  church-meet- 
ings as  loving  and  attractive  ns  possible.  If  wo 
all  had  a  love  in  our  heart  as  Christ  has,  for  us, 
we  would  all  bear  each  others'  hunleus,  help 
those  along  who  are  weak,  and  would  not  want 
to  have  some  way  to  force  those  brethren  aud 
sisters  to  come,  for  we  would  all  come,  out  of 
love  for  each  other.  If  we  would  feel  hurt  by 
some  brother  in  meeting,  we  would  forgive  him 
and  iastead  of  passing  by  him,  and  not  seeing 
him,  would  clasp  hands,  administer  the  kiss 
of  brotherly  love,  and  so  work  together  diligent- 
ly, that  we  might  receive  the  reward  in  these 
precious  words;  "0,  thou  good  and  faithful 
servant,  thou  wast  faithful  over  few  things,  I 
will  make  thee  ruler  over  many  things:  Enter 
thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord."  But  to  those 
brethren  and  sisters  that  st^iy  aivay,  as  it  seems, 
on  purpose,  to  keep  ignorant  of  the  rules  of  the 
church,  I  will  say,  trifle  not  with  the  Word  of 
God;  trifle  not  with  Christ's  church,  fortrifling 
with  them  is  trifling  with  God  and  His  Son, 
and  the  punishment  of  such,  will  be  everlasting 
destruction. 


WOMEN'S  RIGHTS. 

BY  SARAH  M.  SADNDERS, 

WHILE  reflecting  on  the  church  and  its 
many  privileges  and  duties,  we  are  made 
to  ask.  Do  we,  a.s  a  church,  exhibit  to  the  world 
that  degree  of  holiness  that  we  should?  We 
profess  to  be  followers  of  the  Holy  One,  and  yet 
it  seems  that,  in  some  things  we  may  Iw  in  dan- 
ger of  paying  "  tithe  of  mint  and  anise  and 
cumin,  and  yet  omit  weightier  matters."  Wo 
are  very  zealous  with  regard  to  plainness  iu 
dress,  especially  among  the  sisters,  (which  is 
right),  but  is  that  all  that  is  required  of  the  sis- 
ters?    We  think  not. 

We  meet  for  worship,  sing  hymns,  (which 
alone  the  sisters  engage  in),  read  a  portion  of 
Scripture,  unite  in  prayer,  but  I  have  never 
heard  a  sister's  voice  in  oral  supplication;  and 
why  not?  Is  it  becauses  our  preacher's  or  dea- 
con's wive-i  are  not  competent  or  gifted  enough? 
or  is  it  because  the  Gospel  says,  "  Let  the  wo- 
men keep  silence?  "  If  the  latter,  then,  sisters, 
let  us  not  attend  church-meetings,  as  we  can 
ask  our  husbands  at  home;  nor  engage  in  sing- 
ing in  church,  for  that   is  not  silence. 

But  as  it  is  right  for  women  to  pray  in  private, 
so  also  in  public,  proiided  she  dishonoreth  not 
her  head  by  being  uncovered,  Therefore  let  us 
improve  our  talents,  though  we  possess  but  one, 
by  weekly  prayer-meetings  in  every  congrega- 
tion in  the  brotherhood;  thereby  increase  our 
faith,  confirm  our  hope,  and  perfect  us  in  love. 
Let  the  old  sisters,  minister's  and  deacon's  wives 
set  a  godly  example  for  the  weaker  ones. 


THE  HOLY  LAND  FAMINE. 

AT  the  last  mcetiog  of  the  Board  of  Deputies, 
the  periodical  report  of  the  Holy  Land 
Famine  Relief  Fund  wius  presented  together 
with  a  largo  number  of  letters  and  telegrams 
received  from  Palestine  through  Sir  Moses  Mon- 
tefiore  and  the  Rev.  Chi^f  Rabbi.  The  lat^ 
ter  described  a  state  of  misery  and  want  which 
is  truly  appiUling.  When  we  are  told  that  the 
famine  is  so  severe  that  from  three  to  seven 
people  die  every  day,  we  cannot  hut  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  a  calamity  has  fallen  upon  the 
Holy  Land  which,  except  in  extent,  is  ns  terri- 
ble OS  that  which  recently  ravaged  India.  Mere 
wordy  appeals  may  now  cease,  urgenttelegrams 
full  of  the  imploring  phraseology  of  anguish 
now  unnecessary;  the  Jewish  communities 
of  Europe  are  face  to  face  with  an  awful  and 
terrible  fact— their  co-religionists  in  the  Holy 
Land  are  absolutely  dying  from  want. 

— Loiuioii  Jeicish  World. 


If  we  disobey  the  dictates  of  conscience  even 
the  most  trifling  particular,  or  allow  our- 
selves to  do  what  we  have  some  feare  may  not 
be  quite  right,  we  shall  grow  more  and  more 
sleepy,  until  the  voice  of  conscience  has  no 
longer  the  power  to  awaken  us. 


13. 


THE   BBrBTKtnElsr    AT   A^^OHIC 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


i  of  LOTC-friiiM,    Dietrid   Meelings,   pic,, 

be  brief,  oDil  wriilcQ  on  piper  sepanile 

from  otbvr   Lualucai. 


XovB-PEAars. 

ClcQrRivertlislrict,  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Ind., 
June  18tb. 

Stone  church,  Manhall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  Hnncock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
16th,  nt  10  o'clock. 

SniKlf  church,  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15th  nl  5  o'clock  P.  M. 

Burr  Oak  church,  Jcrrell  Co.,  Kansas,  June 
15th  mid  16th  nt  6  o'clock. 

Green  Spring  DialricI,  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15th  at  10  o'clock. 

Cedar  Creek  church,  Anderson  Co.,  Kan.,  June 
13th  and  14th,  at  2  P.  M. 

At  Rock  Itivcr,  111.,  June  14th  and  15th. 

Maple  River  Jutution,  Curriill  Co.,  Iowa,  June 
Ifilh  niHl  IG. 

Lhui  Co.,  loiva,  June  13th  and  14th. 

Swan  Creok  church,  Fulton  Co.,  Ohio,  June  15 
at  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Berlin  congregation,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa,,  June 
IGth  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Rome  church,  Hancock  Co.,  0.,  June  18th  at 
3  o'clock  P.  HI. 

The  Coldwater  congregation,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa, 
iutcud  to  hjve  their  Love-feaat,  Iho  Lord  willing, 
June  29th  and  30th.  J.  F.  En 


There  will  be  a  Love-feast  in  the  Southern 
district  of  the  Naperville  congregation,  iu  "Will 
Co.,  III.,  June  15th,  commencing  at  10  A.  M., 
eight  miles  South  of  Joliet,  nt  the  hou^e  of  Bro. 
John  Holiinger.  N.  Eably. 

The  brethren  of  West  Branch,  Ogle  Co.,  111., 
intend  to  hold  their  Love-feoat,  the  Lnrfl  willing, 
the  18th  and  19th  of  June,  commencing  at  10 
o'clock.  W.  Davi 

We,  the  Brethren  of  the  Hiver  Fails  church, 
intend,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  our  Love-feast 
on  the  15th  and  16lb  of  June.  Those  coming  by 
roilroad  will  please  stop  off  at  Hudson  Junction, 
where  there  will  be  conveyance  on  the  day  before 
the  meeting,  which  ia  to  be  held  at  my  residence. 

W.  H.  ROBEY. 

Hirer  Falls,  Wit. 


Iiove-feaat  together,  which   mnile  the  occasion 
one,  long  to  be  reiiienibereil. 

Bro.  John  Forney  was  with  ua,  anrl  gave  us 
his  experience  and  fatherly  ail  vice  in  many 
things,  for  which  he  has  our  heart-felt  thanks. 
When  the  time  for  separation  had  arrived,  there 
seemed  to  Iw  such  a  feeling  of  sorrow  and  a.id- 
ness,  mingled  with  gladness  and  joy,  that  no 
tongue  can  tell  or  pen  describe.  We  all  left 
for  our  various  fields  of  labor  again,  trusting 
we  will  act  out  our  part  in  life,  and  finally  be 
happy  on  the  evergreen  shores  of  eternity. 
Fraternally, 

D.  D.  Sell. 


"  Candlestick." 


DrarBrctlntn.— 


SNIVELY.— Near  Williamsburg.  Blair  Co.,  Ph.. 
May  18th,   Christian   Snively.  son  of  Bro.  .T. 

Snively  deceased.     Age,  62  years,   11    moniha, 
and  24  days,  E.  Shelly. 


C0RRES1^0NDE>:CE. 


D, 


From    Plattsburg, 

n-  Brethren: — 


IT  bavins  been  requested  that  I  should  give  a 
r-'jjurt  of  our  District  Meeting,  I  n-ill  now 
proceed  to  do  so. 

The  meeting  for  the  Northern  district  of  Mo. 
was  held  with  the  Brethren  in  Harrison  Co., 
this  Spring,  on  the  17th  and  18th  of  May.  — 
Most  all  the  churches  throughout  the  District 
were  represented  by  delegation.  The  meeting 
was  in  session  two  days,  and  some  important 
business  was  transacted;  a  number  of  queries 
weve  considered  and  disposed  of  by  the  meeting 
ill  u  very  satisfactory  manner  indeed,  there  was 
thatgood  feeling  manifested  through  the  deli)>- 
eratioiis,  that  is  comDicudablc  to  such  bodies. — 
There  seemed  to  he  such  a  oneness  ns  a  body, 
that  we  felt  to  say  as  Jacob  did  when  he  laid 
down  on  the  rocky  knoll,  "  The  Lord  has  been 
here." 

Among  the  most  important  busines.'i  that  was 
>ip,  was  the  mission  work  of  Northern  Mo.  — 
For  a  number  of  years  this  matter  had  been 
considered,  but  nothing  could  be  accomplished 
to  get  the  mission  in  a  good  co^)peration  with 
the  District.  At  this  meeting  there  was  such  a 
feelins  in  favor  of  the  mission,  that  the  meet- 
ing thought  the  time  had  fully  come  to  open 
the  door  for  the  work,  that  it  might  commence 
in  n  way  that  all  could  assist  in  the  noble  work 
of  evangeliy.iug  the  District  and  preaching 
where  the  Gospel  has  not  been  preached  by  the 
Brethren. 

There  were  two  set  apart  for  the  above  work, 
namely  Bro.  W.  B.  Sell  and  C.  C.  Root  as 
evaugelista,  and  also  a  board  of  directors  to 
manage  and  control  the  mission.  Upon  the 
whole  the  meeting  was  a  pleasant  one,  and  the 
Brethren  at  Long  Branch  did  all  to  make  their 
guests  comfortable,  that  could  be  expected,  and 
ut  the  close  of  the  meeting  we  all  partook  of  a 


MAT  3rd,  had  been  appointed  for  organizin, 
a  church  in  Bro.  John  Barnhart's  neigh 
borhood,  Piatt  Co^,  111.,  and  according  to  ap- 
pointment I  met  Bro.  John  Metzger  at  the 
house  of  Bro.  John  Baruhart.  By  ten  o'clock 
the  bretliren  and  sisters  had  come  together,  and 
l>roceeded  to  hold  a  choice  for  a  deacon,  which 
choice  fell  on  Bro.  John  Horsh,  who  accepted 
tlio  position  and  was  duly  installed  into  the  of- 
fice of  deacon. 

The  organization  stands  oa  follows:  John 
Barnhart,  minister  in  the  second  degree;  Chris- 
tian Bitrnhart  in  the  first  degree;  John  Horsh, 
deacon.  This  congregation  is  to  be  known  as 
the  Blue  llidge  chuicb,  Piatt  Co.,  111.  May  the 
sreat  head  of  the  church  work  mightily  through 
those  instrumentalities  to  the  building  up  of  a 
Large  church  in  Piatt  and  Champaign  counties! 
Take  courage,  brethren,  and  not  only  preach, 
but  live  out  the  principles  of  our  holy  religion, 
and  God  will  bless  you. 

The  same  evening,  myself,  Bro.  John  Metz- 
ger,  John  Barnhart  and  Christian  Barnhart, 
went  to  the  Urbana  church,  and  on  the  4th 
met  the  brethren  iu  church  council.  Consider- 
able business  was  before  the  meeting,  which 
was  disposed  of  h.irmoniously.  One  was  hap- 
ti/.cd.  Myself  and  Bro.  John  Barnhart  went 
to  Ogden,  while  Bro.  Metzger  and  C,  Barnhart 
stayed  at  the  Urbana  church,  conducting  the 
services  on  the  5th,  and  in  addition  anointing 
wj  til  oil,  sister  Bishop,  who  was  very  low  at 
that  time,  but  has  since  recovered. 

We  found  large  congregations  at  Ogden,  who 
gave  due  attention  to  the  Word  i)rcached.  Had 
four  meetings  in  town  and  one  in  the  country; 
made  some  acquaintances  and  were  pleased 
with  the  prospects  generally,  God  bless  the 
people;  may  they  take  Christ's  yoke  upon  them 
and  find  rest  for  their  souls.  T.  D.  Lyon. 

From    English    Prairie,    Ind. 
Bmr  Bn-thrrn:— 

WE  rejoice  to  say  that  the  good  cause  of  the 
Master  is  on  the  progress  here.  To-day 
one  more  soul  was  made  willing  to  be  regener- 
ated and  to  walk  iu  newness  of  life,  and  gain  a 
.  with  the  blest.  We  have  also  organ- 
ized a  Sabhath-school,  which,  we  think,  if  pro|>- 
erly  conducted,  will  result  in  doing  some  good. 
It  is  truly  a  good  place  to  instruct  the  little 
children,  far  better  than  to  let  them  run  in  evil 
company. 

In  order  to  have  n  good  attendance  and  good 
interest,  the  parents  should  take  an  active  part; 
for  the  young  need  an  example,  they  need  ad- 
monition, more  especially  those  that  are  going 
on  in  all  the  wickedness  and  folly  of  this  world. 
How  sad  it  is  to  hear  a  young  man  denounce 
the  religion  of  his  parents,  and  see  him  walk  in 
the  broad  road  that  leadeth  to  destruction.  Let 
UE  think  of  death,  and  prepare  for  it;  and  after 
time's  changing  scenes  have  all  passed  away,  we 
ihall  meet  in  the  presence  of  our  heavenly 
Benefactor,  —  our  joy  and  happiness  shall  he 
eternal  and  complete!  A.  E.  Keaqy. 


so  live  as  to  be  counted  worthy  of  a  seat  at  the 
great  Supper,  at  the  end  of  the  worid. 

The  ministering  brethrcri  present,  were,  D. 
Wolfe;  W.  R.  Lierie;  John  CHngingsmith  of 
Barrv,  Pike  Co.;  and  H.  W.  Strickler.  Breth- 
ren Lierie  and  GUngingsmith  did  nearly  ail  the 
preaching,  as  Bro.  David's  health  was  too  poor 
to  labor  much.  None  joined  the  church,  hut 
many  deep  impressions  were  made  among  the 
audience.  I  think  there  was  seed  sown,  that  in 
time  will  grow  and  yield  much  fruit  for  the 
Master's  use.  Zorrs  Wolfe. 


From    Crete,    Neb. 

DatrBrdhn;,:— 

ON  this  beautiful  Sabbath  morning  I  will  try 
to  let  you  know  how  Zion  is  prospering  in 
this  part  of  the  brotherhood.  Though  we  are 
but  few  in  number,  we  are  still  trj-ing  to  live 
in  such  a  manner  as  may  he  well-pleasing 
the  sight  of  God,  and  a  light  to  the  children  of 
man. 

Bro.  S.  C.  Stump  from  Falls  City  came  tc 
May  4th  and  held  some  meetings  at  Dorchester 
and  vicinity,  which  resulted  in  some  good,  as 
there  were  three  made  willing  to  come  out  on 
the  side  of  the  Lord,  to  declare  by  the  act  of 
baptism,  that  they  were  tired  of  the  sinful  ph 
sures  of  the  world.  This  gave  us  much  cause 
to  rejoice,  and  I  believe  that  not  only  we  were 
made  glad,  but  that  also  the  angela  in  heaven 
rejoiced  to  see  sinners  turn  to  Christ. 

Tivo  of  those  baptized  were  man  and  wife, 
imd  while  witnessing  their  baptism,  we  were 
made  to  think  how  appropriate  and  evangelical 
it  is,  to  see  the  heads  of  a  family  enjoying  the 
same  privilege  of  worshiping,  and  engaging  in 
all  the  other  ordinances  of  God's  house  in  the 
same  manner.  Surely,  the  blessings  of  God 
will  rest  upon  every  family,  where  His  name  is 
honored. 

I  do  wish  that  our  Brethren  would  send  out 
more  missionaries  into  all  the  world  to  pro- 
claim the  Gospel  of  peace  to  every  creature,  for 
often  asked:  "  What  kind  of  people  are  the 
Brethren?  The  doctrine  is  so  strange;  we 
have  not  heard  such  preaching  before."     There 

a  great  anxiety  manifested  by  all,  to  liear 
the  Brethren  preach,  and  it  is  our  prayer  to 
God,  that  their  desire  may  be  satisfied  at  uo 
distant  day.  L.  SuTi'HiN. 


From    Liberty,    Illinois. 

DearBrdhtn: — 

LAST  Saturday,  a  week  ago,  the  11th,  inst., 
we  held  a  little  communion  meeting  near 
Loraine,  some  twenty  miles  North  of  here,  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  H.  W.  Strickler.  The  at- 
tendance was  not  very  large,  owing  to  the  un- 
favorable weather,  I  suppose;  as  it  rained  most 
of  the  time.  The  best  of  order  prevailed  dur- 
ing the  evening  aervieea,  better  than  1  ever  wit- 
nessed before.  The  audience  was  so  very 
attentive  that  not  a  whisper  was  heard  during 
the  entire  evening. 

I  do  not  suppose  that  more  than  half  a  doi'.eu 
of  the  entire  audience  ever  saw  the  like  before. 
Four  sat  at  the  Lord's  table  for  the  first  time 
their  lives.  I  hope  they  may  so  conduct 
themselves  that  they  may  live  to  enjoy  many 
many  such  communion  seasons.      May   we  all 


From    Jesse    Calvert. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

LEFT  home  May  15th,  to  go  to  Ashland,  0. 
'  X  Arrived  safely  on  the  29th.  First,  after 
taking  a  little  rest,  went  to  visit  the  College 
building  that  is  now  being  erected  by  the 
Brethren  at  Ashland.  It  is  a  very  fine  location, 
elevated  above  the  city  and  surrounding  coun- 
try, and  can  be  seen  for  miles  ai-ound.  They 
have  twenty-seven  acres  of  land  for  college 
purposes,  with  an  excellent  spring  on  the  prem- 
ises, from  which  water  can  easily  be  carried  to 
the  top  of  the  building.  I  feel  confident  that 
it  will  prove  a  success,  and  will  certainly  afford 
a  very  pleasant  place  to  attend  school, 

Then  went  four  miles  North  to  their  chnrch- 
house  and  continued  meeting  until  June  2iid. 
The  Lord  blessed  the  labors,  and  fifteen  dear 
souls  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  and 
others  promised  that  they  would  come  soon.  — 
May  the  good  Lord  bless  theiu  and  may  they 
soon  come  to  Jesus. 

We  had  a  Communion  June  1st.  It  was  in- 
deed a  feast  of  rich  things.  May  the  Lord  bless 
all  the  brethren  and  sisters  for  tlieir  kindness, 
administered  to  us  while  among  them.  On 
Sabbath  evening  we  bid  one  another  farewell; 
perhaps  never  to  meet  anymore  on  earth.  Ar- 
rived at  home  June  3rd  and  found  all  moderate- 
ly well,  thanks  to  God. 

Meditations. 


r 


Dear  Brethren: — 

S  I  walked  through  the  Public  Park  of 
Quincy,  in  the  shade  of  the  evening,  after 
the  great  luminary  of  the  day  had  drawn  around 
him  his  evening  mantle,  and  Kuuk  to  rest  in  the 
far  West,  there  was  heard  a  mingling  of  voices 
and  tinkling  of  cimbals.  I  looked  and  beheld, 
like  one  of  old,  the  vanity  of  vanities. 

I  was  made  to  think  how  many  precious  mo- 
ments were  being  lost  forever  and  forever;  how 
many  pennies  or  widow's  mites  might  have 
been  cast  into  the  Lord's  treasury,  instead  of 
being  squandered  for  woi-se  than  useless  amuse- 
ments. Yes,  I  thought,  how  many  poor  and 
helpless  creatures  were  hid  away  in  close  gar- 
rets, and  other  dismal  places,  wanting  for  the 
necessaries  of  life.     Even  while   looking  down 


upon  the  scenes  of  mirth,  they  see  their  fellow- 

meu  surrounded  by  all  the  luxuries,  wealth  af-  ]  committed  those  sins,  they  pre^   me  aore, 


fords;  while  the  poor  have  to  sulfur  for  the 
want  of  the  necessary  means  of  subsistence. 

Then  I  wondered  how  long  these  things 
wonld  be  surtered  thus  to  continue?  But  after 
a  prolonged  consideration,  I  was  forced  to  leave 
it  with  one,  who  is  able  to  solve  all  problems. 
My  thoughts  were  carried  back  to  my  youthful 
days  and  actions.  How  many  moments,  hours, 
and  even  days  were  spent  in  idleness,  when  we 
might  have  studied  i*  How  many  rich  laurels 
and  bright  gems  might  have  crowned  our  age, 
if  we  hod  only  put  the  spare  moments  to  the 
best  advantage. 

Can  we  ever  recall  the  lost  moments,  can  we 
ever  find  a  place  iu  which  we  could  have  insert- 
ed the  sparkling  gems,  which  are  to  form  our 
crown  of  Life?  Let  us  not  neglect  our  ojipor- 
tunities.  A  man  wakes  up  at  the  age  of  Ibrty, 
and  finds  that  his  youth  has  been  wasted.  Ha 
then  strives  to  get  back  his  eariy  advantages. 
Does  he  get  back  the  days  of  his  boyhood,  his 
school-time,  and  the  time  for  the  acquirement 
of  useful  knowledge? 

Many  a  one  exclaims:  "  If  I  could  only  get 
them  back  again,  the  days  of  my  youth,  ho\y  I 
would  improve  them."  My  dear  young  friends 
and  fellow-travelers,  you  can  never  get  them 
back  again.  They  are  gone  forever,  though  you 
may  be  very  sorry  for  it,  and  God  omy  forgive 
you,  so  that  you  may  at  last  reach  heaven;  but 
you  will  never  get  over  some  of  your  mishaps 
that  have  come  to  your  soul  from  neglect  of 
early  duty.  You  may  try  to  undo  it,  but  you 
cannot. 

When  you  had  a  hoy's  arms,  a  hoy's  eyes,  a 
boy's  heai^t  and  mind,  j'on  ought  to  have  at- 
tended to  those  duties.  How  often  do  we  hear 
a  man  at  the  age  of  fifty  years  say:  "I  do 
wish  I  could  shake  oft'  tho.se  evil  habits  of 
indolence."  If  we  ask  him,  where  he  got  them, 
he  will  inevitably  declare,  "  twenty-five  or  thir- 
ty years  ago."  If  we  urge  him  to  shake  them 
off,  since  he  has  now  become  stronger,  he  will 
tell  you  he  cannot;  they  cleave  to  him  as  the 
skin  to  the  hone,  their  presence  will  continua 
to  the  verge  of  death. 

If  a  young  nmn,  through  a  long  course  of 
evil  conduct,  undermines  physical  health  and 
strength,  and  then  repents  of  it  in  after-life, 
the  Lord  may  pardon  him,  but  that  does  not 
bring  back  good  mental  and  physical  condition, 
so  that  he  may  enjoy  the  bliss  of  a  well-spent 
life. 

Ask  some  of  our  ministering  brethren  to-day, 
why  they  are  so  early  disabled  from  performing 
the  precious  duties  to  which  they  were  called, 
they  will  tell  you,  they  are  suffering  from  the 
physical  effects  of  early  sina:  "  I  cannot  preach 
now,  I  am  sick,  etc."  A  consecrated  man  be 
now,  is,  but  moans  bitterly  over  early  sins.  — 
That  however  does  not  arrest  their  bodily  ef- 
fects, the  simple  fact  is,  that  men  and  women. 
often  take  twenty  years  of  their  life  to  build 
np  iuttiiences  that  require  all  the  rest  of  their 
lives  to  break  down. 

Talk  about  a  man  beginning  life  when  he  is 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  talk  about  a  woman. 
beginning  life  when  she  is  eighteen  years  flf 
age:  from  my  observations  I  would  say,  not  so, 
for  in  many  instances  that  is  the  time  they 
close  it.  In  very  many  cases  all  the  questions 
of  eternity  are  settled  before  that  date.  Talk 
about  men  losmg  their  portions  between  thirty 
and  forty,  they  often  get  and  lose  their  por- 
tion between  ten  and  twenty. 

When  you  tell  me  a  certain  man  ia  just  be- 
ginning life,  I  perceive  he  is  just  closing  it.  The 
next  fifty  years  will  not  be  of  as  much  impoi* 
tance  to  him  us  the  first  twenty. 

Now  some  one  may  ask,  "  Why  do  you  aay 
this?  Is  it  for  the  annoyance  of  those  who 
have  only  a  baleful  retrospective?  "  No,  that,. 
is  not  my  intention.  I  simply  s.ay  it  for  the 
benefit  of  those  young  men  and  woman,  who 
are  so  recklessly  and  thoughtlessly  rushing 
headlong  into  the  deceits  of  vanity  and  idleness. 
My  desire  is,  that  th"y  should  understand  that 
eternity  is  wrapped  up  in  this  hour,  that  the 
of  youth  will  leave  their  pangs,  even  ia 
after-life,  that  you  are  now  fashioning  the 
mold  iu  which  the  great  future  is  to  turn. 

Y'ou  see,  therefore,  what  digiiity  and   impor- 
tance this  gives  to  the  life  of  all  our  young  men 
and  women  I     In  the  light  of  this  understand- 
ig,  life  is  something,  not  to  be  idled  away,  not 
inietbing  to  he  smirked  about,  not  something 
to   be   danced   or  flirted  out,   but  something 
to  be  weighed  out  in  the  balances  of  eternity. 
0  young  man   and  young  woman,   the  sin  of 
yesterday,  the  sin  of  to-morrow  will  reach  over 
ten    thousand   years,   will    reach  beyond  the 
rave,  yes,  will  reach   over   the  never-ending 
eternity. 
The  time  may  be  coming  when  you  -will  say; 
I  am  very  sorry  that  I  was  not  a  better  man 
and  woman  in  my  younger  days;  now  I  am  an 
old  man,  an  aged  woioiin,  I  do  wish  I   had  not 


s 


TECE    BRETPIREIS"    j\.10    "VVOrtlC. 


Jtine    13. 


hang  horribly  over  me."  But  what  do€d  all  that 
nmount  to  ?  True,  God  may  pardoD  you,  but  un 
do  them  you  cannot;  hence  lake  naming.  Gi 
not  in  the  paths  of  the  evil  oae,  bLud  the  paths  of 
vice  and  Mly,  improve  your  time  while  you  may : 
for  soon  you  will  be  called  up  by  your  great 
Teacher  and  review  the  days  of  your  pilgrimage, 
which  will  close  with  the  going  down  of  the 
of  your  life.  May  God  help  ua  all  to  spend 
time  to  the  good  of  our  souls,  aud  the  glory  of 
His  holy  name.  H.  W.  Strickler. 

lAbeHy,  III. 


From    Kansas. 

HERE  it  goes:  Tick!  Tick!  Tick!  — There 
are  some  flies  buzzing  iit  the  window,  some 
birds  sinking  outside,  but  how  calm  and  still,  how, 
quiet  within. 

I  ail]  lulled  into  a  reverie.  "We  have  becii 
contcuding  for  the  Snbbnth-day,  have  been  wield- 
ing the  sword  of  the  Spirit.  The  battle  is  fought 
and  the  mind  reposes,  seeks  rest,  —  wondere  what 
thft Lord's  reward  may  be.  Rest?  Yes,  rest.- 
"  There  remaincth  a  rest  for  the  people  of  God.' 
It  acems  to  he  stealing  over  me.  There!  One, 
two,  three,  nnd  still  the  wire  rings.  0  how  sol- 
emn! My  pen  hos  paused  till  the  reverberations 
have  crept  far  tiwny  in  the  dim  distance.  Now  I 
only  hear  it  ringing  ta  my  ears.  The  hour  is  gone 
nevermore  to  return. 

Will  it  return  7  It  seemed  to  me  thati  wuiild 
like  to  follow  it,  as  I  heard  It  ascending,  stealing 
away.  But  the  Spirit  seems  to  s-ty,  "  Not  yet." 
"  Yet  a  little  while."  Aye,  'tis  so,  that  calm  cpii- 
et  hour  makes  way  for  nuolher  and  another,  and 
that  brings  us  to  another  spiritual  conflict,  that  is 
to  be  fought  to-nighl, — Sabbatism,  Sabbitarianism 
Soul-sleeperism.  Judaism,  and  many  otlier  "isms,' 
all  to  be  met  to-night  by  our  brother,  "-Captiiii 
Valiant  for  truth  ;"  weapons,  the  Word  of  God 
on  the  one  side  and  the  steam  printing  press  at 
Battle  Creek,  Michigan  on  the  other.  Seconds, 
the  Holy  Spirit  nnd  the  ctoven-foot  Ground, 
right  at  the  margin  of  the  beautiful,  clear  Gospel- 
field,  where  Satan  has  entrenched'  himself  in  the 
thick  rn^ed  jungles  of  sectarianism.  This  af- 
fords ample  facilities  for  dodging  the  homc-tbrusis 
of  tlie  two-edged  sword. 

But  so  it  is.  We  wrestle  not  against  flesh  aud 
blcKwl,  but  against  spiritual  wickedness  cverj-- 
where,  in  high  places  and  in  low  places  ;  and 
while  we  wrestle,  wo  pray  that  our  thigh  may  not 
bo  put  out  of  joint 

Bro.  Miller  bad  bis  ^\'^alker,  Quinter  bis  Me- 
Counell  and  Snyder,  Stein  his  Ray,  Paul  his  Tyr- 
annus,  —  and  we  have  some  of  his  scholars. 

To  Bro.  W.  Spauogle  I  would  Bay  we  desire  your 
spiritual  labors,  and  have  much  need  of  your 
help.  Our  field  is  very  large,  aud  many  poiiits 
witliin  ten  or  twelve  uiilra  have  no  preaching  at 
all.  We  thus  publicly  extend  to  you  a  hearty 
welcome  to  come  and  make  your  home  among  us. 
We  shall  do  all  for  you,  temporally  and  spiritual- 
ly, that  we  can  do.  We  are  still  limited  in 
means  and  have  to  bo  coutented  to  i-ank  with  poor 
churches,  but  we  have  a  good  country,  a  good 
God  and  a  good  will  to  do  good.  May  God  bless 
ua!  Fraternally, 

J  AS.  L.  SwiTZEK. 

[The  above  ought  to  have  appeared  one  month 
ago.  It  was  unintentionally  mislaid.  It  was 
wriluii  Sunday  evening,  April  2Sth. — Eds.] 


aLE^jSTINGS. 


From  laGrangC,  Illd.— I  have  been  think- 
ing of  writing  y<^u  for  some  time  past,  from  ibis 
part  of  God's  moral  heritage.  It  has  been  about 
a  year  since  I  counted  the  cost,  turned  from  my 
evil  ways,  and  linvo  now  found  the  peace  as  it  in 
Jesus.  There  are  u  few  of  i^  (Brethren)  living 
on  the  dividing  line  between  the  Lupoid  church 
and  the  Haivpatch  chuicb.  We  have  meetings 
here  every  two  weeks,  couducted  by  Bro.  Lair; 
and  player- meeting  every  Tuesday  night  at  our 
school-house.  I  lake  the  paper  and  would  not  do 
without  it  in  my  family  for  double  the  cost. 

W.  A.  Pay.\ti:r. 

From  Iowa  Couter,  la.  —  The  good  cause 
hero  in  the  Indian  Creek  church  is  still  advanc- 
ing. I  think  we  have  never,  in  the  history  of  our 
little  church,  had  brighter  prospects  for  a  large 
ingathering  of  souls  than  at  present.  Since  last 
ChrUimas,  we  have  received  seven  into  fellowship, 
witli  several  n)i>re  applicants  at  present.  Our 
weuibeni  all  ^ccm  to  be  in  simpathy  with  the 
Daniih  Mission.  At  present  we  are  having  much 
rain,  though  ctvp*  all  look  ijuito  promising.  Fruit 
somewhat  damaged  by  frost  on  the  12th  of  May. 
Some  small  fruit  will  be  very  abundant. 

D.  E.  Bbubaker. 

Prom  Daviil  Norcross.— We  as  a  little  band 
of  brethren  and  sisters  feel  somewhat  encouraged 


ami  built  up.  Bro.  Joseph  B.  Sell  and  family,  of 
Elk  Lick,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  arrived  here  on  the 
24th  of  April  1878.  -  He  seems  to  have  learmd 
of  Christ  ofter  the  Apostolic  pattern,  is  frank  and 
open-hearted.  His  appearance  and  manner  of 
doily  walk  and  conversation  docs  not  give  any 
fouudation  to  think  that  ho  is  in  possession  of  a 
narrow  or  contracted  soul,  but  is  in  good  keejung 
with  the  Scriptures  wliich  saj-s,  "  Let  this  mind 
bo  in  you  which  was  also  In  Christ  Jesus."  Our 
desires  are  that  wo  may  soon  have  the  privilege 
of  sending  you  the  good  news  that  many  are  turn- 
ing from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of 
Salan  unto  God. 
Shoab,  lud. 

From  Uem-y  C.  Sivinili.  —  Bro.  John  Metz- 
ger  has  been  here  several  limes  preachin.^  to  the 
people.  It  has  a  good  effect.  He  baptized  two, 
which  makes  nineteen  members  here  now.  Myself 
and  wife  were  the  first  here.  Prospects  good  for 
more.     One  year  ago  there  wore  uo  members  here. 

Maryvllle,  Til. 

From  South  Bend,  Inil.—  Bro.  Robert  Mil- 
ler came  to  us  on  May  29th,  and  preached  one 
sermon.  Ono  applicant  came  forward  to  be  re- 
ceived into  the  church  of  the  living  God,  which 
was  attended  to  yesterday,  ni\er  our  Sabbath- 
school  closed.  We  left  the  meeting-house  and 
met  at  the  liquid  stream,  with  almost  the  entire 
school  to  witness  our  young  sister  entering  into 
covenant  relationship,  by  faith,  repentance  and 
baptism.  "What  a  grand  thought,  and  how  con- 
soling it  is  to  know  that  tbe  Savior  has  provided 
salvation,  and  says ;  "  Come,  for  I  am  meek  and 
lowly  in  heart.  D.  Whitmkb. 

From  C.  H.  BiilsbausU.  —  In  writing  of 
human  destiny  I  do  not  forget  that  what  suits 
man's  constitution,  does  not  always  suit  his  con- 
dition. Grace  is  slowly  preparing  him  for  all  the 
objective  grandeur  and  beauty  which  symbolizes 
his  inner  being  as  God  made  it.  What  wouM 
have  only  fed  my  vanity  twenty  years  ago,  now 
nourishes  my  soul.  All  the  splendors  of  the  ce- 
lestial architecture,  all  the  gorgeousuess  of  color 
that  floods  the  saints  and  their  everlasting  Home, 
are  in  perfect  harmony  with  what  grace  is  almost 
imperceptibly  making  now.  If  sin  had  not  cor- 
rupted our  moral  nature,  there  would  he  no  ne- 
cessity of  sackcloth  and  self-crucifixion.  Juat  in 
proportion  as  we  can  enjoy  anything  in  God,  we 
bring  so  much  of  the  gold  and  gems  and  brillian 
cy  of  the  New  Jerusalem  into  the  present.  — 
No  Christian  is  permitted  to  covet  or  induigi 
what  is  intrinsicaily  wrong.  But  all  the  gi-eat 
nnd  glorious  items  of  our  original  inheritance  be- 
come a  bane  by  sin. 

Self-rjghleousne^  was  the  gloty  of  ] 
man:  now  it  is  destruction.  He  was  originally  a 
universal  free-holder,  now  it  is  easier  for  a  camel 
to  pass  through  a  needle's  eye,  than  for  a  rich 
man  to  be  saved.  And  yet  there  are  rich  saints. 
And  all  saints  acquire  in  ClirUt  a-  rigbtenusuess 
which  is  ]jroperly  their  owu.  So  with  many  oth- 
er things.  As  we  grow  in  grace,  become  (ruly 
self-possessed  in  the  second  Adam,  we  return  to 

r  primitive  condition  and  privileges.  It  is  the 
most  difficult  thing  in  life  to  get  all  our  tastes  and 
preferences  out  of  tbe  new  creature.  Likeuesse; 
and  wall  pictures  are  in  many  families  in  the 
brotherhood  an  unmitigated  curso.  There  is  noth- 
ing Christian  in  tbe  principle  of  their  selection  or 
exhibition.  But  the  pictorial  representation  of  n 
sacred  fact  is  not  inherently  wrong,  but  rice  vn-sa ; 
only  it  is  generally  unsafe  to  iudulge  this  central 
bat  corrupted  element  in  our  nature,  this  side  of 
the  great  Picture  Gallery  of  the  Upper  Temple. 

From  E.  Sliiicl;.— I  would  say  that  j'our  pi 

r  is  gi\'ing  good   enLisfaetion  here   to   all    wh 

rond*it.     We  have   a  small   but  earnest  church 

here,  and  also   a  Sabbalh-school    which    is  doing 

well  and  growing  iu  favor.       The  season  is  very 

forward,  but  the  month,  so  far,  has  not  been   as 

Apnl.     Crops  ait  lino  in  appearance,  and  harvest 

will  be  very  early.     Fruit  will  be  in   abundance 

it"  not  yet  deslraycd. 

Several  scores  of  preachers  are  needed  iu  Kan- 

s,  and  wo  don't  care  if  they  are   not    the   very 

best  of  qrotor.^.      If  they    only  preach   and  live 

Christ  and  Him  crucified,  they  can  do  much  good 

this  Stale.     Send  them  along. 

From  J,  W.  Metzger.— I  went  to  West  Le- 
banon, Warren  Co.,  Ind,,  May  ISlh.  Met  Bro. 
R.  H.  Miller  anil  father  there.  Had  several  meet- 
ings, and  on  the  21st  met  in  church  council ;  held 
an  election  for  two  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on 
brethren  William  B.Goodrick  nnd  Jeremiah  Rnu-^ 
Hope  they  may  be  faithful  in  their  calling. 
There  was  also  one  added  by  baptism.  May  llio 
good  Lord  bless  the  little  flock  and  hold  them  to- 
gether as  His  dear  Jambs.  There  were  also  ar- 
mngemenu  made  to  give  ihem  monthly  meetings.' 

Ed7,a  M'dii,  Ltd. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Christ  is  Himself  the  one  unanswerable  pr-'of 
of  Christianity. 


Bible  Translations. 

The  following  is  abridged  from  a  sermon;  de- 
livered in  Chicago  by  Philip  Schafl*,  aud  ia  given 
here  on  account  of  its  interesting  contents : 

"As  long  as  the  true  religion  was  confined  to 
the  Hebrew  race,  that  language  was  sufficient  as  a 
medium,  and  as  long  as  the  Ajiostles  made  them- 
selves understood  in  Greek,  that  was  suflicient; 
but  as  they  scattered,  it  Ijecame  necessary  to  tran) 
late  the  Hebrew  Scriptures  into  Greek,  which  was 
done  300  years  before  Christ. 

When  the  Christian  religion  spread  among  th 
Romans,  a  translation  into  the  Latm  became  es- 
sential ;  and  when  Christianity  spread  among  the 
Northern  and  Western  barbarians,  the  task  of  ihe 
church  in  civilizing  them,  required  translations  in- 
to their  languages.  The  people  in  the  dark  ages 
depended  fur  much  of  their  knowledge  of  the  Bi- 
ble on  preaching,  as  copies  which  were  written 
out,  were  possessed  by  but  a  few,  on  accouul  of 
their  expeu9ivenos3.  The  translation  of  the  Bi 
ble  into  a  language,  was  generally  the  beginning 
of  the  literature  of  the  nation  which  spoke  the 
language.  Tbe  first  English  translation  was  made 
iu  the  eighth  century  by  the  venerable  Bede, 

Those  of  the  sixteentli  century  were  greatly 
superior  to  the  previous  translations,  sinci 
renderings  were  not  mechanical,  stifl;  starched 
and  heavy,  but  fresh  reproductions  of  the  spirit 
of  tbe  original.  The  English  voreion,  upon  the 
whole,  was  the  best  ever  made,  —  the  most  accur- 
ate, aud  an  unspeakable  blessing  to  the  Auglo- 
Saxon  race. 

But  the  question  arose,  whether  Christians 
were  to  bo  satisfied  with  a  version  coming  from 
a  single  denomination,  tbe  Church  of  England  ? 
Should  not  all  denominations  have  something  to 
say  iu  the  version  to  be  used  iu  the  churches  and 
families?  Could  the  old  Bible  be  made  clearer 
and  stronger,  without  introducing  confusion  nnd 
strife?  The  language  had  sufficiently  cbauged 
within  the  last  250  years  to  justify  and  necessitate 
slight  changes  in  the  present  translation  with 
view  to  make  the  Bible  generally  intelligible. 
The  idiom  and  vernacular  wore  the  best  wc  could 
have,  and  would  be  good  to  the  end  of  time.  Any 
change  in  Ihein  would  grate  upun  the  ears  and 
disturb  sacred  associations.  Some  attempts  had 
been  made  to  change  lo  the  idiom  of  Ihe  niuc- 
teeuth  century  ;  but  substituting  "  a  certain  opu- 
lent gentleman,"  for  "  a  certain  rich  man,"  would 
not  do. 

What  was  needed,  was  simply  a  revision  of 
the  old  version.  Quite  a  numbpr  of  the 
words  were  obsolete;  others  had  so  changed 
their  meanings,  that  they  now  conveyed  the  very 
opposite  ideas  from  what  they  did  in  the  Bible.  — 
There  were  certain  errors  of  the  translntors,  re- 
sulting from  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  original 
languages;  and  there  were  also  printer's  errors, 
nnd  a  great  many  inconsistencies,  —  one  aud  the 
same  word  being  translated  in  ditlerent  ways,  thus 
giving  the  reader  the  impression,  that  dill'erent 
ideas  were  to  be  conveyed. 

DLsiinclions  between  the  G«eek  and  Hebrew 
were  obliterated.  As  an  instjiuce  could  be  men- 
tioned, Hades  and  Slicol.  The  former  meant  the 
unseen  world  —  the  woi-ld  of  the  departed  —  the 
spirit  world  ;  and  Gehenna  Ihe  place  of  torment; 
yet  in  our  version  these  two  words  were  translated 
alike.  Sbeol  meant  hell,  grave,  death  aud  should 
bo  kept  distant  from  Hades.  The  words  <levil  and 
demon  were  also  confounded.  There  ivere  also  a 
great  many  infelicities  and  inaccuracies  in  render- 
ing the  Greek  Jiarticles  nnd  tenses.  Intelligent 
people  believed  that  the  italicised  words  denoted 
emphasis,  whereas  ibey  were  inlerpolations  of  the 
translators  for  the  purpose  of  makhig  the  ma 
ing  clearer.  In  most  cases,  they  were  of  __ 
earthly  use  whatever,  nnd  in  many  weakened  the 
original  force  of  the  language.  Another  defect 
was  the  obliteration  of  all  distinction  between 
poetry  nnd  prose.  There  was  room  for  a  great 
many  real  improvements  in  our  version,  wl'ic 
would  make  it  more  intelligible,  clear  and  forcibk, 
lind  bring  the  Word  of  God  nearer  to  the  heart 
and  miud.  The  only  question  then  is  bov 
bring  this  about. 


third  of  the  place,  embracing  the  postoffic?,  Pres- 
byterian and  Baptist  churches,  and  at  least  seven- 
ty-five private  residences. 

The  cyolono  was  the  color  of  steam,  and  at 
times  tho  funnel  shape  cloud  would  broak  upon  in 
places  and  emit  what  looked  like  black  smoko, 
then  gather  together  again,  and  with  increased 
force  conlinutj  on  its  march  of  destruction.  At 
first  it  upproaehcd  slowly, — not  faster,  perhaps 
than  a  man  could  walk.  Thon  it  moved  faster, 
leveling  everything  in  its  ptitb  with  tho  ground, 
and  producing  almost  complete  devastation. 

Debris  of  the  city  have  been  found  fourteen 
miles  away,  A  perfect  panic  prevailed  for  a  time, 
hut  order  and  comparative  calm'  was  restored,  nnd 
tho  killed  and  ivounded  provided  for.  Amitbt  the 
wails  of  women  and  children  and  the  groans  of 
tbe  dying,  strong  men  shed  tears  to  witness  the 
genenil  destruction,  and  the  death  and  suH'oring 
of  relatives  aud  frii^nds.  Some  fifteen  were  killed 
aud  about  Ibrty  wounded  more  or  loss. 


Whooping    Cough. 


The  Herald  of  Tnith.  published  at  at  Elkhart. 
Ind,,  gives  tho  following  simple  method  of  curing 
Whooping  Cough : 

"Make  a  ton  of  the  brntta  of  red  clover  when  iu 
full  bloom,  sweeten  with  good  white  sugar,  and 
drink  freely  of  it.  A  cure  will  bo  effected  in  a 
few  days,  * 

This  simple  remedy  has  been  tried  by  a  num- 
ber here,and'in  every  case  it  proved  successful. — 
As  tho  clover  is  now  in  bloom  it  is  the  right  time 
to  gather  aud  dry  tbem  for  a  time  of  need." 


Tho  Doitrino  of  tho  Brctliron  Doiondod.  —  Tdi.i  n  work  of 

Oiov  -100  T"'?ps,  loii'lv  p'll'lialicd  in  dRfunst  or  Iho 
fuilli  i..T.i  |.n,i-iir,.  ifilM^  lirfdirun  oa  Ilia  fnlloiviag 
poini'  I'.-  iH.i.i.'j  ..I  I'liriat  nud  (lia  Holy  Spirit. 
Iniimr-i  .  .  1  I  I  ■,  iiiiiii  ImmcraiDii,  Ki'tl-ivaBh- 
ing.   111'    !'   I      1,1        '■■  ■i-ioiiformily   oi 


nnd 


be  CI 


.ly  I. 


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per  oi-nl.  nnd  Ibe  express  clitirgPH  will  bo  lundo.     Tbe 
nark  may  be  had  u[  tbisol&co  nr  (Tom  tho  aulhor.  R.  II. 
MillDf,  ijiilggn,  lad. 
One  Baptism- — Adialoguo  sliowlng  Ihnl  trino  iinaicniioa 

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(lint  the  "  firal  day  of  Hie  week,"  is  Ibo  prefciTcd  doy 
for  CbritilinuB  to  itsscmblc  iii  norship. 


W^e  ^rcl|rBt  al  Unrk. 


ji,  zisxiza-zo'U's  t; 


J.   H.   JIOOKE     it    M.   M.  EiQELMAX. 


Terrific   Storm   in   Ray   Co.,    Mo. 

A  terrific  cyclone  struck  Bichmcnd  nt  3  :30 
o'clock  P.  M.June  2d,  1878.  It  swept  through 
■'le  central  portion,  loveling  everything  in  its  path, 

breadth  of  300  yards,  demolishing  buildings  to 
tlieir  foundations,  stripping  trees  of  their  bark  and 
foliage,  and  leveling  everything  as  it  swept  by  a 
torrent.  It  came  in  the  shape  of  funnel,  nnd 
formed  about  two  miles  from  the  city,  the  morn- 
ing having  been  intensely  warm,  and  approached 
slowly,  destroying  everything  by  its  whiri,  and 
at  least  five  minutes  sweeping  through  the 
town,  numbering  among  iu  victims  some  of  the 
best  citiiena.     The  cyclone  literally  destroyed  one- 


P»*HE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  is  on  iincompro- 

\Kj    mising  ndvocnto  of  rr^mitive  ClirisUanily  iu  all 

T^    its  ancient  purity. 

It  rcco^niics  the  NcwTcstnmcntas  the  only  Infiilliblo. 

lie  of  (aith  nnd  iirnciice. 

And   iiiaintiins  tlwt  tlie  sovereign,  unmerited,   unso- 

cilod  gr.ice  of  God  is  Hie  only  source  of  pardon,  nnd 

Tlint  the  vic.in'ou*  BirtTirrinCB  and  nicritorioua  works  of 

hriiit  .-irc  the  only  price  o('  roLinplion: 

ThntFnith,  Rcp.:L'..-.  ,  I  i:..  ■  .i  .irj  conditions  of 
pardon,  and  hence  I'll  ■  :   -iin: 

That  Trine  Immui'  i, ..,,   !',.■  iMndidntu  three 

incs  faco-fonvard  i-^  LNii  'mii  i;.;.i:  ■■■.,. 

That  Fccl-W.i*hini,',  n,  Uiii-ht  in  John  13,  is  n  divino 

iminutid  to  l>c  observed  in  tfic  church : 

Thnl  tlie  Lord's  Supper  is  n  full  meal,  nnd,  in  connec- 
tion with  tho  Communion,  ahoiild  be  taken  in  Uic  even- 
ing, or  nflcr  the  cloic  of  the  day : 

That  the  Salutation  of  tho  Holy  Kiss,  or  Kis*  of 
Charity,  Is  binding  upon  tho  ToHowers  of  Christ: 

That  War  nnd  Retaliation  arc  contrary  lo  (he  spirit  .ind 
self-denying  principlcj  of  llic  religion  of  Jesn»  Christ: 

Tliat  a  Non'Conforlnitytothc  world  in  drcst,  cusLoms, 
daily  walk  .-iiid  conversation  ia  c^cntial  lo  true  holiness 
and  Christian  piety. 

It  mninlnins  th.it  in  public  worship,  or  religions  exer- 
cises. Christians  should  nppcarns  directed  In  I  Cor.  II 14, 5. 

It  niso  nd  I'ocatL-s  the  ficriplural  duty  of  Anointing  the 
Bicfc  with  oil  in  fhe  name  of  the  Lord: 

In  Ehort  it  is  a  vindicator  of  nil  tlial  Christ  and  the 
Apostles  have  enjoined  upon  us,  and  aims,  amid  the  con- 
flicting theories  and  discords  of  modern  Christendom,  to 
point  out  ground  tliat  all  must  concede  to  be  Inrallibly 
safe.  Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 

Address:  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN, 

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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  piuiengorlrnin  going  oivat  Itaves  L.iDark  at  13; 00 
V.  M..  and  arrived  in  Itneioe  at  CAS  T.  M. 

Day  pnsticDgcr  train  going  wcti  leaTcs  T-annrk  a(  2:{»'i  P. 
M.,  and  orrives  ai  Kock  Island  al  5:50  P.  M. 

Nighi  pLuaengcr  itain*.  guinj;  nn  and  west,  meet  and 
leaiH  lAnnrk  at  ±16  A.  M  .  nrriiing  in  Hncino  at  !l:00 
A.    >(.,    aod    ot    Rook  inloDd  nl<I:OU  A.  M, 

Freight  and  Aeeomniodulion  Trninj  «ill  run  seal  al 
12:  10  A,  M..  8:10  A.  St.,  and  east  nl  VI:  10A.M. 
and  6:  13  P.  M. 

Tiohciii  BTo  flold   for  nboic   tndofl   only.     Taasenger 

trains  make  cloac  eonnccilou  at  ITeaicra  Uoiou  Juueiioa.  : 
0.  A.  ShitU,  AgcnL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  Bnu'j   You  Good  Tidin/ja  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People." Luke  : 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  20, 1878. 


No.  25. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  AMD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.   M.   E3HELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


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-  ■    LADOGA,  IND, 

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-  -  VIRltEN,  iLr,. 
WAYXKSIJOKO,  PA. 

-  URDANA,    ILL. 


THE    OLDEST  CHRISTIAN   HYMN. 

f  puis  hyiini  Wft.s  written  in  Greek.  It  is  re- 
J  •LiwM  its  tlio  mustimcieiitliymnof  the 
fiuty  Ulimtiau  clnircli.  Thu  eiu-litstTecord  we 
liiive  of  it,  is  one  Iiundreil  and  fifty  yeiii-s  after 
tin:  apostles,  by  Clement  of  Alexatidrin.  U  is 
stated  in  connection  witli  it,  that  it  was  stUl  of 
iiiucli  eiirlier  origin.  It  may  hiive  been  sung  by 
the  "  belovi/d  disciple  "  before  be  aacendeil  to  bis 
reward.  The  foHowiiig  version  'vi!l  glvi 
imperlect  idea  of  tbi-  spirit  of  this  Oliristiun 
lyrfc; 

Shepherd  of  tender  youth, 
Ciiiidiiig  in  love  and  trath, 
Througli  devious  ways; 
Christ,  our  (riumphaiit  King 
We  ci.'HIl-  tby  name  to  sing, 
And  here  oar  children  bring 
To  shoac  thy  priitse. 

Thou  art  our  holy  Lord! 
The  idl-snbduing  Word, 

Healer  of  strife! 
Thou  didst  thyself  abase! 
That  from  sin's  deep  disgrace 
Thou  migbtest  save  onr  race, 

And  give  us  life. 

Thou  ftvt  wisdom's  High  Priest! 
Thou  host  prepared  the  feast 

Of  holy  love; 
And  in  our  mortal  pain, 
None  call  on  thee  in  vain; 
Help  thou  do=it  not  di.sdiiin. 

Help  froni  above. 

Ever  be  tbon  our  Guide, 
Our  Shepbei'd  and  our  pride, 

Our  stnlf  and  song. 
.Jesus,  thou  Christ  of  God! 
Hy  tbe  perreunial  word. 
Lend  us  where  thou  hast  trod. 

Make  our  faith  strong. 

—Sflfclal. 


CUB.  HIGH  CALLING. 

»Y  C.  H.  KALSIIAI'GII. 

"lUHEN  God  blows  the  trumpet,  He  gives  no 
I  (  uncertain  sound.  When  Ke  nndertakcs 
lo  iuake  man.  it  does  not  turn  out  an  ape. 
euyles  are  not  botched  into  butterflies.  We 
wt^re  created  in  His  image,  und^realed  anev 
Christ  Jesus  to  higher  than  primeval  gli 
He  hi  to  be  conceived  of  by  His  works.  Rom. 
1:  li>.  20.  His  highe:.t  wjirk  is  the  Incarnation 
—the  revelation  of  His  Personality  in  luimaii 
iii'tiild.  "  As  He  in.  so  are  we  in  this  world  "  1 
.lohu  i:  17.  Horn  of  Gyd,  eiiBhriningGod,  like 
Udd— this  is  our  high  calling. 

Einmiuiuel  is  not  only  "  God  irilh  us,"  but  in 
'I'lr  iinliire.  This  is  the  Conicr-atoiie  of  Re- 
demption. Not  only  in  our  nnture.  but  in  us 
jicramtilly :  tliia  is  the  huihiUiij.  The  "high 
liilling  of  God"  is  a  call  to  Divine  confratL-niity 
on  tbe  biL^is  of  the  incarnation,  through  the  in- 
dwelling of  the  Holy  Ghost.  The  first  inbreath- 
ing of  IJeily  in  Eden, although  tbecommunica- 
tion  of  an  immortal  essence,  wils  no  Jucarnatiou 
of  the  Divine  Persoualily.  Theinspiruttun  of  that 
i:unstitutional  element  was  the  ground  or  pos- 
sibilityof  the  wonderful, pL'rmanent, redemptive 
iuL-iiuiing  of  Jehovah  through  the  flesh  and 
blood  of  the  Virgin  Mother.  Tbe  real  inhuma- 
tion of  God  in  our  natuiv  is  :i  fact  so  tran^end- 


as  the  absolute  condition  of  salvation  so  over- 
wbelmingsolemn,  thatitis  astounding  that  anv 
can  claim  brotherhood  in  this  mystery  of  nirs- 
teries  while  the  manifestations  of  their  life  in- 
diciite  the  incarnation  of  selfishness.  It  is  a 
daring,  soul-blightiug  mockery  to  put  ourselves 
fortli  as  the  repre-jentatives  of  Jesus  while  in 
.spiritj  aim,  conversation,  and  dress,  wc  dally 
with  the  "  ilotber  of  barloUs"  and  drink  of  the 
(ilthincss  of  her  abomination.  The  purple,  tbe 
scarlet  color,  the  .trappings  of  gold,  the  pre- 
cious stones  and  pearls,  and  all  other  selt-plois- 
iiig,  world-all  urine,  soul-fornicating  gewgaws, 
are  seven  heads  of  sell-idolatry,  and  ten  Iiorns 
of  detiiiuce,  upboi'ne  by  a  blood-dyed  monster 
full  of  the  names  of  blasphemy,  iwceiidiug  out !  Self-sai 
of  the  bottomless  pit,  and  going  iuto  perdition  '  Divine  Mi 
Rev.  IT:  3-9.  I.t  is  of  no  avail  that  we  ransack 
history  for  plea-i  of  self-indulgence,  or  exhimsfc 
tbe  lexicons  of  fashionable  piety  for  terms  of 
justification  in  our  adultery  with '"the  great 
wbqj-e;"  Ihc  C'ro.sv  rt/utes  limn  alL 
coutenipiutes  the  lite  of  Jesus,  and  gazes  oU  His 
deatli-af-onies,  and  maintains  tiiat  in  either  can 
be  found  tbe  faintest  support  for  a  lust-gratify- 
ing deportment,  or  a  world-mimicking  apparel, 
is  a  wretched  self-deceiver.  The  "'bigb  ciUling  of 
God  in  Christ  Jesus"  is  the  everlasting  con- 
demnation of  "tbe  iust  of  the  eye,  the  Inst  of 
the  flesh,  and  the  pride  of  life."  "  These  are 
not  of  the  Futlier,  but  of  the  irorld  "  1  John 
2: 15,  IG,  17.  They  are  tbe  Devils  Trinity— 
tbe  trident  of  Ai)pollyon  with  which  he  drags 
bis  millions  of  victims  to  hell. 

"  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh  away 
the  sin  of  the  world;"  not  only  the  condemn- 
ation, but  the  sin  itself.  What  a  deportation 
thftt!  Hold  your  breath,  ye  angels.  Be 
astonished,  ye  devils.  Be  amaxed,  0  earth.  Be- 
loldagroaniug,  sin-bearing,  hnll-tasting,  wrath- 
smitten,  expiring  Godman!  Well  may  Heaven 
ad  earth  and  hell  stand  aghsist,  exeliuning, 
ECCE  HOMO."  To  choose,  defend,  and  ex- 
emplify what  caused  the  humiliation  of  Eniinau- 
uel's  life  and  the  horroi-sof  Hisdeath,  is  Deicide. 
0  ye  ftesh-pleasers,  ye  m am mou-worsbi pel's,  ye 
cross-despiscrs,  ye  Uisl^panipeniig  grovolers,  ye 
guilty  of  tbe  most  aggravated  first-degree 
mui-der.  You  are  spitting  in  the  face  of  Jesus, 
laying  tbe  lash  on  His  back,  tbrnsling  tbe 
thorns  into  His  temples,  mercilessly  driv 
nails  through  His  hands  and  feet,  and  making 
tbe  bitterne.ss  of  death  more  bitter. with  the  gall 
and  myiTb  of  youi'  derision  and  spiritual  cal- 
losity. To  "conf,-rwith  flesh  and  blood"  when 
we  have  God  humanized  for  imitation,  and  tbe 
Holy  Ghost  given  as  tbe  Inbringer  of  "all  the 
fullness  of  God,"  is  the  consummation  of  folly. 
The  same  Spirit  that  overshadowed  tl  e  virgin, 
superintended  the  ante-natal  development  of  the 
Divine-human  embryo,  imparted  to  the  Boy  Je- 
sus His  "increase  in  "isdoni  and  stature,"  kept 
Hiiu  "  holy,  harmless,  undefiled,  and  separate 
from  sinners,"  and  wrought  out  in  His  life  tbe 
perfect  Idea!  of  God,  is  vouchsafed  to  all  who 
are  born  iuto  Divine  Brotherhood  and  heirship. 
and  with  like  results  according  to  the  measuie 
of  each.  As  in  Adam  all  were  seniinated,  and 
in  him  all  fell,  f-o  uU  the  saints  are  born  of  tbe 
virgin,  actuated  by  the  Spirit  of  the  All-holy 
Generator,  and  cojiformed  to  the  type  of  "  God 
manifest  in  the  llesli,"  this  is  the  cycle  of  Re- 
demption. Outside  of  this  is  "  tbe  blackness  of 
darkness  forever."  A  world-lover,  a  moncy- 
idolator,  a  tiiiii,-.server.  a  fle,sh-plea5er,  a  fusbion- 
abettor,  has  no  more  slnire  in  the  character  and 
glory  of  Jeiiovab-Jesus,  than  the  devil  hi 
ght  to  the  beatitudes  of  holiness. 
That  such  things  must  be  fought  agamst  in 
the  chureli  of  God.  is  a  humiliating  and  fright- 
ful consideration.  Tbe  sigh  of  the  great  Apos- 
tle cumes  lloaiing  down  tliL'  ages;  "I  iruuhl 
tlieu  irei-e  vim  luil  i>ff  irhirli  fmiUr  ijuu  "  Gal.  5: 
12.  "God  is  l.ive."'  and  "uiilii'lelb  n.iL  willingly." 
Lovesuireii-lli  long."  but  when  it  mii.-i>,  nolh- 
iug  strikes  so  relen l lessly.     The  final  love-blow 


eitlly  sublime  and  awlul,  and  its'  participation  1  of  an  ubnsed,  insulted  Gud,  will  drive  the  bolts 


of  Eternal  Justice  irreversibly  athwart  the 
eriiisting  doors  of  Hell.  What  He  has  revealed 
ninit  be  honored.  "Hi^word  will  not  return 
unto  Him  void."  It  will  lift  to  Heaven  or  crush 
into  the  wnith-flaming  abyssj  Fuudament-als 
with  Him  must  be  fundamentals  with  us.  In 
tbe  unrevealed  He  allows  us  our  own  judgments. 
But  the  uou-revehition  of  the  use  of  our  scissors 
and  needles,  docs  not  put  the  flunkeyisin,  flum- 
mery, and  Christ-scorning  gauds  of  tbe  world 
at  our  disposal.  Emmanuel  must  iinvc  appro- 
priate objective  ntlestalions.  Without  the^e  He 
would  have  been  an  impostor.  Squaiii  antag- 
onism to  the  sinful  praetics  of  the  worid  is  the 
iidiug  characteristic  of  the  gi-oat  Exemplar, 
d  humility  .LS  expressivij  of  the 
relation  to  the  wants  of  human- 
ity, and  tbe  iiigh  cidling  that  visits  it  in  the  In- 
carnation, are  absolute  tests  for  every  soul  as  to 
its  fitness  for  tbe  fellowship  and  enjoyment  of 
God.  To  be  saved  by  the  blood  of  Jesus  while 
wo  eontiaveue  His  life,  is  as  impossible  as  for 
God  and  Satan  to  bold  co-equal  empire  in  the 
pei-son  of  Emmanuel.  To  allow  regnancy  to 
the  corrupt,  self-serving  element.i  of  our  nature 
in  tbe  Mystical  Body  is  a  dire  calamity. 

Savdis  is  a  moral  cemetery,  and  must  either 
slongli  off,  or  be  revivified,  if  Smyrna  is  to  he 
saved  from  a  deluge  of  putrefaction.  The  re- 
Ktuldl  is  the  pabulum  of  life  iind  the  basis  of 
unity.  Tbe  "nrftw/c(/is  no  ground  of  estrange- 
ment or  dictatorship.  It  is  ii  sad  mistake  to 
shift  tbe  conditions  of  the  revealed  to  the 
revealed,  and  assume  prerogatives  which  God 
has  withheld.  But  to  contend  that  a  Chri.stian 
can  vie  with  the  world  in  dress  and  e()nip;ige, 
flare  into  pa-ssion  when  his  will  is  crossed  or  his 
opinions  sifted,  indulge  bis  lusts  under  legal 
cover  like  any  voluptuary,  (ind  grasp  as  greed- 
ily for  wealth,  and  cheat  God  of  His  tithes  as 
remoraelessly,  as  any  worldling,  is  a  total  misap- 
prehension of  the  nature  and  purpose  of  "  the 
high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus." 

It  is  enough  to  make  the  angel's  wring  their 
hands  to  witness  the  spectacles  around  the  Lonl's 
Table  in  some  churches.  What  .in  array  of 
millinery  and  God-abhorred  vanity!  What  a 
contrast  to  the  manifestation  of  the  Divine  idea 
of  hfe  in  Christ  Jesus!  Tlio  swells,  and  carnal 
fungi,  and  lust-flaunting  placards  that  charnc- 
ferize  this  solenjnity  in  some  localities,  are  as 
alien  to  the  symbolizing  of  the  Atoning  Death, 
as  the  whistling  of  Yankee  Doodle  by  Christ 
while  banging  on  the  Cro.JS.  What  is  incon- 
gruous iu  the  death  struggle  of  the  Godman,  is 
not  a  matter  of  inunatoriality  to  us.  To  par- 
take of  the  awful  emblems  of  a  sin-bein-inir,  sin- 
atoning  Redeemer  with  our  persons  loaded  with 
the  emblems  of  lust  and  self-worship,  is.  hor- 
rible mockerj'.  The  fei!o\yi^-Iiip  of  the  Cn 
does  not  me.in  the  couoniz-itionoi  tbe  God-de- 
fying. fle--h-sorviu^,  soul- blackening  customs  ol 
the  world.  "0  foolish  Galalians,  who  iiath  be- 
witched you  y"  The  high  calling  of  God  links  ns 
to  the  consumuHition  of  His  ends  acCtiiTling  to 
tbe  order  of  the  Cross.  Tn  ignore  this 
Jily  our  profession,  di.^appoint  the  ungel.i,  and 
cheat  the  worid.  The  -  principalities  and  pow- 
ei-s  in  heavenly  [ilaees  "  are  the  pupils  of  Divine 
Wisdom  through  tbe  evolution  of  Hi.s  purpose 
in  Iheebiirch  Eph.  3:  10,  11.  What  an  ey 
sore  mid  hciu-t-ache  are  fas  hi  onr  mongers  to  the 
angels.  We  deal  treacherously  with  God  by 
misrepresenting  Him  to  tbe  world.  He  asks 
e.thibition  of  the  beauty  of  holiness  through  ns. 
Our  high  catling  is  to  mirror  the  glory  of  God, 
tbe  majesty  of  Righteousness,  the  winning 
pathos  and  gruudeur  of  self-sacrifice.  What 
are  some  of  us  doing  but  belying  our  profu-SJiion, 
carriuaturing  tbe  Godman-'  Adandy  Christian! 
A  saint  in  ribbons  and  ruflles,  rjgge.i  in  devil- 
invented,  vanity-fostering,  flesh-esalting  par- 
aphernalia. The  elect  of  God  fluttering  in  the 
revuliiuij  silliues*  of  self-dispbiy  at  pic-nies  and 
world-aping  celebraliuns,  and  UlirisT-niockiiig 
coteries.  Is  this  our  liigh  calling?  Is  tlii!.  e.t- 
hibiiiug  to  a  .*iii-cui-sed,  hell- threaten  I'd  worid 


the  portraiture  of  lueainate  Holim.-^s:-'  Is  it 
not  the  most  shocking,  most  guilty.  God- 
grieving,  soul-ruining  delusion  concoivabie? 
Can  it  be  possible  that  the  amaxing  sacrifice  of 
God  cannot  win  us  to  His  high  calling- 1^ 
bliss  of  glory  of  llisEternityV 


FORGIVENESS. 

UYSAMint.  llltl'MBAUGlt, 

rilHE  most  glorious  and  bles-<cd  of  all  the  at- 
1  tributes  of  God  is  that  of  fiirgivenei«. 
What  would  be  our  condition  to-day,  were  it 
not  for  forgiveness  on  \\w  part  of  our  b-.-avealy 
Father-'  When  tb.'liunninfamilyw;tid..«u  duep 
in  sin  with  no  one  to  help.  God  in  His  niercy 
lookud  down  upon  them  in  love  and  opened 
again  the  way  to  tbe  tree  of  life;  all  tlir.iimli 
forgiveness.  Oh  what  love  and  mercy  t  Iu-  Path- 
or  had  for  His  own,  sending  His  only  Son  to 
suffer  and  die  on  the  cro.'ts  that  we  might  be  for- 
given of  the  sill  that  rested  upon  us.  OIi  wiiat 
an  example  of  forgiveness  the  Sim  set  forth 
when  He  wasspntbetow;  when  He  wai  insulted 
on  every  side,  and  finally  was  captured,  and  af- 
ter being  buifeted  and  spit  upon  and  puni»h*a 
in  different  ways,  He  was  taken  by  th-SL-  wick- 
ed pei-sons  and  painfully  nailed  to  the  cro;y.  and 
hile  there  writhing  in  agony.  He  prayed  tr> 
His  Father  to"f<n-give  them,  for  tliey  know 
not  what  they  do."  And  glory  be  to  God  for- 
giveness has  not  cciised,  but  God  is  still  willing 
to  forgive  all  who  wish  to  be  forgiven.  And 
forgiveness  is  not  confined  to  God  alone,  but  He 
wants  us  also  to  forgive  our  (i;llow-mun.  "  If  ye 
tbrgive  menthoirtresposBesyour  heavenly  Fath- 
er will  also  forgive  you.  But  if  ye  forgive  not 
men  their  trespasses,  neither  will  your  Father 
forgive  your  tre.spiisses." 

Now  bow  dons  this  strike  ns,  do  we  forgive 
men  their  trespiisies?  If  not  let  as  W  careful 
when  we  pray,  "  forgive  us  our  tr^^siatises  as  w& 
forgive  those  who  trespass  against  us" — likely 
we  would  rather  not  have  that  pr.iyer  answered, 
"iis  we  forgive."  lla.s  your  neighbor  done  yoa 
a  wrong,  have  you  from  yniir  heart  forgiven 
him?  or  have  j-ou  become  oflendcd  at  him  and 
given  bim  a  bad  rcconiniondation  to  otlieis  and 
likely  returned  evil  for  evil,  in  thought  if  not 
indeed?  Do  you  want  your  heavenly  Father 
to  tbrgive  you  in  that  way  ?  If  not.  foi-give  bim 
as  you  wish  to  be  forgiven?  Do  you  harbor 
!Uiy  unkind  IVelings  toward  any  one.  and  will 
not  grant  him  tbrgivencss?  Hear  ilte  great 
and  awful  voice  that  conies  to  you.  "neitlier 
w.li  I  forgive  you!" 

Forgivenes  is   powerful  as  a  puiiiabnifut.     If 
a  man  does  ^tjH  a  wrong,  forgive  him.  s'md  tea 
to  one  be  will   ever  aflenvai-d  be  a  lirm,  srua 
friend  to  you.    Some  Iicarts  have   brcoui!?  so 
hardened  that  force  cannot  dissolve  lliern;   but 
love  and  forgivenass  will.     Let  us  not  do  as  the 
servant  spoken  of  in  ilattbcw  IS:  2;!-a,"i,     Gen- 
tle re.ider,  look  down  .leep  into  your  he.Lrts  and 
see  if  'there  is  any  ill-feeling  existing   thero 
against   al  feilow-nian,   and  if   there  tj,   cast 
it  out,  beQau^eif  you  hold  little  grudgci  agiiiut 
your  brother,  just  so  .sure   will  your  luMveul^ 
Father  hold  them  against  jron.  And  how  -romfdl 
you  feel  if  God  would  not  forgive  j.-oa,.'/    ■-Put 
on  therefore  s\»  the  elect  of  Godlioly  iukL  li'ihur- 
ed.  bowels  of  inercies,    liindness,  liumb'^avss  of 
mind,  ineekncts  and  loiiy-Bulfei-iug;  forb.'aring 
one  another  and  forgiving  one  another,  if  any 
man  Jiavc  a  ijuarrel  agaiwslr  jaiy:'even  at-  PifaisE  , 
foigav«you,soulsodoye"(CoL3:  la.  13;.  '/fie  . 
that  saith  he  is  in  the  light  and  hatetli  li>.  bix-th- 
T,  is  in  darkness  even   until  now"(I  J,,|in  II4.- 
!')■    "  ff  any  man  say  I  love  God  and  fiiit.th  his. 
brother,  he  i.  a  liar"  (1   .lohn   -i:20),     •■ifiinj- 
niaii  shall  .>mite  tluc  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn 
10  him  the  olb'-i-  als..,  „iid  if  li,.    tu'.-  a«  ;:y  thy 
coatgivthimlliyH...d.al-..."    .-■,.m..>.,,in,M,k 
this  a  hard  t.i  live    uj.    t...  Imi    I,,.,.     :,,...  ,.,,,3t 
you  live  here  compai^il  with  .-li-rniM. 


THE  brethke:n'  at  avoihk:. 


June    QO 


"ECCE  HOMO." 


rrilAT  night  when  J&siis  was  hetrayed, 
J.     And  in  a  purple  robe  nrr/iyed. 
A  crown  of  thorns  was  on  His  head, 
WhL'ii  Pilftt/i  to  the  people  siiid, 
"  lirce  Homo." 

Behold  the  man  of  sorrows  uoiv, 
In  figony  nnd  pntience  how 
Unto  His  holy  Father's  will, 
That  He  tho  Scriptures  niiiy  fulfill. 

hkce  Homo  I 
There  Pilate  said,  "  Behold  the  inanl" 
Peveeiviiig  he  could  l(iy  no  plan. 
For  liis  release  to  gnin,  or  inake, 
H'l  therefore  to  the  people  spake, 

"  Efce  Homo!" 

To  pletise  the  people  he  must  try, 
And  he  inuat  hear  vox pnpiili: 
He  also  would  be  Cesar's  friend, 
And  couit  his  favor  to  the  end. 
Ecce  Ilnmti! 

There  Jesus  stood  amid  the  crowd 
Of  Jewish  priests  and  Rabbis  proud, 
Despised,  insulted  and  accused. 
Bespit,  derided  and  ahn.sed. 
Acre  Homo! 

How  patiently  the  loving  Lamh 
Endured  the  acensations,  calm 
And  cool  Hi.s  temper,  not  a  word 
Of  hnrah  resentment  once  was  heard. 
Evce  Homo! 

The  Jews  were  bent  to  have  Him  slain, 
To  die  in  agony  and  pain 
Upon  the  cross;  the  Roman  way. 
Convicted  criminals  to  slay. 
Eci:e  Homo ! 

He  bore  the  sins  of  all  mankind, 

■Was  to  His  Father's  will  resigned, 
Endured  it  all  without  complaint, 
Aud  conquered  death   for  every  saint. 
Ecce  Homo! 

He  trod  the  winepress  for  us  all, 
To    raise   us   up  fi-om   Atlam's  full. 
And  paid   our  debt   by   His  own   blood. 
To  have  us  reconciled  to  God. 
Ecce  Homo! 

0,  hai-dened  sinner,  could  you  see 
What  Jesus  bore  for  you  and  me; 
And  how  He  suffered,   hied  and  died. 
And  was  for  our  sins  crucified. 
Ecce  Homo! 

Muthiuks,  if  you  could  see  yonr  sin, 
Aud  your  corrupted  state  within, 
You  could  not  rest  another  day, 
But  would  commence  to   weep  and  pray. 
Ecce  Homo! 

Yonr  sins  that,  like  a  load  of  guilt, 
Tho  Savior's  precious  blood  hail  spilt, 
if  you  repent,  will  bt  forgiven. 
And  you  at  lost  maj'  enter   heaven. 
Ecce  Homo! 


THE  TWO  WITNESSES.  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,    AND     THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

JIV  llATllt  .\.  LKAK. 

"  And  I  will  give  power  unto  my  two  wit- 
nesses, and  they  shall  prophesy  a  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three  »core  days  clothed  in  sack- 
clotli.  These  arc  the  two  olive  trees,  and  the 
two  candlesticks  standing  before  the  God  of 
the  earth  "(Rev.  11:3,4) 

NirMKKK  H. 

rilHE  device  of  the  Waldenaes,  it  is 
"■-  said,  in  tlieii"  cliiet'  town,  Lucfirne 
in  Switzerland,  ia  a  candlestick  with  a 
liglited  candle  on  it,  sniToundedby  thi.R 
motto:  "TliB  light  shincth  in  the  midst 
of  darkness."  This  device,  we  are  in- 
formed may  be  seen  to  this  day.  Paul 
tells  U8  that,  that  wicked  one  which  hi; 
already  saw,  should  he  revealed  when 
that  which  hindered  its  development 
should  be  taken  out  of  the  way;  accord- 
ingly wie  find  that  when  the  nominal 
church  was  basking  beneath  the  sunshine 
of  voyal  favor,  the  true  church  M'ith  her 
spiritual,  but  unseen  beauty,  was  retreat- 
ing into  the  wilderness;  the  true  witness- 
es of  Je-sus  prophesied,  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. Milnersay.s,of  this  period,  "God- 
lini'.ss  livfd  obscure   in   hermitages,  and 


abroad;  the  Gospel  was  almost  buried  in 
faction andarabitioii;"  aud MDshfini says. 

Good  men  were  mixed  with  the  bad; ' 
hut,  by  degrees  the  bad  so  multiplied 
that  men  truly  holy  and  devoted  to  God 
appeared  more  rarely,  and  thi'  pious  few 
were  almost  hidden  by  the  vicious  mul- 
titude." 

It  is  said  in  verse  7,  "  And  when  they 
had  finished  their  testimony,  the  beast 
that  ascendeth  out  of  the  bottomless  pit, 
shall  make  war  against  them,  and  shall 
overcome  and  kill  them."  After  they 
have  prophesied  1300  years  they  shall  be 
slain,  their  enemies  shall  have  a  short 
triumph.  AVell  we  find  by  a  reference 
to  history  that  after  the  AValdenses  of 
Piedmont  and  the  Lollards  of  England 
had, by  the  great  council  of  the  Laterans, 
been  declared  exterminated,  the  Bohe- 
mians, who  alone  remained,  were  sum- 
moned by  that  council  to  appear  on  the 
5th  of  May  1514  in  the  forum  or  market- 
place at  Rome,  and  plead  their  causebef  ore 
the  representatives  of  all  people  and  na- 
tionsand  kindredsand  tongues.  Did  they 
doso  ?  they  did  not.  Such  was  the  depres- 
sion of  the  witnesses  of  Christ  at  that 
time,  that  not  one  witness  appeared  to 
testify  for  Jesus  and  against  the  .super- 
stitions of  the  Papacy.  The  testimony 
of  the  witnesses  was  for  once  suppress- 
ed. Error  had  triumphed  and  truth  ^vas 
apparently  leveled  to  the  dust.  After 
the  heretics  hadbeenthussummoned,  and 
made  no  re-spouse  or  appearance,  the 
council  proceeded  to  write  their  epitaph, 
the  orator  of  the  council  arose  amid  the 
applause  and  plaudits  of  the  assembled 
liishops,  and  said,  "  Not  one  protests ;  not 
not  one  opposes." 

The  above  date  May  5th  1514  appears 
to  be  the  time  when  thete^timonyof  those 
witnesses  who  for  1260  years,  had,  cloth- 
ed in  sackcloth,  opposed  the  errors  and 
superstitions  of  the  papal  hierarchy,  was 
suppressed.  A  new  era  was  soon  to  com- 
mence, different  and  quite  opposite  forms 
of  error  were  gradually  to  be  developed. 
An  era  of  ignorance  and  supei-stition 
was  to  besucceededby  an  ageof  knowl- 
edge and  skepticism.  Men  from  believ- 
ing everything  without  inquiry  ur  inves- 
tigation, have  gone  to  the  opposite  ex- 
treme and  refuse  to  accept  anything  that 
they  cannot  thoroughly  and  fully  com- 
prehend. It  would  be  indeed  difficult 
to  determine  which  of  the  above  ex- 
tremes were  most  productive  of  evil. 

Again,  it  is  said  in  verse  9,  "And  they 
of  the  people  and  kindreds  and  tongues 
and  nations  shall  see  their  dead  bodies 
three  days  and  a  half,  and  shall  not  suf- 
fer their  dead  bodies  to  beputin  graves;" 
and  in  verse  Ilth,  we  read,  "  And  after 
three  days  and  a  lialf  the  Spirit  of  life 
from  God  entered  into  them,  and  they 
stood  upon  their  feet."  Now  from  the 
time  heresy  was  pronounced  extinguish- 
ed, aud  the  jjapacy  uttered  its  epitaph 
t.c,  from  May  5th  1514  until  Martin 
Luther  posted  his  ninety-five  theses  up- 
on the  gates  of  the  churches  of  Wit- 
temberg  October,  31st  1517,  was  precise- 
ly three  and  a  half  literal  years.  And 
the  posting  of  those  theses  by  Martin 
Luther  is  generally,  if  not  universally, 
considered  the  commencement  of  the 
Reformation,  The  ushering  in  of  that 
era  of  innovations,  of  the  insurrection 
of  human  intelligence;  an  era  that  chang- 
ed the  whole  aspect  of  things  through- 
out Christendom;  when  the  dead  calm 
of  men's  minds  was  smitten  by  some 
unseen  mysterious  power;  when  men 
aroused  from  the  slumber  of  ages,  and  a 
new  impetus  was  given  to  every  branch 
of  knowledge. 

The  superatitions  of  Rome  received  a 
terrific  shock  from  this    general    expan- 


sion of  human  intelligence.  She  could 
no  more  bear  the  light  of  science  than 
she  could  bear  the  light  of  the  Gospel. 
This  new  class  of  witnesses  or  protestors 
shook  the  veryfoiindations  of  the  papacy. 
We  will  next  notice  the  power  that 
is  ascribed  to  these  witnesses.  "  And  if 
any  man  will  hurt  them,  fire  proceedeth 
out  of  their  mouth,  and  devonreth  their 
enemies;  and  if  any  man  will  hurt  them 
he  must  in  this  manner  be  killed."  Per- 
haps the  best  explanation  of  the  above 
may  be  found  in2Cor.2: 15,Ui;  theapos- 
tle  says,  "They,  the  faithful  messengei's 
of  God  are  a  sweet  savor  to  God  of  Christ 
in  them  that  are  saved,  and  in  them  that 
perish."  Tliat  is,  if  we  discharge  our 
duty  faithfully,  and  preach  the  Gospel 
in  its  purity  to  the  children  of  men,  our 
laboi's  are  acceptable  to  God,  whatever 
elVect  it  may  have  upon  our  hearer;  for 
God  will  not  reward  according  to  our 
success,  but  accordingto  our  faithfulness. 
Tlie  same  preaching  M'lll  be  a  savor  of 
life  unto  life  to  some,  apd  a  savor  of 
death  unto  death  to  others;  whether  the 
truth  presented  will  prove  a  blessing  or 
curse,  depends  entirely  the  hearei-s,  it 
willaccomplishsomething.  "My  woid." 
says  Jehovah,  "  shall  not  return  unto 
me  void;  but  it  shall  accomplish  that 
which  I  jilease,  and  it  shall  prosper  "in 
the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it."  So  the 
words  of  eternal  truth  which  are  pro- 
claimed  by  these  fatihful  witnesses,  shall 
be  to  their  enemies,  to  those  who  despf 
and  reject  them,  a  withering,  blighting 
curse.  The  Savior  said,  "  If  I  had  not 
come  and  spoken  unto  them,  they  had 
not  had  sin;  but  now  they  have  no  cloak 
for  their  sin."  So,  had  not  those  wit- 
nesses borne  unequivocal  testimony  to  the 
truth,  there  might  have  been  some  ex 
cuse  for  error,  but  there  was  none. 
Verse  6th,  "  These  have  power  to  shxit 
heaven,  that  it  rain  not  in  the  days  of 
their  prophecy;  and  have  power  over 
waters  to  turn  them  into  blood,  and  to 
smite  the  earth  with  all  plagues,  as  often 
as  they  will."  AVe  find  the  saints  of  old 
literally  possessed  this  power,  instances, 
Moses,  Aaron,  and  Elijah;  and  James 
tells  us  that  Elijah  was  a  man  subject  to 
like  passions  as  we  are,  and  that  he  pre- 
vailed  through  earnest  prayer,  and  telh 
us  that  "  the  fervent  effectual  prayer  of 
the  righteous  man  availeth  much."  Oui 
Savior  tells  us  that,  "  All  things  are  pos- 
sible unto  him  that  believeth."  The 
words  under  consideration  are  no  doubt 
figurative,  designed  to  show  the  great 
power  that  is  inherent  in  the  faithful  fol- 
lowers of  Jesus. 

The  world  has  often  telt  this  power. 
Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  used  to  .say  that 
she  feared  the  prayers  of  John  Knox 
more  than  .she  feared  the  requirements 
of  England.  And  the  fervent  effectual 
prayer  of  Luther  made  the  pope  trembh 
on  his  throne.  The  power  that  is  wield 
ed  by  the  saints  of  God,  is  indeed  the 
power  of  Omnipotenee.  A  power  that 
the  world  can  neither  break  nor 
throw.  Verse  7,  "  And  when  they  shall 
have  finished  their  testimony,  the  bea*t 
that  ascendeth  out  of  the  bottomless  pit 
shall  make  war  against  them,  and  shall 
overcome  them,  aud  kill  them."  liut 
not  until  they  had  finished  their  testimo 
ny;  not  until  they  had  accomplished  the 
specific  work  which  God  had  given  them 
to  do,  could  the  powers  of  darkness  for 
a  wiiile  triumph  over  them.  But  when 
they  had  accomplished  their  special  mis- 
t^ion,  when  that  chapter  of  protests  which 
they  were  to  utter,  and  which  the  age  re 
quired,  was  filled  up,  and  closed,  thcsi 
standard  bearers  were  overcome  and  kill- 
ed, ye-'<  the  powers  of  wickedness  for  a 
while  prevailed  over  them,  as  it  had  done 


over  their  glorious  Master,  The  facts 
collected  from  history  showing  that  at 
this  period  the  beast  did  indeed  make 
war  against  the  saints  and  overcome  them. 
Ac  the  close  of  the  fitteenth  and  com- 
mencement of  the  sixteenth  centuries  the 
crusades  and  pei-secutions  against  here- 
tics were  peculiarly  sanguinary.  We 
will  produce  a  few  testimonies,  says 
Milner,  "The  sixteenth  century  opened 
th  a  prospect,  of  all  othei-s,  the  most 
gloomy  in  the  eyes  of  every  true  Chris- 
tian ;  corruption,  both  in  doctrine  and 
practice,  e.xceeded  all  bounds;  the 
Roman  pontiffs  were  the  uncontrolled 
patrons  of  impiety.  The  Waldenaes 
were  too  feeble  to  resist  the  pojiedom, 
and  the  Hussites  were  reduced  to  si- 
lence." Another  testimony,  "  At  the 
commencement  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
Europe  reposed  in  the  deep  sleep  of 
spiritual  death  under  the  yoke  of  the 
Papacy,  That  haughty  power  like,  the 
Assyrians  of  the  pniphet  .said,  in  tlie 
plentitude  of  insolence,  "  My  hand  hath 
found  as  a  nest  the  riches  of  the  people, 
aud  as  one  gathereth  eggs,  have  I  gath- 
ered all  the  earth,  and  there  was  none 
that  moved  the  wingor  opened  the  mouth, 
or  peeped.  "  Still  another,  "  At  the 
commencement  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
no  danger  seemed  to  threaten  the  Ro- 
man pontiffs.  The  agitation  previously 
excited  by  the  Walden.ses  and  the  Bohe- 
mians was  suppressed  by  the  council  and 
the  sword,  andthesurvivingremnant  was 
an  object  of  contempt  rather  than  fear." 
Vei'se  8,  "And  thnir  dead  bodies 
shall  lie  in  the  street  of  the  great  city, 
which  is  spiritually  called  Sodom  and 
Egypt,  where  our  Lord  was  crucified." 
Now  what  is  meant  by  this  great  city? 
Rome  is  called  in  the  Apocalypse  Mys- 
tery Babylon,  and  it  was  common  for 
the  writers  of  the  sixteenth  ceiitury  to 
call  Rome,  Egypt  a:--d  Sodom;  and  the 
despotism  of  Rome,  Egyptian  bondage. 
And  these  names  were  applicable,  for 
Rome  possessed  all  the  woret  features  of 
every  former  despotism  and  tyranny. 
Her  system  of  absolutism  was  indeed 
the  very  ([uintessence  of  injustice  and 
cruelty.  Such  a  monstrous  evil  had  nev- 
er before  been  concocted.  The  express- 
ion, "Where  also  our  Lord  was  crucifi- 
ed," is  perhajis  best  explained  by  the 
parellel  passage,  "Ye  have  crucified 
Christ  afresh  and  put  Him  to  an  open 
shame."  As  Christ  was  literally  cruci- 
fied in  the  capital  city  of  the  apostate 
Jewish  churcli,*  so  he  is  spiritually  cru- 
cified in  the  capital  of  theapostate  Chris- 
tian church.  What  is  meant  by  the  street 
of  the  great  city  ?  We  are  informe  \  that 
tlie  word  here  translated  street  \splateia 
in  the  original,  and  the  meaning  is  mar- 
ket-place or  forum,  the  place  where  jus- 
tice was  administered.  It  was  the  tri- 
bunal of  the  judge,  the  place  in  which 
equity  was  dispensed.  As  the  Jews 
looked  to  Jerusalem  of  old  as  the  great 
centre  of  all  justice,  and  took  all  theii- 
disputes  there  for  final  settlement;  so 
Christeudom  looked  in  the  Middle  Ages 
to  Rome  as  the  gi-eat  seat  of  all  power 
and  justice,  and. took  their  dispute  there 
for  final  settlement.  Verse  9,  "And 
tiiey  of  the  people,  and  kindreds,  and 
tongues,  and  nations  shall  see  their  dead 
bodies  three  days  and  a  half,  and  shall 
not  suffer  their  dead  bodies  to  be  put  in 
graves."  It  is  not  said,  "  The  people, 
and  tongues,  and  kindreds,  and  nations 
shall  see  their  dead  bodies,"  but  "  They 
of  the  people,"  that  is  the  representatives 
or  deputies*  of  the  people,  tongues,  and 
kindreds,  and  nations,  shall  see  their 
dead  bodies.  AVe  liave  here  the  idea  of 
representation,  and  %re  are  informed,  that 
the  C'uly  idea   of  representation    in   the 


June    '-i<>. 


TKE    BRETHliEISr    .A.T    AVOKK. 


3 


Aliddle  Ayes  wa.s  tbat  exhibited  in  a 
general  cuiiiieil,  Now  we  learn  that  a 
part  of  the  sentence  pronounced  on  the 
heieticsin  the  third  and  ftiurtb  Lateran, 
and  in  other  councils,  was  that  heretica 
hIiohM  liP  denied  Christian  Inirial. 

The  Ijody  of  Wiclifte,  for  instance, 
was  l»y  order  of  the  council  of  Constance 
exhumed  and  burned;  and  the  ashes  of 
J<.din  lluss  were  cast  into  the  Lake  of 
t'uiiHtiinee.  During  the  three  and  a  half 
pi-o(ih<^tieaI  days  that  Kome  swayed  an 
undisputed  scepter;  M'emay  well  imagine 
that  this  sentence,  as  well  as  all  others 
was  carried  out  to  its  fullest  extent,  no 
indignities  nor  insults  were  spared.  The 
prescriptions  of  Rome  extend  even  to  the 
(lead;  she  will  not  allow  the  ashes  of  a 
hated  heretic  repose  in  peace. 
{To  he  amdnued.) 

EARLY    CHRISTIAN    ASSEMBLIES. 

"jl,ro.SHElM.~"  The  pl.ices  in  wliich 
-l-'J-  the  first  Christians  assembled  to 
celebrate  divine  woi-sliip  were,  no  doubt, 
the  houses  of  private   persons."  p.  12i. 

"  111  these  assemblies  the  holy  Scrip- 
tures weie  read,  and  fur  that  purpose 
were  divided  into  certain  portions  or  les- 
sons. The  part  of  divine  service  was 
followed  by  a  lirief  exhortation  to  the 
people,  in  which  eloquence  and  art  gave 
place  to  the  natural  and  fervent  expres- 
sions of  zeid  and  charity."  pp.  124,  Vio. 

Hawies'  chui'eh  history,  vol.  i.  p.  1,50. 
"  Nothing  could  be  more  unadorned  than 
the  primitive  worship.  A  plain  man, 
chosen  from  among  his  fellows,  in  his 
common  garb,  stood  up  to  speak,  or  sat 
down  to  read  the  Scriptures,  to  as  mauy 
iis  chose  to  assemble  in  the  house  appoint- 
ed. A  back  room,  and  that  probably, 
often  a  mean  one,  or  a  garret,  to  be  out 
of  the  way  of  observation,  was  their 
temple." 

"  As  pride  and  worldly-mindedness 
must  go  hand  in  hand,  assumed  pomp 
and  dignity  ri'ipiire  asort  of  maintenance 
very  dillVi'cnt  from  the  state  when  the 
]>astor  wi'ought  with  his  own  hands  to 
minister  to  his  necessities,  and  labored 
by  day  that  he  might  serve  the  church 
by  night.  The  idea- of  priesthood  had 
yet  scarcely  entered  into  the  Cliristiaii 
sanctuary,  as  there  remained'no  more  saC' 
ritice  for  sin,  and  but  one  High  Pi-iest  of 
our  profession,  Jesus  Christ,  liuton  the 
dissolution  of  the  whole  Jewish  economy 
under  Adrian,  when  the  power  of  the 
associated  clergy  began  to  put  forth  its 
l>ud,  till-  ambitious  and  designing  sug' 
gt-stcd,  wli:it  uKiny  of  the  rest  received 
ill  thf'ir  siiiijdicity,  that  the  succession 
to  these  honors  now  developed  upon 
them,  and  that  the  bishop  stood  in  the 
place  of  the  liigli  prie-st;  the  presbyter 
Were  priests;  and  the  deacons,  Levites, 
and  so  a  train  of  conse(iuences,foUowed. 
Thus  a  new  tribe  arose,  completely  sep^ 
aruted  front  their  brethren,  of  clers^y 
distinct  from  laity — men  sacred  by  otKce, 
exclusive  of  a  diviiipcall  and  real  worth. 
The  altar,  indeed,' was  not  yetefec'ted, 
nor  the  unbloody  sacrifice  of  the  eucha- 
rist  perfected;  butitapproachcd,  by  has- 
ty strides,  to  add  greater  sanctity  to  the 
priesthood,  and  the  not  unpleasant  ad- 
junct of  the  divine  right  of  tithes,  at- 
tached to  the  divine  right  of  episcojiacy." 
pp.  181,  182. — A.  Oamphell. 


could  atlbrd,  has  left  on  record  his  own 
affecting  testimony  of  the  utter  incapac- 
ity of  all  the  pleasures  of  life  to  afford 
solid  comfort  to  the  soul,  and  written 
over  them,"  all  vanity  of  vanities."  They 
could  not  meet  the  exigencies  of  his  spir- 
itual nature,  nor  fill  the  mind  with  that 
food  which  it  craves.  AVhen  therefore 
towards  the  close  of  life,  he  reviewed  its 
scenes  and  pleasures  in  the  light  which 
eternity  began  to  shed  upou  his  path,  he 
gave  to  the  world  the  results  of  his  ex- 
perience, and  warned  the  young  of  the 
danger  which  would  attendthem,  if  they 
gave  themselves  to  seek  after  worldly 
pleasure,  and  of  the  disappointment 
which  they  would  surely  meetin  its  pur- 
suits. 

Summoning  before  him  the  youth  in 
all  his  round  of  enjoyment,  lie  uttered 
the  solemn  warning,  "  Rejoice  0  young 
man  inthyyouth,and  let  thy  heart  cheer 
thee' In  the  daysof  thyj-outh,  and  walk 
in  the  ways  of  t'liy  heart,  and  in  the  sight 
of  thine  eyes;  but  know  thou  that  for 
_ii  ii 4.1.; n^.A  ..■111  I.,.;...-, ii.....  Ji.t,,  I 


existence.  God  has  not  placed  us  here 
that  we  may  say,  "  Let  us  eat  and  drink 
for  to-morrow  we  die."  He  has  formed 
us  for  high  arid  noble  purposes;  He  has 
breathed  into  us  His  own  spiritual  and 
intellectual  nature,  making  us  rational 
and  moral  beings,  giving  to  us  souls  that 
shall  livewhen  the  lieavens  areno  more; 
and  He  has  fitted  us  to  perform  a  part 
in  the  great  and  eventful  scenes  of  life; 
not  like  the  moving  Images  of  a  pageant, 
but  like  liviflg  and  sentient  beings  capa- 
ble of  thinking  and  acting  under  the 
power  of  truth  and  motives,  and  He  has 
given  us  atlections  and  powers  of  mind 
which  finds  their  noblest  fields  for  ex- 
ercise in  loving  and  serving  Him,  whom 
angels  love,  and  Ijcfore  whom  seraphs 
bow  and  archangels  worship.  Ho  has 
given  us  naturethat  can  reason,  and  think, 
and  love  and  soar  upward  In  theu-  search 
foi'  trutli, until  tliey  approach  His  throne 
and  draw  from  Him  c.^iiaustless  stores 
of  knowledge  and  light  and  happiness. 
He  has  given  us  son!s    that  we  may  by 


all  these  things,  God  will  bi'iiig  thee  into  j  IJis  grace  rlsn  to  gloi'y  unseen  by  mortal 


THE  WORLD  VIEWED  IN  THE 
LIGHT  OF   ETERNITY. 


ANE  who  enjoyed  mor'j  of  earthly 
^  happiness  and  glory  than  any  man 
can  now  hope  to  attain,  who  siu-rounded 
himself  with    every  luxury    that  earth 


judgment."  He  would  have  him  amid  all 
the  enjoyments  of  life,  use  the  good  ' 
things  of  tills  world  with  moderation, 
and  remember  the  life  to  come,  and  the 
judgment  to  which  we  arealbhiLstening, 
when  every  act  of  life  must  be  distinctly 
recalled — strictly  scanned  and  justly  fin- 
ished or  rewarded.  JIaii  is  reminded 
that,  though,  lie  may  pass  through  life 
walking  in  the  ways  of  his  heart  deceiv- 
ing himself;  it  may  be  with  hopes  of  fu- 
ture happiness;  while  yet  a  slave  to  lust, 
he  must  be  compelled  at  last  to  look 
back  upon  every  act  and  scene  of  life, 
and  hear  the  irrevocable  decision  as  to 
its  character  and  desert.  What  should 
this  thought  be  to  sin,  and  to  'every  pur- 
suit or  pleasure  that  may  possibly  inter- 
fere with  the  salvation  of  the  soul?  How 
often  would  the  victim  of  a|)petite  dash 
the  bowl  from  his  lijis,  could  he  but  have 
the  woi'ds  of  wisdom !  For  all  this  God 
will  bring  thee  into  judgment.  How  of- 
ten would  the  youth  turn  away  from  the 
haunts  of  dissipation  and  folly  and  .vice; 
from  the  scenes  of  the  revel  and  the  re- 
sorts of  the  abandoned,  did  he  hear 
the  echo  of  these  words  upon  his  heart 
and  conscience? 

It  IS  wise  to  look  at  all  the  actions  of 
life  in  this  light,  to  take  the  instructions 
of  Revelation;  and  with  them  anticipate 
that  solemn  day  when  the  Judge  of  the 
quick  and  dead  shall  descend  from  ht,'av- 
en  on  Ills  great  whit«  throne  and  sum- 
mon us  to  His  bar.  'Wv:  ought  as  ration- 
al and  immortal  beings.thus  weigh-every 
object  of  life,  and  decide  in  reference  to 
our  coliduct,  as  we  shall  wish  we  had 
done  wlif-n  we  shall  be  deep  within  Ihe 
secrets  of  the  eternal  world.  And  while 
,we  are  permitted  to  rejoice  iir  all  tlic 
goodiip-ss  that  a  Ijeneficlent  Providence 
sjjreads  around  our  path,  while  we  may 
indulge  in  any  innocent  and  healthful 
recreation  that  unbends  the 
invigorates  the  body,  and  prepares  us 
the  better  to  resume  tlie  active  and  stern 
duties  of  life.  Let  the  Christian  who  is 
iloubtiul  as  to  the  propriety  of  certain 
coni-ses  of  pleasure  for  which  he  finds 
neither  a  warrant  nor  prohibition  in  the 
Scriptures,  and  whose  heartis,  or  may 
be  strongly  iuclinliighim  to  tread  on  un- 
certain ground;  cai-ry  himself  forward 
to  that  solemn  event  to  which  all  arehiL-^t- 
ening,  when  he  sliall  have  met  the  last 
enemy,  and  his  soul  has  tried  the  I'eali- 
ties  of  eti-rnity,  and  from  the  hushed  re- 
pose of  ilie  grave;  he  comes  forth  with 
the  couuth'^ss  hosts  of  the  dead  to  look 
back  upon  IIIV. 

Viewed  in  ibis  llglit,  he  will  find  that 
worldly  pleasure  i--  nut  the  great  end  of 


eyes,  and  unconscious  by  the  heart  ofman 
or  that  if  neglected,  will  suffer  in  end 
less  misery  and  all  the  pains  of  the  sec- 
ond deatli.  He  has  given  us  affections 
which  should  fasten  upon  Him  as  the 
supreme  object  of  love.  He  has  endow- 
ed us  with  talents  for  the  right  improve- 
ments of  which  we  are  responsible  to 
IRm,  an  influence  which  is  to  be  used 
for  the  good  of  our  fellow-men,  and  the 
promotion  of  the  highest  interests  of  our 
race.  Even  a  consideration  then,  of  what 
are  and  may  be,  and  of  what  we  may 
and  ought  to  accomplish,  is  enough  to 
indicate  the  propriety  of  the  great  rule 
that  assures  us  that  man's  chief  end  Is  not 
to  seek  after  worldly  pleasure,  but  to 
glorify  God  and  enjoy  Hlin  forever. 
When  we  come  to  stand  and  look  back 
on  life  from  the  light  of  the  eternal 
world,  shall'  we  not  acknowledge  that 
worldly  pleasures  and  selfish  gratifica- 
tions, were  a  most  unworthy  part  of  ex- 
istence, and  that  he  who  lived  for  it 
alone,  or  who  allowed  it  to  inteifere  with 
the  high  and  holy  duties  of  life,  falls  far 
short  of  the  station  for  which  God  de- 
signed him,  when  He  made  him  a  living 

'SOUI.  ' 

Wliat  if  we  Were  iiei'mitted  to'eujoy 
every  sensual  delight  and  all  the  joys 
that  earth  canaftbrd,  wovUd  it  have  met 
the  aspirations  of  the  immortal  soul, 
and  fulfilled  its  glorious  destiny?  AVlio 
w^iuld  not  prefer  the  noble  career,  of  Paul 
in  fill  liis  self- forgetful uess  apd  i  |S(;lf-?<ac- 
I'ifiee  as  he  walked  with  God  and  glori- 
fied Him  to  that  of  the  rich  man  clothed 
in  purple  and  faring  sumptuously  every 
dav,  even  could  he  at  last  have  been 
saved  as  by  fire?  Tile'  one  living  for 
eternity,  and  the  other  for  time;  the  one 
lihdihg  his  pleasure  in  tlie  service  of  God, 
and  the  otiier  iii  the  s'-iv  iur  of  appetite 
and  of  self;  the  i>ii.-  jtnpaiing  himself 
fur  high  anil  gh^ri-nis  coiiimuuion  with 
liis  jVIaker,  and  witli  the  spirits  ofj|ist 
men  made  perfect:  the  other  aurrouiid- 
ing  himself  with  objects  which  at. the 
Iiestcould  att'ord  but  a  short-lived  grat- 
ification, and  which  made  heavenly  things 
and  et<;rual  realities  distasteful  and  un- 
welcome to  his  thoughts.  Oh  how  little 
does  he  fulfill  the  great  end  of  life,  ^vllo 
goes  with  the  multitude,  saying,  "  wlit 
will  show  us  any  good,  and  who  in  th< 
search  and  enjoyment  of  worldly  ]deas 
ures,  robs  his  soul  of  spiritual  food  and 
of  holy  enjoyment!"  With  what  won- 
der must  tlie  angels  look  upon  such  an 
one  who  has  tasted  that  the  Lord  is  gra- 
cious; ffoing  from  the  sanctuary  and  llie 
Itlessed  ordinances  to  mingle  in  the  vain 
and  trifling  amus'-ments  and    pleasures 


of  life.  How  sinuige  must  appear  to 
them  the  CMiidm-l  .if  him,  wlm  while  pos- 
sessing noble  spiritual  powei-s  and  fac- 
ulties that  make  his  nature  but  a  little 
lower  than  their  own;  busies  himself 
with  bubbles  and  carelessly  wjists  the 
precious  houi-s  of  a  life  none  too  long  to 
fulfill  its  great  purposes  in  vain  and  fool- 
ish enjoyments  which  tend  to  wean  the 
soul  from  duty,  and  to  unfit  it  for  the 
scenes  and  employments  of  heaven.  Go 
even  to  the  sick-bed  and  sit  befoi-e  the 
sulferer,  the  gay  recreations  of  life,  and 
how  utterly  inappropriate  are  they  to 
the  place.  Enter  the.  room  M-here  he  is 
struggling  with  disease  and  fearing  the 
approach  of  death;  draw  aside  the  cur- 
tains, look  upon  his  face  pallid  with  ex- 
haustion or  flushed  with  fever,  and  while 
anxious  friends  aresoftly  treadingarouad 
his" couch  and  tenderly  ministering  to 
his  wants;  tell  him  of  his  gay  hom's 
that  have  been  spent  by  his  companions 
in  the  place  of  worldly  mirth  and  'joy; 
describe  to  him  the  signal  triumphs  of 
the  lost,  new  competitor  for  the  ap]dause 
of  the  fashionable  world,  the  wonderful 
power  of  her  voice,  the  appropriateness 
of  her  actions;  tell  him  of  tin  lirlUIaiit 
scenes  of  the  ball-room  or  the  exciting 
contents  of  the  card  table,  and  Imw  ut- 
terly devoid  ?>f  interest  is  all  this, 
in  such  an  hour,  and  amid  such  dark 
scenes  of  suffering.  Oh  what  an  utter 
and  appalling  contrast  does  it  aflbrd  to 
that  darkened  ch.amber — that  sad  care- 
worn countenance,  and  troubled  and 
beating  heart.  "What  an  uiiwelcimie  in- 
truder is  worldly  pleasure  in  .such  scenes 
as  this.  And  yet  we  are  alt  hastening 
to  the  same  sick  and  dying  hour,  if  ill 
becomes  us  to  permit  our  hearts  to  be 
absorbed  in  that  which  will  make  the 
thought  of  death  and  eternity,  unwel- 
come to  us  or  which  shall  unlit  us  to 
meet  the  solemn  issue  of  life,  jnd  to  en- 
ter upon  the  realities  of  the  future  world. 
It  should  be  then  a  serious  ipiestion  with 
him  who  Is  aljnut  to  enter  upon  any  pur- 
suit or  pleasure  ill  regard  to  wlilch  liis 
conscience  is  not  fully  enlightened,  AVill 
it  fit  me  for  a  dying  hour,'wUl  its  mem- 
ory be  a  source  of  jiappiness  to  me  in 
that  solemn  occasion  when  my  soul  shall 
stand  (n  tlie  ^lawning  light  of  the  eter- 
nal world? 

S'nch  thought'?  while  they  will  not 
hinder  the  Chvistian  from  the  eiijuyiuent 
pf  any  rational  pleasure,  will  temper 
his  relish  for  earthly  things,  and  \\'\\\  iis- 
sisthlin  greath-,  wdieii  tempted  by  the 
world  tn'liiDi  ";,-.i>b.  nffor  it.  f.dbes  and 
vaniti.-.  Ii  I-  ul-  fnr  ii-  r,.  act  as  we 
shall  wi^^h  w.-  had  done  wh.-u  time  ishall 
be  no  more,  tiud  when  we  shall  have  en- 
tered upon  tliat  stat^^  yf  i-jclstypce.for 
which  this  workl  is  but  the  portal. 


GoD  has  A  i^^reat  enemy.  Tliife  enemy 
is  also  man's  enemy.  God  hires  all  who 
will,  to  woi-k-  Ibr  him  in  His  vineyard. 
Plere  thi-  -n-af  .'-n^mv  al-..  uniks.but 
what  du,-s  h,-  d..;  "lI,-,!..,;.-iv.-..  He 
told  our  uiothcr  Eve  tliey  .^liould  not 
surely  die..  He  only  told  part  of  the 
truth,  and  what  did  that  do  ^  Ah,  it 
made  an  untruth.  See,  itdeceived.  What 
trouble  then  followed.—  ^'.  C.  Miller. 


CiiinsTiAxs  .'■hould  work  Ibr  their  Cre- 
ator. Redeemer  and  Prescrvi'i-,  tmd  for 
the  upliuildiag  of  His  cau^-e.  To  be  a 
good  servant  does  not  mean  for  one  to 
do  meiely  as  he  is  told,  but  he  must  al- 
so work  in  the  right  spirit.  We  may  do 
everything  we  are  commanded  torhi  lit^ 
erally  speaking,  and  still  v.«t  bi*gi  mil  ser- 
vants. We  must  not  only  '/",  but  we 
nuisi  love  to  do. 


THE   BRETHRElSr   ^T   "WORK. 


June    20. 


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UOOSE  k  ESHELUAH, 

Luiu^,  Carroll  Co..  HI. 


LAITAES,  lU., 


JtniE  20,  ISTS. 


Tii>:  Annual  Meeting  lor  next  yeiir  wil!  be 
li.-ld  witli  tlie  bretlircii  ill  the  Second  District  oi" 
Virgin  in. 

Thb  Iircthieii  and  sistei-s  from  this  part  of 
thL-  country,  who  attended  Ihe  A.  M.,  liavenow 
rcncliod  home.  They  feel  highly  pleased  with 
their  trip,  luid  say  the  meeting  was  tlie  beat 
they  ever  ntteiided.  Their  coiifiiVince  in  the 
general  hrolherhood  is  sretitly  streiigtheued. 


Do  not  fail  to  read  Bro.  Balsbaugli's  article 
found  on  the  first  page  of  this  issue.  It  rings 
out  no  iincertuiii  sound,  and  should  prompt  e"- 
ery  woiild-be  fashionable  members  to  send  their 
Chvis^mncliery  fashions  where  they  belong. 
AVe  never  could  blame  the  wolf  very  raucli  for 
appearing  in  sheep's  clothing,  but  why  a  sbeep 
should  (viuit  to  look  like  a  ivolf,  and  with  the 
wolves  act,  has  always  been  u  niystciy  to  us. 

The  lute  A.  M.  appointed  brethren'  James 
(Jiiinter.  B.  H.  Miller  and  E.  K.  Buechley  a 
coininittee  to  visit  aud  conferwith  fclie  Brethren, 
in  Caliluruia.  It  is  hofjcd  that  the  visit  will  be 
a  ])rolitiible  one,  and  add  much  to  the  love  and 
fellowship  that  should  exist  hotween  onr  Itelov- 
ed  brethren  on  the  Pacific  coiLst  and  the  gener- 
al biotlierhood-  God  grant  that  we  may  be  of 
one  mind,  wnited  in  one  body  by  the  strongest 
ties  of  Christian  love  aud  fellow.ship. 


Bit'iTHER  Eshelman  reached  home  from  the 
Annual  Meeting  last  Saturday  morning,  feeling 
well,  though  much  fatigued  by  his  trip,  and  the 
great  amount  of  business  he  had  to  attend  to. 
ke  e.\presse3  himself  highly  plen.sed  with  the 
meeting,  aaying  that  the  best  of  feelings  pre- 
vailed, and  that  to-day  the  brotherhood  is  more 
firmly  united  in  faith,  love  and  practice  than 
it  ever  was  Iwfore.t  Most  of  our  people  had 
looked  to  ibis  Annual  Meeting  with  anxious 
fci-liugs,  fearing  that  some  things  might  conu 
[1])  tbiit  would  not  be  for  the  better,  but  thauk:^ 
|je  to  iiur  heavenly  Father  things  went  otf  gen- 
erally smoothly,  and  we  all  feel  much  encour- 
aged, and  moi-o  determined  to  press  on  in  the 
great  and  good  work  in  which  we  are  engai 
When  Bro.  Eshelman  gets  rested  up  a  little  he 
will  have  considerable  to  tell  our  readers  about 
the  meeting.  What  we  publish  this  issue  was 
prHpar,-.!  m  hivite  while  at  the  A.  M. 


SOME  PRACTICAL  SUaOESTIONS. 

A  SHORT  lesson   on    practical   Christianity 
will   not  be  amiss  just  now.    There  are 
sul)ject9  over  which  we  need  to  study  aud  pray 

1.  There  is  too  mucli  Ioohc  living  among 
professing  Christians.  Theirlivcs  arenot  mark- 
ed hy  that  true  vita!  piety  that  nliould  char- 
act«riM  the  saints  on  earth.  True  holiness 
and  humility  do  not  always  constitute  their 
adornmeut.  Of  many  it  cim  l>e  truthfully  Mid, 
"They  are  not  shining  lights."  Practically 
some  men  api)ear  no  better  after  conversion  than 
l^fore.  If  religion  makes  jicople  no  better,  it  is 
practically  of  no  use  to  them. 

2.  Christians  am  not  suflicieutly  careful 
about  letting  their  light  shine  before  the  world. 
With  many  of  them,  their  light  has  turned  to 
darkness.  They  let  the  world  .lee  mauy  of  their 
bad  deeds,  and  hut  httic  of  Ihcirgoorl  works.  I 
fear  that  we  do  not  fully  realI/,o  the  respousibil- 

.  ity  resting  on  us  as  the  light  of  the  world.  Bet- 
ter lose  a  few  dollars  than  have  ourcondiict  evil 
sp'iken  df.  A  religion  that  is  not  worth  mak- 
iiii;  some  snciilicc  for  is  not  worth  having.  The 
inau  who  will  not  willingly  deny  hi. -sell  of  i^ome 


cuoiforts  for  his  religion  his  a  poor  cono'ptiou 
of  its  real  value. 

3.  Christians  are  not  the  livjug  epistles, 
known  anii  read  o I  all  men,  that  they  should  be. 
Every  prol'.'s.-ed  follower  of  Christ  should  be  a 
credit  to  the  cause.  We  genendly  determine 
the  merits  of  a  mill  by  the  quality  of  flour  it 
turns  out,  but  wore  we  to  judge  of  the  meritsof 
the  Ciiristian  religion  by  a  large  percentage  of 
those  who  claim  conversion,  we  wonld  certainly 
have  a  poor  opinion  of  it.  Every  Christian 
should  so  live  that  it  would  be  safe  to  point  him 
or  her  out  as  a  sample  of  the  effutits  of  the 
Christian  religion. 

i.  In  many  instances  the  discipline  of  the 
church  is  too  loose.  Great  regard  should  be  paid 
to  the  character  and  reputation  of  the  church 
as  a  body.  It  should  not  be  marred  by  the  con- 
duct of  unruly  mcmlwrs.  The  church  was  not 
intended  for  unholy  people.  UuleJs  a  man  is  a 
credit  to  the  cause  his  claims  to  membership 
could  be  called  into  question.  The  church 
sit  aild  be  comp'.>sed  of  none  but  Khhihif/  lights, 
as  no  others  will  ever  reach  heaven.  The  vir- 
gins who  h.id  no  oil  in  their  lamps  were  reject- 
ed. If  the  tares  c.in  be  pulled  np  without 
injuring  any  of  the  wheat,  it  would  better  \re 
done,  hut  do  not  destroy  the  wheat  just  to  yet 
rid  of  the  tares, 

5.  In  many  instances  churches  are  too  eai'c- 
less  regarding  the  selection  of  their  preachers. 
Ministei-s  should  be  men  of  exemplary  holiness. 
In  I'act  they  want  to  he  ensamplcs  to  the  flock. 
The  Holy  Ghost  had  recorded  in  the  Scriptures 
just  what  kind  of  men  are  wanted,  and  if  each 
member,  ivheii  casting  his  vote,  wonld  sec  to  it 
that  he  voted  for  one  liuviug  Bible  qnalificationa, 
the  church  would  be  much  better  oil'.  The  tord 
wants  ministeiB  who  preach  by  example  as 
as  u'ord.  The  preacher  whose  conduct  does  not 
accord  with  his  }>reaching  is  not  the  nmn  the 
Loi-d  wants.  There  are  too  many  in  the  world 
who  say  and  do  not.  No  man  should  be  kept 
ill  the  ministry  who  is  an  injury  to  the  cause. 
Better  have  a  good  man  who  cannot  talk,  than 
a  great  tall:cr  who  is  impious.  The  church 
should  keep  a  careful  \vatch  over  her  ministere 
and  s-ee  to  it  that  the  cause  does  not  sutler  by 
their  misconduct.  Ministers,  who  become  in. 
volved  in  a  difliculty  that  is  calculated  to  iujur* 
the  cause  o;  religiou,  should  be  relieved  of  their 
office  till theirmattersareproperlyadjusted.  A 
course  of  this  kind  would  make  ministers  more 
cautious,  and  show  to  the  world  that  I  he  church 
is  xealons  of  her  good  name. 

6.  In  many  inst.inces  ministers  are  too  loo: 
with  what  little  piety  they  have.  They  do  not 
watch  their  conduct  as  they  should.  At  times 
they  will  allow  themselves  to  become  involved 
in  trouble  without  taking  into  consideration  tht 
amount  of  reproach  they  may  thus  bring  upon 
the  church.  If  they  do  not  think  enough  of 
Ihe  church's  reputation  to  make  some  sacrifice 
fur  it  they  need  to  spend  more  time  at  the  foot 
of  the  cross. 

7.  Ministers  are  too  loose  about  their  preach- 
ing. Mauy  are  too  much  disposed  to  compro- 
mise ivith  the  ways  of  popular  religion  and  thi 
destroy  the  line  of  demarcation  that  should  exist 
between  the  church  and  the  world.  Ministers 
want  to  be  bold  enough  to  preach  the  truth 
whether  people  like  it  or  uot.  The  man  who 
will  shun  to  declare  the  whole  council  of  God 
is  not  worthy  of  his  position.  Most  ministei^ 
spend  too  much  time  over  knotty  questions,  and 
not  enough  with  the  plain,  simple,  practical 
truths  of  the  Bible.  About  three-fourths  of 
them  put  the  feed  up  too  high;  the  lambs  can- 
not reach  it,  hence  the  little  creatures  go  to  oth- 
er churches  for  mental  and  spiritual  food.  The 
generality  of  ministers  do  not  study  enough. 
They  re&d  much  and  study  little.  Many  of 
them  spend  a  week  sliuhjinij  up  a  sermon. 
They  would  better  take  the  Bible  smA  hunt  up 
the  sermon.  A  good  sermon,  like  gold,  often 
rrquires  much  hard  labor  to  get  it.  Minirilcr^ 
should  be  careful  what  they  preach.  They 
should  never  ttill  a  thing  till  they  know  it  to  be 
correct.  God  never  requires  a  man  to  tell  a 
thing  that  he  does  not  know. 

8.  As  a  rule,  minislei-s  do  not  visit  enough 
aaioDg  the  poorer  members.  The  rich  get  mo.^t 
of  the  company.  The  poor  should  not  be  neg- 
le.t«d,  especially  by  the  ofliciids. 

ft.  Most  people  are  too  slow  to  Ipjirn  that  our 
M.iker  has  endowed  each  of  us  with  different 
gilts  and  capacities,  and  that  there  Is  a  special 
calling  for  each  of  us.  The  church  should  see 
to  it  that  she  gets    the    right  nuui  iu  the    right 


place.  If  the  church  finds  that  she  lias  made  a 
mistake  in  selecting  a  sen'aut  to  servo  in  any 
capacity  she  should  be  free  to  correct  her  error, 
and  not  lay  the  blame  on  the  Holy  Ghost,  as  is 
the  m.inner  of  some.  If  a  man  has  been  chos- 
en to  fill  a  position,  and  it  is  afterward  apparent 
that  he  is  not  adapted  to  that  calling,  but  can 
do  something  else  much  better,  prudence  would 
demand  a  change  at  once.  That  is  the  way  we 
do  in  temporal  matters,  and  certainly  religion  is 
vastly  more  important  than  worldly  things.  If 
the  church,  in  these  things,  would  bo  as  "  wise 
as  serpents,"  it  would  add  much  to  her  prosper- 
ity. Every  thing  in  its  place  is  not  less  im- 
portant in  religious  matters  than  in  worldly 
things.  That  which  is  worth  doing  at  all  is 
worth  doing  right,  and  the  right  way  is  always 
the  best. 

10,  We  need  more  of  Christ  and  less  of  self 
behind  the  table.  Less  opinion  nnd  more  faith 
will  do  any  congregation  good.  Ministers  want 
to  show  to  the  congregation  that  they  respect 
each  other.  Like  priest,  like  people.  The  lack 
of  love  behind  the  table  is  enough  to  paralyse 
any  congregation.  More  love,  more  faith,  and 
much  more  prai/er  are  indispensible elements  to 
all  true  holiness.  J.  n.  ; 


WHEW  IS  THE  CHTTECH  PROS- 
PEROUS? 

xryaEii  ii, 

HEUE  I  promised  to  notice  the  relations  of 
the  hiity  and  the  servants  of  the  church. 
As  members  of  the  same  body  they  are  one- 
are  equal.  Their  rights  and  interests  are  thi 
same.  They  drink  from  the  same  Fountain,  eat 
of  the  Same  Bread,  shall  receive  the  same  re- 
wai'd.  They  practice  the  same  ordinances,  enjoy 
the  same  rights  and  privileges,  are  made  jmrtak- 
ers  of  the  same  hope.  The  church  that  fails  to 
recognize  these  fnct'^,  cannot  be  prosperous.  So 
far,  then,  we  see  that  prosperity  will  come  if 
these  facts  are  duly  recognized.  There  is  hut 
one  Gospel,  one  role  of  faith  and  practice  for 
the  church.  To  get  two  rules  of  faith  and  prac- 
tice into  the  church  would  cause  division,  and 
where  there  is  division  there  is  not  pro.iperity. 

The  servants  of  the  church  must  be  chosei 
in  the  church,  hy  the  church.  Servants  that 
are  not  chosen  by  the  church  are  not  the  church' 
servants;  and  the  Gospel  recognises  no  servants 
not  nf  the  church,  hij  the  church.  When  the 
Lord  "ascended  upon  high,  he  led  captivity 
captive,  and  gave  gifts  unto  men,"  "  and  he  gave 
some,  apostles."  The  church  in  its  infancy,  Hi 
gave  apostles.  And  to  "  some  "  He  gave  proph- 
ets; others,  evangelists,  pastors  and  teachers. 
Why?  "For  the  perfecting  of  the  siunts." 
This  is  one  reason.  A  second  reason  why  He 
gave  somo  teachers,  pastors  and  evangelists  was, 
"  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,"  and  the  third 
reason  was,  "for  the  edifying  of  the  body  of 
Christ."  This  last  reason  found  in  Ephesians 
4:  12,  is  applicable  here.  Those  given  "for  the 
eilifying  of  the  body  of  Christ"  are  such  who 
shall  be  blameless,  apt  to  teach,  grave,  sober, 
vigilant,  of  good  behavior,  uot  greedy  of  filthy 
lucre,  not  self-willed,  not  soon  angry,  but  lovers 
of  hospitality,  lovers  of  good  men,  just,  temper- 
ate, holy,  patient.  Such  servants  Ihe  church 
shall  choose  for  the  edifying  of  itself  And  the 
church  that  Is  cautious  in  this  respect,  the 
church  that  thinks  more  of  ita  edification  and 
prosperity  than  it  does  of  man,  will  ever  seek 
such  as  are  in  full  pos.session  of  these  qualifica- 
tions. It  is  not  safe  to  choose  a  servant  n-ith 
the  hope  that  he  will  seek  aud  find  these  quali- 
fications when  given  a  servant's  duties.  Such  is 
not,  I  think,  the  apostolic  order.  A  man  should 
be  found  possessing  these  qualifications,  nnd 
then  called  to  edify  the  church.  Happy  is  the 
church  that  follows  the  apostolic  order  in  all 
things. 

The  relation  thai  exists  between  the  laity  and 
the  servants  is  that  of  brothers.  Servants  are 
to  serve  the  church — not  to  govern  in  the  sense 
of  human  government.  Christ  came  to  do  the 
irill  of  His  Father — not  HLs  own.  In  thus 
coming,  He  waji  the  servant  of  God.  The  serv- 
ants of  tlie  chorch  in  like  manner  are  to  do  the 
will  of  the  isborch — not  their  own  will,  for  if 
they  do  their  own  will,  they  are  no  more  serv- 
antti,  but  lords. 

The  servants  of  tlie  rhurcli,  are  not  above  the 

church.    This  is  beeuuse  they  arc  a  part  of  the 

church,  and  a  part  can  never  rise  above  the 

hole.     Were  they  above   the  church,  greater] 

than  the  church  in  power,  they  would  no  long- 


er he  scrvimt'i  of  the  church,  but  lords  of  the 
chureli,  and  lords  of  the  church  have  no  prom- 
ise of  the  peace  of  this  world,  nor  that  of  the 
world  to  come.  Thus  the  idea  of  equality,  of 
equal  rights  and  privileges  between  the  lait}- 
aud  the  ofiicials  is  a  Bible  idea;  and  the  church 
that  recognizes  this  idea  and  faithfully  adheres 
to  it  will  be  prosi>erous.  But  if  n  church  should 
forget  this,  should  place  judgment,  and  e.xecu- 
tion  wholly  in  tho  hands  of. its  servants,  or  if 
the  servant.s  should  usurp  their  authority,  and 
assume  all  matters  of  judgment,  then  that 
church  would  not  be  prosperous  as  the  Bible 
teaches  prosperity.  Servants  or  olHcials  may 
sugge-it  to  the  church  what  thoy  think  for  its 
best  interests,  hut  in  no  case  should  they  as-sume 
to  do  the  work  of  the  church.  A  man  when 
called  to  perform  some  special  duly  for  the 
church  is  simply  the  church's  agent,  the  church's 
servant  subject  to  the  bidding  of  the  church. 
He  has  not  become  a  law-maker,  for  Christ  and 
the  apostles  made  all  the  law  the  church  needs. 
No  man  can  make  a  perlect  law;  but  Christ  did, 
and  the  perfect  law  is  far  better  asaruleof  faith, 
practice  and  judgment  than  any  imperfect  law 
can  be. 

The  apostle  say.s,  "  Obey  your  gnides,  nnd  be 
submissive;  fur  they  keep  watch  on  your  behalf, 
its  going  to  render  account "  (Heb.  13:17).  This 
the  laiiy  of  the  church  arc  comniamled  to  do, 
providing  the  leaders  possess  all  the  qualific:i- 
tions  laid  down  in  the  Holy  Scriptures.  But 
that  thej'  shall  obey  leaders  who  possess  not  the 
qualifications  given  hy  the  Holy  Ghost  through 
the  apostles,  is  not  at  all  evident.  The  kind  ol 
leaders  they  are  required  to  obey,  arc  such  as 
are  humble,  and  themselves  entirely  submissive 
to  the  will  of  God. 

Leaders,  however,  sometimes  find  themselves 
in  difficulties,  not  because  they  have  conducted 
themselves  in  a  disorderly  manner  at  home,  but 
because  Ihey  mistrusted  the  church,  because 
having  failed  in  gentleness,  long-suffering,  good- 
ness, meekness,  or  some  other  point.  Whenev- 
er leaders,  the  servants  of  the  church,  lo.^e  pon- 
tidence  in  the  church,  mistrust  the  church,  aud 
resort  to  their  own  judgment  as  to  the  church's 
interests,  they  are  more  likely  to  throw  safe- 
guards around  their  own  inlere^ils  than  around 
the  interests  of  the  church.  The  servants  and 
chose  who  gave  them  authority  to  preside  over 
and  look  after  the  church's  interests,  must  labur 
together,  must  be  gentle  to  each  other,  for  their 
interests  are  the  same.  Servants  lose  nothing 
by  consulting  the  church,  by  permitting  the 
church  to  do  its  own  work,  by  admonishing  to 
faithfulness,  holiness  aud  good  works.  But  on 
the  other  hand,  should  servants  so  fur  e-xcrl  their 
powers  and  duties  as  to  attempt  to  control  the 
church,  to  assume  its  duties  nnd  privileges,  then 
vexatious  and  troubles  arise,  and  where  the>  e 
are,  there  is  no  prosperity. 

The  relation  of  servants  and  laity  do  not  re- 
quire that  either  do  aught  in  secret  that  pertains 
to  the  other.  There  are  not  two  distinct  bodhs 
inthecburch.  The  church  is  "one  body;"  and 
officials  arii  simplj  persons  chosen  Ay  the  church 
to  execute  the  will  of  the  church,  and  the  will 
of  the  church  must  be  in  jjerfect  harmony  with 
the  will  of  God.  The  church  that  recognizes 
this  fact  will  be  happy,  and  being  happy  will 
prosper. 

Again,  if  a  churcb  would  pt"oa|ier,  woiiM  sei 
little  trouble  in  church  government,  let  it  he 
cautious  in  the  selection  of  its  servants.  To 
choose  for  a  servant  one  who  had  not  yet  learn- 
ed to  bo  patient,  who  had  not  yet  learned  to  be 
gentle,  kind  aud  forWiring,  and  willing  to  con- 
fide iu  the  elmrcii.  Would  not  be  choosing  in  the 
direction  of  prosperity.  Aa  before  stated,  few 
persons  fully  learn  the  power  of  kindness.  The 
servant  who  has  leai'iied  this  les.son  well,  is  in 
possession  of  a  power  for  good  fur  beyond  him 
who  relies  upon  the  rigor  of  law,  or  his  own 
peeuhar  advantages.  There  is  one  thing  more 
that  I  wish  to  here  impress  upon  the  minds  of 
all  who  have  been  chosen  by  the  church  to  per-* 
form  its  duties.  Aim  to  maintain  the  respect 
of  the  church  for  the  position  you  occupy.  Just 
so  sure  as  you  attempt  to  override  the  church's 
best  interests  in  order  to  subsetye  your  own,  just 
that  sure  will  you  bring  division  into  thechurch, 
iind  division  being  there,- pr(» peri ty  is  a  stranger. 
Let  no  one  attempt  to  do  the  church's  htisiuess, 
unless  the  church  says  soi  Let  none  i^ecretly 
lueforhisownaggrandiKeiuent,  uurultempt 
to  draw  honor  to  himself  by  any  other  mcjuis 
I  love,  faithfulness  and'  gWJtl  worl«.  Fear 
not  that   you  shall  uot  be   i,vuflti?d   worthy  nf 


June    20, 


rtHl^:   BRETHRK>r    A.T   "WORK:. 


either  single  or  double  honor,  Init  perfhrni  the 
dutk-s  ol'  n  servant  faithfully,  niid  the  church 
will  not  he  ungnitelul.  Should  a  church  Ixi  uii- 
urntet'ul  to  its  servimts  when  they  have  faithful- 
ly eiirried  out  the  will  of  the  Lord,  then  the 
Lord  will  8)>eedily  nveDge  His  elect,  and  thiit 
thurch  will  fnll  beneath  the  justice  of  ii  true 
(iod.  Thatservnntit  sometimes  suffer  for  wrong- 
doing is  II  fact,  but  it  is  rare  that  they  suffer  for 
well-doing.  Keep  the  church  in  the  front,  re- 
K])ftt  the  rights  and  pririleges  of  the  laity,  my 
dear  brethren,  and  the  church  under  your  care 
will  proMjier.  Should  any  step  aside  from  the 
old.  beiiteu  pathway  to  glory,  go  plead  with 
theui;  iioint  them  to  Jesus,  show  His  love,  your 
love,  tlie  crown  of  glory  in  the  end,  pray  with 
them,  and  rest  assured  prosperity  will  be  inscrib- 
ed on  the  liiinnera  of  that  church.       ii.  u. 


TRIP  TO  THE  ANNUiL  MEETING. 

ON  the  luoruiiig  ol"  I t'f:  ticli. scvuiiil  of  us  Jrom 
Northern  llliiioii  ou  the  way  to  AuiiUiJ 
Meeting,  were  safely  set  down  at  North  Man- 
chester, Ind,  Bro.  S.  S.  Ulery  took  care  of  us 
iind  iu  the  nfteruoou  eonilucled  us  to  the  Ogan's 
Creek  coiumuuion.  where  we  were  made  happy 
in  meeting  many  loving  brethren  and  sisters. 
It  doe-«  one  good  to  meet  and  become  acquainted 
with  the  readers  of  the  Buethren  at  Wokk. 
We  are  not  only  glad  to  meet  such,  but  all  who 
have  obtained  "like  precious  faith,"  ami  possess 
the  same  Gospel  hope  with  us.  But  our  readers 
are  somewliat  more  endeared  to  us,  because  of 
our  weekly  talks. 

The  feust  was  truly  an  enjoyable  one,  and  by 
all  appeariuices  those  who  participated  in  it  were 
all  prolited.  Only  those  who  throw  open  their 
hearts  to  the  Lord,  invite  Hiui  in  and  sup  with 
Him,  can  express 'the  comforts  and  strength  of 
a  communion  meeting.  The  ministerial  force 
was  strong  at  this  meeting,  and  the  simple,  ef- 
fective manner  of  tlieir  working  is  well  worth 
rdmemhcriug.  When  old  brethren — those  who 
have  for  a  score  or  more  years  withstood  the 
trials,  temptations  and  vexations  of  life,  kindly 
and  earnestly  plead  for  unity,  love  and  hjother- 
ly  kindness, — for  w;al  in  spreading  the  truth  of 
Jesus,  one  is  made  to  thnnit  God  and  take  cour- 
age. And  more:  when  they  declare  that  they 
ha\'e  confidence  in  the  church — have  confidence 
that  the  younger  brethren  and  sisters  want  to 
do  right,  have  eonfidence  that  when  they  lay 
down  to  rest  in  their  graves,  the  younger  ones 
will  take  up  the  mantle  and  battle  justas  nobly 
fur  the  distinctive  plea  of  the  church — yes  whe;i 
they  utter  such  confidence,  we  are  humbled  in 
spirit  and  more  firmly  resolve  to  hide  continu- 
ally »inder  the  cross.  These  old  veterans  not 
only  thus  speak,  but  act  and  appear  just  as  they 
declare  with  their  voices.  They  believe  that  the 
rhurch  existed  xnd  flourished  successfully  before 
it  wiLs  placed  in  their  care,  and  that  it  will  go 
ou  successfully  after  they  are  gone.  They  are 
only  concerned  that  it  shall  go  out  of  their 
charge  in  good  order,  and  fall  into  well-j)repQred 
hands;  and  that  it  may  go  on  and  on  with  care, 
they  encourage  those  who  must  follow  after,  not 
by  suspicioning  them,  not  by  questioning  their 
motives,  but  by  love  and  confidence.  God  bless 
all  the  brethren  who  do  not  raistru.'it  their 
younger  brethren.  0,  brethren,  you  do  not  re- 
nlize  how  much  good  your  kind  words,  your 
loving  actions  are  doing!  In  eternity  all  will 
be  clear. 

On  the  morning  of  the  8th,  brethren  from  all 
parts  of  the  country  assembled  in  the  Ogan's 
Creek  meeting-house  to  consult  in  reference  to 
the  be.sl  method  of  spreading  the  Gospel,  of 
sowing  the  good  seed.  This  meeting  had  been 
called  by  the  officers  of  the  "Church  Extension 
Union,"  and  as  many  did  not  fully  understand 
itt  aims  and  methods,  they  came  to  learn.  Bro. 
Quinter  explained  the  object  of  the  meeting  to 
|>e  in  the  interests  of  mission  work,  and  to 
more  fully  carry  out  the  plan  adopted  by  the 
A.  M.  of  1868.  This  plan  w.is  read  and  ap- 
proved as  \miig  good;  and  iu  order  to  carry  it 
into  e.iecution,  some  additional  resolutions  were 
adopted.  These  will  be  given  in  full  in  the 
future. 

Tb-^  plan  adopted  at  jUeyersdale,  Pa.,  and 
known  as  the  "  Church  Extension  Union,"  was 
suhstiluted  by  the  one  above  mentioned,  and 
sbidl  bo  kncwn  as  the  "Brethren's  Work  of 
Evejitielism."  The  design  is  not  to  iuterl'ere 
with  Ihe  organizations  now  existing  in  several 
Districts,  but  is  presented  as  au  effective  means 
of  e.Klendiug  the  hordei-s  of  the  church. 


\7  ANXUAt.  UBETIXQ. 

On  Sunday  morning  June  9th,  the  ]>eople 
Iwgan  to  gather  nt  the  large  tent  two  miles  West 
of  North  Manchester,  as  it  had  been  announced 
that  brother  S.  H.  Bashor  would  preach  in  the 
mecting-housc  near  by.  The  house  woa  soon 
densely  packed  with  anxious  hearers,  and  as 
many  could  not  get  into  the  meeting-house,  it 
was  thought  good  to  go  to  the  tent  and  luild 
meeting  there  also.  Here  brother  Mo.ses  Miller 
addressed  an  attentive  audience,  and  as  the  day 
was  cool  and  rainy,  the  ijoople  were  slow  in  dis- 
persing. Meetings  were  held  at  eight  or  ten 
different  points  in  the  vicinity  during  the;  day 
and  evening. 

Early  on  Monday  morning,  the  large  and 
commodious  tent  was  filled  with  per^sons  from 
all  parts  of  the  country,  and  as  the  Standing 
Committee  could  not  arrange  to  open  meeting 
until  Tuesday  moniing,  it  was  deemed  good  and 
expedient  to  spend  the  time  iu  preaching;  hence 
brother  S.  H.  Bashor  preached  at  10  A.  M.,  on 
the  authenticity  of  the  Bible,  followed  by  S,  C. 
Stump.  At  2  P.  M.,  brother  S.  Z.  Shai-p  ad- 
dressed the  viust  multitude,  on  "  Rightly  divid- 
ing the  Word  of  Truth,"  followed  by  A.  J. 
Hixon,  Howard  Miller  and  J.  W.  Stein— the  last 
two  dwelling  upon  the  importance  of  mission 
work,  A  synopsis  of  some  of  those, discourses 
will  be  given  as  soon  as  possible. 

Tuesday  S:30  A.  M.  the  Standing  Committee 
entered  the  tent,  and  so  dcjise  was  the  congre- 
gatioii  that  it  was  some  time  until  the  Commit- 
tee could  be  seated  and  the  audience  quieted 
sufficiently  to  proceed  to  business.  Bro.  Enoch 
Eby  announced  the  253rd  hymn  which  the  audi- 
ence sung  with  great  warmth.  It  reminded  one 
of  the  great  meeting  promised  us  all  in  heaven, 
when  the  saints  shall,  with  one  voice,  sing  the 
song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

The  Moderator  then  said  that,  no  doubt  we 
all  have  long  looked  forward  to  the  time  when 
we  could  meet  and  enjoy  each  other',s  company. 
But  we  have  not  only  assembled  to  see  each 
other,  but  to  labor  for  the  good  of  the  church 
u  general.  Looking  at  tlio  matter  thus,  we  will 
feel  that  we  are  in  the  immediate  presence  of 
ho  has  called  us  here;  hence  I  trust  that 
every  brother  in  divine  presence,  as  well  :^your 
unworthy  servant,  will  feel  the  need  of  asking 
God  to  be  in  our  midst.  In  view,  then,  of  the 
iportonce  of  this  great  work  before  us,  let  us 
bow  before  God  and  ask  His  blessing  upon  us. 
Prayer  by  brotherEby,  after  which  the  fifteenth 
of  Acts  was  read  by  R.  H.  Miller.  The  organ- 
ization was  next  announced  to  be  as  follows: 
Enoch  Eby,  Moderator;  U.  H.  Miller,  Reading 
Clerk;  Jame.-*  Quinter.  Writing  Clerk.  The 
Moderator  then  said,  that  we  had  heard  the 
Scriptures  read,  giving  an  account  of  a  difficulty 
in  the  church  and  that  the  apostles,  and  elders 
with  the  church  met  to,  arrange  matters  satis- 
factorily. They  gave  a  decision  and  -sent  it  to 
the  church  from  whence  the  difficulty  came; 
and  as  diflerencea  of  opinion  prevailed  among 
those  assembled  on  that  occasion,  it  could  not 
be  expected  that  we  should  arrange  matters 
without  some  differences  of  opinion  also;  but 
it  would  be  good  if  we  could  present  our  views 
from  a  Scriptural  standpoint,  a!way.s  giving  the 
word  of  God  as  proof  of  our  position  rather  than 
the  Minutes  of  Annual  Meeting.  Be  kind  and 
courteous  in  your  remarks,  for  soft  words  turn 
away  wrath,  but  harsh  words  stir  up  anger. 

The  Clerk  then  read  the  programme  of  the 
meeting.  Paper  relative  to  a  change  in  the 
of  holding  the  Annual  Meeting  wiw 
r  -ad,  the  main  features  of  which  are,  that  each 
congregation  in  the  brotherhood  be  permitted 
to  send  a  delegate  in  connection  with  the  pres- 
ent District  system,  which  delegates  shall  con- 
stitute the  Conference  in  rendering  decisions, 
but  questions  to  be  open  to  discussion  for  all. 
Subject  deferred  until  Wednesday  morning. 

Papers  relative  to  divorces  and  the  propriety 
of  innocent  parties  re-marrying  were  presented 
and  deferred  indefinitely.  The  question  of  ad- 
vancing ministers  outside  of  the  congregation 
in  which  they  reside,  was  considered  and  decid- 
ed to  be  unwarranted  according  to  the  usages  of 
tlie  church. 


AFTKIIKOON  SESSION. 

The  first  subject  under  consideration  was  in 
regard  to  those  who  travel  among  churches  and 
teach  contrjiry  to  the  usages  and  practice  of  the 
church.  It  was  unanimously  agreed  that  such 
work  is  not  in  liarmony  with  Gospel  order,  and 
that  those  who  thus  persist  in  violating  good 
oi-der  shall  not   he  regiirded  a.s  one  of  us.     The 


integrity  and  purity  of  the  church  should  fver 
be  kept  in  view,  and  nooue  should  even  presuj 
to  go  beyond  good  order,  peace  and  harmony. 

The  justice  and  propriety  of  first  presenting 
the  decisions  of  the  church  to  a  member  who 
has  been  tried  for  disobedience,  before  asking 
him  whether  ho  will  accept  it,  was  given  con- 
sideration, and  it  was  agreed  that  by  all  means 
should  the  decision  be  made  known'before  ask- 
ing any  one  whether  be  will  comply  with  it. 
The  wisdom  and  justice  of  this  decision  is  so 
clear  that  it  will  he  generally  accepted.  From 
henceforth  the  decision  of  the  church  must  be 
presented  to  the  accused,  before  asking  him  to 
comply.  No  man  should  be  asked  to  consent  to 
a  thing  of  which  he  is  ignorant.  Tell  him  the 
demand  and  then  ask  him  whether  he  will  ac- 
cept. The  third  subject  related  to  receiving 
pensions  I'rom  the  government;  and  the  fourth 
struck  at  expensive  feasting  at  funerals.  This 
was  a  timely  warning,  as  many  poor  families  are 
burdened  in  the  vain  effort  to  keep  up  with  the 
times.  It  is  time  that  we,  as  nchurch,  raise  our 
voice  against  this  growing  evil. 

Norfch-western  Ohio  District  petitioned  A.  M. 
to  change  Art.  16  of  1871  in  order  to  enable 
poor  brethren  to  obtain  a  committee  from  A. 
M.  through  the  District  Meeting.  Often  those 
who  are  poor  cannot  atfoivi  to  go  to  A.  M.  for  a 
committee,  and  by  calling  for  one  through  the 
D.  M.  may  he  able  to  obtain  justice  more  readi- 
ly.    Request  not  granted. 

Several  churches  requested  permission  to  ask 
applicants  the  usual  questions  on  the  bank  of 
the  stream  instead  of  in  the  water.  This  sub- 
ject elicited  a  lengthy  discussion  in  which  the 
Scriptnrcs  and  ancient  church  history  i 
brought  forward.  Tertullian,  Chrysostom  and 
other  notable  ancients  were  referred  to,  and  it  is 
worthy  of  note  that  in  doing  ao,  the  idea  of  trine 
immei-sion  was  also  brought  before  the  vast  as- 
sembly. It  was  evident  that  as  to  the  matter  of 
asking  applicants  questions,  the  church  is  of.  one 
mind;  but  icherc  to  ask  them  is  a  matter  of 
opinion.  Though  the  discussion  was  quite  pro- 
tracted and  brought  out  many  good  points,  it 
was  evident  that  the  subject  required  considera- 
ble study  and  reflection  in  order  to  reach  just 
and  true  conclusions.  The  meeting  concluded 
to  make  no  change.  This  was  the  last  subject 
for  the  first  day's  session,  and  the  multitude  di 
persed  to  find  places  of  rest. 

THE  TEKT. 

in  which  the  meeting  is  held,  together  with  the 
dining  room,  is  372  feet  long  and  80  feet  wide. 
About  one  half,  or  136  feet  by  80,  is  used  for  the 
council.  This  was  completely  filled  and  thou- 
sands stood  outside.  Persons  with  strong  vocal 
organs  could  be  heard  throughout  the  tent,  hut 
those  of  less  capacity  were  only  heard  in  their 
.mmediate  vicinity.  The  discussions  thus  far 
have  been  made  in  a  Christian  spirit,  and,  not- 
thstanding  the  immense  audience,  pretty  good 
order  has  been  maintained.     More  next  week. 


COMMUNISM. 


Compiled. 

BY  many  who  have  given  the  subject  con- 
siderable thought,  it  is  believed  that  our 
country  is  to-day  on  the  very  crest  of  a  volcano, 
which  may  burst  forth  any  moment.  And  from 
present  indications  it  is  safe  to  conclude thatbe- 
fore  the  expiration  of  many  months,  this  pent 
p  subterranean  fire  will  burst  forth,  causing 
shock  from  one  end  of  the  land  to  the  other. 
Already  the  rumbling  is  beginning  to  be  heard 
the  far  off  Euroi>e,  and  the  very  kings  unon 
their  thrones  are  becoming  alarmed. 

We  believe  their  is  danger  ahead.  Here  we 
are  in  the  second  year  of  our  centennial  glorj- 
with  the  country  seething  like  a  caldron.  At 
Washington  the  political  parties  are  falling  to 
pieces  by  their  own  inherent  corruption.  Th« 
Presidential  chair  has  a  torpedo  under  it.  Rep- 
resentatives of  the  nations  come  into  the  halls 
of  Congress  drunk.  Drunk!  Great  heavens! 
has  it  come  to  this,  that  drunkards  shall  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Christian  America?  Represen- 
tatives! Yes,  so  tliey  aie;  to  our  disgrace  be  it 
,  in  more  ways  than  one.  Infidelity  and 
Sabbath  desecration  are  growing.  Spirituality 
I  gaunt  and  attenuated  in  many  of  our  cities 
that  it  cannot  even  reflect  the  truth.  The  land 
is  over-run  by  thieves  and  vagrants,  labor  and 
capital  are  at  sword's  points,  and  beneath  all 
this  cracked  crust  of  Republicanism,  there  are 
smouldering  the  volcanic  fires  of  Communism, 


No  danger!  Have  the  signs  of  the  times  no 
voice  of  warning? 

Theirnumhernt  the  present  is  not  known; 
it  is  supposed  to  be  two  or  three  hundred  thous- 
and They  are  all  oath-bound  and  worked  by 
secret  wires  that  thema'isesof  our  readers  know 
not  of.  Their  work  is  done  in  the  profoundost 
secrecy,  and  the  Lord  only  knows  what  their 
strength  is.  They  have  been  hard  at  work  dur- 
ing the  last  twelve  months,  and  now  have  or- 
gani^jitions  in  nearly  all  the  leading  cities  of 
the  land.  They  drill  in  secret.  They  are  said 
to  be  orgonizmg  armies,  and  in  Chicago  have 
a  force  of  several  thousand.  At  that  place  they 
have  been  seen  drilling  in  public. 

They  are  armed  with  breech-loading  rifles, 
and  revolvers,  and  are  drilling,  they  say,  with 
a  view  to  self-protection  iuease  their  plans  are 
interfered  with.  In  Cincinnati  the  Communists 
have  three  thousand  men  enrolled.  Large  num- 
bers of  them  are  organized  into  military  com- 
panies, which  meet  and  drill  in  secret.  The 
Knights  of  Lal)or,  an  organization  whose  object 
is  similar  to  that  of  the  Communists,  are  also 
drilling  and  arming  in  preparation  for  an  im- 
pending crisis.  In  St.  Louis  large  street  meet- 
ings are  held  and  inflammatory  speeches  made, 
stirring  up  riot  and  sowing  the  seeds  of  discord 
and  outrage.  They  laugh  at  the  power  of  the 
police  to  coerce  them.  In  New  York  the  same 
tiling  is  seen,  and  revolutionary  measures  are 
openly  avowed. 

Can  we  stand  up  in  the  bold  presence  of  these 
startling  facts  and  say  there  is  no  danger  ?  What 
is  the  meaning  of  all  this  organi/.ing,  and  arm- 
ing, and  drilling  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Paoif- 
ic?  There  is  no  foreign  army  approaching. 
There  is  no  war  iu  our  own  land.  The  Presi- 
dent has  not  called  for  militia.  What  does  it 
meim  ?  It  moans  revolution,  and  that  at  no 
distant  day.  It  means  the  upheaval  of  our  lib- 
erties and  homes;  th^  war  of  classes;  the  poor 
against  the  rich;  the  laborer  against  the  capital- 
ist,—anarch  j;,  red-handed,  ghastly  anarchy.  It 
means  riot,  and  murder,  Jind  pillage,  and  sacked 
cities,  and  a  dismembered  government. 

But  what  is  the  caiLse  of  this  threatening 
trouble?  We  answer,  it  is  mono|)oly.  The 
working  class  bos  been  abused,  and  the  wealth 
of  the  land  is  i-apidly  going  into  the  hands  of  a 
few.  The  wages  of  the  poorer  class  have  be6n 
cut  down  that  the  rich  might  have  more  money 
to  squander.  The  poor  and  their  families  have 
been  almost  starving  while  the  rich  aie  building 
fine  mansions  and  investing  their  wealth  in 
bonds.  We  believe  the  whole  thing  can  l>e  rem- 
edied by  wise  and  judicious  legislation.  But 
how  can  we  expect  this  to  come  to  pass  when 
our  nation  is  reeling  from  the  effect  of  the  liq- 
uor traffic  and  pride  of  every  order?  Our  coun- 
try needs  a  reformation  which  may  yet  como 
after  it  is  too  late  to  avert  the  pending  evils  that 
are  no*v  awaiting  her. 

The  work  wants  to  be  brought  about  by  the 
Gospel  of  peace,  and  nut  by  carnal  weapons  as 
is  now  threatened.  We  are  satisfied  that  the 
Communists  will  not  succeed  in  overrunning 
this  country,  but  they,  if  once  aroused,  will 
cause  irrepairable  damages.  What  a  blcsalng  it 
would  he  if  all  men  would  learn  to  do  unto 
others  as  they  would  that  they  should  do  unto 
them!  There  wunld  l>e  no  trampling  of  the 
poor  under  foot  by  the  rich,  hut  there  would  be, 
work  and  plenty  to  eat  and  clothing  for  all. 

Just  take  the  money  that  is  squandered  for 
strong  drink  and  spend  it  for  food  and  clothing 
and  not  one  need  suffer.  There  would  be  plen- 
ty and  to  spare  for  all. 

These  are  perilous  times.  What  meaneth  the 
great  famines  of  earth  ?  What  meaneth  this  of 
thousands  dying  daily?  What  meaneth  the 
great  subterranean  rumbling  of  socialism  in 
Europe?  and  What  meaneth  this  secret  rattling 
of  arms  and  secret  workings  all  over  our  land? 
Who  cannot  fiiil  to  read  the  signs  of  the  times  ? 
Watch  and  pray.     There  is  danger  ahead. 

Elder  S.  Z.  Sharp  has  been  appointed  by  the 
trustees  of  jVshlnnd  College,  Ohio,  as  general 
soliciter  for  that  institution.  E.  C.  Packer,  of 
.Ashland,  A.  J.  Hixson  and  Lantlon  West  of 
Southera  Ohio,  and  J.  G.  Royer  of  Mouticello, 
Ind.,  have  also  been  appointed  to  solicit  funds 
for  that  institution. 


Consider  A  HLE  matter  prepared  for  this  issue 
has  been  crowded  out.  Will  appearncxt  week. 
—  The  MUiutes  and  Report  can  he  had  at  this 
office.  Particulars  next  week.  —  ThLs  is  all  the 
room  we  have  left  to  say  anything  in  this  issue 


THE    BRETHREISr    ^X    "WORK!. 


June    20. 


POETICAL    ENIGMA. 

GOD  mride  Adam  out  of  dust. 
But  thought  it  beat  to  make  me  first; 
So  I  was  made  before  the  man, 
To  answer  God's  most  holy  plan. 
My  body  He  did  make  complete. 
But  without  legs,  or  handa  or  feet. 
My  ways  and  actions  did  control, 
And  I  WHS  made  without  a  soul. 
A  living  being  I  became; 
'Twas  Adam  that  gave  me  my  name, 
Then  from  his  presence  I  withdrew. 
No  more  of  Adam  ever  knew. 
I  did  my  Maker's  laws  obey. 
From  thcni  I  never  went  astray. 
Thousands  of  miles  I  ran,  I  fear, 
But  seldom  upon  earth  appear. 
But  God  in  me  did  something  see. 
And  put  a  living  aoul  in  me. 
A  soul  of  me  my  God  did  claim, 
And  took  from  me  my  soul  again. 
But  when  from  me  my  soul  had  fled, 
I  was  the  same  as  when  first  made; 
And  without  hands,  or  feet,  or  soul, 
I  travel  now  from  pole  to  pole. 
I  labor  hard  both  day  and  night, 
To  fallen  man  I  give  great  light. 
Thousands  of  people,  young  and  old, 
Will  by  my  death  great  light  behold. 
No  fear  of  death  can  trouble  me, 
For  happiness  I  ne'er  can  see. 
To  heaven  I  shall  never  go, 
Nor  to  the  grave,  nor  hell  below. 
The  Scriptures  I  cannot  believe; 
If  right  or  ivrong  I  can't  conceive; 
Although  my  name  therein  is  found. 
They  are  to  me  an  empty  sound. 
And  now  my  friends,  these  lines  you'll  read. 
And  searth  the  Scriptures  ivilh  all  speed. 
And  if  my  name  you  don't  find  there, 
I'll  think  it  strange,  I  do  declare. 

Selected  by  N.  S.  Dale. 


PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING. 

HAVING  noticed  in  No.  19  of  the  Brf.tfires 
AT  WoitK,  that  the  above  was  suggested 
as  a  good  subject  to  write  upon;  ,1  remembered 
seeing  an  article  in  the  Gospel  Vfsilor  which  I 
will  present  to  the  readers: 

At  an  as.sociatiou  of  clergymen  on  a  certain 
occasion,  it  was  proposed  to  hold  a  meeting  for 
the  purpose  of  considering  the  words  of  the 
Apostle,  "  Pray  without  ceasing."  The  mect^ 
ing  was  to  be  held  in  a  month,  and  in  the  mean- 
time each  clergyman  was  to  write  down  his 
opinion  and  bring  it  to  be  read.  A  relisjions 
servant  girl,  who  lived  in  the  house  of  one  of 
the  clergymen,  overheard  lum  talking  about  the 
matter,  whereupon  she  exclaimed: 

"What!  A  month  wanted  to  tell  the  mean- 
ing of  that  text?  It  is  one  of  the  easiest  and 
best  tests  in  the  Bible." 

"Well,  well,  Mary,"  said  the  old  minister, 
■'what  can  you  say  about  it?  Let  us  know  how 
you  understand  it.    Can  you  pray  all  the  time?" 

"0  yes,  sir;  the  more  I  have  to  do,  the  more 
I  can  pray."  * 

■ '  "  Indeed !  Well  Mary,  do  let  us  know  how  it 
is — for  most  people  think  otherwise." 

"  Well,  sir,"  said  the  girl,  "  when  I  first  open 
my  eyes  in  the  morning  I  pray.  Lord  open  the 
eyes  of  my  understanding;  and  while  I  am 
dressing  1  pray  that  I  may  be  clothed  with  the 
robe  of  righteoui-uess;  and  when  I  have  washed 
me,  I  ask  for  the  waslu^ig  of  tc^eneration;  and 
as  I  begin  work  I  pray  tbat  I  may  li.ive  strength 
equal  to  my  day;  when  I  begin  to  kindle  up  the 
fire  I  pray  that  God's  work  may  revive  in  ray 
soul;  and  as  I  sweep  out  the  house  I  pray  that 
my  heart  may  be  cleansed  of  all  iis  impurities: 
and  while  preparing  and  partaking  of  hreakfiist 
. I  desire  to  he  fed  with  the' hidden  manna  and 
the  sincere  milk  of  the  Word;  and  ai  I  am  hu^v 
with  the  little  children  I  look  to  God  as  my 
Father,  and  pray  for  the  spirit  of  adoption,  that 
I  may  be  His  child.  So  on,  all  day;  everything 
I  do  furnishes  me  with  a  thought  of  prayer." 

"Enough,  enough,"  cried  the  old  divine, 
"  these  things  are  revealed  to  babes  and  hid  from 
the  wise  and  prudent.  Go  on  Mary,"  said  he, 
"  pray  without  ceasing — and  as  for  us,  my  breth- 
ren, let  us  bless  the  Lord  for  this  exposition,  imd 
remember  that  He  said  ^lat  the  meek  will  Ho 
guide  in  judgment." 

So,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  you  can 
froin  the  above,  that  tlie  Lord,  through  the 
Apo!<tles,  has  not  required  of  His  followera  that 
which  we  cannot  perform;  that  if  we  act  con- 
sistently with  the  Gospel,  we  will  not  engage  in 
any  busines  whatever,  that  we  cannot  ask  thi 
Lord  to  help  us. 

Selected  by  Hiel  Hamilton. 


The  love  of  heaven  and  the  love  of  earth  i 
like  the  scales  of  a  balance — when  one  rises  t 
other  falls. 


THE    TWO. 

IT  is  indeed  a  funny  and  ridiculous  sight  to 
see  a  lovely  woman  stop  at  a  crossing,  give 
her  body  a  fearful  twist,  stoop  low  and  reach 
backward  and  downward  nearly  to  her  heels, 
and  grab  from  five  to  forty  pounds  of  dress-trail 
full  of  dirt  and  shake  it  five  or  six  times, 
like  a  buzzard  fixing  its  wings  to  fly,  then 
hobble  across  the  street  to  the  other  side, 
then  to  let  go,  turn  around  four  or  five 
times  and  start  off  like  a  stern-wheel  boat  in  a 
storm.  Such  fantastic  fashionable  freaks  of  fol- 
ly as  we  see  sometimes  upon  our  streets,  are 
certainly  very  unbecoming  in  all  that  is  modest, 
beautiful  and  lovely  in  women.  Look  at  that 
modestly-dressed,sweet-faced,hunible  girl,  walks 
ing  homeward,  having  been  on  a  mission  for 
her  mother,  perhaps.  No  foolishness  about  her; 
she  Lives,  dresses,  acts,  and  looks  plain.  She 
and  fashion  are  strangers,  Loafers  do  not  stare 
at  and  after  her.  No!  She  commands  respect 
by  her  dress  and  conduct  upon  the  public  streets. 
See  her  in  spotless  white,  looking  like  an  angel, 
kneeling  at  her  bed-side  ivith  her  face  and  eye, 
lifted  heavenward,  and  in  accents  low  and  sweet- 
breathing  from  her  pure  lips  the  language  of 
her  soul  in  humble  prayer,  "Our  Father  who 
art  in  heaven."  .Angels  put  their  ears  to  the 
twinkling  stai-s  and  listen  to  her  prayer. 

The  one,  a  meek,  humble.  Christian  younj 
woman,  whose  afl"ections  m-e  fixed  upon  thing: 
above  the  foibles  .inil  follies  of  a  hishionable 
world — whose  very  soul  pants  for  the  light  and 
love  of  a  "home  over  there."  The  other,  a 
thin-visaged,  "  made  up  "  woman  of  a  fashiona- 
ble world,  whose  whole  heart  and  soul  is  engulf- 
ed in  the  great  whirlpool  of  mock  happiness  and 
folly;  who  never  looks  in  the  Bible  one-hun- 
dredth part  as  much  as  she  does  a  looking-glass. 
The  one  breathes  her  prayer  and  lies  down  upon 
her  downy  lied  to  sleep  and  dream  of  hea.veu  and 
the  angels.  The  other  comes  out  of  the  parlor 
at  a  late  hour,  like  a  tired  and  hungry  coach 
horse,  rushes  to  the  pantry,  grabs  a  pickle 
one  hand,  a  cold  ham  bone  in  the  other,  then  to 
her  room.  She  swings  her  "  harness  "  over  the 
backs  of  half-a-do/en  cliaira,  forgets  the  duty 
she  owes  to  God  and  herself,  and  then  retires  to 
rest. 

Now  which  of  the  two,  think  you,  God  and 
the  angels  smile  upon  the  most — the  beautiful 
woman  or  the  fashionable  young  lady? 

Selected  by  a  Sister. 


ABOUT    LITTLE    CHILDREN   IN 
THE  BIBLE. 

HY  IIATTIE  A.  I,KAil. 

M'j  Dear  Lizde  liiUenj:— 

HAVING  promised,  wlien  I  was  with  you  at 
Hudson,  to  write  you  a  little  letter,  I  will 
now  redeem  my  promise.  And  as  your  dear 
mamma  said  you  were  very  fond  of  Bible  stories, 
I  will  give  yon  one,  a  sweet,  touching,  little  sto- 
ry which  we  hope  will  deeply  interest  you.  And 
I  will  just  here  say,  dear  Lizzie,  when  I  heiu-  of 
a  child  who  loves  to  hear  Bible  stories,  my  in- 
terest in  that  child  is  immediately  aroused. 

Oor  story  is  of  a  little  girl,  a  little  older  than 
our  little  Li/zz-ie,  she  being  ^twelve  years  old. 
The  name  of  this  little  girl's  father  was  Jairus, 
he  was  a  man  of  p'rohiinebce,' tiiid  distinction, 
being  one  of  the  rulera  of  the  synagogue.  A 
synagogue  was  a  plitce  where  public  ser\'ices 
were  conducted,  all  the  exercises  of  rehgionv  ex- 
cept the  offering  of  sacrifices,  could  he,  conduct- 
ed in  synagogues.  Sacrifices  could  only  be 
offered  in  the  tabernacle  or  temple,  .i  ruler  ot 
a  synagogue  was  oue  who  presided  over  the  as- 
sembly, and  wjio  conducted  the  religious  servic- 
es.    A  sort  of  minister,  we  presume. 

Well,,  this,  little  girl  was  perhaps  an  only 
cliild,  she  wils  loved  and  petted  by  her  dear  papa 
and  mamma.  Methinks  I  can  tiue  lier  sitting  on 
her  papa's  knee,  her  arms  around  his  neck,  aii  I 
saw  you,  dear  Lizzie,  I  can  see  him  inlprint  on 
her  sweet  face  kisses  of  affection.  She  was  her 
father's  joy,  her  mother's  pride.  But  this  d^-ar 
child  was  stricken  down  with  disease.  She  lay 
moaning  on  her  little  bed,  the  roses  had  fled 
from  her  cheek,  her  bright  dark  eyes  were  glassy 
with  tjie  film  of  death,  her  little  thin  hand.H 
were  folded  languidly  over  her  .heaving  bosom, 
her  fond  father  and  mother,  in  agony,  beheld 
their  drooping  flower,  physicians  could  do  noth- 
ing for  her,  and  the  dreadful  agonizing  thought 
burst  upon  their  minds,  our  dariing  must  die; 
but  oh,  one  ray  of  hope  penetrated  the  darkness 
by  which  they  were  enshrouded.  They  hear  of 
Jesus,  perhaps  He  cau  save  our  child;  we  will 
ap]H.'al  to  Him.  And  they  did  appeal;  how 
earnest  is  the  petition  of  that  grief-stricken 
fiither.  It  is  said  that  he  fell  at  the  leet  of  Je- 
sus, and  besought  Him  greatly,  saying,  "My 
little  daughter  lielh  at  the  point  of  death:  I 
pray  thee  come  and  lay  thy  hands  on  her,  that 


may  be  healed,  and  she  shall  live."  The 
dear  Jesus  heeded  this  earnest  call,  but  ere  He 
could  reach  her  side,  she  was  cold  in  death;  her 
friends  were  weeping  around  her.  But  Jesus 
taking  with  Him  three  of  His  disciples  and  the 
parents  of  the  maiden,  entered  this  chamber  of 
death;  He  went  np  to  her,  took  her  cold,  lifeless 
hand  in  His,  bent  upon  her  His  pitying  gaze; 
then  we  hear  the  words,  "Damsel,  I  say  unto 
thee,  arise."  And  what  now!  What  sight  meets 
the  gaze  of  her  astonished  parents.  Their  lit- 
tle girl,  whom  they  had  so  lately  seen  in  the 
agony  of  death,  who  lay  still  and  cold  before 
tliem,  now  rises  np  in  bed;  and  assisted  by  the 
hand  of  Jesus,  she  steps  upon  the  floor,  and 
wi^lks  about,  and  at  the  direction  of  Jesus,  food 
is  given  her;  and  -she  eats. 

This  was  one  of  the  acts  of  kindness,  dear 
Lizzie,  which  Jesus  did  while  here  on  earth.  It 
is  said  of  Him,  that  He  went  about  doing  good. 
Oh  how  many  happy  hearts  did  He  make;  how 
many  tears  did  He  dry;  He  never  looked  upon 
suffering  without  sympathy.  He  is  the  same, 
sweet,  loving  Jesus  yet,  though  we  cannot  see 
Him  with  our  natural  eyes.  He  loves  you,  dear 
Lizzie,  and  He  loves  all  children  now,  just 
He  did  when  fie  was  here  on  earth. 


A  HOME  IN  HEAVEN. 

HY  HAURIET  BC(!K. 

WHAT  a  soul-cheering  thought!  to  kno' 
and  feel  that  if  this,  our  earthly  house 
or  tabernacle,  was  dissolved,  we  have  a  home,  a 
house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  and'  in  the 
heavens,  for  all  who  are  willing  to  accept  it. 
The  Lord  of  that  beautiful  mansion  has  shown 
us  the  way  and  the  terms  by  which  we  can  ob- 
tain a  permanent  home  without  money  and 
without  price.  Many  of  us,  yea,  very  many 
have  loved  ones  who  have  crossed  the  river  of 
death,  and  to-day,  may  be  exploring  that  heav- 
enly home,  and  singing  praises  to  God  and  thi 
Lamb  tliat  tatteth  away  the  sin  of  the  world. 
But  oh!  let  us  pause  a  moment  and  think  of  the 
many  poor,  benighted  souls  throughout  the 
world  who  never  lie.ir  anything  about  that 
heavenly  laiul,  but  are  groping  their  way  in  sin 
and  darkness,  ignorant  as  to  whom  they  are  in- 
debted for  lile,  health,  strength,  and  all  that 
they  have.  0,  may  the  time  soon  come  when 
the  true  Gospel  can  be  preached  unto  them,  that 
the.v  may  l>e  brought  from  darkness  into  light, 
and  from  sin  unto  salvation,  that  they  may  share 
the  bliss  of  that  beautiful  home. 

But,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  ask  our- 
selves, are  we  obeying  the  commands,  or  follow- 
ing the  examples  so  clearly  taught  us  in  the 
divine  Scriptiires,  in  a  way  and  manner  that 
will  secure  for  us  a  share  in  that  blessed  abode 
whose  maker  and  builder  is  God?  0,  let  us  be 
up  and  doing,  for  the  night  of  death  draweth 
nigh.  May  we  be  enabled  by  His  Spirit  to 
obej',  and  ive  shall  be  abundantly  blessed  in  thi 
world  and  in  the  world  to  come.  Although 
clouds  and  storms  may  sometimes  obstruct 
journey  to  our  heavenly  home,  we  ma)'  work 
our  way  so  faithfully  through  all,  that  we  may 
at  last  gain  a  happy  entrance  there  and  join  the 
songs  of  the  redeemed,  and  possess  forever  one 
of  the  many  mansions  prepared  for  the  faithful 

May  the  Lord  send  some  brother  to  preach 
for  us  here.  Hear  the  Savior's  solemn  injunc- 
tion, "  Feed  my  sheep."  May  God  bless  us  all 
and  still  guide  us  by  the  divine  Spirit,  and  in 
the  end  may  we  find  that  rest  that  ai^-iiitS  the 
people  of  God. 


WORKS  OF  RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

MftlUV    ANSWEaED. 
I  wish  to  knovTi  ihrough  four  paimr,  the  meuDiiigorih 
fiftli  vorac  of  U19  tiiica  ulinplcr  of  Tiiua. 

W)l.  D,  Goodwin. 
fllHE  verse  referred  to  above,  reads  as  follows 
X  "  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
have  done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved 
us,  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renew- 
ing of  the  Holy  Ghost." 

The  "  works  of  righteousness  "  spoken  of  in 
this  passage,  have  reference  to  the  old  Jewish  or 
Mosaic  dispensation.  In  Homans  3::20.  Paul 
says,  "  By  the  deeds  of  the  law  there  shall  be  no 
tiesh  justified  in  his  sight:  fur  by  the  law  is 
the  knowledge  of  sin."  He  speaks  of  the  deeds 
of  the  law,  which  has  reference  fo  the  old  dis- 
pensation. God  had  given  them  a  work  to  do, 
viz:  the  ten  commandments  and  the  ordinances 
to  be  peHbrnied  lileridly,  and  for  the  faithful 
observance  thereof,  they  were  f  0  enter  the  prom- 
ised land.  We  have  to  perform  some  things 
spiritiialhj.  They  could  not  do  it  spirilually, 
because  Christ  had  not  made  the  way  to  heaven 
as  plain  for  them  iis  He  has  for  us  since  His 
death  on  the  Cross.  Therefore  they  liad  to 
ecute  the  ivill  of  God  Hleriillij,  while  we  do  it 
spiriliiallij  also.  Since  the  death  on  the  Cross,  we, 


to  enter  the  "promised  land,"  must  K' ■'to'-ii 
nijaiu."  We  must  be  "  tranafornicd  by  the  re- 
ne\ving  of  our  mind"  (Rom.  12:  2). 

God  had  mercy  on  us;  He  pitie<l  poor,  fallen, 
degraded  man,  and  by  sending  His  Son  into  the 
world,  opened  the  way  to  heaven. 

We  must  he  born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit. 
The  new  birth  is  the  meaning  of  "  regeneration  " 
— baptism  of  water,  and  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Baptism  of  water  is  for  the  "  remission 
of  sins,"  and  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  to 
bring  "all  things"  to  our  remembrance,  and  to 
keep  us  free  from  sin,  and  fit  us  for  the  king- 
dom of  heaven.  D.  0.  Fiiev. 


WHY  A  WORKING-MAN    SHOULD 
NOT  ENLIST  IN  THE  ARMY. 

1.  Because  peace  on  earth  is  the  highest  aim 
of  Christian  civilization. 

2.  Because  I  have  no  right  to  endanger  or 
destroy  the  lives  of  othei-s. 

3.  Because  there  can  be  no  glorj-  in  the 
slaughter  of  men  or  in  the  destruction  of  their 
works  of  industry, 

4.  Because  barrack  and  camp  life  is  demor- 
alizing. 

5.  Because  it  is  a  folly  to  fight  at  all,  nioro 
particularly  against  those  with  wliom  I  have  no 
quarrel. 

6.  Because  1  should  have  to  quit  all  occupa- 
tions for  a  life  of  uselessness. 

7.  Because  the  poor  soldier  has  only  in  pros- 
pect the  savage  work  of  the  battle-field;  and  as 
its  reward  mutilation,  penury  and  dependence. 

8.  Because  war  between  nations  is  product- 
ive gf  waste,  want,  and  woe;  and  tliis enormous 
wast«,  both  of  men  and  money,  has  to  be  borm.' 
chiefly  by  the  industrious  classes, 

3.  Because  war  does  not  decide  who  is  right 
or  who  is  wrong,  but  simply  who  is  the  strong- 
est. 

10.  Because  war  very  seldom  settles  disputes 
between  nations,  as  one  war  generally  begets 
another. 

11.  Because  if  working-men  refuse  to  enlist 
and  fight  about  the  disputes  of  others,  rulers 
will  be  compelled  to  settle  their  disputes  by 
peaceful  means. 

12.  Because  in  time  of  war  soldiers  may  be 
flogged  or  shot  for  the  slightest  act  of  disobedi- 
ence. 

13.  Because  at  the  command  of  my  superi- 
ors I  should  have  to  fight  even  in  an  unjust 
cause  against  my  conscience  and  my  religion, 
and  I  niigiit  even  be  compelled  to  kill  father, 
brother,  or  dearest  friend. 

14.  Because  by  the  "  Regimental  Exchange 
Act"  officei-s  are  allowed  to  pay  others  to  tight 
for  them,  but  the  poor  soldier  is  denied  the  same 
privilege. 

15.  Becauseotficerscanmarry  whenever  thej' 
please,  hut  by  mihtary  law  the  private  soldier 
may  not  marry  without  the  officer's  consent. 

16.  Because  armies  are  genei'ally  kept  up  by 
rulers  t-o  keep  down  the  liberties  of  the  peo- 
ple,   ' 

17l  Because  fighting  forces, :  instead  of  pre- 
serving peace,  Are,  as  history  demonstrates,  em- 
inently calculated  to  provoke  war. 

IS.  Because  if  I  enlisted  I  should  in  some 
degree  strengthen  the  army,  but  if  I  refuse  I 
shall,  by  withholding  that  strength,  be  doing 
my  duty  and  setting  an  example  to  others. — The 
Arbyitrtitor.' 


CAN  CHRISTIANS  FIGHT? 

MAY  God  hasten  the  time  when  war  .-^hiill  be 
buried — that  grim  old  breaker  of  hearts, 
Curry  him  out  on  a  rusted  shield.  Put  him 
down  in  the  most  desolate  part  of  all  the  earth. 
Bury  his  sword  with  him.  Heap  on  his  gravc- 
j^tone  broken  qhariot  wlieels.  Let  widoivhood 
and  orphanage  clap  their  hands  over  lii.s  burial 
and  the  winds  howl  lor  requiem. — TolnKii/e. 

War  is  the  fruitful  parent  of  crimes.  It  re- 
verses all  the  rules  of  morality.  It  is  nothing 
less  than  a  temporary  repeal  of  the  principles  of 
virtue.  It  is  a  system  out  of  which  almost  all 
the  virtues  are  e.vcluded,  and  in  which  nearly  all 
the  vices  are  included^  The  morality  of  peace- 
ful times  is  directly  opposite  to  the  maxims  of 
war.  The  fundamental  rule  of  the  fii^st  is  to  do 
good;  of  the  latter  to  inflict  injuries. — Robert 

Whence  is  it  that  wars  still  disgrace  the  self- 
styled  Christian  worldl  It  is  owing  to  thedue- 
trine  of  expediency.  If  Christians  had  boldly 
looked  in  the  face  of  their  dtity,  as  developed  in 
the  New  Testament,  this  senseless,  infernal  sys- 
tem of  wholesale  butcherj-  must  long  ago  have 
ceased. — Robert  Soul  hey. 


True  zeal  is  a  sweet,  heavenly  and  gentle 
flame,  which  makcth  us  active  for  God,  but  al- 
ways within  the  sphere  of  love. 


June    ^^O. 


THE   BTcETHREIN"    ^T   AVORKL 


The  Physical  Culture  of  Women. 

'piURTY-THRKE  yearengo  Dr.  Hawc-s  pre- 
1  p;irt'il,  and  dt-lirered  on  ii  Sabbath-evening, 
ii  ilisuoursc,  wliich  be  was  plciwed  to  call,  "  A 
Looking-glnss  for  Lfidies."  It  contained  many 
practical  iind  wise  Buggeationn  and  was  well  re- 
wived,  producing  nt  the  time  moat  happy  re- 
sults. We  give  below  what  he  said  upon  the 
pliysieal  condition  of  womcR  at  that  time,  and 
wt:  wonder  what  he  would  say  if  he  were  now 
living  and  should  walk  our  streets,  enter  our 
Hcbools,  and  visit  our  drawiug-rooroa  with  the 
iivornge  girl  of  sixteen,  and  young  mother  of 
trfenty-live  «f  a  subject  for  observation. 

"  How  the  virtuous  woman  strengthened  her 
loins  and  lier  arms,  or  how  she  acquired  and 
maintained  firm  and  vigorous  health,  necan  be 
at  no  loss  to  know,  after  rending  what  is  said  of 
her  occupations  and  habits.  Though  evidently 
(if  a  high  rank  in  ."ociety.  she  did  not  think  it 
beneath  her  station  nor  inconsistent  with  her 
views  of  delicacy  and  rufuK-ment,  to  occupy  he:-- 
selfindoi.ii-siiciillmrs.  l-'roui  llii-  whoK'  de- 
scription given  of  lier,  we  are  warranted  to  say 
that  she  was  what  is  sometimes  culled,  a  stir- 
ringbody  ;  one  who  had  always  something  to 
do,  and  was  always  doing  it;  not  wasting  her 
time  and  strength  in  cose,  in  indolence  and  in- 
efRciency,  but  busy,  active,  industrious;  rising 
farly  and  seeing  that  all  concerns  of  the  house- 
hold were  attended  to  at  the  right  time  and  in 
the  right  manner;  and  not  uuwilling  when 
there  was  need  to  put  a  helping  hand  to  what- 
ever work  was  demanded  to  be  done.  This  se- 
cured her  health,  kept  her  from  einnii,  and  the 
dismal  train  of  ills  included  in  nervous  affec- 
tions, made  her  strong,  vigorous  and  cheerful, 
and  qualilied  her  to  fill,  with  usefulness  and 
honor,  the  station  a-ssigned  her  in  Providence. 

Tht  virtue,  for  such  I  must  call  it,  here  re- 
ferred to.  is  sadly  neglected  in  the  training  of 
our  daughters  at  the  present  day.  At  least  one 
would  think  so,  from  seeing  the  puny  forms, 
imd  feeble  frames  and  sickly  faces  of  great  nhm- 
hers  of  our  young  females,  especially  of  the 
higher  classes.  Account  for  it  as  we  may,  the 
fact  must  he  admitted,  that  the  muscular  vigor 
and  strength  of  our  fail-  couutiy-women  have 
for  a  long  time  past  been  undergoing  a  melan- 
choly cliange.  , 

Our  graudniothei-s,  should  they  appear  among 
us  would  scarcely  recognize  many  of  descend- 
ants as  belonging  to  the  s.ime  race  with  them- 
selves, so  diminished  are  they  in  size,  vigor  and 
portly  gait.  But  a  small  proportion  of  our 
itdult  fentales  enjoy  complete  health  for  the  sta- 
tions thuy  were  culled  to  occupy.  Theeril  here 
complniued  of,  is  no  doubt,  to  be  traced  chiefly 
to  had  training  in  the  nursery  and  in  the  fami- 
ly; to  an  ignorance  or  disregard  of  the  laws  ol 
our  physical  system  in  respect  to  health.  Bui 
the  mischief  commencing  here,  is  ollen  aggra- 
vated in  schools  and  higher  seminaries  of  learn- 
ing, and  receives  its  finish  in  the  intercourse 
and  habit.s  of  fiishiouable  life.  The  miud,  or 
hiain,  as  the  pbysiologist'woiilJ  say,  is  too  se- 
verely tasked,  is  overworked  in  its  tender  age; 
a  due  attention  is  not  paid  to  air  and  exercise; 
and  in  the  eagerness  to  have  the  pupils  compass 
the  whole  cmricuUim  of  knowledge  in  a  givi 
time,  it  is  often  forgotten  by  parents  and  teach- 
ers, how  easily  the  health  may  be  impaired  by 
such  a  process,  and  so  impaired,  that  the  mind, 
the  heurt,  the  wnole  charact«r  shall  shrink  and 
dwindle  into  feebleness  and  inefficiency,  and  the 
life  becomes  vapid  useless  and  miserable.  The 
evil  here  suggested  is  an  appalling  one.  It  de- 
serves the  most  serious  attention  of  all  who 
\vish  well  to  the  rising  generation.  It  acta  not 
on  the  btidy  alone,  but  on  the  mind,  on  the  in- 
tellectual and  moral  character,  not  on  the  fair 
[iex  alone,  but  on  the  other  sex  also,  and  is  rair- 
ing  up  a  race  of  feeble  and  sickly  beings,  as  un- 
fit for  the  serious  duties  of  life,  as  they  are  to 
enjoy  the  blessings  of  full  and  vigorous  health. 

My  Secret  of   Success. 

AN  influential  minister,  being  asked  for  the 
secret  of  his  success  wrote  the  following; 

"  The  question  has  often  been  asked,  'What 
is  the  secret  of  the  success  attending  these 
meetings?'  As  it  cannot  do  any  injury  to  the 
Miistcr's  cause,  and  might  result  in  much  good 
among  our  young  minister,  and  perhaps  some 
others,  I  ivish  to  make  known  what  I  believe  to 
be  the  great  secret. 

First,  p.-rfect,  entire  con!=ecration  to  the  ser- 
vice of  God.  This  divests  nic  entirely  of  my 
will,  and  gives  me  to  cry  in  my  heart,  'Thy 
will,  <)  fiofl.  be  done.' 

Secondly,  I  very  oftim  ask  God  for  Jesus's  sake 
to  guide  and  direct  me  in  everything;  and  I 
know  He  will  do  it,  just  because  Hy  said  He 
would;  and  it  is  wholly  impossible  for  Hii 
lie. 


Thirdly,  I  do  not  pray  to  the  people,  but  to 
God  in  the  name  of  Jesus  and  for  Hissake;  and 
I  confidently  expect  to  get  what  I  ask  for  eith- 
er just  as  I  a,sk  it,  or  in  a  much  better  way.  — 
Same  reasons  ap  above. 

Fourthly,  I  measure  the  length  of  my  pray- 
ers by  my  faith;  that  is,  when  I  get  to  the  end 
of  my  faith  I  stop.  This  causes  my  prayers  to 
be  very  short.  If  all  would  adopt  this  as  anile 
and  never  violate  it,  a  great  deal  of  good  wind 
would  be  saved. 

Fifthly,  When  I  lack  wisdom,  and  this  is 
very  often,  I  do  liot  go  to  St.  Peter,  St.  Paul, 
St.  Mary;  neither  do  I  go  to  Adam  Clarke, 
John  Wesley,  C.  H.  Spurgeon,  nor  to  any  D. 
D.;  but  I  go  right  to  God,  because  He  has  com- 
manded me  to  do  so.  When  I  used  to  live  in 
the  country,  I  always  preferred  to  go  to  the 
spring  or  well,  rather  than  have  water  brought 
to  me  half  a  mile  through  the  eun  in   a  gounl, 

don't  object  to  reading  good  books;  but  I  ask 
God  to  filter  them  well,  so  that  I  may  not  swal- 
low any  trasli. 

Now  I  have  given  my  honest  convictions  ; 
and  if  am  wrong,  I  pray  God,  in  Jesus'  name  to 
forgive  me  for  His  sake." 

The  article  breathes  a  commendable  spirit, 
showing  an  entii-o  submission  to  the  will  of  the 
Father.  We  need  more  of  such  submissive 
wills  among  the  ministry.  In  the  preaching  of 
the  Word  their  motto  should  be:  "  Not  my  will 
bat  thine  be  done." 

We  like  his  remarks  on  faith  and  prayer,  hut 
think  him  mistaken  about  not  going  to  "  St. 
Peter  and  St.  Paul,"  for  knowledge.  They  were 
earthen  vessels  chosen  of  God,  and  wrote  as 
tliey  were  ilii-ei?led  by  the  Spirit.  Tlicy  were 
aijcnts  of  the  Spirit  to  record  and  teach  the 
Words  of  the  Spirit,  and  to  refuse  going  to 
them  for  knowledge,  would  be  refusing  tlie  Ho- 
ly Spirit's  direct  agents.  Clark,  Wesley,  Spur- 
geon  or  the  D.  D.'s  may  be  wrong,  but  Peter 
and  Paul  cannot  be. 

Water,  taken  directly  from  the  well  is  always 
the  best,  but  I  see  no  use  in  discarding  the 
pump,  just  because  it  is  not  the  well.  Those 
who  diacurd  Peter  anil  Paul,  reject  God's  di- 
vinely appointed  agency  used  in  conveying  the 
Word  of  Life  to  nmnkiud.  Faith,  prayer  and 
works  waut  to  go  together. — liln. 


Nearness    of    Death. 

WHEN  we  walk  near  powerful  machir 
we  know  that  one  misstep  and  those 
mighty  engines  will  tear  us  to  ribbons  with 
their  flyiui;  wheels  or  grind  us  to  powder  in 
1  heir  ponderous  jaws.  So  when  we  are  thun- 
dering across  the  land  in  a  railroad  carriage  and 
ihere  is  nothing  but  an  inch  of  iron  flange  to 
hold  us  on  the  line.  So  when  we  are  in  a  ship, 
and  there  is  nothing  but  the  thickness  o 
plauk  between 'US  and  eternity.  Whether 
the  sea  or  on  the  land,  the  partitiou  thatdivides 
us  from  eternity  is  something  less  than  the  oak 
plank  or  a  hall-inch  iron  flange. 

Tlie  machinery  of  life  and  death  is  within 
The  tissues  that  hold  the  beating  powers 
their  places  are  often  not  thicker  than  a  sheet 
of  paper,  and  if  then  this  partition  be  ruptur- 
ed it  would  be  the  same  as  if  a  cannon-ball  had 
struck  us.  Death  is  inseparably  bound  up  with 
life  in  the  very  structure  of  our  bodies.  Strug- 
gle as  he  would  to  widen  the  space,  no  man  can 
at  any  time  go  further  from  death  than  the 
thickness  of  a  sheet  of  paper.  How  important 
then  that  we  be  ever  ready  to  meet  the  silent 
messenger. — 'J'lic  Giiiilr.  ' 


18th,  1S7S,  Henry  Allen,  son  of  Andrew  and 
Catharine  Whetstone,  aged  1  year,  7  months 
and  24  days. 
LEATHERMAN.-In  North  Liberty,  St.   Jo 
Co.,  Ind.,  Emma  Leatherman,  May  27th,   ag- 
ed 5  years  and  IS  days.       J.  HiLiiEiiBAxn. 
FIKE. — In  the  Milledgeville  congregation,  Car 
roll  Co,,  II!.,  of  Diphtheria,  sister  Mary  Fike. 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Catharina  Ann  Fike, 
aged  15  years,  3  months  and  26  days. 
Sister  Mary   died   in   the   very   bloom  of 
youth.    She  longed  to  leave   this   vale  of  woe, 
and  rest  forever  in  that  celestial   clime.    "Re- 
member now  thy   Creator  in   the  days  of  thy 
youth"  (Eccl.  12:  1).  Geo.  D.  Zollers. 

WIKLE.— In  the  Brush  Creek  church,  Joy  Co., 
Ind.,  Bro.  Wm.  J.  Wikle,  .Ian.  ITth.  aged  27 
years,  11  months  and  16  days. 
WIKLE. — Also,  in  the  same  place,   April  2nd, 
1878,  sister  Caroline,  wife  of  the  above,   aged 
24  years,  11  months  and  13  days, 
WHITESELL.— Also  in  the  same  place.   May 
13th,  1878,  friend   Abigail   Whitesell,  aged 
o4  years,  4  months  and  4  days. 
WARNICK.  —  In  the  same   place,  June  3rd. 
friend    Elias    Warnick,    aged  72  years,    (! 
months  and  17  days.  0.  F.  Youst. 

MILLER. — Tn  the  Middle  Creek  congregation, 
Somereet  Co.,  Pa.,  June  3nd,  sister  Annie 
Miller,  daughter  of  Bro.  Joseph  and  Lydia 
Miller,  aged  21  years,  10  months  and  12  days. 
J.  H.  Meyers. 
BRUMBAUGH.— Near  New  Enterprise,  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Pa.,  Bro.  Martin  Brumbaugh,  aged 
48  years,  3  months  and  12  days.  Disease, 
Paralysis. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  ivas  a  member  of 
the  ohufch  for  a  number  of  years  and  in  his 
death  the  church  loses  an  exemplary  member. 
Among  his  Christian  virtues,  meekness  and 
kindness  were  prominent  trivits.  He  would  sel- 
dom if  ever,  allow  a  harsh  or  unkind  word  to 
escape  his  lips.  Being  kind,  and  sociable,  all 
who  knew  him,  (and  ho  was  well-known 
throughout  our  county)  were  his  friends.  His 
wife  preceded  him  about  twenty  years,  having 
lived  only  a  few  mouths  after  their  marriage. — 
He  lived  only  five  days  after  he  was  stricken 
with  paralysis,  and  although  his  mind  was  ve- 
ry much  confused,  we  have  the  hope  tha't  he 
has  met  a  reconciled  God.  His  remains  were 
followed  to  their  last  resting  place,  by  the 
largest  concourae  of  friends  and  relatives,  iV' 
have  ever  witnessed  on  a  similar  occasion.  Fun- 
eral services  by  elders  Daniel  Snowberger  and 
George  W.  Brumbaugh  from  Heb.  9:  27. 

C.  L.  Buck, 
^IXON. — Near  Blairstown,  Iowa,  Bro.  Isaiah 
Hixon,  March  3,  1878,  aged  about  50  years. 
Left  a  widow  and  five  children  to  mourn 
their  loss,  wbicli,  we  hope,  is  his  great  gain. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  P.  Forney  from  1 
Cor.  16:  22.  S.  Johnson. 


^NNOUJSr  CEMENTS. 


SoTiDKa  of  Lovc-foniils,   Dislricl   MoElings,   elc,  should 

be  brief,  nnii  wriilcD  oil  puper  scpsrnte 

from  otiier   busineiis. 


ing  which  an  election  was  held  for  a  speaker, 
The  lot  fell  ou  Bro.  E.  Pricket;  also  ad- 
vanced Bro.  J.  J.  Troxle  to  the  second  degree; 
baptized  one  sister. 

From  here  we  went  to  Sumner  Co.,  fifteen 
miles  North-west  of  Wilmington,  and  forty- 
five  miles  from  our  last  place  of  meeting.  We 
met  hero  with  Bro.  Bashor  from  3Io.  Spent  a 
few  days  with  the  Brethren,  organized  acHiurch, 
elected  two  deacons,  and  Bro.   J.  Troxel  to  the 

iniatrj'  at  this  place.  There  aeemod  to  be 
good  interest  manifested,  and  there  were  three 
applicants  for  baptism  to  be  attended  to  on 
Sunday  following. 

From  here  we  went  to  Wickata,  distance  for- 
ty miles.  Would  have  organized  here,  but  Bro. 
Reath  did  not  meet  us  as  we  expected  at  Sum- 
ner to  make  arrangements.  We  had  only  a 
short  time  to  stop  at  this  point.      We  spent 

hat  little  time  we  had,  visiting  members 
among  whom  were  some  old  acquaintances. 

Front  this  place  we  went  to.  Reno  Co.;  dis- 
tance fifty-five  miles.  Here  we  also  organized 
a  church,  elected  two  deacons.  Here  ([uite  an 
interest  was  manifested,  and  we  felt  somewhat 
reluctant  to  leave.  We  felt  that  good  could  be 
done  here,  but  other  fields  of  labor  still  alteod, 
bode  us  take  the  parting  hand.  At  this  place 
Bro.  J.  H.  Fishel  is  their  minister  in  the  second 
degree. 

From  this  place  went  to  Peabody,  by  way  of 
Hutchinson  and  McPherson  Co.;  distance  82 
miles.  At  this  place  met  with  the  Breth- 
ren in  church  council;  only  stopi>ed  one  day,  — « 
Left  Peabody  for  home,  a  distance  of  sixty-one 
miles.  Traveled  in  all  389  miles;  got  home  on 
the  18tb  of  May.  Found  all  well,  thank  the 
Lord,  J.  Buck. 


From  Newton  Church,  Ohio. 

J)a,rJiMlm-n:— 

IT  may  not  be  amiss  to  give  a  little  de.scrip- 
tion  of  this  ami  of  the  church,  situated  in 
Miami  Co.,  Ohio.  We  number  about  two  hun- 
dred members,  and  are  apparently  in  a  healthy 
and  flourishing  condition  under  the  care  of  our 
faithful  and  much  respected  elder  Samuel  Moh- 
ler  of  the  Covington  church  (of  which  district 
this  was  formerly  a  part).  We  had  our  yearly 
visit  several  weeks  ago,  and  found  the  members 
in  love  and  union.  Our  church  meeting  passed 
oS  without  an  unpleasant  feeling;  excepting 
one  case,  and  that  was  in  regard  to  a  young 
brother  who  wits  so  blinded  by  the  god  of  this 
world,  that  he  could  not  see  any  harm  in  be- 
longing to  a  secret  society,  and  so  was  more 
willing  to  lose  his  membership  with  the  church 
of  the  living  God,  than  lose  his  (imaginary)  in- 
terest in  a  worldly  organization,  that,  (in  the 
judgment  of  the  church)  is  anti-Christian. 

Our  Love-feasfc  came  oft'  on  the  5th  and  6th 
of  June;  had  very  beautiful  weather  and  a  very 
large  congregation.  Between  three  and  foui 
hundred  members  communed.  Most  of  the 
preaching  was  done  by  Bro.  James  Quinter  of 
Pa.;  Bro.  Z  Sharp  of  Tenn.;  and  Bro.  Jesse 
Stutsman  of  Dai'k  Co.,  0.  The  house  was  much 
crowded  at  night,  but  the  order  was  good  inside, 
though  the  crowd  outside,  became  somewhat 
unruly  before  the  close  of  services. 

E.  BfiERlf. 


MUMERT.— In  the  Arnold's  Grove  district, 
June  8th,  1878,  Bro.  Samuel  Mumert,  aged 
72  years,  6  months  and  9  days.  Funeral 
preached  from  Rev.  20,  latter  part. 

J.  Stitzel. 

JAMES.  —  Tn  the  Fairview  congregation,  Ap- 
panoose Co.,  Iowa,  April  19th,   1878,  sister 

■  Mary  E.  James,  daughter  of  friend  William 
and  sister  Eliza  James,  aged  IS  years  and  21 
days.  Funeral  discourse  from  John  14:  1-3, 
by  elder  Dauiel  and  Joseph  Zook. 

J.  M.  Leavell. 

FRAME.— In  the  Elkhart  Valley  church,  Ind.. 
on  the  23ra  of  May,  1878,  Bro.  Gabriel  Frame, 
aged  40  years  and  four  months,  He  leaves  a 
kind  companion,  six  children  und  many  sym- 
pathizing friends  to  mourn  their  loss.  Fun- 
eral discourse  by  the  Brethren  from  Luke  23: 
28.  S.  Hetrick. 

:  WHETSTONE.  —  At  Tengarden,   Ind.,   May 


LOVE-FEASTS. 

The  Cold  water  congregation,   Butler   Co.,    Iowa, 

June  29th  and  30th. 
Waddam's  Grove.  Stephenson  Co..   III.,  June  20 

and  21.  comnieuciog  atone  o'clock. 

;2r  The  brethren  of  the  Beatrice  chun.'li, 
Gage  Co.,  Nebraska,  will  hold  a  Love-feaat  the 
7th    aud    Sth  of    September,   commencing   at   2 

ilock,  P.  M.      Place   of    meeting   seven    miles 
South-east  of  Beatrice,  od  the  farm  and  residence 
of  Eld.  Henry  Brubaker,     Those  coming  by  rail- 
road will  be  met  at  Beatrice,  if  notice  is  given. 
By  Order  of  the  Church. 

W.  B.  Prick. 


CORRESPOlSTDElSrCE. 


From    Madison,    Kansas. 

Di„r  BrctlniH.— 

I  LEFT  home  on  the  25th  of  April  for  Cana 
church  in  Elk  Co.,  a  distance  of  sixty- 
eight  miles,  had  meeting  from  the  26th  to  the 
29th.  On  the  last  named  date  met  with  the 
Brethren  in  church  council  to  set  things  in  or- 
der. The  church  here,  has  been  for  some  time 
in  a  rather  dilapidated  condition,  but  every- 
thing now  seems  to  turn  out  more  favorable,  so 
that  some  thanked  God  and  took  courage. 

From  hero  we  went  to  the  Silver  Creek 
church,  Cowley  Co.;  distance  thirty-five  miles. 
Found  the  little  band  of  brethren  and  slaters  in 
love  and  union.     Spent  a  short  time  here,  dur- 


From  Union  Church,  Ind. 

I)(<ir  Bittliren:— 

WE  will  try  and  give  you  a  brief  a'ccount  of 
our  Love-feast  which  is  now  among  the 
things  of  the  past.  On  the  evening  of  the 
fourth,  at  an  early  hour  the  people  began  com- 
ing in,  so  that  by  five  o'clock,  the  time  appoint- 
ed to  begm,  our  large  meeting-house  was  tilled. 
There  were  present  with  us  five  ministering 
brethren,  Jesse  Calvert,  David  Rupel,  D.  Whit- 
nier,  D.  Freeman  and  another  brother  from  Il- 
linois, whose  name  I  have  forgotten.  Our 
brethren  labored  for  us  very  earnestly.  Six 
precious  souls  were  made  wilKng  to  forsake  sin 
and  follow  Jesus  and  were,  with  nine  more, 
baptized  next  morning.  0  how  i*  made  out 
hearts  rejoice  to  see  so  many  come  out  on  the 
side  of  the  Lord!  Our  communion  was  the 
largest  ever  held  here  in  this  district;  it  is  said 
that  there  were  about  550  surrounding  the  ta- 
ble of  the  Lord.  Our  mind  was  carried  back  to 
Calvary's  mount,  while  our  blessed  Savior  was 
sulfering  upon  the  Cross  for  the  sius  of  the 
world,  and  then  again  we  can  look  l>v  an  eye  of 
faith  to  the  evening  of  the  world  when  we 
shall  be  seated  around  the  table  of  the  Lord.  — 
Then  Christ  will  gird  himself  and  serve  us,  and 
dear  brethren  and  sisters,  what  a  glorious  time 
that  will  be,  when  we  shall  all  meet  around  the 
great  white  throne,  there  to  sing  the  praisesL 
of  the  redeemed  forever  and  ever, 

J.  Al'PLEUAN. 


THE    BRETI-IREiSr    ^T    "WOKK:. 


June    20. 


Read  and  Make  Notes  of. 

MY  eyes  fell  lately  upon  a  dilapidatsd  paper, 
entitled  Fanner's  Ileviirui,  which  had  beeu 
myaleriously  plac«d  before  me.  My  attention 
was  at  once  attracted  by  thu  above  text-  I  kiw  at 
a  singlr  glance  that  some  worldly  enterprise  was 
being  iiiipased  upon  or  being  counterfeiled.  The 
thought  like  libdilning  Hashed  tbrougli  my  mind  : 
how  many  ruen  and  woman  are  to-dny  Bailing 
under  fulue  pretcncea,  and  have,  ever  since  the 
days  of  our  Snvior,  the  lime  when  He  instituted 
that  eternal  enterpritie  which  cannot  bo  counter- 
feited, though  men  may  tamper  with  it  and  work 
it  over  nnd  over  in  every  conceivable  form  that 
tlieir  devices  can  mould,  it  atill  retains  iU  purity 
in  which  nil  may  lind  a  common  interest,  aud  all 
may  be  entitled  to  one  individual  and  equal  share 
and  become  stockholders  of  the  one  great  enter- 
prise which  will  secure  for  all  a  fortune,  a  man- 
sion, a  home  beyond  the  akics.  There  will  be  no 
spurious  and  defective  organizations,  but  all  will 
be  governed  by  one  who  is  above  all.  Every- 
thing is  under  the  leadership  of  one,  who  has  be- 
fore told  you  that  He  is  King  of  kings,  and  Lord 
of  lonls ;  one  who  wilt  tnimple  under  foot  every 
building,  that  is  not  foiiudcd  on  the  everlasting 
Gospel. 

But  to  the  text.  Since  then,  there  have  from 
time  to  time  appeared  numerous  cmipanies,  unit- 
ing theniaelves  in  strong  bauds  to  take  upon  them- 
selves the  name  of  Christ;  but  attenijtt  to  build 
upon  some  other  foundation  than  the  one  given 
by  Him.  My  mind  is  now  wandering  over  this 
vast  world,  from  East  to  "West  and  from  North  to 
South,  in  the  hilly  country  and  in  the  vales,  in 
the  cities  of  the  old  and  new  worlds,  in  tbe  public 
parks  and  in  the  places  of  worship :  how  many 
are  sailing  under  false  colors,  and  seem  to  be 
marching  under  the  banner  of  Christianity,  They 
appear  to  be  beautiful  for  a  while,  but  when  the 
chilling  blasts  of  temptations  overshadow  them, 
they  find  their  bands  becoming  loosed,  and  they 
begin  to  fall  like  the  vc&sci,  now  standing  in  the 
Bun  ;  once  it  contained  the  water  from  which  so 
many  quenched  their  thirst,  now  it  is  of  no  use. 
Like  the  fiowers  of  the  field  that  once  so  beauti- 
fully cast  forth  their  lustrous  hues,  but  when  the 
heat  of  the  sun  scorched  the  grouud  and  absorbed 
the  moisture,  the  beautiful  flowers  began  to  droop 
and  fade  into  a  colorless  and  lifeless  bit  of  decom- 
posing matter. 

Is  it  nut  a  plain  fact  that  hundreds  and  thou- 
sands of  professing  Christians  to-day,  do  not 
know  the  importance  of  iho  Constitution  and  By- 
laws of  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ,  and 
they  have  not  the  courage  to  examine  the  Statutes 
for  themselves ;  but  will  depend  on  a  couasellor 
that  will,  fur  a  given  compensation,  agree  to  ex- 
pound the  law,  with  all  its  latest  additions  and 
amendments  up  to  a  giveu  time.  Such  is  the  con- 
fused state  of  Christianity  at  this  present  time  and 
enlighteued  (?)  age! 

Then,  my  Christian  friend  and  kind  reader, 
when  we  look  at  all  the  vain  allurements,  the  fol 
lies,  the  evil  temptations,  the  fashionable  gew 
gaws,  the  places  of  amusemeut,  such  as  theaters, 
faire,  bar-rooms,  ball-rooms,  church -festivals,  and 
things  |>erliiiuiug  thereto;  wc  feci  sad,  and  are 
made  to  compare  them  with  such  scenes  as  that  of 
Abraham  in  Gen.  22:  10. 

Yes,  there  is  a  great  diffcreuce  between  the 
worldly  amusements  and  ihe  solemn  scenes  depict- 
ed in  the  Bible,  Imagine  Christ,  standing  before 
Pilate;  call  to  your  remembrance  His  sufferiugf. 
on  the  croas,  where  he  atoned  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world,  and  how  could  any  one  cling  to  the 
world  and  its  vanities,  instead  of  accepting  thib 
loving  Savior?  Let  us  turn  our  eyes  to  the 
blood-stained  banner,  iho  bleeding  form  that  was 
pierced  and  nailed  to  the  cross  ;  let  us  behold  the 
crown  of  thorns  that  decorated  his  head,  audthi 
think  of  the  precious  truih,  that  all  was  fur  tl 
love  of  his  people,  and  that  it  was  for  the  sake  of 
redeeming  fallen  man  from  eternal  perdition. 

Our  eyes  often  sicken  in  beholding   the  vauii: 
of  this  world,  and  we  dive  deeply  into  the  sacred 
truth  of  the  great  Law-^iver,  that  we  may  rcalizt- 
Ihe  blessings  with  all  those  that  keep  His  Laws 
and  continue  thereiu. 

Now  the  article  above  referred  to,  (speaking  of 
insurance  coraiianies)  says,  that  tlie  ageuts  nuder- 
Btand  these  thiogs,  but  wc  le&ru  of  some  who  eu- 
deavor  to  mislead  the  people ;  so  say  we,  for  we 
have  been  told  by  one  before  us,  that  there  shall 
grievous  wolves  enter  in  among  you,  and  shall  not 
spare  tbe  Itucks.  "  Even  of  yourselvtn  shall  men 
arise  speaking  (lerverse  things  to  draw  away  dis- 
ciples alter  thera."  Therefore  watch,  and  remem- 
ber there  is  but  one  policy  and  insurance  company 
in  which  to  insure,  and  that  is  the  policy  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  all  others  uru 
spurious. 

Dear  brethren  and  sistere  examine  your  policies 
carefully.  Are  you  BUre  that  they  contain  all  the 
conditi'ius  that  are  in  the  original,  that  when  the 
storiu  of  this  life  is  over,  and  the  devouring  Hames 
of  death  shall  almost  overwhelm  you,   vou  may 


pass  saiely  through  them.  Order  all  your  trans- 
actions in  the  right  manner,  that  when  you  arc 
called  before  the  great  Judge,  to  show  your 
claims,  they  will  be  accepted  of  Him,  and  that 
you  may  receive  the  reward  of  eternal  Life  ;  for 
greater  insurance  than  this,  can  no  man  have. 
Then  beware  of  false  colors,  and  make  notes, 
my  prayer.  H.  W.  Strickleh. 


G  L  E  ^  ]sr  I  ]sr  G  s . 


From  Milledgeville,  IH— Our  Love-feast 
onb  of  the  things  of  tbe  past.  It  was  a  feast  to 
our  souls,  more  so,  because  two  souls  became  will- 
ing to  enter  iutu  covenant  relations  with  Christ,  to 
live  faithful  until  death.  One  dear,  young  sister 
on  the  morning  of  our  feast,  was  called  to  cro^ 
the  river  of  death,  to  meet  those  who  have  ( 
before.  She  left  many  friends  to  mourn  their  loss, 
but  our  loss,  we  hope,  is  her  gain.  She  lef 
evidence  that  all  was  well.  Oh,  may  God  help  us 
all  to  so  live  that  we  need  not  fear  death.  What 
is  life?  It  is  but  a  vapor,  soon  it  vanisheth 
away.  May  the  Lord  ever  keep  us  in  our  line 
of  duly,  that  we  may  be  able  to  say,  Como,  wel- 
come death  !  J.  E.  Sprinhkr. 

Fl'om  E.  A.  Orr. — Please  correct  the  follow- 
iug  in  my  article,  entitled:  "  Let  us. measure  up." 
"  Fruit  of  our  life,"  shoulil  read,  "Fruit  of  out 
lips."  "  It  tells  everything  that  U  measuring," 
should  read,  "necessary  for  measuring."  To 
"  comparing  ourselves,"  should  be  added  "  among 
ourselves." 

From  I.  F.  Kolso. — In  No.  23  of  yoin-  paper 
my  name  is  printed  "  J.  F.  Kelso."  It  should  be 
"  I.  F.  Kelso."  Also  in  No.  13,  iu  Ihe  poetry,  en- 
titled evening  hymn,  the  name  shouldread,  "  Isa- 
bella F.  Kelso,"  instead  of  "  Sabella  Kelso." 

Froiu  W.  A.  Peters. — Our  church  is  iu  a 
prosperous  condition;  moving  steadily  onward  in 
the  Master's  cause.  We  have  had  twenty-four 
accessions  to  the  church  by  baptism  in  the  last 
four  weeks.  Two  the  first  Sundav  in  May,  one 
the  second,  one  the  fourth,  and  twenty  to-day. — 
Brn,  John  Etler  and  John  Nnfl'  were  with  us  to- 
ilay.  The  Word  was  preached  in  its  purity  with 
great  power  to  a  large  audience  with  many  good 
impressions,  which  we  believe  will  result  iu  more 
additions  soon.  We  rejoice  to  see  that  there  are 
some  willing  to  enlist  under  the  haimers  of  King 
Jesus,  and  lake  His  yoke  upon  them  and  learn  of 
Him  the  way  of  salvation  ;  for  it  is  promised  only 
through  obedience  to  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  ;  neith- 
er is  there  salvation  in  other ;  for  there  is  none 
other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men  where- 
by we  must  be  saved.  Then  it  is  our  duty  to  obey 
the  Gospel  of  .lesus,  if  we  would  be  happy  with 
all  the  sanctified  and  redeemed  of  the  earth. — 
The  Brethren  here  are  attentive  to  the  home  mis- 
sion. May  the  Lord  bless  them  in  their  labors  in 
bringing  souls  to  Christ. 

liiif  Creels,  Va.,  Jime  2,  167S. 


INTEKESTING    ITEMS. 


A    M6untain    Split    Apart. 

The  following  is  clipped  from   the  Revlav  and 
Uoald: 

A  great  cxcilcmeut  prevails  throughout  the 
Western  portion  of  this  Stale,  (K,  C.)  particular- 
ly along  tbe  riilge  of  Bald  Mountain.  About  two 
years  ago,  it  will  be  remembered,  great  excite- 
ment was  created  on  account  of  the  wonderful 
and  explicable  noises  heard  in  the  bowels  of  Bald 
Mountain.  Scicuti.-Ia  from  all  sections  of  the 
country  visited  the  neighborhood  where  these 
strange  sounds  were  heard,  but  never  gave  any  in- 
telligible reasons  (or  the  strange  pheuonien;i.  On 
Satur»iay  these  rumbliug  soundu  iu  the  buwil 
ihe  mountain  were  nguin  heard,  and  the  people 
along  the  mountain  side  nnd  iu  the  villages 
came  excited,  hundreds  of  them,seeking  places  of 
safety.  These  sounds  reiemhling  thunder  apjuii 
eiitly  proceeded  from  the  inmost  depths  i-f  tli 
mountain.  On  yesterday  the  mountain  range  be- 
gan to  yield,  and  to-day  it  was  literally  split  iu 
twain,  leaving  a  chasm  three  hundred  feet  in  Icngh 
and  twenty  feet  in  width,  the  depth  of  which 
seems  a  bottomless  abyss.  No  smoke  or  lava  has 
yet  been  thrown  from  the  crater.  Bald  Mount- 
ain bids  fare  to  become  the  American  Vesuvius. 


causes  directly  seventy-five  per  cent-  of  our  mur 
dtrs;  it  makes  eighty  per  cent,  of  our  criminals 
it  sends  forth  ninety-five  per  cent,  of  our  viciou: 
youth,  and  it  sends  one  every  six  minutes  inU 
a  drunkards  grave,  or  nearly  100,000  a  year. 


— The  dcBtruclivo  wind  storms  that  have  visit- 
ed various  quarters  of  our  own  country  have  beeu 
small  compared  with  one  which  occurred  in  April 
in  China,  which  proves  to  have  been  even  worse 
than  the  telegrams  reirorted  at  tbe  time.  St 
thousand  bodies  have  been  taken  from  the  r 
and  buried  and  many  yet  remaiil.  Besides  not 
less  than  one  thoui^nd  perished  upon  the  water. 
The  force  of  the  wind  was  such  that  not  ouly 
houses  hut  atone  walls  of  the  heaviest  character 
were   leveled. 


The  emperor  of  Germany  is  now  considered  out 

of  danger.     He  has  appointed  the   Crown  Prince, 

Ou  Saturday  ono  week  ago,  Ixindon  detectives 
informed  the  British  government  that  there  was 
great  agitation  among  the  socialists  and  impor- 
tant events  were  imminent. 


An  explosion  in  the  coal-pit  at  Haydock,  Eng- 
land, June  7lh,  shook  tlic  earth  for  miles  around. 
About  250  persons  were  in  the  pit  at  the  time, 
nearly  all  of  whom  wore  either  killed  or  wounded. 


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No.  26. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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THE  COMFORTER. 

IN  God  let  i\\\  His  siiints  i-cjoiee, 
Willi  tlmiilifullieiii-timtl  cheerful  voico; 
Tluis  snithnis  Word,  so  kiml.ao  true, 
"  I,  even  I,  mil  conilbi-t  you." 
Sweet  words!  0,  let  >is  bless  His  imme, 
AuJ  ioyfiil  nil  His  pruise  proclaim. 
Tliese  words  aluiU  Joes  mul  feu-s  subdue, 
"  I,  uvea  I,  will  couifoii  you." 
.\rc  yo\i  in  durkuess  iwid  distress? 
Does  Satiiu  roar  and  break  your  pci^e? 
FcM  not,  but  still  fcbia  trath  review, 
"  I,  even  I,  will  comfort  you." 

Do  sore  atflictions  on  you  lay? 
,\nd  imngptit.sorrows  duy  by  dny? 
Look  totbisWonl.lwillbenvyou  through, 
"  I  even  I,  will  comfort  you." 

If  dentil  in  gloomy  form  appcair. 
And  overwliclm  your  soul  with  leiir, 
Let  this  sweet  word  yom-  faith  renew, 
'■  I,  even  I,  will  comfort  you." 

Thus  while  you  sojourn  here  below, 
As  pilgiims  in  this  world  of  woe, 

Mukii  this  youi-soug  the  journey  through. 
"  I,  even  I,  will  comfort  yon." 

Selected  by  S.  K.  Price. 
Ml.  Morris,  III. 

THE  BEAUTY  OF  MORAL 
CULTURE. 


ii  11  AN,"  it  has  been  siiid,  "  is  the  noblest  of 
M  Gdd's  terrestial  works:"  iind  the  tnith- 
fuluess  of  the  statenicut  strikes  us  more  forcibly 
when  he  is  viewed  in  a  moral  sense.  He  is  the 
only  being  thut  possesses  moral  power;  the  only 
one  that  possesses  a  cognizance  of  right  and 
wrong.  It  is  this  that  distinguishes  him  from 
tlie  lower  species  of  animals,  and  lifts  him  into 
a  sphere  infinitely  more  eialtcd  than  that  occu- 
pied by  the  brute. 

Viewed  as  a  social  being  he  is  interesting  aiid 
amiable;  kind  and  loving  to  all  who  are  related 
to  liimV  l^iiidred  ties.  Willing,  at  auy  time, 
to  sficrilice  bis  »i(^  health,  wealth,  honor,  pow- 
ei'.  anil,  if  need  be,  his  life,,  upon  the  altar  of 
his  aifectious.  But  viewed  in  a  moral  sense, 
how  much  blighter  does  lie  shine!  Deprive 
man  of  his  moral  faculties,  and  he  will  be,  of 
all  creatures,  the  most  miseniblc,  But  with 
them  he  becomes  related  to  Him,  who  is  the 
(jreutorof  all  minde;  Irecomes  nkiu  to  angels; 
for  He  made  tliem  hut  a  little  loWei', 

Seeing,  then,  the  beauty  and,  in  ilict,  the  ue- 
eessity,of  moral  culture,  how  assiduously  should 
we  labor  to  attain  to  that  moral  eminence, 
which  is  so  marked  a  ttliaracteriatic  of  the  true 
man!  The  moral  ilaculties may  be  likened  unto 
a  garden,  in  which  the  choicest  virtues  germin- 
ate, grow,  a(M  yield  abundant  luscious  fruit, 
liei-ein  grow  charity,  faith,  justice,  adoration, 
goodnes*. -constancy,  hope,  and  if  these  be  proi)- 
erly  cnMivuted,  what  a  noble  character  they 
will  produce!  Theirfmits.howdelieious!  They 
will  yield  a  harvest,  upon  which  Wie  hungiy 
soul  may  feast  throughout  the  ages'Of  eternity, 
and  yet  not  be  exhausted.  Bnt  instead  of  these 
virtues  growing  in  this  garden,  how  often  is  it 
the  receptacles  of  vice,  fraud,  envy,  malice,  de- 
ceit, je  ill  on  sy,  sliuider,  and-all   that  is  evil  and 


debasing!  This  should  not  he.  It  was  not  the 
design  of  our  Creator  that  our  hearts  should  be 
so  corrupted.  He  created  us  pure,  with  not  a 
blemish  upon  our  infant  hearts,  and  it  was  His 
design  that  we  should  remain  so;  but  owing  to 
evil  surroundings  and  associates,  and  a  want  of 
proper  moral  training,  our  hearts  become  stain- 
ed, polluted  andfilthy,  which  the  blood  of  Christ 
only  could  purify. 

Tlie  cause  of  so  much  iuuuornlity  in  the 
world,  is'owilig  to  paTent^sfailin-r  to  sue  the  im- 
portance of  subjecting  their  children  to  a  more 
rigid  moral  training.  The  moral  influence  of 
ii  great  many  parents  of  to-day  is  alarmingly 
deficient.  Wore  it  otherwise,  mnny  of'  the  sins 
and  vices  that  blacken  the  hearts  of  our  youth 
would  even  cense  to  exist.  The  mother  does 
not  SGcra  to  realize  that  the  sleeping  infant  in 
her  armseurhrines  a  spirit  that  is  destined  to 
live  through  the  countless  ages  of  eternity, eith- 
er for  weal  or  woe;  and  not  lilic  our  mighty 
works  of  art,  perish,  and  idl  this  nmterial  world, 
pass  away.  If  parents  could  only  realize  this 
fact,  ;ind  when  the  child  begins  to  develop  self- 
will,  linger,  revenge,  apply  the  proper  moral  re- 
straint, that  seems  so  necessary  in  many  house- 
holds, how  much  better  ivould  our  young  men 
and  women  become!  If  they  were  properly 
trained,  they  would  grow  up  into  afl'octionate, 
energetic,  self-denying  men  and  women;  be  a 
blessing  to  theirassociates,  loved  by  them  while 
living,  and  when  the  fitful  dream  of  life  is  over, 
be  remembered  long  after  the  roses  oa  their 
'es  have  ceased  to  bloom.  How  desjricable 
is  tlie  wretch  who  defies  all  moral  influence,  and 
cultivates  only  the  baser  pjirt  of  his  nature!  He 
xtirpates  all  that  is  good  and  noble,  like  the 
rank  weed  checks  the  growth  of  the  beautiful 
rose  by  its  side,  and  you  see  a  lite  far  woi'so  tlmn 
worthless. 

Bnt  this  downward  coui-se  is  not  abrupt.  It 
had  a  simple  beginning.  The  heart  of  the  de- 
bauchee or  murderer  was  once  as  pure  as  an  an- 
but  the  iii-st  approach  of  evil  was  not  stern- 
ly repulsed.  If  wo  would  not  take  the  first 
dram,  .we  would  not  become  drunkards;  and  if 
we  would  never  commit  the  first  wrong,  we 
would  never  become  bad  men  and  women.  It 
is  the  tirat  step  in  crime  that  swings  ns  from 
the  gallows.  Evil  is  generally  robed  in  splen- 
did attire.  We  embrace  it;  but  like  the  gor- 
geous monuments  that  visit  alone  the  departed, 
beneath  is  nothing  but  corruption  and  decay. 
It  comes  to  us  robed  in  glosving  colors,  and  woe 
be  to  him  who  yields.  How  truthfully  h.-is  the 
gifted  poet  declared: 

We  are  not  woree  at  once.  The  coni'se  of  evil 
Begins  so  slowly,  and  from  such  slight  source, 
.\n  infant's  handcouldstemits  breach  witli  clay 
But  let  the  stream  arow  deeper,  and  ijhilosophy, 
Aye,  and  religion,  too,  shall  strive  in  vain. 
To  stem  the  headlong  torrent. 

In  order  to  attani  to  any  degree  of  morality, 
our  minds  nmst  be  enlarged.  Intellect  must 
be  developed.  When  tlie  basilar  region  of  the 
brain  la  veiy  large,  and  the  frontal  deficient, 
physiologically  speaking,  you  will  find  but  lit- 
tle morality  in  such  a  being.  To  develop  mus- 
cle, exercise  and  proper  food  are  necessary;  to 
develop  intellect  it  must  bo  exercised;  and  to  de- 
velop the  moral  part  of  our  being,  ((  must  be 
exercised  and  fed  with  nutritious  food.  .As  oiir 
bodies  would  famish  without  food  that  would 
produce  tissue  and  fibre,  so  will  our  minds  be- 
come debilitated,  unless  fed  with  material  that 
stimulates  and  strengthens.  Accoi-ding,  then, 
to  the  foregoing  premises,  to  develop  moral 
power,  our  minds  must  be  fed  with  snch  food 
as  will  produce  morality,  and  we  have  nothing, 
just  now,  better  to  recommend  than  moral  lit^ 
erature — literature  that  elevates  and  vefiues, 
stead  of  that  which  debases.  Bnt  this,  Ian 
table  us  it  may  be,  is  not  always  the  case.  Our 
youth  seem  to  seek  ibr  itoniGtliing  exciting  and 
of  n  sensational  diaractcr.  Instead  of  storing 
their  minds  mth  Scriptural  truths,  tliey 
indulge  in  some  >?.VL*iting,  and,  i»crhjips  obscene 


story  contained  in  the  jN'ch-  KoH-  Weekly,  the 
Sensnlinuulisl ,  or  some  other  hell-begotten  pe- 
riodical. Snch  mental  food  will  not  make  a 
moral  man.  It  produces  abnonual  apjjctites. 
The  more  they  devour,  the  more  they  crave. 
They  devour  bloody  tales  and  romances  with 
apparent  reliah,  and  still  cry  for  more.  With 
audi  diet,  they  become  lean  and  wretched  vic- 
tims of  a  morbid  appetite,  which  no  gluttony 
can  satisfy,  and  if  they  do  not  die  at  an  early 
age  of' "  mental  dyspepsia,"  their  existence  ivill 
be  ended  in  the  State  prison,  or,  perhaps  guil- 
le.  We  think  the  picture  is  not  one  ovor- 
vn.  There  are  examples  around  us  that 
corroborate  every  statement  we  have  made. 
This,  then,  being  the  case,  how  assiduously 
should  we  labor  to  bring  to  be.ir  upon  us  all 
that  will  eontribute  to  elevate  us  in  character;' 
for  character  is' everliisting.  It  should  be  our 
object  to  do  nil  the  good  we  can.  Let  ns  never 
bo  idle.  If  we  can't  make  ourselves  happy,  let 
us  try  to  mak-c  others  hap|)y.  There  are  many 
around  us  who  need  sympathy. 
"Count  that  day  lost,  whose  low  descending  sun 
Views  from  thy  hand  no  noble  actions  done." 

Let  that  be  onr  motto.  And  while  we  arc 
striving  to  educate  the  mind,  let  us  not  forget 
the  heart,  ami  thus  widen  the  sphere  of  our  at- 
fectious.  While  wt  are  endeavoring  to  amelio- 
rate our  own  condition,  let  us  not  forget  the 
more  unfortunate  to  whom  we  can  alwaj's  lend 
a  helping  hand,  and  by  so  doing, 

"  Earu  names  that  win 
Happy  remembrance  from  the  great  and  good — 
Names  that  shall  sink  not  in  oblivion's  flood, 
Bnt  with  clear  music,  like  a  ehnrch-bel!  chime. 
Sound  through  the  rivei^s  sweep  of  onward-rush- 
ing time." 
Haycrstowii,  Mil, 


FAITH. 


BY  GEOBGK  W0I1.ST, 


ii  TIAITH  is  the  substance  of  things  hope.l 
j}  for,  the  evidence  of  things  not  seeit " 
(Hob.  11:1).  By  it  we  see  how  the  ancient 
worthies  pei-forincd  wonders.  Abraham  was 
willing  to  sacrifice  his  son;  looking  forward  at 
the  benefit  to  be  derived  therefrom;  because  God 
promised  and  Abraham  believed,  and  because 
of  his  faith,  the  Lord  said,  "  In  blessing  I  will 
bless  thee,  and  in  multipljing,  I  will  multiply 
thy  seed,  as  the  stai-s  of  heaven,  and  as  sand  of 
the  sea." 

By  faith  Noah,  when  he  waswarned  of  things 
to  corii^,  yet  not  ieen,  through  fear  bnilt  an 
ark  for  his  temporal  salvation,  according  to  the 
directions  God  gave,  and  by  that  means  was 
saved,  ivhjle  the  flood  came  and  swept  away  the 
ungodly  as  God  foretold;  so  Abraham  became 
the  father  of  the  faithful,  all  through  faith, 
Peter  says,  "  The  like  figure  whcrcunto  baptism 
doth  also  now  save  us,"  Paul  says,  "the  just 
Bhall  live  by  faith;"  hnt. lames  says,  "faith  with- 
out works  is  dead,  being  alone,  bnt  without  faith 
it  is  impossible  to  please  God;  for  he  that  will 
come  to  Him  must  fii-st  believe  that  He  is, 
and  that  He  is  a  rewarder  of  all  them  that  dil- 
igently seek  Him."  Nature  without  revelation 
it  seems  to  rae  would  prove  to  eveo"  well  bal- 
anced mind,  the  existence  of  a  God;  an  ever- 
ruling  Providence,  a  mighty  God  and  a  merciful 
God.  Now  when  revelation  comes  np  and  de- 
clares al.so  tlie  existence  of  a  God  who  created 
all  things,  visible  and  invisible  as  inspired  men 
have  told  us;  who  placed  the  sun  in  the  fir- 
mament to  give  u!5  light  by  day,  the  moon  and 
st«r3  to  give  light  by  night;  caused  the  earth  to 
revolve  upon  its  axis,  so  all  the  earth  ivill  re- 
ceive the  benefit  of  the  sun  once  a.  day.  The 
effects  we  see,  but  (lie  Author  we  do  not  sec,  on- 
ly with  the  eye  of  faith.  NowinthefiLceundeyes 
of  all  these  evitWices,  who  would  not  give  rev- 
erence, honor  and  obey  sneh  a  supreme  Being? 
Ho  has  given  us  the  promise  of  etonial  life  upon 
the  conditions  ■of  the  Gospel. 


Dear  reader,  cast  not  away  your  confidence 
hich  hath  great  recompense  of  rewai-d;  for  we 
have  need  of  patience  that  after  we  have  done 
the  will  of  God,  we  may  receive  the  proniise. 
Sloses,  also  one  of  the  ancients  who  refused  to 
be  called  the  son  of  Pharoah's  daughter,  would 
rather  sufler  aftlictions  with  his  own  people— 
the  people  of  God,  than  be  a  son  of  the  great 
and  noble,  seeing  by  faith  a  land  out  of  sight 
flo-ving  with  millc  and  honey.  The  wonders  he 
pei-fbmied  befoi-e  he  got  his  people  started,  are 
recorded  in  the  Bible,  esteeming  the  enjoyment 
of  that  land  more  than  the  treasures  of  Egypt. 
When  the  proper  arrangements  were  made,  he 
left  the  land  of  Egypt,  not  fearing  the  king. 
With  rod  in  hand  through  the  power  of  God.  he 
smote  the  watere  of  the  Red  Sea,  so  thi?y  par- 
ted to  make  a  highway  for  him  fr>  r?ciipe  uut 
if  the  land  of  bondage  with  all  his  people  who 
had  served  the  tyrant  Iring  four  hundred  and 
fifty  years.  When  the  wnfei-s  olicyed.  f  hi.-  peo- 
ple pnised  through  as  by  dry  land.  Hhicli  the 
Egyptians  es.sayiug  to  do  were  drowned,  the 
watei-s  closing  over  them.  Asong  of  deliverance 
was  sung  when  they  all  arrived  safe  on  the  oth- 
er shore.  They  were  all  baptized  unto  Mo-ses  in 
the  cloud  and  in  the  sea.  Then  the  perilous 
journey  through  the  wilderness  began;  ifit 
were  not  for  the  faith  they  had  in  God  and  their 
leader,  Moses,  they  would  perhaps  have  turned 
back;  bnt  seeing  the  land  of  promise  afar  off, 
they  journeyed  on  although  manj-  fell  in  the 
wilderness;  as  we  see  many  fall  now,  who  start 
for  the  land  of  promise.  Those  that  ivere  faith- 
ful obtained  the  i)roniise,  saw  the  Innd  of  prom- 
ise, enjoyed  its  sweets;  yet  instead  of  a  forty 
day's  journey,  it  required  a  forty  year's  pilgrim- 
age, before  tliey  were  permitted  to  cross  over 
theJord.an.  And  why?  Answer,  because  of 
unfaithfulness;  and  theu  out  of  that  vast  num- 
ber that  left  Egypt,  only  two  got  across. 

0  dear  reader,  here  is  a  picture  for  you  to 
look  at.  Out  of  six  hundred  thousand  that 
were  permitted  to  see  the  miraculous  power  of 
God,  and  the  wonders  of  Mo^'cs  and  the  mercy 
of  God,  all  along  tlieir  patli way, —that  they 
should  fall  by  the  way,  is  indeed  astounding, 
but  the  Bible  narmtive  gives  the  fact  and  we 
have  confidence  in  the  Word  and  accept  it  as 
a  warning  to  us,  and  send  it  out  to  you,  frien<l- 
ly  reader,  as  a  warning,  that,  after  we  have 
passed  oyer  the  Red  Sen  (baptism)  we  are  only 
starting  through  the  wilderness,  this  world  of 
sin;  although  we  may  see  Him  \\ho  is  invisible 
by  faith,  we  may  receive  manna  and  tpiuiU  by 
the  way;  we  sometimes  get  bitter  water  tta  well. 
We  who  have  tried  to  serve  the  Lord  a  good 
while,  know,  and  any  for  the  good  of  those,  who 
have  not  been  in  the  service  so  long,  bitter  with 
the  sweet  we  must  endure;  but  look  forwai-d  by 
faith  to  Him  who  is  able  and  also  ivilling  to 
give  us  eternal  life.  After  we  get  through  the 
wilderness,  and  pass  over  the  Jordan  of  death, 
wc  shall  ba.sk  in  the  huid  of  rest,  where  God 
shall  H'ipe  away  nil  tears  from  our  eyes,  and 
lead  us  to  living  fountains,  that  never  run  dry. 
where  the  wicked  cense  from  troubling  and  fliL- 
weary  are  at  rest. 

THE  TRUE    RESTING-PLACE. 

I)F!RHAI'S  you  lu.iy  ■iiiietiiae''  have ol»?erved 
a  bird  in  u  hedge,  nrupon  the  bough  of  fe 
tree.  If  you  disturb  it,  it  will  move  a  liltle  far- 
ther, or  a  little  higher,  and  then  you  may  make 
it  change  its  place  three  or  four  times;  but  if 
it  finils,  after  a  few  trials,  that  you  ccmtinue  to 
follow  it,  and  will  not  sufl'er  it  to  rest  near  you, 
it  takes  wings  at  last  and  flies  qnite  away. 

Thus  it  is  with  us:  wlien  the  Lord  drives  us 
from  one  creature-rest,  we  presently  perch  iiii- 
on  another;  bnt  he  will  not  allow  us  to  fix  long 
upon  auy:  at  length  like  the  binl,  wc  ;ire  sen- 
sible that  We  canhnve  no  safety,  no  stable  ptoce 
below;  then  our  hearts  take  flight,  and  soar 
heavenwards,  mid  we  are  taught  by  his  grace 
to  ploee  our  treasures  and  affeeli'UH  -mt  of  the 
reach  of  changes.  ,      ,[ 


THE    BTlETHnElSr    ^T    "SVOTIKI. 


June    27. 


IN  MEMORIAM   OF   CHARLEY 
BAUMAN. 

DY  AKIJX  MiMS. 

SWiCKT  Spring  will  visit,  hill  and  plii,n. 
And  flummcr  flowers  will  bloom; 
But  Charley  will  not  come  ngnin,^— 
He  clumbers  in  the  tomb. 

He   hmle  his  dearest  friends  adieu; 

No  more  we  lienr  his  songs; 
His  little  grave  is  all   we   view, 

Since  he  is  dead  and  gone. 

No   more   ut  home  or  school 

His  smiling  face  we  see; 
It  makes  us  very  sorrowful 

To  see  his  vacant  seat. 

0,  where  is  Charley's  spirit  nowi* 
What  garments  does  he  wear? 

Doc-s  he  with  lovely  luigels  bow. 
And  join   his   hands  in   prayer? 

Say,   ia   lie  in   that  heavenly  land? 

And  will  he  ne'er  grow  old? 
And  is  there  in  his  little  hand 

A  harp  of  purest  gold? 

Is  there  aronnd  his  infant  brow, 

A  t'lown  of  diamonds  bright? 
Does  he  behold   the   Savior  now. 

And  is  it  always  light? 

Is  he  where  living  waters  flow, — 

Where  lovely  iiowei^  bloom? 
No  pain  or  sorrow  does  he  know? 

Lives  he  beyond  the  tomb? 

The  Bible  tells  ns  parents  dear, 

There  is  n  land  above, 
Where  Jesus  dwells,  they  need  no  sun. 

All  there  is  light  and  love. 

Dear  little  children  he  did  bless, 
And  bade  them  come  to  Him; 

He  gives  them  robes  of  righteousness 
His  blood  dolli  cleanse  from  sin. 

The  Savior  spake  in  accents  mild, 

To  such  the  kingdom's  given; 
Except  ye  come,  a  little  child. 

Ye  cannot  enter  heaven. 

Then  let  us  prize  this  heavenly  friend. 

For  all  His  mercy  shown; 
Hi.s  angels  will  our  steps  attend, 

And  bear  our  spirits  home. 

He  leads  where  living  watci-s  flow, 

And  flowera  forever  bloom; 

Nil  pain  or  sorrow  do  they  know. 

Who  dwell  Iwyond  the  tomb. 


THE  TWO  WITNESSES,  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,     AND     THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

liV  MATTIE  A.  LKAU. 

"And  I  will  give  power  unto  my  two  wit- 
nesses, and  they  shall  prophesy  a  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three  s^core  days  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. These  are  the  two  olive  trees,  and  the 
two  candlesticks  standing  before  the  6od  of 
theearth"(Rev.  11:3,  4) 

Nl!MBEli  HI. 

T7EKSE  10,  "Aud  they  thnt  dwell  upon 
"  tlie  eavth  shall  rejoice  over  them,  and 
make  merry,  and  shall  send  gifts  one  to 
another ;  because  these  two  prophets  tor- 
mented them  tliat  d^vell  on  the  earth." 
Ill  all  greatcouflicts  tlie  \'ictorious  party 
manifests  its  joy  by  similar  e.\:hibition8 
as  that  described  above;  the  language  is 
that  of  triumph — of  hilarity  and  joy. 
History  informs  us  that  at  the  close  of 
the  very  council  of  the  Lateran,  which 
pronounced  tlie  epitaph  of  these  witness- 
es, every  exhibition  of  joy  aud  gladness 
were  made.  The  reigning  pontiff  Leo 
X,  received  splendid  gifts  from  various 
reabiis,  and  especially  tVom  the  king  of 
Portugal,  with  congratulations  that  Rome 
was  now  supreme,  and  the  pope  confer- 
red on  the  king  in  return  half  the  East- 
ern world.  The  most  splendid  feasts, 
and  the  most  luxurious  dinners  were  giv- 
en, toasts  were  drunk,  elegant  .speeches 
were  made,  congratulations  the  most  fer- 
vent were  expressed,  and  the  special  sub- 
ject of  joy,  says  the  historians  was  the 
total  reduction  of  the  heretics,  and  the 
healing  of  the  French  schism.  Dean 
"Waddington,  says,  "  At  this  moment  the 


pillars  of  the  papal  strength  seemed  vis- 
ible and  palpalde,  and  Rome  surveyed 
them  with  exultation  from  her  golden 
palaces."  "  Tlie  assembled  princes  and 
prelates  separated  from  the  council  with 
complacency,  confidence,  and  mutual  con- 
gratulations on  the  peace,  unity,  niid  pu- 
rity of  the  church."  . 
'  Verse  11,  "And  after  three  ^days  and 
a  half  the  Spirit  of  life  fiom  God  enter- 
ed into  them,  and  they  stood  upon  their 
feet;  and  great  fear  fell  upon  them  which 
saw  them."  As  wehave  before  remark- 
ed, it  was  just  three  yeai's  and  a  half 
fi'omthe  time  the  fifth  Lateran  council 
proclaimed  the  death  of  the  witnesses, 
May  5th  loli,  until  Martin  Luther  pos- 
ted his  nint«y-five  theses  upon  the  gates 
ofthechm-chatWittemburg,  October  31st 
1517.  The  posting  of  those  theses,  then, 
the  only  mode  of  public  advertisement, 
produced  a  wonderful  sensation  which 
waspowerfnllyfeltto the  remotest  bounds 
of  Christendom ;  it  wakened  Europe  from 
its  sleep  of  ages;  summoned,  as  it  were, 
from  their  giaves  the  slain  witnesses,  and 
again  is  heard  louder  and  in  more  earnest 
tpnes  their  protestations  against  the  er- 
rors and  corruptions  of  the  papacy.  This 
voice,  sosuddenly.so  powerfully,  so  mys- 
teriously raised,  awed,  and  amazed  the 
worshipers  of  the  beast.  They  had 
thought  alloppositioE^  was  at  an  end,  and 
they  had  pronounced  the  words,  "  There 
is  no  more  to  appear,"  or  to  oppose,  or 
as  it  might  be  exclaimed,  "  heresy  is  ex- 
tinguished." "What  then  must  have 
been  theu-  surprise,  their  chagi-in,  when 
after  three  and  a  half  years  silence,  they 
are  opposed  more  earnestly,  more  elo- 
quently, more  powerfully  than  ever ;  like 
the  guilty  Herod  they  no  d<'ubt  felt  that 
their  slain  intnesses  had  arisen  froiy  the 
dead,  and  therefore  mighty  works  did 
show  forth  themselves  in  them,  "  And 
gi'eat  fear  fell  upon  tliem  that  saw 
them." 

The  history  of  tlie  Reformation  fully 
verifies  the  above  words;  great  indeed 
was  the  consternation,  and  perplexity 
that  seized  the  votaries  of  Rome  when 
they  beheld  their  institutions  attached 
from  this  new  source,  and  how  the  lion 
of  Rorae  exerted  all  his  strength  to  quell 
this  expanding  opposition.  Rut  his 
thunders  were  now  comparatively  de- 
nuded of  their  terrors." 

Verse  12,  "  And  they  heard  a  great 
voice  fi'om  heaven  saying  unto  them, 
"  come  up  hither.  And  they  ascended 
up  to  heaven  in  a  cloud;  and  their  ene- 
mies beheld  them."  Tliat  the  heaven 
here  spoken  of  is  not  the  heaven,  the 
place  where  God's  throne  is,  is  evident 
from  the  fact  that  their  enemies  beheld 
these  witnesses  after  their  ascent.  The 
expression  is  no  doubt  figurative.  The 
best  explanation  of  it  will  pei'haps  be 
found  in  Isaiah  1.^:  13.  Here  the  proud 
king  of  Babylon  is  presented  to  us  in  all 
the  glory  and  haughtiness  of  his  power, 
he  declares  his  purpose  of  ascending  in- 
to hi^aven,  of  exalting  his  chrone  above 
the  stars  of  God.  That  is,  he  resolves 
to  occupy  the  very  highest  pinnacle  of 
political  honor,  and  power;  he  deter- 
mines to  establish  his  throne  above  every 
other  thi"one.  He  will  possess  supreme 
power,  and  exercise  unlimited  despotism. 
By  the  expression,  "  they  ascended  up 
to  heaven,"  means,  we  think,  that  now 
the  church  which  had  so  long  prophesied 
clothed  in  sackcloth;  the  church  which 
had  for  1:3(10  years  been  in  the  \\ilder- 
ness — been  in  a  state  '.>f  obscurity,  whol- 
ly separated  fi-om  the  world,  had  in  an 
humble  and  lowly  capacity  proclaimed 
the  truth  unmixed  with  error,  was  now 
about  to  obtain  great  national  and  civil 
power.     She  was  noM'   about    to   enter 


the  political  arena;  she  was  about  to  oc- 
cupy royal  thrones,  and  be  clothed  in 
kingly  purple;  her  sackcloth  was  now 
to  be  laid  aside;  she  was  no  longer  to 
be  in  a  state  of  obscurity,  but  her  place 
was  henceforth  to  be  in  the  cabinet  of 
princes,  and  in  the  halls  of  legislation. 
What  a  change!  But  what  was  the  re- 
sult? Did  the  church  retain  her  purity 
after  she  had  parted  with  her  simplicity? 
the  sequel  will  tell. 

The  language  used  in  Rev.  G:  12-17, 
is  somewhat  similar  to  that  we  are  now 
considering.  This  language,  we  believe, 
is  generally  understood  to  imply  the  oc- 
currence of  a  vast  revolution ;  a  revolu- 
tion no  less  momentous  than  the  transi- 
tion from  paganism  to  Cliristianity.  The 
sun,  moon  and  stars  in  the  political  fir- 
maiient  of  paganism  are  fibout  to  be  re- 
moved, and  their  place  filled  by  the  pro- 
fessors of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ. 
But  this  stupendous  revolution  boded 
no  good  to  Christianity.  The  purest 
hours  for  the  church,  are  her  horn's  of 
persecution.  When  all  the  forces  of  the 
world  were  arrayed  against  her,  she  drew 
her  beautiful  garments  closely  around 
her,  and  nestled  near  the  cross.  There 
in  that  hallowed  retreat,  she  grew  more 
j  lovely,  more  unearthly  radiant.  But  oh 
n'hen  the  world  took  her  beneath  Its  fos- 
tering care,  when  she  basked  in  the  sun- 
shine of  royal  favor,  alas  how  soon  was 
her  beauty  tarnished;  the  gold  how  it 
became  dim,  her  spotless  robes  how  they 
became  soiled  vnth.  the  filth  of  the  world. 
James  says,  "  Know  ye  not  that  the 
friendship  of  the  world  is  enmity  with 
God?  Whosoever  therefore  will  be  a 
friend  to  the  world,  is  the  enemy  of 
God."  And  surely  the  history  of  the 
cliurch  fully  verifies  this  declaration. 

We  find  that  when  pagan  persecution 
ceased,  and  the  church  enjoyed  royal  fa- 
vor and  protection,  she  gradually  lost 
her  distinctive  purity,  and  merged  into 
the  mere  semblance  of  Christianity.  So 
we  find  that  the  same  pernicious  effects 
followed,  after  papal  persecutions  ceased, 
aud  the  protestant  church,  (that  is  the 
witnesses,  tor  protestant  is  composed  of 
two  words,  ^?rc»  before,  and  testwi  to  be 
a  witness  to  testify,  from  testis  a  witness. 
Protestant  then  means  a  witness),  and 
the  church  was  placed  beneath  royal 
patronage.  In  proportion  as  her  out- 
ward prosperity  increased,  so  her  inner 
purity  and  spirituality  diminished.  Soon 
the  church  became  distracted  by  inter- 
nal broils  aud  disputes,  factions  and  sects 
multiplied,  rancorous,  and  stormy  dis- 
cussions took  place.  Gross  errors  of 
doctrine  crejit  in,  good  M'orks  were  grad- 
ually ignored;  many  of  the  plain  com- 
mands of  God's  Word  were  subverted  or 
oliscured,  and  the  whole  plan  of  salva- 
tion became  disjointed  and  disarranged, 
until  now,  what  a  confused,  disconnect- 
ed spectacle  protestaulsm  presents,  a  very 
Babel! 

But  Christ  will  always  have  a  visible 
church,  a  chui'ch  that  will  not  shun  to 
declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God;  ac- 
cordingly when  the  protestant  church 
lost  her  distinctive  features,  \vhen  she 
failed  to  bear  a  full  and  clear  te.stimony 
to  the  truth,  then  God  raised  up  other 
standai-d  bearers.  In  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  in  an  obscure 
town  in  Germany,  there  arose  a  little 
band  of  Christians  deeply  imbued  with 
the  spirit  of  Christianity.  From  this 
little  church,  this  golden  candlestick,  the 
pure  undimmed  light  of  the  glorious  Gos- 
pel again  shone  forth.  And  we  bless 
God,  this  little  rivulet  has  increased  and 
tviilciu'd  until  now,  it  is  in  volume  a 
h'cp  uiajestii'  stream.  And  our  sincere 
}irayei'  is,  O  Lord  preserve  it  pure,    for- 


bid that  it  should  lapse  into  the  condi- 
tion of  the  Ephesian  or  Laodicean  church- 
es, or  become  like  the  church  at  Sardls, 
having  but  a  name  to  live  while  she  is 
dead;  but  oh  may  she  be  like  the  church- 
at  Smyrna,  outwardly  poor,  but  inward- 
ly rich. 

"  And  their  enemies  beheld  them." 
The  meaning  of  behold  is,  "  To  fix  the 
eyes  upon;  to  look  at;  to  see  with  atten- 
tion; to  observe  with  care."—  Webster. 
It  expresses  emotion,  anxiety,  wonder, 
astonish  em  cut.  And  welearn  that  when 
tlie  adherents  of  the  papacy  saw  the  as- 
cent of  these  witnesses,  when  they  saw 
that  heresy,  which  tliey  had  so  long  tried 
to  crush,  and  which  they  had,  as  they 
had  thought  just  succeeded  In  crushing, 
now  arisefromits  deep  depression,  when 
they  saw  palaces  admit  it,  kings  listen- 
lug  to  those  who  proclaimed  it,  the  great 
ones  of  the  earth  protecting  it,  and  giv- 
ing it  their  earnest  attention,  they  were 
filled  with  consteruation  and  alarm. 
They  beheld  it  with  envy,  with  hatred, 
uith  vexation. 

Verse  13,  "  And  the  same  liour  there 
was  a  great  eartbi[uake,  and  a  tenth  part 
of  the  city  fell  and  in  the  earthquake 
were  slain  of  men  seven  thousand:  and 
the  remnant  were  affrighted,  and  gave 
glory  to  the  God  of  heaven."  In  Rev, 
6:  12,  it  is  said,  when  the  sixth  seal  was 
opened,  "  lo  there  was  a  great  earth- 
quake." If  the  opening  of  the  sixth 
seal  portrays  the  overthrow  of  pagan- 
ism and  the  establishment  of  Christian- 
ity on  Its  ruins,  then  this  earthquake 
must  mean  a  moral  earthquake,  so  in 
the  verse  we  are  considering,  the  lan- 
guage is  no  doubt  figurative.  It  ex-  ■ 
presses  some  great  moral  revolution. 
This  revolution  took  place  in  the  fore- 
part of  the  sixteenth  century.  Popery 
was  in  several  countries  of  Europe  su- 
perseded by  protestantism. 

And  the  tenth  part  of  the  city  fell. 
The  word  city  does  not  mean,  a  large 
corporate  town,  but  it  also  means  a  state, 
the  body  of  the  country,  a  community 
of  citizens,  etc.  A  tenth  part  of  the  city 
then  means,  a  tenth  part  of  the  domin- 
ions controlled  by  the  papal  liierarchy. 
Now  the  ten  principal  divisions  of  the 
AVesternhalf  of  the  Roman  empire,  con- 
trolled liy  the  jjopish  influence,  are  the 
following:  the  Anglo-Saxons;  tlieFranks 
of  Central  France;  theUllman  Franks 
of  Eastern  France;  the  Biirgundic 
Franks  of  the  South-eastern  France;  the 
Visigoths;  the  Suevle;  theWandals;  the 
Ostrogoths  in  Italy;  the  Bavarians;  the 
Lombards.  These  tlivisions  are  gener- 
ally acknowledged  by  most  historians. 
The  Anglo-SaxoDsnow  comprise  Great 
Britian,  and  thi»  divison  separated  from 
the  popedom  A.  D.  1535.  The  cause  of 
this  was,  the  quarrel  of  Henry  VIII 
with  the  pope,  the  latter  refusing  to  grant 
him  a  divorce  from  Queen  Catharine. 
This  division  was  tlie  firetthat  withdrew 
from  the  papacy  in  that  great  revolution, 
that  great  moral  earthquake  which  shook 
Europe  to  its  foundation,  In  the  fore- 
part of  the  sixteenth  century.  The  peace 
of  Pnsau  1552,  established  protestantism 
in  Gennany,  which  was  the  next  .sep- 
artion  caused  by  this  great  earthquake. 
Again  it  is  said,  "  in  the  earthquake 
were  slain  of  men  seven  thousand."  It 
is  said  that  in  the  original  it  reads,  ''  sev- 
en ch'iliofhy^  denoting  seven  princedoms, 
under  the  dominion  or  rule  of  princes. 
No\v  we  find  by  referring  to'  history, 
that  in  the  year  1567  the  Netherlands 
which  were  then  subjects  to  Spain  re- 
volted. This  revolt  wascansdi  l>y  tiif 
persecutions,  and  cruelties  of  Philip  2iid. 
After  a  long  and  bloody  war,  the  Dutch 
succeeded  in  throwing   ott'  the    Spanish. 


Jnne    '27. 


XHE    BRKTEIKEIsr    ^T    "W^OKKl. 


yok<\  Tliey  then  loi'mecl  tln-nisulves 
into  a  confftloinc-y,  culled  the  Kepublic 
of  llollaml.  This  Republic  comprised 
the  following  provinces:  Holinnd  Xenl- 
!ind,irtn't.-ht,  Frii'slftn(l,Groningcn,Over- 
yssfl,  .'111(1  (Jni'lderlftud.  These  were  tlie 
fceveii  princedoms  or  chiliads,  which  in 
tlie  year  1570  split  off  from  Uip  Papul 
'  eeclesjnstical  tyi-wnny.  Aiiotlier  rent 
caused  by  tho  great  eurthijuake;  anoth- 
er dismemberuient  of  the  papal  domin- 
ions. 

1 1  ia  next  said ,  and  the  remnilnt  affright- 
ed, that  is  those  who  still  adhered  to 
Rome  in  those  countries  whtdh  had  se- 
ceded from  her  dbniiilions.  According- 
ly we  find  that  when  the  Romanists  rec- 
ollpcted  their  former  cruelties  which  they 
had  perpetrated  on  the  protcstants,  and 
now  when  they  say  tliose  protestanta 
^raised  the|Civi]  aud.political  power,  they 
were  affrighted.  As  tbey  ivere  uow  the 
weaker  party  they  expected  retaliation  ; 
tlu^y  expected  the  samn  treatment  from 
tb^.'  protestants,  as  the  protectants  had 
received  fi'om  them,  and  we  are  sorry  to 
say  tlieir  fears  were  iiot  gi'ouudless. 
Protestantism  borrowed  too  many  of 
Rome's  weapons.  In  England  pai-ticu- 
larly,  during  the  reigns  of  Elizabeth  and 
the  Stewart  kings,  tlie  laws  and  enact- 
ments against  the  Roman  Catliolics  were 
peculiarly  sevei'e  and  unjust.  They 
were  indeed  made,  to  some  extent;  to 
feel  the  rod,  which  tliey  themselves  had 
Used  so  cruelly. 

Again,  it  is  said,  "  and  gave  glory  to 
the  God  of  heaven."  The  sense  seems 
to  be,  they  the  papists  were  affrighted, 
and  thoy  tlie  witnesses  gave  glory  to  the 
God  of  heaven.  From  our  common  ver- 
sion, we  wonld  suppose  the  meaniug  to 
betbp  papists  were  affrighted,  and  they, 
the  papists  gave  glory  to  God.  But  those 
who  are  acquainted  witli  the  original, 
tell  us  that  idiom  and'  struct\ire  of  the 
Greek  will  admit  of  the  former  signifi- 
cation, and  thisis  a  historical  fact.  AVhen 
the  church  in  the  time  of  Constantiue 
was  raised  to  unclouded  sunshine,  and 
paganism  wjis  cruslied;  the  triumphant 
Chrisriaus  in  hymns  and  songs  every 
where  expre.-^ed  their  gratitude  to  God. 
Eusebins  a  contemporary  writer  thus  e^x:- 
presses  himself:  "Formerly  we  used'to 
sing,  WG  have  heard  what  Thou  didst 
in  our  fathei's'  day&,  l)ut  uo^v  vre  have 
to  sin?  a  new  song  of  victory,  our  eyes 
havy  seen  his  sAlvation."  So  the  piot- 
estaut  or  witnessing  church  after  their 
tiTumph  over  popery  sang  joyful  songs 
and  gave  glory  to  God  for  their  victory. 
ThnN^P^lizabeth  after  the  defeat  of  the 
Spanish  armada,  which  came  to  papalize 
England, again,  iwent  into  proces-iion  .to 
the  C'atliedral  of  St.  Paul's,  and  y;ave 
glory  to  God  for  this  victory.  But  oh 
liow' baneful'  in'bothcases  wa.^' temporal 
prosperity,  liiid'  the"'fostenng"care  of 
lii'iin'.-;.  In  both  cases  tlie  declension 
tVoiii  (iipsin'l  [lurity  and  simplicity  was 
rapid  and  alanning. 

Now  we  have  tried  to  explain  this  dif- 
ficult eliapter,  it  lias  can.sed  us  much  la- 
bor and 'toil,  but  if  we  have  thrown  any 
light  upon  it,  we  feel  amply  repaitl. 

IMPROVEMENT. 

IIV  DAVIII  MVKIiS. 

rrilTE  subject  before  us  is  one  that  takes 
J-  in  a  vast  Held  of  thought,  and  one 
that  can  be  applied  to  every  human  be- 
ing over  this  wide  extended  world;  one 
that  wilt  manifest  itself  in  all  of  its  out- 
lines; sooner  or  later  its  fruits  are  bound 
to  develop  and  manifest  themselve-s. 

Improvement  is  advancement:  valua- 
ble additions  or  gaining  knowledge,  and 
the  ways  of  applying  it,  are  many  and 


alway.s  within  our  grasp  in  ^^ome  of  its 
forms,  so  that  we  need  not  want  for  ma- 
terial to  work  with.  God  hits  placed  ns' 
in  tliis  world  for  a  noble  purpose  and 
not  for  the  wasting  of  our  mortal  career, 
wliich  would  be  to  our  utter  destruction, 
both  temporal  and  spiritual.  AVe  are 
such  beings  that  we  will  not  stand  still; 
we  will  either  advance  or  retreat;  eith- 
er gain  knowledge  or  lose  it;  either  im- 
prove oiu-  time  or  waste  it;  serve  God 
or  the  devil.  We  who;  profess  to  be 
Christians,  where  are  ^ve,  what  are  we 
doing,  are  we  improving  our  time,  are 
we  living  as  God  would  have  us  live! 
or  are  wewastingthbse  golden  moments 
careless  and  unconcerned?  ^Vo  never 
should  be  idle,  but  improvement  should 
always  be  uppermost  in  our  minds, 
whether  in  the  family  circle  or  in  church, 
or  wherever  we  are  in  the  shifting  sceues 
of  this  mortal  life.  "Whatever  we  do, 
we  should  do  with  the  desire  of  doing 
it  right;  anytliing  that  is  worth  doing,  is 
wortli  doing  right.  AVhen  we  go  to  the 
house  of  worship,  we  should  go  with  the 
desire  of  worshiping  God,  and  iastilliug 
into  our  minds  more  of  the  true  jirinci- 
ples  of  Jesus,  and  should  not  go  there 
to  talk  about  temporal  matters,  but  to 
serve  God,  pay  strict  attention  to  what 
is  read  and  preached,  and  nob  to  be  so 
cafeless  tliat  if  a  friend  would  even  ask 
tis  what  the  minister's  text  Wiis  we  could 
tell  but  we  should  remember  it  and 
read  it  at  the  lii-st  opportunity,  which 
will  be  very  apt  to  fi-eshen  the  minister's 
discourse  and  make  it  more  lasting  on 
our  minds. 

Reading  we  think  is  one  of  the  best 
ways  to  improve  our  time,  when  not  oth- 
erwise usefully  employed.  This  is  a 
world  of  reading,  and  it  is  very  impor- 
tant not  only  how  we  read,  but  what 
we  read,  as  aoitie  books  cannot  be  read 
with  profit,  no  matter  how  we  read  tliem. 
Biit  there  is  one  Book  that  can  be  read 
with  great  profit, — the  Bible  which  is 
the  Book  of  books,  which  we  should 
I'ead  daily,  and  for  a  noble  design;  not 
for  pastime,  bnt  with  great  care  aiid  dil- 
igence. Some  of  its  precious  truths  are 
buried  deep,  and  to  make  them  availa^ 
ble  weimust  seai'ch  dilis^i^tly  ti"*!  pi'^iy.' 
erfuUy,, and  have  a  great  desire  to  un- 
derstand.itsti-utlis;  weshould  feel  and 
read  it,  as  though  God  were  present  with 
us,  oud  that  He  was  revealing  to  us  the 
great  plan  of  salvation.  If  our  minds 
are  in  such  a  state,  we  will  uudoubtedly 
realize  a  blessing,  if  we  put  in  practice; 
and  whatever  we  do  and  wherever  we 
are  throiigJi  the  journey  and  shif'ti 
scenes  of  this,  mortal  life,  we  should 
act  withitbat  state  oi'  mind  tliat  God  was 
an  everywhere:  present  God ;  and  that 
all  our  acts  and  doings  wereopen  before 
Him,  so  that  we  might  live  a  God-fear- 
ing life,  that  peace  and  happiness  mii^lit. 
be  the  result  in  this  world,  and  the  world 
to  come. 


the  church  andshouldbereiuoved.  Then  '  cut  out  of  a  thicket,  the  mere  crai)  srick 
I  say,  brethren,    be    at   work,   stand    at    with  whieh  he  i^uided   his   sheeii.     Any 


your  posts  as  valiant  soldiers  of  Je.sus. 
Staiid  withoutfear  in  holding  u^  for  hu- 
mility, for  "  God  giveth  grace  to  the 
humble." 

Humility  is  one  of  tha  prominent 
characteristics  of  the  faith  once  deliver- 
ed to  the  saints,  which  is  the  ti'ue  one, 
and  whereby  we  ivill  obtain  a  good  re- 
port at  the  last  day.  O,  you  who  have 
been  educated,  as  it  were  at  the  feet  of 
Gamaliel,  let  your  infliience  be  used 
against  such  a  growing  evil, — against 
pride,  against  departures,  against  things 
whicli  offend,  or  are  a  barrier  against  the 
advancement  and  increase  of  the  tiue 
church  of  God. 

The  church  I  believe  consists  of  breth- 
ren and  sistei-s  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  they 
shall  be  heirs  with  Iliin,  having  done  the 
will  of  their  heavenly  Father.  The  'will 
of  God  is,  that  we  should  not  oft'end  our 
brother  or  .sister,  but  .shall  rather  suft'er 
self-denial  than  to  have  our  brother  of- 
fended at  us  for  anytliing  that  is  of  no 
benefit  to  us  to  help  us  on  to  God,  and 
our  eternal  welfare. 

Let  us  then  remove  every  bearing 
weight  against  the  doctrine  and  the  order 
of  the  Brethren,  wliich  I  think    and  be- 


lieve God  aaiiction.s.  AVlien  we  say,  manufacturer,  or  a  merchant,  or 
Brethren,  we  mean  followers  of  our 
Lord  and  Sayior  Jesus  Christ,  as  were 
our  fathers  in  the  faith,  which  ground  I 
believe  our  church  was  built  upon  orig- 
inally. 

Admitting  the  above  I  think  it  would 
be  \\"ell  for  us  to  renew  our  thoughts  \ip- 
on  the  promises  we  made  in  our  baptis- 
mal vow.  Did  we  not  there  promise 
and  confess  that  we  would  subscribe  to 
the  doctrine  of  the  church?  I  think  if 
we  all  remember  that  promise,  and  were 
sufilciently  instructed  before  vowing, 
we  would  not  disobey  the  instiuctious  of'  ju^  just  where   you 


day  he  might  have  thrown  it  away  and 
cut  a  better  one.  And  tfod  said,  what 
is  that  in  thine  hand?  "With  this  rod, 
with  this  stick,  thou  shalt  save  Israel. 
And  so  it  proved.  AVliat  is  that  in  thine 
hand  stranger?  An  ox-goad  with  which 
I  urge  my  lazy  beasts.  Use  it  for  God, 
and  Shaiijgar's  bx-gomUlefeats  the^Phil- 
istines.  "What  is  that  in  thine  hand  Da- 
vid? My  sling  with  which  I  keep  the 
wolves  from  the  sheep.  Yet  with  that 
sling  he  slew  Goliath,  whom  an  army 
dared  not  meet.  What  is  that  in  thine 
hand,  disciple?  Nothing  but  five  bar- 
ley loaves  and  two  little  fishes.  Bi-lng 
them  to  me,  give  them  to  God,  and  the 
multitude  is  fed.  AVhat  is  that  in  thine 
hand,  poor  widow  I  only  two  mites.  <T.ive 
them  to  God;  and  behold!  the  fame  of 
our  nches  fills  the  world.  What  luist 
thou,  weeping  woman?  An  alaba.ster- 
box  of  ointment.  Give  itto  God.  Break 
it  and  pour  it  on  ihi;  Savior's  head,  ami 
its  sweet  perfume  is  a  fragrantV  in  the 
church  till  now. 

What  liast  thou,  Dorcius?  My  need- 
le. Use  it  for  God  and  those  coal.s  and 
garments  keep  multiplying,  and  axe 
clothing   the  naked   still.      You  are   a 


BRETHREN.  BE  AT  WORK. 

ItV  .T.U:01!  KCItTZ. 

TTAVING  fur  sometime  felt  pressed, 
-^-'-  I  have  concluded  that  perhaps  the 
enemy  of  the  cross  has  something  to  do 
with  our  backwardness  in  giving  our 
exprjesaions  in  favor  of  primitive  Cliris- 
tianity  and  the  vindication  of  true  God- 
liness in  the  church.  There  seems  to  be 
something  working  among  us  which 
works  very  much  like  leaveu. 

Leaven,  youknow,  is  very  small  when 
first  put  into  the  lump  of  dough  which 
the  woman  has  in  her  tray,  but  it  works 
on  until  the  whole  lump  is  leavened  if 
not  removed.  So  it  seems  to  me  there 
is  a  le.iven-like  Kninething   among  us  in 


Holy  Writ?  You  will  find  in  Romaus 
IGj  "Now  I  beseech  you  brethren, 
mark  them  which   cause   divisions    and 

offenses  contrary  to  tlie  doctrine  whieli  ye 
have  learned  and  avoid  them;  for  they 
that  aie  such,  serve  not  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  but  their  own  belly,  and  by  good 
^vords  and  fair  speeches,  _decei\'e  the 
hearts  of  the  simple." 

Also  1st  Cor.  1, "  Now  I  beseech  yoii 
brethren  by  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  that  you  all  S2)eak  the  same  thing, 
and  that  there  be  no  divisions  among 
you;"but  that  ye  hi',  perfectly  joined  to- 
gether in  the  same  mind  and  la  the  same 
judgment."  O  Ijretliren  let  us  adopt  the 
Instruction  of  the  apostle,  who  ,was  in- 
structed in  the  School  of  Jesus!  Let  us 
keep  on  theold  paths.  I  feartooniany 
aire  seeking  rieio  patJis  wherever  thej^ 
can  take  little  packages  along  which 
really  belong  to  the  world,  and  are  a 
hlnderanee  to  ourselves  and  the  church. 

In  conclusion,  1  would  say,  let  us  love 
one  another,  preferring  one  another;  es- 
teem others  more  than  ourselves,  and  I 
think  thebruthren  will  have  no  need  of 
correcting  us  so  often  as  to  give  some 
occasion  to  say  that  they  are  "  fault-find- 
ers." God  help  us  to  be  of  one  mind, 
and  so  to  walk  that  His  name  may  be 
glorified. 

liingijohJ,  Md. 


EACH  IN   HIS  OWN   WAY. 

ALL  gi'eat  works  ai'e  done  l»y  .serving 
God^vith  what  we  have  in  liaud. 
Moses  MViskeepingsheep  in  Midian;  God 
sent  him  to  save  Israel,  Init  he  sliriink 
from  the  undertaking.  We  sympathize 
with  Jethro's  herdsman,  alone,  a  stran- 
ger, owning  not  a  lami)  that  he  watclie-d. 
He  had  nothing  but    a   shepherd's    rod 


chaiiic,  or  a  man  of  leisure,  or  a  student, 
or  a  sewing  woman,  God  wants  each  of 
you  to  serve  Him  where  you  arc,  you 
have  your  business;  use  it  for  God.  Or- 
der it  in  a  godly  manner.  Do  not,  al- 
low any  wickedness  in  it.  Give  godly 
wages;  preach  Jesus  to  your  clerks,  not 
by  a  long  face,  but  by  being  like  Him, 
doing  good.  Use  your  profits  for  God, 
feeding  the  hungry,  clothing  the  naked, 
visiting  the  sick,  comforting  the  wretch- 
ed, spreading  the  Gospel  far  and  wide. 
What  a  field  you  ha\'e  to  glorify  God 
!     If  you    have 


nothing  use  your  tools  for  Him;  lie  can 
glorify  Himself  with  them  as  easilj''  as 
He  could  ^vith  a  .shepherd's  stick  an  ox- 
goad,  a  sling  or  two  mites,  A  poor  girl 
who  had  nothing  but  a  sewing  machine 
used  it  to  a  feeble  church.  All  her 
earnings  above  her  needs,  were  givea 
toward  building  a  house  td'  worship,  anil 
in  a  year  she  paid  more  than  otliera  a. 
hundred  times  richer  than  she.  So  you 
can  do,  if  you  will.  Think  of  the  wid- 
ow with  her  two  mites,  the  woman  with 
the  alabaster- bgx,  and  Dorcjis  and  her 
garments;  you  do  as  much,  and  have  as 
great  a  reward. 

Selected  by  W.  G.  Biio^vx. 


ADMONITION  SHOULD  BE 
GENTLE. 


WT, 


ust  consult  The  gentic'ir  mnn 
and  softest  seasons  of  ad- 
dress; our  advice  must  not  fall  like  a 
violent  storm,  bearing  down  and  mak- 
ing thoKe  droop  whom  it  is  meant  to 
cherish  and  refresh.  It  must  dese.'iid, 
as  the  dew  upon  the  tender  herb,  or  like 
the  molting  flakes  of  snow — the  t-o!'tei- 
it  falls,  the  longer  it  dwells  upon,  and 
and  the  deeper  it  sinks  into  the  miud. 
If  there  are  few  who  have  the  humility 
to  receive  advice  as  they  ought,  it  is  of- 
ten because  there  are  few  who  have  the 
discretion  to  convey  it  in  a  proper  vi-hi- 
cle,  and  to  tiuality  the  harshness  and 
bitterness  of  reproof,  :igain.it  which  cor- 
rupt nature  is  apt  lo  r-volt,  by  an  artful 
mixture  of  sweetening  and  agreeable  in-- 
gredients.  To  i»robe  the  wound  to  the 
bottom,  with  all  the  boldness  and  reso- 
lution of  a  good  spiritual  surgeon,  ami 
yet  with  all  the  delicacy  and  tendernpss 
of  a  friend,  retjuires  a  very  good  dexter- 
ous and  masterly  hand. —  SthcluL 


TI-TK    TanKTMKEN    ^VT    WOI-ilv. 


June    27. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBLISHED    WSEELY. 


J.  H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Bbo.  S,  II.  D.slroni*  Julj  audioriio.l,  l.y  ui 
traTCling  correspondent  anil  ngenl  for  the  Brkiii 
WoBK  nnd  will  receitc  •utscriptioos  for  lUc  same 
regulnr  r«(M.  All  bualneiii  Irnnsnclcd  by  bim  for 
ficc,  will  bo  Iho  sumo  as  if  done  by  oumeWia. 


Tiir  BnETiiHEN  AT  WoiiB  wiltbcBtDl  pOBl-pniJ,  to  ony 
address  in  Ihe  Doiled  Slates  or  CfiDodpi,  for  f  I  60  par 
annum.  Tliose  sending  (en  namea  nnd  (10.00,  will  ro- 
oeiTC  on  oilm  copj  free  of  oborge.  For  nil  oier  lliis 
nnmber  the  ngent  will  he  nllnwed  10  oenta  for  ciioh  addi- 
lionnl  nnnic,  wbicb  nniount  cbji  be  deducted  frocn  (ho 
iDoiiey.  before  sending  it  (o  us.  Money  Orden.  DrflfUi, 
anil  Itcgiilored  Letters  may  ho  sent  nl  our  risk.  They 
should  be  mitde  pnyabto  to  Moore  J:  Eshclmivn, 

Subseripliona,  and  conimiinicHliona  intended  for  ttie  pn- 
por,  as  well  ns  nil  buoineBJi  mnllcrs  connecleil  with  (lio  of- 
fice fllaould  be  addressed 

UOOEE  k  ESESLUAH, 

LuijirlE.  CuToll  Co„Ill- 


LAHABE,  ILL., 


JimE  37,  1878. 


■\Vb  liaveiuiide  arrangements  tliat  enable  iis to 
fill  ordei-s  for  the  lieiiorf  and  Minutes  of  the 
Annual  Mtieting.  Price  of  the  Report,  25  centa; 
the  Minutes,  10  cents  each,  or  75  cents  per  do/,- 
en.     Thej-  will  not  be  rendy  for  some  weeks  yet, 

Bhothku  Pet«r  Hallburg,  a  Swedish  brother 
from  Bdldwiu,  Iowa,  ijiive  us  a.  call  last  week. 
He  is  an  earnest,  devoted  brother,  and  is  desir- 
ous of  knowing  if  any  of  his  countrymen  are 
members  of  the  church  in  the  United  States, 
If  any  of  our  readei-s  know  of  such,  they  will 
confer  a  favor  by  addressing  him  at  the  above 
mentioned  place. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  make  use  of  all  the 
postage  stumps  that  our  readers  feel  disposed  to 
send  us  in  payment  for  either  the  papers,  books 
or  pamphlets.  However  we  would  ad' 
to  send  over  §1,50  iu  each  letter,  and  be  sure 
that  the  stamps  are  so  folded  as  not  to  stick  to- 
gether. This  arrangement  will  be  convenient 
for  tho.se  wishing  to  send  75  cents  for  the  paper 
the  remainder  of  the  year,  or  25  or  50  cents  for 
the  Chihlrex  at  Work. 

Wb  have  heard  of  wolves  dressing  iu  sheep' 
clothing,  but  not  once  have  we  ever  heard  of 
sheep  dressing  in  wolves'  clothing.  Is  this  the 
way  with  Christians  and  the  world?  or  is  it  the 
reverse?  Should  not  Christians  learn  a  lesson 
from  the  slieep?  or  ivill  you  Lave  the  sheep  fol- 
low the  example  of  the  Christians?  Farmers, 
what  have  you  io  say?  you  are  interested  in  the 
sheep  business.  A  hint  to  the  wise  (virgins)  is 
sufficient.    Let  them  study  this  item  well. 

The  way  subscribers  are  coming  in  for  the 
Cliilflreii  fit  Woilc  is  quite  enconraging.  All 
the  children  want  it,  and  many  of  the  older 
people  do  not  like  to  do  without  it.  The  paper 
will  be  issued  weekly  just  as  soon  as  we  get 
enough  subscribers  to  make  it  safe.  We  had 
intended  to  send  No.  2  out  with  this  issue,  but 
brother  £shelman,  on  the  account  of  being  ab- 
sent, could  not  get  it  ready  in  time.  No  pre- 
venting providence,  all  our  readers  will  receive 
another  copy  next  week,  after  which  it  will  be 
sent  to  regular  subscribers  only. 


i\Iu,  Ray,  of  the  Buttle  FUkj,  thinks  we  are 
tr5'ing  to  prejudice  our  readers  against  him  be- 
fore the  debate  opens.  In  this  he  is  mistaken. 
We  have  no  such  an  object  in  view.  As  a  de- 
bater we  know  he  stands  well  among  hia  people. 
Were  this  not  true,  we  would  not  consent  to 
open  our  columns  to  the  discussion.  Of  course 
wc  do  not  like  the  abusive  style  into  which  he 
sometimes  dnfts,  but  that  is  his  own  business 
and  not  ours.  When  the  discussion  once  opens 
we  then  shiill  deem  it  our  duty  to  keep  hands  oft' 
aiid  let  each  party  have  a  fair  chance. 


An  article  in  the  Jewish  Reformer  takes  Pro- 
testant preachers  to  task  pretty  severely,  for  de- 
nouncing certain  classes  of  sinners  for  their 
wickedness,  and  then  when  it  comes  to  i-nistiig 
money  for  the  preachers  apd  church  purposes 
they  \vill  accept  money  from  the  worst  of  sin- 
ners and  think  it  good  enough.  This  is  the 
way  the  writer  handles  the  subject:  "In  our  own 
county  a  great  many  preachera,  when  in  the 
pulpit,  are  verj'  .severe  on  "  stock-gambling," 
and  denounce  Wall  street  in  unmeasured  terms. 
But  when  a  veteran  operator,  who  has  ruined 
scores  of  men  iu  lus  day,  jields  to  a  pious  whim 
and  founds  a  theological  seminary;  if  a  young- 
er operator  comes  foiwmd  in  the  nick  of  time 
to  save  an  indebted  mid  imperilled  church — is 
the  miiney  of  these  "  stock- gam  bier'  rejected? 
'When  a  tortiine  made  in  the  other,  non-legal- 
ixedsortol  gambling  is  bequeathed  to  our  re- 
ligious societies,  do  they  refuse  their  legacies  ?" 


MORE  ABOUT  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

THE  second  day's  meeting  was  opened  for 
business  at  8  A.  M.  The  first  subject  for 
discussion  wa=i  the  deferred  petition  from  Penn- 
sylvania, in  regard  to  changing  the  manner  of 
holding  the  Annual  Conference.  A  petition 
and  plan  from  Virginia  was  also  rend,  when  the 
Moderator  declared  the  subject  open  for  discus- 
sion. The  plan  from  Va.,  suggested  that  since 
our  form  of  church  government  is  neither  whol- 
ly episcopal  nor  congregational,  but  apo.stolical, 
we  continue  as  now  practiced,  believing  that  it 
is  the  wisest  and  beat.  The  petition,  suggested 
a  few  changes  in  the  application  of  the  apostol- 
ic principle,  so  far  as  District  Conferences  are 
concerned.  It  looks  towards  delegating  to  Dis- 
tricts entire  supervision  of  aff'airs  within  its 
jurisdiction,  in  harmony  with  Annual  Confer- 
ence. However,  all  work  of  District  Confer- 
ences to  be  submilt«d  to  Annual  Conference  for 
consideration.  Urged  that  the  present  method 
of  A.  M.  be  continued,  bi|t  in  selecting  delegates 
to  A.  M.  the  Districts  should  aim  to  choose  the 
best  talent,  experience,  integrity  nnd  Christian 
character  to  represent  it.  It  was  further  urged 
as  a  means  of  good  government,  that  delegates 
shall  be  eligible  to  only  two  conferences  in  suc- 
cession, that  is,  a  delegate  may  be  sent  twice, 
but  the  third  year  he  shall  not  be  eligible;  the 
fourth  and  fifth  he  may,  but  the  sixth,  another 
must  be  sent. 

After  much  presentation  of  thought  for  nnd 
against  n  change,  the  Council  agreed  to  contin- 
ue the  plan  of  1866,  and  appointed  the  following 
named  brethren  to  devise  niensures  to  more  fully 
carry  it  out:  Enoch  Eby,  R.  H.  Miller,  Jame.s 
Quiuter,  Daniel  Brower,  C.  G.  Lint,  Samuel 
Mohler,  and  Samuel  Garber, 

The  second  subject  brought  up  for  considera- 
tion related  to  soliciting  aid  for  private  institu- 
tions among  Brethren.  It  was  urged  as  a  pre- 
cautionary measure  that  peraons  traveling 
should  carry  a  certificate  of  good  standing  from 
the  institution  he  represents,  and  iu  addition  to 
this,  fi/st  obtain  the  counsel  of  the  church  in 
which  he  wishes  to  solicit.  No  objection  was 
mnde  to  a  certificate  uf  good  standing,  but  a  num- 
ber of  speeches  were  made  iigaiiist  the  idea  of 
first  counseling  the  church.  R  was  assumed 
that  the  institutions  being  private  no  church 
had  the  right  to  interfere  until  it  could  be  shown 
that  the  institutions  were  found  to  be  fraudulent. 
This  subject  brought  out  a  number  of  points 
relative  to  the  rights  of  individuals,  and  the 
duty  and  power  of  the  church.  Deferred  in- 
definitely. 

The  "Church  Extension  Union"  being  next 
in  order,  the  protests  from  several  Districts 
were  read.  A  meeting  of  this  society  had  been 
held  in  the  Ogau's  Creek  congregation  on  the 
9th  and  a  new  plan  adopted  which  rendered  the 
protests  entirely  ineflective.  After  some  dis- 
cussion a  motion  was  made  to  table  the  protests, 
which  motion  prevailed.  This  being  disposed 
of,  the  question  whether  persons  who  had  been 
members  of  Masonic  societies  are  eligible  to 
offices  in  the  church,  was  introduced.  Agreed 
that  they  are,  providing  they  have  renounced  all 
connection  with  such  societies. 

Whether  ministers  should  be  fully  in  practice 
with  the  church  in  manner  of  dress,  in  order 
to  officiate  at  Communions.  It  was  agreed  with- 
out discussion,  that  they  should.  In  regard  to 
better  and  cheaper  Hymn  Books,  the  publishers 
agreed  to  do  all  they  could  to  comply  with  this 
request,  but  so  long  as  they  sustain  losses  from 
tho.se  who  purchase,  it  would  be  almost  impos- 
sible to  get  lower  rates.  It  was  suggested  that 
the  treasurer  of  each  chnrch  keep  Hymn  Books, 
and  sell  at  wholesale  prices.  This  would  enable 
alt  to  purchase  a  little  cheaper.  Meeting  ad- 
journed to  convene  on  the  morrow. 

THUnSD.ty's  SESSION, 

Owing  to  the  demand  for  committees  from 
various  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  and  other  im- 
portant business,  the  Standing  Committee  did 
not  appear  in  the  coiuicil  room  until  10  A,  M, 
The  time,  however,  was  well  spent  in  singing, 
and  an  address  upon  the  subject  of  good  singing 
by  our  aged  brother,  F.  P.Lithr.  Ho  urged  the 
importance  of  good  singing — of  the  proper  use 
of  the  various  parts  of  music— of  the  right  and 
necessity  of  singing  with  the  spirit  and  ivith 
the  undei's  tan  ding.  He  could  see  no  "sound- 
ue5s  "  in  choir  singing,  lor  that  kind  of  singing 
is  not  recommended  in  God's  Book,  but  making 
melody  in  the  heart  is  recommended- 

The  first  subject  under  consideration  was  in 
■efevence  to  ordaining  those  who  ivfuse  to  anoint  ' 


the  sick  for  any  other  purpose  than  the  restora- 
tion to  heidth.  This  called  forth  considerable 
discussion,  and  was  finally  disposed  of  by  defer- 
ring indefinitely,  and  the  right  of  one  ordained 
elder  ordaining  another  in  cases  where  it  is  dif- 
ficult to  procure  two,  was  taken  up.  This 
question,  like  most  others,  was  susceptible  of 
two  theories,  hence  no  small  discussion  follow- 
ed. The  advocates  of  both  theories  appealed  to 
Scriptural  examples  in  proof  of  their  positions, 
nnd  wns  finally  disposed  of  by  re-adopting  the 
present  practice,  that  of  always  having  two  or- 
dained elders  to  perform  the  work. 

The  matter  of  procuring  a  committee  from 
A.  M.  for  a  poor  brother,  was  duly  considered. 
A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  go  to 
the  church  in  which  the  poor  brother  lives,  and 
investigitte  the  matter. 

The  Clerk  then  announced  committees  as  fol- 
lows: Huntington  church,  Ind.,  J.  Wise,  J, 
Quinter,  J.  Gump,  G.  W.  Gripe.  Rock  Grove 
church,  Iowa,  R.  Badger,  J.  Wise,  J.  Murray. 
Lost  Creek  church,  Ohio,  R,  H.Miller,  D.  Brow- 
er, E,  Eby,  C.  G.  Lint,  J.  Quinter.  Eel  River 
church,  Ind..  R.  H.  Miller,  D.  Brower,  D.  Bech- 
telheimer.  Cook'.i  Creek  ehureh.  Va.,  D.  Long, 
C.  G.  Lint,  Mosea  Miller.  California  churches, 
R.  H.  Miller,  J.  t^uinter,  E.  Buechlej-.  Luney'a 
Creek  church,  W.  Va.,  C,  G.  Lint,  J.  D.  Trostle, 
Jacob  Wine,  E.  Auvtl,  Lower  Deer  Creek 
chui-ch.  Ind,.  D.  Brower,  Jos.  Kaufl'man,  Geo. 
Holler.  Rock  Creek  church.  111,,  E.  Eby.  J.  R. 
Gish,  John  J.  Emraert.  Beaver  Creek  church, 
Ohio,  same  as  Lo.st  Creek,  Ohio.  Painter  Creek 
church,  Ohio,  S.  Mohler,  S,  Garber,  Geo.  Holler. 
Huntington,  Ind,,  R.H.Miller,  S.  Mohler,  G. 
W.  Gripe.  J,  W,  Stein.  Meyeradale.  Pa..  D. 
Long,  M.  Miller,  J.  H.  Hollinger,  J.  W.  Brum- 
baugh, S.  A,  Fike. 

Bro.  Quinter  presented  a  written  report  of 
committee  to  Upper  Dublin  church,  Pa.,  and 
their  report  was  accepted  by  the  meeting.  The 
same  committee  were  instructed  to  carry  out  the 
decision.  The  churches  in  California  agieed  to 
pay  two-thirds  of  the  expenses  of  the  commit- 
tee appointed  to  visit  them,  and  the  Annual 
Conference  agreed  to  heai'  the  balance,  and 
suggested  that  each  congregation  in  the  broth- 
erhood contribute  one  dollar.  All  churches 
East  of  the  Ohio  river  shall  send  their  amount 
to  Priiiiit he  C/im/j'ftH  office,  those  in  Ohio  to 
office  of  the  Vindicator  and  those  West  of  Ohio 
to  the  Bbbthben  ax  Work  office,  money  to  be 
sent  iu  hj'  September  first. 

It  was  agreed  to  hold  the  next  Conference 
in  the  second  District  of  Virginia.  Calls  being 
made  for  a  report  of  the  success  and  prospects 
of  the  Danish  Mission,  brother  Enoch  Eby  gave 
a  clear  and  affecting  account  of  it,  and  the  gen- 
eral expression  of  gladness  because  the  Lord's 
work  over  there  had  been  so  well  established, 
was  manifest  all  over  the  large  audience,  I  will 
add  here,  that  the  question  as  to  who  should 
look  after  the  wants  of  the  church  in  Denmark, 
having  been  before  the  meeting  in  regular  order, 
it  was  agreed  that  it  should  continue  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois, 
and  that  the  general  brotherhood  should  con- 
tribute its  part  towards  meeting  expenses.  All 
donations  should  he  sent  to  C.  P.  Rowland, 
Lanark,  III.  I  would  fiirther  add,  that  suflicient 
has  been  contributed  for  the  poor  in  Denmark. 
but  some  will  be  needed  before  the  close  of  the 
present  year  for  brother  Hope's  work. 

The  meeting  closed  about  i  P.  M.,  with  sing- 
ing luid  prayer,  and  after  partaking  of  our  la.st 
meal  together  at  this  place,  the  great  multitude 
began  to  disperse  iu  every  dircctiou.  going  home 
to  meet  loved  ones  again.  The  meeting  will 
long  be  remembered  for  its  harmony — its  care- 
ful (lelibeiatioiis  and  endeavors  to  maintain 
peace  and  brotherly  love.  On  all  sides  could  be 
heard,  expressions  of  gratitude  for  the  very  good 
meeting,  and  all  could  separate  feeling  that  it 
was  good  to  he  there.  No  doubt  the  workmen 
iu  the  house  of  the  Lord  could  go  home  with 
new  vigor,  new  resolves  to  live  nearer  to  God 
and  work  harder  for  Christian  union  and  vital 
piety.  Thanks  be  to  God  for  such  glorious 
meetings — such  good  eflfects!  • 

Attended  meeting  in  North  Manchester,  Ind., 

the  evening  and  listened  to  addresses  on 
temperance  by  sister  Major  and  brother  Landon 
West.  Sister  Major  read  Isaiah  2S:  7aa  the  ha- 
lf her  remarks,  and  then  took  ground  that 
it  is  our  \luty  to  cry  aloud  and  spiurc  not,  God 
has  declared  a  woe  against  intemperance.  Turn 
to  the  Bible,  and  learn  the  woes  declared  against 
strong  drink.    The  Bible  is  the  only  Rook  that 


tells  us  anything  about  man.  and  philosopher 
can  only  substantiate  their  claims  that  man 
came  from  an  ape,  by  putting  away  the  Bible. 

Parents  should  know,  that  hy  drinking  intox- 
icating beverages,  they  bring  uutold  misery  up- 
on their  children.  Pride  lies  at  the  bottom  of 
the  great  evil.  Children  are  brought  up  in 
fashion,  petted  and  indulged  until  their  hearts 
are  spoiled  and  then  their  parents  mourn  and 
lament  because  things  are  so  bad.  Mothers  lit- 
tle know  how  they  are  laying  the  foundation  for 
this  great  sin  when  they  hasten  to  teach  their 
children  that  this  article  is  "so  nice,"  that  "so 
pretty."  Why  you  stir  up  the  little  heart,  so 
that  B.S  it  growa  older,  it  will  lieivr  those  nice 
things;  and  you  have  been  the  cause.  You  put 
the  seed  in  its  little  heart,  and  now  when  it 
grows  and  buds,  blooms  and  ripens  into  perni- 
cious fruit,  who  is  to  blame?  What  shall  we 
do?  Do  the  very  things  which  wo  have  not 
been  doing.  Teach  children  to  love  that  which 
is  plain,  to  love  the  good  and  abhor  the  evil. 

Sister  Major  was  followed  by  brother  West 
who  gave  some  important  statistics  concerning 
strong  drinks.  Pennsylvania  spends  eighty 
millions  annually  for  drinks,  which  is  ten  times 
more  than  she  spends  for  education.  In  1870  it 
was  shown  that  there  were  2864  distilleries  in 
the  U.  S,.  and  these  were  bringing  sorrow,  tears 
and  death  upon  the  nation.  There  are  8,000 
saloons  in  New  York  city,  and  only  487  places 
of  religious  worship,  one  church  for  every  2,045 
persons,  while  on  the  other  hand  there  is  one 
saloon  for  each  125  inhabitants.  Sad  condition 
of  affairs  indeed!  Cut  off  the  maker  of  strong 
drinks,  and  the  evil  stops,  Cnt  off  the  drinker, 
and  it  will  cense  also.  Stop  the  middle  man,  the 
retail  dealer,  and  the  ruin  and  sorrow  and  death 
from  strong  drinks  will  stop  also.  I  would  be 
pleased  to  give  the  arguments  in  full,  of  our 
beloved  brother  and  sister,  but  must  close.  We 
spent  until  midnight  at  the  depot  with  many 
brethren  and  sisteis,  and  then  left  for  home.  I 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  many  of  our  read- 
ers at  this  very  pleasant  Conference.  Their 
words  of  encouragement,  their  desires  for  the 
church,  their  zeal  in  spreading  God's  truth,  gives 
us  new  life  in  the  work  before  us;  and  may  the 
kindly  attachments,  the  brotherly  feelings  form- 
ed there  never  grow  less.  Gome,  then,  dear 
friends,  and  labor  \vith  us  for  the  extension  of 
the  precious  truth  of  Jesus,  and  for  the  contin- 
ued purity  of  the  church.  God  bless  you  for 
your  good  suggestions,  your  good  desires,  your 
interest  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.         iF.  a.  e. 


THE  BELL-SHEEP. 

A  BROTHER  relates  to  us  that  his  father 
one  time  owned  ti  fiock  of  sheep  which 
were  let  run  out  on  the  commons.  As  was  the 
general  custom,  one  of-the  largest  wfis  selected 
to  carry  the  bell.  Things  went  along  smoothly, 
the  bell-sheep  always  taking  the  lead,  and  the 
rest  following.  But  in  course  of  time  the  sheep 
were  taken  ofl"of  the  commons  and  placed  in  a 
well-fenced  pasture  prepared  for  that  purpose. 
The  farmer  removed  the  bell,  thinking  that 
it  would  be  of  no  use  while  the  sheep  were  in 
the  pasture.  This  insulted  the  old  sheep,  for  in 
the  absence  of  the  hell  the  flock  would  not  fol- 
low him,  so  he  went  off  to  himself,  and  never 
aflerwnrds  would  mingle  with  the  flock.  He 
hud  made  up  his  mind  that  if  he  could  not  be 
bell-sheep  he  would  he  no  sheep  at  all. 

There  are  scores  of  people  in  the  world  who 
are  just  about  that  simple.  If  they  cannot  wear 
the  bell  they  will  do  nothing  at  all.  Such  sel- 
doui  ever  accomplish  much.  Thej'  never  make 
a  very  big  mark  in  the  world,  nor  are  they  much 
missed  when  gone.  A  man  who  has^  judgment 
and  qualifications  sufBcient  to  become  a  good 
leader,  has  sense  enough  to  behave  himself 
when  not  chosen. 

It  has  always  been  a  wonder  to  me,  why  sortie 
people  cannot  see  this  point.  To  illustrate: 
Siqiposing  a  brother  a-spires  to  the  preacher's 
office,  and  a  fair,  square  election  has  been  held 
and  he  not  chosen.  Now  if  he  has  judgment 
enough  to  make  a  good,  substantial  preacher,  he 
will  keep  pretty  quiet  about  it.  But  supposing 
he  makes  a  fus.s,  and  gets  the  church  into  troub- 
le, does  not  that  prove  that  the  man  has  not 
judgment  enough  to  become  a  uscfHil  and  profit- 
able servant  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ? 

Or,  supposing  a  minister  de!iire.i  the  office  of 
a  bisliop  and  cannot  keep  quiet  about  it,  hut 
makes  everj'  possible  effort  to  be  chosen  and  or- 
[hiined,  does  not    that  prove  that  the  man  has 


June   '-^7. 


TliE  iJJRETiiRK>r   ^T   "w^okk:. 


not  the  qiialificiitioiis  to  govcru  find  liike  care  of 
the  church?  If  he  has  not  stlf-govemment 
enough  to  keep  hinii^elf  within  the  bounds  of 
reason  what  is  ho  going  to  do  with  the  church  ? 
I  never  did  think  there  waa  miything  iTTong 
(ihout  ft  man  ikxiring  a  position  of  usefulness 
(1  Tim.  3:  1),  provided  hp  bus  the  quatificatioDS 
to  fill  such  a  position  with  credit  iind  honor  to 
himself  and  the  church,  bnt  when  1  see  a  man 
>io  feverish  over  the  question  that  he  cannot  be- 
have himself,  I  have  good  reasons  lor  doubting 
that  nuin's  qualifications  for  filling  such  a  posi- 
tion. It  would  be  a  good  thing,  if  some  people 
could  only  see  themselves  as  others  see  them. 

But  why  should  n  man  shrink  from  duty  just 
because  he  cannot  get  the  position  in  life  he 
would  like?  People  who  cannot  do  as  they 
want  to  should  do  the  best  they  know  how  and 
make  the  best  of  it.  Children  must  Icuni  to 
walk  before  attempting  to  climb  moiiutjiins. 
The  man  who  expects  to  rule  ten  cities  must 
first  learn  to  rule  five,  or  even  less.  He  who 
expects  to  bo  appointed  over  many  things  must 
first  learn  to  be  faithful  over  a  few  things.  The 
luan  who  buries  his  talent  just  because  he  has 
but  one,  will  finally  have  to  surrender  up  even 
that  one  and  be  without  any  at  last.  This  is 
jibout  the  Alpha  and  Omega  of  all  such  cases. 
It  is  like  the  man  who  will  lay  around  and 
■squander  what  little  money  he  has,  just  because 
he  cannot  get  high  wages,  or  like  the  starving 
man  who  refu-sed  a  bushel  of  corn  because  it 
was  not  shelled. 

The  world  is  full  of  work  for  willing  and  in- 
dustrious hands,  but  seldom  hunts  the  man,  the 
man  must  bunt  it.  And  then  as  lie  laboi-s,  al- 
ways being  fo'ind  at  bis  post  he  will  gradually 
attain  to  the  position  for  which  he  is  fitted,  and 
if  worthy,  may  reach  a  sphere  of  great  useful- 
ness. Good  metal  will  always  stand  the  test, 
even  if  it  should  be  a  long  one. 

And  then  a  man  hiis  but  little  business  lead- 
ing people  who  do  not  want  to  follow  him.  If 
he  is  qualified  to  lead,  the  people  will  find  it  out, 
and  if  they  do  not  it  is  pretty  hard  to  make 
them  believe  it.  If  a  man  thinks  himself  qual- 
ified to  lead  and  his  people  think  otherwise,  the 
quieter  he  keeps  about  it,  the  more  sound* 
judgment  ho  displays.  But  if  he  goes  off  and 
pouts,  and  just  because  he  cannot  he  bell-sheep 
won't  be  any  sheep  at  all,  he  at  once  shows  that 
he  is  not  the  man  for  the  place.  J.  H.  it. 


AN   INTERESTING  INCIDENT. 


DURING  the  Newtonia  debate  a  little  in- 
cident took  place  that  is  too  good  to  be 
lost.  If  I  am  not  mistaken  it  was  about  the 
fourth  day  of  the  discussion.  The  question 
der  cousideration  was  the  meaning  of  the  com- 
mission. 

All  of  a  sudden,  and  quite  unassumingly,  Bro. 
Stein  picked  up  a  pocket  Bible  and  pencil,  hand- 
ed them  to  Dr. telling  him   to  writ«  bis 

name  in  the  hook  of  Matthew.  The  Dr.  did  so. 
Bro.  St«in  then  told  him  to  write  his  name  in 
the  book  of  Mark.  This  being  done,  he  told 
ihe  Dr.  to  write  his  name  in  the  book  of  Luke. 
The  Dr.  did  so  and  returned  the  book  and  pen- 
cil.   The  moment  was  an  interesting  one. 

Bro.  Stein  then  showed  that  as  the  Dr.  had 
io  write  three  times  in  order  to  write  his  name 
in  the  book  of  Matthew,  and  of  Mark,  and  of 
Luke,  it  followed  that  one  mu.st  be  dipped  three 
times  in  order  to  be  legally  bapti/.ed  into  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
JHoly  Ghost.  This  was  a  clear  point,  and  made 
quite  an  impression.  But  Mr.  Kay,  in  his  re- 
ply said,  Bro.  Stein  did  not  reason  fairly,  for  in 
telling  the  Dr.  what  to  do  he  had  used  the  verb 
"write"  three  times,  while  in  Ihe  commission 
-the  term  "  baptising  "  was  used  but  once,  hence 
one  action. 

When  it  came  to  Bro.  Stein's  time  to  reply, 
ibe  handed  the  Bible  and  pencil  to  the  Dr.,  say- 
ing: "Wil]*3'ou  please  write  your  name  in  the 
book  of  Matthew,  and  of  Mark,  and  of  Luke? 
(using  the  word  "write"  hut  once).  The  D: 
wrote  his  name  in  each  book,  hence  wrote  three 
times,  showing  that  so  far  as  the  sense  was  con- 
cerned it  maile  no  difference  whether  the  verb 
was  used  once  or  three  ticnes.  This  clinched  the 
nail  so  firmly  that  every  attempt  to  move  it 
proved  fruitless. 

Ray  then  concluded  to  try  his  hand  on  the 
l)ook  and  jjencil  busincs--,  so  he  handed  the  Bi- 
ble and  pencil  to  the  Dr.,  telling  him  to  Nvrite 
bis  name  in^tlie-book  of  the  Father,  and  of  fche_ 
Son,  and  of  tk-  Holy  Clliost.     Tiie  Dr.  says,  "  I 


don't  know  where  that  book  is,"  whereupon  Uay 
opened  the  Bible,  at  the  title  page  and  shoire/l 
the  Dr.  where  to  write,  but  of  course  what  the 
Ur.  said  took  all  the  poefrj'  out  of  Ray's  part 
of  the  pert'ormauce.  The  reader  can  imagine 
the  rest.  ^^^^___™^  ''■  ^'  "■ 

AN  ANCIENT  BAPTISTERY. 

JB.  JEETER,  an  eminent  Baptist  minister, 
I  who  some  years  ago  visited  the  catacombs 
in  Rome,  gives  the  following  description  of  a 
baptistery: 

"  The  object  of  primarj-  interest  in  this  cata- 
comb is  the  baptistery.  It  is  situated  near  the 
end  of  the  passage,  and  is  reached  by  a  descend- 
ing archway.  It  is  about  four  feet  long,  three 
feet  wide,  and  three  or  four  feet  deep,  and  is 
supplied  with  clear,  cool,  sweet  water  by  a  spring. 
Above  the  font  is  a  fresco  painting  of  the  bap- 
tism of  Christ  by  John.  The  figures  are  about 
three  feet  in  length.  The  Savior  is  represented 
as  standing  up  to  His  middle  in  water,  and  the 
Baptist  with  his  right  hand  on  the  head  of  Je- 
sus, in  the  act  of  bending  it  gently  forward  to 
immerse  Him,  in  the  only  manner  in  which  the 
ordinance  could  be  convenienlly  performed  in  a 
baptistery  constructed  as  this  one  is.  On  the 
right  hand  an  angel  is  represented  as  holding 
the  clothes  of  Jesus.  At  the  bottom  of  the 
picture  ft  small  hart  is  painted  as  drinking  the 
baptismal  water,  a  symbol,  it  is  supposed,  of  the 
longing  of  the  believer  for  baptism.  Below 
this  i)icture  and  reaching  down  into  the  water 
there  is  a  cross,  painted  as  if  adorned  with  gems 
and  candlesticks,  with  the  Greek  letters,  Alpha 
and  Omega  suspended  below  its  two  arms.  The 
cross  wa.s  probably  designed  to  signify  that  the 
baptized  are  crucified  unto  sin.  The  wall  on 
one  side  of  the  font  has  the  pictures  of  the 
mnrtyi-s  Alxlon,  Sennen,  Mile8,-and  others,  rude- 
ly painted  near  them.  Of  the  age  of  the  font 
and  pictures,  we  have  no  certain  information. 
The  fiescos  have  the  appearance  of  being  very 
old.  There  are  no  indications  that  they  have 
at  any  time  been  restored  or  changed.  The  bap- 
tistery probably  dates  back  to  the  second  centu- 
ry. '  The.se  paintings,'  says  Northcote, '  are  all 
of  late  date,  perhaps  of  the  seventh  or  eighth 
century;  but  there  is  no  iea.=on  to  doubt  that 
the  baptistery  had  been  so  used  from  the  earli- 
est times.  We  have  distinct  eridence  in  the 
acts  of  the  martyrs  that  the  sacrament  was  not 
unfrequently  administered  in  the  cemeteries.'  " 

The  above,  clipped  from  the  Baptist  Union, 
of  March  IBth,  1873,  shows  that  those  early 
paintings,  whatever  may  be  their  worth  as  evi- 
dence, arc  on  the  side  of  the  forward  posture  in 
baptism.  They  are  usually  referred  to  in  sup- 
port of  immersion,  especially  by  Baptist  writers. 
but  instead  of  supporting  their  cause  in  full,  the 
evidence  stands  against  thein  regarding  the  pos- 
ture. On  this  subject,  however,  all  histories 
are  of  one  voice.  J-  H.  M. 


1)     Were  the  Aposllea  baptized?     (2)     And 
I   John    tbe    Baptist    bapUzetl  ?     A  Scriptural 
answer  desired.  J.  H.  Mit.i.F.B. 

1.     We  open  at  John  third  chapter  and  quote 
verses  32  and  23 :  "  After  these  tilings  came  Je- 

and  his  disciples  into  the  land  of  Judca;  and 
there  he  tarried  ivith  them  and  baptized.  And 
.lolin  also  was  baptizing  in  Enon  near  to  Salim, 
because  there  was  much  water  there:  and  they 
(the  disciples)  came,  and  were  baptized,"  Tlio 
l)ersonal  pronoun  "they,"  in  verse  23,  refers  to 
the  "disciples"  in  verse  22,  That  Paul  wa» 
baptized  we  learn  from  Rom.  C;  3:  "  Know  ye 
not,  that  so  many  of  us  as  were  baptized  into 
Jeans  Christ  were  baptized  into  his  death."     The 

"  of  course  includes  Paul. 
We  have  no  account  that  John  was  ever 
baptized,  but  would  rather  infer  from  Matt.  3; 
1-1,  that  he  was  not.  Whether  he  was  baptized 
or  not  he  was  divinely  authorized  to  both  teach 
and  baptize,  and  if  tbe  Savior,  who  was  without 
sin,  dared  not  shun  baptism,  what  will  become 
of  us  who  reject  the  counsel  of  God  against 

elves  by  refusing  to  submit  to  an  institu- 
tion from  heaven? 


QUERIST'S  DEPABTMEjYT. 


QiicliiDg  th<]  meaning  o(  Scripture,    rclMing 

1(1  pmclicol  siibJL'otB  of  roligious  inlorcit  iiill 

0,    Tlio  qiierisl'il  nfiino  musl  nccompnny  nil 

We   BhnU  Inbor  to  nvoidgiviog  (lnJ'Jll.^l 

fcr  slrifB  n»d  oonloullon  over  uDimporlant  ques- 


„  pi, 


Will  you  permit  me  to  ask.  Are  you  the  Mr. 
Moore  referred  to  in  the  article  of  Mr.  Waggon- 
er in  the  Advent isl  (?)  lieview,  of  May  23, '78, 1 
think  on  trine  immersion?  If  so,  irillyoubeao 
kind  as  to  correct  his  mistake  in  supposing  that 
I  quoted  what  is  on  page  78  of  my  History  of 
the  Modes  from  Theodoret's  Eccle^ia.stical  His- 
tory. The  notes  there  show  that  I  quoted  it 
from  his  Hwrel  Fabnl.  If  he  will  examine  the 
'ork  quoted  by  me  he  will  find  it. 

J.VME3  Crystal. 

Rkmarrs. —  I  am  the  person  referred  to  by 
Mr.  Waggoner  in  bis  series  of  articles  against 
trine  immei'sion,  and  jnst  as  soon  as  lean  spare 
the  time,  will  notice  some  things  he  has  said 
against  -the  general  practice  of  all  antiquity. 
Were  his  iissertions  facts,  he  might  do  wondei-s. 

He  asserts  that  Theodoret  has  not  written  one 
word  about  Euuomiiis  having  subverted  the  ho- 
ly law  of  baptism  and  introduced  single  immera- 
as  quoted  by  Mr.  Crystal  on  the  78th  page 
of  his  History  of  the  Modes  of  Baptism,  when 
in  fact  Mr.  Crystal  gives  direct  authority,  and 
exact  reference  for  the  quotations  he  made  from 
the  writings  of  Theodoret.  It  is  a  pity  that 
men  of  such  reputed  learning  as  Mr.  Waggoner 

11  make  such  reckless  assertions.      ,t.  h.  j 


BREVITIES. 


ig  at  4  o'clock.  An  immense  crowd 
had  assembled,  a  large  number  of  brethren  and 
isters  communing.  Bro.  Daniel  M.  (lotsinger 
otfieiated.  Wo  had  a  splendid  mteiing,  all 
things  passed  off  pleitsantly.  At  our  council 
three  were  received  in  the  church  by  baptism, 
and  one  reclaimed." 


Home  Mirkok  is  the  title  of  a  spicy  and  ia* 
teresting  little  monthly  edited  and  published  by 
brother  .J-  3.  Florj-  6f  Lougmout,  Colonulo,  and 
devoted  to  Home,  Health,  Happmess,  and  gen- 
eral information.  Brother  Flory's  long,  stand- 
ing reputation  as  a  writer  among  us,  in  a  suES- 
cient  guarantee  for  the  success  of  the  paper. 
We  further  remark  that  the  paper  is  not  intend- 
ed to  interfere  with  the  weekly  periodicals  now 
poblished  among  the  Brethren,  but  rather  pro* 
poses  to  assist  them  in  their  work.  Success  to 
the  Minor  and  its  readers. 


Wshave  jnst  received  a  half  sheet  of  a  Rich- 
lond,  Ray  C&-,  Mo.,  paper  giving  some  appall- 
ing accounts  of  the  great  Cyclone  that  passed 
through'  and  nearly  demolished  that  place.  Wa 
felt  considerable  anxiety  about  the  disaster,  as 
my  father  (David  Moore)  was  living  in  a  direct 
line  of  its  reported  course,  but  after  the  Cyclone 
left  Richmond  it  divided,  leaving  the  portion  of 
country  where  the  Brethren  live,  between.  The 
suffering  is  horrible,  and  baiHes  description. 
One  person  writing  from  there  says,  the  sight 
was  sickening  and  frightful.  In  places  the  air 
was  full  of  tree-tops  and  WTecks  of  buildings. 
Relief  is  coming  in  from  all  parts  of  the  country, 
and  everything  pos,Hible  is  being  done  to  relieve 
the  unfortimate  siifl'erers. 


Is  A  Brother  a  Frsend? — Not  seldom  are 
brethren  singled  out  and  called  our  friends. 
One  might  infer  that  a  man  may  be  a  brother  in 
the  Lord  and  not  be  a  friend.  How  is  this? 
Arc  we  not  in  thivs  speaking  and  acting  follow- 
ing after  the  faslidon  of  tbe  world?  Should  nob 
— are  not  really  all  Christians,  friends  as  well  aa 
brethren?  Does  not  lirolker  include  friend? 
Is  it  not  broader  than  friend?  Perhaps  if  wo 
could  remember  that  to  be  a  brother  truly  is  to 
be  the  best  of  friends,  we  might  see  how  ivicked 
some  things  are  that  brethren  who  are  not 
friends  do  to  each  other.  Perhaps  the  Lord  will 
not  own  these  unfriendly  brethren  as  His  friends. 
It  might  be  well  to  intLuire  seriously  about  the 
matter. — Chiit-cli  Aitvocfite. 


Give  your  views  of  Matl.  0  :  17 
W8:  "Neither  do  men  pat  new  viin 
bottles  ;  else  the  bottles  break,  and  the 
leth  out,  and  the  bottles  perish :  but  they  put 
lew  wine  into  new  bottles,  and  both  are  preserv- 
■li;"  J.  Gill. 

It  wa.s  the  custom  in  the  Savior's  tiime,  and 
itill  is,  in  the  eastern  countrie.*^,  to  make  bottles 
of  goat  skins.  If  such  bottles  were  old,  and 
new  wine  would  be  put  into  them,  the  force  of 
fermentation  would  break  them,  but  if  the  bot- 
tles wore  new,  they  would  expand  during  fer- 
mentation and  the  wine  be  preserved. 

By  this  fact  the  Savior  taught  His  hearers 
that  tbe  doctrine  which  Ho  brought  from  heav- 
en should  not  be  placed  in  the  Old  Covenant, 
but  being  new,  should  be  placed  in  the  New 
Covenant.  Just  as  little  as  men  would  think  of 
putting  now  wine  into  old  bottles,  just  that  lit- 
tle should  any  one  think  of  putting  the  new 
promise  into  the  Old  Covenant.  If  that  be 
done,  both  will  be  ineffective,  for  the  Law  could 
not  make  the  comers  thereunto  perfect;  and 
now,  if  we  put  the  perfect  into  the  imperfect, 
both  ivill  fail  to  accomplish  the  proper  ends, 
"  Sacrifice  "  was  required  Ly  the  Law,  but  now 
"  I  will  have  iiiercv  and  not  sacrifii 


Brother  Philip  Baltimore  says,  that  the  ad- 
dress of  A.  Cornelius  is  Turner,  Marion  Co., 
Oregon. 

— Mr.  Shaw,  one  of  the  most  successful  evan- 
gelists in  the  Disciple  church,  was  killed  by  a 
railroad  accident  near  McKinney,  Texas.  June 
7th.  He  is  said  to  have  been  instrumental  in 
bringing  over  eleven  thousand  persons  into  that 
church. 

— Two  were  lately  baptized    one-half    mile 
North  of  Lanark. 
— One  more  has  been  baptized  in  Denmark. 
—  No.  2  of  the  Childrm  at    Work  will  con- 
tain a   beautiful   engraving  and   description  of 
Solomon's  temple. 

— Two  were  baptized  at  West  Branch  last 
week  at  their  Love-feast.  The  meeting  was  a 
good  one,  and  largely  attended. 

— The  Feast  at  Rock  River,  Lee  Co.,  one  week 
ago  last  Saturday,  Is  said  to  have  been  a  pleas- 
ant one.  Brother  Daniel  Dierdorff  was  ordain- 
ed to  the  eldership. 

— Sunday-school  workers  are  becoming  divid- 
ed regarding  the  usefulness  of  Lesson  Leaf 
Papers.  However  interesting  and  instructive 
they  may  be  to  some,  we  are  of  the  impression 
that  they  will  prove  an  injury  in  the  long  run. 
Better  take  the  Bible  and  leave  Lesson  Leaf  at 
home. 

Next  week  we  will  publish  a  report  of  the 
Danish  Mission  funds  and  work. 
— We  are  getting  things  ready  for  the  coming 
ritten  debate  aa  fast  as  the  an-angements  con 
1  made.    We  think  a  few  more  letters  between 
3  and  Mr.  Ray  will   result  in   completing  the 
necessarj'  arrangements  pertaining  to  the  dis- 
cussion. 

—The  many  articles  on  "'Praying  Without 
Ceasing,"  that  have  lately  appeared  in  our  pa- 
per, have  brought  out  a  number  of  valuable 
les.sons,  and  that  too,  without  controversy.  An 
exchange  of  views  without  coutrovei-sy  is  cer- 
tainly profitable. 

—Brethren  Jacob  Rife  and  J.  W.  Metzger,  of 
Ind.,  intenS  starting  on  their  missionary  labors 
in  Southern  Ind.,  between  the  first  and  fifteenth 
of  August. 

—'Bra.  C.  H.  Walker,  of  Beriin,  Pa.,  says, 
"We  held  our  Love-feast  on   last  Saturday, 


Ont;  of  tbe  prime  conditions  of  the  durable 
snccess  of  a  congregation,  is  the  exemplary 
standing  and  conduct  of  its  oilicials.  They 
should  be  men  of  blameless  characters,  and  in 
their  daily  walk  and  conversation,  show  forth 
the  true  eleiueut-3  of  the  religion  they  profess. 
They  want  to  be  models  of  conduct  in  the 
church,  and  ensaiaples  to  othere,  and  foremost 
in  the  ranks  of  Ihefaithful.  Show  me  a  church 
whose  otficials  are  such,  and  I  will  show  you  a 
church  that  is  successful,  if  not  in  number,  in  in- 
fluence and  true  piety. 


Relioious  interest  is  rapidly  on  the  decline 
in  the  City  of  New  York.  Many  of  the  church- 
es are  falling  off  in  number,  and  there  seems  a 
growing  tendency  to  glide  off  into  infidelity  and 
skepticism.  Many  are  anxious  to  know  what 
is  the  matter?  What  is  the  cause  of  all  this? 
An  exchange  says,  the  churches  there  have 
turned  Christ  out  and  taken  the  world  in,  and 
we  believe  there  is  much  truth  in  the  statement, 
which  will  apply  equally  well  bo  thousands  of 
other  churches  outside  of  New  York.  The 
Lord's  house  should  be  a  house  of  prayer,  but 
too  many  have  made  it  a  den  of  thieves  (spirit- 
ually) and  the  day  may  not  be  far  distant  when 
the  Master  will  find  it  necessary  to  use  chord 
agDiii  in  order  to  cleanse  his  house  of  those 
who  make  merchandise  of  the  the  things  be- 
longing to  the  Lord. 


A  ORAiN  of  wheat  will  not  do  much  good  if 
you  lay  it  on  the  shelf,  but  if  you  put  it  in  the 
warm  earth  it  will  bring  forth  fruit  in  due  sea- 
son. So  with  man's  heart.  Let  it  lie  on  the 
cold  shelf  of  this  world  and  it  does  no  one  any 
good,  but  let  it  be  bathed  in  the  precious  blood 
of  Jesus,  and  it  will  bring  forth  fruit  to  thft 
honor  and  glory  of  God.  Sinner,  stand  no 
longer  on  that  cold,  useless  ground,  but  hasten 
to  put  on  Christ  and  bear  fruit, 

Verilv  the  way  of  the  transgressor  is  hard. 
Is  a  man  di.shonest?  He  will  be  found  out  and 
punished.  To  him  this  looks  hard,  but  from 
God's  stand-point,  the  punishment  is  just.  An- 
anias and  Sapphira  "kept  back  part"  .indbyso 
doing  suffered  death.  The  man  who  will  do 
wrong,  will  find  that  way  hard.  Tiien  why  will 
any  one  choose  the  hiiid  way?  There  is  neith- 
er life,  joy  nor  peace  in  such  a  ivay.  On  the 
other  hand,  it  is  wisdom  to  take  the  road  to 
glory,  honor,  peace,  and  eternal  life. 


g^XIE    Bl^ETEEREJNT    -^T    -yVOKLv. 


June 


"AS  IT  WAS  IN  NOAH'S  DAY." 

OTELL  me  how  the  nnfions  pnssed 
The  day  before  the  flood; 
0,  did  they  know  it  was  the  last? 
And  did  they  call  ou  God? 

Ill  merrimeut 
Their  time  is  spent; 
They  sing  and  play, 
And  dfiiice  nwny; 
They  eat  and  driiik, 
And  little  tliiuk  ' 
They  stund  on  ciidless  ruin's  brink. 

Some  reftr  the  walls 
Of  sumptuous  halls; 
Soiitejoin  theirhaud^ 
In  marriiigd  bands; 
Some  sell  and  buy; 
All  vainly  try 
To  flee  from  God's  all-seeing  eye. 

.  I  But  Go(l  110  more  \yill  silence  keep; 
,  He  poui-s  Ilia  wrath  from  h's'*! 
Unlocks  the  fwniitiiiiis  of  the  deep, 
And  winihnvs '.[■  (Ik- .-^ky. 
The  ekIUTiii- rain 
■  Dtrieemis  niiiuiu; 
'  The  rivers  ronr, 
'   The  torrents  l»oiir;l        ' 
I    The  waters  ri^e  '■' 
Till  piteous  crieS'"iI 
No  more  are  hefird  bonea'th'the  skies. 

At  fiijt|  in  flocksj 
Men  clitnb  the^-ocks;     ,      ,    , 
!Nor  fuiir  to  creep     , 
Up  mountaiii8,3teep;,  . , , 
But  wtitei-s  flow 
Where'er  Ihey  go,  ,     .  ■ , 
And  wash  tbeni  to  tlie  deptlis  bL'low. 

Behold  just  Noah  sfifely  "de 

Upon  the  mighty  deep; 
While  all  who  once  God's  word  defied, 

Beneath  the  watei-s  sleep. 

Suddeu  as  that  tremendous  day, 
The  judgment  hour  shall  come; 

Tliousmids  shall  then  he  swept  away, 
And  meet  au  awful  doom, . 

Let  me  not  count  these  wOnls  a  dream, 

And  still  refuse  to  hear; 
However  far  tlic  time  may  seem. 

Each  hour  it  draws  more  near. 

When  once  the  fire  begins  to  burn, 

'Twill  be  too  late  to  pray; 
Now  from  my  cry  God  will  not  turn 

His  gracious  ear  awny. 

— Selectal, 


PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING. 

IIY  n.  A.  llhTKICK. 

THIS  text  in  God's  djviue  Word  is  a  command 
to  all,  and,  no  doubt,  is  most  riolated.  Some 
may  think  it  impossible  to  obey  it,  but  there  are 
no  impossibilities  required  of  us  in  God'.s  holy 
Word.  Do  we  suppose  that  God,  alMyise,  atl- 
iioly,  anil  good  would  require  impossibilities  at 
the  hands  of  HLs  creatures? 

Some  one  may  inquire,  "  ^.ovf  aui  I  to  obey 
this  command?  I  can't  heion  my  kneos  all  the 
time;  it  is  impoisiblo,  tor  I  would  .iiofc  get  any- 
thing else  done.'''  I  do  jifltbalievcthati^ycmii^t 
always  be  on  quriknces  wlfcii  we  praj-,,|Or  thi^t' 
we  cannot;  pray;. witlumt  .biiiig  ill  aki^eelin 
posture,  but  I  believe  that.^vc'caui  pray  when 
ever  we  are,  or  be  ong.iged  in  ivbiit  we  ina.y,  \ye 
can  let  our  petitions  rise  like  sweet  iucense  to 
the  Lord  God  of  heaven,  Cajmot  the  ploiyniaii 
as  he  turns  up  the  soil,  tray',  Qod  that  He 
would  turn  up  the  I'iillow  ground  pf  his  heart 
and  prepare  it  by  grace  divinui  lor,, the  reception 
of  His  truth  ami  for  the  dwelling ,■  place  of  the 
Holy  Spirit?  Can  he  not  pray  that  God  would 
cultivate  hiif  heart,  as  he  cultivates  the  earth, 
that  it  may  bring  forth  fruit  to,  God's  glory  us' 
the  earth  brings  forth  i'ruit  for  our  subiiateuce? 
Then  why  think  it  iuipoasiblo  to  pray. without 
ceasing? 

Cannot  thepotter,  as  he  presses  the  clay  and 
molds  it  into  shapes  of  ve^els  and  miikea  it  sub- 
missive to  his  will,  pray,  that  God  would  pro- 
pare  his  heart  and  make  it  submissive  toJlis 
vrill?  Cannot  the  teacher,  ns  he  imparts  in- 
struction to  the  youthful  mind  and  causes  it  to 
develop  and  gnisp  widely  forknowledge  of  thing? 
that  perish,  pray  that  God's  holy  Law  may  he 
imprinted  in  tlio  minils  of  all  His  creatures,  ami 
that  they  may  expand  to  usefulness  and  grasp 
for  that  which  attends  to  the  cnivution  of  the 
soul?— that  immortal  principle  which  lives, 
though  this  body  dies  and  ileca}',^,  yet  the  soul 
lives,  either  to  eternal  life  and  happiness  or  to 
everlasting  woe  and  misery. 

Oh,   that  all  would  pray   without  ceasing! 


Dejir  brother  and  sister,  awaken  out  of  the 
dull  sleep  of  forgctfulness  and  arise  from  the 
stool  of  do-nothing.  Do  not  forget  ouf  council- 
meetings,  our  social  meetings  which  tend  to 
keep  our  hearts  in  proper  frame;  watch  and 
pray  without  ceasing.  Pray  that  sleeping  sin- 
ners may  he  awakened  by  the  mighty  poiver  of 
God,  and  turn  from  the  error  of  their  ways  and 
fly  to  the  outstretched  arms  of  Bleeding  Morcj', 
and  seek  an  interest  in  the  wounds  of  a  once 
crucifieil,  but  now  risen  Savior.  ,0h,  watch  and 
pruy  that  ye  enter  not  into  temptation.  Pray 
without  coa.'.ing. 


THE  THREE  FRIENDS. 


A  CERTAIN  Jewish  writer  tells  an  instruct- 
ive story  idF  a  man  who  had  three  friends, 
the  fii-at  of  which  he  loved  exceedingly,  the  sec- 
ond'he  thought  worthy  oi  his'estoein,' and  the 
third  he  only 'regarded  as  adistanfc  friend  whom 
ho  seldom  visited,  i  It  happened  'that  this  man 
■was  suddenly isummoned  to  stand  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  king;  when  he  heard  this,  hehecaino 
afraid  and  trembled.  He  goes  to  his  dearest 
friend  and  asks  him  to  come  aud  intercede  with 
,the  king,, but  his  friend  shrank  away,  saying.  I 
dare  not  l^ok  upon  the  kingia  pi-esencc.  He 
rushed  to  his  (icxt  friend  and  asked  him  to  go, 
bubl(is  friend  told  him,  ,1  can  only  go  to  the 
king's  house,  hut  I  dare  not  open  my  month  m 
the  presence  of  the  king.  He  went  to  the  friend 
he  .loved  least  and  Jiskcd  him  to  go.  They  went. 
H(is,frieH(l  made  intercession  for  his  relief,  and 
he  ^yaSiiuadeithe  second  njan  in  the  kingdom. 
Man  has  three  special,  friends.  The  friend 
loved  exceedingly,  is  wealth  or  pleasure.  Weidth 
\yill  procure  all  worldly  desires;  it  will  procui-e 
the  necessaries  as  well  as  the  elegancies  of  life. 
It  is  A  good  friiL'Md  if  riglitlj-  dealt  with,  but 
when  we  are  called  to  stand  in  the  presence  of 
death  it  avails  ;is  notliing.  The  other,  friend  is 
our  relations,  our  kind  friends  and  neighhoi-s, 
who  may  administer  to  our  wants,  give  us  cour- 
age aud  consolation  during  affliction,  but  when 
we  come  down  to  the  hour  of  death,  they  can 
go  no  farther;  they  can  only  stand  silently 
writehiiig  the  departure  of  that  father  or  mother, 
sister  or  brother. 

The  third  friend  is  Jesiis.  He  it  is  that  can 
heal  the  wounds  of  our  troubled  souls  through 
life.  lie  it  is  who  can  he  with  us  iu  life.  Ho  it 
is  who  is  nut  afraid  to  talk  iu  the  presence  of 
the  king.  He  it  is  only,  who  can  go  with  us 
across  the  mystic  river  of  death.  When  alt 
other  friends  fail,  Jesus  is  ready  as  a  blessed 
convoy  to  carry  us  on  to  that  haven  of  eternal 
repose.  Yet  how  prone  we  are  to  make  Him 
our  third  friend.  We  forget  that  we  are  liable 
to  be  summoned  before  the  King  at  any  moment 
in  otir  lives,  Howsweet,  then,  to  have  Such  a 
friend  as  Jesus  to  intercede  for  us.  He  \v!ints 
to  save  us,  though  iu  our  wickedness  wo  may 
rd  Hiin  only  as  the  third  friend,'  Let  us 
then  learn  wisdom  while  it  is  called  to-day,  for 
the  uiqhl  cometii  when  no  man  can  work." 


'THOU  SHALT  NOT  KILL." 


and   is  handed 
Same  forte  of  tiieaniug  it 


rpiIIS  is  a  divine  injunction  delivered  to  man 
X  many  thousand  years 
to  us  to-day  with  til 
bad  with  the  children  of  Isriicl  to  Wli 
lirst  given.  It  is  generaily'conet'ded  by  all  who 
are  acqiiaintL'd  with  the  divine  economy  that 
this  docs  not  allude  to  the'  ^ling  of  sueli 
mals  !is  we  need  for  food,  buttliat  it  refei-s 
tiouhirly  to  tiie  killing  of  human  beings;  but 
I  did  not  start  nut  to'. give  a  dissertation  upon 
the  horrors  and  cruelties' of  war,  and  bloody 
mnrders,  but  there  is  a  ci-rtain  killingniuoh  en- 
ga^edin  at  the  pivsent' day,  which,  tlioueh  it 
may  nob  have  any  relationtb  the  te.tt,  docs,  I 
think,  remain  far  from  meeting  the  approval  of 
a  just  God.  I     , 

I  mean  killing  time!  Thousands' of  young 
mouand  women  arealraojt  daily  engaq|ed  in, 
what  is  generally  termed,  killing  timD;"that  is, 
they  don't  do  anything  to  make  good'  use  of 
their  time.  Boj-s  and  girls  go  toschool  because 
their  parents  send  them,  and  if  the  teacher  is 
not  verj-  careful,  all  they  will  do  tiiere  is  to  kill 
time;  they  do  not  realize  the  importance  of 
making  use  of  every  moment,  aud  evei'y  op])or- 
tunity  to  treasure  up  knowledge  for  future  use; 
and  uhis!  how  often  do  we  hear  older  people  say, 
"  If  I  could  only  live  my  school  days  over  again, 
I  would  lualte  a  different  mark  in  the  wdrld," 
Again  we  see  young  men  loafing  about  the 
streets  seemingly  with  no  higher  aspiration 
than  to  kill  time;  too  liizj'  to  work,  too  lazy  to 
study;  they  are  continually  complaining  about 
their  haitl  lot  in  life,  but  they  are  uot  willing  to 
entertain  the  thought  that  the  prime  cause  of 


all  their  trouble  is,  theirnot  making  good  use  of 
the  opportunities  afforded  them  to  better  their 
condition. 

Though  this  killing  of  time  always  turns  out 
to  our  disadvantage,  it  is  nothing,  compared 
with  the  wholesale  killing  of  time,  precious 
time,  that  has  been  so  graciously  given  us  to 
prepare  foracomiug  judgment.  Thousands  are 
engaged  in  this,  our  time,  in  aceumulating 
wealth  and  procuruig  for  tlieniselves  the  tran- 
sient comforts  of  this  life,  putting  off  until  a 
more  convenient  season  the  preparation  they 
Icnow  to  be  necessary  to  secure  the  great  reward 
of  eternal  life  beyond  the  grave. 

But  there  is  one  more  killing  of  time,  which 
I  hope  I  may  he  pardoned  for  naming.  I  mean 
preachers  killing  time  in  the  pulpit;  more  tlian 
once  have  I  seen  the  preacher  take  out  his  watch 
to  note  the  time  and  then  continue  in  a  forced 
strain  as  though  he  were  obliged  to  preach  at 
least  one  hour,  whether  he  has  anything  more 
to  say  or  uot;  I  beUevc  I  repre.^cnt  the  majority 
of  the  henrei-s  when  I  say  to  such  preachers,  we 
w6uld  ail  bfe  very  Weil  satisfied  with  your  con- 
duct, if  you  would  stop  wheh"  you  arc  done,  if 
yOu'hnve  spoken  'only  ten  minutes.  To  hoar 
yousay,  you  will  not  occupy  all  the  time,  bnt 
give  your  brethren  au  opportunity  to  say  some- 
thing, and  then  continue  for  one  hour  and  a 
quarter  makes  it  irksome  for  the  congregation. 
No  one  is  to  blame  for  not  preaching  a  good, 
long  sermon  when  he  is  not  able,  God  never 
requires  a  mau  todotliatwhich  he  cannot.  Let 
each  one  do  what  ho  is  able  to  execute  well,  hut 
be  careful  that  you  do  not  injure  the  cause.  It 
is  irell  that  preachers  stop  when  they  get  done 
w'th  the  subject  aud  not  try  to  put  in  just  so 
uiuch  time.  Say  what  you  have  to  say  in  the 
best  way  you  know  how,  bnt  do  not  attempt  to 
kill  time  hy  preaching.  It  is  a  very  successful 
way  of  killing  a  man's  inlUience,  and  diminish- 
ing his  congregation,  and  thus  prevent  him 
doing  good. 


SURPRISED, 


"D" 


ISY  J.  W.  SOUTHWOOtl. 

ID  it  never  strike  you,  how  often  amid 
the  mauy  gen/lr  word^  of  Jesus,  '  to 
watch '  is  over  aud  over  repeated,  like  a  siicces- 
sion  of  alarm  hells  breaking  ever  and  anon,  amid 
chimes  of  heavenly  music,  to  rouse  a  sleeping 
Church,  and  a  sluiuherJng  World?  " 

These  words  of  Macduff,  bring  to  my  mind 
the  closing  scene  in  the  life  of  a  school-mate, 
who  at  the  early  age  of  eighteen,  closed  her 
eyes  in  the  sleep  of  death.  Her  home  was  amid 
the  mountains  of  Vermont;  the  olde.st  of  a  fam- 
ily of  six,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  she  entered 
a  seminary  iu  an  adjoining  State,  to  fit  hei-self 
for  teaching.  She  was  not  long  in  winning 
friends,  both  among  her  teachers  and  associates, 
for  to  beauty  of  person  and  an  amiable  disposi- 
tion, there  were  added  wjfts  of  a  high  intellect- 
ual order.  And  when  before  the  first  term  had 
closed,  she  with  many  others,  had  bowed  low  at 
the  feet  ot'  the  Cross.,  it  seemed  as  if  she  was  de^- 
t.ined  to  be.an  earnest  worker  in  the  Master's 
vineyard. 

St.  Paul,  in  writing  to  the  Galatians  says: 
",Ye  did  run  well,  what  did  hinder  you?"  In 
the  case  of  Jessie,  it  Wiw  indecision  of  character, 
icreased  as  her  closet  duties  were  neg- 
lected. The  half  hour  of  relirement  morning 
ind  evening,  which  :it  fii-st  had  seemed  like  the 
gate  of  heaven,  now  seemed  so  long  and  tire- 
some, that  she  begjin  to  while  away  the  time  by 
taking  her  Waylund,  or  Mental  Philosophy  in- 
stead of  God's  own  Word,  which  would  hav 
been  a^  b  ,"  lamp  to.  her  feet."  Then  she  hegai 
to  choose  ilicr  intimate  Irieuds  among  those  >vJio 
were  not  only  careless,  hut  triflers  ou  the  sub- 
ject-of  religion.  These  girls  hiu!  made  it  their 
boast  that  they  could  win  her  over  to  their  cir- 
cle, which  they  did  iuo?it  successlully. 

Many  were  the  loving  words  s])oken  to  her, 
and  the  prayers  offered  up  hy  the  ClirisHans  in 
that  school  iu  her  behalf,  hut  all  seemed  in 
"God  works  in  a  mysterious  way,"  and  while 
she  was  engaged  in  planning  a  scheinu  th 
would  bring  ridicule  upon  all  the  devotional  e 
ercises  of  the  school,  she  was  taken  ill;  onlj' 
slight  illness  it  seemed  to  he,  but  sufficient  (o 
confine  her  to  her  room  for  a  few  days;  on  the 
evening  of  the  third  day  she  grew  so  much 
worse  that  a  physician  w.as  summoned.  To  the 
surprise  of  all,  he  said,  "  You  can  live  hut  a  few 
hours."  Not  one  who  was  present  in  that  room 
will  tbrget  tbe  look  of  awe  aud  terror  that  cov- 
ered Jessie's  face.  She  felt  that  she  had  a  great 
work  to  do  in  a  short  time.  "  0,  pray  for  me, 
pray  for  me!"  was  her  agonized  request  of  all 
her  friends;  when  asked  if  she  had  any  message 
to  leave  for  the  school,  she  siud  in  a  hrokeu 
voice,  "Tell  them  to  be  Christiiins,  for  they 
know  not  what  it  is  to  be  suri»rised  as  I  hare 
been."    She  began  to  repeat  the  hymn,  "Just- 


as  I  am."  Her  voice  grew  weaker,  aud  weaker, 
the  second  verse  was  commenced  in  a  fiuut 
whisper: 

"  Just  as  I  am  and  waiting  not. 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot, 

To  Thee" 

She  was  gone  to  the  world  of  spirits. 

Her  message  waa  not  uuheedetl,  more  than  a 
score  of  young  ivomea  who  aronowdivingsuoli 
lives  that  they  area  continual  ins  pi  fat  ion,  be- 
gan those  lives  iu  tliu  sail  days  of  thi;  Winter  of 
ISC-  that  followed  Jessie's  death. 

Brethren  aud  friends,  let  us  take  warniug 
from  the  case  of  Jessie;  let  us  all  think  if  wo 
had  been  in  hiJr  place,  and  been  "  surprised  "  ns 
she  was— let  us  call'  to  mind  our  readines  to  die, 
and  see  if  we  should  be  "  surprised  "  as  Jessie 
was,  whether  we  should  be  ready  to  go  now,  or 
whether  we  should  have  some  "  dark  biota  "  of 
which  "  to  rid  our  souls."  While  this  is  given 
as  a  warning,  it  is  given  as  a  warning  not  only 
to  young  women,  but  to  young  mu;i,andinfact 
all,  both  young  i^nd,(;ild,  ,,.,.,  1 1 

,  Since  my  niintl  has  been  profitably  impressed 
with  this  warning,  i'  feet  it  my  duty  to  place  it 
before  your  many  readers,  with  hope  that  it  iuay 
do  them  good.  While  we  are  sometimes  profit- 
ably impressed  hy  a  warning,  let  us  not  suffer 
ourselves  to  be  prcisi'd  ou  in  ourOhristi.in  jour- 
ney by  warnings  hut  let  us  [aish  forward  from 
a  love  to  Christ  and  His  cause.  1  feel  that 
while  we  work' for  tho  Master,  tlirough  love,  we 
do  many  good  and  profitable  things  that  we 
should  not  ito  if  ive  were  working  through  fear. 
"  There  is  no  fear  in,  love;  but  perfect  love  cast^- 
eth  out  fear:  because  fear  hath  torment.  He 
that  feareth  is  not  made  perfectinlove"  (1  Jno. 
i:  18).  Let  us  feel  that  God  truly  imd  sincerely 
loves  us,, and  luus  a  great  and  Irind  act  for  us  but 
of  pure  love  and  pity,  and  that  He  does  not 
want  to  punish  any.  t 

Can  \vn  not  ju'ay  because  we  love  to;  and 
watch  because  it  is  ft  command  of  our  best 
Friend?  Can  wc  not  both  watch  and  pray  out 
of  a  loving  heart,  and  through  love  be  always 
ready,  taking  heed  to  both  words  and  deeds? 
"  Take  yc  heed,  watch  and  pray:  for  ye  know 
not  when  the  tinie  is.  "  For  the  Son  of  man  is 
as  a  man  taking  a  far  joorm-y,  who  left  bis  house, 
aud  gave  authority  to  his  servants,  mid  toeVery 
man  his  v/ork;  and'  commanded  his  porter  to 
watch.  Watch  ye  therefore:  for  ye  know  not 
when  tho  master  of  the  house  coineth,  at  even, 
or  at  midnight,  or  at  the  eock-croiving,  or  in 
the  morning;  Lestcoraingsuddenly,  hefindyou 
sleeping.  And  what  I  say  unto  you,  I  say  unto 
you  all,  watch  "  (Murk  13:  32-37). 

Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  ever  be  ready, 


THINK  OF  DEATH. 


WHILE  attempting  to  write,  my  mind' is 
carried  buck  to  my  youthful  days.  Ire- 
member  of  reading  ihb  obituary  notice  of  a  little 
girl  eleven  years  old  which  impressed  my  mind 
very  much.  On  the  morning  she  Wiis  taken 
sick;  she  appeared  very  merry  and  sang  the  fol- 
lowing lines  while  she  was  preparing  breakfast; 
My  Jesus  calls  me,  I  must  go^ 

I  Can  no  longer  stay; 
For  the  Gospel  sounds  so  sy/eet  to  me, 
■  I  can  no  .longer  stay  awaj^, 
In  about  two,  hours  iifter  singing  these  lines 
so  merrily,  she  was  taken  sick  and  grew  worse 
cry  fiist,  and   in  a  little   over  two  daj's   and  a 
half  she  wasa  lifuk'ss'corpse. '   '"  '  ■      '' - 

DilHng  this  last  Winter,  jMst  before  ChHfit- 
mni;',  I  wiLs  attending  U'  meeting  near  Heading, 
Ohio;  there  was  quite  a  uumht-rof  persons  bap- 
tized, of  which. the  greater  number iW8.s  .voijpg 
folks.  I  While  sticinfj  one  after  another  come  (or- 
ward  to  be  received  into  the  church,  I  noticed  a 
promising  looking  young  lady,  thirteen  ycai-a 
old.  halting  between  two  opinions.  Al'^ierthe 
applicants  IniJ  withdrawn  and  the  minister  was 
about  to  take  the  counsel  of  the  church,  tho 
mime  of  Jesus  sounded  so  sweet  to  her  that  she 
arose  and  made  her  wishes  known,  after  which 
she  was  taken  into  the  nunlber.  Bnt  it  was 
nut  very  long  until  she  took  the  diplhoria,  and 
on  the  7th  of  March  she  died.  She  told  her 
parents  not  to  weeji,  as  slic  was  going  to  a  good 
home.  Her  parents  loved  her  de:)rly,  hut  God 
loved  her  better.  Slie  no>v  rests  safely  in  the 
arms  of  Jesus. 


For  the  faithful  worker  rest  wll  come  ere  long, 
though  he  may  have  to  pass  through  the  valley 
of  shadows  and  the  gloom  of  the'  grave  first; 
hut  to  the  upright,  death  should  possess  no  ter- 
ror. It  is  only  a  compassionate  friend  that 
opens  a  door  through  which  he  may  pass  to 
grander  work  and  sweeter  rest  than  he  ever 
dreams  of  here.  Then  let  us  not  falter  in  our 
ard  march,  or  look  back,  baring  put  our 
hands  to  the  plough,  but  press  on  and  strive  to 
earn  n  sweet  rest  when  comes  the  eventide. 


June    '-iT. 


THE   B:FcETH:ilETSr  '^T   "SVOKIC 


A    Few    Thoughts. 

IN  lirst  Tiiessaloiiiuns,  2:  3,  we  rend,  "For 
tliat  day  shall  not  come,  except  tlioro  come 
II  faUing  away  first."  The  njKwflo  Paul  in  the 
closing  of  his  first  Epistle  to  hw  Th ess n Ionian 
brethren,  very  earnestly  exhorts  them  to  be 
Christians  iu  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  —  to 
live  in  Christian  love  and  kindness.  He  f*lls 
Hiem  that  the  day  of  the  Lord  so  cometh  as  a 
thief  in  the  night.  He  addresses  them  as  chil- 
dren of  the  day,  that  they  should  not  sleep  as 
do  others,  but  waich  and  be  sober.  Lastly  he 
lolls  them  to  abstain  from  all  appearance  of 
.■vil. 

Now  there  appeared  to  be  a  misunderstand- 
iiig  of  the  first  epistle  by  the  ThcMaloman 
brethren,  who  had  gathered  from  it,  that  the 
second  coming  of  Christ  might  be  expected 
during  the  life-time  of  those  then  living.  — 
Hence  the  second  epistle  was  writt<;n  rather  a.s 
n  Mupplement  to  the  first,  with  an  infrodudory 
and  concluding  thanksgiving  for  their  increase 
of  faith  and  a  correction  of  their  error  as  to  the 
second  advent  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesna 
Christ.  And  in  making  the  above  correction, 
he  gives  uato  undei-stand  that  there  shall  be  a 
"  falling  away." 

The  above  language  seems  to  imply  an  apos- 
tiicy,  n  defection  in  the  professedly  Christian 
church,  from  the  pnre  worship  of  God,  Paul, 
it  appears,  had  not  shunned  to  declare  the 
whole  connsel  of  God  to  the  several  churches 
wherein  he  labored.  Looking  into  the  future, 
he  saw  fchnt  after  his  departure  grievous  wolves 
would  enter  in.  False,  hypocritical  and  dan- 
gerous U-achers  would  speak  perveree  things, 
perverting  doctrine,  to  draw  away  discijdes  aft- 
er them, 

I'aul  also,  in'  delivering  his  solemn  charge  to 
Timothy,  says,  "  That  the  time  will  come,  when 
they  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine,  but  after 
their  own  lusts  heap  to  themselves  teachers 
having  itching  ears.  And  they  shall  turn  away 
their  eare  from  the  truth"  (2  Tim.  4:  3).  Now 
I'aul  s;iid,  "The  time  will  come."  My  belief  is, 
the  time  is  being  fulfilled  at  this  present  hour. 
Mence  I  would  say,  not  only  the  rise  of  aposta- 
uy,  is  spoken  of  by  Paul,  but  he  speaks  of  its 
progress.  Deceivei-s  shall  wax  worse  and 
worse,  deceiving  and  being  deci'ived.  I  believe 
that  its  rise  is  taking  place  with  at  least  a  part 
of  the  Irue  church. 

We  will  now  notice  for  a  moment,  the  matter 
of  conforming  to  the  world  as  it  appears  lo  be 
the  first  step  taken  in  a  wi-ong  dii'ection.  The 
chui-ch  has  adopted  on  order,  why  not  comply 
with  it?  We  find  some  that  do  not  regard  it 
in  that  light.  Yes,  even  ministers  who  should 
be  examples  to  the  flock,  have  gone  into  all  the 
pride  of  the  world  iu  dress.  My  heart  aches 
when  I  see  brethren  stand  up  to  preaeli  the  ev- 
erlasting Gospel,  while  they  are  saying  to  the 
ivorld  by  their  actions,  that  they  do  not  them- 
selves, what  they  exhort  othei-s  to  do. 

R.  F.  Mellott, 

Plymouth,  Ohio. 

Men   With  and  Without  Souls. 

THE  strangest  thing  that  strikes  my  miiid  is, 
that  men  barter  their  souls  and  pledge  them- 
selves to  all  Eternity  to  the  devil.  Oh!  can  it 
lie  possible  that  men  have  sold,  and  do  yet  sell 
their  souls  to  the  devil  for  a  consideration  iu 
money,  destruction,  long  life,  or  whatever  else 
seems  tq  them  most  desirable  or  gratifying  for 
the  time  being?  These  thoughts  cause  me  to 
reflect  daily,  and  of  that  eternity  yet  to  come, 
'and  wonder  what  might  be  termed  a  fair  price 
for  a  soul?  Did  not  Christ,  at  a  single  instance, 
purchase  every  soul  upon  this  earth?  Did  he 
purchase  them  with  promises,  with  money,  or 
ivith  any  of  this  world's  goods?  Far  from  it. 
He  gave  his  life— died  bleeding  on  the  cross- 
that  we  poor  sinners  might  live  again.  In  our 
every  day  life  we  are  eye-witnesses  to  specimens 
of  humanity  that  yield  to  the  tempter  for  some 
trifling  petty  desire,  or  some  luxury  tbufc  fadeth 
away.  What,  wit!  you  let  the  devil,  the 
swindler,  rob  you  of  j-our  soul?  No,  in  the 
name  of  the  Redeemer,  who  purcha-sed  it,  to 
whom  it  beionss,  lot  this  not  be;  but  tell  this 
to  the  devil  — "That  he  is  not  rich  enough  to 
purchiisc  your  soul." 

Experience  leaches  us  that  thcrc  are  diflerent 
kinds  of  souls — sotne  people  have  large  sohIh, 
some  have  small  souls,  and  if  the  truth  be  told, 
but  I  am  sorry  to  say  it,  th«t  some  people  act 
jis  though  they  had  no  souls  at  all.  The  soul 
has  bi'en  defined  by  dilferent  learned  men,  and 
one  of  the  definitions  is,  <i  )ntloiial,  immortal 
pi-iiu-ijili!  ill  man;  that  which  distinguishes  him 
from  (III-  brute,  and  constitutes  him  a  person. 
lliit  what  if  this  principle  is  allowed  to  lie  dor- 
mant— is  never  called  into  activity?  What  if 
IIlu  man  only  eats,  and  drinks  and  sleeps,  and 


lives  for  himself — how  much  of  a  soul  will  he 
be  likely  to  got?  It  reminds  me  of  the  acorn, 
as  all  the  possibilities  of  the  oak  lie  in  the  acorn. 
Should  the  acorn  be  placed  on  the  shelf,  or  laid 
away,  or  bung  on  the  wall,  iuid  thus  be  deprived 
of  mother  earth,  it  would  have  no  chance  to 
<iuicken  and  grow — it  would  never  make  the 
sturdy  old  oak.  But  to  the  contrary,  if  it  is 
put  in  the  proper  place  it  will  quicken  and 
grow,  and  the  result  thereof  will  he  advantages 
almost  innumerable.  It  is  needless  to  describe 
the  benefits  derived  from  the  oak.  Just  as  the 
acorn  is  to  the  oak,  so  is  the  undeveloped  to  the 
developed  aoul,  I  find  iu  the  7th  ver.  and  2nd 
chap,  of  Genesis,  that  it  reads  thus:  "And  the 
Lord  God  formed  man  of  the  dust  of  the  ground, 
and  breathed  into  his  nostrils  the  breath  of  life, 
and  man  became  a  living  soul."  The  breath  of 
life  is  still  the  indispensable  condition  of  the 
living  soul;  and  we  must  all  remember  that 
God  was  not  done  ivith  us  when  he  breathed 
the  breath  of  life  into,  us  that  we  might  be- 
come living  souls.  But  iu  order  for  us  to  be- 
come active  sonls  we  must  provide  the  rational 
principle,  which  is  the  soul's  gem  with  the 
means  of  growth.  Are  you  slipping  along  from 
day  to  day,  more  intent  upon  having  a  good 
time  tlran  upon  looking  after  the  most  sacred 
thing  of  your  lives;  or  are  you  slumbering, 
sleeping  or  dead  in  your  thinking  and  reason- 
ing faculties?  if  so,  arise  thou  that  sleeiieth. 
Come!  come!  wake  up,  and  lot  it  not  he  said  of 
that  yon  are  neither  God's  workers  nor  the 
world's  helpers.  Come,  let  faces  brighten  at 
your  coming,  and  blessings  follow  yon  when 
;oing.  Let  not  the  attraction  of  Satan  be  so 
trong  that  he  can  buy  your  soul  for  a  small 
amount;  but  value  it  high,  play  extortion  on 
him — then  he  cannot  buy  it,  for  he  is  poor,  and 
consequently  can  give  but  a  small  amount  for 
a  soul.  Your  sonl  will  then  be  beyond  his  reach, 
and  owing  to  his  financial  distress  he  will  not 
bother  you  to  make  a  purchase.  Have  you  ever 
thought  of  that,  dear  readers,  as  regards  Satan's 
situation?  He  is  decidedly  a  very  poor  master, 
and  after  you  have  labored  for  him  a  season, 
hether  it  be  long  or  short,  he  being  the  poa- 
>3sor  of  yonr  soul,  and  in  return  you  will  re- 
;ive  for  you  services,  CLerlastiii;/  jimiishmenf. 
What  poor  pay;  poor  indeed!  Oh!  horrible, 
horrible,  hut  nevertheless  true — only  too  true, 
for  the  Bible  says  so.        Gkohgk  W,  Miller. 

How  to  Utilize  Religious  Papers. 

I  HAVE  never  used  religious  papei-s  for  waste 
paper,  but  have  always  distributed  them 
,ome  w.iy.  When  I  left  Ohio  in  18TI,  I  gave 
some  to  such  as  I  knew  would  read  them.  So 
when  I  left  Iowa  in  'TO,  I  distributed  some 
imong  my  neighbors,  some  I  sent  oil'  to  poor 
members  by  mail,  and  also  a  box  to  Salem, 
Kansas  to  the  grasshopper  regions.  While  in 
California,  I  gave  some  to  my  neighboi-s  and 
took  some  to  the  Christian  church,  where  I  laid 
them  on  the  table.  When  I  went  again,  they 
were  gone.  I  laid  more  there,  and  gave  some 
to  our  milk-man.  Put  also  some  papers  in  a 
draner  of  each  piece  of  furniture  we  sold.  I 
left  papers  wherever  I  could,  and   then  loaded 

self  with  some  of  all  the  different  periodicals 
published  by  the  Brethren,  which  I  distributed 
wherever  an  opportunity  presented  itself. 

While  at  Battle  Mountain,  Nevada,  one  Sab- 
bath afternoon,  a  great  many  people  were 
around  when  the  train  stopped.  First  I  threw 
them  out  a  paper,  and  waited  till  it  was  picked 
up.  Then  I  threw  out  more,  when  the  people 
began  to  look  up  to  see  where  they  came  from. 
When  they  saw  such  an  odd-dressed  old  woman, 
they  picked  them  up  as  fast  as  I  threw  them.  I 
kept  back  some,  and  was  sorry  I  did;  for  I  had 
no  move  chance  to  throw  out  any.  It  was  al- 
ways rainy,  windy  or  dark.  I  feared  they 
would  be  lost;  but  I  will  save  some  to  drop  oh 
my  way  from  here  to  Illinois.  If  I  had  not 
read  about  brethren  distributing  papei-s,  while 
traveling,  I  would  not  have  thought  of  this. 
Has.vah  Knauff. 

lit.  Ayr.  In. 


-A.N'NOXJJSrOEMElSrTS. 


NOTIOBJ  of  Lovc-rciLtta,   Dialrid   Meetings,   tic.,  ahauld 

bo  lirinf,  nnil  wrUlon  on  pnpur  aupivrnlo 

from   allicr   liimiQcsa. 


The  Coldwater  congregation,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa, 

June  2<)th  and  30th. 
Bca.vico  church,  Gago  Co.,    Neb.,  September  7th 

and  8lh,  commcucing  at  2  o'clock. 

J^°  A  Love-fuasl  has  been  appointed  in  ilic 
Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Saogamou  Co.,  III., 
October  3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 

■^^  The  Lord  willing,  there  will  bo  a  Com- 


munion meeting  at  my  residence,  about  eevei 
miles  East  of  Salem,  Marion  Co.,  Oregon,  th 
lilh  of  July,  services  to  commence  on  Friday  ev 
ening,  the  5tb  and  continue  over  Sunday. 

D.  Bkoiveb, 


r>iEr>. 


SPEICHER.— In  the  South  Waterioo  church, 
Juue  8th,  1S7S,  aged  10  months,  and  15  daj-s. 
Funeral  by  the  writer.        Johm  Spkicker, 

WORSPIELD.— Near  Marble  Rock,  Floyd  Co., 
Iowa,  June  12th,  sister  Nancy  E.  Worafield, 
wife  of  George  Worsfield  and  daughter  of 
friend  Ashhury  and  sister  Baltimore,  aged  45 
years.  Funeral  by  the  writer  and  others. 
W.  J,  H.  Bxvii.\s. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Mexico,   Indiana. 

Dcarllyflirfn:— 

ELEA'EN  have  been  added  to  the  church  in  the 
yeai'  jnsfc  closed.  The  cause  of  the  Master 
is  progressing  slowly,  but  surely.  One  of  them 
had  been  n  Free  Mason  for  a  number  of  years. 
The  Baptists  have  suspended  preaching  at  this 
place.  On  the  27th  ult.  Bro.  Peter  Fisher  died 
at  the  advanced  age  of  86  years  and  25  days. 
He  had  lived  in  this  country  42  jxars. 

In  reply  to  there  being  another  church  or- 
ganization, known  us  German  Baptists,  I  would 
say  that  there  is  a  body  in  the  East  known  fay 
that  name,  who  practice  single  immersion, 
feet-wnahing  and  the  communion.  They  are  a 
plain  people,  zealous  of  good  works. 

Youra  fraternally, 

H.    F.    ROSEXUKHOEB. 

June  J'llh. 

From  Warsaw,    Indiana. 

Dnir  Jiivthrtm: — 

rE  borders  of  '/Aon  still  seem  to  be  expand- 
ing somewhat  with  us.  There  have  been 
nine  added  to  the  church  in  the  last  mouth.  It 
truly  nuikes  us  rejoice  to  see  the  sons  and  daugh- 
tei^s  of  Adam  come  out  and  covenant  with 
Christ  to  be  followei-s  of  him,  and  our  prayer 
is  that  those  who  have  recently  started,  may 
prove  faithful  to  the  cause,  and  run  mtb  pa- 
tience the  race  set  before  them,  that  when  they 
bid  farewell  to  this  world,  they  may,  with  us, 
he  prepared  to  enter  into  rest  with  the  Saints 
of  God  and  all  their  associates  that  prove  faith- 
ful where  they  shall  bid  faj-ewell,  no  more  for- 
ever. 

Our  Lovefeast  passed  oft'  the  7th  of  June, 
which  was  a  feast  to  our  souls  indeed.  When 
thus  surrounding  the  table  of  our  Lord  it  brings 
to  memory  the  great  marriage  supper  iu  the 
evening  of  the  world,  around  which  all  the 
saints  of  God  will  be  permitted  to  seat  them- 
selves. 

Brother  David  Workman,  of  Ohio,  has  been 
laboring  some  wi^li  us  the  last  week,  and  we  can 
say  tiiat  his  labors  have  not  been  in  vain,  us 
five  souls  have  been  made  willing  to  confess 
Christ,  and  we  believe  that  others  have  al- 
most been  persuaded  to  become  Christians. 

Brother  Stein  is  laboring  with  us  at  present, 
and  we  hope  that  his  labors  may  not  be  in  vain, 
hut  that  they  may  result  in  conviction  and  tou- 
N.  B,  Heeikh, 


From  McDonald,   Va, 

DmrBrethnu:— 

ACCORDING  to  previous  appointment,  the 
funeral  services  of  our  dear  sister  Mary 
Jane  John,  decea.sed,  were  held  at  the  Johns- 
ville  meeting-house  to-day.  Appropriate  dis- 
coui^es  were  delivered  by  the  ministering 
brethren  of  our  congregation  from  the  subject 
of  1  Thess.  4:  13,  U. 

The  commodious  house  was  filled  to  its  ut- 
most capacity  at  an  early  hour,  and  many  were 
unable  to  get  seats.  A  most  unusual  solemnity 
pervaded  the  large  audience,  and  we  cherish  tlic 
hope  that  God  blessed  the  solemn  occasion  to 
the  success  of  His  cause.  Our  dear  sister  was 
greatly  beloved,  numbering  among  her  friends 
persons  of  every  religious  creed  and  every  rank 
of  society,  admired  by  everybody  for  the  sweet- 
ness of  her  spirit  and  the  godliness  of  her  life. 
She  was  a  jewel  of  tlie  church,  a  star  in  the 
crown  of  her  devoted  husband,  a  treasure  iu 
the  hearts  of  her  children,  on  whom  she  lavish- 
ed the  wealth  of  a  mother's  love,  and  an  orna- 
ment to  society.  We  mourn  her  absence  from 
our  devotions  and  our  society,  but  she  has  just 
pasfied  over  the  noiseless  river  before  us.      Oh, 


how  rapidly  is  the  church  gathering  together 
over  there!  Well,  there  will  be  joy  in  that  land, 
when  we  all  cross  over  and  hail  each  other  is 
the  Father's  home. 

After  the  services  we  wended  our  way  to  the 
water  side,  where  prayer  was  made,  and  a  young 
pilgrim  passed  through  the  baptismal  portals. 
Thus  while  one  of  our  company  has  transfer- 
ed  her  membership  to  the  church  of  the  ran- 
somed, another  steps  forward  fromSatan'srants 
and  takes  her  place  in  God's  army. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

D.  C.  MouuAW. 

From  Maple  Grove,  Ohio. 

Deer  lirelluru.— 

A  FEW  lines  from  this  part  of  God's  moral 
heritage  may  he  intei-esting  to  your  many 
readers.  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert  was  with  us  from 
the  twenty-third  of  May  to  the  firat  of  Juue, 
and  baptized  fifteen.  Yesterday,  June  16th, 
was  our  regular  meeting  day.  Just  before  loab 
prayer,  while  the  congregation  was  engaged  in 
singing,  a  young  lady  laid  oft'  her  hat  and  came 
forward,  making  application  to  be  received  into 
the  church.  After  the  Gospel  rules  were  laid 
before  her,  we  repau'ed  to  a.plaee  where  baptism 
was  administered.  Hope  that  all  these  lambs 
may  be  nourished  in  the  chxirch  in  a  proper 
manner!  May  they  become  as  a  city  set  upon  a 
hill,  that  others,  seeing  their  good  works  might 
glorify  their  Father  wliich  is  in  heaven  and  be 
onstrained  to  do  His  will.  S.  Beeqhlt. 


In    Memoriam. 


DIED  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  E.  P.  Flesh- 
nnm,  Monroe  Co.,  W.  Va.,  our  beloved 
brother  and  father,  Peter  Crumpocker,  aged  74 
years,  5  months  and  4  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  bom  in  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Va.,  in  the  year  1804.  His  father's 
name  was  Abraham,  who  lived  t»  the  mature 
age  of  ninety-one.  His  ancestry,  as  far  back 
as  they  can  be  traceil,  were  memhei-s  of  our  frar 
ternity.  His  grandfather  died  at  the  age  of  40, 
while  on  the  floor  i»eaching. 

Onr  deceased  father  moved  with  his  parents 
from  Bedford  to  Botetourt  at  the  age  of  twelve 
years,  and  came  to  this  country  seventeen  years 
Inter.  He  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of 
Eld.  Jacob  Peters,  in  the  year  1831,  and  was 
baptized  by  old  Bro*.  John  Bowman  of  Frank- 
lin Co,,  shortly  afterward.  Soon  after  his  bap- 
tism he  was  elected  to  the  otfice  of  deacon,  and 
through  his  devotion  to  the  work  of  the 
■church,  he  rose  rapidly  through  the  intermedi- 
ate official  grades  to  the  office  of  the  eldership. 

He  was  richly  endowed  mth  intellectual  gifts, 
and  thereby  wielded  a  large  influence  over  the 
chuchcs  of  the  district.  He  reared  to  maturity 
a  family  of  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four 
daughters,  all  of  whom  are  members  of  the 
church.  Two  of  his  sona,  Abraham,  of  our 
congregation,  and  Samuel,  of  the  Botetourt 
congregation,  are  in  the  ministry,  and  two  of 
his  sons-in-law  also  serve  in  that  otfice.  Bro. 
A.  Hutchinson  of  Mo.,  our  late  missionary  to 
Texas  is  one  of  them. 

He  snft'ered  much  [)er3ecution  and  spoliation 
of  property  during  the  late  civil  WFir  on  account 
of  his  outspoken  opposition  to  the  war  party  of 
the  South,  and  narrowly  escaped  iucarceration 
iu  the  Soufcheni  prisons.  He  assisted  many 
poor  brethren  with  the  means  to  escape  con- 
scription in  the  army,  and  many  a  wanderer 
and  refugee  from  the  rank.s  of  Jetf  Davis  found 
a  friend  in  him,  who  has  now  passed  beyond  the 
reach  of  malic*  and  hatred,  to  that  blessed  land 
where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling  and  the 
weary  are  at  rest. 

He  bore  his  great  sufferings  with  the  heroism 
of  a  Christiim  philosopher,  and  died  as  only  a 
Christian  can  die.  He  iLScertained  six  days  he- 
fore  his  death  that  the  time  of  his  departure 
was  inevitably  at  hand,  and  with  that  steady, 
calm  deliberation  that  can  only  procped  from 
the  soul  that  has  made  its  jieace  with  its  Maker, 
he  proceeded  to  set  his  temporal  house  in  order, 
(his  spiritual  house  was  prepared  by  the  admin- 
istration of  the  sacrament  of  Extreme  Uncldon,) 
by  communicating  his  few  last  wishes  to  his 
sou  Abraham,  who  attended  him  devotedly 
throughout  his  siukncs-s. 

jThen,  with  a  calm  serenity  of  soul,  he  plumed 
the  strong  pinions  of  faith  for  the  flight  to  the 
bright  world  of  ransomed  spirits.  His  remains 
now  rest  in  peace  in  the  humble  burial  ground 
near  the  house  of  Bro.  E.  P.  Fleshman. 

It  will  be  a  consolation  to  his  many  friends 
and  relatives  to  know  that  every  thing  that 
mcilical  skill,  filial  love,  brotherly  kindness, and 
friendly  assistance  could  afford,  was  lavishly  be- 
stowed to  arrest  the  work  of  death,  but  God's 
[)rovideuce  had  decreed  that  his  battles  were 
over,  and  we  can  do  more  than  meekly  bow  to 


THE    BEETIiKl^jSr    AT    WOiiK:. 


June    27. 


the  cho^teiiiiig  rod  of  nn  nlmiglity  and  just  God. 

Fiiiieral  services  wero  coiiducted  on  the  day  of 
hia  interment,  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Fleshraan,  by 
the  brellireii,  and  similar  services  ace  appointed 
to  be  held  at  our  meeting  house  (JohnBvUle)  on 
the  4th  Sunday  in  July.  D.   C.  MoosTAW. 

McDoiiald'i,  Monl.  Co.,   Va. 


From  Swedoi 


,  Kansas. 


Reading  Clerk.  R.  H.  Miller  ;  Door-keciwr,  Sam- 
uel R,  Zug. 

The  far  West  haa  a  good  representation  at   the 
meeting. 

Those  who  know,  speak  of  the  meeting  as  the 
largest  of  its  liind  ever  couvened. 
-^-Three    thousand,   sis    huiidrwl    persons  took 
brenkfiist  on  the  grounds  yesterday  morning,   and 
■^  about  five  thousand  availed  themselves  of  a  free 


Dnir  Brrthyfii.— 

ELDER  I.  Buck  paid  the  Southern  Churche3 
a  visit  this  Spring.  I  met  Bro,  Buck  in  the 
Silver  Cliurcli,  on  ibe  2nd  of  May,  where  I  found 
the  brethren  and  sisters  all  well  and  alive  to  the 
cause.  This  liule  church  is  in  a  healthy  condi- 
tion :  all  alive  to  the  great  interests  of  the  Master. 
Bro.  J.  J.  Tro.\el  was  advaTice<l  to  the  second  de- 
gree of  olliee ;  held  a  choice  for  a  speaker,  and 
the  lot  fell  on  L.  B.  Pricket,  a  very  interesting 
young  brother.  I  think  ihey  are  in  n  good  work- 
ing ooudition  ;  while  ther"^  oue  was  added  hy  Bap- 
tism. Tlicy  number  some  IS  or  20  members.  From 
the  Silver  Creek  Church,  iu  Cowley  county. 
Elder  Buck  came  to  Sumner  county  on  Slate 
Creek.  Wheu  \ro  arrived  we  heard  that  Joseph 
Bashor  wna  here,  anil  had  preached  there  on 
Thui-sdny  evening,  We  coutiuued  the  meetings 
until  Monday  evening.  On,  Saturday  evening 
Bro.  George  Thomas,  from  McPherson  Co.„cauieto 
our  assislauce,  and  tho  result  of  their  labors 
that. three  souls  came  out  ou  the  Lord's  side,  ,aiid 
were  hiipliieil  on  tlifSuuday  following.  On  (he 
Ctliwe  oryaniz.ed  a  church  and  elected  tw. 
cons — Bro.  A.  Holloway  and  J.  It.  Rowel.  I 
think  both  arc  Worthy  members.  Wc  call  th" 
the  Sintc  Creek  Church.  We  number  twenty-five 
members,  with  lour  dcacims  and  a  minister  iu  the 
Eeeond  degree  office  ;  we  have  regular  meetings. 

Wo  have  a  good  countrj'.  Wheat  is  bU  thnti 
one  could  wish.  Corn  promises  to  bo  good.  Oats 
an  average  crop.  We  commenced  to  harvest  od 
the  2ath  of  May.  J.  Teoxel. 

Annual  Meeting  Items. 

During  the  Annual  Meeting  there  was  puhiifih- 
ed  at  North  Sraiichestcr  a  small  diiily  sheet,  giv- 
ing considerable  interesting  news  pertaiuiug  to 
the  conleronce.  Having  obtained  thi-ee  K' 
the  paper,  dated  respectively  June  11,  June  12 
and  June  13,  we  give  below  a  number  of  items 
clipped  from  tho  diiily ; 

TUJSDAV,  JUXE  llTU. 

Every  train  brings  in  large  delegations  to  the 
German  Baptist  Conference. 

Piily-six  cars  arrived  yesterday,  bringing  to  the 
Conference  nearly  3,500  additional  delegates.      "*■ 

At  10:30  lost  night  there  arrived  three  coaches 
froni  the  South  and  three  from  the  West  - 
eral  box-cars  filled  with  delegates. 

The  Conference   Standing   Committee  is  com- 
posed of  as  iutelligcni.  looking  body  of  men  as 
ever  saw. 

A  special  train,  yesterday  morning,  brought 
some  400  pei-sons  to  attend  the  Confereoce.  j. 

It  is  estimated  that  not  1cs»  than  15,000  of  the 
Brethren  are  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the 
Conference  grounds,  while  from  three  to  five  thou; 
sand  are  expected  to-day. 

The  Danish  Mission  is  in  a  flourishijj^ 
tioQi. 

At  the  M.  E,  Church  last  evening,  Elder  John 
Wise,  of  Iowa,  delighlcti  a  very  large  audience 
witli  anablesonuou,  which  will,  we  are  sure,  re- 
sult in  much  good. 

It  was  imppsfihle  for  the  crowd  which  thronged 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
last  evening  to  gain  udiui^ion,  the  building  being 
full  til  overflowing.  Tlic  meeting  was  addressed 
by  Elder  Jolm  Flory,  of  Btidgewater,  Va. 

Wedxesd.vv,  June  12th. — Tho  following  is 
a  correct  list  of  the  names  of  each  member  of  the 
Standing  Comruittcoof  the  German  Baptist  Con- 
fereoce,  now  in  session  near  this  place  :   ' 

Samuel  Harley,  Eastern  Pennsylvania;  Moses 
Miller,  Middle  I'euiisylvunia;  C.  G.  Liut,  AVest- 
ern  Pennsylvania;  D.  K.  Saylor,  Eastern  Mary- 
land; Jeremiah  Beeghley,  Western  JIaryland; 
Christian  M'ertz,  Virghiia  Is'o.  1 ;  JJIartin  Garber, 
Virginia  No.  2;  D.  B,  Arnold.  M'eat  Virginia, 
No.  1;  Eliaa  Auvil,  West  Virginia,  No.  2; 
George  Irviu,  North-eusteru  Ohio;  J.  P.  Ebersole, 
North- western  Ohio ;  Samuel  Garber,  Southeru 
Ohio;  John  Kinsley,  Northern  Indiaua;  David 
NefT,  Middle  Indiaua;  R.  H.  Miller,  Southeru 
Indiana;  Euoch  Eby,  Northern  Illinois;  J.  E 
Gish  and  Joseph  Hendricks,  Southern  Illinois  ;  J. 
F.  Eikcnbery,  Northern  Iowa  and  Minnesota; 
Roberty  Badger.  Middle  lona;  Southern  Iowa 
reprc-senlcd  by  letter  ;  Tennessee,  not  represented  ; 
D.  D.  Sell,  Northern  Missouri ;  John  Hershey, 
Southern  Alissouri;  Jonathan  Lichty,  Northern 
Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Colorado;  Southern  Kan- 
sas uot  represented  ;  Isaac  Miller,  Michigan. 

THE     OFFrCERS  ARE  A3    FOLLOWS  : 

Moderator,  Enoch  Ehy  ;  Clerk,  James  Quinter ; 


dinner. 

Thuhbday,  June  13th. — The  meeting  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  last  night  was  conducted  by  Elder 
Stephen  Bashor.  The  house  was  filled  to  over- 
flowing with  earnest  workers  in  the  cause  ot  Christ, 
and  all  went  away  feeling  that  it  was  good  to  be 
there. 

At  the  Lutheran  Church  last  evening  Mrs. 
Sarah  Major,  of  Ohio,  filled  the  p^lpit.  She  is 
quite  a  fluent  talker,  aod  a  deep,  logical  reasoner. 
The  anxiety  to  hear  her  was  so  great,  that  hut  a 
small  number  of  the  vast  crowd  that  went  could 
get  into  the  church.  She  was  followed  by  Elder 
George  Holler  in  a  short  address,  after  which  the 
meeting  was  brought  to  n  close. 

Between  4.S00  and  5,000  people  took  dinner  in 
the  dining  room  of  the  tabernacle,  on  the  grounds, 
y£sterday. 

Fifteen  hundred  teams  is  the  estimate  placed 
upon  the  number  on  the  grounds  adjacent  to  those 
of  the  Confereuco  yesterday.  ' 

There  was  the  largest '  crowd  on  the  grounds 
yesterday  ever  seeu  iu  this  ncck-'o- the- woods. 

Services  wei-e  held  yesterday  afternoon  on  the 
grounds,  in  the  woods  just  west  of  tho  chapel 
building. 


GLE^NING-S. 


From  Milk'dgevillt",  111.— Our  church  is  in 
a  prosperous  condition.  On  lust  Sabbath  oue  more 
precious  soul  hcoamo  willing  to  put  on  Christ 
through  baptism.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  young 
brother,  and  keep  him  faithful.  On  nextSabbath 
we  expect  to  meet  lo  organize  a  Siibbath  School ; 
may  the  Lord  he  with  us  iu  this  good  work, 
which  is  one  of  the  means  to  direct  our  children 
into  the  paths  of  righteousness.  I  am  glad  to  see 
that  Christ-like  spirit  manifested  iu  the  church. 
Pray  for  us  brethren,  that  we  may  ever  be  found 
faillifui.  We  are  commanded  to  pray  without 
ceflsiug.  May  the  Lord  help  us  to  piay  aright,  that 
we  may  meet  tho  approbation  of  our  Father  in 
Heaven.  J.  E.  Si'kixger. 

Ffom  Dunkirk,  0. — Our  Love-feast  is  now 
numbered  with  the  things  of  the  past.  We  had  a  re- 
freshing seasoii,  large  attendance  and  good  atten- 
tion. One  more  soul  was  added  to  our  church  hy 
baptism,  also  one  soul  baptized  at  our  recent  coun- 
cil, making  two  accessions  to  our  church  since  my 
last  report.  Yours  fraternally, 

S.    T.    BoaSERMAS. 

From  BllsIllieU,  111.— While  waiting  here 
for  a  train  goiug  homoward,  I  will  say,  I  arrived 
iu  the  North-western  part  of  Fulton  Co.,  where 
there  is  a  small  bund  of  laithful  members.  Oi 
Saturday  aflenioon  we  met  at  Brother  Cook' 
barn  lor  public  preaching.  Communion  services 
were  hold  iu  the  evening,  when  we  had  a  pleasant 
meeting.  Ou  Sunday  morning  Bro.  John  Pool 
was  forwarded  to  the  second  degree  of  tlie  minis- 
try. Preaching  wos  held  in  the  fore n o on  ,-n'fce moon 
and  iu  the  evening.  Two  souls  were  added  by 
baptism.  '  Daxjel  Vanimas. 

From  0.  P.  Yoiltit.— Bro.  D.  N.  Workman 
came  to  us  on  the  IGth  of  May,  and  remained  a 
few  days.  The  result  of  his  labors  were,  that 
twenty-one  souls  were  added  to  the  churdi.  May 
the  good  Lord  bless  our  dear  brother  in  his  labors 
elsewhere.  Yesterday  (June  10)  Bro.  Quinter 
preached  a  very  enthusiastic  sermon  from  Rev.  3  ; 
4.  Aftor  tho  sermon  we  went  to  the  river-side, 
where  prayer  was  made  before  admiuistering 
the  ordiimnce  of  baptism.  Wo  want  the  prayers 
of  the  church.  Wo  also  want  the  brethren  to 
visit  us  often.  We  are  situated  amorig  all  denomi- 
nations. 


the  iky  becomes  clear  agaiu.  We  have  had  no 
preaching  here  since  lost  December.  Bro.  Solo- 
mon Slorny  was  here,  and  my  prayers  arc  that  the 
Ijord  will  send  more  laborers  in  the  field,  for  the 
harvest  is  great  and  the  laborers  lew. 

E.  P.  Arjistbono. 

From  C.  Hope.— Brother  Eskildseu  is  Itarn- 
iug  to  read  English,  and  we  improve  the  time 
thus  whenever  we  can  get  together.  I  want  to 
have  him  qualified  in  overj-  way  to  do  this  work, 
as  my  strength  is  fast  failing  and  may  be  unable 
ere  lon^  to  do  much.  I  can  no  longer  bo  up  late, 
nor  walk  more  than  eight  or  ten  miles  before  I  am 
tired  out.  I  used  to  be  able  to  preach  two  or  three 
times  each  day  and  converse  until  day-break,  and 
then  be  satisfied  with  an  hour  or  two's  rest,  but 
can  no  longer  do  so.  I  have  answered  about  fifty 
letters  to  the  brethren  in  America  who  sent  us 
money.  Besides  these  I  have  bad  to  answer  many 
letters  the  past  two  weeks  received  for  peace  en- 
velopes and  from  those  who  want  to  kuow  of  onr 
doctrine.  Several  persons  are  corresponding  with 
me,  whose  attention  has  bcea  called  to  us  by  the 
peace  envelopes,  and  they  want  to  know  more 
about  us.  The  prospects  for  their  coming  over  to 
us  are  good. 

The  governmeut  has  notified  me  that  if  I  would 
permit  the  post-master  here  to  read  the  lettei-a 
containing  money  fienttome,  and  certify  that  my  pe- 
tition is  correct,  the  money  confiscated  will  he  re- 
turned to  me.  This  I  did  and  the  money  is  prom- 
ised me  in  a  few  days.  Wo  are  daily  gaiuing  the 
respect  of  all  classes  of  people  here  as  well  as  the 
friendship  of  those  more  distant.  We  had  an  hi- 
teresiing  meetiug  eight  miles  East  of  this  place, 
aud  received  a  sister  by  baptism.  Brother  Eskild- 
sen  did  the  baptizing,  this  being  his  first.  All 
passed  oil'  pleasantly,  and  the  spectators  seemed 
to  be  very  much  impressed.  The  work  was  done 
where  our  first  Danish  sister  was  baptized,  and 
brother  Euoch  Eby  and  I  also  haptizod  oae  there 
last  winter.  An  old  mau,  eighty  years  of  a; 
also  applied,  hut  failed ,to  come,  no  doubt  on  i 
count  of  feebleness,  as  he  can  only  stagger  along 
slowly  at  best.  I  do  uot  see  how  we  can  get  along 
without  a  hall  for  meeting  here  in  town, 
bouse  is  too  small,  aud  not  situated  at  the  right 
place  for  meeting.  What  shall  we  doV  We  can 
get  none  this  summer,  and  to  have  one  next  winter 
we  must  soon  apply  for  it.  I  believe  if  we  bad  a 
small  hall  at  u  good  point,  that  much  good  could 
be  done.  May  the  Lord  keep  you  all.  Yours 
least  in  Christ, 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


From  David  A,  Norcross.— Oh,  keep  down 
the  valley  of  humility  and  present  the  truth  in 
all  of  its  fullness,  hew  to  the  line,  know  no  man 
after  tho  flesh  aud  gloiy  in  nothing  but  the  Cross 
of  CbrisL  Let  nothing  go  before  the  public  that 
would  injure  the  glorious  cause  of  Christianity. 
\  ou  shall  ever  have  tho  prayers  and  good  wishes 
of  your  unworthy  brother. 

From  Dellii,  la.— As  I  am  isolated  some 
thirty-tive  miles  from  any  arm  of  the  church,  I 
■-ery  lonesome  here.  No  church  member  but 
my  daughter.  We  wait  anxiously  every  Thurs- 
day for  tho  Brethren  at  Work.  We  can 
hardly  attend  to  our  household  aflairs  until  the 
paper  is  read.  Often  I  am  east  down  with  trou- 
md  sorrow.  When  I  road  those  good  pieces 
from  the  different  brethren  and  sisters,  they  en- 
courage me  again,  so  the  cloud   posses   over   and 


Bible  Union  Translation, 

flTHE  American  Bible  Uuiou  translation  of  the 
±  Testament  is  regarded  ns  a  work  of  dscided 
merit,  though  the  ti-anslators  were  not  undeaom- 
inational.  The  following,  by  the  editor  of  the 
Chfhtidit  Stdiuhnl,  will  give  some  insight  into 
the  formation  aud  workings  of  the  movement : 

The  American  Bible  Union  was  not  originally 
a  deuomiuational  iiiititutiou,  but  was  composed  of 
all  who  were  in  favor  of  faithful  trauslafions  of 
the  Bjble  and  paid  the  price  of  membei-ship.  There 
was  nothing  iu  the  terms  of  mcrahei-ship  to  exclude 
ev^en  ah  Atheist,  if  he  desired  to  promote  this  ob- 
ject. It  originated,  however,  with  Baptists,  and 
they  always  had  iu  it  a  preponderating  influence. 
There  were  men  of  dilfercnt  denominaiions  em- 
ployed iu  the  work  of  revision  ;  but,  practically, 
it  came  to  this  at  last,  thatDrs.  Conaut  and  Hack- 
ett  gave  the  final  touches  fo  the  work,  and  very 
largely  the  American  Bible  Union  was  a  publish- 
ing hoiiae  for  Dr.  Conaut.  Some  years  ago,  in 
Chicago,  Mr.  Fulton  and  others  opeoly  proclaim- 
ed that  the  A,  B.  U.  was  a  Baptist  institution  ; 
that  the  revision  issued  hy  them  was  a  Baptist  re- 
vision ;  that  hitherto  they  had  acted  under  a  mask, 
but  it  was  now  time  to  throw  ofl"  the  mask  and 
appear  iu  their  true  character.  We  are  not  aware 
that  this  Was  ever  repudiated  hy  the  speakers  or 
bytheUuion.  About  the  same  time  it  was  af- 
firmed by  Dr.  Olrastead,  editor  of  the  Walclimint 
itnil  Rrjlector,  that  an  eflbrt  was  made  by  the 
American  Bible  Union  to  be  so  far  incorporated 
into  the  Baptist  ranks  as  to  be  abl"  to  holdils  an- 
niveisaries  along  with  other  Baptist  societies. 
ThU  n'(M  never  denied.  We  sought  iu  vain  to  ob- 
tain u  denial  of  it  from  Dr.  Wyckofl!  While  the 
A.  B.  U.  never  did  secure  tho  approval  of  the 
Baptists  as  a  denomination,  it  is  still  true  that  its 
chief  maiagers  and  chief  workers  were  Baptists 
aud  that  the  institution  came  more  and  more  un- 
der Baptist  influence,  until  we  were  compelled  to 

ise  lo  work  iu  it  or  for  it. 

Alexander  Campbell  was  employed  lo  revise 
the  book  of  Acts,  which  he  did.  But  he  was  not 
amoDg  the  final  reviseis.  How  far  hia  work  was 
approved  or  rejected,  we  are  unable  tb  say. 

Our  own  impression  is,  that  originally  it  was 
meant  to  he  undenominational  and  unseclaiian  ; 
but  that,  from  the  three  of  eircumstauces,  it  came 
almost  entirely  under  the  control  of  Baptist  man- 1 


agers  aud  Baptist  workers.  Those  wlm  buy  its 
books,  should  buy  them  on  their  own  merits,  aud 
not  from  any  representations  of  tho  broad  schol- 
arship employed  on  them,    Tho  revision  of  the 

New  Testomeul  is  a  work  of  decided  merit. 


Curiosities  of  Earth, 

At  the  city  of  Jledina,  in  Italy,  and  about  fiiur 
miles  arouud  it,  wherever  tho  earth  ia  dug.  when 
tho  workmen  arrivo  at  a  distance  of  ai.\ty-tbreo 
Feet,  they  conic  to  a  bed  of  chalk,  which  they 
bore  with  an  augur  five  feet  deep.  Tbey  then 
withdraw  from  tho  pit  before  the  augur  is  re- 
moved, and  upon  its  extraction  the  water  bursts 
through  the  -aperture,  with  great  violence,  and 
quickly  fills  the  newly-made  well,  which  coutin- 
ues  full,  and  is  affected  by  neither  rains  nor 
droughts.  But  what  is  the  most  remarkable  iil 
this  operation  is  the  layers  of  earth  as  we  descend. 

At  the  depth  cf  fourteen  feet  arc  found  tho 
ruins  of  an  aocieut  city,  paved  streets,  houses, 
floors  and  pieces  of  mason  work.  Under  this  is 
found  a  soft,  oozy  earth,  made  up  of  vegetables, 
and  at  twenty-six  feet  large  trees  entire,  such  as 
walnut  trees,  with  the  walnuts  still  stuck  iij  the 
stem,  and  the  leaves  and  brauohes  in  a  piirfect 
state  of  preservation.  At'twenty-eight  feet  deep 
a  soft  chalk  is  found,  mi.xed  with  a  vast  quantity 
of  shells,  and  the  bed  is  oieven  feet  thick.  Under 
this  vegetables  are  found  again 


The  Hottest  Spot  on   Earth. 

Oue  of  tho  hottest  regions  of  the  earth  is  along 
the  Persian  Gulf,  where  little  or  no  rain  falis.  At 
Bahrin  the  arid  shore  has  uo  fresh  water,  yet  a 
comparatively  numerous  population  coniiives  to 
live  there,  thanks  lo  copious  springs  which  burst 
forth  from  the  bottom  of  the  sea.  The  fresh  water 
is  got  by  diving.  The  diver  sitting  iu  his  boat 
winds  a  great  goat-skin  hag  arouud  his  left  arm, 
the  band  grasping  iu  mouth  ;  then  he  takw  in  his 
right  band  a  heavj'  stone,  to  which  is  attached  a 
strong  line,  aud  thus  equipped  he  plunges  iu  and 
quickly  reaches  the  bottom.  Instantly  opcuiug 
the  bag  over  the  strong  jet  of  fresh  water,  he 
springs  np  the  ascending  currout,  at  tho  same 
limeclosing  the  bag,  tiud  is  helped  aboard.  The 
stoue  is  theo  hauled  up,  and  tho  diver  atier  taking 
breath  pluuges  iu  again.  The  source  of  these 
copious  submarine  springs  is  thought  to  ho  the 
green  hill  of  Osman,  some  five  or  six  hundred 
mites  distant. 


Reports  from  various  parts  of  the  counlrvshow 
that  the  wheat  crop  will  be  a  good  yield.  In  some 
localities  the  crop  is  being  reaped  in  good-  condi- 
lion. 

The  electric  lights,  wherever  tried,  seemed  to 
be  giving  general  satisfaction.  A  test  baa  been 
made  in  Cleveland,  0.,  hy  which  a  large  bnildiu" 
was  well  lighted  at  a  cost  of  30  cents  per  hour, 
while  the  same  light,  if  furnished  hy  gas,  would 
cost  SS.0O  per  hour.  Tho  light  is  said  to  bo 
steady,  uniform  and  soft  to  the  eye. 

The  Russian  army  has  lost  more  soldiers  by 
typhus  t-iuce  the  close  of  the  war,  than  by  battle 
during  the  whole  ciimpaigu  iu  Asia  Minor. 

Since  the  beginning  of  modern  missions,  tho 
Bible  has  been  translated  into  212  laoguages, 
spoken  by  85,000,000  of  humau  beings,  and  dis- 
tributed at  the  rate  of  nearly  twelve  every  min- 
ute. All  this  has  been  done  by  missionaries. 
Thirlj'-niue  of  the  languages  referred  to,  uever 
had  a  writteu  form  until  the  missionaries  created 
it. 

The  mysterious  disappearance  of  Mrs.  Maude 
E.  Lord,  a  noted  spii-itualist  of  Boston,  gives  the 
spirits  another  chance  lo  show  their  iuformulion. 
The  womau  has  disappeared,  leaving  no  trace  he- 
hiud,  aud  of  all  the  spirits  that  wore  at  her  beck 
there  is  not  om-  to  tell  a  curious  public  of  hei' 
whereabouts.  Here  is  something  that  cau  hot  he 
done  by  jugglery,  and  the  spooks  are  as  helpless 
*"  the  police.  ^   ' 

Never  iu  modern  times  has  tliero  be^u  suuh  a 
periud  of  famine  as  in  the  last  five  years.  First 
in  Anatolia  (Turkey),  then  iu  India,  and  now  in 
China  aud  Brazil.  Teus  of  thousands  have  died 
from  sheer  starvation.  Last  montti  tho  deaths 
from  this  cause  in  Brazil  wei'e  reported  to  he  as 
many  as  one  hundred  ina  day-  Governm^utand 
individuals  have  done  what  they  can,  but  are 
powerless  to  deal  adequately  with  tho  calamity. 


V/.V.R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  poiaenger  ttBin   goEog  eaai  ]taiea  Lanark     m  r'-oo 
r.  M.,  fliid  urriics  ia  llucinc  ul  G;J3  P.  M. 
ay  passenger  train  going  west  Iieutm  Lmurk  u  2:06   P. 
M    »-,i "-k  larand  «15;60P.  M. 


ight  pnasEnger  Iraina.  goiiig  east  and  west,  meet  and 
leuTt  LaDurk  al  2:18  A.  M„  Brritinc  in  Kncinc  at  900 
A.   M.,   and   al   Rock  lalnnil  nlO^OO  A.  M. 
Freighl  nnd  -Accommoanrion    Trains    will   run    weal   a. 

mdfi^itr'ji^'"' ■**"■■  """^  '"'  "'  '=^  ■•"'*-"■ 

_  Tiekeis  are  sold  for  aboTO   train*  only.     Pnaseneer 
Irains  moke  close  connecdon  nl  Weaiern  rnion  Junciiun 
Q.  A.  SuiTii,  Agent 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^^  Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidlntjs  of  Great  Jo;/,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People.''''  '-^'Lvke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  July  4,  1878. 


No.  27. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

ElllTKll  AND  PUBLISHKD  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECL 

L  CONTRIBUTORS: 

R.  H.  Mir.r.Eii,      - 

..-'.-■■  LADOOA,  INI). 

J.  W.  8TI;IN',       - 

KTWTOSIA,  MO. 

D.  VAKl-MAS,        - 

...._-  VIRDBX,  ILL. 

D.  B.  JIKNTZEU, 

,      .      -      -      -WAYNKSllOltOjPA. 

MATriF,  A.  LF,.VU, 

.      -      _      .      .      URltANA,    ILL. 

THE  ONE  THAT  LOVES  JESTJS. 


T' 


HK  oil..'  iliJit.  loves  Josus, 
Will  flu  as  He  says, 
wiilk  ill  Ilia  footsteps 
Am)  follow  His  ways. 


He  will  sliow  by  liis  jiet.s. 

Ami  coiivorsf  serene, 
To  Hie  (voria  by  fiiitb, 

Hife  Savior  he's  seen. 


c  that  loves  Jes 
r  will  scovii 


The  o 

]Se> 

The  leiisfc  of  His  teachings, 
The  Scviptmes  adorn. 

Does  not  say  he  loves  Him, 

And  then  lenve  undone 
The  tilings  He's  comnmnded, 

Whiuh  are  nil  iis  one. 

The  one  that  loves  Jesus, 

Need  not  to  tell 
To  those  oft  around  Uim, 

They  know  it  lull  well. 

This  love  to  |ioor  mortals, 
Will  plainly  bespeak 

That  he  has  the  Spirit 

Of  the  lowly  and  the  meek. 

The  one  that  loves  Jesns, 

Tongue  cannot. express. 
The  joy  that  he  feels; 
The  calm  and  sweet  rest. 

P'or  lie  knows  when' he  dies, 
"Whether  sooner  or  late, 

This  loved  One  will  meet  him, 
At  the  beautiful  gate. 


THE  NEW  AND  THE  OLD. 


■.  H.  UALSBAllill. 


To  Brother  E.  /,.   Fiilnifxlock.  of  Lfi  Due,  Mix 


Hi's  thebeginniug  was  the  Wonl."  Thisaomids 
X  old.  But  He"  is  thesam^  yesterday,  to-day, 
and  forever."  There  is  no  wrinkle  on  the  brow 
of  Deily.  0'"'  idea  of  age  means  sin,  not  lime. 
We  call  a  peraon  old  at  tour  score  because  the 
marks  of  decay  and  decrepitude  are,  every  where 
visible.  A  sinless  being  at  eiijlity  would  have 
all  the  freshness  of  childhood.  We  [lerhaps  too 
much  overlook  how  entirely,  we  are  dependent 
on  the  infusion  of  the  ever-youth  of  God  into 
luimau  nature  in  the  Incarnation  for  the  exclu- 
sion of  old  age  from  the  soul.  A  child-soul  in 
a  shriveled,  attenuated,  tottering  Octogenuriiui, 
is  the  gift  of  Christianity.  The  God-born  nev- 
er grow  old.  The  Holy  Germ  of  Eternal  Life 
conserves  the  essential  elements  of  human  na- 
ture for  the  ever-glowing  bloom  and  beanty  of 
everlasting  manhood.  A  Divine  generation* 
comniuuicates  a  Divine-life  sustained  by  Divine 
aliment.  All  dead  souls  are  self-'^tarved.  In 
our  Father's  House  is  bread  enongh  and  to  spare, 
No  one  ever  goes  with  swine  to  the  trough  of 
kist-surfciling,  soul-famishing  swill,  Wut  by 
choice.  Ther«  are  no  husks  in  God's  garden, 
no  bitter,  sapless  muUcns  in  His  meadows,  no 
saw-dust  bread  on  His  table.  "  He  makuth  tin- 
to  lie  down  in  green  pastures.  He  leadeHi  nw 
beside  the  still  waters."  All  the  nourishment 
of  the  new  ereature  >ii  Christ  Jesus  is  drawn 


out  of  the  very  heart  of  the  God-man,  and 
grows  lis  into  the  purity  and  beauty  and  glory 
and  bliss  of  the  Holy  Trinity.   ■ 

The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd:  I  shnll  not  want." 
What  a  gracious  privilege;  what  a  glorious  rou- 
tidence.  Such  sheep  may  wall  gambol  in  the 
meadows  of  grace,  and  sun  thcmSelyes  on  the 
slopes  of  the  Taborii  and  Calvaries  and  Olivets 
of  holy  experienqe.  ''I  know, my.  sheep,  and 
am  known  of  mine."    Transporting  reciprocity. 

0  to  have  the  witness  in  ourselves  that  we  are 
the  children  of  God!  Worlds  are  too  poor  to 
yuarnntce  this  blessing,  or  conipeii.sate  its  loss. 
What  Jin  unspeakable  rapturo  to  stand  before 
the  mirror  of  Incarnate  Truth, .and  be  able ■'  to 
sny,  "My  Beloved  is  mine,  and  I  nin  His."  One 
look  of  recognition  from  the  Good  Shepherd, 
one  nibble  of  His  green  pastures,  one  s:ip  pf  His 
still  w.iters,  one  hour's  repose  in  the  assurance 
of  His  approbation,  one  whisper  of  enc 
agemeutfrom  His  honey-dropping  lips.  0  how 
these  momentary  thrills  radiate  and  sweeten  a 
lifetime.  Nothing  caji  keep  past  bliss  from 
rolling  its  tide  into  the  present  but  sin.  Thost 
who  have  retained  their  first  love  and  those 
who  have  not,  ivill  accord  a  ready  imien.  A\- 
though  you  live  in  Galilee,  jemote  from  the 
more  central  part  of  the  Brotherhood,  Christ's 
|}asture  is  as  green  and  IusclOus,  and  His  springs 
as  crystal  and  fresh  r|S  on|  jmy  spot  on  earth. 

The  ministry  of  the  Holy  Ghost  is  ecumeni- 
cal. While  on  earth,  the  Good  Shepherd  was 
never  in  two  places  at  once.  But  His  Viceger- 
ent can  be  at  all  places  at  the  same  time.  Christ 
through  the  Spirit  is  ever  fulfilling  the  precious 
promise,  "  io,  /  rt?H  iPiVfi  ijoii  alwai/s."  What 
a  savory  mouthful  this  is  from,  the  green  pas- 
tures of  salvation:  what  a  refreshing  draught 
from  the  still  waters  of  Divine  peace.  Ho, 
ye  lambs  of  the  Eternal  Shepherd,  ivho  are 
"  scattered  abroad  "  through  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  sighing  in  your  exile  and  loneliness,  tako 
down  your  harp  from  the  willows,  and  play  the 
songs  of  Zion  in  your  isolation,  for  Jehovah- 
sliammnh  is  the  nnmu  engraven  in  your  hearts 
and  imprinted  on  your  foreheads.  Hark!  Hush 
the  world  and  sense  and  self,  and  let  frnth  hold 
her  ear  to  the  eardiphonia  of  the  Spirit,  and 
these  words  will  bring  green  pastures  and  still 
waters  to  your  soul:  "flu-  Lord  is  my  Shepherd; 

1  shall  mi  iruiit."  '"  I  wtj,l  rfEVER  i-eavk  tiiee, 
soR  FORSAKE  THEE."  "  My  sheep  hear  my 
voice,  and  Il'iiow  them" — "  they  shall  never 
PERISH,"  There  is  not  a  page  in  the  Divine 
Dii'ectory  that  is  not  \Tarning  and  rippling 
with  pastures  and  rills  of  Shepherd-love. 
Every  stalk  has  its  root  in  the  heart  of  Jesus, 
and  every  drop  welb  out  of  the  fathomless 
Fountain  Head  of  Uncreated  Benignity.  There 
is  no  Sahara,  nor  Frigid  Zone,  nor  parched 
Tropic,  where  the  God-owned,  God-owning  soul 
will  not  find  a  tuft  of  pasture  fresh  and  sweet 
with  the  verdure  of  the  Everlasting  Gardens. 
How  many  roaming  members  are  bleating  for 
the  flock,  and  sigliing  to  lie  down  amid  gi'een 
pastures  in  fellowship  with  the  elect.  Rest 
assured,  ye  drooping  wanderei-s  of  Babylon,  ye 
lonely  exiles  of  Patmos,  a  genuine  sheep-nature 
will  never  be  wilhout  tokens  of  Shepherd  care, 
many  glimpses  of  the  Shepherd's  face,  many 
an  evidence  of  the  Shepherd's  guiding  voice, 
maiii"  a  morsel  of  Heaven-provided  nutriment, 
«nd  many  an  oveiflowiug  cup  in  the  desert. 
Wonders  \vill  God  do  for  you  and  with  you,  if 
youaupply  the  necessary  conditions — Holiness, 
'Paith,  Love. 


RAINY  SABBATHS. 


TJ.VINY  Sabbaths  seem  very  gloomy  to  some 
LV  people,  bite  I  think  we  need  them  some- 
times; I  think  they  are  very  good  to  test  us  as 
t»  oitr  Christianity.  When  we  have  a  beauti- 
ful sunshiny  Sabbath,  we  of  course  desire  to 
go  to  church  or  at   least  we  generally  go,  and 


we  spend  the  Sabbath  very  well.  But  some- 
times we  have  a  rainy  Sahb.ith,  that  the  weath- 
er and  roads  are  almost  too  bad  for  us  to  go  to 
church,  so  we  must 'of  coiil'sestay  at  home,  and 
how  do  we  spend  the  day :-"  Here  is  the  test.  On 
pleasant  Sabbaths,  we  go  to  church  and  givo 
the  time  to  the  service  of  God.  Butnow  what 
will  we, do?  Do  we  devote  ^some  of  the  timt^to 
personal  commuuion  wit^  God?  |Po  \ye,gath- 
er  the  menibei-s  of  the  family  together  imi^  de- 
vote some  time  to  the  study, of  the  Scriptures? 
Do  we  spend  some,  time  in  singing  praises  to 
the'-Ieliovah?  Do  we  spend  any  time  in  reading 
in  some  religious  book?  All  this  we  can  do, 
aiid  will  of  coude  bo  acceptable  with  God.  Or 
do  we  spend  the  day  in'  sleepy  idleness,  '  or  gos- 
siping conversation?  Ondo  we  spend' the  day 
in  reading  the  newspaper,  examining  the  mai-- 
kfits,  or  reading  some  kind  ofyovels?  Do  wo 
not  sometimes  see, persons  spending;  their  tiipe 
in  this  way?  If  we  give  the  Sabbath  to  the 
Lord,  let  us  give  it  to  Him,  whether  it  is 
rainy  or  not,  \vhether  we  are  at  church  or  at 
home.  If  you  wmit  to  hnd  a  real  Christian,  ex- 
amine him  at  home,  on  a  rainy  Sabbath. 


THE  DECLINE  OF  PURE 
RELIQ-ION 

bV  .T.  J.  ROSBNBEHOKR. 

IT  is  evident  to  all  observing  minds,  that  the 
pieseut  religion  of  the  age  is  becoming 
much  diluted,  seriously  alloyed;  is  ■on  the  de- 
cline in  her  purity.  There  is  a  general  decline 
in  discipline;  and  there  are  practices  and  en- 
terpises  being  introduced  which  tend  to  serious- 
ly alienate  their  affections,  and  lower  tlie  grade 
of  mora!  standing. 

Such,  for  instance,  are  the  enterprise  of  the- 
aters, fairs,  lotteries  and  even  balls,  and  cai-d- 
playing  in  the  midst  of,  what  is  called,  refined 
religious  society.  These  enterprises  Would  have 
been  shocking  to  our  early  Christian  fathers. 
To  us,  they  should  prove  revolting.  This  tidid 
wave  of  decline  against  the  progress  of  pure 
religion,  prevailed  very  early  in  the  Christian 
era.  Brother  Paul  ivarus  his  son  Timothy  that 
the  time  will  come  when  "  men  will  not  endure 
sound  doctrine;"  he  also  tells  the  Thessalonians 
that  that  "  mystery  of  iniquity  doth  already 
work,"  The  epistle  of  the  seer  upon  Pat- 
mos to  the  seven  churches  of  Asia,  constitutes 
a  doleful  message  of  warning  to  those  churches 
relative  to  their  decline. 

It  is  melancholy  to  know  that  the  vast  fruit- 
ful field  of  the  Savior  and  His  apostles,  is  wraj)- 
in  dark  heathenism.  The  places  which 
knew  the  flourishing  churches  of  Ephesus,  Cor- 
inth, Philadelphia  and  Sniyrnia,  with  many 
othei-s  are  now  the  scenes  of  ruin;  residences  of 
monks.    The   gods  of   Mahomet   and  pagans 

ign  supreme.  Oh!  how  sad  to  reflect  on  the 
history  of  the  past. 

This  move  of  decline  having  done  its  work, 
in  the  land  where  the  standard   heaiet^  of  pure 

ligious  docirines  once  flourished,  it  has  cross- 
ed the  great  deep,  and  years  since,  commenced 
,nhappy  agressivo  war  in  our  own  favored 
land.     And  with   what  nlarniing  speed  is  it 

aking  conquests!  "  That  there  is  no  future 
hell,"  is  now  being  sown  broad-east -from  the 
most  prominent  pulpits  of  the  land;  while  ad- 
herents to  this  corrupt  doctrine  are  daily  flock- 
ing to  their  standard;  where  Matthew  with  oth- 

sacred  writers,  is  v>ry  e.Kplicit  in  stating  that 
at  a  future  day,  at  the  Lord's  final  coming, 
"  all  iiatiins  shall  be  gathered  before  Him,  and 
He  shall  divide  them  as  a  shepherd  divideth 
the  sheep  troni  the  goats." 

TlielSavior  also  warned  certain   people,  who 

[;re  unfaithful,  that  the  cities  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  wuiiid  stand  more  favorable  in  the  day 
of  judgment,  than  they;  thus  showing  that 
there  is  a  great  future  day  of'judgment,  at  which 
we  must  all  appear. 

A  lady,  who  was  raised  in  Massachusetts,  re- 


cently expressed  tome  hev  mortification,  at  the 
decline  of  religion  hi  Now  England;  especially 

in  the  vicinity  where  she  \viis  raised,  On  vis- 
iting the  home  of  her  childhood,  wliere  the 
meek  religion  of  thePuritim  fathers  once  fionr- 
ished  as  a  green  tree,  infidelity  in  its  various 
forms  had  taken  possession  of  the  place, 

A  noted  ^infidel  advocate,  from  Europe,  on 
landing  recently  at  one  of  their  ports,  wa.^  met 
by  the  city  officials,  mid  borne  by  them  and  the 
city  band  thi-ongh^thc  principal  streets  of  their 
city,  thus  showing  tlii^  great  regard  tlirit  many 
of  the  public  ofKcers  entertain  for  these  teach- 
ers of  corrupt  doctrine.  Not  only  in  N\-w  En- 
gland, and  the  cities  East,  is  this  decline  visibly 
going  on;  but  through  onr  entire  religions  cir- 
cle, ib  visible  elU-cts  are  being  made  manifest. 
Churches  whose  discipline  provides  for  plain- 
ness, feet-washing,  non-conformity,  which  the 
Bible  so  plainly  teaches,  are  totjdly  by  many 
disregai-dcd.  Pidpita  which  w,ere  ,once  filled 
with  the  plain  and  meek  element  of  prolc.ssiu" 
Christianitj-,  have  sunk  beneath  this  tidal  wave 
of  decline;  and  in  their  stead  has  lu-iseu  a  kin" 
that  blows  not  Joseph;"  but  ih  turn  theyj 
persecute  and  even  vilify  the  ;  meek,  humble, 
grand  aiid  the  sublime  principles  of  their  own 
Christian  fathei-s  before  them. 

The  above  is  a  melancholy  truth!  Sad  to 
know  that  this  wave  of  decline,  is  leaving  her 
footprints  in' our  oivn  dear  brotherhood  as  it 
rolls  along.  We  however  are  not  left  without 
repeated  warnings  of  the  aboveprogress  of  evil. 
BrotherPaul  tolls  Timothy,  "that in  the  last 
days  perilous  times  sliali  come;  men  shall  he 
lovers  of  their  ownselves,  covetous,  boiisters, 
proud  &c;  also  that  the  time  will  come  when 
men  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine."  And 
even  "from  among yonr  oivnselves  shall  men 
arise,  sjieaking  perverse  things  and  slinll  draw 
men  after  them."  While  Christ  in  Luke  18:  .3, 
suras  up  this  train  of  thought  by  enquiring, 
"  When  tiie  Son  of  man  comes  shall  he  find 
faith  on  earth?" 

Dear  reader, "  let  us  examine  oui-selves  wheth- 
er we  be  in  the  faith;  let  us  prove  our  own- 
selves."  '^Dig  deep  and  buihl  upon  the  rock 
Christ  Jesus,"  then  the  wave  that  has  swept 
cities,  kingdoms  and  empires  with  their  mighty 
rulei-3  from  the  land,  mil  to  ua  bo  harmless;  for 
if  we  are  but  faithful,  the  Scriptures  give  ua 
the  assurance  that  nothing  "  shall  separate  ua 
from  the  love  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 

TO-MORROW. 

TO-MORROW  is  a  world  of  i.ropheuies;  the 
p.Iaee  where  Iminaii  fancy  most  delights 
to  dwell.  Silent  and  mute  it  lies  before  us 
gleaming  with  hope  and  happy  anticipations. 
It  has  been  said  that  the  two, great  pleasures  of 
Hving  are  in  haring  something  to  love,  and 
someting  to  hope  for,  and  the  last  of  these  is 
ever  before  us  in  the  promise  of  "to-moiTOW." 
To-morrow  we  may  not  know,  and  it  is  well 
that  it  is  thus  ordained  to  be,  for  beyond  the 
invisible  veil  that  cOhceals  alike  its  coming 
joys  and  sorrows,  our  fancy  may  revel  only  in 
what  is  beautiful  and  fair,  nor  see  the  gloom  or 
fihadows  of  coming  trials,  and  worldly  afflictions, 
that,  could  we  anticipate  as  fi.xed  realities  that 
were  certain  to  come,  would  mar  all  our  peace 
imd  enjoyment  of  tlie  present. 


■  Truth  is  always  consistent  with  itself,  a-nd 
needs  nothing  to  help  it  out;  it  is  always  near 
at  hand,  and  sits  upon  our  lips,  and  is  ready  to 
drop  out  before  we  are  aware;  whereas  a  lie  is 
troublesome,  sets  a  man's  invention  upon  the 
rack  and  needs  a  great  many  more  to  make  it 
good. 

Wisdom  is  good  with  an  inheritauce:  and  by 
it  there  is  profit  to  them  that  see  the  sun." 
•■  Beloved,  I  send  yon  forth  as  sheep  in  the 
uiidst  of  wolves;  bo  ye  therefore  as  wise  as  ser- 
pents, and  as  harmless  as  doves." 


THE    KKETHREISr    AT    "VVORKl. 


July    4. 


OUR  ERVILLA. 

THE  solemn  hour  of  midmight, 
Was  slowly  passing  by; 
Tlie  irieiids stood aroiiml  witlilmUdbreath, 

For  Ervillii  soon  nniat  die. 
The  broathing  ciime  in  Inbored  gnaps, 

The  pulse  \xni  faint  and  slow; 
Tlie  mother  snt  in  silent  griei, 
For  Ervillii  soon  must  go. 

The  father  sat  iu  dread  suspense, 

Upon  his  chair  in  pain; 
For  ne'er  would  he  behold  in  lieiilth 

Hia  danghter's  face  again, 

Diseiise  had  laid  its  fevered  hand — 

Upon  the  sister  dear; 
Brotbera  and  sisters  could  not  stay — 

The  icj-  hand  so  near. 

But  of  Ervilla  let  us  speak. 

Her  short,  bright  life  is  done; 
Her  morning  sun  rose  bright  and  clear. 

But  set  ere  it  was  noon. 
Her  husband's  heart  beat  high  with  hope, 

Life  seemed  a  cloudless  day; 
But  ab!  too  soon  the  angel  death. 

Called  her  from  him  away. 


Farewell,  dear  wife,  my  heart  is  sad. 
That  thou  wast  called  so  young: 

But  in  submission  we  will  say — 
God's  holy  will  be  done. 

Compiled  by  Maby  Studf.uake 

MAN'S  DEPRAVITY. 
BY  P.  F.  whitsii;r. 

W  M"ARVEL  not  tbat  I  said  unto  thee, 

-WJ-  Ye  mnat  be  born  again  "  (John 
3:  7).  We  purpose  noticingin  this  con' 
nection,niau's  depravity.  We  shall  con- 
sider the  subject  under  the  tbllowin; 
heads:  1.  Its  cause;  2.  Its  totality;  3.  Its 
generality;  and  4.  lU  peculiarities. 

J.  Our  first  parents,  M^ien  they  came 
from  the  plastic  hand  of  God,  their  Crea- 
tor, were  good,  upright  and  holy  (Gen. 
1:  32). 

Many  ideas  have  been  advanced  iu 
reference  to  man's  original  condition. 
Some  have  claimed  that  Adam  had  no 
moral  character,  from  the  fact,  that  he 
was  destitute  of  knowledge,  that  his 
ndnd  was  not  susceptible  of  develop- 
ment imtil  after  his  ti-ansgressiou.  Oth- 
ers, airain,  have  claimed  that  Adam  was 
ah  immortal  being,  and  in  this  particular 
like  God.  To  branch  off  on  topics  of 
this  kind  would  be  gieatly  deviating 
from  our  purpose.  But  it  does  not  seem 
reasonable  that  God  would  have  given 
so  important  commands  to  a  mind  not 
sufficiently  developed  to  carry  into  suc- 
cessful execution,  His  purposes  and  de- 
signs; as  for  instance,  the  naming  of  all 
the  animal  creation,  (Gen.  2:  20)  and  to 
have  dominion  over  all  God's  works  (Ps. 
S:  6),  much  less  an  injunction  upon 
the  obedience  or  violation  of  which  de 
pended  the  weal  or  woe  of  all  the  hu 
man  race.  From  these  inferences,  wt 
readily  conclude  that  Adam,  previous 
to  his  transgression,  possessed  sufficieut 
intelligence  to  do  all  that  God  command 
ed  him  to  do;  to  conclude  otherwise 
would  be  accusing  God  of  exacting  of 
man  impossibilities. 

That  man  was  created  upright  and  ho 
ly,  none  will  question.  That  he  was 
placed,  by  God,  in  a  garden  Eastward 
in  Eden,  with  a  simple  command  to 
dress  it,  is  also  a  fact.  That  he  was  ere 
ated  in  the  image  and  likeness  of  God 
possessed  faculties  susceptible  of  de- 
velopment and  iiuprovement;  that  he 
was  capable  of  glorifying  God  his  Cre^ 
ator,  of  violating  His  holy  command 
ments,  which  he  did  voluntarily,  and 
of  being  driven  out  of  that  beautiful 
garden  in  which  God  had  placed  li 
and  of  dying  the  death  M'bich  (hnl 
declared  he  should  die  in  case  he 
\-lolated  His  commaiid,  are  Bible  facts 


for  which  we  need  not  give  the"  thus  say- 
eth  the  Lord." 

Our  first  parents,  though  placed  in 
a  garden  of  God's  own  planting,  and 
teeming  with  all  that  Divine  wisdom 
designed  should  be  for  their  happiness 
and  well-being,  were  not  beyond  the 
reach  of  temptation.  Man  having  been 
created  a  free  moral  agent,  must  neces- 
sarily come  in  contact  with  temptations. 
It  pleased  God  in  His  infinite  wisdom  to 
ti-y  man's  faithfulness,  ere  his  moral 
state  should  be  eternally  secure.  In  that 
trial  he  failed,  by  listening  to  the  be- 
guiling voice  I'f  the  tempter,  and  eating 
of  that  fruit  uf  wliirh  ti.-d  said,  "  The 
day  thou  eatest  thi-rei>f  thou  shalt  surely 
die  "  (Gen.  5;  17). 

Man  in  consequence  nf  this  transgres- 
•sion  was  plunged  into  a  stiite  of  deprav- 
ity from  which  self- resurrection  was  ab- 
solutely impossible.  But  God  had  mer- 
cy, when  none  other  could  save.  He  de- 
termined to  help.  While  justice  from 
one  side  of  the  battlements  of  heaven 
cried  aloud,  "  cut  him  down  why  cum- 
bereth  he  the  ground?"  mercy  steps  forth 
from  the  other,  crying,  "  justice  justice, 
sheath  thy  sword.  1  will  meet  the  de 
mands  of  the  law."  Thus  in  the  courts 
of  heaven  a  wonderful  plan  had  been 
conceived  fi'om  the  beginning  whereby 
the  lost  might  be  recovered.  Jesus 
Christ  the  second  person  iu  the  holy 
Trinity  offers  Himself  a  sacrifice  for 
sin.  The  Father  accepts,  and  consents 
to  receive  once  more  into  His  favor  as 
many  as  should  be  made  willing  to  ac- 
cept the  atonement  thus  so  unmeritorious- 
ly  provided  for  them. 

TOTALITY   OF   MAN's  DKI'ltAVITY    . 

2.    "  They   are   all  gone   aside,  they 

■e  altogether  becomefilthy,  there isnone 

that  doeth  good,  no    not   one"(Ps.  14: 

■')■ 

From  this  Scripture,  we  learn  that 
man  was  once  good  and  holy,  or  he  nev- 
er could  have  gone  astray  and  become 
filthy,  doing  only  that  which  was  dis- 
pleasing in  the  sight  of  God.  Man  in 
consequence  of  his  apostacy,  is  represen- 
ted in  Eph.  2:  1  as  being  "  dead  in  tres- 
passes and  sins."  Man,  having  volun- 
tarily violated  God's  Law,  become  spir- 
itually dead,  "for  the  wages  of  sin  is 
death  "  (Rom.  0:23).  Man's  heart  is 
so  completly  saturated  with  sin,  that  of 
himself  he  is  incapable  of  doing  good. 
And  were  it  not  for  the  constraining  in- 
fluence of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  Word 
'hich  God  in  His  infinite  mercy  and 
wisdom  sent  into  the  world  to  "  reprove 
man  of  sin  and  of  righteousness  and  of 
a  judgment  to  come,"  there  would  none 
be  constrained  to  come  unto  Christ  and 
obtain  remission  of  sins.  For  the  na- 
ture of  man's  depravity  is  such,  that  not 
one  of  all  the  human  race  would  natur- 
ally be  mlling  to  embrace  the  offer  of 
mercy.  Man's  depi'avity  is  so  great  that 
he  is  dead;  hence  not  capable  within 
himself  of  originating  one  good  thought, 
deed  or  action.  "  For  the  imagination 
of  nmn's  heart  is  evil  from  his  youth 
up  "  (Gen.  8 :  21),  "  And  God  saw  that 
the  wickedness  of  man  was  great  in  the 
earth,  and  that  every  imagination  of  the 
thoughts  of  his  heart  was  only  evil  con- 
tinually "(Gen.  0:5).  "  Becanse  the 
cai-nal  mind  is  enmity  against  God;  for 
it  is  not  subject  to  the  Law  of  God, 
neither  indeed  can  be"  (Rom.  8:  7) 

(JKNEJIALITY  OF  MAN'S  DElMfAVlTV. 

3.  "  By  one  man  sin  entered  into  the 
world,  and  death  \>y  sin,  and  so  death 
passed  upon  all  men,  for  all  have  sin- 
ned." Prom  this  Scripture  the  \miver- 
sality  of  man's  depravity  is  apparent. 
In  consequence  of  Adam's  apostacy,  all 


and  doomed  to  care,  sorrow,  sickness  and 
the  train  of  moral  and  physical  evils 
which  have  followed.  O  how  man  is  to 
be  pitii^d  in  this  apostate  and  ruined 
condition!  O  wliat  a  dark  picture  com- 
pared with  that  while  he  yet  delighted 
the  Law  of  God!  Obeying  it  in  all 
length  and  breadth,  and  in  conse- 
quence of  the  purity  of  his  heart  and 
conduct,  entitled  to  the  favor  of  God, 
the  enjoyment  of  His  counsels  and  asso- 
ciations. But  how  changed  his  condi- 
tion now  in  consequence  of  sin.  Thrust 
away  fiom  God  his  Creator,  he  presents 
only  a  state  of  terrible,  moral  desolation. 
And  were  it  not  for  the  plan  of  human 
i-edemption,  he  would  be  like  a  star  cut 
loose  from  its  center  of  attraction,  wan- 
dering to  and  fro,  without  one  ray  of 
divine  Light,  to  foster  a  hope  of  escape 
from  infinite  wrath,  and  death,  death, 
eternal  death. 

PECULIAltlTIES    OE  MAU's    DEl'llAVITY. 

4.  Man  is  not  only  spiritually  asleep 
as  we  have  seen,  but  he  is  also  blind,  so 
that  he  cannot  see  afar  off  (Peter  1 :  i>). 
There  is  aninnateprinciple  in  man  which 
seemingly  blinds  his  eyes,  and  constrains 
him  to  grasp  ata  shadow  and  miss  the  sub- 
stances— a  principle  which  subjects  hif 
better  nature  and  judgment,  and  carries 
him  forward  with  the  velocity  of  time, 
until  he  stands  upon  the  very  brink  of 
the  mysteries  of  a  boundless  eternity, 
disregardingall  thatpertains  to  his  peace, 
comfort  and  well-being  iu  life  and  end- 
felicity  in  the  life  to  come.  Man  is 
not  only  spiritually  asleep  and  blind,  but 
also  deaf— deaf  to  the  Gospel  call  and 
offers  of  mercy.  Although  living  in  a 
land  of  Bibles,  Suu  day -schools,  and 
teeming  with  all  the  religious  liberties 
requisite  to  woi-ship  God  acceptably  "  in 
spirit  and  in  truth,"  he  may  be  seen 
sitting  from  Lord's  day  to  Lord's  day 
beneath  the  Gospel  sound  without  ex- 
hibiting the  slightest  signs  of  convic- 
tions. O  how  true  the  language  of  Isaiah 
42:  20.  "  Seeing  they  shall  not  see,  and 
hearing  they  shall  not  hear!" 

Man,  being  carnal,  hates  God;  this  is 
evident  from  Rom.  8;  7.  Yet  the  sinner 
would  have  us  believe  that  he  loves  God, 
But  on  investigation,  we  find  that  the 
God  which  he  loves,  is  not  the  God 
whicli  is  revealed  in  the  Bible.  For  we 
read  in  John  14:  21.  "He  that  hath  my 
commandments  and  keepeth  them,  he  it 
is  that  loveth  me."  And  1st  John  2:  4, 
"  He  that  sayeth  I  know  Him,  and  keep- 
eth not  His  commandments,  is  a  liar  and 
the  truth  is  not  in  him."  And  as  the 
sinner  is  not  of  Christ,  unregenerated, 
and  hence  alienated  from  God,  we  can 
but  conclude  that  his  god  is  the  mammon 
of  this  sin-cursed  earth  and  the  God  of 
the  Bible  he  knoweth  not. 

The  Universalist,  too,  he  loves  God, 
but  it  is  evident  that  his  is  not  the  God 
of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  of  Jacob,  for 
their  God  has  declared  that  the  wicked 
shall  be  turned  into  hell  with  all  the  na- 
tions that  forget  God  (Ps.).  We  also 
read  in  Matthew  25:  46,  "  And  these 
shall  go  away  into  everlasting  punish- 
ment, but  the  righteous  into  life  eternal." 
But  our  Universalian  friends  tell  us  that 
their  "  God  is  all  love,  and  that  he  will 
not  cast  into  hell,  neither  vn\[  he  doom 
any  to  everlasting  punishment."  But 
while  such  teaching  does  not  harmonize 
with  God's  sacred  Word,  we  must  again 
conclude  that  their  God  is  not  our  God, 
for  our  God  has  declared  in  2nd  Tliess. 
1 :  i),  "  Who  shall  be  punished  with  ev- 
erhisting  destruction  from  tlie  presence 
of  the  Lord  and  from  the  glory  of  His 
power."    This  is  what  God  says. 

There  is  one    more   feature    of  man's 


his  posterity  became  polluted  mth  sm,    deju'rivity  and  alienation   from  God  and 


His  teachings  which  we  shall  notice,  and 
that  is,  vian\s  honesty  or  in  other  words, 
no  matter  what  a  person  believes,  just  so 
he  is  honest  and  sincere  in  it.  It  runs 
something  like  this:  If  a  man  believes 
he  can  be  saved  without  baptism,  and 
is  honest  and  sincere  in  his  belief,  then 
baptism  is  not  necessary,  because  in  that 
case  he  can  be  saved  without  it.  Or  if 
he  believes  with  all  his  heart  that  sprink- 
ling is  ChriHlUmhaptimi^  and  is  sprink- 
led, then  sprinkling  becomes  valid  bap- 
tism. 

If  he  believes  sincerely  that  he  can 
be  just  as  humble  without  engaging  in 
the  humiliating  ordinance  of  feet-wash- 
ing, as  he  possibly  could  be,  should  he 
participate  in  what  the  apostle  Paul 
in  1st  Timothy  '>:  Hi,  mentions,  as  one 
among  the  good  works  in  which  Chria- 
tians,in  his  day , did  not  consider  too  huniil  ■ 
iating  to  engage  in,  then  the  injunction  of 
our  blessed  Savior,  "  So  ought  ye  also  to 
wash  one  another's  feet,"  becomes  not 
obligatory  upon  him,  but  on  some  one, 
who  thinks  different  from  what  he  does. 
Again,  if  a  man  belinves  with  all  his 
might  that  he  can  salute  his  brother  iu 
Christ  at  a  stone's  cast,  or  if  necessary, 
across  the  mighty  deep  by  means  of  a 
telegram,  or  if  he  can  flatter  himself  in- 
to the  belief  that  he  can  enjoy  its  spir- 
itual blessings  without  its  literal  obser- 
vance, or  without  engaging  iu  that,  up- 
on the  proper  performance  of  which  the 
spiritual  is  promised,  then  the  literal 
salutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  becomes  a 
non-essential,  and  he  is  entitled  to  the 
smiles  and  approbation  of  his  heavenly 
Father  equally  with  those  who  enjoy  the 
spiritual  by  observing  the  literal;  not- 
withst.inding  the  Savior  said,  "  If  ye 
know  these  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do  them  " 
(John  13:  17). 

Of  all  the  peeulirities  and  evil  fea- 
tures of  man's  depravity,  the  last  noticed 
is  the  most  dangerous,  and  calculated  to 
lead  more  souls  down  into  the  vortex  of 
endless  ruin,  than  all  the  manifold  oth- 
er evils  that  can  possibly  environ  the 
Christian's  pathway.  This  is  true,  1. 
because  it  has  become  a  popular  doctrine, 
and  in  this  the  nineteenth  century,  any 
doctrine  that  is  popular,  is  accepted  mth 
the  masses  whether  it  be  Bible  or  not. 
2.  It  is  true  because  it  is  congenial 
with  man's  depraved  and  carnal  nature, 
that  he  is  wafted  down  the  declivity  of 
time,  dead  iu  "  the  gall  of  bitterness 
and  bond  of  iniquity,"  trusting  to  a  faith 
founded  on  human  inference  and  not  on 
God's  word,  "  which  shall  judge  him  in 
the  last  day."  3.  It  is  truebecauseman's 
opinion,  is  one  of  the  leading  evil  fea- 
tures in  man's  depravity,  seemingly  has 
more  weight  with  the  masses,  than  God's 
eternalWord.  This  fact  must  be  potent 
to  every  observing  mind:  this  is  not  on- 
ly true  in  this  our  day,  but  has  ever  been 
the  case.  Look  at  the  religious  world 
to-day.  While  all  agree  in  their  faith 
in  God's  Word,  how  widely  they  differ 
in  opinion?  While  aomepractice  accord- 
ing to  their  faith  in  God's  Word,  en- 
deavoring to  live  up  to  all  the  command- 
ments, doing  the  things  that  are  set  forth 
by  tiie  precept  and  example  of  their  Sa- 
vior, we  see  others  practicing  according 
to  their  opinions. 

To  illustrate,  more  fully,  this  feature 
of  man's  depravity,  we  will  take  the 
case  of  Naamau  iu  2  Kings  5: 10.  AVhen 
the  man  of  God  told  him  to  go  and  wash 
seven  times  in  Jordan,  and  he  should  be 
healed  he  was  wroth  a.m\  said,  are  not 
Abanaand  Parphar,  rivei-s  of  Damascus 
better  than  all  the  waters  of  Israel  ?  May 
I  not  wash  in  them  and  be  clean?  Here 
was  faith  in  God's  word,  pointing  him 
down    to    the    river   Jordan,    while  his 


July    4. 


TfiE    BRETHKEjST    at    "WORK:. 


opinion  woukl  point  liiin  to  the  rivei-s 
of  Damnsciis.  His  faitli  foiild  lead  Iniu 
to  no  other  river  than  Jordan,  while  his 
opinion  niighl  lead  him  to  any  rivei-  his 
fancy  or  imagination  might  dictate. 
Again,  we  might  take  the  case  of  Saul 
in  1  Samuel  15th  chapter,  to  illustrate 
the  difference  in  faith  in  God's  "Word 
and  man's  opinion.  In  reading  this  we 
see  that  faith  would  lead  Saul  to  do  just 
what  God  commanded  him  to  do,  but 
his  opinidn  lead  him  to  do  something 
else,  and  because  Saul  followed  his  opin- 
ion, instead  of  the  command  of  God,  he 
could  not  be  king  over  Israel. 

And  now,  dear  reader,  let  us  think 
and  read  more  for  ourselves,  and  not  al- 
low a  few  brains  to  do  all  of  oui-  reading 
and  thinking,  for  if  we  do,  we  shall 
"  walk  as  blind  men  "  (Zep.  1 :  17).  "  If 
the  blind  lead  the  blind,  they  shall  both 
fall  into  the  ditch  "  (Luke  6:  39).  Let 
us  avoid  the  ditch  by  taking  God's  Word 
as  the  man  of  our  counsel.  It  is  better 
than  sacrifice,  for  it  might  lead  ua  wrong, 
like  it  did  Saul.  For  we  read  in  Prov. 
16:25,  "There  is  away  that  seenieth 
right  to  a  man ;  but  the  end  thereof  are 
the  ways  of  death."  Faith,  in  God's 
Word,  cannot  lead  us  wrong.  It  could 
not  lead  Naanian  wrong;  neither  Saul, 
neither  will  it  us.  The  only  danger  is 
in  follo^^'ing  the  dictates  of  our  deprav- 
ed nature,  or  clinging  to  our  opinions, 
instead  of  what  God  hath  commanded, 
that  will  cause  us  to  be  rejected,  like 
Saul  was,  as  king  of  Israel. 

MORE  PREACHERS. 

BY  DAXrKL  F.  MILLER. 

HAVING  been  reading  brother  Lau- 
dou  West's  article  about  more 
preachers  being  wanted,  and  how  to  get 
them,  I  thought  to  present  a  few 
thoughts.  The  cry  is  for  more  preach- 
ers, and  I  think  it  would  be  a  gi-eat  bless- 
ing all  through  to  the  chui'ch,  and  also 
for  the  calling  of  many  from  darkness 
to  light,  if  we  would  have  a  better  or- 
der and  make  a  greater  eftbrt  in  this  di- 
rection, for  life  is  the  time  to  serve  the 
Lord. 

If  we  keep  the  preaching  of  the  Gos- 
pel in  one  or  two  hands  here  and  there, 
what  a  great  hinderance  it  wUl  be  to 
the  spreading  of  the  truth  as  it  ought  to 
be.  Some  will  say,  we  have  enough 
preachers  for  the  preseut.  But  we  should 
look  ahead,  for  however  good  a  preach- 
er may  be,  a  change  at  times  will  be 
found  advisable,  and  then  these  will 
one  day  wear  out  and  there  should  be 
othei-s  to  take  their  places.  And  then 
we  want  more  help  in  the  spreading  of 
the  everlasting  Gospel  to  a  dying  people. 
The  Master  has  said, "  the  harvest  is 
great  and  the  laborereare  few."  Hence 
more  help  is  wanted  in  the  gi-eat  and 
good  woi'k. 

Say  for  instance,  that  in  some  locality 
in  the  West  or  elsewhere,  there  are  a 
few  members  calling  for  help  and  preach 
ing.  Why  not,  in  order  to  supply  that 
want,  send  some  elders  there  and  havi 
one  or  more  of  them  elected  to  to  the 
ministry  (if  the  qualifications  are  pos- 
sessed) and  in  that  way  they  will  ht 
ready  for  the  work,  and  may  grow  up 
into  great  usefulness,  and  become  a 
strong  body  in  the  church. 

Now  I  will  speak  of  what  I  know  to 
be  true,  of  a  circumstance  that  occurred 
in  the  Weslh  Run  district.  Pa.  Some 
twelve  veal's  ago  it  so  happened  that 
they  had  more  preachers  than  it  was 
thought  they  had  use  for,  as  some  of 
them  had  been  elected  at  home  and  oth 
ers  moved  in  from  elsewhere.  However 
some  of  them  have  since  died,  and  gone 


to  their  long  home.  They  made  a  great 
change  in  the  appointments.  Twelve 
weeks  appointment  into  six;  si.\  into 
three,  and  so  on  down,  and  had  many 
meetings  and  much  good  done.  They 
also  had  one  in  their  number  who  they 
thought  did  not  work  as  much  as  he 
should,  but  he  was  busy  in  bem-ing  mes- 
sages from  place  to  place,  hence  the  name 
message -bearer,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
the  message  went  over  into  Fulton  county, 
the  AVestern  part  of  the  district,  where 
there  were  no  members  at  all.  The 
preachers  being,  as  it  is  often  the  case, 
few  in  number,  never  went  outinto  those 
watei-s  to  fish,  however  the  message  came 
back  from  Fulton  county,  to  the  breth- 
ren, and  they  quickly  sent  the  word  over 
the  high  mountain,  and  there  it  fell  into 
good  ground  and  hath  brought  forth 
much  fruit,  till  at  this  time  they  have 
their  own  preachei-s,  deacons  and  not 
far  from  one  hundred  members. 

Our  .Savior  had  but  few  preachers  at 
first;  but  he  sent  out  tweh'e  at  one  time, 
ne.\t  seventy,  and  from  that  to  the  or- 
daining of  eldei-s  in  every  city,  and  we 
believe  they  had  plenty  of  help  in  every 
way,  and  it  would  certainly  be  wise  in 
us  if  we  would  follow  their  example, 
and  see  that  ministei-s  of  firm  principles 
weve  established  in  every  corner  where 
they  are  needed.  AVe  have  plenty  of 
material,  let  us  make  good  use  of  it  to 
God's  glory  and  honor. 

FRUITS  MEET  FOR  REPENTANCE. 


^4  T>  RING  forth  therefore  fi'uits  worthy 
•^  of  repentance,  and  begin  not  to 
say  within  youi-selves.  We  have  Abra- 
ham to  our  Father:  for  I  say  unto  you, 
That  God  is  able  of  these  stones  to  raise 
upchildi-en  unto  Abraham"  (Luke 3:8). 
The  language  above  quoted,  was  spok- 
en liy  John  the  Baptist,  and  was  address- 
ed to  those  who  came  to  be  baptized  of 
him.  They  no  doubt  understood  the 
meaning  of  hislanguage,  when  they  said, 
"What  shall  we  do  then?"  -  That  is, 
they  knew  that  to  bring  fruits  meet  for 
repentance,  they  woukl  have  to  manifest 
by  their  actions  that  they  had  repented, 
But  to  what  e.vtent  they  would  have  to 
change  their  course  of  life,  they  did  not 
know.  So  their  question  was,  "  what 
shall  we  do  then?"  His  answers  were 
adapted  to  suit  each  case  presented,  as 
will  be  noticed  by  referring  to  the  11, 
12,  13,  and  14  verses  of  Luke  chapter  3 
where  he  addi-essed  those  having  twc 
coats,  and  those  having  none. 

The  publicans  which  came  to  be  bap^ 
tized,  and  the  soldiers  like^'ise  demand' 
ed  of  him  saying,  "  And  what  shall  we 
do  ?"  It  is  evident  that  they  were  interest- 
ed and  anxious  to  know  what  to  do  to 
bring  fruits  meet  for  repentance.  In  the 
eleventh  verse,  John  answered  saying 
unto  them  all,  "  I  will  indeed  baptize 
you  with  water,  but  one  mightier  than 
I  Cometh,  the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I 
am  not  worthy  to  unloose:  he  shall  bap- 
tize you  ^vith  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire."  Here  John's  language  was  ad- 
dressed to  all,  that  is  to  all  that  he  bap- 
tized. John  answered  saying  unto  them 
all,  "  I  indeed  baptize  you."  So  he 
must  have  baptized  them  all,  that  is  all 
who  demanded  it  (not  those  who  reject 
ed  it).  "  And  all  the  people  that  heard 
him,  and  the  publicans,  justifieil  God, 
being  baptized  ndth  the  baptism  of  John, 
But  the  Pharisees  and  lawyers  rejected 
the  counsel  of  God  against  themselves, 
being  not  baptized  of  him  "  (Luke  (>: 
2i>,  30).  So  it  appeal's  evident  from  what 
1  we  can  gather  from  the  Word,  that  John 


the  Baptist,  baptized  all  who  demand- 
eil  to  be  baptized  of  him,  even  those 
whom  he  addressed  saying,  "  O  genera- 
tion of  vipei-s!  who  hath  warned  you  to 
flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,"  were  bap- 
tized, he  himself  said,  "  I  indeed  bap- 
tize you  with  water  unto  repentance" 
(Matt.  3 :  11),  addressing  those  same 
persons.  He  did  not  tell  them  to  go  and 
wait  awhile,  then  come  and  demand  bap- 
tism. No ;  but  he  wanted  them  to  bring 
fruits  meet  forrepentance.  He  saw  they 
Were  fleeing  from  the  wrath  to  come;  for 
he  said,  "  who  hath  warned  you  to  flee?" 
They  wanted  to  make  their  escape. 
"  And  now  the  axe  is  laid  at  the  root  of 
the  tree  "  (the  Gospel  axe). 

You  have  commenced  a  good  work ; 
continue  to  the  end.  "  Therefore  every 
tree  which  bringeth  not  forth  good  fruit, 
is  hewn  down  and  cast  into  the  fire." 
He  did  not  advocate  the  doctrine  of  pro- 
Vtationism  in  the  least;  not  any  more  so 
than  did  Jesus  and  His  disciples,  and 
"  there  were  added  nnto  the  church 
the  same  day,"  "  and  he  took  them  the 
same  hourof  the  night  and  washed  their 
stripes  and  was  baptized,  he  and  all  his 
straightway."  The  important  matter  is, 
that  when  we  have  repented,  have  faith 
and  are  baptized,  that  we  bring  forth 
fruits  meet  for  repentance,  "  that  we  do 
not  think  to  say  withiu  ourselves,  thatwe 
have  Abraham  to  our  father;"  that  is, 
that  we  are  iinder  the  promise,  no  mat- 
ter what  we  do;  tbatas  we  are  now  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  we  can  walk  in  our 
former  lusts,  without  hazarding  our  sal- 
vation. The  injunction  of  John  the 
Baptist,  will  apply  to  us  to-day,  that  we 
"  bring  forth  therefore  fruits  meet  for 
repentance^"  which  we  can  onl)'  do  by 
obeying  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  by  walk- 
ing in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the  light. 


LOOKING   UNTO  JESUS. 

BY  LEVI  HARKER. 

ti  TTT'HEREFOKE,  seeing  we  also  art 
*  '  compassed  about  with  so  great 
a  cloud  of  witnesses,  let  us  lay  aside  ev- 
ery weight,  and  the  sin  which  doth  so 
easily  beset  us,  and  let  us  run  with  pa- 
tience the  race  that  is  set  before  us,  look- 
ing unto  Jesus  tlie  author  and  finisher  of 
our  faith  "  (Heb.  12:  1,2).  As  there 
has  been  a  great  deal  said  through  the 
columns  of  the  Buktuiikn  at  Work,  in 
retrard  to  coming  to  Jesus,  I  have 
thought  it  would  not  be  out  of  place  to 
suggest  a  fe^v  thoughts  on  the  propriety, 
and  importance,  of  looking  unto  Jesus 
as  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our  faith. 
Now  we  all  believe  that  no  one  can 
come  to  Jesus,  but  by  faith.  "  Faith 
Cometh  by  hearing,  and  hearing  by  the 
word  of  God."  Having  then  read,  or 
heard  the  Word  of  God,  this,  accepted 
in  the  heart  as  truth,  produces  what  we 
call  faith,  but  as  there  are  different  kinds 
of  faith,  it  will  be  well  to  notice  them 
a  little. 

We  are  informed  by  the  apostle  James, 
that  there  is  a  dead  faith.  Dead,  means 
inactive,  manifesting  no  life;  then  if  we 
profess  to  believe  any  theory  whatever, 
and  do  not  reduce  that  faith  to  pi'actice, 
it  is  dead,  or  inactive,  and  consequently 
will  do  us  no  good.  Again,  there  is  a 
theoretical,  a  speculative  faith.  We 
may  theorize,  or  speculate  a  great  deal 
through  faith,  and  yet  accomplish  but 
little.  But  when  we  get  in  possa'aion 
of  the  faith  of  Christ,  this  is  then  made 
to  us  a  living,  practical,  evangelical  and 
saving  faith.  This  faith  produces  effect, 
it  awakens  the  emotions  of  the  hejti't,  it 
kindles  a  flame  of  love,  and  causes  our 
thoughts  and  aspirations  to  rise   higher 


than  eartii-born  henrers,  and  worldly 
honoi-s  of  men. 

We  now  begin  to  look  to  .fe.^us  f-r 
salvation,  we  look  to  the  efficacy  and 
virtue  of  His  blood,  for  the  pardon  of 
our  sins,  and  the  hope  of  our  salvation. 
We  now  turn  from  our  sins,  we  begin 
to  follow  His  example,  we  follow  Him 
down  to  the  water,  are  baptized  accord- 
ing to  His  command  (Matt.  2S:  10), 
coming  forth  a  new  creature,  being  born 
again,  "  not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of 
the  flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of 
God"  (John  1:  13).  Having  made  Je- 
sus the  Author  of  our  faith,  will  we  now 
let  Him  become  the  Completer  or  Finish- 
er of  our  faith!  Laying  aside  every 
weight,  every  encumberance,  every  lit- 
tle idol  of  the  heart,  both  of  our  exter- 
nal and  internal  nature,  which  would  be 
calculated  to  keep  our  minds  exercised 
on  things  which  are  not  compatible  with 
theAYordof  God;  thus  freeing  ourselves 
from  the  slavish  and  hell-bound  chains 
of  Satan.  Christ  says,  "  if  my  wu-ds 
shall  make  you  free,  you  sliall  be  free 
indeed."  This  freedom  can  only  be  ob- 
tained by  coming  to  Jesus,  not  only  as 
the  Author,  but  as  the  Finisher  of  our 
faith. 

"The  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset 
us."  This  sin,  I  uudei-st^nd  to  be  the 
sin  of  unbelief,  or  a  non-confidence  in 
God's  Word.  This  was  the  sin  whii-h 
caused  the  Israelites  to  fall  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  this  same  sin  will  cause  ua 
to  fall  in  like  manner,  if  we  begin  tocon- 
sult  flesh  and  blood,  and  look  back  as 
did  Israel.  Israel,  you  know  lusted  af- 
ter thethingsof  Egypt,  after  they  cross- 
ed the  Red  Sea,  and  it  went  ill  with 
them.  So  if  we,  after  having  come  out 
from  Satan's  bondage,  begin  to  look 
liack  after  the  things  that  belong  to  Sa- 
tan's kingdom — lusting  after  them,  de- 
siring to  walk  in  the  ways  and  customs 
of  his  subjects,  partaking  of  their  offer- 
ings and  festivals,  such  as  Gospel  tab- 
leaux, and  a  host  of  other  abominations, 
which  in  this  fast  age  are  introduced  and 
consecrated  as  sacred  and  holy  things, 
Child  of  God  beware,  "  be  not  deceived 
for  God  will  not  be  mocked."  Remem- 
ber Lot's  wife.  You  know  wh?nshe  was 
told  to  leave  the  city  of  Sodom,  she  was 
not  to  look  back,  but  she  violated  that 
command,  and  death  wjis  the  result. 
Again,  Jesus  says,  "  no  man  haWng  put 
his  hands  to  the  plough,  and  lookmg 
back  is  fit  for  the  kingdom  of  God  " 
(Luke  0:ij2).  And  in  connection  with 
this,  the  apostle  Peter,  in  speaking  of 
the  works  of  the  false  prophets  thatshall 
arise  in  the  last  days,  says,  "  For  when 
they  speak  great  swelling  words  of  van- 
ity, they  allure  through  tlie  lusts  of  the 
flesh,  through  much  wantonness,  those 
that  were  clean  escaped  from  them  who 
live  in  error.  While  they  promise  them 
liberty,  they  themselves  are  the  servants 
of  corruption:  for  of  whom  a  man  ig 
overcome,  of  the  same  is  he  brought  in 
bondage.  For  if  after  they  have  escap- 
ed the  pollutions  ot  the  world  through 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior 
Jesus  Christ,  they  are  again  entangled 
therein,  and  overcome,  the  latter  end  is 
worse  with  them  than  the  beginning. 
For  it  had  been  better  for  them  not  to 
have  kr.own  the  way  of  righteousnes'i, 
than,  after  they  have  known  it,  to  turn 
from  the  holy  commandment  delivered 
unto  them.  But  it  happened  unto  them 
according  to  the  true  proverb.  The  do" 
is  turned  to  his  own  vomit;  and.  The 
sow  that  was  washed  to  her  wallowiu" 
in  the  mire." 

J//.  Sidiirii,  Va. 


"  The  fear  of  the  Lord  maketh  a 


a^i-iK   i-n-iETi-ii^E^r  ^vt  an^oiuv. 


Jxily    4. 


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J.  H.  MOORE, 

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BhO.  S.  II.  D«*iioni>  Jul/  nulhqriicd,  hy 
tnTcling  lorrpipiinilcnl  aii'I  ngeni  for  lli*  II 
IVoDK  and  will  rcMiTCBUbichplionEiforllie 
regular  mie!.  All  liiiimcsd  Irnngiiclud  by  him 
Gee,  Bill  be  (he  Barao  iii)  if  Jono  by  ourficlyra. 


Tub  Bektlukn  AT  Wouk  will  be  sent  post-pnid,  U 
ftddrus  in  tlio  DnKcd  Stales  or  Canadn,  far  $1  bO  per 
>DDUin.  TliDlo  B«DiliTi|;  ten  nnmes  and  $]G.OO,  will  tu- 
etiio  an  oxlm  copy  freo  of  cbsrgc.  For  nil  over  Ihie 
number  ihe  ngtat  will  bo  nlloned  10  ccnle  for  taeh  addi- 
ligoa!  name,  tihirli  nm0ual  can  bo  deilucLoil  rrom  the 
mon*y,  Tjeforc  Bonding  il  lo  us.  Money  OrdefH,  Drafts, 
(inJ  itegijiered  Lcllere  mrvy  be  sent  nt  our  risk.  Tbcy 
aliould  he  uindu  pnyablo  lo  Moore  &  Esbclnmn. 

SubioriptioDi,  iiDil  CO m II I II ni cation 9  inlondeil  Tor  Ihc  pr 
per,  as  well  Dn  all  business  mitlcra  coiineolird  with  ibo  o: 
See  gboutd  bo  nddrcsaed 

UOOBE  &  ESHEIUAK, 

I^mark,  Carroll  Co.,  HI. 


WOMEN'S   ADORNING. 

IN  aii.i'wer  to  a  sister,  who  wishes  to  know 
whether  it  is  according  to  the  Gospel  for 
sist«r*  to  niloni  themselves  with  the  fashions  of 
the  world  in  the  (vearing  of  goW,  costly  urray 
and  superfluities  generally,  we  remnrk,  that  the 
Scriptures  are  not  only  plain,  but  positive 
garding  the  adorning  to  he  used  bj'  both  breth- 
ren tuid  sistere,  and  there  is  not  much  danger  of 
those  who  have  been  properly  taiight,  and  have 
an  eye  single  to  GodV  glory,  departing  from  the 
Bimplicit>'  of  the  truth  in  this  respect.  We 
never  could  understand  why  a  woman,  or  any- 
body else,  should  want  to  wear  gold  as  an  orna- 
ment. Wliy  should  a  woman  think  to  use,  for 
an  ornament  of  her  pei-son,  that  whiehia  of  less 
value  than  herself?  If  she  thinks  as  much  of 
herself  as  a  true  woman  ought,  she  will  certain- 
ly vnlae  herself  above  anything  of  a  perishable 
nature. 

If  women  would  spend  oa  much  time  culti- 
vating their  minds  and  improving  their  heallh, 
as  many  do  adorning  their  bodies  it  would  be 
far  better  for  themselves  and  the  rising  gener- 
ation. 

Paul,  who  wrote  by  inspiration,  when  speak- 
ing of  the  deportment  of  Christituis  .says,  "  In 
like  manner  a'.so,  that  women  adorn  themselves 
in  modest  apparel,  ^vith  shamefaccdness  and  so- 
briety ;  not  \vith  braided  hair,  or  gold,  ot  pearls, 
or  costly  array  "  (1  Tim.  S:  9).  The  following  is 
the  Bible  Union  translation.  We  give  the  con- 
nection: "1  desire,  therefore,  that  the  men  pray 
in  every  plaee,  lifting  up  holy  hands,  without 
wrath  and  disputing;  in  like  manner  also  that 
women,  in  becoming  apparel,  adorn  themselves 
with  modesty  and  sobriety;  not  in  braided  hair, 
or  gold,  or  pearls,  or  costly  raiment;  but,  which 
becometli  women  professing  godliness,  by  means 
of  good  worlcs." 

Wilson,  in  his  Emphatic  Diaglott,  gives  the 
same  passage  the  following  rendering:  "lap- 
point,  therefore,  the  men  to  pray  in  every  place, 
lifting  up  holy  hands  without  wnith  and  dis- 
puting. In  like  manner,  the  womeAj  also,  in 
liecoming  attire,  with  modesty  and  soberness  of 
mind,  not  decorating  themselves  with  wreaths, 
or  gold,  or  fiearls,  or  expensive  clothing." 

The  apoatle  gives  sojne  particular. directions 
regarding  the  duties  of  men  (verse  S)  in  public 
worship,  and  then  proceeds  to  state  the  duties 
of  women  (veree  9),  showing  how  she  should 
adorn  herself  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  He 
shows  that  they  shoald  appeal-  in  eiiitabie  ai>- 
pai-el  for  the  occasion,  and  not  attempt  to  intro- 
duce the  vain  customs  of  the  world  in  public 
woi-ship  among  the  saints.  The  ap»stle  well 
kuevr  that  if  he  could  prevail  upon  the  females 
to  dress  properly  in  meeting,  lie  would  have  no 
trouble  with  them  at  their  homes.  The  princi- 
ples laid  down  regarding  dress  were  also  to  o[)- 
ply  to  them  in  other  situations  of  life.  People 
who  dress  plainly  at  clitu'ch  are  not  bothered 
with  pride  at  home. 

The  sisters'  ckthiiig  is  to  be  neat  and  tidy, 
such  as  becoraeth  her.  God  never  inteuded  that 
woinen  .<;liould  dreSs  unbecommg,  and  therefore 
give  themselves  a  repulsive  appearance.  Feraides 
can  dress  neat  and  graceful  mthout  resorting  to 
either  gold  or  costly  raiment.  Such  things 
will  make  them  no  better,  nor  ivill  it  make  good- 
meaning  people  think  any.  thf  more  of  them. 
It  is  encouraging  to  go  into  a  congregation 
ivhere  all  the  brethren  and  sisters  dress  neatly, 
yet  plamly,  dispensing  mth  the  rufHei  and 


trimniingrt  that  belong  to  the  world, 
line  dressing  ivliere  it  belongs,  it  will  he 
benefit  in  either  tho  church  or  heaven. 


THE  HOLY  SCRIPTURES. 

Their  Integrity. 
rriHERE  are  five  sourecs  of  Hibli: 


111  criticism. 
X     1.    The  most  ancient  versions. 

2.  Manuscripts  of  Sacred  Text. 

3.  Parallel  passives. 
■il.    Quotations  from  Sacred  Works. 
5.    The  evidence  that  arises  from  the  context. 

1.  The  most  ancient  version  known  is  the 
Greek  translation  of  the  Old  Testament,  known 
US  the  Septuagint,  This  word  is  from  the  Lat- 
in Sephiaijinla  which  means  seventy.  It  is 
supposed  that  the  Jewish  Kmihedriin,  which 
consisted  of  seventy  members  besides  the  High 
Pi  rest,  approved  of  the  translntion.  It  was  .ilso 
translated  by  Aquila  of  Pontius,  about  A.  D. 
150,  by  Theodosian  A.  D.  160,  by  Symmachus 
A,  D.  200,  Origin  gathered  these  three  trans- 
lations and  the  Septuagint  and  printed  them  in 
parallel  columns,  which  work  wn.^  called  Tre- 
traplo.  To  these  he  then  added  the  original  in 
both  Greek  and  Hebrew,  which  combination  he 
named  Hexapla. 

2.  Nest  in  order  of  translations  is  the  Tar- 
gums  or  Chaldee  Versions.  Of  these  there  are 
eleven  now  in  existence.  The  first  two  the 
"Targnm  of  Onkelos  on  the  Law"  and  "Jon- 
athan Ben  Ur/iel  on  the  Prophets "  are  the 
most  valuable  for  the  purposes  of  Biblical  crit- 
icism. 

3.  The  SamarUtiii  Vernhn  of  thf  Pmlnleitch, 
whose  author  is  unknown,  is  supposed  to  have 
been  written  about  twenty  years  beibre  Christ. 
Samaritans  say  it  was  prepared  by  Nathaniel,  a 
priest  of  that  people. 

■i.  The  Syyitw  Versions.  The  most  valuable 
of  them  is  the  PesUito,  or  old  Syriac.  It  con^ 
tains  all  the  canonical  books  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, and  all  of  the  New  except  Second  Epis- 
tle of  Peter,  Second  and  Third  John,  Epistle  of 
Jude,  and  Revelation,  The  Syrians  believe  that 
the  Old  was  translated  by  Solomon,  or  by  Asa 
the  priest  who  was  sent  from  AssjTia  to  Sama- 
ria, about  700  years  B.  C.  Some  of  them  be- 
lieve that  both  the  Old  and  Neiv  were  translat- 
ed by  the  apostle  Thaddeus.  This  is  first  men- 
tioned by  Ephruem,  who  died  A.  D.  37C.  But 
as  then  alre<idy  an  ancient  version,  for 
many  of  its  words  had  gone  out  of  use  and  need- 
ed to  be  explained.  Besides  this,  Ephraem  calls 
it  our  version,  which  proves  that  it  was  receiv- 
ed by  the  Syrians  as  the  correct  one 

Arabic  Versions.  There  is  no  evidence 
that  any  part  of  the  Scriptures  were  translated 
into  the  Arabic  language  before  the  beginning 
of  the  Mohamedan  era,  A.  D.  (127.  Aftei-  this 
date  a  number  of  vei-sions  we(-e  made,  the  most 
celebrated  being  that  of  Rabbi  Saadias  Gaon,  or 
Hagaon,  tlie  Illitslrioiis,  who  was  n  learned  Jew 
of  Babylon.  This  was  about  A.  D.  930.  An- 
other valuable  translation  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment is  'tliac  of  Epen  or  Erpenius,  printed  in 
IGlfl.  ' 

6.  Latin  Versions.  When,  and  by  whom 
the  Old  and  New  Testaments  were  first  trans- 
lated in  the  Latin  language,  is  not  known. 
Tertullian  quoted  from  the  Itala,  near  the  close 
of  the  second  century,  hence  it  is  a  very  ancient 
translation.  Davidson  fixes  its  date  at  about 
A.  D.  150.  In  1583  all  the  friigmeut«  of  this 
vei-sion  were  collected  and  published  in  one  folio 
by  Pope  Sixtus.  In  3S2  Jerome  commenced  a 
version  of  this  old  Latin  version,  and  is  suppos- 
ed he  completed  the  work.  But  most  'all  of  his 
Old  Testament  manuscripts  were  destroyed; 
hence  only  the  hook  of  Paalms,  Job,  and  his 
revised  New  Testament  are  now  in  existence. 
But  Jerome  thought  this  vei-sion  not  satisfac- 
tory, hence  even  before  its  completion  began  a 
new  one.  For  quite  awhile  this  new  version 
was  very  unpopular,  but  it  gradually  rose  in  fa- 
vor so  that  by  the  close  of  the  seventh  centu- 
ry, it  was  generally  accepted  by  the  Latin 
churches.  Prom  that  time  on  it  wtis  known  us 
Vulgate  or  Common  Voniiou.  In  A.  D. 
S02  it  was  revised  by  Alcuin,  and  having  passcil 
through  a  number  of  changes  and  critical  re- 
visions it  was  finally  canonized  in  A.  D.  1516 
by  the  council  of  Trent.  , 

Accordiiig  to  DaridNon  the  New  Testament 
IS  also  translated  into  the  Coptic,  Suhndic,  and 
Basmuric  dialects  of  Egypt,  in  the  third  centu- 
ry; into  the  Ethiopic  and  Gothic  in  the  fourth 
century;  into  the  SjTiac  and  Armenian  in  the  ' 


Leave    fifth;  into  the  Gregorian,  or  Iberic  in  thesisth; 

of  no  and  into  the  Anglo-Saxon  in  the  eigth.  Thus 
we  have  the  ^-nrious  versions  ot  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments  as  handed  down  to  us;  and  the 
reader  may  wonder  why  so  many  revisions. 
This  is  necessary  because  hmguage  is  constant- 
ly changing,  and  the  Scriptures  must  be  put  i 
words  to  express  the  idea  to  people  of  all  ages. 
The  idea  is  never  lost;  but  different  words  ii 
different  ages  are  used  to  expre^  the  same  idea. 
However  this  is  not  true  of  all  original  words. 
It  is  true  of  only  a  certain  class  of  words,  which 
seem  to  be  Qf  a  transient  character. 

Greek  manuscripts  are  divided  into  l/niral 
and  Cursive;  the  former  are  written  in  capital 
and  the  other  in  small  letters.  The  oldest  man- 
uscripts wore  written  in  large,  round  or  square 
capitals,  and  had  no  accents  or  divisions  of 
words.  In  the  eighth  and  ninth  centuries  the 
letters  were  made  longer  and  narrower,  and 
were  more  or  loss  inclined  either  to  the  right  or 
to  the  left.  About  the  close  of  the  ninth  cen- 
tury the  cursive  letters  came  into  general 
Tlic  number  of  manuscripts  now  extant  are 
great,  being  found  in  many  private  and  public 
libraries,  and  are  written  on  both  paper  and 
parchment.  Critics  have  found  a  resemblance 
between  manuscripts  written  within  certain 
geographical  limits,  hence  have  classified  them 
under  certain  Ji'fl»uV(esorflcrois)o«s;  such  as  the 
Latin,  Asiatic,  By/.antine,  Alexandrine,  and 
Tisehendorf.  The  Unical  manuscripts  are  com- 
monly represented  by  English  and  Greek  cap- 
itals, and  the  Cursive  by  Arabic  numerals. 

^—^—^^.^^  )[.  1!.  E. 

THE  FOURTH  OF  JULY. 


IN  the  course  of  events  it  so  happens 
that  our  day  of  publication  this  week  falls 
on  the  Fourth  of  July ;  the  great  anniversary  of 
the  Declaration  of  the  American  Independence 
— a  day  that  has  long  been  celebrated  as  the 
birthday  of  the  nation,  and  as  such  will  be 
handed  to  posterity  for  generations  to  come. 

3S7  years  ago  this  continent  was  unknown  to 
the  civilized  woidd,  save  a  few  traditional  frag- 
ments of  knowledge  from  Iceland  that  may  have 
reached  a  lew  in  Norway,  and  perhaps  may 
have  been  heard  of  by  Columbus,  for  it  is  evi- 
dent that  the  North-eastern  part  of  this  conti- 
nent was  discovered  at  least  500  years  before  it 
was  publicly  made  known  in  Europe.  Colum- 
bus, however,  is  entitled  to  the  honor  of  making 
known  the  first  important  discovery,  though  he 
was  not  the  first  one  to  see  any  part  of  country 
now  embraced  in  the  United  Stales. 

When  first  explored,  this  country  was  inhab- 
ited by  the  Red  man,  who  reigned  supreme  in 
the  New  World.  To  all  students  of  Antiquity 
it  is  cleai'  that  at  least  the  South  and  Western 
portion  of  North  America  was  at  one  time  peo- 
jiled  with  a  race  of  some  intelligence  and  cul- 
ture in  the  arts.  The  now  existing  ruins  found 
in  New  Mexico  and  Central  America  of  what 
were  once  magnificent  cities  and  colossal  build- 
ings, temples  and  monuments  indicate  that  at 
one  time  there  was  considerable  advancement 
civilization  among  the  inhabitants  of  the 
West.  In  the  State  of  Ohio  there  are  indica- 
tions of  a  distinct  race  of  Mound-builders  whose 
iecret  history  is  hid  in  the  ruins  of  the  past 
But  where  are  those  people  now?  Of  this  coun- 
try it  may  be  almost  truthfully  said: 
Thou  canst  not  find  one  lonely  spot 

Upon  this  laud  below. 
Where  buildings  did  not  stand  and  rot, 
Or  people  lived  to  sow. 
TJie  oft  repeated  waves  of  time  have  swept 
them  into  oblivion,  and  naught  remains  to  tell 
the  history  of  the  past  save  here  and  there  a 
monument  from  the  hands  of  industry. 

The  land   has  now  been  repeopled   by  a  race 

that,  in  the  point  of  intelligence  and  industry, 

stands  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  world.    Our 

land  is  the  home  of  the  free,  where  we  can  live 

and  worship  Gwl   according   to  the  dictates  of 

conscience,   and  none  dare   harm  or  molest 

If  there  is  anything  in  this  life  for  which 

)ught  to'  thank  God,  it  is   the   land  of  the 

where  persecution  is  unhno^vn,  and  yet  liow 

few  there  are  who  fully  t'ealixe  and  appreciate 

the  liberties  we  enjoy. 

The  struggle  for  independence  was  long  and 
hard,  resulting  in  the  shedding  of  much  warm 
heart  blood  that  might  have  been  spared  if  na- 
tions had  been  taught  to  learn  war  no  more. 
The  Great  Rebellion,  too,  has  sent  rivers  of 
blood  to  eternity  as  a  crimson  witness  against 
those  who  take  the  sword.    Thousands  of  noble- 


hearted  fathers,  husbands,  brothers  have  fallen 
on  the  battle-field  and  by  the  wayside,  leav- 
ing a  long  train  of  broken-hearted  mothers, 
wives  and  sisters  to  struggle  along  life's  uneven 
pathway.  Oh,  work  of  carnage  that  cruel  war 
has  done!  May  the  great  Millennial  period  roll 
on,  and  hasten  in  the  era  of  peace  when  war 
shall  be  known  no  more. 

The  surface  of  society  is  at  peace,  though 
there  is  some  rumbling  beneath,  and  to-day 
thousands,  all  over  the  land,  will  meet  to  cele- 
brate the  great  day  of  the  American  Independ- 
ence, and  after  it  is  all  over,  perhaps  none  will 
be  the  bettor  off.  Millions  of  dollars  will  be 
worse  than  wasted,  thousands  will  reel  to  and 
fro  under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquors, 
thousands  of  dollars  will  he  puft'ed  into  the  air, 
some  lives  lost,  and  much  property  destroyed. 

The  time  waa  when  the  Fourth  of  July  was 
honored  by  an  abundance  of  religious  services. 
People  met  in  religious  assemblies  to 

"  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow" 
for  the  liberties  they  enjoyed,  but  now  it  is  any- 
thing else  but  religion  in  the  generality  of  cele- 
brations. This  is  the  reason  the  Brethren,  asa 
body,  have  so  -strongly  opposed  our  people  at- 
tending such  gatherings;  not  because  there  is 
anything  wrong  in  celebrating  the  day,  provid- 
ed it  is  done  as  becometh  a  nation  of  jieople 
professing  godliness,  but  because  it  has  been  so 
disgracefully  and  shamefully  abused.  The  day 
should  be  noted  for  tl>e  simplicity  and  solemni- 
ty of  whatever  might  bo  thought  appropriate 
to  the  occasion.  Instead  »f  our  people  attend- 
ing these  celebrations,  the  way  they  are  now 
held,  and  taking  part  in  some  of  the  nubecom- 
iiig  performances,  they  would  better  have 
religious  services  and  devote  the  day  to  praising 
God  for  the  liberties  we  enjoy.  j.  h.  ir. 


THE  TRINITY  IN  BAPTISM. 

THE  following  query  and  answer  is  clipped 
from  The  Chrisfinn,  a  Campbellite  paper 
published  at  St,  Louis,  Mo.  It  will  be  some  as- 
sistence  to  those  who  frequently  meet  the 
Campbellites  in  debate,  for  some  of  them,  when 
hard  pushed  on  the  meaning  of  the  commis.sion, 
will  deny  the  necessity  of  using  the  three  names 
in  connection  with  baptism.  The  answer  is 
from  the  pen  of  one  of  the  editors  of  that  paper, 
and  is  to  the  point; 

"  I  want  you  lo  pi-cive  that  people  should  be 
baptl/.cd  in  the  name  of  £he  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  if  it  can  bo  proven 
by  the  Bible,  and  if  you  ca;i  disprove  ihat  per- 
sons should  be  baptised  iu  the  uiin>e  of  the  Lord 
Jesue  alone,  I  would  like  for  you  to  do  so.  There 
is  some  division  iu  the  church  about  it.  ' 
Your  Bro.  in  Christ, 

D.  M,  CorroN," 
The  confusion  on  this  subject  arises  from  a 
lack  of  discrimination,  in  the  Common  Vereion, 
in  the  rendering  of  Greek  prepositions.  In  his 
.mission  to  the  Apostles,  Jesus  said:  "  Go 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  into  (eis)  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Spirit."  This  preposition  expresses  tran- 
sition, and  change  of  relationship  to  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit. 

Peter  commanded  the  Peut«costans  to  "  Re- 
pent and  be  baptized  ujmi  (epi)  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ."  This  preposition  indicates  the 
ground  and  sourre  of  these  commands,  which, 
as  seen  in  the  commission,  is  Jesus  Chsist.  It 
looks  not  to  the  c'f/  of  the  command,  but  to 
the  source, — the  end  or  design  being  indicated 
ill  the  clause  following. 

In  the  account  of  Peter's  visit  to  the  house- 
hold of  Cornelius,  it  is  said  he  commanded  them 
to  be  baptized  in  (en)  the  name  of  the  Lord  Je- 
sus;  that  is,  bj'  the  authority  of  Christ.  They 
were  however,  no  doubt,  baptized  into  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

Again,  persons  arc  said  to  be  biiptiiwd  into 
C<(s;  Christ,  (Rom.  6:  3;  Gal.  3:27),  becme 
baptized  by  his  authoritj-,  and  yielding  obedi- 
ence to  him  they  come  in  to  his  government,  and 
into  the  benefits  of  bis  death. 

proper,  then,  to  he  baptized  by  the  :  u- 
thority  of  Christ,  into  the  name  of  the  Father 
and  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  bring 
the  pel-sons  thus  baptized  into  Christ. 

The  objection  indicated  in  an  accompanying 
note,  that  this  Commission  was  given  before  the 
formal  establishmt^t  of  the  kingdom,  is  entire- 
ly without  force,  as  it  was  given  in  direct  view 
of  the  establisliment  of  the  church,  and  is  the 
only  authority  we  have  for  preaching  and  ba;  - 
tiziug.  

Thb  Pedo-Bai)tist  idea  of  an  "  invisible 
church  "  composed  of  visible  men  and  women, 
is  visible  .ecclesiastical  nonsense. — /).  ii.  H'lij. 


July    4. 


THE    BBETEEBIL>T    ^T    -S^'OI{K. 


Q  VERISrS  DEP.  inr.MEXT. 


qtiMiion.i  loiicliing  ttio  cntMniDg  of  .Scri|i(iirE,  rdnling 
lo  Ulslory  iind  pmcLicnl  (uhjcccs  of  rdigioiia  inlcrcsl  itiU 
conioiti  place,  Tlio  (luorJai's  nnmo  must  nccniupnnj- all 
caniiuuiiJcaliDDl.  '1Vo  shnlltAbar  lo  QTaiitgiriiig  anjjual 
occiuioii  for  fllrifo  nnd  cDDtcutioQ  otot  u[iiin|)or<nnt  qiics- 


(1.)  Dill  John  use  a  form  of  irorJs  "lien  he 
bapti/od  Jesus?  In  whose  name  wng  ChrJat  bap- 
tized? (2.)  Agaiu,  when  the  devil  look  Jesus 
up  on  tiie  muuDtuiD,  and  showeil  Him  nil  the 
kii)gdi,iii3  of  the  world  nnil  theglorj-  t.f  ihoin,  had 
he  Ilie  [lower  to  give  these  thioga  to  Jesua  ? 

H.  Talqelm 
1.  Wo  tliiiik  lie  did.  The  Bible  is  silent 
si>ecting  the  foniiuln  used  by  Jolin,  but  it  is 
most  reiKoiiablL'  to  conclude  tbat  he  iwd  the 
some  formula  that  was  afterwards  given  to  the 
disciples.  John  baptized  vast  numbers  who 
were  recogni/ed  as  full  members  of  the  church 
U-itbout  rebaptism,  ami  certainly  there  wouhl 
be  no  use  of  two  formulas  for  the  one  body. 
We  know  what  the  form  of  words  was  as  com- 
iiiandod  by  Christ,  and  can  certainly  infer  from 
it,  that  John  used  tlie  same,  since  both  receiv- 
ed the  command  from  the  same  source.  Some 
people  are  puz/lcd  to  know  how  Christ  could 
have  consistently  been  baptized  into  His  own 
name.  We  find  that  God  sware  by  His  own 
name  when  none  greater  could  be  found,  and 
why  not  Christ  have  been  baptized  in  His  ow 
name?  The  method  of  baptizing  wc  conclude 
to  have  been  the  same,  and  the  forms  of  words 
identical. 

2.  It  was  in  Satan's  power  to  give  the  Sav- 
ior that  which  he  promised— the  kingdoms  of 
the  world  and  the  glory  of  them.  The  "  ex- 
ceeding high  Inouutain"  may  have  been  near 
the  mouth  of  tlie  river  Jordan,  from  the  top  of 
Wliicb  could  be  seen  the  mountains  of  Ai-abia, 
the  country  of  Gilead,  the  country  of  the  Amo- 
lites,  the  plains  of  Moab,  the  plains  of  Jericho, 
the  n\eY  Jordan,  the  whole  extent  of  the  Dead 
Sea,  nnd  also  much  of  the  laud  of  Palestine, 
which  at  that  time  was  divided  into  three  parts, 
and  reigned  over  by  three  k-ings.  As  the  term 
iroi-kl  is  sometimes  used  in  a  limited  seuse,  re- 
ferring to  Canaan  (Horn.  4: 13),  or  Judea  (Luke 
8;  1)  only,  Biimes  has  been  led  to  suppose  that 
Satan  knew  that  Jtesus  was  the  king  of  the 
Jews,  and  being  poor  and  without  friends  or 
arms  would  readily  accept  Kelp  in  reaching  the 
position  for  which  He  wus  destined,  hence  he 
made  Him  the  offer  that  if  He  would  fall  down 
and  worship  him  He  should  receive  for  His 
sen-ices,  the  land  of  Palestine,  the  surroundings 
and  the  glory  of  them.  Others  think  t.lie  whole 
irorl'l  should  be  taken  in  its  extended  sensi 
and  that  Satan,  in  an  instant,  portrayed  to 
Christ  the  glory  of  them  and  then  made  the 
offer  he  did.  Both  are  reasonable,  though  the 
former  is  more  easily  comprehended. 


sisters,  could  not  fail  to  conclude  that  the  Lord 
bud  blessed  the  labors  of  the  brethren,  both  in 
America  and  in  Denmark. 

J.  H.  Moore. 

C.  P.  RonxAND. 

M.  M.  ESIIELM,!} 


THINE  VS.  SINGLE  IMMERSION. 


W 


DANISH  MISSION  FUNDS, 

HE  PORT  OF  COltMlTTEE, 

K,  tho  undersigned,  having  been  appointed 
a  committee  to  for  ward. contributions  for 
Danish  Mission,  present  the  following,  showing 
amount  of  receipts  and  expeuditurcs,  and  con- 
dition of  the  Mission  so  far  as  relates  to  our 
Work  or  care: 

Receipts  to  May  21st.  1ST8,  S«350.03 

Expenditures         "        "  3344.10 

Bahmceon  hiil'  "  11.93 

Of  the  receipts,  Northern  Illinois  contributed 
S1399,  Of  the  amount  expended,  the  brethren 
sent  to  organize  a  church  in  Dennmrk,  used 
S1569,  and  brother  Hope  1775.10.  The  amo\mt 
used  by  brother  Hope  iueludes  preparatory  ex- 
penses before  leai'ing  America,  and  the  fare 
from  Lanark,  Ul.,  to  his  former  home  in  Den- 
mark, and  the  cost  of  household  furniture  forms 
a  part  of  the  expenses.  Seeing  all  these  things, 
as  well  as  the  expenses  of  going  from  place  to 
place  to  fill  the  calls  for  preaching,  we  find  that 
the  amount  expended  for  the  actual  necessaries 
of  lilVis  not  very  huge.  Brother  Hope  has  sent 
us  an  itemized  account  of  expenditures  which 
is  opyn  for  examinatiou  to  any  who  may  be  in- 
lerested. 

The  amount  estimated  for  this  year's  work  is 
$800.  Some  of  this  will  be  required  to  jiay  for 
a  room  in  Hjorrlug  in  which  to  hold  meetings. 

Brethren  Eby  and  Fry  informed  us  that  so 
far  as  they  were  able  to  ascertain,  the  money 
sent  for  missionary  work  in  Denmark  had  been 
judiciously  applied,  and  that  any  one  seeing  the 
love,  xeal,  and  piety  of  the  Danish  brethren  and  I 


Review  uf  a  Itephj  to  an  Episllc  to  the  Member 
of  Ihe  Chrialmii  Church  at  Dodgeiiown,  Ltd. 

THIS  reply,  to  my  article  in  the  Brktkren  at 
WouK,  of  Nov.  15th,  1877,  was  delivered 
at  Eel  River  church,  on  Sunday,  June  ICth  1878. 
The  speaker  made  oil  entire  failure — failed  to 
point  out  any  date  for  backward  baptism.  He 
did  not  attempt  to  deny  the  fact  that  backward 
baptism  originated  during  the  early  part  of  the 
sixteenth  centurj-.  There  were  two  other  speak- 
ers present,  both  of  whom  spoke  at  the  same 
plaqe  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day. 

The  discoui-se  of  one  of  these  speakers  was  a 
reply  to  a  sermon  delivered  by  brother  S.  Z. 
Sharp  (it  the  Brethren's  church,  which  is  only 
a  short  distance  from  Eel  River  church.  The 
only  argument  brought  forward  in  favor  of 
backward  baptism,  was  that  Christ  could  not 
bow  backward  on  account  of  the  cross.  I  sup- 
pose the  speaker  thought  Paul  made  a  mistake  1 
What  a  pity  he  did  not  live  in  that  early  age. 
for  then  he  could  have  told  Paul  not  to  teach 
that  baptism  is  the  likeness  of  Christ's  death! 
In  his  reply  to  brother  Sharp,  the  speake 
said  that  they  wanted  no  historical  evidence  i: 
favor  of  trine  immei-sion.  They  did  not  object 
to  history  ivhile  using  it  themselves  for  the 
purpose  of  condemning  sprinkling  nnd  pouring, 
but  they  want  nothing  but  the  Bible  in  favor  of 
Iriiie  iiiiinersioii.  Well,  to  the  Bible  we  will  go, 
for  it  is  the  only  work  in  existence  in  which  the 
least  hint  of  the  origin  of  trine  immersion  is  re- 
corded. Sprinkling,  pouring  and  backward 
baptism  have  their  origin  recorded  in  history, 
but  history  fails  to  point  out  a  date  for  trine 
immei-aion;  hence  we  cmi  find  no  other  date 
than  that  given  in  the  New  Testament,  for  the 
igin  of  trine  immersion.  History  has  record- 
ed the  origin  of  all  the  modes  of  baptism  except 
triuc  immersion,  hence  if  it  is  not  recorded  in 
the  Bible  it  has  no  origin.  Can  it  be  without 
origin?  Will  our  friends  accept  this  Bible  ev- 
idence, anil  abandon  every  mode  of  bapti 
which  has  originated  with  men?  Will  they  re- 
fuse to  accept  that  mode  of  baptism  which 
without  human  origin,  and  depend  upon  that 
which  has  been  invented  by  men?  Would  this 
be  giving  God  the  glory? 

The  speaker  who  replied  to  brother  Sharp's 
sermon  said,  "  If  I  dip  a  candidate  in  the  name 
of  the  Father,  is  that  not  one  baptism  ?  If  I  dip 
him  agaiu,  in  the  name  of  the  Son,  is  not  that 
another  baptism?  If  I  dip  him  again,  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  is  not  that  a  thii-d 
baptism?"  No,  these  three  actions  constitute 
one  baptism.  When  we  arise  in  the  morning, 
can  it  be  said  that  we  have  washed  ourselves  as 
many  times  as  we  have  dipped  our  bands  in  the 
water?  No.  These  repeated  actions  constitute 
one  washing.  Our  fiiends  say,  the  commission 
in  Matt.  28:19,  does  not  teoch  three  actions. 
Here  is  a  sentence  similar  to  that  of  the  com- 
mission: "Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  na- 
tions, instructing  them  in  the  branch  of  Arith- 
metic, and  of  Grammar,  and  of  Geography." 
Will  our  friends  undertake  to  instruct  in  these 
thi-ee  branches  by  one  action?  If  they  do,  it 
will  be  just  lis  imperfectly  done  as  the  work  of 
baptizing  in  three  names  by  one  oetion. 


THINE  HOUSE, 


liY  JIARY  C.  MlJ.I.I-Ii. 


■■  Wlial 


WHEN  H,i 
VV      wliat  tl, 


llicy  even  ia  tliinc  lioiiae?" 
'Z^kiah  was  asked  by  the  prophet, 
the  men  from  Babylon  hud  seen  in 
his  house,  he  said,  "  All  that  is  in  my  bouse,  I 
have  shown  them  all  my  treasures  which  I  have 
in  my  house."  God  was  displeased  with  what 
the  king  bad  done,  imd  sent  the  prophet  to  say 
to  him,  that  nil  his  treasures,  with  his  sons, 
should  be  carried  to  Babylon. 
Christian,  what  do  the  men  from  Babylon 
eini/odi-  house?  Earthly  treasures?  Gold, 
silver,  jewels,  and  costly  array?  If  so,  fear  and 
tremble,  for  Christ  says,  "  Where  your  treasure 
is,  there  will  your  heart  be  also."  If  these  he 
yonr  mo:st  preciou.s  treasures,  do  not  wonder  if 


your  children  are  carried  far  away  into  Babylon, 
and  yourselves  "  become  unfruitful  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

But  what  have  they  seen  in  your  house? 
Carefulness  about  many  things,  and  the  one 
thing  needful  unmontioned  and  forgotten  ?  Do 
you  show  them  that  you  are  concerned  about 
the  things  of  this  life,  that  they  are  first  nnd 
foremost  in  your  minds?  Then  you  dish 
your  holy  religion.  Ton  dishonor  Christ.  Your 
light  is  surely  hid.  Beware,  lest  you  be  carried 
far  away  into  Babylon.  But  what  do  they  see 
in  your  house?  Do  they  see  conformity  to  the 
world,  or  to  Christ?  Do  they  see  you  striving 
to  clothe  the  minds  of  your  little  ones,  bring- 
ing "  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of 
the  Lord?  "or  do  they  see  you  putting  much 
time  and  thoueht  in  their  outward  adornment? 
Which  treasure  is  the  precious  one?  Which 
the  most  cared  for,  the  most  thought  of?  Do 
they  see  you  leading  them  onward  and  upward, 
or  do  they  see  you  teaching  them  the  ways  of 
pride  and  folly?  Do  they  see  you  toiling,  day 
after  daj-,  in  the  "  putting  on  of  ap|)arel "  while 
the  Bible  lies  on  the  shelf  unthought  of,  and 
uncared  for,  gathering  dust  for  a  testimony 
against  you?  Do  they  see  these  things?  If  so, 
beware!  Do  they  see  you  spending  your  mon- 
ey for  things  that  are  worse  than  useless,  mon- 
used  extravagantly,  while  you  see  the 
missionary  cause,  and  many  other  good  causes 
neglected? 

But  what  do  they  see  in  yonr  house?  Do 
they  see  love  and  peace  reigning  there?  Do 
they  see  you  engaged  \a  prayer  and  thanlisgiv- 
ing?  Do.your  prayers  ascend  like  smoke  from 
a  well-fed  tire?  Can  it  be  that  clothing  and 
feasting  would  be  more  thought  of  in  the  house 
of  a  Christian  than  prayer  and  praise?  No,  it 
ought  not. .  We  cannot  scree  two  masters. 
"  Therefore,  I  say  unto  you,  take  no  thought 
for  your  life,  what  ye  shall  eat  or  what  ye  shall 
drinfc,  nor  yet  for  your  body,  what  j'e  shall  put 
on;  for  after  all  tJiese  things  do  the  Gentiles 
seek.  For  your  heavenly  Father  knoweth  that 
ye  have  need  of  all  these  things.  But  seek  first 
the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and 
all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you  "  (Matt. 
6:  25,  33,  33). 

But  what  have  they  seen  in  your  house? 
Have  they  seen  you  trying  to  escape  the  cor- 
ruption that  is  in  this  world?  Have  they  seen 
you  diligently  adding  "to  yonr  faith  virtue,  and 
to  virtue  knowledge,  and  to  knowledge  temper- 
ance, and  to  temperance  patience,  and  to  pa- 
tience godliness,  and  to  godliness  brotheriy 
kindness,  and  to  brotherly  kindness  charity?  " 
If  they  have  seen  all  this,  if  you  are  diligent  in 
these  things,  fear  not,  for  you  have  the  promise 
that  you  shall  never  fall. 
MarshaUtown,  lotai. 


love,  and  unity  for  which  He  prayed.  (.\cts  4: 
32).  And  if  the  professed  followcra  of  Christ, 
in  our  day,  would  but  attend  to  the  same  truth, 
and  the  aanie  example  that  they  did,  they  would 
possess  the  same  spirit.  As  Christ  is  one  in  and 
with  His  Father,  so  He  prays  that  all  His  mem- 
bers may  he  joined  in  one  body,  to  Himself,  as 
their  head  (Eph.  1:  S3,  23).  Being  animated 
by  the  same  spirit,  all  who  are  joined  to  the 
Lord  become  one  spirit.    {1  Cbr.  6:17). 

When  all  of  God's  children  can  thus  be  unit- 
ed,  aild  become  one  spirit  in  Christ,  then  can  be 
accomplished  that  for  which  the  Savior  prayed, 
"that  the  world  may  believe  that  thou  hast 
sent  me; "  for  if  we  wish  "the  woHd  to  believe" 
that  Christianity  is  of  divine  origin,  wo  must 
live  like  Christians;  we  must  let  its  benign  in- 
ftuences  he  felt  in  all  our  dealings  with  it;  for 
"Hethatsnith  he  abideth  in  him,  ought  him- 
self also  so  to  walk,  even  as  ho  has  walked " 
(1  John  2:  (!). 
Since  our  meetings  I  have  thought  that  if  we 
n so  highlj'  appreciate  our  iissociations  togeth- 
er liei-e,  where  we  canuot  expect  to  realize  a  fiill 
sense  of  the  enjoyment^s  God  has  in  reservation 
for  His  children,  0,  what  a  happy,  what  a  glo- 
nous  meeting  tliat  will  be,  when  wo  can  meet 
without  any  feara  of  uncharitable  words  and 
thoughts,  of  debate  and  contention;  but  where 
we  can  realize  in  its  deepest  sense,  "bow  good 
and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  to- 
gether in  unity!"  When  this  happy  period 
will  arrive,  that  all  men  will  lie  united  in  peace 
anH  love,  we  cannot  tell;  but  the  woi-d  of  in- 
spiration assures  us  that  it  will  come.  "  Watch 
therefore  and  be  ye  ready." 

"  0,  what  a  lonely  path  were  ours. 

Could  we,  0  Father,  see 
No  homo  of  rest  beyond  it  all, 
No  guide  or  help  in  Thee!" 
North  Manchester,  Tml. 


BREVITIES, 


I  l)aptiz,ed  into  the  little 
By  this  our  readers  can 


IN  UNION  THERE  IS  STRENGTH. 


ItY  LIBELE  I.KSLIE. 


ii  T)EH0LD,  how  good,  and  how  plea.sant  it 
Jj  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in 
unity!"  While  many  of  us  were  so  richly  en- 
joying the  closing  portion  of  our  last  Annual 
Conference,  my  mind  was  very  forcibly  impress- 
ed .with  the  above  beautiful  passage.  How  good, 
how  very  pleasant  it  seemed,  when  ive  all  as  on« 
common  family—"  the  children  of  God  by  faith  " 
-could  associate  together,  all  maintaining  the 
same  principles,  all  sharing  the  same  enjoyments, 
and  all  influenced,  we  trust,  by  the  same  motive, 
the  promotion  of  the  cause  of  Christ.  As  many 
anticipated  the  revei-se,  we  feel  very  grateful  to 
our  Heavenly  Parent,  that  though  "we  cannot 
all  see  alike  as  men,  we  can  all  love  alike  as 
Christians,"  and  that  this  principle  was  so  com- 
mendably  carried  out  by  our  official  brethren, 
in  nearly  all  their  deliberations,  I  think  we  fully 
realized  that  if  there  is  enjoyment  on  earth,  it 
is  among  "  brethren  who  dwell  together  in  uni- 
ty." This  "union  of  spirit"  not  only  tends  to 
augment  the  happiness  of  its  possessoi-a, — to 
give  strength  and  stability  to  the  Christian 
course,  but  it  recommends  the  divine  truth  to 
all  around,  and  will  advance  the  cause  of  our 
dear  Redeemer, 

sus,  when  about  to  leavo  His  disciples, 
prayed  to  His  Father,  "That  they  may  all  be 
one;  as  thou,  Father,  art  in  me,  and  I  in  thee, 
that  they  also  may  be  one  in  us;  that  the  world 
may  believe  that  thou  host  sent  me  "  {John  H: 
31).  For  what  He  had  so  deariy  paid.  He  fer- 
vently pi-ayed;  nor  did  He  pray  in  vain;  for  the 
primitive  Christians  seemed  to  realize  that  peace, 


— Oii'E  more  hiis  bee 
church  in  Denmark, 
see  that  the  work  i: 

— Two  i\'oel(s  ago  the  Brethren  organized  a 
Sunday-school  at  Dutchtown,  ten  miles  South 
of  Lanark,     Prospects  good. 

A  Mr.  Player,  of  Wilcox  Co.,  Ga,.  is  said  to 
have  revived  after  being  for  six  hours  supposed 
to  be  dead,  and  conversed  in  bis  grave  clothes 
with  his  family  and  then  permanently  expired. 
In  Bro.  John  Forney's  account  of  the  Dis- 
trict meeting,  the  name  of  George  Whttmer  as 
Moderator  of  the  meeting  was  unintentionally 
omitted.  How  it  came  we  cannot  now  tell.  It 
was  not  done  on  purpose. 

— Bro.  Allen  Boyer  reports  a  good  feast  at 
the  Waddam's  Grove  church.  Four  were  bap- 
tized.    Attendance  large. 

—Will  Irene  Davis  please  send  us  her  post 
office  address?  We  cimnot  forwiird  Childreji at 
Work  until  we  have  address  in  full. 

—Two  were  baptized  during  the  Love-feast  at 
Manor,  Indiana  Co.,  Pa.,  and  three  others  ex- 
pected soon. 

—Price  of  the  Brethren  at  Work  to  the 
end  of  the  year,  75  cents.  Do  not  send  silver 
in  letters,  but  we  can  make  use  of  all  the  post- 
age stamps  you  may  wish  to  send  us,  though  do 
not  send  over  S1.50  worth  in  one  letter.  We 
would  just  as  soon  have  75  cents  worth  of  three 
cent  stamps  as  the  money  to  pay  for  the  paper 
from  now  to  the  end  of  the  3'ear. 

— Bro.  Emanuel  Newcomer,  who  has  return- 
ed from  a  trip  in  the  Wisconsin  mission  field, 
reports  good  meetings  with  the  Brethren  and 
people  in  that  locality. 

— Pei-sons  who  receive  the  Brethren  at  Work 
yet  never  subscribed  for  it,  uuiy  rest  assured 
that  their  paper  has  been  paid  for  by  some 
friend;  and  if  they  will  look  at  the  right  of 
their  name  either  on  the  paper  or  wrapper,  as 
the  case  may  be,  they  will  observe  when  the 
subscription  expires.  We  aim  to  do  a  strictly 
houest  business,  hence  never  send  the  paper  to 
any  one  ogaiiist  his  will  witli  the  expectulion  of 
sending  bill  for  colleetioH.  If  you  did  not  order 
the  paper  sent,  somebody  else  did  and  paid  for 
it. 

■Some  parties,  with  the  best  of  motives  no 
doubt,  write  letters  to  their  friends  and  send 
them  to  us  for  publication.  We  suggest  that 
they  always  send  their  letters  to  the  parties  for 
whom  they  are  intended  and  not  to  us.  We  do 
not  publish  matter  of  that  kind  unless  it  is  of 
genend  interest. 

— The  letter  from  Bro.  Hope  addressed  to 
Amasa  Lord  is  for  Thv  In/itruier,  of  which 
friend  Lord  is  editor.  He  is  fearleivs  in  defend- 
ing Gospel  peace  principles,  and  his  paper  should 
have  a  ivide  circulation  among  all  advocates  of 
peace.    The  paper  is  published  at  Elgin,  III, 


THE   BiRETHKEN    AT    "WOliI<:: 


Julv    4. 


THE  FARMER'S   WIFE. 

SINCE  the  busy  sonaon  hos  commonced  how 
upproprinte  are  the  following  touching 
lines.  We  ore  glnil  to  know  that  ia  not  true  of 
all  former'a  wives,  but  <rith  many  it  ia  only  too 
true.  Husbands,  read  this,  and  then  do  what 
you  can  to  make  your  wife  happy: 
Up  with  the  birds  in  the  early  morning; 

The  dew-drop  glows  like  a  precious  gem; 
Bt'iiutiful  tinU  in  the  skies  are  dawning. 

But  she's  never  a  moment  to  look  at  them. 
The  men  are  wanting  their  breakfast  early; 

She  must  not  linger,  she  must  not  wait; 
For  words  that  are  sharp  and  looks  that  are  surly 

Are  what  men  give  when  meals  are  late. 
Oh,  glorious  colors  the  clouds  are  turning. 

If  she  *vo»ild  but  look  over  the  hills  and  trees; 
But  here  are  the  dishes,  and  here  i.s  theehuniing; 

Those  things  must  always  yield  to  these. 
The  world  is  filled  with  the  wine  of  beauty, 

If  she  could  but  pause  and  drink  it  in; 
But  pleasure,  she  says,  must  wiut  tor  duty; 

Neglected  work  is  committed  sin. 
The  day  grows  hot  and  her  hand  grows  weary; 

Oh,  for  an  hour  to  cool  her  bead. 
Out  with  the  birds  in  the  wind  so  cheery! 

But  she  must  get  dinner  and  bake  the  bread. 
The  busy  men  in  the  hnyfield  working, 

If  they  saw  her  sitting  with  idle  hand, 
AVould  think  her  la/.y  and  call  it  shirking. 

And  she  never  could  make  them  tindei-stoiid. 

They  do  not  know  that  the  heart  mthin  her 
Hungers  for  beauty  and  things  sublime; 

They  only  know  they  want  their  dinner, 
Plenty  of  it,  and  just  "  on  time." 

And  afterthe  sweeping  and  churning  and  biiking. 

And  dinner  dishes  are  all  put  by, 
She  sits  and  sews,  though  her  head  is  aching, 

Till  time  for  supper  and  "  chores  "  draws  nigh. 

Her  boys  at  school  must  look  like  othei^, 

She  says,  as  she  patches  their  frock  and  hose; 
For  the  world  is  ciuick  to  censure  mothers 

For  the  least  neglect  of  children's  clothes. 
Her  husband  comes  fi-om  the  field  of  labor; 

He  gives  no  praise  to  his  weary  wife; 
She's  done  no  move  thau  does  her  neighhor; 

'Tis  the  lot  of  all  in  country  life. 

But  after  the  strife  and  weary  tussle 

With  life  is  done,  and  she  lies  at  rest, 
The  nation's  brain  and  heart  and  muscle, 

Her  sons  and  daughters,  shall  call  her  blest. 
And  I  think  the  sweetest  joys  of  heaven. 

The  rarest  bliss  of  eternal  life, 
And  the  fairest  crown  of  all  mil  be  given 

Unto  the  weary-worn  farmer's  wife. 

Sekcled. 


.les 


;rhad 
The 


LOVE. 


IIV  GEORGE  WORST. 


THE  subject  of  love  is  spoken  of  thro\igbout 
the  Scriptures  and  highly  recommended  to 
the  people  of  God.  It  is  a  principle  haring  the 
nature  of  drawing  together,  while  iLs  opposite, 
which  is  haired,  is  calculat«d  to  divide  or  sepa- 
rate. It  is  written,  that  "  God  so  loved  the 
■world  that  he  gave  his  only-begotten  Son,  that 
whosoever  believeth  in  him  should  not  perish 
but  have  everlasting  life."  Again,  "  If  I  be  lift- 
ed up,  I  will  draw  all  men  unto  me;"  showing 
MB  that  the  love  of  God  was  so  great  toward  us, 
that  he  was  willing  to  sacrifice  His  Son  to  bring 
about  redemption  and  satisfy  the  difficulty  that 
existed  between  us  and  God  through  ihe  trans- 
gression of  our  first  parents.  Not  willing  to 
leave  us  in  that  separated  condition,  He,  out  of 
love  toward  us,  came  from  heaven,  brought  the 
means  of  salvation  and  tendered  it  to  us.  The 
apostle  John  says,  "  Behold,  what  manner  of 
love  the  Father  has  bestowed  upon  us.  that  we 
Bbould  be  called  the  sons  of  God"  (John  3: 1). 
When  we  were  not  worthy  of  the  respect  and 
love  of  God,  this  was  done,— purely  disinterest- 
ed love  from  God  to  us.  "  Behold,  now  are  we 
the  sons  of  God  by  redemption,  and  should  we 
all  not  be  sons  and  daughters  of  God  by  adop 
tion  ?  "  Such  a  loving  God,  such  a  kind  Fath- 
er in  heaven,  with  love  beaming  upon  us  in  our 
pathway,  in  our  closet,  and  wherever  we  look 
we  see  the  love  of  God  shed  abroad. 

Natural  love  is  developed  in  some  larger  than 
in  others.  Mcthinks  John  the  Evangelist  had 
love  largely  developed  in  hus  nature,  for  his 
writings  are  intei-spersed  with  the  subject  more 
than  any  other  of  the  inspired  wriU?rs,  and  we 
are  taught  that,  Jesus  loved  him,  he  sat  near 
Him  at  the  great  Supper  and  leaned  on  His 
breast  and  said,  "Who  is  it  that  shall  betray 
thee?  "  He  loved  Jesus,  there  is  no  doubt.  Do 
you,  kind  reader?  If  so,  show  it  by  the  waj 
Jesus  says,  "  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  command- 
ments." This  is  the  token  by  which  we  prove 
to  the  world,  that  we  love  Jesus,  and  if  we  love 


Him,  we  will  also  take  the  advice 
"  A  new  commandment  I  give  unto  you,  that 
ye  love  one  another.  By  this  shall  nil  men 
know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love 
one  for  another"  (John  13:  34.  .'55).  If  we  say 
we  love  God  and  hate  our  brother,  we  are  denom- 
inated liars,  and  the  truth  is  not  in  us. 

Our  love  nmst  go  out  toward  the  poor  sinner. 
0,  think  of  the  poor  sinner  who  is  groping  in 
the  darkness  oi'  this  worid,  grasping  at  the  fan- 
cy bubbles  that  burst  and  float  away  from  him, 
who  is  promenading  just  on  the  brink  of  eter- 
nal ruin,  unconscious  of  the  danger;  perhaps 
one  step  more  will  land  him  in  hell,  while  we 
are  looking  on  and  not  maknng  the  proper  eftort, 
not  making  the  sacrifice  we  should  to  reach  him. 
Perhaps  our  life  has  not  been  as  consistent  as  it 
should  be  so  he  could  see  plainly  that  ther^  was 
reality  in  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Love  is  a  God-given  principle  and  nev 
its  opposite  until  after  the  fall  of  man. 
first  exhibition  is  seen  in  Cain  taking  the  life  of 
his  brother.  Since  that  time  a  great  deal  of 
that  disposition  is  manifest  in  man,  but  thanks 
he  to  God.  it  can  be  overcome  by  the  blood  of 
Christ.  Love  should  beam  in  every  family.  It 
should  commence  at  the  head  of  the  family  and 
extend  to  the  children,  and  the  principle  there- 
of acted  out  in  every  department  of  life  at  home, 
that  the  world  can  see  that  love  reigns  supreme 
in  every  Christian  family;  and  from  that  an  in- 
fluence ivill  go  far  towards  bringing  the  poor, 
benighted  sinner  into  the  fold  of  Christ,  mak- 
ing him  rejoice  in  the  hope  of  his  salvation. 
Dear  brother,  make  the  sinner  know  that  you 
love  him,  not  by  taking  the  advantage  of  him 
in  a  bargain,  not  by  turning  a  cold  shoulder  to 
liim  as  though  you,  Pharisee-like,  were  better 
than  he;  not  by  withholding  from  him  the 
essaries  of  life  when  you  see  he  needs  them  and 
you  have  them  to  spare,  but  by  real  acts  of  love, 
kuomug  that  God  did  create,  "  from  one  blood 
all  nations  ol  men  to  dwell  upon  thu  face  of  all 
the  earth,  and  hath  determined  the, times  before 
appointed,  and  the  bounds  of  their  habitation; 
that  they  should  seek  the  Lord  if  haply  they 
ht  feel  after  him  and  find  him,  though  he 
be  not  far  from  everj-  one  of  us"  {Acts  17:  26, 
2T). 

Love  not  the  world,  neither  the  things  of  the 
world,  for  if  we  do,  the  love  of  the  Father  is  not 
in  us;  and  the  world  will  pass  away  with  all  its 
fancies  and  foolery.  Let  us  seek  first  the  king- 
dom of  God  and  its  righteousness  and  make  use 
of  as  much  of  the  world  as  is  necessai-y  and  not 
abuse  our  privileges,  nor  overstep  our  bounds, 
and  after  we  have  lived  out  our  time  we  will 
piiss  from  the  stage  of  action — from  one  sphere 
to  another,  and  as  love  is  developed  in  us  here, 
we  irill  love  on  to  all  eternity.  Faith,  Hope, 
and  Love  are  three  great  principles,  but  the 
greatest  of  them  is  love,  because  faith  will  cease 
and  hope  will  cease  when  we  have  realized  what 
we  believed  and  what  we  hoped  for,  but  love 
only  will  continue  on,  and  on,  and  on;  but  un- 
less we  beget  the  princiide  in  this  life,  we  will 
have  nothing  to  love  in  the  future  world,  but 
like  the  rich  man,  we  will  be  praying  and  not 
even  be  gratified,  because  we  have  not  heeded 
Moses  and  the  prophets,  or  Jesus  and  the  apos- 
tles. Heaven  is  concerned  for  us,  God  is  con- 
cerned for  us,  the  preacher  is  concerned  for  us, 
the  church  is  concerned  for  us,  and  why  are  we 
so  unconcerned  for  ouraelves,  as  though  there 
was  no  heaven  to  obt^ain,  or  no  hell  to  shun. 
Be  sure  the  promises  of  God  are  yea  and  Amen, 


you  are  pursuing,  if  you  do  not  speedily  reform 
your  steps,  and  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate;  and 
in  turn,  count  the  joys  of  those  who  walk  in  the 
path  of  the  righteous,  not  only  in  this  worid 
(for  they  are  indeed  supreme  even  in  this  world), 
but  think  of  the  joy  of  a  never  ending  eternity 
of  which  you  have  not  the  promise  if  you  go  on 
in  your  present  course.  You  may  think  that 
you  and  your  comrade.f  are  perfectly  safe  in  the 
course  you  are  puniuing,  and  in  a  measure  you 
may  be  so  far  as  this  world's  frail  protection 
goes,  but  pause  and  meditate  on  the  consequence 
of  such  a  course  when  you  come  to  answer  be- 
fore Him  in  whom  "  we  live,  move,  and  have 
our  being."  Yon  will  then  be  found  wanting; 
the  scales  will  turn  against  you,  and  you  will 
bear  that  just  but  terrible  decree,  "  Depart  from 
me  ye  workers  of  iniquity,  for  I  never  knew 
you."  But  oh,  how  widely  different  with  the 
good  and  faithful  of  all  ages,  who  have  not  hid 
their  light  under  a  bushel,  but  have  been  dili- 
gent and  self-denying  in  the  cause  of  our  Mas- 
To  them  it  will  be  said  by  the  blessed 
Redeemer.  "  Enter  into  my  kingdom,  ye  bless- 
ed of  my  Father."  That  we  may  all  live  a  lile 
of  usefulness,  as  well  as  service  to  our  blessed 
Muster,  and,  finally  enter  in  through  the  gates 
into  the  city,  is  my  prayer. 


DOMINION  OF  SIN. 


BV  PETER  r)E\]tIJORFF. 


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order  to  know  that  sin  holds  dominion 
_  the  earth,  it  is  not  necessary  to  go  back 
about  6,000  years,  to  the  fall  of  man,  and  show 
that  through  his  fall,  all  mankind  have  become 
effected;  nor  is  it  important  that  we  become 
largely  theoretical  on  the  subject.  But  we  have 
only  to  open  our  eyes  and  look  around.  We  see 
that  through  the  voice  of  a  few  leading  pereons 
in  the  kingdoms  of  the  worid,  almost  countless 
multitudes  of  men  enlist  forth  to  the  field  of 
blood  and  carnage,  and  all  for  what?  Why  to 
kill  and  be  killed,  and  go  down!  down,  we  fear, 
to  a  hopeless  perdition  with  nil  the  nations  that 
forget  God,  while  on  the  other  hand,  men  and 
angels  nmy  plead  and  cry  from  day  to  day,  from 
year  to  year,  and  from  century  to  century,  to 
only  come  and  partake  "  of  the  watei-s  of  life 
and  live  forever,"  and  barely  few  (proportional- 
ly si)eaking),  will  accept  the  proffered  mercy. 
And  alas!  what  is  still  worse,  many  of  those 
who  come  and  profess  themselves  to  be  th 
vants  of  Jesus,  by  actions,  show  themselves  to 
be  of  such  characters  as  the  apostle  spoke  to 
when  he  said;  "I  preceive  that  thou  arf  in  the 
gall  of  bitterness  and  the  bond  of  iniquity." 
They  toil,  strive  and  grasp  alter  earthly  goods 
as  if  they  supposed  great  earthly  gain  was  god- 
liness. No  wonder  Jesus  said,  "  Wide  is  the 
gate,  and  broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  de- 
struction, and  many  there  be  which  go  in  there- 
at: Because  strait  is  the  gate,  and  narrow  is  the 
way  which  leadeth  to  life,  and  few  there  be  that 

find  it."       .-.»„^ 

A  CHRISTIAN  MARTYR. 


utter  false  accusations,  imd  Stephen  was  drag- 
ged to  the  great  council  of  Sanhedrin  that  a 
show  of  justice  might  be  made.  And  all  that 
sat  in  council  looking  steadfastly  on  him,  saw 
his  face,  as  it  had  been  the  face  of  an  angel. 
Stephen's  hearers  were  filled  with  rage  against 
their  best  friend,  because  he  told  them  the  truth. 
Does  he  look  to  the  council  for  mercy  and  pro- 
tection? or  does  he  look  around  the  hall  for 
some  mode  of  escape?  No!  nothing  of  that 
kind.  He  looked  steadfastly  up  to  heaven  and 
saw  the  glory  of  God,  and  Jesus  standing  on  the 
right  hand  of  God.  Man,  by  nsiture,  hates  his 
enemies  and  seeks  to  return  blow  for  blow  to 
the  very  last  hour  of  his  life,  but  Stephen's 
ords  were,  "  Lord,  lay  not  this  sin  to  their 
charge."  In  our  Lord's  dying  moment.  He 
prayed,  "  Father,  forgive  thom,  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do."  And  now  here  is  one  of 
His  servants  dying  with  the  same  spirit  of  for- 
giving love  upon  his  lips.  The  dying  saint  ut- 
tered one  more  prayer  on  this  sad  ocoosion. 
feeling  that  his  work  was  done,  he  cried,  "  Lord 
Jesus  receive  my  spirit."  Stephen  paid  the 
same  homage  to  the  Redeemer  in  his  last  mo- 
ments, which  Jesus  did  to  His  Father  when  Ho 
was  departing  from  earth. 

Stephen's  death,  then,  was  a  very  noble  one, 
notwithstanding  the  violence  that  attended  it. 
Devout  men  carried  him  to  his  burial,  and  made 
great  lamentation  over  him.  It  is  when  we  have 
buried  onr  fiiends  that  we  begin  to  feel  the 
greatness  of  our  loss,  While  the  body  is  yet 
with  us  and  we  can  go  to  the  room  where  it  lies 
and  gaze  on  the  familiar  features,  it  is  really 
hard  to  realize  that  the  dear  one  is  really  gone, 
but  when  we  have  taken  the  last  look,  and  im- 
printed the  last  kiss  on  the  brow  of  the  dead, 
hen  the  coflin  is  lowered  in  the  grave  and  wo 
go  back  to  our  lonely,  desolate  home,  and  see 
the  vacant  chair,  the  empty  bed,  the  hooks  the 
loved  one  used  to  read,  and  many  little  things 
tell  us  that  the  object  of  our  affection  has  really 
gone  to  return  no  more;  then  comes  upon  us 
the  bitterest  hour  of  oar  bereavement.  Myr- 
iads of  martyrs  have  died  a  painful  death  rather 
than  deny  Christ. 


THE  FATAL  CUP. 


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THE  TWO  GATES. 


UY  E.  M.  COVEKT. 


GOD  has  placed  before  the  world  two  gates, 
one  leading  to  heaven,  and  the  other  to 
destruction.  But  oh,  how  many  of  the  human 
race,  even  in  this  enlightened  age,  delay  enter- 
ing the  gate  that  opens  onto  the  narrow  way 
until  it  is  forever  too  late. 

One  would  think  that  an  object  of  so  vast 
importance  would  be  the  first  and  only  desira- 
ble object  to  labor  for  in  this  short  and  uncer- 
tain life,  for  hath  not  God  said,  "  Seek  ye  first 
the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and 
all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  yo 
Those  who  enter  in  at  the  gate  in  early  life,  find 
the  path  a  pleasant  one,  and  a  way  of  much  joy 
but  how  different  it  b  with  those  who  defer  en- 
tering till  later  in  life,  and  falsely  say  to  their 
troubled  minds,  "  There  is  plenty  of  time  yet," 
and  no  doubt  feel  thankful  in  heart  for  another 
opportunity  that  they  may  have  a  hope  of  heav- 
en, and  yet  gain  access  to  the  life  beyond. 

But  oh,  how  very,  very  often  the  loiterer  is 
brought  to  an  untimely  end — an  end  never  be- 
fore thought  of  seriously,  and,  if  accidentally 
thought  of,  the  thought  was  hurried  out  of  the 
mind  as  quickly  as  possible.  Oh !  heedless  wan- 
derer on  life's  narrow  and  uncertain  path,  pause 
a  moment  and  count  the  cost  of  the  journey 


AS  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  to  die,  it  is  to 
us  of  great  importance  to  know  how  we 
may  die  well.  This  we  can  only  learn  at  the 
foot  of  the  Cross,  and  it  greatly  strengthens  our 
faith  to  see  those  who  have  been  there,  passing 
away  from  earth,  peaceful  as  the  going  down  of 

There  is  no  record  in  the  Bible,  of  a  death 
that  comes  so  near  resembling  the  death  of  our 
Lord,  as  that  of  Stephen.  Of  course,  there  " 
no  death  really  like  that  of  Jesus.  His  life  and 
death  stand  alone  without  a  parallel.  For  even 
an  infidel  bad  to  say,  "  Socrates  died  like  a  phi- 
losopher, but  Jesus  Christ  like  a  God."  Only 
a  short  time  after  Jesus  died,  Stephen,  not  very 
far  from  the  same  spot,  was  called  to  lay  down 
his  life  for  the  truth.  Both  in  his  life  and  with 
his  lips  he  bore  testimony  to  the  truth,  and  then 
sealed  it  with  his  blood.  He  was  the  first  of  the 
Christian  church  who  fell  by  the  bloody  hand 
of  persecution,  and  thus  had  the  honor  of  lead- 
ing the  van  of  that  noble  army  of  martyrs  who 
are  enrolled  for  heaven.  Stephen  was  one  of 
the  seven  set  apart  at  Jerusalem.  These  were 
to  be  men  of  honest  report,  and  full  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  and  with  this  description  this  good 
man  fully  agreed. 

At  that  time  the  church  was  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  Stephen  stood  in  the  front  of  the 
buttle,  dealing  sturdy  and  vigorous  blows  to 
Satan's  kingdom,  and  soon  became  the  object  of 
liatred  and  persecution.  We  are  told  that  full 
of  faith  and  power  he  did  greot  wonders  and 
miracles  among  the  people.  The  enemies  of 
God  and  truth  felt  that  this  must  not  be  alio' 


bridal  scene.  The  wine-cup  passed 
from  lip  to  lip.  One  gentleman  refused. 
"  Can't  you  pledge  friendship  in  a  .social  glass  ?  " 
pleaded  the  bridegroom.  "I  dare  not;  lean- 
not." 

Then  the  bea\itiful  bride,  with  bewitching 
smiles,  and  eyes  that  were  brighter  than  the 
jewels  on  her  fingers,  held  out  the  poison  to  him, 
sajing,  "  Surely,  you  will  not  refuse  me?  " 

The  color  mounted  hiseheek;  hefaltered;  he 
j-ielded  to  the  Circe  of  the  banquet.  The  firat 
ta.ste  fired  his  lust,  and  he  ceased  not  till  he  was 
a  sot  again. 
A  few  years  after,  one  quiet  Summer's  even- 
g,  n  wretched  outcast  reeled  into  the  open 
door  of  a  pleasant  home,  when  a  lady  was  just 
drinking  a  glass  of  wine,  allowing  her  little  one 
to  sip.  The  vagabond  sprang  forward  with  a 
maniac's  frenzy,  raised  his  arm,  dashed  the  cup 
to  the  floor,  and  shouted,  "  Murder  him,  if  you 
like,  but  not  with  that!  Look  at  nie.  You 
made  me  what  I  um.  I  was  respected  and  hon- 
ored. You  tempted  me  at  your  wedding.  Now 
there  is  not  a  reptile  that  I  would  not  gladly 
change  places  with.  I  must  soon  stand  before 
God's  bar.  On  your  head  rests  my  blood ! "  A 
gurgling  sound  was  heard  in  hia  throat.  He 
fell  at  her  feet  a  corpse.  He  sleeps  in  a  name- 
less grave,  the  victim  of  cruel,  though  thought- 
less seduction. 

The  above,  which  we  take  from  Professor 
Twing's  new  "  Handbook  of  Illustrations,"  is  n 
telling  incident,  and  should  lend  every  one  to 
beware  how  they  tempt  their  weaker  neighbor, 
Above  all,  let  no  woman  use  her  wit,  her  beau, 
ty,  or  her  social  position,  to  snare  the  feet  of 
her  associates,  but  rather  use  her  winning  grace 
to  guide,  and  guard,  and  save. 

— Church  Union. 


Do  EvERYTHiNfl  Wei.l. — If  you  have  some- 
thing to  attend  to,  go  about  it  coolly  and 
thoughtfully,  and  do  it  just  as  well  as  you  can. 
Do  it  as  though  it  were  the  only  thing  you  had 
ever  to  do  in  your  life,  and  as  if  everything  de- 
pended upon  it.  Then  your  work  will  be  well 
done,  and  it  willufi'ord  you  genuine  satisfaction. 
Often  much  more  does  depend  upon  the  man- 
ner in  which  things,  seemingly  trivial,  are  per- 
formed than  one  would  suppose,  or  than  it  Ls 
possible  to  foresee.  I>o  everj'tbing  well,  and 
you  will  find  it  conducive  to  your  happiness, 
and  that  of  those  with  whom  you  come  in  con- 
tact. 


Write  yo 


e  in  kindness,  love  and  n 


ed,  and  that  s 

so  able  a  preacher. 


something  must  be  done  to  rilence    cy  on  the  hearts  of  those  you  come  in  contact 
acher.     Vile  wretches  were  hired  to  '  with,  and  you  will  never  be  forgotten. 


July   4. 


THE   BltlOTHEElSf   jS.T    WORK. 


ANNOUNCE  MENTS. 


.ViiTicri:^  of  LoTc-feiuiB,   Diitrict   Meetings,   cui., 
1)«  brief,  null  wrlllcQ  on  piipor  Hepnraio 
lV«m   olbcr  busiaesn. 


IX)VE-FEABTa. 

Uealric*  churcli.  Gtt| 

arid  8th,  cooinienc 
fiuBur  Creek    eoDu;regBtion,   Saogi 

Octiiher  3  nod  4,  commencing  a 

J^"  There  will  be  a  CoiumuuioD  Meeting  at 
Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  G.  W.  Boit- 
notts,  SopL  7th  and  8th,  Place  of  meeting,  two 
nnd  a  half  toiled  South  of  luwa  Center. 

D.  £.  Urubaker. 
i^"  A  i.ove-feust  has  hoen    appointed   in    the 
I'aint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co.,    Kansi 
October  3rd  and  4th,  comniencing  at  2  o'clock. 
By  Request, 

Wll.l.TAM  StOCKMEVEB. 


MONEY     LIST. 


A  B  Cusbing,  50;  J  Forney,  2  00;  C  Forii-.-y, 
12  00;  J  Buraon,  3  00;  J  I  Smith,  I  00;  JW 
Zigler,  80;  D  Beclitelheimer,  2  30;  ,1  P  Wolfe, 
2  00;  LA  Engle,  4  50;  D  W  Wagoner,  50;  J 
Murray,  70;  H  R  King,  1  00;  A  H  Hnnim,  90; 
L  Sutphin,  3  00;  Wm  L  Spanogle,  3  00;  Geo 
Bnrnhnrt,  2  00;  F  Judy.  1 .10;  J  C  Osborue.  1- 
00;  P  P  Brumbaugh.  1  50;  J  C  Osborn,  1  00; 
E  Eikenberry,  1  00;  G  Emrich,  88;  J  Kinimel, 
1  50;  B  F  Shade,  2  00;  J  H  Bashore,  1  50;  K 
F  Good,  Sr.;  M  C  Dolly,  1  00;  D  Stoner,  85;  .1 
T  Workman,  1  10;  E  Samstine,  1  00;  C  FitK, 
100;  J  DLahmaii,  3  50;  S  Longanecker,  .30; 
A  A  Munson,  1  00;    E  A  Orr,  2  00;   A  Bwket, 

1  00;  D  Boweraos,  7  40;  I  Garber,  !I0;  W  B 
Price,  2  00;  P  E  Whitmer,  50;  B  F  Glick,  1  00 
R  F  Maubiay,  75;  A  Harader.  1  00;  R  Arnold. 
75;  M  A  Snyder,  1  50;  A  Kinsey,  40;  D  A 
Hetrick,  78;  N  B  Murray,  1  55;  E  Showalter, 
:i  00;  S  M  Riggle,  .50;  H  H  Bean,  5  50;  A  W 
Vaoiiuiui,  50;  S  J  Neher,  1  00;  E  Watson,!  70; 
E  P  L  Dow,  IS  00;  D  S  Royer,  1  00;  L  A  Krise, 

2  00;  GWTraxler,25;  G  Rupert,  25;  J  Har- 
vey, 2  55;  J  A  Landis,  1  50;  J  Arnold,  1  00; 
J  Spiiidler,  1  00;  C  P  Berkey,  1  25;  D  B  Hirt, 
25;  W  Noffsiiiger,  25;  S  M  Fahruey,  1  GO;  A 
Allbright,  25;  G  W  Geesey,  1  25;  CD  Hyltou, 
50;  L  S  Royer,  1  00;  E  S  Robinson.  25;  H  H 
Brubaker,  25;  W  Domer,  50;  A  Harader,  1  00; 
L  A  Goughnour,  1  25;  M  E  Kepler,  1  00;  J  G 
Wright,  75;  J  T  Rowland,  1  00;  D  A  NoreroR=, 
50;  L  A  Krlse,  1  00;  A  L  Eshelnian,  25;  A  M 
Warner,  25;  J  Root,  2  25;  T  C  Denton,  50;  F 
Auglemeyer,  75;  E  S  Thomas,  25;  .1  M  Heck- 
ler, 25;  D  Zumbrunu,  25;  H  J  Berkey.  3  00; 
(J  T  Weiele,  1  00;  D  Bollinger,  25;  L  Kimniel. 

3  00;  J  D  Leedy,  2  72;  C  B  Wilson,  25;  C  B 
Reed.  25;  J  Huft",  45;  J  Lucas,  8  OO;  J  B  Sell, 
"JO;  F  Young,  2  00;  D  Young,  25;  S  Beechly, 
2  25;  R  0  Shivcly,  75;  T  A  Brown.  1  50;  F 
Smith,  75;  S  Sala,  1  00;  D  Bowman,  75;  J 
Gnagy,  100;  A  Beelman,  1  25;  WSpidle,  25; 
C  H  Ranier,  75;  J  Kin  dig,  100;  B  Coate,  1- 
00;  I  Steel,  1  00;  G  W  Thomas,  2  00;  .T  Beech- 
ly. 1  0(1;  E  W  Stoner,  50;  C  H  Walker,  1  50; 
M  Gulp,  25;  J  H  L«maii,  4  00;  M  Congov,  50; 
■I  B  Uler)-,  T5;  J  E  Studebaker.  2  25;  M  Tows- 
lee,  58;  J  Wirt,  75;  H  E  Royer,  75;  J  Hediick 
75;  AHarley,25;  W  Young,  100;  S  Crane, 
200;  I  Davis,  25;  E  Bowers.  75;  SGutbrie,2; 
\V  Meyer,  5  25;  A  Harley,  25;  S  S  Milter,  1  00 
J  P  Barnlmrt,  1  00;    .J  Katherman,  1  00;     W 

Eikenberry,    13  30.  B    Grisso,     75;    J 

Early,  75;  S  Miller,  35;  L  Buss,  1  00;  G  Long 
75;  A  J  Hixon,  1  00;  J  Brower.  75;  B  W  Da- 
vis, 75;  L  J  Mathes,  25;  P  Anglemeyer,  75;  B 
Fosse,  40;  J  R  Wellington,  75;  J  W  White- 
head, 1  50;  0  Met/,,  75;  J  Wagner,  75;  J  Mej'- 
ere,  75;  M  Metx,  25;  J  S  Snell,  75;  H  Neff,  75; 
A  Shopbell,  75;  A  A  Ulcry.  75;  S  fiery,  75; 
.1  P  Smith,  75;  M  I  Early,  25;  E  Kulin,  25;  F 
H  Toney,  25;  J  Weaver,  1  50;  J  R  Gisli,  2  25; 
L  D  Waggoner,  75;  0  Wirt,  75;  A  Kinsey,  50; 
A  Ohuiiirt,  75;  C  Ohmart.  75;  E  Umbaugh;  H 
Wiftaraore,75;  WA  South  wood,  25;  H  E  South- 
wood,  25;  G  Hoover,  6  00;  D  Flory,  75;  J  N 
Meyers,  75;  I  Berkey,  3  00;  C  Meyers,  1  50;  A 
Peffley,  75;  W  Fitz,  75;  J  W  Meyers,  75;  F 
McGaugbiiey,  75;  J  Kinsey,  75;  J  Johnson, 
95;  D  B  Ulery.  25;  N  W  Burk,  25:  R  Miller, 
25;  M  E  Bolin,  25;  M  Miller,  25;  TMiller,  75; 
J  L  Berkey,  60;  A  Simmons,  25;  W  A  Kemper 
1  50:  J  B  Mishler,  40;  D  Stump,  25;  J  Stump 
25;  W  N  Moore,  25;  J  Burton,  25;  J  Barton, 
,55;  S  McFadden,  T5;  J  W  Stowder,  75:  J  Tin- 
kle, 25;  J   S  Miller,  50;  N  Blough,   15  30;  M 


Troesh,  25;  J  Cottrell.  75;  P  Kinsey,  75;  D  M 
Paxson,  75;  J  Tridle,  75;  T  Kreider,  75;  SR 
Zug,  75;  DBartihart,85;  D  A  Huffert.  1  iXl; 
G  W  Stone,  25;  M  Domer,  25;  0  F  Yount.  20; 
G  W  Butterhaugh,  75;  D  Shiveley,  1  10;  1 
Connell,  25;  B  Summers,  25;  L  Mellinger,  25; 
JCKohler,  25;  F  W  Koliler,  25;  E  Meyers, 
75;  H  Hamilton,  1  00;  J  Brubaker,  75;  J  L 
Rudy,  75;  Dr  P  R  WrigUtsraan,  50;  L  F  Mil- 
ler. 25;  A  Miller,  25;  S  A  Ulery,  75;  S  Harries 
75;  J  Ulery,  75;  J  N  Kauffman,  2  50;  0  Harlcr 
25;  A  Mouleo,  25;  J  Katherman,  25;  J  I  Cover, 
26;  J  Wise,  50;  C  Wesley,  25;  W  W  Summers 
1  50;  S  A  Frederic,  25;  D  C  Riggle.  25;  B  M 
Davis,  1  40;  S  Coppoek,  25;  A  Teeter.  25;  S  T 
Bosserman,  50;  '  D  Gibbon,  25;  C  Weaver,  25; 
M  A  Bomerahine,  75;  B  Peffley.  75;  S  C 
Stump,  ,'>0. 


DIED. 


pnpor 


BOYD.— In  the   Cherry   Grove  congregation, 
Carroll  Co,,  III.,  June  21at,  1878,    Bro.  Wm. 
Boyd,  aged  62  yeai-s,  9  months  and  17  days. 
MILLER. — In  the  Turkey  Creek  congregation, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  sister  Mary  Catharine  Mil- 
ler, aged  57  years,  i  months  and  8  days,  Di 
ease,  an  abscess  in  the  head.     Funeral  servic- 
es by  the  Brethren  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 
Sister  Miller  was  much  beloved  by  all.  The 
husband,  a  deacon,  lost  a  kind  companion,  the 
family  a  good  and  eiBcient  mother,   the  churcli 
a  faithful  sister,  and  the  community  a  good  cit- 
izen.    Peace  to  her  ashes!         J.  H.  Miller. 
LEIJEW.— Near  Bethany.  Osborne  Co.,   Kan- 
sas,   June    13th.    Anna    Eii/.abeth    Lerew, 
daughter  of  Lewis  and   Jjuie   Lerew,  aged  3 
years,  6  months  and  26  days.      Funeral  ser- 
vices by  D.  0.  Brumbaugh  and  H.  W.  Lanilis, 
BLICKENSTAFF.  —  In     the    Ceno   Gordo 
church,   111.,  June   10th,   IS78,   Leonard   A. 
Blickenstaff,  aged  35  years,  4  months  and  24 
days.     He  was  a  deacon  since   February  last, 
and  died  in  full  hope  of  a  life  beyond. 

J.  K.  SmvELY. 
EMIGH.— June  5th,  1878,  of  Cholera  Infantum 
M.  Gertie,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.   E.  and   Belle 
Euiigh,  aged  1  year  and  6  months.     She  was 
caressed  by  all.     None  knew  her  but  to  love 
Ler.     "  She  is  not  dead  but  sleepeth," 
"  Lay  the  sod  lightly  over  her  breast, 
Calm  be  her  slumber,  peaceful  her  rest, 
Beautiful,  lovely;  she  was  but  given 
A  fair  bud  to  earth,  to  blossom  in  heaveu." 
CRIPE.-At  Edna  Mills,  Ind.,    May  22nd,    '78 
sister  Susanna  Cripe,  consort  of    Bro.  Wil- 
liam Cripe,  aged  39  years,   9  months   and  12 
days.     She  leaves  a  kind  hnsbaiiri  and 
children  to  mourn  her   loss,   but   we  believe 
their  loss  is  his   eternal   gain.      Funeral   by 
Bro.  George  W.  Cripe  and  the  writer,   to  an 
unusually   large  congregation  of  sympathiz- 
ing friends.  Isaac  Biu-himer. 
HOUTS.  —  June  19th,   in  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  Sarah  Hoiits,  wife 
of  John  HouLs,  at  the  age  of   78  years,   1 
month  and  17  days.     Funeral  by  J.  J.   Kin- 
dig,  from  1  Peter  1:  24,25.      Peace  to   her 
ashes!  J.  J.  Kixdig. 
McNAMAR.— In  the  Yellow  Creek   congrega- 
tion, Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  June  19tb,  sister  Car- 
rie McNamar,  wife  of  friend  R.  C.  NcNamar, 
aged  25  years,  6  months  and  3  days.    Funeral 
services  by  the  Brethren  from  Phil.  1;  12. 
C.  L.  Buck. 
MILLER.— In  the  Mafjuoketa  church,   Scott 
Co.,  loVva,,  June  18th,  1878,  Lydia  Miller,  an 
applicant  for  baptism,  daughter  of   Samuel 
aud    sister    Brumbaugh,    aged  30  years.    1 
month  and  15  days.    Funeral  discourse  from 
Matt.  24:  44,  by  the  writer.  I.  Barto. 
HOUDESH ELL.— Died  in  Eagle  Creek  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  0,,  on  the  11th  of  June,  Mary 
Ellen  HoudeshcU,  aged  19  years,   5   mouths 
and  9  days.    The  subject  of  this   notice  had 
not  connected  heraclf  with   any  church,   al- 
though sho  had,  at  different  tiniea  during  the 
past  year  expressed  a  desire   to   become  a 
Christian.     Her  reason   was  much  clouded 
during  her  brief  itlncss.  so  much  so  that  she 
was  unable  to  converae  rationally  upon  any 
subject.    May  this  prove  a  warning  to  othoi-s. 
Funeral  conducted  by  Bro.  E.  Bosserman. 

S.  T.  BOSBBRUAN. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Prom  Mountain  Home,  Pa. 
Diftr  Biflhrf,,:— 
rilHROUGH  your  kindness,  Bro.  Merrill  and 
1  I,  with  many  other  invalids  at  this  home, 
are  enjoying  the  great  pleasure  of  reading  your 
paper,  which  is  a  source  of  great  comfort  to  us 
while  away  from  home.  Brethren  and  friends, 
when  these  are  lost  to  our  usual  daily  enjoy- 
ment, it  adds  to  make  your  paper  still  more  en- 
joyable, and  gives  us  a  fore-taste  of  the  feelings 
of  our  dear,  isolated  Brethren,  who  often  ex- 
press their  joy  in  the  privilege  of  receiving  our 
periodicals,  and  brings  us  nearer  to  them  in 
true  sympathy.  Many,  no  doubt,  do  not  value 
the  great  worth  of  your  paper,  when  surround- 
ed by  the  former  privileges,  nnd  I  for  one,  am 
free  to  express,  that  I  never  so  much  enjoyed  it 
as  at  this  time,  when  it  is  read  and  re-read. 

Dr.  Walter's  mountain  home  is  truly  an  in- 

ting  place  for  the  invalid.  We  are  thrown 
together  here  from  m.iny  States  in  the  Union. 
West  Indies  and  Canada,  all  seem  to  l>e  hopeful 
of  the  restoration  of  health,  and  are  trying  to 
enjoy  that  rest,  so  necessary  to  the  weary  and 
worn.  This  reminds  us  of  another  rest,  and 
are  invited  to,  and  shall  come  from  the  East, 
West,  North  and  South  to  enjoy;  but  very  un- 
like this,  as  we  have  our  aches,  pains  and  dis- 
appointments,— there  it  shall  be  a  true  home, 
and  rest  for  the  faithful  who  have  endured  to 
the  end.  Hope  that  our  sufferings  and  afflic- 
tions here,  will  only  make  us  richer  there,  when 
we  arrive  at  home. 

All  the  inmates,  or  nearly  so,  seem  to  profess 
religion,  and  this  brings  to  us  the  thought  that 
God  loves  us,  and  has  placed  this  affliction 
on  us  to  draw  us  nearer  to  Him.  Hope  the 
Lord  may  strengthen  us,  and  help  ns  to  endure 
to  the  end.  As  it  is  impossible  for  ns  to  write 
a  private  response  to  all  of  our  Brethren  and 
friends,  who  feel  an  interest  in  our  personal 
welfare  nnd  restoration,  we  would  say,  while  we 
have  tried  many  cures  and  medicines  prescribed 
by  some  eminent  physicians  and  all  have  failed, 
we  feel  at  times  almost  discouraged;  while  we 
are  led  on  slowly  yet  steadily  to  restoration.  — 
Bro.  Menill  is  also  meeting  the  full  expecta- 
tions of  Dr.  Walter,  and  will,  in  time,  be  re- 
stored to  health  again.  We  trust  the  Lord  will 
ble.ss  our  efforts  here,  and  soon  enable  us  to  re- 
turn to  onr  homes.     Fraternally, 

S.  C.  Keim. 

Weniersville,  Be>-ks  Co.,  Pa. 


A    Trip    West. 


r  Brctlim 


Don't  live  a  single  hour  of  your  life  without 
doing  exactly  what  ought  to  be  done  in  it,  and 
and  going  right  straignt  through   it  from   be- 
ling  to  end. 


ELDER  Martin  Garber  and  wife,  elder  John 
Brower  and  wife,  myself  and  ivife,  took 
the  train  at  Staunton,  Va.,  on  the  morning  of 
April  nth.  Reached  New  Hope,  Preble  Co., 
Ohio,  the  next  evening  at  half  past  five.  Visit- 
ed our  friends,  brethren  aud  sisters  in  Preble 
and  Montgomery  counties,  Ohio,  and  while 
there  attended  twelve  meetings.  The  people 
paid  good  attention  to  the  preaching  of  the 
Word,  and  we  have  been  made  to  rejoice,  when 
we  learned  that  so  many  of  those  dear  young 
pei'sons  have  been  adopted  into  the  kingdom. 
since  we  left  Ohio.  Angels  are  made  to  rejoice 
when  sinnere  turn  home  to  Christ. 

We  spent  part  of  one  day  at  the  Soldier's 
home,  near  Dayton,  Ohio;  seen  through  the  in- 
side workings  of  the  home.  It  is  a  home  for 
all  disabled  soldiers;  has  about  four  thousand 
names  on  roll;  five  hundred  absent  on  fur- 
lough. They  seat  1,100  persons  to  the  table  at 
once;  450  gallons  of  collee  required  for  one 
meal;  1,100  pounds  of  meatpermeal;  720 dozen 
of  eggs  for  one  breakfast;  450  gallons  of  soup 
for  a  supper;  4o0  lo.ives  of  bread  per  meal;  14 
barrels  of  potatoes  and  15  barrels  of  flour  pei 
day.    The  actual   cost  of  maintenance  of  each 

[dividual  is  about  21  cents  per  day.  The  in- 
stitution has  been  in  operation  about  11  years. 
Eleven  hundred  deaths  have  occurred  in  that 
time.     Present  mortality  about  25  per  month. 

Brethren  and  sistera  Gaiber  and  Brower, 
started  from  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  to  Iowa,  On  the 
25th  of  April,  wife  and  I,  started  to  Paris,  Ed- 
[lu-  Co..  Ill.,"and  on  the  4th  of  May  went  to 
Secor,  Woodford  Co.  Attended  two  meetings 
at  the  Pimther  Creek  church,  and  the  7th  took 
the  train  for  Iowa,  reaching  Keokuk  Co.,  la.,  on 
the  8tli.  Same  day  found  a  brother,  who  very 
kindly  conveyed  us  five  and  a  half  miles  out  to 
iro.  Samuel  Flory's,  and  there  we  overtook  our 
traveling  companions,  imd  rejoiced  to  meet  with 
each  other.  We  visited  in  Keokuk  Co.,  six 
days;  attended  three  meetings.  On  the  14th 
returned  to  Roanoke,  Woodford  Co.,  111.  The 
16th  mot  with  the  brethren  and  sisters  at  the 
Panther  Creek  church  at  their  Love- feast  meet- 
ing.   The  day  being  rainy,  the  multitude  was 


not  so  large,  but  we  had  a  verj-  interesting 
meeting.  On  the  30th  went  to  the  water  where 
baptism  was  ail  ministered. 

The  3Ist,  we  (all  six  of  onr  company),  took 
the  train  East,  to  Indiana,  near  place  of  A  M. 
Here  we  visited,  and  attended  meetings  at  dif- 
ferent places  until  Annual  Conference.  Great 
preparations  had  been  made  by  the  memljcra  for 
this  meeting.  The  multitude  was  large,  the 
weather  fine,  and  upon  the  whole,  the  meeting 
passed  of  pleasantly,  considering  the  multitude. 
The  feeling  among  the  Brethren  seemed  to  bo 
good. 

Reached  home  at  three  o'clock  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  16th  of  June;  found  our  families  all 
well,  for  which  we  have  cause  to  thank  the 
Lord-  Yonrs  in  Love, 

E.  L.  Bkowkr. 

W'lijncsboro,  Va.,  June  Mil. 


From    Souttiern    Kansas. 
J), iji-  Bret/inn:— 

HAVING  just  returned  from  a  Communion 
meeting  held  with  the  Brethren  in  An- 
derson Co.,  I  would  say,  that  my  father,  S. 
Hodgden,  old  Bro.  Bennett  and  myself,  attend- 
ed the  same,  and  had  a  very  pleasant  trip.  I 
think  we  had  the  most  enjoyable  feast  I  everat^ 
tended.  The  members  seemed  to  be  alive  to 
their  duty.  The  minLiters  present  were  Robert 
Edgecomb,  Bro.  Baker  from  Douglas  Co.,  Bro. 
Flack.  S.  Hodgden,  William  Stockmeyer,' A.  C. 
Numer  and  Jesse  Studebaker,  their  elder.  The 
Brethren  thought  it  best  to  call  more  help  to 
the  ministry,  and  also  to  the  office  of  deacon; 
they  gave  forth  their  lota  for  two  ministers  and 
two  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on  James  Shaw  and 
Ephraim  Studebaker  as  ministers;  Matthias 
Shilling  and  Peter  Watkins,  deacons.  I  hope 
they  may  be  the  means  of  doing  much  good.  — 
Brethren  and  sisters,  we  should  pray  for  our 
ministers,  hold  them  up  and  encourage  them, 
that  they  may  be  the  means  of  bringing  back 
the  lost  ones  to  the  fold  of  God.  There  is  a 
great  part  on  the  side  of  the  members,  that 
they  attend  meeting  i-egularly,  and  make  the 
meetings  lively  and  interesting.  Then  it  en- 
courages the  minister,  and  he  feels  that  his 
work  is  not  in  vain.  But  if  the  members  do 
not  go  to  meeting,  nor  take  any  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  church,  cverj-thing  becomes 
cold,  and  the  light  goes  almost  out.  Brethren 
and  sisters  think  of  this. 

There  were  also  five  received  into  the  church 
by  baptism,  during  the  meeting,  —  .til  young 
persons.  I  like  to  see  the  young  people  remem- 
ber their  Creator  in  the  days  of  their  youth.  — 
The  more  young  people  in  the  church,  the  bet- 
ter; I  believe  they  are  the  life  of  the  church.  — 
Father  Bennett  stood  the  trip  well  and  enjoyed 
himself;  he  is  getting  somewhat  in  the  decline 
of  life,  but  still  sails  on  the  old  ship  of  Zion; — 
soon  his  boat  will  touch  the  other  shore. 

M.  0.  Hodgden. 

Galfuliurff,  Kan.,  June  20th. 


From    HoUidaysburg,    Pa. 
Dear  Brethren: — 

ON  Bro.  and  sister  Eby's  return  from  Europe 
they  did  not  forget  the  dear  people  of 
Pennsylvania.  One  of  their  pointsof  stopping 
was  at  Altoona,  Pa.  On  Wednesday  evening. 
May  1st,  I  had  the  good  pleasure  of  hearing 
him  preach  there.  I  had  a  very  anxious  desire 
to  see  them  and  hear  him  preach.  Had  formed 
a  slight  acquaintance  with  him,  while  waiting 
at  the  depot,  en  route  for  A.  M.  held  at  Meyers- 
dale,  Pa.,  a  few  years  ago. 

But  to  the  subject.  The  evening  was  delight- 
ful. The  little  church  was  filled  ivith  anxious 
listeners.  Bro.  Eby  read  the  139th  Psalm  and 
spoke  from  verses  21-24.  He  portrayed  to  our 
minds,  the  honesty,  integrity  and  uprightoesd 
of  Darid.  He  was  a  man  after  God's  own 
heart,  and  yet  how  seemingly  unlike  our  bless- 
ed Saviour,  who  was  equal  ivith  God,  Bro. 
Eby  Mpoke  with  great  effectiveness  and  power. 
Should  we  never  hear  our  brother  speak  again, 
let  not  those  precious  truths,  spoken  that  night 
be  cast  into  oblivion  !  Better  had  we  never 
learned  of  Christ  than  to  perish  at  the  foot  of 
the  Cross,  in  a  land  of  Gospel  liberty  like  ours. 
We  feel  to  aay  that  the  united  congregation 
might  exclaim  with  Peter  of  old;  "  It  was  good 
to  be  there." 

Many  thanks  and  hearty  good  wishes  follow- 
ed Bro.  nnd  sister  Eby  by  the  friends  of  .\ltoo- 
na.  Thank  God  that  Bro.  and  sister  Eby,  with 
Bro.  and  sister  Fry  were  living  witnesses  to  the 
good  cause  aroused  in  Denmark,  and  were  per- 
mitted to  return  to  their  native  land  again. — 
How  gladly  we  welcome  them  back.  How 
anxiously  we  followed  them  through  their  per- 
ilous journey  across  the  briny  deep,   and  their 


tub:    BRETI-IREIN"    AT    "VVOKK:. 


July    4. 


miftsion  while  there  in  Denmark,  also  their  jour- 
ney hack  again.  Had  the  gind  pleasure  of  cod- 
versirig  with  them  at  the  depot od  TliursJay  nooD. 
as  they  were  altout  lo  depart  homeward.  My 
heart  was  pained  to  learn  of  the  hardsliips  of  the 
dear  people  of  Denmark,  especially  the  dear 
brethren  and  sisters  there.  May  God  protect 
them  from  all  evil.  Brother,  sister,  as  the  lilood- 
stained  banner  of  King  Immaniiel  waves  over 
Denmark,  let  us,  each  and  every  one,  work 
mightily  to  build  the  fortifications  slronger,  that 
they  may  bo  able  to  endure  the  wiles  of  Satan, 
and  yet  bearing  all  to  stand.  Plant  your  money 
and  your  ctTorts,  ?o  they  mny  abundantly  grow 
and  yield  a  hundred-fold  in  this  life,  and  a  glori- 
ous home  in  the  sweet  "  Bye  and  bye." 
Yimr  well-wifihing  Sister, 

Esin.v  II.  Stifi-kr. 


llnd  choice  for  two  deacons,  the  lot  falling  on  our 
dearly  beloved  hrclbten  Jaei)b  Geli  and  -lob  Ker- 
noy.  May  the  Lord  help  them  to  be  faithful  and 
to  be  good  servants  of  the  church.  Since  tho 
feast  we  are  harvesting,  hut  rain  every  day,  so 
(hat  the  grain  is  waiting  to  be  taken  care  of.  At 
]jipscnt  writing  no  prospects  for  clear  weather. ; — 
Early  Winter  wheat  very  good,  Intc  winter  wheat 
ilaniaged  by  smut.  I  love  the  paper,  and  am 
much  edified  and  strengthened  by  it.  However  I 
have  not  been  gelling  it  very  regularly,  but  will 
not  complain,  since  I  do  not  know  \vhose  fault  it 
is.  Hope  you  may  prosper  ;  the  Lord  bless  your 
kbore  of  love.    Yours  in  Christ, 

H.  W.  La>-dis. 
[We  do  all    in   our   power  to   have  the   paper 
each  all  the  subscribers,  and  if  any  fail  to  get  n 
eertain  number,  and  will  inform  us  of  it,  we    will 
gladly  send  them  another. — Ed.] 


A' 


From    Dayton,    Kansas. 

Dan-  Bnihnn.— 
S  we  are  oftenlimes  mndc  lo  rejoice  when  we 


hear  of  our  brethren  and  sisters  walking  ii 
the  appointed  ways  of  our  heavenly  Father,  and 
thereby  win  precious  souls  to  love,  and  obey  mi* 
Creator,  I  think  it  expedient  to  write  a  few  aen- 
leuces  in  regard  to  the  IVulli.  The  church  in 
Anderson  Co.,  Kansas,  held  a  Lnvc-fcast,  on  the 
13th  and  Hth,  inst.,  and  there  seemed  to  be  a 
very  general  interest  manifested  by  all ;  and  very 
good  order  prevailed  ;  no  doubt  many  are  looking 
for  a  safe  lauding  in  eternity.  Five  souls  came  into 
the  fold  of  our  Redeemer,  in  the  way  which  God 
has  before  ordained  or  api)ointed  for   us   to   walk 

Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  watch  and  pray, 
looking  daily  iulo  the  perfect  law  of  liberty  ;  and 
walk  as  Jesus  walked.  If  wo  hold  out  faithful, 
the  crown  of  life  shall  be  ours.  The  clinrch  saw 
the  need  of  more  laborers  in  the  house  of  God  ; 
BO  there  were  four  breihrou  chosen,  two  to  the 
deaeons'  office  and  two  for  ministers.  Bro.  E. 
Miller  was  advanced  into  the  second  degree.  Slay 
the  spirit  of  onr  God  rest  upon  these  brethren, 
they  may  walk  worthy  of  tlieir  calling,  and  may 
be  the  means  of  many  precious  soula  being 
brought  into  the  fold  of  Jesus,  is  the  desire  of 
your  brother  and  well-wisher. 

W.  SXOCKMBVER. 


From    Denmark. 

Iknr  Brethren: — 

IT  baa  often  been  in  my  mind  to  write  you  some 
lines,  but  my  spare  momenta  are  so  few,  and 
I  am  generally  so  much  won?  out  and  tired,  that 
the  body  is  not  able  to  render  assistance  to  thi 
soul.  0  how  would  I  enjoy  to  he  among  and  un 
derstaud  the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  over  yonder 
and  take  part  in  the  seasons  of  worship ;  yet 
while  this  hardly  ever  will  be  done,  I  feel  to 
joice  by  what  I  know  of  you.  To  tell  you  the 
way  the  Lord  has  lead  me,  I  lack  time.  This  I 
can  do  to  better  satisfaction  at  some  future  time, 
though  I  can  say,  that  I  have  learned  the  good- 
ness of  God,  for  which   I  give  glory  to  His  holy 

We  thank  you  out  of  a  full  heart,  dear  breth- 
ren and  sillers,  fbr  all  you  do  for  us.  It  is  appre- 
ciated and  the  voice  of  thanksgiving  goes  up  dai- 
ly to  a  ihroue  of  grace  for  your  work  of  love.  — 
True,  we  are  but  a  Utile  baud  and  much  despised 
by  the  many,  but  the  Lord  is  our  Sheptierd,  we 
shall  uul  wanL  We  will  trj',  by  tlie  grace  of 
God,  to  show  ourselves  worthy  of  the  vocation 
whereto  we  have  been  called. 

The  last  two  Sundays  I  have  had   the  Joy  of 
buryiug  two  dear  Bouls  with  Christ ;  the   one 
&1  year-old  man.     He  could  have   no   peace, 
stand  the  idea  of  dying,   before   he   had   obeyed 
Christ  in  ail  things.     When   he  arose    from    the 
water,  and  all  the  way    home,   he  thanked    and 
praised    God.      AVe    had   a  good   meeting  p 
vious  to  baptism  ;  but  only  one  sister  went  along 
to  the  water,  yet  other  friends,  standing  nca 
were  of  good  service,  and  manifested    a   wil 
ness  to  help.     The  old  brother  was  so   weak  thai 
he  was  carried  lo  the  water  in  a  wagon  and  had  to 
be  lifted  from  it.     May   God's  blessings  rest 
him  in  his  remaining  day.'). 

We  have  good  hope  for  the  spread  of  the  Gos- 
pel, seveial  more  stand  near  the  fold.  We  send 
you  our  warmest  love,  especially  lo  those  whocn 
we  have  seen  face  to  face 

Yours  in  Christ, 

C.  ESKU.1)SF.S. 

From    Osborne    City,    Kansas. 

Dtnr  Brethmi:— 

OUR  Love-feast  was  held  at  PoUerville  in  this 
Co.,  on  Saturday,  June  8lh,  Brethren  Al- 
len Ives  and  Hiram  Fndeley  from  Burr  Oak, 
Jewell  Co,,  were  with  us.  Had  much  rain  during 
the  time,  which  made  things  very    unpleiEant.  — 


From    Lewiston,    Mir 


lesota. 


J).(ir  Bnlhrm:— 

WE,  tlie  Brethren  of  Winona  Co,,  held  our, 
Communion  on  the  first  day  of  June,  thn 
tiine  announced.  >Ve  had  a  very  fair  attendance 
of  members  of  our  branch,  and  also  quite  a  num- 
ber from  adjoining  church  districts.  By  reason 
of  the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the  attenilauce 
of  outsiders  was  not  very  large. 

We  \vere  well  supplied  with  ministerial  forces. 
Tho  ministering  brethren  present  with  us  from 
other  .parts,  were  as  follows:  Paul  Wetzel  of 
Grundy  Center,  lown  ;  Joseph  Ogg  and  William 

usy  of  Filmorc  Co.,  Sliun.;  and  Sylvester  Du- 

id  of  Lo  Sucr  Co.,  Minn.  Bro.  Wetzel  came 
about  two  weeks  in  advance  of  the  time  of  our 
I/Dve-feost,  in  order  to  have  some  meetings  among 
the  Germans,  as  there  is  (]uile  a  large  number  of 
that  nationality  in  onr  vicinity  of  country.  I-Ie 
fir^t  held  a  few  mcelings  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Jacob  Hai-shraan,  au  isolated  Bro.;  about  twenty 
miles  West  of  Lewiston.  The  meetings  were  held 
in  the  church  owned  by  the  Erange)ical  Associa 
tiou,  or  German  Methodists. 

Bro.  Wetzel  next  came  among  the  Brethren  i 
the  vicinity  of  LewisUm,  a  village  of  about  four 
hundred  inhabitants,  largely  Germans.  Thi 
Brethren,  anxious  to  have  Bro.  Wetzel  preach  to 
them,  there  being  no  meeting-house  or  church  in 
the  place  in  which  to  hold  meetings,  we  finally 
concluded  to  try  and  gel  the  hall  in  the  Lewis- 
ton  Hotel,  and  succeeded.  The  hall  was  ar- 
ranged for  the  purpose  of  preaching  the  Gospel, 
instead  of  dancing.  Temporary  seats  were  pro- 
vided by  common  boards  being  placed  on  beer 
kegs,  of  which  twenty-one  were  used  on  the  occa- 
sion. We  had  five  meetings  in  this  place,  and, 
thanks  be  to  God,  that  somegood  was  accomplish- 
ed. 

I  ivill  say  to  the  many  readers  of  your  worthy 
paper,  that  the  brethren  aad  sisters  of  the  Wino- 
im  church  are  still  trying,  by  tho  help  of  God  to 
live  a  devoted  life  ;  serve  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord  with  the  ability  that  He  givcth  us.  Onr 
late  Communion  has  strengthened  us,  and  we  liope 
to  make  considerable  advancement  in  the  iliv 
life.  May  our  course  be  onward  and  upward,  so 
that  at  last,  wo  mny  all  be  gathered  home  to  our 
eternal  reward.  \"\'ithin  (he  last  year,  ending 
the  first  day  of  June,  we  received  into  tho  church 
by  baptism,  nine  ;  by  letter,  three  ;  in  all  twelve. 
C.  F.  Wirt. 


Religious  Intolerance  in  Denmark. 

ToMr.AviiuaJ^)d:  — 

I  WROTE  a  letter  lately  to  ray  brother-in-law, 
who  learns  war  in  Aalborg  and  enchised  it 
in  one  of  my  peace  envelopes,  and  sent  It  to  him. 
He  wrote  me  ns  follows  ; 

"Youri  letter  received,  and  I 
thank  you  for  i(.  I  have  rend  it  with  joy  |  yet  it 
has  caused  me  some  trouble,  and  I  do  not  know 
whether  or  not  I  have  acted  right.  You  can 
judge  for  yourself  by  the  following.  Your  letter 
has  been  nud  is  being  severely  criticised  a  .^reat 
deal  by  the  officers  in  the  army,  because'of  what 
is  printed  on  tho  envelope.  Your  letter  is  dated 
April  2i)th  and  was  received  May  Gth.  Now  you 
know  all  letters  are  s<-nt  to  us  through  the  haJid 
of  an  officer.  When  letters  were  handed  out 
May  tiih,  I  w.is  called  forward  to  three  of  our 
higher  officers  who  commenced  to  speak  very 
roughly  to  me,  and  demanded  information  about 
you  and  your  occupation.  Of  course  I  could  on- 
ly tell  them  yon  were  sent  here  as  a  missionary 
of  the  Brethren  in  America.  At  last  they  de- 
maiideil  I  should  give  them  the  envelope.  Here 
I  was  in  a  almit  and  hardly  knew  what  lo  do.  I 
knew  1  had  a  right  to  deny  them  the  letter,  yet 
was  aware  it  would  cause  me  much  trouble  after- 
wards. And  I  did  hand  it  to  hini,  but  probably 
1  had  better  not  done  so.  But  I  thought  if  Ibey 
would  cnlt  you  beJbro  the  tribunal,  they  would  do 
so  anyhow^  and  what  harm  can  ihcy  do   you.    IW 


■hat  the  envelope  contained?  I  trust  you  can 
answer  for  what  ymi  wrote.  I  do  not  know  what 
they  (vill  do,  but  hope  all  will  come  right. 

Now  I  must  note  some  things,  by  which,  if  you 
avoid  them,  you  can  save  much  trouble.  What 
the  officers  wanted  me  lo  write  to  you,  is  this. — 
That  you  should,  in  the  future,  use  no  more  such 
envelopes  when  yon  write  to  me  here.  They  do 
not  wish  to  see  such  a  thing  nuy  mote.  You  must 
lo  however  as  you  deem  proper. 

To  that  translation  from  Samuel  J.  May,  I 
have  nothing  to  say,  except  that   it   is   true,   yes, 

ery  word  of  it.  I  know  well  enongh  that  (be 
life  of  a  soldier  is  the  most  cruel  and  fearful  pro- 
fession to  be  imagined.  It  is  in  every  respect  to 
be  educated  to  kill  and  destroy  our  fellow-men. — 
And  the  soldier  is  in  many  resjiecta  not  treated  as 
I  human  being,  but  often  treated  wot?e  than  a 
iruic.  A  nion  in  Denmark  can  be  punished  for 
maltreating  his  animals,  but  the  officers  can  treat 
1  soldier  ns  bad  as  they  please,  without  punish- 
ment. Still  the  soldier  is  created  In  the  image  of 
of  the  Lord  ns  well  as  the  officer.  We  may  safe- 
ly say,  a  soldier  is  outside  (he  law  ;  though  subject 
lo  tho  racancat  treatment  by  the  officer,  he  has  no 
rights  himself.  No.  the  officer  will  tell  him:  "  I 
will  teach  you  (o  forget  God,  but  never  me." 

So' I  never  have  one  happy  hour  while  iii  this 
profession,  and  yet  I  learn  ns  easy  as  nil  the  rest, 
but  it  is  the  love  for  vain  glory,  that  maltes  it  go 
smooth.  But  my  dear  friend,  it  is  not  only  the 
life  of  a  soldier,  that  makes  every  honest  n: 
loath  it.  I  do  not  know  of  any  similitude 
exactly  express  my  idea,  but  might  liken  it  to 
hell.  I  do  not  conceive  of  any  more  suitable 
name.  Could  you  see  us,  drawn  up  in  baule  ar- 
ray, you  would  hear  a  gieat  deal  of  swearing  and 
blaspheming,  and  of  such  a  nature  to  make  any 
honest  man  tremble.  All  of  our  officers  are  in 
reality  (juite  satanic,  though  ihey  are  reported  as 
sonie  of  the  best. 

Now  you  see  that  it  is  not  with  joy  that  I  slay 
here,  but  ns  a  Dane  I  am  compelled  to  heed  i(s 
laws,  yet  I  kno\s-  yofi  wil!  say  :  '  Decline  and  fall 
back  on  the  law  of  the  Most  High.'  Well,  but 
what  will  be  tho  result  ?  To  do  so  I  have  a  good 
desire,  but  to  do  it  and  to  defend  it,  I  lack  cour- 
age and  wisdom. 

REM  A  IOCS. 

So  it  Is  with  hundreds  of  honest  young  men.  — 
May  God  pity  our  country.  We  do  all  wo  can 
to  enlighten  them.  Over  100,000  octavo  pages, 
printed  in  tract  form  are  spread  here.  Five  thou- 
sand copies  of  our  peace  envelopes  have  been  dis- 
tributed, and  many  sermons  preached  on  the  sin- 
fulness' of  war.  A  small  church  is  organized,  ad- 
hering lo  the  peace  cause  and  we  have  many 
friends  In  the  land,  yet  most  all  are  poor,  and'un- 
able  to  help  the  cause  along. 

After  two  years  of  hard  work,  we  have  good 
hopes  for  poor  Denmark  It  is  hard  to  get  the 
people  to  work  in  union  here,  very  hard,  if  we 
cannot  all  see  alike.  People  will  mthdraw  and 
pull  down,  rather  thnn  build  up,  and  all  dLssent- 
ei^  from  the  State  church,  even  those  who  claim 
to  be  the  children  of  peace,  fighl  one  anotlier.  — 
Now  it  always  was  my  idea  of  pence  that  we 
should  not  only  put  the  sword  in  its  place,  but 
bridle  our  tongue  and  not  use  it  as  a  poisoned 
dart.  But  so  it  is.  Christendom  Is  rent  and 
split,  and  all  that,  because  carnality  is  in  the  In- 
side as  well  as  outside. 

I  receive  your  paper  regularly,  and  feel  to  en- 
courage you  in  your  work.  You  speak  in  plain 
and  unmistakable  language,  and  you  do  well,  for 
the  promise  is  all  on  your  aide,  All  you  work 
for  shall  finally  blefs  deluded  humanity.  Will 
you  accept  my  good  wishes  and  heartfelt  thanks 
for  your  kindne.'O  towards  me  ? 

I  received  a  letter  from  France  some  tiiue  ago, 
from  the  friends  of  (leace,  and  answered  ;  but 
have  not  heard  fiom  them  since.  They  said,  they 
workcil  on  one  plan  to  gel  all  the  peace  people 
united  on  a  good  working  basis.  That  was  too 
good  an  idea  to  be  lost,  but  since  we  have  heard 
nothing  about  It. 

Our*countrj-  has  changed  couMderably  in  the 
last  eight  years.  Then  we  could  hardly  speak  of 
peace,  without  immediate  punbhment  for  it, 
Now  we  hordly  meet  opposition  among  the  com- 
mon people,  but  many  have  a  weakness,  like  that 
soldier,  so  that  they  dare  not  act  out  their  prin- 
ciples. Yours  in  Christ, 

C.  Hope. 

Hjorring,  Denmark. 


Dry  Valley  church,  Pa 10,110 

K  Leonard 1.00 

B,F.  Shade 50 

W  Ikeuberry .25 

Ella  M.  Swaely , .       2.00 

L  Horner,  Ind .20 

David  Crull,  Ind .M 

A  brother.  Ind.,. 15 

J.  K.  Miller,  Ind., 25 

J.  Buss,  Ind., 25 

M.  Forney.  111., 2-5 

Oakland  church,  Ohio, 7,43 

West  Contstogo.  Pa, 15.12 

Chiquer  church.  Pa., 48.43 

John  Haruish,  Oliio 3.00 

S.Bock.Ind., 60 

D.  C.  Rigglc, 25 

, C.  P.  lloWLAKit,  Treasurer. 

Liimr/c,  Ill.,Jmemh,  m$. 
(P.  C.  phnsr  roplj.  ) 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND, 

Silver  Creek  church.  III., $     -W.OO 

Shannon  church.  111 20.00 

A  sisier,  Kansas 25 

Lydia  Hough, 2,00 

Pine  Creek  church.  111,, 20,00 

Tuscarawas  church.  O., 2.12 

I.  Steel 25 

J.  D.  Lahman, 50 

U.E.Miller, 7.60 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


The  sym])toms  of  a  general  Indirin  wiir  on  the 
frontier  are  unmistakable.  Army  officers  are  ap. 
prehensive,  and  nil  (he  tribes  seem  lo  be  in  a  state 
of  ferment.  Serious  difficulties  In  same  loualitiea 
have  ali-eatly  made  their  a]ipearauCo. 

Perhaps  the  most, siguificjint  event  of  (he  past 
week,  iu  (his  country,  is  the  election  in  Calilbrnin, 
where  the  Communists,  under  the  lend  of  one 
Kearney,  have  carried  the  city  of  San  Francisco, 
and  have  gone  far  towards  carrying  the  Slate. 


The  schooner  Eolheii  sailed  June  lOih,  in 
search  of  relies  of  Sir  John  Franklin,  II  wil!  be 
ibseot  probably  two  years  or  more. 


The  Congress  at  Berlin  has  arranged  terms  of 
peace,  which,  no  doubt,  \yill  be  accepted  by  Rus- 
sia and  Turkey. 


I  A  sugar  beet  factory  is  to  be  started  In  Healds- 
burg,  Cal.  It  is  proposed  'lo  erect  works  with  a 
capacity  of  about  40  tons  of  sugar  per  diem, 
which  will  require  the  planting  of  over  500   acres 


No  farmer  can  afford  to  sell  wood  ashes  for  anv 
price  that  the  soap-boiler  would  pay.  Where 
oats  lodge,  as  they  are  apt  to  do  upon  heavily 
manured  land,  an  application  of  aeheswould  save 
the  crop. 

A  little  green  bug  is  destroying  the  blue  grass 
in  Kentucky,  Great  fields  are  said  to  be  ravaged 
by  It,  the  grass  looking  as  if  it  had  suffered  a  pro- 
tiacted  drouth. 


Two  (ramps  attacked  a  woman  in  Tazwell  Co,, 
Va.  With  an  ax  she  killed  one  and  cut  nff  the 
arm  of  the  other,  though  not  until  after  she  was 
fatally  slabbed.     She  died  in  two  hours. 

The  Bajiliat  WteUtj,  baa  compiled  the  following 
table  of  statistics,  showing  the  indebtedness  of 
several  of  the  great  missionary  organisations  of 
ihe  country  so  far  as  reported ; 
American  Baptist  Misilonnry  Union,  -  $  20.000 
Preibylerian  Board  of  Foi-eign  Mianons.  00,000 
Reformed  Foreigu  Mis-^iona.  -  -  -  -  28,000 
Methodist  Misionary  Society,     -     -    -      170,000 

The  Methodista  include  both  their  home  and 
foreign  work  in  one  organization.  Probably  the 
other  denominations  also  show  a  large  iudehteil- 
ne.'-s  for  foreign  work. 


W.  Slaik  Williams,  a  native  of  Butler  Co..  O., 
a  graduate  of  Miami  University  and  Lane  .Semin- 
ary, tor  twelve  years  a  missionary  at  Kalgau, 
Northern  China,  writes  under  date  of  January 
17th,  1878.  After  giving  interesting  details  of 
missionary  work,  its  difficulties  and  success,  ho 
adds:  There  Is  a  vast  population  here,  and  very 
little  employmeuU  For  two  years  there  has  been 
a  famine,  and  niillions  have  perished.  Food  ig 
very  high  and  silver  very  low.  The  govcrnraept 
of  China  has  given  a  million  dollars.  I  saw  food 
made  of  leaves,  bark  and  chaff,  eaten  by  the  poor, 
These  suffering  people,  in  their  extremities  do  not 
excite  riot,  ns  was  the  case  in  the  United  Stated 
Inst  Summer,  but  starve.  If  famine  would  turu 
them  from  idolatry  and  opium  to  Christianity,  1[ 
would    be  well. 


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UiTe  Lanark  111  2;18  A.  M 
A.   M.,   and   nl   [took  Iain 

g  tnst  and  weal, 
,  arri»ing  in  Raci 
ndalBiOOA.  M. 

Freight  *ia  AccommodaliuD 
12;  10  A,  St.,   8:10  A.  11 
and  6:  1&  P.  M. 

Trains    will   run 
and  t^t    al   12 

wet   at 
10  A- M. 

Tickelt  »r«  (old   Tor  sbc 
trains  make  cloac  coo  nc  el  ion 

;;>£".  t^i. 

Junvliifa, 

a.  A.  Sxirn 

Agent. 

The  Brethrm  At  Work. 


'BphoU,!  lijrimj    You  Good  Tidings  of,  6-reat  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People. 


-  Luke  : 


Vol  III. 


Lanarl^,,  111.,  July  11, 1878. 


No.  28. 


Tihe  Brethreni  at  "Work. 

■'"  '      ■   EtnTEO  AWT)  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY   ' 


J.  H.  MOORE   &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN'. 


SPECIAL  COl^TRIBTTTORS: 


B.  H.  lllI.l.KU, 
J,  W.'STKIS,  '  ' - 
1).  VANIMAN.iill-- 
D.  B,  UXNTZK)!,!   .1 
MATTIF  A.  l.Ei^. 


-  -        L.vnOGA,  INl). 
'    -      ■J.-K>VTON'tA,  MO. 

-  -,  k-1  yiilDBS,  ILU 

-],    7      UKB.V}iA,    U-I'. 


■the    ]iitli   of    pmcMt-nl    religi'ji 


k.Hll 


Ul, 


THEY  T^^TIfEAR    SHAIiL.LIVE. 

FAUEWliLL    mv  gay  conipaiuons, 
"Wifhyur.  liiinuotgo;'  '- 
■  I\'e'*'et  mi  (HI  niy  journey,  mI  i   i  ■'  ■  m' 
■I   .il  iMy  lioiiioiytiuo(>liel<jw.i »  ..di    ■,;  i,., 

'illy  honi'^^is  high  UJ)  y'ouafer>   '■  1 

■  Am!  f.heiv  uiy  johiiiie^  endd,  .t-;'   . 
.,■    ;., Join witli.im^ ill  iiiy%vebij  f  ,  ,,, 

Vdv  tlierf  yiiull  mett  j-oiir  fritjuds. 
frit'iKls  tint  lmveloiig^epiy;ted,  ,,,    ,, 
■    j^nd^coiiid  tliey, us  address,    r  ,   ,  . 
Tliyv'd  t«li' llie,  wondrous, story, 
Wliieli  lilp'i.iiinotespWss.''  '   '''■'' 

Ttn-  sinner  knows  nO  pleasure,  , 
Compared  with 'tieavetily  bliss; 

Tlie'Christilui'^oeslliSlduty,"' 
And  ^tlii^  ia'hapiJiness, 

My  yoiing  and  ^ay  corfipanioos, 

Who  live  in  niirtli  and  gift',' '  '''■'    '  - 
Remember  yonrtjraat  dnt;f'  .  ■  ..Ir 

I  List  toithnt  voice  within. 

If  you'  refuse  its  warnings  I 

■I'Uatil  itisitoo  late,''  nil  i  i  i.r  i  nl'  ' 

'        I  pity  yon,  poor  simier,  ,    ),,,,,  .ilm] 

For  sad  will  be  your  fata.     .; 

I  should  be  lost  as  sadly^  w    !■■■ 
I  ,,, Should  I  not  uiend  my  ways, 
And  render  to  Him  gliidly, 
God's  ever]a.*ting  priiisei 

., ,,  My  Savior  called, me  early, 
And  parti)'  I  obeyed; 
But  now  I  sei'  iny  danger 
Aud  wonder  where  I' feiiyed. 


v-itliiii, 


Jesus  I  iuinibly  pray  thee, 
■   '      TiiatThim  woiiUU.lwelb 
■■"Tos:mctiiy  luy  natun-. 

And  set  nit'  free  from  sin. 

'"  Be'tliis  mygreitest  '^dfeasure,  '' 

Thy  holy  will  fti'liee(.;i!  '  <^'  ^^   '   '     ' 
Then,  dying  on  thyibosom       , ,  ,,    \ 

I'll  rest,  uijd  siyeetly  slijep.    ^  i      , 
Selcc'ttd  by  Mahy  t.jCuPi'. 

THE  mission'  of  POVEiRTY. 

BY  C.  Kr.'BAL6BAtJ0((,"' '      '       '     '      ' 

ffilDLESSED  Rreye,poor.",,il'God  hath  chog- 
,( J i  en  the  jwor  of  (his  yprld."  "  I  was  a 
hungered,  thii-sty,  if  ^trauaer,  niiki;d,  sii-k." 
.WhobLaiuv.--*  tbisasiiwcriptivL'  of  the  Lynl  of 
Glor>-'l' '  Who  gloi-iesi)ithebles5L-dne.--s  of  pov- 
erty? Who  sees  Incai-uate  Deity  and  the  Judge 
of  all  th(^  eai'th  in'  the  'poor  saints?  O  for  the, 
eyesalve  of -the  Diviiu-  Oculist  to  heal  our  Lao- 
dicean ophthalmia.  What  an  intolerable  HCur- 
vypoverty  is  to  many  of  »ts.  How  glad  we  iire 
if  the  poor  suffer  on  io  silence,  and  keep 
their,  fingers  out  of  our  pocket-books.  How 
thanklt;9S,  or  with  what  cold  formality,  we  sit 
to  our  epicurean  t«bles,  vfliWe  our  fellow-niem- 
bers,  with  gnit«rul  hearts  and  tearful  eyes,  sub- 
sist on  mush  aiid  milk.  To  pamper  self  and 
neglect  the  poor  is  not  the  religion  of  Jesils 
ChriBt,  To  "fare  sumptuously  every  day," 
while  some  tattered,  scabby,  ulcerous  Laioarus 
lies  at  the  door,  b  the  quintessence  of  selhuh- 
ness. 

The  great  marvel  of  the  world's  history  is 
thatGodin  Christ  became  poor,  A  great  want 
was  here  met,  and  a  glorious  example  given. 
The  words, "  Ye  know,"  in  2  Cor.  8 :  9,  contiuu 


hollow  loi  lack  ul  uou.i.hiui-ut,  wiuL-all  av.n.nd 
hifrt  aft'  tho^e  whose 'iol-riis  ari^  bloated  with  ex- 
cessive'alilneAtatioii;'itia'euoilgh  't6  bake  Je- 
su'ffwee'tl  inHeftVen,'ftndireperttithc'0li\-i3t  (mil 
of  Liikrilfl:r41,  42.  "'■'Inasmuch  as>ye  have  not 
done  it  luitfl  oneof  ithe/rYMiof  thosa  my  hretli- 
reu,.yc  liaye  uot.dniicit  uutn  me:'"  >"  UKrAiiT  ru 
( IU;.K].."  What  tliujid^r  wo  d>,  lor  the  Jiwiu- 
ni..ii-u.,r,hii.,.r.  What  a  eniOiii.-,  irreversible 
atMll.-'ii.,  t..i-rli,.,i,.^i,.,.t,.rnf  th-p.ior.     What 

,11^  r.t..Ml,ll|^    ,1 liiiu   p,-u.,lt\      lor    Hie    d^'^piser 

..i  th.-  li,<.n>,iati,i„.  Whoever  U  ashauieii  of 
poverty  Is- ;tsh.im'ed  of  Jesuii  Christ.  '  Siicrifiee 
is  tiib  glu^y  ofiOh'i'istlaiiity.  ' Selfishness 'ia  the 
curse  of  hunianifcyd  '  0  the  blessoduess  of  being 
poor! with  Jeai£  to  ^uri^  othei-a.i  !.■(■,■,  i.|    , 

-If  we  tiruly  apjuehetid  the  Cioss  Yte, ulUst .be- 
come verj  poor  bef^j'e  lye  /eei  poor  cuough^to 
tcf/.  _  ^,f  >ye  h.av,^  fi'i'yP^  •?'^?".f  .^y-',,  ^vl/,  ^i'l^  t*" 
bread  and  water,  and  yet  feel  rich.  If  there  is 
anything  real  ii'nder  the  sun  it  'is  the'snisc  of 
jbint-lreiiship  with' '  the  'All-ihli'erit6r.  GixPs 
pottr  must  be  soui/ti(  6iid.  They  <io''not  flimut 
th^irpdverty.'  'The  keen'  eye  and' i^uick' sym- 
pathy of  ChriBtiamlovi'dnds  themj  The  poor 
areiheDiviuetestofourfealty,  Tho^ewhoapUrn 
tbe.injor  inside  the  \ynlls  of  i^iCD,  have, nothing 
fu  spare  fur  missons  outside,  Remember  tJie 
poverty  of  -le-sus,  aud  your  riches  in  His  em[>- 
tiness.  and  and  you  will  he  gtail  He  has  hinged 
your  salvation  on  kindness  to  the  poor. 


-H^-^ 


m= 


leiWfbiion-ir'tliesrhyil^tJ'otlhatrtiWest  piec. 
trimmtiig.i  tir  in  dllort ■  Wear  'any thi^^  for  oru; 
mont  Or  use  any  oith'er  adornment  than  i»  meek 
imditpiiot  spirit,  wo  are  diaobepug  the  full  com- 
mend, and  not  only  om,  but  all  of,  the,  cppi- 
mauds  i;oficerni^g,liv,i^s  npi(7i;pu/orme^l  tO|tUe 
Yffy}A-  .  ,  I  ,,,     ,1,        ,,  ,      ,  ..     ,,,ji,    .,  ,  ,i    . 

,|And  (jear;siaters,  this ^is, pot  ,011  of,  tha  ,tiarm 
we  are  <biing   in    this    matter;  we  are  not  ofily 


Aptew  "WORDS  TO  THE  SISTERS. 


Dear  Sillers: — 


HY-CFIAULOITE  T.  BO^■D. 


■r 


.i... 


As  a  loye  of  dre^s  ia  &  weakness  that  belpugs 
to  our  Siix,  T  sincerely  hope  that  you  will 
not  only  bear  witli  iliy  reuiarks  on  the  sliliject, 
biit  hojfe  that  you  will  consider  them  well.'  The 
Scriptures  forbid  conformity.  They  also  tell 
uswlinb  our  adornments  should  be,' as  well  us 
what 'they,  should' not  be.  Ouriadoronients 
must  not  consistfQ,. gold  or<  app(U¥l'Or|costli>' 

ftri;ay,,„,  ,., ,,,;  |-     .,,  ,;,,  ,,,|.,,,i 

,. The  , church  hn^giyen  us  a  .(iystemx^tii;  dress, 
or  ill  other  words  an  order  of  dj-cw  that  we  may 
know  just  what  to  do.  Why  not  live  up  to 
this  order,  turning  neither  to  the  right  nor  left? 
It  is  neiit'and  good  "enough  for  aiiy  of  us, 'aud 
bri^  of  'the  g'reati'st  hi^auties  ah'out  it  is,  if  it  is 
strictly  iiHH^rfrd  too,' it  bring:^  rich' and  p'oor  up- 
on an 'eqtlal  footiiig.  There  need  be  no  embal- 
I'assment  'ainong  poor^  sisters;'  they  ctiniall 
meet  and,f ajuf.^  each  othpr  ju  loying  confidence. 
Sisters  doyou  not  see  the  beauty  of  the  arrapgc- 
ment? 

fan  nc  not  ]•••']:  up  to  the  Giver  of  every 
ble-,iim,  ;liiJ  liuiiiljly  tliank  Him  for  giving  u,-< 
coiniaaiul.-.  ,iu  t'i\v  to  obey,  and  thiit  are  so  Well 
calculated  th  keep  love  and  harmony  among  ua. 
Did'yoii  neverfeel'thhtsweet  peace' of  ihihd' that 
the  humble  9ist«r  erijoyii  in  her  sim'ple,'  henvtn- 
Drdered  apparel,  and  think  how  superior  ib  is 
over  and  above'tlie  hufcterliy  of  fashion,  whose 
njind  is  eoustantly  filled  audi  worried,  with,  a 
fear  that  she  will  not  make  a,  go^d  appearance 
at  all  tjuicsaud  places  in  the  latest  fashions? 
Would,  you  not  think  it  dreadful  to  be  >uch  a 
slavBi?  Alas!  thousands  are  just  in  such  a  state 
of  slavery.  Now  dear' sisters,  every  oiic  of  us 
that  fail  in  the  smallest  thing,  living  up  to  the 
establL-ihed  order  of  the  church,  are  just  ti^  g\iil- 
ty  as  the  one  that' puts  on  iill  the  fashions  of 
the  day.  If  we  fail  in  doing  part  ofa  command, 
ire  guilty  of  full  disobediisnce  'of  that.coln- 
mand.  That  is  the  meaning  , of  the,  ;t«x£,."  If 
you  fail  in  one  point,  you  are  guilty,  of  the 
whole."  It  is  very  inconsistf  nt  tp  ^appoae  that 
if  we  fail  in  onocouimand,  we  are  guilty  of  the 
whole,  but  it  looks  very  reasonable  if  we  fail  in 
one  point,  we  aire  guilty  of  the  whole.  Thus 
dear  sisters,  you  perceive  that  if  we  wear  ause- 


sliattii 
so  fav  : 


^dv. 


leth.'J 


great, 
>trLty  With 
us.  if  one  sees  you  with  a  small  amOu'ht'of 
snpifvflliityJShe'fionth'idesitiiO'llafm't^do'eWn 
morethun  yoli.iand  she' is  right,  foV  if  you  dis- 
obey in  part; you  htb  guilty  of  ithe  whole.  J3e- 
sidta  you  liave  wad"}  theetart,  hfi;fe  led  the.way. 
0«r,old  ,motn^-  Ey^,\yas  li,'d ,  i(ifo,.,  t^;l^ptation 
fii-st,  andby  ^ler  example  atid  iiiflueijpeher  hus- 
band was  induced  to  commit  a  sin  that  has 
brought  the  i  niihe,|ii,.u,  —  ..{  -iji  uj>un  the 
whole 'luinlaiif.iiinlv,  ajul  th.^  |,uiiI-lMiieut  piiss- 

ed  upon  EvC,  Ihls  I n  tr^iii-ferre,!  t..  ,ill  of  her 

daughters;  her  husl,:iird  wa.!;  tn  rulo'o\-er  her,to^ 
womau  wili  the  tir^t'in  the  t.i'allsgWS^ion'.'  I*  ■' 
We  arc  indeed  ivenk  vessel. ■i^''but'  'let 'ui*' shoW 
our  strena:th  by'bbeying'the  truth,  and  keeping 
right  along  tliestraightandnaij-ow  waj'.  When 
we  see  one, going  just  as  far  as  they  dare  go  in 
the  ways,  of  t(ie  wprld,  we  yery,  niuch,,tear  for 
them,  that  they  are  being  led  by  a  wrong  spirit. 
The  Spirit  ,of  Truth  that  is  to  euide  the  Chris- 
tian's way,  never  .lir.^.  t-.  into  fuibUdKii  p^.th^ 
biit  lelushecoulrutled  with  the  =ame  feeling 
of  one  of  old,  when  he  said,  "lot  others  do  as 
they  will;  as 'forme  and  niyhbiise,  w'e  will  serve 
the  Lord;"         -    H*        !      A    .,,,i   ,  ., 

We'would  go' d'r^  further,  an^  say;  that' a  firm 
l-esohition  to  do  our  duty,  and  let  the  worid  say 
and  do  as  it  may,  will  gain  the  favor  of  God  and 
all  good  men,  while  theother  course  will  bring 
us  nearer  and  nearer,  every  d;ly,i to.  endless  des- 
truction, God  nays,  "  My  Spirit  willnot  always 
strive  with,mfin."'  Why  do  \ye  ,cr.'kye  these 
<yirtjhly  objects?  They  caijuot  l)rij)g,hfij)piness 
or  comfort,  they  cannot  eiLse  pain;  Uie  friends 
make  by  such  are  of  no  account,  mere  bub- 
bles that  hiif^t  the  instant  the  cold  winds  of  ad- 
versity touches  you,  while  the  true  and  holiest 
will  clihg''to  you  'in'  adversity,  t)r  prosperity. 
To  hare'  true  friends,  we  must  be  true  ourselves, 
and  if  wehelong  tothe  church  of  the  Brethren, 
and  believe  in  its  doctrine,  let  .Ua  live  up. to  it; 
and, if  the  churches  th)(t|practice. after,  the  fash- 
ions of  the  world  suit  us  better,  let  fia  h 
them;  not  liye  in  one  ai)((  .belong  practically  to 
the  another,  I, presume  every  person  that  be- 
longs io  the  church  of  the  Brethren,  linows  that 
plainness  is  strictly  advocated,  and  why  alter 
becoming  men\her.s,  will  some  resist  coming  iu- 
t^thttWd^i:,  aUthusbfeeonid'ttstuiiibling-bltick 
toothers?  ■"''■  >"'^'   '""'  'i    '" 

Dear  yis'tei-^,  conie'right'oveVtii'th'e  6'rder,'and 
as  a  sister  r^inaH'ed  to  me  soon' after  't  became 
a.  member.  MTlieplainer  the  better."  'If  .We  are 
decent  and'cletui  tliat  of  counseiis  included;  tor 
c.leauUi)ess  if)  next  to  godliness,  jlJJflWiWe.be- 
liey^  it  to  bejust  as  wrong  to  dress  e:(|;^'avagant- 
ly  as  fiLshioiiubly.  When  we  buy  high-priced 
clothing,  we  ^Ji..gld  cnn.-ider  if  wc'woiihl  speuJ 
one-bidffor  the  ^trticle,  that  wou'b!  aiiviver  the 
purpose  just  as  wt-II.  The  other  half'  might  be 
put  in  some  valuable  works  aud  si^nt  out  among 
the  iwople,  some  of  our  papL^rs,  periodicals  or 
pamphlets,' and  .suppose  only  one  would  cause 
some  poorisinner  to  chati'ge  his  course  and  turn 
from  bis  wicked  ways  and  seek  Clod,  and  you 
will  l)e  none  the  wo_rs^ff,.  What  a  small  sac- 
rifice to ^oin,- so  raup)i,-  ypu  iwpuld-  hav^  the  de- 
ligiitful  and  cheering  thought  that  by  a  very 
small  sacrifice  you,,  th/o,ugh, God's  mercy,  had' 
been  the  means  of  causing  angels  to  rejoice;, 
and  if  you  shpuld  |jQth  hold,  qut  fiuthful^  what 
a  joyful  meeting  you  can  have  in  pternjty,  "for 
I  am  forced  to  believe  that  the  re<leemed  will 
know  each  other. 


WE  SHALL  WOT  ALL  SLEEP. 

UV  XOAU  H.  ULOUOH, 

OLfiEP,  as  we  all  uuderetand.'  is  taking  i-est 
O  or  resting.  There  is  not  an  individual,  who 
does  not  need  the  natural  sleep^  for  WC|  must  nil 
have  it,  aud  plenty  of  it  too,  or  our  bodies  will 
soon  wear  out,  and  our  minds  not  bo  capable  of 
performing  their  duty;  for  nature  must  have 
sleep,  aud  if  we  would  hot '  get '  it,  we  woul<i 
soon  become  sickly,  and  wiis't«  away,  ])iiysically 
and  mentally.;  'But  if  we  hpco'me  ,  weary  and 
tired,  and  tfilvp  a  good  uig^^t'^ '  rest  or  sleep,  we- 
feelmuch  rp^tpd  and  refreshed,ev,ery  ,yay.  So- 
much  for  natural  sleep. 

But'tSe  slei^ll  mentioned  ''ill  o'lii-  feict,  is  not 
the  sleep  that'  nature  denWidi',  but  the  sleep  of 
death;  not  the  sleep  of  tli^  siiioery  for  we  know 
thatallsiunersare  "dead  ill  tfe,si),asses and  sins," 
and  it  is  said,  "„A wake  thou,  tliat'  sleepeth  and" 
arise  from  the, dead,  .ind  Christ  will  give  thee' 
light."  We  learn  that  when  LaKarus  died, 
Cfrist  taii  the  people- jie.is-3leeping,  and  they 
thought  he  does- well;  bufrHeitoldi  them  plain- 
ly, '■  Lazarus  is  dead,"  hence  it  follows  that  the 
termsleep  in  the  Scripture  ofteusignifiesMiathi. 
Paul  says,  ".Btjhold  I  show  you  a  niysterv,  \h 
shall  not  all  sleep,  but  we  shall  ■  be  changed." 
This,is  truly  a  great  mystery,  Weahall  not  nil. 
die,  but  if  we  are  true  follow^rsof, Christ,  and 
live  at  the  time  of  Christ's  second  coming,  we 
shall  liever  die, 'for  not  all  shall  sleep;  is  this. 
not  a  great  mystery? 

The  above,  I  think  is  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful nri-angemenls  that  God  has  planned.  Did 
you  ever  think  what  a  glorious  arrangement  it 

'     Did  you  ever  think  how  it  would   be  with* 

if  we  are  true  followers  of  Christ  when  He- 
CQinesagaui,  if,  that  should  he  before  we  die f 
Oh  what  a  happy  thought,  that  we  shall  die  or 
leep.  but  shall  be  changed  in  ,  the  twinkling  of 
an  eye.  Oh  what  a  mysU'ry;'to  tlihik  that 
Christ  shall  ciiangeour  natural  bodies  into  spir- 
itual bodies  in  a  moment's  time.  But  there  is- 
'till  another  beautiful  arrangement  connected 
vith'the  subject.  All  the  'true  followers  of 
Christ,  who  died' since  Christ'Vvas  on  earth,  and 
as  many  as  will  yet  die  before  Hia  coming,  air 
represented  assleephig  in  Jesus— sweet  thought 
to,  sleep  in,  Jesus— but  thp  beautiful,  arransn.- 
ment  which,  pod  has  ordainedi  is  revealed  by 
Paul  in  first Thcssalonians  ,4;  15.  "For  this  wt 
say  unto  you  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  that  m^- 
which  are  alivf?  and  rpiuaiii  unto  the  coming  ot 
the  Xord,  shall  not  prevent  then^  that  sleep." 
Christ  shall  not  take  us  up  in  the  air  fii-st,  no 
we  shall  not  go  before  them'  that  died  in  the 
Lord.  I  read  that  God  in  a  God  of  order,  and 
thel  apostle  Paul  says,  on  one  occasion',  '■  Let  alL 
things  be  done  decently  dnd  ih  order."  It  would 
not  seem  in  order,  if  the  saints  that  are  liriog 
when  Clirist  comes,  would  h<)]  changed  Iwfoiv 
those  who  ,  fell  asleep  in  (;hrisfc,  hundreds  of 
year^  before.  I  think  we  inust  all  confess  that 
it, is  a  hcjiutiful  arrangement  which  God  Daa 
made  ku^own  unto  us. 


CATCHING  FISH. 

A  GENTLEMAN  who  happened" to  be  apeud"- 
ing  his  holidays  in  Scotland  thought  that 
hy  would  like  to  try  his  hand  at  fishing  litc 
trout  in  a  neighboring  stream.  He  accordio^ly 
equippcd  himself  ^vith  his  fishing  tackle  ,in(Jl 
other  appliances  of  the  best  description  thst. 
money  could  purchase.  He  went  to  tlie  stream 
aud  toiled -all  day.  and  caught  nothing.  Ti>- 
wmd  afternoon  he  espied  a  little  ragged  urchin., 
witlv.tacklo  of  the  most  primitive  order,  nip-- 
ping  the  fish  out  of  the  water  ivith  mm-velous. 
r.i^jidity.  Perfectly amawd.  he  watched  the  lad, 
for  a  while,  ajid  then  went  and  asked  him  if  he 
couljl  explifip  the  reason  why  he  was  bo  succesfi- 
fiil,  in  spite  of  his  meagre  outfit,  while  the  ex— 
pensive  apparatus  could  catch  nothing.  The- 
boy, promptly  replied,  "  The  fish'll  no  catch 
sir.  as  lang  ai  ye  dinna  keepyersel'ootof  sich^" 
Fishers  of  men  need  not  wonder  at  their  n■an^ 
of  Buccess  if  they  do  not "  keep  themseJ\-«SKiab 
of  sight," 


T3-IK    BKETHKETsT    ^x    AV^OKKl. 


July    11. 


OYE  jouiig,  ye  gay.  yo  proud, 
*     Plwmei-rafhshion's  ganAy  dress;- 
Lm.k  around  you,  see  the  crifi^jd  . .. 

Moving  on  in  wickedness, 
Dnnik"u_with  theJu8t6-of.«in, 
Sei^  tiiem  revel  ns  tliey  go— 
PMnles  wiiho)it  and  pride  witliin— 
Dowii  tlie  aiream  to  endless  woe. 

"~Do\viraloiig'tlie~Btrennrof  trnie, 
,  Oiipby  one  thpyipass  nwaj'Si 
Unrelbi-med,  m  youth  and  prime, 

Some  ftre  summoned  every  day; 
Siuninoned  are  the  young  and   proud, 

At  the  judgmeni  to  appear.— 
Sinner,  you  must  wear  the  sliroud, 

Hiiply  yeb  this  present  year. 

0,  yo  young,  reflect  anil  pause; 

Think  before  you  farther  go; 
Better  far  take  up  the  cross. 

To  e.scape  eternal  woe; 
Than  be  drifting  in  the  dark. 

Downward  on  the  viewles-s  tide, 
For  you  know  not  wheu  your  bark 

Will  engrnlf  you  in  your  pride. 

Thousand^  Ijying,  y<nms  and  hrare. 
Unconcerned  about  their  souls, 

Soon  will  sink  into  the  grave, 

'   Which  the  silent  night  controls. 

Sinner,  hasten  to  vepent, 

Christ  is  knocking  at  your  door, 

Your  destruction  to  prevent, 
Le^t  you  burn  forevermoi-e. 


iclrs  ..f  God: 


i^.lhy  CJirist  Ilii 


uh 


FEET-WASHING. 

PERHAPS  for  reasons  sweetly,  their 
own,  many    professors   of  religion 
Tefiise  to  (itknowledge  tLe  authority  of 

■Obi-i^t  in  this  onlinance.  "We  have  m'V- 
er  i\s  yi't  lii^nrd  an  avgUJiieut  in  favor  of 
thi.sskeptii;i3iu,'||:.h!i,t  was, heavier  tliap  a 
featlier' in  a'tornado.  Every  effort. to 
wriggle  away,  b-oxi;i  aplain  duty  only  re- 
veals it  more  clearly.  ■  TliL-i  little  finger 
of  the  Almigbty.ClQvitt,  is  heavier  ilian 
;all  the  tlieological  plunimet><  that  ■  ever 
rgoUnded  thebt^an'of'-truth.  He  declare 
^d'the  aufbf  wWhifi'g>-  th^' disciples'  i^et 
rto  b'e  anexanViiit-  wliioh'Vv!i^ti>'lH^  liter- 
.-ally  pei-foinii-d  by  Hi-^  'tbnoweis,  i-ven  as 
He  liad  set  the  e.vauipl-'.  How  a  mail 
can  follow  the  e.xaniple  of  Clirist  with 
-put  ])t;fvally  washing  tlie  :^aiiits'  feet  re- 
•quires,,tlbe,  agility, .i^f.fv  tliaological  acro: 
bat-T»^ueh  as  ti-ue.  candoi'  does  not  desire 
to  attjiin — niUch.  less  iptactSce. ,.  Christ 
■*mplilitioally  declares  that  we  on^jhi  to 
•vraih  ont"an'Otber'3  feet,  bnt  skepticism, 
■  enfore.-d  br^  the    docn/iatie    (beta   ..f  so- 


holy  nr'itn:iiiee,  f.ii 

3elf,  isDiad.-  thf'tli 
cule,  by  hearts  and  lips,  wliicli  at  titlur 
times,  seem-eager  to  breathe  the  holy 
naiiie,  in  prayer. — Chui-ch  Admeate. 

WATCHING. 

UT  ,ionfcjc};(BtBT.    [  )  :  j  i  I 

ii^^ffATGHrtherei-forer  for  ye  know 
'  '  ,  notwhat  hour  your  Lord  doth 
come  V,(Mntt,  24:42J.  ,.  Did  our  blessed 
Savior  mean  we  should  watch  others, 
see  the  faults  of  others  and  pick  at  them 
and  make  them  gi-euter  still?  Or  did  he 
want  us  to  stand  out  of  our  houses  and 
watch  for  Him  as  children  do  when  their 
parents  are  gone  fi'om  hoiiie?  I  think  the 
44th  verse  of  the  same  chapter  tell« 
it.  *'  Tliereforehe  ye  ready,  for  in  such 
an  hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of  man 
cometh," 

I  do  think  dear  reader,  it  will  not  be 
long  till  Jesus  comes  in  the  cloudH  of 
heaven,  for  the  signs  are  warning  ua  to 
be  ready.  We  must  be  at  peace  with 
God  and  with  one  another,  and  with  all 
a.s  farae  lieth  in  us.  AVliere  mhstwestand 
when  the  Lorddothcome?  Stand  whi 
duty  calls  us,  and  if  we  do  this,  we  will 
not  be  on  forbidden  ground,;  not  go  into 
a  saloon,  for  that  is  unholy  ground. 
Wiierethen  shall  we  standi.  Be  ready, 
stand  by, the  Word  of  tJod,  which  for- 
bids us  to  stand  or  sit  with  the  scornful, 

AVlien  the  Lord  dotli  come  we  must 
have  on  the  weddiug  garment,  which 
must  not  cb'ntaiti  Sd  lil'auy  '^'oilncesand 
other  false'  friiiinH'ri|^'  'but' 'St  shoulil 
lie  white  ami  cle.in,  and  moiie-st.  <"»!  l^t 
Uh  all  have  this  gaimeiit  and  be  read)- 
when  the  Lord  iluth  coiue.,.  The  whit<.- 
gai'uieut  must  have  no  sjutt**  of  the  worhl 
on  it,  for  tlie  Lord  will  see,  aqd,,i\vill 
not  appro v,^  ,qf„ |the(i^f , , , -P,9e,a  in,pt„  e,V;?ry 
parept  wanttPitry  tohave  their  .childreii 
neat  and  ready  when  they  are.abotit.to 
be  joined  in  miirriagef  Antl  do  not  all 
wisli  tlieireiiildreu  wA\  i  C^-i'tainly  they 


l..,l,,rth..d..xdM,-tu 


f]-i 


.,f  di^imt^ 
r  .Kuilit,   ail 

wasli  one  , 
i;i.sterly  cou 


.  ile. 
lotl.: 
ict  oi 
;aiust 


au'liMiitii-^.  TlieKinL;ol'  heaven  j  _ 
tlie  parchments  of , the  college  professor! 
The  Maker  of ,  worlds  against  the  maker 
tif  human  creeds!  Tlie  sun  in  his  radiant 
Splendor  Hgain-it  the  glow-worm  at  your 
rfeet!  The  Architect  of  all  creation  ft^ainst 


idd 


do,  M 

drcii 
b.'.st]iiisbai 
and  if  they 


li-Iit. 


ft  crumbling  shaft 
'Theundyiug  wisdoi 
sill)'  pra'ttle  of  a 


of  His  handiwork! 
1  of  ^loi'V  against  the 
„ortal  babbler.     To 


•disregard  this  eniphati<.'  command  of  the 
.Kedeenier^j^t^^  in^SffY'lM"-'  ^^^  authority 
■of  His  entire  life.  It  certainly  reciuires 
an  acute  intellect"  td  discOVer  how  apy 
one  clainiing  consistency  aSajewelwoi'th 
preserving,  can  see  infant  l>aptism  in  the 
Biblej  a, tiling  which  they  all  admit  to 
-be.  au  .oytgrowth  of  inferential,  fancy 
and  yet  do^y  ,  tha  \  necessity ,  of  yielding 
-•obedience  to  the  unetpii\ncal  declaration 
of  Jesus-  Chi'ist  ori  the  subject  of  Feet- 
■washing:  Kucha  course  betrays  a'de 
gree  oi'  moral  oljli^puty  luiythfng  but  in 
spiring,  in  our  estiiiiJite  of  luuuan  cliar 
acter.  Itis  a  touch  of  tlie  Uomlsh  dog- 
ma, whielipl!ic«s  the, authority,  of  a  coi;-, 
rupt  church  (iboVe  its  Divine  Fohnder. 
The  inniji'-  consciousness,  supplied  with 
tJiedriftuig  sciini  of  human  tradition,  is 


uppose'  our  chib 
\  the  j'iehest  -amr'the 
r   wiv,.^    in  the   world, 

1,1     \\^•■    ti.i:etller    three 

livi'  in  peace,  having 
uuicL  riclieo,tliey  will  way,  ''si.xty  yeju>, 
but  they  were,  dhwrt  ones."  .No>v  that 
Huhband.iwboisaid,  "be  ye  also  ready,!' 
wants  us  all, toihav'e  on  a  wedding  gar- 
mentiwhen' He'tiomes,  and  it  must  be 
wliite^  and  clean.'  .He  does  not  rcipiire 
UK  to  have  uniiecessary  ruffles  or  fi.xings 
on  the  'garment;  He  don't  want  ua  to  get 
it  uiadt-'attei-  the, style  of  the  world,  ahJ 
I  tlianlc  God  we  don't  need  to  get  tht 
Uiiu-r  to  make  it  after  tjje,late3  style^  > 
Tlie  poor  can  have  it;,  and  each,on§,(;au 
obtain  it  for  himself. 

Be  ye,  al^p,,  f'ea,dy  wlien  1  oome,  antl' 
have, the  .wadding  giuinent  on,  and  theu 
IiWiU  receive' you  unto  myself;  but  you 
must  have  no  spot  -or  wrinkle.  After 
the  man-lage  we  fian  be  together  forever.. 
It  Avill  not  be  like  here — a  few  slioi-t 
years  and  then  separate,  no  more  to  meet 
on  earth.  "We  weep  aiiil  shed  tears  when 
we  must  hepar^te,  and  01  Jipw  lonely  it 
,i^  if  our  companions. are  taken .liway,  or 
om:  deal'  children;  but  if  we  watch  and 
are  ready  when  the  Master  comes,  we  all 
can  meet  again.  What  a  happy  meeet- 
ing  that  ■will  be?     ' 


feet,  and  upon,  her,  )iead  n  cvomi  of 
twelve  :starq"  (jltev.  li':l).  God  has 
rx'vev  left  Himself  ■n-itlioTit  a  witness  to 
the  human  family,  in  all  ages  of  tin- 
world.  God  has  alwft)'s  had  a- people 
on  eartli:  and  some  system,  ''f  worahip, 
iLS  inti-oduced  in  the  early  history  of 
the  world  whereby  the  human  family 
luhldraw  nigli  to  God  and  wor.sldp 
Hiih  ;*  herice  W^Wotiee  that  AheVs  offer- 
ig  was  ac.Qeptahle  to  God_  (Geii!_4_:  .4)j_ 
Enoch  waUcrd  >n(h  God  "  (Gen.  4:  34), 
,  c,  he  walked  blamelesa  in  the  Law  of 
God,  and  system  of  worship  then  reveal- 
ed. Noah,  after  the  flood  offered  m->;'p. 
Utile worBhij')<><! oil  (  Gen.H:  U'l ).  Again, 
we  read  of  the  sons  of  God  taking  the 
daughters  of  men  to  ^vife.  By  the 
phiftse  "  swi-s  o/'  (VofZ,"  we  understand 
those  that  obeyed  God,  were  obedient 
to  the  modfi  of  iin>r><hip  then  imp.irted; 
and  the  phrase  "  daii^/if^rs  nf  men  "  ^ve 
understand  to  mean,  women  who  were 
not  obedient  to  God,  but  were  corrupt. 
By  this  intermarriage  the  sons  of  God 
compromised  their  religion,  and  became 
corrupt  through  the  influence  dou))tless 
of  their  wives,  hence  the,  great  corrup- 
tion preceding  the  flood.  The  mode  of 
worship  before  the  introduction  of  the 
Law,  may  be  termed  the 

TWILIGHT  OF  HKVEAI.EI)  RELKMOS. 

When  the  Law  was  introduced,  more 

light  was  introduced,  many  things  werf; 
commanded,  that  previously  were  not 
commanded,  many  things  were  forbidden 
that  previously  were  not  forbidden.  The 
Sabbath  day  wiis  fully  set  apart,  and 
sanctified.  The.Tewish  law  discriminat- 
ed between  beasts  tiiat  were  clean  and 
Unelr^aii;  bi-twcell  f.iwls  that  W-Teelrmi' 
and  Ullclejlli;  betwen     fi-hes    th.-it    were 

lo\Yedt<j)(e  cnteii  \vith  tlieir, blood..  'J')ieil- 
social  interconi-^e  with  surrounding  na- 
tions, and  with  themaelvea,  was  clearly 
defined.  Their  marriage  relation  was 
fully  de.seribeil.  llieir  woi^ihip^"  and 
offeririg.s  weremi'ststrii'tl)'  enjoined,  and 
clearly  stated.  Tlieii' moral  duties  were 
saei'edly,  and  ,st<-riily  imposed.  The  rer 
(juirements  of  the  law  were  such  as  to 
elevate  the.lew,s  in  point  of  morals,  and 
religion  I  above  tlie  isuii'onnding  nation*. 
Thelaw'made  therh'  morAl;  "and  of  re^ 
ligious  inclination.  The  moral  precepts 
of  the  law  are  so  excellent  a.<  to  In-^n 
for<'e,  under  the    Christian  dispcti.«atinn^ 


'   ■' ''"'■'iT'lf.-'S.'WoHLER. 

if  A 'I^^D  thet'e''appearbd'  a  great  ^;^ori 
'  -^'  der  in,ht?aven;  awbmen'  clothe(l 
with  the  sun,  and  the    moon    under  her 


Hence  the  Jews  in  the  days  nf  David, 
Solomon,  and  other  .jbedieirt  kings  <.f 
Israel,  weri?,ft\r  in,  advance  of  heathen 
nations  in  point. of  .jnorals,  and  religion. 
The, law.  when  fully  obsened,  under 
theJewish  dispensation,  maybe  termed, 

'  '•rilF,  JthONUilHT  QV  RKJ.IOKiN. 

The  law  in  it^-elf  wjis  U'tt  perfect,  it 
pointed  to  a  better  state  in  tlie  future. 
It  consisted  largely  uf  type-,  and  figures; 
showing  that  the  reality  had  not  conu'. 
It  was  a  .scln'id-[ii.H-ster.  The  bluod 
thi^tdaily  flowed  from  Jewish  altars  point- 
ed to  the  Lamb  of:  God  tliattaketh  away 
the  sin  ot  the  worldj',  .When  iChrist 
came,  the  newswhsso  excellent,  that  an- 
trels  left  tlieir  iioly  liatiitations  on  high, 
and  came  down  on  rapid  wings  to  bear 
us  th"  Welcome  11. -ws:  "  unto  yon  this  day 
is  born  in  tin*  city  of  David  a  Savior 
which  is  Clirist  the  Lord;  and  siiddeiil\- 
there  was  with  the. angels  a  multitude  i.f 
tlie  heavenly  hoht,  praisingGod  and  sav- 
ing. Glory  to  tiod  in  the  highest,  and 
on  earth  peace,  good  will  toward  men  " 
(Luke  2:  11,  1;^.  14).  Ai^ain,  says  the 
Scripture.s;speaking  of  the  .superiority  of 
tke  Goti]Hd,  over  the  law,  and  the  inti'o- 
diVction  of  the  Gospel  by  J.din  the  Bap- 

ti>t,        "And   tllnll   <-hlhl.  .shalt  br      rallrd 

the  ?roi>het  ,'^  the  highest:  tor  thou 
shalt  go  liefore  tlie  face  of  the    Lord  to 


prejiare  his  ways:  to  give  knowledge  of 
salvation  unto  his  people  by  the  remis- 
sion of  their  sins,  -fhronirh  the  tender 
mercy  iif  oin-  (bid;  whereby  the  day- 
spring  from  on  high  hath  visited^us,  to 
give  light  to  them  that  sit  in  darkness 
and  in  the  shadow  of  death,  to  guide 
our  feet  into  the  way.of  peace  "  (Luke 
I;  7(i,V7,  78,7'.)).  Again,  "  The  people 
which  sat  in  darkness  saw  gn^At  light; 
fifidtolhem  whnli  satin  tlie  region  and 
ihadow  of  deatti,  light  is  sprung  up  " 
(Matt  4!  1(1).  Tha'Gospel  esceedsL  .the 
law  a.?  far  as  .s'(f«^i'(7/ii  exceeds  mounVnjht. 
In  the  introduction  of  the  Gospel,  the 
human  family  was  raised  up  a  step  high- 
er, and  revealed  religion,  made  lu-ighter 
than  under  the  law,  hence  the  church 
represented  by  n  woman,  has  the  moon 
under  her  feet;  has  got  above  it,  enjoys 
gi'eater  light.  "  That  was  the  true  light 
which  lighteth  eveiy  man,  that  cometh 
into  the  world"  (John  1:  11),  "and 
brought  life  and  immortality  to  light 
through  the  Gospel "  (2  Tim.  1:  10). 
Our  relation  to  God,  and  the. heavenly 
intelligence,  are  higher  and  noaVer  than 
under  the  law.  The  character  produc- 
ed bv  the  Gospel  is  superior  to  the  char- 
acter produced  by  the  law-  The  law 
tolerated  war.  The  law  tolerated  polyg- 
amy. The  law  tolerated  retaliation. 
The  law  was,  eye  for  eye,  and  tooth  for 
tooth.'  Bnt  Christ  reversed  thia;  hence 
says  Chrifjti  "  It  wks  siiid  of  old,  thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  aiid  ^late  thine 
enemy;  but  I  say  love  your  enemies;  do 
good  them  that  hate  you,  and  pi-ay  for 
them  that  deppitefuUy,  use  you,  and  per- 
secute you."  Again,  "Therefore  all 
things  «[lia.tsopver  ye.^wq^^ld  ^  tlffit  men 
should  do  unto  (you,  do  ye.ip^'en  so  to 
them"  (Matt.  7^12),  Again,. i"  Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor 'ftS'  thyself."' 
Paul  in  speaking  of  the  esceHency  of 
Christian  char.'ictor,  refers  tosOnie  of  its 
fruits  and  evidences  "as  foUrtw,-* :  "  But 
the  fruit  of  th^'Spiriti'is'IovtJ,"j'oy,  peace 
long-suflfering,gentlen^3,'g6odhefes,  faith 
meekness,  tenipi^i'ah'ceta^kiusti Such  there 
is  no  law."  Again^^ays  tlie' .sahie  apos- 
tle, "  Finallybrethren,  wh.itsoever  things 
are  pure,  whatsoever  things  are  honest, 
whatsoever  things  are  ,),ust,  whatsoever 
things  aj-e,  truf, ,  whats(|ever  tilings  are 
lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of  good 
repoftjif  tliere  be  aiiy  virtue,  and  if  there 
be  any  praise,  think  on  thj^se  filings  " 
(I'Jul.  4:  K>.  In  these. and  otherScrip- 
tures,  ^ve  see  the  piuperio,r  e.xcellency  of 
Christian  character.  ,,,, ;  .  i  j 


There  is  not  n  grace,  or  virtmi  attain- 
able, \>nt  the  apostle 'ivants  lis  to  attain 
to  it.  Theplirase"M/;,^--?,^;/,.-,  thh,.,sr 
melons  that  we  make  '.'ur  lit'-'  and  ch;u- 
acter  a  constant  study,  that  w.-  may  .le- 
velop  within  us  all  that,  is  ennobling; 
that  our  lives  be  so— pure  and  upright, 
that  we,  like  the  Corinthian**  of-  <ild',  fbe- 
ntr  epistles  'writtetj'  \Vitl]  'the 


come   living   ep 
Spirif  of  the    liv 
read  of  ail  men. 
to, be  a  living  ailv 
bsju^ing    ab,o,iit 
th( 


iig   God,   known   and 

Every  profrs,sor  ought 
-rtisement  for  the  Lord, 
ith  ,hii^  |,the, marks  of 
Lord  Jesus;  thatmenopuld  take  cog- 
nizance of  them  that  they  have  iheen  with 
Jesus  and  learned  of  Himi  Such  Chris- 
tianitv. locked  up  by  aplain,  direct,  hon- 
est, fin-rL^-tic  ministry,  will  W)  fiirther 
rewards  .■Miivrtiiig  the  w.irld'  to  Christ; 
than  all  the  lim-spun  throlo-i,-a!  dog- 
mas tJiat  our,    li^^rued    institutions    ever 

-hatched  out,  ,,  .„,,    ,,  j,    .;  |    ,  i,  ,  , 

The  Revfjlator'ihBa  mell  illustrated, 
the  purity  of  the  chnrchiibyi'the  sun 
clothing  the"  Woman.  '  The  *nm  ■  is  the 
-I'eat  s.>mvi-  of  .all  luiturul  light.  All 
otih-]'  liL'M  isonly  borrowcd'fi-ohf  it.  'By 
ir.--  li^lii  iV).-  discovo-  all. objects  whether 
!  great  or  small,    If  a  fe^i;  r^ys   are  con- 


.T>lily    1  Ij 


^jL'faCE'  BRifin'HrBiEisr  ■  Kic  i  ■wctftM 


vt^ix'cd  tlii'oiitrli  I 


1  iipft-ture  in  tlie  whIIv 
th.-  tiiii-t  [iiiili.-!>N,,f  'Iil^t  lln.atiiiLriii  Ili<>' 

nil-  1 ni,'  ri~iW-.      It    i-  tli.j^  ivitli  til,' 

Sim  ,.|'  il^'lit.",!-!.,—  ulirii  it  ri-r.,  i„ 
-iiu  li.:iil.,  rii.'iiliu-  imti,  lis  iiioiv  :u,A 
nil, IT  ill,' ,x,i-,,(iiii^' siitl'uliiii.ss,  it  shin, '.S 
I'ligbliT  iinitl ,  tirjf^tcl',  llutp  tke  pfrfcift 
,ia}',  nnj  ive,  ljviKHU(i,i,purfcr  ftnd  holier 

in  oui'.ilives»,,.wi  I,.,.  i,',l,:      '1.' 

The  iiglu-il'/nsed 'by,  'the' 'KeveldtoiVi^ 
an  hl-tt'rttii-;'  (^ori^^'ifl.nig^tbrtrar  i-ertpiiip- 
ti.m  liiuvIi.-™'u-™,!iiallyiinf,,1,linL,'siu,-,. 
tin-  ,i,.ii;,,ii.     I'ii-.t   til,,   laUij/a  ,,!'  1-.- 

li!;i,,li.       S,„ II,     1|.,,    i,i,~-iili._.l,t,    1,11.1 

lir~tl)  n-i;- in  ;KlulI.|,l„i„l,.i:  ul,l,.li 

i..  tliegi,'!,!,.,!.  ,,1  nil,  ^V|.,n,!.  ill,,,-!!,!,! 
of  .tbe.w^ii'W  lif >'*■'■  ,^'R«'  i  ,JN'9>.Mtln=l'lis^iit. 
will  be  ^iveii.  It  is  the  last  time.-  May 
God  euable.Us  albti,  ilvalk  i'li  l/ie  ti/,/,1 
(IS  //.■ 

r,.ii,„v. 

1,1,,,. I  , 


of  tiiebibership  ofi  a  cortaia  of^aii- 
izatioii,  and'slioiv^i  thatl  \v6  at-e  'or,al,o,noi 
a.slianieil  of  th(J  priitciple^  a^'  'Ad\itvei^t('d 

I,y  thdt  hniTi-  ,',f  *hirli'  «•!•  clftln'tobi' 
ni,-i,ib,i-,  i'.iit  «v  1,1,.  t,,l,r  tln.t  tlje 
chilivh  lia~  in,  li-ht  t,,  „^k  tin;  incinliei-^ 
to  do,  ;>;iytliiii^  i',,t  \\lii,li  ttiere  is  u^ 
plain  "  Thus  sriitli  th,--  l,,,r,l,  and  as  the 
custom  opKcut  uiid  ^jatWifiJI  are  not 
prescribed  by  -men  inspired,  this 
shouM-'be   ltrft'la1t«!(tlill«'r-  lipiailMIHb' 


•I" 


tll,,w 

.111,1  ii 


y  pn,-, 
H"h,-i 


t„  tl„.i 
li-^-ht 

l,l,  tl„.. 
„lh,-l-- 


w,. 

;ili  Ih 


ulH 


run,'  ),,,ii)ts) 


be  a  sigif'^'ir  'iftjlJnl'-'ftl  '\U  knnw 
it„is  MO  proof,  for  .Jjinlas  even  made  uj^e 
9^'  Ify  in,  betraying  Ills  Lord  and  .A^i^stei-j' 
Sumw  one  may  say.  that  was  no  Uot 
ly  kiss,  Y«  we  knoiv  that  uutlill-'is 
holy  in  our  d;iy  wbii-li  shoiil.l  be  mi 
Lov,'  is  a  principle  aiii,,n^'  Cliiistliiiis' 
thai  n-ilUh,,w    its,-lf  l,,..t  l,v  w,,i-k.-.     I 


sl;,ii,l„r 
«-,,ll,l  V 


1,1 


tl„- 


I  //,'■  /,.//^I,    that  U-i'  m:iy 


tlni.  lani  n.-iii,;;  1 1,.-  .I„- 
Ja...  ,  Out  n-hi-ii  I  d,-;-iid  my  l,i„ih,.r 
againsfi  all  that  Ls  wr,,(iL'ly  siii,l,  tin-ii  J 
can  claim  L Jove,  liiui.  ..if  Iiretlij-cn  me 
in  want,  and,,  theirioh,^can'  and  do  help 
them,  tbeyicAtrcl.nttn'thiiy 'Idve^hV'ir  poor- 
est l,r,'thr,,ri.'  In  short,  (ve  can  only 
-h„u  ,,nr  l,,v,-  I,,  ,.,i,-l,   ,,.|i,.,',  „,  that  tlw 


all .: 


.   and    th.' 
us  Tiom  all 

tivelv,.,  ,-lai--."  This  ,lo,il,tl,'s,  has  i  ef- 
erelict  t,,,  the  t^^elvc  .;j.o. //..,,  .;f'  ,'/(^ 
Z(/;/(/i,,  vviio.  wei'ti,  to  ,be,.!>\-illiesses.,.Of 
Christ  tb';th«i;nehd8'<}lii.tlievworkl!.t  .weuti 
pillaTs'in  the'iHinrcll',  I  wliol'aauM'ikl'the, 


!.'la,lti 
kind 


'1 1-: 


'sti'.inll 
,'-,    ami 


v  iiati, 

//,,/,.., 
Th,'  I 
"chni 
-  titlv 


u-,ho    ar,'   llic    i I'll'    ,,r  lo.„l.    ivh,,    an- 

\v,,,').-kini;,tf,,4i,.,-'Ul-,  ^alvatu,J*,  aud,,,\\.Jiiy,,i.s 
w.arhiijg  , fori,tilie.  /OondetunaDion.  of  ,pGun 
soufttep(>ne,ob  th'e  othejt  wef'-follo^v^  tiriii  or 
f'li'0  othertt'e''cloic>ibose  tV'r'onr  ,■,  ,nijilinv 
here  in  tins  world,  'one  or  ll,,-  ,,'l,,r  vill 
bei-ourlsociGt^-'in.lheaveu  or  h,,|l,  ivhi,!, 
iml  itJ,  be?l  'mjVIAyi  thls-i'ing  iivourears 
i«UtfnuiUlj',  whii'h  Offe'ilf  tills  elats  « ill 
(re  hill-'C  fril'-'f'tetha'I'V-'inipaiir'  'ivill  ii-,- 

L:,v,-  ll «l„.    ai,     „(   ll„-   h,-M,l  ,,f  t!„' 

r,.,,li.-li  f,.h;,,n,  in  lb,.  ,ir'v,,r  fail-  and 
,,th,'i  I,]',,'.-    "f  Ilk,,    u.iliir.'r    (ll-    -.lill  11 


„l:  «1„ 


,,rk 


,,lli,'i's 
,-li  ,,th- 


cr  ,oii  our  Uhristiail,  piiglilnage.  ;Satai 
is  tUe,destroyeriOf.|httppin.ess,atid  |"-ac? 
"Wliabial-heaven  (vhere,'ajl  islh>((e, :  p,*a,j, 
'ii„l  h„i,f,iness.    Wrh'ftt  a  hell,  where  tin 1', 

.-  II.,  i"-t.  [.,,„'.-  .-,r  h.-ipjliii,.-^.'  (;.„ 
kii„,v  l„st  1,1,1,1  Mil.   nc..,'«s,'„,',ii„  „„|,. 

-■I'll 


?!'^ToW"  Jir."fiiii9liii[ijH)'pa'«'*K'Jf 

chill, -h  ami  fitiite;  ivifh  v.Hlerii  becaiiso 
of  superior  tah-nt.  This  fact  is  often 
demo{^st^'(ite,d'  in  thfi-l  po^ift  uAVhere 
pride  rules  tlit-nlqs  Itbiailitf  Sn*ta  (lesire 
to  draiv  attention.  It  is  the  cause  of 
men;  blowing  tlieii-  uwn  tm'mpet.fe,  either 
by  (vord  or  action,  (vhcn  they  perform 
some  commendable  act.  -and  that  eauaes 
liy  piJcI-is).r"nften-itTl'n^re-OTTTnn-powCT 
or  authority,  ami  become^  a  crnsbit^^ 
lyiantm-,-!'  tlv.s,  ,,\  ,.1- \c!i,mi  it  ,-an 'e.trJ 
,-1-,-lsc  p,,u',.r  ,„  iiUli.n-itv,  ,,r  .,ver  {&'■ 
(leak  and  h,-lpki.,,  ami  tiius  mak,-  tlioSif; 
In  (vli,,m  il,liv,,ll-  ,',,u-ards.  Only  cow- 
ards (eillier  physical  or  moral)  are  afraid 
,,t,  ami  ,ij,|„,v,.,l  t,.,  ,,,]uality., ',aud,.iaill. 
i,lay.  Pi-idc  1--  ;ni  abomination  in  tLe 
-iglit  of  God,  and  of  everything  that  is 
i^0.d,n!\iKil  is  terribly  denQiin,o_edviS 
Scriptitre— 
■Godrcsistethlh,,' 


iible. 


Th 


1,1 


1,1.  tlllll 

ilcli,   111 


Riitir 

,r,„„ 


111.-  b. 
i,-k-    t 


h. 


be 


1,1 


lusti'aleil  liy  a  iii'o(Vii  ,i,f  Uvelve  (stars  on 
the  head  of  the  (voiuau, ,  (vho  stands  as 
a  representative!  of  the  eliureh  of  .lesus 
(Villi  ihe  siin;  denotes 
v  au.l  li!-|il.  For  this 
|"-l    iva.    ,L'i.-,-u.    that  a 

peupl,-  iniirlit  tli.-i-.'l.v  ii iin,',tii-,ii  ((-ith 

tliel,K„.l  ol  n,ii-t,  l,e  iii.'id,,  li-eefi',,ni 
sin;  be  tillielie,l  iiCbcyini;  the  tnitli;V„- 
com^  vessels  ,,1  li,,iK,r,  iiiaile  meet  for 
the  Masters  use;  that  t]i,,,-y;iij^htoluritiy; 
God  and  enjoy  Hiunf^A'eVpr./ i-,l,iiii  l,„, 


CI 

risl. 

Cloth 

he 
pu 

-  (lit 

■p,,s 

use  pu 

iiie  i; 

LOVE,  THE  CHRISTIAN'S  CHSICM, 


hea),'t,is  i^'j  ^'ei;  l,o,  .J,c,^us  i  ^f  ,tlie  ,pco,ple  ,  if 
theljordiare  Itolbeiji  heav*n,,innd|Sataii 
and  hisfoIIowW's  iniiihell,,  no-loiieof  us 
(yillchooM,  the  latter  nsr  onr  coinpanv 
h,'!',',  1111,1  lumli  h-ss  for  ,t,'i'nitv. 

.Tesiis  i-  tin-  f. Icr  of  humility,  .Sa- 
tan of  pri.l,-.  .b,i,,,  has  i,i-,,mis,-,l  t,,  i-.v- 
alt  the  humble,  I,,  be  uith  liiin  here  and 
iu  eternity-  These  are:  truths,  us  ic 
leaiTi  them  from  the, 'Bible.  ,  The  Chris- 
nd  ilclight    is  to  please  (io,l; 

taslii,,ns.      The   Chri-tian'- 
,,11,'    tru,',    ct,-I-iial  F.ilh,  r   ,,f 


eii,')nic3— yes,lli,is„is:i„v,ci-y Jiar,l  lii5.|j,Hjr 
the,c;ir«ial  winiij  .,Mf  imW59iinitU«l,tirst 
plaee.'.ifc  nll'.tVouldi'.he.,  I  Ghjtistlau's, /,  who 
profess  to   I,,,   sih-h.  u-e'  w.inld    In;,,,,  no 


-„|-. 


-  that  I 


"IT- 


ihi-    Chr 


I  pr 


a-    Pill 


:-,'li 


Ulv 


flic'i)rOii,l 
follow  til 
G,„l    b  ,h. 


Old  11 


T 


IIKIIKisi, 


.itbt.iitlove; 


ferfjuei'  i.-,  ill'   (.liri^tiiLii' 
hi9,8ulii<'(-'.-  liii[i)i\   licre 


expfi'ii-iK-i."'ltlii^.  .h:~ni-  >,: 
men  siiull  know  tli;it  ye  art-  my  il'-'  ii'l'>-. 
if  yt-  iiHve,  love  ytw.  JViv  ii)iorLfr,."  !>•) 
where  love  eaiiuutiberseeu  by, i every /Oiie, 
believer  oi^'unbeHeveh;iiithere  eaii  ibe  no 
claimtndi^oiplesljip.  ''  SorHfi.''wrt-me!in- 
intr  ]-i(-rsun:^ions  have-  inlojit<-it  nther  mit'- 
ward  si^'ii*?,  in  Ai'dei' ''fri''1it-  liiiown  l)y 
tllfli-  MlMW-iiicmti'T-  iiu.I  .iiit-ltl,-]-. 
Th^^.-t-'lirl-tiuij  pi.,t'.—..|-  -.ii,' .A\<ii  i,il..  V 
u:piv=i;]i.tfa,  ab,siry,gvoJfc(  (.■Ini-rJ^tn-,  in  i' 
utlier  ivortls,  !Vi,h;iYipg,tJiflr  icliij;uui  iu  { 
cl]-f*s,  AVliileitbisimay,b'- iK(-.  .:a-:.  tli^t  t. 
thttre  arOpersons  who  uuly  iia\f  an  iiiiij>-  1 
tysil^ii,  «ikl!lio't  the  real  pi.wei'  uiihiu:  ' 
vet  tn  conclude  a'^  :i  irdi'^rHl  TliiiiL'.  tiidic    <- 


tlieandtk-.. 

if^ctsiinliapji 

Kut  u^  ki 

.hvs^  ill  ,-uni 


'hioii.  TL.Mlif. 
>-.Qf>A  ca)d,imikf 
aftd,in,eteriiity; 

t'  titaliLuiw/mftkeai  her,,subn 
"  liere  andi'ih  oternityv*/  '' 

'IV,  that  not  even  all,  who 
'liiiity  ti.  tlir  nnl.T  tit'  tlic' 
.■huivh  aiv  Chii.Uiiiis,  Dp.-.v.  will  ,-nly' 
at,  U-ht  .■<ht,.\\  t(i,,thtf  wui-id  .that  wtai^- 
meiiitn-rs  of  tJaeiolmrch:  1,  It, , takes  m..ir 
than  merely  ilrtjHfeibo  show.cto  the  wni'hl 
that  w.'  are  (-■hvi-tians.  F.iav  u-il!  vnn- 
viiiiv  alklivtlii..  alUhallkii'.w  it.  I.<.v.' 
i^-aitl  hv    r.Tt;,!,!    wri 


ai.I, 
h.-]p 
■  and  f.ir-ivp  all.  Al- 
d.-i  aiv  liltti-f  and  .M^\<:lV, 
tiaiismiisttorglTii  all,  ,biit, 
<.:,  bur.  ]i)v.' our  cnemie.-i. 
uould  lie  an  irapossjliilifv: 
Wf    rnn    way,    witli  Paul. 

\-  -f  Mill-  fairli:  but  w 
*'  ai'c  al.-n  .■..[ninandi'd  (>.■ 
dill:-  friend  =  :; 
■liud  wt-  j,Kiur, 
myj'talsitniny  t/t;  Hid  tmend-s  if  we  do 
wiiatiHe  has  coinuLHndL'd  n;<. 
■  To'  l6\'e  Jes^ns  implii"^  (bat  Wf 
Uxr  Hisrhnirli,  Hi.  I 


a,-*  t:hri«ti!.Ms. 
•Mvith  Chn^t  ' 


an-  -l;id  that  t,  aiv  al 
lu\  L- our  frieud-s.  Jt-.-^iu 
Hi;  g:iv.;  His  lift- for  th. 


iIm 


Ww 


Ih 

.scvlioiaw- 

ui 

AUd,(vhile 

,r 

IS    e,,nf 

rr 

d 

upon  the. 

,11 1,  (,.., 

V 

t. 

'ciup^ei! 

liitc  mil 

-I'l 

-  .'i,.ii-# 

„'i 

i,,'TIi, 

.,1-    1,1, ,r 

ili 

,1 

,,l,-i,ena 
.u.,i  be- 

ai 

,.    thev 

111 

_',  „ "  1 .    or; 

i  I 
1'- 

1,11,, III,. 

-1 

.,  l„-,uid;; 

1  !.i  their 

lliinil.U 
1    ll 

'1, 

. -.1,    b'l'if 
Th.Ai^ 

■11 

■re  flu 
."  ami 

L. 

tl 

'■' 

.  l,'l  oth- 
11,'t  li-oti- 

.,l,l 


1  that  i 


■  must 
His    T.a-.,-. 
-,-  1111,1  li,lv. 


Ihi-  1111,1, 

-,-   Ilelia- 

„,thim,'-" 
.Jesu-,  an 


The  1 
1    His 


,-iii 


,,f  (i... 

«"lu 

ion,  111 


I-   nil 
■- \V,,i 


■1--I, 


1,  1„.  only  11 
,,d  fn.ni  111.. 


Ill  I., 


,li,slnr1.a 


,I,e 


iiK 


r  loi 


whnb..|i,.vean,la,l,-,»-iit-lh..,li,--  .i,jn- 

doclrin..,  IU f  this    .'lii-s,    |.   ."'rtiiiiily 

very  wrong. 

^O  intelligent  iniiiii.r  „  .,|miii  ,  liiim- 
that, dress  will  lake  any  ,,m-  i,,  li,-ii\ ,  u, 
neither  do  they  idaim  thamti,— I-  a  son 
of  sincere  Christianity.  JJut  it  i-  .-liiim-' 
ed  to  be  a  sign  to  the  World  ai-^,md  us, 
to  show  whereave  belong.  ,1  .Theiiii'eth- 
reft  asa  chnreh  have  adt^jted  a  ciiHtoin 
for  their  members,  in  order  that  one 
may  kno(V  the  other,  and  the  world  inav 
know  all,  and  if  \v  are  truly  cbiivert.'d 
to  Go.l,  Christ  ami  the  .'liurch.it  is  very 
doubtful  whether  w-  will  discard  those 
things  which  the  church  holds  as  her 
peculiarities.     .  iii    . ,    ,  „  „., 

If  we  claim  to  be  the  church  pf  Christ 
we  willshow  ourlovetoward  the  church 
in  all  things.  The  chinch  tirst.theiiwe, 
not  our  ideas   and    conclusions    aUviiy^ 


l.e  a  jii 

C„,l-sp,-.,ple,  1,  a  princpl.'-  It  i,- said 
by  I'aul.  that,  it  is  greater  than. faith  or 
hope,  fiir  faith. and  hope  jvill  cometolan- 
en, I. 'but  not  M,  with  !  1,1V,..     liodll.vey 


,ul,l,'=, 
i,-kl,itii 


iilmutm,',  "ye.crm 
'.suit  will  be,  it;,Vi-f; 
people  here,  if  we 
-re,  (,'e  can  enjoy  it 
e  but  God's  pe,-,p]e 
l-ei-se,  uli.ms. 


mil. 


.  u'l 


111 


,11, 


U-   1,11.1    ,V" 

.,V,-i:,-l,    H.',vill,l,,US;;.iM', 

an,l  w,',  if 

Hi,  .liil.li'.-ii.will  .1,,  '.. Ho 

"ili-f,ll,„c- 

11,  n.      l.,,,-,-will  ,-ast  .,111  f,-iir. 

it  >vill,-,,m 

„-l  ,1-  l,,,l.,  - I  t,.   all,  even 

t. 1  ,-11, ■ 

ll,-..    What  a  l,l,.,.,ed  r.-JI-k.u 

i.s  ,,111  rill 

-iiiiiut)-.      Li.vuig  theCrcatin- 

ami  Ih,,  ci. 

iiiui-.   ,,-e  Will  Inuni  no  one. 

G,«l  IS    l,,v 

-.  au.l    111-  I'liihli-en    ai'eh.Ve. 

We  Uiiglit 

1.1.1.    h.i-e    is  the  bond    whi.-h 

ke,,psthep 

.'oph'ofG..dt..gethcr.  With- 

out  love    n 

> '.irganizatlou    will   ever  en- 

,lUi-.-,  w-hat 

th<-  t'hristian  religion  h.is  en- 

dtii-ed,  and 

still  conipicr,  all   nich  shall 

see  it. 

best. 


iThe  que^tipniRrise9,iho\viehflJl,W(i  show 

our  lovei     A  oeitaiu  bvotbai'.  ttta  Iqve- 

feast  said,  whi-n  treating  on'  the  holy 

kies.'that -this'Uiis'  the   best '  pr^ot"  ive 

liut  we  said,  dress  is  only  a  sign  i'could  give.     The   kiss  of  chanty  may 


f.bc,vi,(„t>;pi.-ad 

actcr    uf  rhuM.    th-1 

rt-btiiig.    ^'isno;  a]l,aljpea^-t_-ai^d,i< 

in  [}in\.  .  Lookiiii^  at  hi'iU'i-n  in  this,\vay^' 
!>i-Jii),i\yp,uld,mjt  try  t<).yiit,,th<ti;«l{i,r  jM,i...Mi 
i  ^•>'M6(f0PSd<tli\  7-lB..'  Ill  f(  ■.I.., I,  ■nJriK'.-.  Iiti„ 

-"■P>RIit)'E'j'-^"l--i"l-'l>-'^'l'it 

.-iin-    ■iibYiiWjJ.  Hi.'iDAtIMil!*i.anl  .MV,'"  ■'■!'' 

Plt^DEia  a  subject  often  talktd  nboutj 
I  but  I  feari  niflny  \vho''talk 'mneh' 
about  it, 'but  inipiTteL-tly  iindei-stand 
what  it  i.-i.  In  this  as  in'  niiiiiy  other 
thin;,'s,  the  etlect  is  taki^ii  for  thf  eause. 
Pride  is  inoiilinate  s.-lt'-'-ste.-u!,  aii'd  it.>i 
l^eati;^  in  tlie  heart  '•]■  ati'-ctidH-;.  Tht- 
fruib  of  it  manifesto  it.-rlf  L-xtt-rnally. 
It  .van't  be  kept  logk(.'d  uji,  in  the 
lieart,  it  will  erop  out  sonii^  way.  ,  .With 
bouiu  it  willicrop^ut'iq  ^ny  anil. fashion- 
able><,'!u'inBnts.    ■  ."n!)   a-w-    -.       '■ 

"'\^'ith  ecim^   it  becdlneb'-tV^veltopedby 
haughtihfes3,liii(iause  iii  Vvealth  i^d  J^tb- 


1"'""''1'^<-- ,      ,1  ,1  ,„.,.i,. 

In  view  off  |th(?,,,i^b9ve, facts,  and  man>^ 
otlit-rs  not  statiidyiini  thia  <HlLort,and<pii-- 
pirtVet  article,  let  ii]J.  who  profess  to''be- 
tbfii  followtji-amof  ffehe.rmeek:  .an4u  lo.wly 
NazareDP,  fi';.dit  against  thi--  ni-Snster 
l^iride;  di'i\-f  it  ( i>\- cnsccration  to  God) 
iiiit  <if  thcii'  iMvn  hrartsj  and  then  lab'or 
with  others.[  Itiis,  us.eless  jto,  preach  to' 
othei-s  when  wddou't practice  om'selves-:. 
Let  thn^e  who  !iavp-T\'ea!th  and  position 
ifgard  tht-c  wlri  have  n.it  their  e.juals 
j.iai'tieally,  and  intiieii'  i-iuU-aMiis  toeon^ 
\ei-t  others,  let  tlcm  bn  careful  and  not 
■ihow  a  hai-sli,  i)uif(terous  and  couceity 
disiposition.  "But  k't  their  nioderatiou 
be  known  to  all  lUen.'"'  liet  those  wha 
itr.e  in  possession,  of  superiori,  talent,  es- 
teem others  above,  themselves;  and  let 
t|]o,^e  who  are  in  .lUthui-ity  exercise  their 
pi.w.T'b}-  e.xiiiiiph.'  and  lead' in^ead  of 
drivin-. 

'  l..-t  all  \^  hn  name  tile  najue  of  Christ,*! 
laiior  fur  each  otJier'ii  igood,  ami  in  all 
lowliness  serve  eachi -other.,  ^and  be  sub- 
.jectone  to  iinother;''By  so  doincj  God's 
favuvn  will  L-onie.  Amid  the  tenijiestuous 
stonnsand  ')pp...;>itluin,(>f  caiuaiity,  they- 
will  be  able  fiuio  actual  experience  to 
-ny,  "Thy  L^raoe'i.-'  .sufflfieilt  for'nie.'** 
,Vuiid  th.-  ai[v,-i-,-iti;-s  ''t>f  thi-j  life.;  thef 
,■.  ill  be  able  to  look,  \»eyon4  ,.the  ^hores 
III  tiine,  and  by,  ;mticipat;iou  bathe 
ihi'in-ielves  in  the  t'ool  riuer  of  eternal 
fi.-licity,  and  when  fhey  get  i>ver  there, 
tjhey  will  be  fi,'ee,|fVom  all  ainioyanec. 
iNo.pride  in  h?aVf;ni[,no  sorrow  thfve, -no 
jaickness,  n6  d«ith'.  ■  May  God  help  us 
all  to' -finally  be'  fio'  extremely  Iia^ppv  a'^ 
tobi-fid  'if  all  tliat':ini)nys  and  (I'lmbl*/]? 

Watch  against  all  fretful  and  discou-- 
tented  thouijhts,  wiiich  do  but  chafe  and' 
eori'nde  the  niinrj  to  Wo  purpose.  Tc- 
harbor  these  I-  {,_,  .],,  jounselt'liioiv  in- 
jury than  it  i,-  in  -the  power  of  your 
greatest  enem\-  to  do  you.  ■ '  It  is  equally 
a  Christian's  interest  and  duty' to  *' learn 
in  whatsoever  state  he  is,  therewith  tx> 
bt;,.coiitent."  ,    , . 


A  bird  tipou'  the'  wing  'niiily  caiTy  a 
seed  that  shall  ^dd  a  new  species  to  thu 
Vbjfetable  family  of  a  continent,  and 
Juit'sof  a  word,  a  thought,  may  have 
■esults  immeasurable,  eternal. 


THE.  b"r:eth:rek'  ^t  avoi-^k. 


Julv    11. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED   WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 
M.M.  ESHELMAN, 


itriTcliQE  torrtspoodeQl  ana  "Ben'.  '' 


Ax." 


„  ,^,.^. ^iilmeripiior 

All  biimnp.is  ImnsncMe.!  I>y  h\m  for 
i^auiD  as  ir  iloae  by  oumeWcs. 


aililn!^  ii 


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ceiTe  nn  eii™  copy  free  "f  chnrgc.  For  bH  o»er  tbia 
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;^o«r.hcfot'e.endmg  it  to  u..  Money  Order,  D«n. 
.*ad  RtgUtered  Ltttcn  may  be  aenl  at  our  nan.  laey 
■aUould  be  made  pajnhl*  to  Moons  k  E»hclmon 

Sub.oriptLon>.  and  oommuuiealions  .nlonded  for  the  pa- 
■iper.  »9  well  u^  nil  busiaCM  m-itlBr*  conuecte.l  «,lh  Iho  of- 
tEcc  ehould  he  addressed 

UOOBE  Ji  ESEELUAIt. 

Uurk,  Carroll  Co..  HI' 


All  orders  for  the  Per/ert  Phn  of  HoXmim 
'have  now  been  filled,  and  should  any.  who  hav. 
ordered  the  pamphlet,  fuil  to  get  it,  they  will 

.please  inform  ua  fit  once,  mid  their  requeats  v" 
■  receive  our  prompt  and  immediate  attention. 

A  WARM  heart  is  a  good  thing  and  should  not 
-be  underrated,  hut  if  you  would  prosper  and 
■enjoy  the  ROod  gifU  of  life,  keep  a  cool  hea<L 
Remember  that  it  takes  a  cold  hammer  to  bend 
iot  iron.  A  cool  heud  and  a  warm  heart  may 
;accomplisli  wonders. 


HE  SHALL  SO  COME. 


It  was  our  intention  to  have  sent  a  copy  of 
No.  2  of  the  ChMrm  ol  HVA  to  each  of  our 
-subscribers  last  week,  but  the  amouut  printed 
■  did  not  hold  out,  hence  there  were  about  15iX> 
wlw  failed  to  get  the  paper.  Those  wishiug  a 
■sample  copy  can   get   it  free  by   droppioR  ua  a 

.card, ^  ■ 

^Brother  John  Shepherd,  aminisfcer,  residing 
near  Elroy,  Stephenaon  Co.,  111.,  desireg  to 
move  West  into  a  community  of  brethren  and 
sisters,  to  labor, with  them  in  the  advancement 
of  truth  and  the  ingathering  of  precious  soiils. 
Those  wishing  to  correspond  with  him  will  ad- 
liiess  him  at  the  above  named  place. 


1p  people  would  mea.sure  their  prayers  by 
fcheir  faith,  we  would  have  but  tew  long  prayers. 
Tltere  is  too  much  praying  for  mere  effect. 
Teopie  pray  beeau.se  it  does  not  look  right  to 
■neglect  it;  others  pray  because  it  is  expected  of 
tthem.  but  we  fear  there  are  few  who  pray.be- 
tcause  th^y  /'Xl  the  need  of  prayer. 

■  NETEBimdertiike  anything  without  a  fixed 
.purpose.  Make  up  your  mind  fully;  be  sure 
that  tJie  fit«p  yeu  are  about  to  take  is  the  right 
one.  .Lw 'haldoinihe  right  thing  and  then 
■  stick  to  it.  The  want  of  stability  in  the  gener- 
al pursuits  of  life  will  ruin  any  man.  Men  who 
l(QOw  they  are  right  do  not  want  to  flinch  just 
IliecauBe  there  is  a  little  opposition.  Persever- 
lauce inttie  rightjwill  surely  comiuer. 

If  somerpegple  in  this  worid,  were  as  anxious 
ito  amend  their  own  live.^  and  convert  sinners,  as 
.tkey  flre  to  talk  nlwut  the  faults  of  others,  and 
-atir  up  strife,  we  might  look  fo  a  speedy  con- 
version of  the  world.  When  it  comes  to  talk- 
ing about  the  faults  of  others,  they  can  express 
their  ideas  with  the  greatest  ease,  but  if  called 
-on  to  speak  a  word  for  Jesus  their  plea  is,  "  we 
(haven't  the  gift  of  language."  Surtly  there  are 
some  strange  things  in  this  world. 


BnoTHEB  J.  W-  Stein,  who,  since  the  Annual 
.Heetiog,  has'been  '.preaching  for  the  Brethren 
,  in  Indiana,  gave  us  a  call  on  his  return  home 
last  week.  He  remained  hut  one  day,  preached 
■to  an  attentive  congregation  on  Friday  evening, 
and  left  for  his  home  that  night.  Bro.  Stein 
■.is  enjoying  reasonable  health,  though  much 
worn  by  his  trip.  He  will  not  be  prepared  to 
.do  much  traveling  for  something  over  one  year, 
.as  the  written  discussion  in  which  he  will  soon 
.«ugage  will  last  about  64  weeks,  thus  keeping 
him  pretty  closely  confined,  however  our  read- 
ers can  have  the  full  benefit  of  it. 


It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  hy  the  difl'erent 
■congregations  in  the  brotherhood,  that  a  com- 
mittee will  visit  California  the  coming  Fall,  and 
that  the  money  to  defray  the  neces^ai-y  expens- 
es should  be  raised  by  the  fiiiit  of  September. 
To  do  this,  it  will  require  one  dollar  from  each 
■congregation,  which  anioimt  can  be  sent  to 
either  the  Priiiiithf  ChrhU'iii,  Vhulkalor,  or 
BitETHBEN  AT  WoHE  officp.  Wealthy  churches 
should  contribute  more  than  one  dollar.  Each 
Itousekeeper  will  see  to  it  that  this. is  attended 
io  at  once. 


rilHIS  means  Jesus  shall  come,  not  only  come. 
1  hut  "  so  eomr."  We  look  how  He  went  tip 
from  the  disciples  "  into  heaven,"  and  then  we 
able  to  understand  the  "so-come."  Precious 
promise!  Behold  tho  loving  hearts,  who  had 
been  three  and  a  half  years  with  Jesus,  now 
stand  gazing  "  up  into  heaven."  Why  stand 
ga'/.ing  into  heaven?  Jesus  bad  gone  there. 
He  came  from  the  Father  and  went  to  the 
Father.  "A  cloud  received  him  out  of  their 
sight."  This  is  the  manner  of  His  going;  and 
now  we  turn  to  the  words  of  Jesus  in  Matt.  24: 
311,  and  there  learn  that  "  then  "  (when  He  comes 
again)  "shall  all  the  tribes  of  earth  mourn. and 
they  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  coming  in  ihe 
chillis  of  hraren  with  power  and  great  glory.". 
Nor  is  Mark  silent  concerning  Christ's  second 
or  glory  coming.  He  says:  "And  then  shall 
they  see  ihe  Son  of  man  coming  in  the  clouds 
with  great  power  and  glory  "  (Mark  13:  '20). 
And  lest  some  might  cavil  and  say.  He  mil  not 
come  III  clouds,  John  also  records,  "  Behold,  he 
Cometh  with  clouds"  (Rev.  1:  7).  Paul  also 
gives  testimony  that  Jesus  will  come  again  "  to 
be  glorified  in  his  saints,  and  to  be  admired  in 
all  them  that  believe  "  (2  Thess.  1:  7;  1  Thess. 
1:  10  and  4:  16). 

Nor  is  this  all.  Before  Jesus  went  up  into 
heaven  in  clouds.  He  comforted  His  disciples 
th  the  thought,  "  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for 
■u.  I  will  come  again,  and  receive  you  unto 
myself,  that  whore  I  am  ye  may  be  also  "  (John 
14:  3),  And  bo  important  is  the  coming,  that 
he  man  of  God.  Daniel,  more  than  2400  years 
go  already  saw  that  "  One  like  the  Son  of  man 
came  with  clouds  of  heaven."  Thus  Inspiration 
not  only  tells  that  Jesus  irill  come  a<jai>i.  but  al- 
so tells  how  He  will  come  and  what  for. 

Finit,  Hf  came  in  humility.  So  must  we 
come  to  Him.  First,  He  came  despised  and 
lowly;  but  when  He  comes  again  it  shall  be 
with  i>Qwer  and  glory;  not  only  with  glory,  but 
with  <ji-mi  glory.  Coming  in  great  glory  to  be 
glorified  in  His  saints  and  to  be  admired 
them  that  believe,  and  "to  execute  judgment 
upon  all,  and  to  convince  all  that  are  ungodly 
among  them,  of  all  their  ungodly  deeds,  wliich 
they  have  ungodly  committed." 

The  testimony  regarding  Christ's  coming  in 
great  glory,  is  so  abundant  that  no  man  coji 
hide  l>eliitid  the  want  of  it.  (Matt..2,l:  31-4C). 
The  precise  time  of  His  coming  knows  no  man, 
but  the  signs  of  His  coming  shall  warn  His 
people  to  he  ready.  These  signs  shall  not  lie 
heeded  by  the  ungodly,  but  they  shall  regard 
them  lightly,  and  the' men  of  science' will  en- 
deavor to  give  them  such  explanations  as  will 
ease  the  carnal  mind.  And  those  explanations 
will  be  so  whitened  as  to  deceive  even  some  of 
the  saints — some  who  look  continually  for  the 
philosophy  of  the  thing,  for  the  reason  from  a 
human  sbind-point.  For  instance,  the  civilized 
'Orld  is  just  now  agitated  to  ita  very  center  hy 
■hat  is  termed  "  Communism,"  and  men  of  gi- 
ant minds  are  seeking  the  causes.  But  where 
do  they  seek?  In  the  Bilile?  ^No,  hut  among 
the  works  and  productions  of  their  fellow-men. 
Doea  not  the  Bible  say,  "When  ye,  shall  hear 
of  wars  and  commotions,  be,  not  terrified:  for 
the.se  thingt}  must  come  to  pass;  hut  the  end  is 
not  by  and  by."  Wars  are  common,  and  we 
hear  of  them  without  much  terror;  but  when 
in  the  midst  of  "  commotioms "  we  fear  and 
tremble.  And  why?  Because  the  Lord 
not  warn  us  that  these  things  "  must  first  come 
to  pa-iis?"  No,  not  that;  but  because  we  have 
begun  to  love  our  lands,  houses,  money,  friends, 
and  country  more  than  God.  Here  lies  the  root 
of  our  troubles.  Commotions  must  first  come 
to  pa.ss  before  Jesus  will  so,  comf,. 

Then  marvel  Jiot  at  the  signs  of  His  coming. 
The  ^\(jm  must  first  come,  then  the  glory  com- 
ing of  Christ  will  appear.  BE  NOT  TERRI- 
FIED! Famines,  pestilences,  wars,  eftrthquakeH, 
commotions,  fearful  sights,  and  great  signs  Iroiu 
heaven  shall  meet  the  eyes  of  mankind  before 
Christ  shall  SO  COME.  Marvel  not  at  the 
commotions,— the  fearful  sights.,  They  imtM 
come,  for  God  says  so.  Be  ready.  Watch.  We 
lire  living  in  an  age  of  commotions  as  well  as 
wars,' and  as  these  must  come  to  ptiss  before 
Christ  comes  in  glorj',  we '  should  look  and 
watch  lest  we  be  carried  away  with  the  torn- 
motions.  None  of  us  can  afford  to  forget  theso 
terrible  signs.  God  permits  them  for  our  good. 
Brother,  sister,  throw  them  not  away,  but  re- 
gard them.  Watch;  not  only  to-day,  but  al- 
ways.   Do  you  see  Christ  coming  "  in  clouds  " 


with  "great  glory?"  Have  you  started  to  meet 
Him,  dear  reader?  Then  fall  not  faithless  in 
the  commotions,  but  look  to  Jesus.  He  is  com- 
ing and  soon  we  shall  all  see  Him.  Be  well 
prepared,  He  has  not  left  us  without  a  witness. 
"He  which  testifieth  these  things  saith.  Surely 
I  come  quickly:  Amen.  Even  so,  come.  Lord 
Jesus."  M.  «.  E. 


NCVEL  BEADING. 


11HREE  boys,  each  about  twelve  years  of  age, 
have  been  sent  to  prison  from  New  York 
for  robbery.  They  were  up  to  it  hy  rending  a 
dime  novel  that  told  of  the  dashing  exploits  of 
a  twelve-year  old  highwayman,  with  whom 
twenty-eight  girls  were  in  love,  and  who  became 
a  terror  to  thousands.  The  dime  novel  is  a  key 
that  opens  the  doors  to  many  a  prison,  but  nev- 
er to  a  decent  place. 

This  is  about  what  might  be  expected  from 
the  reading  of  such  trashy  literature  as  is  found 
in  the  generality  of  novels  of  the  day,  and  it 
therefore  becomes  the  duty  of  every  parent  to 
keep  a  careful  watch  over  the  reading  matter 
that  comes  into  the  family,  and  see  to  it  that 
nothing  is  introduced,  calculated  to  ruin  their 
children,  and  thus  bring  them  into  disgrace,  and 
finally  ruin  to  the  family. 

For  years  we  have  maintained,  that  the  read- 
ing of  trashy  novels,  has  had  much  to  do  with 
the  crimes  and  miseries  of  our  land.  Novel 
reading  lays  at  the  bottom  of  about  four-fifths 
of  the  divorce  cases,  saying  nothing  about  oth- 
er misfortunes.  Though  I  have  been  an  exten- 
sive reader  for  years,  yet  have  read  but  few 
novels,  and  even  these  were  examined  just  to 
learn  of  the  evil  tendency  such  reading  will 
produce.  In  short,  I  ventured  to  take  a  little 
of  the  poison  to  see  what  effect  it  would  pro- 
duce, for  there  is  nothing  like  experimental 
knowledge  in  some  things,  though  this  is  not 
to  be  commended.  But  after  examining  a  few 
works,  I  nmde  up  my  mind  that  I  bad  no  busi- 
ness reading  such  trashy  literature,  and  if  per- 
sisted in,  it  would  be  impos-sible  to  live  right. 
It  is  difficult  enough  as  it  is,  and  what  ivill  Iwt- ; 
of  people  who  are  constantly  pouring  into 
their  souls  such  injurious  mental  food  the  Lord 
only  knows. 

In  early  life  I  was  fortunate  enough  to  never 
e  a  novel.  The  first  book  I  ever  owned  was  a 
little  fifteen  cent  Testament.  This  was  care- 
fully read  through  of  nights  and  what  odd  times 
I  could  get  while  working  in  the  woods.  The 
next  hook  that  fell  into  my  hands  was  an  old 
Cyclopedia  of  History;  and  so  on  up  step  by 
step,  I  came  to  the  general  variety  of  literary 
works,  but  never  saw  a  novel  until  nearly  twen- 
ty years  of  age.  But  now  as  soon  iw  children 
begin  to  read,  they  are  found  devouring  the 
contents  of  some  novel,  and  thus,  in  many  in- 
stancesi  paving  the  way  for  unhappiness  or 
crime,  and  may  be  finally,  ruin. 

The  tendency  of  novel  reading  is  discontent- 
ment, and  creates  a  love  for  light,  trashy  litera- 
ture. Some  people  claim  that  the  contents  of  a 
novel  are  not. in  their  minds  onlywhile  reading. 
This  cannot  be  true,  for  these  very  persons  can 
generally  tell  about  all  tliere  is  in  any  novel, 
months  after  reading  it.  But,  if  the  contents 
are  in  the  mind  no  longer  than  it  takes  to  put 
them  there,  that  makes  the  practice  still  equal- 
ly bad,  if  not  more  injurious  than  remembering 
the  contents,  for  that  which  runs  through  the 
mind,  without  being  digested,  has  a  tendency  to 
weaken,  and  in  a  measure,  destroy  the  functions 
of  the  mind.  Itis  justilike  running  food  through 
the  body  without  digesting,  which  all  know 
would  paralyze  any  system. 

A  persistence  in  novel  reading,  is  calculated 
to  bias  the  mind  against  religious  reading.  A: 
proof  of  this,  novel  readers  will  seldom  reitd  i 
religious  paper,  or  hook,  when  a  novel  is  to  be 
had.  I  know  of  a  preacher,  who  spends  his 
time  reading  political  papers  and  the  Nvw  York 
ledger,  and  yon  cannot  prevail  on  that  man  to 
take  a  religious  paper;  and  why?  Just  because 
he  does  not  relish  that  kind  of  reading.  Sup- 
posing we. were  to  turn  the  Bhethrkn  at  Work 
into  a  novel  paper,  and  till  it  with  such  matter 
a.s  is  geiierally  found  in  the  Ten  Cent  novels  of 
the  day,  and  our  people  would  read  it  a  few 
years,  what  would  become  of  the  church?  In 
less  than  three  years  we  would  find  them  at- 
tending the  theatres,  'ball-rooms,  and  faahiona- 
hlo  picnics,  and  forsaking  tiie  assemhhng  of 
themselves  together  at  the  house  of  worship. 
The  Bible  -(vould  be  shoved  into  some  out-of-thfr- 
way  place,   and  the   center   table   covered  with 


novels.  Some  may  think  the  church  too  pure 
to  be  injured  by  a  few  years'  novel  reading. 
Well,  it  may  seem  so,  but  I  care  not  how  healthy 
ia,  poison  will  killhimif  he  takes  enough 

of  it. 

Some  "people  rend  novels,  as  they  say,  for  the 
moral  there  ia  in  them.  That  is  about  like  dig- 
ging in  a  sandbank  for  stone-coal.  Of  course, 
coal  is  useful,  but  finding  it  there  is  where  the 
trouble  comes  in.  Men  and  women  will  read  a 
book  of  some  three  or  four  hundred  pages,  just 
for  the  sake  of  tindijig  a  little  moral  the  author 
chanced  to  drop  in  near  the  close.  It  is  about 
as  logical  ns  drinking  a  quart  of  whiskey  just  to 
get  a  little  lump  of  sugar  that  laj-s  in  the  bot- 
tom of  the  Clip.  It  is  not  the  moral  they  are 
after,  itis  something  else  of  less  importance. 
If  all  the  morals,  found  in  novels,  were  collected 
and  published,  the  book  would  likely  have  a  very 
small  sale. 

Another  class  read  novels  for  the  sake  of 
learning  to  read.  That  is  about  like  feeding  a 
baby  indigestible  food  in  order  to  teach  it  to  eat. 
If  learning  to  read  is  what  they  are  after,  there 
■e  good  books  adapted  to  that  purpose.  But, 
hy  do  not  these  people  quit  reading  novels 
after  they  have  learned  to  read  well  ?  Ah  I  here 
here  the  trouble  comes  in;  they  have  got 
agoing  and  cannot  stop.  They  are  like  the  man 
ho  took  a  glass  of  whiskey  to  quench  his 
thirst,  but  it  now  90  happens  that  he  gets  thirsty 
every  day,  and  the  pure  element,  water  will 
no  more  satisfy  the  wants  of  abused  nature. 
That  ia  the  tendency  of  light,  trashy  literature. 
The  high-toned  novels,  as  they  are  sometimes 
called,  are  no  better  than  others,  in  the  end.  It 
is  simply  high-toned  sin — corruption  in  high 
places.  It  is  error  with  a  fine  polish  on  it,  or 
sugar-coated  pills  with  poiaon  inside.  It  ia  the 
upper  grade  of  error,  or  that  class  of  story  tell- 
ing highly  esteemed  among  men,  and  hence  au 
an  abomination  in  the  sight  of  God.  It  is  about 
like  the  high-toned  intoxicating  drinks  used  by 
the  aristocracy,  it  is  in  beautifully  decorated 
bottles,  and  delightful  to  the  taste,  hiit  ^o  less 
injurious  to  man.         ;        .  ,  ■   i     , 

We  insist  upon  It  that  parents,  should  >vatcb 
this  matter  closely,  and  not  allow  trashy  novels 
3  into  their  houses.  They  should  supply 
their  children  with  good  reading  matter,  but 
not  under  any  circumstances  allow  a  novel  in 
the  house  to  ruin  the  minds  of  their  children, 
and  lead  them  down  tlie  road  of  sin  and  final 
destruction.       ■'■  R-  >■■ 


PHILIP  AND  THE  EXTNUCH. 

PHILIP  was  a  faithful  Gospel  preacher,  and 
embraced  every  opportunity  of  telling  the 
story  of  his'risen  Master.  He  had  jiist  closed  a 
successful  meeting  at  Samaria,  where  both  men 
and  women  believed  and  were  baptized,  when 
he,  by  the  angel  of  the  Lord  is  sent  on  another 
mission  down  towards  Ga!:a.  He  meets  a 
eunuch  of  Ethiopia,  takes  aseat  with  him  in  the 
chariot  and, preached  unto  him  Jesus, 

"  And  as  they  went  on  their  way,  they  came 
to  a  certain  water:  and  the  eunuch  said,  See, 
here  ia  water;  what  does  hinder  me  to  he  ba[>- 
tized?"  Fromtliis  we  infer  that  Philip  must 
have  Said  something  about  baptism,  and  yet  the 
preceding  part  of  the  narrative  only  mention.s 
that  he  preached  unto  him  Jesus. 

"And  Philip  said.  If  thou  he  lie  vest  with  all 
thine  heart,  thou  mayest.  And  he  answered 
and  said,  I  beheve  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son 
of  God.  Aftd  he  commanded  the  chariot  to 
stand  still:  and  they  went  down  both  into  the 
water,  both  Philip  and  the  eunuch;  and  he 
baptized  him"  (Acts  8:  36-38). 

The  eunuch,  after  bearing  Philip,  demanded 
baptism,  which  was  granted  him  on  condition 
that  he  believed  with  all  his  heart.  His  con- 
fession made,  "Iheg  irciil  down  both  info  the  ini- 
ter."  What  did  they  holh  go  down  into  the 
tmUr  for?  Why  did  they  not  stop  at  the  edge 
of  tlie  water?  But,  says  one,  into  means»rt/. 
We  will  see  about  that  pretty  soon.  In  the 
next  verse  we  read,  "  And  when  they  were  come 
up  out  of  the  water."  Here  we  have  them  com- 
ing tip  out  of  the  water.  Why  Ibis  coming  iqi 
out  of  if  into  simply  means  at?  But,  says  the 
critic,  up  out  of  means  from.  Well,  let  us  try 
thia:  If  into  means  ut,  then  at  means  into;  'and 
if  lyi  0)1/0/ means /row,  then /r«iii  means  up 
out  of.  With  this  rule  of  interjjretation,  wc 
give  the  passages  the  following  reuderinK: 
"Andi  they  went  down  both  fit  the  water." 
■'And  when  they  were  come /com  the  water." 
Now,  if  (if  means  into,  and  from  means  up  out 


Jilly    lij 


■iPhE  ^©RETKREi>3^  j^T  avouk:. 


i.f,  then  this  renderinpr  will  have  them  going 
flown  info  and  coming  tip  out  of  the  wnler  after 
nil.  T  guess  we  would  letter  cling  to  the  old 
rendering. 

Bnt  to  the  Krst  question;  What  did  they  hath 
go  down  inli)  the  water  for?  The  eunnch  went 
down  into  tlie  water  to  be  bapti'zetl,  and  Philip 
to  baptiie  him.  But,  why  go  into  the  water? 
Here  corner  the  test.  One  party  says,  to  be 
«prinl:led.  What,  take  a  man  info  the  water  to 
Uprinkle  n  iittle  water  on  him!  What  ia  the  use 
of  all  this?  Why  get  his  feet  wet  jnst  for  the 
sake  of  sprinkling  a  little  water  on  him?  Why 
not  do  that  on  the  hank  of  the  stream? 

That  they  M/i  went  into  the  water  is  no  less 
clear  than  that  they  come  up  out  of  the  water. 
Why  do  both  the  applicant  and  the  administra- 
lor  go  into  the  water?  Why  do  those  perform- 
ing the  rite  of  baptism  go  into  the  water?  We 
answer,  to  imvierne.  Those  who  immene  al- 
ways go  into  the  water.  It  is  an  .let  that  aIway,-< 
precedes  imnieraion,  then  when  we  rend  of  peo- 
ple going  into  the  water,  we  may  know  that  the 
object  is  immersion  and  not  sprinkling.  Again, 
we  repeat,  \V\\y  this  going  down  into  the  water, 
of  both  the  candidate  and  administrator,  if  im- 
mersion is  not  intended? 

Murk,  we  do  not  malutnin  that  the  simple  act 
of  going  (h(o  the  water  is  imnieraion,  as  some 
indiscret  ones  try  to  make  it  appear.  The  jo- 
iiig  into  in  an  act  that  must  necessarily  go  be- 
fore the  act  of  immersion,  bnt  is  not  the  im- 
mersion iiaelf,  while  it  does  not  necessarily  go 
before  either  sprinkling  or  pouring. 

The  simple  fact  of  going  into  the  water  is  the 
next  thing  to  pti»itire  proof  in  support  of  im- 
mersion. AU  the  evidence  in  the  case  is  wholly 
on  the  side  of  immersion.  Some  people  say, 
that  there  was  no  water  there  to  immerse  in. 
Well,  there  was  enough  for  them  to  go  down 
into.  And  we  know  that  the  chariot  stood  in 
the  water,  for  both  men  went  from  the  chariot 
down  into  the  water.  They  did  not  first  get 
onto  the  bank  of  the  stream  and  then  walk  down 
into  the  water. 

But  if  the  act  was  sprinkling  instead  of  im- 
mersion, why  could  not  Philip  have  taken  a 
vessel  of  some  kind  and  dipped  up  enough  wa- 
ter to  spriakle  some  on  the  head  of  the  eunnch, 
and  not  I  have  him  go  down  into  the  water? 
The  critic  says,  it  is  likely  that  the  eunuch  had 
nothing  of  the  kind  iu'his  chariot.  Yes,  they 
cannot  see'  any  water  worth  speaking  of  in  the 
whole  country;  they  cannot  even  suppose  why 
the  eunuch  should  have  a  vessel  or  cup  with 
him,  yet  they  cannot  see  how  he  could  travel 
nil  the  way  from  .Jerusalem  to  Ethiopia,  through 
ft  drj-  country,  and  not  hav'e  au)-tliing  out  ot 
which  to  drink,  or  in  which  to  carry  water. 
Some  people  liave  a  peculiar  faculty  for  seeing 
things  not  in  the  Book. 

If  it  be  a  fact,  that  all  the  Apostles  and  dis- 
ciples practiced  sprinkling  during  the  first  cen- 
turj',  then  I  would  like  to  know  who  introduced 
immersion?  If  all  the  members  in  the  first 
churches  were  sprinkled,  then  who  got  the  oth- 
ers in  the  notion  of  being  immersed?  But,  if 
sprinkling  was  the  Apostolic  mode,  where  do 
our  Pedobaptists  get  their  authority  for  im- 
mersion? I 

We  have  seen  that  Philip  was  sent  on  his 
way  by  the  angel  of  the  Lord.  Not  one  word 
was  said  about  what  was  to  be  done,  or  anything 
of  the  kind.  Philip,  being  a  Gospel  preacher, 
is  presumed  to  have  known  his  business.  Some 
people  say,  that  the  place  to  which  the  preach- 
er was  directed  was  a  desert,  where  there  was 
not  much  water.  This  did  not  concern  Philip, 
he  knew  that  the  Lord  would  provide.  He  who 
made  the  earth  and  all  things  therein.  He  who 
made  man  and  conceived  in  His  infinite  miud 
the  great  plan  of  salvation,  also  made  water 
enough  to  enable  His  aervauts  to  execute  His 
comnnuids.  Tliis  thing  of  finding  water  enough 
in  v^hich  to  bapti/.e,  depends  a  good  deal  upon 
the  will. 

But  where  do  these  people  live,  who  complain 
so  much  about  a  scarcity  of  water?  Do  they 
live  in  deserts  where  no  water  is  to  be  found? 
Not  one  bit  of  it.  We  do  not  hear  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Palestine  comphiiuing  about  a  scarcity 
of  water  when  anyone  is  to  be  baptii'.ed,  nor 
doei)  anyone  complain,  living  near  thero.  The 
complaining  is  done  far  this  side  of  there, 
those  who  live  in  countries  where  theie  is  plen- 
ty of  water  and  to  spare.  They  have  water 
I'lioiigh  at  hand  to  immerse  every  man  and  wo- 
ni[m  in  the  nation,  yet  they  set  up  the  crj- about 
the  scarcity  of  water   when,  in  fact,   there 


more  than  they  can   use  any  way   they  can  fix 
it. 

We  read  not  one  word  about  any  one  com- 
plaining about  water  in  the  time  of  John  the 
Baptist,  or  even  in  the  time  of  the  Apostles, 
Of  course  there  are  thase  who  cannot  conceive 
thn  idea  of  there  having  l>een  much  water  in  the 
Jordan,  when,  in  fact,  the  stream  was  continu- 
ally rolling  a  vast  volume  of  water  the  distance 
of  over  two  hundred  miles  into  the  Dead  Sea. 
They  can  see  how  a  million  of  people  could  live 
in  .Jerusalem  from  year  to  year,  without  much 
water  at  hand,  but  for  tlieir  lives  they  cannot 
find  enough  water  in  the  vicinity  in  which  to 
immerse  the  three  thousand.  They  cannot  find 
any  pools  or  reservoirs  around  Jerusalem,  but 
can  find  most  anything  else.  Of  course,  all 
other  large  cities  must  have  some  kind  of  good 
facilities,  but  wlien  it  comes  to  -Jenisalem  that 
must  be  an  exception  to  all  other  cities  in  the 
world,  and  what  is  yet  more  mysterious  is,  that 
those  who  make  the  moat  fu.is  about  the  absence 
of  water  in  Palestine,  do  not  live  in  that  coun- 
try, and  more  than  that,  they  are  not  willing, 
on  this  question,  to  trust  one  who  knows  all 
about  it.  We  allude  to  Moses,  the  inspired 
writer.  In  Deuteronomy  8:  7  he  says,  "  For 
the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee  into  a  good 
land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water,  of  fountains  and 
depths  that  spring  out  of  the  valleys  and  hills." 
Yes,  it  is  a  land  of  brooks  of  water,  and  many 
springs  in  the  valleys  and  on  the  hills,  yet  it  is 
a  dry  country  where  no  living  water  is  to  be 
lound.  In  this  connection  the  following  lines 
nptly  express  the  absurdity  of  the  Pedobaptists' 
position: 

"  If  John,  as  many  lately  say, 
Thongh  Luke  may  lean  another  way. 
Existed  in  the  Jewish  state, 
Our  friends  would  please  us  to  relate. 
What  section  in  the  Jewish  book, 
Beqtiir'J  the  work  he  undertook. 

But  leaving  things  of  other  moment, 

To  those  whose  business 'tis  to  comment, 

We  can  but  feel  a  wish  to  know 

Why  John  should  keep  the  water  so. 

If  sprinkling  might  have  been  the  ino<lc. 

Why  should  he  take  so  long  o  road? 

Or,  if  he  design"d  to  pour. 

Why  then  to  .£non  take  a  tour? 

The  answer  comes  as  quick  as  wink. 

The  man  was  looking  out  for  drink. 

And  kindly  seeking  watering  places 

'  For  horses,  cameU\  mules  and  asses;' 

The  reason  seems  a.->  clear  as  dayj 

As  Pedobaptists  wisely  say. 

Why  John  chose  out  a  watery  station. 

To  do  the  work  he  was  engaged  in, 

'Tis  plain  that  multitudes  came  out  > 

From  all  the  region  round  about; 

'Tis  likely  too,  we  lately  hear, 

Th'  encampment  lasted  more'n  a  year. 

And  who  but  Baptists  once  could  think 

That  man  and  beast  would  wantnodrink? 

This  question  answered  with  such  ease. 
We'll  state  another  if  you  please. 
Admitting  John  a  public  cater, 
Providing  man  and  beast  with  water, 
And  that  hi."  mind  was  more  intent 
On  drink,  than  on  the  sacrament, 
And  having  now  obtained  his  end, 
And  near  by  Jordan  made  a  stand, 
We  humbly  a.sk,  if  'tis  no  sin, 
Why  he  should  need  to  enter  in? 
To  this  full  many  have  reply'd. 
And  here's  the  answer  cut  and  dry'd; 
That  since  the  concourse  was  so  poor. 
There  was  not  found  in  all  their  store, 
A  basin,  pitcher,  or  a  cup. 
With  which  to  lade  the  water  up, 
'Tis  likely  John,  as  other*  do, 
Proceeded  down  a  step  or  two 
In  Jordan's  stream,  to  take  a  stand. 
To  do  what  might  be  done  on  land. 
But  ere  we  give  the  subject  o'er, 
We  beg  to  ask  one  question  more. 

Since  John  was  so  intent  on  thinking, 
To  find  conveniences  for  drinking, 
'Tis  wondrous  strange  he  bad  not  thought 
To  bring,  or  see  some  one  had  brought 
Some  vessel  Jordan's  wave  to  lade  in. 
Which  might  havesav'd  him  tedious  wading. 
You'd  think,  to  help  the  water-fete  hers, 
He'd  brooght  a  load  of  pails  and  pitchers. 

Though  old  divines  could  tame  the  Greek, 
And  learned  what  it  design'd  to  speak; 
Yet  moderns  find  it  strangely  wild. 
They  chase  it  hard  through  flood  and  field, 
And  strive  wtb  industry  and  pain 
To  overtake  it,  but  in  vain. 
0  Luther,  Calvin.  Puolc,  and  Wall, 
And  lexicographers,  and  all, 
What  pity  ere  ye  drew  the  quill, 


Our  itioderns  of  superior  skill 
Were  not  at  hand  to  show  you  how 
Biptizo  may  be  rendered  now. 

Though  you  so  oft  have  made  as^rtion. 

Its  meaning  primely  is  immersion; 

Yet  such  improvements  have  been  made, 

To  give  the  cause  of  sprinkling  aid. 

Our  critics  in  this  learned  day. 

Have  the  great  modeMy  to  aay, 

Its  meaning  can't  be  ascertain'd         . 

And  sprinkling,  pouring,  u-iishing,  cleaning, 

May  be  its  true  and  native  meaning, 

Thfl  nM)st  specific  sense  they  get. 

The  term  imports  somehow  to  wet ; 

If  water  only  be  apply'd. 

That  will  suffice,  can't  be  denied. 

Each  one  may  choose  his  manner  now. 

If  each  is  plea.'^,  no  matter  hoir. 

No  matter  how?  Then  why  is'fc  where? 

And  why  the  crown  of  face  prefer? 

Why  should  the  region  of  the  nose 

Be  deeni'd  more  fit  than  of  the  toes, 

Why  should  you  not  baptize  the  hands, 

To  execute  divine  commands? 

The  feet,  to  run  the  Christian  road  ? 

The  shoulders,  to  sustjiin  the  load? 

The  neck,  the  Christian  yoke  to  bear. 

And  serve  the  Lord  with  holy  fear? 

Why  not  the  sacred  rite  impart 

About  the  region  of  the  heart? 

What,  in  the  nature  of  the  case. 

Should  make  you  always  choose  the  foce? 

'Tis  something  strange,  we  freely  own. 
That  those  who  preach  immersion  down, 
Should,  after  all  the  things  they  say. 
Consent  to  tread  this  frantic  way. 
And  from  the  pulpit  straight  repair 
To  practice  what  they  censur'd  there." 


DY  OEOBGE  WORST. 


TRUTH  isa  principle  that  should  be  largely 
developed  in  every  man  and  woman,  and 
especially  in  those  of  the  household  of  faith. 
Truth  is  a  principle  that  should  govern  us  in 
all  our  sayings,  and  in  all  our  doings.  It  is  the 
opposite  of  error'.  Truth  and  error  cannot 
peaceably  dwell  together.  Truth  and  error  ru- 
ined our  race.  If  truth  had  lieen  presented  to 
our  first  parents,  they  would  not  have  trans- 
gressed the  Lord's  commands  in  the  garden  of 
Eden.  If  error  aione  had  been  presented,  they 
perhaps,  would  have  seen  the  design  of  the 
tempter,  and  would  not  have  yielded  to  his  en- 
treaties. But  truth  and  error,  mingled  togeth- 
er, deceived  them,  and  thereby  the  deceiver 
accomplished  his  object,  and  tlie  fall  of  man  was 
the  result.'  0,  what  misery  and  snS"ering  fol- 
lowed! because  they  did  not  strictly  hear  what 
the  Lord  commanded  them.  They  could  no 
longer  stay  in  that  glorious  paradise  which  God 
made  for  them,  and  in  which  he  placed  them, 
but  must  go  out  and  till  the  ground,  from 
which  they  were  made,  and  in  sorrow  eat  of  the 
fruit  of  their  labor  all  the  days  of  their  life,  un- 
til they  would  again  return  to  dust. 

Sickness,  sorrow  and  death  were  entailed  up- 
on the  whole  human  race,  because  of  the  trans- 
gression, and  by  our  first  parents'  yielding  to 
the  tempter's  entreaties,  there  was  a  principle 
begotten  in  the  human  race,  that  is  seen  and 
felt  in  our  business  transactions  in  everyday 
life.  Wc  Jiiay  look  in  what  direction  we  will, 
and  see  the  spirit  of  deception  practiced,  or  at 
least  attempted.  We  sec  truth  and  error  mixed 
together  to  accomplish  objects  of  advantage  by 
the  party  who  desires  to  gain  a  given  point,  and 
we  are  sorry  to  say,  that  it  is  not  always  by 
those  that  do  not  profess  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ.     God  is  tnie,  in  Him  is  no  lie  at  all. 

The  Savior's  high-priestly  prayer  for  His 
disciples  was, "  Sanctify  them  through  thy  truth, 
thy  word  is  truth."  Now  according  to  the 
Savior's  prayer.  His  disciples  are  set  apart,  by 
the  truth  of  God's  Word,  from  all  deception 
and  et"ror,  not  only  those  of  the  twelve,  bdt 
tliose  of  His  disciples  in  nil  ages  of  the  world, 
and  when  that  principle  of  truth  does  not  man- 
ifest itself  in  those  who  denominate  themselves, 
the  disciples  of  Christ,  it  is  a  self-evident  fact 
that  they  do  not  belong  to  God,  but  stand  in 
opposition  to  Him,  and  have  been  poisoned  by 
himi  who  goeth  about  seeking  whom  he  may 
devour.  Our  world  is  full  of  religious  books 
and  tracts,  so-called,  with  truth  and  error  mix- 
ed. Pulpits  are  supplied  with  preachers  who 
deal  out  h^lth  and  error  and  palm  it  off  for 
godliness. 


Now,  dear  reader,  siiice  Gb<I  is  truth,  and  His 
Word  is  truth,  be  not  deceived  by  that  religion 
which  is  prevailing  in  our  corruptible  world,  for 
it  is  wicked  to  deceive,  or  to  mix  truth  and  er- 
ror together,  or  lie  outright.  The  Bible  says, 
"  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  and  all 
the  nations  that  forget  God"  (Ps.  0;  17).  God 
has  seen  fit,  in  His  own  judgment,  to  punish  the 
wicked — the  evil  doer,  the  liar,  and  deceiver,  and 
withal  the  threatened  judgment  of  God  shonn 
forth  in  His  revealed  Word.  It  is  horrible,  it 
is  remarkable,  and  it  is  wonderful  to  behold  the 
sayings  and  doings  of  mankind,  showing  forth 
one  idea,  at  least,  that  the  devil  hn.s  great  power, 
and  influence  among  the  children  of  men,  and 
no  doubt  because  of  that  begotten  prinoipla 
which  originated  in  the  days  of  Adam.  But 
thanks  l>e  to  God,  that  power  is  not  all-power- 
ful. The  Bible  says,  "  The  seed  of  the  woman 
shall  bniise  the  serpents  head,"  which  wft^djg^ 
in  the  person  of  Jesus  Christ;  and  through  Mis 
sutt'ering  and  death,  ha.s  made  it  possible  for  ua 
to  overcome  that  principle  of  deception,  by  be- 
ing willing  to  receiving  that  Word  of  truth, 
which  will  make  us  free,  "  and  if  the  truth, 
makes  us  free,  then  are  we  free  indeed."  We 
need  not  fear  to  take  God  at  His  word,  for  it  is 
written  that  it  is  impossible  for  God  to  lie.  U 
is  contrary  to  His  prerogative.  The  Savior 
said  to  His  disciples,  "  If  I  go  away,  I  will  send 
the  comforter,  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  which 
will  lead  you  into  all  truth,"  not  part  truth  and 
part  error,  but  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but 
the  truth- 
Brethren  and  sisters,  letithis  God-given  prin- 
ciple be  the  rule  of  practice  in  everyday  life, 
S|>eak  the  truth  with  our  neighbor,  act  out  the 
truth  in  our  dejklings,  and  in  every  act  of  our 
lives.  Let  us  be  above  suspicion,  that  even  the 
world  may  never  have  cause  to  say  aught  against 
our  int«grity,  and  God  will  bless  us  in  life.  He 
will  bless  us  in  death,  and  afterwards  will  say  to 
us,  "Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world."  "  Lord,  who  shall  abide  in  thy 
tabernacle?  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill? 
He  thfit  worketh  uprightly,  and  worketh  right- 
eousness, and  apeaketh  truth  in  his  heart " 
{Psalm  15:  1,  2).  From  the  above,  we  see  what 
encouragement  we  get  from  Holy  Writ,  for  up- 
rightnes-s,  love  of  truth,  for  righteousness,  and 
true  hohness,  whose  pages  are  filled  from  Gene- 
sis to  ilevelation.  But  indignation  and  wrath 
against  the  unrighteous,  the  unholy,  the  liar, 
and  deceiver,  'The  gat«  of  heaven  will  be  clos- 
ed against  alt  such,  for  they  are  an  abomination 
in  the  sight  of  God,  and  their  final  end  is  vivid- 
ly portrayed  in  the  Book  of  God. 


No  man,  however  holy,  may  conclude  himself 
exempt  from  temptation  of  some  kind,  for  God 
manifest  in  the  flesh  was  most  sorely  tempted, 
We  need  not  conclude  it  sin  to  be  severely 
tempted,  for  Christ  was  tempted  to  worship  the 
devil.  Iffaithful,wehave  the  consoling  thought 
that  we  shall  not  be  tempted  above  that  which 
we  are  able  to  bear.  A  constant  etTort  at  resist- 
ing temptation  tends  to  make  one  stronger  in 
the  faith,  and  more  zealous  in  the  Master's  work, 
and  if  sanctified  to  our  good  is  not  without  its 
beneficial  effects. 

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PAL'Lsays,  "The  time  will  come  when  they 
(the  people)  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine " 
(2  Tim.  i:  3),  and  from  the  stir  the  pointed  truth 
sometimes  makes  in  the  camp  of  professing 
Christians,  it  is  reasonable  to  presume  that  time 
is  fully  at  hand.  There  is  an  increasing  demand 
for  this  smooth,  harmless  (?)  preaching  that 
will  suit  everybody  and  hit  none.  Bold  and 
fearless  preachers,  who  are  full  of  wisdom  and 
prudence  are  becoming  a  scarce  article. 


By  referring  to  the  Gleaning  department, 
it  \rill  \te  seen  that  a  number  of  Brethren  in 
losya  think  of  finding  homes  in   the  West. 

Hope  they  all  may  be  successful  enough  to  find 
homes  in  one  locality  and  thus  render  their  ■ 
new  homes  more  pleasant. 


Some  one  from  Mitlersburg,  Ind.,  sends 
|)ay  for  fifty  copies  of  the  Children  nt  Work, 
but  fails  to  give  his  name.  Hope  this  notice 
will  meet  his  eye. 


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a?iija /BB!^T]^iiB3<i)  ,J^T,  :W<i>UW' 


J^»l.v   XX-i. 


,,,l^^  ryE   BEEN  THINKING. 

\Vh;.f  aiilorkmswnrldwrr-tln.,    '' ""  " 
Did  f'olli^'  mfnd  (li.;ir  l>ii^be.-^  ItiuW,  ■"    ■' 

And  luin.y  tin-ii-  n.-fRhhor's'lfesB!  '» --.''I  i_'" 

Por  tnrtaiic^,  yr.n  trnd  !,  inyifritmd^i "  '"i'l' " 

'    Aroi-Ullyiimile  to  tiilk.i  U.,\\ '.w'\i,u\  ,iU 

.1  iOiinint:tierstthatu]oucBBn.u6lh(»lB,,)il  k^'j-.  f/id 

■lAjlJ.yUlera', follies  iippeif.  liv.  -.ilt— r.-.)!-ir« 

T<Jmirl<!oJire.Wll''!fft1liK'""   "'"  "'    '*""'' 

Thnt  pu^'flbly  anr  neigtboVsnuifelit  "^  ■■^.i  -i 

ji'.''  Contrive  to  -mAnagc  thuiiai'di  !■■  i.  -,iii'{j>. 

,,-.  WfVe  fuulM  t)noIis]ltaUl()JHUi,to  jneiwltTroii.. 

'(,„,.  ,it,in.\v,  L«J.fiWMi^li,i«>thqTS;,r.i  ■.■.(!■. pilini  I»>ii 

[     SuiM>;il!  iiumkirulmvl,r,.t!i.Ts.  ^     ^,.^.^|,,^ 

Ohl  nvniild  that  wi- liiiiJ  diantv         ■      Aiu  ill 

iT.iFOTiovopj-inmii.dO'l  womiiii;ii: :  -.ilT     .li-i 

,Iiori(Jv*«¥tei3.tlie,>narJi.pf  tliuHi^,,,,-,.^  H,  ,'. 

Wliolfifow '' to  ^r;- i-j  liiiiuiui,''  ^,      ..ji  ,,, 

■iU.n'lri   L,':iMm:i;j...al>..„j-  .  ,,H.,fi„" 

1.,  l'-  lilt  nur  r.Lll.ii  1...>I1,.t:  ■  - 

A...i--i-n.,.,.i. h^.--.-...i;--';^;;| 

'   1)0  g(JHd  to  one  anotlicr.  " 

.ml   i.lt  l<  lii'j.''    .'I'lil    -II    >An\u-^Seicdedu " 
.,         I,  ..,l„it    ,  ,-,■1  .■■,.*w;.iWJ-^Vl  ^.1  ^'^.m 


SELECTED' THOUGHTS;' 


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.)in.r : 


..tlLi-.li\ 


lost' 

auilt.l..  Il,.'tlr-I  -(,rl"^>.'i'H',.-k;i,L'.i..ii-/-. 

—Til-  1..'..  .,r  ri.n^t  i-  lK".l  ill  it-'nli/..f-, 
free  in  its' c ummiiiiifat ion •=.  iiriloaWtd'lU"'its'f't- 
erci^'s  (iMil  AvuvA  in  it-^  duntfioii;  liettl'itftUdg 
the  betipvt-r's  cOmlWtJ  '  ■    "'       ' '■■nr(|.:Til 

-LRi^  eiLsy  I.Jl'  aiViW  to  iiniiv1.>r  lil^  iieT^libdK 
in  tlVe  si*ht  ..f(5^dL  ■by^(i''^e.ivt  wiUi;  nfldi^'pfls: 
siomit*  (losire;'"'H(:'that  luitjdli  \m  brobheii ia Bi 
murdert-i-,"  Bd.vd.InBijirntion.  ■  i  I' I        ■    r 

■— A  chiiritalile  liMy  in  London  eataWisWd  a 
hoDie  in  that  city  for.'  women  iwlifdiad  rtViHen 
Tictiui3!tu  ifitouijerancv..  lu  Hint)  montlieflhe 
appl\<Hitii!Us  \yere,  5!Xi,-4P(l  pf  these. J.2.w,wetfrou), 
ladies, .v*!  K'^^^-   ,  n  i!  .  ■.  >    ..  ■  I,  ■    .i   n;    i  ■  !.■  n;  ' 

—As  1  have  .watered  flowers.  I  would  sae.a 
lone  :rtowi;r,  H-itherinj;.  liyiut;. 


..   1 1 

Itn 

r.i-Bl 

.in 

,.-..11. 
.nvth 

li-li 
.dt- 

die,  tlio.igli  it  ttrugtrled  Itinvt  Inr  In 
stniuge,  hroth.T-lik^-yjui>.iUi>  tnr  H 
edit  that  I  ml-ht  hel|' it  in  tin-  - 
wliieh  w  .w  ail  eut;a-.d 
"■-An.-.u-v-;^<'in-|.i^tv  willii.v,.,- 
any  gn.M.  (I  «nll  tall  ..f  It-  ..ui,  ,. 
develo|inu>iit,  ;ird  it  will  pi'.idu.i'  no  : 
in  it^  apldiehtion  to  surronhdiri^'  life.  It  i'^  the 
earnest  ?trivinf;,  the'  dil!i;>>iit,  iinwenrying  iic- 
tivity  thiit  ^iilfecure  tllPi-iglit  n-mlts  of  tliu 
Gospeh  ■  ■■  ■  '      .   !''■  I' 

— Luthorsiiidihc  presiched'  so  that '  theniJiid 
with  the  childriin  behind  tht  door  could  under- 
stand him,  aiLd  trben-the-duftorw-d  divinity  iil.-n 
in  his  congregiition  >:o<i\d  ioni[ii-i.-]ierid  In-  di— 
QOU^,  ,  I  fonml  one  Inindr.-d  ^■.nnU  m  .i  Ki-l,- 
op' ^  able  seruii>n  that  "ii-  ^■Imh  iiie  t.>  n.-ail 
which  Iknow  the  peoj.k-  vs^.mM  n-'.  iind.-r- 
staiid. 

—We  muBt  ,U'..K!Vcnto  i/ray<,T,  more  and 
more;  n\nl  to  the.d!ligent,earBl'ul,li|(Liitoal /<^i-. 
ing  of  the  .W>(liyf  Mud.  Bo  ifot  tw^l'ted  from 
this  hj'„mauy.,)i(hoi7I,  ,,  I.nevL-r  j^n  to  ^v^^rl;,\vitllr 
out.fin.tibaY.Wa.a'f"'!  '"*^^  fwr  my  hool.  The, 
spirH,oS:OU^^yo^k  i?  the  ^ruattliiiiyi  .so  do  not 
neglect  your  own  vineyard  tor  aiy;  , other,, ^pi-, it 
your  soul  suiters,  your  work  will  sutfer.  Read 
the. vBibie  (consecutively,  and  it'wi*  ^yourselves  fmd 
notirori.ot)ierKl  Tlien..priiuttee  wlmti  yon  read, 
coiiiessingito  Ood  yotlr,  lailucen  .to. do  it. 

— Fhoflioacy'.'— He  that  has  nevur'  euftored 
extrtme  adrewity,  ynows^not 'the  fall  extent  of 
his  own  deprdTation;'  andhi;  tlidt  hiis  neven  en*- 
joyed  the  summitiof -prosperity,  ia  equally  igno-: 
runt  how ffttthetiniqiiityiof  dtherS'tangoL  for 
our  adversity  will  exdte temptation  io  ourselves, 
ou^'i)rb4^rity"lh'oih&rS'.""Sii'' UlJl»eTt 'WrfliJile 
obsyfVfed'''it''*fitS  lttl-tirtftte''tllaiiKNv^tilW('Oottld' 
be  Prime "MiniS^'tet^l  betAMtl*'ifc"\viiB  fortunate' 
that  few  miM  cduld  tnow  tlie  nbkiiaoned'prolli- 

lev  of  the  liiiman"rtiiiid.   '  "         ' 


WORLDLY  CONFQi!M;;rY,,  , 

qiHt;  t.'hureh  will  i^"""  be  undur  t|ic;flvce^"t.v 
i  of  r.-torniu£  to  tli.-  old  li.duts  of  plain  dress, 
in  otdo^  to  distingnit'h  her  members  ■  fro^i  the 
people  of  I  the '  world.  Shilii'  exterutll  badgt  will 
soorlbe'iVqnired^ '  Thcilispositiflii;  tlie'nfltural 
expression  of  chilvtictPiHhesenFkliODe  ilf  the 
conduct,  ouglU;  W'-plainly  imll/'irtp  the  Dillow-r 
of  Christ;  and'^theV^nhvayi  doivhen  the'Ohns^ 
ly  spirit  hai'  supremacy'  fn' the  Knu!.'  Bvlt  tlie 
illBWive  oft.thls  irtneMlfe  focNiP  iitid  the'ftfiiits  of 
the  Spirif 'iw  fihe  ch^riiclei'.  pUkkley  tfJetai^t  ob- 
servant and'oolcrtUtin'e:  to  iinmt'whp'is'aChris- 
tiau  and  who'Js'noi: 

SomeChristiansllaiJtslitliein-i-hv-  with  y-t\»\ 
professionJ."iwi(('  inirfgtfte  tlnit  tlii*  h.,fLsHiil  iul- 
vertieomentii  ofitlieii'  'piety  iVill  bS'ftiliiflli'cient 
gnnraiitfi'  Ui  thi>'  w.ivtd  k  theii-  g^nuiii^ness. 
Bubnlaa>!  tli.;.  [iriilV^Sidil  ihnlleiijg^'i-itigplfction 
of  coiiddot^i  audi  lihoihoartii.indl 'the ''tAn'^ne  do 
not  alwaysKigrideJi'  SFhu'defidiehfai-  Jir  cUrWacter 
is  suppp8«l)tofbaiSnp|llelnent«l  byipi'ofeiiinn; 
but,  lllos.sOiu^  ioah  fiieiler  i  itake  jth©  "vlBceibf  frnit 
to  hungry  raehiu.ii^iW'habiif/ol'yOn' more' than 
others/'.'. was ibixfr tat t'ofilb  dictipleibytouriljori!. 
Sinners  cttn  Jiat^t  publioans  canl^Teitho^d'whn 
love  tltemj  meal<gcaoiiallyii"dan  doiiicbs  of'lkind- 
nesa  when  thoj^,  et(t*ecb  ietutnai  hnt  '■  hsaly  un- 
to you,  Lart\y.<Hixr[aum&ea,daiibbd'io theiM that 
hate  you,  aadlpr^tjf  fdJ-  bhamiwhichideapitfefnlly 
use  you,"    .''-What' '/o  yoiMnore.thauioth'ers?'  " 

Tiifl  world.is..lren(iy,  to  Beo.  (iiidim'natadniire 
Chri-tl.ul  A.I-.  \-  -....ri  v.,,mM  rii-ri  rur.i.-How- 
■  ■V-  -.1-  r,. ;,-,,!■.,  or  ,n,i,l,  ,„n  ..■!f-.,.'uf:,  iui;  and 
I'lin.tini.  .l.-d-  Tli.v  liiiv-  ;,  >\i,ii,i,ig  and 
commanding  "powi.'i ,  iou!  ihinri  ihr  i-'-in.it  n{ 
even  the  Mke'i'.  mi-l  tli-  -Mum-^Ai^^n  ;i  M 
Chartict^r  UijBt'on-liii  t,  th-  1"ini(:Lln  ;uid  stream-; 
of  ChlTstiSiVlife,  ^ire  flu-  trn-  niiirks  of  'n  llisci- 
plu!  "hi?'  needs— iio  otlwr-badg'',  no  external 
1  ensign,  no  advertisijig|0^  ^is  virtues — his  spirit 
and  the  tone  of  his  co_nd.uet  are  sufficiently  con- 
,vincing.  .■,..,,.,,  ,■,„„ ,.i 

But  ala.s!  where  do  we  see  this  difference  in 
charact^qr|,9i,i^^,C9n(J,ij(;t*  iiXiie.PFP^ipS-.fiUris- 
tian,  in  his  love  and  eagerness  for  nibne,V-n^(ik- 
i|i'g,undtbe)^nac!ityn'ith\yhiohhe  hol&^'^oMlflX'' 
possL-siioiiB,.  doea  not.  look-like  i.'.a  pilgrim  flf 
L'arth  "  jiiurueying,  to  heavt'o.  rHe  :  carries  the^ 
world  on  his  back  ami  the  cross  in  hia  handl 
Silly  jiiorfal!  The  burdtn  imjiedes  his  progress, 
Und  tlim  In-  must  thaiw  olfthe  heavy  load  be-, 
f..r.-  h.-  can  enttr  the  u^nw   way    tiiat  ]e:ids  to 

hfr, 

\V-  -■■■  \l-  -anif  -imilanty  betw.vii  tlu- 
.liiinli  .,11.1  tliK  world  ill  th.-  iliiiraa-T  -f  th.'ir 
l,l.-.xMires,  The  Chri.stian  i^  presumed  to  find 
Ins  chief  delights  in  ChriUiaii  service,'  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  and' lielping  his' feliow-men  iiito 
the  pool  of  healing;  but  till?:  is  not  the  caSe. 
ISabbath  devotion  is  adilty,  and  worldly  amuae- 
nienb*  4.dBlight>,i  The  eiiurch  is  negleeted  for 
the. /j/cii.-KM  of  attendiufj  the.opennaud  tliefttm. 
N>.t  to  ent.'r  in  :i  di',cu,-Mori  of  Ihe  .'inlnlness.of 
•II.  li  r,,i.jlii,.t.  1,,  ^^iv  11,,.  |,;ii.vt,  tiii^  temU-ncy  gf, 
i1m-  111.-  -tivw-  wli.r.-  til,.  h.',.rti.,;indivhatkind 
.,f  t.-dl'r-t  -uit- the>,-    ^v.nldly    churLh    iiu-jn-' 

If  a  man'-"  K„j„vm.?nt  and  chi.:.f  delight  i-  not 
in  rhn^tian  servir  e,  he  iloes  not  love  Oliriyt  avC-' 
prenicH',  If  he  is  notlivint;  for  heaven ■  iitid 
i-ndeavorinp:  tolieixnhe  inoi-e  and' bore  like' his' 
Ma-tcr,  he  has  not  realized  the  resurreotin'g' 
pmvor  of  Christ  in.  hi^.  Hoitl.'  When  a  sOul  is 
convtrted,  a,jniiv,r,i,irit  ia  put  within  man,  .with 
ucw  attinities  and  tern  lent- ii^->,  and  he  dies  tti.sjn. 
and, lives  luito.lioil.  He  r<;nouuce^  iill  criniiftflL 
an,i  iorlu'ihU-n  ple^.sy.v^,  Tlii.  worid  luse^  his 
lieiol.  he  lives  for  lirav.-ii,aM.lkn.>>v.n..aiiLli 
ifj  l.ut  that  nf  fhrist.  \V,,,'Mly  r..iif.,iiiii(' 
llive  -r.'kiiig  liki:,       T.'iiJ.  1,.;.-  :.«■  -'v^n- :[  >  I, 

ai-ti-r'.     The  trile  Christian  i^  not  ;it  liimie  in  i 
MrXlV.    'He  iS'^ei-'icnitf  confliniutT  to  Christ  andk 
[in^ctnens  for'!ieavelr,-^.'^''/i'»"('. 


ley  ha\-e  chosen  a  companion  in  Ijfe,  ami,  think 
then  it  will  be  better  to  start  in  'Uie  service  of 
the  Lord,  tbev  may  hesiullv  disappointed.  The 
IiiJib'ancf'iniiv  think  one  wav  and  the  wife'the 
dt'Her.'  'bili;  may  wish' to  obey  the  I,oi^,  and 
the  'othA  not;  and  so  there  woold  be  contention', 
and  iff'mighe  be  like  (he  one  thatwdfe  bidden  tit 
a.ci"eab  sUppeTiund  said,  t'.J  havomai'ried  n  wife 
audctberefori',  cannot  come,"    ■  n-  In.' 

.;>eek,th«  iLoiiil,  jind  seek..lJiiU  lli>f,  and  il",ive 
^eek  llun  Uiwinily,  we  will  Jind  Hiui.  How 
eaifyjit  .wi^ukl  bt-  bir  tlie_^iiiijjL,'  to  ion|ply  with 
(jur  text,  if  tliev  vv-'uM  -mh  .-(ilnnit  to  the  i^ayi, 
yfth^Lurd.  Th,v  -„ii|.U..me  to  Christ  iU'^-.-a.sy 
as'tIu.yoiingm,iid.'ji;u-'.<e  when  Chri>t  bade  jier. 

THE  HEAVENLY  ROAD..'  '   "" " 

f«i..v  in  briiJ ■•  TuuLl-.i'm  '-'''■>  ''V-'id  T.,lln 

rplHB't^dt^hfeiiwh'iSh^tiyit'and'ili.rhAebtie; 
'Jil  jnnd'ioa'eibUarside'iS  ai  worldly  wildui'neKJ 
(Hllfofrwild  iand  i(Wa»tifuli7flowerf,v  and  Inany 
qt,i^cc,tjiiugs:th:it  all)n-e«pd,te'imt„the,Ch)'.vti 
t.](ui,  i"  l.;(nt-,tlK-  g!v)r,v-VRUfl,d,pW.aiMa|id,si;!ik.tl)(; 
|ileius.n-e-,-,rtlu.  w'.rhl,  ,  ;,  ,^  , 

h"'' ■''":"■  "''■' ':".:■'':-',':"": 

maii\         .  I-  ■■■■'.       .  ;   ■.  .,' 

(tisvery  iie^..'ssitry  to  k-n.nv  how  im  c-t  on  this 
heiivenly.rond,  and 'iltso  to  knov,  at  ilie  iiian>' 
crossings  and  divorgings  whidi  is  th.-n^'lit  road', 
n^itliemilderfiess'iiwa^S'roftBni'Ordss  the;  Clins- 
tiim'3ipaUuiRndiat,ithe,diverSi'ngs..we  uftejiJind 
Satan's  ageutd.  wlio  iiivit.^..and.  -wen  u)H#t  (o 
almo'^t  compul-i.m  <■>  liavu  us  t.ikr  loii.tli-'i' u,lj  . 
fsp,.u,illy  if  (h'-\  II. ink    «,-  ai-,'    ji.'t    ■,.■,■;.    ■..,■!! 

ariioainted  witi,  tb.-  i'...,.|    ,.,■  ..ur  il.,,,].-' k. 

Theulet  me  ;i.1m-...  all  t,.  izr-t  '/«    -..ti.l. -1 k, 

which  is  the  New  Te^hnnent.  and  in  ii  w.ll  I"' 
found  ilirectioii^  md  ••\i\\  how  to  yW  uu  this 
heavenly  road,  but  alsn  ln.w  to  L-ij'  on  it.  In 
it  we  fiii'i'iftat  in  order  Io   get  on  llil-  ro'iu},  W' 


o^e  ijnotlier  with  a. holy  k,i^  or  kiss  o^'  charity, 
iuiduiajiy  other  things,,,  WplI  thiit , is . enough. 

fjow,  do  you  see  any  signs  of  these  duties  along 
liis  led  hand' roail?  '  Look  as  far  down  the  road 
as  you  can  see  without   going  on  it.   '  Do  you 
.^c^  any":*  Nrt,  not  e\-en  a  shadow'of  th^m.'  Now 
look  up  this  strait  and  narrolv    \my    and   sdeif 
you  can  see  any  along  it;     0,  'y^i  I'bee  them 
plainly,    Weill  then,  let  u9;go  oninbut  do'Uot 
fotget  your  fTuidq-boob.     (■■■.'   ■■il'   .■.m.  ......ii 

.1  ArB,,>vfc,  not,  al^mast  to.  heayen'i'     I  do  not 
know;  our  journey  iniiy  be  u  veiy 


we.  may  hav..  to 
you  think  \----  sh 
0,'yes.  W,.  lu.L 
less,  all  alniii.'  m 
tionsi'luf  tl<,  I,  11 
ex;Je,;iing  and.' 
that  stani 
nfit  know.  I'irl 
H(V  looks  like  ho 


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II  h.i 


11,1  ,.v 


I-lil  aliU.- 


■t,n-nal  weij;bf  of  -lorv,  W'ha^ 
there  at  the  ero-s  romls'J  I' do 
■hapi^w,..  will  wh.-n  we  gi't  there, 
iViiiting  fou  ns.i  "  '^  Hurry  np, 
ifiiyou  aze'igoiiig  uiydfoadl''  .i>Whioh  .iayour 
roiid.'?,  I'.'.TJiW;  orie,Vrtayshei''on(wbich,oll  iwp- 
nlar  Torn  travel  "     Well.tiierj  we  ani  T)..t  -ouig 


r  hr. 


'   \VI, 


.'  I    :i 


Win 


■.'.;:hi...tlh;-M.in...'.  :^,L^  l-.idl^.!a.i\en^  '■  Ves," 
^ays-'h^i^'-bht  thlb-rtad  on'i^-Uich /am  tnweling 
iB'SUch'a  veryijMjtir^Tr'ott^i'*'  Nyw'let'-iue'ask, 
Hre  yohl'sai-ei.youi"  popiilar  irbad;  as  'yoit  eailit, 
wilMgadlyou  to  heavec':'  tii'i'i0.ljies,-sii'r!  says  |ie, 
\V<jii„Jiow,do  yo,u.,kiww>-iit.iW(l^'rti,  V'.AVh)-!.  sirj 

because  ovu-    pruaeJier  and    guidy-book.  W»'.SO.',' 

Wh-ivlil  '"■';  I !■     '■■'  ii.-  1  lit  hoiiifo;  from?, 


''i    do  not 


ky.'U 


Oder 


gaey 


-It 


-1  . 


wa-  tl„- 
.  >Nl,elil' 
t.  had  a 
lueh  t.,  , 


.i.MMf;  .,f  ..uoldac- 
.  att..iitl,m  waseall- 
.iu.-kin-.ilscandal 
lli.Lt   Teannotheav 


quaiiitance 
ed  tO|Uiil*tlnn( 
in  it,  "  1  have 
it.  One-half  mv  tinie  i-  taken  op  with  my  own 
busine^^s,  the  otlit-r  halfwitli  letting  alone  that 
of  niv  neighbors."  How  riuinj  excellent  oppor- 
tunities of  letting  u^oue  other  p,.,,ph/.-  bii-ijiesa 
are  .slighk-d,  and  the  world  t=  tr.iiibied  with  the 
interference  of  people  with  what  ib"-s  not  t-.u- 
cern  them!     Neighborhuods  ar,-OriviTi  ir.i<:y  by 

reports  of  idle  or  mischievous  j pk-  who  watch 

for  ocea.sioup  of  scaudjil,  wid  lo^c  jio,opportuoity 
of  ninking  it  public,  regardless  of  its  truth,  or 
of  tke  injury  itinjlicb  upon  the  fecliugsof  others] 
Gossip  pa'iKeB  for  fact,  and  s-iruiise  for  history. 


■""'"■"'■■iiYsoiv:i'Ui^Kit^.v'""''^  ■"';';''' 

.dlBndk.^blBi'Uith'dkluediiii  t/i'iOeil,'  nnU.bi9''rigli;d(nitb 
iiqfB,  noil  all  (liijEC,  iLiugo  »1i^11  W  .adaeaiin(o,,ri)ii.';Tf1 
>!nii,  I-.,  ;<;;   ,  ,  , 

y.OUThl  is  the  time  to.gepve  t^e,Lo)rti.  i ,  ,Whep, 
I  tile  evil  duvt  come,  how  hard  we  liave  to 
light  til,-  enemy'ol-  soul.-,!  I  Uve  hwl  c^ieri- 
iniee  liow  the  vvieked  ,,n,-  will  try  to  make  sliil>- 
Avreik  of  our  convictions  of  sin.  If  we  are 
young,  he  will  fell  us  we  are  too  yohng  to  serve 
the  Lord:  we  would  better  waittill  'ive  get  old- 
er. The***  things  will  only  make  it  all  the 
harder  to  follow  Jesus..  When  tve  getolderj  we 
grow  tulrder  in.  sin^  and  if  we  hglit  against  mmr 
viction,  lor'the  gentle  voice  of  the  Spirit,  w* 
may  hav«  to^n.v.!with  otliers;  "The  Spiritidppa 
not  aiwa.yi*, strive  witJi  nie."  Oh!  what  a  lam- 
entable conditio^  we  are  in,  if  the  Spirit  once 
tea-wlh  to  strive  with  us!     If  persons  wait  till 


ust  first  have  faith  in  the  Lonl  .le.ii- '  Otrist; 
second,  we  iiiust  repent  (if  our  sin-;  and  i 
be  baptized' iui  the  nnme  of  the-.  Father,'ilhd  of 
the  iSon^, .and  of  the., Holy  Ghost.  ..WlnJhwe 
have  thus  complied,  i.'other  fhingsiibeing,  'right, 
we  are  on  .the  roadi  ,,Now'  lot  upibtlirtilrfii  im- 
mediatflly.fls  it  is  not  a  rohdiof  idlfeheeH!  ildd  as 
we  trawl  on.  if  we 'should  see  byi  .flu"  ft'Ayide 
some  beautiful  liowors,in  theforniof  fiuest^'les, 
or  anything  else  uuder  the  liame  ofi Costly' ft rray 
ur  siipetfluities;  lob  .us  nob  deave'  the  .rtiid  to 
trather  ,thenl,  bUb,  pass  right. on,, even  i if  we 
-lioold  see  uiife  rooms. of.  entertaillmantr. ill  the 
form  of  balls,  theatres  and  all  other  plaices  of 
like  amusements;  for  if  we  once  leave. the' i'oad, 
we  run  a  great  risk  in  losing'OUr  way,'(iiid  get- 
ting on.KDiDe  of  the  wilderness  roads,  on.  ^Ise  of 
not  finding  any  road,  but  wander  in  the  Wilder- 
ness all  day  until  the  sumof  life  has  fetatldthe 
night  of  deuthisiab  handv  and.. iiveiBO  far  from 
heaven  that  we.caJi.ilevtJr  reach  it,  blit  hilve  to 
sleep  in  the  wilderness  through  an. eternal  flight 
of  misery  and  woe,,  0,  ho«y  ttrrihle!  How  awful 
such  adoom!,      i.i.  ....!'.  ..        '  ..    i 

Then  let  ns  i^ot  stop  and  gather  vanities  as 
we  pass  aloiig, '  lm(  let' us  pire'ss  right  oil,  ,with 
;Quide-book'  in'  hand,  I'resehtly  some  inne'says, 
i "  "What  doefl  'that  mean  V  "  ATlir,  that  is  a  fin- 
■ger-boafi'iit'will  tell  u'.  which  wnj'  to'io  in 
order  to'  '0  U-  li,-aven.  0,  do  lobV  wTiut  a 
broad  and'  b,Tiiitifiil  lonking  r6ad.''"'iliVst'  H-e 
how  much  wid,-i-  it  i-fhandieiih^Al-e'Areon. 
But  see,  tH'o  fint'i-r-board  thafpointsilowil  tli.;t 
road  reads,  dcstriKtiou.  '■  What  d,i  y,.u  ...v'- 
let  us  go  down  that  roa'l  a  Httlt- di'-t;uiev  anv 
w^iy.  0,  n,i.hi-olli..r;  let  d-  ugt  l,.-av-  (lie  hrav- 
.■nh  iiia.l.  I  kio'u  III,.  tin-er-lMMi,!  ,hie3,,  not 
-,n  li.-.wtar,l.,uii  that  i,,a,l  it  i-  t,,  ,l,.,tn,ction. 
l.ut  I  dare  say  it  i.-  not  very  lin-.  1 1,  but  'd"  .te 
how  many  are  going  that  way-  ^urelv  that'pm.t 
be  the  right'way.  Where  is  your  gi|nde-h'iiok  ;- 
Here  it  is.  Well  just  tuhl  to  Matt,  7:  111,  14, 
and  yoUjWdl  find  that  th..-  road  to  destmotion  i^ 
broad,  aiid'ha=  many  tri-ivelers,  while  t)-- 
toheaveliis-'-^'"--'"--"''  l!„.'V,L.  ■(!,....  ' 
sufficient; 
row  way 

And  thiis  we  pass  along.  'Bntioiik.'  there  is 
a  road  leading  off  to  the  left..  Well,  fuuf  wait 
till  we  read  the  letters  on  the  guide-post. I  We 
read  the  one  that  points  straight  on,  and'it  tells 
us  that  tliJH  Is.  the  road  to.  heaven.  Let  mrlook 
imd  see  wbabithe  other  says.  Ohi  brWher! 
wliat  are  we  to  do  ntiwl-'  It  snystlliU-  is  the  way 
to  hea'ven]  how  Khali  we  know  which  \tiiy  t<' 
go?  Why,  just  k^ep  straight  on.  0,  noj  this 
other  way  looks  like  it  has' been  traveled  more, 
and  is  an  easier  road  to  triivel  on;  my  ^opinion 
is.  thattliis  iS|the  right  way.  Have  you  lost 
your  Guide-book?  0,  no.  Well  what  ik^t-s  if 
say  are  some  of  the  Christian  duties?  Wieil,  it 
says  they  ought  to  wash  one  an9ther's  fte,i,  and 
as  we  look  over  the  guide-book  we  findiuention 
made  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  also  salajing 


Wb 


■11    ,ii,t    h,.    live?     "1  , 1,1    not 

say,  e^tiictlv,  but  1  iliink  about  a-^ffirbaek  as  the 
sixteenth  'oV  ''^■Venfeenth  tenturv-"  How  diil 
ytttt  ^et  on'yoWt'populiiY  roatIV  "  Wliy,'sir,  by 
laith,..of  eoilrei."  'HV  had  to  titke  three  steiis 
to  get  on  f/('.^■rtria!,  namely:  faith;  repentance, 
and  baptiani,  i"Baptjs|n!  W'hy.  do  you.  not 
kuow.  thi't  bapti; 
time  ago'r'  .omI 
tiak.siidi  ,1-    I  .. 


idom 

iIm.  all  th.i 


■  ,.tb,. 


,vay    with  long 


\VI, 


guide-book  contaiiiv   j 


1  llle.-e:  it    ..iilv  1 


d  ha=  many  travelers,  wliile  tlie  loai 
lisHarro'w.uud  lia'i'Uit  few.'  TJiat  i 
;  I'will'hiit  leave  'tlifs  sftaii  aiid  nar 


(juire^Tis'tb  gtito  meefirig;  siC  yon  see  the  Way 
is  eaay: "theii  cotne  along'and  go  with 'me."  ■  ■ 
■Brother,' 'shall  wego  with  hinrnnd'his  man* 
madeiloatrinec  and'  thereTsy'iilisB.  heaven  arid 
imriiortal  glory ?.oi?  shall.  wbrfolloiViQur  Guide? 
bookwho-se  aiitlui^"  ia  the,  Loi'd  JesHS.  Christ  and 
thu::i  reaclilieaveii,  where  we  njay  b^k  in, the 
sun-bvight,  clinic-  of  eternal  glflry  and,lj(iss,  aiiil 
rv,i^i!^,wit.li,  rinist  forever  and  ever? ''.    ' 

l''"^']'  '"THE  STRAIT  GATE." 

IX"  a  sennnii  preached  recently  by  u celebrated! 
'  cleiL'ynnm  fmrn  the  text;  "Strive  to  enter 
in  at  the  -trait  gate  "  |Luke  V,:  -M).  he  gave  the 
following  di^t'erijition:  "  Along.side  of  the  gr^at 
gate,  thioii^li  which  people  and:  eamels  passeii 
into  an  ancient  city,  and  wliich .  was,  closed  in. 
tjieieveiting,  was  a  iiiirro.ff,gate.  iThi:pugh,,thi(i 
juflrcoivi  gate,  ealle^l  tlie  ,'  Xeedjj's,,;5i'e,'  t^l^'  be- 
l(^ted,bi:ave|er  coi|ld,  witli  ,)|i(|i|>yil^y,  ,,(7rce  his 
camel. "j  I  ,  ,     . 

'"The  gates  ill  the  walled  portimis  of'.'Coijpt'aiJ, 
tinople' and 'Smyrna  are,  I  think,  gboil "reprei 
seiitatives  of  walled  Oriental  cities.  Tht"sinall',' 
,iT  .■^r"''||^ates."  fhl'bu^h 'whicU^  I  hav«  often 
jia^'^e,!,  some  of  them  hear  the  igreat  gate«,^  and 
other.":  in  moroiretired!porticJns,.;woiild  liot  juU 
mitiii  camel,  |  .,.  i    ,      .■  ,;  ,,iii.,i'|      ■  u   ' 

I  was  a  ivitne^s  to  a  good  illnstratjpn  of  tliis, 
when  returning  idler  ,-.iiii.-.et,  from  a  visit  to  a 
hospital  „iil-i,te,'l  the  w,ill,>'l  i..ot,of  Smyrna. 
\V^  «^re  ,u,.rt.,ken  b^  th,-  Eii-li-li  chaplain,  U 
verv  eori.nl.'Jit  man.  ■  Wh'at  -b.ill  we-I^V  lie 
a-ked. '-tli-LMte-  are  cl..-ed,"'  Find  the '■  strait 
gat--,"  the  -NVedi..'^  Eye,''  I  replied:  Aflera 
little  «eari-h  we 'fouuil  it,  and  we  ladies  werB 
eii^iy  admitted,  but  it  wu.'f  with  luuoli  tugging 
aniil  plilling  that'  we  brought  the  burly  ehaplain 
tlnough.  'I'Welh'"  said  _he,  "1  how  see  the 
forcei  of  our  Lord's  words;  "lUin  .easier  for  a 
camel  to  go  through  the  eye  of  a  needle  than 
for  ji  rich  man  (he  who  trusts  in  riches)  to  ^ti. 
ter  inw  the  kingdom  of  God"  (Mark  10:  25). 


Tt  is  to  be  feared  that  thousands  even  of  in^ 
telligent  persons  who  are  supposed  to  be  religi 
ioii^  beings,  have  no  conception  of  the  greatness 
of  the  idea  of  duty,  or  moral  atconntableoess, 
of  the  meaning  of  the  word  ''  ought."  But  it 
iB'oertain  that  notliing  is  done  woU  until  it  is 
doDfcfroDi  the -sense  of  a  controlling  priiicipla 
of  injierent  .and  essentia)  rightuesB.  Duty  ia 
the  child, of  love,  and  therefore  there, is  powec 
in  all  its  teachings  and  commands. 


jixly    11. 


THE    BltKTimBISn  ^4^Ti  "WOBlIC 


AJsr]sroiJ.isrcEMEis"TS. 

(yiliiiiliihoilirW,  Md.if/ilten  on  pnper  aepsmtb 

■,7/_      '  .i-..m.''"^P.|.n'i':  ','H?f""»-,..     i„    I,,   ,,■ 

■•;■■  '1 Jrl  ti.ir    IMi^'FSJiarn/'      .ii'ol..i  .    .' 

lipA.'rIi*'(*fiu»4h|  Ga^e  Co.,    Nch.,  September  7th 
.  mill  8th.  oooirafnciDg  nt  :^  tt'uloek.,/  .mri') 
Suenr  Creek    con/JrrrgBtioD,  -SoDgnmon   Cbi/  Ill-i 

,  Hclnber  3  iiiiil,4,  commenciog  uLlO  o'plack;., 
t')wn   C'euter,   at    residence  yJl  Bro.  G-i  W.  Boit- 

iiotls,  Si-iil-  Till  and  Sth. 
raJDt  Creek  cougregation,  Bourbon  Co.,    Kausaa, 
October  SrJ  and  ^th,  commencing  at  2  n'cloclt. 

Miiioral  Creek  Ixive-foiwt,  Johnson  Co.,  Wo., 
TuMilay,  October  iBf,  I87«.      .  S.  ,S.  liloiu.itu.    . 

The  Hrethren  in  the  church  of  Monroe  Co,,  la,, 
Intend,  the  Lord  willing,  tn  hold  a  Communion 
meeting  the  10th  of  Augost  (it  Peter  Miller'a,  '2 
mile  Sonth  of  Fi'ederic  atnlinr;  Commencing  at 
five  o'clock  P.  M.  Daniei.  JIillek. 

A  Love-feast  Ims  been  niipoiuied  by  the 
Minernl  Creek  congregation,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo,, 
for  Tiicadayi  Oct.  lat.  S,  S.  Moiii-ek. 

The  Lord  willing,  ne  intend  to  bayo  aLove-f^ast 
In  the  Slani^aits  church,  Cnl,,  the  first  Saturday 
Id  October.  "We  have  sonio  reason  to  hope  for 
niinistei'ial  aid  from  Indiana,  and  aUp  intend 
making  an  effort,  to  enable  Bro.  Ste'iu  of  New- 
tonia,  Mo.>  to  pay  us  a  visit  and  help  us. 

P.  S.  Garman. 

There    will    he    a    Comtnuniou  "lilee'tin^ '  at 
WhiteaviHe  Mo,.  Soturday,  eeptcmber,  7lh.' 
By  Order  of  the  CJiur'ch, 

J.  N.  TATLOti. 


DIEX). 


tz 


STO0PS:^Nehr'WaVile5boro,  Ph.,  June 'iflth, 
I'^i.l,  fell  "itfleep  in  .ItNiiH."  brother  Enoch 
Ambru'^e  St'^Ml>'■■,  iisT'-d  :24  yeiirs;' II   riioriths 

'    (Hill  1-t  day*.  '■■■'' I 

"  A  yniiiK  wifii,  Aiir  sister  in  Christ,  Wld'tiTO 
denr  little  cbiidr.'n  ;ire  left  to  nioiirn:'  May  tlie 
(s-idow's  t^od  bi?  iier  God,  to  comfort  ahd 'biesi-. 
May  be  gniiit  Iut  ubundant  grnce  tO'he  fnitllfill 
in  hll  iSJif  prrtfension;'9»d  to  brin'g^'iip'thiife^'trt'ii 
dpr,'iiri>riotis  t^liildHeii'in   "  the"  nurhiW' hull  tJt- 

mrtiiitiiiii  of  til..-  Lord. ■'■  "  ' 

iiH..  Eilt'cli  found  Ohri!^l  M   \m   Snv'ior,  oih- 
l.riiccd  the  fnitli,  una  iviW  bripti'/ed  into  ('liri«t; 
Muy  ;Kltb,  IBTT.     Thu^ihe  cjvcje  that  -«(«]. pi.rt 
which  iwna  nut  taken  troni  him.  ,   Kay,    but  hc- 
groiV  stronger  jjii  the,  ijui:tvine,u.s    heneuBi^-  Uv*-' 
jiem-cr.tfl'jiis  liffl>  end,-     HciW^is  ji  ^uHVmi;,  ,b^ 
ing  iiiCOU6nnipti\B.for;^everul  yeait^  lljpjllu/}ti4 
deprived  iliiu  of,meetiiig  ifi  regular  a.s$t;nib}y>/>t 
the.Loird'^.plHOsei^.pttef;,  .heve  in   the, Ant Wt""! 
gongregatiffltrpE  fclie  .Br^tbrem  and  .cpnseqfjentr 
Ijihnd  t«.foreg9.manxpreice(U3,p;-iyiiegej(„,  ,Qn 
the  lusb  Sr»bb»tli  in  May.loat,  ,liy,i1Tqiieati,J)(i,(-^ 
iMHieil  thp  "iin"iiitinE   '^'ih    nil  in  Hii>  n:inie  of 
th...:Lo|tl;tl  lOp  thf-jevfm.(|f  gf  ^^hp  ^5^  f^nift.. 
(June)  we  bad  tlie   consoliition  of  partieiputing 
witb'lliin  jq  a  sp^ci^l  ;ilrfive-feaat,iitlifli;fii-ati  be 
was  privileged  to  enjoy  sinceilii3|adniis.sip^  jntp 
the  chureb.     Long,  long  will  I-ieniember  this 
ocolipioniiii;iOi  .bow  joyful  were  ,bigj,exi)rS'Bed 
feelings,  as  uponhiaibeil  afcthe  close  of  the  Kerr 
vices   be  einlirae<?d -us   nil   and -wept   fur  joy, 
Bpeak-irig  tif  the  uieetirig  over  on  tbeother  dide 
of  ■deatbVdnrk  river,     in  leiw.  than  oVie   week 
ntter  be  wai;  relieved   of'  his.  iBuflering«  in  the 
body,  and  wan  welcomed  home  to  enjoy  the  rest 
that  remainafor  tbepeopie  of  God;.     ..  ir 

"  Aaleep  in  JtSiW!  BlesSeiV  al^^jj,  '■■■i     ■''' 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  t^  weep; 
A  .Aim  and  (inilistiirb-'d  repo.'e.  '  ' 

;'■    '  TiiLrokra  bv  llie  bi^t  .>f  ffie?." 
'\iV..  liM|,e  ami  ^u■  pray  tlint  tli-  fur,'^vcll  words 
lio;Ml.!r......-d  fo    flu.   oneonvcrted    friends    will 

nut  .-kIv  1,..  r.ii|.-nil*r.-d.  but  impmvr,!  bv  a 
tnniii,;:  to  tb-  Lunl,  and  a  living  ..mbr,i."e  of 
the  ■■  Fuith  om  e  delivered  to  the  saints." 

There  is  room  for  all.  Come,  "bring  fnrfb 
fruits  liie^ti'dnrepentancev"' '"  believe  tlie  l.in— 
jjel,"  '^  wait  .in  i  newness  df  life," .  apd  i  '■  suve 
>*ouneiyee  firoiuthis  untoward  generationr'  — 
Gonib,'for  '';nll  things  ateniow  ready,''  .us  soqH 
ns  you  are  ready.  i,  .ni  .ju.. 


I' Lucindfl  \'j  Arnold,  agwt   4  y«ara,    7  months 
and  21  days.  ! 

She  leaves  dear  parents,  a  loving,  little 
sisto]-,  and  I  many  friend^^'  tu  imoiitn.  tlioiri  sud 
los)».  I  She  i-i  gone,  bnt  not  forgotten.  Funeral 
improved  froniMnrkM:  14,  '■  Suffi-T  the  little 
children  to. come  unto  nu-,  and  forbid  them  nob, 
for  of  sodi  i-Sithekingdoni  6f  hertven."  '    .h 

, ii.il    ,....■,,■  Q.a.  A11NOLD...1 

BlXLER:^ln''tKe''Ei«tNiiiii^billertcih^tJcW, 
Stark'  Co.,    a;    Miiy    27th;'EMen    Bixl^K 

dntig^ht^r  of  Wn.   Georgi-  'nrtd   Lydi:i  Bixler', 
agecl  'ill  years,  4  months  ami  12  daj-s,  'i 

'  '  "The 'deceased  had  been  working  away  froirt 
home,  and  one  evening  she  went  to  11  neigh- 
bor's bbuae,  'where  her  aunt  was  lining,  'and 
dnting  the  night  she'Wiw  'taken'  'WitH  the''in- 
flamrtiation  of  the  bowels, 'Which  cmised  heriin 
expected  death.  She  led  a  ijiiiet  and  penccahb 
life,  heVe  on  earth, 'and  was  l>eloved  by  all  who 
kiie'w  her.  A' more  sympathetic  funeril 
never  Vvitnessed.  At  time.i  she  was  very  ninch 
under  conviction,  but  through  5ome  means  she 
was  persuaded  to  put  off  coming  to  Cbri:<t  until 
too  late.  We  hope  that  if  there  are  any  into 
whose  bands  this  mtiy  full,  guilty  of  hindering 
soul.i  from  coming  to  Christ,  that  they  will 
consider  what  tbeir  condition  may  be,  auppo.s- 
ing  it  to  be  the  will  of  the  Lord  to  bring  those 
hindered  souls  up  as  witnesses  against  them  in 
the  final  day  of  judgment.  Fnuerftl^rivicpaby 
elder  David  Young  in  German,  and  by  the 
writer  from  1  Peter  1:  24.  ,  J,  J.  HowysR. 
PLICKINGER. -^Ih'tbe  Big  Grove  oburcb. 
'  Honton  Co.,  Iowa,  sister  Christina  Flickinger, 
aged  fiO  years,  9  mftiiths,  and  16  days;  Flm- 
eral  services  ffbnl'lCor.I.'J:  23;  tbaH'&tteni 
'  'tive  aiidience;  ■.■''''  ■■    S.  ■Johnson,  ' ' 

N^EAD.-Jame«  AleA-ander  Nead   'wa^   born'm 
,'\Va.sbiiigtou  Co..  Tenn.,  Dee.  23,rd.  1856,  and 
\  ('I'epjirt.^d  this  life  Jim.-   l^tb,    1S7S,   aged  21 
I  yeare,  a  month.s  and  -M  d,iys.     Fiincnd    from 
I'PeWl:  L>*,2:..  "       .1.  n.'l'HNTf:.    ' 


CORRESPONDENOEj 


' ^y4-th»-fitHeas  Ho  req^HTfttbrr 


Isi,li((|feel  yiOHij-nei^d  9f  IJiun/y 
Delay  not.     Cornel 

The  fii\iei;iil  disdonr^e'ivo^^  preached  ,on^,SaI)^ 
bath,  June  2iirih  to  a  large  conconrw.'  of  syin- 
pjdlu/ing,  friendi  by  brother  J.  F.  01l..'r,  frtiin 
the  woiilsi ."  If  a  man  die,  sbdl  be  livo  j-aail-" 

,. '■  P-  H.  Mkst'/u.. 

;/   /         ■..O'hnliailor,  jilnise  ivjii/^J 

'  al  Co.,'  Wi  ¥a;; -tin  the'  17th  of  JiinG,  >  1878; 
Lucy  Janej  ilhughter  of  Bro.  Taylor  and  sister 


f    I     F^9«»,  Bet,Me»  ,  ^Hh^t>  „„.,,  , 

I  .'HAVE  lorig  beeh'iifchinking  of  v^Hiting'td 
■  'yon;  since  we  have. moved'  to  th>iii  part' of 
the  count ity,  through  this' igpod  'jiapor,  which 
we'conld'not,  well  get  along  without.'  '  Itreqch- 
ea'iist  every "Week'and: brings lus'iiep.n  fcomi  lovi 
ed  i!>nos,  whoinre  severi'd'  far-'frdni'  ns,  i  T)iero 
lire  many  w'honi  we  .never  exDect'lto-nieeti  in 
tbii  world,  but  linpe  that  \Ve'mayialBolive  that 
we  may  all  tjc  mnniibers'  ivitlV'thej  rede«med  in 
tbatcelestial  citj' aboveji  ■  "il'l'     ,!.■■;   ..I 

We  are  bapl>y' in  ;ourlinew' ibbjno  hnd  '  fe^l 
so mewhdt . encouraged  since  we  have  organized, 
t\V«  I^flw.buvelJreachiJJgcYeBy.p.^pl^^llJ■^in^^fp|Ufth 
S^ifldivy  nf  .-1111  iiiMnlb,  ijiii'bave  very'g<.od 
coflgrfgaiioh-.,  u'..<..l  :itt"iition,  ami  kind  friejids 
aml,neiylib.-r.  JLP.uod  us.  There  mv  but  ,'fe«- 
yf  us  y(;t,iii  ;iti  orgaui/.iitioli,  bat  liiii,e.  ere  loi)g 
mai^y  niqni  will  be  fi.itliured  into  the  iuld. 

I, often  tliii.k  uf  y..u  in  yourSabbi.tb-.cbool, 
^nd, hope  tjiere  way  Ik^  umcb  good  di-ne,  and 
tliat  nian>;;ileai;, little  boys  and  girls  whom  we 
so  iiji^eh  (ove.  jijay -pflt  ^rget  t)ie  good  iuritrue- 
tiouB.itteived  Irom  tbeir  teiicliers.  Hope  they 
may  grow  up  to  be  iL-eful  iji'tiie  ehiireb.  Tlia-i.- 
ub.>  net  a.s  toucher.,  sbuoM  be  very  cuivful ,  tu 
impress  Bible  truths  int..  tlu'ir  hearts,  so  iis  to 
briji^  them  into^ucb  n  .t»te  of  fuith,  l-Ve  luid 
holmes^  as  to  k-  meet  to  tue  Goil. 

We /ire  olttime-s  prone    to    wander   from  the 

pa^h  of  our  duty,  .but    we    should    l^e    on  ,  our 

gi,uirtl.  .     We  may  lay  it  dnw^i.as  a  j.rincijde   in 

tin;  religions  life,  that  evei;y'bing   is    wrong  iii 

ijard  to  which  we  caajao^  ask  the  divine  dixeL- 

.,1  anil  blessing,      V,\\mi  we  sin,  we  are  some- 

in-s  like  our  tii-st  parents,  —  we    try    to  hiile 

irselvM  frnm  (he  nli-se'(ii/i'n'   ey^..'    'if'is'  lb.- 

dure  of  ;i  imr-'  heart    alone,    to    nlwiivs   seek 

Go,l.     Our  language   should    alway.s    b.?,    "  Sfy 

f;ttli-r  whnt  wilt  tboii'lmve  rile' to  db.     We  oft- 

'en  hiinV  of  Hie  many  16VM'ones    who    are   yet 

..iiNidi-  of  the    li.id  of  Christ,      Oh.   think  for 

a  mutu-nl  wh,-,t  an  awf,,!  thing  it  is  ti.  fall  into 

lie    liiiml.  ■■[  til.,  living  (i'A  and  that  nnprepiir- 

.■d.      lib,  r..fl.v(.  tbiui'buHtiismil  to^iue.    Ciuue  ! 

t.>.b-iis„-|,,l,.  v.Mim.'iy,  :.rid  for  tbi- |'iin".se  It 

i,  at..-ol>it..lv  ri...  .-.s^iirv   t.-.   t.'.k...    til.,    tir.r    -i..p 

uli„l,  i--.ii1.'^-.iotiuf -,ns.       But    there    is  ii>.  ' 

till (if.--i..n  of  .sin  wh.'re  there  is  not  at  l\\<-  I 

-.1 tini-.;,  turning  .iway  from  it; 

\Vluivi:.,.l  b,H  fully  iir-i-ared   tbr    lieart   for  I 

p.litriou,  ,1,  rin)i,  w..  n 1  not  fi^ar   tlu.t    lu-   wit!  ' 

fiiil  tuflrul  b-r  .is,„ir  a|,pro|,vi»t,.  u.uk.  Tt  is 
gi.o'd  to  tak.'  up  and  h,.i,r  tin-  CroH,-,  wbiitever  it 
may  be,  which  God  wes  lit  to  inipos*..  But  it 
is  noigood  mid  ndt  saCelto'niAke  crosses  of' diir 
owir^and  by  an  nctiof  odr  Mvn  choice  to  iniiwse 
apon'dursalveai  hurdeoiBi  which   God  does  nob 


antborize.  Then,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let 
us  all  be  on  our  guard  and  iryi  to  walk  the  nar- 
row path  which  leads  to  life  etermil.  We  have 
many  troubh'.i,  trials  lUid  temptations,  to  mver- 
conift,  but'if  wb  put  our  trustiu'God,  Ho  will 
be  a  Friend  that  sticlteth  closer  than  a  brother: 
My  prayer  id,  that,  if  wo  meet  no.moreon 
earth,  L  pray. to  God  that  we  nmy  all  imeet  on 
the  golden  shores  of  eteliiity,  there  to  weal- 
bright  «owna  and  robes  of  light,  singing-  the 
aiveet  songrf  of  iMoses  aild  the  Lanib  forever. 
\ MamJieldtHU  '.  <  hi.j  -mi.  u..*  1, 
-^ 11'   ■  ■■    IrHrii-lli'fl  nr'''. 

■'■     '   '^'"'From' ^ape{''iiil'e.  'l\i'. 
'ZWJi'iflrrf/jftiH.yii.'    '" 

O.UR  Love-feaat,  according  tfl  previous  an- 
nounrement  came  off  on  the  fifteenth  and 
sixtt-entb  ..f  tliis  month.  It  wa.*  he|d,  at  the 
hou-se  of  Hm.  John  Hollinger,  eight  mil.-s 
South  of  Joliet.  This  part  of  the,  honVs  vine- 
yard being  very  much  isolated  from  .the  breth- 
ren, though  it  belongs  to  the  NajR^rville  con- 
gregation, a  goodly  number  of  n.*  bad  twenfy- 
tive  to  thirty  miles  to  go.  r>'ai>erville  wiis  widl 
represented,,  Bro.  Hollinger^  is  ^a  minister  in 
the  second,  degree,  and,  we  believe  a  /.ealous 
worker  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  being  the 
only  minister  there.  One  prepioiis  soul  was 
made  willing  tp  take  up  the  cross  and  follow 
the  Savior;  niay  he  ever  prove  faithful,  thir 
brethren  have  been  ii.s::tist«d  by  five,  ministers 
from  abroad,  namely,  T.  D.  Lyon,  J,  W.  Gep- 
hart,  .1.  Y,  Sjiavely,  D,  Mast  and  K,  Heckman. 
They  labored  earnestly  in  our  behalf,  and  for 
the  building  up  of  ^ion.  May  the  siocA  Lord 
richly  bless  them  for  their  kind  regards  and 
earnest  labors  while  with  us.  \    ,,,,,, 

NoAn  Earlt, 


From    Douglas  _Co.,    Kansas. 

/fe/r  iiff '/"■"' --T  ,;,  „„ii  VM.-.  .,..!. IJIV/  I 
nf'K  the  Brethrenof^tba  Eight  JVIilo«ojigr|- 
I  VV' gsti'J".  ■  15t»>igl'i3  Co.,!, Kausaa,  held  o 
Ctmimuniou  on  June  Isfc  ond  2ud,  at  the  Uqusb 
o£iBro.  Daniel  Harader.i  .HiuLagood  aieetiug, 
and  surely  it  seemed  to  be  Rlsoill-reviving.feo.'it 
Had  a  large  congregation,  and.. iheld  our  meet' 
ing  in  a  tent  prepared. for.  the  purpua?,  .i.  Had 
good  order  generally,  e:<«flptiuff.,  little,  distui^h- 
i^nces.oiiisideof  thtj  tent,  .  We  wore  much  .en- 
couraged to  hear ;  the  Brethren/  from  difterent 
parts  of  the  East,  gontend.ao  .strongly  lioritbe 
uommluidinentsiand  th^ojidiuaaoeHinftiieilioust 
of,  God.  and  to, show,  to, the.[.peoplm;o\ir(,. Gospel 
reasons  for  observijig, the  .same.  The  bretliren 
also  held  a  clioioe.for  b.ilp  lu  tli-s  iit^bl,  Thelot 
fur  apeakera .  fttll ;  un  Bro.i  iWilliam ,  Wi^ft  .aud 
Bro.  .Frederic  Sherfey..  AXioheldrit.  chuiee  for 
three  duacousi.,,!  The  lot  fell  ojii  Bro,  Isaac 
Gnwt.iBro.  Jnmea  LiKin^ue,  and  liro.,  Daniel  A. 
ivin/ie.  ,  .W'' hope,  this.,afl  .well., its.  all  other 
plirts  ut  the  lirotb«rbood.  will  labor,  more  earn- 
estly for  the  ingathering  of  God,'H.,vboaen  .  puo: 
plev  for;W«  kiMiw.ithat  nuiuyiare  ejsposed  to.  the 
enemy,  esiwciaUy-ili  itbLSMWeflt«rili*flDntc?.  .1 
UP.,  .'/-.leji  1.1  /il  ,1.'.,  ■■  ,■  -jii.,  .  ili  BjlOimKIti 
,Jliflf  ''^i..,      ;j,.  .      ,,    ,.  ,|  1  w  ,  i,|,,.   „,,-,,  i,.,||,|„|, 


Frorti    HfaUidaysbiirg.^'Pa: 


rpHE-L-flVd  ift  it<[l^u'e£i£fiLS!th^eSftat  love 
1     find  serve  Hini.     Great-and  marvelous  are 

hi.1  wayt-,     Satufdaji    and ,  ,S,4ip^ayv  .rtuftp,  ^^th 
and  ItJtb  Were,  the,  day;*,  provjoyslji    ^pjxjinted 
for  the  Love-feast,  ivith  tlie  du.ir    brethrea  and 
Hirtters  composing  (bo.  IhiuouiLiwIlii   ijoiigreigji- 
tion.     Be  it  rtnder6to,oil  that  this  ciuigreg^tion 
luistwobraijph^s,,  one  at  LanvenivJUe    and  the 
nther  at  AKoonu,  the  whole  distance  about  thir- 
teen niile.s.     There,  are  three  cburob   buildings, 
thti  ot|e  here,  being  about  miiwayda'tweei)  tbu 
utber,  two.    Tlifl  Communion  sei;viec3  are   held 
u:e  for  all  tlie  members  it*  the  t>vo    branchus, 
eept  last  Fall  and  this  Spring,  'the,.,  brethren 
id  sisterH  of  the  Altoona  bran chv\  held  a  Love- 


turn, 


it  at  their  own  church  building.  ,  But  to  re- 

i,vtunl..v,  i.t  4  r.Vloek,  P.  M.,"tbe  appoint- 
r,  a  larj:i-  Lro\vd  yf  bre|:bren,  .sisters  and 
a^srnilpl,..!.    loaiiy    from    ib-   eongre.-,.: 


^emilevl  , 
.■hureb.  , 


,t    the   stri.i. 


few 


frni 


fb,. 


lile  th. 


,-  believ, 


Iu.,ked.b.wn  with' delight,  he  was  buried  be- 
lieatb  tile  piae'id  waters  and  aros,.,  to  benee-' 
IViTtb  follow  bia  blesfied  Mastori  iMiiy  hJH.faiili- 
fnlnesain  the  vineyard  of  tin-  Lurrl  rontinud 
jntil  time  shall  bo  no  more  with  him.  \V'ben 
we  think  tliat  one  soul  is  ofi  mnre  value  th&n' 
thowholo  world,   whv 'Should  notiwe  rejoice 


with  tbe.'kncW  inhoami  at  the  conversion  of 
one  of  these  chosen  one:*. 

A  goodly  mmiber  of  tiiinistors  were  presAnt. 
HrO.  Stephen  [Uildnbtand  of  Conenmueh  tJi- 
greghtion.  brethren  Sdmuel  Cor  nhd  S.  S.  Grey 
of  Warrior's  Mark,  Uro.  tlotk'ph  Snowborger 
and  Bro.  Miisaelman  from  neat;  WilHanisburg, 
and  Bro.;  ,lowph  Wilt  of  Olarr's  congregation. 
AlsoBroLiGraybili  Meyers,  James,  B rice  and 
David  Sell,  theresident  ministem. 

Subjeetof  examination  by  btvtiireu  Hilda- 
brand,  CoK  and  Snowberger.  Did  not  haveth« 
opportuiLity  of  attending  the  evening  services, 
imt  learned  that  the  brethren  did  not  shun  to 
declare  the  coming  wTnth  to  the  negligent  sin- 
ner. Trust  the  many  tears  that  were,  shed  at 
thf  atfetting.  words  and  warnings,  as  thoy  Ifall 
.from  thoHips  of  the  dear  brethren,  wore  not 
phcdin  vain.  ,     1 

Brethren  Hildabrnnd,  Cox  and  Wilt  apoka  to 
a  large  audience  on  Sabbath  morning.  Sunday- 
school  wliieb  usually  convened  at  9  o'clock,  A. 
M„  was  omitted.  This  is  the  fimt  S.  S.  ever 
held  by  the  ISretbrcn  here,  and  a.i  it  is  in  a 
prosperous  condition,  it  is  to  bo  ho|>ed  that  it 
may  accomplish  much  good..  God  speed  the 
noble  work!  Services  again  on  Sabbath  after- 
noon at  4 '  o'clock.  The  congregation  was 
.somewhat  dimiaished,  an  many  had  returned  to 
tbeir  homes.  That  old,  familiar  hymn,  SOO 
Wiia  read  by  Bro.  Musselman  and  sang  by  th« 
entire  congregation.  Bro.  Snowberger  spoke 
from  Matt,  11:  its— 3ii,  followed  by  Bro.  Grey, 
who  sjioke  of  the  fountain  filled  with  blood.  — 
That  precious,  blo6d-boiigbt  fountain,  who 
would  not  desire  to  slako  tbeir  thirst  from  ita 
rolling  waters!  Sinner,  heed  the  warning  call! 
Let  not  tho  good  seed  fall  in  stony  pl.ices.  'AtSi 
cept  the  preciou.S  invitation.  Christ  stands' 
with  outstretched  iiruis  to  receive  you  and  save 
you  from  that  danger  which  awaits  Vou.  A 
thonght.hy  Bro.  Bocei.StU,  and  , the;  meeting 

ol0S^„,i;       .1     ,.,,;  I      ,,■'        \.    ,  ,     III, 111;, |-   i,.ir    l,.i.    I 

I  :NeTermore'cBn  wellneetinia. similar' chVlroh 
capacib>-  here  on  earth;  but'  deir  bretbren   ftfid 

sisters,  Jstrive'niolT?  earnestly  to  enjoy  that  meet- 
ing that  knows  no  parting.  Some  oE  the  yr^h- 
ren  held  services  JitJjaaveEaEille  in  the  evea- 
ing.  May  the  Lord  bless  the^wholesome  truths 
spoken  during  tliis'^ meeting,"  Although  but 
one  soul  was  added  to  the_fo|d,  .^yve.  feet  , that 
many  mori'  are  near  the  Kingd.nn.  Sinner,  de- 
Uy  liot!  Siidriiay  be  yoiir  fate,  '  The  next'  md- 
nierit  mrty  he'  ymir  fa^it,'  Await  not  a  mo?e 
convenient  -reason,  for  it  may  never  come''^^ 
your  end  woiild  then  Iw  id^nial  ilcstructioii,"-' 

Latkh.  —  Since  writing    the  abov 
brother  has  been  added  to, the  fold 

Notebi'flfuTliaWtllNi -^ifmiiii:  bn« 

■  I  ■  I  J-iiurU— uiji  ,[plii  '111  tu\(\\rnt.  0:1') 
■  S'fuf  lh-(lhren.-i-r.\\„n  !,|„,.„  !  .„.i.i-;..i  . 
'I  FTEIt  leftvin'g  A.'M-,  wi?  ■eiinie  to'  Dodger- 
i\  to,vn;  then  t'o  Warsaw,  where  Brri.'  Sttin 
and  D,  \.  Wiirkman  held  very  interesting 
meetings,  aild,  wv  l..nrn  with  good  r.^-'iilis.  'Wa 
eam^We>it  to  Northern  \Mvmv.\.  to'  ii,h<>t"'iii 
the  int^re.Jf  of'  Ashhind  Crdk-ge.  ami  am  bapp^ 
to  Say' that 'f/t'  this  iv/iting  TiOt  a  single  brother 
reftJs'M'to  'db"3iiriiethjiig  for  the! "en terrorise; 
though  the  Brethren  are  generally  not 'a..?  w'ell 
olt' here,  nsin  ^some  other  'parls^.  Wilii-n  the 
Brethren  firid  out.  th«t this  sihool  is  being  es- 
tablished with  the  aim  of  edue,i(irig  our  aons 
andidiiUKbfeTst^oi'a.^  to  ret.-iin  i  tlii-  distin^ive 
featm-etf  kjf  our  dlrareh.'hnd' not  indulge' in  ptide 
and  vahityct-hpy  ini-nriably  endorse  the  TUtite'.i 
ment,'  Hence  it  becomes  us;  who  are  ■  engng^ 
in  this  great  workj  that 'we  comlnct  it  in  sndh'a 
way  an  atway.*!  tft  merit  the  entin^  confidence' of 
the  brotherhood.  To  do  this,  w'e 'must  foi^t 
self  entirely  ,-^lpfi  the  /•r,f>  aHojretlltr  out  of 'tho 
qnestion,  and  labor  only  to  the  gl'iry  of  God  to 
the  welfare  of  the  rising  gi^nerntion.  '  '  ' 

■'■  ''      ''       '■"  'H.  Z.  Sharp;"' 

Wavuha.Ind.         .,  .,:  ■.„,  . 

'"From    Richardson    Co,    Neb,     '  '"'. 
'nr„r'Bnilm-»:-  ~^     ' "     ' 

IF  there  .are  4ny  lalwring.hi-elihrcn,,  who  wish 
to    emigrate    to    Nebraska,    we  i^vpnld    tw 
.    ,  liiive  them  1  ojne  here  fls  tbe^  arebut 

ti'w  m.-iiibt-r..  in  thi-  vieinity.  .uid  no  speaker. 
Wp  have  be-n  llvihi;  U>t.:  ^.>,w  .,^,■r  n  year  ejld 
have  n-t  bLid  pre^iehing  by  the  Briftl^ren  but 
once.  This  is  a  hfautiful  and  fertile  90iintry, 
and  We  would  like  it  bej-e  very  well,  if  we  only 
h^d  preaching  prten..i 


'^Kfcfe 


in9tli,er 


Yours  in  Christ. 


■'I?/(p)5i^f//,[Xffi;''' 


0.\LEY, 


LovBid  fcbei  gold6n/0h4rii..thit  bitads  the 

:hoarta  of.the  ohitdred  6f  Gtid.i        1  i 


THK   BRETHRElSr   ^T   "WOKKl. 


July    11. 


Condition    of   the    World. 

WE  cannot  fnil  to  obaorvo  that  the  Undcnci'* 
to  evil  to-day,  ahould  prompt  every  follow- 
er of  Jusue  Chriiit  to  watch  and  pmy.  "  Watcb 
therefore,  for  yo  know  not,  what  hour  yonr  Lord 
dolh  corae."  That  is  thcljuiguage  of  the  Savior 
and  a  true  asyJng.  Little  fio  we  know  as  to  the 
hour,  in  wliat  forlii  or  by  wliat  m^aiiB  He  muy  ap- 
pear. Tlicre  is  no  doubt  but  that  there  arc  thou- 
sands ujion  thousands  of  individuala  to-day,  uu- 
conecniwl  about  ihc  affairs  of  this,  nnd  the  pros- 
pects of  II  better  woHd  to  come.  Ueliove  me. 
dear  rdador,  wliethor  yoU'  ubuntenancc  tliis  article 
or  not :  there  i^  lo-daj  rrnppiiigint  every  door  in 
the  iani.1,  a  minister  that  betokens  trouble  of  a 
darker  hue  than  the  blackiie^  of  midnight.  We 
aiB  t»hltliat  on.  tliof  great  .layi  mnnyiihnll  conio. 
but  few  be  chitieii.  We  ore  also  toldithnC  G*>d's 
people  are  thbso  that  ihnko  up  the  fd west  in  uuni- 
ber.  ..,.,■.,'  ■ iTni''. 

0  how  sad  it>'oenJ3,  that  maniwitli'all'his  ad- 
vantage*, with  nil  the  chuncbs  imapnable  of  do- 
ing right,  will  persint  Id  diing  wrong,  and  ■  barter 
hisaoul  fonotcnml  ruin.  Ware,  famines  and 
pestilences,  penCo,  comfort  and  plenty,  ■  all  tlicac 
maybofall  man, ami  yetlhey  do  not  bring  about 
the  rcBultH,  intended  by'onr  divine  Milster.  There 
is  a  time  when  f  irbearnnceiceases  to  bo  a>  virtue. 
Society  after  societyis  biJiiig  instituted  all  over 
the  land,  one  claiming' tliis,  and  another  thiit  doc- 
trine lo  be  right.  Audlf  (hoitruth  hasonlyi.one 
meaiiing,  andfthoopihiolis  6f  meii  ridmitdi  van- 
ous  interprclaliouH,  some  niuet:  cettainly  be  ioka^ 
rol'.  There  can  be  none  right  e.xcept'they  folloiv 
the  tenchiugsof  ihoSaviiir!  We:  wereijbri^arn- 
ed  many  years  ago,  of  Just  such  lihies  asthoeigns 
indicate  to-day.  God's  dliildreniought  Hot-to  bb 
ignorant  of  the  present  state  of  aflairHi      i''        ^'i 

In  eoncluBJon  I  will  say  that '  it  '■  is  the  duty  of 
c\-ery  follower  of  Jesns,  not  to'tuhi  the  poor  from 
their  door,  who  are  slarving  for  the  want  of 'tem- 
poral aiid  spiritual  food.  Be  kind  to  the'  poor, 
for  the  Savior  has  told  us,  that  we  have  them  al- 
ways with  us,  laud  that  it  ie  in  our  power  to  do 
themigood-  i,  i  '  .  G.  W.  Muj-er. 
:LibeHgjHl.       '  I  


■Jilt 


ii, 


'  ' ,'       From    lowal 

-..;,(    il;Minlir/  Mnl-    ■!  Ill  I     ■  i  ■    . 

IT  ia  not  often  that  we  pee  anything  in  your  col- 
umns from  this  arm  of  the  church,  (Cold 
■\Vater  distrietj  so  I  thought  I  would  drop  you  a 
few  ileme  of  news  if  you  think  them  worthy  a 
place  in  the  columns  of  your  worthy  and  eKCcUeut 
paper. 

First  of  all  then  I  would  say,  that  this  arm  of 
the  church  is'  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Souls 
are  still  brought  to  ehHSt  bythe  Spirit  of  Truth, 
and  tinners  arc.made  to  tremble.  Borne  of  Uiem, 
like  Agrippa  of  oid,  are  almost  persuaded  to  be 
Christians.  I  would  further  'remiirk  that 
Love-feaat  is  oup  of  the  tilings  of  the  past,  ;and,  I 
can  truly  say  that  it  was  ;  indeed  a  feast  of  lo^e. 
It  was  truly  a  refreshing  season  fiom  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  to  sit  find  listen  to  the  able  aud  con- 
vincing Christian  discourses  from  our  dear  breth- 
ren, Elil.  John  Wise  and  Wm.  Ikeuberry  from 
Waterloo,  Claeltbawk  Co,,  lowu...  May  God.bh 
and  reward  them  for  Ihcir  labor  of  love  whilst 
among  us. 

■Among  the  inciijents  that  occurred,  are  two 
tliat  ate  worthy  of  special  notice.  The  firet 
is  that  of  a  blind  man,  who  has  b«en  a  norsbiper 
of  God  aud  His  Son,  fur.  upwards  of  fijrty 
years,  but  nut  accordipg  to, knowledge,  ■  He  .ipent 
a  great  portion  of  his  lime  in  setking  for  thi 
truth,  and.flUUoughhe  was  sightlesss  ho  could  sei 
that  there  was  atili  a  more  perfect  way,  and  he 
looked  forward  im  joyful  anticipation  to  the  day, 
when  lie  wvuid  find  a  people  that  could  direct  and 
instruct  him  in  the  truth  more  perfectly.  At  last 
he  tbund  a  I'riscilla  aud  an  Aquila,  who  instiuct^ 
ed  him  more  fully.  .  He  \yfts  directed  to  come  ,to 
Greene,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  nnd  make  his  wants 
known  to  the  Brethren  here.  So  he  came  among 
us  a  few  days  before. our  Jjoyefeaat  and  conversed 
with  ttie  Brethren  upon  the  subject  nenrest  his 
heart,  and  it  was  found  that  his  views  were  in  ac- 
conl  with  those  of  the  Brethren.  He  vas  there- 
fore baptized  according  to  the  Gospel,  and  is  now 
numbered  with  the  Saints  of  God  and  sent  oii  h^ 
way  rejoicing,  ' 

It  would  liave  dijiie  your  soul  good,  brethitn, 
if  you  could  have  been  here  and  teen  and  heard 
him  give  in  hin  testimony  for  Je^uB.  His  cup  of 
joy  was  fllll  and  running  over.  Tears  were  shed, 
and  saints  rejoiced  to  see  and  hear  that  dear,  old 
blind  brother.  May  the  I>ird  go  with  him  aud 
the  Brethren  greet  him  wherever  he  goes,  is  my 
prayer. 

Nest  is  the  case  of  a  middle-aged  sister,  who 
formerly  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church.  — 
Ber  home  is  thirty  miles  from  here,  but  she  was 
brought  here  by  our  beloved  brother  Humphrey 
Tallhelm.     The  spirit  had  been  operating  on  her 


heart  for  a  long  time.  She  at  last  gave  way  to 
the  Spirit's  pleadings  and  knocked  at  the  door  of 
the  church  for  admittance.  Her  knock  was 
heard,  aud  the  door  was  ojiened.  And  now  let 
me  call  your  attention  to  the  peculiar  part  of  the 

She  requested  that  the  admtnistnttor  should 
have  certain  qualifications, '  Now  lisleni  my  dear 
brethren,  and  e.'^pecialty  ministering  lirethren,  yes 
lay  it  to  heart,  ponder  it  well,  and  measure  it  by 
the  true  standard,  the  Word  of -Truth,  the  'Holy 
Scriptures,  if  you  are  guilty  of  giviug  iray  to'  the 
cravings  of  an  uniuiiural  appetite,  or  if  you  ne- 
glect to  make  use  of  the  foa^l  that  nourishes  the 
--•ncr  or  spiritual  man.     Listen  then  to  the 

First  Qualification.     He  must  be  tice^fxqat.  ,the 
e  of  tobacco.  ^  i  ■ '   i 

Second  Clunlitlcation' '  He  niust  be  a  man  tjitit 
IS  erected  the  family  altiirand  bows  atitsshrnie. 
tlosv  riiy  'ie^r  brethren,  especially  tliose  th.it 
are  6cl  apnrt  in  the  high  and  holv  calling  as  min- 
isters of  the  G(i?I>el,  can  you  say.  encli  one  fur 
himself:  "Iain  iiualiiied  to  perform  the  Holy 
niince  of  baptism  iiocurding  to  the  Gospel  and 
the  above  request?  "  Or  must  yon  condcinn  your- 
self in  this  thing  which  you  permit,  and  width 
disqualifies  you  topcrfor^i  the  sacre.l  rite? 

God  help  us  all,  so  we  may  he  able  to  work  in 
e  vineyard  of  the'icrd  w'ith  cleiiu  hands  and  a 
ire  heart,  ?i>  that  we'wiil  not  be  judged  unwur- 
thy  ami  be  lejccted  as  unclean.  '  Let  us  be  able 
wiih  I'liul'to  Miy  : ,"  Jf  (rieat  makf'th  my  brother 
to  oireiid,  I  will  cat  no  more  ruoat  while  the  world 
stands."  We'should  be  ready  at  anytime,  to 
giv'i^  an  answer  to  everj'  man  that'iL'sfeeth,  for  the 
hftpe  that  iswitliin  ua. '      '    '    '""' 

"  '  ' '  '1'   ■f^.f^^cirm:- ;'"    ''' 

' "    '-■--  '■"" ''  "te&xiiv^ii.'" 

Greene,  la.  '  ''''"'  '*'■''■"'  ■"  '  "    ■■.■■' 


■A 


From  the  Ephrata  Church,  Pa. 

D.arBrclhni,.— 

I  WILL  heie  say  that  we  have  lost  two'of 
members  Iat«ly  by  death, ' — on^  a  'sister/  of 
some  forty  years  old.  who  letV  a  ~  large   family 
children    and    a   husband    to  follow    her  to  the 
grave ;  and  on  .Tune  '2'Hh  one  of  our  old  brethren 
was  buried,  aged  a  little  over  84  years, 

'  Thus  we  see  that  we  have  no  abiding  city  here', 
but  are  pilgrims  and  strangers  in  this  world,  and 
mviKt  all  pa-ts  away,  whether  we  be   rich    or  imor, 

■Today,  (June  30thj  our  ranka  were  fil!«l  up 
again,  by  three  young  persons  being  baptized,  n 
husband  and  wife,  and  a  young  e'v-teT.  They  all 
ajipeared  to  have  verily  passed  from  death  unto 
life,  and  as  though  they  were  not  only  half  awake. 
Yes,  it  was  a  joyful  scene,  and  very  impressive  to 
look  on.  The  young  sister,  coming  from  the  t»ap- 
tiamal  grave  and  embracing  her  mother  with  fl 
firm  grasp  and  shedding  tears  of  joy,  wasa  touch- 
ing aight  iiideed.  0  how  glad  parents  and  chil- 
dren feel,' when  they  have  heen  rather  estranged 
from  each  other  through  sin  and  its  alluremenia, 
and  then  can  come  together  again  into  one  fold 
and  walk  humbly  hand  in  hand  towards  the  Gol- 
den City  of  the  Living  God,  and  the  Lamb  that 
reileemed  them'  from  sin  and  death.       : 

O  may  we  all,  young  aud  old,  try  to  renew 
baptismal  vow  and  ever  try  to  walk  with  greater 
care,  that  we  may  not-lose  -oor  reward,  but  that 
we  may  receive  the  crown  ofglory  that  fadeih 
not  away  !  Levi  Andes. 


GLB.A.NI3SrGS. 


'From  II.  ('.  Ltifiis.  —  I  have  just  returned 
home  from  Kentucky,  where  I  had  been  for  near- 
ly a  year.  I  did  not  asaoeiate  with  any  Brethren 
there,  and  the  world  seeiiied  dreary  and  lonesome 
to  an  bumble  follower  of  the  Master.  I  find 
my  greatest  delight  in  the  company  of  the  chil- 
dreh  of  God.  I  think,  when  I  am  a  little  more  at 
leisure,  to'  write  some  short  articled  for  yonr  excel' 
lent  paper.  I  will  likely  engage  in  teachiug  this 
Fall,  and  want  to  be  among  the  Brethren.  I  wish 
success  to  everj'  lawful  effort  made  in  the  iuterest 

of  spreading  the  Gospel.  ""    "    '    '"■ ''   '' "'    '  ■ 

McComb.  Ill:  '•"^^'   ■■'"  I"  '■-■■'    ■  I"' 

...h    .I..Mll'.||t     I.       , 

Fi-oni  Linipstone,  Tenn.  —  We  ate  having 
a  very  good  season,  and  crops  are  good,  except 
wheat  which  is  generally  light.  Fniit  of  all 
kinds  abundant.  How  thankful  we  should  be  to 
our  heavenly  Father  for  His  bountiful  gifts.  The 
Brethren  are  generally  in  love  and  union  as  far  as 
I  kuow,  and  are  trying  to  walk  humbly  with  Him 
who  is  metk  aud  lowly  of  heart.  At  our  meeting 
last  Sabbath,  one  young  man  gave  his  heart  to 
the  Lord,  and  was  hapti/.ed.  "  O  give  thanks  un- 
to the  Lord,  call  upon  his  name  and  make  known 
hie  deeds  among  the  people,"  J.  B.  Pewe. 

From  Isaac  Price.  —  The  blessing  of  the 
Ixird  be  with  you !  After  an  absence  from  my 
homo,  ot  three  weeks,  on  a  visit  to  a  daughter  and 
her  family,  I  returned,  improved  in  health  and 
str«ngth,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  reading  the  num- 


bers, dated  respectively,  June  6th,  13th,  and  '20111 
le  fitting.  I  received  the  number  dated  June 
27th  Uvday,  from  the  pcru.sal  of  which  I  tarn  to 
my  pen  to  tell  you  that  the  reading  of  the  pai>er 
is  a  comfort  to  me,  and  especially  that  of  June 
27th,  containing  so  good  an  article  on  the  A.  M. 
O  how  it  gladdened  my  he.art  to  learn  the  rtault 
of  the  Council  on  MiasioDa  and  (ho  unity  of  the 
brethren  at  A.  M.  The  suggestion  of  sister  Han- 
nah KnaulT  is  excellent  aud  may  lend  othera  into 
the  same  practice.  I  nevef;  cou|d  bear  to  see  any 
of  our  religious  periodicals,  used  as  wrapping  pa- 
pee.  Sometimes  I  have  haiaded  them  out,  yet  too 
many  now  Ho  d'^f'nant  on  my  garret  ,  I  think  I 
hJiuU  try  to  scatter .theqt  wound.  , ,     ,^,  , 

,  ,  We  at  Green  Tree,,  JMi'Utgomery  Co.,  I'n,,  the 
hiinic  of  Bro.  Gottwals  and  self  arc  at  peace.  The 
brethreu  and  S'sti;;!;^  hieot  often  to  apeak, of,  Jesup. 
Every  Sundp.y  morning  for  regular  acrvice.  Ev- 
er)- Sunday  afXernoon  durjng  the, Summer  fo^Suu- 
day-BcliooI,  Every 'Ij'ucsday  eyening  fo,i[jprnyer- 
fjii^ting.  Every  I  Tliupday/  evpiiiug  ^^br  Bible 
class.  '    ,,  ,     ,       . 

Bro.  J.  T.  Meyers  baa  made  his  ,hqnie  with  us. 
Hc.ha.-  lately  preached  in  succession  , on  thuTriui- 
ty,  on  Baptism,  and  last  Suufjay  Bi-o,  Gottwals 
spoke  on  Feet-washiug. ,  Next  Svudiiy  Bro.  Mey- 
ers expects  to  speak  ou  Ijufant  .Bajitism  and  iu 
two  \Tceks, after,, on  Noii-C^^n fortuity,  , 

Srhui/lkill,  Pa.  ,   ,    ,    [ I 

FromlVtit,  Iiid.— Out-Cobiinufiiori  meeting 
passed  oflf  very  pleasantly,  on  the'  f>th  of  June.  — 
It  was  the  largest  meeting  ever  held  in  this  arm 
of  the  church.  ■  W,e  all  felt  it  was  good  to  be 
there.,;  Tldrteeu  precious  Boule  w?rc  odded  to  the 
fold  t)y  baptism  r, , few  idayp,  before  and  at  the 
meeting,  which  gave  u^,mu(h,pawBe  to  rejoice.. — 
Most  all, were  from  the  Methodists  and  United 
Brethren.  Miiy  the  Lord  bli^  them  to  live  de- 
voted t'.'  His  service.  Mini'i^ters  present  from  a 
di'taiK-e,  Eld.  -Jacob  Waggoner,  Menno  St-mffer 
and  Henry  Kuns  from  Hi.  Brethren  Martin 
Biwers.  Isaac  Hillheimer,  John  W,  Melzger,  L 
Crip,  und  .Ti..-.'pli  Wag.mer  from  adjoining  c.m- 
gn-gatlons.  The  Lord  hless'them  for  their  labors 
oflldveJwltile'aiAofagBtJirB.rMgKrs  in,th6one  hope, 
G.  W.  Cbipe, 

From  Eongmdnt,  Col.  ^  We  ariived  hotne 
from  A.  M,,  Monday  morning,  the  17th  Found 
all  well.  We'have  a  prospect'of  abundant  crops, 
have  bad  heavy  rains  recently  so  that  not  much 
irrigation  bos  been  needed.  A  very  large  crop 
of  wheat  haa  been  put  out,  «■  that  the  general 
crop  wUl  be  large.  Com,  oats,  grass  and  vegeta- 
bles promise  to  be  unusually  good.  Small  fruits 
are  plenty.  Where  there  are  bearing  orchards  of 
apples,  peaches,  pears,  cherries,  etc,  there  is  a  fair 
crop,  proving  that  Colorado  may  iu  time  liecome 
a  good  fruit  country.  The  grape  crop  also  bids 
fair  to  be  good.  The  vintage  of  the  vineyard  of 
the  Lord,  weihdpe,  will  be  good  also.  ' 

,,,  .„,  ..■. ,  ,,  J.S.FtoRVi,. 

Fr()mB'^WIfeii'Sprlii'psl.Mith:-Onthe22U 
of  .Tune  we  held  our  annual  Cumrauniun  meeting 
at  Jacob  Weaver's  barn,  four  miles  North  of  Bu- 
chanan. M'e  number  about  ninety  members, 
nearly  all  (if  whom  were  present.  There  were 
nine  ministering  brethren  present,  all  of  whom 
bore  their  share  in  the  labors.  Two  were  bap- 
tized on  Saturday  before  the  evening  eervicea  com- 
menced, and  one  reclaimed.  Two  additions  ou 
Sunday  al^er  services.  Many  were  heard  to  ex- 
claim :  "  We  have  truly  enjoyed  a  npiritual  feast." 
The  weather  on  Saturday  night  was  quite'  inclem- 
ent, but  there  was  a  warmth  of  zeal  amongst  the 
as.-embled  followers  of  the  Lamb  of  God,  as  they 
washed  and  wiped  their  brethren's  feet,  and 
drank  of  the  shed  blood.'and  ale  of  the  broken 
body.  Such  scenes  bring  to  our  mind  the  words 
of  the  great  Maater.  spoken  over  eighteen  hundred 
years  ago  to  the  little  band  of  fisher-men  that  fol- 
lowed him  :  ''  Arid  behold  I  din  -Ivith  you,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

LilLa  C.  I^tdi'.feSibHT. 

From  Siitraniento,  ChI. — My  heart  is  made 
glad  to  s«e  ^diat  great  attention  is  given  to  our 
elfjldren  by  our  editors,  in  publishing  a  paper  for 
their  especial  benefit  That  is  a  .move  in  the 
right  direction.  It  always  was  my  opinion  that 
children  should  be  encouraged  and  have  ample 
opportunities  to  grow  up  into  experimeutal  reli- 
gion, when  they  become  men  and  women.  If 
the  youth  has  been  instructed  in  religious  subjecta 
nnd  haa  a  go<id  underhtandiflg  of  the  same,  there 
will  be  no  trouble  about  keeping  in  the  right  path 
afterwards.  They  will  be  strong  nnd  able  to 
overcome  all  temptations,  though  they  be  young 
in  years,  When  I  consider  the  advantages  the 
young  have  at  the  present  time,  and  then  consider 
the  ignorance  of  my  growing  up,  I  almost  wish  I 
was  a  child  with  them  yeU  May  God  bless  you 
iu  your  labors  of  love  for  the  young,  that  much 
good  may  be  done.  M.  A.  Riogle. 

From  Carleton,  Neb.  —  The  good  cause  is 
still  prospering  in  Bethel  ohurch.  Two  more 
have  been  added  to  ttie  church,  one   the    l.'ith  of 


May,  who  had  been  almost  persuaded  for  some 
time:  the  other  one,  who  had  been  seeking  the 
true  church  for  nineyeare,  was  baptiwd  June  13. 
He  has  lieen  preaching  some,  and  is  acquainted 
with  about  sixty  different  denominations.  We 
think  that  he  is  well  qualified  to  be  of  much  use 
the  church.     We  thank  God  and  take  courage. 

J.  E.  Bryant. 
From  Ni'brailta. — The  Elk  Creek  feait  came 
'  on  the  15th  and  16th    of   Juno,   and    is   now 
long  the  things  of  the  jiaat.     It  was  one  of  un- 
usual interest       The    membera   appeared    to   be 
much  refreshed  and  encoumged.     We  canuot  for- 
bear speaking  of  the  excellent  prdSr  and   mtetest 
fested  by  the  people  of  ilk' '<!^ reek  during  nil 
the  time  of  the  meeting.     It  certainly  speaks  well 
for  this  community.     The  little  church  hero    waa 
organized  about  a  year  ajo  with  a,  mumbcrship  of 
but  ati  this  time  only  numbers  seven,  as  two 
of  them  DOW    live   in    the   Beatricoi  church,      A 
good,   Bteady    minister,  is  ,mucb[  needed   at  this 
place,  nnd  I, am  especially  reqUMted'to  appeal  to 
the  brotl^ren  to  use  eflorts  tbn^t  may   induce  some 
mii)isteri(ig  brother  to  move  among   them.      The 
luritry  i^,good   enough   for   any   i 


vork  a  little. 


C.  FoiiKKv. 


From  .1.  D.  Swit/cr.— I  accidentillv  madea 
mi>t;ike  and  ^ciil  some  brother  in  Mi^hawaka,*In- 
diiiiiu,  his, own  letli-i  buck,  and  so,  have  lost'h'U 
name.  Pleiue  notice  in  the  paper,  ,80  he  may  see 
it  and  write  again,  '  '  '  ^ 

Wh!feli^ci:,'Kdn/nt.    "    ■■'' •'."'I '"■•''■  ■■■■"" 

Fronj  Luroii,  III. — I  would  justsny  that  Bro. 
.t.  R,  Gi=h  ciiu.e  up  on  the  20th  of  June  and 
preached  four  sermons  for  i,is.  As  a  result,  one 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  was  baptized, 
confessing  her  sjna.  May  the  Lord^  keep  her 
from  turning  again  to  the  sinful  world.  I  think 
there  are  more  counting 'th&  tost.  Tliey  would 
soon  come,  if  we  had  more  preaching.  Hope,  the 
Brethren  will  not  forget  us.  H.  C,  Lono. 

From  N.  C.  Workman.  — The  Brethren  of 
North wesU'rii  Kansas  and  Southern  Nebraska  ore 
hereby  notified  of  the  following  :  Aa  there  is 
quite  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  that  ex- 
pect to  go  West  and  take  homesteads  this  Fall  or 
naxt  Spring,  we  want  to  correspond  with  brethren 
living  in  the  part  of  the  country  above  named.— 
A  committee  is.  already  appointed  to.  visit  the 
West  to  look  out  n  locution.  They  .  will  start 
about  the  middle  of  September  or  first  of  October. 
We  want  to  commence  corresponding  with  breth- 
ren at  once;  there  will  be  two  or  three  speakers 
among  the  party  seeking  homes.  Address  me  at 
once  at  Sciola,  Montgomery  Co,,  la. 

From  MiRSOiirf. — The  labors  of  our  Home 
Mission  have  commenced.  Bro.  Wm.  B,  Sell 
made  a  tour  through  Nodaway  Co.,  and  I  have 
just  returned  from  a  tour  into  the  South-western 
ou^^ki^ts,  Preached  in  the  town  of  I.awsou,  and 
the  visible  result  of  our  labors  so  far  have  been, 
an  average  af  two  applicants  for  baptism  to  every 
five  discourses  delivered,  besides  many  friendly 
greetings  met,  many  favorable  expressions  heard, 
and  signs  of  impressions  seen.  C.  C.  Root. 


INTEEESTINS   ITEMS, 


The  Russian  Greek  church    has  over    fifty-five 
oillions  of  members. 


The  Scriptures  are  for  sale  at  OonStontiiiople  it: 
lore  than  twenty  different  languages. 


Kansas  is  rejoicing  in  the  promise  of  the  most 
bountiful  crops  ever  harvested  in  that  State.  The 
acreage  under  cultivation  is  largely  iu  excess  of 
that  of  any  former  year ;  the  rains  huve  been 
timelv  and  copious,  and  neither  grasshoppers  nor 
other  pests  have  made  their  ap{>earance. 


Five  hundred  y«us  ago  a  solemn  council  was 
held  in  the  popish  monastery  at  Blnckfriars,  Lon- 
don, to  atop  the  sale  "f  Protestant  Bibles,  which 
John  Wyelifl'had  published.  Now,  close  by  the 
very  spot  in  Black  friars,  about  f.OOO  copies  of  the 
Bible  go  forth  every  day,  from  the  Bible  Society 
Depot  It  is  now  printed  in  216  different,.  Ian- 
guogea.  ,  ,  ,.,'i- 

The  signs  of  the  times  point  uamietafaably  to-'iji 
general  uprising  of  Indians  in,  the  North-west. — 
Feelings  of  hostility  seem  from  the  reports  to 
have  spread  to  many  tribes  hitherto  peaceful  and 
contented. 


W.U.R.R.  Time  Table. 

Day  pMsenger  irnin  going  sist  Ustm  Loonrk  nt  12:00 
P.  M.,  QDil  nrriTcs  In  ttncinc  at  0:-l3  P.  M, 

Day  passeDMr  tniiD  going  west  leateB  Lanark  at  2:06  P. 
M.,  ooa  arrivu  at  Rock   laland  a(  l.:!>l}  F,  M, 

Nlgbl  pnegcngvr  tniiDa.  going  cut  and  Ktit,  mr«l  and 
lute  Lanark  at  2:\fi  A.  M.,  arriving  In  Racino  at  e;00 
A.    M.,    and    al    Rock  Igland  al  (1:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accommodnlion  TraiaB  will  run  neet  at 
12  :  ID  A.  SI.,  8:10  A.  M.,  and  tAii  al  Vi  :  10  A.  M, 
and  5:  15  P.  M. 

'Hckela  are  eolil  for   aboTB   IraJHs   aniy.     PnsBcngtr 

Imina  tunkc  ctoiia  coDneclion  al  WeBlBm  Ubion  Junction, 
Q.  A.  Shitq,  Agcnl. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  July  18, 1878. 


No.  29. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EniTKD  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.   MOORE    &    M.   M.   ESHELMAN. 

,  .SpECIAl*  CONIRIBOTORS:    ,. 

R.  H,  WUtLpH,,     -      -|1-    --..-r     -,      LADpG^,  INI). 
J,  IV.  STEIX,       ------       NEWTOXIA,  Ml). 

D.  T-miJlAN,         -  ,  -      -,    -      -      -      -  VIRUEK,  LI. 


D.  8.  irtNTZER!"  '- 

MATTrE  A.  LE'Ait,      '  - 


-WXynesiioho,  pa. 

-     n^BASA, 


IPERILOUS  DAYS. 


1  iUYjrfEOiJGE ll>,. /.OitjUSI*. , 


i.-rill  ngL-,^ 


1)   ,.„.,,« 

r„„i  ,iii!  th...  iK.iy  iiii;!i  iTi^iiirc, 

To  'tell  us  nf  tlifsf'  .Imgel-s  <)irt',    '  '  '  ^ ' 

The'  bc'iist.  coiliL'S  nil  ivitll    uii^hby  s\va>%  ' 
T(i  ienci  men  down  (iestniclavjl's  \vayi , 
An  angel  ionn  iu  difini  ilisguise, 
AVit){-flufiitjSi)i'(;e)i,ii!iil  ol^(i^-miD^,ej'^s, 
With  borus  to  iiiiiU'li  till!   harmless  liiuib, 
Aiidniilli..,i<f".iil  tu   -.■rll.'   -hum: 
With  .Irau-.n'-  ^..„- ,omI  L.lh.li  (.owm", 
Beware  yi.-  -miit-  it  i-  In.-  liniir 
Siich  Jive  ]\'k  d^'l.*d^  uinl  wonders  d;ivl;,  .  s 
And  ftll  tlie  world  i-pceiVe  his  ainrk, 
Stniidcleilr  from  all  his  vile  Intrigues, 
Lest  we  miist  share  Iiis  dreadful  pliignes. 
Delusj**^  |ike  11  eiirrent  string, 
No\s-  sweeps  the  iiiiiltitude  along; 
These  wondei-s  chiinii  theeiinous  eye, 
They  spurn  the  truth  niid  heed'the  lie, 
A  dii?.id  couiniotibn  fills  the  world. 
The -flags  of  buttle  are.unliilied;      , 
Tev!"Jfie  storms  ivith  angry  roar, 
The  rnging  elements  at  war, 
What  dark,  forebodings  fill  theiiiiiid. 
What  desolation  of  mankind  ! 
The  Lord  will  tome  in  flaming  fire, 

And  terrible  will  be  his  ire .  .      ,i  ,  . 

His  power  shall  the  heavens  shake, 
Earth's  mighty  men  shall  tear  and  quake 
His  vengeance  shall  unsheathe  the  sword, 
And  sin  receive  it^  grim  reward. 

A  GREAT  MONOSYLLABLE. 

BY  C.  m.  BAL611A[U^:^<. 


faithtakes  it  all  iti.  F^ith  .is  greater  than  rea- 
son, and  is  a  match  for  God's  most  macyelousex- 
hibifions  of  Wisd^iy .  iinij.. Power,  Deity  hit' 
nothiij^iji  -^s  attrihuto;  that  can  outstrip  the 
function  of  faith.  But  a  child  cuii  pii/.^le  and 
shame  the  loftiest, at,l;ainmvnt.s,of  the  philosoph- 
er. '  '•  God  manifest  iu  the  flesh  "  is  not  too  high 
and  glorious  'n  truth  :lbiJ'therfaith  of  a  child 
which  is  not  yet  ashanieil  t9,sili,oj^,ft|)  Tfipfhw's 
l.i|..  Kilt  I'm  lii^ii  i'n,  fiie  reasop  of  tlie|  doupn- 
i'Ui-,  in  in.i].:ilitii-,  :i]id    hierarchies  .of  the  Ce; 

■  Faith  ihakes  fi  ^'ort ijourti^y  frbui'tjondage 
to  llljerty  no  miitter  h'dw'lojlg  tW  pil^HJiinge 
tiiiiybc.''W<'(T»S('  it  Mhn'eii  ft.t'ktfhift  HimXchi 
wiiiiTOj?ii^''M  Miles  shrink  into  inches,  and  days 
dwijidJeiinlo' minutes.  The  Celestial  Doors  ure 
ever,  iiJHr,flud  the  eyjj  apd  ear  of  faith  get  glim  pes 
,flf;  the  glori^ij  aiiij  snatch  strains  of  thf  do.xol- 
ogie^  of  the    UpiJcj-    Sanctuary,  nml  tuit..>    and 


distal 


ulul 


;ih    to: 


-.rfy 


ofp 


<n<l  u 


■■  An;... 


■nn  by  th. 


T'\  Brolha-  U.-i  An.!. 
rPHK  Angel  of  the  Wil 
1  haiid,  and  the  All-seein-  Eye  is  engineer- 
ing j-our:route' '  Ext  281'20;  Bx.  ia()21;  1  Pet. 
3:  12.  Your  way  i-snoarkedibv  tlje  blood-stain- 
ed footpriiits  of  the  ayittpathizing,  Omnipitcnt 
Savior-^iod.  A  gr^vious Providence  is  verifying 
iljhe  wo^udrous  dijchiration  in  Roni.  S:  2$.  The 
mortar-beds  and  hnck-kvliis  are  dry  and  fireless, 
the  anguisli  of  Pi-huhiroth  is  past,  and  the  gai>- 
ing  Holds  have  clappi-d  their  hands  over  th 
viirifi'iiished  '  oppitssor.  Ex.  14.  The  hornets 
are  in  the  vaii,  and  the  Canaanites  tremble  at 
the  mai-vels  of  Jehovah-.Ifesus.  Ex.  23:  28; 
Joshua  2:  24.  Morah  follows  tihe  host,  and  so 
does  Elim  and  the  gushing  Uoek.  Faith  and 
manna  go  together,  and  so  do  nebellion  and  fiery 
serpents. 

When  God  leads  us.  iutotl^e  wilderness.  He 
Willi  »|soisurely  lead  IIS  put figaiuvunless  through 
unbelief  we  dig  ouroYugrnve.  Dreadful  is  the 
provocation  when  God  "  swears  in  His  wrath 
that  we  shall  not  enter  into  His  rest."  Heb.  3; 
11.  In  the  desert  unpardonable  sins  are 
committed,  and  inetiuble  raptures  experienced. 
There  is  the  lightning-wreathed;  thunder-speak- 
ing, God-crowned  Sinai,  and  the  glory-capped. 
Heaven -telescoping  Nebosimd  Pisgahs.  There 
the  great  Love-heart  of  Jehovah  breathes  its 
Kweeteat  consolations  and  most  ravishing  prom- 
ises into  the  ear  of  His  Elect.  HoR,2;14.  Bless- 
ed be  God  that  cveiy  soul  has  its  Pat mos,  and 
its  ivhite  stouQ  inscnbed  with  its  Heaven-com- 
pacted Hieroglyph.  Kev.  2: 17, 
Love  pours  out  the  whole  heart  of  God,   and 


-n.- tlnmaiiiillenniid 
S^^tchV  God  is  m■^•>'A■  in'  a  hnrrj-.  The  Kt^r- 
ual  Tears  ar=  Hi.-^,  and  Hf.'' can"  wait 'for  Kis 
endb.  '.Our  selfifih  aims  and  dispositiob.=i  coni|>oi 
the  All-Good  to  iiiake  our  ftirnat*  hot. and  k'f|. 
uKllong  iiL  the  refihiiig  fii-es;  ,  It  ishfu-d  ior  ii- 
ppor; apostates  to  believe;  that '■  Gnu,  is  lovh,.  ' 
When  He  is  doing  tjievery  best  foy  us,  we  otttii 
exclaim  through  teiu-s  and  iu  bitterness  of  soul, 
"alUhese  things  are  against  iiiu."  Gen.  42: 
3p.  It  is  impossible  for  us  even  to  imagine  bow 
a  Being  feels  who  has  not  the  slightest  stain  of 
^h:  '^When'We  are  oppMcd,  or  hhused:  'or  de- 
fied, our'  passions  are  apt;  to  be 'aroused,  and 
-we  relate' oiirselvesto  the  offender  vindictively. 
standingion  oui-  assumed  dignity;  satiating  our 
injured  feeling,  .and  have  itnobas.an  object  to 
■gain,  ennoble,  and  regenerate  our  eufray.  Not 
.so  God.  His  angec;  is  ,^7ghteou^ness,"  His  clias- 
tisement.is  principle,  His  rffbukes  and,  wouuds 
are^love.  Ifwedrawnigh  to  Him  with  pure 
'motives  and  in  right  action  in  alj  thiiigs,  we 
liiay  be  siire  He'willdraw  nigh  to  us,'aud  vouch- 
safe us  the  consciousness  of  Fatherly  Presence 
in  our  hitter  and  sbrrowfnl  experience.  '         ' 

Faith  is  a  great  word,  comprising  the  all  of 
life,  and. weoaiinotdiave-itiu  theevangelic sense 
without  hoviug  Ciirist  with  it.  To  have  a  real, 
living,  saving,' Gpi-originated,  God-ownediuith, 
is  to  have  a  heart    that   does  not.  condeuin  us. 


with  a  voice  tJeiHulousiivith  tQio palpitations  oi 

fclie  heaut/ol  Deity,  HL-  says  to  itlip  Hanio  class,'  '•  6 
•!'<r\i'Vil^Hi.  Jinis^tlm,  now  iiHxifN-,  HOW  OF- 
TEN, UdiM  I liaEe,i/ti!/u:ml  i/oir,''  It  is  one  of 
the  most  harrowing  trials  for  love  to  utter  bit- 
ter.-mrbini;  d.'mun.-iatiims  Imt  it  n.-ver  thinks 


bilk.,  f 


To  criticise  or  assail  i.Tror  i 

th 

purely  i/oui- 

bfitive  elcineht,  is  Hn>  work   < 

fat 

Spirit,  which  has  been   a'"mdi 

nth 

o-'fribed    to 

myluncoUipi'onlisih;;   di--^i'irj 

1.    . 

t  the   inven- 

tionsof  "blind  guid..-,,-    imr 

wilniii    KAfi- 

of  Jc)i,,vah,     i-     Ihr    ,l,|tv      .,t 

-  il 
11  . 

■  indorsnienfc 
Un- hit,;' fin 

MINO  i.l  r/n,^f  "      \>,t.  tM,ln 

I.. 

.  iill>nble  dc- 

ii!il,'atf,.,oi,t 

Hi^  ijr,,!-...  ,,r  i(i.  rn..,i,i<''  ill 

\h- 

■iM.iiM.,nf,'n.,-)-,,i..n-<T-   ^,f    tile    i-xpen- 
tiuth.     '-O-jrof  lilll,-f.,ith.'-  -Hv   ihui.    h> 

Mr  k  iiinnnfl'Mv;  iiiuUk-  thai  gathi-:[Ietk 
iTH)!r.'^(UTTl':HI':-j;H.AI!ltOAD.",This 

t.M;.„i,.il,.,t.'  ,oan  tliaii     ^^in    liiiii  f,.  ,1,- 

mj.-w.ivio-  S.ilty  to  Hi.    [HviiR-human 

;i^l'' '-1—    i-    -I    God,  and 


alt  uv 


itl<'i 


cant. 


ilore 


tin- 


inbation  must  be  wholly 
ill  of  Giid.  Some  of  ouV 
wonld-be-leadei-s  in  the  Brotherhood  '  cannot 
bear  to  have  sectarianism  scuttled,  as  they  love 
the  praise  of  men  more  than  the  pinr-ie  of  God. 
They  think  it  a  great  honor  to  have  college-bred 
fant-Kprinklei-s  come  to  our  meetings,  and 
even  in  vjte  them  behind  the  table  and  urge  them 
to  preach;  but  when  the.r  God-defyijig,,  Cros^ 
ipiirning,  soiilydeluding  heresie;?  arid  jlevices  are 
branded  with  the  a'lthorized, anathema  of  Heav- 
cu,  these  liberal  bretiireu  lift  up  their  hands  in 
horror  as  if  the  Mivine  arraiigemeiit  were  a 
matter  of  indiffet-eiiee.  When  some  Boanerges 
rolls  liistliundei-against'thesubstinitibn  of  Di- 
vine Law,  it  must' be  modified  with'nn  Apolog' 
lest  oreed-niakers  be  offended. : . "  This  is  a  Inm 
eiilation.fiitd  fhfill Ufor  a  UiiiieHlntion:'  Ez.  18: 
■14..  Keliableeonfidenwtovvards.God  rests  who! 
ly  iu  conformity  to  the  provisioiLS ,  of  Grace. 
The  conscience  is  God  iu  miniature,  and  is.  de- 
pendent'on  the  WoRU  f9r  its  right  decisions. 
When  Goi^  says  baptism  thecouscience  may  not 
say  sprinkling,  Wheii  Jesus  Christ  suy.s  '-ktini 
o/'ME,"  "  luke  mij  ij.ike  u/»H(/o»,''theconscienee 
seeks  in  vain  for  an  anxious-bench  toi-einove  its 
sense  of  guilt.  Heaven  asks  no  Apology  for 
the  demolition  of  institutions  which  set  at 
uaught  the  wisdttm  and  goodness  of  God.  Faith 
has  in  it  all  the  vigor,  and  rigor,  and  inflexibili- 
ty, and  tenderueis,  and  long-suffering  of  God, 
Emmauuel  is  not  less  Love  when  Ho  says,  •'  ije 
arc  of  yoiir/atiier  the  Dtcil,"  "  0  >je  tjeiiemtioilv 
of  vijvrs  how  rYiH  ife  escape  the  tlfniiiuition  uf 
hi-n,"  than  when   through   blinding   fears,  and 


meet  God  toapprove  or  condemn,  to  inspire  or 
bla-st  our  faith,  "A''Iittle-eoiicef..'.ii)n  here,  and 
and.alittle  there,  gradnally  wlirps  the  judsmen't, 
perverts  the  faith,  blinds  the  conscience, '  anil 
)Hak;es  largf^  room  for  apologies  when;  Go(l  jias 
fixed  the  njiyielding  principles  of  the  .cro3s. 
Believe  in  .li^i]-,  stretehf.'s  >:^f^\-^  the||^ternitjes. 

';Lo^.■  liir  Urollierhood;"  "Jov'e'your  eiie- 
inie.."  I  Peter  2:  IT;  Matt,  .'.:  44;  "Love 'the 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  h^-art,  and  with  a!l 
tiiy  soul  and  with  all  thy  mind,  and  with  alUhv 
Strength."  Mnrkl'S:  30.  ■  '•'■  <'il  .  ■/.  ■  '. 
I  Have  faith  'in  Godi''riMarbi  li;'''22; 
Matt,  21:. 31,. 2-2, , , "  Said, I  not  unKo  thee,  that, 
if  thou  \vonldest  believe,  thou  shouldestseeitlie 
glory,,ofGod.",JohnU:,4p,  "I  aip,  the  truth." 
John  U:  6.  "  Srf»r///>/ them  through  thy  ^^vf/A  ■ 
THY  WOHD  IS  TRUTH."  John  17:  17, 
"Tlic  vVouii  /hit/  IhiiiL  .yioh;,,  (]„■  .i„„ie  shall 
.TiinOEiini  i.vriiE  last  day."  John  12:  4&. 
These  pa-'Wagcs  settle  our  relations  fo  God,  the 
Truth,  and  our  fellows.  Human  appliiuse  is  so 
sweet  that  but  lew  arelbund  willing  I  to  have 
their  "  name  casfc  out  as.e\'il  "  to  preserve  their 
moral'integrity.  Fa itli> always  brings  the  pres- 
ence aiit^  smile  and  beatitudes  of  the  Godmaii, 
buj;  maiy  also  bring  lacerated  hands  and  leet. 
a  bleeding  heari,  the  scorn  of  the  world,  the 
alienation  of  friends,  the  derision  and  per-eiu- 
tioii  of  "  false  brethren,"  the  contiscittion  vi 
F-Uperfy,  the  raekand  faggot  of  a  living  mar- 
'tyrdom.  nl'dp  eleventh  of  H^'brew'^  is  a  monu- 
ment still  liuildihg.  It  is  niayonod-witli  living 
stones,  cemented  with  the  blood  of  God'.s  elect, 
buttressed  with  the  Hock  of  Etornity,  domed 
with  th  ^ ' 
idr 


.  I  pour 
y    head 


IS  finished,"  I  have  su'dered'  n\\,  I  have'done  all 
theScriptureask  me'f6*doV"T  fulfilled  everv 
prophecy;  I  di-aiik  the  rinegar  in  my  thirst;  it 
is  now  fulfilled:  I  noiv  oiler  up  my  [j 
oiitniy  soul  unto  death;  I  ii.,w  lio«- 
and  give  up  the  ghosti.  .  .    1 1  .  ,  ,i 

The  question  is  somcfcinYcsensked,'"  What  is 
finished?"  Some  will  !inl..vi.^;  <'jir,in's  redemp- 
tion was  now  finished-"  Botthat  wi,.  ,Wtwhat 
He  said,  and  is  not  what  I  Mmler>taiKl  Christ  to 
mean,  when  He  said.  "  It  Ls  linished."  Had 
Christ  only  suff'ered  (ii.ddicd,  and  had.ncit  risen 
again  from  the  dead,  our,  aedenipfcion  ^vbuUl  be 
a  deficient  one,  inste.id  of  a  finish..,!  nne.  His 
resurrection,  was  of  equal  iii)[),,il;,ii,,.  ivoh  His 
suffering  and  death.  .Paid  m  I  i:.n:  i:..  .^ly.s  '•  It- 
Christ  had  not  risen,  oui  pr.Melun-'  would  be 
vain,  and  oiir  faith  also  vain,  and  w.-  would  yet 
be  ,n  oiir  'h-ns."  The'ii  ^ve^'  wimhi  only  have 
hope  in  Christ,  ,vhile-  in  this  life;  and  the  Chris- 
tians that  suffered  with  'tlirist;  ami  for  Him, 
would  he, ''Among  all  men  most  miserable." 
■'  But  now  is  Christ  riscn;and  became  the  first 
fruits  of  them  that  slept!"  He  Jtid  not  onir 
taste  death  for  us,  hut  rose  a^aii.  from  the  dead 
and  brought  life  and  im'mortality  to  li-ht 
rtirough,  the  Gospel.  '^Because  the  ciWiture 
tself  also  shall  be  delivered  I  fjlonl  'the  bondage 
if  corruption  into  the'  'glorious  'liberty  oif  the 
d.ildren  of  God."  Rom.'S:  21.  '"AYe  ou'i^elves 
groan'  wichiu  ourselves,  waiting  for  the  adoption 
mt  the  redempfioij  nf  our  bodv  " 
:*e«in;  "Thnt  [  „,„j  kl,„«-  Hi™  (Chriit)  .„d 
lliepowei-of  Hi,,es„mctb„  „,„1  the  fell„,v. 
ship  of  Ills  sulferings;  bciiij  oonformabla  iinto 
H,s  death."  W,il.3;  W,  U,  12  ..Jf  j^  ^ 
means  I  miehl  atlnin  uiii'o  the  reiiirteliL'Sf 
the  (lead."  "  For  oi.f  toilveMalidn  k'  in  Javen; 
from  whence  also  we  look  for  the  Savior,  tlie 
Lord  Jems  Christ:  who  shall  change  our  vile 
body,  that  it  may  he  fashioned!  like  unto  His 
glqj,-ious  hodj."  Our  rosurreotion  and  immor- 
tality whieh  we  sInJI  have  in  the  con.ing  of 
Christ,  will  onlyliuisl,  „„r  redemption:  forl'aul 
says,  '^Tliey  that  are  Christ's,,  shall '  rise  at  His 
coming:"  So  we  can  use  the  words  of  our  text 
only  in  the  sense  that  the'  snlTerings  of  Ohriit 
were  llieli 'liinished,  and  not  «ur  redemption;  as 
we  hear  it  often  said  and  preaclied; ' 

Now,  let  OS  all  leiun  a  gbod  lesson  from  the 
text,  that  when  ourlives  shall  end  here,  and  we 
give  op  the  Uhost,  that  ivc  ain  also  say;  "  II  is 
liiiished."  And  let  us  do  like  .lesus  did.  See  to 
It,  that  we  do  every  thing  (he  Scripture  de- 
mands of  us,  that  we  can  look  back  on  a  well- 
spent  life  in.the  service'  of  our  'God,  and'say, 
"We  have  (lo.ne  onr  work  thou  hast  given  us  to 
do.  It  IS  finished."  We  bow  pur  .heads  and  give 
up  the  ghost,  eoniuiemling  our  spirits  into  "the 
care  of  .Jesus,  like  a  Stephen  of  old  di.l.    ' 

ATTEMTION  TO    LITTLE   THINGS.    ' 

I  TTENTIOX  to  ^^M,,:  thing,  ,„„st  be 
H  observed,  if  one  would  render  home  pliW 
ant.     Suppose  the  routine  of  housekeeping  c 


,  .,  —  •"  ■•.""."  ant.  :)uppose  tile  routine  of  housefcoen;.,.- «- 
I  the  Ma„.,y  of  Everlasting  Uightcousuess.  the  drudgery  of  il.  if  „.,  h„c  tWto'Zn, 
rniubowcd  w,H,  the  sevenfold   splen.l.r-  ,.,    •";'•■  <"<'""•■     "'■  -';    'U  '""!.    -i it  S  our 


WJio  is  not  ainbil 
niche  ill  file  monunient-temple  of  God'^  1.1. -tl- 
washed  favorites-'  "  We /hut  li.ne  i.klikvj-jjm/., 
e}He>- into  rc'^^•"Heb,'  4:  3.  Faith  turns'  the 
key  that  unlocks  every  door  ii^  the' house  of 
many  mansions,  anllgiyesuBaeeeS.'i  int6  the'Ho- 
Iviof  Holies— the  inmost  heai-t  iof  the  Triune 
Savior-God.  '  ,  . .  ■     , 


1  tn 

.\    Mir, 
"  t;l-k,  u 

n  order' 
>f  all  hni 
■n  I    tir4 


,i(l 


'IT  IS  FINISHED."  -  JOHN  19c  30. 


/■pHE  above  text,  Jesus  spake  while  haiK-in^' 
J  on  the  cross.  When  He  had  aet'ompli-lied 
nil  His  sufferings,  that  the  Seri[)ture  mittht  l.e 
fulfilled.  He  siiith  1  thirst.  Now  wa.s  only  uw 
more  prophecy  to  be  fulfilled.  P^,  Ci;  21.  And 
Hiy  thirst  they  gave  me  vinegar  to  drink. 
And  hence  Jesus  siiith,  I  thirst,  and  they  gave 
Him  vinegar  to  drink.     Now  He  could  say, "  It 


l.al  ■,.:.,n  li-il,l,-,l 
Then  iristei,,!  of  bi 
would  take  them  , 
This  annoved  me; 
mined  tu  put 


ml  ha 
ittiii-.i 


'lean 


render    home    cheer 
find  Home. 


^st  of  our 

■  ■'  ' 'i  the  most 

.'■■■■    'I -t  i.fe.-Lsant.   In 

'  ^  ''■■'•'--ary  to  havethe  nicest 
t.'i4iiy   A'a.*hing  dishes,   that 

'"innenc'd    honskeeping,   the 

i'^ai>  especial  dr^Tid,  though 

t.    11-  I'l'iji!:  brigiit  and  clean 

tiilii.'-;  ,il  the  home  evening, 

!^    --ii>itive  about  this  one 

•  -■  lii|u.  but  so  disliked 

i.ii  I  ollen  tried  to  per- 

■'  ^  ■III!  notneed  it  this  time; 

II  lu^lir  I  .saw  my  mistake. 

mniig  me,  my  good  husband 

n  and  clean   them   himself. 

I    relt    ceproveil,     and  deter- 

'    "'  the  ([uestion, 

■  ■  ^     '■  '  "'    'l.iy.     On  my 

-■ iinated    text: 

-,:  -l..,i,.-  liow  often  I 
li-  Dhit.  Hi  tlf  cheerful  per- 
iitii's,  n-k-i.mi>  ill  themselves, 
I.-a.i.  Xothing  should  be 
natter  whieh  tends  to 
and   pleasant.— //,■,(,-(/( 


Ttli:   TziKl^m-IRETSr    ^T   "vvoiik:. 


July    IH 


HYMN  OF  NATURE. 

rPHliliari'of  ii^tuiV    .A--n:  stiung, 
1     'Hii-t-iipver  c^-.i!  u.  |.!:i> ; 

Has  never  died  nw:iy. 

And  priiyer  is  ninde,  uml  |jrais«  h  given. 

By  nil  things  near  nnil  fur; 
The  ocean  looketh  up  to  ln^iiven, 

And  mirrora  every  star. 


Ii«  *viiveft  arfr'kneeling  on  the  strand, 

Art  kneela  the  humnn  knee. 
Their  whiip-iocks  bowin^to  theaand," 

Tiie  priesthood  of  the  :iea. 
They  pour  their  glittering  treat-ures  forth, 

Their  gifts  of  pearl  they  bring, 
And  nil  the  listening  hills, of  earth 

Tjike  np  the  song  they  sing. 

The  green  enrth  sends  her  inceniic  up 

Krom  miiny  a  mountain  shrine; 
From  folded  leaf  arid  dewy  fup 

She  pour^i  he  sacred  wine. 

The  mist  above  the  moining  rills 
Rise  whit*  nn  vnngs  of  prayer; 

The  altar  ctirtiuna  of  the  hills 
Are  sunset's  purple  air. 

The  winiJ  with  hymns  of  praise  is  loud, 

Or  low  with  sobs  of  pain, 
The  thunder-organ  of  the  cloud. 

The  dropping  tears  of  rain. 

With  drooping  head  and  branches  crossed 

The  twilight  forest  grieves, 
Or  speaks  with  tongues  of  Pentecost, 

From  all  it**  sunlit  leaves. 

The  blue  sky  is  the  temple's  aruh, 

It^  transept  earth  and  air, 
The  music  of  its  starry  maich 

The  chorus  of  a  prayer. 

No  nature  keeps  the  reverent  fmmo 

With  which  her  year  Ijegau, 
And  all  her  signs  and  voices  shame 

The  pryerless  heart  of  man. 

Selected  by  D.  IJ.  il. 


SHOULD  CHRISTIANS  USE  TO- 
BACCO? 

JtV  J.  T.  IIEIYAST. 

ii  TTAVING  therefore  these  promise.'*, 
-'■*-  deai'ly  beloved,  1ft  us  cleanse 
om-selves  from  all  filthiiiess  uf  tlie  Jle^sli 
aud  spirit,  perfecting  holiiit?ssin  the  fear 
of  God"(y  Cor.  7:1). 

This  subject  is  one  which  is  being  oun  - 
sidered  by  n  great  many  of  the  bvetliren, 
and  is  one  wliich  should  be  tiiken  into 
eoiisideration  by  the  entire  brotherhood. 
I  am  glad  to  see  that  soiae  of  our  able 
wiitevs  have  taken  up  theii-  pens  to  cry 
against  this  gi'eat  evil,  which  has  been 
in  the  church  so  long;  yet  owing  to  the 
nature  of  this  subject,  many  more  who 
see  that  it  is  an  evil,  are  reluctant  tg  cry 
against  it.  Brethren,  let  us  unite  in 
crying  against  this,  for  it  has  not  tven 
"  the  form  of  godliness."  We  may  ex- 
amine the  New  Testament,  and  \ve  can- 
not find  a  single  passage  that  will  justi- 
fy any  one  in  using  tobacco.  Not  one 
can  say  that  "  hei'eili.is  my  Father  glo- 
rified," or  "-that  this  is  done'  td  tbe  lioh- 
orandgloryof  God."  The tiiiieha.-i fully 
come,  when  every  brother  and  every  sis- 
ter, who  has  the  cause  of  Christ  at  heart 
as  they  should  have,  shoijld  use  eveiy 
lawful  means  within  theirpower  to  ex- 
tend thg  borders  of  Zion.  Thousands 
are  starving  for  tlie  Bread  of  Life,  al- 
most at  our  doors  we  might  say,  yet  the 
church  cannot  send  out  missionaries  for 
the  want  of  means. 

Not  long-since  I  heard  a  minister  (poor 
in  this  world's  goods)  say,  if  tliecongi'S- 
gation  in  which  he  liv(_Hl  would  give  him 
the  amount  of  money  that  thty  spent  for 
tobacco,  (and  it  is  not  a  lai'ge  congrega- 
tion) hi;,|WouVl  devote  his  whole  time  to 
the  ministyy ;  "  for,"  said  he"  that  would 
support,  my  family.andthatisall  1  want." 
When  siifh  as  this  is  staring  at  us, 
is  it  not  strange  that  some  will  per- 
sist in  using  iti  I  fear  that  it  mil  be 
an  awful  witues';,  against  us  at  that  great 
day. 


I  have  hfard  it  said  by  .some,  "1  can't 
■  [uit  it."  Oil  if  we  only  had  that  im- 
plicit coiifideiice  thjit  the  apostle  had. 
when  he  said,  "  I  can  do  all  things 
through  Christ  whicii  strengthenetli  me," 
what  11  Idcssing  itwould  l)e  to  us!  There 
are  many  who  have  become  so  attached 
to  it  that  they  cannot  wait  till  they  have 
their  outer  garments  on,  but  must  have 
their  quid  or  pipe  .  the  fir.-^t  thing;  thus 
showing  that  tlipir  firsttliuiights  an- giv- 
'eh~fo  tin- "'-f'^.  when  it  should  liavt^  been 
given  to  our  Father,  who  has  so  kindly 
guarded  us  through  the  shadows  of  the 
night.  Brethren,  "  there  is  bitterly  a 
fault  among  you."  "Thmi  shall  have  no 
other  (jods  hefore  ME^ 

"  For  all  that  is  in  tlie  world,  the  lust 
of  thefiesh,  the  lust  of  the  eye,  and  the 
pride  of  life,  is  not  of  the  Father,  but  of 
the  world."  As  tobacco  is  not  food  for 
either  soul  or  body,  we  conclude  that  it 
is  for  "  the  lust  of  the  flesh ;"  if  so,  hear 
the  words  of  inspiration. 

"  Knowing  this,  that  our  old  man  is 
crucified  with  hiui,  that  the  body  of  sin 
might  be  destroyed ;  that  henceforth  we 
should  not  serve  sin"  (Rom.  0:  tj).  Now 
if  our  old  man  have  been  crucified  and 
buried,  h;isthe  words"  No  resurrection" 
stamped  upon  his  back,  then  have  we 
not  risen  to  walk  in  "  newness  of  life?" 

The  apostle  says,  "  if  any  man  be  in 
Christ  he  is  a  new  creature."  "  Behold 
all  things  have  become  new."  Again, 
"  Know  ye  not,  to  whom  ye  yield  your- 
selves servants  to  obey,  his  servants  ye 
are  to  whom  ye  obey  "  (Ilom.  (i:  ]0),  If 
we  yield  ourselves  servants  to  obey  the 
lust  of  the  flesh,  have  we  not  made  our- 
selves servantsof  thesame?  (see  Matt.  0: 
24).  Again,  "  But  put  ye  on  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  make  not  provision  for 
the  flesh,  to  fulfil  the  lusts  thereof" 
(Rom.  1.1:  U).  Again.  "This  I  say 
then.  Walk  in  the  Spirit  anc^  ^'e  shall 
not  fulfil  the  lusts  of  the  flesh'  V  ,(pal.,5 : 

I'O-  ■■ ' .     .. ' 

•'  And  they  that  are  Christ's  have  cru- 
cified the  .aft'ections  and  lusts  "  (Gal.  fc 
24).  And  yet  there  are  many  other 
quotations  bearing  upon  the  same  Sub- 
ject; let  these  sufiioe  for  the  present 

Anothfv  arguniL-ut  against  the  use  of 
tobacco,  i-  thi.-;  it  is  urt'ensivc  to  many 
who  are  in  the  church,  while  it  is  barrier 
to  fjome  ,who,  are  not  inithe  church.  Not 
long  aineeia.very  talented «  young  man 
was  reluctant  to  enter  the  church,  be- 
cause "  of  this  very  thing."  (Read 
Rom.  14:21, and  1  Cor.  8:  1.3).  We  are 
not  prepai'ed  to  say  that  tobacco  is  use- 
less, for  God  created  it  for  a  purpose ;  but 
in  the  way  it  is  generally  used,  it  is  a  nui- 
sance, yes  more  than  a  nuisance,  for  the 
money  which  is  used  for  tobacco  might 
be  used  to  a  far  greater  advantage.  I 
have  known  money  used  in  this  wav, 
M"hen  it  was  equivalent  to  taking  the 
food  from  the  children's  mouths,  or  the 
clothes  from  their  backe.  Says  one, 
"  spare  the  older,"  Should  our  fathers 
and  niothei'S  follow  tlic  vain  ami  foolish 
fashions  of  the  world?  Hhi.nld  they 
habitually  drink  of  the  iptosieating  cup  i 
It  is  as  n.'itural  almost  as  can  be,  that  the 
young  follow.  From  the  o'ld  We  expect 
e.Kample8  for  the  young  to  foIlo\t,  for 
the  young  expect  the  old  to  be  examj'les 
of  that  which  is  good.~  We  have  noth- 
ing to  do  \vith  the  "  sparirtg/' '  God  albni- 
does  that,  whether  towards  the  old  or 
young.  What  we  most  need  are  good 
examples,  since  the  Gospel  dpmande  that 
all  repent  who  know  good  from  evil.  ^ 

So  long  as  the  old  lead,  the  young 
will  lie  apt  to  follow ;  and  who  could 
blame  them?  We  would  be  glad  if 
there  would  be  a  cry  raised  against  this 
evil,  from  ever}-  pulpit  in  the  lanil,  fioui 


all  who  dare  cry  against  it  (Rom.  2:  1). 
I  would  rathet  see  the  church  pure,  to 
seeit  stj'eagth£neiL."/>ivitii(iili/  than  to 
see  it  strengthened  numerically,  for  when 
the  church  becomes  pure  spiritually,  the 
other  wll  be  sure  to  follow. 

If  we  Would  extinguish  aflame  we 
should  not  add  fuel ;  so  if  we  would  cru- 
cify the  lust  of  the  flesh,  we  should  not 
allow  it  any  food,    i 

Let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from  all  fil- 
tbiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  and  then, 
and  not  till  then,  will  the  church  be^ 
come  pure. 


THE  KINGDOM  OF    HEAVEN, 

UY  SII..\S  OII.llKIlT. 

MATT.  13:  31,  32. 

THE  kingdom  of  heaven  referred  to, 
I  undratand  to  be  the  church ;  and 
the  seed  fi'om  which  it  came  was  Christ, 
and  the  one  that  planted  it  was  God. 
Christ  took  a  natural  mustard  seed, 
which  was  the  smallest  seed,  to  repre- 
sent the  present  and  future  magnitude  of 
His  church.  It  was  so  small  that  they 
would  not  receive  it  as  the  kingdom  of 
God,  but  accused  the  seed  of  being  the 
chief  of  deWls.  The  mustard  seed  that 
was  planted  in  the  field  grew  and  became 
a  great  tree,  and  had  branches  so  that 
the  fowls  of  the  air  came  and  found  a 
lodging  place  in  them. 

The  lesson  which  Christ  wanted  to 
teach,  was  this,  though  He  was  rejected, 
despised  and  counted  the  smallest,  His 
kingdom  would  become  great  and  fur- 
nish refuge  for  the  sinner  that  was  sport- 
ing and  roving  on  the  barren  mountains 
of  sin  and  folly. 

Some  tell  us  that  the  branches  of  the 
mustard  stalk  represent  the  orthodox 
churches  now.  This  does  not  seem  very 
reasonable,  from  the  fact  that  God  has 
said,  that  He  gives  to  every  seed  a  body 
after  its  own  kind.  Now  for  an  exam- 
ple: suppnsf  one  branch  would  represent 
a  church  that  did  not  believe  in  lovin; 
their  enemies,  but  believe  in  taking  tlie 
sword  and  bayonet  and  bringing  their 
enemies  into  .subjection.  Is  not  this  the 
ease  with  many  of  the  so-called  .  Chris- 
tian churches?  An  other  branch  rep- 
resents a  church  that  does  not  believe  in 
humility,  but  allows  her  members  to 
dress  in  all  the  vain  customs  of  the 
world,  decorate  their  churches  in  all  the 
poiiip  of  the  day,  and  say  that  many  of 
the  commandments  are  not  essential ;  say 
ing  that  baptism  ha.s  nothing  to  do  with 
the  pardon  of  our  sins;  no  efficacy  in 
Feet-waj^hing  or  the  Lord's  Supper,  or 
tialutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  but  left  op- 
tional to  each  one.  Another  branch 
represents  a  church  that  follows  the 
Laml)  whithersoever  He  goeth,  obeys  all 
the  commandments,  no  difference  how 
small  in  the  sight  of  the  world,  as  all 
are  great  in  the  sight  of  God  and  His 
church.  Now  the  question  comes  up, 
can  a  fouptain  sepd  forth  both  bitter  wa- 
ter and  sweet  at  the  same  time?  The 
Word  says  no,  all  nature  echoes  no. 
Then  the  idea  that  all  the  dift'erents  sects 
are  represented  by  the  branches,  is  found 
to  be  incorrect. 

Suppose  a  man  were  to  cultivate  a 
mustard  stalk,  and  at  the  time  of  gath- 
ering, would  go  out  and  find  on  one 
branch  a  good  yield  of  mustard  seed, 
woiild  he  not  be  congratulated  with  the 
prospect?  But  on  other  branches  find 
anything  bot  the  genuine,  would  his 
hopes  not  frtf  blasted?  What  meaneth 
all  thisf  Has  this  got  to  be  a  world  of 
chance,  or  has  the  Law  which  says. 
"  God  will  gi^e  to  every  seed  its  own 
body,"  been  chtraged?  No,  even  the 
very    gates    of   hpl'l    shall    not   prevail 


against  the  seed,  for  it  overcame  death, 
hell  and  the  grave,  and  has  had  all  pow- 
er given  to  it,  so  tLert;  is  no  chance  fur 
any  other  seed  or  plant  to  prevail,  and 
"every  plant  which  my  heavenly  Father 
has  not  planted,  shall  be' rooted  up." 
Now  God  has  planted  this  seed,  and  has 
a  time  appointed  when  He  is  going  to 
send  His  angels  or  reapers  to  gather  the 
products  of  this  seed,  and  since  tlie  seed, 
Christ,  bore  humility  He  is  not  going  to 
accept  of  '^[iride  and  fashton,  and  as 
it  bore  obedience  even  to  the  death  of 
the  cross ;  He  won't  be  willing  to  take 
disobedience  and  disrespect  to  His  holy 
commandments.  It  bore  love  to  its  ene- 
mies, and  good  to  them  that  hated  it, 
He  won't  accept  of  killing  and  destroy- 
ing them,  but  love  your  enemies,  do 
good  to  them  which  hate  you  and  perse- 
cute you. 

When  you  see  a  church  or  branch  that 
does  not  imitate  the  little  stalk  that  had 
started  while  Christ  was  here,  you  may 
readily  decide  that  some  impostor  has 
been  trying  his  hand  at  grafting.  Ex- 
amine the  bark  and  all  the  little  twigs, 
for  they  are  very  good  signs  of  the 
state  and  condition  of  the  branch.  If 
you  see  a  branch  that  the  bark  imitates 
those  who  are  in  king's  houses,  turn  to 
the  testimony  of  Jesus  and  see  what  He 
says  about  them. 


SPREADING  THE  TRUTH. 

BY  FRANK   AI.I.BN. 

4t  /^  O  ye  therefore,  and  teach  all  na- 
^  tions,  baptizmg  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost;  teachingthem  to  ob- 
serve all  things  whatsoever  I  have  com- 
manded you  "  (Matt.  28:  19,  20).  This 
commandment  was  given  to  chosen 
teachers,  It  is  impossible  for  all  the  fol  ■ 
lowers  of  Christ  to  observe  this  com- 
mandment persona!Ily;  but  all  can  live 
to  this  commandment  by  supporting 
those  who  are  set  apart  for  this  business. 
Some  think,  it  is  not  necessary  to  live  to 
to  this  command  in  this  day,  because  all 
have  such  easy  access  to  the  ScripturcH 
(Rom.  10:  14,  15).  "And  how  shall 
they  hear  without  a  preacher?  And  how 
shall  they  preach  except  tliey  be  sent?" 
"  So.than  faith  cometh  by  hearing,  and 
hearing  by  the  Word  of  God." 

The  eunuch  of  Ethiopia  had  the 
Scriptures;  Imt  he  failed  to  comprehend 
their  im]»ort,  until  he  was  guided  by 
Philip.  From  this  we  see  the  necessity 
of'  sending  out,  and  cordially  supporting 
teachers.  The  religion  of  some  seems 
to  be  of  a  very  seltish  nature.  They  ap- 
pear very  much  concerned  about  their 
ott'fl  salvation,  they  love  to  be  edified  and 
Instructed  f  but  can  look  With  consid- 
erable inditlVi'ence  on  a  world  lying  in  ■ 
sin  and  darkii'eSs.  Huch  are  seldom  found 
to  encourage  any  Jvlan  to  support  mis- 
sionaries;  and  it  is  with  great  difficulty 
that  you  can  bring  them  tO'  gJYe  »  small 
|)ortion  of  their  means  to  ifnstftJel  the 
world,  in  what  may  be  called  the'  fifst 
principles  of  the  oracles  of  God.  May 
we  not  ivith  propriety  apply  to  sucli' 
characters,  the  language  of  our  Lord,  on 
a  certain  occasion, ''These  ought  ye  to 
have  done,  and  not  'to  leave  the  other 
undone."  We  show  ourselves  destitute 
of  the  ti'Ue  apostolic  spirit,  if  we  can 
look  with  indiffejence  on  those  that  are 
in  darkness,  and  neglect  to  improve  such 
opportunities,  as  our  situation  aftbrds  us, 
of  directing  them  to  the  only  nieans  of 
salvation. 

Paulsays,  inRoin.  10:  1,  2,  3,  "Breth- 
ren, my  heart's  desire  and  prayer  to  God 
for  Israel  is,  that  they  might  be  saved. 
For  I  l)ear  them  record,    that  they  have 


.JxOy   IS'.' 


'jaifc  ^s'BiTri'K'Eigif '  "SI: '  ^objik. 


_3 


a  zL'jil  of  God,  I)ut  nut  ac(;MrJiiig  to 
knowledge.  For  they,  being  ignorant 
of  God's  rigliteousuess,  and  going  about 
to  establisli  tbeiroivn  riglit«ou.sni.'ss,  Iiavo 

suliinttted  tlicniselveS  unto  the  right- 
eoiisnc'isof  (joil."  "Fur  such  lU'e  fal.se- 
ajtostle^,  deceitful  ivovkei-s,  transfonuing' 
tbciiisetves.into  the.nppstles  ,|0f  Chrjisfc", 
(2  Oor.  !!■:  i:i).  'This  Inngunge  ciin 
l)f  .'ippiled  to  liiudiTli  Israel,  It  Is 
oui'  lumnd'ri  duty  In  |iiit  turtli  levei'y 
lawful  jj)'';ui-;  til  ilii'et't  tlieiii  to  a  saving' 
knuw'leJj^e  uf  God.-,  Evtry  period  i. of 
Paul's  Iiir^tovy  from  the  dayhewnsdrrest-' 
ed  oil  the  I'uad  t<'  PamaM'ii^,  b'^ars  am- 
ple testiiimn  v     lo    fill*     r:i-iri:ji  ni-doj' 

with  Which  ],.■  ];il...irl  ('-r  tli^-  -:dvati<|ti, 
of  inefl.  I''i'!  Llii.- !,'■  iintyiL  i^'ov  itlii.s 
hoFnl.inittcil  in  ~\v\^>.-  i  ■.'  C-'W  11:  ;?(I). 
For  thi>lirMilM(.iii.<Uu  |"iil-  uf  w.ii.U-,' 

of    rn),)l,.|>-,    nr  lliv  ,>wri      IMlllltnill.'U,      of 

h^■allH■li,  uf  il„.  .-!i;,.\:f  ih.-    ^/ihhTn..-, 
of  i.\u-    .•■:,.    ;njd  .4*  periU    aiiiung    fal^.i 
liivlliiM'.    In  Mil.-  h.'e--t.vTju;dit!n4hoi,ui' 
(■-'  Cor.  i:':   1  ;"■  i,  U.  ^peiid   and  ))e  =pfi 
and  in  il  ,-il  l;i.t.    we  li;ivo    reaSiMl  'to  \ 

lievr,   ]|..    l.i.nl   :in-]    di.nl. 

Mlilkthr  ,|>.v  wliirll,  und,^i'  the  il 
puU-  of  iii.-i-iiai.loii.  !i.M.■:ll]>ll^  f,>nia 
use  of  hi-  hivlun.  "  Hf  ye  folioweiv  of 
me,  even  as  I  am  i\hi>  of  t-hrist."'  Wo 
are  under  tile  same  obligaiions  to  Iliui 
that  Paul  was.'  '  We  rest  o\tr  liope-r  on 
the  .same  foundation,  and  li^k  for  the 
same  glorious  inlierilaii-e.  And  there 
must  be  sonietlnng  wrong,  if  we  are  not 
animated  by  the  same  spirit.  Kemeiu- 
ber,  tliei-efore,  my  Vn-ethi-en,  that  it  is 
our  iudispensableduty  to  labor  and  pray, 
spend  and  be  spent;  yea,  and  if  necessa- 
ry to  lay  do^vn  our  lives  foi'  the  conver- 
sion of  a  sinfnl  world,  to  the  true  prin- 
ciples of  the  oracled  of  God. 

CHRIST'S  CRUCIFIXION  AND 

DEATH. 

DY  S.  S.  W.  HAJllIEK.  i  > 

ii  A  ND  lie  bearing his'crosswenfc. forth 
-^^  into  a  place  called  the  place  of 
a  skull,  wliicli  is  called  in  the  Hebrew 
Golgotha:  where  they  eiaicified  liiin " 
(John  19:  17,  IS),  The  evangelists  are 
very  particular  and'  minute  in'  detailing 
every  circumstance  connected  with 
Christ's  death.  At  present,  we  design 
to  contehiplate  more  esiiecially '  three 
things:  place,  inanu-i^r,  phenomena  mth 
which  it  was  attAided: " ' '    '"  "''  " 

The  phir<.,  <;,,1::,,tL;,  til-  plac^  ..f 
skulls,  \vii..iv  lay  -..■ai!.iv,|  ^d.iuad  iIm- 
remains  of  uuilcfactur?,  who  had  >iilier- 
ed  on  the  spot;  in, this  place  we  behuld^ 
a  striking  emblem  of  the  \v<.idd  Chri?>t| 
came  to  save.  Here  were  the  trophies  of 
death;  the  I'uins of  human  nature;  liere 
were  miftieii'nt  evidence  of  man's  deprav- 
ity, niin  iiiid  hrl|,l,..-n.-.  And  <Mrh 
was  Hn^  coD'litioi,  uf  th.-  wm-ld,  rhi'I-t 
came  to  Save  or  redeem— one  I'fgioii  of 
dea,th,  one  dreary  burial  ground,  one 
vast  Golgotha,  sunk  in  depravity,:  ex- 
posed to  peril,,  the  most  alarming  to 
human  contemplation^,,  ,In  Golgotha, 
the  place  of  Clirist's  death,  we  see  a 
Jftwisli  malice  and'  unbflief  overruling 
for  the  Welfare  of  the  world.  Jesus 
came  expressly  to  His  o^vn — to  His  own 
people,  the  lost  sheep  of  Israel,  but  they 
received  Him  not,  but  hated  and 
persecuted  Him,  and  at  last  put  Him  to 
death,  and  thrust  Him  ^\'ithout  the  gates 
of  their  city.  Jesus  did  not  *hen  otiVr 
Himself  upon  a  Jewish  altar,  and  thus 
restrict  the  merit  of  His  blood  to  one 
people ;  but  on  the  elevated  Mount  of 
Calvary,  oa  the  notorious  iiumntit  Gol- 
gotha, He  expired  as  the  propitiation 
for  t^ie  sins  of  the  whole  world;  we  see 
in  it  not  only  the  extent,  but  the  effii.^acy 
uf  Chrwt's  death. 


Clirist  came  not  to  call  the  righteous, 
but  sinners  to  repentance  through  His 
death,  tliere  is  a  hope  that  the  chief  ofi 
tra'nsgj'essors  may  be  savedby  following 
after  Him  in  all  His  footsteps  and  com- 
mandments. His  death  it  ^G'ulgotha. 
tlirougli  the  Xew  Teatauiont  speaks  the 
language  of 'hope  to' harlots, '  pliblica'ns 
and  thieve.^,  if  peiiitejiL  AVei  know  that 
afterwards  tin-  vii'iiic^  uf  Hi^  blood  was 
sayingl>  i'\["Tii>nr,(l  b^  finvc  thc,iuHand 
Jerusalem  --iijiir!'^.  Hr  di.-d  for  them, 
and^rriso  a;j;ain.  Yes  every  cveiit  in 
Clirist's  hi.-lory  was  l'„r  tlu-  b-ui^lit  of, 
thira  fallen  world. 

He  wjis  fovi  us,  i;,i'  till'  angols.eaid, 
"  T'"nto  youis' b.irn  tld-'  d.ty  in  the, city 
of  I'javiil  !i. -Savior,,  whirl,  is  Chnst  (he 
L.>rd."  ib-  lived  for  ns  ;|,„|  Ib^  nl„.v,-d 
tlu^  Law,  «iid  thu>  left  aj,  «.caiii],]e,  thai 
wc  .should  follow  Ills  . I. 'I.-:  i>iii  hi- life 
and  work  Were  [.uily  pi  epaiaiorv  siejis 
to  tli.at  great  end  for  which  ("iqd  sent  him 
into  tiie  world,  and  for  whicli  he  gavt' 
himaelf  to  ^be,  the  yayior  of  oni'  race. 
Hejcame  into  this.  ,worldi  esja  i-ialU-  in 
die, 'to  die  fol' us,  to  die  for  all;  lii-love 
was, seen  in, that  he,  died.,  His.deftth  em- 
phatically an  event  always  kept  in  view 
iu  divine  i-ede^mption,,  the  s,acrifi,ce  all 
shadowed  him  forbli  as  dying;  thepropli- 
ets  foret(dd  his  dying;  he  himself  told 
his  disci})lcs  that  he,,  must  die,,  heevi-, 
dently  had  his  own 'mind  even  fixed  up- 
on this  event.  ,  ^\^len  he  was  transfi; 
ured  and  conversed  with'  Moses  and 
Elias,  it  was  respecting  his  decease. 
Now  his  death  was  peGuliar,iit  was  vol- 
imtarily.  No  one  could  liave  taken  his 
life  from  him.  A\1ienthey  came  to  take 
liim  and  approached  him,  he  spake  and 
the  SI  ddieis  ftdl  asdead  men  to  the  ground. 
He  who  could  still  the  stormsi  of  the 
seas  anil  raise  the  dead,  could  certrtinly 
retain  his  own  life;  but  wheu  his,  time 
was  come,  he  yielded  up  the  Ghost.  It 
was  ignoininiously:  he  died  not  in  the 
ordinary  way,  either  of  age  or  disease, 
but  a  death  to  which  the  vilest  of  niah-- 
factoi-s  were  appointed, — the  accursed 
death  of  the  ci-oss.  It  was  extraordina- 
ry. At  the  Roman  tribunal  he  hadbeen 
pronounced  innocent.  Pilate  had  wash- 
ed his  hands  as  a  sign  that  he  had  no 
share  in  his  death,  and  it  was  his  own 
nation,  the  people  to  whom  he  came'  with 
grace  and  salvation  that  clamored  for  his 
blobd  and  said,  "Crucify  him,  crucify 
Idm."  Heaven  and  earth  were  aft'ected 
with  it:  theskywashungasinsackcloth, 
tlie  earth  <|iiaked,  rocks"  rent,  the  v:dl 
wjistorn  in  twain;  and  the  t'enturian, 
who  had  the  charge  of  the  <-.vi-entiiin, 
exclaimed,  "This  mu.st  have  beeu  the 
So(,  ,,t  l^od."  But  mor-  about  the  vail 
of  ihe  temple.  It  was  rent  from  the  top 
tu  the  Ijotttim.  An  account'  of  it  is  to 
tie  found  ill  Exodtrs  '3(ii  31.  The  vail 
was  designed  to  sepai'ate  between  the, 
holy  and  most  holy  places,  and  was  nev- 
er passed;  neither  did  hwin.au  eye  glance 
beyond  it,  except  once  a  year ;  ■  when  the 
great  high -priests  entered  mth  the  bloijd 
of  expiation  (Heb,  9;  7)i    ■ 

The  vail  was  rent,  and  the  rent  was 
supernatural;  no  human  hand  would 
have  done  it.  Earthquakes  might  have 
thrown  it  down,  but  could  not  have  di- 
vided it  iu  twain;  it  was  the  work  of 
God .  Connected  with  this  were  two  very 
important  events.  The  one  was  that  it 
occurred  when  the  high-priest  wasstand- 
ing  before  the  mercy-seat;  the  other, 
was  that  now  Christ  was  offering  himself 
to  God,  a  sacrifice  for  the  sin  of  the 
world.  The  true  sacrifice  was  noM'  be- 
i«g  offered,  who  came  expressly  to  die, 
the  just  for  the  unjust  to  bring  us  to  God. 
NoM'  what  did  the  vail  represent?  This 
isft  i|uestion.     But  from    what    account 


we  have,  it  exhibited  tht^  human  nature 
of  Christ  which  was  now  sull'cring  for 
sin.  As  the  vail  concealed  the  hidicst 
plae'e.'so  Christ*:*'  htimanity  eusliromled 
the'lWity  of  Christ, -tlie'.^.,„Hiead  tab- 
ernacled in,,tii<^  fuaii  JeMis  )  iieli,  10:  i). 
Itircpresent«4he  vail  uf  iniu  wliieh  sep- 
arated God  and  raan.'if'iiia  hael  broken 
off  our  fellowship  \^\t]i  Jehovah,  sepa- 
rated IN.  Clui-r  ,lied  tu  break'itdowh, 
and  became  the  >bdlitor  between  God 
and  man;  it  w;i-  l,v  lu.s  death  which  was. 
n.>u  lakiiiLT  phie,'  ihnl  fids  was  affected 
(Heb.  Iu;   V.I),  * 

/riii,u;,-;|;..  _.r,i:,d  -i^^n.-d  f.>i'  the  ab- 
uiitioii     ,,r    .r,.ui-li    ordiiiaiK'e,.       They 

W.'le  n--\el  ,'.-L.n,-,l  i,,  e,.lllilllle:  ,they 
Weivnielel)  .-had.  .  V,-,s  ;„„  i  t  ^pes  ,  ,f  CliriSt 
alld    llie    Mc.-ill:,      of    ll,e'      tio-pe].'"N"0W 

j  tli-i-'in,.,.  th,.  ],.\]u:t  ill  Mie  tc)iip!e,"ce'as-' 
c,I  to  pi,i>-.r.s,  its,  .sa(;i;pdtl,e.?5r,  ,!i>0.W|,t)]e 
I  oi|,.LJii-  ..eu,-.e.|  to  be,iaceeptfcd,  and  liow 
'tlle    ],vi.Nll„,.,d     wa.,     superceded   by     flie 

gn-:ii  Hi.,'li  i.i-ie.t:if|,.|-rhr.or-|..r  ..f  M.'l- 
chi~,-d.v:  ;.  d.iiol,..]  Hie  ,v,m>^al  ofal. 
dlsi;„e(l,,.i  bet,uveu  tile  .1  e^visl,  and.,Gcn. 
file  uaiions. 

(:>od  had  cho.^en  the  .seed  of  Abraham, 
To'tliem'  lie  c'(Vnlmitted  his'  oriicdes  ami 
ordinance.s,  and  of  them  Chi'ist  came. 
But' the  Chri-t'i;rii  eeniinmy,'^the  tbunda. 
tionbFMiich  -.va-lal.lin  Clfi^Vs^flth. 
swept  ,.n\-a\  all  di>tinctioii,  and  Christ's 
reli-io.i  u;,<,I,.-i;,-,ied  ami 'suited  alikj 
to  ;dl  tli<-iiaUoi,>  thatdwell,on  th.-  face 
of  the, earth.,     ■  ,,.,,, 

Nowtf' the  vail  was  considered  so  sa- 
cred, hri\v  mucli  nmrp    so.  nnr  holy'and 

blcsM.d  Redeemer  ^  Wll.'ll  ele.MtedvieW.S 
we  -lloidd   have  of   Ids  prTsniKtud   laedl- 

torial  woi'ks  or  undertakings?  Yes, 
God  has  testified  to  the  greatness  and 
pceciousness  of  .Christ's  sacrifice,  by  all 
the  phenomena  connected  with  his  death 
upon  the  cross.  We  may  now  build 
with  the  strongest' assurance' upon  what 
he  hath  affected  for  us.  Through  this 
all  peoide  can  see  how  their  services 
mu-t  be  presented  to  God,  by  a  new  and 
li^iiiL'  ivay,  opened  by  Christ,  through 
the  Bible;  that  is  to  say,  his  flesh.  -No 
man,  cometh  to  the  Father,  but  by  Lim." 
,,Tliereiig  a  great  necessity  of  the  vail 
of  sin  being  removed  from  our  hearts. 
The  vail  of  ignorance,  unbelief  and  dis- 
obedience' must  b'e  removed';  Christ's 
salvation  must  have  an  oji,-iiiiiu'  passage 
into  our  hearts,  and  naliiie\  depraved 
vidl  must  he  torn  fn.in  lb.-  mp  to  tlie 
iiottom.  Xow  we  ha\e  written  tosun,. 
length;  liut  \v,ill  yet  notice  some  of  tl|e 
circumstances  of  his  death,  that  have 
boen  broughtto,oui'; attention,  as  w^lli  as, 
a  tVw  imiie  eveiit.s.  NoW,  ,all  the  cir- I 
cUHisraiie,.,  e-.iin,'eted  with  it,  were  of  a 
striking  and  wonderful  description.  Th" 
place  and  mode  of  his  death's  phenome- 
na, Whicli  atteiided  it, — eai'tliqiiakes, 
opening  gravf-s.  \airiviil,  ~ii!i  darkene.I 
(Matt.  -JS:  -tro-'ai.  X..vvG..d  purpM-...: 
to,  send  his  Soil,  hema-  in  due  time  j,.. 
fullilled  that  purpose;  did  not  spare  his 
Son,  bift  delivsred  him.  , .  'i')ie  Fatlier. 
gave  him  the  cup  to  drink,  the  .Father 
caused  the  sword  to  awake  ('Zecb.  13:1 
T;Acts  II:  53).  "God  so'loved  the 
world  that  he  gave  his  only  licgotten 
Son"  (John  3:  14,  IT).  With  wicked 
hands  they  crucified  him  atid  put  him  to 
death  (Acts  2;  2;i).  Tiiey  envied  him, 
hated  him  and  sought  for  false  witnesses 
to  appear  against  him,  paid  his  betrayer, 
charged  him  with  blasphemy,  refused 
his  release,  cried,  "  Crucify  him,  crucify 
hini,"  took  h^s  blood  upon  themselves 
(Matt.  37:  25),  Though  given  by 
the  Father,  yet  he  also  freely  gave  him- 
self. Ho  was  nota  reluctant,  but  willing 
sacrifice,  who  gave  himself  for  our  ains, 
who  loved  us    and   gave  himself  for  us 


((Vr;u7?  -iVi  'I'iiA'.i^it.i.vt^ie'-iefy 

heaven  for  thisipurpose.     II ,  v    k-pt 

this  event  before  his  e>es;  lie  ,.\  ,c  l.m.j;. 
ed  for-itsiufrival..,  ".I  hav'c'a  baptism  to 
be  bai»ti/.ed  udth'"  (Luke'  I'i:  50;.'  He 
cried  with  a ,  loud  voice  and  tlievi  gave 
up  the  Ghi.5t  (John  19:  SO;  Rev.  1:5). 
Hk  was  the  last  great  saerilice,  of  which 
nil  fJtliers  wcre_bnt  typt's  ";iiid    -liadows. 


All  ref«rri-.l  t,. 

hI   all 

wifiirliini  (111.) 

.  ;,:  11 

-■-'.'-I. 

Kivm  M,.>.^ 

„,  M,-,l 

..■l,i,,l„ 

testis.-,  1  ,,!'  li,. 

-iiir.Ti 

of'Cllri»li  1,:- 

■^llV.Ti, 

-.  ,n„l 

bfOii  piTjiiiin-, 

My  vxl 

il.it,.,! 

tcihiim.ted 
•    prophets' 

,.i.e  gl.n-y' 
death  haxl' 
bv  David,' 
by  Isaiah,  by  Daniel,  byZechariah.  The.j 
time  liadjujjipredictt-d,  the 'traitor,  the'' 
m(?d«?c(fe(l.i^id-j*tien  minutely  detailed 
(1  Pet.  1:  1(1.  11),  Oursubject  i.sgrow- 
imgi-leiigeKy;  but  we  must  y<?V-m?(lice- 
C1iri,stV~lainelitatToii"oii  the  eross^'tfie" 
sfidd(k  'li.'irf.   of  thisarttUi^'"'?^/;,  yj??!, 

Z:^,,,^  S>^l,a,-hlh,n.;r  if  ;yai.  abbilti  ' 
llie  ninth  liniij'  ..!■  llim-in,'tljc  ailernoou.  , 
Ju.-,u.i  iiitd  iio^v  l«;i;n  ,suspe.iidediUpon'the  ■ 
cross  six  hour«;  lie  had  Ticeri  enduring' 
an  ,;e.xceedinglj'.  painful,  i.jTt  lingei-.ing 
death;  darknessas  we  have  stated  eov_-, 
ered  tJlip'  wlnde  bind  tor  tlil-t/e  'hoursViind- 
itissnilposed,  T  do  notgi\-e;ii  jis  an  es-"' 
labliahed'fact,  tliat  durij,ig  these  thi-eo' 
hours,  Jesus  had  not  uttered  one  single 
senttmee,  but  at  length  the  h.u..,.  .silence 
is  bndien.  Tlim  he  exehiilii>,  "/;7/, 
JCULiimit:'  He  efifd  withaloiidvoicii, 
indicating, that,  lie  was  still  .possessed  of 
full  power, that-nature  waft'not,,a9  in  or- 
dinary case-s,  exhausted,  andichathis  life 
could  not  lie  forced  from  hiiij;'but  that 
he  had  power  to  lay  it  down  aud  pow- 
er to  take  it  up  again.  As  a  sacrifice  for 
sin,  it  was  indispensably  necessary  that 
it  was  his  fr-^e  ivill.  His  exclamation 
was  that  of  Scriiitureprophecy(P.s.  22:). 
This  wa-s  the  case  also  when  he  com- 
menced,iiis  miuistiy,  wheithe.wiis  temp- 
ted, when  rea,soni»g  with  theJews.when 
referring  to  Ins  sufferings  and  death 
(Luke  2-i;  4fi-4S).  He  always  claimed 
to  lie  the  Son,  sent  of  thd  Father,  the 
Savior  of  the  ivdrld.  He  had  been  cbn- 
demned"for  this,  was  now  dying  for  tliis,  ' 
and  lie  still  (;laims  Jehovah  as  his  God 
with,  his  expiring  breath,  "  i?/?,  El/l 
Lmnay  Thi«  is  the  only  complaint  he 
uttered  oil 'the  cross.  He  did'  not  com- 
plain of  the  apostasy^  of  his  fi'iends,  of  ' 
the  treaQhery  of  Judas,  of  Peter's  denial. 
of  Pilate's  seiileiicc,  of  the  scourging, 
of  the  rude,!.---  ,,f  the  Kabtde;  he  coin- 
phiinedni>t  wlien  nailed  to  the  cross,  hut 
when  he  felt  the  mental  and  spiritual 
darknijg?,  Up  was  overwhelmed  aud  in 
tter  amazement  and  awful  agony  cried, 

Keiidef,  do  jKjt  suppose  that  the  Di- 
vide was.iiow  separated  from  the^human 
iinture  dJ"  lOhrisfcj  Nor  yet  that  God  (.lid 
iiotdcdight  in'liim  and  love  him  aaintenr^e- 
Iv  .■(-  ever.  Christ  was  never  more  dear 
and  I ireiaous  to  the  Father  than  at  .fhis 
time.  ,  He  Wii.s  now  offering  up  his,  as  a 
sacrifice  for  sin.  It  therefore,  behooved 
him  to  experience  the  dreadful  pen- 
alty of  .sin,  as  it  consisted  in  excluding 
tlifci  sotil  fi'oni  the  jjower  of  God.  As 
man's  surety  and  mediator,  it  was. 
necessary  tliat  he  should  experience  the 
iudicial  hiding.s  of  his  Father's  face,  he 
had  now  fulfilled  all  his  engagements, 
and  therefore  claimed  the  approval  ot* 
hisFfither. 

It  is  .'iuppoaed  or  thought  that  Christ's 
soul  had  been  Jndicially  foi-saken  for 
three  hours,  he  now  therefore  appeals  as 
if  he  had  said,  "  Father,  the  cup  is  now 
exhausted,  the  whole  demand  has  been 
met;  therefore  now  let  thy  cheering 
bejinis  return;  now  let  me  have  the  to- 
ken of  thy  accepting  love." 


Tf-iK  BT^ETi-ii^E^:  ^VT  ^^^olu■i:. 


July    18. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 
M.M.  ESHELMAN, 


BiKi.  S.  II-  D.iniioii  in  Jul;  mithoriicJ,  by  us  m  our 
Iratelirg  corresponilonl  noil  agenl  (or  Ihc  UbktiIENV  *7 
Wonic  and  will  receive  lubicripliona  for  llie  anmc  ul  our 
regular  rules.     All  buainMs  transacrpd  by  liiin  for  our  at- 


Tlik  BBETLiBrs  AT  WortK  Will  h«  seni  poai-paid.  to  aaj 
»ddrcsa  in  'be  United  SlalCB  or  Conndu,  for  5'  60  per 
xnnum.  Those  sending  len  names  r.nd  516.00,  will  re- 
ceive nn  eilm  copy  free  of  charge.  For  dU  over  Ibis 
namber  ihc  ngent  will  bo  nllowed  10  cents  for  »ach  addi- 
tional nnnio,  which  snioiint  oon  be  dwiucled  ftom  Ihc 
money,  before  sending  il  lo  us.  Money  Orders,  Dmfis, 
»nd  Regialercd  L*ttera  tnoy  bo  sent  al  our  risk.  They 
Bliould  be  mnde  payable  lo  Sloore  k  Eshclmnn. 
Subsoriplions,  and  communiontions  intended  for  the  pn- 
ivell  ns  nil  business  malters  conueeted  with  the  of- 
luld  be  addressed 

U003S  ft  ESHSLUAIT, 

Unark,  CimU  Co.,  tU- 


LAKABZ,  ILL, 


J7L7  13,  1S7S. 


Bku.  Johii  W.  Brumbaugli  and  wife,  of  Clo- 
vor  Creek,  Pii.,  called  on  \ia  last  week  nnd  preach- 
ed for  us  on  Friday  evening.  Tliey  have  been 
from  homo  scvernl  weeks,"  having  spent  some 
time  with  other  congregations  in  this  part  of 
the  State.  ^ 

Sevkn  were  baptized  in  Wis.,  while  brother 
Newcomer  was  up  there  a  few  weeks  ago.  The 
interest  is  greatly  increasing,  and  calls  for 
meetings  at  two  other  points.  Tliat  mission 
field  is  not  only  Womiug  interesting  but  is 
proving  quite  successful. 


BnoTHEit  S.  H.  Basbor  is  engaged  in  writing 
a  work  in  defense  of  the  faith  and  practice  of 
the  Bvetliren.  It  will  be  published  sometime 
during  the  present  season.  He  expects  to  take 
tho  field  the  coming  Pall  and  devote  most  of 
Iiis  time  to  pi-eacliing.  His  recreation  has  im- 
proved his  health  very  much  so  that  he  will  be 
iu  good  condition  for  work. 

The  world  is  full  of  people  who  do  not  know 

wliat  it  is  to  let  good  enough  alone.  Thty  nev- 
er know  when  they  Imve  a  good  thing  of  it,  and 
often  act  very  hastily  and  thus  become  uinch 
involved  in  trouble.  Those  who  are  doing  well 
should  Just  keep  on  doing  well  and  be  content- 
ed. Iteniember  that  small,  steady  gains  give 
competency  to  the  mind,  and  i-nubles  the  party 
to  act  more  wisely  in  the  inci-eusiug  duties  of 
life.  ^ 

We  need  not  look  for  a  paradise  on  earth  til! 
after  people  have  learned  to  bridle  their  tongues 
in  a  becoming  manner.  If  properly  used,  the 
tongue  is  a  useful  meraber,  but  if  abused  it  is 
the  cui-se  of  the  ivorlii,  defiling  the  whole  body, 
and  .setting  on  fire  the  course  of  natui-e.  \\''e!l 
juay  the  Apostle  'James  say,  "  The  toflgue  cau 
no  man  tame;  it  is  an  unruly  evil,  full  of  dead- 
ly poison."  James  3;  S  Its  bite  stingeth  even 
uuto  the  death  of  the  soul. 


BiioTHKft  Enoch  Eby  left  for  Iowa  last  week, 
and  will  remain  about  tharee  weeks.  After  his 
return  he  will  commence  preaching  in  the  Cen- 
tral Illinois  Mission  field.  We  are  glad  to  bear 
this,  !Li  that  field  lias  been  too  much  neglected 
the  last  thi-ee  months.  There  are  prospects  of 
doing  much  good  iu  that  jiart  of  the  State,  and 
the  good  work  already  begun  ought  to  be  judi- 
ciously followed  up.  Hope' our  Brethren  will 
make  extra  exertions  there  this  season. 


p'lnded  nobly  to  the  many  calls  so  fai- — the 
Mission  has  been  amply  sustained,  and  we  have 
reason  to  hope  it  will  continue  to  be  supported 
by  the  free-will  oflerings  of  Hie  brethren  and 
sisters.  Let  all  tho  friends  of  this  movement 
do  wliat  they  can  and  the  LortI  will  bless  them 
for  their  eflbrts.  The  proportional  amount  for 
each  congregation  in  Northern  Illinois  is  §45,00, 
but  other  congregations  and  individnals  will  do 
■hat  they  tliink  is  right. 

There  are  two  classes  of  business  men  in 
the  world,  Oneclassis  all  the  time  attending  to 
somebody  else's  business,  but  neglecting  its  own. 
The  other  class  attends  to  it-s  own  biminess  and 
lets  others  attend  to  theirs.  As  a  general  thing, 
iin  who  attends  4o  his  own  business,  has  no 
time  left  to  l>other  with  business  that  belongs 
'xclusivef)'  to  his  neighbor,  and  he  who  is 
fit  to  see  after  his  own  matters  is  ill  prepared  to 
look  af^r  his  neighbor's. 

Few  ministers  fully  realize  the  importance  of 
preaching  to  children.  The  sheep  are  fed  plen^ 
tifuily  while  the  wants  of  the  lambs  are  neg- 
lected week  after  week,  and  then  complaint 
made  because  the  children  and  3'oung  peoph 
are  so  mueli  unooucerued  about  religion  and 
morality.  Poor,  little  creatures,  they  must  go 
unfed,  and  no  wonder  they  seek  food  in  by  and 
forbidden  paths:  It  is  worth  while  spending 
time  with  the  little  folks,  for  they  must  one  day 
form  the  ground  and  pillarof  the  truth,  Shop- 
heiils  have  too  much  wisdom  to  neglect  the 
lambs,  and  it  is  certainly  evident  that  preachers 
ought  to  be  aa  wise  as  shepherds. 


"  SABBATISM." 


,V.  .¥.  E^liehiinn.— 
IfOVM  Iriu't  eiitUUil,"&il)biitisni."  lias  come  i 


tbe  IlitrniUKN 

few  ]ii)inlM  ill  it 


If  111.' 


rtitU-  r;iii.— ■■Till-   L^iw  Jii.l 
."     1.1.1     .\[i'llir-I,awai,,UIi^ 

III.-,  Mf  lif,  ■'     N...   AicwtliiiK 

■   -,ri  I-  I!m  ^i,Li,,,'i..ssioiior 

I    ■  '.         :  I- tliBgooil 

■  iiiisl.    (b.) 


,  ill  ..ir.-i- 


iiuUl  1 

■  llst^lillS  till 


Law,     Tl..' 

the  l,:iw  is  rij;lit  iu  i<.ii.li'iaiiiii-  lln'  -mii.-r.  Thi^) 
iin-liVM  tliirif,'^  airtlinctlj  ;  bill  tliey  auree  to  lb. 
siniii-  (nitli,  WliiTi'  i.stliecoiitriistj'  (c-)  The  mo v 
111  I.uw  >'\isti-(l  bcrmi-  man  became  a  ttinner  l<^ 
traiis«ics.siiiK  It ;  .iml  lln- fiospcl  h:\A  cilstcil  frou 


tbei  WIT.'  tvv..  ■       ■     . 

"if  tb..:Llll-il']ll-  s^. ■-..I   I.'.   ■!,.    1     1.^,   I...' 

eniiiliv  tliri;..siM'l.  'iliU  \^  r;,!-.  All  ..i. 
tniiis,i,'ifs^.>rsuf  tV  J.iiw;  iiiul  ^.lltliiit  ,1 
win  lu'.siiv,-.!  tlirmii-b  Clirist.  .\lii;iliiiiii 
GiiS|ii'l    lUViirlii.'l    InliiT.i  ((i:il,:l    S):   h.'    I.. 

liiitli;  ri>ibi'.d..  M..H;.ni'-v -..ik.'i.'  n 


Ifuviil.  iiiiilliie  iirt.phetH  were  believers  iii('hri-<l. 

W-i,.  tliMV  iinl  l..,|iiir.'il  l,.hH,-(,  till'  S:.l.li;ltll?  .Il'- 
Ml-  -.l^-.■    Till'  -.l.lMth   «:,-  11. ...!.■   1..IIIIII1I."      Does 

III-  1.  .m  L.  111. I.    ..iiK   'li.'  .1.  I..--      i'Ul   tlWlir- 

Ku .1  •'•  ii.il, 1.     ;      III.    -,ii.:..i;li    w.is  uiiitle  (iir 

m.iii,  L'.  Ihc  .li-wH  ill..  iiiMi.  .1.  Tli.To(»ro  the 
>:.i.lai(i  was  luaile  for  the  Jews.  Very  well.  Try 
it  .ijiiii.  1.  The  Siibbulh  wiw  miiile  ronnan.  2. 
(ii-iiiil..-.  HI-.'  iiK-ii.    -.1    Tbfverore— wliiU/  for  tbe 

7.    III. I     -         :     'I            .111(1  tliereforc  shall  not 
111-1,1    I    .  'preferreililHy."    The 

cviilriKr' 1...    - i..    .iiii.iaits  to  nothing;  audit 

takes  creutii  r  ih.am'i  |.i  iiiiiki'  a  tliin;.;  nut  of  uotli- 
ing.  The  .-irr.ii  liiL-j  hivri  ibi'wii  ;i  fiiiliun  a  hiinilrcil 
times.  I  will  ri..l.li-i.uli-lli;H  (iiii.-it  has  ■'tl.imin- 
ion  iivi'r"  till'  s.il.l'iitli.  mul  Im.s  '■  jihwit  U>  alter  it 
iKci.liliim  hi  lii.s  will."  Til.'  i|U.-sti,ili  is.  llii.s  lie  iil- 
ti-i.dlty  ■■  lii.ar  liiui."  wrs.iy.  Ilis  Ivslimimy  is 
li<-..|il.il  in  M.Llt..-.:  I'.     It  r.-ljit.--,  t..  th.- \  fiv  |ii-ilLl 


IMH    tb,. 


iugs  i.ni 


wa,s  known  ami  kept,  liefore  it  was  given  by  ''""^'^ 
viiire  from  tin'  Mount,  anil  written  upon  tin-  tjiMi-i 


M-mmt.    (o.)   Theterm 
1  in  the  Itiiilc.  ami  is 

iiR.  many  covenant.^ 
1'  si'riiiul  arc  only  two 
tlii.si.  wi.re.    God  culls 

i.M  ii:nit ;  buttiiey  are 

.>i.!r,,M.uiint.    They 

I    IU,  ami  as  such 

I     I    uiil  tiie  Xew. 


ii^.nt.  It  is  Ity  the  cllltacy  ul'  Liii: 
uisgressor  of  God's  Law  Js  ch-ans. 
:iiiil  has  tlic   r.aw  written   in  lii> 


Bbothv  J.  W.  Stein  expects  to  move  into 
this  part  of  the  State  sometime  during  the  Sum- 
mer, and  reoiaiu  over  one  year.  His  being  near 
this  otfice  ^vill  make  it  more  convenient  for  him 
iu  carrying  on  the  wri^tttii  discussion.  Nearly 
everything  for  the  debate  is  now  arranged,  and 
we  will  likely  soon  bo  able  to  announce  the  pro- 
gramme in  full.  The  discussion  will  last  over  a 
year,  and  will  do^ibtless  be  of  great  interest  to 
our  readers. 

BsETmiEM.  J.  W,  Brumbaugh  of  Pa.,  M. 
Meyer,  and  D.  Miller  of  this  county,  held  meet- 
ings in  Forrcston,  Til.,  on  Saturday  eveningBth, 
and  Sunday  7th  inst.  We  are  glad  to  see  breth- 
ren go  into  the  towns  and  villages  and  preach 
the  Apostolic  doctrine.  Tlie  toivus  and  cities 
need  the  terms  of  salvation  as  well  as  those  of 
the  country.  We  understand  an  appointment 
was  made  for  meeting  iu  the  same  place  in  the 
hall,  tho  27th  of  Hiis  month. 


THE  JEWISH  CONVENTION. 

fFHE  Hebrew  Convention  held  at  Milwaukee, 
X  Wis.,  last  week,  proved  a  success  to  the 
Jewish  interest  of  this  country.  They  have 
now,  as  we  learn  from  the  dailies,  become  fully 
united  as  one  body,  resolving  to  work  together 
advancing  the  interest  of  the  .Jewish  race. 

The  action  of  the  convention  bnidges  the  gulf 
between  sections  and  paves  the  way  for  concert- 
ed action  in  the  future.  As  one  of  the  delegates 
remarked,  the  United  States,  because  of  the  large 
religious  liberty  allowed,  is  more  than  any  oth- 
er imtion  the  Jews'  country;  but  the  object  of 
tho  union  is  not  only  to  look  after  the  JeWs  in 
this  laud  of  religious  liberty,  but  to  secure  for 
them  religious  liberty  in  lands  where  it  is  now 
denied.  The  union  in  this'  general  work  will 
cooperate  with  different  organi/^itions  in  Eu- 
rope, and  unity  of  action  will  be  secured  and 
direction  given  to  progressive  eflbrts,  no  doubt, 
by  the  Pan-Jewish  Conference  which  meets  in 
Paris  ne.vt  month."  The  peculiar  power  and  in- 
fluence these  people  are  just  now  putting  forth, 
indicates  something  more  than  ordinary,  and 
may  be  opening  the  way  looking  to  the .  fulfill- 
ment of  prophecy.  The  influence  they  are  e.K- 
erting  over  the  European  Congress  now, assem- 
bled at  Berlin,  Geriuany,  indicates  coming 
prosperity  for  that  race.  The  following  from 
the  Infer  Orccu  speaks  for  itself: 

"  The  time  is  extremely  favorable  for  action 
in  behalf  of  the  Jews  subjected  to  persecution, 
and  it  if  said  that  prominent  Hebrew  leadei^s 
exercised,  through  the  Earl  of  Beaconsfield, 
much  influence  on  the  Berlin  Conference.  It 
is  barely  possible  that  Beaconsfield  is  purposely 
keeping  in  the  background  the  full  record  of 
what  he  has  accomiilished  in  this  direction. 
That  fiill  religious  li^jcrty  has  been  secured  iu 
Koumauia,  Bulgaria,  and  Rouiuelia  is  certain. 
Just  how  much  has  been  done  for  tho  Jews  iu 
Syria  and  Asia  M"inor  remains  to  be  told. 
Enough  has  been  seen  of  the  character  and 
scope  of  Beaconsfield's  diplomacy  to  show  that 
he  does  not  abandon  any  purpose  he  scti  out  to 
accomplish,  and  that  where  one  planWails,  he 
does  not  scruple  to  try  another.  But  leaving 
this  question  as  it  is,  wo  may  safely  say  that 
never  before  have  the  political  currents  in,  Eu- 
rope been  more  favorable  to  the  carrying  out  of 
the  cherished  schemes  of  Israelite  leaders  inter- 
ested iu  the  elo\'ation  and  more  perfect  unity  of 
their  race  than  they  ai-e  now. 


It  is  tiioughl  by  some,  tlmt  we  ought  to  pro- 
portion the  amount  to  bo  given  by  each  congre- 
l^ation,  outride  of  Northern  Illinois,  in  support 
of  the  Danish  Mission  work  this  year.  We  do 
not  like  to  take  that  responsibility  on  ourselves, 
but  prefer  to  let  each  one  give  as  the  Lord  has 
prosiieicd  him.    The  lovei-s  of  the  Mission  have 


"  Let  none  of  you  suffer  as  an  evil  doer,  or  as 
a  busybody  in  other  men's  matters."  1  Peler  i; 
15.  Iu  the  light  of  th'is  iujnuctioii,  what  must 
the  end  be  of  him  who  goe,s  from  house  to  house, 
trjiug  to  stir  up  strife — trying  to  array  persons 
against  others?  Are  not  such  miserable,  and 
poor,  and  mdted,  and  in  need  of  correction,  and 
the  prayers  of  the  righteous?  "  Blessed  are  the 
peac  em  alters,"  and  niiseralile  are  those  ivhostir 
up  strife  and  contention. 


.t  llii 


(li..ii  luMVls'- 

tliat  whicli 

Nlit'ii  tbelirst 


KTfect;  tlieGiwpel  jii-il.'^  t  ' 
is"/  Very  long  us.'  tln'  lli- 
liiw  of  the  Liuil  is  jki  h'.-i " 
If  |»-if..rt  ii.iiv?    .1:1111..-!  .il- 


1  hii\ 


"  ;niil"noiiiit  l;iH"(.^is.- 
tlosjie!  is  perfert ;  but   wli 

■  that  the  first  CovfiuiiLl  •■ 


l-J,  andim.-.),    Tlii..Xi.i>  <    ■  ■     .■'■-■■■■■.■- 
Ilie  promise  are  betti'i    I  [■  i    ■       -i    i   m 

funic!  lie  iii:iilf  niibeH.'i,  i..i  l,,.,.ii.a...^.  i.,ul  .;;;^  .i,l\ 
pn.iiuiuiifil  it  |i,-i-fe.'t. 
4.    Yiiii  iiriFptTly  make  ft  iliHthiCtion  between  tlie 


i^ill  <- 


sli:itl  Jl 


iLeavfii"(Matt..V:  17-::ii). 
tliat  tlie  Apostle  says.  "1 
iaw  tliroUKli  faltUy  li.-l 
Ibc  law"  (Hom. :!:;(! ). 

0,  (1,)  Yell  say. "  ni.' 
iliiijiy  wlial  Moses  tMi.uM 
iiiiiiself  siii(l."A  iii-uvIm  : 

iiim shall  jf  K.  u  m  .I'l  r, 
dletiLiii.roi  1 1 
tbeverytlini-i  .  ,-  M 
lire  Iu  perfwt  li,iuii..u\. 
ill  eoiiLrasl"/     Muaf-i  wiia 
IIUTfliruiiiliuf  t.luist  alu 
{ll.d,.  II -'111. 


t>..  !,..■,.  11  li'.l.v'     .IliiliUil  li'.--lij  II. I- 
,i-;i;s  iu  ^thy3^r',_.Xo,^  li.Yf\|i';',  [J-l.ll^iUi 


Ytiu  .say  tho  Xew  Covenant  was  writteuliy  Mat- 
tlu'W.  M;ii-k,  I.iike.  .robu.Paul,  .Tniiics,  Peter,  and 

.1.1.1,  .  Ill,:  -I,  ■  -Ml,  ,  ■.>-,.[.  |,i.,i-riy  what  the 
I  i.  -s."    Supiwse 

[.  .  .   ■,  ,    \    .    I    .   .  I,  ,rii.    Tou  teiicli 

il,  K  .,11  iiii- -I I'l <..lii.yed.    Letus 

1..I.I,  iiiih,  ii..:ii  ;   ■    ■■      1  I  -"Tliey  liave 

M.H,..s  ami  IIim  i,.  ■.  ■■  ■  ■  ■  m  licar  tliein" 
|i,iikc  111:  :iiil.  ■■-.,,  I  ■  -  'i.tiiics"  (•lollllS: 
;ii.i),  (i^.i  Ni.l  .1  H..1.1  ,1  ::..  Ni  .1  lislament  was 
wiitlcii  wliMi  .i.-.ii-,  -.|..ik^  till  ..■    \i..mI-.    I'aul  ids.. 


■.f*!!-..  [l.fV  tbal  dnllis   (llii.    Kiitlii'i's)   eimiiiKuiil- 
I  rli>se  witli  I  In'  siin'iie  di'slre  ami  |>rayi..r  tciCiid. 


,ity.  '  1!.  F.  foTTiM  ir.. 

Itidtjeimy,  N.  Y. 

REPLY. 

(a.)  You  ask,  '■  Are  the  Law  and  the  Gospel 
two  diflerent  rules  of  life?  "  You  not  only  ask 
the  question,  but  you  also  answer  it.  Are  they 
one?  Your  "  No  "  says,  ijes  theij  art.  You  do 
not  seem  to  see  that  the  Law  was  the  School- 
master which  brought  the  Jews  to  Christ,  and 
that  the  Gospel  is  now  our  School-master  to 
bring  us  to  the  same  Christ.  Under  the  Law 
dispensation,  to  sin  against  that  Law  was  trans- 
grc-^sion,  Do  you  maintain  that  to  sin  against 
the  Gospel  is  not  transgression?  'Is  it  a  trans- 
gression to  Bin  against  "carnal  ordinances" 
dedicatefl  with  the  blood  of  aninmis,  and  not  sin 
to  transgress  ag.iinst  the  Gospel,  wliich  has  been 
consecrated  by  the  blood  or  Christ — the  Being 
who  came  in  the  flesh  ?  luspirntion  says:  "  And 
yon  who  are  troubled,  rest  »Jth  ns,  when  the 
Lord  Jesus  shall  be  revealed  ffow  heaven  *  •  • 
in  flaming  fire,  taking  vengeance  on'  them  that 
know  not  God,  and  obey  not  the  Gos-pel  o1  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  2  Thess.l:  S.  Hcw  is  the 
result  of  not  ohei/iiti/  tho  Gospel.  If  sinuiitg  m 
not  transgressing  the  Gospel,  why  take  venge- 
ance on  them?  If  tiof  obeying  the  Gospelitf 
»io/.  traiL'>gres3ing,  why  punish  with  "evcrlast-- 
ing  destruction':' "  It  is  also  declared  that  "  alb 
unrighteousness  is  sin."  1  John  o:  17.  U  "11 
unrighteonsuess  is  sin,  and  those  that  do  un- 
righteousness, obey  not  the  Gospel,  are  punish- 
ed with  everlasting  destruction  from  the  'Lord, 
can  it  be  said  that  sin  is  not  the  t  ransgi-ession 
of  the  Gospel?  Does  Elder  C.  maintain  that 
the  Gospel  ought  to  be  obejed?  If  he  does, 
will  it  not  bo  sin  to  not  vheij  U-  If  it  be  sin  tti 
not  obey  il,  is  it  not . trimsgressiun ?  AYill  he 
aiaiatain  that  it  is  sin  to  not  conform  to  tln.- 
Gospelv  flic  word  of  Truth?  '-To  him  that 
IrnftwaSh  to  do  good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  litiii  it 


July    IH. 


THE".  13Ret£3:eb.:s"  ^t"  avokk:. 


i-  Mil. "  Jaiiiea  4:  17,  We  are  now  spoaking  of 
those  who  have  the  Go-^ pel,  who  know  it.  If 
tliey  know  thnt  they  shonM  obey  it,  2  Thess.  1: 
*>,  and  tlo  it  not,  will  it  not  hv  sin  ?  Is  not  Je- 
"<us  the  Author  of  etevnni  snlvation  to  nil  thnt 
nhey  Him?  Heb.  5:  !>.  Is  notthcGospel  more 
tliiui  "  gooil  news  of  pnrflon  of  sins  throngh  Je- 
sus Christ?"  Dcips  it  not  interpret  itself  as 
"  ttxQ  jioivei-  of  God  iiiifo  aalrtition  to  every  one 
that  believeth?  Rora.  1:  IC:  Eph.  1: 13.  It  is 
not  only  the  source  from  whieli  we  learn  of 
pjirdoH  from  the  sin  of  our  first  parents,  but  it 
I'*  the  good  news  of  anlvntion  from  our  own  sins. 
It  is  the  jioHfJ-  of  God  unto  snivntion — a  nienna 
'A-hich  God  uses  for  our  salvation. 

(b.)  You  ask,  "Where  is  the  contrast?" 
Can  you  not  see  this?  Are  not  the  sacrifices 
and  offerings  under  the  Law  aud  none  under  the 
Gospel  a  i}i{l'crenefY  Being  different,  are  they 
not  susceptible  of  contrast  ?  If  there  is  no  diff- 
■■rence,  why  do  you  not  practice  precisely  what 
Ihe  Law  teaches?  If  there  beadifl'erenee,  then 
one  is  superior  to  the  other,  which  superiority 
we  shall  show  further  on. 

(c.)  Who  says  the  moral  Law  did  not  exist 
before  man  be*:ame  a  sinner?  No  doubt  it  ex- 
isted in  the  mhtfl  of  Goil;  but  it  existing  in  the 
mind  of  God,  and  being  revealed  to  man  before 
luau  existed,  are  two  things.  We  go  no  fiirther 
tlian  revelation.  W^hat  God  <liil  not  rer<:nl  to 
man,  we  know  nothing  about.  When  God 
said  to  Adam  and  Eve  what  they  should  and 
what  they  should  not  do,  we  know  precisely 
tho  mind  of  God.  If  this  Law  was  for  the  reg- 
ulating of  their  morals,  it  was  moral  Law,  and 
by  what  w.is  revealed  ive  stand.  'A'e  cauuot 
stand  by  what  Elder  C,  seems  to  see  revealed, 
but  are  mlling  to  stand  by  what  Gmi  hus  re- 
vealed. If  you  mean  that  the  Gospel  has  oxist- 
eil  mth  God  since  the  plan  of  saving  sinners 
was  laid,  well  and  good.  The  Gospel  of  Jesus 
niliiat,  no  doubt  existed  from  the  time  that  the 
plan  of  saving  sinners  was  laid,  but  there  is  a 
difference  between  the  time  of  it  tcistiny,  and 
the  time  of  its  revelation. 

(d.)  What  13  Lew?  "  A  rule  directing  and 
ubliging  a  rational  creature  in  moral  and  relig- 
ious actions."  Was  not  the  Law  God's  consti- 
tution, given  for  the  woi-^hip  of  the  Jews?  Turn 
to  Heb.  10: 1-1  for  llie  answer.  Wiis  not  the 
Law  oue  plau  of  worship,,  prescribed  for  one 
i;lifisen|  one  peculiar  people,  the  Jew.s?  ,,"Thc 
Lord  hath  chosen  Israel  for  liis  peculiar  Ire^v-*- 
ore."  Psalm  135  A.  "This  is  the  law  whioli 
Moses  .set  before  Israel."  Deut.  i:  44.  Did  not 
the  "First  Covenant"  contain  the. rule  of  liiith 
aud  practice  for  the  Jews?  Does  Elder  C.  be- 
lieve and  obey  the  Firtt  Covennnt?  Is  ho  sac- 
rificing sheep,  goats  and  heifers'?  offering  their 
tieah  and  blood  as  sacrifice  to  the  Lord?  No, 
he  is  not  doing  this.  Why?  " Because  those 
sacrifices  have  been  abolished,"  he  replies.  How 
does  he  know  they  are  abolished?  Tiie  New 
Testament  declares  they  are.  Very  well,  does 
ii  not  also  declare  that  Christ  "  taketh  away  the 
first  that  he  might  establish  the  second?"  Docs 
he  believe  that, "  if  the  firat  covenant  had  been 
faultless,  then  should  no  place  have  been  sought 
for  the  second?  Heb.  8:  S.  What  was  the 
Gospel  that  was  preached  unt^  Abraham?  "In 
thee  shall  all  nations  be  blessed."  Gal.  3:  8. 
This  was  "  good  news  "  to  Abraham.  He  be- 
lieved it,  hence  his  faith  was  "imputed  to  him 
for  righteousness."  Rom.  4:  22.  The  Gospel 
was  preached  tohiniin^jcoMii.tf,  notin  /net.  As 
yet,  the  Gospel  of  Jesws  Christ,  in  its  power, 
had  not  been  revealed.  It  was  yet  in  tiie  future; 
the  nations,  ii!l  nations  were  to  ie blessed,  while 
to  us  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  hif,s  come,  is 
•.established  jirttclieally,  all  ,  nations  have  been 
blessed.  No  one  denies,  that  Abraham  kept 
God's  commandments,  iHis  statutes,  Hia.laws. 
When  God  said,  "  Sojourn  in .  this  laud,"  Gen. 
iVn  3,  Abraham  obeyed.  When  God  command- 
ed bim  to  offer  Isaac,  he  obeyed.  If  Abraham 
believed  arid  obeyed  God  by  faith  in  .lesus  who 
^ras  to  come,  he  wiis  move  faithf&l  than  many 
in  this  day  ivho  will  not  obi^y  the  Christ  that 
has  come — who  instituted  a  better  Covcnuut 
u)M>u  better  promises.  Heb.  S:  6.  The  idea  of 
;i  ic//f>'  Covenant  does  not  mean  tho  same  Cov- 
•■naut.  If  the  Elder  were  to  give  his  neighbor 
:ipples  to-day,  then  promise  biiii  better  apples 
tii-morrow,  he  would  not  give  him  the  mme 
If  till  of  applet  for  helt-'r  apples,  would  he? 

(e.)  Gen.  Hi  su^vs  not  one  woixl  about  the 
S.ihhath  being  known  and  kept  before  written 
■'u  atones.  GoiVs  people  never  know  mtd  keep 
J  thing  until   it  is  revealed  to  them;  for  those 


who  worship  God,  worship  precisely  as  He  t«lls 
them.  We  an?  willing  to  accept  the  counsels, 
the  precepts  and  commands  of  God's  Book — ev- 
ery word  that  relates  to  our  salvation,  but  when 
a  man  comes  up  and  declares  that  a  thing  was 
known  and  practiced  by  God's  people  before 
God  revealed  it  to  them,  we  must  protest 

(f.)  On  page  five  of  Sabbatism,  we  reason 
thus:  By  whom  was  the"  New  Covenant"  writ- 
ten? By  men  chosen  by  the  Lord,  viz,:  Mat- 
thew, Mark,  Luke,  John,  Paul,  James,  Peter, 
and  Jude.  Were  they  inspired?  They  were: 
for  "  all  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration,"  and 
since  tliey  wrote  the  New  Covenant,  which  is 
Scripture,  it  follows  that  they  were  inspired. 
Being  under  the  immediate  influence  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  they  did  not  write  anything  that 
the  Lord  did  not  want  written,  nor  did  they  fail 
to  write  something  that  the  Lord  wanted  them 
to  writ«.  They  wrote  precisely  what  the  Lord 
wanted  written, — no  more,  no  less.  Does  the 
Elder  maintain  that  the  writers  of  the  New 
Covenant  were  not  inspired?  A  Covenant  is 
"  the  promises  of  God  as  revealed  in  the  Scriptr 
ure,  conditioned  on  certain  terms  on  the  part  of 
man,  as  obedience,  repentance,  faith,  &c."  We 
now  call  up  Jeremiah,  who  soys:  "But  this 
shall  be  the  covenant  that  I  will  make  with  the 
house  of  Israel;  After  thosedays,  saith  the  Lord, 
I  will  put  my  law  in  their  inward  parts,  and 
ivrite  it  in  their  hearts;  and  will  be  their  God, 
and  they  iihall  be  my  people."  "  The  covenant 
that  /  will  make,"  certainly  does  not  refer  to  the 
one  which  ln'fl  been  mn'le.  God  did  not  say  by 
the  mouth  of  the  prophet,  "  I  will  put  my  law, 
my  covenmit.  which  I  made,  in  their  inwai'd 
parls,"  but  He  emphatically  declares  this  of  the 
covenant  that  He  will  mtiKr.  "  Will  make" 
does  not  refer  to  things  olreadij  made.  "  Be- 
hold, the  daj's  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
make  a  new  covenant  with  the  hou.se  of  Israel, 
aud  with  the  house  of  Judah:  not  according  to 
the  covenant  that  1  made  with  their  fathei-s,  in 
the  day  that  I  took  them  by  the  hand  to  bring 
them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  which  my  cov- 
enant they  brake,  although  I  was  a  husbnud 
unto  them,  saith  the  Lord."  Can  prophecy  be 
plainer? 

(g.)  The  Law,  as  a  shadow  of  good  things  to 
come,  was  iicrfect,  but  as  making  the  comei-s 
thereunto  of  a  *>'  divine  nature,"  it  was  not  per- 
fect. Go<l  Himself  defines  it.  "Thelawhav-' 
ing:  a  shallow  of  good  things  to  come  *  ■*  *  can 
never  with  those  sacrifices  '*  ♦  *  make  the 
comers  thereunto  perfect,  Heb.  10:  1.  As 
typical,  it  was  perfect;  but  as  being  a  true  rep- 
resentative of  what  Christ  has  done,  it  was  im- 
perject.  There  is  a  difference  between  the  thing 
itself,  aud  its  shadow.  What  James  and  others 
quote  from  the  Old  Covenant,  is  by  Divine  Au- 
thority, and  by  no  means  proves  that  He  wants 
us  to  f)l»erve  something  that  He  has  not  put 
there.  The  question  is  not  what  is  in  the  New 
Covenant.  That  God  requires  us  to  believe  and 
obey  what  is  written  therein  is  not  a  matter  of 
dispute,  but  does  He  require  us  to  believe  and 
ol>ey  what  ITe  has  ml  revealed?  This  is  the 
point.  In  all  the  New-  Testaraentr  He  says 
nothing  about,  "  Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to 
keep  it  holy;"  but  Elder  C,  insists  we  must 
keep  it  anyhow.  "  Whether  it  be  better  to 
hearken  unto" Acta  4: 19. 

(h.)  On  page  one  of  Sabbatism  I  maintain 
that'  the  Fii-st  Covenant  consisted  of  -the  ten 
commaudments  with  the  ceremonial  law,  or 
ordinances,  added.  We  now  bring  up  Exodus 
20,  21,  22,  and  23,  and  find  that  Moses  had  not 
only  delivered  to  Israel  the  ten  commandments, 
as  you  term  them,  hut  also  many  other  com- 
mandments concerning  men-servants,  theft, 
slander,  false-witnesses,  justice,  charity,  feasts 
and  sacrifices,  after  which  He  said;  "Behold 
Mm  blood  of  the  covenant,  which  the  Lord  hath 
made,  with  you  concerning  all  these  words." 
Ex.,24:S.  \)o"an. these  words"  raiev  to  the 
ten  I  CO  mm  on  dm  cuts  only  ?  Hero  we  have  Mioses 
giving  instruction  concerning  many  thiugsi — all 
done  in  words — and  then  sprinkling  tho  people 
with  biood.  What  anthority  has  any  man  to 
select  a  few  of  God's  words,  aud'set  them  upfor 
wHHiswOi-ds?  The  God  that  gave  the  t*n 
commandments  also  gave  nil  the  other  coui- 
mandments  thad  were  to  be  obeyed  by  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  now  we  behoW  men  at  this 
late  day,  choosing  some  of  those  commands,  and 
leaving  others,  in  order  to  set  up  some  pet  the- 
oiy.  If  Elder  C.  accepts  one  command  in  the 
Law,  which  is  nut  in  the  Gospel,  and  urges  men 
lo  obey  it,  isliy  doe^  he  not  uccejit  the  othei-s  of 


the  Law  that  are  not  in  the  Gospel?  Why  be 
so  partial? 

(i.)  Man  liveth  not  by  the  assertions  of  men, 
but  by  every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the 
mouth  of  God.  We  fail  to  see  a  difference  be- 
tween your  "distinction  and  difference,"  Of 
course,  Christ  came  not  to  destroy  the  Law  or 
the  prophets.  He  came  to  fulfill  the  Law  and 
the  prophets.  If  the  Law  be  fulfilled,  of  what 
use  is  it? 

(k.)  We  establish,  are  witnesses  of  the  Law, 
that  it  was  just,  that  it  wa.s  tho  shadow  of  good 
things  to  come, — Ihinijs,  not  fhivg — and  that  it 
laid  no  claims  to  making  the  comers  thereunto 
perfect.  Paul  would  have  us  know  thnt  in 
preaching  Christ,  the  truthfulness  of  the  Law 
was  established.  It  pointed  to  Christ,  and  Christ 
being  here,  jiroves  that  the  Law  was  right.  Can 
you  not  see  this.  Elder?  "Now  we  are  deliver- 
ed from  the  law,  that  being  dead  whereunto  we 
were  held;  that  we  should  serve  in  newness  of 
spirit,  and  not  in  oldness  of  letter."  Rom.  T:  li. 
Delivered  from  the  Law — delivered  from  nil 
of  it,  yet  under  some  of  it,  according  to  Elder 
C.  We  prefer  to  .serve  in  newness  of  the  spirit, 
aud  let  those  who  will,  serve  in  oldness  of  the 
letter. 

(l.)  This  has  already  been  answered  under 
the  argument  concerning  Abraham. 

(m.)  We  will  trj'  your  style  of  reasoning 
here.  "  The  Father  which  has  made  us  meet 
to  be  partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints 
iu  light."  Col.  1:  12.  I.  The  "  iis"  are  men. 
2.  Sinners  me  men.  3.  Therefore  sinners  arc 
partakers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saints  in 
light.  Or  take  tiiis:  "Take  heed  therefore  un- 
to yourselves,  and  to  all  the  flock,  over  the 
which  the  Holy  Ghost  hath  made  you  overseers, 
to  feed  the  church  of  God,  which  he  hath  pur- 
chased with  his  own  blood."  1.  The  "  i/on  " 
are  men,  2.  Sinners  are  men.  3.  Therefore 
the  Holy  Ghost  hath  made  sinnei-s  overseers  of 
flock  of  Christ.  The  logic  is  your  own,  not 
ours. 

(n.)  The  evidence  against  "  tho  Lord's  day," 
amounts  to  nothing,  and  it  takes  God  to  make 
something  out  of  nothing;  hence  the  effort,  to 
prove  that  the  Jewish  Sabbath  should  be  ob- 
served by  Christians  has  failed  as  often  fts  at- 
tempted. 

(o.)  God  does  not  call  tlu;  tencoinniaudmeuts' 
alone  His  Covenant.  Tho  one  made  with  Abra- 
ham, more  than  ibiir  hundred  ye^irs  before  the 
(en  commandments  were  given,  wi^  also  a  Cov- 
enant. Tl>is  was  simply  enlarged^  extended 
under  Moses.  The  second  is  shown  .in  Heb.  S: 
6.  "  These  are  the  two  covenants;,  the  oUe 
fromMountSinai, which geuderutli  to  hondage.'.' 
Gal.  4:24.  Does  the  EldiT  insist  on  living  un- 
der the  Coven.int  that  gendereth  toboudage? 
We  are  content  to  be  the  children  of  tlic  free 
woman.  Gal.  4:  31,  Paul  says,  "Christ  tak- 
eth away  the  fii-st  that  he  may  establish  the 
second,"  Heb.  10:  !*.  If  Christ  hath  taken 
sway  the  first  Covenant,  what  authority  has 
Elder  C.  to  trj'  to  bring  it  back?  "  In  that  he 
saith,  A  new  covenant,  he  hath  made  the  first 
old.  Now  that  which  decayeth  and  waxeth  old, 
is  ready  to  vanish  away."  Heb-  S:  13.  "  If  the 
first  be  old,  decayed  and  vanished  away,  ivhy 
tiy  to  resurrect  it?  "  For  if  the  first  covenant 
had  been  faultless,  then  should  no  place  have 
been  sought  for  the  second."  Heb.  8:  7.  So 
the  first  was  not  faultless,  and  for  this  rcjisou  a 
place  was  sought  for  the  second  Covenant, 

If  some  of  the  first  Covemmt  was  written  on 
stones,  tliat  is  no  proof  that  the  words  never 
got  into  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
"  Set  your  hearts  unto  all  the  words  •  *  • 
which  ye  shall  command  yo»ir  children  to  ol^- 
serve  to  do,  all  the  words  of  this  law."  Deut 
32:46.  Were  not  the  ten  comnumdnients  in 
"this  law?"  'Deutll:18.  "  Thou  shalt  love 
the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart."  Deut 
6;  u.  Though  some  of  the  words  were  written 
on  stones,  thoy  got  into  the  hearts  of  the  peo- 
ple. Though  the  inspired  writei-s  of  the  "  New 
Covenmit"  put  the  words  on  parchment  God 
reqi|ires  that;  we  put  theni  into  our  hearts, 
where  He  watei-s  them  with  divine  grace,  mak- 
ing them  His  powei*  uuto, salvation. 

(p.)  In  oue  place  you  urge  the  perfection  of 
the  Law,  and  here  you  maintain  that  none  were 
saved  by  it  You  fail  to  lecogni/e  the  fact  that 
the  imtei-s  of  the  Gospel,  also  give  the  hisloi-ij 
of  Christ's  labor,  as  well  as  the  object,  and  re- 
sult of  His  coming. 

(q.)  No  one  denies  this;  but  let  us  look  at  a 
few  tacts.     Christ  gave  words,  spoken  ivorde,  to 


His  disciples,  did  He  not?  ■  Before  He  ascended 
up  into  heaven,  He  said  that  the  Comforter 
which  the  Father  would  send  in  His  name, 
would  "bring  all  things"  to  their  "remem- 
brance whatsoever "  He  had  said  unto  them. 
J  ohn  14: 26.  The  Comforter  brought  the  words 
tliat  Jesns  .spoke  unto  His  disciples,  to  their  re- 
membrance, and  then  some  of  them  wrote  them, 
put  them  into  form,  which  woi-ds  we  have  un- 
der the  name  of  tho  New  Testament,  The 
words  are  God's  power  unto  salvation.  Rom.  1; 
11.  A  num  believes  them;  they  are  life  unto 
him.  John  6:  63.  By  writing,  they  have  been 
transmitted  to  us,  so  that  we  may  know  the 
mind  of  Christ,  the  will  of  God. 

In  conclusion  we  repeat  our  position  in  Sab- 
batism that  no  one  has  yet  proven  hij  the  Bible, 
that  the  Gospel  is  not  the  New  Covenant.  3. 
Prove  that  the  "  first  covenant"  (given  on  Si- 
nai) is  now  in  force,  3.  Prove  that  there  is 
any  other  rule  of  faith  and  practice  for  the  dis- 
ciples of  Christ,  besides  the  Gospel,  4.  Prove 
that  there  is  something  in  the  New  Testament 
that  the  Lord  did  not  want  there.  5.  Prove 
that  the  inspired  writers  left  somecliing  out  that 
the  Lord  wanted  iu.  6.  Prove,  by  the  Bible, 
that  Christ  was  not  the  "  end  of  the  Law,"  and 
that  the  "first  covenant "  did  not"  vanish  away." 
The  position  taken  in  Sabbatism  stands  unre- 
futed,  though  it  has  been  passed  into  the  hauda 
of  some  of  the  leading  Sabbatarians  in  the  land, 
and  having  been  translated  into  the  Danish  lan- 
guage and  distributed  in  Denmark  by  the  thous- 
ands, it  has  withstood  the  criticisms  of  ita 
opposers  there.  We  write  this  not  boastfully, 
but  as  an  evidence  that  the  truth  will  succeed 
in  all  nations.  The  writers  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment nowhere  say,  "  Remember  the  Sabbath 
day  to  keep  it  holy,"  and  if  God  had  desired  it 
kept  holy,  kept  as  given  to  Moses  or  otherwise, 
He  ivould  have  caused  it  to  be  written  in. 
the  Gospel.  When  our  Sabbatarian  friends 
once  show  that  God  forgot  to  have  this  written, 
we  shall  prepare  to  accept  their  theory,  but  un- 
tif  it  is  done,  we  must  accept  what  God  says, 
not  what  He  does  not  say.  When  He  says  we 
have  been  "delivered  from  the  law,"  wo  believe 
Him  rather  than  those  who  say,  that  from  sotm 
of  the  Law  we  have  not  been  delivered.  When 
God  says,  "  He  taketh  away  the  first,  that  ho 
may  establi.sh  the  sceoud,"  Heb.  10:  !),  wo  go 
that  waj'  rather  than  alter  him  who  says  thtit 
nothing  was  taken  out  uf  the  way  to  establish 
the  second,  but  lliat  the  minie  thinij  was  re- 
established. The  iiuestion  is  not  whether  Qod 
made  a  AV"'  Covenant,  but  did  He  take  the  Old 
awiij',  put  it  back  aud  call  jt  a  New  Covenant? 
Inspiration  says  the  first  "  waxed  old,"  vanished 
away.  Tliis  we  all  admit,  but  when  it  vanished 
away,  wils  taken  away,  did  it  come  back?  was 
it  brought  back?  This  is  the  point  at  issue. 
Elder  C.  maintains  that  the  second  is  the  same 
as  the  first  but  the  Book  of  God  says  otherwise. 
We  stand  by  the  Book.  Will  Elder  C.  do  the 
same?  ^^^____^.^__  M.  II.  Z, 

BREVITIES. 

— There  is  a  French  prophecy  which  says,  the 
end  of  the  world  will  come  when  Easter  Sunday 
falls  on  St.  Mark's  day.  This  will  be  the  cose 
in  1886. 

— It  will  take  three  years  to  finish  the  revis- 
ion of  the  Bible  which  is  now  being  made  by 
the  American  and  British  committee. 

We  are  in  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Texas 
Products  and  Progress,  a  16  page  quarto,  devot- 
ed to  the  interest  of  that  State.  Get  a  sample 
copy  by  addressing  Te3-H,vP™^rfSs,  Dallas,  Tei, 

— At  the  present  time  the  whole  number  of 
Jews  in  Jerusalem  amounts  to  13,000  souls;  aa 
such  it  forms  more  than  one-third  of  the  entire 
populntion  aiid  is  almost  double  the  Christian 
portion. 

— One  ,  was  baptiKod  in  the  West  Branch 
church,  III.,  last  week. 

-^Otir  correspondents  will  please  write  with 
ink  when  possible,  as  pencil  marks  are  difSeirit 
to  read,  and  often  so  illegible  that  the  articles 
thus  written  cannot  be  used. 

— Every  subscriber  can  know  just  when  his 
time  expires  by  noticing  the  printed  figures  to 
the  right  of  his  name.  To  avoid  missing  any 
number  be  would  better  renew  about  three 
weeks  before  the  time  expires. 

— The  Ashland  College  brethren  n-port  good 
success  iu  their  canvassing  work, 

— Tho  weather  here  last  week  was  extremely 
warm.  On  Friday  the  Thenuometei-  stood  102 
degrees  in  the  shade. 


THCE>  'li^RErraHsisri  ^ia>  -  wosiK; 


Jnlv    IK. 


A  TRIBUTE. 


BY  D.  It.  MBSTZEIl. 


,,  'TisSi^bbath;niorii 

And  brightness  marlcs  the  linllowcd  (Ijiy; 
All  Nature  its  byautits  disiilny, 
And  fiuhls  ailorn. 

,  'Clm, gentle  shower      ,     .     ,,  . 
HiLS  l)i*thc(l  tVe  dusty,  thirsty  ejfvtfi;      , 
Tlwre's  joy, p'(ii- every  blosi^nm's  birth 
And  fmgrant  floweV. 

I      Thi;  merry  liiHl  i 

,  'Mitlverdinittrf..'tu|Jiit;li  I  iK'ar;  ,  ,, 
Full  many  u  li.y  i-i  ivalU'.l  iimr  .  ,    ,,, 

■'    ■ "  '   Tht^riiiehiUggniiii 
A  plentoorts'htrfvcst  shall  l)Cfito>Vv 
For  God'His  mercies  still  doth  show, 
I  .  ilAndiKit  in  vaiii.iM'  ■  i 

Ri'so,  0  my  soiil,    '      '■ 
Give  th.in'l;?:  to  God,  Aneieni'of'ttay^; 
Let  all  the  earth  Unfilled  Ivitlvpraisei  >' 
His  Xame  extol^    i-i.lm'.l   ii" 


His  lo 
0,  mn; 


i;|." 


u-,1! 


When  all  my  days  on  ,mH.1i  -.iv  I'-.'-t 
■   Mav  I,  with  Ml  th..'  SA>ed  at  la<t, 

I'rai-f  oVermnii-. 
Prospa-t  Iloxw.  June  :>ll: 

SELECTED  GEMS. 

—Meanness  sbinetiraes  niaUea  asaiiil/.  Soine. 
men  are  good  only  Irecnusc  it  costs  money  to  be 
wicked.  "  ,       , ;       II 

— The' hiirdest 'words  to  pronounce  are,  "I 
made  a  niistike."  ■  Fredericithc  Great  wrote  to 
the  .Senate,  "I.  have  just  last  a  battle,  and  it's 
my  own  fault."  Goldsmith  says,  "  His  confess- 
ion shows  more  grentuess  than  his  victories. ' 

— Spurgeou  replied  to  au  American:  "  Olt, 
yes,  I  have  heiird  of  your  Robert  Ingei-soU.  I 
should  do  nothing  to  convert  him.  He  is  like 
a  green  watermelon.  The  more  he  abounds,  the 
sooner  the  public  will  turn  from  him." 

—What  Christ  procured  at  the  expense  of  His 
labors,  sufferings,  and  death,  we  are  i.nvited  to 
come  and  receive,  "  without  moncyj  aiid  with-' 
out  price." 

— If  God  has  commanded,  it  is  onr  duty  toobey ; 
not  to  fall  to  reasoning  upon  the  proprietj-  of 
the  command. 

— A  wound  from  the'touguc  is  worse  than  a 
wound  from  the  sword;  for  the  latter  aflects 
only  the  body,  the  former  the  spiiit— the  son|. 

—If  a  man  faithfully  puraues  his  calling, 
thoroughly  renounces  the  world,  and  by  the 
aid  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  siikere,  pure,  chiLste, 
kind  and  true,  he  will  possess  power  which  no 
one  can  resist,  and  his  faith  will  be  a.  victory 
which  overcomes  all  things.  No  one  can  do 
thb  who  does  not  use  the  weaitons  of  righteous- 
ness; and  with  ■th"M5~'he~can"  defend  himself 
against  all  misehieffrlDmWithiu'and  without. 

— I  wondered  how  the  shephfi-ds  in  the  East 
could  know  every  sheep  of  their  Hock  indi\''ido- 
ally,  tilfone  told  me— that  one  ha.s  a  liHle  Bpot, 
that  one  has  a  piece  out  of  his  ear,  that  one  has 
a  brxiised  foot,  etc.  He  knows  some  defect  iu' 
each.  So  God.kuowsiall  Hiafiheep,,nqt>y  tjieir 
perfectness,  but  by  theli:  fai!ings.-r/:J/'oo(/)/.  , 

— Don't  got  discouraged  because  some  broth^ 
er  violates  his  pledge.  Don't  )!ummence  growl- 
ing iiliQut  evcxytliing  because  Humethiugjsdonc 
which,  doesn't  me^t  your,  views.  Remember 
that  the  saloons  are  at  work-  from  live  u'clouk  in 
the  morning  until  ten  at  night,  and  iliey  don't 
stop  to  grumble  but  keep  dealing  out  the  deadly 
poison  and  raking  in  the  dimes. 

— If  the  disposition  to  speak  well  of  others 
were  universally  prevalent,  the  world  would  be- 
come a  compamtive  paradise.  The  opposite 
disposition  is  the  Pandora  box,  which,  when 
opened,  fills  every  house  and  every  neighbor- 
hood with  pain  sind  sorrow.  How  many  enmi- 
ties and  heart-burnings  flow  from  this  sourcel 
How  much  happiness  is  intflrruptud  and  destroy- 
ed! Envy,  jeiilouey,  and  tlio  malignant  spirit 
jf  evil,  when  they  find  vent  by  the  lips  go  forth 
on  their  mission,  like  foul  fiends  to  blast  the 
reputation  and  peace  of  others. 

— I  would  rather  confer  to  Him  than  to  the 
best  friend  I  ever  had,  I  am  so  sure  that  He  will 
make  every  excuse  for  me;  and  a  friend  can't 
always  do  that.  He  can't  know  all  about  it, 
and  you  can't  lell  him  all,  because  you  don't 
know  all  yourself.     He  dues. 

— There  is  no  good  this  worid  can  give,  liktt 
that  it  takes  away. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

,,    ,  Hi.l^V.H-^I'V  C,  1UI.LEB.  ,: 

I''']flk'ri'tVti^oaof'aV''-'>tUi-'s  mot|icr.  "Hc' 
said'siie' taught  him  lu-r..i)jil  n..}  iuiihT..land' 
the'Sori].hir,.s  niitil  hr  h:i.l  111.'  ■lui.--|:m1  ih.Ll 
the  men  li:i.l,  who  wrote  tli,.in.  Mntli.T-,  that 
wa^  gobd'k'h'cbing.      ■'      ■  '        '  "■ 

It' is  riot  \;fi6d  foi-a  ttee'tb  groW  iaitfiriln'thc' 
air  thuTi  in  the  ground,  for  the  storms  will' 
be«u^et6'  blow  it  over;"  Su  it  lis  with  main. 
It  is  not, good  for  him  tongrow  'in^o  populur 
hivoi;, mthout  trials  and  troubles  to,. settle,  ajid 
2n")U(id  him  in.the, U-^th.      ,  ,,      ,     ,,   ,  |  .  .  n  f.i 

Selfislin.ss  likes  to  lie  exalted,  but  G^d  loyetjt 
thelmmble.  ',       ,  'i         '     ' 

DOU'I  -IIVV  :i  UMl!  ir  I-.--  Wrjhry  UiuUyou! 
lor  lie  I~  ^           1      .-.     ■:.,        ::  .    l-r   fli-  -iiuill 

oaks'ai-.'  ,..:.  I  ■  I  ■  ■  ■,  ,  .■nlliL-lLliiiu-s 
come,  ).". .  .■■- 

'Backh.i  -      .  -■      ..-.  ■■■■^    n\   |,i;opleltk.>' 

cdnker,     I  ' .1  >  tI.  .    .  ..  v   witli-' an  in- 

tolligent  p..'i  -..u,  '.■-.■ii  ".'"  l:Ii  ii.  r.igs,  free  troun 
this  [>eruictaiis  habit,  thain  with  those  \<>ho  pn  - 
tend  to.cleaulinassjibut  nreJike  whitcd  sepul- 
ehi-fls,| bea,utjfuj  witho(itiihut,witliin,fiill|Of,(ieail 
men's, J^onefi.;  ;,,     ;       ,.„  .,.i  ..  ...   ,i,  .,,   („, 

A  kind  word  in  time  of  trouble,  is  like  an 
oasis  ill  a  dcsevt  t"  the.  weary  traveler 


it,.i, 


til.. 


aiiothei".  Giid  protects  tho  righteous',  hut  is 
angry  widi  the  wicked  every  day.  ' 

it  takes  longer 'to  clean  thi?  mud  oil'' your 
Ijoots  than  to  go  arouild  the  inud  hole,  and.  id  is 
harder  work.:  So  a  .littlei'discretion  isibetter. 
than  thoughtless  hnat«..  i  i  ■>       j.,    , 

Martha  was  careful  anil  troubled  abput,ni|iny 
things,  but  there  is  one  thing  in-rd/iil  for,  as  to 
do,  Man  jooksupoa  the  outward  appei)rance, 
but  God  looks  upon, the  heart.  "Pi,irify  p'our 
hearts,  y?  doiihle-minded,  and  God  will  receive 
you."  '  '        ,        ' 

Satan  got  himself  wbefally  into  trouble  when 
he  l^ebelled  against  heaven,  and  now  he  get.s  all 
he  can  into  the  same  trouble. 

No  one  likes  afflictions  and'  pei-secutions,'  yet 
they  are  good  for  those  ^ho  are  trying!  to  do 
what  is  right.  ,  .  .    .i 

When  1  have  a  piece  of  work  that  I  dread,  I 
And  the  worst  part  to  do  is  to  begin]  So.itis 
with  man  doing  his  duty  toward  God.  Tl^e 
hardest  part  of  the  work  is  to  get  his  own  con- 
sent, pr  in  other  words,  to,  make  up  his  mind  to 
go  to  work. 

"They  shall  heap  to  themselves  teachers  hav- 
ing itching  ears."  That  is,  men  sliall  be  lovers 
of  themselves  and  shall  treasure  np  flatteries, 
work'for  them  and  hate. reproof. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  hsis,  by  his  infliience 
and  example,  slain  more  people  than  the  sword 
devoured  in  the  rebellion.  And  the  cuts  are 
deeper.      .  ,  ;      , 

When  a,,  person,  loves  God  he  don't  need  to 
tell  it.  I  ,A.,Gtjons  speak  louder  than  words,  and 
our  actions  are  iilt  well  weighed  by  some  silent 
looker-on,  if  in  public,  and  always  by  that  eye 
that  never  sleeps.  It  is  not  the  things  doiie  to 
be  seeil  of  then  which  tell.  It  is  simply  litiiuj 
triie  that  niakes  one  appear  s6.  To  put  on  ap- 
penmnCe-  without  possessing'i  may  'stand  f6v 
awhile,!  but  sooner  V)r  later  it  will  crumble  to  a 
misorobie  wreck.  ■   I 


,  .THE  :W,ORD  OF  GOD 

,  ,      UV  WM.  LOIlpUGH.   ,,,  ,      ,,, 

"  Sluilf  lo  lillow  tUjself  approved  imlo~  Goil ;  n  worlt- 
tniiD  i1i.ii'd(!c4IfMi  'tin)  Ue' a^hmhed,  riglitly^diriddii;  Ihc 
word  uf  Lrillli."— ■3,'fim,2l.lS.i  „.        ,,,,   .,   :,,,.,         ,,     , 

IjlROM  this  portion  of  Scripture  weiinfeji  that 
.  there  is  a  possibility  ofipofc;  rightly  divid- 
ing the  Truth.  In  jeading  (his  Truth,  or  Word 
of  God  understanding)y.  the  same  rules  must  be 
observed  as  hi  reading  othiir  hooks,  nr  writing.s: 
].  Who  is  the  Author?  2.  To  whom  did- be 
write?  3.  When  and  where  did  he  write  J'  4. 
Under  what  c  itc  urns  tan  cc.s  or  influence  did  he 
m-ite?     5.  The  object. 

THE  HOOK  OF  fiOD 

is  divided  into  two  parts.  1.  The  Old  Testa- 
ment, setting  forth  God^  dealings  with  His 
people  till  within  about  400  years  of  Christ,  and 
was  fulfilled  by  Him. 

2.  The  New  Testament,  which  will  not  be 
fulfilled  until  the  second  coming  of  Christ,  or 
the  end  of  the  present  dispensation.  This  Tes- 
tament is  the  one  which  most  concerns  us,  as  it 
includes  the  time  in  which  we  live,  move,  mid 
have  our  being.  Then  let  us  examine  it  care- 
fully and  prayerfully,  that  it  may  prove  a  help 
to  onr  erring  feet. 

The  New  Testament  contains  a  revelation  of 
God  in  Christ,  transmitted  to  the  Apostles  and 


other  inspired  men,  and  is  divided,  into  twenty- 
seven  books.  Thesi!  books  are  divided  into  four 
general  cj;jsse!^     .  .  , 

1.,  The,  biography  of  Christ  and  Hia  antece- 
dents, written  by|fourauthors:  Matthew,  Mark, 
LuW,  ami  .lolin'.  ■  M.itih.uV  Writing  wa.s  aJ- 
div—'.'d  f„  Ml,'  ,l..v-  1,1  .l,.|..,,,  and  was  written 
in  .Jii.i.M.  ab,>iit  A.  r>.  :i;  ,.i  :iv  Mark  addre^s- 
ed^the  Homatis.  and  is  siiimnfed  to  hnve\mtttn 
in  Rome  .between  A,  1>.  lid  imd,l58.'  .Inlke,  byi 
somo/is  snpp'.irii^i  tijJKiiv  wrilteu  liis.;Gospol, 
l,.tj?,{he  Grecians.. 


■K.liji 


,  i-;,.i. 


L).  a^fi  or  peithaps 
The  primary  oh- 

.   t'r..v,--''ili..t '.Tr-n-' 


Chri-f   u;,^  11, e  Sun  ,,1  ilu.l 

¥li<'  ..■!',, 11,1  -,.|i,-ral  ,liii.-',Mi  iV,\,||,'.  1,  A,.-!-;  ..C 
the  Apo-H(.:;.  written  h>'  Luk>..  iu  Gr>*tr,  A.'D. 
63  or  t>4-  "This  book-  givt'iWn'aCCoViiit'of  soiii^ 
of  the  net*  of  'the 'Aiit>.9tle!l'innder'  tlirfir'pocond 
or. ;  great  icomnliseionv  nhdifton tains;  the  gr.md' 
histfliticallfhotslof  tlle-orgauiiiatiion  oflfalie  chnrcb^ 
ud  .a  hufjory.of!  it?.  stii,teiiiaiid  ins.^'t¥iSe.(aiuong. 


It.also..: 


)r.,l.he 


lhc,JewR  and  Gentile- 
must  do  to  be  .saved  fr ,iii-  <irt~. 

The  third  ■,'l'Ueral,livi-,., II  ,■. .,1  ,.~  \v...-^\\^. 

one  epistles,  of  whi,:h  I'.'nil  ivr,jl,-  t'.i:irl,  m: 
EphesifiMK,  2  Timothy,  Pllilippiti>i5',  C'»!o;.tians, 
I'liileihonj  and  Hebrews  were' 'likely  wlitfen  in 
Home.  I  iRoumns;  Galati 
Thessalonians' Wtire  wnii 
Timolhj',  Tjtjis,   an.l  -■ . 


If  the  Christian  professor  is  not'thorouglily  ed- 
ucnted  ill  the  school  of  Christ,  so  that  he  will 
understand  how  to  punctuate  the  history  of  his 
dailj-  life,  it  is  feared  that  it  will  read  very  biuliy 
iu  the  eyes  of  those  who  look  pp.     If  the ,  | 


fessor  tif  reli 


eltpo 


villbe   guilty,  of  the  trait  of 


ch.iracter  set  forth  in  the  puzzle,  wlinn 
erly  puncdmted,  it  wilt  ju^t  prove  hliii  to 
the  character 'set  fortb-a  ii„.h~i,T  ,.i  vvi,  I,. 
ne-tiS:  'But,  if  th6.=e  who  pr.-t;-"  t.,  I,.  ,li-,-i,. 
(leariierej'of  Jisu^,  leiirn'  His  nil,-  :ni.l  ,.x.i 
plesj  and  practice' the  same,  tlv.'ve  will  he 
danger  of  iiniapiating  the  "punctuntion  mark-a, 
May  every 


no 


■adersn  nxereise  his  sptrituiil  ii 

wu.[,,M    Mduti.mot  tireir 

I  iu.iy  I.,'  ,,lil,.'  to  .pullijl^ 
'  .line.  Ill  -mil  a  mauuor 
n,'l,o,lvi.s  a  model,  h,it. 


fir- 


iid    . 


written   in 

Eph,-ML. 

fo'V:,     [l, 

M 

Th 

Bpi.<f!,-,..ii 

1  n 

in  Rome, 
esus.     .luf 
written  to 

I'll 
the 

M;icedin 


A    1>. 


I  1 


general, 
.1  I' 


lies  and  iudivlduid  Chris- 
tians, kuA  contain  God's  systemi  and  liitiniis  ftir 
instructing  aiiddisciplilig  the  ohurch  of  Christ,' 
and  answers  the  iniportaiit:  question,  What  al^e 
the  duties  of  a  Christian?  ,    ,  . 

The  fourth  general  division  is  the; Apocalypse, 
or  Revelation,  written  by  John,  on  the  Isle  of 
Patmos,  iipw  called  Palmo.^a,  in  the  .Egeaii  Sea, 
in  the  reign  of  Doinitian,  ^bout  A.  D.  W.  This 
book  gives  an  illustration  of  thitigs  to  come, 
and  a  beautiful  pen  picture  of  heaven. 

In  reading  the  New  Testumentj  we  should 
always  hear  in  mind,  that  the  circumstances  or 
influence  under  which  inspired  men  wrote,  was 
that  of  the  power  of  the ,  Holy  Ghost,  and  that 
whatsoever  they  bojtnd  on  qartli  was,  bound  in 
heaven.  Then  if  we  wish  to  learn  about  Jesus, 
and  what  He  said  and  did,  we  must  go  to  the 
Gospel.  If  you  wish  to  know  how  to  become  a 
Christian,  read  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles.  If 
you  wish  to  know  your  duty  as  a  Christian,  read 
the  Epistles.  If  you  \vidi  to  learn  the  destiny 
of  the  world  and  mankind  generally,  consult  the 
Revelations. 

Nowl'have  givenyouafew'of  the  outlines 
to  be  observed  iii  reidiug  ithe  iNew  Testament 
Scriptures,  and  hope  many  young  readers  will 
commence  and  read  them  carefully,|thoughtful- 
Ij',  afid  prayerfully,  th.^t  thev  may. lead  you  in- 
to the  fold  of  Chn-t.  '  ,  ,        ' 


uses  pei-sons 
i,jd-meaning 


A  PUNCTUATION  PUZZLE. 


'■p'HE  following  is  a'capifal  illustration  of  the 
X  ituportance  of  punctuation.  Therearetwo  ' 
w-ay*^  of  poihting  it,  one  of  which  makes  ths  in- 
dividual in  cpiestion,'ai  monster  of  wickedness,' 
while  the  Other  converts  liim  into  a  model  Chris- 
tian. Let  our  readers  exercise  their  ingenuity 
on.theproblemi  ?i^d  ''Sl^  whether  they  can  dis- 
covfiv  its.  two-fold  solution: 

"  He  is  an  old  ,-si..Ti"ii,'.-d  man  in  vice  and 
wiekeduesili.    •'  .i.i.osiugtlie  works 

of  iniquity  le    i  ._.       u    tlie   downfall  of 

thenei-!il.,,il,     ..    ..         ...   ..j,.ic«s,u  the  pros- 
read:      .  •:  '    ■■  'i.    :.•■:..    ..■ 
het-;l„-   .;..     ;.■     l-',.-     i.    ■■  .-.■■a-^    rl.-     I..,.i    I..     ,- 

uncommonly  diligent  in  sowing  disturd  iimong 
his  friends  and  acquaintances  he  takes  no  pride 
in  laboring  to  promote  the  cause  of  Christianity 
he  has  not  been  negligent  in  fndeavortng  to 
stigmatiiw  all  public  teachers  he  makes  no  exer- 
tions to  subdue  his  evil  passions  he  strives  hard 
to  build  up  Satan's  kingdom  he  lends  no  aid  to 
the  support  of  the  Gospel  among  the  heathen 
he  contributes  lai'gely  to  the  evil  adversary  he 
pays  no  attention  to  good  advice  he  gives  great 
heed  to  the  devil  he  will  never  go  to  heaven  he 
must  go  where  he  will  receive  the  just  recom- 
pense of  reward." 

Just  as  the  above  pu/./le  represents  its  char- 
acter in  two  farms,  when  properly  or  iniproperiy 
punctuated,  so  with  every  Christian  character. 


CONGREGATIONALISM. 


CONGREG'ATiONAIiISM  is  <Jni?'of  tlieTii-sf 
and  most  successful' ism'i  i?vei'"inf.i-ddliOed 
into  the  w,)rld.     It  is  the  Miuree  of  f.ho  many 

■UviM.,!,.    iiif,,     >^l,i,  I,    II,..    ..„.,h1|„|    Chvistjaiv 
"■"r|,l  I-  -iivul..,!.      II     I..u.„l    ,;.    ^^,,y    into   tlin 


tor  the  ciuirch,.and  substitutes  in  its  .slead,  the 
love  of  sell',  which  becomes'  largerj  lind  larger, 
until  .self  become;;, so  significant  jp  the  tyes  of 
s,dl,  tliiit  the  church  Lecomea.too  linsignificnnt, 
,q,|i.ir.iitly,  to, be  governed  by  it,  and  conse.,. 
,|ii.-iitly  up  comes  a  case  of  excommunioatiou. 

This  same   COn;;r.L.Mli,uij 
to  become   dissati~li,',l  uitl 

and  faithful  cluu-eh    ,,I11,-,t .,   , _,. 

direful' effect  upon  the  church,  and  sadly  retards 
both'  her  extension  and  advancement  in  holiness, 
This  form'  of  Congregationalism  is  properly  onlU 
ed  "  Congregationalism  of  the  Heart,"  and  it 
never  atlects  any  piie  until  after  tliey  have  lost 
all  traces  of  Christianity.  Whenever  au  indi- 
vidual  becomes  troubled  with  Congregationalism 
in  this  stage  of  its  advancement,  and  still  coiji 
linues  in  the  church,  his  love  of  honor,  apptausu, 
&c.,  entirely  eclipses  his  love  for  his  brethren 
and  sisters,  and  ho  entirely  loses  track  of  the 
injunction  of  'our  Savior:  ''  By  this  shall  all 
men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  that  ye  have 
love  one  for  another." 

But,  there  is  another  form  Of  congregatiouaU 
ism,  which  in  .  order,  to' distinguish  from  the 
above,  we  will  denominate^  "  Oliurch  Congrega- 
tionalism.'.' This  form  of  congregntipnalisni 
causes  churches  to  divide,  and  subdivide  until  the 
number  of  congregfitious ,  ^vill  ,equal  i\\e  nmn; 
her  of  ministers. 

Tlfe  reasons  for  these  divisions  ;  are  very  ap, 
parent.  Christ  has  left  the  ivorld,  but  has  left 
His  espoused  bride  to  govern  His  followers,, 
Congregationalism  will  not  snfter  the  bride  of 
our  SfLvinr  to  govern  any  i...rti.  iilar  congrega- 
tion^ but  requires  i'.i,-li  ,,iim'r,'!:.ili,>j|  to  govern 
itwif  V(lgardless  of  tli-  ,',Mm^,-i-.  uf  the  brid^'of ' 
ot\i'  Simor.  ■■ 

A  fraternity  itssuaiing  the  name,  "  Congrega- 
tional Brethren,"  OTgimiz^dih  Northern  Indi- 
ana ^bysoihe  of  our  Breliliren,'lvho  linving'been 
attatk^dwifch.'^CotfgregationalisinoftheHeartj"' 
were  expelled^  is  the  besbillnstration  of  '^  Ohurch 
CoDgregatiouulisni "  I  can  mention.  The  inem- 
bere  and  ministers  of  the  organization  being  but 
few  in  number,  the  two  maiti  ministers  bothdei 

h}(  iiaMij-  III)  |.,ij]tni|   ov,'r  th..'iii.  b,'i-ause    thej. 

^^e,,■    ,„nL-i  ,-aI,„ii;a,     they    W,-„.     severed    Ulttf 

two  distinct  bodies  in  their  very  infancy.  Here 
i.s  a  sample  of  Church  Congregationalism,  which 
should  serve  iLs  a  warning  to  all  who  are  oppos- 
I'd  to  liaving  the  Lam  b'k  bride  dictate  for  tJierfi 
in  instances  ia -which  the  Lamb  Hiniseif  is  si* 
!,-ut.  A  pereou,  in  order  to  gain  the  esteem  and 
all'ectiou  of  an  individual  must  not  undervalue 
the  counsels  of  his  wife,  and  if  we  claim  to  be 
loyal  subjects  of  King  Jesus,  we  must  respect 
His  bride — the  church. 


Happy  Mak. — Happ}'  is  he  who  has  Gospel 
submission  in  his  will,  due  order  in  his  atlections, 
sound  peace  jn  his  conscience,  sanctity  in  his 
soul,  humility  in  his  heart,  the  Redeemer's  yoke 
on  his  neck,  the  vain  world  under  his  feet,  the 
crown  of  glory  over  his  head — happy  he  lives; 
happy  he  dies.  To  attain  this,  pray  fervently, 
believe  firmly,  wait  patiently,  work  abundantlj-, 
live  holy,  die  daily,  watch  your  heart,  govern 
your  tongue,  guide  your  actions,  redeem  thi? 
time,  love  Chijist,  and  long  for  glory. 


July   'i,8. 


TliE  BXciLTECKEnsr   A:1*  woiitc 


The  Brazen  Serpent,  and  the  Savior. 

thvr  Jiielfmn: — 
\  I'ASSAGKdr  Scri|itm¥Ob(!iire'tbmy  mind 
drl  this  Lord's  liay  moniinKL  tliiib  tvill  be 
■Touiid  in  tlif  'ilrtt  chapter  of  Nnnitwi-s^  versus 
'SnnilC.  It  reiW^i  thus:  ''Ami  the' Lord  siiid 
iinto  Mnse.o;  Muki'  thee  ii  fiery  seri}elit  nnd  set  it 
Upon  a  pole  uit'd  it  shall  tome  to  puss  tlliit  evi>ry 
one  that  is  bitten,  when  he  looketh  upon  it, 
^hjill  livt.  And  -Moses-  nuide  n  serpent  of 
Waas  and,  set  it  nphn  a.  pole.  Anil  it  oaim? 
t.d  pass,  that  if  the  serpent  had  bitton  any 
Inau,  when  he  beheld  the  serpent  of  bniss,  lif 
lived." 

Now  this  serpent  which  Moses  put  npon  a 
(ii'le  in  the  wildemeaa  in  an  emblem  of  our  Sn- 
Vii)r  when  he  hung  on  the  cross  for  our  sins.  — 
Liikf  t.-lls  ns:  "  As  Moaes  liftwl  up  the  serpent 
in  tha  wildnniess,  even  so  shall  the  Son  of  Man 
be  lifk'il  up,  Hiat  whosoever  believeth  in  Him 
slioutd  not  perish  hut  have  everhisting  life."  — 
Tho  fiery  serpeuU  had  a  tendency  to  kill,  and 
(i3  Melt  may  well  be  eoni|)ared  to  sin.  for  sin 
kilt*  beyond  the  tomb.  The  I-ruelites  were  sav- 
ed  tVom  ilie  erteets  of  the  serpents'  bite  by  look- 
ing upon  the  br.izan  serpent,  and  Dnm  prericrv- 
ed  their  ililtural  life.  If  we  want  to  be  deliver- 
ed from  the  i^urse  of  sin,  and  become  inheriters 
of  iiiiutortal  life,  we  must  look  to  Christ,  obey 
Him  in  nil  things,  aixl  a  erown  of  immort^-il 
glory  shall  be  our  reward.         .1.  P.  HroiiE-s. 


CORRESPONDElSrCE. 


Among    the    Baptists. 

^ITHEUE  is  an  organization  among  the  Vir- 
X  giuia  Baptists,  (whether  it  is  peculiar  to 
them  or  coiumoil  imloilg  Bnptista  everywhere, 
t  ilo  lint  know)  called  "Miniatcrs'  and  Dcii- 
i!oih' A^sm  iiilinii,"  ivhiolinleota  on  Friday  before 
vverv  hlHi  Huiiilay  for  the  purpose  of  discussing 
aiul  exaiUiiliug  ^uriptui'e  mibjects. 

The  iiiodits  of  conducting  these  meetings, ,  is 
substiuitially  as  follows,  to  wit:  At  each  meet- 
ting  idl  the  prelimiiutriea  of  the  succeed  iu^; 
meeting  are  ammgal  by  a-ssigning  Scri|itunil 
themes  to  chosen  brethren  who  are  reipLirrd  to 
write  essays  thereon,  and  exegesjs  of  Bibb'  texts 
ai-e, likewise  written  and  tlien  .read  before  the 
asaociatioit.  .■,■,,,,  .  .1  ,1 
...Then  these  es3ii.vs  nrftdiseu*>eil  lUuK-ritiiised, 
Uuit  finally  tlie  votM  „i  the  boiiy  i..  t^ik.ji.  and 
tll,-V;nviid,.i,te,l,.rr.r,.ted;ur„nii.i-  tn  tlirir 
iLyaily  nr  disloyalty  to  Hiii,ti-t  iiv.nei|dr^. 

The  last  mivtiu^rot  this  b.„U  ii-M^iiLl.l.'il  in 
IJliicksb.in.'.  an.l  I  ;u-ailnl  niyxlt  ..t  tlie  nppi.i- 
tailit,V  mi.l  the  kind  invitntiou-  ot  m.-mlN^iv 
tlteiv.if  to  utt.-nd  it^  .^.■"ioii>^.  I  did  not  hear 
the  iliscus-ijou  on  Friiliy.  owiiitr  tn  pre7,.sing  ar- 
I'augemcut.s.  dn  Satunlay  morning  on  eiiter- 
iug  the  house,:  tl ley  were  discussing  the  Btibjett 
nf  co-operating  with  other  denoujination*.  Tll^ 
only  trouble  they  encountered  in  reuohing'  an 
aiBrmative  conclusion  wiis  their  strict  Com- 
munion. After  saying  a  great  deal  jiro  and  cou 
(not  much  con  however),  -it  wits  vidfd  that  jinl- 
pit  tiDiliating  was  not  incompatible  with'  strict 
communion.  To  a  looker-on  it  doc*  seem,  iiot- 
witlistaiiding  a  little' intiongfuous  to  see  Baptist 
«nd  Pedo-Baptist  Im'tlmn  riding  alon^  rtweetl,v 
(Ogethev  on  the  same  trateruiil  (r.iiii,  until  they 
urrive  at  iv  nacinuuental  elation,  when  n  sildilen 
vlouil  envelops  the  lluptL-fs  bivw  iiild  llu^V 
switeh  th.'ir  late,  loving  yuke-tellows  on  a  side- 
track, while  iliey  isn  into  the  Lnr-l'-i    iVHtiOirant 

lor  Ivtre.hiiH-lltS. 

it  i>  M'i,l\  ,1  haid  mlt  for  them  tn  erack,  au.l 
it  i-i  liiviii;;  them  ;i  world  of  vcsiition  iu  many 
[ducw.  Knjjlish  Bai-tists,  and  tliote  of  the 
Northern  and  Kiwtem  stat-eaof  OilrUrtionhiive 
cut  the  (jordian  knot,  by  throwing  the  sacra- 
mental doom  open. ■,  ' 

Hall  ..t  Kii^.laud,  iu  his  inimitable  debute 
witb  Kin-boru  (buth  llaptisl^.   Hall    re|nv.i,.nt- 


Wi'rif  Sitbjeet  to  the  fitrtlier  punishm^iil  of  etern- 
al lii-e.     Tliey  very    correctly    threw   overboani 

the  Catholic-  lU.gma  id  inirgatorial  lire,  but  the 
doctrine  ,.i  til. ■"final  redemptrotl  of  the  wieked, 
which  i.s  ..Ti  iu.-vitald..  srnueue..-  of  their  theory, 
was  lr--.a.-<\  «iili  dii;MiH.'d  ^ili'je:.^        ,  i 

Till-     i\.i-    -uii  .■.■i|,.i|    \,\    .III    elabprate   and 
leiigtliy  i--.ii  "II  ■■  hit. lilt  Miiiitism."     '    / 

This  .--,t>    ^itinrdr.1    th.'    jouieiit.'  inveterate 


.d'  t 


i.'li  . 


■  thei 


ng  tie. 


nttri 


ul  and    Kil 


<l>l.'i 


,'b.> 
■iiph.utiv 

n\     til 


the 


striet    com. 
istrat.-it  th' 


strict 


Dr.  S.)-,  Ill  hi-  -It.ii.tist  Sysli-rii  K\aiuiui-d." 
1i;l.  di-.ilt     tl.iii    .1    .tiiniiint;"ldow,    wliieh    ha, 

iii^id.Ui.  II —I -i"h,rr,-l,      -Wilde  li[..iiotiu- 

duly.'  Ill  liii--l>  ,.iv,lj,ti..n-,  >i-t  llir  signs  of  the 
tiin.'-  iiiiiiiistiikably  [M.iiit  to  tlieir  abandonment 
<if  that  party  pbmk  e\entii:dl\.  TllelV  is  no 
qiib-tjintial  ditleii^iiee  between  them  now,  ac- 
cording to  the  Baptists'  own  eonfessifin,  ilid 
reason  and  policy  combiuc  to  urge  uu  nure- 
■trajnod  ;iffiliatiou. 

-n.is  i^iia  followed  by  an  exege-sis  of  Mark  H: 
41).  It  (va^*  maintaiued  thai  this  iScripturc 
taught  the  ncics-iity  of  believers  passing 
through  the  purifyiiig  onleid  of  ,  temptation, 
which' wa.0  the  salting  process  spoken  of,  and' 
that  those  who  did  not  submit  to   the   process,. 


irtiiuitv  ti 
aufi-iiiiaut  )i.i|disin  sentiments,  and  they  went 
for  tliH  frii-iidiess  waif  with  n  vim.  Alter  nier- 
■■ile^..^ly  idikiiiL^  miJ  battering  the  foundling, 
th-y  H'nt  it  ovcrboan!,  labeled!  "  Born. of  Papal 
Siipeiistition  mid  Baptismal  Regeueration." 

The  discussion  evolved  a  decided  antagoni.sm 
to  the  oritinnnce  of  baptism  ns  an  essential  con- 
stitnent  in  the  plan  of  salvation. 

Tlie  Baptist  position  on  this  question  is  re- 
markable for  it^  aggregation  of  inconsistencies 
and  contradictions. 

It-s  prime  signification,  they  niaint^iin,  is  to 
syniboliw  an  event  that  forms  the  basis  of  the 
Christian  system;  the  bnrial  and  resurrection 
of  .lesns  Christ;  yet  the  people  need  not  sym- 
bolize it  if  they  do  not  wish  it.  It  is  likewise 
an  act  of  obedience,  yet  the  people  need  not 
obey  it,  if  they  do  not  wish  to.  Iti  observance 
is  an  evidence  of  a  non-converted  heart.  It  is 
e^entinl  to  Communion  in  the  Baptist  cloister, 
yet  it  is  not  essential  to  a  triumphant  entrj-  in 
heaven.  It  is  to  be  observed  because  the  sins 
are  pardoned,  yet  it.s  non-oliaervaiice  will  not 
atfect  the  state  of  the  pardoned  sinner. 

From  the  foregoing  and  other  instances,  such 
as  pleading  for  immersion,  Iiecause  of  its  apos- 
tolical origin,  and  rejecting  the  triune    form  in 

hicli  it  wiLs  iiniversiilly  administered  by  the 
apostles  and  primitive  t'hrL-'lians,  as  the  New 
Testimient  jmd  Baptist  chnrch  historians  prove. 
forced  to  conclude  tliat  their  theology  is 
inextricably  mbced. 

Come  friends,  lay  aside  your  partisan  theo- 
rii's  anil  ji.in  the  only  organinatiou  that  is  ex- 
■niplifying  the  doetririe  and  worship  of  the 
Apostolic  clmrches. 

Next  an  exegesis  id'  Matt.  ,"1:  T),  was  read, 
'  The  meek  shall  ipiherit  the  e^^rth." 

The  e.'wavist  advneated  the  diH-trine  of  tile  ri- 
ditntiou  nf  all  things  both  literiillv  and  spirit- 
Uillv,  witli  reterenie  fo  thr  imit.Tial  .-artli.  and 
the  rigbt.-niis  inhiibltallt-.  thfivnf.  Hiid  that  thi^ 
^■orld  ultiiiuitelv  wmild  be  tbei'Vi-rbisring  idiixle 
\  the  rauM.nied  of  tli-  Larnl..  The  discussion 
.-v,dnp,.d  th.-  e^i.-t.^lirrnf  tw.i  paitie.s.  One 
p;irtv.  takiie.-  i-^ii.^  >.  ith  tl,.-  ,-s;„  is{.  niaiutain- 
d  lliiil  tb-  Id. -■.in,..'.-  let-^rr-I  t-,  were  those 
ai.riini^-  tnnii  tli-'  -tale  nt  ]..miv  ioid  reconcili- 
alii.n  with  C.h!,  wlii.li  secured  the  blessings 
ami  promi<e,s  ,,f  thi-  lil.-,  and  tiiat  which    is  to 

they  uuiiutained  that  an  imconv.-rtcd  person 
,wii.s  totally  incapable  of'  a  pr"iN.-r  ami  full 
eiijuymeiit  "Y  fiod's  various  blosinps.  inn! 
that",  in  reality,  none  were  cupidde  of  in- 
lieriting  the  bi.-ssinj:  tb.T.-in  i.rumised,  but 
'the  Servants  of  liml.  I.usini;  their  views  ..u  sindi 
Scripfillv*  as,  ■■  Til--  unconverted  are  dead  while 
they  live."  The  p;u-ty  ot  the  essayist  supported 
their  theory  on  those  Scriptures  that  speak  of 
the  restitntinn  of  all  things,  both  with  i-eft^r- 
ence  to  the  h'ti'ral  r-'tuni  of  the  -Jews  to  their 
Canaan,  and  of  this  w.irld  to  its  stiite'of  prime- 
val glory  wiiich  was  lost  by  the  transgression 
of  Adam  both  spiritually  mid  pliv.^icallv.  Thev 
rbliiueil  that  by  the  ouiversal  n.U  of  Scriptur- 
al interpretation,  which  rules  reqiurc  the  ac- 
ceptance of  the  surface  meaning  of  the  Script- 
ures, wheii  it  does  not  iuvnlve  an  alisordity.  or 
dors  lint  conflict  with  other  Scriptures,  we 
should  accept  their  theory.  Their '  discussioiis 
were  aniniat-d  and  interesting. 

Tl\ey  were  not  satisfied  with  their' investiga- 
tions, hence  it  was  y.,U-:{  U<  iveoiLsider  it  at  the 
Decemlter  meeting,  which  will  W  held  at  Big 
Lick  in  Roanoke  I'n. 

Icoold  not  hel|,rcHe<fing  while  tliev  were 
contending  for  the  snrfaee  meaning  of  the 
Scriptiir-.-s,  as  reipiircd  by  the  rules  of  interpre- 
tation. Hint  they  were  yic).jl(ng|j^n  yi^mense  ad- 

What  tliridiigical  chemist  could  extract  arij-- 
thiim  but  litc'iid  Feet- washings  from  the  surface 
do.^tniie  of  dohli  13th,  or  a  literal  Charity  kiss 
from  tin-  epiatb's,  or  a  rical  Love-feast  or  ar/ape, 
ort/i-ipnon  from  Luke  22:  15,  20;  1  Cor.  11:26; 
John  13:  2,  4;  .Jude  12.  Evidently  ami  con- 
fessedly, the  apostolic  and  primitive  churches 
tbund  ubiindimfc  evidence  tlierein,  juatifyiug  a 
Vorituble  feast,  besides  the  emblems  of  Christ's 
passion.  ..  ... 

.Atiany  rate,  we,  as  exenipliliera.  of  uncicut 
usages,  should  be  saved  thejeera  nud.Ncolls  that 
ofttimes. constitute  the  chief  point  of  the  argu- 
ment of  our  adversaries,  >yho,  at  convenient 
seasons,  call  so  loudly  for  the  surface  meaning 
of  Gail's  Word. 

At  the  night  session  an  essay  on  reason  and 


revelation  was  read  and  discussed.  The  theme 
was  too  metnphy.sicid  both  tor  th.-  si>eaker  and 
the  hearers,  imd  the  mtj^t  philosopbiinijl  of  the 
former  were  coiisqjous  of  their  inailei|niu:y  to 
tr.;iit  it  satisfactory.  The  imly  prominent  point 
in  the  discussion  vyas  the  prevailing  tendency  of 
the  time?  ^o  rntionalism,  which  is  the  product 
of  the  elevation  of  rcasim  on  the  ruitis  of  faith. 

A  trite  exposition  of  the  theme  of  reason  mid 
revelation  would  nece.ssanly  eouiprelii.nd  th- 
great  superiority  of  t|ie  wisdom  ev.dyi.d  in  the 
revelation  of  ,!e3iis  Christ,  wliich  is  prorlainird 
in  2  Tim.  1:  10,  over  the  most  exalted  luonu- 
nient-s  of  human  reason,  to  which  the  aimstlr 
alludes  in  1  Cor.  1:  21,  and  which  aehii'ved  its 
most  marvelous  triumphs  in  the  justly  r-.delirat- 
ed  philosopher,  Socrates,  who  eondiu-t.^d  liisdis- 
ciples'idAng  and  np  the  di7,7,,v  bights  of  flu'  uu- 
revealMlind mysterious,  wlicii  suddenly  halting, 
his  o-n'ri  head  whiriing  in  the  ha/y  atmos- 
phere of  his  prodigious  altitude,  hi'  points 
his  eager  intpiirers  to  the  necessity  of  one  com- 
ing from  heaven  to  instruct  him  further;  and 
Plato  whose  grand  and  majestic  soul  dwelt  in 
region  of  the  gods,  and  who  penetrat*'d  the 
depths  of  human  wisdom,  as  the  Leviathan  ex- 
plores the  depths  of  the  mighty  ocean,  or  scaled 
the  lofty  summits  of  the  Chimhora/o  of  the 
mental  world  with  the  grace  and  ease  of  the 
king  of  birds,  yet  he  could  not  comprehend  or 
discover  the  simplest  truth,  —  the  resnrrection 
connected  with  the  mission  and  sacrifice  of  .le- 
SII3  Christ  as  an  essentiul  element  in  the  resciis- 
ciation  of  the  soul.  Head  the  proof  of  the 
foregoing  in  "The  Christian  Element  in  Plato," 
page  im.  and  in  oumerous  other  places  in  his 
writings. 

The  meeting  concluded  with  an  essay  on 
Home  Missions. 

It  was  shown  that  there  were  7il,OUO  Baptists 
in  the  state  of  Va.,  alone,  and  that  the  sum  of 
one  half  cent  per  member  was  contributed  to 
its  support.  This  contribution,  1  presume,  is 
independent  of  the  contributions  in  sujiport  of 
State  and  Foreign  missions,  and  for  the  salaries 
of  the  local  preachers. 

I  submit  tile  following  reflections  on  the  re- 
port of  the  essayist.  They  number  more  in 
the  Stat.-  of  Virginia  alone,  than  we  do  in  the 
whole  world.     There  is  probably  HlH    percent. 


idth 


tiia 


their-.,  yet  w.-  haw  no  syst'-iii  of  State  i.r  For- 
eign missions  e.M'epf  what  exists  iu  embryo  in 
the  Brethren's  Kvangeli/.iug  A.ssoriation",  that 
wiLs  evolved  out  of  the  Cburcii  l']xteu.,i,.u  I.Tu- 
ion  on  the  llfth  of  last  umnth,  and  sojiie  (ocal 
arrangements. 

We  are  thus  hiiiiiie  the' iaiiip  bf  trilHi  fi-oiii 
the  world,  while  the  imperf.-et  systems  of  reti- 
gioua  worshiji  are  su|i|M.i-fi>il  amply  by  the 
wealth  of  their  uiember'i,  and  lonverts  thereto 
aremadnby  the  thousand.  W,.  nee.1  'not  e\- 
iN'cf  to  riv.al  them  in  numbers,  from  the  fact 
that  their  svstem  doi^i  not  forbid  many  carnal 
iudTdgeuces  which  .airs  will  not  t.deratr.  But 
surely  we  ought  to.  at  least,  equal  tliem  in  /eid 
anil  make  as  gn.>at  etl'orts  to  establish  a  perfect 
systt'm  of  worship  as  they  do  an  inltjerfect  sys- 
tem. Fraternnllvl 

D'   C.  MOOMAW. 

McDonalfPs,  Vu. 


theR.  H.-  will  l„.  in  Ih,^  u.i.lsl  ..f  them.  And 
Paul  saith.  "Let  us  hold  fast  the  profession  of 
our  faith  without  wnveting  ;  for  he  is  fnittifiil 
that  proiuisiil.  And  let  us  consider  one  an- 
other to  provoke  unto  love  and  to  good  works, 
notforeaking  the  iwscmbling  of  ourselves  to 
gether,  n.s  the  manner  of  some  is." 

Second.  This  meeting  was  solemn  to  me,  be- 
cause I  could  not  meet  all  the  members  there, 
and  should  have  liked  very  much  to  meet  once 
mon'  with  all  of  them,  iK-cause  it  was  the  last 
council  meeting  1  liiiil  ever  expected  to  attend 
iu  tbi4  district,  of  wdiicli  1  was  a  member  ever 

^i' its  orgatiizatiou,  which   took   place  eight 

yean,  a^o,  tlir  liltii  of  btst  Oct.,  nt  the  house  of 
I'rias  W.  Mill-r.  folb.wi-1  by  a  pleasant  Com- 
miiiiion  siMsim.  the  tii-st  ever  held  by  the  breth- 
ren iu  Kicbiirdson  Co.,  Neb.  The  elder?  pres- 
ent at  the  time  wore  Daniel  Fr>'  from  IlHno^ 
.lolm  Mnrray  and  David  Brower  from  Iowa.  — 
Now  this  last  council  meeting  we  had  to  take 
the  parting  hand,  and  God  only  knows  whether 
we  shall  ever  meet  again  on  earth.  But  the 
echo  of  the  hist  council  meeting  sounds  daily  in 
my  mind  and  makes  me  feel  solemn  to-day, 
when  1  think  of  the  labor  the  church  has  to 
jierforra  nt  such  meetings,  to  help  cich  other 
along  in  the  narrow  way,  and  give  one  another 
good  counsel  in  the  spirit  of  meekness  as  recom- 
mended by  the  njiostle  Paul. 

Let  everj-  member  ask  himself:  Did  I  do  all 
I  conid  for  the  edifying  of  the  church  and  the 
glory  of  God?  And  last  but  not  leiist  of  all, 
let  us  iLsk  ourselves,  Are  we  all  ready,  at  such 
meetings,  when  called  upon,  to  confess  our 
faiilLsf  ne  to  another,  that  we  may  be  healed  as 
.Tames  lidls  us,  or  will  we  deny  and  hide  our 
fauRs,  until  testimony  is  produced  against  us  to 
find  us  in  fault?  No  this  should  never,  and 
will  never  be  the  case  with  the  truly  honest, 
Christian  man  and  woman. 

If  I  would  deny  that  which  I  know  is  true  in 
myself,  just  because  the  church  cannot  produce 
two  or  three  witnesses  in  the  case,  I  would 
make  myself  guilty  of  Acta  5:  4.  I  would  lie 
not  unto  men  but  unto  God.  God  forbid  that 
I  or  any  other  brother  or  .sister  ever  should  act 
the  part  of  .\iianias  and  Sapphira.  Let  us 
prove  faithful  to  another,  and  to  our  God,  is 
my  prayer!    Amen. 

Voury  in  Christ, 

John  Fornky,  Sen. 


From    Mill    Creek    Church,    111. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

A  S  we  lieloug  to  the  flock,  ,npd,.are  jb}e«H^I 
xV  with  the  oiiportunity  of  communicating, 
through  the  kiiidm-ss  of  our  Snyioiir,  we  will 
attempt  to  inform  •■aib  othi-r. 

Ou'r  elder,  David  Wrtlfr  has'  lieen  under  medi- 
cal treatment  for  about  two  mouths,  N.itwith 
standing  his  critieal  condition,  bi.s  ca.sc  loi  ks 
brighter  to-<lny,  mid  there  are  some  hopes  of 
his  recovery,  which  ivill  be  joyful  iicwa  to  all 
tlic  Bri'thrcn.  Let  us  jjray  for  the  brother,  and 
the  Lord  may  not  t-ike  him  away  from  us.  The 
second  Sunday  ul  Inst  motitli  tiiere  wiusayonng 
sister  baptized  ill  the  Cmu'ord  ehureli,  and  u 
the  bust  Sutiday  in  tb.-  nioitth.  a  voiim,-  broth  1 
was  bai.li/ed  iu  tin-  iMill  Creek  church.  Owin„' 
to  the  ill  health  of  Bro.  W.dfe  we  were  n  t 
able  to  have  our  meetings  as  regulariy  as  usu  il 
G.  W,  Mii.LKn: 

Libertij,  III. 


From    Abilene,    Kansas. 

jMir  Brethren:— 
pHE  last  council  meeting  of  Falls  City  con- 
L  greg(ition  will  Ipng  be  renienibeipcd  by  the 
dear  bretliron  .iiid  sisters,  It  occnrped  on  J(uie 
1st.  and  \yas  surely  a  solemn  occasion  to  ine.  I 
think  all  our  meetings  should  1>e  solemn  to  us 
and  that  for  the  following  reiLsous: 

First,  Because  God  has  ordained  them  for  the 
upbuilding  of  his  people,  and  premised,  where 
two  or'threc  are  gathered  together  in  His  name 


From  Union,  Church,  Ind. 
Pmr  Brethren  :— 

A  FEW  lines, from  this  part  of  God's  moral 
heritage  may  be  interesting  to  your  many 
readers.  ,      .,  ,, 

Our  nienilKTs  are  much  built  up,  and  I.  do 
hope  and  pray,  that  we  may  continue  so.  Our 
Loyc-feiLst  wa.*  on  tlie  4th  of  June,  commenc- 
ing at  .■)  o'clock  in  tlie  evening.  .  There  was  a 
large  concourse  of  people  duriua  our  services. 
Bi-twei-u  five  ami  six  hmulred,  membpre  com- 
muned. In  the  evening  six  were  baptized  and 
next  morning  nine  moreciuiie  out  and  were  bap- 
tized, making  fifteen  in  all.  Thanks  to  the 
Lord,  and  we  hope  that  they  will  now  enjoy 
themselves  better,  than  they  ever  did  before 
knowing  that  a  Christian  life  is  the  happiest 
that  we  can  live.  It  will  bring  peace  into  our 
families,  and  into  our  neighborhood;  for  the 
man  that  lives  a  Chri.stian  life  will  not  quarrel 
with  his  wife,  children,  neighbors,  nor  with  any 
body  else;  neither  will  the  wife^or  ehildrea 
quarrel  and  make  trouble,  if  they  live  as  they 
should.  0  what  a  pleasant  time  we  will  hate 
if  we  are  Christians;  We  will  have  a  Heaven  on 
earth. 

On  the  2bth  of  June  our  dearlj  l«loved  Bro, 
J  \\  btem  came  to  ns  and  preached  five  ser- 
mons in  our  church  Hiul  large  congregations, 
good  order  All  stemcd  to  like  Bro  Stein,  and 
there  Has  not  one  word  said  agmnst  his  preach- 
uiti;  Being  rupiested  he  spoke  on  Baptism 
tiaturdij  otnuig  and  bundoj  it  11  o'clock. — 
Thru  s  Jills  w.  R  mad'  willing  to  cjme  out  on 
th  L  uJ  s  sid  ind  w  rt  bapti/ed  I  hope  many 
mou  uill    omi  bd  re  long 

\\  ith  thi  tb  s  additi  ns  we  hid  an  increase 
ot  nghteen  tor  the  luouth  of  Jape,  and  seven- 
teen since  hiat  Dec.  making  in  all  thirty-fi.Te 
in  seven  months.  Ihope^^th^re  will  !«  more 
during  the  next  seven  months.  Let  us  idl  la- 
bor fur  the  good  of  souls.  Dear  brethren,  I  do 
hope  that  par  dear  Bro.  Stein  will  be  cared  for 
by  the  niemlwrs,  as  he  is  devoting  time  and 
strength  to  the  interests  of  the  Master's  cause. 

Brethren  let  us  all  be  more  faithful  than  ever, 
devoting  our  time  and  means  as  much  us  we 
can  to  the  salvation  of  poor  souls,  One  soul  is 
th  more  than  id!  the  world. 

Jons  K^'ISLBY. 


Sinner,  stop  and  consider  what  yoi 
iug!     Whiit  shall  the  harvest  be? 


J  do- 


the:  brethrei^j  ^x  a\^okk:. 


July    18. 


JESUS. 


BY  U.  H.  FOWLEK. 


TlIE  name  of  Jesus  ia  always  associated  with 
all  that  is  virtuous  purp  holy  and  good"  anil 
isalnay-.chen'.htd  in  tin.  ht^rt  oi  the  Chns 
tian  and  sometimes  among  those  without 
It  IS  stiauge  that  one  o  pire  iiid  good  coult 
ever  ha.\e  been  an  ohjeet  of  hate  ir  derision— 
ono  tlint  11  declared  to  be  chief  uniong  ten 
thousand  lud  tbe  one  altogether  lo>eh  — 
He  who  went  about  d  ting  g  od  healiug  the 
Bick  cleansing  the  leiKrs  opening  the  eyes  of 
the  blind  causing  the  lame  to  walk  the  deii 
to  hear  and  binding  up  the  bioken  heartei 
one  who  was  full  ot  grace  and  tiuth  luadi 
hun'^i.lf  of  uo  reputitirn  and  lowed  to  the 
joke  ol  suflermg  that  h  ni  ^ht  apijeiue  thi 
\<.rath,pf  God  which  wu.i  IvUidli-d  i\^n  t  thi 
human  tainilj 

In  his  humiliatioji  hit  judgment  was  taken 
(iwij  he  was  despised  and  lejected  of  men  n 
man  of  sorrow  and  acquainted  with  giief  1  e 
bore  the  coutradiiition  "1  aiun  i  sgajnst  him 
self  Hid  ill  iijl  th  not  a  ^oid  oi  comiiiinfi  e\ 
erebcnpel  Iil,  holj  lii  \\  )len  wt  look  into 
the  hi  toiy  ot  tin,  px  t  an  I  -put)i  fch  lecoi  i  t 
thi!»  holy  bun,,  |i  his  thice  yni»  and  a  hilt 
staj  on  earth  it  lo  nideed  cefie-iluiig  to  ton 
template  hib  choraclsi  j 

It  seems  impossibk  for  uft  to  know  ;liilb  <Ji 
coni[rehcnd  with  ceitainty  phit  he  aiilfeied  in- 
perfecting  his  mi-vion  on  uutb — the  relcpn 
tion  of  the  biiinui  family  altho  gh  ht  was 
Lord  of  all  jet  he  Icnnici  ileUence  bj  the 
things  wludi  he  •,  tki   ] 

■^  e  maj  bj  thu  Biljl  tckscope  aud  our  men 
tal  usion  lUummatil  bj  diMiio  gtace;  =ee 
enough  to  fill  oui  ';oul  with  idmiutiou  W  hat 
man  sue  the  man  Chiit-t  Jtsui  could  have  bO 
suLcevfulh  oierconieall  the  poueo  ot  diik 
nesst"  To  the  hildieu  of  men  theie  naa  oarce 
Ij  the  gluunicr  of  a  lugk  star  to  be  seen  pieu 
ing  the  raurk\  cloud  tint  \»iiiiiut«d  the  hope* 
of  the  chiidrtn  ol  men  hut  Te  tis  lispellei  tlic 
dark  cloud  h\  tiiuu  phmx  ovci  -dl  the  powers 
of  darknes,,  gtuinig  tin,  victor)  ovei  death 
hell  and  the  grave  Ihe  legions  ol  dirkiie 
were  ^^r1Jed  ngunst  the  Loid  and  against  b 
Chiist  e\en  tho^  tlut  be  u  le  tc  ba\e  (I  rieil 
He  came  to  his  o^  i        11  I  h    i 

not     but  the  kjr     111  til 

consi  ired  igtiiist  T  I         1  I    il  tl  •■   I 

der  ind  tor\  ism  he  filter  1  n  t  h  t  faithfillj 
completed  his  vv oik  thut  the  I  iither  hod  given 
him  io  do;  then  was  he  betrayed,  ajipvehended, 
led  bound  to  the  judgment  hall;  f^tim  thence  to 
Calvary  and  nailed  to  the  cross.  Listen  gentle 
reader,  hear  the  sounil  of  the  hammer  as  it 
Sends  the  rough  nails  eriushing  through  his  holy 
hands  and  feet;  agonizing  groans  of  the  dying 
Lord;  hear  him  say  "Father' forgive  them;  they 
know  not  vvhat  they  do,"'itiid  hecried.  It  is  fin- 
ished; Hispart  was  complete',  he  gave'  up  the 
ghost  and  wenthome  to  glory.' 
'  His  valedictory  is  one  of  the  beiit  documents 
ever  recorded,  in  which  theire  is  ho  word  'of 
complaint  or'bitter'iiess,  naught  hiitlovetofriend 
and  foe.  Hat  the  present  age  no  -Tesiis,  or  did 
he  gather  his  mantle  about  him  and  bear  it 
away  'forever  to  the  world  of  bliss?  No,  "I 
will  never  leflve  you  nor  forsake  yon."  "  Lo  I 
em  with  'you  always  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  world  "  is  his  promise.  But  this  is 
given  on  conditions,  if  we  do  what  he  coni- 
tuahds  us,  *id  love  him  as  he  has  loved' iis:  but 
where  is  that  love  that  should  t-haracferi'/e 
God's  people?  I  fear  the  little  I'oxei  have  crept 
in  unawares  and  are  sapping  the  W.iiitifying 
substance  from  the  lovely  plant  that  should  he 
well  rooted  in  our  very  souls,  and  grow  with  alt 
power  of  beauty,  sending  forth  a  sweet  Ira- 
grance  that  wields  an  irresnstuble  influence  ov^r 
all  that  comes  ivnthiu  its  reach;  and  yield  16  its 
power  of  attraction  and  admire'  its  sweetness. 
'  I  sometimes  fear  the  plant  6f  love  is  droop- 
ing Hs  beauty,  is  fading  from  the  chnreh.  Is 
not  this  true  my  dear  brethren?  Itneedsthe 
gentle  ehowers  of  God's  diviiie  grace  to  revive 
the  fading  flower.  What  shilU  we  do?  I  ans- 
wer awake  to  a  true  sense  of  our  obligation  to 
God,  and  tend  forth  our  prayers  in  ma.'is'to  that 
God  that  hus  rabasured  the  w.iters  in  his  hand, 
and  has  meted  out  the  he.ivens  ivith  a  span,  and 
comprehend  the  dust  of  the  earth  in  a  measure 
and  vteigbed  the  mountains  iti  scales,  and  the 
hills  in  balances,  yea,  let  ns  praj-  to  him  for  a 
gracious  shower  of  divine  grace  from  heaven, 
that  love  may  gr6w  within  us  in  all  its  ori^'in- 
al  power  and  beauty  and  sweetnes.s.  May  God 
in  his  infinite  mercy  grant  iisall  grace  for  ev- 
ery day  and  trial  and  keep  us  to  the  end  that 
we  may  all  obtain  the  crown  of  glory  which 
Jesus  will  givS  to  all  the  faithful. 

Yellou- Creek.  Ill:     ■    

Let  us  not  he  weary  in  well-doing! 


Prom  Sister  Stone.  —We  are  bot  few  in 
number  here,  and  do  not  have  preaching  by 
the  Brethren  very  often,  yet  we  trust  in  the 
Lord  to  ""end  laboreis,  in  the  field  in  due  season 
The  memltrs  are  all  ill  love  and  fellowship  as 
far  as  I  know  We  are  alwav  s  glad  to  get  the 
BiiJTHltJN  (T  W  nh  for  it  is  full  ef  coun  el 
Wehiiveverj  pleasent  weather  noiv  nie  har 
vesting  and  thrching  Tl  e  wheal  roj  i  som 
what  damaged  v\ith  rtist  Plenfe  „ne  the  eai 
best  and  best  n  itl  r  tv  f  i  V  t  a.1  n,  ii 
the  chiliebes  (lu  i  cl  r  1  dinai  I  frini  In 
tor> 

Wfwilnu!  ]    I    '       (I 

FfOmS  Z  Jshaiji  — Ifanisbel  m\  wrk  in 
elcjei  DaM^  Ban,  s  disti  (^.t  a  week  ago  E.id 
e\cellput  cce  in  taking  suhsLnption  tor 
K  IiIt    U    11  N    tdbiothei  Rtusel  to    lo 

on  tl  1  lit    Houlj  1    oui   be  1 

agent         I  ^  iti  u      Nt\l   nent  to  tb 

1  fr   I  I    I'cttr  Loi  „ 


GLE^Nir^GS. 


"^1     I 


1  lui 


t  t        I  II  1  ehug  \M)i 

|l         I      II      I      II  1  l,ilnilllin^ 

1     1  111  IheBrttlu  uheiv  will 

1     II  t       1         II        levireable     Bi-o  Nuih 
•^biitt      oil      I  i^eut 

Piom  Chusth  Hiiter  -4  Wehhve  hal  -^u 
addibous  to  the  chuich  hy  baptism  thift  '^i  nn 
nud  Summei       ^\  b  ha\e  three  eh  i    1       in  II 
count)     in   oui    own  mm    nii  eh    th^- Bi  rk 
ehutch  v»ehavebetweeni,tKj  mil  "l  i  nc    I 
seven  deacons  fiv     piea  lie^     Ne\t   S  t     I 
IS  OUI    council  meeting       W  e   hav    i  le    1 
oncf  p  en  n  nth  lu  o       huich    mini  I)    tl  i, 
hi-stbundvy    WiHsomeoi  fchf  traveling  lAtth 
len  pleaae  isitiisil  eonvemeilt;' 

Crreay  t     ek    i  ^ 

Fioiii  S    t    Iieiui- 1    11       111  1 

d-iys    ago     V  itl        V    1  e  !  1  1  |  r     c  I 

t'ounlon  ofou  Hretl  len  ail  t  n  f  b  I 
1  h  11 J  h  id  1  lised  a  \  i\  hoi  f  h  h.'i  1  t  r 
ed  When  I  went  twa  h  i  i  ^  i  1  Itl 
I  tl  11  k  o  f  tl  p  fi\  t  3  ir  1  1  il  t*l 
AT       t         II  Hr      At  rrll  f  II  tl    r 

II  !  tl       il  II 

I  tl      n   1  111        It  tl      1    1    r   t 
t            t            II  t     I     tip   M       ti 

II  11  II  L  tl  I  1  1  It 
1  u|.      t       )     1  u  I  hei^el  t  to  ^  ou  tu  briiifa  it  1 

m  rick  Pa.  ""  "  '_,'^_' 

From  South  Beud,  liul,— We,  are  glad  to 
say  one  more  has, been  vyiliing  tpstep  down, in- 
to the  liquid  stream  to  be  initiated  and  engraft- 
ed into  the  Living  A'^ine,  for  the  purjiose  of 
drawing  living  water  frum  the  well  nt  -nhati 
to  thirst  no  more.  He  CMutiimes  to  ask,  thut 
he  may  receive  fresh ,*upphes,  jis  an  iuduupu 
to. continue,, .workiug  for,  salvation;  "' hoi  ,  t)ie 
crowp  is,i^,ot|"  suo's,  the  !  eminent  ,\py,-tk,  ^ut 
the  hpginfMng,"  "(tr  half-waj-s;,  ''  but  be  tJjut 
endureth,jt|i^  the  end,  shall  be  saved."  ,^Vhat. 
griind  thought  to  ^offtepiplate,  is  the  scbeiue  of 
reden^ptipn.  AVlien  we  were  sick  and  be3-oiid 
human  aid,  God  proposed  to  assist  ns  by  Sacri- 
ficing His  Son,  why  Si^vs._"Eycept  ye  eat  thu 
flesh  of  the  Son  of  n(au  und  .drink  Hishbind, 
yehaknrf]lf^-ih-'yoti;"'-6unhci,ip  -Jionld  i,,., 
hi-ethi-en,  tolive  not  for  our  salvation,  luit  all 
with  whom  we  come  in  contaci.   "Siilvatiou  nli 

'thejriyiu't  s<iilhd."'  '"''      -"■  / 

'    '     "     ■'  ■  ■  i     ■    '  ■"' DAxiEt  WnrniKR 


IHTERESTItfS    ITEMS, 


j^NNOUNOEMENTS. 


NoTIcn  of   LoTC-fviLSla.  .DUiri 


Iowa  LViili'i-,   i.lrt.siUeiJi:c'o!  Jin.,  (i.  \V.  huicniitts. 
,     .-^rjit.  Till  auitstli.  ,    ,        ,  .1         .,i 

I'iiiiit  (.'lui-k  L-(jngi'Cg;ttiou,  Rourbbn  Co,.  Kansa.s, 

(k'tolici  :uil  .uid  Jtli,  commencing  i^t  i  o'cUick. 
Miiieriil  I'lipl;.  .Inliuson  Co.j^o.,  Tuesday,  Od.  I. 
Monii"'  (•■:.  [.I.,  tin-  loiii  of  August,  at  I'eter  >(il 

lei-N.  1  w.>  ■  "   " 


Joshua's    Tomb. 

THE  following  has  beeii  comiliuuicated  to  the 
committee  of  the  Pil  stine  Exploration 
Fund  bv  Iieut  Couder  It  embodies  a  fact 
win  h  cjecnllv  itlu  tiatcs  tlu  val  le  of  the 
sur\e)  T17  the  V  1  e  I  I  «i  li  names  and  sites 
^^  H  hn  p  here  Tews  n  d  *s  i  ir  tan  uniting  in 
tl      I    1    t    H    I    1       |1  11    r  t) 

tl  1  I  111 

t  II    I     1      1  II  II  t 

tl        I    eil    t        n        i  ■^     (b  e   1     lui 

h  I    H— 21  ) 

There  ire  t\  e  ilies,  in  Pilestine  ishich 
1  ii^lit  clvim  the  honor  ot  I  en  g  the  (lace  ol 
s  ]  1  I  1  ol  To  hn  Th  n  |  uited  out 
l\  Ml  1  t  in  fradit  1  tl  111  I)  Jivish 
Th    nmieof  fie    it\  wlnre  I     1     i        sinned 

las     Iiu       tl     II  it  till 

MiintEphn       I    t  tl       v     t     t      II        it 
d  h     1        III!  i(   I      fl        t  t      Pit 

fl  I         I  11       I      t  M        H         I 

|l  t       H  I       I         I      1        1 

lit!  Ill  tl 


i    ! 


iiii    1 T  n  111 

\    \    11      nler-l       I 
,  fr    u  L    1 1  1 


I 


1    I  V 

1  II 


II  k 

tl     1  tl  e 

lilt 


II 


■  iidi  of^'reilti^ 'Nation,  i 


Stjuilslaua  churcli,  Cal.,  fli-st  Saturdlij''iii'October. 

Whitesvllle.fllolSeptjflthi'  ■  ■  li ■■!         '  j 

■  ^^''The'  Abile^e-tfiih'£/ti''hW  appointed' a 
C'nihmUiiiOh'ineeting  the'Mth  of  Aiigiist  at  10 
A.  M.  Also  meeting  the  25th  at  the  same 
place.         '  By  Order, 

John  Fornev. 

^TLovc-feiist  fit  Arnold's  GroVe,  Sept.  10th 
and  11th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 


1  I  1  I  mj  rnee  burning  in  fioiit  tf  the 
t  I  t  in  e  A\  ithiA  theic  is  aehamber  with 
1  tieii  gi-ne  01  1  okin  and  »  pissnge  which 
t  hist  looks  like  luother  gia\e  leal  into  an 
nupi  chaiubei  with  oui)  one  koki  There  h 
1  I  le  t  V  Ipucp  as  to  the  date  of  this  tomi 
It  t  e  wlerp  the   n    r     imi    rf  nfc 

k  t       I  tl         h  I  crtieo    en     be    i  [  km 

I  t  h  lit  I  tlM  I  not  p  11  r  than 
tl  1  t  t  n  t  oui  era  Tl  is  tlio  igh 
t!      r  I   I   ma  11  be  that    le       be!  h)    Ter 

tl    r    1  deiaUe  do  iht  a.s  to  it''  be- 

lli^       1I\  that  of  Toahu  I   There  ts*  u  othei  cui 

lit  xs  to  TiLneh  the  gieitoik  tree  ome 
forty  feet  high,  near  the  tombs,  is  called  Shiek 
el  Tein,  "the  chief  of  the  servant  of  God;" 
there  is  also'a  village  about  three  miles  tO|  the 
e:i.-t,  called  Kefr  Ishua.  or  Joshua's  village. 

'"  The  second  site  for  Tiramith  Heres  is  Kefr 
H'/ics,  .south  of  Hiibhis,  and  ahoiit  nine  from  it. 
Tlip  Sumuratins  of  the  present  day  state,  tliat 
Ji)?hua,  son  of  Nun,  and  Caleb,  aim  of  Jephun 
neh,  were  here  buried.  On  the  map  of  Marino 
Saiiuto  (13221  the  same  place  will  be  found 
marked  as  Timnath  Heres.  The  two  tombs  of 
Caleb  and  Joshua  are  noticed  as  here  shown  hy 
Rabbi  Jacob,  of  Paris,  1256,  A.  D.,  and  thus 
three  separate  traditions  points  to  the  same 
place.  KetrHaris  is  an  ordinary  village  i 
hill  among  olive  groves.  It  |ias  ou  th..-  east  of 
it  i;vo  .sacred  ph.e«  rpsnuhliiij;  IIm-  i^ilier  Muk- 

um  nrtbec.iuutry,  niHii-iv .I,,.,.|,ir-  t.unb 

Uw-  of  these  1l;ls  tlu'  nirjnus  ii.lhi.'  Nrl.y  Keti 
■■  Prophet  of  the  divisiun  by  lot.  '  Mny  w( 
not  under  this  title  lucoguize  Joslfim,  who  divid- 
ed the  iuheritiuice  among  the  children  ol  Is- 
rael ?  It  seems  by  far  the  ino.-t  jirububle  that 
the  place  to  which  Jew  and  Samaritan  both 
point  would  lie  the  true  site,  for  it  is  most  strik- 
ing to  find  Jevvs  visiting  and  venerating  a 
place  in  tlie  country  of  Samai-is;  yet  in  Sama' 
ri,i  the  tombs  pf  Joseph  EleaMr,  I'hineas,  Itb- 
auiur,  and  Ahishnab  are  still  shown;  and  if  we 
follow  the  indigenous  rather  than  the  foreign 
tradition,  it  is  here  that' we,  should  place  the 
tomb  of  Joshua  also. — Jeidsli  Times. 


"Tbe  (ieiieral  Colit>rence  shall  not  revoke, 
alter,  or  change  our  Articles  of  Religion,  nor  es- 
tablish any  new  standards  or  rules  of  doctrine 
coutrai-y  to  our  present  existing  and  establ^li- 
ed  standards  of  doctrine."  / 

That  is  what  The  Luiepemlcnl  aaya  about  tliv 
un-ilte.rabIcdoctrmal  basis  of  Methodism.  Right 
or  wrongtbeir  Articles  of  Religion"  cannot  be 
changed  fore^ei  n  ithout  a  revolt  against  their 
fundamental  lai\  ,, 


Is    Mettibdiarh    Infallible  ? 

THERE  is  one  very  curious  fact  in  the  basis 
of  organized  Methodism  which  lia.s  always 
seemed  to  us  inconsistent  witb  the  genius  of 
the  body,  though  hitherto  it  has  excited  no 
dissatisfaction.  We  refer  to  the  fact  that 
Methodism  can  never  alter  it'*  doctrinal  basis,to 
the  end  of  time;  not  even  if  the  need  to  do  so 
should  be  universally  admitted.  There  are 
twenty-five  Articles  of  Religion  on  which 
Methodism  isdoctrinally  based.  Tlie  highest  ad- 
ministration '  of  Methodist  alfairs  is  in  the 
hands  of  the  General  Conference,  and  the  con- 
stitution of  the  body  places  it  under  six  re- 
strictions, with  a  provision  that  five  of  these 
may  be  modified  upon  certain  strict  conditions; 
hut  the  other  never,  This  restriction,  which  is 
to  stand  forever,  reads  as  follow: 


Recipe    for    Prosperity. 

1  L  t  ven  vouth  he- taughtsbniehseful  art 
an  I  be  trained  to  industry  and  thrift.        < 

2  Letcverv  \oungiinan  lay  a-^idc,  nndkeep 
sacredl)  mtaot)  n  cei'fKUU  proportion  of'  his 
earnings  il'  !■       i  .   ■ 

S  Lot  ovei\  one  set  otit  lu  "life  with  a  fixed 
dbtenuiuation  t6  engage  in  business  for  him- 
s6\\  millet  him  put  tliik  dotcrmiuatiou  into 
piictiee  OK  eail)  in  life'ad|x)s^ibloii         ■    ■' 

i  Betiu  in  a  <!mlill,  safe  way;  and  extend 
your  1  usiness  na  experience  shall  teacfi  you'  iu 
ld\nntftgcOiis  ■'  '         "i'  ■■■■■'  n    -    *    lli  ' 

''  Keel  \onr  own' books,  iiud  5tnow'c'on- 
tantU  what  \ou  'are  earhing  aiidjUst  where 
voi-tind  '■     '      '^  '"■     ■ 

b  Uo  not  m  u^ry  until  !tt  receipt' of'  »  toler- 
ihli  c'ertlni^  incOm4, ijUfficient  id  liVe"wv  com- 
ftrtiUv  '    '"■        -"■■'"   '''     "■  '■■'' 

7  K  \er  ^et  into'debt.  A  miiu''tt'hft  'o^ve.s 
nothing  can  never-faih ■ 

u|  on  wh  ch  to  hung  up  his  sons.    It  is  on  thu 
I  Hill     t  ijp-n.moially  iuid  intcllectu- 


I  il  Ih.ii    ynur  hviwiness  cannot 

1m  I    r  th   1    u>|ier.ius  unless  you  sbure  it^ 

iA\  mta  e<  f|i  dly't\'ith  your  custoiuei-s.  An 
all  tuikL\  ill  huzxanl, '■  system  nt'  biisiiies.s 
can  neiei  icccihI  i^  the  long  run.  Tlie  par- 
ties to  1  tl  tl  leholi  must  be  miit-ally  benefited 
if  the  tride  i4  to  be  keptnp. 
K*     Eiptrieuce  has  shown  that  a'  scrimping 

I  ol  cv  with  empl<^ycs  is  not'tKe  most  profilable 
for  the  emi  lover  Live  ftnd  let  live,  is  a  httter 
fheorv  ■■'    ' 

11  N  \  f,ft  your  btisiness  so  much  ev. 
ten  kith  tv    >    rii  drii-eo  to  take  in  another, 

II  vou  ei  g  g(  m  1  partnership  at  all,  let  it  not 
be  foiced  oh  jou       ' 

12  If  vOu  firl'd  yourself'  incompetent  to 
mani^e  a  baiJiness  successfully,  settle  down 
cohtentedh  to  work  for  wages,  do  your  best  for 
vour  em|  lov  i  make  his  interests  youre  and 
shape  your  expenditures  soils  to  live  within 
your  income.  Every  one  is  not  qualified  by  nat- 
ure to  manage  succe.-'.sfully,  hut  as  much  real 
happiness  may  be  enjoyed  in  a  salaried  position 
as  in  any  other,  if  the  individual  he  only  frugal 
and  contentedl 

■  13.     Do  not  seek  political  olfice. 

14.  Aim  to  be  just  and  fair  in  all  your  deal- 
ingk,' andkultivate  a  good  reputation  for  pav> 
ing  promptly. 

If  these  few  rules  were  generally  observed, 
we  should  hear  hut  little  complaint  of  buid 
times. — Schcti'fi. 


— The  petrified  body. of  a  woman  supposed  to 
be  the  victim  of  an  earthquake  hundreds  ot 
years  ago,  was  recently  found  imbedded  in  a 
cargo  of  nitrate  soda^  which  arrived  in  England 

frOmiPeru.  "    ■     .  ,  rm    ■ 


London  covers  7ftb  squaW  iiiiles  and 'Contatnsi 
4,0(1(1,1111(1  inhabitants.  It  cbritains  more  Jews 
tban  the  whok  of  Palestine,  more  Roman 
Catholics  than  Home  itself;  more  Irish  than 
Dublin,  and  more  Scotchmen  than  Edinburgh, 


-i, petrified  Virginia  bacon  ham  has  been  dis- 
eoveied  in  Priuce  Edwardi  Va-.  and  lorwarded 
to  tlie  State  University  museum. 


Tramp«  are  becoming  quite  numerous,  and 
in  fome  lociditie.'i  liuvc  been  committing  coii- 
t-iderabk'  depredation-;.  Their  movements  are 
ijir  from, indicating  tbe  iiest  uf  feelings. 


Prohibition  is  pbpular'iu  Maihe,  not  being 
demonstrated  any  farther  than  to  declare  the 
fact  that  both  the  poUtical  parties  in  that  State 
have  adopted  prohibition,  as  a  plank  of  the 
platforms  for  which  they  ask  the  suffrage  of 
the  peo|)le. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  p Usenet r  train  going  cn«t  Imtcs  Lanark  nl  r.^:00 
P.  M.,  nn.l  arrivca  in  Kiidae  al  tj:-ia  V.  M. 

Dftj  pnsaiingcr  irtiiii  K^ing  wHt  leaves  Lnoiirk  ol  '2:0(1  P. 
M'.,  nod  arrives  at  Itaok  Island  al  C:oD  1'.  M. 

Nigbl  pnsicnger  Inilns,  £"'''£  ^b^'  '^"'^  nesi,  meet  anil 
leavoUnark  III  2:18  A.  M.,  srriTtng  in  Racine  al  6:00 
A.   M..   nnd   at   Boek  lalauil  al  6:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  A ccouim dilution    Trainii   will   run    nest   •! 
112:  10  A.  M.,    8:10  A.  M.,   and   east    nl   I'i ;  10  A.  M. 
and  5;  15  P.  M, 
EcktlB  are  sold   for   nbove   trains   only.     Possengec 

Iralng  make  cloie  connecUoD  Hi  Wealern  Union  Juncljon 
G.  A.  S«iin,  Agtnt. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


•'Behold  I  Brinrj   You  Good  Tidinija  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  wnto  All  People." —  LvKE  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  July  25,  1878. 


No.  30. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EUITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


J.   H.   MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  MILLER,        ------        LADOGA,  ISD. 

J.  W.  STF.IS,       ------       SEW'TONIA,  MO. 

D.  VAJTIMAN,         -..--..  nnDEN,  U-h. 

d.  h,  menthkil,     -    -    -    -    -waykesbobo,  pa. 
uattit;  a.  leak,      -----    vkdana,   ill. 


FATHER  HAS  GONE  HOME. 

Nn«-  (111'  C;imily  cliaiii  is  broUo.ti 
Ojii>lii]k  fmiix.urlkClpbulxl, 
Hi-,  \vi-  ileiirly  lovctl  h;is  left  us. 
^lA.'it  lis  foi'ii  Itiijipier  Innd. 

I. ike  the  o;ik  of  iiiuiiy  '^Vhitpni, 

II  h-M  fell  lit  List, 
>ir-kiiess  has  ]H'evaileJ  up""  li'ni, 

Jeans  culleil  him,  bo  must  go. 


V.'iin  ■« 


11. 


;  iiU  0 


rkiiid  ciideiivQi 

■  his  heiillli  iigaiii- 


Wf  hii\T  f..lh»wi(l  liiiii  to  the  ehm-cli-yiii 
Tliereliis  l.tvely  ronn  is  luiii, 

Tlieic  niLiong  tlie  tiiding  relies, 
'riific  wc  liiul  Wia  jjTKve. 

Wee])  not  mothei'.  weep  not  sisters, 

Triust  in  GotI  to  meet  agiiin ; 
Yea,  licM-  fathci-  crossfil  tlie  river, 

i'l'te  from  soi-iow,  siekiies.s,  imin. 
Mot 


sistpi 

-  ;i  la 

,let 
(111. 

il<.t 

III'  1 

13  try  to  meet  liiin, 
tliiin  tills, 
eity. 
lieaeeful  hiiss. 

.11  faithful, 
>1.N  imt  to  hiirii. 

1  iiti: 

>i  (■..ine.stoealUig, 
1  father  at  home. 

-h-eted  Ijy  A.  C.  Boyd. 

THE  AUTHENTICITY  OF  THE 
BIBLE. 

[.V  ^viLiiisis  vi  a  seniiuii  delivered  by  .S.  II.  Ba.sli. 
lii.iiri  Mon.iiiy  June  liitli  1S18,  in  the  Teiit>  two 
miles  West  of  Nortli  SlnudieBtei',  lud.  Ileported 
hy  M.  M,  Eslielnnin], 

"  \Ve  also  bear  record,  und  ye  know  tlisit  our  rec- 
ord is  true."  3  John  12. 

THK  question  is  sometiDies  proposed  to  the 
professor  of  religion,  in  this  day  of  light 
and  science:  ■' Do  yoii  know  that  the  Bible  is 
tru??"  We  nl!  reply  that  we  know  that  the 
Bible  is  true;  then  some  one  enquires,  "How 
do  you  know  that  it  is  true?"  Thousands  of 
protessore  of  religion  in  this  country  say,  they 
know  it  is  true,  but  they  cannot  t«ll  how  they 
know  it  is  true,  or  rather  believe  it  is  tnie,  but 
they  cannot  give  a  single  proof  in  support  of 
the  fact.  Away  back  in  yonder  age,  in  the 
apostolic  age,  we  hear  one  say,  "The  record  is 
true."  Now  I  believe  tlintwe  have  the  same 
proof,  the  same  evidence  in  this  age  that  the 
Bible  is  true.  But  we  shall  proceed  to  give 
-*ome  proof  in  support  of  the  fact  that  the  Bi- 
ble is  tme.  I  know  that  my  audience  is  not 
roniposedof  skeptics,  but  of  Christian  believers; 
however  it  may  be  profitable  for  me  to  inves- 
tigate the  truth  in  support  of  the  Word  of 
God.  Some  say  that  the  Bible  says  it  is  true. 
This  is  true,  but  the  simple  assertion  of 
the  Bible  is  not  enough  to  sustain  that  idea;  we 
want  other  evidence  in  its  support. 

The  first  proof  which  I  offer  in  support  of 
the  truthfulness  of  the  Bible  is  its  style  of  com- 
position. Go  back  with  me  to  Egypt  and  ob- 
serve the  style  of  learning  there.  The  books 
of  Moses  are  very  full  of  the  Egyptian  style  of 
composition.  The  origin  of  those  books  is 
not  doubted  by  the  best  scholars  of  the  age,  for 
their  style  and  composition  are  not  found  j 
among  other  nations.     The  language  of  Egypt  I 


is  not  the  language  of  any  other  people.  The 
language  used  by  Moses  was  used  in  the  day 
of  Mose-s,  hence  is  proof  in  support  of  the  idea 
the  first  five  books  of  the  Old  Testament  were 
witten  by  Moses.  Then  there  is  the  book  of 
Esther,  it  bears  evidence  of  the  Chaldean  or 
Syriac  style.  This  ivas  the  language  of  the 
age  when  that  book  was  written. 

When  we  come  to  the  New  Testament  which 
was  ivritten  in  Gi-eek,  wo  find  the  style  of  the 
nge  in  which  it  was  written.  Lauguage  nud 
style  of  language  bear  internal  evidence  of  the 
authenticity  of  the  Bible.  It  was  written  by 
.three  classes  of  men,  Jews,  Gentiles,  Chris- 
tians. It  could  not  have  been  forged  by  the 
Gentiles,  from  the  fact  that  in  that  case  it  would 
not  have  been  received  by  the  Jews— their  be- 
ing a  wide  field  between  Jews  and  Gentiles. 
The  old  Bible  was  not  written  by  Christians, 
for  they  came  after'  it  icns  in-itfcu.  The  New- 
Testament  Was  not  written  by  the  Je\\^,  for  it 
tells  of  their  crucifying  Jesus —  a  fact  they 
would  liot  have  told  on  themselves.  It  w 
written  by  Gentiles,  for  they  were  notinsym- 
pf\tliy  with  Jesus  and  labored  for  the  extermin- 
ation of  the  entire  system  of  the  Christian  relig- 
io^.  It  could  not  have  been  forged  by  Chris- 
tians, because  it  is  so  remarkable.  They  were 
subjected  to  afSiclions,  persecutions,  buffeting! 
and  trials  of  every  kind.  What  motives  could 
have  prompted  them  to  write  such  a  work,  if 
the  whole  thing  were  ficticious?  Does  it  not 
represeut  them  asfor^aking  all  for  Jesus'  sake? 
Paul  one  of  the  grandest  luminaries  of  the  age, 
left  a  high  position  and  went  forth  to  preach 
the  truth,  left  the  palace  for  the  humble  dwell- 
ing-place, worked  at  menial  labor,  walked  often 
instead  of  ridiug,  endured  storms,  tempests, 
imprisonments,  stripes  and  even  death  for  Je- 
sus' sake.  Our  faith,  perhaps,  would  be  soon 
shaken,  were  we  required  to  go  tlat  way.  He 
gave  up  home,  rest,  friends  and  above  ail  hia 
great  name  for  the  religion  of  Christ.  ,  This 
last  is  a  great  loss. 

Take  away  father,  mother,  brothers  ,ind  sis- 
tei-s  and  still  the  loss  is  not  like  taking  away 
yovir  name.  Take  wealth,  and  you  feel  not  the 
loss  like  that  of  giving  up  your  position  in  life. 
But  Paul  not  only  gave  up  home,  friends  and 
wealth,  but  most  of  all,  his  high-standing  in 
the  world,  to  be  thrown  among  wild  beasts, 
whipped,  scoft'edand  dragged.th rough  the  streets. 
But  what  did  he  gain?  Tribulation,  experience, 
eternal  life,  a  home  beyond  the  dark  waters,  in 
the  mansions  of  the  bleat.  The  same  argument 
will  apply  to  any  other  apostie.  Now  that 
they  should  do  all  this  and  not  be  of  God,  is 
inexplicable,  why  should  they  do  so?  They 
could  not  hare  forged  it  for  popular  gain,  for 
the  people  were  against  tliat  system — to  be  a 
Christian  then,  was  to  he  unpopular.  Cowards 
would  not  have  endured  what  they  endured  for 
mere  nothing.  From  these  considerations  we 
conclude  that  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  are 
genuine— the  Word  of  God;  hence  John  says, 
we  know,  not 'only  think,  but;  Aviow  the  record 
is  true. 

The  next  proof  in  support  of  the  idea  that 
the  Bible  is  true,  is  the  history  of  the  Bible. 
Go  hack  to  the  Red  S^a  where  the  children  of 
Israel  stood,  the  sea  in  front  and  Pharouh's 
army  behind.  There  they  were;  they  could  not 
go  forward;  could  not  go  back.  Here  Moses 
said,  "  stand  still  and  see  the  salvation  of  God." 
He  smote  the  sea  with  his  rod,  the  waters  sep- 
arated, and  the  people  of  God  pas.sed  over  in 
safety.  The  children  of  Israel  looked  back  and 
beheld  the  hosts  of  Pharaoh  swept  into  de- 
struction. I  think  I  would  like  to  have  stood 
there  and  heard  the  shout  of  joy  that  went  up 
from  delivered  Israel  when  they  saw  they  were 
ife.  Now  if  the  account  of  Israel  had  been 
rittcn  by  their  enemies,  and  it  were  untrue, 
do  you  suppose  they  would  have  thus  written? 
But  if  those  things  had  not  occurred,  yet  were 
recorded  by  Moses,  would  not  his  enemies  have 


exposed  him  in  his  day?  But  not  a  word  comes 
down  to  us  from  his  enemies  stating  that  the 
whole  thing  is  false;  hut  on  the  other  hand, 
their  silence  is  evidence  of  its  truth'fulnea.s. 

When  I  look  back  to  Mount  Pisgah  and  see 
the  old  prophet  and  leader  of  Israel  giving  his 
farewell  address  to  his -people,  and, going  up  to 
view  the  promised  land,  I  think  I  would  like  to 
have  been  there  and  heheld  his  calmness,  and 
sweetness  of  temper.  If  the  great  work  he 
had  done  is  false,  why  did  not  his  enemies  ex- 
pose it?  Go  to  Jordan,  go  to  Jerusalem  and 
behold  the  mighty  works,  and  if  they  be  un- 
true, why  did  not  the  enemies  of  that  work  ex- 
pose it?  But  we  come  on  down  to  the  birlh  of 
Christ,  do  the  men  of  that  age  deny  it;?  A  little 
further  and  we  behold  him  raising  the  dead, 
healing  the  sick,  making  the  blind  see,  and  do- 
ing many  wonderful  works;  do  the  men  of  that 
!  deny  their  occurrence?  Thousands  repent- 
believed  and  were  bapti/.ed,do  the  historians 
of  that  age  deny  these  things?  Josephus,  the' 
oldest  historiau  of  that  age  acknowledges  Jesus 
Christ.  He  does  not  try  to  prove  that  Jesus 
was  an  impostor,  hut  what  he;  does  say  is  for 
Jesus, 

Prophecy  is  next  in  order  to  support  the  au- 
thenticity of  the  Bible.  The  sons  of  Shem  and 
Jopheth  are  ruling  the  world.  Ninevah  and 
and  Babylon  were  mighty  cities,  and  God 
through  holy  men  predicted  their  fall,  and  the 
prediction  has  been  literally  fulfilled.  Tyre 
has  gone  to  pieces,  and  Sidon  is  no  more.  Then 
go  to  Jerusalem  and  hear  Jesus  say, "  0  Jerusa- 
lem, Jerusalem,  thou  that  killest  the  prophets, 
and  stonest  them  which  are  sent  unto  thee,  how 
often  would  I  have  gathered  thy  children  to- 
gether as  a  hen  gathereth  her  chickens  under 
her  wings  and  ye  would  not."  Though  Jesus 
thus  showed  his  love  for  Jerusalem,  they  would 
not  hear,  and  that  grcateity  is  no  more.  Fol- 
low prophecy  in  all  of  its  details,  and  see  how 
much  of  it  has  already  been  fulfilled.  This  then 
is  strong  evidence  of  the  authenticity  of  God's 
Word. 
We  now  come  to  the  preservation  of  the  Bi- 
e.  Often  have  men  tried  to  destroy  the  Bible, 
but  so  far  h,-ive  not  been  able  to  extinguish  it. 
Thousands  of  books  have  been  destroyed,  have 
passed  into  oblivion,  butthe  Bible  has  withstooi 
all  its  adversaries.  Immense  numbers  of  Bi 
bles  have  been  destroyed  with  the  hope  of 
sweeping  it  from  the  earth,  but  blessed  he  God 
to-day  it  is  found  in  millions  of  families.  It 
lies  upon  nearly  every  table  in  this  broad  and 
beautiful  land,  and  0  may  it  lie  in  every  heart. 
Its  preservation  is  a  miracle. 

It  is  one  Book,  composed  of  sixty-six  smaller 
books.  Its  authors  were  over  1500  years  in  mak- 
ing the  Book-  It  contains  poetry  as  well  as  prose. 
Through  all  the  vast  work,  there  ia  perfect  sym- 
pathy, perfect  harmony,  and  is  "profitable  for 
doctrine,  for  correction  aaid  for  instruction  in 
righteousness."  By  it  we  will  be  judged  in  the 
great  and  huit  day,  when  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth  shall  stand  before  God. 

Select  sixty-six  hooks  written  on  one  subject 
by  as  many  writers  as  have  composed  the  Bible, 
and  there  will  be  no  harmony  at  ail.  In  them 
we  would  find  discord  and  confusion  of  ideas, 
but  not  ao  in  the  Bible.  In  it  we  learn  of  the 
way  of  life,  and  our  duties  toward  each  other 
It  has  done  much  for  man,  is  now  doing  much 
and  mil  yet  carry  the  great  tidings  of  salvation 
Be  multitudes.  Infidels  say,  we  do  not 
need  the  Bible — that  it  does  more  harm  than 
good.  As  well  might  they  say,  we  do  not  need 
the  snn,  for  it  burns  our  faces.  Infidels  do  not 
kuow  that  the  Bible  has  been  the  means  of 
planting  religious  liberty  in  this  We,stern  Hem- 
isphere. It  is  the  primary  cause  of  all  good 
educational  institutions.  Do  without  it  and  we 
are  thrown  into  heathenism — thrown  out  into 
darkness.  But  it  is  found  in  Christian  homes. 
not  only  Christian  homes,  hut  also  in  the  homes 
of  hard-hearted    fathers   and   mothers   vfho  do 


not  yield  to  its  gentle  influence,  and  turn  to 
God  and  live.  It  has  helped  you  and  me  to  get 
this  far  on  our  journey  to  heoven— to  live  in 
God's  love  and  precious  promise.  To  the  weary 
but  faithful  pilgrims  to  the  celestial  city  it  says, 
"  Your  journey  is  almost  to  a  close  here.'' 
Over  yonder  across  the  dark  waters  is  a  beauti- 
ful home  prepared  for  you  bj-  the  blessed  Jesus 
Soon  you  mil  be  called  to  go;  he  true,  he  faith- 
ful and  a  crown  of  life  shall  he  thine  Ibrevec. 
May  He  who  has  called  us  and  journeyed  with 
us,  he  your  everlasting  Guide  and  Comiorter. 

FROM  0.  H.  BALSBAUGH, 

To  Sisier  Manj  Am  Higgle:— 

BOTH  your  letter  and  postal  are  here.  Your 
history  fills  me  with  amaKemont.  There 
are  fathomless  mysteries  in  every  life.  Yours 
seems  to  be  full  of  them.  Christianity  is  a  per- 
fect regulator  of  human  conduct,  smd  such  a 
perfect  mastery  of  evil,  that  whether  our  afHie- 
tiona  are  the  result  of  well  or  ill  doing,  they  are 
educators  to  ahigher  chmacter.  So  completely  is 
everything  under  a  gracious  Providence,  that  our 
■ankest  follies  become  conditions  of  unspeaka- 
ble good.  Amhitiou  often  sets  persons  on  a 
towenne  pinnacle,  from  which  tliev  presump- 
tuously Ciist  themselves  for  the  consummation 
of  selfish  ends,  and  are  dfished  in  pieces,  to  be 
regathered  and  rebuilt  into  sons  and  daughters 
of  Almighty  God. 

^  Disappointment,  loss,  .ind  suffering  are  a  glo- 
rious trinity  ill  the  education  of  the  ^oul.  \y]iat 
a  sublime  attitude  (o  be  able  to  turn  the  face 
Godward,  and  say  without  misgiving,  "  /  Av/orp 
in  wjiom  I  have  believed,  and  &m  jmsuadcd 
tkit  He  is  «6?e  to  /wjUhat  which  iA»,.f  co/n- 
miliedunto  -ff/w  against  that  day."  2Tim.1: 12. 
This  unreserved  commitment  secures  the  ful- 
fillment of  every  iota  of  the  Divine  promises. 
If  the  "  peace  of  God  keki-  ol'H  irisns  MsT, 
hearts  THROUGH  JESUS  CHRIST."  we 
will  have  the  very  serenity  that  sustained  the 
Godman  in  His  humiliation  and  destitution. 
"Seekye/rs(  the  kingdom  of  God,"  anJnieek- 
ness  will  always  m.ake  us  the  inheritore  of  all 
things.  0  how  rare  to  pos^^ess  the  mind  of 
Christ,  and  res/  in  the  riches  of  righteousness, 
and  have  the  wealth  of  the  universe  though  wo 
may  have  nothing.  Vour  discipline  is  severe, 
and  nothing  can  give  you  the  fact  or  the  sense 
of  victory  or  comfort,  hut  the  coi,viclio>i  that 
that  your  "  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God."  and 
that  yonr  mind  and  heart,  your  means  and  rc/>- 
Hfdlioii.  are  wholly  under  His  direction. 

To  have  our  failings  and  errors  issue  iu  good, 
we  must  offer  ourselves  without  reserve  to  the 
disposal  of  Infinite  Wisdom,  Goodness,  and 
Righteousness.  Our  fealty  may  tnke  us  to  the 
lion's  den,  and  our  treachery  may  bring  famine, 
and  take  us  to  Egypt  to  endure  the  horrore  of 
bondage.  God  will  eventuate  both  in  good  to 
our  souls,  if  we  so  allow.  Topleasc  God  under 
correction  we  inust  meekly,  and  trustfully,  and 
icilh perfect  ii,teijri(,j,\o6k  up  into  the  face  of 
the  All-good,  and  say,  "  Even  so.  Father,  for  so 
it  seemed  good  in  thy  sight."  Our  Maker  and 
Redeemer  knows  howatubborn  we  are,  and  how 
self-deceptive,  and  what  painful  grinding  if 
takesand  what  smelting,  until  from  the  hmrt 
we  can  say,  "  »(o/ as  /  ivill,  but  as  M oh  wilt." 
You  are  only  in  the  mill  in  which  all  of  God's  ■ 
bread  is  ground.  The  great  Loaf  was  between 
the  same  burrs.  Sing  your  psalm  of  resigna- 
tion as  vou  pass  through  the  disintegrating  or- 
deal, and  ever  keep  your  soul  seasoned  with  the 
purpose  "  that  turns  the  dross  of  earth  into 
the  gold  of  Heaven,  and  the  fire  of  chastening 
into  the  Skekiuah  of  eternal  rapture.  Rom.  8: 
28.  There  is  no  Pat  inos  without  an  Apocalypse 
unless  we  interpose  the  screen  of  self.  Do  not 
wail  to  be  humbled,  offer  yourself  for  the  low- 
est place,  and  God  will  see  to  your  exaltation 
and  coronation.     Let  Christ  be  all. 


"The 


irk  of  the 


ighCeous  prosiwroth." 


la 


THK    BKETiiTJK:^:    AT    "VVORKl. 


July    25. 


THE  VICTORIOUS  CHRISTIAN. 

MY  iJ'iried-iriends,  can  1  forget,    * 
Op  inubt-the  gmve  eternal  sertr, 
They  lingL-r  in  my  muinory  yet; 

And  in  lieorUliey'll  live  lorever 
They  l"verl  nit  once  with  love  sincere, 

Ari'l  iieveilid  they  deceive  ■  me, 
Biitolteri  in  my  conflict  here, 
»     They  rallied  to  relieve  me. 
I  laiu  would' weep,  but  whnt  of  tears, 
No  tears  of  mine  could  e'er  recall  them ; 
-  .  Nor  would  I  wish  thnt-groTclingTare; 
Cures  like  mine  should  e'er  befall  them. 
They  rest  ia  realms  of  light  and  love; 

They  .(hyell  upouitho  Mount  of  glory, 
Tlio"  bitsk  in  beaifis  of  bliss  nboye, 
And  *iliout  to  tell  their  happy  story. 

I  heard  them  bid  the  world  adieu. 

I  3nw  them   on^the  rolling  billow, 
Their  liir-offhome  appeared  m  view, 

While  yet  they  pressed  a  dying  pillow. 

1  heard  the  parting  pilgrim  t«ll. 

While  passing  Jordan's  stormy  river; 

Adieu  to  earth,  for  all  is  well: 
Now  all  is  well  with  me  forever. 

0  how  I  long  to  join  their  wing, 

'And  range  theirfields  of  bloomingflowers: 
Come  holy  watcliers,  come  and  bring, 
A  mom-ner  t«  your  blissful  bowei-s. 

1  speed  with  rapture  ou  my  way. 

Nor  would  I  pause  at  Jordan's  river, 
With  songs  I'd  enter  endless  day. 
And  live  with  my  friends  forever. 

Selected  by  J.  S.  Mohleh. 


BY  S.  C.  HElLHtl. 


"  Whal 

mth  thy 
YJce.  nor 


ver  thy  hand   fimleth  to  do,  do  it 
ht;  for  there  is  no   work,  nor  de- 
wlcdge,  nov  ivisdom,  in  the  grave 
whither  thou  goest."  Eccl.  «:  10. 

THE  mortality  of  iimii  being  tlie  lend- 
iii''  subject  of  Solomon  in  this 
chaptei',  and  observing  that  wisdom  miil 
piety  e.veinpt  not  men  from  death,  he 
first  inf-n'S  that  God's  love  or  hr»fn-il  toi 
one  iiinu  .above  another,  is  not  to  In-  gath- 
ered by  His  dealings  with  them  lu-re, 
where  all  things  in  tlie  couimoji  conrsi- 
of  Providence  conn;  alike  to  all.  The 
Christiau  lias  duties  on  eanh,  tliough 
hh  atVV'Ctions  are  in  heaven  while  he  is 
in  ihii  body  andiu  the.  world;  though  he 
is  not  of  the  world,  he  is  to  show  the  in- 
■fluence  of  Christianity  in  every  station  in 
life.  If  the  Lord  be  God,  tlieii  let  u.'* 
follow  Him;  if  onr  fl&sh  be  God,  then 
serve  it  still.  If  heaven  be  better  than 
eaith  aiid  fleslily  pleasure,  come  away 
then  and  seek  a  better  country,  and  let 
us  lay  up  treasures  where  moth  and  rust 
do  not  corrupt,  and  thieves  cannot  break 
tbroutrh  nor  steal. 

Agrippa,  exclaimed,  "  Almost  tliou 
persuadestme  tobea  Christian."  Alas! 
how  nianyaVelike  Agrippa,  only  tthnoH 
persuaded?  Christians  they  are  indeed 
in  name,  but  they  might  as  well  and 
more  consistent!}'  be  called  heathen,  for 
they  live  "  without  God  and  without 
Christ  in  the  world."  .^Vnd  the  love  of 
sin — the  fear  of  shame,  tlie  vanities  of 
the  world,  land  the  habit  of  delay  on 
the  most  important  of  all  subjects,  even 
leave  Xhern  almost  Christians;  almost 
Chrlstiims  th'^ylivt?;  ahiiost  Christiiins 
they  di^:— -but'  abnost  to  reach  heavenly 
blis-s,  nii'l  !!■>  itjori'.  i>  ni'Vt-r  to  attain  it 
at  all.  '.)!  Ii'iv,  Ui;iiiy  iniglit  not  unly  al- 
most, bu'entirely  pyrsuaik^d  tolie  C'hris- 
tians,  ■iV.erii  all  thr  prof^S'-ed  Cliristians' 
to.  work  \vith  tlu-i.  po^vtir  and  miglit,  that 
God  has  given  [them. 

We'ltiive  sXl  talents  committed  to  our 
trust,  and  are'a<'(.'Ount:di!e  (••v  the  m'i-  or 
abu^e  nf  rl,em.  Tlirs--  taWut^  may  b.. 
mort'''>r  i''i:i  ill  i)uaiitity  and  ,  varii.iU;-  in 
li'.nd;  bnt^iof  all  wi:  nm-t  ^'ivr  an  ac- 
count, and  ,God  will  ivi|iiiii'  iii_>  iimri' 
from  11=  than  isju.st-.  -F->r  iii>taiu-.-,  Clirist 


says  to  tlie  iHimVc-r,  "  Go  into  all  th.- 
world,  pveacli  the  Go-^pel  to  every  cn-a- 
ture."  Wi-  are  happy  to  know  that  the 
missionary  .spirit  is  kindling  among 
the  brethren;  but  would  a.sk  the  talent- 
ed n")inistenal  bretliren,  -wliy  not  go  into 
oiir  large  oities,.  where  the  goddess 
of  fashion  ia  originating  all  the  aljom- 
inatioh^  and  desolations?  And  the 
false  teaehi-rs  cr)-fiig  nldnd  uhto  them,' 
•'If  thfiv  be  a  h^ll,  come  give  voiir 
name  to  tlie  church,  with  all  your  pride, 
pomp  and  dignity ;  and  you  shall  pass 
into  the  realms  of  bliss."  Oh  why  have 
them  lead  souls  astray,  without  trving 
first  to  lirehch  unto  them,  the  ti-ue  Gos- 
pel. 

There  is  much  for  us  all  to  do  in  the 
cause  of  Christ.  Also  to  guard  against, 
especially  we  wlJO|  are  young  in  yeai-s, 
young  ill  the  church.  AVe  promised  be 
fore  the,  most  high  God  and  a  multitude 
of  witnesses,  that  we  w.-uld  forsake  the 
world,  and  live  tV.r(i.>d  and  heaven.  Let 
us  ask  ourselves  the  qucstiuu,  are  we  ful- 
filling this  promise?  Or  are  we  looking 
back  into  the  ways  of  the  world? 

There  is  work  enough  on  this  popu- 
lous and  sinful  world,  to  employ  the 
heads  and  hands,  and  tongues  and  hearts 
of  all.  Let  us  show,  to  the  world  by  our 
walk  and  conversation,  that  we  have 
been  with  Christ,  audare  learning  of  Him. 
There  is  more  joy  to  be  had  in  a  day.  if 
the  Sun  of  Life  shines  clear  upon  us  in 
the  state  of  holiness,' than  in  a  whole  life 
of  sinful  pleasure.  Then  let  us  ^vork 
with  our  might  while  it  is  called  to-day, 
"  for  the  night  cometh  wherein  no  man 
can  work."  Yes,  come  He  will,  to  judge 
the  world  ,  in  righteousness.  To  us, 
through  the  messenger  of  death,  He  may 
soon  come.  Then  our.state  must  be  fix- 
ed, and  we  inustvealiKe  the  fact  that  "He 
shall  reward  every  man  according  to  his 
works."  Behold!  we  were  created  in 
the  image  of  God;  destined  for  a  nobk 
purpose.  If  we  consider  the  works  of 
Him  by  whom  all  things  were  ci'c.i 
excluding  therefrom,  man  alone,  we 
see,iio  mark  of  design,,  or  any  ell'ects  that 
tend  to  thti  glory  of  ;,God.  ,  Behold  llim 
as  He  enters  life,  possessing  a  faculty,  a 
mind  superior  to  all  otlier  terrestial  ,be- 
ings,  a. conscience  by  which  we  can  dis- 
cern right  from  wrong,  siirrounded  by 
all  that  exalts  and  end>fellishes  life, 
in  the  midst  of  plenty,'  with'  tht"  power 
of  providing  for  all  uur  waiits,  aiid  above 
all  having  "the  privih-gt-  of  cultivating 
our  niind.s,  preparing  ourselves  for  use- 
fialness,in  thifs  .life,  .nmi  joy  in  a„life  to 
come.  Oil!  what  an  imposing  spectacle 
presents  itself  to  view,  las  we  thus  con- 
template man.  The  scene  that  is  thus^ 
presented  to  the  eye  of  ourimagination, 
is  second  to  but  one'  other.  That  one  ia 
beyond  our  description'.  Our  imagina- 
tion cannot  conjecture  the  dazzling  bright- 
ness of  that  scene,  m-itlin'  ran  \m-  imag- 
ine the  joy,  the  ecstatic  Mi-s  ..f  tlnw  who 
pai-ticipate  in  it.  M"(- refer  to  th'-  scene 
that  will  take  place  when  the  object  fnr 
which  mall  >vas  created  shall  have  been 
com]deted.  The  object  referred,  to,  and 
for  which  man  was  created,  is  ;his  im- 
mortal ization,  and  his  participation  with 
angelH  in  an  everlasting  glorification  and 
honoring  of  t*he  Creator'  and  ■  Rcdeemel- 
of  mankind. 


the  righteous  judge,  >hall  g 
that  day;  and  not  to  me  only, 
all  them  also  that  love  bis  appearhig." 


ve    me    at 
but  unto 


THE  TWO  KEYS. 


BY  nati 
ed 


oil 

1,1-  « 

wlmt 

l„'i,, 
1      .1, 
t,l,U 

am 

,11 

Igliili,;, 
';„il    1, 
|,ul 

U|,l.l,l, 

iui:on 

lipti,,! 

M,.v 

I'aul, 

whin 

\ii; 

■Old,,    t. 

sftv.' ^; 

1  ha^ 

■  1- 

,..-t,ti,    . 

fiffiWi 

,1  ,,n' 

CM! 

■-,-,   I  ll! 

h,^nr< 

nrll, 

Ill,' 

,■      i-      1. 

crown  ol'  I'i 

.liteoilsiieis^ 

■11,/  that  \ 
ap,    -Thi, 


nature  tlie  hearts  of  men  areclos- 
against  Christ,  therefore  the 
Miujttir  says,  ".Behold  I  stand  at  tlie  door 
and  knock."  llev.  H:  -.'H.  The  dnor  be- 
ing  closed,  here  signifies,  that  Christ  is 
a  stranger  to  the  sinner.  We  conclude 
that  ignoi-ance  is  the  key  which  makes 
fast  the'd66r,'and'knoMdedge  the  key  by 
which  it  is  opened. 

If  knowledge  is  a  key  that  opens  the 
heart  to  Christ,  as  is  plain  from  Luke 
11:52,  where  Christ  denouuceth  woe 
upon  them  that  took  away  "  the  key  of 
knowledge,"  then  ignorauce  must  be 
the  key  that  makes  fast  the  door  of  the 
heart  against  Christ.  On  this  giound 
Christ  told  the  woman  of  Samaria, 
that  her  nnbelief  was  the  root  of  her 
ignorance.  "  If  thou  knewest  the  gift 
of  God,  and  who  it  is  tliat  aaith  to  thee, 
Give  me  to  drink,  thou  woiildest  have 
asked  of  him  and  he  would  have  given 
thee  living  water."  John  4:  10.  Ah, 
sinner,  did  you  but  realize  the  precious- 
ness  of  this  blessed  Savior,  that  is  otter- 
ed to  your  souls  in  the  Gospel.  Did  you 
see  His  beauty,  fulness,  and  feel  your 
own  need  of  Him,  all  the  world  could 
not  keep  you  from  Him:  you  would 
break  through  all  sufferings,  all  self-de- 
nials, to  come  to  the  enjoyment  of  Him. 
Alas,  if  you  will  not  seek  after  a  knowl- 
edge of  Him  who  hath  eternal  life,  you 
must  some  day  realize  that  ignorance  is 
Satan's  sceptre  which  he  sways  over  all 
his  kingdom  of  darkness,  and  by  which 
he  holds  sinnei-s  in  miserable  bondage 
to  him ;  hence  the  devils  are  called  "The 
rulers  of  the  darkness  of  this  world." 
Eph.  6:  V2. 

Alas,  were  the  eyes  of  .sinners  opened 
to  see  their  woeful  state,  and  their  rem- 
edy in  Christ,  he  could  not  hold  them 
in  subjection  one  day  longer;  they  would 
break  away  from  under  his  cruel  gov- 
ernment and  run  by  millions  to  Christ; 
for  so. they  do  as  soon  as  God  opens  their 
eyes;  in  the  same  hour  that  they  are 
"  turned  from  darkness  to  light,"  they 
are  also' turned  "from  the  power  of  Sa- 
tan unto  God."  Acts  2G:'  IG.  Blessed 
Father,  help,  oh  help  all  to  cry'  aloud, 
"  Thy  will    and    not   mine  be  done," 

O  that  sinners  could  know  the 
worth  of  their  ,  souls,  the  dl'eadful  dan- 
ger they  are  exposed  to,  and  the  fearful 
wrath  of  a  just  God  that  is  hanging  over 
them,  they  would  beseech  Almighty  God 
to  raise  them  from  the  sloughs  of  igno- 
rauce, that  they  hiight  search  the  Word, 
ahd  obtain  a  knowledge  of  the  willing- 
ness and  ability  of  Christ  to  save  them, 
instead  of  resting  secure  and  quiet,  as 
they  do,  their  lamentations  and  cries 
\vould  be,  "  what  shall  we  do  to  be  sav- 
ed?" Help  Christians,  yea,  help  Lord! 
Oj  sinner,  will  you  at  once  strive  to  gain 
knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ 
Jesus?  By  so  doing  you  Nvill  cast  away 
the  key  to  theidoor  of  your  heart,  call- 
ed ignorance,  and  you  will  gladly  ''ling 
to  tlie  key  called  knowledge,  which  will 
l>rep;i!'e  \<iii  ti>  open,  when  your  bles.:ed 
LtM.l  .,<\-.  •'  Behohf  I  >taiid  at  ttic  dmn' 


luent  of  the  ri'li'jion  of  Jesus  (.'hrist,  af- 
ter which  He  shall  sup  with  you  aud 
you  with  Him. 

Having  now  a  teacher  that  is  full  of 
U'race.  let  iH  lean  upon  Hi.-,  .^tmng  arm, 
and  become  li\ing  witnesses  fn|'  Jesu-. 
May  the  Spirit  of  Ahniyhty  (iod  aeconi- 
pauy  every  true  elfort  that  is  put  forth 
for  tlie  advancement  of  His  cause. 


PRAYER. 


nVT''-'°P''f-^-'ll  fiflT 


,,11 


1,1 


iv  all  ,«itl 
k:  l,u  alil,.-  1-, 
1  li,;-l,t.,  I  liav, 
]c..|,tllu.faulr 


,  t..]. 


and  ktiuck,  if  any  rn 

lU     1 

ear    iiiv    \ 

;i,);iil,opcuthcd<_i(>r,  1  \ 

ilh 

llUCIIIltull 

3v  admitting  vi'iir  d 

ai   1 

rd'TlKLT; 

Vtnir 

iiflKirance  will  Keclia 

U.  klV.wh 

lg<-- 

your  ualielii'f  t..  )V| 

-Utll 

ice,    laitb 

and 

baptism  f«y  tin-  leiui 

Mnn 

•  A'  ^in-". 

Yiiir 

i,.ll 


.  L..1.1, 


"  I  will  thereforo  that  men  pray  ■everj-wliere, 

lifting  u).  hilly  hunds  without  wrath  and  doubt- 

IIIIE  Api'stle,  with  much  emphsisissets 
-  forth  the  need  of  prayer.  "  I  will 
therefore  that  men  pray  everywhere." 
Let  us  properly  search  into  this  impor- 
tant commandmeut,  and  we  will  at  oiice 
see  the  great  need  of  prayer  everywhere. 
1.  It  is  one  of  the  Christian's  weap- 
ons, to  war  a  good  warfare,  holding  faith 
and  a  good  conscience,  which  some  hav- 
ing put  away;  concerning  faith,  have 
made  shipwreck;  and  were  delivered 
unto  Satan.  1  Tim.  1;  18,19,20.  "1 
xhort  therefore  that  fii-st  of  all  prayer, 
supplication,  be  made  for  all  men,  for 
kings  and  for  all  that  are  in  authority; 
that  we  may  lead  a  quiet  and  peacea- 
ble life  in  all  godliness  and  honesty,  for 
this  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the  sight 
of  (jrod  our  Savior,  who  will  have  all 
men  saved."  1  Tim.  2.  1-4. 

Prayer  is  for  the  safekeeping  of  the 
believer,  aud  the  salvation  of  all  men  is 
among  the  first  reasons  that  Paul  gives, 
for  men  to  pray  everywhere,  and  with- 
out ccft-inu  1  Thess.  5.  17.  And  in  this 
Paul  and  li i-j  cnm], luiions  in  the  ministrv 
made  tliem-ch  c-;  eiisamplesto  thechurh- 
es.  Phil.  1:  y,4.  "I  thank  my  God  up- 
on every  remembrance  of  you  all,  mak- 
ing request  for  your  fellowshii>  in  the 
Go-spel."  Co).  1:  !).  l^or  Ihis  cause  we 
also,  since  the  day  >vu  heard  it,  do  not 
cease  to  juay  for  you,  and  desire  that  ye 
might  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of 
his  will.  1  Thess,  l:-2,n.  "  We  give 
thanks,  to  God  always  for  you  all,  mak- 
ngmention  of  you  in-our  prayers,' rc- 
uembeiing  without  .ceixsing  your  work 
of, faith."  -J  Thess;  1:11.  "Wherefore 
also  we  pray  always  for  you,  that  yoiir 
God  would  count  you  worthy  of  thi.s 
calling  and  fulfill  all  the  good  pleasure 
of  his  goodness,  and  the  work  of  faith 
with  power."  2  Tim.  1:  3.  "I  thank 
God,  whom  I  serve  from  my  forefatheif< 
with  puiv  co,nscicEce,  that  without  ceil- 
ing I  have  remembrance  of  thee  iu  my 
prayers  night  and  day."  Phil,  4.  "I 
thank  my  God,  making  mention  of  thee 
always  in  my  prayei-s;  hearing  of  thy 
love  and  faith  Which  Ihon  ha-st  toward 
the  Lord  Jesus  and  toward  all  saints." 

2.  Prayer  is  a  power  to  help  tht) 
ministry  to  preach  the  (iospel.  Eph.  6; 
1 S,  10.  "  I'raying  always  with  all  pray- 
er and  supplication  iu  the  Spirit,  and 
watching  thereunto  with  all  persever- 
anceand  supplication  for  all  saints,  And 
for  me  that  utterance  may  be  given  un- 
to me,  that  I  may  open  my  riiouth  bold- 
ly to  make  known  the  mystery  of  the 
("n.<pel."  -J  Tliess.  ;i:  li'.  '-Finally 
bivtlireliy/v/y    fnius,     lljiit  the   Word  of 

the  Luird  ma^;  ha\e  free  cuur^c,  and  b,e 
glorified,  evt;n  as  it  is,  with  you.  And 
that  we  nui^-.  be  delivered  ,  from  nm-ea- 
ison^b^ft.ajid  wicked  men;  fi.r  all  ii^en 
have,.not,'£aith.''  :  -.iii 

;'..  Prayer  is;^  iiece-smy  and  ,  useful 
for  the  Gliri-stiaii.a-s  a  vt-s-^fel  iig-  to  draw 
water  iVcin  Jacob'^  u-ell.  Pmy^  is 
askiTil,'.  Cliri-T  n.M  the  Sanidnbtirwn- 
liVa-n,  if  she  Wuuhl  liaVf  l:i,i.M-T!  hiiii  ^he 
^i-diUdhave  a^kcdyf  hilu,  and  he  wmild 
t'l  <^-t  ■  ■  'o^-  ;;-■-'■'      -  -1  ■ 


JviVy   25;- 


_yjate^  feK!E!^pikfejsr''S^'fi:^'^o!Ei^:K!.' 


give  her  to  di-ink  tlmf  .she  wouM  ilo 
move  thirst.  But  thin  she  foiild  not  iin,' 
(ierstand,  He  sot  hkvinija  vcssi:-]  udJ  the 
n-ell^  W!i8i(leep.:  TUewcll,  that  Fountain 

of  Life  from  whenw  we  can  <lni\v-  liv 
water,  win  always  yipld  a  siijiply  of  the 
livin<f  water.  He  tells  iis  in  Matt.  7 
"  Ayk  and  ye  shidl  K-eeive,  knoclc  and  it 
shall  bu  opened  untu  you."  ,  Prayer  is 
the  deep  expression  and  sensation  of  the 
hungry  aiid  thjrstysoul,  by  >vhich,  )ve 
can  draw  all  the  i sweet  blessings  from 
that  d.rp  and  inexhaustible  Fountain 
of  Invf',  wlini'  all  thf..  rich  tresisures 
ari'  in  sture,  to  -supply  all  onr  wants, 
both  for  time  and  eternity,  forsoul,  body 
and  spirit.  The  child  of  God  canubt 
be  too'  tli'aukfnl  to  the  heavenly  Father 
that  lie  is,,.rpu,(J)'„  to,  htiaiV.  tlieii;  prayevs. 
1  rotei-,:j;2.  .  ,j,|,;„ ,  .„, .  ,,■:,)  .,„  ,■ 
Xlie  .eyes'of  thei  Lordlaitt  over  the 
lighteou*!,- aud'his  eais'  ai-e.  open  unto 
their ''prayers,  yes  'in<'>re  sO  than  'any 
earthly  father  will  )-,■  In  ^'i\-,.  \,i;-:u]  (,;, 
lii'sfeoh-w-hen  heash-hini,  y,,  ir.'^\ill 
a\'^^li'ge'them"sp,n'dily,  and  ;^nve  them 
th'el-My  Gho;;t  th;it'  aske'th  him,  and 
eries  to  him  i!ay  ami  iiiL'ht.  For  -.xam- 
pies-,-  Aets  U:,-,,  whru  i',-t,T  m-;ls  kept 
iiipri-oii;  lull  y.^vy,,' n-a>  made  with- 
out evii^iut,'  of  the  ehureli  unto    (iw\  fur 


"  AnJ  behold  the  i- 
eaiiie   xipon  him,    a 


him,  7th  vei-se. 

gel  of  the   Lord 

l)roiight  him  uUt  quieklj','' 

So  WesfiePaul  and  Sil;i<,  when  they 
prayed  at  inidnight  aud  sang  praises 
imto  God.  And  suddenly  there  was  a 
great  earthcpiake,  and  they  immediately 
were  released  of  their  bond-;.  Acts  10:  I'o, 
20;  Acts  7:  oj.  Stephen  Ijt?iu<,' full  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  could  look  up  into  heaven, 
ami  see  the  glory  of  God,  and  Jesus 
.standing  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 
"  And  when  they  stoned  him,  he  could 
say  in  his  prayer,  Lord  Jesus  receive  my 
spirit,  and  so  fell  asleep."  And  again, 
Acts  4 :  31 ,  "  When  Peter  and  John  were 
brought  before  the  council,  and  were 
puuished,  and  let  go,  they  went  to  their 
own  company.  Andwhenthey  hadpray- 
ed,  the  place  m'.is  shaken,  and  they  were 
all  filled  with  the  Holy, Ghost." 

I  have  now  set  before  the  reader,  a 
few  of  the  many  examples,  we  have  in 
the  Bil)le, — bow  God  speedily  answers 
the  prayers  of  His  childre'h,  when  they 
eall  upon  nini.  I  inight  adduee  one 
hundred  uioi,-  \vitiio-M'^,  -ur-h  a-  lla\ii], 
Daniel  the  thre.- II.-l.j'.-w  children  and 
Harah,  und  llivpnah,  All,  tlw;  anoient 
people' of  God,'  both  men  and  ,women, 
wei-e  praying  people,  and  they  all  f-eali- 
z^d  ami  appri^oiated  tilie  benefit  of  j'/ir//- 
t-/v'"  They  did  n'ofortly 'dO'it  once  a<^iiy 
oV'in  the'beginning  of  thcii'  Iir>]v  jit'e, 
but  ''/'(</ continued  ^tc;ldfa•.tIv  in  y. /./,/,  ,■, 
Acts  ■_■;  VJ:  And  they  had  'al-o  .-tal^-d 
hb'iir-  lor  it,  tie'  idtith  h.iiu  ua~  oUr  of 
tliem.  Act-  ;;;  1.  I'.-.iri  al.vi  wt-nt  on 
lh^i;ll,^.u^e  top,  tupnn/  tiic  >i\t!i  hour. 
Daniel  waj^  three  times  a  da^.onhi;-  knee,~ 
pray'ui/j.  God  wants  our  praj'ers.  Do 
we  givetilerii?  "-Behdldi  John  saw  the 
temple  of  Gbd,  fiill'of  the"'<klbr'of 'the 
pray^i*^  of  the  saints. 


CHRISTIAN  UNltV. 

HYS.  r.  KOSSERlEAy. 

rriHEKE  is  no  perfect  happiness  in  the 
-*•  absence  of  unity.  A  well  regulat- 
ed family  laboring  together  in  love  and 
hamiony,  is  but  the  outgrowth  of  a  per- 
fect unity,  which  is  characteristic  of  obe- 
dience»to  the  divine  Law.  To  be  one 
istoreuderobediencetoinspiration.  Unity 
is  co-eternal  with  God.  Unity  abounds 
in  heaven.  Estrangement  is  upon  earth. 
Through  the  love  of  God,  Jesus  Christ 
came  to  earth   to  establish   unity;   left 


the  beatitudes  of  gloi-y,  Iccanii;  poor, 
was  despi.sed,  betray e|l, in  orde|rtQ  estab- 
li.sh  a  reunion  upon, earth.  He  \>',ent,in 
solitude  to  the  garden,  with  .ill  itsag:ony, 
to  lighten  hi.s  heavy  heart;  was  before 
the  Ji-uish  tribunal  with  its  mocks  and' 
insults,  e.vpiated  oil  the  cross,  enduring 
the  penalty  denounced  upon'  the' ti'ans- 
gresSoi-s,  suffel-od'  all  things'  to  establish 
this  glorious,  this  heavenly  union. 

Now  hear  hi-';  petition  ;i.s  it  falls  tVom 
his'everlasting  lips,"  that  they  all  may 
be  one;  as  thou  Father  art, in  me,. and  I 
in  thee,  that  they  also  may  by,. one  'in 
us."  John  17:  21.  What  aglorious  union, 
to  be  one  in  Christ  and, the  Fatherj  Not 
only  a  few 'df  his  fol!6\Vers  may  be  one 
with  liini:  hot  only  his  di^^.'Iplcs  of  old; 
not  fWi/y  a  favoicd  U'w^  m.t  '-hhi  tlio-^e 
Who  watch' over  thr  Hock:  no,  b'lrs.  his 
holy  iianie;  "  n.-it!i.r  juay  I  for  iIimm- 
aloue,  but  for  them  a]>,'.  u  Ir.ch  .shall 
believe  on  iiu^  through  their  wj^rd."  ,  How 
ehiirniing '' ///(z;  ihdj  maij  all  Jn^  om.''\ 
Hence,  the  Christian  should  labor  for 
greater  unions  His  eflbrts  should- not 
onhj  be'  directed  to  the  chiu-ch  in  a  gen- 
eral -sense,  but  also  locally:  Local 
chui-ciii'-;  under  his  charge  must  have  his' 
attention.  I'nity  must  not  alone  exist' 
between  the  ministers  of  Ittcid  churches, 
but'there  must  be  unity  between  official 
and  laity,  ^''heuthis  is  firmly  establish- 
ed, then  we  see  tlie  fruits  of  the  spirit, 
",love,  joy,  peaee,  long-suft'ering  gentle- 
ness." 

The  thought  of  unity  and  union  of 
sentiment  wa.s  forcibly  brought  to  my 
mind  while  in  attendance  at  our  late 
Annual  Conference,  as  ^ve  saw  there 
so  much  of  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit  man- 
ifested in  the  adjustment  of  ijueries  in 
regard  to  church  government.  Then 
while  this  pleasing  thought  is  so  com- 
mendable, may  it  not,  ^hotthl  it  not  be 
yet  more  cultivated?  Let  us  a^Z  be  one, 
and  labor  more  and  more  for  union.  Let 
us  ever  show  practically  to  our  brethren 
andsistei-s  in  church  government,  that 
the  youngest  member  has  a  voice  (vote) 
and  the  bishop  no  more,  that  ^ve  are  all 
o?Min  Christ.  Let  us  show  our  love 
practically  to  one  another,  re.specting  the 
eftbrts  of  each  in  their  endeavoi-s  to  wor- 
ship God. 

If  the  weak  say  b"t  little;  if  they  can-,, 
not  talk  much  or  ^;/r(*/ fluently,  if  labor- 
ed to  their  capacity,  how much  lower  in 
the  scale  of  human  attainment,  than  they 
^vho  talk,  jjreaeh  oi'  pray  more  elabor- 
ately?   All    laboring  in   their   greatest' 


o;l]i;icity,    ill', 

(.'jual;    heiicp  >ilioulfl    1)P 

f-p.nlly  ,»sl„- 

.t,-,i.     Till,?    (  hfisti.-ui    Vf- 

tmA  f,-,i'  c^„,. 

in.itl,,.,-,  will  1,„,1  ,.,,,.1,  .„„. 

t,.  (',■.■!  tliaf  111 

■V  L/u-..  ,-i    p,.-itii„i    i,i  th.- 

rlllll,'!,  .„■  CI, 

Wi;,i,  ....'li-lvr..  lill    «-l,i,-h 

ll,i„..  .■an    111! 

l.,it    ,l,.n,^,'l\-,^.,    nuii    are 

n,;,.l..  t.,  f.-,.| 

v\  ,-k..>iii..    iu  that  capai'itv- 

Maj   „..  ,),.-„ 

as  !,i..tl,i.,^u  ami  sistt^rs  in 

Omst  )iil«.i.  1 

,urt^  for  imauimity  in  word 

rririE  subject  is  contention  among  mem- 
-'-  bers.  "We  as  a  body  in  Christ  are 
commanded  not  to  speak  evil  of  one  an- 
other, for  he  that  speakefh  evil  of  his 
brother,  judgcth  his  brother.  Then  if 
we  be  a  juilge,  we  are  not  a  doer  of  the 
Law.  This  brings  us  iuto.a  strait.  Just 
here  we  should  examine  oui-selves  to  see 
if  we  are  guilty  of  talking  about  one 
another.  If  we  are  guilty,  w.-undoubt- 
f(lly  know  the  result.  "When  we  speak 
evil  of  nui-  brother  oi-  sister,  we  stand 
in  jeopai-dy  with  (iod.  He  will  hold 
us  accountable  for  it.  Can  we  iji 
the  name  of  Jesus,  give  oui'  l)rother  thq 
hand  and  kissi,  and  yet  behind  bis  back 
speak. all  manuer  of  evil  agftinst  hiiii'?. 
"W'ill  (-ioi!  Ahliighty  recognize  its  as  His 
(hildien;  It  is  the  hight  of  hyi.ocrisy. 
(I  this  tongue  of  oin'v,lf  we  only  eould 
biin-itiiit^niii  -u),i..,'ti,,nl-  (h.lIV  will! 
r.ut  again,  we  leani  tVo,„  (ind\  Word, 
-That  from  the  aKu,ndanee  of  tl],e, heart 
the  nioiuli  .••pt-.ikerh."  ,,',     ,  ,, 

When  the.^iuuer  looks  inljp.the  church 
and  beholds, evil  speaking, one  of  anoth 
er,  they  cmie  to  the  doncliision  thatiitiis 
best  to  strfy  but.  'Hfenc*i  if  we  are  not 
very'careful,  we  niay'betome  a  stumb- 
ling-block to  sinners,  ailil  eventually 
be  numbered  with  the  foolish  virgins. 
How  often  one  word  spoken  makes  a 
great  fire.  It  goes  from  one  to  another 
until  it  become^ia  serious  mattev.  ,"  But 
whoso  shall,  offend  owe  .of  these  little 
ones  which  believe  in  me,  it  were. better 
for  him  that  a  mill-stone  were  %uu! 
about  his  neck,  and  that  he  were  drown 
ed  in  the  depth  of  the  sea."  "  AVoe  to 
the  world  because  of  offences,  for  it  must 
needs  be  that  offences  comej  but  woe  un- 
to that  man  by  whom  the  offence  com 
eth."  Matt.  IS:  0,  7,  Here  we  see  there 
is  ^voe  pronounced  upon  us  if  we  offend 
one  another,  and  do  not  make  it  light. 
Christians  should  not  commune  and  at 
the  same  time  not  be  willing  to  speak  to 
each  other  on  account  of  a  word  spoken 
out  of  place."  If  any  man  among  you 
seem  to  be  religious  aiid  bridleth  not  his 
tongue,  but  deceiveth  his  own  heart,  that 
rhfln's  religion  is  vain."  James  1 :  20.  If 
we  do  not  bi'idle  our  tongue,  our  religion 
is  vain.  We  see  the  danger  of  letting 
our  , tongue,  run  at  large,  it ,  makes  bad 
feelings  between  members,  it  makes  un- 
ruly members,  and  finally  destroys  our 
souls.  M  For  he  that  will  love  life  and. 
good  days,  lethini  refrain  his  tongbe 
from  eWl,  and  his  lips  that  they  speak 
no  guile."  I'PeterS:  10. 


ikiH 


EAVEN  THERE    IS   REST. 


Oh  b. 


'thren  let 
baekl.itin 


us  as    Clui-tia 

s.    Iiiitre,!,     ,1.> 


ntit.n 


and  in  action;  in  every  thing  that'per- 
taiiVstoonr  holy  Chi-istianify,  rhat  we 
may  be  firnlly 'iniited  in  ]o\e  aiid  Chri^. 
'tiari  affection,  that  this  f.^Aeut  ju;n/,  r 
and  holy  pi-titioii  (John  17),  will  meet 
the  design  .,f  its  Auth.pr. 

THE  TONGUE. 


Even  so  the  tongue  is  a  little  member  and 
boastctli  grecit  fliiugs.  Behold,  liow  great  a 
matter  n  littlu  lire  kiiidlelh!    Ami  the   toiigiie 

5i-e,  a  world  of  iiiH(iiity:  so  La  the  tougue 
auioug  our  aieiubers,  that  it  defiieth  the  wliole 
body,  and  settetU  on  fii-e  the  coui's'j  of  nature; 
and  it  is  set  ou  tire  of  hell.  For  every  kind  of 
beasts  and  of  birds,  and  of  serpents,  and  of  things 
"le  sea,  is  turned,  and  hath  been  tnmed  of 
mnukind:  but  the  tongue  can  no  man  fame;  it 
is  an  unruly  evil,  full  of  deadly  poison."    J^ies 

,B,'7,8. 


it  i^  not  of  God, 
l>ut  of  the  devil.  L.-t  11^  have  more  love, 
[leaee,  liaiiiiony  ;iiid  a  iniaiiiuiity  pf  feel- 
ing and  .sentiment,  that  we  may  show  to. 
the  world  that  we  liavf-  been  with  Jesus- 
and  learned  of  Him,  i.)ui'  life  before 
-tlieiwOrld,;aliOuhtibe'Ot' such' a  character: 
as'to'shOV'thlat  We'are  iVM'eAlWj*,'  'whilt' 
wepi-bfesi'to  IVei'fbr  I  .lo  claim  '  Upon 
heavcTi's  authority  il:at  professors  do 
not  let  their  light -hii.e  before  the  world 
as  the\'  .should.  I  am  fearful  that  men 
and  womeii  will  rise  up,  in  judgmept  and 
Condemn  many  for  hypocrisy,  for  it  is  a 
positive  command,  "  he  that  otfeudeth 
in,  one  point  is  guilty  of  all."  Dear 
brethi-en  and  sisters,  may  we  all  be  en- 
gaged in  keeping  our  tongnss  bridled, 
and  if  it  is  our  besetting  sin,  we  should 
ask  God  to  help  us ;  for  we  have  the 
promise  if  we  ask,  we  shall  receive;  if 
we  ask  consistently  and  and  in  faith  be- 
lieving. 

May  the  blessing  of  God  attend  us 
through  this  unfriendly  world,  and  grant 
us  grace  to  do  His  will,  and  finally  save 
us  with  all  the  redeemed,    is  my  prayer. 


V.\  .\.\-,VA  XEHKlt. 

-,  ..    ,  " — -:?aoo.',-    1- 

rpIlIS  is  ft  truth -OieBplyiHnpreffied  up- 
-*-  on  the  mind  of  every  person,  fiF-' 
miliar  even  with  the  most  thoughtless. 
In  this  life  there  is  but  Httie  rest  to  be  ' 
founi.!.  There  i.s  always  something -to- '■ 
disturb,  disappoint  and-w.-avy-ns^  -The- 
ro«y.cheeke,l  infant,  tli-  tdnoming  beau- 
ty, all  appear  di-satistieil.  Sonifi.ire 
unhappy  for  the  want  or  lo.ss  (,f  friends, 
of  health,  pleasure,  riches  w  tuiploy-  ' 
ment,  but  the  greatfjst  majority  suffer 
from  a  guilty  eonseience.  Oh  how  mis- 
erable do  we  feel,  when  we  have  done 
wrong/'arid  oufeon&cience  condemns  us; 
yet  how  often  db\Ve  find  ourselves  thus. 
While  thi.  C^hristian  may  feel  the-elfeuts 
lit  xiu  and  .suffer -from-  beLeiU'ement,-tlie- 
a>surauce  i.f  rest  in  heaven  cheei-s  ani-l 
conuorts  him  amid  all  the  sorrows  and 
afflictions  of  time.  ~'~  /  '-  <  i'l  ■■:  ■' 
If  we  only  tiy  andtlothe  best  we  can, 
we  have  a  hOpethatiii  heiiveii  we  shall 
find  rest.  Sinnei-,s  do  not  even  try  'h> 
secure  a  rest  for  themselves  after  this, 
life  is  over,  and  where  Is  their  hope? 
How  often  do  'welook  around  us  and 
see  aiid  tbint  of  the  nianv  of  bur  asso- 
ciates thafc|are  going  on  in  sin  and  folly, 
heedless  of  the  many  warning  calls 
to  come  to  Jesus  and  find  rest  for 
their  souls.  Dear  young  friends,  let  me 
witha  heai-t  of  love  plead  for  you  to 
come.  Oh  don't  delay  until  it  is  too 
late !  Let  us  walk  hand  in  hand  through 
this  troublesome  worldto that  rest  which 
shall  never  end.  How  vain  are  all  things 
here  below;  often  we  feel  weary  and  cast 
down,  though  friends  all  forsake  us  and 
foes  unite.  With  Jesus  for  our  helper 
we  may  yet  come  out  right.  Let  us 
take  Jesus  for  our  guide  through  this 
vain  world,  and  then  in  heaven  we  will 
find  rest.  There  will  be  rest  from  sin, 
sorrow,  sickness,  troubles,  trials  and 
temptations.  There  will  be  no  false, 
or  t]-eacherous  friends,  no  unkind  rela- 
tives, no  enemies.  There  the  mind  will 
be  no  longer  oppre-ssed  by  cares;  there 
will  be  no  wearisome  tUys ;  no  secret 
sighs  or  scalding  tears;  no  sundering  of 
tender  ties,  no  parting  of  those  we  love. 
All  will  be  sweet  and  undistiu-bed  repose. 
AVhy  then  do  we  not  strive  more  to  se- 
a  titje  to  that  hep^nly  rest  which 
shall  never  ei\d}     ,    ,,  .,,,  , 

Like  the  leaves  of  the  .forest  we  come 
forth' in  beauty,  pas,s  on  with  the  .Sum- 
ner and  then  sidk  to  the  earth.  'A  few 
la\-.  only  aricl' tlie  rose  fades  from  the 
cheek,  and  .soon  our  forms  will  mingle 
'  with  the  dust,  Tli.^n  let  us  all  be  up 
and  doing,  \v'ork  out  eaeh  ..iic  oiir''  own 
f^alvatiou.  while  (t  i.- free  to  all.  ''ifnry 
no  ijiialily  of  thfc;mind,in  others,  but  if  I 
could  ^-iHMisf  \vhat  would  ibe  most  jdeao- 
arit  aiiii,  I  helit-ve,  the  ujosf  useful  to 
me,  I  >hoiild  prefer  a  firjii,  religious  1..- 
lief  to  any  i>ther  l>).'— jI^^;  f,,i  it  ni,ake.=> 
life  a  discipline  of  goodness:,  creates 
ueu-  hopes  when,  all  eai'thly  ones  vanish. 
Through  all  the  lonir  weary  days,  we 
have  hope  that  in  heaven  we  shall  find 
rest:     '       '    ■ 

5Iay  we  all  live  a  Christian    life    by 
the  help  of  God,  our  heavenly  Father, 


We  ai-e  so  shamefully  pervei-se  that 
we  are  unthankful  for  ouv  present  gifts 
and  good,  and  think  of  little  deficien- 
cies. Leteveryonego  home  and  count 
the  gifts  which  he  has;  he  will  find  more 
gifts  than  deficiencies,  and  let  him  thank 
God  for  them. 


The  most  poweiful  of  all  beauty  is 
that  which  I'eveals  itself  after  S3ujpaihy, 
and  not  before  it. 


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UOOBE  &  ESHSLUAH, 

Laurk.  Curoll  Co.,  HI 


LA»AKE,  ILL., 


m.7  25,  1878. 


Till,  notice  of  the  Forrestoii.  111.,  meetiog 
■.i?  publislied  Iflst  week,  should  linvo  read  Aug. 
ith  instead  of  .July  2T. 


Tn  ninny  localities,  the  heat,  last  week,  was 
quite  intense,  causing  hundreds  of  deaths  from 
sun-stroke.  In  St.  Louis  the  heat  was  terrihle; 
jLS  many  as  150  being  prostrated  io  one  day. 


Next  week  we  will  publish  the  startling  ac- 
count of  the  abdiictioii  and  rourder  of  William 
Morgan,  who  was  kidnapped  mid  murdered  for 
revealing  the  secrets  of  Masoury.  It  should  b'e 
reatl  by  every  person  in  the  laud. 


The  Brethren  of  the  Mulberry  Grove  cougre- 
g.ition.  Bond  Co.,  111.,  expect  to  commence  a 
series  of  meetings  the  first  Sunday  in  August, 
uiid  hfdd  their  Love-feast  on  the  ninth  of  Octo- 
ber. This  feast  to  be  followed  by  another  series 
of  meetings.    

Railhoad  Serjiok,  is  the  title  of  a  neatly 
printed  tract  of  12  pages,  written  by  brother  J, 
S.  Mohler.  It  is  just  the  thing  for  travelers 
trom  earth  to  lieaven.  This  tract  should  he 
purchased  by  the  hundreds  and  distributed 
every  railroad  station  in  the  land.  Let  each  one 
before  starting  on  a  journey,  purchase  a  few 
dozen  and  distribute  them  on  the  cars.  Tliey 
will  l>e  sent  post  paid  to  any  part  of  the  United 
States  or  Canada  for  the  following:  3  copies,  to 
one  address,  10  cents;  12  copies,  to  one  address, 
30  ceJita;  100  copies,  to  one  address,  S2.00.  En- 
c!<5ie  the  amount  and  addreiis  this  office. 


cial  relations  mth  Jerusalem.  The  present 
movements  are  watched  with  great  interest  by 
the  students  of  prophecy,  looking  forward  to 
when  the  lime  of  the  Geutiles  shiill  have  been 
fulfilled,  and  thi-  people  who  have  been  in  exile 
for  ISOO  years  return  to  their  native  land. 


Ouii  congregations  want  to  make  united  ef- 
forts to  improve  in  'singing.  Every  body  who 
goes  to  church,  wants  to  learn  to  sing,  and  when 
the  opportunity  presents  itself  let  every  n 
woman  and  child,  who  can,  sing.  "We  want 
IhmiliiLr  hymns,  good  tunes,  and  then  all  can 
take  part.  And  if  we  sing  with  the  spirit  and 
understanding  also,  God  -will  be  glorified  in  the 
work.  Ministers  want  to  encourage  the  art  of 
good  singing  in  theircongregafcions,  for  if  pro[>- 
erly  used  it  is  the  very  life  of  a  meeting.  Give 
us  good  singing,  earnest  praying,  good  reading, 
and  we  will  not  need  to  complain  about  bad 
preaching,  for  such  things  will  help  any  man's 
preaching. 

A  BROTHER  wishes  us  to  state,  "Whether  a 
brother,  who  moved  out  of  one  congregation  in- 
to another,  without  a  letter  of  membership,  and 
ill  one  year  or  more  moves  back  again  without 
a  letter,  has  a  right  to  speak  in  public  at  our 
council-meetings,  or  assist  in  setting  things  in 
order  ?  " 

In  the  first  place,  brethren  ought  not  to  move 
from  one  congregation  to  another  without  a 
letter,  much  leas  wait  one  year  or  more.  But 
as  to  whether  the  brother  should  take  part  in 
ihe  church  council,  that  should  be  left  to  tho 
congregation  where  the  brother  ia,  as  it  is  pre- 
sumed he  is  known  there,  and  they  are  familiar 
with  his  standing.  Let  everything  be  done  de- 
cently and  in  order,  not  forgetting  to  manifest 
becoming.  Christian  courtesy.  We  are  all 
brethren.  Do  not  foiftet  the  respect  we  owe  to 
each  other.  ,  

The  Peace  Cong/ess  of  Europe  has  finished 
work,  and  the  treaty  of  peace  has  been  signed. 
Things  arc  looming  np  brightly  in  the  Old 
world,  with  good  prospects  ahead.  It  is  strong- 
ly l)elieved  that  England  will  build  a  railroad 
i:om  the  Mediterranean  coast  ria  the  Valley  of 
Euphrates  to  the  vicinity  of  her  Indian  domin- 
ion?, thus  opening  thir  waytbr  greater  enter- 
prise on  amore  successful  basis  in  Asia.  The  way 
will  likely  be  opened  for  better  communications 
wilh  Palestine,  and  eventually  direct  commer- 


THAT  PHOPHET  —  FEET- 
WASHING. 

"  l-'<ir  Mosw  truly  Miiiil  unto  ttie  fatlicrs,  A  I'mjili- 
ct.sliall  the  I. Old  jour  God  raise  up  unto  you  of 
yimrliri-IIiron.  like  imtorae;  him  shall  ye  hear  in 
all  llibipi  wliatsoevcr  ho  shall  say  unto  you.  Ami 
It  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  soul,  which  will 
not  hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from 
among  tho  peo|)le."— Acts  3 :  22,  23. 

THE  above  is  the  language  of  Peter  as  deduc- 
ed from  Deut.  18:  15,  18, 19.  and  applied  to 
the  mission  of  Christ.  Over  1,400  years  before 
the  birth  of  the  Savior,  Mosea,  the  chosen  serv- 
ant of  God,  prophesied  that  a  Prophet  should 
be  raised  up  from  among  his  own  people  like 
unto  him.  Peter,  who  spoke  by  the  authority 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  points  out  Christ  as  that 
Prophet  spoken  of  by  Moses,  and  reaffirms  the 
declaration,  "  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
ever)-  soul,  which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet, 
shall  be  destroyed  from  among  the  people." 

Of  that  Prophet  God  had  said,  "  I  will  put 
my  words  in  his  mouth;  and  he  shall  sjreak  un- 
to them  all  tiiat  I  shall  command."  Deut.  18: 
18.  Christ  says,  "  The  Father  which  sent  me, 
ho  gave  me  a  commandment,  what  I  should  say, 
and  what  I  should  speak."  John  12: 49.  "  The 
words  that  I  speak  unto  you,  I  apeak  not  of 
myself:  but  the  Father  that  dwelleth  in  me 
doeth  the  work."  John  li:10.  "  I  came  down 
from  heaven,  not  to  do  mine  own  will,  but  the 
will  of  htm  that  sent  me."    John  6:  38. 

Prom  these  Scriptures  we  learn  that  Christ 
came  not  to  do  his  own  will,  but  to  teach  the 
will  ofthe  Father,  and  that  the  "  doctrine  "  he 
taught  was  not  his,  but  the  Father's,  John  8; 
16,  and,  therefore,  to  disregard  the  teaching  of 
Christ,  on  any  point,-isadireet  rebellion  against 
God  himself,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  said,  "That 
every  soul,  which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet, 
shall  be  destroyed  from  among  the  people,"  it 
having  before  been  said,  "  Him  shall  ye  hear  ii 
all  things,  whatsoever  he  shall  aay  unto  you,' 
It  is  therefore  the  duty  of  every  Christian  to 
hearken  unto  that  Prophet  "  in  all  things,"  and 
if  they  refuse  to  do  so,  the  decree  has  gone  forth, 
that  they  shall  be  destroyed,  or  cut  off  from 
among  the  people  (of  God). 

The  Prophet  was  to  be  "  like  unto  Moses,  a 
law-giver,  and  a  leader  of  the  people,  teaching 
the  commandments  of  God.  These  command- 
ments were  to  be  no  less  binding  upon  the  peo- 
ple than  the  law  given  by  Moses  was  upon  the 
Hebrews.  And  "  If  the  word  spoken  by  angels 
was  steadfast,  and  every  transgression  and  diso- 
bedience received  a  just  recompense  of  reward; 
How  shall  we  escape,  if  we  neglect  so  great 
ration ;  which  at  first  began  to  be  spoken  by  the 
Lord,  and  was  confirmed  unto  us  by  them  that 
heard  him?"     Heb.  2:2,3. 

Whatever  was  commanded  by  Moses  was  en- 
joined with  divine  authority,  and  if  disregarded, 
the  guilty  party  wa.s  punished  to  the  farthest 
extent  of  the  penalty.  Even  the  simplest  com- 
mand had  to  be  obeyed  to  the  letter.  As  an  il- 
lustration, and  a  confirmation  of  the  position 
occupied  by  the  Brethren,  regarding  Feet^wash- 
ing,  we  refer  to  Exodus  30: 17-21,  where  the 
Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  saj'ing: 

"  Thou  shalt  also  make  a  laver  of  brass,  and 
his  foot  also  of  brass,  to  wash  withal:  and  thou 
shalt  put  it  lietween  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation and  the  altar,  and  thou  shalt  put  wa- 
ter therein.  For  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their  feet  thereat:  When  they 
go  into  the  congregation,  they  shall  wash  with 
water,  that  they  dje  not;  or  when  they  c 
near  to  tho  alfcar  to  minister,  to  bum  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord:  So  they  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their  feet,  that  they  die  not; 
and  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  to  them,  even 
to  him  and  to  his  seed  throughout  their  genera- 
tions." 

In  this  case  we  have  the  washing  of  feet  con- 
nected with  divine  services,  as  commanded  by 
God  through  Moses,  and  it  was  a  condition  of 
life  on  the  part  of  those  to  whom  the  command 
was  given.  Aaron  and  his  sons  were  to  wash, 
that  they  might  die  not.  The  penalty  for  diso- 
bedience mis  death — a  cutting  off  from  among 
the  people.  We  do  not  maintain  that  this 
washing  of  feet  was  intended  as  a  ti/jir  of  the 
feet-wasliiug  commanded  by  Christ  in  John  13, 


but  it  does  show  that  when  Mo?es  commanded 
the  washing  of  feet  it  was  as  positive  as  any 
command  could  lie,  and  to  violate  was  death. 

But  Moses  spoke  of  another  Prophet,  who 
should  be  like  unto  him,  and  whom  we  shall 
hear  in  all  things.  This  "all  things  "  includes 
the  feet-washing  commanded  by  Christ,  that 
Prophet.  Under  the  Mosaic  law  it  was  death 
for  Aaron  and  his  sons  to  evade  the  washing  at 
the  hiver,  but  in  the  present  dispensation  the 
decree  is,  "  That  every  soul,  which  will  not  hear 
that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from  among 
the  people"  of  God.  That  Prophet  has  said,  in 
terms  unmistakably  plain,  "  Ye  also  ought  to 
wash  one  another's  Jeet,"  John  13: 15,  "  For 
I  have  given  you  an  example,  that  ye  should  do 
as  I  have  done  to  you."  Verse  IC, 

Peter  refused  at  first  to  have  bis  feet  washed 
— was  not  willing  to  hear  that  Prophet  in  all 
things.  But  it  was  told  him,  "  If  I  wash  thee 
not,  thou  hast  no  part  with  me,"  John  13: 18. 
thus  demonstrating  to  Peter  the  truthfulness  of 
what  Moses  had  said  regarding  the  cutting  off 
of  those  who  refused  to  hear  that  Prophet. 
Christ,  wlio  came  not  to  do  his  own  will,  but 
the  will  of  him  that  sent  him,  designed  to  in- 
stitute in  the  house  of  God  a  rite  that  should  be 
perpetuated  in  his  name — an  institution  that 
should  be  binding  upon  all  his  followers,  as 
much  so  as  the  washing  of  feet  was  obligatory 
on  Aaron  and  his  sons.  The  penalty  against 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  in  case  of  a  refusal  to  sub- 
mit to  the  rite,  as  commanded  by  Moses,  was 
death,  Tho  penalty  for  refusing  to  submit  to 
teet-washing  as  commanded  by  Christ  is,  "  Thou 
shalt  have  no  part  with  me,"  hence  "  everj-soul, 
which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet,  shall  he  de- 
stroyed from  among  the  people." 

We  find  this  decree  also  verified  in  case  of 
baptism,  for  Ciirist  said  to  Nicodemus,  "  Except 
a  man  be  born  of  the  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  hi 
cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God,"  John 
3:  5,  thus  making  baptism,  whenever  and 
wherever  commanded  by  God,  a  condition  of 
salvatioji,  for  it  is  evident  that  to  be  "  born  of 
water  "  is  to  be  baptized.  Baptism  was  positive- 
ly enjoined  by  tlie  Savior  when  he  said,  "  He 
that  bclieveth  and  is  baptised  shall  be  saved; 
but  ho  that  bclieveth  not  shall  he  damned." 
Mark  IG:  IG.  This,  too,  is  one  of  the  "all 
things"  comuianded  by  that  Prophet  to  whom 
if  we  hearken  not,  we  shall  he  destroyed  from 
among  the  people  of  God,  and  refused  an  en- 
trance into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

In  connection  with  both  feet-woshing  and 
baptism  we  have  positive  and  divinely  settled 
precedents  showing  that  tho9e  who  reject  the 
counsels  of  God  against  themselves,  bj-  refusi 
to  "  hear  that  Prophet  in  all  things,"  shall  have 
no  part  with  Christ,  and  "  cannot  cnler  into  the 
kingdom  of  God,"  therefore  the  confirmation  of 
the  eternal  decree  of  Jehovah,  "  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  every  soul,  which  will  not 
hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from 
among  the  people." 

That  decree  ivas  made  and  published  more 
than  1400  years  before  the  Savior  commenced 
preaching,  and  stood  as  a  warning  to  those  who 
would  refuse  to  hear  that  Prophet,  and  is  con- 
finned  by  Christ  himself.  He  well  knew  that 
after  his  departure  false  prophets  would  ari: 
who,  by  good  words  and  fair  speeches  would  de- 
ceive the  hearts  of  the  simple  by  teaching  an- 
other doctrine,  hence  that  all  might  have  a  fair 
warning,  and  in  the  day  of  judgment  be  with- 
out e.tcuse,  he  has  had-  recorded  and  handed 
down  to  rising  generations  a  divinely  authori^ 
ed  precedent  denionstratuig  the  fact,  that  God's 
Word  cannot  return  to  him  void,  but  that  the 
decree  pronounced  by  Moses  must  be  executed, 
though  it  should  consign  the  most  r^alous  and 
energetic  of  tho  chosen  Apostles  to  perdition. 
Though  Uie  MiLster  loved  Peter,  and  hodagreat 
work  for  him  to  do  in  the  future,  yet  God' 
word  must  be  executed,  and  if  Peter  had  not 
submitted  he  would  have  been  cut  off  from  the 
people  of  God,  and  therefore  have  no  part  with 
Christ. 

This  will  certainly  bo  the  fate  of  those  who 
wilfully  refuse  to  hear  that  Prophet,  Thecom- 
niandments  given  by  Christ  were  not  his  own, 
but  the  Father's,  and  are  immutable,  and  will 
stand  firmer  than  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 
One  of  them  is  "  ye  ought  to  wash  one  another's 
feet,"  and  right  in  connection  with  tliis  com- 
mand we  repeat  Ihe  threatening  decree  of  God 
that  if  we  ivill  not  hear  that  Prophet  we  shall 
bedestroj'cd  from  among  the  people.  Here  is  a 
warning  for  those  who  reject  the  counsel  of  God 


against  themselves,  by  refusing  to  wash  one 
another's  feet  os  coinunmded  by  Cbri.st,  John 
13:14.  -  J.  ][.  M. 

A  THOUGHT  FOR  CHRISTIANS. 

THE  following  clipped   from  one  of  our  ex- 
changes, as  H  hint  to  ministers  and  teachers, 
will  fit  more  than  one  case: 

"  Three  young  jtlrls  of  from  llftcen  to  eighteen,  all 
members  of  the  same  city  cliurch,  lingered  In  the 
vestibule  one  .Sahliath,  talking  earnestly. 

•1  wish.'saidthQyoungor.M  had  never  joined  the 
church.    Two  years  ago,  when  there  was  so  much 

interest  here.  Mr, anil  Sir. .'  naming  men 

liri>niini-nl  lu  th^  churcli,  "and  my  SuntI ay-school 
teii.'li"r,  ;iH  iH.-il  t.i  «iieuk  tomcsoofteu  on  thesul>- 
jfit  iif  ri'liyiiMi,  iiiicl  toll  me  what  to  do,  but  since  I 
lit'i'.-iini' I  iiiivirt'd  anil  joinettthe  church,  no  one  has 
ever  spoki'u  a  word  to  mo  about  it,  ,-md  1  got  so 
tired  trying  iilone.' 

'ItlsjuNt  the  same  with  me.'  said  each  of  the 
others.  "No  one  seems  to  think  wo  need  anything 
more.' " 

There  is  much  of  that  kind  of  work  going  on 
in  more  than  one  locality.  Great  efforts  are 
made  to  get  people  into  the  church,  but  after 
once  in  and  secure,  as  wo  sometimes  think,  they 
are  almost  wholly  neglected,  just  as  though 
they  could  fight  the  battles  of  life  alone. 

The  most  positive  command  ever  given  by 
the  Savior,  wa.t,  "  Feed  my  lambs,"  "  Feed  my 
sheep."  It  is  not  reasonable,  nor  is  it  possible, 
that  Christiana  can  grow  to  the  full  stature  of 
a  man  in  Christ  without  help — they  need  the 
sympathies  and  encouragements  of  their  fellow- 
travelers  along  life's  uneven  journey,  and  have 
it  they  must  if  they  would  prosper  in  the  cause 
of  religion.  Hundreds,  for  the  want  of  care,  are 
left  to  wither  away  and  die,  who  might  other- 
wise have  become  useful  standard  bearers  in  the 
ranks  of  the  faithful.  It  is  the  tender  fruit  that 
is  the  most  delicious,  though  it  requires  great 
care  to  bring  it  to  a  state  of  perfection. 

It  is  too  often  the  case  that  w'e  are  very  at- 
tentive to  poor  people  till  we  get  them  in  the 
church,  and  then  leave  them  to  care  for  them- 
selves. We  speak  kind  words  to  the  young,  and 
appear  much  concerned  about  their  salvation, 
till  they  join  the  church,  then  we  stop  and  let 
them  go.  Brethren,  tJiere  ia  too  much  of  this 
kind  of  work  going  on.  We  imagine  our  mis- 
sion ended  too  soon.  When  just  horn  of  the 
water  and  of  the  Spirit,  is  the  time  people  need 
the  most  attention;  that  is  often  the  turning 
point  of  their  usefulness.  If  neglected  then, 
they  may  become  weakly  and  crippled  for  life, 
and  be  a  burden  instead  of  a  help  to  the  church . 
This  is  one  reason  why  there  are  so  many  weak 
and  sick  in  the  household  of  the  faithful. 

The  gentle  mother  takes  the  tender  infant, 
handles  and  cares  for  its  wants  with  the  great- 
est of  care.  She  apares  DO  pains  calculated  to 
develop  it  into  health  and  activity.  Even  the 
wants  of  other  members  of  the  family  are,  at 
times,  neglected  for  the  care  ot  the  little  one. 
What  a  noble  set  of  niemhera  we  might  have  in 
the  church  if  we  were  this  careful  about  hand- 
ling new  converts  1  What  a  blessing  it  would 
be  to  the  cause,  if  were  willing  to  sacrifice  self- 
interest  for  the  tender  lambs  of  the  flock! 

While  we  were  children  at  home,  our  mother 
used  to  tell  us,  we  must  be  good  children  and 
thereby  teach  the  baby  to  be  good.  "  For," 
said  she,  "  bad  children  cau^e  babies  to  become 
cross."  What  a  l&sson  is  this  for  older  heads! 
If  those  who  have  long  been  in  the  church  act 
unruly,  and  thereby  set  a  bod  example,  what 
can  we  expect  of  the  tender  ones,  who  have  just 
come  into  the  flock?  It  ia  sometimes  a  wonder 
to  me  that  they  are  as  good  as  they  are.  Many 
of  them  are  much  neglected;  their  wants  are 
not  sufficiently  looked  after;  the  preachers  put 
the  feed  up  in  the  rack  so  high  that  many  of 
the  Inmha  of  the  flock  cannot  reoch  it.  In 
many  instances  meetings  are  not  interesting  to 
them.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is,  the  lambs  are 
not  fed  enough. 

Let  me  pause  hero,  and  ask  each  minister  who 
reads  this  article.  How  often  do  you  preach  a 
sermon  especially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  the 
young  members  and  new  converts  of  the  flock? 
Says  one,  "  I  have  so  much  to  do  that  I  cannot 
take  time  to  arrange  matter  suitable  for  this 
class  of  hearers."  That  is  just  where  the  troub- 
le comes  in.  We  have  plenty  of  time  (o  arrange 
food  for  colts,  calves,  and  pigs,  but  when  it 
comes  to  caring  for  those  on  whose  shoulders 
the  care  of  the  church  must  one  day  rest,  then 
we  have  iio  time.  1  am  afraid  that  some  of 
those  who  attempt  to  feed  the  lambs,  spin  out 
their  theoriea  so  fine  that  it  mil  sometimes 
bother  pretty  old  heads  to  understand  them. 


July 


THE   BRETHRE^^   JS.T   AVORK. 


Then  new  converts  want  to  he  made  to  feel 
ot  hunic  in  the  church.  It  is  in  the  flotk  and 
tli<t  hoii»;  of  the  Lord  tlmt  wo  art]  placed  uijon 
on>.>  common  level,  imd  no  one  oliould  Iw  es- 
teemed ubove  the  other — thoy  ahoul<l  ralher 
prefer  one  another.  We  nuiy  nomptimes  tipend 
too  iiineh  time  around  the  taliie,  talking  and 
greeting  there.  It  would  Ire  far  hetttr  if  we 
would  make  an  ell'ort  to  aeok  out  the  woaker 
ones  and  encourage  them  with  frienilly.  Chris- 
tian greetings.  They  need  encouragement, 
that  is  what  they  are  in  the  church  for. 


TO  A  YOUNG  DEACON. 

DIVINE  Inspiration  declares  that,  "godliness 
is  profitable  unto  nil  things."  Piety  weighs 
tons  in  the  acalM  of  Deity.  To  have  great  re- 
gard for  God's  principles  is  profitable  unto  till 
Oiinifs.  To  receive  iiriijit  is  ninn'.s  constant  aim, 
Here  is  a  kind  of  profit,  godliue:>s  from  heaven. 
which  is  good  in  all  things.  God  provides  the 
Hoil,  the  rain,  the  sunshine — all  that  is  needful 
to  produce  a  bountiful  crop.  How  much  j>roJit 
Would  we  receive  from  these  if  we  should  refuse 
to  plow,  plant,  cultivate  and  reap?  The  labor 
is  iniiliKiL  God  first  works,  we  work.  He  in- 
creases, then  we  gath'er.  This  is  the  road  to 
profit  in  nature.  Let  us  look  at  the  spiritual 
Way.  God  prepares  the  way  through  His  Son, 
He  invites  us  TO  DO  the  things  ordained.  We 
believe  and  obey,  then  He  increases  and  finally 
We  reap.  Godliness  is  one  of  the  tools  with 
which  we  are  to  labor.  Many  plow,  plant,  and 
then  stop.  Cultivation  implies  labor,  u'Of'i.  and 
the  ease  of  the  world  being  more  enticing,  they 
stop  and  of  course  reap  not.  Godliness  is  not 
ashamed  of  the  hoe,  the  plane,  the  shovel,  the 
plow,  the  yard-stick,  the  press,  the  school-roOm, 
the  loom,  the  sick-room,  nor  any  other  useful 
labor. 

Let  your  life  be  marked  all  over,  top,  bottom, 
and  fiides,  with  "  the  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus," 
Look  at  right  from  the  staud-point  of  RIGHT. 
Prejudice  is  always  iu  the  mud.  Follow  men 
who  tbUow  the  Pattern;  but  where  they  turn 
aside  go  not  after  them.  Put  every  man's  dec- 
laration in  the  balances  of  Truth,  and  if  it 
weighs  aught,  receive  it.  If  you  would  know 
how  to  weigh  well  and  correctly,  sludij.  The 
beam  can  only  be  seen  to  move,  when  you  look 
at  it  from  a  point  called  "Calvary."  Get  all  the 
truth  you  can  into  your  heart,  and  it  will  keep 
your  head,  hands,  feet,audbody  on  the''narrnw 
way."  Truth  beai-s  most  delicious  fruit;  fjoilli- 
ness,  love,  brotherly  kindness,  meekness,  tem- 
perance, faith — these  are  evidences  of  a,"ijuml 
tree." 

As  you  grow  older,  your  trials  will  increase, 
your  b::rf'etings  multiply.  To  withstand  these, 
you  need  the  sufficient  grace  of  God.  Having 
abundantgrace,charity  unfeigned,  your  patience 
aud  moderation  will  enlarge,  and  enlarging  the 
beauties  of  coming  life — of  joy  and  peace  in  the 
world  to  come,  will  strengthen  and  magnify. 
Tribulation  workelh  patience.  Godliness  is  full 
of  patience.  Patience  icorketh  experience.  A 
Christian  without  experience,  is  like  a  cloiheless 
being.  Sometimes  it  is  obtainable  only  through 
much  tribulation;  neverthelewi  it  is  exceedingly 
valuable  to  a  faithful  continuance  in  well-doing. 
You  cannot  afford  to  stand  still  for  murmurera, 
complainers,  evil  sunuiaern.  There  is  no  pay  in 
stopping  to  contend  \vith  these;  if  you  do,  you 
■will  not  receive  the  interest,  muoh  less  the  prin- 
cipal of  eternal  joy.  Evil  surmisers  never  build 
up,  never  whiten  character,  never  lift  the  erring 
out  oftrouble,neverenlarge  themselves  in  Christ, 
do  nothing  /or  the  Truth,  but  much  against  it. 
There  is  no  pleasure  in  the  road  they  travel, 
Jience  company  not  with  them.  Seek  for  com- 
pany those  whose  hearts  are  full  of  charity, 
whose  conversation  denotes  much  meditation  iu 
holy  Truth,  whose  lives  are  living  evidences  of 
transformation  from  darkness  to  light.  How  to 
increase  in  this  world's  goods,  you  will  leani 
ivithout  seeking  a  score  or  two  of  teachers,  but 
how  to  hold  the  wealth  of  Jesus,  you  will  never 
get  too  many  good  instructors.  Study  and 
meditation  gives  power  for  good  work,  true 
work,  clean  work.  Pray  much,  not  because  it 
is  fashionable,  not  because  some  one  wislies  it, 
but  because  you,  like  all  others,  need  H.  Christ 
aims  to  narrow  our  carnal  inclinations,  aud 
Aviden  our  spiritual  strength.  Nan'owiicss  by 
the  Cross,  means  breadth  by  the  resurrecHou. 
Meekness  and  humility  by  way  of  Culvaiy,  mean 
glory;  and 'honor,  and  eternal  life  by  Olivet. 
■The  "men  of  Galilee"  who  stood  "gazing  up 


into  heaven  "  teach  us  that  the  road  is  travers- 
eit  by  One  who  is  all-powerful.  We  can  afford 
to  gaze  that  way  too.  "They  that  have  nsed 
the  office  of  a  deacon  well,  purchase  to  them- 
st-lves  a  good  degree,  and  great  boldness  in  the 
faith  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus."  This  is  said  of 
those  who  have  used  the  office  of  a  deacon  iretl. 
Such  purc/irme  a  good  degree  and  great  boldness 
ill  the  faith — two  purchases  that  are  profitable. 
"  War  a  good  warfare."  Look  unto  Jesus, "  the 
King  eternal,  immortal,  invisible,  the  only  wise 
God "  to  whom  "  be  honor,  and  glory  forever 
and  ever.  Amen."  h.  m.  e. 


THE  HOLY  KISS. 

rilHE  Holy  Spirit  of  God  ha.s  commanded  the 
.1.  Brethren  to  sal  iitc  one  another  with  a  ! 
kiss,  or  a  kiss  of  charity  as  it  is  sometimes  called. 
This  positive  command  is  given  by  Inspiration 
no  less  than  five  times,  and  yet  the  larger 
jority  of  modern  professors  refuse  to  either  obey 
or  teach  it. 

One  class  attempts  to  evade  feet-washing  on 
the  grouud  that  it  was  commanded  and  practic- 
ed before  the  setting  up  of  the  church  on  thii 
day  of  Pentecost,  but  is-hen  they  come  to  apply- 
ing that  logic  to  the  holy  kiss,  they  learn  that 
it  will  not  hold  out,  for  the  kiss  was  command- 
ed after  Pentecost.  The  same  order  of  people, 
in  their  writings,  maintain  that  the  Gospels 
were  written  to  point  the  world  to  Christ;  the 
Acts,  to  show  how  people  were  converted,  and 
the  epistles  were  designed  to  show  how  the  con- 
verted should  live,  but  when  they  find  the  holy 
ki^  taught  iu  these  epistles,  they  are  as  silent 
as  the  grave  about  it  beuig  a  command. 

Isaac  Errett,  editor  of  the  Christian  Standard, 
in  his  work  on  the  "  Elements  of  the  Gospel," 
pages  26  and  27,  says;  "  He  will  find  a  cluster 
of  epistles,  addressed  ^osutWywcaoHS — to  Chris- 
tians,to  give  them  a  knowledge  of  the  duties, 
dangers,  trials,  and  hopes  of  Christian  life:  epis- 
which  correct  the  errors,  and  reveal  the 
penis  of  the  Christiau;  give  the  instruction,  and 

fold  the  motives,  necessary  to  furnish  him  to 
all  good  works.  *  ■*  •  *  So  that  we  go  to 
the  four  Gospels  to  learn  of  the  Savior;  to  the 
Acts,  to  learn  how  to  be  saved;  to  the  Epistles, 
to  learn  how  the  saved  ought  to  live." 

On  iurning  to  these  epistles  we  find  that  in 
them  the  salutation  of  the  kiss  is  commanded 
10  less  thun  five  times,  yet  these  very  people, 
who  say  we'  go  to  the  epistles  to  learn  how  the 
converted  ought  to  live,  pass  this  divinely  ap- 
pointed institution  by  OS  unconcerned  OS  though 
it  were  not  in  the  Book.  They  plead  that  it 
was  an  oriental  custom,  aud  therefore  not  bind- 
now,  just  as  though  Inspiration  had  not  the 
power  to  order  an  oriental  custom  to  be  kept 
sacred  by  the  people  of  God. 

Paul,  who  wrote  as  he  was  moved  by  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  says,  "Salute  one  another  with  a  ho- 
ly kiss."  Rom.  16:  Iti.  In  this,  as  well  as.  in 
many  other  things,  God  has  been  very  precise 

the  giving  of  his  commands,  not  only  telling 
what  to  do,  but  how  to  do  it,  and  to  whom  it 
must  be  done.  The  brethren  were  commanded 
to  salute,  the  how  is  with  a  ^'I's.^,  the  whom  is  all 
the  holy  brethren.  The  kiss  thus  commanded  is 
a /lo/^  loss,  intended  for  none  but  holy  people; 

t  apart  by  divine  authority  for  that  purpose, 
and  wa-s  so  perpetuated  by  the  Christian  church 
for  centuries  immediately  following  the  Apos- 
tolic age. 

Modern  commentators  and  divines  may  say 
what  they  please  about  it  being  an  ancient  cus- 
tom, practiced  by  the  orientals — one  thing  cer- 
tain, it  is  a  command  of  God,  and  as  such  is 
tainped  with  the  seal  of  the  Deity,  and  to  reject 
and  ignore  it,  is  direct  rebellion  against  the  pos- 
tive  thus  sayeth  the  Lord.  The  same  Paul  who 
said,  "  salute  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss,"  also 
,  "  Though  we,  or  an  angel  from  heaven, 
pre.uh  any  other  gospel  unto  you,  than  that 
which  we  have  preached  unto  you,  let  him  be 
accursed."  Gal.  1:  8.  The  Gospel  which  Paul 
preached,  contained  the  holy  Iriss,  and  any  gos- 
pel that  does  nob  contain  that  command  is  not 
the  one  taught  by  Paul,  but  is  something  to  the 
revci-se,  a  gospel  that  came  from  another  source, 
and  not  from  heaven.  Men  who  preach  a  gos- 
pel that  is  void  of  the  holy  kiss  shun  to  declare 
thc'whole  cnonsel  of  God;  they  belong  -to  an- 
other school  and  consequently  are  teaching  an 
imperfect  doctrine  —  a  doctriiie  fronr  which 
something  lia.")  been  taken. 

But  admitting  that  the  ancient  Jews,  Greeks 
and  Persians  did  salute  each  other  -with  a  kiss, 


whatdoea  that  prove?  It  only  proves  that  they, 
in  this  particular,  were  just  that  much  bettei 
than  nine-tenths  of  the  modern  professors  of 
Christianity;  or  it  simply  proves  that  they,  by 
nature,  without  the  Gospel,  did  better  than  oth- 
ers with  ail  their  light  and  knowledge.  This  is 
the  result  of  the  reasoning  of  those  who  make 
void  the  commandments  of  God  by  teaching  the 
doctripe  and  traditions  of  men,  and  rejecting 
one  of  the  plainest  commands  in  the  Bible. 
Some  of  these  very  persons  who  reject  this  com- 
mand, found  five  times  in  the  New  Testament, 
will  ransack  the  Bible  from  Genesis  to  Revela- 
tion just  to  find  a  fiinf  of  infant  baptism,  and  if 
no  hint  is  found,  thoy  will  imagine  one,  in  fact, 
do  everything  iu  their  power  to  work  up  on  ex- 
cuse in  favor  of  infant  baptism,  but  when  their 
attention  is  called  to  the  chapter  mid  verse 
where  the  holy  kiss  is  enjoined,  for  their  lives 
they  cannot  see  it.  But  they  can  see  infants  in 
the  househoMs  of  Lydia  and  the  jailer.  Tliey 
are  excellent  at  seeing  something  not  in  the 
Book,  but  when  it  comes  to  this  command  they 
are  unable  to  comprehend  it. 

More  than  this,  these  very  people,  and  some 
of  them  are  men  of  acknowledged  ability,  will 
spend  a  little  fortune  ransacking  the  writings 
of  the  first  few  centuries  iu  order  to  tind  some 
traces  demonstrating  an  early  practice  of  infant 
baptism,  and  white  doing  so  will  find  scores  of 
instances  showing  that  the  primitive  church 
kept  up  the  practice  of  the  holy  kiss  for  centu- 
ries. All  this  is  worth  nothing  to  them — has 
no  weight  whatever  on  their  minds,  but  if  they 
could  find  just  one  passage  showing  that  an  in- 
fant had  been  baptised  sometime  during  the 
second  century  they  would  regard  it  as  positi 
proof  in  support  of  their  position;  but  you  might 
lay  along  side  that  passage  a  hundred  extracts 
from  the  same  author,  favoring  the  holy  k: 
aud  they  could  not  see  one  of  them.  They  ha 
the  peculiar  faculty  of  seeing  just  what  they 
want  to  see.  We  might  mention  other  things 
just  as  inconsistent,  but  will  leave  them  for  the 
reader  to  branch  out  on. 

That  the  holy  kiss  is  taught  in  the  epistli 
»vill  not  be  called  in  question  by  any  honest 
Bible  student.  All  that  remains  to  be  proven. 
Is  it  a  command?  and  if  so,  is  it  still  binding? 
That  it  wa.-*  practiced  in  the  Apostolic  church- 
es is  too  positive  to  be  called  iit  question.  There 
is  no  dispute  among  the  well-read  on  this  point. 
Not  is  there  any  doubt  about  it  being  practiced 
by  the  .primitive  churches  of  the  first  centuries. 
Sewell,  when  speakingof  the  Apostolic  customs 
i: 

It  was  customary  also  to  symbolize  the  fel- 
lowship and  afiection  of  the  Christian  converts 
by  interchanging  the  kiss  of  peace  before  par- 
taking of  the  Sacrament.  St.  Paul,  in  writing 
to  the  Thessaiouians,  says,  '  Greet  all  the  breth- 
ren with  a  holy  kiss.' "  History  of  the  Early 
Church,  page  121. 

Justin  Martyr,  who  wrote  about  the  middle 
of  the  second  century,  when  speaking  of  their 
manner  of  receiving  converts  into  the  church, 
says,  "  Prayer  being  ended,  we  salute  each  other 
ith  a  kiss."  Orchard,  Vol.  1,  page  24. 
Quotations  on  this  subject  might  be  multipli- 
ed to  a  considerable  extent,  but  we  will  let  the 
follomngfrom  TertulliansulSceforthe  present; 
ither  custom  has  now  become  prevalent. 
Such  as  are  fasting  withhold  the  kiss  of  peace, 
hich  is  the  seal  of  i)rayer,  after  prayer  made 
with  brethren.  But  when  is  peace  more  to  be 
concluded  with  brethren  than  when,  at  the  time 
f  some  religious  observance,  our  prayer  ascends 
rith  more  acceptability;  that  they  may  them- 
selves participate  iu  one  observance,  and  there- 
by be  mollified  for  transaction  mth  their  brother 
touching  their  own  peace?  What  prayer  is 
complete  if  divorced  from  the  holy  kiss."  Vol, 
1,  page  1U2, 

The  strongest  argument,  and  in  fact,  the  real 
argument  used  to  prove  that  the  holy  kiss  is  a 
command  to  be  observed  by  nil  faithful  Chris- 
tians, is  predicated  upon  the  fact,  that  it  is  a 
command  of  God,  given  by  Inspiration.  Its 
luthority  is  God,  being  backed  up  by  the  high- 
est power  in  the  universe,  and  will  remain  bind- 
ing during  the  Christian  dispensation.  Since 
given  in  the  days  of  the  Apostles,  it  has  not 
been  repealed  by  the  consent  of  divine  authori- 
ty. It  is  as  binding  to-day  as  when  fii'st  given, 
and  to  reject  it,  is  to  ignore  a  positive  and  spe- 
cific command. 

"  The  importance  of  a  sacred  rite 

Depends  upon  the  Lord; 
For  He's  a  being  infinite, 


And  awful  i.^  His  Word. 
If  He  a  trifle  shall  command 

His  creatures  to  fulfill, 
'Tis  not  a  trifle  to  withstand 

Or  counteract  His  will." 


0" 


OUB  PAMPHLETS. 

UR  greatly  improved  facilities  for  doing 
book  work,  enable  us  to  now  offer  to  the 
brotherhood  and  the  reading  public  generally, 
pamphlets  at  greatly  reduced  rates.  We  do  not 
aim  to  make  much  on  this  kind  of  work,  but 
merely  to  clear  expenses.  We  are  willing  to 
make  many  sacrifices  in  order  to  get  our  doc- 
trine more  extensively  circulated  among  the 
people,  and  with  proper  efforts  much  goo<l  can 
he  accomplished.  The  circulating  of  literature 
in  this  shape  is  one  of  the  best  known  ways  of 
spreading  the  truth. 

The  Waldenses,  when  driven  from  place  to 
place  by  their  cruel  enemies,  olten  carried  books 
and  tracts  with  them,  and  gave  them  to  such  as 
they  thought  would  be  benefited  by  reading 
them,  and  in  this  way  they  effected  the  conver- 
sion of  hundreds,  who  otherwise  would  have  re- 
mained ignorant  of  the  way  of  salvation  till 
death. 

Pamphlets  and  small  tracts  are  handy  com- 
panious  to  hand  to  aseeker  aftertruth.  In  this 
way  you  can  gently  approach  people  on  the 
most  particular  subjects  of  religion.  Books  are 
sometimes  like  boml>-shells,  you  can  throw  them 
oter  walls  whose  gates  are  closed.  There  ara 
multitudes  of  men  and  women,  who  wilt  not 
attend  preaching,  that  can  be  reached  with 
hooks.  The  eye  can  be  had  when  the  ear  is 
closed.  A  book  can  he,  aud  is  often  read  re- 
peatedly, and  then  loaned  to  three  or  four  frieoda 
besides. 

You  can  send  books  where  it  is  difficult  t^o  send 
a  preacher.  Money  wisely  spent  in  circulating 
good  tracts,  will  accomplish  more  good  than  the 
same  amount  used  in  any  other  way.  A  few 
dimes,  thus  properly  applied,  may  be  instru- 
mental in  saving  a  soul  from  hell,  and  hide  a 
multitude  of  sins.  One  good  book  may  be  ea 
good  seed  sown  in  good  ground.  Eternity  alone 
will  reveal  the  good  that  is  accomplished  by 
circulating  useful  writings. 

We  cannot  all  be  preacliers,  yet  each  one  can 
keep  a  few  pamphlets  moving  among  his  friends, 
and  iu  this  way  instruct  fhem  more  perfectly  in 
the  way  of  the  Lord.  We  know  brethren  who 
keep  constantly  on  hand,  copies  of  good  works 
to  let  their  neighbors  read,  and  when  the  books 
thus  used  are  worn  out  they  send  aud  get  more. 
There  are  thousands  who  have  been  converted 
just  simply  by  reading  a  pamphlet  sent  them 
by  a  friend. 

Some  years  ago,  a  lady  of  much  iutelligence, 
chanced  to  find  a  book  written  by  a  bruthett 
among  a.  heap  of  waste  paper.  She  read  it 
with  astonished  delight,  and  is  now  a  sister. 
Then  sow  the  good  seed.  Eternity  will  reveal 
the  fruit  of  your  labors. 

Other  people  are  busy  at  work,  circulating 
pamphlets  and  tracts  detrimental  to  the  cause 
of  pure  Christianity,  aud  it  is  time  we  were  do- 
ing somethiug  to  counteract  their  work.  Wq 
know  of  one  house  where  the  presses  are  run- 
ning day  and  night,  putting  out  tracts  and  pa- 
pers iu  defense  of  a  doctrine  that  we  conceive  to 
be  false.  Shall  we  lay  still,  from  one  end  of 
the  land  to  the  other,  and  do  comparatively 
nothing  towards  meeting  this  mighty  current? 

We  have  just  finished  the  liailroad  Sermon^ 
by  Hro,  J.  S.  Mohl.T,  of  which  a  notice  will  ba 
found  in  another  place,  and  are  now  at  work  oil 
TO,  J.  W.  Stein's  pamiihlet  on  Non-Conformi- 
lijlo  the  World.    This  will  be  a  valuable  work 

hen  finished.     It  will  be  ready  in  a  few  weeks. 

ur  own  publications  have  been  reduced  to  the 
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■gHJg ,  ^J^g;ri^gSjq[  J  ^y. ,  y  qjep^. 


July 


I  DO   NOT  LIKE  TO   HEAR 
HIM    PRAY. 


'.ViiiViliit.^'h'ir  luflity  siilVcnngsleel.    ■ 

I  .1..  u.,t  lik^-'to'li'enr'jierrmy    '''■'  """'' 

Willi  Jc-vv.'lwri;nY'!i\irt's(lk"eWiUtJssl"-  ■ 

I'    .WUosuiU'nsliern'uiil&n  totlB^ill'iUyM"'  '' 

Swell  i>ions  slifenvei-s  I  dcsiiise; 
IVltli  folilwl  hamla,  iind  face  demiuc,  ' ' 

,   'Ai!tlhteiil|iJie«ii-ftiii;i!Sofiyift,i)Uo«.  .,1, 
!■■  'Iilii'iiot  li];i?si\r1iSfiiilli->ss'|>rilyL'i-M';  "■'' 
,     ,,ir;iviMii.v',Ipln'|n-tiHiciovi!ivi;ii:    ■ 

■  rt'iifJji.;  I^Larii|iii;iH.i\--i>l..  Iic.ir, 
i>>i  liiAiiillsoiiiltd  ftiTIii  thu  li]M  (l(']ijnt ; 
I  i,.„0\ir,|Fiitliei'  leii^lfi  I]  vejiily  imi. 

X.ot  wonls  ha  fow,  tli:  lii-iirs  ili,.  li..,ii t. 


W'JJJ'fiud 'iiienlioiird  in  tlit-  iSuriithim^J,  fcw»y 
I  ■.k-mds6f>n:iiliiiii.  <»iic  is  the  m-^doiU'Of 
j tluBi rt'orld,  ioid.to  Im'  "  tboli^huyss  with  God.'' 
1  Cor.  3iilH,.  yet  tliir;  i>  Hie  wisdom  Unit  intseS 
usteiisiTely  nfc  tliis  day,  ilea  desire  tn  apueai: 
wiM-  t-.  Ui^ir  fclluw-iiKii  ju  -t^U-Lunwit,  r,L-gai-Ai, 
ie^vui  linw  tU-y  ;ipi„..irln  tlw  >i^'ht -f' Gp^, 
Tlii>  iimv  1..-  dL'iiomiiKiW  i.o|Hil:ir  »i^|i.m:  tlie 
k-liid-  tlikt  iHuaily  iti:.k---  ii..'U    [.ruiid   iuid  cMivi- 

Of  til-  nlliH-,  .fiiiiu's  .-ay.-.  ■'  If  any  ..f  yuu  l,i,:k 
ui-doni,  [..t  liini  iLsl;  nfGnd.  who  yivi-th  lilifi-iil- 
ly  Ni  nil  iiii'Ti,  itiid  iiphraidcHl  not,'  iHid  it.  sh;ill 
h^  tliveii."  JuniesliS.  Again,  ill  t.k-  thii-d 
L-luiiitev  wp  Haven  dcfcriptSouof  the  IVirits  of 
ith«  tnie  wisdoiriv  (verses  lUito  IS)..  In.veree 
17  w(- (ir«i;told  .Unit. ■(he  wisdom/ithKt.icrjiueth. 
iImhh  lVoin,.yli9ve,^,flilui'P.  gei^He.,,pfifti;e)iVlfli' 
i.M-y  to  be  eut);^ttted^  tu\l  ot]  iil?i;4>:,  aii(},gpo(l. 
tniit-^,  without  i>avtiidity  or  hypocrisy.".  ,  , 

How  f.-w,  r.oui]>;uMtlv,.|v.  M-pk  thi-  kin-l  ..f 
wisdon^  l.u-it.  ,u.\  in.piii.Li-.  ir  .1  iiiin]-l-i.  ..!■ 
S»uday--rli..,-,|  t-a^luT  luiiU  >oiii..  dittivult  i.a- 
^nge  in'God'a'Wotd,  iind'hclU  in'^t'f-l/ii  t•^  nilder- 
sikiid  iVWlmfv  dries'  heiilo?.  'Doe^nlie  a^k  God 
for  WLidoiiiiff  Oin  ahoveyiordons  he  nfibfivqiipnt- 
lyask  some.ot',thel..'iinii.|l  ill  wh-m  it  i^  unt 
safe. tft. trust? 

j  i.atltf  Qod.l|oli.  uh  all  Ui  >i:,ivt.  tliat  Lni..M\i.-- 
|h.m,,ivliich,w,'ill,!;uid-  n-  iuW  Hiv  v,,.y -'I  alt 
tnith.     hrt  ,i./,nof  Diily   i''."l    'In-    .-^.-ni^l.^.v -t 


SEt^c'tED  GEMS. 


Will  1 
Ami  sou 
To  pity, 


.ikiU'WstauilTlii; 


■tliii 


ytlik;!^-  ! 


uii,llJi;r!iui|ij,)V»-«iv 

— It  is  u  grand  thing:  to  mlly  the  i>eoi»le  fo 
the  cross  of  Cb;rist. ,       ,   . 

Dr.  Adam  Olarke.aay.sji^' strong. rdi-ink  is  not. 
only  tlie  devil's  way  to  mnii,  but,  .man's .way  ito 
the  devil."      ,  ,         ,  i 

— Write  your  uanifiiby  kindness,  ilove  and 
mercy,  on  the  hearts  of  people  you  come  in 
contact  with  year  liy  year,  and  you  will  never 
be  forgotten. 

— "We  must  not  jiidae  a  man  by  a  woi-d  or  a 
single  action.  Life  is  composed  of  so  many  in- 
consistencies, that  we  would  often  take  the  ex- 
ception for  the  rule. 

— A  girl  who  can  put  on  a  wjuare  patch  may 
not  be  so  accomplished  as, one  who  can  work  a 
green  woi'sted  dog  on  a  yellow '  ground,  but  she 
is  of  far  more  real  value  in  the  c6nmunity. 

— The  dilferenee  between, the  church  and  the 
world  should '  be  emphasized.  A  false  culture 
levels  the  boundary,  and  has  nearly  obliterated 
the  walls  of  Jenisaliau.  Such  alax  practice, 
has  never  made  hei-oofi  and  mart>Ti9: 

— A  Ohilhish  Cokckit: — One  night' in  ^ 
thunder  shower  we  thought  the' little  ones  were 
all  asleep,  whun  a  little  voice  fr<jui  the  "  trun- 
dle-bed" called  out,  "  Ob,  mother,  the  dark. .is 
winkijjg!  first  it  .-Itiit.s  up,  and  tlK-ji  it  shuts 
down." 

—Beware  of  tb^^  lii-l  ^la-.:  tli-  ^.vivt  u|  1,.- 
ing  s<ibi>r,  aii'l  ^>fl-:."-i.!ii-  -nl,,.,-,  i-  lo  AUnd  the 
first  -l:i".  If  y..u.l.'ti'.uiin.-  iK.f  1..  t.J;,.  flie 
fir^t  i;lil---.li"l""iv.ail  lii.Lkr.  v.. 111.. k.'lllr  ..■,■,, ikI. 

Iti^  til''  li.-t  jUls.,  that  llie  co.i.afn (.■!.■  lirappk-i 
with;  this  taken,  conscience  grows  w^alier  with 
every  ^m'ceedin(>  gla'is.       "'■  ' '■  "^""  ■ 

, — W.henyon^eau  mHkelau',oabout;;ol  muush- 
room,  ,Uicii,liujd  not  till,  thf^n,  youi'may  ihopo  to 
make  a  living-,  tree  outof  ,tliat .  poisonous  toad- 
I  stool,  the  theatrci  It  wnp,.  even  laniongi  the 
heathen  imtioDs,  wiiHidured  tt  disgrace  t«  l**;  con^ 
nect«d  with  cue!  and  down  HirouEh  iill  the  thous- 
ands of  yejirrf  which  it. liaa  lived. sijxci!  then,  it' 
has  come  with  perpetual  dishonor  ojhit-i  head... 
In  the  mountains  of  Tyr6li'it  is  the  custom 
of  the  women  and  cbildVeh  to  come  out  when  it 
is  bed-time,  <ing  their  national  songs  until  they 
hear  their  husbands,  fathers,  an<l  brother^  an- 
swer them  from  the  hills  on  their  return  home. 
On  the  .shores  of  the  Adriatic  such  a  ciustom 
prevails.  Thcrethe  wives  of  the  fishermen  come 
down  about  sunset  and  singing  the  first  stAn/.8, 
they  will  listen  awhile  for  an  answering  melody 
from  off  the  water;  and  continue  to  sing  and 
listen  till  the  well-known  voice  comes  borne  on 
the  waters,  telling  that  the  loved  one  is  almost 
home.  Ho(v  sweet  to  the  weary  fisherman,  as 
the  shadoNvs  gather  around  him,  must  be  the 
songs  of  the  loved  ones  at  home,  that  sing  to 
cheer  him;  and  how  they  strengthen  and  tight- 
en the  links  that  bind  those  humble  dwellers  by 
the  sea. 


n. 


f.- 


•.vi^rnni  <  -tS.ui..:'  ■Tli-fenruf  tW-  In,.]  - 
the  bcinnnuig  of  Itnu.-I  wisdom.'"  Let  u.s  lake 
God  at  Uis  word!.and"*10  whatsoever 'He  tomii' 
niands.  LetJms  i-eceive  God's' Woixla.'i  Hoiboa 
given,  it  to  usloml  profit  then?by. 


CLOSE  COMMUNION. 


CLOSE  communion  is  one  of  the  peciiliaritie.s 
of  the  church,  and  is  one  that  many  of  the 
professors  of  Christendom  do  not  understand. 
When  being  asked  why  we  are  close  commun- 
icants, many  of  us  are  not  able  to  juiswer  iLS  we 
would  tike  to,  and  are  frequently  accused  ol  be- 
ing narrow-minded,  bigoted,  uuchiiritable  to- 
wards other  deiiohiinations,  especially  '^o,  =ince 
we  invit«  none  to  the  Lord's  table  but  our 
members. 

Here  comes  a  man  and  says,  "  I  would  like 
to  commune  with  yoii,  but 'ybu'woii't  permit 
me.  Please  tell  me,  why  is  this?"  We  answr. 
We  do  invite  yiii,  and  otlen  irith  tears,  hut  w- 
say;  come  as  we  do. '  You  are  not  likc-uiindv'i 
with  ns  according  to  Chiist  Jesus.  "  And  lie  that 
doubteth  is  damned  if  he  eat.  bccauseihe  eateth 
not  of  faith,  ifori  what.si)ever  i.s.  not  of  faith,,  is 
sin."  Kom.  H:2a  Wn  ^ruisider  Hk-  order  of 
the  .■hurch-tlu-    H.-i.rl  ,,iM    Ai„.-t..liL    i-rdtr. 

ifweuoniiuun..  u.tli  i i-j..  u  lu.  1.m..Ii  .l-ttriu.- 

w.--   do   i„.t    Ih^H-v^'.    u iiMiiit    -111;   .u.d    will 

lk-illr..ii-,-tr]it  if  ^^.■  iin-f.'  | |.l.'  f-.   .-.  .ii!  lunh.^ 

with  II-   uli..  li:iv..  IK.  laitli  illHi^'a..rtl-ill.'uhi,li 

wMeiuh.  Tli.-y  will  bt;  .iuuing  agiiiii-.t  their 
eoii-Lii'iice  if  they  coHiniuhe  with  us,  therefon^ 
w-  wilLlje  sinning  by  inviting  them  to  sin.  W- 
will  lie  sinning  if  we  commune  with  people. who 
aif  not  "  likeimiiid'.'itiiiie  toward  aiiotlu.-r  "'.  with 
lis],'* according,, tfj  IJlirist  Jesus,",,  Our  iiiiud^ 
liiiljt  be  united  in  t!|.,-  union  of  ^eiitnuunt,  auj 
iftheivi>no  uin.,11,  tli-iv  can  1.^  ii..  L-.^nimiui- 
Ion. 

All  L-.'l>Oli-  .K.i  III-  t.M.iite.  tiu.  di.il.J,.  mM-i 
eilU'l-  ill  ;lt  th.'  ■■-Ir.iir  .-at^.''  Rii.hM.l  i-  an 
initialiim  ..rdinaiM-  I.n  whi..li  w.-  .-nb-f  Mi.- 
ehuirb-  "  Th-  ;\p..-l[..  i'.ml -.ly-.  "  f'..!- a-;  in.iin 
of  you  w  lia\-e  benu  bapt;;'<-d  into  ('liri<^(,  have 
putoii  dhrist."'  If  we  n-ant  to  put  on  Christ 
and  enter  iu'nt  th'-  "strait  grttc,'''we-  luusi.  be 
buried  wibhiHilh'liy  baptism  iinto  Hin  death  ac-' 
cording  to  His  appointed  way.  .-Vny  other  way 
({Inm  His,  is  not,  Gospel  order.  "  {le  t^q-t  climb- 
etli  up  some  other  way,  the  same  j^  athief  auda 
robber,''  We  cannot  commune  with  people 
who  do  not  enter  into  the  church  iiecoi-diug  to 
His  a|ip6iiited  way. 

With  regard  to  the  ordinances  in  the  church, 
they  differ  from  us.  Keet-wa.shing  is  tjlaiiiiedi 
by  nio->t  denominations,  to  be  a  command,  but 
not  to  be  practiced  in  the  public  assembly  of 
the  church,  and'  many  of  those  who  claim  it 
ought  to  be  practiced  in  the  a.ssc-mbly  do  not 
practice  it  at  the  proper  time.  The  Lord's  S\\[>- 
per  they  call  the  Jewish  Passover,  and  the  Ho- 
ly Communion  they  call  the  Lord's  Supper. 
Thus  far  yon  can  see  that  we  cannot  commune 
irith  a  people  who  do  not  hold  entirely  to  the 
doctrine  of  Chrbt,    The  Apostle  says, "  If  there , 


come  any  unto  you,  and  bring  not  this  doctrine, 
receive  nim  not  into  your  house,  neither  bid 
him  G^-ld  speed."    2J6hriIOL  "    ' 

Mf(rmio;diih.    '      ■■■■■'  .'■■■  •"■  ■ 


HE  THAT  IS  GUILTY   OF  THE 

LEAST,   IS  GUILTY  OF 

THE  WHOLE. 

■-.f.l,l,"H:-,i.     I  n,        ,-; 

,■>  Mil)  (toil  (  .,t,TOS.-S..USOB«-V-^'.  . 


i     ClimSTiAN  is  'likened  unb 
J\    eiigiiges   as   a  partner  in  a  !i 


CHRtSTIAN  is  likened  unto  n  man  who, 
He  first 
hether  tiiere  is  gain  in  the  transaction; 
then  be  is  ready  to  go  to  work,  tlmugh  there 
may  be  many  obstruction'^  in  the  way. 

First,  he  lUiist'  search'  the  leconl  and  make 
biin.-relf  sure  of  not  losing  his  deposit  or  com- 
penJiiltion.  ■    ''  .  ■    .  I    . 

Secoudi  he  ninst  be  on' his  guard,  watching 
for  irn pediments  that  may  chshce'  'to  be  'throivn 
inihis  wp^i.l  There  are  many iwho  give  this  bnl 
littlij  orjioi  thmight  .afciall,  .wheir engaged. lin 
('brijliiuiity,  Jihoiigh.  in  worldly  nfi'nii-s  they  ai'' 
v.r-.  ■  ■•..■I-.  \- ,1  matter  of  truth,  if  he  is  a 
)i..j.  ■  J...  a  ..iiii.ii'ivce,,he  is,  triiifSted  in  either 
lOil  i-ampii.'  to  til 


does,  he  is  a  Christian."  Woe  unto  the  man 
who  will  teach  such  doctrine;  they  sb.ill  .W 
hated  in  the  pres'ence'of  Go*!. 


:\lrM 


ot  ;' 


-1-1. 


v.("    .'. '■      ■'  ■      ivii  r.f  goodslaiiding   should 
\"  .  ■'..  ..  'Iiin^; 'no  matter  how  small. 

'I  III'  -uulIii  1  fiir'  iii.tfvr;  for-inon  of  ■  weak  miudfe 
are  more  apt  to  take  heed ito.smull.'ithin'^'Si|.  than 

l.irgei'ones;  j  '     ....     :  ■    .  ■     i 

There  are  many  tilings  in  life  that  are  of  great 


the -reat  mtluoiu'H  i.steemedobaraKers  liave  ovL-r 
others.  "If  li  well-esteemed  brother  goes  in  a 
saloon  and  t.ikes  a  drink, '  {probably  for  his 
health),' many  weak-nliuded  men  think, '  Well, 
my  brother,  an  esteemed  man,  can  take  a  drink, 
why  can't  I? 'and  goes  in  and  takesa  drink, 
but  does  not  stop  there,  os  his  brother,  buttakes 
another,  and  another,  and  so  on  till  he  becomes 
intoxicated,  and  uses  profane  language,  and  all 
i\|i#  caused  by,  the  good  brother  and  him  not 
aware,  of  it.  And  likewise  an  esteemed  sister 
probably  gets  her  bonnet  changed  somewhat, 
something  near  the  fashion;  a  weak-minded  si  s- 
tpr  does  likewise,  but  does  not  stop  there.  Tlie 
remainder  of  her  dress  is  also  changed  something 
near  tlia  fashion,  or  probably  altogether  as  the 
fashion,  and  if  counseled  for  it,  she  will  say, 
■  Why,  my  sister  has  her  bonnet  made  after  the 
fashion,  and  I  thought  I  could  do  likewise,'  and 
will  maintain  her  right^s  until  she  is  thrown  out 
of  the  church,  and  all  is  caused  by  the  good  (?) 
si.ster  just  simply  changing  her  bonnet." 

Tbiie  are  other  cases  similar  to  these,  that  are 
,^iii-(...l  liv  esteemed  meii  and  women,  and  they 
.ue  uul  aware  of  it.  I  once  heard  of  a  preacher 
being  n.sked,  if  there  was  any  wrong  in  telling 
an  nnti'lith'in  time  ofnecdssity?  Ho  said  there 
was  not.  Now  this  is  a  case  of  infltienee. 
There  is  no  need  of  untruth  in  ajiy  case,  no 
ditft-renct;  how  imal!  it  is;  probalily  not  so  much 
ill  the -ight  of  th.^  world,  but  iti  the  sight  of 
(";...i,  I-  :u.  Iiad  ;l-  tl,.'  kL,.r.--t,  Th--ie  are  many 
.■.,-. ■-=..!  tlii-  kill.!   iiiiti.-d.     Ill  .iL-e  a  poor 

lull  l.iL.lher  and  a.sk-  liiui  fur  umu-/,  t\i4  .in- 
^WL■r  !■;,  "  1  have  iiut  ^ot  it,"  and  at  the  same 
time  hf  lias  it  laying  in  some  bauk,  or  in  the 
hoiiRe,  Hut  it  a  rich  brother  comes  and  asks, 
he  can  liavo.alt.he  wanta.  The  rich  man  gets 
it,  and  iprpbably  the  snime'  ibrothur  goes  to  him 
and  rei«ives  tb«  same  answer.  This  uiun  got 
it  to  ,-peeulute  with,  and  t)ie  poor  brother, must 
let  ill-  jimiierty  li-  »oid  to  pay  tlie  debt.  Then 
tlii-v  "ill  -Hv.    -I  Hill    ^orrv;"  telling    the'  iiii- 

tlMtl,    twieef.ll      ,.|H.,-,-e.       Tin-      -1 Id      not   be 

the     e:,-,.      vitl,      rlin-fi.lll      p|n|e-i|-         Thoblld 


'it 


lit). I 


wrong  than  yon  eornmit  pei'sonally. 

Now  ther^  are'n'ilniy'who  hold  the  opinion, 
that  thple'isno  wrong  in  doing  a  little  work  on 
Suiiday, .  I  have  heard  some  say  that  the  Script- 
ures !-!iy,  there  ik  no  harm  in  saving  that  which 
will.bkely  be  lost  on  Sunday.  [  will  here  ask, 
ol  rniv  Bible  reader,  if  they  ever  saw,  betwecii 
thelids  of  the  Bible,  ",  Vou  shall  labor  to  save 
money  on  Sunday  ?"  There  are  many  places 
where  the  Savior  asked  them,  winch  of  them 
would  not  siive  life  on  the   Sabbath? 

Now  these  are  some  important  facts  to  !» 
observed;  they  are  smalt  in  theeyesof  those  who 
commit  them,  but  are  seen  by  the  eyes  of  the 
world  and  observed  by  the  eye  of  GikI,  Let  all, 
when  once  joined  with  a  Christian  band,  live, 
walk  and  talk  Christian -like.  I  once  heard  a 
man  remark:  "After  a  man  joins  the  church 
be  is  like  a  man  coming  in  a  new  country.  If  he 
once  is  in  the  country  long  enough  to  become 
a  citiKeu,  no  mutter  what  he  does,  he  is  still  a 
citizen.     So  in  the  church;  no  matter  what  he 


SETTLING   QUARRELS. 

On3IETlMESdith..ultie^ari*e  among  uetgh- 
0  boi-s  and  among  Christians,  when  honest, 
well-meaning  people  fail  to  agree,  and  it  reqnitv* 
patience  and  shrewdnessi  to  prevent  i.seriouR 
trouble.  Often,  however,!]* piftotjcal common 
sense  of  a  disint<;rested .  pei^tjp  avKtls,  .ivhen  iir-i> 
giiment  and  invective  are  in  vain. 

Two  farmers  qnarretlrd  orer'T  broken  fence, 
through  which-  their  cattle  pn^se^tyVltbout  re- 
atraint.  Each  iii>i<ted  that  tlie  other  should 
mend  the  breach.  Unable  tu  iigi-ee,  tbey.  lefb 
the  matter  to  the  decision  of,  a  neighbor,  wl(ol 
allei  listening  attentively  ^  to  their  stories,  ami 
^  i,.i\iii._r  11,,.  (,:M,.e  ^^.t]■  .-.u;-,  i)iloruied  tjienithat , 
i  '■!  ■  ,.■  .■  '  II.  r.ii- thought  and  consid- ^ 
■II'.  ■    .l-i.n-    his'  decision   upoii  u 

Mi''.      .:■..'.  ■■i..in.-iit.  ami   that  mean- 

while Ik'WuiiM  !■■.■  ■■' into  the  broIteV 

fence,  as  it  Tuei.  I  .■,  .  I  ,-.  , Mention.'  '  Aii~ 
.ludingly  hi'fell  I  ...:■  .:>.!  ,u  teilor  fifleefi' 
iiiiinite-!  had  the  VeUCe  mended,  while  the''tWty 
liellieereitl-  -io,id-i  by,  ha\-iiig.inothiiig  Icfbyto' 
iluai-wlMjorit!       ■■    ,      .  ;■  .■  .1.1 

A  .shoemaker  who  failed  to.collect,fivodollnv.s . 
of  a  customer,  .sued  him  at  the  la\v,  |,T,he  deht- 
l^t;wellt  to  n  liiwvi-r  for,a'iyice,.  . 

•■  l)ii  y.ni  i/we  liiiii  (li,?  moflpy?',"|..sajdtIic)^(^\v;-j 

"  V'.'-.  l.':ii  -i]ii  !■  Ill'  li.is  sued  me,  I  want  you  , 
to  light  him;  liei-e  is  fen  ddllai-s  to'begin  witll.'"'" 

The  lawyer  took  the  nioiiey,  iiud  "soon  aftei; 
called  oil  the  slioenlUker  atid  asked  him  if  ho 
would  take  five  dollars  and'''^ettle''tbe'nlattei'.' 
He  was  glad  to  dfi  it,  and  the  la'wyel* '  put  the 
other  five  dollars  into  his  own  pbckdt. 

"How  do  you  come  on  with  the  shoemaker?" 
said  the  debtor  to.  the  lawyer,  one  day; , 

"  0,  I  have  fixed  him  so  he  will  never  troublo 
you  any  more,"  replied  the  lawyer,  and  so  tliii 
lawsuit  ended,  , 

In  Alarion,  Wayne  Co.,  N,  Y.,  two  widows  of, 
the  Baptist  church  attended  service  in  a  coun- 
try school-house.  They  occupied  chairs  in 'the 
center  of  the  room.  After  intermission  they  ' 
changed  seats,  and  as  each  had  left  her  shawl  iit 
the  chair,  they  chdnged  shawls.  One  was  very 
fine,  the  other  coarse.  After  sen-ice  both  claim> 
ed  the  fine  shasvl.  No  one  could tellwhich  was 
mistaken:  the  church  was^bout  equally  divid- 
ed; and  the  parties  were  completely  alienatetJ, 
Two  councils  had  been  called  without  success, 
A  thii-d  was  called,  and  an  old  preacher  named 
Auiasa  Brown  was  sent  for  to  attend  it.  After 
each  side  had  presented  its  case,  Mr.  Brown  rose 
and  inquired  what  the  shawls  were  worths 
Someone  said  the  best  one  cost  ten  dollars.' 
"  Well,"  said  he,  "  let  us  buy  it,"  and  laid  down 
a  dollar  as  the  first  subscription.  The  mon6y 
was  raised,  the  fine  shawl  given  to  ofie  and  the 
money  to  the  other.  The  cparae  shawl  was  sent 
to  the  Missionary  Convention,  and  the  diificu]-. 
ty  was  settled. 

The  grace  of  common  sense  is  one  of  the  most 
preeiinw..f  '"'Iii'-ii..ii  L:i-,ices.  And  if  pei-sons 
would 'u!.  ■    U'.'.-  grace,  many  quarrels 

would  I'-  ■■■!.  ■....■■'  lived.  '"Bfecd  are' thi^' 
peacemakeis:  i.n-  tliev  shall  He  cirlled  the  chiK'* 
drcnofGod."— rAcrAm/mH.'  ■ 


■  I  PRAYER  AND  WORKS;  i 

P^i.AY£ii,was  nevei;,nieant)tD.hQ.a^nl>stftutoV 
for  liili.ir,  ail  e.^v  way, of  throwing,  our  rer-  . 
siK.ii.-^il.  1  ■  ,.  ..  ^;    .1      The  old  classic  story,, 

ut  tie-  r.  .      ■■  -.■  ..u-t    >tiiek  in  the  mud, 

and  wl...  ;.,,  r......    ■,.  r.,  He.vules  iu.-  help  Iu^l 

stead  uf  u-iii.- i.|[..il  i,.Ni-li,  ai.d  ^^:l.  b^ld'by 
the  g.-i-l  be  invoked,  tA  [.ut  hi-  iiwn  -iLnildei^  to' 
the  wlu-i-l.  -Imw-  that  even  a  heaih^u  mih'd" 
cotild  see  that  faith  was  never  meant  to  exclude ' 
work;.  ■  "That  is  u  good  anecdote  w'hith  they  tell  ■ 
about  Mr,  Moody — and  lin  authentie  one,  too —  '■ 
in  his  earlier  days  in  Chicago,  when  the'noonr 
day  prayerfmeeting  liad.  been.,a')tabU)>hed,  and." 
he  was  a  regular  attendant,  Bro,  K.,,n  man  of 
wealth,  rose,  one  day  and  told  the  meeting  of  an 
opportunity  which  there  waa,  to  do  a  cerhiiii 
good  thing  if  only  three  or  four  hundred  dollars 
could  be  raised  for  the  purpose,  and  he  urged 
those  present  to  jiray  earnestly  that  it  might  hn 
done.  Mr.  Moody  was  on  his  feet,  with  a  sud- 
den inspiration,  saying,  "  Bro.  K..  I  wouldn't 
trouble  the  Lord  with  a  little  thing  like  that;  ( 
would  do  it  myself."  The  universal  smile  prov- 
ed that  every  one  took  the  point  of  his  joke. 
— Cony  reijaiiona  lis/. 


Skepticism  has  never  founded  empires,  estalv-, 
lished  principalities,  or  changed  the  world's 
heart.  The  great  doers  in  history  have  always 
been  men  of  faith. 


July 


jrnEiE//BTt:ETK:R0E3Nri  ^rr  avokk:. 


The   Clock. 

rpo  thtuc  whos«  iHisiniiSH  is  finite  near.  Ihc  liell 
wliich  tfilU'tlp  lioiTriii'liidependem!!''  Hall 
liasn  •'(jlfniti  soiiml.  '  Them  in  u  low  vihrntioii 

lietKi-''ti  the  striik.-^tlint  sp-ans  tn  wluspi;r,  ;»"«- 
iiff,  /iiintiiiiii,  ji'i.-'Miiif/!  Anil  tlicsi'  qitostioiis  en- 
*r  onr  miuiL'  Who  un'  thojethat  are-iiiissing? 
Uow  rite  tliKV  im.wingi'  AnA  ln.<itl>*,  wliiip;  are 
thoy  pasSfiii^I'  iTJien  tliL-  respon-Hi^  eouiB  to  tile 
i(>iil.,  ,AU..RrL'   ijrtssijig! ,  Yes,  iKnir  miiler.  we 

lure  nil  iHissiiin  im  irf  wiU'.  Ami  tho.^e  who 
Wr  the  low  vihratioiis  i.f  the  U'll  will  s.«.ii  lis- 
fcn  to  Ihut  fol'-niii  mhiucI  iiu  iiii>[-.'  Ii^revi-r,    for- 

(uver,  for  tliey  i^hull  liuve  imswid  to 


■  'i'liiit 


lulls 


1 1  It  IT, 


i'^-oni  wlii;s«  liciinu'  jiijili-iivclfi^  !■ 
Sinnnr,  do  you  lii'iir  tliosf  soft  niiii  gentle  vibm- 
tioiw  of  that  still  small  Toice  thiit  whi9pei>^ 
"  Come  unto  Me"!  I?!  It  is  the  plofidiiigvoieeof 
JesH3.  This  voice  will  ulso  finnllv  ceaso  to  vi- 
linite,  or  liill  in  sweut  Rceeiits  iijiou  your  coti- 
(icienec.  imd  whiifc  will  hcynnr  t'liti-l  Clmstgeut- 
Ij'  knoeks  at  the  door  of  youv  heart;  will  you 
Iml  Him  enter  ?  Bemeinljer  your  life'is  \>nid- 
Ing  awjiy  .with  thf  gentle,  yet  solemn  vibrations 
of  the  clock;  niid  soon,  yea  very  soou,"  time  may 
be  no  more  ^vith  you,  ntid  where  are  you  litoud- 
ing?  Echo  answers,  WHEHE!  Remember 
you  are  jiassing  info  Eternity  aiid  into  the  n'lg- 
itst  presence  of  an  avenging  God.  Listen  to 
that  gentle  voice  that  calls  you,  and  seek  Jesus 
while  He  mny  be  found,  "  For  His  yoke  is 
ea-sy,  nnd  Hih  burden  is  tight."  Matt.  11.  30. 
so  that  when  you  pass  to  that  land  of  immor- 
tality, yoH  he  abli'  tn  obtain  that  peaceful  rest 
that  "  pa,tsetli  :>ll  tiuiVT-taudinf;." 


The  t 


k  toll  1 


^,.|l-T 


1  tiini 


■\Vlurii  iilyrtiils  i)ii:,s  ti.  lest. 

0,  may  tliiil  be  their  Iniiijiy  liower, 

T«  rtwel!  among  tlie  blest! 

E.  R.  Stifleh. 


f^IIHE  above  subject  is  one  of  groat  importance 
X  and  should  have  duo  regard  from  all  the 
brethren  and  sist^i-s.  But  we  find  this  so  much 
neglected  by  theBrotlirCn.  I  tell  you  brethren 
and  sistei^;  we  can  never  get  along  as  Chris- 
tians without  this  gi'eat  princple.  A  plant 
iviU  die  from  lack  of  rain,  so  will  the  Christian 
without  prayer.  "Ah,"  snys  on™  "is  that  so? 
How  ilo  von  \i\,><\v"y     liocitine  l\uil  said  -'pray 


Ai... 


man  aviiUeth  much.' ■  \Vb;it  ailoliglitliil  i,i>l; 
to  pour  out  •mi", sou!  V  de^ir'-'s  hi  Him  tiiat  livi-lh 
and  ubi.leth  f-u-tiver.  t)h.  .Icur  ivader.  try  it  if 
yciu  never  have  done  sy  lu  your  life,  try  it  l'"i'  ^i 
week  and  continue  t,o  trv  as  long  .t-*  ymi  livi- 
and  (io.l  tt-ill  .purely  hv;u-  vm  -.uiA  ^niCi'  yuu  in-' 
to  rest.  "BnC  <av.  ..,„.■  I  .Miiiiui,  i  have 
'tried  it  and  could  iir.f  ituv.'  1  wiji  let!  you. 
lio\Y  you  might  fry.  \.'ii  (.■■a.-iiLl".T.  liie  Sav- 
ior'said,  "  When  you  pray,  riiiy,  (Inr  Jl'ather 
■wliich  nvfc 'in  heaven  etc.''  Can  yon  not  then 
iiieinori/e' file  Lord's  prayer-'  And  then  pray 
that  in  siiirit  and  truth?  '  Ywyou  can,  andal- 
^6  pretty  soon  you  can  find  ot'lier  words  to  ex- 
press your  feelings  to  Hiui,  If  we  would  all 
engage  more  in  prayer  we  would  not  find  so 
much  time  to  hunt  up  our  brother's  or  sister's 
faults,  hasten  on  their  destruction  or  in  other 
words  to  see  them  expelled  from  church-  If 
3'ou  think  there  is  uo  pmver  in  prayi-r  just  re- 
fer to  yoiir  Testament  and  -ee  what  it  says 
I  throughout.  .  Jesussays, '"sL-urch  the  Scriptures 
for  in  them  ye  think  ye  have  eternal  lile  und 
they  are  they  which  testify  of  nn'."  This  i-  n 
command  io  uSi^not  a  mere  saying,  hence  should 
he  obeyed,  ,  "In  the  morning  I  will  call  upon 
thee  and  i^i  the  eyeninf;  I  will  remember  thy 
ways,  0  (ioil"'  H.  H.  Bii.u.LiKR.  , 

Pay  Thy  Vows. 

rPHE  Lont  wauts  us  ^u  \y^y  of  fullill  our  vows 
JL  urpTOmises,  weauake  towaiJs  him.  How 
<jlb,'U  did  !>'(>  Tuake  vows  to  ttod  when  we  got  in 
troulile.  trials,  mid  iiU'iH'tious  aj)d  iwrhiijis  at  th<" 
{joint  of  deati.y  TIj.ti>  >^.■  calh-d  upon  tli.- 
Lopl  t;o,)i|Jlp  aiid,flelivvr,ui  vA't  "'^.^r  tro.ibl.'.- 
and  spare  our  life;  then  we  would  rdep^irl  I'roiii. 
i.vil-inidJov<*-t.h*H-T.ord.keejiliisr,fiminiinduieut^. 
Have  w<;»)ljdOTii*.fH,we  proppistil  lfl,'iii?  i'ei- 
hjipssomeol  tbr^  r.;,.i..r-  \v.u-  u.A.  \Vl,r.,i  tin. 
t5t.i'hlm-d  .M,a  .,,  ■.^■r■■^  11, .ir  ....y,  ■.,  ;.n.| 
-'fcslOVed  thwi  t"  l^-iilth,  rji.'V  .r.niLi.n.^l  iji  >iii 
_^ij  bi:forp',,  !j\ijiv  \y<'  nn-  i-i  t.ili^  v.-ju-jing.  ,Cbid, 
'ifnlla  bis  pPoiiloin-iJII'-.i':.!;  w;ivh  niid  lia-..ei''«^'a 
us  hi-  wor.l  andt!)L-  m..:in-  ..l  ._-r,-„  e  ^n  wo  (mii 
Woricoufuur^uvlV,.., 


..li  aw\  ii  v,e^M'0  tnit 
■  ruv.l.  we  iim-l  j.il  il."  l.luuu'  v.ii.onr^elvi-v 
Tbe  W.l  hii- J"u.-  1.:-  i.HiiHu]  will' ha/c  us  ty 
d(.  our  pai\t.     die  ha-  sivou  •,!-  gifts  and  "tnleut 


that  we  siiould  work  in  li 
prove  them  to    the  hone 


ne-yard  ami  ini- 
d  glory  of  God. 
God  is  not  mocked,  for  whatsoever  a  man  sow- 
eth,  that  shall. he  also  reap.  Therefore  let  us 
all  sow  to  the  spirit,  that  we  may  reap  life  ev- 
erlasting. A.  NziiJOS  GlUTItlLL. 


CORKfeSlPO  TSTDElSrCE. 


From   Elder   George  Wolfe. 

KXTftACT  FnOJI  A  LETTER  wnirTES  TiMV.  MKYEil- 
'  "  OF  nKIGHTCiy,  I  M.. 

Y<1^  d.nibtlcs-  have  se.-n  ihc  annonnt-ment 
1  in  the  BaKTjniEX  at  'Work  of  the  three 
Elder^comim;  to  visit  us  this  Full.  I  am  glad 
-i.r  Br.-thr..u  had  Chrisiiun  soundness  t-nough 
tMS.'ii,!  ustlnv,-  smh  lirethren,  iis  we  think 
tli'-v  -.iv  free  Iruui  a  soured  or  predjudiced 
mind.  W..  believe  they  are  coming  to  do  us 
good  iind  tiilk  Scripture  to  us,  for  our  benefit 
and  not.  Io  try  us,  jls  ,>  .set  of  crimiiials. 
.  Now,  dear  bi-other,  lei  us.  ),y  the  lielp  of  God, 
strip  ourselves,  and  become  free  fnmi  all  prej- 
udice an(l  malice,  and  rcLciv-  those  Urefhren  in 
the  spirit  of  our  Master  -Jesus,  praying  for  one 
another's  safety  and  well-being,  so  that  if  God 
permits  us  and  them  to  meet  again  in  that 
grove,  where  we  have  met  before,  and  so  man}' 
sacred  associations  came  up  to  my  mind. — 
tlien  Jesus  will  meet  with  lis  to  hless,  as  lie  did 
with  his  Apostles,  when  tliej'  met  together  to 
[U'ay  and  praise  hiH  name.  It  is  now  aljout  set- 
tled that  the  camp-meeting  will  commence  in 
the  evening  of  tho  6th  day  of  Sept.  at  the  camp 
grounds.  Get  as  many  of  the  friends  on  the 
pliiins  to  come  as  you  caui  and  especially  Bro. 
and  -«ister  Bailey.  The  meeting  will  hold  over 
over  two  Sundays.  Those  three  on  the  sand 
plauis  j!au  not  be  hapti/ed  till  the  meeting. 
I  look  forward  to  that  meeting  with  foud  antic- 
i|>ation.  (uaj'ing  to  the  Lord  to  give  us  a  Peu- 
fecostiat  shower.  Stir  up  the  gift  within  you 
and  fight  valiantly,  as  a  good  soldier  of  the 
cross  lay  it  not  down  till  you  can  change  the 
cross  for  tlie  crown.  We  wilt  be  glnd  to  -see 
you  at  any  time. 


From   Lowell,    Michigan, 

DeurBrdhmi:— 

WE  wish  to  nmke  known  through  your  wor- 
thy iiaper  oHr  trip  to  Korthern  Michigan. 
We  left,  our  home  in  Campbell,  Ionia  Co.,  May 
lhe-y4tli,  reached  Petosky  (lyu  niile-'rrNorth  of 
Grmid  liapids),th.e  same  ev-nipg  after  9  o'clock. 
Next  morning  crossed  the  Little  Traverse  Bay 
on  boat,  5  miles  across.  The  Bay  was  rather 
rough,  for  one  not  used  to  water.  Were  met 
at  Little  Traverse  by  Bro.  .lolin  Nos.s,and  soon 
llrn-JoliM  1a.  ^tutKumii  met  us.  Took  dinner 
with  itro,  und  Sister  Kri.se,  living  m  the  village,, 
liad  meeting  in  the  eveui^ig  at  Bro.  Stut'/uuiu's-' 
Next  day  (Sunday)  had  meeting  at  the.  Cook 
.''chool-house;  the  small  school-house  was  dense- 
ly packed.'  Same' evening  had  meeting  at  the 
bouse  of  Bro.  Noss;  also  good  turnout  ami 
good  attention  to  onr  talk.  On  Monday  'eve- 
ning,had  'fiiectiiig  at  iiMr.Thomsis'^  Q,"  Tues- 
day again  at  Cook's  scliool-house.  The  plitee 
was  again  crowded.  On  Wednesday,  at  1  o'clock ' 
P.  M.,  had  meeting  in  Little  Traverse;'  rathei 
small  congregation,  I>eing  an  important  tri;:l 
on-hmid  the-same  time.  While- there  we-  visit- 
I'J- a.s  "Jiinny  of  the  raembera  nsi  >v,e  possibly 
.  ould,  and  were  informed  that  It  membei-s  lived 
111  the  (.'vuuty  (Emmet).  We  were  received  and 
treated  with  kindness.  The.se  were  tlie  lii-st 
meetings  ever  held  here  by  the  brethren.  Much 
interest  seemed  to  be  taken  by  the  peo[»le  in 
general,  and  many  calls  to  soon  come  again. 
These  members  nearly  all  take  the  Brbthrbn 
AT  Work. 

Gkorge  Long,    i 


From  D.   N.   Workman.  "  '     ""' 

Di'ar  Brcllimi.— 

ON  mv  wiiv  tn  A,  M.  I  -t-ppfil  olf  ;:t  I'i-r.e- 
fon,  Ind-,  in  Bro.  .le--  Oi.h-rf-  di-tri.t 
of  churvli  aiidatfciided  th.-ir  Ciiniunnnu-uu'.'t- 
■iu^',  wiiiib  wa-li.-ld,Iiiu.>7ll-.  i;i'u..iii,a  u-itli 
theipuutil  iLui.lay  lnll.,uii,-,  Ir-i.i  M.;-r „,- iji! 
theevelun-   .,i,l.,ul,„lilH,n..u.lmptUeim|r<,e| 

Oii.Tiu-.il''.  J (lui-    •l,.ir..U  i-r   A-,  M.,  IropJ 

that  i'U-  \V:,  l..,ir  il,r.-.ii,M-|,!acc  wasiuaist^i 
e>t  irjiON'  to  ivt,urn  an. I  s]"-iul  !i  1.>w  ilnvs  Mnv  hi 
-thr--MUu-.l.oL-.  I,,  ^^iu.  h  1  ,.>i,-i'nl..plf<i  ^i'.;  ■  ^^l> 

alter  tl,err,oh'>tl'Vl,,-.^.l,  1  l^.t.mi.'d.     ll-M  ■ 

first 'Hii'i^tin'-Mc'SiU^\rdavlW'euirig,h;t|.H'/.ifl 
tiirel''  Stror.''  V..■sC^rday;'WhV*rf'1iW'.^J  W','  Slei(i 
■)\simdusiurl„.luI„-rTk  ■iWe:'-tti*Iiwnt^nj,Mili.. 
,i„-,.tiii.'  I  •-  ..  lini..../..von.>.  weein  Hn>.i'Sti'iu 
auVr  i^i\-.it  l...(l.  .  i.'.Liiliiji,  Niie-twii  wi..»,' 
bai'liZfLii:  ail.  ■"  im;'  uiy  \^ji,tA  thpf  cliujj-h. 
M;i.V,tlw«i.'4Lnraiy-vH,lWB)i)ei«(««*Jli^6i»if 


is  my  pray.T.  The  Brethren  and  ■  Sisters  imd 
friends  were  all  v.-ry  kimi  to  me  while  m  Ind. 
May  the  good  Lord  bless  th.'m  for  their  kind- 
ness. I  enjoyed  the  privilige  of.  foVmhig  an  nt- 
(pi.iintance  with,  and  visiting  muiiV  m-y  kind 
tamihts  m  the  chureh.  .Among  the  nniny  1  wi(s 
much  pleased  tdforin  ini  iic<iuaintimce  with  Bro. 
Lewis  Workman  and  family,' also  friend'  David 
Itolston  and  family  who  an-  ii'lativ^'^  ot  nnue. 
While  at  the  home  of  ^ro.  Lewis  I  ly^Ls  m;ide  t" 
reftect  upoi(  the  piwt,  '  TIk^v  I  IouikI  .a  family 
that  was  luidergi.ing  what  our  own  liouily  w,»s 
iililig-'d  to  undergo  but  a  few  years  ago,  wiie[i 
we  were  called  upon  to  puct  with  i)  t'iiristiiui 
mother.,  S\ich  is  tlir  condition  of  Bi...  Lewis's 
family.  But  iew  immths  i.g.,  death  cam-  alon- 
and  removed  from  them  a  fhrisfiiui  wif^'  and 
mother.  Thestrob' is  fHt  in  even  liepartment 
of  that  kin.i  family.  When  tli.->  siui;.  Iicr  voie.. 
is  not  beard  mingiiiig  with  theirs.  While  pen- 
ning these  lines,  teiir^-  force  t  iu'oiselves  thick  and 
fast  from  the  i-yes  of  vour  Bro.  for  this  and  all 
other  families  in  like  s.irrows.  Believing  that 
many  fathcHess  and  motberiess  one-  will  read 
the-e  lines,  let  me  ask  yon  tin-  cpiesf  i<m'.  are  you 
tr\  lug  to  so  live  that  may  win  a  home  in  that 
world  thiit  knows  no  such  sorrow  as  this.  I 
was  much  delighte<l  to  see  that  in  the  family  all 
of  a  proper  age  are  members  of  tho  church;  two 
of  them  uniteil,  while  1  wils  there.  May  the 
good  Lord  care  for  the  Borrowing  family  is  my 
desire.  Also  cousin  Rolston'a  daughter,  Mary  is 
noiv  a  promising,  young  sister,  she  having  seen 
it  |)roper  to  unite  while  I  was  with  them.  May 
the  Savior  keep  her  near  his  side,  and  the  daj 
speed  itself,  when  all  the  memhera  of  this  kind 
family  may  also  l>e  members  of  tlie  church  the 
mother  and  several  of  the  children  being  mem- 
bei-s  already,  I  landed  safel,\-  home  and  found 
all  well,  thank  the  Lord. 
Ashlatifl,  Ohio. 

Our    Annual    Meeting, 

Ihar  Br.-lhrcH:~ 

OUR  Annual  Conference  passed  otf  very 
pleasantly,  and  we  mc  lussnred  that,  thnngh 
man  proposes,  God  disposes;  For  more  than 
thiity  years  i>ast,  tliew  were  fi-om  time  to  tinu' 
feais  eutertuined  of  a  ruptiue  or  split  in  the 
body,  ami  vet  the  body  only,  struck  deeper  root, 
and  ennu' closer  together.  This  bust  Annual 
Meeting  appeared  to  me  the  most  surc-^'sfiil  in 


i;- 


and 

,i..tluu 


til 


II 'The  resolution  to  ejltertuin  none  else  but 
thosesenton  Im-inessatineNt -i.M,  is  a  ,pn^ 
blem  to  hcisolved.  U^iless  tli..  Inipllierhootl 
phiCDS  more  confidCni--  in  -■■!■■■  Ii  J  Ipn.iy  tn  tin 
business,  than  they  hav..  U.J  ■■;.-.   ii  vmII  \,.-y 

a  failure,  hut  it ,  must    I :.       \\  .^    .,.i7l  t.. 

think  this  meeting  to.^-ctlni  i.ni"  ;i    \-m    h- 

til]' and  near  was  the  rlrli-!  ,  i.-.m-  fn  i  .■(■;,  \\\.- 
luidy  togelher  in  OUM,  lib-  N.:ir]  n,  M,inii.u'  !>.- 
Mlier,  not  only  nine  Knt  tLr.>-  (nurs  a  ^,.,.ir.  -  ■ 
Jeroboam  feared  this  uni..n,  tliiT.^fnn.  iii>.,,.nt- 
-■d  their  going  up  to  ,l.-ru-i,l-in  apul  tl ,!-■- 


'Hi 


It  ist 
whi,b  1, 


lit  ] 


atel 


vautaL 


»-nde.i 


t>  ^>as  tlir  tax  till.  )rm- 
n\'-ynWi:  ami  if  that  -mu  iuip..v,.ri.li.-il  t)ir 
rhurclassuHiat  tl>..>  .ouM  ii.,t  .\.,  mivthiiig 
more  fur  the  L'.n!,  truh  \\u-  A.  M,  .'.\|"'U.s.'. 
ought  to  b.-  curtail. Ml.  O,,,-  i.-liL.u.n  i  ann..t  !..■ 
wort],  mueh  if  «e  ..ariu..t  L;i>.'  as  mueh  a  v.ar. 
JUS  some  of  my  n.-ighl>oi-  paid  tor  tlieir  pn.i.'li- 
er, alone,  namely  frmn  tiffv  1..  on.'  imndr.-.l  d.d- 
lars  a  year, 

,,  But  it  js  nut  so  much  th.'  uu.m;y,  a>  tii.;  ia- 
l^or  liiul  trouble  and  then  tli.'  disonb-r.  but  per- 

.hapstlu-pammay  overbhianee  all.  taking  all 
filings  into  lainsidi'ration,  ot  whieb  the  oppor- 
iviuity  to  i-reach  the  Gospel  to  thonsiinds  atonic, 
is'u'.t  th.'  legist  .if  iti:ms.  Ther.'  is  a  deMIV  b. 
hearth.-  |,niv  li....p.'l  |.n,..  K-.l.  W.'  aiv  n.it 
l„-,nlitte.l  t.,piil  II   ui,.l,.|   „  1hi,1i.'L      Th,-u    u  by 

inan.t.'  TlH'  pn.,i..|un-  thut  Wius  done  at  Hie 
hiu...  tli.iL^li  imiirrfeetly  urraiiged  may  la-ingi 
,l,np|...,.nM..-i.-ati,,ui,ll5'."l'[lti«-nilll^  '"'■■' ^        ' 


-h., 


|.  ;Froni   AUoon£Vi-^)IP"ffl.^ 


l,-U   1.. 


."'I 


V,ur  Ih-'llpi^il.-j^  ,,.   |..,.„,,vM  i(„  „,  j.i,;j„i(l  I 

Foil  Ihr  firil  tim'e'lsiilciil|tovuigLAVi^-»mil^| 
■f..rnt..iA-.  I  t.Llf'-iLlimffltidiitlUamte.'you  li; 
i;-w  liu.'s..  H>*"  i:a,-sago"l  left  Iowa,  and  sine.'' 
thai  lunL.i-..aia..i..,.'i-:^,g;;p(^.,i;p^t)).n„uL  ,tli.' 
]\\:L  i,,v,,mt.t,..aj.]..|vt,-l>au-,v-,  ..t  umii^ 
,Lhv,county  whw^  I  bad  i^.ut  Uf.  uai.u  U  -Mn,- 
iCt^  Cw..  l'itWii,i,l|lle-  OiMlli  ..I,  .liiaLt.-..  .;it\.  v.' 


two  or  thre.-  weeks,  mirl  tb.-u  went  to  Falls 
City.  Nel..  Th..  river  counties  of  Kansas  ure, 
as  a  Hcueral  lliins.  quite  fertile,  but  buck  fiil^ 
ther  tbe  land  i»  s.uuewlu.t  hilly  mul  rocky.  — 
WiHiil  iiiid  wafer  an-  not  very  plenty.  In  som« 
portions  ther-  i^  ennsidemble  hard  pan.  Brown 
Co..  in  thi-  North-easteru  plirt  of  the  State,  is  a 
niceciliintry.  1  believe  when  it  has  groves 
jdanted  all  over  it^.bfoad  plaiiis.  which,  no 
doubt  it  will  have  some  dav,  it  will  be  one  of  the 
linest  counties  iW  'tll[-''S'^te. 

About  th.' nicest  tliiiig  1  -saw  in  th.'  State 
wiLs  tlu'  liinl  aerass  the  river  ut  Louisville,  — 
om'  uiibrokeir  roc'k  nil  the  way  across  the 
stream.  Thi-  water  L^eneniilv  is  alauit  twelve 
fopigbtp--uin.he',fie..p.  The  I'ountrv  anmnd 
Kails  City  I  lik.-d  very  «ell.  although, like  Kan- 
sas, it  is  ott.Mi  ^isit<id  by  gr.i-s,-.hoppei^. 

From  thi-r.' IV..  went  to  I'liliforniii,  While 
there,.  I  >^i.w  a  gr.'ut  numy  grand  and  int.'i-cst- 
ing  si^jhts.  I  visifnl  the  Calavuriis  grove  of 
big  tre.-s.  The  ,n.«t  .it  the-.'  are  named.  There 
we  havi'  for  in-tanee.  the  Fi.ther  of  the  FoD- 
est;  a  tree  that  hiLs  been  luiiitruti'rl  numy  years 
before  the  white  man  discovered  them.  It  was 
4.30  feet  high.  The  mother  -if  tlu-  forest  is  still 
standing!,  .has  beon  barked  over  half  its  liight, 
and  the  bark  is  kept  for  sale  at  the  hotel,  that 
lia-s  liceii  erected  on  the  grounds  for  the  accom- 
modation of  travelers. .  The  pioneere  cabin 
took  fire  and  b^irned  out  a  space  twenty-five 
feet  iiLside.  |  The  tire  died  out  and  lelt  the  tre© 
standing  with  a  shell,  three  or  four  feet  thick 
on  the  out.siiU'.  Two  large  openings,  like  doora 
burnt  ruit  on  the  East  and  on  the  West.  One 
larg.'  tree  has  been  cut  down,  the  stump  chisel- 
ed off  smooth  and  on  it  an  octagon  building  is 
ei-ected,  36  feet  acros,s.  Tt  was  painted  white, 
but  tlic  hundreds  and  thousands  of  names 
ivroti-  in  it.  make  it  look  nearly  black.  Among 
the  inanv  names  of  the  most  noted  trees,  are 
George  Wasliington.  Tlemuus  .b-lTerson,  A.  Lin- 
coln, Gen.  Grant.  SliP'Uii.iu  -^li.ridan,  and  One 
the  nicest  in  th.' .J  ■     i         i    m    honor  of 

Gen..L  C.  Fr.'iu..n'  li,.-  i.,,.,n.  Iri-s  are  a 
species  of  red  wood.  The  si.  uighs,  swamps,  etc., 
are  eovered  with  what  is  callcil  tules,  a  kind  of 
rushes  or  cane  growing  12  to  IS  f.'et  high, 
without  a  joint.  Anujug  these,  wild  hogs 
abound  in  eousiderable  numbers,  uud  often  I 
have  L'ujoy.'d  n  wild  h.ig  hunt.  aUh...UL;!i  I  ran 
.several  nan-. w    .-ha vdtli    lli.ni,  f.r    when 

WOUnde.|..L'.':.,|..-..l.  Hr,.i    u.ll 


.li;    ti 


..the  hist. 

-l...ar,und 
Til.'  place 
u'-l  is  the 
i.l.jis,  n„,l 
III  Wood- 


\Vv 


■  1  .,■ 


11. 


ofani- 
ming 


an  altitude  of  fronr 

rJL'hfll    day    of     l;«t 
.Utoui'   inrll.'Sllwp, 

li'll.-    II. 'vi    to    the 
-  it  wa-:  .iiily    about 


iwo  ii\ilii'<,  1  lamiieil  on  one  of  the  moun- 
tai)i-  about  Hm'  mil.'-  fiinn  thi^  |dains.  Dnring 
.li.u..  and  ]M,t  ot"  bily  aliuoit  every  Uight  it 
w;oul.t  fret'/.'  ii.i'.  Fn.m  •>i\r  .'amp  we  could  see 
til.'  siiow-cappi'd  monntnin  oj  the  Kocky  range 
au.l  t!i,-  fi.-!d-  of  eternal  smov  .uily  about  12  to 
1,-.  miles  distant.  Thousrui<ls  of  i-nttlc  live  on 
tb.-  plains  all  Wiuti'r.  without  being  f'-d  aiiy- 
mor.'  than  wb:it  thev  ean  pii-k.  .\lthough  some 
tiru'--^  twelve  iiiehe^  of  snow  fall  cvcrv  twenty- 
f.airh.iuis,tb.' wind  blows  it  all  into  the  gul- 
,  lu-.  But  -..im-timi'^  a  heaw  snow  fid!-,  then 
.■oni.'  a  few  warm  davs  au.l  nu'lt  the  top  of 
the  snow.  Then  .auues  a  bard  frost  and  the 
wind  iiuin.it  h]w  the  snow  olf,  and  hundreds  of 
rattl.'  stai-vi-.  But  this  is  seldom,  having  OC- 
eurr.-d  but  once  or  twice  in  eight  or  ten  years. 
Next  1  w.-nt  to  Col.ii-ndo.  H.'n'  my  eye  was 
delighted  again  with  the  sight  of  corn  fields 
and  goMen  grain  ready  for  harvest.  Theao 
wre  the  first  ti.-ids  of  corn  I  bad  s.'.'ii  since  1. 
l.-n  .NT.'bn.slin.  Tii-  tarne-rs  ..f  C.doi-a.lo  reaU 
i/e.l  a  ^^i.od  .-rop  In-st  ^■■^.<.r.  I  staid  iu  Colorado 
hnt  ii  -b.irt  liiiii',  ulieu  I  made  .q,  my  mind  to 
return  fo  ii|.,  :la^i^  .■  St  it.  .     S.,in    tlw    forepart 

ofhusf  \\r'.       I    .     .: lil.'  u,va;.|.rar,.u.-..in 

loV^;'  W  .■>■  ■>■  ,1.  .'. -r  ,!,.|inl,t  I  ,1.,|,.,1  my 
liLVd  ^y..'-  H-  .  ■.  ■■  .■■..!  ..Mi..r  j--I;lIi.,ijs  jumI 
fi'i-.nds  tli;it  had  louii  >.-in..'"  b.'.'U  tln'-oK.-n.  A 
great  nnmV  fluid  r.'''V.n.'Ctir.uv  o1^  my  ellildllood 
iftunied  to  my  mind,  ;niil  ui'v.-rih.l'-^'.  how 
greiit'ttie  change!  Xow  I  cnn  go  to  meeting 
TIwntflTTnifltlTfrt  iw  n 1 1 id i-np [ irrciatpd- br-mer-far 
during  6.v;t>iie^  jfi  UlJ  f>;  WFst;iI  sometimes 
sa-W-noLuveiiii  .-r.-lm...l-lK.o-,    to,-    -iv    o,    -igllt 


'N,.,;.',t...i 


..  l,.,a   I  ?..,v:.l..  il...  W^'^.feru 


rablo. 
jrabje 


THE    BJRETHRJBDN"    ^T    "WORE:. 


Jtilv    '-^5. 


of  Coiiiriido  thiin  lUiy  citlier,  nal  like  it  better 
for  various  rpasoos.  Although  I  feel  contented 
hero  where  I  am,  my  ininct  often  runs  back  to 
the  piLst  and  I  long  for  the  beautiful  mountain 
scenery,  the  broml,  level  plain,  clear  nionntain- 
streiuns  and  tall,  green  trees  of  the  Western 
wilds,  for  by  them  1  have  learned  many  a  noble 
lesson.  J.  J.  EiJ-Ysos. 


From   Denmark. 


Ikar  lirelhrai:— 

THE  communication  giving  nn  account  of  the 
District  Meeting  is  to  hand.  We  are  glad, 
the  Lorit  was  with  you,  and  very  glad  that  you 
liad  pence  and  union,  and  could  weep  and  sym- 
pttthi/.e  with  our  piople.  This  will  help  you 
to  act,  and  aelion  will  save  many  redeemed  souls 
even  in  Denmark.  Indeed  if  you  could  ail  see 
how  greatly  your  kinduess  is  received,  and  how 
much  good  actions  are  needed  everywhere,  none 
would  yven  fee!  to  hold  back.  May  God  bless 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  all  over  free  Amer- 
ica, and  make  them  fruitful  in  love  to  the  glory 
and  honor  of  his  name. 

On  the  19th  of  June  our  dear  friend  Thnn^ 
num  eiime  to  Hjorring  and  after  some  sweet 
conversation,  1  invited  all  our  inembers  to  at- 
tend meeting  at  an  appointed  time;'  Nearly 
all  were  present,  and  Bro.' Eikildsen  'aildresseil 
the  meeting  from,  Rom.  5.  After  he  concluded 
I  read  a  letter  from  Bro.  Enocli"Eby  which 
caused  all  to  weep.  Such  'lovirig  letters  do 
much  good.  May  the  Lordftlwaysgive  the  ef- 
fect of  such  good  letters. 

I  then  asked  Bro.  Thnanum  if  he  still  desir- 
ed to  unite  with  us  and  he  said  he  did.  All  the 
peculiar  doctrine  believed  an<t  practiced  by  us 
was  laid  before  liini,  and  he  promised  to  go 
with  us  ill  all  things,  hence  was  received.  The 
members  then  went  about  three  miles  to  a  place 
where  baptism  could  Ije  administered,  where 
Bro.  Eskildaen  did  the  work.  I  had  to  remain 
home  on  account  of  wife's  sickness,  I  mingle 
daily  with  all  kinds  of  people,  and  am  happy 
to  say  that  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren,  the 
Bible  doctrine  is  steadily  gaining  in  influence. 
We  hope  to  be  able  to  hold  meeting  in  town 
every  week  next  winter.  All  goes  well  and  it 
seems  the  enemy  has  given  us  room  in  the 
land. 

We  received  your  new  paper  along  with  No. 
22,  and  was  much  surprised  to  see  it.  Well 
we  say  the  more  you  can  do,  the  better  for  the 
cause.  We  wish  you  could  print  a  Danish  pa- 
per, as  we  think  it  would  do  much  good  here. 
Surely  the  devil  did  not  invent  the  printing- 
press.  No  it  is  God's  own  invention.  He 
wrote  or  printed  the  fii-st  letter  on  stones  anil 
thereby  taught  his  children  the  art.  Satan 
tries  to  abuse  the  art  of  printing,  and  uses  it 
in  trying  to  make  the  Lord's  ways  crooked. 
Printing  is  a  short  and  quick  way  of  writing, 
and  is  a  great  power  for  good.  No  one  will 
say  that  there  is  any  more  moral  wrong  in  a 
printing-press  than  in  a  harvester.  The  wrong 
comes  by  their  abuse.  Machinery  can  not  use 
itself,  hence  all  the  wrong  comes  from  man 
who  makes  bad  use  of  them.  Now  if  Satan 
uses  these  for  his  ends,  it  only  shows  that  he 
is  quick  to  discern  what  meami  serve  him  best. 
We  may  learn  many  lessons  fiom  his  children 
who  arc  generally  wiser  than  the  children  of 
light.  We  have  not  too  much  good  printing, 
not  too  many  earnest,  hard  working  editors, 
but  too  few.  A  clear  bniiu,  good  understanding, 
long  suffering  conscience,  a  heart  full  of  love  is 
necessary  to  edit  a  paper.  So  long  as  our  dear 
editors  possess  these,  they  will  work  hand  in 
hand  and  do  much  good  in  Israel.  Of  course 
Satan  will  try  to  stick  in  hia  hand  occasionally, 
and  sometimes  it  may  be  very  difficult  to  detect 
him,  hence  let  all  of  our  dear  editors  have  our 
earnest  prayers  not  that  they  shall  die,  but 
that  they  may  flourish,  grow  and  be  a  hundred 
fold  more  able  than  Satan's  printers.  "Ask 
and  ye  shall  receive,"  will  if  obeyed,  by  all  our 
reailurs  render  our  press  more  useful  and  the 
periodicals  a  burning  flame  that  will  put  fire 
on  the  world.  The  Holy  Spirit  urges  all  to 
work,  yet  none  endure  more  than  editors,  none 
need  help  more  than  they,  none  get  so  little  en- 
couragement, none  receive  fewer  thanks,  none 
are  mentioned  less  in  prayer.  Editors  do  you 
know  this?  Brethren  and  sisters  this  ought 
not  so  to  be.    Our  love  to  you  all. 

C.  Hope. 


GLEANINGS. 


From  Oaks,  Pa.  —  Will  some  brother  or 
sist-T  in  each  individual  church,  please  inform 
me  by  letter,  whether  or  not  you  have  a  Sun- 
day-school, Also  give  the  name  of  the  Super- 
intendent, and  the  probable  number  ol  scholars. 
Answer  promptly  and  (iblige,    J.  T.  Mbtsks. 


From  Wilterioo,  la, — Three  numbers  back 
you  made  a  mistake  iu  the  obituary  noti^,  I 
sent  you.  Instead  of  Speicher,  it  should  r?ad: 
"In  South  Waterloo  church,  William  Frankie, 
son  of  Bro.  Williiim  and  sister  Abby  Miller.  — 
Wa.1  born  July  23rd,  1ST7,  died  .Tune  8th,  1878, 
(vged  m  months  and  15  days.  Funeral  preach- 
ed by  Bro,  Lewis  Peil'er  and  the  writer, 

Jons  Speicher. 

From  AshlnncI,  Ohio. — Yesterday  we  enjoy- 
ed the  pleasure  of  receiving  by  baptism  another 
beloved  sister  into  our  home  church,  at  i 
land,  Ohio.  May  the  Lord  ever  keep  her,  is  my 
proyer.  Our  chnrch  is  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. D.  N.  WoilKMAN. 

Fi'om  Landon  West. —  Allow  me  to  correct 
a  statement  made  in  No,  2G  of  your  paper,  4th 
page,  ith  column.  M.  M.  E.  says,  "  a,8G4  distil- 
leries," when  it  should  have  been  "2,874  distil- 
lers and  rectifiei-s."  There  is  only  the  differ- 
ence of  two  letters  as  to  the  number  of  letters 
and  si/e  of  words,  but  allowing  ten  persons  to 
each  distillery,  will  make  a  difference  of  25,766 
men.  There  are  already  too  many  now  engag- 
ed in  this  world-wide  curee  and  ti-affic,  and  we 
would  not  wish  it  said  that  there  are  more  than 
there  are.  Do  not  think,  dear  brother,  that  we 
fault  you  with  the  mistake,  for  we  do  not.  We 
only  wish  with  you  that  all  statements  of  facts 
be  frue,  for  we  all  know,  that  they  are  bad 
enough  when  only  the  truth  is  told.  We  think 
your  paper  is  slill  taking  higher  ground.  We 
to  all  that  will  elevate  fallen  man. 


From  Dunkirk,  0. — The  good  work  is  still 
going  on  iu  our  midst.  One  more  received  in- 
to the  fold  by  baptism  yesterday.  May  refresh- 
ing showers  fall  upon  the  kingdom  everywhere. 

S.  T.  B0SSCKM.\N. 

Erratum. — In  No.  27  of  your  paper,  first 
page,  second  column,  22nd  line  from  the  close 
of  "  The  New  and  the  OhV  for  miming   read 

WAVING.  C.  H.  B-U.SUAUGU. 

From  LoiigiDOiit,  Gol.  —  We  are  havina: 
some  very  hot  weather;  harvest  is  near  at  hand 
and  crops  of  all  kinds  are  good.  Many  citizens 
are  seeking  recreation  in  the  mountains,  where 
they  find  a  cool  retreat  and  much  to  employ  the 
mind  and  recuperate  the  health. 

J.  S,  Flort. 

From  linioii  Bridge,  Md.— I  have  just  been 
in  the  Pipe  Creek  congregation,  Md.,  soliciting 
for  the  Ashland  college,  ami  must  s.iy  that  the 
thanks  of  the  friends  of  that  institution,  are 
due  to  a  number  of  the  brethren,  sisters 
friends  of  that  congregation  for  their  libera! 
subscriptions  to  the  college.  Hope  the  Lord 
ivill  bless  them  for  their  liberality  and  may  oth- 
ei-s  catch  the  same  spirit  as  days  come  and  go. 
The  future  prospects  of  Ashland  College  grow 
brighter  and  brighter,  and  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  when  our  children  will  have  a  first-class 
institution  of  learning,  under  the  wholesome  in- 
fluence of  the  Brethren.  E.  C.  P.vckeh, 

From  Alfred,  Kansas.— OurLove-feast,  the 

first  of  June,  passed  ofl'  very  pleasantly.  Il 
was  a  time  of  refreshing  to  the  church,  and  all 
the  Brethren  who  were  here.  Wm.  Wise  and 
Frederic  Sherfy  were  chosen  to  the  minis- 
try and  James  Kinsey  and  Isaac  Garst  for  dea- 
cons. The  installation  services  were  conducted 
by  Bro.  Jesse  Studebaker  and  attended  wifcli 
much  solemnity.  The  new  oflicei-a  received  a 
very  hearty  approbation  and  Godspeedfromall. 
In  fact,  all  ^cemed  to  be  interested.  I  thought 
it  was  one  of  the  best  meetings  I  ever  attended, 
and  heard  othei-s  say  so.  All  seemed  to  say,  it 
was  good  far  us  to  be  here.  The  ministers  who 
came  to  our  assistance,  were,  G.  Meyers,  D. 
Longanecker,  J.  Studebaker,  Sam.  Baker,  Jas. 
Hilkcy,  Bower  and  Kurtz;  these  last  two  from 
Ohio,  besides  Pome  others  who  live  near  us  in 
Douglas  Co.  The  brethren  preached  with  pow- 
er and  told  the  story  of  the  cross  with  simplici- 
ty. The  church  seems  to  have  been  refreshed, 
and  four  have  been  baptized,  while  others  are 
almost  persuaded  to  turn  to  Christ.  Our  Sab- 
bath.^choo!  is  increasing  in  atteiidance  and  in- 
terest, and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  labors  in 
this  field  will  not  remain  without  effect. 

D.  Hahader. 

From  Warsaw,  Illd.— Bro.  Stein  left  us  the 
25th  of  June,  Bro.  Workman  the  next  day. 
Olid  ive  con  say,  their  labors  were  successful.  — 
As  a  result  nineteen  were  added  to  the  church, 
and  many  more  were  almost  persuaded  to  fol- 
low. One  sister  united  \vith  us  since  then, 
making  in  all  twenty-five  for  this  Summer.  — 
May  the  grace  of  God  abide  with  us,  that  we 
may  live  faithful  unto  the  end  is  my  prayer. 
N.  B.  Heeter. 

From  Waterloo,  la.  —  The  undereigned,  a 
minister  in  the  church  of  the  Brethren  or  Ger- 
man Baptists,  will  travel  to  Nebraska,  Kansas 
and  Missouri.  Will  start  abont  the  20th  of 
August,  and  travel  about  three  months.     His 


course  of  travel  will  be  Liscomb,  State  Center 
and  Dallas  Co.,  la.  Thence  to  Neosho  Valley 
Southern  Kansas  and  the  Platte  Valley.  Mo.,  to 
the  neighborhood  of  the  Shwmaker's.  Breth- 
ren and  others  living  along  the  line  of  travel  a-s 
above,  may  secure  his  services  by  writing  to 
him  at  Waterloo.  Iowa,  before  the20thof  Aug., 
or  at  Falls  City,  Neb.,  before  the  fifteenth  of 
September.  We  will  travel  by  private  convey- 
ance. M,  BttEOHLV. 

From  Quincy,  Hlnu.— In  reading  your  ex- 
cellent paper,  I  noticed  a  piece  under  the  head- 
ing,  "  From  Mountain  Home,  Pa."  In  that 
piece  the  brother  described  how  he  realized  the 
value  of  your  paper  when  isolated  from  the 
church.  It  is  my  opinion,  that  if  every  brother 
in  the  church  would  Ije  isolated  from  the  church 
just  six  months,  we  isolated  brethren  would  not 
have  to  make  another  call  for  preaching;  for  I 
think  there  would  be  ministers  sent  in  every 
direction,  wherever  Brethren  could  befoimd.  I 
have  been  trying  to  get  the  Brethren  to  preach 
here  for  the  !a.st  six  years.  They  have  been 
here  several  times.  Bro.  Wetzel  from  Iowa 
was  liore  and  preached  two  sermons  in  Gen 
in  the  Evangelical  church'.  The  third  time  we 
got  there,  the  door  was  locked.  They  are 
afraid  some  of  their  members  will  go  astray.  I 
have  no  doubt  in  my  mind,  (hat  some  would  be- 
lieve the  tnitli  if  some  brother  would  preach 
here  regularly.  If  they  want  to  believe  the 
truth,  they'  must  go  astray  from  their  clibrches, 
anil  that  is  the  reason  they  did  not  want  any 
more  of  Bro,  Wetzel's  preaching. 

J.  HARSIIilAN. 

■  Fi'Oni  G.  AV.  Hillcr. — Opposite  my  home  in 

the  village  of  Liberty,  III,,  is  the  Christian 
ehurch,  and  about  the  j'ard  there  were  a  great 
many  citizens  collected  for  morning  services. 
Among  them  were  strangera  who  are  called 
tramps  by  some  people.  To  be  brief,"  in  the 
way  of  the  conversation,  one  of  the  tramps 
stateel  that  thoy  had  been  badly  treated  from 
the  fact  that  their  brciikfast  was  refused  them. 
One  word  brought  on  another,  until  finally  one 
of  the  citizens  spoke  about  preaching  at  the 
Duukard  chnrch. 

When  that  was  nientione<l  one  of  the  tramps 
eagerly  exclaimed,"  "Dnnkai-ds,   Dunkards,  are 
there  any  Duukmds  here?  " 
"  Ye.s,"'  said  a  bystander,  "  a  good  m.tny."' 
"  Well,"  says  the  tramp;  "  Tfianks  to  God, 
will  get  something  to  eat,"    They  intjuired  for 
some  that  might  be  met  and  journeyed  on  joy 
fully. 


DIED. 


P.\TTEHSON.-Ou  June  22nd,  1S7S,  after  a  liuger- 
int'  illness,  my  gmnd  mother,  Elizabeth  Pattei-son, 
aged  (10  years  ami  ton  days.  F,  Ettbii. 

GOUGHNOUU,— In  the  Desmoines  Valley  church. 
Iowa,  July  lOtli.  Emmanuel  II.  Gougbnour,  son 
of  Bro,  Samuel  and  sister  Dolilali  Goughnour, 
a),'eit  2  veins,  8  months  and  14  days.  Funeral  hy 
til'-  writer.  G.  H.  Baker. 

ilAliEY.— Ill  the  English  Prairie  congregatiou, 
Ljifinrngp  To,,  Illd.,  .iu'nc  -Jnth,  sistfr  Caroline  A. 


ANNOUJSrOBMBlSrTS. 


Notices  of  Love-feasiH.    District   Meetings,   do.,  aliouicl 

be  briof,  nnd  wrillcn  od  paper  Boparnle 

from  olher   buBiuess. 


I.0VE-FEA8TS, 

Bentrfce  church.  Gage  Co.,  Neb.,  September  7th  and 

Stii,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Sugar  t!^ reek  cortgregatlon,  Saiigoroon  Co.,  Ill,,  Oct 

3  and  4,  commeoclug  at  IQ.nIclocl'. 
Iowa  Center,  iitTosidence  of  Ilro,  0.  W.  Boitnott», 

Se|)t,  7tli  and  8tb. 
Paint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co..  Kansas. 

October  3rd  and  4tli,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Tkllneral  Creek,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  1, 
Monroe  Co.,  la,,  the  lOtii  of  August,  at  Peter  Klil- 

ler's,  two  miles  South  of  Frederic  station,  com- 
mencing at  five  o'clock, 
Stanislaus  cUmch,  Cal,,  first  Saturday  In  October. 
Wiiitesville,  Mo,  Sept,  7th. 
Aliilene  churcli,  Kansas,  August  24th.    Meeting  on 

the  aath  at  same  piaee. 
Arnold's  Grove,  Scfit,  10th  and  llth,c«muienclngat 

1  o'clock,  1*.  M. 

CfST"  Love-feast  in  the  Mulberry  congrega- 
tion, Bond  Co.,  Ill,,  commencing  Oct.  9th,  — 
General  invitation  to  all.         Ali.en  Tatlob, 

1^-  The  Love-feast  in  the  Camp  Creek  con- 
gregation, will  be  held  Sept,  Uth. 

.1.  E.  D.  Short, 

^Sf  The  Lord  ivilling,  we  intend  to  hold  our 
Love-feast  the  13th  of  August,  commencing  at 


at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  Preaching  to  commrnce  on 
the  evening  of  the  ninth,  chnrch  meeting  ou 
the  tenth,  and  preaching  to  coutinue  until 
the  Love-feast,  which  will  be  held  at  P,  C.  Leh- 
man's, (t  mile.s  South  of  Tipton,  Mo.  Persons 
coming  by  rail  will  be  met  at  Tipton,  on  the 
niutli,  David  Bowman. 

US'' There  mil  be  a  Communion  meeting 
held  in  the  Cottonwood  congregation,  Lyon  Co., 
Kan.,  Sept.  7th  and  8th.  J.  W.  Bltler. 

J^J"  1  am  requested  to  inform  you  that  tho. 
Love-feast  in  the  Bethel  church,  Filmore  Co,, 
Neb.,  will  take  place  Sept  14th  and  15, 

John  Shick. 

I^"  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  at 
the  Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles 
North-east  of  Leon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  10. 
Lewis  A.  Kob. 
It?gf"  The  Communion  services  for  this 
(White  Rock)  congregation,  will  take  place, 
(God  willing)  on  the  evening  of  tho  21st  of 
September  next  at  my  place  of  residence, 

J.    L.    SwiTZER. 

^^T"  We  intend  to  hold  a  Love-feiLst  on  the 
Uth  of  October  in  the  Lower  Fall  Creek  church, 
Madison  Co.,  hid.  G.  W.  Fessi.er,  ' 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


farming  Ihls  and  will  continue  to  pay  with  a 
farmer  who  liriugs  goed  common  sense  and 
sound  judgment  to  his  calling. 

One  may  form  an  idea  of  the  Vatican  at 
Rome,  from  the  fact  that  thirty-thousand  troops 
might  be  easily  quartered  within  its  walls. 

Italy  proposes  to  hold  an  Intcrnaioual  B.xhi- 
hibitiou  in  18S1, 


A  carrier  pigeon  recently    accomplished  the 

journey  from  this  country  to   Swi'^zerland   on 

the  wing.        

The  news  lately  received  that  an  uiivisited 
tribe  of  Esquimaux  possess  the  relics  of  Sir 
John  Franklin's  party  has  induced  the  fitting 
out  of  a  new  expedition  to  go  in  search  of  tho 
same.  The  schooner  carrying  the  expedition 
sailed  June  19. 


A  strand  of  one  of-  the  great  cables  of  the 
Brooklyn  bridge  slipped  from  it«  place  recently 
killing  two  men,  A  shoe  attached  to  the  cable. 
and  weighing  1,400  lbs,,  was  shot  like  a  canpon- 
ball  over  house-tops  and  telegraph  poles,  a  dis- 
tance of  an  eighth  of  a  mile,  by  the  force  of  the 
mishap. 

.An  artesian  well  now  being  bored  at  Pesth 
has  reached  a  depth  of  3,300  feet.  The  well 
now  furnishes  17.'>,000  gallons  of  water  at  a 
temperature  of  161°.  The  boring  will  continue 
till  a  temperature  of  178°isreached.  The  well 
is  expected  to  supply  the  city  with  warm  water 
By  ingenious  apparatus  the  water  arising  from 
the  well  is  made  to  operate  the  drills. 

Tea  and  coffee  dietary  for  children  is  as  bad 
in  effects  a.s  its  use  is  universal.  Dr.  Ferguson 
found  that  children  so  fed,  only  grew  four  pounds 
per  annum  lietweeu  the  ages  of  13  and  16; 
while  those  who  get  milk  night  and  morning 
grew  fifteen  pounds  each  year.  This  needs  no 
commentary.  The  deteriorated  physique'of  tea 
and  colfee-fed  children,  as  seen  in  their  inability 
to  resist  disease,  is  notorious  amidst  the  medical 
men  of  factory  districts. 

A  new  Pompeii  has  been  discovered  iu  Italy, 
At  the  foot  of  Mount  Gorgano  a  buried  town 
has  been  laid  bore,  the  houses  being  twenty  feet 
below  the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was 
first  brought  to  light,  then  a  portico  composed 
of  columns  without  capitals,  and,  finally  a  ne- 
cropolis covering  nearly  four  acres.  The  Ital- 
ian government  has  taken  measures  to  continue 
the  excavations  on  a  large  scale,  and  has  already 
discovered  a  monument  erected  in  honor  of 
Pompey  after  his  victory  over  the  pirates.  The 
town  is  the  ancient  Sipontum,  of  which  Stra- 
bo  and  Levy  speak,  and  which  was  buried  in 
an  earthquake. 

Some  idea  of  the  headway  the  socialists  are 
making  in  Germany  may  be  gathered  from  the 
fact  that  no  less  than  ten  thousand  of  them  fol- 
lowed the  remains  of  one  of  their  body  to  thegrave 

Berlin,  each  one  openly  wearing  a  party-col- 
ored emblem.  The  coffin  was  bordered  with 
brilliant  red. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Va-J  puscDger  (raia  going  ta»l  ]ca*u  Laatrk  si  l^^OO 
P.  Rl.,  sod  orrirea  in  Ilnoine  at  6;43  P.  M. 

Da;  pniGODgcr  imln  going  weal  icuTci  Lanarli  a(  2:CKi  P. 
M.,  aad  arriTU  at  Rock  IiUd<1  at  G:60  P.  M, 

Night  pssatDger  lr»iD«,  going  tul  and  wt»(.  meet  and 
lesTB  Lanark  il  2:1B  A.  M.,  arriTing  Id  Bactn*  »l  B:00 
A.   M.,   and   al   Bock  laluid  at  e;00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accommodation  Trains  will  no  well  at 
VI  -  10  A  M.,  B:IO  A-  M..  and  east  at  12 :  10  A.  M. 
and  6;  15  P.  M. 

Ticket)  are  lold   for   aboTe   Inlni   ontj,     Faiaenger 

trairu  malK  ctoac  coeaccllon  at  Wrelcrn  DnloD  JunctioD, 
Q,  A.  Svira,  AgeaL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  Bring   Ymi  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  ■which  SJuill  be  unto  All  Feophy  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  August  1,  1878. 


No.  31. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  ANn  PUBLISHED  WEEIO-Y 
J.  H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBnTORS: 

R.  H.  1I1LLEH,        ------        L-\DOQA,  IND. 

J.  W.  3TF.1N,       ------       NEWTOXIA,  ilO. 

D.  VAihMAN, -      -  VUIDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  JfENTZEIt,       -      -      -      -      -WAYNESBORO,  PA. 
MATTIE  .V.  LEAR,       -----      UKBAXA,    ILL. 


OUR  BATTLE   CRY. 

BY  D.,  n.  COKI.EY- 
C<)ilH  bietlUvii  iih&  :mfl  nil, 

l'i,^,„ih'.-'LnM,n-..f..mKin(;. 
All. nil'  Co.- til.' nyUt. 

Let  inii<in  lie  .1111- oiy. 

Our  cdlors,  love  to  nil, 
AnU  watcli.oiir  footatejis  ns  we  mniuli, 

Then  we  can  never  (all. 

Our  Swoiil  till-  Wind  uf  Goil, , 

OuifiiJtli.ouilK-lini't  oil. 
Let  it  burn  l.i-i-litly  evermore ; 
J  Anil  liglit  r.ir  God's  mvii  Son. 

Strike,  strike  for  Gmlnur  Kint't 

No,([Uin1e|-,will  wogive. 

It"  we  ilefcal  i.iir  sinful  foe, 

Wesliiill  fim-ver  live. 


The 


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il  tlie  gi-A' 
iei^Uiven 


telie 


ri-t.  wii.- 


Iti. 


IDLE  SPECULATIONS. 


rpHE  lulvoentesof  iBodern  i]iiracle.=  ,,ai-e  box- 
X  iiig  my  eare  left  imd  right  on^  account  of 
what  I  said  ill  "  ic'/i:  ""('  /:r(7/'',in  relation  to 
Mark  IG:  IT.  IS.  1  am  used  to  btiftetiiig,  and 
seldoni  wince.  My  response  ibijrief  will  lump 
their  objections  aiid  nasertioris,' and  then  leave 
my  critics  to  demonstrate  '  the  correctness  of 
their  views'ill'tlie  only  'satisfactory  way — by 
working  miracles  themselvesJ  i     , 

Ifc  is  strongly  ,afl)ivrned|that  if  the; ''oqular 
demonstrations  required  for  the  inauguration 
of  Chriiitiaiiity  are  notneedeil  for  its  perpotua- 
an  inipostor,  and  that  my  as- 

■ !■  settles  the  latter.  '  He  de- 

.■  Mj:us  shitiribllo^v'thein  that 
i,-.ist4id  that  this  doniiuioh 'ftver 
the  oiilerof  nature  and  the  realm  of  evil  spirits, 
isthe»(P*mO;j/,.jnl'M|'re»i*wsult  oi/ftith.,  That 
faith  alone  could  do  Ijhi^is  unquestionable:  that 
it  was  integral  to,|faith,  lack:^  ,  proof  The, dec; 
lai-atiou  of  Christ  had  reference  to  siieeitic  rea- 
sons, I't  ichich  il  iii'ist  If.  coiifiietl.  It  la  the 
idlest  of  all  of  speculations  to  cohteud  (hat  the 
original  glft^  of'tlie  Spirit  still  contiue,  when 
God  hiLS  for  many'' centnries  demonstrated  the 
revers^e  in  tie  history  of  tbo  church.  If  it  can 
be  shown  that  the  priiiiarij  misoiis  for  miracles 
still  exiBt,  the  point  coiit^nde^il  for  is  gained^  an 
a  iiitilter  of  urtjuinent.  But  what  does  this  avail 
when  the  fact  itself  is  wanting.  Such  an  anial- 
gation  of  miracles  with  faith  evinces  an  incor- 
rect conception  both  of  the  nature  and  purpose 
of  a  miracle.  It  is  an  exact  reversal  if  the  Di- 
vine order  as  to  miracles  and  faith,  With  tliose 
who  call  for  miracles  as  the  necessari/  effect 
o/"/(ii(A,  the  purpose  of  God  in  allowing  mir- 
acles at  all  is  utteriy  lost  sight  of.  The  larger 
the  scale  of  the  miraculous,  and  the  loiujer  Us 
{■onlinuaiwe,  the  feebler  its  elfectby  the  necessa- 
ry laws  of  mind  in  relation  to  the  orilinari/. 
Miracles /»'■  the  purpose  of  faith  was  the  Divine 
order,  and  not  miracleaas  the  necessary  outcome 
of  faith. 

In  my  "  Lock  and  Key  "  I  soy,"  No  Divine 
dispensation  can  be  changed  without  Divine 
authority,"  and  that  the  "  coiittuiiamx  of  the 
credentials  needed   by  Christ  for  this  purpose 


would  lose  their  effect  by  becoming  common. 
To  which  it  is  replied:  "  Christ  did  not  snij  so. 
Christ  was  never  tautological:  He  never  spoke 
nonsense.  He  never  betrayed  ignorance  of  any 
law  ill  any  department  of  being.  There  w 
more  necessity  for  Christ  telling  us  the  results  of 
perpetuating  miracles,  than  to  tell  the  people 
of  His  day  that  the  suii  and  rain  and  vegetation 
excite  no  surjirise  and  evoke  no  faith  because 
thoy  were  common.  To  make  the  sun  stand 
still  is. no  greater  wonder  than  tb  keep  it  in  its 
orbit.  If  the  great  luminary  had  rolled  biick 
in  its  course  "  ten  degrees  "  c/ij(7y  for  the  last 
millennium,  it  would  to-day  have  no  move  re- 
ligious eJVect  than  the  regular  order  of  the  seii- 
sons.  To  plead  for  the  continuance  of  miracles 
through  successive  centuries,  as  the  necessary 
fruit  of  faith,  betrays  ignorance  of  the  DiVine 
Economy,  and  of  the  fundamental  laws  of 
mind. 

NOVEL  READING. 


THE  article  of  brother  Moore    in   number 
28  of  the  BfftTHREX  at  Work,  is  a  timely 
olie  and  to  the  point,     While  my   mind  is  ex- 

rcised  upon  the  subject,  I  feel  to  add  some- 
thing more  upon  the  subject,  as  I  can  speak 
from  experience  in  wgard  to  this  evil  habit. 

Before  Iwastwenty  years  of  age  I  read  prob- 
ably a  cart-load  of  works  of  a  ficticious  nature. 
Had  I  my  life  to  live  over,  I  would  be  more  care- 
ful of  how  I  would  spend  my  leisure  hours. 
No  benefit  whatever  did  I  receive  from  this 
%e  than  useless  habit,  and  I  would,  it  were 
so  I  could  say',  I  suflered  no  loss  or  harm  by  it. 
I  lost  the  most  precious  honre  of  my  life  thu: 
that  I  might  have  devoted  to  the  acquirement 
of  useful  knowledge;  and  .is  I  made  no  special 
effort  to  remember  what  I  read  my  memory  be- 
came Ijke  aaieve,  when  I  wished  to  memorixt 
anything  useful,  I  could  not  do  it  ouly  with 
great  difficulty,  and  through  life,  this  has  been 
my  one  great  trouble.  The  powei-s  of  memory 
were  not  cultivated  when  young,  and  now  I 
have  to  suffer  the  consequiBces. 

I  would  say  to  every  young  pian  and  every 
young  woman,  shiin  novel-readiug  asyou  would 
a  viper,  it  is  an  evil  of  such  magnitude  that  we 
can't  more  than  picture  out  thomere'outlines. 
The. demand  for  works  of  fictioti;  'because' of 
perverted,  mental,  taste;  has  become  of  such  a 
j^ature.  that  sound,  solid,  sensible. ,  highitoni3d 
literature  has  to  go  begging.  The  very  food 
necessary  to  the  developoment  of  man's  higher 
nature,  is  what  is  least  sought  after,  while  that 
which  tends  todwart"and  demoralize  the  human 
mind,  flbws  as  fi'ee  from'  the  press  a.s  iviiter  from 
the  rivers.  No  miirvel  then,''that  our'  legislative 
lialls  are  fille<I  with  men  of  selfish;  sordid  de- 
sires, with  dwiu-lish  intellects:  the  stime  may  be 
said  of  the  masses  generally.  It  is  astonishing 
what  a  ready  market  literary  ti'asli,,  fia.ds  in 
this  our  day.  j 

Not  long  since  a  noted  writer  was  informed 
by  his  publisher  that  his  productions  were  too 
high-toned  to  meet  the  public  taste.  Smarting 
under  the  repoof,  he  seizes  his  pen  and  runs  oft'  a 
piece  of  nonsense  in  childish  rhyme,  strange  to 
say,  in  ashort  time  one  hundred thousandcopies 
were  sold. 

It  seems  that  the  more  nonsense  there  is  in 
a  book  or  paper,  the  better  it  sells.  Take  for 
instance.such  novels  as  Helen's  Babies,  the  pub- 
lishers of  which  made  a  fortune  off  its  sale.  Is 
it  not  passing  strange  that  men  of  seemingly 
high  intellect,  will  stoop  to  dally  with  such  men- 
tal trash?  What  would  we  think  of  the  judge, 
the  senator  or  men  who  fill  the  important  sta- 
tions in  life,  to  leave  their  seat  and  go  out  into 
dirty  alley  to  pass  their  leisure  hours  j)lay- 
ing  with  rude  unkempt  children,  wallowing  in 
the  dust  with  them  or  delving  in  the  earth, 
making  mud  pies?     There   would  be   about  as 


much  propriety  in  themdoingso  as  to  read  such 
novels  as  above  mentioned.  Another  strange 
thing,  is  to  see  professors  of  religion,  not  ouly 
thus  wasting  their  time,  but  claiming  there  is 
no  harm  in  iioveUreadiiig!  and  are  ready  to 
denounce  any  ono  who  will  r.iise  his  voic«against 
them.  ■  ' 

I  remember  once  while  traveling  through  a 
part  of  the  State  of  Va.,  1  preached  one  night 
at  a  certain  place,  and  (iftor  the  close  of  service, 
a  very  intelligent  lajy,  a  member  of  .the  Baptist 
church,  remarked  that  she  was  vc^y  well  pleas- 
ed with  the  discourse,  except  the  remarks  against 
nuirt'l- reading,  "when  "  said  she, ''  he  commenc- 
ed denouncing  novels,  I  felt'diite  thi-o\m^  my 
shoe  at  hirt!"  Now  tliatisjust  the 'way  it 
often  is  when  you  denoiilio^  the  sins  that  peo- 
ple love  to  indulge  in,  they  foel  like  throwing 
the  "shoo,"  no  matter  what  their  profession. 
As  an  instance  .showing  the  tendency  of  novel- 
reading,  we  will  mention  a  circumstance  told 
us,  by  an  eyo  witness,  when  we  were  at  (jue  time 
on  a  visit  in  thecity  of  Cincinnati,  A  lady  iuou# 
of  the  higher  eii-cles  of  Jife  in  that  city,  sent 
for  herpastorl  Onarriviugatherhoiiaehefouud 
her  in  tears'nnd  deep  distress;  her  accomplished 
daughter,  an  only  child  had  eloped  with  a  prof- 
ligate inanl'She  said  she  could  not  account  for 
this  step  on  the  part  other  daughter,  she  had 
done  all  a  mother  could  to  raise  her  in  the  best 
societj',  to  inculcate  principles  of  morality  and 
religion  into  her  mind,  imd  why  she  should 
thus  throw  herself  away,  phe  could  not  under- 
stand. "  Ah !"  said  her  piLstor,  "  it  is  no  mys- 
tery to  lue,  there  on  your  centre  table  lie  enough 
novels  to  doom  a  thousdnd  souls!  'Tis  true  the 
Bible  is  there,  but  I  see  the  novels  have  had  pre- 
eminence. '  Your  daughter  has  di-iuik  the  delu- 
sive poison,  and  now  she  has  gone  to  realize  the 
fruits  of  a  perverted  mind.  Ruin  and  degreda- 
tiou  is  the  ultimate  result  of  a  tenderly  inclined 
mind  aijd  feeljngs  wrought  up  to  a  sickly  ;senti- 
mentalism.  Ahlyijs  thedemou  upRit  your  ta- 
ble,,50  near  by  the  words  of  Life  and. Light,  has 
done  its  work. too  well,  your  daughter  is  gone, 
your  heart  is  wrung  wiih  the  deepest  agony, 
eternity  alone  can  only  reveal  tlie  evil  those 
triikhy  books  have  \Vronght." 
'  The  above  is  only  an  instance  ot  thousands^ 
Much  is  said  of  the'  evil  of  intempei-ate  drink- 
ing. It  is  indeed  a  monster  evil,  but' how  much 
less  is  the  evil  of  intemperate  reading?  The 
ene  destroys  and  unfits  the  physical  nafcnre  of 
man  to  e,V£u  attain  that, sphere  .  destined  for 
him, to  occupy;  the  otlicr  in  like  manner  has  its 
demoralizing  effect,  and  brings  ruin  and  misery 
to  million?. 

The  converting,  power  of  GoiJ  alone  can  savb 
men  and  woiuen  from  the  evils  of  all,  intemper- 
ance;-and  that  coii'version  that  dues  not  bring 
with  it  a  hatred iai  works  of  fiction  of  the  liii-^ 
ture  of  novels  and  (idislikcfor  all  that  is  untrue; 
lacks  the  elements  Of  Isanctificiition'or'the  pow- 
erofCiod.  i  ,     i 

'  In  answerto  the  pica  hften  put  in  by  the  lo' 
ew  of  fiction,  th^ttlie  Bible  feontains  alleeori« 
etc.,  we  will  say,  such  writings  m:e  quite  differ- 
ent from  novels,  ^nd  if  nothing  worse  has  ever 
been  read  than  good,  ^ound  allegories,  such  aa 
"  Pilgrim's  Progress"  etc.,  no  harm  need  be 
feared.  Allegories  are  simply  truth  in  a  chain 
of  understanding  to  the  mind  of  the  re.mer, 
truthful  illustrations  of  a  character  that  are  in 
harmony  mth  facts,  and  never  intended  to  im- 
part to  the  mind  other  than  the  realities  of 
things  as  they  do,  or  shall  exist. 


Baptist.  The  book  from  which  I  coj.y  this  tes- 
timony, seems  to  be  a  copv  of  an  edition  about 
twelve  years  old.  On  page  47  of  this  tittle  hook, 
we  find  the  following  qnestion  and  answer: 

"  In  what  manner  was  baptism  administered 
m  the  early  ages  of  the  church?" 

"  It  was  immersion;  .-md  not  only  so,  but 
trine  immei-sion. '  This  was  first  mentioned  by 
Tertullian  about  the  beginning  of  the  tJiird 
century,  and  is, continually  rcfencd  to  by  other 
wntei-s  for  several  ceuturiea  aft«r>vads.  Jerome 
for  instance  {died  A.  D.  42(1)  says,  "  We  are 
thric^  immersed  that  tli^re  ninyi  api-ear  one  ijac- 
ramentof  the  Triuitji-.'^  -Eph.  4:  4,  ,5.  The 
council  in  Trullo  A,  D.  603  condemned  the 
Eunomians  for  practicing  one  immei-sign  only 
A  council  in  England  (A.  D.  S16)  command- 
ed the  pnesU  not  to  pour  water  on  the  heads  of 
the  children,  but  to  immerse  them  according  to 
the  example  of  the  Son  of  God,  who,  tlie  coun- 
cil alHrms, '  was  thrice  immersed  in  the  waters 
of  Jordan '{Labbe  at  Cossart  6,  p.  JISI;  7,  p. 
i4S7).  The  Spaniards  thought.one  immersion 
sufficient,  and  their  views  ultimately  prevailed 
ei:ceptin  the  Greek,  in  which  trine  immersion 
still  retained."  .    ■ 

One  inore  question  and  answer,  the  last  in 
the  book,  would  he  very  appropriate  right  here. 
It  is  this:  "Am  I  to  understand  from  the  remarks 
you  offered  just  now,  that  you  regard  the  Bap- 
tist churches  as  perfect?"  "By  no  means. 
The  system  whicli  we  uphold  is  identical,  in  my 
opinion,  with  the  practical  Christianity  of  apos- 
tolic times.  The  administrator  may  often  de- 
mand improvement.  Every  thing  human  tends 
to  declension.  Man  is  prone  to  lay  his  unhal- 
lowed hands  on  ■  the  ark  of  God.  He  likes  to 
see  His  own.  work.  He  would  fain  paint  and 
gild  that  which  ought  to  be  left  in'  unadorned 
simplicity.  All  tins,  wherever  seen,  and  by 
whomsoever  indulged  should  unspiiringly  be 
denounced  and  forsaken.  If  we  Baptists'have 
in  any  respect  deviated  from  the  original  fathers, 
it  is  our  duty  to  reti-ace  our  steps.  Chiliinfe- 
worth's  mott".  m"st  be  ours,  'The.  Bible,  the 
Bible  o)Uy,  is  the  religion  of  the  Baptists.' " 
The  same  author  brings  in  soijie  very-  good 
points  in  regard  to  iiifajit  baptism  in  ancient 
church  history,  and  on  the  wliole  the  little  book 
of  96  pages  is  well  arranged  and  logical.  It 
was'publLshedby  tlieAmeric.m  Baptist  Puhli- 
cnKon  Society,  530  Arch  stretJt  Philadelphia,  and 
the  preft^ce  by  its  a^ithor  J,  M.  Cramp  D.  D. 
Acadia  College,  is  daU'd  Dec  kt  1865.    .f  ,; 


THAT  CATECHISM  ON  BAPTISM. 


Y  C.  P.  UETWEIJ.KH. 


IT  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of 
the  Brethrbk  at  Work  (as  well  as  to 
that  brother  in  Indiana  whose  postal  card  and 
address  I  lost)  to  give  you  a  httle  testimony 
in  regard  to  Christian  baptism,  by  an  eminent 


THE  DIAMONDS   AND  THE       i 
MAGPIE. 

A  NOBLE  ladyhiid  ordered ajeweler  to  make 
her  a  beautiful  gold  oriianien't,  and  had 
given  him  seveiiil  valiiable  diamonds  to  put  in 
it.  ■  ,  : 

Robert,  hia  apprentice,  was  delighted  with 
the  lovely  stones,  and  often' admired  them.  Sud- 
<?enly  the  jeweler  iiuifesed  tw,g  of  his  best  dia- 
monds.  He  suspected  his  apprentice  of  the 
theft  and  searched  his  room  where  he  found  the 
precious  stones  hidden  in  a  hole  in  the  wall. 
Robert  assured  hini  that  he  had  not  taken  the 
diamonds,  but  his  master  flogged  him,  and  said 
lie  deserved  being  put  in  prison,  and  turned 
him  away. 

The  next  day  another  diamond  was  missing, 
and  the  jeweler  found  it  iji  the  same  hole.  Now 
he  watched  more  carefully  to  try  imd  discover 
who  hid  the  precious  stones  there. 

A  magpie,  which  the  apprentice  had  tamed, 
alightedupon  the  work-table,  took  a  diamond 
luits  beak  and  carried  it  to  the  hole  in  the  wall. 
The  jeweler  was  then  very  sorry  that  he  had 
unjustly  suspected  the  poor  boy. 

He  took  him  back  again  and  treated  him  very 
kindly,  and  was  very  careful  tn  the  future  how 
he  judged  others. 

"Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit.to  be  angry." 
—Iltligious  Herald. 


THE    Kl^ETHKETS"    -^T    AV^OI^Kl. 


Au^nst    1 


UY  J.  w.  sournwooi). 

From  ail  evil  let  us  flee. 
And,  true  Christians  always  Ije; 
Tiikiug  lieed  anil  Jesus  trust, 
Having  tiiriR-d  our  eyes  from  lust; 
Kvery  precept  try  to  keep, 
Running  not  aa  straying  sheep. 
;9o(.n  our  Shepherd's  cull  we'll  hear, 
Oh.  be  faithful!  ever  near; 
Near  to  Him  whose  love  is  groat, 
And  the  strait  and  narrow  gate; 
Near  the  Savior's  bleeding  side 
Do  we  constantly  abide? 
Hi>«  could  we  endure  the  thought 
Of  a  life  spent  here  for  naught? 
Let  us  cast  on  Christ  our  care, 
Yielding  uot  to  Satan's  snare. 
God  mil  give  the  saints- on  high. 
Homes  of  rest  from  every  sigh, 
Oh,  then  let  us  e'er  be  true, 
Stand  for  Christ,  our  work  pursue. 
Till  we  gain  the  heavenly  crown. 


suffer  at 


CONFESSION  OF  THE  MURDER 
OF  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

[The  following  "  Confession  "  waa  dictated  to 
me  by  Mr.  Henrv  L,  Valance,  who  had  for  some 
time  previous  to  making  it,  resided  in  this  place. 
Called  in  to  attend  him  in  my  medical  capacity, 
and  having  early  felt  Jt  my  duty  to  warn  him 
of  the  fatal  nature  of  the  disease  under  which 
he  wassuffering;  I  won  his  confidence,  and  the 
result  was  the  following  narrative,  which  will 
go  far  toward  elearing  up  a  great  my-st-ery  in 
the  criminal  history  of  this  country.  The 
"Confession "is  given  in  Mr.  Valance's  own 
words,  I  having  act*d  only  as  his  amanuensis; 
and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  thestatement  con- 
tained in  it  can  be  implicitly  relied  upou,  from 
a  multitude  of  circumstances  of  a  minor  char- 
acter that  attracted  my  attention,  but  which 
would  have  heen  eutirelyuuimportant  by  them- 
selves. My  fii-st  intention,  after  I  had  made  up 
my  mind  to  give  the  "  Confession  "  to  the  pub- 
lic, was  to  re^cast  it;  but  on  con.iide ration,  it 
Btrnck  me  that  such  a  proceeding  would  scarce- 
ly be  !i  compliance  with  the  author's  intention, 
and  I  have  thereforojirinted  the  book  from  the 
original  manuscript/  as  the  "  Confe-ssion  "  was 
taken  down  and  read  to  the  unfortunate  man 
wlio  made  it.  Such  as  it  is,  I  give  it  to  a  dis- 
cerning public,  which  will  find  it  a  narrative  of 
much  iuterest.] 

John  L.  Euery,  M.  D 
IVisdonsin,  Sepfeinber  11,1843. 


I  WAS  twenty  ■nine  years  of  age  when 
I  came  to  America.  This  was 
IS22.  I  lived  in  Canada,  but  in  what 
part  of  that  country  I  shall  not  partic' 
ulai-ly  fitate.  My  life  there  was  more 
settled  than  it  had  been,  and  I  was  in  a 
fiir  way  of  becoming  as  good  a  man  as 
most  of  those  whom  we  couiinouly  findin 
the  world,  when  eireuni stances  occurred 
whidi  j'csnlted  in  my  being  outlawed, 
and  made  the  enemy  of  all  who  regard 
the  obligations  of  morals  and  of  society, 
as  they  in  turn  were  made  my  enemies. 
For  some  yeara  I  had  been  a  member  of 
tlie  M.nsonic  Fraternity,  in  which  I  had 
attained  to  the  honorable  degree  of  Mas- 
ter Mason.  I  have  no  hesitation  in  say- 
ing, that  the  effect  of  this  association  on 
me  had  beeugood,  and  that  had  I  con- 
Btniedmy  obligations  in  the  spirit  which 
marked  their  administration,  and  which 
is  always  inculcated  in  Masonic  meet- 
ings, I  should  never  have  been  guilty  of 
that  terrible  error  ^vhicb  lias  turned  my 
life  into  bitterness,  and  shortened  my 
earthly  career.  I  never  heard,  either  in 
the  lodge  or  from  iudividual  members 
thereof,  anything  that  would  have  war- 
ranted the  pei^petratiou  of  crime.  The 
object  of  the  fraternity  was  always  ex^ 
plaineil  to  be  the  promotion  of  good 
among  men  by  the  practice  of  benevo^ 
lent  acts.  It  is  ti'ue  that  the  imperativt 
necessity  of  observing  our  obligations 
wjis  oftt.'n  dwelt  upon,  but  never — no 
never — was  anything  uttered  that  tin 
most  Josuitically  inclined  intellect  could 
with  a  5hado\v  of  reason  have  interpret- 
ed into  titlu-r  S  permission  or  justifica 


tion  of  blood-guiltiness.  I  say  this  in 
justice  to  the  men  who  have  been  made 
to  suffer  througli  the  mad  f<«lly  of  my- 
self and  a  i\'w  other  mi.sguided  men- 
Misguided,  I  mean,  by  a  blind  ze:^l  in  be- 
half of  an  order  to  which  they  were  at- 
tached, and  to  maintain  tlie  ascendency 
of  which  they  believed  woidd  warrant 
the  perpetration  of  the  foulest  wrong 
which  one  man,  or  society,  can 
the  hands  of  human  beings. 

In  the  early    part    of  the  Summer  of 
lS2(t,  it  was  rumored  among  Masons  that 
the  order  was  about  to   be 
one  of  its  membei-s,  who,  from  the  mere 
desire    of    making  money,    was   taking 
measures  for  publishing  to  the  world  all 
that  constituted    its   secrets.     It  was  in 
the  United  States  that  this  injury  to  the 
craft  was  to  be  perpetrated,  but  this  did 
uot  prevent  the  occurrence  of  considera- 
ble sensation  on  the  subject  among    Ca- 
nadian     Ma-sons,    especially    those     of 
their   number  who    lived    near   to   the 
American  line,  which  unfortunately  hap- 
pened to  be  my  case.    Various  opinions 
were  expressed  iu  the  conversations  that 
■ew    out   of  the   matter.     liy  far   the 
larger  number  were  of  the  opinion  that 
Morgan  and    liis   piflilication  should  be 
treated  with  silent  contempt,  in  the  hope 
that  thereby  the  world    would    fall  into 
the  belief  that  it  had  been    imposed  up- 
They  argued  that  all  that  could  be 
published  must  necessarily  fall  so  great- 
ly short  of  popular  expectation,    that  if 
Masons  regarded  the  book  with,  silence, 
and  moved  not  to  the  injury  of  its  author, 
people  would  soon  some  to    the    conclu- 
sion that  they    had  been  imposed  upon, 
and  would  sufftciently    punish    the  man 
who  had  been  false  to   his   obligations, 
They  fortified  theii-  argument  by    refer- 
ence to  the  small  weight  that  had  been 
attached  to  previous  disclosures   of  Ma- 
sonic secrets,  to  which  mankind  had  ab- 
solutely refused  to  give  credence,  utterly 
disbelieving  tliat  the  secrets  of  the  order 
consisted  only  in    its    ceremonies,  pass- 
words tfec.     Others,  however,    v^ere  of 
the  opinion    that   the  perpetration  of  a 
little  violence  against  the  lilierty  of  Mor- 
gan would  be  justified  liy    the  nature  of 
the  ciise,  though  they  expressly  disclaim- 
ed any  desire  to  shed  his   blood.     They 
thought  that  he  and  bis  papers   should 
be  seized,  and  that  while  the  latter  were 
le-stroyed,  he  himself  should  be   placed 
in  confinement   until  he  should  agree  to 
refrain  from  all  attempts  to  injure  the  or^ 
der,  by  exposing  its  proceedings    to  the 
gaze  of  the  uninitiated — the  fraternity, 
in  the  meantime,  providing  for  the  sup' 
port  of  his  fannly,  they  argued,  in  sup' 
port  of  their  view,  that  the    publication 
of  a  book  like  that  announced  as  about 
to  come  from  Morgan's  pen,  would  pro 
duce  a  very    different   effect  in  America 
fi'om  what  had  flowed  from  any    similar 
publication  in  Europe — that  in  a  nation 
where  all  were  readers,  believers  would 
be  found  in  sufficient  numbers    to  make 
the  book  a  profitable  one;  and  that  there' 
fore  other  treacherous  bretliren  would  be 
induced  towrite  and  publish  other  books 
on   the   subject,    against   the   effects  of 
which  silence  could  be  no  shield,    until 
the  power  and    usefulness  of  the    order 
should  cease  to  exist,  and  the  order  itself 
become    a   laughing-stock    among  men. 
It  was  better,  they  said,  to  crush  the  evil 
in  the  bud,  thau  to  run  the  risk  of  such 
disastrous  results  coming  aboutj  Attiong 
this  latter  clans  was  1  ranked;  but  injus- 
tice to  myself,  no  less  than  to  those  who 
held  the  same  opinions,  I  am    bound  to 
say,  that  ^ve  regarded  the  wliole  matteo 
as  one  of  theory.    •Practically,  it  did  not 
seem  to  concern    us    in    tbe,  leiist,  as  we 
I  supposed    that    the    American    Masons, 


ai^ainst  whom  the  offense  was  to  be  im-    cy  far  greater  thau  ivould  have 


mediately  committed,  were  competent 
to  deal  with  theolt'ender.  It  is  true  that 
there  were  communications  and  corres- 
pondence on  tlie.subject  between  Lodges 
in  both  countries;  but  at  the  time  of 
which  I  am  speaking,  it  had  never  oc- 
curred to  us  tliat  we  slioukl  be  call- 
ed upon  to  take  any  active  part  in  the 
alfair.  Had  we  supposed  that  our  as- 
sistance in  an  illegal  and  violent  act  was 
to  brf  demanded,  most  of  us  would  have 
departed  from  our  opinions  and  joined 
the  moderate  party;  for  we  knew  that 
when  the  first  step  in  crime  has  been 
taken,  there  is  no  safety,  and  that  one 
error  is  often  productive  of  a  thousand 
otliers.  I  am  more  particular  in  relating 
what  were  the  sentiments  of  Canadian 
Masons  with  reference  to  Morgan  aud 
his  book,  and  the  proper  course  to  be 
pui-sued  under  circumstances  so  critical, 
because  precisely  the  same  stateof  things 
existed  in  New  York;  and  because  Ca- 
nadian Masons  have  by  many  been  sup- 
posed to  have  urged  their  American 
brethren  to  the  adoption  and  pursuit  of 
violent  measures. 

Time  passed  on,  and  we  heard  of  the 
seizure  and  confinement  of  Morgan.  We 
were  informed  that  Morgan  was  to  be 
brought  to  Canada,  and  put  on  board  a 
ship  and  sent  to  Europe.  This  seemed 
to  us  a  very  rational  plan  of  operations, 
as  far  as  the  term  can  be  applied  to  a  pro- 
ceeding wrong  initself.  We  entered  in- 
to the  plan,  as  our  co-operation  was  said 
to  be  eeceasary:  but  we  are  doomed  to 
be  disappointed,  and  a  few  of  our  num- 
ber were  made  to  drink  of  the  cup  of 
crime  to  the  very  dregs.  The  captain 
of  theship  in  which  Morgan  was  to  have 
sailed  for  Europe  suddenly  died,  and  no 
other  opportunity  offered  for  banishing 
him  in  the  manner  jiroposed.  The  ne- 
cessity of  sending  him  off  in  a  ship  man- 
ned by  Masons  only,  must  be  obvious 
to  every  reflecting  mind.  AVe  could  not 
trust  the  uninitiated,  not  even  had  we 
the  means  of  bribing  them  highly,  which 
did  not  happen  to  be  our  case.  Among 
so  many,  to  whom  the  secret  would  have 
to  be  intrusted,  some  one  would  be  al- 
most certain  to  e.Kpose  the  abduction  of 
a  free  American  citizen;  and  the  dread 
of  this  was  more  pointed,  as  the  crime 
would  have  been  committed  by  the  sub' 
jects  of  a  foreign  Monarch,  of  whom 
Americans  are  naturally  jealous.  All 
things  combined  to  make  us  give  up  the 
idea  of  sending  Morgan  to  England, 
though  we  came  to  the  conclusion  with 
deep  regret,  and  with  the  gloomiest  an- 
ticipations as  to  wliat  must  be  the  end 
of  the  illegal  course  into  which  we  had 
been  drawn,  more  through  the  force  of 
circumstances  than  from  any  precon- 
ceived design.  All  the  hope  we  had  was, 
that  another  opportunity  in  the  course 
of  time  would  offer  for  sending  him  out 
of  the  country  not  suliject  to  the  hazards 
I  have  enumerated.  It  was  a  faint  one, 
but  not  altogether  without  consolation. 
It  is  from  this  time  that  my  connection 
with  this  unhappy  business  more  partic- 
ularly dates.  Up  to  the  time  of  which 
I  am  now  speaking,  I  had  not  been  more 
concerned  iu  it  thau  others.  But,  from 
some  cause  or  other,  the  more  daring  of 
tbe  American  conspirators,  who  had  re- 
solved in  their  hearts  to  go  all  lengths 
in  the  awful  path  on  which  they  had 
entered,  should  it  be  necessary  for  theii' 
safety  so  to  do — these  men,  I  say,  select-' 
led  liie  and  soriie  few  other  of  the  Cana- 
dians, as  persons  upon  whom  they  dould 
most  rely  in  the  event  of  their  reJiortiug 
t(j,  extremities.  They  took  us  ipto, their 
confidence  in  aveuy  marked- manner,  andi 
the  conserjuence  was  a.  degi'ee  of  intima- 


11  owed 
from  the  ordinary  Slasonic  tie.  We  dis- 
cussed the  whole  matter,  in  all  its  bear- 
ings, and  the  death  of  the  offender  was 
darkly  and  obscurely  liinted  at  in-  our 
nocturnal  consultations.  It  did  not,  how- 
ever assume  other  than  a  shadowy  shape, 
and  the  crinm  itself  would  have  remain- 
ed unperpetrated,  had  it  not  been  that  _ 
we  had  placed  oui-selves  in  a  position 
where  a  feather's  weight  was  sufficient 
to  turn  the  scale  against  the  life  of  tlie 
victim  of  a  mistaken  view  of  our  Ma- 
sonic obligations-  Circumstances,  in 
themselves  trivial,  led  to  the  death,  rath- 
er than  the  continued  confinement  or 
banishment  of  Morgan,  as  I  shall  now 
proceed  to  show. 

Moigan,  as  all  the  world  knows,  had 
been  confined  in  the  magazine  of  Fort 
Niagara.  The  keeper  of  the  Fort  was 
a  Mason,  and  a  man  upon  whom  we 
could  most  confidently  rely,  as  he  had 
entered  heart  and  soul  into  the  plan  of 
abduction,  and  was  ready  to  go  as  far  as 
the  worst  of  us  for  the  purpose  of  pre- 
venting Morgan's  disclosures,  or  forpun- 
ishing  a  traitor,  as  we  all  held  Morgan 
to  be.  Had  he  been  alone  there,  all 
would  liave  gone  as  well  as  the  most  le- 
nient of  our  number  could  have  desired; 
but  his  wife  was  with  him,  and  it  was 
through  her  conduct  that  we  felt  our- 
selves compelled  to  silence  him  who 
could  have  borne  testimony  against  us, 
had  he  managed  to  obtain  his  freedom. 
This  woman  came  to  the  knowledge  of 
the  fact  that  someone  was  confined  ille- 
gally in  the  fort,  and  she  demanded  to 
be  made  accquainted  with  the  whole  cir- 
cumstances of  the  transaction  in  which 
we  were  engaged.  Her  husband  not 
only  refused  to  comply  with  her  request, 
in  the  dread  that  it  would  lead  to  the 
discovery  of  the  entire  matter,  and  the 
arrest  and  severe  punishment  of  all  the 
parties  to  it;  but  he  endeavored  to  en- 
force silence  upon  her.  This,  of  course, 
she  being  a  spirited  woman,  only  ren- 
dered things  woi"se.     Dispute   followed 


dispute,  aud  one  quarrel  trod  fast  upon 
the  heelsof  another,  until  the  wife  final- 
ly left  her  husband,  and  returned  for 
protection  to  the  house  of  her  father. 
To  her  father  she  communicated  the 
cause  of  those  domestic  dissensions  which 
had  led  to  the  separation  from  her  hus- 
band. He  was  sti'uck  with  her  narrative, 
and  determined,  after  considerable  reflec- 
tion, to  see  his  son  in-law,  and  to  demand 
an  explanation  of  themyaterious  circum- 
stances, rather  thau  to  make  a  public  af- 
fair of  what,  after  all,  might  prove  to 
be  one  of  those  diflSculties  which  occas- 
ionally occur  in  married  life.  He  said 
nothing  to  his  daughter,  however,  of  his 
intended  course  of  action,  but  proceeded 
to  the  fort,  and  saw  his  son-in-law. 
There  was  much  composure  in  the  man- 
ner of  the  latter  when  the  subject  was 
broached,  and  he  endeavored  to  give 
such  a  coloring  to  his  matrimonial  diffi- 
culties as  would,  had  he  succeeded,  have 
placed  the  inquirer  on  a  wrongscent,  but 
his  very  manner  was  sufficient  to  give 
the  lie  to  the  part  he  was  attempting  to 
perform  in  so  skillful  a  way;  and  the 
old  man  probed  him  so  deeply  as  to  al- 
most penetrate  to  the  details  of  the 
whole  business.  Had  he  done  so,  how 
much  better  would  it  have  been  for  poor 
Morgan!  and  still  how  much  better 
would  it  have  been  for  his  nrnrdei'era! 

The  result  of  the  fatherin-lawV  in- 
quirie-H  amounted  to  this,  that  some  one 
wa*  illegally  confined  iu  the  fort,  but 
who  he  was,  or  for  what  purpose  impris- 
oned).he  could  not  ascertain.  He  then 
told  the  keeper,  that  he  would  give  him 
twenty.-fo«r  houi-s  in  which  to   release 


A-iifri-i^t    1, 


'j'j-iK  iiKKxni?E>:   ^v'v  avokk:. 


the  man,  and  if  within  that  time  he 
should  not  be  released,  resort  u'ould  be 
had  to  lej^al  means  to  restore  him  to  the 
enjoyment  pf  freedom.  It  was  his  duty 
to  have  insisted  upon  his  immediate  lib- 
eration, and  that  duty  would  have  prob- 
ably been  perfoimi^d  had  not  the  keep- 
er been  no  nearly  connected  with  him, 
his  wisli  being  to  prevent  his  relative 
from  suffering  the  consenuence-s  of  his 
conduct,  provided  he  should  at  last  act 
in  acconlancewith  the  dictates  of  justice. 
I  should  have  mentioned  that  tlie  keep- 
er's iather-in-law  was  not  a  Mason,  and 
therefore  the  keeper  could  not  confide 
to  him  either  the  name  of  his  pri-soner 
or  the  cause  of  his    incarceration. 

As  soon  Jis  his  father-m-law  had  left 
him,  the  keeper  proceeded  to  notify  us 
of  tlie  nature  of  the  interview  he  had 
with  his  relative.  He  plainly  told  us 
tiiat  something  must  be  done  iramedi' 
ately,  and  that  if  Morgan  whs  not  dis' 
posed  of  before  the  next  nioniing,  not 
only  should  we  all  be  arrested  and 
vei-ely  punished,  but  that  theru  would 
be  a  gi-eat  excitement  raised  against  the 
order,  and  that  it  would  fall  before  the 
torrent  of  public  indignation,  suffering 
more  severely  than  it  could  have  done 
had  Morgan's  book  been  published,  and 
allowed  to  pass  without  question.  It 
needed  not  that  he  should  tell  us  this,  for 
was  self-evident  to  every  man  in  the 
dark  and  agitated  company.  A  long 
and  serious  consultation  took  place. 
Many  plans  were  proposed,  discussed 
and  rejected,  in  their  turn,  having  for 
their  oljject  the  removal  of  our  prisoner 
to  some  secure  place  of  confinement;  for 
it  was  difficult  to  settle  upon  a  place  less 
likely  to  be  disturbed  than  that  which 
had  been  originally  ,  selected.  The  fort 
had  been  selected,  at  the  start,  because 
it  was  supposed  that  it  combined  in  a 
superior  degree  the  leadmg  essentials  of 
a  secret  prison;  yet  this  deeply  contrived 
plan  had  been  baffled  by  so  simple  and 
common-place  a  thing  as  the  curiosity 
of  a  woman!  What  security  could  we 
have  that  any  other  prison  would  prove 
a  better  retainer  of  its  secrets?  Such 
security  was  not  to  be  had,  and  we  saw 
before  us  the  prospect  of  continuedKdan- 
ger,  a  constant  dread  of  detection  and 
punishment,  to  say  nothing  of  the  dan- 
ger to  our  oi'der,  so  long  as  Morgan 
should  live.  Our  liberty,  our  property, 
our  character,  and  the  threat  institution 
in  whose  behalf  we  had  originally  un- 
dertaken to  act,  would  all,  for  very  many 
years,  it  was  probable,  be  at  the  mercy 
of  every  woman  oi-  child  who  should 
chance  to  be  in  the  vicinity  of  our  vic- 
tim's prison. 

It  \vas  while  we  were  in  this  state  of 
doubt  and  uncertainty,  regretting  the 
past  and  trembling  for  the  future,  that 
one  of  our  number  rose  to  speak.  He 
\V)is  a  thoughtful,  silent  man,  generally, 
but  always  ready  to  act  when  any  thing 
wa^  to  be  done,  and  had  the  reputation 
among  us  of  being  more  deeply  concern- 
ed in  the  business  of  kidnapping  Mor- 
gan than  any  other  of  the  conspirators. 
"  Brethren,"  he  said,  in  a  firm  voice, 
"  there  is  no  denying  that  our  situation 
is  a  most  critical  one ;  but  it  is  the  char- 
acteristic of  determined,  resolute  men, 
that  they  always  rise  superior  to  those 
difficulties  which  are  fatal  to  the  weak 
and  vacillating.  If  we  are  firm,  and  do 
not  allow  ourselves  to  be  deterred  fi-om 
pursuing  the  only  course,  that  can  Wad 
to  safety,  all  \v\\\  yet  be  well  with  us. 
AVhat  have  we  to  fear!  It  is,  that  Mor- 
gan may  recover  his  liberty,  and  bring 
down  upon  our  heads  the  whole  weight 
of  t^e  law,  and  put  our  order  under  the 
ban  of  public  opinion,  against  which,  no 


institution,  however  strong,  can  main- 
tain itself.  How  are  these  diflicultiesto 
be  avoided  f  To  me  it  seems  clear  that 
they  can  be  avoided  only  by  consigning 
Morgan  to  that  confinement  from  \vhieh 
alone  there  is  no  possibility  of  escape — 
THAT  OF  tiiegr.we!  This  may  appeal- 
to  some  of  you  a  dread  alternative,  but 
I  have  been  prepared  for  it  from  the  be- 
ginning, as  the  probable  result  of  this 
man's  seizure  and  imprisonment.  Nor 
will  there  be  any  thing  so  decidedly  un 
just  in  our  thus  disposing  of  him.  Has 
he  not  placed  himself  in  the  position  of 
a  traitor;  and  have  not  the  laws  of  God 
and  man,  in  all  ages,  condemned  ti'aitors 
to  suffer  iu  full  the  penalty  ?  And  what 
is  the  treachery  wliich  directs  itself  only 
against  a  country  or  king,  in  comparison 
with  that  which  aims  at  the  overthrow 
of  a  vast  institution  which  is  gathering 
into  its  fold  of  men  of  every  country, 
and  binding  all  mankind  into  a  common 
brotherhood?  I  say,  that  Morgan  has 
incurred  the  penalty  of  death,,  and  that 
to  visit  that  penalty  upon  him  will  be 
an  act  of  justice,  and  according  to  thi 
principles  that  prevail  aiiiong  men  iu  all 
forms  of  society.  Our  own  safety,  too, 
points  to  the  same  coui-se;  and,  for  one, 
I  am  ready  to  bear  a  full  part  in  placing 
him  in  tlie  only  prison  that  can  make  us 
all  safe,  while  at  the  same  time  it  will 
be  a  just  punishment  of  his  treachery." 
The  words  of  a  bold  man,  in  times  of 
doubt  and  trial,  are  always  effectual. 
They  were  so  in  the  present  case,  and  the 
greater  part  of  the  company  were  car- 
ried away  by  the  speech  of  the  daring 
American.  They  assented  at  once  to 
the  force  of  his  arguments^  and  avowed 
their  readiness  to  aid  him  in  any  meas- 
ure that  he  should  deem  proper  under 
the  circumstances.  Some  few  were  si- 
lent, and  neitlier  approved  nor  condemn- 
ed the  sentiments  that  had  been  putforth ; 
and  from  this  position  they  were  as  deep- 
ly involved,  and  as  guilty,  as  those  who 
were  most  forward  in  their  desire  for  the 
shedding  of  blood.  Before  we  separat- 
ed, the  death  of  Morgan  was  fully  re- 
solved upon;  and  it  was  agreed  to  meet 
on  the  evening  of  that  day,  and  fix  up- 
on the  mode  of  execution. 

In  the  evening  we  all  met.  Several 
plans  for  putting  our  prisoner  to  death 
were  proposed;  but  that  which  was  final- 
ly adopted  came  from  the  same  man 
who  had  been  ^io  successtul  in  convinc- 
ing us  that  we  should  proceed  to  ex- 
tremeties.  We  were  eight  in  number, 
and  it  was  determined  timt  three  of  us 
should  be  selected  by  lot  to  perform  tlie 
part  of  executionei-s.  Eight  pieces  of 
paper  were  procured,  five  of  which  were 
to  remain  blank,  while  the  letter  "  D  " 
was  written  on  the  other.  These  pieces 
of  paper  were  placed  In  a  large  box, 
from  which  each  man  was  to  draw  one 
at  the  same  moment.  After  drawing, 
we  were  all  to  separate,  without  looking 
at  the  paper  that  each  held  iu  his  hand. 
So  soon  as  we  had  arrived  at  certain  dis- 
tances from  the  place  of  rendezvous,  the 
tickets  were  to  be  examined,  and  those 
wlioheld  blankswereto  return  instantly 
to  their  homes ;  and  those  three  who  should 
hold  the  marked  tickets  were  to  proceed 
to  the  Fort  at  midnight,  and  there  put 
Morgan  to  death,  in  such  a  manner  as 
should  seem  to  themselves  most  fitting. 
The  tickets  were  placed  in  the  box,  and 
drawn  simultaneously,  and  we  all  left 
the  place,  indifferent  directions,  without 
looking  at  our  papere.  The  proceeding 
was  BO  rapid  that  I  had  no  time  for  re- 
fiectioQ  untd  I  found  myself  iu  the  open 
air;  and  walking  fast  to  a  point  at  which 
I  thought  it  would  be  safe  for  to  exam- 
ine my  ticket;  and  even  then  I   did  not 


think  so  much  of  the  atrocious  nature 
of  the  crime  in  which  I  was  engaged,  as 
of  the  chances  that  there  Were  of  my 
having  drawn  a  blank,  which  would 
indeed  have  been  a  prize  to  me.  After 
walking  a  mile  or  therealionts,  and  see- 
ing that  no  one  was  near,  I  halted,  and 
e.xamined  my  ticket,  which  I  had  kept 
'within  my  clenched  liand.  I  started 
back  with  horror,  as,  ]>y  the  dim  light, 
1  «-as  enabled  to  trace  the  fatal  letter, 
distinctly  drawn  on  the  white  ground! 
My  firet  thought  was  to  turn  and  fly; 
but  wherp  should  I  fly  to?  "Would  not 
my  comrades  suspect  the  cause  of  my 
absence,  and  would  they  not,  from  re- 
gard to  theu*  o^vn  safety,  deem  it  neces- 
saiy  to  treat  me  as  they  were  about  to 
treat  Morgan  ?  Besides,  was  I  not  bound 
in  honor — aye,  and  my  oath,  too — to  go 
onward  iu  the  enterprise,  horrible  aud 
unlawful  OS  it  was,  and  fearful'  a.-?  might 
be  its  consequences?  1  had  pft'ered  no 
remonstnmci^  against  the  plan  for  the 
makingaway  with  Morgan,  but  had  gone 
on,  step  by  step,  with  the  other  conspi- 
rators; and  was  I  not,  therefore,  bound 
in  honor  to  continue  In  the  same  fearful 
path  unto  the  end  ?  ■  Strange  as  it  may 
appear,  aud  so  singularly  is  the  mind  of 
man  constituted, thesensation  that  I  most 
deeply  experienced  at  that  awful  mo- 
ment, was  one  of  shame,  that  I  should 
have  thought  of  evading  the  dread  task 
that  I  had  been  selected  by  fortune  to 
perform.  All  idea  of  its  criminality 
was  absorbed  in  this,  and  I  resolved  to 
go  through  ^vith  the  enterjjrise  with  a 
bold  heart  and  a  steady  liand. 

As  the  hour  for  the  meeting  of  the 
three  approached  I  proceeded  toward  the 
Fort,  not  without  a  lingering  hope  that 
the  two  ^vho  were  to  be  associated  with 
me  as  executioners,  would  be  less  punc- 
tual than  myself,  and  that  they  would 
fail  altogether  of  keeping  their  reudez 
vous.  But  this  hope  soon  left  me,  for 
as  I  arrived  uear  the  Fort,  I  was  joined 
by  two  of  those  from  whom  I  had  so  re 
cently  separated,  and  then  it  was  that 
we  ascertained  who  had  drawn  the  death 
tickets.  Both  these  men  were  Ameri- 
cans, and  neither  of  them,  I  am  certain, 
had  less  desire  to  take  any  part  iu  tht 
affair  than  myself.  However,  there  was 
now  no  show  of  reluctance,  all  of  us 
acting  as  if  we  had  made  up  our  minds 
to  the  performance  of  a  terrible  task, 
from  which  there  was  no  retreat.  Im- 
mediate arrangements  were  made  to  car- 
Y  out  the  sentence,  if  such  it  can  be 
called,  that  had  been  passed  upon  the 
prisoner.  My  comrades  left  to  procure 
a  boat,  one  of  them  knowimg  where  it 
was  easy  to  find  it,  it  having  been  agreed 
upon  that  Morgan  should  be  sunk  in  the 
Niagara,  in  the  hope  that  he  and  our 
crime  alike  would  thus  be  buried  be 
neath  the  waves.  My  part  was  to  pro- 
ceed to  the  magazine  and  announce  to 
Morgan  his  fate,  to  prepare  him,  so  far 
wi  I  could,  to  meet  it. 

AVhen  my  partners  in  crime  had  left, 
I  passed  to  the  magazine.  On  entering. 
I  found  Morgan  asleep,  and  for  a  fe>v 
moment^  I  stood  and  regarded  him  by 
the  light  of  the  lantern  that  I  had 
bniught  with  me.  He  was  pale  and 
haggard,  and  looked  like  an  old  man, 
though  in  reality  he  was  not  much  past 
the  prime  of  existence.  Nevertheless, 
he  slept  quietly,  and  my  entrance  did 
not  appear  to  have  distmbed  him.  I 
gently  awoke  him,  aud  he  started  wild- 
ly up,  and  gazed  upon  me.  I  was  a 
stranger  to  him,  and  he  hurriedly  de- 
manded my  business.  "  William  Mor- 
gan," I  replied,  "  1  come  to  you  on  a  sad 
duty — it  is  to  prepare  you  for  your  last 
hour  on  earth.      The   great   crime    of 


which  you  havt'  b,;eu  guilty,  ha.*;  beea 
duly  considtivd  l>y  thosiMigainst  whom 
it  has  been  committed:  aud  they,  pos- 
sessed both  of  the  i-ight  and  powcsr  to 
act,  have  resolved  that  vou  must  die.  It 
is  now  past  midnight,  aud  before  the 
earliest  dawn  shall  have  appeared,  you 
must  be  no  longer  on  earth.  I  have  you 
to  prepare  for  the  great  change  you  art* 
to  undergo."  Thus  saying,  I  placed  the 
lantern  on  the  floor,  and  was  in  the  act 
of  leaving  the  magazine,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  stationing  myself  at  the  entrance, 
^vhen  Morgan  loudly  called  me  back, 
and  poured  out  a  number  of  questions. 
He  demanded  by  what  authority  we  had 
condemed  him?  who  had  beenhisjmlge? 
were  they  Americans  or  foreigners?  how 
was  he  to  die?  and  many  other  ijuestiuns 
of  the  like  cliarocter.  I  tohl  him  I  had 
not  come  there  to  answer  questions,  but 
to  notify  him  of  his  sentence,  fi-om  which 
there  was  no  appeal,  or  possibility  of  es- 
cape. I  added,  that  I  had  heard  he  had 
been  a  soldier,  that  I  had  been  one  ray- 
self,  and  that  I  hoped  he  woiUd  meet  his 
end  as  became  a  man  who  had  boi'iie 
arms.  He  took  no  notice  of  this,  but 
commenced  wringing  his  hands  and  talk- 
ing of  his  mfe  and  children,  the  j'ecol- 
iectioii  of  whom  in  that  awful  hour  ter- 
ribly affected  him.  His  wife,  he  said, 
was  young  aud  ine.xperieuced,  and  his 
children  were  but  infants;  what  would 
become  of  them  were  he,  the  husband 
and  father,  cut  oft",  aud  they  even  igno- 
rant of  his  fate?  I  endeavored  to  t'on- 
solehim  on  this  point,  by  assuring  him 
that  the  fraternity,  of  which  he  had 
been  an  unworthy  member,  and  which 
he  had  sought  to  ruin,  had  already  pro- 
vided for  his  family,  and  thatthey  would 
not  be  permitted  to  want  any  thing.  He 
then  commenced  a  rambling  discoui-se, 
and  begged  to  know  if  there  was  no 
avoiding  his  fate,  promising  to  give  up 
all  his  papei-s,  to  go  to  any  part  of  the 
world  we  mightsend  him, and  there  reside, 
seeking  to  have  no  communiciition  with 
America,  and  living  a  different  life  fiom 
that  he  had  formerly  pursued — by  which 
I  understood  that  he  would  maintain  his 
Masonic  obligations.  Just  as  I  was 
about  to  reply  to  him,  my  comrades  came 
to  the  door  of  the  magazine,  which  they 
opened,  and  beckoned  me  to  come  to  them, 
which  I  did.  They  had  informed  me 
that  they  had  procured  a  boat  and  a 
number  of  heavy  weights,  and  that  ev- 
ery thing  was  ready  on  their  part,  and 
demanded  to  know  if  Morgan  himself 
was  prepared.  Before  I  could  answer, 
Morgan  commenced  shouting,  as  if  in 
the  hope  of  obtaining  assistance.  "  By 
God!"  said  one  of  our  number,  "  that 
must  be  stopped,  or  we  may  yet  all  be 
discovered!'      So  saying,- he  entered  the 

magazine,  followed  by  myself-aud 

striding  up  to  Morgan,  he  bade  him 
cease  that  useless  alarm,  which'  could 
avail  him  nothing,  for  that  die  he  must 
if  we  had  to  kill  Iiim  where  he  stood. 
As  if  cowed  by  the  fierceness  of  this 
demonstration.  Moi'giin  stopped  shout- 
ing, and  again  be<:an  reuionstratiiiL' 
against  our  conduct,  wliich  he  declared 
to  be  wholly  unjustifiable,  even  if  he  had 
violated  his  masonic  obligations,  for  Ma 
sons  had  no  right  to  put  men  to  death. 
He  was  again  told  that  all  remonstrances 
were.idle,  and  that  he  should  prepare 
himself  for  death,  otherwise  he  wouUl 
have  to  die  without  making  his  peace. 
From  this  moment,  and  as  if  his  nature 
revolted  against  the  oppression  of  which 
he  was  the  object,  his  bearing  under- 
went a  change.  He  became  more  firm, 
and  disdained  to  make  further  appeals 
for  mercy  for  himself;  but  the  feelings  of 
the  husband  and  the  father  were  "still 
strong  within  him, and  he  humbled  him- 
self so  far  as  to  plead  in  behalf  of  his 
family.  He  begged  that  some  perma- 
nent provision  might  be  made  for  them, 
and  above  all  things,  implored  us  to 
communicate  his  fate  to  his  wife. 
(To  be  cojilinued  next  week) 


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WoBK  anil   will  rceelTcaubacriplioiiBfor  llio  Bame  m  t"ii 

regular  rni  (9.     All  husincxs  Iran  and  cil  by  him  fur  oui-  at 
ticc,  nil)  lie  llio  sanii>  M  IT  done  liy  ounclvcs. 


TfiE  BBrTiiiiE:<  at  Wohk  will  bo  sent  pt>sl>piu(i.  lo  aaj 
kdilrcu  in  ibe  Uniicd  Suites  or  Cnnndn,  for  $1  CO  p«r 
aonum.  TIidso  SDndiog  ten  dhidc*  nod  £16.00,  will  re. 
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muney,  licroro  sending  il  to  ui.  Moncj  Ordera,  Dmnii, 
kud  Registered  Lellets  may  bo  Bent  nt  our  risk.  They 
■bouUl  be  mndu  prvjablo  lo  Moore  &  Eshclmnti. 

Siibicriplioas,  nnd  canimuDiciitions  intended  Tor  tbo  pa- 
per, ns  well  1X3  nil  business  mnLlers  conncclcd  with  the  of- 
Gco  ehould  be  nddreued 

MOOBE  &  BSHELUAtT, 

Laimrk,  Carrcll  Co.illl- 


6,V<iVi7  1, 1378. 


Sknii  tor  saiujile   copies  of  the   Children  iil 
'or!:.    Your  children  should  linve  it. 


The  Ri'porLs  ami  Miimtea  of  A.  M.  ordered 
i'loiu  this  oiEce  Iiave  been  sent  out.  Should 
iiriy  who  have  ordered,  fail  to  get  them,  they 
will  please  uotify  us. 

Watch  the  date  opposite  your  uiime  on  the 
paper  or  the  wrapper,  and  if  it  corresponds  with 
the  dnte  of  the  paper,  it  denotes  that  your  sub- 
scription has  expired. 

Bkotheh  H,  J.  Kurtz  ims  on  hand  a  lot  of 
Brethren's  Encyclopedia  containing  Mack's 
ivritings  which  he  wishes  to  sell.  II"  any  of  our 
Tcadew  desire  a  copy  they  c:m  receive  one  by 
aendbig  seventy-five  cents  to  brother  Kurtz,  at 
Dayton,  Ohio. 


The  School  Board  of  Boston  is  discussing  the 
propriety  of  dropping  spelling-books,  lessons  in 
spelling  to  be  taken  from  the  reading- books. 
Much  weariness  and  mechanical  repetition  could 
W  got  out  of  the  way  by  adopting  this  course. 


Some  of  our  correspondents  must  not  think 
hard  of  it  if  their  articles,  which  were  written 
with  a  pencil,  do  not  appear  in,  print,  for  arti- 
cles written  with  a  pencil  are  often  so  dim  by 
the  time  they  reach  us  that  tbry  ciiniiot  be  uii- 
cd.  All  our  compositors  will  say,  "  Please  do' 
write  with  pen  ond  black  ink," 

By  the  treaty  of  Berlin  all  the  foi-titicatious 

along  the  river  Dijiiube  from  the  Iron  Gates  to 
it«  mouth,  are  to  l>e  pulled  down.  No  ships  of 
war  shall  uavigato  the  river  except  guard  ships 
of  the  principal  nations.  Now  if  tliey  will  get 
up  another  International  Congress  and  pull 
down  all  the  forti6cations  in  the  world,  hum 
all  the  war  vessels,  and  change  all  war  imple- 
ments into  tools  of  usefulness,  we,  mil  have  tho 
peace  on  earth  that  has  been  so  long  desired. 

The  Illinois  State  Medical  Board  has  thrown 
out  about  twelve  hundred  professed  physicians 
because  they  lacked  the  necc-sary  qualifications 
to  heal  the  people.  Now  if  different  cht'irehes 
will  ship  all  the  preachers  who  shun  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel' of  God,  wo  may  look  for  bcU 
tcr  preaching.  Men  who  lack  the  iiualifications 
to  preach  the  Truth — and  refuse  to  stand  up  for 
Uie  thus  sayeth  the  Lord,  arc  not  worthy  of  the 
title  of  a  yiinister. 


Lord  Beaconsfield,  Prime  Minister  of  Eng- 
land, is  highly  eulogized' by  the  public  press  of 
both  continents  for  the  active  and  noble  part 
he  took  in  the  Berlin  Congress,  advocating  the 
grunting  of  roligious  liberties  to  thousands  who 
have  hitherto  been  debased  and  nearly  ruined 
by  corrupt  and  misguided  religious  legislation. 
He  is  a  Jew  of  genius  and  pluck,  and  a  States- 
man of  rare  nttainnients.  While  in  the  Con- 
gress he  worked  nobly  for  the  interest  and 
freeilom  of  the  Jewish  race  in  Bulgaria, and 
elsewhere,  for  which  he  is  receiving  the  united 
thanks  of  the  Jews  throughout  the  world. 


The  cniigration  to  the  West  is  very  great 
this  season;  perhaps  greater  than  has  been  in 
any  previous  year.  Kansas,  however,  takes  the 
lead  in  sellmg  land  and  Dakota  conies  in  next. 
It  will  not  likely  be  long  till  the  wild  prairies 
of  the  We«t  will  be  thickly  settled  by  an  induB- 
trioxts  and  well-to-do  class  of  people.  We  are 
glad  that  the  Brethren  too  aro  getting  a  foot- 
hold in  most  of  the  Western  States  and  Tern- 
toriex.and  are  laboring  hard  tobnildupchurch- 
es  in  every  locality.  Their  struggle  may  beai 
Imnl  one.  but  victory  will  come  to  the  persever- 
ing by  and  l>y. 


PERILOUS  TIMES. 

OUU  theme  comc.s  from  God's  Book  oF  relig- 
ion. "  7Vii.s  know  aUo,"  says  the  man  of 
God.  ICiioir  what?  '"Know  that  hi  lie  lii.<t 
././i/.W'ElULOOS  TIMES  shall  come."  Mark 
the  language  of  Inspiration.  I\'riloo:i  linie.i 
sfitill  come — not  that  perilous  timcj  ttrre,  or  arc, 
Uil  vIxiU  rornc  inllie  Inst  tlaiis.  There  it  is— 
LAST  DAYS.  Are  the  days  of  ISTS  among  the 
hisl  days?  Can  any  man  prove  by  the  Bible 
that  they  are  not?  But  we  are  not  left  with- 
out iin  evkhncc  of  the  last  days.  God  tells  us 
what  men  shall  he  m  the  last  days — in  the  per- 
ilous times.  "Loversof  their  own  selves."  This 
is  the  first  Ji'gn  of  perilous  times.  The  scram- 
ble in  the  political  world  for  position,  power 
and  honor,  tells  how  earnestly  men  love  them- 
selves. No  stone  is  left  unturned  by  demar 
gogiies  to  further  their  pei-sonal  interests,  even 
if  the  poor  laborer  must  work  for  a  mere  pit- 
tfljice,  or  beg  his  bread  anil  seek  the  shelter  of 
a  friendly  shed  or  tree.  The  holdei-s  of  capital 
seek  high  rates  of  interest,  and  have  ho  arrang- 
ed as  to  protect  themselves.  As  a  prominent 
man  recently  said  to  the  writer,  "  I  do  not  blame 
the  tramps  very  much.  If  they  work  for  pres- 
ent wages,  at  the  end  of  the  year  they  simply 
have  their  living.  If  they  tramp  over  the 
country,  they  have  the  same."  As  to  the  out- 
come, this  is  perhaps  true,  but  as  lo  laboring 
and  tramping,  the  former  brings  hundreds  of 
blessings  that  are  strangers  to  the  latter.  These 
are  truly  "  perilous  limes,"  and  it  would  be  well 
for  those  who  hold  Ihe  wealth  of  the  nation  to 
seriously  and  carefully  consider  the  best  method 
to  better  the  condition  of  the  poor.  Unless  the 
rich  will  meet  the  poor  as  friends — hold  out  to 
them  good  inducements  to  become  situated  in 
good  homes,  with  sufficient  to  eat,  drink  and 
wear,  these  "  perilous  times  "  may  become  worse 
and  worse  until  terror  shall  reign  evcry-where, 
Covetousness  is  the  cause  of  much  misery. 
The  shortest  definition  is  greeil.  I  have  seen 
this  exemplified  even  among  swjno. ,  Give  tbem 
some  good  fooil,  the  best  of  milk  and  one  of  the 
company  is  sure  to  snap,  push  and  squeal  lo 
get  it  all,  A  covetous  man  acts  very  much  the 
same  way.  He  is  greedy.  He  would  take  all 
that  belongs  to  his  neighbor,  gather  all  for  him- 
self, e.tert  himself  to  gain  every  dollar  in  the 
country.  Watch  his  dealiiigs. '  Now  he  In 
something  to  sc(/.  Look  at  covetousness  care- 
fully. He  is  not  a  scarce  article,  but  is  getting 
pretty  plentiful,  because  "  perilous  times  "  have 
come,  ilu  selling,  he  wants  a  price  a  little  high- 
er than  the  highest,  and  in  buying,  a  price  ti 
little  lower  than  the  lowest.  He  goes  to  a  deal; 
er  in  stock  and  cays:  "Mr.  G,,  what  is  pork 
worth  to-day?  "  "Six  dollars  per  hundred," 
says  ti.,  "  and  the  market  will  not  warrant  my 
paying  any  more."  Covetousness  says,  "  I'll 
see  further."  Of  course  he  "sees  furthef,"  and 
goes  straightway  to  Mr.  D.  and  asks:  "What 
is  pork  worth  ?  "  "  Six  dollars,"  '■  reiHies  D, 
"Can'l  you. give  »(e  a  little  more?  Mr.  G.  of- 
fered me  six  dollars,  but  I  would  rather  sell  to 
i/oii;  and  if  you  give  nie.a  little  more,  we  will 
make  n  bargain.''  This  touches  Mr.  D.'s  jinVe 
a  little,  nnd  rather  than  to  be  outdone  by  Mr.  G. 
says:  "  I  will  give  you  ?C.10,"  while  at  the  very 
time  he  knows  that  he  is  endangering  his  busi- 
ness by  going  beyond  the  market  price.  But 
Covetousness  drives  him  to  it,  and  bis  pridf 
will  not  let  him  retreat.  This  is  one  side; 
turn  to  the  other.  The'  covetous  man  wants 
ten  yardsiof  calico  and  ton  pounds  of  sugar,  so 
he  goes  to  Ml-.  V.  and  says:  "What  is  calico 
worth?  "  "  Here  is  some  for  five,  some  for  six, 
and  extra  good  for  seven  cents  a  yard,"  replies 
the  merchant.  Covetousness  looks  at  the  goods, 
fumbles  them  over  awhile  then  pityingly,  plead- 
ingly saj's:  "Can't  you  let  me  have  this  five 
cent  calico  for  four  and  n  half?  Yon  know  / 
pay  cii8h,  and  I  think  you  oiiglit  to  favor  mc." 
Mr.  F.  replies:  "  Why  it  cost  me  that,  and  I 
ought  to  haven  little  profiL"  "Well,  but," 
says  Covetousneaa,  "  I  Ihiiik  I  can  getit  for  tbnt 
at  Mr.  L.'s,  but  1  would  rather  buy  of  you;  we 
have  known  each  other  for  twenty  years,  and  I 
think  you  can  let  me  have  it  for  four  and  a  half 
cents."  The  merchant  is  outdone.  He  loses 
about  fifty  per  cent,  in  humanity,  and  declares 
that  we  have  truly  com*  into  "  perilous  times." 
Yes,  truly  the  covetous  man  makes  it  periloiis 
for  that  merelmnt.  But  we  have  not  done  i^'ith 
:Covotousness.  He  wants  some  sugar.  Mr.  F. 
shoH's  him  some  good'  sugar  and  informs  him 
that  he  sells   nine  and' oiie-HaiJ  pounds  for  a  | 


dollar.  "Can't  you  give  me  fen  pounds  lor  a 
dollar?"  pleads  this  greedy  man.  "No,"  says 
Mr.  F.,  "I  cannot  do  that,  I  make  so  little  prof- 
it on  Bugar  Ihaty  muse  stick  to  my  price." 
"  Well,  then  pivu  me  fifty  cents'  worth,"  fay: 
Covetou.eness.  Ihe  idea  occurring  to  him  that 
while  he  is  using  the  fifty  cents'  worth  of 
gar,  the  other  fifty  cents  will  be  drawing  inter- 
est, so  that  hy  the  time  he  wants  mori-  fiigat 
he  will  have  a  little  more  money  lo  buy  with 
This  reminds  me  of  the  man  who  always  took 
the  hindmost  seat  in  the  hind  car.  and  when 
interrogated  concerning  it,  replied;  "I  never 
buy  a  ticket;  and  by  taking  the  hindmost  seat, 
1  hold  my  money  that  much  longer,  ns  the  con- 
ductor always  reaches  this  point  last.  You  see 
I  have  the  use  of  my  money  a  Httle  longer  than 
if  I  purchase  a  ticket  or  sit  in  the  front  seat." 
These  characters  prove  that  "perilous  times" 
have  come.  But  another  chapter,  then  I  have 
done  with  this  subject  at  this  time. 

Men  are  writing  for  the  press.  They  aim  to 
write  the  truth,  the  whole  truth;  not  that  men 
may  yrt  hurl, — not  that  men  may  go  on  in  the 
way  of  death,  but  that  they  may  rr/onn,  rany 
turn  to  serve  the  true  and  the  living  God.  Good 
and  holy  men  aim  to  put  the  Truth  into  men's 
hearts,  aim  to  lead  to  a  higher  and  better  life — 
not  to  drive  men /com  Christ — not  to  make 
men  disobedient,  the  children  of  the  devil,  but 
to  lead  U)  Christ,  to  have  thein  respect  and  obey 
the  Gospel — the  whole  Truth.  This  is  the  mis- 
sion of  the  men  of  God,  Tbey  look  to  Jesus  ss 
their  Pattern— their  Leader  who  shunned  not 
to  speak  of  the  evil  deeds  of  men,  in  language 
that  could  be  understood.  There  are  not  too 
many  bold  writers,  not  too  many  bold  preachers. 
There  is  wisdom  in  boldness  and  boldness  in 
wisdom.  The  two  combined,  give  power  for 
great  good. 

"Ah!"  says  one,  "you  hit  some  persons,  and 
they  feel  bad."  Not  precisely!  If  anything 
waa"hit"it  was  the  evil  deed — the  unright^ 
eousness — the  idol  of  the  heart,  and  if  a  man 
irill  not  give  up  the  "  idol  "  for  something  bet- 
ter, he  has  fallen  into  a  "  perilous  "  condition. 
Do  not  ask— do  not  expect  the  minister,  the 
editor,  the  contributor  to  keep  back  some  of 
the  Truth.  If  the  unholy  acts  of  men  and  wo- 
men are  not  somewhat  exprtsed  and  their  evil 
tendencies  ))ointcd  to  as  examples  of  warning 
(2  Vet.  2:  5,  Q),  we  may  soon  all  go  the  same 
way.  In  all  ages  of  the  world,  there  live*!  men 
w'ho  raised,  Ihe  voice  of  warning  so  that  some 
might  he,  saved. 

Those  easily-hurt  peopl^.always.w.-mt  men  to 
write  and  preach  so  as  to  miss  them  and  bit 
some  others.  If  yoa  tell  of  Peter's  faulls  and 
Paill's  failings,  they  are  delighted;  but  if  you 
come  home  to  the  nineteenth  century  and  ex- 
poEc  the  evil  deeds  of  this  generation  it  will  oc- 
casion considerable  squirming.  Ministers  and 
editors,  you  know  how  this  is.  Look  at  the 
man  who  cannot  endure  the  denunciation  of  his 
evil  deeds!  See  how  uuea&y  he  is!  He  cannot 
look  at  the  preacher.  Perhaps  his  conscience 
hurts  him,  then  he  hastens  to  coraplaiji  to  oth- 
ers, telling  that  the  minister  meant  "him."  Of 
course  he  meant  "him"  ifheheijttiltij.  He  did 
not  mean  to  put  the  words  of  Truth  into  the 
heart  of  him  who  is  whole, — who  is  clear  of 
such  misdeeds  aa  he  may  have  miintioned,  but 
he  mtnutto  driveout  evil  with  the  Sword  of 
Truth  and  if  the  sick  will  not  accept  the  medi 
cine,  the  physician  is  clear. 

Onw  the  Savior  told  the  professed  righteous 
men  of  His  day  that,  "  Ye  seek  to  kill  u 
man  that  hath  told  the  truth,  which  I  have 
heard  of  God."  This /ihi-/  tbem,  and  they  re- 
plied to  Him,  when  He  answered,  "  Ye  are  of 
your  father,  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  y. 
father  ye  will  do."  Pretty  severe  language,  yet 
suited  to  hypocrites.  liVhen  I  hear  a  man  fret, 
worry  and  denounce  because  some  one  to!d  the 
esact  truth  in  his  preaching  or  writing,  I  am 
pretty  well  convinced  that,  the  man  has  brought 
himself  into  "perilous  times."  I  do  not  mean 
that  men  shonld  be  singled  out  and  publicly  ox- 
posed  foF  their  fanlts,  but  when  those  faults  ore 
spoken  of  in  general  terms  and  men  are  "  hurt," 
it  don't  speak  welt  of  them  to  make  a  noise 
about  it.  God  help  every  man  to  receite  the 
whole  Truth  and  then  keep  it.  ji.  m.  e. 


THE  SABBATH  QUESTION. 

MOST  people  have  fallbn'  into  an  error  by 
-supposing  that  the  Sabbath  of  the  Old 
Testament  ha.'i  been  changed  foom  tt^e  seventh 
to  the   first  ilaj-  of  the  weeit.^    Of  cbiirse  filie}'' 


cannot  tell  when,  where,  bow,  nor  by  whom 
the  change  was  made,  yet  they  are  satisfied  there 
has  Ix-en  a  change,  and  so  tench,  not  only  in 
preaching,  but  writing,  when  in  fact  no  such  a 
changn  as  they  teach,  has  ever  been  made. 
There  has  been  a  change,  but  not  iu  what  they 
write  and  preach  about.  The  man  who.  in  de- 
bale  with  a  well-read  opponent,  undertakes  to 
prove  that  the  Sabbath  i>f  Ihc  Old  Testament 
has  been  changetl  from  the  seventh  to  the  first 
day  of  fho  week,  gets  himself  into  apretty  close 
place.  For  if  it  can  be  proven  that  the  Sabbath, 
as  taught  by  Moses,  is  still  binding,  then  it 
falls  on  the  seventh  and  not  the  firat  day  of  the 
week. 

1.  There  has  never  been  any  change  of  the 
Sabbath  from  Saturday  to  Sunday.  The  Sab- 
bath of  the  Old  Law  has  always  been  on  Satur- 
day, on  the  seventh  day  of  the  week,  and  not 
once  since  the  world  began  has  it  been  on  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  or  Sunday,  hence  respect- 
ing the  Sabbath  of  the  Old  Testament  there  has 
no  divinely  authorized  change  occurred.  The 
Bible  says  not  one  word  about  a  change  of  the 
Sabbath.  Ilight  here  is  where  people  get  into 
difficultj-.  They  advocate  a  change,  when,  in 
fact,  there  has  been  none  so  far  as  the  Sabbath 
is  concerned, 

2.  There  was  a  change  made,  but  that  was 
not  a  change  in  the  <Snbhnlb,  but  a  change  in 
the  Taiw.  If  they  look  to  the  Sabbath  for  a 
change  they  look  to  the  wrong  place;  it  is  to 
the  Law  that  tbey  should  look  for  the  change. 
So  long  as  the  Old  Law  remains  unrepealed,  just 
that  long  the  Sabbath  continues  in  force,  and 
falls  on  Saturday. 

3.  God  was  not  willing  to  work  in  the  dark, 
hence  the  first  thing  he  made  was  light,  for  he 
said,  "Let  there  be  light;  and  there  was  light," 
Gen.  1:3.  Having  worked  six  daj's  he  rested 
on  the  i'eventh.  He  did  his  work  first  and  rest- 
ed afterwards.  Gen.  2:  2,  In  course  of  time 
this  same  day  was,  in  the  Mosaic  law,  set  apart 
as  a  day  of  rest  and  worship,  to  he  kept  holy 
unto  the  Lord.  Like  God,  the  people  were  re- 
quired to  work  six  days  and  rest  on  the  seventh. 
This  law  was  given  to  the  Hebrews  only,  nor 
was  it  binding  on  any  other  nation  under  hcai'- 
cn.  Unto  tliem  God  had  promised  the  land  of 
Cajiaan  as  a  possession,  and'  then  gave  them  a 
code  of  laws  which  tJiey  were  to  keep  in  view  of 
this  promise  thus  made  to  them.  The  promise 
was  made  to  no  other  nation,  nor  was  the  law 
binding  on  any  other. 

4.  God  made  Abraham  Iko  promises.  (1.) 
The  Land  of  Promise,  or  Canaan,  nnd  (3.)  "  In 
thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  Ihe  earth  be 
hlessei"  The  first  promise  was  to  the  Jews 
only,  while  the  second  was  to  afl'ect  the  welfare 
oifiH  tifillons,  both  Jew  and  Gentile.  The  code 
of  laws  given  Moses  at  Mt.  Sinai  was  to  those 
alone,  who  were  to  enjoy  the  benefits  of  the  first 
promise  or  covenant  God  made  with  Abraham, 
that  unto  him  and  his  seed  would  he  give  the 
land  of  Canaan  for  au  iniieritanco  forever.  In 
this  law  the  seventh  day  of  the  week  was  set 
apart  as  a  day  unto  the  Lord,  and  w.is  called 
the  Stibbatb,  nnd  continued  in  force  just  so  long 
as  the  law  was  binding.  For  a  violation  of  this 
law  the  penalty  was  temporal,  as  was  the  re- 
ward for  obeying  it. 

5.  But  we  have  a  new  era  of  things:  the 
Old  Law  is  now  abolished;  it  was  only  added 
because  of  transgression  till  the  seed,  Jesus 
Christ  should  come.  Wc  have  observed  that 
God  ended  his  work  on  the  sixth  day,  and  rest- 
ed on  the  seventh,  so  with  Christ,  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  sixth  day,  at  the  close  of  the  Old  dis- 
pensation, ho  ended  hia  great  work  when  he 
said,  "It  is  finished,"  rested  his  body  in  the 
grave  on  tho  seventh.  On  the  firet  day  of  the 
week  he  arose  from  the  dead,  to  the  joy  and 
hoiw  of  his  broken-hearted  followers.  That  day 
was  fi|lly  devoted  to  the  spreading  of  the  glori- 
ous news  of  the  risen  Lord.  Eight  days  after- 
wards, or  on  the  nest  first  day  of  the  week,  we 
find  them  assembled  again,  and  this  day  was  ev- 
er afterwards  kept  by  thera  in  memory  of  their 
risen  Lord.  Tliey  did  not  call  it  the  Sabbath, 
but  tho  Lorrfs  day,  to  be  kept  to  his  honor;  or 
frequently  the  Jirsf  ehtif  of  the  week,  because  in 
numbering  the  days  of  the  week  it  came  firstj 
In  the  Mosaic  law  the  first  sis  days  were  to  be 
devoted  lo  work,  and' the  seventh,  to,  rest,  and 

by  the  Jews  called  the  Sabbath,  but  not  so 
in  tho  Law  of  Christ,  or  the  Gospel:  we  devote 
the  first  day  to  the  service  nnd  worship  of  the 
Lord^iid  cali'it  the  Lord's-  tffijjM.heh  labor 


A.iijjnst    1 . 


THE    BRETHMlX    at   AVORK. 


iUa  oWiff  .-.is.  iK-iicf  WL-  ..llfi-  unto  fhc  Lord  tlie 
rt-v/friiiUoroiirluhor. 

li.  Til.).  Siil>L»ini  liny  litus  lliuii  not  been 
cliniig.:(l  lit  Suiiilny  ;ih  nil.  Tlic  OliI  Law  jv- 
i)iiii'C(l  t.hnL  the  nect'iilh  i\ny  Ite  kept,  unto  I  lie 
Lord,  tor  the  simple  reaiitn  tliut  Uoil  coiiihiiukI' 
i>(l  it,  nii'l  it  wivi  nUo  Jititlinn;(p<l  tliut  it  should 
U>  cnlH  the  Siibballi.  Hat  thU  law  hiu  now 
been  ilinjc  awnj-  witli,  ainl  of  coump  so  bus  the 
tiubbiltU  ad  a  dny  of  rest  also  passed  uway.  In 
the  room  of  the  Old  Law  we  have  the  Gospel  of 
Jesus  rJju'ist,  ouotliGr  Law  more  perfect  tlmii 
the  former;  one  that  contains  jio  nereiith  day  as 
II  day  of  worship.  But  the  Apostles  and  ancient 
Christians)  cttnie  together  on  the  tirat  day  of 
the  iveek,  In  memory  of  tlic  resurrection.  Aa 
before  reuinrkcd,  they  never  called  it  the  Sab- 
bath, never  spoke  of  it  being  changed  from  the 
seventh  to  the  first  day  of  the  week.  We  hear 
MO  much  about  the  Sabbatli  being  changed,  but 
cou't  find  one  word  of  it  in  the  Dible.  The 
change  was  not  in  the  Babbiith,  but  in  the  Law 
The  Sabbath  ia  still  on  Sntui-dny,  imd  will  re- 
ttinla  there  iirhilo  the  Avorld  stands,  but  tt  in  not 
biiuling  on  ua  who  live  in  the  Gospel  dispensa- 
tion, we  have  another  day  set  apart  for  a  more 
uoole  tiiirposo. 

Ti  The  first  day  of  the  week  being  the  Lord's 
lUiij  should  be  devoted  to  his  service,  and  those 
who  do  not  keep  that  day  dishonor  tbeir  risen 
Master.  The  Lord's  day  is  a  purely  Cliristinii 
institution,  and  as  such  should  be  observed  by 
all  professing  Chiistians  in  honor  of  their  i-isen 
Mnst«r.  It  is  binding  on  all  Christians  every- 
Ivhere,  and  cannot  be  neglected  without  greatly 
dishonoring  the  Resurrection  day  of  the  Lord. 
We  are  called  the  Lord's  people,  have  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  certainly  should  celebrate  the  res- 
urrection of  the  Master  by  keeping  the  Eonl'.'i 
limj — the  first  day  of  the  week.  The  Sabbath, 
being  a  purely  Israelitiab  institution,  need  not 
concern  us.  Since  the  day  that  Je.sus  Christ 
fested  in  the  grave  on  the  Sabbath  no  one  has 
been  divinely  authorizetl  to  t«ach  or  obsen'e  it. 
It  is  forever  gone  witli  the  types  and  shadows 
of  the  Old  or  past  dispensation;  gone  with  "the 
ministi'utiou  of  death,  written  and  engraven  in 
stones;"  nailed  to  the  cross;  abolished  and  ta- 
ken out  of  the  way;  gone  with  the  law  which 
was  added  because  of  tcansgressiou  tilt  Christ 
the  seeil  sboultl  con(o.    .   ^'  j,-,'._ 

The  ten  comnnuidments  may  be  regarded  as 
the  Constitution  of  the  Hebrews  as  a  iiation, 
and  in  that  sense  should  be  distinguished  fnun 
the  law  made  lUider  it.  Why  talk  of  the  Hl- 
breW  system  passing  away  whilu  tJio  ConstiliL- 
tion  remains?  Is  that  logical?  The  ten  com- 
mandments are  not  the  Constitution  of  the 
Christian  system,  nor  are  tbey  any  part  of  it 
unless  found  in  some  sense  incorporated  iu  the 
Gospel.  This  law  tvhicb  was  added  because  of 
transgression,  till  Christ  should  come — the  Jaw 
that  "  was  ordained  by  angels  in  the  hand  of  a 
mediator  "  (Gal.  3:  19)  "  was  our  school-master 
to  bring  us  unto  Christ,  that  we  might  be  just- 
ified by  faith.  But  afler  that  faith  is  come,  we 
Kj'e  no  longer  under  a  school-master,"  Gal.  3: 
24,  2o,  no  longer,  under  the  law.  ^Ve  have  an- 
other Law  Giver,  another  Mediator  in  the  room 
of  Moses;  he  is  that  Prophet  spoken  of  by  Mo- 
se^,  and  we  shall  hearken  unto  him  in  all  thiug.s. 
That  Prophet  did  not  command  us  to  keep  the 
Sabbatll  of  the  law  that  he  came  to  fulfill  ami 
nail  to  the  cross.  He  has  in  the  New  dispensa- 
tion given  us  another  day,  mt  in  commemora- 
tion of  God's  rest  on  the  sey,euth  day,  but  in 
commemoration  of  the  resurrection  of  ChrLst 
from  the  dead.  j.  h.  m. 


JOHN'S  BAPTISM. 

A  BROTHER  sends  us  scvor.il  questions 
about  certain  point^s  in  John's  baptism, 
"liicli  we  give  below,  followed  by  our  removks: 

1.  ■■  Was  .loliu'a  baiHism  CliriatianbapttsmV  If 
ii.it,  why  not?" 

John's  baptism  was  from  heaven,, and  there- 
furo  yalid.  It.  was  a  baptism  pf  repentance  for 
the  remission  of  sins,  Luke  3:  3,  and  was  pre- 
ceded by  faith,  Acts  19;  4,  without  which  it  is 
impossible  to  please  God  in  any  act,  A^coin- 
panyiug  it  was  also  the  confession  of  sins.  Matt. 
3:6.  It  is  in  no  instance,  .called  "Christian 
baptism"  in  the  Scriptures,  but  always  ''John's 
baptism, "'or  the  '' baptism  of  John;"  bnt  in 
course' of  time,  ns  John  and  his  mission  dimin- 
ished, and  Christ  and  his  superior  claims  in- 
creased, the  id(n, "  John's  baptism,"  passed  out 
of  practical  existence,  and  the  identical' saino' 
mode  became  known  as  "  Christian  baptism." 


I  can  conceive  of  no  j»r«e/(W(/difFerencp,  so 
far  ns  the  action  is  concerned,  between  John's 
baptism  and  that  afterwards  timght  by  the  Sav- 
ior, though  there  weresome  points  of  diD'erence 
in  theory.  Christian  baptism  is  John's  bap- 
tism sanctioned  and  commanded  by  Christ. 
There  can  be  no  difterence  regarding  the  mode, 
though  there  may  be  in  theory.  The  theory 
u'-ed  not  now  concern  us,  as  we  are  not  under 
the  "forerunner,"  but  under  Christ.  John  came 
as  the  harbinger  of  the  Messiah — as  a  witness  of 
the  light,  bnt  not  the  light  itself. 

As  he  continued  baptizing  for  sometime  after 
Christ  commenced  preaching  and  baptizing  (by 
proxy),  it  is  evident  that  his  method  of  bapti 
ing  was  the  same  as  that  used  by  Christ.  I  is 
not  reasonable  to  suppose  that  there  were  two 
modes,  for  that  wonld  have  created  a  division 
among  the  disciples  regarding  the  action  of  bap- 
tism. Though  Christ  made  and  baptized  more 
disciples  tliau  John,  yet  not  one  person  baptiz- 
ed bi/  John  was  ever  rebaptized.  This  shows 
that  each  party  used  the  same  method. 

'2.  "Dill  -lohn  u.se  the  same  formula  given  In 
M!itL:>s:  liij'  If  not.  how  cau  we  follow  Christ's 
stejis  iu  liaplisni'^" 

Nothing  is  said  in  the  New.  Testament  in  re- 
gard to  the  formula  u.sed  by  John,  though  it 
would  seem  evident  that  he  used  some  formula, 
and  it  is  most  reasonable  to  conclude  that  he 
used  tliat  which  was  afterwards  given  to  the 
disciples  by  the  Savior.  John  baptized  vast 
numbei-s  who  were  afterwards  recognized  as 
members  of  the  church  without  being  rebaptiz- 
ed, and  certainly  there  would  \k  no  use  of  two 
formulas  for  one  body. 

By  the  Savior  submitting  to  John's  baptism 
be  both  honored  and  sanctioucil  it,  and  hence 
set  an  e.tample  for  all  generations  to  come. 
This  baptism  was  not  under  the  Law,  but  under 
the  Gospel,  and  therefore  belonged  to  the  Chris- 
tian dispensation,  though  neither  it  nor  any 
other  mode  is  ever  called  Chrislian  baptism  in 
the  Bible.  While  used  by  John  it  was  called 
"John's  baptism" — he  being  the  first  to  prac- 
tice it — and  afterwards  "  one  baptism  "  by  Paul. 
Eph.  4:5. 

;i.  "Cau  we  infer  frinu -loliri  4:  I,  i>,  tliat  Jcsun 
liaptizeil  any  one':*  II' imt.  wlii>  liiij-li^i-il  his  ili»-i- 
ples'J" 

JTrom  John  4:  2,  we  inter  that  Jesus  baptized 
no  one  with  his  own  liands.  Anderson's  trans- 
lation of  the  New  Test,iment  hm  this  verse  ren- 
dered thus:  "Though  not  Jesus  him_self,  but 
his  disciples  immersed."  This  makes  it  plain 
that  Christ  himself  did  not  baptize.  Had  he 
done  so,  it  might  liave  made  some  unhappy  di- 
visions among  his  foUowei's;  some  of  those 
receiving  baptism  from  His  hands  might  have 
claimetl  a  degree  of'  superiority  over  others. 
I  lere  is  a  lesson  for  those  who  put  so  much  trust 
iu  the  administrator.  In  connection  with  this, 
ponder  well  the  fii-st  clause  of  1  Cor.  1: 17. 

Two  baptisms  arc  plainly  taught  in  the 
Scriptures.  One  of  tlie  water,  and  the  other  of 
the  Spirit.  One  is  the  human  part,  and  the 
other  is  the  divine  part.  The  baptism  in  water, 
being  the  human  part,  has  been  committed  to 
eai'lhen  vessels  to  be  performed;  this  much 
John  could  do^— he  could  bapti/e  in  the  water 

-but  no  human  power  is  authorized  to  oiliuin- 
bter  the  Holy  Ghost,  or  Spirit  baptism;  this  is 
ine  work  to  be  performed  by  divine  hands, 
hence  Christ,  who  is  divine,  administers  none 
but  Spirit  baptism. 

By  a  careful  reading  of  John  3:  32-24,  it  will 
be  seen  that  the  disciples  were  baptized  by  John. 
'  They  came  (to  John,  who  "  was  baptizing  in 
Enon  near  to  Salim,  because  there  was  niucli 
water  thei'c  ")  and  wore  baptized."  Evidently 
some  of  them  were  baptized  before  this,  hence 
John  simply  baptized,  on  this  occasion,  those 
who  hm!  nut  yet  been  baptized.  J.  H.  sr. 


CONCEHNIWG  THE  "  CHILDREN 
AT  WORK," 

TWO  months  have  elapsed  since  the  CliiUhvn 
nf  Work  made  its  fii'st  appearance,  and 
since  then  it  has  greeted  the  ears  and  eyes  of 
many  dear  children.  Though  but  a  child,  it 
has  steadily  grown  in  favor  with  many  fapiilies 
throughout  our  brotherhood,  and  bids  fair  to 
grow  to  full  stature  in  manhood,  by  the  bless- 
ings of  God  Hudthehelpof  brethren  and  sisters. 
jVJready  jnany-Sunday-Hobools  have  called  it  to 
their  aid,  and'  many  are  the  words  of  love  aiid 
encouragement  in  our  behatfj  Sorrows,  troub- 
les. Vexations  come  thiclt  and  fast  ail  through 
life,  and  were  it  not  for  woiils  of  comfort  from 


dear  brethren  and  sisters  and  the  gentle  voice 
of  Jesus  through  the  Holy  Spirit,  our  hearts 
would  fail  aud  the  pathway  be  strewn  with  con- 
tinued sorrow. 

0,  if  we  could,  in  flaming  letters,  urge  every 
parent  to  be  just  as  much  concerned  for  the 
minds  aud  eternal  welfare  of  their  children  as 
they  are  for  houses,  lands,  worldly  goods,  the 
world  would  soon  see  the  happy  effect,  angels 
in  heaven  would  sing  glorious  hallelujahs,  and 
God  would  bless  as  He  alone  can  bless!  Go  in- 
to the  hook-stores  in  every  town  and  city  imd 
behold  the  great  pile  of  light,  trashy,  reading 
mat'"r,  set  before  the  youth  of  our  land  to  en- 
tice them  on  the  way  to  ruin.  Look  at  it,  dear 
fathers  and  mothers — see  in  it  the  n»in  of  your 
darling  b&y,  your  gentle  daughter,  and  then  say, 
if  you  can,  that  there  is  no  room,  no  need  of 
work.  Something  iiiu^t  be  done  to  counteract 
the  growing  evil,  or  our  land  and  nation  will 
suffer  uulold  misery.  Look  at  the  "  jioor  tramp," 
and  see  iu  him  the  eff'ed  of  improper  training. 
Homeless,  unconcerned,  strolling  from  place  to 
place,  he  seeks  his  living  as  best  he  can.  If  you 
would  have  your  child  better,  give  him  good 
reading  matter.  Put  sound  words  into  his 
heart,  and  they  will  make  him  a  man,  a  Chris- 
tian, a  good  citizen,  an  honor  to  God  and  man. 
To  bring  our  youth  into  closer  sympathy 
with  the  whole  doctrine  of  the  Bible — to  per- 
suade them  to  love  the  endearing  principles  of 
true  manhood  and  womanhood — to  in.stil  into 
their  youthful  hearts,  love  for  parents,  teachers, 
and  all  good  men  and  women,  the  Children  i 
Work  was  begun.  It  now  remains  with  tli 
lovera  of  these  sentiments — tlie  lovers  of  pure 
and  undefiled  religion  to  say  whether  our  youth 
shall  be  abundantly  supplied  with  such  reading 
matter  as  may  lend  them  in  the  path  of  virtue 
and  religion,  or  whether  by  inaction  thousands 
shall  continue  on  in  the  way  of  destruction. 
From  my  youth  I  Imve  had  a  strong  sympathy 
and  love  for  children,  and  especially  the  poor 
and  misguided  ones,  and  how  to  help  them,  how 
to  make  them  better  has  been  a  matter  of  earn- 
est thought  and  prayer.  Donations  and  con- 
tributions for  the  free  dissemination  of  the 
Cliildreii  at  Work^  and  other  good  and  whole- 
!ome  reading  matter  would  be  thankfully  re- 
;eived  and  judiciously  applied.  Brethren  and 
sisters  traveling  might  carry  with  them  n  lot  of 
papers  and  painphlels  and  give  them  to  the 
3'oung  in  cities,  in  the  cars,  .steaniboats,  and  all 
public  pl.ices.  Until  we. arouse  to  the  fact  that 
evil  is;  going:  about  by  telegniphic  ,apeod,:and, 
that  we  mustiwork  just  as  vapidly;  we  mil  leave 
the  field  to  the  enemy.  'Who  then  is  ready  to 
come  and  work  with  us  f.ir  the  good  of  the 
youth  of  this  land?  Who  is  re;ldy  to  join  hands 
with  us  to  better  the  condition  of  the  poor  and 
unfortunate  children  of  free  America?  jVhj- 
free  .\merica!  Past  art  thou  going  into  bond- 
age of  sin  and  selfishness.  Who  stands  ready 
to  hold  up  our  arms  in  this  vast  and  noble  work? 
God  help  tuousands  and  tens  of  thousands  to 
send  up  the  shout  "  I,  I,"  and  then  will  the 
coming  generations  call  our  nation  blessed. 
Send  for  sample  copies,  and  put  them  to  work. 

^^_________  M.  il.  B, 


INFANT  BAPTISM. 


HElllNISCEXCK  OP  TUB  PAST.      ISFAKI  Ii.\PTI3U 
KECIDED  UNSCItlPTURAI,  KV  CIVIL  LAW. 

ABOUT  1750  a  man  by  the  name  of  Samuel 
Heuton  from  Mass.,  settled  at  a  place  call- 
ed Schooly,  in  New  Jersey,  where  a  son  was 
born  to  him.  He  was  anxious  to  have  him 
christened  by  Mr.  Swecsy,  a  Presbyterian  min- 

ter,  to  which  the  wife  objected,  saying,  "  If 
you  will  show  me  a  single  text  that  warrants 
the  chriHtening  of  a  child,  I  will  take  him  to' 
Mr.  Sweesy  myself."  The  husband  orfered  sev- 
eral tests,  but  the  wifo  would  not  admit  that 
infant  baptism  was  in  either  of  them.  Then 
the  husband  went  to  Mr.  Sweesy,  not  doubting 
but  a  thing  so  old  ilnd  so  coinmon  as  infant 
baptism  must  bo  in  the  Bible.  Bnt  Mr.  Swee- 
sy owned  that  there  was  ?io  text  which  directly 
proved  the  point,  but  that  it  wu.s  provable  by 
deductions  from  many  te.\ts.  This  chagrined 
Mr.  Beaton  a  good  deal,  as  he  had  neverdoubt- 
ed  but  that  infant  baptism  was  a  Gospel  ordi- 
nance; so  he  went  home   with  a  resolution  to 

;t  the  j)avt  of  the  more  noble  Bereans,  and 
searched  the  Scriptures  for  hiAseJf,  anil  soon 
met  with  such  convictions,  that  instead  of  get- 
ting his  iufant  christened,  he  went  to  a  Baptist 


church  near  Kiugwood  wjiere  he  was  immersed 
bj-  Mr.  Bonham.  And  so  satisfied  was  he  with 
what  he  had  done  that  ho  soon  began  to  preach 
up  the  baptism  of  faith  and  repentance  with  so 
much  effect  that  it  was  not  long  till  a  little 
church  of  beUevers  was  organized  in  the  vicini- 
ty where  he  lived,  known  as  the  Schooly  Bap- 
tist church. 

When  the  above  trmisaction  canm  to  the 
knowledge  of  Robert  Calver,  a  Rogerenc  Bap- 
tist, it  induced  Iiim  to  publish  an  advertisement 
in  the  newspaper,  offering  a  reward  of  twenty 
dollars  to  any  one  who  would  produce  a  single 
text  to  prove  infant  baptism.  Mr.  Samuel 
Harker,  a  minister,  took  him  up,  and  carried  a 
text  to  the  advertiser.  But  Calver  would  not 
admit  that  infmit  baptism  was  in  it.  Harker 
contended  it  was,  and  so  sued  him  for  his  prom- 
ised reward.  The  case  went  to  court,  but  it 
appem-s  the  court  was  of  Mr.  Calver's  mind,  for 
Harker  lost  tlie  case  and  had  the  court  charges 
to  pay,  besides  losing  his  expected  reward. 

After  that,  Calver  puliUshed  another  adver- 
tisement, offering  a  reward  of  forty  dollars  for 
sucli  a  text,  bnt  as  Mr.  Harker's  attempts  failed, 
none  dai-ed  to  take  him  up. 

Will  conclude  by  saying  that  infant  baptism 
has  been  perhaps  ten  thousand  times  condemn- 
ed by  argument,  but  this  is  probably  the  first 
and  only  time  that  it  was  ever  condemned  in  a 
court  of  civil  law. 


THE  WRITTEN  DEBATE. 

OUR  readere  must  not  get  out  of  jiatience 
waiting  for  the  written  debate  to  commence, 
as  wo  are  pushing  the  an'angements  along  as 
fast  as  possible,  tjuitc  a  number  of  letters  have 
passed  between  us  and  Mr.  Ray,  but  full  ar- 
rangements have  not  yet  been  completed.  It 
sometimes  takes  n  good  deal  of  writing  to  get 
mattoi-s  of  this  kind  fully  adjusted.  We  think 
one  more  letter  from  Mr.  Ray  will  settle  the 
question  as  to  when  the  debate  will  commence, 
and  all  other  things  pertaining  to  it.  We  will 
anni.um-e  the-  time- ju.st  as  soon  us  it  is  definite- 
ly ilcl-rmmeil. 


SPIRITTJALISM  — WHAT  IT  DOES. 

NOT  a  few  are  at  a  loss  to  know  why  so  many 
Spiritualist.<i  commit  .suicide,  and  thus  put 
themselves  out  of  the  way.  Suiuly  the  doctrine 
is  delusive  and  is  proving  itself  detrimental  to 
the  goo<l  of  society.  The  Dnili/  ■  jVpi™  thus 
speak»  of  its  sad  effpcts  in  Chicago: 

"The  community  is  imturalty  startled  to 
learn  that  Dr.  Witheford,  formerly  a  practicing 
Spiritualistic  medium,  and  recently  the  center 
of  considerable  interest  aa  an  '  exposer  of  Spir- 
itualism,'has  committed  suicide.  This  deed  of 
self-destruction  was  .done  scarcely  two  weeks 
after,  and  only  two ''blocks  distant  from,  the 
event  and  scene  of. .another  suicide — that  of  a 
highly-esteemed  and  promising  young  man,  an 
avowed  Spiritualiat,'thesonof  a  prominent  bus- 
iness man,  himself  an  active  Spiritualist.  Only 
a  few  months  since  one  Pike,  a  professed  Spir- 
itualist, was  sent  to  a  lunatic  asylum  (instead  of 
the  gallows)  for  the  murder  of  another  Spiritu- 
alist, Mr.  Jones,  the  proprietor  and  editor  of  a 
Spiritualists  journal. 

The  question  naturally  comes, — Whence  and 
why  is  this? — And  what  doe.^  itmemi?  And 
answera  cannot  be  avoided.  To  deny  that  it  has 
any  connection  with  Spiritualism  is  unsatisfac- 
tory', for  appearnncGS  at  least  are  the  other  way. 

Mr.  Ray,  of  the  Ba/He  I'huj,  has  been  hold- 
ing a  public  discussion  with  a  Methodist  minis- 
ter, a  synopsis  of  wliich,  is  now  being  publbhed 
in  the  Flag.  The  Methodist  takes  Ray  to  task 
pretty  lively  on  single  immersion,  and  also 
shows  that  trine  immersion  was  practiced  much 

lier.  He  says,  "My  opponent  tells  us  that 
the  three  A\\n  wore  not  practiced  by  the  Nova- 
tions and  tho  true  church.  He  says, '  Outside 
of  the  Romish  ajiostasy  they,  did  not  practice 
trine  immersion.'  Will  lie  be  so  good  as  to 
prove  that  statement?    Mosheim  says.  Vol.  ], 

S.  96, '  There  was  no  difference  in  the  point  of 
octrine  between  tho  Novations  and  other 
Christians.'  So  siiys  iJonedict  and  Renter, 
Now,  therefore,  if  Rome  administered  three 
dips,  so  did  the  Novations." 

He  coytinncs;  "Now  it  is  clear  from  these 
ancient  -histories,  that  .thi;  only  immersions 
practiced  up  to  A.  D.  375,  was  trine  immersion, 
and  that  the  single  dip  was  horn  of  Arianism.' 


Bkothzr  Sharp,  Profesijor  of  the  Ashland: 
College,  Ohio,  reaclied  Lanark  last  Saturday  in' 
good  health  and  fu)l  of  zoal  foir'the  success  of 
the  school  in  whose 'interest  he  is  now  travel- 
ing. He  will  likely  remain  in  Northern  Illin- 
ois a  few  weeks,  during  which  time  wo  wish 
him  success  in  his  work. 


TME    IBKKTHREjST    jS^T    ^VOJ:il^. 


j^iigust    1. 


SCRIPTURAL   ALPHABET. 

by  JAS.  y.  HECKUEH. 

A  is  for  AOnin,  for  Aliel  liis  son, 
Abrahnm,  Anron  iiml  Ainnim  ejicli  one, 
Also  for  Absnltun,  Abnef  and  Ai, 
Amon,  Aliljnii,  Acliinbbim  iind  Alil. 

B  is  for  Buliol.'  fir  IJnliylon  too, 
BenjiUBiji.  liaiiiiiliiLS,  Iliiliik  iiiitnie, 
Betlileliem,  Bellnuiy,  IMUbI,  a  pluce 
Btlouging  to  Cimt  I'oi'  woreliipnii'l  I'niisc. 

C  ia  for  Ciilob;  Ciiimviiimni,  Cniii, 
Ciirmei,  CliaWeii,  (.'oniuliua,  cniiie, 
Cesai-  ami  CiisU,  CJii>l">il»»cia,  count. 
Caiman,  Coiintli  iiml  Calv-iiy's  Mount. 

D  is  for  Davkl,  Damascus  and  Dun. 
■Danidl  unci  Dalrns,  tliu  goddess  Dian". 
,  Dillon,  Dalnmtia,  ntfaiioUs,  Dor. 
Dorciis,  DrnsiUa  and  Didymus,  dooi'. 

E  is  foi-  Enocli,  for  Eilon  and  Ev. 
Elam,  EHwibetli,  Eve,  Eliiiiwr,  ) 

Eiiior,  Eiislia,  Er-ekid,  Kli, 
Ei'am.  Eiii'Ogel,  Enriuinian,  Elali. 

F  is  lur  Vv\i\,  foi  famine  and  fast, 
FiKinlain.  fnujLdati<ui.  forTestiia,  a  fwist, 
Faitlifnlncss.  failles,  I'or  llnck  iuid  for  llnme, 
Fox,  Fortunatus.lor  fandly,  fame. 

G  is  for  God,  for  Gomonali.  for  (.ialli, 
Goslien  and  Gaza,  Goliah,  GenidjalU, 
Gideon  and  Gilead.  Galalia,  Gibmmite, 
Gallio,  Ganiai:el,  Gotliunicl,  GiVfpliUc. 
II  Is  for  Hasar,  for  Hcd>er  and  Ilm-. 
Hebron  and  Horeli,  llupliin  and  Itur, 
Ilinnom  and  Herod.  Hiddekel,  Heth, 
Hannnli  and  Hnldali,  llie  \vii^e  [iroiilietess. 


Ill 


r  T.,i 


-.{.:,   l-.,;u-l  toe 


Ira, Ira; 


;,  [.b 


,1  is  for  Josse,  for  ,Iw)ni  and  ,Tob, 
Jared,  .Teliuram,  Jdiosaplmt,  .Toab, 
.ludali,  j'orusalcm,  .TosUua,  Jobn, 
.Tonatlian,  .Tacob  and  .loseph  his  son. 

K  is  for  Kedar,  tor  KeUali  and  Kir, 
Kidron  and  Kadesli,  the  coantry  of  niyn 
Kenriz  and  Kittini,  Keturah,  Kenite, 
Korab  and  Kerlolh,  Kisb,  Koliatliit*. 

L  is  for  Labiui,  for  I.aehis  and  Lni. 
Ln/.arns,  Leah,  hebbeua  jiuil  Lois, 
Leiiniel,  Lauieeh'.  Lysarilans,  Lot, 
Lydda  .iiid  Lebimon,  Lubim  and  Liid. 


Mi! 


Mie 


1.4.  >t.iik, 


M  is  for  Xatlinn,  for  Xahoth  ami  Xob, 
Xabal,  Xebaioth,  Nlcanor  and  Nod, 
Nazareth,  Ninevali,  Xiinriui  and  No, 
Nopli,  XicodeinuB,  Nebushtan,  Nebo. 

0  is  for  Obed,  for  Oniri  and  On, 
Obeth,  Olympas,  Onesimus,  one, 
Opiiva,  O/ins,  Odollain',  Onaii, 
Og,  Obadiali.  O/ora,  Oman, 

P  is  for  reter,  for  Paidios  and  Paul, 
Palestine,  Paran,  Pamiihylia,  I'nl. 
Patinos,  Pethuol,  Pbilelus.  Pison, 
Pisgah,  PhiloloKiiH,  Plilueas,  Pitlioii. 


Qui.--.  ,.-..-.  -         LiMlilUltC. 

Qiau:vl  .!:.■!  ■;'i.''.!,  ■.'    >'   ';   ■ -;.<i:»and<inie 

It  is  for  Kachel.  Robek.ah  and  Ilnth, 
Reuben,  llnmeses,  Itaniiab  and  Itosb, 
Remphan,  Reboboth,  Rabbtnii  and  Hegem, 
'BpmcKelioboani,  HemaliaUandRIiPjpnni. 

S  is  for  Sarab,  for  .Salem  arid  so; 
Sai-dis,  Sannnria,  Samson,  Siloo, 
Sliinar,  and  Sharon,  .Shehimivl.  ."^l'^") 
Sychar,  Sylvanus,  Susanna,  |ib:deni. 

T  is  for  Tadnior,  Tyberlas,  Tyre, 
ThDnnts,  TIniotbeus.  Tob,  Thyatir., 
Tidal,  Toganuab.  Tahltha,  Tynmath. 
Trons,  Tr^iihena.  Tryphosa,  TiRlath, 


Uta!  .111,1  r..'i..i:,.l  1  :ii,,ll:.:  A-],y 

V  is  for  Vaaliti.  Hie  Pei-ian  queen, 
Verily,  vigilant,  not  to  be  sl-cii— 
Villainous  Vnshti,  virtuous  v>iw. 
Venerable  VopUsi,  visible  view, 

W  is  wanting  in  Hebrew  and  Uveek,, 
Without  it  they  write,  without  it  tliey  speak. 
X  Is  in  Greek,  hHl  tn  Ilebrew  is  not, 

Y  Is  too  young  in  the-  Greek  to  bo  songUt. 

Z  is  for  Zadok,  Zeboiin  and  Zoav, 
Zeeb  and  Ziilmunnit,  Zipporah  and  Zuar, 
Zoam,  Zerobabel.  Zorcali,  Zif, 
Zur,  Ziirisbaddai,  Zoruah  and  Zitib. 


KIMDNESS   AND  ITS  RESULT. 

BY  EARAH  IHTUER, 

WE  should   always  sltow  by  our  words,  o 
tions,  and  countenance  that  we  have  kind 
hearts.     Kind  words  cost  nothing,  yet  they  are 
worth  a  great  deal,  are  very  easily  spoken,  and 
often  give  pleasure  that  neither  gold  nor  silver 


could  purchase.  Kindness  is  one  of  the  hle^sed 
results  of  Christianity,  and  tlierelbro  belongs  to 
it.  The  character  of  a  porson  nearly  always 
takes  its  form  in  the  early  part  of  life.  There- 
fore, young  reader,  (ivoid  tlie  use  of  nnkind 
words.  When  you  see  a  child  that  has  a  pleas- 
ant countenance,  and  a  kind  word  for  every  one, 
and  delights  in  heinj;  about  some  act  of  benev- 
olence, you  maj'  feel  pretty  sure  that  a  useful 
and  happy  future  is  before  that  one,  if  life  is 
spared. 

How  pleasing  it  is  when  children  are  always 
kind  and  obedient  to  their  parents;  and  broth- 
ers and  sisters  are  kind  ajid  obliging  to  each 
other,  and  never  allow  cross  words  to  come 
among  them.  Surely  parents  delight  in  seeing 
their  children  kind  to  each  other,  and  in  hear- 
ing words  of  gentleness  aud  kindness  come  from 
their  tendorlipa.  Itis  just  so  with  the  children. 
How  often  do  we  see  children  who  are  brought 
up  by  iiareuts  who  arc  continually  grumbling, 
because  this  or  that  has  not  been  done  jnst  right. 
This  is  very  unpleasant  to  childi-en,  and  would 
it  be  any  wonder  if  they  would  become  discour- 
aged, aud  leave  their  homes;  get  into  biul  com- 
pany, aud  finally  end  their  days  in  the  State 
prison^  or  be  conveyed  to  the  gallows,  aud  there 
confess,  in  their  dying  moments,  that  the  nn- 
kind words,  si»okeii  to  them  by  their  parents,  are 
the  cause  of  their  death  at  the  gallows. 

Then,  pai-cuts,  let  me  say  to  you,  that  you 
have  a  greater,  and  better  iuflucuce  over  your 
chiidveu,  by  being  kind  to  each  other,  and  speak- 
ing kind,  mild  words  to  your  children,  than  by 
being  cross  and  sui'ly,  aud  showing  a  scowling 
connteuance.  For  fear  you  will  think  I  am 
rather  young  to  give  advice,  I  will  just  say,  let 
us  all,  both  old  and  young,  make  up  our  minds, 
that  we  are  always  going  to  be  kind,  and  thata 
spirit  of  ill  feeling  shall  never  take  hold  of  us. 
Yes,  let  us  form  good  resolutions  and  then  car- 
ry them  out.  What  use  is. there  in  being  snap- 
pish aud  cross,  and  in  using; unkind  words  when 
anything  goes  agaiust  our  wishes?  Such  a 
spirit  makes  us  unhappy,  and  casts  a  gloom  idl 
around  us.  On  the  other  hand,  a  spirit  of  kind- 
ness always  has  a  good  influence,  aud  promotes, 
cheerfulness  and  good  feeling  eveiywhere.  A 
kind  disposition  is  like  the  beautiful  sunshine, 
animating  and  enlivening  everything  around 

Reader,  look  around  and  see  some  one  who 
has  always  a  kind  word  ready  to  fall  from  his 
lips,  aud  a  pleasant  smile  on  his  face  for  every 
one  he  may  chance  to  meet,  then  follow  his  ex- 
ample, aud  you  will  be  loved  and  respected  by 
every  oue,  and  win  the  affections  of  One  who 
will  cling  to  you  when  all  othei-fl  shall  forsake 
you. 

MYSTERIES  OF  THE   SCRIPTURES 
NO  HINDRANCE  TO  GOD- 
LINESS. 

BY  J.  W,  SOLTHWOOll. 

SOME  claim  that  the  Scripture  is  very  mys- 
terious; so  much  so  that  it  is  a  verydifficult 
matter  to  understand,  even  those  parts  that  are 
essential  to  our  salvation,  and  thus  claim  that 
mystery  is  a  hindrance  to  godliness,  i 

We  are  williug  to  admit  that  the  Scripture 
contains  some  mysteries,  but  we  are  not  willing 
to  admit  that  those  mysteries  are  a  hindrance  to 
godliness. 

We  might  as  well  claim  that  mystery  is  a 
hindrance  to  fanning,  or  the  physical  locomo- 
tion of  our  beings,  for  there  Ls  as  much  mystery' 
csnnected  with  farming  and  our  physical  move- 
ments as  there  is  with  the  Christian's  duty. 

But  wherever  we  find  a  mystery  we  are  very 
apt  to  find  two.  or  more  plain  and  well-known 
facts;  for  example:  The  farmer  plants  a  grain 
of  wheat,  which  is  one  well-kno^vn  fact;  the 
grain  produces  a  stalk  and  many  grains,  is  an- 
other well-known  fact,  but  the  germination, 
growth,  and  production  is  a  mystery,  even  if 
we  are  able  to  analyze  the  grain  and  stalk,  and 
give  names  to  the  dilferent  parts,  and  apparent- 
ly know  all  about  it,  yet  the  myst«ry  is  still 
tliere;  but  it  is  no  hindrance  to  farming,  as  a 
knowledge  of  the  mystery  is  not  essential  to 
farming.  Again:  when  we  will  to  extend  our 
ai-m,  it  is  a  plain  fact  that  we  have  theivill,  and 
when  our  arm  is  extended  it  is  another  fact,  but 
how  we  did  it  is  a  mystery,  yet  it  is  no  hin- 
drance to  our  physical  motions.  Just  so  with 
the  Scripture;  if  it  does  contain  some  mysteries 
they  are  no  hhidrance  to  godliness  or  our  salva- 
tion, but  are  evidences  of  some  well-known  facts; 
for  example:  "God  created  man.  of  the  dust  of 
the  earth,"  is  a  plain.  Scriptural  tact;  man  act- 
ually exists,  is  another  fact ;  but  how  God  could 
create  man  of  the  dust  and  preserve  the  race 
until  the  present,  is  amystery,  yet  no  hindrance 
to  godliness.  Again,  we  have  two  well-knoi,vn 
Scriptural  facts,  one  is,  there  is  a  God,  the  other 
is,  He  ia  triune.     Now  if  there  is  some  mj-etery 


h^udra 


)  to  godli- 


hoiv  three  are  one,  it  is 
ness  or  our  salvation. 

But  a  lamentable  difficulty  with  many  is, 
they  are  not  willing  to  accept  of  the  plain  and 
literal  meaning  of  the  teachings  of  Christ  and 
His  Apostles,  eveu  if  their  faith  directs  them 
aright,  they  do  not  heed  it,  but  form  some  opin- 
ion of  their  own,  or  accept  the  opinion  of  some 
popular  man  or  creed,  and  follow  it  in  preference 
to  their  faith,  or  even  Christ's  commands;  and 
just  so  soon  as  they  leave  the  true  or  literal 
meaning  of  the  Scripture,  and  begin  to  spiritu- 
alize and  theorize  everything,  and  follow  the 
opinions  or  commandments  of  men,  that  soon 
they  find  mysti-ries,  and  will  continue  to  find 
them  until  they  turn  back  and  accept,  for  doc- 
trine, Christ's  commands,  and  not  the  com- 
niaudments  of  meu. 

When  men  leave  the  literal  interpretation  of 
the  Scripture,  they  prove  things  by  their  theo- 
ries or  tlieir  opinions,  and  then  one  man  has  as 
good  a  right  to  his  opinion  as  another,  and  thus 
some  one  establishes  his  opinion  under  the  ap- 
pellatioin  of  a  form  of  faith  and  doctrine,  heuce 
a  church  in  which  are  many  mysteries  they 
solve  onVj'  by  their  theories — a  church  void  of 
the  Scriptural  characteristics  which  justly  en- 
titles it  to  be  called  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 
If  men  will  have  full  faith  in  Christ  Jesus. 
aud  follow  that  faith  in  all  His  teachings,  and 
i  not  the  commandments  of  meu,  they  will  find 
that  many  apparent  mysteries  will  disappear. 

Christ  liiLS  made  the  essential  part  of  the 
Scripture  plain,  as  He  desired  that  men  of  but 
little  or  uo  education  might  be  saved  as  well  as 
professors  and  men  of  great  learning.  But  if 
mall  had  to  try  to  reach  heaven  through  the 
deep,  mental  theories  of  some  of  the  learned  di- 
vines, tliere  could  be  noiie  saved,  e.vcept  a  very 
few  of  the  wise  { ?}  divines,  as  the  way  ^vould  be 
so  difficult  that  1  am  pretty  sure  a  way-faring 
man,  though  he  were  not  a  fool,  would  err 
therein- 

On  the  other  hand  we  find  the  theories  of 
others  trying  to  destroy  the  mysteries  by  teach- 
ing that  it  matters  not  what  we  believe  just  so 
we  are  sincere,  that  is  all  that  is  required;  but 
when  such  theories  are  exposed  to  Gospel  light, 
they  are  found  to  contain  many  mysteries;  I 
mean  things  that  will  not  harmoni/e  with  the 
Scripture.  One  is,  How  can  a  man  be  saved  by 
his  own  woy  when  Christ  says,  "I  am  the  way." 
Another,  How  can  a  man  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God  without  baptism  when  Christ  says, 
"  Except  a  man  be  bom  of  the  water  and  of  the 
spirit  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God." 
John  3:  5.  Aud  so  may  be  found  many  things 
that  will  not  harmoni'/.e  with  the  plain  teach- 
ings of  Clirist  and  His  Apostles.  But  when  we, 
with  full  faith,  accept  of  Christ's  commands, 
then  we  shall  find  that  the  apparent  mysteries 
will  so  much  disappear  that  they  will  be  no 
hindrance  to  godliness  or  our  eternal  salvation. 


ed,  who  started  out  with  as  fair  prospects  as  you 
in  the  voyage  of  life.  Intemperance,  pride,  and 
bad  company,  these  gnawing  caukci^s  go  hand 
in  hand,  one  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the  other, 
bearing  us  onward  to  an  untimely  end.  Look 
.broad,  cast  your  eyes  over  the  list,  and  see  how 
many  there  are  of  your  acquaintances  who  start- 
ed in  life  as  the  associates  of  bad  company. 
They  found  the  short,  sure  way  to  happiness,  or 
prospered  as  well  as  those  who  sought  ouly  good 
company  and  refused  all  other.  It  is  an  easy 
matter  to  get  into  bad  company,  but  a  hard 
matter  to  rise  above  it.  When  you  have  choa- 
en  your  station,  you  must  keep  it;  you  cannot 
go  above  it,  nor  beyond  it.  The  good  will  not 
admit  yoy  into  their  society,  for  they  have  no 
relish  for  anything  that  savors  of  only  that 
which  is  pore  and  upright;  and  justice  demands 
that  they  should  not,  as  it  brings  them  intodis- 
repute  with  those  whose  characters  have  been 
soiled  by  anything  but  robust,  sanctified  man- 
hood. The  advantage  derived  from  keeping 
good  company  may  be  summed  up  as  follows: 
First,  it  gives  us  "  a  good  name  which  is  rather 
to  bo  chosen  than  silver  aud  gold."  Second,  it 
is  the  badge  of  ti-ue  nobility  worn  in  all  past 
ages,  by  meu  of  eVery  nationality. 


rnH 


COMPANY. 

BY  ,1.  H,  M.^KAUAJ;. 

HE  word  at  the  head  of  this  article  has  ref- 
erence to  the  fellowship  we  have  one  with 
another.  There  are  no  less  than  three  distinct 
classes  of  company.  The  first,  we  will  denomi- 
nate as  bad.  The  second,  as  better.  The  third, 
as  best.  Each  has  its  own  particular  sphere — 
bounds  over  which  it  seldom  passes. 

The  first  has  a  natural  inclination  to  do  evil; 
while  the  second  has  more  internal  or  self- 
knowledge  of  right  and  wrong,  but  not  careful 
to  select  the  best  of  company.  The  third  class 
differs  from  the  fii^st  and  second  as  widely  as 
night  from  day,  because  it  practices  nothing  but 
wholesome  and  amiable  virtues,  and  selects  only 
such  for  associates  as  are  pure  and  upright. 

The  natural  inclination  of  men  is,  to  seek  so- 
ciety. There  Is  nothing  in  all  Christendom  that 
can  give  us  more  pleasi 
more  tastefully,  or  has 
elevate  us  from  a  ridiculi 
than  the  society  of  those  who  are  refined  and 
holy.  It  knocks  off  the  rough  corners  of  speech 
— elevates  our  moral  standing,  and  polinhes  the 
most  uncouth  and  disorderly  person  into  syni' 
nietry. 

The  world  never  grows  weary  of  listening  to 
those  who  are  refined  in  speech  aud  cultivated 
in  thought,  and  backed  up  by  the  most  refined 
feelings  that  ennoble  our  race.  The  shining 
lights  of  the  world  in  nil  past  ages,  are  those 
whose  names  have  been  intimately  connected 
with  the  best  interests  of  society,  and  whose 
reverence  for  morality  and  religion  has  e.Kcelled, 
There  is  nothing  we  need  fear  from  such  men: 
their  deeds  aliine  mth  as  much  lustre  aud  beau- 
ty as  the  silver  stars  in  the  firmament  of  heaven. 

There  ia  great  danger  of  keeping  too  much 
company,  or  of  keeping  bad  company.  Young 
man,  atop  and  think  of  the  yawning  gulf  into 
which  many  of  your  fellow-njen  have  been  h 


re,  cultivate  the  mind 
.  greater  tendency  to 
lis  to  a  sublime  de^ 


ADVICE  OF  AN  OLD  LADY.      , 

riV,  John,  listen  to  me,  for  I  am  older  than 
you,  or  I  couldn't  be  mother.  Never  do 
you  marry  n  young  woman,  John,  before  you 
have  contrived  ,to  happen  at  the  house  where 
she  lives,  at  least  four  or  five  times  before  break- 
fast. You  should  know  how  late  she  lies  in  bed 
the  morning.  Youshould  take  notice  wheth- 
er the  wash  aud  the  towel  have  robbed  her  of 
her  evening  bloom.  You  should  take  care  to 
surprise  lier,  so  that  you  can  see  her  morning 
dress,  and  observe  how  her  hair  looks  when  she 
is  not  expecting  you.  If  possible  you  should 
be  whPre  yon  could  hear  the  morning  conversa- 
tion between  her  and  her  mother.  If  she  is  ill- 
natured  aud  snappish  to  hev  mother,  so  she  will 
be  to  you,  depend  upon  it.  But  if  you  find  her 
up  and  dressed  neatly  in  the  morning,  with  the 
same  countenance,  the  same  smiles,  the  same 
neatly  combed  hair,  the  same  ready  and  pleas, 
ant  answer  to  her  mother,  which  characteri/ed 
her  deportment  in  the  evening,  and  particularly 
if  she  is  lending  a  hand  to  get  breakfast  ready 
in  good  season,  she  is  a  prize,  John,  and  ths 
sooner  yon  secure  her  to  yourself  the  better. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


Vet,  thiT,'  U  vM.,k  fur  all. 

— True  zeal  is  a  sweet,  heavenly  and  gentle 
flame,  which  maketh  us  active  for  God,  but  ai* 
ways  ivithin  the  sphere  of  love. 

— Prayer  is  the  pitcher  that  fetchetli  water 
from  the  brook,  wherewith  to  water  the  berlw. 
Break  the  pit<^her  and  it  will  bring  no  water, 
and  for  want  of  water  the  garden  will  wither. 

— It  is  the  wat*r  outside  the  ship  that  tosses 
it  about,  but  itis  the  water  that  gets  into  the 
ship  that  sinks  it. 

— Sin  is  a  hard  task-master  and  pays  dreadful 
wages.    "The  wages  of  sin  is  death." 

— Confession  of  faults  makes  half  amends, 

— True  men  make  more  opportunities  than 
they  find. 

— Pay  supreme  and  undivided  homage  to  good, 
uess  and  truth. 

— An  act  of  kindness  to  a  shivering  beggar 
child  is  a  profession  of  religion. 

— Patience  is  the  quiet  endurance  of  a  known 
evil  or  wrong,  when  it  is  out  of  our  power  to 
correct  it. 

—If  we  had  no  faults  ourselves,  we  should  not 
have  so  much  ple.isure  in  discovering  the  faults 
of  others. 

— To  bring  forward  the  bad. actions  of  otheifi 
to  wash  our  own,  is  like  washing  ourselves  with 
mud. 

— Neglect  not  the  Book  of  God  for  the  books 
of  man.  The  latter  may  be  read  as  the  inter- 
preter, but  not  as  the  substitute  for  the  former. 
If  you  would  grow  in  grace,  search  the  Script- 
ures daily,  and  never  take  the  Word  of  God  in 
your  hand  without  lifting  your  heart  in  prayer. 


It  is  to  be  feared  that  thousands  even  ot  in- 
telligent persons  who  are  supposed  to  lie  relig- 
ious beings,  have  no  conception  of  the  gr€atnes,>t 
of  the  idea  of  duty,  or  moral  accountableness.  of 
the  meaning  of  the  word  "ought,"  But  itis 
certain  that  nothing  is  done  well  until  it  is 
done  from  the  sense  of  a  controlling  principle 
of  inherent  and  essential  rigbtness.  Duty  iu 
the  child  of  love,  and  therefore  there  ia  power  in 
alt  its  teachings  and  commands. 


Ani?nst"    1. 


THE    BRETHCB^S5L'A^t_S"QBIC 


Thr    Sabbath    School. 

'pIKtlKifl  thf-  first  Snliljfltli  school  on   record 

\-t  Mie  in.stitiitioii  ia  of 'lomit/irAtive  recent 
tntroilnction  in  our  brotlierlioo"!  and  must  uvc- 
•■.t^iirily  bu  yet  qnite  dorectivo  in  rciiunl  to  sys- 
t'ln.  There  is  agreiit  wmit  o!' earnest,  devoted 
luid  efGcient  te(icln-rs.  Too  niiiny  will  stiiy 
(iwny  from  their  closes  for  trivinl  reasons  with- 
Miit  (irst  securing  a  suitnble  substitiiU).  This 
« ill  induce  many  pupils  to  follow  the  example 
'>!  the  teacher  and  break  up  the  tichool.  Anoth- 
■-r  evil  I  tiee  is  the  practice  of  making  the  lesson 
tiio  long.  Thi.s  wearies  the  pupils  and  forms 
tlie  liiibit  of  reading  the  SeripturM  cnrlessly. 
i  list  what  a  pupil  cau  well  study  will  profit  him. 
As  well  might  one  require  his  children  to  eat 
;ill  that  is  set  before  them  on  tho  table  for  onu 
meal  as  require  them  to  read  *  whulo  chapter 
fur  one  lesson.  Only  what  they  remember  wil! 
benelit  them.  A  third  evil  is  the  pnicticu  some 
Superintendents  aud  feacher^f  have  of  rending 
the  chapter  through,  before  asking  any  ques- 
tions. This  is  a  pure  waste  of  time.  Let  every 
one  do  his  reading  at  home  and  prepare  his  les- 
Hon,  then  come  together  and  commence  reciting 
at  once  after  the  school  is  opened.  A  fourtli 
mistake  is  made  by  trying  to  teach  all  the  mem- 
tiers  in  the  school  from  the  same  lesson  and  in 
the  same  manner.  The  Sabbath-school  needs 
grading  just  as  much  as  the  day-school,  and 
should  have  at  least  three  grades.  Trying  to 
teach  all  the  pupils  after  the  same  plan  ia 
Unwise  ns  trying  to  make  all  their  sliocs  ov 
the  same  lost.  While  we  throw  out  the  above 
hints  for  consideration,  we  are  hiippy  to  say  we 
We  have  not  been  in  ii  single  Sabbath-school 
Fiiiice  leaving  home  that  we  did  not  find  much 
to  commend  aud  to  encourage  us. 

S.  Z.  Shari' 

Our  Thoughts. 

IMMEDIATELY  after  reading  in  a  late  num- 
Iwr  of  the  Brethrex  \t  Work  the  account 
of  an  applicant  for  baptism  requiring  that  one 
of  the  qualifications  which  the  administrator 
"•hoiildhave,  was  that  he  should  be  a  man  tha^ 
did  not  use  tobacco,  1  was  made  to  think 
'.■onsiderable  upon  this  subject  of  tobacco-uaing 
in  the. church,  for  if  used  by  members,  and  the 
memhei-3  compose  the  church,  the  church  use-s 
it.  or  at  least  tolerates  its  libc.  The  church  is 
yften  called  the  body  of  Christ.  What!  the 
body  of  our  blessed  master  indulging  in  this 
useless  habit!  Cou  it  be  so,  brethren  P  Let  us 
think  of  this.  And  was  not  this  person's  judg- 
ment in  regard  to  the  qualidcations  necessary 
for  one  in  that  Holy  office  about  right  or  w^k^  it 
requiring  more  than  the  (iospel  required? — 
And  again  our  thoughts  took  in  the  solemn  fact 
that  souls,  dear  precious  souls  have  gone  from 
time  to  eternity  uuprepai-ed,  tliat  at  times 
thought  seriously  of  uniting  with  the  church 
but  could  not  endure  the  cross  of  saluting  some 
of  the  members.  This  wo  know  to  be  trae- 
Nowdoes  the  Gospel  demand  that  one  shall  en- 
dure that  cross,  where  it  really  is  agreat  cross? 
In  this  matter  may  the  church  not  fall  into  the 
error  to  demand  of  its  members  to  enduri-more 
in  the  command,  "  Salute  ye  one  another  with 
a'holy  kis.s''  than  the  apostle  would  have  requir- 
ed under  like  circumstancear'  Would  it  not  l>e 
a  terrible  event  to  have  to  be  confront«d  face  to 
face  in  the  day  of  judgment  with  those  in  whose 
sight  we  once  were  such  stumbling-blocks,  as 
to  keep  them  out  of  the  church?  And  then 
again  to  think  how  much  iuHuence  is  lost  on 
the  part  of  some  ministers  and  housekeepers  bo- 
-cause  they  use  tobacco.  Uften  I  heard  members 
say,  it  is  no  use  tor  such  aud  such  a  brother  to 
talk  to  me  about  my  faults,  probably  following 
a  fashion  as  the  eye  lusteth  after,  while  he  in- 
dulges in  the  lust  of  the  npjwtite  as  he  does. 

So  we  see  there  ia  much  here  for  us  to  think 
ulxjut.  We  have  no  harsh  epithets  to  heap  up- 
-on  those  who  are  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  ac- 
(juired  the  liabit  of  using  tobacco,  but  we  would 
ia  love  call  attention  to  the  matter,  hoping  that 
many  more  ivill  do  as  many  have  already  done; 
J»icak  the  chains  that  hold  them  captive  to  any 
habit  that  is  a  hindrance  to  tho  cause  of  Christ. 
I  l>elieve  that  by  the  grace  of  God  wc  may  over- 
come iuiy  inordinate  desire.  Let  us  not  reprove 
othei-s  for  not  iibdjing  the  commands  of  ho,ly 
Writ  while  we  disol^y  the  inj^inttion  of  tho 
Apostle  when' he  says,  ^' Make  not  provision 
t'.  fulfil!  the  lust  of  the  ficsh."     A  Buotuek. 


CORRESPOlSrDEISrGE. 


Travels   In  The  West. 

[jlHOM  the  hills  mid  rocks  of  New  Yotk.  tc 
L  (lio  luotintaius  and  foot  hills  of  Colorado, 
h  ruu'jh  the  .■^omewhal  fertile  fields  of  Ohio,  the 


more  fertile  fields  of  Illinois  and  Iowa  and  tho 
most  fertile  fields  of  Kansas,  we  came  West 
with  the  intention  of  seeing  the  country  thor- 
oughly; we  determined  to  examine  for  ourselves, 
to  travel  slowly  and  look  closelj'.  Before  we 
rLCcepted  the  statements  of  any.  we  .saw  and  ex- 
amined for  ourselves.  From  New  York  to  Kiin- 
siLS  city,  onr  journey  was  swift.  From  there  to 
the  western  boundary  of  the  State  wo  consumed 
four  days  in  viewing  this  wonderful  State.  At 
Atchison,  westand  upon,  and  at  Kansas  city, 
we  h.ive  merely  put  our  foot  over  the  threshold 
of  Kansas,  whose  early  history  is  as uiemor.ible 
in  the  blood-atained  annals  of  the  nation  as  is 
her  developement  of  late  years  in  the  record  of 
the  nation's  progress.  As  we  journeyed  west 
from  Chicago  we  were  careful  to  note  the  crops, 
corn  especially.  In  Illinoif)  corn  was  from  one 
to  three  feet  high.  In  Iowa  from  two  to  four, 
and  Kansas  from  four  to  seven.  Just  west 
Kansas  city  in  Johnson  county  the  corn  i 
three  times  farther  advanced  than  any  we  saw 
in  Iowa.  At  Lamed  in  Pawnee  county  the 
corn  was  tiisseled  and  silked.  This  was  not  the 
condition  merely  in  one  field  but  in  all  the 
country  about  that  town.  We  spent  24  hours 
here  to  satisfy  ourselves  that  this  was  the  con- 
dition of  the  surrounding  farms.  On  many  of 
the  farms  the  grain  was  cut  and  stacked.  On 
others  they  were  cutting  it,  using  headers,  self- 
binders,  harvesters  and  reapers.  It  makes  no 
difference  how  cumbersome  the  machines  may 
be  or  how  fine  the  machinery,  the  land  oH'ers  no 
objection  as  do  other  States  by  their  rocks  or 
sudden  ditches.  Tho  country  ia  one  vast  table. 
Last  year,  when  the  rapidity  with  which  the 
grain  nuitured  in  some  part«  of  the  State,  de- 
manded that  it  should  be  cut  and  stacked  faster 
than  it  was  possible  to  do  in  the  day-time,  in 
order  that  it  might  all  be  saved,  many  farmers 
cut  at  night,  using  any  of  the  reaping  niii- 
chiues  now  in  the  market.  With  the  latest 
improved  haying  machinery  hay  can  be  cut 
and  stacked  at  $1  per  ton.  All  this  and  more 
too  may  be  seen  in  the  valley  watered  by  the 
Cottonwood,  backed  by  low  hills  descending 
gently  toward  the  river.  This  valley  is  dotted 
with  patches  of  woodland  affording  plenty  of 
fuel  for  its  inhabitants.  The  land  along  the 
ridges  cannot  be  excelled  for  pasturage  and  al- 
ready Enstoru  dairymen  are  appreciating!  the 
advantages  offered  beyond  the  stony  pastures 
of  the  East  and  buying  these  lands  for  dairy 
purposes.  For  corn  the  lauds  along  the.  river 
cannot  be  surpassed.  This  country  offers  un- 
usual advantages  to  au  earnest,  honest  and  in- 
dustrious people,  such  as  we  know  the  Dunk- 
ils  to  be.  The  upright  influence  that  )Our 
people  shed  wherever  they  go,  is  much  needed 
ight  in  this  state,  and  the  opportunities  offered 
to makethemselves comfortable  are  uusurpnssed. 
Already  mauy  of  the  Duukards  are  recognizing 
these  facts  and  settling  in  this  Stat*.  What 
seemed  most  wonderful  to  us  was  the  fact  that 
none  of  tho  people  complaineil  of  hard  times. 
Money  seemeil  plenty  aud  ;dl  seemed  satisfied. 
^  Vale. 

Report  of   Contributions   to   Church  fix- 
tension  Union,  from  April  4th 
to  June    Sth,    1878. 

IIKETHREN. 

S.  T.  Bosserman,  Eagle  Creek  chureh,  0.,*26.4U 

A.  Fryock,  E.  Conemaugh  church, 1.60 

E  Rhodea,  Johnstown,  Pa., 1.00 

L  Killkipper,  Ashland,  0 7.75 

A.  Spanogle,  Dry  Valley,  Pa., 7.60 

S.  Gallatin,  Fayette  Co..  Pa. 1.00 

D.  Myers,  Carteravillc,  Va. 50 

E.  Stoner,  Rushville,  0., 6.00 

W.  Keini,  Johaatown,  Pa. 4.00 

Elder  D.Ramsey, 1.75 

A.  M.  Grouse,  Mt  Can-oil,  III., 1.50 

C.  Wallich,  Breedsville,  Mich:,  ......  .....s  1-00 

J.  Rupert  &  wife.  Hill  Creek,  Kau., 50 

S.  and.H.  Rarieh, 1,00 

A  brother, 1.00 

irethren,  Mahoning  church,  U 5,S5 

D.  Crofford,  Duncansville,  Pa , . . ,.  4.00 

E.  Buechly,  Bruceton,.  Vo., ,  5.00 

S.  R.  Holsiiiger,  Carletnn,  Neb. '  1.00 

W.  E.  F,,!.;.  u  r.  .iii^.lmrclijowa,...  1.00 

L.  W.  l;    .       I.   -    ,  ..  .-    Tul .5.00 

Toua.  L,.  ^-      h.     .      .:.,  Pa., 5.(K) 

C.  pb.:r  a„.i  M^ifi,  U  nudbury,  Pa., 12.71 

1.  H.  Roljerts,  Myrtle  Point,  Oregon,  -'.  .     1,50 

S.  A.  Pfoutii.  Trotwood,  Ohio ...,..'   0,00 

Jolni  Sbr,<.„i.,,k.>r,  n„viu-tnu,  Ohio.,. .  -'i .      1,00 

P.M.  U:u:      \,,diuul,.  I'ii, ,..    23.70 

H.,f.  Ll.Mv    Wai. ■.!,-,   !.,>,:.,.. ,.'...,:;     i.'of) 

ml  il,  \V..itl,l,u,    '..■..'  ■     llin 

S.  S.  Gray,  \Viini"i's,-l,i.,r)i,     ....  ,-,.;  ",  ■ 

R.  It.']-lol.-in,r..i-,  U.Tliii,  IV., 1 

fl.lO^iiu,  Loimvilli,  n., .      ,,,„. 

J,  Wiu^l;\ud,  Ulovv-i-  Crtvk,,  P^i.. ','.,,,-..'  i^:*,;;; 
J.X..^oIsi)iger,  Wniidhiivy,  '''V- ^iM'! 

D.  E.  Bowiuan.  Samlv  ihiirch!  0., 31.7.1 


J.  Lichty,  Elk  Creek,  Pa., 11.11 

H.  Sandrock,  Elk  Creek.  Pa., .TO 

M.  H.  Keim,  Jolinstown,  Pa., .50 

.1.  Teeter,  "  ^         "     2.00 

A.  Fyock,  "  "     ,70 

D.  Brown,  Siileni,  Oregon,  — 2.00 

I.  G.  Harley,  Philiidelphia,  Pa., 22.09 

J.  B.  Frederick,  A(Voodbury,  Pa., 1.50 

L.  S.  Keim,  Myersdale,  Pa 3.00 

E.  S.  Miller,  Hagoi-stowh.  Md., ■'-■  '  &.50 

Brethren,  Oakland,  Tenn., 1.00 

Total,  S323.G5 


Mrs.  Berkeybile,  E.  Conenmugh,  Pa.,  . . . 

M.  Crissinan,  Johnstown,  Pn., 

H.  Gallatin,  Dawson,  Pa., 

E.  Meyers,  Centreville,  Va 

M.  Strayer,  Johnstown,  Pa ■ , 

;  N.  Grouse,  Mt.  Carroll,  III 

M.  Holmes,  Highland,  Ohio.. 

R.  Garber  &  S.  Miller,  Mohican,  0., 

S.  Sharp,  Mary  ville,  Tenn,, 

R.  Morgan,  Cressnvell,  Iowa, 

S.  R.  Wells,  White  Hall,  Pn., 

L-  Slotter,  Mahoning,  0 ' 

M.  &  M.  Beachlv,  Brucetown,  Va., 

A.  KVim,  Elk  Lick.  P.I., 

T.  Yoder.  Elk  Lick,  P,i„ 

S.  M.  Homun,  for  sisters,  Medina,  0.,  .. . 

Emily  R.,  Duncansville,  Pa., 

S.  Cob.iugh,  Conenmugh  church, 

L.  Miller,  Shenandoah  Co.,  Va., 

H.  V.  Diltz,  New  Jereey, 

J,  Keim  for  sistei-s,  Louisville  church,. . . 

J.  Wineland,  siaterii  Clover  Creek, 

"  "         Sunday-achool.  Martinaburg 

J.  L.  Holsinger,  sister  Woodlierry, 

Sister  Rearick,  Conau  Shannock,  Pa., . . . 

Ella  B.  Boyer,  Sandy  Creek  church 

M.  K.  Miller,  Hageratown,  Md., 

P.  R.  Wrightaman,  abters  P.  Prairie 

Laporte  church, 

Scattering, 


$8.20 
2.25 
1.00 
.50 


2.35 


1.50 

10.00 

16.50 

l.fiO 

.60 

1.00 

6.90 

2.00 

2.00 

.50 

11.75 

2.00 

5.00 

1.00 

31.00 

6.55 

52.04 


Total  brethren  and  si 
Previously  reported, 


..§525.17 
.  .§428.34 


Total  from  December  4th,  1S77  to  June 

Sth,  1878 §953.51 

Disbursements  to  8th  June,  1878,. ....  .§610.93 

Leaving  balance  in  niy  hands  to   above 

Ante, ■.:.'..,.  §342.58 

'   hespectfuliy  Submitted,    "' 

J-vcou  D.  LivENttoon, 

Treasurer. 
P.  S. — In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Secreta- 
ry has 'a  note  for  §163.00.  di(e,   given   for   the 
cause,  said  to  be  good. 


From   Goshen,   Indiana. 

Dear  Brethrii  ;— 
1 INCE  writing  my  last  I  was  called  to  wit- 
)  uess  the  lost  parting  scenes  of  several  mem- 
Item;  the  first  a  sister  who  followed  her  three 
children,  leaving  herhusbaud  lonely,  (name  for- 
gotten), the  second  the  son  of  our  brother 
and  minister  Eli  Schrock,  both  from  LaGrange, 
Ind.  This  last  victim  of  death  had  been  suS'er- 
ing  for  more  than  twenty  years  although  only 
twenty  six  years  old.  Both  were  consistent 
members.  From  La  Grange,  I  came  to  Elder 
Jacob  Berkey's  district,  and  to  my  great  joy 
met  the  committee  sent  here  from  the  A.  M.  to 
settle  difficulties.  Elders  M.  Shotts,  R.  H  Mil- 
ler and   D.  Bare    formed  the   committee.      I 

much  pleased  with  the  Christian  spirit  and 
the  exceeding  great  patience  of  the  committee 
and  tho  skill  with  which  thoy  handled  the  case. 

ig  an  entire  stranger  both  to  accused  and 
accusers  I  could  take  the  part  of  spectator  and 
learn,  and  indeetl  I  learned  much.  I  learned 
that  a  brother  may  be  selected'from  all  tho  rest 
and  a  burden  placed  upon  him  which  he  is  oblig- 
ed to  bear,  too  uften  unaided  by  any  of  the  oth- 
er members.  When  placed  into  the  ministry, 
and  he  happens  to  be  a  farmer,  he  must  often 
unhitch  from  the  plow  and  spend  a  day  or  two  in 
the  busiest  time  to  go  and  preach  a  funeral  ser- 
mon, or  must  spend  a  tew  days  and  ollen  a  week 
some  neighboring  church,  while  his  work  at 
home  is  neglected  aud  many  things  go  to  ruin. 
When  liis  corn  needs  working  the  worst  kind, 
he  must  le[iyo  and  "let  it  go  to  grass."  When 
he  iias  afield  of  hny  out  he  must  run  the  risk 
of  having  it  spoiled.  When  his  grain  ought  to 
be  cut  he  must  leave  it  to  strauge  hands  who 
waste  more  than  thry  uuni  or  wait  until  it  is  too 

h.  ...t      When  iii.im.y  isto    be    raised  for 

,  :.     —  lie  must  beiuUlic  list,  tbeiM'iLfh  rjue 


ter.  aud  express  their  doubt  about  his  ability  to 
manage  well,  even  though  he  gave  away  dui>- 
ing  that  time  about  tea  thousiuid  dollars  of  his 
time  nud  money  Munycouldnotueglect their 
work  and  go  a  short  distimcc  to  meeting  as  they 
were  too  lired  oii  SuiidiFv,  but  there  is  iiO"ex- 
cii*i  for  the  preachti-  who  works  hard  all  week, 
but  he  must  go  and  labor  hard  on  Sunday  while 
others  can  not.  When  tho  minister  meets  with 
some  accident  and  becoiues  involved  pecuQ]ai> 
ily,  how  many  will  come  and  give  hiui  a  lift? 
How  many  will  listen  to  false  reports  against 
him  and  even  lielp  t((  circulate  them,  although 
these  same  members  promised  to  live  according 
to  the  words  of  Christ  who  said  "Whatsoever 
ye  would  that  men  should  do  unto  you  do  ye 
even  the  same  untothem."Doe3it  look  consist- 
ent for  Christians  to  bring  charges  against  those 
over-burdened  iriUi  cfire  when  we  ourselves  do 
not  walk  according  to  the  word?  Why  not 
rather  pluck  the  Iwam  first  out  of  your  own  eye 
before  picking  at  the  mole  in  a  brother's  eye? 
One  of  the  worst  practices  I  know  is  to  disobey 
the  injunction  in  Matth.  18,  which  we  all  prom- 
ised to  observe.  Nino  cases  out  of  every  ten 
could  be  settled  without  coming  to  the  churcb 
if  oil  the  members  would  strictly  observe  what 
they  promised.  In  regard  to  tlie  cose  which 
brought  the  committee  together  lam  happy  to 
say  that  nothing  of  a  criminal  nature  could  bo 
found  against  the  accused  nor  could  his  charuG- 
ter  as  a  Christian  be  impeached  however  he  may 
have  erred  in  his  judgment  in  some  things. 

S.  Z.  SiLUip. 


From  Winfield,   Kansas. 

Dear  Brethren :— 

AS  there  was  no  meeting  to  go  to,  to-day, 
and  you  diifnot  make  your  usual  visit  to  onr 
house,  we  consented  our^elf  by  reading  the 
word  of  Truth,  and  thinking  how  many  heart.3 
are  made  liappy  by  your  cnming  brimful  of 
good  and  wholesome  instnictions,  especially 
to  those  that  arc  deprived  of  hearing  preaching. 
Likely  some  of  your  rtroders  would  love  to  hear 
from  Southern  Kansas.  The  Brethren  here  are 
looking  forward  to  the  time,  when  we  can  meet 
once  more,  around  the  Lord's  table  which  will 
be  if  nothing  prei-enfc*  iis,  in  October.  '  The 
day  is  not  yet  determined.  Lost  Sundaywe 
had  the  pleo-snre  of  witnessing  the  baptism 
of  another  one>thathasde-iort"I  'Sitim's  ranks. 
Othei^  also  are  countiti'^  til-  ci^t.  Prjjpscts 
araso  good  for  the  Br.Jthreu  to  l)?come  a  strong 
church  here,  that  soni;  l)-^srio  to  get  uneasy. 
We  heard  the  remirk  m  vU  yesterday,  that  the 
Donkard*  mil  tak;  lto.j.;  Valley  yet.  We  long 
for  the  day  when  our  Valley  may  be  heard  ring- 
ing with  tJi>  sound  of  the  Gospel  from  one  end 
unto  the  other;  and  not  only  this  Valley,  but 
tiie  State  of  Kansa.s.  L.  E.  PnicKETi. 


,■   til  a 


Ihr 


tuiiie  lo  lliu.jiiiliif 
tweutyfiveotthii 
dcr  why  our  mini 


{.■I  bL-,i.')iUTtiiinu(l,  they  m|jst; 
■j  Then  in  the  co.ur^e  of 
y,e(ir.s,  pcijph;  begin  to  won- 
r  is  not  getting  along   bet- 


dAnish  mission  fund. 

Bear  Creek  church, §4.20 

A  brother  in  Ohio J.OO 

Upper  Codorus  chureh.  Pa 10,45 

Noah  Horn,  Ohio, . .' . .  l .;....  2.00 

Elder  David  Shellahergor, 1,00 

Julia  Ulery, , . , .  i.QO 

C.  P.  RowL.iND,  Treasurer. 
Lttmrk;  HI.,  Jiilif  35th.  Iff78. 
(P.  CpUasf  rnpif.) 


From  Salem,  Oregon. 
lifiir  Brelhrrn:— 

ON  the  26th  of  June,  four  of  our  members 
started  to  Multnomah  County,  Oregon,  18 
miles  East  of  Portland,  viz.  Brother  Josiah  Ash- 
enfelter,  myself  my  wife  ond  another  sister. — . 
arrived  there  in  the  afternoon  of  the  28th,  held 
six  meetings  while  there.  Although  it  was  the 
first  time  the  Brethren  ever  held  meetings  there 
yet  we  had  very  good  hearing  at  each  meet- 
ing. On  .Sunday  the  30th  ha^l  two  meet- 
ings in  the  grove;  had  a  very  large  collection  of 
people  and  very  good  attention.  The  result  was 
fouracce&fions  by  baptism  and  we  think  others 
are  counting  the  cost  There  seems  to  be  an 
opening  there  for  the  Brethreii.  Returned 
home  on  the  2nd  of  July.  Had  Commtiuion 
meeting  here  in  my  barn  the  6th  of  July,  held 
services  on  Friday  afternoon  and  on  Sunday 
forenoon,  afternoon  aud  at  night;  had  pleoseut 
weather  and  a  ploaaent  meeting;  'one  iiddition 
by  baptism.  Held  a  choice  for  a  visiting  Bro., 
and  tlu;  lot  fell  on  flprdptnibrqth^V  ■Jp'^ft,3t  Ros- 
ier, May  the  Lord,eiiable  him  to  be  useful  ond 
faithful.  A  short  time  before  our  Fea.st  there 
was  one.ftddj.tion.Iiy  letter,  .l^ad,  a,  very  large 
uolleotiou  of , people  pa  Satur4ay  night  aud  Sun- 
day with  good  aMenl(i('>;jat,our  Feast.  May  tho 
good  Lord  bloas  and  protect  tlio-^c  who  have 
lately  united  with  the  church  ami  enable  them 


TKCE   BUETHREIST    -A.T   "SVORK:. 


A-iigust    1, 


to  lie  tnio  and  faithful  followei-s  af  Christ. 
Ministers  prwent  at  our  feast  to  aiil  tis,  were, 
Bro.  A.  H.  Baltimore  antl  Bro.  Daniel  I.eedy  of 
Albany,  Liun  Co.,  Oregon;  liad  about  50  com- 


icnnts. 


David  Brower. 


GLEA.NINGS. 


From  Edna  HlHs,  Iml.— We  went  to  West 
Lebanon,  Ind.,  on  the  ISth  of  this  month.  Had 
three  meetings  and  three  more  precious  sonls 
wei-e  added  to  the  church  by  baptism.  May  tho 
lord  bless  them,  nnd  the  little  hand  of  raenv 
bers  to  be  as  liglUs  in  tlia  world,  is  my  prayer. 
J.  W.  Metkger. 

From  Silver  Luke,  lucl.— I  will  try  to  tell 
you  about  the  deatli  of  Nellie  Ayers,  ii  lad 
his  thirteenth  vear.  The ,30th  of  June  he  took 
his  •*ho^''un  and  started  off  from  home  ami 
went  to  spend  the  Sabbi^th  as  best  he  could. He 
ployed  with  some  of  his  school-mates  til(  about 
five  o'clock,  when  he.atavted  home  alone. ,  Going 
Rlong  the  woods  he  saw  n  sqnjn-cl  an«l  went  in 
the  woods.  He.set  down  his  gun  beside,  a  log 
aaid  then  caught  hold  of  the  guii.  .\o  pull, it  up 
to  him  It  caught  on  the  log  and  shot  ■  him  in 
the  bowels.  He  lived  till  Munday  night  about 
1  o'clock,  when  he  left  thja  world  of  £ortow  and 
temptations  to  try  the  reality  of  a  spirit  world. 
It  was  a  sad  sight  to  see  hiiu  sutler,  hut  he  bore 
hU  psins  patiently  and  xyas  sensible  till  the  last. 

Kow  my  deal'  voung'  r^adera,  t.ikc  wiuiiing 
from  little  Nellie",  and  don't  go  out  hunting  on 
the  Sabbath  day.  _You  had  better  go  to  church 
and  learn  about  Jesus,  But  little  Nellie's  par- 
ents did  ilbt  teach  him  tn  go  to  6hin-e]i,  nor  did 
they  go  themselves.  1  think  it  is  the  duty  of 
all  parents  to  go  to  church,  and  take  tht'ir  cliil- 
dren  along;  not  to  go  themselves  mid  let  their 
children  at  homo  to,  get  ipto  had  hnbita.  ,' 
,      .     '  Bettie  Landis, 

From  Dunkirk,  0 .— Thero  is  continued  joy 
in  tlie  camp,  which  elicits  praise  from  the  saint.s 
of  rjo'l.  Twii  more  aeie^siops  to  the  church 
<iiii.  iin  ln-;t  n|iiii-t.  iii^ikina;  seventeen  in  all 
Mil,,,  tl,.-  l..-iuuMii;  I.I  i\'-  eiirreiityear.'  MrJy 
!„■  rrviv^'.l  and  go  on  eveiy- 
S,  T.  Bo'fisiERlIAN, 


have  a  good  country  here  for  all  kinds  of  grain; 
water,  timber  iuid  coal  are  plenty.  Small  grain 
is  good,  and  good  prospects  for  a  large  crop  of 
peaches.  Apples  are  rather  scarce;  improved 
farms  are  cheap.  Before  closing  we  cannot  for- 
bear to  call  tho  attention  of  the  Brethren  to 
the  fact  that  much  good  could  be  done  liere,  if 
the  Gospel  was  preached  in  its  original  purify. 
Come  over  and  help  us.  G.  W.  Pansler. 

From  S.  A.  Silttor. —  Your  much  esteemed 
paper  makes  its  weekly  visits  with  its  sound  les- 
sons full  of  instructiom  May  the  good  Loi-d 
continue  with  you,  so  that  you  may  hew  el 
to  the  line.  We  are  anxiously  awaiting  the 
written  debate.  Tho  church  is  iu  love  and  un- 
ion, battling  against  sin  and  trj-ing  to  cause 
sinners  to  repent. 


the  g' 
where 


^NNOUNCEMElSrTS. 


NoTTOEH  of  Love-fciisls,   DiHriel   Meetings,   etc., 'should 

-  be  brief,  nnd  in-illcii.on  paper  scporalo 

from   olhcr   biisines?. 


LOVB-FEABT8. 

ISeatrice  church.  Gage  C<.>..»b.,  Sept^mliei' :itli  ami 

Stii,  eomuii'iic>ni;  at  2  o'cliiok. 
Sugar  Creek  mmgivgalion,  Saiigomon  Co.,  111.,  Oct. 

3  and  4,  eoiumeiiciug  at  10  o'clock. 
Io>va  Center,  at  resilience  of  Bro.  G,  W.  Boitnotts. 

Sept.  "til  anil  StU. 
Paint  Creek  congiegation,  Bourbon  Co.,  Kansas, 
i:t(ilj(-r  :li.l  ami  Hh.  ciiiLLiiieiifllif;  at  2  r.'eloek. 


Mill 


M.. 


From  Peabody,  Kansas.— Again,  our  little 
congregation  has  been  made  glad  by,  the  unit- 
ing with  us,  of  two  more  precious  ones  by  bap- 
tism,—J-  H.  Longfellow  and  wife.  Bro.  Long- 
fellow is  iS  years  old.  was  a  member  of  the  mis- 
sionaiy  Baptists  for  27  yet^i^,  and  aii  prdamed 
mmifit«r  among  them  21  yeara.  He  is  a  ftan 
o£  keqn  discrimination,  sound  judgment  and  a 
Ene  speaker.  He  leaves  a  host  of  warm  friei^h 
behuid,  many  of  whpm,  it  is  thought,  will  soon 
follow  him,  in 'Uniting  with  ^is,,  , 

The  weather  here  is  fine;  Spiiug,  graim  all 
cut'and  ncady  nil  stacked.  .  Corn  looks-well. 
Fruit  is  abmi(hmt,.iLnd  upon  the  whole  we  can 
be  well  plys,^d  with  our  hoim^  jn  Kail^as.  H.iv- 
ing  li'vetl  here  a  little  over  ten'niontlia,  we  see 
nothing  to  find  fault  >¥itli.  Those  writmg  tor, 
information,  will  plea-^e  enclose  stamp,    ,         , 

G.  W.  THOMAS. '^ 

From  Cowley  Co.,  Kau.— As  juany  of  yonr 
readers  desire  a  brief  .^Itacriptionflf  tliis  partj  of 
the  country,  we  will  ,en«lenvor  to  do  sq  tp  thi- 
best  of  our  abilily-  Wu  have  a  healthy  coun- 
try, good  lillR■^toue  Miil,  ..-NtHk  water,  and  g 1 

for  most  all  kind  nl  i.rn,lur,-.  Th'-  cliuii^^  ,- 
good  I'eaches  niv  SL.  i>Wiily,  that  we  th)iik 
they  ^vill  hardly-"T,e*\vim:h  anything.  Our 
wheat  harvest  mlLconinleiiiertbc'20th  of  iLty- 
To  those  who  intend-  -making  the  West  their 
home,  I  would  say,  now  is  the  time  to  come.  — 
Almost  everybliiiig.ip  cheap  lierp,  now.  Laiid  is 
worth  from,  §1.2o,to;S25.0(), ,  Some  have  intpiiV- 
ed,  how  much  moip-y.  would  be  r-iuiml  to ,  live 
there..  That  all  deju'uds  up.m  eircuuistaiiccs, 
for  w^'hawe. known  lome  witli  only  fn.iLj  15U  to 
500  dollars,  that  are  now, doing  well.  Timber 
is  middling  plenty,  and  also  good  building  rock. 
We  have  lived  iu  the  West  live  yeat^,,  and  like 
it  better,  especially  i"  Kanstj.i  than  any  place 
we  ever  lived. 

The  small  band  of  Brethren  living  here, 
numben,  about  34.  and  we  think,  that  this  lit- 
tle church  Is  in  a  healthy  condition.  Two  speak- 
ers and  two  deacons  are  among  us.  Right  here 
let  me  call  the  attention  of  the  Brethren  in  the 
East,  to  the  great  need  of  pre.icbing  the  Go:ipel 
in  the  West.  Thousands  are  famishing  for  the 
bread  of  life,  while  we  are  idle.  These  things 
ought  not  so  to  be.      Let  us  think  of  it,  breth- 

j^Qt  F.  HOOVEK. 

From  Crescent  Hill,  Mo.  —  We  have  not 
Been  anything  in  the  columns  of  your  pai>er 
from  this  ann  of  the  church.  I  will  commence 
by  saying  that  there  are  nine  members  here 
without  a  minister.  If  any  ministering  breth- 
r.-n  intend  emigrating  to  the  West,  we  would  be 
glad  to  have  them  come  and  locate  «-ith  us.  W^e 


Stiuislaus  church,  Cal.,  Ili-st  Saturday  in  Octohei 
Whitesville,  Mo,  .Sept  7lli.  "     ' 

Abilene  ehm-ch.  Kansas,  August  24th.    Mijeting 

tlie  2jtli  at  same, place. 
Arnold's  Grove.  Sept  lOth  and  iith.commeiioiiignt 

1  oclock,  P.  M. 
MulheiTy  coiigregatioii,  Boud  Co.,  HI,  Oct  llth. 
Camp  Creek  congregation,  .Sept.  14. 

Nine  miles  South  of  Tipton,  Ma.,  August  l-Sth 

2  o'clock. 

Cottonwood  congi'egation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan., Sept. 

and  8th. 
Bethel  clim-eh,  Filmore  Co.,  Xeb..  Sept  l-ltli  and 

i.^th.  ■    ■  ■ 

Fi-iiiiklin  church,  four  and  n  half  miles  North-east 

of.  I-eon,  Deciltur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct  iSth,  i  I 

White  Rock  couRTegiilion,  Kansas,  Sept  2iat 
Lower  I'ali  Creek  church.  Madison  Co.,  Iud..,Oct  11 

3^*  We,  the  Brethren  in  Fremont  Co.,  Iil, 
have  appointed  a  Love-feast  Aug.  31st,  meetinq 
to  commence  the  28th  and  continue  over  Sun- 
day. J-  M.  Reploolk. 

J^°  An-angenients  have  been  made,  to  meet 
with  the  brethren  in  Henderson,  Ky,,  Aug.  1st, 
and  then  to  have  a  Love-feast  on  August  6th, 
if  the  Loixl  will.  Those  wishing  to  be  present 
will  be  met  at  Hendei-son  on  the  fifth,  if  notice 
is  given  to  John  P.  Gish.  M.  Founkv. 

I^^  The  brethren  of  the  Logan  cWrcli,  Lo- 
gmi  Co.;  Ohio,  expectto  bold  a  Love-feast'  Oct. 
12th;  commencing  at  2  o'clock,  P.  M. 

."■  V  .,  I    .  J..L.  P'nANTz.  ■ 

''2^The  B'rethn.'u  of  the  Peabody  cliurcli 
intend  holding  thrjr  Luve.teu.-t  the  :A  and  flth 
uf  (ht,.l„=r  at  liie  re^idem.e  of  Bro.  Henry 
Shonilu-r   Hir.-.'   mid    n    h;ilf  miles   Xorth-We.st 


to  foot.  When  at  my  place  in  the  country,  I 
sometimes  shorten  my  exercises  iu  the  chamber, 
and,  going  out,  occupy  myself  for  half  nn  hour 
or  more  in  some  work  which  requires  brisk  ex- 
ercise. After  my  bath,  if  breakfast  bo  not 
ready,  I  sit  do«ii  to  my  studies  till  I  am  called. 
My  breakfast  is  a  simple  one,  —  hominy  and 
milk,  or  in  i>lace  of  hominy,  brown  bread  or 
oat-meal,  or  whe.iten  grits,  and  in  the  season, 
baked  sweet  apples.  Buckwheat  cakes  I  do  not 
decline,  nor  any  other  article  of  vegetable  food, 
but  animal  food  I  never  take  at  breakfast.  Tea 
and  cofiee  I  never  touch  at  imy  time.  Some- 
times I  take  a  cup  of  chocolate  which  has  no 
narcotic  efl'ect  and  ngrees  ivith  me  very  well. 
At  breakfast  I  often  take  fruit,  cither  in  its  na- 
tural state,  or  freshly  stewed. 

After  breakfast  I  occupy  myself  for  a  while 
with  my  studies,  and  then,  when  in  town,  I 
alk  down  to  the  office  of  the  Ereiiiiiij  Post, 
nearly  three  miles  distant,  and  after  about  three 
hours,  return,  always  walking,  whatever  be  the 
weather  or  the  state  of  the  streets.  In  the 
country  I  am  engaged  in  my  literary  task's  un- 
til a  feeling  of  weariness  drives  me  out  into  the 
open  air,  and  I  go  upon  iny  farm  or  into  the 
garden  and  pnine  the  fruit-trees,  or  perform 
some  other  work  about  them  which  thej'  need, 
and  then  go  back  to  my  books.  I  do  not  often 
drive  out,  prefening  to  walk. 

In  the  country  I  dine  early,  and  it  is  only  at 
that  meal  that  I  take  either  meat  or  fish,  and  of 
them  but  a  nioder.ite  quantity,  making  my  din- 
ner luiistly  of  vegetables.  At  tho  meal  which 
is  c;illed  te:i,  I  take  only  a  little  bread  and  but- 
ter, with  fruit,  if  it  be  on  the  table.  In  town, 
where  I  dine  later.  I  make  biit  two  meals  a  day. 
Fruit  makes  a  considenible  part  of  iny  diet.  — 
My  drink  is  water,  yet  I  sometimes,  though 
rarely,  take  a  ghiss  of  wine.  I  am  a  natural 
temperance  man,  finding  myself  r.ither  confus- 
ed than  exhilarated  by  wine.  I  never  meddle 
with  tobacco,  except  to  quarrel  with  its  use. 


bone-eucased  shouldei^s;  from  your  Jiips  to  your 
feet  having  wide-floating  draperies;  hut  bind 
and  pinch  and  tighten  over  the  lower  air-celU 
of  the  lungs,  ovet  that  throbbing  heart,  the  ac- 
tive liver,  and  the  expanding  stomach.  Fortu-. 
nateiy  there  is  nothing  there,  by  way  of  bonex, 
to  prevent  yon  from  squeezing  youi'^elf  all  yon 
wisli;  and  only  by  sqeezing  youreelf  there,  can 
you  be  made  beautiful  in  uiy  eyes.'  " 


Opposing   the   Bible. 

A  FRIEND  at  Rome  writes,  that  the  high 
church  dignilaries  of  Spain  have  made  such 
representations  tfl  the  Pope  respecting  the  ivide 
distribution  of  the  Bible  in  thp  country,  espec- 
ially among  the  poorer  classes,  that  a  decree  has 
been  issued  prohibiting,  under  pain  of  excom. 
munication,  anv  person  from  alllirding  food  or 
shelter  to  any  *  otestaut  missionary  in  Spain. 
Tho  greater  excommunic.ition  is  also  decreed 
against  any  Protestant  religious  publication, 
whether  for  sale  or  otherwise.  These  decrees, 
:h  are  oi-dered  to  be  read  in  cveiy  parish 
cli\irch  in  Spain,  are  accompanied  by  an  auto^ 
graph  letter  from  the  Pope  to  King  Alfonso, 
■ging  him,  for  the  sake  of  the  great  Cntholio 
country  of  which  he  is  the  ruler,  to  use  all  hw 
efforts  to  bring  the  civil  power  to  bear  against 
the  missionaries  for, tlieir  e.vpulsioii  and  confis- 
cation of  their  estnbli.shm'eiitfi  throughout  tha 
country. — Ckristian  Cynosure. 


O^'o 


,  C. 


-Iv,  M.,| 
|.   M,     Mil 


,V  S.uit,iF.-il.  II. 


VlLtl.,     cullllllellLing  Ht 

-i  tr,iveliii.  W,.,t  ll,is 

iiii-  of  this.     I'.iiljuil.v 

11-   Alcliison,   Tovi-la 

Ge).  W.  Tm.jiAs. 


INTERESTINe   ITEMS, 


Exercise  Good  for  the  Mind, 

MOST  peopl-'  suppose  literary  men  have  an 
e.Tsy  tiriv^'ofif,'  and,  as  a  consequence, 
never  wtirk.  Below  we  give  an  extract  frolii  a 
letter  written  by  William  Cullen  Bryant  of 
New  York,  just  a  few  days  befpre  his  death,  lie 
was  a  man  of  great  literary  attainments  ,and 
died  ufc  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-lour  years. 
An  iu:connt  uf  his  immner  of  life  and  diet 
may  prove  beneficial  to  others  engaged  in  liter- 
ary pursuits. 


Ii 


THE  LETTEB. 

e  early,  at  this  time  of   the  ; 


ibout 
half-past  five;  in  summer,  half  an  hour,  or  even 
an  hour  earlier.  Immediately,  with  a  very  lit- 
tle incumbrance  of  clothing,  I  begin  a  series  of 
exercises,  for  the  most  part  designed  tq  expand 
the  chest,  imd  at  the  same  time  call  into  action 
all  the  muscles  and  articulations  of  the  body. — 
These  are  iwrfbrmed  with  dumb-bells,  the  veiy 
lightest,  covered  with  flannel,  with  a  pole,  a 
horizontal  bar,  and  a  light  chair  swung  around 
my  head.  After  a  full  hour,  and  sometimes 
more  passed  in  this  manner,  I  bathe  from  head 


Roads    in    Palestine. 

E  of  the  most  unexpected  things  a  thor- 
ough explorer  finds  in  both  AVestern  and 
Eastern  Palestine,  is  the  number  and  higli  state 
of  preservation  of  roads  built  during  the  Ro- 
man erai .  They  were  laid  out  on  nil  main 
routes  and  were  constructed  so  perfectly  that 
many  sections  they  endure  to-tlay,  as  well  ils  if 
finished  not  long  ago.  Nor  do  thoy  exhibit  a 
better  than  Oriental  art  alone,  for  in  the  matter 
of  engineering  they  are  high  examples  of  scien- 
tific success.  The  country  of  Palestine  was 
one  of  the  most  difficult  to  curry  a  system  of 
roadways  over,  and  yet  ita  obstacles  were 
mounted  with  the  least  possible  expenditure  of 
labor.  Every  route  was  curbed  on  each  side  by 
lines,  of  stones  projecting  from  one  to  two  feet 
above  the  surface  of  the  soil;  between  these 
iboundaries,  the  avenue  was  paved ;  strea 
crossed  iby  bridges,  whose  style  lema 
served  alone  in  those  of  Italy  to  ■  the  present 
hour,  —  as,  for  example  those  of  Venice;  val- 
levs  were  traversed  hyviaducts;  and  causeways 
carried  the  line  up  or  down  mountain-sides, 
either  by  pieraormasonryorin  clinnii^ls  suf- 
ficiently wide  cut  oifliJ  of  living  rock.  Oflen 
/.ig-zjigs  and  steps  wore  resorted  to  in  climbing' 
steep  a.scents.  Whenever  the  street piLSsedovo 
solid  rook,  tho  wear  of  chariot,  wheels  im  the 
coui-se  of  time,  made  ruts,  which  remain  toifhi? 
day  as  phiiii  and  deep,  as  when  tho  hist  Ciui'Iiiiss- 
,ej:l  over,  and  whicJi  will  remain  .■  forever  its. clear 
land  permanent  there.  '      ■■  . 

When  Palestine  shall  be  reopenied  .  by:  Chris- 
tian civilization,  these  very  Roman  roads  will 
'be  followed  by  modeni  routes,  <and  many  sec 
tiona  will  scarcelj'  require  repair  for  cominodi 
ouE  and  easy  travel. 


Sensible   Words  about   Dress. 

ABBA  Goold  Woolaon,  who  has  said  niimer- 
ous  good  things  about  healthful  dress 
is  the  author  of  the  following  excellent 
paragraphs ; — 

"  Health  would  say, '  If  your  dress  is  to  he 
tight,  let  it  be  tight  anywhere  but  over  the  re- 
gion between  the  upper,  fastened  ribs  and  the 
hips.  If  its  weight  is  to  be  great,  let  it  hang 
from  the  solid  frame-work  of  the  shoulders,  not 
from  this  sensitive  central  region  where  there 
is  nothing  to  support  it  If  any  part  is  to  be 
overheated,  let  it  be  the  extremities,  and  not 
this.  For  here  lie  the  vital  organs  whose  un 
impeded  action  is  essential  to  life, — the  lung? 
the  heart  the  liver,  and  the  stomach.  That 
they  may  have  the  fullest  opportunity  to  expand 
and  move,  they  are  covered  only  with  h 
flesh  and  a  few  movable  bones.'  " 

"But  custom  says, 'Let  your  dress  ho  tight 
nowhere  but  over  this  region  between  the  rib: 
and  the  hii  9.     Loosen  your  clothing  over   the 


A  Lee,{Muss  }  electrician  was  experimenting 
with  a  telephone  the  other  night,  talking 
through  50  miles  of  wue,  wh^u  he  was  surpris- 
etl  to  hear  laughter  aud  festive  sounds  from 
many  difl'erent  voices,  and  ;  concluded  there 
must  be  a  jolly  room  full  at.  the  otlior  end. — 
But  his  surprise  was  greatly  increased  when  hq 
learned  that  his  fellow  operator  had  been  en- 
tirely  alone  during  all  .of  ..their  conversation. — 
The  most  reasonable ,  exphmntion  of  the  phe- 
nomena is  that  the  wire  must  have  gone  near 
eome hall  where  a  large  aifd  jovial  paifcy  were 
assembled,  and  transmitted  the  sounds  of  their 
merriment  to  tlie  sensitive  telephone. 

A  little  village  in  the  neigliborliood  of  Dr^, 
(guignan  Francfe,  has  lately' been  the  scene  of 
a  reinarkable 'subsidence)  which' has  attracted 
the  curious  from  all  'direction.?.  An  elliptical 
tract  of  ground,  containing  over'ton  thotisitnd 
square  feet,  sank  gradually  one  day,  accompan- 
ied by  loud  noises,  until  it  left  an  orifice  of  over 
one  hundred  feet  in  deptU  with  water  at  the 
bottom.  Numerous  trees  and  vines  disappeared 
coinepletely  in  the  depth  of  the  new  lake.  A 
similar  depression  on  a  smaller  scale  occurred 
in  the  same  vicinity  II  century"  iigo,  and  botli 
the  phenomena  are  attrjbnted' to  Subterranonq 
streams. — Nature.         '  ' 


Gen.  Howard  attacked  tho'  Indians  at  Bem- 
ley's  Mill.  Oregon.  The  hostiles  were  about 
40U  strong.  Howard  repulsed  them  three  times 
mid  captured  from.  400  to  500  head  of  stock  to- 
gether with  provisions  and  ammunition.  Fifleeq 
were  wounded,  i  Two  mortally.  The  war  De- 
partment has  received  a  dispatch  from  Gen.  Mc- 
Dowell confirming  this  account  of  Gen.  How, 
nrd's  fight  with  the  Indians. 


-  It  is  hard  to  believe,  but  it  lis  ineveiilieless  n 
fact,  that  the  mimberof  suicides  in  this  country 
published  in.  the  newspapers  during  the  year 
ending  Julylo,  wasmearly  2,001),. mid  the  num. 
ber  of  inUrders  duriug  the  same  period  exceeded 
,1,500. ,  .Host  ofiithe  suicides. :ai'e  lattrilmted  to 
.mental  aberratioHircailsed' by.  financial  or  do, 
luestic  troubteM^  and  most  of  the  murders  are  at- 
tributed to  strong  drink  and  jealousy. 


A  party  of  tourists  on.  Mt,,  Washington,  a  tew 
days  since,  found  the  wind  blowing  eighty-four 
miles  an  hour,  nud  n,lieavyi-'iiiO)V  storm  iu  prog- 
ress. One  had  his  ears  fro >ien,  and. another  two 
fingers frosfc-bitten;  i.wlule  at.  .the  foot  of  the 
mountain  the  weather  was  the  warmest  of  the 
year  so  fur, 

A  telegram  from  Sydney,  New  Son'-h  Wales, 
dated  July  11,  states  that  two  tribes  of  natives 
have  arisen  against  the  govemment  on  the  is- 
land of  New  Caledonia  and  massacred  153 
whites,  including  women  and  children.  They 
have  also  captured  two  military  stations. 


w. 

U.  R.  R. 

Time  Table. 

pny  piaaenger  L 

aal  linvea  Lanarli 

at  12:00 

onJor 

tafJAS  P.M. 

il  lenira  Lannrk 

12:0*1    P. 

nod  al5:&DP.  Jl 

Night  paasenge: 

g  «aa[  and  weal, 

meet  and 

leave  Lanark 

I2;ie  A.  M 

,  airiTiDg  in  tUcioe  at  S:00 

A.    M 

qqJ 

A   Rook  Iih 

Trains    will   tun 

neil   U 

V2:  11 

A.  M 

8:ltl  A.  M 

and   CD9t   at  12 

10  A.  M, 

DDd   6 

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Te   tralDS   onl;. 

PflBSCDgi): 

a.  A.  Smith,  AgenL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  J  lirin'j   I'ow  Good  T'ulinyjs  of  Great  Joy,   which  Shall  he  unto  All  Peoj>le."  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  August  8, 1878. 


No.  32. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

niJlTKll  ANll  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


J.   H.   MOORE    &    M.   M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

a.  H.  IIILLER,        ------        LAPOOA,  IND, 

J,  W.  fiTKL-J, NSWTONLV,  MO. 

D.  VANIMAS,         -------  VIRDES,  ! 

D.  B.  MENTZKH,        -      -      -      -      -  WAYNKSIIORO, 
MATTIK  A.  LF.AU,        -      -      -      -      -      UURAXA,    ILL. 


MARY  ANOINTETH  THE  LORB. 


aha  cniiii-  lictiimi  our  Ijlc-ssed  Lord. 

Ami  nt  His  feet  rtiU  latnnil ; 
A  1)0X  witli  costly  ointment  (llled, 

She  held  witliin  )i<.-i*  liaiid. 
The  box  she  bi-iike,  tlip  uintineiit  poured, 
E'en  to  tlio  fflct  i>f  1ioi-(lcnr  Lord.' 


Slie\U|M,!  r(,..-..  ;. 

Sli.'Ki    ..   ■;  . 
Tlicli.i-  .  .        I   . 

Tl]lnll;;h  .ill   lU>    . 

But  »'U'ktd  JiiiluH 


•■  Wli 


Slllif 


li  tiLT  loiigli;iir, 

iiii'iit  siireud 

u'ijig  said, 
ointment  iiiiideV 


I'letfiiulinir  tliiit  Up  wished  it  lind 
T.'pon  llii-  ]iuM  hicii  sin'iit; 

]I)lt.)<.-sliskillilK   Iniik.'il  nil  licv, 

Htkii.'w  li,-i  hi-:in  ^  iiiU'iil: 
The  1)1101  ye  hnvt!  always  ivitli  you. 
And  ^'hen  ye  will,  miiy  kiiidiifisa  show. 


Rill  I  ai 

Of  I..-. 
rreiHiiH 


,*(>ti,  tliis  deed 
^  ^..■l,  wioii^ht. 


r.m^'lit 
I   Mm  ri'lliissluitl   he 
(■  li;ith  done   to  1110. 


Sek-i-ted  liy  J.  It.  Kellkii. 


WHAT  IT  IS  TO  LIVE  FOR  GOD. 

IIV  IFl  ABI.IITTK  T.  BOS!}. 

LKT  the  credulous  laugh  to  scorn  at  the  pow- 
er of  faith  and  purity  of  ruligion,  let  the 
giddy  and  unthinkuig  luuke  a  jest  of  iU  ordi- 
BODCes,  let  them  suppose  a  life  of  righteousness, 
is  a  life  of  self-sacrifice, — they  know  nothing  of 
the  quiet,  trancjuil  peace  th.it  pervudes  the 
bosom  of  the  followers  of  Jesus.  Tliey  have 
■firm  faith  in  the  divine  hand  that  is  directing 
their  way:  they  stand  to  the  post  of  duty,  no 
matter  what  may  nrise  in  this  changeable  life, 
fearless  in  time  of  danger,  unmoved  by  the 
changing  inultitude;  keeping  themselves  pure 
aud  uou-conformedtothc  world.  Faithful  and 
loyalin  their  loveto  God  amid  all  the  turmoil 
and  strife  of  this  passing  existeuco,  they  stand 
erect  in  innoceney  supported  by  truth,  with 
hearts  full  of  Joy  that  they  are  counted  worthy 
io  suffer  for  the  truth's  sake.  If  earthly  eon- 
nirits  and  storms  of  passion  arise,  they  only  gain 
new  strength  and  beauty,  aud  their  faith  be- 
comes more  firmly  rooted,  knowing  the  great 
and  powerful  Being  that  has  given  tliem  strength 
to  surmount  past  difficulties,  is  just  as  able  to 
carry  them  through  all  tiha^iiiajT.  arise  in  the 
future. 

They  can  mingle  with  men  in  all  the  walks 
of  life,  and  go  on  errands  of  mercy  and  love 
and  keep  theuiaelvea  unspotted  from  this  wicked 
world.  They  can  always  be  at  the  post  of  duty, 
showing,  the  fuithless  .ind  unbelieving  that  tlierc 
is.somethifig  to  trust  and  hope  for;  when  every 
earthly  tie  is  severed;,  when  every  earthly  hope 
is  blasted.  The  ivicked  may  sneer  at  them  when 
surrounded  by  afUuence  and  good  health,  but 
the  worst  men  will  rejoice  to  see  them  coin- 
ing in  the  dark  hour  of  iiflliction.  when  the  c-ye 
become^-  dimmed  with  the'  near  approach  of 
death.  The  life  of  the  rightcona  ia  full  of  joy 
and  tranquil  ponce.  They  arc  drawn  to  every 
duty  by  love.    They  lind  in  soll^leiiial  a   pleas- 


ure. Even  in  this  world  of  wickedness  and 
sorrow,  they  find  much  to  admire  and  love. 
They  are  surrounded  by  their  Father's  works. 
They  delight  in  the  beauties  and  glories  of  cre- 
ation, knowing  they  were  placed  here  for  their 
pleasure,  and  feeling  it  would  be  ingratitude, 
not  to  accept  all  these  gifts  with  true  aud  thank- 
ful hearts.  We  imagine  that  there  are  many 
things  necessary  to  make  us  happy  here,  but 
the  tilings  most  needed,  to  make  this  earth  a 
pleasant  dwelling-place  for  man,  is  righteous- 
ness. 

Let  every  one  make  it  his  great  aim  to  g.iin 
the  righteousne:-s  of  Jesus  Christ,  aud  he  need 
not  be  troubled  about  anything  else."  "  Seek 
ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God  and  bis.  righteous- 
ness and  the  rest  will  be  added  unto  you."  God 
has  said,  he  will  withhold  no  good  thing  from 
them  that  walk  uprightly.  If  we  train  our  chil- 
dren to  \'irtue  aud  true  piety,  we  need  have  no 
fear  for  their  success  in  life.  We-should  always 
keep  before  them,  that  the  path  of  duty  is  the 
path  of  pleasure,  and  no  true  happiness  can 
come  from  following  the  wicked.  If  these  prin- 
ciples were  strongly  instilled  into  the  minds  of 
our  children,  parents  would  seldom  be  disap- 
pointed in  their  oflFspriug.  and  instead  of  briug- 
ini;  sorrow  and  disgr.-ice  upon  their  parents  in 
their  old  age,  they  would  be  a  crown  of  glory 
in  their  declining  years. 

We  should  all  be.ar  constantly  in  mind,  that 
to  he  wicked,  is  to  be  misei-oble  and  fearful. 
The  wicked  flee  when  no  in^puraues,  but  to  be 
righteous,  is  to  be  strong  and  happy,  fearless 
and  confiding,  loving  and  tender,  compassionate 
and  sympathizing,  The  righteous  has  nothing 
to  fear  so  long  as  he  is  loyal  and  faithful,  be 
knows  whom  he  serves.  He  knows  his  promises 
are  sure  and  steadfast,  and  that  he  lias  all  pow- 
er in  heaven  and  on  earth,  and  though  the  earth 
may  totter  in  its  orbit,  the  hills  and  valleys  may 
all  come  together,  the  sun  may  he  darkened,  the 
moon  refuse  to  shine,  alt  nature  may  become  n 
mixture  of  confusion, — yet  will  the  ail-power- 
erfulLord  of  glory  preserve  his  own.  The  Cre- 
ator of  the  universe  has  sufficient  wisdom  and 
power  to  arrange  everything  to  suit  his  purpose, 
aud  his  true  servants  are  the  especial  objects  of 
bis  care  and  he  will  never  forget  or  forsake  them. 
What  a  sacrifice  the  man  makes,  who  lives  for 
this  world  lilone, '  He  loses  nil  of  the  true  joys 
of  life  here,  and  all  prospect  of  life  beyond  the 
tomi).  Why  will  they  neglect  a  matter  of  so 
much  importance  for  a  few  fleeting  pleasures? 
All  promises  of  reward  are  to  the  faithful,  and 
dreadful  punislimeut  are  threatened  to  the 
wicked  and  disi;ibcdient.  When  we  look  at  our- 
selves standing  constantly  on  the  very  brink  of 
eternity,  can  it  be  that  we  will  still  hold  hack 
and  live  for  this  world  alone?  While  right- 
eousness is  offered  on  such  ea.sy  terms,  let  us  at 
once  determine,  if  we  have  never  tried  to  live 
righteously,  to  begin  now,  this  very  moment; 
for  to-morrow  is  not  ours.  J^re  another  day 
comes  we  may  belying  inauiniate,  all  chance  of 
accepting  this  glorious  gifl  is  gone.  Yes,  I  say 
let  us  begin  now,  and  though  it  Ijc  the  eleventh 
hour,  we  will  he  accepted  and  receive  our  re- 
ward. And  if  some  of  us  have  made  the'start, 
and  are  not  as  faithful  in  everj'  duty  as  we 
should  be,  let  ufl  determine  now,  tfliat'we  will 
hereafter  come  right  up  to  every  duty,  neglect- 
ing uoUe,  no  niatter  how  small  it  is;  tlie  small 
duties  nve  the  .duties  that  require  t|ie; , most  at- 
tention. There  are  lew  of  us  tliat  aim  at  a 
righteous  life,  that  would  he  guilty  ofasinof 
any  magnitude  at  fii-st;  but  if  we  begin  to  neg- 
lect some  matters  that  we  think  are  small  in 
themselves,  we  'mil  soon  forget  that  they  are 
sins  at  all,  and  larger  ones  will  seeUi' small. 
Now  let  us  begin  to'ih)l)rdve  our'time  utid  do 
all  we  can;  for  our  time  (Jaiinbt  belong  rit  best, 
and  it  may  be  shorter  thananv'of  U.V think,  an<l 
would  it  not  be  terrible  at  the  last  day,  though 
weicorae  pleading  our  works  of  righteousness. 
Can  you  imagiue  bow  you  would  feelat  hearing 


the  words,  "  Depart  from  me,  I  never  knew 
you."  Let  us  be  more  faithful.  Let  us  live  for 
God,  and  the  world  c.in  pass  along  as  it  always 
has,  it  is  moved  by  the  mighty  power  of  God. 
He  created  us  and  placed  us  here  to  servo  him, 
not  to  enslave  ourselves  with  worldly  follies,  but 
.serve  and  obey  him,  and  if  we  do  not  fill  tlie 
purpose  we  were  created  for,  life  will  be  a  fail- 
ure, and  eternity  lost. 


ARE  WE  SAVED  BY  FAITH,  BAP- 
TISM.  WORKS.   OR   GRACE  P 

IIY  ElEMA  WATSON'. 

"Por  by  grace  are  ye  saved  through  faith;  and 
that  not  of  yourselves,  it  is  the  gift  of  God;  not  of 
works,  lest  any  man  should  ImklsI."  Eph.  2;  S,  0. 

■'  Even  so  faith,  if  it  liath  not  works,  is  deiid,  be- 
iuf  alone.  But  wilt  tliou  know,' 0  vain  man,  that 
faitli  without  works  is  (ieadV  For  as  the  body 
without  the  spirit  is  (lead,  so  faith  without  works 
is  deiul  also."  Jiuues  17:  iO,  20. 

PETER,  referring  to  Noah  imd  the  ark,  in 
which  eight  souls  were  saved,  savs.  "The 
'like  figure  wbereunto  even  baptism  doth  also 
now  save  us,  not  the  putting  away  of  the  Jilth 
of  the  flesh,  but  the  answerof  a  good  conscience 
tow.ird  God,  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ." 
1:  Peter  3:  22.  In  the  above  quotations,  Paul 
says,  "That  we  are  saved  by  gi-ace  through 
faith,  not  by  works."  James  says,  "That  we 
are  saved  by  works,  and  not  by  faith;"  and  Pe- 
ter declares,  "  That  we  are  saved  by  baptism." 
Here  we  have  an  apparent  contradiction  existing 
between  the  apostles,  yet  we  shall  soon  see  up- 
on a  clear  investigation,  that  they  are  in  com- 
plete harmony,  one  with  the  other.  It  takes  a 
union  of  the  three  vin,  faith,  repentance  and 
baptism,  toaaveus.  If  any  of  the  three  lire  wanl^ 
ing  we  are  lost,  and  the  requirements  of  the 
plan  of  salvation  have  not  been  complied  with. 

1.  Faith  must  precede  either  of  the  other 
two  essentials  of  salvation;  without  we  can  do 
nothing,  it  underlies  the  very  groundwork  of 
Goa's  kingdom,  and  the  entire  plan  of  salvation; 
being  the  strong  pillar  upon  which  Christian 
cbar,icteris  built.  Paul  says,  in  Rom.  1:17, 
"For  therein  is  the  righteousness  of  God 
vealed  from  faith  to  faitli;  as  it  is  written,  the 
just  shall  liv?  by  faith."  Again  Jesus  says,  in 
Mark  16;  16,  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptiz- 
ed shall  be  saved;  .ind  he  that  believetli  not 
shall  be  damned;"  herem  we  plainly  see,  that 
we  must  fii;3t  have  faith  to  believe,  and  then 
will  our  works  follow  with  baptism,  harmoniz- 
ing with  Paul,  James,  and  Peter;  moreover  can 
any  one  have  true  faith  unless  works  accompany 
it?  Most  assuredly  not;  to  be  more  emphatic 
,ind 'apparently  contradictory,  faith  without 
works  is  no  faith,  for  works  "  meet  unto  repen- 
tance," follow  and  go  with  faith  as  surely  as 
night  follows  day,  aud  light  goes  with  the  sun. 
The  faith  that  Paul  means  is  insepej-ably  linked 
with  good  works. 

Abraham  showed  hi&  faith  by  his  works,  and 
his  works  wore  the  natural  outgrowth, of  his 
faith;  when  he  was  commanded,  "  To  go  out 
into  a  place  which  he  should  after\val-ds  receive 
for  an  inheritance,  obeyed;  and  he  went  out 
kuowuig  whither  he  went."  Had  Abraham 
said,  "  Lord,  Ihave  faith,"  and  j'et  refuse  to 
obey,  Would  lii^  lia'vc   received  'an   inb'eritaiice? 

Withont  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God, 
for  he  that  coincth  to  God,  must  believe  that  he 
irder  of  fchem  that  diligentlyi seek  him.'' 
Heb.ll:6.  Huh  mere  faith  is  not ^saflicient. 
Hear  James, 2: 19,  "  Thou  believcst  that   there 

ono  God;  thou  doest  well;  the  devils  believe 
and  tremble,"  Yes,  whosoever  possesses  gen- 
uine faith,  will.also  follow  the  example  of  Him, 
u  whom  he  hiis  faith,  and  by  whom  life  eternal 
is  given  to  them  that  truly  believe.  Paul  was 
commanded  by  the  Lord  Jesus  "  to  arise  and  go 
into  the  cityand  it  should  be  told  him  what  he 
must  do,  whereupon  he  khowed  his  f.iith  by  his 
works  in  obeying  his  Lord's  comnnuKU  and 
was  liapfi/ed,   washing  away    his  sins,"  Acts 


22:  16,  the  remission  of  whose  sins  only 
took  place  after  he  acted  upon  his  faith,  (".  «., 
showed  forth  works.  Christ  says.  "  I  am  the 
door:  by  me,  if  any  man  enter  in,  he  shall  be 
saved,  and  shall  go  in  and  out,  and  find  pasture." 
John  10:9.  He  is  our  example  by  which  we 
must  come  into  the  church,  and  being  the  door 
all  must  go  through  that  door,  and  enter  in  by 
that  door;  for  he  saith, "  I  am  the  way,  the  truth 
and  the  life:  no  man  Cometh  unto  the  Father, 
but  by  me."  John  14:  6.  Again,  Paul  says,  in 
Rom.  2: 13,  "  For  not  the  hearers  of  the  word 
nrc  just  before  God,  but  the  doers  of  the  law 
shall  be  justified."  Ephesians  2:  10,  he  further 
declares  the' following:  "For  we  are  his  work- 
manship, created  in  Christ  .Tesns  unto  good 
works,  which  God  hath  before  ordained  that  we 
should  walkin  them;"  and  touching  on  baptism 
he  gives  expression  to  the  following: "Buried 
with  him  in  baptism,  wherein  also  ye  are  risen 
with  him  through  the  faith  of  the  operation  of 
God,  wTio  hath  raised  him  f  om  the  dead."  Col 
2:  13.. 

How  perfectly  Paul  here  agrees  with  Peter, 
who  says,  "The  like  figure  whereunto  even 
baptism  doth  now  save  us."  And  .Tgaiu.  how 
they  accord  with  James,  who  declares  in  his 
epistle  2: 24,  "  Ye  then  know  how  that  by  works 
a  man  is  justified,  and  not  by  faitli  only."  NoUh, 
to  whom  Peter  refei-s  in  regard  to  baptism,  ex- 
hibits his  works  in  the  building  of  the  ark.  and 
was  saved  by  his  work's,  without  which  he 
would  have  utterly  peiished..  In  the  very  act  of 
baptism,  we  vitalize  iaith  and  show  forth  our 
works. 

Then  in  conclusion  to  sum  up,  we  are  saved 
by  grace  through  faith;  {that  is  a  living  and 
working  faith)  "  .ind  that  not  of  ourselves:  it  is 
the  gift  of  God:"  "  Not  of  works,  lest  any  inan 
should  boast"— Paul.  "  You  see  then  that  by 
works  a  man  is  justified,  and  not  by  faithonly." 
James,  And  finally  Peter,  "The  like  figure 
whereunto  even  baptism  doth  also  now  save  us," 
Faith,  repentance  and  baptism,  bring  us  into 
the  church  (and  of  course  works  also)  after 
which  works  must  continue  and  do  in  all,  who 
have  a  living  and  true  faith.  "  A  tree  is  known 
by  its  fruits."  But  after  we  have  observed  all 
the  above  conditions  of  salvation,  faith,  repen- 
tance, baptism  and  even  works,  then  arc  we 
only  saved  by  the  grace  of  God,  for  in  us  dwell- 
eth  ho  good  thing,  and  do  not  merit  by  our  own 
works,  his  gracious  favor. 


A  SCENE  FROM  LIFE. 

AlOUNG  man  entered  the  bar-room  of  a 
village  tavern,  and  called  for  a  drink. 
"  No,"  said  the  landlord;  "you  h.ive  had  deliri- 
um tremens  once,  and  I  cannot  sell  you  any 
more,"  He  stopped  aside  to  make  room  for  a 
couple  of  young  men  who  had  just  entered,  and 
the  landlord  waited  upon  them  very  pulilely. 
The  other  had  stood  by  silently  and  sulh-ii,  aud 
when  they  finished,  he  walked  up  to  the  land- 
lord,* and  thus  addressed  him:  "Six  years  ago, 
at  their  age,  I  stood  where  those  young  men 
are  now— I  was  a  man  with  fair  prosp<;c(s. 
Now,  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight,  [  am  a  wreck, 
body  and  mind.  You  led  me  to  drink.  In  this 
room  I  formed  the  habit  that  has  been  my  ruin. 
Now  sell  me  a  f^w  glasses  more,  and  your  work 
will  be  done.  I  shall  soo»  be  outof  the  way; 
there  js  no  hope  for  ,mc.  ,  But.they  .can.  be  sav-  ■ 
ed.  Do  not  sell  it  to  them.  Sell  it  to  me  and 
let  me  die,  and  the  world  will  be  rid  of  mc;  but 
for  heaven's  sakf  sell  no  more  to  them !"  The 
landlord  listened,  pale  and  trembling.  SctHng 
down  his  decanter,  he  exclaimed,  "God  help 
this  is  the  last  drop  1  will  ever  spII  to  any 
one!''     And  ho  kept  his  word. 


Can  we  ever  ceaSe  to  remember  JesiH,  who 
gave  himself  for  us?  Surely  not,  when  he 
died  to  save  us  if  we  be  the  chief  of  sininrs. — 
A'.  /.',  .S'((>/,r. 


TI-IE    BlRETIiRE:sr    ^VT    AVOKKI. 


Augvist    8. 


HOME  AND  FRIENDS. 

AH!  there's  ft  power  to  ni:ike  each  hour 
As  sweet  lis  heftvon  designed  il, 
Nor  need  we  roam  to  briug  it  home, 
Though  few  there  he  thiit  find  it. 
We  seek   too  lugli  for  things  close   hy, 
And  lose  whni  nature  found  iis; 
For  life   hiith   here   uo  friends  so  dear 
As  home  and  Irionds  around  us. 

Wo  bft  flcdtroy  tiho  present  joy— 

For  future  hopes,  and  prnise  them. 

While  Howei-8  as  sweet,  bloom  at   our  feet, 

If  we'd  but  stop,  to  raise  them; 

For  things  afar,  still  sweeter  are. 

When  youth's  bright  spell   hath   hound  ns. 

But  soon  we're  taught  the  earth  hath  naught 

Like  home  and  fi-ieuds  around  us. 

The  friends  that  speed  in  time  of  izeed. 
When  hope's  last   reed   is  shaken. 
So  show  us  still  that,  letconie  what  will, 
We  are  not  quite  forsaken. 
Though  all  were  bright,  if  but  the  light 
From  friendship's  altar  crowned  us; 
'Twould  prove  the  bliss  of  earth  was  tins; 
Our  home  and  fricuds  around  us. 

Selected  by  Mot.lie  E.  Hicks. 

CONFESSION    OF  THE  MURDER 
OF  WILLIAM   MORGAN. 

{Concluded  from  last  wceJc). 

HE  requested  tliat  one  of  us  would' 
write  a  letter  to  bis  wife,  making 
lier  acquainted  M'itli  tbe  facts  concern- 
ing bis  deatb,  in  order  that  her  mind 
migbtbe  relieved  from  the  horrors  of 
uncertainty.  As  we  saw  no  harm  in 
making  this  promise,  which,  of  course, 
we  bad  no  idea  of  keeping,  we  pledged 
oursdvej  to  comply  with  bis  reque-st, 
and  assured  him  that  his  family  should 
not  be  permitted  to  suffer  from  poverty. 
AVe  then  told  him  that  we  would  leave 
him  alone  for  half  an  hour,  at  the  end 
of  which  time  we  should  expect  to  find 
him  prepared  to  meet  bis  inevitable  fate. 
He  merely  bowed  by  -way  of  reply. 

Retiring  from  the  room,  we  statiojied 
ourselves  near  the  door,  ami  endeavored 
to  prevent  reflection  by  conversation  car- 
ried on  in  a  low  tone.  But  it  was  in 
vain,  every  ett'orc  was  a  failure;  and  at 
last,  a  gloomy  silence  fell  over  us,  \\-hicli 
none  ventured  to  disturb.  How  Mor- 
gan passed  his  time,  I  cannot  say.  E.' 
ery  thing  was  quiet  as  the  tomb  within. 
As  be  was  chained  and  handcuffed,  be 
could  not  move  without  our  bearing  biui, 
and  not  the  faintest  sound  fell  upon  our 
eai-s,  iibicb  ^vere  so  painfully  open  to 
every  thing,  that  I  verily  believe  the 
falling  of  a  leaf  in  our  midst  would  have 
caused  \is  to  .'^tart  with  tei-ror.  Most 
probably  be  indulged  in  that  rapid  re- 
flection wbicb  is  ahvays  caused  by  the 
certainty  of  the  fast  approach  of  death; 
and  his  whole  life,  with  its  mingled  pic- 
tures of  good  and  ill,  passed  before  bis 
ferrid  vision.  Perhaps  be  prayed,  not 
only  for  himself,  but  for  his  niurderei-s. 
But  I  cannot  dwell  upon  the  subject, 
which,  even  at  this  distance  of  time,  ap- 
palls the  memory. 

The  time  baviiii^fxpircd,  we  entered 
the  magazine,  and  fiMiTiil  Morgan  ready 
to  receive  us.  He  nunh-  no  remonstrance, 
nor  offered  any  resistance,  his  demeanor 
and  acta  being  in  all  respects  tliose  of  a 
man  who  has  nerved  himself  boldly  to 
meet  a  certain  doom.  Wo  bound  his 
hands  behind  him,  and  placed  a  gag  in 
•  bis  mouth.  One  of  our  number  march- 
ed a  few  yards  in  advance,  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  myself  and  the  other  associate, 
between  whom  walked  'Morgan.  We 
each  had  hold  of  one  of  hia  arms,  above 
the  elbow.  A  short  time  brought  us  to 
where  the  boat  had  been  placed,  and  we 
all  entered' it,  Morgan  being  placed  in 
tbe  bow,  with  myself  alongside  of  bini. 
My  comrades  took  the  oai-s,  and  the  boat 
was  rapidly  forced  out  into  tbe  river, 
Tbe  night  was  pitch  dark,  and  we  could 


scarcely  see  a  yard  before  us,  and  there- 
fore wa*;  tiie  time  admirably  adapted  to 
our  hellish  iiurpose.  Having  arrived  at 
ft  place  sufficiently  removed  from  tbe 
land,  the  rowers  ceased  from  their  laboi-s, 
and  my  particular  duty  now  commenced, 
lu  tbe  buttom  ot  the  boat  lay  a  number 
of  heavy  weights,  all  tied  together  by  a 
strong  cord,  that  bad  been  carried 
through  the  ring  of  each  weight.  So  that 
they  formed  one  mass.  From  the  center 
of  tbe  cord  by  wbicb  they  were  united, 
proceeded  another  cord,  of  equal  sti-ength, 
and  several  yards  in  length.  This  cord 
1  took  in  my  band,  and  fastened  it 
around  the  body  of  Morgan,  just  above 
bis  hips,  using  all  my  skill  to  make  it 
fast,  so  that  it  would  hold.  Then,  in  a 
whisper,  I  bade  the  unhappy  man  to 
stand  up,  and  after  a  momentary  hesita- 
tion, he  complied  with  my  order.  He 
stood  clo.se  to  tbe  bead  of  the  boat,  and 
there  was  just  length  enough  of  rope 
fi-om  bis  person  to  the  weights  to  prevent 
any  strain,  while  he  was  standing.  I 
then  requested  one  of  my  associates  to 
assist  me  in  lifting  tbe  weights  from  tbe 
bottom  to  the  side  of  the  boat,  while  tbe 
other  steadied  her  from  the  stern.  This 
was  done,  and,  as  Morgan  was  standing 
with  bis  back  toward  me,  and  apparent- 
ly looking  into  the  water,  I  approached 
bim,  and  gave  bim  a  strong  push  with 
both  my  hands,  which  were  placed 
in  tbe  middle  of  his  back.  He  fell  for- 
ward, carrying  the  weights  with  him, 
and  the  waters  closed  over  tbe  mass. 
We  remained  quiet  for  the  space  of  two 
or  three  minutes,  when  my  companions, 
without  saying  a  word,  resumed  their 
places,  and  rowed  the  boat  to  tbe  place 
from  which  they  had  taken  it.  We 
then  jumped  ashore,  and  exchanging 
pressures  of  the  band,  separated  without 
a  word. 

I  made  my  way  home  with  all  'dis- 
patch, trembling  at  every  sound,  and 
dreading  at  each  moment  that  I  should 
meet  some  one  who  might  recognize  me, 
notwithstanding  tbe  blackness  of  dark- 
ness in  wbicb  tbe  earth  was  en.sbrouded. 
So  great  were  my  fears  tor  my  personal 
safety,  that  I  did  not  reflect  on  the  vil- 
lainy in  which  I  had  been  engaged,  by 
which  a  fellow -creature  had  been  de- 
prived of  life,  and  a  family  bereft  of  its 
protector.  It  was  not  until  I  bad  man 
aged  to  reach  my  bedroom  without  fall 
ing  in  with  any  one,  that  reflection  came ; 
and  from  that  hour  must  I  date  the  com 
niencementof  those  torments  which  hnve 
uever  since  left  me.  I  threw  myself  on 
my  bed,  but  sleep  would  not  visit  me. 
I  was  ill  a  state  of  nervous  e.xcitenjent, 
and  began  to  experience  the  gnawings 
of  the  worm  that  never  dies,  and  to  feel 
the  intensity  of  the  fire  that  is  never 
quenched.  At  the  earliest  dawn  I  arose, 
and  went  out,  and  wandered  forth  among 
the  forests,  tortured  by  leniorae,  and 
cm-sing  tbe  folly  that  had  led  me  to  im 
brue  my  hands  in  Morgan's  blood.  For 
some  days  I  continued  in  the  vicinity 
but  at  last  I  determined  to  go  into  the 
States,  for  tbe  purpose  of  getting  away 
from  the  scene  of  ray  crime.  I  pro- 
ceeded to  that  part  of  New  York  in 
which  the  antiraasonie  excitement  orig- 
inated, and  was  an  apparently  calm 
spectator  of  tbe  evils  that  grew  out  of 
tbe  intense  and  just  indignation  of  a 
people  stirred  to  their  inmost  sonls  by 
the  occm-rence  of  a  mysterious  crime, 
that  bad  baffled  tbe  law,  an'd  whose  per- 
petrators seemed  to  be  as  much  above 
tbe  reach  of  ordinary  human  power  as 
were  the  members  of  the  once  terrible 
Secret  Tribunal  of  Germany.  I  remain- 
ed there  fora  considerable  length  of  time, 
as  if  fascinated;  and  I  not  only  attended 


antimasonic  meetings,  but  likinvi; 


of  the 


of  til 


nianv 
B  Mor- 


trials  that  grew    out 
gan  outrage. 

The  excited  state  of  tlie  iiu)jlic  mind 
was  in  unison  with  my  own  feelings 
which  could  not  settle  down  into  a  con- 
dition of  calmness.  No  man  in  tlmt 
part  of  the  world  was  acquainted  with 
the  part  I  had  played  in  the  murder  of 
Morgan,  for  it  may  be  easily  believed 
that  I  would  not  take  any  one  into  my 
confidence;  and  of  those  who  bad  been 
concerned  in  the  affair  with  me,  either 
in  consultation  or  actiou,  none  resided 
near  to  ray  then  place  of  abode.  Of 
my  fellow -executioners,  both  had  absen 
ted  theraselves  from  their  homes  within 
a  very  short  space  of  time  after  that 
fatal  night;  nor  have  I  any  reason  for 
supposing  that  either  of  them  ever  com- 
municated the  fact  of  my  having  been 
united  with  them  in  the  deed  of  murder, 
to  third  parties.  If  it  should  be  ask 
ed  why  I  did  not  unburthen  my  mind 
to  brother  masons,  my  reply  is,  that, 
tbe  first  place,  I  thought  I  bad  no  right 
to  render  them  accessories  to  niv  crime, 
as  by  such  confidence  they  would  in  a 
certain  sense  become;  and  when  I  saw 
masons,  who  for  a  long  time  bad  breast- 
ed the  storm,  leaving  and  undermining 
tbe  order,  either  fiom  conscientioai  or 
.nterested  motives, it  occun'ed  to  me  that 
I  should  endanger  ray  life  by  taking  any 
one  into  my  confidence.  Thus  being 
compelled  to  retain  tbe  dread  secret  in 
my  bosom,  my  existence  became  to  tbe 
last  degi'ee  miserable,  and  my  health  so 
declined  that  I  began  to  fear  I  should 
soon  be  called  upon  to  render  an  account 
to  a  greater  power  than  that  of  any  earth- 
ly tribunal,  and  from  whose  scrutiny  no 
secret  could  be  concealed.  Though  ray 
life  was  a  burthen,  I  did  not  the  less 
dread  death,  for  I  could  not  bring  my 
,ind  to  the  belief  that  with  the  grave 
there  comes  annihilation  and  ceases  ac- 
countability. Ishunned  society  and  pass- 
ed all  the  hours  that  were  at  my  com 
mand  in  solitude,  change  having  come 
over  my  thoughts ;  and  as  at  first  I  sought 
all  public  places,  and  crowds  were  my 
delight,  now  tlie  forest  was  better  to  me' 
than  the  street,  and  the  jiresence  of  men 
my  abhorrence.  It  seemed  to  me  as  if 
my  secret  were  known  to  all  men,  and 
that  for  the  reasons  to  them  good,  they 
allowed  of  tbe  postponement  of  my  cer 
tain  punishment.  I  could  not  walk 
erect,  nor  obtain  rest,  nor  find  pleasure 
in  any  of  those  pursuits  in  which  the 
innocent  pass  their  hours  of  leisure;  and 
I  might  have  been  addressed  in  the 
words  of  tbe  greatest  of  poets, — 

" what  is"t  that  takes  from  thee 

Thy  comfort,  plea-sure,  luid  thy  golden  sleep? 
Why  dost  thou  bend  thine  eyes  upon  the  earth 
And  start  so  often  when  thou  sitt'st  alone? 
Why  hast  thou  lost  the  fresh  blood  in  thy  cheeK  ? 
Oh!  what  port-ent.3  are  these?" 

After  remaining  in  Western  New  York 
between  two  and  three  yeai-s,  it  occurred 
to  me  that  change  of  scene  might  tend 
to  relieve  my  mind  from  tbe  weight  that 
oppressed  it,  I  proceeded  to  one  of  the 
new  territories,  where  I'  resided  for  a 
consideralile  length  of  time,  seeking  ref- 
uge ii'om  thought  and  reflection  in  the 
hazards  and  discomforts  of  a  frontier 
life.  But  it  was  all  of  no  avail.  Go 
where  I  would,  or  do  what  I  would,  it 
was  impossible  for  me  to  throw  off  tbe 
consciousness  of  crime.  If  the  mark  of 
Cain  was  not  upon  me,  tbe  cui'se  of  the 
fii-st  murderer  was  on  my  soul.  The 
blood  stain  was  on  my  hands,  and  could 
not  be  washed  out.  The  avenger  of 
blood  seemed  ever  on  my  track.  The 
remonsti-ances  of  my  victim  fell  upon 
my  ear,  at  all  times  and  in  every  place, 
I  heard  them  in  tbe  calra  and    amid  the 


stoiiii — they  whispered  to  me  among  (be 
gi-as-s  of  the  prairies  and  through  tbe 
leaves  of  the  forest.  Neither  change  of 
place  nor  pursuit  brought  me  consola- 
tion or  rest.  It  mattered  not  whether  I 
was  among  crowds  of  men,  or  in  the  si- 
lence of  some  wood  tbatnever  before  had 
been  penetrated  by  civilized  man:  the 
voice  of  the  avenger  was  ever  sounding 
in  my  ear,  and  giving  rae  i  to  know  the 
truth  of  the  declaration,  that  mischief 
shall  haunt  the  violent  man !  ~ 

1  wandered  about  tbe  North-west  fov 
many  years.  Had  fortune  been  ray  ob- 
ject, I  .should  have  succeeded  in  obtain- 
ing it,  more  than  one  opportunity  for 
great  worldly  advancement  having  been 
placed  within  my  reach,  as  if  to  tantal- 
ize me  vnih  tbe  sight  of  things  that  af- 
ford to  other  men  so  much  pleasure,  but 
which  could  not  be  otherwise  than  worth- 
less in  my  jaundiced  vision.  I  could 
not  obide  long  in  one  place,  but  felt  con- 
demned to  wander  up  and  down  on  the 
face  of  the  earth,  a  restless  spuit,  to 
whom  is  denied  the  enjoyment  of  all 
that  men  bold  dear.  There  have  been 
periods  when  I  have  thought  of  suicide, 
as  tlie  best  means  of  escaping  from  my- 
self; but  from  self-murder  I  have  been 
impelled  by  that  fear  of  something  after 
death  which  "  doth  make  cowards  of  us 
all."  But  it  is  impossible  for  any  hu- 
man po'wer  forever  to  continue  tbe  suf- 
fering that  it  hiis  fallen  to  my  lot  to  ex- 
perience; and  now  many  years  after  the 
perpeti'ation  of  the  crime  that  destroyed 
ray  peace,  far  from  the  land  of  my  birth 
among  strangers,  and  at  the  very  out- 
post of  civilization,  I  find  death  envel- 
oping rae  in  his  cold  embrace.  Though 
I  cannot  otherwise  than  shiver  at  his 
touch,  and  dread  what  must  follow  from 
bis  triumph  over  me,  ray  end  will  be  to 
myself  a  release. 

I  have  made  this  confession  in  the 
liope  that  good  nmy  fiow  from  it,  and  to_ 
relieve  my  mind  from  a  burden  under 
which  it  has  long  been  depressed.  I  have 
endeavored  to  be  plain  and  simple  in  ray 
narrative,  and  have  not  sought  to  har- 
row up  tbe  imagination  of  the  reader. 
If  I  have  not  introduced  the  names  of 
others  into  my  account  of  an  event  that 
once  was  of  consequence  enough  to  ex- 
cite a  nation,  it  is  because  I  have  not 
wished  to  create  prejudice  against  those 
who  were  connected  with  my  associates, 
but  who  were  not  associated  with  their 
criminal  proceedings.  Whether  my  story 
will  have  anyefl'ect  on  the  public  mind, 
I  know  not;  nor  do  I  care.  Now  that 
yeai-s  have  elapsed  since  the  abduction 
and  murder  of  Morgan,  people  are  ca- 
pable of  forming  a  righteous  judgment 
respecting  that  great  crime,  and  they  no 
longer  blindly  involve  tbe  innocent  in 
the  condemnation  with  the  guilty. 
I  have  done.    Reader,   have   charity 


on  rae,  and  remember  that  you  have  not 
been  tempted  as  I  was.  Criminal  as  I 
am,  I  ara  also  a  heart-stricken  penitent, 
and  have  been  made  to  e.\ist,  as  it  were, 
on  a  gibbet  of  our  own  erection. 

SYMPATHY  OF  JESUS. 

DT  S.  T.  BOSSERSIAN. 

"Jesua  wept."  John  11:35. 

THE  human  heart  solicits  sympathy. 
When  troubles  arise  and  the  trials 
are  gi'eat,  'tis  then  we  are  more  solici- 
tous for  aid  from  others.  When  pover- 
ty-stricken or  in  other  adverse  cii-cum- 
stances,  when  sickness  or  perchance  death 
enters  tbe  threshold  and  seizes  its  victim 
and  lays  its  visage  low,  it  is  then  that 
true  ayiupathy  is  an  aliment  to  the  heart 
and  soul,  cheering  and  strengthening  as 
food  is  to  the  body.     We  cannot,  there- 


j;\.U£i:Llst      JS. 


XfiE    BUETTIJREiSr    ^VT    "VVOUK:. 


3 


fore,  live  to  oui'selvfc');  we  need  mutual 
aid  and  ifwe  do  DOt  get  the  proper  aid  and 
sympathy,  we  droop  and  die.  To  have 
a  proper  aympathy,  and  to  exhibit  it, 
therefore,  in  its  proper  sphere  towards 
one  another,  this  feeling  must  be 
mutual.  The  aff<;ction9  must  agree  in 
adversity  as  well  as  in  prosperity.  In 
the  prosperity  of  our  neighbors  or  friends, 
we  rejoice  with  them,  and  by  this,  they 
are  prompted  to  greater  achievements, 
and  in  adversity,  each  should  feel  his 
brother's  care,  and  by  this  union  xjf  feel- 
ing and  willingness  to  share  his  sorrow, 
the  burden  is  made  lighter.  The  suii- 
shine  of  joy  ^vill  shine  in  their  .sorrow- 
ful hearts  and  peuetiate  their  dark  vis- 
Sou  aud  lighten  their  countenance  with 
beams  of  love. 

When  friends  are  removed  by  death, 
wliatsorrow  in  the  hearts  of  tho  surviv- 
ors. When  a  fond  father,  a  kind  mother, 
a  dear  brother  or  a  loving  sister  is  re- 
moved from  our  tender  embrace,  how 
the  heart  yearns  for  sympathy.  The 
friends  are  called  in,  the  minister  comes 
with  a  heart  full  of  aftection,  we  meet 
hiin  at  the  door  and  us  we  enter  the 
threshold  together,  hoiv  we  recline  npon 
his  arm  as  he  passes  from  one  to  the  other 
of  tlie  household  to  mingle  his  sorrow 
mth  our  sorrow.  Tlie  neighbors  ai'rive 
aud  we  pass  to  the  church  to  hear  ten- 
der and  consoling  words  from  our  Itelov- 
ed  minister  as  he  talTcs  to  us  of  heaven, 
and  the  blest  abode  of  the  deceased,  and 
cit-es  us  to  our  duty  to  prepare  to  follow. 
How  our  hearts  swell  ivith  gratitude, 
with  the  cheering  thought  that  they  *  are 
moved  vnth  feelings  of  sympathy  to  ap- 
pease our  sorrow  and  calm  oiu'  troubled 
brows.  Sympathy  from  our  dear  friends 
attbrdsus  joy  aud  comfort.  But  how  will 
this  compare  with  the  sympathy  of  Je- 
sus? AVhat  joy  to  have  such  a  friend. 
How  beautiful  the  lines  of  Elder  H.  Bo- 
nar; 

"  Wlint  n  friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 
All  our  sins  and  griefs  to  Wat." 

How  the  hearts  of  the  two  sisters 
must  have  died  within  them  when  their 
brother  took  sick  and  medical  skill  way 
baffled  and  they  saw  that  he  must  die. 
They  loved  him  M'itli  such  tenderness 
and  aftection  as  sisters  only  can  have, 
and  knowing  the  all-healing  power  there 
was  in  their  blessed  Mastei-,  they  sent 
for  him  saying,  ",Lord  behold,  he  whom 
thou  lovest  is  sick."  Our  brother  is 
yick  and  medical  aid  has  failed,  oh  come 
and  speak  the  word^aud  our  brother  shall 
live?  But  the  Master  lingered  a  few 
days  until  the  dear  brother  died.  Oh! 
what  sorrow  in  Mary's  heart.  Dear 
Martha  is  grief-stricken,  they  stand  arm 
in  arm,  tbeir  hearts  Vjeating  in  unison 
with  each  other.  How  shall  we  support 
ourselves,  our  brother  is  gone  and  our 
delicate  natures  forbid  hard  labor,  what 
shall  we  do?  How  they  enlisted  sym- 
pathy from  otbei-s.  Many  of  the  Jews 
came  to  comfort  them  concerning  their 
brother.  They  told  them  perhaps  that 
he  would  rise  again  in  the  resurrection 
at  the  last  day,  and  that,  in  their  minds, 
was  the  fist  view  they  would  have  of 
him.  But  their  Lord  appeal's,  he  ap- 
proaches the  scene  with  a  heart  full  of 
sympathy,  he  comforts  them.  Mary 
appeal's  almost  heart-broken,  and  says, 
"  Lord  if  thou  hadst  been  here  my  broth- 
er had  not  died."  Jesus  groans  in  the 
spirit,  "  where  have  3'elaidhim."  Weep- 
ing as  they  pass  to  the  grave,  the  .sisters 
point  out  the  last  resting-place  of  their 
brother.  The  mouth  of  the  cave  was 
closed  with  a  stone.  Doubting,  they 
looked  at  Jesus  as  he  commanded  them 
to  take  tlie  stone  away.  But  in  order  to 
see  the  "  glory    of  God  "  they    removed 


the  stone,  and  their  Master  so  willing  to 
do  good,  cries  Mnth  a  loud  voice,  "  Laz- 
arus, come  forth."  He  appears,  and  Je^- 
BUS  full  of  sympathy  towards  him,  com- 
mands, "loose  him  and  let  him  go." 
What  joy  to  those  sisters  to  see  theii' 
brotlier  that  was  dead,  alive  and  at  lib- 
erty again.  The  sympathy  and  power 
of  Jesus  in  the  raising  of  Lazarus  and 
setting  him  at  liberty  again,  is  but  ex- 
emplifying his  synipathay  and  power  to- 
wards the  sinners,  who  are  dead  in  tres- 
passes and  sins.  And  now  with  all  the 
power  of  his  Divinity  and  feelings  of 
humanity,  bis  heart  yearns  with  tender- 
ness towards  fallen  humanity.  And  un- 
like the  law  which  always  said,  "go" 
he  with  a  voice  of  angelic  sweetness, 
whispei-s,  "  come,"  "  come  to  me,  all  tluit 
labor  and  are  heavy  laden  and  I  will 
give  you  rest." 

Theu  why  not  come.  If  he  who  was 
upon  earth  exhibiting  such  sympathy, 
and  tenderness,  ascended  up  to  heaven, 
cuirying  with  him  his  feelings  of  hu- 
manity to  his  intercessory  seat  and  there 
advocating  before  the  Father  in  our  be- 
half; will  you  sinner  not  listen  to  his 
voice  ? 

Let  me  appeal  to  those  laboring  in  the 
cause  of  my  Master,  will  you  show  that 
earnestness  in  the  salvation  of  the  sin- 
ner, as  did  thoi-e  two  sisters?  Will  you 
roll  the  .stone  away  from  the  sinner's 
heart?  Will  you  roll  the  stone  of  re- 
bellion ;  the  stone  of  the  pride  of  life  and 
the  lust  of  the  eye;  the  stone  of  self- 
will  and  self-righteousness  from  the  sin- 
ner's heart?  Will  you  as  did  they,  pe- 
tition the  Lord  in  their  behalf  that  they 
might  be  called  forth  unto  righteousness? 
May  heaven  assist  you  so  to  do.  God 
is  desirous  of  sa\ing  the  whole  human 
family.  Jesus  my  Master  has  died  for 
them  and  calls  for  them.  The  angels 
in  heaven  are  interested  in  their  salva- 
tion and  are  watching  our  movements, 
and  they  are  sympathetic  with  us;  their 
feelings  are  our  feelings,  they  beat  a 
union  of  hearts  with  us  in  the  common 
cause  of  humanity.  They  weep  with 
us  in  our  disappointments  and  rejoice  in 
our  success,  and  when  we  are  instrumen- 
tal in  turning  sinners  to  God,  they  shout 
with  joy  the  glorious  news  to  their  Fath- 
er upon  the  throne,  that  sinners  are  com- 
ing home  to  heaven.  Let  us  all  awake 
togi'eater  energy  in  the  cause  of  Christ. 


LOVE. 


BT  JOHN  FORXET. 


"  Greater  love  hnth  no  man  this,  that  a  man 
lay  down  his  life  for  his  friends."  Jolm  IT);  13. 
"VrO  man  can  make  a  greater  sacrifice 
•^'  for  his  best  and  dearest  fi-iend,  and 
I  think  there  are  but  very  few  in  the 
world,  but  whi\t  would  shrink  from  du- 
ty, if  called  upon  to  lay  down  their  life 
to  redeem  even  the  best  friend,  much 
less  for  an  enemy.  If  this  be  the  case, 
we  clearly  see  the  contrast  between  a 
man's  love,  who  would  lay  down  his 
life  for  his  friends,  but  can  do  no  more. 
But  Christ  laid  down  his  life  not  only 
for  bis  friends,  but  for  his  enemies  also. 
No  wonder  John  said,  "Behold  what 
manner  of  love  the  Father  bestows  up- 
on us,  that  we  shall  be  called  the  sons 
of  God."  1  John  .'1:1. 

God's  love  is  a  peculiar  love  from  ours, 
a  greater  love  than  any  man  can  exhibit. 
I  ask  you  kind  reader^  where  is  a  father 
or  mother  who  had  an  only  son,  if  they 
were  called  upon  to  give  him  for  a  sac- 
rifice to  redeem  a  man  that  committed  a 
crime,  and  made  himself  guilty  of  death  ? 
Could  any  of  us  consent  that  our  son 
should  die,  to  save  the  guilty  one  from 
his  crime,  if  he  evenwasour  bestfriend, 


and  we  would  be  sure  tliat  the  death  of 
our  son  would  gave  him,  I  ask  you 
again,  would  you  do  it?  I  say  not,  but 
every  one  would  say,  let  the  sinner  die 
for  bis  crime,  I  will  keep  my  innocent, 
only  beloved  son  with  me  in  my  bosom. 

0  what  a  contrast  between  the  love  of 
our  hea\-enly  Father  and  !in  earthly 
father.  While  we  see  theearthly  father's 
love  fail  him  to  give  up  his  son  to  save 
his  friends,  our  heavenly  father  with- 
held not  his  only  Son,  but  gave  him  to 
die  for  the  sinner,  to  have  the  sinner 
reconciled  unto  himself,  by  the  death  of 
his  Son,  and  that  whilewe  were  enemies. 
Rom.  5:  10. 

I  have  now  contrasted  the  love  of  the 
Father;  I  will  ne.\t  ask,  where  is  a  son 
of  an  earthly  father  to  be  found,  among 
all  the  sons  on  earth,  who  wouldconsent 
to  die  to  save  the  criminal  from  death, 
if  his  father  would  be  willing   and  say, 

1  give  my  son  to  die  for  you,  to  have 
you  redeemed,  yea,  have  'you  go  free. 
AVould  the  son  say  to  the  father,  "  Fath- 
er,/%  will  be  done?  I  am  willing  to 
drink  the  bitter  cup  of  death.  I  am 
willing  to  become  a  curse  and  offer  up 
my  life  in  the  most  painful  aud  shame- 
ful way  the  wickednessof  men  can  heap 
upon  me.  I  bear  it  all,  I  die  that  the 
sinner  may  live."  Ask  yourselves  i/e 
sons,  what  would  your  answer  be?  Ah, 
v/oii  would  all  saij,  "Father  I  am  not 
willing  to  sufl'er  so  much,  to  be  so  abuS' 
ed,  and  to  be  mocked,  smitten  and  spit 
upon,  and  have  gall  put  in  my  mouth, 
and  in  my  great  thirst  and  pain,  noth- 
ing but  vinegar  to  drink,  when  I  am 
about  to  die.  Father,  I  will  not  doit; 
I  do  not  want  you  to  give  my  life  to 
save  a  sinner,  and  much  less  will  I  die 
for  an  enemy,  to  have  him  recon- 
ciled uuto  you."  But  Christ  the  Son 
of  our  heavenly  Father,  was  willing  to 
do  all  the  above,  for  the  sinner  that  he 
might  live,  i/ca  that  he  may  be  recon- 
ciled to  the  Father,  and  all  this  Christ 
did  by  his  death  for  us,  while  we  were 
enemies. 

Now  let  every  one  that  reads  this 
epistle,  picture  before  bis  own  mind, 
what  manner  of  love  it  was  *hat  both 
the  Father  and  Son  bestowed  upon  us. 
When  we  look  at  the  contrast  I  have 
drawn,  and  set  before  the  reader,  we 
can  all  grasp  and  appreciate,  at  least 
some  of  the  greatness  and  the  peculiar- 
ities of  the  love  of  God,  above  that  of 
man.  Oh  the  bights  aud  depths  of  that 
love,  who  can  fathom  it? 

Sinner,  did  you  ever  stop  and  think 
what  God  has  done  for  you,  how  he  lov- 
ed you,  and  with  what  price  he  redeem- 
ed you.  Do  you  know  and  realize  that 
you  are  not  your  own,  but  that  you  are 
bought  with  a  price,  aud  have  you  ever 
thought  that  it  was  the  sin  of  the  world 
that  biought  all  this  bondage  of  cor- 
ruption about!  If  not,  O  pause  for  a 
moment  and  look  at  the  picture  of  the 
love  of  God  set  before  you,  in  tliis  ar- 
ticle, and  stop  sinning.  For  it  was  sin 
ttatcursedall  these  suti'erings  and  death 
in  Christ  your  Redeemer,  and  its  your 
sins  and  t/our  iniquities  that  separate 
between  you  and  your  God. 

But  to  my  brethren  and  sisters  I  say, 
thank  God  that  be  has  reconciled  us  un- 
to himself  by  the  death  of  his  Son,  much 
more  being  reconciled,  we  shall  be  sav- 
ed by  his  life.  Let  all  live  the  life  of 
Jesus,  is  my  piayer. 


FRIENDSHIP. 


A  LTIIOUGH  it  may  be  one  of  our 
-^  chief  desires  here  in  this  world, 
and  ive  may  work  for   it    M'itii    ail  our 


zeal,  yet  true  friciid!.hi|>  is  lianlly  ever 
realized  here  in  this  treacherous  world. 
From  e.\perience  it  can  be  said,  that 
ti'ue  friendship  is  the  sweetest  tie  wliich 
entwines  human  beings.  In  troubles  it 
is  like  the  calming  breeze  on  the  ocean 
waves,  it  is  that  which  gives  the  ti'oub- 
led  soul  a  taste  of  heavenly  bliss. 

The  friend  who  consoles  us  in  trouble, 
is  never  forgotten.  He  is  the  physician 
who  allays  the  pain  of  sickness.  But 
then  how  (few  of  these  friends  we  will 
find  in  this  world,  when  all  is  well,  will 
be  so  in  reality.  Bitter  experience 
of  the  past  tells  us  a  very  small  number. 
Some  have  seen  times,  wheu  a  hundred 
foes  would  have  been  laughed  at,  could 
they  only  have  had  thefrieudsip  of  a  few, 
in  whom  to  have  full  confidence,  but  oh, 
the  bitter  thought  realized.  Those 
few  left,  and  they  were  given  over  en- 
tirely to  the  power  of  enemies.  Often 
they  experienced,  that  the  very  man 
or  woman,  brother  or  sister,  in  whom 
the  deepest  confidence  was  placed,  would 
be  the  first  traitor,  so  that  the  bitter  ex- 
pression would  force  itself:  "  De- 
ceived again."  Members  professing 
Christianity  should  be  free  from  all  de- 
ception, who  should  '  work  together  for 
the  common  good;  who  in  prosperity 
seem  to  he  friends,  let  Satan  enter 
the  camp,  and  they  mil  show  their 
treacherous  dispositions,  where  there 
should  be  love  and  union;  prejudice  and 
hatred  will  show  itself  in  every  form. 
Instead  of  working  for  the  good  of  oth- 
ers, we  will  work  for  their  destruction. 

Paul  would  say,  "  If  a  man  say,  he 
loves  God,  and  bates  his  brother  he  is  a 
liar,"  yet  this  does  not  concern  us.  We 
claim  to  love  our  brethren,  yet  we  can 
work  against  them  as  their  bitterest  ene- 
mies, and  all  under  the  cover  and  name 
of  friendship.  No  shame  is  there  and 
can  there  be  no  end  of  deception?  The 
members  of  the  church,  who  cannot  do 
justice  to  others,  whose  prejudice  and 
jealousy  will  not  allow  to  treat  others 
as  they  deserve,  who  p-u-liaps  would 
rather  see  go  to  destruction  the  peace 
and  prosperity  of  a  whole  church,  than 
lay  aside  all  malice,  -would  rather  be 
where  there  is  nothingknown  of  Chris- 
tianity. Some  have  bad  lesson  after  les- 
son of  what  were  the  results  of  preju- 
dice and  jealously,  and  they  always  are 
bad.  And  the  Chnstian  who  is  guided 
by  these,  and  then  must  reap  the  bitter 
results,  is  certainly  a  lamentable  object; 
for  %ve  are  taught  to  be  guided  by  a  bet- 
ter light. 

Cases  have  been  seen  where  members 
of  a  church  would  do  things,  where  it 
was  evident,  that  nothing  but  prejudice 
against  their  fellow-members  could  have 
prompted  them  to  do  so,  and  then  had 
to  reap  a  bitter  harvest,  but  of  coui-se 
it  was  all  their  own  doing.  Being  ad- 
monished by  friends,  they  would  not 
listen.  Yet  after  there  is  trouble  where 
is  the  true  child  of  God  who  will  sit 
eiisy  and  unconcerned?  Although  our 
friends  may  turn  traitors,  although  they 
are  not  what  they  ought  to  be,  yet  ia. 
return  our  friendship,  our  love  as  Chris- 
tians should  in  return  cover  all  their 
wrongs  towards  us,  with  the  mantle  of 
charity.  I  have  seen,  where  anything 
was  done  out  of  spite,  jealousy,  or  mal- 
ice, the  punishment  would  soon  follow, 
even  in  this  world,  and  that  is  enough, 
(iod  will  allow  us  to  do  wron<r,  but  ne 
will  also  not  \vitlihold  the  proper  con- 
demnation. The  brother  or  sister  who 
will  have  to  experience  this  woeful  de- 
ception in  whatweexpected  to  be  friends, 
will  and  does  feel  the  pain  it  causes, — 
day  and  night  we  may  weep.  God  may 
pity  us,  and  those  who  claim  to  be  his 
children,  do  at  the  same  time  slander  us, 
■  O  cousisti-ncy  thou  art  a  jewel. " 


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UOOBS  k  ESBELUAH, 

Lanub,  Carioll  Cc.  HI' 


LAITASS,  ILL., 


AUQTJ5T  S,  1ST8. 


Bkothfji  J.  S.  MohlcT  f'uyx:  "  The  Ruilmul 
Sermon  tracts  lire  liere.  Have  exnmincd  them, 
and  am  liighly  plea-ied  with  the  niamier  in 
which  they  are  priuti;d." 

Thosk  who  caiiuot  procure  paper  money  in 
small  change  can  send  stamps;  we  can  make 
use  of  all  you  feel  disposed  to  send,  though  we 
prefer  the  money. 

Brotheu  Stein  wishes  a  compfet*  set  of  the 
Bbethhes  at  Work  containing  his  series  of 
articles  ou  Baptism.  Who  will  donate  them  to 
him?    They  should  bo  sent  to  this  office. 

Brother  D.  B.  Mentzer  saya:  "Many  thanks 
to  you  for  a  copy  of  the  new  edition  of  the  Per- 
fect Plan  nf  Sahalion.  I  regard  it  as  a  capital 
tract — ^just  the  tract  to  circulate.  Send  me  one 
dozen."  

BitOTHEB  D.  B.  Gihsoii,  of  Perrin.  Mo.,  ex- 
pects to  he  in  Fulton  Co.,  111.,  to  commence 
preaching  early  in  September,  at  which  time  his 
address  will  be  Farmington,  III.,  in  care  of  Eld. 
David  Negley. 

"Will  not  those  of  our  subscribers  who  have 
not  yet  paid  their  subscriptions  give  it  their 
early  attention?  We  will  soon  need  some  mon- 
ey, and  this  will  come  quite  in  place  at  this 
time.     Hope  this  may  be  attended  to  iit  once. 


Is  answer  to  au  inquiry  regarding  the  Poet^ 
ical  Enigma,  which  was  published  in  No.  25  of 
the  present  volume,  we  will  say,  try  t\\e  ichale 
ou  it,  and  see  if  that  will  not  fit  the  case.  When 
the  whale  swallowed  the  living  "Jonah  it  of 
course  had  a  soul  in  it,  and  when  the  soul  was 
taken  away,  it  was  the  same  as  when  first  made. 


Dk,  Peabody,  of  Harvard  University,  hit  the 
nail  on  the  head  when  he  wrote,  "  In  these  days 
Christianity  is  set  aside  and  the  being  of  a  God 
ignored  in  the  name  and  in  the  behest  of  iht^o- 
ries,  trhk/i,  if  destined  to  lire,  are  on  trial  for 
their  lives,  aiulnrenol  nnlikelij  to  follow  the  long 
line  of  their  predeeessom  into  an  mihoiiornt  ob- 
lirion."  ^  

The  article  giving  un  account  of  the  abduc- 
tion and  murder  of  William  Morgan  is  copied 
frnui  !i  p:.mphlet  publi-hed  by  the  United  Breth- 
ren I'ublishiug  House,  Daylon,  Ohio.  It  is 
read  with  iutenEe  interest,  and  no  doubt  will 
deter  some  from  entering  tho  Masonic  order. 
Hope  the  article,  as  piibUshed  by  ns,  will  do 
good,  though  it  is  heart-rending. 


Brother;  Lemuel  Hillery  called  on  us  last 
week.  Hb  has  been  preaching  inlowa. for  sev- 
eral weeks,  and  has  returned  to  make  arrange^ 
ments  to  move  to  Je\ycll  Co.,iKan.  From  tliis 
point  he  intends  to  prospect  with  a  view  of  lo- 
cating a  colony  of  Brethren  somewhere  in  the 
Solomon  Valley,  Kansas.  Brethren  wishing  to 
correspond  with  him,  will  address  him,  for  the 
present,  ut  Shannon,  III.  Do  not  forget  the 
customary  stamp  for  reply. 

Ox  the  account  of  serving  on  e eve ral  commit- 
tees, Bro.  Enoch  Eby  cannot,  at  present,  spare 
the  time  to  do  any  missionary  work  in  Central 
lUipois,  and  therefore  Bro,  Joseph  C.  Lehnurn 
takes  his  place  in  the  field,  expecting  to  com- 
mence meeting  at  New  Bedford,  Bureau  .(Jo., 
August  lUth,  Is  there  not  some  brother  ready 
to  spend  a  few  week*  there  us  soon  as  Bro.  Leh- 
man closes  his  laborii?  The  field  ought  not  to 
l)e  neglectt'd,  for  the  work  has  been  too  well 
done  to  let  perish. 

The  want.-j  of  infant  churches  in  isolated 
places  should  be  carefully  looked  afttr  by  older 
and  well-to-docougregationB.'   Small  couttrcga- 


tions  sometimes  have  a  liard  struggle  of  it,  and 
unless  u.-45i^t<'d.  frequently  perish,  or  b>'Conie  too 
weak  to  face  the  well  disciplined  forces  of  the 
enemy.  Weak  conga-gations,  like  small  chil- 
dren, need  much  rare.  Older  chtirclies  can  do 
more  towardi  helping  thom-elves.  It  does  not 
hurt  tlie  ninety  and  nine  to  be  left  alone  occas- 
ionally while  yon  go  in  search  of  the  lost  sheep, 
neither  will  it  injure  an  oft-preached-toconpre- 
gation  to  do  without  preaching  now  and  then 
in  order  that  the  small  congregations  may  be 
supplied  with  the  bread  of  life. 


On  another  page  will  he  found  an  article  from 
Bro.  J.  S.  Mohler,  wherein  he  diAers  from  us 
regarding  our  view  of  Matt.  9:  15-17.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  our  readers  will  give  his  article  a 
careful  reading.  When  answering  queries  we 
give  the  best  we  have,  and  if  our  readers  have 
anything  better  we  want  it,  and  if  suitable,  will 
give  it  a  place  in  our  columns,  but  will  not  ad- 
mit of  controveniy.  Brethren  can  express  dif- 
ferent view.s  on  the  same  subject  without  run- 
ning info  contention,  and  thus  give  our  readers 
much  light  on  the  meaning  of  Scripture.  If 
you  have  n  view  of  a  Scripture  different  from 
ours,  do  not  replif  to  what  we  have  written,  t  ut 
simply  give  your  views  in  a  plain  and  short 
manner.  Something  of  this  kind  will  be  both 
profitable  and  eilifj'ing. 


Brother  S.  Z.  Sharp,  of  whom  mention  was 

made  last  week,  has  been  holding  meetings  for 
the  Brethren  atDatchtown,  ten  miles  South  of 
here.  The  congregations  were  good  and  the 
interest  excellent.  He  preached  one  sermon  in 
Lanark,  to  n  crowded  hoase.  A  synopsis  of  his 
sermon  will  be  found  on  another  page.  He  is 
traveling  and  soliciting  for  the  school  at  Ash- 
land, and  we  are  glad  to  learn,  is  meeting  with 
good  success.  It  is  proposed  to  place  the  insti- 
tution on  a  good  financial  basis  and  then  con- 
duct it  in  harmony  with  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  brotherhood,  and  thereby  adapt  it  to  the 
wants  of  our  people.  We  have  made  arrauge- 
nients  with  Bro.  Sharp  to  keep  us  posted  on  the 
progress  of  the  work.  This  will  be  interesting 
to  our  readers. 


ANTIQUITY  OF  THE  NEW  TES- 
TAMENT. 

WE  are  in  receipt  of  a  spicy  little  pamphlet, 
entitled  Infidel  Back-Doicn,  written  and 
published  by  H.  L.  Hastings,  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
reply  to  some  Infidel  false  assertions  against  the 
New  Testament,  published  some  time  ago  in 
the  Boston  Iniestit/fitor,  one  of  the  rankest  Infi- 
del papers  of  America.  The  little  pamphlet, 
the  price  of  which  is  ten  cents,  is  worth  reading, 
and  contains  a  few  good  points,  though  very 
wittingly  put. 

From  the  last  pages  of  the  pamphlet  we  quote 
the  following,  which  onr  readers  will  do  well  to 
clip  out  and  paste  in  their  scrap-book  to  be  used 
against  infidels,  who  claim  that  the  New  Testa- 
ment ilid  not  authoratively  exist  prior  to  the 
Council  of  Nice.  A.  D.  325: 

"  The  early  Christians  read,  and  believed, and 
qiioted  the  same  books  that  we  read,  and  be- 
lieve, and  quote,  and  in  tlie  same  way  that  we 
believe  and  quote  them;  and  they  did  thi.s  hun- 
dreds of  years  before  councils  ever  meddled  with 
the  subject.  Polycarp  who  was  martyred  A.  D. 
155  or  15C,  alter  having  served  Chrjt.t  eighty- 
six  years,  and  who  waa  thus  during  some  thirty 
ofhis  long  Christian  life  contemporary  \yith  the 
apostle  John,  quotes  in  his  epistles  nearly  forty 
p.Tssages  from  our  New  Testament.  Justinllar- 
tyr  who  wrote  about  A.  D.  140,  some  forty  years 
after  John's  deceive,  quotes  again  and  again,  the 
very  same  words  which  we  now  read  in  the  New 
Testament.  And  in  the  writings  of  IreUffiua,  A. 
D.  173,  Clement,  A.  D.  19i,  Tertuliian,  A.  D. 
200,  and  Origen,  A.  D.  230,  there  are  to  be  found 
thousands  on  thousands  of  quotations  from  the 
New  Testament  Scriptures,  including,  every 
book  we  now  receive.  Dr.  A.  Keith  in  the  si.xth 
chapter  ofhis  '  Demonstration  of  the  Truth  of 
the  Christian  Religion,'  records  the  number  of 
quotations  from  the  New  Testament  in  the 
works  of  these  writers  which  are  yet  extant.  He 
reports  767  passages  quoted  by  Irenroua,  from 
every  book  e.tcept  the  third  epistle  of  .Tutle;  by 
Clement,  389  passages,  from  every  book  except 
James,  second  and  third  John,  and  Jude;  from 
Tertuliian.  1802  quotations,  or,  if  repetitions 
are  included,  more  than  3,000,  from  every  book 
in  tho  New  Testament  except  James,  the  third 
of  John,  the  second  of  Peter,  and  Jude:  while 
the  works  of  Origen  furnish  a  still  greater  nuifi- 
Ix'r,  and  include  some  from  every  book  id  the 
New  Testament.     And  it  is  a  demonstrable  fact 


that  if,  at  the  time  of  the  Coiineil  of  Nice,  every 
book  contained  in  onr  New  Testament  had  been 
blotted  out  of  existence,  not  only  every  fact  and 
statement  continued  in  them,  bnt  also  nearly 
every  sentence  now  found  there  could  have  been 
recovered  from  the  now  extant  writings  of  men 
who  had  lived  and  written  and  quoted  them  as 
authentic  nnd  authoritative,  long  before  the 
Council  of  Nice  was  ever  heard  of.  And  if  their 
numerous  other  writings,  which  are  lost,  could 
be  discovered,  the  number  of  quotations  would 
doubtless  be  largely  increased." 


SUPPOSING  THE  CASE. 


ill  iiftcr  having 
Kiiil  murder  oi 
iii.l  last  issues.] 


[No  one  alioultl  reail  tliis  .irticli 
read  the  account  of  tlie  ^ihiiiutiiii 
Wm.  Morgan,  as  piiblisln'ii  in  tlii> 

SUPPOSING,  the  Savior  had  come  into  the 
world  claiming  himself  to  be  some  gr-^at 
one. 

Supposing,  he  had  remained  at  Na/areth  till 
thirty  years  of  age,  and  then  went  down  into 
the  wilderness  unto  John. 

Supposing,  John  had  taken  him  into  a  room 
with  covered  windows  and  closed  doors. 

Supposing,  he  had  come  out,  went  up  to  Je- 
rusalem and  rented  a  large  upper  room,  well 
furnished. 

Supposing,  he  had  given  out,  that  he  came 
not  to  do  his  own  will,  but  to  establish  on  earth 
a  secret  society,  against  which  the  powers  of 
earth  should  not  prevail. 

Supposing,  he  had  locked  up  the  room  and 
went  to  Nazareth,  and  there  preached  up  the  su- 
perior claims  of  his  secret  order,  and  many  had 
believed  on  bim. 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  up  to  Capernaum,  and 
there  proclaimed  that  the  time  for  organizing 
his  secret  society  was  ne.ir  at  hand. 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  out  from  the  city, 
and  while  walking  by  the  Sea  of  Galilee  had 
seen  Simon,  called  Peter,  and  Andrew,  his  broth- 
er, and  tuld  them  to  "  come  and  go  with  me,  and 
I  will  give  you  a  high  degree  in  the  secret  order 
that  I  am  about  to  organiice." 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  on  a  little  factlier 
and  found  two  other  men  and  said,  "  follow  me." 

Supposing,  he  had  traveled  throughout  all 
Galilee,  teaching  in  the  synagogues  and  talking 
up  the  benefits  of  his  secret  order. 

Supposing,  he  had  secured  a  Hall  in  Caper- 
naum. 

Supposing  he  had  covered  alt  the  windows 
and  bolted  the  doors  securely. 

Supposing,  he  had  waited  till  dark  and  then 
called  his  disciples  unto  him  and  told  them  he 
was  now  ready  to  initiate  them. 

Supposing,  he  had  taken  them  into  an  ante- 
room and  told  them  they  must  first  take  an 
oath,  pledging  themselves  never  to  reveal  the 
secrets  he  was  about  to  make  known  unto  them. 

Supposing,  he  had  told  them  that  it  would 
cost  them  ten  dollars  each  to  take. the  fir^t:de- 
gree. 

Supposing,  his  kind  mother  had  come  to  the 
door  asking  permission  to  enter  and  see  the  in- 
itiatofj'  ceremonies  performed. 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "  Mother,  what  have 
I  to  do  with  thee?  This  is  no  place  for  wo- 
men," and  then  closed  the  door,  leaving  her  out 
in  the  dark  and  cold. 

Supposing,  one  of  the  poor  disciples  would 
not  have  had  ten  dollars  to  his  name. 

Supposing,  the  Savior  had  said,  "Except 'ye 
have  ten  dollars  ye  can  in  no  ^e  .enter  into 
this  secret  order." 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "  Except  a  man  be 
initiated  into  this  secret  order  he  cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God." 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "Without'ten  dollars 
it  is  impossible  to  please  God," 

Supposing,  that  poor  disciple,  weighed  down 
in  grief,  had  departed,  saying,  "  How  hard  it  is 
for  a  poor  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven," 

Supposing,  he  had  token  the  rest  of  the  di^ 
ciples  into  the  room  with  closed  windows  and 
barred  doors. 

Supposing,  he  had  initiated  them,  giving 
them  the  grip  and  pass-word,  pledged  by  the 
strongest  oath  possible  for  the  infinite  mind  to 


Supposing,  the  next  day  he  hod  gone  up  into 
a  mountain. and  called  his  disciples  unto  him, 
and  said: 

"  Blessed  ore  the  rich,  for  theirs  is  the  king- 
dom. 

"  Blessed  are  they  that  have  plenty  of  money, 
for  they  shall  be  called  to  higher  degrees  in  the 
lodge. 


"  Blestsed  are  the  members  of  thissecret  order, 
for  they  shall  one  day  rule  the  country. 

'■  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  not  find  out 
your  signs,  grips  luid  pass-words, 

"  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  enter  through  the 
eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  poor  man  to  get  into 
this  lodge,  for  it  takes  money  to  buy  degrees." 

Supposing,  Martha  and  Mary  had  sent  for 
him  to  come  to  Bethany  forLazariis,  their  broth- 
er, was  dead. 

Supposing,  they  had  told  him  that,  "both 
our  father  and  lirother  are  now  dead,  and  we 
have  no  one  to  support  us,  but  oa  father  belong- 
ed to  your  benevolent  society,  we  will  now  have 
to  look  to  you  tor  support." 

Supposing,  ho  had  told  them,  "We  cannot 
help  you.  Your  father  did  not  pay  up  his  dues 
during  the  last  year,  and  therefore  his  name 
was  dropped." 

Supposing,  they  had  said,  "  Our  father  was 
too  poor  to  pay  his  dues.  It  took  all  the  money 
he  could  raise  to  pay  for  the  three  degrees  he 
took.  If  we  had  that  money  back,  it  would  bo 
a  gre.-it  help  to  us." 

But,  supposing,  he  had  turned  a  cold  shoul- 
der to  their  entreaties  for  help,  and  started  oft' 
with  his  disciples  to  the  "  Rich  man's  "  funeral, 
at  whose  gate  lay  La'/jirus,  the  beggar. 

Supposing,  he  and  his  disciples  had  marched 
at  the  head  of  the  grand  procession — one  of 
them  carrying  the  Bible  in  front  of  him,  while 
some  othera  phiyed  upon  the  fife  and  drum,  and 
thus  marched  out  by  poor  Lazarus  who  waa 
begging  for  the  crumbs  that  fell  from  the  rich 
man's  table. 

Supposing,  they  had  thus  marched  through 
the  business  part  of  Jerusalem,  wont  into  the 
synagogue  with  all  their  display. 

Supposing,  the  Savior  had  gone  up  into  the 
pulpit,  and  there  spoke  about  the  death  of  the 
good  brother,  whose  body  should  be  decently 
buried,  while  the  spirit,  by  angels,  had  been  car- 
ried to  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above." 

Supposing,  they  would  all  have  gone  out  to 
the  grave-yard,  and  marched  around  the  grave 
a  few  times,  and  each  one  had  thrown  one  of 
his  white  gloves  into  the  grave. 

Supposing,  he  had  sent  a  couple  of  his  disci- 
ples into  the  city,  telling  them  where  to  find 
the  large  upper  room  with  closed  windows  and 
barred  dooi^,  and  there  to  make  ready  for  the 
evening  lodge. 

Supposing,  he  had  come  late  in  the  evening, 
with  his  disciples,  and  went  into  the  upper 
room. 

Supposing,  he  had  proposed  to  give  them  the 
highest  degree  that  could  be  taken  in  that 
country.' 

Supposing,  that  Judas,  the  treasurer,  had  got 
up  and  went  out,  ahd  it  was  reported  that  he 
had  gone  to  tell  all  the  secrets  to  the  chief 
priests  and  others. 

And,  supposing,  some  of  the  disciples  had  fol- 
lowed and  caught  him  in  some  dark  place — 
hand-cuffed  him.  put  a  gag  into  his  mouth,  took 
him  down  to  the  Dead  Sea,  got  bim  into  a  canoe, 
tied  a  rope  around  his  body  then  to  some  heavy 
stones,  run  thC|  canoe  out  into  tliesea  and  push- 
ed Ijim  offinto  the  water  with  the  heavy  stones 
hanging  to  him. 

Supposing,  the  people  of  the  city  would  have 
become  enraged  at  such  cruelties,  and  aro.^e  os 
one  nmn,  compelling  Christ  and  his  disciples  to 
fiee  into  the  mountains  and  hide  themselves 
from  the  eye  of  justice,     i 

And,  supposing,  that  James,  one  of  the  most 
honest  men  of  the  whole  band,,  would  have  left 
the  lodge,  (like  Bernard  left  the  Masons),  and 
published  to  the  world,  that  the  whole  thing 
was  a  deception,  and  there  was  no  genuine  re- 
ligion in  it. 

And  then,  supposing,  the  whole  proceedings, 
regarding  the  formation  of  this  secret  order.bad 
been  collectedand  written  in  a  bobk  called  the 
New  Testament. 

Supposing^  no  one  would  have  been  allowed 
to  read  that  book  unless  he  would  pay  ten  dol- 
lars, and  take  an  oath,  binding  himself  never  to 
reveal  imy  of  the  secrets  in  it. 

Supposing,  the  disciples  had  went  cvery-whero 
preaching  in  defense  of  this  secret  order. 

And,  supposing,  this  order,  would  have  con- 
tinued till  the  present  century. 

And  then  on  top  of  the  whol^  thing,  suppos- 
ing, its  advocates  would  claim  it  was  n  work  of 
Inspiration  and  sanctioned  by  God,  what  would 
the  intelligent  reader  think  of  it?  What  kind 
of  an  idea  would  he  have  of  Jesus  Christ?  What 
kind  of  an  opinion  would  he  have  of  such  an 
institiJtion?        '  ■    -     >  I    .    . 


\.Xirr 


■ust     K, 


THE    BRKTI-Il^Er^    J^T    "WOHK:. 


Well,  the  MB>oiiii;  orJor  is  not  one  iiurticle 
l;cttcr  in  principle,  and  ynt  tlnre  are  men  wlio 
have  tbe  aiulacily  to  claim  tlint  liotli  John  the 
Baptist  and  Jesus  Christ  belongi^d  to  jnst  such 
nn  onl?r,  j.  u.  ii. 

FRUITS,  MEET  FOR  REPENTANCE. 


I  ilOJiirc  an  e-vjilaiiatunioii  M^itt.  :;;llii>  latter  jmrt 
ot  tin;  nil  vewe.  Tliv  stii  vcrsu  n-.uU  as  fulluws 
"  Jirin;,' fortli.  thercriiru.  friiils,- meet  fur  repent- 
mice."  Tliis  ouKlit  to  bo  well' e.xiiljiiiiuil.  W^iat 
kind  i)f  fruits  ia  nieniitV  I.  J,  CovEi 

THE  7th  verse  reads  as  follows:  "But  when 
he  saw  many  of  the  Pharisees  and  Sndduc^es 
come  to  iiis  baptlsni,  he  said  unto  them,  0,  gen- 
eration of  vipers,  who  hath  warned  you  to  flee 
the  wrath  to  come?  " 

These  Pharisees  and  Sadducees  ivere  compared 
to  a  generation  of  vipers,  because,  in  tlieir  false 
U-nchiiig  and  cuuningness,  they  resembled  the 
viper,  the  most  poisonous  sei-pentlninwn.  They 
taught  a  false  doetriiio  calculated  to  inflict  mor- 
al deiith  upon  every  soul  into  whose  parts  the 
l)oisonousteaehing  was  inserted.  John  express- 
ed his  fislonishment  at  their  coming  to  his  bap- 
tism and  hence  said,  "  Who  has  warned  yon  to 
flee  from  the  wrath  to  come?"  What  has  in- 
duced you,  who  are  noted  for  your  false  teach- 
ing and  cunningness,  to  forsake  the  error  of 
your  way  and  accept  the  simple  doctrine  that  1 
am  preaching? 

"  Bring  forth,  there'ore,  fruits,  meet  for  re- 
pentance," or  as  Lnke  (3:  8)  has  it,  "fruits 
worthy  of  repentance."  Tliey  were  to  show 
the  proper  fruits  of  a  reformation  by  ceasing  to 
do  evil  and  learning  to  do  well.  Manifest  by 
their  daily  walk  and  convei-satiou  that  they  had 
repented — had  changed  their  lives  aud'would 
henceforth  be  better  men.  Johii  did  not  want 
them  to  bring  their  cuuningness  and  hypocrisy 
into  tlieir  professed  repentance,  but  prove  to  all 
iironnd  you,  that  you  h.ive  repented,  by  forsak- 
ing sin  and  thus  give  evidence  that  your  coming 
to  Jordan  to  be  baptized,  is  uot  au  act  of  hy- 
pocrisy, nor  an  underhanded  way  of  working 
yourselves  into,  the  favor  of  those  whom  you 
wish  to  poison  with  your  false  doctrine.  Give 
up  your  old  theory  about  being  the  children  of 
Abraham,  and  tlierelore  flee  from  the  bondage 
of  .^in  and  corruption, 

A  careful  reading  of  Luke  3:  S-14  will  show 
some  things  of  M-hicli  they  were  to  repeat — 
soraeof  the  fruits  of  repentance.  He  that  had 
two  coats,  and  plenty  to  eat,  was  to  show  a  lit^ 
lie  charity  by  dividing  with  liiiii  that  had  nouf. 
The  publicans,  while  gathering  taxes,  were  lo 
exact  no  more  than  that  whicli  waa  appoinieil 
to  them.  To  the  soldier  lie  could  say,  serve  out 
the  time  for  which  you  have  enlisted,  be  con- 
tent ivith  your  wages,  but  in  all  your  acts  do 
riolence  to  no  man.  for  thou  slialt  not  kills  but 
love  your  enemies.  &c.  In  all  their  dealings 
they  were'to  show  by  their  fruits— t'heir  con- 
duct— that  theyhad  changed  their  purposes  and 
Here  willing  to '  walk  in  all  the  statut-es  and 
comniandmeuts  of  the  Lord  blameless. 

.  J.  H.  St. 

BROTHERLT  LOVE. 

F  i'\'E  is  a  beaveiily  theme.  Who  does  not 
J  J  love  t-o  be  loved  ?  Who  does  not  feel  hap- 
py when  loved?  Did  love  evijr  make  any  one 
miserable?  Did  love  ever  .make  a  man  cross, 
snarlish.spiteflii?  i  Who  evei"  heard  of  love  put- 
ting malice  in  a  man's  heart?  Who  ever  heard 
of  love  for  one  another'  making  strife,  creating 
war.  destroying  the  country,  shedding  men's 
hlood?  Can  you  say  that  through  love  you 
spoke  ill  6f  your  neighbor?  Can  you  say; 'that 
by  love  you  refused  to'  "Let  brotherly  love 
continue?"  No.  never!  Did  love  ever  sur- 
mise evil?  Did  brotherly  love  ever  go  from 
house  to  house  seeking  whereof  to  accuse  some 
one?  Tell  us  when  brotherly  love,  got  envious 
and  act«d  unseepity.  Point.put  )vheu  aud.whero 
brotherly  (and  8ist«rly)  love  ever;  thought  evil 
— over  was  rash.  Did  you  ever  hear  love  tattle? 
Never!  Did  you  ever  hear  of  love  seeing  dark 
clouds,  aud  all  manner  of  ngly  things  when  alt 
was  sunshine?  Who  ever  heard  of  love' Seeing 
a  mountain  shooting  up,  just  bver  the  hilt  yon- 
der,'when  there  was  not  a  single  grni^  there  to 
start  a  mountain  to  growing? 

Brotherly  love  is  kind.  Ah!  It  doiiH  trea^ 
roughly.,  ,  It  never  assiiiiics  things:  it  uijver 
speaks  nidely  and  haughtily.  Brotherly  love  ia 
not  puffed  Up — does  not  act  as  if  it  were  general 
ofovery  man's  soul  a_ii^  _body.  Will  love  de- 
spise the  poor,  the  unfortunate?  No,  it  pities. 
Will  brotherly  love  seek  its  own   wellfare  and 


not  another's?  Not  at  all!  It  does  good  to  all. 
It  is  meek.  It.  is  lovely  in  its  eft'ecta.  It  looks 
bright,  acts  bright,  and  is  bright. 

Should  anj'  one  come  to  you,  and  seem  for- 
ward to  tell  you  what  lie  Iirard,  what  he  //ijhA-s 
ai)out  this  or  that  person,,  magnifying  their 
faults,  speaking  evil  of  others,  watch  that  man 
and  have  no  fellowship  with  him.  Nothing  is 
so  hurtful  to  a  man's  soul  as  to  spreiid  false  re- 
ports. For  a  time  he  seems  to  be  master  of  the 
field,  but  ah!  when  the  truth  comes  plodding 
along  after  the  heels  of  falsehood,  then  he  who 
scatters  the  untruth,  suffers!  I  have  knoivn 
people  to  circulate  falsehoods  and  seem  to  re- 
joice in  spreading  them,  and  in  less  than  two 
months  they  returned,  upon  thcicirculator  with 
terrible  eflfect.  Brethren  never  do  this;  for  a 
brother  can't.  The  Spirit  constrains  him;  but 
if  he  loses  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  then  he  is  no 
more  a  brother,  and  being  no  brother  in  the 
sight  of  God,  he  is  capable  of  doing  great  mis- 
chief. You  see,  therefore,thc  necessity  of  broth; 
eriy  love.  This  once  lost,  the  heavenly  tie 
severed  and  the  stride  down  hill  is  sure  aud 
rapid. 

The  man  who  throws  away  his  self-respect- 
his  wisdom  from  above  and  puts  on  tattling  and 
back-biting,  has  exchanged  whiteness  for  blackT 
ness — goldfordro.ss — purity  for  impurity— peace 
for  trouble.     Why  should  men  do  this?  Is  thi 
anypaifinit?     It  may  he  a  little  pleasing 
the  flesh,  but  it  certainly  ia  not  profitable  to  the 
spirit.     Persons  who  have  been  purchased  with 
the  blood  of  Christ,  and  been  made  partakers  of 
the  divine  nature,  should,  with  joy,   bear  each 
other's  burdens— should',   in  all  kindness,  help 
each  other,  respect  each  other,  labor  for  the  one 
common  cause,  be  edified  by   the   same   Word, 
live  together  in  the  same  spirit. 

"  Let  brotherly  Igve  continue,"  is  the  voice 
from. heaven, .  This  implies  that  brotherly  love 
hasber/inijs  mw,B.ad  positively  demands  that 
It  should  continue.  '  Brotherly  love,  theu,  is; 
for  a  thing  -cannot  continue  until  it  first  is. 
Can  any  on^  tell  why  it  should  not  continue? 
May  peace  flow  like  a  gentle  river  among  tbe 
children  of  God;  and  though  great  moUut.iins 
of  trials  may  arise,  they  will  only  brighteil  tlie 
Christian's  character,  if  patiently  endured. 
Thank  Gdd  foi-  patience!  The  Lord  be  praised 
for  the  love  of  our  elder  Brother.  May  it  ever 
continue.  m.  m.  e. 


THE  WORD  OF  GOD. ' 

[Synopsis  at  as.'rui-in  (leiivcrc-.i  tiV  Elder  S.  Z, 
siiaip,  hi  Lanark,  III.,  Jiilv  Lfltb,  l^ls.  npporli-il  hy 
M.  M.  E.]      ;  ■ 

"  Foi  tin-  word -if  God  is  quick,  auil  poweilul,  ami 
shiivpiT  Uiiin  any  two-edgwlswuiil, piercing evi'u  to 
!!]'■  iliviiliiiKiisuiiilci  otsoiil  nuil  spirit,  and  of  the 
iiMntsaiiiliiiarriiw.iiiidisadis(;i'nicroft]ie'ttioui;lits 
and  intents  of  tlw  lieiut."— Ilel).  4 :  |-,'.     ' 

WE  .'^hali  first  notice  the  properties  of  'God's 
word.     The  LJilile  is  the  wordof  G6d.'.  It 
is  all  that  we  have  of  the  revealed  will  of  God. 

I  do  not  mean  the  Bible,  independent  of  the 
Spirit,  I  do  not  mean  this  |book,  the  leaves,  the 
marks  on  the  paper,  but  th?  Word  that  is  quick 
and  powerful.  The  Book. .  before ,  me  is  .pnjy  a 
representation  of  God's  word;  it  is  only  a  i  pict- 
ure, a  photograph  of  the.  real  subject,  the  real 

Worrl.  I  may  show  youapietureof  my  father, 
but  then  it  is  not  my  father.  In  onesense  itia 
my  father  and  in  another  sense  it  is  not.  It'is 
true  so  far  as  it  represents  my  fdther,  but'it  is 
not  my  real  father.  So  of  the  Bible.  This  Book 
before  me  is  the  rcpresentatiop  of  the  real  word 
ofGod.  Thereal  Wordis"quiokandpowerful." 
Itislivi|ig.  God  is  the  Gpd  of  the, living  but 
uot  of  the  dead., 

"The  word  was  made  fleih,"' says  John,  "and 
dwelt  among  us,  (and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the 
glory  of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Father),  liill 
of  grace  aftd  truth."  That  Wr.r.l  that  was  mmh- 
flesh,  is  the  Son  of  God.  In  Him  was  life  and 
the  life  'wiis  the  light  of  men.  Yoii  see  the 
Word  was  quick;  we  mean  liriii-/.  The  Bible 
before  us  is  uot  living,  but  that  Word  islivii^g; 

'lere  is  Hf<'  in  ft  and  it  teacli.^-,  n-   tbe  way,  the 

b-  aii.l  tbe  truth.     It  is  tln^  W.iid  which  gives 

fi  new    beartvs — ^he   L<igoi,  or    living  W(>rd  of 

(^.Od.  ,■■■    ■     ,■        '  ■■  ..  .      ;,  ,         ",^,,    ','    " 

!  We  are  told  that  it  is  pmeerfitl.  .All  things 
were  created  by  it,  and  without  the  Word 
"waa'  not  anything  made  that  was  made;" 
By  the' Word,  God  spoke  all  thiilgs' iiit6  eiitst 
eni;e:'  He  said.  "Let  tjiere  be  light,  and 
ther^  was  light."'  A  certain  heathen  philoso- 
pher says,  "This  is  the   most   sublime  sjaying    ed,  that  Cresai 


God;  not  only  light,  but  the  Jieavans,  earth, 
the  dry  laud  and  the  separation  of  the 
waters  into  their  proper  ]dace3  —  all  wen 
spoken  into  existence  and  given  place  by  thi 
eternal  word  of  God. '  The  sea  was  made  to  roil 
back  by  the  word  of  God.  iiot  by  the  hand  Jf 
God. 

All  that  bears  life  was  ushered  into  existence 
by  the  word  of  God,  the  beasts,  birds,  herbs, 
fishes,  mankind.  All;  tji<>se  were  made  by, it; 
Christ  waa  that  Word,  and  is  our  life,. and,  qur 
Mediator. 

The  creative  po\frer  of  that  Word  is  not  lost. 
Christ  created  whi!e  here,  as  we  notice  in  the 
feeding  of  the  five  thousand.  He  says  to  His 
disciples,  "  How  many  loaves  have  ye?  "  They 
said,  "Five,  and  two  flslies."  The'  disciples 
wondered  what  this  would  amount  to  among 
five  thousand,  but  Christ  commaisded  the  peo- 
ple to  sit  down  hy  fifties  and  by  hundreds,  then 
He  took  the  bread  aud  Gshes  and  blessed  them, 
and  gave  to  the  multitude.  Here  He  had  only 
a  certain  amount  of  matter  ia  these  five  loaves 
aud  two  fishes,  yet  He  created  enough  to  feed 
five  thousand.  And  that  He  created  food,  is  ev- 
ident fi'om  the  fact  that  the  fragnienta  remain- 
ing, were  more  than  that  which  He  had  at  first. 
This  shows  that  the  word  of  God  is  powerful  to 
create. 

When  Peter  cut  off  the  ear  of  Malchus,  Christ 
restored  it;  or  as  some  of  those  who  h.ive  given 
the  subj>ct  careful  thought,  assert.  He  made  a 
new  ear.  It  at  least  implies  that  a  new  ear  waa 
created.  So  much  for  the  creative  power  of  the 
Word — it  is  never  lost.  New  objects  are  being 
constantly  created.  The  growing  of  the  staik  of 
corn,  the  wheat,  the  tree,  is  by  the  word  of  God. 
This  creating  is  going  on  all  the  time;  we 
cannot  see  the  hand  of  God  doing  the  work,  but 
it  is  being  done  by  the  Word.  It  makes  no  dif- 
ference whether  God  speaks  them  into  existence 
or  whether  He  brings  them  forth  from  some- 
thing else— it  is  done  by  the  word  of  God!  It 
is  done  by  the  Word,  whether  primarily'  or  sec- 
ondarily. 

It  is  powerful  to  convert,  Christ  came  to  show 
tbe  plan:  ^He  declared  those  who  would  believe 
on  Him  and  follow  Him  should  do  even  greater 
works  than  He.  .  Christ  gave  the  plan  to  others, 
and, these  went' forth  und  worked  by  the  word 
of  God.  So  with  usi'  When  wc  send  out  mis- 
sionaries we  do"  not '  send  them  with  carnal 
weapons,  the  sword  of  this  world,'  but  we  send 
them  armed  itith  thfe  word  of  God.'  They  )»rench 
the.  Word.  They  layif  before  Gie  people  and 
if  it  will'bave  no  effect  lipou  tiiem  we  can  do 
e,  Thfre  never  Wius  a  soul  converted  to 
Christ  e>;i:ept  by  the  Woni:  It  is  the  eonvert- 
of  tliat  Word  that  does  the  work, 
Onthe  day  of.lVntecoit,  I'et-.-r  pivaclu-d  the 
Word.  Though  the  pc.plo  .had  heard  Christ 
Hiniself„hBd  .  seen  His  ,miraclqs  .and  the  power 
of  the  Word,  yet, it  didiiiot  afl'cctithem.somuch 
as  wheu  Peter  preached  the  Word; -Then  they 
cried  out,  "Men  and'  brethren;  what  shall  we 
do?*'  They  sought  for  salvation.  They  felt 
thattliey  were  the  murderers  of  Christ,  were 
cohdcriined  fnr  their  paft  work,  and  must 
conie  to  Christ.  It  was  the  converting  p, 
of  tbe  Word  that  moved  them,  that  brought; 
aboul;  this  change.  It  was  the  converting  pow 
er  of;  the  Word  tjhat,  arrested  .^aul  in  .Jiismad 
career.  He  was  going  with  authority  toiarrest 
niei\,flifd  wf?m?|i .  i^vV  .heli,e\(>d!,  through,  tjiis 
word. of,  Godiiwheu  sg.ddenly  he  was  sto|>ped. 
He  at  once  ucknowledgedj  Ohrist,  the  liviug 
Word.  There  wiis  a  suddeh  chauge  in  the  man ; 
and  he  allowed  himself  to  be  conducted  to  Da- 
rn iisc  us  to  learn  i  more  about  the  way' of  the 
Lord.      '    "'        "i      ■  ■  .  I ' 

There  is  power  in  Ihe'  Word  to  make  kings 
tivmble.  When  Paul  stood  before  Felix,  and 
told  him  the  tlmigs  concerning  God,  it  niade 
Felix,  tremhle.  It  made  Herod  tremble,  wlien 
he  learued  of  the  bii-tb  of  JesuS.  The  jWord  wiia 
given  in  weakness— ^ even  in  the  form  of  a  babe 
in  a  manger,'  but  it  grow  and  grew  until  it  be- 
camei'might/' throughout  the  earth.  It  was 
conceived  in  weakness,  but  feniiinated'  iii 
itrength.  i    ..      .         i 

What  is  more  helpless  than  an  infant?  But 
coming  as  an  infant,  it  has  grown  until  all 
power  in  heaven  and  in  earth  is  given  unto  that 
living  Word.  This. waa.thestone  which  Daniel 
saw  "  cut  out  ot  the  mountain 'without  hhnda," 
audit  rolled  and  rolled  on  until  it  "filled  the 
■hole  earth."  It  is  said  that  Napoleon  remark- 
Charlemagne  and  himself  had 


spoken."    Light  was  made, by  the  'N^ord  of  |  each  established  great',  empires,  but  that  all  had 


tumbled  into  ruiu,  not  n  vestige  being  lefl:, 
while  the  meek  and  humble  Nazarone,  Christ, 
had  set  up  a  kingdom  that  would  never  cram- 
ble.  Of  Christ  it  is  said,  there  shall  he  no  end 
to  His  kingdom.  His  name  shall  bo  called 
Wonderful,  Counsellor,  the  Mighty  God,  tho 
Prince  of  peace,  the  everlasting  Father.  Peace 
shall  increase  until  there  shall  be  no  end.  The 
sword  of  Christ  shall  beat  everj-  other  sword  in- 
to ploughshares;  as  Moses'  serpent  ate  up  the 
magician's  serpents,  so  the  living  word  of  God 
shall  swallow  up  every  other  word.  This  is  the 
power  of  God's  word. 

Wherever  the  Word  is  preached,  there  souls 
may  be  converted.  We  mean  the  living  Word, 
— Some  hear,  yet  do  not  hear.  Some  see,  aud 
yet  do  uot.  The  Jews  had  tho  living  Word  be- 
fore their  eyes,  yet  saw  not.  They  heard,  still 
they  were  deaf.  Christ  says  this  of  them.  They 
did  not  hear  the  living  part  of  it.  They  heard 
the  sound,  but  not  the  living  Won!.  Those  to 
whom  God  speaks  and  who  hear  Him,  hear  the 
living  Word:  those  to  whom  I  speak  simply 
hear  my  word.  Those  who  hear  the  humau 
voice  uttering  the  words  of  God,  only  hear  the 
representative  of  the  living  Word,  but  whea 
they  obey  the  Lord,  they  hear  that  living  Word, 
for  it  is  quick,  eternal,  powerful. 

We  now  proceed  to  consider  the  restoring 
power  of  God's  word.  Christ  restored  sight  to 
the  blind,  health  to  the  sick,  made  the  lepers 
clean,  and  the  lame  to  walk — all  by  the  power 
of  the  Word.  It  is  the  same  now.  It  was  so 
hen  Christ  raised  the  daughter  of  Jairus.  He 
did  that  by  the  restoring  power  of  the  Word. 
And  there  was  Lazarus,  who  had  already  lain 
four  days  in  the  grave, — who  had  already  under- 
gone the  chauge  iu  nature,  his  flesh  having  be- 
in  to  decay,  he,  too,  was  restored  to  life  by  the 
wer  of  God's  word.  To  La7.arus,  who  waa 
sleeping,  Ho  could  say,  "  Come  forth,"  aud  the 
body  obeyed  and  came  out  of  the  grave.  We 
ha|l  all  be  raised  in  like  manner  by  the  same 
Word,  some  to  everlasting  shame,  and  some  to 
everiasting  glory.  If  it  is  true  that  some  shall 
come  forth  to  everlasting  glory,  it  is  also  truo 
that  some  will  come  forth  to  everlasting  shame. 
If  it  is  true  in  onesense,  it  is  true  in  another. 
Every  one  shall  be  called  out  of  the  grave. 
When  anyone  is  laid  awiiyiu  the  grave,  we  say, 
he  sleeps.  When  Chri.st  went  to  the.  little 
daughter.  He  said,  "she  sleepeth."  Sleep  ia  an  . 
unconscious  state  of  being.  When  Lazarus 
died,  Christ  said.  "  he  slee])eth."  When  we  lie 
down  to  rest  at  night,  we  hope  to  awake  again 
and  enjoy  friends  anil  the  comforts  of  life;  so 
when  our  bodies  .are  placed  in  the  grave  we  hope 
to  come  forth  again  to  enjoy  the  glory  of 
heaven. 

Christ  says  He  "came  np^  to  condemn  the 
world,  bdt  that  the  world  through  Him  might 
believe."  For  this,  reason  the  word  of  God  iq 
the  discerner  of  the,  thoughts  and  intents  of  tlie 
heart,  heuce  in  the  day  of  judgment  we  shall 
all  be  judged  by  it.  It  is  a  knower — a  discern- 
er of  thp  thoughts,  aiid'in  the  great  day  it  will 
reveal  every  evil  thought,  though  it, may  have 
heej>  hiddeu  froip  mnnkind.  0,  what  manner 
of  juen  oiinht  we.tofbe,  knowing  thatwthavea 
trueaudajust  God  to  meet!  The  earth  shall 
pass  away,  but  the  word  of  the  Lord  shall  never 
pass  away.  If  we  stiud  upon  that  Word,  noth- 
ing, can.  move  USJ^  Letns  make  that  our  cfeed, 
for  the  disciplines  of  men  shall  pass  away.  Let 
us  clinjT  to  the  commaiidments  of  God — let  us 
cling  to  all  His  promises; 

In  the  day' of  Judgment  the  books  shall'be 
opened  and  out  of  these  sliiill  webe  judged. 
Then  can  we  allsayt  we  hiiv^^iiiiM.  rl  ili"  l.iird? 


'  In  this  ■\\' ord  1  told 


have  you  loved  them? 

feel  theu,  if  you  bavi'  ul.p.i.  I  ■!,!-  ...i.tmind. 
"Do  good  to  them  that  drspitefully  use  you;" 
have  yon  obeyed  this  command? '  How  .good 
you  will  then  feci  jfj  you  cap  say,  "  Yea,  I^nave 
obeyed  thi.'*,"  Again  (he  great  Judge  of  tha 
quick  and  Ihi' di'ad  will  (urn  to  you  and  say, 
"Doivn  thi.'n'  on  fiirth.  My  Word  said.  Swear 
not  at  all.  have  you  ot.eyed  this  too?  "  Ah,  how 
happy  you  willilVe),  il  you  can  say,  "Yes,  Fath- 
er, I  have  iibeyed  the  command. '  "  Have  you 
wa.shed  ydur  brother's  feet,  as  I  commanded 
you  in  iny  Word?"  If  you  have,  how  glad  you 
will  feel  then.  Peter  felt  glad  after  heobeyed 
the  Savior  iu  feet-washing,  and  you  will  feel 
glad  afler  you  obey  the  command.  But  on  the 
other  hand,  how.  will  you  feel  if  you'  have  not 
obeyed  the  Word?  How  sad  yoo  will  feel  when 
He  tells  yoti,  "  How  came  you  iahere  not  hav- 
ing on  the  .Wedding  garment?'"  0  turn  to  Je- 
sus, and  obey  Him!  Tbe  Word  is  full  of  life. 
Before  you  are  life  and  death,  which  will  you 
choose?  It_ discerns  your  thoughts,  knows  all 
things  and  is  powerful  iti  heal,'  to  restore,  to 
convert,  to  discern.  May  it  be  our  friend 
through  life,  and  through  eternity. 


THK    liKKTHKEjN"    ^T    ^VC>Hl<i. 


J^xi'^xivt    8 


THE  RILL  AND  THE  STILL. 


3'ltsUile, 


A  rill  <inshi^<l  ilowii  from  Ha"  mountiiiu  side. 

Ami  its  sons  was  the  Hoiig  of  tlie  free-,,  ^ 
JL3  ivnters  WLTP  imre.  miil  strong  wa; 

A3  it  swL'iit  In  its  cmiree  to  the  sea. 

On  till-  l.;mk  of  tlie  rill.  stoiMl  a  grimy  slill, 

IVitli  the  viange  of  olden  timea; 
He  frowned,  lus  it  passwl,  on  tlie  singing  rill, 

Aiwl  loudly  boasted  his  wines. 
Snid  lie :  Tin  n  giant  o'er  nil  tin;  earth. 

No  Tiioniirdi  liatli  |iowcr  like  mine; 
I  rill  the  wrrtfhed  -.vith  flciulisli  mirth.      , 

And  1  banish  nil  s^jrrDws  of  time. 
I  ruin  tlio  torhmes  und  fiimo  of  the  gi-e:it, 

And  I'iiley  Ih'.'  hiuul  'if  (he  weak; 
I'm  ever  a  gii'-sl  -t  tin-  kitii:  in  liis  state, 

Till  I  hiy  liini  l-Jw  nt  my  fci't. 
I  drive  the  heggiir'  from'door  to  floor. 

1  Imigh  at  Ills  bloiilcd  cheek, 
And  I've  untold  anKiiish  yat  iu  store 

For  tho  orphans  that  still  must  weep. 
No  king  can  m<-tisui-o  my  mighty  iwwer; 

Xo  powi-r  can  tnru  my  wialh. 
Like  sweeping  Arc.  my  dames  devour 

All  moilals  who  cross  iiiy  pAth. 


I  drive  the  ei 


n  till' 


I  till  the  W..11.1  vu-.L  .;■ 
With  igiioraucG,  winil 

1  sing  with  the  sexton, ' 
And  witli  death:  "  wi 


n  track, 


giitlier  theiuiu;" 
lay  l,liuii  low." 


Then  spoke  Hie  rill  from  its  silvery  bed : 

A  difl'i-rent  work  have  1  doner 
I've  (|uenthed  tho  thii-st.  I've  bathed  the  head. 

And  cooled  the  parching  tongue.         i 
Tve  turned  tha  mill  to  grind  the  graiiiv 

I've  watered  tlm  fertih'  Mi.-Ul; 


The 


iul;  1 


liut  gicjiLi-r  than  llii5  iiL_\   w  "ik  liiis  hwii. 

For  many  havehuen  my  vuai-s; 
"  'I've  given  my  subjects  virtue  for  sin, 
■    Joy  mid  rejoicing  for  tenrs.. 
I've  given  them  housi-s,  and  frieuits.  and  homes, 

I've  given  tliem  bounding  liealth ; 
I've  clotliwi  the  wretclied,  and  fud  the  poor, 

And  shared  witli  them  uiy  wealth. 

I've  raised  the  fallen,  and  ■■h-aiised  the  vile. 

And  hattlt'd  for  the  right; 
In  tearful  eyes  I've  put  .i  smile. 

Sad  faces  I've  made  hright. 

Yes,  great  has  been  the  work  of  the  rill. 

And  gi-eat  is  the  work  to  do ; 
And  gre,it  has  been  the  curse  o£  the  still. 

The  whole  eai1h  through  and  Uiroiigh. 

-L<,>rs  of  Life. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


—He  has  hard  ■work  who  has  nothing  to  do. 
—When  we  are  pleitsaut,  all   around   us  an 


— The  love  of  justice  in  some  men  is  nothing 
but  the  fear  of  suffering  from  injustice. 

— Grief  knit-s  two  hearts  iu  closer  bonds  than 
happiness  ever  can;  and  common  suffering  is  n 
far  stronger  link  than  common  joy. 

— If  God  ever  failed  one  who  trusted  in  Him, 
you  might  doubt;  but  Ue  never  has,  therefore, 
you  should  be  confident 

— Religion  is  a  puide  to  the  youth,  a  staff  to 
the  middle  aged — a  downy  bed  on  which  to  lay 
his  weary  limbs  while  life  ebbs  slowly  away. 

— "  Vou  never  saw  my  linnds  as  dirty  as  that," 
said  a  petulant  mother  to  her  little  girl.  "No, 
but  your  ma  did,"  was  tlie  sharp,  if  not  respect- 
ful reply. 

— One  of  tlie  best  ways  to  effect  a.  reform  is  to 
reform  yourself.  Be  just  what  you  would  have 
others  to  be  and  you  will  have  no  trouble  in 
winning  the  people  from  vice. 

— He  that  covets  cmi  no  more  be  n  moral  man 
than  he  that  steals;  since  he  does  so  in  his 
mind.  Nor  can  he  b«  one  that  robs  liis  neigh 
bor  of  liis  credit,  or  that  craftily  undermines 
him  of  his  trade  or  office. 

— You  can  train  the  eye  to  see  all  the  bright 
places  in  your  life,  and  so  slip  over  the  hard 
ones  with  surprising  ease.  You  can  also  train 
the  eye  to  rest  on  the  gloomy  spots,  iu  utter 
forgetfulncss  of  all  that  is  bright  and  beautiful. 
The  former  is  the  best  education.  Life  is  too 
short  to  nurse  one's  miserj'-  Hurry  across  the 
low-lands  that  you  may  linger  longer  on  the 
mountain -tops. 

— All  have  more  or  less  to  do  with  the  com- 
mon business  of  life.  Bat  while  engaged  in 
business,  it  would  be  well  for  us  to  be  more  al>- 
Eorbed  with  the  thoughts  of  our  duties  to  the 
Sa\'ior,  to  the  church  of  which  we  are' members, 
and  to  the  world.  Everything  we  do,  let  us  do 
it  with  the  solemn  conviction  that  the  eye  of 
God  it>  upon  us.  Live  and  work  for  Jesus. 
Paul  said,  "  for  me  to  live  is  Christ." 


WHY  AM  I  NOT  A  CHRISTIAN? 


THE  rea^qn  you  tu-e  uot  a  Christian,  is  because 
yon  will  not  ^uounce  the  world,  and  all 
of  its  vanities,  and  Relieve  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  who  is  able  to  save  unto  the  uttermost, 
all  who  come  unto  Him.  This  world's  pleas- 
ures are  but  a  faint  comparison  to  those  of  the 
iternal  city,  not  made  with  hands,  perpetually 
in  the  heavens.' 

Praise  God,  religion  was  never  designed  to 
make  our  pleasures  less.  ■  The  Chrisliiin  sees 
the  only  true  pleasure,  not  confined  to  this 
world  alone,  but,  also  ui  that  which  is  to  come. 
When  you  become  a  true  believer  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  Glirist,|all  nature  seems  to  participate 
with  you,  witli  their  silent  voices,, in  gloritying 
your  great  Redeemer,  who  hath  brought  you 
out  of  nature's  darkness,  into  the  marvelous 
light  and  liberty  of  His  dear  children., 

You  do  not  have  to  pdy  the  debt  for  you'i^ 
sins,  for  Jes\is  who  died  upon  the  cross,  that 
whosoever  believeth  on  Him,  should  not  perish, 
but  have  eternal  life,  ha.s  paid  it  all;  all  to  Him 
you  owe;  sin  has  left  a  crimson  stain, 'but, 
praise  God,  His  blood  can  make  you  white  as 
^now.  All  you  have  to  do,  is  to  come  humbly 
and  helieviugly,  or  t.ikiug  God  at  His  word 
when  He  says,  "  Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  la- 
bor, and  ai-e  heavj  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest."  "  Him  that  coineth  unto  me  I  will  in  no 
wise  cast  out."  God,  iu  His  blessed  Word,  says, 
"The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son,  i;leanseth 
US  from  all  sin."  "  Though  your  sins  be  as 
scarlet,  they  shall  be  made  as  wliite  as  wool." 
Sinner,  can  you  not  believe  the  wnvd*  of  the 
great  Creator  when  He  says,  "As  I  live,  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  I  haveno  pleasure  in  the 
death  of  the  wicked;  but, rather,  that  all  would 
turn  unto  nie  and  live." 

Unbeliever,  Jesus  who  bore  His  cross  up  the 
rugged  path  of  Mount  Calvary,  as  He  groaned 
imd  prayed  in  the  g;u-den  qf  Gethsemane,  os  the, 
great  burden  of  the  world's  sins  was  resting  up- 
on Him,  and  as  the  sweat  and  blood  oozed  from 
His  forehead  and  trickled  down  His  face,  He,  in 
anguish  of  spirit  exclaimed,  "Father,  if  it  be 
will,  let  this  cup  pass  from  nie;  not  my  will, 
but  ihhiehe  done!"  As  He  arose  aiid  returned 
to  His  persecutors,  they  bound  Him  hand  and 
foot  and  nailed  Him  (the  blessed  Son  of  God), 
to  the.  accursed  tree,  ,and  as  the  cruel  sjjear 
pierced  His  precious  side,  blood  and  water  gush- 
ed therefi-om,  which  was  to  eradicate  the  sins  of 
fallen  humanity. 

Sinner,  you  ought  to. obey  God,  through  grat- 
itude for  the  great  work  He  has  done  for  you 
rather  than  from  fear  of  the  eternal  punishment 
that  awaita  all  those  who  forget  Him.  Je: 
left  the  shining  courts  of  heaven,  came  down 
into  this  world  of  sui  and  sorrow,  took  upon 
Himself  the  form  of  man,  suffered  those  to  cru- 
cify Him,  whom  He  eatne  to  save;  died  and  was 
buried,  arose  again  the  third  day  and  a.scended 
on  high  where  He  ever  liveth  to  make  inter- 
cession for  you.  Remember  all  this  was  done 
that  yon  might  g&in  your  former  acceptance 
with  an  offended  God;  and  that  when  you  should 
have  to  pa,ss  from  time  into  eternity,  yon  should 
gain  eternal  life  by  believing  on  Him  who  came 
to  call  sinners  to  repentance.  Although  He  has 
done  all  this  for  you,  yet  God  will  not  compri  a 
man  to  embrace  religion ;  for  He  has  placed  hii 
here  as  a //■(■(■  agent,  and  has  set  before  hii 
_^oof/ and  ei-i7,'and  calls  upon  him  fliis  day  to 
choose  whom  he  will  serve;  if  God  be  Christ, 
serve  Him. 

Unconverted  man,  to-dai/  is  the  day  of  salva- 
tion. Jesus  says,  "To-dAy,  if  ye  hear  my  voice, 
harden  not  your  hearts."  God  help  you  to-day 
to  accept  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  the  man  of 
your  counsel.  Again,  by  being  a  Christian, 
you  will  not  only  have  the  assistance  of  God,  in 
all  that  you  do,  with  an  eye  single  fo  His  glor 
ry,  but  when  He  shall  call  you  from  time  i»lo 
eternity  you  will  gain  eternal  life.  And  when 
He  shall  come  in  His  glory,  surrounded  by  a 
multitude  of  angels,  you  will  hear  Hi! 
"Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world."  May  God's  Spirit  strive  contin- 
ually with  you,  and  before  the  sun  shall  sink 
behind  the  .Western  horizon,  may  you  accept 
Him  as  your  Savior. 

"To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine, 

Lodged  in  Thy  sovereign  tian<I, 
And  if  its  sun  arise  and  shine, 
It  sliines  by  Thy  command. 


One  tiling  demands  our  oilie;    , 
0!  be  it  still  pursued, ,  > 

T.est  slighted  once,  the  season  fair 
.'>hoiild  neverde  renewed. 

To  Jesus  may  we  lly, 

.Swift  as  the  murlnng  light. 
Lest  life's  young:  golden  be;tm  should  die 

In  sudden,  endless  iiiglit 


QUESTION  ANSWERED. 


AS  we  were  intending  to  go  to  .meeting  to-d.ay, 
adistnnce  of  fourteen  miles,  hut  owing  to 
the  heavy  rains  and  high  waters,  and  bridges 
being  swept  away,  we  are  prohibited  of  that 
privilege,  so  I  thought  T  would  improve  part  of 
tihe  day  in  meditating  upon  Sciipture  aud  writ- 
ing therefrom. 

Seeing  a  question  in  No.  20  of  the  BKETHnES 
AT  Work;  "  Did  Christ  die  a  God-forsakeu  man, 
according  to  tho  following  Scripture, "  My  God, 
my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ? '  "  Mark 
15:  3i.  Hope  the  brethren  and  friends  will 
hear  a  little  with  me  in  my  explanation  of  the 
subject.  Christ  died  a  God-forsaken  man,  but 
not  a  God-foi-saken  Christ.  Christ  w.Ta  God  and 
mail  in  the  body.  The  body  was  human,  and 
the  Spirit  Wits  Christ  the  Son  of  God,  or  the 
Word  that  was  with  God  before  the  world  was 
Before  Christ  could  purchase  the  redemption 
He  had,  to  be  joined  to  huinanity,  so  as  to  be 
equal  with  God  and  man;,  so  as  according 
Luke  23 :  46,  "  Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend 
my  Spirit.",  So  God  received  the  Spirit,  and 
the  body,  or  humanity,  suffered  the  penalty.  If 
God  had  not  fors.aken  the  body,  huuinuity  could 
have  never  died  and  made  the  atonement. 
When  Christ,  the  Spirit  or  God  liad  left  the 
body,  or  the  human  part,  the  body  cried. 
My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me." 
Huinanity  had  no  strength  and  bowed  the  head 
and  gave  up  the  Ghost;  from  that  it  underwent 
a  change,  so  that  the  Scripture  truly  can  say, 
flesh  and  blood  cannot  iuhcrit  the  kingdom  of 
God,"  as  found  1  Cor.  15:  50. 

May  we  so  live,  that  when  it  is  ours  to  die  we 

c.in  say,   "  Father,  into  thy  hands  I   commend 

my  spirit,"  and  meekly  go  toisleepin  Jesus,  and 

the  morn  of  the  fii-si;  resurrectitiii  he  numheip- 

ed  with  the  redeemed. 


swiftly  and  safely  to  its  dcstiu  atiou.  W  ben  the 
mind  and  heart  arc  prepared  by  teaching  the 
first  principles  of  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  the 
line  bollle  is  provided,  the  iieir  wiiir  {Holy  Spirit) 
is  poured  in.  acts  favorably  upon  our  intellectu- 
al aud  moral  nature;  developing  all  the  enno- 
bling qualities  of  our  being  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God,  and  the  snfely,  i.,  c,  salvation  of 
our  souls. 

But  if  tho  new  wine,  or  Holy  Spirit  was 
poured  into  an  old  bottle,  an  unprepared  mind 
and  heart,  the  vessel  would  not  receii'e  it. 
I'bere  would  be  no  fitness,  no  affinity;  the  new 
loth  would  tear  loose  from  the  old  garment, 
(old,  unprepm-ed  mind  aud  heart),  and  the  rent 
would  he  made  worse.  To  give  the  old  holfte, 
or  the  old  yiiniieiit,  or  the  old,  corrupt  iialitreof 
ours,  (all  tliese  terms  memiing  the  same  thing), 
adilitional  force  would  certainly  make  \is  wick- 
eder than  ever,  hence  the  necessity  of  a  change 
of  vessels,  that  the  new  vessel,  and  its  new  con- 
tents may  harinoni?.e,  to  the   honor  aud  glory 

of  God.       ™,^. 

LIKE  AS  A  FATHER   PITIETH    HIS 
CHILDREN, 


Tho  present  moment  lUes. 
And  be.irs  our  life  away; 

I  OI  make  Thy  sei'vimts  truly  wise. 
That  they  may  !lye|toMlay.  j 

Sinoe.oh  this  winged  liour 

Eternity  is  hung, 
Waken  by  Thy  abnichly  power. 

Tlie  aged  and  the  young. 


WINE  AND  BOTTLES. 

BY  J.  S.  IIOHLER. 

Dear  Brethren:— 

I  NOTICED  in  the  Bkbthren  at  Work,  cur- 
rent Vol.  No.  26„  a  request  for  an  explana- 
tion of  Matt.  1);  17,  referring  to  the  heading  of 
this  article.  Your  answer  is,  that  the  old  bollk» 
referred  to  the  Old  Coreiumf,  and  the  new  bolths 
to  the  New  Corhxiiif.  ' 

This,  I  inust  confess,  is  a  new  interpretation 
of  that  subject  to  me.  I  was  always  impressed 
with  the  idea  that  the  iriitv,  aud  boUles,  referred 
tons  as  iiidiridiniL';  nni  not  to  a  collective 
body,  or  religious  compact.  The  iriiic  referring 
to  they^'-fiifi/'/c  or  spirit  within;  and  the 6o/'/c.s 
tu  the  liody  containing  the  principle.  The 
phra.?e,  old  holfh;  embraces  uot  only  our  physic- 
al body,  but  also  the  menlid,  moral  attributes 
previous  to  conversion. 

What  drew  this  comparison  from  the  Savior, 
was  a  question  of  tho  Pharisees,  and  John'sdis- 
ciples,  relative  to  fasting.  Christ  shows  them 
the  absurdity  of  so  doing,  while  the  Bridegroom 
and  bride  are  together;  but  when  the  Bride- 
groom would  be  taken  they  could  with  proprie- 
ty >.v^ 

The  term  fasting,  from  Nesteimo,  means,  fo 
ahsfain  from  food,  inrludinij  the.  idea  of,  ami 
moiirniiuj.  It  would  have  been  folly  for  the 
disciples  to  gne're,  and  mourn  for  Christ  while 
He  was  with  them.  Tho  substance  of  the  whole 
matter  seeuis  to  boaboutthis:  Christ  was  teach- 
ing the  iiiiiiils,  aud  preparing  the  In^nrts  of  the 
disciples,  for  the  trnlliH  of  the  Gospel,  and  the 
reception  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  for  the  space  of 
about,  three  years.  The  disciples  were  not  pre- 
pared to  receive  the  Holy  .Spirit  at  first.  New 
bottles  must  be  provided — regeneration — the 
mind  aud  will  renewed — new  creatures,  &c. 

In  the  great  commission,  Christ  first  enjoins 
a  teaching  before  any  thing  else;  a  preparation 
of  mind  anH  hearty — ueif  bottles,  for  the  recep- 
tion of  iifir  iciiie,  i.  e.,  the  Holy  Spirit.  To 
pour  out  the  Holy  Spirit  on  persons  whose 
minds  and  hearts  were  not  previously  prepared, 
would  be  somewhat  similar  to  raising  steam  in 
an  engine  without  a  track.  The  engine  might 
puff,  and  blow,  and  make  a  terrible  noise,  but 
pake  very  little  headway;  perhaps  tumble  down 
a  precipice,  Hn,d  he  du.shed  to  pi^ea.  ^  But  lay 
the  track  first,  i  c.  wind,  and  heart,  (new  bot- 
tles), then  get  up  steam — pour  in  new  wine, — 
(the  Holy  Spirit),   and   the  engine   will   pass 


KIND  r^adei;,  the  language  that  the  Psalmist 
makes  use  of,  upon  this  occasion,  certainly, 
methinks,  is  a  beautiful  expression;  one  that 
should  bring  comfort  and  great  consolation  to 
every  Christian  man  and  woman.  It  will  help 
to  b'noy  them  up  in  all  their  dark  and  rugged 
travels  through  life,  even  though  friends  and  all 
that  may  be  around,  maj'  seem  to  forsake  us,  yet 
we  have,  amidst  all  these  trying  moments,  the 
consolation,  God  pities,  and  He  loves  us. 

"  For  as  the  heaven  Is  high  above  the  earth, 
sogreatis  his  mercy  toward  themthat  fear  Him." 
That  is,  His  mercy  is  ever  extended  to  those  that 
remember  His  commandments  and  do  them. 
Like  OS  a '' father  pitieth  his  children."  This 
part  of  the  subject  we  wish  to  notice  first :  What 
is  it,  which  causes  the  father  to  pity  his  chil- 
dren? Is  it  for  the  works  they  have  done?  We 
an'swer  no,  but,  it  is  love  that  prompts  him  to 
do  the  act.  They  are  his  offspring,  they  are 
part  of  his  own  nature.  Love  binds  them  so 
close  together  that  he  cannot  resist  loving  thein, 
therefore,  the  father  loves  and  pities  his  children. 

Again,  he  pities  them  when  he  looks  forward 
mid  sees  the  path  they  must  travel  upon.  How 
thickly  it  is  beset  on  all  sides  by  a  sinful  and  an 
enticing  world;  yes,  how  often  he  may  look  up- 
on the  pure  and  innocent  one  by  his  side,  or  upon 
his  knee,  when  thoughts  of  joy  and  gladness 
may  be  turned  in  that  of  pity,  and  the  answer  is, 
because  he  loves  them.  But  whilst  this  may  be 
our  condition,  let  us  try,  by  the  help  of  God,  to 
teach  them  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  so  that  when 
they  get  old  they  may  never  depart  from  serv- 
ing God, 

Secondly;  We  have  s.iidjitislove  that  prompts 
the  parent  to  love  his  children.  Oyes!  how 
dearly  we  love  them;  we  would  do  all  in  our 
feeble  power  to  please  and  comfort  them.  Just 
so  it  is  with  God.  We  are  all  His  children  by 
creation  and  by  redemption.  0,  what  a  Father 
He  has  proved  to  us!  How  He  has  pitied  you 
and  me  in  our  lost  condition!  What  a  great 
sacrifice  He  has  made  for  us!  Just  think,  for 
a  moment,  after  becoming  His  enemy,  He  was 
willing  to  send  his  Son,  that  He,  through  death, 
might  save  our  souls  from  ruiu.  We  have  not 
merited  such  kindness.  We  have  not  done  such 
profitable  work  that  we  should  be  so  richly 
blessed.  Sinner,  have  you  ever  thought  upon 
what  the  Lord  h^  done  for  you?  Methinks 
yon  have.  Then  why  is  it  that  you  seem  to  be 
so  little  concerned  about  your  soul?  Remem- 
ber God  is  angry  with  the  wicked  every  day. 
Why  are  you  away  out  in  the  cold,  serving  and 
following  an  enemy  wlw  is  so  poor  that  he  can 
give  nothing  unto  you.  He  is  not  like  tho 
Father  that  pities  you;'for  He  that  pities  you 
can  give  you  an  everlasting  home,  a  happy 
home  ovsrin  Emmanuel's  Land.  There  is  great 
danger  in  procrastination.  Think  of  the  Sod- 
omites. Little  did  they  think  of  danger  when 
they  saw  the  angels  of  the  Lord  before  the  city; 
the  sun  set  just  as  it  did  before.  In  short,  all 
no  doubt,  looked  pleasant  and  delightful;  no 
signs  of  their  fatal  doom,  yet  before  to-morrow's 
sun  would  set,  they  would  be  no  more.  Just 
so  it  may  be  with  you,  my  friend.  God's  mercy 
will  not  always  be  extended  unto  you;  if  you 
are  not  faithful  unto  His  Word,  He  will  call 
thee  hence  when  thou  least  expecteth  it.  So 
let  me  say  to  one  and  all,  in  conclusion,  fear 
God  and  keep  His  commandments,  and  I  assure 
you  God  will  give  you  a  happy  home. 


"  Blessed  a 
see  God." 


■  the  peacemakers,  for  they  shall 


-A-iiCTist:     H. 


TIIE,   Bl^KTHREISr    ^VT    "WORK:, 


CO  RKKSFO>;  DKIN  CK. 


From  McDonald,  Va. 

I>n,r  Birt/it-m.— 

WE  liavo  lo  clironielu  Mio  gludsoiiio  intdli 
goiice  of  the  piilistmcnt  of  six  uinre  le 
LTiiit.1  undr-r  llic  eonsecnituil  b-inner,  Lii-st  Sun 
i]iiy  wa^  a  joyous  nny  with  tlip  ivorsliijiers  a 
Jnliusvillt'  tiiceting-Iirnise.  At  nn  fiirly  liouV, 
(he  people  of  the  siirroiiiiiliiig  country  liegan 
iiasfiiitjling,  until  soveral  liundrcd  wi'Vr  seated 
in  our  benutifnl  house.  Passing  tlu'ough  the 
customary  prelitninaiies  incident  to  visiting 
and  receiving  members,  the  applicants  seated 
tlleiuselves  in  IVnnt  of  the  speaker's  stand  and 
Hiedevoti-Ti.J  .  ...1.  ;•■  -  I'l-MCRt'ded.  The  peo- 
l>|p  were  :i.l.  ■■  ■  i  ■  ■■  \.u  10;  34,  35  and 
inarkedaiiii    ■;  ,■!.    ■■  ■!   was  paid   to   the 

word  prciichi'd.  Wr  (.'xpi:!:!  to  hoar  again  from 
thdt  day's  work.  The  ordinance  of  haptism 
v-m  administered  by  our  worthy  cn-hiborer,  Bro. 
1''.  Grisso.  Bro,  Gris:io.is  famous  for  tin.-  tlior- 
oiigliness  with  which  he  bui;ies  believers,  "by 
bajitism."  I  love  to  see  such  sacred  work  done 
in  that  way.  Our  prospacts  here  were  never 
more  hopeful  than  now.  Peace,  that  flower  of 
Paradise,  blossoms  in  all  ita  celestial  glory,  and 
the  rich  fruits  of  love  and  the  convpi-sion  of  siii- 
nei-s  amplj'  reward  us. 

The  new  disciples  are  mere  youtlis,  just  en- 
tering upon  the  arena -of  life,  just  budding  into 
Luanhood  and  womanhood.  Oh  how  precious  it 
is  to  see  the  tender  lambs  taking  eaiJy  shelt<?i' 
from  the  rude  storms  of  life,  in  tlie  fold  of  the 
true  Shepherd.  May  his  watchful  care  ever 
preserve  them  from  the  ravages  ol  Satan. 

I  see  brethren  that  your  correspondenfs  per- 
sist in  sending  you  their  crop  aud  weather,  re- 
ports. Some  oven  report  the  condition  of  the 
public  roads,  i  believe  I  requested  some  time 
ago  that  these  reports  should  he  addressed  to  the 
jiropcr  depiu'tments  at  Washington,  but  as  our 
religious  papers  seem  to  be  destined  to  lie  made 
the  receptacle  of  so  much  rubbish,  I  suggest 
tlmt  you. organize  a  special  department  for  sueli 
items.  Then.thoso  who  wish  to  read  them 
•■ould  do  so,  and  those  who  did  not  would  not 
be  subject  to  the  annoyance  of  siftingacoutia- 
ual  flow  of  heterogeneous  matter  to  get  a  few 
■golden  grains.  Wliile  an  agricultural  depart" 
uieut  and  a  meteorological  departjuent  would 
not  look  well  in  a  religious  paper,  1  insist  un- 
der the  circumstances  that  it  would  add  great- 
ly lo  the  comfort  of  many  of  your  patrons. 

It  occurs  to  me  that  your  correspondent's 
I'ould  without  much  reflection,  see  that  it  is  n 
matter  of  no, interest  whatever  to  the  general 
readers  of  our  paper  whethei-.  it  is  "verj-  wot" 
"nr  very  dry,"  very  muddyor  very  dusty,  very 
heavy  crops,  verj'  windy  or  very  calm,  very  Imt 
or  very  cold,  et«.,  so  that  nobody  siillers.  If 
they  do  then  let  us  know  it.  Those  phenomena, 
those  incidents,  those  "freaks  of  the  season"  oe-' 
cur  every  day  ail  over  tlie  world,  from  the' 
dawn  of  time  to  the  present,  and  will  thus  con- 
tinue to  the  fiual  restitution  of  all  things. 

If  I  were  to  write  to. you  that  "we  had  afine 
rain  yesterday,  and  that  the  weather  ha-s  been 
oppressively  warm  here  for  several  weeks,  and 
that  the  crops  only  medium,  and  that  the  mar- 
kets are  doll  etc.,"  your  Danish,  or  trans- luoimfc- 
aiii,  or  trans-Mississippi,  or  trans- Alleghany 
readers  would  neither  be  any  wiser  nor  any  bet- 
ter for  the  information,  bo,  if  you  will  excuse 
me,  I  refer  you  in  the  future  to  the  monthly 
icpDrts  of  these  departments  at  Washington 
for  that  information.  D.  C.  MoouAW. 


HtlLMS.— At  her  resilience  in  Dunkirk,   Oliio, 
July  2Sth,  Anjia  Mai-ia,  wife  of   Mr.   Aaron 
Helms,  aged  37  j'ears,  ^  months  and  17  days. 
Tuueral  diacour.-^e  from  Job  14;  20. 
,       ,  ,         ,  S.  T.  BOSSERM.IX. 

SNOWBERGER.  —  At  New  Entreprise,  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Pa..  July  2«th,  Elder  Daniel  Snow- 
Ijovger,  hged  fiS  ■yeai'a,  8  months  and  7  days. 

IIEPLOGIJ'l— Near  New  Enterprise.  Bedford 
Co.,  Pa.,  Jidy  26th.  Shannon  Reploglc,  infant 
son  of  Andrew  and  Nancy  Replogle,  aged  't 

I  months  and  13  days..  The  above  ftinernl  oc- 
casions were  improved  on  the  2Sth  at  the 
same  time  luid  place  from  Heb.  13;  14, 

SMITH.—Near  Waterside,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa., 
Bro.  Henry  Smith,  aged  05  ycara,  0  months 
and  18  days.  Bro.  Henry  on  the  evening  of 
July  Stb,  was  out  in  the  corn-field  thinning 
out  some  corn,  when  a  storm  came  up  and  he 
took  shelter  under  an  apple  tree.  The  light- 
ning striking  the  tree,  also  struck  him,  en- 
tering at  the  eye,  killing  him  instantly.  He 
was  not  found  till  hia  son,  coming  from  the 
harvest  field,  found  him.  Funeral  discourse 
from  Matt.  2-4:  44.  J.  X,  Rkpj.oolk. 

RUTH.— Near  South  English,  Keokuk  Co.,  In., 
April  Sth,  Wm.  H  ,  son  of  friend   John  and 
sister  Snsnn  Ruth,  aged  12  years  and  26  days, 
B.  F.  I'V 

SCHROCK.—  Near  Lagrange  Center  in  the 
English  Prairie  congregation,  Ljigrange  Co., 
Ind.,  July  Stb,  Bro.  Liiwis  C,  sou  of  Bro. 
Elias  aud  sister  EH/a  Schrock,  aged  26  yeai-s, 
!t  months  and  10  days.  Funeral  discoui-se  by 
S,  Z.  Sharp  and  others  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 
A.  E.  Keagy. 


:M:OiSrEY   list- 


ruED. 


WAMPLER.— In  the  Pleasant  Valley  congre- 
gation, Augusta  Co.,  Va,,  June  4th,  Bro.  Da- 
vid Wampler,  aged  77  years,  3  months  and 
.      19  days. 

HUP'K. — Also  in  the  same  congregation,  June 
aSth,  1ST8,  sister  Margaret  Jane  Huff,  wife  of 
Bro.  John  Htiff,  aged  67  years,  7  months  and 
3  days. 

CRAWN.  —  Also  in  the  same  congregation, 
Jidy  lOtb,  1S7S,  sister  Barbara  Ann,  wife  of 
Bro.  John  Crawn,  aged  49  years,  6  months 
and  11  day.i.  A.  D.  GAUDEn. 

TOJIBAUGH.— In  the  Squirrel  Creek  congre- 
gation, Miami  Co.,  Ind., Elizabeth  Tombaugh, 
tousort  of  old  Bro.  George  Tombaugh,  on 
the  15th  of  Pehruarj-,  aged  C6  years,  I  month 
and  5  days.     Funeral  from  Rev.  14:  13. 

D.  BECHTELllIlffiB. 

KIMSIEL.— In  Stony  Creek.  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.. 
Bt".  Jonathan  Kimmel,     Died  July  7th,  ag- 

ttl  MJ  years,  5  months  aud  12  days.     Fimeral 
from  Rev,  14: 13.  J.  M.  KiuirEL. 


J  II  King,  1  00;      H  H  Troup,  5  oO;     W  F 
Harding,  7:>i  A  R  Smith,  1  45;   J  P  Osley, 
G  Sprang,  0  40;  M  C  Wolfe,  1  oO;  I  Stees,  1  50 

1  E  P  L  Dow,  35;  J  C  Tinkle,  1  50;  E  Newcom- 
or,  7  70;  A  Knner,  50;  3  Boyd,  25;  A  Creegor, 

4  GO;  P  Shoemaker,  2  00;  F  Dutcher,  1  50;  J 
T  Kiiisey,  75;  T  Adams,  50;  M  C  Shotts,  1  00; 
E  Griffith.  25;  D  D  Horner,  3  00;  D  Miller.l.OO 
W  B  Woodard,  6  30;  M  Baslior,  20;  J  C  Mil 
lev,  1 00;  T  A  Bi'own,  50;  W  T  Harding,  1  00. 
T  D  Lyon,  1  25;  J  H  Johnson,  1  25;  J  Forney 
1  00;  B  W  Neff.  1  00;,  I  Kulp,  1  50;  Jo.^  S 
Knlp,  1  00;  J  B  Pence,  1  00^  J  Wales,  .25;  I. 
Kliuzeman.  75;  M  Swinehart,  25;  S  W  Lm- 
dowcr,  2  00;  A  R  Reed.  50;  J  Hammer,  25;  J 
Drepperd.  25:  S  Stnnip,  3  00;  P  Garman,  1  00; 
W  C  Bohnor,  50;     M  Miller,  1.5;    J  J  Hoover, 

5  00;  L  Stone,  1  00;  C  R  St.ir^',"25;  IB  Bru- 
bnker,  25;  J  C  Ziegler,  25;  H  W  Kreighbauni, 
5  00;  R  C  Workman,  2.5;  A  Landis.  1  60;  J  S 
Mobler,  1.50;  J  Wirt,  75;'  JYarger,75;  L 
Huff,  25;  J  T  M.oson'  55;  M  C  Hardnmn,  2  00;' 
W  F  Neal,  1  25;  H  J  Fi-antK,  50;  L  Early,  25; 
J  B  Tauxer,  1  00;  E  S  Schrock,  25;  S  K  Price, 
25;  S  Crist  45;  GW  Thomas,  50;  L  Milter. 
J  Q  Neff,  7  00;  L  E  Bushman,  1  00;  D  B  Gih- 
son,  75;  S  J  Harrison,  2  00;  W  F  Davis,  1  00; 
M  J  Stees,  1  30;  S  Grove,  25;  D  Brower,  25; 
J  Holsopple,  8  00;  AD  StW,,'75; '  L  D  Wa- 
goner, 8  00;  G  W  Howe,  2  70;  L  jVnde,«,  75; 
A  Mohler,  85;  F  Ileplogle,  1  00;  C  P  Berkley. 
50;  M  A  Riggle.  525;  J  Dove,  25;  D  A  Nor- 
cross,  25;  G  Hylton,  1  00;  J  A  Laudig,  5  00;  J 
Forney,  1  00;  J  C  Feigler,  25;  M  0  Coats,  50; 
J  Hardsty,  50;  J  Suavely,  2  30;  P  Gates,  8  05; 
E  E  Pfoutz,  50;  J  Huff,  25;  D  Boivman,  50;  J 
J  Cart,  75;  E  M  Cobb,  25;  M  L  Grater,  1  26; 
L  G  Perry,  25;  E  C  Packer,  1  00;  E  Fnnsler.25 
D  Harader,  1  50;  I  Meyei-s,  1  50;  AS  Harley, 
50;  JShick,  25;  L  Kotring.l  00;  J  U  Sling- 
huff,  1  00;  M  J  Smith,  6  11;  D  E  Trent,  1  25; 
A  B  Weaver.  25;  J  Garber,  50;  I  Dell,  25;  J 
M  Landis,  25;  C  D  Hylton,  1  50;  J  B  Creigb- 
ton,  2  25;  B  Beeghly,  1  00;  S  Beeghly,  75;  J 
Harshman,  1  00;  D  Bowman,  25;  S  K  Thomjus 
100;  J  Shellaberger,  2  00;  C  Bucher,  75;  M  E 
Brubakcr,  50;  I  Kulp,  1  50;  WStrayer,  3  50; 
E  Hyde,  25;    F  W  Sherly,  50;    D  A  Norcross, 

2  00;  E  M  Reeve,  50;  E  Sage,  1  00;  A  K  Leo- 
dy,  75;  C  Lichty,  1  00;  D  Smith,  75;  J  Huff, 
30;  I  Elter,  2  00;  D  Brower,  6  80;   S  K  OUng- 

125;  D  Martin,  5  00;  J  J  Cover,  1  00;  J 
Gnugy,50;  M  S  Newcomer,  1  00;  A  A  Mun- 
flon,  1  50;  E  J  McGaughey,  1  00;  J  G  Kitch, 
7  00;  D  Rittenhouae,  3  00;  J  Garlwr,  50;  R 
Hyde,  2  00;  D  S  Clapper,  75. 


s  a  general  thing,  trouble  never  comes  sin- 
gle handed.  It  always  takes  two  to  make  a 
i|uarrel.  One  sheep  will  not  fight  alone,  nor 
will  fire  burn  without  fuel. 


Sectarianism     in    Translations, 

•  •rpHE  true  partisan  always  inclines  ,to  coi*- 
JL     rect  the  diction  of  the  spirit  by  that  of 
the  party," 

This  is  the  language  of  Dr.  George  Campl)ell, 
President  of  Mai-shal  College,  Scotland,  in  his 
Notes  on  the  Gospels.  He  refei-s  to  our  .Eng- 
lish vei-aion  (Matt  3.)  "Baptized  with  water  uud 
with  the  Holy  Ghost."  when  the  Greek  prepo- 
sition is  en  and  should  be  rendered  in  water, 
etc.,  for  in  .the  sixth  verse  it  is  .  translated /h 
Jordan  because  the  deviation  would  he  too  glar- 
ing if  rendered  with  Jordan— all  would  discover 
the  partisan's  bigotry.  He  gives  many  instan- 
ces of  this  kind  where  the  tronslator  is  con- 
trolled by  his  prejudices.  Take  Mark  7^-eXcept 
tbey  wash  their  hands  oft,"  and  ith,  from' 
"market,"  etc.,  it  should  he  rendered  bathe  for 
the  word  is  derived  from  baptho,  but  in  the 
verso  it  Is  in  Greek  nipto,  to  wash  the  hands. 

.Dr.  Barnes  writes  that  tables,  beds,  etc,, 
must  be  sprinkled,  not  immersed;  but  Mniom- 
edes,  theJewish  doctor,  refers  us  to  Leviticus, 
the  washing  of  the  flesh  or  clothes,  it  must  be 
by  dipping,  put  into  water,  so  also  .beds. 

"Sprinkle  many  luitions,"  Isaiah 52: 15.  The 
spirit  of  the  p.irtisan  vms  never  more  clearly 
discovered  than  in  this  verse;  the  Hebrew  is 
mimn  and  the  Greek  is  ^Humrt^o,  to.  cause  to 
wander,  admire,  to  astonish,  to  .  marvel.  This 
word  is  iLsed  in  the  New  Testament  thirty  to 
forty  times,  but  I  could  not  find  it  in  the  Old 
Testament  except  in  Isaiah  52  and  in  Job  ;)2 
and  34,  but  no  sprinkle  in  it.  The  Hebrew  lex- 
icon on  this  passiige  renders  "  cause  to  admire," 
and  this  accords  l)etter  with  the  context  than 
sprinkle.  For  sprinkle  here  is  merely  partisan 
not  dictated  by  the  Spirit.  You. can  find  tlmit- 
iiiazo,  Matthew  S:  9;  15:  33;  22:  28,  etc.,  otc, 
meaning  astonish,  marvel,  wonder,  etc.,  so  in 
nearly  every  New  Testament  hook.  I  find 
sprinkle  in  Leviticus  14:  7^  but  the  Gjeek  ia 
rantizo,  never,  as  I  have  said,  do  I  find  ihaumaxa 
the  woi-d  rendered  "sprinkle  in  Isiaiah  52:  15. 
This  is  a  strong  case  of  partisanship  by.  a  large 
number  of  men,  .   .,;  . 

It  is  contended  that  as  Christ  w,is  to  sprint 
le  all  nations,  and  as  children  compose  a  part 
thereof,  therefore  they  must  be.  But  thieves, 
robbei-3,  assassins  and  murderere  are  a.  part  of 
all  uationa,  hence  they  ought  to  be  baptized— 
their  right  is  just  ,as  clear  as  that  of  infanta 
But  Baxter,  Prof,  Stuart,  and  scores  of  Pedo- 
baptists  maintain  from,  the  commission,  "ho 
that  ie/i'ci;c//(,"  none  onghttoliE  baptised  but 
such  as  excercise  faith.  Stuart  says:  "Baptized 
by  sprinkling,  is  about' as  rational  us  immersed 
byall'uaion."  .  .Sprinkloin  Isaiah  is  a  pm-ody 
travesty  of  language,!       ,  ■      !  i 

We  could  name  over  two  hundred  Pedobai>- 
tist  scholars  who  acknowledge  the  real  mean- 
ing of  hnptizii  to  be  immerse,  and  -  that  ranlho 
has  uo  such  meaning.      ..        ,         ,,  . 

,  Notwibstanding  the  .  concessions  made .  by 
leari^etl  J^edobaptist.s  on  the  meaning  .of  baptizu. 
the  partisan  spirit  is.ao  strong,  tlnit  some  still 
deny  that  it  means  to  immerse,  and  that  sprink- 
ling is  the  more  literal  meaning.  "Admit  that 
Christ  Wiis  immersed,  that  is  only  one  instance 
and  we  arc  not  bound  to  follow  it! "  Some  say 
"infants  of,  believers  have  .the  .bjrth-right  to 
baptism,  tbey  were  born  church  members."— 
The  General  Assembly  however  says:  "They 
are  made  members  by  baptism."  If  infant  bap- 
tism had  early,  existence  would  not  Christ  have 
baptized  those  whom  He  took  in  His  arms. 

Households  have  been  brought  up  to  prove 
the  infantile  rite,  but  some  of  their  own  men 
have  denied  the, arguments  produced— Stuart, 
Pool,  Annotrous  and  others. 

If  we  should  i-ead  all  the  places  named  in  con- 
nection with  the  ordinance  in  the  New  Testa- 
memt,  and  then  our  partisan  brother  should 
translate  only  one  case  by  sprinkling,  what 
should  we  callit,  or  bow  distinguish  it  from  tho 
real  truth?  We  might  signalize  it  as  one 
would  that  should' translate  sItiKus  wisdom,  or 
call  Momionism  or  Mohammedanism,  Christi- 
anity.— C/iri»ii(Hi  Index. 


Assembling  Togethei 

BY  JOHN  H.  PECK. 

And  let  us  consider  one  anotlier  to  i>ro\oke  to 
love  and  to  good  works:  not  foi-saking  the  nssem- 
l)Hng  of  ourselves  togetlier,  ;is  the  manner  of  some 
Is;l>utexliortiugono  anotlier;and  so  mucli  the 
more  as  ye  ace  the  day  apiiroaclnng."    Ileb.  10;  24, 

rHE  Apostle  Paul,  who  is  supposed  to  have 
written  the  epi.stle  to  the  Hebrews;  coidd 
look  down  the  stream  of  time  and  with  a  pro- 
phetic eye  see,  that  in  the  last  days  tho  love  of 
many  would  was  cold,  and  they  would  neglect 
to  assemble  together;  and  this  he  knew  would 
be  productive  of  a  coldness  aud  inditference  to  !  philo.sopby 


one  another's  welfare,  aud  the  cause  which  he 
so  dearly  loved,  and  lor  which  he  was  willing 
to  sutler  all  tilings.  And  in  order  that  we 
might  be  able  to  Jceep  tho  unity  of  the  spirit 
in  the  bonds  of  peace,  he  s|iys,  ''Let  ua  consider 
one  another  to  provoke  unto  love  and  to  good 
works."  and  snggesl.i  as  an  excellent  way  to  ac- 
complisli  this,  that  we  should  assemble  togeth- 
er, I  don't  believe  that  the  Apostle  here  alludes 
to  public  worship  only,  bnt  has  in  view  an 
assembling  that  will  enable  us  to  hecomo  more 
intimately  acquainted  with  each  other,  and  b&- 
come  mutually  iuteresledin  each  other's  welfare; 
living  together  as  it  were  one  family,  assisting 
one  another  in  the  affaii-s  of  this  life;  rejoicing 
with  those  that  do  rejoice,  and  weeping  with 
those  that  weep;  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helpmg 
hmid,  returning,  if  need  be,  t;ood  for  evil,  and 
thus  provoke  one  another  to  love  and  good  works 
and  increased  holine.'^s.  And  this  wc  shall  do 
tlie  Apostle  says  ike  more,  us  we  see  the  dny  ap- 
, preaching.  What  day?  Why  the  day  of  the 
coming  of  the  Lord;  the  day  when  "Ho  will 
descend  from  heaven  in  flaming  fire,  tak- 
ing vengeance  on  them  that  know  not  God, 
and  obey  not  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
CV"ist:  "  the  day  when  "The heaven  shall  pass 
away  with  a  great  noise,  and  the  elements  shall 
melt  with  fervent  heat,  and  tho  earth  also,  and 
the  works  that  are  therein  shall  be  burnt  up;" 
the  day  when  "  All  that  are  in  the  graves  shall 
hear  his  voice,  and  s'hall  come  forth;  they  that 
have  done  good,  mito  the  resurrection  of  life; 
and  they  that  have  done  evil,  unto  tho  re3^I^. 
rection  of  damnation; "  the  day  "When  the  Son 
of  man  shall  sit  upon  the  throne  of  his  glory, 
and  before  him  shall  be  gathered  all  nations;  and 
he  shall  separate  them  one  from  another  as  a 
shepherd  divideth  his  sheep  from  the  goats," 
Wherefore  belfived,  seeing  that  we  look  for  such 
things,  let  us  be  diligent  that  we  may  be  found 
of  him  in  peace,  without  spot,  and  hfamelesa. 

But  how  do  we,  who  as  a  people,  talking  much 
about  obeying  till  the  comimuihiienfii,  obey 
this  injnnrtion  of  the  Apostle,  The  rich  vis- 
it, itiul  ii^^oi-iati.'  with  the  rich,  and  the  poorvis- 
it,  itiiil  ^l.-.■^nl-illte  with  the  poor;  thfitis  how  we 
as,-;i;iu!)le,  and  provoke  one  another  unto  love 
mid  good  works, 

0,  how  many  hearts  could  be  made  to  rejoice 
and  what  a  heaven  it  would  be  (ui  earth  if  we 
could  all  live  together  in  love,  harmony  as  we 
expect  to  live  when  we  get  to  the  happy  land 
of  Canaan.  In  Rom.  12:  12,  13.  we  read  that 
we  shall  be  patient  in  tnljuhition,  instant  in 
prayer,  distributing  to  the  necessity  of  the 
saints,  given  to  hospitidity.  But  while  we 
go  to  meeting  regularly  and  breathe  loud  amens 
in  the  sanctuary,  many  of  ua  have  forgotten 
these  little  things  tliat  contribute  so  largely  to 
the  spiritual  welfare  of  Gods  people. 

While  some  are, .  rolling  in  affluence  and 
wealth,  others  are  pinched  with  tho  mo,st^leart- 
^emHn^•  i""-''^  ty: -,,uv,-ly  ,.l,|- tn  i„-m-ideclothes 

^"'tid,h- Inr  tl.T Iv,..  ,ui,ltl..„-,.-I,i|,ir..m,togo 

to  nin.-lii.y  ,u|.l  Mt  I..M,I.-  th,.  ,[,.;ir,  rith  ,:.nL-s.— 
Oh  what  a  pity  it  would  be,  if  any  of  our  dear 
brethren  should  ho  refused  admittance  to  the 
beautiful  mansions  above,  because  they  fared 
sumptuously  every  day  and  lived  in  cold  indif- 
ference and  unconcern  about  the  poor  beggars 
that  lay  at  their  gates,  thinking  all  this  time 
that  tbey  are  getting  along  well  enough. — 
Deal-  brethren  and  sistei^  if  we  ivould  provoke 
one  another  to  love  and  good  works  w^  must 
visit  each  other  oftcncr;  manifest  an  interest  in 
e.icb  others  welfiire;  the  rich  must  not  visit  on- 
ly the  rich,  and  the  poor,  the  poor,  but  the  rich 
visit  the  poor,  and  make  them  know  that  they 
don't  feel  above  tliem,  and  the  poor  must  viait 
the  rich,  and  be  content  with  their  lot,  and 
not  envy  those  that  have  more  than  they  have; 
for  whether  rich  or  poor  godliness  with  content- 
ment is  great  gain. 

May  God  help  us  to  love  each  other  dearly, 
and  Him  supremely  is  the  prayer  of  one  of  hia 
weakest. 


Pride  and  the  Cause  of  it. 

HE  use  of  jewelry  and  guy  and  costly  attire 

may  be  attributed  to  three  causes. 
1.     A  natural  taste  for  them, 
!,     A  desire  to  gratify  other?. 
I.     The    supposed   necessity    of  compliance 
with  the  imperious  dictates  of  fashion. 

When  we  wish  to  gratify  other  people  we 
mistake  ourselves  and  gratify  the  adversary  of 
our  souls.  We  may  add  that  we  have  never 
seen  the  habit  of  indorsement,  which  w.a  not 
associated  with  pride  usually  in  the  ratio  of  its 
own  extent.  A  lady  once  asked  a  clergyman 
whether  he  considered  such  a  pratice,  m  a  per- 
on  decorating  theraaelves  with  jewelry  and  rib- 
bons and  such  costly  attire  ils  an  evidence  of 
pnde.  The  good  brother  replied  with  as  much 
point,"  Madam  when  you  see  the  4 


6 


THCK  liHETKCREiSr   ^^.T   "wokk:. 


-A-ugust    8. 


fox's  tail  peeping  out  of  the  hole,  you  may  be 
Bure  llic  animn)  is  within."  Soch  adornments 
do  not  agree  with  Paul's  writing  to  Timothy, 
1  Tim.  3:  8.  9,  10.  "  I  will  that  men  pray  every 
where,  lifting  up  holy  hands  without  wratli 
mi  doubting;  in  like  manner  also  that  women 
adorn  themselvesin  modest  apparel  ivithshame- 
facedntsa  and  sobriety,  not  with  braided  hair  or 
pearls  or  ddatly  array."  Our  prayer  is,  may  God 
'O'pen  the  eye-?  of  the  blind  and  may  they  be  led 
ii^to  the  truth  and  in  the  knowledge  of  God. 
"  While  1  am  writing,  my  mind  is  carried 
■  bKck  a  few  days,  when  the  last  United  Brethren 
quarterly  meeting  w:is  held  at  this  place,  Jiarch 
the  30th  and  31st,  wheii  those  that  should  have 
'b^en  enaainplos  to  the  (lock,  came  forward  to 
partake  of  tlie  sacrameiit  of  the  Lord's  supper, 
the  minister  ill  all  the  gaudy  show  of  the  world 
and  their  wivts  with  all  the  grandeur  that  the 
world  affords,  to  my  observation  they  had  to 
make  the  third  trial  before  they  could  get  the 
Veil  from  Iwfore  their  mouth  so  that  they  could 
partake  of  the  emblem  of  the  blood  of  Christ. 
"J 'wondered  whether  God  had  given  one  pei-son 
b'liB'  law  and  another,  another  law.  I  read  that 
we  are  to  take  those  emblems  in  r^meriibi 
of  his  sufferings  and  death.  We  lea^n  ir 
'Hbly  Scriptures  that  Christ  was  a 'meek 
lowly  Lamb  and  thiitwe  are  to  follovv  him  if 
wp  wish  to  dwell  with  him  in  glory.  There'ai-e 
expi-es3  and  positive  statements  of  Scripture 
upon  the  point.  In  1  Peter  3:3,  4,  we  have 
■tliest  words,"  Whose  adorning  let  it  not  be  that 
outward  adorning  of  plaiting  the  hair."  This 
is  to  show  that  there  is  no  possibilitj-  of  evail- 
ing  the  ibrCe  of  these  comhiaiidments'  and  that 
they  are  binding  upon  all  who  profe&s  the  relig- 
ion'of  Christ.  EverydoUarespeudedfor  mere 
ornament  or  to  procure  costlier  appai-el,  than 
is  actmilly  needed,  the  bitter  condemnation  is, 
it  was  snuaiidered,  squandereil  though  pity 
■wept,  squandered  though  benevolence  remon- 
strated, squandered  though  religion  frowned, 
squiindpred  tlioiiirh  sympathy  chilled  mthin, 
-fiqiuiiiii  li  ■! '■' '  ■  ■'  I'l"''''  .I'l' f.i-^hion  hade.  0 
-Clii.,.,|  I  .    i.     <  I  ri,   gay   enchant- 

lin/iii-  ......  _  ■;'■  r  ■  '...iiitmaids  of  per- 
dition. i"i.i  -  iM'  111-  ..iiil.lL-iilrumyoursnarcsl 
Vicf  i-  a  iii"ii-t' r  "1  ^<>  I'nghtflil  mien;  as  to  be 
hateii,  u-'r.U  bill  III  bi-  seen.  Vet  seen  t6o'  oftj 
familiar  Willi  Il.i-  l;i.v:  wi'  fi,-st  endure,  Mi 
■pity,  then  eml.r.L..'.  Tlii-  i^tlie  philosophy  of 
the  habit  of  iiulul^.'.-iir.^  rv:dri\  by  the'practice 
ofadornments;  wlieu  tir-.t  mh-voA  upon,,  it  is 
with  faltering  accents  and  trembling^  step's,  but 
soon  the  voice  is  firmer  and  the' tones  more  full 
at  last  with  reckless  haste  and  wild  impassion- 
ate  notes,  the  course  is  rushed  over,  till  it  end? 
in  ruin  and  death. 

Selected  by  J.  E.  D.  Shokt. 


Prayer  of  ttie  Faithful. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


SINCE  our  last  report  wo  visited  the  church 
e^  around  Soutli  Bend,  Tad.,  and  found  the 


s  wide  awake,  iuid.ashuu: 
buth  schools.  Twoni-nib.i-  i-.\" 
fold  atathiireh  m.-.-tii.-  li.'M  wlul. 

These  iuembers  bud  1 jl   i)n<\-;^'\ 

^\^.  lire  under  oliligation-  to  l.y 
Jliller  who  offered  us  t]ieon>ortuuit 
the  niiiiiuer,  the  Brotlir.'u  an-  g^dh. 
"school  lo'catedat  Aahliiii.l.  Ohio.  W 
"■Special  obligaiion's  to  Kl.k'r  f)- B.  St 


good  Sab- 
,1  to  the 
vvis  there. 
Cripe.— 
lames 


Ekh 


;  II  [)  the 
ire  undei 
■gis,Elde, 
Wengei 


■  .iiivassmg 

^vt■ighls- 


. ,  luUy  able 
regard   to 


't^.'.'R.  Wiight-uiaii  and  riro.  >t;u-fi 
for  taking  us  around  ;iiL  I  i--'-i  u  'i 
for  said  school.  EM.  r  -■ 
mau  are  our  authori/,' I  -.j  ■■■-  '  '■: 
around  South  Bend.  Klil.  i  ^L,ll■^-  .= 
to  siive  all  necessary  inlormation  ^n 
the  School,  having  been  in  cor  ires  pqndeucfi  for 
some  tiiue.  , 

At  this  place  IS  located  ih,:  Catholic  UulversJ 
ity  of  Noire  Dame  mid  St.  M^uy's  Fejuale  Col- 
lege where  Protest  aut  ebildr.'n  J 
into  Catholics.     The  iiistitutioh' ' 
a  million,  and  haa  seven  humlred 
nttiicbcd. 

WciiimlogivciSoiiHi  li.-iullu' 
Next  we  came  to  ('liir.i'jo  ii>  n 
process  of  heatiuj 


yerted 
■orth  half 
s   of  land 

ivtlu'r  notice. 
ii\.-ligate  the 

-Hngsbi''de- 

composing  water  and  burning  hydrogen  giis 
We  found  the  .process  wonderful  and  believe  it 
will  bemade  asuccM>.  ;  We  enjoyed  the  hospi- 
-I  lidirney  and  the  a.s-'isf- 
.i.  \i=ifed  the  most  i'u- 
1-, -r,  -i,i.lia.s  Palmer  Mel 
.■  B^iard  of  Trade,  Lincoln 
Brother  iu   tho 


THERE  lived  in  the  year  1871,  near  Ashland, 
Ohio,  a  little  family  consisting  of  father, 
ther  and  four  little  girls,  Annie,  Ida,  LiK/ie 
and  Mary,  aged  respectively  9,  7,  5  and  3  years. 
It  so  happened  in  December  71,   little  Mary 
was  taken  very  si'ck.     The  old  family  physician 
was  sdmmoiied  immediately  to  the  bedside,  and 
everything  done  for' her  seemingly  that  mortal 
men  could  do,  but  all  did  not  seem  to  stay  the 
ravages  of  the  disease  (congestion  ofthe  brain), 
spasms  of  the  most  alarming  character  set  in, 
rmd  at  the  end  of  four  iveeks,  her  little  hands 
and  arms  were  all  drawn  out  of  shape,  and   her 
feet  and  ankles  stiff,  eyes  sunk  and  turued  up- 
ward, no  action  ofthe  bowels  for  seventeen  days 
uo  signs 'of  life  except  intermitting   pulsations 
and  difficult  breathing.    So.  the  old  Dr.  left ' 
late  in  the  evening  and  said  he  would  not  come 
back  as  she  waa  beyond  human  skill.     So  about 
midnight,  Liznie  went  to  sleep.     Annie  and  Ida 
were  got  into  their  bedroom  by  hard  persuasion, 
as  they  Were  almost  worn  out,  by  promising  them 
to  call  if  there  was  any  change  in  little  Mary. 
In  the  morning  they  came  out  and  said   Mary 
is  not  dead.     0  father  and   mother  we  could 
liot  sleep,  we  have  been  asking   the  good   man 
all  night  to  spare  little  Mary.'     And   I   believe 
that  father  and  mother  had  been  asking  about 
the  same  ■  favor  of  the   mighty  and   merciful 
God;    'In  the  forenoon  of  that  day,  the  old  Dr. 
heard  through  one  of  the  neighboi^  that  the, 
child  was  not  dead.     So  he  hastened  to  the  place 
and  said  He  saw  symptoms  for  better,  and  also 
said  he  never  saw  the  like  before  and  commenc- 
ed treating  her  again,  with  external  applications 
as  she  had  swalloived  nothing  for  some   time, 
and  in  a  short  time  Mary  was  i-eally  perceptibly 
better;' her  little  limbs  began  to  come  sti-iiight, 
pnlsation  was  regular,  the  eyes  moved  and  she 
could  swallow  a  little  nourishment.    And  to- 
day she  is  a  bright  eyed-healthy  little  girl,  and 
going  to  school  every  day. 
■  '  Now  dear  reader  don't  look  upon  the  above; 
as  an  idle  or  ficticious  story,  for  we  were  an  eye 
and  ear  witne.sa  to  the  whole  of  it,  and  more 
thanascore  of  iritnesses  can  bo  brought  to ver- 
ifyithetroth  of  it.  ■ 

And  who  wilt  say  that  the  prayers  of  children 
mi^ht  not  avail  also? 

What  a  great  responsibility  is  resting  upon 
parents,  how  they  bring  up  their  children  in 
reverenMal  fear  of  God,  and  how  can  we  bring 
thenriip  right,  if  we  don't  revere  him  ourselves 
by  obedience? 

One  year  ago  Annie  and  Ida  were  baptized 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  an  d 
Holy  Ghost,  and  are  consistent  members  ofthe 
church.  And  I  know  they  have  enjoyment, 
that  the  world  knows  not  of. 

Oh  fathers  and  mothere  are  you  doing  your 
duty?  Are  you  doing  the  commandments,  or 
are  you  theorizing,  and  philosophizing  around 
them?'  making  them  non-essential,  and  teach- 
ing them,  for  doctiine,'the  commandments  of 
men.  0  have  pity  on  yourselves,  andou'  your 
dhildreh,  for  if  we  will  not  obey  while  here 
proliationers,  the  day  is  eoming  when '  the  sen- 
tence will  be,  depart!  then  we  must  obey.  Let 
me  say  to  you  once'moR',how' con  you  bring 
up  your  ehildren  right  if  you  don't  obey 
Lord  yourself. 
'  How  can  you  console  yourself  iniime  of  af- 
flictionr"  How  can  yoii  with  hope  and  confi- 
dence, pray  to  God  for  mercy,  when  you  are  in 
great  distress,  when  you  don't  do  the  little 
things  he  haa  asked  of  you? 

Now  we  pray  thee,  mighty  God  of  heaven 
and  earth,  that  this  family  herein  spoken  of, 
with  those  that  have  been  given  them  since,  'to 
care  for,  with  your  dear  brethreii  and  sisters, 
may  all  meet  in  heaven,  where  neithel-  death 
nor  sickness,  nor  sorrow,  nor  partiiig  shall  bi 
no  more.  B.  Arnold. 


ite  their  claims  as  near  together  as  possible. 
There  will  be  probably  fifty  members  of  the 
church  go  in  the  colony,  besides  many  friends 
that  are  not  members.  We  will  here  say  to  all 
brethren  and  sisters  that  contemplate  going 
West  and  prefer  going  iu  acolony.  send  us  your 
address  and  tell  what  you  want,  also  enclose  a 
stamp  or  two  and  we  will  give  you  the  t«rmsor 
what  is  required  in  order  to  become  a  member 
of  tho  colony. 

Sfiolii,  Iowa. 

From  Cornelia,  Mo.  —  We  lately  baptized 
two  who  formerly  were  in  fellowship  with  the 
Mis.sionary  Baptists.  Their  convictions  of 
Christian  duty  and  the  character  of  ChiTstian 
life  seemed  clear.  S.  S.  Mohler. 


At  the  piwent  time,  the  whole  unmber  of 
Je^vs  in  Jerusalem,  amounts  13,000  souls.  They 
form  more  than  one  third'of  theentire  popula- 
tion there,  and  exceed  almost  double  the  Chris- 
tian portion. 


The  New  Testament  Revision  Company  met 
at  New  Haven  a  few  days  since  and  completed 
the  fii-st  eleven  chapters  of  Itevelations.  They 
expect  to  finiMh  the  entire  work  in  a  few  more 
sessions.  The  Old  Testament  company  may  re- 
quire two  years  longer. 


From  C.  Hope. — We  had  fowr  meetui^  yes- 
terday at  different  points.  Expect  to  have  meet- 
ing hero  next  Sunday  when  we  expect  to  bap- 
tise two  persons.  The  zeal  and  piety  of  the 
members  seem  to  be  increasing.  Many  love 
our  Sunday-school.  My  wiie  has  improved 
some  in  health,  but  I  am  not  yet  well.  Pros- 
pects for  a  good  harvest  are  so  fAr  promising. 
May  the  Loi-d  grant  better  times  for  the  pOor. 
Pray  for  na  all,  dear  brethren.  Youi-s  iu  Christ 
evermore. 

From  S.  J.  Harrison.— 0]i  7th  inst.,  three 
united  with  the  church — all  young.  Brother 
Bashor  will  be  with  us  from  the  first  of  August, 
a  week  or  more. 

Western  College,  In. 

From  J.  S.  Flory.— The  eclipse  is  going  to 
be  a  (imml  "  success,"  iis  the  day  is  beautiful. 
Considerable  excitement,  I  understand,  in  some 
of  our  towns,  the  Advents  claiming  the  world 
ends  to-day.  I  will  send  you  a  report  of  the 
eclipse  in  a  day  or  two.  If  tlie  world  ends  to- 
day, of  course  you  will  know'  our  address  is 
changed! 

From  Beaver  Dam,  Iml.  —  We  are  still 
making  a  little  progress  in  our  Miister's  cause, 
preparing  for  the  great  harvest  at  the  end  of 
the  woriil.  At  our  Love-feast,  the  6th  of  June, 
Bl'o.  R.  H.  Miller  was  with  ns,  and  several  oth- 
er brethren,  and  we  continued  our  meeting  three 
days.  Six  were  gathered  into  the  fold  at  that 
time,  and  onc.since.  May  WieLord euiible  them 
to  prove  faithfnl  to  the  cause  of  Christ  until 
death.  A  sad  accident  occurred  iu  our  viciuit 
a  few  days  ago;  A  young  girl,  by  the  name  of 
Bowers,  was  in  the  act  of  building  a  fire  in  the 
stove,  and  took  the  oil  can  to  pour  oil  on  the 
wood;   there   being   fire   in   the  stove,   the  oil 

ight  fire  and  hurst  the  can,  and  she  was 
badly  burned  that  she  died  in  a  few  hours.  A 
about  U  yeai-s.  D.  Bechtklheimer. 


Following  the  severe  heated  tei-ni  the  yellow 
fever  has  broken  out  iu  several  quarters.  A  few 
cases  have  appeared  iu  New  York  and  St"  Louis, 
and  the  plague  has  broken  out  with  such 
severity  in  New  Orleans  that  a  quarantine  has 
been  established  at  nearly  all  the  river  and  gulf 
ports.  On  Sunday  53  cases,  25  of  them  fatal 
had  been  reported, 

The  eclipse  ofthe  sun  on  Monday,  July  29th 
which  was  visible  with  a  clear  sky  over  a  large 
portion  of  the  United  Stated,  was  well  improv- 
ed by  scientists.  Several  large  parties,  with 
instruments  for  scientific  investigation,  observ- 
ed the  phenomenon  from  the  vicinity  of  Den- 
ver, Col.  where  the  eclip.se  was  total.  Their 
stigatioiis,  if  favorable  are  expected  to  es- 
tablish interesting  theories  rospectiug  the  gas- 
eous envelope  of  the  snn,  and  a  new  planet  re- 
olving  within  the  orbit  of  Mars.  • 


A  certificate  lately  published  by  citizens  of 
Sterling,  runs  thus:  "  We,  the  undersigned  cit- 
izens of  the  city  of  Steriing,  111.,  do  hereby 
certify  that  during  the  last  four  years,  our  city 
administration  has  been  run  upon  the  no-liceuse 
system;  that  during  these  four  years  drunken- 
ness haa  decreased  about  seventy-five  percent., 
as  shown  by  the  records  of  our  magistrates; 
that  our  po|iulatiou  display's  more  thrill;  that 
it  is  more  industrious  and  more  moral  than  ev- 
er before."  How  is  this  for  those  who  main- 
tain, that  liquor  traffic  is  a.  benefit  to  city  trade 
and  general  prosperity.  Banish  the  liquor  traffic 
from  our  latul  and  the  way  to  prosperity  will 
be  open. 


BOOKS,   PAMPHLETS, 

Foil  s.m.f; 
AT    THIS    OFFICE. 


ETC, 


lent  w 


10   c 


,   SI  00. 


,A-NNOUNCEMEISrTS. 


NotiCEa  ot   Lovc-hisl-a,    Disirici 


GLEA.]srinsrGS. 


tality  of  Dr. 

ance  of  thcii 

porlaut  phi.'i 

worth  S3,0ii( 

Park  clc.,'also  found  n  ^ 

heart  of  tliis  city,     N^-xt  we    came  to  Lanark 

where  w-  enjoyed  the  bo^jutality  of 'the  .-ditoi-s 

of  the  l!i[KTiiui-:s  AT  Woith",  iuid  then  weut   to 

Dutihtowii  whuie  wo  are   eujoyiug   such    care 

and  kindnei^  fo^  which  our    western    Brethren 

lire  justly'  noted.      The   plan  of  the   Ashland 

school  is  receiving  universal  favor  wherever   we 

have  been'.  S.  'A.  SnAiii'. 


From  D.  0.  Moomaw.  t^-Id  my  article,  en- 
titled, "  Among  the  Baptists,"  published  iu  No. 
29,  current  volume,  I  am  made  to  sayi  "  Its  ob- 
servance is  an  "evidence  of  "a  liou-converted 
heart,"  when  it  should  be,  "  Its  observance  is  an 
evidence  of  a  converted  heart,  but  its  non-ob- 
servance is  not  an  evidence  of  a  non-couyertod 
heart."  '  It  is  important  that  this  correction 
should  )}e  made,  Among  all  theii;,  numerous 
incongruities  this  is  the  chief,  It  would  take 
an  immense  amount  of  "  twistitication "  for 
Baptist  logicians  to  tlaasify  their  theology  of 
baptism. 

From  N.  C.  Workman.— Zir. /An 'I  Ei}ih»->: 
— Yoo  advised  the  brethren  here,  that  aie  L>fc- 
pariug  to  go  West  to  take  homesteafb,  to  settle 
as  near  together  us  they  could.  Yes,  that  is  the 
idea,  they  are  organizing  a  colony  now  and  one 
of  the  rules   they  have  iidtipted   binds  them  to 


LOVE-PEASTB; 

lieafrice  cliurcli,  Gage  Co..  Neb.,  September  TLIi  and 
8th.  couiiupiieiufi  at  2  o'clock. 

Sui;iii  I  II .  I,  .. -I '■.'!■  ^.itiiiiL,  Saiigonion  Co.,  Ill,  Oft- 

:; .     ,       ■  .   1./  :it  lOo'eluck. 

l,„v,,  I     .  II-,- of  Brp.  G.W.  Ituitiiott^. 

Paint  I  :..!  -  ,-  -(uui,  UourlJou  Co..  Kansius, 
(),i.i.:     ''   .   '    :;i>.  I'ouimencuig  at  2  o'clock. 

MiuiT.il  I  "  '  I    .1  "!iFi-"ii  To.,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  I. 

Momm'  Co.,  l;i.,  ll"i  lulli  of  August,  at  Peter  fil- 
ler's, two  miles  Soutli  of  Pieileric  station,  com- 
mcncinj,'  at  live  o'clock. 

Stanislaus  rlmicli,  Cal.,  Ilrst  Saturday  in  Octol>er. 

Wiiitesville,  Mo,.Sf^lit.7tli.   ' 

Abilene  clnucli,  Kaiis.is,  Augiwt"24tli.  Mectingon 
tho  Sdth  at  same  place.    ' 

Arnold's  Grove.  Sept.  lOtli  iind  lltli,  commencing  at 

1     1  o'clock,  P.-il.  1.  'I    I      I.'  i  .  I 

Mullierry  congregation,  Jlf)ml  Co.,  Vi}..,  Oct-  fltli. 

C^oiiii  Ci-cel;  rongregatio)!,  Sept.  l.J. 

Xinr  iiiili'sSoiitliotTli.t^j^i., -Ml).,  August  mii.al 

Coltoiiwuod  coiigre^'ation,  Li'mi  (.'n.  Kan..  Si'iil 

imd'stli.  '■  '  ' 

lietliel  cliureli.  I^ildioi-e  Co..  Nel>..  .^•■|>l.   '^Hi 

iStli. 
Erauklin  dmivl,,  lom  :,.i.l  ,i  lull   iml.',  Xnill|. 


-onCo.,  Iiul„Oct. 
ii  commence  on  1 


Uuiiii,  I.o«an  Co.,  U.,  Oct  l2tli  at  a  o'clock. 
,' oliuii'li.  Uct.  rilli  and  dthat  residence  of 
Ili-iiiy  .SliiiiuUor,  tlireo  and  a  half  miles 
i-W. '■.(■.(  I'.M ly.  Marion  Co..  Kiiii. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Twenty-three  eases  of  yellow  fever  in   N 
Orleans,  are  reported.     Of  these,  thirteen  have 
died  and  ten  are  convalescent. 


The  Perfect  Plnn  of  Salvation,  or  Safe  Ground,  Uy  J.  If. 
'  SLoiviDg  ilint  ilio  posilion  occupieil  bj  the 
rcn,  id  infiillibly  suft.  I'rice  1  copj,  10  ccnia ; 
lies.  SI  00. 

Trine  Iromsrsion  Tracad  tc  tie  Apostles,— Beini;  n  collac 
■  in  of  hialoriuil  qiiolalions  from  uiodern   nnJ   ODDient 


nutliors 


DVlllg    I 


I  llirccfold   ; 


of  btl]l 
nnii    llicir    immedu 
64  piigoa.  prico,  lb  ctula; 
'ho  "One  Fftitli,"  Vindicated.  —  Bj  M.  M.  KbLbI. 
■lOrngM.  prici.-  lOceiils;  12  copies  51  00.  Ailv<     ■ 
"  cnrnEsU;  conlonda  for  lliu  fiUtli 


«  the 


prncliced  by  tho  npoBtln 
11;  J.  11.  Moore, 
,S1  00. 


0  dctiTored  to  Ibe 


Satbatinto.  —  li>  Sf 


M.  Esliclmnn.    10  pngoa,   pciuo   10 

IK),     TrcFils  lliF  Subbnlli   qiio^lion, 

III  llH'obHwrvnnceortUe  seven (b-dnj 

i\  wiMi  nU  oilier  Ji'iriub  dajB,    and 

I  Ibo  proferred  day 


.>:.'mb1a  i 


nUip. 


One  BaptiBm. — A  dinlo^o  shovfiog  that  (rin( 
is  (be  oulj  ground  of  .union,  Ibol  cnn  bo  couBcienliously 
occupied  bj  Ibolcndiiie'l*^""""'"''"''^"'^  Cbri^tooduni. 
Ilj,r.ll.  Moore.     One  copy   lOconIs;  12  copies,  5100, 

CampticlUsm  Woislied  In  the  Balance,  and  Foond  Want' 
inff.— AwriUen  .eniion  in  reply  to  Elder  C~,  By 
J.  II.  .Moore.  11  ia  n  wi-ll  prin[ed(™cloraixlecnp,ngc?. 
Sb..iild  l)c  cTreiitiiled  by  (lioliulidreJs  in  nimust  every 
lodilily.  I'rico,  2  Dop^eif,  10  ccnU  ;  G  copies,  2Q  ccnO ;  26 
copies  jil  OU  ;  lOO  copici.  £3  50. 

.Wh7llefttheBaptlst,Chnrdi,-l!yJ-  W.  Stein.  A  iracl 
7f  II)  imgoM  niidinioniloJ  for  an  oxtciiBnc  cireulniioa 
ninoiigllie  Bnplim  people.  Price,  2  copies,  10  cenls ; 
40  eopio  (1  00, 
Brethren'B  Envelopes.— Prepared  espeoiany  for 
of  one  puoplB.  'i'licy  conluin, 
Ibc  Lnck.'iieonipletosummnryof  01  , 
,  gious  body,!  Prioo  IG  uIh.  per  piickage— W>  in  a  pack, 
iige-'-or  W  uts.  per  bundrcd. 

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pndy    printed    i 


A  Sermon  on  BaptUm,  —  iJeWii 

ill  (111-  lill!  l.iA  Omgrugnlion 
n«»i1y   |U'Jiited  luiuipblcl  of   I 

Quiater  and  Sayder'a  Debate  on  ImmorsiOD. 

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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  pnssenger  li 
P.  M.,  and  ari 

Day  passenger  (i 
M  ,  nn.i  orrivi' 


n   going  cast  Icnxes  Lanuk     at  12:00 
(Sin  Itnoin(iBtG:43  P.M. 
n  BOina  weal  leares  Lanark  at  2;0C   P. 
-     ■    •  ■      '    .1  6:50  P-  M. 


ins,  goiDg  east  and  west.  i 
Lutt.v  L.iniiiK  "I  -;:lf  A.  .M„  arriting  in  Kaciii.. ...  ...— 

A.    >1.,    .10.1    1.1    r.ock  I»l(indnlli:OOA.  M. 
eiitlii  nnd  ,Vi;ccjtafn.jJiilion    Truins    will    run    west    at 
12  MU  ,V    M..    8;10  A.  M,.  and  easl   at  la;  10  A.M. 
nnd  fi:  15  P.  M, 

Tiokew  are  Hold   for  abore   IrninB   only,     Possenger 
kins  njokc  cloac  couneellon  nl  IVeslern  tnion  Junction, 
0,  A.  SuiTO,  AgeaU 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"■BeJwld  I  Bring    You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  Alt  I'eople."'  —  Lvti-E  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  August  15,  1878. 


No.  33. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  AHP  PUBLISHED  WKEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE   &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

B.  H.  UlLLElt,        ------        LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STEIN, XKWTONIA,  MO. 

D.  VAJilMAN,         _..----  VIRDEJ/,  ILL. 
D.  B.  MK^NTZEU, WAYNESHORO,  PA. 


MATTIt  A.  LEAR, 


-      URDA! 


ILL. 


OUTSIDE  THE  GATE. 


Time  liiis  lictn,  in  tlic  long  a^jo, 
"VVIicii  we  liftvo  Wiitiflcreil  to  iinrt  fro 
Xogethtr  'micl  tho  loses'  bloom, 
Tlic  night  nil'  liulen  witli  [lorfuine. 

lint  ill!  isclmnged;  the  loses  bud 
Ulioii  tlie  wall.    Liko  (hops  of  hloml 
The  \ieUi)a  full,  hc-i-e  iit  iiij'  Te'ct: 
J  sicken  iit  tliL'lr  brcjith  so  swuut. 

Weloveil.    .She  iilifjhteil  me  her  fnitli : 
IVhon,  from  Uie  piist,  liko  sumL'griin  v 
One  folly  of  my  yiinth  ciuiie  ii|i 
To  drink  its  bitter  linrvosL  cii)). 


Coiihl  I  but  have  my  life  to  live 
Asiiiri;  one  linlf  its  jiiys  I'd  give 
To  Imvn  its  record  freu  from  hliftlit, 
And  hold  licr  to  my  lieurt  to-nlglit. 

^ho  counted  mo  ;is  a  griiln  of  Himd. 
.■^Iie  would  not  even  toUL-ti  my  (umd, 
Wpaltli,  lame,  are  mine,  yet  desolate 
1  stand  outside  tlie  giilu  to-ni^'ht- 

—Inter  Occi 


THE  HOME  OF  THE  SOUL. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSllAUGIt. 

To  Ida  Bell  I{ig<jlr,  of  Sacrameulo,   Cal:- 

EVERY  essay  must  have  n  title,  but  it  is  not 
necessary  that  the  latter  be  a  eondensution 
of"  the  former.  It  may  give  a  general  idea  of 
the  essay,  or  only ,  a  hint  which  appears  here 
and  there.  My  [iresent  title  is  one  tliat  nmy 
stand  by  itsell",  as  suggestive  of  every  thing 
sweet  and  glorious  and  elevating  that  the  soul 
finds  in  .Fesus,  "  both  in  tliLs  world  and  iii  that 
which  is  to  come." 

I  aiu  to-day  putting  a  novel  parenthesis  in 
my  literary  history-^w riling  n  letter  lor  the 
press  to  a  little  girl  of  eight  years  old.  You 
will  perhaps  be  obliged  to  lay  do\vn  the  pajier 
freqiieiiffy  and  lak  Webster  what  I  mean.  I 
will  study  simplicity,  but  it  is  not  easy  for  ine 
to  write  without  getting  into  deep  waters,  and 
laying  hold  of  some  heavy  planks  to  help  me 
ashore.  Some  people  have  a  great  hoiTor  of 
\Vebster,  and  it  would  seem  even  of  the  spell- 
ing-book. I  despise  no  one  on  account  of  ig- 
norance; God  has  His  liiirest  jewels  among  the 
unlearned.  But  whoa  people  glory  in  their 
ignorance,  and  make  a  boast  of.  their  stupidity, 
I  cannot  help  looking  for  Li^ke  18:  11, 12  on 
their  phylactery. 

Heaven  is  not  all  beyond  the  stare.  The 
soul's  true  home  is  in  tho  body.  It  is  sin  that 
divorces  this  wedlock.  God  Hinlself  wtis  made 
flesh  so  (13  to  refit  our  corporeal  cbnstitution  to 
be  the  soul's  etenml  tabernacle.  Not  only  was 
"  God  iiiatii/ent  in  the  flesh,"  but  was  "  made 
flesh."  ITim.Silfl;  Jobm  1:  14.  l^aul  snys; 
"without  controvei-sy "  this  isu  "great  mys- 
tery." But  there  is  something  about  it  which 
is  clear  as  the  noonday:  it  shows  us  what 
God  thinks  of  our  body,  and  the  high  uses  for 
which  He  ha.s  designed  it,  a^d  where  He  will 
meet  us  iu  Cbinst  Jesus,  or  meet  us  never,  save 
as  a  "consuming  fire."  If  this  lesson  of  the  In- 
carnation were  well  leiinied,  we  would  have  no 


members  to  defile  themselves  with  tobacco,  or 
poison  the  air  which  othei-s  breathe  with  the 
fumes  of  the  burning  weed,  or  preach  right- 
eousness and  purity  and  humility  to  othei-s, 
ivhile  they  are  themselves  "  woi-shipers  of  mam- 
mon," competitors  for  popularity,  and  not  un- 
freriuently  horrible  compounds  of  lust  and  sel- 
fishness, corniptiou  and  brutishness.  Christ 
"consecrated  for  us  a  now  and  living  way 
ihrouijh  the  mil  that  is  His  flesh."  Hcb.  10: 
20.  Our  treatment  of  our  6o(/if3  is  the  criteri- 
on of  our  holiness,  and  the  condition  of  our  sal- 
vation. There  is  no  home  for  the  soul  where 
.Tesus  is  not.  Under  the  dominion  of  sin,  the 
body  becomes  a  prison,  and  Heaven  itself  a  place 
of  torment,  "This  house  of  our  earthly  fab- 
eruacle  "  is  a  fit  residence  for  Deity,  and  just  so 
soon  OS  we  offer  it  to  the  occupancy  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  John  1:51,  and  Rev.  21:  2,  3,  will 
find  glorious  fulfillment.  "Ye  arc  the  temple 
of  the  living  God;  as  God  hath  said,  I  will  dwell 
ill  them,  aud  walk  in  them;  and  I  will  be  their 
God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people."  2  Cor.  6: 
16.  "  If  any  man  dejlle  the  temple  of  God,  him 
^hall  God  destroy;  for  the  temple  of  God  is  ho- 
ly, which  temple  ye  arc.''  1  Cor.  3;  17.  We  are 
to  be  the  "  living  stones  "  of  which  the  spirit- 
ual edifice  is  built,  the  biood-wushed,  blood-ce- 
mented masonry  of  the  Eternal  Fame  of  Grace, 
"  aud  there  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  it  any 
thijig  that  denleth,  neither  whatsoever  worketh 
abomination,  or  maketh  a  lie."  Rev.  21:  27. 
Tho  Body  of  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Home  of 
find,  is  the  Central  Truth  of  the  Bible,  the 
mystery  of  the  Divine  Economy,  the  Enigma 
of  Eternity  for  angels  and  saints,  the  hope  of 
all  sinners,  the  type  of  all  helievei-s,  Ei 
uel  is  tho  great  Kamo  that  embodies  all  we 
know  or  ever  can  know,  of  the  nature  and  won- 
ders of  God  and  man.  To  "  live  after  the  flesh" 
to  despise  God,  aud  rate  the  incarnation  of 
the  Devil  above  tlie  \voudrous  wedlock  of  Deity 
with  humanity.  Although  you  have  seen  but 
eight  summers,  and  have  still  the  dew  of  inno- 
cence on  your  chihl-soul,  yet  this  august  prin- 
ciple is  involved  in  wliat  you  say  in  your  letter 
about  the  use  of  money,  namely,  that  you  pre- 
fer to  cast  it  into  the  Lord's  Treasury,  or  in 
some  way  assist  His  cause,  rather  than  spend 
itfor candies  and  gewgawsand  tlesh-pleasing  per- 
sonal adornments.  If  Rev.  3:  20  pours  itsglories 
and  raptui-es  into  the  inner  sanctuary  of  our 
being,  the  soul  finds  the  body  the  exact  vehicle 
for  the  most  ecstatic  enjoyment  and  the  most 
ravishing  expression  of  the  Triune  Jehovah. 
0  the  honor,  0  the  glory,  0  the  bliss,  of  en- 
templing  and  manifesting  the  All-Good  and 
All-Holy.  A  true  apprehension  of  this  will 
upset  the  traffic-tables,  drive  the  oxen  and 
doves  out  of  the  Holy  Place,  and  lay  the  cord- 
ed scourge  of  righteousness  vigorously  on  the 
bare  back  of  that  selfishness  which  turns  the 
"  house  of  prayer  into  a  den  of  thieves."  "  He 
consecrated  a HPiP aud  livisg  way."  "To  me 
to  live  is  Christ."  "  1  am  crucified  with  Christi 
nevertheless  I  LiVEjyetnot  I,  but  CHRIST  LIV- 
ETH  IN  ME."  Another  incarnation;  anoth- 
er manifestation  of  God  in  the  flesh.  This  is 
Christianity,  all  else  is  counterieit.  This  makes 
the  body  the  soul's  eternal  home,  and  not  its 
endless  torment. 

I  know  brethren  \vho  are  daily  groaning  nu- 
dcv  the  penalties  of  excess.  '  They  must  have 
their  stimulating  dishes  to  goad  their  appetites 
far  beyond  the  nonniil  standard,  "making  a 
God  of  their  bellica,"  sjrinning  the  cobwebs  of 
carnality  across  the  window  of  the  soul,  nour- 
ishing their  lusts  and  passions,  till  the  temple 
of  God  is  vacated  for  the  dictatorship  of  devils. 
To  "  eat  the  flesh  ;of  the  Son  of  Man,  and  drink 
His  blood,"  will  kill  the  taste  for  tobacco  and 
the  dainties  and  commixtures  which   t«nd  to 


the  immaculate  Emblem  of  purity.  She  nevei 
sets  a  foot,  or  dips  a  wing,  or  thrusts  her  bill  in. 
to  the  slough  of  carnality.  Commit  your  young 
life  to  this  High  Ideal.  It  holds'  the  highest 
possibilities  of  God  in  your  own'  nature.  You 
need  not  wait  for  death  to  know  what  Heaven. 
is.  The  River  of  Life  clear  us  crystal  will  flow 
through  your  soul,  and  the.  Tree  of  Life,  (rar- 
grant  with  bloom,  and  laden  with  twelve  n 
ner  of  fmits,  will  make  a  miniature  Panidif 
your  inner  life.  Do  not  doubt  it.  Where  God 
presides  over  our  entire  being,  the  flesh  itself 
will  tingle  and  quiver  with  the  beatitudes  of 
the  Upper  World. 


HOW  TO  LEARN  CHRIST, 


establish  habits  that  make   the   body 

abode  for  the  Holy  GlioW.    "  Behold  the  Uimh 


unfit 


of  God."     There  is  no  tobacco 
Behold  the  Dove  of  tlic  Baptism 


in  His  pasture. 
ilCunsecnition: 


■■  Hut  ye  bavc  not  so  learned  Obrist"  Eph.  i:  20. 

rHE  doctrine  IS  taught  that  ■»ve  miist  obey  the 
Scriptures  as  we  undei-stand  them.  With 
his  doctrine  we  take  issue,  "\^'^e  take  the  po- 
sition that  we  must  obey  the  Scriptures  aa  they 
teach.  But  one  will  say, ''  Must  we  not  exer-, 
cise  our  undci-stnnding  to  obtain  a  knowledge 
of  the  Scriptures?"  We  answer  yes,  most  as- 
suredly. But  we  must  not  make  our  under- 
standing the  sole  arbiter  in  dcterminins  the 
truth  of  the  Bible.     Our  understanding  may  be 

error,  '■  He  that  trusteth  in  his  own  heart, 
is  a  fool:  but  whoso  walketh  wisely,  shall  be  de- 
livered."    Prov.  28;  26. 

When  we  hear  iieopie  say,  that  they  are  will- 
ing to  obey  the  Scriptures  as  tliey  understand 
them,  it  is  pretty  clear  that  they  are  setting  up' 
their  own  uudei-atanding  as  an  infallible  guide 

Not  long  since,  in  conversation  with  a  lady 
on  the  subject  of  Feet-washing,  she  remarked, 
that  she  would  be  willing  to  obey  that  ordi- 
nance, if  she  understood  the  Scriptures  that 
way.  Here  it  was  clear,  that  she  made  her  un- 
dei-standing  discard  the  oi-dinancc;  The  Scri(>- 
tures  in  the  main,  are  so  plain,  that  the  under- 
standing has  nothing  todo,  but  to  accept  the 
truths  of  the  Bible  as  they  ai-e, taught.  But  so 
many  people  undertake  to  teiieh  the  Bible, 
stead  of  being  tiiitrjht  by  it. 

To  make  this  matter  still  more  clear;  weiuight 
refer  to  teaching  iu  the  ordinarj-  branches  of 
education.  Suppose  a  number  of  pupils  under 
take  to  solve  a  problem  iu  mathematics,  making 
their  understanding  the  sole  judge  as  to  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  solution,  and  the  probbm  being 
a  difficult  one.  In  all  probability  they  will  have 
as  many  diflerent  solutions  as  there  ^\pre  pupils, 
from  the  simple  fact,  that  they  had  no  higher 
stimdard  to  appeal  to  than  their  understanding.. 
Having  thus  solved  th?  problem,  they  cease  to 
inquire  as  to  the  correctness  of  their  work. 

But  suppose  the  author,  whose  work  they 
are  studying,  has  also  connected  his  own  answer 
to  his  problem,  and  the  pupils  in  comparing 
their  work  with  the  authors,  discovei-  that  they 
are  all  wrong,  now  what  will  (hey  do?  If  they 
are  honest  scholars  they  will  investigate  their 
work  over,  and  over,  till  at  last  they  bring  oulii 
the  true  result,  which  harmonizes  with  the  au- 
thors, the  result  of  all  the  pupils  i  being  the, 
same.  ■  In  doing,  this,  they  all  exeruised  their 
undei-standing ;  but  their  uri,derstan(ling,  was 
subordinate  to  their  teacher's,  or  author's. 
While  this  is  the  correct  way  of  learning  math- 
ematical ti-uth :  it  is  also  the  ■cori'cct  way  to  learn 
spiritual  truth.  Christ  says,  "Learn  of  nie." 
Whenever  we  learM  anything,  our  understand- 
ing must  beexercisod  in  a  suboi-diiiate  senseto 
^he  Author  or  Teaclien  from  whom  we.  learn. 
All  believers  iu:e  learners— scholars  in  the  school 
of  Christ. 

The  Bible  was  never  intended  to  he  interpret- 
ed according  to  every  man's  fancy,  or  jiervert- 
nJerstandtng.  The  Gospel  speaks  clearly 
and  phiin.  It  gives  no  uncertain  sound.  "The 
ayfaring  man,  though  a  fool,  shall  not  err 
therein."  It  is  designed  to  be  understood  a 
a  certain  way.     To  understand  it  in  that   way, 


is  no  difficult  matter.  About  all  that  is  requir- 
ed, is  good,  honest,  honorable,  obedient  hearts 
that  are  willing  to  take  God  at  His  word,  in  its 
simple  meaning.  Obeyed  in  this  way,  it  will 
result  in  unity,  aud  harmonize  with  itself.  Just 
as  mathematical  tmth  when  properly  under- 
stood result  in  unity. 

If  there  were  a  great  deal  more  invcstigiitiag 
done,  iu  reference  to  spiritual  truth,  thau"  there 
is,  we  believe  there  would  be  much  more  unity 
among  believers  than  there  is.  The  Gospel  is 
a  tenet;  but  people  aie  not, 

M.iy  God  enable  us  all  to  learn  tho  truths  of\ 
the  Gospel,  and  obey  them  that  its  precious 
promises  may  be  ours. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

nV  LIZKIE    HILARY. 

I  WAS  well  |>leased  with  sister  Bond's  article 
in  last  week's  paper;  she  kindly  admonished 
oni-  sisters  to  their  duty.  It  does  seem  to  me  if 
our  dear  sifters  would  examine  the  Word  of 
God  more  closely,  they  would  be  compelled  to 
lay  aside  the  many  iinneeessary  things  which 
thej'  wear.  I  wonder  sometimes  ,  how  they  can 
do  so,  when  they  know  the  church  is  strictly 
opposed  to  it.  I  for  one  don't  see  how  they  can 
face  the  dear  Lord  in  prayer  with  their  bodies 
arrayed  in  such  style  as  many  of  them  now 
dress  in.  And  much  less  cau  I  see  how  they 
can  seat  themselves  around  the  Lord's  table,  and 
there  reach  forth  their  hands  with  rings  on 
their  fingei-s  to  partake  of  the  broken  body  of 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesua  Christ.  0  sisters  do 
yon  do  this  with  a  clear  conscience,  do  you  nev- 
er feel  condemned? 

I  remember  upoiioneoccasion  laiiked  ayoung 
pei-son  how  she  could  commune  -(vith  rinffs  on 
her  fingers.  Sho  made  tliis  reply,  "  I  was  bap- 
tized with  them  on,  and  if  I  \l-aa  fit  to  be  bap- 
tized with  them,  I  am  fit  to  commune  with 
them  on.'*  Now  don't  you  see  how  the  devil 
creeps  in,  what  a  wondei-fui  worker  he  is! 

But  it  is  not  only  the  your g  that  dnss^i  so, 
but  look  at  some  married  sistei-s,  if  they  do  not 
put  it  on  themselves,  they  put  it  on  their  chil- 
dren. Sistei-s,  who  dress  so  very  plain,  do  you 
not  sometimes  dress  your  children  in  the  bights 
of  fashion?  I  cannot  see  the  difierence  in  them 
wearing  it  themselves,  or  putting  it  on  their 
children.  Indeed  I  have  been  made  to  shudder 
many  times  when  sistci-s  would  oome  in  meet- 
ing with  their  children  dressed  so  gay.  I  have 
heard  them  make  excuses  and  say,  "  AVell  if  we 
do  not  make  these  things  for  them,  when  they 
get  large  enough  they  will  make  them  them- 
selves." But  remember  dear  sistei-s,  God  will 
not  excuse  you  iu  this  way.  He  has  taught  j-ou 
to  bring  them  up  in  the  way  they  should  go. 
Then,  if  this  be  the  way  that  they  should  go, 
don't  you  wan't  to  go  where  your  children  go? 
or  in  other  words,  don't  you  want  them  to  go 
with  you?  I  surely  think  you  do,  then  why  do 
you  dress  plain  and  them  so  ga^-? 

0  dear  sisters,  if  ive  arc -striving  for  that  hap- 
py land,  let  us  take  our  chiUlren  along  with  us, 
and  in  order  to  do  this,  wo  must  bring  thftiu  uj) 
in  the  way  that  they  should  go.  and  when  they 
grow  old  they  will  not  dejiart  from  it. 

These  few  lines  I  have  written  in  love.  May 
God  help  us  all  to  be  faithful,  is  u*iy  praytr. 


It  is  po.ssible  for  men  to  live  in  every  day 
life  according  to  the  Higher  Law,  although  a 
great  many  sneeringly  deny  it.  EV017  one  can 
follow  Christ's  teaching  in  the  sermon  on  the 
Mount.  Our  Lord  and  Savior  would  never 
iiave  given  us  commandments  that  we  should 
not  keep;  and  yet  there  is  a  geneml  impression, 
especially  in  the  business  world,  that  men  are 
obliged  to  follow  the  rule,  to  do  unto  others  as 
they  do  unto  them. 

^  .  » : —         >; 

The  merciful  man  doetli  good  to  his  oxa  sonL 


THE   BRETHREN"  .^T   -WORK. 


AiiKxist    lo 


ii  tlieso 


A  SINGULAR  DOCTRINE. 

THERE'S  conic  n  .siiig'lnr  doctrine,  Su 
Into  tlif  cliurch  to-d(iv; 
It  looks  fw  if,  from  whnt  Hic  new 

Young  pri'acher  had  to  sny, 
A  new  revision  of  the  hook 

We've  thought  the  Word  of  God 
Hnd  been  devised  by  hook  or  crook, 

JJy  creatures  of  thii  sod- 
He  suid,   '"Twiisall  asfld  misliike 

That  mortals  here  should  be 
In  conatttnt  fear  of  brimstone  lake, 

Or  'terniU  misery." 
For  men  who  unrepentant  die. 

Can  Imvo,  if  they  desire, 
111  future  land  another  trj', 

To  'scape  eternol  fire. 
Nosv  this  fine  talk  is  very  well 

If  'twas  in  Bible  found, 
But  since  that  Book  declares  a  hell, 

And  gives  for  hope  n"-  ground 
To  sinners  lost,  beyond  the  grave, 

'Twere  well  for  people  here 
To  give  sure  heed  to  chance  they  have 

For  getting,  "title  clear." 
Again  he  said,  "The  churches  all 

Have  been  loo  strict,  by  far 
In  keeping  members  from  the  ball, 

Or  'lending  theatre. 
"No  hiirui,"be  said  "could  come  frc 
To  those  whose  hearts  were  pure; 
If  young  folks,  we  should  seek  to  please, 

And  make  an  overture. 
That  they  might  dance  or  play  at  will, 

And"  'tend  the  circus  too. 
Then  these  young  folks  would  'gin  to  feel 

Like  joining  with  us  too. 
That  6od  ne'er  meant  that  Christians  here 

Should  give  up  all  the  I'un 
To  sinners,  and  in  constant  fear 
Their  hoav'nly  race  should  run. 
'Tis  true  that  Christians  ne'er  should   go 
Through  world  with  heads  bowed  down 
As  if  their  mission  here  below 
Was  not  to  smile,  but  frown; 
Nor  do  they;  for  there's  given  to  each 

That  trusts  in  Jesus'  blooil, 
A  jov  which  naught  of  earth  can  reach. 

And  nothing  give  but  God. 
If  young  folks  could  but  once  enjoy 

This  holy  joy  within, 
The  happiness  without  alloy. 

That  comes  when  cleansed  from  sin, 
They'll  see  at  once  that  there's  no  need 

Of  theater  or  dance. 
To  one  who  can  his  title  read 

Full  clear  to  heav'nly  manse. 
For,  as  "by  light  of  opening  day 

The  stjivs  are  all  concealed, 
So  earthly  pleasures  fade  away 

When  Jesus  is  revealed." 
He  also  said,  "  No  harm  could  come 

From  playing  cards  or  dice, 
Or  other  games  at  one's  own  home; 

And  he  would  give  advice, 
If  Christians  want  to  save  their  boys 

From  drinking  whisky,  rum, 
Let  them  at  once  their  hearts  rejoice 

By  playing  cards  at  home." 
But  plain  it  is,  to  my,  old  mind, 

If  boys  would  ne'er  begin 
To  play  these  games,  we'd  never   find 

That  they  have  gamblers  been. 
There's  little  Benny — Fanny's  boy — 

We  thought,  ''There's  none  so  pure." 
His  father  brought  (he  called  it  toy) 

From  town — the  preacher's  cure 
For  drunkenness — a  pack  of  cards, 

And  taught  poor  Ben  to  play. 
He  next  bro't  home  what's  called  billiards, 

And  trained,  in  worldly  way, 
His  boy.     What  was  the  sad  result? 

The  other  day,  in  game 
For  gold — ere  yet  he's  called  adult — 

He  gained  a  murd'rer's  name. 
If  once  they  at-art  upon  the  road 

That  leads  to  endless  woe — 
That's  by  so  many  sinners  trod — 
None  knows  how  far  they'll  go. 
The  safest  way  for  each, by  far. 

Is  ne'er  to  make  a  move 
In  paths  that  lead — or  near  or  far. 

From  path  to  heaven  above. 
This  path  is  filled  with  joy  supreme, 

Dehghting  soul  of  man; 
And  not  injurious  comes  to  him 
Who  follows  close,  God's  plan. 

— Christian  Cynosare. 


LIFE  OF  PETER.   THE  APOSTLE. 

UY  nil.  UOU0L!(iU. 

SIMON,   surnamed    Cephas   or   Peter 
(which  appellation  signifies  a  stone 
or  rook),  was  the  son  of  James,  or  Jo- 


nah, and  W119  horn  in  Bethsaida,  uu  the 
coast  of  tlie  Sea  of  (Talilee,  following 
the  occupation  of  fisherman  on  tliat  lake 
until  called  by  Jesiis  to  be  his  apostle. 
In  the  evangelical  history  of  this  apos- 
tle, the  distinguishing  features  or  traits 
in  his  cliamcter  are  prominently  portray- 
ed. He  was  uneducated  and  in  Ills 
writings  used  words  sparingly.  Imt  full 
of  sense  and  majesty,  which  made  him 
a  fine  writer,  even  without  education. 
As  to  his  traits  of  character,  ^ve  find 
that  he  was  bold  and  rash,  yet  he  was 
timid  and  sometimes  cowardly;  was  re- 
vengeful, yet  tender-hearted,  easily  en- 
treated and  always  sorry  for  his  rashne^^, 
and  ready  to  forgive.  Some  of  these 
traits  often  involved  hiiii  in  trouble  and 
difficulty,  which  you  will  notice  as  we 
pass  along.  He  was  very  aftectionate, 
and  therefore  very  strongly  attached  to 
his  blessed  Master,  and  became  his  con- 
stant companion,  and  of  him  learned  tlie 
way  of  righteousness  and  th.'  plan  of 
Ivation. 

In  Matt.  8:  1-1,  we  find  that  he  had  a 
family,  for  Christ  healed  his  mother-in- 
law  of  a  fever.  In  the  tenth  chapter, 
ve  learn  that  he,  with  the  other  apostles, 
eceived  his  commission.  In  the  four- 
teenth chapter,  we  have  an  account  of 
his  boldness,  and  also  his  cowardice,  for 
we  find  that  the  disciples  were  all  afraid. 
Christ  seeing  this  said,  "  It  is  I,  be  not 
afraid;"  then  Peter  began  to  gather  cour- 
age and  said,  "  If  it  be  thou,  bid  me 
come  unto  thee  on  the  water,"  and  he 
said,  "come."  Then  Peter,  no  doubt  with 
great  boldness,  stepped  down  into  the 
water  and  got  along  very  well  until  the 
wind  began  to  bloiv,  then  his  courage 
turned  to  fear,  his  faith  failed  him,  he 
began  to  sink  and  cry  for  help,  and  the 
Lord  lielped  him.  Here  we  may  learn 
a  good  lesson;  so  long  as  the  sea  runs 
smoothly,  everything  is  pleasant,  it  is 
easy  to  be  a  Christian;  but  when  perse 
cution  begins  to  howl  around,  faith  be 
gins  to  fail  and  we  begin  to  sink,— then 
what  shall  we  do?  Do  just  as  poor  sink- 
ing Peter  did,  call  to  the  Lord  for  help, 
for  he  has  promised  to  help  us  in  every 
time  of  need.  Christ  asks  the  disciples, 
"  Whom  say  ye  that  I  am?  Peter  an- 
swers, thou  art  the  Christ  the  Sou  of  the 
living  God.  Jesus  answers.  Thou  art 
Simon  Barjona;  for  flesh  and  blood  hath 
not  revealed  it  unto  thee,  but  my  Fath- 
er which  is  in  heaven;  and  I  say  also, 
unto  thee,  that  thou  art  Peter  and  upon 
this  rock  J  will  build  my  churi.'h,  and 
the  gates  of  bell  shall  not  prevail  against 
it.  And  I  will  give  unto  thee  the  keys 
of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  and  what- 
soever thou  shalt  bind  on  earth  shall  be 
bound  in  heaven,  and  whatsoever  thou 
shalt  loose  on  earth,  shall  be  loosed  in 
heaven." 

Then  Christ  began  to  foretell  his  suf- 
ferings. Peter  boldly  rebukes  his  Master 
and  says,  "  Be  it  far  from  thee,  Lord, 
these  things  shall  never  be  unto  thee." 
But  Christ  said  to  Peter,  "  Get  thee  be- 
hind me  Satan;  thon  art  an  oft'ense  unto 
me,  for  thou  savorest  not  the  things  that 
be  of  God,  but  those  that  be  of  men." 
It  is  evident  that  Peter  did  not  fully 
realize  what  he  was  doing,  when  he 
made  the  rash  rebuke  or  he  did  not  fully 
understand  the  mission  of  Christ,  How- 
ever his  attachment  to  his  Master  was  so, 
strong  that  he  was  always  ready  to  de- 
fend him  when  harm  came  upon  him,  no 
matter  how  strong  the  opposition,  which 
upon  several  occasions  brought  him  in- 
to trouble.  We  nextfindhim  on  the  Mount 
of  Transfiguration,  where  he  exhibits  his 
generosity  by  oft'ering  to  build  taberna- 
cles, after  which  fear  came  upon  him, 
and  he  was  released  by  his  Master.  They 


then  proceeded  to  Capernaum,  where  he 
again  got  into  trouble  and  was  helped 
out  by  his  Master.  Matt.  19:  27.  Peter 
says,  Behold,  we  h.ave  foi-sakeu  all  and 
fdllowed  thee,  what  shall  we  have  there- 
for? Jesns  answers.  When  the  Son  of 
Man  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  his  glory, 
ye  (that  is  his  twelve  apostles),  slrnll  sit 
upon  twelve  thrones,  judging  tlie  twelve 
tribes  of  Israel. 

We  next  find  Peter  with  Christ  and 
the  apostles  at  the  lost  supper,  where 
Feet-washing  was  instituted.  When 
Christ  came  to  him,  he  said,  "  Lord,  dost 
thou  wash  my  feet?"  Jesus  answered, 
What  I  do  now,  thouknowest  not,  but 
thou  shalt  know  hereafter."  Then  he 
made  a  very  hasty  reply,  sajing,  "  Thou 
shalt  never  wash  my  feet."  O  how  many 
professors  of  Christianity  there  are  to- 
day, who  are  just  as  hasty  in  this  mat- 
ter as  Peter,  and  what  is  worse,  are  still 
more  obstinate.  But  notice  the  answer 
Peter  received.  "  If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou 
hast  no  part  with  me."  We  would  ask 
those,  professing  to  be  Christians,  yet 
not  observing  this  command,  "  AVhat 
does  this  language  mean,  'Thou  shalt 
have  no  part  with  me?'"  We  under- 
stand it  to  mean  simply  this,  that  if  we 
obey  not  this  command,  we  cannot  be 
made  heirs  with  Christ,  and  consequent- 
ly must  lose  heaven  if  we  persist  in  will- 
ful disobedience,  and  Peter  underetood 
it  so.  He  well  knew  that  he  coidd  not 
sit  upon  his  throne  to  judge  one  of  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel,  if  he  obeyed  not 
his  Master,  and  therefore  submitted  with 
out  reserve,  saying,  "  Lord  not  my  feet 
only,  but  my  hands  and  my  head."  Then 
this  command  ha.-^  a  spii'ituul  import,  and 
is  not  an  ancient  custom  neither  is  it  for 
a  literal  cleansing,  as  there  was  one  who 
was  yet  unclean,  though  he  had  been 
ivashed  as  the  rest;.  He  was  literally 
clean,  but  spiritually  unclean,  because  of 
his  iniquity  in  the  intent  to  betray  his 
Master. 

Some  objectoi-s  to  this  command,  ar- 
gue thatit  isnotnow  in  force, -but  if  they 
will  road  the  New  Testament  carefully 
they  will  find  that  even  extreme  age  did 
not  excuse  mdowa,  neither  were  they 
eligible  to  the  charity  of  the  church, 
unless  they  have  washed  the  saint's  feet. 
Then  again,  it  is  proven,  that  it  is  not 
an  ancient  custom  as  it  was  the  saint's 
feet  and  not  strangei-s'  feet,  for  etrangei-s 
were  not  all  saints  then,  neither  are  they 
now,  that  they  were  to  have  washed,  as 
this  occurred  yeai-s  after  the  church  was 
established,  and  the  command  is  in  force 
to-day. 

After  these  things  were  established, 
Jesus  spoke  to  the  apostles,  saying,  "All 
ye  shall  be  offended  because  of  me  this 
night;  for  it  is  written,  I  will  smite  the 
shepherd;  and  the  sheep  of  the  flock 
shall  be  scattered  abroad."  Peter  an- 
swered, "  Though  all  nien  shall  be  of- 
fended because  of  thee,  yet  will  I  never 
be  oflended."  Then  Jesus  said,  "  This 
night  before  the  cock  crows,  thou  shalt 
deny  me  thrice."  Peter  said,  "  Though 
I  die  with  thee,  yet  willlnot  deny  thee." 
Then  he  took  Peter  and  the  two  sons  of 
Zel)e<lee  with  him  to  watch  and  pray, 
but  as  it  was  late  in  the  night  they  were 
overcome  by  sleep,  for  which  they  were 
twice  rebuked,  and  then  told  to  sleep 
on,  as  the  spirit  was  willing,  but  the 
flesh  would  not.  But  he  soon  awoke 
them,  bidding  them  to  arise  for  he  that 
would  betray  was  at  hand,  and  while  he 
was  speaking,  they  came  and  laid  hold 
on  hira.  Meanwhile  Peter  had  procured 
n  sword,  seeing  his  Master  about  to  be 
taken,  was  instantly  filled  with  wi'ath 
and  boldly  commenced  dealing  out  ven- 
geance upon  them  that  were  aboutto'talte 


his  Master,  he  Sitruck  one,  cutting  oil'  his 
ear.  His  Master  stayed  him  in  his  wild 
:areer  and  made  tlie  man's  ear  whole. 
Then  they  led  him  away  to  the  High - 
priest's  house,  and  Peter  folhiwed  afar 
oft'.  When  Peter  came  to  the  fire,  a  cer- 
tain maid  saw  him  and  said,  "  This  man 
was  also  with  him."  He  denied  it  ami 
said,  "  I  know  him  not."  After  awhile 
another  saw  him  and  said,  "  Thou  art 
also  of  them."  Peter  said,  "  Man  I  am 
not."  About  the  space  of  an  half  hour 
after,  another  confidently  aflirmed  say- 
5,  "  of  a  truth  this  fellow  also  was 
th  him,  for  he  is  a  Galilean."  Peter 
said,  "  Man,  I  know  not  what  thou  say- 
eat,"  and  while  he  was  speaking,  the  cock 
crew  and  the  Lord  looked  upon  him, 
and  he  remembered  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  went  out  and  wept  bitterly. 
He  had  learned  that  it  is  easier  to  give, 
than  to  receive  offense. 

After  Christ  was  cmclfied,  buried, 
arisen  and  seen  by  some  of  the  women, 
who  reported  it  to  the  disciples,  it  seem- 
ed to  them  as  an  idle  tale,  and  did  not 
believe  it,  however  Peter's  suspicion  was 
touched  and  finally  grew  into  such  press- 
ing curiosity  that  he  could  not  bear  its 
weight,  but  ran  to  the  sepulchre  himself 
to  see  if  it  was  true.  On  arriving  there 
and  examining  it,  found  it,  as  it  was  told, 
and  departing  wondering  in  himself 
at  that  which  was  come  to  pass. 
Then  Peter  and  Cleophas  went  to  a  neigh- 
boring village.  On  the  way  Jesus  ap- 
peared to  them  and  interrogated  them 
in  regard  to  what  they  had  been  talking 
about.  But  their  eyes  were  holden,  and 
they  did  not  know  him.  However  they 
told  him  all  about  what  had  happened. 
Then  he  said,  "  O  fools  and  slow  of  heart 
to  believe  all  that  the  prophete  have 
spoken.  Ought  not  Christ  to  have  suf- 
fered these  things  and  to  enter  into  his 
glory?"  However  they  insisted  that  he 
should  stay  with  them  as  it  was  getting 
late  in  the  day.  Then  as  they  sat  at 
meat,  he  took  bread  and  blessed  and 
brake  and  gave  to  them,  and  their  eyes 
were  opened  and  they  kn^w  him,  and  he 
vanished  out  of  their  sight.  Then  they 
went  back  to  Jerusalem,  and  while  they 
were  telling  what  they  saw,  Christ  ap- 
peared unto  them,  and  they  were  terrifi- 
ed, thinking  that  they  had  seen  a  spirit; 
but  he  conversed  with  them,  and  they 
all  finally  recognized  him.  Then  he 
opened  their  understanding. 

lu  coui-se  of  time  Christ  began  to  in- 
terrogate Peter,  saying,  "  Lovest  thou 
me  more  than  these?  "  He  said,  "Lord, 
thou  kuowest,  I  love  thee."  "  Feed  my 
lambs,"  was  the  reply.  He  was  asked 
the  second  time,  and  replied  in  the  affirm  ■ 
ative.  "  Feed  my  sheep,"  said  his  Mas- 
ter. He  was  asked  the  third  time  and 
began  to  be  grieved  at  the  repetitions. 
He  however  held  his  peace  and  answer- 
ed in  the  affirmative,  and  Jesus  said, 
"  feed  my  sheep,"  and  then  gave  him  to 
understand  by  what  death  he  should  glo- 
rify God,  and  rebuked  him  for  his  in- 
quisitiveness  in  regard  to  John. 

We  next  find  him  in  an  upper  room, 
where  the  apostles  abode.  Here  Peter 
was  instrumental  in  the  election  of  aii 
apostle  to  supply  the  vacancy  of  Judas, 
and  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  had  ful- 
ly come,  they  were  all  with  one  accord 
in  one  place,  and  were  all  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Then  Peter  arose  and 
preached  concerning  the  kingdom  of 
Christ  on  earth,  a  powerful  sermon,  and 
when  the  people  had  heard  him  they 
were  pi-icked  to  their  heai-ts,  and  inquir- 
ed, "  What  shall  we  do."  Peter,  said, 
"  repent  and  be  baptized  every  one  of 
you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the 
Femisaion  of  sins,  and  ye   shall   receive 


i-nst    15. 


'rH.E  bkethrejst  ^vt  •work. 


tbcKiftof  tLeHoly  Ghost."  They  heard 
the  word  gladly  nnd  three  thousand  were 
added  to  their  number. 

Before  we  proceed  further,  I  wish  to 
lall  attention  to  a  characteristic  point  in 
the  life  of  this  apostle.  He,  after  re- 
c-uiving  the  Holy  Ghost  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  never  makes  mistakes,  but  is 
entirely  under  the  influence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit;  and  what  he  says  is  as  though  it 
came  directly  from  God,  as  he  is  now 
God's  instrument  to  superintend  his  in- 
fant church, — he  feeds  his  Master's 
lambs. 

On  his  way  iuto  the  temple,  he  heal- 
ed ft  man  who  had  been  born  lame.  This 
caused  a  great  excitement  among  the 
peopk'.  However  Peter  began  preach- 
ing Christ  to  th^m,  and  five  thousand 
more  were  added  to  their  number.  The 
rulers  of  the  Jews  about  to  see  their  or- 
ganizations broken  up  by  this  man's 
]ircaL']iing,took  him  and  imprisoned  him. 
Upon  examination  Peter  boldly  attiib- 
utes  the  healing  of  the  lame  man  to  tht 
name  of  Jesus,  and  that  by  the  same  Je- 
,sus  only,  we  must  be  eternally  saved". 
However,  public  sentiment  had  become 
so  strong  in  favor  of  Peter,  and  against 
the  rulers  that  they  feared  the  multitude, 
and  let  him  go.-  At  that  time  the  dis- 
ciples had  all  things  in  common.  But 
Ananias  and  his  witesold  their  posses.s- 
ions  and  kept  back  part  of  the  price, 
and  wheo  Peter  rebuked  them,  they  fell 
dead,  and  i:;reat  fear-  came  upon  the 
church,  and  more  believei-s  were  added. 
They  brought  forth  many  sick  into 
the  streets,  tliat  at  least  the  shadow  of 
Peter  passing  by,  miglitovershadowsome 
of  them.  Peter  saw  their  great  faith, 
and  healed  them.  Again  the  rulers 
were  filled  with  indignation  aud  impris- 
oned the  apostles.  An  angel  delivered 
them  and  they  again  preached  Christ  to 
the  people  in  the  temple;  then  went  the 
captnin  and  brought  them  without  vio- 
lence before  the  priest's  council,  and  he 
asked,  "Did  we  not  sti-aitly  command 
you  that  ye  should  not  teach  in  this 
name,  andliehold  you  have  filled  Jeru- 
salem with  your  doctrine,  aud  intend  to 
bring  this  man's  blood  upon  us."  Then 
Peter  and  the  other  apostles  answered, 
'■  AVe  ought  to  obey  God  rather  than 
men,"  and  again  preached  Christ  right 
in  their  presence.  Here  is  a  display  of 
Peter's  boldness  unconnected  with  fear; 
for  he  now  feai's  nothing,  but  God, 
takes  great  delight  in  feeding  his  Mas- 
ter's sheep,  even  when  he  and  the  flock 
are  both  in  danger  of  ravenous  beasts. 
Tliese  ^vicked  ruiei-swere  pricked  to  the 
heart  and  took  council  to  slay  them,  but 
Wire  divided  among  themselves,  and  let 
tliem  otf  with  a  beating,  commanding 
that  they  should  not  speak  in  the  name 
of  Jesus,  and  they  departed  from  the 
council,  rejoicing  that  they  were  counted 
wortliy  to  suft'er  shame  for  his  name. 
And  daily  in  the  temple  and  in  every 
liduse  they  ceased  not  to  teach  and  preach 
Jesus  Christ.  Soon  Saul  made  havoc  of 
the  church;  they  were  scattered  abroad, 
A\-ent  every  where  preaching  the  Word; 
Philip  was  rewai'ded  \vith  great  success. 
Peter  and  John  was  sent  to  his  assistance 
and  they  laid  their  hands  on  them  that 
wei'e  baptized  and  they  received  the  Ho 
ly  Gliost.  Then  Simon,  the  sorcerer,  of 
fered  them  money  to  give  him  power  to 
do  these  things,  and  was  severely  rebuk- 
ed. Then  they  went  back  to  Jerusalem 
and  preached  in  many  places.  Then 
Peter  passed  through  Lydda  and  found 
Eneas  who  had  kept  his  bed  eight  yeai-s 
with  tlie  palsy,  and  he  healed  him. 
Again  many  turned  to  the  Lord.  Then 
he  was  called  to  Joppa  to  restore  Tabi- 
tha  to  life,  which  he  did,  and  many  be- 


lieved, and  he    abode    here   m.iny    days 
with  one  Simon,  a  tanner. 

He  was  next  sent  for  by  Cornelius,  an 
officer  of  a  hundred  men,  a  devout  man, 
a  Gentile  who  had  been  taught  to  do  so 
by  a  vision.  The  Gentiles  were  greatly 
dcsijised  by  the  Jews  and  the  disciples 
of  Christ,  and  consequently  knew  noth- 
ing about  Chi'istianity.  Meanwhile  Pe- 
ter haH  been  taught  by  a  vision  not  to 
despise  the  Gentiles  any  longer.  He 
was  very  cautious  and  took  six  witness- 
es with  him  to  the  house  of  Cornelius 
who  had  gathered  all  his  kinsman  and 
near  friends,  and  as  Peter  came  in,  Cor- 
nelius fell  down  at  his  feet  to  worship 
him.  Peter  rebuked  him,  asking  him, 
why  he  had  called  him  here,  telling 
him  that  it  was  unlawful  for  a  Jew 
to  keep  company  with  one  of  another  na- 
tion. But  God  hath-  showed  me  that  I 
should  not  call  anv  man  common  or  un- 
clean. Then  Cornelius  made  known  his 
vision  to  Peter  and  he  coihmenced  to 
preach  Christ,  and  while  he  M'as  speak- 
ing, the  Holy  Ghost  fell  upon  all  them 
that  heard,  aud  they  were  baptized.  The 
news  was  quickly  sent  abroad  that  tlie 
Gentiles  had  also  received  Christ.  And 
when  Peter  came  to  Jerusalem,  they  of 
the  circumcision  contended  with  him  be- 
cause he  had  eaten  with  the  uncircuincis- 
ed.  Peter  rehearsed  the  matter  from  the 
beginning.  Then  tiieyheld  their  peace, 
and  glorified  God,  saying,  "  Then  hath 
God  also  to  the  Gentiles  granted  repen- 
tance nnto  life,  and  that  the  kingdom  of 
Christ  on  earth  was  now  open  to  them, 
also  was  made  manifest  to  them. 

Soon  after,  king  Herod  persecuted  the 
the  Christians,  and  slew  James  with  the 
sword,  and  because  it  pleased  the  Jews, 
he  also  took  Peter  and  imprisoned  him; 
but  was  delivered  through  tlie  prayers 
of  the  church  by  an  angel.  But  he  hard- 
ly realized  what  was  transpiring,  until 
the  angel  had  left  him  outside  the  gate 
that  led  into  the  city.  Then  he  fully 
realized  that  the  angel  of  the  Lord  had 
delivered  him  out  of  the  Jiands  of  Her- 
od ,  and  from  the  expectation  of  the  Jews. 
Then  he  ivent  to  the  house  of  Mary,  the 
mother  of  John.  Mark  taking  them  on 
surprise,  and  told  them  how  the  angel 
of  the  Lord  had  delivered  him  out  of 
the  prison.  Not  kuowing  that  James 
had  been  slain,  he  told  them  to  tel! 
James  and  the  brethren,  aud  wect  to 
another  jjlace. 

Peter's  escape  created  great  excite- 
ment at  the  prison.  Peter  not  being 
found,  Herod  ordered  the  keeper  to  be 
put  to  death.  In  his  pride,  this  wicked 
king  took  to  himself  honor  which  belong- 
ed to  God,  was  stricken  by  an  angel 
and  died  a  miserable  death.  After  his 
death  the  "Word  of  the  Lord  prospered; 
there  was  gi-eat  strife  in  the  church 
in  regard  to  circumcision,  aud  the  apos- 
tles and  elders  came  together  to  consid- 
er this  matter.  After  much  contention 
and  strife,  Peter  arose  and  spoke  on  the 
juestion.  Peter  is  the  author  of  two  of 
the  general  epistles.  The  design  of  the 
first  epistle  was  to  support  the  Christian 
under  afllictions  and  trials,  and  to  in- 
struct them  how  to  behave  in  the  midst 
of  the  opposition  and  cruelty  with  which 
they  ^vere  treated,  that  they  should  be 
submissive  to  civil  authority,  attentive 
to  their  duties,  and  lead  blameless  and 
exemplary  lives.  AVhen  Peter  wrote  his 
;oud  epistle,  he  \vits^;vidently  old  and 
near  his  death,  which  appears  from  the 
apology  he  makes  for  writing  tiis  second 
epistle  to  the  Hebrew  Christians.  The 
scope  of  the  epistles  is,  to  confirm  the 
doctrine  and  instructions  delivered  in  the 
former,  to  estalilish  the  Hebrew  Chris- 
tians in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel;  to   cau- 


tion them  against  false  teachers.  He 
warns  them  to  prepare  for  the  gi'eat 
event  by  a  holyijind  unblamable  conver- 
sation. 

After  zealously  laboring  many  years 
in  the  cause  of  Christ,  he  was  finally 
crucified  at  Rome  A.  D.  63,  during  thi 
reigu  of  tlie  Emperor  Nero,  and  thu; 
passed  away  a  faithful  preacher  whose 
labors  on  earth  in  the  conversion  of  sin- 
ner, was  a  grand  success.  May  we  prof- 
it by  his  missteps  and  imitate  his  good 
examples  and  meet  him  beyond  the  shin- 
ing river. 

A  SHORT  DIALOGUE  BETWEEN 
FATHER  AND   SON. 


HON.  leather  what  is  the  name  of  that 
^  large  Volume  I  saw  you  so  busily 
engaged  in  reading  this  morning. 

Failicr.  It  was  the  Bible,  my  sou, 
the  written  and  revealed  Will  of  God. 
1?.  I  would  suppose  it  to  be  very  in- 
teresting; for  wills  are  mostly  read  with 
interest,  especially  by  the  xjartie.^  con- 
cerned. But  what  makes  the  tears  trick- 
le down  your  face  so  often. 

F.  You  are  right,  my  son.  It  is  of 
greater  interest  than  other  works;  for  in 
it  is  the  only  sure  promise  that  men  have 
left  them  of  being  happy  or  gaining 
a  happy  home  after  they  leave  this  world. 
As  to  the  teare  upon  my  face,  how  can 
I  do  otherwise,  when  I  take  up  this  bless- 
ed Bookaud  behold  the  goodness  of  God, 
then  look  at  the  walk  and  convei"sation 
of  the  children  of  men?  Oh  I  cannot 
refrain  from  weeping. 

S.  I  would  understand  by  what  you 
say  father,  that  the  Bible  contains  a  way 
within  itself,  that  will  bring  comfort 
and  consolation  to  every  one. 

F.  You  have  guessed  rightly,  for  it 
cont-ains  a  law  that  if  men  and  women 
will  only  become  subject  thereto,  it  will 
lead  them  from  earth  to  heaven.  It  will 
bring  greater  comfort  and  consolation  to 
man,  than  all  this  present  world  can  give 
him. 

8,  By  what  you  say  father,  we  are 
living  in  sin,  and  this  world  is  not  our 
dwelling-place. 

F.  Very  true,. my  son,  our  first  pa- 
rents done  wickedly  in  the  garden  of 
Eden,  and  since  that  time  all  mankind 
have  occupied  an  unsafe  position,  they 
have  all  become  sinners  in  the  sight  of 
God,  and  this  world  in  which  we  are 
living,  is  not  our  everlasting  home.  It 
will  pass  away  in  the  future,  and  all  they 
that  cleave  to  it,  must  accompany  it  to 
the  regions  of  darkness. 

S.  Oh  yes,  I  understand,  that  is  why 
the  Bible  has  been  given  unto  us,  in  or- 
der that  we  may  escape  from  sin,  and 
enjoy  a  better  world  than  this. 

F.  Your  suggestions  are  right.  Af- 
ter our  first  parents  sinned,  God  still 
had  mercy  upon  them.  He  would  not 
suffer  them  to  be  lost  forever,  but  gave 
them  a  faint  promise,  that  after  while 
Onewo^ild  arisewho  would  redeem  them, 
aud  that  promise  has  been  ratified,  and 
now  the  Bible  contains  that  promise.  If 
we  wish  to  be  benefited  by  that  promise, 
we  must  comply  with  the  directions  that 
accompany  it.  By  54.0  doing,  we  can 
overcome  sin,  i^id  instead  of  occupying 
an  unsafe  position,  we  will  be  perfectly 
safe,  and  safe  ground,  is  good  to  occupy. 

S.  Father,  why  is  it  that  men  are  so 
much  inclined  to  serve  the  world  when 
they  know  it  is  not  their  everlasting 
home? 

F.  "Well,  my  sou,  there  could  be  sev- 
eral answers  given.  In  the  first  place 
our  nature  and  that  of  the  world  are 
closely  conueeted.     Secondly  the  things 


in  this  world  are  presentcvl  before  oui- 
eyes  like  Evu  iu  Porailise, — the  moreshe 
looked  at  the  forbidden  fruit,  the  more 
she  lusted  it.  But  the  kingdom  that  is 
promised  to  the  Christian  can  only  be 
seen  by  an  eye  of  faith,  one  is  present 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  other  in  the 
future.  Other  reasons  could  be  given, 
biit  let  this  suffice. 

S.  Father,  you  have  .spoken  of  two 
future  places.  Be  pleased  to  tell  me  the 
difference,  or  a  part  of  it,  for  I  am  anx- 
ious to  hear. 

F.  According  to  the  Bible,  my  son, 
there  is  surely  a  vast  difference.  Hell, 
we  are  told  shall  be  cast  into  the  lake  of 
fire  which  hurneth  forever  and  ever, 
where  the  beasts  and  false  prophets  are, 
and  all  the  nations  and  they  that  do 
wickedly,  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  there 
to  keep  company  with  the  devil  and  nil 
his  fallen  angels,  and  there  be  iu  tor^ 
ment,  suftering  the  vengeance  of  an  of- 
fended God,  where  on  .  the  other  hand, 
Heaven  isa  place  of  rest,  enjoyment,hap- 
piness,  comfort,  joy  and  an  endless  place 
of  glory — a  place  where  all  our  trouliles 
and  trials  will  be  over;  where  we  can 
sit  with  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob  in 
the  kingdom  ofGod,  where  we  can  meet 
to  part  no  more,  and  nothing  can  barm 
us  or  make  us  afraid.  Then  Ave  can 
walk  the  streets  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
and  speak  face  to  face. 

S.  I  am  surprised,  father,  at  the 
thoughtlessness  of  men,  that  they  are 
little  concerned.  It  seems  to  me  they 
are  mostly  concerned  about  this  present 
life.  I  notice  that  many  who  profess  to 
he  the  people  of  God,  by  their  walk  and 
conduct  deny  the  power  thereof.  They 
too  are  drifting  down  the  tide. 

F.  Yes,  my  son,  this  seems  to  be  the 
deplorable  state  of  mankind.  They  are 
only  living  for  this  world;  theyhave  for- 
gotten the  goodness  of  God,  even  those 
who  should  be  a  light  to  the  world.  Oh! 
Avhere  are  they  going?  It  is  fearful  ■■  to 
behold  how  far  they  have  sti-ayed  in  the 
enemy's  kingdom.  May  God  help  them, 
and  all  others  to  flee  the  wrath  to  come. 
And  you,  my  son,  serve  the  Lord  while 
he  may  be  found,  before  the  evil  day 
come  upon  you. 


TlfEN  are  living  too  fast.  Idleness  and 
-'-'■^  indulgence  have  begotten  pride 
aud  discontent.  The  age  is  thirsty  for 
luxury.  The  very  paupers  of  our  cities 
scorn  the  patched  and  simple  garments 
which  once  satisfied  the  well-to-do;  the 
young  clerk  must  live  in  a  house  about 
as  luxuriously  furnished  as  his  employ- 
er's, though  he  steal  to  support  his  es- 
tablishment, the  servants  rival  their  mis- 
tresses in  the  costliness  and  elaborate- 
ness of  their  attire,  though  to  do  it  they 
waste  the  savings  which  they  may  need 
to  keep  them  from  \\'&.\\t  and  ruin.  The 
young  couple  who  begin  a  home,  must 
have  it  as  richly  decorated  as  that  of 
those  who  have  labored  for  yeai's;  and 
there  is  an  utter  unwillingness  on  the 
part  of  too  many  to  he  content  with 
simple  suiToun dings. 

There  should  be  a  retiu'ato  more  sim- 
ple, more  honest  ways  of  living.  It 
should  be  deemed  dishonorable  to  live 
beyond  one's  means;  no  man  should  be 
encouraged  to  spend  a  fetv  feverish  yeara 
in  luxury  at  the  risk  of  breaking  down 
and  making  a  dishonorable  ending. 
Let  your  moderation  be  made  unto  all 
men;  the  Lord  is  at  hand." — Sel. 


PoVEKTv  is  the  only    burden    which 
grows  heavier  by  being  shared  by  those 
love. 


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AIT3UST  15,  ISTS. 


WHAT  ARE  THE  NECESSARY  AND  ADOPT- 
ED  MEANS  FOR   THE   DEVELOPMENT 
OF  MAN'ri  MORAL  FACULTIES'? 

RATIONAL  \miigs  are  distinguished  from 
iiTiitioiisil  beings  by  Faith,  Conscience  and 
Renson,  Those  God  reaches  by  adopted  means. 
Some  of  tho  iihleat  writers  ou  theology  and 
sacred  herjiioneiitic3  maintain  that  tho  idea  of 
God  and  of  His  character  was  imiilantcd  in 
man's  nature— that  the  idea  was  revealed  sub- 
jectively. Others  maintain  that  His  being-was 
i-evealed  to  man  through  the  conscience,  but 
that  His  cli'ii-actei-  was  revealed  objectively. 
That  these  two  theories  may  be  well  weighed 
ill  tho  balances  of  Truth,  let  us  turn  to  the 
word  of  God, 

"  God  cruated  man  in  his  own  image."  lit 
Ilia  own  iiniuje:  turn  to  man  and  behold  the 
form  of  God.  Being  created,  God  commanded 
them  thus:  "Be  fruitful  and  multiply,  and  re- 
plenish the  earth  and  subdue  it."  "  God  fiind  " 
— God  spake,  and  in  speaking  He  used  iconh: 
At  this  time  Adam  and  Eve  were  yet  free  from 
sin.  To  them  God  had  given  dominion  over 
"  every  living  thing  that  moveth  upon  the 
earth."  Being  pure  as  God  is  pare,  there  was 
nothing  to  prevent  them  being  in  God's  pres- 
ence. After  they  had  sinned,  they  "  hid  them- 
selves from  llie  2"rsence  of  the  Lord."  Thei 
is;  the  plain  Word  says,  "fi-oiti  Ihe  presemr  of 
the  Lord  Goil."  Now  if  they  had  never  been 
in  God's  presence — had  never  seen  Him,  why 
would  they  hiilc  from  Him?  The  proof  is  that 
before  they  .sinned,  God  wo.s  in  their  presence, 
and  they  knew  Him,  feared  Him  for  He  wa^ 
their  Father. 

With  these  facts  before  us  how  shall  we  con- 
clude? Shall  we  say  that  they  received  the  idea 
of  God's  being  without  seeing  Him?  Does  not 
God,  by  Inspiration,  declare  the  "jiresence  of 
the  Lord?  "  The  safe  conclusion  is,  that  God 
revealed  Himself  to  man  by  His  personal  pres- 
ence. Adam  saw  Him,  conversed  with  Him, 
received  His  commandments,  and  before  his 
transgres-sion  readily  obeyed  Him.  Gen.  1:  28, 
29.  30.  Being  made  known  to  man  as  a  God 
in  existence,  and  man  having  become  stained  in 
character,  it  was  God's  work  to  next  reveal  His 
own  f/i«»Y«7ci' and  bring  man  to  obtain  a  holy 
character  precisely  like  the  Pattern,  and  then 
ain  could  no  more  have  dominion  over  hii 
The  impairing  of  man's  chorotter  by  sin  had  a 
direful  effect  upon  the  body,  of  which  God  said, 
"  Dnst  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  thou 
turn,"  For  some  good  reason,  God  chose  not 
to  suddenly  restore  mim's  character,  but  by  a 
series  of  revelations  gradually  unfolded  the 
means  for  its  attainment. 

It  is  evident  that  in  the  beginning  God  de- 
signed that  man  should  talk,  just  as  much 
He  designed  that  he  should  walk,  breathe,  sleep, 
eat,  and  drink.  The  only  proper  question  i^;, 
whether  we  learned  to  talk  "  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  we  began  to  breathe,  as  our  blood  began 
to  circulate,  by  a  process  in  which  our  own  will 
had  no  part;  or,  as  we  move  eat,  clothe  and 
shelter  ourselves,  by  the  conscious  exertion  of 
our  natural  powers,  by  using  our  divinely-given 
faculties  for  the  satisfaction  of  our  divinely-im- 
planted necessities."     Which  of  these  two  theo- 


ries i.s  the  mo-tt  reosunuble  we  leave  to  the  read- 
er to  decide;  not  howevej  -without  calling 
attention  to  Genesis  2: 19,  "  Out  of  the  ground 
the  Lord  God  formed  every  heiist  of  Ihe  field, 
and  every  fowl  of  the  air,  nnd  brought  them 
to  Adam  to  see  what  he  would  call  them,  and 
whatsoever  Adam  called  every  living  creature, 
that  was  the  name  thereof-"  God's  revelation 
declares  that  before  Adam  tran3gres.scd,  heitilk- 
H.  This  settles  the  question  as  to  irhcn  he  b(- 
gan  to  talk.  In  the  second  place  it  is  quite 
evident  that  he  learned  to  .talk  from  God,  for 
God  gave  bim  commands  to  obey  as  soon  as  he 
created,  and  if  he  could  not  speak — could 
not  understand  words,  why  would  God  address 
him?  Thehistory  of  language  dates  with  man's 
creation;  and  it  is  characteristic  of  man:  man 
would  not  he  man  without  it.  To  reach  the 
human  heart — to  mold  it  after  His  own  charac- 
ter, God  made  use  of 

Written  Lnii^nngr. 
Through  this  medium  man  has  brought  him- 
self up  to  the  first  step  in  civilization,  and  by  the 
same  means  bos  made  rapid  progress  in  all  the 
arts  and  sciences.  Written  LansiUiige  is  (he 
sif/ii  of  one's  thought*.  With  these  signs  of 
thought  human  beings  communicate  with  each 
other,  even  at  great  distances.  It  is  the  best, 
really  the  only  reliable  method  of  preserv- 
ing thought.  Attempts  have  been  made  to 
preserve  thought  by  Spoken  Language;  but  the 
history  of  this  method  is  remarkable  for  its 
failures.  God,  it  seems,  tried  this  for  about 
2,500  years,  and  finding  it  inadequate,  wrote 
with  His  own  finger  nn  stones  and  gave  them 
to  Moses.  Here  begins  the  history  of  Written 
Language,  which,  from  that  time  on,  holds  an 
important  position  in  the  history  of  man.  With- 
out it,  man  is  ever  led  by  imagination,  by  spec- 
ulation, and  fails  to  comprehend  the  character 
of  God.  On  Written  Language  depends  the  de- 
velopment of  man's  moral  faculties.  It  is  the 
adopted  means  through  Christ,  for  tho  training 
of  the  moral  partof  man — of  giving  manaholy, 
a  just  and  true  character. 

We  know  God's  character  only  by  revelation; 
and  the  means  used  in  revealing  it  to  us  was  by 
sign-making,  and  by  Written  Language.  Be- 
fore the  revelation  of  His  character,  no  tv/o  men 
could  arrive  at  the  same  conclusion  concerning 
it;  since  it  lias  been  revealed,  all  meuMii  agree. 
That  God  is,  is  not  so  much  a  question,  but 
what  is  He,  is  the  query  with  every  man.  To 
learn  what  He  is,  we  need, only  go  to  His-  revel- 
ation. 

The  Mosaicnl  dispensation  was  a  dispensation 
of  sign-making.  Before  Moses  began  making 
signs,  the  name  Jehovah  was  associated  only 
with  that  of  bciiir/,  divine  beiiiij.  Standing  alone 
it  conveyed  no  idea  of  character,  hut  Moses,  by 
sign-making,  formed  in  the  Jewish  mind  the 
idea  of  God's  character.  Let  ua  stop  hereto 
note  a  single  fact  in  the  history  of  the  Jewish 
nation.  Amving  out  of  bondage,  and  begin- 
ning a  life  of  service  to  God,  there  was  not  an 
object  in  the  universe  which  could  convey  to 
them  the  idea  of  God's  holiness.  Tho  idea, 
therefore,  had  to  bo  originated  and  given  to  the 
Jews  through  their  senses.  Only  by  compari- 
son could  this  idea  be  conveyed  to  their  minds, 
hence  the  animals  were  divided  into  clean  and 
unclean,  and  of  the  clean  class  some  were  de- 
nominated without  blemish  for  religions  pur- 
poses. Thus  one  class  was  declared  purer  than 
the  other  and  were  offered  as  sacrifice.  These 
sacrifices  were  to  be  offered  by  a  class  of  men, 
purified  and  set  apart  for  that  particular  work. 
Thus  the  idea  of  purity,  of  holiness  was  ct 
veyed  to  the  children  of  Israel.  Only  by  a 
ries  of  comparisons  could  this  principle  of  the 
Deity  be  implanted  in  their  minds.  Thus  will 
be  seen,  the  particular  use  of  sign-language; 
and  the  dispensation  of  which  Moses  is  the  head 
is  noted  for  its  variety  and  plurality  of  signs. 
It  was  the  sign  age  pf  the  world.  More  anon. 
«.  K.  E, 

THE  EASTERN  QUESTION, 

FOR  the  want  of  time  we  have  said  but  little 
regarding  the  result  of  the  Berlin  Congress, 
and  the  effects  it  will  likely  have  on  the  future 
of  nations.  To  even  the  careless  reader  it  is  ev- 
ident that  the  glory  of  Turkey  has  departed, 
though  formerly  a  race  of  great  power,  yet  nev- 
er fully  civilized.  The  empire  at  one  time  con- 
tained 900,1X10  square  miles  of  territory,  and 
22,000,000  inhabitants.  Though  masters  of  the 
richest  portions  of  the  globe  they  despised  ag- 
riculture and  mining. 


Ill  fact  the  Turkish  Empire  is  no  more  —  it 
has  been  reduced  to  a  mere  skelolon,  and  is  hut 
reck  of  its  former  greatness.  She  lost  about 
05.000  square  miles  of  territory  in  Europe,  bo- 
sides  nearly  75,000  i^quaro  milei  virtually  taken 
from  her  control.  Out  of  SOO.OOi)  square  miles 
the  Sultan  has  about  60.000  left,  and  G.000,000 
of  subjects.  Religious  liberties  are  secured  in 
nil  the  independent  and  semi- in  dependent  gov- 
ments,  thus  rendering  lifeinTurki-y  more  se- 
cure. 

The  work  of  the  Congress,  in  our  estimation, 

[IS  an  important  one,  and  has  an  important 
bearing  on  the  future  history  of  Europe  and  a 
portion  of  Asia.  Cyprus,  a  fertile  island  in  the 
N,  E.  portion  of  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  lias 
n  into  the  hands  of  England,  and  if  neces- 
sary, in  case  of  war,  will  serve  as  an  important 
key  to  the  East.  The  island  has  been  much 
neglected  for  several  centuries,  hut  under  the 
wise  and  industrious  regulations  of  England 
may  regain  all  its  former  glory,  and  become  one 
of  the  most  important  places  in  the  East. 

The  question  of  wav  now  seems  to  be  settled 
for  the  present,  and  things  may  move  along  in 
the  even  tenor  of  their  way.  The  Danube  bo- 
comes  a  free  river,  on  which  no  war  vessels  are 
allowed  to  sail,  and  all  the  fortifications  along 
the  river  are  to  be  pulled  down.  Thus  the 
shedding  of  much  blood  has  been  avoided.  Rus- 
sia has  gained  considerable  advantages,  not  suf- 
ficient, however,  to  vender  her  particularly  more 
dangerous  than  what  she  has  been.  She  feels 
that  she  ha.=i  gained  her  object  in  having  civil 
and  religious  liberties  guaranteed  to  millions 
who  were  galling  under  the  bitter  bondage  of 
religiousintolerance. 

England  seems  to  havegotten  the  lion's  share, 
and  wilt  doubtless  make  the  host  of  it.  She  has 
men,  brains  and  money,  and  is  now  in  a  situa- 
tion to  accomplish  wonders.  Her  commanding 
position  from  the  Cyprus  island  mil  render  her 
suspicious  in  the  eyes  of  all  Europe,  and  per- 
haps cause  her  to  make  extra  efforts,  though 
ai)pareutly  for  the  good  of  Turkey.  Lord  Bea- 
conslield.  Prime  Minister  of  England,  is  a  Jew 
of  rare  attainments  as  a  statesman  and  diplo- 
matist, and  may  be  considered  as  the  leadini 
spirit  of  the  Congress.  Some  have  quoted  Zach. 
S:  23  in  reference  to  his  influence  in  the  Con- 
gress: "  In  those  days  it  shall  come  to  pass  that 
ten  men  shall  take  bold  out  of  all  languages  of 
the  nations,  even  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of 
him  that  is  a  Jew,  saying.  We  will  go  with  you: 
for  we  have  heard  that  God  is  with  you."  Tak- 
ing out  Bismark,  who  was  Moderator,  we  hove 
ten  fully  empowered  Gentiles  to  assent  to  the 
diplomatic  skill  of  Beaconsfield,  the  Jew. 

England  will,  no  doubt,  do  much  towardi 
civilizing  what  remains  of  the  Turkish  Empire, 
for  the  country  will  be  well  supplied  with  mis- 
sionaries whose  work  will  go  far  towards  civil- 
izing the  Turks,  and  opening  up  the  country  to 
far  better  influences.  There  are  prospects  of 
England  building  a  railway  from  some  point 
along  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  down  the  great 
Eupbratus  valley,  so  as  to  open  up  a  direct  over- 
land route  with  her  vast  possessions  in  India. 
Should  this  road  he  built  it  will  not  miss  the 
sights  of  Babylon  and  Ninevah  very  far. 

"  Asia  Minor,  too,^that  once  fertile  home  of 
teeming  populations,  the  scene  of  arduous  apos. 
tolic  laboi-s  and  Gospel  triumphs,  abounding 
with  all  that  waa  grand  in  ancient  civilization 
— will  again  be  open  to  better  influences,  and 
the  long,  desolating  reign  of  Turkish  power  will 
give  place  to  the  more  enlightened,  humane  and 
progressive  policy  that  England  will  dictate. 
We  may  expect,  also,  to  see  the  Holy  Land  re- 
claimed from  the  dark  and  cruel  superstitions 
and  selfish  policy  of  the  post,  and  highways 
opened  that  will  let  in  the  transforming  power 
of  Protestant  Christendom  in  a  succession  of 
influences  that  may  cause  the  hills  and  valley, 
of  Palestine  to  ring  with  bosannas  to  the  Son  of 
David." 

We  have  been  steadily  watching  the  move- 
ments in  the  East,  and  it  now  seems  that  the 
morning  star  of  the  coming  Millennium  is  he- 
gining  to  shed  a  glimpse  of  light  on  the  pages 
of  prophecy,  and  we  may  soon  look  for  impor- 
tant events  in  tho  history  of  the  world.  Pales- 
tine once  opened  up  to  missionaries  and  trnvel- 
en  will  become  the  most  interesting  historic 
place  on  the  globe,  and  will  be  visited  by  trav- 
elers and  pilgrims  from  every  part  of  the  civil- 
ized earth.  With  joy  we  hail  the  time  when 
the  Land  of  promise  shall  have  been  reclaimed 
from  under  the  sword  and  restored  to  the  peo- 


ple to  whom  it  was  promised  as  an  iuberitance 
forever. 

Everj'thing  considereil,  there  is  much  to  be 
thankful  for  in  the  decisions  of  the  Ueriin  Con- 
gress, A  mighty  stride  forward  has  Iiren  taken 
in  behalf  of  Christian  interests,  and  the  foulest 
blot  on  the  civilization  of  Europe  has  been  well 
nigh  erased.  Providence  is  swinging  wide  open 
the  gat's  of  Eunipe  and  Asia  for  tho  preaching 
of  the  Gospel.  A  great  and  cHectual  door  is 
oppued,  and  there  are  many  adversarie.s.  There 
is  a  call  on  the  Christian  world  for  larger  mis- 
sionary effort.  The  lauds  long  trodden  down 
inder  the  crushing  heel  of  Islamism  must  be 
redeemed  for  Christ  Jesus  the  Lord.  This  is 
the  great  lesson  of  the  Berlin  Congress  and  will 
prove  a  source  of  much  interest  to  all  students 
of  prophecy.      .___„,______  ''■  h,  m. 

BiioTiiEB  S.  H.  Bashor's  address  is  Waterloo, 
Iowa.  __   

Wk  have  before  us  105  pages  of  tho  manu- 
script of  Bro.   Bashor's   book,  which   will  he 

published  as  soon  as  possible.  Wo  will  bo  through 
with  Bro.  Stein's  .Vo/i-Coh/di'w/';/ in  ii  few  days, 
and  then  will  commence  on  Bro.  Bashor's  book. 
Our  readei-s  will  likely  find  it  an  interesting 
work.  _  

BuoTiiEK  Amos  S.  Chamherlin  says:  "The 
children  are  highly  delighted  with  the  Children 
at  il''orfc."  The  Sunday-scliool  in  his  congre- 
gation has  adopted  the  Siindaij  Lesson  as  it  is 
now  beuig  published  in  that  paper.  Hope  it 
will  increii.-;o  in  interest,  and  prove  beneficial  to 
young  Bible  students. 


The  Cincinnati  authorities  are  tiying  to  close 
the  theatres  of  that  city  on  Sunday.  If  those 
who  profess  to  be  Christians  would  stay  away 
from  such  places,  and  not  give  their  money  in 

support  of  such  institutions,  theatres  and  such 
like  things  would  soon  pass  away. 


The  Brethren's  Sunday-school,  at  the  Panther 
Creek  meeting-house,  Woodford  Co,,  111.,  is  in 
a  flourishing  condition,  having  122  scholars  on 
the  roll.  The  old  as  well  as  the  young  take 
part  in  the  exercises.  One  hour  is  devoted  to 
reading  from  the  Testament  and  asking  and 
answering  questions. 


Gospel  Bannkii  is  the  title  of  an  interesting 
little  monthly  published  at  Goshen,  Ind,  It  is 
edited  by  Eld.  David  Brenneman,  and  conduct- 
ed in  the  interests  of  the  United  Meiiuonites. 
The  first  two  numbers  are  ou  our  table. 


Throuoh  the  kindness  of  some  one,  E,  F. 
Burrow,  of  CliftonHill,  Randolph  Co.,  Mo,,  has 
been  receiving  the  Brethhek  at  Wokk,  and 
extends  hearty  thanks  to  those  who  ordered 
the  paper.  He  is  anxious  that  the  Brethren 
preach  in  that  locality,  thinking  some  good  may 
be  accomplished.  This  notice  is  given  to  call 
the  attention  of  the  Brethren  to  that  portion  of 
tho  country. 

TtiE  school  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  seems  to  he 
pros|)oring,  Bro.  J.  M.  Zuck  writes  as 
follows;  "Our  school  is  prospering  finely  at 
present.  Fifty  students  are  in  attendance, 
nearly  all  of  whom  are  young  teaehei-s.  Tliis 
is  our  six  weeks'  term,  intended  especially  for 
teachers.  Prospects  for  the  future  are  flatter- 
ing.    Fall  term  will  open  September  10th. 


Brother  Jesse  Heckler,  a  minister  in  good 
standing  and  highly  respected  by  the  members, 
i.s  desirous  of  going  West,  and  settling  in  some 
small  congregation  where  his  labor  will  be 
needed,  if  he  can  sell  hLs  well  improved  little 
place  of  several  ocre.s  near  the  Hickory  Grove 
meeting-house,  Carroll  Co.,  III.  We  give  him 
this  notice,  hoping  thereby  to  help  one  of  the 
needy  churches  in  the  West  to  secure  his  servic- 
es. He  prefers  going  to  Nebraska.  His  .iddresa 
is  Mt.  Carroll,  111. 

A  SISTER,  who  feels  much  interested  in  the 
spreading  of  the  Truth,  orders  the  BRi:THBKN 
AT  Work  sent  to  a  certain  post  ollice  and  kept 
on  the  counter  to  be  read  by  the  people,  who, 
she  says,  take  great  delight  in  reading  the  pa- 
per, Hope  it  may  accomplish  much  good,  and 
that  others  will  imitate  the  example  by  sending 
the  paper  to  other  localities  where  it  may  be 
needed  and  read.  There  are  many  other  public 
places  where  the  paper  should  be  kept. 


Orders  for  Bro.  Mohler's  liailroad  Sfitnon 
are  coming  in  pretty  freely,  showing  that  the 
neatly  putrup,  and  well  arranged  tract  is  going 
to  he  extensively  circulated.  A  gentleman 
wished  to  know  of  us  if  the  tract  suid  anything 
about  the  "  smoking  car?"  We  told  him,  he 
would  find  that  at  the  other  end  of  the  broad 
gauge  road. 


Ann-list:     lij. 


TI-IE    T3X-?li;THR3i:N:    AT    AVOHl^: 


PUTTING  TOU  IN  MIND. 

YOU  koow  it;  but  it  went  In  sleep  perhaps 
unci  neoda  wiiking  up.  Yuii  Jtnow  to  '!o 
good,  but  Imve  gotn  little  cureless — .l  little  tircil 
antl  downcast,  sn  you  do  not  feel  like  dDing 
much.  Yea,  you  hnvo  worked  hard  ali  tliruugh 
life.  You  were  not  idle,  you  loved  to  work,  and 
tivi-ked.  GodI>le:^sed  yon.  lie  mode  ynnrcn'ps 
to  yield  well.  He  gave  you  lieiiltli.  He  threw 
mound  ynu,  dear  friends.  He  prelected  you, 
led  you,  iniidc  you  what  j'ou  nre.  0,  praise  the 
Lord  forever!  I  want  to  put  you  in  mind  how 
good  the  Lord  hna  been.  Yes,  you  often  think 
ftbout  this.  You  often  feel  grateful  to  God  for 
the  mnnj'  favoi-a  you  receive.  You  do  not  sny 
like  the  infidel,  the  unbeliever,  the  ungodly,  "  I 
did  all  this,  therefore  I  hnvo  what  I  hnve."  0 
no,  you  do  not  think  that  way,  Christinn  broth- 
er! Yon  think  you  did  your  part  and  God  did 
His,  and  now  you  iire  happy,  This  is  the  way 
you  Ihinknnd  act.  Every  good  and  perfect 
gift  Cometh  down  from  the  Father  of  light. 
You  know  this,  do  you  not?  Knowing  it,  a 
feeling  orgrufefulnesLS  seizes  your  lieitrt  and  you 
will  give  thanks  and  rejoice.  To  he  put  in 
mind  of  the  Lord'-s  goodnesa  and  greatness  is  to 
have  the  knowledge  of  God  thiuat  into  our 
heads.  Only  see  that  the  knowledge  is  not 
ciioked  out  with  avarice,  greed  and  uubelief. 
These  are  very  noxious  weeds.  Forgetnotthat 
you  are  subject  to  death  and  decay — that  6od  is 
over  you  and  you  far  beneath  Hiui — that  the 
greatest  tabor  is  to  give  the  increase  wliich  be- 
longs to  God.  Think  of  these  things  if  you 
would  live  in  the  fullness  of  God's  love. 


NEW  CLOTH  AND  OLD  GAR- 
MENTS. 

"So  man  puttetli  ;i  i>Lei:c  i-f  new  clolli  uuto  iui 
old  garment ;  for  tliat  wliicli  i.s  put  in  to  ml  it  up, 
taketli  from  the  garment,  imd  the  rent  is  mailo 
woi-se."  Mutt.  ft:l'i.  Please  give  us  a  little  light 
on  the  :il.Livf  Seiipturi'.  Every  question  hiis  in  it  a 
stiikiiij,'  pi.iiil.  Iiut  li.r  tlie  Hfi>  ulun.' I  f^ui'tseehow 
aK^iviiiriit  (iiii  111'  iM^iilr.  w.>n.i-  \-\  lilliiiK  the  worn 
out  \>\m:.-a  witli  new  cliitli,  I).  A.  Nniicnoss. 

niHE  lesson  the  Savior  intends  teaching  in 
1  Matt.  9: 16, 17,  cannot  well  be  understood 
without  some  acquaintauee  with  oriental  cus- 
toms. Instead  of  "  new  cloth,"  it  would  better 
be  rendered  "undressed  cloth,"  or  "eloth  uu- 
fulled."  Such  elotb  sewed  over  the  rent  in  an 
old  garment  would  shrink,  tearing  the  stitches, 
and  make  the  rent  greater.  Just  so  it  would 
have  been  if  the  old  Pharisaic  doctrine  had  bi'-'U 
sewed  onto  the  Christian  doctrine  taught  by 
Christ. 

The  best  explanation  of  Matt.  9: 15,  16.  17. 
we  think  of  at  present,  is  the  following  from 
Barnes'  Counuentary: 

•'  Christ,  in  reply  to  them,  used  three  illustra- 
tions, all  of  them  going  to  establish  the  same 
thing— that  we  should  observe  a  fitness  and 
propriety  in  things.  The  first  is  taken  from  a 
marriage.  The  children  of  the  bride-chamber 
—that  is,  the  bride-men,  or  men  who  had  the 
special  care  of  the  bridal  chamber,  and  who 
were  therefore  his  -special  friends — do  not  think 
of  fasting  while  he  is  with  them.  With  them 
it  is  a  time  of  festivity  and  rejoicing,  and  m 
ing  would  not  be  appropriate.  When  he 
moved  or  taken  away,  then  their  festivity  will 
be  endetl,  and  then  will  he  the  proper  time  for 
sorrow.  So,  says  he,  John,  your  friend  and 
teacher  is  in  captivity.  With  you  it  is  a  time 
of  deep  grief,  and  it  is  fit  that  you  should  fast. 
I  am  with  my  disciples.  It  is  with  them  a  time 
of  joy.  It  is  not  fit  that  they  should  use  the 
tokens  of  grief,  and  fast  now.  When  I  am 
taken  away,  it  will  then  be  proper  that  they 
should  fast. 

'  No  man   putteth  a  piece  of  new  cloth,'  etc. 
A  second   illustration  waa  drawn  from  a  well- 
known  fact,  showing  also  that  there  was  a  pr( 
prioty  or  fitness  of  things.    None  of  you,  aaj 
he,  in  mending  an  old  garment,   would  take 
piece  of  entire  new  cloth.    There   would  be 
waste  in  it.    An  old   piece,  or  a  piece  like  the 
garment,  would  be  better.    The  word  here  trans- 
lated new,  in  the  original  mean.s  rude,  vindress- 
ed,   not  fulled   by   the  cloth-dreaaer.    In  this 
state,  if  applied  to  an  old  garment,  and  if  wet, 
it  would  contract  and  draw  off  a  part  of  the 
garment  to  which  it  was  attached,   and   thus 
make  the  rent  ivorse  than  it  waa.     So,  says  he, 
my  new  doctrines  do  not  match   with  the  old 
rites  of  the  Pharisees.    There  is  a  fitness  of 
things.    Their  doctrines  reriuired  much  fasting. 


(n  my  system  it  would  be  incongruous;  and  if 
my  now  doctrines  were  to  be  attached  to  their 
old  ones,  it  would  only  make  the  matter 
worse. 

'Neither  do  men  put  new  wine,' etc.  The 
bird  illustration  was  taken  from  wine  put  into 
buttles.  Bottles,  in  Eastern  nations,  were  made, 
and  are  still  made,  of  skins  of  beasts.  General- 
ly the  skin  wjis  taken  entire  from  a  sheen  or  a 
lat,  aifd,  properly  prepared,  was  filled  with 
ine  or  watt-r.  Such  bottles  are  still  nsed,  be- 
cause, in  crossing  deserts  of  sand,  they  have  no 
olher  conveyances  but  camels,  or  other  bensts 
of  burden.  It  would  be  diflicult  for  them  to 
carry  glass  bottles  or  kegs  on  them.  They  there- 
fore fill  two  skins,  and  fasten  them  together  and 
lay  them  acros'i  the  back  of  a  camel,  and  thus 
carry  wine  or  water  to  a  great  distance.  These 
bottles  were,  of  course,  of  different  .sixes,  as  the 
skina  of  kids,  goats,  or  oxen,  might  be  used. 
Bruce  describes  particularly  a  bottle  which  he 
saw  in  Arabia,  made  in  this  manner  of  an  ox 
skin,  which  would  hold  sixty  gallons,  and  two 
of  which  were  a  lond  for  a  camel.  By  long  us- 
age, however,  bottlei;  of  akina  became  tender  anil 
would  betr.Tsily  ruptured.  New  wine  put  into 
them  would  ferment,  and  swell  and  burst  them 
open.  New  skins  or  bottles  would  yield  to  the 
fermenting  wine,  and  be  strong  enough  to  hold 
it  from  bursting.  So,  aays  Christ,  there  a  is  fit- 
ness or  propriety  of  things.  It  is  not  fit  that 
my  doctrine  should  be  attached  to  or  connected 
with  the  old  and  corrupt  doctrines  of  the  Phar- 
iacos.  New  things  should  be  put  together,  and 
made  to  match." 


THE  FREaUENTATIVE  VERB. 


ILtuliv 


;iii(li.j 


CALIFORNIA  MISSION  FUND. 

BELOW  we  give  a  list  of  money  received  at 
this  office  for  the  California  mission.  It 
ia  coming  very  slow,  and  unless  the  churches  be 
pretty  prompt,  there  will  not  be  a  sufficient 
amount  in  by  Sept.  1st.  Each  congregation 
hould  send  one  or  two  dollars.  Do  not  delay, 
but  act  immediately: 

Mohican  church,  Ohio, ?1,(jO 

Arnold's  Grove  church.  111., .'..l.UO 

State  Centre  church,  Iowa,  1.00 

Silver  Creek  church,  HI., 2.00 

Abilene  church,  Kan., ' 1-00 

Union  church,  Ind., 1-00 

Fall  Creek  church,  Ind., 1.00 

Stony  Creek  church,  Ind,, 1.00 

Portage  Prairie  church,  Ind., 1.00 

Macoupin  Creek  church,  III, 1.00 

T.A.Turner 1.00 

David  Bechtelheimer, 1-00 

Mill  Creek  church.  111 l.oO 

Pine  Creek  church,  Ind.,    l.Oi' 


THE  STEIN  AND  BAY  DEBATE. 


A^^ 


tliese  works?    Ii  ;;     -.  ■■-\-\\  Um  above 

tobetnie,  amll'M'  ■   i.  >    ■  ■  in.iko  any  reply 

to  liis  argument,  i:i-  I    .     .■  ■  n  uppeiii-s  to  lio 

a  plain  ciiae.  llia\.  w.-'-  ..i.il-^.ii.i^ii  any  religi 
faith  in  practice,  but  I  am  aearchiug  atter  the 
truth.  Perhaiu  an  answer  through  tlie  paper  would 
ho  heiielleial.  A.\iio,\'  Mii.lkh. 

B.4PTIZ0  belongs  to  a  class  of  Greek  ver 
known  aa  frequentatives.     Bullion,  in  hia 
G  reek  grammar,  says,  "  Frequentative  verbs  ex- 
press  repeated  action;"  also,  "Frequentatives 
are  those  which  signify  repeated  action." 

Liddell  and  Scott,  in  their  Greek  lexicon,  de- 
fine hiiplizOt  "To  dip  repeatedly." 

Douegan,  when  defining  baplho,  says,  "  To 
immerse  repeatedly  into  a  liquid." 

Passaw  says,  "  To  immei-se  often  and  repeat- 
edly." 

B re tschn eider,  another  fine  Greek  scholar 
says,  "  Properiy  often  to  dip,  often  to  wash." 

Richardson,  in  lua  large  English  Dictiouar)' 
published  in  England  many  years  ago,  defines 
bapti'/e  in  the  same  way  Greek  writers  define 
bapiho.  Of  bapti/e  he  'says,  "  To  dip  or  merge 
frequently;  sometimes,  to  sink,  to  plunge,  to 
immerse." 

Thua  it  will  be  seen  that  Liddell  and  Scott, 
Donegnn,  Passaw,  and  Bretschneider  all  define 
hajitizo  to  dip  repeatedly,  and  therefore  class  it 
among  frequentative  verbs.  Against  this  view 
I  know  of  no  Greek  dictionary  in  the  world. 
Several  of  them  are  silent,  but  not  one  to  the 
Four,  as  quoted  above,  say,  it  means 
repeated  action,  while  all  the  rest  are  silent, 
therefore  the  weight  of  evidence  falls  on  the 
aide  of  those  who  speak,  while  those  who  nre 
silent  are  not  regarded  as  witueaaea  on  either  side. 
You  will  therefore  perceive  that  it  is  aone-aided 
caae,  even  among  modern  writers,  saying  noth- 
ing about  the  general  practice  of  antiquity. 

If  Christ  had  intended  to  teach  but  one  ac- 
tion in  baptism  it  seems  strange  that  he  should 
have  selected  a  frequentative  verb  with  which 
to  convey  the  idea,  for  the  language  wa.s  rich  in 
words,  with  meanings  adapted  to  every  case  and 
purpose.  And  then  it  seems  strange  that  all 
the  ancient  Greeks,  in  whose  mother  tongue 
the  New  Testament  was  written  should  have 
uodei'stood  the  language  to  t«ach  trine  immer- 
sion if  Christ  had  intended  it  to  teach  single  im- 
mersion. It  would  seem  strange  that  not  on^ 
of  them  could  understand  the  language,  cspeci- 
ally  when  they  were  ao  familiar  with  it. 

We  hope  our  friend  will  be  successful  in  his 
search  after  the  truth,  and  when  once  found, 
embrace  it  with  a  willing  heart.  J.  n.  \i. 


Who  has    a  copy  of   Chiystal's  ' 
Baptism,"  to  sell? 


LL  the  arrangements  are  now  completed  for 
the  written  debate  between  Bro.  .J.  W. 
Stein  aud  Mr.  D.  B.  Ray.  The  discussion  will 
last  over  one  ye/ir,  and  will  likely  prove  the 
most  important  thing  of  the  kind  iu  which 
our  people  ever  took  part-  It  is  to  be  published 
in  the  Bnpiht  Biillle  Flag,  a  Baptist  paper 
which  has  a  large  circulation  among  the  Bap- 
tistii,  and  will  thus  enable  Bro.  Stein  to  set  be- 
for»  them  a  complete  defense  of  our  faith  and 
practice.  Both  sides  will  also  be  published  in 
the  BiiETiiREN  AT  WoBK,  thus  giving  our  peo- 
ple a  chance  of  reading,  not  only  what  Bro- 
Stein  can  say  iu  our  defense,  but  all  that  Mr- 
Ray  is  able  to  say  against  us  and  our  practice. 

One  reason  why  this  debate  will  be  im- 
portant is  because  it  will  be  so  extensively  read, 
both  papers  having  a  very  large  circulation,  and 
in  consequence  of  the  debate  will  be  read  by 
thousands  who  otherwise  would  not  take  the 
papers.  It  viiW  create  a  still  greater  interest  in 
the  search  after  truth,  and  may  be  instrumental 
in  bringing  to  light  many  things  that  will 
prove  valuable  to  both  parties. 

The  discussion,  as  now  agreed  upon,  will 
commence  Oct.  1st,  this  being  as  soon  as  both 
parties  can  get  ready,  and  will  give  our  agents 
time  to  send  in  the  name-s  of  (hose  wishing  to 
commence  with  the  debate.  We  were  in  hopes 
of  having  it  commence  sooner,  but  the  first  of 
October  is  as  soon  as  Mr.  Ray  could  be  prepared 
for  it. 

We  now  expect  all  our  r.'adera  to  work 
greatly  increaae  the  circulation  of  the  Dm 
BEN  AT  WoiiK,  for  there  are  thousands  not  now 
taking  the  paper  who  would  like  to  reiid  the 
debate.  Besides,  it  costs  us  considerable,  we 
defr.iying  our  part  of  the  expenses,  all  of  which 
we  cheerfully  do  for  the  cause  of  trcitb. 

The  paper  will  be  sent  from  October  1st  to 
the  end  of  next  year  {1879)  for  §1.75  which  will 
be  an  inducement  sufficient  to  prompt  many 
to  subscribe  if  they  are  sho^vn  the  paper  and 
told  of  the  Written  Discussion.  Show  the  pa- 
per to  all  your  neighbors  and  see  what  can  be 
done.  Go  to  work  immediately,  procure  all  the 
subscribers  you  can  and  send  them  in  at  once 
that  we  may  have  time  to  enter  them  all  in  our 
books  before  Oct.  1st.  In  this  way  wo  will 
have  all  the  names  in  before  the  discussion  com- 
mences, and  will  therefore  know  just  how  many 
copies  to  print. 

As  a  little  compensation  for  trouble,  we  make 
the  following  offer: 

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will  send  us  one  new  name,  and  Sl-75,  we  will 
send  him  one  copy  of  Bro.  Stein's  pamphlet  on 
Xoii-Co>ifori)iiti/  to  (he  World.  When  sending 
in  the  name  and  money  be  auro  and  meution 
that  you  want  the  pamphlet. 

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scrilicrs,  and  hence  entitled  to  a  free  copy. 


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ing for  our  paper  will  send  in  the  names  and 
money  aa  fast  as  they  can  collect  them,  deduct- 
ing ten  per  cent,  from  the  money  before  send- 
ing it  I  o  ua.     This  orfer  ia  to  ngents  onlij. 

Sample  copies  and  prospectus  will  be 
sent  free  to  all  who  wish  to  act  as  agents  and 
collect  subscribers. 

It  is  not  safe  to  send  over  §1.75  in  a  let- 
vithout  registering.    The  better  way  is  to 
send  Post  Office  Order,  or  have  the  letter  regis- 
tered.   Parties  wishing  to  send  §1.75  aud  can- 
make  the  change,  can  send  a  one  dollar  bill 
and  75  cents  in  postage  stamps- 
Address  all    communications   to    Moore  & 
EsHELMAX,  Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  Ill, 


Eldkk  iI-  a.  Murray,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  has 
been  badly  hurt  by  fulling  in  front  of  a  harvaat- 
He  ia  improvine  slowly.  Full  particulars 
next  week. 

i.KTTEi!  from  sister  Hiinnali  Krine  fails  to 
give  her  full  uddress,  hence  we  cannot  fill  her 
order  till  she  forwards  her  addresa,  aa  the  State 
nitted  in  her  letter. 


Tbose  who  have  seen  Bro.  Mohler's  Hailrond 
Seritwii  express  themselves  highly  pleased  with 
it.  They  wilt  he  sent  post  paid,  3  copies,  10 
cents;  12  copies,  30  cents;  100  copies,  §2.00. 


We  do  not  keep  the  pamphlet  entitled  the 
Infidel  Back-Down  for  sale.  Parties  iviahing  it 
should  address  the  publishers,  H.  L.  Hastings, 
343.  Washington  Street,  Boston,  Mass.  Price, 
ten  centa. 


Two  more  have  been   b.iptized   in  Denmark, 

thua  showing  that  the  good  work  ia  going  on, 
and  the  prospects  for  the  little  church  are 
brightening  up.  Their  meetings  are  largely 
attended,  and  becoming  still  more  interesting. 


OuK  readers  will  please  not  send  in  any  more 
orders  for  Ftnnih/  Jiiiles  and  RegidalioHS  till 
further  notice,  as  we  ai-e  so  crowded  mth  pam- 
phlet and  job  work  that  we  must  defer  publish- 
ing them  for  the  time  being.  Those  who  have 
sent  in  orders  will  bear  with  ub  a  while  longer. 


We  leam  that  one  of  the  Sunday-schools  in 
New  Jersey  has  adopted  the  Sitndai/  Lrs.wns  as 
published  in  the  Child>i;.„f  il'orL  They  are 
well  adapted  to  Sunday-school  purpoaes,  and 
when  the  paper  is  published  weekly  will  hp 
just  the  thiug  to  supply  a  long-felt  want. 


BiiOTiiEa  .lohn  Shepherd,  Elroy,  III,,  of  whom 
mention  wa."  miide  iu  a  former  number,  expects 
to  go  West  ill  October  next.  This  is  the  way 
to  spread  the  Truth.  Move  West,  or  some 
place  where  there  are  no  preachers  and  go  to 
work.  There  is  plenty  more  good  material  of 
which  to  make  good  preachers.  The  harvest  ia 
great  and  more  laborers  are  needed. 


Obders  for  brother  J.  W.  Stein's  work  on 
Nou-Conformity  to  the  World  may  be  sent  in 
now.  It  is  a  neatly  printed,  and  well  put  up 
pamphlet,  ably  defending  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  Brethren  on  that  subject,  and  should  be 
in  the  hands  of  all  our  readers.  Price,  10  cents; 
12  copies,  §1.00.     Sent  post  paid. 


When  writing  for  publication  the  utmoab 
caution  should  be  used  so  as  not  to  write  that 
which  is  personal,  purely  local  in  its  character 
and  of  no  interest  to  the  generality  of  our  read- 
era.  Do  not  send  us,  for  publication,  an  article 
that  ia  driving  at  the  faults  of  some  brother  or 
sister  in  your  neighborhood.  The  better  way 
would  be  to  go  and  talk  to  them,  aud  not  spread 
their  faults  abroad.  In  alt  things  we  should 
exercise  becoming  prudence  and  charity. 


TiitRE  are  seventeen  citiea  in  Nebraska  which 
charge  S1,000  each  for  licenses.  Of  couree  the 
saloon  keeper  loses  nothing  in  the  operation,  aa 
he  charges  the  more  for  the  whisky  he  sella.  It 
all  comes  off  ol  the  poor,  distressed  men  who 
drink.  Supposing  a  town  of  2,000  inhabitants 
has  two  saloons,  each  paying  §1.000  license.  It 
is  evident  that  these  saloons  must  sell  at  least 
§6.000  worth  of  liquor  in  order  to  be  self-sup- 
porting. The  greater  part  of  thia  is  paid  by 
poor,  hard-working  mon  who  need  every  cent 
they  can  earn  to  support  their  families,  and  the 
plea  is,  that  the  town  needs  this  license  money 
to  keep  up  the  town  expenses,  hence  the  grant- 
ing of  license.  They  take  some  §6,000  away 
from  poor,  needy  children  and  wives  in  order  to 
get  §2.000  to  keep  up  the  sidewalks  &c.  Why 
not  banish  the  saloons  and  whisky  selling,  let 
the  poor  children  and  diatreaaed  wives  have  the 
'  benefit  of  hard  earned  money,  and  tax  the  in- 
come of  the  rich  for  keeping  up  town  expenses? 


'l^tiE  33RE:TtiKE:N"  ^T  "womc. 


-A,uo;ust    15. 


A  MASONIC    FUNERAL. 

I  stood  beside  iiii  open  grave," 
llenurabeil  Witli  ^ief  imil  pnin; 

It  aeeuied  to  mu,  in  tliiit  dark  hour, 
I  ne'er  shuiild  ftel  iij;[iiiTi. 

Friends  closely  alood  nboiit  roc 

On  that  sad,  drcaiv  ilny ; 
A  voice  fell  on  tlu'sik-iit  air. 

Clear  9]n)kcii :  "  J.et  »n  iiray." 

The  111:111  V  li..  -".I I  never  bent 


Orilin-1,  Ih.   ::■■.:  iiimI. 

A  man  of  Gixl  t^tuoil  Hileiit  by, 
WitU  grave  and  i-everont  air. 

And  listened,  witliont  word  or  sign, 
Unto  the  seorner's  iiniyer. 

He  prayed  (liat  he,  my  ]irecioua  dead. 

The  object  or  my  love, 
Miglit  nicct'liis  hrctliren  all  once  more 

In.  the  Grand  Lodge  above. 

I  wondered,  lu  I  thought  of  him. 
In  that  stvntiHe  place  of  rest, 

If  I  slionld  ever  seo  his  face. 
Or  lean  upon  his  lu-('aat. 


Itsevn 


■il  Oi; 


In  tl 


And  I  wun^ured,  as  1  li.sleiiea 
To  that  strange,  unchristian  prayer, 

What  woidd  li^-lit Ihatdistantlodgeof  tUeirs, 
If  the  Savior  was  not  there. 

"n'oiild  it  not  be  outer  darkness  'f 
"Would  it  mil  111-  liiuiiing  jminV 

■\Vlifivfli...i',L.-inM  r.>i  w)i.ihad  never 
Cidliil  u].,,ii  rl  !■  >  i\  ji'i's  name? 

The  bii'ihii-n  ii-ii-inil  ir'vi-rently 

To  what  ivas  sin  to  me, 
And  answered  to  the  master's  words, 

"  Amen;  so  niotcit  bo." 

A  holy' order,  vi-rily! 

In  bitterness.!  said, 
To  choose  a  wicked  man  like  tliat 

To  jiray  bi'side  I  heir  dead. 

And  now  I  often  feel  tlie  pang 

That  hour  of  trial  ga,ve, 
When  a  reckless  unbeliever  prayed 

Beside  my  father's  grave. 

— The  Christian  Cynosure. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


— Give  light,  and  darkness  mil  disperse  itself. 

— Anger  always  hurts  us  more  than  the  one 
we  got  mad  at. 

— Benevolence  a'nd  charity  are  universal  and 
unvarying  duties. 

— Despair  has  ruined  some,  but  presumption, 
multitudes. 

— Delays  decveiise  desires,  and  sometimes  ex- 
tinguish them, 

— Next  in  point  of  meanness  to  doing  a  man 
an  injury,  is  to  do  liim  a  iavof,  and  e\'ery  now 
und  then  remind  liim  of  it. 

— Good  nature,  tJIce  a  hec,  collects  its  honey 
from  every  herb.  Ill  nature,  liken  spider,  sucks 
poison  from  the  swecU'st  flowers, 

— If  we  would  have  powerful  minds,  we  must 
think;  if  we  would  have  faithful  hearts, 
must  love;  if  we  would  Iiavestrong  muscles,  we 
must  labor.  These  ihclude  all  that  is  valuable 
in  life. 

— Some  people  are  nil  quality;  you  would 
think  they  were  made  up  of  nothing  but  title 
and  genealogy.'  The  stamp  of  dignity  defaces 
in  them  the  very  character  of  humanity,  and 
transporb  them  to  such  adegrCe  of  haughtiness 
that  they  reckon  it  below  themselves  to  exercise 
either  good  nature  or  good  manners, 

— One  day  a  little  four-years- old  was  pennit- 
ted  to  have  the  old  family  Bible  to  look  at  the 
pictures,  nnd  comiiig  to  the  picture  of  "  Daniel 
in  the  lion's  denj"  he  gazed  at  it  for  a  lew  min- 
utes silently,  then  running  to  his  mother,  book 
in  hand,  he  broke  forth  in  an  indignant  tone: 
"Mother,  this  Bible  don't  tell' the  truth!" 
"  Why,  my  child,  what  makes  yon  say  so?  " 
"  Why,  mother,  didn't  you  read  to  me  that 
when  Daniel  wa.s  thrown  into  the  den,  God  shut 
the  lions'  mouths,  and  see  here,  they  are  wide 
open?  " 

— Among  all  the  accomplishments  of  youth, 
there  is  none  preferable  to  a  decent  and  agreea- 
ble behavior  among  men,  a  modest  freedom  of 
speech,  a  soft  and  elegant  manner  and  address, 
a  graceful  and  lovely  deportment,  a.  cheerful 
gravity  and  good  humor,  ^vith  a  mind  api)ear- 
ing  ever  serene  under  the  rullliu^  nceideiita  of 
human  life. 

— If  )-ou  were  as  willing  to  be  pleasant  and 
as  anxious  to  please  in  your  own  home,  as  you 
are  in  the  company  of  your  neighbors,  you 
would  have  the  happi^t  home  in 'th^  world. 


A  MEMORIAL, 


On  the   Lamented   Death  of  a  Mother  in 
Israel— Sister  Prudence  Price. 


DEATH  has  again  entered  the  fold  of 
Chief  Shepherd  and  claimed  one  of  our 
members.  This  again  brings  to  vivid  romem' 
brance  the  solemn  fact  that  Ms  relentless  power 
is  Htill  manifest,  and  that  each  one  of  us  are  a|>- 
proaching  the  same  di-ead  foe,  who  shall  sooner 
or  later  bear  us  to  the  "narrow  cell."  0  ho' 
solemn  it  is  to  die,  and  leave  nil  the  pleasant 
and  endearing. associations  of  earth!  But  it  is 
just  as  solemn  a  thing  to  lire  when  we  reflect, 
each  day  is  one  less  of  life  to  live,  and  one  near- 
er the  cold,  dark  river  of  death.  The  days  that 
are  past  will  come  back  to  us  no  more  forev 
but 'their  records  of  our  deeds  for  good  or  evil 
will'  come  up  for  or  against  ns  when  "  the  dead 
that  are  in  their  graves  shall  hear  the  voice  of 
the  Son  of  God,  and  come  forth." 

"  How  earcfnl  then  ought  we  to  live, 
With  what  religious  fear!" 
Such  are  the  thoughts  that  should  engage  our 
minds  under  the  solemn  and  signal  provident 
of  our  Lord. 

OUn  SISTER. 

The  subject  of  this  brief  sketch  was  horn 
April  22, 1813— died  July  1, 1S7S.  Her  virgin 
name  was  Prudence  Funk;  was  first  married  to 
brother  Daniel  Stover,  deceased,  and  lost  to  the 
late  brother  Jacob  Price,  a  de.icon  for  many 
yeai-s  in  our  Antietam  congregation.  Our  sis- 
ter resided  at  the  "  Home  Place,"  where,  we 
remember,  the  yearly  meeting  was  held  in, 1866, 
It, was  in  the  attt^ndant  cai-es  of  this  meelingby 
over-exertion  that  she  evidently  contracted  the 
cause  of  shortening  her  days  and  ending  her 
years,  \rith  great  sufferings.  We  mention  this 
as  awaruing  to  others.  Herlove  forthechurcb 
wa^  unbounded,  and  many  were  her  labors  of 
love.  All  strangers  found  her  pleasant  and 
hospitable,  and  kind  to  the  poor.  Members  of 
the  church  found  her  sell-saeri Being  and  untir- 
ing in  her  exceeding  kindness  to  all.  Her  good 
works  were  many,  and  proved  her  love  lor  her 
Lord  and  Master. 

Though  much  afflicted  during  the  last  year, 
she  was  enabled  by  the  grace  of  God  to  endure 
with  patience,  and  calmly  await  the  decisive 
hour.     Her 

FAiTn  nf  (,iinisT 
and  the  Scriptures  was  her  refuge  and  comfort- 
er. In  the  triumphs  of  a  living,  clinging  faith 
she  cro-ssed  the  chilly  waters  of  death.  Fiw 
from  the  cares  and  anxieties  of  this  life,  and  free 
from  the  sufl'eriiig  of  death,  she  rests  on  the 
shores  of  the  pure  River  of  blissful  Life,  and  en- 
joys the  light  that  never  dims.  She  sleeps,  in 
Jesus. 


The  funeral  service  waa  held  in  Price's  meethig- 
house,  and  the  interment  in  the  commodious 
burying  ground  adjoining. 

The  sermon  was  drawn  from  these  words: 
"Return  unto  thy  rest,  0  my  soul!"  Psalm 
116:7.  May  the  bereaved  find  "the  consola- 
tion of  Christ."  May  the  call  unto  repentance 
not  remain  unheeded,  but  devoutly  accepted  by 
the  unbelieving.  How  solemn  the  warning! 
How  dangerous  the  delays  when  the  soul  is  in 
danger. 

(h'ee  Obifuitnj  ) 


THE  LOST   SPECTACLES. 

GRANDPA,  one  night,  lest  his  spectacles, 
and  two  or  three  of  us  undertook  to  lind 
them:  after  looking  for  some  tune  to  no  purpose, 
we  gave  up  the  senrch,  and  gi-andpa  at  last  found 
them  on  top  of  his  head.  We  all  had  a  hearty 
laugh,  in  which  he  a^heoitiiy  joined,  nnd  he 
then  begau  to  talk  to  us  on  the  advantage,  when 
anything  waa 'lost,  of  looking  in  tlie^ 'proper 
place;  and  he  thus  proceeded:  "Almost  all 
young  people  ; indulge  in  dreams  that  are  in 
themselves,, upeiess.  When  they  hear  of  the 
wide  worid,  they  think  of  what  great  things 
they  would  do,  if  they  were  here,  or  there,  or 
yonder;  or.  if  they  had  this  or  tbat^  or  the  oth- 
er. But  depend  upon  it,  almost  all  that  is  worth 
having,  or  at  least,  all  that  would  be  good  for 
us  to  possess,  may  be  obtained  wherever  we  are, 
if  we  seek  for  it  by  diligently  and  uprightly  us- 
ing the  faculties  God  has  given  us,  and  look  to 
Him  for  His  blessing.  We  may  look  for  a 
thousand  ,thing3,  in  a  thousand  ways,  but  it  will 
be  in  vain,  if  we  ni?gleet  to  look  for  them  in  the 
right  place. 

This  is  a  w^iming  that  I  oiight  to  manifest 
much  forbearance,  for  it  would  not  be'  right  in 
me  to  be  severe  tit  othere  for  doing  that  which 


I  have  so  frequently  done  myself.  Many  years 
was  I  looking  for  peace,  and  found  it  not;  and 
the  only  reason  I  did  not  find  it,  was,  I  did  not 
look  for  it  in  the  riijht  place;  if  I  had,  I  doubt 
not  that  I  should  have  found  it. 

First,  I  thought  that  money  would  assuredly 
give  it  me,  and  I  set  to  work,  determined  that 
whoever  might  be  poor,  I  would  not;  and  if 
working  hard  and  spending  little  is  the  way  to 
obtain  riches,  I  verily  believe  I  should  have 
been  rich,  had  it  not  occurred  that  one  day, 
opening  the  Bible,  I  read  about  the  rich  man  in 
the  parable.  This  account,  and  the  verse  that 
told  me  that  it  was  '  easier  for  a  camel  to 
through  the  eye  of  a  needle,  than  for  a  rich  n 
to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,'  so  startled 
me  that  I  was  afraid  to  bo  rich,  lest  when  I  died, 
my  riches  might  bear  testimony  against  me, 
that  I  had  hot  relieved  the  want«  of  the  distress- 
ed, and  made  a  good  use  of  my  riches.  Oi 
Sunday  afternoon  I  heard  a  sermon  from  the 
text, '  There  is  no  peace  to  the  wicked, 
I  wa;^  instructed,  that,  where  wickedness  was, 
pence  could  never  dwell.  This  brought  me  back 
again  to  my  Bible,  whore  I  read  of  that  pence 
which  passeth  all  understanding.  So  seeing 
that  r  had  all  along  sought  for  peace  every 
whore  hut  in  the  Hrjht  pluce,  I  sought  it  when 
it  is  to  be  found,  and  that  is  in  the  Gospel  of 
our  Redeemer,  which  tells  us  that  JeAis  Christ 
came  into  the  world  to  receive  sinners.  I  had 
before  been  instructed  that  I  was  a  siuucr,  but 
now  I  was  taught  to  feel  it,  und  the  promises  of 
the  Gospel  brought  home  to  my  heart,  by  the 
influence  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  gave  me  that  peace 
which  the  world  giveth  not,  and  cannot  take 
away. 

Be  assured,  if  with  sincerity  you  seek  in  the 
same  place,  you  will  also  find  it,  for  ho  that 
seeketh  shall  find,  and  to  him  that  knocketh,  to 
him  it  shall  be  opened.  The  Bible  asks, 'Do 
men  gather  grapes  of  thorns  or  figs  of  thistles  ?" 
And  truly  we  may  as  reasonably  exiject  them  to 
do  this,  ns  to  hope  that  we  shall  find  many 
things  that  v/e  want  in  the  places  we  seek  to 
obtain  them.  No,  no;  we  shall  never  obtain 
till  we  look  in  the  rit/kt  lAacc  for  them. 

What  a  long  story  I  am  making  about  seek- 
ing things  in  the  right  place,  and  all  because  I 
happened  to  lose,  for  a  few  minutes,  my  specta- 
cles. Well,  what  I  am  saying  will  not  be  in 
vain,  if  it  will  teacli  you  to  he  a  little  more  care- 
ful in  seeking  things  aright.  If  you  wantmon- 
ey,  seek  it  by  diligence  in  your  calling,  and 
habits  of  frugality;  if  you  want  reputation,  seek 
it  by  punctuality  and  integrity,  and  by  the  de- 
termination to  excel  in  all  you  undertake;  if 
you  want  frieuds,  seek  them  by  endeavoring  to 
deserve  them;  but,  if  you  want  peace,  you  may 
look  for  it  every  way,  and  in  every  place, in  vain, 
unless  you  seek  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who 
died  for  our  sins  and  rose  for  our  justification. 
You  must  remember  that  I  did  not  look  for 
my  spectacles,  before  1  found  I  had  lost  them. 
And  so  iu  like  manner  no  one  will  look  for  any- 
thing heartily  until  he  feels  the  want  of  it.  My 
dear  children,  you  will  not  seek  peace  till  y 
have  known  sorrow;  you  will  not  seek  a  Savior 
until  you  know  yourselves  to  be  sinners;  for, 
until  then,  you  will  feel  uo  want  of  the  one  or 
the  other. 

The  wide  world  is  before  you;  many  are  its 
pleo-sures  and  many  are  its  pains;  both  are  nec- 
essary because  both  of  them  are  tbrougli  thi 
grace  of  God,  when  sanctified  to  our  aouls  are 
made  instruments  in  doing  us  good,  the  former 
by  making  our  hearts  gruteful,  the  latter  by 
showing  us  our  own  weakness.  But  when  the 
pleasures  and  pains  of  this  worid  are  passed,  wo 
shall  enter  on  the  pleasures  or  pain  of  a  world 
that  is  eternal.  What  an  overwhelming  subject 
is  this  for  reflection,  and  how  is  it  that  it  doea 
not  fretiuently,  as  we  are  reminded  of  it,  occupy 
more  ot  our  attention?  Surely  if  it  did.  we 
should  he  diligent  in  our  inquiries  after  the  best 
information  upon  it,  und  be  anxious  to  seek  m 
the  i-ii/lil  place  for  that  pence  and  assurance 
which  can  alone  be  obtained  through  the  blood 
of  the  Cross,  which  God  alone  can  give,  and 
which  He  never  will  withhold  from  those  who 
seek  it  iu  sincerity  and  truth..  Seek  it  thusia 
j-our  earliest  days  and  as  sure  as  your  grandpa 
is  talking  to  you,  so  surely  you  shall  find  it." 
,  ,    Selected  by  Gha^dfa. 

,  Giranl,  III.  ' 


an  ooais  in  a  desert;  a  centre  about  which  the 
fondest  recollections  of  his  grief-oppressed  heart 
cling  with  all  the  tenacity  of  youth's  first  love. 
It  was  once  a  glorious,  a  happy  reality,  but  now 
it  rests  only  as  an  image  of  the  mind. 

.\sk  the  tittle  child,  what  is  home?  You  will 
find  that  to  him  it  is  the  world — he  knows  no 
other.  The  father's  love,  the  mother's  smile, 
the  sister's  embrace,  the  brother's  welcome, 
throw  about  his  home  a  heavenly  halo,  and 
make  it  ns  attractive  to  hiui  as  the  home  of  tho 
angols.  Home  is  the  spot  where  the  child  pours 
out  its  complaints,  and  it  is  the  grave  of  all  its 
sorrows.  Childhood  has  its  sorrows  and  its 
grievances,  but  home  is  the  place  where  theso 
are  soothed  and  banished  by  the  sweet  lullaby 
of  a  fond  mother's  voice. 

Home  is  the  place  of  confidence.  If  homo 
be  indeed  a  home,  treachery  and  deceit  exist  not 
there.  The  heart  need  not  fear  to  unfold  its 
grief,  or  unburden  its  sorrows,  for  here  it  will 
find  sympathy,  comfort,  and  cheering  hope. 

Home  is  a  place  of  refuge.  Tossed  day  by 
day  upon  the  rough  tmd  stormy  ocean  of  life— 
liarassed  by  worldly  coi-es,  perplexed  by  worldly 
inquietudes,  the  weary  spirit  yearns  after  repose. 
It  seeks  and  finds  it  in  the  refuge  which  homo 
supplies.  There  the  mind  is  at  rest,  the  heart's 
turmoil  becomes  quiet,  nnd  iJie  spmt  basks  in 
the  peaceful  delights  of  domestic  love. 

Yes.  home  is  a  place  of  rest— we  feel  it  when 
we  seek  and  enter  it  after  tho  busy  cares  and 
trials  of  the  day  are  over.  We  may  find  joy 
elsewhere,  but  it  is  not  the  joy— the  satisfaction 
of  home.  Of  the  former  the  heart  may  soon 
tire;  of  the  latter,  never.  In  the  foimer  there 
is  much  formality;  much  heartlessuess  under 
the  garb  of  friendship  of  the  purest,  truest 
character. 

How  often  we  hear  persons  speak  of  the  home 
of  their  childhood.  Their  minds  seem  to  de- 
light in  dwelling  upon  the  recollections  of  joy- 
ous  days,  spent  beneath  the  parental  roof,  when 
their  young  and  happy  hearts  were  ns  light  and 
free  as  the  birds.  What  a  blessing  it  is,  when 
weary  with  care,  and  burdened  with  sorrow,  to 
have  a  home  to  which  we  can  go,  and  there,  in 
the  midst  of  friends  we  love,  forget  our  troubles, 
and  dwell  in  pence  and  quielness.  Homo  is  the 
place  H-here  our  hopes  nnd  happiness — our  tears 
and  sighs,  have  ever  blended,  and  over  it  may 
the  twin  angels  of  purity  and  love  ever  hover, 
to  guide  it  from  unholy  intrusion. 

Seleuted  by  Sue  Emiiert. 


HOME. 

WHAT  a  hallowed  name!  How  full  of  en- 
chantment, and  how  dear  to  the  heart! 
Home  is  the  magic  circle  within  which  the  wea- 
ry spirit  finds  refuge;  it  is  the  sacred  asylum  to 
which  the  care-worn  heart  retreats  to  find  rest 
fronithe  toils  and  inquietudes  of  life. 

Ask  the  lone  wimderer,  as  he  plods  his  tedious 
way,  bent  with  the  weight  of  age,  and  white 
with  the  frosts  of  years,  ask  him  what  i^  home? 
He  will  tell  you,  it  is  a  green  spot  iu  memory; 


BORROWING  TROUBLE. 

BORROWING  is  a  biid  thing  at  the  best;  but 
"  borrowing  trouble"  is  perhaps  the  most 
tbolish  investment  of  "  foreign  capital "  that  a 
mmi  or  woman  can  make.  An  amusing  iij. 
stance  of  this  species  of  "  operation  "  is  set  forth 
"Down-East"  newspaper,  wherein  a  man 
thus  related  his  experience,  in  a  financial  way, 
on  the  occasion  of  the  failure  of  a  local  bank: 

"  As  soon  as  I  heerd  of  it,  my  heart  jumped 
right  up  into  my  mouth.  'Now,'  thinks  I, 
'sposin'I  got  any  bills  on  that  bank?  I'm 
gone  if  I  hev — that's  a  fact.'  So  I  put  on  my 
coat,  and  I  'put'  for  home  just  as  fast  as  my 
legs  would  carry  me;  fact  is,  I  run  all  the  way. 
And  when  I  got  there,  I  looked  keerrully,  and 
found  that  I  hadn't  got  no  bills  onto  that  bank 
nor  any  other.    Then  I  felt  easier." 

There  have  been  a  thousmid  instances  of 
"  borrowing  trouble"  when  it  was  not  a  whit 
better  "  secured  "  than  in  this  example. 


Family  intimacy  should  never  make  brothers 
and  sLsters  forgot  to  be  polite  and  sympathizing 
to  each  other.  Those  whocontrnct  thoughtless 
and  rude  habits  towards  the  members  of  tTieir 
own  family,  will  be  rude  and  thoughtless  to  nil 
the  world.  But  let  the  family  intercourse  be 
true,  tender,  ami  alfectionnte,  and  the  manners 
of  idl  uniformly  gentle  niid  considerate,  and  the 
members  ofthe  family  thus- trained,  will  carry 
into  the  worid  mid  society  ithe  habits  of  their- 
childhood.  They  will  require  in  theiriissocintcs 
similar  qualities;  they  wiUuot  be  satisfied  with- 
out mutual  esteem,  and  the  cultivation  of  the 
best  affections,  and  their  own  chm'acter  will  be 
sustained  by  thai  faith  iu  goodness  which  be- 
longs to  a  mind  exercised  in  pure  and  high 
thonghta. 


Don't  write  there,"  said  one  to  a  lad  who 
writing  with  adiauiondpinonapaneofglass 
1  window.  "Why not? "said he.  "Because 
you  can't  rub  it  out."  There  are  other  things 
men  should  not  do,  because  they  cannot  rnb 
1  out.  A  heart  is  nchingfor  sympathy,  and 
a  cold,  heartless  word  is  spoken.  The  impres- 
sion may  be  more  durable  than  that  of  a  diamond 
upon  a  glass.  The  glass  may  ho  broken,  but 
the  impression  upon  the  heart  lasts  forever. 


VVunrnst      lO. 


THE   Bl^KTHREiSr    ^T   "VA^OXIIC 


Come  to  Jesus. 


IIY  M.  MBYKllS. 


"  Wliy  sit  wo  lici'o  iinlil  wi;  iliL-?"    i;  Kin;?*  7:  :i. 

AT  I  he  gate  of  im  Eastern  city,  nnce  stit  I'oiir 
leprous  iU(?Ti.  nfflictp'l  with  thiit  I'liilh- 
Boine  flisense  whicli  is  perhnfa  uiore  typicnl  of 
ain  than  atynthpr  known  to  the  human  family. 
These  men,  Iikc  the  nlarmeil  sinner  h^ulome  to 
a  point  in  life,  priicnrinus  in  the  exlremo;  not 
only  were  tlioy  (vfllictcd  with  leprosy  but  stiirv- 
ution  wjw  staring  them  full  in  the  fiice.  Then 
sail!  they  one  to  another,  "  Why  sit  we  here  un- 
til we  shall  die?  IF  we  say,  we  will  enter  into 
the  city,  then  the  ffunino  is  in  the  city,  and  we 
shall  die  there:  and  if  wc  sit  still  hero,  we  die 
also.  Now  tUcreforo  come,  and  let  ns  fall  unto 
the  host  of  the  Sj'riana,  If  they  save  na  alive, 
we  shall  live;  and  if  they  kill  us,  we  shall  but 
die." 

Just  RO,  with  the  sinner  when  he  us  Iho  prod- 
igal son  comes  to  liiunelf,  and  sees  his  own 
vileue.ss, and  inability  toextrieale  liitnself,  from 
the  gulf  of  deep  desp.iir  into  which  sin  ha.s 
plunged  him,  and  not  only  plunged  him,  but 
like  the  wind  carried  him  away  from  his  fath- 
er's house,  away  from  Jesus  his  Savior  and  elder 
bi'other  and  awiiy  from  his  eternal  iutoreit,  the 
inheritnuce  that  is  incorrnptible,  undeliled  and 
that  fadeth  not  away.  Then  he  cries  in  the 
anguish  of  his  soul,  What  must  I  do?  If  I 
say,  I  will  go  iuto  the  city  of  the  world,  I  shall 
die  there;  for  there  is  no  comfort,  consolation 
nor  pjac'j  in  tli'!  worM,  but  all  i^  strife,  wrang- 
ling, and  confusion  to  the  weary  soul.  And  if 
I  sit  still  here,  I  die  also.  Friendly  sinner, 
come  to  God's  host.  Heb.  12:  22,  23,  2i.  It 
never  forsakes  the  camp,  but  stands  firm  on  the 
borders  of  Zion,  for  Jesus  the  Mediato  r  of  the 
New  Covenant  is  there,  through  whom  the 
fountain  for  sin  and  uncleanness  was  opened, 
Zech.  13: 1,  and  of  whom  the  whole  family  in 
hi.aven  and  earth  is  named.  Ves.  he  is  interced- 
ing for  you  and  me.  And  his  embassadoi-s  are 
standing  on  the  walls  of  Zion  entreating  you  to 
come  to  this  great  deliverer,  that  is  able  to  save 
to  the  uttermost,  all  that  come  unto  God  by 
him.  If  you  remain  away  and  die  in  your  sins, 
where  Christ  and  God  are,  you  cannot  come.  — 
Can  you  for  one  moment  bear  the  thought  of 
being  banished  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord 
and  from  the  glory  of  bis  jiower,  all  on  ac- 
count of  your  own  neglect  and  disobedience, — 
Accept  now  of  life  anil  salvation  while  it  is 
calknl  to-day,  and  be  faithful  unto  the  end, 
and  yoii  shall  receive  a  crown  of  life  that  fad- 
eth not  away. 


Harvest. 


SCOFFERS  have  dared  to  say  where  is  it? 
But  it  approaches — it  ripens  apace.  Man's 
^eed-timcs  and  harvests  make  their  anniml 
round.  He  ploughs,  sows,  reaps,  consumes  and 
sows  again.  God's  harvest  time  seem.s  long  to 
the  scoffer,  but  as  sure  as  words  ofeternal  truth, 
the  same  power  that  caused  the  walls  to  crum- 
ble in  ycirs  gone  by,  at  the  blast  blown  by 
priests  of  the  Lord,  will  cause  dead  men  to  rise 
np  and  stand  ripe  for  the  sickle,  when  the  last 
trumpet  shall  sound  and  the  angelic  host  shall 
tome  forth  as  reapers,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Lurd.  When  I  contemplate  the  scene  and  the 
many,  who  instead  of  improving  the  talent  giv- 
I'O  them  of  God,  empty  it  in  the  service  of 
darkness,  scolliug  and  discarding  the  teachings 
i.if  him  who  spake  ns  never  man  spake,  I  feel 
like  exclaiming  with  one  of  old:  "0  that  my 
head  were  waters  and  mine  eyes  were  a  fount- 
ain of  tears,  that  I  might  weep  day  and  night 
for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my  people." 
Reader  if  you  are  trampling  the  word  of  God 
beneath  your  feet,  or  substituting  your  own 
creed  for  heaven's  ordained  one,  stop  and  con- 
sider, turn  your  steps,  for  the  harvest  will  come. 
Death  is  daily  hurrying  souls  to  eternity,  and 
soon  the  boatman  will  bid  us  cross  the  stream: 
Though  the  bloom  of  health  be  on  our  cheeks 
yet  we  are  not  exempt  from  the  poisoned  dart 
of  the  dark-winged  angel.  Rut  a  few  weeks  ago 
a  young  man,  in  the  little  village  of  Hudson, 
k-ll  home  in  the  inornin;^  in  the  vigor  of  health, 
in  the  glorj"  of  manhood;  but  ere  the  sun  had 
sunk  to  rest^  the  tidings  came  to  bis  parents: 
"  Your  son  is  no  more."  His  body  lay  in  the 
dark  waters  of  the  Mackinaw,  his  spirit  had 
gone  to  God  who  gave  it.  to  receive  the  reward 
for  the  deeds  done  in  the  body,  whether  good  or 
yvll.  He  had  on  the  previous  night  dreamed 
that  he  had  lost  his  life  in  the  Mackinaw.  The 
dream  had  been  repeated  three  times,  and  he 
told  his  mother  ere  he  left  home,  that  be  had  so 
dreamed,  but  he  mode  merriment  and  instead  of 
obeying  his  mother,  who  plead  with  him  to  stay, 
he  lost  his  life;  and  so  with  many  to-day  who 
are  scoffing  at  God's  word. 


DIED. 


LINDEMAX.— Near  Waynesboro.   Pa.,   after 
several  weeks'  illness,  July  Ifith,  1878,  friend 
Catherine  Elizalwtb  Lindeman,aged  B'l  years, 
3  months  and  34  days. 
The  deceased  was  the  wife  of  friend   Adam 
Lindcman,  our  sexton  at  Prices  church.      This 
a  German  family,  having  emigrated   to   this 
country  a  number  of  years  ago.      They   had  a 
11  feeling  for  the  church  of  the  Brethren, 
being  almost  regular  attendants  at  our  services 
at  the  meeting-house  near  by;  though  they  un- 
derstood but  little  of  our  preaching  as.it  is  now 
all  English.    As  far  as  tlicy  had  learned  the  doc- 
trine, tliey  were  in  great  sympathy  with  us.  — 
About  ten  years  ago,  they  had  about  concluded 
to  unite  with  us,  but  a  zealous  member  of  the 
church  of  Luther  persuaded  them,  that  it  would 
be  a  great  sin  to  renounce   their  laith.      How 
nmny  people  there  arc  who  suffer  themselves  to 
be  persuaded  to  the  desire  of  men  and  contrary 
to  the  will  of  God  with  whom  we  have  to  do. — 
May  j'he  rest  in  the  mercies  of  God. 

Funeral  services  conducted  by  Bro,  J.  F.  Oi- 
ler and  otliei-s. 

BAKER. — .Mso  in  the  Antietam  Congregation 
July  20th,  1S7S,  in  hope  of  a  blessed  immor- 
tality, our  venerable  sister  Nancy  Baker  in 
the  95th  year  of  her  age. 
Sister  Baker  was  horn  April  12th.  17Si.  — 
She  was  a  sister  to  Elder  Jacob  Holsinger,  de- 
ceased, who  at  one  time  presided  over  this  con- 
jation.     She  was  an  aunt  to   Elder  Daniel 
Holsinger  of  Miu-ion,  lowu,  and  brother  Jacob 
Holsinger,  a  deacon  in  this  congregation.     She 
is  said  to  have  been  truly  a  mother  in  Israel.  — 
Funeral  services  by   brother  Jacob  F.  Oiler.  — 
Text:  Rev.  li:  12,  13. 

PRICE.  —  Near  Waynesboro,   Pa.,  July   1st. 
187S,  departed   in   peace,   our  beloved  sister 
Prudence  Price,  aged  6o  years,  2  months  and 
i)  days.    Sermon  preached  by   Bro.   J.  F.  Oi- 
ler from  Psalm  116:  7.     (See  Memorial.) 
D,  B.  Mestzer. 
HOOVER-.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church,   Ind.. 
June  25fch,    1S78,  of   palsy,  sister  Barbara, 
wife  of  George  P.  Hoover,  aged  66  years,  9 
months  and  24  days.      Occasion  improved 
from  John  5:  25-28. 
HOOVER.— Also,  in  the  same  bouse,  June  30, 
little  Rolley  Edmund,  sou  of  friend   George 
M.,  and  sister  Josephine  lloover,    aged    2 
months  and  17  days. 
HARTER.— In  the  same  church.  July  29th. 
Bro.    Joseph    Harter,    aged    25    years,    10 
months  and  23  days, 
HOOVER. — In  the  sanie congregation,  Charley 
H.  Hoover.  July  30tb,  1S78,   aged   11  years, 
!'  months  and  29  days.  A.  Bowman, 

COPENH AVER.— Six  miles  North  of  Keota, 
Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa,  July  20tb,  1878,  Eli/a 
Copeubaver,  wife  of  Abraham  Copenhaver, 
deceased,  aged  673'cars,  9  months  and  S3  da3's. 
LONG. — Near  the  same  place,  February  16th, 
Margaret  J.  Long,  wife  of  Christian  Long 
and  daughter  of  the  above,  aged  41  year^,  9 
months  and  8  days.  B.  F.  Flohy. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Maple 
Grove  Colony  of  Montgomery  Co.,  la. 

WHEREAS  we,  the  undersigned  members, 
having  carefully  investigated  our  finan- 
cial condition  and  future  prospects  for  ourselves 
and  families  in  this  country,  find  by  that  inves- 
tigation, that  our  means  are  very  sufficient  for 
the  purpose,  therefore  we  have  considered 
the  propriety  of  forming  ourselves  into  a  colo- 
ny, and  locating  that  colony  on  government 
lands.  The  result  of  said  consideration,  is  a  re- 
solve to  form  ourselves  into  a  colony  and  locate 
that  colony  on  government  lands  in  South-west- 
ern Nebraska,  or  in  Northern  Kansas,  as  rai\y 
be  selected  by  a  committee,  chosen  by  the  mem- 
bers of  said  colony.  Each  member  of  the  col- 
ony taking  a  homestead  of  160  acrea,  that  is 
legally  entitled  to  one. 

We  fcherofbre  proposed  to  settle  on  our  claims 
in  the  Fall  of  1879.  Wo  have  further  resolved, 
to  choose  a  committee  of  five,  from  among  the 
members  of  the  colony,  to  he  known  as  the 
Board  of  Advisers.  The  Board  shall  coun- 
sel and  advise  with  members  upon  all  mat- 
ters of  impnrtailce,  in  which  they  may  seek  ad- 
vice. Said  committee  to  hold  office  (or  one  year, 
when  others  will  be  chosen  in  their  stead,  or 
they  be  re-elected. 

The  nece.ssary    fiualifications    to   become   a 


member  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony  is,  strict 
honesty,  morality,  industry,  economy;  no  dis- 
tinction to  be  maiein  parties  applying  for  mem- 
Ijersliip  in  regard  to  sex  or  wealth,  all  come  in 
on  the  s.ime  terms.  We  further  resolve,  that 
six  rnemtx^rs  shall  constitute  a  quorum  at  all 
business  meetings  of  xaid  colony,  and  shall  be 
considered  competent  to  transact  any  business 
coming  before  the  meeting. 

We  further  resolve,  that  no  members  Ije  re- 
ceived iuto  the  Maple  Grove  colony  only  at  our 

gular  meetings,  and  further,  that  idt  appli- 
cants be  recCTved  by  ballot  or  vote,  by  oil  the 
members  present,  and  Im  it  further  remember- 
ed, that  three  votes,  cast  agmnst  any  applicant 
for  membership,  shall  be  sutficient  to  defeat 
thorn  in  becoming  a  member.  And  that  this 
constitution  further  provides,  th.it  any  person 
or  persons,  living  in  other  parts  of  the  country, 
desiring  to  become  members  of  the  Maple  Grove 
colony,  can  do  so,  by  sending  in  their  names  to 
the  Secretary  with  a  recommendation  by  one 
or  more  responsible  persons,  ns  to  I  he  appli- 
cant's good  character.  Such  applicants  or 
vouchei-s  should  bo  known  by  some  one  or  more 
of  the  members  of  the  colony  to  insure  their 
being  voted  in  as  members. 

Each  member  agrees  to  be  subject  to,  and 
live  in  liannony  with  the  following  rules,  and 
required  to  show  their  approval  of,  and  de- 
termination thus  to  do,  by  signing  their  names 
thereto. 

lltlLES  OF  THE  MAPLE  GROVE  COI^NT. 

1.  That  no  member  of  the  Maple  Grove  col- 
ony, shall  buy  any  property  whatsoever  on  cred- 
it, where  it  can  possibly  be  avoided,  and  under 
no  circumstance,  shall  a  member  buy  on  credit 
without  first  seeking  advice  from  the  hoard  of 
advisers. 

2.  No  member  of  the  colony  shall  be  allow- 
ed under  any  circumstance  whatsoever  to  sign 
or  endorse,  any  promissory  note,  bond  or  con- 
tract of  any  hind  as  security  or  bail,  for  any 
other  person. 

3.  No  member  of  the  colony  will  be  allow- 
ed to  do  any  kind  of  work  on  the  Sabbath  day, 
that  duty  and  justice  does  not  demand  of  them. 

4.  Infidels  and  disbelievers  in  God  and  the 
Bible  or  either,  or  opposers  of  the  religion  of 
the  Bible,  need  ]iot  apply  for  membership  in 
the  above  named  colony. 

Every  member  is  strictly  forbidden  the 
use  of  intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind,  except 
for  medicil  purposes,  and  no  other  party  will 
be  allowed  to  sell  or  give  away  any  inloxiciiting 
liquors,  inside  the  limits  of  said  colony. 

6.  All  members  in  the  habit  of  using  tobac- 
co, either  by  chewing  or  smoking,  are  request- 
ed to  discontinue  its  use  altogether  if  possible, 
if  not  altogether,  to  be  very  moderate  and  tem- 
perate in  its  use  and  never  under  any  circum- 
stances use  it  in  the  house  of  God  or  any  other 
public  or  private  house,  and  it  shall  be  their 
duty  further  to  discourage  a-id  discount^inanc'; 
ils  use,  and  teach  their  children  and  all  others 
never  to  touch,  taste,  nor  handle  the  filthy 
thing. 

7.  Profane  swearing,  is  strictly  forbidden  on 
the  part  of  any  members  of  the  colony. 

8.  Every  member  is  expected  to  be  industri- 
ous, economising  and  strictly  honest  and  truth- 
ful with  all  the  members  of  the  colony,  and 
with  all  otbera  witb  whom  they  have  any  deal- 
ing, or  business  of  any  kind. 

9.  Any  member  or  members  of  the  above 
named  colony,  that  become  lazy,  indolent  and 
careless,  and  continue  so,  after  having  been 
entreated  and  admonisJied  to  their  duty,  shall 
be  considered  a  nuisance,  and  of  no  benefit  to 
the  colony  or  community,  and  will  be  disowned 
ns  members,  and  have  their  names  erased  from 
the  book. 

10.  Cleanliness  living  next  door  to  Godliness, 
therefore  every  member  of  the  society,  will  be 
required  to  observe  cleanliness,  tidiness  and 
neatness,      not     only     in      their      personal 

'appearances  and  in  their  homes,  but  also  their 
premises  should  show  a  neat  appearance,  good 
taste  and  good  management;  thus  thrift  and 
prosperity  will  follow. 

11.  All  members  ore  exi>ected  to  ornament 
and  beautify  their  homes  as  their  means  will 
admit;  by  planting  fruit,  oniamentAl  trees, 
(lowers,  etc. 

12.  Each  member  tbati.-i  the  head  of  a  fam- 
ily, will  be  required  to  take  witb  them,  at  least 
one  good  team  of  horses  or  mules. 

13.  All  members  of  this  colony,  are  requir- 
ed to  locate  their  claims  m  near  together  as  pos- 
sible, for  the  mutual  benefit  of  each  other  in 
school  purposes,  church  privileges  and  for  the 
convenience  in  being  partners  in  agricultural 
implements,  machinery,  etc. 

14.  The  membere  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony 
will  meet  in  genend  council  semi-annually  to 
settle  the  financial  condition  of  its  members, 
each  member  to  make  a  brief  statement  of  theii 
condition  and  what  they  ere  doing,  etc. 


15.  Every  member  is  expected  to  settle  up 
and  give  satisfaction  to  all  their  creditors  before 
leaving  their  present  location  as  members  of 
the  colony.  ' 

Penalties  to  be  inflicted  for  the  violation  of 
the  above  rules:  Any  member  or  members  vi- 
olating one  or  more  of  the  abovo  rnlea,  know- 
ingly, shall  give  entire  jratisfaction  tothe  Board 
of  Advisers,  and  for  a  second  offense  by  the 
same  memlwr,  forfeit  all  right  and  privilege  aa, 
II  member  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony,  The 
above  rules  to  bo  in  full  force  for  five  years  from 
the  dnt*  of  the  settlement,  of  the  above  named 
colony.    Sent  in  for  publication  by 

N,  C.  WoilKMAS, 

Sciola,  loten. 

(Primilivp  Chrhlimi  pknse  copy). 


The  Great  Eclipse. 

ACCORDING  to  your  request,  I  will  try  and 
give  your  readers  an  account  of  the  eclipse 
of  "the  sun,  that  took  place  here  the  2&th  of 
July.  I  wa-s  as  particular  in  my  observations 
iis  I  could  bo;  bad  the  great  privilege  of  being 
almost  on  the  exact  line  of  its  greatest  shadow. 
Large  numbers  of  scientific  persons  had  come  to 
Colorado  with  the  express  purpose  of  taking  ob- 
servations of  the  eclipse;  one,  a  party  of  ladiea 
of  Vassar  College,  and  also  a  party  from  Lon- 
don, England  came  over  to  observe  this  great 
event  of  the  times.  Great  fears  were  enter- 
tained for  some  days  previous,  that  the  sun 
would  be  obscured  by  clouds,  as  such  had  been 
the  case  every  afternoon  for  a  week  or  ten  days, 
but  the  day  w.is  the  brightest  we  had  for  a  long 
time.  Some  attribute  this  to  the  efficacy  of 
the  special  prayei's  that  were  ofl'ored  in  the 
Denver  pulpits,  Sunday  before,  that  the  day 
might  be  clear.  There  were  but  a  few  scatter- 
ing fleeting  clouds  to  be  seen,  and  the  viewing 
of  the  eclipse  was  a  "grand  success." 

A  description  as  we  saw  it:  At  two  o'clock 
and  twenty  minutes,  there  was  n  small  notch 
noticed,  on  the  right  sideof  the  sun's  surface, 
made  by  the  encroachment  of  the  moon.  This 
first  appearance  was  a  little  below  the  right  side 
center.  This  notch  gradually  grew  larger  and 
larger,  as  the  sun's  surface  was  apparently  ab- 
sorbed by  the  moon,  slowly  passing  over  to- 
wards the  left  side  of  the  sun;  when  half  over, 
the  sun  was  a  crescent  shape,  like  a  half  mooQ. 
Seventy  minutes  elapsed  while  the  moon  was 
passing  over,  until  totality  iooklplacc.  The  dus- 
ky shadow  continued  to  grow  darker  and  dark- 
er; something  like  evening  twilight  until  the 
last  ray  of  the  sun  was  obscured,  whenasudden 
darkness  over-spread  the  earth;  the  darkness 
came  so  sudden  that  it  was  similar  to  dropping 
a  curtain  before  a  light.  The  moment  totality 
took  place,  n  flash  of  light  seemed  to  spread 
over  the  face  of  the  moon,  which  before  this, 
was  of  a  dark  color.  Around  the  edge  of  the 
moon  wa^  asmall,  livid, shining  circle,  and  from 
this  or  immediately  back  ofit,  there  shone  forth 
the  most  magnificent  halo  of  a  glorious  light  I 
ever  saw,  called  the  Corona.  The  light  seemed 
to  spring  out  in  spiral  Hashes  or  bright  burning 
rays.  While  totality  lasted,  which  was  nearly 
three  minutes,  the  stars  shone  out  like  on  a 
moonlight  night;  the  darkness  was  so  great 
that  we  could  not  see  plainly  objects  a  few  rods 
distant;  it  was  difficult  to  see  the  hands  of  a 
watch.  The  appearance  around  us  wa^  like  it 
might  be  midnight,  witb  a  dim  moonshine, — 
The  next  change  of  interest  was  the  sudden 
bursting  of  the  raj's  of  the  sun,  from  behind 
the  right  edge  of  the  moon.  The  sudden  light 
looked  like  the  flashing  of  a  met«or;  it  was  some- 
thing grand  to  behold,  and  in  a  few  seconds, 
daylight  came  as  sudden  as  it  disappeared.— 
Nothing  was  more  grand  or  interesting  than 
the  luminous  light,  that  st«med  to  spring  up 
all  around  the horiMn,  something  similar  to  the 
Aurora  borealis,  which  arose  upwarfl,  and  the 
darkness  of  the  heavens  seemed  to  roll  away 
"  like  a  scroll."  Never  bad  we  seen  anything 
to  compare  to  this,  it  was  the  moat  interesting 
and  imposing  sight  we  ever  beheld.  Surely 
those  things  declare  the  wond-?r3  of  God's  work- 
manship luid  the  magnificence  of  all  his  handi- 
work. It  was  a  little  diverting  to  see  the  pig- 
eons flocking  to  their  cote,  and  the  chickens  to 
their  roost,  and  then  hear  them  come  forth 
crowing  like  in  the  morning.  We  continued 
to  obsen'e  the  receding  moon,  as  it  passed  off 
the  left  limb  or  side  of  the  sun — a  little  above 
the  centre  of  the  let"t  side,  and  then  the  sun 
shone  in  all  his  wanton  fullness,  and  all  seemed 
to  go  on  in  the  even  tenor  of  its  way.  The 
eclipse  lasted  until  4  o'clock  and  35  minutes  less 
a  fraction.  It  is  said  we  shall  not  have  another 
similar  one  until  IflOO.  It  is  claimed  by  the 
professor  from  England,  that  at  the  timeof  the 
totality  of  the  eclipse,  they  discovered  a  new 
planet  in  close  proximity  to  the  sun.  His  re- 
port will  be  looked  for  with  great  interest,  by 
the  scientific  world.    The  government  will  fur- 


THK    BJRETi-imDI^T    j^T    "WOKKl. 


-A,\igust    15. 


nishan  inteiTstiiig  report  from  llie  piirty  tlmt 
took  observations  from  the  top  of  Pike's  Peak. 
There  was  also  u  party  on  Long's  Peak — or  at 
least  inttnded  to  go  up.  Edison,  the  invent- 
or of  the  ttlephone.  with  his  party,  were  to 
be  Qt  Kawlins,  on  the  U.  P.  H.  K.  He  expect- 
ed to  test  a  new  invention  of  Iiis— something  to 
test  the  Iieat  of  tiie  corona  that  surronuiU  the 
sun  or  moon  at  the  Hme  of  tlie  eclipse. 

The  world  is  aeekin;;  after  wisdom  that  is  no 
special  prolifc  to  thu  siilvation  of  the  soul,  yet  if 
used  properly  may  all  be  right,  provided  with 
the  wisdom  thus  gained,  we  neglect  not  that 
wisdom  that  cornea  from  above. 

J.  S.  Flokv. 

Loiu/motif,  Colorailo. 


GLEANINGS. 


From  J.  S.  FIoi'j'.— Our  regular  quarterly 
church  meeting  was  held  on  last  Saturday; 
four  additions  by  letter  of  members  living  in 
the  Southern  part  of  the  State;  members  here 
in  union  and  love.  It  was  proposed  and  agreed  at 
our  meeting  that  we  make  aquarterly  contribu- 
tion, as  each  member  feels  fi-eely  to  do,  for  the 
bietiiren's  work  of  evangel  ism.  We  think  we 
ai-e  safe  in  saying,  our  congregation  will  eon- 
tribute  on  an  avenige  of  one  doUm-  each,  during 
the  year  for  tlmt  purpose.  Also  raii-ed  our  quo- 
ta for  the  committee  to  California. 

LomjimnI,  Colormlo. 

From  Aslilaud,  Ohio.— I  havejust returned 
from  a  successful  trip  in  the  East,  in  behalf  of 
Ashland  College.  1  found  on  my  return  that 
the  College  building  was  progressing  finely, 
notwithstanding  the  wet  weather  thoy  are  hav- 
ing here.  The  basement  is  done  and  nearly 
half  of  the  next  story,  and  progressing  at  the 
rate  of  15,0011  bricks  par  day.  Hope  all 
the  friends  of  AshluuA. College,  (and  we  know- 
no  reason  why  nil  should  not,  bo  friends)  will 
come  forward  with  their  contributions  so  ■  that 
the  trustees  may  bu  enabled  to  complete  the 
College  building  as  well  as  the  Boai-ding-halls 
as  soon  as  possible,  as  there  ai-e  ninny  ready  to 
come  to  school  as  soonas  the  school  is  opened. 
Do  not  wait  to  be  solicited  but  send  in  your 
adtlress  to  H.  K.  Meyere,  secrctm-y,  and  he  will 
furnish  you  with  the  necessary  blank  for  your 
subscription.  E.  C.  Pakkeii. 

From  lluffalo,  3Io.— In  vending  the  BHirrn- 
REX  AT  WoiiK  I  have  noticed,  that  the  Breth- 
ren are  visiting  and  preaching  in  all  parts,  ex- 
cepting this  place.  We  would  be  glad  to  see 
Brethren  come  here,  and  preach  and  visit  with 
us.  Those  that  wish  to  look  for  homes  would 
do  well  to  come  here  and  loolc,  before  buying 
elsewhere.  Our  little  church  is  improving 
slowly.  J.  S.  BEinsnonFEK. 

From   Milford,   liiil— The  Turkey   Creek 

district  is  still  moving  along  slowly,  and  many 
of  its  members  are  rejoicing  in  the  good  things 
of  the  Lord.  Drones  are  never  very  profitable 
to  ft  good  working  bee.  The  honey  bee  will 
not  allow  a  drone  to  idle  away  the  tiliie  in 
the  hive;  so  tliechurcli  had  better  see  that  none 
of  its  members  become  lukewarm,  neither  cold 
or  hot,  says  the. voice  of  Inspiration,  The  hon- 
ey bee  teaches  ua  a  beautiful  lessoui  never  to 
idle  away  our  precious  moments.  i 

Of  late  two  souls  were  made  willing  to  unite 
with  the  people  of  the  Lord;  one  who  wsls  bap- 
tized, had  to  be  carried  into  the  water,  be- 
ing very  weak  of  coasumptioiK  Some  of  the 
neighbors  stiid;  we  would  kill  her,  and  so  great 
was  the  dread  on  their  mind,  that  they  went  to 
thesick  sister  nnd  tried  todiscourage her,  telling 
her  the  water  would  take  her  breath,  as  we 
knew  a  strong  bree/.e  ofiwiiUl  she  could  not 
stand.  So  I  was  called  in  a  li-w  hoursibcfore 
baptism  by  the  applicant,  and  L saw  her  faith 
had  become  weak;  and  had  to  encourugo  her 
strongly,  before  she  would  consent  tobe  bap- 
tized. Many  wont  to  the  water  to  witness  the 
sad  scene.  When  we  curried  her  iiito  the  water,' 
some  had  to  go  nway,  saying,  they  could  not 
behold  the  sight.  This  person  that  opposed 
cnme  to  the  baptismal  scene,  and  with  a  scorn' 
ful  laugh,  tried  to  opitose  the  work  in  which  the. 
minister  was  so /.ealously  engaged!  While  vrc 
earned  her  to  a  house  near  by,  she  felt  as'did 
the  eunuch  of  old,  to  go  on  her  way  rejoicing;' 
This  sister  is  getting  stronger  in  the  faith,  nnd 
now  calls  the  church  to  come  and  hold  n  little 
communion  with  her,  before  she  falls  asleep  in 
Jesu.';.  J.  H.  Milter. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Something  About  Giants.  . 

PLIXV  relates  Ihat  in  Mie   time    of  Clnudinsi 
CtiesaT,  there  wik'^a  man  named  Qobburus, 
brought  by  tlie  Emperor  from  Arabia  t«  Uome,i 


ho  was  nine  feet  four  inches  high,"  The  tallest 
man  that  has  been  seen  in  our  times." 

In  the  reign  of  Augustus  Caesar,  the  tall 
forma  of  Rasis  and  Sccnndilla  might  have  been 
seen,  whose  bodies  were  preserved  in  a  museum, 

the  Sallustinn  Ganiens,  and  each  of  whom 
measured  ten  feet,  three  inches  in  height. 

The  Emperor  Moximus  was  nine  feet  high, 
and  was  in  the  hnbit  of  using  his  wife's  brace- 
let as  a  thumb-ring.  His  shoe  was  afoot  long- 
er than  that  of  any  other  man,  and  he  could 
draw  a  carriage  wliich  two  oxen  could  not  move 
He  ate  usuidly  four  pounds'  weight  of  flesh,  and 
drank  six  gallons  of  wine  daily. 

Josephus  tells  of  Elewr,  a  Jew,  agiantover 
ten  feet  high,  who  was  one  of  the  hostages 
whom  the  King  of  Pei-sia  sent  to  Rome  after 
peace. 

Plot  in  his  "  Oxfordshire,"  1G76,  says  that  a 
skeleton,  seven  teen  feet  high  was  then  to  be 
seen  in  the  town  hall  in  Lucerne.  It  had  been 
found  under ati  oak  in  WilUsoa,  nearthe village 
of  Reyden, 

To  this  list  we  might  add  the  name  of  Col. 
Goshen,  an  Arab  who  was  born  in  Jerusalem 
We  met  him  a  few  years  ago,  and  conversed 
pleasantly  with  him.  He  was  a  fine  looking 
man  nud  well  built.  He  stood  about  eight  feet 
in  hight  and  weighed  over  five  hundred  pounds. 
There  are  other  persons  who  may  properly  be 
called  giants. 


Ohio  has  voted  by  a  large  majority  against 
taxing  church  property. 


A  Bible  has  been  presented  to  every  n 
on  the  Paris  Exposition  building*. 


Hereafter  the  question  is  to  be  asked  those 
applying  for  admission  into  a  Southern  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Annual  Conference,  "  Are  you 
in  debt  so  as  toembarra-ss  you?" 


The  ^-illngeof  Perote,  Ala.,  has  a  municipal 
la\v  which  forbids  dancing  ni  any  public  build- 
ing within  its  corporate  limits.  The  law  is  rig- 
idly enforced. .  That  is  good.  Let  otliei*  towns 
do  likewise.  ' 

The  United  Brethren  exclude  all  persons 
from  their  denomination  who  are  Odd  Fellows 
or  who  join  secret  societies.  So  says  au, ex- 
change, nnd  that  is  just  what  all  other  churches 
onght  to  do. 


The  Dead  sea  is  about  fifty  miles  long  and 
twenty  broad,  surrounded  by  bare  mountains, 
and  the  water  is  salt,  pungent  and  deleterious 
to  animal  life.  It  is  believed  that  it  was  once  a 
fertile  basin,  absorbed  by  a  volcano  and  earth- 
quake.    Heaps  of  salt  are  collected  on  its  shores, 


A  peirificd  wasp'snest  Wits  found  near  Eureka, 
Nevada,  by  blasting  in  the  solid  rock  forty  feet 
below  the  surface  of  the  groun«L  On  breaking 
it  open,  cells,  larvae,  and  two  perfectly  formed 
wasps  were  found,  also  petrified.  The  rock  is 
a  gigantic  sand-stone  of  sedimentary  formation. 


A  Black  Hilla  miner  recently  found  the  skel- 
eton of  a  horse,  with  the  skeleton  of  a  man 
within  it,  a  terrible  reminder  of  last  Winter's 
fearful  snow-storms.  Lost  on  the  plains,  the 
man  had  killed  the  lioree,  cut  him  open  and 
crawled  inside,  thinking  to  escape  perishing  of 
cold;  but  the  animal's  fle.sh  froze  solid,  confi 
ing  the  man  in  a  tomb,  from  which  there  was 
no  escape. 

Malta — Among  (he  British  Indian  troop 
now  quarter  d  til  It  tl  ere  are  some  black 
Jews,  membe  s  ol  tl  mmunity  Of  the  li'mii 
Israel,  exist  ng  on  tl  nast  of  MaUbar,  They 
claim  to  be  lesce  de  ts  of  the  Jews  sent  by 
King  'Solon  on  to  I  d  a  to  collect  ivory  and 
precious  sto  lle^    d  fter  very   materially 

from  other  Jews  in  many  of  their  religious  cer- 
emonies, nnd  only  observe  the  Jewish  Sabbath 
and  the  Passover. 


Arnold's  Grove.  Sept.  loth  and  lltli,  commencing  at 

1  o'clock,  P.  SI. 
Mulberry  congiegation,  Bond  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  ntli. 
Camp  Creek  congregation.  Sept.  14. 
Cottonwood  congregation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan.,  Sept.  Itli 

and  Stli. 
Betliel  cliureli,  Filmore  Co.,  Neb,.  Sept.  14th  and 

l.ith. 
Franklin  churoli,  four  and  a  half  miles  ^ortli-cnst 

of  Loon,  Decatur  Co,.  Iowa,  Oct.  lotli. 
White  Rock  congi'egation,  Kansas,  Se])t,  aist. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  church,  TJadi son  Co.,  Ind„  Oct.  1 1. 
Fremont  Co.,  la..  August  illst,  to  commence  on  the 

2Sth  and  continue  over  Sunday. 
Logan  church,  Lotjan  Co.,  O.,  Oct  12tli  at  2  o'clock. 
Peabodv  cluiri'li  "-t-  -.t'   .111,1  r.Ui   iit  residence  of 

I)i-o."ir.-iij>    -'        ■..:.,.  ^uid  (1  half  miles 

Nort!i-Wi--  .  ■■  '  ■! )iV:..  KiMi. 

D^f^Thc  L.).l  "ili.d-,  Ml''  Brethren  of  the 
Wyandot  congregation,  propose  holding  a  love- 
feast  in  the  vicinitv  of  Little  York,  Wyandot 
Co,,  Ohio,  Sept.  li  and  LI,  commencing  at  10 
o'clock.  A  genera]  indtation  to  all  the  mem- 
bers. Those  coming  by  R.  R.  will  stop  off  at 
Nevada,  Ohio.  There  will  be  conveyances  there 
on  the  13th  to  meet  those  that  come, 

J.  Heistaxd. 

;^~The  Beaver  Creek  church,  York  Co,, 
Neb.,  will  hold  a  love-fenst  September  21st  and 
22ud.   Ministerial  aid  needed.   S.  II.  Kisgery. 

t®"  The  Pokngon  congregation,  Cass  Co., 
Mich.,  will  hold  their  Communion  October  ijth, 
at  the  Newton  Grove  church,  T  miles  East  and 
one  and  a  half  miles  North  from  Dowaginc, 
commencing  at  five  o'clock,  P.  M, 

W.  Cl.AliK. 

DSrThe  Grasshopper  Valley  church,  intend 
to  hold  their  Communion  meeting  October  5th 
and  6thi  at  Osawkie,  Jell'erson  Co.,  Kan. 

J.  A.  Root. 

3^^  The  Donald's  Creek  congregation  in- 
tends to  hold  their  Communion  meeting,  at  the 
meeting-house,  seven  miles  North-west  of 
Springfield,  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  oil  the  9th  of  Oct.. 
commencing  at  10  o'clock.  N.  Fiiantz. 

C^°We  intend  to  have  a  Love-feast  Oct.  12th 
and  I3th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M,  at 
om-  church  one  mile  East  of  Dallas  Center,  Dal- 
las Co.,  Iowa. ' 

iJ^r^bommuuion  in  the  Nettle  Creek  congre- 
gation, near  Hagei-stown,  Wayne  Co,,  Ind.,  oil 
Wednesday,  Oct.  9th,  tO'  commence  at  10 
o'clock.  L.  W.  Tkkteii. 

JS^  The  English  Prairie  church.  LaGrange 
Co,,  Ind,,  intend  to  hold  a  Communion  meeting 
Oct.  10th,  commencing  at  10  o'clock  A  M. 

D.  Kauii. 

i^^ThcLord  willing,  our  Camp-meeting  will 
commence  Friday  evening,  September  20th.  — 
Will  hold  over  two  Sundays.  Place  of  meet- 
ing the  old  camp  ground  in  the  grove  on  the 
West  side  of  the  San  Joaquin  River,  within 
200  yai-ds  of  the  U.  P.  R.  R,  Bridge.  The  Cmn- 
munion  will  be  observed  before  the  meeting 
closes.  By  order  of  the  Brethren  of  the  church 
ill  California.  Geo.  Wolfe. 

i;^^  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  at 
Millville  church,  Adams  Co.,  Saturday,  Sept. 
Uth.  Preaching  Friday  evening  and  Satuixlay 
at  10  A.  M.  H.  W.  Stkicklek, 

i]S"The  Honey  Creek  church,  Nodaway  Co., 
Mo.,  intend  holding  a  Love-feast  about  nine 
miles  East  of  Hopkins,  Sept.  14,  to  continue 
several  days.  Ministers  traveling  West,  will 
please  note  this.  Those  coming  by  rail  «■  ill  he 
met  Hopkins,  by  giving  nolice  to  the  under- 
signed at  Defiance,  Worth  Co,,  Mo. 

Wm.  H.  Cr,AHK. 

CS^' The  Brethren  of  Eitgle  Civek  church. 
Haiicoek  Co.  Ohio,  expect  to  hold   a  love-fea-st 
ouThursday.October  17  'TS,   commencing 
0  o'clock  P.  M.     Preaching  aho  next  day. 

S.  T.  BoasRiiWAN. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


NoTlOM  at   Lovc-fcnsle,   DiElricl  Mcclkigs,   etc,,  alioulii 

be  brief,  and  writtcu  on  pnpcr  ecpnrato 

from  oiher  business. 


'       ■  I.0V&PGABT8. 

DeatiJM'  ■  iiii;.  ■',.  1;  I-..  r...,Xeb.. Septemberltliand 
■    Slh,..       ■  '    ■      -■   '■  -■  'i\:lock.  ■'       - 

Sug;ir  (■■..:  .   ■  Saiigriinoii  Co..  111.,  Oct. 

S:uul  i,.> I. ^i.iiuj^.it  10  o'clock,  '  '" 

lowii  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro,  G.  W,  Boitnofts, 

Sept.  Ttli  and  8th.  .  .      , 

Paint  Creek  congregation,  Bonrbon  Co,.  Kansas, 

October.  3rd  and  Mi,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
i&tiueri\l  Creek)  Johnson  Co,,  Mo.,  Tuesday.  Oct.  1.    ' 
Stanislaus  church,  CaJ.,  first  Saturday  in  October. 
WhileaviUo.  Mo,  Sept.  1th. 
Abilene  clmnili,  Kansas,  August  2«h,    Meeting'  oji 

the  25th  at  same  idaee. 


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Doj  passenger  train  going  ca«t  leaves  Lanark  at  12;00 
P.  M..  nnd  arrives  in  Ilacine  nt  0;  j3  P.  M, 

bay  poistnger  train  going  weal  leaves  Lanark  a(  2;0fl  P. 
_  M..  nnd  nrrivea  nl  Rock  Uleod  at  6:60  P.  M. 

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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  ^rhuj   Yoit  Good  Tidiwjs  of  Gi-eai  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  Feopl^.^'  —  LvK 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  August  22, 1878. 


No.  34- 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  iND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.   H.   MOORE    &    M.   M.   ESHELMAN, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


B.  B.  MILLER, 
J.  lY.  STEiN,       - 
D.  ViNIMAN, 
D.  B.  UEKT/.EIi, 
UATTIE  A.  LEAR, 


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-  NEWXOXIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIKDEX,  ILL, 

-  IVAYKESBOIIO,  PA, 

-  CRBANA,    ILL, 


BEYOND  THE   HILLS. 


,  Tlie  liimlwliiuli  I  sosoun  fli.'ill  know, 
Aljovf  tlie  (lissoiinnco  of  time, 

Anil  liiscoiils  of  Us  nngry  ivorcls, 
I  liiMr  l!ie  everljistiiif  chime. 

Tlie  music  of  niijurriiig  cliords, 

I  ijiil  it  Meleomp;;iiKt  my  liiiste 
To  joiii  jt  frtiiimt  hrook  i,H'lay, 

0  sijng  (if  moniiDg,  uonio  lit  lii^t, 
Ami  ye  wlio  siiif  it  cuine  iiway! 

0  song  of  light  ami  ilawn  of  IjUss, 
Soiiiiil  over  eartli  ami  till  tjicse  skiesi 

'IJoi'iever,  ever,  uvcr.eeiise 
TJiy  soiil-entriintiiig  melodies! 

'GIa<lsoii;;i»f  llii^  ilishui-deiieil  earth. 

■\Vhieh  [wly  voiix-s  (Ilcu  shiill  siiii,'; 
Pritise  fov  erealiiin'a  seeoiid  Uirth, 

Ami  fhJiy  to  cii-ution's  Kin;;. 

— Selected. 


"ESAU  HAVE  IHATEB," 

ONE  ot  tlie  fii-st  asM4-tioiH  wliieh  we  are  lia- 
ble lo  meet  in  coiitroversy  with  tlie  skep- 
tic-5  of  lo-dny  is,  that  the  fiible  teaches  that 
Goil  hated  Esnu  before  he  was  born,  and  they 
do  not  believe  in  any  such  God  as  that.  And 
a  good  many  ministers  and  church  members, 
will  admit  tlic  assertion,  but  say  that  it  i^ 
great  mystery,"  sometliing  wliich  we  do  not 
iindei-stand,  A  large  proportion  of  these  great 
mysteries  are  mysteries  only  to  those  peraons 
who  are  too  Inxy  to  read  Ibeir  Bibles  or  to  care- 
less to  seek  to  underafond  tlicni.  The  quizxical 
king  who  pii;('/.lcd  the  heads  of  his  wise  lueii  by 
iminiring  why,  when  a  fish  was  put  iiito  n  ves- 
sel of  water,  the  vessel  would  weigh  no  more 
than  it  did  before.  Ibuiid  ut  last  his  match  in 
the  man  who  asked  him  if  the  fact  was  retilty 
so?  It  is  best  before  drawing  inference  to  be 
sure  of  our  facts. 

Mow  the  fact  is,  that  this  statement  about 
God's  hating  Esau  before  he  was  born,  is  n  bare- 
faced mii^rep  resell  tat  ion  or  a  most  stupid  blun- 
der. There  is  notja  passage  in  the  whole  Bi- 
ble that  says  God  bated  Esau  or  anybody  else 
before  he  wa^  born,  and  if  people  instead  of 
jumbling  Scripture  into  one  indistinguishable 
mass,  would  consider  what  they  read  and  where 
they  i^ad  it,  it  would  save  them  from  such  ab- 
surd mistakes. 

The  facts  are  as  follows: — when  Ilebekah,  the 
wife  of  Isiiac,  inquired  of  the  Lord,  he  said  to 
her;  "  Two  nations  are  in  thy  womb,  and  two 
manner  of  people  shall  be  separat-cd  from  thy 
bowels;  and  the  one  people  shall  be  stronger 
than  the  other  people:  and  the  elder  shall  serve 
the  younger."  Gen.  25.  Esau  was  born  first 
and,  according  to  the  eastern  law  of  primogen- 
iture, the  iiretborn  became  the  bead  of  the  fam- 
ily, the  other  members  of  the  family  yielding 
liim  allegiance.  In  this  ca.se,  by  divine  ordina- 
tion, this  order  was  reversed,  and  the  birthright 
was  to  pas.s  to  .laeob  instead  of  Esau.  The 
brothers  being  twins,  and  the  difference  in  their 
ages  perhaps  not  being  an  hour,  it  would  seem 
wise  that  the  question  of  primacy  should  be 
settled  in  some  authoritative  manner,  to  avoid 
ull  dispute  l>etween  the  children  thus  born. 
.Accordingly,  without  the  slightest  injustice,  in 
the  wisdom  of  God,  according  to  his  purpose, 
for  which,  no  doubt,  there   were  good  rea.=ons, 


though  he  was  not  under  the  slightest  obliga- 
tion to  give  them,  he  said,  that  the  elder  should 
serve  the  younger,  and  that  the  second  born  of 
the  twins  should  be  the  bead  of  the  patriarchal 
family  instead  of  Esau,  whose  subsequent  con- 
duct showed  him  to  he  probably  less  fit  for  the 
position  than  his  brother  Jacob,  A  man  who 
would  sell  his  birthright  for  one  morsel  of  meat, 
I'  certainly  did  not  prize  it  as  he  did  who  was 
glad  to  he  a  purchaser  of  that  which  was  so 
lightly  esteemed.  And  the  fact  of  Jacob's  pur- 
„  chasing  the  birthright  when  it  biul  been  already 
promised  that  Esau  should  serve  him,  showed 
liis  desire  to  extinguish  all  other  titles,  and 
avoid  all  occasion  for  controversy.    ,  ,    . 

,  Jacob's  conduct  towards  Esau  is  not 
respects  to  h&defended  or  imitated,  though  their 
differences  were  finally  peaceably  adjusted,— but 
the  loss  of  the.  birthright,  combined  with  his 
heathenish  niarriage  alliance,  caused  Esau  to 
remove  to  Edoni,  whore,  after  varied  fortunes, 
the  nation  wlniiti  sprang  from  his  loins,  com- 
bined with  other  people  who  doubtless  rallied 
around  his  staridiu-d,  grew  e.\ceedingly  wicked, 
and  iu  after  yeai-s  was  sorely  chastised  and 
made  desolate.  In  view  of  this  fact  the  proph- 
et Malacl>i,  when  threatening  Israel  for  their 
sins,  saya,  "  I  have  loved  , you,  saith  the  Lord: 
yetye  say.  Wherein  hast  thou  loved  us?  Was 
not  Esau  Jacob's  brother?  saith  the  Lord:  yet 
I  loved  Jacob,  and  I  Jmted  Esau,  and  laid  bis 
mountains  and.  his  hcrit-age  waste  for  the  drag- 
ons of  the  wilderness,"     Mai.  1:  2,  3. 

When  was  thh  spoken?  Before  the  children 
were  born?  By  no  means,  hut  thirteen  hun- 
dred years  after  Esau  was  dead  and  in  his  grave, 
the  prophet  relating  the  calamities  which  fell 
upon  the  sinful  nation  of  the  Edomitcs,  says: 
'' I  hat<^dEsau,aud  laid  his  mouutmns  and  his 
heritage  waste."  The  nation  of  Israel  had 
been  preserved  through  their  obedience,  to  the 
law  of  God,  and  in  fulfillment  of  the  covenant 
made  with  Abraham;  and  the  descendants  of 
Esau  had  been  hated  and  punished  in  conse- 
quence of  their  iniquity,  hence  the  prophet 
continues:  "  Whereas  Edom  saith.  We  are  im- 
poverished, but  we  will  return  and  huild  the 
desolat*  places;  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
They  shall  huild,  but  I  will  throw  down;  and 
they  shall  call  them,  the  border  of  wickedness, 
and.  The  people  against  whom  the  Lord  hath 
indujuaiion  fotever."  Mai,  1:  4.  Edom  is  des- 
olate to-day  on  account  of  the  wickedness  of  it; 
inhabitants;  the  land  of  Israel  is  also  desolate, 
hut  not  so  utterly,  nor  is  it  without  promise  and 
hope. 

When  the  apostle  Paul,  iii  writing  to  the 
Uomans,  spoke  of  the  distinction  between  the 
children  of  Abraham  according  to  the  flesh  and 
those  according  to  the  promise,  us  it  is 
trated  in  the  case  of  Ishmael  and  Isaac,  he  also 
declared  that  the  similar  principle  of  clioiceiwas 
exhibited  in  the  case  of  the  children  of  Isaac, 
"  For  the  children  being  "not  yet  born,  neither 
having  done  any  good  or  evil,  that  the  purpose 
of  God  according  to  election  might  stand,  not 
of  works,  hut  of  Him  that  calleth;  it  was  said 
unto  her.  the  elder  shall  serve  the  younger.  As 
it  is  written.  Jacob  have  I  loved,  but  Esau  have 
I  hoted."  Rom,  9: 11-13,  Persons  who  have 
rejid  this  carelessly  conclude  that  before  these 
children  were  honi,  it  was  written,  "Jacob  have 
I  loved,  but  Esau  have  I  hated,"  which  conclu- 
sion is  ontirelycontrary  to  the  facts  in  the  case. 
It  was  before  the  children  were  born  that  it 
was  said,  the  elder  shall  serve  the  younger;  it 
was  thirteen  hundred  years  aftin-  the  children 
were  dead  tlmt  it  was  >vritten,  "  Jacob  have  I 
loved,  but  Esau  have  I  hated,"  and  Paul  clearly 
makes  a  distinttiou  between  what  was  said  to 
the  mother  of  the  children,  and  what  was  writ- 
ten by  the  prophetjilongyears  afterwards,  which 
simply  confirmed  tho  prediction  uttered  before 
the  children's  birth.  Thus  vanishes  another  of 
the  bugbears  of  skeptical  criticism, — The  Chris- 
tian. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

V  Harvest-meeting.  -—  An  Occasion  of 
Thanksgiving.  —  Ministerial  Aid.  —  The 
Sabbath  Well  Improved.— The  Church 
Edified.— A  Special  Love-feast.- An  In- 
teresting Sabbath  Service. —One  of  the 
Lord's  AfHiiaed, 


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Wa 


XESBORO,  Pa,,  Adgust  5. 

IT  gives  me  pleasure  to  state  that  our  brethren 
and  sisters  in  this  section  of  the   Brother- 
hood have  held  a  meeting   of  thanksgiving   to 

God  a.s  a  signal  return  of   gratitude   lor  our 

abundant  wheat  harvest.     Prob.ib]y,   no  such 

crop  has  crowned  the  tillers  of  the  ground  ,for 

some  yeai-s.     Surely  the  Giver  of  all  good  gifts 

is  worthy   of  nmuy   cordial   thauks  for  these 

temporal  blessings. 
According  to  appointment,  this  meeting  'was 

held  iu  the  Welty  meeting-house  on   tho  27th 

ult.,  at  2  P.  M.    All   were  made  glad  to  hiive 

the  presence  of  ministering  brethren  Ephrdinl 

W.  Stouer,  of  Union  Bridge  aud  Amos  CEayr 

lor,  of  New   Windsoi',  Md.     'Brother  Stoner 

spoke  on  the  text: '■  While   the  earth   remain- 

eth,  seedtime  and  harvest,  cold  and   heat,   and 

Summer  and  Winter,  and  day  and  night  shall 

not  cense."  Gen.  S:  22.     Such  copious  temporal 

blessings  should  call  forth  abundant  spiritual 
offerings  from  the  altars  of  our  hearts.  0  that 
we  could  underst-and  how  vei-y  much  we  are  in- 
debted to  our  Heavenly  Father,  then  we  should 
he  enabled  to  give,  to  the  necessities  of  the 
church.  How  ready  and  liberal  weought  to  be 
whenever  the  chmcb  calls  for  i)ioney  to  payjts 
current  expenses.  The  Lord  gives  to  us,  let' us 
nive  to  the  Lord  again. 

N"e."£t  daj'  was  Sabbath.  At  an  early  hour  a 
Urge  assembly  had  gathered  into  the  meeting-- 
house.  After  the  usual  manner  of  opening  the 
services,  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  John's  Gos- 
pel wa.s  read  by  one  of  the  deacons.  Brother 
Kaylor  then  discoui-sed  upon  the  words  of  Je- 
If  ye  love  Me,  Keep  My  commandments." 
We  learned  that 

Jesus  has  the  yitjht  to  command. 

2,  His  commands  are  rifjht. 

3.  We  are  ri^lil.ou\y  when  we  keep  His  com- 
mands. 

Brother  S,  followed  in  a  hearty  application 
of  the  subject  to  saint  aud  sinner.  '  Come  breth- 
ren, let  us  have  more 'such  preaching,  for  we 
"  stand  in  the  way,  and  ask  for  the  old  paths." 
We  believe  indeed  that  the  old  paths  are  the 
surest  and  safest,  I  would  love  to  note  some 
excellent  remarks  and  illustrations,  but  do  not 
desire  to  make  our  letter  to  prolix.  In  Ibis  con- 
nection would  say,  we  had  a  very  pleasant  af- 
ternoon meeting,  and  tlien  in  the  evening,  these 
brethren  preached  for  us  in  our  meetiug-house 
here  in  town.  May  our  bountiful  Fatherabun- 
dantly  reward  our  dear  brethren  for  their  labors 
of  love. 

When  we  use  the  expression  "special  hove- 
fciist "  we  mean  one  appointed  betiveen  the 
time  of  our  regular  feasts,  and  at  the  spec- 
iid  request  of  membei-s  whose  age  or  infirmities 
do  not  permit  them  to  unite  with  the  cangre- 
gation  at  the  time  of  the  regular  "  feast  of  char- 
ity." Our  regular  Love-feast  was  held  on  the 
oth  of  Juno  last,  aud  was  a  very  interesting  oc- 
casion; but  the  Love-feast  which  we  will  note 
in  this  communication,  was  appointed  at  fche 
request  of  our  venerable  sister  Susan  Sho«key. 
Her  virgin  name  was  Bonebrake,  and  is  a  wid- 
ow. For  several  years  past  she  has  been  blind. 
She  is  in  her  seventy-eighth  year.  Notwith- 
itanding  her  age  aud  a&lictiou,  she  enjoys  the 
iervice  of  Christ.  Though  aged,  the  Lord  re- 
lews  her  strength  in  her  profession  of  faith. 
Though  blind,  she  sees  Him  who  is  the  Light 
of  the  world,  and  the  brightness  of  the  glory 
of  God,  Tho  fire  of  God's  love  kindles  her 
heart's  best  affection— the  love  of  the  Church, 
She  evidently  enjoyed  this  little  Love-feast,  and  [  have  done  during  the  d 


it  is  hoped  it  was  a  refreshing  season  to  her  soul, 
as  she  approaches  the  6nal  conflict. 

We  shall  long  remember  this  occasion.  It 
was  on  the  evening  of  the  3nl  instant.  The 
quiet,  balmy  evening  contributed  to  make  it  n. 
solemn  communion  with  Christ  and  His  disci- 
ples. About  a  score  of  members  participated, 
and  more  than  that  number  of  neighbors  had 
gathered  ther^,  seemingly  enjoying  the  occasion 
mth  marked  solemnity.  The  members  seemed 
to  enter  into  the  spirit  of  the  service,  mid  we 
trust  that  the  Lord's  benediction  will  rest  upon, 
all  for  great  good. 

On  the  next  day  one  of  our  regular  appoints 
ments,  was  at  the  Amsterdam  meeting-house.. 
Good  attention,  for  which  this  place  is  noted. 
The  194th  hymn  of  our  collection  inlrodueedi 
the  service  with  an  excellent  sentiment.  How- 
much  there  is  in  that  precious  hymn.  The- 
152nd  was  lined  and  sung  to  the  praise  of  God. 
After  an  exhortation,  we  knelt  at,  n  throne  of 
grace.  J 

The  14th  chapter  of  John's  Gospel  was  read 
by  a  deacon  brother,  as  usual.  One  of  (he  two 
ministering  brethren  present  there  discoursed 
upon  the  17lh  verse,  bringing  forth  many  good 
words  and  makingmany  practical  suggestions^ 
After  testimony  was  borne  by  the  other  minis- 
ter, he  lined  the  437th  hymn  and  exhoried  to 
prayer,  after  which  that  beautihil  mid  loved 
chorus  was  sung,  comnioncing 

"  I'ass  IOC, not  0  gentle  S^avior 
Hear  my  humble  cry,"  &c. 

We  love  to  ,think  of  such  good  meetings. 
They  are  seasons  when  we  get  very  neai-  the 
cross— the  best  and  sweetest  lours  of  the  life 
we  now  live,  hut  after  awhile  we  will  only  have 
to  regret- that  we  did  not  more  appreciate  them 
and  use  them  as  means  of  grace  to  rise  in  the 
higher  life— the  life  of  Jesus. 

We  spent  the  afternoon  in  a  dear  brother's 
lamily  where  is  one  of  the  Lord's  afflicted.  May 
Lord  abundintK  bless  and  smctify  sister 
Annie.  A  better  day  is  coming.  A  life  free 
from  all  atiliclion  can  be  attained  to  through 
the  merits  of  oui  sufficient  Savior.  May  He 
make  us  all  uidj  for  His  glorious  appearing. 


THIS  BODY. 


I'  SirsAS  ROl'KDTnEE. 


'■pHE  body  is  a  poor  residence  for,  the  soul.  At 
i  fii-st  it  wa.s  a  noble  structure,  but  it  has 
lost  much  of  its  nobleness  through  sin.  Itnow 
lots  in  many  annoyances,  and  is  the  seat  of 
much  pain.  It  is  subject  to  trials  and  tempta- 
tions, and  groans  with  its  burdens.  Nor  will; 
the  groans  cease  until  our  breathings  are  no. 
more. 

Believei-s  in  Christ  sometimes  fancy  them- 
selves alone  in  their  troubles  and  feel  sad  and 
lonely.  Christian  friends,  neglect  not  to  calS 
upon  them  and  comfort  them:  if  you  fail,  tho 
poor  and  lonely  believer  will  feel  gneved  and 
you  may  lose  a  blessing. 

Refreshing  as  the  presence  and  spiritual  com-- 
munications  of  a  fellow  Christian  may  bo,  you 
will  find  the  presence  of  the  M.aster  far  more 
so.  God  has  said,  that  He  will  be  with  His 
people  in  every  trial.  How  sweet  is  rest  to  the 
weary,  yet  how  little  rest  do  the  Lord's  people 
njoy  here.  EutUiey  shall  rest  in  the  presenee 
oi  the  Loi-d,  and  the  poor,  weary  and  diseased 
body  shall  lose  all  its  pains  and  troubles  in  the 
grave.  Weariness  stops  with  the  gravp,. 
hut  rest  belongs  toihe  Christian's  eternity.. 
There  no  aching  heads,  no  weary  limhs,  no. 
broken  hearts,  no  troubled  souls  will  he  found. 
Here  the  rest  of  the  body  is  often  disturbed,  but; 
'er  there  all  will  be  rest  and  peace. 

Ever  live  {misfortune  excepted)   within,  your 
income. 
When  you  retire  to  bed  think  over  whatyou 


THK    Bi:?ETH:T^K7Sr    A.T   WOlil-C. 


Auc^tst   Cl'i. 


JUDGMENT. 


i      Wlu-n  the  angela  were  sent, 

To  pi-oiioiinco  the  rlreml  doom, 
Oil  Goiiioriiii  nml   Sodoili; 
■And  deliver  tlie  just. 
Who  ill  God  liail  Mieir  trust,, 
Prom  tUc  cities  devoted. 
To  pleasure  iind  lust; 
0  borrible  night, 
When  llie  rigli[«ous  mini  pleail 
With  his  kiudred  to  flee, 
Whiie  vengeance  delayed. 
The  (i rend  morning  appeared, 
Aiiddeatructiou  was  near, 
Wliilo  the  angels  wore  urging. 
Tlio  flight  of  their  charges. 
What,  a  nioniont  of  awe! 
Whwi  the  righteous  withdraw; 
And  God  executes, 
Hia  most  terrible  law!    . 
No  pen  can  describe 
The  grim  moment  of  gloom, 
When  the  wicked  must  meet, 
Their  terrible  doom. 
So  ^vjll  come  the  great  day. 
Of  vengeance  and  wrath. 
When  Justice  shall  wield. 
The  grim  sword  of  destruction; 
And   Jehovah's  dread  ire, 
Will  opL-niufire. 
0  the  judgments  of  God,— 
Both  certain  and  dire; 
In  anguish  most  burning. 
The  sinner  must  wail. 
When  cries  for  relief. 
Call  no  more  avail. 
0  sinner  repent 
While  mercy  still  pleads. 
That  your  soul  may  be  spared. 
In  the  day  of  God's  vengeance: 
Entreat  of  the  Lord, 
His  grace  to  afford, 
That  yoTi  may  be  reconciled— 
Now  by  His  Word: 
And  when  the  deep  wailings— 
Of  woe  shall  arise, 
Your  soul  may  repose. 
With  God  in  the  skies. 

SMALL  THINGS. 


"  For  who  hath  despised  the  day  of  small 
things?"  Zech.-iaO. 

IT  seems  tlint  the  hanil  of  Zerubbabel 
became  discouraged  in  layin.i^  tlie 
foimdatiou  of  the  bouse  spoken  of  in 
this  chapter.  This  was  probably  be- 
cause they  could  not  perform  the  amount 
of  work  they  desired.  Tbey  despised 
email  things. 

Small  things,  in  our  days,  are  not  ap- 
preciated as  they  should  be.  It  is  not 
uncommon  to  find  people,  who  if  they 
cannot  reach  the  goal  witli  one  gi-and 
leap,  turn  back  and  give  up  in  de.spair. 
This  is  not  eonjmon  in  one  branch  of  bu 
sinesBonly,  but  in  every  pursuit  of  life 
olinrcli  as  weW  as  any  other.  Thirre  are 
ijreaehers  who  become  diaeouraged  if 
they  can  do  but  little  at  a  time.  There 
are  people  who  would  rather  do  nothing 
than  work  for  fifty  cents  per  day.  Such 
people  should  learn  that  all  large  things 
are  made  up  of  small  ones. ,  There  iS 
notliing  so  small  that  cannot  become 
large ;  nothing  so  weak  that  cannot  be- 
come strong,  and  nothing  so  ignorant 
that  cannot  become  wiser. 

Take  for  example,  the  small  gi'ain  of 
Avheat,  plant  it  and  yovi  will  reap  n  mere 
handful,  plant  again,  and  you  will  per- 
haps reap  a  bushel,  keep  on  and  you 
will  nest  have  a  bin  full— next  your 
granai-y  mil  be  filled,  lastly  you  will 
have  the  ships  upon  the  sea  filled,  or 
enough  to  feed  the  entire  world. 
from  that  small,  simple  grain. 

Tlie'largc  oak  in  the  forest  sprung 
from  a  small,  tiny  acorn.  Little 'by  lit- 
tle the  acorn  aBsorbsTrom  the  mother 
earth  nourishment,   until    finally   there 

stands  a  larj^e  tree,  strotching^its  Mvxhs 

far  above  our  Wadg,  serving  as  a  liome 


for  binls,  .sipiirrel-s  S:c.  Ai^aiii,  observe 
the  little  stream  thatfimvd  from  the  side 
of  a  hill,  so  small  that  it  could'  be  made 
(b-y  by  mertly  satisfying  your  tliii-st.  As 
it  flows  along*  it  receives  a  stream  of  sim-  Finally  he  bee; 
ilar  size,  uutil  it  become.^  a  stream  of 
ro'arinf;  watei-s,  flowing  through  tho  val- 
leys, rolling  over  rocks,  si'eking  its  way 
into  the  mighty  ocean,— the  ocean,  al- 
most without  bottom,  reacliing  from  the 
shores  of  America  to  the  shore  of  far- 
distant  Europe  and  Asia,  from  the  North 
pole  to  the  South  pole,  bearing  vessels 
of  many  thousand  tons,  all  made  up  of 
drops  of  water. 

So    you   will  find    it   in    life.      The 
smallest  things    often    determines    your 
futui-e  destiny.     I  aiii  told   that    on  the 
top  of  the  Alleghany   mountain    stands 
house  whose   roof  divides   the    water 
that  falls  from  above.     Falling    on  the 
Ea.^t  side,  it  finds  its  way  first  into    the 
rolling  Mississippi,  thence  into  the  Gulf, 
and  finally  into  the   ocean.     The   least 
puff  of  wind  will  cause  a  drop  of  water 
to  fall  on  the  West  side  of  the  roof,  and 
amazing  what  a  change    in   its    course! 
"What  a  great  change  a  small    thing  can 
produce!     That  little  puff  of  wind  has 
caxised  many  drops  of  water  to  find  their 
way  into  the  ocean  by  way  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi,   instead    of  directly  East   into 
the  ocean.    The    change  is   not   in    the 
amount  of  water,  but  in  the  direction  of 
its  coui-se.    Just  as  small  things  as   that 
little  puff  of  wind  often  change  the    en- 
tire direction  of  persons.     I  once  heard 
a  man  say,  that  he    was    about  to  unite 
with  the  church  and  follow    a  life  that 
would  be  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  God. 
But,  he  says,  when  he  had  nmde  up  his 
mind  to  join  the  church,  there  occurred 
a  small  thing  in  the  church    which    was 
not  so  pleasing  to  him,  but  in   my  esti- 
mation it  was  only  a  trifle,   and   he  at 
once  abandoned  his  movement. 

Dear  reader,  stxjp  right  here  and  reflect 
fur  a  moment  over  the  past.  Can  you 
form  any  perception  of  the  great  cliange 
there  would  have  been,  had  this  small 
thing  not  occurred  in  the  church?  O 
that  we  could  once  learn  to  know  small 
things;  sometimes  we  should  appreciate 
them,  and  at  othei-s  despise  them,  it  de- 
pends entirely  upon  the  nature  of  the 
sm. ill  act;  but  let  us  learn  the  effect, — 
the  wrong  and  the  good  of  small  things ; 
then  we  are  able  to  judge  whether  to  de- 
spise or  appeeiate  them.  Take  care  of 
the  minutes  and  the  hours  are  cared  for. 
Keep  small  troubles  and  trifles  out  of 
the  church,  and  a  great  distui'bance  will 
never  occur.  ^  j 

The  little  Dutch  vessel  that  brought 
a  few  negroes  to  Jamestown,  Va.,  in  IG- 
20,  and  sold  tbem  asslavesi  was  a  small 
circumstance  at  the  time,  and  may  be 
j'et  to  you,  but  from  it  the  most  momen- 
tous consequences  ensued, — consequences 
that  long  after  created  an  internal  dis- 
turbance, rent  the  republic  with  strife, 
and  moistened  it  with  blood  and  tears. 
Cromwell,  when  he  ^va^  taken  on  board 
the  ship  to  depart  for  an  unknown  land, 
was  .alioutto  commit  suicide,  when  afew 
words  from  the  lips  of  his  friend  saved 
bimi  nothing  great  in  these  words,  but 
the  result  must  come.  Cromwell  after- 
wards revolutionized  the  entire  map  of 
Europe. 

Washington,  in  his  youth  had  decided 
to  be  a  sailor  and  make  his  home  on  the 
rolling  deep.  ,  When  aliout  ofl  the  verge 
of  departure,  his  mother  would  not  re- 
strain from  weeping.  Thank  God  that 
he  had  a  kind  and  tender-heatted  moth 
fev,^— a  mother  who  had  feeling  "for  her 
son.  Small  as  was  the  weeping  of  h: 
mother,  it  stopped   him   fi-om  going  to 


Washington,afterwardsledthe  Amer 
ican  army,  fighting  for   liberty  and 
dependence. 


All 


He  won  that  glorious  vic- 
tory which  fi.Kcd  the  fatt;  nf  two  nations. 
:anie  the  fir.^t  President  of 
this  glorious  and  enlightened  republic, 
the  foundation  of  which  he  himself  laid. 
Tile  little  blaze,  with  whi<di  the  burning 
of  Cliicago  commenced,  could  luiv 
extinguished  by  a  mere  hreath,  yet,  the 
entire  business  part  of  that  beautiful  city 
was  laid  waste  by  it.  "What  a  destruc- 
tion resulted  from  a  small  thing.  The 
small  point  of  the  pen  has  performed 
wondei-s  of  wonders.  It  hascaused  Chris- 
tian people  to  neglect  their  duty,  it  has 
brought  some  nations  to  destruction,  and 
othei-3  to  fame  and  renown. 

The  heavy  cannon  ball  can  be  sent 
through  the  air  with  amazing  speed  bv 
the  movement,  of  your  finger.  The  lit- 
tle ball  that  came  whizzing  from  the  pis- 
tol, killed  the  ruler  of  our  country,— A. 
Lincoln,  a  great  result  from  a  small  thing 
a"-ain.  By  it,  our  nation  was  thrown 
back  five  years,  and  passed  sorrow  and 
mourning  over  the  whole  country.  Last- 
ly, we  will  consider  the  littb  infant  babe 
in  the  cradle.  Does  ituot  seem  as  though 
nothing  could  be  accomplished  by  the 
little  creature.  Time,  the  little  babe 
has  grown  to  manhood  and  become  the 
solver  of  all  problems.  We  cannot 
more  than  begin  to  enumerate  his  works. 
He  has  iron  horses  running  through  val 
leys,  mountains  and  hills  and  over  the 
plains.  He  has  ballons  ascending  tl: 
in  the  air,  ships  crossing  the  unknown 
watei-s,  words  flying  through  the  air  at 
lightning  speed,  not  only  through  the 
air,  but  through  the  water,  from  Ameri- 
ca to  Europe,  so  that  distant  nations  can 
keep  up  a  conversation  at  any  time.  I 
will  enumerate  no  more.  The  above  is 
sufficlentto  show  what  results  fromsmall 
things,  in  fact  all  large  things  whether 
good  or  bad. 

Let  us  then  learn  to  know  small  things, 
that  we  may  make  a  proper  application 
of  them.  Like  the  water  falling  from 
the  roof  of  the  house  on  the  mountain, 
and  its  direction  so  easily  changed.  So 
your  course  through  life  may  be  as  easily 
changed  by  a  similar,  small  eftect.  A 
little  thought  will  put  you  on  one  of  the 
two  roads, — the  one  to  everlasting  life, 
the  other  to  eternal  destruction.  R< 
member  the  one  to  destruction  is  down 
and  a  day's  journey  on  it,  takes  three 
days  to  come  back.  O  that  none  could 
choose  this  road!  Direct  your  thoughts 
to  the  road  that  will  lead  you  to  an  in- 
hei'itance  in  the  beautiful  realms  of  end- 
less bliss.  I 
Brethren  andsistei-s,  let  us  keep  small 
troubles  out  of  the  church,  so  that  not 
one  precious  soul  may  turn  from  us  on 
account  of  it.  Kemember,  that  Jesus 
brought  peace  and  good  mil  on  earth ; 
let  it  be  in  the  church.  Clad  in  this  im 
mortal  robe,  we  need  not  fear  the  awful 
summons  of  the  King  of  terrors,  nor  re- 
ject our  retiring  into  the  chambers  of 
I  the  dust.  Onr  immortal  part  will  win; 
its  ^vay  to  the  arms  of  its  Omnipotent 
Redeemer,  and  find  rest  in  the  heavenly 
mansions  of  the  Almighty. 
Mcijersdah  Fa. 

MOTHERS— THEIR  INFLUENCE, 


ONE  of  thts.aweetest  names  on  earth,  is 
th.at  of  mother.  There  is  perhaps 
no  other  name  around  w'hich  cluster  ' so 
many  fondrecollections.  No  other  naliie 
has  so  many  sweet  influences  a<iSociated. 
To  every  person  with  proper  feelings  of 
humanity,  the  name  of  mother,  will 
produce  feelings  of  filial  love   and    care 


within  his  breast.     And  noaacrilice  will 
be  too  great  for  him  in  the  care    of  her, 
who  bad  stood  ovei'  him  through  life  as 
thegnardiaii  angel  watching  his foob*tep='. 
The  Savior  while  upon  the  cros^,  though 
suffering  the  greatest  pjiiii,  rehiembered 
his  luother  with    feelings  of  sympathy, 
and  by  sweet  instruction-!  to  the    disci- 
ple standing  by  whom   he    loved,    pro- 
duced in  the  heart  of  thatJ  beloved  child 
of  God  such  feelings  of  filial    love    and 
affection,  that,  from  that  hour  he  took 
her  unto  his  own  home   and    cared    for 
her  with    all    the    tenderness   of  a  son. 
Such  are  the  feelings  associated    around 
the   cherished    and  endearing  name  of 
mother.    The  remembrance  of  a  moth- 
er's name,  and  a  mother's    words  brings 
influences  to  bear  upon   the  minds  of 
many  that  result   in    good.      That  son 
■cared  up  under  the  pious  instructions  of 
a  mother,  is  under  a   healthy    influence. 
But  !»s  he  leaves  the  parental  roof,    bids 
fare-well  to  home  and  friends,    and  goes 
to  distant  lands,  under    the   pressure  of 
surrounding  circuiustances,  forgets    that 
pious  instruction,  his  heart  becomes  hard ; 
he  turns  a  deaf  ear  to  all    that  is   good. 
Wealtliand  aflluenceare  at  his  command, 
and  dreamingly  looking  into  the  future, 
he  is  charmed  with  the  thought  of  bidding 
defiance  forever  to  want  and  adversity. 
By  and  by  his  castles   fall  and    become 
obliterated.  He  comes  to  want,  is  thrown 
into  society  of  others  and  there    in  that 
humble  abode,  be  heai-s  a   mother  send- 
ing to  God  a  fervent  petition    in    behalf 
of  her  son.  It  is  there  his  heart  is  touch- 
ed and  then  reraembei-s  a  mother's  pray- 
ers in  days    gone    by.      That   influence 
follows  him  wherever  he  goes  and  until 
be  resolves  like  the    prodigal  to  return, 
he  never  can  be  at  rest. 

The  name  mother,  has  associated  with 
it,  great  influence  and  it  is  often  used'  to 
bring  penitence  to  the  heart.  It  is  said, 
of  a  famous  assassin,  whose  heart  >ras 
so  hard  that  his  spiritual  adviser  could 
make  no  impression  upon  his  mind,  un- 
til he  made  mention  of  his  mother, — 
when  hearing  her  name,  he  remembered 
neglected  advice  of  bygone  days,  and 
with  feelings  of  remorse,  burst  out  in 
tears.  A  mother's  influence  is  great,  and 
gi-eater  than  many ,  apprehend.  Our 
own  e.Kpei'ience  may  teach  us  this,  as 
well  as  the  experience  of  others. 

A  late  ^vriter  says,  in  regard  to  this 
fact,  "  let  me  educate  the  mothers  of 
heathendom,  and  I  care  not  who  governs 
A  mother's  power  is  gi'eat,  which 
we  learn  from  the  following  scraps  of 
history:  John  Randolph,  of  Roanoke 
said,  "  I  should  have  been  a  French 
atheist  were  it  not  for  the  recollection  of 
the  time  when  my  departed  mother  used 
to  take  my  little  hand  in  hei-s,  and  make 
me  say,  on  my  bended  knees,  '  Our  Fath- 
er who  art  in  heaven:'  "  "  I  have  found 
what  made  you  the  m.an  you  are,"  said  a 
gentleman  one  morning  to  President 
Adams;  "I  h.ave  been  reading  your 
mother's  letters  to  her  sou."  Washing- 
ton's mother  trained  her  boy  to  truthful- 
ness andvu-tue,  and  when  his  messengers 
called  to  tell  her  that  her  son  was  rais- 
ed to  the  highest  station  in  the  nation's 
gift,  she  replied,  "George'  always  was  a 
good  boy." 

Some  one  asked  N.ipoleon  what  was 
the  great  need  of  the,  French  nation, 
"  Mothers!"  was  the  significant  an-swer." 
This  is  the  influence  that  mothers  can 
yield.  .Eaidy  impressions  are  the  most 
enduring  on  thte  human  mind.  During 
the'first  few  years  of  child-life  mothei-s 
have  thfe  greatest  control^  And  it  should 
be  borne  inlhiiid  that,  "ambment's  work 
on  clay  tells  more  than  an  hour's  labor 
fin^]t)ric}f,",3o|he^A^yr^,|SW^      be  per- 


A.iigust    2y, 


I'i-IE    I^KETI-IKEIN    >VT    ^VOKK. 


formed  on  hearts,  wliile  yet  tentlei-.  The 
example  of  maternnl  influences  are  count- 
less and  exhibit  great  power  for  good  or 
e\nl,  which  sacred  history  readily  informs. 
Solomon  raftkea  mention  of  words  of 
wisdom  that  fell  from  a  mother's  lips. 
Prov.  31;  ].  It  was  said  of  Timothy, 
"  from  a  child  thou  hast  known  the  Holy 
Scriptures,"  which  wiia  undoubtedly 
taught  by  his  grandmother  and  mother, 
1  Tim  1 ;  5.  And  liy  this  holy  influence 
exerted  by  a  Christian  mother,  he  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Lord  in  early 
life  and  consecrated  the  prime  of  his 
manhood  to  the  service  of  his  Master. 

Mothers,  the  influence  for  good  is  in 
your  hands,  will  you  extend  it?  It  is 
God  who  has  given  you  the  responsibil- 
ities of  motherhood,  and  as  those  little 
ones  are  placed  under  your  care,  be  faith 
fid  unto  them  and  bring  them  up  under 
a  healthy  aid  moral  ■  influence,  in  the 
nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord, 
In  early  youth  you  may  hold  the  key  to 
their  hearts;  oh  may  you  never  lose  it, 
that  you  maybe  enabled  by  help  divine 
to  stamp  upon  the  tablets  of  their  hearts, 
a  holy  influence  that  may  tend  to  life 
eternal, — a  treasure  locked  up  in  their 
hearts  that  may  be  inipcneti>able  to  all 
that  is  unholy.  Mothers!  it  is  yours  to 
elevate  the  moral  standard  of  human- 
ity. l£  is.'in  your  no^ver  to  enlighten 
the  world.  It  is  in  your  hands  to  guide 
the  destiny  of  nations. 


HEALING. 

liY  EMMA  C.    KeWLASd!' 

"  But  he  was  woim<led  i'or  our  traiL«gression. 
III!  wtis  bniiseit  for  our  iniquities;  the'  cliastise- 
iiieut  of  our  pence  wiis  ujion  liim,  and  with  liis 
stripes  we  were  henleil-"  Isa.  55;  5. 
TTERE  the  prophet  told  how  Jesus 
-'"■-  woidd  have  to  suffer  for  our  trans- 
gressions, O,  when  we  know  how  great 
His  suttering  was,  how  careful  every  one 
ought  to  be  not  to  take  one  crooked  step. 
To  read  of  it,  one  might  think  that  all 
-  His  sufferings  would  have  been  too  gieat 
to  bear;  but  alas  it  is  true,  He  bore  them 
all.  There  are  a  great  many  afitieted 
persons;  both  saint  and  sinner  are  often 
afflicted.  God  visits  us  with  sickness  in 
order  to  teach  us  things  which  we  know 
not. 

It  is  said  of  Manasseli,  Avhen  he  was 
in  aflflietion,  he  besought  the  I^ord  his 
God  and  humbled  himself  greatly  be- 
fore the  God  of  his  fathers,  and  prayed 
unto  him;  and  he  was  entreated  of  him 
and  heard  his  supplication,  and  brought 
him  again  to  Jerusalem  into  his  king- 
dom. Then  Manasseh  knew  that  the 
L  ird,  he  was  God  2Cron.  33:  1:2,13. 
This  made  Manasseh  know  the  power 
and  greatness  of  God,  His  holiness  and 
hatred  of  sin.  Jesus  hated  sin,  yet  He 
was  bruised  fur  our  iniquities,  and  with 
his  stripes  we  are  healed. 

Our  Redeemer  has  various  and  wise 
ends  In  afflicting  us,  which  ought  to  be 
duly  considered  by  all,  whether  convert- 
ed or  unconverted,  and  especially  by 
those  who  are  afflicted.  Christ  teaches 
us  the  emptiness  of  the  world.  Otttimes 
we  see  that  neither  riches  nor  friends 
can  give  the  least  ease  to  the  bodies  nor 
comfort  to  the  souls  of  persons  under 
sickness  and  distress.  Can  any  one  be 
at  ease  when  there  is  such  a  great  work 
for  them  to  do.  "  A  good  tree  bringeth 
forth  good  fruit."  There  is  a  vast  dif- 
ference between  our  prayei-s  in  health 
and  in  sickness;  in  sickness  our  prayers 
are  more  earnest.  "Lord  in  trouble 
have  they  visited  thee,  they  have  pour- 
ed out  a  prayer  when  thy  chastening 
was  upon  them."  Isa.  2ti:  liV, 

Manasseh  prayed  when  he  was  imder 


his  fetters,  but  lie  did  that  which  was 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  when  he 
liegan  to  roign  in  Jerusalem.  A  fervent 
prayer  is  what  the  Lord  desires  to  hear. 
O,  sinner,  is  your  heart  become  so  hard 
that  you  are  not  sensible  of  your  own 
sins?  Have  you  undervalued  health,  and 
slighted  the  mercies  that  your  Maker 
has  bestowed  upon  you?  Are  you  too 
proud  and  self-conceited  to  realize  that 
Jesus,  that  meek  and  lowly  Son  of  God, 
was  wounded  for  our  transgressions.  By 
and  by  a  thorn  will  be  sent  to  break  the 
swollen  place  of  pride,  that  you  may 
not  be  puffed  up  above  measure.  "  If 
tlie  i-ighteous  scarcely  be  saved,  ^vhere 
shall  the  sinner  and  ungodly  appear." 
Affliction  visits  all  of  us  that  we. may  not 
sleep  the  sleep  of  death.  0,  \vhy  not 
loosen  our  hearts  fi'om  the  vain  things 
of  this  world,  ahd  look  to  Jesus  \vho 
was  bruised  for  ouriniquities?  Wehave 
no  restingplace  here,  this  is  oiily  a  home 
for  a  short  time.  Had  I  wings  like  a 
dove,  then  I  \vould  fly  away  aud  be 
at  rest.  I  would  hasten  my  escape  from 
the  windy  storm  and  tempest.  Psa.  55: ; 
6.  Jesus  says,  "  Come  unto  me  all  y 
that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  aud  I 
will  .give  yoiL  rest."  Matt.  U:  ilS. 


AN  IMPORTANT  QUESTION. 

UY  .IKNNIE  SUllSTtSE. 

"  What  shall  I  do  thea  with  Jesus,  whoii 
called  Chrisi?"  Mntt.  21:  22. 

rPHE  chief  priests  and  elders  liad  con 
-*-  spired  against  Jesus  to  des()-oy  Him 
Before  their  council  they  charged'Hlm 
with  blasphemy  for  saying  he  was  the 
Son  of  God,  for  which  the  council  de^ 
cided  that  he  should  be  put  to  death. 
But  they  had  no  power  to  take  life, 
therefore  they  brought  Him  before  thi 
judgment  seat  of  Pilate,  in  whose  hands 
were  vested  the  issues  of  life  and  death. 
After  hearing  the  charges  against  Christ, 
Pilate  became  convinced  that  the  prison- 
er was  a  just  person,  aud  that  the  Jews 
bad  committed  Him  to  prison  out  of  ha- 
tred; but  how  to  dispose  of  Jesus,  was  a 
diff'erent  problem. 

Now  at  this  time  which  was  the  fcjist 
or  passover  week,  it  was  their  custom 
to  release  a  prisoner,  and  Pilate  embrac- 
ed the  opportunity  of  releasing  Jesus. 
But  unfortunately  when  two  prisoners 
were  presented  the  Jews  had  tlie  privil- 
ege of  deciding  which  should  be  re- 
leased. 

There  was  at  this  time  a  very  wicked 
person  in  prison  by  the  name  of  Barab- 
.  Pilate  knew  that  Barabbas  was  guil- 
ty ofseditionand  robbery,and  that  Jesus 
was  innocent,  submitted  the  name  of  Je- 
sus and  Barabbas,  thinking  no  doubtthat 
they  would  consent  to  release  Jesus, 
rather  than  to  set  at  libertj'  so  sreat  a 
transgressor  as  Barabbas  was.  But  no : 
they  cry,"  Barabbas,  release  Bara])bas!" 
Pilate  was  very  much  disappointed,  and 
asked,  "  What  shall  I  do  then  with  Jesus, 
who  is  called  Christ."  They  cried  out, 
"  Crucify  him,  crucify  him."  They 
doubtless  thought  that  if  Jesus  should 
be  put  to  death,  His  name  would  soon  be 
forgotten.  But  Pilate  was  undecided 
aud  did  not  know  what  to  do.  Soon  ho 
'eceived  a  message  from  his  wife,  saying, 
'■  Have  nothing  to  do  with  that  just  man, 
for  I  have  suffered  many  things  this  day 
in  a  dream  because  of  him,"  This 
troubled  hmi  more  than  ever,  so  he  said 
to  the  Jews,  "  I  will  chastise  him  aud  let 
him  go;"  but  they  cry  out  the  more  ex- 
ceedingly, "  Let  him  be  ci'uc,lfied."  Con- 
trary to  law  ami  justice,  the  entreaties 
of  his  wife  and '  the  conviction  of  his 
conscience,    he  gave  sentence  of   death 


against  the  Lord  of  glory;  after  wash- 
ing his  hands  liefore  the  multitude,  he 
said,  "  I  am  innocent  of  the  blood  of 
this  just  person,  see  ye  to  it.''  The 
Jews  were  pleased  thinking,  no  doubt, 
that  they  would  be  troubled  no 
more  with  his  teachings;  but  iu  a  few 
days  the  apostles  are  preaching  sal- 
vation through  His  blood  and  jierforin- 
.ing'miracles  in  His  name. 

The  name  of  Jesus  is  now  producing 
more  interest  and  excitement  tlian  it  did 
before  He  was  crucified,  "  AVhat  shall 
we  do  then  with  Jesus  who  is  called 
Christ?"  This  troubled  the  eldei-s  and 
chief  priests  more  than  ever,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  fleeing  their  minds,  they  put 
to  death  many  of  the  disciples  of  Jesus. 
But  still  the  name  of  Jesus  cannot  be 
put.  out  of  the  way.  Some  persons  now, 
like  I*ilate  of  old,  t^'y  to  have  nothing 
to, do  with  Jesu^  at  pvesent,  but, will  call 
on  Him  at  a  more  covenienttime;  some 
fearing  the  loss  of  home  or  position,,  if 
they  should  confess  Jesus  befdre  men, 
and  become  His  disciples;  like  Pilate, 
contrary'  to  tiie  wishes  of  tlifeir'  best 
friends,  reject  Jesus  and  say,  "  crucify 
him." 

Rt-ader,  have  you  embraced  Jf;sus  as 
your  Savior,  and  live  as  Hehas^com- 
manded  lyou,  obeying  even  the  least 
command,?  Jf  so,  you  have  made  a, wise 
decision.  Then  honor  Him  by  living 
holyi  and  eternity  will  answer  t\\e  ques- 
tion, "  What  tJien  sliall-I  do  with  Jesus 
who  is  called  Christ."  To  these  who 
have  not  accepted  the  Savior,'  do  not 
wait  any  longer,'  biit  accept 'Him  to-day, 
for  to-day  is  the  day  of  salvation.  Read 
and  learn  of  the  awful  judgment  that 
fell  upon  the  Jews  and  their  city,  for  the 
way  in  which  they  answered  this  ques- 
tion. If  youcannot  find  it  iu  your  heart 
to  say,  "  Crucify  him,"  then  embrace 
Him  as  your  Savior.  Come  to  Jesus  as 
He  stands  revealed  in  the  New  Testa 
ment, — eml>rftce  Him  as  the  Son  of  the 
living  God,  and  the  Savior  of  the  world. 
Remember  as  long  as  you  refuse  to  con- 
fess Him  and  become  His  decided  fol- 
lowers, you  join  in  the  cry  of  the  Jews, 
"  Crucify  him."  If  you  do  not  waut  to 
say,  "  Crucify  him,"  then  turn  to  God 
with  full  purpose  of  heart,  confess  Jesus 
as  the  Son  of  God,  repent  of  all  your 
sins,  be  baptiaed  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost.  Give  your- 
self, soul,  body  and  spirit  to  the  service 
of  God,  aud  He  will  receive  you,  will 
forgive  your  past  sins,  and  claim  you  as 
one  of  His  dear  children,     r 

I  hope  that  every  wavering  person 
will  answer  this  question  wisely  and 
well,  "  What  then  sliall  I  do  with  Jesus 
who  is  called  Christ?" 


().  Never  rotort'  a  s'harp  or  ahgi-y 
word.  It  is  the  .Second  word  that  makes 
the  quarrel. 

7.     Beware  of  the  first  .disagreeineut. 

S.  Learn  to  speak  in  a  gentle  tone  of 
voice. 

0.  Learn  to  say  kind  and  pleasant 
things  whenever  an  opportunity  offers. 

10.  Study  the  chAracter  of  each  one, 
and  sympathize  witli  tln-m  in  their  troub- 
les, hoM'eVer  small. 

11.  Do  not  neglect  little  things,  if 
they  can  effect  the  comfort  of  others  in 
the  smallest  degree., 

.    1'2.     Avoid  moods  and  pet^,    and  fits 
of  sulkiness. 

13.  Learn  to  deny  youi'self,  and  to 
prefer  others.  ,  — .  .i.^.v ;.. 

14.  beware    of  medaiefr"aricl^tale-" " 
'bearers':   ■      '■•    ■  /    a.!.*::o:'Tq-  r"- 

13.    Never  charge  a  Wfid  motive,  if  a 

■good  one  is  conceiv.able. 

n;.  Be  g.-utie,  but  firm  with'ciiil- 
dren. 

17.  Do  npt  allow,  y.our  children  to 
be  away  fi'omhome  at  night,  without 
knowing  where  they  are, 

18.  Do  not  allow  them  to  go  where 
they  please  on  the  Lord's  Day. 

19.  Do  not  furnish  them  with  much 
spending  money.,  .■ ,, 

20.  Remember  the  grave,  the  judg- 
ment-seat and  the  sotnes  of  eternity,  and 
so  order  your  home  on  earth  that  you 
shall  have  a  home  in  heaven. — Seht-teiJ, 


HOW  TO  MAKE  A  HAPPY  HOME 
AND  A  VIRTUOUS    FAMILY. 

1.  Learn  to  govern  yourselves,  and 
to  be  gentle  and  patient. 

.  Guard  your  tempers,  especially 
in  seasons  of  ill-health,  irritation  and 
trouble,  aud  soften  them  by  prayer,  pen- 
itence and  a  sense  of  your  own  short- 
comings and  errors. 

.  Never  speak  or  act  in  anger,  un- 
til you  hare  prayed  over  your  words  or 
acts,  and  concluded  that  Christ  would 
have  done  so  in  your  place. 

-1-  Remember  that  valuable  as  is  the 
gift  of  speech,  the  gift  of  silence  is  often 
much  more  precious. 

5.  Do  notexacttou  much  IVom  others, 
but, remember  that  all  have  an  evil  na- 
ture, whose  developments  we  mustex- 
pect^and  which  we  should  forbear  and 
forgive;;  as  we  often  desire  forl»e.'U'auce 
and'lbi'giveness  ourselves. ' 


POVERTY  A  BLESSING. 

T)OVERTY  isthe  nurse  of  manlyener- 
•*-  gy,  and  heaven-cjimbing  thoughts 
attended  by  love,  and  faith,  aad  hope, 
around  whose  steps' the  mountain  breez- 
es blow,  .and  from  whose  countenance 
all  the  virtues  gather  .stiength.  Look 
around  you  upou  the  distinguished  men 
that  in  every  department  of  life,  guide 
and  control  the  times,  and  inquire  what 
was  their  origin  and  what  was  their 
early  fortune,  ^\'"el■e  they  as  a  general 
rule,  rocked  and  dandled  in  the  lap  of 
wealth?  No;  such  men  emerged  from 
the  homes  of  decent  competence  or  strug- 
gling poverty.  Necessity  sharpens  their 
faculties;  and  privation  and  sacrifice 
brace  their  moral  nature.  They  learn 
the  great  art  of  renunciation,  and  enjoy 
the  happiness  of  having  iavf  wants;  they 
know  nothing  of  the  iuditference  or  sat- 
iet}'.  There  is  not  an  idle  fibre  in  their 
frames;  they  put  the  vigor  of  a  resolute 
purpose  into  every  act.  The  edge  of 
their  mind  is  always  ke))t  sharp;  in  the 
school  of  life,  men  like  these  meet  soft- 
ly-nurtm-ed  darlings  of  prosperity  as 
iron  meets  the  vessels  of  porcelain. 

REGARD  FOR  THE  AGED. 

A  LITTLE  thoughtful  attention,  how 
-^  happy  it  makes  the  old.  They 
have  outlived  most  of  the  friends  of 
their  early  youth.  How  lonely  their 
hours!  Often  their  partners  in  life  have 
long  filled  silent  graves;  often  their 
children  they  have  followed  to  the  tomb. 
They  stand  solitary,  bending  on  their 
staff,  waiting  till  the  same  call  shall 
reach  them.  How  often  must  they  think 
of  absent,  lamented  faces;  of  the  love 
which  cherished  them,  and  the  tearn  of 
sympathy  which  fell  with  theii"s,  now 
nil  gone.  Why  should  not  the  young 
cling  around  and  comfort  them,  cheer-  ' 
ing  tbeir  gloom  with'SougS'  and  happy 
smiles. — Tho  Guide.     ' 


LiHRKAi.iTY   c'onsists   less  in    giving 
profusely  thitn  in  givingjudiciously. 


TT-TE    BKETHKEJC    ^^T    "SVOHK. 


j^xignst   33. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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-recuUrrotM.     All  busintHs  (niniaelwl  by  liioi  fur  c 

6ce.  wJU  be  the  snnie  a-i  if  done  by  oursclvw. 


Tlir  BiiCTiinEN  AT  WoBK  will  be  sent  pont-pnid,  lo  any 
■■aJdross  in  Iho  Unilcd  Slal«9  or  Canada,  fur  (1  60  per 
unniim.  Tlloso  aeudlng  ten  ntitncs  qqJ  516.00,  will  ro- 
ceiTO  nn  oHm  copy  frco  of  charge.  For  nil  o»er  IbiB 
numhtr  the  ftapni  will  be  nllowcd  10  obqIs  for  oncb  uddi- 
Uonnl  name,  which  fimouat  can  bo  deduclod  from  the 
money,  before  acnding  il  to  us.  Moooy  Orders.  Unins, 
aod  Bogislorcd  Loiters  may  boaenl  nt  our  rnk,  Tiioy 
flbonld  ho  niBdo  pnytiblo  lo  Moore  &  Riholmnn, 

8ub»criplionB,  nnd  communicnlions  intended  for  Ihe  pa- 
per, na  well  a*  all  business  mnUcrs  cnniicc.lpd  "ilh  llio  of- 
flco  ebould  bu  tiddreMed 

MOOEE  &  ESHELUAH, 

LuLork^  Carroll  C<i„Ill' 


ATJSOST  22, 187S. 


OUR    PEOPLE    VS.    SECRET 
ORDERS. 

THE  Unit«d  Brethren  church,  which  has  for 
venrs  st-ood  up  against  secret  societies,  is 
experiencing  considerable  trouble  from  some 
disloynl  preachers,  who  are  straining  ever)'  nerve 
Hm  overthrow  the  time-honored  law  of  that  re- 
'3FE«tab!e  body.  However  much  we  may  be 
•oiniosed  to  the  general  faith  and  practice  of  tht 
"^Unit^d  Brethren  church,  we  have  always  enter- 
'tained  for  them  a  very  high  regard  on  account 
of  their  persistent  opposition  t-o  secret  orders] 
but,  it  would  seem  that  the  devil— the  enemy  of 
light— has  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  some 
-sociatc  with  an  order  as  void  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
fls.a  rock  is  of  a  soul,  and  thus  lead  the  denom- 
ination still  farther  down  into  the  chains  of 
darkness.  Such  men,  if  they  have  no  respect  for 
either  themselves  or  the  truth,  ought  to  have  a 
dittle  regard  for  others,  and  if  they  cannot  live 
•up  to,  and  defend  the  doctrine  of  the  church  t-o 
which  they  belong,  they  ought  to  have  manners 
■enough  to  step  down  and  out.  When  a  body 
of  people  start-s  out,  fully  resolved  to  discounte- 
nance-secret  societies,  it  is  the  hight  of  ill-man- 
ners, saymg  nothing  about  Cliristian  courlesy, 
for  any  man  to  join  that  body,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  over-throwing  their  lime-honored  ens 
'toms  founded  upon  Bible  authority. 

Ko  one  ought  to  object  to  reforms,  or  an 
^attempt  in  that  direction— for  such  movements 
in  times  past  have  done  good,  hut  tliis  thing  of 
^a  fen-  hypocrites,  with  love  upon  their  lips  and 
^aile  in  their  hearts,  working  their  way,  under 
the  cloak  of  religion,  into  a  church  with  well 
established  principles,  for  the  purpose  of  per- 
verting her  orders  is  a  species  of  deception,  that 
cannot  be  too  severely  censured.  Such  men 
have  never  been  converted:  they  do  not  know 
what  a  change  of  heart  is.  They  are  wolves  in 
sheep's  clothing,  void  of  manhood  enough  to 
let  their  actions  speak  out  what  is  in  their  Jiearts 
/BfitU  they  have  secured  nu  influence  sulliciunt 
■to  suable  them  to  do  considerable  damage.  Of 
-aH  tii«  men  in  tho  world  these  are  thii  worst 
■enemies  to  the  cause.  They  make  a  conflict, 
■not  so  much  from  without,  us  within.  Their 
work  is  to  ruin  the  church  by  producing  inter- 
nal discords,  and  hence  cause  divisions  contraiy 
■to  .thi?  Word. 

'^^bse  are  the  men  who,  with  their  lipN,  while 
on  their  knees  in  the  water,  will  "renounce 
Satan  and  all  his  pernicious  ways,"'  but  with 
itheir  hearts  will  cling  to  secret  societies  as  the 
'idol  -ai  their  affections.  They  are  born  of  the 
^watou,  Jiut,  wo  fear,  not  of  the  Spirit.  Tho  out- 
side mng-  be  clean,  hut  the  iioide  is  full  of  eor- 
■  ruptiot.  They  can  belong  tcramd  ci 
with  a  cbnxh  that  they  know  to  be  opposed  to 
secret  soeiati^s,  and  yet  seek  every  opportunity 
nlfiplantingith«r  evil  seed  in  the  liearls  of  other 
ifi-embersand'lhoreby  corrupt  thechurrfs.  Are 
such  persons  houesti'  Did  they  not  know  when 
they  united  with  -the  church  that  our  people,  as 
a  body,  were  opposed  to  secret  orders?  Uniier 
these  circumstances  how  can  an  honest  man  he 
in  the  church  and  at  the  same  time  a  member 


not  opposing  secret  orders,  but  to  us  a-i  a  body 
they  (lo  apply,  imd  1  would  that  we  could  feel 
it  forcibly.  The  man  who  purposes  to  enter  a 
church  for  the  purpose  of  overthrowing  her  es- 
tablished and  distinclive  features,  ought  to  have 
honesty  nnd  manhood  enough  about  him  to  t«ll 
the  church  of  his  intentions  beforehand. 

On  this  question  our  people  want  to  let  their 
distinctive  fealures  stand  out  pretty  prominent- 
ly. Up  to  tho  present  time  the  church  has  en- 
forced her  discipline  pretty  rigidly  in  this  re- 
spect, and  should  she  continue  to  do  so  in  the 
future,  aa  she  has  in  the  past,  we  may  rest  assur- 
ed that  we  will  have  hut  little  trouble  with 
secret  societies.  But  should  we  be  a  little  leni- 
ent—allow a  few  Masons  or  Odd  Fellows  in  the 
church  for  the  sake  of  pence  the  time  being,  and 
then  after  awhile  undertake  to  enforce  the  time- 
honored  and  Bible  sustained  rule  of  the  church, 
we  would  have  a  larger  difficulty  on  our  hands 
than  might  at  first  be  supposed.  That  is  just 
the  condition  of  the  U-  B.  church.  Their  church 
rule  regarding  secret  societies  has  not  been  rig- 
idly enforced,  and  now  it  is  almost  too  late — 
there  is  danger  of  them  becoming  divided.  And 
unless  we  watch  our  posts  pretty  closely, 
too  may  be  overtaken  by  the  same  evil.  I  have 
but  little  faith  in  a  brother  who  defends  Ma 
ry  or  Odd  Fellowship.  The  fewer  such  persons 
there  are  in  the  church  the  better  off  she  is. 
They  are  worse  than  a  dead  weight;  they  are 
detrimental  to  the  cause  of  pure  Christianity 
and  in  their  daily  walk  ond  conversation  add 
nothing  to  the  good  influence  of  the  church. 
Before  they  are  suitable  subjects,  with  which  to 
adorn  the  religion  of  Eim  who  did  nothing  be- 
hind the  vail,  they  want  to  be  converted  from 
love  of  the  kingdom  of  darkness  to  the  true  and 
marvelous  light.  J.  H. 


MORE  CONCERNING  THE  ADOPTED  MEANS 

FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  MAN'S 

MORAL  FACULTIES. 

MAN  le,irns  bettor  by  example  than  by  pre- 
cept. The  system  that  is  made  up  wholly 
of  theory,  is  too  imperfect  for  intelligeut  beings 
like  man.  The  theory  of  engineering,  however 
well  it  may  be  taught  in  schools  of  learning, 
never  makes  a  practical  engineer.  The  theory 
if  farming,  may  be  advanced  with  eloijuence  in 
ngricultiiral  colleges,  yet  it  never  makes  n  prac- 
tical farmer. 

God  is  God  not  only  in  theory— in  being,  but 
also  in  practice.  He  is  not  simply  the  Author 
>{  theoretical  morality,  but  He  is  also  the  Author 
of  practical  morality.  Then  to  have  man  be- 
come acquainted  with  a  system  of  moral  worth 

■of  moral  grandeur,  Uiere  must  be  both  precept 
ami  example.  "There  can  be  hut  one  perfect 
model  of  human  nature."  To  put  this  Model 
within  the  reach  of  mankind  was  God's  prerog- 
ative;  nnd  He  did  it.  The  Model  came,  taught 
and  practiced  precisely  what  God  demands  of 
those  who  are  to  be  saved.  "Human  natvi 
coiil'lhe  perfected  only  by  foUow'mg  a  perfect 
model  of  human  nniure"  With  this  Model  be- 
fore him,  man  may  attain  to  tliafc  perfection 
which  God  demands  of  all  who  will  tjonie  unto 

Him. 

Ifnu's  CliafiK'd'i- 

needed  reformntioil.  A  model  character  was 
presented  to  him  in  the  Sou  of  God.  He  aa- 
sufoed  human  nature,  and  gave  it  the  seal  and 
perfection  of  the  Deity.  He  swept  away  the 
falsity  .ivith  which  the  ignorance  of  man  had 
enveloped  it,  nnd  made  it  possible  for  all  men  to 
attain  lo  the  perfection  of  the  Model,  If  not, 
then  there  was  no  neceBsity  for  a  Model- 
But  before  observing  the  means  adopted  by 
the  Son  of  God  for  the  development  of  man's 
moral  faculties,  let  us  go  back  and  take  another 
glance  at  the  age  when  sign-making  was  intro- 
duced. A  noted  writer  says:  "Nothing  in  the 
universe  of  God,  animate  or  inanimate,  is  left 
without  the  government  of  an  appropriate  law, 
unleas  that  thing  be  the  noblest  creature  of  God 
— the  human  spirit.  .  To  auppose,  therefore, 
that  the  human  soul  is  thus  left  unguided  by  a 
revealed  rule  of  conduct,  is  to  suppose  that  God 
cares  for  the  less  aad  not  for  the  greater — to 
suppose  that  He  wonld  constitute  the  moral 
powera  of  the  soul  so  fthat  a  law  was  neeessary 
for  their  guidance,  and^  then  reveal  ncne-^to 
suppose,  especially  in  the'siise  of  the  Israelites, 
that  He  would  perpare  a  people  to  receive,  aad 
obey  ivith  a  proper  spirit,  tl'itr  necessary  rule  of 


of  an  oafch-bound  sooiaty?     Of  course  these  re*   dnty,  and  yet  give  no  rule.    But  to  suppose 
marks  do  not  apply  teSAe  members  of  churches  I'ftheiw  things  would  he  absurd?  it  follows,  there- 


fore, that  God  would  reveal  to  the  Israelites  a 
law  for  the  regulation  of  their  conduct  in  mor- 
als and  religion."  In  full  harmony  with  these 
deductions,  the  Lord  presented  the  children  of 
Israel  with  a  rule  of  life — 

A  Moral  Law. 
In  a  former  article,  notice  was  nmde  concern- 
ing Ibe  manner  of  teaching  the  idea  of  holiness 
to  the  Jews.  This  was  by  comparison.  The 
camp  was  purified;  and  the  people  were  hy  cer- 
tain acts  declared  purified.  The  boasts  to  be 
offered  wern  to  be  more  clean  than  the  others 
of  the  class;  the  utensils  of  the  tabernacle  were 
purified — in  fact  every  thing  was  purified  and 
re-purified  until  the  highest  point  of  purity  was 
reached  by  the  convergence  of  the  numerous 
rays  employed.  This  conveyed  to  the  mind 
the  idea  of  greatly  superior  holiness  on  the  part 
of  God.  They  looked  upon  Him  as  a  Being  in- 
finitely powerful  and  full  of  purity.  It  was  a 
picture  of  the  condition  of  God's  Spirit  and  act- 
ed upon  their  spirits  with  happy  effect.  With 
tliese  comparisons — with  true  ideas  of  divine 
holiness  they  learned  that  God  was  too  pure  to 
look  upon  sin  with  the  least  degree  of  allow- 
ance. Tbnt  the  idea  of  sign-making  vanished 
with  the  going  out  of  the  Mosaicul  dispensation 
is  an  error.     It  is  still  a 

Leailini;  Ctiarnctcrjsllc 
in  the  present  dispensation,  and  forms  the  basis 
for  the  imbibition  of  many  divine  principles. 
We  shall  now  proceed  to  notice  some  of  them. 
God  never  puts  His  own  institutions  beyond 
His  i>ower,  nor  does  He  leave  them  to  bo  com- 
pleted by  human  wisdom.  He  creates,  perfects, 
then  selects  for  His  own  purposes.  He  created 
water.  This  He  selects  as  a  means  for  man's 
moral  purity.  As  water  is  useful  for  the  cleans- 
ing of  all  material  things  of  their  impurities. 
He  chose  this  as  an  emblem  of  the  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  upon  the  heart  of  man.  God  did 
not  quit  making  signs  when  Mosea  died,  but  by 
His  Son  extends  the  work  to  the  end  of  time. 
Tho  healing  of  the  sick,  giving  sight  to  the 
blind,  feet  to  the  lame,  ears  to  the  deaf,  life  to 
the  dead,  are  signs  of  God's  power.  Washing 
the  saints'  feet,  breaking  bread,  dividing  the 
cup,  the  salutation  of  the  hply  kiss,  the  mani- 
■festations  of  brotheriy  love,  are  signs  of  God's 
power  in  1  he  hearts  of  men.  God  provides  the 
»tf«ns  of  bringing  the  truth  into  the  heart  of 
man,  thus  stamping  the  inmge  of  Christ  upon 
human  nature.  There  is,  however,  this  diifer- 
ence  between  the  dispensaf  ion  of  Moses  and  that 
of  Chiist;  the  former  consisted  very  largely  of 
material  things,  while  the  latter  is  full  of  spirit 
and  life.  The  former  was  designed  to  convey 
certain  ideas  of  God's  character  to  the  human 
mind  by  material  things,  and  the  hitter  is  de- 
signed to  perfect  ideas  in  the  human  soul,  hav- 
ing received  the  impress  and  seal  of  the  Deity 
through  Christ  our  Savior. 

Uiit\vard  Ulijeds 
having  formed  iilcaa  in  the  lulnd  of  man,  and 
words  given  to  distiuguisli  them  from  other 
ideas,  there  Is  no  longer  miy  necessity  for  the 
objects  which  were  used  to  represent  the  idea. 
Ill  short,  when  the  idea  of  purity  was  once  con- 
veyed to  tho  mind  of  man,  there  existed-  no 
longer  the  necessity  of  the  melius  enipioycd  to 
represent  that  idea.  "Whenoverthe  Jews  were 
cured  of  idolatry,  nnd  had  obtained  true  ideas  of 
the  attributes  of  the  true  God,  then  the  dispen^ 
Bution  of  shadows  and  ceremonies  'could  not 
make  the  comers  thereunto  perfect.'  "  With 
correct  ideas  concerning  the  flllFlbutes  of  God, 
the  JeiVB  h'ero  scattered  throughout  tho  worid, 
and  those  idea.s  were  thus  placed  withltl  tli 
reach  of  all  men;  but  at  no  time  were  thos 
ideas  stamped  indelibly  upon  the  human  soul 
until  done  so  by  Him  wh<^  ciime  in  the  flesh. 

.^^_^__-_^^  11.  M,  K. 

JOHN  WESLEY  ON  DRESS. 

THE  following  clipped  from  the  Gos}>el  Bd; 
ner,  is  to  the  point,  and  shows  how  that 
devout  reformer  looked  npon  the  habit  of  vain 
and  sho*vy  dressing.  Were  Mr.  Wesley  to  arise 
from  the  denil,  take  a  tour  through  the  United 
States  and  preach  such  doctrine  there  would  he 
some  lively  rattling  among  the  dry  bonpa,  and 
may  he  a  terribln  shaking  among  the  silk  and 
jewelry.  Carefully  read  and  takeheed;  his  lan- 
gnage  is  as  follows: 

■*  I  exhort  idl  those  who  desire  mo  to  watch 
over  your  souls,  wear  no  gold,  no  pearls  or  pre- 
cious stones,  use  no  curling  of  hnir  or  costly  np- 
parel  how  grave  soever.  I  advise  those  whoare 
able  lo  receive  these  sayings,  buy  no  velvet,  ©n 


e  linen,  no  superfluities,  no  mere 
though  ever  so  much  in  fashion. 
Wear  nothing,  though  you  have  it  already, 
which  is  of  n  glaring  color,  or  which  is  in  any 
way  guy,  glittering,  and  showy;  nothing  made 
in  the  height  of  fashion;  nothing  apt  to  attract 
the  attention  of  by-standers.  I  do  not  advise 
women  to  wearring,s,  ear-rings,  necklaces,  laces, 
of  whatever  kind  or  color;  or  ruffles,  which  may 
ea.sily  shoot  from  one  to  twelve  inches  deep. 
Neither  do  T  advise  men  to  wear  colored  waist- 
coats, shining  stockings,  glittering  or  shining 
buckles  or  buttons,  either  on  tlieir  coata  or  on 
their  sleeves,  any  more  than  gay,  fashionable, 
and  expensive  perukes.  And  whosoever  says 
that  there  is  no  harm  in  these,  might  as  well 
say  that  there  is  no  barm  in  stealing  and  adul- 
tery. This  is  a  melancholy  truth.  I  am  asham- 
ed of  it,  hut  I  know  not  how  to  help  it.  I  call 
heaven  and  earth  this  day  to  witness  that  it  is 
not  my  fimlt.  The  trumpet  has  not  given  an 
uncertain  sound.  For  nearly  fifty  years  past,  I 
have  borne  a  clear  and  faithful  testimony.  In 
print,  in  preaching,  in  meeting  the  society,  I 
have  not  shunned  to  declare  the  whole  counsel 
of  God;  1  am  therefore  clear  of  the  blood  of 
those  who  will  not  hear.  Il  lies  upon  their  own 
heads.  Let  your  dress  he  cheap  as  well  as  plain. 
Otherwise  you  do  but  trifle  with  God  and  me 
and  your  own  souls." 


Brotueb  Hillery,  before  going  West,  is  spend- 
ing a  f«w  weeks  with  the  members  in  the  Cen- 
tral Illinois  mission  field. 


SoMF.  one  wishes  us  to  announce  the  Love- 
feast  at  the  Seneca  church,  Ohio,  but  fails  to 
give  the  date.  This  is  the  reason  the  notice 
cannot  appear. 


The  price  of  the  Bretbken  at  Work  from 
now  till  the  end  of  _the  year  is  50  cents.  This 
is  a  good  opportunity  for  those  who  wisli  the 
paper  a  few  months  on  trial. 

DuuiNO  this  season  of  the  year  special  atten- 
tion should  be  given  to  a  strict  observance  of 
the  laws  of  health.  People  cannot  be  too  care- 
ful about  what  they  eat,  and  how  they  live. 
Right  living  is  essential  to  good  health  and 
long  life.        _         

Those  who  are  greatly  interested  in  the 
spreading  of  the  Truth  should  not  fail  to  read 
and  practically  consider  our  Special  Offer.  Send 
in  your  niit«  to  aid  in' sending  the  paper  to 
those  who  are  seeking  for  the  pure  Gospel. 


It  takes  two  to  make  a  quarrel.  One  cannot 
qunri-el  alone,  hence  any  one  who  quarrels,  can- 
not justly  blame  anyone  ehe,  for  i!  he  would 
behave  liimself,  the  other  person  would  too. 
Rememher  that  like  begets  like.  If  you  would 
live  in  peace,  first  learn  to  be  peaceable. 


If  young  men  would  take  better  care  of  their 
hcaltli,  we  would  have  more  useful  old  men  for 
counsellors.  The  smidi  number  of  old  people 
usually  found  in  the  country,  is  a  sad  comment 
on  our  present  high-style,  nnd  i'ast  way  of  liv- 
ing. Those  who  live  fast  and  high,  may  expect 
to  reach  tlie  grave  just  that  much  sooner, 

PARKKT3  cannot  be  tOO  efit-eftil  aboUt  Vliat 
(heir  children  play  with,  for  theaS  little  things, 
handled  day  ^ifter  day,  may  have  mncK  Id  flo 
with  shaping  their  lives  and  conduct.  Pistols 
and  swords  are  dangerous  play-thines  ,to  place 
in  the  hands  of  a  chUd,  for  they  may  engender 
a  lovo  of  carnal  weapons,  the  use  of  which  fre- 
quently leads  to, destruction. 


Sleep  is  a  fit  emblem  of  death.  Wheil  we 
close  our  eyes  in  s\eev,  wc  do  not  knotf  tvhether 
we  shall  ever  awake  agfllii,  hence  how  import- 
ant it  is  tJiat  we  retire  in  |«nce.  People  wlio 
quarrel  while  retiiing  lo  rest,  are  in  a  fearful 
condition.  It  is  bad  to  let  the  sHfl  go  down  on 
our  wrath,  bnt  far  worse  to  fall  asleep  with  bit- 
ter feehngs  in  onr  hearts.  Go  to  sleep  aa  you 
would  wish  tfl  die~-in  peace, with  the  wort-l  and 
heaven.  Let  your  li«t  thoughts  brenthc  the 
spirit  of  peace  and  warfl  to  God  a  prayer  of  geft- 
tie  repo'ae.  ___ 

The  ivord  (IccU  is  perhaps  the  worst  word  in 
the  English  language — the  more  you  take  from 
it  the  worse  it  seems  to  get.  Take  d-e-v-i-l  and 
drop  the  d  and  ive  have  eril;  p:it  the  e  on  the 
other  end  nnd  we  have  vile;  drop  the  v.  and  e. 
and  il,  sounding  like  ill  is  left.  Tnhe  off  the  i, 
and  1  very  much  like  hell,  is  all  there  is  left 
either  of  or  for  the  devil.  Drop  the  i  and  spell 
the  word  backward  and  we  hav^'/fv? — full  of 
life  and  activity  in  all  his  evil  works'  I'fe needs 
to  be  watched  on  every  aide,  whether  ciJawJrIered 
110  a  whole  or  in  parts. 


Aui^nst    ^'i. 


■fl-IE    BEETHKlLlX   ^T   AVORK. 


SOME  GOOD  SUGGESTIONS. 

JOHN  S.  Siveeny  in l^nown  ii-sono  of  thoablpst 
d>  biiU'rn  in  tlio  Cainpl>elliti!  r.lmrcli,  Ii.-ls 
cugageil  in  ovor  fifty  dUcHsstons,  iiiiil  lately  held 
a  piihlic  debiite  with  Mr.  Miller,  an  ublc (l(ii>ati.>r 
of  the  Methodist  church,  which  was  nttejidcd 
by  Uenjaniin  Froukliii,  an  able  debater  also,  ami 
editor  of  the  Aiiifiir/ni  Clirhlinti  Itevirir.  Mr. 
Fraakliri,  in  spcnking  of  thacomliict  of  the  two 
men,  gives  some  moat  excellent  suggestions. 
For  the  sake  of  those  who  may  likely  eiigage  in 
public  diacusaions  wo  give  below  som;  of  his 
criticisms: 

"1.  Wo  would  have  greatly  preferred  that 
Bro.  Sweeny  liad  iuvoriably  kept  liis  seat  while 
Mr.  Miller  was  speaking;  that  he  had  invariably 
ileclincd  to  answer  any  questions  during  the 
same  time,  or  even  nod  the  head  in  assent,  or 
shake  the  head  in  dissent.  This  would  have 
Avoided  some  little  altercations  and  interrup- 
tions that  injured  the  force  of  the  debate,  and 
caused  unpleasantness  in  the  audience.  These 
interruptions  were  caused  on  both  sides;  bnt 
■we  would  have  preferred  that  none  of  them  had 
been  caused  on  our  side. 

2.  It  would  have  been  much  better  if  he  had 
stood  iu  his  regular  speaking-place,  and  not 
worked  round,  iw  he  did  at  limes  in  front  of  Mr. 
Jliiler's  table.    This  was  not  the  best  of  taste. 

3.  We  regretted  that  his  gestures  were  not 
less  violent,  and  that  he  did  not  reserve  a  lew 
flourishes  of  his  hands,  and  slaps  of  books,  be- 
fore Mr.  Miller's  fiice.  These  gestures  did  not 
scare  Mr.  Miller,  nor  convince  any  in  the  audi- 
■ence. 

4.  A  very  few  little  things,  witticisms,  etc  , 
might  have  been  omitted  with  profit  to  the  ef- 
fect of  the  debate." 

Should  it  fall  to  the  lot  of  any  of  our  breth- 
ren to  defend  the  Truth  in  a  public  discussion 
they  will  do  well  to  remember  the  above  sug- 
gestions. ^^^^^^^^^^ 

MOEB  ABOUT  JOHN'S  BAPTISM. 

ANOTHKR  brother  sends  iis  a  few  more  re- 
marks about  John's  baptism,  and  by  an- 
swering them,  some  additional  light  can  he 
thrown  on  the  subject.  It  is  a  question  over 
which  not  n  few  are  puzzled. 

Tliat  John  bnpti/ed  by  immersion  is  clear. 
That  his  baptism  was  forward  instead  of  back- 
ward is  generally  conceded,  but  was  it  by  triiif 
or  single  immersion?  There  are  many  reiwon- 
for  concluding  that  it  was  by  trine  immersion. 
which,  on  any  other  question,  would  settle  it  lUs 
T\  matter  i3f  fact.  But  to  the  remarks  of  our 
convspoudeiit;  he  says: 

■■I  see  in  the  issue  of  tlic  Biiktiuik.v  at  Wmu; 
oi  Ibe  4tli  of  July,  uiidfr  Qutrlsfs  IX'inuluu'iit,  ni 
rc-plv  to, '  Dill  .Jolin  use  a  rorui  of  words  wla'u  lio 
biiiitivi'.!  .lisiisy'    Y.iu  \hit  STiy.  ■  \V./  lliuik  lie.li.i; 

J-OU,li  ■■!    .■  ■■    '     .•   -■■■■     ■'■■■■■ 


ll.ll- 


2(0' 


■di= 


ntlio  mountain  iii  Galilee,  tlie  liisfiples  would 
liftvo  ftlnendy  had  t ho  formula  in  that  euao;  and  a 
second  KiviiiK  wnuld  have  beeu  uimecessary.    Uut 

lio  liiiw  I-   (.  ••A-    Ili'Ji  l;il"il-a   til  :ill    lialii.llK.    And 
fllilli.  I  ■  .  ;:  i| t.'  Iliiiii  i'l   Hii-   ii^Miii-  of  tlic 

,     riill !■:'■■    -.i.,:iuil  i)f  111..  il..|y  (iliost.'" 

When  I  he  disciples  were  sent  out  on  their 
first  n-.i-4sion,  their  work  was  limited;  for  I  hey 
■\vcre  to  confine  their  labors  to  the  lost  sheep  of 
the  house  of  Israel,  not  being  permitted  to  preach 
specially  to  the  Gentiles,  but  when  they  were 
sent  out  on  their  second  mission  no  limits  were 
nienKoned,  the  whole  world  being  thoir  Held  of 
labor.  In  fact  it  was  their  duty  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  all  nations. 

1  do  not  apprehend  tiiat  tlie  formula  was  giv- 
en the  disciples  in  a  special  way  before  the  les- 
uri-ection.     They  kanicil  it  from   John    the 
Baptist  and  the  Savior,  and   baptized  in  that 
way,  because  it  was  approved  by  their  Master, 
This  conclusion  is   reasonable,  and  is  the   only 
one  against  which  no  fatal  objections  can  be 
filed.    That  John  used  any  other  formula  is  a 
mere  supposition  and   therefore  cannot  bo  re- 
ceived as  evidence  iu  any  case.    That  he  used 
^e  same  formula  that  was  afterwai-ds  given  to 
the  disciples,  is  not  only  reasonable,  but  hacked 
;up  by  circunistimtial  evidence  that  seems  suffi- 
•  ciently  clear  to  warrant  its  correctness.    It  will 
not  do  to  maintain  that  Christ  taught  hLs  disci- 
ples to  baptize  differently  from  what  John  did, 
for  that  would  have  caused  a  confusion  regard- 
ing the  mode  of  baptism.    It  then  follows,  that 
the  same  formula  must  have  been  used  by  both 
parties  as  being  the  only   way  of  maintaining 
the  sameness  of  practice. 


But  while  it  may  be  clear  that  there  was  no 
dilferenco  between  John's  baptism  and  that 
taught  by  the  Savior  in  Matt.  28: 19  practically, 
luid  their  origin  and  design  the  same.  S'et  we 
conclude  that  there  was  some  difference  theo- 
retically. This  we  have  mentioned  several 
times  before,  but  perhaps,  not  so  fully  as  might 
luive  been  expedient. 

John's  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er in  /ill"!,  and  of  the  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  pros- 
pectively. John  spoke  of  the  Father  iu  fact, 
but  of  Christ  and  the  Holy  Spirit  in  promise. 
This  however  did  uot  affect  either  the  mode  or 
design  of  John's  baptism,  only  he  baptized  the 
people  in  the  name  of  the  Father  whom  they 
knew  to  exist,  and  of  the  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit 
who  were  yet  to  come,  and  wore  promised  by 
John.  And  as  they  were  promised,  and  John 
baptized  in  thoir  name,  it  follows  that  his  bap- 
tism, so  far  as  it  was  in  the  name  of  the  Son  and 
Holy  Spirit,  was  prospective.  But  after  Christ 
came,  and  was  known  to  the  people,  then  John's 
baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of 
the  Son  in  fact,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit  prospect- 
ively. Then,  when  the  Holy  Spirit  came,  the 
baptifUi  was  in  the  name  of  all  three  in  fact,  and 
none  urospectiyely,  /'.  c,  before  Christ  was  bap- 
tized, John's  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the 
Father  in  fact,  and  of  the  Son  and  Holy  Spirit 
prospectively. — Then  after  the  reception  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  the  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the 
three  in  fact.  Or  to  illustrate  mcrre  clearly,  we 
present  it  in  the  following  form,  wherein  the 
large  capitals  rips^enta  the  baptism  when  in 
fact,  and  the  italics  when  prospective: 
(Dcforc  Christ  was  hiiplized.) 
IN  THE  NAME  OP  THE  FATHER, 
niid  of  the  Son, 
end  of  the  Hohj  Spirit. 

(After  Christ  was  t.ai>ti/e.l.) 
IN  THE  NAME  OF  THE  FATHEK, 

AND  OF  THE  SON. 
eiiid  0/  the  Holij  Spint. 

(After  the  Holy  ^liiiit  cTmic.) 

IN  THE  NAME  OP  THE  FATHER, 

AND  OF  THE  SON, 

AND  OF  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

,"  ARain,  .Tohn'.s  b:ii)tisui  was  untiv  reiientaHw-. 
iloliii  tellint'  'he  people  to  believe  tm  )iiiu  tliiit 
Hhoiild  tome  after  hiui.  AcUs  111:  -l;  llMtt.  i:-l: 
\JwV  l:.-*;  l-ufce  ":  HI;  John  1: 15.    Again,  when 

I'' 11 1  riMiii'  111  Fi'!ir-5i[3,  lie  said,  to  certain  iliMcipUs, 

■  ;i .  ■  .1  tlK'  IToly  Ghosi  3iT>.i-  ye  bcliei- 

■  ■ii-     l)-'-.    •■i'l,  iM'  have  not  so  innrii    us  lieard 

>vl,.rl,.'i     r;,.  r.    i.;mv    lTi.lv  fill.. :.|.      Ami  in-    Situl. 

Uiid.   v\l.  I-    ■'■■'      V > ..;  ■■       ■■  -      \'.'l  ih.-y 

Siiid,  UiUii    i-.l.'i  '  '  ■■;■  ■■".        \    i  X..W 

lin-lhnMi,  i  ■    ■     ■■      .!..■■■. 
llUlto.,1  u:     ■.    .■  I  ■     1  .    .- 

thello)',    l.tu.-    .     Ti ■!     ir.l 


Ti ■!     ir.l     lMM;-W._.llil    tiJC 

ail  nil.  I'nni.  '  .  h  '  >  ■ .  r  .-.  il  l.v  .li.hii  vr  liisdf^i- 
[.U's  in  1,:,,.:.  .,  ...iwil-,  [Ji.il  iv^is.  irtorwiii:ds 
^■iv^.•nl.ltlJ^-.li:-.L|.l^^.-l  rloi.,1.'' 

I  regard  the  rebaptizing  of  the  twelve  dissi- 
plejf  by  Paul  at  Epbesus  as  proof  of  two  things: 

1.  Though  they  said  they  were  baptic^d 
"unto  John's  Ijap^ism,"  yet  they  vrtve  noi  bap- 
tized !/.'/ John,  fot-  those  he  baptiMd  were- by 
him  told  of  the  floiy  Ghost,  on-  whom  they 
shoukl  believe,  [Matt,  3: 11),  but  t^se  dssciples' 
hiid  not  even  so  much  as  liriml  whether  therw 
be  auy  Holy  Ghost.  Had  they  been  baptized 
by  him,  they  would  have  heari  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  hence  it  certainly  follow&-U»at  they  weie 
baptized  by  some  onn  who  did  aot  teach  the 
way  of  the  Lord  perfectly,  heu£»  onutted  the 
mentioning  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2.  As  they  hail  not  even  tu/er/d  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  it  follows  that  that  namo  was  omitted 
from  the  Jbrmnla  used  at  tbcJr  baptism,  and 
from  a  careful  reading  of  Atls  Ift:  3:  4,  it  may 
be  inferred  that  even  the  same  of  Christ  was 
also  omitted,  thus  showings  that  at  least  a  part 
of  the  foimula  was  disregarded,  hence  rendering 
their  baptism  invalid.  They  were  then  bapti 
ed  by  Paul  "  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Sou,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 


Let  some  one  in  each  neighborhood  send  in 
the  names  and  addresses  of  those  whom  they 
think  will  likely  be  influenced  for  good  by  read- 
ing the  pappr,  and  we  will  keep  a  careful  record 
of  them  in  a  separate  book.  These  names 
ihould  be  written  on  a  sheet  of  paper  separate 
from  all  other  business.  Bnt  before  sending  in 
any  one's  name,  it  would  be  best  to  first  see  the 

irty  and  solicit  their  subscription  for  the  paper 
accordiug  to  terms  published  last  week,  but  if 
they  will  not  subscribe,  then  forward  the  names 
s.  You  may  also  send  in  the  names  of  dis- 
tant friends. 

To  all  such  we  will  send  the  Biiethben  at 
Work  one  year  for  Sl.OO  each,  and  wish  to  mise 
the  money  by  donations  from  our  readens.  Hence 
suggest  that  all  who  feel  disposed  to  do  so,  donate 
lomething  to  this  fund — which  we  will  call  the 
Gospel  Fund — to  be  used  in  sending  the  paper 
to  such  names  a.**  vrill  be  forwarded  to  us.  We 
will  ent«r  the  names  in  order  as  they  come  in, 
and  then  as  we  rewive  the  money,  will  send  the 
paper.  In  order  to  show  that  we  are  doing  a 
straight  business,  we- will  publish  a  list  of  the 
money  received  and  aames  to  wliom  the  paper 
may  be  sent. 

Our  readera  will  perceive  that  this  is  a  very 
libera!  offer,  as  we  throw  off  50  cents  on  each 
paper  in  order  to  reaeh  a  eJaas  who  otherwise 
would  not  take  the  jtaper.  We  hope  to  hear 
from  many  of  you  seen,  for  this  is  an  excellent 
opportunity  to  spread  the  tn^th. 


The  Lord  \\as  but  little  use  for  people  who 
want  their  own  way  about  everything  that 
comes  up  in  the  church.  If  thoy  cannot  learn 
to  submit  while  in  this  lifer,  what,  will  they  do 
in  that  which  is  to  come? 


Peoi'LE  who  "xpect  to  become  chaste  in  con- 
versation, must  first  loarn  to  be  pure  in  heart, 
for  pure  water  cannot  issue  from  a  corrupt 
fountain.  Purify  the  heart  ajid  the  couversit- 
tion  will  take  care  of  itself. 


BltOTHEK  Sharp  left  herelasi  Friday,  with 
the  intention  of  spending  some  time  with  the 
Brethren  in  the  Waddam's  Gro»e  congregation. 
His  family  is  still  at  Marysville,  Teuu.,  but  will 
soon  move  to  Ashland,  Ohio. 


SIkn"  and  women  who  have  to  Uft  their  neigh- 
bors that  they  are  Christians,  are  poor  walking 
ertisenieiits  for  either  the  Land's  or  any  oth- 
er cause.  If  a  man's-daily  waUt  and  toiivenjft- 
tion  do  not  tell  what  he  is,  thsBO  is  but  little 
dependence  to  he  put  in  his  verbal  profession. 


It  is  truthfully  said,  that  the-  t;dleit  trees 
are  most  exposed  to  high  winds,  and  ainbiiious 
and  exalted  men  to  the  cyclones  of  Jj-iiiweand 
destructive  teuiplations.  He  wjlo  will  ifcrionsly 
ponderthis  subject,. will  see  a  reivson  for  keej*- 
ing  down  in  the  valley  of  1  mi  ijiaiy — here  he 
will  find  the  secret  of  the  success  attendiug  an 
hiiuiblo  lif^.  ■     ;  "   .  I 

SoMK  energatic  brother  o_{^Lt  to  K.ite  an,  ef- 
fort to  build  up  moliurch  in  the  Sfcitte- o(' jitiiue, 
and  we  think,  if  the  proper  effort*  were  made, 
it  could  be  done..  There  is  eo  State-  in  the  Uiv- 
ioii  up  with  Maiiie  in  the  cnuee  of  li?mpei;uice, 
and  it  would  be  of  much  advantage  to  our  plesi 
to  establish  a  congregation/  in  suah  a  place; 
having  a  temperate  people  to  co»i.meu»  with, 
much  good  might  bo  accomplished. 


From  presout  indications  it  ^veiiid  seem  that 
tbeCatholics.are  making  consid«able  progress 
in  England,  luid  'oy  some  it  is  fetred  that  Cftth- 
oUcism  will  yet  become  the  prevailing  religion 
of  that  fevtele  island.  Catholics  have  already 
intimated  that  if,Engl»ud  were  under  the"  influ- 
ence ol'  thoir  faitli,  thciy  could  see  their  way  cl^nr 
to  manago-the  Eastern  question  to  their  own 
notion..  Protestantism  should  keep  a  keen  look- 
out, for  bSe  (!atliolicf  will  not  leave  a  stone  un- 
turned tiat  will  strengthen  their  cause. 


It  is  gratifying  to  reflect  oa  the  past  history 
of  the  island  of  Cyprus.  During  the  fir^t  years 
of  the  Christian  church  it  was  ike  home  of  Bar- 
nabas and  Mnason,  and  the  Msno  of  some  of 
Paul's  ardnons  missionary  labors,  but  haring 
been  redeemed  from  thecorruptiuginfluenceaof 
Turkey  and  placed  under  the  co»trol  of  Eng- 
land, we  may  e:ipect  it  to  resume,  ia  a  measure, 
much  of  its  former  glory  imd  bccoiie  the  home 
of  devoted  followers  of  the  Master. 


IsiiORiiATiox  reaches  us,  that  nnny  years 
ago  there  waa  a  ISerman  book  publis'Aed,  giving 
an  aicount  of  the  relation  that  Alexrutder  Mack 
sustained  to  the  descendants  of  the  Waldenses, 
and  that  the  same  thing  was  referred  to  in  a 
Bible,  published b?  the  United  Brethren. church, 
coutaioing  ahistsryof  thatdenominatinn.  Are 
there  aivy  of  our  leaders  who  know  »n^>thing 
about  Ihjc  book?  If  they  do,  they  wiUiplease 
inform  us,  as  we  would  like  to  procure  a  copy 
if  the  wcuk. 


If  you?  minister  must  spend  two  op  three 
days  out  of  each  week  preaching  funeralu  and 
.ttending  tit  church  work  generally,  you  aannot 
expect  him  to  pro^yrr  financially.  In^«ad  of 
censuring  binii.and  talking  about  hispno?  man- 
agement andl  failures,  it  would  be  far  better  to 
lend  him  a  halping  kaud  and  thus  relieve  him 
a  part  of  his  burfen.  Treat  him  bb-  you 
luld  like  him.  to  ti»at  you,  were  you  in. his 
place.  Do  not  expedi  preachers  to  bear  the 
cros?  alone  acd'oll  theshurchgofree.  Gcdipity 
the  poor  minister  and  his  family,  for  th«-rich 
will  not.  ^__^__^^__ 

It  is  reported"  that  the  Buffelo  ministejs-are 
talking  seriou&I!i»  anion*  themselves  of  attempt- 
to  abolish  operatic  ^inartettes  and  music 
from  their  chuiohes.  It  is  time  they  were  mak- 
ing some  kind  o6  a,  refwm.  These  denomina- 
tions that  ha-t^  been,  nmning  off  into  every 
foolish  thing  cnaginaiVle  in  order  to  induce 
people  to  attend  services,  are  beginning  to  learn 
a  lesson,  and  thie-a-hou-ld  serve  as  a  warning  to 
our  people,  that  Hiey  riai  uot  into  the  saiu*  ex- 
of  error.  \%  want  to  cling  to  the  old 
Apostolic  order  of  singi»g  with  the  splrifoand 
the  understanding  also^ 


A  SPECIAL  OFFER. 

IN  order  to  accomplish  as  much  good  as  possi- 
ble and  do  all  in  our  power  to  disseminate 
the  faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren,  we  con- 
clude to  make  a  special  offer  and  thus  afford  our 
readers  an  excellent  opporfcunily  to  assist  in  a 
great  aud  good  work.  There  are  thousands,  not 
members  of  the  church,  who  might  he  greatly 
benefited  by  reading  Ihe  Buethrun  at  Wokk 
the  coming  year,  and  especially  the  debate,  and 
in  order  to  reach'this  class  we  propose  the  fol- 
lowing: 


TnoSF.  who  cjiote  Wel>ster  in  defenet-  of 
sprinkling  and  :)Ouiiiu.g,  do  the  noted  Huguist 
injustice,  for  lie  defljies  Ihe  original  meaning  of 
the  word  correctly.  We  quote  from  his  Una- 
bridged Piitiouai-y  uf  iv  late  date,  where  he  ia 
lin-  l.;i|di-iii-.  "f;^--.  Ihiplismii,  Bap^smos, 
troiu  D'tjiliz'  ill,  'm  liiipt'hf,  /(-"111  lUiplfint  lo  dip 
irnier."  From  this  it  is  clear  that  baf^iam  is 
derived  from  whkiIs,  n>cauing  to  dip  in  bhe  wa- 
ter, hence  as  I'wdence  is  wholly  on  the  side  of 
immersion.  Men.  of  such  scholarship  aa  Web- 
at«r  are  not  addicte<l  todefiuing  Ixtpli^o  to  mean 
either  sprinklkig  or  pouring,  for  thai,  would 
endanger  their  repuiakion  as  scholarSi  Since 
the  united  voioe  of  tie  ancient  Greeks, in  whoso 
mother  tongue-  the  New  Testament  was  first 
■svritten,  is  Oft  the  side  of  immei-sion^  it  is  not 
safe  for  modoaii  scholars  of  reputation,  to  gain- 
say.   The  qasstion  is  too  firinly  settled. 


TiiOE  always  -jirill  be  men  iv'ho  are  called 
great  preachers.  The  cause  cannot  well  get 
along  without  them,  nor  would  they  be  great 
without  (he  cauBe.  Some  of  them  are  men  of 
great  natural  ability,  bnt  their  zeal  and  stabili- 
ty have  much  to  do  -with  their  superior  work- 
ainnship.  In  order  to  become  eminently  usefal, 
1  man  must  not  attempt  to  do  too  many  thing' 
at  the  same  time.  Great  preachers  are  seldom 
gi-eat  in  lUiything  else.  We  all  have  our  gifts 
and  it  is  our  duty  to  improve  them,  and  do  the 
best  wo  know  how  in  our  calhngs.  If  yon 
would  be  useful,  learn  to  do  good  and  make 
your  mark,  not  by  running  all  over  the  world_ 
iu  search  of  something  to  do,  but  work  in  the 
sphere  whei-o  God  has  jdaced  you.  Better  he 
great  in  humility  and  he  sure  of  salvation,  thau 
great  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  and  lose  heaven. 
Take  good  care  of  your  own  conduct  and  do 
what  is  right.  God  will  see  to  the  greatness 
and  the  reward  too.  And  for  heaven's  sake  do 
not  he  jealous  of  anybody  else. 


OALIFOSHIA  COMMITTEB  FUND. 

St.  Joseph  thurch,  Ind. ^1,00 

Turkey  Cisefc  church,  Ind., 1.00 

H.  Berkman,  Iowa, 1.00 

Millmine  ibureh.  111., 1,00 

Rock  Rua  church,  Ind., 1.5Q 

Isaac  P.  Bowers.  Ind., '  ■  -  .1.00 

Pipe  Creek  church,  Ind., 1.00 

Kel  River  church,  Ind.,-.-.; 2.15 

Hudson  church.  111 ' 1.00 

Oak  Hill  church,  Vf.  Va., 3.00 

Knob  Ci-eek  church.  Tenn,,  - 1.00 

Chippewa  church,  Ohio, 1.30 

Buck  Creek  church,  Ind., l.OO 

Previously  reported, §15.00 

Total,  §30.15 

Who  can  send  us  the  names  and  addresses  of 
a  number  of  persons  living  in  Maine?  We 
want  to  send  them  sample  copies  and  try  to 
work  up  a  list  of  subscribers  all  over  that  State, 
There  are  too  many  temperance  people  there  to 
have  no  Brethren  among  them.  Come  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  help  lis  a  little,  and  we  will  see 
what  can  be  done.    ' 

The  safest  place  during  a  hurricane  is  in  a 
cellar,  or  some  other  low  place.  Just  so  during 
the  storms  of  sin — he  who  keeps  down  ia  the 
Tttlley  of  humiliaty  is  safe. 


THE  KHETiinKN  j.v'r  woi^k:. 


^uj^usfc    22. 


TRUTH. 

Oii(;c  there  wili  ii  litlle  boy, 
'  With  curly  liaininil  pleaatnit  eye, 
A  boy  who  iilwnys  gpdke  the  trutlij  ■ 
And  never,  nevci-toW  n  lie. 

Anil  wJieii  he  trotted  oH  to  school, 
The  dilliheii  all  nboiit  \Voulll  cry,  ' 

There  goM  till' fiiny-hendod  boy—    i^  '   ■ 
Tlie  boy  who  nuVfrtella  n  lie. 

Anil  oyeiTboily  Uivctl  Iiim  so, 
Ui'cniiaeheti)hl  till'  truth. 
Thnt  every  ilay,  as  he  grew  up, 
.    'Twaa  aahl,  Tliere  goes  th«  lioueati  youth. 

Xnd  Wlioii  the  p'co|(le  Sfho  stood  nclir '' ' 
WouhU^Ot'theveHSon'-why,  ''■    ■ 

Tho  answer  would  henlways  this— 
He  nevei- toMiilie.  r 

I  — Biblr  Banner. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

-^Motleration  is  the  silken  string  nimiing 
through  the  pearl  chain  of  all  virtues. 

— Nothing  cau  constitute  good  breccltng  that 
has  not  good  nature  for  its  foiiudatibn, 

— Never  let  your  zeal  outnin  your  character. 
The  former  is  but  hiiniau,  the  latter  is  dii-ine. 

— It  would  be  well  if  we  hadj^ss  medicine 
aud  more  cures,  less  can't  and  piore  pity,  Jess 
law  mill  mote  justice,  ,.,,,i    .        ,  ; 

— The  virfcues:6f  amnn  oughttp  he  measured, 
not  by  his  extraordinary  ex^i'tious,'  butby  his 
every  day  coiiduL't.  'i  H 

—^Be  thankful  that  your  lot  has  fallen'  on 
times  wheii;"tliougli  there  maybe  many  evil 
tongues  aud  exasperated  spirits,'  there  are  ilone 
who  have  fire  mid  fagot  at  eomfliand.      ' 

— They  lose  all  the  pc^fit  of '  \venlth,  liveii  in 
this  life,  who  just  hoard  it  up.  So  he  who  tries 
to  keep  his  religion  to  himself,  will  get  ai'little 
good  from  it,,  as  he.  lets  ptliera.get.,  ,  Use  what 
you  have,  if,  you  would  have  more. 

— There  is  n  burden  of  care  in  getting  riches, 
fenr  in  keeping  them,  temptation  in  using  them, 
guilt  in  abusing  them,  sorrow  in  losing  them, 
and  a  burden  of  account  at  last  to  ibe  given  up. 
concerning  thein. 

— In  preaching  the  Word,  Christ  Jesus'  Him- 
self is  the  object  of  faith.  The  truth  or  Gospel 
o£  Christ  is  the  matter  of  faith;  the  divine  evi- 
dence of  the  truth  is  the  ground  of  faith;  the 
declaration  and  hearing  the  truth  is'the  medium 
of  faith;  and  the  spirit  of  truth  is  the  author 
of  faith. 

— To  understand  the  world  is  iviser  than  to 
condemn  it.  To  study  the  world  is  better  than 
to  shun  it.  To  use  the  world  is  nobler  than  to 
abuse  it.  To  make  the  world  better,  lovelier 
and  happier,  is  the  noblest  work  of  a  man  or  a 
woman. 

— What  heart  has  not  acknowledged  the  in- 
fluence of  this  hour,  the  sweet  and  soothing 
hour  of  twilight,  the  hour  of  love,  the  hour  of 
adoration,  the  hour  of  rest,  when  we  think  of 
those  we  love  only  to  regret  that  we  have  not 
loved  them  more  dearly,  when  we  remember 
our  enemies  only  to  forgive  them  ? 

— If  you  want  to  spoil  all  that  God  gives  you; 
if  you  want  to  be  miserable  yourself,  and  a  ma- 
ker of  misery  to  others,  the  way  is  easy  enough. 
Only  be  selfish,  and  it  is  done  at  once.  Think 
about  yourself;  what  respect  the  people  ought 
to  pay  you,  what  people  think  of  you;  and  then 
to  you  nothing  will  be  pure. 

— Christianity,  if  it  means  anything,  means 
sixteen  ounces  to  the  pound,  three  feet  to  the 
yard,  a  just  weight  aud  a  just  measure, — It 
,  means  honesty  in  all  dealing.^,  purity  in  all  con- 
versation, a  charity  as  broad  as  the  race,  un- 
flinchina integrity,  Bympathy,  humanity  to  man. 
With  these  there  can  be  no  compromise. 

— It  is  not  uncommon  for  persons  to  surmise 
things  concerning  others,  to  have  their  suspi- 
cions, and  then  to  give  out  these  surniisings  and 
suspicions  as  facts.  Very  great  injury  is  often 
done  in  this  way.  Equidly  wrong  is  it  to  at- 
tribute motives  to  pcrsoUM  which  they  do  not 
themselves  acknowledge.  It  is  not  the  way  to 
do.  It  is  not  what  the  holy  Book  teaches 
Christians  to  do, 

— If  we  call  ourselves  true  Christians,  let  us 
never  be  afraid  to  deal  with  people  about  their 
souls,  as  Philip  dealt  with  Nathaniel.  Let  us 
invite  them  boldly  to  make  proof  of  our  religi 
Let  us  tell  them  confidently  that  they  cannot 
know  its  real  value  until  they  have  triedit.  Let 
ua  assure  them  that  vit;d  Christiunity  courts 
every  possible  inquiry.  It  h:^  uo  secrets.  It 
has  nothing  to  conceal.  Its  faitli  and  practice 
are  spoken  against  ji^t  becau'^e  they  are  not 
known.  I,ta  enemies  Kpea!<  evil  of  things  i 
wbicli  they  are  not  aciiuaiuted,  Tliey  under- 
slund  neither  what  they  say  LOr  whereof  they 
nllrni. 


IIV  IrARRIET  urcK. 

OH  friends,  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  a 
remorseless  foe  will  confront  you,  Strength 
of  arm  and  pride  of  intellect,  and  stoutness  of 
heart  ^vill  not  avail.  The  wisdom  of  the  wisest. 
men  cannot  s^ve ,  you;  although  you  maybe 
reveling  in  homes  of  luxury,  and  hosts  of  devoU 
ed  friends  surround  you,  yet  every  efifort  of 
theirs,  in  your  behalf,  wilt  he,  in  vain.  DeaHi 
will  soin  lay  his  cold  and  icy  arms  around  you, 
your  eyes  will  close  to  all  earthly  sights,  your 
lip's'be  sealed,  aud  your  throbbing  heart  will 
cease  to  beat;  and  you  must  go,  prepared  or 
unprepared,  to  try  the  realities  of  an  unseen 
world.  If  you  have  not  made  your  peace  with 
God,  0  sinner,  whither  can  you  flee  for  protec- 
tion 'i  Or  must  you  then,  pray  for  the  rocks  and 
mountains  to  ;fall  upon  j'ou  and  foreyer  hide 
you  from  the  face  of  Him  that  sitteth  upon  the 
throne,  and  from  the  Lamb?  Take  warning 
then,  for  already  Death's  shadow  darkens  your 
pathway,  and  the  fatal  d?»rt  may  be  poised  with 
iinerririg  aim  in  the  hands  of  the  destroyer. 
But  in  the  great  judgment  day  what  will  the 
Savior  say  to  those  who  have  not  obeyed  His 
commands?  "Depart  from  mi*,  yew^orkersof 
iniquity,  d  never  knew  you,"  Have  you  never 
thought  that  you  ought  to  become  religious? 
If  you  have  felt  that  you  should  live  a  Christian 
, life,  then  why  delay  coming  to  Cl^rist?  You 
may  think  that  you  bid  fairifor  a  long  life,  but 
dear  friend,  you  b:^vc  no  assurance  for  to-mor- 
row. "  To-day  if  you  will  hear  his  voice,  harden 
not  yoyr  hearts."  No  doubt  oIIhts' 'thought  as 
yOu  n6w  do,  bat  where  are  they  now?'  'Sleep- 
ing that  long  sli^ep  of  dea,th,  and  sotniS  of  them 
had  to  go  unprepared, — called  away  without  a 
moment's  warning- 
Then  since  death  is  oil  our  track,  let  us  try  to 
improve  the  short  Space  of  time  allotted  us,  ahd 
try  to  live,  by  God's  help,  ^o  that  death  will'iiot 
be  feared,  and  we  shall  conquer  and  go'  shouting' 
home,  victorious  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  in  that  great  day  may  we  hear  that  Welconlc 
plaudit,  "  Well  done  good  aud  faithful  servant, 
enter  thou  into  the  joys  of  thy  Lord." 

Oh  come  this  moment  ;iiiit  lii.'gin 
While  life's  sWeet  moments  last; 

Turn  to  the  Lord,  foi-Siike  your  sins.      ■ 
And  He'll  (urgive  wJiafs  past. 


been  so  often  occasioned  by  it,  and  that  our 
dear  youth  may  not,  in  ignorance,  be  led  into 
something,  where,  perhaps,  afterwards  their 
thoughts  might  be  accusing  one  anotiier  about 
those  things  which  cannot  be  altered  aby  more, 
and  therefore  should  be  well  considered  previ- 
ously in  the  fear  of  God."  Minutes  of  Annual 
Council,  page  IT. 


EXTRACTS  UPON  THE  MARRIAGE 
OF  NEAR  RELATIONS. 

UY  JA1IE3  WIHT, 

U  TN  Spain,  kings  marry  their  oivn  nieces, 
X  and  in  this  country,  (England)  fii-st  and 
second  cousins  marry  without  scruple,  although 
every  philosophical  physiologist  ivill  declare 
that  this  is  in  direct  opposition  to  the  institu- 
tions of  nature. 

If  the  first  iiulividuals  connected  in  near  rela- 
tionship, who  unite  in  marriage  are  uncommon- 
ly robust,  and  possess  very  favombly  developed 
brains,  their  offspring  may  not  be  so  iimch  de- 
teriorated below  the  common  standard  of  the 
country  as  to  attract  particular  attention,  and 
the  law  of  nature  is,  in  this  instance,  supposed 
uottohold;  but  it  does  hold,  for  to  a  law  of 
nature,  there  never  was  an  exception.  The  ofi- 
spring  are  uniformly  inferior  to  what  they 
would  hare  been  if  the  parents  had  united  with 
strangers  in  blood  ofcqual  cerebral  development. 
Whenever  there  is  any  remarkable  deficiency 
in  parents  who  are  related  in  blood,  these  appear 
in  the  marked  and  aggravated  forms  in  the  off- 
spring." Comb  on  the  Constitution  of  man, 
pages  177, 17S. 

"  Marriages  between  persons  nearly  related 
by  consanguinity  are  now  deemed  to  be,  in  a 
certain  sense,  a  violation  of  the  physical  laws  of 
nature,  and  tending  to  the  deterioration  of  the 
race.  This  impediment  is  of  univei-sal  force 
throughout  Christendom.  It  rests  however, 
quite  as  much  upon  the  liabilities  that  marriage 
between  near  relatives  will  impair  the  concord 
of  families,  aud  interfere  with  the  purity,  harmo- 
ny, and  freedom  of  domestic  intercourse,  as  up- 
on the  reason  just  given.  What  degrees  of  af- 
finity or  consanguinity  should  prevent  parties 
;from  marrying  each  other,  is  a  question  upon 
which  there  has  been  great  diversity  of  opinion, 
and  in  its  discussion  much  learning  has  been 
e.-qjeuded."  Chamberlin's  Commercial  Law, 
page  S02. 

"  None  of  you  shall  approach  to  any  that  is 
near  of  kin  to  him  to  uncover  their  ilakedness: 
lam  the  Lord."    Lev.  IS:  6. 

"  Concerning  marriages  of  near  relatioris  es- 
pecially cousins,  wiLs  unauimou.sly  considered, 
and  deemed  good  that  such  nuirriages  should 
ifot  at  all  be,  and  that  parents  sihpuld  warn  tlieir 
children  eauicstly  in  this  respect,  so  that  offense 
and  scandal   might  be   prevented,  which  have ' 


TWILIGHT. 


HOW  delightful  are  the  twilight  houra! 
When  the  last  rays  of  the  brilliant  orb  of 
day — the  setting  sun,  have  disappeared  behind 
the  far-stretched  Western  hills,  and  all  nature 
is  bushed  to  quietude,  V/ipn  will  our  minds  wan- 
der back  to  the  happy  days  of  our  childhood, 
when  our  hearts  were  as  the  sparkling  evening 
dews,  when  we  knew  not  of  sorrow  or  anguish 
of  heart,  when  all  was  joy  and  happiness,  and 
we  thought  not  of  the  coming  future.  Again, 
we  fancy  oui-selves  treading  tlie  well-known 
paths  of  our  youthful  homes,  .and  imagine  we 
hear  our  childish  voices  ringing  in  the  old  fa- 
miliar halls,  .ilthough  many  days,  weeks,  months, 
yea,  years  have  elai)sed  since  that  time.  We 
inquire,  AVhere  are  those  who  mingled  with  us 
in  childhood's  hallowed  spot,  with  whom  we 
associated  in  bygone  days?  We  receive  the 
ansWer,bonio  by  thC' passing  breeze:  '■' Sm/ler- 
ed,''  .Beloved  and  affectionate  parents,  brethr 
ren,  sisters,  Sabbath-school  teachei-s,  and  schol- 
ars; all,  the  golden  chain  that  binds  the  family 
and  friendship  cjrcles  together  is  broken  and 
where  are  the  loved  ones?  Death  has,  entered 
and  claimed  the  golden  jewels,  while  we  havi 
wandered  to  a  far-off  distant  land;  and  thus  it 
is,  change  is  the  password  from  the  first  dawn 
of  the  morning  of  youth  to  the  setting  of  the 
sun,  and  the  close  of  the  twilight  hours  of  the 
silvery  locks  of  age. 

May  we,  as  we  wander  from  the  threshold  of 
the  old  familiar  homestead,  "  O'er.  thcBc  wide 
extended  plains," /ori/e/  not  the  Giver  of  those 
golden  hours  of  childhood,  and  all  through  the 
journey  of  life  reverence  His  great  and  holy 
name,  so  that  if  we  arrive  at  the  twilight  boui-s 
of  life,  that  we  may  exclaim  with  Christ,  our 
Redeemer,  as  He  bowed  His  head  aud  was  about 
to  enter  the  portals  of  death,  "It  is  finished." 
Our  race  is  ended,  and  our  journey  of  li 
complete.  May  we  then  calmly  sink  to  rest  in 
the  arms  of  Jesus  to  await  the  sounding  of  the 
trumpet  on  that  great  resurrection  morn. 

"  Tlie  ilay  is  past  and  gone, 
The  cv"iiiug  shades  appear; 

0,  may  we  all  remember  well. 
The  iiif;;lit  of  death  draws  uear." 


"  LET  NOT  YOUR  HEART  BE 
TROUBLED." 

IIY  a.  M.  IIINXICH. 

rpHERE  is  trouble  for  man  from  the  cradle  to 
X  the  grave.  He  is  of  few  days  and  full  of 
trouble.  Jesus  warned  His  disciples  of  the  trials 
and  pei'seeutions  that  were  about  to  befall  them. 
He  told  them  "ye  will  be  haled  of  all  men," 
They  will  persecute  you  from  city  to  city;  you 
will  be  cast  into  prison  and  be  put  to  death  for 
my  sake.  The  grejit  Teacher  did  not  tell  His 
disciples  where  to  go,  or  what  to  do,  to  escape 
trouble,  but  He  told  them  what  was  much  bet. 
tor  for  them  and  us  to  know — -bow  to  triumph 
over  our  troubles. 

"  Ye  believe  in  God,  believe  also  in  me." 
This  is  the  great  antidote  for  all  our  troubles. 
Faith  in  Christ  enables  ns  to  soar  above  trouble. 
As  the  eagle  soars  above  the  rain,  the  storm  and 
clouds,  into  the  sunshine  of  a  placid  atmosphere, 
so  by  faith  sbidl  the  Christian  rise  above  troub- 
le, persecution  and  even  death  itself,  into  thi: 
glorious  light  of  the  Sun  uf  Righteousness. 

Are  we  in  trouble,  belief  in  Jesus  will  still 
our  fears.  Do  we  ieiu-  to  die,  we  had  better 
fear  to  live.  If  wc  live  right,  we  shall  die  right. 
If  we  care  for  our  life,  God  will  care  for  ou: 
death.  There  is  oolhiug  for  the  Christian  to 
[rouble  about  in  life  or  death,  whoobeys  the  in- 
junction, "Fear  God  and  him  only  shall  ye 
serve." 

Let  war,  famine,,  pestilence  come;  let  thi 
lightnings  flash,  the  thunders  roll;  yea,  let  the 
earth  and  the  heavens  flee  away,  God  is  ont 
Fatheb.  "God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a 
PRESENT  HELP  in  trouble."    Psalm  46:  2, 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

■       WV  if.  f:.  MILLEK. 

OUR  wiys  are  not  Go:rs  ways.  AVhen  Saul 
saved  the  cattle  for  sacrifice,  it  lyas  agood 
object  he  liad  in  view,  but  it  Was  not  according 
to  God's  \vill.    That  was  not  God's  way  and  we 


will  all  ailuiit  that  He  knows  best.  When  God 
says,  come  out  from  among  sinners,  and  be  sep- 
arate from  them.  He  meims  for  us  to  do  so; 
When  God  says,  be  not  unequftlly  yoked  to.^ 
gether  with  unbelievers,  it  is  for  us  to  obey. 
We  must  learn  to  olwy;  it  is  one  of  the  hardest 
lessons  we  have,  this  learning  to  obey.  How 
few  are  well  trained  in  this  particular. 

"But  theie  were  false  prophets  also  among 
the  people,  even  as  there  shall  be  false  teachers 
among  you."  What  a  pity!  false  teachers 
among  us.  But  how  are  we  to  tell  them?  Wc 
can  judge  the  tree  by  its  fruits?  Wecau meas- 
ure by  that  perfect  rule  which  we  have,  cau  wo 
not?  "If  any  man  preach  any  other  Gospel 
unto  you  than  that  ye  have  received,  let  bim  ho 
accursed:  For  do  I  now  persuade  men,  or  Qod? 
or  do  I  seek  to  please  men?  for  if  I  yet  pleased 
men,  I  should  not  be  the  servant  of  Christ." 
Gal,  1:9,  10. 

Yea,  we  complain  of  hard  times,, but  were  we 
only  thankful  instead,  for  the  many  blessings 
which  we  are  continually  enjoying,  how  good  it 
would  be!  If  we  were  as  thanklul  as  we  should 
be,  God  would  bless  us  so  abundantly  that  we 
would  not  have  room  to  receive  it.  We  mur- 
mur aud  complain,  yet  we  arc  even  now  blessed 
above  what  we  are  worthy  to  receive. 

"I  have  fought  a  good  fight,"'  Sometimes 
people,  when  they  come  to  the  churoh,  are  dis- 
appointed, They  seem  to  think, 'the  victory 
won,  but  it  is  only  oommenced.  They;  expect 
to  find  everything  smooth. and, easy. ,  Tl)is  is  a 
'jreat  mistake.  We  have  a  battle  to  fight, — a 
life-long  battle,  and  sometimes,  we  are  in  peril 
here,  and  sometimes  there,  and  soiuetimes  it 
happens  that  we  are  in  peril  among  false  hretli- 
ren.  Even  in  the  Apostles'  time,  false  brethren 
had  crept  into  the  church  and  what  may  wc  ex- 
pect now?  It  is  a  sad  thin^  to  get  in  peril 
among  false  brethren.  Of  all  the  perils  Paul 
speaks  of  being  in,  I  always  thought  tho  lust 
one  was  the  worst.  Even  Christ  was  smitten 
in  the  hou^e  of  His  friends.  The. Christian. has 
a  great  battle  to  fight,  "fucs  wit]hout.;and  fears 
within," 

"  When  my  father  lind'  mother  forsake  me, 
theiithejjord  will  tuIie  pi^  up.'' ;  W,hat-a;3weet 
and  consoling  thought-  this  is  of  the  Psalmi,st! 
When  our  dearest  friends  forsake  us;  the  Lord 
will  care  for  us.  This  brings  to  my  mind  the 
Scripture  where  it  says,  we  must  forsake  all 
for  Christ  or  we  cannot  be  His  disciples.  God 
wants  our  services  unconditionally,  not  if  father 
[lud  mother  give  themselves  wholly  to  Him.  At 
the  judgment  the  church  will  not  be  accepted 
as  a  whole,  but  such  things  as  offend  will  be  re< 
jected.  Brethren  and  sisters,  we  will  all  be 
judged  individually;  let  us  not  follow  one  an- 
other, but  let  us  measure  ourselves  by  that 
measure  which  will  stand  when  .ill  ciirlhty 
things  will  have  passed  away. 


PLAIN  TALK. 


Z ION'S  HERALD  reports  the  following  re- 
marks of  Mr,  Moody,  delivered  in  the  Bos- 
ton Tabernacle:  Mr.  Moody  did  not  believe  that 
anything  could  renovate  the  country  but  a  pure 
revival,  and  God  is  always  ready  to  revive  His 
work  vihen  asked  to  do  so.  Since  the  war  there 
is  no  question  but  that  we  have  become  demor-^ 
aliz^d  and  exiravagant.  Young  men  will  not 
get  married  in  the  old-fashioned  way  and  live  in 
two  or  three  rooms,  but  think  they  must  have 
at  least  §5.000  or  §10,000  a  year.  If  they  can- 
not have  this  income,  they  will  not  marry,  aad 
are  led  into  adultery  and  licentiousness.  The 
speaker  hud  seen  an  amount  of  rottenness  and 
corruption  in  society  for  two  or  three  years 
which  astonished  him.  It  was  full  time  for  the 
church  to  wake  up.  Men  join  the  church  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  position  aud  the  confi- 
dence of  society,  aud  soon  we  heai-  of  them  ii-s 
defaultcra  in  §200,000  or  §300.000.  Some  min^ 
isters  are  so  anxious  to  have  a  long  roll  of  )iamea 
in  their  church,  that  they  hustle  in  any  one 
who  comes  along,  without  regard  to  fitness.  We 
want  downright  honesty  in  the  church.  There 
is  something  to  he  done  besides  , singing  a  few 
psalms  and  hymns.  We  want  arevival  of  temT 
perance  in  all  things.  He  was  sick  and  tired  of 
ministers  who  did  more  harm  thau  infidels.  If 
anything  is  wrong  in  their  church,  they  should 
.-P-.lI,  I'^ii  Mjul  imt  fear  to  lose  tlieir  position. 
A  '         .  ■   it  willing  to  dif'  potatoes  fur  a 

1j..    _  iL-y,    was  never  naif  converted. 

\V.  .  1.'  |.r-  II  !■  i-lt-r  who  does  not  do  his  duty 
to  his  pi'nple!  We  want,  also,  a  revival  of 
brotherly  love,  and  not  of  sectarian  or  party 
bickerings. — Tfie  Clirhlimi. 


Avoni  falsehood-  There  can  be  found  no 
higher  virtue  thau  the  love  of  truth.  The  man 
n'ho  deceives  others  must  himself  become  the 
victim  of  morbid  distrust.  Knowing  the  de- 
ceit of  hisownheikrt  and  the  falsehood  of  his 
own  toni'ue,  his  eyes  must  he  alwaj-s  filled 
with  suspicioa,  and  he  must  lose  the  greatest  of 
all  happiness — confidence  in  those  who  surround 
him. 


A^\-irr\ist     '2*2. 


TI-IE   13ItKTI-IBElSr    -^T    AVOmC 


CO  RRES  J-*ON  r>K  VOE. 


I'rom   Soutli  Waterloo  Church,  la. 

OX'SatiirJiiy  the  3r<l  iiis5,  n  vorj'  siriom  nc- 
L'Uk'iit  Ducurreil  to  Mid.  .1.  A.  3Iii;-Luy  of 
thi9  pliici?.  IJro,  MiUTiiy  w.w  driving  a  fnur 
Iiorsc  teiii'ii  ittlHclibil  to  a  linrv.-ster.  tlio  front 
lioi'ai.'.i,  l»ciii!i  attncliL'd  tw  Ihu  fongiie  hy  ti 
chain,  got  lo  lagging,  iuid  l>y  icquf.st  of  Bro. 
Miirniy,  his  son,  who  was  near  by,  hit  the  tenm. 
ciiiisitig  it  to  start  forwaril,  when  the  chain  to 
whicli  they  were  hitcheJ  broke;  Bio.  Munay 
hn\-ins  hold  of  the  lines,  was  jerked  forward 
nnd  fell  ill  front  of  the  sickU',  wliich  was  in 
motion.  The  mnchine  whieh  was  unnsnully 
low  to  tnke  up, lodged  grain,  passed  over  hiin, 
-  dragging  him  several  I'eefc.  When  the  sickle 
..struck  him,  it  cut  his  left  limb  severely 
above  the  knee,  making  an  opening  to  the  bone. 
One  of  the  guards  priascd  nenrly  throngh  the 
center  of  his  ]eft  hand,  and  his  right  hand  was 
seriously  cut  by  the  sickle,  necessitating  the 
EtmiJutation  of  nearly  nn  inch  of  the  index  lia- 
-ger.  Eight  or  ten  stitcha^  were  necessary  to 
bring  the  0|>en  wound  in  his  limb  logetlier,  and 
as  many  stitohfa  were  required  in  his  right 
hand.  Dr.  G.  G.  Bickly,  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  of  Waterloo,  was  called  to  dress  his 
wounds,  and'  has  since  been  giving  him  medical 
treatment,  and  it  is  now  hoped  that  he  will  re- 
cover, though  for  several  days  after  the  acci- 
dent, the  sorrowful  thought  pervaded  the  mind.* 
of  his  many  friends,  that  bis  i-ecovery  was  very 
doubtful.  It  seems  like  an  intervention  of 
Providence,  that  a  man  should  apparently  so 
nearly  reach  the  verge  of  eternity,  a4  to  pass 
through  what  Bro.  Murray  did  and  yet  come 
Rway  alive. 

The  report  of  the  above  accident,  cast  quite  a 
gloom  over  the  community  where  Bro.  Murray 
was  known,  both  io  and  out  of  the  church,  and 
the  special  anxiety  of  his  kind  family  and  many 
sympathizing  friends,  is  being  manifested  since 
his  affliction,  by  the  efforts  put  forth  to  make 
him  as  comfortable  as  possible. 

For  the  satisfaction  of  the  many  who  are  ac- 
quainted with  Bro.  Murray,  I  have  given  the 
above  statement.  E.  Showalter. 


A  Synopsis  of  Travels  in  the  West. 

\'\  N  the  2ath  of  May,  we  left  home  for  Oilman, 
\J  IroquoLs  Co.,  III.  Arrived  there  safe  in 
due  time,  found  nty  children  living  there  well, 
but  surrounded  with  a  large  scope  of  flat  land, 
then  very  wet.  From  there  to  Cerro  Gordo.  Pi- 
att Co.,  111.,  quite  a  strange  place,  but  ere  long 
found  many  friends  and  brethren,  preached  sev- 
eral times  at  Lo  Plnceand  at  the  Love  feast  in 
Bro.  John  Metzger'a  church.  Formed  the  ac- 
quaintance with  brethren  Lyon,  Barnhart,  an! 
others.  Enjoyed  ourselves  well;  had  a  solemn 
feast,  not  so  much  crowded,  but.very  interesting. 
From  there  on  the  5th  of  June  started  for  Au- 
burn, Sangamon  Co.,  III.  Fouul  friends  and 
Brethren  all  well;  staid  with  thsm  over  Sun- 
day, preached  for  them  three  times.  Here  we 
found  a  number  ,of  Pennsylvanians,  such  as 
Isaac  Gibbel,  A.  I,.  Bowman  H.  Hernley, 
B.  Masterson,  and  others,  all  doing  well.  No 
doubt  their  transit  was  for  the  bctt-er,  tempor- 
ully.  Apparently  land  can  be  bo  ught  cheaper 
now,  than'some  yeara  ago,  Nest  wo  explored 
Ginird  and  its  vicinity  in  Macoupin  Go.  First 
entered  tbe  house  of  widoiv  Brubakcr,  better 
known  as  Mattie  Gerlach,  and  in  afew.bours 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Collen  Gibson,  a  minister. 
Good  to  be  there,  under  the  tuition  of  one  who 
took  lessons  from  his  master,  not  to  be  forgotten 
again.  In  tbe5e  parts  ive  found  a  numberof 
[Vnsylvanians  again.  Had  one  quite  interest- 
ing meeting.  Prior  to  the  meeting  were  shown 
the  country  by  our  friend  Amos  Young. 

Macoupin  Co.  seems  to  be  a  soil  adapted  to 
raise  all  kinds  of  grain.  Lund  sells  tbo  same 
ns  in  Sangamon,  from  thn-ty  to  fifty  dollars  an 
acre.  Stopped  in  St.  Loui-j,  saw  my  jiephew 
Amos  Holier,  all  cheer.  Bought  .ticKcta  for 
Kinsley,  Kaus.is.'  Arriving  in  Kansas  City,  we 
turned  our  ghip  to  Miami  Co.,  Kansas.  Paohi, 
the  county  seat,,  was  our  htop.  Bro.  Hollinger 
took  us  home  and  nextday]toLove-fea9t,  at  Bro. 
Ayer's  bouse,. the  field  of  Bfo.  George  Meyers. 
Preaebing  by  Ti^arfier,  Gibson  and  others.  Bro. 
.^.George.  Mj-era.oii  the  .occasion  was  ordained, 
and  a  new  church  <ir<{anii«^,  over  which  he  lis 
to  preside.  Country  middling  well  improved, 
rather  broken;  plenty  of  limestone  rock.  Next 
day  traveled  about  thirty  miles  through  Frank 
lin  county  on  private  conveyance;  lodged  will 
a  mijiiater,  (name  lost).  Next  day  went  to 
Douglas  Co.  Were  kindly  cared  for  by  Bro. 
Gai-st  luid  others,  .  Country  about  tbo  same  as 
Miami.  Land  sells  from  live  to  twenty-five  dol-' 
larsin  these  different  counties.    Were  convey- 


ed towarda  Lawrence,  and  landed  at  the  hmise 
of  Bro.  Flory.  Next  morning,  started  on  his 
conveyance  in  hopes  to  be  sliokvn  tbe  country 
by  him,  as  we  pas.**  along  and  reach  tbo  resj- 
idence  of  EM.  Bowers,  bat  we  soon  learned  that 
hi-f  heart  was  full  of  Scripture,  and  pioui  talk, 
nice  and  cheap  land  had  no  room  there.  Old 
Bowereis  the  elder  in  Douglas  Co.,  and  an  able 

sekeeper,  apparently  near  his  blesaod  home" 
bi'yoild.  He  took  us  to  Lawrence  ijext  dn^. — 
tjiiite  a  business  place.  Took  cars  for  Kinsley 
itopped  at  Hutchison,  and  Nigert-sou;  ajipar- 
■ntly  ton  luf,  (lud  wet,  made  our  point  at  Kins- 
ley, but  entirely  too  much  sand,  soil  and  sub-soil. 
No  place  for  us;  thought  to  return  next  day  to 
Nigertson  station  and  stay  over  Sunday;  but 
train  disappointed  ns,  so  we  made  for  Topeka, 
and  there  listened  to  an  excellent  sermon,  de- 
livered by  a  Methodist  minister.  We  thought, 
if  only  all  preachei's  would  raise  up  their  voices 
against  vice  and  wickedness,   as  be  did,   much 

■e  good  could  he  accomplished.      Next  we 

it  about  fourteen  miles  north  to  Bro.  Oish's, 
Elder  in  those  parts  of  JelTer.so«  Co.  Next  day 
to  Jackson  Co.,  found  our  oldfrlend  Striie  and 
son,  located  on  the  prairies  of  North-eastern 
Kansas,  undulated  and  pleasing  landscape. — 
Raw  laud  sells  from  five  to  ten  dollars,  imd  im- 
proved from  fifteen  lo  twenty-five  dollars.  Here 
seems  to  be  a  large  opening  for  sucb  who  have 
not  much  capital  at  hand.  Apparently  the 
North-eastern  part  of  Kansas  is  the  most  desir- 
able for  Pennsylvania  folks,  if  they  are  inclin- 
ed to  go  beyond  the  Missouri  I'iver,  and  so  we 
found  also  the  South-eastern  part  of  NehriLska; 
surface  and  soil,  and  weather  is  much  better 
than  in  the  South-eastern  part  of  Kansas,  Iowa 
conies  in  next.  Guthrie,  Green  and  Dallas  coun- 
ties arc  indeed  good  counties,  soil  and  surface 
very  rich.  A  prosperous  church  is  in  Guthrie; 
preachers.  Eld.  John  Fit/;,  Elder  Samuel  Long- 
enccker  and  others.  A  wide  opening  here  for 
emigrants.  Large  tracts  of  prairie  not  fenced 
yet,  price  from  eight  to  twelve  dollars.  The 
prairie  is  mostly  to  be  found  iu  Guthrie  and 
Green  counties.  Dallas  is  more  settled  up 
already.  Visited  Elder  Robert  Badgerand  Bro. 
C.  Long,  and  found  them  all  well.  From  thence 
back  to  Fultoncounty,  111.  Elder  David  jMiller 
is  housekeeper,  and  his  co-laborers  are  Jesse 
Danner,  Henry  Danner,  Solomon  Ham  and 
John  Damy,  This  is  indeed  a  fair  country,  soil 
adapted  to  all  kinds  of  grain.  Timber  and  coal 
plenty.  Land  sells  from  twenty-five  to  sixty 
dollars  an  acre.  The  latter  best  improved 
tracts.  Health  good.  Running  water,  rail- 
road and  water  transportation  at  hand.  Elgar 
county  is  about  the  same  as  Fulton  with  the 
exception  of  river  ti'an  sport  at  ion.  On  my  re- 
turn home  through  III.,  preached  thirteen  times, 
as  I  piiisetl  along  through  Fulton,  Piatt  and 
Edgar  counties.  Am  sorry  that  tbo  Edgar  Co. 
church  is  without  a  located  preacher  for  the 
present.  Elder  Jacob  Wagner  accompanied 
me  to  Edgar  and  labored  quite  agreeably. — 
Attendant^  not  so  large,  being  right  in  har- 
vest, but  very  attentive.  On  the  29th  of  July 
left  for  home,  ami  on  the  30th,  by  night-fall 
was  permitted  to  greet  my  own  folks  right  at 
home.  Found  all  well,  tbank  God,  tbe  kind 
Father  of  all  living.  Wii,  Hertzi,ek, 

Elisabftlitown,  Pn. 


And  sbali  that  longing  bi  disappointed?  We 
answer,  certainly  not.  If  the  idea  of  our  im- 
mortality were  banished  from  our  minds,  life 
would  b(?Very  much  like  comtructing  upon  hut 
orte  ablibinent;  but^Re^elation  or  iQi)d"a  ittath, 
assures  us  that  life  is  the  arc!i,''time  i*  one 
abutment,  immortality  the"  other.  The  great 
Newton,  when  ahont  to  leave  the  world,  said 
that  "he  felt  th-,»t  he  was  but  a  littl"  boy  sport- 
in  the  sand  upon  the  beach,  while  the  great 
ocean  of  truth  laviune.tplored  before  him." — 
And  shall  he,  who  could  grapple  with  the  great 
problems  of  the  iiuiverse  and  rudaci^  them  to  a 
demonstration,   be  disappointed?      Nay;  such 

inds  never  die.  Fred.  Douglass  once  said, 
that  there  waj  no  limit  to  the  sphere  ■  of  mind, 
that  its  sphere  was  called  the  waj' from  the  finite 
up  to  the  infinite,"  "I  am  the  God  of  Abr-i- 
hainand  tlieGodof  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Ja- 
cob." He  is  not  the  God  of  the  deal,  but  th  e 
God  of  the  living.  Heaven-born  truth!  No 
finite  reasoning  could  ever  develop  it.  God  i  n 
the  fulness' of  time,  has  brought  life  and  im- 
mortality to  light  through  the  Gospel,  And 
while  we  write  we  are  deeply  impressed  with 
the  thought  that  we  shall  meet,  when  this 
troublesome  life  is  over,  with  those  dear  ones 
who  have  piwsed  through  the  valley  aud  shad- 
ow of  deatbjwe  shall  not  be  disappointed. — 
Those  with  whom  we  mingled  aud  counseled 
when  young  ill  spiritual  things,  but  who  have 
long  since  gone  to  their  rewards,  we  shall  meet 
again.  "  I  am  the  lesurreetion  and  the  life," 
said  the  blessed  Jesus.  And  through  faith  in 
this  declaration,  pilgrims  and  strangers  have 
made  their  way  irom  earth  to  that  "  Rest  which 
remaineth  to  the  jjeople  of  God."  "As  for  me  I 
will  behold  thy  face  in  righteousnes*,  I  shall  be 
satisficfl  when  I  awake  with  thy  likeness." — 
Psalms  17:  15. 

Highlinul,  Ohio. 


A  Sad  Accident. 


Immortalitv. 


f  A.  J.  HISON. 


U  QPENCER  has  said,  that  we  only  think 
'  Q  solemnly,  when  God  shuts  us  up  in  his 
ebony  bos,"  though,  we  believe  that  thoughts 
on  sole  un  subjects,  by  many,  are  entertained 
in  the  daytime.  Being  all  alone  this  sultry 
afternoon,  we  have  concluded  to  pen  a  few 
thoughts,  for  our  much  regarded  visitant,  the 
Bhethben  at  Work.  "All  alone,"  this  is  true, 
though  we  may  be  abstracted  from  earthly  as- 
sociates, there  is  One,  from  whom,  we  can  nev- 
er he  abstracted,  "Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy 
spirit?  or  whither  riball  I  flee  from  thy  pres- 
ence? If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven  Thou  art 
there,  If  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold  Thou 
art  there.  If  I  take  the  iviogs  of  the  morning 
and  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea, 
even  there,  shall  thy  hand  lead  me  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  hold  mo."  "Such  kaoiyledge. 
is  toowonderfnl  forme",  but  "If  n  ,  man  die 
shall  he  live  again"?  One  ofthc  most  sublime 
propositions  ever  propounded  to  dying  men  and 
women,  one  which  ,  independent  of  revelation 
defies  tbe  fruits  in  its  .solution.  Tot,  in  its 
satia^ctory  auswcr,_i3  wrapped-_up.  aU_ti>at 
makes  life  desirable  or  attractive,  it  is  .true, 
tliattho  natural'  Vorld  iiroves'-'mairs  'inJraor- 
tality,  but  to  elucidate  it  to  the  ordinary  mind 
requires  sach  logicians,  as  an  Alexander,  a  Pal- 
'ey,  ora  Butler.  When  wo  reflect  a'nioment 
wo  intehtivelyfoel  a  longing   after  immortelity. 


WILLIAM  Allen  Brumbaugh,  aged  fifteen 
years,  two  months  and  six  days,  met 
with  a  sad  death.  The  parents  left  home  in  the 
morning,  expecting  to  lie  at  home  by  noon,  told 
William  to  stay  at  home  and  take  care  of  his 
younger  brothers  kt\A  sisters;  but  in  disobe- 
dience to  his  pai'ents,  after  they  left  home,  he 
by  some  means  got  soine  wheat,  and  loading  it 
in  a  cart,  hauled  it  to  market  near  by,  so  that  he 
might  have  means  to  buy  ammunition,  in  order 
to  enjoy  the  shooting  of  his  pistols  of  which  he 
had  two  in  his  possession.  On  the  w.iy  home, 
having  hia  younger  brother  with  him.  they 
stopped  at  tbe  field  where  a  neighbor's  boy  was 
ploiving.  Calling  the  boy  from  the  plow,  they 
climbed  the  fence,  looking  at  and  handling  the 
pistols.  William  permitted  one  of  the  boys 
after  loadiiig  Lt,  to  look  at  and  handle  it,  Im- 
mediately he  pulled  the  spring,  he  Hhould  not. 
The  load  discharged,  sliijhtly  wounding  the  boy, 
called  from  the  fcld,  in  tbe  finger,  hitting  Wni. 
the  left  eje-brow,  passing  through  the  brain. 
Thus  in  a  moment  tliis  young  man  was  ushered 
into  eternity,  there  to  face  the  history  of  his 
conduct,  while  in  life.  Parents  picture  before 
your  children,  the  sad  fact,  this  community  was 
made  to  witnetis;  they  may  profit  by  it,  and  the 
cause  of  its  disobedience.  Little  did  the  par- 
ents think  when  they  left  home,  that  they 
ould  on  the  way  back  haul  their  son  home 
cold  iu  death.  Funeral  services  by  Daniel 
Shively  nndD.  Netl",  from  Eph.0: 1,  2,  3. 

A.VilUN    B.  MlLl-KlI. 

New  Varh,  InL 


lowed  up,  so  to  speak  in  the  service  of  the  cause 
~  Christ),  mi'^manage  a  littl(^,  and  he  is  sure  to 
become  a  victim  for  reproach,  and  verj'  ofteQ 
Ibosp  who  fitight  to  be  hif!  nearest  friends  [be- 
come the  ahettoi's  of  crueltj-  aud  ruin.  I  know 
minister  who^e  zeal  carried  him  sb  far  that  he 
made  financial  ventures,  so  as  to  situate  himself 
better  for  miiiisterial  service:  hut  he  fiiiled  ajid 
the  result  was  simply  sad.  I  don't  approve  of 
ministers,  nor  any  one  else  involving  them- 
selves. In  fact  I  say,  it  is  utterly  wrong  to  do 
so.  But  when  the  wrong  is  unintentional,  it 
is  much  wOi-se  to  reproach  and  defame  charac- 
ter. True  Christianity  would  say,  "I'll  help  my 
fallen  brothiit,  I  will  give  him  another  chance." 
Men  after  God's  own  he.irt  are  not  infallible. — 
Human  judgment  is  so  imperfect  that  even 
when  we  would  do  good,  we  are  apt  to  do  wrong. 
If  we  have  the  right  spirit  we  wilt  do  all  in  our 
power  to  make  amends  for  our  wrong  doings 
and  that  exertion  on  our  part  will  satisfy  God, 
whether  it  will  men  or  not.  ■ 

W.  J.  H.  Badiiait. 
Nora  Spniif/s,  loini. 


To  Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp. 

I  READ  with. .interest  your  communication 
from  Goshen,  Ind.,  and  felt  glad  that  you 
enjoyed  the  privilige  of  learning  something  so 
easily,,  which  some  have  had  to  learn  from 
sotl  experience.  Hope  youhavo  learned  the  im- 
portant lesson  thoroughly,  so  as  tobesaved  the 
sadness. of  learning  it  experimentally.  Exper- 
ience is  a  thorough  teacher,  and  in  reference  to 
the  matteryou  learned  about,  at  the  committee 
meeting,  I  know  o£  one  who  has  learned  from 
experience,  that  it  is  better  to  heiu'ken 
to  the  Lord  than  to  be  governed  by  human 
authority.ievenin  finances.  Cardinal  Wnlsey 
suiiLon  his Jeatli  be_d."  HadJ.seryed  my  God  as 
>yell  as  I  setved.  my  King,  He  would  ;iot  have 
forsakenme  in  this  ray  hour  of  deep  distress." 
Tbe  feeling  of  tbe  fiuuous  Cardinal,  is  but  tbe 
feeling  of  many  a'  broken-down  minister.  Had 
he  served  his  God  jis .well,  as' his  church,  he 
would  not  havr'  fi.rs^iki'ii  him  when  distress 
came,  il';'  ■  ■-.'  ■  '-'■■■'■■■  Tbe  friends  who  in 
our  suii--li:ii"  !■■■  ■  ■  '  \:  \\  inter  comes  are  gone. 
The  prfi-|..-:'  .  ■  [i.  I  ^'Iv  have  friends;  but  if  a 
)uan  wai»t,s  to  hi:  pushed  over,just  let  him  get 
on  the  down,  grade  fiuiiuciully, ,  Let  him  make 
financial/blunders,  and  ttliough  his  soul  is  swal- 


To  the  Youthful  Saints  in  the  English 
Prairie  Church,  Ind. 

GRACE,  peace  and  love  be  unto  you  all,  and 
complete  victory  over  sin  by  tbe  Holy 
Ghost!  Such,  I  desire,  may  be  your  lot,  and 
that  of  all  the  saints  of  God.  May  the  grand 
theme  of  our  life  be,  constant  approbation  with 
Him  whom  we  Iiave  professed  to  serve.  Our 
life  must  be  hid  "  with  God  iu  Christ.''  God  ia 
holy  and  to  be  saved  by  Him  we  must  be  holy 
Our  own  fallen,  depraved,  selfish,  sinful 
natufe  is  tbe  bolted  bar  between  us  aud  life  ia 
Christ.  Our  sinful  nature  keeps  us  from  any 
true  happiness  here,  and  from  eternal  bliss  here- 
after. God  is  holy  aud  to  dwell  with  him  among 
the  justified  spirit.s  iu  the  upper  world,  we  must 
iu  Him  iu  this  world.  And  it  is  a  heaven* 
ly  .ind  glorious  truth,  that  we  cannot  live  ia 
God  unless  God  lives  in  us.  Neither  can  God 
live  in  us,  unless  we  crucify  our  life.  The  idea 
that  we  can  be  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism, 
and  arise  in  oldness  of  life,  is  a  grand  delusiou, 
.nd  is  equally  as  absurd  as  it  is  to  suppose  ihat 
iur  life  beyond  the  grave  is  to  be  mortal. 

Some  may  say  that  this  is  too  close,  but  Jeaus 
ays,  "  Narrow  ia  the  way."  Men  may  say,  "It 
3  \vide,"  but  can  we  h.diove  them?  Which 
will  you  believed  Some  say,  it  won't  hurt  to 
jest,  joke,  laugh  or  have  a  little  innocent  sport, 
I  ask,  did  Jesus  say  so;  Inspiration  says  "  Ex- 
ce[it  we  have'the  mind  of  Christ,  we  are  none 
of  His."  Did  Jesus  engage  in  the  gratifica- 
tions of  carnality  ?  Nay,  verily,  but  denoance<t 
it,  andsays,  that  we  should  have  no  fellowship 
with  the  uufruitiiil  works  of  darkiu^ss. 

Jesus  was  crucified  for  us,  that  we  might,livev 
nevertheless  unless  wo  are  crucified  to  the  world 
and  our  carnal  mind,  we  cannot  live  with  Him. 
"  If  we  live  with  Him,  we  shall  also  reign  with 
Him,"  but  if  we  live  to  ourselves,  we  will  miss 
heaven  and  sinJc  to  the  pit  of  woe.  II  our  Ufa 
is  hid  with  God  iu  Christ,  the  desires  of  the 
world  will  die.  "  He  that  loveth  the  world,  lov- 
eth  not  the  Father."  If  we  live  in  Jesus,  we 
will  not  do  like  the  unregenerate  of  heart.  Our 
minds  will  he  changed,  our  conversation  will  he 
holy,  our  conduct  will  be  God-like.  Tbe  saints 
of  God  cannot  feast  in  the  devil's  p.intry,  neith- 
er will  or  can  the  blood-redeemed  select,  their 
apparel  out  of  Satan's  wanlrobe.  The  sainta 
have  robes  of  righteousness,  and  partakoof  food 
of  which  the  world  knoweth  nothing. 

If  we  will  have  to  give  an  account  of  every 
idle  word  we  speak,  in  the  judgment,  will  we 
not  also  have  to  give  an  account  for  our  vain 
dress  and  life?  If  we  have  been  buried  with 
Christ  in  baptism,  let  us  also  rise  with  Him,  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  Then  will  our  life  be 
hid  with  God  iu  Christ.  Then  will  our  knees 
touch  the  earth  as  well  as  our  feet,  in  humble 
submission  to  oiu-  great  Miuster  above.  Thea 
will  we  seek  the  throne  of  grace,  not  only  once 
in  a  while,  but:"day  and  night."  0  may  God 
help  us  all  to  live  and  die  in  him.  .Oh,  how  oft 
I  have  .wept  mid  wept  in  concern  for  you,  "and 
even  now  my  tears  are  hardly  restrained.  It  is 
through  love  for  the  soul  that  I  address  you  so 
plainly,  not  knowing  whether  I  shall  see  your 
fiiees  auy  more  in  this  life. 

0  that  we  might  comprehend  the  bights  and 
depths  of  the  Rcdc<^m^r's  loveforus!-'  May  we 
all  love  like  Him,  that  we  may  Iw  with  him, 
when  we  have  'crossed  the  dark  valley  of  death, 
ujid  draw  near  to  that  celestial  city,  wher^  we 
shall  rejoice  forever  with  the  blood-redeemed 
'throng.        '"■  IsAfAli  HonsTEK, 


If  wo  would  have  have  peace  with   God,   we 
uust  obey  Him  in  all  things. 


THE    BRETI-IRE:N"    ^T    AYOliKl. 


August    22. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

I  HAVE  beeii  laboring  in  Carroll  Co.  III.,  the 
pust  few  weeV's  in  the  interest  of  Ashlauil 

College  and  iilso  preaching  os  occasion  demand- 
ed. So  far  ikS  the  eoiiiiliT  is  concerned  1  con- 
sider Ihis  part  of  Northern  111.,  one  of  the  finest 
for  farming  I  have  seen  in  sixteen  Stiites  and 
Cflnadn.  Theaurfucc  is  rolling— forming  hills 
from  ten  to  fifty  feet  high  sloping  gently  and 
giving  a  diversified  appearance.  The  prairies 
are  large  and  laid  off  into  heautifnl  farms,  fenc- 
ed in  many  instances  with  hedges,  while  the 
fine  farm  houses  and  large  Pa.  bams  arc  sur- 
rounded irith  groves  of  Lombai-dy  poplar, 
mnple,  willow  or  some  other  kind  of  trees.  U 
is  decidedly  a  stock  raising  country,  and  the 
fields  of  rich  clover  are  dotted  over  with  hei-ds 
of  cattle  and  swiuc.  Nothing  could  be  (iucr, 
to  a  "  Pennsylvania  Dutch"  farmer  than  a  view 
from  Ihe  top  of  a  farm  house  perched  on  one  of 
the  hills,  The  soil  is  alluvial  and  especially 
adapted  to  the  raising  of  corn  and  grass.— 
Towanls  the  Mississi|)pi  tlie  country  becomes 
more  hilly  and  finally  forms  the  river  bluffs  pro- 
duced by  the  river,  cutting  through  the  hill  and 
exposing  the  ske'leton  of  the  country,  which  in_ 
this  instance  consists  of  the  Niagara  formation 
of  limestone  aJid  affording  many  opportunities, 
to  the  geologist  to  notice  interesting  fncf.^.— 
The  Brethren  have  been  flourishing  in  this  part 
of  the  State.  The  Northern  District  contains 
fourteen  churches  and  about  twenty-fivo  hun- 
dren '  nienibei-s  with' fine  prospects  for  nu  in- 
crease. There  are  many  earnest  workers  here 
in  the  missionary  cause.  The  Danish  missi< 
owes  its  existence  to  them.  There  are  some  n 
ble  workers  here  whom  we  need  not  name  : 
their  works  are  written  in  "another  book".- 
Between  the  Northern  and  Southern  district  is 
an  imoccuiiicd  teiTitory,  which  is  "worked  up" 
from  both  sides. 

The  Sabbath  school  has  its  uumerons  friend; 
here.  I  hayenever  been  in  more  interesting 
schools  among  the  Brethren  thaB  I  find  here, 
and  what  is  most  encouraging  is,  that  East  and 
West,  North  and  South,  the  Brethren  tench  the 
same  thing,  and  have  a  Certain  uniformity  in 
their  plau.  I  would  not  wish  to  be  understood, 
however,  that  there  is  not  plenty  of  room  for 
improvement.  The  Sabbath- School  is  a  fixed 
fact  in  our  church  now  and  no  power  that  will 
oppose  it,  call  impede  its  pvogro=s. 

The  two  educational  institutions  under  thi 
control  of  the  Brethren  are  equally  well  estab- 
lished facts.  The  Asbland'College,  and  Hunt- 
ingdon Normal  School,  are  gaining  ground  ev 
ery  day.  Being  better  acquainted  with  the 
former,  I  am  happy  to  say  it  has  its  host  of 
friends  through  the  great  West.  The  principle 
on  which  it  is  founded  seems  to  give  uuive 
satisfaction.  While  a  few  of  our  very  "fast" 
Brethren  and  some  very  "  slow"  ones  will  not 
join  the  ranks,  it  gives  us  exceeding  great 
pleasure  to  know  that  the  great  body  of  the 
brotherhood  is  in  harmony  with  the  project, 
and  those  having  the  control  of  said  school 
wish  to  assure  our  dear  brethren  that  they  will 
do  their  best  to  merit  the  approval  of  the  gen- 
eral brotherhood.  S,  Z.  Shaiip. 

LdiKtr!,;  III. 


GLE^NI]SraS. 


From  S.  Z.  Shai-p.- Bro.  Daniel  Miller  of 
Lanark  is  our  authoriKcd  agent  to  collect  the 
funds  for  Ashland  College,  Ohio,  as  they  be^ 
come  due.  Also  to  solicit  donations  from  those 
in  SI il ledge ville  and  Lanark  congregations  who 
have  not  yet  been  called  on. 

To  those  who  have  responded  so  kindly  and 
liberally  we  extend  our  hearty  thanks,  and  es- 
pecially are  indebted  to  the  Elders  who  have 
rendered  ua  special  iAvoi-s.  Prospects  vei'y 
good. 

From  Hulling,  Kansas,— M3-self  and  com- 
panion lell  home  on  the  3rd  day  of  June,  last, 
to  visit  the  Brethren  in  Jasper  and  Newton 
counties,  Mo.  My  wife  was  taken  sick  on  the 
2-3rd  of  June  and  died  on  the  4tli  day  of  July, 
at  the  house  of  R.  Brooks!  in  Newton  Co.,  Mo. 
She  has  been  a  member  of  the  Brethren  for 
thirty-four  years.  Age  was  64  years, 11  mouths 
and  28  days,  and  I  can  say  she  ivas  in  the  fai*-h 
and  was  willing  to  die.  Joseph  Kenkey. 

From  HtiHtiiigtoii.  Iml. — I  will  drop  a  few 
lines  from  this  part  of  God's  moral  vineyard. 
We  held  a  choice  for  a  minister  on  the  15th  of 
June.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  Clinton  Murray, 
who  used  to  live  among  the  Brethren  in  Neo- 
sho Co.,  Kansas.  We  hope  and  trust  by  the 
prayers  of  the  righteou.s  he  may  be  ihe  means 
of  doing  much  good  in  the  name  of  Jesus.  Our 
arm  of  the  church  seems  prosperous,  but  have 
had  no  additions  lately. 

We  have  a  pro.^i>erous  Sunday-school   the 


firet  ever  held  here.      Ev.-rybody  seems  to  en- 
joy the  benefits  of  it  very  much. 

DORSEV  HODGDEX. 

From  Crescent  Kill,  Mo.— Bro.  J.  S.  Moh- 
ler,  from  Henry  Co.,  came  to  us  on  the  day 
previous  to  the  fourth  Lord's  day  of  July  and 
preached  in  the  school-house  at  night.  Congre- 
gation not  so  large.  Also  on  Sunday  and  Mon- 
day night  to  a  house  full  of  heai-ci's.  The 
word  was  preached  in  its  purityandhopc,  there 
may  be  some  good  done  here  yet.  After  meet- 
ing he  distributed  some  of  his  pamphlets 
titled  "  Railroad  Sermon."  We  hope  some  oth- 
er brother  irill  paj'  us  just  such  a  visit.  This 
is  the  first  preaching  we  have  had  for  a  year;  it 
makes  me  glad  to  hear  the  word  preached. 

On  the  morning  of  August  first,  near  this 
place  a  ."^torm  done  some  damage.  It  blowed 
over  one  house  and  killed  a  woman  and  also 
broke  the  man's  collar  bone.  Broke  off  con- 
siderable corn  in  the  lields;  This  is  ubont  all 
the  damage  it  done.  We  should  all  work  for 
the  interest  of  our  blessed  Master,  while  it  is 
called  to  day,  for  the  night  will  come  when  no 
man  can  work.  E.  Fansi.er. 

From  H.W.  Sti'ickler .—Our  church  is  in 
a  prosperous  condition,  but  sadly  miss  the  la- 
bors of  brother  David  Wolfe,  his  health  being 
such  that  he  is  unable  to  labor  any,  but  is 
slowly  recovering.  May  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters remember  him  in  their  prayers. 

From  Elkliart,  Iowa.— The  Biirtiirkn  at 
\yoKK  comes  regularly  to  our  office.  It  gives 
good  satisfaction  us  far  as  1  know.  Go  on  dear 
Brethren  in  the  good  work,  dou't  fear  man  for 
you  have  a  stronger  arm  to  support  you  than 
man.  I  think  the  time  has  come, fur  these  er- 
roneous ideas  of  man  to  be  exposed  and  the 
true  light  to  shine  on  thousands  of  misled  men 
and  women,  S.  M.  Goughnoub. 

From  Joliu  Forney.— I  was  North  over  a 
hmidi-ed  miles,  fo  visit  the  Brethren,  and  attend 
council- meeting.  On  n)y  return  had  meeting 
in  a  little  town  called  Clyde,  where  the  Bre'th-. 
ren  never  had  preached.  The  Methodists  gave 
me  their  meeting-house.  Had  a  good  meeting 
and  fhe  best  attentioji. 

,  From  Dunkirk,  Ohio.— The  Brethren  of 
; Eagle  Creek,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio, are  .still  add- 
ing,to  their  facilities  for  spreading  the  Gospel 
within  the  limits  of  their  own  district,  They 
have  a  new  house  of  worehip  near  Arlington, 
-Ohio,  and  on  the  4th  inst.  the  dedication  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Bro.  L.  H.  Dickey,  assist 
ed  by  Eld.  J,  P.  Ebeisole.  The  name  suggest- 
ed for  this  house  was  "  Pleasant  Ridge"  church, 
and  will  hereafter  be  known  by  that  name.  The 
means  thus  expended  are  but  loaned  to  thi 
Lord  and  will  be  credited  to  us  raany-fuld  in 
the  worid  to  come.  S.  T.  BossEriM,iN. 

Prom  Lingaiiore,  Mil.- 1  presume  you 
made  a  mistake  in  reporting,  me  on  a  com- 
mittee to  W.  Va..,  as  it  is  n,ot  on  the  report  of 
A.  M.  No  harm  done  I  hope.  Glad  to  see  your 
encouragement  and  enterprise;  hope  your  la- 
bors may  be  blest  with  the  best  of  consequences, 
as  3-ou  hold  a  powerful  lever, — Tlir  Press. 
may  God  help  you  in  every  way,  and  bless  you 
withstich  wisdom  as  will  enableyou  to  glorify 
his  name.  J.  D.Thostle. 

From  Duimiiig  Crcok  clmrcli.  Pa.-  To- 
day we  had  our  Harvest  meeting.  We  had  a 
very  good  meeting,  good  attendaiice,  good 
preaching,  and  the  best  of  all,  three  dear  souls 
were  willing  to  come  out  on  the  Lurd's  side,  tu 
be  buried  with  Him  in  baptism,  to  ivalk  in  new- 
ness of  life.  Our  prayei-s  are,  that  God  i 
make  them  useful  bninches  in   His   church 


Paint  Creek  congregiUion,  Bourlion  Co.,  Kansa-s. 

October  GrtI  and  4tlt.  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek,  Johnsoik  Co.,  Uo.,  Tuesd.iy,  Oct  1. 
Stanislaus  church,  Cat.,  Hist  Satiinhiy  in  October. 
Whitesville,  Mo,  Sept.  7tli. 
Abilene  church,  Kansas,  August  2-lth.    Meeting  on 

t)ie  3.itli  at  same  place. 
Arnold's  Grove,  Sept  lOth  and  llth,  commencing  at 

1  o'clocli,  P.  M. 

MulbenT  congi'egation,  Bonil  Co.,  Hi.,  Oct  0th. 

Camp  Creek  congregation,  Sept.  U. 

Cottonwood  congregation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan., Sept  7tli 

and  Stli. 


Franklin  ciuu-cii,  fonr  and  a  half  miles  North-eiiat 

of  Leon,  Decatur  Co,,  Iowa,  Oct  loth. 
Wliite  Rock  congregation,  Kansas,  Sept  21st. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  chureli,  Madison  Co.,  InJ..  Oct  11. 
Fremont  Co.,  la.,  August  Sist  to  commence  on  the 

28th  and  continue  over  Sunday. 
Logan  churcli,  Logan  Co,,  0.,  Oct  12th  nt  3  o'clock. 
I'eabndy  church,  Oct.  Stli  and  oth  at  residence  of 
,     Bvo.  Henry  Sliumbar,  tlu-ee  and  a  half  miles 

North- West  of  Peabody,  Marion  Co.,  Kan. 
Wyandot  congieg.ition,  near  little  York,  Wyandot 

Co.,  0„  Sept  14th  .anil  1-jtli,  at  10  o'clock. 
Heaver  Creek  church,  York  Co.,  Xeb.,  September 

2iand2i. 
Pokagon  congregation,  Casa  Co.,  Mich.,  October  '>th 

nt  five  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Grasshopper  Talley  church,  JelTeinon  Co,,  Knus;is, 

Oct  fitli  and  mi. 
Dnuiii'l'-^  rirni,-,  =:.  .,-.1 l,-X-.i-tb-westof  Spring- 

iii-l  ■  '     ,■:   I  ..    I  ■!  1...  <  I.  -   '.[I,  iit  1(1  o'clock. 
(Ill-  I.     .    1   .--..■    ;..        .  ,  ..■,  ,,  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa, 

'i'i"i-i  ■-■■■ 1  '  .M,  .  i..i,.-.,'dock. 

Nettle    Creek    cunt'ii-galion,     near    Ilngerstowii, 

Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  «tli  at  lo  o'clock. 
Eiiglisb  Prairie  cliurcli,  La  Grange  Ci».,  Iiul.  Oct. 


:il  1 


Mitlv. 


Ill,, 


Jtb. 


I 

would  also  state  that  nil  three  have  been  read- 
ers of  the  Brethrex  at  WonK  the  last  year. 
We  now  number  nearly  one  hundred  in  this 
church,  four  preachera,  si,"t  deacons.  We  foi 
erly  belonged  to  the  Yellow  Creek  chureli  where 
the  A.  M.  was  held  in  1S77.  Our  church 
West  from  where  A.  M.  was  held. 

As  this  i-eport  isof  a  Harvest  meeting,  it 
might  not  l^e  amiss  to  give  you  a  short  account 
of  our  crops.  Wheat  was  good,  oats  and  grass 
were  good.  Corn  will  be  a  light  crop  on  ac- 
count of  dry  weather.  Fruit  is  almost  an  en- 
tire failure,  oiving  to  a  frost  in  May. 

ThoUAB  T.  HOLSINGER. 


^NIsrOXJJSrCEMENTS. 


L0VE-FEA8T9, 

Beatrice  church.  Gage  Co.,  Xeb,,  September  Tth  and 

6th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Sugar  Creek  congrregatlon,  Sangamon  Co.,  III.,  Oct 

3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 
Iowa  Center,  at  rcaldcncc  of  Bro.  G.  W.  Roituotts, 

Sept  7th  and  6th. 


,  Oliio.  October 

,  C5?"  There  will  be.  a  Communion  meeting, 
the  Lord  willing,  in  the  Desmoiues  Valley  con- 
gregation, Polk  Co.,  lowti,  ten  miles  North  of 
Desraoines,  Oct.  5th  and  Cth,  commencing  at 
1  o'clock  on  Saturday.  J.  W.  Moats. 

D^^The  Springfield  church.  Summit  Co., 
Ohio,  has  changed  the  time  of  hei-  Love-feast 
from  the  3rd  to  the  8th  of  October  next;  com- 
mencing nt  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  All  coming  by 
railroad  ivill  be  met  at  Akron  with  conveyances, 
by  giving  timely  notice  of  coming,  what  day 
and  train.    By  order  of  the  church, 

John  B.  Mishleb. 

vi^The  Bivthren  of  the  Shock's  Corner  oi 
Clear  Creek  church,  intend  to  hold  a  Commun- 
ion meeting  on  Friday,  the  27th  of  September, 
conuuencing  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  Those  com- 
ing by  railroad,  will  stop  off  at  Huntington, 
Ind.,  by  giving  due  notice,  D.  Hodgdex. 

l^"  The  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Bear 
Creek  church,  of  Jay  and  Adams  counties,  Ind., 
and  Mercer  Co.,  Ohio,  intend  to  hold  theirLove- 
feast  on  the  12th  of  Selltember  1S7S,  near 
Bloomfield,  commencing  at  2  o'clock,  P.  M. 

2^°  Also,  the  Brethren  and  sistei-s  of  the 
Union  City  church,  near  Union  City,  Ind.,  in- 
tend to  hold  their  Love-feast  the  10th  of  Oct., 
commencing  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

T.  B,  WESnicK. 

ES^TheLord  willing,ouv  Camp-meeting  will 
commence  Friday  evening,  September  20th.  — 
Will  hold  over  two  Sundays.  Place  of  meet- 
ing the  old  camp  ground  in  the  grove  on  the 
West  side  of  the  San  Joaquin  River,  within 
200  yards  of  the  U.  P.  R.  R.  Bridge.  The  Com- 
munion will  be  observed  before  Ihe  meeting 
closes.  By  order  of  the  Brethren  of  the  church 
in  California.  Qko,  Wolfe. 

J^°  Yellow  Creek,  Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  Oc- 
tober 15th  and lOth  1878,  commencingfii-stday 
at  1  P.  M. 

im°  Shannon,  Carroll  Co,,  III.,  Oct  lOlh 
and  llth,  commencing  first  day  at  10  A.  M. 

BS-  The  Brethren  of  the  Knob  Creek  church 
Washington  Co.,  Tennessee  will  hold  u  Love- 
feast  the  5th  and  tith  of  Oct.,  commencing  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M. 

SS^  The  Brethren  of  the  Neosho  Co,  church, 
intend  the  Lord  williug,  to  hold  their  Commun- 
ion meeting  on  the  8th  and  Oth  of  Oct.  at  the 
house  of  Bro.  Elias  Clumes,  three  miles  North- 
east of  Galesburg.    Those  coming  by  rail-road 

ill  stop  off  at  Galesburg. 

Sidney  HononEH. 


It  is  fe.ired  that  the  atmosphere  of  London 
will  soon  damage  the  surface  of  Cleopatra's 
Needle.  The  Luxor  obelisk,  erected  in  the  Place 
de  la  Concorde  in  Paris  in  1830,  is  some  3,100 
yeai-s  old,  having  stood  with  another  still  larger 
one  before  the  great  temple  of  Thebes.  The 
stone  is  syenite  granite,  of  n  brownish  red  col- 
or. Thirty-six  years  of  exposure  to  the  atmos- 
phere of  Paris  has  uffectetl  the  stone  more  than 
the  same  number  of  centuries'  exposure  to  the 
purer  air  of  Egypt. 


The  new   wheat  crop   promises  low-priced 
Hour  next  Winter,  the  product  is  so  abundant. 


Sitting  Bull  has  made  application  to  be  allow- 
ed to  come  back;  the  Government  refuses. 


The  yellow  fever  has  become  alarmingly  prev- 
alent iu  New  Orleans.  Up  to  Aug.  3rd,  the  to- 
tal number  of  ca.<,es  were  195,  and  the  deaths  53. 
Extraordinary  precautions  are  being  taken  by 
Cairo,  Memphis  and  othorcities  to  prevent  the 
introduction  of  the  disease. 


A  frightful  collision  occurred  on  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  about 
midnight  of  the  Oth  inst,  in  which  fifteen 
were  killed  and  thirty-five  wounded.  The  col- 
lision was  between  the  mail  train  going  West 
at  the  rate  of  forty  miles  an  hour  and  a  freight 
train  going  at  the  rate  of  25  miles  an  hour. 


A  telegram  from  London  says:  Twenty- four 
thousand  nail-makers  ave  on  a  strike  and  ex- 
press unanimous  determination  to  hold  out. 
The  nail-makers  at  Broomsgrove  and  Blnck- 
heath  districts  will  join  in  the  strike. 


a;i;:n,  — I'.    U.   M.  E^lifflmmi.    10  pngoa,   prico   10 

M   •)0,     TmUs  llii-  SiilbiKb   qiitalioo, 

■I  iliiil  l!io  obsEirniicD  of  liic  Bovcnib-dny 

'■  ,1.  :  .     ■  J    ,«,ij-  witb  oil  oilier  .leiilsli   days,    nud 

,L  lut-      [,,.-.1  ,l<..v  ,.f  (lie  ivcel(,"   is  Iht  preferred  dnj 

■  Utitisiiiiiis  (u  >isai!nilile'iB  morsLip.' 

Oqo  Eaptisifl— a  diiilaguc  showing  that  Irine  ininnroion 

is  Uip  on)}- grgunil  of  union,  tliol|tnn  bo  oonHcimiioiiHly 

ocuiipicd  Ijy  tliH  lending  dead liiiiiali mis  of  Chris le ml om, 

lljJ.U.  Moore.     One  copy   10  coUL) ;  IL' copies,  51  W, 

CimFbellisin  Woighsd'  in  tka  Balaoeei  and  Foond  Wast- 


ina.- 


ri^ply 


ilder 


llj. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


From  the  following  it  would  seem,  that  the 
.tmosphere  in  Egypt  has  much  to  do  with  the 
preservation  of  the  ruins  for  which  the  negion 
is  particular  noted: 


J.l).  M 

Should 

loc«li.v 

Why  I  kf'. 

onjonV'! 
40  copiea 

^„,^,:;;,:.-i.:  ■■■;.,;; 

-r,.'.  otsinoenpngos. 
'■  '■  III  ainiojl  every 
;  ■...]...- 51  0<J. 
1    u    Si'jin.     A  trnci 

,  *J  copies,  10  oeiilj  ; 

Brethren'i  EnvBlsFOB.— rrep.ired 
of   our   people.      They    couluin 
ihL.  biiirk,  a  eomiilelo  summary  0 
giouaboily.     Prictl&ets,  per  p 
nee— or  00  tin.  per  himJrcil. 

especially  for  li>e  ufo 

iiciilly    urinlud    on 
our  position  19 11  rcli- 
Dkftgo— 26  in  a' puck- 

ASerrnDDOQ  BuptlEm.  —  Delivered  by  Bro.  S,  H.  Bashor 
in  iho  Elk  Lick  CougrcgntioQ,  SDUienct  county.  Va.  A 
nciiUy  printed  piuuphlet  of  Ihirty-livo  piiges.  Price, 
aocciUs. 

USy.-Viiy  of  Ibo  nbote  works  aeni  posl-pnid  on  receipt 
of  iLc  nnncied  price.     .\ddn'?9  : 

MOOHE  &  ESHELUAII, 

LAIIAEK,  Carroll  Co..  111. 


¥|e  ^rcl^mt  nl  W[avk. 


i.  HBLioio-^T-a  i: 


J.   H.    M0OB£     &    ai.   M.   ESUEI,MAN. 


Sjf'HE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  is  nn  uncompro- 
^Vj    mising  aJvocntu  of  Pn>nitivt:  Christianity  In  ill 

T      Its  ancient  purity. 

It  recognizes  the  New  Testament  ns  the  only  Infallible 
ride  of  1.11111  and  ]kncucc. 

And  malntnins  lli.lt  the  Envcrcign.  unmerited,  unso- 
licited grace  of  Go<]  ii>  (he  only  Kuiircu  of  pardon,  and 

That  the  vicarious  eufTcrinss  and  mcrilorious  works  of 
Christ  .iro  tiiL-  only  prke  of  redemption  : 

■'  '   ■'  r  ■■■,   ;.: -  .:::\  P.u,  •,  ■„  ir<-condilioii«of 

II  .  ■. ■■!,:■     .  '       ..mdidaleUifcc 

Th.it  F^-^t-W'.Ldiin^',  ns  tiught  in  John  13,  is  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  tiie  church : 

Tliat  (lie  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  mcnl,  and,  in  connec- 
tion whh  (he  Coininunion,  should  Uc  Uiken  in  the  even- 
Ing,  or  after  Ihe  close  of  the  day; 

Th.it  the  Salutation  of  the  Holy  Kis^  or  Kiss  ot 
Charity,  is  binding  ujion  (he  followers  of  Christ: 

That  War  and  Retaliation  arc  contrary  to  the  spirit  and 
sctf-dcnyhig  principles  of  Uie  religion  o'f  Jesus  Christ : 

Thatn  Non-Conformitf  Iodic  world  In  dress,  cus(oms, 
daily  vvnlk  and  canvcrsaUoii  is  essential  to  true  liolinces 
~  :id  Christian  piety. 

It  maintains  that  in  public  worship,  or  rciigioui  cicr- 

scs.  Christians  should  .ippcar  03  directed  in  i  Cor.  II 14,  5. 

It  also  ndvocalea  the  scriptural  duly  of  Anointing  llio 
ck  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 

In  short  it  is  n  vindic-itor  of  nil  thai  Christ  and  Hie 
Aposllei  have  enjoined  upon  us,  and  aims,  amid  the  con- 
flicting Ihcorics  nnd  di*cords  of  modern  Christendom,  lo 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  lo  be  Infallibly 
Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 

Addre,-.-:  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN, 

I.a.vai:k,  (.'AHitoLi,Co.,  li,r,. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Dbj  pnasenger  train   soing  cost  lea»eB  Lanark    at  1M;00 

P.  M,,  aud  nirivcs  in  Itaoino  ii(  t5:,13  P.  M. 
Day  pasiengcr  Iruin  going  weal  le&vea  Lanark  at  2:0S   P. 

M..  and  arricea  at  Hock  Island  al  G;tO  P.  M. 
Night  poisenger  train*,  going  eul  and  wtst,  meet  »ai 
ve  Lanark  at  '.MK  A.  M..  arriiing  in  Racine  rtl  9:00 
M..    and    at    Itnok  Island  at  0;00  A.  M. 
Freight  and  Accummodntion    TroiiiB    will    run    west    at 

12t  10  A.  M.,    8:10  A.  M.,  aad  east   ot  12:  10A.M. 

and  6:  IS  P.  .M. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Brimj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Ch'eat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  unto  All  People." —Lvkk  2:  ID. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  August  29, 1878. 


No.  35. 


Tlie  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AMD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTKIBOTORS: 


B.  H.  IIU-LEK,        - 
J,  W,  STErN,       -      ■ 
D.  TANTIIAX, 
D.  B.  UENTZEH, 
MATTIE  A.  I.EAIl, 


-  -      -      -        LADOGA,  IND. 

-  -      -      -       NEWTONI.V,  MO. 
-----  VIRDES,  ILl.. 

-  -      -      -WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

-  -      -      -      l!llB.\JfA,    ILL. 


SEEDS. 

W'li  lire  sowing,  lUiily  sowiiiR, 

CoiiJitldHS  seeds  of  gooil  iiiid  il). 
SculU'ieil  on  the  levL'I  lowland, 

CnatuiJOii  tlio  windy  bill; 
Seeds  thnt  sink  in  ricli  bri)wn  furrows, 

Suf  t  witli  heaven's  grntioiis  r.iiii ; 
Seeds  Uuit  rest  uiiuii  thu  surface 

or  the  dry,  unyieldinK  idiiiii. 
Seeds  thnt  fall  amid  the  stillness 

Of  tlio  tuiiQly  mouuCjiin  glen ; 
Seeds  oast  out  in  crowded  plnces, 

Trmlden  under  foot  of  men; 
Seeds  by  idle  heurls  forgotten. 

Flung  at  raudom  on  the  nir; 
Seeds  by  fiiithful  souls  icniembcrcd, 

Sown  in  teiua  anil  love  and  prayer. 
Seeds  that  lie  unchangtd,  unquickuncd, 

Lifeless  on  the  teeming  mold; 
.Seeds  thiil  live  iind  grow  and  flonrigh 

When  the  sower's  hiinil  is  cold ; 
By  u  whisper  sow  we  blessings. 

By  a  breath  we  scatter  -itrife ; 
In  our  words  and  looks  and  actions 

Lie  the  seeds  of  death  and  life. 
Thou  who  knowest  all  our  weakness, 

Leave  iis  not  to  sow  alone! 
Bid  thine  itngels  guard  the  furrows 

Where  Ihe  precious  grain  Is  sown, 
Till  the  fields  are  crowned  with    glbry, 

Filled  with  mellow,  rijiened  ears^ 
Filled  with  fruit  of  life  etenial 

From  the  seeds  we  sowed  in  lours. 
Check  the  froward  thoughtii  and  iiassior 

Stay  the  Inisty,  heedless  iiand.s, 
Lest  the  ciTins^if  sin  and  sorrow 

M.u  ■■  .1  1  II! .l.-.isant  hinds. 

F;iUii  ■  I  ,  Il    ■  r  .ik  I'odeavor, 

Mil-  ■     ■    ■      ,  liort  lilesswl.. 


II  be  garnered, 


And  we  enter  into  rest^ 


AKALTSIS   OF    ANNUAL  MEET- 
ING OF  1878,   WITH  OB- 
SERVATIONS. 

BY  D.  P.  8.\YL0H. 

IN  the  report  of  A.M.,  76  brethren  are  report- 
ed 03  having  taken  part  in  tlie  discussion. 
Of  these,  five  when  combined,  wereuplOi  times, 
one  30  and  one  20  times,  while  30  of  the  speak- 
ers were  up  but  one  tiine,  8  two,  and  five  three 
limes.  The  report  contains  4289  lines,  of  these 
819  are  filled  by  the  clerk  rending  queries,  clos- 
ing and  opening;  v^tnarks;  the  niliugs  by  the 
Moderator,  including  his  verbal  report  of  the 
Daiiisb  Mission,  leaving  3470  lines  to  discussion; 
of  these  the  five  most  frequent  speakers  u^e  11- 
08.  two  of  them  fill  772  lines,  leaving  2309  for 
the  71  remaining  speakers,  equally  divided 
among  them,  will  give  each  one  32^  lines.  How 
many  of  the  speakers  are  lay  mcmbei's  does  not 
appear,  the  presumption  is,  but  a  few,  if  any, 
and  the  hue  and  cry  of  clerical  intolerance, 
dominition,  and  dictation  amounts  to  nothing; 
and  what  is  said  in  faVor  of  public  mn.ss-meefc- 
ings  for  the  transaction  of  church  business,  this 
analysis  proves  to  be  vain,  as  is  clearly  mani- 
fested that  the  business  before  the  meeting  is 
participated  in  by  but  few  of  these  preaont. 
Quer>%  could  not  these  few  dispose  of  the  busi- 
ness before  them  in  a  private  room  as  well  as 
iu  the  public  assembly  of  the  great  mixed  mul- 
titude, who  come  to  the  meeting  simply  to  grat- 
ify a  morbid  desire  of  the  natural  mind,  to  the 
great iliscomfit,  and  cost  of  those  who  really 
study  the  merits  of  the  question  from  a  Scrip- 
tural standpoint? 


Being  for  many  years  a  close  observer,  and 
active  participant  in  the  disposition  of  business 
of  A.  M.,  I  know  whereof  I  affirm.  The  truth 
that  the  really  weighty  and  important  part  of 
of  business  before  A.  M.,  is  disposed  'of  by  the 
Standing  Committee,  cannot  be  denied,  and  why 
should  it  not  be?  They  are  the  representatives 
of  the  church  sent  by  the  voice  of  the  brother- 
hood, expressed,  first  in  each  branch  of  the 
church  sending  a  delegate  to  the  District  Meet- 
ings, and  by  these  each  District  meeting  sends 
Q  delegate  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  A. 
M.  Tims  the  whole  membership  is  iis  fairly 
represented  in  the  councils  of  Annual  Meetings, 
as  the  people  aw  represented  iu  the  Legislative 
councils  of  thenations.  At  some  Anuu.il  Meet- 
ings, one  hill  of  thequeries  from  District  Meet- 
ings come  without  any  answer  at  all,  but  are  re- 
ferred to  Standing  Committee  for  an  answer; 
while  some  queries  have  been  discussed  for  houi-s 
iu  public,  until  the  meeting  became  so  confused 
that  nothing  could  be  done,  but  to  send  it  into 
the  Committee  raom  for  final  disposition  of  it. 
Very  few,  if  any,  such  answei-s  are  objected  to 
when  read  to  the  public. 

For  the  last  thirty  years  I  know  that  the 
most  important  business  before  Annual  M-.'et- 
ing  had  to  be,  and  was  so  done.  All  applications 
for  committees  &c.,  are  made  to  the  Standing 
Committee,  as  well  as  the  many  letters 
from  different  branches  of  the  church,  asking 
for  private  advice  and  instructions  from  the 
Standing  Commitfeoonmost  importantniattora, 
which  ai-e  never  read  before  the  mixed  multi- 
tude. If  a  delicate  case  should  arise  in  the 
church  in  which  I  live,  and  I  \vould  desire  the 
counsel  of  my  senior,  and  more  experienced 
brethren,  I  would  not  have  it  published  iu  the 
meeting  of  a  mixed  multitude;  I  would  do  as 
many  have  done,  address  my  inquiry  to  the  so- 
ber, reflecting  mind  of  the  Elders  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee. 

What  use  is  there  then  iu  conveying  many 
thousand  responsible  and  irresponsible,  of  in- 
t-erested  and  disinterested  pei-sons  to  one  place 
at  an  expense  of  going  to,  and  being  fed  while 
there,  of  thousands  of  dollars  to  he.ar  and  see 
76  brethren  take  a  small  part  in  the  business  of 
the  meeting?  I  am,  and  have  been  opposed  to 
this  system  for  many  years. 

I  was  foreman  of  the  Committee  of  1666,  to 
devise  a  plan  to  hold  A.  M.  In  that  place  we 
say:  "We  recommend  that  the  Annual  council 
be  formed  by  the  delegates  sent  by  the  District 
Meeting,  and  by  all  the  ordained  elders  present." 
And  from  among  those,  "The  bishops  and  el- 
ders of  the  church  holding  the  A.  M.,  shall 
select,  from  among  the  bishops  present,  the 
Standing  Coiuraittec.  These  should  organise 
for  the  reception  of  the  queries  presented  by 
the  delegates  from  the  District  Meetings  (or 
churches),  after  which  all  proper  queries  shall 
be  read  to  the  general  council  meeting  for  adop- 
tion or  amendment."  And,-"  The  church  hold- 
ing the  meeting,  shall  make  arrangements  to 
receive  and  entertain  all  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters privately.  There  shall  be  no  boarding  tent 
put  up  at  the  place  of  meeting  to  entertain  and 
feed  a  mixed  muititude-as  heretofore." 

In  1867,  the  brethren  of  Eastern  Va.,  held 
A.  M.,  according  to  this  plan,  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  turbulent  spirit  in  some  of  the  do- 
bating  brethren,  the  plan  proved  ii  success. 
Over  their  spirits  we  had  no  control,  full  power 
to  control  them  wiis  vested  in  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, but  it  failed  to  enforce  its  power. . 

The  A.  M.,  of  1869,  held  by  the   brethren   in 

Va,,  was  held  acco  ding  to  this  plan,  but  all 

others  have  disregarded  the  plan,  and  even  some 

ho  were  on  the  Committee  to  form   Ihe   plan 

i"  1866,  have  with  o  the  re  clamored  for  another, 

which  if  adopted  would  he  no  more  observed 

than  the  one  we  now  hav^,     I  believe  it  is  now 

e  understanding   Uiat  next  A.   M.,  shall   be 

held  according  to  the   plan   of  1866,  subject  to 

the  different  amendments  of  A.  M.,  since;   but 

as  these  are  numerous^  there  ought  at  least  a 


committee  uf  one  have  been  appointed  acodifier; 
that  is,  if  there  is  one  brother  who  undgMtands 
how  to  arrange  the  original  plan  ^vitbfibl  the 
amendments  in  regular  order  so  as  to  w^der- 
stood  by  all  the  brethren.  If  I  hud  beeTTprea- 
ent,  I  would  have  offered  a  resolution  that  all 
amendments  stand  '  repealed  until  the  plan  of 
1606  be  thoroughly  tried  by  all  the  churches 
West  as  well  as  East.  I  have  no  doubt  of  the 
efficiency  of  the  plan. 

It  is  difficult  to  have  us  all  understand  such 
things  alike.  We  cannot  employ  language, 
but  some  one  will  put  a  different  construction 
on  it  to  what  was  uitendcd.  In  the  plan  of 
1866,  we  specified  in  what  sense  a  boarding,  tent 
should  not  be  put  up,  yet  how  was  it  construed 
by  many  of  the  ajieakei's  at  last   A.  M.? 

The  Brethren  of  Va.,  in  1869  understood  our 
meaning  as  well  as  our  language,  they  had  put 
up  n  small  tent  to  entertain  and  feed  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  but  not  one  to  entertain  and  feed 
a  mixed  multitude  as  heiettdbre.  , 

JESUS  CHRIST,  THE  SURE  FOUN- 
DATION. 

Jiy  .J.  W.  SOl'IHWOOD. 

WE  undei-stand  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  only 
sure  foundation  npon  which  to  build  our 
hopes  for  the  f\iture;  if  we  would  gain  the  heav- 
enly bliss  of  the  saints  and  dwell  iu  the  bright 
mansions  of  eternal  glory;  yet  it  is  possible  and 
even  probable,  and  more  than  this,  it  isa  fact 
that  men  have,  and  will  continue  to  lay  foun- 
dations and  try  to  get  others  to  build  thereon; 
but  all  such  foundations  are  sandy  aud  will  not, 
nor  cannot  stand  beyond  ,the  limits  of  time, 
nevertheless  they  may  and  do  fall  sooner;  but 
as  we  want  and  need  a  foundation  that  will  not 
crumble  with  time  nor  wash  away  with  the 
floods  of  sin,  hence  we  gladly  accept  Jesus. 

"For  other  foundation  can  no  man  lay  than 
that  it  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ."  1  Cor.  3;  II 
For  he  is  the  Stone  "which  is  become  the  head 
of  the  corner.  Neither  is  there  salvation 
any  other:  for  there  is  no  other  name  under 
heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must  be 
saved," 

Then  in  view  of  the  fact  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
the  only  sure  Foundation — the  only  means  of 
salvation— "the  Chief  Corner-stone,""  the  Kock 
of  our  salvation ;"  would  we  not  better  all  build 
npon  this  Foundation  and  not  upon  the  follies 
of  this  wwld? 

Would  we  not  better  worship  the  true  aud 
living  God,  instead  of  the  goddess  of  fashion? 
If  wu  would  build  on  that  sure  Foundation,  we 
would  better  take  heed  to  all  of  Christ's  com- 
mands, and  humble  ourselves  under  His  mighty 
hand,  so  the  walls  o(  our  works  and  conversa- 
tion reach  down  to  and  rest  upon  the  Uock  of 
our  salvation — even  Clirist  Jesus. 

"  Therefore,  whosoever  hearetli  these  sayings 
of  mine  and  doeth  them,  I  will  liken  him  nnto 
u  wise  man,  which  built  his  house  upon  a  rock; 
and  the  rain  descended,  and  the  floods  came,  and 
the  winds  blew  and  beat  upon  that  bouse;  and 
it  fell  not.  for  it  was  founded  upon  arock." 
'  And  every  one  that  hearoth  those  sayings  ol 
mine  and  doeth  them  not,  shall  be  liltejied  unto 
1  foolish  man  which  built  his  house  upon  the 
sand;  and  the  ,rain  descended  and  the  floods 
came,  aud  the  winds  lilew,  aud  beat  upon  that 
house:  and  it  fell,  and  great  w.os  the  fall  of  it." 
Mutt.  T:  24-27.  Reader,  are  you  hear.ng  the 
i&yingsofihe  blessed  i^aster  and  not  doing 
them,  and  thus  building  your  house  'upon  the 
sand,  even  upon  the  follies  of  this  world  or  the 
doctrine  of  men?  or  are  you  hearing  and  doing 
and  thereby  build  your  house  upon  the  Rock 
Christ  Jesus,  fearless  of  all  the  scoffs  ofasin- 
curi«d  world,  or  n popular  Christianity? 


WHAT  IS  NEEDED. 

"VrOT  eloquence  in  the  pulpit,  nor  wealth  in 
11  the  pews,  but  the  reviving  influence  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  Spurgeoii  says.  "  The  Holy  Spirit 
is  able  to  make  the  Wo^d  as  successful  now  as 
in  the  days  of  the  apostles.  Ho  can  bring  in 
by  hundreds  and  thousands  as  easily  as  by  onea 
and  twos.  The  reason  why  we  are  not  more 
prosperous  is.  that  we  have  not  the  Holy  Spirit 
with  us  in  might  and  power,  as  in  early  times. 
If  we  h.id  the  Spirit  sealing  our  lumistry  with 
power,  it  would  signify  very  little  about  our 
talent.  ,, 

Men  might  be  poor  and  uneducated:  their 
words  might  bebroltennndjungrammatical;  thei-e 
miglitbenoneof  the  polished  periods  of  HaU 
or  glorious  Chalmei-s;  but  if  the  might  of  the 
Spirit  attended  them,  the  humblest  evangelist 
would  bemoresnccessful  than  the  mosteloqueiit 
of  preachers.  It  is  extraordinary  grace,  not 
talent  that  wins  the  day;  ifc  is .  extra oi-di nary 
spiritual  power  that  we  need.  Mental  power 
ftlts  a  chap?l,  but  spiritual  power  fills  the  church. 
Oh !  we  know  some  before  whom  we  shrink  in- 
to nothing  as  to  talent,  but  who  have  no  .spirit- 
ual power,  and  when  they  speak  they  have  not 
the  Holy  Spirit  with  them.  But  we  know  oth- 
ers, simple-hearted,  who  speak  their  country  dia^ 
lect,  and  who  stand  up  to  preach  in  their  coun- 
try places,  and  the  Spirit  of  God  clothes  every 
word  with  po'ver.  Hearts  are  broken,  souls  are 
saved,  sinners  are  bornagain.  Oh,  Spirit  of  the 
living  God.  we  want  thee!  Thou  art  the  life, 
the  soul,  the  source  of  thy  people 'ssuccess;  with- 
out Thee  they  can  do  nothing;  with  Thee  they 
can  do  everything. 

Selected  by  Jacou  K.  Hahley. 


BE  KIND   TO  THE  LIVING. 

IT  is  all  very  well  to  give  men  fine  funerals 
when  they  die,  and  to  write  long  obituai'y 
notices  proving  them  to  be  saints  uncimonizcd. 
It  is  agoo<l  thing  to  pause— we  who  must  all 
diesoineday— for  a  little  moment  to  do  honor 
to  the  dust  aud  ashes  that  were  yesterday  a  man. 
But  while  we  do  this,  can  we  not  also  "ive  a 
little  to  the  living?  Can  we  not  be  generous 
and  just  and  forgiving  to  those  who  still  have 
ears  to  hear  and  hearts  to  throb  with   pain   and 

xiety  ? 

How  many  hearts  might  have  been  saved 
from  breaking  by  a  perusal  of  their  obituary 
notices;  how  many  might  have  been  comforted 
by  an  antemortem  perusal  of  the  verses  on  their 
tombstones!  It  is  after  he  is  dead  that  we  say 
of  the  man.  "  He  was  orave  and  good;"  of  the 
woman,  "  She  was  pureand  pretty."  The  abuse, 
the  sneer,  the  innuendo,  the  malicious  whisper, 
coarse  carricature — these'  ore  for  living, 
breathing,  bleeding  human  bosoms.  Any 
amount  of  tombstone  praise  and  funeral  pa- 
;eant3  that  you  like,  but  would  it  harm  us  to 
be  a  little  hinder  to  the  living? 


KEEP  BUSY. 


TMRuiauwhoh 
miserable  of 


ha.s  nothing  to  do,  is  the  most 
of  beings.  If  you  have  no  reg- 
ular work,  do  chores  as  fanners  do  when  it  rains 
too  hard  to  work  in  the  field.  In  occupation  we 
forget  our  troubles, and  get  a  respite  from  sor- 
The  man  whose  mind  and  hands  are  busy 
finds  no  time  to  weep  and  wail.  If  work  is 
slack,  spend  the  time,  in  reading.  No  man  ever 
:h.  The.  hardest  students  in  the 
world  are  the  old  men  who  know  the  most.  If 
you  lack  books,  there  are  free  or  very  cheap  h- 
brnries,  at  least  in  cities,  at  your  command. — 
The  man  who  does  not  acquire  some  item  of 
useful  information  between  day-break  and  bed- 
time, must  moumtully  say,  with  the  Roman 
Emperor,  ■'  [  have  lost  a  day." — Sel. 


He  who  takes  advice  is  sometimes  superior  to        To  be  in  a  passion  is  to  punish  one's  self  for 
him  who  gives  it.  the  faults  aud  impertinences  of  another. 


THE    BKETliRK^    ^T    "WOWKi. 


=A.tigust   *29. 


MY  WIFE. 

WHAT  maideaiii  thy  day  of  yore, 
Smote  im-  with  most  tremendous  power, 
Inllictiiig  |Hing^  imkiiowii  liefore? — 

My  mfe. 
Who  pittk'd  mcin  ray  dLstress, 
AnJ,  by  one  simple  little  "  Yes," 
Chaugcd  all   my  woe  to   blessedness?— 

My  wife. 
Who  did,  with  look  almost  divine, 
My  sniil  ill  cords  of  love  entwine, 
And  g»vo  her  priceless  heart  for  mine? — 

My  wife. 
Who  to  the  altnr  went  with  me, 
Our  hearts  iiglow  with  ecstasy. 
And  my  good  ungel  vowed  to  be? — 

My  wife. 

Who,  Hitico  I  to  the  altar  led. 

The  blushing  bride,  and  vows  were  said, 

Hoa  naught  but  blessings  round  mo  shed?— 

My  ivife. 
Who  in  our  pilgrimiige  below. 
Has  cheered  with  smiles  the  passage   through, 
And  ever  faithful  proved  and  true? — 

My  wife. 
When  passed  willi  sorrow,  toil  and  cares, 
Who  all  my  grief  and  trouble  shares. 
And  half,  at  leiist,  my  burden  bears?- 

My  wife. 
When  tempesbi  rage  and  billows  roll, 
And  human  passions  spura  control. 
Who  calms  the  tumult  of  my  soul?— 

My  wife. 
When  storms  are  bushed  and  skies  are  bright. 
And  shadows  dark  are  changed  to  light, 
Who. joys  with  mo  in  sweet  delight?^ 

My  wife. 
Who  was  in  youth  th'  admired  of  men: 
But  now,  at  thrcescoic  and  ten. 
Is  far  more  beautiful  than  then? — 

My  wile. 

As  down  life's  rugged  steep  I  go. 
With  careful,  trembling  steps  and  slow, 
Who  clings  to  me  and  helps  me  through?— 

My  wife. 
Who,  when  my  toilsome  days  are  o'er. 
Will  meet  me  on  blest  Canaan's  shore, 
And  sin"  with  me  fcirevcrmore ?— 

My  wife. 
— Selected. 


CLOSE  COMMUNION. 

bV  J.  S.  IIOHLKR. 

"TIA-THEIl. — Dear  aon.I  am  concerned 
-^  for  your  salvation,  and  have  won- 
dered ^vliy  you  stood  aloof  from  the 
churcli  so  loug,  and  in  danger  of  losing 
your  eternal  interests  in  the  world  to 
come. 

Son. — I  would  liave  joined  the  church 
before  now ;  but  there  is  one  thing  in 
the  chiu'ch  1  do  not  understand;  Itloolcs 
a  little  selfish  to  me.  I  mean  close  Com- 
munion. I  would  like  to  know  your 
resisons  for  ohserviuc;  it? 

F. — So  far  nsCTospel  authority  is  con- 
cerned, it  is  silent  about  those  terms,  but 
we  think  the  pi-hici2}Ie  of  close  Com- 
munion is  establislied. 

S. — In  what  part  of  the  Gospel,  and 
how  ? 

F. — In  Hebrews  13:  10,  we  read  as 
follows:  "  AVe  have  an  altar,  whereof 
they  have  no  right  to  eat  which  servethe 
tabemacle."  Here  we  notice  thatthe  right 
to  eat  at  the  Christian  altar  is  denied 
those  of  the  Jewish  religion. 

.y.- — Yes,  but  the  apostle  does  not  de- 
ny that  right  to  any  Christian  people; 
only  to  the  Jews. 

jr. — But  we  must  notice  the  gi'onnd 
upon  wliich  the  riffht  to  commime  is  1 
ed.  The  Revelator,  says,  "  Llessed  are 
they  that  do  his  comnmndmeots  that 
they  may  have  a  rujht  to  the  tree  of  life, 
and  enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the 
city."  Rev.  23:  U.  Then  if  the  right 
to  the  ti-ee  of  life  is  based  upon  obedi- 
ence to  the  commandments  of  Christ, 
doubtless  the  right  to  pai'take  of  the 
Christian's  altar  is  based  upon  the  same 
ground.  For  it  is  clear,  had  those  who 
served  the  tabernacle,  served  Christ,  they 
would  have  had  as  much  right  at  the 
Christian  altar  as   any    other  believer 


their  disqualification    arose   from  their 
disobedience. 

,S'. — Vour  argument  seems  conclusive 
and  tlie  doctrine  of  close  Communion 
pretty  cleaiiy established;  but  then  Paul 
gays,  1  C^r.  11:  28,  "  But  let  a  man  ex- 
amiiie  himself,  and  so  let  him  eat  of  that 
bread,  and  drink  of  that  cup."  This, 
it  seems  to  me,  gives  every  lieljever  the 
privilege  to  eat  at  the  Lord's  table,  and 
destroys  your  argument  on  close  Com- 
munion. 

F. — It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
when,  the  apostle  wrote,  the  church  was 
not  ttfV&led,  and  subdivided  as  it  is  now, 
into'linndreds  of  fragments.  The  va- 
rioiis  church  names  we  now  have,  were 
not  in  use  then.  But  the  apostle  wrote 
to  the  membei's  of  a  united  church,  and 
not  a  divided  one  (save  a  little  tempo- 
rary trouble  at  Corinth  at  the  time). 
They  had  thesameLord;  the  same  faith; 
the  same  baptizing;  the  same  ordinances 
in  all  things;  they  had  kept  the  ordi- 
nances as  they  were  delivered  to  them. 
Had  the  division  of  the  clmrch  existed 
then,  as  now,  the  apostle  would  doubt' 
less  have  referred  to  all  who  were  not  in 
full  obedience  to  the  doctrine  of  Christ 
as  he  did  to  those  of  the  Jewish  religion. 
"  We  have  an  altar  whereof  i?in/  have 
no  rigJtt  to  eaV 

S. — It  never  occurred  to  my  mind 
that  there  were  no  divisions  of  doctrine 
in  the  apostolic  church)  hence  no  occns- 
ion  for  the  term  open,  or  close  Coinmuu- 
ion.  I  also  infer  from  your  argument 
that  certain  qualifications  are  required 
to  constitute  us  proper  communicants  at 
the  Lord's  table.  I  should  like  to  know 
what  these  qualifications  are  ? 

F. — One  of  the  most  important  qual 
ifications,  is  union  at  heart. 

,5.^That  is  just  the  view  of  open 
communicants,  h^nee  they  unite  in  com 
muniug. 

i''.— It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
mere  external  union  inform,  is  no  evi 
dence  of  heart  union. 

S.  What  is  the  diflerence? 
F. — Heart  union  is  based  upon  obe- 
dience to  the  true  doctrine  of  Christ,  its 
members  being  perfectly  joined  together 
in  the  same  mind  and  judgment;  while 
mere  external  union  implies  or  admits  a 
difference  in  doctrine;  but  only  unites 
for  the  time  being,  retaining  their  differ- 
ence still. 

jS".— Then  I  understand  there  must  be 
union'  or  oneness  of  doctrine;  this  pro- 
duces oneness  of  heart:  this  only  quali- 
fies us  to  eat  at  the  Christian  altar. 

F. — Yon  have  a  ti-ue  conception  of  a 
proper  communicant.  There  can  be  no 
cominwnion  without'  union,  aud  union 
that  is  not  from  the  heart,  is  no  union  at 
all,  and  there  can  be  no  real  union  with- 
out sameness  of  doctrine.  But  it  must 
be  remembered  that  there  may  be  union 
on  the  side  of  error,  as  well  as  on  the 
side  of  truth.  • 

iS'. — This  is  a  new  phase  of  the  subject, 
how  can  this  be? 

^.— In  the  days  of  Moses,  while  he 
was  receiving  the  law,  the  Israelites  in 
camp  made  them  a  golden  calf  and  wor- 
shiped it;  here  was  a  great  union,  but 
on  the  side  of  error.  Exodus  :V2.  Agi 
in  the  days  of  the  prophet  Elijah,  there 
was  another  gi'eat  union  on  the  side  of 
en"or.  All  Israel  bad  gone  after  Baal, 
save  7,000  men,  and  their  prophets  were 
450  men;  while  but  one  true  prophet 
existed.  Other  cases  might  be  referred 
to,  but  these  are  sufficient  to  establish 
the  point  under  consideration. 

S.—\  perceive  that  union  may  be  on 
the  side  of  en-or,  as\Yell  as  on  the  side 
of  truth ;  but  how  can  I  discover 
which  is  the  proper  union. 


F. — You  can  discover  this  by  exam- 
ing  the  basis  of  doctrine  by  which  such 
union  is  eftected.  If  it  is  based  upon  obe- 
dience to  the  whole  doctrine  of  Christ, 
it  is  true  Gospel  union,  if  but  part  of  the 
doctrine  of  Christ  is  complied  with,  we 
may  well  doubt  its  accept-abllity  in  the 
sight  of  God. 

,S. — I  am  now  satisfied  as  to  what  the 
basis  of  Gospel  union  must  be;  but  wish 
to  know  whether  there  are  other  quali- 
fications to  commune  to  divine  accep- 
tance. 

F. — Another  very  important  qualifi- 
cation, is  con-mtencij. 

S. — What  do  you  mean  by  con-yisleii- 
aj? 

F. — We  mean,  astrait  forward  course 
,n  doctrine,  acting  from  right  principles; 
while  JTicnnsisteiict/,  is  contrary  in  its 
character. 

jS'.— Can 'you  refer  to  a  case  of  incon- 
sistency in  the  Gospel  ? 

F. — The  case  of  Peter  eating  with  the 
Gentiles  in  the  absence  of  the  Jews;  then 
withdrawingfrora  them  when  the  Jewish 
brethren  came;  is  a  case  in  point,  and 
because  of  Peter's  mi:<ynsistency,  Paul 
withstood  him,  for  Peter  was  to  blame. 
Gal.  3:  11,  12,  13.    • 

A'. — But  are  there  any  incon-niatcncies 
practiced  by  the  churcli  now? 

F. — We  ai'e  inclined  to  think  there 
are. 

6'.— AVill  you  be  so  kind  as  to  explain 
them,  as  I  am  concerned  about  this  mat' 
ter,  and  want  to  be  right. 

F. — For  your  sake,  and  others  who 
are  equally  concerned,  I  will  try  and  do 
so,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  establishing 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  A  church 
that  holds  close  baptism,  and  open  com- 
miuiion  is  in  my  judgment  not  very  con- 
sislent. 

S. — What  is  meant  by  close  baptism?. 
F. — Close  baptism,  means,    that  one 
mode  only  of  baptism  is  right,  and  prac- 
ticed by  a  church,  all  other  modes  being 
innovations. 

/S'.— Where  does  the  incomistenci/ 
come  in? 

^.— To  exclude  all  from  church  fel-, 
lowship  who  are  not  baptized  with  the 
baptism  of  that  church  and  commuue 
with  those  ■who  have  been  baptized  with 
some  other  baptism,  does  not  look  very 
consi  stent. 

S. — ^But  does  not  the  pei'son  who  has 
received  alien  baptism,  commune  at  his 
risk? 

F. — Not  altogether.  If  the  church 
has  the  right  to  close  its  doors  against 
alien  baptism,  has  it  not  the  same  right 
to  close  its  doors  against  improper  com- 
municants? 

,  .S'.— It  would  seem  that  the  church 
has  that  right;  still  I  cannot  see  that  the 
chm'ch  is  to  blame,  for  opening  its  com- 
munion doors  for  members  ot  all  church- 
es to  commune.  The  responsibility  it 
seems  to  me,  rests  on  the  individual  com 
miming,  and  not  on  the  church. 

^.— But  a  wilful  opening  of  the  door 
of  communion,  and  ft  general  invitation 
for  meml^ei-s  of  all  churches  to  come, 
and  commune,  is  a  virtual  acknowledge- 
ment on  the  part  of  the  church,  that 
there  is  no  real  difference  between  them 
How  does  this  harmonize  with  close  bap- 
tism ?  If  the  person  who  has  received 
alien  baptism  is  good  enough  to  com- 
mune with,  why  not  have  an  open  door 
for  baptism,  and  be  consifstent? 

S. — ^But  is  the  church  responsible  for 
the  alien  baptism  of  their  persons  or 
churches? 

F. — No;  but  it  is  responsible  for  ac- 
knowledging that  baptism  in  open  com- 
munion, 

iS". — But  I  cannot  see  how  the  church 


could  be  chargeable  with    iiicoiiNiK/eiwy 
or  guilt  ovep  in  open  comniuuion. 

F.- — Read  what  John  says,  iu  his  sec- 
ond epistle  Huh  and  11th  verees,  speak- 
ing of  a  certain  class  of  believers  who, 
if  they  did  not  bring  the  triie  doctrine, 
were  not  to  be  received  into  their  houses, 
(hoiise.s  of  worship),  and  he  that  bade 
him  God  speed  became  partaker  of  his 
evil  deeds.  Just  so  in  the  church  to-day. 
If  I  willingly  and  knowingly,  commune 
th  a  drunkard,  or  a  liar,  or  a  covetous 
or  a  profane  man,  I  then  and  there,  ac- 
knowledge that  man  jny  equal  in  relig- 
ion, and  become  partaker  of  his  evil 
deeds,  for  in  willingly  communing  with 
him,  I  bid  him  God  speed.  To  retain 
my  integrity,  I  must  withdraw  from  the 
Communion  table,  or  have  him  with- 
cbaw..  This  applies  mth  equal  force 
where  there  exists  divei-sity  of  doctrine. 
If  an  immei-sionist  willing  and  know- 
ingly communes  with  a  Pedo  Baptist, 
then  and  there  he  compromises  Ids  b.ip- 
tism,  and  virtually  acknowledges  by  his 
act,  that  baptism  l>y  pouring  or  sprink- 
ling is  as  good  as  his  own,  and  to  oppose 
Pedo  Baptism  after  that,  would  certain- 
ly be  very  inconsistent.  Further,  let  it 
be  understood  that  no  man  can  commune 
to  himself.  It  requires  at  least  two  to 
commune.  JColno/iia,  the  Greek  for 
Communion,  meiins fellowship,  sooieti/, 
partivijmtion.  The  letter,  as  well  as  the 
spirit  of  Communion,  means  a  number  of 
pei"sons;  hence  the  propriety  of  all  be- 
ing of  the  same  mind  and  judgment  to 
commune  to  divine  acceptance.  It  is  be- 
cause of  this,  that  Paul  says,  "  Ye  can- 
not drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
cup  of  devils;  ye  cannot  be  partakers  of 
the  Lord's  table,  and  the  table  of  dev- 
ils."  1  Cor.  10:  21.  This  clearly  proves 
our  position.  Tlie  principle  is,  that  the 
Lord's  table,  is  not  the  devil's  table,  and 
the  devil's  table,  is  not  the  Lord's  table. 
Where  the  apostle  says,  "  Ye  cannot 
drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the  cup 
of  devils,"  he  does  not  allude  to  any 
phyni/^al  inability  to  do  so;  but  that  we 
cannot  do  so  from  Christian  principle, 
without  violatingour  integrity  and  com- 
promising our  religion,  and  becoming 
partaker  of  the  guilt  of  devils,  equally 
so  now.  A  willfill  and  knowimj  com- 
munion with  those  we  know  to  be  in  er- 
ror, should  that  error  only  consist  in  one 
thing,  is  an  acknowledgement  of  indif- 
ference and  makes  such  person  guilty  of 
the  same  error. 

S. — I  admit  the  propriety,  and  con- 
clusiveness of  your  argument;  but  from 
the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  I  am  con- 
strained to  believe  that  Judas  commun- 
ed with  Christ,  and  Christ  certainly 
knew  what  was  in  Judas'  heart;  that 
would  make  Christ  a  partaker  of  Judas' 
evil  deeds.  How  will  you  reconcile  this 
matter  with  your  argument? 

F. — Can  you  prove  that  Jhdas  com- 
muned with  Christ? 

6'.-^Do  not  the  Scriptures  clearly 
teach  that  Judas  ate  with  Christ  in  the 
night  when  the  Commnion  was  iostitut- 
ed,  as  shown  by  his  receiving  thesop. 

F. — The  -snp  you  refer   to  jwrtains  to 
the  Supper,  and  not  the  Communion, 
>S. — What  supper? 

J?'.— The  Supper  instituted  by  Chiist 
in  the  night  of  His  betrayal. 

iS'. — I  thought  that  was  the  Jewish 
Passover  they  were  celebrating. 

F. — -In  this  you  are  mistaken.  In  the 
thirteenth  chapter  of  John,  we  learn  that 
it  was  before  the  feast  of  the  Passover 
that  Christ  met  with  His  disciples  and 
instituted  the  Supper  and  Communion. 
Again,  the  Jews  would  not  go  into  the 
judgment  hall  lest  they  be  defiled,  but 
that  they  might  eat  the   Passover.  John 


>ust    29. 


TME    BRETI-IREN    J^T    AVORK:. 


3 


18:  2x.  Here  iveseetbat  at  the  trial  of 
Christ,  the  Passover  was  not  yet  eaten. 
But  Christ  had  eaten  a  meal  with  His 
disciples  the  evening  previous,  hence  it 
is  clear  that  the  sop  you  refer  to,  did 
not  pertain  to  the  Passover,  but  to  the 
Supper  or  meal  eaten  by  the  disciples  in 
connection  with  which  the  Communion 
was  instituted. 

S. — I  had  an  idea  that  somehow  the 
^op  connected  with,  or  pertained  to  the 
Communion. 

^. — In  this  you  are  equally  mistaken. 
Matthew  and  Mark  both  reveal  the  fact, 
that  the  traitor  was  revealed  before 
Christ  took  sjtecial  bread  to  bless  it,  i. 
c,  the  Communion.  From  John  we 
learn,  15th  chapter,  that  so  soon  as  the 
traitor  was  revealed  by  receivinj^  the  -wp, 
he  went  immediately  out  ('.  e.,  before  the 
Communion  was  instituted;  between  thf. 
eating  of  the  Supper  as  instituted  by 
Christ,  and  the  taking  of  special  bread 
and  blessing  it,  or  the  institution  of  the 
Communion,  Judas  went  out,  henae  did 
not  commune.  As  an  additional  evidence 
of  the  distinction  between  the  Passover, 
Supper,  and  Communion,  we  might  re- 
fer to  their  distinct  names  in  the  original. 
The  Greek  for  Passover  is,  ^x(sc/ia,  for 
Supper  is,  Deipnon^  for  Communion  is, 
Kmnonia.  Judas  partook  of  the  deip- 
non  (of  which  the  sop  was  a  part,  but 
not  of  the  Koinonia,  hence  Judas  did 
not  commune. 

S.— I  must  confess  that  your  reason- 
ing has  thrown  new  light  on  the  subject. 
I  never  could  exactly  understand  how 
the  sop  belonged  to  tlie  C'ommnion,  still 
I  could  not  locate  it  anywhere  else.  The 
idea  of  a  supper  separate  from  the  Com- 
munion, never  entered  my  mind,  but 
now  it  is  clear  as  daylight,  I  can  eas- 
ily undei"stand  how  Judas  could  receive 
the  sop,  and  not  commune.  But  are 
there  any  other  inconsistencies  among 
the  churches? 

F. — Pulpit  affiliation  and  close  Com- 
munion also  seem  m^onsistent. 

S. — What  is  meant  by  pulpit  affilia- 
tion? 

F.— Simply  assisting  ministers  of  other 
churches  in  protracted  efforts,  for  the 
conversion  of  sinners,  at  the  same  time 
not  allow  those  members,  nor  those  who 
they  tliemselves  were  instrumentnl  in 
converting,  to  commune  with  them,  un- 
less they  joined  the  same  church. 

S.- — No,  itis  certainlynot  charitable  to 
assist  those  with  whom  we  would  not 
commune,  and  less  still  to  deny  those  the 
right  to  commune  with  us  whom  we  had 
l)een  instrumental  in  converting,  unless 
they  joined  [our  particular  church,  after 
•giving  them  fi-ee  and  full  liberty  to  join. 
any  other  church,  as  X  have  heard  min- 
isters do.  But  you  have  based  heart 
union  upon  obedience  to  all  the  doctrine 
of  Christ,  and  this  only  would  constitute 
us  proper  conmiunicants.  Now  I  wnuld 
like  a  brief  outline  of  the  doctrine. 

F.— This  I  will  consent  to  give  in  a 
verj'  brief  manner. 

1.  Conviction  of  sin. 

2.  Objective  faith  in  the  .Son  of  God. 

3.  Repentance,  that  need  not  )je  re- 
pented of. 

4.  Subjective  , faith,  evinced  by  our 
obedieucc  to  all  the  precepts  of  the  Gos- 
pel. 

o.  Baptism  by  trine  action  as  com- 
manded byJChrist,  Matt.  28:  151,  and 
practiced  by  the  apostles  and  their  suc- 
cessors hundredsof  years  in  an  unbroken 
line  of  succession. 

6.  Washinjj  the  saint's  feet  as  com- 
manded by  Christ,  John  13:  15,  and  re- 
ferred to  by  Paul,  1  Tim.  a:  10. 

7.  The  Lord'ii  Supperj  Ddpnon,  an 
evening  meal  ils  defined  liy  Webster,  of 


which  the  apostle  ate,  as  Christ  was  tak 
ing  special  bread  and  blessed  it,  thereby 
instituting  the  Communion.  Matt.  26 
26;  Mark  14:22. 

8.  The  Communion,  Koinonia  as  in 
stituted  l)y  Christ,  while  the  disciples 
were  eating  Supper.  Matt.  26:  26  lat' 
ter  clause;  Mark  14:  22. 

9.  The  Christian  salutation  com- 
manded four  times  by  Paul,  1  Cor.  16 
20,  2  Cor.  13:  12;  2  Thess.  5:  26;  Bom. 
16:  16,  and  once  by  Peter,  1  Peter  5 
14. 

10.  Prayer -covering  for  the  sistere  as 
commanded  by  Paul.  1  Cor.  11. 

11.  Non -conformity  in  dress,  custom, 
conversation,  pleasure,  amusement  tfec, 
as  taught  by  Clirist  antl  the  apostles. 

12.  Non-swearing.  Matt.5;  34;  Jami 


12. 


;  Matt. 


13.     Nondawing,  1  Cor.  6;    1 
5;  44. 

In  addition  to  these  requirements  of 
the  Gospel,  we  must  cultivate  the  graces 
and  virtues  of  Christianity,  that  we  have 
excellency  of  character,  such  as  humility, 
obedience,  temperance,  charity,  honesty, 
truthfulness,  chaste  convei-satiou,  pray- 
ei-fulness.  In  short,  manifest  in  our  lives 
the  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  and  not  of  the 
flesh. 

S. — I  am  aware  that  you  have  Gospel 
for  all  you  have  referred  to;  but  is  it 
absolutely  necessary  that  we  be  so  par- 
ticular, especially  in  some  of  those  lit- 
tle things? 

F. — Itis  very  safe  to  have  the  AVord 
of  God  on  our  side. 

S. — I  know  that  the  Word  of  God  is 
sure  and  steadfast;  but  then  suppose  we 
attend  to  the  main  requirements  of  the 
Gospel,  but  leave  undone  such  little 
things,  as  Feet- washing,  salutation, 
prayer-covering  for  the  sisters,  would 
this  condemn  us? 

F.— In  answer,  I  can  only  refer  you 
to  the  case  of  Peter,  who  doubtless 
thought  as  you  are  thinking,  that  Feet- 
washing  was  too  little  to  be  observed; 
but  his  refusal  would  have  severed  his 
part  with  Christ,  Now  if  you  can  show 
from  the  Gospel,  that  you  are  betterthan 
Peter  was,  or  that  you  can  be  saved  some 
other  way,  then  your  plea  may  amount 
to  something.  Besides  this,  I  cannot  see 
h^w  you  can  call  anything  lUtlc,  that  is 
commanded,  either  by  Christ  or  the 
apostles.  I  do  not  know  but  you  are 
sinning  in  so  doing. 

S.- — Perhaps  I  should  not  have  used 
the  term,  Utth.  I  do  not  mean  to  dis- 
parage the  precept  of  the  Gospel;  but 
somehow  I  can'  see  no  propriety  m  be- 
ing so  very  particular. 

F. — You  must  admit,  whetheryousee 

propriety  in  strict  obedience  or  not; 
that  it  is  infallibly  safe,  while  to  be 
only  partially  obedient,  may  not  be  safe. 

S.— There  is  no  doubt  aa  to  the  safety 
of  the  position  you  occupy. 

F. — Itis  not  only  safe,  but  forms  the 
basis  of  union  for  Gospel  Communion. 
Suppose  every  believer  would  obey  the 
Gospel  in  all  things  lu  its  plain,  simple 
meaning,  what  would  the  result  be? 
Would  we  not  have  Gospel  union  all 
over  Christendom  ?  Yes ;  and  heart  union 
too.  Zion's  watchmen  would  see  eye, 
to  eye.  Allscliisms  and  divisions  would 
cease,  and  we  would  have  no  more 
use  for  the  terms,  open  and  done  Com- 
munion, than  the  brethren  had  in  the 
apostolic  age  of  the  church.  We  would 
be  one  people,  perfectly  united  upon  the 
broad  platform  of  the  Gospel.  We 
could  then  freely,  consistently  and  by 
,authority  of  the  Gospel,  commune  wher- 
ever we  might  go,  among  all  the  church- 
es of  the  land.  The  term,  churches, 
then,  would    not  mean    di\nsions  of  the 


church ;  but  branches  of  the  same  chm-ch 
or  organization.  It  is  not  because  men 
cannot  see  alike,  that  we  have  so  many 
divisions  in  the  church;  but  becaime  men 
and  women  are  not  willing  to  obey  that, 
which  they  already  know. 

S. — I  now  see  the  propriety  of  your 
reasons  for  close  Communion.  If  I  un- 
derstand you  correctly,  your  reasons  for 
close  Communion,  are  to  retain  the  pu- 
rity of  the  docti'ine  of  Christ;  and  this 
you  can  only  do,  by  strict  obedience  to 
all  things  required  at  your  hand. 

F. — You  undei"staud  us  correctly. 
Close  Communion  upon  any  other  ground, 
is  mere  selfishness. 

S. — But  do  you  believe  that  churches 
that  are  not  so  strict  in  obedience,  are 
positively  wrong? 

F, — We  should  not  concern  ourselves 
so  much  as  to  who  are  positively  wron!_ 
as  we  should  as  to  what  is  positively 
right;  To  oltey  God  in  all  things  as 
well  as  we  know  how,  is  certainly  right 
and  safe.  This  is  all  we  claim,  and  all 
the  Gospel  claims. 

S, — I  admit  the  correctness  of  yom- 
premises,  as  well  as  your  conclusions, 
and  upon  that  basis,  I  am  a  close  Com^ 
munionist  too,  I  see  that  there  is  no 
sectarianism  nor  selfishness  about  it;  bnt 
simiily  love  for  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Je- 
sus. Would  to  God  that  all  believers 
were  possessed  of  this  love;  disunion 
would  soon  be  banished  hence. 


AN  INVITATION  TO  SINNERS. 

IIV  DAVID  I..  WILLIAMS. 

■'  And  when  tlicy  saw  it,  they  all  miiimured 
saying,  That  he  was  gone  to  l)e  guest   with   a 
I  tlintis  a  sinnt^r."  Luke  19:  7. 

npHE  language  of  our  text  was  uttered 
-'-  by  the  multitude  that  thronged  our 
Savior's  entrance  into  Jericho  atthetime 
that  he  dined  with  Zaccheus.  Zaccheus 
had  climbed  into  the  tree  in  order  to 
get  a  position  that  he  might  have  a  fair 
look  at  Jesus  as  He  was  passing  with 
the  multitudes  thronging  after  him. 
Somehow  or  other  he  had  atti'acted  great 
attention,  not  that  the  multitudes  really 
considered  Him  the  Son  of  God  or  the 
Savior  of  the  world,  but  from  the  re- 
ports circulated  relative  to  the  miracles 
that  He  did  and  the  power  in  which  He 
taught.  He  spoke  as  one  having  author- 
ity. Now  Jesus  seeing  Zaccheus,  called 
him  down  from  the  tree,  telling  him  that 
He  intended  to  dine  at  his  house.  They 
all  marveled;  they  say  that  Zacche-us  is 
a  sinner,  and  Christ  who  claims  to  be 
the  Son  of  God,  and  we  partly  believe 
it,  from  the  miracles  that  we  have  seen 
Him  perform,  and  the  fame  that  is  gone 
abroad  of  Him ;  but  now  it  astonishes 
us  to  see  that  He  is  going  to  become  a 
guest  with  Zaccheus,  that  sinner  who 
has  not  stood  at  all  creditable  in  society. 
We  cannot  afford  to  stain  our  character 
so  as  to  become  a  guest  with  such  a  low 
character  as  this  sinner. 

Mark  you,  that  this  givat  multitude 
consisted  mainly  of  those  who  pretend- 
ed to  be  righteous  as  a  general  thing, 
and  those  of  course  did  not  feel  the  real 
need  of  a  Savior;  conseciuently  He  could 
do  them  no  good.  It  is  those  who  are 
laden  down  with  sin  thiit  He  relieves. 
The  inHtation  is,  "  Come  unto  me  nil  ye 
that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I 
I  give  you  rest."  Yes,  Jesus  was  a 
friend  to  siunei-s;  it  was  for  sinners  that 
He  bled  and  died.  Pie  says,  "  came  not 
to  call  the  righteous,  but  sinuej-s  to  re- 
pentance"— that  those  who  are  whole 
need  no  physician,  but  they  thatirre  sick. 
The  idea  here  advanced  is,  that  Christ 
canie  to  do  for  poor,  mortal,  sinful  man, 
what  he  could  not  possibly  do  for    him- 


self—heal  him,  restore  him  from  the 
maladies  of  ?in,  and  ivinstnte  him  in  the 
favor  of  God. 

Herein  is  presented  a  sublime  thought 
for  our  mortal  minds  to  feast  upon,  and 
animate  our  souls  with  the  ecstasy  of 
gladness.  To  contemplate  that  we  have 
such  a  friend  who  is  holy,  harmless  and 
undefiled,  yet  is  not  onlv  willing,  but 
anxious  to  have  us  come  to  Him.  He 
left  His  Father's  side  and  the  shining 
courts  of  heaven,  denied  Himself  of  the 
joys  of  that  habitation  for  a  season,  ac- 
quaintingllimself  with  sorrow  and  grief  in 
order  that  we  might  become  His  children 
—His  joint  heii-s  in  the  everlasting  king- 
dom— the  region  of  the  just,  the  estate 
of  all  purity.  Contemjdate  the  blessing 
of  Zaccheus,  that  sinner  who  was  favor- 
ed with  a  Guest  from  heaven,  the  Son 
of  God,  who  needeth  not  that  any  tes- 
tify of  Him,  for  He  knew  the  state, 
the  secret  emotion  of  Zaccheus'  heart. 
He  knew  that  he  could  do  him  some 
good.  No  doubt  Zaccheus  was  some- 
what like  David,  did  not  justify  himself 
in  his  sin,  but  was  such  that  woidd  ac- 
knowledge his  faults  and  \villing  to  re- 
form. Such  an  one  as  this,  Christ  can 
assist  and  help.  How  Zaccheus  must 
have  rejoiced  while  favored  with  such  a 
Guest  as  Jesus  was;  the  Son  of  God  go- 
ing to  eTit  dinner  ivith  him,  he  such  a 
sinner,  that  he  certainly  was  disfellow- 
shiped  from  the  religion  of  that  day, 
hence  was  eo-sy  drawn  to  Christ,  If  he 
had  at  that  time  belonged  to  a  religious 
body,  as  did  our  Savior's  persecutors,  he 
no  doubt  would  have  clung  to  it  and  re- 
jected^ Christ,  as  it  is  %vith  us  in  this 
nineteenth  century.  Those  that  have 
joined  themselves  to  a  religious  body, 
cliug  to  it  whether  their  religion  is  pure 
and  undefiled  or  not.  They  are  like 
the  Pharisees  and  Sudduceesin  oui*  Sav- 
ior's time.  They  "  know  "  that  their 
religion  all  is  right. 

Here  again,  is  one  grand  and  inipor- 
tant  thought,  and  that  is,  as  Zaccheus 
was  so  base  as  to  be  rejected  on  account 
of  his  sinfidness  by  those  of  his  breth- 
ren in  the  flesh,  and  Christ  stooped  to 
him  so  as  to  elevate  him  in  society.  Yes, 
dear  sinner,  this  is  wliat  He  came,  and 
bled  and  died  for,  that  He  might  elevate 
you ;  though  you  are  vile  and  have  sin- 
ned greatly,  and  have  sunk  your  chara- 
cter beneath  the  notice  of  creditable  peo- 
ple. He  will  stoop  to  you  if  you  will 
yield  to  Him,  and  He  will  take  }'our  feet 
out  of  the  mire  and  clay,  and  place  them 
upon  the  Rock  of  ages.  He  \\'\\\  refine 
your  character,  and  fit  you  for  the  best 
of  society;  will-lead  you  to  live  a  holy 
,fe — one  that  cannot  be  gainsayed  by 
your  ueighl>oi's. 

Oh,  sinner,  what  a  Friend  you  have 
in  Christ,  and  yet  you  reject  Him.  He 
is  Avilling  to  become  your  Guest,  while 
your  neighl)oi-3  are  not  willing  to  stoop 
so  low.  But  if  you  ivill  jield  to  Christ 
and  accept  Him  as  your  Guest,  He  will 
elevate  you  above  many  of  those  who 
refuse  Him,  He  loves  yon,  dear  sinner, 
though  you  may  be  low  in  sin,  and  yoar 
life  much  degi'aded.  But  He  does  not 
love  your  sins;  it  is  you  that  He  loves; 
your  sins  He  hates.  He  knows  that  it 
will  destroy  you  and  ruin  you.  He  wants 
to  free  you  from  it.  He  so  loves  you,, 
that  He  is  willing  and  an.xious  to  do  it, 
but  for  Him  to  accomplish,  yon  must 
have  some  regard  for  yourself  and  Him 
too.  Yuu  must  yield  to  His  kindness 
and  grace,  and  He  will  refine  the  pur- 
pose of  your  heart,  that  you  may  be  led 
to  live  a  diflerent  life, — one  that  will  be 
animated  with  the  hope  of  that  blessed 
immortality.  No  niattei-  if  yiui  have 
been  a  great  sinner.  He  is  your  Friend. 


T.T-T:ii;  l3nETH:l'.E>^^  ^t  "v^^oi^ic. 


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Uno.  3.  II.  Duiiion  is  diil;  nulliorlicd,  by  us  as  ou 
IntcUng  corrciponiJcnt  and  Agftut  For  llic  Uretiibek  a 
WouK  atiJ  will  t-ccolrc  flUbscripliDna  for  llic  mine  nl  ou 
r*£uUrratc3.  All  liusinen  IrkMnctcd  bj  bim  Tor  oiirol 
Gen,  "ill  lie  ibo  niimo  as  if  done  I17  diiKcIiM. 


TuE  BnrTriui;^  at  Wobk  vfill  he  sent  ponr-pnid.  to  any 
oddrcea  in  Ibo  Uiiiled  StaUB  or  Cnondn,  for  $160  par 
BDJQum.  Those  aeailing  ion  nnmrs  and  $15.00,  will  rc- 
ceiTB  nn  anlru  aajiy  freo  ot  clinrf^.  For  nil  over  Ibis 
nombcr  (hi'  iiguiii  will  Lo  nllowcd  HI  coii(9  for  cnch  mldi- 
tionnl  nnmD,  wlilch  nnioiini  oan  he  dcduotod  from  Ihc 
monoy.  hi'f'im  ncndinf;  it  to  ua.  Moncj  Orders,  Drofia, 
and  Uf-i'icrM  Ldicra  mny  be  sen L  nt  our  risk,  Thuy 
bLoiiM  tie  nmdu  pnyahlo  lo  Mnoro  &  Eabrluinn. 

Siil)>criiiiiiiU!i.  nnd  com  mil  mention  9  in  I  end  oil  for  llie  pti- 
por,  ns  >rcU  a.*  (ill  bunincsa  niotlcra  eonntclcd  wilb  the  of- 
fice aboiild  ho  iidJrcssed 

UOOKE  k  ESBELUAtT; 

X.anarb,  CarroU  Co..  HI. 


AOGirST  29, 187B. 


GRAINS  OF  TRUTH. 

"Feasts  of  Charity."— Popular  Churches 
■    and  Popular  Preachers. — Clouds.  Tem- 
pests   and    Sunshine.— Patient    Endur- 
ance. —  Superiority    of    Christianity.— 
Right  is  Might. 

FiTOJI  thuAtlnntic  to  the  Pacific  preparations 
are  Deiiig  raude  for  "feasts  of  clitirity,'' 
thus  shon-ing  that  the  primitive  practices  of  tlie 
Gospel  still  live,  lUid  that  a  noble  baiicl  of  be- 
lievers are  not  ashamed  to  maintain  them  in 
their  purity.  Who  was  it  that  recently  said, 
that  "the  Gospel  is  a  failure?"  Thuse  disciples 
of  Jesus  know  nothing  about  yielding  up  the 
holy,  self-denying  practices  of  the  Lord  and 
Master.  Brethren,  let  no  strife  pull  us  apart, 
but  let  ui  continue  to  pull  together.  Thia  to- 
gether always  wins — always  brings  victory. 

JuBT  so  soon  US  churches  begin  to  seek  none 
but  popular  preaehera,  and  popular  pi'eaehers 
begin  to  seek  none  but  popular  churches,  there 
will  be  a  down-grade  tendency,  swift  and  sure. 
Churches  should  seek  truth-loving,  God-fearing, 
zealous  men  to  declare  the  word  of  Truth, 
whether  they  be  "  chief  men  "  or  subordinates; 
and  pious,  Gcd-feariug  preachei^s  should  seek  the 
isolated  and  numerically  weak  churches,  where 
much  hard  work  is  needed,  and  where  the  de- 
voted few  ai'e.  unable  to  do  much  themselves. 
Go  and  help  them  to  develop  activity — help 
them  to  increase  in  the  riches  of  Christ — help 
them  to  bring  out  the  hidden  talent  that  it  may 
also  hbor  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  This  is 
the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  He  has  strewn  many 
blessings  there.  Highly- favored  minister,  what 
say  yon  to  gathering  thein  in? 

SouETiuES  it  is  cold,  rainy  and  eloudy  for 
weeks,  aud  only  now  and  then  we  get  a  glimpse 
of  the  Sim.  We  become  gloomy  and  impatient, 
declaring  wo  never  saw  such  weather.  But  af- 
ter while  the  clouds  pa-^s  away,  the  sun  shines 
out  grandly  beautiful,  imd  all  nature  sparkles 
with  joy.  Smiles  seem  to  rest  on  things.  Is 
not  thia  a  picture  of  the  soul?  Storms,  tem- 
pests, trials  of  all  kinds  toss  us  hither  and  thith- 
er; we  become  alarmed  and  are  ready  to  fall 
under  the  clouds,  and  then  God  drives  them 
away,  and  lots  in  the  bright  rays  of  the  Sun  of 
Righteousness,  and  we  are  ourfielves  again. 
Right  will  prevail,  and  peace  always  follows 
war:  so  long  as  there  is  w.ir,  there  is  no  peace, 
and  during  peace  there  can  he  no  war.  Bless- 
ed be  God,  who  can  always  bring  sunshine  in 
due  time! 

"  A  MAN  who  has  no  eucmiea  is  seldom  good 
for  anything.  He  is  made  of  that  kind  of  ma^ 
terial  which  is  so  easily  worked  that  every  one 
tries  a  hand  in  it,  A  sterling  character — one 
who  speaks  for  himself,  and  speaks  what  he 
thinks— is  always  sure  to  have  enemies.  They 
are  as  necessary  to  him  a.s  fresh  air.  They  keep 
hiui  alive  and  active,  A  celebrated  person,  who 
was  surrounded  by  enemies,  used  to  say,  '  They 
are  sparks  wliich,  if  you  do  not  blow  them,  go 
out  of  themselves.'  Let  this  be  your  feeling 
while  endeavoring  to  live  down  the  scandal  of 
those  who  are  bitter  against  you.     If  you  stop 


to  dispute,  you  Jo  but  as  they  desire,  and  o[j>-u 
the  way  for  more  abufC,  Let  the  poor  fellows 
talk.  There  will  bs  reaction,  if  you  do  but  per- 
form your  duty;  and  huiidred?-,  who  were  once 
allen.ited  fiom  you,  will  flock  to  yiui  aud  ac- 
knowledge their  error," 

GnKisTi.isiTv  menn?^,  Giyl  hicnrnnle,  and  seeks 
all  rational  bi'inga.  Judaism  was  purely  local, 
being  the  system  of  one  nation,  but  Christianity 
is  designed  as  the  one  system  for  all  nations. 
Greek  gods  were  made  in  the  image  of  men, 
hence  when  man  worshipped  those  gods,  he 
could  rise  no  higher  than  hiiuself— p.irtook  of 
his  own  nature,  which  when  once  defiled  leads 
man  from  bad  to  worse.  But  Christianity  rais- 
es us  above  our  corrupt  natures — makes  us  clean 
where  we  were  filthy,  puts  light  where  there  was 
all  darkness,  Mohammedanism  has  man  for  its 
head-light,  hence  Mohammedans  fail  to  reach 
the  higher  and  better  life.  Christianity  has 
Christ  fur  its  Head,  and  this  Head  possesses  a 
dJvinenatiire — a  sinless  nature;  hence  in  follow- 
ing— in  accepting  this  Leader,  our  natures  be- 
come purified — our  souls  cleansed,  our  hopes 
confirmed  and  pe.ice  with  the  everlasting  Father. 

No  one  should  attempt  to  carry  his  point  by 
ilictalioii — by  mere  (/sscWiaji,  bnt  by  the  asser- 
tion of  tnilh — by  ilii-hic  authorHij.  Thia  is  the 
liighest  and  absolute  authority  in  all  things. 
Why  should  you  fret  and  worry,  and  get  into  a 
petty  jealousy  because  your  opjjonout  carries  his 
point — gives  iliviiic  authority  for  his  work? 
Never  try  to  pull  a  man  down  because  the  ar- 
gument is  on  his  side — because  he  is  in  the  right 
and  you  in  the  wrong.  Walk  out  in  the  broad 
field  of  divine  authority  and  he  a  free  man. 
Study  well  nnd  carefully  the  whole  truth,  and 
then  stand  for  it.  If  a  man  wilt  twist  and  evade, 
put  the  exact  truth  at  him:  he  will  not,  he  can- 
not withstand  it.  Take  the  right  ground — the 
precise  Truth  as  revealed  by  the  Lord,  and 
stand  by  it.  Right  may  he  pushed  back  a  little, 
but  God  will,  in  due  time,  bring  it  to  the  front- 
There  is  strength  in  ri^hl,  for  God  put  it  there. 
Who  is  not  for  right?  m.  m.  b. 


TRIP  TO  ROCK  CREEK. 

SOON  after  completing  the  work  pertaining 
to  the  organizatipn  ot  the  church  at  this 
place,  of  which  an  account  will  be  found  else- 
where, we  ietl  Lanark,  by,  private  conveyance, 
to  attend  a  council  meeting  held  by  the  church 
at  Rock  Creek,  some  twenty  miles  South  of 
here.  We  were  in  company  with  brethren 
Enoch  Eby,  J.  J.  Emmert,  and  Daniel  Miller. 
Found  the  ride  a  pleasant  and  enjoyable  one, 
considerable  rain  having  fallen,  sufficient  to  lay 
ihe  dust, and  cool  the  air.  We  reached  the 
place  on  the  morning  of  the  20th,  and  fouud  the 
congregation  assem))led  in  the  Brethren's  large 
meet-in g-hou.=e,  beautifully  situated  in  the  edge 
of  the  timber,  on  a  lofty  eminence,  overlooking 
a  vast  tract  of  well  improved  farming  country. 
The  situation  of  the  building  is  certainly  a  de- 
sirable one. 

This  congregation  is  composed  of  about  one 
hundred  members,  pretty  well  scattered  over 
Whiteside  Co.,  nnd  formerly  a  part  of  the  Mill- 
edgeville  congregation.  It  is  moderately  well 
supplied  Avith  ministers,  who,  owing  to  the  scat^ 
tered  condition  of  the  members,  have  considera- 
ble traveling  to  do,  in  order  to  fill  their  appoint- 
ments, thus  rendering  their  work  rather 
liiborious.  The  church  here  has  been  sorely 
afilicted  for  some  time,  and  on  this  occasion 
met  to  confer  with  a  committee  senti  by  last 
Annual  Meeting  to  adjust  the  existing  difficul- 
ties. Elders  Enoch  Eby,  Jas.  R,  Qish,  and  J. 
J.  Emmert  were  the  committee. 

The  council  meeting  commenced  on  Tuesday 
morning.  There  were  two  cases  before  the  com- 
mittee, and  some  other  miscellaneous  business. 
The  uiembei-s  presented  theirgrtevimceB,  one  by 
one,  in  the  most  Christian-like  manner.  I  nev- 
er before  saw  a  body,  in  the  midst  of  such 
troubles,  act  so  coolly  and  deliberately.  The 
most  critical  points  were  presented  and  examin- 
ed without  producing  the  least  excitement.  In 
this  respect  the  example  of  those  brethren  is 
certainly  commendable. 

The  committee  made  their  report  on  Thurs- 
day morning,  and  explained  it  in  full,  giving 
the  members  permission  to  ask  all  the  questions 
regarding  it  they  thought  proper,  so  as  to  be 
sure  that  they  fully  understood  the  decision  in 
all  its  parts.     It  was  then  put  to  vote  whether 


thi-  I'litiruh  would  accept  it,  and  carried  without 
adisscuting  voice.  Every  member  seemed  fully 
satisiifd,  aud  the  whole  church  present,  mani- 
A'sted  tokens  of  the  greatest  satisfaction.  One 
was  reclaimed  and  another  baptized,  thus  add- 
infr  much  to  the  joy  of  the  church. 

We  regret  that  all  the  members  were  not 
present  when  the  decision  waireiul  ande.xplnin- 
cd,  hir  that  was  the  essential  part  of  the  work, 
aud  a  hiituii;  on  which  much  depends.  Itis  so 
often  the  case  that  members  think  it  is  not  nec- 
essary to,  put  themselves  to.  any  extra  trouble  in 
order  to  hear  the  decision  read  and  explained  by 
Uie  committee,  as  they  can  hear  of  the  contents 
from  other  sources.  In  this,  however,  they  may 
be  mistjiken,  as  none  will  likely  W  prepared  to 
explain  it  so  well,  and  answer  questions  as  sat- 
isfactorily as  the  committee,  liesides  this,  they 
ought  to  bo  present  to  file  objections  if  they 
have  any,  and  assist  further  in  removing  what- 
ever nmy  be  in  the  way  of  peace  aud  general 
good  will.  If  all  were  present  they  could  take 
part  in  the  closing  portion  of  the  work  and  thus 
contribute  to  the  sentiment  nnd  feeling  of  the 
body,  and  be  instrumental  in  arriving  at  a  great- 
er unanimitj-  of  sentiment. 

During  this,  as  well  as  other  similar  investi- 
gations before  committees,  we  thought  we  could 
see  chances  for  some  impraveraents  in  the  man- 
ner of  presenting  cases.  It  would  greatly 
facilitate  the  work  of  committees  if  the  plaintifl's 
would  carefully  write  all  the  charges  in  a 
very  brief  and  pointed  manner  some  days  before 
the  council.  These  charges  should  then  be 
read  before  the  meeting,  in  the  presence  of  the 
committee  and  handed  to  them;  and  at  the 
proper  time,  the  party  handing  in  the  charges' 
could  bo  called  upon  to  prove  them.  This 
would  flave  the  committee  much  ivriting  and 
enable  them  to  do  their  business  in  about  half 
the  time.  It  is  generally  the  case  that  commit- 
tees require  that  the  plaintifl's  give  in  all  their 
charges,  without  being  molested  by  the  other 
party,  While  doing  so,  the  clerk  writes  down 
all  the  charges  presented.  Tlien  the  defendants 
present  their  defense  and  charges,  if  they  have 
any,  which  are  also  written  down  by  the  clerk. 
After  this,  the  plaintiGBj  are  called  upon  to  prove 
all  their  charges,  one  at  a  time,  if  they  can,  the 
clerk  keeping  a  record  of  the  evidences  present- 
ed. In  this  way  they  go  through  with  what 
has  been  presented  by  both  parlies.  In  connec- 
tion with  this  last  part  is  the  cross  questioning, 
which  it  is  necessary  to  conduct  with  great  care. 
This  done,  the  committee  retires,  takes  into 
consideration  all  ,that  has  been  .proven,  and 
makes  their  decision  accordingly.  We  have 
mentioned  the  above  for  the  benefit  of  other 
congregations  where  committees  may  chance  lo 
be  called. 

Our  associations  wUh  the  members  at  Rock 
Creek  were  pleasant,  affording  us  an  excellent 
opport.iuity  of  becoming  acquainted  with  them, 
and  learning,  much  of  their  history  and  ways. 
We  must  confess  that  we  formed  a  good  opinion 
of  them,  as  well  as  a  close  attachment.  There 
are  many  warm-hearted  members  in  this  con- 
gregation, who  love  the  cause  and  will  sacrifice 
much  for  the  Master's  kingdom.  We  had  great 
reasons  to  sympathize  with  them  in  their  long- 
stauding  iifHictious,  Being  lovers  of  peace  and 
harmony  in  the  church  they  felt  the  dart 
kcmly. 

Con greg.it ions,  like  the  physical  body,  may, 
at  times,  be  sorely  afllicted  with  disease,  from 
which  every  member  of  the  body  must  suffer 
more  or  less,  yet  this  is  no  evidence  that  the 
body  is  dead.  Some  of  the  hcaltliiest  men  in 
the  country  have  passed  through  severe  stages 
of  sickness,  which,  when  over,  seemed  for  their 
good.  Just  so  it  may  be  with  churches,  the 
body  of  Christ;  all  things,  if  properly  applied, 
may  work  together  for  good.  Brother  Edmund 
Forney  takes  charge  of  the  church  for  the  pres- 
ent. The  meeting  was  not  only  a  good  one, 
but  evidently  a  profitable  one,  from  which  the 
church  will  doubtless  derive  great  benefit  if  she 
puts  to  practice  the  advice  given  her,  and  strict- 
ly lives  up  to  the  laws  of  spiritual  health. 

A  WOMAN  cannot  afford  to  give  herself  away 
to  a  man  to  reform  him,  for  as  n  general  thing, 
if  be  does  not  reform  before  marriage  tliere  is 
but  little  hopes  for  him  afterwards,  A  good 
woman's  life  is  Of  too  much  value  to  be  wasted 
by  a  mean  man;  she  should  never  marry  till 
she  is  sure  of  getting  some  one,  who  baa  man- 
hood enough  about  him  to  know  bow  to  treaS  a 
woman. 


DECOY-SHEEP. 

ABOUT  the  latest  thing  out  is  the  decoy- 
sheep.  It  is  difficult  to  drive  a  flock  of 
sheep  through  the  crowdwl  and  noisy  streets  of 
cities;  the  vehicles  will  cause  thoin  to  scatter  in 
all  directions.  To  overcome  this,  the  butcher 
procures  a  aheep  and  trains  it  to  follow  him 
wherever  lio  goes,  through  the  streets  or 
any  place  else.  Before  starting  through  the 
noisy  streets  with  a  flock,  he  turns  his  decoy- 
sheep  in  with  them  a  short  time,  to  become  ac- 
quainted. When  he  starts  off,  his  cleiioy-sheep 
will  follow,  and  of  course,  accoi-ding  to  sheep 
nature,  the  flock  will  stick  to  the  decoy-sheep, 
and  are  in  this  way  enticed  into  the  slaugh- 
ter pens.  Thus  One  decoy-sheep  may  be  made 
instrumental  in  leading  thousands  to  the 
slaughter. 

We  are  led  to  wonder  if  the  devil  hasn't  a  few 
well-trained  decoy-sheep?  They  are  turned  in- 
to the  oh  urch  just  long  enough  to  become  ac- 
quainted, and  then  start  off  to  the  slaughter  jien 
with  the  flock  following'  them.  Whenever  I 
see  a  meek  and  apparently  quiet  man  come  into 
the  church,  and  in  a  few  years  wants  to  lead  the 
flock  off  into  sin  and  destruction,  it  does  not 
take  long  for  ma  to  conclude  that  he  must  he 
one  of  the  devil's  decoy-sheep.  Such  people 
need  to  be  watched.  There  are  thousands  who 
will  not  follow  the  devil  through  the  public 
streets  of  this  world,  but  they  will  follow  some 
man  who  is  walking  in  the  very  footsteps  of  the 
devil. 

Do  not  conclude  that  all  the  deril's  decoy- 
sheep  are  jwrsons  of  great  influence.  He  knows 
the  nature  of  Christians  and  hence  works  ac- 
cordingly. Let  each  of  us  he  '  certain  of  two 
things:  1st,  That  ircare  not  a  decoy-sheep,  and 
2nd,  That  we  are  not  foUowhuj  a  decoy-sheep. 
The  Good  Shepherd  says,  "  Follow  me;  "  "  I  am 
the  way,  the  truth  and  life,  and  no  man  cometh 
unto  the  Father  but  by  hie."  J.  H.  M. 


Bbotjieh  Brinkworth  arrived  in  Lanark,  Sun- 
day moriung,  directfrom  England.  He  preach- 
ed here  Sunday  evening  and  will  remain  with 
us  a  few  days. 


A  I'OUSQ  sister  writes  the  following:  "Find 
enclos^ed  one  dollar  for  which  please  send  me 
Bretiiuen  -vt  Wokk.  I  have  been  reading 
borrowed  papers,  but  think  it  the  best  policy  to 
send  for  one  for  myself.  Think  others  should 
go  aud  do  likewise." 


The  yellow  fever  scourge  continues  in  the 
South  and  seems  to  be  spreadiiig.  At  Greneda, 
Miss.,  the  mortality  is  terrible.  At  Vickshurg, 
New  Orleans,  and  Memphis  there  is  no  abate- 
ment in  the  plague.  Thousands  of  people  are 
leaving  the  cities  and  have  gone  into  camps  on 
high  ground,  hoping  to  escape  sickness. 


BiiOTiiEU  Bashor' commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  the  24th  inst.,  and 
will  continue  one  week.  He  expects  to  reach 
Lanark  by  September  7th.  His  correspondents 
will  please  note  thia.  Glad  to  hear  that  brother 
B.  is  able  to  take  the  field  again,  and  hope  his 
labors  may  be  crowned  with  success. 


Foil  the  want  of  space,  considerable  interest- 
ing Correspondence  and  Gleanings  go  over  to 
next  issue.  We  feel  thankful  to  our  readers  for 
the  good  supply,  and  hope  they  will  continue  to 
furnish  us  with  news  concerning  the  church's 
progress  and  development  of  divine  character. 
"  Rejoice  with  those  that  rejoice,"  is  a  divine 
injunction;  and  to  rejoice,  the  saints  must  have 
the  knowledge. 


The  troubles  on  the  Eastern  Continent  do 
not  seem  to  be  over.  Bosnia  imd  Herzegovina 
are  contesting  Austria's  occupation  of  their 
country,  and  the  people  of  Batouni  declare  that 
Russia  shall  not  govern  them.  In  the  mean- 
while the  Porte  is  so  very  slow  in  submitting  to 
the  work  of  the  Berlin  Congress,  that  the  pow- 
ers are  uneasy.  All  this  shows  that  the  gov- 
ernments of  earth  are  still  in  human  hands. 

We  usually  conclude  it  a  great  task  to  stand 
before  men  and  confess  our  faults;  yet  we  seem 
to  be  ivilling  to  stand  before  God  aud  confess  to 
Him,  and  this,  too,  when  we  know  He  is  great- 
than  man.  Why  is  it?  Do  we  so  because 
!  think  it  not  against  the  flesh  to  humble  our- 
selves before  a  greater,  but  dishonorable  to  yield 
before  an  equal  ?  If  so,  it  ia  not  the  mind  of 
Clirist,  who  thought  it  not  disgraceful  to  hum- 
ble Himself  before  His  Father,  ivith  whom  He 
is  equal.  A  little  more  humbling  will  forward 
the  spirit  considerably,  and  keep  down  the  flesh 
not  a  Utile. 


^ust    20. 


THE   13RETHnEi:E:>T   ^T   AVORK. 


OUK  LORD'S  DAT. 

How    We    Spent    It.— Internal    Work.— 

Hearing,    Coming    and     Doing.— Exact 
Theory     and     Precise     Doing,  —  The 
Church's  Perpetuity— Cannot  Persuade 
the    Gospel    to     Change.  —  Afternoon 
Work.— The  Lord's    Prayer.— What  It 
Teaches. ^Evening  Exercises. 
rr  1 1 ANK  God,  if  we  are  jibk-  Lo  say  oiir  "  Lunl' 
X    day."     Tliiit  aiir  iucludes  nlj  who  have  bee 
wtLshed — all  who  have  been  mude  white  in  the 
"  precious  blood."    The  mcetiug  in  Lanark 
opened  by  brother  PuterWngb  presenting  the 
78tli  liynin,  which  the  congr«gii(ion  sung  with 
becoming  order  and  vigor.    Al'ter   prayer  the 
twelfth   of  Koiiians   was  rend,   when   brother 
Moore  eonimeucyd  by  urging  nil  to  rend  the  Bi- 
ble— to  read  it  CFirefully,  nud  not  lean  on  man. 
Showed   that   there  is  a  possibility  of  rolyins 
wholly  upon  the  extevnnl  work,  nud  neglecting 
the  internal  part.     Those  who  are  . internally 
right,  cannot  be  otherwise  than  externally  right, 
If  the  heart  bo  right,  the  tongue  wll  he  right 
— will  he  bridled.     If  the  heart   be   right,  our 
love  will  be  right — will  he  withoutdissiinululion. 
If  the  heart  he  right,  our  dealings  will  be  right 
—will  provide  things  honest  in  Iho  sight  of  all 

Theie  are  throe  Ibings  that  man  must  do: 
].  Hear  Christ.  2,  Come  to.  lliin.  3.  Olx-y 
Him.  Suppose  we  hear,  oiid  do  not,  will  it 
amount  to  anything?  It  is  he'irintj  Him,  com- 
ing f(i  Him,  nnd  obcijhuj  Him  that  nmkes  us  ac- 
ceptable to  Him.  "  Whosoever  knoweth  to  do 
good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is  sin."  Re- 
fusing/o</o,  becomes  sin  to  bim  who  refuses. 
The  ouly  true  foundation  is  Christ,  1.  It  is 
sure.  3.  Sure,  because  laid  by  the  Lord.  S. 
Being  sure,  there  is  no  terror  to  those  who 
build  upon  it.  There  is  too  much  depend  nee 
npon  some  great  man — some  reformer,  as  he  is 
called.  If  the  "  reformer"  is  not  strictly  cor- 
rect in  his  theory  and  practice,  his  followers 
will  not  be.  Just  as  he  practices,  they  will 
practice.  If  he  leaves  a  little  of  the  sayings  of 
Christ  undone,  they  will  leave  them  undone. 
Such  are  not  safe  lenders.  But  we  have  One 
who  is  safe.  He  practiced  all  He  wants  na  to 
practice.  He  is  the  Light.  You  must  let  this 
Light  shine  on  nnd  in  you. 

A  certain  woman  could  always  tell  how  Elder 
so  and  so  preached,  where  he  preached,  and 
what  he  said,  but  never  could  tell  what  Chrl-t 
and  the  Apostles  said  and  did.  It  will  not  do 
to  follow  men — they  are  not  safe.  Point.lo 
Christ  as  a  Pattern;  follow  Him  and  you  are, 
safe.  Go  to  the  Fountnin  for  pure  drink.  Some- 
times wo  think  that  when  we  are  gone,  tbo 
church  will  be  goue.  Not  so  at  all!  God  is 
able  to  make  it  stand.  The  gates  of  bell  shall 
not  prevail  against  it.  It.  has  stood  auiidst  the 
trials  and  storms  of  the  dark  age,  and  will  con- 
tinue when  you  and  I  huve  gone  to  mother  dust. 
Alexander  Mack  and  those  old  veterans  who 
traveled  hundreds  and  thousands  of  miles,  de- 
claring the  riches  of  God's  grace,  never  said, 
that  when  they  would  go  to  their  graves,  the 
church  of  the  living  God  would  be  no  wore. 
No,  never,  for  they  knew  that  they  were  only 
pilgrims  and  strangers,  and  when  they  were 
gone,  others  would  step  into  the  ranks  nnd  go 
valiantly  forward  in  defense  of  primitive  Chris- 
tianity. The  church  of  the  living  God  is  the 
ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth,  and  not  a  few 
here  and  there. 

Sometimes  we  get  a  little  careless,  and  allow 
pride  and  fashion  to  creep  into  the  church,  nnd 
-then  instead  of  getting  it  out  according  to  the 
Law  of  the  Lord,  we  look'to  each  other.  You 
may  persuade  men  to  allow  you  to  wear  gold, 
but  you  cannot  persuade  the  Gospel  to  do  so. 
Y^ou  may  perstinde  men  to  allow  you  to  go  to 
theatres,  but  God's  Law  will  not  permit  you. 
Study  the  Word  of  God  and  obey  it. 

At  3  P.  M.  we  attended  Sunday-school.  The 
lesson  was  the  Lord'«  Prayer.  Matt.  (1:  7-15. 
From  it  we  learn  in  what  manner  to  pray.  We 
learn  to  avoid  (1.)  Hypocrisy.  (2.)  Usenovaln 
repetitions,  nor  to  speak  viiidi.  We  learn  from 
"  Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven,"  that  He  is 
omnipresent;  that  He  has  domiuiun  over 
His  creatures;  that  He  is  full  of  power 
might;  that  His  eyes  behold  alt  things  — 
"looketh  down  from  heaven;"  that  He  is  pure 
and  holy.  And  we  learn  to  hallow — to  e 
His  name;  Jirst,\a  all  our  thoughts;  skoikI, 
By  our  lips;  thii-d.  By  our  lives;  fourth.  In  our 
families,  by  the  training  we  give  our  children; 


f/lh.  In  our  inlling  or  buaines?.  "  Thy  will  be 
done  in  earth  aa  it  is  in  heaven,"  declares  our 
desire  for  Gol's  will  to  reign  over  our  wills. 
Angels  do  the  Father's  will  with  ?>.'al,  delight, 
perseverancf.  And  "  Forgire  us  our  debts," 
shows  that  we  have'  naught  to  2'"!/  ^^^  with. 
Gui  /orgieeg:  He  asks  no  pay  from  us.  We 
owe  Him  love  and  obedience,  and  ought  always 
give  that  which  belongs  to  the  Lord.  He  trans- 
lers.the  credit. from  justice  to  mercy,  and  as  we 
are  not  free  from  sin  which  reigns  in  our  mor- 
tal bndie.i,  tiie  dobt  on  our  part  goes  on  increas- 
ing, whii-h  luakca  us  continually  dependent  up- 
on' God's  mercy.  This  to  the  carnal  mind  is  a 
strange  economy,  but  it  is  God's  method  of 
bringing  us  into  eternal  felicity.  Present,  five 
officers,  Ihirteen  teachei-s,  and  one  hundred  and 
ten  scholars. 

In  the  evening  were  entertained  from  Daniel 
2:  Zl-io,  fuid  were  given  a  vivid  description  of 
the  city  of  Babylon,  and  the  kingdoms  mention- 
ed by  the  prophet.  Thus  ended  our  Lord's  day 
with  the  bretliren  and  ■  sisters  of  the  Lanark 
church,  and  we  hope  all  were  edified  and  made 
better  for  lif';'.i  tympesfuous  voyage. 


longings  for  the  love  of  God.  May  peace  and 
good  works  ahvaj-s  chnracteriw  the  church  at 
Cherry  Grove,  nnd  when  their  toils,  their  trials 
and  ours,  are  all  over,  may  we,  with  calmness,  go 
to  rest,  to  arise  in  the  first,  grand  resurrectio^ 
to  meet  Jesus  in  all  His  gloiy  and  splendor. 


CHURCH  ORGANIZED. 

ON  the  lilth  inst.,  at  S  A.  U.,  the  members 
in  and  around  Lanark  met  for  the  purpose 
of  orgjini/.ing  a  church, — a  council  at  Cherry 
Grove  on  fhi;  13th  having  granted  this  permis- 
sion. There  was  a  good  attendance,  and  elders 
Martin  M-yer  nnd  John  J.  Euiraert  were  pres- 
ent to  assist  in  the  work.  Brother  Mej'er,  in  a 
Christian  waj',  presented  the  duties  of  the  laity 
and  official^;,  and  exhorted  all  to  faithfulness 
and  steadfastness  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ. 

The  church  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for  Clerk 
and  Treasurer,  which  resulted  in  the  selection 
of  John  H.  Peck  for  Clerk,  and  Isaac  Rowland 
for  Treasurer.  The  next  in  order  was  the  elec- 
tion of  three  Trustees,  who,  accordltig  to  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  are  to  hold  in  trust 
all  property  belonging  to  the  church.  The 
menibei-s  proceeded  to  ballot,  and  in  due  course 
of  tiiue  the  elders  reported,  that  one  brother  had 
received  a  majority,  and  three  others  had  each 
received  nn  equal  number  of  votes.  Now  as 
there  were  only  three  wanted,  the  question  arose 
how  to  dispo^-c'of  the  fourth  one,  and,  after  a 
fair  and  iVee  discussion,  it  was  agreed  that  the 
three  should  Ciist  lots.  This  vras  done,  and  the 
one  receiving  the  blank  was  counted  out.  D.  B. 
Eby,  Isaac  Howlnnd,  and  Jacob  Arnold  are 
therefore  Trustees  of  the  church  at  Lanark. ' 

Brother  J,  II.  Moore  was  unanimously  chos- 
as  over-eer  of  the  church,  and  he  has,  for  an 
assistant  in  the  ministry,  brother  Samuel  J. 
Peck.  To  aid  them  in  the  proper  way,  at  proj)- 
timef,  there  are  three  deacons.  There  are 
one  hundred  and  thirteen  members  in  the  Lan- 
ark church,  iuid  by  their  judicious  labor,  holy 
lives  and  /.ealous  hearts  may  soon  make  for 
themselves  a  good  and  glorious  record  iji  the 
book  above.  Peace  and  good-will  are  noble 
characteristics,  nnd  it  becomes  this  band  of  be- 
lievers to  do  all  in  its  power  to  give  evidence  of 
being  horn  of  God" — born  of  the  spirit  of 
brotherly  aO'ection.  A  collection  for  mission 
i  was  taken  up,  resulting  in  upwards  of 
thirty  dollars.  At  12  M.  the  congregation  was 
dismissed,  all  apparently  having  enjoyed  the 
meeting  :uid  its  work. 

It  may  be  proper  to  state  here,  that  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty  members  remain  in  the 
Cherry  Grove  church,  under  the  care  of  elders 
Michael  Uolinger  and  Henry  Martin,  assisted 
by  brother  David  Puterbaugh  and  three  deacons. 
Within  the  pa^t  five  years  this  church  has  wit- 
nessed some  important  work.  In  the  Fall  of 
1875  the  Danish  Mission  was  here  inaugurated, 
brother  Hope  being  chosen  to  the  ministry  and 
sent  to  his  present  field  of  labor.  Dunng  the 
same  time  upwards  of  fifty  preciom;  souls  were 
added  to  the  church,  the  pentecostal  flame  reach- 
ing nearly  every  family  in  the  congregation. 
Methinks  wlien  all  the  toils  of  life  are  over.and 
we  all  .itand  Ijefore  the  judgment  seat  of  God, 
the  books  being  opened,  we  will  have  no  regrets 
for  the  work  of  Cherry  Grove  church  during 
the  Fall  of  1S75.  About  all  who  then  came 
forwanl  and  gave  their  hearts  to  Christ  are 
faithful  and  devoted  members.  They  came  to 
Christ  speedily — twenty  being  immersed  in  one 
day — and  neither  they  nor  us  have  lost  by  their 
rapid  lligbt  from  sin.  Ah!  we  never  wish  to 
forget  that  glorious  time  when  every  house 
seemed  to  be  burning  with  holy  zeal  and  earnest 


We  can  furnish  "  Reason  and  Revelation 

work  of  5C4  neatly  printed  pages,  for  §3.50  per 
copy,  Bible  students  and  miiiUters  wilt  find 
this  a  valuable  aid  in  the  study  of  the  Word. 


A  stMi  recently  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  a 
boat  not  much  larger  than  a  canot.  Ho  was 
fiftj--six  days  in  crossing,  including  a  stop'of 
several  days  on  the  English  coast  on  account  of 
stormy  weather.  The  boat  was  taken  to  the 
Paris  Exposition  to  be  admired  by  tlnose  who 
attend. the  great  show. 


Tub  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Indiana 
State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  will  be  held  at  Spiceland,  Henry  Co., 
Ind.,  Oct.  9, 10  and  11.  The  sentiment  against 
secret  orders,  in  many  localities,  is  growing 
rapidly,  and  bids  fair,  if  properly  applied,  to' be- 
come a  power  for  good. 


Samaria  was  the  capital  of  the  kingdom  of 
Israel,  or  the  ten  tril>es,  Ouiri,  king  of  Israel^ 
built  it  about  900  j^eara  before  Christ.  It  wna 
located  on  a  beautiful  spot  in  Palestine,  and  the 
subsequent  kings  omitted  nothing  to  make  it 
strong  and  beautiful.  It  was  almost  reduced  tO' 
ruins  by  the  Assyrians,  Herod  rebuilt  it.  and 
called  it  Sebaste,  (Latin,  Augusta).  Philip 
preached  here,  and  was  the  means  of  turning 
many  to  Christ. 


We  had  CJilla  the  past  .week  from  brother  J. 
R.  Gish  and  wife,  brother  Enoch  Ehy,  and  sister 
Sperow,  who  lias,  for  the  past  j'ear,  been  spend- 
ing her  time  with  friends  in  Iowa  and  Nebrjiska. 
Brother  Sharjvalso  returned  to  give  us  a  friend- 
ly greeting  before  his  final  leave.  From  here 
he  goes  to  Rock  Creek  church,  thence  to  Ash- 
land, 0.,  and  persons  ivishing  to  correspond 
with  him  will  address  him  there. 


On  the  18tli  inst.,  a  number  of  members  from 
the  Shannon  church  came  over  to  within  a  half 
mile  of  Lanank  and  witnessed  the  baptism  of 
two  precious  souls  from  their  congregation. 
Owing  to  a  misunderstanding  as  to  the  time, 
the  members  here  did  not  attend.  We  are  al- 
ivays  glad  to  see  repentant  souls  come  home  to 
God.  The  fiijld  is  large,  the  number  of  persons 
to  be  saved  are  numerous,  heuce  not  a  single 
minister  can,  afford  to  be  slothful  in  his  catling. 
"Cry  aloud,"  that  many  may, awake,  should  bo 
the  minister's  motto. 

We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  Greek  and 
English  Concordance,  prepared  by  Charles  V. 
Hudson,  nnd  published  t-y  H.  L  Ha-^tings,  Bos- 
ton. It  connects  the  Greek  Text  of  the  New 
Testament  ivith  tlie  Common  English  Version 
in  such  a  way  as  to  enable  the  student  to  find 
the  meaning  of  any  Greek  word  in  the  New 
Testament,  nnd  where  used.  A  man  need  not 
know  a  werd  of  Greek  in  order  to  make  use  of 
the  book,  yet  it  is  so  arranged,  that  one  can 
soon,  by  a  little  study,  become  familiar  with  the- 
Greek  also.  Price,  cloth,  §2,50;  1-ather,  §3.00. 
Address  the  publishers. 


The  occasion,  this-  week,  rather  demands  from 
i  an  article  setting  forth  some  of  our  views  re- 
garding an  improved  plan  of  holding  our  Annu- 
al Meeting,  but  for  the  want  of  room  on  the 
editorial  pages,'  must  defer  it  till  next  week. 
Suffice  it  to  say,  that  the  Biiethren  at  Wsiik 
is  opposed  to  any  plan  !nvoring  the  "  delegated 
power,"  It  is  not  only  unscriptural,  in.  our 
judgment,  but  may  be  the  prolific  soujeo  of 
schisms  and  general  discor^l.  The  history  of 
the  past  has  left  a  sad  recoi-d  of  delegated  eccle- 
siastical power.  The  church — the  body  of 
Christ,  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth  should 
ever  keep  the  power  in  its  own  hands. 

In  number  31  a  call  was  mode  for  aa,  army  of 
workei-s  to  help  better  the  condition  of  poor  and 
unfortunate  children,  by  placing  the  Children 
at  Work  in  their  hands.  We  are  happy  to  state 
that  (villing  hands  and  hearts  are  responding, 
feel  rejoiced  to  be  able  to  labor  for  the  neglect- 
ed and  uncared-for  children.  What  a  noble 
tield  to  labor  in!  There  is  many  a  pearl  hidden 
beneath  the  sunburnt  face  and  tattered  gar- 
ments, and  from  a  divine  standpoint,  as  good  a 
place  to  seek  the  imperishable  gold  as  could  be 
desired.  We  do  not  mean  to  stop  with  the 
placing  of  the  Children  at  Work  in  the  hands 
of  the  poor  and  neglected:  we  mean  that  it  shall 
be  a  simple  means  of  doing  them  good  in  other 
ways  than  by  the  mind.  As  already  stated,  the 
field  is  large,  and  is  awaiting  some  one — sonie 


thousands  to  go  in  and  occupy.  This  we  mean 
to  do,  by  the  grace  of  our  Father;  but  we  need 
your  help,  your  fyrnyers,  your  heartfelt  sympa- 
thies. God  bless  the  kind  hearts  that  are 
awnkened  nnd  that  are  to  bo  awakened  upon 
this  subject. 

E],r.Eu  Ja.s.  R.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  who 
was  with  us  last  week,  and  preached  for  the 
Brethren  here  on  Friday  erening,  is  eiteusively 
known  as  a  traveling  missMjnary,  and  for  yeara 
hiLs  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in  the  field 
preaching,  especially  among  small  congrega- 
tions and  isolated  members.  Wherever  he  goes 
he  endeavois  to  introduce  the  Bkethren  at 
Work,  saying,  that  if  he  can  j^et  isolated  mem- 
bers to  take  the  paper  he  is  sure  of  their  inter- 
est and  iwal  for  the  cause  being  Itcpt  alive.  This 
is  something  that  ought  to  be  carefully  attend- 
ed to  by  our  traveling  ministers — they  should 
make  great  effdrta  to  get  the  paper  into  every 
family  of  members  and  thereby  be  instrumentfj 
in  keeping  ap  their  /eal  for  the  cause. 


Ik  the  seennd  editorial  columnyNo.  32,  wa» 
published  a  short  item  referring  to  hrother  J.  S. 
Hohler's  article  on  Mutt.  9:  lo,  IT.  By  some- 
it  is  thought  that  our  rfmnrks  reflected  some- 
what against  Wother  Mohler.  Thi:*  was  not  the 
case  wilh  us.  We  had  not  the  least  idea  of 
criticising  what  was  written  in  brotlitr  Mohler's 
article.  The  fttct  of  the  matter  is,  there  were 
certain  things  that  we  have  been  wanting  to 
ay  for  some  time,  and  thought  that  would  be 
just  the  right  time  to  say  it.  The  last  thirteen 
lines  of  the  item  referred  to,  were  not  intended 
to  be  applied,  in  any  way,  shape  or  form,  to 
what  hrother*M.  had  done.  He  did  just  right, 
and  any  other  member  has  the  same  privilege. 
We  explain  the  Word  the  best  we  can,  and  if 
some  one  lias  anything  better,  we  wajifr  it,  but 
it  must  be  free  of  all  controversy. 


Methodisji  is  not  agreed.  The  fropt  ranks 
e  more  or  less  disturbed,  controversy  is  in  the 
field,  and  some  ace  for  Paul,  some  fot  Cephas, 
;ome  for  Apollis.  The  whole  body  seems  to  be 
somewhat  agitated  over  the  rights  of  oflicialB 
and  laity,  one  desiring  greater  power,  the  other 
reaching  for  more  privilege.  The  close  observer 
for  the  past  few  years  can  readily  see  that  there 
conflict  going  on  between  spiritual  and 
temporal — a  question  whether  there  shall  be  a 
continuation  of  pvelatical  rule,  or  a  change  to 
democracy.  ChttBt  places  the  government  of 
His  people  inthtbody,  for  the  body,,  and  no 
portion  of  that  body  can  iissume  that  govern- 
ment/or the  body.  The  probationary  system 
is  waning,  and  it^it  could  bo  set  adrift  altogeth- 
er, with  intant  st^ukling,  nnd  there  v^oiild  be  a 
grand  general  move  all  along  the  line,  to  prac- 
tice John  13:  1-47;  Rom.  16:  16,  and  anumber 
of  other  divine  iustitutions,  there  woi&ld  be  con- 
siderable "gkiry  to  God,"  and  muuli  "good 
will"  in  many  he-itrts. 

GALIF0RM3A  COMMITTEE  FUND. 

Howard  church,  Ind., §1.00 

Woodland  chiuch,  Mich., 1.00 

J.  B.  Shively, 1.50 

Coon  River  church,  Iowa, - 1.00 

Laporte  churoh,  Ind., 1,00 

Cole  Creek  church.  111., 1.00 

Pine  Creek  chnrch,  III., 1.50 

Ogan's  Creek  church,  Ind., l.OU 

Macon  church.  III., 2.00' 

Marshall  cl-jirch,  Iowa, l.OO' 

Bethel  chnsch.  Mo., 1.09 

Rock  Creek,  church.  111., 1.05 

Previouslji  reported, 30.15 

Total,  §15.20 

NO   DEBATE   IN  VA. 

Dear  Brrlhren: — 

OUR.  Baptist  friends  aller  having  challoDged 
me  in  diflerent  forms,  as  I  understand  it, 
first  to  meet  one  of  them  in  public  debate,  and 
then  to  meet  them  single  handed  in  their  min- 
isters and  deacons' meeting,  against  the  whole 
Baplist  clergy  and  others  combined,  to  debate 
trine  immersion,  now  write  to  nie,  proposing  a 
number  of  propositions  shaped  to  suit  them- 
selves, and  then  declaring  emphatically  that 
they  will  not  debate  with  us,  (I  having  named 
our  representative),  unless  we  would  come  np. 
squarely  and  make  a  challenge.  This  I  decline, 
and  so  far  as  I  am  concerned,  the  matter  enda, 
I,  however,  have  forwarded  their  communica- 
tions to  Bro.  Stein,  for  him  to  do  as  he  may 
think  best.  B.  F.  MooiiAW. 


Wb  want  the  name  and  address  of  every 
brother  and  sister  who  contemplates  doing  any 
traveling  this  Fall.  Send  in  your  name  and  ad- 
dress immediately. 


THE    BRETHKE:Nr    JsJT    -WORIC. 


-A^ugust    29. 


WON'T  YOU  GO? 


BT  J.  W,  aOUTHlVOOD. 

There  Ib  a  bright  iiiid  liappy  Innil, 

For  all  that  ilwcU  below. 
Who  love  the  Snvlor  rts  they  should ; 
Oh  father,  won't  you  goV 
ciionu& 
Won't  you  go  ?    Won't  you  go '/ 

To  that  blight  iind  happy  land  'i* 
Won't  you  g'*''    Won't  you  go'/ 
And  nnioiig  the  angels  atandV 

That  land  la  over  bright  and  fair , 

Au<l  always  free  from  woe; 
There  wires  aiul  troubles  ne'er  can  co  me 

Oh  mother,  won't  you  go  'f 

Tliiit  l.ir.a  ..  >sii.L.'  !L.' Savior  dwells. 


Oh  t 


,.■  might  live; 

11  goy 


That  land  is  bright  with  glory-light, 
For  all  that  Christ  shall  know ; 

It  is  an  endless  home  on  high, 
Oh  sister,  won't  you  goV 

(Any  one  desiring  the  music  to  the  above  hymn 
cJin  obtain  it  hy  addressing  the  author  as  below). 
LhKohn-ilh,  Wahnsh  Co.,  hul. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

Crossing  tlie  river,  one  by  one. 

Over  the  silver  tide; 
Anway  from  the  shadows  of  time, 
Our  loved  ones  glide. 

— Remorse  is  the  echo  of  a  lost  virtue. 

— No  mall's  religion  ever  survives  his  morals. 

— To  think  kindly  of  each  other  is  good,  but 
to  act  kindly  toward  one  another  is  best  of  all, 

— Repose  auti  checrfiilnesa  are  the  badge  of 
the  gentleman — repose  in  energy. 

— A  promise  is  a  just  debt,  which  yon  must 
take  care  to  pay,  for  honor  and  honesty  are  tlie 
security, 

— He  who  murmurs  at  his  lot,  is  like  one  bar- 
ing his  feet  to  tread  upon  thorns. 

— When  the  sun  of  virtue  is  set,  the  blush  of 
ahame  is  the  twilight.  When  tha't  dies,  all  is 
darkness. 

— Dr.  Franklin  says:  "  The  eyes  of  other  peo^ 
pie  are  the  eyes  that  ruin  us.  If  all  but  myself 
were  blind,  I  should  not  want  a  fine  house  nor 
fine  furniture." 

— Many  talk  familiarly  of  sanctification  in 
the  lump,  who  know  but  little  of  it  in  the  piece. 
The  readiest  ivay  to  know  whether  you  are  in 
Christ,  is  to  know  whether  Christ  be  in  you. 

— In  most  quarrels,  there  is  a  fault  on  both 
sides.  Both  flint  and  steel  are  necessary  to  the 
production  of  a  spark;  eitherof  them  may  ham- 
mer on  wood  forever,  and  no  fire  will  follow. 

— To  make  anything  very  terrible,  obscurity 
seems  in  general  to  he  necessary.  When  we 
know  the  full  extent  of  any  clanger,  when  we 
can  accustom  our  eye  to  it,  a  great  deal  of  aii- 
prehension  vanishes. 

— The  greatest  loss  of  time  is  delay  and  ex- 
[lectatiou,  which  depends  upon  the  future.  We 
let  go  the  present,  which  we  have  in  our  power, 
and  look  forward  to  that  which  depends  upon 
chance — and  so  relinquish  a  certainty  for  an 
uncertainty. 

— The  service  of  God  should  be  heart  service; 
that  of  the  lips  is  only  abomination.  We  are 
to  "call  upon  our  souls  "  —to  rouse  the  whole 
nature  in  praising  and  glorifying  our  Creator 
and  Savior.  He  whose  heart  is  full  of  thanks- 
giving is  living  near  heaven. 

— To  do  good  to  men  is  the  great  work  of 
life;  to  make  them  true  Christians  is  the  great- 
est good  we  can  do  them.  If  we  coukl  make 
each  man  love  liis  neighbor  we  should  make  a 
happy  world.  The  true  method  is  to  begin 
with  ourselve-s,  and  so  extend  the  circle  around 
us. 

—More  heresy  is  lived,  than  is  written  or 
believed.  Although  less  talked  of  and  condemn- 
e<l.  the  heresy  of  life  is  more  oulpable  and  disa.*- 
trous  than  that  of  opinion.  The  Gospel  ha.s 
Buffered  more  from  the  under- estimate  of  the 
one  than  from  tlie  overrated  influence  of  the 
other. 

— What  shall  I  give?  To  the  hungry,  give 
food;  to  the  naked,  clothes;  to  the  sick,  some 
comfort;  to  the  Bad,  a  word  of  consolation;  to 
all  you  meet,  a  smile  and  a  cheery  greeting. 
Give  forgiveness  to  your  enemies;  give  patience 
to  the  fretful;  give'  love  to,  your  households; 
and,  above  all,  give  your  hearts  to  Qod. 

— Horace  Mann,  in  a  speech  on  one  occasion, 
speaking  of  the  importance  of  correct  early 
training,  said :  "  No  unskillful  hand  shoiild  play 
on  a  harp  where  the  tones  forever  remain  in  the 
string."  If  impressions  on  the  mind  are  as 
lasting  as  the  child  itself,  how  important  they 
be  in  strict  accord  with  the  Word  of  God! 


TEACHERS. 


BY  MAUY  C.  iriLLER. 


IN  a  piece  published  in  the  Chkaijo  Jonrniii, 
taken  from  a  N.  Y.  paper,  teachers  are  spo- 
ken of  as  fllling  a  very  important  position  in  the 
city.  It  spoke  of  the  rising  generation,  that  out 
of  it  would  come  their  worst  as  well  as  their  best 
citizens,  and  how  important  that  they  be  well 
taught,  that  evil  be  kepi  out  of  their  minds. 
While  reading  it,  I  thought  of  the  relation  of 
teachers  to  the  church.  Do  we,  brethren  and 
sisters,  fully  realize  and  rightly  estimate  the 
necessity  of  good  teachers  and  good  teaching? 
We  want  teachers  whose  Hces  speak  the  words 
of  revealed  truth.  They  must  be  pure  and  self- 
denying  followers  of  that  once  despised,  but  now 
highly  e.xalted  Jesus, — He  who  was  laughed  to 
sconi  by  an  ignorant  people. 

We  want  such  feachei-s  to  convert  the  world, 
to  make  it  better,  and  especially  do  we  want 
such  to  guide  the  children,  those  dear,  little, 
confiding  ones, — they  who  will  believe  what 
they  are  told,  and  are  quick  t-o  discern  what 
they  are  taught.  They  remember  their  train- 
ing from  an  early  period  of  their  lives.  I  once 
read  of  a  Catholic  priest,  saying,  that  could  he 
have  the  control  of  the  children  from  the  ages 
of  four  until  seven,  he  would  convert  the  world 
to  the  Catholic  faith  quicker  than  by  any  other 
means.  This  is  the  idea,  though  not  the  exact 
words.  We  cannot  lightly  pass  over  this  asser- 
tion, for  it  cannot  be  denied  that  they  ore  very 
thorough  teachers  aud  he  knew  what  he  was 
saying.  Please  observe  how  careful  they  are 
with  their  little  ones  in  their  eariy  childhood, 
and  with  what  results. .  Should  we  then,  as  a 
church,  select  those  to  teach  in  the  church  who 
have  not  yetle.irned  to  obey?  Do  we  want  the 
children  taught  the  goodness  and  love  of  God? 
Get  those  to  t«ach  who  will  teach  from  actual 
experience. 

Then  we  want  teachers  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  those  whose  lives  belong  to  their -Creator. 
Children  ai-e  close  observers,  as  well  as  grown 
people,  and  the  character  of  the  teacher  is  more 
or  less  stamped  upon  the  mind  of  the  pupil.  If 
we  have  Bible  teachers  or  spiritual  teachers  for 
our  children,  should  we  not  have  those  *vho  aie 
living  true  aud  holy  lives,  obeying  God  in  all 
things?  for  would  it  be  good  teaching  for  them 
to  tell  the  little  scholars  to  obey  their  parents 
while  they  were  liviug  in  open  rebellion  against 
their  heavenly  Father?  Should  the  children 
tjike  them  for  examples,  which  they  will  surelj' 
do  to  a  greater  or  less  degree?  Would  it  not 
be  better  for  the  church  and  the  cause  of  Christ 
not  to  tolerate  such  teachers? 


THE  FEAST  OF  HARVEST. 


ALL  things  are  lovely  and  interesting  in  their 
seasons.  All  must  havs  felt  the  power  of 
the  sacred  proverb.  A  word  spoken  in  season 
how  good  it  is.  The  Savior  always  seemed  to 
adapt  His  discourses  to  the  seasons  and  the  audi- 
ences He  addressed.  Men's  minds  are  more 
deeply  impressed  at  one  time  than  another.  In 
sickness  he  feels  his  mutability,  near  the  grave, 
his  mortality. 

Seasons  and  feelings  should  he  appropriate 
with  each  othef,  hence  we  are  enjoined  in  the 
day  of  prosperity  to  rejoice,  while  in  the  day  of 
adversity  we  aie  to  consider.  In  ancient  times 
God  was  pleased  to  appoint  services  and  festivals 
for  the  commemoration  and  improvement  of 
seasons  and  events.  There  were  in  particular, 
three  general  feasts:  First,  that  of  the  Passover; 
second,  the  feast  of  weeks  or  Pentecost,  seven 
weeks  after  the  Passover,  when  the  lirst-fniits 
were  presented  to  God;  then  the  feast  of  harvest, 
through  which  the  people  celebrated  the  good- 
ness of  God  in  the  abundance  of  His  bounty. 

We  are  glad  to  eay,  that  the  church  ut  March 
Creek,  as  well  as  churches  at  other  places,  held 
what  they  ternied,  a  harvest  meeting,  and  cele- 
brated the  goodness  of  God  for  His  bountiful 
harvest  granted,  and  which  is  stored  away  safe- 
ly, and  all  trusted  to  His  providential  care — His 
care  for  the  human  family.  And  His  mercies 
which  He  holds  over  ua  certainly  demand  our 
grateful  sendees  and  worthy  of  the  sinner's  no- 
tice as  well  as  the  God-fearing.  Yes,  we  may 
say,  worthy  of  all,  the  infidel,  atheist,  aud  all 
description  of  people  the  broad  land  over. 

The  instructions  we  derive  from  a  contempla- 
tion of  the  harvest  exhibit  the  wonderful  power 
of  God.  Our  minds  should  be  sufficiently  im- 
pressed with  this.  We  stand  astonished  at  tlie 
power  of  the  storm  and  tempest,  yet  are  liable 
to  pass  over  the  silent,  yet  not  less  energetic 
influence  of  Jehovah's  power.  Christ's  miracle 
on  the  Sea  of  Galilee  did  not  exhibit  His  power 
more  than  when  He  silently  multiplied  the 
loaves  and  fishes,  and  fed  thousands  in  the  des- 


ert. How  astonishing  the  energy  by  which  a 
few  grains  produced  an  increase  of  thirty,  sixty 
and  a  hundred  fold.  In  these  things  we  have 
an  establishment  of  the  failhfulness  of  God. 

Wherefore  does  Jehovah  meet  all  the  wants 
of  His  creatures?  It  is  because  the  Lord  is  good 
and  His  fender  mercies  are  over  all  His  works. 
See  the  beautiful  description.  Psalm  9:  u,  0-13. 
It  displays  the  mercy  and  forbearance  of  God. 
For  whom  does  He  send  the  profusion  of  His 
bounty?  For  the  holy,  upright,  and  obedient? 
No;  but  for  a  world  in  arms  against  Hjm;  for 
rebels  against  His  authority;  for,  as  we  have 
stated,  atheists,  infidels,  sensu.ilists,  worldling: 
blasphemers.  He  sends  His  rain  upon  the  evil 
as  well  (is  the  good.  This  shows  us  the  way 
or  connection  between  the  means  and  the  end. 

All  our  blessings  are  from  God;  there  is  noth- 
ing more  evident  than  this.  This  applies  to 
any  thing  iii  nature,  providence  and  grace;  yet 
exertion  is  oui-a;  we  must  plow  our  fields  and 
sow  the  same,  then  trust  to  God  and  we  will  he 
sure  to  reap  the  same.  So  in  the  requisition  of 
knowledge,  or  in  the  attainment  of  salvation 
we  can  only  reap  everlasting  life  by  sowing  to 
the  Spirit.  Now  let  us  consider  in  reference  to 
the  han-est.  What  feeling  it  should  produce; 
it  should  produce  feelings  of  deep  humiliation. 
God's  goodness  should  humble  us:  our  con- 
sciousness of  being  utterly  unworthy,  should 
prostrate  us  in  the  dust.  Abraham  repented 
himself  in  dust  and  ashes.  The  prodigal  said, 
"  I  am  not  worthy."  ^'e  are  not  worthy  of 
the  least  of  heart-felt  gratitude. 

Bless  the  Lord,  oh  our  souls.  We  ought  to 
rejoice  in  His  loving  kindness,  hence  the  pr 
priety  of  recognizing  at  every  meal,  the  Donor 
of  all  out  mercies.  We  should  feel  our  constant 
dependence  upon  Him,  in  all  our  ways  acknowl- 
edge Him.  We  should  see  His  hand  in  every- 
thing, and  endeavor  to  glorify  Him  in  all  we 
In  sowing  our  fields,  plowing  and  reaping  the 
same,  we  should  feel  a  constant  desire  to  bless 
Him.  The  inquiry  should  be,  what  shall  I 
render  to  the  Lord?  What  does  God  demand 
from  us,  our  hearts,  and  lives  and  all  ? 

But  the  final  harvest.  The  field  is  the  world, 
Harvest  is  near,  full  of  wheat  and  tares.  An- 
gela are  the  reapers.  Speedily  command  will 
be  given,  "Thrust  in  the  sickle."  Eternity  is 
suspended  upon  it.  Wheat  will  be  gathci-ed 
to  the  gamer,  and  the  tares  burnt.  How  do 
stand?  We  all  should  act  in  reference  to  the 
final  har^-est. 


THE  POPULAR   HOBBY. 

BY  O.  Y.  nETWElLER, 

"  The  veil  is  upon  tlieiPheart."-!  Cor.  n ;  I.'.. 

OPEN  Communion,  and  that  which  men  call 
non-sectarianism,  have,  in  most  of  the 
popular  denominations,  become  the  staple. 
Some  of  those  whose  office  it  is  to  "give  them 
meat  in  due  season,"  deal  in  these  like  our  old 
ancestors  of  colonial  days  dealt  in  mush  and 
milk.  It  is  said,  they  had  mush  and  milk  for 
supper  one  evening,  and  milk  and  mush  the 
next,  and  so  on  alternately.  Well,  brotherly 
love,  and  true  charity  are  certainly  worthy  of 
place  in  every  disconree  the  year  round. 

That  charity  is  an  essential  principle  of  Chris 
tiaitity,  is  admitted  by  all,  but  in  regard  to  how 
it  is  manifested  there  exists  a  wide  ditt'erance  of 
.views.  The  saddest  fact  connected  with  thi 
open  Communion  theory  is,  that  most  of  its 
advocates  are  in  principle,  men  of  wat,  and 
their  sermons  we  often  hear  them  relate  inci- 
dents of  military  life.  If  we  were  wrong  in  de- 
clining to  fellowship  those  whose  principles 
have  before  now  set  Christians  in  battle  array 
against  each  other,  which  has  been  the  case  in 
almost  every  war  that  cursed  Christendom; 
brother  against  brother,  each  impelled  by  his 
own  views  of  right,  how  these  ambassadoi's  of 
open  Comrannion  should  lift  up  their  voices  as 
ambassadors  of  peace!  Add  to  this  the  horrors 
of  war;  bodies  mangled,  cities  burned  with  fire, 
the  pangs  of  bereavement  with  widows  and  or- 
phans all  over  the  lainl,  and  sinners  by  the 
thousands  doomed  to  death  and  hell.  Hard  as 
it  is,  less  than  this  in  no  description  at  all.  If, 
under  such  circumstances,  the  affairs  of  the 
world  were  the  affairs  of  those  who  have  come 
out  from  the  world,  how  the  advocates  of  open 
Communion  should  labor  to  bring  about  nuch  a 
iiniti/  in  the  church  as  would  turn  its  influences 
against  such  occurrences;  how  the  embassadors 
of  the  Prince  of  Peace  should  labor  to  bring  the 
church  of  Christ  into  a  solid  phalanx  m  defense 
of  ixtenmttonal  arl/ilralwii.  But  so  far  as  my 
observations  go.jthis  is  not  the  case.  If  any  of 
the  loud  advocates  of  open  Communion  who 
preached  in  these  parts,  have  ever  lifted  up  their 
voice  in  the  pulpit  against  the  cruet  monster, 
war,  or  in  favor  of  international  or  national  ar- 
bitration, it  has  never,  to  the  best  of  my  recol- 
lection, been  my  joy  to  hoar  the  first  sentence 
of  it. 


If  national  politics  are  a  part  of  Christianily, 
where  must  our  patriarchs  and  Statesmen  be 
reared  up?  Surely  theij  maintain,  that  they  aro 
to  be  reared  up  in  the  Siindaif-!^cliool  and  in  the 
church.  But  in  the  Sunday-school  we  are 
taught  that  it  is  honorable  to  fight  for  our 
country,  and  members  of  the  church  send  their 
sons  to  the  military  schools.  Peace  societies  are 
organized  outside  the  church,  and  thither  the 
professed  disciple  of  Christ  goes  to  advocate  the 
Jirst  principles  of  Chrislinnihj! 

Surely  "the .veil  is  upon  their  heart." 


WHY  IS  IT  ? 


WHY  is  it  that  there  are  so  many  sinners  in 
the  world?  After  God  has  shown  His 
great  love  and  mercy  in  preparing  a  beautiful 
home  for  those  who  love  and  obey  Him, — a 
place  where  there  is  nothing  but  happiness — 
where  death,  pain,  sorrow,  and  oiflictiou  never 
come — a  place  so  lovely.  After  doing  alt  this, 
why  so  few  followers?  Why  are  we  not  more 
concerned  about  heaven,  knowing  that  missing 
heaven,  lands  us  in  hell?  Friends,  why  are  you 
living  so  careless?  Why  is  it?  Why  is  it  that 
so  many  of  the  Brethren  have  not  their  children 
in  the  fold?  Brethren  are  you  concerned  about 
your  children  as  you  should  be,  or  why  is  it 
that  they  are  still  out  in  the  cold? 

Why  is  it  that  there  aie  so  many  ivays  mark- 
ed out  for  heaven?  Do  we  not  all  know  there 
is  but  oue  way?  Can  we  not  all  find  that  icmj? 
Have  we  not  all  the  same  geography?  Does  it 
not  describe  and  point  out  the  way  to  ua  alike? 
Why  is  it  that  we  cannot  believe  alilce?  Why 
can  we  not  have  the  same  faith,  speak  the  same 
thing?  Why  is  it  that  some  teachers  tell  us 
we  need  not  obey  all  the  commandments  to 
gain  heaven?  Where  do  they  find  it?  Why 
is  it  that  some  of  us  do  not  follow  the  order  of 
the  Brethren?  Why  is  it  we  do  not  wear  the 
uniform  of  the  Brethren  while  it  is  an  establish- 
ed order  by  the  church?  Why  try  to  have  an- 
other order?    Why  is  it? 

Why  not  have  more  praying?  Why  do  not 
parents  get  their  children  around  the  family  al- 
tar in  worship,  more  than  is  done?  Why  is  it 
that  there  is  not  more  unanimity  in  sentiment 
in  the  church  ?  Why  must  we  have  so  many 
questions  at  Annual  Meetings  that  it  takes 
three  or  four  days  every  year  to  settle  all?  Why 
so  much  diflerence  of  opinion  when  leas  would 
do?     Why  is  it? 


FAMILY  WORSHIP, 


EVERY  Christian's  house  should  be  a  house 
of  prayer.  Will  any  one  try  to  serve  God 
without  prayer?  To  maintain  family  worship, 
is  the  duty  of  every  Christian.  It  is  too  much 
neglected.  Prayer  should  never  be  overlooked. 
A  sense  of  unworthines  should  not  prevent  us 
approaching  a  throne  of  grace.  How  beautiful 
to  behold  the  fatherand  mother  who  are  bring- 
ing up  children,  gathering  the  loved  ones  around 
the  family  altar,  and  engage  in  singing  songs 
of  praise  to  the  heavenly  Father!  Hear  them 
raise  their  voices,  "beseeching  forgiveness  and 
asking  for  a  continuation  of  His  love  and  mer- 
cy during  days  to  come."  The  less  we  engage 
in  our  spiritual  duties,  the  colder  and  more  dis- 
tant we  become.  Then  let  us  awake  to  this 
work — be  diligent  in  this  duty  and  holy  privi- 
lege. 0,  what  a  good  example  we  may  be  to 
others  by  attending  to  fautily  prayer!  There  is 
power  in  such  \york,  aud  who  would  do  without 
godly  power? 


T 


HE  mere  lapse  of  years  is  not  life.  To  eat 
and  drink  and  sleep;  to  be  exposed  to  dark- 
ness and  the  light,  to  pace  around  the  mill  of 
habit  aud  turn  the  wheel  of  wealth;  to  make 
reason  our  book-keeper,  and  tnm  thought  into 
an  implement  of  trade — this  is  not  life.  In  all 
this,  hut  a  poor  fraction  of  the  consciousness  of 
humanity  is  awakened,  and  the  sanctities  still 
slumber  which  make  it  most  worth  while  to  be. 
Knowledge,  truth,  love,  beauty,  goodness,  faith, 
alone  give  vitality  to  the  mechanism  of  exist- 
ence. The  laugh  of  mirth  which  vibrates 
through  the  heart;  the  tears  which  freshen  the 
dry  wastes  within;  the  music  which  brings 
childhood  back ;  the  prayer  that  calls  the  future 
near;  the  doubt  which  makes  us  meditate;  the 
death  which  startles  ua  with  its  mystery;  the 
haulships  that  force  us  to  struggle,  the  anxiety 
that  ends  in  trust — these  are  nourishments  of 
our  natural  being. 


of  liberty  and  poetry  brought  in- 
u.^„-u(..-i uf  ^Hg  human 


The  genius  „.  „u,..vj  ...i..  ,.u^ 
to  action  the  brightest  powers 
mind. 


Aucust    20. 


TI-IE    BI-tliTEtKEM    AT   -WORK, 


Shall  Christians  Dance? 


WHY  not  aulstiaJiK,  if  nnybody?  Wc 
would  not  lulvisc'  a  siinier  t.p  Amix.  A 
sinner  ii  iin  enemy  to  Gotl;  and  shill  liedjinte? 
A  sinner  niuMt  reiiciit  or  i)cri.-li;  and  sliivll  he 
dance?  Aainnerison  the  wuy  to  hell,  iiud 
iiiiiy  be  therein  fin  honr.shnll  In  Junce?  There 
is  something  supremely  slioekingiii  the  idea  of 
mlaiicing  sinner.  \Vliatf.riirliildeclariitionsaro 
those  of  Job!  "They  send  forth  their  little 
ones  like  a  flock,  and  their  children-dance.  They 
speud  ther  days  iu  wealth,  anJ  in  a  moraent  go 
down  to  the  grave"  (Job  21:  11, 13). 

But  a  Christiuu  is  a  redeemed  sinner.  "Hois 
bought  with  B  price."  "He  is  washed,  he  is 
s.aiictified,  he  is  jiistliied  in  the  name  of  the 
Lonl  Jesus,  and  hy  tlie  Spirit  of  our  God." — 
"He  is  a  new  creature;  old  things  have  passed 
ftway;  behold,  all  things  are  become  new."  The 
Christian  is  the  image  of  Chriat,  and  is  to  show 
to  the  world  th;it  he  has  lieen  with  Jesus,  mid 
has  learned  of  him.  The  Christian  is  "crucifi- 
ed to  the  world,"  and  is  in  a  little  while  to  be 
in  heaven  beholding  and  enjoying,  and  forever 
to  enjoy  thoglory  of  God.  Let  him  sing  for 
joy,  and  dance  too  before  the  Lord,  as  David  did, 
if  such  an  exercise  ba  suited  to  Ins  present  con- 
dition, anil  adapted  to  promote  tlio  glory  of  God 
nnd  the  salvation  of  men.  For  tliis  is  the  apos- 
tolic exhoration:  "  Whether  therefore,  ye  cat  or 
drink,  or  whiitsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory 
of  God." 

Shall  Christians  dance?  Tlien  they  must 
have  a  time  to  dance.  At  what  point  of  time 
t-liiiU  it  be?  just  before,  or  after  tbey  sit  down 
at  the  table  of  the  Lord?  Is  it  the  kind  of  prepa- 
ration which  fits  them  for  that  scene  which 
Calvary  beheld?  Will  the  dance  help  them  to 
"examine  themselves?"  Will  it  enable  them 
to  deny  themselves  as  they  should,  after  they 
have  been  anew  to  see  Christ  crucified?  Can 
they,  at  the  dance,  think  Intensely  upon  the 
scenes  in  the  garden;  in  the  palace  of  the  high 
priest;  in  the  hall  of  Pilate;  on  the  way  to  Cal- 
vary; at  the  nailing  of  the  victim;  and  at  the 
innocent  sufferer's  cry  of  agony, "  My  God,  my 
God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?"  This  cry, 
under  almighty  wrath  crushing  him  to  death 
for  our  sins,  makes  the  ears  of  Christians  tin- 
gle. How  can  tbey  forget  it,  so  as  to  find  a  time 
to  dance? 

Shall  Christians  dance?  Then  they  must 
have  leisnre  Co  dance.  "  Whist  ye  not  said  .Je- 
sus, "that  I  must  be  about  my  Father's  busi- 
ness?" He  began  early,  and  continued  to  the 
end  to  be  about  his  Father's  business,  so  that 
in  the  end  he  could  say  to  his  Father,  "  I  have  i 
glorifieil  thee  upon  earth:  I  have  finished  the 
work  which  thou  gavestme  to  do."  Then  He 
was  i-eady  to  depart,  and  witli  his  last  breath 
cried,  "It  is  finished."  Duty  and  suffering 
were  completed.  Are  Christians  the  followers 
of  such  a  Savior,  at  leisnre  so  that  their  work 
is  done  long  before  the  sun  ii  set!  Do  they 
understand  God's  work  so  well  that  they  need 
study  it  ho  more?  Are  all  their  duties  to  God 
in  the  closet,  in  the  family,  and  in  his  house, 
diligently  and  faithfully  performed?  Do  they 
perfonu  all  thatis  needful  for  the  young,  for 
the  aged,  for  the  church,  for  the  world,  and 
then  find  leisure  to  uuite  with  gay  companions 
in  moving  to  the  sound  of  the  viol,  amid  the 
nur/,e-s  of  pleasurable  dissipation?  Is  the  soul 
duly  cared  for?  And  from  the  dance  can  they 
return  home  to  commune  with  Sod*,  to  pray  for 
saints  and  the  mluistei-s  of  Christ,  with  all 
prayer  and  mthout ceasing ?  Can  they  "  visit 
the  fatherless  and  widows  in  their  affliction,  and 
keep  themselves  unspotted  from  the  world. 

Shall  Christians  dance?  Then  tbey  must 
have  money  to  maintain  tho  dance.  They  are 
God's  stewards,  and  he  claims  all  they  have  as 
well  OS  they  are.  Tl'e  gold — "it  is  mine." — 
The  silver — "  it  is  mine."  Does  he  require 
Christians,  as  his  stewards,  to  take  his  silver 
and  his  gold,  and  use  them  to  decorate  their 
persons;  to  furnish  room  and  equipage  and  mu- 
.slc  and  refreshments  for  the  dance?  His  poor 
must  have  food  and  raiment  and  shelti'r  out  of 
his  silver  and  gold.  The  institutions  of  religion 
must  be  sustained;  the  word  of  Godmustbeput 
into  every  family  of  man ;  the  ministry  must  be 
furnished  for  every  creature;  and  all  this  must 
come  nut  of  his  treasures.  And  when  millions 
are  needed  more  than  are  obtained — when  the 
cry  is  wafted  to  Christian  eai-s  on  every  bree/.e, 
"  Come  over  and  help  us" — where  is  the  money 
to  be  found  to  maintain  the  dance? 

Shall  Christians  dance?  Then  they  must  be 
imitated  by  others.  Allowing  that  Christians 
have  time,  leisure,  and  money  for  the  dance,  and 
that  it  may  be  proper  for  them  to  dance,  still  a 
i|uestlon  remains.  Is  It  expedient?  If  It  be 
lawful  in  the  sight  of  God,  does  It  tend  tocditi- 


ly  to  derive  benefit  from  such  examples  of 
Christians?  Did  not  the  apostle  Paul  say,  "  If 
meat  mnKe  my  brother  to  offend,  1  will  eat  no 
(Icah  wliile  the  world  standeth,  lest  I  make  my 
brother  to  oft'end  ?"  Should  not  we  also  look 
to  the  welfare  of  others?  [f  it  be  not  perilo  ns 
to  ourselves,  yet  if  It  be  not  to  others,  charit  y 
reijuires  ns  to  abstain.  If  we  would  not  advise 
sinners  to  dance,  we  certainty  should  not  set 
the  example.  If  but  one  member  of  a  church 
be  found  in  a  ball  room,  who  will  know  It? 
Will  not  every  eye  he  fixed  on  that  individual? 
Will  not  some  be  ready  to  say  In  heart.  Did  not 
I  ace  thee  at  the  Lord's  table?  Will  It  not  be 
rcpoctfid  the  next  ilay? .  And  will  not  the  ech9 
fly  among  the  circles  of  the  lovers  of  pleasure? 
Will  not  the  thoughtless  urge  tliis  example,  as 
a  plea  for  the  indulgence  which  conscience  for- 
bids? And  will  not  many  be  emboldened,  not 
only  near  by,  but  far  olf,  to  do  what  no  sinner 
should  venture  to  do,  as  it  must  be  at  the  peril 
of  his  soul?  Anl  will  not  tbo^e  gay  compivn- 
ions  of  yours  despise  you  for  your  vain  Indulg- 
■nce? 

The  New  Departure. 

11HE  alarming  and  rapidly  increasing  spread 
of  materialism  iu  our  land,  the  coldness 
with  which  its  advocates  maintain  and  challenge 
discussion,  is  a  subject  demanding  the  thought- 
ful consideration  of  everj'  candid  Christian 
mind.  A  little  reading  only  is  sufficient  to 
show  that  there  has  been  a  decided  change  in 
the  tactics  of  these  would-be-destroyers  of  the 
Christian's  hoi>e.  The  "contrary  to  human 
experience"  argument  of  Hume  and  othei-s — has 
been  suriendered  as  untenable,  as  we  are  now 
presented  with  the  ■■icieiitijic  theory.  Hume  de- 
clared that  a  miracle  was  in  opposition  to  1mm- 
lui  reason  and  experience — Christianity  there- 
fore was  a  falsehood.  Tyudall,  Huxley  and 
Darwin  announce  Creation  as  the  result  of /ore? 
and  not  the  act  of  a'  being, — per  consequence, 
the  Mosaic  account  is  false  and  fabulous  histo- 
ry! These  men  rank  among  the  ablest  schol- 
ars of  the  day  and  have  their  followers  in  every 
class  and  circle,  from  the  erudite  philosopher 
down  to  the  conceited  Ignoramus,  who  perhaps 
never  read  a  page  of  hU  country's  hl.slory. 

That  a  higher  grade  of  education,  coupled 
and  connected  with  true  Christianity  is  necces- 
ary  to  successfully  refute  the  argument  of  these 
false  teachers,  few  will  controvert.  The  signs 
of  the  times  betoken  the  approaching  conflict, 
not  of  carnal  warfare — but  of  a  conflict  with 
mure  potent  weapons, — brighter  than  the  bur- 
nished steel — the  demonstration  of  the  truth 
that  science  does  not  conflict  .with  Religion, 
and  that  where  it  does,  science  is  at  fault,  sys- 
tem after  system  of  theoretical  speculation 
has  fallen  before  the  argument  of  methodic 
knowledge,  and  "  as"  says  Dr.  Campbell,  "  sci- 
ence is  of  little  value  which  does  not  serve  n.s  a 
foundation  to  some  beneficial  art,"  so  is  it  also 
true  that  false  Indeed  must  be  that  knowledge, 
(If  Mich  a  term  be  not  a  misnomer,)  that  teach- 
es the  overthrow  of  a  faith  that  acknowledge 
an  obligation  to  God.  The  recognition  of  this 
doctrine  not  only  crushes  out  the  inherent  love 
of  man  everwhere  to  Deity — but  denies  the 
truth  of  the  principle  tanght  ages  before  the 
advent  of  our  Savior. 

The  step  in  recent  years  taken  by  my  friends 
— the  Brethren  many  of  whom  have  not  been 
I'avorably  impressed  with  the  necessity  of  a  more 
than  ordinary  English  course  of  study,  fills 
with  confidence  the  hearts  of  the  lovers  of  truth 
everjMvhere.  I  refer  to  the  several  schools  of 
learning,  that  are  now  soliciting  and  receiving 
the  encouragement  of  the  Brethren.  Your 
eluireli  with,  It  is  said,  a  strength  of  from  75,- 
000  to  100,000  representing  a  youth  of  perhaps 
-150,000  growing  up  under  the  influence  to 
greater  or  a  less  degree  of  the  doctrines,  pub- 
licly proclaimed  by  Ingersoll,  whose  finished 
rhetoric  and  finely  polished  sentences  are  well 
calculated  to  ensnare  the  undeveloped  reas- 
on of  the  young,  the  wonder  Is  that  tliis  step 
was  not  taken  long  ago.  Do  we  not  see  these 
thousands— sons  and  daughters  of  those,  about 
whose  Christian  firmness  there  need  be  no  ques- 
tion, stan'ding  between  the  fires  of  the  bi>- 
proaching  hostile  lines — micertain,  doubting 
and  hesitating?  Scores  of  them  can  be  coun- 
ted Iu  every  church — and  their  doubts  multi- 
ply IU  their  numbers  Increase. 

The  observant  student  cannot  fall  to  notice 
the  progress  made  by  the  foes  of  Christianity 
iluring  the  last  half  century.  There  was  a 
time  when  atheistic  views  were  regarded  by 
the  masse.!  as  well  as  the  church  with  abhor- 
rence, now  there  is  an  attempt  at  least  to  clothe 
its  advocates  with  the  garb  of  respectability. 
We  return  the  a,ssertion  that  the  church  is   to 


treason  ceases  to  be  treason  and  a  crime  when 
its  advocates  are  successful;  so  that  when  edu- 
cated skepticism  challenges  nneducnted  Chris- 
tianit.f — we  wlio  believe — have  reason  to  trem- 
ble for  those  who  are  standing  on  the  halting! 

Let  Christians,  fathers  and  mothers  testify  in 
other  ways  beside  faith  their  devotion  to  the 
holy  cause!  "  By  their  icwkx  ye  shall  know 
them."  Stand  by  and  encourage  to  the  full  ex- 
tent of  your  ability  in  every  way  yoor  educa- 
tional institutions,  who  through  tlwir  repre- 
sentatives are  appealing  to  you  for  help.  I 
join  no  issue  with  those  who  prophesy  danger, — 
who  arraign  Intoliectual  refinement  as  the 
cayse  of  skepticls>in' — ^vho  prefer  not  oaly  ■  the 
killing  of  the  weed  but  the  destruction  oi' the 
soil  beside — time  with  these,  let  us  hope,  will 
convince  them  of  their  error.  Let  ua  rather 
possess  the  educated  soul  of  a  Galileo  than  the 
circumscribed,  bigoted  faith  of  an  Urbiui.  ""ffbe 
human  soul"  sa.ys  Addison, "'  without  educatien 
is  lilto  the  nmrhloiu  a  qaarry,  which  shows  uoae 
of  its  inhcreilit  beauties — till  the  skill  of  tlte 
polisher  fetches  out  the  colors,  makes  the  sur- 
face shine,  and  discovers  every*  ornamental 
cloud,  spot  aud  vein  that  runs  through  the  body 
of  it." 

May  the  divine  Master  crown  with  a  glorious 
success  this  noble  effort  in  behalf  of  Christian- 
ity! A  Strakqkr. 


DIED. 


NEHEIE.— In  the  Pleasant  HUl  church,  Aug- 
4th,  sister  Susanna  Neher,  at  the  age  of  78 
years  aud  7  months.  S.  F.  Neker. 

BUTTERBAUGH.  —  In  the  Squirrel  Creek 
church,  Wabash  Co.,  Ind.,  August  12th,  of 
dropsy,  George  0.  Butterbaugh,  aged  6S 
years,  10  months  and  9  days.  D.  Neff. 
PIIIOE.— In.  Mount  Carroll,  IU.,.  August  10th, 
1878.  Bro.  Abram  Price,  aged  80  yeai-s,  6 
months  and  19  days.  Bro.  Price  departed 
this  life  very  suddenly.  He  f<tll  dead  in  his 
room  while  bathing.  A  large  aud  sympathiz- 
ing congregation  attended  tiie-  funeral  servic- 
es on  thc.lStli  from  the  langusign  of  Job  14: 
14, 15,  J.  Ji  Emhert. 

OSBORN.  —  In  the  hounds  of  tdie  Hamilton 
congregation.  Mo.,  June  24th,  Josephine  Os- 
boni,  in  the  18th  year  of  her  age. 
SELL.— At  Hamilton,  Mo.,  July  13tb.  -S.  W. 
Sell,  son  of  Bro.  George  and  sister  Eliz-abeth 
Sell,  aged  7.  months.   '  Gi  WinvER. 

GARBER.— In  the  M'iddle  River  congregation, 
Augusta  Co.',  A'' a.,  August  lst,siater  Barbara, 
wife  of  Bra.  Levi  Garber,  ageil  55  yeara,  5 
months  and  7  days.  Deceased  wits  a  daughter. 
of  Elder  Peter  Miller  (deceased),  of  Augusta 
Co.,  Va.  A.  Di  G.VKBER. 

(P.  C.  please  eopif.))    , 
McDONAUJ. — Departed  this  iye,.of  consump- 
tion, sister   Martha  Ellen,  McDonEttd,  aged 
2^yeai-s,  4  months  and   11   days.      Funeral 
services  by  the  Brethren  from  Rom.  5: 12. 
An   account  of  this  sister's   baptism   was 
given  in  the  paper  recently  and  after  she  had 
eaten  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  audi  partook  of  the 
emblems  of  the  liroken  body  and  shed  blood  of 
Jesus,  sh^  was  prepared  to  go  to  rest.     Peace  bet 
to  her  ashes.  J.  H.  Miller. 

PRICE. — In  the  Yellow  Cr^^ek  congregation^ 
Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  August  12th,  Samuel  Alex- 
ander, infant  son  of  friend  A.  J.,  and  Marg^ 
ret  Price,  aged  6  months  and  22  days.  Fuai- 
eral  occasion  improved  from,  James  4:  14. 
C,  L.  BCOHL. 

BASHOR.— Neai-  Longmont,  Boulder  Co.,  Col,, 
Aug.  5tb,  of  lung  disease,  James  Bashor, 
son  of  friend  S.  S.  aud  sister  Delphia  Bashor, 
aged  6  years,  4  months  and  25  days. 

J.  S.  Flory. 


OORRESPON"I>BISrOE. 


blame  in  this  iimtter — unconsciously  and  unln- 
catlon?  Is  it  attended  with  no  danger  to  oth- 1  tentionally,  but  to  blame  nevertheles.s.  The 
ers?     Will  the  gay  and  the  thoughtless  be  like-  |  world  admires  nothing  so  much  as  success;  even 


From  Hausertown,  Ind. 

AS  I  am  aware,  that  no  correspondence  has 
been  had,  from  this  ann  of  church,  1  shall 
therefore  endeavor,  to  write  a  short  communi- 
cation for  publication, .if  can  find  a  space  in 
yoiu-  paper.  Our  arm  of  church  is  composed  of 
Owen  and  Clay  counties, — considerably  scatter- 
ed over  alarge  territory — about  eighty  or  nine- 
ty members.  David  Culler  is  the  Elder,  R.  R. 
Gosboniand  Ananias  Hensel,  speakers  in  the 
second  degree,  Henry  Shidler  is  speaker  in  the 
first  degree.  Our  arm  of  church  has  not  made 
any  accession  for  some  time,  but  Is  in  a  healthy 
condition,  and  we  have  a  good  Sabbath-school 
in  our  fraternity.     I  would  further  add,  the 


news  of  the  death  of  a  brother-in-law  of  mine, 
and  who  has  many  friends,  that  arc  mombera 
in  our  church.  The  name  of  the  deceased  is 
Jonathan  Shult?;,  who  was  bom  in  Somerset 
Co.,  Pa..  July  11th,  1S20.  Emigrated  to  tha 
state  of  Ohio  at  the  age  of  22.  On  the  13th  of 
Sept.  1S13,  was  married  to  Catharine  Row. 
Had  moved  to  Ind.  some  yeiu^  ago.  Had  bora 
unto  them  eleven  chlldieu,  sis  sons  and  five 
daughters.  The  father  departed  his  life.  May 
12nd  1878,  aged  57  years,  10  months  and  H 
days.  Hoping  this  obituary  may  reach  many 
of  his  friends,  by  reading  the  paper,  that  would 
otherwise  not  hear  of  his  death  for  years. 
May  the  Lord  still  be  our  protector  to  the  end 
of  our  earthly  journey,  and  ofter  death  save  us 
all,  is  the  prayer  or  your  humble  brother, 

John-  Loxq. 


From  Elfc  Cieek,  Nebraska. 

Dair  Jirelhren:— 

IWI LL  try  and  give  you  il  few  lines  concora- 
Ing  this  iirm  of  the  church.  Wo  are  iso- 
lated some  twenty-two  or  throe  miles  fromany 
other  body  of  the  church,  and  feel  lonesome. — 
We  take  the  Bhehiren'  at  Worig.  I  can. 
hardly  attend  to  my  household  affairs  until  I 
have  read  the  paper.  Oflen  I  am  cast  down 
with,  trouble  and  sorrow,  hut  when  I  read  those. 
%o(tA  pieces  that  are  iathem,  It  encourages  me 
again.  Now  dear  brethren  and  sistere  do  try 
and  think  of  us  poor  sheep  when  you  are  ready 
go  to  worship,  that  we  are  isohited  and  can't 
goto  place  of  worshii>and  we  have  no  shep- 
herd, to  watch  over  us.  We  are  three  brethreii 
aud  four  sisters  and  n»i  preacher.  Now  dear 
brethren  can't  you  branch  out  more  aud  send 
lie,  as  we  are  settled-  here  on  a  farra-  and 
can't  sell  for  near  what  it  is  worth  and  it  is  a 
nine  country,  and  we  would  like  to  stay  here  if 
we  could  have  meeting  more  regularly.  0  how  I 
love  to  have  some  brethren  and  sisters  to  come 
and  sing  aud  pray  with  us;  it  does  me  so  much 
good.  Brother  PuUow,.  from  Pawnee  church 
was-bere  the  27th  and  23th  of  July  and  preach- 
ed for  us.  Our  meetings- arc  so  far  apart  that 
we  get  dull  and  careless.  Our  plainness  is  a 
Hul^jc'-'t  of  remark  by  boththe  popular  professor 
and  the  worldly  person.  Our  mode  of  worship, 
ouD'plaln  habits,  our  devotion  to  Bible  princi- 
ples arc  talked  about  in  a  light  manner,  and 
then  we  are  exposed  to  the  jeers  aud  taunts  of 
the  world  much  more  thon  those  who  almost 
wholly  make  up  a  comitiuiiJtv.  Now  1  believe 
if  we  had  a  home  preacher,  we  would  get  mem- 
bers. Pelix.v  Miller. 


From  C.  H.  Balsbaugli. 

REST  assured  that  Ilom,  8:  2S  has  the  seal, 
of  divine  veracity  upon  it.  God  never 
filnohed, 

To  '■  walk  in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the  light," 
Is  to  have  the  head  aad  heart  and  hand  of  the 
omnipotent  at  our  command. 

Be  wise  as  a  serpent,  harmless  iis  a  dove. — 
Let  meekness  be  enthroned  iu  your  heart,  put 
the  radiance  of  Heavey  In  your  eye,  and  the 
houey  of  Paradise  on  your  lips.  Let  your 
whole  power  and  gUoiy  lie  In  self-crucifixion. 
Live  in  theelement  of  James  1:  5;  1  John  i:  16. 

I  am  deeply  grieved  at  your  many  trials. 
Do  not  lose  yourself  In  them,  but  look  ihroiigh 
to  the  high  character  and  glorious  reward  they 
are  meant  to  seciue.  1  kiiow.by  experience  that 
we  make  too  much  of  atllictlon  as  an  end,  and 
loo  Utile  as  a  means.  When  we  ai'c  emptied  from 
vessel  to  vessel,  !uid  our  bottles  are  broken,  we 
are  apt  to  feel  as  if  wc  were  receiving  rough 
treatment;  and.  in  one  sense  we  are,  but  our 
great  future  requires  it.  Jer.  48:  11, 12.  The 
real  indwelling  of  Qod,  and  faith  in  "  the  glor- 
ies to  be  revealed  in  us",  enables  ns  to  "  take 
joi{fidly  the  spoiling  of  our  goods,  knowinq  ik 
ourselves  that  we  have  in  Heaven  a  better  and 
an  enduring  substance."  Rom.  8:18;  Heb.  10; 
^4.  To  maintain  our  integrity  through  all  tha 
flailing  and  siftuig  of  disclplinaiy  stage,  re- 
quires a  whole-souled  commitment  to  the  Cross, 
and  a  deeply  practical  acquaintance  with  the 
Crucified.  Christianity  is  not  sentimental  ism. 
It  means  baptism  with  tire  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
"  piercing  even  to  the  dividing  asuuder  of  soul 
and  spirit,  of  joints  and  marrow,"  penetrating 
and  disclosing  the  secret  depths  of  our  being. 
Heb.  4:  12.  It  may  sweep  away  everything 
but  faith,  hope  aud  love,  and  leave  us  as  naked 
and  destitute  as  Job.  The  church  is  slow  iu 
learning  the  great  lesson  of  Philip  3:  8.  Let 
us  step  into  the  van. 


From  Cornelia,  Missouri. 

IN  company  with  A.  Hutchison  and  J.  S.  Moh- 
ler  I  attended  a  Love-feost  with  the  Breth- 
ren of  the  Murvea  Creek  church,  Morgan  Co.» 


TECK    BRETECKEiS'    ^VT    AVOl-tK:. 


August    20. 


Missouri,  on  tliu  IStli.  Their  meetinc  passed 
off  pleasantly.  The  inembere  (ire  watchful  to 
improve  their  opportunities  hfiviiig  had  a  num- 
ber of  additions  from  other  denominations,  who 
seem  to  be  enrueat  workers  for  the  trath.  Bro. 
David  Bowman,  formerly  from  Virginia,  was  or- 
dained to  the  full  ministry,  hAriug  now  the 
care  of  the  congregatioo  in  said  county,  and 
hope  that  ho  may.  iu  connection  with  his  offi- 
cial brethren  and  the  church,  do  a  good  work  in 
the  large  field  open  to  them.  He  hin  aa  assist- 
ant in  the  ministry,  Bro.  Daniel  Cline  also 
from  Virginia,  who  is  as  yet  young  in  the  min- 
istry and  needs  the  sympathy  and  prayers  of 
the  church,  which,  we  hope,  he  is  having. — 
Our  association  with  the  church,  of  which  we 
are  speaking,  has  continued  since  the  first  bui)- 
tism  in  Morgan  Co,,  in  1S72,  wliicli.  from  two 
memberfi,  grew  to  the  number  of  forty-five  or 
fifty  at  this  tim;.  Bro.  Peter  Lehman  and 
wife,  members  from  near  Johnstown,  Pa,,  were 
the  6rst  to  locate  at  that  place;  since  which 
they  have  seen  of  their  children  aud  others  add- 
ed to  them,  until  they  have  a  fine  working  body. 
I  may  truly  say,  that  ray  visits  to  them  through 
a  series  of  years  were  always  attended  ivith 
pleasure;  and  in  severing  my  connection  wtili 
them  officially  1  do  so  with  the  firm  hope  that 
the  truth  will  continue  to  flourish  among  them; 
as  the  fruit  of  their  covenant  With  each  other 
to  labor  together  for  the  promotion  of  holiness 
and  for  the  active  development  of  the  principle 
of  plainness  of  attire,  both  among  the  mem- 
bei-ship,  and  among  the  children. 

I  may  state  here  incidentally,  that  my  obser- 
vation in  visiting  many  congregations  uf  Breth- 
ren has  been,  that,  us  a  rule,  our  strongest 
churches  are  those,  iu  which  plainness  of  dress 
is  maintained.  I  call  attcutiou  to  this,  in  the 
hope,  that  this  characteristic  of  our  brotherhood 
may  be  houored  as  a  means  of  promoting  the 
pood  cause.  Its  influence  is  recognized  by 
many,  who  are  attracted  to  the  church  by  it. 
God  blessing  it  to  the  saving  of  many,  by  caus- 
ing a  closer  examination  into  the  doctrine  of 
the  word  as  held  by  the  Brethren.  Examples 
of  this  fact  arc  numerous  among  us  as  a  body. 
While  many  urge  a  partial  abandoument  of 
this  peculiarity  of  the  Brethren's  church,  in 
order  to  an  increase  of  membership,  it  would 
benefit  all  such,  uo  doubt,  were  they  to  know, 
the  fiict,  that  not  our  churches  which  have  re- 
laxed discipline  in  this  particular  are  the  strong 
churches,  but  to  Ihe  contrary.  True,  if  salva- 
tion was  of  man,  then  this  niaD-couceived  idea 
might  prove  itself  correct;  but  salvation  is  of 
God,  who  says  "My  ways  are  not  your  ways,'' 
God  blesses  the  self-denying  ones  who  iu  gen- 
tleness, as  nursing-fathere  are  leading  the  ten- 
der lambs  of  thefold  into  the  clearer,  view  of 
Christian  light,  and  ofnon-worldliaess,  God's 
penetrated  ones  do  not  stagger  at,  but  are  at- 
tracted by  the  positive  principles  of  His  word, 
aud  lose  its  exhibition.  May  God  bless  our 
dear  Brethren  of  Morgan  Co,,  Missouri  and 
everywhere  iu  fchs  maintainance  of  plain  dress- 
As  an  item  of  interest  I  may  say  that  several 
of  our  ministers  while  on  a  trip  lately  to  Ben- 
ton Co.,  this  State,  holding  meetings,  had  an 
opportunity  to  hear  Elder  Ray  of  the  Baplisf 
Buttle  Flag  preach  a  sermon,  the  burden  ol 
which  was  "  Baptist  High-churchism."  and 
-was  especially  severe  on  the  CampbcUites  and 
p.aying  left-hand  compliments  to  tha  Brethren, 
publicly  charging  Moore's  "  Trine  Immersion 
traced  to  the  Apostles"  with  the  Insesl  fahe- 
hocl,  j>rofrssing  to  show  it  up,  etc.  Of  course 
I  sweetly  remembered  "  Newtouia"  when  in- 
fonned  of  his  trumpet-blowing  among  the  Osage 
river  hills.  I  imagine,  that  had  I  been  present 
on  the  oceasiou  referred  to,  I  might  have  helped 
Mr.  Ray  to  gravitate  a  little,  by  simply  men- 
tioning, "Stein,  Newtonia,  and  Trine  Immer- 
sion, martyred  million  Baptists."  Mr.  Home, 
tbe  Baptist  moderator  at  the  Newtonia  discuss- 
ion, has  also  put  his  hand  into  the  business, 
sajing  publicly,  that  the  Tunkers  are  a  people, 
who  believe  greatly  in  penance,  using  billets 
of  wood  for  pillows,  etc.,  reiterating  Mr. 
Ray's  reading  of  "Bucks"  statement  of  the 
Euphrata  Dunkards,  as  descriptive  of  tbe  Breth- 
ren, Yet  notwithstanding  that  Bro.  Stein  ex- 
ploded thisi  idea,  Mr.  Home  being  present,  he 
finds  food  in  saying  of  us,  what  he  know; 
false.  Neither  Mr.  Ray  nor  Mr.  Home  have  yet 
recovered  from  the  gauntlet  running,  that  Bro, 
Stein  gave  them  at  Newtonia,  The  Brethren 
here  can  quietly  look  on  at  the  blustering  of 
these  men  spending  tlieir  wrflth  against  the 
truth.— like  the  wave  dashing  against  the  rock, 
and  disajipears.  "  Him  whom  the  gods  would 
destroy,  Ihey  fii-st  make  mad."  These  men  act 
as  if  the  spell  was  on  themi 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  men — claiming  to 
be  mini.-jtors  of  the  Gospel,  will  so  degrade  their 


the  "  Brethren"  preferred  to  be  called  "  THiti- 
crs,"  which  Ac  ftno;cs  to  be  untrue;  asserting 
also  in  hisspeech,  (for  sermou  it  was  not,)  that 
Tunkerism  is  Cmnpbellism  run  to  seed.  If  Mr. 
Ray  fails  to  distinguish  between  an  impure,  ma- 
licious heart,  and  a  pure,  gentle  Christian  spirit, 
othera  do  not;  and  the  comparison  is  in  no  sense 
creditable  to  him.  One  of  his  own  Brethren 
remarked  to  me,  "  It  is  of  no  use  for  Mr.  Ray 
to  ridicule  and  defame  yonr  people"  meaning 
the  Brethren;  "for"  says  his  Baptist  brother, 
"  I  know  it  is  false." 

It  is  no  source  of  pleasure  to  write  this  of  Mr. 
Ray,  and  apart  from  the  duty  to  make  known 
the  man  who  proposes  to  champion  the  claims 
of  his  sect,  against  those  who  hold  to  the  faith- 
ful Word,  I  would  not  be  induced  to  say  a  word 
in  this  manner.  S.  S.  Mohler. 


From  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas, 

ATOTICING  the  death  of  Bro.  Henry  Smith 
i^|  of  Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  by  lightning,  reminds 
me  of  an  incident  here,  during  our  late  Kan- 
sas storms. 

A  heavy,  black  storm  cloud  came  over  from 
the  Nortli-west,  flashing  and  roaring.  My  lit- 
tle hoy,  my  brother  Da\-id  aud  myself,  all  took 
refuge  iu  our  carpenter  shop,  np-stairs,  in  the 
Cottonwood  shanty,  which  we  vacated  lost 
Spring.  There,  with,  open  window,  we  had  a 
fine  view  of  the  storm  of  wind,  rain  and 
hail,  that  swept  over  the  prairie  aud  hemmed 
us  in  with  its  terrible  roar.  Wo  had  closed  the 
North  window  and  sat  down  on  the  work-bench 
and  tool-chest,  silently  listening  lo  the  raging 
trio  outside,  when  a  terrific  crash  and  simulta- 
neous display  of  fire-works  in  the  North  end  of 
the  room  made  us  jump  from  our  seats.  The 
sparks  seemed  to  fall  like  a  shower.  Never  were 
we  so  closely  environed  by  so  many  of  the  pow- 
erful elements  of  nature  before.  We  looked 
and  the  old  cottouwood  shingles  lay  scattered 
around,  the  gable  end  boards  were  bursted  loose, 
both  raflei-s  were  splintered,  and  the  siding 
and  lining  and  filling  all  showed  signs  of 
the  thundering  and  instantaneous  demoral- 
ization. The  terrible  bolt  had  struck  within 
ten  feet  of  us.  We  were  not  hurt,  but  Harry 
said  that  evening,  his  ears  still  rang  and  wc 
all  complained  the  same  way.  To-day  the  chap- 
ter read  at  Sabbath-school  was  the  103rd  Psalm, 
How  feelingly  our  hearts  responded,  as  the 
sweet  singer  begau  and  ended,  "  Bless  the  Lord, 
0  my  soul." 

The  last  paper  brings  ua  the  welcome  intelli- 
gence that  our  beloved  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  is 
about  to  pay  us  a  visit.  I  believe, that  no  item 
could  have  given  me  greater  pleasure.  We 
have  desired  long  ago  and  still  desire  that  our 
Gospel  field  should,  from  the  very  time  that  the 
breaking  plow  started,  be  well  cultivated.  Tet 
we  have  often  had  to  -sigh  with  our  Savior, 
"The  harvest  is  indeed  plenteous  but  the  labor- 
era  few."  We  have  taken  the  sidvice  of  the 
Savior  and  we  feel  to  thank  God  that  our  pray- 
er is  about  to  be  answered. 

The  Brethren  of  the  NortlioraDistrict  of  Ill- 
inois, have  acted  nobly  in  the  missionary 
cause.  God  has  blessed  you;  you  are  able,  you 
are  strong,  you  have  laborers  in  abundance,  you 
are  continually  sharing  the  labors  of  our  tal- 
ented and  able  Eiistern  Brethren  that  often  vis- 
ityou, — will  you  not  be  so  good  aa  to  allow  us 
to  share  with  you  of  the  great  abundance  of 
your  good  workmen  in  the  Lord?  If  you  feel 
loth  to  part  with  one  of  your  missionaries,  re- 
member howyou  mil  feel  when  hundreds  over 
these  Western  prairies  are  turning  to  the  Lord, 
Certainly  we  have  souls  here  as  precious  as  those 
iu  Denmark.  .  Come  over  into  Kansas  and  help 
us.  "  Whosoever  will  let  him  come." 

J.  L,  SwiTZElt. 

While  Bock,  Ktiusas. 


is  Young,  she  had  long  been  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church, 

Urbaua,  III. 

From  C.  Hope.— On  the  29th  of  July  we 
held  council  meeting,  imd  chose  Bro.  H.  C. 
Thaanum  to  the  ministry.  The  meeting  was 
very  interesting,  and  will  be  long  remembered 
by  all;  for  it  was  like  many  of  those  which  oc- 
cur in  America,  tears  flowed  from  all  eyes,  and 
earnest  prayers  were  offered  from  all  present 
that  God  would  supply  abundant  grace  to  our 
Bro.  for  the  work.  If  such  meetings  will  not 
meet  God's  approbation,  I  do  not  know  what 
irill;  and  if  they  are  not  better  than  a  cold  or- 
tion  by  a  so-called  straight  line  by  some  pre- 
tending professor  who  says  "  Lord.  Lord"  and 
fails  to  do  what  He  commands,  then  I  am  at  a 
loss  to  know  what  is  good. 

Sickness  still  rests  with  our  family.  I  am 
still  unable  to  do  much.  We  have  very  wann 
weather  occasionally,  then  suddenly  cool, which 
makes  it  unhealthy. 

July  30th,  1&78. 

From  U.  P.  Briilliw.oi'tll.— I  intend  start- 
ing for  America  the  13th.  Shall  be  pleased  to 
once  more  mingle  with  the  brethren  and  sisters 
of  America,  if  spai^ed  by  the  kind  band  of  Prov- 
idence. I  can  assure  you  it  is  lonely  to  be 
among  strangei-s  in  spiritual  work,  and  always 
when  contending  for  the  truth  to  find  oppo- 
nents thereof.  May  God  speed  the  time  for  a 
return  of  hearts  and  hands  on  the  now  far  dis- 
tant shores  of  the  Atlantic.  May  God's  bless- 
ing rest  on  you  and  your  labors  in  editing  and 
pubhshing  the  BuKTUitEN  at  Worb.  It  is 
highly  appreciated  by  some  here,  especiallj'  the 
poorer  classes.  I  often  have  calls  for  more  of, 
"those  papers  that  you  gave  mo  awhile  ago," 
Hoping  to  be  with  some  of  the  Brethren  soon, 
I  remain  yours  in  the  love  of  the  truth. 

Ilimploii,  Euglaii'l^  August  3rd,  JS7S. 

From  Sarali  Summers,— I  am  much  pleas- 
ed with  the  paper,  though  I  have  not  been  per- 
mitted to  read  any  of  the  papers  till  now,  and 
am  glad  to  know  how  the  work  is  going  on  in 
God's  moral  vineyard.     You  have  my  prayer, 

BuniiiKjton,  hid. 


aLEA.]SriNGS. 


Prom  D.  B.  Gibson. — I  have  just  retnnied 
from  a  short  tour  of  a  week,  in  Davies  and  Cald- 
well counties.  Mo.  There  were  a  few  isolated 
members  in  Davies  Co.,  who  desired  my  humble 
labors.  With  Bro.  G.  Witwer,  who  was  with 
me  part  of  the  time,  held  si.\  meetings,  the  im- 
mediate result  was,  five  baptized,  the  few  lan- 
guishing members  revived,  the  doctrine  of  Christ 
held  up  iu  its  original  purity.  The  order 
was  escellent,  and  the  interest  as  good  as  I  ever 
witnessed;  as  usual  had  to  close  too  soon.  We 
then  went  to  Log  Creek  congregation,  and  or- 
dained Bro.  C.  C.  Root  to  the  Eldership,  aud 
advanced  Bro.  Z.  Henrick  to  the  2ud  degree  of 
the  miuistrj-. 

From  Uuttio  A.  Lear. — The  fir^t   Sunday 

standing,  as  to  deal  in  untruths  and  defame  oth-    in  August,  Bro.  Barnhart  baptized  in  our  arm 

Mr.  Ilay  in  his  late  tirade,  asserted,   that  1  of  the  church  a  sister,  aged  S4  years.     Her  name 


A-NNOUNCEMENTS. 


»  of  LoTe-fcTsIs,    Dislrii:!   Mceli 

be  brief,  nod  wriUcn  on  pnptr 

fTom   olhur  busincai. 


Beatrice  cbureh,  Gage  Co.,  Neb,.  September  Ttli  and 

6th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
.SugiU'  Creek  congregation,  Sangamon  Co.,  IU.,  Oct, 

3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 
Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  G.  W.  Boitnotts, 

Sept.  Ttli  and  Sth, 
I'aint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co.,  Kansas, 

October  3rd  and  4tb,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek.  Johnson  Co.,  Mo„  Tuesday,  Oct.  1, 
Stanislaus  clim'ch,  Cal,,  Qrst  Saturday  in  October. 
Wliitesvillo,  Mo,  Sept.  Itli. 
Arnold's  Grove,  Sept.  10th  and  litli.  commencing  at 

1  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Mulberry  congregation,  Bond  Co.,  III..  Oct  Otii. 
Camp  Creek  congregation.  Sept,  14. 
Cottonwood  cougiegation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan., Sept  7tU 

and  Stb. 
Bethel  chmch,  Filmore  Co.,  Neb,.  Sept.  14th  and 

ICtb. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  Nortli-east 

of  Leon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct  loth, 
White  Rock  congregation,  Kausa.s,  -Sept.  21st. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  chiudi, Sladisiiu Co.,  InU.. Oct.  ll. 
Fremont  Co.,  la.,  August  Slst,  to  commence  on  the 

2t^tll  and  continue  over  Sunday. 
Logan  clim-ch,  Logan  Co.,  0.,  Oct  I2tb  at  2  o'clock. 
I'eabody  churdi,  Oct.  ntli  anil  (ith  at  residence  'of 

]}io.  Henry  Shomher.  three,  and  a  half  miles 

North-West  of  Poahody,  Marion  Co..  Kan. 
■\V)  iiuihit  I ongregation,  near  little  York,  Wyandot 

Co.,  (.).,  Sept  I4tli  and  15th,  at  10  o'l^ock. 
Ih'avfr  Cieek  cUuroli,  York  Co,,  Xeb.,  September 

■i\  aud  -'± 
I'ukagon  cougiegation.  Cass  Co.,  Mich,,  October  fith 

at  five  o'clock,  P.  M. 
(irasshoppbr  A'alley  church,  Jefferson  Co_.,  Kansas, 

Oct  Bth  ,-ind  fllli. 
Doniilrt'8  Creek,  seven  milcB  North-west  of  Spring- 
Held.  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  Oth  at  10  o'clock. 
One  mile  East  of  Dallas  Center.  Dallas  Co.,  lown, 

October  l2tU  and  lytli  at  one  o'clock. 
Nettle    Creek    congi-ogation,    near    Ilageratown, 

Wayne  Co,,  Ind,,  Oct.  iith  at  lo  o'clock. 
English  Prairie  church.  La  Grange  Co.,  Iml.   Oct. 

intli  at  10  o'clock. 
Mill  Creek,  Ad.ims  Co.,  III.,  Sept  14th. 
Honey  Creek  church,  Xodaway  Co,,  Mo,.  Sept.  14. 
Eagle  Creek  church,  Hancock  Co,,  Oliio,  Oftobev 

ntb  at  15  o'ckick. 
la-suK.LnM  Valley.  Polk  Co.,  la„  ten  miles  North  of, 

Dcrmioiucs.  Oct.  .^th  and  Oth  at  1  o'clock. 
Spririglh4il  chiircli,  .'imnmit  C'o,,  Oiuu.  Oct  Stli,  at 

10  o'clock. 


Clei4r  Creek  duirch,  near  UuutUigton,  Ind.,  Sept. 

27th  at  10  o'cliick. 
Hear  Creek  church,  near  IJIoomflehl.  Ind..  Sep!.  12, 

at  2  o'clock. 
Union  City  church,  near  Union  City,  Ind.,  Oi-t.  V\ 

at  10  o'clock. 
Camivmeting  on  the  West  side  of  the  San  .lo.i- 

quin  River,  within  300  yards  of  U.  P.  R.  R. 

bridge,  Cal..  Sept.  20th. 
Yellow  Creek.  Stephenson  Co.,  HI..  Oct  I5th  and 

lOth  at  1  P.  jr. 
Shannon,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  Oct  lOlh  commencing  at 

10  A,  M. 
Knob  Creoh,  Washington  Co.,  Tenu.,  Oct  nth  and 

oth,  at  10  o'clock,  A.M. 
Neosho  church,  Oct.  8th  and  Oth,  throe  miles  North 

east  of  Galesburg. 

i:^"  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  on  the  SSth 
of  September,  commencing  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Place  of  meeting,  3  miles  East  of  Dorchester, 
Saline  Co.,  Neb.  J.  R.  Cripe. 

(35^  Lovefeast  near  Panora,  Iowa,  Sept  12th 
and  13th.  J.  D.  HAraiiTEi.iN, 

2^°  The  Bethel  church.  Holt  Co.,  Mo,,  ex- 
pects to  hold  a  Love-feast,  Oct,  Sth,  at  4  o'clock. 
Preaching  next  day.  J,  H.  Miller. 

C^"  The  Bell  Creek  church.  Neb.,  will  hold 
their  Love-feast,  about  8  miles  West  of  Tekam- 
ah,  Burt  Co.,  Neb.,  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  D. 
Metz,on  the  14thorir)th   of   Sept 

A,  TAVi-oit. 

[^"Communion  meeting  at  Hudson,  III., 
Oct  12th.     By  Order,  T.  D.  Lyo.v. 

C^°  Communion  meeting  in  Johnson  Co,, 
Iowa,  Sept  7th  and  Sth.  Place  of  meeting,  10 
miles  South  of  Iowa  City.  J.  Tiioji.\s, 

J^F"  Communion  meeting  in  North  Fork 
church  of  Wild  Cat,  Carroll  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct  9th 
at  10  o'clock  A  M.  L.  D.  WAOoNRit. 

(^?°  Communion  meeting  in  Cole  Creek 
church,  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Sept  Iith  and 
15tli,  in  Pulton  Co.,  111.  D.  Zuok. 

2^"  The  Spring  Creek  congregation,  Kosci- 
usco  Co.,  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Communion  nieetr 
ing  six  miles  South  of  Piercetou,  Friday,  Oct 
ith,  to  commence  at  teu  o'clock. 

D.  MiLLF.n. 

^SP"  Love-feast  at  Urbana  church,  Cham- 
paign Co.,  111.,  Sept  14  and  15. 

23^*  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Howard  congregation  Ind.,  October  4th, 
commencing  at  10  A.  M.  Those  coming  by  R. 
R.  will  be  met  at  Kokomo  with  conveyance  the 
day  before,  if  notified  in  time.    H,  Hamilton. 

J^"  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  at  Pine 
'  at  i 


EnMUNi)  FonNKY. 
vill  be  a  Communion  meeting  at 
the 


'Creek,  111.,  Oct.  3rd  and  4th,  com 
o'clock. 

a^°  There  v 
our  meeting-house  on  the  XOth  of  Oct, 
Seneca  church.  Ohio.  Israel  Rooi'. 

I^"  Our  Communion  meeting  will  be  held 
Oth  and  10th  of  Oct.,  1878,  at  Pynaout,  North 
Fork  church,  Carroll  Co.,  Ind. 

Isaac  C)ui>e. 

2^°  Our  Love-feast  is  appointed  Oct.  lOlh, 
at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  East  of  Parkersburg.— 
Meeting  to  continue  over  Sunday, 

Samuel  M.  Forsev. 

(^P°  We  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Ma- 
ple Valley  church.   Cherokee  Co,,  Iowa,  will 
have  a  Love-feast  on  the  5tli  and  Oth  of  Oct. 
John  Early. 

C^- The  church  at  Coventry.  Chester  Co., 
Pa.,  will  hold  their  Love-feast,  Oct.  Sth  13TS, 
commencing  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  Railroad  sta- 
tion, Pottstown.  John  Y,  Eisesberg. 

3^°  In  the  Burr  Oak  church,  near  Salem, 
at  the  residence  of  J.  M.  Bailey,  September  2Sth 
anil  29th,  commencing  at  ten  o'clock. 

2:^°  In  the  Limestone  congregation,  at  the 
residence  of  Bro.  AbnJiam  Eager,  three  and 
one  half  miles  East,  and  one  and  one  half  miles 
South  of  Ionia  and  Jewell  City  R,  R,,  Oct,  Sth 
and  eth. 

ZSr  In  Solomon  Valley  congregation,  Os- 
born  Co.,  Nebraska,  Oct  12th  and  13th.  The 
place  of  meeting  I  have  not  learned, 

James  M.  Bailey. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 

Day  ptLia en gcr  train  going  ensl  Imtcs  Lnonrk  at  12:00 
P.  M,,  nnd  nrriTes  in  Itntine  nt  Q;4S  P.  M. 

Dfiy  niissfiigtr  train  going  west  Iravca  Lnnirk  nt  2;06  P. 
M.,  and  arrivci  M  Rock  Island  al  6:50  P.  M. 

Night  pnssenger  iniins,  going  east  and  wtst,  meet  and 
leave  UntiTk  at  2:16  A.  M..  arri'ing  in  RMine  at  e:00 
A.   M.,   and   at   Rock  lelanJ  al  6:0(1  A.  M. 

Freight  and  ^ccommoJnlion  Trains  will  run  wwt  at 
12:  10  A.  M.,  8:10  A.  M.,  and  eoat  ot  12tlOA.U. 
and  tr.  15  IK  M. 

Tiekom  nre  aobl  for  above   Irains   only.     Pnnarnger 

trains  make  oloee  connection  at  Western  Union  Junciion, 
Q.  A.  Bmitd,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  ivhich  Shall  he  uiiio  All  People.^''  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  B,  1878. 


No.  36. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  ANTt  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

R.  H.  MILLER,        ------       LADOCIA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STEIN.       - NEWTOXIA,  110. 

D.  VAN-IUAN,         -------  ViRDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  ITENTZEK,        -      - 
MATrre  A. LEAR,        - 


THE  KIND  OF  PREACHING. 

Tilt  jiieaclier  venil  liis  lext. 

Anil  Riimed  liis  subject  next 

Ami  soon  we  felt 

Our  bearts  to  melt 

UencntU  the  argument  that  rolled 

A  stesuly  stream  in  words  of  gold, 

Wonid  all  the  the  preachers  a«, 
Prench  only  what  they  know. 
And  jilainly  teach 
(Us  while  they  preiich) 
"  The  good  old  way,"  the  iireacliiiig    tlieu 
■\ViniUl  doubtless  nnike  us  better  mi-ii. 
The  IVord  of  God  we  need; 
On  that  disciples  feed, 
And  live,  and  glow, 
■^'hile  heie  helow, 
Until  prepared,  beyond  the  night 
Of  deatli.  to  dwell  in  heaven's  uwu  lighl. 

— The  Vhuliriiloi: 


THE  CHRISTIAN'S  PATTERN, 


'■  See,  saith  he,  that  thou  make  all  tilings  aecord- 
inp  to  the  pattern  sliewed  to  thee  in  tho  mount." 


Ilcb. ; 

WHEN  God  save  Israel  a  law,  he  came  down 
on  Mount  Siuni  and  met  his  servant 
Moses  there,  to  whom  he  delivered  the  law. 
Some  believe  that  God  gave  Moses  only  the  ten 
command  men  ts.  That  God  gave  Mosea  these 
written  on  two  tables  of  stone  (s  aHff,  for  it  is 
written  in  Deuteronomy  4:  13.  But  in  addition 
to  this  I  believe  that  God,  during  the  forty  days 
Moses  was  with  him  on  the  Mount,  gave  him 
all  the  law;  so  that  of  the  law,  aa  well  as  of  the 
Gospel,  it  may  be  said, "  All  things  are  of  God." 
Everj'  precept,  every  statue  and  every  com- 
mandment, with  the  promises  and  penalties  an- 
nexed, are  all  of  God.  who  delivered  them  to 
Moses,  his  servant.  Moses  is  not  even  lell  to 
prepare  an  architectural  suggestion  to  the  mak- 
ing the  tabernacle  or  tent  in  which  God's  ser- 
vice is  to  be  performed;  but  a  pattern  of  it  was 
shevved  him  on  the  Mount  by  God  himself,  with 
the  solemn  injunction,  "Look  that  thou  make 
them  after  the  pattern  which  was  shewed  thee 
in  the  Mount."  Ex.  25:  41).  The  margin  reads, 
"  Which  thon  wast  caused  to  see."  We  need 
not  inquire  in  what  way  this  pattern  was  shew- 
ed him.  It  is  enough  to  know  that  God  in  a 
tangible  form  presented  to  Moses  a  pattern  of 
the  tabernacle  just  as  he  would  have  it  made, 
and  just  that  wav  is  Moses  hid  to  make  it, 
whether  it  suits  his  view  or  not. 

Paul  says,  ■'  For  whatsoever  things  were  writ- 
ten aforetime,  were  written  for  our  learning,  etc. 
And  they  are  written  for  our  admonition."  etc. 
Horn.  15:  4;  1  Cor.  10: 11.  Dare  we  then  pre- 
sume to  do  any  thing  religiously  otherwise  than 
according  to  the  pattern  of  it  given  in  the 
Scriptures:'  I  believe  we  dare  not.  And  I  am 
doubtful  whether  God  will  accept  anything  we 
do  if  done  contrary  to  the  pntlern  given  in  the 
Scriptures  bow  it  shall  be  done,  though  the  ob- 
ject may  aeem  to  be  attained  in  the  way  we  do 
it.  I  mean  in  things  of  which  a  pattern  Is  giv- 
en IB  Scripture  how  we  shall  do  it.  For  in- 
stance, to  give  to  the  support  of  the  poor  saints, 
is  a  Ckristiau  duty  clearly  enjoined  in  the  Scrii>- 
tures.  And  the  pattern  how  to  do  it,  is  just  as 
clearly  given. 

Paul  says,  "  Now,  concerning  the  collection 
for  the  poor  saints,  as  I  have  given  order  to  the 


churches  of  Galatia,  even  bo  do  ye.  Upon  the 
fii-st  day  of  the  week  let  every  one  of  you  lay  by 
him  in  store,  as  God  has  prospered  b.m,  that 
there  be  no  gathering  when  I  come."  1  Cor.  16; 
1,2.  Now  is  not  this ^(j//cj-»i  just  and  equal? 
Have  we  not  poor  saints,  and  are  there  not  un- 
avoidable expenses  associated  with  the  house 
and  services  of  God  V  Why  then  is  not  this 
hmvenlij  jxillcnt  enjoined  upon  all  the  members 
to  observe?  "  Let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  hii 
in  store  as  God  has  pro.ipered  him" — some  mor 
and  some  less,  but  every  one  something.  If  it 
be  but  one  cent  a  week,  it  will  be  iiffcy-two  cents 
a  year,  and  one  hundred  members  will  amount 
to  fifty-two  dollars  a  year,  hut  surely  none  in 
our  landonght  tobe  too  poor  to  give  thisamounl. 
One  stick  of  candy  lesii  a  week  will  make  it. 
And  one  glass  of  ice-cream  less  a  week,  will 
save  ten  cents  a  week  for  the  Lord's  service. 
This  would  amount  to  five  dollars  and  twenty 
cents  a  year,  and  for  one  hundred  merahers  it 
wonld  amount  to  five  hundred  and  twenty  dol- 
lars a  yeai'.  By  this  I  will  not  have  you  uu- 
dei-stand  that  I  mean  you  shall  not  eat  ice-cream 
and  candy  if  you  are  fond  of  them,  and  are  able 
to  pay  for  them;  I  mean  only  to  tell  you  how 
to  save  money  for  the  Lord's  service  (the  poor 
saints)  when  you  plead  poverty  to  do  so. 

In  our  country  where  hundreds  and  thous- 
ands of  gallons  of  ice-cream  are  consumed  year- 
ly, I  know  members  who  claim  to  he  too  poor 
to  give  into  the  Lord's  treasury,  and  never  give 
one  cent — spend  their  fifty  cents  weekly  dur- 
ing the  Summer  months  for  ice-cream,  and  walk 
a  mile  to  the  saloon  to  get  it.  Why  are  not 
these  members  required  to  lay  by  on  the  Lord's 
day  something  for  his  service?  A  few  have  all 
the  burden  to  bear;  they  must  do  all  the  giving, 
and  even  they  do  it  not  after  the  Scriptural 
pattern,  but  in  ways  of  their  own  choosing. 
But  then,  af^er  having  borne  all  the  burden,  I 
am  not  sure  that  the  Lord  will  accept  it  as 
being  done  for  bim.  I  am  only  sure  of  the  ap- 
probation of  God  when  I  have  done  all  things 
according  to  the  pattern  given  in  the  Scriptures. 

That  is  a  solemn  saying  of  the  Savior  where 
he  says,  "  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that  day. 
Lord,  Lord  have  we  not  prophesied  in  thy  name, 
and  in  tby  Iname  have  cast  out  devils,  and 
in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful  works? 
And  then  will  I  profess  unto  them,  I  never 
knew  you:  depart  from  me,  ye  that  work  iniqui- 
ty." Matt.  7:22.  23.  It  is  manifest  that  these 
were  working  preachers.  They  were  not  idlers, 
but  workers;  and  there  is  no  doubt  but  they 
did,  apparently,  some  good  things,  but  they  did 
it  not  according  to  the  pattern  the  Lord  had 
given,  and  hence  he  says  to  them,  "  I  know  you 
not,"  and  notwithstanding  their  many  works 
tbey  must  iRpart  from  him,  forthey  were  work- 
ers of  iniquity.  I  know  that  some  brethren 
think  their  preachers  did  not  baptize  right,  did 
not  observe  the  Lord's  Supper  and  Communion 
right;  did  not  wash  feet,  etc.  Of  course  they 
did  not  do  these  right,  and  I  suppose  they  did 
nothing  according  to  the  Lord's  pattern.  There- 
fore, I  am  urging  that  we  do  all  things  accord- 
ing to  the  pattern  given  us  in  the  Scriptures, 
or  we  may  be  like  them  when  the  great  day  of 
the  Lord  comes. 

i  believe  the  text  applies  to  every  thing  done 
in  the  name  of  religion;  and  anything  done  re- 
ligiously, and  not  done  after  the  pattern  given 
in  the  Scriptures,  the  Lord  will  not  accept  as 
done  to  him.  I  believe  that  not  to  give  in  sup- 
port of  the  poor  saints,  and  for  unavoidable 
church  expenses,  is  as  wrong  as  not  to  wash  feet, 
or  not  to  observe  any  of  the  patterns  given  us 
in  the  Scriptures.  And  I  believe  that  under 
ordinary  circumstances  willfully  to  neglect  to 
lay  by  iu  store  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  so 
that  there  need  he  no  gathering  when  help  is 
needed,  is  just  us  wrong  as  to  wash  feet  relig- 
iously in  any  other  way  than  according  ,to  the 
pattern  given  in  the  Scriptures,  or  to  observe 
any  other  precept  otherwise  than  according  to 
the  pattern  given  us.     Are  there  any  who  think 


this  strong  meat?    If  so,  let  them  know  this  is 
the  position  I  occupy. 

We  have  no  right  to  depart  from  one  pattern 
given  in  the  Scripture  more  than  from  the  oth- 
er. Tlie  pattern  to  wash  feet,  and  the  Lord's 
Supper,  etc.,  is  given  in  the  Scriptures,  cvei 
is  the  pattern  for  the  collections  of  the  poor 
saints  given,  and  we  have  no  right  to  changi 
or  depart  from  either,  and  if  we  do,  we  do  it  at 
our  peril.  See,  then,  that  we  do  all  things  ac- 
cording to  the  patterns  given  us  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, and  then  do  we  know  that  the  Lord  will 
accept  and  not  reject  us.  "Take  unto  you  the 
whole  armor  of  God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to 
withstand  in  the  eni  day,  and  having  done  all, 
to  stand."  Eph.  i5;  iZ.—Tlie  Vin'Hcutor 


REST. 


I  DO  not  mean  retiring  from  labor,  but  that 
heavenly  rest  which  belongs  to  the  salva- 
tion of  the  soul.  How  may  we  obtain  that 
rest?  Not  by  folding  ourarms  and  doing  noth- 
ing; certainly  not,  but  by  complying  witli  tJie 
baptism  of  Christ,  who  is  with  the  Father  and 
carrying*  it  out  until  death.  Not  until  after 
death  will  we  receive  that  rest.  Without  the 
baptism  of  suffering,  rest  is  not  promised  to 
one  single  soul.  If  it  were  not  so,  why  should 
we  be  so  particular  to  be  baptized  into  Christ: 
so  tiien  we  ought  to  make  the  Bible  our  Book 
in  our  youthful  days,  aud  it  will  be  ours  in  old 
age  and  in  eternity.  Then  we  shall  have  that 
lieavenly  rest  which  Jesus  Christ  said  he  would 
go  to_propare  for  all  his  children.  Let  us  so 
live  that,  when  we  die,  we  may  obtain  that 
heavenly  rest. 

One  by  one  we'i 

One  by  one  we  follow 

One  by  one  we'll  meet  together, 

On  that  blissful  shore  of  rest. 

Then  onward  let  us  march. 

Till  we'll  meet  each  other  there, 

Where  we'll  meet  to  part  no  more. 


LET  YOUR   LIGHT  SHINE. 

BY  TV.  BROIVN 

THERE  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind,  the  Savior 
had  reference  to  his  followers  in  the  text, 
where  he  says,  "Let  your  light  so  shine  before 
."  And  if  we  are  what  we  profess  to  be, 
our  light  will  shine.  What  for?  That  our 
neighbors  and  all  the  surrounding  community 
may  sec  our  good  ivorks. 

Now  brethren  and  sisters,  as  meek  and  lowly 
followers  of  the  Lamh  of  God,  who  demands  a 
work,  we  are  not  to  be  lazy,  sleepy  servants  of 
Christ,  or  we  will  fare  like  the  foolish  virgins, 
when  the  cry  was, "  The  Bridegroom  cometh" — 
we  will  have  no  oil  iu  our  himps.  How  are  we 
to  get  that  oil  in  our  lamps?  By  going  to 
meeting,  taking  our  rest,  and  soon  aft<;r  the 
services  of  the  Lord  begin,  commence  nodding 
or  sleeping,  Jo  that   worldly   people   begin   to 

hisper  to  each  other,  "  See  Mr.  or  Mrs.,  is 
sleeping."    This  we  often  see  and  hear. 

Let  us  take  beed  to  our  ways,  and  not  let  our 
farms  and  property  have  our  whole  heart,  that 
vhen  we  go  to  meeting,  we  soon  commence 
leepiiig  under  the  sound  of  God's  Word,  and 
thus  have  our  light  evil  spoken  of.  Here  the 
Savior  said,  "  Letyourlight  so  shine  before  men; 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glori- 
fy your  Father  which  in  is  heaven." 


and  to  make  himself  acquainted  with  every- 
thing around  him.  by  prattling  and  grasping  at 
every  object  within  bis  view.  His  tiny  fingers 
are  always  busy.  He  rolls  and  tumbles  aud 
baffles  for  hours,  and  after  a  hundred  falls,  he 
learns  to  stand.  The  strong  desire  to  imitate 
everything  he  hears  and  sees,  stimulates  him  to 
persevere  in  what  he  has  undertaken. 

When  thofirstthree  years  of  his  life  are  piust, 
if  a  proper  example  has  been  set  before  him.  he 
has  made  himself  master  of  the  principles  of  a 
difficult  language;  he  has  become  acquainted 
with  all  the  common  objects  of  nature;  he  can 
readily  distinguish  between  the  primary  prin- 
ciples of  right  and  wrong,  and  if  properly 
taught,  will  have  a  well  defined  knowledge  of 
God,  and  thus  in  three  years  of  his  infancy, 
and  that  too  when  the  mind  is  in  the  bud  of 
tenderness,  he  has  accomplished  more,  in  tho 
same  time,  and  understands  it  better  than  the 
strong  and  vigorous  student  who  hoa  just  issued 
from  the  wtllls  of  the  college.  A  child  will 
certainly  imit-ate  whatever  he  hears  or  sees,  not 
only  in  the  nursery,  but  when  he  is  old  enough 
to  enter  society. 

The  parent  is  the  first  and  most  important 
instructor  of  the  child,  and  the  maximum  of 
this  instruction  is  given  by  example.  It  de- 
volves upon  every  parent  to  use  his  utmost 
endeavors  to  impress  indelibly  upon  the  mind 
of  his  child  those  intellectual,  moral  and  relig- 
ious principles,  those  great  truths  of  God  and 
his  Word  which  will  kindle  in  his  soul  a 
heaven-iu  spiring  confidence  and  assist  him  to 
over-ride  iu  safety  the  dashing  billows  of  the 
angry  sea  of  life.  Every  child  can  be  controll- 
ed by  his  parents  if  the  proper  time  and  means 
are  made  use  of.  It  is  certainly  wrong  for 
parents  to  permit  his  child  to  do  what  the  God 
of  heaven  has  taught  him  is  inconsistent  mth 
his  holy  will.  When  the  sculptor  makes  a  fail- 
ure on  a  block  of  marble,  lie  can  go  to  the  quarry 
and  procure  another  without  sustaining  any 
considerable  loss;  hut  the  parent,  shaping  and 
moulding  the  character  of  his  child,  whose  im- 
mortal soul  shall  livethrough  endless  ages,  may 
never  be  permitted  to  eradicate  the  evil  which, 
by  his  neglect  or  untimely  care,  has  been  plant- 
ed in  the  bosom  of  that  once  tender  and  loving 
child. 

The  duty  of  the  parent  is  a  weighty  and  im- 
portant one:  he  is  held  accountable  to  God  for 
a  proper  discharge  of  duty,  so  that  when  be  is 
called  to  stand  before  that  great  white  throne 
and  Him  that  shall  sit  on  it,— His  children  may 
not  rise  np  iis  witnesses  against  him,— but  that 
all  may  go  up  as  one  happy  family,  tearing 
over  no  common  danger,  but  rejoicing,  there  to 
dwell  with  Jesus  and  Lazarus  forever. 


THE  CHILD  AND  PARENT. 


CHILDREN  are  imitative  beings.  It  is  cu- 
.rious  to  observe  the  first  efforts, of  a  child 
to  extend  his  powers  and  enlarge  his  experience. 
He  begins  to  show  his  desire  to  do  something. 


WORSHIPING  GOD. 


"GodisnSpirit;  ami  they  that  worahip  him, 
must  woishii>  him  in  spirit  and  In  truth." 

THIS  command,  coming  from  the  holy  One 
of  God,  is  of  the  highest  importance;  for 
by  obeying  it,  we  have  the  hlcvscd  assurance 
of  receiving,  not  only  blessings  in  this  life,  but 
Iso  a  home  in  heaven,  where  we  can  sit  around 
the  great  white  throne  of  God.  And  by  diso- 
beying it,  we  shall  hear  at  that  great  day  of 
judgment,  the  solemn  declaration  given  to  Bel- 
zar  of  old,  "  Thou  art  weighed  in  the  bal- 
;  and  found  wanting."  Such  a  verdict  com- 
ing from  the  very  throneof  Justice,  would  rever- 
berate in  our  ears  throughout  eternity;  yet  it  is 
the  decree  from  which  neither  rank  nor  genius, 
can  velea'^e  us.  If  we  neglect  this  injunction 
of  our  Savior  in  lime,  though  we  enjoy  the  verj 
ighest  rank  in  society,  the  wealth  of  a  million- 
re  or  the  mind  of  a  Socrates,  it  will  not  save 
us  from  being  banished  from  the  presence  of 
God. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  we  should  always  re- 
alize that  wfe  are  in  the  presence  of  an  all-see- 
ing eye  of  Jehovah.    "Watch  unto  praver." 


m-i  !■:  Hi^ETi-n^"E:N"  at  "wouk:. 


September    5. 


"PEACE  BE  STILL." 

"  rtiul  III!  arose  una  n-bukcd  tlie  wind,  "ml  Sni<» 
iMiluUn-si'mPfiiCebeslill.  And  Uie  winds  cens- 
ed ;iiiil  lliorc  w;ls  h  groiit  c!ilin." 

SEE  Hio  maddened  waters  raging, 
Lftsh  the  shores  of  Galilee; 
.Wind  and  wnve  in  war  engaging, 
On  the  dark  Tilwrian  Sea. 

Sec  the  vessel  swiftly  flying, 

Toward  the  debris  covered  shore; 
Hear  the  frightened  snilor  crying! 

'Mid  the  tempest's  awful  roar. 
Now  each  heart  to  grace  a  stranger, 

Breathes  a  prayer  on  pallid  lip, 
Unt  ono  cries  amid  the  danger, 

"  Is  not  Jesns  on  the  ship?" 

Ves  He  slnmhera  on  this  pillow. 

Nothing  daunted,  though  tlie   breath 
or  the  tempest,  strew  the  billow, 

"With  the  countless  Seeds  of  death. 

Now  His  ibllowers  gather  near  Him, 

As  the  waves  in  fury  rage; 
For  they  know  that  devils  fear  Him, 

Can  Ho  not  the  storm  nssuage'r* 

See,  He  rises  from  His  sluuibor. 
Whilst  the  waves  the  vessel  fill, 

Ami  rebukes  the  ocean's  thunder.  , 
With  a  whisper,  "  Peace  he  still." 

What  a  culm  pervades  the  ocean, 

It  is  as  harmless  as  a  rill; 
Not  a  breath  to  make  its  motion 

Siiieo  the  mandate,  "  Peace  be  still." 

Oh!  that  Jesus'  love  may  ever 

Each  disciple's  bosom  fill; 
When  we  near  death's  angry  river. 

May  the  \vhispcr,  "  Peace  be  still." 

Selectedby  E.S.Helton. 

LIVING  BY  FAITH. 


'■  I  am  cracified  with  Christ;  nevertheless  1 
live;  yet  not  I,  but  Christ  liveth  in  lue;  and  the 
iiiu  which  1  now  live  in  the  fiesh,I  live  by  the 
faith  of  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me,  nnJ 
gave  himself  for  me."  Gal.  2:  2(1. 

TMK    Gospel   of    our    blessed   Lord 
was  canied  into  Galatia,    a  prov- 


ince of  Asia  Minor,  at  a  very  early  pe- 
riod. Paul  and  Barnabas  were  tlie  hon- 
ored iiistrniuents  of  plautingtlie  precious 
SL'L'd  in  that  region.  It  appends  fioni 
Gal.  4:  15,  ttiat  they,  at  first  received  it 
with  great  joy;  but  some  Judaizing 
teachei-9  having  gained  access  among 
thorn,  soon  after  the  apostles'  departure, 
their  minds  became  corrupted  from  the 
simplicity  tliat  was  in  Christ  Jesus;  and 
though  mostly  Gentiles,  they  were  be^ 
ginning  to  mingle  circvimcision  and  oth 
er  Jewish  observances  with  their  faith 
in  Ohiist,  in  order,  as  they  thought,  to 
render  it  more  available  to  their  salva^ 
tion.     ,,    , 

This  decltusioii  caused  Paul  to  write 
an  epistb'  to  tho:=e  churches,  his  object 
bein"'  to  counteract  the  pernicious  in- 
fluence of  those  false  teachers.  No- 
where, perhaps  in  the  apostles'  writings, 
does  he  display  a  nioje  firm,  determin- 
ed, and  inflexible  opposition  to  all  who 
would  corrupt  the  truth  fi-om  its  simplic- 
ity. 

The  great  doctrine  which  is  here  assail- 
ed,and  on  wliich  the  apostle  so  eloquently 
■depends,  is  that  of  salvation  by  grace, 
through  faith.  Heshowsthem  that  jus- 
tificatiou  is  not  by  works  of  the  law,  but 
by  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ,  for,  says  he, 
"  l)y  the  works  of  the  law  shall  no  flesh 
bejustified."  He  labors  toconvince  them 
that  the  object  of  the  law  was  not  to 
destroy  or  eradicate  sin,  but  to  reveal, 
to  exposiJ  B\a.  "By  the  law  is  the 
knowledge  of  sin."  In  vei-se  ISi,  the 
apostle  s.ays,  "  For  1,  through  the  law 
am  dead  to  the  law,  that  I  might  live 
unto  God,"  that  is,  for  I  through  the 
agency  or  Instrumentality  of  the  law,  am 
dead  to  the  law.  The  law  has  wronglit 
its  work  upon  nie,  in  that  it  has  caused 
me  to  see  my   sinfulness,    and    also   my  | 


imputimey,  my  need  of  a  Savior,  my 
need  of  a  power  beyond  and  above  my- 
If.  This  Savior,  this  power,  to  which 
the  law  diruetoii  me.  1  have  found,  con- 
sc'iuently  I  am  tle.id  to  the  law,  I  have 
no  more  to  do  with  it.  But  the  design 
of  all  this,  in  the  economy  of  God's  glo- 
rious plan  of  salvation  was,  "  that  I 
iglit  live  unto  God,"  that  I  might  be 
led  to  the  very  fountain  of  life  and  light, 
to  the  very  source  of  all  good,  that  I 
might  repose  in  the  bosom  of  the  Infi- 
nite, that  my  soul  might  find  its  only 
and  true  resting  place. 

Then  in  the  language  of  our  text,  the 
apostlesays, "  I  am  crucified  with  Christ," 
with  means,  association,  connection, 
partnership.  Paul  would  then  tell  us,  he 
had  become  associated  with  Christ  in  his 
sufferings,  he  had  become  a  co-partner 
with  him.  Elsewhere  this  holy  man  ex- 
presses the  wish  that  he  might  know  his 
Diyine  Master  in  the  fellowship  of  his 
sufferings,  be  made  conformable  unto 
his  death.  To  know  Christ  thus,  what 
knowledge!  To  be  in  possesion  of  th 
knowledge,  is  to  have  every  fiber  of  our 
affections  weaned  from  the  world.  Then 
indeed  would  we  glorify  God  in  all  that 
we  do,  as  the  apostle  directs.  "  Wheth- 
er therefore  ye  eat  or  drink,  or  whatso- 
ever ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God." 
Then  verily,  would  we  realize,  that  "  we 
were  called  with  an  holy  calling,"  that 
we  were  not  our  own,  that  our  time,  our 
talent,  our  substance,  all  belong  to  God, 
and  that  we  "are  onlystewards  of  the.man- 
ifold  grace  of  God,  that  he  will  hold  us 
accountable  for  all  that  he  has  entrusted 
to  our  keeping. 

To  do  the  will  of  his  Father,  was  the 
grand  aim  of  our  Savior's  life.  He  stead- 
ily and  unflinchingly  pursued  this  pur- 
pose. He  never  for  a  single  moment 
lost  sight  of  this  object.  He  patiently 
and  resignedly  did  what  had  been  allotted 
to  him  to  do,  suffered  all  that  had  been 
appointed  to  him  to  suffer.  He  went 
steadily  forth  and  did  his  Father's  will, 
even  if  doing  that  will,  exposed  him  to 
the  bitter  malice  of  enemies,  and  the 
disapproval  of  friends.  What  a  con 
tradiction  of  sinners  did  he  have  to  en 
dure!  Peter  tells  us  that  Christ  left  u! 
an  example  that  we  should  follow  his 
steps.  "Who,  when  he  was  reviled,  re 
viled  not  again;  when  he  suffered,  he 
threatened  not;  but  committed  himself 
to  him  that  judgeth  righteously."  Oh 
who  is  sufficient  for  these  things?  Who 
is  able  to  walk  in  the  footsteps  of  Jesus! 
Blessed  Master  impart  thy  wisdom  and 
strength;  in  thy  strength  we  can  do  all 
that  is  required  of  xis. 

Continues  the  apostle,  ".Nevertheless 
I  live;  yet  noti,  but  Christ  liveth  in  me." 
"  Nevertheles.s,"  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
I  am  crucified,  "  I  live,"  though  I  have 
lost  all  earthly  relish.  Though  the  hon- 
ors, the  wealth,  the  pleasures  of  earth, 
are  all  insipid  to  me,  though  I  am  dead 
to  these,  thou<;h  they  cannot  awaken  a 
responsive  echo  within  my  soul,,  yet  do 
not  think  X  am  devoid  of  life  or  vitality, 
for  in  spite  of  this  outward,  or  seeming 
deadness,  I  live,  I  am  in  possession  of  a 
high  and  noble  life,  the  life  of  God,  a 
spiritual  life.  Mj-  soul  is  dra\\  n  out  af- 
ter heavenly  objects,  after  things  celes- 
tial. But  how  is  this  life  sustained?  Not 
by  my  own  power,  "  But  Christ  liveth 
in  nie" — Christ  the  living  One,  the  Van- 
quisher of  death  is  enthroned  within 
my  breast.  .1  am  united  to  him  by  an 
indissoluble  union.  Every  thought,  ev- 
ery affection,  every  desire  of  my  heart 
is  under  his  control.  His  will  is  my  wdl. 
His  voice  I  hear,  and  that  voice  I  delight 
to  obey.  The  life  of  Christ  in  my  soul 
is  my  source  of  happiness.     He    dispels 


all  my  doubts,  all  my  fears,  all  mv  dark- 
ness, he  fills  me  with  a  heavenly  liglit 
and  radiance;  in  that  light  I  bask,  in 
thatglory  I  exult.  When  my  outward 
trials  and  pressures  are  most  severe,  then 
Christ  is  most  copious  in  the  dispensa- 
tions of  his  grace;  "Therefore,  for  this 
cause,  I  take  pleasure  in  infirmities,  in 
reproaclie.>i,  in  necessities,  in  pei-secutions, 
in  distresses,  for  Christ's  sake;  for  when 
I  am  we.ak,  then  am  I  strong." 

And  the  life  which  I  now  live  in  the 
flesh,  I  live  by  the  faith  of  the  Sou  of 
God.  Faith  is  defined,  as  dependence 
on  the  veracity  of  another;  thus  trust 
is  called  faith;  because  it  relies  upon  the 
truth  of  a  promise.  Now  the  apostle 
had  perfect  faith  or  trust  in  the  veracity 
of  the  promises  contained  in  God's  AVord, 
so  much  so,  that  he  says  he  lived  by  this 
faith,  that  is,  he  was  inwardly  quicken 
ed,  nourished,  actuated  by  this  divint 
influence,  he  rested  or  reposed  in  it,  he 
continued  in  it  habitually.  It  was  his 
life,  his  vitality.  "  Without  faith,"  says, 
the  apostle,  "it  is  impossible  to  please 
God  ;  for  he  that  cometh  to  God  must 
believe  that  he  is,  and  that  he  is  a  re- 
warder  of  them  thatdiligently  seek  hira." 
Unbelief  or  want  of  faith,  seems  to  be 
the  besetting  sin  of  the  human  family, 
hence  Paul  admonishes  his  Hebrew 
brethren,  "  to  lay  aside  every  weight  and 
the  sin  that  doth  so  easily  beset  us." 

Peter  says,  "  According  as  his  divine 
power  hath  given  unto  us  all  things  that 
pertain  unto  life  and'godliness,  through 
the  knowledge  of  him  that  hath  called 
us  to  glory  and  virtue:  whereby,  (by 
which,  or  through  which  knowledge)  are 
given  ur.to  us  exceeding  great  and  pre- 
cious promises;  that  by  these  ye  might 
be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  hav- 
ing escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the 
world  through  lust." 

"  As  faith  cometh  by  hi^aring,  and 
hearing  by  the  word  of  God,"  the  first 
thing  requisite  for  us,  is  to  acquaint  our- 
selves with  the  Holy  Scriptures,  for  these 
"exceeding  great  and  precious  promises 
are  given  to  us,  only  through  thtt  knowl 
edge  of  hint  who  hath  called  us  to  glory 
and  virtue." 

We  will  now  notice  some  of  the  rich 
promises,  God  has  given  us.  An  exceed 
ing  great  one  is  contained  in  the  above 
quotation.  "His  divine  power  hath, 
given  unto  us  (iH  things  that  pertain  to 
life  and  godliness."  Precious  promise 
indeed,  or  for  faitli  to  grasp  it  I  All 
things  that  relate  to  our  temporal  or 
spiritual  life  are  placed  withiu  our  reach 
or  at  our  disjwsal,  by  the  divine  power. 
For  the  Lord  God  is  a  Sun  and  Shield, 
the  Ijord  will  give  grace  and  glory;  no 
good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them 
that  walk  uprightly."  Psalms  84: 11.  All 
things  are  possible  to  him  that  believeth." 
Mark  9;  2;i.  "  All  things  work  together 
for  gooil  to  them  that  love  God,  to  them 
who  are  the  called  according  to  his  pur- 
pose." Koni.  8:  28.  "God  is  faithful, 
who  will  not  suffer  you  to  be  tempted 
above  that  you  are  able;  but  will  with 
the  temptation  also  make  a  way  to  escape; 
that  ye  may  be  able  to  bear  it."  1  Cor. 
10:  13.  "And  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask 
in  my  name,  that  will  I  do.  that  the 
Father  may  be  glorified  in  the  Son." 
John  14:  13;  vei-se  14;  10:  7.  Let  the 
the  above  (]^uotations  suflice  as  speci- 
mens of  the  rich  and  glorious  promises 
which  God  has  given  to  his  church. 
AVell  might  the  apostle  say.  "  He  that 
spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered 
him  up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not  with 
him  also  freely  give  us  alt  things." 
Surely  God  has  manifested  his  bound- 
less love  to  us  in  that  most  stupendous 
Gift,  his  only  begotten  Son.  If  his  love. 


kind  regard  for  our  welfare,  would 
prouii)t  him  to  give  up  his  well  beloved 
Son, to  ignominy,  to  suffering  and  shame, 
surely  he  will  not  withhold  from  us  mi- 
nor gifts.  And  he  will  not  withhold 
from  us  any  thing  that  is  needful  for  ua, 
any  thing  that  will  promote  our  interest. 
Aud  why  will  we  not  trust  him,  why 
do  we  repine,  aud  grieve  when  our  wills 
are  crossed?  When  our  whims  or  flesh- 
ly desires  are  not  all  gratified,  how 
prone  are  we  to  despond.  Unbelief — 
fatal  unbelief  is  the  root  of  all  this  evil. 
Humanly  speaking,  God  has  done  all 
that  can  be  done  to  insure  our  trust — 
our  unbounded  confidence.  He  has 
manifested  his  love  to  us  in  such  a  won- 
drous manner,  yet  such  is  the  perveraity 
of  the  human  heart,  such  its  callousness, 
that  it  is  with  the  greatest  difficulty  that 
it  can  be  brought  back  to  a  state  of  en- 
tire trust,  and  repose  in  the  bosom  of 
the  Infinite. 

The  great  apostle  of  the  Gentiles  has 
labored  hard  to  portray  to  the  human 
family  the  love  of  his  divine  Master,  that 
love,  the  promptings  of  whioh  he  him- 
self had  such  a  rich  experience  of.  See 
his  eloquent,  earnest  language  in  Rom. 
r>-l'2.  In  verses  seven  and  eight,  he 
most  forcibly  depicts  the  love  of  God 
by  comparison :  "  For  scarcely  tor  a 
■ighteous  man  will  one  die;  yet  perad- 
.'enture  for  a  good  man  some  would  even 
dare  to  die,"  "  For  a  righteous  man." 
The  word  righteous,  is  compounded  of 
right  and  wise.  The  original  sense  was 
probably,  a  moral,  just  and  upright  man. 
For  the  preservation  of  such  an  one,  one 
would  scarcely,  barely,  with  difficulty 
be  willing  to  lay  down  his  life.  "Yet 
peradventure  some  would  even  dare  to 
die."  For  a  pious,  godly,  holy  man,  per- 
adventure, it  may  be,  more  probably 
some  might  be  found  who  would  be 
willing  to  sacrifice  their  life.  But  for  a 
criminal,  a  justly  condemned,  and  aban- 
doned criminal,  who  would  make  great 
sacrifices,  much  less  suft'er  himself  the 
penalty  of  the  law,  in  order  to  free  such 
a  guilty  wretch  from  deserved  punish- 
ment. Such  love  never  was  conceived 
by  the  human  mind,  yet  .'luch  love  has 
Qod  manifested  toward  us.  AVell  may 
the  apostle  say,  "But  God  conimendeth 
his  love  toward  us,  in  that  while  ye  were 
yet  sinners,  Christ  died  for  us.  The  sec- 
ond meaning  of  commend,  as  given  by 
Webster,  is,  "  To  present  as  worthy  of 
confidence  or  regard."  And  has  notGod 
presented  his  love  to  us  as  worthy  of  our 
confidence,  our  utiriost  confidence? 

He  hiis  made  an  abundant  provision 
for  us,  sufficient  to  meet  our  every  want, 
our  every  necessity.  All  he  now  asks 
of  us,  is  to  comply  with  his  requisitions, 
to  trust  him,  fully  trust  him.  We, may 
not  always  see  the  end  from  the  begin- 
ning; we  may  not  always  understand  the 
why's  and  wherefore's.  But  in  this 
world  we  must  walk  by  faith,  not  by 
sight.  Our  heavenly  Father  doeth  all 
things  well.  As  all  things  are  intimate- 
ly known  to  hira,  he  must  know  where- 
in the  happine.ss  of  human  beings  con- 
sists; and  may  from  his  goodness,  be  ex- 
pected to  make  every  provision  for  that 
happiness.  Did  we  have  a  proper  un- 
dei'stauding  of  things,  and  were  we  left 
to  choose  for  oui-selves,  we  would  choose 
presicely  what  God  has  chosen  for  us. 
It  is  our.  ignorance  and  blindness  that 
causes  us  to  dissent  from  the  divine  wilL 
We  are  incapable  of  choosing  prop- 
erly for  oni'selves,  and  as  God  desires 
our  happiness,  therefore  he  asks  us  to 
place  ourselves  under  his  guidance,  and 
it  is  our  privilege  to  seek  that  guidance, 
both  in  temporal  and  spiritual  matters; 
hence    the     apostle's  exhortation,   "  Be 


September 


TJEIE    BJRETHJREIS"    .VX    AN'OHK. 


ciii'eful  for  nothing;  but  in  every  thing 
by  prayer  and  supplication,  with  tlianks- 
giving,  let  your  rcciuest  be  made  tnown 
unto  God." 

The  Cliiistian's  faith  is  desigaed  to 
uplift  him  above  the  fluctuating  scenes 
of  earth.  No  matter  what  may  be  his 
condition  or  snrrouudings,  no  matter 
what  the  condition  of  the  world,  his 
trust  is  in  the  promises  of  God,  and  he 
knows  that  if  hs  continues  faithful,  God 
w\\\  verify  his  promises.  Therefore  he 
can  sing  with  the  royal  lord  of  Israel, 
"  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd;  I  shall  not 
want."  Psa.  23:  1.  Please  read  the 
whole  of  this  Psalm,  so  expressive  of 
confidence  in  God.  The  prophet  Hab 
akkuk  knew  what  faith  was,  ns  the  fol 
lowing  language  shows:  "Although  the 
fig  tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither  shall 
fruit  be  in  the  vines;  the  laborer  of  the 
olivt  shall  fail,  and  the  field  shall  yield 
no  meat;  the  flock  shall  be  cut  ofl"  from 
the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no  herd  in 
the  stalls;  yet  \vill  I  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation." 
I-Iab.  3:  17,18. 

The  apostle  says,  "What,  if  some  did 
not  believe?  shall  their  unbelief  make 
the  faith  of  God  without  eft'ect?  God 
forbid:  yea  let  God  be  true,  but  every 
man  a  liar."  If  others  do  not  believe, 
if  othere  do  not  trust  God,  their  distrust 
should  not  in  the  least  effect  us.  God 
will  be  ti-ue  as  Paul  asserts,  and  our  own 
e.\'peneace  will  prove,  if  we  but  test  his 
faithfulness.  "Every  good  gift,"  says 
James,  "  And  every  perfect  gift,  is  from 
above,  and  cometli  down  from  the  Fath- 
er of  light,  ^vith  whom  is  no  variable- 
ness, neither  shadow  of  turning."  Faith 
is  the  key  which  unlocks  the  great  store- 
house of  God's  bounty. 

To  be  in  possession  of  a  firm,  unwav- 
ering faith,  is  to  possess  infinite  reaouvc- 
es,  because  it  places  the  possessor  in 
communication  with  the  great  source  and 
fountain  of  all  good.  "  All  things  are 
possible  to  him  that  believeth."  To  be 
rich  in  faith,  is  the  best  of  riches — rich- 
es which"  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth 
corrupt,  nor  thieves  break  through  and 
steal,"  far  better  than  land  or  stocks. 
Oh  let  us  then  not  "  Cast  away  our  con- 
fidence which  hath  great  recompense  ofr 
reward."  It  is  our  privilege  to  seek  di- 
vine guidance,  divine  assistance  in  every 
thing,  and  in  view  of  our  Ignorance  and 
helplessnes.s,  it  is  our  duty:  But  when 
we  approach  our  heavenly  Father,  we 
should,  as  James  admonishes,  "  Ask  in 
faith,  nothing  wavering;,  for  he  that 
wavereth,  is  like  the  waves  of  the  sea, 
driven  with  the  wind  and  tossed."  The 
apostle  adds,  "  Let  not  that  man  think 
that  he  shall  receive  any  thing  of  the 
Lord." 

THE  EIGHT  PERIODS. 

BY  Wn.LI.i.11  UOHOCGH. 

THE  New  Testnment  considered  as  a 
volume  of  inspired  history  contains 
eight  periods  or  cycles.  The  fimt  be- 
gins with  the  miniBtratiou  of  John  the 
Baptist,  and  terminates  with  his  impris- 
onment. The  length  of  this  period  was 
about  six  months. 

During  this  period,  John  was  the  only 
minister  and  baptized  many  unto  Christ. 
He  also  baptined  Christ  in  the  river  of 
Jordan.  "  And  Jesus  when  he  was  bap- 
tized went  up  straightway  out  of  the 
water,  and  lo,  the  heavens  were  opened 
unto  him,  and  he  saw  the  Spirit  of  the 
God,  descending  like  a  dove,  lighting 
upon  him,  and  lo  a  voice  from  heaven 
saying,  This  is  my  beloved  Son  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased." 

The  second  period    begins    with    the 


preaching  of  Jesus  in  Galilee,  John  be- 
ing beheaded  about  that  time,  and  ter- 
minates unth  the  cruclfi.\ion  of  Christ. 
Length  about  three  yeai-s  and  si.x  months, 
when  Christ  began  to  preach  and  per- 
form miracles,  his  fame  soon  spread 
throughout  the  land,  for  he  healed  all 
manner  of  diseases  and  raised  the  dead, 
His  labor  so  increased  that  he  called 
twelve  men  to  his  assistance.  Their  la- 
Iior  still  increased,  and  he  chose  seventy 
more  and  sent  them  two  and  two.  But 
wicked  men  in  high  places  became  un- 
easy and  jealous.  They,  filled  with 
wrath,  sought  to  destroy  him;  but  Judas 
one  of  the  chosen  twelve,  for  money  b( 
trayed  Christ  into  the  hands  of  these 
wicked  men  who  crucified  him. 

The  third  period  begins  with  the  bu- 
rial of  Christ  and  terminates  with  his 
resurrection.  Length  three  days  and 
three  nights.  This  period  was  a  very 
gloomy  one  to  the  little  flock  of  Christ 
from  the  fact  that  Jesus  when  he  had 
crietl  again  with  a  loud  voice,  yielded 
up  the  ghost,  and  behold  the  veil  of  the 
temple  was  rent  in  twain  from  top 
to  the  bottom;  and  the  earth  did  fjuake, 
and  the  rocks  rent,  and  the  graves  were 
opened,  many  bodies  of  saints  which 
slept,  arose  and  came  out  of  the  graves 
after  his  resurrection,  and  went  into  the 
holy  city  and  appeared  unto  many. 
What  made  this  period  so  gloomy  to  the 
flock?  Was  it  that  their  Shepherd  was 
taken  away, — the  old  sheep-fold  torn  to 
pieces  and  the  flock  scattered.  Theii' 
condition  was  a  pitiable  one.  O,  imag- 
ine their  feelings, — no  Savior  to  guide 
and  cheer  them,  neither  would  God  meet 
them  in  the  temple;  for  the  veil  of  the 
temple  was  rent  from  the  top  to  bottom. 
I  have  often  thought  these  must  have 
been  the  darkest  moments  known  to 
humanity. 

The  fourth  period  begins  with  the 
resurrection  of  Christ,  and  terminates 
with  his  ascension.  Length,  forty  days. 
Now  as  Jesus  had  arisen,  he  gathered 
his  little  flock  and  began  to  cheer  them, 
although  some  doubted  at  first.  And 
Jesus  came  and  spake  unto  them  saying, 
"  All  power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven 
and  in  earth.  Go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name 
of  the  Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Teaching  them  to  observe 
all  things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you,  and  lo  I  am  with  you  always  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

During  this  period  he  was  seen  at  va- 
rious times,  and  at  one  time  by  over 
five  hundred  brethren;  but  nowhere  have 
we  any  account  tliat  he  was  seen  by  sin- 
ners during  this  period. 

The  fifth  period  begins  with  the  as- 
cension of  Christ,  and  terminates  with 
the  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the 
fii-st  Pentecost  after  the  resurrection  of 
Christ.  Length  about  ten  days.  Just 
before  Christ's  ascension,  he  spake  to  his 
disciples  saying,  "  Ye  sliall  receive  pow- 
er after  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon 
you,  and  ye  shall  be  witnesses  unto  me 
both  in  Jerusalem  and  all  Judea,  and  in 
Samaria  and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of 
the  earth.  And  when  he  had  spoken 
these  things,  while  they  beheld,  he  was 
taken  up  and  a  cloud  received  him  out 
of  their  sight."  Then  they  assembled 
themselves  together  in  an  upper  room 
at  Jerusalem,  where  they  continued  with 
one  accord  in  prayer  and  supplication. 

Then  arose  Peter  and  said,  "  This 
Scripture  must  needs  be  fulfilled,  which 
the  Holy  Ghost  through  David  spake 
before,  concerning  Judas,  which  was 
guide  to  them  that  took  Jesus,  for  he 
was  numbered  with  us  and  had  obtain- 
ed part  of  this  ministry.    For  it  is  writ- 


ten in  the  book  of  Psalms,  His  bishop- 
ric let  another  tjike.  And  they  gave 
forth  their  lots,  and  the  lot  fell  on 
Matthias,  and  he  was  numbered  with 
the  elevcK  apostles.  And  when  the  day 
of  Pentecost  had  fully  come,  they  were 
all  with  one  accord  in  one  place;  and 
suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from  heav- 
en as  a  rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  fill- 
ed the  house  where  they  were  sitting; 
and  there  appeared  unto  them  cloven 
tongues  like  as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  upon 
each  of  them,  and  they  were  filled  with 
tlie  Holy  Ghost,  and  began  to  speak 
with  tongues  as  the  Spirit  gave  them  ut- 
terance." Here  Peter  to  whom  Christ 
had  given  the  keys  of  the  kingdom, 
opened  the  doors  to  the  Jews. 

The  sixth  period  commenced  with 
the  preaching  of  the  apostles  after  they 
were  endued  with  power  from  on  high, 
on  the  first  Pentecost  after  Christ's  res- 
urrection, and  terminates  with  the  death 
of  the  last  apostle  or  the  cessation  of 
miracles.  The  length  of  this  period  is 
not  definitely  known. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  period  Peter 
jlreachei  the  kingdom  of  Christ  on  earth 
to  the  Jews  at  Jerusalem.  It  increased 
rapidly:  After  a  while  Peter  was  pe- 
culiarly summoned  to  open  the  kingdom 
to  the  Gentiles,  which  took  place  at  the 
house  of  Cornelius.  After  this  the 
kingdom  of  Christ  spread  still  more 
rapidly,  so  that  men  in  high  places  soon 
became  alarmed,  and  began  to  chastise 
them.  Prominent  among  them  was  a 
young  man  of  the  Romans,  highly  ed- 
ucated in  science  and  law,  who  was  au- 
thorized and  deputed  as  a  high  sheriff, 
to  arrest  Christians  wherever  he  found 
thera  to  bring  them  into  their  courts,  to 
try  and  to  punish  them  because  they 
worshiped  Christ. 

One  day  as  he  was  on  his  way  to  Da- 
mascus to  arrest  some  of  these,  sudden- 
ly there  shone  round  about  him  a  light 
from  heaven,  and  he  fell  to  the  earth,- 
and  heard  a  voice  saying,  "Saul  Saul 
why  persecutest  thou  me?"  And  he 
said,  "  Who  art  thou  Lord."  And  the 
Lord  said,  "  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou  per- 
secuted." And  he  tremblingly  astonished 
said,  "  Loi'd  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to 
do?"  The  Lord  told  him  and  he  obeyed. 

From  this  wonderful  conversion  we 
may  leavn  three  points ;_7?7's?,  The  power 
of  righteousness;  second,  The  weakness 
of  sin;  //(/;■(/,  That  man's  ways  are  not 
God's  ways.  Here  we  have  an  illustra 
tion  of  the  power  of  righteousness  com- 
ing directly  in  contact  with  the  power 
of  sin.  Sin  is  changed  under  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Sun  of  righteousness,  as  a 
snow  flake  is  changed  under  the  influ- 
ence of  the  aerial  sun,  melted  to  humble 
submission.  This  plainly  shows  that 
sin  cannot  enter  heaven. 

If  one  who  is  out  of  Chi-ist,  were  per- 
mitted to  enter  heaven,  he  would  have 
to  sutler  the  most  excruciating  torment, 
for  he  could  not  withstand  the  glory  of 
righteousness;  but  not  so  with  those  in 
Christ,  for  they  shall  be  like  him. 

The  seventh  period  begins  with  the 
ce.'>sation  of  the  apostolic  ministry,  and 
terminates  with  the  end  of  time.  The 
length  of  thisperiod  is  not  revealed.'  At 
the  beginning  of  this  period,  miracles 
cease,  and  the  AVord  of  God  was  estab- 
lished and  written,  that  it  might  be 
spread  throughout  all  the  world.  Then 
we  have  a  great  work  to  do.  Let  us 
put  on  the  whole  armor  of  faith  and, 
^vork  with  patience. 

The  eighth  pei-iod  begins  with  the 
end  of  time  and  its  extent  wdl  be  of  eter- 
nal dui'ation.  This  is  the  period  to  which 
we  are  all  hastening  as  fiist  as  time  can 
waft  us  along.     Then  watch  and    pray, 


lest  ye  ent.-r  int.i  t.'iiiptation:  for  ye 
know  neither  fhi-  houi'  nor  the  day 
wherein  the  Sou  of  Man  cometh. 


FEED  MY  LAMBS. 


"  He  saifch  unto  lum,  feed  my  lambs."  Julm 
21:  li. 

SEEING  in  No.  30  of  the  BitKTitiiKM 
^  AT  AVoKK,  an  article  written  by 
brother  Moore,  on  this  subject.  I  take 
occasion  to  ofl'er  a  few  thoughts,  which 
I  have  in  the  past  meditated  upon.  Hav- 
ing united  with  the  church,  in  early  life, 
I  have  had  some  experience  in  that  di- 
rection. "  Feed  my  lambs,"  is  a  positive 
command  to  those  who  are  fathers  and 
mothers  in  Israel.  Divine  Authority 
holds  it  up  as  a  command,  but  I  fear  it  is 
not  heeded  very  much  by  a  great  many. 

After  we  have  been  baptized,  we  are 
babes  in  Christ,  and  need  the  sincere 
milk  of  the  Word,  but  how  are  we  to 
get  itwhen  itis  notoftered  to  usi  Yohui^ 
members  should  have  the  attention  of 
older  ones.  Those  that  are  older  should 
set  e.xamples  for  the  younger,  and  then 
show  by  their  actions  that  they  really 
are  concered  for  the  welfare  of  the  young. 
AVhen  there  is  a  few  young  membeip 
alone,  and  not  cared  for,  is  it  any  won- 
der that  they  get  weary  and  feel  like 
turning  back  to  the  flesh  pots  of  Egypt? 
If  I  am  allowed  to  express  myself,  this 
has  been  my  feelings. 

When  we  leave  carnality,  turn  heav- 
enward and  liave  not  the  sympathy  and 
kind  encouaging  words  of  love  to  cheer 
us  upon  our  way  it  makes  us  feel  lone 
ly,  and  about  that  time  the  devil  reasons 
with  us  and  tells,  "  you  had  better  give 
it  up  and  go  back  to  the  world  where 
you  can  enjoy  yourself."  But  then  a 
sweet  voice  whispers,  "  trust  in  me,  I 
will  never  leave  you  n  r  f.riake  you." 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  we  all  need 
words  of  love  and  comfort  from  one 
another.  It  is  food  for  the  soul.  Through 
this  world  of  sorrow,  perplexities  and 
disappointments  on  every  hand,  we  need 
to  try  to  build  each  other  up  in  that 
faith  which  was  delivered  unto  the  saints. 
AVe  learn  in  God's  Word,  if  we  offend 
in  one  point,  we  are  guilty  of  all.  "Feed 
mv  lambs,"  i.^  one  point  in  the  commands 
of  Jehovah,  and  let  us  not  oft'end  in 
that. 

May  God  help  us  gather  the  youno- 
lambs  into  the  fold,  and  then  try  to  give 
them  proper  food.  How  zealous  the 
apostle  Peter  was  in  feeding  the  slieep; 
let  us  follow  his  example,  ror  I  do  love 
to  see  a  congregation  made  up  of  young 
members  who  live  out  non-conformity 
in  dress  and  in  every  department  of  life. 
That  shows  to  the  world  that  they  have 
been  \vith  Jesus,  and  learned  of  him. 
Let  m,  young  and  oldbe  faithfully  bound 
together  in  the  bonds  of  love,  loving 
one  another  with  a  pure  heart  fervently 
aud  the  Lord  supremely,  and  God  will 
be  glorified,  and  the  benefit  ours.  So 
when  our  troubles  and  trials  are  over, 
we  can  reign  with  him  above  to  praise 
him  through  all  eternity. 

"  Let  thy  kingdom  blessed  Savior, 
Come  und  bid  our  janinga  cease; 

Come,  0  come  aud  reign  Ibrever, 
God  of  love  and  Priuee  of  Peace. 

\'isit  now  thy  precious  /ion, 

See  thy  people  mourn  mid  weep, 
Dfty  and  night  thy  lambs  ore  crj'ing-. 
Come  good  Shojdierd  fo^jd  tliy  shcup."' 


The  revelation,  that  God  has  made  of 
His  \v\]\  aro  not  so  much  for  knowledge 
as  they  are  for  practice.  He  who  knows 
and  does  not,  has  many  strijje-s  awaiting 
him. 


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number  llu'  iigenl  will  ho  allowed  10  conls  for  each  adUi- 
liiinni  nnrric,  wliioli  ninaiial  can  he  deduclad  rrom  tho 
tnonpy,  hcfnrs  sonding  it  io  lis.  Moiioy  Ordors,  l)nvn«, 
and  HogUiorrd  I-ellera  may  bo  senl  ,nt  our  risk.  Thoy 
Bliould  hn  mndu  payoblo  Id  Mooro  &  Eihtlninn, 

Buhicripiions,  nnd  communiooLionii  inlcnilcd  for  Iho  pii- 
per,  n*  well  as  all  busincas  maltors  conneoliJ  willi  llio  of- 
Sco  should  1)0  nddrcssed 

MOOBE  k  ESHELUAU. 

I^D&it,  Carroll  Qb..  HI. 


SEPTSUEER  5,  IS76. 


THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

THE  necessity  of  a  general  ussembly  among 
our  people  occusionally,  will  not  be  qiieS- 
tioucd  by  ninny,  but  liow  to  control  and  proper- 
ly eiilevtain  such  multitudes  as  usuutly  nttoiid 
our  Annual  Meetings,  is  n  grave  question.  At 
present  there  ia  a  strong  disposition  looking 
toward  the  diminishing  of  the  crowd,  and  in 
that  way  curtail  the  expenses  of  the  meeting, 
111  our  humble  judgment,  this  is  a  dangerous 
move,  and  one,  when  once  carried  into  efl'ect, 
will  greatly  mar  the  general  social  feeling  ex- 
isting among  our  people. 

Each  effort  made  to  diminish  the  number  of 
members  usually  attending  the.se  meetings  is  a 
bloiv  atono  of  the  essential,  and  long  cultivated 
characteristics  of  our  people.  Take  us,  the 
country  over,  and  we  are  n  people  possessing 
strong  social  feelings,  and  take  much  pleasure  in 
associating  with  each  other,  especially  on  stat- 
ed occasions,  and  there  is  no  place  where  this 
feeling  can  be  more  fully  enjoyed  than  at  Year- 
ly Meetings.  To  deprive  our  people  of  this 
sacred  privilege,  would  be  a  severe  blow  on  some 
of  them. 

Not  a  few  are  in  favor  of  giving  the  power 
into  the  hands  of  a  few  chosen  delegates  who 
are  supposed  Io  possess  sufficient  wisdom  to  do 
the  business  aa  well  as  it  is  usually  done  by  the 
great  multitudes  generally  present  at  such  meet- 
ingi.  We  entertain  serious  objections  to  the 
delegated  power.  To  start  out  with,  we  are 
satisfied  that  it  is  not  Scriptural.  God  certain- 
ly never  designed  that  the  power  in  the  church 
— the  body — should  be  delegated  to  n  chosen 
few.  It  may  be  well  enough  in  secular  matters, 
but  for  spiritual  things  it  will  certainly  be  a 
prolific  source  of  heresy  and  priestcraft,  from 
which  the  cause  of  Christianity  has  already  suf- 
fered much,  and  it  becomes  us  to  learn  from  the 
histoiy  of  the  past. 

Our  Annual  meeting,  if  properly  conducted 
and  generally  understood,  may  prove  a  valuable 
auxiliary  in  our  method  of  church  government, 
and, therefore, should  be  used  to  the  bestadvan- 
tage  of  the  church.  To  cut  off  the  privilege  pf 
the  laity  attending  the  meeting,  would  be,  per- 
-  Imps,  the  worst  thing  thatcould  bo  done  for  the 
general  peace  and  prosperity  of  tho  brotherhood. 
I  have  great  faith  in  the  eflect  of  the  Christian 
a.s3ociation  we  enjoy  at  these  meetings.  They 
would  be  profitable  if  not  a  thing  elsi^  were  ac- 
complished. Here  we  can  meet  together  from 
far  and  near,  become  acquainted,  converse  with 
each  other  and  have  a  general  good,  happy,  re- 
ligious season  of  it.  By  thus  associating  we 
become  assimilated  and  partake  more  largely  of 
that  unanimity  of  sentiment  and  action  that 
should  characterize  the  people  of  God.  We  are 
therefore  in  favor  of  letting  everybody  go  to  the 
A.  M.  who  wants  to,  and  enjoy  it.  They  may 
as  well  have  a  little  foretaste  of  the  great  meet^ 
ing  in  the  world  to  come,  us  not.  It  will  not 
hurt  any  of  them,  but  may  do  many  of  them 
much  good. 

There  is  a  way  of  holding  our  Annual  Meet- 
ings possessing  the  following  advantages,  which, 
when  once  understood,  will  work  like  n  charm: 

1.    Everybody  can  go  who  wants  to. 


2.  Tho-ewhodo   gn    can  h.-ar  emd   get  I  he 
II  benefit  oi  the  meeting. 

3.  The  largeness  of  the  crowd  in  attendance 
ill  in  no  way  interfere   with  the  business  of 

tho  meeting. 

4.  All  who  attend  can  be  well  cared  for^  and 
the  more,  the  belter  the  meeting. 

It  wjll  pay  all  its  own  e-vpensesi,  and  the 
money  can  be  raised  without  any  difficulty 
whatever. 

6.  It  can  he  held  year  after  year  ivithout  be- 
ng  a  burden  to  any  person,  church  or  district. 

When  all  this  can  be  done  with  such  great 
ease,  we  see  no  use  in  committing  the  business 
of  the  church  to  a  few  delegates  just  to  dimin- 
ish the  crowd   and  save  a  little  money,  which 

ould  otherwise  be  spent  for  no  better  purpose. 
The  Jews  used  to,  on  their  feast  occasions,  have 
inch  larger  assemblies  than  we,  and  they  got 
along  finely.  We  can  do  the  same,  if,  in  our 
church  matters,  we  use  the  same  wisdom  that 
do  about  worldly  things.  At  least  ten 
tliousand  members  can  be  accommodated  year 
after  year  \vithout  being  n  burden  to  any  person, 
church  or  district.  Instead  of  drifting  a  plan 
that  will  diminish  the  crowd,  and  leave  the  bus- 
iness in  the  hands  of  a  few  delegates,  let  us  have 
a  skillfully  arranged  system  that  will  accommo- 
date the  thousands  of  devoted  members  that  as- 
ble  there  year  after  year  and  listen  to  the 
deliberations  of  the  council,  and  enjoy  the  pleas- 
ant associations  of  each  other. 

If  considering  queries  and  ma!cing_  decisions 

ere  the  only  work  of  tho  Annual  Meeting,  the 
delegated  system  might  do  for  awhile— though 
general  dissatisfaction  will  even  then  be  the  in- 
evitable result — but  when  we  consider  the  social 
nature  existing  among  our  people,  and  the  good 
usually  growing  out  of  such  friendly  greetings 
OS  enjoyed  there,  we  are  led  to  conclude  that 
the  business  of  the  meeting  is  only  a  part  of 
the  benefits  that  we  derive  from  such  associa- 
tions. Let  us  continue  to  cultivate  this  com- 
mendable feature  so  characteristic  of  devoted 
Christians,  and  thui  more  firmly  unite  our 
blessed  fraternity.  May  God  bless  every  law- 
ful effort  put  forth  in  this  direction  until 
shall  "  he  perfectly  joined  together  in  the  same 
mind  and  in  the  same  judgment."        j.  H.  J 


WRITTEN  LANGUAGE  THE  MEDIOM  OF 

CONVEYING  TO  MEN,  DOCTRINE 

AND  DOTY. 

AWAY  back  yonder  where  God  began  to  re- 
veal His  will — His  character  to  man.  He 
said  to  His  servants,  "  And  thou  shalt  write 
3pon  the  stones  all  the  words  of  this  law,  verj- 
plainly."  The  "  tlmii  "  was  commanded  to  write 
upon  the  stones  the  words  of  the  law — not  only 
woifls  of  the  law,  but  all  the  words.  None 
were  to  he  left  out.  And  the  hoic  to  write  them 
was  just  as  explicitly  given.  Write  all  the 
words  plainhj — "  veyij  plainly."  Thank  Godfoi 
the  art  of  writing!  It  bears  the  seal  and  pleas- 
ure of  God,  and  if  properly  used  by  Christian 
hands  and  hearts,  is  a  power  to  dethrone  Satan. 

The  Lord  commanded  His  servant  Moses,  to 
take  twelve  rods,  representing  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel,  and  write 

Every  Hun's  Kniiie 
upon  his  rod.  And  more:  "Thou  shalt  writ« 
Aaron's  name  upon  the  rod  of  Levi."  Num.  17; 
1,  2.  Rods  imply  correction,  justice,  power  and 
in  the  hands  of  Wisdom  are  an  effective  med; 
cine  for  "  murmurings."  Next  in  order  is  tht 
fact  that  "  the  acts  of  Uzxiab,  first  and  last,  did 
Isaiah  the  prophet,  the  son  of  Amos,  write. 
This  is  proof  that  God,,  for  good  reasons,  caused 
the  biography  of  wicked  rulers  as  well  as  that 
of  good  men  to  be  written  for  our  learning. 
Grains  of  truth  are  obtainable  all  through  the 
Book  of  Inspiration. 

To  Jeremiah  tho  Lord  said:  "Write  thee  all 
the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto  thee,  in  a 
book."  Jer.  30:  2.  To  Isaiah,  "  Now  go,  write 
it  before  them  in  a  table,  and  note  it  in  a  book, 
that  it  may  be  for  the  time  to  come  forever  and 
ever."  Isa.  30:  8.  And  to  E/*kiel,  "Write  it 
in  their  sight,  that  they  may  keep  the  whole 
form  thereof,  and  all  the  oi-dinances  thereof,  and 
do  them."  Isa.  43: 11.  "  Write  the  vision, 
make  it  plain  upon  tables,  that  he  may  run  that 
readeth  it."  Hah.  2;  2.  Who  can  dispute  writ> 
ing?  Bears  it  not  the  impress — thesanctionof 
Jehovah?  Who  then  can  say,  "Writenot?" 
Satan  does  not  like  the  Lord's  writing — does 
not  rest  easy  under  the  writings  of  God's  chil- 
dren.    We  now  tarn  to 


The  Apostolli-  A^e. 
Hear  Luke  on  wriling.  "  It  seemed  good  to 
me  also,  having  had  perfect  understanding  of  all 
things  from  the  very  first,  to  write  unto  thee  in 
order,  most  excellent  Theophilus."  Luke  1:  3. 
It  seemed  good  to  Luke  also,  means  thut  it  had 
seemed  good  to  some  others  to  "  wrih  in  order 
nf  ail  things"  pertaining  to  this  ghirious  dis- 
pensation. The  voice  of  God  ;commanded  the 
.'Vpostle,  "  What  thou  seest,  write  in  a  book." 
Rev.  1:  11.  Need  I  refer  yon  to  him  who  wrote 
about  tlie  "'common  salvation?"  {Jude  3) — to 
liim  who  declared  that  "to  write  the  same 
things,  for  you  it  is  safe?  " 

It  must  be  evident  to  the  reader;  that  Writ- 
ten Language  is  God's  medium  of  conveying 
to  mankind  the  intelligence  of  Gfod's  character 
if  the  demands  of  God  upon  the  human  fam- 
ily—of the  great  fact  of  the  atonement, — of  the 
iuess  and  mercy  of  God.  No  sooner  had 
Jesus  ascended  to  heaven,  than  some  of  His  dis- 
ciples began  writing  the  words  brought  to  their 
remembrance  by  the  Holy  Ghost.  These  words 
are  the  product — Ihe  fruit  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
hence  carry  with  tlifm  the  power  of  God. 
They  represent  the  Son  of  God — His  character, 
and  are  to  us  a  perfect  systpui.  Men  and  wo- 
men are  required  to  believe  on  Jesus  thronsh 
those  words,  and  then  by  practice,  to  believe  tii 
Him,  being  in  Him  by  the  transforming  power 
of  the  Word  of  God.  To  His  disciples  He  said: 
"  Now  are  ye  clean  through  tlio  word  which  I 
have  spoken  unto  you."  John  15:  3.  Ah!  be- 
hold its  cleansing  power.  Let  the  Word  of  God 
Cleanse  Yoor  Hearts. 
Pure  hearts  are  made  by  the  Word  of  God. 
Clean  hearts,  holy  hearts,  honest  heai'ta  come 
by  the  same  means. 

In  this  age  of  Written  Language  when  near- 
ly all  persons  in  all  civilized  countries  can  read, 
there  should  be  a  strong  and  vigorous  effort 
made  to  get  Ihe  words  of  God  into  the  hearts  of 
the  people.  The  words  of  men  will  not  do  the 
work,  but  the  words  of  God  will.  Deceive  not 
yourself  with  the  words  of  men,  but  be  wise 
with  the  words  of  God.  Study,  learn,  meditate, 
fill  the  mind  with  Divine  Truth. 

Do  not  become  alarmed  because  Satan  is  us- 
ing Written  Language  to  further  his  cause,  and 
yet  you  ought  to  be  Jtlarmed.  Wrest  all  the 
printing  presses  from  him  you  can.  If  he  should 
lose  every  one,  and  they  be  turned  to  God's  use, 
all  the  better  for  mankind.  Be  alarmed  because 
the  enemy  is  doing  so  much  harm,  and  yet  be 
not  afraid  to  lay  hold  of  Written  Language 
with  might  nnd  main  to  rescue  the  perishing. 
A  better  medium  cannot  be  employed  to  sow 
the  good  seed.  God  used  it  to  reveal  Himself 
to  us,  and  we  may  use  it  to  reveal  His  holy 
character  to  each  other.  It  is  a  grand  means 
for  our  good. 

Suppose  there  was  no  Written  Language, 
would  there  be  any  Bibles?  Could  we  get 
along  very  well  without  the  Bible?  No,  not 
very  well.  Without  it  God  would  have  to  re- 
veal His  character  directly  to  us — directly  to 
each  generation;  for  if  He  would  not,  the 
elation  would  become  so  perverted  by  man  that 
it  would  fail  of  its  purpose,  Satan  rejoices 
when  he  can  pervert  the  Lord's  methods,  hut 
with  Written  Language  he  can  do  nothing, 
since  God  has  decreed  th.it  it  shall  stand. 
With  Written  Language  as  a  medium  for  God 
to  enlighten  us,  man  need  not  say  to  his  neigh- 
bor, 

"Know  Tlio  Lord," 

for  all  can  know  Him — know  tho  Lord  in  HLs 
goodness,  mercy,  justice,  long-suffering,  unlim- 
ited power.  Go  to  many  parts  of  the  world, 
and  the  people  know  not  Jesus.  Why  this, 
since  the  Apostles  and  first  disciples  went  every- 
where pre.iching  the  Gospel?  Simply  because 
those  people  did  not  retain  the  Gospel — left  the 
Written  Word  slip  out  of  their  hands,  and  now 
we  see  their  offspring  sitting  in  darkness  and 
the  regions  of  darkness.  Why  are  the  Hotten- 
tots and  other  wild  tribes  of  Alriua,  living  in 
sin  and  degradation  V  Because  they  have  not 
the  Bible.  Why  are  they  living  in  forests,  or 
plains  without  any  of  the  bles-oings  of  civiliza- 
tion? Because  they  have  not  Written  Lan- 
guage, Why  do  they  not  sow  and  reap,  plant 
and  cultivate  like  those  who  live  in  civilized 
countries?  Because  they  know  nothing  of 
Written  Language.  Why  do  they  not  know 
the  Lord?  Because  they  know  nothing  of 
Written  Language,  and  Written  Language  is 
God's  means  of  communicating  with  man.  On- 
!y  by  it  and  through  it  can  we  know  the  mind 


of  the  Lord.  What  then  is  our  duly?  Our 
duly  is  to  i/ioir  Ihe  Lord.  We  must  know  Him 
eading,  studying  the  Book  which  He  has 
given  us.  Each  day  should  be  commenced  hy 
studying  a  portion  of  the  Holy  Bible,  "Tis  good 
to  end  the  day  tliua;  Ah!  it  is  reri/  good  to 
meditate  all  the  day  long  on  the  mind  of  the 
Lbrd.  vVnditis  good  to  read  mid  think  over 
what  is  wriiten  from  r.hat  Book,  Any  thoughts 
drawn  from  words  in  Lhiit  Book  should  increase 
our  faith  and  make  us  better.  Words  spoken 
from  that  Book  —  sermons  jirenchcd  should 
strengthen  us  in  love  and  good  works.  In  fact 
we  should  so  hunger  and  thirst  after  Truth, 
that  wherever  found,  whenever  handed  tons,  we 
should  take  it  gladly.  A  truth  is  not  truth  be- 
cause this  man  spoke  it  or  that  man  wrote  it, 
but  because  it  is  founded  on  the  immutable  law 
of  God.  No  one  is  authorized  to  boast  because 
he  discover-^  a  truth — because  God  favored  him 
with  a  good  mind  to  discern  between  truth  and 
en-or,  or  because  his  talent  enables  him  to  pre- 
sent the  truth  in  a  clonr  nnd  attractive  manner; 
these  enilowroents  are  hle.'^sings  indeed,  and  men 
should  be  thankful  for  them.  To  them  much 
has  been  given,  hence  much  will  be  required  of 
them.  Nor  should  any  one  seem  to  despise 
Written  Language.  It  i*  a  blessing — God's 
means  of  talking  to  us.  We  may  be  very  hap- 
py wiih  it;  and  without  it,  misery  and  degrada- 
tion reign  supreme.  "  Let  the  words  of  Christ 
dwell  in  you  richly,"  is  the  injunction  of  the 
Apostle.  Let  them  get  into  your  heart:  they 
will  do  you  good.  Believe  the  words  of  God — 
keep  them  in  your  heart — walk  by  them  and 
be  happy.  ..^^^^^_^^  ^-  "■  ^■ 

Wb  learn  that  there  are  about  eighty  mem- 
bers in  the  town  of  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  and  that 
the  church  is  in  a  growing  condition. 

Brother  Henry  Koontsi,  of  Pa.,  an  aged 
minister  of  some  eighty  years,  is  to  settle  in 
some  part  of  Illinois.  Ho  is  said  to  still  be  full 
of  zeal  for  the  cause,  and  quite  active  in  his 
Master's  work. 


So  far  as  our  duty  is  concerned  we  know  it 
much  better  than  we  do  it.  If  everybody  would  ■ 
do  as  well  as  they  know,  this  world  would  be  a 
paradise.  The  great  trouble  is,  too  many  know 
and  do  not.  _ 

UiioTiiEB  Marcus  Fowler,  of  Yellow  Creek, 
111.,  culled  on  us  one  day  last  week,  on  his  way 
home  from  Iowa.  No  preventing  providence, 
he  expects  to  move  to  Jackson  Co.,  Iowa  some- 
time during  the  coming  Winter,  He  reports 
health  good  iu  that  part  of  the  State. 


Thk  Brethren's  Sunday-school  in  Lanark,  in 
addition  to  being  the  largest  school  in  town,  is 
in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  All  the  officers 
and  teachers  are  members.  No  Lesson  Leaves 
are  used  in  the  school.  We  teach  the  plain, 
simple  Word  as  it  stands  recorded  in  the  Book, 


If  you  would  avoid  the  typhoid  fever  and 
many  other  diseases,  keep  your  premises  clear 
of  all  unpleasant  odors,  especially  near  your 
dwellings.  Pure  air,  good  water  and  plenty  of 
healthy  exercise  at  some  useful  employment,  is 
an  excellent  preventative  of  disease.  Less  med- 
icine and  more  good  common  sense  in  obeying 
tho  laws  of  health,  will  prove  serviceable  to  all. 


Bmotiter  David  Wolfe,  elder  of  the  COHgre* 
gation  in  Adams  Co.,  Illinois,  has  been  quite 
unwell  during  the  Summer,  with  but  little 
prospects  of  being  able  to  attend  to  his  minis- 
terial labors  for  some  months  to  come.  He  is  a 
son  of  the  aged  George  Wolfe,  the  pioneer- 
preacher  of  the  \Ve9t,  who  died  several  years 
ago.  So  far  as  we  know,  the  church  in  Adams 
Co.,  is  the  oldest  in  the  State,  and  stands  much 
in  need  of  Bro,  Wolfe's  labors,  though  there 
are  other  ministers  to  assist,  but  their  territory 
is  large  and  the  opposition  strong, 


An  eight-year-o!d  son  of  Bro.  Daniel  Miller 
was  killed  the  first  of  last  week,  about  five  miles 
South  of  Lanark.  The  accident  was  caused  by 
a  runaway  team.  The  boy  was  thrown  head- 
long against  a  gate  post  and  so  severely  injured 
that  he  died  the  same  day.  The  whole  neigh- 
borhood is  in  deep  sjinpatby  with  theaJflicttd 
family  aud  relatives.  A  little  incident  makes 
the  affair  very  touching.  His  mother  had  told 
him  the  day  before,  that  if  he  would  be  a  good 
boy  he  should  go  irith  her  to  Pennsylvania  this 
Fall.  He  replied,  that  he  would  commence  be- 
ing a  better  boy  the  next  morning,  hut  met 
with  the  fatal  accident  only  a  few  bour^  after 
he  commenced  being  a  better  boy.  Let  other 
boys  learn  a  lesson  from  this. 


Septomber    5. 


THE    a^RETK[nK:Nr    ^T    "WOUKI. 


THE  LORD'S  DAY. 

11HE  right  word  in  the  right  place  is  an  im- 
Iiortant  thing  when  it  comes  to  defending 
the  truth  and  opposing  error.  Men  who  liave 
been  withstood  hy  persona  schooled  in  the  rules 
of  logic,  know  the  importance  of  this,  and  if 
they  do  not,  they  mfty  yet  liave  chances  of  learn- 
ing by  experience. 

It  is  (juile  commo]!,  not  only  among  bur  peo- 
ple, bnt  others  generally,  to  talk  of  the  Sabhalh- 
achool,  and  in  many  other  ways  niitke  use  of 
the  term  Sabbath  in  a  sense  that  cannot  be  de- 
fended by  the  Scripture.  The  Sabbuth  always 
falls  on  Saturday  ond  never  on  Sunday,  the  day 
of  our  regular  worship.  To  maintain  that  the 
Sabbath  has  been  abolished  and  tlien  talk  about 
Sabbath- schools  is  inconsistent.  They  should 
be  called  Sunday-suhools,  or  some  other  name 
referring  to  Sunday,  or  the  fii-st  dayof  the  week. 
The  Sabbath  ivivi  in  its  tlnie,  !nliviiie  institu- 
tion, and  remained  inforco  till  Cbri.st  "  blolted 
out  the  handwriting  of  ordinances  that  was 
against  us,  which  was  contrary  to  us,  and  took 
it  out  of  the  way,  nailing  it  to  his  cross,"  Col. 
2: 14.  It  went  with  the  types  and  shadows  of 
the  p;ist  dispensation — with  "the  ministration 
of  dpiith,  written  and  engraven  in  stones."  It 
was  a  part  of  the  Mosaic  law — was  incorporated 
in  that  law,  hut  since  the  law  baa  been  abolish' 
ed,  the  Sabbath  as  a  day  to  be  kept  holy,  is  for- 
ever gone. 

Instead  of  the  old  law,  we  have  the  Go.spol  in 
which  the  first  day  of  the  week  is  practically 
set  apart  as  the  day  of  religious  worehip.  In 
the  Scriptures,  this  day  is  called  \\w  Jirsl  ilnij 
of  l/ie  irecl;  or  the  Lord's  day.  The  secular 
name  is  Sunday,  and  originated  from  the  same 
source  as  the  names  of  the  other  days  of  the 
week,  'and  has  just  about  as  much  divine  author- 
ity. To  say  "firstday  of  the  week,"  or  "Lord's 
day,"  is  Bible  talk.  Those  who  call  Sunday 
the  Sahhath,  do  so  without  any  divine  authori- 
ty, as  Sunday  is  never  once  called  the  Sabbath 
in  the  Bible.  When  speaking  religiously,  learn 
to  call  Bible  things  by  Bible  qames.  The  Sab- 
bath belongs  to  the  old  dispensation,  not  the 
new;  we  are  no  more  under  the  law,  and  there- 
fore not  accountable  to  it. 

Sunday  is  not  a  Sabbath  in  the  sense  the  lat- 
ivr  t<rm  is  u?ed  in  the  Bible,  The  Sabhath  was 
originally  kept  in  memory  of  God's  rest  on  the 
seventh  day,  and  the  deliveranco  of  Israel  from 
bondage,  hut  our  Sunday,  which  always  coniPS 
tlie  next  day  aft«r  the  Sabbath,  is  kept  in  com- 
memoration of  Christ's  resurrection  from  (he 
dead,  and  for  that  reason  it  is  called  the  Lord'i 
dnij.  On  that  day  he  arose  from  the  dead;  re- 
peatedly met  with  his  disciples  and  taught  them. 
Tlie  memorable  day  of  Pi;nUqo>t  wjis  on  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  and  it  was  on  that  day 
that  the  saints  were  to  lay  by  them  in  store  as 
the  Lord  prospered  them.  We  iind  them  as- 
sembled at  Troas  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  t^> 
engage  in  worship — as  their  manner  was.  We 
repeat  again,  that  in  no  instance  in  the  Holy 
Scriptures  is  this  day  ever  called  the  Sabbath, 
and  if  we  want  to  call  Bible  things  by  Bible 
names,  we,  must  call  it  the  "first  day  of  the 
week,"  or  the  "Lord's  day."  The  Sabbath  be- 
ing abolished,  nailed  to  the  cross  and  taken  out 
of  the  way,  is  no  more  binding  upon  ihose  who 
neglect  not  the  assembling  of  themselves  to- 
gether, to  celebrate  the  resurrection  of  their 
Ma.'ter  on  the  first  day  of  the  week. 

On  the  first  day  of  the  week  we  ofler  the  first 
fruits  of  our  labor  to  the  Lord — give  the  first 
day  of  each  week  to  him  and  hia  services,  and 
the  remaining  six  are  devoted  to  labor.  It  is 
simply  reverse  to  the  Mosaic  law  which  requir- 
ed work  before  worship,  but  now  worship  and 
divine  services  come  before  work.  In  fact,  we 
begin  each  week  with  public  services.  The 
Lord's  day  is  not  simply  a  day  of  rent,  hut  a  day 
of  divine  services,  and  as  such,  should  be  ob- 
served hy  all  Christiana.  J.  ii.  a. 


Now  we  are  not  a  poet,  and  to  hnre  to  read  and 
di'cide  on  such  qmrntitic?  of  poetry  (?),  at  the 
risk  of  afflicting  some  of  our  kind-hearted  con- 
trihutors,  is  a  very  delicate  task.  If  ourfrienda 
who  send  us  poetry  will  bear  in  mind,  that  first: 
that  if  all  the  poetry  they  send  us  were  good, 
we  could  not  possibly  use  it  all;  and  second: 
that  some  of  it  may  not  be  good,  or  that,  por- 
h;ips,  the  editor  is  not  enough  of  a  poet  to  ap- 
preciate the  excellence  of  n  great  deal  that  he 
gets,  they  will  not,  wo  hope,  feel  very  badly  il' 
they  do  not  see  thrir  contributions  in  print. 
But  what  we  had  intended,  for  a  long  time,  to 
say  on  this  subject,  in  nil  seriousness,  is  this: 
If  those  who  spend  so  much  time  in  >vriting 
poetry  which  never  can  he  used,  would,  devote 
that  time  to  writing  carefully  arranged,  sensible 
prose  articles,  they  would  do  better  for  them- 
selves, and  the  Censer  would  be  better  for  thi 
etforts.  A  poet  k  born,  not  made.  Unless  you 
are  sure  you  are  a  '  horn  poet,'  do  not  waste 
time  bi  trying  to  write  poetrj'." 


in  his  Theological  Dictionary,  says  about  the 
Ephrata  Dimkers,  who,  under  the  leadership  of 
Conrad  Beissel,  drew  otf  from  the  Brethren 
about  the  year  172G,  and  established  a  monastic 
society  at  Ephrata,  Pa.  The  Ephratji  Dunkers 
kept  the  seventh  day,  and  diifered  from  us  iu 
many  part iculara,  and  a  failure  to  distinguish 
between  the  two  bodies,  shows  a  ralher  limited 
knowledge  of  history.  However  reliable  Buck 
may  he  on  other  things,  he  is  sadly  mistaken 
when  attempting  to  dcscrihe  the  Brethren.  A 
man  of  his  ability  ought  to  have  known  bettor, 
or  if  not  he,  at  least  the  revisers  of  his  writing,*. 
If  these  men,  who  travel  around  and  publicly 
misrepresent  onr  people,  by  confounding  them 
with  the  Seventh  Day  Dunkers.  should  at- 
tempt anything  of  the  like  again,  we  insist  that 
some  brother  get  permission  to  read  this  item 
before  the  same  audience. 


BrtOTHKR  Hillery  called   on  us 
week.     He  will  likely  start  for  Kai 


POETBY  AND  POETS. 

FOR  some  time  we  have  been  wanting  to  say 
something  about  our  overstocked  poetry 
box,  but  on  looking  over  a  late  number  of  the 
Golden  Cniser,  chanced  to  find  just  what  we 
wanted  to  write.  Here  it  is;  read  it  carefully. 
It  fits  our  case  exactly: 

"  We  get  ten  times  as  much  poetry  from  our 
contributors  as  we  can  u.se.  Nearly  every  mail 
bring*  poetry.  Here,  at  our  desk,  is  poetry  to 
the  right  of  "us  and   poetry   to   the  left  of  us. 


le  day  last 
s  this  week, 


Brother  D,  D.  Horner,  of  Westmoreland 
Co.,  Pa,,  called  on  ns  last  Thursday  afternoon 
He,  wife  and  another  sister  are  visiting  among 
elatives.  They  go  from  here  to  Iowa,  and  then 
to  Kansas. 


All  orders  for  Bro.  Stein's  pamphlet  on 
"Non-Conformity  to  the  World,"  arc  now  filled. 
The  little  work  deserves  an  extensive  circulation 
and  will  do  good  wherever  read.  It  contains 
40  pages,  and  is  put  up  in  a  neat  paper  co 
Price  10  cent^s;  12  copies,  Sl.OO.  Send  for  a 
dozen  and  distribute  them  apiong  your  neigh- 
bors. 


Coxsidehablk  interest  is  being  manifested 
regarding  the  written  discussion,  and  there  will 
he  great  efforts  made  to  have  it  extensively  cir- 
culated outside  of  the  church.  Hope  our  peo- 
ple will  do  their  best  to  get  it  into  as  many 
families  as  possible.  Those  who  contemplate 
traveling  will  send  for  a  hunch  of  our  circulars 
to  distribute  on  the  cars,  in  towns,  and  every 
place  where  reading  people  can  he  found.  Send 
for  some  to  hand  around  at  your  Lo.ve-feast. 


Death  spares  no  one:  it  spared  not  even 
Jesus.  As  we  write  this,  the  petiple  are  gather- 
ing opposite  our  office  to  convey  to  the  tomb  a 
dear  little  hoy  who  ha-s  fallen  asleep.  Some 
day  he  will  awake,  and,  like  all  others,  come 
forth  to  receive  of  Jesus  that  whjch  is  reserved 
for  him.  At  that  time  many  whom  Jesus  loves, 
can  exclaim,  "Death  where  is  thy  sting?  0 
grave,  where  is  thy  victory?"  Fall  into  the 
ranks  ivhere  those  stand  over  whom  the  second 
death  can  have ,  no  po^ver.  Tenderly  lay  the- 
dea^l  to  rest:  disturb  not  their  ashes,  for  God 
hath  power  over  them. 


There  is  nothing  wrong  in  sounding  the 
■umpet  of  devotion  to  old  principles  ami  an- 
cient landmarks  so  that  it  may  he  distinctly 
heard  and  understood,  but  when  men  keep  up 
the  constant  blowing,  even  to  the  neglecting  of 
little  Christian  duties  that  they  owe  to  their 
families  and  neighbors,  we  begin  to  suspect  that 
all  is  not  right.  Christianity,  like  good  man- 
ners, should  commence  at  home.  While  we  are 
earnest  in  blowing  the  trumpet  to  waro  oth- 
ers to  flee  the  wrath  to  come,  let  ua  he  careful 
that  we  are  not  at  the  same  time  standing  near 
ler.  One  needs  to  watch  himself  in  this 
life,  as  well  as  others.  While  we  are  trying  to 
keep  the  enemy  from  getting  over  tlie  wall,  the 
viiwr  may  be  crawling  under  it.  High  sins  are 
not  always  the  most  dangerous. 


Some  men  are  too  much  disponed  to  abuse 
women  for  attempting  to  keep  a  neat,  tidy 
house,  imd  in  this  way  discourage  the  weaker 
sex  in  their  earnest  eflbrts  at  making  home 
pleasant  and  agreeable.  There  is  no  danger  of 
any  woman  keeping  her  house  too  clean,  though 
some  of  tbeni  work  harder  than  they  ought  to. 
It  is  far  better  to  encourage  them,  and  instead 
of  interfering,  lend  them  a  helping  hand.  They 
mean  it  all  good,  and  not  one  of  them,  with  the 
best  ofencouragement,  will  keep  her  house  half 
so  clean  as  heaven.  Christian  women  want  to 
keep  clean,  orderly  houses.  It  becomes  their 
profession  to  do  so.  Some  of  the  cleanest 
houses  I  ever  saw  were  log  hut.s.  Dirt  and  cob- 
webs were  not  made  to  adorn  houses  presided 
over  by  Christian  women.  Let  them  keep 
clean,  neat  houses,  and  God  hiess  them  in  the 
■work.  ■ 

Fkou  a  reliable  source,  information  reaches 
ua  that  certain  parties,  who  ought  to  know  bet- 
ter, are  publicly  using  against  us,  what  Buck, 


On  another  page  will  he  found  an  .irticle 
from  the  pen  of  Bro.  D.  P,  Sayler,  setting  forth, 
among  other  things,  some  timely  remarks  re- 
garding the  Apostolic  method  of  colfejcting 
money.  To  Bro.  Sayler's  views  on  that  ques. 
tion,  we  say,  amen,  not  because  he  says  so,  hut 
because  it  is  Bible,  and  hence  must  and  will 
stiuid.  This  method  of  collecting  money  was 
ndopfeil  by  this  congregation  some  six  months 
ago,  and  we  find  it  to  work  well,  A  small  box, 
mth  lock  and  kej%  is  fastened  to  the  wall  near 
each  door,  and  as  the  members  pass  out  on  the 
"firstday  of  the  week,"  they  can  drop  into  lb 
box  as  the  Lord  has  prospered  them.  We  leave 
them  and  tlie  Lord  to  settle  what  that  amount 
sliould  Ije.  The  Trea-^urer  carries  the  key,  and 
after  the  congregation  1ms  passed  out,  he  takes 
the  money  from  the  boxes,  and  holds  it  in  safe 
keeping.  The  plan  gives  satisfaction,  and  if  alt 
are  prompt,  all  the  money  needed  to  defray  the 
necessary  church  expenses  can  be  raised  without 
falling  very  heavily  on  any  one  person.  We 
cheerfully  recommend  the  Apostolic  plan. 


Most  of  oar  readers  have  perhaps  heard  of 
the  "  Seventh-day  Advents,"  who  date  their  or- 
igin from  the  year  1844,  and  now  number  about 
30,000  communicants,  having  their  head  q 
ters  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.  They  have  already 
circulated  over  200,000,000  copies  of  books, 
pamphlets  and  tracts  in  defense  of  their  faith 
and  practice.!  Their  system,  as  at  present  ad- 
vocated, banishes  the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  and 
all  its  forms,  none  addicted  to  its  use  being  re- 
ceived into  the  churches,  except  upou  the  prom- 
md  expectation  of  its  immediate  abandon- 
ment. The  result  is  that,  as  a  denomination, 
the  sight  and  scent  of  tobacco  are  not  found 
among  them.  They  also  exclude  from  their 
diet,  pork,  tea  and  coffee.  Rich  and  higly-sea- 
ioned  food  in  discarded.  Gniise  and  spice  take 
back  seat,  in  the  culinary  department.  This 
feature  is  certainly  commendable,  and  we  would 
that  our  people  were  equally  strict  regarding 
the  laws  of  health.  Their  religious  doctrine  we 
repudiate,  but  their  strict  adherence  to  the  laws 
pf  health  is  to  be  admired. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE   FUND. 


only  oceasionaHy,  just  h-'cause  they  want  it  ao. 
Others  go  provided  it  is  near,  or  if  the  weather 
js  fair.  We  have  no  censure  to  offer,  because 
their  stewardship  must  he  accounted  for  to  God. 
We  wonld  only  rehearse  the  apostolic  precept, 
"  Forsake  not  the  assemhiing."  But  we  do  feel 
satisfied  that  if  every  attendant  nt  the  meetings 
were  to  receive  there  a  gift  of  one  dollar,  hardly 
a  vacant  seat  would  be  seen.  But  this  is  not 
God's  order  ill  His  Household  of  faith.  "The 
_  m  of  God  is  not  meat  and  drink,"  nor 
money  either, "  but  righ  teousness,  and  peace  and 
joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost."  This  should  he  a  pre- 
cious incentive  to  every  child  of  our  Heavenly 
Father.  And  it  is  foo.  0  that  all  could  appre- 
Then  should  we  pluck  the  fruit  from 
the  trees  of  rigJi teousness,  and  breathe  the  at- 
mosphere of  peace,  and  drmk  deep  at  the  fount- 
ains of  joy.  These  things  are  not  found  in  the 
world,  but  only  in  Christ.  We  need  a  closer 
'alk  icilh  Him,  and  a  higher  life  in  Him.  And 
then,  even  if  we-hnve 

S«ALL1II!BT[N0S,  , 

we  shall  find-no  place  so  desirable  as  when  we 
are  gathered  into  the  special  worship  of  our  God. 
Though  we  had  ftvery  small  meeting  yesterday, 
I  am  glad  to  tell  that  we  had  a  rjood  meeting. 
0  what  a  precious  promise  is  that  of  our  bless- 
ed Savior:  "  Where  two  or  three  are  gathered 
together  in  my  name  there  am  I  in  the  midst 
of  them."  This  has  direct  reference  to  small 
meetings.  Christian  brother,  sister,  have  you 
not  found  more  of  the  sweet  presence  of  Jesus 
in  smalt  meetings  than  in  large  gatherings?  If 
thisjios  not  been  your  experience,  how  ivill  you 
interpret  the  precious  promise  above  quoted? 
Remember  this:  the  more  alone  we  are  with 
Jesus,  the  nearer  we  come  to  Him,  and  the  less 
there  will  be  to  eclipse  His  appearance  to  ws  as 
the  "One  altogether  lovely." 

The  91st  hymn  was  the  introductory.  After 
pr.iyer  the  1st  chapter  of  1st  Corinthians  was 
read.  Then  the  ministering  brother  present 
made  choice  of  the  9th  verse,  and  spoke 

1.  Of  the  faithfulness  of  God. 

2.  Of  our  calling  in  Christ. 

3.  Of  our  fellowship  in  Christ. 

After  a  few  words  of  testimony  the  205th  hymn 
was  sung,  and  we  knelt  to  prayers.  We  spent 
the  afternoon  with  several  brethren  at  a  broth- 
house,  conversing  much  of  "the  things 
that  concern  the  kingdom," 

August  ISth,— To-day  we  attended  services  at 
Price's  raeeting-hou^e.  Large  attendance  and  a 
fine  day.  The  2r3rd  hj'mn  called  forth  the 
praises  of  the, Lord  s  people.  .After  prayers,  the 
I6th  chapter  of  Luke  was  read  in  the  usual 
manner.  One  of  the  speakers  then  announced 
the  2.Hh  verse  as  the  basis  of  the  discourse.  We 
concluded  his  theme  was  "  The  Three  Graces." 
The  points  are  evident: 

1-  Faith— as  an  active  principle. 

2.  Hope — as  an  abiding  principle. 

3.  Charit)-— as  an  all- pervading  and  control- 
ling principle. 

Alter  testimony  upon  the  operations  of  char- 
ity, the  320th  hymn  was  sung  and  we  engaged 
devotion.    Thus  a  season  of  sacred  worship 
is  spent,  we  trust,  to   much   profit  and  ad- 
vancement in  the  ever-unfolding  life  of  grace. 
In  holy  bonds. 


KUllDEU  ill. 

A  Small  Meeting.— A  Precious  Promiae,— Good 
Preaching.— Believers  Comforted. 

IFl^n,  on.  S1...L1I  C.,n-„|,uml,.„LJ 

Waynesboro,  Pa.,  August  12. 

YESTERDAY  had  a  rainy  morning,  hut  not- 
withstanding, we  gathered  into  the  Snow- 
berger  meeting-house  to  perpetuate  the  worship 
of  God.  To  every  one  who  names  the  Name  of 
Christ,  an  apostle  says,  "  forsake  not  the  assem- 
bling of  yourselves  together  as  the  manner  of 
some  is."  There  are  many  ears  in  which  this 
admonition  should  ring  with  deepest  signifi- 
cance.    There  are  some  who  go  to  the  meeting 


A  i-RivATE  letter,  from  Lena,  111.,  last  week, 
uforms  Bs  that  Bro.  Enoch  Ehy  took  sick  im- 
mediately after  his  return  from  Lanark,  and  was 
confined  to  his  room.  This  will  delay  his  trip 
South,  some  at  least.  Since  writing  the  above, 
and  just  before  going  to  press,  we  received  a 
card  from  his  son  David,  stating  that  Bro.  Ehy 

sick  with  the  intermittent  fever,  but  is  mend- 
ing slowly,  hence  will  not  be  able  to  do  any 
missionary  work  at  present.  We  therefore  in- 
sist that  some  one  or  two,  who  can  spare  the 
time,  attend  to  the  mission  work  in  Central 
Illinois.  Bro.  Hiltery  is  going  West,  Bro, 
Fowler  cannot  leave  home,  Bro.  Lehman  has 
just  been  over  the  field,  and  in  order  that  the 
work  may  not  be  neglected  some  one  should  go 
at  once.     Who  will  it  be? 

A  BARREL  of  beer  costs  the  retailer,  eight  dol- 
lars; he  sells  it  out  by  the  gl.iss  for  twenty 
dollars.  His  profits  are,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
per  cent.,  and  that  must  be  paid  by  men  whose 
families  need  every  cent  they  can  get  to  ward 
off  poverty.  May  heaven  speed  the  time  when 
intoxicating  drinks  shall  be  banished  from  our 
land,  and  the  hard-working  classes  be  permitted 
to  enjoy  the  eammgs  of  their  hands,  and  appro- 
priate their  wages  to  the  good  of  their  families. 


THE    BRETHREN    ^T    "WOHIsl. 


September    5. 


A  HUNDRED    YEARS    FROM    NOW. 

Tlie  siirgingstnof  liumim  life-  forever  onward  rolls. 
And  bears  to  the  t'tcmnl  shore  iU  daily  freight  of 

ROiila. 
Though  bmvely  snils  our  bark  to-day,  pale  death 

sits  at  the  jjrow, 
And  few  shall  know  we  ever  lived,  nhuiiilreJ  yeare 

from  no(V- 
0  mighty  liiiman  brotherhood!  wby  nercely  war 

While  God's  great  world  has  ample  aiince  tor  every 

thing  alivfi/ 
Broad  fields,  nnuidturcd  and  unclaimed,  are  wait- 
ing for  tlio  plow 
Of  progress,  thnl  shall  make  them  bloom,  a  Imndred 

years  from  now. 
^Vlly  should  we  try  so  earnestly  in  life's  short  nar- 
row siwn. 
On  golden  stflirs  to  climb  so  liigli  above  our  fellow- 
Why  blindly  at  an  earthly  slii-iiie  in  lavish  homage 

Our  gold  wilt  rust,  ourselves  be  dust,  a  huuilred 

years  from  now. 
Why  prize  somudi  the  world's  niiplaiiseV    Why 

dreiul  BO  much  lis  blame! 
A  fleeting  echo  is  Ita  voice  of  censure  or  of  fame. 
The  praise  tlint  tbvills  the  heart,  the  storn  that 

dyes  with  sliame  the  brow, 
Will  be  its  long-forgotten  dreams,  n  liundred  yeare 

0  patient  liejiits.  tliat  meekly  bear  your  weary  load 


of  V 


1^1 


0  earnest  hfiirfs,  that  bravely  dare,  and  striving, 

(•row  more  strong. 
Press  on  till  perfect  pence  is  woii;  you'll  never 

driMm  ot  how 
You  atnigglvd  o'er  life's  thorny  road,  a  hundred 

yeaiii  from  now. 

Grand,  lofty  souls,  who  live  and  toil,  that  freedom, 
right  uial  truth 

Alone  may  rule  the  univeree,  for  you  is  endless 
youth. 

AVlien  'mid  the  blest,  with  God  you  rest,  the  grate- 
ful land  shall  bow, 

Above  your  clay  in  rev'rent  love,  a  hundred  yeara 
from  now. 

Earth's  empirea  rise  and  fall,  OTime,  like  breakers 

on  thy  shore. 
They  rush  upon  tliy  rocks  of  doom,  go  down,  and 

The  stiin7  wilderness  of  worlds  that  gem  night's 

railiant  brow. 
Will  light  the  skies  for  other  eyes,  a  hundred  yenm 

from  now. 

Our  Father,  to  whose  sleepless  eyes  the  past  iind 
future  stand 

An  open  jiagc,  like  babes  we  cling  to  thy  protect- 
ing baiul. 

Change,  sorrow,  death  are  naught  tons,  if  we  can 
safely  bow 

Beneath  the  shadow  of  Thy  throne,  a  hundred 


s  f  roi 


-Sekdetl. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

The  sweetest  blossoms  of  all  tlie  year 
Klay  soonest  wither  and  disappear. 

— Be  not  unmindful  of  the  miseries  of  others. 

— Honor  is  a  divine  good;  no  evil  thing  is 
honorable. 

— Praise  not  a  worthless  man  for  the  sake  of 
his  wealth. 

— Do  nothing  which  will  occasion  pain  or 
grief  to  yourself  or  others. 

— It  is  a  proof  of  a  weak  and  disordered  mind 
lo  desire  impossibilities. 

— The  greatest  infelicity  is,  not  to  be  able  to 
Endure  misfortune  patiently. 

— Wisdom  and  justice  are  desirable,  because 
they  procure  us  the  eujoj'ment  of  pleasure, 

— Lay  in  wisdom  as  a  store  for  your  journey 
from  youth  to  old  age,  for  it  is  the  most  certain 
possession. 

— ''  I  bud  rather,"  said  Seneca  to  Nero,  "  ot- 
fend  you  by  S|>euking  the  truth,  than  please  you 
by  lying  and  flattery." 

— To  detract  anything  from  another,  and  for 
one  man  to  multiply  his  own  conveniences  of 
another,  is  more  against  nature  than  death,  than 
poverty,  than  pain,  and  the  rest  of  external 
accident'). 

— A.  man  may  plunder  your  home  in  the  dead 
hour  of  night,  may  defraud  you  of  your  proper- 
ty, or  even  rob  you  on  the  highway;  yet  fae  is 
a  saint,  compared  to  him  who  would  destroy 
your  soul — and  that  the  rum-seller  does. 

— That  every  day  hath  its  pains  and  sorrows 
is  universally  experienced,  and  almost  universal- 
ly confessed;  but  let  us  not  only  attend  to 
mournful  truths;  if  we  look  impartially  about 
U8,  we  shall  llnd  that  every  day  haa  likewise  its 
pleasures  and  its  joys. 

— Peace  does  not  dwell  in  outward  things,  but 
within  the  aoul.  Wo  may  preserve  it  in  the 
midst  of  the  bitterest  pain,  if  you  will  remain 
firm  and  subniiisive.  Peace  in  this  life  springs 
from  acquiescenso  even  in  disagreeable  things, 
not  in  an  exemption  from  Buffering. 


ABOUNDING    LOVE. 

BY  WM,  ElSESniPE. 

11HE  more  I  Icam  of  Christ  and  of  His  great 
mission  in  the  world,  the  more  I  think  of 
Hia  abounding  love  toward  the  human  family; 
not  only  to  those  that  obey  Him,  but  the  sinner 
also,  that  is  away  from  Hini.  Remember,  dear 
reader,  you  who  are  away  from  Christ,  aliens 
and  strangers  from  the  commonwealth  of  Isra- 
el, that  it  is  you  that  Jesus  came  to  call,  not 
the  righteous,  "but  sinners  to  repentance." 
You  remember  that  there  were  ninety  and  nine 
that  were  safely  in  the  fold,  but  one  was  gone 
astra}'.  Jesus  leaves  the  ninety  and  nine  and 
goes  after  the  one  that  was  lost. 

You  remember  too,  dear  sinner,  that  He  said 
on  one  occasion,  "  They  that  are  whole  need  not 
a  physician,  but  they  that  are  sick."  Those 
that  are  sick  of  sin,  come  to  Jesus,  who  is  stand- 
ing with  outstretched  arms,  and  He  will  make 
you  whole.  If  the  world  were  all  converted 
but  one  soul,  He  would  still  yearn  after  that 
one  who  is  away  from  H  im.  If  the  world  could 
only  realize  the  love  of  God  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
they  would  be  won  by  His  afl'eetion;  their  eyes 
would  melt  to  tears;  they  would  join  in  with 
the  people  of  His  choice,  and  rejoice  in  the  God 
of  their  salvation.  Jesus  loves  you,  sinner, 
with  a  loTe  paat  descriptson,  such  as  no  earthly 
friend  ever  had— loves  you  in  your  wickedness, 
if  you  are  wicked,  loves  to  save  you  from  it.  He 
died  upon  the  cross  to  save  you  from  your  sins. 
It  is  a  rare  thing  that  a  man  lays  down  his  life 
for  his  friend,  but  Jesus  died  for  His  enemies. 
If  I  only  could  make  this  truth  plain  to  you, 
and  the  importance  of  obeying  Him,  it  is  worth 
more  than  all  the  world;  for  what  can  you  give 
in  exchange  for  j-our  soul?  If  yon  accept  Him 
and  obey  Him,  it  will  be  well  with  you  in  this 
life  and  lu  the  life  to  come. 

Keiil,  III. 


VENGEANCE  IS  MINE. 
BY  S.  COBRELL. 

THIS  subject  is  so  often  transgressed  by  those 
who  profess  to  be  the  followers  of  that 
great  Moral  Law.  How  often  do  we  find  men 
taking  revenge — that  which  belongs  to  God. 
When  a  brother  or  neighbor  does  something 
wrong,  do  we  take  revenge  on  him?  When 
we  find  him  in  the  mire,  do  we  help  him  out  ac- 
cording to  Scripture?  Ah,  how  many  will 
trample  him  down  farther?  Is  this  the  spirit 
ofGod?  Ah,  no;  but  the  spirit  of  the  adversa- 
ry. If  one  makes  a  misstep,  the  first  thing  is, 
we  must  take  revenge  on  him.  The  Gospel 
will  not  let  us  go  to  law,  but  we  will  take  ad- 
vantage any  how.  We  will  take  the  coward's 
plan.  We  will  slip  around  and  tell  some  lies 
to  the  grand  jury,  and  have  our  revenge  in  that 
way.  We  will  cause  him  some  trouble  at  any 
rate.  Is  this  the  spirit  of  a  true  follower  of 
Christ?  Ah,  no!  Paul  says,  "  Be  not  overcome 
of  evil,  but  overcome  evil  with  good."  Rom. 
12:  21.  We  know  it  is  according  to  the  carnal 
nature  to  he  revengeful,  but  we  must  be  born 
again,  and  walk  after  the  spirit,  if  we  would  be 
free  from  condemnation.  Rom.  8:  1.  The  Loi-d 
would  have  us  fulfill  id  1  His  Will;  this  is  one 
rea-son  why  David  wa.s  a  man  after  God's  own 
heart.     Acta  13:  23. 

We  will  also  mention  a  few  more  reasons 
why  we  believe  that  David  was  a  nmn  after 
God's  own  heart.  One  was,  because  he  was  not 
revengeful.  When  the  enemy  sought  to  kill 
Saul,  and  the  Lord  delivered  bim  to  David,  yet 
he  would  do  him  no  harm.  1  Sam.  24:  10,  26. 
'J.  Another  reason  was  because  of  hia  candid 
acknowledgement.  We  would  not  have  our 
reader.-*  to  think  that  David  never  did  wrong; 
but  when  he  did  do  wrong,  he  did  not  try  to 
screen  himself,  and  put  the  blame  on  some  in- 
nocent person.  Ah,  no;  but  he  acknowledged 
his  wrong,  and  addressed  a  throne  of  grace  for 
forgiveness. 


SEEKING  THE   REPUTATION 
OF  MEN. 


THERE  seems  to  be  a  great  desire  on  the  part 
of  men  to  acquire  reputation,  but  we  do 
not  believe  it  is  desired  by  the  true  and  devoted 
follower  of  Christ.  We  read  that  Jesus,  our 
great  examplar,  made  Himself  of  no  reputation. 
On  several  ocoaaions  He  positively  refused  the 
honor  that  men  were  wont  to  bestow  upon  Him, 
and  apparently  took  a  place  where  He  knew 
honor  would  not  he  given  Him.  He  wa.'*  of 
humble  parentage;  His  life  was  one  of  poverty, 
and  all  through  His  earthly  career  there  wa.sno 
seeking  after  honor  or  reputation.     When  He 


went  about  doing  His  Father's  work,  He  never 
sought  the  applause  of  the  great,  but  on  the 
other  hand,  we  find  Him  associating  with  the 
lowly  of  the  earth;  He  sat  at  meat  with  those 
who  had  been  rejected  and  spurned.  In  conse- 
quence of  this,  He  was  maligned,  slandered,  and 
reproached  hy  the  great,  until  finally  He  was 
brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a 
sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  He  opened 
not  His  mouth. 

But  His  day  of  honor  came;  the  days  of 
mockery,  shame  and  persecution  came  to  an 
end.  After  He  had  bowed  His  head  and  given 
up  the  ghost.  His  heavenly  Father  exalted  Him 
and  gave  -Him  a  name  which  is  above  every 
name;  that  at  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee 
should  bow,  and  that  every  tongue  should  con- 
fess that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Lord,  to  the  glory 
ofGod  the  Father. 

Now,  brethren  and  sisters,  we  think,  from  the 
life  of  Christ,  we  may  learn  very  certainly,  that 
the  desire  for  reputation  and  honor  in  the  world, 
is  an  unholy  one.  Jesus  made  Himself  of  no 
reputation;  He  did  not  desire  the  applause  of 
the  world,  and  wc  believe  if  we  are  His  follow- 
ers we  will  not  desire  it,  neither  will  we  have  it. 
Those  who  follow  the  humble  teachings  of  Je- 
sus, caimot  expect  to  be  popular  in  the  world. 
Christ  tells  His  disciples,  "  If  ye  were  of  the 
world,  the  world  would  love  its  own,  hut  be- 
cause ye  are  not  of  the  world,  therefore  the 
world  hateth  you."  Why  is  it,  brethren  and 
sisters,  that  we  are  so  much  concerned  about 
what  the  world  will  say  about  us?  Should  we 
not  be  contented  to  live  beneath  the  cloud  of 
human  displeasure  and  human  reproach  for  a 
little  while,  when  we  have  the  assurance  that 
if  we  are  faithful  and  true  to  Him  who  hath  re- 
deemed us,  our  light  ahull  finally  break  forth 
like  the  rays  of  the  morning,  and  our  sun  shall 
never  go  down?  ■ 


'WE  HAVE   NO  SUCH  CUSTOM." 


WHAT  would  be  thought  of  a  minister  who 
would  preach  a  sermon  on  baptism, 
demonstrating  by  the  Scriptures  with  great  zeal 
and  firmness  that  it  is  a  God-given  means  of 
salvation  and  then,  before  closing,  he  would 
rehearse  all  the  evidence,  and  cry  out,  "We 
have  no  such  custom  neither  the  churches  of 
God?"  Or,  suppose  he  were  to  discourse  with 
great  force  and  earnestness  on  the  essentiality 
and  sacredness  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  then 
say  it  is  not  necessary  to  "  keep  the  ordinances 
as  I  have  delivered  them  to  you."  Suppose  he 
should  deliver  another  discourse  with  equal 
force  and  earnestness,  on  the  subject  of  women 
praying  with  their  heads  covered,  proving,  be- 
yond a  doubt,  that  it  is  a  dishoiLor  to  ber  bead, 
and  an  insult  to  angels  not  to  comply  with  the 
commandment,  and  yet  after  all  of  this,  just  be- 
cause some  one  seems  to  be  contentions,  he  will 
say,  "  We  have  no  such  custom."  Such  a  min- 
ister would  be  hooted  out  of  the  pulpit.  But 
be  careful  or  you  will  drive  brother  Paul,  the 
great  Apostle  out;  for  if  we  believe  modem 
theorists'  comments  on  the  llthchapter  of  Cor- 
inthians, Ke  did  justsucb  preaching.  Better  be 
more  on  the  guard,  lest  you  be  found  fighting 
against  God. 

How  does  it  come  that  some  will  he  conten- 
tious? Let  Solomon  answer:  "Contention 
cometb  only  hy  pride."  Prov.  13:  10.  This  is 
the  whole  secret;  if  you  can  get  pride  out  of  the 
heart,  there  will  be  no  more  contention — no 
trouble  to  get  tlieni  to  do  all  the  Master  says. 
May  the  Lord  give  us  humble  hearts,  for  He 
"  resisteth  the  proud  and  gtvetb  grace  to  the 
humble."     1  Peter  J:  5. 

SLURS  ON  WOMEN. 

OF  all  evils  prevalent  among  young,  we  know 
of  none  more  blighting  in  its  moral  ejects 
than  to  speak  lightly  of  the  virtues  of  women. 
Nor  is  there  anything  in  which  young  men  are 
so  thoroughly  mistaken  as  the  low  estimate 
they  form  as  to  the  integrity  of  women.  Not 
of  their  own  mothers  and  sisters,  hut  of  others, 
who,  they  forget,  are  somebody  else's  mothers 
and  sisters.  As  a  rule,  no  person  who  surren- 
ders to  this  debasing  habit  is  to  be  trusted  with 
an  enterprise  requiring  integrity  of  character. 
Plain  worda  should  be  spoken  on  this  subject, 
for  the  evil  is  a  general  one,  and  deep-rooted. 
H  young  men  are  sometimes  thrown  into  the 
society  of  depraved  or  thoughtless  women,  they 
have  no  more  right  to  measure  all  women  hy 
what  they  see  of  these,  than  they  have  to  esti- 
mate the  character  of  honest  and  respectable 
citizens  by  the  developments  of  crime  in  our 
police  courts.  Let  our  young  men  remember 
that  their  chief  happiness  in  life  depends  upon 
their  utter  faith  in   woman.     No  worldly  wis- 


dom, no  misanthropic  philosophy,  no  generali- 
zation can  cover  or  weaken  this  truth.  It 
stands  like  the  record  of  itself— for  it  is  nothing 
less  than  this— and  should  put  an  everlasting 
seal  upon  lips  that  arfe  wont  to  speak  slightly 
of  woman  and  her  mission.  If  there  were  more 
morality  among  young  men,  we  might  hope 
for  a  more  virtuous  race  of  women. 


LOVE  FOR  THE  CHURCH. 

DY  N.  8.  DALE. 

WHAT  is  more  beautiful  to  behold,  than  to 
see  that  we  love  the  church  of  the  living 
God — His  body — the  glorious  body  of  believers 
in  Christ,  founded  on  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Christ?  That  is  a  glorious 
foundation.  When  we  obey,  God  will  give  us 
peace  and  happiness  in  this  world,  and  in  the 
world  to  come,  life  everlasting.  The  church 
below  should  resemble  the  glorious  church 
above,  united  as  dear  children  together.  We 
are  reminded  in  the  Goi^pel,  to  he  as  little  chil- 
dren in  love  and  union,  loving  our  heavenly 
Father  with  a  true  love,  and  the  body  of  Christ, 
as  dear  children,  not  to  be  puffed  up  one  against 
another,  for  this  is  not  like  children.  We 
should  be  as  children  in  not  doing  evil,  and  in 
every  way  be  wise  as  serpents,  and  harmless  as 
doves.  Not  wise  in  worldly  wisdom,  but  in 
spiritual — not  the  wisdom  of  this  world,  for  they 
are  not  children  that  are  schooled  in  the  ivis- 
dom  of  thLs  world.  Those  who  are  schooled  in 
this  world,  love  not  the  church  of  tlie  living 
God. 

How  glorious  is  our  lot  when  united  with  the 
church  below  and  in  the  one  to  come.  We  have 
regard  for  each  other  in  our  sufferings,  and  per- 
secutions in  this  world;  and  great  is  the  reward 
of  the  followers'of  the  Lamb.  The  treasures  in 
heaven  are  promised  to  the  faithful  servants  of 
the  Lord— those  who  do  His  commandments. 
Those  who  take  hold  of  the  plow  and  look  hack, 
are  not  fit  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  How 
beautiful  to  behold  the  children  of  God  doing 
their  duty  with  cbeerfulne.ss  and  love.  But 
how  sorrowful  to  see  brethren  drawing  back 
and  disregarding  the  commandments  of  the 
Gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Savior. 

Dear  brethren,  sistere,  and  readers,  let  us  all 
be  faithful  in  our  calling,  that  we  may  be  the 
children  of  God,  so  that  we  can  meet  one  an- 
other in  heaven,  where  parting  will  he  no  more. 
If  we  love  one  another  as  Christ  tells  us,  we  are 
then  called  His  children  or  servants. 


HE  THAT  RUNS  MAY  READ. 


'■  Neither  do  men  put  new  wine  in  olti  liottles; 
ebe  the  bo(tU-a  break,  and  tlie  wine  runnetli  out 
and  the  buttles  |ierish;  but  they  put  new  wino  into 
new  hotdes,  iuiil  both  are  preserved."    Matt.  0:  17. 

THE  Savior's  object  in  the  language  above, 
was  to  teach  John's  disciples  why  Hia  dis- 
ciples did  not  fast,  and  of  course  He  designed 
that  they  should  underst-aiid  Him.  But  if  He, 
hy  the  old  and  new  bottles,  meant  the  Old  and 
New  Covenants  they  could  not  understand  Him, 
for  they  knew  but  little,  if  anything,  about  the 
New  Covenant,  as  it  had  not  been  written  at 
that  time,  and  but  a  small  portion  revealed  even 
to  the  chosen  twelve.  And  if  He.  by  the  bot- 
tles, meant  our  bodies,  and  by  the  wine,  the 
Holy  Spirit,  then  must  there  be  old  and  new 
bodies  in  this  life,  {for  we  now  want  the  Spirit 
to  lead  us  into  all  truth),  and  there  must  be  an 
old  and  a  new  Holy  Spirit,  which  is  absurd, 
But  if  He  meant  that  it  was  as  impossible  for 
His  disciples  to  fast,  (which  is  an  indication  of 
mourning),  while  enjoying  the  society  of  their 
Deliverer  and  ilessiali,  and  while  their  hearta 
were  filled  with  tlie  glad  tidings  of  great  joy 
which  should  be  to  all  people,  as  it  was  for  old 
botfJea  to  hold  new  wine,  then  He  meant  about 
what  He  said  and  they  could  easilv  understand 
Him. 


CROSSING  THE  RIVER. 

A  CHRISTIAN  man  was  dying  in  Scotland, 
His  daughter  Nellie  sat  by  his  bedside.  It 
was  Sunday  evening,  and  the  bell  of  the  Scotch 
kirk  was  ringing,  calling  people  to  church. 
The  good  old  man,  in  his  dying  dream,  thought 
he  was  on  hia  ivay  to  church  as  he  used  to  be, 
when  he  went  in  his  sleigh  across  the  river,  and 
as  the  evening  hell  struck  up,  in  hia  dying 
dream  he  thought  it  w&s  the  call  to  church. 
He  said:  "  Hark,  children,  the  bells  are  ringing; 
sve  must  make  the  mare  step  out  quick!"  He 
ahivored,  and  then  said:  "Pull  the  roba  up 
closer,  my  lass!  It  is  cold  crossing  the  river, 
but  we  will  soon  be  there! "  And  he  smiled  as 
he  said:  "Just  there  now!"  No  wonder  he 
smiled.  The  good  old  man  had  gone  to  church. 
Not  to  the  old  Scotch  kirk,  but  to  the  temple 
in  the  skies.    Juat  across  the  rir&r. 


September 


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MOI<rEY     LIST- 


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mons, a  25:  J  BI  Carpenter,  1  5«;  W  A  Peters, 
2  35:  D  C  Higgle,  .75:  A  B  Hull.  .50;  N  Early, 
I  110;  E  Bowers;  125;  S  lionRiinecker.  6  00; 
.1  Diehl,  1  00;  J  Kniseley,  I  00;  D  FuDk.  .50; 
J  Y  Heckler.  3  00;  H  StitKcl,  1  00;  .1  P  Milk-r, 
1*10;  A  W  Vimiiiifin.  .50:  T  M  Calvcri,  5  GO; 
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r>n;  I  Stees.  .50;  0  0  Short,  .25;  B  W NefF,  3  00; 
IBiirket.  .25;  G  M  S  Shick,  .40;  J  Heistnnd, 
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1  00;  P  R.  Wrighhmiui,  1  00;  J  W  Metzger, 
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J  Huff,  .30;  DC  Clips,  100;  W  CTeet<r,  315; 
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Teeter,  3  15;  D  Clum,  1  00;  J  S  Molilcr.  (i  50; 
A  C  Siiowlwrgor,  3  OO;  M  L  Wenger,  1  00;  D 
Wyi>ong,  1  00;  B  Bowman,  1  00;  H  Berkmtui. 
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.50;  SABiiilo)-,  125;  J  Meyers,  1  50;  J  Gougli- 
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Harshman,  1  50;  J  W  Fit7.gerald,  1  50;  J  H 
Miller,  1  45;  M  Snyder,  .65;  Noah  Longaneck- 
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CORRE3POlNrE>EN"CE. 


From    England  to    America. 

Jkor  Ihelhrii:— 

THROUGH  the  mercies  of  o\ir  Heavenly  Fa- 
ther, in  preserving  our  lives  and  granting 
tn  us  a  siite  voyage  and  journey  from  home  to 
the  free  shores  of  Anienca,  we  are  enaliled  to 
pen  you  a  tew  lines,  which. sh.ill  be  only  travel- 
ing not«s  by  the  way.  leaving  the  important 
news  relative  to  the  Brethren,  the  accounts 
of  travel  in  Englaud,  and  the  probable  success . 
of  an  extended  and  well-directed  mission  by  two 
or  three  brethren,  for  another  article. 

I  stiii'ted  from  home,  Rimpton,  Somersetshire, 
on  the  9th  day  of  Aug.,  at  9:40  A.  M.,  travel- 
ing through  some  places  of  note  in  England, 
Ghippenham,  Iwing  the  place  where  father  and 
mother  were  born  and  raised;  Oxford,  where 
one  of  the  Universities  of  England  is  located; 
Birmingham,  one  of  the  central  cities,  and  no^ 
led  for  iron  and  coal  trade,  and  Birlsenhead  op- 
posite the  large  city  of  Liverpool,  where  we 
could  see  four  miles  of  lights  along  the  beach, 
filled  with  the  masts  of  vessels  from  all  parts 
of  the  world.  We  also  on  the  journey  passed 
through  Wales.  Enjoyed  the  privileges  atl'oiil- 
ed  by  scenery,  among  the  Welsh  Mountains. 
Arrived  at  Birkenhead,  at  11:30  P.  M.,  we  were 
met  by  Cunnrd  Company's  agent,  and  convey- 
aeross  the  river  Mersey  to  Liverpool,  and  to  the 
holel  of  our  friend,  where  we  at  once  took  out 
a  ticket  from  Liverpool  to  Chicago,  via  Penn- 
sylvania Central  route.  After  a  few  hours  re- 
freshing sleep,  we  awolte  and  at  once  commenc- 
ed moving  around,  for  we  were  told  at  9  A.  M., 
they  required  all  steerage  passengers  to  he  on 
board  the  steamship,  Bothnia.  After  breakfast 
some  of  the  boys  went  up  in  town  lo  buy  a  fei 
of  the  necessaries  for  the  journey,  and  a  few 
things  as  relics  of  old  Erigland;  which  are 
cheaper  and  bettor  quality  than  here,  Froi 
the  City  to  the  docks  at  9  A.  M.  tender Satellit* 
conveyed  us  to  the  ship,  where  wefound  ninety 
nine  passengers  and  two  hundred  and  eighty  nr 
more  in  cabin,  the  last  named  arriving  at  12  M. 
The  mail,  about  twenty  tons,  having  arrived, 
the  anchor  was  hoisted,  and  at  the  return  of 
tide,  our  large  vessel  weighing  and  displacing 
her  weight  of  4,553  tons,  moved  gently  away 
about  4:15  P.  M.  We  all  looked  to  see  our 
native  country  as  we  passed  along,  a  number 
thinking  they  would  never  return,  whilst  others 


mny  have  been  sorry  to  leave.  Many  of  the 
cabin  passengers  and  some  steerage  were  ex- 
cursionists to  Paris  to  the  Exposition. — 
Amongst  them  Captain  Bogardus,  the  crock 
pigeon  shooter  of  Illinois  or  America,  who  has 
been  to  Englainl  and  beaten  at  several  places, 
the  best  shols  of  Eiigland.  He  also  sliowed  us 
all  his  medals,  and  the  large  silver  cuji  worth 
50  guineas,  given  as  a  reward  to  the  one  who 
should  win  at  the  London  ni.itch  of  S2,500  a 
sidi'.  Arrived  inQueenstown,  Irelotid,  Sunday 
nftenioon,  received  mail  rtnd  passengers,  and 
started  at  3  P.  M,  for  Jersey  City,  ouruext  sta- 
tio;i,  over  2,000  miles  distant. 

Nothing  of  not«  across  the  Atlantic,  pleas- 
ant voyage.  Had  the  prophesied  rough  weather 
from  New  York  at  the  day  we  were  lo  start 
(llth),  and  it  busted  all  night  and  next  day; 
making  many  passengers  very  sea-sick,  our- 
-telves  included,  but  when  that  was  over,  which 
took  five  days  with  your  correspondent,  we 
were  ready  I  o  enjoy  the  remainder  of  the  trip. 

Arrived  in  sight  of  land  20th  inst..  Long  Is- 
land beiag  the  point,  and  soon  State  of  New 
Jei-ipy  on  the  other  side.  The  cannons  sound- 
ed the  departure  of  the  snn,  when  wo  were  op- 
posite ihem.  but  we  hiul  not  passed  the  t^uar- 
autine.  So  we  werenot  allowed  in  New  York 
till  next  morning.  The  U.  S.  Surgeon  arrived 
at  thi>  Quarantine,  lo  exumiuc  passengers,  ac- 
companied by  U.  S.  Marshal,  Berwhard  and 
another  detective,  who  were  on  the  search  of  a 
certain  Germ^ui,  who  could  not  beat  the  cable 
in  travelling.  He  was  found  and  arrested  for 
murder  of  a  man  in  Sweden,  and  forgery,  and 
conveyed  back  by  U.  S.  Marshal,  who  took  him 
to  Stockholm  for  trial,  etc. 

After  arrival  in  New  York  next  morning  21st, 
we  passed  the  day  in  the  city,  visiting  Central 
Pai'k,  which  is  certainly  ahead  of  any  noble- 
man's park  in  England,  for  natural  scenery  and 
other  things.  At  5  P.M.  we  were  at  Pier  No,  1, 
toagain  start  to  Jersey  Citj-,  and  to  puss  on  to 
Philadelphia,  Arrived  in  the  city  12:30  A,  M., 
and  at  breakfast  time,  found  ourselves  at  Hai- 
risburg.  Pa.  At  Mifflin  we  sent  a  telegram, 
to  meet  editors  of  Pfimilivc  Christian  at  the 
depot,  which  we  did;  Ave  not  having  seen  any 
brethren  since  Brn.  Ebyand  Fry  left  England, 
were  becoming  impatient.  Could  not  stop  on 
account  of  through  ticket,  and  also  had  a  num- 
ber of  emigrants,  who  were  depending  on  me 
to  tell  them  what  to  do,  change  their  money, 
and  see  they  get  their  right  change,  etc,  Ar- 
ived  in  Chicago  at  7  P.  M.,  SSixl  inst.  and  took 
cars  next  morning  for  Limark  at  9  A.  M,;  was 
obliged  to  lay  overatFreeport,  III.,  fromSP.  M. 
till  piist  one  Sunday  morning,  and  only  about 
eighteen  miles  from  Lanark,  nevertheless  we 
were  there  and  made  the  best  of  it,  by  going  to 
the  po3t-o9ice.  and  finding  out  who  took  the 
Bhethbkn  at  Work,  and  also  found  sister  Ba- 
ker and  her  estimitble  husband,  who,  though 
not  a  brother,  certainly  ought  to  be  one;  whose 
kindness  and  hospitality  I  shall  not  soon  forget. 
At  l;15for  Lanark,  where  1  arrived  at  2  A.  M. 
and  found  Bro.  Moore's  residence  in  time  to 
have  a  few  hours  rest  before  going  to  the  Cher- 
rj'  Grove  meeting  at  10  A.  M.,  the  first  Breth- 
ren's meeting  in  America  on  return,  the  hist 
one  being,  a«  some  remember  in  Philadelphia. 
Bro.  J.  R,  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co.,  Ill,  preached 
an  excellent  diacoui'se  from  Eph.  2:  1,  3. 

Truly  brethren  and  sistei-a  I  can  say.  I  enjoy- 
ed the  meeting,  I  was  again  with  those  I  could 
worship  with,  according  to  the  dictates  of  our 
own  hearts,  those  of  the  same  faith,  one  faith, 
and  I  can  sympathize  with  those  isolated  mem- 
bers who  also  are  deprived  of  meeting  with 
their  brethren  and  sisters  in  divine  fellowship, 
A  little  deprivation  of  these  blessings  will  en- 
able us  to  know  their  real  value.  More  anon. 
H,  P.  BitiNKworiTn. 


By-Laws  of  Ashland  College. 

AT  the  request  of  a  number  of  Brethren  and 
for  the  benefit  of  all  interested,',  in  this  in- 
stitution, I  submit  an  abstract  of  the  PreamhJf 
and  Bij-Laws  attached  to  the  charter  by  which 
said  institution  is  to  bo  governed. 

PRE.U1IILE. 

Whereas,  the  Ashland  College  is  permanently 
organized  and  the  Trustees  having  met  to  trans- 
act business  as  set  forth  in  the  charter  granted 
Feb.  22nd,  187S.  Therefore  resolved,  that  the 
entire  control  of  said  institution  shall.be  in 
the  hands  «f  members  of  the  German  Baptist 
(Brethren)  church  and  all  business  pertaining 
to  the  College  be  regulated  by  the  following 

BY-LAWS. 

Art.  1. — None  shall  be  eligible  to  office  but 
Brethren  who  are  in  good  standing  in  the  gener- 
al brotherhood  and  are  zealous  advocates  of  the 
faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren's  church. 

Abt.  2. — Skc.  1.    The  number  of  Trnatees 


shall  be  fifb;en,  five  of  whom  shall  constitute  a 
quorum. 

Sec.  2.  The  present  Trustees  shall  remain 
in  office  one  year,  or  until  such  time  as  may  be 
suitable  to  commence  the  regular  annual  elec- 
tion, at  which  time  one  third  of  the  required 
uumlwr  shall  be  elected  for  one  year,  one  tliird 
for  twoyeai-sand  one  thii-d  for  three  years. — 
Voting  may  be  done  by  proxy. 

Art,  3,  The  officer*  of  the  Board  shidl  be 
President,  Vice  president.  Secretary,  Treasurer, 
Librarian  and  register  of  sobolarships, 

(Article  4th  defines  the  duties  of  each  otKcer, 
which  is  as  usual  in  such  bodies.) 

Art.  5.  Tlie  committee  of  the  Board  shall 
be  four  in  number:  Executive,  Finance,  Build- 
ing and  Instruction, 

(Article  6th  defines  the  duties  of  each  com- 
mittee, requiring  each  to  make  a  full  rejtort  to 
the  Board.) 

Art.  7.— Sec.  1.  The  meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  be  governed  by  the  same  Parliamentary 
rules  as  other  deliberative  bodies. 

Art.  S.  The  President  of  the  College  shall 
be  e.v  oficio  member  of  the  Board. 

Art.  0.  All  papers  requiring  the  Collegti 
seal  shall  be  signed  by  the  President  and  Trust- 
ees of  the  College.  i 

Without  going  into  a  Lengthy  description  I 
need  only  say  that  the  institution  is  well  guai-d- 
ed  against  running  into  debt,  or  into  pride,  lor 
in  regard  to  the  latter,  the  same  rule  will  be  fol- 
lowed in  regard  to  teachers  who  arc  members, 
as  directed  by  the  Annual  Meeting  in  reference 
to  evangelistii.  We  would  be  glad  to  give  the 
entire  Charter  and  By-Laws,  did  we  not  fear  to 
trespass  ou  the  columns  of  the  paper. 

S.  Z.  Sharp, 


Stray  Thoughts. 

WHILE  "  waiting  for  the  train,"  I  will  arrest 
a  few  thoughts  for  the  benefit  of  those 
way  off  readers  to  whom  the  Brethren  at 
Work  makes  its  weekly  visits,  for  I  am  certain 
there  are  thousands  of  its  readers  ivho  would 
like  to  have  a  nearer  view  of  the  place  where  it 
is  published  and  those  who  publish  it,  so  I  will 
lend  them  my  spectacles,  and  even  my  eyes  just 
for  a  moment. 

the  place 

Lanark,  of  about  fifteen  hundred  inhabit- 
ants, and  quite  a  number  of  churches,  with  tall 
spires,  (I  mean  those  not  blown  down).  The 
Brethren  and  the  Disciples  seem  to  have  the 
chief  influence  in  the  town,  while  the  other  de- 
nominations are  struggling  to  pay  their  minis- 
tei-s  and  the  ministers  arestniggling  with  small 
salaries  to  keep  up  their  churches.  The  Breth- 
ren have  only  of  late  built  achurcb  and  already 
possess  the  best  Sabbath-school  and  the  best  fill- 
ed house  during  times  of  preaching. 

THE   I'RINTINQ-OEFICE 

whore  the  Brethren  at  Work  and  the  Child- 
rex  AT  Work  are  published,  is  in  a  two-story 
brick  building,  every  available  space  of  which 
is  well  occupied,  In  the  lower  front  room  is 
our  Danish  brother  binding  books,  with  neat- 
ness and  dispatch  to  reflect  honor  to  himself. — 
His  modest  Quaker  face  and  general  intelligence 
makes  a  good  impression  on  the  visitor.  In  the 
room  just  behind,  is  the  steam-power  press, 
which  prints  three  weekly  papers,  numbering 
not  far  from thousand  copies  weekly,  be- 
sides an  immenae  amount  of  job  work,  pam- 
phlets, books,  etc,  —  all  under  the  skill  of  Bio, 
Sword  who  has  the  happy  faculty  of  being  en- 
gineer, pressman  and  a  man  of  several  other 
trades  combined.  In  the  second  story  jmd  front 
room,  is  the  editors'  saiictiiiii,  where  sit  our  two 
editors  at  whom  our  readers  want  to  take  a 
special  look.  Well  there  is  brothpr  Moore,  ed- 
itor-in-chief of  the  BnF,THRE>f  AT  WoRK,  He 
is  ft  portly  man,  about  32  years  old  and  weigh- 
ing over  t*vo  hundred,  with  rich  brown  hair 
and  beard,  rather  sinnll,  restless  eyes  and  a 
smile  always  lurking  in  the  corners  of  his  moi 
ready  to  breakout  into  a  good  laugh  on  the 
slightest  provocation,  but  kept  in  subjection  by 
something  behind,  I  would  tell  you  more  of 
those  piercing  eyes,  did  his  modesty  not  forbid. 
At  his  elbow  sits  brother  Esbelinan,  the  editor 
of  the  Children  at  Work,  and  if  ever  a  man 
found  his  place,  Bro,  E.  did.  A  small  man,  pale- 
faced,  of  scanty  beard  and  serene  countenance 
with  all  the  manners  suited  to  make  the  child- 
ren feel  th'at  he  is  one  of  theirnumber,  in  heart, 
in  sympathy,  if  not  in  age  and  knowledge,  and 
I  am  certain  if  the  children  have  the  chance  to 
select  their  editor,  the  CniLDREN-  at  Work 
will  be  their  paper.  On  the  side  of  the  room 
opposite  the  editors  is  the  mailing  clerk,  Bro. 
S.  M.  E^helman,  with  his  addressing  machine. 
Behind  tlie  saiicliiiii  is  the  compositors'  room, 
where  Bro.  Plate,  a  thorough  practical  printer, 
is  for^^uan,  and  is  assisted  by  the  nimble  fingers 


of  vix  femide  hajids.  I  ob.served,  that  if  you 
want  work  done  rapidly  and  neatly,  employ  fe- 
males. Now  my  paper  is  full  and  I  have  draws 
a  pretty  accurate  pictun-  for  ray  readers  to  look 
at,  but  how  I  am  to  get  it  into  the  paper  with- 
out the  watchful  eyes  of  the  editors  to  detect  it 
I  hardly  know.  I  think  I  will  do  this:  I  will 
be  responsible  for  its  very  personal  character 
myself  and  send  it  to  Bro.  Plate  and  tell  him 
to  slip  it  into  the  pnpt^r  just  as  it  goes  to  press, 
and  the  editoi-y  can't  help  it. 

S.  Z.  Sharp. 


From  Mc'Donalds,    Virginia. 

Dear  Brelhren.-— 

WK  are  realizing  our  brightest  anticipations 
to  whicih  we  gave  expression  in  our  form- 
er communications.  Baptisms  are  constituents 
of  most  of  our  Lord's  day  meetings,  and  as 
omens  of  decidedly  happier  times  in  the  future, 
our  accessioDs  are  from  the  most  influential 
members  of  the  neighboring  denominations, 
l>er3ons  of  deep  personal  piety  and  thoughtfiil- 
uess. 

With  the  intention  to  the  suggestion  of  pru- 
dence on  the  part  of  our  minister  and  mem- 
bern,  which  means  upright  lives  and  industri- 
ous application  of  those  agencies  appointed  for 
the  convereion  of  sinners,  we  will  be  able  to 
establish  a  combination  of  influences,  that  will 
perpetuate  our  peculiar  iirinciplea  to  remote 
posterity. 

I  see  in  your  edition  of  number  thirty-two, 
page  eight,  you  make  mo  to  say  aiibstantiaUy 
that  the  "  Baptists  cauu  ot*?/ff ssr/}/  their  theolog; 
of  baptism."  Did  I  not  say  cUirifij  in  the  man- 
uscri|)t?  Thefactis,  Brethren!  the  classification 
of  their  baptism  would  bo  very  uncompU^ 
mentary.  Eunomius'  one  idea  reH<jioH  third 
century,  English  one  idea  iH)"('«/sixteeuth cent- 
ury. It  would  better  suit  their  purposes  not  to 
attempt  to  classify  it. 

They  cannot  clarify  it  with  much  better  auo- 
cess.  The  removal  of  the  comipt  elements 
would  not  have  enough  of  the  "  pale  original" 
to  tell  what  it  wsb.  Ver^'  much  it  would  be, 
like  the  historical  pantaloons  of  the  cotton 
field  negro,  which  had  been  patched  and  quilted 
till  there  was  nothing  left  of  the  original  article. 

I  advise  them,  not  to  attempt  either  but  to 
fold  them  up,  Impti-sm  and  all,  label  them  in 
large  Roman  capitals,  MAN'S  INVENTIONS, 
put  in  a  neat  wrapper  on  which  write  (he  word 
Error,  and  deposit  along-;ide  with  the  inusty 
exploded  religious,  philo.-ophieal,  scientific,  and 
political  theories  of  the  di-partcd  ages, 

I  essayed  to  preach  at  a  place  in  our  field  call- 
ed Den  Hill  on  last  Sunday  from  the  5:  20  of 
Matt,  It  was  a  new  theme  to  the  audience^ 
judging  from  the  attention  they  gave  during 
its  delivery.  The  33rd  chapter  was  read  in  con- 
nection therewith.  The  gist  of  the  discourse, 
was  the  tendency  of  modern  Christianity  to 
ignore  practical  and  exalt  the  ritual,  to  bur- 
nish the  shell  and  neglect  the  kernel. 

Let  your  ministerial  workers  study  up  the 
subject  of  that  verse,  and  report  the  same  to 
their  congregations  at  their  next  meeting,  and 
in  the  application  of  the  significant  text  let 
the  Brethren's  church  have  the  first  benefit,  for 
"judgment  must  begin  at  the  house  of  God.— 
We  need  a  severe  purging  experience  in  some 
places  just  now.  D.  W*.  Moomaw, 


GLE-A.3SriN'OS. 


From  John  C.  Mays,— We  were  out  to  Bap- 
tist meeting  a  few  days  ago  and  hud  the  pleas- 
ure of  hearing  a  graduate  preach.  This  man 
hus  been  studying  in  college  about  five  years. 
"Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  Ha 
said,  "This  we  cannot  do  and  God  does  not  re- 
quire it  of  us."  If  he  had  been  studying  the 
Gospel  five  years,  he  would  have  learned  better; 
we  yet  think  he  was  studying  something  else. 

Fi-om  J.  J.  Hoorer.— On  last  Sunday  the 
lltli  of  August,  two  young  men  were  drowned 
in  the  Congress  Lake  near  Hartville,  Ohio.  It 
is  supposed  they  were  under  the  influence  of 
liquor.      So  much  for  Sabbath  breaking. 

Prom  0.  H.  Bill sbaugli.— Wrong  impres- 
sions should  be  obliterated  as  soon  as  possible. 
They  may  aeem  insignificant,  but  they  have  all 
future  history.  Eternity  included,  for  their  oper- 
ation, and  many  minds  in  which  to  work,  and 
the  result  may  be  tremendous.  The  ditference 
between  Fame  and  Fane,  in  the  sense  in  which 
the  word  is  used  in  Brethren  at  Work,  cur- 
rent volume  No.  33,  fir^t  page,  second  column, 
29th  line  from  the  tup,  la  just  the  difierence  be> 
tween  carnality  and  holiness.  Heaven  and  Hell, 
There  is  indeed  an  "  Eternal  Fame  of  Grace," 
which  is  the  glory  of  the  Saint,  and  the  marvel 
of  the  Trinity  but  this  will  not  fill  out  the  fig- 
ure in  the  passage  referred   to.     To  be  a  Fane 


6 


THLIi:    BRETHREiSr    ^T    "\\'"01U<:. 


September    5- 


X(f  Graft,  Qii  Eternal  Fane,  requires  a  good  deal 
more  chipping  and  chiseling,  anil  liaiumeriiig, 
anil  testing,  than  mo«t  of  us  are  willing  to  en- 
dure. To  be  maeoncd  under  the  hand  and 
hammer  and  plummet  of  the  Great  Architect, 
means  our  best  blood  and  all  of  it,  and  the  blood 
of  Christ  besides.  Our  blood  represents  our 
all,  as  in  Christ  it  represents  the  all  of  both  Re- 
deemer find  redeemed,  To  be  a  living  gem  in 
the  "Eternal  Fane  of  Grace,"  we  must  keep 
the  nail  and  apear  wounds  of  the  Cross  ever  op- 
en, crucified  with  Christ,  so  that  the  old  man 
may  constantly  decrease.  "  I  die  daily."  "  I 
live,  yet  not  I,  hut  Christ  liveth  in  me."  Where 
Esau  and  Jacob  wre,stle  in  ont>  matrix,  it  is  a 
mighty  work  to  keep  Esau's  heel  from  slipping 
out  of  Jacob's  hand.     Gen.  25:  21,  26. 

From  Leiuiiel  Hillery.— Those  of  you  who 
are  interested  in  iis  moving  West,  will  please 
remember  that  the  former  notice  in  the  Bbrth- 
Riisj  .IT  WoKK  did  not  state  that  I  had  found 
the  place  where  we  would  locate  our  cotoiij", 
but  from  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas,  I  would  look  at 
the  country,  making  the  Solomon  River  coun- 
try a  special  point.  We  intend  yet  to  do  so. — 
The  Lord  willing,  we  shall  start  next  week  to 
fully  complete  our  work.  It  is  our  intention 
to  look  in  Southern  Nebraska,  if  we  can  not 
find  any  thing  in  Northern  Kansas.  It  is  fur- 
ther our  intention  to  settle  in  as  good  country 
as  there  is  iu  Northern  Kansas  or  Southern 
Nebraska,  where  lantl  is  cheap,  rich  soil,  good 
water  mid  some  timber  or  coal.  I  would  also 
state  that  our  rules  will  be  published  in  the 
Bbeturen  at  WoiiK  in  a  few  weeks.  I  am 
constantly  receiving  letters  of  inquiry  as  to 
when  ive  will  organi/e  and  when  the  colony 
will  start.  We  will  organize  between  this  and 
January  next.  Some  will  move  out  in  Feb. 
next,  while  the  most  will  move  out  one  year 
from  this  Pall.  I  have  now  thirty  applicants 
for  membership  in  our  colony,  but  that  will  do 
no  good  unless  they  move  out.  I  have  written 
these  few  lines  in  order  that  the  many  who 
have  written  to  mo  for  iuformation  may  be  pa- 
tient until  I  can  answer  all.  I  have  just  n-turu- 
ed  home  from  Central  Illinois,  and  now  have 
much  to  do  before  1  can  answer  all  of  your  let- 
ters. But  you  ivill  be  informed  in  the  Bbeth- 
SEW  AT  WoKK  as  to  where  I  am  and  wh-.it  I  am 
doing,  and  about  the  prospects. 

Slianmn,  III.,  Auriiist  -ISIk. 

From  Micliael  Forney.— On  the  31st  of  Ju- 
ly, I  met  with  the  brethreu  and  sisters  near 
Henderson,  Kentucky.  Found  members  iu 
love  and  union  with  each  other.  Had  fifteen 
meetings  with  them  while  there.  Held  a  Com- 
munion on  the  6th  of  Aug.,  six  precious  souls 
united  with  the  church  by  baptism.  The  mem- 
bers are  much  encouraged,  they  desire  ministers 
to  visit  them  as  often  as  possible.  There 
seems  to  be  a  good  opening  for  doing  good. 
Arrived  safe  home  on  the  evening  of  the  14th, 
enjoj'ed  good  health. 

Pi'om  John  .S.  Buck.— A  poor  man  came  to 
my  plj;eliite  oaj  evening,  in  Miy  hut,  aud 
wished  to  stay  all  night,  aud  I  took  him  in  and 
there  was  one  of  your  papers  Ij-ing  on  the  table. 
He  took  it  up  and  commenced  reading  and 
bcome  very  much  interested  in  it,  as  he  had 
never  beard  of  the  Brethren.  The  next  morn- 
ing he  took  a  paper  with  him,  and  wished  me  to 
send  some  to  hii  wife,  which  I  did.  His  family 
is  in  Arkans.is.  0.\  last  Thursday  he  cimie 
this  way  ag.iin  i>n  his  way  home  aud  he  had  be- 
become  very  muc'i  interested  in  the  Brethren. 
He  would  like  to  have  the  BRETHRE.t  at  Work 
sent  to  him.  He  was  raised  a  Baptist,  and  said 
he  belonged  to  the  Baptists;  but  he  said  he  saw 
that  their  persuasion  was  not  right.  Said  he 
hail  become  'Very  much  enlightened  since  he  has 
read  your  paper.  He  is  a  man  that  hits  been 
much  sick,  yet  seems  to  be  a  good,  moral  mau. 
Has  been  very  unfortunate,  lost  every  thing  he 
had,  and  was  l>egging  to  try  and  get  his  family 
out  of  Arkansas.  If  you  can,  send  him  the 
Brkturen  at  Wokk. 

[We  gloilly  send  him  the  paper,  hoping  it 
may  be  the  means  of  leading  Mm  to  the  whole 
truth. — Eds.] 

From  T.  D.  Lyon.— We  are  still  in  the  land, 
and  among  the  living.  Are  enjoying  good 
health.  Our  paper  finds  us  regularly,  bnnging 
good  news  from  the  various  parts  of  the  great 
Brotherhood,  and  is  always  hailed  with  joy  by 
us.  And  while  we  are  the  "  Little  Sister."  per- 
haps those  sailing  more  smoothly,  and  more 
able  to  overcomi'  opposing  obstacles,  would  be 
glad  to  hear,  that  we  too,  are  made  to  rejoice 
occasionally.  On  last  Lord's  day,  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  receiving  by  baptism,  a  young  man, 
in  the  prime  of  life,  whose  complete  surrender, 
and  commendable  zeal  and  hearty  response  to 
the  usual  questions  in  the  water,  sent  a  thrill 
of  good  feeling  to  all  on  the  shore.  0  lor  more 
BUch  seasons! 


From  Mlcldletown,  Connecticut.— I  arriv- 
ed at  this  place  three  weeks  ago.  Find  spirit- 
ual things  very  low;  no  Brethren  here.  Find 
eome  Ihat  would  unite  with  such  a  church  as  1 
describe,  if  there  was  one  here.  They  admit 
the  doctrine  to  be  correct  as  far  as  I  was  able  to 
tell  them.  I  am  no  minister,  but  when  we  read 
those  passages  like  Rev.  22: 17,  how  can  we  sit 
still  and  see  our  fellow-men  die  with  thirst,  lost 
unto  all  eyes,  and  we  being  the  ones  that  have 
failed  to  declare  what  God  has  made  us  the 
stewards  of?  "  Freely  ye  have  received,  freely 
give."  A  minister  may  administer  all  the  ordi- 
nances, a  layman  should  labor  faithfully ,  where- 
ever  the  opportunity  is  oBei-ed.  We  should  be 
a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good  works,  letting 
our  light  shine  in  the  dark  places  a.s  Christ  re- 
quires, not  neglecting  one  thing,  but  fullfilling 
all  that  the  Gospel  sets  forth,  that  they  may 
know  we  are  more  than  good  moral  men;  yea 
returning  thanks  iu  our  families  for  all  things 
at  all  times,  that  we  may  be  faithful  servants  of 
Christ;  who  shall  say,  "Enter  into  the  joy  of 
thy  Lord,',  when  time  ends  here  below. 

C.  R.  COKANT. 

[Send  us  the  names  of  a  few  dozen  living 
there  and  we  will  send  them  samples,  and  work 
np  a  list  of  subscribers. — Eiis.J 

From  Mary  A.  Riggle.— I  feel  that  I  should 
add  my  experimental  testimony  to  your 
'•  Thoughts  for  Christians"  in  No.  30  of  the 
BiiF.THRE.T  AT  WoRK,  ami  many  more,  I  have uo 
doubt,  could  do  the  same.  I  did  not  wish  as  the 
younger  girl  said,  that  I  had  never  joined  the 
church,  but  I  often  become  weary  struggling 
alone;  for  no  one  seems  to  think  that  I  needed 
anything  more,  and  instead  of  rdCiiving  the 
milk,  that  my  weakness  required,  strong  meat 
was  dealt  out,  which  I  was  not  able  to  manage; 
and  therefore  had  to  tug  and  toil  along  as  best 
I  could,  to  live  through  it,  or  die  trying.  0,  if 
only  the  miuLiter  would  once  learn  to  take  care 
of  the  tender  Iambs,  as  babes  of  the  household 
of  God!  how  many  an  innocent  soul  might  be 
saved,  and  kind  and  weary  hearts  lifted  up, 
which  are  left  to  sink  into  darkness  by  the  per- 
plexities of  life,  and  the  neglect  of  the  ministers 
and  fathers  and  mothers  in  Israel.  Oh  I  think 
I  must  awaken  an  interest  in  the  hearts  of  all 
to  look  around  and  see  whether  there  is  not 
some  weak  one  perishing  and  reaily  to  die  for 
the  want  of  kind  words  and  a  little  attention 
.'to  pull  them  up  aud  help  them  along 

From  Greasy  Creek,  Va.— According  to 
previous  arrangmeuls,  our  Brethren  held  a 
meeting  in  Patrick,  an  adjoining  Co,,  on  last 
Sunday,  the  11th.  Notwithstanding  the  in- 
clemency of  the  weather,  there  was  a  large 
congregation  assembled.  Being  one  of  the 
first  meetings  the  Brethren  ever  held  in  that 
vicinity,  all  seemed  to  have  an  anxiety  in 
hearing  the  word  preached.  Aft^.■r  preaching, 
we  assembled  at  the  water  side,  where  we  re- 
ceived one  dear  Bro.  by  baptism.  Never  in  my 
life  did  I  behold  sucli  a  scene.  It  was  a  heart- 
rendring  one,  to  see  the  anxious  lookers-on. — 
Some  ascended  the  mountain  side  in  order  to 
see  the  ordinance  performed,  some  ascended 
bushes  and  trees  to  see;  all  seemed  to  take  an 
interest  in  the  Brother.  We  heard  the  express- 
ion made,  that  a  Dunkard  baptism  would  be  as 
much  to  thoje  people  as  a  circus  would.  Now 
we  have  three  dear  lambs  in  that  part  of  God's 
moral  vineyard.  May  our  heavenly  Father 
help  them  to  so  live,  that  others  may  see  their 
good  works  and  glorify  our  Father  in  heaven. 
We  think  and  even  heard  it  said,  if  we  only 
had  preaching  here,  we  would  soon  have  a 
large  church.     Brethren  come  to  our  aid. 

C.  D.  Hylton. 

From  Marietta  Swank.- We  were  made  to 
rejoice  while  the  A.  M.  was  in  progress. — 
Thought  we  would  have  some  preaching  after 
meeting  was  over,  hut  failed.  1  think  it  would 
have  had  a  g'joj  clfei^t,  as  a  great  matiy  were 
waked  up  during  the  meeting,  but  I  fear  tlu-y 
will  go  to  sleep  again.  Our  meeting  was  as  a 
light  to  the  world;  the  people  in  general  speak 
well  of  the  way  the  work  was  carried  on.  Let 
us  be  a  light  to  the  world,  so  otherj  may  see 
oar  good  works  aud  glorify  ourFatherin  heav- 
en. 

So  may  tlie  unljclleving  wi>rl(l, 
See  Itow  true  Cliristlana  love 
And  glorify  our  Sitvlor's  grace 
And  seek  that  grace  to  ]irove. 

Xorlh  Manchester,  Ittd. 

From  D.  B.  Gibson.- By  request  of  my 
correspondents,  I  will  say  that  my  address  from 
the  7th  to  the  15th  of  Sept.  wilt  be,  Farming- 
ton,  Fulton  Co.,  III.,  care  Eld.  Jacob  Negley. — 
1  expect  to  be  at  Franklin  Grove,  111,,  from  the 
■J7th  of  Sept.  till  the  4th  of  Oct.  That  is  as 
far  as  I  have  made  appointments  at  present. — 
The  calls  that  I  have,  that  conflict  wiMi  the 
above,  will  have  to  be  deferred  for  the  present. 
Am  in  correspondence  with  Bro.   John  Barn- 


hart,  in  regard  to  the  time,  from  the  15th  to 
the  27th.  Those  desiring  my  labors,  ivill  have 
regard  to  the  above  appointments. 

Perrin,  Mo. 

From  Little  Truvpr.se,  Mieh. — According 
to  request,  I  will  try  and  give  a  short  report  of 
our  Communion  meeting,  which  was  celebrated 
in  the  evening  of  the  lOth  of  August.  The 
ministers  present  were,  Elder  Long,  Bm  Win- 
nee,  and  Kepner,  from  Thorne  Apple  district, 
lonee  Co.,  Mich.  This  was  the  first  Com- 
munion meeting  ever  held  in  Emmet  Co,, 
Mich.,  and  was  one  long  to  he  remembered 
by  the  little  band  of  brethren  and  sisters,  that 
assembled  at  the  house  of  Bro,  and  sister  Noss. 
Oh  how  we  were  made  to  8ympathi-/.e  with  the 
dear  members  who  have  lived  here  for  three 
long  years,  and  have  not  had  a  sermon  preached! 
But  now  their  joy  is  complete.  A  choice  was 
held  for  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro,  John  R. 
Stutzman  and  Bro.  John  Noss.  May  the  Lord 
bless  these  two  brethren,  and  give  them  grace 
sufficient  for  their  day  and  trial.  Twenty-three 
members  communed,  and  I  must  say,  we  had 
one  of  the  best  little  meetings  I  ever  enjoyed. 
Indeed  we  felt  loath  to  leave  the  place,  where 
Jesus  showed  his  smiling  face.  Now  I  would 
say,  we  are  a  little  fiock,  scattered  far  away 
from  the  body  of  the  church  aud  have  no  mtu- 
isteriug  brethren  among  us.  We  pray  the  Lord 
to  send  laborers  into  his  little  vineyard  here! 
Lydia  a.  Krisg. 

From  Henderson,  Ky.— Our  Love-feast,  the 
the  sixth  of  August,  passed  off  pleasantly.  It 
was  a  time  of  refreshing  to  our  little  church. 
We  were  all  made  to  rejoice.  Bro.  Michael 
Forney  was  with  u*.  He  preached  the  Woi-d 
in  its  purity,  so  that  on  the  sixtli,  four  come 
out  on  the  Lord's  and  were  baptiziid.  On  Sun- 
day following,  two  more  came  over  on  the 
Lord's  side  aud  were  baptizetl  to  rise  and  walk 
in  newness  of  life.  May  the  work  of  the  Lord 
revive  every-where,  is  my  prayer! 

John  B.  GisH. 


^NNOXJJSrCEMENTS. 


NoTioia  of   LoTe-fcajIfl,    Disiricl   McetiDga,   eic.  Bbould 

be  brief,  sad  wrilleD  dd  pnper  separate 

tiQta   other   buBiness. 


LOVE-FEABTa. 

Beatrice  cliurch,  Gage  Co..  Neb.,  Se|»tember  7tli  and 

6tli.  commencinB  at  2  o'clock. 
Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Sangamon  Co^  111.,  Oct. 

3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  a  clock. 
Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  G,  W.  Boltnotts, 

Sept.  Itli  and  Stli, 
Paint  Creek  congregation.  Bourbon  Co,,  Kansas, 

October  Ord  and  4tli,  commencing  at  Z  o'clock. 
Miner.tl  Creek,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo„  Tuesday,  Oct.  I. 
Stanislaus  cliurch,  Cal.,  (Irat  Saturday  in  October. 
Whitesville,  Mo,  Sept.  7tli. 
Arnold's  Giove.  Sept.  lOth  and  iVtli,  commencing  at 

1  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Mulberry  congregation.  Bond  Co,,  III..  Oct,  0th. 
Camp  Creek  congregation,  Sept.  14. 
Cottonwood  congregation,  liyon  Co.  Kan.,  Sept.  7th 

and  Sth, 
Bethel  church.  Filmore  Co.,  Neb.,  Sept.  IJtli  and 

J,'ith. 
Pranklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  North-east 

of  Leon.  Deaitur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  10th. 
White  liock  conffrcgation,  Kansas,  Sept.  2lst. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  ciiurcb,  JIadison  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct,  11. 
Logan  chuii.'h,  LoRan  Co.,  O.,  Oct  12th  at  2  o'clock. 
Peaboil-,  •]    ■■'    "  t  't-'  .iii'  '■''    ,it  residence  of 

Bro    II--'  ■■     .     I'ni  a  half  miles 

Ntuii.-',v.        ■    I  .        .,      ^1  ,    ...,ro.,Kau. 
WyaiiiU-i  .    .._.-..:     ........1    .::  .    ^■ol■k,  Wyandot 

Co,,  U„  .-^j.:  ii;;:  .i:il  i-,Lii.  ,u  !L.M)'clock- 
Beaver  Creek  cliuri;li,  York  Co.,  Neb.,  September 

21  and  22. 
Pokagon  congregation,  Cass  Co.,  Mich,,  October  Sth 

at  fiveo'clock.  P.  M. 
Grosslioimer  ^^ alley  church,  Jefferson  Co,,  Kansas, 

Oct,  5tli  and  Dth. 
Donald's  Creek,  seven  milpR  North-west  of  Spring- 
field, CI  iri- i-,,    ni,i,v  n,.(  Mtii -if  10  o'clock. 

Onoiiiili    1  -I',  HillnsCo,,  lown. 

Octuh.  ,   .   :i,   ,  ..,   .         ,■  [...■k. 

Xctth-   *.'■.-.    .li-i:!.'.     r.i.ir    riagerstown 

Wn.ui.i  .,.,  ii,.i.,ua.  i^Ll,  ,.1-  i..>..Llock. 
English  Priiirieuliurcii.  La  Orange  Co,,  Ind.  Oct. 

lOth  at  10  o'clock. 
Mill  Cieek,  Adams  Co.,  Ill,,  Sept.  Htli. 
Honey  Cn.l,  ■  l,ui.  h,  Nn.iaway  Co.,  Mo„  Sent.  H. 
Kaglc  Civ,  I.  I  ii  II.  li,    li.iui-iiek  Co..  Ohio,  October 

iTth  .11  ■■  .-  Iu,  k 


C;iiiiiwiuitiiie  on  the  West  side  of  the  San  Joa- 
quin Hiver.  within  200  yards  of  U.  P.  H.  It- 
bridge,  Cal.,  Sept.  20th, 

Yellow  Creek,  Stephenson  Co,,  III.,  Oct.  liitli  aud 
lUtl)  at  1  P.  M. 


TbL>  i'.th  of  SeptemliLT,  comiaenclug  at  2  o'clock, 

P.M.,  2  miles  East  of    Doicliester,  Saline  Co., 

Nelj. 
Panora,  Iowa.  Sentembor  12th  and  latli. 
Bethel  churcli,  llolt  Co,,  Mo.,  October  0th.  at  4 

o'tI,.ck. 
Bi'll  (  i..l.  .  I.I,,-.  :.   v.>..   ii  ■■'It  KiKlitmtlesWeatot 

T'     '■■         K.;i    ■  '  Mil  ,iiid  ir>tUof  Sept. 

')..|lh    ..■...■!         I    1      -.  ;..";i,i  lllldSlll, 

Ni.ith  l-ork  ihiiivh  1,1  Willi  I'iit,  Carroll  county, 

hill,.  Uft.,  \".\\.  at  III  o'clock  A.  M. 
Ciile  Creek  I'liurch.  Sept.,  14th  and  Kith,  in  Fulton 


I'li'.i:.  .  ■  : ■  1  ..  iiii|iaigu  CO,,  111..  Sep L  14  and  I-l. 

Hn«,,ui,„i,^M-„ii..ii  Ind.,  Oct.-ltli,  atten  A.  M. 

Pine  Creek,  Hi..  Oct.  :i  and  4,  at  4  P.  M. 

Seneca  church,  Ohio,  Oct.  10, 

Oct  lOth,  at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  East  of  Parkers- 


Cnvenlry,  cii,.ster  co,,  Pa.,  Oct,  Bth,  at  2  P,  M. 
ISiin  i>:ik  I'liiiiili,  iKMr, Salem,  Kim.,  Sept.  £Sth  aud 

-[iili,  :ii  ii-h  A.  M. 

Liiiii-iiiiii-  '■'uiL.T.'f.MtiiMi, three  .nnd  one  half  miles 
l';!isl,  mid  . me  aail  one  half  miles  South  of  Itma 
and  Jowuil  City  H.  H,,  Oct..  5tU  and  tlth. 

.Solomon  Valley  congregation,  0 shorn  co.,  Nob., 
0.;t.  12th  and  13th. 

J^T'The  Brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Ashland 
church,  Ashland  Co.,  0.,  expect  to  hold  their 
Communion  meeting  Oct.  ISth,  at  our  meeting- 
house, four  miles  South-east  of  Ashland  City, 
to  commeuce  at  5  P.  M,       D.  N.  Workuax. 

f5;j°  The  Brethren  intend  to  hold  a  special 
meeting  at  Haw  P.itch,  Lagrange  Co.,  Ind., 
Sept.  lo.  John  Keiii. 

J2'°The  Brethren  composing  the  Himting- 
don  church,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Ind.,  intend  to 
hold  their  Communion  meeting  Oct.  ilth,  begin- 
ning at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.       W.  W.  SuMitERS. 

ZW  The  Love-feast  of  the  Califoniia  church 
will  commence,  God  willing,  Sept.  26th,  to  be 
continued  over  two  Sundays.       W.  Meyekb. 

I^^The  Brethren  of  the  Salem  congrega- 
tion, will  hold  their  Love-feast,  at  their  meet>- 
ing-houFe,  four  miles  East  of  Salem  Marion  Co., 
Hi,,  on  the  12th  day  of  Oct.,  commencing  at 
2  o'clock,  J.  F.  Newer. 

fg^  The  Brethren  of  the  Marion  congrega- 
tion, Marion,  Grant  Co,,  Ind.,  expect  to  hold  a 
Love-feast  on  Wednesday  Oct.  9th,  commencing 
at  10  A.  M.    Preaching  also  next  day. 

J.  C.  TlNKEL, 

B^J"  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
Keokuk  Co,,  Iowa,  in  the  English  River  con- 
gregation, two  and  one  half  miles  East  of 
South  English,  and  si.'c  and  one  half  miles 
North  of  Harper,  on  the  Sth  and  9th  of  Oct., 
meeting  to  commence  in  the  forenoon.  Those 
coming  by  R.  R.,  will  stop  off'  at  Harper,  where 
they  will  be  met  the  day  before  the  meeting. 
S,  Ploky, 

J^"The  Brethren  of  the  Four-mile  church, 
intend  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  their  Com- 
munion meeting  on  the  ISth  of  September,  at 
the  White  Water  meeting-house,  three  miles 
North-east  of  Cannersville,  Fayette  Co.,  Ind,, 
commencing  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

W.  McWhorter. 


Trlna  Immerolon  Traced  to  tho  Apcstlss.  —  Beinn  n  collec- 

nulbur:<,  pniving  liini  a  Ibri'uruld  iniincrsion  nas  (he 
only  mt-lliaJ  of  bnpliiiog  over  pracliecd  by  (be  nposllcs 
and  llioir  imninliiXQ  auccessors,  By  J.  II.  Moore. 
Oj  pDfvH.  price.  \b  ccdIb;  leu  copiie,  %\  00. 


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The    Bright,  Sparkliiig    Youth's    Paper. 

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It  will  tench  jour  children  ban'  to  bo  good  nnd  lioir  to 

o  good. 

ItB  h-iiidKonio  enurovlDga  aro  drawn  lYom  Bible   oventa 
Dd  Bible  oboractera. 

I  the  vioj  of  linppioos,  both  in  Ibia  life  and 


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Christ 


PRICE  m   CK.NTS    I'EU   .VS.VLM, 
ri^as  :  UOOB&  &  ZSHELUAIT, 

LAHABE,  CABBOLL  CO,,  ILL. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Night  pnssoDger  (raias,  going  ciu(  and  Hcal,   tneol  and 
leave  LtiDiLrk  a(  2:W  A,  M.,  nrrivitig  in  Rocino  a(  9:00 
A.   M,,   and   at   Rock  Island  at  6:00  A.  M, 
Freight  nod  .^ccomraodntion    Train 
12;  10  A.  M„    8:10  A.  .M.,  and 
and  6:  |5  P.  M. 

TickelB  ore  eold   for  aboTO   liaina   only.     I'aaBcngor 
Iraina  mako  close  coeneciion  at  tVcEiern  Vnien  JunciioD. 
0.  A.  Smitq,  AgenL 


t  12:  10  A.M. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  Behold  I  Briruj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  unto  All  People.'' 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  12, 1878. 


No.  37. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.   H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  IIILLER,        ------        1,.M)0QA,  IND. 

J.  W.  8TELN,       ------       SEWTOXIA,  110. 

D.  TAKIMAN,         -' VIRHKX,  ILL. 

D.  B.  MENTZEK.        -      -      -      -      -  WATi'NESllOHO,  PA. 
MATTIF.  A.  LE.Ul,        -----      UUBANA,    ILL. 


NO  FRIEND  LIKE  JESUS. 

Tliere  Is  110  fvieml  like  ,Ies«9, 
III  tills  wide  ivoi'M  of  cure, 

Tor  he  from  sorrow  frees  us, 
And  strews  our  patli  wltli  HoMera. 

Tliere  is  no  friend  like  Jejus, 
■  Wlien  darkness  gathers  round. 
For  then  with  joy  and  glndncM, 
He  makes  our  liearts  to  bound. 

Tliere  is  no  friend  Uke  Jesus, 
So  constant  true  and  kind; 

So  full  of  love  and  pity- 
So  holy  and  relined. 

Tliere  is  no  friend  like  Jesus 

To  succor  the  opiiressed, 
To  help  the  poor  and  needy, 

And  comfort  tlie  distressed. 

There  is  no  friend  like  Jesus, 

To  drive  away  our  fenfs, 
To  heal  our  wounded  spirits, 

Anil  wipe  away  our  tears. 

There'll  be  no  friend  like  Jesus, 
When  at  death's  door  we  lay, 

There'll  bo  no  friend  like  Jesus, 
When  conies  tJie  judgment  day. 

Selected  by  MoLLii-;  UxiiAi'i 


light  from  the  Fountain  of  Life  and  Truth  may 
pour  in  without  interrnption. 

e  must  not,  like  the  pnpisc,  shut  himself  up 
in  the  narrow  limits  assigned  him  by  predeces- 
sors, and  neglect  reading  and  thinking  for  him- 
ilf;  but  with  Bible  ill  hand,  soar  out  into  the 
great  world  of  truth,  and  by  careful  reading, 
meditation,  conversation  and  ohservation,  add 
daily  to  liis  store  of  knowledge,  remembering 
always  that  our  growth  in  the  knowledge  of  our 
Lord  and  Savior,  dejiends  upon  'our  own  proper 
efforts  in  studying  Hi.'i  life,  character  and  tcneh- 
ng,  and  livinj;  out  the  .'<aine  as  near  as  possible. 

JOHN  RANDOLPH  AND  THE 
BIBLE. 

ii  T  WAS  raised  by  a  pious  mother  (God  bless 
1  her  memory),  who  taught  me  the  Chris- 
tian religion  in  nil  its  requirements.  But,  nlas! 
I  grew  up  tin  infidel;  if  not  an  infidel  complete, 
a  decided  deist.  Butwbeu  I  became  a  man,  in 
is,  as  well  as  in  other  matters,  I  resolved  to 
amine  for  myself,  and  never  to  pin  my  faith 
to  any  other  man's  sleeve.  So  I  bought  that 
Bible;  I  pored  over  it;  I  examined  it  carefutly; 
I  sought  and  procured  those  books  for  and 
against;  and  when  my  labors  were  enued,  I 
came  to  this  irresistible  conclusion:  'That the 
Bibleistrue.  It  would  have  been  aseasyfora 
mole  to  have  written  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  treat- 
ise on  optics,  as  for  uninspired  men  to  have 
written  the  Bihle.'" 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE. 

BY  DANIEL  VAKIMAX, 

'■  But  pi-ow  ill  grace,  and  in  tlie  knowledce  of  nur 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  To  him  be  glory 
both  now  and  fore\'er.    Allien."— 2  Pet.  -i :  l(>. 

THERE  can  be  no  growth  without  life.  In 
the  kingdom  of  grace  as  well  as  in  the  an- 
imal and  vegetable  kingdom.",  there  must  not 
only  be  aseed,  but  a  seed  having  life  in  it.  Man 
cannot  originate  life.  All  life  comes  from  God, 
the  only  Source  aud  Fountain  of  life.  In  the 
kiugdom.of  grace,  the  Word  is  the  living  Seed. 
"  My  words  they  are  spirit  aud  they  are  life," 
Next  to  the  living  seed  is  a  congenial  soil,  (a 
good  and  honest  heart).  With  this  living  Seed 
in  a  good  and  honest  heart,  we  may  look  for  a 
growth  iu  grace.  Without  it  we  might  as  well 
look  for  a  lield  of  wheat  or  corn  without  living 
seed  fo  start  from.  After  man  is  begotten  by 
the  Word  of  truth  and  bom  (baptized)  into  the 
family  of  God,  be  is  only  a  babe,  and  like  the 
natural  babe  needs  pure  atmosphere  to  breathe, 
proper  food,  tender  care,  and  proper  exercise. 
As  atmosphere  to  breathe,  the  child  of  grace 
should  have  the  pure  atmosphere  of  the  Spirit 
of  God,  aud  the  holy  associations  of  the  chil- 
dren of  God.  The  food  like  that  of  the  natural 
babe  must  be  such  as  he  can  appreciate,  the 
sincere  milk  of  the  AVord,  being  the  best  suit- 
ed to  his  infantile  state.  Like  the  mother  watch- 
es over  and  cares  for  her  tender  infant;  so  should 
the  older  members  [of  the  church  watch  over 
and  care  for  the  new-born  babes  in  Christ;  and 
for  exereise  there  is  nothing  better  than  earnest 
work  for  Jesus,  remembering  always  to  work 
with  the  older  brethren  and  sisters  who  are  al- 
ready at  work  for  Him  and  not  against  them. 

Withall  the  above  and  true  humility,  there 
will  certainly  be  arapid  growth  ingrace.  Now 
in  addition  to  a  rapid  growth  in  grace,  a  rapid 
{jrowth  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Sav- 
ior Jesus  Christ,  is  also  desirable.  To  secure 
this,  im  eaniest,  diligent  study  of  the  life,  char- 
acter, and  teaching  of  Jesus,  are  essential,  hav- 
ing at  the  same  time  all  the  curtains  removed 
from  the  windows  of  the  soul,  so  that  the  pure 


DO  WHAT  HE  SAYS. 

J  nV    A.  JL'LIL'S. 

"Whatsoever  ho  says  unto  you,  do  it."— Jolni  2;  5. 

THIS  is  the  language  of  the  mother  of  our 
dear  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ  at  the 
riage  in  Canaan  of  Galilee,  thus  comraand- 
the  servants  of  the  feast,  to  observe,  in  or- 
der that  satisfaction  may  be  given  to  the  guests 
of  the  marriage;  hence  by  the  obedience  to  the 
command  given,  they  were  partakers  of  the 
good  wine  that  was  furnished  by  our  Savior. 
Do  wo  not  see  a  place  to  apply  this  passage  of 
Scripture  to  ourselves?  "  Whatsoever  he  says 
unto  you,  'lo  U."  Wlien  we  behold  what  follow- 
ed the  obedience  of  this  command,  we  may 
heartily  apply  it  to  ourselves.  Let  us  who  con- 
fess the  Lord  Jesus  to  be.  our  Savior,  put  Him 
on  in, sincerity;  take  heed  that  we  do  not  look 
over  this  without  a  thought.  Man  is  so  apt  to 
neglect  many  of  the  things  that  attain  to  sal- 
vation, without  the  least  willingness  to  do  the 
commamls  of  the  Savior.  Ho'v  oft  we  come 
short  in  our  weakness  of  doing  the  will  of 
God!  Do  we  not  often  even  neglect  to  pause 
for  a  moment  and  see  the  goodness  of  God, 
calculated  for  our  welfare,  not  thinking  that  the 
Lord  has  any  rea.son  to  sustain  us  from  day  to 
day?  We  can  plainly  see  how  the  Lord  docs 
not  wish  the  death  of  one  sinner;  for  he  says. 
"  that  he  delighteth  not  in  the  death  of 
sinner,  but  would  that  all  should  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth  and  live." 

The  Lord  was  so  gracious  and  kind  to  us 
suffer  even  death,  which  is  set  forth  as  the  last 
enemy  to  overcome.  He  did  this  just  for 
sake,  that  we  might  have  free  access  to  His 
grace,  and  imbibe  sweetness  from  His  truth, 
We  are  taught,  "Thy  word  is  truth."  Do  wt 
love  our  neighbor  or  do  we  despise  hini.  ChrLst 
says,  "do  good  to  them  that  hate  yd 
we  still  try  to  give  them  an  opportunity  to 
speak  reproachfully  of  us?  Oh  my  dear  reader, 
let  not  your  goud  be  evil  spoken  of;  "  and  what- 
soever He  says  unto  you,  do  it."  Behold  the  re- 
sult of  the  obedience  of  Abraham,  ^how  he  en- 
dured! There  must  have  been  great  pain  and 
sorrow  in  his  trial,'but  God  knew  for  what  pur- 
pose he  called  him  to  go,  not  Imdwing  whither 
he  went.  i 

Sometimes  when  we  moot  with  losses  and 


crosses  in  out  temporal  affairs,  wo  are  almost 
idy  to  give  up  in  despair,   and   when   wo  are 
called  on  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  further- 
ance of  the  Gospel,  or  the  great  cause,  or  duty 

to  be  living  instumentsin  the  haui^  of  God,  to 
bring  souls  to  Christ,  we  feel  careless  about  do- 
ing whatsoever  he  says,  or  even  not  willing  to 
give  of  our  abundance  to  defray  the  expenses 
ol  those  brethren  who  are  willing  to  spread  tl  c 
Gospel.     Oh  let  us  all   feci   an   interest  in  the 

elfareof  our  fellow-beingS. 

Tlio  Sa^or  says,  "  One  soul  is  of  more  value 
than  the  whole  world."  Let  us  take  courage 
press  forward  toward  the  mark  for  the  prize 
of  the  high  calling, of  God  in  Christ  ,Jesus.  Wo 
have  a  consolation   that  will   not.  be  denied  to 

1,  if  we  simply  remember  to  do,  "  Whatsoever 
He  says  unto  us." 


FAMILT  WORSHIP. 

nv  I.  H.  catsT. 

THIS  evening  while  reading   the   Bhp.thben 
AT  Work,  my  soul  wosstirred  within   nie, 
by  reading  brother  William  Cook's  exhortation 

to  duty.  No.  i!,  page  7,  He  says,  "may  the 
spirit  of  prayer  be  instilled  abundantly  into  the 
hearts  of  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters." 
This  truly  is  an  exhortation  that  will  do  us 
much  good.  If  put  into  practice,  we  will  re- 
ceive the  blessing  in  this  life,  and  have  a  rich 
treasure  laid  up  in  heaven.  Where  is  the  broth- 
er who  cannot' tell  his  desires  and  coiifesa  his 
faults  to  a  trusty  friend  of  his?'  It  is  just  as 
easy  to  call  our  dear  family  together  around  the 
family  altar,  and  humbly  come  before  tlie  Lord 
n  our  bended  knees  and  confess  our  faults  and 
■eaknesses  and  ask  Him  f^  grant  us  such  things 
as  \ve  need.  An  open  confef-sion  i.s  good  for  the 
soul.    "Ask in  faith  and  j'e  shall  receive." 

Prayer  is  a  command  and  should  be  observed. 
I  lielieve  there  is  more  good  received  by  erect- 
ing a  family  altar,  dedicated  to  the  Lord,  and 
there  present  our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice,  than 
in  any  other  duty  we  can  engage  in.  I  once 
heai'd  a  brother  say,  (hat  he  and  his  coinpanion 
did  not  erect  an  altar  when  they  started  out  in 
the  world;  so  when  thoy  would  lie  down  to 
rest,  sleep  would  flee  from  them  and  their  spirits 
were  troubled  within  them.  On  a  Sahbatli 
evening  after  they  had  fed  the  outer  man,  they 
retired  for  the  night,  but  there  was  u  Jiungcriug 
of  the  innei'  man,  calling  aloud  to  he  fed.  The 
brother  spok6  to  the  sister  saying,  let  us  arise 
and  erect  an  altar  and  offer  up  pVayer  to  God. 
They  did  so,  and  although  yeai-s  have  gone  by, 
that  altar  is  still  frequented. '  Prayer  to  the 
soul  is  as  food  to  Ihe  outer  man.  His  return- 
ing wants  must  bp  satisfied  time  after  tiiUe,  on- 
ly to  cease  in  denl^h. 

^Ve  often  feel  weak  and  coi^e  8hor,t  of  our 
duty  in  many  things,  then  how  sweet  it  is  to 
commune  with  our  best  Friend,  to  ask  him  to 
aid  and  assist  us.  I  heard  an  aged  brother  say, 
wheu  called  on  to  lead  in  family  worahip,  "  I 
can't  pray  in  public."  Perhaps  he  was  like 
many  others,  never  tried.  It  is  not  alone  the 
long  aud  fluent  prayer  that  is  attended  with 
the  greatest  blessing.  The  Lord  want^  an  hum- 
ble he.art  and  a  contrite  spririt,  let  the  words  be 
few  or  many.  i 


LOVE  . 


HY  G.  W.  nOTKLER. 


THERE  was  not  an  act,  of  our  Savior,  which 
does  not  ctpress  love  in  the  highest  degree. 
When  we  see  articles  written  by  brethren  (on 
various  subjects)  whose  views  ditfer  from  each 
other,  we  cannot  think  tliat  loi'e  prompts  any 
to  write  in  a  sarcastic  manner;  we  feel  that  it  is 
too  oftentheca.se;  and  hope  with  brother  J.  H. 
Moore  (article  on  Original  Ground  Again)  that 
the  brethren  will  endeavor  to  deal  more .  kindly 
)  with  one  another  in   the  future,     Love   is  the 


well-spring  of  goodness,  the  overflowing  fouD- 
tnin  of  all  generous  and  God-like  deeds.    Lovo 

thesoul  of  virtue,  the  moving  spirit  of  every 
high  and  holy  enterprise,  of  every  plan  aud  un- 
dertaking crtlcuiate<l  to  bless  mankind.  Lovo  ia 
of  God;  it  is  the  image  of  God,  and  it  acts  the 
part  of  God  in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  men. 
Love  is  the  germ  of  all  things  good;  it  is  the 
less  and  completion  of  all  moral  and  God- 
like excellence.  Where  love  is  wanting,  there 
can  be  no  true  happiness;  where  love  prevails, 
there  everything  that  is  calculated  to  raise  and 
bless  mankind,  will  abound. 

Love  alone  can  dry  up  the  fountain  of  human 
teai-s,  and  turn  the  dwellings  of  our  brethren 
throughout  the  entire  brotherhood  into  one  vast 
Paradise  of  jov.  Love  is  the  soul  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  should   be  the   moving  spirit  of  the 

hole  church.     The  aim  and   tendency  of  the 

hole  system  of  the  Gospelis  to  destroy  the 
natural  selfishness  of  man,  and  to  fill  his  soul 
with  pure,  aud  ardent,  and  eternal  cliaiitij  to- 
ward all  mankind.  It  commands  us  to,  "  Love 
our  neighbor  as  ourselves;"  "to  love  not  in 
lord  and  in  tongue  only,  but  in  deed  and  in 
truth."  Love  illustrates  and  enforces  the  duty 
of  charity  in  the  most  affecting  and  powerful 
manner.  Love  commands  us  to  exercise  char- 
ity to  the  whole  human  race,  to  help  the  afflict- 
ed aud  needy,  to  do  good,  as  we   have  opportu- 

ity  unto  all  men,  "especially  to  the  house- 
hold of  faith." 

It  requires  us  to  exercise  charity  toward  our 
enemies;  to  do  good  to  thein  that  hate  us  and 
persecute  us,  and  to  overcome  evil  with  good. 
Love  urges  us  toi  exercise  charity  .  toward  the 
poor  andneedy;  it  teaches  to  regard  the  bonds 
of  prisoners,  the  wrongs  of  the  injured,  and  to 
spare  no  pains  to  ex  tend,  consolation  arid  relief 
to  the  sufferers.  Love  teaches  us  to  feed  the 
hungry,  to  clothe  the  naked ;  to  visit  the  father- 
less and  widows  in  their  affliction;  to  entertain 
strangers,  iind  to  shut  up  the  bowels  of  our 
compassion  from  no  unhappy  brother  upon 
earth.  Love  of  our  Savior  will  ^njoin  upon  all 
men  to  do  good  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 
The  rich  it  requires  to  be  rich  in  good  works, 
ready  to  distribute:  willing  to  make  their  wealth 
a  common  blessing;  aud  even  those  who  aro  not 
rich,  it  commands  to  labor  with  their  hands 
that  they  may  not  only  be  able  to  support  their 
families,  but  moy  have  to  give  to  him  that  need- 
eth.  It  requires  us  especially  to  look  after  our 
fellow-Christians;  to  distribute  to  their  necessi- 
ties, to  bear  their  burdens,  and  so  fulfill  the 
law  of  Christ.  It  requires  us  to  mix  charity 
with  all  we  say,  and  with  all  we  do;  "speaking 
the  truth  iu  love."  Charity  is  made  the  mark 
of  a  true  Christian.  "By  this  shall  men  know 
that'  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to 
another."  "  We  know  that  wo  havS'  passed 
from  death  unto  life,  because  wolove  tho  breth- 
ren." 

The  word  of  truth  exalts  charity  above  all 
things,  and  represents  it  as  the  end  and  fulflll- 
uieiit  of  all  the  dispensations  of  heaven.  Love 
is  the  first  and  great  commandment,  the  fulfill- 
ing of  the  law,  the  sum  of  the  Gospel,  the  highi 
est.  the  best  beloved,  and  the  most  God-like  of 
all  Christian  graces.  Without  it,  the  tongues 
of  men  and  of  angels  are  but  as  soundingbrass 
or  as  a  tinkling  cymbal;  the  knowledge  of  all 
mysteries  and  the  possession  of  faith  to  r&« 
move  mountains,  and  all  the  outward  framings 
of  beneficence,  ai-e  nothing.  And  to  conclude 
the  charity  which  is  enjoined,  is  a  charity  that 
sufi'ereth  long  and  is  kind;  a  charity  that  en- 
vieth  not;  a  charity  that  vaunteth  not  itself;  is 
not  puffed  up,  doth  not  behave  itself  n usee miy; 
seeketh  not  her  own;  is  not  easily  provoked; 
thinketh  no  evil;  lejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but 
rejoiceth  in  the  truth.  A  charity  that  beareth 
all  things,  hopeth  all  things, endureth all  things; 
a  charity  that  never  faileth.  "And  now  abide 
faith,  hope,  charity,  these  three;  but  the  great- 
eat  of  tliese  is, charity."  1  Cor.  10:  3. 


IpHLE 


BKETiiREISr   ^T   "wouk:. 


September    X'2. 


BELSHAZZAR. 

THE  midniglit  hour  wiw  drawiug  on; 
Hushed  into  rest  Ifty  Babylon. 

Ali  save  the  royal  palace,  where 

Was  the  din  of  rovel.  and  torches'  flare. 

There  high  within  his  royal  hall 

BeUhiiKZiir  the  king  held  fwtiTal. 

His  npbles  around  him  in  Rplendor  shine, 

And  drain  doiVil'goblets  of  sparkling  wine. 

The  nobles  shout,  and  gobleU  ring; . 

'fwas  sweet  to  the  heart  of  the  stiQ'-neeked  king. 
The  cheeks  of  the  king,  they  flushed  ivith  'fire 
And  still  as  he  drank,  his  conceit  grew  higher. 
And,  mnddMied  with  pride,  his  lips  let  fall 
Wild  words  that  blasphemi;  the  great  Lord  of  nil. 
More  vimntiug  he  grew,    nnd  his  blasphemous 

sneers 
Were  hailed  by  his  lordly  ro«t  with  cheers. 
Proudly  the  king  has  a  mandate  passed;  ■ 
Awnyhie  the  slaves,  and  come  back  full  fiist. 
Many  goldviJssela  they  briug  with  them, 
The  spoils  of  God's  house  in  Jemsalem. 
With  impious  hand  the  king  caught  iip^ 
Fill'?d  to  the  brim,  a  sacred  cup; 
And  down  to  the  bottom  he  drained  ■  it  dry, — 
And  idoud  with  his  mouth  afonm  did  cry, 
"  Jehovah!  I  scolf'at  Thy  greatness  gone! 
I  auithe  king  of  Babylon.""    ■''   '  ■      '"  ■    '  ■ 
The  terrible  wordfe  were  ringing  still, 
When  the  king  rit'his  heart  felt  a  secret  chill, 
The  hi'iighter  ceased,  the  lords  held  their  breath 
And  all  through  the  hall  it  was  still  iis  death. 
And  see, see  tljere!  on  the  white  wall,,see, 
Comes  forth  wliat  seeiiis  a  man's  haud  to  be! 
And  (t  >vrote  and  ;*v.ote  in  letters  of  flame, 
Outhewhit«waIl,theiivauishedthewayiteftme. 

The  king  sat  staring,. ho  could  not  siieok, 

His  kuerakuocked.  together  death-pale  was  his 

cheek.  ! 

With  cold  fear  creeping  his  lords  adt  round. 
They  -sat  dumb-stricken,  with  never  a  sound. 
The  Mngians  came,  but  uot  one  of  them  all 
Could  iuterpi-et  the  writing  upon  the  wall. 
That  self-same  night — his  soul  God  eain! — 
Wius  Belshazzar  the  king  by  his  nobles  slain. 
Selecte<l. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  BEARD. 

4^  T1ULL  beards  were  cultivated  fliiioug 
-L  East**rii  nations  in  early  time; 
and  have  always  been  regarded  by  them 
as  a  badge  of  dignity.  The  fact  tliat 
tlie  ancient  Egyjitian  pietiii-es  frequently 
rejireseut  tlie  luiuaan  male  figure,  espec 
inlly  wlieu  of  a  king  or  dignitary,  with 
out  the  beard,  would  aeem  to  indicate 
tbat  it  was  a  mark  of  rank  in  Egypt  to 
be  devoid  of  tbat  appendage.  In  an- 
cient India,  Persia,  and  Assyria,  howev- 
er, the  beard 'was 'allowed  to  grow  long, 
and  was  always  esteemed  as  a  symbol 
of  wisdom  and  dignity.  The  Turka  let 
the  beard  gruw  in  full  luxuriance,  while 
the  Per-^ians  cut  and  trim  that  upon  the 
cliiu  and  the  sides  of  the  face  aecordini 
to  fashion.  In  Turkey  it  is  considered 
an  infamy  to  liave  the  beard  cut  off,  and 
the  slaves  of  the  seraglio  are  shaved  as  a 
murk  of  their  servile  condition. 
Previou8  to  the   reign   of  Alexander 

'thb  Great  the '  Greeks  wore  beards,  l)ut 
during  the  wkrs' of  that 'monarch  they 
commenced  shaving,  the  practice  having 
been  suggested,  it  is  said,  by  Alexander 
for  the  purpose  of  depriving  the  enemy 
of  nu  opportunity  of  catching  the  sol- 
diers by  the  beard.  The  fashion  thus 
begun,  continued  until  the  reign  of  Jus- 
tinian, when  long  beards  ngdin  become 
customary.  '  The  year  300  B.  C.  is  given 
as  the  time,  about  which  the  Romans 
commenced  the  practice  of  shaving,  and 
Scipio  Africaims  was,  according  to  Pli- 
ny, the  first  of  Romans  who  daily  sub- 
mitted to  the  razor.  The  anticpie  busts 
and  coiua  pruve  that  the  Roman  Emper- 

,  ors  shiived  until  the  time  of  Hadrian,  who 
is  said  to  have  let  bis  beard  grow  to  con- 
ceal an  ugly  scar.  The  philosophers, 
however,  ft-om  tlie  earliest  periods  seem 


to  have  attVctetl  the  full-grown  beard,  it 
being  esteemed  by  them,  as  among  the 
Greeks,  a  symbol  of  wisdom.  All  the 
ancient  inhabitants  of  Europe  wore 
beards  at  the  earliest  period  of  \\'hich 
any  record  exists.  The  fashion,  how- 
ever, seems  to  have  varied  with  them 
subsequently  at  different  times.  The 
Lombards  or  Longobards  derived^  their 
name  from  tiie  practice  oT  going  uushav- 
-ed.  We  learn  from  Tacitus,  that  the 
ancient  Germans  cultivated  the  beard 
from  its  first  growth  until  they  had  kill- 
ed an  enemy  in  battle,  and  from  Julias 
Ca-sar  that  the  Britons  merely  allowed 
the  mustache  to  grow.  Until  the  intro- 
duction of  Christianity,  the  Anglo  Sax- 
ons all  wore  beards  without  distinction  ; 
but  tlien  the  clergy  were  coiupelled  by 
law  to  sliave. 

The  English  princes  were  in  tlie  hab- 
it, of  wearing  mustaches  till  the  conquest 
of  William  I.,  and  they  felt  it  to  be  a 
very  great  indignity  when  the  conquer- 
or compelled  them  to  cut  them  oft",  in 
accordance  with  the  Norman  fashion. 
The  practice  and  precepts  of  Christian 
fathei-s,  who,  like  the  Jewish  rabbis,  de- 
nounced shaving  as  a  violation  of 
the  law  of  God,  made  the  wearing  of 
the  beard  during  the  early  mediaeval 
centuries  a  distinguishing  fashion  of  the 
coutiuental  kings,  nobles,  and  dignitari- 
es- Royal  pel'sonages  were  in  the  hab- 
it of  weaving  gold  with  the  beiird,  or 
ornamenting  it  with  tlie  tags  of  that 
metal.  Of  long  beards,  one  of  the  most 
wonderful,  was  that  of  a  German  artist 
by  the  name  of  John  Mayo,  who  was 
called  John  the  Bearded;  it  readied  tlie 
ground  when  he  stood  up,  and  be  was 
conseci^ueutly  obliged  to  tuck  it  into  his 
girdle.  '1^11  the  separation  of  the  Greek 
from  the  Latin  church,  which  began  iu 
the  8th  century,  the  pope,  emperors,  no- 
bles, and  except  in  England,  the  priests 
had  scnipulously  abstained  from  the  use 
of  the  razor.  Leo  TTI,  to  distinguish 
himself  from  the  patriarch  of  Constan- 
tinople, removed  his  beard.  Thirty 
years  later  Gregory  IV,  pursuing  the 
same  system,  enjoined  fealties  upon  ev- 
ery bearded  priest.  In  the  twelvth  cen- 
tury the  prescription  which  required  all 
the  clergy  to  shave  their  faces,  was  ex- 
tended to  the  laity,  and  even  to  monarchs. 
Godefroi,  bishop  of  Amiens,  refused  the 
offerings  of  any  one  who  wore  a  beard. 

A  preacher  directed  his  eloquence 
against  king. Henry  I  of  England  be- 
cause he  wore  a  beard,  and  the  monarch 
yielded.  Frederick  Barbarossa  offered 
a  similar  example  of  resiguation.  The 
confe.?ision  of  Louis  VII,  of  France  refus- 
ed him  absolution  till  lie  submitted  to 
lose  his  beard.  This  was  not  long  kept 
up.  In  the  thirteentli  ceutiu-y  Pope 
Houorius  III,  in  order  to  conceal  a  dis- 
figured lip,  allowed  his  beard  to  grow, 
and  inaugurated  a  new  fashion,  which 
became  prevalent  in  Europe  in  the  age 
of  Francis  I.  The  right,  of  the  clergy 
to  wear  their  beanls  was  then  again,  dis- 
puted. Francis  imposed  a  heavy  tax 
upon  every  bearded  bishop,  and  in  1501 
the  college  of  the  Sorbonne  decided  af- 
ter mature  delii)eraf  ioti  that  a  beard  was 
contrary  to  sacerdotal  modesty.  In  the 
reign  of  Henry  iX,  there  were  various 
styles,  distinguished  as  the  pointed  beard , 
the  square  beard,  the  round  beard,  the 
aureole  beard,  the  fan-shaped  beard,  and 
the  artichoke-leaf  beard.  In  England, 
during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
the  beard  was  worn  geuerally  by  those 
of  higher  ranks,  and  was  trimmed  in  a 
style  more  or  less;  distinctive  »f  each 
class. 

The  fashion  of  wearing  the  beard  de- 
clined uhder  the  Stuarts,  and  at  the  res- 


toration there  was  no  hair  worn  iqton 
the  face,  but  the  moustache,  which  how- 
ever,  was  luxuriantly  cultivated  by  the 
courtiei-s  and  gallants  of  those  days. 
The  decline  of  the  beard  in  France  dates 
from  Louis  XHI,  and  in  Spain  from  the 
accession  of  Philip  8.  The  Russians  re- 
tained their  beards  until  Peter  the  Great 
etumed  from  his  AVesteri)  tour,  when 
one  of  bis  first  edicts  toward  the  com- 
pulsory civilization  of  his  people  had 
reference  to  the  beard.  He  taxed  this 
appendage,  and  afterward  ordered  all 
those  he  found  bearded  to  have  the  hair 
plucked  out  with  pincers  or  shaven  with 
a  blunt  razor.  Thus  the  practice  of  shav- 
ing became  almost  universal  in  Europe, 
until  a  comparatively  recent  period. 

France  was  the  first  to  return  to  the 
old  fashion  of  wearing  the  beard,  and 
England  was  the  last. — Am.  End. 


IIY  .lOnN  FOKNF.Y. 

WHAT  is  fashion?     1.     The    make 
or    form    of  anything;    pattern, 
model,  workmanship,  execution. 

2,  Prevailing  mode  or  style,  espec- 
ially of  dress.  3.  Mode  of  action,  man- 
ner, sort  way. —  Webster. 

According  to  the  above  definitions, 
fashion  is  something  of  a  life-long  work 
to  catch  or  keep  up  with,  !is  will  be 
seen  from  this  essay.  Fashion  iu  its  va- 
rious aspects,  is  very  difficult  to  learn  or 
keep  up  with.  It  costs  a  great  deal  of 
sacrifice  of  study,  labor  and  money.  We 
will  cite  the  reader  tothe  visible  works 
of  God,  how  wonderful  he  fashioned 
the  firmament.  Behold  the  sun,  moon, 
and  stars  innuinerable.  Then  turn  your 
eye  and  behold  this  gidbe,  with  the  an- 
imal and  vegetable  kingdoms^with  the 
watery  worlds,  and  you  withsne  will  at 
once  acknowledge  that  it  requires  a  life 
long  study  to  learn  fully  the  form  or 
fashion  and  beauty  of  it.  You  see  there 
is  room  plenty  for  the  astrologer,  the  as- 
tronomer, the  botanist  and  philosopher 
to  spend  a  life-time  to  learn  the  fashion 
of  God's  handiwork.  I  ask  you,  dear 
reader,  to  spend  a  few  moments  with 
nie,  and  look  at  the  changes  of  the  fash- 
ions of  this  world,  and  you  will  see  what 
trouble  of  mind,  what  expense  of  labor 
and  money  it  costs  to  keep  apace. 

Let  U9  stop  a  little  with  the  fanner, 
as  I  am  with  him  just  now.  He  is  not 
so  fast  !is  some  others,  but  he,  too,  is 
changeable  in  fashion.  I  knowhim  more 
than  fifty  years,  and  saw  the  fashion  of 
his  tools  and  labor.  I  handled  the  wood 
en  plow  with  its  wooden  mold-board, 
the  cheap  liarness,  collar,  luidle,  and  a 
leather  strap  over  the  back,  to  bold  the 
iron  traces,  and  a  single  line;  this  form- 
ed the  harness  to  plow.  The  reaper 
was  a  crooked  jieace  of  steel  plated  iron 
about  two  feet  long  with  fine  teeth  and 
wooden  handleto  fit  the  hand  of  the  man, 
and  cost  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  cents. 
This  we  took  in  one  hand  and  smote  the 
grain,  holding  it  the  same  time  with  the 
other  haud;  when  all  the  hand  could 
hold  was  cut,  it  was  laid  on  the  gi-ound 
and  picked  up  and  bound  while 
walking  back,  after  we  had  cut  to  the 
end  of  the  field.  The  grain  was  only 
cut  one  way.  Tiie  mower  was  a  thin 
blade  of  German  steel.  This  was  ham- 
mered about  once  a  day  by  the  user, 
alougthe  edge  with  ahammer,  on  a  steel ■ 
faced  stock,  to  sharpen  instead  of  grind' 
ing,  as  in  later  years  we  used  English 
steel  scythes  as  we  then  called  them. 

All  the  hay  raking  was  done  with  the 
hand  rake  by  men  and  women,  Hii 
threshing  machine  was  two  sticks   of 


round  wood,  one  about  four  feet,  the 
other  two  feet  and  a  half  long  bound 
together  by  two  leather  straps,  and  call- 
ed a  flail.  This  machine  the  user  took 
in  his  hands  and  brought  down  on  the 
;rain  he  had  laid  on  the  floor,  for  days 
and  weeks.  This  machine  a  man  could 
make  in  one  hour,  and  use  it  for  years 
without  much  repairing.  M'^e  will  not 
forget  the  farmer's  wife.  She  too  had 
things  in  fashion  then  as  well  as  now. 
Fifty  years  ago  her  musical  insti'u- 
ment  was  aflax  heckle,  a  spinning  wheel 
and  weaving  loom.  These  you  could 
hear  her  sound  a  great  part  of  her  time, 
and  in  the  cold  Winter  days  from  early 
in  the  morning  till  late  at  night,  while 
-she  sung  her  sweet  songs  for  the  baby, 
and  if  it  would  sleep  then  her  soul 
would  swell  loud  songs  of  praise  to  God, 
Avhile  her  busy  hands  spun  the  thread, 
and  the  daughter  also  followed  after  her 
mother  in  the  same  fashion,  in  using  the 
same  instruments.  Methinks  I  can  al- 
most see  and  hear  them  cow.  I  have 
not  time  nor  space  to  tell  you  half  of  the 
fashion  of  the  farmer's  ^vife  in  that  day; 
but  I  can  tell  you  one  thing  more.  Her 
meals  were  prepared,  simple  aud  health- 
ful and  nutritious.  And  she  also  knew 
whatside  of  the  plate  her  husband  would 
eat  from,  and  she  had  a  fashion  to  always 
put  that  side  up,  when  placed  on  tlie  ta- 
ble. And  you  would  be  astonished  If 
I  would  tell  how  her  bread  pans  were 
made,  and  her  washing  machine  and 
many  other  things  that  were  then  in  fash- 
ion, but  I  forbear  at  this  iime.  She 
now  has  au  organ,  a  piano,  costing  from 
two  to  three  hundred  dollar,  in  place 
of  the  former  articles  which  cost  twenty- 
five  to  thirty  dollars. 

I  might  here  note  the  mechanic,  aud 
see  how  he  has  done.  He  used  to  make 
his  horse  shoes  and  nails  all  by  haud, 
and  put  a  shoe  on  for  twenty-five  cents. 
Now  he  gets  both  shoe  and  nail  from  the 
factory,  and  he  now  charges  fifty  to 
seventy-five  cents  a  shoe.  And  in  many 
other  things  he  has  changed  his  fashion. 
The  cabinet  maker  used  to  make  what 
he  sold  and  would  sell  many  things  for 
one  half  what  he  now  charges.  For  a 
bureau,  fifty  yeai's  ago,  he  charged  ten 
to  twelve  dollai-a,  nowtwenty  to  twenty-  ■ 
five  dollars.  For  a  coffin,  he  used  to 
charge  one  dollar  per  foot  in  length; 
now  from  three  to  five  dollars,  and  so 
changed  his  fashion  of  doing  business. 

The  tobacco  consumer  also  changed 
fashion.  He  must  now  smoke  five  cent 
cigars,  instead  of  five  for  one  cent,  and 
one  at  ten  cents,  in  place  of  one  cent 
fifty  years  ago. 

AVe  come  now  into  the  printing  office, 
aud  we  also  find  the  fashion  of  things 
greatly  changed  since  the  last  fifty  years. 
From  the  old  AVashington  hand  press, 
we  have  come  to  the  Hoe  cylinder,  the 
Bullock  and  other  noted  presses  by 
which  from  one  thousand  to  twenty 
thousand  copies  can  be  printed  in  an 
hour.  To  get  a  paper  ready,  the  fash- 
ion of  writing,  the  fashion  of  type-set- 
ting, printing,  folding  and  mailing  must 
be  followed.  These  are  necessary  fashions, 
and  like  the  farmer  who  follows  the  fash- 
ion of  plowing,  must  be  resorted  to  in 
order  to  do  good.  The  bestrnode  of  dress- 
ing, we  all  follow,  but  we  need  not  fol- 
low unnecessary,  foolish  dr&ssing.  This 
God  forbids. 

We  will  next  take  a  look  at  Christen- 
dom. It  also  has  changed  its  fashions 
.very  much  iu  fifty  years.  I  well  rememi- 
ber  the  time  when  the  ministry  of  near- 
ly all  the  sects  in  the  Union,  wore  plain 
clothing,  and  the  women  young  and 
old  covered  their  heads  at  the  time  of 
worship,  as  Paul  instructed  in  1  Cor.  11. 


September    IQ. 


TiiE  bi=?eth:rei\^  at  "work:. 


3 


Many  of  the  ministers  weiR  so  i-oiisuien- 
tious,  that  they  would  not  perform  tlie 
niairiH<;e  cpreniouy  iinltss  ihe  bride  had, 
II  proper  covering  on  —  ft  (-'ap,  sntli  •i-'' 
was  ill  iiae  in  the  house  of  worship.  One 
rcftsou  tor  this  may  liavc  ln^en,  tliefiisli- 
ion  was  then,  the  minister  had  always 
prayer  In-fore  the  marriage.  1  Tim.  '2: 1. 
Nor  would  he  have  Ijrolien  the  bread  of 
Communion  to  her  without  being  thus 
covered.  Neither  would  the  minister' 
introduce  the  latest  chauge'of  dress  in- 
to the  church,  or  himself  belong  to  any 
worldly,  secret  order,  or  use  the  mourn- 
i-r's  bench.  But  the  fashion  of  these 
tilings  has  also  changed;  even  the  fash- 
ion of  singing,  of  praying  and  of  preach- 
ing. And  I  might  note  a  thousand  oth- 
er things  by  the  way  that  ^dianged  its 
fashion,  some  for  the  better  and  some  for 
the  woi-se.  But  both  editors  and  the 
readers  would  become  weary,  if  I  would 
lead  tlieni  the  rounds  and  show-  them 
how  often,  and  in  what  way,  the  world 
has  changed  its  fashions,  in  farmin; 
buying  and  selling;  in  shipping  goods, 
by  water  and  land;  in  sending  news 
with  lightuingspeed.  The  steam  thie.sh 
er  worth,  2,000  dollars,  has  taken  the 
place  of  two  round  sticks  of  wood  and 
two  little  leather  straps,  in  all  worth 
twenty-Jive  cents.  The  great  steam  plow 
steps  in  i^lace  of  the  one  with  the  wood- 
en mold-board.  The  tlireehundred-dol- 
lar  self-binding  reaper  machine,  took 
the  place  of  the  seventy-five  cent  little 
crooked  hand  sickle  of  my  boyhood  days. 
Behold  the  steam  ship,  the  locomotive, 
the  steam  power  printing  press, — all 
these  are  now  in  fashion.  As  Paul  said, 
time  would  fail  me,  if  I  would  tell  of  the 
changes  of  the  fashions,  in  the  various 
educational  departments,  and  fashions  of 
the  world  in  dress,  since  my  boyhood 
days.  We  all  know  what  the  fashions 
of  things  are'at  the  pres';nt  time;  but 
who  can  tell  what  will  be  next  year? 

I  will  now  come  to  the  important  part 
of  fashion,  that  which  more  particnlarly 
interests  me  and  my  brethren  and  sister.s, 
and  God-fearing  people.     I  was  a  boy 
fond  of  fashion,  when  in  my  unconvert- 
ed state,  but  found  it  very  annoying  to 
the  mind,  trouble  to  the  person  and  very 
r'.vpensive,  becauseof  its  frequent  chaugesi. 
()ne  cannot  be  in  fashion  unless  he  con- 
forms pretty  closely  to  tlie  order.     As  I 
was  a  reader  of  the  Bible  when  a  school- 
boy, I  had  learned  at  school  that  costly 
array,  worldly  fashions  of  gay  clothing 
and  pride,  were  not  found  among  God's 
people.     But  Christ  said,    those    in  fine 
and  soft  raiment  are  found  in  king's  courts. 
These  things  with  many  others,  in  which 
I  lived  in  fashion  of  the  world,  in    con- 
versation, in  jesting,  in  laughter  and    in 
n    number    of  other    things   which    the 
Scripture  forbids,     these  things  became 
very   soul-condemning   to  me.      And  a 
man  of  fashion  I  was,  and  a  man  of  fash- 
ion 1  wanted  to  be.     I  found  I  could  be 
no  longer  in  fashion  with  the  world,  be- 
cause of  its  opposition  to    God's    Law, 
What  must  take  place  here?    A  change, 
a  new  birth,    a  new    man.      This   new 
man  must  have  a  new    fashion    of    life, 
of  conduct,  of  conversation.     For  a  man 
of  fashion  I  still  was,  and  remain  to   be 
one  to-day.     But  the   apostle    gave    ad- 
vice, 1  Peter  1: 13,  U,  15.     "Wherefore 
gild  up  the  loins  of  your    mind,   be  so- 
ber and  hope  to  the    end   for  the    grace 
that  is  to  be  brought   unto  yon    at   the 
Kcvelafcion  of  Jesus  Christ,    as  obedi- 
ent children,  not  fashioning   yourselves 
according  to  the  former  lusts  in  your  ig- 
norance; but  a-s  he  which  has  called  you 
is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy    in    all  manner  of 
convei-sation."     This  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
One  that  has  called  us  to    fashion  after 


him.  I  have  covenanted  over  forty  years 
ago  that  I  would  fiishion  after  him,  and 
Hud  it  a  life-long  work;  not  because  he 
changes  his  fashion  of  life  or  dress  year- 
ly, like  the  world  does.  That  is  not  the 
trouble,  that  it  costs  me  so  much  labor. 
You  know  dear  reader,  the  world  has 
a  book  to  describe  the  many  fashions 
of  the  world.  It  gives  the'  pictures  and 
describes  every  article  of  dress.  God 
also  gave  us  a  book,  tlie  Holy  Bible.  In 
this  Book  we  can  learn  the  whole  fash- 
ion of  Christ,  our  Elder  Brother.  This 
Book  I  carried  in  my  pocket  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  read  it  again  and  again,  to 
learn  the  conduct  of  Jesus,  that  I  may  be 
conformed  unto  him. 

You  know  brethren,  the  world  is  very 
particular  t-6  come  right  up  to  every  fash- 
ion, even  to  the  trimmingof  the  hairand 
beard.  How  much  more  should  we  see 
to  it,  that  we  come  up  to  the  whole  fiish- 
ion of  Christ's  life  and  image.  We  should 
walk  as  he  walked,  and  talk  as  he  talk- 
ed, j)ray  as  he  prayed,  love  as  he  loved, 
weep  as  he  we])t,  be  clothed  is  he  was, 
with  humility,  preach  like  he  preached, 
suftVr  shame  and  persecution  as  he  did, 
bless  when  we  are  cur.-5ed,  pray  for  those 
who  despiteiully  use  us, — in  short,  we 
must  fashion  after  him  in  every  e.\ample 
he  gave  us,  as  near  as  we  can  learn  it ; 
if  it  comes  to  tlie  trimming  of  the  hair 
the  wearing  of  the  beard;  for  he 
said,  "He  that  is  ashamed  of  me,  and 
y  words,  of  him  will  1  be  ashamed  al- 
so, before  my  Father  and  his  holy  an- 
angels."  We  have  no  right  to  protest 
a^-ainst  the  fashion  of  our  Lord  and 
Master. 

I  said  in  the  beginning  of  my  article, 
that  fashion  is  a  life-long  work  to  catch 
np'  with.  So  is  the  fashion  of  the  life 
of  Jesus.  Ihave  labored  long  and  hard 
for  many  yeai-s,  and  still  find  plenty'  to 
do;'  to  become  more  fully  conformed  to 
his  image,  that  I  may  be  made  conform- 
able to  his  death;  that  I  may  be  like 
him  when  he  comes,  and  see  him  as, he 


Oh  what  a  pity  it  is  that  once  in 
awhile,  one  fails  by  the  way,  or  gets 
tired  of  the  fashion  of  the  life  of  Christ, 
goesback  into  the  low,  filthy  and  hurt- 
ful fashions  of  the  world,  to  fulfill  the 
lust  of  the  flesh.  Let  us  pray  brethren 
that  we  may  be  led  by  the  Spirit  of 
Christ;  that  the  same  Spirit  which  rais- 
ed lip  Christ,  will  also  quicken  our  mor- 
tal body,  and  fashion  it  as  his  own  glori 
ous  body,  is  my  prayer. 


THE  RESULT  OF   GODS  GRACE  IS 
MANIFESTED  IN  OBEDIENCE 


"And   be  not    conformed    to    this 


ery  demantl  and  need,  so  that  we  need 
not  excuse  oursejves  and  say  that  we 
can't — that  we  are  too  weak  to  obey 
God,  in  this  iis  well  as  all  other  com- 
mands; because  we  are  not  to  trust  ov 
rely  upon  self  in  our  services  to  God.  If 
we  do,  we  wi\\  always  find  that  we  can't 
— that  we  are  too  weak;  but  Paul  says. 
that,  "lean  do  all  thing's  tiirou^di  C'lin-.t 
th!itstivrigHu-ti^  m.'."  W'lini  l':.nl  |.r:.y- 
ed  fur  the  thorn  in  his  llu^h  tu  br  irmnv- 
ed,  then  Goci  told  him,  you  and,  me, 
that  his' grace  is  sufficient. 

So  it  is  dear  reader,  in  every  point  of 
duty  that  is  enjoined  upon  ns,  and  when 
we  find  oui-aelves  too  weak  to  obey  any 
of  God's  commands,  we  may  know  that 
we  have  not  a  sufficiency  of  God's  grace 
to  cleanse  our  hearts  and  fo  purify  our 
souls,  and  to  present  oiir  bodies  a  living 
sacrifice  before,  God,  hence  our  case  is 
critical,  tlepltii-able.  We  claim,  we, can't, 
we  are  too  weak,  but  whose  fault  is  it? 
Certainly,  not  God's;  for  he  saj's^  "  my 
grace  is  sufficient."  It  is  well  enough 
that  we  feel  our  weakness  in  the  obedi- 
ence of  every  command.  Let  us  go  to 
the  inexhaustible  fountain  of  his  grace 
and  draw  a  sufficiency  of  that  divine 
power  to  enable  us  to  overcome  thi 
weakness  of  the  flesh;  then  in  our  obe 
dience  to  God,  we  will  feel  very  sensibly 
that  it  is  Eo  more  J  thati  do  it, 
but  it  is  the  grace  of  God  which  is 
n  me;  then  we  can  experimentally  say, 
'My  Lord  is  my  helper  in  every  time  of 
need." 

The  Lord  is  very  gracious  and  loving- 
ly disposed  toward  us,  that  he  always 
makes  a  way  possible  for  our  escape, 
and  it  is  by  and  through  the  power  of 
his  grace.  AVe  are  tempted .  sometimes 
of  Satan  not  to  obey,  and  he  will  do  it 
liy  Ivorkirig  upon  ohr  fallen  nature,  caus- 
in"  us^tb  i'eel  too  we'iik,  aiid  at  the'sanie 
time  causing  lis  to  feel, secure;  will  cause 
us  to  reason  with  ourselves  thus,  that 
God  i>  too  merciful  to  coiulem  us,  for 
not  doiug,a  tiling,  that  we  are  even  too 
Weak  ;to  dp;  Iiyt  lie  fails  to  impress  our 
minds  with  the  understftiiding  thiit  he 
has. made  a  way  for  xis  to  escaite  thisigreat 
w(-;tlai'i-is  of  .mis.  If  God'.-)  grace  wer 
not  •.iilli.'i'iit  foi' nil  this,  I  Wfnild  not 
i^rivra  fnrHiinirfor  it;  for  without  it; 
are  poor,  helpless  creaturii's,  so  iii'ilch 
that  we  can  do  nothing  e.^cept  the  Lord 
be  with  us.  Then  in  regard  to  the  whole 
line  of  duty  as  commanded  us  of  our 
Divine  Father  in  the  Gospel,  we  must 
lean  upon  his  staff,  trusting  in  his 
strength  and  the  power  of  his  might 
Everv  command  naturally  draws  us  to 
God  to  find  grace  and  strength  to  do  it. 
As  remarked,  the  above  cominand  is 
ju.it  as  binding  lis  any  other  comihand; 
and  I  will  further  say,  that  God  has  de- 


but be  ye  transibrmett  by  the  renewing  of -your    sll'ed  something  good  and  noble  in  com- 


niind,  thut  ye  may  prove  what  is  tliat  good  and 
acceptable  nud  perfect  willol'  God."  Rom.  12:  2. 

HEKE  is  a  command  that  is  just  as 
binding  as  any  other  command  in 
the  New  Testament,  and  if  disregarded 
and  disobeyed,  we  certainly  will  have 
to  account  for  it,  and  answer  for  our  re- 
bellious charact'!!-.  It  is  not  safe  to  de- 
viate a  particle  from  God's  holy  com- 
mands given  us  by  his  authonzed  ser- 
vants. 

See  how  Moses  failed  of  the  promis- 
ed inheritance,  just  because  he  failed  to 
obey  God's  command  in  part,  in  just  one 
single  instance,  and  this  is  given  as  an 
example.  We  have  decided  advantage 
oyer  Moses,  of  the  abundance  of 
God's  gi'ace  under  this  the  covenant  of 
grace;  so  we  certainly  will  be  more  re- 
sponsible for  our  disobedience  than  Mo- 
ses; fbr.God's  , grace  under  the  present 
dispensation,  is  also  sufficient  for  pur  ev-, 


anding  us  to  be  non-conformed  to  this 
world.  And  there  is  just  as  much  im- 
portance in  it  as  in  every  cominand  giv- 
en. It  tends  in  its  nature  to  mould  and 
form  characters;  create  and  establish  ho- 
liness, and  beget  within  us  godly  reV- 
evence  and  a  filial  fear,  because  we  are 
surrounded  Avith  milch  of  the  world, 
and  even  so  much'  of  it  in  our  falle'ii  na- 
ture, that  wehavegot  to  be  very  watch- 
ful and  prayerful,  so  as  to  alj^tain  from 
the  very  appearance  of  evil,  especially 
in  dress;  for  there  is  apparently  no  ex- 
cess so  great  in  the  world  in  anything 
else,  than  there  is  in  dress.  Ami  noth- 
ing else  tends  so  greatly  to  destioy  the 
sociability  of  the  human  family. 

The  pool-  are  not  able,  and  cannot 
cope  ■with  the  wealthy;  and  on  the  ac- 
count of  ftishion,  of  line  dressing  they 
(ire  drive;n',  from  the  sanctuary^^  p^^  _the 
Lord.    ButjiS^y^  one,,  ,i;^,,(5an'jt,,,8?,§  anj^ 


harm  in  dresaiug  tlut;,  just  so  one  is  not 
proud  with  it;  aiid  another  will  siiy, 
there  isno  harm  lii  havingour  clothes 
made  in  the  fjisluon^for  we  are  not  com- 
mandcdhPw  to  cutaad  makeour  clothes. 
But  dear  reader,  wn  are  positively  com- 
manded by  the  gi'eat  Law-Giver  not  to 
conform  to  this  world. 

Now  to  try  your  JissertiPns  as  above, 
suppose  that-wejili  a,t  this  tune  belmig- 
ad  to  a  fashionable  church,  and  about 
next  year  the  world  changes  its  fashions, 
can  we  in  the  name  of  our  God  and  in 
the  name  of  our  holy  religion^  couform 
to  the  world  in  fashion  the  i  next  year 
too,  and  do  no  violence  to  this  com-  - 
maud?  Certainly  not.  Then  the  nest 
query  is,  does  God  give  a  cominand 
aud  leave  it  at  our  option  to  obey  it  or 
not  i  or  can  we  stand  justified  in  the  sight 
of  God,  M'hether  we-  obey  or  disobey! 
Certainly  not.  Then  "siiiipose  we  "are 
determined  by  the  g^hcd  '  of  God, 'to  be 
oljedient  and  faithful  servants,  though 
weare  fashionable  at  thistime;  but  about 
the  next  year,  the  world  begins  to  leave 
us  in  fashion,  and  the  next  a  little  more 
and  so  on ;  how  long  do  you  suppose  it 
\vould  be  until  we  ^vould  be  odd  and 
peculiar  in  the  sight  of  the  world  and 
fashionable  Christians. 

Now  this  is  just  the  way  the  B\;ethrea 
got  their  present  oi-der.  It  ivas  once  the 
fashion  of  the  world,  but  they,  respect- 
ing the  above  command,  and  fearing  to 
disobey  it,  stood  steadfast  and  have  part- 
ly retained    it    until    the    present   time. 

THE  INFLUENCE  OF  FICTION 
ON  THE   MIND. 

I  AM  notabout  to  enter  upon  a  crusade 
against  the  perusal  of  works  of  fic- 
tion. I  should  be  sorry  to  debar  any 
from  "  Prince  of  the  House  of  David,"  oi* 
"  Pilgrim's  Progress."  But  I  do  pj-oteat 
against  the  constant  'and  indiscriminate 
perusal  of  romance  in  which  so  many 
iiidulge.  '  In  the  use  of  such  stimulants, 
I  am  an  advocate,  nPt  of  total  absti- 
lien cp,  but   of  temperance  principles. 

Carefully  ii^d  and  digest  several  books 
of  history  or  of  biography,  several 
boPks  of  voyages  liud  travels,  several 
books  of  ;g'uod  theology,  and,  at  least,  a 
bPokortw*  of  science.  If  you  exam- 
ine some  of  our  cii'culating  libraries, 
you  will  find  a  very  difi^erent  proportion 
— far  more  works  of  fiction  than  works 
of  truth.  Those  who  consume  this  gar- 
bage will  soon  take  its  hue,  as  the  worm 
takes  the  color  of  the  green  herbage  on 
which  it  feeds;  and  the  furnishing  of 
their  mind  becomes  excessively  like  the 
circulating  libraries  to  which  I  have  re- 
ferred; a  strange  medley,  in  which  the 
vain  aud  fictitious  occupies  a  far  larger 
place  than  the  real  and  the  solid.  Nor 
let  it  be  urged  by  the  novel  reader  that 
he  does  not  believe  the  tale  when  he 
reads  it,  so  uo  evil  can  possibly  arise 
from  the  perusal  of  it;  for  the  mischief 
may  be  produced  altogether  independ- 
ent of  his  belief  oi-  disbelief.  It  arises 
from  the  impressions  produced,  uncon- 
sciously abiding  and  unconsciously  op- 
erating. Like  the  poison  cuught  from 
visiting  an  infected  district,  it  is  drawu 
into  the  system  without  one's  being 
awaie  of  the  precise  spot  from  which  it 
comes,  or  even  of  ifci  existence. — Sel^ 


We  gain  nothing  by  falsehood,  but 
the  disadvantage  of  not  beiut;  believed, 
when  we  speak  the  truth. 

The  best  and  sweetest  flowers  of  Par- 
adise God  gives  to  his  people  when  they 
are  upon  their  knees.  Prayer  is  the 
gate  of  heaven,  or  key  to  let  us  into 
Paf %dise. ; 


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September    1*2. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Duo.  S.  II.  BAsnoB  ia  dul/  oulhoriiocl,  by  >n  n 
Lrmeling  oorrcspomlcDt  ntiii  ngenl  for  Ilio  Bnimm 
ffoBK  nnd  will  rceeito  Bubacripllont  for  ihe  Hanie 
Mfulnr  rnlea.  AU  liuainc«a  iraOHiioIca  by  him  for  t 
ice.  will  bu  liic  ■wiio  M  if  Jono  by  Durfielvcs. 


Thb  Dbetdhes  *t  Work  "ill  bo  ssal  poat-pnid,  W  any 
iddrcgs  in  Ihe  Uniled  Stnies  or  Cnnndo,  for  51  60  pet 
Mmum.  Thoso  acnding  ten  names  mid  51600,  will  rB- 
oelTe  BD  tiira  copy  frco  of  ehnrgo.  For  nil  oTot  this 
number  lli«  ngcol  will  be  ttllu.ved  10  cmla  for  cnch  ndJi- 
UoDAl  ni«no,  wLioh  nmoiint  ciiii  he  deducted  from  the 
money,  boforo  acndiug  it  to  ua.  Mouuy  Ordcra,  Dmfis, 
ftnd  BcBislored  Lcltcrs  mny  bo  sent  nl  our  riait.  They 
ehould  he  mode  pnynbic  to  Moore  &  Ealiclinnn, 

Subaoripliona,  find  coniniunicalionB  inlcnileil  for  the  pa- 
per. M  woll  as  nil  bluincsa  iiinHeia  conntclca  with  the  of- 
Gce  should  bo  nildrCBsed 

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FRAGMENTS  FOR  THE  HDNGRY. 

Anger— Knowing  God— A  Bottle  In  The  Smoke 
—First  Lord's  Day  In  September— Baptists 
And  Bible  Christians-Yeilow  Fever  Sufferers 
—How  We  Are  Saved— The  Bereaved  Mother, 

SENECA  ?nys:  "  AiiKcr  is  au  agitiilion  of  the 
miiid  that  proceeds  to  the  resolution  of  n 
revenge,  Ihc  mind  assenting  to  it.  It  is  im  idle 
tbeoi'y  to  :preteiid  tliftt  we  cannot  govern  our 
augev;  for  some  things  tliat  wo  do,  nre  niucli 
harder  tliaii  others  that  we  ought  to  do. 
Thrnsippus,  in  his  drink,  fell  foul  upon  the  cru- 
elties of  Pisistratus;  who,  when  he  was  urged 
by  several  to  make  an  example  of  him  said: 
'  Why  should  I  he  angry  with  a  man  who  stum- 
bles upon  me  blindfold?'  The  moderation  of 
Antigoniis  was.  remarkable.  Some  of  his  sol- 
diers were  railing  at  him  one  night,  where  there 
was  but  a  hanging  between  them.  Antigonus 
overheard  them,  and  putting  it  gently  aside, 
'  Soldiers,'  said  he,  '  stand  a  little  farther  off,  for 
fear  the  king  should  hear  yo-i.'  "  At  another 
time  his  soldiers  were  taken  into  a  foul  road 
and  then  they  began  to  curse  their  leader.  He 
weutito  them,  without  making  himself  known, 
and  helped  them  out.  "Now,"  said  he,  "you 
may  curee  him  who  brought  you  into  the  mire, 
provided  you.  bless  him  who  took  you  out." 
Philip  of  Macedonia,  the  great  king,  was  visited 
once  by  ambassadors  from  Athens.  "  Tell  me, 
gentlemen,"  said  he,  "  what  is  there  that  I  can 
do  to  oblige  the  Athenians?"  Democharos, 
one  of  the  ambassadors  replied,  that  they  would 
regard  it  as  a  great  favor  if  he  would  be.  pleased 
to  hang  himself.  Those  around  the  king  be- 
came very  angry  at  this  insult,  but  Philip  cool- 
ly replied:  "You,  the  rest  of  the  ambassadors, 
pray  tell  the  Athenians,  that  it  is  worse  to  speak 
such  things  than  to  hear  and  forgive  them." 
Many  Christian  profeMSors  could  leurn  lessons 
from  those  heathen  philosophers,  So  many 
cannot  under.ii.ind  how  a  maji  can  endure  the 
hoi-d  look.s,  Uie  biird  speeches  of  those  who  are 
angrj'.  It  is  more  easy  to  bear  all  in  meekness, 
than  to  wallow  in  the  mire  of  anger  with  them. 
He  who  returns  auger  for  anger  is  uo  better 
than  he  who  was  first  angrj'.  If  the  outward 
nppeariince  of  anger  is  so  hideous,  what  must 
the  mind  look  like?  Reason  cannot  dwell 
where  anger  is;  nor  will  good  manners,  friend- 
ship, good  coun.sel  and  sincere  devotion  find  a 
lodgment  in  the  angry  heart.  It  is  a  vice  that 
has  neither  pleasure  nor  profit  in  it. 

It  is  true  that  "  wejkuow  that  we  are  of  God," 
1  John  5: 10.  The  apostles  did  not  go  about 
in  a  cringing,  doubting  manner,  saying,  "  We 
think  that  we  are  of  God,  or  we  /(el  that  God  is 
in  us,"  but  boldly, declared,  we  know  that  we  are 
of  God.  0/  Olid,  not  of  Jupiter,  not  of  Diana, 
but  of  God- the  true  and  the  living  Father. 
They  knew  that  the  Son  of  God  "is  come;" 
they  knew  that  he  had  given  them  an  under- 
standing; they  kin-w  that  they  were  In  Ilim. 
and  He  in  them;  they  knew  that  he  who  is  born 
of  God,  siuneth  not;  they  knew  that  those  who 
believe  the  Son  of  God  will  overcome  the  world. 
Yes,  they  knew,  too,  that  He  will  come  again 
to   lecaive  them   where   He   is.     This  is   the 


knowledge  which  is  from  above,^the  knowl- 
edge that  pufieth  not  up,  but  brings  forth  the 
fruit  of  meekness,  of  godliness,  of  faithfulness. 

David's  soul  longed  for  the  deliverance  of  the 
Lord,  Persecuted,  drivea,  tossed  aboutby  those 
who  should  have  befriended  him,  he  declared 
that  he  had  become  "  like  a  bottle  in  the  smoke  " 
— was  covered  and  hid,  yet  not  destroyed.  Smoke 
around  a  bottle,  may  make  it  seem  dark  and 
dreary,  may,  to  other  eyes,  look  fearful,  yet  the 
bottle  is  just  as  much  a  bottle  as  ever.  Smoke 
will  not  consume  a  bottle;  it  only  makes  the 
bottle  look  cloudy  to  us;  still  the  bottle  is  all 
right.  Though  Saul  and  his  hosts  were  smoke 
to  David — made  him  trouble  and  vexation — dug 
pits  for  him  thiit  were  not  according  to  the  law 
of  the  Lord,  yet  he  was  the  Lord's  David  as 
much  as  ever.  The  smoke  did  him  no  hai-m: 
it  only  made  him  the  brighter  whtn  it  cleared 
away.  So  with  you,  dear  brother,  dear  sister; 
when  the  smoke  of  persecution  has  cleared  away 
— when  the  hard  speeches  made  in  secret  against 
you,  when  the  angry  looks,  tlie  cold  hands,  un- 
kind ej'es  have  gone  the  way  of  all  evil,  then 
you  shall  shine  all  the  brighter.  With  these 
around,  above  and  beneath,  you  are  "  like  a  hot>- 
tle  in  the  smoke" — still  you  are  a  good,  sound 
bottle.  Only  the  Lord  has  the  power  to  let  the 
smoke  do  you  harm:  and  we  are  certain,  He 
wdl  not  let,  if  you  longinglj',  pleadingly,  lov- 
ingly look  to  Him,  There  is  still  pleasure 
being  "  wrongfully  persecuted,"  and  I  am  cer- 
tjiin  if  those  who  send  the  smoke  could  see  he 
much  good  the  "  bottle  "  gets  out  of  it,  tihey 
would  not  send  any  smoke;  for  the  object  of 
those  who  treat  ill,  is  to  hurt,  not  to  do  good. 
Happy  is  the  one  who  gets  food,  who  gets  par 
tience  and  eternal  hope  out  of  the  stripes  which 
others  lay  on. 

TuE  first  "  Lord's  day  "  in  September  was  ui 
usually  interesting  to  the  writer,  it  being  h 
thirty-fourth  birthday.  After  reading  the  G4th 
of  Isaiah,  I  devoted  an  hour  writing  to  our  be- 
loved brother  H.  C.  Butterbaugh  of  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  who,  less  than  one  year  ago 
at  this  place,  set  his  face  to  follow  Jesus.  God 
bless  him  and  all  other  young  disciples  in 
Christ! 

Meeting  at  10  A.  M.  brother  Brinkworth  first 
addressed  the  audience  from  Eccl.  12:13.  Showed 
that  Go<l  gave  conclusion  to  the  whole  matter: 

1.  Fear  God.  2.  Keep  His  commandments. 
All  know  duty,  but  fail  to  perform  it.  The  lit- 
tle girl  says:  "  Mother,  I  love  you."  "  Very 
well,  if  you  love  me,"  says  the  mother,  "  bring 
me  some  wood,"  "  0  no,"  says  the  child,  "  let 
some  ope  else  do  that;  I  want  to  stay  inhere 
and  love  you."  Does  that  child  love  its  moth- 
er? The  child*that  loves  its  mother  will  obty 
her.     The  man  who  loves  God  will  obey  Him. 

Once  on  my  way  to  meeting  in  Englimd,  imd 
before  1  came  to  the  Brethren,  I  went  to  a 
meeting  held  by  a  class  of  people  styling  them- 
selves, "  Bible  Christians."  This  term  I  liked 
very  well,  and  while  passing  along  I  overtook 
one  of  them.  In  our  conversation,  he  told  me 
he  was  a  "  Bible  Christian."  I  replied,  then  j'ou 
are  a  Baptist.  "  0  uo,"  said  he,  "  I  am  no  Bap- 
tist." I  took  the  ground  that  a  Bible  Christian 
must  be  a  Baptist,  for  the  Bible  teaches  baptism, 
and  a  Eaptiat  must  be  a  Bible  Christian.  I 
could  not  see  how  a  man  could  be  a  Bible  Chris- 
tian, yet  no  Baptist,  no  more  than  I  could  see 
how  a  man  could  be  a  Baptist  and  still  no  Bible 
Christian.  These  things  puK/.led  me  some,  but 
I  soon  aolvtd  the  matter  when  I  found  that 
those  Bible  Christians  believed  in  sprinkling. n 
little  water  on  a  person  for  baptism. 

Drother  Moore  followed,  stating  that  we  owe 
duty  (1)  to  God;  (2),  to  one  another.  Todoour 
duty  to  our  lellow-man,  will  not  save  us;  we 
must  do  our  duty  to  God  and  to  man.  A  man 
may  be  a  good,  moral  man,  yet  not  a  Christian; 
but  a  man  cannot  be  a  Christiiui  without  also 
being  a  good,  moral  man.  A  man  should  be  a 
Christian, 

1.  In  his  worship;  2.  In  his  conversation;  3. 
In  his  dealings;  i.  In  his  appearance.  To  be 
otherwise,  is  to  be  a  hypocrite,  and  a  hypocrite 
is  one  of  the  worst  persons  in  the  world. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting  an  appeal  was 
made  in  behalf  of  the  Yellow  Fever  Sufferers  in 
the  Southern  States,  and  each  seemed  willinj]; 
to  lend  substantial  sympathy.  Too  often  we 
say,  "  I  pity  them,"  and  pray  the  Lord  to  bless 
the  .Mck,  and  then  refuse  to  lend  ahelping.hond 
when  needed.    Remember,  God  has  many  ways 


of  trj'ing  us,  and  if  He  should  make  use  of  a 
Ijestilence  to  try  our  love  for  money,  do  not  be 
surprised.  When  people  and  nations  run  into 
pride,  into  covetousness,  and  unholy  desires  for 
gain  and  honor,  the  Lord  knows  how  to  humble 
them.  May  the  scourge  now  upon  many  of  our 
fellow-citizena  greatly  humble  us,  and  drive  us 
"nearer  to  God," 

The  lesson  at  3  P.  M.  was  Matt.  6:  2-1-34. 
We  were  taught  that  the  disciples  of  Jesus  can- 
not servo  two  masters;  that  they  shall  take  no 
thought  for  life,  for  food,  for  raiment,  but  trust 
in  the  living  God;  to  seek  first  the  riches  of 
God  and  his  righteousnbss  and  then  food,  rai- 
ment, health,  and  all  the  comforts  of  life  will 
God  supply. 

At  7:30  P.  M.  the  house  was  well  filled  to 
listen  to  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  Brother 
Moore  reasoned,  that  we  are  saved  by  faith, 
saved  by  repentance,  saved  by  baptism,  by  the 
blood  of  Christ,  by  grace,  by  works,  by  the 
power  of  God;  not  by  any  one  of  these  means, 
not  by  a  few  or  a  part  of  them,  but  by  all  of 
them.  Those  who  are  saved  by  the  blood  of 
Christ  are  also  saved  by  baptism,  by  grace,  by 
faith,  by  works — by  every  other  means  ordain- 
ed by  the  Lord.  The  question  is  not,  "  Am  I 
saved  by  baptism  alone,  or  by  the  blood  of  Christ 
and  baptism,  but  am  I  saved  by  alt  the  means 
set  forth  in  the  Divine  Record?"  The  man 
that  claims  to  be  saved  by  all  the  means  of  In- 
spiration, is  not  troubled  with  doubts  and  per- 
plexities— he  knows  he  is  safe  beyond  question. 

KiHD,  good  mother,  weep  not  for  your  dar- 
ling child  that  has  gone  to  rest.  Though  it 
was  young  and  tender,  your  pride,  your  joy, 
your  hope  for  future  comfort  in  old  age  perhaps, 
yet  it  belonged  to  God.  How  often  you  looked 
into  its  smiling,  tender  face,  and  kissed  its  lips 
in  token  of  your  love,  still  it  was  the  Lord's. 
It  has  gone;  God  is  able  to  bring  it  back  in  His 
own  good  time.  0  how  you  loved  to  look  after 
your  child's  want.a!  How  careful  yon  were  to 
clothe  and  feed  it,  to  watch  its  steps  lest  it  be 
burned,  or  fall  and  he  hurt,  or  be  injured  by 
some  other  means.  Day  and  nightyour  thoughts 
were  upon  your  darling  child.  Well,  who  had 
a  better  right  to  be  concerned  than  you?  Who 
could  love  more?  Who  could  watch  better? 
No  one.  G6d  bless  you  for  your  love,  your  care, 
your  watchfulness!  Over  yonder,  when  the 
heart^pangs,  when  the  bitter  sorrows,  the  trials 
of  life  are  all  gone,  you  can  join  the  dear  little 
one  in  one  harmonious  song  of  praise  to  God 
for  His  mercy — His  eternal  goodness.  0  will, 
not  that  be  sweet?  Look  to  your  beloved  Lord 
— your  Savior  who  will  heal  all  your  wounds- 
soothe  every  sorrows,  dry  up  every  tear.  0 
ble.ss  the  name  of  Jesus!  m.  a.  e. 


One  was  baptized  one-half  mile  North  of 
Lanark  last  week.  She  was  quite  young,  but 
it  is  well  to  "remember  thy  Creator  in.  the 
days  of  thy  youth," 

Elders  Martin  Meyer  and  Daniel  Fry  are 
North  on  the  Wisconsin   mission.     They 

likely  remain  about  three  weeks.     The 

is  becoming  not  only  profitable  but  interesting. 


Maxuscript  Tahlets. — We  have  juat  made 
arrangements  to  supply  a  long  felt  wantamong 
our  correspondents.  We  are  now  prepared  to 
furnish  Manuscript  Tablets,  containing  one 
hundred  sheets  of  manuscript  paper,  put  up  ir 
a  substantial  manner  with  rules,  giving  direc- 
tions how  to  write  for  the  press.  These  Tablets 
will  be  found  useful,  not  only  when  writing  for 
the  press,  but  for  colleges  and  counting  rooms. 
Sent  post  paid  for  20  cents  each, 

T]i£  deacons  and  laity   are    sometimes 

blame  for  these  "sing-song"  preachers.  It 
their  duty — especially  the  deacons' — to  keep  n 
careful  watch  over  the  ministers,  and  when  they 
observe  them  falling  into  an  unbecoming  habit, 
calculated  to  injure  their  preaching,  they  should 
at  once  gently  remind  them  of  it,  that  the  cause 
be  not  made  to  suffer  lh?reby.  Any  minister 
of  good  judgment  would   gladly   receive  such 

vice  and  profit  by  it.  Do  not  talk  about  the 
preacher's  unbecoming  habits  behind  his  back, 
but  go  to  hiai,  and  in  a  brotherly  way,  tell  him 
ill  about  it,  and  if  he  is  the  right  kind  of  a  man 
it  will  do  him  good.  Remember,  the  more  you 
rub  good  metal  the  brighter  it  gets,  but  do  not 
batter  and  hammer  it   around.     Preachers,  like 

erything  else,  need  watching  and  training. 
If  the  church  would  look  after  the  wants  of  her 
ministers  more,  and  give  them  more  encour- 
agement, we  might  have  a  better  set  of  preach- 


CONVEESION  OF  CORNELIUS. 

CORNELIUS,  the  centurion  of  the  Italian 
band,  was  the  best  unconverted  nmn  of 
which  we  have  any  account  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment. He  was  devout,  and  feared  God  with  all 
his  house;  gave  much  alms  to  the  people  and 
prayed  to  God  always.  That  was  much  better 
than  many  professing  Christians  do  now.  Who 
is  it  that  gives  much  alms  to  the  people?  Who 
prays  to  God  always? — prays  without  ceasing? 
Cornelius  did  that,  and  yet  he  was  not  in  a  sav- 
ed condition,  for  he  was  told  to  send  men  to 
Joppa,  and  call  for  Peter,  "  Who  shall  tell  theo 
words  whereby  thou  and  all  thy  house  shall  be 
saved,"  Acts  11:  H.  This  is  proof  that  Cor- 
nelius was  not  in  asaved  condition  when  he  sent 
for  Peter.  Peter  was  to  tell  him  words  where- 
by he  might  he  saved. 

He  had  even  seen  an  angeland  conversed  with 
it,  and  was  told  that  his  alms  and  prayers  had 
gone  up  for  a  memorial  before  God.  Most  peo- 
ple would  have  taken  au  incident  of  this  kind  as 
evidence  of  special  conversiou,  and  of  course 
could  have  told  a  nice  e-"(perionce.  But  if  some 
Gospel  preacher  would  have  the  boldness  to  dis- 
pute it,  he  would  have  been  branded  as  a  disturb- 
er of  the  peace,  and  counted  out  of  the  orthodox 
ring. 

Cornelius  was  honest — he  did  just  what  the 
angel  told  him.  But  why  should  he  send  to 
Joppa  for  a  preacher?  He  might  have  asked, 
"  What  good  can  a  preacher  do  me?  I  am  a  just 
man  and  fear  God  with  all  my  house.  I  give 
much  alms  to  the  people  and  keep  up  regular 
seasons  of  prayer.  Besides  this,  the  angel  has 
just  told  me,  that  my  prayers  have  been  heard 
in  heaven.  What  more  do  I  want?  I  am  not 
a  bad  man,  and  am  doing  all  the  good  I  can. 
Of  what  use  can  that  preacher  down  at  Joppa 
be  to  me?  Supposing  I  were  to  die  just  as  I 
am,  I  do  not  see  why  I  would  not  be  saved." 
Thus  he  might  have  reasoned,  and  had  far  bet^ 
ter  excuses  for  doing  so  than  any  of  our  modern 
critics. 

One  may  ask,  Why  did  not  the  angel  tell 
Cornelius  words  whereby  he  and  his  house  might 
be  saved,  and  thus  save  the  trouble  of  sending 
down  to  Joppa  for  a  preacher?  We  answer,  it 
was  not  the  Lord's  way  of  doin^  business.  He 
had  committed  his  Word  to  earthen  vessels  to 
be  proclaimed,  and  not  to  angels.  When  he 
wanted  the  eunuch  converted,  he  senta  preach- 
er to  him,  not  an  angel.  Even  in  the  case  of 
Saul  we  find  the  Lord  clinging  to  this  plan,  for 
though  he  appeared  to  Saul  in  pei-son,  yet  he 
sent  him  to  Ananias  in  order  that  he  might  be 
told  what  he  ought  to  do.  The  Lord's  method 
is  to  make  use  of  his  preachers,  and  for  that 
reason  he  has  commanded  them  to  go  into  all 
the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature.  ' 

Cornelius  being  a  Gentile,  his  conversiou  was 
to  be  a  special  case,  for  God  bad  made  choice  of 
Peter,  that  by  his  mouth  ftie  Gentiles  should 
hear  the  word  of  the  Gospel,  and  believe,  Acts 
15:  7,  luid  thus  break  down  the  middle  wall  of 
partition  between  the  Jews  and  the  GentUes. 
It  wiLS  a  special  occasion  of  unusual  importance, 
for  Peter,  to  whom  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  had 
been  given  by  the  Savior,  was  to  unlock  the 
kingdom  to  the  Gentiles,  that  God  might  take 
out  of  them  a  people  for  his  name. 

Peter  had  to  he  prepared  for  that  special  work, 
for  he  was  a  Jew,  and  had  some  Jewish  preju- 
dice in  him  yet,  therefore,  while  upon  the  house- 
top, he  fell  into  a  trance,  and  God  showed  him 
that  he  should  call  nothing  common  or  unclean 
which  he  had  made,  but  to  go  down  and  go 
with  the  men  waiting  for  him  at  the  gate, 
doubting  nothing.  When  Peter  reached  the 
hou.se  of  Cornelius,  and  found  the  congregation 
assembled  to  hear  the  word,  he  said,  "  Ve  know 
how  that  it  is  an  unlawful  thing  for  a  man  that 
is  a  Jew  to  keep  company,  or  come  unto  one  of 
another  nation;  but  God  has  showed  me  that  I 
should  not  call  any  man  common  or  unclean." 
Acts  10:  28.  "  Of  a  truth  I  perceive  that  God 
is  no  res[>ecter  of  persons:  but  in  every  nation 
he  that  teareth  him,  and  worketh  righteousness, 
is  actepU-d  with  him."  10:  34,  35.  Thus  he 
continued  his  Gospel  discourse,  and  while  yet 
speaking  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them  that 
heard  the  word,  and  listoniabed  the  Jews  who 
had  accompanied  Peter  from  Joppa,  "becouse 
that  on  the  Gcntilee  also  was  poua.-ed  out  the 
Holy  Ghost.  For  they  heard  them  speak  with 
tongues  and  magnify  God."  Acts  10:  45,  40. 
When  Peter  saw  this  miraculous  monifestft- 


September    12 


Ti-iE  i^RETiiRD^I^li^T  wo]^k:. 


a 


tioii — to  him  ft  tolien  Ihiit  G'mI  IiikI  accepted  tlie 
Gentiles— the  first  thiDK  ,Iil'  thought  of  was 
li.ilitism.  He  «lid  not  ask  tlie  people  to  tell 
their  experience,  nor  did  he  tell  them  to  wait 
sis  iiioiitha,  but  siiid,  "  Can  any  raiiD  forbid  wa- 
ter, fch^t  theae  should  not  be  baptized,  who  have 
received  the  Holy  Ohost  as  well  as  we?  "  Acts 
lU:  47,  Why  ask  that  question?  Cornelius 
had  already  received  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  why 
need  he  be  baptized  in  water?  Peter  remem- 
bered the  last  words  of  his  Mjnter  when  he  saitl, 
■'  He  that  believcth  and  is  bapti/.ed  shall  be  snv-' 
eil,  and  he  that  believeth  not  shiill  be  damned." 
Mark  IC:  16.  He  was  among  those  who  were 
commanded  to  "  Go,  teach  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Matt.  28:  19. 
.■\nd  desiring  to  be  faithful  to  the  one  who  had 
called  him,  he  commanded  Cornelius  and  his 
household  to  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  the 
hord. 

From  this  case  some  imporlaut  lessons  may 
be  learned.  Ist,  Cornelius,  the  best  uncouvert- 
ed  man  mentioned  in  the  Bible,  was  not  too 
good  to  be  baptized.  Even  Christ  himself, 
though  without,  sin,  submitted  to  the  same  rite. 
Men  and  women,  who  claim  thej'  are  good 
enough  without  baptism,  need  to  study  this 
case  carefully.  2ud,  Those  who  claim  they 
have  received  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  therefore  ilo 
not  need  baptism,  act  directly  opposite  of  what 
Peter  commanded  Cornelius. 

The  angel  had  fold  Cornelius  that  Peter 
would  tell  him  words  whereby  he  and  his  house 
should  be  saved,  and  among  these  words  of  sal- 
vation was  baptism,  to  which  those  who  believ- 
ed cheerfully  submitted,  thus  showing  theu' 
willingness  to  surrender  to  the  divine  institu- 
tion. Though  the  cose  was  an  estraordiuary 
one,  yet  the  ordinary  means  pertaining  to  sal- 
vation were  not  omitted.  Let  it  be  borne  in 
luinii  that  it  had  been  a  mystery  from  ages  pjist 
"That  the  Gentiles  should  be  fellow-heirs,  and 
partakers  of  his  promise  by  Clirist  in  his  Gos- 
pel." Eph.  3:  6.  The  opening  up  of  this  work 
wiis  allotted  to  Peter,  and  it  was  needful  that 
there  should  be  some  public  and  extraordinary 
demonstration  of  God's  divine  purpose  to  receive 
the  Gentiles  upon  an  equality  with  the  Jews  in 
the  kingdom. 

This  extraordinary  and  supernatural  deniou- 
.stnition  waa  not  intended  for  the  benefit  of 
Cornelius  and  his  family  in  particular,  but  for 
the  benefit  of  the  entire  Gentile  world  to  whom 
the  door  of  the  kingdom  of  God's  dear  Son  was 
about  tfl  be  opened.  Hence  the  necessity  of  the 
trance  into  which  Peter  fell  where,  it  was  told 
him  that  he  should  call  no  man  common  or 
unclean,  and  was  thereby  made  to  perceive  that 
God  was  no  respecter  of  persons,  but  that  even 
among  the  Gentile  nations  he  that  feared  God 
and  worked  righteousness,  should  become  fellow- 
lieira  of  the  same  inheritance.  .4nd  to  carry 
the  conviction  still  farther  in  the  mind  of  Peter 
and  other  Jews  who  were  with  him,  the  Holy 
Ghost  was  poured  out  on  all  them  that  heard 
the  word  as  spoken  by  Peter,  and  they  spake 
with  tongues  and  magnified  God.  Peter  seeing 
this,  was  fully  convinced  that  it  was  the  work 
of  God,  and  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  proceed- 
ed to  recommend  the  ordinaiy  means  of  salva- 
tion, thefirstof  which,  in  that  case,  was  baptism, 
the  tokens  of  faith  and  repentance  having  al- 
ready been  manifested.  The  appearing  of  the 
angel,  Peter's  trance,  the  pouring  out  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  before  baptism,  and  the  speaking 
with  tongues,  were  special,  divine  manifcsta- 
tiona— an  unmistakable  demonstration  of  God's 
purpose  to  receive  the  Gentiles.  It  waa  special, 
miraculous  and  extraordinary.  But  the  hear- 
ing of  the  won!,  believing  it,  turning  to  God, 
and  being  baptized,  were  the  ordinary  and  gen- 
eral means  of  salvation  intended  lor  all  nations 
and  everj'  creature.  Even  in  the  conversion  of 
Saul  some  extraordinary  means  were  used,  hut 
not  to  the  omission  of  the  ordinary  or  general. 
Another  ease  like  that  of  Cornelius  never  ha.s 
nor  will  ever  occur  again.  Once  for  all  ages  it 
was  demonstrated  that  tbo.se  among  the  Gen- 
tiles \tho  believe,  have  a  right  to  be  baptized  in 
wiiter  and  enjoy  the  IjenefiU  of  the  kingdom. 


Wk  call  special  attentian  to  "Our  Bible 
Class"  department  on  fifth  page.  Having  on 
hand  more  (tueries  than  we  have  time  to  answer, 
we  give  them  place  on  that  page,  asking  our 
contributors  to  assist  in  making  that  deparment 
as  interesting  as  possible.  Come  let  us  search 
the  Scriptures. 


Names  for  sample  copies  are  beginning  to 
come  in  from  the  State  of  Maine.  We  will  for- 
ward samples  to  all  names  sent  us. 


Two  persons  were  recently  received  into  the 
church  by  baptism  in  the  Colorado  congre- 
gation.    Success  to  their  efforts. 


The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  111.,  will 
he  held  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Macoupin  Co.,  Oct. 
7th,  1878.       ____^^___ 

The  Brethren  of  Croton,  New  Jersey,  have 
torn  down  their  old  meeting-house  and  arc 
erecting  a  new  one  32x-19. 


Akkan&emes'ts  are  being  made  to 
publishing  the  Children  nl  IKocA- weekly,  about 
the  first  of  ■  October.  This  will  be  a  nice  thing 
for  the  little  folks. 


Brotheu  Lemuel  Hillery  left  here  last  Thurs- 
day morning  en  route  for  Kansas.  He  goes  by 
private  conveyance,  his  family  remaining  at 
Shannon  for  the  time  being. 


To  keep  apples  and  peaches  from  spoiling, 
when  you  have  more  than  you  can  take  care  of, 
give  them  to  the  poor.  In  this  way  you  will 
not  only  save  the  fruit,  hut  be  amply  rewarded 
besides. 

We  have  sent  Non-ConformiUj  to  the  Work/, 
by  brother  J.  W.  Stein,  to  all  who  have  sent  in 
one  new  subscriber  at  $1.75,  from  Oct.  1st  to 
Jan.  1st,  1880.  Should  any  fail  to  get  it,  they 
will  please  notify  us. 


LovE-yjj.tST  notices  are  quite  numerous  this 
Fall.  Wc  publiphed  65  last  week.  Hope  to 
have  a  short  report  from  all  of  them.  Our 
readers  would  like  to  Iniow  hoiv  you  prosper  in 
the  Lord.  ^   

Mex  who  cannot  govern  theirown  tongue, 
are  ill  qualified  to  govern  others,  and  he  that 
caji  succe.ssfully  govern  self  is  sometimes  great- 
er than  those  who  pretend  torule  nations.  Self- 
government  is  an  important  attainment. 

If  some  men  who  are  doing  their  utmost  to 
defend  the  Bible,  would  spend  more  time  in 
obeying  and  teaching  it,  they  would  be  of  much 
greater  worth  to  the  cause  of  Christianity. 
Just  study  the  Bible  and  obey  it.  and  it  will 
defend  itself.  God  will  take  care  of  the  Book  if 
people  ivilf  only  study  and  obey  it. 


,.\ii  influx  of  Menuonites  is  anticipated  be- 
tween this  and  ISSO,  in  which  year  their  mrlita- 
rj'  service  will  end  in  Russia,  where  they 
number  2(K),000,  They  have  tlie  reputation  of 
being  industrious  and  honest.  Their  non- 
resistant  principles  subject  them  to  much  per- 
secution in  Ilussia  and  elsewhere. 


Short,  pointed  articles  are  read  and  relished 
far  more  than  long  ones.  People  never  get 
tired  reading  short,  interesting  essays.  If  you 
want  everybody,  who  gets  the  paper,  to  read 
your  article,  let  it  be  short  and  to  the  point. 
Short  articles,  like  short  sermons,  well  compact- 
ed, make  a  telling  effect.  Familiar  words  and 
short  sentences  give  an  article  much  power. 


He  that  would  live  long  and  enjoy  life,  must 
strictly  obey  the  laws  of  health.  If  young  men, 
iusteadof  lounging  around  places  of  amusement, 
would  spend  their  leisure  time  studying  some 
good  work  on  Physiology  and  H^'gieue,  we 
would  have  a  much  healthier  race  of  men. 
Learn  to  govern  self  and  take  good  care  of  the 
body,  which,  when  properly  subdued  is  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Ghost. 


It  is  a  violation  of  both  economy  and  good 
sense  for  either  professing  Christians  or  any- 
body else  to  change  the  fashion  of  their  gar- 
ments every  year.  Let  them  aihjjit  a  plain, 
comfortable  and  economical  mode  of  dress,  and 
stick  to  it.  This  thing  of  constantly  changing, 
is  evidence  of  instability.  Strong-minded  peo- 
ple of  good, sound  judgment,denounce  it.  When- 
ever people  learn  to  let  good  enough  alone,  and 
he  contented  with  that  which  is  in  exact  har- 
mony with  reason,  they  will  have  gained  an 
important  point. 


We  sometimes  hear  membei-s  talking  about 
the  "  presiding  eld-rs "  of  the  church.  The 
term  is  unscriptural,  and  therefore  not  support- 
ed by  Bible  usage.  We  read  of  "  elders,"  "  bish- 
ops," "  shepherds,"  "  housekeepers,"  "  overseers," 
and  " pastors,"  but  not  one  word  about  "pre- 
siding elders,"  Such  things  were  unknown  in 
the  aoostolic  church.  To  talk  about  the  "heads 
of  the  church  "  is  equally  unscriptural.  Christ 
is  the  Head  of  the  church,  and  is  the  only  di- 
vinely authorized  Head  the  church  b;t3.  The 
Bible  says  not  one  word  about  elders  being  the 


"heads  of  the  church,"  nor  i.s  it  rijrht  to  call 
them  by  that  name.  Call  them  elders,  bishops, 
&c.,  but  never  heads  of  the  church;  it  is  dis- 
honoring Christ. 


A  GENTLEMAN  writes  US,  "  There  was  one  of 
your  brethren  in  my  office  telling  me  of  your 
faith  and  practice.  He  told  me  to  send  for  your 
paper.  Now  send  me  a  few  copies  and  if  he  has 
told  me  the  truth  about  it,  I  will  subscribe  for 
it  at  once."  Of  course  we  sent  samples,  and 
want  the  Brethren  to  continue  telling  of  our 
faith  and  practice.  Let  the  sound  go  out  into 
all  the  world  for  it  will  do  good.  Do  not  think 
you  are  too  weak  to  do  good,  there  is  a  work 
for  all.  

It  is  due  the  churclies  of  this  city  to  remai'k 
that  a  mistake  occurred  in  Bro.  Sharp's  "  Stray 
Thoughts,"  last  week,  in  stating  "  The  Disciples 
seem  to  have  the  chief  influence  in  town,"  be- 
sides the  Brethren.  The  Methodists  are  pretty 
well  represented.  There  are  also  Baptist,  Lu- 
theran and  Congregational  congregations.  As 
we  did  not  see  the  article  till  after  it  was  prints 
ed  we  could  not  correctit  in  time.  Even  Sliiirp 
people  will  sometimes  make  mistakes. 


BitOTHEn  S.  H,  Bashor  and  wife  reached  Lan- 
ark last  Friday  noon.  He  remains  here  while 
his  hook  is  being  printed,  that  he  may  have  an 
opportunity  of  looking  over  the  proof.  He  is 
making  preparations  lo  travel  extensively  dur- 
ing the  Fall  and  Winter.  Hope  success  may 
crown  his  efforts  as  in  former  years.  Flis  cor- 
respondents will  address  him  at  this  place  the 
next  few  weeks. 


What  would  you  think  of  asheep  that  would 
leave  the  flock  and  associate  with  the  wolves  on 
certain  occasions?  You  would  certainly  de- 
nounce such  an  animal.  Well,  what  do  you 
suppose  the  Lord  thinks  when  he  sees  profess- 
ing Christians  leaving  the  Master's  flock  and 
associating  with  and  having  a  high-old  time  at 
festivals,  theatres  and  other  places  of  amuse- 
ment, with  sinners  of  every  grade  and  order? 
Whenever  we  see  professing  Christians  running 
after  the  ways  of  the  world,  it  does  seem  as 
though  they  had  not  yet  fully  forsaken  the 
world  and  the  sinful  pleasures  thereof.  Heaven 
speed  the  time  when  people  will  be  consistent 
and  stand  up  to  what  they  profess. 


The  Buffalo  Express  asks:  Can  these  be  very 
hard  times?  can  a  country  be  very  "hard  up," 
which  consumes  fifty  million  gallons  of  whisky, 
ten  million  barrels  of  beer,  and  two  thousand 
million  cigars  in  a  single  year?  That  looks 
bad  enough,  and  in  fact  too  bad,  when  it  is  re- 
membered that  many  professing  Christians  spend 
more  for  these  things  than  thev  do  for  the 
spreadingof  the  Gospel.  But  look  at  the  money 
that  is  spent  yearly  for  fttihions,  fine  churches, 
rich  and  costly  diet  and  then  talk  about  hard 
times!  The  people  of  the  United  States  waste 
and  spend  enough  for  luxuries  to  keep  another 
nation  and  then  gnimhie  abjut  hard  times;  it 
is  folly.  It  is  more  in  bad  management,  poor 
financiering  and  downright  extravagance  imd 
wickedness  that  is  the  matter  with  people  than 
anything  else. 


Samuel  Miller,  a  Richmond  miser,  left  -^50,- 
000  as  an  endowment  for  a  school  for  the 
education  of  one  hundred  poor  children  of  Al- 
bemarle Co.,  Virginia.  This  is  certainly  a  com- 
mendable act  for  a  miser,  and  one  that  othei-s 
would  do  well  to  imitate.  Hundreds,  even 
among  professing  Christians,  work  hard,  accu- 
mulate large  fortunes  and  leave  them  in  a  shape 
that  they  will  occoiuplish  but  little  good  when 
they  are  dead  and  gone.  A  few  hundred  (hous- 
and  dollars  could  be  admirably  used  in  the 
brotherhood  at  the  present  time.  An  "  Orphan 
Home,"  for  the  benefit  of  poor,  homeless  chil- 
dren is  much  needed.  God  pity  the  thouiands 
o>  little  creatures  who  are  without  a  home,  or 
even  a  father  or  mother  to  look  after  their  wants. 
Thousands  of  dollars  could  be  judiciously  spent 
distributing  pamphlets  and  tracts  in  defense  of 
the  Brethren's  faith  and  practice.  We  know  of 
one  denomination  that  has  distributed  200,000,- 
000  copies  of  pamphlets  and  tracts  and  they  aiv 
accomplishing  wonders  in  this  direction,  T\  e 
can  accomplish  even  more,  if  the  proper  elforts 
are  made,  and  certainly  the  cause  is  worthy. 


The  length  of  a  minister's  sermon  has  .some- 
thing t«  do  with  the  effect  it  produces.  Many 
good  sermons  are  spoiled  by  their  great  length. 
To  weary  a  congregation  with  a  long,  tfdious 
sermon  does  the  cause  more  harm  than  good. 
Let  every  thing  be  done  to  edification.  That 
which  does  not  edify  is  not  profitable  unto  god- 
liness. Long  sermonn  are  not  always  an  indi- 
cation of  learning,  but  often  show  the  want  of 
good  judgment.  The  best  way  is  to  quit  whe« 
you  get  done,  and  do  not  tire  the  congregation. 


Men  who  hold  o-ingrciratiim>;  wi-11.  always  let 
the  peiiple  go  away  a  little  hungrj-.  Never 
aim  lo  tell  all  you  kmtw  at  one  tiuv,  but 
what  you  do  say.  lell  it  well,  and  be  sure 
that  it  is  the  truth.  Do  your  best  lo  mako 
your  points  distinct,  and  have  the  people 
understand  you  fully.  When  yon  preach,  do 
it  with  pleasure,  just  as  though  you  took  de- 
light in  proclaiming  the  Gospel.  Study  the 
Bible  well,  and  always  be  ready  lo  proclaim  llie 
truth  when  called  on.  Frequently  consult  the 
deacons  and  hiity  regarding  improvements  in 
your  manner  of  preaching,  and  the  length  of 
your  sermons,  If  you  would  learn  to  be  a  good 
workman,  learn  to  do  your  work  well. 


The  Yellow  Feveu.— The  news  froui  the 
South  during  the  last  ten  days  has  been  start- 
ling, and  the  gloom  and  de.-^pair  is  still  increas- 
ing, with  little  prospects  of  abating  soon,  Death 
is  said  to  have  visited  nearly  every  door  in 
Memphis,  sparing  neither  rich  nor  poor,  groat' 
nor  small.  Hundreds  have  died,  many  of  whom 
could  not  be  buried  at  the  proper  time,  for  the 
want  of  help.  Gr.-ive  diggers  work  day  and 
night.  Doctors  wear  out,  drop  down  and  die; 
others  take  their  places  lo  meet  with  the  same 
fate.  Late  news  report  it  necessary  to  com- 
mence burning  the  dead  bodies  as  the  best  way 
to  dispose  of  them.  Nurses  are  employed  by 
the  hundreds,  ninny  of  whom  die  from  over 
work  and  the  disen.se.  Business  is  paralysed, 
and  gloom  and  despair  have  settled  down  upon 
the  plague  ridden  cities. 

Now  Orleans  has  had  a  desperate  siege  of  it^ 
Every  part  of  the  city  has  been  visited  by  the 
fatal  disease,  and  not  far  from  one  thousand 
deaths  have  occurred;  they  continue  to  die  at 
the  rate  of  nearly  one  hundred  daily.  In  fact, 
general  despair  has  spread  over  that  part  of  the 
country  lying  along  the  Mississippi  River,  and 
an  appeal  for  help  has  gone  forth  to  the  civili/.- 
ed  world.  They  need  doctors,  nurses,  money 
and  provisions.  Many  places  have  responded 
liberally.  New  York  has  already  sent  over 
S175.000,  and  other  cities  are  doing  well. 

The  calamity  is  a  great  one,  a  sore  aflliction 
on  the  South,  but  affords  the  North  an  excellent 
opportunity  of  exhibiting  that  charity  she  is  so 
abundantly  able  to  show.  The  Southern  peo- 
ple are  said  to  be  much  to  blame  for  the  disease, 
as  it  would  seldom,  or  ever  occur  if  they  would 
keep  their  cities  and  premises  clean. 


MONEY    LIST 


Below  is  given  a  list  of  money  received  at  this 
office  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  for. 
Should  any  errors  occur,  report  tbein  immedi- 
ately: 

J  J  Cart,  .50;  Benson  Crownover,  1,00;  D  H 
Wampler,  .60;  Noah  Bownan,  1.10;  D  Stump, 
1.15;  SSMohler,4.15;  John  Neher, 2.50;  Anna 
Watters.  1,00;  Jacob  Leider,  10.00;  J  B  Ellen, 
3.00;  C  W  Martin,  .40;  J  W  Jarboe,  1.00;  Ja^ 
cob Hiestaud, 2.00;  Dliodgden.  1.75;  JLZook, 
.50;  J  H  Fahnestock.  2.00;  D  S  T  Butterbaugh, 
2.00;  Dan  R  Kleim,  1.00;  H  Hildreth.  2.00; 
LauraKuster,  l.DO;  John  Gehr.,')0;  John  Shirk, 
3.00;  V  S  Fisher,  2.55;  Benj.  Stanton,  1.50; 
Benj.  Hazell,  1.50;  A  Michael,  3.00;  LEPrick- 
ett,  14.45;  Levi  Stump,  4.50;  Asa  Bearss,  1.00; 
S  Bechtelheimer,  .80;  E  Fansler,  .50;  D  Bark- 
low,  1.00;  SI  Butterbaugh,  .50;  J  C  Murraj-, 
l.iO;  Tense  Howell,  1.00;  E  W  Stoner,  3.75; 
Samuel  Rosa,  5.00;  D  Vaniman,  2.00;  W  G 
Lint,  2.00;  Simon  Greek,  7M. 


CAI/IFOHNIA  COMMITTEE   FUND 

D.  S,  T.  Jiutterbiuifili,  Iinl, 2.W1 

Ilurr  Oak  cliurcli,  Kaii.. l.On 

Dry  Creek  churcli,  Iowa, I.OO 

Union  Centre  cliuicli,  Intl., 1.0(1 

.Sugar  Creek  cluucb,  Obio, 1.00 

Itig  Creek  cliurcli,  III., l.TO 

Plycon  I{ivereliiir.'li,  Inil 1/jO 

Oaquillo  cliiiroh.  Oreji'iu 1.00 

Moiitk.'llii.-liiu.-li,  Iiu! 1.00 

irii  M  .■  .  !■■!  ■  I.,  r.i 1.00 

_■  .     .     h  I.  !-,  III.! 1.00 

;        ■       .  ■  ■  ■  .  Ml. 1.00 

-lirir- -k  .  ■..irrl,,  [n.\.. 1.00 

Tlnjiii,-\[i!ilfcliun'li,  .Midi.. 1.00 

lUckiuy  Grovf  cliurcli.  III., ,1.00 

V;m  Jiuren  cburi'li,  Iiid I.OO 

Aliralmiii  Ueegliley,  (Hii.> I.OO 

Tinliiiu  Creek  cliim;h,  Iowa - . . .. .1X» 

Siigiir  Creek  church.  Ill I.OO 

rri-viiiiisly  reported, i'. 08.75 

'I'dtal,  8SS.7ri 

NoN-CoKFORMITy  TO  THE  Woni-P,  by  J.  W. 
Stein,  a  well  written  pamphlet  of  41  pages. 
Price,  only  ten  cents;  one  dollar  pi-r  dozen. 

Prrfect  Plan  ok  Salvation,  10  Cents. 


THE    BiiETHIlE:Nr    ^T    WORKl. 


September    lU. 


"The  Woiih  of  Truth  no  T<.vgyp\Can  Till." 

This  ilcpnrJtrionl  in  Jesrgntti  for  naWn^  nriJ  npiwcriu^ 
Bible  quMlionii,  nnil  for  llio  «oUiiI*m  of  Soripliiriil'lilt":ul- 
liDii.  All  quc»liop,»,»Uo|ilrt'bc  htMml  with  cnndor,  oml  n'l- 
■irertiriviilins  iiiileb  oltrifncsa  n»  poMiblc.  in  nnUr  In 
promnlc  Iliblo  Trulb.  Arliclos  for  Ibil  dopai-liDLnl  >n\»\ 
b»  nhurl  nnd  10  ihc  poinl. 


;nl8- 


I'lciisp  givt'uii  expliiiiiitionof  Mutt.  21: 
Miiik  11::;.  l)iibol)iiiiLrintI<esi«ne?  If  sn,  wliat 
IS  iiK-iiiit  liy  Iho  iisstiol  iiii(Uliecoltwithlier;loose 
tliL-iii  imd  liiini;  tliuui  init.)  me^  Diil  lie  ride  both. 
.ri.nlyniCT.ilty  I.  H.  Cuisr. 

Will  Blimp  mm  jilpiusi!  give  iiifoniiiiliou 
jnul  ,loliii:i:S.li.  I"'' 


W.  11.  Mil 


I'll 


oKiv 


syoj 


II  t\w  (■ 


of   llV 

I'niil  ill  1  Ciir.  !1;     l  ■ 

I,.|l      „~     ulio,    ,,!■    Wlllll 

tli:il 

riid   is,   tlm   woiii.    . 
.livsyliiR  Willi  l"i  i  ■ 
(1  null  iiunmrritjiii'     i 

■i:E:>:;:£'E 

work  fdi'  somri  (if  on 

■mcinbtre  oul  Iicre  in 

tllO  fil 

r  W<>st  ;iiHl  oblige 

D.ivin  KruVKRS. 

■•\  !).     It  rciiUs  thus: 

■■  live 

biiii.  wiiDSOcoiiiiiiB 

s  after  Ibo  woi'kmg  ot 

■  NOW    WHEN   I  AM  OLD  AND 
GRAY-HEADED  " 


Till.-  J;i\ 


y  ymitli  lu 


ii;is8wl  iiivn; 


l.iki!  ii.jouiiE  lion,  my  aiiii^w-s  strong, 
FfLirk'.^*  I  t,';i/ed  at  tin;  jminicy  Iwig; 
AVhilo  my  pLoiiillieiii't  <lide.viiltiinl  beat, 
1  tpaifil  ntittlie  fmst  or  Summer's  heat; 
lint  now  I  iini  olil,  iiiy  lieiid  is  Rray, 
Tlie  strenKtli  of  my  youth  lias  jiassed  aw:i: 

lIo|ie  linilt  her  caalle,  fair  to  lay  sight, 
I'ainteintn-py  with  hi-i'cnlm-sl.riglit;   ,    , 

(Jil.lr.nii.  IumI-  ,,..    L-u,,l-|M,ithesky, 


SuL;iu  witli  ill!  iiowcr  and  signs  and  lying  wondei-s. 
M.  C.Ckioaxj;. 

Theoiglit  simlslliat  Avoresavfid  by  water,  W(w 
thut  wnter  liloriil  water  ov  wiis- it  souit  oilier  kinil 
ol'  walery  I  I'eterS:  201  21;  alao-Auts:;:;;  Hi,  wlieii- 
it  is  said.  Arise  and  be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy 
aiiis.  was  this  literal  wateri  tbai  w;is  to  wash  away 
liiflsliLS?  ^f-^- 

i'lease  tell  me  who  tlint  iniui  was.  I'aul  spoke 
.it  in  2  Cor.  1J:2,  that  was  cauglit  ut.  to  the  third 

,,„„VCn.  SAllVKf,  CUIST. 

Please  e\|i!ain  Rov.  20: 
siglit  into  tlieui. 

I.    I'lease  give  your  views  on  Luke  10: 
ry  neither  |iui-se,  nor  scriii.  nov  shoes:  nnd  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

■i.    Also  JIiLtt.  2;l:  I):  "Aud  call  no 
lather  upon  the  earth :  for  one  is  your  father  which 
js  in  heaven." 

3.  Alsol  Cor.l;3U:  "The;Wife  isljouadliy  tlie 
law  as  loiiK  a.s  hor  husljauil  iiveth;  but  if  her  hua- 
liamlbe  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  lobe  married  to 
whom  she  will ;  only  in  the  Lord." 

EMji. 


^■ay. 


Joy  Tilled  luy  heart  from  the  oiieuing  morn, 
To  the  evening  lioure  when  stiira  are  born ; 
Too  short  was  the  day  for  all  thoLr  store. 
The  morrow  glowed  with  abundanca  moi'o: 
Xow  when  I  am  old  and  nry  head  is  gray, 
All  the  jovs  ot  yontli  have  passed  away. 


Oil  God,  lain  old,  nij  head  Is  gn 
Sustalu  my  heart  till  I  pass  awa; 


can  find  out.  Again,  where  do  we  finii  the  au- 
thority to  lay  tt.side  the  salutation  or  holy  kiss 
that  is  so  plainly  given  Ki  a  command,  not  only 
once,  but  five  times  in  the  Gospel?  We  think 
we  have  none,  and  if  we  do  not  ohserve  it,  it  is 
transigression  of  the  law.  Besides  the  above 
there  are  many  other  points  that  we  have  not 
mentioned;  amonir  them  is  trine  immersion,  the 
ily  valid  baptism  Uiat  can  be  established  by 
the.Go.'p^I.  and  the  only  one  that  dates  back 
beyond  the  middle  of  the  third  century.  Also, 
non-conformity  to  the  world  is  plainly  taught 
us,  when  Paul  says,  "  Be  ye  not  conformed  to 
this  world,  but  be  ye  transformed  by  the  renew- 
ing of  your  mind,  that  ye  may  prove  what  is 
that  good  nnd  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of 
God."  Therefore  let  ns  place  our  affections  up- 
on heaven  nnd  not  upon  this  world. 

Again  Jesus  says,  "Se,irchthe  Scriptures." 
Hence  we  find  it  a  duty  t«  search  the  Woi'd  of 
God  that  we  may  know  what  is  required  of  us, 
for  without  a  knowledge  of  the  Gospel  we  can- 
not comply  with  its  ordinances,  and  if  we  fail  to 
search  it,  but  hire  some  one  else  to  search  for 
and  teach  us,  and  he  tells  us  that  feet-washing, 
the  salutation,  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  about  all 
the  remainder  of  the  principles  of  the  Gospel, 
are  non-essentials,  and  we  thus  fail  to  obey,  we 
will  be  tranagressors,  and  when  we  come  up  to 
judgment  we  will  be  weighed  in  the  balance 
and  found  wanting;  for  whosoever  traofgress- 
etb  the  law  committeth  sin. 


Jlol.' 
TIoi"; 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE  JEWS. 


U^ 


A  DIFFICULTY  EXPLAINED. 


How  is  the  genealogj-  of  Christ  as  givei 
I.  lo  be  reeunciled  with  the  account  giver 


THE  Jews  never  allowed  the  name  of  a 
in  their  genealogical  tables.  Hence,  when 
a  line  of  descendants  ended  with  n  woman,  they 
did  not  put  in  the  name  of  tiiat  woman,  but  the 
uameof  her  husband,  who  wirs  only  the  son-in- 
law  of  the  woman's  father.  Luke  reckons  ac- 
cording to  this  custom,  and  puts  into  his  table 
two  persons  who  were  only  sons-in-law  of  the 
persons  nauied  as  their  fathers;  whereas  Mat- 
thew confines  his  table  to  those  who  were  sons 
strictly  speaking.  Thus  Joseph  is  called  by 
Luke  the  son  of  Heli,  because  he  having  no  sons, 
hii  dau.sjhter  Mary  married  Joseph,  and  the 
name  of  Joseph  therefore  stands  as  the  son  of 
Heli,  whereas  he  was  in  reality  only  his  son-in- 
law,  but  really  the  sou'  of  Jacob.  Again,  Luke 
places  Salathiel  as  the  sou  of  Neri,  and  Matthew 
makes  him  the  son  of  Jechonias,  but  the  eon-iu- 
law  of  Neri,  having  married  a  daugliter  of  I^eri. 
Tiieir  son  was  Zorobabel,  a  name  which  appears 
in  both  tables.  From  Abraham  to  David  the 
tables  of  Matthew  and  Lnke  agree.  From  Da- 
vid Matt  hew  comes  down  through  the  liije  of 
Nathau,  both  of  them  >0US  of  David.  Tbe^e 
lines  nu-et  in  Zorol)abel,  asonof  Salathiel  of  the 
line  of  Solomon,  who  maiTied  a  daughter  of 
Neri,  of  the  line  of  Nathan.  From  Zorobabel 
Matthew  comes  down  through  the  lineof  Abiud, 
his  son,  and  Luke  through  the  line  of  Rhesa, 
another  son.  These  two  lines  again  meet  in 
Christ,  the  reputed  soii  of  Joseph  of  the  line  of 
Abiud,  who  had  married  M.iry,  a  daughter  of 
Heli,  of  Ihe  line  of  Rhesa.  Thus  Luke  gives  us 
Ibe  genealogy  through  Hie  line  of  Mary,  and 
Matthew  that  through  Ihe  line  of  Joseph. 
T)ie;;e  iinc»  meet  in  Zorobabel  and  David.  From 
this  point  the  tables  agree  back  to  Abraham, 
with  whom  Matthew  stops,  while  Luke  goes  all 
the  way  back  to  Adam.  There  is  really  no 
more  discrepancy  between  the  accounts  of  Mat- 
thew aud  Luke  than  there  would  be  between  the 
letters  of  a  i>eraou  who  shoiJd  give  to  a  friend 
his  pedigree  on  his  father's  side,  and  to  another 
on  his  mother's  aide.  Aud  if  the  two  lines 
should  meet  in  some  celebrated  person  of  past 
generations,  as  they  do  twice  in  the  case  of 
Ciirist,  he  would  have  double  proof  that  he  was 
the  descendant  of  that  individual.  See  Dr. 
Clarke,  aud  the  HcHgious  Encyclopedia. 


'TIS  A  CASE  THAT  YOU  CAN 
HOLD." 


;,  T,  IIUSSERMAX. 


OBJECTS  suggestive  of  thought  and  reflec- 
tion are  incidental  to  daily  life.    In  every- 


NDER  this  heading,  the  following  letter, 
igned  by  "  F.  R.  G.  S.,"  appears  in  the 
London  Uoniing  Post,  of  August  10;  "  It  is  a 
singular  coincidence,  to  say  the  least  of,  con 
ering  the  exertions  made  of  late  years  by  Sir 
Moses  Montefiore  on  behalf  of  the  Jews  in  and 
about  Jerusalem  for  its  restoration,  and  making 
it  literally,  if  not  a  Moii  tfjiore,  at  least  iiiiffiar- 
(iino  (Ir  fwri  by  the  beauty  of  such  contemplat- 
ed restoration  that  the  words  of  the  last  verse 
of  the  Sth  chapter  of  Zachariah,  viz.,  '  In  tht 
days  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  t«n  men  shall 
take  hold  out  of  all  languages  of  the  nations, 
even  shall  lake  hold  of  the  skirt  of  him  that  is 
a  Jew,  saying,  >Ve  will  go  svith  you,  for  we  have 
heard  that  God  is  with  you,'  should  bear  so  great 
a  resemblance  to  the  doings  of  the  Congress 
aud  of  him  who  ruled  there.  Surely  God  must 
have  been  with  the  Disraeli  when  He  allowec! 
him  to  secure  His  greatest  of  alt  blessings- 
peace  for  mankind  in  general,  and  a  bright  fu- 
ture for  Asia.  Besides  the  seven  Signatorj- 
Fowers,  the  representatives  of  Greece,  Koumania, 
and  Servia,  who  were  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Congress,  made  up  the  '  ten  luen  who  shall  take 
hold  out  of  all  languages  of  the  nations.'  Hav- 
ing lived  some  years  in  Roumnnia,  and  know- 
ing how  shamefully  the  Jews  have  been  treated 
in  all  the  Sclavonic  States  I  cannot  but  feel  in- 
finite satisfaction  at  observing,  as  a  result  of  all 
the  recent  political  negotiations,  that  the  lot  of 
the  Jew  has  been  cared  for,  aud  that  their  posi- 
tion, social,  civil  and  political,  has  been  relieved 
from  the  unjust  and  tyrannical  yoke  of  oppres- 
sion which  they  have  been  forced  to  wear." 


— There  is  no  slavery  so  abjeot  as  that  in 
v.hich  the  dmnkftrd's  ivife  and  children  have  to 
toil.  Wc  cau  conceive  of  no  degnidation  so 
sweeping  nnd  ovorwhelmlng  as~that>'  produced. 
bv  Ihc  traffic. 


TRANSGRESSION. 

BY  S.  D.  HEETEB. 

"WhoHoever  comniiltetli  sin  transgressetb  also 
tlu-!aw."-l  .lohnnn. 
riIHE  first  question  that  presents  itself  to  the 
J[  mind  from  reading  the  above  language  is, 
what  is  it  to  commit  sin?  but  we  need  not  hes- 
itate long  to  find  an  answer  to  this;  read  the 
remainder  of  the  verse,  aud  we  find  the  answer 
in  the  following  language:  "  For  sin  is  a  trans- 
gression of  the  law."  Again  in  Rom.  i:  15, 
■'  Where  no  law  is,  there  is  no  transgression." 
Hence  we  conclude  that  where  there  is  law 
there  is  transgression,  and  any  transgression 
of  that  law  is  sin.  But  what  is  it  to  transgress 
It  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than  to  disobey  the 
Gospel,  and  we  dare  not  disobey  in  one  point, 
from  the  fact  the  Apostle  James  says,  "  He  that 
keepeth  the  whole  law  and  yet  ofiendeth  in  one 
point,  is  guilty  of  all."  Hence  we  find  no  non 
essentials  in  the  Bible;  but  all  that  we  find  in 
the  Gosi>el  is  intended  for  us  to  observe. 

Where  then  do  we  get  the  authority  to  leav. 
off  feet-washing  that  .Tesus  says  we  ought  to 
observe,  in  order  to  be  His  true  disciples?  Wo 
need  not  observe  it,  if  we  do  not  wish  to,iust 
Peter  did,  bu*  what  is  the  result  if  we  disobey? 
I  Observe  the  l^goage  of  Jesus  to  Peter,  and 


thing  surrounding  us  wesee  the  work  of  a  nobler 
being  than  that  of  man.  And  in  this  field  of 
nature  we  find  many  texts  susceptible  of  reflec- 
tion and  carry  the  mind  aloft  to  soar  among 
higher  and  nobler  things.  To  any  person  who 
can  see  God  in  nature,  like  the  dying  Mil- 
ton, a  straw  may  ho  an  agreeable  companion, — 
teaching  him  that  he  too  is  doomed  to  pass 
away.  The  leaf  of  the  forest  growing  into  si/# 
and  shades  of  varied  hue,  teaches  us  the  solemn 
fact  that  this  is  not  our  abiding  place.  Thus 
everything  in  nature  above  and  below  us;  the 
works  of  man — eicrything  ra&y  teach  us  many 
useful  and  instructive  lessons.  However  com- 
prehensive the  finite  mind  may  be,  and  en- 
thusiastic in  its  undertakings,  it  can  but  faintly 
grasp  the  idea  of  the  Infinite.  It  is  something 
too  vast,  too  wonderful— something  that  it 
cannot  hold.  There  are  other  things  that  .ilso 
enchant  the  mind  with  suggestive  thoughts  that 
mortals  cannot  hold.  Circumstances  in  life 
may  be  ennobling  and  pleasant— a  paradise  to 
the  finite  mind,  yet  they  charm  bul  for  awhile. 
We  may  have  friends'that  are  dear  to  iis  whose 
company  is  ever  agreeable,  their  instructions 
are  valuable  and  their  words  are  cheering,  yet 
they,  however  valuable  to  us,  pass  away  in  si- 
lence, death  wraps  them  up  in  his  strong  bands 
aud  we  see  thein  no  riiore.  We  can  go  with 
them  down  the  dark  valley  to  give  them  words 
of  comfort,  but  we  cannot  stay  them  on  their 
journey.  'Tis  a  case  we  cannot  hold.  Wealth 
and  affluence  may  attend  our  efforts,  we  live  in 
easy  circumstances,  may  feel  to  say,  "  soul  take 
thine  ease,  thou  hast  much  goods,"  but  how 
soon  sudden  destruction  cometh;  our  wealth 
and  honor  is  but  a  dream. 

We  have  secured  a  gre.it  name,  honored  ivith 
distinction  everywhere,  yet  we  are  not  secure 
from  the  gossip  of  enemies,  our  name  is  defam- 
ed, we  lose  our  honor,  though  not  through  any 
fault  of  our  own,  and  however  much  ambitious 
we  were  to  be  honored,  it  is  lost,  and  all  our 
efforts  to  retain  it,  prove  futile.  While  many 
undertakings  in  this  life  may  fail,  yet  there  h  a 
cose  that  we  nin  hold.  And  upon  this  thought 
the  mind  is  pleased  to  dwell.  It  reveals  to  us 
thoughts  that  are  higher  and  more  ennobling 
than  those  of  earth— it  is  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Man  detaching  himself  from  divine 
power,  hise.fforta  will  fail.  But  by  placing  hi 
self  in  such  relationship  with  his  Master  that 
bo  nmy  be  a  co-worker  with  Him,  he  am 
and  be  able  to  hold  that  godliness  and  holiness 
which  is  not  only  profitable  in  this  life,  but  also 
of  that  which  is  to  como.  To  secure  this  power, 
certain  conditions  must  be  complied  with.  I: 
wo  associate  ourselves  with  others  having  s\i- 
perior  power  nnd  success,  we  are  led  to  inquire 
into  the  secret  of  his  success.  He  being  anxious 
to  impart  to  you  says,  "  By  ray  careful  and  sim- 
ple habits  of  living,  I  have  obtained  great 
strength  of  body,  clearness  of  mind,  and  my 
retentive  powers  have  become  strong.  And  i 
connection  with  my  careful  economy,  laborin 
systematically  and  trusting  in  God  is  the  secret 
of  my  success."  "Being  desirous  of  the  same 
power,  by  living  out  his  principles,  he  may  he- 


come  assimilated  to  the  character  and  power  of 
luH  as^^uoiale  and  have  Ihe  same  characteristics  of 
success.  Wc  may  admire  man  and  aspire  to  his 
aecoiupliahinentji,  but  we  must  reverence  God 
aud  worship  him.  To  inquire  into  His  law  we 
find  the  conditions  lo  be  complied  with,  sj-stem- 
aticnlly  arranged,  not  one  to  be  excluded  from 
His  law;  and  by  the  careful  observation  of  all 
Hbi  divin-j  commands  we  become  assiuiiliited  to 
His  cliaracter  aud  power,  as  lie  is  Ihe  object  of 
our  worship.  By  this  asfimilation  we  have 
power  that  is  heavenly,  itis divine.  Tbis.then, 
is  a  power,  a  ca^e  we  can  hold.  A  tower  of 
strength  for  lis  and  a  refuge  in  time  of  trouble. 
It  is  my  Master  that  makes  nie  strong.  I  love 
Him  because  He  first  loved  me,  and  this  is  but 
the  case  of  every  Christian  and  the  universal 
result'of  their  o.tperience. 
.  Reader,  would  you  have  that  power  that  will 
enable  you  to  guide  your  bark  safely  across  the 
dark  wati;rs  of  the  Jordan  of  death,  to  "hold 
your  case  "  at  the  tribunal  bar?  I  know  you 
would.  Then  come  to  Christ,  Comply  with 
His  commands — the  conditions  of  pardon,  aud 
the  power  is  yours.  It  is  tiien  you  can  realize 
the  truth  of  the  sweet  exclamation  of  the  good 
Mr,  Ritchie:  "Oil!  what  must  Christ  be  in 
himself,  when  he  can  sweeten  heaven,  sweeten 
Scriptures,  sweeten  ordinances,  sweeten  earth, 
and  sweet-en  trials?"  Good  I'ld  Stephen  real- 
ized this  sweetness,  this  power  when  he  wa« 
stoned  to  death,  nnd  why?  Because  he  obeyed 
his  Muster,  nnd  though,  in  the  dark  hour  of  his 
trouble,  he  could  see  Jesus,  and  Iriumphaully 
he  died.  Why  was  it  that  the  Lady  Ann- — — , 
when  offered  a  pardon  at  the  place  .of  execution, 
said,  "  I  came  not  here  to  deny  my  Lord  and 
Master."  It  was,  that  she  had  made  her  peace 
mth  God  and  girded  with  this  strength  she 
could  withstand  all.  It  icos  a  cose  that  she  cokW 
hold. 

This,  then,  is  the  confidence  of  the  Christian, 
that  in  Christ  there  is  power  unexcelled,  and  as 
he  is.  about  to  wind  upliis  pilgrimage  of  useful- 
ness on  earth,  hopefully  he  says,  "  My  journey 
is  almost  ended  now— old  age  will  win  the  race. 
You  see  my  hands  are  trembly,  and  I  cannot 
hold  a  case;  but  I've  made  an  application  to  the 

ity  built  of  gold,  and  1  long  to  hear  the  answer. 

'Tis  a  case  that  you  can  hold.'  " 
Majik  Home,  Dunkirk,  Ohio. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


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of  truth 
,s  we  love. 


HJreatlu'd 

— Deeds  are  fruit;  words  are  but  leaves. 

— The  same  sun  that  melts  wax,  hardens  clay. 

— Aim  high;  but  not  so  high  its  not  to  be 
able  to  hit  anything. 

— Time  is  gold;  throw  not  one  minute  away, 
but  place  each  one  to  account. 

—To  keep  moths  out  of  old  clothing,  it  is 
recommended  to  give  the  clothing  to  the  poor. 

— Out  ot  Christ  as  the  way,  there  is  nothing 
but  wandering;  outof  Christ  as  the  truth,  noth- 
ing but  error;  out  of  Christ  n^  the  life,  nothing 
but  eternal  death. 

— Everj'  man,  woman  aud  child  has  got  some- 
thing to  do,  and  an  opportunity  for  doing  it, 
Remember  that  in  a  little  well  done,  much  has 
been  accomplished. 

— There  are  many  more  blossoms  upon  a  tree 
in  Spring  than  there  will  be  apples  in  Autumn. 
Yet  we  are  glad  to  see  blossoms,  because  we 
know  that  if  there  are  no  blossoms,  there  can 
be  no  fruit. 

— A  tree  will  not  ouly  lie  as  it  falls,  but  it 
will  fall  ns  it  leans.  Aud  the  great  question 
every  one  should  bring  home  to  himself  is  this: 
"  What  is  the  inclination  of  my  soul  ?  Does  it, 
with  all  its  affections,  lean  toward  God,  or  away 
from  Him  ?  " 

—Mr,  Spurgeon  is  reported  f  o  have  said  that, 
the  manner  of  some  clergymen,  in  addressing 
tlie  young,  made  him  think  they  must  have  un- 
derstood the  Lord  to  say,  "  Feed  my  canielo- 
pards,"  rather  than  "  Feed  my  lambs,"  aud  the 
hit  was  a  capita!  one. 

— Whether  women  are  inferior,  superior,  the 
equals,  or  the  complements  of  men,  is  not  ours 
to  say;  but  her  physical,  moral  and  mental 
growth,  and  culture,  can ueverreceivetoo much 
aid;  and  the  widest  liberty  should  be  given  to 
her  usefulness,  in  the  limitless  fields  of  oppor- 
tunity. A  noble  and  eaalted  manhood, requires 
as  a  precedent,  a  noble  and  exalted  motherhood. 

— We  ought  to  think  much  more  of  walking 
in  the  right  path  than  of  reaching  our  end. 
We  should  desire  virtue  more  than  success.  If 
by  one  wrong  deed  we  could  accomplish  the  lib- 
eration of  millinne,  and  in  no  other  way,  we 
ought  to  feel  that  this  good,  for  which,  perhaps, 
we  hail  prayed  with  an  agony  of  desire,  was  de- 
nied us  by  God,  and.  was  reserved  for  other  times 
and  other  handei- 


September    1'2 


THE    BItETI-IKEN    jVT    AVOKl-C. 


^(Icm^    o)i   §(ii(cr^jit. 


Mr.  Sankey  is  to  9[ien<l  the  coming  Winter  in 
England,  going  next  month  with  his  family. 
Moody  is  to  remain  in  the  United  States. 


The  New  Teslnment  rension  comiinny  re- 
cently met  at  New  Haven,  and  completed  the 
firet  eleven  chapters  of  Revelation. 


It  is  snid  that  in   Nevitda,   Cottonwood  tele- 
graph poles  have  sprouted   and  are   making 

nice  line  of  trees. 


The  Lake  Shore  Ifailroad  Company  hia  paid 
over  §453,000  dnmagc^  for  the  Ashtahula  disas- 
ter. 


According  to  carel'iil  calculation,  it  has  boon 
estimated  that  over  6,000,000  persons  have  died 
of  starvation  in  South  India  during   the   past 


A  piece  of  marble  slab  from  the  wreck  of  a 
sliip  sunk  twenty  years  ago  off  Long  Island, 
has  just  been  recovered  and  found  to  have  been 
completely  honey-combed  by  sea  worms. 


In  Berlin,  with  a  population  of  1.000,000, 
ly  35,000  persons  attend   public  worship,  and 
there  ai-e  20,000  burials  every  yeai-  without  any 
religious  service. 


In  Maine  both  parties  endoree  prohibition.- 
They  dai-e  not  oppose  it.    To  oppose  is  to  court 
curtain  defeat. 

The  population  of  the  continent  of  America 
averages  five  to  the  square  mile;  that  of  Europe, 
seventy-nincr  Asia,  thirty-five;  Africa,  si\;  Oce- 
anica,  five;  and  of  the  whole  earth  the  avci 

is  about  twenty  to  the  sqiiare  mile. 


The  Bible  work  among  Mie  Turksis  very  iti- 
tere-iting.  The-  Scriptures  are  sold  all  over  the 
empire.  The  Bible  House  at  Constantinople  is 
quite  as  prominent  a  building  as  Bible  houses 
of  Now  York  or  London  are  for  those  loci  Jities, 
and  Scriptures  are  puhlicly  exposed  for  sate  in 
more  than  thirty  languages. 


,  There  is  a  church  built  of  paper  near  Berlin, 
Prussia,  which  can  contain  1,000  people.  It  is 
circular  within,  octagonal  without,  the  reliefs 
outside  and  statues  within,  the  roof,  ceiling, 
the  Corinthian  capitals,  are  all  paper  mache, 
rendered  water-proof  by  saturating  in  vitriol, 
lime  water,  whey,  and  white  of  eggs. 


It  is  announced  that  Mr.  Rassani  has  found 
at  Nineveh,  imbedded  in  a  wall  of  the  palace  of 
Assur-Bani-Palo,  a  round  clay  cylinder  divided 
into  ten  c  impirtni'^ut*,  and  c  Jntaioing  nearly 
1,  300  lines  of  fine  description.  What  Ibis  de- 
scription means,  ha.s  yet  to  be  determined. 


Jews  of  past  centuries  have  alwaj's  bi'cu  de- 
picted as  bearded,  and  it  was  only  towards  the 
last  century  that  any  of  them  shaved.  An  an- 
cient law  forbade  the  use  of  any  metal  in- 
strument in  removing  the  heard,  aud  any  one 
desiring  a  smooth  face  was  required  to  rasp  the 
beard  with  pumioe-stone.  The  process  being 
anything  but  agreeable,  of  course  few  or  none 
adopted  it.      

Gen.  Stone,  now  engaged  in  the  military  ser- 
vice of  the  Khedive  of  Egypt,  has  sent  to  this 
country  a  lot  of  red  date  seed,  which  is  to  be 
planted  in  the  Colorado  desert.  Gen.  Stone 
thinks  that  in  this  region  the  date  palm  will 
flourish  as  well  as  in  its  native  clime.  If  the 
experiment  is  successful,  this  vast  waste  will 
become  one  of  the  most  productive  hectious  of 
the  country. 

The  number  of  destructive  earthquakes  re- 
corded in  Japan  during  the  past  fifteen  hundred 

year",  is  li9..  The  ninth  century  was  most  pro- 
lific in  these,  reaching  28;  in  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury then?  were  fifteen;  the  same  in  the  seven- 
teenth; 13  in  the  eighteenth;  aud  16  in  the  pres- 
ent century.'?^  The  recorded  average  is  one 
great  earthquake  every  ten  years,  but  the  nine- 
teenth century  give  one  every  five  yearn. 


For  bleeding  at  the  nose,  the  best  remedy,  as 
given  by  Dr.  Glcason,  in  one  of  his  lectures,  is 
a  vigorous  motion  of  the  jaws,  as  if  in  the  act 
of  miatication.  In  the  case  of  a  child,  a  wad 
of  paper  should  be  placed  in  its  mouth,  and  the 
child  instructed  to  chew  it  hard.  It  is  the  mo- 
tion of  the  jaws  that  stops  the  tlow  of  blood. 
This  remedy  is  so  very  simple  that  many  will 
feel  inclined  to  laugh  at  it,  but  it  has  never  been 
known  to  fail  in  a  single  instance,  even  in  very 
severe  cases. 

The  latest  estimate  of  the  total  population  of 
the  earth  is  1,439,145,300.  Europe  has  312,398,- 


4S0:  Asia,  831,000.000;  Africa,  205.219.500; 
Australia  and  Polynesia,  4,411,300;  America, 
80,116.000;  from  which  it  will  be  seen  that  Asia 
cont^ns  more  than  one  half  the  population  of 
of  tlic  world.  Tlie  population  of  some  of  the 
principal  countries  is  setdown  as  follows:  Ger- 
many. 42,757,360;  Austria,  37,350,000;  Russia 
in  Europe.  72,302,770:  France,  36,il05,788;Great 
Britian,  34,242,066;  Italy,  27,769,475;  Turkey 
in  Europe  (before  division),  0,573,000;,  Russia 
in  Asia,  4,505,876;  Turkey  in  Asia,  17,880,000; 
China  propet-,  405,000,000;  Chinese  border  lands,  ' 
29,580,000;  Britsh  India,  188,421,264;  Japsji; 
33,623,378;  Egypt,  17,000,000;  Equatorial  Afri- 
ca,44,000,000;  Brazil,  11,108,291. 


of  the  children  are  members  and  some  are  not. 
I  do  hope  that  the  day  will  soon  come,  when  all 
of  them  will  lie  on  their  way  to  meet  a  Chris- 
tian mother  in  a  brighter  clime.  Savior  help 
them,  is  my  prayer.  D.  N.  Workman. 


SHADOW. — In  Washington  district,  Koscius- 
ko Co.,  Ind,,  August  26th,  of  fever,  brother 
Joseph  Shadow,  aged  79  years,  2  months  and 
25  days.  Jesse  Calvebt. 

GLICK. — Sister  Susana  Glick  departed  this  life 
August  11th,  1878,  near  Mound  City,   Holt 
■   Co.,  Missouri,  aged  79  years,  8  months  and  26 
days.      Her  funeral  was   largely    attended. 
Textlsiiiah38;  1.  S.  A.  Honuerbkr. 

GLICK. — In  the  Pleasant  Valley  congregation, 
Augusta  Co.,   Virginia.   August   10th,  1878, 
sister  Mary,  wife  of  Bro.  Daniel  Glick,  d^ 
ceased,  aged  84  years,  9  months  and  22  days. 
A.  D.  G.\niiER. 
HARON.— Died  near  Haniliu,  Brown  Co.,  Kan- 
s^,  August  9th,  1878,  sister  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Bro.  Jacob  and  sister  Mary   Haron,   aged 
22  years,  4  months  and  27  daj's. 
Her  death  was  caused  by  a  complication  of 
diseases.     She  bore  hersuflerings  during  a  peri- 
od of  four  yeai-s,  witli  Cliristian  fortitude,   and 
by  word  and  example,   admonished   her  Chiis- 
tian  friends  to  hold   out  faithful.      And   from 
her  young  friends  she  received  tlie  jnomise,  that 
they  would  forsake  sin  arid  prepare  to  meet  Ii 
in  heaven.     Such  faithful  characters   of  Chris- 
tianity deserve  more  than  passing  notice,  and 
young  and  old  do  well  to  follow  the  example. 
Funeral  services  in  Christian  chufch  iit  Ham- 
lin, to   an  immense   assemblage   of   friends. — 
Words  selected  from  1  Thess.  4:  13. 

'  JOSATII.VN  LiCHTV. 

BREYMAN.— In  Huiubolt,  Richanlson  Co.. 
Nebraska,  Jnly  13th,  1878,  Allen  Breyman, 
aged  29  years.  5  months  and  10  days. 
ZOLLERS.— In  the  Arnold's  Grove  district, 
Carroll  Co.,  III.,  August  21st,  1878,  sister 
Mary  E.  Zolterw,  aged  33  years.  7  mouths  and 
2  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  an  example 
of  Christian  patience  and  resignation,  while 
under  the  most  dreadful  suffering  night  and  Any 
for  near  four  years,  but  finally  her  sufferings 
ended,  and  she  gently  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  in 
hope  of  a  glorious  immortality, 

The  funeral  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse 
of  relatives  and  sympathizing  friends.  Servi- 
ces by  Bro.  Enoch  Eby  from  Phil.  1:  21-24. 

.r.  J.  ElIMKBT. 

HARDMAN. — In  the  Fairview  congregation, 
Appanoose  Co.,  Iowa,  July  30th,  1878,  Bro. 
Israel  Hardman,  aged  70  years,  0  months  and 
21  days. 

He  was  a  deacon  of  the  above  named 
church  near  22  years.  Faithful  to  duty  to  the 
close  of  his  days  on  earth.  Funeral  improved 
to  a  large  concourse  of'  people  by  William  E. 
Strickler.  Joseph  Zook. 

NEWCOMER.— In  the  Ashland  church  Ash- 
land Co.,  Ohio,  sister  Catharine,  wife  of  Bro. 
Peter  Newcomer,  aged  55.  years  11  months 
and  23  days. 

She  leaves  a  husband  and  nine  cliildren  to 
mouiii  their  loss.  Ashort  time  beforeshedied, 
she  called  her  children  (that  were  at  home)  to 
her,  pressing  their  hands  between  her  own 
she  bade  them  the  long  farewell,  telling  them, 
that  shewas  preparedito  go,  and  that  she  w^** 
going  home  to  her  two  little  children  that  had 
gone  before  her.  Bro.  Peter  and  sister  Catha- 
rine were  married  January  5th,  1841,  and  lived 
together  as  husband  and  ^yife;i7  years  Tmonths, 
and  16  days,  then  bidding  herhusbiind  farewell. 
she  took  her  flight  and  went  to  her  long  home, 
after  an  illnes.'i  of  between  six  and  .seven  years 
during  which  time  wo  often  looked  for  her  to 
say  farewell  to  her  kind  frieiids.  Her  disease 
supposed  to  be  consumption.  She  was 
buried  on  the  22nd  day  of  Aligust,  1878.  Fu- 
neral services  by  the  writer  alid  Bro.  I  Killhef- 
froni  Revi  14:  13  to  a  large  and  very  atten- 
tive congregrtl  ion.  Oh  how  hard  it  seemed  to 
be  for  her  family  to  give  her  up;  yet  they  sor- 
row not  as  those  which  have  no   hope       Some 


CORRESPONDEJN'OE. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

SOME  of  the  brethren  and  sisters  are  no  doubt 
waiting  to  hear  something  about  England 
the  custom  of  the  people,  and  other  things  rel- 
ative to  my  stay  there  through  last  Winter  and 
this  Summer.  1  have  promised  the  editors  a 
few  thoughts,  and  will  commence  by  relating 
fii-st, 

THE  NATVRE  OF  IRE  (XIUXTRY 

in  the  part  I  travelled.  Around  my  old  home 
in  Somei-set,  you  can  always  find  any  kind  of 
soil;  there  are  hills  that  appear  like  mountains, 
gradually  arising  fi'om  the  lowlands,  and  often 
the  ascent  to  those  hills  will  be  covered  with  a 
thick  growth  of  underhru.fh,  or  woods  as  called 
there;  also  plenty  of  heavy  forest  trees.  These 
woods  are  nearly  full  of  rabbits,  foxes,  game  as 
pheasants,  hares,  etc.,  and  furnish  sport  for  the 
nobleman,  lords  aud  squires,  who  infest  the 
country,  and  are  almost  looked  up  to,  as  though 
they  were  more  than  mere  creatures  with  the 
rest  of  God's  creation.  Tlirij  are  the  land  own- 
ers; the  farmers,  the  renters,  the  laboring 
classes  working  for  each,  and  of  course  each 
party  knows  its  friends  and  keeps  themselves 
to  themselves.  You  will  find  none  of  the  so- 
cial, free  and  easy  disposition  that  characterizes 
the  people  of  the  United  States.  I  have  left, 
the  nature  of  the  country,  and  you  can  see  just 
where  I  branched  off.  I  ivill  return  to  the 
moors  for  n  few  nioments.  As  you  have  ascend- 
ed with  me,  the  hills  spoken  of,  you  can  now 
from  the  top.  look  over  a  vast  expanse  of  coun- 
try, and  .such  a  sight, — almost,  indescribable! 
You  can  see  villages  every  few  miles,  with  per- 
haps from  200  to  oOOinhabitiints,  the  tall  spires 
of  the  Established  Church  of  England  rising 
amongst  the  trees.  And  the  sight  enchants 
the  eye  of  the  traveler,  you  can  turn  your  ga/.e 
in  another  direction  apd  aee  the  level,  dreary 
mooi-s,  with  ditehes  cut  to  drain  off  the  water, 
averaging  six  feet  wide,  these  ai'c  sometimes 
fiooded  for  a  long  time.  In  these  fields  you 
find  a  good  many  cows,  as  Somerset  is  a  cheese- 
making  Co.  It  also  makes  a  lot  of  cider,  which 
accounts  for  the  many  orchards. 

The  observer  will  also  find  clay  lands  on  top 
the  hills,  which  yield  fair  returns  of  wheat,  bar- 
ley, peiLS  orheans,  to  the  industrious  and  frugal 
farmer.  We  see  red  lauds  that  look  poor  and 
don't  deceive  their  looks;  they  are  generally 
with  others  in  their  turn,  dressed  with  heavy 
coats  of  artificial  and  other  manures. 

THE  t'ARU  IIOISES 

often  present  a  pretty  looking  appearance;  they 
are  not  wood,  hut  massive  structures  of  stone 
or  brick.  Walls  three  feet  thick,  and  oftentimes 
may  contain  eight  to  ten  bedrooms,  kitchen, 
dairy,  and  back  kitchen,  cellars,  parlor  and  sit- 
ting-room, with  hall  and  outhouses  in  abund- 
ance to  suit  the  convenience  of  a  large  dairy, 
stock  and  grain  farm.  .Barns  are  large,  also 
stone;  and  covered  with  thatch,  reed  and  tiles. 
The  residences  of  the  squires  are  in  the  country, 
amidst  the  farms  of  their  estate,  aud  have  splen- 
didly arranged  lawns,  carriage  drives,  and  pri- 
vate walks,  with  gardens  attached.  Manj'  of 
the  houses  are  very  old,  and  the  architecture  of 
course  being  ancient,  is  looked  upon  as  grand, 
but  the  houses  or  mansions  of  modern  date, 
suit  my  taste  the  best;  they  are  costly  edifices, 
generally  two  or  three  times  larger  than  really 
needed.     The 

HOUSES  OF  THE  I'BASANTKY. 

or  laborers  come  next.  Are  of  very  low  stature 
as  a  rule,  and  (hatched  with  straw,  very  old- 
fashioned  and  none  too  much  room,  as  general- 
ly large  families  are  found  occujjying  the  small 
cottages. 

I  have  now  described,  I  think,  the  land  us  a 
rule  through  all  the  part  1  visited,  also  the 
houses.  The  people  I  will  leave  till  another 
article  with  their  customs,  and  the  probable 
success,  attending  a  well  directed  mission  to  the 
island. 

I  had  forgotton  to  state  ;vhen  describing  the 
nature  of  the  country,  that  the  fields  are  irreg- 
ular in  shape.  They  arc  notHqunre'aa here, but 
just  to  suit  the  taste  of  landowners  and  tenant; 
the  roads  also  wind  in  every  direction,  with 
sign-posts  at  every  cross-road,  to  tell  the  ti-avcl- 

his  way,  and  the  distance.  The  turnpikes, 
which  keep  these  roads  in  ordei-,  are  nearly  done 
away  with,  and  the  expense  fiilla  on  the  farmer. 
Times  with  himare  very  close  at  present:  .Amer- 
ican compi'tifin  rendering  prios  hnv,  iu^tock. 
cheese  und  some  of  the  manufacturing  articles 


of  cullerj-  and  other  things,  so  that  Lh.-  Knglish 
way  of  haud-!al)or  i^  supersj-d^l  hytla-  uuichin- 
ory  of  other  iiatiuiis.  Wearing  appaivl  is  much 
cheaper  there,  than  here.  Wages  of  the  labor- 
ers al^  higher  than  when  I  left  England  first  in 
1869.  Hence  that  class  of  people  might  do 
better  now  than  m  years  gone  by,  if  they  de- 
sired to.  H.  p.  BltlSKWORTU. 
Lanark,  III. 


More  Light. 

rilHERE  are  manifold  indications  of  perplex- 
X  ity  in  the  Brotherhood  in  relation  to  the 
Lord's  Supper.  I  am  frequently  written  to  for 
explication  of  the  apparent  discrepancies  of  the 
Sacred  Record  on  this  point.  The  truth  does 
not  lie  so  neiir  the  surface  respecting  the  ordi- 
nance as  some  othei-s.  It  requires  more  inves- 
tigation and  collation. 

The  want  of  strength  and  atil!  more  the  want 
of  means  prechides  my  present  elaboration  of 
the  subject.  It  seems  to  me  I  can  do  no  better 
than  urge  all  such  members  to  procure  Bro.  J. 
W.  Beer's  book  on  the  "Lord's  Supper."  The 
subject  not  only  requires  study  but  deserves  it. 
Bro.  Beer  has  given  the  church  an  excellent 
monograph,  and  all  who  desu'e  light  in  that  di- 
rection will  find  60  cents  a  cheap  investment 
for  so  large  a  fund  of  information.  The  signifi- 
cance of  the  Divine  Institution  should  incite 
us  to  avail  oui-selvcs  of  everj'  ray  of  light  that 
confirns  its  authority  and  perpetuity.  No  mat- 
ter what  the  material.-i  of  which  the  supper  was 
composed,  or 'what  the  conception  of  the  ajios- 
tle  in  its  preparation,  it  w-ts  not  the  passover  as 
to  its  symbolic  purpose.  Bro.  Beer's  book  ivill 
prove  an  excellent  mental  discipline,  as  well  ,« 
an  exhaustive  historical  argument  for  "  the  truth 
as  it  is  in  Jesus."  C.  H.  Balsuauoh. 

[For  the  book  send  60'centa,  with  your  name 
and  addressptainiy  written  to  J.  W.  Bct,  Mey- 
ersdale,  Somei-set  Co.,  Pa.] 


From  Ohio. 

BY  your  permission,  I  will  inform  the  read- 
ers of  your  excellent  paper  that  I  am  now 
in  Ohio.  I  left  Huntington  Co.,  Indiana,  on 
the  6th  of  August.  Got  in  the  vicinity  of  Ha- 
gerstown,  Wayne  Co.,  Indiana  on  Friday  the 
Oth.  Met  with  the  menibers  of  the  Nettiecreek 
arm  of  church,  near  Hagerstown,  on  Saturday 
in  church  counsel.  Not  much  business.  The 
propriety  of  building  a  house  for  their  poor 
members,  was  discussed  at  length  and  finally 
postponed  till  after  their  next  District  meeting. 
A  choice  was  held  for  visiting  brethren,  the  lot 
faUing  on  Abraham  Holler  and  a  young 
brother  Bowman,  two  active  young  Brethren. 
Ditniel  and  Jacob  Bowman  and  John  Holler  are 
the  elders  here.  David  Bowman,  L*Mvia  Kin- 
ney and  Jacob  Hoover  are  in  the  second  grade 
of  the  ministry,  and  Lewis  W.  Teeter  and  B.  F. 
Wisler  in  the  first;  hence  the  ministry  here  is 
strong.  On  Lord's  day  morning  we  met  with 
them  in  Sabbath-school.  Not  as  large  an  at- 
tendance as  I  exi«cted.  At  10  o'clock  A.  M. 
and  in  the  evening  we  preached  for  them  as 
best  we  could.  On  Monday  morning  we  start- 
ed for  Ohio.  Got  to  Newhope  in  Preble  Co.  in 
the  evening  where  we  met  some  of  our  rehition.o. 
Did  some  visiting  in  this  vicinity.  On  Tuesday 
evening  we  preached  in  a  United  Brethren 
meeting-house  in  Newhope.  A  full  house,  for 
the  short  notice.  Next  day  went  to  Eaton, 
the  county  seat  of  Preble  Co.  From  there 
went  to  Winchester,  where  we  visited  quite  a 
number  of  relatives  and  friends.  On  Thursday 
evening  we  preached  in  a  Methodist  church  in 
town.  On  Friday  16th  we  went  to  John  Hai't's, 
a  brother-iu-law  of  ours.  On  Saturday  did 
some  visiting,  one  place  of  visit  was  the  old 
■metery  where  my  first  wife  was  buried  some 
fort)'  years  ago.  This  brought  fresh  to  our 
mind,  when  we  had  to  stand  and  see  our  dear 
yo(mg  companion  sunk  in  the  silent  tomb.  0 
how  sad  we  felt.'  In  as  much  as  this  grave-yard 
was  much  neglected,  we  made  some  arrangements 
to  have  it  put  in  a  better  condition.  Next  day 
being  Lord's  day  we  went  io  church  at  Sugar- 
Hill.  Tried  to  preach  at  10  A.  M..  in  afternoon 
visited  old  Bro.  Daniel  Miller,  who  is  quite 
poorly.  In  the  evening  came  here  to  our  young- 
est sister.  Found  all  well.  We  expect  to  visit 
two  weeks  in  thit.  county  (Montgomery),  then 
to  Miami  Co,  then  Darke  Co,  We  expect  to  get 
to  Huntington  Co.,  Indiana,  by  the  25th  of 
September.  All  who  desire  my  help  in  the 
ministry  ia  the  Fall  and  Winter,  please  address 
me  [it  Huntington,  Ind.,  by  llie  first  of  Oct. 
I  have  been  pretty  well  since  I  started  on  my 
visit,  thank  the  Lord.  Oh  Lord  help  all  to  be 
fi'ithfui.  Sauikl  Mlrrav. 


"Watch,  for  the  night  cometh!" 


'VVIV:    1^  RETtlRElS'    ^VT    "SVOKlv. 


September    1-i. 


From  Fairplay,  Washington  Co.,  Md. 

rrilE  liretliren  of  the  several  elm  relics,  com- 
1  poaiiip  the  Western  District  of  Miirylunil, 
lire  genentlly  nwnre  that  at  our  late  District 
meeting,  held  in  the  Bciir  Creek  congreEotion. 
Gnrret  Co  ,  Mnryland,  there  wna  a  missionary 
plnii  reitroaontcd  and  adopted,  called  the  VVeat- 
eni  District  of  Maryland  Mission^i,  /Ve-=o£Jjx-. 
tion.  The  object  leing  more  imrticnltirly  to 
get  the  Gospel  preached  in  thn  outskirti  of  our 
iinmedinte  congregation,  lit  places  where  the 
Brethren  have  seldom,  if  ever  preached.  And 
it  may  he  said  there  arc  thonsands  of  such  plac- 
es, and  iu  many  of  thoac  places  there  arc  calls 
for  lis  tofonie;  and  yet  their  wants  are  not  sup- 
plied, and  why  is  it?  Because  we  have  not  the 
ministers  with  ability,  energy  and  courage  to 
present  the  truth  of  the  Gospel  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  commend  them  to  the  consideration 
and  Hn- acceptance  of  men  and  women  desiring 
to  he  saved  ?  Surely  we  have  brethren  who  are 
workmen  that  need  not  be  n-shamed,  but  are 
able  rightly  to  divide  the  truth,  and  eaa  give 
moat  in  due  season,  both  to  saint  and  sinner.- 
Is  it  then  because  snob  brethren  already  have 
so  nnieh  to  do,  so  many  appointments  to  fill 
that  they  cannot  be  sent  on  a  preaching  tour 
of  a  few  weeks,  to  declare  the  trnths  of  the  Gos- 
pel to  souls  that  would  only  need  to  hear,  and 
(o  have  an  opportunity  to  obey,  and  they  would 
lie  ready  to  accept  of  this  great  salvation  ?  Then 
ij'  these  are  not  the  causes,  what  are  they? — 
We  cannot  reason  away  the  necessity  of  sup- 
plying the  wants  of  the  soul  a*  long  as  we  rec- 
ognize the  langungo  nf  Montgomery,  the  poet: 


'Twri 


li'litlis  to  sound, 


Tlie  world  can  never  give. 

The  liliss  for  whicli  we  sigh ; 
'  'f  is  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live, 
Xor  all  of  death  to  die. 
And  in  oi-der  that  the  soul?  may  enjoy  the  rest 
that  the  world  cannot  give,  the  Savior  has  com- 
manded us  to  go  into  all  the  world  and  preach 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature:  and  he  that  be- 
lieveth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved.  And 
how  shall  tliey  believe  in  him  of  whom  they 
have  not  heard?  And  how  shall  they  hear 
without  a  preacher?  And  howshall  tliey  preach 
except  they  be  sent?  Rom.  10:  14-1.^.  Now 
we  discover  the  means  whereby  this  great  de- 
mand can  be  supplied,  and  hungry  starving 
■souls  can  have  the  bread  of  life  broken  unto 
them,  and  the  thirsty  tlmt  arf  perishing  for  the 
want  of  the  waters  of  life,  may  he  made  tp 
drink  deep  out  of  the  wells  of  salvation.  And 
O,  who  should  remain  deaf  to  the  glorious  in- 
vitationV  Now  Jesus  invites,  and  (he  Spirit 
says  come,  and  angels  are  waiting  to  welcome 
you  home.  And  in  these  means  we  find  thut 
by  the  foolishness  of  preaching,  God  is  pleased 
to  save  those  that  believe.  Hence  there  is  a  ne- 
cessity for  preaching,  but  how  can  we  preach 
except  we  be  sent?  AVe  have  admitted  that 
there  is  not  as  much  preachhig  within  our  bor- 
der as  there  should  be,  not  for  the  want  of 
pveacbera  altogether,  for  this wautthe Lord  has, 
through  the  churcli  been  supplying.  If  the 
one  means  conies  through  the  church,  most 
surely  tlie  others  do.  Then  among  the  other 
requisite  means  named  in  the  Word  of  the  Lord, 
we  discover  that  sending  is  necessary,  and  it 
will  be  found,  not  only  the  direction  to  go,  but 
;il;o  ill.'  wherewith  lo  go;  beCiiusc  we  are  t 
niandcd  to  hear  each  other's  burdens,  and 
that  we  be  co-workers  with  God.  Now  all 
these  things  God  has  given,  they  are  all  right 
at  hand.  And  all  that  is  wanting,  is  to  supply 
the  means,  and  set  the  ready  materiaks  in  oper- 
ation, and  the  machinery  will  work  smoothly 
as  running  iu  well  grooves,  being  oiled  by  the 
love  and  gi-acc  of  God,  that  all  friction  will  be 
obviated. 

And  now  in  conclusion,  we  msh  to  refer 
to  our  Missionary  Association,  which  we  de- 
signed to  more  fully  fulfill  the  great  commission 
so  far  as  we  can,  as  an  organised  district,  for  it 
is  generally  admitted  that  charity  begins  at 
home,  and  that  while  large  ships  may  venture 
more,  little  boats  should  keep  near  the  ahore.- 
Therefore  that  we  might  endeavor  to  have  tin 
liospel  preached  at  places  where  it  is  desired, 
and  also  create  a.  desii-e  for  it  by  oflbring  ap 
pointnienfa  where  places  can  be  found  for  that 
purpose,  there  was  provision  made  in  the  plan 
as  oJdopfed  for  our  Missionary  Association,  that 
district  meeting  annually  appoint  an  JExecutive 
Committee  to  attend  to  those  duties  as  set  forth 
in  the  plan.  One  brother  from  each  arm  of  the 
church  comprising  the  Western  District  of 
Maryland  to  constitute  said  committee,  and  I 
believe  a  copy  of  the  plan  was  sent  to  each 
member  of  thecommittce.  But  we  donot 
that  the  work  is  being  carried  on,  although 
Bome  monthshavo  gone  by.     Brethren  do   not 


sit  down,  but  be  up  and  doing,  lest  it  will  be 
said.  "  the  harvest  is  passed  and  the  Summer  if* 
ended,  and  souls  not  saved,"  In  ordpr  that  nil 
who  desire  to  have  preaching  through  this  or- 
ganized association  may  know  where  to  apply, 
I  will  give  the  names  of  the  Executive  Comnnt- 
tee  to  whom  application  may  be  made,  and  that 
they  may  he  better  able  to  arrange  appointments 
to  greater  advantage  if  they  start  out  Brethreu 
on  a  preaching  tour: 

Abraham  Bamhart,  Hagerstown. 

Samuel  Jennings,  Brownsville:  David  Schin- 
dle,  Funkstown;  Dr.  V.  Richard,  Cor.  Secreta- 
ry, Faii'play,  Washington  Co.,  Maryland;  Da- 
vid Merrill,  Lanconing;  Samuel  Miller,  Engle's 
Mill,  Garret  Co.,  MHr}'land. 

Daniel  Woi.f, 

Treasure): 

A  Peculiar  Case. 

SISTER  Mary  Pollers,  of  whose  death  an  ac- 
count will  he  found  elsewhere,  took  sick 
abotit  four  years  ago,  with  a  strange  disease, 
that  baflled  all  medical  science.  Physicians 
pronounced  it-soinofching  similar  to  the.  Asiatic 
leprosy.  The  -skin  on  her  limbs,  and  part  of 
the  body  gradually  hardened  until  about  two 
yeai-s  ago,  it  became  hard  and  stiff  as  sole  leath- 
er, with  several  openings,  as  running  sores;  out 
of  which  her  life  seemed  to  ooze  away.  Encas- 
ed in  this  coat  of  mail,  some  of  the  joints  were 
perfectly  stiff. 
That  which  she  suffered  for  the  last  several 
ws  is  utterly  indescribale,  day  and  night 
ithout  a  moment  of  rest.  To  look  upon  her 
was  to  remind  one  of  the  terrible  suffering  of 
.lob.  But  her  patience  wa^  equal  to  her  suff- 
ering. Her  mind  was  clear  until  the^end,  when 
she  hade  adieu  to  her  mother  and  sister,  and 
trust,  was  bourne  by  the  angels  into  Paradise, 
to  come  again,  when  the  Lord  shall  descend 
from  Heaven  with  a  shout,  and  the  dead  in 
Christ  shall  rise  first.  J.  Y.  Heckleh, 

.1//.  Carroll.  111. 


the  water  side  lo  witness  the  baptismal  ordi- 
nance. One  Iiiul  formerly  he-n  a  member  of 
the  Biipti.4t  church,  two  had   belonged    to   tb 


;^^  There  will  he  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Monticello  district,  AVhite  Co.,  Ind..  on  the 

first  day   of  Novi  mher.  ISTS,  commencicg 


German  Reformed  church.     I  think  we  all  felt    fuur  o'clock  P.  M  .  and  meeting  to  continue  for 


ri^joiced  to  see  them  leave  the  elements  of  this 
world  and  join  in  with  the  people  of  God.  Hope 
they  with  us,  will  grow  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledgi?  of  the  truth,  and  finally  be  «o  un- 
.kiibly  happy  03  to  i:£jich  the  immortal  climes 
of  glory,  where  we  may  ever  be  enabled  to  sing 
e  songs  of  praises  to  the  Lamb  forever  and 
er.  D.  B.  Hibt. 

From  Levi  Stump. — Samuel  Croy  of  New- 
go  Co.,  Mich,,  Etna  RO.,  Wbitecloud  Stafn, 
wants  some  brother  to  como  and  preach,  as   he 
and  his  companion  are  all  aloiie. 

From  Limestone,  Teun. — We  have  just 
passed  through  a  series  of  meetings,  commenc- 
ing with  harvest  or  thanksgiving  meeting  on 
Friday  the  23rd  inst.  Annual  visit  meeting  on 
Saturday,  and  regular  exercises  on  Sunday.  The 
meetings  were  well  attended  and  interesting. — 
Bro.  C.  Diehl  of  Pleasant  Valley  labored   with 

us,  J-  B.  PESOE. 

From  Marshall  Co.,  loivft.— On  the  24th 
*of  Angnst,  Bro.  Bashor  came  to  us,  but  am  sor- 
ry to  say,  til  at  tie  had  taken  cold  and  was  scarce- 
ly able  to  preach  the  first  four  d-iys,  but  happy 
to  say  that  his  health  improved,  the  lost  two 
sermons  were  strong  and  powerful.  Only  two 
baptized  and  one  reclaimed  while  he  was  here, 
but  we  do  not  attribute  the  cause  of  no  ingath- 
ering to  the  preaching  as  much  as  to  a  trouble 
that  has  just  taken  place  in  the  neighborhood. 
Trust  Bro.  B.iahor  will  bo  spared,  and  at  a 
time  when  things  are  more  favorably,  will  come 
to  us  again,  and  I  ask  the  Brethren  every-where 
to  remember  us  iu  their  prayers,  that  God  may 
grant  us  grace  and  ability,  that  the  cloud  may 
soon  be  removed  from  us. 

John  MrRRAv. 


GLEANINGS. 


some  time  after  Lnve-fe:ist, 

.Jonx  S.  Ssowii 

l^^  Wc  will  hold  our  Love-feast  at  Smith 
Fork  church.  Clinton  Co.,  Mo ,  October  12th,  at 
1  o'clock  P.  M.  We  design  to  continue  meet- 
ing for  a  week.  Minislrrs  fnivelling  West 
wilt  make  a  note  of  this  and  give  us  a  call. — 
Those  coming  by  II,  R.wilUtopatPlattSpring, 
one  and  one  half  miles  South  of  the  meeting- 
house. D.  B.  Gnisox. 

3^5^  There  will  be  a  Love- feast  in  the  Van- 
Buren  congregation,  Oct.,  15th  at  Baer's,  two 
miles  AVest  bf  White  Pigeon,  St.  Joseph  Co., 
Michigan,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 

G.  Sprasg. 

ZW  We  the  Brethren  of  theFainiewchurch. 
Tippecanoe  Co.,  Indiana,  will  have  our  Com- 
munion Oct.  5th,  commencing  nt  4  o'clock  iu 
the  evening.  Saiiuel  Ulhby. 

jS'^The  Brethren  of  the  Root  River  congre- 
gation, FiJlmoraCo.,  Minnesota,  intend  holding 
their  Communion  on  the  5th  of  Oct.,  1871?, 
commcnciug  at  10  A.  M.  Josf.i'H  Gog. 

EST'The  Brethren  of  Deep  River  church, 
Poweshiek  Co.,  Iowa,  intend  holding  a  Com- 
on  Fiiday  and  Saturday,  Oct,  4th  and 
5th,  commencing  at  10  o'clock.  Preaching  on 
Sunday  the,  Gth,  at  10  o'clock.  All  are  invited, 
especially  ministering  brethren. 

G.  W.  Hofwoou, 

K^-  Our  Love-feast  will  be  the  14th  of  Sept.. 
Boulder  Co.,  Colorado.  Will  hold  a  series  of 
meetings  during  the  week  previous. 

■j.  S.  Fr.oitv. 


^NNOTJJST  CEMENTS. 


MoTiOU  of  Lofc-fefuU,   Diatricl   Meetings,   ate, 
be  brief,  anil  writton  on  pnper  scpnrate 
ttota   other  business. 


From  David  Bowman.— We  have  had  n 
season  of  refreshing  among  us.  Brother  J.  S. 
ind  S,  S.  Mohler  were  among  us  and  preached 
the  Word  ivith  power  and  demonstration  of  the 
Spirit,  which  made  saints  rejoice  and  sinners  to 
refiect  upon  the  future  destiny.  Our  Love-feast 
was  one  of  the  best  meetings  we  ever  attended. 
I  will  say  here  that  Brethren  seeking  homes  in 
the  Wpst,  would  do  well  to  gi'W  us  a  call",  as 
land  is  low  here.  It  can  almost  be  bought  for 
what  the  improvements  are  worth. 

St.  Martivs,  Mo. 

From  M.  J..  Smith.— Those  hooks  and 
pamphlets  you  sent  me  came  to  hand  all  right 
and  gave  entire  satisfaction.  I  think  they 
ought  to  be  distributed  around  more  than  thi'y 
are.  The  "  Passover  and  Supper,"  ought  to  be 
read  by  every  one  that  is  not  well  read  in  the 
Scripture,  and  those  pamphlets  I  love  to  read. 
I  think  there  is  good  reading  in  all  of  them, 
such  as  all  worldly  people  ought  to  have  before 
them.  T  intend  to  lend  mine  and  see  if  they 
will  turn  some  to  a  saving  of  the  soul.  I  don't 
belong  to  the  church,  but  expect  to  soon;  per- 
haps before  this  reaches  you,  and  my  husband  is 
going  with  me.  We  expect  to  be  bsptixed 
next  Sunday. 

Koiihhauipton,  Ohio. 

From  Joiui  Metzger— The  first  day  of  Aug, 
I  started  for  Pennfield,  Champaign  Co.,  111. 
Came  to  Pennfield  the  second.  The  people 
soon  made  arrangment'S  to  have  meeting.  Aft- 
er preaching  several  times,  two  Campbellites 
came  fonvard  and  said  they  wanted  to  be  ba]>- 
tized.  After  making  the  necessary  arrnngments 
to  go  to  the  water  to  adminLs,ter  the  holy  ordi- 
nance of  baptism,  quite  a  crowd  of  people  ac- 
companied us  to  the  water,  as  it  was  the  first 
time  the  Brethren  ever  baptized  at  that  place. 
After  all  met  in  a  beautiful  grove  at  the  water 
side,  we  sang  a  few  verses,  then  I  made  a  few 
remarks  of  the  necessity  of  prayer  at  the  water 
side.  Thou  I  told  the  people  it  would  be  pleas- 
ant, and  do  them  good,  if  we  would  all  kneel 
down  and  have  a  word  of  prayer.  So  they  all 
knelt  down,  old  and  young,  and  many  tears 
were  shed.     Brethren  go  and  preach  for  them. 

From  Domiell  Creek  cliiireh,  Ohio. — Our 

church  seems  to  be  in  a  healthy  condition,  still 
contending  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the 
saints.  With  all  the  earnest  labors  of  our 
ministers,  accessions  have  been  few  this  Sum- 
mer. Thanks  bo  to  God,  prosiwcts  are  looming 
up  favorably  for  an  ingathering.  Within  the 
last  two  weeks  four  precious  souls  have  been 
brought  in  favor  and  fellowship  with  the  bless- 
ed  Redeemer,      (juite  a  number  assembled  at 


LOVE-FEA8T3. 

CO..  ni.,  Oct. 

i'.i.,  Kansas, 
I"  -  o'clock. 
.|.i>,Oct.  1. 
Ill  Dctoher. 

J[ult...ri-;  Cri.MMhiircli,  ISi.tliI  (>.,  Jll.,Oct.etb. 
Camp  Creek  co:ij;regation,  Sept.  14. 
Bethel  church,  JUnuije  Co..  Neb.,  Sept.  I4th  and 

i!5th. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  Xortli-east 

of  Leon,  Deeutur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  lOth. 
White  Rock  congregation.  Kansas,  Sept.  Slst. 

LdWM'  V:y\\  Cri'.-k  rliiiiili.Mi.disonCn..  Tnd.,  Oct,  11 

I..,-.      I     .    .     I    ......  .       r>    .,  i  ,  .-,.  ,r  ^o'clock. 

I'l-  r.  .  .  I       ■  ,,  .jdence  of 

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J.    H.    MOWRE     &     M.    M.   EsIIELMAN. 


CSplIE  Bl 


BRETHREN  AT  WORK  is  on  uncompro- 
.sing  odvncntc  of  PmiiiUvc  ClirisUanlty  In  all 
■    itpuritj. 

It  recognizes  the  New  Testa  me  nt  as  tlio  only  infallible 
nilc  of  (aith  and  practice. 

And   mnlntnin*  thnt  the  sovereign,  unmerited,   unso- 
licited [{race  of  God  is  the  only  eourcc  of  pardon,  and 

Tb.it  tlic  vic.lrioiiB  suircrings  and  meritorious  works  of 
Christ  arc  the  only  price  of  redemption  : 
Thnt  Fnitb,  RepenMnre  and  Baptism  arc  conditions  ol 

Thai  T--      '■■■■I         ■■     -  .hpping  the  candidati:  tiirtc 
limes  r.i'  •■,  Itaptism^ 

Thnt  ]■,...:  U-.  ...■  _.  .    i..i.L,'litin  John  13,  fa  a  divine 


ThntU 


Supper 


a  full  ir 


a  tiic  c 


"Wyanihit  congregation,  near  little  Vuik.  Wyandot 

Co.,  0.,  Sept  14th  and  lith,  ot  10  o'clock. 
Beaver  Creek  church,  York  Co.,  Neb.,  September 

■ii  and  22. 
Pokiigon  congregation,  Cass  co.,  Jlich.,  October  .'ith 

at  live  o'clock,  V.  M. 
Grasshopper  Valley  church,  .lefferson  co.,  Kansas. 

Oct.  5th  and  0th. 

I^"  The  Lord  willing,  there  will  be  a  Com- 
munion meeting  in  the  Bear  Creek  church, 
Christian  Co.,  Bl,,  on  the  28th  and  29th  of  Sept, 
1878,  commencing  at  4  o'clock  in  the  evening 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  John  S.  Stutzman,  three 
miles  South-east  of  Morrisonville.  Invitations 
to  all  that  wish  to  be  with  us. 

J.  S.  Stutzhan. 

'SST'  There  will  be  n  Love-fenst  at  Milledge- 
vlile,  Carroll  Co.;  III.,  October  8th  and  9th. 
commencing  at  10  A.  M.  Invitation  extended 
as  usual. 

J2>°  The  Brethren  of  the  Black  River  con- 
gi-egation,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio,  the  Lord  willing, 
will  hold  their  Love-feast  on  the  fourth  of  Oct., 
commencing  at  3  o'clock. 

Tobias  Hoover. 

SIS'"  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting, 
the  Lord  willing,  iu  the  Log  Creek  congrega- 
gation,  Caldwell  Co.,  North  Missouri  district, 
Oct.,  5th  and  (Sth,  commencing  at  2  o'clock  on 
Saturday,  at  the  residence  of  the  imdersigned, 
tluree  miles  West  of  Polo.  A  hearty  invitation 
extended.  I.  E.  Bosserman. 

J3?"  The  Commuhion  meeting  in  the  Silver 
Creek  congregation.  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  will  be  the 
Lord  willing,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  the 
Sth  and  Sth  of  Oct.,  commencing  at  ten  o'clock, 
to  which  the  usual  invitation  is  extended, 

D.  E.  Price, 

3^"We,the  Linn  Co., church,  the  Lord  will- 
ing, will  hold  a  Love-fea.st  on  the  10th  of  Oct., 
commencing  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  to  which  we 
extend  a  hearty  invitation  to  all  the  surronud- 
ing  churches  ot  the  Brelhren. 

J.  C.  MiLLBIt. 


Coinin 

Ing.  or  nfler  the  close  of  the  day: 

Thnl  the  Salutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  or  Kiss 
Clinrity,  is  binding  upon  the  followers  of  Christ: 

Thai  W.ir  and  ReLMialioii  .irc  conlrarj'  to  the  spirit  i 
self-denying  principles  of  tlic  religion  of  Je^iis  Christ 

That  n  No n- Conformity  to  the  world  In  dress,  cusloi 
daily  w.-vlk  nnd  conversation  is  essential  to  true  holin 
and  Christian  piety. 

It  maintains  thnt  In  public  nor&llip,  or  ] 
cises,  Christians  »h  Old  d  appear  nsdircctcd  Ir 


veor. 


Itnkoadvoc 


s  the  s. 


if  the  Lord. 


:k  with  oil  in  then 
In  »hort  it  is  a  vindicitor  of  all  thnt  Christ  nnd  the 
Apostles  have  enjoined  upon  us,  nnd  .lims,  amid  the  con- 
llicting  theories  and  discords  of  modern  Christendom,  lo 
point  out  ground  tliat  all  must  concede  to  be  infallibly 
safe.  Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 

Address:  MOORE  &  ESHELBIAN, 

Lanakk.  CakhollCo,,  Ili,. 


Cliildren  at  Work. 

The    Bright,  Sparkling   Youth's    Taper. 
PL'lSLIi^IIED   WEEKJ,V. 

It  ivill  tell  j-oii  of  mWo  faots,  comiuHniia,  and  proniia- 


a  for  BiblD  Songs,  Biblo  I'oelry,  llihlo  rroplieoy,  Di- 
'  children  lioiT  la  be  good  nnd  liaiv  (n 


Uc  Mat 

I(  will  tench  your  ohUdrcn 
do  good. 

Il9  li.tndioDic  cngrnTitigii  u. 
am)  BiblD  chnriictcrs. 

It  poinis  lo  the  way  of  hnppini 
the  lifo  tocouiD. 

Christ  sBya.    '■  Feed  my  loDihB,"  —  that  Is  JuBl   irliat 
this  pnpcr  inicnils  doing.     Samples  clieerfuUy  seal. 
PRICt  TO  eP.-*iTS   PER   AN.SUM, 
Addr« 


B  dr&wn  from  Blblo  eici 
I,  bolh  In  this  life  ni 


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R.  R. 

Time  Table. 

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in  Raci 

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eat  6:13  P.  M, 

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Rock  Islnnd  al  h-M  V.  M 

I  2:00   P. 

Sight  poMengcr  In 
leaio  Lanark  at  2 
A.    M.,    and    al 

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18  A.  M 
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niodnlion 
10  A.  M 

for   Dl- 

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,  arriting  in  llaci 
Dd»lS;OOA.  M. 

Trains    »ill   run 
.  nod  cast   at  Vl 

■re   trains   only, 
>l  Wraicrn  Onion 

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Freiglil  and  Accom 
Vi:  10  A,  M,.    8 
and  5:  15  P.  M, 
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west    at 
10  A.M. 

Passenger 
Junction. 

0.  A.  Smiis 

Agenl. 

The  Brethren  At  Work. 

"■  liekohi  I  Bring   You  Good  TidiTigs  of  Great  Jotj,  which  Shall  he  tmio  All  People."  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  19,  1878. 


No.  38. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITLD  AKD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

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THEY'RE  DEAR  TO  GOD. 


0  tU;it,  V. !..  1^  '  hM-i-.ii  -iiii'etundiiart, 
Tlie?''  ■■•'-■■'■     .'  ■  ■  ■  _i  I  ■  ■  'I  "1)  L-vfiy  heart— 

I  ,.  .,  r  ■  .  (;.„l! 
Ilowrv.  I  .■.il:--!.  .11. .1  ,,.n\L-.c, 
Wf'll  liu)k  ..II  UiL'iii  ivilli  loviiiR  eyes— 

Tliyy're  Ueiir  to  God, 
O  wmuKt!  ti.  the  Etcriiiil  Olio, 
Deny  as  His  own  beloved  Sim ; 
Deiirev  to  Jesus  tliaii  His  own  blood, 
Dear  sis  the  Spiiif  s  lixeil  iibode— 

TliL-y'io  dmir  to  God. 

When  toiui)ti'd  to  give  piiiii  fov  piiin, 

How  would  tills  thought  our  words  restvnin, 

They're  denr  to  God, 
When  truth  coiuiiels  us  to  i.-ontend. 
What  love  with  all  imr  stvife  should  blend— 

They're  deiw  to  Goil. 
■When  they  would  sliuii  tlie  pilKrim's  lot 
Far  this  vain  world,  forgft  lliemnot; 
IJuE  wiu  tliein  buck  with  lovo  mid  prjiycr, 
They  never  eaii  be  hapjiy  there,    , 

If  denrtoGod. 

0  how  return  a  brother's  blow ! 

The  heart  whose  hai-shiies.s  wounds  Iheeso 

I.sdiMVtoGod. 
Ob !  wild  beiLiiiith  the  Cross  ean  stand. 
And  thiTi-  innii  one  hold  hack  the  hand— 

ni;i[  tooiirGod-" 
llow  with  rough  words ciin  we  conllict. 
Knowing  (.-iith  iiaugour  woids  imlicf, 
Touches  tbo  heart  onceiiiereed  forxia'/ 
The  hearts  wo  wring  and  I  orture  thus, 

Are  dear  to  God? 

"For  \a  there  here  no  strength  in  love— 
The  love  that  knits  in  joy  above 

All  dear  to  Gi'dy 
Shall  wo  he  IhPie  so  near,  so  dear. 
And  heestLant'eil  and  r<dd  whilst  here- 

All  ileiir  to  GodV 
ISy  the  Siinie  eiu-o.i  and  toils  oiiprest, 
We  lean  n|)on  one  faithful  breast. 
We  hasten  to  thesame  vqtose; 
How  lieiir  or  do  enough  for  those 

Ho  dear  to  Godl 

— Golden  Grain. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

Christ  Our  Center— Visiting  A  Co-laborer— 
Eilucatioiial  '  IntereBts— Our  Lord's  Day  Im- 
provement—Sumlay-school  Work—The  Ser. 
mon— Golden  Moments— A  Higher  Life— Im- 
mortality Gained— Another  of  The  Lord's  Af- 
flicted. 

THE  center  of  attraction  to  every  true  Clins_ 
tiun  is  Christ.  He  has  ever  been  the  nu- 
cleus of  Christianity,  and  has  bi^en  the  "  center" 
Iiroapoetively  to  the  faithful  iii  the  past.  Di- 
rectly after  the  fall  ol'  man,  this  Daj'-star  was 
placed  in  a  prominent  position  in  the  dim  vi^ta 
of  the  fiitiire,  and  all  the  types  and  ceremonies 
shadowed  forth  of  tlie  gooil  things  to  come. 
All  pointed  to  the  levelatiou  of  the  Son  of  MaiL 
when  He  sliould  bring  salvation  to  a  siu-cnrsed 
world.  His  mission  upon  earth  wiis  one  of  at- 
traction, love  and  power,  though  He  died,  He  yet 
lives,  and  now  has  all  power  in  heaven  luid  ujion 
earth.  His  altar  is  the  center  around  which  the 
halo  of  Christian  worship  radiates,  spreading 
the  news  of  God's  will  to  man,  and  preparing 
bouIb  t6  revolve  ai-onnd  this  great  center,  in  the 
regions  of  ethereal  bliss. 

Christ  is  the  Sun  of  righteousness,  shedding 
His  rays  into  the  hearts  of  men.    And  like  the 


luminary  of  the  day,  His  orbit  is  higher  thim 
that  of  earth,  it  is  elevating,  and  as  He  is  thus 
lifted  up,  will  draw  all  men  unto  Him.  We 
learn  that  the  great  planet  of  tlie  day,  is  the  cen- 
ter of  attraction  around  which  the  orbs  of  lesser 
miignitude,  revolve  in  humble  obedience  to  the 
will  of  the  Creator.  So  man  may  learn,  and  to 
be  in  harmony  with  nature's  laws,  must  obey 
the  great  Head  of  the  church  in  all  His  divine 
commands,  whether  it  be  in  the  giving  of  a  cup 
of  cold  water,  visiting  the  sick  or  of  greater 
magnitude.  AH  are  assential  to  complete  the 
woi-ship  of  the  Master,  and  by  tt  is  huinhte  obe- 
dience, we  become  assimilated  to  the  character 
of  the  object  woi-ahiped,  and  when  He  comes, 
the  saints  ot  God  shall  appear  with  llini.and 
be  like  Him. 

It  affords  me  pleasure  to  leave  the  ''hum- 
drum "  of  business  and  i-esort  to  the  country 
to  enjoy  the  life  of  a  rural  home  for  a  season, 
and  with  those  anticipations  of  pleasure,  in  com- 
pany with  my  family,  we  drove  out  in  the  coun- 
try to  visit  our  worthy  brother  J.  Wihnore  and 
family.  Found  them  reasonably  well,  and  slow- 
ly improving.  They  also  have  been  placed  in 
the  crucible  of  affliction,  for  sometime  in  the 
past,  brother  W.,  not  being  able  to  engage  in 
his  ministerial  duties  for  the  past  eighteen 
months.  But  trusting  in  God,  he  says  there  is 
yet  a  brighter  day  coming,  and  that  be  yet  will 
bo  able  to  pursue  his  calling  as  watchman  on 
the  walls  of  Zion  proclaiming  the  news  of  sal- 
vation to  a  dying  world.  He  humbly  desires 
the  prayers  of  all  God's  people,  believing  that 
there  is  great  efficacy  in  the  prayers  of  thp 
righteous.  Let  Ms,  nif  dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
■emember  this  family  as  God's  afflicted. 

Upon  our  return  home,  we  found  brother 
Packer,  of  Ashland,  Ohio  awaiting  us.  He  re- 
mained with  us  over  night,  and  bad  a  pleasant 
interview  together,  in  the  interests  of  the  Cliris- 
tiau  religion,  social  worship  and  the  cause  of 
education.  ■  He  is  soliciting  in  the  interests  of 
the  Ashland  College.  He  finds  many  friends  to 
the  cause,  and  is  receiving  contributions  for  the 
enterprise.  We  are  glad  that  institutions  of 
learniugareunder  the  instruction  of  thebreth- 
and  we  hope  that  they  may  prove  a  bles; 
ing  lo  the  church.  Let  us  pray  that  they  m.iy 
be  managed  judiciously  and  hold  the  distinctions 
they  churn,  that  while  our  youth  may  there 
.ve  superior  advantages  for  mental  improve- 
ment, t.hey  may  also  learn  the  plain,  practical 
truths  of  the  Gospel,  and  that  ffiiit  humility 
and  pure  religion  may.be  taught  them  which  is 
so  characteristic  of  our  fraternity. 

Next  day  was  Lord's  day,  and  early  in  the 
morning  we  wended  our  way  to  the  church 
(Eagle  Creek)  and  arrived  in  time  to  engage 
the  Sunday-school  work.  Found  Snperinf  eudent 
brother  W.  C.  Teeter  already  engaged  in  the 
eserciaes.  Had  a  good  attendance  and  interest- 
ing wcrkei-s.  Our  lesson  was  the  trial  and  per- 
secution of  our  blessed  Master.  How  our  hearts 
were  melted  with  sympathy  for  Jesus  as  we 
re.id  of  his  betrayal  and  sufferings.  Who  could 
not  love  such  a  patient  and  holy  Being?  Oh, 
he  was  lifted  up.  "And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up 
from  the  eai-th,  will  draw  all  men  unto  me." 
Yes,  how  frequently  He  d  aws  by  His  sweet  in- 
fluence. We  feel  the  drawings  of  the  Spirit  in 
the  Sunday-school  room.  How  the  little  ones 
lovo  to  ask  and  answerquestions?  How  their 
little  minds  are  filled  with  useful  instructions, 
dramug  tliem  to  Jesus.  The  Sunday-school  is 
an  auxiliary  to  the  church,  and  we  are  glad  the 
noble  work  is  carried  on  in  the  brotherhood, 
and  hope  the  day  is  not  far  diatimt  when  every 
church  district  will  join  the  army  of  workers 
for  the  bcuclit  of  the  youth  of  our  laud.  After 
few  minutes  intermission,  we  met  for  prcach- 
ig.  A  part  of  the  12th  chapter  of'Johii's 
Gospel  wa-^read  by  One'  of  thb  usitaliraMei-s. 
Brother  lieagle  Ihen  selected^  as  ;a'motto  ui>- 
on'  which  to  base  hia  remnrlcs,  the  48|h  verae  of 
the  chapter  read.     "  He  that   rejecteth  me,  and 


receiveth  not  my  words,  hath  one  that  judgeth 
him;  the  word  that  I  have  spoken,  thesame 
shall  judge  him  in  the  last  day."  We  learned 
from  his  discourse,  that  the  Word  of  Jesus  in 
his  counsels  and  commands,  and  to  reject  thera, 
it  will  be  our  own  peril.  He  portrayed  to  our 
minds  the  solemn  scene  at  the  judgment,  is 
such  strong  terms  th:it  it  made  ui  feel  that  we 
wanted  to  be  prepared  for  the  final  day. 

Oh  dear  brethren,  let  us  be  animated  to  greal>- 
er  action  in  the  matterof  spreading  the  Gospel, 
that  all  may  be  warned  to  shun  the  awful  doom 
of  the  wicked.  Brother  B.,  was  followed  by 
one  of  the  ministers  present,  selecting  as  a  clos- 
ing song  of  praise,  the  27th  hymn,  portraying 
tlie  judgment. 

"  That  awful  day  will  surely  come, 
Th"  appointed  hour  makes  haste," 
and  then  went  to  prayer,  ivhieh  was  offered  up 
in  a  very  affecting  manner  in  behalf  of  the  se- 
curity of  the  saints  on  earth,  the  spread  of  the 
Gospel  and  the  salvation  of  the  sinner.  After 
dismissal,  we  dispersed,  and  repairing  to  our 
homes,  we  thought  over  ,  the  work  of  this 
another  Lord's  day  gone  to  eternity,  and  of  it-s 
improvement.  And  by  close  examination,  we 
yet  find  room  for  improvement,  and  pray  God 
for  more  light  to  guide  us  into  the  perfect  way. 
While  in  this  reflection,  I  thought  of  the  many 
moments  that  arc  spent  in  vain,  and  that  they 
are  gone  never  more  to  return,  and  if  unim- 
proved by  us,  it  is  time  lost  forever.  The  pres- 
ent is  ours,  and  by  proper  improvement,  may 
prove  a  blessing  to  us  and  our  associates.  Why 
then  he  idle?.  Why  act  the  part  of  the  slug- 
gai-d,  that  noteven  the  temporal  wants  maybe 
supplied?  Why  depend  upon  the  cold  charities 
of  the  public,  thot  will  neither  clothe  nor  feed 
the  destitute?  Self-exertion  and  self-reliance 
must  be  Hit  command  to  energize  the  body  and 
into  action.  Then  is  not  man  wholly  de- 
pendent upon  liis  fellows,  but  within  himself 
s  that  power  that  will  give  him  momentum 
fficieut  to  bear  him  onward  and  upward  to  a 
higher  and  nobler  life,  and  will  have  that  com- 
manding principle  within  himself,  that  ifcis  "God 
who  helps  those  who  help  themselves,"  i.  c,  He 
does  that  which  man  cannot  do. 

The  proper  improvementof  present  moments 
will  strengthen  our  mental  as  well  as  our  phys- 
ical powers.  It  will  qualify  the  mind  for  i 
higher  and  linobler  life.  It  is  the  only  means  of  fit. 
ting  IIS  to  reign  in  a  nobler  and  iiolier  sphere 
than  that  of  earth.  And  if  we  would  live  in 
heaven,  that  life  must  be  begun  upoo  earth.  By 
proper  application  the  soul 'becomes  stronger 
and  stronger,  as  we  go  down  the  stream  of  time, 
alf^ctionfor  eai-th  is  lost,  and  that  of  heaven 
gained.  Our  pathway  will  be  lit  up  by  that 
light  that  shineth  brighter  and  brighter  unto 
the  perfect  day,  and  as  mortality  is  coining  to  a 
close  while  at  the  brink  of  time,  that  holy  and 
weli-i  in  proved  life  will  verge  from  mortal  to 
immortality,  and  the  triumphant  song  can  be 
snug,  "  0  death  where  is  thy  sting,  oh  grave 
is  thy  victory;"  for  immortality  is  gain- 
ed, and  an  etornity  of  happiness  is  ours  to  en- 
joy. 

To-day  went  to  visit  the  sick.  Our  dear  Bro. 
King  is  much  alllicled  and  is  apparently 
growing  weaker;  difease,  consumption.  Broth- 
er Daniel  feels  that  a  better  day  is  coming,  and 
is  resigned  to  his  fate.  He  expresses  his  will- 
ingnes.1  to  go  n  hen  the  Master  call.e,  .  What  a 
consolation  in  the  religion  of  Jesn.s, it  allays  all 
pain,  expells  all  fear  and  swells  the  soul  with 
confid^o?,  that  to  ,the  deji^rting  it  is  just  the 
happy  e.fdianging  of  the  .cross,  for  the  taking 
up  of  thf  crown,  and  to  siigiid  an  eternity  free 
froui  all  tilHittioD,  and  lissfi^in  the  sunshine  of 
leaveilly  city  forever.  '■ 

S.  T.  Bd^^^Atf; 


"  And  ye  shall  km 


w 


/"HAT  is  truth?    This  question  was  asked 


If  iw&'Wrmld  have  God'  t>6'  careful  of  us,  we 
must  bt'cfireful  of  the  things  He  has  committed 
to  our  trust. 


Truth  has  a  large  application,  and  is  somewhat 
ditlicult  to  define.  It  is  from  Alelheia,  defined 
tni/h,  veriiij.  In  opposition  to  what  is  false. 
Love  of  li^ilh,  verticiti/,  npriijhlness.prohitij.  in- 
legrilij.siucey'itij.  This  is  a  very  general  defi- 
nition. It  might  be  added  that  truth  is  never 
contr.idictory;  but  is  always  consistent  with 
itself,  and  harmonion.s  in  its  results,  and  is  as 
unchfuigeable  as  God  Himself.  To  get  the  na- 
ture of  religions  truth  before  our  minds  fairly, 
we  shall  first  refer  to  ti-uth  in  nature,  with 
which  we  are  familiar.  In  the  first  place  we 
might  refer  to 

ASTRONOMICAL    TRUTH. 

By  tliis  we  mean  the  oi-der  imd  hamiony  of 
all  the  heavenly  bodies;  the  sun  rises  and  sets 
at  its  regular  time,  and  has  for  thousands  of  i 
years,  without  the  variation  of  a  moment.  The 
moon  appears  and  disappears  at  its  appointed 
seasons;  the  starrj- worids  are  nil  governed  by 
order  and  regularity;  the  seasons  come  and  go 
as  we  need  them.  Were  it  not  for  astronomi- 
cal truth  i.  c,  the  order  of  the  heavenly  bodies, 
all  would  be  confusion  and  disorder  on  earth. 
Suppose  the  sun  was  to  rise  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  six  o'clock,  the  next  morning  at  eight 
o'clock,  the  next  at  ten  o'clock,  the  next  back  at 
four  o'clock;  what  would  the  result  he?  We 
could  make  no  calculation,  could  transact  no 
business  with  certainty,  Next  we  might  no- 
tice 

MATHEMATirAL    Titi;TH, 

By  this  we  mean  the  accuracy  of  numbers, 
their  harmony.  We  say  twice  two  make  four. 
This  is  a  simple  mathematical  truth  the  worid 
id  no  law  in  the  univei-se  can  change 
it  without  seriously  affecting  tlio  whole  com- 
mercial ivorld,  and  introducing  error.  By  mathe- 
matical ti-uths  being  the  same  the  world  over, 
and  all  harmonizing  in  tiieir  result,  the  various 
nations  of  the  world  are  prepared  to  enter  into 
commcrieal  transactions  with  each  otherin  an  in- 
telligent, consistent  manner,  and  mutually  prof- 
itable. But  suppose  one  nation  Tould  tench 
that  twice  two  made  five;  .-mother  that  twice 
two  made  six,  and  so  on;  the  whole  commerical 
tnachinery  would  bo  unhinged,  confusion  mid 
disorder  would  be  the  result,  Next  lye  might 
notice 

QEOBRAPHICAL  TRUTH,. 

All  truthful  geographers  locate  the  same  towns 
and  cities,  rivers  and  oceans,  countries  and  king- 
doms in  the  same  latitude  and  longitude.  If 
this  wore  not  so,  we  could  not  tell  which  way 
to  go  to  find  any  particular  place.  Suppose  one 
author  would  locate  Washington  city  on  the 
Northern  lakes;  another  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico; 
another  on  the  Pacific  coast,  the  traveler  would 
be  at  a  loss  to  know  which  way  to  proceed  to 
find  the  place.  Hence  the  importance  of  geo- 
graphical truth.  We  next  notice 
HisToiucu,  Tnrrn, 
Unless  historical  readei-s  agree  in  the  main, 
history  losesits  importance.  Suppose  one  au- 
thor would  place  the  birth  of  Christ  at  five 
hundred  yeors;  another  ut  one  thousand  years; 
another  at  one  thousand  five  hundred  years;  ■ 
which  one  of  these  authors  should  we  believe, 
bad  we  no  other  source  of  information?  Their 
record  of  facts  would  he  so  vastlj-  at  variance, 
that  their  testimony  would  he  worthless.  Thus 
we  discover  the  importance  of  historical  truth. 
(To  he  omehul'ul  nej-f  iceeh). 


Learn  in  childhood,  if  you  can,  that  happi- 
ness is  not  out-side,  but  inside.  A  good  heart 
and  a  clear  conscience  bring  happiness,  which 
no  riches  and  no  circumstances  alone  ever  do. 


THJE    BRETtTRKT^    A.T    "WORK. 


September    19. 


A  LOUD  CALL. 

'pUKRK  iived  n  pnraon.  as  we're  told 
X     Uiit  when  or  where  we  know  not, 
Who  oft  his  snoring  Hock  would  scold, 
ThrenteniiiK  thnt  lliey  to  heaven  shoiihl  go  not 
Bill  nitlier  down  to  hell  be  hnried. 
If  tlicy  wnnld  not  ahjnre  the  world. 
And  count  as  dross  its  liUliy  mnnimon,— eold. 

It  chuDccd  lit  lencth,  this  goodly  wight. 
Who  atoiitly  fought  the  Christian  fight, 

Elsewhere  received  u  louder  cull. 
Whnt  though  the  atipeud  wlia  a  trifle  more; 
To  one  who  placed  in  wealth  so  little  store, 
This  had  no  weight,  yon  know,  at  all; 
'  Twas  not  the  c^ish,  oh !  no, 

Diit '  twns  the  Lord  conunandcd; 
Aud  thoiigh  '  twas  hard  to  go  away, 
Shouhl  he  refuse  the  Lord  to  oliey, 

And  be  a  careless  servant  branded? 
No,  sure,  so  he  must  go. 

The  parting  Sabbath  now  arrived, 
And  all  his  simple  flock  contrived 

To  hear  their  priest's  farewell, 
He  plied  them  long  in  righteous  strain, 
Bade  them  from  darling  sins  refrain, 

And  in  sweet  concord  dwell; 
To  hate  the  world,  in  holy  ways  be  hold. 
And  shun  the  soul's  seducer,— glittering  gold. 

The  service  oe'r, 
Uefore  the  door 
The  parish  gentry  gathered  round. 
Smiling  Iho  good  man  came  among  them, 
Sei/od  on  theiroffered  hands, and  wrung  them 
"  A  Sainton  earth!"  the  grannies  cried. 
Then  rolled  their  eye-balls  up,  and  sighed, 
And  dropped  their   farewell  courtesies  to  the 
ground. 
Behind  the  rest, 

To  hid  the  priest  good-bye, 
In  nature's  sooty  jneket  dressed. 

Old  Ciesar  came,  a  wag,  and   might)'  sly. 
Bowing,  the  stick  of  ebony  began 
A  confab  with  the  gold-despising  man. 

"  And  how  good  massa  parson  do? 

Me  hope  me  find  him  bery  well." 

"Well,  Cajsar,  well;  and  how  do  you?" 

"  Ahlniasaa,  Ca*sar  hardly  tell; 

Dis  good  long  twenty  year, 

Wid  yon  he  worship  here, 

And  now  he  sorry  from  yon  fiock  yon  gc>." 

"  Ahlhouest  Civsar,  yes,  it  must  he  so, 

I'm  soiTy,  too,  that  I  am  forced  away; 
But  then,y^u  know,  'twould  never  do, 
The  Lord's  loud  call  for  me  to  disobey." 
"  Who?  masisa,  who  you  say? 
De  Lord  call  you  away? 
Massa,  how  many  poun's  a  year 
De  peoples  pay  for  preaching  here? 
"  Two  hundred."  "  Todder  place  gib  any  more  ?" 
"  Why,  Ca>sar,  yes;  I  think  they  otfer  four." 

"  Ah !  may  bo  'tis  the  Lord  who  call ; 

But  don't  von  think  more  loud  you  let  him  bawl, 

Ay,  call  and  call,  till  all  be  hnie, 

'Fore  you  come  back  from  four  to  tu?! 

De  Lord  he  holler  tdl  he  dumb, 

'Fore  massa  parson  elicr  come!" 

— V'/jc  Jf.'-ilfli  Ite/orinei: 


HOW  IS  THE  UNPARDONABLE 
SIN  COMMITTED? 


"Wherefore  I  say  unto  you,  all  manner  of 
sin  aud  blasphemy  shall  be  forgiven  unto  men; 
but  blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost,  shall 
not  be  forgiven  unto  men."  Matt.  12:  31 ;  Mark 
3:  28;  Luke  12: 10. 

THE  above  quotation  from  Matthew 
aud  to  wliich  tLe  reader  is  also 
referred  in  Mark  and  Luke,  has  call- 
ed forth  probably,  as  much  dift'erence 
of  opinion,  as  upon  any  other  pas- 
sage of  Scriptiue,  if  not  more ;  and  to- 
day, there  is  likely  more  divi.sion  of 
views,  conceniinE;  it,  among  Christians, 
than  upon  any  single  thought  or  idea  in 
the  Scriptures.  We  may  therefore  not 
be  in  harmony  with  all  the  readers  of 
this  article,  but  we  shall  nevertheless 
briefly  set  forth  our  views  upon  the  pas- 
sage referred  to,  and  give  our  reasons 
therefor.  The  preceding  declaration  of 
our  Savior  was  made  in  response  to  the 
Pharisees,  who  .said,  "  This  fellow  doth 
not  cost  out  devibi,  but  by  Beelzebub, 
the  prince  of  the  devils,"  Matt.  12:  2-1, 
whicliblasphemy  issued  from  their  evil 
hearts,  and  was  prompted  on  account  of 


Christ  healing  one "  pns^e.-^ed  with  a 
devil,"  The  Pharisee.''  assailed  the 
very  Spirit  of  Christ,  the  holiest  of  tlie 
holy,  the  purest  of  the  pure,  yes,  wick- 
edly and  maliciously  assailing  the  very 
essence  of  the  Godhead  from  which  em- 
anate the  quickening  and  life-giving 
principle  of  the  Trinity. 

"  Because  uhey  said,  He  bath  an  un- 
clean spirit,"  Mark  3:  30,  and  that  "He 
casteth  out  devils  through  Beelzebub, the 
chief  of  devils,"  Luke  11:  15,  calling 
the  Spirit  of  God  the  spirit  of  the  dev- 
il, when  from  the  very  act  of  healing 
the  blind  and  dumb,  and  casting  out  a 
devil,  was  so  miraculous  and  supernat- 
ural, that  it  should  have  brought  con- 
viction of  the  Divinity  of  Christ,  to 
each  peraon  not  utterly  given  over  "To 
hardness  of  heart  and  reprobacy  of 
mind,"  and  the}',  the  Pharisees,  must 
have  known  and  been  iuM'ardly  con- 
scious of  the  Divinity  of  Christ,  after 
seeing  the  miracles  wrought  by  our  Sav- 
ior ;  but  theii'  hearts  were  so  full  of  evil, 
and  so  steeped  in  prejudice,  that  they 
were  swayed  by  the  blackness  and  most 
infernal  passions,  so  much  so,  that  they 
called  the  Spirit  of  God  the  spirit  of 
the  devil.  Can  greater  blasphemy  and 
a  more  aggravated  crime  or  sin  be  con- 
ceived against  our  Lord,  than  the  Phar- 
isees committed  in  charging  the  Spirit 
of  God  with  the  attributes  of  the  pow- 
ers of  darkness,  when  the  most  callous 
wretch  could  have  seen  divine  power 
eviuced  in  the  act  that  provoked  them 
to  commit  the  unjiardonable  sin?  We 
shall  now  leave  the  subject  of  direct 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
touch  other  sins,  which  we  class  in  the 
catalogue  of  unpardonable  sins  although 
committed  diiferenb  from  the  above. 

Paul  says,  "  Kno\\'  ye  not  that  ye  are 
the  temple  of  God,  and  that  the  Spirit 
of  God  dwelleth  in  you  ?"  "  If  any  man 
defile  the  temple  of  God,  him  shall  God 
destroy:  for  the  temple  of  God  is  holy, 
which  temple  ye  are."  1  Cor.  3:  16, 17. 
Who  is  this  temple,  for  which,  we  shall 
be  destroyed  ?  (And  destroy  here  means, 
the  death  or  eternal  damnation  of  the 
soul).  We  think  the  temple,  just  men- 
tioned, has  a  two-fold  meaning;  first,  we, 
the  members  of  the  church  of  God,  as 
a  body,  constitute  the  temple  of  God. 
Second  the  body  of  each  believer  is  the 
temple  of  God;  to  further  substantiate 
which,  we  quote  1  Cor.  6:  19.  "  What 
know  ye  not  that  your  body  is  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Ghost  which  is  in  you, 
which  ye  have  of  God,  and  ye  are  not 
your  own?"  How  can  we  defile  the  tem- 
ple of  God  in  the  first  sense  referred  to? 
"  In  whom  ye  are  also  builded  together 
for  an  habitation  of  God  through  the 
Spirit."  Eph.  '2 :  20,  "  Ye  also,  as  live- 
ly stones,  are  built  up  a  spiritual  house, 
an  holy  priesthood  to  oflfer  up  spiritual 
sacrifice,  acceptable  to  God  by  Jesus 
Christ."  1  Peter  2:  5.  We,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church  of  Christ,  "  as  lively 
stones"  '■  are  built  upon  the  foundation 
of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ 
himself  being  the  chief  corner-stone.'" 
Eph.  2:20. 

What  vast  responsibilities  rest  upon 
us  members,  "  aa  lively  stones  "  of  the 
temple  of  God?  How  extremely  care- 
ful should  we  be  lest  we  defile  the  tem- 
ple of  God  (the  church  of  Christ)  by 
bringing  contention  into  the  church,  by 
preaching  false  doctrine,  in  the  name  of 
Christ;  by  stirring  the  brethren  tosti-ifes 
and  wranglings.  1  Cor.  12:  12,  13,  14- 
25,  2ti,  27.  "  For  as  the  body  is  one, 
and  hath  many  members,  and  all  the 
members  of  that  one  body  being  many, 
are  one  body;  so  also  is  Christ."  "For 
by  one  spirit,  are  we    all    baptized   into 


one  body,  whether  we  lie  Jews  or  Gen- 
tiles, whether  we  be  bonder  free;  and 
have  all  been  made  to  drink  into  one 
spirit."  "  For  the  body  is  not  one  mem- 
ber, but  many."  "  That  there  should 
be  no  schism  in  the  body;  but  that  the 
members  should  have  the  same  care  one 
for  another,  and  whether  one  member 
sufter,  all  the  members  siift'er  with  it,  or 
one  member  be  honored,  all  the  mem- 
bers rejoice  with  it."  •'  Now  ye  are  the 
body  of  Christ,  and  members  in  partic- 
ular." 

The  preceding  (|Uotations  are  rather 
copious,  but  so  apt  and  pertinent  to  our 
subject,  that  we  feel  justified  in  giving 
them  place.  We  are  one  in  Christ,  and 
when  one  member  is  disowned  all  suffer. 
When  one  is  honored  all  rejoice.  How 
exceedingly  jealous  then,  should  we  be 
of  one  another's  welfare  and  reputation. 
As  children  of  God,  we  should  watch 
each  other  with  tender  care,  and  give 
timely  warning,  of  the  first  approach  of 
threatening  danger  to  each  other;  for  our 
interests  are  one  in  comniou  in  Christ, 
as  we  constitute  the  body  of  the  church 
of  Christ;  aud  if  a  single  member  of 
the  body  be  injured  the  integrity  of  the 
whole  structure  is  so  much  impaired. 
"There  should  be  no  schism  in  the  body." 
Schism  means  literally  cutting  in  two; 
secondly  and  in  the  common  acceptance 
of  the  word,  divisions,  sti'ifes,  wrang- 
lings, altercations  and  bitterness  of  feel- 
ing among  the  membei-s  of  Chri.st;  and 
how  easily  may  they  arise  by  giving  of- 
fense on  certain  points  of  the  doc- 
trine of  Christ;  "  For  it  must  needs  be 
that  offenses  come;  but  woe  unto  that 
man  by  whom  the  offense  cometh." 

"  Watch  aud  pray  that  ye  enter  not 
into  temptation."  Matt.  20:41.  Again, 
Paul  1  Cor.  1 :  10  says,  ','  Now  I  beseech 
you  brethren,  by  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the  same 
thing,  and  that  there  be  no  divisions 
among  you;  but  that  ye  be  perfectly  jom- 
ed  together  in  the  same  mind  and  in 
the  same  judgment."  What  a  toucljing, 
tender,  and  solemn  appeal  Of  Paul  to 
the  church,  to  avoid  divisons;  an  ap- 
peal in  the  sacred  name  of  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Chiist.  AVere  the  sin 
of  schism  or  division  not  of  such  vast 
magnitude,  Paul  would  not  have  appeal- 
ed to  the  church  in  such  awful  solemn- 
ity aud  tender  pathos.  Strifes  and  di- 
visions, are  the  birth  of  Satan,  the  me- 
dium through  which  he  seeks  to  pull 
down  or  defile  the  holy  temple  of  God, 
"  which  temple  ye  are,"  Christ  being 
the  chief  corner-stone.  Then  will  we 
desecrate  the  holy  temple  of  God?  far 
be  it  from  us;  but  we  shall  rather  guard 
it  with  jealous  and  tender  vigilance. 
AVhat  a  glorious  privilege;  what  a  con- 
descension of  our  dear  Savior,  in  choos- 
ingsinful  men,  even  us  as  "  lively  stones" 
of  his  holy  temple.  Let  each  of  us  be 
ever  vigilant  and  "  watcli  and  pray"  at 
our  posts;  and  sound  the  alarm  of  com- 
ing danger  to  the  holy  temple  of  God, 
like  faithful  sentinels  on  the  "  watch 
tower"  of  truth;  guarding  the  very  out- 
posts and  inclosures  of  the  temple.  Then 
will  none  of  us  ever  defile  it,  nor 
bring  eternal  destruction  down  upon  any 
of  us;  but  it  will  stand  there  in  all  its 
beauty,  holiness  and  perfection,  unmar- 
red  and  unblemished,  until  it  shall  have 
accomplished  its  great  mission;  and  its 
working  members  be  ushered  frpni  the 
church  militant  below,  into  the  church 
triumphant  above. 

We  will  now  come  to  the  lost  propo- 
sition viz.,  the  defiling  of  one's  body  or 
the  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  We 
now  refer  the  reader  again  to  lat  Cor. 
fi:  If  quoted  above,  which  verse  follows 


the  isth  of  the  same  chapter,  which 
reads  as  follows:  "  Flee  fornication." 
"Every  sin  that  a  man  doeth  is  without 
the  body,  but  he  that  committeth  forni- 
cation, sinneth  against  his  own  body." 
The  li"ith  and  Kith  verses  of  the  same 
chapter  declare  the  following:  "  Know 
ye  not  that  your  bodies  are  the  mem- 
bers of  Christ?  Shall  I  then  take  the 
members  of  Christ  and  make  them  the 
members  of  a  harlot?  God  forbid." 
"  What!  know  ye  not,  that  he  which  is 
joined  to  a  harlot  is  one  body?  for  two 
(saith  he)  shall  be  one  flesh.  1  Cor.  0: 
20.  "  For  ye  are  bought  with  a  price: 
therefore  glorify  God  in  your  body,  and 
in  your  spirit,  which  are  God's."  Yes 
we  are  redeemed  with  the  precious  blood 
of  Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without  lilemish 
and  without  spot."  Will  we  brethren 
walk  in  the  flesh  after  being  washed  and 
cleansed  of  our -sins?  "Will  we  continue 
in  sin  that  grace  may  abound?  God  for- 
bid." "  How  shall  we  that  are  dead  to 
sin  continue  any  longer  therein?"  More- 
over, the  Holy  Spirit  will  not  dwell  in 
an  impure  mansion,  if  we  would  have 
it  dwell  in  us,  we  must  keep  our  bodies 
pure  and  undefiled,  a  fit  temple  for  the 
Holiest  of  the  holy.  Will  pure  water 
mingle  with  the  stagnant  pool  of  filth 
and  stench,  and  retain  its  purity?  The 
question  is  its  own  answer.  "The  Spirit 
itself  beareth  witness  with  our  spirit,  that 
we  are  the  children  of  God."  Rom.  8: 
IG.  Will  tlie  Holy  Spirit  bear  witness 
that  we  are  the  children  of  God,  if  we 
live  after  the  fiesh?  Never,  the  Spirit 
of  God  cannot,  nor  will  it  bear'  witness 
of  a  lie,  which,  belongs  to  the  power  of 
darkness. 

Let  us  as  members  of  the  church  of 
Clu-ist,  who  is  the  Author  and  Finisher 
of  our  faith,  mind  the  things  of  the 
Spirit,  lest  it  t^ake  its  flight  from  us  nev- 
er to  return.  And  we  owe  it  to  him, 
who  redeemed  us  with  his  own  life,  nev- 
er to  betray  the  trust  reposed  in  us;  but 
we  should  look  to  him  in  filial  affection, 
and  let  him  be  our  guide  in  every  thing 
that  we  do.  If  we  pamper  the  diverse 
lusts  of  the  flesh,  we  can  never  have  a 
share  with  Christ;  for  if  we  would  live, 
we  must  abide  in  him,  and  he  in  us.  "  If 
we  have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  we  are 
none  of  his."  Ye  who  woi-ship  mammon ; 
ye  who  mingle  with  the  world  and  bow 
at  the  shrine  of  fashion;  ye  who  live  in 
secret  licentiousness;  ye  who  hate  your 
brethren ;  does  the  Spirit  of  Christ  dwell 
in  you  ?  He  who  has  the  Spirit  of  Clirist 
will  follow  his  \\'ays.  "  For  as  many  as 
are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  they  are 
the  sons  of  God."  To  be  safe,  we  should 
"  avoid  the  very  appearance  of  evil," 
"  and  work  out  our  salvation  with  fear 
and  trembling."  A  true  child  of  God 
will  not  "  crucify  Christ  in  his  body," 
no,  "  but  delighteth  in  the  law  of  God 
after  the  inward  man."  "  For,  to  be 
carnally  minded  is  death;  but  to  be  spir- 
itually minded  m  life  and  peace:  because 
tlie  carnal  mind  is  at  enmity  with  God; 
for  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God, 
neither  indeed  canj  be."  "  So  then, 
they  that  are  in  the  fiesh  cannot  please 
God."  Rom.  8:  (!,  7,  8.  Yes  they  who 
defile  the  temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
(their  bodies)  shall  be  destroyed  and 
never  inherit  eter::al  life."^"  For  if  Christ 
be  in  us,  the  bodyjis  dead  because  of  sin : 
but  the  Spirit  is  life  because  of  right- 
eousness." "  Therefore,  if  we  are  Christ's, 
we  will  walk  in  his  footsteps  and  bring 
forth  good  tt-uit;  but  a  corrupt  body 
bringeth  forth  corrupt  fruit." 

Doubtless  many  people  never  think- 
when  they  are  pampering  the  flesh,  that 
they  are  surely  drifting  back  with  the 
world  and  to  eternal  destruction.     "  For 


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it  is  iiupossilile  tor  those  who  were  once 
enlightened,  and  have  tasted  of  tlie  heav- 
enly gift,  aud  were  made  partakers  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  and  have  tasted  the 
good  word  of  God,  and  the  powers  of 
tht;  world  to  come.  If  they  fall  away, 
to  renew  them  unto  repentance;  seeing 
they  crucify  to  themselves  the  Son  of 
God  afresh,  and  put  him  to  an  open 
ffhame."  "  For  the  earth  drinketh  in 
the  rain  that  cometh  oft  upon  it,  and 
lii'ini,'eth  forth  herbs  meet  for  them  by 
whom  it  is  dressed,  receiveth  blessings 
from  God.  But  that  which  beareth 
thorns  and  briers,  is  rejected,  and  is  nigh 
unto  cursing,  whose  end  is  to  be  burned." 
Heb.  G:  4-S.  How  surpassingly  impor- 
tant it  is  that  we  keep  our  lights  burn- 
ing on  the  vestal  altars  of  purity;  and 
keep  our  hearts  free  and  spotless  from 
all  manner  of  evil  andconuptiou.  "We 
must  mortify  the  deeds  of  the  body," 
and  even  lie  on  the  alert  for  foes  from 
witimnt  aud  from  within;  for  the  tiger 
of  iinman  passion  is  ever  ready  to  de- 
vour us;  thtSrefore  let  us  "watch  and 
pray,"  and  lest  ere  we  are  aware,  we 
sluUl  have  committed  the  unpardonable 
sin,  and  the  Spirit  of  Christ  flee  from 
us  forevermore;  for  it  we  only  yield  to 
a  single  temptation,  it  may  be  our  etern- 
al death,  as  one  sin  preparer  the. way  for 
another;  until  we  become  less  able  and 
Jit  to  resist  the  evil  one,  and  finally  be 
eiven  over  to  the  desire  of  the  flesh  and 
the  powers  of  Satan.  The  fii-st  sin  we 
commit  is  only  a  little  thread  twined 
around  us,  then  another  and  another,  un- 
til they  coil  around  vis  like  iron  cables, 
and  we  struggle  in  vain  to  free  ourselves, 
but  are  held  there  forever  aud  forever.. 
Habits  of  any  kind,  once  formed,  are 
almost  impossible  to  break  off;  much 
less  are  we  powerful  enough  to  break 
off  evil  habits  and  practices,  which  be- 
come part  of  our  very  being,  and  are 
fully  inwrought  into  our  very  souls;  so 
that  we  cannot  do  good,  if  we  would, 
but  are  held  as  helpless  captives  to  the 
poM'ers  of  darkness. 

Let  us  be  "  Looking  diligently,  lest 
any  man  fail  of  the  grace  of  God — lest 
any  root  of  bitterness  springing  up, 
trouble  you,  and  thereby  many  be  de^ 
filed ;  lest  there  be  any  fornicator  or  pro- 
fane person,  as  Esau,  who  foroue  morsel 
of  meat  sold  his  birthright."  "  For  ye 
know  bow  that  afterward  when  he  would 
have  inherited  the  blessing,  he  was  re- 
jected; for  he  found  no  place  of  repen^ 
tance,  though  he  carefully  sought  it  with 
tears."  Heb.  2;  15-17.  "Who  of 
will  sell  his  priceless  birthright  of  Christ 
Jesus,  for  a  ■  miserable  mess  of  pottage 
as  Esau  did,  yielding  his  body  to  un- 
righteoutmess  and  uncleanness,  making 
(the  temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit)  the 
dwelling-place  of  evil,  lust  and  unright- 
eousness, all  of  which  are  born  of  tlie 
devil  and  whose  abiding-place  is  hell. 

Let  us  examine  ourselves  closely,  and 
see  if  any  one  of  us,  is  trampling  under 
foot  the  Son  of  God,  if  the  prince  of 
darkness  sways  or  controls  any  of  our 
minds?  AVe  can  readily  see  whom  we 
serve.  If  we  serve  Christ,  then  will  our 
works  be  good  aud  pure,  if  Satan,  then 
will  they  be  corrupt  and  evil,  and  with 
such  a  one,  Christ's  Spirit  will  not  com  • 
mniie  01;  abide,  for  if  we  have  his  Spirit, 
\ve  will  follow  the  ^vays  of  the  Spirit, 
and  not  of  the  flesh. 

AVe  may  have  been  liberal  with  quo- 
tations, but  the  subject  is  a  deep  one; 
and  one  on  which  there  is  so  much  dift'er- 
ence  of  vie%V3,  that  we  think  it  justifia- 
ble. To  sura  up,  we  think  there  are 
three  dift'erent  ways  of  committing  the 
"  iinpurdonable  sin." 

1.     liy  direct  assault  upon   the  very 


entity  and  purity  of  the  Trinity  or  blas- 
phemy against  the  Holy  Spirit,  charg- 
ing it  with  uncleanness  and  satanic  at- 
tributes. 

2.  By  defding  the  temple  of  God 
(which  temple  ye  are),  by  bringing  divis- 
ions, contentions,  schisms  and  finally 
separation  into  the  church  of  Christ. 

3.  By  defiling  our  own  bodies,  fol- 
lowing the  yearnings  of  the  flesh;  "sin- 
ning willfully  after  we  have  received  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  grieving  the 
Spirit,  corrupting  our  bodies  which  were 
bought  with  a  great  price;  even  by  the 
blood  of  Christ,  therefore  are  we  not 
our  own.  AVe  cannot  walk  too  closely 
with  our  Savior,  but  if  we  follow  the 
impulses  of  the  natuial  man;  worship 
the  mammon  of  fashion;  mingle  with 
the  world  in  their    various  amusements; 

■our  pure  sentiments  and  holy  qualities 
will  surely  become  choked,  and  we  be- 
lieve of  the  world,  worldly  and  sensual. 
and  the  Spirit  of  truth  leaves  us  to  our 
everlasting  destruction.  "  Be  not  de- 
ceived, God  is  not  mocked;  for  whatso- 
ever a  num  soweth,  that  shall  he  also 
reap.",  "  For  he  that  soweth  to  the 
flesh,  shall  of  tlie  flesh  reap  corruption 
but  heithat  soweth  to  the  Spirit,  shall 
of  the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting."  Gal. 
(>:  7,  S,  May  none  of  us  ever  betray 
his  trust,  but  rather  exclaim  with  Paul, 
"  For  I  am  persuaded,  that  neither  life, 
nor  death,  uor  angels,  nor  principalities, 
nor  powei"s,  nor  things  present,  noi 
things  to  come,  uor  height,  nor  depth, 
uor  any  other  creature,  shall,  be  able  to 
separate  us  trom  the  love. of  God,  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus,  our  Lord.". 


C^i^Rli 


■ISTIAN    RELIGION. 


liy  1'.  K.  IIOWIIAN". 


rPHE  i-eligion  of  Christ  is  thti  pei'fec- 
-'-  tion  of  human  nature,  and  the  foun- 
dation of  uniform  Christianity,  is  the 
most  excellent  and  the  most  useful  in- 
stitution, haWng  the  promise  of  the  life 
that  now  is,  aud  of  that  which  is  to 
pme.  It  is  the  voice  of  reason,  it  is 
olso  the  language  of  Scripture. .  The 
ways  of  wisdom,  are  ways  of  pleasant- 
ness, and  all  her  paths  are  peace. 
1  Our  blessed  Savior  himself  assurss  us, 
that  his  precepts  are  easy,  and  his  bur- 
den of  religion  light.  Tlie  sum  of  our 
duty  consists  in  the  love  of  God  and  of 
our  neighbor,  in  denying  ungodliness 
and  worldly  lusts  and  living  soberly, 
righteously  and  godly  in  this  present 
World.  James  says,  "Pure  religion  and 
undefiled  before  God  and  the  Father,  is 
this,  to  visit  the  fatherless  and  widows 
in  their  affliction,  aud  to  keep  himself 
unspotted  from  the  world."  James  1 : 
27.  This  it  inculcates  most  earnestly, 
and  upon  this  laj's  the  greatest  stress. 
This  commandment  no  doubt,  has  been 
neglected  by  many  Christian  professors, 
though  in  iuany  cases  persons  have 
degraded  tliemselves  that  we  could 
not  visit  them  at  all  times.  But  we  are 
commanded  to  visit  tliera  in  their  afla 
tions,  and  by  so  doing,  we  may  be  the 
means  of  reforming  them. 
'  The  Gospel  does  not  enjoin  any  duty, 
butwhat  isfitandreasonable.  It  calls  up' 
on  all  its  professors  to  do  justice,  speak 
th-;  truth,  be  kind  and  affectionate  to- 
ward all  mankind,  to  practice  reverence, 
submission  and  gratitude  to  God,  to 
maintain  the  government  of  our  own 
minds.  This  is  the  constant  strain  and 
tenor  of  the  Gospel.  Let  us  prove 
that  we  believe  the  superior  excellency 
of  the  Christian  dispensation  by  con- 
forming to  its  precepts.  Will  we  show 
that  we  are  Ciiiistiaiis  ;n    deed    and  in 


truth?  not  by  endless  disputes  about 
trifles,  which  have  no  bearing  except  to 
turn  us  from  the  truth  and  make  ship- 
wreck of  our  faith,  but  by  abounding 
in  those  traits  of  righteousness  which 
lead  us  to  the  honor  and    glory  of  God. 

*     THE  PRAISE  OF  MEN, 

ItV  IVII.fKEII  HICE. 

"  Vot  fchey  loveil  the  praise  of  meu  mo 
the  praise  of  God."    .John  12:  ■iZ. 

rpiIESE  words  our  blessed  Redeemer 
-*-  spake  at  Jerusalem, after  telling  th. 
people  what  Esaias  said,  in  verse  forty 
of  this  chapter.  "He  hath  blinded  theii 
eyes,  and  hardened  their  hearts;  that 
they  should  not  see  with  their  eyes,' uor 
understand  with  their  hearts  and  be  con 
verted,  and  I  should  heal  them."  AVhat 
a.  lameiitalde  condition  we  lU'e  in,  when 
the  Lord  once  luudeus  our  hearts  and 
blinds  our  eyes!  Methinks  we  could 
not  find  wisdom's  pleasant  ways,  if  we 
should  make  an  effort.  And  how  could 
we  get  in  the  way  of  that  Olie  that  says, 
"I  am  the  way,  the  truth  and  the    life?" 

Brethren, sisters  andfriends,  we  should 
ahvaystry  iind  dp,  what  Jesus  requiresof 
us,  at  all  times;  for  if  we  become  neg- 
lectful of  our  duty,  the  Lord  will  per 
haps  blind  our  eye.'*nnd  harden  our  hearts 
and  leave  us  in  a  fearful  situation,  es- 
pecially those  who  have  not  been  con- 
verted, and  received  the  Holy  Spirit, 
which  will  lead  us  in  the  right  way  un- 
der all  cireumstances.  If  we  will  only 
give  heed  to  its  gentle  warning  and  ad- 
monitions, wliich  we  as  believing  chil- 
dren can  do,  if  we  only  don't  give  way 
to  biff  self,  or  the  carnal  mind,  and  let 
thatlead  us.  (I  said  big  self,  but  it 
should  lie  litth-  self,  for 'what  can  we  do 
of  <iurs.']vi.^O  If  self  gets  th^  control 
of  tilings  right,  once;  we  can  easily  be 
persuaded'  to  do  wrong,  to  neglect  the 
assembling  of  ourselves  together  as  the 
manner  of  some  is.  A  little  cloudy 
weather  keeps  us  home,  if  it  looks  that 
way  in  the  morning,  when  perhaps  by 
noon  it  will  be  clear.  But  if  it  were  to 
work  for  the  %\'onderful  dollar,  we  would 
go  at  once,  either  ^vith  the  ax  or  plow — 
go  to  market  or  teach  pupils  in  school, 
whieh  I  liave  done  on  rainy,  cold,  snowy 
days,  and  walked  three  or  four  miles  to 
do  it. 

Perhaps,  if  we  stay  at  home,  we  will 
study  how  to  be  men-pleosei-s,  and  there- 
by have  the  praise  of  men.  Self  may 
say,  "  you  needn't  be  so  particular  about 
conforming  to  the  Gospel,  but  say  I  can 
wear  what  I  please;  that  will  not  hurt 
me,  or  any  of  the  brethren."  AVe  may 
ofl'end  in  deed;  and  woe  unto  him  by 
whom  offense  cometh.  Self  may  tell  us 
we  can  dress  plain,  and  be  transformed 
by  the  renemng  of  our  minds  on  Sun- 
day or  meeting  days,  but  when  we  go  to 
the  city  or  towns,  we  ean  dress  superflu- 
ous and  it  will  not  make  any  ditt'erence, 
Yes,  but  it  will  show  that  we  love  "  the 
praise  of  men  more  than  the  praise  of 
God." 

It  makes  one  feel  sad  to  think  that 
any  of  us  should  give  the  world  such  a 
chance,  to  see  works  of  this  kind,  and 
we  profess  to  do  otherwise.  Not  Ion"- 
ago  I  heard  a  person  say,  they  would 
like  to  be  what  they  profess,  better  than 
Mr.  and  Mi-s.  so  and  so,  do.  AVe  all 
know  that  worldly-minded  people  are 
inclined  to  hunt  something  to  hide  be- 
hind. If  they  can  find  some  brother  or 
sister  or  myself  to  hide  behind,  or  justi- 
fy themselves,  they  will  do  it  and  say, 
they  are  just  as  good  as  so  and  so  who 
belong  to  the  church.  AVe  know  tliat 
is  a  poor  excuse  for  a  sinner  to  offer,  or 


even  for  us  as  Chiistians.  W.-  should  at 
all  times  imitate  our  Saviiir,  as  he  be- 
came our  Exainjdar.  AVe  s^hould  not 
carry  water  on  two  shoulders,  or  try  to 
please  God  and  man.  Christ  says,  "^He 
that  is  ashamed  of  me,  andof  my  words, 
of  him  vAW  I  also  be  ashamed  before 
ray  Father  and  his  holy  angels." 

Jesus  says,  "the  world  hated  me 
before  it  hated  you."  So  we  should 
not  wonder  if  the  world  hate  us.  In 
John  12:  42,  we  can  read  where  the 
chief  rulers  believed  on  him;  but  be- 
cause of  the  Pharisees  they  did  not  con- 
fess him,  lest  they  should  be  put  out  of 
the  synagogue.  See,  what  will  not  the 
praise  of  men  cause  us  to  do! 

TRUE   REPENTANCE. 


fTAIlUE  repentance  is  something  that 
-■-  e%'ery  child  of  God  ought  to  have, 
but  we  are  made  to  think  as  passing 
through  this  world,  that  some  people's 
actions  show  that  they  got  into  Christ'H 
church  without  fii-st  repenting  of  their 
sins.  .Our  Lord  and  Master  has  told  ns 
in  his  sacred  A^oluinci  that  we  must  tru- 
ly repent  of  our  sins  and  believe  on  the 
Lord  with  all  our  strength,  and  with  all 
pur  might,  and  tlien  we  have  the  prom- 
ise of  being  his  children.  Next  to  true 
repentance,  is  faith  in  the  Lord  of  heav- 
en and  earth.  If  we  have  truly  repent- 
ed of  our  sins,  then  we  are  required  of 
God  to  have  faith  in  him  Avho  m  mighty 
and  able  and  willing  to  save  even  unto 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth.  AVe 
have  the, language  of  the  apostle  on  this 
subject,  after  we  have  become  God'a 
children  by  adoption  and  by  grace,  ^vhen 
we  have  come  in  possession  of  that  love 
which  none  but  the  children  of  God  can 
have,  then  the  apostle's  words  come 
home  to  us,  and  we  are  made  to  exclaim, 
with  all  the  poiver  that  is  in  us,  just 
like  the  apostle  Paul  did  in  Ilom.  8;  38, 
39,  "  I  am  persuaded  tliat  neither  life, 
nor  death,  nor  angels,  nor  principalities, 
nor  powers,  nor  things  present,  nor 
things  to  come,  nor  height,  nor  depth, 
nor^any  other  creature  shall  be  able  to 
separate  us  from  the  love  of  God."  Oh 
let  us  repent  of  our  sins  in  an  accepta- 
ble way  to  God,  our  heavenly  Father. 
Oh,  I  often  think  of  my  home  over 
there,  and  know  that  my  redemption 
draweth  nigh.  Soon  we  will  have-  to 
ay  our  bodicsdown ;  our  work  will  soon 
be  flnished,  our  tongues  that  are  now 
speaking,  will  soon  be  cold  and  silent  in 
the  grave,  and  then  who  will  give  us 
credit  for  holding  our  peace?  Perhaps 
I  am  talking  too  fast  when  I  say  some- 
thing about  this  important  subject.  I 
think  that  there  are  better  folks  that 
could  write  a  more  promising  letter;  but 
our  j'oung  members  are  backward  in 
doing  so. 

I  feel  sometimes  that  there  is  too 
much  resting  on  our  ministers  of  the 
church.  If  our  young  members  would 
take  a  part  in  trying  to  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ,  we  would  have  a  l)etter 
neighborhood,  better  meetings  and  bet- 
ter Christians.  Sometimes  when  I  think 
over  past  and  bygone  days,  even  back  _to 
that  time  wli^n  my  mother  died  and  left 
me  a  wanderer  through  this  \vilderne88 
of  woe,  and  she  knew  that  these  words 
would  be  her  last.  She  said,  "take  care 
of  that  little  boy  and  see  that  he  is 
brought  up  in  the  admonition  of  the 
Lord."  My  life  since  my  mother's  death 
has  been  very  unfruitful,  and  oh,  how 
many  times  I  called  to  memory  those 
words,  although  she  has  been  dead  over 
eighteen  years;  it  seems  to  me  that  they 
were  only  spoken  yesterday. 


TT-T"E    l^RETI-IEETST    .^i:    'WOZil^. 


September    19. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


traT«Ung  e 
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TiiK  BBmiBCS  AT  WonK  will  bo  sent  poal-pniJ.  lo  any 
ftddrtss  ia  (ho  Unilcd  Slates  or  Cannd*,  for  fl  60  per 
■nnuro.  Thoao  sending  ton  names  iind  $16.01).  will  re- 
ooItb  an  cilrn  copy  frco  of  clmrgr!.  For  nil  over  this 
nunibor  the  iigont  will  bo  nllowod  10  ooqIb  for  oooh  nddi- 
tiondl  rnmo,  which  nmoiml  enn  hu  doduolcd  from  tho 
money,  before  acnding  Jl  lo  ns.  MoDoy  Ordore,  Drafts, 
Knd  Kegialered  Leilors  tnaj  be  sen  I  al  our  risk.  They 
should  bo  mivde  paynhlo  lo  Moore  &  Eaholmnn. 

Subsoriplions.  and  conimunicstionB  intended  for  tho  ya.- 


Qco  should  bo 


d  ivilh  Lho  of- 


lacd 


UOOaS  k  ESHELUAtT, 

Lanark.  Carroll  Co.,  HI- 


SSFTEUBSB  19, 187S. 


ELECTIONEERING. 

I  DO  not  mean  political  electioueering,  for 
tlmt  IjeloLgs  to  the  world,  and  they  have  a 
right  to  their  own.  It  is  uot  my  prerogative  to 
interfere  with  their  business,  nor  at  present  to 
dictate  for  them.  I  mean  to  talk  of  the  church 
and  her  work,  setting  forth  what  is  conceived 
to  be  her  duty,  regarding  some  features  some- 
times connected  ivith  the  election  of  church 
oSieers.  On  this  subject  we  cannot  be  too  well 
posted.  It  is  not  writt-en  and  preached  on  as 
much  as  circumstances  demand. 

There  ure  two  ways  of  electing  officers,  hoth 
of  which  are  mentioned  in  the  New  Testament, 
but  only  the  one  is  intended  for  us.  1.  By  lot; 
a  method  in  which  the  party  casting  the  lot  has 
no  choice  in  determining  the  results  2.  By 
rote;  a  method  making  the  voter  responsible 
for  his  vote.  The  latter  we  conceive  to  be  the 
method  folly  sanctioned  by  the  Scriptures,  and 
intended  for  the  church  during  the  present 
dispensation. 

From  the  narrative  given  in  Acts  1:  I5-2G,  re- 
garding the  election  of  Matthias,  it  is  clear  that 
the  choice  was  made  by  lot  and  not  by  voting, 
for  "  they  gave  forth  their  lots,  and  the  lot  fell 
upon  Matthias."  But  when  the  "  seven  "  were 
chosen  (Acts  6)  it  was  done  by  vothiii,  for  they 
chose  .seven,  having  certain  known  qualifica- 
tions, whom  they  set  before  the  Apostles  lo  be 
installed  into  office.  This  injunction,  "Look 
ye  out  among  you  seven  men  of  good  repbrt, 
full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  wisdom,  whom  we 
may  appoint  over  this  busiues.s,"  is  proof  that 
the  choice  was  made  by  voting,  and  a  careful 
consideration  of  the  directions,  to  govern  t|ie 
choosing  of  church  officers,  laid  down  in  the 
epistolary  vfritiiigs,  is  further  proof  in  favor  of 
voting  instead  of  casting  lots.  But  we  have  not 
time  to  consider  this  branch  of  the  subject  just 
now. 

If  our  method  of  electing  church  officers  were 
by  lot,  there  would  be  no  necessity  of  waniiug 
any  again.st  electioneering,  for  it  is  .something 
that^o  one  can  efiectually  bring  to  bear  where 
the  choice  is  made  by  lot.  But  since  Qod,  in 
his  infinite  wisdom,  has  deemed  it  beat  that  we 
elect  our  officei-3  by  vote,  it  is  in  our  place  to 
deal  ivith  things  as  tbey  are,  and  not  as  we 
might  suppose  they  should  have  been.  With 
us  there  are  chances  for  electioneering,  and 
from  what  we  occa-sionally  learn,  we  have  rea- 
son for  supposing  that  it  is  sometimes  done, 
and  much  to  the  injury  of  the  cause  too,  at  that. 
Believing  it  to  he  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the 
Gospel,  and  the  cause  of  much  and  many  evils, 
we  deem  it  a  duty  to  raise  oui;  voice  against  it, 
and  save  the  church  from  what  may  prove  a 
grievous  sin. 

Our  readers  are  conscious  of  the  evils  result- 
ing from  electioneering  in  the  political  world, 
and  know  the  extreme  to  which  it  is  at  times 
carried.  With  much  propriety  we  may  con. 
clmle  that  equal  dangers  and  evils  await  the 
church,  should  she  fall  into  the  same  habit,  and 
permit  her  members  to  indulge  in  electioneer- 
ing when  a  speaker  or  deacon  is  to  be  elected. 
The  tendency  of  electioneering  is  to  create  strife, 
discord,  imd  produce  a  bone  of  contention  that 


may  take  a  life-time  to  remove.  It  often  di- 
ides  the  church  into  two  parties,  each  having 
its  representative,  and  whether  elected  or  not, 
there  remains  an  unpleasant  and  antagonistic 
feeling  that  seeks  every  opportunity  to  retaliate 
and  carry  its  points. 

Another  tendency  of  electioneering  is,  to  per- 
mit one  or  two  persons,  who  understand  how  to 
infiuence  other  minds,  t<i  control  the  etecfu.n 
and     thus     have  the  man  chosen    tliei/  select 

hether  he  is  the  right  man  or  not.  To  do  this 
they  will  talk  up  and  magnify  some  one'squaH- 
fications,  and  run  down  and  defame  the  charac- 
ter of  another  who  may  be  equally  as  good,  and 
ell  qualified  for  the  position  as  the  other. 
There  is  too  much  talking  about  wi/  man  and 
not  enough  about  the  Lord's  man.  We  talk  a 
great  deal  about  our  citoice  and  not  enough  of 
the  Master's  choke.  To  keep  peace  and  harmo- 
n  the  church,  members  do  not  want  to  tell 
each  other  who  they  are  going  to  vote  for,  but 
keep  it  a  secret  between  themselves  and  the 
Lord.  If  this  is  done,  no  evils  will  ever  result 
from  electioneering,  nor  will  elections  ever 
cause  discord  and  contention  in  the  church. 

It  is  well  that  members  frequent]}-  talk  of  the 
Bible  qualifications  that  officers  should  possess, 
and  in  this  way  become  much  better  acquainted 
with  the  will  of  God  regarding  the  kind  of  men 
he  wants  in  office.  This  subject  is  not  studied 
as  it  ought  to  be,  nor  do  our  ministers  preach 
on  it  as  much  as  they  should.  How  many  of 
our  readers  ever  heard  a  sermon,  on  the  Bible 
qualifications  of  church  officers? 

The  most  dangerous  piece  of  electioneering  ia, 
when  the  ministers  get  at  it;  for  when  once 
into  it,  and  having  more  privileges  than  the  la- 
ity, they  may  go  still  farther,  and  take  the 
advantage  of  the  laity,  and  thus  bring  reproach 
ponthe  church,  besides  setting  a  bad  example, 
which,  if  followed  by  the  members,  would  soon 
ruin  any  congregation. 

The  time  for  electing  officers  should  be  set, 
and  the  members  requested  to  search  the  Script- 
ures carefully  and  learn  the  qualifications  re- 
juired  of  such.  On  the  day  of  th(  election,  and 
before  taking  the  votes,  all  the  Scripture  relat- 
ing to  the  qualifications  of  such  officers  as  are 
to  he  chosen,  should  be  read  and  clearly  explain- 
ed, that  every  member  may  kilow  just  what 
kind  of  men  the  Lord  wants,  and  then  instruct- 
ed to  cast  their  vote  accordingly.  Were  this 
done  more  than  what  it  is,  the  churches  would 
make  less  mistakes.  This  thing  of  holding  the 
election  first,  and  then  relate  the  qualifications 
afterwards,  has  no  Bible  precedent,  and  should 
be  abandoned  at  once.  Let  us  learn  to  do  the 
Lord's  work  in  the  Lord's  way.  J.  H.  M. 


WHITING  FOR  THE  PRESS. 

Wliiitovev  is  worth  doing  at  all,  is  worth doins  well. 

If  at  lii'Ht  you  don't  succeed,  try,  try  again. 
VTEVER  write  for  publication  until  you  have 
Xi  something  to  write  about,  and  be  sure 
Unit  somelliin;/  will  be  interesting  and  profitable 
to  the  render.  Understand  your  subject  fully 
before  you  commence  writing,  and  then  do  your 
test  to  make  the  article  say  just  what  you  want 
printed.  Be  sure  that  yon  have  the  matter 
down  correctly. 

If  you  want  your  article  read  by  every  reader 
who  gets  the 'paper,  make  it  .short  and  to  the 
point.  People  never  get  tired  reading  short  ar- 
ticles. Good  writerri  frequently  rewrite  their 
articles  several  times  before  sending  them  to  the 
printer.  Few  preachers  have  over  400  hearers 
at  their  regular  meetings,  but  those  who  have 
articles  in  the  BnETHBEx  .\T  Work  address 
many  thousand  readers,  hence  the  importance 
of  using  great  care  in  preparing  matter  for  pub- 
lication. 

1.  Write  with  black  ink  on  white  paper. 
Plea.se  do  not  use  a  pencil. 

2.  The  sheets  of  paper  on  which  yon  write, 
should  not  be  over  five  inches  wide.  If  foolscap 
is  used,  cut  each  sheet  in  two  lengthwise. 

3.  Write  on  but  one  side  of  the  paper. 

4.  Always  dot  the  i's  and  cross  the  t's. 

5.  Separate  your  mattor  into  suitable  para- 
graphs. 

6.  Make  no  apologies  at  eitherthe  beginning 
or  the  close  of  your  articles.  They  are  not  edi- 
fying. 

7.  Punctuate  your  articles  the  best  you 
know  how.  If  you  do  not  understand  punctu- 
ation, just  oinit  it,  and  the  printer  ivill  do  that 
for  you, 

S.    When  quoting  Scripture,  be  sure  you  have 


it  just  as  it  stands  in  the   Book.     Do  not  guess  ■ 
at  it,  but  he  sure  of  it.  1 

When  quoting  Scripture  or  anything  else, 
do  not  fail  to  place  quotation  marks  before  imd 
after  the  parts  quoted; — thus,  "Jesus  wept." 

10.  The  names  of  persons  and  places  should 
be  written  with  great  care,  so  that  there  may 
be  no  chance  of  misunde  i's  tan  ding  them. 

11.  Never  write  between  the  lines,  and  if 
the  paper  is  very  closely  ruled,  it  is  best  to  ivrite 
on  every  other  line. 

12.  Write  in  as  plain  a  band  as  you  can. 
We  iisk  not  for  beauty,  but  something  that  can 
be  easily  read. 

13.  Do  not  use  unfamiliar  terms,  but  words 
that  are  simple  and  easy  to  be  understbod, 

14.  If  you  are  not  used  to  writing  for  the 
press,  get  some  one  to  read  your  article  over  to 
you  and  see  how  it  sounds. 

i.  Never  write  about  business  on  the  same 
paper  that  contains  matter  for  the  press.  If 
you  have  anything  to  say  to  the  editor,  write 
it  on  a  separate  slip  of  paper. 

16.  Number  the  pages  in  the  proper  order 
and  pin  them  together  at  the  top. 

17.  Each  article  or  essay  should  have  »  auit^ 
able  heading. 

18.  Notes  of  travel  should  he  us  short  as 
po.isible.  You  need  not  tell  at  what  hour  you 
took  the  train,  where  you  ate  dinner,  nor  where 
you  put  up  at  night,  etc.     Such   things  are  not 

teresting.  nor  do  tbey  edify. 

19.  Church  News  should  be  brief,  and  as  in- 
teresting as  possible.  Make  no  excuses,  but 
write  plainly  just  what  you  want  in  the  paper. 

20.  Carefully  guard  against  writing  long 
Obituaries.     The  shorter,  the  bettor. 

21.  Do  not  waste  time  writing  poetry,  un- 
less you  are  certmn  that  you  are  a  "  bom  poet." 
"Poets  are  born,  not  made." 

22.  Avoid  personalities  and  local  reflections. 
If  you  have  anything  against  a  brother  or  sis- 
ter go  to  them  according  to  Matt:  18;  do  not 
(vrite  about  them. 

23.  Do  not  mis  business  with  matter  in- 
tended for  publication.  Keep  each  item  sepa- 
rate. 

24.  When  writing  for  publication,  keep  con- 
stantly in  view  the  fact,  that  you  are  writing 
for  thousands  of  readers,  and  not  just  for  a  few 
individuals. 

Those  who  write  their  articles  over  two  or 
three  times  before  sending  them  to  the  printer, 
will  find  it  to  their  advantage  to  get  a  large 
slate,  first  write  their  articles  on  that  and  then 
copy  them  on  paper.  By  doing  this,  they  have 
better  chances  of  improving  their  matter. 


The  Brethren  in  Christian  Co.,  III.,  have  pur- 
chased a  new  tent  40x50,  in  which  they  expect 
to  hold  their  communion  meeting  this  Fall. 


Brother  ,Iohn  B.  Wrightsman  has  changed 
his  address  from  South  Bend,  Ind.,  to  Hunting- 
don, Pa.,  and  brother  J.  S.  Mohler  has  changed 
his  from  La  Due,  Mo.,  to  Clinton,  same  State. 


Brother  J.  W.  Stein  will  remain  at  his  home 
in  Mo.,  the  coming  Winter,  thinking  it  best 
not  to  make  any  change  before  Spring.  He 
will  soon  have  his  work  on  baptism  ready  for 
the  press.  It  ivill  be  a  valuable  book  when 
published. 

BitOTHF-H  John  MetKg-r,  iu  addition  to  his 
former  and  present  labors  in  the  missionary 
field,  is  building  a  meeting-house  in  Cerro  Gor- 
do at  his  own  expense,  excepting  a  part  of  the 
basement  story.  The  house  is  expected  to  be 
ready  for  services  sometime  this  Fall, 


"  Nos-CosFORMiTY  TO  THE  WoRLD,  by  broth- 
er Stein,  should  be  extensively  circulated,"  so 
says  S.  S.  Mohler,  of  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  after 
having  ordered  one  dozen  for  use  in  his  own 
neighborhood.  Let  some  one  in  each  congre- 
gation send  one  dollar  and  get  a  dozen.  Every 
member  should  read  the  work  and  profit  there- 

by-  . 

Jeavbtt  on  Baptihu  is  the  title  of  an  inter- 
esting little  volume  on  the  mode  and  subject  of 
baptism,  by  Milton  P,  Jewett,  The  author 
handles  his  question  well,  making  his  argu- 
ments brief,  but  to  the  point.  The  book  is  well 
worth  its  price — 40  cents.  Address  Dr.  Geo. 
Koss,  Lebanon,  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 


What  is  religion  in  the  United  States  com- 
ing to?  In  place  of  a  fair,  or  festival,  a  church 
in  Wis.  is  reported  to  have  had  a  horse  race  to 
aid  its  funds.  This  is  just  about  what  church 
festivals  will  yet  lead  to — a  small  and  lamb-like 
beginning,  but  strong  and  lion-like,  when  fully 
matured. 


A  BREAH. 

WE  are  not  much  of  a  believer  in  modern 
di-eams,  hut  the  fi>llowiiig  ctipiied  from 
an  exchange,  contains  a  lessoii  too  valuable  to 
he  lost: 

It  is  said  that  a  minister  who  lived  in  the 
time  of  Wesley,  being  wearied  of  his  morning 
sermon,  he  lay  down  to  rest,  and  had  a  dream: 
He  saw  a  man  coming  in  the  garden,  a  special 
friend  of  his,  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  a  man  of 
great  gifts,  and  high  callings  as  a  successful 
preacher.  He  went  towards  him  and  was  not  a 
little  surprised  that  the  face  of  bis  friend  ap- 
peared very  sad,  which  wiis  something  unusual 
with  him. 

After  saluting  each  other,  he  asked  his  friend 
what  time  it  was,  and  it  was  just  twenty-five 
minutes  after  four  o'clock.  His  friend  said: 
"  It  is  just  one  hour  after  my  death,  and  I  am 
condemned  forever.  Not  because  I  did  not 
preach  the  Gospel ;  uot  that  I  was  not  successful, 
for  there  are  now  many  sheaves  which  through 
me  have  been  gathered  into  the  store-house  of 
God,  that  will  hear  witness  to  my  success.— But 
I  am  lost  because  I  did  not  give  God  the  honor, 
but  sought  to  win  the  applause  of  the  people  to 
myself.     Now  I  have  my  reward." 

As  he  said  this,  he  withdrew  quickly,  and  I 
saw  him  no  more.  I  then  awakened,  and  the 
dream  lay  heavily  on  my  mind.  It  was  now 
time  that  I  should  again  go  to  church  to  preach, 
and  on  my  way  thither  a  friend  came  to  me  and 

asked  me  if  I  had   heard   that   Rev. had 

died.  I  answered  no!  and  npon  further  inqui- 
ry as  to  when  he  bad  died,  I  received  the  an- 
swer, "  that  to-day,  afternoon,  at  twenty-five 
minutes  after  three  o'clock."  To  preach  to 
others  and  to  be  ones  self  a  castaway,  is  accord- 
ing to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  possible. 


Fahrney's  Quarterly  is  the  title  of  an  in- 
teresting four  page  sheet  published  by  Dr.  P. 
Fahmey,  GflO  West  Indiana  St.,  Chicago. 

The  Arnold's  Grove  feast  last  week,  about 
eight  miles  West  of  here,  was  a  very  enjoyable 
affair.  The  interest  was  good  and  the  attend- 
ance fair.  The  ministerial  force  was  large, 
there  being  about  16  in  attendance.  Some  of 
our  Western  churches  will  think  this  rather 
large,  but  in  countries  thickly  settled  with 
Brethren  like  this,  it  will  frequently  so  happen, 
and  of  course  they  enjoy  Christian  associations 
as  do  others.  During  the  meeting  an  election 
was  held  for  one  minister  and  one  deacon.  The 
choice  for  minister  fell  on  Bro.  Frank  Meyers, 
and  for  deacon,  on  Bro.  Noah  Blough.  — 
They  are  not  only  earnest  workers  in  the  Mas- 
ter's cause,  but  stand  well  as  men  of  lufiuencG 
and  Christian  integrity,  and  will,  no  doubt, 
prove  important  helps  to  the  older  officials  in 
the  church.  We  would  that  all  officers  could 
fully  realize  the  importanceof  serving  the  cause 
with  the  whole  heart. 


Ol'r  nation  has  a  world-wide  fame  for  its  free- 
dom of  speech  and  freedom  to  worship  accord- 
ing to  the  dictates  of  our  own  consciences,  and 
from  this  national  characteristic  not  a  few  have 
concluded  that  they  have  a  right  to  do  about  as 
they  please,  especially  in  talking.  Freedom  of 
speech  is  made  to  mean  far  more  than  either 
reason  or  revelation  admits  of,  Not  one  of  us 
is  at  liberty  to  swear,  lie,  slander  or  defame  the 
good  name  of  our  neighbor,  or  any  body  else. 
In  the  freedom  of  speech  no  oae  has  a  right  to 
go  beyond  the  truth,  and  prudence  should  gov- 
ern us  under  al!  circumstances,  that  we  do  not 
say  things  th.it  are  unbecoming.  He  who  slan- 
ders bis  neighbor  is  abusing  his  liberties,  and 
transcends  the  limits  of  justice,  beyond  which 
the  liberties  of  speech  should  never  extend. 


While  in  conversation  with  a  gentleman,  not 
long  since,  he  remarked,  when  speaking  of  re- 
ligion, that  he  was  particularly  given  to  the 
habit  of  having  things  arranged  to  suit  his  ideas, 
and  therefore  aimed  to  explain  Scripture  accord- 
ingly. Ho  had  fallen  into  a  common  error  that 
is  no  less  popular  than  it  is  dangerous,  and  is 
becoming  a  prolific  source  of  disobedience.  In- 
stead of  bending  ourselves  to  suit  the  Book  we 
are  inclined  to  bend  the  Book  to  suit  ue,  think- 
ing the  Word  of  the  Lord  ia  more  easily  chang- 
ed than  our  carnal  natures.  Persisting  in  this 
course  has  a  tendency  of  not  only  weakening 
the  infiuence  of  divine  revelation  over  us,  but  is 
a  prolific  generator  of  infideKty.  Let  us  stndjj 
the  Word  of  the  Lord  with  the  intention  of 
bending  to  it,  for  it  is  straight  while  weare  crook- 
ed and  perverse,  hut  when  we.in  all  departments 
of  life,  bend  to  the  requirements  of  the  Gospel, 
we  become  straight  and  upright  in  our  life  and 
character,  and  thereby  partake  more  largely  of 
the  divine  nature. 


SGpten3l'>pT    19. 


THE    BKETHRlL^r    ^T    "S\^0KK:. 


RAYS  OF  GOSPEL  LIGHT, 

Buddhism  and  ChriBtianity— Unequal  Burdens 
—The  Value  of  a  Sinner— Fearless  Papers— 
Choir  Singing— Go  to  the  CliiircU— The  Dy- 
ing Paiue— Taking  out  What  Hurts. 
BUDDHISM  is  a  failure,  because  it  cnn  ouly 
bring  the  soul  itt  contact  with  the  laws  of 
nature.  There  U  no  gntce  iu  the  syatcui,  and 
he  who  believes  ia  it,  expects  to  be  saved  \>y  hia 
own  righteousness,  its  builder  came  from  be- 
neath the  skies,  hence  its  system  is  too  low. 
It  addresses  iUelf  to  cold  intellect,  and  has  no 
power  to  warm  the  soni.  It  inspires  no  faith 
in  the  living  God,  hence  can  give  no  real  hope 
for  the  future.  It  has  no  provisions  for  the 
emotional  nature  of  man,  other  than  purely 
selfish  purposes.  No  Father,  no  Son,  no  Holy 
Ghost  in  Buddhism.  Itia  ouly  tit  to  be  re- 
jected. 

There  are  attogethei'  too  niauy  unequal  bur- 
dens in  the  church.  The  minister  is  e.\pected 
'  to  do  all  the  teaching — spend  half  or  more  of 
his  time  in  looking  after  the  wants  of  members 
— in  attenduig  funerals,  visiting  the  sick,  and 
comforting  the  dying.  Sometimes  a  very  stron  g 
horse  refuses  to  pull  because  the  load  is  a  little 
heavy,  and  then  the  other  horse  must  do  both 
his  and  the  other's  share.  So  in  the  church. 
Those  who  ought  to  pull,  and  pull  hard,  too, 
sometimes  refuse  to  pull  a  pound,  and  ihen  some 
other  one  must  do  double  work.  This  is  not 
dividing  the  burden.  A'  man  is  required  to 
work  according  to  his  ability;  and  if  two  men 
have  equal  abilities  they  should  bear  equal  bur- 
dens, Do  not  ask  a  few  to  do  all  the  praying — 
all  the  singing — all  the  visiting  of  the  sick,  but 
take  hold  and  help.  You  do  not  espect  a  few 
to  get  all  the  reward.  You  want  to  share  in 
this,  hence  you  should  manfully  help  to  bear 
the  burdens. 

Should  you  lose  a  gold  dollar,  its  intrinsic 
value  would  be  the  same;  still  it  is  valueless  be- 
cause it  is  entirely  out  of  relation  with  the  cir- 
culating medium.  It  does  not  represent  any- 
thing in  the  commercial  world.  So  with  the 
sinner.  He  is  of  no  value  in  his  lost  condition, 
because  he  b  not  in  relation  with  the  plan  of 
salvation, — because  his  will  is  not  in  harmony 
with  God's  will.  But  when  he  is  found,  he  is 
of  the  same  value  as  he  was  before  he  was  lost 
Will  you,  my  dear  sinner,  remember  this,  and 
at  once  turn  to  the  living  God? 

We  are  trying  to  make  a  paper  to  do  good — 
one  that  fears  not  to  reflect  the  whole  counsel 
of  God,  and  not  one  simply  to  please.  A  paper 
that  will  please  the  disciples  of  Christ  by  its 
fearlessness  on  God-given  subjects,  which  are 
not  popular,  cannot  fail  to  do  good.  A  fearless 
exponent  of  divine  things  must  deal  with  men 
and  things  a.s  they  are,  and  not  attempt  to  cov- 
er up  the  insiduous  workings  of  evil,  ivith  the 
glamour  of  false  charity.  A  paper  that  "  holds 
men's  persons  in  admiration  because  of  advan- 
tage "  can  never  be  one  that  speaks  out  boldly 
upon  all  subjects.  Nor  should  it  be  a  medium 
for  brethren  to  carry  on  strifes  over  mutters  of 
judgment;  but  it  should  be  able  to  say,  "We 
have  conquered  a  peace  in  this  respect."  But 
in  holding  this  peace,  we  should  not  forget  to 
watch.  The  camp-fires  must  be  kept  burning 
as  brightly  as  ever,  and  the  trained  soldiers  can- 
not afford  to  lay  down  their  weapons  and  turn 
to  dancing  and  music.  Every  man  and  woman 
should  stand  to  the  Post.  It  is  no  time  to  de- 
sert heaven's  colors. 

There  is  a  church  in  Boston  which  pays  six 
thousand  five  hundred   dollars  a  year   for    a 

quartett*  choir;  and  the  good  professors  go  there 
to  hear  the  tweedledee  and  the  tweedledum  that 
the  choir  grinds  out.  They  are  able  to  say  it  is 
a  grand  concert,  but  not  Gospel  singing.  Go 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  stop  in  the 
churches  that  dot  our  towns  and  cities;  there 
you  will  see  the  organs  and  in  many  instances, 
the  ungodly  player  or  ungodly  leader  to  lead 
out  the  hallelujah  of  Zion.  How  the  minister 
can  sound  any  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ 
under  such  circumstances  is  almost  a  mystery, 
and  the  la/,y  Christians  will  stand  or  sit  there 
and  look  on,  no  hymn  boola  in  the  pews,  no 
Testaments,  no  hearts  to  sing — all  at  ease.  The 
ungodly  are  hired  to  sing  and  play,  after  having 
spent  the  week  in  singing  minstrel  tunes.  Is  it 
any  wonder  that  the  Spirit  of  God  is  grieved, 
and  the  people  of  His  choice  made  sad? 


Where  is  the  proper  place  for  a  Christian  to 
labor?  In  and  out  of  the  church.  Do  you 
want  temperance  enforced?  Go  to  tlie  church. 
Do  you  want  the  poor  fed  and  clothed  i*  Go  to 
the  church.  Do  you  want  the  sick  and  impris- 
oned visited  ?  Go  to  the  church.  Do  you  want 
widows  and  orphans  helped  and  cared  for? 
Look  to  the  church.  Do  you  want  the  mar- 
riage relation  maintained  in  its  divine  purity? 
Go  to  the  church.  Do  you  want  warning 
against  covetousness,  gambling,  horse-racing, 
theatre- going,  drunkenne.ss,  and  every  other 
evil?  Look  to  the  church  of  God.  Do  "you 
want  the  Gospel  set  before  all  men  iu  its  primi- 
tive purity?  Go  to  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the 
Truth— the  church  of  the  living  God.  If  there 
is  a  church  that  will  not  uphold  these  holy 
principles,  it  has  not  built  on  the  True  Founda- 
tion. Tlie  church  of  Christ  h.is  in  it  every  idea 
of  reform  and  good  works  that  is  needful  for  the 
human  family.  To  go  out  of  it  for  divine  prin- 
ciples is  to  go  away  from  pure  gold.  There  is 
work  enough  in  the  church  for  him  who  wanta 
only  what  God  gives  him. 

The  dying  Paine  aaidto  his  female  attendant; 
"  If  ever  the  devil  had  an  agent  on  earth,  I  have 
been  one,"  and  then  asked  her  opinion  of  the 
"Age  of  Reason."  She  replied,  that,  believing 
it  to  have  an  evil  tendency,  she  had  burned  it. 
He  replied:  "I  wish  all  its  readers  had  been  as 
wise."  One  of  his  own  faith  said  to  him:  "  You 
have  lived  like  a  man;  I  hope  you  will  die  like 
one."  Paine  turned  to  others  near  by,  and  re- 
plied: "  You  see  what  miserable  comforters  1 
have."  Yes,  there  is  no  comfort  from  those 
who  fail  to  bring  with  them  Jesus.  Reason  is 
a  poor  comforter  on  a  dying  bed.  Had  Paine 
put  on  Christ  aa  be  was  commanded,  he  would 
not  have  had  occasion  to  die  among  "  miserable 
comforters."  Sinner,  go  not  Paine-way:  but 
go  the  way  of  safety — the  way  of  the  Lord.  In- 
fidels say;  "'Take  the  Scriptures  out  of  the 
schools,  they  hurt  our  consciences  and  the 
Catholics;  take  the  New  Testament  out  of  the 
Scriptures,  it  hurts  the  Jews;  take  out  all  that 
condemns  division,  for  it  hurts  the  sects;  take 
out  all  referring  to  obedience,  for  as  a  man 
thinketh,  so  is  he;  take  out  all  relating  to  hell 
and  heaven,  and  creed  and  church.'  And  then 
what?  eat,  drink,  dance  and  hop  into  the  dark 
at  death."  m.  !1.  e. 


MoKDAY  Noox,  Sei'T.  Hi. — Weure  just  in  the 
lidst  of  a  glorious  meeting.  House  crowded 
to  its  utmost  capacity.  One  baptized  yesterday, 
and  other  applicants  to  be  baptized  this  after- 
noon, among  them  is  Bro.  Bashor's  wife. — 
Great  rejoicing  among  the  saints. 


We  hope  all  our  readers  will  canvass  their 
neighborhoods  thoroiighly  so  as  to  get  all  the 
names  possible  by  the  first  of  October,  when  the 
debate  commences.  We  should  like  to  have  all 
the  names  sent  to  us  in  good  time  that  all  new 
subscribers  may  be  able  to  commence  with  the 
beginning  of  the  discussion.  If  each  reader  will 
make' a  little  effort  a  few  thousand  new  names 
can  he  secured  and  sent  by  the  first  of  October. 
From  our  agents  who  have  written  us,  we 
learn  that  they  intend  to  canvass  the  towns 
where  they  live.  This  is  a  good  idea,  and  may 
accomplish  good.  Thousands  in  both  towus 
and  country  would  subscribe  if  solicited  to  do 
so.  We  make  this  suggestion  in  order  that  all 
may  be  induced  to  enter  on  the  work  at  once. 
New  subscribers  are  coming  in  pretty  fast  al- 
ready and  promises  to  be  still  better  the  next 
few  weeks.  ^ 

The  Yellow  Fever  eoutinues  to  rage  in  many 
places  in  the  South.  On  the  llth  inst  there 
were  3,rt00  sick  in  Memphis,  and  1(1,1X11}  persons 
to  provide  for.  About§ll,OOOarerequiredeach 
day  to  properly  care  for  this  great  number  of  de- 
pendent persons,  and  if  the  lever  continues  one 
month  longer,  which  is  probable,  it  will  require 
about  §200,000  to  feed  and  care  for  them.  One 
thousand  coffins  have  been  ordered  in  which  to 
bury  the  dead,  over  one  hundred  dying  daily. 
In  New  Orleans  about  the  same  number  die 
daily,  and  the  small  towns  that  have  been  visits 
ed,  fare  about  the  same.  This  is  a  time  for 
prayer  and  substantial  aid  by  nil,  and  we  are 
glad  to  know  that  the  hearts  of  the  people  ev- 
erj'where  are  nobly  responding. 


It  is  quite  common  to  hear  men  and  women, 
who  do  not  work,  say,  "The  world  owes  me  a 
living,  and  I  am  hound  to  have  it,"  but  these 
very  people  seldom  stop  to  conclude  that  many 
of  them  have  not  yet  half  paid  fqr  their  raising. 


Those  who  are  poor,  crippled  and  unable  to  make 
a  living,  are  entitled  to  the  charities  of  those 
who  have  plenty  and  to  spare,  but  for  men  who 
are  able  to  work  and  then  will  not,  and  yet 
claim  that  the  world  owes  them  a  living,  is 
ridiculous.  Paul  settles  the  matter  fully  when 
he  says,  "  For  even  when  we  were  with  you, 
this  we  commanded  you,  that  if  any  would  not 
work,  neither  should  he  eat."  2  Thew.  .3:  10. 
Men  and  women  who  talk  so  much  about  what 
the  world  owes  them,  would  better  consider 
what  tliey  owe  the  world  for  having  fed  and 
clothed  them.  We  wonder  if  such  people  have 
ever  done  the  world  much  good? 


ECHOES  FROU  THE  EAST. 

KTMBfJl  IV. 

Visiting  the  Sick— The  Comforts  of  our  Holy 
Religion—Our  Sabbath  Meetings — Interest- 
ing Jottings. 

[Fi..ni  Itur  Sj-tIaI  IVrn.|«i..lMil.l 

ON  the  22nd  ult.,  we  were  called  upon  to  ac- 
company a  brother  to  the  country  to  the 
bedsideof  one  of  our  dear  young  sist«rs  in  Christ, 
who  has  been  laid  low  by  the  hand  of  afilicbion. 
We  were  made  glad  to  find  this  dear  youthful 
disciple  strong  in  the  grace  of  God,  though 
weak  in  the  body.  We  were  made  to  think  that 
her  snowj'-white  couch,  as  she  sat  upon  it,  was 
an  emblem  of  the  pure  garments  of  the  saints 
above.  Less  than  two  years  ago  this  dear  sister 
found  Christ,  and  pledged  obedience  to  His 
commandments.  0  what  comfort  is  thrown 
around  the  sick-bed,  when  Jesus  is  near,  and  is 
the  chosen  physician  of  the  soul!  By  request, 
we  read  the  tenth  chapter  of  John's  Gospel,  and 
found  much  consolation  together  in  the  great 
trutb,  that  Jesuit  is  ours  iind  we  are  His.  Vers- 
es 28  and  29,  suggest  that  we  are  in  our  Fath- 
er's House  and  in  our  Savior's  Hand,  and  "no 
man  is  able  to  pluck  them  out "  of  that  Refuge. 
Wliat  comfort,  what  grace  we  have  in  the  words 
of  Jesus !  Our  holy  religion  is  worth  everything. 
From  life's  daivn  to  its  close,  the  religion  of 
Jesus  spreads  its  healing,  saving  wings  over  us. 
After  a  season  of  fervent  communion  with  God, 
and  words  of  encouragement  to  each  other,  we 
had  to  return. 

OUR  SAHIiATH  MEETING. 

Our  meeting  to-day,  August  25th,  was  in  the 
Welty  meeting-house. 

■'  How  sweet  the  name  or  .lesus  sounds, 
In  alieliever's  ear!" 
With  these  soothing  words  our  exercises  opened 
this  morning.  What  joy  is  imparted  to  our  in- 
ner man  by  such  sacred  words!  This  is  true 
joy  to  the  soul;  but  its  sweetness  is  not  realized 
without  "  singing  with  the  spirit  and  the  un- 
derstanding also."  If  we  sing  such  a  hymn  of 
stveet  sentiments  without  thinking  much  and 
steadfastly  of  Jesus,  what  does  He  think  of  us? 
for  we  must  remember  that  He  is  in  the  con- 
gregation of  His  Church.  But  when  our 
thoughts  are  fixed  on  Him,  0  what  comfort 
such'holy  words  bring  to  our  hearts!  Wearied 
with  the  daily  cares  of  the  week  and  permitted 
by  the  goodness  of  God  to  gather  into  the  place 
of  prayer,  such  an  exercise  of  praise  is  well  cal- 
culated to  bring  us  near  the  throne  of  grace, 
and  into  that  communion  of  the  saints  and  our 
Heavenly  Master,  which  is  the  essential  life  of 
the  Christian. 

After  kneeling  in  devotions,  a  stan/a  was 
sung: 

"  Father.  I  stretcli  my  liands  to  Tiiee, 
No  otlier  help  I  know." 

By  the  usual  request  of  the  minister,  a  deacon 
brother  read  to  the  congregation,  the  chapter 
chosen  for  the  lesson  of  the  hour.  A  minister- 
ing brother  then  made  use  of  the  thirty-ninth 
verse  as  the  basis  of  his  remarks.     He  spoke  of 

1st.     The  mission  of  the  Savior- 

2nd.     The  power  of  His  words. 

3rd.  The  blindness  of  unfaithful  professors 
of  religion. 

Tlien  followed  a  testimonial  of  appropriate  de- 
ductions, showing  that  the  "  juHgment "  spoken 
of,  was  vested  in  the  word  of  God.  Also  that 
they  who,  in  this  time,  judge  themselves  by  the 
Word,  shall  be  free  from  the  great  judgment 
iu  the  end  of  the  world.  All  were  exhorted  to 
"come  and  see,"  and  live. 

The  336th  hymn  was  then  sung,  being  very 
suggestive  to  all.  After  a  season  of  devotion 
the  first  verse  of  the  114th  hymn  was  sung,  be- 
ing a  very  beautiful  closing  sentiment.  The 
announcements  were  made,  and  the  congrega- 
tion was  dismissed. 

We  spent  the  afternoon   in  the  family  of  a 


very  dear  brother,  our  youngest  minister.  May 
God  bless  our  Christian  conversation,  and  grant 

him  the  gift  he  so  much  seems  to  feel  the  need 
of.  0  my  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  synipa- 
thi/.e  with  and  encourage  our  ministers  who  feel 
their  unworthiuess  and  inability.  Such  deserve 
our  greatest  syin'itathy,  for  with  them  is  the 
least  danger  of  a  vain  ambition  or  ill  motive. 
Bear  them  up  on  your  hands  of  peace  and  arms 
of  prayer  and  faith,  when  you  are  secretly  en- 
gaged with  the  Holy  One  of  Israel.  And  don't 
forget  when  opportunity  offers,  to  express  your 
sympathy  and  solicitude.  They  beg  your  pray- 
ers.     0  give  them  more  than  they  ask. 

On  last  Lord's  day,  Sept.  1st,  our  services 
were  in  the  Amsterdam  meeting-house.  The 
158th  hymn  was  sung  by  waj'  of  introduction. 
The  428th  was  then  lined  and  sung.  Aftflf 
prayer,  we  joined  in 

■■Come,  Holy  Spirit.  Ile.iveuly  novc." 
A  deacon   brother  then  read   Matthew  6,     A 
minister  then  chose  for  atext,  the  words:  "For- 
give us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive   our  debtors." 
The  following  points  are  deduced: 

1st.     We  are  trespassers  against  God. 

2nd,     Others  trespa-ss  against  us. 

3rd.  We  must  needs  forgive  others  before 
God  will  forgive  us. 

An  applying  testimonial  was  given,  and  the 
.'i.'iSth  hymn  announced.  After  singing  antl 
prayer,  a  verse  was  sung,  and  the  meeting  dis- 
missed. 

I'EHSONAL. 

A  few  evenings  ogo,  we  had  the  pleasure  of 
entertaining  our  dear  sister  Barbara  Royer,  of 
Mt.  Morris,  III.,  who  is  on  a  visit  here  to  her 
many  friends,  and  is  enjoying  her  visit  ver>* 
much.  Yours  in  Christ. 

D.  II.  M. 

Wat/tiesboro,  Pa.,  Sept.  4,  1^8. 


BROTHER  BASHOR'S  NEW  BOOK, 

Entitled  Thk  Gospel  Hammer  anrHighway 
Griiirb,  or  7?»Mi','i/i  Cleniud  from  the  HViy  of 
Life,  is  now  in  press.  The  book  is  neatly  bound 
in  cloth,  and  will  be  issued  by  Sept.  25th.  It 
should  occupy  a  place  in  the  library  of  every 
seeker  after  truth  in  the  land.  Buy  it,  read  it, 
and  it  will  do  you  good.  Not  only  buy  it  your- 
self, but  get  your  neighbor  to  purchase  one  too. 
During  Bro.  Bashor's  re.*',  on  account  of  weak- 
ness, from  labor,  he  has  wiitten  this  defense  of 
Gospel  truth.  He  spends  all  his  time  in  preach- 
ing, and  now  buy  the  work  and  help  him  along. 
The  price  of  the  work  is  50  cents.  The  High- 
way of  Holiness  spoken  of  in  Isaiah  35:  8,  0, 
and  Nahum  2:  1,  The  hammer  is  come  up  be- 
fore thy  face;  keep  the  munitions;  watch  the 
way;  make  thy  loins  strone;  fortify  thy  pow- 
er mightily,  suggested  the  work.  The  title  ia 
characteristic  of  the  contents  of  the  work.  We 
will  be  ready  to  fill  orders  by  Sept.  28,  Send 
them  along  at  once.     Address  this  office. 


MONEY     LIST 


Below  is  given  a  list  of  money  received  at  this 
office  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  fpr. 
Should  any  errors  occur,  report  them  immedi- 
ately: 

B  B  Whitmer,  1.00;  J  H  Walton,  1.00;  J  B 
Tawzer,  2.65;  Geo.  Irvin,  1.00;  H  P  Strickler, 
1,00;  M  N  Smith.  1.50;  Moses  Milter.  l.OOj  S 
S  Mohler,1.00;  John  Thomas,  1.00;  Wm,  Lew- 
is, 1.00;  M  W  Keim.  4  50;  H  G  Breese,  3.50;  J 
R  MUler,  .oO;  L  E  Prickett,  1.75;  P  Fabrney, 
2.00;  H  H  Troup,  2.J0:  Jos,  John,  10,50;  Hez- 
.'kiah  Tombaugh,  10.50;  Wm.  Clemmer,  .65; 
David  Ebv.  l.ilO;  Jacob  Shirk,  .50;  John  Leath- 
erman,  1,75;  M  C  Ciiigans,  1.00;  ML  Spire 
1,00;  Jacob  Crouse,  l.OO;  Louisa  J  Welham, 
-.W;  A  Bowman,  5,25;  J  CMcMulIen,  ,50;  Het- 
ty Kngel;  5,2.'). 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE   FUND. 

Piuillier  Creek  church.  111 2,03 

Jonathan's  Creek  church,  Ohio 1,00 

(iruiiily  chuich.  Iowa, 1.00 

Ple;L-inntIIill  church,  Ind 1.00 

IIiiritinBtim  ehuich.  Ind.. 1.00 

TipiieciUiue  clLiirch,  Ind., 1,00 

<Ti"ikfii  Cii'ek  I  iLiirch.  Iowa, 1,00 

\Vir„,n.i.  l-iii,  I.,  Minn., 1,00 

li'.iMi.,..iuii.li.   V.-lj 1.00 

IVkiUl.-i  11..1.  ,  hiiiih.  Iowa 1.00 

l'lt\  KillSl>  n-|">i  leil i*,75 

Total.  8100.40 

A  LETTER  just  rcccivcd  from  Bro.  R.  H.  Mill- 
er informs  us  that  both  he  and  his  wife  arc  sick, 
He  is  therefore  not  able  to  go  on  the  California 
Committee  which   had   intended  starting  this 

week. 


THE    BKETHKEHSr    AT    "WOItK:. 


Sf'r)fembpr    10. 


<|)ut;   it^iUi;  4la»,^. 


"TAc  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Cmi  Tell.' 


This  dcpnrlmcnl  ii  dtsigned  Tor  mkiog  nnU  answering 
Dible  qutallonB,  nrnl  for  Iho  solution  of  Scriplurnl  Jiffioul- 
Llca.  All  qiicaliona  ahoiild  be  alalcd  yith  cnndor,  mid  nn- 
Bwcrad  Willi  iLi  much  cIcnrncsB  ns  poEisible,  in  order  In 
promote  Bible  Trulli.  Articles  for  tliis  Joporlmenl,  must 
be  thort  bdJ  to  the  paint. 


"j'leaao  give  nn  CNiiliination  of  Mutt.  21:  2:  nlsd 
Unrkll:3.  Dobotli  mean  tliesiimei'  If  so.  what 
IB  niennt  by  tlio  ass  tied  irnil  llie  uolt  with  her;  loose 
lliem  antl  bring  them  unto  lueV  Bid  lie  ride  both, 
oronlythPi-oltV  I.  H..C11 

Will  some  one  plerisc  give  iiiforiiintii 
iiiB  1  John  n:  8, fl,  10/  W.  n.  Mili-eh. 

rieasc  (,'ivi-  lis  y<iur  vii'wsiiii  (Iiocoverint:s|)cl%e 


of  1 


the  f!ir  WcsB  iinil  oblige 

Please  oxiilniii  y  Tliess.i;  ».      It  rtadsllius: 
"Evtn  hiiii.  vlioso  eoining  is  after  the  workutg  of 
Siilan  Willi  all  jiower  ami  signs  and  lyinff  wonders. 
M.  C.  CziOAKs. 

Tlio  eight  souls  that  were  stived  by  wntef.  wa.s 
that  Witli!!'  literal  wr.ter  of  was  it  3onie  olliei-  kind 
of  water?  1  Fetor  3; 20, 21;  also  Acts2J:l«,  where 
itis.said.  Arise  and  U' hapti/rd  and  wash  11  way  tliy 
sins,  W.1S  this  literal  water,  that  was  to  waslmway 
hisSihsV     '  ■■  M-P. 

i  Please  tell  me  who  that  mitn  was.  I'anl  npnke 
of  in  SCftr,  1)2:  2,  that  was  CJiujjIit  up  to  llie  tliiid 
heaven.  SASiiriii.  Crist. 

Please  explain  llev.  .20: 13,  U.  and  give  tis  an  i 
sight  into  thi-m,  J-  M.  RiUKNOVR, 

1.  I'h-  !-■  -iM-  \"iii  vii,'wson  Luke  '10 :  4.    "C: 
rym-ii'i'i    |.iii-''.  ii'M  -iTiji.nor  shoe.s:  anil  salute 
no  iiiiUi  I',  ii'i   is.i'.   '  '  ■    "' 

2.  Ainu  .M.iU.  :!>.  11:  "And'  eall  nn.man  y 
fallier,itj|o^i.theeiiith,;  for  one  is  your  father  which 
is  in  heaven." 

:!.  Also'l  Cor.7;n'.i:  "The  wife  is  bound  hy  the 
law  as  long  iis  tier  huitban'dlivrth';  but  if  her  hiis- 
handbe  dead,  slieis-nt  liberty  to  be  married  tn 
wltonv she  wj)l j(o;ily  in  tlie  I.oi fl." 

Emm.v  Fi.-;iiKii. 


n^it.ii. 


MARRIAGE. 


Plea-w  nive  your  opinion  of  i  Cor.  7:   l-^i.      i:. 

THE  uiBuagement  of  cases  where  n  husband 
or'wife  became  a  Christian,  and  the  other 
party  remained  u  heathen,  was  troublesome. 
Pa\il  taught  that  the  marriage  relation  ought 
not  to  be  disturbed  on  that  account  (verses  in- 
li).  Yet  he  recognizes  that  under  some  clrcum- 
stauces  the  Christian  husband  or  wile  would  be 
justified  in  leaving  the  other  party,  provided  hi 
or  she  remained  unmarried.  These  were  esce])- 
tional  cases.  The  rule  was,  Let  them  continue 
to  live  looether,  Hnt  another  case  comes  up; 
suiipose  the  heathen  party  breaks  up  the  rela- 
tionship, and  goes  away— what  then?  "Let 
him  depart,"  says  Paul;  "  a  brother  or  sister  ' 
not  under  bondage  in  such  cases."  That  is,  is 
not  bound  to  follow  them,  or  to  continue  tolive 
with  them.  But  we  take  it  in  this  case,  1 
that  mentioned  iu  verse  11,  while  released  from 
the  bondage  of  such  a  heathen  companionship, 
they  nre  not  lit  liberty  to  mi\rrj'  again.  As  God 
has  (Milled  I  liem  to  peace,  they  must  seek  peace 
in  the  relaiion^hip  in  which  the  Gospel  found 
them;  if  this  could  not  be  had,  and  the  heathen 
party  went  away,  they  were  at  liberty  to  enjoy 
the  peace  that  came  from  their  absence— /swi 
En-etl.  _^ 

WHAT  WE  SEE  AND  HEAR. 

nv  I.YIHA  M.  EI.I.KNBKRHKlt. 

IT  is  a  concedtid  fact,  that  we  all  erert  an  ii 
tluence,  either  for  good  or  evil;  yet  qt;it« 
often  do  we  hciu*  persons  say,  "  I  am  tired  of 
of  life;  it  possesses  no  charms  for  me."  Such 
speech  might  well  be  termed  despondency,  and 
when  uttered  by  lips  that  have  named  the  n 
of  God,  how  it  chills  to  the  heart's  core,  all  the 
energy  and  zeal  of  every  true  Christian.  How 
our  sympathies  go  out  for  them;  that  they  livi 
not  to  spend  a  life-time  in  God's  service;  to 
leave  behind  them  an  iuHueuce  for  good;  a  bea- 
con light  for  others  to  follow;  and  that  they  do 
not  enjoy  all  the  grandeur  and  beauty  of  nature, 
which  certainly  was  brought  into  ciListence  for 
our  pleasure  and  comfort, — we  the  crowning 
piece  of  His  workmauship.  Yet,  atler  alt  that 
has  been  done  to  make  us  happy,  we  olten  hear 
it  said,  "  Life  is  only  a  burden,  and  everything 
is  vexation;"  perfectly  ignoring  the  fact,  that 
our  lives  ought  to  be  one  continual  round 
of  pleasure,  and  hencKt  to  our  fellow-man. 
instead  of  a  positive  stumbling-block. 


We  walk  away  from  care  at  evening  time,  and 
view  the  glorious  sunset.  How  it  fills  the  breiLst 
of  the  good  with  an  emotion  unutterable,  and 
we  feel  within  ns  something  that  does  not  be- 
long to  earth;  as  we  watch  the  ever  changing 
hues  of  a  glorious  sunset,  ever  new,  ever  chang- 
ing; yet  always  the  same.  This  is  our  time  to 
think  and  wonder.  How  our  breath  almo.'it 
ceases,  when  we  suddenly  recollect  that  it  is  the 
death  of  a  day,  and  that  it  has  hurried  us  one 
step  farther  toward  the  time  when  friends  will 
watch  the  setting  of  life's  sun  for  us;  and  wheth- 
er it  will  be  one  of  glory  to  witness,  or  like  the 
sun  suddenly  vanishing  behind  the  terrible 
storm  cloud,  that  rolls  with  awful  majesty 
through  the  ntiuosphere,  and  is  set  before  the 
proper  time;  telling  in  thunder  tones,  that 
death,  to  some,  is  terrible,  depends  entirely  ui>- 
on  our  conduct  through  life. 

Then  we  turn  to  the  grand  old  hills  and 
mountains,  and  view  them  in  all  their  sublimi- 
ty. At  times  we  think  there  never  was  any- 
thing so  grand  and  sublime.  Look  at  the  huge 
rocks,  and  the  giant  trees;  the  little  pebble  and 
the  shrnb;  the  blades  of  grass,  and  the  beautl 
ful  little  flower  which  we  may  probably  have 
almost  crushi-.d  beneath  our  foot-  If  we  should 
take  the  pains  to  pluck  it,  we  would  find  a  new- 
field  to  study,  probably  conclude  it  the  mos^t 
beautiful  of  all,  because  of  its  silent  helplessness, 
for  had  we  not  seen  it,  we  would,  no  doubt, 
have  passed  it  by  unnoticed.  Then,  too,  we 
find  innumerable  insects,  and  the  birds  of  every 
description  provided  for  by  nature,  they  make 
our  earth  almost  a  paradise  of  song. 

The  waters  are  teeming  with  millions,  from 
the  huge  sea  monster  to  the  tiny  aniinalcula, 
each  tilling  the  place  that  has  been  allotted  to 
him,  .In, the  grund  ocean  of  water  we  find 
perior  and  ,inJerior  races  of  |  creatures.  Some 
soar  away  upward,  and  enjoy  all  that  is  fresh 
and  pure,  while  those  of  their  inferior  neighboi 
iire  forever  wallowing  in  the  dregs  and  mire  at 
(he  bottom  of  the  sea;  yet  they'  are  forever 
among  the  untold  riches  that  abound  there, 
even  if  they  know  nothing  of  the  beauties  that 
abound  at  the  surface.  All  creation  is  content- 
ed with  that  which  h^  been  allotted  him,  e.v- 
cept  man,  who  was  the  noblest  part  of  His  work . 
and  we  stiil  refuse  to  give  Him  the  praise.  We 
ever  imagine  that  we  are  of  vast  importance, 
forgetting  that  we,  like  the  inferior  races  at  the 
bottom  of  the  sea,  are  ever  plunging  through 
the  dregs  of  the  base  of  the  grand  ocean  of  air, 
and  must  be  content  therewith;  God  has  de- 
signed it  so,  and  we  must  ever  remain  here  while 
the  birds  are  permitted  to  soar  away  into  the 
ethereal  blueness,  among  the  majestic  cloudfi 
that  we  are  permitted  only  to  see  and  admire. 
But  He  has  promised  to  exalt  us  iu  due  time,  if 
we  obey  His  law  and  commandments.  But, 
"  Oh!  "  says  some  one,  "how  are  we  to  know 
what  He  requires  of  us?"  The  Savior  says, 
"  Search  the  Scriptures,  for  in  them  ye  think  ye 
have  eternal  life;  and  they  are  they  which  testi- 
ly of  me."  And  it  also  says,  "  The  wise  shall 
understand,"  and  Solomon  says,  "  In  all  thy 
getting,  get  wisdom." 

We  walk  into  the  popular  church  and  we 
hear  long  prayers  offered.  We  see  much  devo- 
tion, and  the  minister  will  read  his  text,  'and 
deliver  u  lengthy  and  polished  discourse  from 
his  noks.  He  will  tell  of  all  the  ivickedne^s 
that  is  going  on  in  the  world  abroad,  but  never 
touches  that  which  is  at  home.  He  will  tell  of 
the  heathen  Chinese,  who  are  groping  in  the 
darkness,  torturing  their  bodies,  binding  their 
feet  in  iron  shoes,  disfiguring  themselves,  wor- 
shipping at  the  shrine  of  idolatry,  and  that  they 
are  much  in  need  of  the  light  of  the  Gospel. 
He  will  tell  of  many  other  nations  who  are  yet 
groping  in  the  dark,  while  he  entirely  neglects 
those  at  home,  sitting  under  the  siuind  of  his 
voice,  with  ribbons  and  laces,  and  flowers,  and 
feathers  and  jewels,  and  not  only  their  feet,  but 
their  bodies  tortured  out  of  symmetry,  thus  de- 
spoiling the  figure  which  God  has  given  to  them, 
and  which  He  pronounced  "  rerij  good,  and  per- 
fect," OS  are  all  Elis  works.  They  are  sacrificing 
health  at  the  shrine  of  fashion,  and  when  they 
are  wasting  atvay  prematurely  to  the  grave,  they 
call  it  a  "dispensation  of  Providence,"  and 
think  they  are  objects  of  pity,  when  it  is  their 
own  fault.  For  God  is  a  God  of  order,  and  His 
laws  are  not  to  be  gainsaid;  for  with  every  one 
there  is  a  penalty  attached,  and  sure  to  be  in- 
flicted when  those  laws  are  violated.  He  knows 
our  every  thought,  and  sees  our  every  action, 
be  they  good  or  bad.  Some  will  say,  "  It  is  im- 
possible to  be  good^there  is  too  much  requir- 
ed." This  is  not  so,  for  He  is  just  and  merciful, 
and  He  requires  of  us  just  what  will  fit  us  for 
His  celestial  abode,  and  the  capacity  to  do  all 
He  requires  of  us  is  given,  if  it  is  our  will.  To 
some  are  more  talents  given  than  to  others,  but 
bo  whom  there  is  much  given,  there  will  be 
much  required. 

While  we  arc  seeking  to  know  our  duty,  we 


turn  from  the  popular  churches  to  the  profess- 
ed meek  and  lowly — those  who  profess  to  be  a 
separate  people.  Surely,  we  conclude,  we  have 
found  the  right  people.  We  will  see  how  their 
light  shines.  They  walk  into  their  places  of 
worship,  perfect  patterns  of  humility.  If  you 
ask  them.  What  is  the  first  duty  of  man?  they 
will  tell  you,  "  Son,  give  me  thy  heart."  "  Fear 
God  and  keep  his  commandments."  "  But  how 
are  we  to  do  thati'  "  By  doing  justly,  loving 
mercy,  and  walking  humbly  before  our  God;  all 
this  they  say,  and  much  more.  But  how  often 
do  we  find  it,  that  they  fail  to  let  their  lights 
shine  by  not  exerting  ihe  right  influence.  They 
dress"  plainly,  give  much  to  the  poor,  visit  the 
sick,  and  one  thinks  thiscertainly  is  right.  We 
watch  more  closely,  and  io!  spots  there  are.  and 
blemishes  to  he  seen;  for  although  they  pray 
much  in  their  churches,  and  look  very  pious, 
when  they  are  alone  at  home,  they  do  not  have 
worship,  neither  do  they  return  thanks  at  their 
tables,  and  instead  of  a  quiet,  peaceful  circle, 
there  are  quarrels  and  dissensions.  Either  they 
strive  to  accumulate  great  wealth,  or  they  loiter 
in  idleness.  If  they  bestow  alms,  they  are  sure 
to  tell  of  it,  that  others  may  know  of  their  good 
works.  They  are  ever  telling  their  neighbois, 
brethren  and  sisters,  and  other  people's  children 
to  become  more  humble,  and  di'ess  more  plainly 
when  they  are  proud  themselves  and  lavish  all 
manner  of  extravagance  on  their  own  children 
When  those  children  are  seen,  they  arc  perfect 
fashion  plates,  are  haughty  and  vain,  and  would 
not  he  taken  for  cliildren  of  pious  parents.  All 
this  we  scf.  and  hfni\  and  much  more,  and  an 
evil  intineuce'is  exerted.  One  who  is  indeed  an 
earnest  seeker  alter  righteousness,  exclaims, 
"  Where  is  Christ  to  be  found?  "  But,  sinner, 
despair  not,  for  Christ  stooped  low.  Heihas 
prepared  for  you:a  Mansion  eternal,  and  those 
who  love  God  and  obey  His  commandment-^,.! 
His  oij\n  time,  He  will  exalt.  As  the  birds  yo 
shall  rise  and  .sour  away  into  the  ethereal  blm 
ness  of  the  heavens  and  bo  forever  blessed,  i 
that  homestead  over  whose  spires  and  pinnach 
there  fall  no  shadows  or  even  clouds,  aiidwhtise 
threshold  the  voice  of  sorrow  is  never  lieii'rd, 
neither  sickness,  pain  or  death  can  enter  there 


WE     ARE     ONLY    SOJOURNERS 
HERE   ON    EARTH. 


WE  are  only  sojourners  iu  this  world;  we 
dwell'here  .as  strangers  and  pilgrimi=,  on- 
ly for  a  short  time;  we  have  no  continuing  city, 
no  abiding  home  here.  Soon  we  mustbecfclled 
from  our  weary  pilgrimage,  and  go  to  try  the 
realities  of  a  vast  eternity,  there  to  be  happy  or 
miserable  forever,  0,  how  much  depends  upoi 
the  way  in  which  we  spend  our  short  lives  in 
this  world!  How  needful  that  we  heed  the  ad- 
monition, to  piLss  -the  time  of  our  sojpi|rnino 
here  in  fear,  ns  it  is  so  very  short,  and  is  the 
only  time  we  have  wherein  to  prepare  for  eter- 
nity !  Death  often  comes  suddenly  and  unex- 
pectedly, and  spoils  our  plans  and  calculations 
of  finding  a  more  convenient  time  or  season  to 
prepare  for  eternity.  Therefore,  "  While  it 
called  to-day,  harden  not  your  hearts;  "  "Pre- 
pare to  meet  thy  God,"  as  we  know  not  what  a 
day,  much  less  what  a  year  may  bring  forth. 
Another  year  will  soon  have  passed  by,  which 
brings  us  so  much  nearer  to  the  grave  and 
eternal  judgment.  So  much  of  the  short  time 
of  our  sojourning  here  will  then  have  fled,  nev- 
er to  return.  Time  is  never  standing  still,  but 
is  continually  hurrying  us  onward 

"  Wht-re'er  we  go.  where'er  we  be, 
We're  Irav'ling  tii  the  grave." 
Perhaps,  before  this  year  will  have  closed, 
some  of  UB  who  are  reading  these  lines,  will  die. 
Are  we,  then,  ready  for  such  a  great  change? 
Do  we  feel  that  we  could  meet  our  God  in  peace?' 
0!  how  important  it  is,  that  we  pass  the  re- 
mainder of  the  time  of  our  sojourning  here  in 
peace.  Fear  God  and  keep  His  commandments, 
which  is  the  whole  duty  of  man;  for  God  will 
bring  every  work  into  judgment,  with  every 
secret  thing,  whether  it  be  good  or  wheth 
be  evil.  Let  us  bear  in  mind,  that  this  world  is 
not  our  home;  that  we  are  but  strangers  and 
pilgrims  on  earth  and  that  we  are  speedily  trav- 
eling to  eternity.  The  evening  of  our  short 
life  may  suddenly  close  upon  us.  Let  ua  not 
neglect,  while  it  is  yet  to-day,  to  seek  for  our- 
selves a  sweet  home  in  heaven. 


CHRIST  WILL  COME. 


LKVI  F,  FELI.UA> 


BEHOLD,  saith  the  Lord,  I  come  as  a  thief, 
that  is,  unexpectedly;  but  know  this,  that 
if  the  good  man  of  the  house  had  known  what 
hour  the   thief  would  come,  he   would  have 


watched,  and  would  not  have  sufferedliis  house 
to  be  broken  up.  Therefore,  be  ye  also  ready, 
for  in  such  an  hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of 
an  Cometh.  Behold,  I  come  as  a  thief,  that  is, 
in  the  dead  of  night,  when  men  are  all  fast  asleep, 
so  will  the  Lord  Jesus  come  at  a  time  when  the 
world  is  altogether  asleep  in  spirit,  altogether 
unaware  and  thoughtless;  none  of  them  think, 
ing  of  any  such  thing  at  all,— all  just  thinking 
that  things  are  going  on  as  usual,  and  wilt  go 
on  as  usiml  for  their  time  at  least.  Behold,  I 
come  as  a  thief,  that  is,  to  find  men  unprepared 
for  as  in  the  days  that  were  before  tiie  flood 
they  were  eating  and  drinking,  marrying  and 
given  in  marriage,  until  the  day  thitt  Noah  en- 
tered into  the  ark,  and  knew  not  until  the  flood 
came  and  took  them  all  away;  so  shall  also  the 
coming  of  the  Son  of  God  be.  Behold.  I  come 
as  a  thief,  that  is,  suddenly,  for  as  the  lightning 
cometli  out  of  the  East  and  shineth  even  to  the 
West,  so  shall  also  the  coming  of  the  Son  of 
man  be.  Solemn,awful,  startling  words!  Full 
of  comfort,  indeed  to  those  who  know  and  love 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  their  Savior  and  their 
Friend,  whose  they  are  and  whom  they  serve; 
but  full  of  terror,  alarm,  destruction  "and  de- 
spair, to  tho.se  who  know  Him  not.  and  love 
Him  not.  To  those  who  love  Him  and  are 
looking  for  Him,  Christ  will  come  to  bring 
blessings  and  glory.  To  those  who  love  Him 
not,  but  love  the  world  imd  live  for  it,  Ho  will 
come  to  bring  judgment  and  punishment,  the 
day  of  perdition  of  ungodly  men.  Yes,  there  is, 
an  awful  day  coming  for  the  world.  Some 
morning  when  all  are  going  about  their  day's 
business  or  pleasure  just  as  usual,  or  soiiie  night 
when  people  are  asleep  in  their  beds,  or  awake 
for  deeds  of  darkness;  when  the  adulterer  has  . 
waited  for  the  twilight,  saying,  "No  eye  shall 
see  me,"  andithJevei  iui  the  dark  break  through 
houses,  which  they  marked  for  themselves  in  the 
day-time, — fiuddenty.in  amoment,  inthe  twink- 
ling, of, an  oyc;,  the  het^veny ,"wiU  open, — alight 
b.righter  than  the  sun ,  will  inake  tlie  noonday 
look  pale,  or  break  in  upon  the  darkness  of 
night.  And  then  shall  they  -see  the  Son  of  God 
coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and 
igreat  glory.  Then  what  will  sinners  do,  when 
the  angels'  trumpet  blast  shall  resound  through 
earth  and  heaven,  and  they  shall  feel  in  that 
tremendous  moment,  that  they  have  trifled  too 
long,  and  that  now  it  is  too  late  and  all  is  lost 
forever  and  ever? 


HOME  OF  THE  SOUL. 

C.  II.BALsnAUOir,  Hespected  Friend:— Tn  coiu- 
plimcntiiry  to  yoiu',  iuticle. entitled.  "  Home  of  the 
Soul,"  in  Bi<L:'riini;N  at  Work.  Xo.  33,  1  will  copy 
a  song  which  I  sing,  and  think  it  appropriate: 
"  I  will  sing  you  a  song  of  that  beautiful  land, 

The  far  awiiy  home  of  the  soul, 
Wliere  no  atonns  ever  beat  on  that  glitteringatranil. 

^\'hile  the  yeara  of  etiynity  roll. 

Oh,  that  home  of  the  soul,  in  my  visions  ami  dreamB, 

Its  bright  jasper  walla  I  can  see. 
Till  I  fancy  but  thinlv,  the  vail  intervenes, 

Hetwpen  the  f.'iirci'ty  and  me. 

Tl I.  I  J,  ■■■. I.'-  Im. LL-.  I-  |-|>ryoii  and  for  me. 

\*  ■      ■    '•    ..       ■   ■■  -hinds; 

Itr    l>.i.-     ;       i     .:   ■..  .;.      lurcverislle. 

Ai.a  I,.'  l>,.l,l.uh<.ui  <HMMi.-.inUlsliauds, 

O  how  sweet  will  it  be  in  that  beautiful  land, 

So  free  from  all  sorrow  and  pain, 
With  SOUL'S  on  our  lips  and  with  harps  in  our  lianils, 

To  iiiret  one  annther  again. 

Seleeted  by  li>A  ISi'i.L  Hiooi.K. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

— Every  inordinate  cup  is  unbles.'jcd,  and  the 
ingredient  is  a  devil. 

— A  prudent  man  is  like  a  pin;  his  head  pre- 
vents him  from  going  too  far. 

— What  you  leave  at  your  death,  let  it  be 
without  controversy,  else  the  lawyers  will  be 
your  heirs. 

— The  gleeful  laugh  of  happy  children  is  the 
best  home  music;  and  the  graceful  figures  of' 
childhood  are  the  best  statuary. 

^How  many  think  to  atone  for  the  evil  they    . 
have  done  by  the  good  they  intend  to  do,  and 
are  only  virtuous  iu  the  prospective. 

— We  should  manage  our  fortune  as  we  do. 
our  health — enjoy  it  when  good,  be  patient 
when  it  is  bad,  and  never  apply  violent  remedies 
except  in  extreme  necessity. 

— Man,  being  essentially  active,  most  find  in 
activity,  his  joy,  as  well  as  his  beauty  and  glory, 
and  labor,  like  everything  else  that  ia  good,  it 
is  its  own  reward. 

— The  Bible  does  not  need  ilefen.se  so  much 
as  proclamation.  It  defends  itself  whenever  it 
is  known.  Deep  in  every  soul  there  dwells  for- 
ever a  witness  to  the  truth,  whose  clear  eye  and 
steady  voice  will  see  and  respond  to  it  whenev- 
er it  ia  known. 


September    10 


THE    BItKTHEKiSr    ^T    AVOHXC 


4[tc)n^   of,    Mnicrc^i. 


The  Rusaiari   Greek  church    hiis  SfiiSOO.OOO 
members,  und  HS,6(I5  ehurchec. 


During  U.e  last  yeiir  the  Ifi.flOO  moiiibers  of 
t  he  Moraviim  Church  r.'iised $85,000  lor  missions, 
nearly  S^S.-IO  each  member. 

A  eoal  field  has  been  found  in  Peru,  which 
it  is  estimnted,  litis  enough  coal  to  siipjily  tlic 
whole  of  Soutli  America. 


The  Norfolk  (Va)  L<i»dmarks  says  that 
Northern  men  Fire  gradually  eetting  poaae.sions 
ul'  the  best  Inuded  estates  in  Virginia. 

It  hu3  been  noticed  that  in  late  years  the 
earthquakes  in  California  have  diminished  in 
frequency  and  violence,  and  scientists  have 
been  questioning  as  to  the  reason. 


The  yellow  fever  is  nivnging  tlie  West  coast 
of  Africa.  Inseveralof  the  West  India  Islands, 
and  in  South  America,  the  pest  is  prevailing  in 
malignant  form. 


Cyprus,  England's  newly  acquired  island,  was 
once  the  seat  of  a  Honrisliing  Jewish  colony, 
and  our  London  contemporary,  the  Chronicle, 
,isks:  •'  Why  should  it  not  be  so  again?"  Why 
indetd?  May  it  not  serve  us  a  refuge  for  the 
unhappy  Jews  of  Palestine?— 2'Ae  ne/ormer. 


The  special  correspondent  of  the  Standard  at 
Constantinople,  states  "  that  a  Franco-Jewish 
Company  has  obtained  a  concession  for  the  ex- 
traction of  bitumen  from  the  Dciid  Sea.  It  is 
supposed  that  this  Ijody,  in  soiui>  mysterious 
way,  is  to  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  Company 
which  is  going  to  construct  the  railway  between 
Jafl'a  and  Jemsnieni.  General  Mott,  an  Amer- 
5  long  been  in  the  Turkish  capital, 


has  obtained  the  conct 
ion  of  the  railway. 


1  for  the  construct- 


To  all  lovers  of  the  pure  Word  of  God,"  says 
the  Canadian  Biiptist,  '"it  will  be  a  matter  of 
congratulation  that  we  are  assured  of  two  im- 
portant features  iu  the  new  Bible  Revision. — 
While  the  text  will  be  preserved,  so  far  as  is 
consistent  with  accuracy,  the  absurd  and  utter- 
ly indefensible  verse  system — by  which  every 
rule  of  continuity  ia  violated,  will  disappear, 
and  instead  the  text  will  he  divided  into  proper 
chapters  and  paragraphs.  The  poetry  of  the 
Bible  wiU  also  be  put  into  proper  metrical  form. 
This  will  give  the  revised  Bible  a  little  more 
bulk  than  the  present  Bible.  But  it  can  scarce- 
ly be  doubted  that  to  scholars  and  intelligent 
readers  these  changes  will  be  welcome,  and  ul- 
timately will  prevail  universally." 


CORRESI>OT^  DEjSTCE. 


Customs  of  the  Country  and  People 
of  England. 

Nl'MBKK  II, 

I  HARDLY  know  how  to  commence,  hut 
brethren  and  sisters  when  you  stop  on 
English  shores  remember  this,  you  will  un- 
doubtedly have  to  leave  your  American  customs 
ou  the  ship  you  leave.  Thoy  will  not  corres- 
pond, therefore  better  learn  that  whilst  iu  Rome, 
you  also  will  be,  Roman. 

One  custom  I  hardly  can  recommend,  is  the 

RAISISn    OF   THE   HAT, 

or  lifting  the  hand  to  the  hat  to  all  of  tlie  no- 
bility or  even  squires.  We  must  pay  the  re- 
spect to  the  gentlemen  of  our  land,  else  we 
would  undoubtedly  lose  favor  with  them.  Some 
might  tliink  I  will  not  do  that.  In  order  to 
sometimes  do  ourneighbors  good,  it  is  necessary 
to  not  be  always  looking  for  aiir  own  interest, 
as  I  shall  show  further  on,  when  describing  my 
efforts  to  introduce  the  doctrine  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  the  old  country.  Another  custom  of  the 
country,  is  to  meet  a  certain  day  of  the  week 
for 

MARKETS, 

not  like  we  do  here,  any  day.  You  will  find 
that  one  will  take  Tuesday,  another  Friday  and 
Saturday,  and  so  on.  Each  being  known  to 
the  farniLDg  community,  they  all  that  day  arrive 
in  town,  put  up  at  some  hotel,  for  there  we 
are  not  allowed  to  have  our  teams  on  the  street 
even  to  go  in  a  shop  or  store,  as  you  would  say. 
No,  we  must  put  our  team  and  conveyance 
away,  (no  buggies  there),  and  the  hostler  will 
charge  you  for  taking  care  of  everything,  and 
bringing  your  horses  and  conveyance  to  you 
six  cents  or  three  pence.    This  I  think 

A  rBETTY  GOOD  CUSTOM, 

for  it  saves  a  person's  clothes,  if  they  go  to  town 


to  meeting.  When  the  town  market  is  a  butter 
market,  you  will  find  the  formers'  wives  as-iem- 
hied,  and  such  a  chatter!  you  can  hardly  hear 
your  own  ears.  They  have  their  baskets  of 
butter,  their  eggs,  and  poultry,  and  now  they 
set  their  price,  and  the  dealers  have  a  time,  I 
assure  yon.  So  also  n-ith  monthly  cheese  mar- 
kets and  cattle,  only  farmers  here  may  be 
found,  instead  of  their  "'  better  halves," 

In  farming,  the  custom  is  to  rent  for  a  lease 
of  seven,  fourteen  or  twenty-one  years,  the 
crops  to  lie  alternately  divided,  and  specified,  so 
as  not  to  injure  the  land,  but  on  the  contrary 
rather  improve. 

J.AROE  FLOCKS  OF  SHEF-P 

are  pa,stured  on  arable  land,  to  enrich  the  same, 
and  large  quantities  of  artificial  and  home  ma- 
nures are  used  on  the  pastures  and  arable  land. 

TUF,  BSTADLISHED  CHUHOH 

is  a  State  church,  and  of  course  all  fanners  feel 
it  to  be  so,  for  in  conversation  the  week  I  left 
England  with  the  farmer,  my  brother  rents  bis 
dairy  of,  he  told  me  the  amount  of  tithes  he 
paid  to  two  of  the  State  churches.  To  the  one 
he  was  living  close  to,  and  attending,  about  £20 
or  §100,  to  the  opposite  district,  which  was  a 
mile  distant,  £40  or  §200,  thus  making  a  tithe  of 
S300,  to  be  paid  to  the  clergy-man  on  a  certain 
evening  named;  and  now  let  me  tell  yon  in  con- 
clusion this  farmer  was 

ONLY  A  RKSTER, 

and  his  landlord  went  Up  with  him.  for  I  saV 
them  both  go,  and  he  also  had  to  pay  a  much 
larger  amount  as  be  owned  all  the  village  of 
Rimpton.  Now  see  if  the  ■'  Lines  on  the  Times" 
in  Bro.  Eshelmaii's  book,  dont  come  true. — 
"  Thej  ki-ep  duml-  Jogs  Iu  pomp  and  ease, 
Wlio  will  tiut  bark  without  largo  fees." 
And  these  very  churches  are  becoming  so  ritu- 
alistic, there's  no  keeping  up  with  them:  re- 
quiring, or  at  least  desiring  the  congregation 
to  rise  as  they  enter  the  church,  with  their 
loug,  flowing  surplice,  of  white  cambric,  with 
black  and  red  or  blue  thrown  over,  and  candles 
and  crncifi.xes  in  abundance  on  the  altar.  But 
I  will  leave  this  for  the  religious  part  of  ray 
conversratiou  with  you,  when  I  shall  minutely 
detail  the  proceedings  of  each  body  of  believers. 
I  am  getting  a  little  lengthy  and  am  afraid 
some  will  say,  "when  are  you  going  to  quit?" 
They  like  short  sermons,  short  essays,  and  in 
fact  short  everything,  even  short  people. 
The  people  of  England  are 

A  PECULIAR  PEOPLE. 

and  you  will  think  so  when  I  fell  you,  that 
y  a  one  knows  not,  his  neighbor's  name,  and 
they  Join  houses,  and  if  that  neighbor  should 
die  they  would  no  move  think  of  attending  the 
funeral  than  I  would  think  of  going  back  to 
the  old  country.  Relatives  alone,  with  doctor, 
undertaker,  pall-heorers  and  coffin-bearers  at- 
tending funerals, 

ALL  DRFJiSEU  IN  IILACK, 

trimmed  according  to  the  relative,  whether 
close  or  dist-ant,  in  crape.  Again  we  find  those 
who  often  vjsit  their  friends,  act  not  like  Amer- 
icans. They  do  not  feel  so  much  at  home  as 
we  do  here,  in  conversation  etc..  but  on 
the  other  hand  are  particular  in  what  they 
say;  and  one  thing  sure  is  this,  we  might 
copy,  they  talk  but  little  about  their  neigh- 
:,  brethren  or  sisters  in  the  church;  in 
fact,  I  don't  believe  I  ever  beard  one  say  any 
thing  against  his  fellow-members.  Thin  is 
commendable,  and  should  be  practiced  more  by 

In  visiting  or  at  home,  you  will  find  the  head 
of  the  house  sitting  invariably  at  the  head  of 
the  table  and  car\e,  so  that  no  one  helps  them- 
selves, the  worthy  wife  assisting  at  the  other 
end  of  the  table  to  vegetables,  etc.,  and  alwaj's 
to  the  pastry  alone.     After  a 

m.ESSINO  IS  ASKKl), 

we  do  a*  we  do  here,  only  more  slowly,  and 
when  through,  we  wait  on  one  another,  as  some 
return  thanksbeforerisiugfrom  the  table,  never 
rising  unless  business  calls  away,  and  all  will 
excuse  them.  Customary  also  if  you  have  vis- 
itors on  Sunday,  to  take  them  all  to  church,  for 
wc  don't  stay  at  home  for  any  one.  The  vari- 
ety is  small  at  table,  yet  substantial;  and  Sun- 
day visitors  generally  get  a  good  supper  after 
church,  of  cold  eatables,  as  we  do  not  believe 
as  some  do,  of  cooking  all  day  Sunday,  und 
then  hear  the  woman  say,  "Well  I  am  more  tired 
thim  any  day  of  the  week." 
Brethren  and  sisters.  I  would 
DO  thes,\me; 
you  can  if  you  like.  Don't  think  if  a  preacher 
should  come  to  your  place,  that  you  must  pro- 
vide extra.  Don't  you  know  yon  kill  yourown 
preaching?  You  expect  him  to  preach,  and  to 
do  the  best.     Well,  then 

HALF  STARVE  UIM, 

that  is  my  advice,  and  if  you  are  going  alou£ 


don't  eat  more  than  your  preacher,  and  you 
will  hear  and  understand  better,  and  he  will 
undoubtedly  speak  better.  A  word  to  the  wise 
is  sufficient. 

The  custom  or  fashion  is,  to  dress  according 
to  your  rank  in  life.  The  clothes  that  suit  some 
best,  are  the  most  costly.  And  we  often  find 
those  that  could  barely  afibrd  to  dress  costly, 
do  so.  This,  brethren  and  sisters,  we  will  not 
follow,  Wc  live  not  far  from  PiuHs,  where 
fashions  start,  and  it  does  not  take  long  to  come 
here  to  England,  and  then  to  your  country. 
The  prevailing  fashion  now,  is,  long  trails  for 
the  ladies.  I  often  have  stepped  on  the  same, 
thinking  they  were  in  the  other  room,  or  fur- 
ther on,  and  accidentally  pulled  out  the  tucking. 
Well  E  apologized  of  course,  and  then  told 
them,  I  do  hope  they  will  carry  their  dresses 
over  their  arms,  or  some  where  else.  Enough 
of  fashion,  — 

I  hetest  it, 
and  hope  soon  to  see  sensible  people   walking 
in  sensible  clothes. 

The  custom  is  for  any  one  to  give  their  seat 
to  an  older  person,  and 

NEVER  I'SE  TOllACCO, 

where  the  ladies  are.  In  fact  we  would  not 
think  of  doing  so;  and  as  the  only  way  of  using 
the  ssme  is  smoking,  they  have  their  smoking 
rooms.  It  is  bad  enough  to  make  a  chimney 
of  their  mouths,  but  when  it  comes  to  fairly 
eating  it,  that  they  will  not  do.  We,  as  an 
English  people  stand  aloof,  we  don't  believe  in 
it,  neither  will  we  practice  it,  for  the  Scripture 
says,  "nothing  unclean,''  and  so  say  we.  If 
the  female  portion  of  our  people  would  say  so, 
and  stick  to  it,  we  should  have 

A  REFORMATION 

amongst  our  people  equal  to  Luther  in  Germany, 
Hundreds  of  dollars  would  be  saved,  now  unnec- 
essarily used,  if  our  people  would  not  be  under 
the  influence  of  the  narcotic  weed,  and  would 
then  have  a  free  use  of  their  reasoning  faculties, 
not  being  dulled  by  the  use  of  a  stupefying  imd 
altogether  useless  article,  costly  too,  and  which 
becomes  no  one.  I  speak  plainly,  for  I  am  a 
plain  person,  and  this  is  a 

PLAIN  FACT. 

and  tobacco  users  know  it,  but  the  trouble  is 
they  want  their  own  way.  I  ask  if  yon  are 
following  Jesus,  did  you  ever  read  of  him 
smoking  a  cigar  or  chewing  tobacco?  If  so, 
when  and  where?     I  want  to  follow  Him. 

I  might  communicate  custom  of  people  all 
day  and  then  not  have  done,  and  1  know  that 
ybu  are  getting  tired  of  this  censuring  what  is 
not  just  right.  Well,  all  I  have  to  say  is  this, 
Let  us  all  try  and  be  better  and  do  better,  for 
we  all  know  what  ia  right. 

H.  P.  Brinkworth. 


From  Salem,  Marion  Co.,  Oregon. 

I  WILL  say  to  your  many  readers,  that  on 
last  Sunday  there  was  one  more  accession 
to  the  church  here,  by  baptism,  who  united 
with  Christ  in  bis  very  old  age.  His  name  is, 
George  Clery.  Was  85  years  old  last  December, 
In  his  younger  days  he  was  a  coverlet  weaver. 
He  resided  near  Dayton,  Ohio  at  one  time,  at 
another  time  in  Northern  Indiana,  at  a  late 
time  in  Butler  Co.,  Iowa.  Came  to  this  valley 
in  1865.  He  now  resides  with  his  son-in-law, 
near  Anrora,  Marion  Co.,  Oregon,  about  thirty 
miles  North  of  us.  As  soon  as  he  heard  of  us 
up  here,  in  this  part  of  the  country,  he  made 
arrangements  to  become  united  with  the  church. 
Lust  Sunday  was  the  first  meeting  of  the  Breth- 
ren, he  has  had  the  privilege  to  attend  for  many 
years.  He  seemed  to  have  a  very  great  desire  to 
become  united  with  the  Brethren,  but  had  no 
chance  since  leaving  Indiana  in  1852.  I  believe 
I  can  safely  say  the  members  here  are  generally 
in  love  and  union.  Health  in  general  very 
good,  except  sister  Mary  Leedy,  wife  of  Bro. 
Daniel  Leedy,  of  Albany,  Linn  Co.,  was  very 
low,  the  21st  of  this  month  and  not  expected 
to  recover.  We  are  still  trying  to  labor  for  tbe 
advancement  of  our  dear  Redeemer's  kingdom, 
have  meeting  every  Sunday.  God  willing  ex- 
pect to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  in  Multomah 
Co.,  Oregon,  seventeen  miles  East  of  Portland, 
to  commence  on  the  evening  of  the  6th  of  Sep- 
tember, and  continue  over  Sunday.  Truly  the 
harvest  is  very  great  here  in  the  far  West,  but 
the  laborers  are  very  few.  Brethren  think  of 
us  and  pray  earnestly  in  onr  behalf. 

David  B rower. 


From  Gainesville,   Texas. 

AS  I  am  asked  so  much  how  I  like  Texas,  I 
will  try  and  give  your  readen^  some  idea 
of  this  country.  1  came  to  Grayson  Co.  in 
1S76,  and  remained  there   till   January   1878. 


Then  I  moved  to  Cook  Co.  In  Grayson  I  li-ved 
on  sandy  land.  I  now  live  on  what  is  called, 
black-sandy  or  lime  land.  I  like  the  black 
land  the  best  for  most  things.  It  is  the  beat 
for  moat  all  grains,  and  especially  for  wheat. 
The  section  that  1  am  in  at  this  time  is  just 
settling  up,  but  as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to 
try,  everything  does  well  here.  All  kinds  of 
grain  and  vegetables  ijo  well  when  cared  for, 
r  think  I  can  safely  say  for  Texas.  There  are 
not  many  farmers  yet  in  Texas;  the  most  that 
farm,  only  farm  nt  it.  One  reason  that  this 
country  has  such  abad  name,  is  becansomany 
have  come  here  thinking  that  they  could  make 
money  without  labor,  find  the  mistake,  and  be- 
come dissatisfied  and  return  home  and  give  all 
the  bad  traits  and  none  of  the  good. 

I  have  had  meeting  in  several  counties,  and 
better  behavior  I  never  saw.  I  think  if  care  is 
taken,  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  we  can 
have  a  church  here.  When  I  got  in  the  Stats 
there  were  two  members,  and  at  this  time  we 
have  twenty-four.  I  will  not  persuade  anyone 
to  come  here,  but  I  am  satisfied  it  would  be 
much  the  best  for  many  to  come  here. 

As  for  the  health  of  the  country  there  is  not 
enough  care  taken  in  a  wet  Summer,  and  the 
consequence  is,  as  Summer  closes  there  are 
chills  and  fevers  along  the  creeks  and  timber. 
When  young  men  conic  to  Te.-ias.  they  ought 
to  remember  that  father,  mother,  and  sister  are 
not  with  them  to  keep  every  thing  in  order. 
They  must  rely  on  themselves,  and  men  with 
families  must  not  think  that  in  a  new  country 
like  this,  they  are  going  to  find  fine  dwelHngs 
ready  prepared  for  them,  unless  they  have  a 
large  roll  of  money  to  back  them.  Men  must 
remember  that  n  child  mustcrawl  before  it  can 
walk,  so  must  men  be  contented  to  put  up  with 
a  cabin,  till  they  can  do  better.  As  for  myself 
and  family,  and  all  the  members  that  arc  here, 
are  well  pleased  with  Texas.  There  are  many 
drawbacks  in  all  new  countries,  but  to  my 
knowledge  there  are  less  here  thou  in  others. 
Short  Winters  and  long  Summers  here,  the 
hottest  day  of  this  Summer  at  my  place,  was 
9tl°  in  the  shade  and  103°  in  tbe  sun,  but  in  the 
timber  it  is  some  warmer.  I  prefer  the  prairie. 
As  for  fruit  when,it  has  been  cared  for.  it  does 
well,  especially  peaches.  You  can  raise  any 
thing  here  in  Tesiia,  that  can  be  raised  in  the 
United  States.  The  crops  this  year  are  fine. 
Brother  Jacob  Berkey  has  been  down  this 
month;  he  came  to  look  at  Grayson,  Cook, 
Montague  and  Clay  couMti,;s,  but  by  the  time 
he  reached  my  place,  it  being  I  he  Western  part 
of  Cook  Co.,  he  said  he  had  seen  enough  to  sat- 
isfy him,  that  this  was  a  good  county  and  be 
would  return  home  and  get  ready  and  move 
down  this  Fall,  He  will  bring  as  many  as  five 
or  seven  families  with  him.  This  is  cheering  to 
the  few  members  that  are  here;  it  wont  be  long 
I  hope,  till  the  Gospel  is  preached  in  the  South 
as  it  is  in  tbe  East  and  West.  I  think  the  peo- 
ple here,  will  take  it  as  well  as  any  where. 
Brother  Jacob  Berkey  say.*,  he  was  surprised  to 
find  the  people  as  kind  as  he  did. 

Now  Brethren  and  friends,  you  who  contem- 
plate moving,  I  want  you  to  have  some  thought 
in  regard  to  Texas,  and  if  you  decide  to  come  to 
Texas,  just  come  along,  but  if  you  are  bent  on 
some  other  place,  go  ahead,  I  won't  persuade  you 
to  cpme  here,  for  fear  you  might  not  like  it,  but 
I  am  satisfied  that  a  man  can  do  here  with  as 
little  labor  as  any  where.  I  have  been  here  two 
seasons.  The  health  last  year  was  fine,  but 
not  so  good  now.  Some  fevers  this  year,  but 
not  fatal;  some  chills,  lasting  but  a  few  days, 

I  will  say  this,  all  who  write  to  me  after  thja, 
instead  of  writing  to  me  at  Gainesville,  Cook 
Co.,  direct  to  St.  Joe,  Montague  Co.,  Texas, 

.loSBPn  H.  SOWDEB. 


Almost  (P)  a  Debate. 

I  TAKE  this  brief,  yet  extensive  method  of 
answering  many  inquiries;  "  How  did  you 
and  your  ajisailant  come  out?"  At  one  of  our 
regular  points  we  spoke  on  the  subject  of  bap- 
tism, and  at  some  length  on  the  mode  of  trine 
and  forward  immersion.  At  the  conclusion  of 
our  services,  Mr,  HiJer,  of  the  Disciples  rose 
and  announced  that  in  three  weeks  from  that 
doy  he  would  review  our  sermon  and  prove  to 
the  people,  that  single  immersion  was  valid 
Christian  baptism,  and  would  prove  that  we  do 
not  baptize  by  trine  immersion,  but  only  half 
do  so.  Thereupon  I  announced,  that  on  Sun- 
day after  his  "review"  I  would  continue  the 
subject,  by  n  reply  to  his  review  and  by  leaving 
him  more  to  review.  So  1  attended  his  review, 
after  which  I  renewed  my  intention  of  replying 
on  Sunday  after,  but  proposed,  that  if  our  oc- 
casional appointments  for  deliberation  were  too 
tedious,  that  I  would  rather  set  a  day  and  try 
and  answer  all  the  objections  as  they  were  of 
fered;  whereupon  Mr.  Hider  rose  and  said  he 


8 


THK    BUEXi-IREM    ^T    "WORK:. 


September    19. 


woiiid  discuss  these  questions  w-ith  me,  provid- 
ed wc  could  agree  upon  the  piopositinna.  Next 
I  made  the  three  following  requests  prerequisite 
to  further  airangmcnts,  to  wit: 

1.  Thnt  both  be  indorsed  by  our  respective 
churches  iw  responsible  and  properly  author- 
ised ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and  that  each  so 
CDgcige  in  this  work  in  the  name  of  his  respect- 
ive church. 

2.  That  each  claim 'to  be  able  to  show  from 
hiRtory,  that  his  mode  of  buptisni  contended 
for,  was  prncticed  during  first  two  centuries  of 
the  Christian  era. 

3.  Thnt  eiich  claim  to  he  able  to  show  from 
history,  the  origin  of  the  other's  mode  contend- 
ed for  this  side  of  the  apostolic  age. 

But  when  I  Went  back  the  8th  day  afler,  to 
finish  up  what  was  commenced  and  to  hear 
farther  from  thorn,  and  Mr.  Hider  came  not 
forth,  and  the  rest  saw  and  heard  from  our 
books,  and  saw  our  assailant's  arguments  cast 
in  a  biilanre,  and  themjielves  instructed  more 
perfectly  in  the  ways  of  tlie  Lord,  they  sim- 
ply but  |niblicly  asked  us  to  "quit!"  and  said 
they  would  not  endoi-se  their  man  on  the  ground, 
thfit  he  had  not  his  membership  there,  al- 
though he  lives  within  a  mile  of  their  church, 
where  all  this  occurred.  Others  of  them  ob- 
jected to  indorsing  it,  because  there  was  history 
to  he  used,  just  ;is  if  their  great  men,  even  their 
leader,  Campbell,  never  used  history  in  dtfend- 
ing  his  position  on  baptism.  So  we  dismissed 
the  subject  and  pronounced  it  concluded  for  the 
prei^eut.  C.  C.  Root. 


GLE^NINaS. 


Froiii  George  Witwer,— Having  iu-.t  re- 
turned home  after  a  week's  labor  in  the  church, 
we  feel  pressed  to  drop  a  few  items  for  the 
BKKnTREN  AT  WoRK.  Elder  D.  B.  Gibson  and 
and  the  writer  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
at  the  Uniim  church,  Davis  Co.,  Mo.,  on  the 
evening  of  the  10th  of  August,  and  continued 
to  the  evening  of  the  15th.  The  glorious  re- 
sult WHS  five  additions,  and  a  general  reviving 
and  building  up  of  the  members.  An  excellent 
interest  was  manifested  by  those  attending 
with  the  best  of  order.  WeVnIy  regretted  that 
other  duties  and  engagements  in  the  vineyanl 
of  the  Lord  called  us  away  so  soon.  We  think 
the  seed  sown  will  produce  a  copious  fruit. 
This  place  is  in  the  bounds  of  the  HiuniUon 
church.  On  the  17th  we  left  Hamilton  (Bro. 
Gibson  remaining  with  us  over  the  16th}  for 
Log  Creek  church.  Met  in  council  with  the 
members,  advanced  Bro.  Zaccheus  Henricks  to 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  ordained 
Bro.  C.  C.  Root  by  the  imposition  of  hands. 
Returned  to  our  home  at  Hamilton  same  even- 
in",  Bro.  D-  B.  Gibson  leaving  on  the  morning 
train,  18th,  expecting  to  reach  the  Phittsburg 
meeting-house  in  time  for  morning  service. 
Thus  ended  our  week's  labors,  to  God  be  all  the 


Fi'Oiii  Jiimes  R.  UisL. — We  left  our  home 
inWooJlbr.l  Co.,  III.,  on  the  6th  of  August, 
187S,  fora  tour  through  the  central  mis.Mun  of 
Illinois,  visiting  the  scattered  members  and 
churches  as  we  could;  traveling  by  private 
conveyance,  through  the  counties  of  Marshall, 
Bureau.  Whiteside,  Carroll,  Ogle,  Lee,  Lasalle 
and  Putuaui;  ihen  through  the  Eastern  part  of 
Marshall.  Arrived  home  on  the  evening  of 
September  the  2[id.  Were  out  just  four  weeks. 
Made  a  short  visit  at  the  office  of  the  Bukth-. 
UKN  \T  WoKK,  found  all  hands  busy  as  usual. 
Called  with  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  at  Shannon. 
Feel  sorry  that  he  has  decided  to  go  West,  but 
hope  the  blessings  of  the  Lord  may  go  with 
him  to  his  new  field  of  labor.  In  all  had  rath- 
er a  pleiLsant  trip.  Formed  or  renewed  the  ac- 
quaintance of  many  kind  brethren  and  sisters, 
who  have  our  thanks  for  their  kindness  to  us 
while  we  were  with  them,  and  if  we  meet  no 
more  on  earth,  may, we  all  meet  in  heaven,  is 
my  prayer. 

liodiiokc.  III. 

From  t\w  Logerville  church.— Health  is 
good.  As  a  church,  we  have  our  bitters  and  our 
sweets,  hut  are  still  moving  slowly  hoping  for 
the  better. 

Had  some  excitement  a  few  weeks  ago  about 
the  Red  man,  as  he  is  called,  but  all  is  caln^ 
now.  Some  hundreds  came  into  camp  only  sev- 
enty ntile-i  East  of  this.  They  said  tliey  were 
not  warnor.s,  that  they  were  good  Indians,  and 
that  they  had  to  fight  if  they  st^aid  mth  the 
tribe  and  that  they  were  to  come  in  their  own 
country  before  the  resurrection.  They  were 
peaceable,  got  tired  of  wailing  for  the  resurrec- 
tion;  said  they  wore  wrong  it  wasn't  the  time 
yet.  These  poor  creatures  a  number  of  years 
ago  ut  a  total  eclipse  of  the  sun,  supposing  the 
resurrt'ction  to  be  at  hand,  made  up  a  fire,  knelt 


around  it  with  thair  hands  stretched  toward 
heaven,  making  a  terrible  noi.se,  they  came  off- 
ering tobacco,  by  laying  it  on  the  tire  and,  at 
the  end  of  the  ring  chey  had  one  of  their  child- 
ren ready  to  lay  on  for  an  offering  to  the  Great 
Spirit  if  the  tobacco  was  not  good  enough. 
But  it  is  said  the  sun  began  to  shine  just  before 
they  got  around  to  the  child.  The  child  would 
surely  have  been  sacrificed  if  the  sun  had  not 
begun  to  shine  at  that  time. 

Many  wonder  how  the  Indian  got  here  on 
this  Island,  or  from  whom  did  they  spring. — 
My  lather  used  to  tell  me  he  believed  they  were 
a  part  of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh  because  of  their 
general  customs.  But  we  see  something  in 
them  worthy  of  our  notice.  One  thing  we  cer- 
tainly see,  is  poor  fallen  humanity. 

David  Barklow, 

From  Wabash  churoli,  Iiul.— Itis  through 
the  kind  mercies  of  God,  that  I  am  spared  to 
inform  you  that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  mov- 
ing onivard  and  upward.  We  were  made  to  re- 
joice some  time  since,  by  the  aid  of  Eld.  Sam- 
uel Murray,  who  delivered  two  able  discourses, 
the  reuslt  of  which  is,  two  young  men  were 
persuaded  to  forsake  sin  and  the  world,  and 
close  in  with  the  people  of  God.  The  church 
rejoiced  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  the  an- 
gels in  heaven  rejoiced.  My  prayer  to  God  is 
they  may  ever  prove  faithful  looking  to  God, 
who  is  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our  eternal 
salvation  through  Chri.st  our  Redeemer,  amou. 
We  had  our  council  meeting  yesterday  and 
there  was  such  a  union  prevailed  among  us  that 
I  could  say  with  Peter,  it  was  good  to  he  there. 

N.  F.  BltUBAKEfi. 

From  E.  Sliowalter, — On  Tuesday  evening, 
the  3rd  insfc,  Bro.  S.  H.  Bashor  preached  a  fare- 
well sermon  in  the  South  Waterloo  church  to 
a  vast  assembly  of  people.  He  read  for  the 
basis  of  his  remarks  the  last  three  verses  of  tlie 
8th  chapter  of  Paul  to  the  Romans.  The  ad- 
dress was  delivered  with  power,  designed  for  the 
encouragement  of  those  present,  who  were  in 
the  fold  of  Christ  and  a  caution  to  such  as  had 
not  yet  embraced  Christianity.  The  many 
friends  he  has  made  white  ivith  us,  wish  for  him 
abundant  success  in  his  ministerial  laboi-s, 
wherever  he  may  be  called  to  declare  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ. 

Bro.  J.  A.  Murray  is  slowly  recovering  and 
is  now  able  to  get  about  some,  by  the  aid  of 
cratches.  It  will  he  a  long  while  before  he 
pets  the  full  use  of  his  injured  liinb,  in  walking, 
if  he  ever  gets  it. 

From  Beech  Grove,  Ohio.— Our  church  is 
in  a  healthy  condition.  We  have  lately  receiv- 
ed four  into  the  fold.  Our  Sunday-school  is 
doing  well.  Geouck  Invix. 

From  Nora  Springs,  Iowa,— Having  been 
urged  by  many  to  give  myself  over  to  evangel- 
istic labors,  I  havH  concluded  to  do  so  during 
the  coming  Fall  and  Winter,  aud  take  this 
method  of  informing  those  who  have  requested 
me  to  labor  for  them,  that  Twill  if  still  desired, 
comply  with  their  request,  if  life  and  health  are 
spared.  Please  address  me  at  once  so  that  I 
may  be  enabled  to  make  my  arrangements  ac- 
cordingly. W.  J,  H.  B,viiit-vx, 

From  Grenada,  Miss.— There  have  been 
two  hundred  and  twenty-five  deaths  in  our  town 
and  seventy-five  cases  on  hand,  averaging  from 
six  to  fifteen  deaths  per  day.  There  are  about 
six  well  men  in  town,  the  others  have  taken 
refuge  in  the  country  and  other  towns.  The 
rcsidept  doctoi-3  and  nurses  have  taken  the  dis- 
ease Und  several  of  tlietn  have  died.  Under- 
takers have  all  fled  and  no  huriiil  ceremonies 
are  had.  Some  p.Tss  into  eternity  with  no  one 
to  close  their  eyes.  It  is'beyoad  the  power  of 
man  to  describe  the  misery  and  siillerings  of  the 
people.  J.  E,  Lavcook. 

From  Stredoiiiii,  Sumiicr  Co.,  Kan. — At 
Bro.  Abija  Holloways,  on  Stale  Creek,  four- 
teen miles  West  of  Weltiinctou,  on  the  20th 
day  of  Sept.  we  will  hold. our  Love-feast, 

We  shall  be  pleased  to  have  Brethren  travel- 
ing West  in  search  of  homes,  to  stop  with  us 
then.  There  is  plenty  of  good  government 
land  within  eight  or  ten  miles  of  us,  and  a 
railroad  within  thirty  miles.  Our  country  is 
settling  up  fast  and  it  can  not  he  long  until  we 
shall  have  plenty  of  railroads.  Health  is  good, 
crops  splendid  and  we  think  fruit  will  do  well. 

There  are  many  calLs  for  preaching  though 
we  have  but  one  speaker.  Those  attending  our 
Love-feast,  will  address,  .1,  Troxel,  A.  Holloway 
or  Stewart  Hunbarger,  Swcdonia,  Summer  Co., 
Kan.  Any  of  these  brethren  will  meet  you  at 
Witchita.  FuANfis  Rei>loqi.e. 

From  Jacob  Mislilcr. — I  hereby  acknowl- 
edge thereceipt  of  a  package  of  valuable  works 
for  the  .Ashland  College  Library,  kiudly  donal^ 
ed  by  the  editors  of  the  BriETiuiEN  at   Work. 

Also  several  valuable  books  donated  by  brother 


Kiosey  of  the  Vhidkaloi:  A  copy  of  the 
'■  Doctrine  of  the  Brethren  Defended,"  donated 
by  the  author,  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller.  Two  copies 
of  the  "  Passover  and  Lord's  Supper,"  donated 
by  the  author,  Bro.  J.  W.  Beer.  Thirty-five 
volumes  on  various  subjects,  donated  by  Van 
Antwerp,  Bragg  &  Co..  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Twenlj'-five  volumes,  donated  by  Harper  .^ 
Bro's,  N.  Y,  One  copy  "  Worcester's  unabridg- 
ed Dictionary,"  donated  by  the  publishers,  J,  B. 
Lippencott  K  Co.,  Phil.  One  copy  "  Webster's 
unabridged  Dictionary,"  donated  by  the  pub- 
lishers, Springfield,  Mass.  Brethren  Isaac  Price 
and  D.  P.  Saylor  have  each  signified  their  will- 
ingness to  donate  a  suitable  copy  of  the  "  Holy 
Scriptures"  for  the  use  of  the  College. 

A  good  many  of  the  friends  of  the  school 
have  consented  to  donate  books,  and  I  hope  by 
a  little  eH'urt  of  the  friends  of  education  we 
shall  be  able  to  have  a  library  commensurate 
with  the  design  of  the  college. 


^NNOUJSr  CEMENTS. 


J  of   Lovfl-fotwla,    District   Moctinga,   olo.,  aliould 
bo  brier,  nnii  wrilten  on  paper  acpitrnto 
Trom   other  businv^. 


Mineral  Creek.  Johnson  Co,,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  1. 

Stanislaus  clim-ch,  Cat,  first  Saturday  in  October. 
Mulberry  Grove  cimrcli.  Bond  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  Otli. 
Franldin  churcli,  four  and  a  half  miles  North-east 

of  I.eon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  lOtli. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  churcli,  Madison  Co.,  Ind..  Oct.  11. 
Logan  cliiu'cb,  Logan  Co.,  0.,  Oct  I2t!i  at  2  o'clock. 
Pcalinily  eliurcli,  Oct.  ntli  and  0th  at  residence  of 

and  a  half  miles 

-      Kan. 


Drci.  Henry  Slioiubcr,  tliree  and  a  b 
North-West  of  Peabody,  Slariuu  Co.,  B 


and  Dlh. 

Donald's  reek,  seven  miles  North-west  of  Spring- 
fielil.  lark  eo..  Ohio,  Oct.  ftth  at  10  o'clock. 

One  mile  En-st  of  Dallas  Center.  Dallas  co.,  Iowa. 
OeUiber  I2lh  and  latli  atone  o'clock. 

Nettle 
Waj 


White  Rock  congregation,  Kansas,  Sept.  21st. 
Beaver  Creek  church,  York  Co..  Neb.,  September 

21  and  22. 
Clear  Creek  chuvcli,  near  Huntington,  Ind.,  Sept, 

27tli  at  10  o'clock. 


Camii-metingon  tlio  West  side  of  the  San  Joa- 
ijiiin  liiver.  within  200  yards  of  U.  1'.  R.  R. 
hridge,  Cal.,  Sept.  liOtii. 

Yellow  Creek.  Stephenson  Co.,  Ill,,  Oct.  I&th  and 
lUtli  at  1  1'.  M. 


Slmi 


Neosho  ihurcli,  Oct.  Sth  and  Otli,  three  milesNorth 

e;ist  of  Galeslmrg, 
The  2.)th  of  September,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
P.  M„5  miles  Eiwl  of   Dorchester,  Saline  Co., 

Neb. 
At  Hudson  n.,  October.  l-2tti. 
North  Ki>rk  (linrcli   <•{  Wild   Cat,   Carroll   COUnty. 

In. .:"l,..it   M,.,!,  A.M.! 


Ho  will 


ui,^-i,v.Miioii  i,„i.,  ()ft.4tli,atten  A.M. 
PineCii-i-k,  111,  UrI.  ;i  aud4.  at  4  P.  M. 
SenceaclLiirrlL.  Oliiii,  Oft.  10. 
Oct  juth,  at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  East  of  ParJ^ers- 

burg. 
Maple  Valley  church,  Cherokee  co..lowa.  .ith  and 

Otli  of  Oct. 

Cove]ih-v    V 


v.: 


:    i;.,  Ocl...Uli:iiidUlli. 
■  Fi^'jcjjaUon.  Osljorn  oi 


miles  Soutli-eaat  of  A-.lihii 
Haw  Patch,  LagriniEe  <■'■..  Iw 


California  cliuivli,  Senl.  2'Hh,  continue  over  twd 
Sundays. 

S,d ,,-..-■  I'  .11,  r-iur  miles  Kast  of  Salem,  Ma- 

i>  !■  .       r   ,  iM    i.-Th.ataP.M.  ■ 
Mill  I.. ■ a  .ri,  Marion,  Grant  CO.,  Ind.,  Oct. 

Knglisli  niv'Ti'niii,Tct'iition,  Keokuk  CO.,  lowii.  two 
and  one  half  miles  fiast  of  .South  EuRlisli.  and 
sis  imc  one  liulf  miles  North  of  Ilariier,  Oct.  Sth 
and  !ith. 


llhick  liiver  congregation.  .Medina  co,.  O..  Oct.  4th 
at  .1  P.  M. 

Lor  Creek  consirejration.  Caldwell  co..  North  Mo. 
district,  Oct,  Btli  and  Otli,  at  2  o'clock,  at  the  res- 
idence of  I.  E.  Bosserman,  three  miles  West  of 


Polo. 


'iik^iegation.  Ogle  co.,  HI.,  Oct.  Sth 

.  I.'wa,  Oct.  Kith,  at  lOP.  M. 

■  t,  Whiti.-  CO.,  Ind.,  November  Ist, 

'     '     i<  10..  Mo.,  Oct.  12th  at  1 
■  .11110  fora  week, 
i-M  .-'I -ri.  Oct,,  l&th,  two   miles 
I-  I'lcei.ii.  .M,  .Joseph  CO.,  Micli.  al 


o'clock.    Preaching  on  Sunday  the  Uth. 


The  Perfect  Plan  of  Solvation,  or  Safe  Ground.  By  J.  H. 
Moore.  SUnrtiiig  ilial  iho  posilipn  occupied  by  llio 
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lliiii  llii'  "  tir.-.l  Uny  of  llio  week,"  is  tlio  preferred  dny 
lor  I'liriHliiiiis  Id  nsaemblo  in  womliip. 

Ono  Baptism -—'I  diiUngiio  shotving  thnt  trlno  immergion 
in  I  111-  iiiily  yripuiiil  of  uuiou,  (lint  cfiii  be  conscicniloiisly 
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Campbollism  Weighed  in  the  BbIucb,  and  Fennel  Want- 
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J.  il.  Moore,  ll  ia  a  Koll  printed  Irnel  iif  Biileen  poges. 
Should  be  cireiitiiled  by  the  Imiidreda  in  nlniosl  every 
locidily.   Price,  2  copies,  10  cents  :  JO  copies  Jl  00. 

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io  copicfi  Si  no. 
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53f  HE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  is  on  uncompro- 
iWj    iiiising;  advocate  of  Primitive  Cliristlanity  In  nil 

T      Its  ancient  purity. 

It  rccofrnizcs  the  New  Testament  us  the  ordy  Infallible 
rule  of  Inith  and  practice. 

And  m<llii(.iins  thnt  the  sovereign,  unmerited,  uneo- 
licitcd  grace  of  God  is  the  only  source  of  pardon,  nnd 

Tliat  the  vicarious  sufferings  nnd  incrilDrious  works  of 
Christ  urc  the  only  price  of  redemption : 

That  Fnitli,  Repentance  nnd  Bnptism  .ire  conditiona  of 
pardon,  and  hence  for  the  remission  of  sins: 

Tlint  IVine  rmmcrslon  or  dipping  Uie  candidate  three 
limes  face-forward  is  Christian  B.iptism: 

Thai  Feet- Washing,  as  taught  in  John  13,  Ii  a  divine 
commond  to  be  observed  in  the  church: 

TTiat  the  Lord's  Supper  is  n  mil  mcnl,  nnd,  in  conncc- 
lion  with  the  Commnnion,  should  be  Liken  in  the  even- 
ing, or  nflcr  Uie  close  of  the  day ; 

That  the  Salutation  of  the  Holy  Kis.i,  or  Kiss  of 
Ch.irity,  is  binding  upon  the  followers  of  Christ: 

Thnt  War  and  Rctnlintion  arc  contrary  to  the  spirit  nnd 
G ell-denying  principles  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ; 

Thnt  a  Non-Cohformity  to  the  world  in  dress,  eusloms, 
dnily  walk  nnd  conversation  is  essential  to  true  holiness 
nnd  Christian  piety. 

It  maintains  thnt  in  public  worship,  or  religious  exer- 
cises, Christians  should  nppeoras  directed  in  1  Cor.  11  ;4,;. 

It  also  ndvivates  the  scriptural  duty  of  Anointing  llic 
sick  with  oil  in  llic  name  of  tl.e  Lord. 

In  short  it  is  a  .vindicator  of  all  tlial  Christ  and  Ihu 
ApodlcB  have  enjoined  upon  us,  nnd  aims,  nmid  tiic  con- 
Hicting  theories  and  discords  of  modern, Christendom,  to 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  to  be  infallibly 
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Children  at  Work. 

The   Ilriglit,  Siiarkliiig    Youth's    Papor. 
PUBLISIIEI)  \vkj-:kia". 

ll  ivill  lei)  you  of  Dihlc  fuels,  eommnnda.i  and  proniis- 

II  is  fur  Bible  Soogs.  Bible  I'oelry,  Itihle  PrupUeuy.  Bi- 
lile  Doclriiio. 

Il  ivili  tcaoh  your  children  hoir  lo  be  gooJ  nnd  hoM-  lu 
do  g^,od. 

iia  li.indnonic  engrivfDgs  are  ilrnnn  from  Bible  evcnta 

ll  iiiiiiiM  1"  the  "iiy  of  happinei.s,  both  In  this  life  nnd 


PIliCE  M   CE.STS   PEIt   AN.M'.M. 
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ghl  pu^iengcr  trains,  going  euit  and  ivcit,  meet 
Ieuvu  Lonnrk  at  ^:1S  A.  U,,  nriiving  in  Itacine  at 
A.  M..  nnd  ot  Rock  Island  1110:00  A.  M. 
eight  and  Accommodation  Trains  will  nin  Vp-esi 
12:  10  A.  M.,  S;10  A.  M,  and  east  U  y2:  10  A 
and  6:  If,  P.  .M. 

Tirkn'ii  nresold   for  al.--io   friiinn   only.     Possti 
tins  nioKC  close  conucclioi.  al  Western  Union  JuncI 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'^  Behold  I  BriTUj    You  Good  Tidiiujs  of  .Gjeai  Joy,  which  Shall  be  wnto  All  People."  —  Lore  ?:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  26,  1878. 


No.  39. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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Tho  ffitked  yw  as  lUifJv  as  iii^lit. 


GOD  S  FIRE  AND 


HAMI^R. 


BY  c.  H.  b.vlsbAoqh.  ■  '  '  ' 

'■'■      )■     ■    ■  Jeremiah,  23;  titi. 
^to  Many  Inquirers. -rrr  '■;: 

PAPEUS,  pauipliletg;  and  scissm-iugs.,  Lotpi, 
AH  tube  reviewed,  ;iiiii  the  authors  sinaslr| 
ed.  (-';tnznit  h-'  [hiiio.  Bly  uervfs  are  not  made 
of  C.i-i  -■'  '  1  ,■  iMii  ri'uuT  inetaniorpliose  SI106I- 
lahl' -  ■  ._      ■  imp;;.     It  reijiiireH  a  strong: 

itu'i'iiin.  (..-i.)i.l  ,  week  nrthnmbiiig't.hroilgli' 
the  Hilde,  and  wading  tliroiigh  a'lhousan'd  pa- 
ges ot  bistdry  for  a  tact  or  principle, 'and  start 
the  sweat  at  every  pore  togefiOiir  wjiole  subject 
into  a  periscope,  and  Jiie  aiyiake  at  J^iglit  for  ho.i^i^ 
-sifting, principles,  on}y  to  j)j;^i)aj;e,^a,,  hiuid  ti^U 
of  fodder  for  the  wastebpsket.  And  y.-t  lb.' 
very  loveof  pressing  some  greul  trullj  imt  un- 
fref|iiently  constrains  me  even'  I"  Hii-  li  ult^•-^ 
labor. 

I  am  too  thoroughly  at  odds  with  Ijliml  i.'"ii- 
ventionalism  to  Iiiiiidle  nUrist-di^nwiiiriL:  eii'tr^ 
in  the  k;d--l„veil  '^ivl.'  t!i:if  M,it-  popular  fa'ito. 
Trailition  hii-s  hut  litti.^  uv^-hr  u'illi  i,w.  if  ifbe 
not  an  iimiuestioiiHljIe  mit-rowtli  nt  tb''  Divini' 
Life:  Truth  is  everj-  thing.  I.' cannot,  make 
such  large  concussions  to  customidnd'  prej.udicu 
a-f  some  of,  US' regard  ae.the  very.  :pith  of.reliL'- 
ion.  I  Truth  as  a  whqie  niiist  .govern,  'im"  ■  "n- 
ceptifju  of  iiarticular  part^,  ,  no,  ,uiaW''i'  ivlm  1- 
hit.  or  how  many  siones  come  l.ai'k.  \V..  il.nv 
call  no  man  father  or  m.aster  on  .■,»  tl,.  H.-  u  lio 
is  hotli.  knows  nnthing  of  i'oni|.r..nii-.'  Witli 
Him  truth  is  a  clear  crystal,  ^.i  it  .should  he 
with  us.  We'muy' not  maim  ObVi.st'to'  .spitW 
ourselves.  Loyalty  to  our  Ftcdecmev  is  the  ulUl 
controlling  duty.  It'ls  adishonor  toaay  broth- 
er to. falMlat  on  bis  face  before  thfi  JJiigoli  ■  of 
sectariauiam  forfeur  ot  bi;ingi-bari.'e>i  with  hi^;-; 
otry.  Strpents  crawl  un  their  Uclii<;=,  hut  "(.Jud 
made  man  ui'right." 

But  truth  Li  notahvay.-.  tnitb,  itiid  tin-.  .,l(.ri 
causes  it  to  "be  trampled  under  the  feet  vi  mvIimv 
•■  I  am  Ihr  Inith."  "  God  h  Ut;."  Tim  syn- 
onym is  ignored;  so  that  truth  in  the  letter  he- 
comes  a  gross  practical  falsehood.     All   the   ut-' 


toi-anci.vs.of  Chrigt  are  Truth  und  Love,  and 
Iher.e/oye  they  are  "the  power  of  Gpd  imti  sal- 
vation." Even  His  most  scaUiing  deniiucin- 
tions  are  uo  exceptions.  He  opens  hell  for  the 
damned  with  the  saine  key  witli  which  he  un- 
locks the  Gates  of  Pearl  for  the  blood- wiisli'ed, 
He'thilt  knoivS'^the'  Triiih  as  it  \^m  Jriiie,'' 
has  n'n'^A^tb  speak;  and  no  one  has  a  ri^ht  to 
consign  his  message  to  the  waste-bojc.  If  theit 
is  one  gift  of  superlative  ivalue  ^to  contributors 
aiidieditousi  .iti  iathe.  "fUscorning^  0/  spint-s-" 
Pfedilecti.iu  i.^  ,1  h.rny  .itreeii  tli;tt  shuts  Out 
t.hepi\in.-  jII.ljiu.i.iIjuu.  "/"/"'«■■■',  lo  0  oil  is  v. 
glonoii>-l.il".  I[  i-  till'  1  mnii  lit  legeueration. 
U  piits  hitd  tJLebau.ls  ot  G<id  all  our  possibil- 
ities, and  eftect.s  the, grand  trausformation  coii- 
teniplated  in  the  Ilicarnatioh.  This  is  why 
some  with  niie^'pouhd  accomplish  more  thiiii 
otberMvith  liVe  iir  ten.  "  Boni  of  blood"  ii 
the  groat antitliesia  that  tuins  tho  (.iod-hirth  iu- 
tna  porirdwarlish  vapidity^  ■   n       'i!i;     .Li    1 

ECHOES. FROM  THEHWEST.     .    1 

Essentials  to  Qhiiroh  Progress -hn, The,., \Vq('ld 
MoyesrOLTrSomebody  Will  Work— i;he  :pig:ht 
Kind  of  Work  Necessary — 

i.  'tJnion  must  lie  the  purpose  of  all,  other- 
\visli^  n'othingciiii'  be'ae'eoiiililislJed-'  ■  'When'  Wti 
ariu'imited  in 'pui^po^t'ilirtd  hct  ificeoniingly  in' 

tbc' 'design  and'  purpbae  lot- Godiiilour  effort* 
will  hocrcw.iicd  with  success.  \Yhen  tlie  putr. 
pose  of  God,  becomes  our  piirpo.^p,|it;  is  impossi- 
ble for  us  tu  tad,  (|i.il":;  Word  never  returns 
unloMiui  N..I.1,  I. lit  .ilis.i\-  ,..  ...ih,.li-lii.s  that 
for  which  it  wa..  s.^iit. 

-2.  tn  ,the  church  there  i^  -o'metliing  'for' 
each  brother  and  sister  to  do,  aiid  oiiless  that 
i:<  dbjip;  soUi'cWly  hr^  beeiinegleeiiHg  bis'duty, 
and  the  progress  of  tlie  church  depeiids  upon' 
the  porformaii'ce  of  diity^  upoii'tlie  part  of  her 
adherents.:  We  may  sometimes  ivoiider-why 
the  ohuroh'does  mot .prospei!jmore.|.>W&,may( 
sid'ely  aiiBiW.er,  >ye^i,egleet  duty,        ;  In  ,  . 

There  .i^TPi  u^ji.illy  .,^hout  t.wti  purposes  in 
view,l)y  eacjh,  ii^e^nber  in  the  idiurch,  wbieh 
should  be:' 

I.  To  lay  up,  treasures  in  heaven,  ^  or  with 
Ma'rj'oiF  old;'bh'iose1;Hat'gooa  fiHflfVlifckMWir 
not  he  taken  away.  ■-'■"    'I'o' 'H 

a.  .  iToiprovJde  for  them  of  his  .pwn  ,  house- 
hold. All  tbis^ye  owe  lis  Ji. duty  :tg|God.  llanv, 
brctlucn  »iisa|)prehe,nd,,  tile  idi 
for  them  of  tU-ir  ..wn  lM-i,-.di,.l 
they.tiiooght  th.-  L.-id  iii.unt  tl 


whi^li  tli.^y  -l,..u|,l  talk  in  flirir  rliiMivn,  I,i,id 
tbeui  fur  a  sign  upuii  their  himds,  and  write' 
theni  upon  the  ■posts  of  1  their  houses  'ilid  gates; 
Thtit^esteniallcopy'nowiwas  to' be  nothing  (-iBav 


c  forty, 
that  aceoi 


oxidiii; 

,L-t  'lus  if 
111  pro- 
u...    and' 


to  'g\W  to'nccrfmi.li-'li  til.'  Loi-d'j  ,,nr|„i-.'.-. 
■  Tlieworlil  moves  on.  No  time  or  muuey  is 
wiHibeld  thtll?  raifeht'be  li^f^^iiy  tb  iHitompHMi 
lier  purpoae»i/ho  difference  hoW  nuicli  'the  work 
lind  progves.s-oftllUchurHi  may  1...'  nc-leaed, 
somebody!  will  work.  d[it,iu  -  iriuii-ni.-  .ii^' 
couslautlyiat  work  iu  trym-  i-  ...  ■  ..■!■!. Ii-I.    Ijl- 


s.mi,.llii,..-l.-^n-tl,,>t  S^it.l,  -  :,.ili.T..|it.ii,-,.     iUlIIV 

/-..liMi-ly  :iiid  iHi.i.iii.i.->u^ly  .■n-a-nl  in  trying' 
tn  lead  Hoiits  to  ruin,  tiiiii  ministers  of  the  Gori-' 
peland  Christiun'  1  promisors'  i,'eijoniliy'  are'  in> 
poiiiliug.siiinere  to  Christ.iand  the  humiliating, 
principles  Ue.taoghtj  \Yfi  Bhonhl,i*yprki('nV,Jt^ 
sus  evorydi^yas  i^,w,qk)fpwoi)flj3ll:^,w:o.4l^|ql9Sif, 
wif,h  the, .setting  s«mv       ,  ,,      ,   ,,^,     ^,^  , 

'.The  ntilil  l.ind  ul  work  is  neccjtsary.  Mimy 
work  wbii  Jill-  ■.'Vi'i-  I'-aniing,  but|nevijr  able  to 
iniiie    tu,.    kh'.wi,,.,l-e    of  tlie    f'mlh,      who  are 


name  of  Jesus,  as  they  thought  undoubtedly, 
did  some  work,  but  it  must  have  been  wanting 
in  the  kind  of  work,  V,.  F, 


OF  THE  EXTERNAL  AND   IN 
TERNAL  WORD.      '   "    ' 

■Till.    (1,  ,M|I(|J* 

"^  1 


.■I 


/. 


WHBN  tUe  Doixl  G6d   foi-merly'  innhirested 
to''His "people  >his   law  bytMoseSjiHe 
wrote  it  upon   two   tables. 'of  stone,  jpiidji  gtwe. 

them  to  Moses, f\ybp  \)fi^  \,o  ppt  t.bqtij  ,j)itp  .ttje, 
ark  oi  the  e„venant.     Dent,  ll)i  1-.^;  i\. 

Tliey  U.,v    tu    iiii.kr    a ^     uf  fli,.    I, 

idiu 


thr 


til- 


Dei 


It  i- 


fl,i,t   tl„. 


nl-  ..fth.' 


cording  to  their  own  notions.  Jeremiah  11: 
.  13.  The  same  is  the  case  with  people  in  our 
time,  who  boast  of  great  liberty,  without  obey- 
ing the  divine  counsel  and  commamlmeiits  ac- 
cording to  the  Holy  Scriptures.  Truly  it  may 
besaid,  "as  fijaiiy.nicn,  as  many  spirits,  and  a.s 
many  laws." 

Now  her.'  w..  uiux  <...■  ;,ud  know  <if  the  true 
and  fals.-  l.nv  liu..  )„,t|i  i.i.iy  W  written  in  the 
hearts  ol  m..,i.  Tii.>  li,!...  Lny  will  be  written 
by  the  spirit  of  error  in  (be  hearts  of  the  un- 
believing; the  true  law  of  lite  is  wiilten  by  the 
'ikoly  Sj.ifit'Wt^ljtb  (n  the  heiirt.«  of'  the'  cbil- 
divii  .-t  111..  N,.w  Covenant  in  the  true  believers, 
anil  1..  ulti.L'rUi.'i  luieand  the  same,  ;uid  consists 
■riially    coiinuaiide;].   and 


!,.■ 


!!,. 


,tP' 


^'.hiaiii.' 


Ih 


much  le-s  aiiythiiij; 
fuUvan.seiipl.  i,t   tL;.t 
wriftni  <.n  tlie  tal>le.^ . 


contrary,  but  a 
■b   God    Hm^je 


.t^ith- 
f.had 
I,  ivija 


ll-i' 


arkut   ri,.- „ 

.internal  Inn-  m.^ 
Now  what  th- 
tlW'Hriiy'ol  ll.-.li 
lawUvere  kept. 


i.h   tlie 
ill  th.- 


at.ln^ 


d-  'tli^ 
ovenitilt, 


evei-y  helievcris'heart,'  iii'vhich  iilso.mO,stl  Sure- 
ly, ivilllbe  found  the  titblcs"ofr.'the  lawi  lofrlhi^ 

God,  iwiithithe.law|written  oa.ttheiv.)learts,  not 
by.thejbandiof  j>i((n,  .(jut  byijfche^,  ^ply,  lilmf-t. 
A(i,d  lliislnivj,  w(^(cb(fs  internally  by;thi-  Spinf 
of  God, 'i-;    altogethfr  om' and'tli..    -aii.i-   willi 


lei  I 


I   h'.. 


th..- 


iil.-i 


an  express  image  of  that  intern,,!,  \]\'nrj  Wm-.l 

of  God.     Biit  where 'a  person  pr lly  ^nv-,  tint 

the  law  of  liisGlld  is  in  his  heart,  wliilcli  ■  -.till 
Opposes  the  commandments,  statutes  and  laws,' 
which,  the^  Son  ■>of\G6Juand\'.'.  His'  tnpoatlesi 
have  instituted,  andifvhereol'itheiiScriptiines.  tix- 
ternaMy  testify,— (jliqii ,  ,W6,.  juay  safely  ,beli,^ve, 
that,  .such  a  person  is  yej;  carnal;  and,  tliafc  the 
law,  which  be  says  is  in  his  heart,  has  be"n 
written  there  by  the  sjiirlt,  nf  ,■]■(, n-  an. I  fa!>.'- 
hooa.' 

.  Agiin,' herein 'is  a  i^daiii  token  ot  tlie  law  of 
God'iind'tif  theWw  of  theriebeivin'g 'Spirit.  Pn'r' 
all'in  iv'h'osti'hbiu'W'tlit'hi\J  W  G'dd'-is '-written'.' 
are  united  in  the  one  faitb,  in  the  one  biiptiam' 
and  in]  the>  on'o  Spirit rracording. to  Jesu^iChdst, 
for.itisitlio  will  of  tbd  true'iLaw-igiver,,t.hat  hii^ 
own  sliould.all  be  o.i..,  even  >V-I  the  ,  Father  i^Jd 
S.liaieuiie.,   .J.ihii  17: 'Jl.      lint  tho  law  whieh 


.■.mt,ri„.s  tn  I,.,  U;.byluj,,ouilu„iui,  .^ud  di.eord. 
Vet  jjucb;buihle*s  will  not  desist  from  their  in- 
tentions, though  t!ioy.seetliennwlvus   that  the 
Lord  has  conliised  tliSinlnugHirge.      Yea,   they 
see  how  so  many  learned  and  (vise  people   have 
built  iu  that  manner,  contrary  to  tlie  order  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  have  been  brought  to  shame 
and  have  become  fools;  still   new' builders  be- 
gin again  and   again  to  erect   tliis  buildiilg'of 
confusion.     Tilings  becomo  more  aiid  njore:coii-J'' 
fuMjd  and  a|juuiiuab|e,  and  if  fhey  will  not  soon' 
cease,  then>  will  be  at  last  men  of  corrupt  mpids,  . 
r.-i)r.ihat..  niiii-l.   u-.n.-.TJiKi-  th.'    luith,    andiat  ' 
l;,-l  th..ir  tollv  .I,ail  l„.  ,;.,M,il..-f   mito  all' men,  ' 
..-      1.  ir^..  .„  .^,L-,      _      .,„    „.-,  .1.  ^  ^^ 

THE  POWER  OF  THElBipLiJ. 


rHE  c|hief  du^y  of  Protestapti 
.Scriptures.     It  ii^   clearly 


r  l.v  hi- 


tli.'  h- 
lir.sf  ,,■ 


,.!:,. 


tli,< 


-.■]-. 


imI  .--dTf 


li.l. 


■■  W'h 


',dl 


•  Lui.I, 


Lo.d:.nd.hM 
you,"  It  is 
riif  lit  kind  of 
God.    Tho,^e 


ut  tl.,.  thinj^s' wliul,  T  -ay  unt, 
not  /ealoiis  '  work  only,  biif  thi 
wofk  that  makes  iis  ai 
vhu    had    east    out   di 


^eptrnsh!  to 
fils   in  the 


a  iiinHitu.l.M.l  ditt.ivnf  ,.,,nt;— .i.mMiii.lopiJiions. 
ThureiorG  tuuos  in  which  ivciu'ud  good  disFecn-i 
iiigl  py^siglit^.tp  k("Oiv,  lind  .distijignish.the  tr,i,»t 
iindtlidse,  I  Ihave.  observe^li  thi-s  in.  many  ,p-hu 
s.iy,  they  area  tV. ,.  i-..;.!-:  th-yie.-.  .1  not  aiilK 
ject  tllel^.s,■ll..,  to  til...  S.  riptur.  .  ..1  tb.jNew 
T'estaiii-iit  in  thi'  l-tt-,-:   l-r  tlr 


isi^i  is  with   the 

to  declare  and 
id.  The  T3ible  does  hot  need. 
.1'  ■■■■  •  niiih  as  it  neeils'  protflariikion.'' 
|r  ii,.i,.r,.i-  ].-.  ii  vvheivver  'it'is'  knoVrt.'  D^ep 
m  every  soul  thei'ii  dsvelts  forever  a  »vitne.ss 
to'  the  tl-uthi  whose  clem-  eye  and  steady  voice' 
will  See  and  respond  to  it  wherever  it  is'known. 
We  do  notineed;t.o  ipiplore  men  tu, believe  the 
truth:'  We  onlj^.^iced  that  th^y  shidi  appre- 
hend it.  and  theii  .we  may  d.'lV  llieui  l.o  .l-iiy  it. 
A^.l  Mui-  ill,'  l!il,!...  a. -f..r.,>l  i.Nl!,,  ..K  'no 

ly  pr.aebed.  Th.^ro  ar.'  delend,....,  of  the  ,  triitll  ' 
whb  think  it  othei^wise,  Tlieytrciit'  the' 'Bible' 
asa  weakly  ilifitut  whieh  must  be  boistertd  up 
aid  carofnllyi  iustftiued;  h-st'it  faIl...iiAWd  so 
they  bring  togithbn tJiQir  lenimiuyii.and'  phjioa- 
phy,  thijir]huma\iiiVa3oningauJ,r)tseaFch„ which, 
they  u>e  as  }injirftu  keep  tlie  Bible  up,,  trembr. 
lint;  all  tbv,  while  lest  one.  of  tllese.'^h()^dd,f^i;,/ 
and  the  truth  unsupported,  sink  to  its  hurt, , 
llll!  tin-  Biiil^  disdains  al!  tii.-'.-  ,.ppliai,r-..  It 
i-  MO  wi.'aMv'infant.',"lt  h;L^  mlh-- than  ;i  -jiaiit's', 

-rr.'iiL'fh,  ahd'-laljiiit'onlv    .t.nid    iin.ii I,   biit" 

c!t/i''walH'f4HtiiaT(,ii'e,  c^ii.|Ti,..n„^-'  '..nd  to  .oii- 
iintlr.  '1"    --■ ■ 

■  [ji/v    (i  A.HIitJjCKY  WOMAN.  ' 


f  God  i 


ritiii 


!i.l  kn. 


Hi 


agreed  con>-..'rnini..  the  l,.'i,-;,iniua;  ...f  a  Chl'^J- 
tidfr'Hfe^  oi'the  p'rinciples''of'tlip  dklri{le''6f 
Clitistf  OCcoi'ding  to  Stripiure,.  but  that  90  iti^hy 
iw  ihaflf  such  a  haughty  ulisposit ion,  ju't  so  many 
wuivithe  luwli. which  they  had,  aud  1  h.ive  been 
led  to  think  what  a  curjous  spirit  tiiui  lutL-^-t  ho, 
that  .viuild  write 
li.'^.ri-    >.|     u..:a. 


iaiv--    lytu    the, 


u.':a.  nr  thi,  th-  i,..rd  ( 
lda,„.'.!.Llr.',L.ly  Ihr.,  ,i;h  t l.r  ia-oi,l,..t  .1 
that  Ilk-  pv"l'l-  of  Kr.i.'j  u-r-  l.-d  ,.- 
fal-e  iwopliets,  |.,r-,„>k  tl,.'  .-.njv  taw  ..t' 
theonlyalt.ir  of  th,-  honl,  mill  in  th 
liberty  made  for  themselves  gods  and  a 


A,ni!;SEI 


ISEHTED  li 


Ifn 


l-hlU.    .Mars., 


miirry  ayuiuiL'  'vuiu.iii'd  fh.it  eily,  .injl  aurked 
hard  til  !;iy  up  money  enough  to  liuyii  hoint-'to 
which  to  tHkf'hi^''brid'e.  One  mornfng'''h(^  in- 
vited bcr  to  drive; 'aiid  halted  at  last  in  front  of 
fthtlndsome  briokhfttisii -in  the  subarbs.  He 
innt«d  boring, lehowf^dj  her  thatibiwas  nicely 
funiirihed,  iltiJa.e]li.st,told  her. be  wfw  the  own,- 
er.  ,TtiJier  in'iuiry  iis.to  how  he  obta,Lned.,  it, 
be  at  la^l  adiuittL-d  tbat  be  had  Uri^  fortun4f<'. 
enuuKh  t,,),,iy  a  lu!  h'ry  tiiket  wljigl^  hiCd  druwu 
aiin/.'uf  I'o.kiiMi  .l,,|l,ii-,  with  w-hicti"lie  \lad 
buuj;lit  and  funii-h.-.l  tk,-  bouse.  She  was  a 
t'irl  of  stn,  r  pn,„'ii,l.-,  .ni,l  deelar-d  -h..  would 
nev,T  marry  hini  ,,fifii  he  ■_'.ivf  h:,.  ir  rln'iuiney, 
and,  on  his  r.-titsiii<,',  L.-l't  hlin  |,.rcv<-r,  ami  the 
house  .still  rtand,s  tc/iantle^-.— >>/, 


THE    BliETHRE:^    A.T    WOKK. 


September    20. 


BE   CAREFUL  WHAT  YOU  SAY. 

IN  speaking  of  aperaon's  fmilts, 
Pray  don't  forget  your  own. 
Remember  those  with  homfs  of  glft.*s. 

Should  seldom  throw  it  slone, 
If  we  have  nothing  else  to  to  do, 

But  to  talk  of  those  who  sin, 

'Tis  better  we  commence  nt  home. 

And  from  that  point  begin. 

iVc  have  no  right  to  judge  a  lunn, 

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

We  know  the  world  is  wide, 
Some  may  have  faults  nnd  who  have  not? 

The  old  a-s  well  as  young, 
■  Porhaps  we  may,  for  aui^ht  we  know, 

Have  fifty  to  tlieir  one. 

ril  tell  yon  of  abetter  plan. 

And  one  that  woi-ks  full  well, 
1  try  my  own  defect,^  to  cure 

Ere  I  of  others  tell; 
And  though  I  sometimes  hope  to  be 

"No  more  than  some  I  know; 
-My  own  short-coniinga  bid  me  let 

The  faults  of  other?  go. 

"Tlion  let  us  all  when  we  commence 

To  slander  friend  or  foe, 
'Think  of  the  harm  one  word  may  do 

To  those  who  little  know, 
^{oniember  curses,  sometimes  like 

Our  chiokens,  roost  at  home; 
Don't  speak  of  other's  faults    until 

We  have  none  of  our  own. 

Selected  by  M.  A.  Berkf. 


TRUTH. 


BV  J.  S.  UOHLEH. 


"  And  ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the  truth 
shall  make  you  free."     John  8:  32. 

THEN,  wtile  astronomical,  mathemat- 
ical, geographical,  historical  as  well 
■as  all  truths  harmonize  in  their  results, 
and  are  always  consistent,  can  we  not 
expect  the  same  ivsult  from  religious 
truth?  Is  religions  truth  not  as  harmo- 
"nioiis  in  its  result",  and  as  consistent 
aa  other  truths?  Certainly!  If  this  were 
not  so,  we  would  not  have  religious 
truth  in  the  Gospel,  but  a  liungling  er- 
ror. Christ  says,  "  I  am  the  truth." 
■  But  the  iiuestiou  arises,  ^vhere  shall  we 
"0  tO'  learn  religious  truth?  "To  the  Bi- 
ble, says  one.  Very  well,  to  the  Bible 
^w«  will  go.  Then  we  understand  that 
'the  Bible,  or  ratht-r  the  Gospel,  teaches 
a  system  of  religious  truth.  It  is  be- 
cause of  this  that  Christ  prayed,  "  That 
theyall  he  one.'"'  John  17:  ^1.  This 
•oneness  ia  the  result  of  religious  truth. 
Paul  says,  "  So  we  being  many  are  one 
body  in  Christ."  Kom.  12:."}.  Again, 
•"Be  of  the  same  mind  one  toward  anoth- 
wO'  Rom.  12:  lU.  Again,  "  that  ye  all 
speak  the  same  thing,  and  that  there  be 
-■no  divisions  among  you;  but  that  ye  be 
^perfectly  joined  together  in  the  same 
mind  and  in  the  ^ame  judgment."  1 
Oor,  1:  10.  "There  is  one  body  and 
one  spirit,  even  as  ye  are  called  in  one 
hope  of  your  calling."  Eph.4:  4.  These, 
and  many  other  kindred  Scriptures,  all 
.prove  the  harmony,  or  sameness  of  the 
Tesultof  religious  truth;  that  if  the  Gos- 
pel is  obeyed  in  its  simplicity,  it  will 
mould  a  sameness  of  character,  uniting 
us  in  love  into  one  body,  all  speaking 
■the  same  thing. 

But  while  this  is  the  nature  of  relig- 
ious truth,  why  is  it  that  there  are  so  many 
divisions  of  the  church?  being  divided 
andsubdlvided  into  hundreds  of  frag- 
ments. One  will  say,  this  is  just  right, 
it  gives  a  pereon  an  opportunity-  of  join- 
ingjustthat  church  he  likes  best.  He 
■considers  the  divided  state  of  the  church, 
a  great  privilege ;  but  how  does  this  ac- 
cord with  Paul's  teaching?  "Now  I  be- 
seech you  brethren,  mark  them  which 
cause  division-,-  and  offenses  contrary  to 
the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned,  and 
avoid  them."  Rom.  16;  17.  Again, 
^'■Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  by  the 


name  of  our  I-ord  Jeans  Clirist,  that  ye 
all  speak  the  same  thing,  and  that  there 
be  no  divisions  among  youy  1  Cor.  1: 
10.  From  these  Scriptures,  it  is  clear, 
that  the  apostle  would  not  countenance 
any  division,  but  would  have  the  luem- 
bei-s  nwrh  the  man  that  caused  the  di- 
vision, and  avoid  him,  I.e.,  disregard  him 
as  unworthy  of  your  association,  because 
of  his  heresy.  But  if  the  modern  doc- 
trine be  true,  that  the  division  of  the 
chui'ch  is  a  blessing,  then  the  apostle 
should  have  written,  "honor  the  man 
that  causeth  division  among  you,  for  this 
i-i  in  harmony  with  the  divine  ]ViU  and 
suits  the  convenience  of  the  people."  It  is 
clear  that  either  the  apostle  instructed 
wrong,  or  oui"  theologians  are  much  at 
variance  with  divine  truth. 

Again,  if  one  man  has  the  right  to 
divide  the  church  to  suit  his  convenience, 
so  has  another.  If  the  various  churches 
now  in  e.iistence,  do  not  suit  me,  I  can 
make  one  that  does;  if  division  is  the 
criterion  to  go  by,  so  can  my  neighbor 
and  everybody  else.  The  doctrine  of  di- 
vision, is  fi'om  the  devil;  is  heresy  of  the 
worat  kind.  It  is  a  sad  commentary  on 
Christianity  that  the  church  is  divided  as 
it  is;  it  has  been  a  prolific  source  of  infi- 
delity. Butanother  willsay,that  itmakes 
no  difference  what  our  church  relations 
are,  just  so  we  are  sincere;  that  all  those 
divisions  of  the  church  are  similar  to  the 
vaiious  tributaries  that  form  the  mighty 
river;  after  the  water  gets  into  the  river, 
from  the  various  branches  or  divisions,  it 
is  all  water,  and  there  is  no  difference 
from  what  tributary  it  came.  Let  us 
examine  this  comparison  briefly.  Sup- 
pose that  all  the  tributaries  on  one  side 
of  the  river  pour  in  salt  water,  and  all 
those  on  the  other  side  pour  in  fresh 
water;  now  what  is  the  character  of  the 
water?  It  is  neither  salt  nor  fresh,  but 
is'  perfectly  adulterated.  The  water  in 
the  river  can  only  be  the  same  as  the 
water  in  the  ti-ibutaries,  when  the  water 
in  tributaries  are  all  alike.  It  is  thus 
with  the  divisions  of  the  church;  when 
they  are  all  brought  together,  they  can- 
not form  one  united  body  in  Christ,  be- 
cause the  elements  of  division  still  re- 
main, and  the  body  would  he  adulterat- 
ed. First  remove  the  cause  of  division, 
and  make  the  branches  all  the  same  in 
doctrine,  faitb  and  practice;  then,  and 
then  only  will  the  entire  liody  be  per- 
fectly joined  together,  because  the  ele- 
ments of  unity  and  truth  were  in  the 
branches. 

Another  prolific  source  of  division  is, 
the  modern  doctrine  that  men  and  wo- 
men are  so  constituted,  tliat  they  can- 
not see  alike.  A  defect  is  in  our  organ- 
ism, that  Christ  and  the  apostles  failed 
to  discover,  when  they  so  earnestly  urge 
unity  in  all  things.  This  doctrine  is 
very  dangerous.  As  soon  as  people  are 
taught  they  cannot  see  the  Scri^jtures 
alike,  just  that  soon  they  will  begin  to 
Interpret  them  to  suit  their  own  inclina' 
tions.  What  would  be  thought  of  the 
teacher  who  wouldtellhis  pupils  to  solve 
all  the  problems  just  as  they  underatood 
them?  From  that  time  on,  there  would 
be  but  little  hard  study,  and  there  would 
Vje  as  much  division  in  the  result  of  their 
solutions,  as  there  is  in  the  religious 
world.  It  is  clear  that  there  is  an  un 
willingness  to  yield  to  the  more  humil- 
iating part  of  the  Gospel,  hence  their 
excuses  and  divisions.  Another  source 
of  division  is,  a  high-salaried  ministry. 
AVhen  men  have  spent  from  one  to  five 
yeara  at  some  collegiate  institution,  in 
the  interest  of  some  particular  church, 
for  the  ministry,  they  are  brought  under 
the  influence  of  such  a  church  largely; 
and  if  the  salary  is  good,    they  vAW  de- 


fend the  tenets  of  their  church  to  the 
ery  utmost,  when  their  craft  is  in  dan- 
ger. Reduce  tlie  salary  to  an  ordinary 
living,  and  if  such  ministera  continue  to 
preach,  they  will  preach  more  independ- 
ent .and  more  truthful,  than  while  under 
the  mfluence  of  a  fat  purse. 

We  have,  we  think,  briefly  referred  to 
some  of  the  causes  of  division  in  the 
churches,  and  how  people  are  striving 
to  justify  themselves  in  their  peculiar 
notion  of  things.  But  while  men  and 
women  are  trying  to  justity  themselves 
by  raising  excuses,  in  not  obeying  all 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,  let  it  be  under- 
stood that  rclifjious  truth  will  not  allow 
tself  to  be  divided  and  contradicted. 
There  is  as  much  unity  in  it  to-day.  as 
in  the  days  of  Christ,  though  men  and 
women  are  divided  among  themselves, 
religiously  on  account  of  error.  We  do 
not  mean,  that  to  understand  religious 
truth  so  as  to  make  it  available  for  our 
ation,we  must  also  understand  as- 
tronomical, mathematical,  geographical 
and  historical  truth.  A  man's  knowl- 
edge of  these  truths  may  be  very  limit- 
ed, yet  he  may  understand-  religious 
truth  sufficiently  well  for  hia  salvation. 
We  have  only  referred  to  these  truths  to 
show,  if  possible  the  harmony  and  unity 
of  all  truth.  One  of  the  very  best  ways 
to  uudei-stand  religious  truth,  is  to  obey 
't.  But  one  will  say,  "  What  must  I  do?" 
This  is  an  important  question,  and  con- 
cerns us  all.  One  of  the  most  eminent 
apostles  asked  this  question,  when  he 
was  in  search  of  religious  truth.  At 
Damascus,  he  was  told  to  arise  and  be 
baptized.  The  safe  way  is  to  do  what 
Jesus,  the  Author  of  religious  truth  bids 
us  do.  Jesus  bids  us  repent,  believe,  be 
baptized,  wash  one  another's  feet,  ob- 
serve the  Lord's  Supper  and  Communion, 
be  non-conformed  to  the  world,  non- 
resistant,  nonlawing,nou- swearing,  hum- 
ble obedient,  prayerful,  charitable,  soci- 
able, honest,  truthful  <fee.  If  all  pro- 
fessors of  religion  would  strictly  obey 
the  Gospel  in  these  plain  commands, 
there  would  soon  be  as  much  unity  and 
consistency  in  the  church  as  there  is  in 
any  natural  truth.  Harmony,  union 
and  love,  would  be  the  result,  and  relig- 
ious truth  with  all  its  excellency  would 
be  manifested. 

But  one  ia  ready  to  say,  "  If  we  obey- 
ed the  Gospel  in  all  its  requirements,  we 
would  all  become  members  of  the  Dunk- 
ard  church ;  for  that  is  the  very  way  they 
do."  Suppose  that  to  be  the  result,  what 
of  it?  What  is  a  Dunkard?  I  never 
knew  one  in  ray  life.  Never  saw  one 
as  a  Dunkard,  but  we  have  seen  a  great 
many  persons  who  loved  the  Lord  Jesus 
just  well  enough  to  obey  him  in  all 
things,  and  because  of  this,  somebody 
else  calls  them  Dunhtrds.  But  the  mere 
name,  is  a  very  small  matter.  It  makes 
us  neither  better  nor  worse.  "  If  they 
have  called  the  householder  Beelzebub, 
what  will  thfey  call  those  of  his  house- 
hold," says  Christ;  hence  to  be  called 
an  odd  or  ugly  name,  whether  it  be 
Dunkard,  Lollard,  Waldense,  Donatisi, 
or  any  other  outlandish  name,  is  no  ev- 
idence that  we  are  not  Christians,  or 
obeying  the  truth.  Our  whole  aim 
should  be  to  obey  the  truth,  the  whole 
truth  and  nothing  but  the  truth,  and  the 
result  is,  Christian  character  produced 
from  the  Gospel  mould,  harmonizing  in 
all  its  parts,  and  in  full  unison  with  the 
body  spiritual;  and  let  the  world  call 
us  just  what  it  pleases.  Christians  do 
not  measure  their  character  from  a  world- 
ly standpoint,  but  from  the  standard  of 
divine  truth. 


AWAKE  AND   REPENT. 

Uy  W.  W.WARNER. 

WHEN  we  take  the  Bible  in  our 
hand  and  read  the  sacred  teach- 
ings, and  then  look  at  the  ways  of  the 
ivorld,  we  see  much  that  is  very  distress- 
ing, we  see  many  persons  about  whose 
iouls,  we  are  exceedingly  afraid.  We  see 
many,  who,  if  Bible  words  mean  any 
thing,  have  not  yet  been  converted  and 
born  again.  They  are  not  satisfied  ;  they 
have  not  the  Spirit;  they  have  r.o  grace; 
their  sins  are  not  forgiven;  their  hearts 
are  not  changed;  they  are  not  ready  to 
die;  they  are  not  ready  for  heaven ;  they 
are  neither  godly  nor  righteous,  nor 
saints.     If  they  are.  Bible  words  mean 

thing  at  all.  Reatler,  are  you  one  of 
these?    If  you  are,  awake    and    repent. 

We  see  many  who  to  all  appearance 
think  no  more  about  their  souls  than  the 
beasts  that  perish;  there  is  nothing  to 
show  that  they  think  of  a  life  to  come, 
any  more  than  the  dumb  brutes  which 
have  no  understanding.  Their  treasure 
is  evidently  upon  earth;  their  good 
things  are  plainly  all  on  this  side  of  the 
gi-ave;  their  attention  is  swallowed  up 
by  the  perishable  things  of  time,  meat, 
drink,  clothing,  money,  lands,  politics — 
these  are  the  things  which  fill  their 
hearts.  They  live  as  though  there  was 
no  such  a  Book  as  the  Bible.  They  gi> 
on  jis  if  the  resurrection  and  eternal 
judgment  were  not  true.  As  to  grace, 
and  conversion,  ami  justification,  and 
truth,  and  holiness,  they  are  things 
which,  like  Gallileo,  they  care  not  for; 
they  are  only  words  and  names  to  be 
despised;  they  are  all  going  to  die;  they 
are  all  going  to  be  judged,  and  yet  they 
seem  to  be  even  more  hardened  than  the 
devil,  for  they  appear  neither  to  believe 
nor  tremble.  Alas!  what  a  state  this  is 
for  an  immortal  soul;  but  how  common. 

Reader,  are  you  one  of  these?  If  you 
are,  awake  and  repent.  AVe  see  many 
who  have  a  form  of  religion,  but  aftei' 
all  is  nothing  but  a  form;  they  profe.ss 
and  call  themselves  Christians;  they  go 
to  a  place  of  worship,  on  Sal>bath  and 
when  vou  have  said  that,  you  have  said 
all.  Where  is  the  religion  of  the  New 
Testament  to  be  seen  in  their  lives?  no- 
where at  all.  Sin  is  plainly  not  consid- 
ered their  worst  enemy,  nor  the  Lord 
Jesus,  their  best  Friend,  nor  the  will  of 
God  their  rule  of  life,  nor  salvation  the 
great  end  of  their  existence.  The  spirit 
of  slumber  keeps  possession  of  their 
hearts  and  they  are  at  ease,  selfsat- 
isfied  and  contented.  They  are  in  a  La^ 
odicean  form  of  mind,  and  fancy  they 
have  enough  religion.  Reader,  are  you 
one  of  these?  If  you  are,  awake  and 
repent.  We  put  it  solemnly  to  your 
conscience,  as  in  the  sight  of  God.  Are 
you  one  of  those  persons  whom  we  have 
just  described?  There  are  thousands  of 
such  people  in  our  land,  in  our  towns, 
in  our  churches,  and  among  rich  and 
poor;  now  are  you  one  of  them?  If 
you  are,  we  fear  for  you,  we  tremble  for 
you,  we  are  alarmed  for  you,  we  fear 
lest  you  be  given  over  to  a  reprobate 
mind  and  awake  no  more;  lest  you 
come  to  such  deadness  and  hardness  of 
heart,  that  nothing  but  the  voice  of  thf 
arch-angel  and  the  trump  of  God  will 
break  your  sleep,  lest  you  cling  to  this 
vain  world  so  closely  that  nothing  but 
death  will  part  it  and  you  We  fear 
leat  you  should  live  without  Christ,  die 
without  pardon,  rise  again  without  hope, 
receive  judgment  without  mercy,  and 
.•^ink  into  everlasting  punishment  with- 
out remedy. 

AVe  entreat  you  to  remember  that 
Chriat'a  teachings  are  all  true,  and  must 


September    ■-^<^. 


THE    BKETHKEjST    ^T    AVORKl. 


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all  be  fulfilled,  that  tbe  end  of  your 
present  way-s,  is  misery  and  sorrow, 
"  tLat  without  holiness  no  man  shall 
see  the  Lord,"  that "  the  wicked  shall 
l)e  turned  into  hell  and  all  the  nations 
that  forc^et  God;"  will  one  day  take  ac- 
count of  all  your  doings,  and  that  a  sin- 
ner can  never  stand  in  his  sight. 

Oh!  that  we  might  consider  these 
things.  Who  shall  dwt  11  with  everlast- 
ing burning?  We  beseech  you  in  all 
affection  to  break  off  your  sins,  to  repent 
and  be  converted,  change  your  course. 
No  man  was  left  to  invent  a  religion  for 
his  own  use,  and  after  his  own  mind. 
If  God  did  not  give  a  revelation  of  him- 
self, the  inventions  of  men,  in  religious 
things  would  be  endless  error,  involving 
itself  in  contortions  r>f  unlimited  con- 
fusion. But  God  gives,  in  his  mercy  to 
man,  a  form  of  sound  words  or  doc- 
trine,— a  perfect  plau  of  salvation,  well 
defined  outlines  of  everything  which 
concerns  the  present  and  eternal  welfare 
of  man  and  his  own  glory.  Search  the 
Scriptures,— read  them  and  make  them 
your  study.  It  cleanses  us  from  all  un- 
righteousness, it  purifies  us  unto  God, 
aud  »"akes  us  fervent  and  abundant  in 
good  works.  Awake,  do  not  the  work 
of  the  Lord  carelessly.  And  when  this 
Gospel  is  preached  faithfully  and  zeal- 
ously, how  shall  the  people  escape  who 
neglect  ao  great  a  salvation?  To  neglect, 
in  such  a  case,  is  the  highest  contempt, 
which  man  can  offer  to  his  Maker.  Sur 
ly  such  conduct,  must  expect  judgment 
without  a  mixture  of  mercy. 

Reader,  lay  this  to  lieai-t,  awake  and 
repent,  believe,  pray  while  it  is  called 
to-ilay,  and  h<j  saved. 

GOD'S  GRACIOUSNESS. 


"0  Lord  how  manifold  are  thy  works.:  In 
wis-dom  hiist  thou  ninde  them  all;  the  earth  is 
full  of  thy  riches."     I'sahiis  114:  24. 

TRULY  how  grand,  how  sublime  are 
the  works  of  God.  We  cannot 
cast  our  eyes  in  any  direction  without 
beholding  some  object  to  show  his  great 
wisdom  and  power.  If  we  look  above 
us,  we  behold  the  beautiful  moon  aud 
stars,  all  performing  their  work  that  he 
has  in  his  wisdom  appointed  for  them  to 
do.  When  we  look  over  the  beautiful 
earth,  we  see  that  it  is  full  ot  his  riches. 
When  we  ramble  through  the  forest,  wi 
hear  the  little  birds  warbling  their  beau 
tiful  songs,  they  seem  as  if  trying  to 
praise  their  Creator.  When  our  eyes 
behold  the  widespread  prairies  decorat- 
ed with  pretty  flowers  and  beaiitiful 
fields  of  waving  grain,  and  when  we 
consider  what  wondeiful  power  he  has 
over  all  things,  and  how  manifold  are 
all  his  works,  we  feel  to  exclaim,  "What 
is  man  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him,  or 
the  Son  of  man  that  thou  visiteth  him." 
Man  is  his  noblest  works,  and  yet  he 
seems  to  be  the  most  disobedient.  Why 
should  we  be  so  disobedient?  Just  think 
for  a  moment  how  much  he  has  done 
for  us.  He  has  even  sent  his  only  Son 
into  the  world  to  suffer  and  die  upon 
the  cross,  that  poor,  sinful  man  might 
be  saved  from  everlasting  punishmeut 
Sinner,  do  you  ever  think  of  these 
things?  Do  you  ever  think  what  asac' 
rifice  has  been  made  for  you,  what  won- 
drous love  God  hoe  shown  to  you?  If 
you  have  never  thought  of  this,  it  is 
certainly  time  you  were  beginning  to 
think.  Perhaps  you  think,  well,  I  am 
young  yet,  when  I  have  enjoyed  all  the 
]>leasure3  thi.^;  world  can  afford,  then  I 
will  give  my  heart  to  the  Sii^vior;  when 
I  gettoo  old  to  go  to  balls,  pic-nics,  shows 
and  all  such  jilaces,  then  1    will    devote 


the  rest  of  my  time  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 
But  how  ungrateful,  after  you  have 
speut  the  most  useful  part  of  your  life 
in  the  service  of  Satan — then,  after  you 
are  almost  old  enough  to  go  to  your 
grave,  to  turn  to  the  Savior.  We  have  no 
assurance  of  our  lives, — we  may  be  in 
n  good  health  to-day  and  to-morrow 
we  may  be  wrapt  in  the  winding  sheet. 
God  is  no  respecter  of  persons,  he  calls 
the  young  as  well  as  the  old.  If  you 
walk  into  the  graveyard,  you  will  there 
see  that  he  takes  from  the  old  do^vn  to 
the  little  innocent  child. 

Dear  reader,  if  you  have  never  made 
Start  for  heaven,  do  not  put  it  off  any 
longer.  "  To-day,  if  ye  will  hear  his 
voice,  harden  not  your  heart."  "  Re- 
member thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  while  the  evil  days  come  not;  or 
the  years  draw  uigh  when  thou  shalt 
say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them." 

A  SUGGESTION. 


"  Aud  the  Scrihes  aud  Pharisees  iimrmuied 
sayiug.  this  niau  receiveth  -sioiierg  iuid 
eiiUith  witJi   them."     Lukel5;2. 

A  S  the  mission  of  Jesus  to  this  earth 
-^^  was  to  call  sinners  home  to  God, 
it  became  uece.ssary  for  him  to  call  their 
attention  to  his  work  by  going  to  them 
or  by  receiving  them  when  they  came  to 
him,  then  show  his  love  for  tliem  that 
He  might  win  them  over  to  the  Father, 
through  his  teaching;  and  he  said  oth- 
erwise, the  world  never  had  known  Him 
and  his  mission  upon  this    earth. 

While  we  travel  over  the  world  among 
people  of  all  professions  and.  customs, 
we  learn  to  undei'stand  thereason  why 
the  Savior  made  use  of  the  various  ways 
and  nieans'to  draw  the  attention  of  the 
world  to  his  '  teaching.  I  thiiik  if  those 
who,are  traveling  and  living  iii  dift'ereiit 
neigliborhoods  would  work  on  the  sam 
plan,  and  teach  those  ai-pund  them  of 
the  evil  in  the  customs  of  the  world,.theii 
teach  Christ  and  him  crucified,  instead 
of  abruptly  rebuking  and  condemning 
all  for  doing  what  they  were  brought 
up  to  do,  and  yet  without  giving  a  Gos 
pel  reason,  no  doubt  many  a  one'  might 
be  won  over  kindly,  instead  of  driven 
away,  feeling  grieved,  which  is  more  apt 
to  make  infidels  than  Christians. 

A  brother  and  sister  were  living  all 
alone  in  a  neighborhood  with  a  large 
family  of  thildren,  and  only  one  daugh- 
ter, no  other  memb.ei-s  living  in  that  part. 
Asi  surprise  parties  "were  the  order  of 
evening  amusement?,  the  young  people 
together  with  their  parties,  agreed  to 
give  tliem  a  surprise^  for  the  benefit  of 
the  daughter,  but  the  mother  hearing  of 
their  intended  \^isit,  sent  word  they 
should  not  come,  which  wounded  the 
feelings  of  all  veiy  much. 

People  who  are  not  acquainted  with 
our  ways  and  manners,  do  not  know 
that  we  oppose  all  such  amusements,  as 
they  are  practiced  among  a  large  num- 
lier  of  professing  people,  and  wish  to 
show  lis  this  respect  \vith  all  othere;  we 
can  expect  such,  while  out  in  the  world, 
and  should  always  be  ready  to  give  an 
answer  of  the  hope  that  is  within  us. 
Wheu  it  becomes  necessary  to  denounce 
their  customs,  do  it  with  kindiiess,  to 
the  ri^spect  they  manifest  towards  us  and 
our  childl'en,  accompanied  with  our  rea- 
sons by  the  Gospel,  and  perhaps  they 
would  see  the  error  of  their  ways  and 
join  in  with  us,  or  at  least  retain  a  good 
feeling  toward  us,  and  try  to  learn  more 
of  our  j'f^'^uliarties.  AVould  not  this 
have  been  a  greatopportunity  to  receive 
them  kindly  as  the  Savior  did?  Then 
after  learning   their  object    in   coming. 


tell  them  of  our  disapproval  of  such 
amusements,  giving  our  reasons  for  our 
belief.  Then  pass  tlie  hymn  books 
around  and  make  use  of  the  time  in  sing- 
ing and  talking  upon  Scripture;  for 
while  in  our  own  house  we  can  make 
use  of  the  time  according  to  oiu"  own 
msbcs.  This  might  have  made  lasting 
impressions  upon  the  young  of  that 
neighborhood,  as  well  as  the  older  who 
were  of  a  different  faith  and  never  con- 
sidered the  folly  of  such  amusements, 
and  the  daughter  have  retained  a  good 
feeling  toward  her  mother  and  confirm- 
ed her  in  her  confidence  to  rely  upon  her 
counsel,  aud  the  modesty  of  the  daugh- 
ter won  the  confidence  of  her  associates, 
aud  all  see  a  beauty  in  the  change  of 
amusenients  which  perhaps  would  have 
aroused  the  feelings  of  the  people  of 
that  neighborhood  to  seek  and  search 
after  the  things  most  needful. 

We  find  the  ajrostles  in  the  midst  of 
sinners  and  unbelievers,  teaching  the 
Gospel  of  Christ.  I  find  in  my  travels, 
that  we  can  often  awake  an  alarm  in  the 
minds  of  the  people  by  going  to  their 
homes  aud  talking  to  them  kiudly  of  a 
loving  Savior,  Then  with  the  same 
spirit  we  can  sharply  rebuke  the  sinful- 
ness of  the  worldly  amusenients,  by  ap- 
plying the  Word  of  God,or  by  receiving 
them  into  our  houses.  AVe  can  do  as 
much  to  convert  souls  in  this  way,  as  the 
greatest  orator  could  by  preaching  a 
powerful  sermon.  Paul  says,  he  became 
a  Jew  that  he  might  gain  the  Jews,  but 
we  need  not  become  an  infidel.  May 
we  all  learn  tobecyme  "wise  as.  serpents 
and  harmless  as  doves." 

THOU   GOD   SEEST  ME. 

IIV  H.  \:  IIHI.VKWUIIIH, 

■'  Am!  shfi  called  tlie  uaiuc  of  the  Lord  that 
spake  unto  her,  Thou  Godaeest  rae;  for  she  said, 
Have  lidso  here  looked  afler  him  that  aeeth 
meV" 

WHEN  we  can  thoroughly  realize 
the  truth  oj'  the  above  words, 
and  feel  conscious  of  the  fact,  that  our 
God  is  an  omniscient  as  well  as  omni- 
present Being;  then,  and  not  until  then, 
will  our  moral  actions  be  restrained  by 
the  force  of  Scriptural  language.  We 
are  sensible  of  the  fact  that  it  is  ^\'roug 
to  transgress  the  laws  of  nature,  and 
that  a  violation  of  the  same,  brings  its 
punishment;  also,  that  it  is  wrong  in  us 
to  rel)el,  or  set  at  naught  the  wise  coun- 
sels and  admonitions  of  our  older  breth- 
ren, especially  wheu  they  are  sent  for 
our  good,  and  their  labors  are  to  pro- 
mote health  in  the  affected  parts  of  the 
brotherhood;  oftentimes  they  incur  our 
displeasure.  This  should  not  be,  for 
the//  are  in  duty  bound  to  act  as  they 
do,  and  cannot  please  both  partleSi  but 
with  an  eye  single  to  the  good  of  the 
church,  and  to  the  glory  of  God,  they 
labor,  and  watch,  and  pray.  Should 
we  not  then  turu  our  eyes  within,  and 
for  a  moment  think  to  ourselves,  ^vhat 
are  we  doing?  Are  we  contending 
against  Scriptural  truth,  against  broth- 
erly love  and  advice;  thereby  wounding 
the  feelings  of  many,  and  wounding  al- 
so the  Sjiirit,  (for  the  church,  we  believe 
has  the  Spirit  of  Christ),  opening  the 
wounds  of  a  crucified,  yet  risen  and 
pleading  Savior?  Are  we  doing  all  this? 
"  Thou  God  soeat  me."  Are  we  tempt- 
ed to  give  up  part,  of  our  work  in  the 
ministry,  to  gratify  our  owu  selfish  ap- 
petites? "Thou  God  seest  me."  Are 
we  willing  to  leave  our  Sunday-school 
work  for  othei-s,  or  care  not  to  go  at  all  ( 
The  thought  again  arises,  yes,  Thou 
all-seeing  God;  Thou  knowest  the  heart. 
Thou  seest  all  thiugs.     But   perhaps  we 


don't  belong  to  the  church,  and  tliere- 
fore  none  of  these  things  touch  our  con- 
dition; we  are  uithout  and  intend  re- 
maining there.  The  a^vful  thought, 
must  again  be  heard,  the  language  to- 
both  saint  and  sinner,  "  Thou  God  seest 
me."  Yes,  unconverted  ones,  he  sees 
you  every  day,  aud  not  only  sees  j/ou, 
but  declares  he  is  angry  with  the  wick- 
ed every  day.  He  loves  i/oa,  through 
the  work  of  a  Savior,  and  pleads  with 
you  to  return.  Have  you  not  felt  the 
gentle  drawing  of  the  Spirit,  saying  to 
you  in  unmistakable  words,  "comp  now?" 
Have  you  not  felt  i/o'jr--^-h',x,iIi„,:-^f  per- 
HI Kirh-iJ  to  ]om\n  with  thv  |ii'n|ilr  i,f  (i.ul? 
It  is  the  Spirit.  Grieve  not  tli;iT  Spirit. 
It  will  not  always  strive  with  you.  Let 
it  not  take  its  sad  departure  to  return 
no  more.  Remember,  how  God  sees  you. 
How  do  you  expect  to  meet  him  in  your 
sins?  Where  God  and  Christ  are,  you 
can  never  go.  You  have  heard  Gos- 
pel sermons, — Gospel  invitations,  and 
earnest  pleadings  in  iiour  behalf;  doubt- 
I  less  your  mother  talks,  invites  and  rea- 
sons, but  all  to  no  purpose.  Why  is  it? 
And  now  as  you  read  this,  think  with- 
in yourselves,  oh,  will  we  have  plenty  of 
time?  You  carelessly  read  it,  and  care- 
les.-*ly  go  on,  or  throw  a.'Iide  the  paper. 
Well,  nevermind,  the  thought,  the  head- 
ing of  this  article,  I  hope  you  will  not 
forget,  "  Thou  Godseestme,"  and  should 
ijou  forget  it,  God  will  not.  In  eternity. 
it  stands  for  or  against  you. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  let  this  thought 
keep  us  out  of  danger.  Our  members 
may  be  far  away,  God  sees  us.  Young 
men  an^  young ,  ladies,  with  myself,  I 
say  to  all:  remembur,  "  Thou  God  seest 
me."  '  ^  

DREAMS. 

"XTHIAT  wondrous, consolation  comes 
'  '  to  us  in  those  blessed  hours  when 
the  body  lies. reciting. , .  The  spirit  roams 
at' will,  no  distance,  space  nor  time  can 
separate  us  from  our  loved.  ]■  The  treas- 
ures isnatched  away  by  death  are  ours 
again.  Forms  only  dust  to-day  are  with 
us  ns  in  l»y-gone  years.  The  same  feint . 
of  hair,  the  same  shade  of  eyes;  the 
same  rieh  coloring  of  lip  and  expanse 
of  brow ;  the  same  expression ;  the  little 
peculiarities  which  endeared  them  to 
our  hearts,  make  dreannng  a  blessed  re- 
alitj'. 

How  apt  we  are  to  exclaim,  wheni 
waking,  "  Oh  how  1  wish  I  could  dream 
the  same  again!"  hereaved  mother,  yoa 
are  comforted  when  your  babe,  nestles 
in  your  arms  again:  the  little  fingers- 
thrill  you  when  wandering  as  of  old. 
The  wee  face  breaks  iuto  smiles  at  your 
caress !  You  would  hold  baby  thus  for- 
ever, Alas!  you  must  awake — awake 
to  find  an  empty  cradle,  empty  arms,  and, 
a  longing  heart. 

There  ismore  pleasure  in  dreams  than 
in  realities.  The  awakening  embitters 
both.  My  sister,  my  brother,  have  yon 
awakened  from  the  sunny  dreams  of 
youth?  Are  the  hopes  yoji  cherished 
dead?  Have  friends  forsaken  you? 
'Hits  disease  claimed  ?/o«  for  '\\s  p^rey? 
Because  that  wag  so  bright,  and  this  so 
dark,  will  you  allow  yow  life  to  be  a 
failure?  If  you  cannot  be  what  you 
wonhl,  will  yow  not'be  what  you  can? 
Can  yow  kindle  ashes?  Will  you  live. 
aright  ? — Sel. 

If  you  ivould  win  success,  be  punctu- 
al, courteous,  honest,  economical,  agree- 
able in  your  personal  habits  and  regard- 
ful  of  your  health. 


Wickedness  reside.s  in  the    very   hes- 
itation  about  an  act,  t:'ven  though  it  be 

not  perpetrated. 


TFTK   13hetpire:s^   ^T   "SVOKK. 


September    20. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PHIILISHBD    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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Uoaftl  nnmo,  whkh  amount  cnn  ho  dcduetfrt  fMni  the 
money,  tiofore  ficmling  il  (o  ua.  Money  Onlors,  Driifls, 
and  Ilegiatcrcd  Uiteri  may  bo  acnl  nt  onr  risk.  Thoy 
should  bo  mndu  pnyiiblc  lo  Mooro  &  Esliclnino. 

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UOOBS  &  SSEELUAtT, 

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SErTEllcER  2G,  1873, 


■STAND   ASIDE,- GET  AWAY,  OR 
KEEP  QUIET." 

POSITIVE  uf.iuiiiands  mileed!  Turning  to 
the  Holy  Omctes  we  leiirn  that  we  should 
"  atand,  haviiii;  our  loins  girt  nbout  with  truth" 
(Eph.  0  ;  U);  tlmt  wcshould  "slanii/nst  iu  the 
liberty  wherewith  Christ  has  made  iisfi-ee" 
(Eph.  5:  1);  ''stand  fast  in  one  spirit"  (I'hil.  1: 
2T);  thntour  faith  should  nt^t  ''stand  in  the 
wisdom  of  men"  (1  Cor.  3:  5);  that  Paul  mid 
Epapliras  labored  fervently  in  prayers  that 
their  brethren  might  "  stand  perfect  iu  the  will 
of  God"  (Col.  i:  12);  but  nowhere  do  we  find 
apostles,  prophets  and  men  of  God  commanding 
and  declaring  that  their  "  mistaken  old  brethren 
must  stand  aside,— get  away,  or  keep  quiet." 
Not  that  the "  mistaken  old  brethren  would 
kHer  stand  aside,— get  away  or  keep  quiet," 
but  that  they  mHs/.  There  is  meitning  iu  that 
word  imisl.  Not  that  the  reformers  simply  ask 
them  to  stand  aside,  but  th^y  unisl.  This  is  the 
decree;  there  is  iio  evading  it.  Reform  talks 
not  of  ]icr!tuiitliv!/  men,  but  the  other  Tjr^rd 
that  commences  with  a  p —  "pushing."  God 
calls  upon  men  to  repent,  to  turn  aud  do  right, 
but  he  nowhere  talks  about  j:>Ms/(f«.9  men  to  re- 
iwnt — to  reform. 

When  I  find  a  pious,  humble,  devoted  man, 
trying  to  persuade  others  to  adopt  better  meth- 
ods of  working— trying  to  induce  all  to  come 
closer  to  the  apostolic  order,  I  conclude  that  re- 
form under  hia  counsels  would  be  grandly  gloi 
ous;  but  when  men  who  hold  positions  are  a 
proached  by  would-be  reformers  and  are  told 
that.  "  If  yon  want  to  be  considered  in  this 
move,  and  have  the  benefits  that  will  i 
by  way  of  temporal  gain,  there  is  a  screw  lose 
in  that  reform  machine-  Bribery  may  Ao  for 
thi^  world — may  set  a  niim  up  in  ease,  honor 
and  plenty,  but  it  counts  nothing  for  glorj-  in 
the  world  to  come.  When  self-conceit,  love  of 
honor  from  men,  and  obstinacy  enwrap  a  man' 
heart,  so  that  he  begins  to  talk  about  "  damning 
with  fmnt  praise,"  md  making  men  stand 
aside,  it  takes  all  the  genuine  reformatory  pow- 
er out  of  him.  The  reformatory  power  of  God's 
Word  needs  to  be  turned  on  such;  they  need  to 
be  l(ud  under  the  fountain  of  Divine  truth  and 
receive  a  glorious  .ihower  of  Divine  grace. 

The  Divine  Spirit  that  tells  of  the  love  of 
God— of  the  suffering  of  Jesus— of  the  way  of 
life — how  men  must  believe,  live  and  act  to  be 
,s^vcd,  also  tells  of  those  who  "are  not  afraid  to 
,  speak  evil  of  dignities,  who  speak  evil  of  the 
thijigs  which  they  understand  not" — who  take 
ideasure  iu  "sporting  themselves  with  their 
own  deeeivinga  while  they  feast  ^viMi  yon." — 
The  apostles  were  annoj'cd  with  such,  and  we 
may  look  for  the  game  class  to  annoy  the  faith- 
ful. You  may  say  we  are  unduly  harah — are 
unnecessarily  nhimied — are  whining.  Not  at 
i?)l!  We  know  whereof  we  affirm,  und  loving 
(.he  praise  of  God  more  than  the  praise  of  men, 
we  write  boldly  for  your  sakes.  There  never 
was  an  age  for  withholding  tht  truth — there 
never  will  be  until  the  last  trump,  calling  forth 


no  uncertain  sound,  The  dillydallying  to  sin 
— the  cringing  tor  mere  peace- on-t he-surface 
sake  countR  nothing  for  God  or  mankind. 

Undfr  the  plea  of  reform,  theipolitical  place- 
seeker  attempts  to  hoist  himself  into  positions 
of  honor  and  profit,  The  more  he  desires  po-i- 
tiou  and  power,  the  more  he  will  cry  "  Reform!" 
yet  ut  the  same  time  his  hands  niiiy  not  he  tree 
of  .public  plunder.  Such  are  not  safe  leaders — 
miike  poor  laws,  and  canuot  be  trusted  with  ad- 
ministering justice.  So  iu  the  church  of  the 
living  God;  men  who  are  not  established  in  the 
whole  doctrine  of  the  cross,  are  tossed  to  und 
fro  by  every  wind  of  doctrine  as  well  as  the  doc- 
trines themselves.  Such  are  poor  leadei-a.  Bi- 
ble reform — Bible  progression,  getting  hack  to 
the  original  ground,  the  primitive  religious 
practice, — back  to  the  apostolic  order  of  things, 
will  make  the  heart  rejoice  and  grow  fat  in  the 
Lord.  But  if,  under  the  plea  of  reform,  men 
declare  that  "  mistaken  old  brethren  must  stand 
aside— get  away  or  keep  quiet,"  then  the  plea 
amounts  i-o  nothing,  and  such  men  can  make 
liriidway;  for  not  ..uly  will  ihe  clnindi  be 
ngam^t  them,  bur  (iml  H-ill  wiMistund  lla-m 
also-  It  is  not  maintaiiitd  by  tlmse  si-lf-styled 
rel'ormers  that  the  "  mistaken  old  brethren " 
ought  to  change,  coiue  aud  do  better  und  help 
scue  the  perishing,  hut  they  'iiiiisl  stanil  usii/c 
■get  (iHCij,  or  hrep  ijin'rl." 
Now  irjuj  are  any  of  those  old,  gray-hea'led 
veterans  mistaken  ?  Are  they  mistaken  because. 
for  the  past  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  they 
liuve  goue  into  the  mountiiins.  the  villitges  mid 
on  the  plains  siid  declared  the  uusearchalile 
riches  of  Christ  without  money  and  without 
price?  Is  it  because  they  have  labored  to  main- 
tain the  purity  of  the  church,  sought  to  circum- 
scribe pride,  cheating,  woridliness  in  general  by 
the  Wordi  of  Truth— the  power  of  God?  Are 
they  mistaken  because  they  have  planted  and 
watered  hundreds  of  i^hurches  from  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Pacific,  and  put  them  to  work  in  no 
uncertain  manner?  Are  they  mistaken  because 
in  their  humble,  unpretentious  way  they  sent 
conviction  to  thousands  of  precious  souls,  and 
helped  to  make  them  lively  stones  in  the  grand 
temple  of  God?  Are  they  mistaken  because,  in 
seeing  the  rapid  speed  with  which  others  have 
gone  over  to  the  world  in  pride,  debt  and  ex- 
travagance, they  aimed  to  restrain  those  of 
like  previous  faith  from  going  that  way  too? 
Or,  should  they  "stand  aside — get  away,  or  keep 
quiet,"  so  that  the  would-be  reformers  may 
heap  to  themselves  honor  and  position?  Muni 
they  "stand  aside"  so  that  the  pocket-books 
of  the  inexperienced  may  be  more  readily 
opened  for  "reform  movements?"  Must  they 
"  get  away  or  keep  quiet "  so  that  a  great  and 
inefl'ectual  door  may  be  opened  to  pride,  extrav- 
aganceand  vanity?  "0,  no,  no!"  replies  the 
reformer,  "  but  that  souls  may  be  saved — that 
those  on  the  mountains,  in  the  valleys  and  on 
the  plains  may  have  the  sincere  milk  of  the 
Word,  the  faith  and  practice  set  vp  in  Palestine 
more  than  eighteen  hundred  years 
well,  if  this  be  the  object — the  pure  motive 
that  moves  the  great  wheel  of  reform,  we  thank 
God  and  take  courage.  We  are  always  glad  to 
get  "  nearer  to  God  " — to  turn  from  error  and 
receive  the  right.  But  pray  why  must  certain 
ones  ataud  aside — get  away  or  keep  quiet,  in  or- 
der to  persuade  those  who  are  out  on  the  barren 
ground?  Why  not  a-sk  "the  mistaken  old 
brethren"  to  change  their  views  a  little  and  come 
over  and  help  to  plant  the  standard  of  primi- 
tive Christianity  on  the  mountains,  in  the  val- 
leys and  on  plains?  Why  insist  that  they 
"  must  stand  aside"  in  the  grand  reformatory 
movement,  when  every  soldier  is  so  greatly 
needed? 

Reformers  generally  have  large  hearts — usu- 
ally feel  to  have  "  mistaken  brethren,"  whether 
old  or  young,  to  reform  and  come  to  labor  for 
theconversion  of  those  who  are  smitten  with 
blindness?  Can  they  all  tell  why  they  are  so 
atctious — have  such  an  abounding  love  for  sin- 
ners, who  are  eating  husks,  and  are  ao  little 
concerned  about  the  "mistaken"  sheep — the 
sheep  whom  they  maintain  are  feeding  on  nox- 
ious weeds?  This  is  the  key  that  unlocks  the 
motives.  Let  him  that  will  unlock,  open  the 
door  and  look  in.  Mistaken  brethren  need  to  be 
aet  aright,  (not  aside)  as  well  as  those  who  have 
not  yet  put  on  Christ.  How  can  they  be  set  in 
the  apostolic  order  if  they  are  made  to  "stand 
made  to  "get  away?''    Come  now, 


■the  dead,  shall  sound.    As  ho  raids  of  tho  whole 

'  counsel  of  God— as  tho.^  who  watch  for  your  I  ,viio  would  reform  the  world- the  church 
souls  nnd  must  give  an  accoiint,  wi'  must  give    all  the  inhabitants   of  the   Islands   and  Conti- 


nents, drink  of  the  Fountain  of  Life,  and  then 
shall  ye  clearly  see  to  cast  out  the  mistakes 
from  the  lives  of  your  brethren.  Less  presump- 
tion, less  self-will  and  arrogance  and  more 
meekness  aud  patient  submission  will  weigh 
tons  for  reform-  No  one  need  bo  set  aside,  no 
one  need  to  be  told  to  get  away  or  keep  quiet, 
when  Christ  is  the  center  and,  circumference  ol' 
the  motive. 

Do  nut  understand  me  as  condoning  the  in- 
tentional and  premeditated  faults  of  any  one, 
whether  old  or  young.  Not  by  any  means,  for 
ivilful  sinning  deserves  the  denunciations  hurled 
against  it  by  the  Law  of  the  Lord;  and  if  any 
class  deserves  severer  chastifjement  than  others, 
the  old  do,  for  they  have  more  knowledge,  more 
experience  than  the  young,  hence  better  pre- 
pared to  shun  the  evils.  But  we  are  not  of 
those  who  denounce  the  faithful  veterans  of  the 
cross  simply  because  they  may  chance  to  differ 
from  us  as  to  the  best  method  of  doing  certain 
things.  Because  some  "old  brethren"  may  hold 
the  reins  a  little  tight  and  cause  us  to  champ 
on  the  bils,  T  see  U"  iiecnssity  of  commanding 
them  to  "staid  ;isiile."  Because  they  do  not 
allow  u>  lo  run  at  a  ^n\h}\i,  but  try  to  hold  us 
back  at  Hgx.id,  lively,  walking  pace  so  that  they 
may  keep  up.  I  ^ee  no  reason  why  they  should 
be  made  to  "get  invny."  They  love  our  com- 
pany, want  tu  go  ailing  ivith  us  and  work  with 
ii>.  hence  we  >hiuild  ii>>i.  ask  them  to  "stand 
iL-*ide,  or  gi?t  aw:iy  "  Kvi-ry  man  is  needed  to 
present  a  >o!ul  fnnit  In  1  lie  enemy.  The  ranks 
shuul'l  nut,  III!  I'rokf  II.  No  one  should  be  asked 
to  "stand  aside — gvt.  away" — fall  back  or  run 
ahead.  Keep  in  line.  Pell-mell,  helter-skelter 
marching  will  do  for  Satan's  soldiers,  hut  not 
for  the  Lord's. 

To  be  successful  in  Bible  work  a  man  must 
first  be  converted  himself.  This  is  self-evident. 
Second,  his  motives  must  be  right-  Third,  he 
must  have  experience,  judgment,  stability. — 
Fourth,  he  must  love  the  work.  And  if  he 
would  remedy  evils,  there  must  be  concert  of 
action — a  pulling  together,  a  oneness  of  spirit, 
doing  the  same  things,  following  the  One  Rule. 
No  one  should  be  made  to  "stand  asido"  be- 
cause he  will  not  make  large  leaps  at  our  com- 
mand. The  Lord  knows  how  to  command — has 
set  the  bounds,  established  tho  points  and  we 
do  our  duty  when  we  point  these  out.  No  one 
shall  be  pushed  aside,  nor  he  told  to  "get 
away,"-  Whom  the  Lord  accepteth,  we  ni 
So  long  as  a  man  walks  by  the  Law  of  the 
Lord,  complies  with  all  of  its  demands,  but  dif- 
fers from  us  in  opinion,  we  have  no  divinely 
authorized  right  to  tell  him  to  "stand  aside." 
We  are  for  giving  the  inhabitants  of  the  vales, 
the  mountains  and  plains  the  pure  Gospel,  hul 
it  must  be  in  harmony  wilh  the  prescribed 
rules  of  the  Lord,  We  go  to  the  apostolic 
age,  see  how  they  did  the  work,  their  suci 
the  rejoicing  of  God's  people,  the  conflicts,  the 
buffetingSi  the  separateness  from  the  world, 
and  then  we  get  the  idea.  Extensive  organi/.a- 
tions  with  "  plans  "  and  "  resolves  "  nnd  "  rules ' 
were  unknown  to  the  grand  laborers  iu  tht> 
apostolic  age.  Prescribed  limits  in  which  to 
work,  "orders  upon  treasury  for  services  render- 
ed," concern  as  to  the  source  from  which  my- 
self, my  family  and  my  work  are  to  he  support- 
ed, was  not  known  among  those  heroes  in  the 
Lord's  cause.  They  "  went  everywhere  preach- 
ing the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom,"  persuading 
men  to  turn  to  Christ  and  live.  And  all  their 
wants  were  supplied.  Stones  for  pillows,  lo- 
custs for  meat,  imprisonments  the  results  in 
many  instances — all  because, they  loved  the 
Lord.  Faith,  This  tells  the  story.  Unbelief 
always  wants  to  walk  by  sight — must  see  where 
the  bread  and  butter,  the  railroad  fare,  the  pay 
for  pillows,  the  delicacies — where  all  the  sup- 
port comes  from. 

"  Now,  stop  your  croaking — atop  your  whin- 
ing or  you  will  lose  subscribers,"  cries  a  reform- 
er. Is  that  your  btst  answer  to  the  undeniable 
facts  given  yon?  A  feic  will  not  get  much 
meat  from  our  very  plainly  presented  argu- 
ments, but  then  the  church  will.  The  great 
majority  are  for  the  old  doctrine — the  old  Gos- 
pel, and  are  not  quite  ready  to  strike  out  after 
the  new  and  the  uncertain.  Bible  equality, 
Bible  progression,  Bible  humility,  Bible  living, 
Bible  niiaaions,  Bible  work — who  is  not  for 
them?  We  have  planted  oui-selves  squarely 
upon  the  Bible — are  for  all  its  poetry,  doctrine, 
prophecy — the  facts,  commands  and  promises 
of  God.  Upon  and  for  these,  His  people  atand. 
They  will  not  be  moved  to  follow  uncertainties 


thanks    be    to  God    wl 
lugh  uur  Lord  Jesu 


*ives   us  the  victor 
iirist.  11.  M.  E. 


BBASON  COOLLY. 


IN  order  to  succeed  thera  are  many  tgnestions 
that  must  be  handled  with  great  care,  oth- 
erwise no  good  will  grow  out  of  considering 
them.  The  mere  denouncing  of  sin  of  certain 
kinds,  is  not  always  sufficient.  The  people 
want  tu  know  the  rfasoii  for  opposing  it,  and 
why  it  is  wrong,  I  believe  it  our  duty  to  give 
good  rea.so«  fur  that  which  w^  teach  and  do,  be- 
lieving it  to  have  more  eflfeet  on  other  minds. 
To  illustrate;  a  man  preaches  against  the  use 
of  tobacco — denounces  it,  calls  it  filthy,  inde- 

it,  unchristian  and  many  other  hard  names, 
and  woefully  abuses  the  man  who  has  fallen  in- 
to the  habit  of  using  it.  However  true  this 
may  he.  such  talk  will  not  likely  convert  any 
body,  nor  does  it  add  to  the  credit  of  the  cause 
of  Christianity. 

I  am  no  advocate  of  tobacco, — never  used  it, 
nor  is  it  allowed  in  this  office,  but  I  do  believe 
that  cool  aud  candid  reasoning  will  have  more 
effect  on  men  than  all  the  severe  f«rnis  that  can 
be  hurled  against  their  practice.  I  find  Umt 
most  people  would  like  to  do  right  about  things 
of  this  kind,  and  when  once  convinced  that 
using  tobacco  is  not  altogether  becoming,  will 
make  an  effort  to  quit  it.  But  they  do  not 
want  to  be  abused  about  it,  but  are  willing  to 
reason  the  question. 

My  method  of  working  is  this:  I  do  not  talk 
much  with  old  people  about  it,  for  I  am  aware 
that  it  is  difficult  for  them  to  quit,  though  I 
believe  by  the  grace  of  God  they  could  do  it, 
and  what  a  noble  example  to  the  young  if  old- 
er persons  would  make  some  sacrifice  in  this. 
But  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  talk  much  with  the 
ministers,  and  younger  and  middle-aged  men. 
These  are  the  classes  I  prefer  working  with, 
and  work  in  a  way  that  good,  instead  of  evil 
may  grow  out  of  the  effort, 

I  prefer  telling  the  minister,  that  there  are 
several  reasons  why  it  would  he  advisable  for 
him  not  to  use  tobacco.  1st.  It  is  spending 
the  Lord's  money  in  a  way  that  does  not  ad- 
vance His  cause.  3nd.  If  used  to  excess,  it 
may  paralyze  the  nervei  to  a  certain  extent, 
and  even  render  saluting  with  the  kiss  of  love  a 
little  unpleasant  to  some  good  brethren.  3rd. 
It  is  not  a  good  example  to  set  before  the  rising 
generation.  Faithful  and  earnest  ministers 
have  their  influence,  and  others  will  imitate 
them,  therefore  they  should  be  very  careful 
what  kind  of  examples  they  set  before  the 
church  and  the  world.  Talking  to  a  minister  , 
in  this  way  will  accomplish  more  good  than  all 
tlic  abusive  language  that  con  be  used  against 
the  habit  into  which  he  has  fallen. 

I  also  prefer  talking  kindly  to  the  young 
brethren.  They  can  be  told  how  much  easier 
it  is  to  break  ofi'  from  a  habit  while  young,  than 
after  becoming  old.  It  is  good  to  talk  of  the 
practice  from  a  financial  point  of  view.  This 
they  will  comprehend  fully,  and  it  is  an  excel- 
lent feature  to  put  to  practice. 

With  the  middle  aged,  and  those  having 
families,  it  is  well  to  reason  coolly.  They  want 
to  raise  their  children  so  they  will  grow  up  in- 
to usefulness,  and  will  listen  to  good  advice  if 
presented  in  a  Christian  spirit.  It  does  little  or 
no  good  to  expose  habits  of  this  character  in 
abusive  language.  What  we  moat  need,  is  aoffc 
worda  and  hard  argumenta.  "A  soft  answer 
turneth  away  wrath,  but  grievous  words  atirreth 
up  strife."         ^__^_.^^^  •'■  "■  ^■ 

Gentle  reader,  do  not  heap  too  much  blame 
un  young  members.  Sometimes  they  are  not 
able  to  hear  it,  not  having  so  much  experience 
as  others.  If  you  see  them  do  that  which  is 
wrong,  go  to  them  in  the  spirit  of  meekness, 
and  admonish  them  in  gentle  terms,  doing  what 
you  can  to  win  them  over  to  tlmt  which  is  right 
and  good,  liemember  that  you  was  once  young 
too,  and  perhaps,  had  it  not  been  for  the  gentle 
admonitions  of  some  kind-hearted  brother  or 
sister  you  might  have  been  enticed  into  things 
sinful.  Let  us  learn  to  help' each  other  and 
thus  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ, 


Latest  reports  from  the  South,  show  that  the 
Yellow  Fever  suffering  is  slightly  subsiding  in 
Memphis,  but  little  or  nu  change  in  New 
Orleans  and  other  places.  The  people  of  the 
North  have  responded  nobly  to  the  repeated 
calls  for  help.  The  total  deaths  throughout 
the  South,  from  the  scourge,  up  to  the  present 
time,  is  nearly  6,000. 


Snpternber    2H 


THE    13RETHnE.:N"    ^T    "NVORKI. 


PRIRIITIVE  PRACTICE 

WUl]  Bio.  A.  S.  Iliiyileii's  contlusi.m  ;ts  ti.  tin- 
■MlKutioiiof  (Ucl-onl's  iliiy.  I  fully  (.■■•iiclll-.  IjiiI 
lot  Willi  his  meiUoil  of  Jirrivins  iit  11.     IIi;  I'liiiiliii- 


^>ll  till 


..  |ir, 


X- 


jii^kijiK^iTi 


aivliii 


ishiii: 


Till 


Mm 


1  Tim.  r.:  ii>,  tlie  ■-  liily  kiss."  l  Cm-.  l(i:20;JOir.  |:!: 
12:1  TIh'Ss.  .->:  iIC;  ll'eler.'i:  M.  imd  oiiv  ]iriiclic-i; 
will  III' found  Kiidly  ill  fault  bi>tli  in  wliiil.  it  coii- 
Uilnsuiiil  wliiit  it  (Units. 
}  npHE  above  is  clipped  from  a.  late  issue  of  the 
X  Ohfhtifin  Staiulnrd,  was  written  by  A.  M. 
Weston,  and  shows  how  sensitive  aome  men 
iiru  ribout  certain  commands  nob  pnmticed  iii 
tiioir  churchi  This  Mr.  Hnj'den  had  written, 
"  Heme  lite  praclice  of  the  ])ri>nilive  chiiirh  is 
hhuUng  on  the  saints  for  all  times,"  bnt  to  lenve 
it  stand  that  Wiiy  would  prove  feet-washiiig  and 
the  holy  kiss,  and  that  doei  not  suit  carnalitj-; 
it  does  not  suit  the  man-m.ile  churches  of  mod- 
ern times,  hence  Mr.  Hiydeu  had  to  write  tu  the 
Standard  and  get  the  thing  corrected. 

These  men  are  extremely  careful  about  what 
goes  before  the  world  through  their  papers;  it 
would  never  do  to  have  feet-washing  und  the 
holy  kiss  proven  binding  on  the  minis  for  all 
time  for  that  ■wonldbe  contrary  to  the  teaching 
of  their  church.  Of  course  it  miiltea  no  diPfur- 
ence  what  the  Bible  aays  for  they  have  the  pe- 
culiar faculty  of  reading  to  suit  the  occaaion, 
for 

"  Some  read  to  prove  a  ji re-adopt ud  creed. 
Thus  iirideratiuid  liiit  litllr-  wliat  tlioy  read. 

For  every  piLssiige  in  tlie  liuok  tlieT  bcuil. 
To  niiiki.'  it  yuit  tlutt  all  impnitaiid  i-ad". 

Among  them  it  is  understood,  that  feet-wash- 
ing and  the  holy  kiss  must  be  evaded  with  great 
care,  for  if  that  part  of  the  Bible  is  not  very 
adroitly  handled,  people  will  finally  come  to  the 
conclusion,  that  "  the  practice  of  the  primitive 
church  is  binding  on  the  saints  for  all  time." — 
This  is  the  conclusion  that  Mr.  Haydeu  cauie 
to,  but  it  would  seem  that  he  had  not  so  fully 
learned  the  art  of  deceiving  the  hearts  of  the 
Rimple  by  vain  worda  and  fairspeeches.  These 
men  who  are  so  particular,  fearing  the  proposi- 
tions of  others  will  result  in  teaching  feet- 
washing  and  the  holy  kiss,  need  be  watched; 
they  have  another  gospel — if  it  be  lawful  to 
call  it  a  gospel  (good  news)^a  gospel  that  is  of 
men  and  not  of  God.  Bid  not  such  God  speed, 
hut  withstand  them  with  the  truth.    J.  H.  u. 


AN  EVENTPtrii  WEEK  IN 
LANARK. 

THE  past  week  has  been  one  of  particular 
interest  to  the  saints  at  Lanark.  We  be- 
gan a  series  of  meetings  on  the  11th  iust.,  with 
the  assistance  of  Bro.  Bashor,  which  increased 
in  interest  from  the  beginning  until  the  house 
was  filled  t-o  overflowing,  and  a  few  times  many 
could  not  obtain  sitting  room. 

Bro.  Bashor,  after  his  Summer's  rest,  labored 
with  all  the  power  and  force  of  his  nature,  and 
wielded  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  with  a  vigorous 
hand.  The  members  were  much  revived  on 
their  way  Zionward,  Some  were  made  to  feel 
the  need  of  a  Savior,  and  came  out  on  the  Lord's 
side.  Among  them  was  Bro.  BtLshor's  wife, 
whose  coming  to  the  church  wiis  hailed  with 
genenil  good  feeling,  as  it  will  be  a  great  help 
to  him  in  his  ministerial  work.  May  her  life 
be  one  of  great  usefulness,  as  the  companions 
of  ministei-s  can  be  of  much  assistance  to  them 
in  their  ministerial  labors. 

•THE   ELECTION. 

For  sometime  the  Brethren  here  have  felt 
the  need  of  more  help  in  the  ministry  and  dea- 
con's office,  hence  set  apart  Wednesday,  Sept. 
18th  for  the  purpose  of  electing  one  minister 
and  two  deacons.  Four  adj'oiuining  elders  were 
present  by  invitation.  Enoch  Eby  and  J,  J, 
Enimert  officiated  in  the  election  duties  and 
installation  services. 

Before  the  election  was  entered  into,  the 
Scriptures  relating  to  the  qualifications  of  min- 
isters au'l  deacons,  was  reiul  and  carefully  ex- 
plained, showing  just  what  kind  of  men  the 
Lord  wants.  It  was  mentioned  that  the  New 
Testament  was  written  under  the  influence  of 
the  Spirit,  laying  down  the  qualifications,  church 
ofHcers  should  possess,  and  it  is  our  duty  to  ex- 
amine the  Scriptures  with  care  to  learn  what 
kind  of  men  the  Spirit  wants,  and  then  use  our 
own  judgment  in  finding  and  casting  our  vote 
for  that  man.  In  this  way  the  choice  will  bo 
made  by  the  authority  of  the   Spirit.      If  oui 


rvaderii  will  examine  the  selection  of  Muthios 
and  the  election  of  the  seven,  they  will  find 
that  the  needed  qualifications  were  mentioned 
before  the  election  was  held.  This  is  the  Bible 
order  and  should  be  heeded  by  all  the  congre- 
gations in  the  brotherhood. 

The  election  resulted  in  choosing  M.  M.  Esh- 
elman  to  the  ministry  and  David  F.  Eby  and 
John  H.  Peck  deacons.  They  accepted  the  po- 
sitions, to  which  they  were  duly  installed  ac- 
cording to  the  regular  established  order  of  the 
church. 

Our  meetings  closed  on  Thursday  evening 
with  the  best  of  feelings.  On  Friday  morning 
we  went  to  where  there  was  much  water  and 
baptized  two  more  young  sistera.  Thus  ended 
our  week's  work. 

The  church  here  looks  forward  with  zeal  to 
the  conversion  of  many  souls.  Altogether  we 
have  had  an  eventful  week  and  may  the  day  of 
final  accounts  demonstrate  that  the  transpiring 
events  here  were  to  the  glory  of  God  and  Gos- 
pel success.       .1.  n.  w. 


Several  have  requested  ns  to  publish  the 
"Stein  and  Riy  Debate"  in  pamphlet  ibrm. 
This  we  cannot  do.  as  the  discussion  when  com- 
pleted will  be  sufficient  to  fill  one  large  volume 
of  over  four  hundred  pages,  What  may  be 
done  after  the  discussion  is  finished  we  cannot 
tell,  hence  every  per.-^on  who  want*  to  read  the 
discussion  should  subscribe  for  the  paper. 


A  r.ivtxQ  language  like  ours  is  constantly 
changing.  Formerly  "  imp"  meant  a  most 
lovely  child,  hence  Bacon  once  prayed  the  Lord 
to  bless  the  King's  "most  angelic  imp,"  mean- 
ing the  King's  beloved  little  son.  "  Rascal"  at 
one  time  meant  servant,  and  in  an  early  transla- 
tion of  the  New  Testament,  Titus  1:  1  is  rend- 
ered: "  Paul,  a  rascal  of  God.  etc. 
"  Paul  a  servant  of  God." 


A  stiMiiF.R  oi  our  correspondents  when  writ- 
ing to  this  office  on  business,  address  their  let- 
ters to  one  or  the  other  of  the  editors,  which 
does  well  enough  when  we  are  both  at  home,  hut 
quite  frequently  one  of  us  is  away,  and  the  oth- 
er does  not  open  letters  addressed  to  him. — 
Any  thing  pertaining  to  business  with  the  of- 
fice or  paper,  should  he  addressed  Moore  S: 
Eshelman.  Private  letters  should  be  addressed 
to  the  party  for  whom  they  are  intended. 

It  does  seem  to  us,  that  there  are  chauces 
fur  improvements  in  the  manner  of  conducting 
the  preaching  exercises  at  some  of  our  commun- 
ion meetings.  As  a  general  thing,  the  more 
preachers  there  are  behind  the  table,  the  more 
difficult  it  is  to  get  any  of  them  to  lead  off, 
thus  often  throwing  a  chill  over  the  meeting 
at  the  very  commencement.  Of  course  no  one 
wants  to  take  the  lead,  and  it  does  not  look 
prudent  to  name  any  one  out,  though  it  is  fre- 
quently done.  When  a  number  of  ministers 
are  present  it  would  be  wisdom  for  them  to  get 
together  before  the  meeting  commences,  and 
decide  who  should  speak  first,  and  who  next 
and  so  on  to  the  close  of  the  meeting,  and  then 
when  the  meeting  is  opened  the  work  might  go 
on  smoothly  and  to  the  edification  of  all,  Hope 
our  older  Brethren  will  give  this  matter  some 
attention,  and  see  if  the  preaching  exercises  at 
some  of  our  meetings  cannot  be  made  a  little 
more  edifying. 


GIVING 


BY  RAXrEL  VANIMAS. 


■■  As  I  liave  given  order  to  tlie  cliurclies  of  Cal- 
atia,  even  so  do  ye;  ui>on  the  firet  day  of  the  week 
lei  every  one  of  you  lay  by  liim  in  store  as  iiod 
lialh  piosiicred  liini."— 1  Cor,  HI:  1. 2. 

FROM  the  above  language  we  learn: 
1st.     Who  should  give  something,  "  eirri/ 
one  of  you."     Greek,  "  Each  one  of  you." 

2nd.  The  time  to  give,  "  on  the  firsl  day  of 
the  week."    Greek, '"  every  jirsl  of  week." 

3rd.  How  much  to  give,  "  as  God  has  pros- 
pered him." 

4th.  Where  to  put  it,  "  lay  by  him  in  store." 
Greek,  "  by  itself  let  him  place." 

Reasons  why  every  one  should  give  some- 
thing: 

1st.  Because  commanded  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  therefore  right. 

^nd.  Because  there  is  a  reward,  or  blessing 
attached  to  giving  when  done  as  commanded, 
and  every  one  should  have  that  blessing.  Even 
the  giving  of  a  cup  of  cold  water  shall  in  no 
wise  be  without  a  reward,  if  properly  given. 
The  liberal  soul  shall  he  made  fat;  and  he  that 
waterelh  shall  be  watered  also  himself"  {P; 
11:  25). 


3rd.  Because  when  everyone  gives,  means  for 
benevolent  purposes  will  be  more  abundant. 

Reasons  why  it  should  be  done  on  the  first 
day  of  the  week: 

1st.    Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

2nd.  Because  being  on  that  day  freed  from 
ordinar>'  labor  and  business  care,  it  is  therefore 
the  most  favorable  to  contemplate  the  wonts  of 
the  poor  and  determine  how  much  the  Lord  has 
prospered  us. 

Reasons  why  it  should  be  "laid  by  him  in 
store  " — placed  by  itself: 

lat.     Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

3nd.  Because  it  will  then  be  ready  when 
needed.  The  language  "lay  by  him  in  store," 
or  "  by  itself  let  him  place,"  does  not  imply  that 
it  must  necessarily  be  put  into  the  .common 
treasury  of  the  church  every  first  day  of  the 
week,  but  simply  laid  by  in  store,  or  "  placed  by 
itself."  In  the  Macoupin  Creek  church  it  is 
understood  that  each  one  may  deposit  his  or  her 
portion  in  the  common  treasury  on  a  regular 
contribution  day,  or  at  any  other  convenient 
time. 

Reasons  why  the  giving  should  be  as  God  has 
prospered  us: 

Ist.     Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

2nd.  Because  it  will  cultivate  a  liberality  of 
soul  that  will  he  a  noble  safe-guard  against  cov- 
etonsness.  Under  the  Mosaic  dispensation  the 
Lord  specified  even  the  per  cent,  that  must  he 
given.  .One  tenth  of  all  the  income  must  be 
given  to  the  Lord. 

Oh !  that  all  the  redeemed  of  the  present  day 
would  stop  giving  weekly  contributions  for  to- 
bacco and  other  soul-destroying  superfluities, 
and  would  regulate  all  their  giving  as  well  as 
everything  else,  by  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  and 
thus  do  "  all  that  we  do  to  the  glory  of  God." 
Then  would  we  go  forth  in  our  strength,  and 
to  Satan's  hosts  he  more  terrible  than  an  army 
with  lances.      

ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

NI'MBER   V, 

At  Home — A  Comforting  Reflection— ^An  Even- 
ing Meeting — A  Farewell  Sermon — The  Last 
Farewell. 

[ln,mOiirSp„Uirnrr«roil.^ng 

WE  know  by  many  happy  experiences  that 
it  is  a  very  pleasant  thing  to  meet  with 
the  believers  in  the  public  congregation  to  pray 
and  praise,  to  hear  and  leam.  But  sometimes 
this  loved  privilege  is  denied  us  individually, — 
This  may  happen  for  numerous  reasons.  But 
when  we  are  kept  from  the  house  of  Divine 
worship  on  account  of  illness,  we  must  admit 
such  are  excusable  for  the  time  being.  For  we 
must  believe  that  such  also  will  spend  the  day 
profitably  at  home. 

ALOKE  WITH  JESUS, 

is  the  motto  of  a  Christian  indeed,  and  often 
will  he  be  found  in  the  closet  of  prayer,  talking 
frith  his  Master.  When  we  remain  at  home 
from  preaching,  we  should  think  of  the  duties 
of  the  day  of  rest  and  worship.  About  the 
hour  of  meeting,  we  should  be  there  too  "  in 
spirit."  Our  minds,  our  thoughts,  our  sympa- 
thies should  be  there.  What  a  comfort  it  is  in 
illness  on  the  Lord's  day  morning  to  sing  or 
read  a  hymn  about  the  time  our  brethren  and 
sisten*  are  convening  in  the  house  of  the  Lord! 
Then  to  pray  and  read  and  reflect.  0,  what 
consolation  there  is  in  Christ  at  home  or  abroad ! 
We  can  pray  for  the  minister,  or  the  preaching 
of  the  Word,  probably  more  fervently  than  if 
we  were  present.  And  the  Master  of  solemn 
assemblies  will  hear  such  prayers.    This  is 

A  fOMFORTIXG  TnOUGHT 

indeed.  Our  Lord  is  mth  his  children  whether 
they  are  at  home  or  away,  provided  indeed  they 
are  with  Him.  Our  God  is  everywhere  present, 
and  His  presence  shall  go  with  tis  if  our  feet 
walk  in  His  foot-prints.  To-day  I  am  thinking 
of  my  brethren  far  and  near  who  seldom  have 
the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  those  of  like  pre- 
cious lath.  To  such  I  would  ofler  a  word  of 
comfort.  You  are  cut  off  from  the  main,  visi- 
ble Body,  but  are  you  indeed  united  by  faith 
and  practice,  with  the  Body  of  ChristV  Then, 
be  of  good  cheer.  Though  you  seem  desolate 
and  ulone,  you  have  Christ  near  you,  Christ 
with  you,  "  Christ  in  you  the  Hope  of  Glory." 
You  can  sing  in  very  earnest, 
"Prisons  would  jialaffs  prove 
II  .li-Bus  would  <lwell  with  mo  tliere." 
Let  me  recommend  to  you  Phil.  2:  15,  16,  ac- 
cording to  the  marginal  reading:  "Shine  ye  as 


lights  in  the  woHd:  holding  forth  the  work  of 
life."  Many  hold  it  forth  by  a  dim  light,  and 
it  attracts  little  attention.  Rather  do  much 
and  say  little,  than  say  much  and  do  little. — 
Shine  ye,  0,  ye  dear  disciples  of  Jesus,  shine  ye 
as  lights,  that  those  who  sit  in  darkness  may 
see  plainly  how  to  come  to  Jesus.  This  is  a 
comforting  thought  to  yon  that  you  can  do 
such  blessed  service  for  the  Master,  Never 
give  up.  Grow  in  grace,  and  the  God  of  grace 
will  he  with  you. 

This  evening  we  attended  our  meeting  in  the 
village,  in  our  meeting-house,  to  hear  the 

I'ARTING    WORDS 

of  our  loved,  and  venerable  brother  Henry 
Koontz.  He  is  about  to  leave  us  and  make  the 
home  of  his  last  days  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Mt.  Morris.  111.,  not  far  from  Lanark.  He  has 
been  so  well  known  to  our  Brotherhood  that  I 
need  not  specify  much  of  the  past.  He  has 
been  a  servant  of  the  church  for  many  years, 
both  as  a  minister  and  a  bishop.  He  is  now  old 
and  almost  blind,  yet  he  has  "  the  preaching  of 
the  Woi-d  "  at  heart.  We  shall  not  soon  for- 
get this  farewell  address.  After  the  services 
were  inaugurated,  he  arose  and  opened  not  The 
Book,  but  quoted  a  familiar  scripture:  "I  take 
you  to  record  this  day,  that  I  am  free  from  the 
blood  of  all  men,  for  I  have  not  shunned  to  de- 
clare unto  you  all  the  counsel  of  God."  He 
said  many  good  words,  and  we  felt  edified. — 
Among  other  things  he  said  that  though  he 
was  once  a  lively  and  leading  young  man,  he 
never  swore  an  oath  in  his  life.     He  was  at  one 

time  a  class-leader  in  the church,  but  was 

a  diligent  reader  of  the  Scriptures.  A  few 
year^  before  he  united  with  the  Brethren,  he 
took  sick,  and  when  nigh  unto  death,  he  saw  & 
dove  appear,  and  it  alighted  upon  hts  breast, 
and  spoke  to  him  the  marvelous  message:  "You 
shall  not  die:  you  shall  yet  preach  the  Gospel 
of  the  Son  of  God."  No  one  else  knew  of  the 
vision,  and  he  soon  began  to  recover.  He  told 
us  many  things  from  his  personal  experience, 
claiming  that  he  had  the  right  to  do  so  as  it  ia 
apostolic.  With  many  words  he  admonished 
us,  and  expressed  a  hope  of  a  blessed  reunion  in 
heaven.    May  peace  go  with  him. 

THE  LAST  FAREWELL 

of  our  earthly  career,  I  vas  made  to  think  of. 
Soon,  ah!  soon,  the  pari  in  g  hour  will  come  to 
all  of  us,  when  we  must  take  our  little  all,  and 
depart.  We  brought  nothing,  and  with  noth- 
ing we  shall  go — nothing  but  a  soul  to  he  saved 
or  lost.  What  j-awning  gulf  between  the  two 
words — saved — lost !  We  can  not  think  of  loss, 
but  we  love  to  cherish  the  "  hope  of  salvation." 
0  may  our  life  be  such  indeed  that  we  can  say 
a  glad  "  Farewell  "  to  earth  at  last,  and  without 
one  lingering  look,  "soar  away  and  he  at  rest " 
— sweet  rest.  In  joyous  hope,        D.  u.  u. 

Waynesboro,  Pa.,  Sept.  i,  1S7S. 


Brethren  Daniel  Frey  and  Martin  Meyer 
have  returned  from  their  trip  to  the  Wisconsin 
Mission  field,  and  report  excellent  meetings 
and  the  best  of  prospects.  While  there  they 
held  seventeen  meetings,  four  council  meetings 
ond  two  elections.  The  church  was  divided  in- 
to two  congregations,  by  a  line  running  North 
and  South.  Bro.  Caleb  Fogle  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree,  and  George  Turner  elected 
to  the  ministry.  One  was  expelled,  two  re- 
claimed, and  seven  others  baptized.  Those 
baptized  were  from  other  denominations,  excepts 
iug  one.  There  are  about  seventy  members  in 
that  part  of  Wis.  They  have  two  deacons  in 
each  congregation.  The  prospects  for  many 
more  members  are  said  to  be  excellent.  / 


Brother  Bashor  commenced  meeting  at  the 
Milledgeville  church  last  Friday  evening.  In- 
terest good  and  congregations  large.  Twowere 
haptiwd  Sunday  afti'rnuon. 


MONKY     LIST- 


Below  ia  given  a  list  of  money  received  at  this 
office  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  for. 
Siiould  any  errora  occur,  report  them  immedi- 
ately: 

S  S  Lindeman.  50;  R  Arnold.  1.00;  Ozias 
Met/.,  1.00:  C  R  Conant,  3  00;  L  P  Long,  4.40; 
Jacob  Delp.  75;  J  W  Southword,  2.00;  Ehas 
Lehman,  1.00;  JTMeyera.2o;  J  B  Miller.  100; 
David  Funk.  4.80;  John  Keim.4.55;  J  H  Tuck- 
er. IT.".;  DM  Puterbaugh,  40;  D  B  Gibson, 
2.00;  D  D  Sell,  1.00:  W  H  Meyers,  1.10;  John 
Kinsley.  00;  Susan  Stump,  1.75;  J  A  Leedy, 
2.00;  D  Bomgardner.  50;  0  Clapper.  10;  L  Vf 
Teeter.  2.00;  J  M  Mohler.  12  95;  H  H  Arnold. 
2.  65;  N.  Butterbaugh.  1.75;  C  D  Hylton,  10; 
E  George,  5.00;  J  G  Wright,  1.75;  Peter  Dear- 
dorff.  1.75;  J  A  Yost.  S.OO;  R  E  Hillery,  65; 
R  F  Moulray,  16;  C  D  Hylton,  I.OO. 


THK    BUETHREN    ^T    AVOKK. 


September    '26. 


<inii   ^iblc  Cas^. 


"  The  Worth  of  Tnifh  m  Tmgite  Can  Tell" 

This  dopnrinient  is  designed  for  osking  nnd  nnswering 
Bible  qiitiltons,  and  for  Ihc  Baluiion  of  Soriplumi  ilifficiil- 
liM.  All  uLiealions  aboulU  be  Biaied  with  candor,  nnd  an- 
Bweml  Willi  (is  miioli  clcnrness  cu  poaaiWe,  in  order  (o 
proiiiolo  Bible  Truth.  Artielcs  for  Ibis  dopBrtmoiit,  mual 
be  Bborl  nod  to  Iho  poinl. 


I'li'tise  give  an  cxiilimiition  of  Matt.  21;  2;  also 
Murk  11:2,  Do  both  ineiin  llio  siiine?  If  3o,  what 
is  mL-niit  by  tlie  ass  tieil  niul  tlie  colt  with  her ;  loose 
tliem  ami  l)ring  theni-niito  ino?  Did  lie  lide  botli, 
or  only  the  colt?  I-  U.  Chist. 

Will  some  oiic'iileiisc  give  information  concem- 
ingl  John  8:  8, 1>.  lOV  W-  H-  Mii-i.Eif. 

I'leiise  give  im  your  views  on  the  covering  spoken 
of  by  I'luil  in  1  Cor.  II ;  also  tell  ii3  wlio,  or  what 
thiif  ln'inl  is,  tlif  women  dishonor  by  iiraying 
or  prci|ilii'3yinK  with  her  head  uncovered,  both  the 
miirrkid  and  nnuiitrrieai'  liy  doing  so  you  niiiy  do 
a  good  work  for  Konie  of  our  members  out  here  in 
the  fur  Weat  iind  oblige  D.wiu  JIowkus. 

rieiiHo  e.\iilain2ndTlies3.  3:  l».     It  reiidstliiis: 
"  Even  liini,  whose  coming  is  iiftcr  the  working  of 
Satftii  with  all  power  imd  signs  and  lying  wonders. 
M.  C.  CXIGANS. 

Tlic  eight  souls  tlmt  wei-e  saved  by  water,  was 
tlijit  water  Uter.il  water  or  was  it  sofne  other  kind 
of  water?  1  Peter  3:  20,  21;  also  Acts 22: 10.  where 
it  is  said.  Arise  and  be  baptised  and  wash  iiway  thy 
sins,  was  this  Uternl  water,  that  was  to  wash  away 
liissins?  M.  F. 

Ploaae  toll  me  who  tlmt  man  was,  Paul  spoke 
of  in  2  Cor.  I2:a,  that  was  caught  up  to  the  third 
heaven.  SAStirEL  CniST. 

I'lease.  explain  Rev.  20: 13.  M,  and  give  us  an  iii- 
siglil  into  them.  Ji  M.  Uioenour. 

1.  Please  pve  your  views  on  Luke  10;  4,  "C.ir- 
ry  neither  purse,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  SiUute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

i.  Also  Malt.  3.3:  0:  "And  call  no  man  your 
father  upon  the  earth :  for  one  is  your  father  which 
is  in  heaven.^' 

;|,  Also  1  Cor.  1 ;  30 :  "  The  wife  is  Ijoiiud  by  the 
law  as  long  as  lier  husband  liveth;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will ;  oulyiin  the  Lord." 

Emma  Fisifeh. 

I'li-ase  i^ivr    .-1,    ..).:.. I.  ill. .p.   .I'    t;,.'   fallowing 

words;  "Wh ■  i,    ■    i  .il,  uotconi- 

mit  sin ;  fi 


not  si 


,  Iwf ; 


Mi>; 


THE  RICH  MAN  AND  LAZARUS. 


WE  read  of  a  nch  man  clothed  in  purple  aiid 
fine  linen,  wLo  fared  sumptuously  every 
day,  and  of  a  beggar  named  Lazarus  who  laid  at 
the  rich  mail's  gate,  full  of  sores,  desiring  to  be 
fed  from  the  crumbs  which  fell  from  the  rich 
man's  table.  The  greatest  attention  given  this 
poor  man.  was  from  dogs  which  licked  his 

These  men  died.  Lazarus  \vas  carrjeJ  by  the 
angels  to  Abrnhaura bosom.  The  rich  man  was 
buried  and  in  hell  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  being  in 
torment.  He  saw  Lazarus  lU  Abraliaiu's  bos- 
om, and  cried,  "  Father  Abraham,  have  mercy 
on  uie,  send  Laxarus  that  he  may  dip  the  tip  of 
hB  linger  in  water  and  cool  my  tongue,  for  I 
am  tormented  in  this  flame." 

Kind  reader,  did  you  ever  think  how  the  cry 
went, "  0  for  water  to  cool  my  burning  tongue?  " 
It^eems  that  little  unruly  member  was  suffer- 
ing the  most.  If  we  seem  to  be  religious  and 
bridle  not  our  tongue,  our  religion  is  vain. 


EXPLANATION. 


BY  G.  W.  [lUlCKEK. 


'■If  any  man's  work  be  burned,  he  shall  suffer 
loss,  hut  he  himself  shall  be  saved;  yet  so  as  by 
lire." 

rpHE  apostle  aa  a  wise  mabt«r  builder  laid 
X  on  the  foundation,  hut  other  men  built 
on  the  same  foundation,  and  if  the  material  was 
good,  he  received  a  reward,  if  it  was  had  he  suf- 
fered loss,  because  he  labored  and  toiled  and  all 
his  labor  was  lost,  and  as  every  man's  work 
shall  be  tried  by  fire,  it  must  he  such  material 
as  will  stand  the  test,  if  not,  it  will  he  all  lost. 
If  he,  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  stands  firm 
he  shall  be  saved,  although  all  his  labor  be  lost, 
he  "shall  be  saved  yet  so  as  by  fire."  The 
"  fire  "  will  try  his  work  as  well  as  the  material, 
which  is  his  members.  Paul  was  speaking  to 
the  CorinthianB,  and  was  trying  to  show  thu 
danger  of  not  fully  complying  with  all  the  re- 
quirements of  the  Gospel,  and  Paul  says  that 
in  a  great  house  there  are  not  only  vessels  ol 
gold  and  of  silver,  hut  also  of  wood  ind  of 
earth ;  some  to  honor  and  some  to  dishonor. 
Now,  as  every  man's  work  shall  be  tried  by  lire, 
if  it  is  not  gold  or  silver  and  precious  stones,  it 
will  be  burnt  up.  Yet  he,  us  a  preacher,  shall 
be  saved,  "yet  so  as  by  fire,"  and  as  being  tried 
by  fire  and  stands  the  test.    1  understand  the 


apostle  to  mean  teachers,  when  he  said  "  every 
man's  work  shall  be  tried."  He,  the  builder; 
the  members,  the  material. 


ASSYRIAN  ANTIQUITIES. 

MR.  Hassam  has  just  deposited  his  latest  col- 
lection of  Assyrian  antiquities  in  the 
British  Museum.  The  excavations  carried  on 
by  him  on  the  site  of  Niuevah  proper  have, 
saya  the  Manchester  GuanUun,  produced  more 
than  1,400  specimens  of  coniform  inscriptions, 
among  which  are  many  fragments  of  great  val- 
ue. There  are,  for  instance,  some  portions  of 
the  famous  Cre.ition  series.  The  explorations 
carried  on  at  Nimroud  have  produced  valuable 
results  to  students  of  archtpology.  There  it 
was  that  Mr.  Rassam  discovered  a  vast  edifice, 
with  seats,  altar,  and  all  the  arrangements  of  a 
temple,  which  was  cotemporaneous  ivith  that  of 
Solomon.  New  sites  and  scenes  of  discovery 
have  been  opened  up.  At  the  Mount  of  Bala- 
wat  there  has  been  found  a  temple  exclusively 
dedicated  to  the  male  and  female  deities  of  bat- 
tle, where  were  deposited  the  trophies  of  the 
expeditions  of  the  kings  of  the  middle  Assyrian 
Empire.  Amongst  them  may  be  noticed  a 
monument  perfectly  unique  in  character,  a 
bron/.e  of  over  20  feet  high,  recording  the  par- 
ticulars of  a  warlike  expedition  of  the  ninth 
century,  B.  O.—  The  Ih-formcr. 


CHARITY. 

IIY  JE3SE  CUI.BERT80N. 

WHAT  is  charity  ?  It  is  love  to  God  and 
man.  Charity  "suffereth  long  with  pa- 
tience under  injuries,  aud  it  is  kind,  not  to 
friends  only,  but  to  foes."  It  is  not  uneasy  at 
the  prosperity  of  othei-s,  aud  it  does  not  boast 
of  its  own  excellence.  It  seeketh  not  iU  own 
as  the  chief  end  ;  is  not  selfish,  but  benevolent ; 
it  is  not  disposed  to  impute  to  others  evil  de- 
signs ;  it  rejoiceth  not  in  the  vices  or  calamities 
even  of  enemies,  nor  in  hearing  or  reporting 
evil  concerning  them.  Whoever  may  be  the 
instruments,  and  whatever  the  effect  on  us, 
charity  beareth  all  things  implied  by  others,  so 
far  as  is  consistent  with  duty,  without  being 
.disposed  to,  publish  their  misconduct  or  to  pun- 
ish it.  Charity  is  disposed  to  put  the  best  con- 
struction upon  men's  conduct,  and  hopes  the 
best  concerning  them.  Charity  will  continue 
to  eternity,  and  wilj  outlive  all  miraculous  gifts 
of  faith,  hope,  aud  charity  ;  it  sees  that  the  lat- 
ter is  the  greatest  in  influence  and  importance, 
for  love  is  so  active  in  its  nature  aud  marked  in 
its  effects,  that  none  need  or  ought  to  be  iu 
doubt  whether  to  possess  it,  for  things  which  are 
only  temporary  should  never  awaken  our  deep- 
est interest  or  be  our  chief  concern.  Nothing 
should  do  this  that  will  not  last  forever. 


OBEDIENCE. 

IIY  JAKES  WIRT. 

THE  Creator  has  given  sufficient  motives  and 
invesled  man  with  the  power  to  comply 
with  all  of  the  mandates  required  at  his  hand. 
He  does  not  require  impossibilities.  The  Chris- 
tian should  fee!  grateful  that  the  yoke  of  Christ 
is  easy  and  that  His  burden  is  light,  enabling 
him  to  perform  all  the  commands.  A  contem- 
plation of  the  subject  permits  us  to  freely  ac- 
knowledge, the  ivisdoni  manifested  in  the  great 
plan  of  salvation,  to  restore  fiuite  man  to  a  rec- 
onciled relation  to  God,  his  Maker. 

Obedience  to  his  laws  will  always  accompljsh 
tlie  wise  designs  intended  in  their  promulgation 
among  the  children  of  men. 

We  should  be  wiling  to  obey  from  the  heart 
that  form  of  doctrine  once  delivered  to  the 
saints.  It  is  through  great  tribulation  that  we 
enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Our  duties  arc  msmy,  and  by  a  judicious 
plication  of  the  means  given  into  our  hands  we 
can  obtain  th.it  incorruptible  crown  reserved 
iu  heaven  for  all  the  faithful  followers  of  Christ. 

It  is  necessary  to  appreciate  the  many  advan- 
tages enjoyed  by  those  who  are  fellow-heirs  of 
heaven.  Man  is  susceptible  of  many  inherent 
powers  that  are  latent  iu  his  nature,  aud  . 
capable  of  various  degrees  of  improvement 
the  line  of  spiritual  progress  towards  a  higher 
and  better  life..  Considering  all  the  difficulties 
and  obstructions  throivii  in  his  way,  it  appears 
marvelous  that  so  much  can  be  performed  by 
mortal  man. 

Now  it  will  appear  evident  to  all  that  a  full 
compliance  to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  will 
insure  to  us  an  approbation  from  Him  with 
whom  we  have  to  do.  There  can  no  inconsis- 
tency arise  by  fully  obeying  the  Gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Wo  should  earnestly  con- 
tend for  the  faith  as  it  is  in  Jesus,   who  was 


obedient  in  all  things,  even  the  death  of  the 
cross,  that  by  thus  suffering  He  might  draw  all 
men  unto  Him.  He  says,  "No  man  come th  to 
the  Father  but  ,by  me."  Then  let  us  persuade 
others  to  embrace  Christianity  and  enjoy  its 
blessed  influence.  Let  us  live  a  life  devoted  to 
the  cause  of  our  blessed  Master  who  has  done 
so  much  for  us,  who  gave  Himself  for  us  as  a 
ransom  to  redeem  fallen  man  from  the  penalty 
incurred  by  violating  the  law  of  God,  enabling 
man  to  come  into  a  reconciled  relation  to  God 
who  willeth  not  that  any  should  die  in  their 
sins,  hut  that  all  would  repent  and  live  in  strict 
obedience  to  all  the  requirements  of  the  New 
TestB"ment. 

Obedience  to  God's  law  insures  to  us  the  ap- 
probation of  Him  with  whom  we  have  to  do. — 
In  working  out  our  soul's  salvation  we  set  ex- 
amples of  piety  ;  this  will  be  a  motive  for 
others  to  imitate  us  and  cause  ttem  to  adhere 
to  Christian  principles. 


'    PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING. 

THERE  is  reference  made  to  the  above  sub- 
ject in  No.  6,  of  its  excellence  and  propri- 
ety, of  which  it  is  so  full  and  in  our  weak  un- 
derstanding implies  more,  oft  times,  than  we 
appreheud  or  put  to  practice.  Hence  our  ina 
bility  to  do  it  justice. 

The  word  "  prayer  "  is  very  prominent  in  the 
Bible,  being  frequently ,  used  as  a  direct  com- 
mand. Doubtless  the  inspired  writers  knew 
man's  proneness  to  evil,  to  deceitfulness  and 
the  doiiTg  ot  his  own  will, 

Luke  says,  "  Watch  aud  pray  always,"  that 
we  may  be  accounted  worthy  to  escape  the 
temptations,  cares  imd  besetting  sins,  and  that 
we  may  stand  acceptable  befoi-e  the  Son  of 
man. 

In  Pauls  writing  to  the  Thessalonians,  e."c- 
pressing  his  love  for  them,  His  desire  to  sec 
them,  and  in  his  hortatory  calls  to  holiness  and 
brotherly  love,  he  says  to  them  "  pray  without 
ceasing."  He  having  prayed  night  and  day  ex 
ceedingly  that  he  might  see  them  .and  perfect 
them  in  what  was  hicking  in  their  faith,  in 
ing  them  also  to  pray  for  him  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  may  have  free  course,  and  that  he  may 
he  delivered  from  wicked  and  unreasonable  men, 
and  while  we  ever  have  the  wicked  and  uureaa- 
able  among  us,  trying  to  preventand  confound, 
it  is  evident  that  Paul's  idea  would  convey  the 
idea  that  we  cease  not  praying,  that  we  cease 
not  seeking  the  unforbidden  paths,  and  in  as 
much  as  we  are  ever  ready,  and  the  evil  spirit 
with  its  various  defilements  is  continually  on 
the  alert,  seeking,  alluring  and  enticing  man, 
trying  to  increase  haughtiness  and  to  swell 
proud  hearts,  and  to'  bring  man  to  forget  the 
elements  needful  and  reasonable  in  God's  serv- 
ice, it  becomes  man,  at  least  a  true  disciple  of 
Christ,  to  watch  carefully  and  pray  unceasing- 
ly, pleading  continually  for  God's  blessing, 
grace  and  Eissiatance  in  the  lawful  striving  for  a 
temporal  livelihood  and  a  home  in  the  world 
eternal.  J.  K.  L. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS  TO  OUR  YOUNG 
FRIENDS. 

BY  S.  BRDMIlAI'nii. 

AS  I  am  left  alone  this  afternoon,  and  medi- 
tating upon  the  good  lessons  I  heard  last 
evening  and  to-day  hy  brethren  Jesse  Stutsman 
and  John  Fitzgerald,  1  am  made  to  think  of  the 
many  young  men  and  women  that  are  spend- 
ing their  best  days  iu  the  service  of  the  enemy. 
I  am  also  young,  hut,  thank  God,  I  have  taken 
passage  on  the  old  siiii-  zioN,  and  I  fee!  as  one 
of  old,  that  I  would  rather  be  a  door-keepei 
the  house  of  my  God  than  to  dwell  in  the  tents 
of  sin.  A  few  days  ago  I  attended  a  cliurch 
meeting  when  I  was  made  glad  to  see  an  old 
man.  well  stricken  in  years,  take  passage  on  the 
"old  ship,"  concluding  to  give  God  the  service 
of  his  few  lost  days  liere  upon  earth.  But  oil  ! 
young  friends,  do  not  wait  on  old  age  to  work 
for  the  Lord.  The  Master  has  need  of  all  your 
time.  How  many  we  see  giving  Satan  the  serv- 
ice of  their  young  and  vigorous  days.  Why 
not  come  into  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  and 
work  there. 

Lost  Sunday  I  was  made  to  rejoice  to  hear 
the  good  news  that  my  brother  and  his  wife 
concluded  to  work  for  Jesus.  This  takes  in 
the  last  one  of  our  family,  consisting  of  Neven 
children,  father  aud  mother,  making  one  undi- 
vided family  on  the  "  old  ship."  sailing  for  glory, 
with  Jesus  for  our  Captain,  Oh  !  how  rejoic- 
ing it  must  he  to  a  father  and  mother  to  have 
all  their  family  on  board,  leaving  none  behind. 
Brethren,  pray  for  us  that  we  may  hold  eut 
faithful  to  our  journey's  end.  Do  you  not  be- 
lieve that  we  have  relieved  our  poor  old  father 
and  mother  of  a  heavy   load  ?     Children,   did 


you  ever  stop  and  think  how  many  long,  long 
ighls  your  parents  have  passed,  lying  upon 
their  beds,  thinking  about  the  welfare  of  their 
dear  children,  breathing  prayei^  to  their  good 
Master  in  heaven,  to  draw  you  by  his  love,  but 
you  would  not  coine,  but  still  refused  ?  Oh  ! 
dear  children  how  sad  it  must  be  for  your  dear 
old  father  aud  mother  who  has  brought  you  up 
and  cared  for  you  from  time  to  time,  aud  min- 
istered unto  your  wants  in  time  of  need,  hoir 
sad  it  must  be  now  to  them  to  see  you  on  your 
way  down,  down,  down  toward  that  awful  place 
of  destruction  where  the  worm  dieth  not  and 
the  fire  is  not  quenched  !  Many  a  tear  is  shed 
for  you  but  yon  heed  them  not.  Children,  how 
would  you  enjoy  yourselves  were  you  to  get  on 
board  the  train  for  some  far-distant  place  and 
your  dear  parents  be  left  behiinj,  never  to  aee 
you  any  more?  Could  you  enjoy  yourselves? 
No.  So  it  is  also  sad  and  mouniful  to  your 
pareut-3  who  have  stepped  onboard  the  "old 
ship  "  to  sail  for  heaven  to  look  hack  and  see 
you  still  sporting  on  the  banks  of  ruin,  with 
no  God  in  the  world.  It  is  sad  indeed.  But  a 
short  time  ago  a  beloved  brother  was  talking  to 
lue  with  his  eyes  filled  with  tears,  concerning 
his  children  which  he  loved  so  dearly,  about 
how  happy  he  would  Ire  to  see  them  come  flock- 
ing home.  How  many  cheerful  hours  could  be 
spent  together  a.s  one  undivided  family  in  Christ! 
What  a  pleasure  it  would  be  to  him  when  they 
surrounded  the  family  altar  for  worship,  to  see 
them  all  iu  Christ  asking  for  His  blessings. — 
Oh !  dear  children,  how  much  good  counsel  from 
your  parents  do  you  reject!  How  wll  it 
be,  when  that  great  day  of  judgment  comes, 
when  your  mother  and  father  will  be  seen  fly- 
ing off'  with  the  angels,  crowned  with  glory, 
dressed  in  a  lily-white  robe,  with  palms  of  vic- 
tor>'  in  their  hands,  singiug  the  sweet  songs  of 
Moses  and  the  Lamb,  and  you  must  take  up 
your  abode  in  darkness  forever,  and  hear  noth- 
ing but  groaning  and  gnashing  of  teeth  from 
such  great  pain,  burning  forever  and  ever? 
Horrible  thought!  Now  is  your  time,  while 
you  are  yet  living,  to  prepare  for  that  liour  of 
death  which  will  take  you  before  the  Jmjgo 
just  an  you  are.  Oh!  prepare!  prepare!  You 
would  even  cause  the  angels  in  heaven  fo  rejoice 
were  you  to  step  on  board  the  vessel,  and  when 
death  comes  with  his  sickle  keen,  you  need  not 
fear  him,  for  if  he  strike  you,  your  Father  vrill 
send  his  angels  to  carry  you  home,  where  you 
can  meet  your  little  brothers  and  sisters,  father 
and  mother,  and  wear  a  lily-white  robe,  walking 
the  golden  streets  of  that  New  Jerusalem  with 
a  golden  harp  within  your  hand  and  a  croivu  of 
glory  on  your  head,  singing  with  the  holy  an- 
gels and  praising  God,  Blessed  thought! 
What  a  happy  time  that  will  ho!  ■  Now,  consid- 
er these  thoughts,  because  I  am  concerned 
about  you,  1  am  also  young  and  we  want 
more  young  soldiers  in  Christ's  army;  so  coma 
and  enlist  and  we  will  fight  together  until  the 
end,  aud  then  we  can  go  home  to  glory. — 
Amen. 

SELECTED  GEMS. 

— Our  remembiariiig  an  injury  does  us  moro 
harm  tlian  our  receiving  of  it, 

— Learn  not  to  judge  too  harshly  of  any  oue, 
either  in  respect-to  good  or  evil. 

— A  man  is  called  selfish,  not  for  pursuing 
Iiis  own  good,  but  for  neglecting  that  of  his 
neighbor, 

— Take  away  ambition  and  vanity,  and  where 
will  be  your  heroes  aud  patriot-s? 

— Aristotle  says  there  is  one  thing  which 
God  cannot  change,  and  that  is  ye.sterday. 

— Our  greatest  glory  consists  not  in  never 
failing,  but  in  rising  every  time  we  fall. 

— Literary  men  can  never  Ijp  sure  of  having 
said  a  smart  thing  unless  they  see  the  "profif," 

— With  love,  the  heart  becomes  a  fair  and 
fertile  garden,  glowing  with  sunshine  aud  hues, 
and  exhaling  sweet  odors. 

— It  requires  a  gi-eat  deal  of  badness  and  a 
great  deal  of  caution  to  make  a  great  fortune, 
and  wlien  you  have  got  it,  it  requires  ten  times 
as  much  wit  to  keep  it. 

— Mental  pleasures  nevercloy.  Unlike  those 
of  the  body,  they  are  increased  by  repetition, 
improved  by  reflection,  and  strengthend  by  en- 
joyment. 

— If  infidelity  succeeds  in  teaching  man  that 
he  will  die  like  a  beast,  it  will  at  the  same  time 
succeed  in  teaching  him  to  live  like  one. 

— Meddlers  are  sure  to  hurt  their  own  cliar- 
aeters;  if  you  f=crub  other  people's  pigs  you  will 
Eoon  need  scrubbing  youraelf. 

— A  newspaper  is  the  only  instrument  that 
can  drop  the  same  thought  in  a  thousand  niindft 
at  the  same  moment. 


September    26. 


TI-IE    BTTtKTI-IREjSr    ^VT   "VVORIC 


ilitm^   ofl   l(»^e»'»Ifil- 


It  is  fluid  it  tost  6l77,4i4  a  year  to  supply  the 
ATiierican  army  with  tobacco. 


There  ftre  ft.OOOpnpcre  ill  North  aiid  South 
America.  The  number  in  the  whole  world  is 
23,000.  

It  hiLS  been  compated  that  oh  an  average 
every  person  hiva  two  years'  sickness,  before  he 
renelies  the  nge  of  seventy. 


A  CaWonin  man  found  a  man's  finger  press- 
ed in  a  plug  of  tobacco  he  was  chewing.  The 
discovery  cured  him  of  chewing  tobacco. 


The  Bible  hiLs  been  printed  in  thirty  different 
languages  for  the  benefit  of  the  aborigines  of 
this  countrj-,  and  of  Greenland,  British  Amer- 
ica, anil  Mexico. 


Mickale/,  a  Hungarian  city  of  20,000  inhab- 
itants, has  been  the  .•^cene  of  a  terrific  storm, 
in  which  1,000  houses  were  destroyed  and  400 
liersons  killed. 

The  first  news  journal  was  issued  in  Home 
'i.tHW  years  ago.  It  was  engraved  on  wood,  in- 
stead of  being  printed,  and  was  issued  once  a 
year  at  first,  hut  a  daily  edition  was  finally  is- 
sued.   ^^ 

The  largest  of  the  pyramids  is  481  feet  high 
and  6i)3  feet  on  the  .sides;  its  ba.'se  covers  elev/^n 
acres.  The  atones  are  above  30  feet  in  length, 
and  the  layers  are  20«;  360,000  employed  in  its 
erection.         

In  the  12th  century,  carpet-s  were  articles  of 
luxury;  and  in,  England  it  is  mentioned  as  an 
instance  of  Becket's  splendid  style  of  living, 
that  his  sumptuous  apartments  were  every  day 
in  Winter  strewed  with  clean  straw  or  hay. 


It  is  most  generally  known  that  the  majority 
of  the  most  troublesome  weeds  have  l>een  im- 
ported from  other  countries,  the  seeds  being 
brought  here  with  garden  or  field  seeds  of  vari- 
ous sorts,  in  the  wool  of  sheep,  and  in  various 
other  ways.        ^ 

It  is  estimated  that  two  thousand  human 
beings  die  every  hour.  At  that  rate  it  would 
take  u  century  to  depopulate  the  whole  earth. 
But  it  is  estimated  that  about  twenty-three  hun- 
dred human  lieings  are  born  every  hour,  which 
makes  up  the  loss,  and  gives  a  net  gain  of  over 
two  ftiid  a  half  millions  a  year. 


A  frightful  ilLsaster  occurred  the  3rd  of  Sept.. 
on  the  Thames,  near  London.  The  steam  coll- 
ier, By  well  Castle,  ran  into  the  steamer.  Prin- 
cess Alice,  which  immediately  went  down, 
drowning  between  500  and  600  people.  There 
were  about  800  on  board,  and  it  is  believed  that 
not  more  than  150  escaped. 


Dr.  Beveridge,  a  noted  British  naval  surgeon, 
states  that  blowing  forcibly  into  the  ear  of  the 
patient  will  give  immeiliate  relief  in  cases  of 
choking  from  foreign  bodies  in  the  throat.  The 
act  excite'  ^o  powerful  reflex  action  that  the  ob- 
fitmction  is  expelled  from  the  windpipe.  The 
plan  is  certainly  wortha  trial. 


According  to  the  latest  figures,  the  entire 
population  of  the  whole  American  continent  is 
but  a  trifle  over  eighty-five  aud  a  half  million!), 
while  the  Uu.isiaii  empire  alone  contains  eigbty- 
eis  and  a  half  millions.  The  population  of 
Africa  is  nearly  two  hundred  millions;  of  Europe, 
overthree  hundred  and  nine  millions;  while 
Asia,  the  cradle  of  the  human  race,  ha.s  the 
enormous  number  of  824,548,500  inabitanta. 
The  entire  population  of  the  globe  is  1,423,816,- 
80O.  

Prof.  Marsh  still  continues  to  exhume  mon- 
strous specimens  of  the  uncouth  giant  reptiles 
that  roamed  the  wilds  of  the  continents  ages 
ago.  Among  the  most  recent  finds,  wita  a  rep- 
tile sixty  feet  in  height,  which  walked  upon  its 
hind  limbs  like  a  kangaroo.  Skeletons  of  mam- 
moth flying  reptiles  are  also  found  in  immense 
nnnibers,  one  of  them  measuring  forty  feet  from 
tip  to  tip  of  its  wings. 


Dr.  Muller.  ascientist  engaged  in  studying 
the  insects  of  Brazil,  report  the  alleged  discoV' 
ory  in  that  country  of  a  strange  animal  of  im^ 
meuse  8i/.e,  that  buries  in  the  ground,  scooping 
immense  ditches,  and  throwing  up  such  quanti- 
ties of  earth  in  its  travels  as  to  sometimes  ob- 
struct the  channels  of  rivers.  It  is  called  the 
Minbocno,     Its  strength  and  aiEe  are  said  to  be 


Thousands  of  these  people  are  rich;  some  of 
tliem  own  colossal  fortune.1.  Rothschild  could 
buy  up  the  fee  simple  of  Palestine.  Goldsmidt 
might  rebuild  the  Temple  of  Herod.  Montefi- 
ore  has  money  enough  to  casta  golden  stature 
of  King  Solomon.  But  of  these  wealthy  He- 
brews, not  one  is  willing  to  at  present  become 
a  |termanent  resident  of  the  land  of  his  fathers! 


With  both  eyes  on  America  the  Pope  ha.s  is- 
sued a  circular  against  the  public  school  system. 
The  decision  from  Rome  now  is,  that  "  fatbera 
and  mothers  of  families  become  guilty  of  the 
iiiont  (/rievoiis  sin  who,  so  truly  cruel  to  the  ofl'- 
spring,  send  Ihe.m  to  Protcsttnil  .irlinoh,  or,  what 

still  worse,  compel  them  to  receive  their  in- 
struction against  their  will,"  and  that  until 
they  remove  their  children  from   such  schctols 

d  repent  of  the  wicked  act,  ttiey  must  be  re- 
garded as  unfit  to  receive  the  sacraments. 


CORRESFONIDENOE. 


Asliland  College. 

THE  regular  moiitbly  meeting'of  the  "Trust- 
ees of  this  institution  took  place  on  Sept. 
10th.  The  members  in  a  l)ody  carefully  inspect- 
ed the  building  in  process  of  construction   and 

pressed  themselves  very  much  pleased  with 
the  excellent  work  done.  In  the  selection  of 
materials  and  of  workmen,  the  building  com- 
mittee deserve  much  credit  thus  far.  There  are 
thirty  hands  engaged   in   making   and   laying, 

id  have  at  this  time  laid  more  than  half  amill- 

n  into  the  wall.  The  building  is  up  to  the 
top  of  the  second  story,  and  from  ita  elevated 
position  ranges  above  the  top  of  the  highest 
church  steeple  in  town.  This  position  was 
chosen  to  aff'ord  good  drainage  and  promote 
health.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  Trustees,  to  put 
the  building  under  roof,  floor  it,  and  let  it  set- 
tle until  Spring,  before  plastering  it.  Among 
the  most  important  actions  taken  by  the  Trust- 
was  to  authorize  the  building  committee  to 
have  two  hundred  thousand  bricks  burnt  this 
Autumn,  with  a  view  of  putting  up  a  hoarding- 
house  early  next  Summer,  and  have  the  institu- 
tion ready  for  a  teachers'  normal  class,  by 
the  middle  of  next  Summer.  The  money  need- 
ed just  now,  is  for  the  building  of  boarding-halls, 

id  as  the  Trustees  wish   to"siiuare   up"  each 
Saturday  evening,  all  funds  donated  and   dues 
paid  in,  are  received  with  the  best   thanks. 
S.  Z.  Sh.arp. 


Report  of  Funds. 

Two  sist«r^.  South  Bend,  Ind *  .20 

J.  C.  Hareh 1.00 

H.  B.  Mitchell '. 1.00 

A  Widow, 1.00 

Sarah    Vamer, 2.57 

B,  Oragg  and  vrife, 2.00 

T.  U.  aud  C.  Snyder 3.95 

John  H.  Miller 2.00 

T.  J.  Robinson, 1.00 

Libby  Lesley 1.00 

Ella  Schoonover, 25 

Phoebe  Zook, 3.00 

N.Wiland, 1.00 

William   Haw, 3.00 

-lohnS.Fox, 1.14 

Hettie  Engle, 5.00 

Josiah  Berkley, 2.06 

N.  B.  Woodward  and  wife 1.00 

Nancy  R.  Rej, 12 

Total,  S32.29 
SiL\3  Morton. 
N.  C.  Workman. 
{Primitive  Christian, pltase  copy). 


Scattered  about  the  earth  there  are  supposed 
to  he  10,(MX1,000  or  11,000.000   of  Jews  alive. 


From  Middle  River  District,  Virginia. 

Driir  Brethren: — 

OUR  annual  visit  was  a  few  weeks  ago.  Had 
our  council  meeting  on  Saturday,  the  17th 
of  August.  The  church  is  in  a  healthy  condi- 
tion. Nothing  but  love  and  union  prevail. — 
Business  all  pa.s.sed  oif  pleasantly. 

As  the  harvest  is  plenteous,  and  the  laborers 
are  few,  the  church  set  apart  more  laborers  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  So  we  chose  aspeak- 
er  and  ft  deacon.  The  choice  for  speaker  was 
.lohii  W.  Click,  who  accepted  the  call,  and  was 
legally  installed  into  office.  The  choice  for 
deacon  was  a  brother  who  would  not  accept 
the  call  at  that  time,  and  has  not  yet  been  in- 
stalled into  oflice. 

The  time  was  there  and  then  fixed  for  our 
Communion  meeting,  which  will  be  held  at  our 
Old  Brick  meeting-house,  near  New  Hope,  on 
the  11th  day  of  October,next,  the  meeting  to 
continue  over  Lord's  day. 

In   connection   with  this  district,    we  I 


charge  of  a  small  body  of  members  in  Nelson, 
and  Amherst  counties,  u  place  where  we  com- 
menced preaching  about  two  years  ago,  where 
the  Brethren  never  were  known  to  preach  be- 
fore. But  there  seems  to  be  considerable  inter- 
est manifested  among  the  people.  There  have 
been  twenty-six  added  since  we  have  labored  in 
that  field.  By  the  blessing  of  fiod,  the  writer 
in  company  with  brother  A.  D.  Garber,  were 
permitted  to  meet  with  the  little  band,  on  the 
24th  of  -^ug.,  where  we  examined  them  in  regard 
to  their  faith  in  the  Gospel.  We  found  them 
in  full  faith,  peace  and  love.  We  then  proceed- 
ed to  hold  an  election  for  deacon,  all  of  which 
piLssed  off  pleasantly.  Brother  Jacob  Hamil- 
ton was  unanimously  elected,  accepted  the  call, 
and  was  duly  installed  into  oflice. 

In  the  evening  we  conducted  services  in  com- 
memoration of  the  sufferings  and  death  of  our 
Lord  and  Savior.  It  was  the  first  Communion 
meeting  ever  held  in  that  section  of  country  by 
the  Brethren.  The  meeting  was  well  attended. 
It  was  altogether  a  pleasant,  and  we  hope  a 
profitable  one.  The  next  day  being  Lord's  day, 
had  preaching  in  the  forenoon  and  afternoon. 
Closed  Monday  morning  with  one  addition  by 
baptism,  -.lleturued  to  our  neighborhood  on 
Tuesday,  just  in  time  to  attend  the  funeral 
services  of  brother  Abraham  May,  aged  84  years. 
He  bad  been  a  great  sufl'erer  for  many  years, 
having  lost  his  eyesight  some  twenty  years 
ago,  and  sufiured  other  bodily  afflictions  in  his 
la.st  days.  But  hisHulferings  are  now  over,  and 
we  hope  he  has  gone  to  rest.  Reached  home 
:n  the  evening,  found  all  well,  for  which  we 
have  great  cause  to  thank  the  Lord.  Just  five 
weeks  previous  to  this  time,  I  had  been  from 
home  one  week  in  the  same  section  of  country 
above  named,  and  on  my  return  home,  found  my 
dear  companion  very  ill,  which  illness  resulted 
her  death  in  eight  days  thereafter. — Her 
obituary  notice  was  published  in  No.  35  of  the 
Bkethren  at  Wokk,  giving  her  age  55  yeare, 
5  months  and  7  days,  which  should  have  been 
53  years,  5  months  and  7  days. 

Levi  Garber. 


Some  Interesting  Reminiscences    of  the 
old  Hopewell  Baptist  Church. 

IT  was  so  called  from  the  township  in  which 
ita  meeting-house  stands,  in  Hunterdon  Co., 
New  Jersey,  built  in  1747.  One  of  these  fam- 
ilies, who  firat  settled  the  tract,  now  called 
Hopewell,  was  that  of  Jonathan  Stout,  a  Prim- 
itive Baptist,  who  arrived  here  from  Middle- 
town  about  1706.  The  place  was  a  wilderness 
and  full  of  Indians.  He  had  nine  children^  aud 
as  the  Brethren's  church  of  Hunterdon  was 
not  organized  then  yet,  six  of  them  went  over 
to  Pennsylvania  for  baptism.  Thus  the  Stout's 
family  including  the  father  and  mother  furnish- 
ed eight  of  the  fifteen  members.  Among  the' 
seven  others  were  Beojaniiu  Drake,  Ruth  Stout. 
Alice  Curtis,  Rachel  Hyde  aud  Mary  Drake, 
These  fifteen,  with  the  assistance  of  Abel  Mor- 
gan, were  organized  into  a  church  in  April, 
1715.  The  preaching  of  believers'  baptism 
had  such  an  efi"ect,  that  out  of  a  thinly  settled 
country  fifty-five  were  added  to  their  number 
by  1747,  when  the  meeting-house  was  built. — 
They  also  had  several  remarkable  revivals  since. 

But  the  most  remarkable  part  of  its  history, 
is  that  of  the  Stoiifs/ainili/.  of  which  we  will 
give  a  brief  sketch.  Romantic  as  it  may  ai>- 
pear,  we  believe  it  strictly  true;  and  furnishes  a 
most  remarkable  instance  of  the  watchful  care 
and  protection  of  an  over-ruling  Providence 
for  a  special  purpose. 

As  already  seen  Jonathan  Stout  and  family 
were  the  sted  of  the  church  and  the  beginning 
of  thesettlement;  and  also,  that  of  the  fifteen, 
which  constituted  the  church,  nine  were  Stouts, 
that  it  was  constituted  at  the  house  of  a  Stout, 
the  meetings  were  held  in  the  dwellings  of  the 
Stouts  for  forty-one  years,  or  till  the  meeting- 
house was  built — from  first  to  last  about  half 
the  members  were  Stouts — for  in  looking  over 
the  church  books  we  find  about  two  hundred  of 
the  name.  Besides  about  as  many  were  of  the 
blood,  who  bad  lost  the  name  by  marriage.  And 
what  is  wondert'ul — all  sprang  from  one  woman, 
and  she  as  good  as  dead.  Her  history  is  cave- 
fully  preserved  by  her  posterity  and  is  told  as 
following:  she  was  horn  at  .'\msterdani,  about 
the  year  1C02.  Her  father's  name  was  Vanprin- 
eis.  She  and  her  first  husband  (whose  name  is 
lost)  sailed  for  New  York  (then  called  New  Am- 
sterdam) about  the  year  1620.  The  vessel  was 
stranded  at  Sandy  Hook  about  eighteen  miles 
South  of  the  harbor,  the  crew  got  ashore  and 
marched  towards  the  said  New  York.  But 
Penelope's  (that  was  her  name)  husband  being 
so  badly  hurt  in  the  wreck  could  not  march 
with  them.  Therefore  he  and  the  wife  tarried 
in  the  woods: — they  bad  not  been  long  in  the 
place,  before  the  Indians   killed  them  both  (as 


they  thought)  and  stripjwd  them  both  naked 
to  the  skin.  However  Penelope  came  to  life 
again,  though  herakull  was  fractured  and  her 
left  .shoulder  so  hacked,  that  she  could  never 
use  that  arm  like  the  other,  she  was  also  cut 
across  the  abdomen,  so  that  her  bowels  appear- 
ed; these  she  kept  in  with  her  hand.  She  con- 
tinued in  this  miserable  situation  for  seven  days, 
taking  shelter  in  a  hollow  tree,  and  eating  the 
excre^euce  of  it.  The  seventh  day  she  saw  a 
deer  pa.ssing  by  with  arrows  sticking  in  it,  and 
soon  after  two  Indians  appeared,  whom  she  wa.s 
glad  to  see,  hoping  they  would  put  her  out  of 
her  misery:  accordingly  one  made  towards  her, 
to  knock  heron  the  head,  but  the  other,  wlio 
was  an  elderly  man,  prevented  him,  and  throw- 
ing his  match-coat  about  her  to  cover  her  na- 
kedness, he  carried  her  to  his  wigwam,  and  cur- 
ed her  of  her  wounds  and  bruises,  after  that,  lie 
took  her  to  New  York  and  made  a  present  of 
her,  to  her  country-men,  that  is  an  Indian  pres- 
ent— expecting  ten  times  the  value  in  return. 
It  was  in  New  York  not  long  after  her  arrival, 
that  one  Richard  Stout  married  her.  He  was 
a  native  of  England  and  of  a  good  family.  She 
now  hi  her  22nd  year  and  he  in  his  forti- 
eth. She  bore  him  seven  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters, vi'/-  Jonathan,  the  founder  of  Hopewell, 
John,  Richard,  James,  Peter,  David,  Benjamin, 
Mary,  Sarah  and  Alice.  The  daughters  married 
into  the  families  of  the  Bounds',  Pikes'  and  Skel- 
tons".  The  bods  also  married  and  bad  many 
children.  The  mother  lived  to  the  extraordina- 
ry age  of  one  hundred  and  ten  years  and  saw 
her  offspring  multiplied  into  five  hundred  and 
two,  in  about  eighty-eight  years. 

Abraham  H.  Cassel. 

From  the  Abilene  Church. 


WE  had  our  Communion  meeting  in  the  A!>- 
ileue  church  August  24th,  without  any 
ministerial  help  from  any  other  district,  not  ov- 
en one  member,  except  one  sister  from 
Pennsylvania,  which  makes  us  think  that  this 
branch  of  church  is  but  little  known  by  the 
Brethren  of  other  districts.  I  will  say  here  to 
the  brotherhood,  this  church  was  organized 
nine  years  ago  with  seven  members;  Jonas  Do- 
baven  minister  in  the  second  degree,  now  de- 
ceased. By  election,  John  Hunberger  was  then 
elected  to  the  ministry  of  first  degree,  and  is 
niKv  ordained  to  the  eldership;  while  Michael 
Forney,  and  Abraham  Bear  are  since  chosen 
and  put  into  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry. 
We  have  five  deacons,  and  myself,  assistant 
elder,  withamembershipof  seventy-six  at  pres- 
ent. One  sister  was  added  by  baptism  at  our 
Love-feast,  and  one  man  since.  So  we  have 
still  re.ison  to  rejoice  with  the  angels  in  heaven, 
because  sinners  repent  and  the  labors  of  the 
Brethren  prosper  under  God's  blessings.  I  had 
forgotten  Lewis  Jordan,  minister  in  second  de- 
gree, also  moved  into  this  district.  I  think  not 
one  of  the  minister's  names,  of  this  church  are 
in  the  Brethren's  Almanac,  except  my  own. 
I  hope  the  ministers  of  other  districts  will 
make  a  note  of  this,  and  assist  at  another  Love- 
feast.  John  Fornky, 


Report  of  Danish  Mission  Fund. 

Naperville  church.  III., $15.00 

Rock  Riverchurch,  111 20.00 

Hickory  Grove  church,  III., 5.50 

Yellow  Creek  church,  HI., 18.20 

Springfield  church,  Ohio 5.00 

Lanark  church.  III.,  19.00 

,  Total,  $82.70 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark;   III.,  Sept.  6th,  1878. 
(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


From  Raleigh,  West  Virginia. 

Ikiir  Brethren; — 

THE  health  of  this  country  is  the  most  dis- 
tressing I  have  ever  known.  I  have  lived 
here  forty  years  and  have  never  known  so  many 
deaths  in  this  section,  in  so  short  a  time.  Not* 
withstanding  the  many  warnings  we  have,  the 
health  of  the  people  spiritually  is  just  as  bad 
lis  it  is  physically,  and  it  has  reached  the  Breth- 
ren spiritually,  making  great  slaughter  among 
us.  The  most  lamentable  Case  that  I  ever  ex- 
perienced, was  here  the  3rd  of  August.  The 
whole  clergy  showed  plainly  that  they  were  de- 
ranged and  badly  diseased  in  mind.  As  ty- 
phoid fever  and  diptheria  are  carrying  a  great 
many  of  our  best  citizens,  young  and  old,  just 
so  is  the  disease  of  malice  and  envy  cutting 
off  some  of  the  best  members  of  our  church; 
and  the  people  are  becoming  hardened,  so  that 
few  tears  are  shed  when  the  messenger  of  death 
takes  out  of  the  family  its  best  member,  so 


THIi:    iiHETI-IREIvr    ^VT    -VVOKlv. 


September 


with  the  ehiircli  licre.  The  3rd  day  of  Ang- 
Ufit  one  of  our  best  members  wunt  from 
the  fold  iievyr  to  return,  and  it  seemed  that  joy 
instead  of  sorrow  wns  the  result  with  the  ma- 
jority of  the  niembere  present. 

W.  H.  Hailkv. 


G-LEANINGS. 


From  Dale  Oitj',  Iowa.— Our  Love-ffust, 
the  12th  und  13th  of  Sept.,  piiaseil  off  pleasantly. 
It  was  not  so  hirgely  iittended,  but  good  order 
was  observed  throughout  the  meeting.  Breth- 
ren from  the  udjoining  church  (Dallas  Co.),  were 
present  with  us,  labored  very  earnestly  iu  the 
Master's  cause,  setting  forth  to  us  the  necessity 
of  living  in  close  communiou  with  God,  and 
also  spoliR  of  things  not  of  God,  but  of  the 
world,  and  that  if  we,  his  professed  followers, 
would  indulge  iu  thetu,  would  distiimlify  us  for 
heaven.  A  fhoice  wu-i  held  for  a  speaker  iiud  a 
deacon.  The  lot  felt  on  Bro.  Moses  Denrdorff 
for  speaker  and  Uro.  Daniel  Diehl  for  ^eaeon. 
Miiy  the  Lord  bless  them  in  the  work  He 
gave   them   to  tloi  ,  A  Brother. 

From  Croton„,Ne\v  Jersoy.-rThc  Breth- 
ren here  are  building  .a  new  ,  meeting-house, 
which  th^L'y  hope  to  get  compiotcd  before  cold 
weather  gomes.  They  have  the  frame  up  and 
ready  for  the  enolosnre.  i  Siw  3^x48,  with  a 
ceiling  of  IG  feat.,  It.nrill  be.  qmts  commodious. 
when  dune.        .,1 .       i. .      -...i  m     .  .  i       ,.   <l.; 

We  are  having  quitedamp  weather  here  now. 
Ija9t  Wednesiliiy .  nl'ternoonilihad  .the  heaviest 
rain  fall  ever  known  here.  Quite  hardithunclen' 
We  heaixlof  Hflvora!  buildings  being  struck  by 
lightning.  Great  ajuoui^t,  ^'..damage  done  to 
roads,  and  bridges  swe^tt,  a\v:ay.  .Little  gullies 
swelled  to  greiit'  sitreains. '  In  fact  whole  'pieces 
of  ground  seemed  to  be  covered  with  water. 
'■  ', ,       Amos  Oh,\m»krlais.  / 

FroniiD.B.GilJSOil.— lam  now  in, Fulton 
Co.,IU.  I  began  meeting  lastuiglit.  thoprospect 
is  good  for  atevival.  I  have  preachedonly  two 
sermons.  The  congregations  ate  large  and  the 
interest  good  for  the  beginning.  I  will  proba- 
bly remain  in  Fulton  Co.  till  the  25th,  arid  then 
not  get  near  through  with  the  calls  in  this  Co., 

My  health  Jis  fair,— better  tiian  for  a  year. 
Pray  for  the  success  of  oilr'holy  Gliriatiuuity, 
r  have  rented  my  farm  and  shallperhaps devote 
the  most  of  my.  time  toevangelii',ation,aaid  ma^ 
change  locations.  I  want  to  tocat«  where  I  can 
do  the  most  good  for  the  eanae  of  Christ. 

From    Painipe    City,    Noliraslja.— Three 

more  precious  souls  were. made  willing  to  come 
out  to  serve  the  Lord  in  this  cougtfg.itian.  A 
young  man  and  his  wife,  ivere  received  by  hap- 
tisui  on  last  Sunday  and  another  yoiiug  o),an 
on  last  Thiii-sday  after  council  mestiiig  closed. 
May  the  Lord  help  tliem  and  all  to  hold,  out 
faithful  to  thp  end,  is  my  player.  Hope  to  be 
able  to  send  in  more  good  news  soon. 

ELiz.vi!Frra  Smith. 

From  Chlinibu^CO,  Ind.— OnSnnduy,  Bro; 
Henry  Bradingum in  company  with  tworieigh- 
hor  boys  John  and  Walter  Swihiirt,  went  into 
a  small  lake  about  four  miles-  West  from  this 
place  to  take  a  h.iili.  When  the  former,  awam 
into  where  th(.'  v,,it.T  wa^  about  tvvelve  feet 
dee^),  aJiil  Wiis  smlJeiily  taken  with  .-ome  Ttfrv- 
ous  aflectibn  -.,n.\  uttered  Ihee.x.  I., nuil  „,,,  '  iHi!' 
and  called  .J.ihn  to  assi-itauce-lM.  -;,i,k  .l-iuii 
in  the|W.iVr.  TIip  boy'weut  b-  '.„-  ..-.i>L.i,.,:,- 
aiiJ  wlieu  lie  rose  to  thesui-faf^-,  ln' u'l'.'-i"  ■!  tlie 
boy  luid  dragged  him  down  in  rli.^  i\.d,.|  ,iiid 
with  a  hard  struggle,  the  boy  bi^k..-  lo,>-,.  ami 
thus  escaped  a  watery  grave.  The  alarm  was 
spread,  but  it  iwas  a  couple  'of 'hours  before  the 
body  wa;5  recovered.,.  It'.  wfi3\^ounilA  by  tho.iise 
of  a  large  lish  net.  Brother  Braf^iiigiim  leaves 
a  wife  and  two  small  chlldreli  to  mourn  his  loss. 
They  do  not  mourira?1liftStfWiit  have  no  hope. 
AVe  trusldih(t|rili)^  ishls,feteiiQal>gUlii.i  Oh.inmy 
they  put  their  trust  in  Goil,  who  is  able  to  raise 
him  up  again  on  the  resurrection  itioi'h'.  "'The 
age  |0f  our  departed  brother  was  I'U  years  and) 
some  days..  (''upierttliBeryices.by  tiie  IJrothrcn, 
from  iilark  i;J;,35,  ...  .,,  .       i   C..K.  yi'iiHWX.  . 


SHOEMAKER.— In  the  Huntingdon  congre- 
gation. August27th,lS7S,daughter  of  Bro. 
Jacob  and  sister  Susan  Shoemaker,  aged  !). 
years,  10 months  and  15  days.  Funeral  ser- 
vices from  Isaiah  iO:8. 

ALTMAN. — In  the  same  congregation,  Sept. 
2nd,  1878,  .(acob,  infant  son  of  brother  Hen- 
ry  and  sister  Eli?:abeth  Altman.  Funeral 
services  by  R.  K.  Binkleyandthe  writer  from 
Rev.  14:13.  Wii.M.vM'SuMMEns. 

CRUME.— In  the  Springfield  district,  Ind., 
Sept.  13th,  Sylvauia  Crume,  infant  son  of 
Bro.  Levi  and  sister  Mary  Crume,  aged  1  year, 
11  months  and  5  days.  Funeral  services  by 
Elder  David  Bare,  From  Matt,  19: 14  and  15. 
'  .John  BoLiits, 

HYRE.— In  the  HuntsvUle  district.  111.,  Aug. 
20th,  Bro  Absalom  Hyre,  aged  64  years  and 
10  days.  J.  I'.  HoENlNG. 


I>  I  E  T)  . 


CRtPE.-In  thV-   H,i,Kant  Hill   con  urcguHrm 

Macoupin   Oi)„  IM,-,  Sept.   7tli,   si^lt-r   Lvdia 

Cripe,  wiff  (if  Hainu'd  Cripe,    aj-.^d'  :U  years. 

4monthsiirjdCdays      GEoniiii  W.  Grnsos. 

(P»-/m(7(,«  ciirisfuDi,  pkdse  copy). 

MUC.K.— la  the  bounds  of  the  Milledgevilie 
chur.ch,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  Ledi  Sinda  Sha-k, 
divd  August  Kith,  187S,  ageda  year.  In  mnu. 
aud  ISd.iya.     Services  by  Eld.  J.  S.  Haiietr. 


^NNOUJSr  CEMENTS. 


tfOTloiu  at   LoTe-fenala,   DislHot   Meetings,   e(o.,  should 

.    bo  brief,  Bnd  written  on  paper  scpBraU) 

IVom   albcr  busiiieaa. 


Mineral  Creek,  .Tulinson  Co.,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct-'  1. 

Stauisl.ius  .-I li,  (\.l.  first  S;iiiLriKiy  Iu  October. 

Mul(u-ri> .  '.    i:..^.l  >'■■.  IU.,  Oet.otli.' 

Fraukliu  .  lull.  !■    r  ...i  ,,-,.1  .Hi.ill   niili''*  Nortli-east 
Of  I,.-ni,    |i.-.    LliLi  <  ..     1..U.1,  (trl     l-iMi. 

Lower  I'.ili  <    .  .  r  ■  :  ur.  ii  \i  i.iiv,.,,  i  ..    i  n,;  ,n.-t.  11. 
Logan  chii'    I.    I    ._  .■   '    .    i>    i>.  ■  :-■       ■  -   ..  .■"■!!, 

PeabOiU  r.|,i,,. r    -.m  .1...1  i.n,     a    ...-i.i.-nr..   of 

liro.   ll.iin    .■'iiuiuwi,    line.'    ;uia    ,.    b,.LL    miles 

Xortli-WL-,-;t  uf  rLMbwlj.  M.imai  Cu..  K^u. 
Pokiigoii  coiifircRatJon,  Cass  co,.  Midi.,  October  Dtlj 


.l.i.'k,  I'.  M. 


irU. 


i-irrr 


II  ^0.,  Kaiisiis, 


cMiarepition,     utfar    KagerEtown, 

u.L.Oul.nllLiit  Iiii.'cluck._|    I  J 
.  hiirrii,  ]. A  <'.,-,!,-■■    CO.,"  Ind,  Oct. 


ntliatriu'clouk. 


.  Oliio.  Ocfo.ber 


SjirineAHd  cliuroli.SuininitiCo.,  Ohio,  Oct.  Stb,  at 

10|O|-c^-k.  ..'...        .1 

Clear  Creek  cburcb,  near  Iluntingtun,  Jiid.,  Sent. 
2ltlianoVcloclt.'  t  ■"'  *'  "      '   ■"■'"■  '■    ■ 

Uiiidh  City  church;' he lir  U riiUn  City,  Jtid.. '  Oc't.'  'lO; 
'      at  lUio'iiloek.. :   II    in      <  '  imi  >       <  .  '  r  i  .  .'  I    'i  I 


KiiobCrK-k.  W:i>liiiitrtun  I'li,.  Ti'iiii ,  Ort.  ,-,lli  and' 
0th,  al  f.i..-,l.i,k,  A    M.  .     . 

yeoslioi'iii.ii  i.  11. 1   -III  .mil  nth,  tliiee  miles  North 


^o.,Pa.,Oot..jth,atiI*,ML  i 
K-ar- Salem^ Kan.,  i.'^'pt.^t1i|and 


;ileto  cunpieuaiiun,  rotir  miles  East  of  Mulem.-Ma- 

ri.pu  10.,  III.,  (Ill,  ]-jlh,at  2V.  M. 

Ill,  t;,.ULl  .■...,  lijil.;Oct. 


.  M. 


EFi?lhh  liiM'iToiiiiii'frrili.iii.K.Mkiik  <■,,.,  [r,wiL,t«-0 
lutiiimu  liiill  mil.'-  l;,i..l    ..r   .-..iiUi    iMi^li.-U,   jiud 

Sii,    -.W   INK'   ll,llt    IMil,,     X.,llh..(     ll.lli.,!,   II,  t.Stli 

hik!  alli, 

Itp.'irrrfi'kchuvi-h.niii^Ii;, ,11!    ^-yi   L-lh;.ii<l 

:;l;lh  ;it   1  1'.  _M.,  .il  lli.-  Ihmlm-    .,|  liiL.    .1    ^.    .MiU/- 


.  Xi)rtli.Mi.. 
<.  lit  tlip  res- 
ill's    \V<-st  (If 


.inn  CO..  ilmr.'li.  Iowa,  Oct.  HHh,  i,l  in  I'.  M. 
ilvu1ii<>lli.iUsUk'(,  Uhiteii..,  Ind,.  X.iv.-(ubcr  Idt, 

al  -I  1'.  .\[. 
■lullh  Fiirk  '  hiivch,  Clintuu  ,■.,„  Md.,  (let.  l^tli  at  1 

o'cluck  ;  uicutiuu  to  amtiuue  for  a  week. 


„  Iml.,  Oct.  rah.  at 


ffsT"!  We,  the  Brethren  of  the  Wabash  church, 
intend  holding  our  Conirannion,  the  Lork  will- 
ing, Sept.  28th,  commencing  at  10  A.  M. 

ZW^iie  Wnddams  Grove,  111.,  feast  will  be 
on  the  8th  and  9th  of  Oct.,  commeAcing'iit  One 
o'clock  P.  M.     A  general  invitation.        ' 

ENoCn  Eby. 

jar  The  West  Olter  Creek  church  will  hold 
their  Love-feast,  the  Lord  willing,  on  the  Uth 
and  12th  of  Oct.;  nine  miles  West  of  Virdeu, 
Macoupin  Co.,  111.  Isaac  H.  C,itis-r. 

C5l'"'The  Brethren  of  Itock  River  church, 
intend  holding  thek  Love-feast  on  the_4th-of- 
Oct.,  commenciug  at  4  l'.  &{. ,  L.  Raff. 

'  aS'"  We,  the  Plattabnrg  church,  will,  the  Lord 
willing,  hold  our  Lo,vc-feast  Oct.  5th  and  6th, 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Benjamin  Keller,  Butler 
Co.,  Neb.,  eight  miles  South  of  Schuyler.  ^ , . 

J.,T.  MdoMAW.  ' 

HSrThe  Brethren  of  the  Brick  ohurchv 
Floyd  Co.,  Virginia,  will  hold  a. Love  feast  Oct.: 
."Jth  and  6th,  commeuciDg  at  11  A.  M.  Aj  generr, 
al  invitation.  C,  D.  Hylton. 

^^The  Lord  willing;  the  Brethren  of  the' 
Antioch  church,  expect  to  hold  a  Conintuninn 
at  Antioch,  oh  the  l.^th  of'Oct.;  comnii'm  iiij.- 
.at  ^  P:  M. J.' W.  SoVTHwnoti. 

;-i'"The  Brethren  of  the  Sj.ring  lllver,Val- 
ley  church,  intend  holding  their  Love-feiist  Oct. 
k'lth  and  Idth,  commencing  at  10  o'clock,  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  John  Wamj.k-r,  two  miles' 
Nortli-west  of  Carthage.  Missou  ri. 

■■^'    ,  "W.lf.  HAiY'^v.  ' 

iIS'^"The  Brethren  of.the.SUver  Creek  con-. 
gregntion,  expect  to  hold,  their.  Commuuioa< 
meeting  the  Ifitli  and  17th  of  Oct.,  nine  ,  miles 
South  east  of  Winfield,  Kan.  Brethren  traveling 
through  will  please  remember  tiiis. 

■   L.  li.  Pruikktt,  .  . 

JW  Tlie  Brethren  of  the  Tiirltey"  Creek 
congregation  propose,  the  Ldi-d  willing,  to  hold 
a  Lbve-feaSt  the  23th  iiiid  29th  of  Sept.,  seven 
.miles  South-east'  of  Pawiice  City,  N^br&ska. 
E:  Smith. 
I  ^^~  Our  District  meeting  will  be  held  at  the 
Pleasant  Hill  church,  Macoupin  Co.,  111.,  Oc- 
tober 7th.  Those  coming  b>'"  K.  R..  from  the 
, North,  will  please  stop. off  at'Viwl^,  and  those 
from  the  South  at  Girard.  Those  wishing 
conveyance,  will  notify  the  writeV-  in  du^  time 
at  Girard.  Josei-h  Fii.BiniN.   ' 

33?"  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Pleasant  Hill  church,  Macoupin,  Co.,  111., 
October  5th,  at  10  o'clock. 

j;^'"' There' will  bea  Comuioniori  iiiwlim;  ou 

the  (Ith  of  October,  in  the  Yellow    River    con- 

jgregation,  Marshall  Co.,    Indiiiua,  three  rniks 

;North-west  of  Bourbon,  at  Bro.  .JacobLiiit^.' 

DahmnS.  Hale. 

1^:7"  The  Pipe  Creek  congregation,   M.idison 

I  'u.,  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Communion  uieet'in'g,' 

near  Summitville  Madison  Co.,   luiliauii,'  '  6ci. 

4th,  commencing  at  10  o'clock.      '  .■,|',\\,'^,;'"t''i 

.lohn  R. 'WEr'.t.iNarosj. 

'  3^"  The  Brethren  of  the  iLick  'Cr.e?k.cKuc<ih , 
of  Owen  and  Clay  counties,  Ind,,  expect  to  hold 
their  Communiou  meeting  Oct.  16th,  at  the 
Brethren's  meeting-house,  at  Denmark,  five 
miles  HiLst  o'f  Clay  City,  to  which  place  the 
cars  run  from  Terre  Haute.  Should  any  mem- 
liins  frniu  the  South,  North,  E,lst  oi^West  come 
l>v  i(- K.,  tliey  cau.tquie  to  Terre  Haute,  to 
t'lay  <'ily,  whci;e  they  ^ill  be  conyeyeito  place 
i}i  meeting,  if  irifornied  by  letter  to  tlie  liridcr- 
signed.  .Ioiin  LoMi, 


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GOSPEL  HAMMER 
HIGHWAY  .GRADER, 

Or  Rubbish  Clpttued  from  the  Way  of   Life. 
By  S.,H.  Bafhor.      Bound   in    Cloth,  Price  SP,,, 
iCeuts. , ;  Address  illii^qffice.,  ,,,,; 


¥|s  ^ri-II|rat  al  W^ath 


1.  REXja-IOTTS  T 


J.  H'.  MooHV.    (t    M.  M    K>;iiEi.M\: 


f 


JIE  BRETH|*EN  AT  WORK 

, '  hSitini*'  ndi'o'c 

piirily 


cogniz. 


cNi 


■aic  of  Pr^iiiitivc  Cliriulinuity  lii  oil 
Tcstniiicnl  .15  (lie  only  liifalllblo 


rule  of  (oilh'and  prnciio 

And  mainLiiiis  (lint  tlie  sovereign,  iinmcri(cd,  iinjo- 
licilid  yr.icc  of  God  is  tiic  only  source  of  p.irdon,  nnd 

Tli.it  tlii;  vic.irioiis  siirteri(ig5  nnd  mcrKorioin  work*  of 
ClirLst  ore  (he  only  price  of  rcdcinplian : 

TJiiit  Fnitli,  Rcpcntnncf  nml  B.-ipdsm  .iro  condilioni  of 
pnrdon,  .->nd  liencc  fur  (lie  remission  of  slnF: 

rii.it  Trine  IinmiT^inn  or  dippins;  (lie  liindi.liilo  (hrci! 

Tlint  Feo(-\V.T;liii,.j    .    i i.' ii.   I..I,..  i -■„  is  n  diviiio 

c6iiiiTiand  to  be  ob~i:r..     .  .  i..   .       i 

Th.it  (lio  Lord'-   S...  ,  .■    ..rul,  iiiconncc 

lion  M.'ith  the  Coiuniui      .,    .:,...■-    M^oii  in  Ihc  even, 
int;.  orafler  the  clofi-  of  (hi-  ds_v  : 

Tliat  the,  Salu(alion  of  the  Holy  ^Kiis,  or  Kiss  of 
Clurity,  is  binding  upon  llic  followers  of  Christ 

Tiiat  \V.ir:in'IR.;(^iliat[onnr«'cohtran'lolhcsni"IOnd 
i   I  .1.  [,    ii.j  ;.r.,,.  i|iksofitliereligionor  JesiisClirisC 
I  iruiity  to  t))e  world  in  ^res5,ci 


;n(iai  (o  (ni 


lioline 


.Addres^:  IttOOitE  A  ESHELMAN, 

"'"■'    "'  ''  '"  '    r.ANAi'K,  t'ARROLL'fO,,  Il.l 


Tho  Perfect  Plpn  ofSaWatien,  or  Safe  Oroyni].      Dy  J.  n. 
Mi.ntc.     Showing    thni    llie    |io»illoni  fltcupieil.by  (he 


Sabtatism.  —  Uy  M.  >i 

c..nt-i,   L'ilcn,i1^,$V/ 
hricliy  HLniving.(h!i( 


bhn(h  ijKe.Vtidn,' 
llie  sgrenUi-dny 
wish  diiy,  and 
J  prefwrrcU  Jliy 


CampbolllDin  Waigliad  In  the  Balanci;,  and  T'oncd  Want- 

Ing-.—A  wriilcn    senium   iii  rii|.ly  lo    Klilur  (J .      IJj 


looailly.  Prite,  2  copied.  10  ci 


Cliiklreii  at  Work. 

Tjip,  Jti-ii,-lil,    SiKiri.liii^'    Vimtirs    Paper,', 

I    ,.      ,,  !   ri:i!i,isjii.,i)  wivKKi.v.  ■  / 

.11  wilKellyonof  Ilible'fliel9,,coniomijdsi.ana  promii^ 

U  I*  ioi  Uihle  Songs^  b'iIiId  t'oeiry.'JiitWt'foptieiy','  Bi- 
tile  ll^olriiic.  J    '■ 

I     II  ii'iU  [e:ich  your  cliildreo  liow  If.  bo  good  iy«l  how  Id 

,    luJiAQd«i'nicciij:JitTip'[i'arodTaivn  from  Dibta  cTeain  ' 

t.  ;..,i,r.  I.    .  ,'.'   .-...  ..(    i..i|.|„iitfss,  bolii  in  ihi',.  life  nnd 

I  I  .ir  . .    .     ..  1  ri  (  ni,.  i.n„i,s,"(^  [iint    is.  ijnsi   what 
ilii  ■  [.  i|i.  r  ir.. .  ii.i-  .l.,irii;       ■  luiplcs,  pheerj'ullj  siin(, 

,   yv.\\:\:,  ;••>  i-a.st^  pkii  asnu.m, 
I  '  I  Adilresi :  UOOBE  k  ZSHSLUAH, 

LANAItK,.CAItSOLL  CO.,  ILU 


,,        ,    W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

pay  pMSonger  iriin   ijoing  eosl  leaveP' Laaiirk     a(  12;0O 
I    P.  ,M.,,iiiidiirriycain  llacincnlU^lO  f,  Nf, 
Day  pii3^enger,lriun  going  nesl  ientes  Lnnftrk  nl  li:OG    P, 
;    M,,  ftnd  nrri»es  nt  Rock   Island  m  3:S0  P.  M,  ' 

Nighl  passe\t^er  (rains,  going  east  and  west,  meet '  BSJ 
leave  Lanark  al  :.':18  A.  M..  srriTing  in  Racine  at  6:00 
A,  M.,  and  at  Roek  Island  m  13:00  A.  M. 
Frelghl  and  Acconimodalion  Trains  will  run  nesl  al 
'  12:  10  A,  M„  «;!()  A.  M„  nnd  cast  nt  Vlt  10A.M. 
■    and  G:  1,^  P.  M.  , 

Tirke'H  nre  sold   for  ftlt*70   trains   only.     Passenger 
trains  make  close  eonncctiDn  at  Western  Cnion  JuDclioo. 
0.  A.  Sinnt,  AgeoL 


The  Brethren  At  Work, 

^'■Behold  I  Bri/ng   You  Good  Tidings  of  Cheat  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  —  Lcke  2;  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  October  10, 1878. 


No.  41. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

BWTBD  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Sl-ECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS; 
E.  H.  uillkf;, -,     r.'UiOGA,  UJP. 

J.  ■ff.BTKlN-,       ------       NEWTONIA.MO. 

D.  VAXUIAS,         ------      -VlRDEN.aL. 

D.  B.  WESTZER,        -      -      -      -      -WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

UATTt?.  A.  LEAK, IjnilANA,    ILL. 


THE  TONGUE 


UY  JAS.  Yi  HECRTjER.- 


S;ive  Up  to  vlioin  it  (loth  beloiii;: 
lie-  can.  thioiii3;liw:ildifnluess  iiinl  [uayer, 
Briille  liii^tonguc  wild  goUl)'  fear. 
"J?iM8trniieeUiutsiL.'li  !i  littio  tliiiii;  , 
Should  iieople  into  Iroiiliifi  lii  iiif; ; 
Since  L-achliistoii'.'.ifc.iiuhl  l.iiiih>  wdl. 
Were  it  not  toiicht^  witli  liiu  i-C  hell.    : 
Of  beasts  and  biitla  without  n  tiwl. ' 
:   Miiiiliind  cimtame  tliomaiid.cuvilriH— 
lliit  less  in  size,  Diougli  not  in  liiiiie, 
"f  is  wiiri!  "  Thu  tonft.ic  can  no  nlaii  tfime." 

It  will  run  wild  to  tho  extreme. 

Takp  IhinEsrorKraiiled-as  they  seuni. 
And  iii«.'4fi^iini(fut^ft,sui-,uiigJ,.-(-,i_;  ,".^ 
u),'li  viuious  mulifp,  sti-enuous'lies. 


Thiou),'li  ■ 

A  little  menibei  iathe  tonffue,       '       ' 
It  biHiats  of  grcaliifSSi  vaimtetli  li\ng. 

And  in  its  word  wt-  sometimes  ii,<:\> 
A  world  of  vast  i  nil]  nity. 

TliL-  tongne  that  flatters  men  H'itli  praise, 
IVill  turn  tUoir  infamy  toiviiscj '    ,  ;         j 

And  oft  in  secret,  si.eak  a  wmil,  ^  | 

Wliii'li  from  tliattoriBuesllonlthui'orhe  heard. 

But  LliMi  the  seoi-et  Vill  cimc  onl' 
F.u-  oilier  folks  to  lallc  about:    : 
The  evil  news  will  siiiead  ;»s  soon 
As  I'liaft  tliut  by  (hf  wind  is  Mown. 

Jtin-li  tan  he  done  by  (.'rfort  stroijj,-. 
T(t  (,ijv(.TU  and  cluilnil  the  t'oiigui-'; 
Wlien  evil  tiiouk'lils  iiervade  tlie  licavt. 
Sptak  not  until  llnise  llioii>.'lils  depart, 


FEOM  C.  H.  BALSBAUQH. 
To  Ida  Bell  Rigfjie,  of  Sncmmvnio,  Cal.:- 

IT  became  n  proverl),  "  Is  Saul  also  among 
the  pioplieta?"  I  would  itwcra  a  proverl) 
among  angels  and  men,  C.H.  Balsbungliis  also 
among  tl\e  childmi.  Tliis  is  my  higUest  ambi- 
tion. !  care,  not  to  riile  in  tlie  eliariot  of  Cesar, 
or  to  rock  on  the  wave  of  popiilaritj-,  bnt '  my 
soul  yearns  to  get  hack  iiito  my  little  petticoat, 
into  the  life  of  innocence  aud  purity  that  filled 
my  happy  child-heart  when  Isat  on  my  s:iiiifc- 
ed  mother's  lap. 

I  received  your  fonuor  letter,  but  had  iio 
stamps  to  reply.  I  have  a  pack  of  letlors  ready 
for  mail,  waiting  for  some  raven  to  bring  me  a 
beak  full  of  stamps.  I  wish  some  of  the  fine 
ladies  and  gentlemen  of  Saci-araeiito  would  lol- 
low  the  example  of  Exodus  35;  :i2,  and  let  mt 
share  the  result  for  the  mniutenauce  of  my  pen- 
ministry.  Millions  of  souls  are  stilrved  because 
the  gold  of  the  Great  Proprietor  is  turned  into 
trinkets  for  the  lust  of  the  eye. 

I  am  too  weak  and  in  suffering  to  write  you 
!i  long  letter.  I  am  under  the  harrow  of  neu- 
ralgia. My  head  and  face  and  mouth  are  so 
bruised  under  the  flail  of  aftlictioii,  that  to  par- 
take of  food  is  agony.  In  a  most  loving  fare- 
well I  will  call  your  attention  to  a  passage  of 
great  beauty  and  import,  which  is  adaptpd  to 
little  giris  aud  hoys,  no  less  than  to  the  hoary 
head.  It  is  lound  in  1  Pet.  3: -1.  "' VVie  ohs,\- 
UKiiT  nf  a  meek  am!  ijii!'-t  -■'pirit.  irhicli  is  TN 
THK  SIGHT  OF  GOD  OF  GREAT  PRICE." 
You  can  find  nothing  in  all  Sacramento  city,  or 
in  all  the  fashion-marts  in  the  world,  that   will 


adorn  you  like.  this.  It  is  the  most  precious 
pearl-gem  ^In  the  cabinet  of  redemption.  Wear 
it  in  your  heart  of  hearts,  and  on  your  forehead, 
and  you  will  have  a  passport  that  will  admit 
you  at  the  crj'sbil-Qntp  into  the  bliss  and  glory 
of  God's  owa^teT'iityj, ,    i      ■  '      .  ; 


THE  EVIDENCE  OF   FAITH. 
DY  LEWIS  o.  nriiuKR. 

Is  there  any  w.iy  of  knowing  whether  wo '  re- 
ally have  faith?  We  answer  that  there;is. 
Well  what  constitutes  the  evidence?  We  m- 
$\vvi\  iiiir  iforkx.  If  we  ofcf^  God  in  all  llihiys, 
we  know  of  a  surety  that  we  have  faith, 
repent  aiid  are  baptized  according  to  the  direc- 
tions, i)l/o  'each  name  of  the  Trinity,  'aiid  wash 
(lie  S'/iH^'s  feet,  and  salute  the  Brethren  with  the 
kis3  of  charity,  and  anoint  the  sick,  and  feed 
the  hungry,  and  clothe  the  poor,  and  send  the 
Go.'ipel  to  the  unda  of.  the  earth — with  -many 
more  good  deedt<,  we  may  rest  assured  that  we 
are  in  the  fiuth.  But  if , Christianity  is  left„to 
take  care  of  it.self,  our  money  squji|Udered 
paying  taxes  for  the  slaughtering  of  millions 
of  lives,  and  the  distress  of  millions  of  widows 
and  orphan  children^hajipy  homes  made  deso- 
late, happy  families  dissevered  and  east  upon 
tlieitiercilesslbr  protection, ^the  country  till- 
ed with  beggars,  that  is  enough  to  fill  the  aoiil 
of  the  philanthropist  witii  grief  that:  ha^itens 
I  him  to  an  untimely  grave.  i 

How  much  l)ettar  to  have  spent  our  money 
for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God, 
tjian  to  he.pfiyjngthese  high  tnxes,  and  wit- 
nessing the  misery  of  the  race  from  the  influ- 
ence of  a  crui-1  war.  Will  we  take  warning 
from  the  past,  and  make  an  effort  to  avoid  all 
future  war,  or  will  we  hoard  up  our  ijioney  for 
another  war  and  high  taxes?  If  Christians 
Would  Spend  half  their  money  for  the  spread 
ithe  poaceable  doctrine  of  the  Son  of  God,  that 
they  spend  for  taxes;  they  would  soon  find  theii 
pockets  filled  and  running  over,  instead  of  drag- 
ging through  a  horrible  existence.  The  past 
war  ought  to  be  a  lesson  for  all,  and  every  oll'ort 
made  to  acquaint  the.  rising  generation  with 
the  dolefiil  influence  of  war,  and  the  advantage 
of  accept  ng  the  teachings  ol  Christ.  Cii; 
all  feel  gi  iltless  of  the  hlood  of  the  past 
and  the  iiiserles  it  has  brought  over  our  land; 
'ir  will  tl;  Savior  say,  to  those  whom  He 
given  th '  talents  or  knowledge  of  His  peace 
'and  goodwill  <in  earth,  "you  slothful  serVaut 
depart  fnm  me,  yon  have  not  made  use  ot  the 
talents,  I  ^avo  you  in  the  other  world,  and  I  have 

evider  ;e  thnt.you  will  do  better  in  this  world." 


This  God  requires  at  our  hand;  nndanything 
short  of  this,  will  number  us  with  the  slothful 
servant;  and  cast  us  into  outer  darkness  where 
there  is  mourning,  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth.  While  we  i,„iy  have  fnifcli  to  go  to  Jor- 
Mn  and'be  bapti/cd,  we  must  also'  have  charity 
■or  else  our  baptism  will  do  us  no  good.  While 
we  may  humble  ourselves  to  tfiewbshing  of  the 
saint's  feet,  and  have  not  chrnity,  it  profitetli 
nothing.  And  while  we  have  faith,  humility, 
and  charity,  and  have  not  energy,  we  are  as 
dead  as  11  stone.  Faith,  humility,  and  charity, 
must  be  quickened  or  energized  by  the  Spirit 
of  God,  or  else  we  are  dead  in  the  end;  and 
judgment  will  awaken  our  slumbers  in  the  pit 
that  hurueth  with  five  aiid  brirast«ne. 

Let  us  all  ponder  over  these  things,  and  see 
if '  the  ■evidence  of  fnitli  ■  i^  ou'  oiii-  side  or  iigainst 
us.  Havewe  the  FAITH  that  will  stand  the 
TEST  in  a  DYING  KuUR:-' 


W" 


The  fact 


I'or  til 


;hat  we  are  faithful  in  this  life,  consti- 
•rulciHr  in  the  next  world. 
church  to  say,  go  teach  and  baptize 
thiut  furnishing  the  means  logo  with, 
is  the  saii^  as  to  say,  "be  clothed  and  fed,"  and 
thing  to  clothe  ami  feed  with.  The 
Brethren  leem  to  be  awakening  from  their  stum- 
hei-s,  hy  a-sense  of  their  duty,  as  well  as  their 
uegligencj,  and  thus  we  see  an  eftort  for  bi/tter' 
schooling]  and  better  modes  of  evungelizing, 
and  all  tKit  is  necessary  to  carry  on  the  work, 
is  more  s:hooliiig  aud  munej'.  Let  each  one 
fast  a  litth,  aud  send  the  money  thus  saved  in- 
to tlie  treisiiry  of  the  Lord.  Drones  are  u  per- 
fect inculus,  eating  out  the  very  liff  of  U'hrist. 
\Vu  con  n,l  do  somt-thiug  toward  aiding  in  the 
work  of  tie  Lord,  If  yoii  can  write  for  our 
poriodical| — write.  If  yon  can  preach  theGos- 
pel — preafh.  If  yoi  can  distribute  the  Breth- 
ren's perijdicals — spieiid  them.  If  ytm  can 
pay  tor  a|)a|]er  for  some  poor  soul — pay  for  it. 
If  yon  cai  aid  the  ministry — aid  it.  Aud  so 
you  can  ajWays  find  some  profitable  employ- 
ment in  ue  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  There  is 
no  excusefor  our  indolence,  or  forlieepiiig   our 


ETERNITY. 


HAT  are  we  to  uiideretand  by. eternity? 
Eternity  is  duration  without  limit.  As 
such  it  has  neither  hegiiiuiiig  nor  end.  In  this 
sense  it  is  only  applicabh'  tA  God,  for  Jehovah 
is  alone,  truly  and  prui^rrly,  eternal.  Other 
beings,  as  angels- andl  men,  havsasort  of'pros- 
peetive.eteruitv, are  imulortal 'and 'Will  exist  for- 
ever^ hut  ns  they  were  not  always  in  existtnce, 
they  are  not  strictly  eternal.  Eternity  has  been 
likened  to  a  ring  which  has  no  ueginning  or 
end.  Eternity  is  not  unaptly  said  to  .resemble 
the  scene  presented  to  the  mariner  when  out  at 
sea,  and  he  looks  abroad  in  every  direction  and 
perceives  nothing  but  the  waters  f  the  mighty 
ocean.  Eternity  necessarily  includes  duration 
beyond  all  that  figures  can  describe  or  ideas 
conceive.*  There  are  a  certain  number  of  grains 
of  sand  on  the  sea  shore,  a  certain  number  of 
drops  in  the  mighty  ocean,  a  certain  number  of 
blades  of  grass  and  leavi^s,  and  were  myriads  of 
ages  to  pass  between  the  annihilation  of  each 
of  those,  there  would  finally  cease  to  be  a  grain 
of  sand  &c.  But  eternity  would  then  be  no 
nearer  its  termination  than  at  first. 


SOME  SHARP  REBUKES. 


MR.  Axley  stood  silently  surveying  the  con- 
gregation until  every  eye  was  riveted. 
He  then  began;  "It  may  he  a  very  painful  du- 
ty, but  it  is  a  very  solemn  one,  for  a  minister  of 
the  Gospel  to  ropnve  vice,  misconduct,  and  sins 
whenever  and  ivheraver  he  sees  it,  but  especial- 
ly is  tJiis  his  duty  on  Sunday  and  atchnrch." 
'"And  now,"  continued  the  speaker,  pointing 
with  his  long  finger  in  the  direction  indicated; 
"  that  man  sitting  out  yonder  behind  the  door, 
who  got  up  and  tvent  out  while  the  brother  was 
pre.tehing,  stayed  out  as  long  as  he  wanted  to. 
got  his  boots  full  of  mnd,  came  hack  and  stamiJ- 
ed  the  mud  off  at  the  door,  making  all  the  no 
be  could  to  disturb  tbc  attention  of  the  congi 
gatiou,  aud  then  took  liis  seat;  that  man  thin 
I  mean  him.  No  wonder  he  does.  It  doesn't 
look  as  if  be  had  been  raised  in  the  white  set- 
tlements, does  it,  to  behave  that  way  at  meet- 
ing? Now,  my  friend,  I  advise  yon  to  learn 
better  manuei-s  before  you  come  to  church  nest 
time.     Bnt  I  don't  mean  him." 

"Aud  now,"  again  pointing  at  his  mark, 
"  that  little  girl  sitting  there  about  half  way  of 
the  house — I  should  Judge  her  to  bo  about  six- 
years  old — that's  her  with  the  artificial 
flowers  on  the  outside  of  her  bonnet,  and  on  the 
inside  of  her  bonnet.  She  has  a  hrcast-piu  on 
too  (they  were  very  severe  upon  all  superfluities 
of  dress],  she  that  was  giggling  and  chattering 
alt  the  time  the  brother  was  preaching,  so   that 


money  toSpend  for  our  cai-nalities.    ICeep   the    even  the  old  sisters  in  the  noighlwrhood  could 
ark  of  th^  Lord  moving  iit  the  sacrifice  of  all  |  not  hear  what  he  wassayiug,  though  Hiey  tried 


the  bottom  of  my  heart,  for  auy  parents,  that 
have  raised  that  giri,  you  have  disgraced  yonr 
parents  as  well  as  yourself.  Behave  better  next 
time,  won't  you?     But  I  don't  mean  her." 

Directing  his  finger  to  another  aim,  he  said, 
"  that  m,au  sitting  tlverc,  that  looks  so  bright 
as  if  he  never  was  asleep  in  his  life,  and  never 
expected  to  he;  laid  his  head  down  on  tho'  back 
of  the  seat  in  front  of  him,  went  sound  .isleep, 
slept  the  whole  time,  and  snored:  th.lt  maii 
thinks  I  mean  him.  My  friend,  don't  you  know 
the  church  is  not  the  place  to  sleep?  .  If  you 
needed  rest,  why  did  you  not  sl,iy  at  home, 
and  go  to  bed?  That's  the  place  to  sleep,  not 
in  church.  The  next  time  you  have  a  chance 
to  bear  a  sermon,  I  advise  you  to  keep  awake 
But  I  don't  mean  him."  Thus  did  he  proceed, 
pointing  out  every  man,  jvoman  and  child,  who 
■  id  in  the  slightest  deviated  -from  a  befitting 
hue  of  conduct; 'characterising  the  misdemean- 
or and  reading  sharp  lessons    of  rebtike. 

Judge  White  w.is  all  this  time  sitting  at  the 
front  end  ortbe  front  seat,  just  uiidei;-  the  speak- 
--.  enjoying  the  old  gentleman's  disquisition, 
to  the  last  degree;  twisthig  his  neck  around  to 
note  if  the  audience  relished  the  "down-com- 
ings," as  much  as  he  hid;  smiling,  chncjcling 
inw.nrdly.  Between  his  teeth  and  idieek  was  » 
monstrous  quid  of  tobacco,  when,  he  was  the 
better  pleased,  the  more  he  chewed,  the  more  he 
spit,  and  behold  the,  flpor  bore  witness  to  the 
results.  At  length  the  old  gentleman  straight 
eniiig  himself  up  to  his  full  height,  continued, 
with  great  gravity.  "And  now  I  reckon  yoa 
want  to  know  who!  do  mean?  I  moan  that 
dirty,  nasty,  filthy  tohacco-chewer  sitting  ,on 
the  end  of  that  front  seat,"  his  finger  mean- 
while pointing  true  as  the  needle  to  the  pole, 
■'see  what  he  has  been  about!  Look  at  those 
puddles  on  the  floor;  a  frog  would  liot  get  into 
them;  think  of  the  trails  of  the  sister's  dresses 
dragged  through  that  muck."  The  crest-fallen 
judge  averred  that  he  never  chewed, any  more 
tobacco  in  church.     ,  ,     . 

I  trust  enough  has  been  said  to  afl'ordyona 
truthful  and  vivid  notion  iis-to  what  these  men 
were.  I  honor  them  for  their  chivalaric  heroism. 
I  revere  them  for  their  lofty  faith,  their  burn- 
ing zeal,  their  simple-heurted  piety-~n  practical 
character  that  knew  no  limits.  I  loveiuid  hleto 
them,  lor  they  were  luj'own  fathers  in  the  min- 
istry. 

MARRIED  LIFE. 

("^  GOD  counsel  from  a  wife  and  mother:"! 
T  try  to  make  myself  and  nil  around  me 
agreeable.  It  will  not  do  to  leavea  man  to  him- 
self till  be  comes  to  you,  to  take  no  pains  to 
attract  him,  or  to  appear hefofe  him  with  along 
face.  It  is  not  so  diftlcnlt  as  you  think,  dear 
child,  to  behave  to  a  husband  so  that  h«  si  all 
remain  forever  in  some  measure  a  husband."  1 
am  an  old  woman;  but  you  can  still  do  what 
vou  like,  II  word  from  you  at  the  right  time  will 
not  fiiil  of  its  effect;  what  need  have  you  tn 
piny  the  suffering  virtue.?  '•  The  tear  of  a  lov- 
ing girl,"  says  an  old  hook,  "is  like  a  dew.dmp 
on  a  rose,  but  that  on  the  oheek  of  a  wife,  is  a 
drop  of  poison  to  her  husband."  Try  to  feel 
cheerful  and  contented,  and  yonr  husband  will 
be  so,  and  when  you  have  niaile  him  happy,  you 
mU  become  so,  not  in  appearance,  hut  in  reality. 
Nothing  flatters  a  mim  more  than  the  liappinet>s 
of  his  wife;  be  is  always  proud  of  himself  as 
the  source  of  it.  As  soon  its  you  are  cheerful, 
you  will  he  lively  and  alert,  uud  every  moment 
will  afford  you  an  opportunity  to  If  t  fall  an 
agreeable  word.  Your  education  which  givo 
yon  an  immense  advantage,  will  greatly  assist  • 
you. — Sel€c{ed. 


lartlily  ptasures. 


J  to.    She  thinks  I  moan  her,     I  am  sorry  from  I  or  for  the  people. 


WiiEiiKVKU  thi*  Bible  ia  not  uindodbo  founda- 
tion-stone of  education,  iif  society  and  (if  cvcij 
)  literalure  for  childrta 


form  of  life,  there  ]■ 


TPTK    BTtETHTREiSr    ^^T    AVOTtK:. 


October    lO 


THE  ROMISH  LADY. 

THERE  wns  a   Romish   Indy  brought  up  in 
popery. 
Her  mother  nlwiiya  taught  her,  the   priest  sh.; 
must  obey, 

0  pardon  mc  deur  mother,  I  humbly  pray   thee 

For  unto  these  false  idolB,  I  am  no  longer  bow. 

Assisted  by  herhond-Diaid,  a  Biblesheconcenk'd, 

And  there  she  gained  instruction,  till  God  Hifl 
lovoreveiiled. 

No  more  she  prostrates  herself  to  pictures  deck- 
ed with  gold. 

But  soon  ahe  was  betrayed,  and  her  Bible  from 
her  stole. 

I'll  how  to  my  Jesus,  I'll  worship   God  unseen, 

I'll  live  by  faith  forever,  the  works  of  rnea   are 

1  cannot  worship  angels  nor  pictures  made  by 

Dear  mother  use  your  pleasure,  but   pardon  if 

you  can. 

With  grief  and   great  vexation,    her  mother 

straight  did  go. 
To  inform  the  Romim  i^lergy,   the  cause  of  all 

her  woe. 
The  prie.'^t3  were  soon   assembled,  and  for  the 

maid  did  call, 
And  forced  her  in   the  dungeon  to  fright   her 

soul  withal. 

Tlie  more  they  strove  to  fright  her,  the  more 
she  did  endure, 

Although  her  ago  was  tender,  her  faith  was 
strong  and  sure. 

The  chains  of  gold  so  costly,  they  from  the  la- 
dy took, 

Aud  she  nith  all  her  spirits,  the  pride  of  life 
forsook. 

Before  the  pope  they   brought  her,  in  hopes  of 

her  return. 
And  there  she  was  condemned  in  horrid   tiames 

to  burn, 
Before  the  place  of  torment,  they  brought  her 

speedily, 
With  lilted  hands  to  heaven,  she  then  agreed 

to  die. 

There  being  many  ladies  assembled  at  the  place, 
She  raised  her  eyes  to  heaven,  and  begged  sup- 
plying grace, 
Weep  not  ye  tender  ladies,  shed  not  a  tearfor  me 
While  my  poor  body's  burning,  my  aoul  the 
Lord  shall  see. 

Yourselves  you  need  to  pity,   aud   Ziou's  deep 

decay. 
Dear  ladie-sturn  to  Jesus,  no  longer  makedelay; 
In  comes  her  raving  mother,   her  daughter  to 

behold. 
And  in  her    hands    she  brought  her    pictures 

decked  mtb  gold. 

I)  take  from  me  those  idols,   remove   them  far 

from  my  sight! 
Restore  to  me  mv  Bible,  wherein  I  take  delight, 
.Miis  my  agcl  mother,  why  on  my  ruin  bent! 
'Twas  you  that  did  betray  me,  but  I  am  innocent. 

Tormentors  use  your  pleasure,  and   do  a.s  you 

think  best, 
I  hope  my  ble-ssed  Jesus  will  t^ake  my  soul  to 

rest; 
Soon  as  these  words  were  spoken,  up  steps   the 

man  of  death, 
And  kindles  up   the   tire,   to  stop   the   mortal 

breath. 

Instead  of  goldei^  bracelets,-  with   chains   they 

bound  her  fast, 
She  cried  my  God,  give  power,  now  must   I  die 

at  Ia.st, 
Witli  Jesus  aud  His  augels,  I  shall  dwell; 
God  pardon  priest  and  people,  and  so  I  bid  faie- 

well. 

Selwted  by  Eno(;ii  Eby. 

WORDS     OF    COMFORT    FOR    THE 
LONELY. 


To  Shtcr  M.  E.  If.,  Gallio  Co.  0:— 
\7"0UR  isolation  fiora  tlie  community 
-^  of  the  faithful,  beinp;  similar  to 
many  others  who  read  the  Brethrkn  at 
Work,  is,  we  trust  a  sufficient  e.xcuse  for 
thus  addressing  you.  AVhat  may  be  a 
erumb  of  comfort  to  you,  may  be  to  hun- 
lireds  of  others.  Experience  has  tauiiht 
us,  that  it  tries  one's  soul  to  be  isolated 
from  tho.se  he  loves — no  ties  of  love 
more  lasting  than  those  that  knit  togeth- 
er the  kindred  in    Christ.     While  there 


in  in  the  t^norof  your  lar.-  letter  a  Bjiiir- 
it  of  holy  and  confiding  tnist  in  God 
and  his  great  mercy,  there  is  an  evidence 
of  eadnefts  Ijecause  you  have  not  the 
blessed  privilege  of  nu^t-ting  and  enjoy- 
ing the  swetit  associatiimf  of  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  like  precious  faith. 
You  say,  "  I  have  watcheil  and  pray- 
ed faithfully  over  you,  as  I  said  before, 
where  oh!  where  would  we  have  been, 
had  it  not  been  for  your  kind  cure 
and  laboi-s  of  love.  It  makes  rae  feel 
very  ead  indeed  when  I  think  that  1 
might  have  to  leave  this  world  without 
one  of  God's  dear  children  to  wat<?h  by 
roy  dying  bed  or  give  me  one  cheering 
word  while  battling  with  the  last  enemy. 
1  would  HO  much  like  to  commune  once 
at  the  Lord's  table  in  this  life — oh  how 
I  feel  it  would  strengthen  my  drooping 

HOUI." 

Give  God  all  the  praise  and  glory  for 
having  brought  you  out  of  Babylon  in 
to  the  fold  of  our  Lord  and  Master.  We 
well  remember  tlie  great  strucgle,  while 
yet  in  the  bloom  of  youth,  it  cost  you 
to  break  away  from  associates  in  that 
other /'a/M  and  cast  your  lot  with  that 
people  who  were  "  evil  spoken  of,"  and 
we  have  often  admired  that  religious  he- 
roism manifested  on  your  part  when  so 
sorely  pereecuted ;  and  through  all  the 
tiials  of  life,  God  has  sustained  you  and 
your  faith  has  been  confirmed.  Well 
might  you  say,  in  speaking  of  your  trials 
and  afflictions,  "  I  know  that  God  vnW 
enable  me  to  endure  it  all,  if  I  will  only 
trust  Him  in  the  right  way,"  What  a 
powerful  sermon  in  those  few  words, 
"  trust  him  in  the  right  way,"  That  is 
the  key  note  that  should  sound  its  bless- 
ed music  in  every  burdened  soul.  Trust 
Him  aright  and  He  will  never  forsake 
thee.  Though  you  may  feel  lonely,  Ji 
sus  and  a  host  of  angels — ministering 
spirita,  are  near  you  so  long  as  you  cast 
your  all  on  the  side  of  Jesus  Christ,  your 
Savior,  It  is  a  joyful  feast  to  sit  at  the 
Lord's  table  and  commune  with  God's 
children,  but  when  this  cannot  be,  seek 
that  blessed,  sweet  communion  with  the 
Lord  in  the  secret  chamber.  How  many 
there  are  that  have  entered  the  church 
with  a  heavy  burdened  heart,  and  there, 
while  in  sweet  communion  with  their 
God,  had  the  burden  rolled  away  aud 
came  forth  with  joy  and  gladness  in  the 
soul.  "  Draw  nigh  to  God  and  He  will 
draw  nigh  to  you."  Oli  what  a  blessed 
promise.  Dear  sister  when  you  feel  cast 
down,  and  heavy  clouds  seem  to  shut 
out  the  rays  of  divine  glory,  go  to  your 
best  friend,  Jesus, — the  Lord  of  life  and 
peace,  and  you  will  not  go  away  empty. 
His  ears  are  ever  open  to  the  lisping 
prayers  of  His  brethren  and  sisters.  He 
will  plead  your  cause,  and  God,  the  Fath- 
er will  greatly  bless  you.  Fear  not 
though  tiie  waters  be  deepandthe  storms 
fierce,  out  of  all  God  will  deliver  you. 
"  He  shall  deliver  thee  in  si.'c  troubles; 
yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no  evil  touch 
thee."  Job.  5:  10. 

Though  you  be  denied  the  opportuni- 
ty to  eat  at  the  Lord's  table  with  His 
peoph',  your  soul  may  feast  on  the  heav- 
enly manna  that  God  breaks  to  His  chil- 
dren in  the  wilderness,  and  you  may 
drink  of  the  Jit'e-hhod  of  your  Redeem- 
er, so  that  you  may  even  171  ijoiw  soli- 
tude, have  spiritual  life,  and  the  bless- 
ed assurance  of  immortality  beyond  the 
grave.  Though  no  elders  call  to 
anoint  you,  God  will  anoint  you  with  the 
oil  of  gladness  and  the  holy  Unction 
from  above,  that  your  sins  may  be  for- 
given, and  you  be  raised  op  in  the  great 
day  of  redemption. 

May  God  bless  you,  and  comfort  you 
with  His  divine  grace,    and  through    all 


the  vicissitudes  of  this  life,  may  you 
lean  on  the  promises  of  God.  wornhi))- 
ine  your  Creator  as  did  Jacob,  leaning 
upon  his  staff.  Remember  too,  that 
though  wide  plains,  high  mountains 
and  lieep  waters,  intervene  between  you 
and  njany  of  the  chosen  of  God,  that 
love  that  unites  us  all  in  one  common 
Ijrotherl^ood,  embrace^  ^c>«  and  all  the 
Scattered  sheep  of  the  -flock  into  one  fold 
with  Jesus  Christ  as  one  Shepherd;  and 
He  leadeth  all  alike  into  green  pastures. 
and  to  drink  of  the  pure  waters  of  eter 
nal  life.  "  Be  of  good  cheer,  Christ  has 
overcome  the  -world," 


THE    FOREKNOWLEDGE    OF  GOD. 

UY  rETER  DEARDOBFF. 

A  FTER  reading  the  article  in  No.  .14 
-*^  of  the  BuKTHitEN  AT  AVonK,  head- 
edj  "  Esau  have  I  liated,"  my  mind  was 
drawn  to  a  subject,  upon  which  it  has 
often  dwelt,  and  one  as  I  think  of  vast 
importance.  The  writer  of  this  article, 
has  no  doubt  put  tosilencetheerroneous 
idea  that  has  arisen  from  a  careless  ex- 
amination of  the  subject;  that  is,  of  the 
Lord's  hating  Esau  before  he  was  born, 
The  writer  says,  "  There  is  not  a  passage 
in  the  whole  Bilde  that  says  God  hated 
Esau,  or  anybody  else,  before  he  was 
born."  yea  I  continue,  nor  after  they  are 
born,  aud  have  lived  a  long  life  in  sin 
that  is  in  the  sense  we  generally  use  the 
word,  "  hate."  But  we  will  attach  a 
dift'erent  meaning  to  the  word  "liate" 
in  this  matter.  We  will  say,  the  Lord 
loved  Jacob  better  than  Esau,  or  prefer- 
red him  before  him.  But  %vhile  we  are 
willing  to  admit,  that  the  writer  of  said 
article,  has  destroyed  the  erroneous  idea, 
that  has  arisen  from  a  superficial  or  care- 
less study  of  the  holy  Scriptures  on  this 
subject,  we  cannot  see  how  this  view  of 
the  matter  can  nr  will  reconcile  or 
plain  the  great  principle  that  lies  at  the 
foundation  of  this  vast  subject.  The 
question  comes  vividly  back  again,  why 
did  God  prefer  Jacob  before  Esau  ?  for 
it  is  said  to  Rebecca,  "before  the  chib 
dren  were  born,  the  elder  shall  serve  the 
younger."  Gen.  25.  Why  did  God  say, 
to  Pharoah,  through  Moses,  "  For  this 
cause  have  I  raised  thee  up,  for  to  shi 
thee  my  power;  and  that  mv  name  may 
be  declared  throughout  all  the  earth?" 
Why  did  the  Lord,  by  the  moutfc  of  the 
"  man  of  God,"  speak  in  favorable  terms 
of  Josiah,  even  before  he  was  born  ? 
saying  to  the  altar  which  Jereboam  had 
built  in  Bethel  contrary  to  the  \\ill  of 
God,  "  O  altar,  altar!  thus  siith  the 
Lord;  behold  a  child  shall  be  birn  unto 
the  house  of  David,  Josiah  by  name; 
and  upon  thee  shall  he  oft'er  the  priests 
of  the  high  places  that  burn  incense  up- 
on thee,  and  men's  bones  shall  be  burnt 
upon  thee."  1  Kings  1.'3:  2.  How  is  it, 
that  the  Lord,  by  the  mouth  of  Isaiah, 
spake  of  a  man  whom  he  nam^d  Cyrus, 
and  called  him  his  shepherd,  and  that 
he  should  perforin  all  his  picture?  Is. 
44:  28;  25:  1-4  This  was  sjoken  by 
Isaiah,  at  least  one  hundred  yetrs  before 
Cyrus  was  born,  according  to  the  Bible 
chronology ;  for  it  was  about  onf  hundred 
and  sixty  years  before  he  issueu  the  edict 
for  the  restoration  of  the  cliild:eu  of  Is- 
rael. 

All  such  questions  tend  to  ^he  sarne 
center,  and  emerge  from  the  sane  source; 
and  we  see  through  them  that  God  did 
in  former  times  show  his  goodl  pleasure 
of  some,  and  his  displeasure  )f  others 
before  they  came  into  the  wodd.  We, 
therefore,  with  doubled  zeal  aid  energy 
trace  the  Sacred  Pages,  in  search  of  a 
principle  that  will  explain  thismystery. 


Paul  flays,  "  For  whom  he  did  fore- 
kno%v.  he  also  did  predestinate  to  be  con- 
formed to  the  image  of  his  Son."  Rom. 
^•••i'.).  And  Peter  says,  when  writing 
to  certain  churches,  that  they  were. 
"Elect  according  to  the  foreknowledge 
of  God,  the  Father,"  Peter  1:  2.  And 
Christ  in  his  high-priestly  prayer,  sayg, 
"  None  of  them  is  lost,  but  the  son  of 
perdition;  that  the  Scriptures  might  lie 
fulfilled."  John  17:  12.  Therefore,  we 
see  through  the  Volume  of  truth,  that 
these  things  are  done  upon  the  principles 
of  foreknowledge,  and  the  only  dlf- 
ference  there  is  since  Christ  and  before 
Christ,  is,  that  he  has  classified  the  chil- 
dren of  men  since  Christ;  one  under  the 
name  of  the  "Son  of  God,"  the  other 
under  the  name  of  the  "son  of  perdi- 
tion." Hence  it  becomes  no  more  nec- 
essary, since  Christ,  to  show  his  dis- 
pleasure of  some,  and  his  good  pleasure 
of  others,  through  his  foreknowlege  of 
their  subsequent  actions,  as  in  the  case 
of  Pharoah  who  was  a  vessel  to  dishon- 
or, and  in  other  cases,  which  I  have  al- 
ready cited,  who  were  vessels  to  honor. 
Therefore  we  are  made  to  exclaim  with 
Paul,  "  O  the  depth  of  the  riches,  both 
of  the  wisdom  and  knowledge  of  God! 
how  unsearchable  are  his  judgments,  and 
his  ways  pastfindmg  out!  For  who  hath 
known  the  mind  of  the  Lord?  or  who 
hath  been  his  counsellor?  Or  who  iiath 
first  given  t«  him,  and  it  shall  be  recom- 
pensed  unto  him  again?  For  of  him, 
and  through  him,  and  to  him  are  all 
things;  towhombeglory  forever  Amen." 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

In  the  Vineyard— Special  Seasons— Visit  to  the 
Brethren  —  An  Ordination  —  Choice  for  a 
Speaker  —  Anointing  the^  Sick  —  The  Tomb— 
Lord's  day. 

|Fnim  Oor  SpHkl  Cofnujiornlrnf.l 

T  ABORING  for  the  Master  is  one  of 
-*-^  great  pleasure  to  the  earnest  Chris- 
tian. He  is  full  of  zeal  and  earnestness 
in  the  work  of  salvation.  And  in  or- 
der to  make  his  labor  effectual,  he  prays 
for  the  accompaniment  of  divine  influ- 
ence. Hence  to  be  successful,  the  min- 
ister must  frequent  a  throne  of  grace. 
Aud  though  it  may  encourage  him  to 
preach  to  a  large  multitude,  yet  to  him 
it  is  no  mark  of  condescension  when  the 
occasiondemands  that  bespeak  the  truths 
of  the  Gospel  to  a  few  listeners.  The 
tivo  or  three  assembled  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  have  the  promise  of  his  sacred 
presence,  and  when  he  is  present,  we 
have  no  little  meeting. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  as  per  the 
announcements  in  our  periodicals,  the 
brethren  and  sisters  are  meeting  on  the 
special  occasionsof  "  breaking  of  bread," 
and  to  show  forth  the  Lord's  death  till 
he  come.  Many  seasons  of  rejoicing  are 
in  prospect  wherein  saints  may  be  made 
stronger  in  the  Lord,  and  sinners  awak- 
ened to  flee  the  wrath  to  come. 

By  solicitation  of  the  brethren,-  we 
wended  our  way  to  Portage  church, 
Wood  Co.,  O.,  and  on  the  14th  inst., 
met  with  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
in  ft  Love-feast  meeting.  It  wa.s  truly 
a  refreshing  season  to  my  soul,  and  felt 
it  was  good  to  be  there.  The  propriety 
of  a  choice  for  a  speaker,  had  been  pre- 
viously considered,  and  in  the  afternoon 
the  selection  was  made,  and  resulted  in 
the  choice  of  brother  John  W.  Reese. 

The  eldera  present,  after  a  brief  con- 
sultation, decided  upon  advanciii'r  one 
of  the  number  to  the  office  of  the  bish- 
opric, whereupon  the  announcement  was 
made  that  brother  Jonathan  C.  Whit- 
more  was  the  chosen  vessel.  Then  fol- 
lowed the  solemn,  ceremonial  perform- 
ance of  the  ordination  and  of  the  installa- 


Or-tob^r    lU. 


XHE    BKEXHCitETN    ^T    "WORK!. 


3 


tkin  uf  the  minister  chosen.  Oh  the  ho- 
ly tailing  ofths?  ministtT,  yet  how  hard 
it  appeartJ  to  fall.  May  God  bless 
brother  Ueeae,  and  may  the  church  en- 
couiaj^e  him  in  the  noble  work.  The 
qiialiliications  of  tlie  bishop,  first  Tim. 
8,  how  pure,  how  blameless.  May  God 
i-nable  them  all  to  be  wise,  exercise 
righteous  judgment  in  caring  for  the 
church,  its  aged,  its  poor  and  the  tender 
lamb.'f.  In  the  evening  JUisembled ,  to 
celebrate  the  suffering  and  death  of  our 
blessed  Master;  had  a  good  meeting. 
Elder  J.  P.  Ebersole .officiated  with  all 
the  gravity  of  a  saint,  and  tlie  meeting 
was  one  of  prolit  and  proved  effectual. 

Nest  day  was  Lord's  day,  and  we  re- 
assembled for  divine  services,  after 
which  we  took  the  parting  hand  and  re- 
turned hoine. 

Yesterday  in  company  with  iuy  com- 
panion, we  met  with  the  brethren  and 
sisters  at  the  house  of  brother  J.  B. 
Baines's  to  visit  our  dear  brother  Daniel 
King,  who  is  now  placed  in  the  crucible 
of  uffliC|tion.,  Upon,  bis  rec|uest,  .lie  was 
anointed  ;witU  oil  hi  the  name  of  the 
Lord.  Brotlier  Daniel  feels  that  lie  is 
ueariug  the  golden  shore,-  and  already 
sees  the  silver  lining  of  the  blest  abode 
of  the  faithful.  He  is  much  resigned  to 
the  will  of  God  and  is  waiting  his  gen- 
tle call.  May  God  bless  his  dear  wife 
in  this,  her  day  of  sore  affliction.  The 
pleasiug  prohiise  attached  to  the  compH- ' 
ance  of  this  holy  comniand,  "  If  h^  has 
committed  sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven 
him."  Janies  5:  10.  The  last  work  the 
Christian  can  do,  and  ho.w  .sweet, the 
thought  that  all  sins  I  and  impurities  are 
pardoned,,  and  the  departing,  saints  are 
qualified  for  the  glory  world; 

Ne.Ktday  visited  the  house  of  mourn- 
ing to  speakwords  of  comfort  to  the  be- 
reft, to  encourdg^  tlie  saint  and  warn  the 
sinner.  The  little  sufferer  is  gone  to 
rest,  to  sleep  in  Jesus,,  awaiting  ,the  son- 
rowful  parents.  AfteJiServices,,we  wend- 
ed oui'i  way  toitheceilieteryto  deposit  the 
dead)  and  as  the  sun  was  neariug  the 
horizon,  nature  soon  to  go  into  stillness 
of  even,  we  deposited  the  fair  sleeper  iu 
the  tomb,  to  await  the  summons  of  Ga- 
briel, the  last  invitation,  the  last  "come 
ye  blessed."  Farewell  Arminda,  by 
the  grace  of  God  we  will  meejt  you 
in  that  sun-lit  uliuie,  where  sorrow,  sick- 
ness and  death  can  never  eome.  AVhat 
a  struggle  for  the  fond  .parents  to  give 
her  up!  Why  this  prolonged  love  for 
the  dead,  after  the  spirlthas  gone  to  God 
who  gave  it?  "  I&  it  not  riially  God's 
wifne.ss  in  the  soul  of  every  man — ^the 
echo  which  nature  herself  gives  back  in 
response  to  the  glorious  revealed  truth, 
that  the  body  we  love  so  well  is  bound 
to  the  spirit  by  ties  that  death  can  nev- 
er disolve;  ai\d  that  it  will  rise  and  live 
again  when  mortality  is  swallowed  up 
of  life?"  Then,  mourner  shed  thy  tear, 
imprint  thy  kiss  upon  the  marble  brow 
of  the  eacred  dead,  manifest  your  con- 
tinued love  to  the  departed,  this  is  but 
proof  that  they  shall  live  again,  though 
now  they  go  back  to  dust.  Thus  is  the 
mortality  of  man  manifest  to  our  eyes. 
E)arth  is  not  our  abiding- place,  we  seek 
a  city  whose  builder  and  mater  is  God, 
iu  that  far  off  clime.  Reader,  art  thou 
prepared  for  this  disiolution  of  soul  and 
body,  art  thou  fully  equipped  when  that 
sleeping  dust  is  called  forth  to  the  bar 
of  God,  to  have  a  reunion  and  ever  en- 
joy the  presence  of  God  and  his  mighty 
hosts? 

As  the  work  is  nearing  to  a  close,  we 
look  forward  more  especially  to  the  la- 
bor conneeted^with  the  worship  of  the 
saints.  And  in  order  that  we  may  not 
appear  before  the    auditors    in   "  great 


weakness,"  and  an  entire  "  empty  vessel," 
we  make  the  Bible  our  companion  and 
useful  books  next  neighbor.  And  thus 
Well-seasoned  with  prayer,  we  are  aided 
materially  to  appear  iu  the  strength  of 
the  Lord,  and  at  least  have  some  oil  in 
our  vessel.  To-day  we  met  for  divine 
servicein  the  Gardnerschool-house.  The 
speaker  selected  ft'om  Isaiah  34:  17. 
"  His  hand  hath  divided  it  unto  them 
by  line:"  and  deliberated  upon  the  same 
from  the  following  principal  deductions: 

1.     The  line  of  our  being. 

2.1    The  line  of  regeneration. 

3.    The  line  of  death. 

The  speaker  remarked  that  those  were 
the  most  important  features  of  the  text, 
and  that  they  are  lines  which  all  must 
cpiss  before  they  can  reach  theu-  final 
abode  with  God-  The  lines  of  being, 
of  accountability  and  of  death  may  be 
crossed  and  finish  up  the  career  of  earth. 
But  to  be  eternally  happy,  that  is,  to  be 
fortified  so  as  not  to  lament  our  passing 
the  line  'of  heimj  arid  fear  to  pass  the 
line  of  deatJi,  we  'Inust'  all  pass  through 
the  line  of  regeneration.  Our  Savior 
says,  that  this  is  necessary,  and  positive- 
ly says,  "  Kxcejj.t  a  man  be  born  of  wa- 
ter and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God."  John  3:  5. 
The  Law  is  from  heaven  and  positive, 
and  hence  to  be  happy,  this  line  must 
passed.  Brother  E.  Bosserman  follow- 
ed in  a  few  brief  remarks  and  closed 
^vith  an  ap^jeal  to  the  sinner  to  come  to 
Christ.  He  chose  the  45flth  hymn. 
"Our  heiivenly  Father  c.ills, 

Aiui  Christ  mvitcs  iis  near  &e., 
which  was  sung  with  earnestness  by  the 
audience.  Then  went  to  prayer,  disuaiss- 
ed,,and  as  usual  gave  , -the  brethren, 
sisters  and  friends  our,  , usual  farewell 
greeting  and  returned  i  home.  Thus 
another  Lord's  day  is  passed  with  i  its  la-, 
bortits  joys  and  its  sorrows,  but  its  re-' 
suits  are  known  to  God.  S.  T.  B. 


pKAVER  is  the  life  of  the  soiil 
-'-  and  the  key  to  heaven.  If  we  neg- 
lect prayer,  we  will  soon  die  a  spiritual 
death.  If  we  want  the  Lord  to  help  us 
and  bless  us,  we  must  ask  him  for  it; 
''  Therefore  I  say  unto  you,  what  things 
soever  ye  desire  wheu'  ye  pray,  believe' 
that  j'e  will  receive'  them  and  ye  shall 
have'them."  "  Ask' and  it  shall'he'giv- 
en;  seek  and  ye  shall  find;  khoi^'k'  ainV 
it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  Ask  tVtely' 
that  yoiir  joys  may  be  full.  Let  us  come 
boldly  to  a  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may 
obtain  mercy  and  hud  grace  to  help  in, 
time  of  need.  The  more  we  pray  and 
work  for  Jesus  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord,  and  improve  our  time,  and  talent, 
and  means  of  grace  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God,  the  happier  we  are.  Se-' 
cret  prayer  is  one  of  the  means  of  grace 
we  should  not  neglect,  We  read,  "when 
thou  prayest,  enter  into  thy  closet;    and 

hen  thou  hast  shut  the  door,  pray  to 
thy  Father  which  is  in  secret;  and  thy 
Father  which  seeth  iu  secret  shall  reward 
thee  openly."  We  are  to  watch  and 
pray  lest  we  be  led  into  temptation  and 
be  overcorae  by  the  enemy.  AVe  are  to 
put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God,  that  we 

ay  be  able  to  withstand  the  wiles  of 
the  devil.  "  For  the  spirit  is  willing, 
but  the  tiesh  is  weak."  "  Praying  al- 
ways with  all  prayer  and  supplication 
in  the  Si)irit,  watching  thereunto  with 
all  peraeverance  and  supplication  for 
all  saials."  We  read  Daniel  prayed 
three  times  a  day ;  and  David  says,  "sev- 
times  a  day  will  I  praise  thee  be- 
cause of  thy  righteous  judgment;  morn- 


ing noon  and  evening  do  I  praise  thee," 
"  O  come  let  us  worship  and  bow 
down,  let  us  kneel  Viefore  the  Lord  onr 
Maker.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  thera 
that  call  upon  him  in  truth.  And  the 
prayei-s  ot  the  upriglit  are  his  delight." 
Every  family  should  have  morning 
and  evening  worship.  Pray  for,  and 
with,  their  children;  train  and  bring 
them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord,  "  bi..fi.i-i>  the  evil  days  come, 
nor  the  years  dj-aw.  nigh  in  which  they 
sl^ftll  say,.,I  Jjav.e  no,  pleasure  iti,  them." 
Prayer- meeting  or  social -meeting  is  an- 
other means  of  grace  which  ishould  not 
be  neglected  by  the  Brethren.  Lay 
members  as  well  as  the  ministers,  can 
pray  in  public  and  take  up  their 
cross,  work  and  improve  their  gifts, 
time  and  talents  to  the  glory  of  God, 
Some  will  say  that  they  have  no  gift  to 
prai/^  and  cannot  do  this  or  that.  We 
read,  '^  open  thy  mouth  and  I  will  fill 
it."  If  we  are  nut  willing  to  make  the 
effort  and  do  what  we  can,  and  work 
with  what  we'  have,  our  talents  will  be 
taken  tVoni  'ni^and  ^iveh  to  those  that 
will  work!  We  are  only  to  be  willing 
to  \vork  witl^  what  \ye  ,have,.  and  then 
we  will  get  more. 

When  Peter  was  delivered  out  of  pris- 
on they  had  .souiethiqg  of  a  prayer- 
meeting;  for.  weread,  "  Peterwas  there- 
fore in  prison,  but  prayer  was  made 
without  ceasing  of  the  church  unto  God 
for  him.  And  when  he  had  cbrisidered' 
the  thing,  he  came  to  the  house  of  Mary 
(he  inotlier  uf  Jesus,  vliose  surname 
wii-  M.-iik,  \\-h''i-.'  ni..ii_v  ij-ere  gathered 
togrtln'r  |ii:iyin^'."  W  e  read, ''  I  exhort 
therefore  that  first  of  all  supplications, 
prayers,  iiitenii^ssions.  land  giving  of 
thanks  be  made  for  ■  all  men.  1  will 
therefoi'ethiitineU'j^ywy  everywhere,  lift- 
ing up  holy  hnnda"  Withoflt  Wrath  and 
doubting.  Fin!niy7  "Grt^Eren  pray  for 
us,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  may  have 
free  course,  and  be  glorified  e\^en  .as  it 
is, with  you."  "Speaking  to  yourselves 
inPsalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual  songs, 
singing  and  making  melody  in  your 
l)eart  to  the  Lord."  "  GiWng  thanks 
always  for  all  things  unto  God  the  Fath- 
er in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you 
I'ichly  in  all  wisdom,  teaching  and  ad 
moiiishuig  one  another  in  , Psalms  and 
hymns  and  spiritual  .songs,  singing  with 
gr;Li-c  in  V'ur  lie;irts  tpthe  Lord."  "And. 
wh;ir.-.iH'MT  )'■  do  in  word  or,  ,deed,  do 
all  iu  the  w.uwv  of  our  Lord  Jesus,  giv- 
ing thanks  to  God,  the  Father  by  him." 
I  ■  Confess  your  faultsi  one  to  another  and 
]Jr!iy'one'ioi' 'another  that  ye  may  be 
healed.'  "The  effectual,  fervent  prayer 
of  a  righteous  I'nan  availeth  rhuch.  If 
any  lack  Mnsdom  let  him  ask  of  God 
who  giveth  to  .nil  men  liberally  and  up- 
braide^h  not,  anj.  it  shall  be  given  him. 
But  let  him  a&k  in  faith,  nothing  wav- 
ering, for  he  that  wavereth,  is  like  the 
wave  of  the  sea,  driven  and  tossed." 

I  did  not  give  the  Scripture  reference, 
but  hope  all  are  Bible  readers;  there- 
foi-e  I  say,  "search  the  Scriptiires,  for  in 
thim  ye  think  ye  have  eternal  life,  and 
they  arc  thoy  which  testify  of  me.,' 

LET  YOUR  LIGHT   SHINE. 


"  Ye  u!v  till-  li^lif.  of  thi?  worlii.  A  city  that 
is  set  oti  iiliill  ciiiuiot  bu  hid."  Matt.  5:  14. 
|_|  ERE  the  Christian  is  compared  to  a 
-*-■-  city  on  a  hill,  and  just  as  little  aa 
a  city  cm  a  hill  can  I'H  hid,  can  the  true, 
lively,  zealou•^  Christian  be  hid  from  the 
world's  view.  He  carries  something 
with  hiin  that  can  be  seen  and  felt. 
This  can  be  proven  from    the    fact   that 


the  World  can  soon  point  j'ou  to  one  that 
does  not  live  very  strict  to  his  or  her 
profession,  they  can  tell  you  almost  ev- 
ery misstep,  such  a  one  makes.  How 
can  this  be  done  unless  they  know  what 
belongs  to  a  true  Christian  t  Now  when 
this  is  known  by  those  who  are  not  in- 
terested in  the  cau'^e,  how  much  more 
important  that  we,  who  have  started  out 
in  the  great  work,  should  know  what 
our  profession  requires  of  us  and  live  its 
out  in  every  particular,  avoiding  every 
appearance  of  evil.' 

The  Savior  said,  "watch  and  pray. 
I  have  often  said,  if  we  fail  in  this,  nsed 
we  wonder  if  others  watch  us?  The 
world  has  a  right  to  watch  us,  if  we  do 
not  watch  ourselves. 

Again,  the  Savior  said,  "  Let  yonr 
light  so  shine  before  men  that  they  may 
Bee  your  good  works  and  glorify  yonr 
Father  which  is  in  heaven."  Now  if  we 
are  devoid  of  good  works,  what  will 
ourinfljience  be  on  others?  Here  the 
great  responsibility  rests  upon  us,  if  we 
allow  our  influence  to  go  out  in  a  wrong 
direction.  If  any  think  they  have  been 
baptized,  go  to  Comnuinion(sometimes); 
go  to  meeting,  pi'rli:qn  ju-if  liecause  they 
might  fall  into  the  eoiun'il  of  the  church, 
and  not  because  they  love  to  go  and  be 
benefited,  or  go  with  the  world  just  as 
far  as  they  can,  only  so  the  church  can- 
not get  hold  of  them,  and  what  kind  of 
a  light  do  they  show  before  tlie  world? 
"  If  the  light  be  darkness,  how  great  is 
that  darkness." 

On  the  other  hand,  if  we  engage  in 
the  service  of  the  Lord  with  a  heart  full 
of  love  for  our  Master,  and  a  zeal  that 
will  be  manifested  to  all,  carry  religion 
with  us  wherever  we  go,  we  can  mingle 
with  the  world  ,(so  far  as  it  does  aot 
conflict  with  our  principles).  Let  oar, 
lights  shine  brightly  and  others  seeing 
there  is  a  beauty  iri  "holiness"  may  be 
attracted  to  the  great  light  above,  and 
share  the  glories  that  are  reserved  for 
all  who  make  themselves  worthy. 

Oh  that  we  might  all  be  found  faith- 
ful workers  in  the  Master's  kingdom, 
that  our  influence  might  be  felt  wher- 
ever we  are,  reviving  the  drooping,  dis- 
couraged Christian  on  his  journey-  heav- 
enward, and  winning  many  to  Christ, 
now  e.'iposed  to  the  wratJi  of  an  angry 
God;  for  we  read,  "God  is  angry  with 
the  wicked  every  day." 


RULES  FOR    PROMOTING  PER- 
FECT HARMONY. 

1.  We  may  be  quite   sure    that  our 
nil  is  likely  to  be   crossed    during    the 

day;  so  let  us  prepare  for  it. 

2.  Every  person  in  the  house  liasiin 
evil  nature,  as  well  as  ourselves,  so  we 
must  not  expect  too  much. 

3.  Look  upon  each  member  of  the 
family  as  one  for  whom  Christ  died. 

4.  AVhen  inclined  to  give  an  angry 
answer,  lift  up  the  heart  in  prayer, 

B.  If  from  sickness,  pain  or  infirm- 
ity we  feel  irritable,  let  us  keep  a  very 
strict  watch  over  ourselves. 

6.  Observe  when  others  aresuffei'ing, 
and  drop  a  word  of  kindnes^s. 

7.  AVatch  for  little  opportunities  of 
pleiLsing,  and  put  little  annoyances  oat 
of  the  ^vay. 

.     Take  a  cheerful    view   of  every- 
thing, and  encourage  hope. 

9.  Speak  kindly  to  servants,  and 
praise  them  when  you  can. 

10.  In  all  little  pleasures  which  ma}' 
occnr,  put  self  last. 

1 1 .  Try  for  the  soft  answer  that  tum- 
oth  away  wrath. 

13.  When  we  have  been  pained  by 
an  unkind  word  or  deed,  let  us  a^k  oar- 
selves,  "have  1  not  done  the  same  and 
been  forgiven?" — Sel. 


Tl^K    BnETHKE:N^    J^T    AVOKK. 


Octob- 


10. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEBKLY, 

J.  H.  MOORE,  1  EDITOnS. 

M.  M.ESHELMAN,  J 


Bbo,  S.  H.  B*F!iiitRis   Jul/   authoriiBd,  by   us  as  ou 
Irexeling  corrMpoaJonl  an.l  ngoni  rur   Ibe    BBSIiittEH  A 

repiUfrnlcB,     All  husintHit  ininflftcied  hy  lilm  for  our  o: 
Got.  will  bo  itie  atuae  aa  if  doae  by  ourselves. 


Tun  Bbktiicikm  *t  Wouk  will  bo  mjnt  poat-paid,  lo  any 
»ddre9B  in  (bo  United  SUlM  or  Connilo,  fnr  (1  fiO  ppr 
uiDum.  Tboac  sending  len  ninncB  flnil  815.00,  will  re- 
odTO  'on  cxlni  Copy  free  of  cborgo.  For  nil  OTcr  (his 
numbor  Ibe  Hgfnl  will  bo  nllawcd  10  cenlH  for  eaob  uddl- 
Uaonl  riRme,  "hich  amount  can  bo  dciluolcit  frou;  Ihe 
monoy,  before  Bending  it  lo  us,  Monoy  Ordern,  Drafla, 
ud  Begiilered  Lettora  may  ba  flonl  at  our  risk.  They 
•hould  be  miidB  payable  lo  Moore  ft  Esholmnn. 

Bubscriplionn,  and  coin  muni  tali  ons  inleniled  for  the  pn- 
p«r.  a»  well  as  all  business  iDiillen  oonncoted  with  the  of- 
dn  sbould  be  addresaed 


UOOBE  li  HSBELUAH, 

Lanuk,  CarNll  Co.,  Ill- 


US  ABS,  ILL, 


OCTOBEB  10, 1878. 


Bhother  Ji'sse  Calvert  will  euter  the  field 
thia  Fdll,  and  expects  to  be  gope  about  two 
months,  ;itteDding  meetings  in  the  East.  May 
much  good  result  from  his  labors. 


Habd  Times:  the  Cause  and  Remedy,  is  the 

fitle  of  an  interesting  little  ten  cent  pamphlet, 
published  at  this  place  by  Mr.  E.  Stover.  The 
reasoning  is  good  and  the  theory  look.s  plausi- 
ble. ^ 

Tub  yello^  fever  still  continues  its  deadly 
work  in  the  South,  and  is  spreadinir  in  some 
localities.  The  deaths,  however,  are  not  so  nu- 
merous as  in  the  past.  The  weather  is  not  very 
favorable  to  the  disease  at  present. 


Bkothru  Bashor's  book  is  not  sold  on  credit, 
nor  is  there  any  discount  on  quantities.  Our 
instructions  are,  to  sell  for  cash  only.  We  can- 
not send  the  book  unless  the  order  ia  accompa- 
nied by  the  money.  From  these  instructions 
we  cannot  vary. 


It  is  due  our  correspondents  to  remark,  that 
the  ai'ticles  sent  us  for  publication  are  being 
eicamined  and  decided  upon  pretty  fast,  and  our 
manu.script  drawer  will  soon  be  empty.  Sever- 
al articles  will  not  appear  for  some  weeks,  as 
they  will  have  to  be  rewritten. 


Om  readers  must  not  forget  the  cause  iu 
Denmark.  More  funds  wjl!  be  needed  soon, 
and  we  all  want  to  see  the  good  work  go  on. 
It  may  seem  slow  to  us,  but  the  eB'orts  there 
tend  to  form  a  centre  from  which  the  truth  may 
spread  still  farther  and  farther.  Small  begin- 
nings Fometimes  end  in  great  re.sults. 


The  yellow  fever  plague,  though  disa:itrous 
to  certain  parts  of  the  South,  may  yet  prove  a 
blessing  lo  this  country.  The  nearly  two  mill- 
ion dollars  so  willingly  given  by  the  North, 
show  a  bright  side  to  human  nature.  It  is  an 
expression  of  the  warm  leeling  and  great  regard 
the  i)eople  of  the  Korth  have  for  those  in  the 
South,  and  has  a  tendency  to  bind  tliem  togeth- 
er in  still  stronger  ties  of  love  and  good  will  for 
the  welfare  of  the  country  at  large. 


A  i.ETTEit  just  received  from  Bro.  Sharp,  in- 
forms us  that  the  Sunday-school  meeting  held 
at  the  Beech  Grove  church,  Ohio,  waa  a  grand 
success,  the  attendance  large  and  great  unanim- 
ity of  sentiment  prevailed.  We  are  further  in- 
formed, that  some  feeling  exists  ou  the  account 
of  us  not  publishing  the  programme  of  the 
meeting.  For  thi.s  we  are  sorry,  but  arc  not  to 
blame,  as  we  have  never  seen  anything  of  the 
programnu'  only  as  it  appeared  in  the  P-  C.  If 
sent  to  this  office  it  did  not  reach  us.  Hope 
this  explanation  vvitl  set  the  matter  right  on 
■  ouf  part. 

Some  people  never  know  when  to  let  good 
enough  alone.  They  not  only  strike  oil,  but 
bore  clear  through  and  let  it  run  out  on  the 
■other  side.  The  nge  is  proverbially  fast  any 
how,  especially  at  making  haste  to  get  rich,  and 
an  atbeiuptat  keeping  up  with  it  often  places 
men  far  in  advance  of  prudence.  A  little  of  the 
steady  spirit  of  our  forefathers  would  not  be 
amiss  just  now. 


Mek  and  women  who  have  wholly  dedicated 
themselves  to  the  Lord  and  his  services,  have 
no  time  to  stop  and  parley  with  every  little  fault- 
lirider  and  critic  that  chances  to  spring  up  by 
the  way.  Lay  hold  of  the  Gospel  plow  with  a 
steady  grasp,  and  don't  look  buck  nt  the  critic, 
for  be  will  only  criticise  you  the  more  lor  mak- 
ing a  crooked  furrow  while  looking  hack  at  him. 
Do  your  utmost  to  perform  the  Lord's  work 
aright,  letting  others  say  what  they  please. 


WHAT    NEXTP 

ONE  may  well  ask,  what  will  come  next 
The  following  shows  that  even  individual 
one  mile  away  from  the  place  of  meeting '  may 
get  all  the  benefit  of  the  services: 

"  A  microphone  was  jiluced  iir  the  pulpit  of  a 
chapel  in  England  on  x  recent  Suitdnv,  and 
connected  by  a  private  tclcgrnidi  line  with  the 
residence  of  u  gentleman  over  a  niile  distant. 
Every  part  of  the  service  waa  distiHctly  heard 
at  the  gentleman's  house,  with  the  exception  of 
a  few  words  rendered  indistinct  by  the  preach- 
er's becoming  a  little  excited  and  shaking  thi 
microphone.  So  faithfully  did  the  instrument 
do  if-s  work,  that  the  chapel-keeper  was  heard  ti 
close  the  doors  after  the  service,  walk  up  the 
aisle  and  up  the  pulpit  steps,  in  conversation 
with  some  one  else.  The  idea  is  about  to  be  put 
to  practical  use,  the  gentleman  already  referred 
to,  having  given  instructions  that  his  house 
should  be  connected  ivith  another  in  the  neigh- 
borliood,  in  order  that  an  invalid  may  hear  the 
service  from  one  of  the  churches  in  the  town." 


DB.  SCHAFP  IN  THE  JORDAN. 

DR.  I'hilip  ScbalTtrives  iu  the  t'lirhtia)i  Iii- 
U-lligencer  an  account  of  his  visit  to. the 
river  Jordan,  the  following  being  the  first  par- 
agraph: "  A  fatiguing  ride  of  an  hour  and  a 
half  in  the  tropical  sun  over  a  barren  plain 
brings  us  from  the  Dead  Sea  to"  the  river  -Jor- 
dan, at  the  bathing  place  of  the  pilgrims,  the 
traditional  site  of  Christ'.s  baptism.  The  river 
is  here  80  feet  broad  and  9  feet  deep.  The 
banks  are  covered  with  oleanders,  tamarisks, 
willows,  and  balsam  wood.  The  water  is  mud- 
dy, the  current  very  swift.  There  ore  no  con- 
veniences for  bathing  e.tcept  a  strong  rope  tied 
to  the  trees.  Holding  on  to  this  rope,  I  took  a 
most  refreshing  bath  beneath  the  shadow  of  the 
trees.  Alter  the  salt  bath  in  the  lake  of  death, 
it  nyis  truly  a  bath  of  regeneration.  I  immers- 
ed myself  ten  times  and  felt  so  comfortable  that 
I  almost  imagined  I  wiis  miraculously  delivered 
from  rheuniatiain.  I  have  plunged  into  many 
a  river  and  many  a  lake,  and  into  the  waves  of 
the  ocean,  but  of  all  the  baths,  that  in  the  Jor- 
dan will  linger  longest  in  my  memory." 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

BROTHER  Ba.-hor  and  the  writer  left  Lan- 
ark on  the  morning  of  the  27th,  to  spend 
a  few  weeks  ivith  the  brethren  in  Christian  and 
Macoupin  counties,  Illinois.  Expected  to  make 
close  connection  at  Beardstown  and  get  through 
to  Morrisonville  without  much  inconvenience 
and  loss  of  rest,  for  rest  and  quietness  are  es- 
sential factors  in  reaching  success  in  ministerial 
labor.  But  on  nearing  Beardsto4vn  we  were 
informed  by  the  courteous  conductor,  that  the 
railroads,  at  the  latter  place,  had  ceased  to  ac- 
commodate the  public  in  that  matter,  hence  we 
were  obliged  to  reach  our  destination  via  of 
Chapin,  Springfield  and  Decatur.  We  cheerful- 
ly submitted,  charging  the  discontinuance  of 
favoring  the  public  at  Beardstown  to  the  jeal- 
ousy and  envy  on  account  of  the  competing  rail- 
roads. We  think  it  not  strange  that  these  evils 
show  themselves  in  the  hearts  of  worldly  men, 
but  when  they  creep  out  and  expose  their  hid- 
eous heads  in  the  church,  the  gronnd  and 
pillar  of  the  truth,  sorrow  fills  our  hearts.  In 
this  vast  universe,  where  each  man  can  toil  and 
toil  for  his  and  other's  welfare,  there  is  no  ex- 
cuse for  cnvyings  and  bitter  jealousies. 

At  4  P.  M.,  2Sth,  the  meeting  was  opened  iu 
the  new  and  commodious  tent,  three  miles  east 
of  Morrisonville.  Brother  Biishor  addressed 
the  audience  on  the  subject  of  Bible  qualifica- 
tions of  communicants.  In  the  evening,  about 
one  hundred  members  assembled  around  the 
Lord's  table  to  do  what  the  Master  taught  and 
commanded.  The  Brethren  here,  practice  feet- 
wiu^hing  in  the  manner  termed  the  "single 
mode; "  that  is,  each  brother  washes  feet,  wipes 
feet,  and  has  his  feet  washed.  It  was  one  of  the 
most  solemn  and  dignified  occasions  that  the 
ivriter  ever  attended.  At  no  time  was  there 
necessity  for  more  than  several  on  the  floor  at 
ouce,  hence  no  confusion.  On  the  brethren's 
side  the  practice  of  the  ordinance  ivjis  commenc- 
ed at  two  places  and  the  eame  on  the  sister's 
side.  \Ve  give  these  plain,  simplefncts, because 
we  admire  the  order  and  work,  and  are  fully 
persuaded  that  every  ordinance  m  the  bouse  of 
God  should  be  practiced  in  order,  that  is,  with 
quietness,  simplicity  and  godly 


On  Sunday  10  .\.  M.,  brother  Bashor  preach- 
ed to  a  large  audience.  Theme,  "The  Resur- 
rection." Meeting  ugain  at  3  P.  M.  Subject, 
"  Grace  and  TniHi."  The  interest  manifested 
Was  good,  and  the  work  of  divine  truth  hid'i 
fair  to  assert  its  power  and  supremacy  in  the 
heart)!  of  the  people  here.  For  the  many  kind- 
ne.vses'  and  words  of  lovo  which  we  received 
from  tjiose  whom  God  loves,  we  are  grateful. 
Peace  and  good  will  ever  attend  the  precious 
Kouls  who  worship  according  to  the  will  of  God. 


NON-CONFORMITY. 

TO  all  our  readars  it  ia  generally  known  that 
the  Brethren  at  Wokk  is  an  imoompro- 
mising  advocateof  the  doctrine  of  non-conform- 
ity to  the  world,  and  aims 'to  give  no  uncertain 
sound  to  its  readers.  We  want  to  be  under- 
stood distinctly  and  present  our  arguments  and 
conclusions  in  a'way  that  will  show  on  which 
side  we  stand.  We  are  for  God,  but  not  for 
Baal.  On  this  question,  like  all  other  Gospel 
questions,  we  are  not  halting  between  two 
opinions,  bul  ai-e  di-tided  fully,  and  want  to  be 
uuiierstood  distinctly. 

Paul  says,  "  Be  not  conformed  to  this  world: 
but  be  ye  transfurmed  by  the  renewing  of  your 
mind,  that  ye  may  prove  what  is  that  good,  and 
acceptable,  and  ^lerf^ct  will  of  God."  Rom.  12: 
2.  From  this  we  learn  that  non-conformity,  to 
begin  with,  is  a  lir'irf  work,  consisting  in  the 
renewing  of  our  minds.  It  is  a  principle  that 
must  commeiice  in  the  heart  and  work  its  way 
out;  otherwise  there  can  be  no  non-conformity. 
The  first  thing  to  be  done,  is  to  get  the  heart 
right.'.  .  .  .* 

Paul  well  knew  that  if  he  could  get  the  mind 
and  heart  renewed,  there  would  be  little  troub- 
le about  the  outside.  He  not  only  teaches  non- 
conformity, but  tell  just  how  it  must  be  done: 
"Be  ye  transformed  by  the  re««p(H(?  of  your 
minds."  If  there  is  a  transformation  without 
irneiinHif  the  mind,  it  amounts  to  nothing  in 
the  sight  of  God.  He  wants  a  heart  religion — 
a  religious  principle  that  is  deep  seatedand  can- 
not be  easily  rooted  out. 

If  we  can  succeed  in  getting  non-conformity 
into  the  heart,  there  will  be  no  difficulty  about 
getting  it  on  the  body  and  in  our  actions.  Here 
is  just  where  some  people  make  a  mistake — they 
get  the  outside  right  while  the  heart  remains 
unchanged.  God  wants  no  such  work  as  that. 
He  wants  nou- conformity  practiced,  but  it  must 
be  by  a  renewing  of  the  mind,  that  it  may  be 
done  willingly  and  to  the  glory  and  honor  of 
God. 

The  way  this  sul^ject  ia  sometimes  treated  by 
preachers,  one  would  infer  that  they  were  con- 
fining it  to  dress  only,  and  not  to  the  daily  walk 
and  talk  of  life,  as  it  should,  be.  There  is  plen- 
ty of  preaching  about  non-conforinity  ertenuil- 
lij,  hut  very  little  about  the  uon-conforraity  of 
the  mind  and  heart.  In  fact,  this  is  the  very 
doctrine  taught  in  the  text,  and  is  the  very  doc- 
B  that  is  not  preached  enough.  Whenever 
.ucceed  in  g>-tting  this  principle  at  work  in 
the  heart,  the  clothing  will  come  right  of  itself. 
It  is  just  like  a  stream  of  water  flowing  from  a 
fountain.  Get  the  fountain  pure  and  the  water 
mil  take  care  of  itself,  hut  as  long  as  the  fount- 
is  impure  it  is  folly  to  spend  time  trying  to 
purify  the  water. 

The  doctrine  of  non-conformity  wants  to  be 
planted  in  the  minds  of  the  people — they  want 
to  he  made  believe  that  it  is  a  Bible  doctrine, 
and  carries  with  it  the  sanction  of  divine  au- 
thority. It  is  useless  to  tell  them  that  old  Bro. 
so  and  so  used  to  do  this  way.  Tliat  has  no 
weight   in  the    minds  of  deep  thinking  people. 

What  they  want,  is  Bible  authority,  and  it  is 
our  duty  to  give  it  just  as  it  stonds  in  the  Book. 
Our  text  does  not  say  what  constitutes  that 
-conformity,  but  does  -say  that  it  must  coni- 
ce  in  the  miud^ — the'  mind  to  he  renewed. 
But  elsewhere  the  items  are  given  in  such  de- 
tail that  he  whose  mind  has  been  renewed,  will 
lavc  hut  little  diilicully  in  keeping  within  the 
limits  of  the  Gospel  order.     The  only  trouble  is 

th  those  whose  minds  have  not  yet  been  re- 
newed— whose  hearts  are  not  right.  There  is 
no  non-conformity  in  their  hearts,  and  it  is 
vain  to  attempt  to  get  it  on  their  bodies,  till  the 
hearts  are  converted;  The  first  work  needs  to 
be  done  over. 

The  reason  aonie  people  wejir  gold  is  because 
it  is  in  their  hearts.  This  is  why  they  dress 
fine  and  wear  costly  array,  following  the  vain 
and  foolish  fashions  of  the  world.    The  fount- 


ain is  corrupt— the  mind  not  yet  renewed,  and 
we  cannot  reasonably  expect  onything  better 
from  their  actions. 

There  are  hundreds  who  are  very  strict  about 
their  dress,  but  seemingly  about  nothing  else. 
It  would  uppeiir  Ihat  they  have  centered  all 
Iheir  ideiw  of  nun-conlormity  in  a  few  clothes, 
When  it  conns  to  conversation,  they  ore  just 
like  the  world.  They  buy  and  sell  like  the 
world,  using  their  wits  lo  drive  sharp  bargains, 
and  every  and  any  way  to  make  a  little  money, 
just  like  the  woHd,  too,  at  that.  Were  it  not 
for  their  dress,  you  would  never  think  about 
them  being  proresseps.  They  can  talk  about 
their  neighbors;  do  a  little  tattling  now  and 
then;  use  rough  language.  In  fact,  conform  to 
the  world  out  and  out.  all  but  in  dress. 

Such  characters  are  a  disgrace  to  any  church. 
There  is  no  Bible  non-conformity  about  them. 
It  is  all  outside,  and  but  little  of-that,  while  the 
mind  remains  full  of  corruption  and  deceit— has 
not  been  renewed. 

Then  there  is  another  class  who  are  very 
strict  about  the  cut  of  their  clothes.  They  pur- 
chase fine,  costly  broadcloth  and  have  it  cut  in 
the  order,  thinking  this  is  non-conformity. 
Such  work  is  mockery.  God  has  forbidden  the 
use  of  fine  apparel  and  costly  array,  and  all  the 
non-eon  form  ity  cutting  in  the  world  will  not 
make  it  right.  If  we  are  going  to  follow  the 
Bible,  let  us  be  consistent  about  it,  and  not  at- 
tempt to  take  advantage  of  circumstances. 

Then  there  are  sisters  who  seem  to  have  too 
much  respect  for  the  church  to  wear  a  fine  dress 
bonnet  or  hat,  but  will  take  their  otherwise 
plain  bonnet  and  ruffle  and  trim  it  until  it  is 
just  OS  bad  as  a  faahionably  trimmed  hat.  Their 
dresses  must  be  rufllcd  and  trimmed  until  what 
little  non-conformity  they  ever  had  is  complete- 
ly destroyed.  This  is  worse  than  following  the 
fashions  of  the  worid.  It  is  polluting  and 
bringing  shame  on  a  religious  thing.  It  ia  de- 
grading God's  order.  If  we  are  going  lo  he 
non-conformed  to  the  world,  let  us  be  consist- 
ent about  it,  and  not  try  and  mix  things  up — 
half  religion  and  half  world.  J.  H,  M. 


A  MISTAKE. 


QUITE  an  error  occurs  in  the  last  number  of 
the  I'riiiiilire  Christian  which  has  just 
come  to  hand.  The  editors  say,  the  "Stein  and 
Ray  Debate  "  is  to  be  published  in  that  pai)er. 
This  is  to  inform  our  readers,  that  no  arrange- 
ments of  the  kind  have  been  made  with  us.     We 


have  been  at  all   the 


pxppn.s€ 


trouble  of 


getting  things  arranged  for  the  written  discus- 
sion, and  have  obligated  ourselves  to  foot  the 
bill  on  the  Brethren's  side,  and  of  course  no  one 
can  lawfully  publish  the  discussion  without  our 
consent,  nor  would  it  be  right  and  Christian- 
like  to  do  so.  In  addition  to  this,  we  will  not 
permit  the  debate  to  be  published  in  liro  of  the 
Brethren's  papers  and  only  one  of  the  Baptists'. 
The  thing  would  be  contrary  to  the  rules  of 
right.  There  is  a  full  understanding  between 
brother  Stein,  Mr.  Ray  and  ourselves,  regarding 
the  papers  it  is  to  be  published  in,  and  no  one 
has  a  right  to  publish  it  without  consulting  us. 
This  the  P.  C.  has  not  yet  done.  Therefore  the 
annouacementinthePntn((i(fCArts/(OK  isa mis- 
take. The  only  two  papers  the  discussion  is  to 
be  published  in,  are  the  BRETHKE>f  at  Work 
id  the  Ii<(pti^l  Battle  Flag.  And  those  who 
want  to  rend  it  will  have  to  get  it  out  of  one  of 
these  papers. 


A  PUiiLiSHiNG  house  in  Paris,  is  preparing  an 
edition  of  the  Lord's  prayer  in  more  thuii  twelve 
hundred  languages  and  dialects.  That  is  a  good 
thing,  hilt  praying  that  prayer  aright,  and  then 
living  up  to  it,  is  far  better. 


We  fear  many  ministers  do  too  much  travel- 
ing for  the  amount  of  preaching.  Some  of 
them  will  hold  two  or  three  meetings  at  one 
point,  and  then  oH'  they  go  for  another  place. 
Thus  they  travel  and  nothing,  comparatively  is 
done.  If  they  would  select  some  good  point, 
and  spend  a,  week  or  two,  they  might  accom- 
plish something.  Then  when  through,  go  to 
B  other  point  and  do  likewise.  As  Winter 
is  now  coming  on,   and  most  of  our  preachers 

ill  travel  and  preach  more  or  less,  they  will 
do  well  to  give  this  matter  some  thought.  Min- 
isters, as  chosen  vessels  of  the  Lord,  must  be 
accountable  for  how  they  use  their  office,  and  it 
is,  therefore,  needful  that  they  adopt  the  best 
method  of  doing  the  work. 


Ontober    1 0. 


THE    BRETHREr^T    ^T    "WORKI. 


WAYSIDE  CRTJMBS. 

Ishi  and  Baali  —  The  Lord  Saves,  Keeps  and 
Raises— Singular  Memories— Pulpit  Flattery 
-Recipe  for  Pickling  Grievances. 

HEAE  the  prophets:  "And  it  aimll  be  at 
that  day,  saitli  the  Lord,  that  thou  shiiit 
call  oie  Ishi;  and  shall  call  me  no  more  liiuUI." 
Hos.  2;  16.  Now  what  does  I^-lii  .mean?  It 
meaua  hu-shand.  And  what  dues  Bauli  mean? 
It  means  Lord.  Paul  says  in  Rom.  1:  4,  that 
we  are  dead  to  the  law  so  that  we  may  be  mar- 
ried to  another,  "  even  to  Him  who  is  raiiJed 
from  the  dead."  So  the  days  will  come  when 
Hia  people  no  longer  shall  know  Him  as  Lord, 
bat  as  husband.  "  You  are  so  closely  related  to 
me,"  says  Christ,  that  you  need  no  longer  call 
me  Lord,  but  Husband.  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
God  for  this  glorious  promise!  How  sweet  the 
relationship!  He  says,  "Thou  shalt  know  the 
Lord-"  ■  No  guess  work  about  it;  but  thou  ahalt 
know.  Some  one  says,  you  are  too  i'ast  when 
you  say,  we  know  that  we  have  passed  from 
death  unto  life.  There  is  too  much,  "  I  guess  I 
am  serving  God.  I  hope  I  am."  Bless  you,  do 
you  not  know  whether  you  can  call  the  Savior, 
Husband?  Good-bye  to  that  man's  firmness, 
unless  he  gets  on  the  Rock  that  cannot  be 
moved  from  under  him.  Our  Redeemer  cannot 
he  upset  with  any  device  of  doubt  and  compro- 
mise.    He  irill  be  our  Husband. 

How  can  you  be  saved  ?  You  do  fhf  bdifvinif 
inid  obeying,  and  Ihtn  Jesus  will  do  the  sarintf. 
Do  you  ask  how  you  can  hold  out  faithful? 
Yoii  do  the  Iriisting,  iivd  Christ  will  do  all  the 
kfcpinfj.  How  will  you  be  raised?  Yon  do  the 
hopint/,  and  Christ  will  do  the  raisini/.  Be  less 
concerned  about  the  hoir,  and  more  about  the 
irliiit.  "  Give  all  diligence  to  make  your  calling 
and  election  sure."  It  is  your  business  to  give, 
all  diligence,  and  God  will  make  the  calling  and 
the  election  sure. 

Do  you,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  keep  yourself? 
Let  us  see.  "Who  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God  through  faith  unto  salvation,  ready  to  be 
revealed  in  the  last  time."  1  Pet.  1:  5.  You 
may  keep  yourself  in  the  love  of  God,  but  the 
Father  is  the  one  who  keeps  you  from  falling. 
"  I  will  keep  thee  from  the  bourof  temptation." 
Rev.  3 :  10.  "  You  are  kept  by  the  power  of  God 
through  faith."  How?  By  your  own  faith? 
No ;  but  by  "'  the  faith  of  the  operation  of  God  " 
— not  the  faith  of  your  own  operation.  Many 
say,  "  Pray  for  me,  that  I  may  hold  out  faith- 
ful." It  is  a  good  desire — a  kind,  good  request, 
and  we  sl.ould  pray  lor  one  auother;  but  b'' 
careful  not  to  go  too  strong  on  that  line.  It  i? 
a  good  thing  to  trust  Christian  faithfulness,  but 
better  to  trust  Jesus  Chri.st.  To  trust  Chris- 
tian faithfulness  more  than  the  Lord  'Jesus,  is 
like  looking  for  an  apple  tree  becanse  you  have 
found  an  apple.  The  apple  grew  because  there 
was  a  good,  sound  tree;  so  you  must  grow  be- 
cause "your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  ju  God." 

XiEt  a  man  /all,  and  the  fact  becomes  fixed 
on  the  minds  of  nearly  every  one.  Or  even 
should  he  stumble  a  little,  it  is  indelibly  fixed 
on  the  minds  of  his  enemies.  But  if  he  should 
be  earnest,  zealous,  devoted  to  the  Lord's  work, 
how  slij^ht  the  improvement!  Every  one  can 
tell  of  his  failings  in  this  or  in  that,  but  if  he 
should  lead  a  poor  sinner  to  repentance,  it  is 
not  worth  mentioning.  If  he  should  do  well, 
it  would  hurt  him  to  praise  him  for  well-doing, 
but  if  he  should  unintentionally  do  evil,  it  will 
not  hurt  him,  to  tell  to  all  around.  0  no,  ten 
pushes  down  bill,  will  not  hurt  as  bud  as  one 
pull  up  the  rough  way.  This  is  how  the  world 
does,  and  it  is  a  mighty  contagious  disease. 
Look  out  that  it  spreads  not  all  over  the  church. 

Pleasb  stop,  and  think.  Do  you  remember 
when  our  brother  portrayed  tlie  beauties  of 
heaven,  their  splendor,  theirgrcat  glorj'?  Yes, 
you  remember.  He  denounced  sin  with  great 
posver,  exposed  the  corruptions  of  the  world, 
and  warned  the  unruly  in  terms  that  are  full  of 
suuudnu.ss.  But  this  was  not  all:  he  told  of  thu 
evils  of  praising  men  for  the  good  words  instead 
of  praising  God,  and  no  sooner  had  he  finished 
his  eloquent  address  than  you  arose  and  deliver- 
ed yourself  after  the  following  manner:  "Our 
brother  has  told  us  the  truth,  and  nothing  but 
the  truth.  He  has  done  his  work  well,  and 
now  we  would  do  well  to  give  heed  to  what  li 
told  us.  I  am  sure  ho  did  much  better  than 
your  poor,  weak  servant  could  have  done.  I 
hope  you  will  all  take  the  verj-  good  remarks  of 


our  brother,  home  mth  you  and  practice  them." 
There  you  have  it.     Will   not  that  spoil? 
What  flattery!    There  is  more  flattery  from  the 
ilpit  than  from  any  other  source,  and  yet  there 
no  voice  raised, against  it.     Many  are  surpris- 
ed that  any  one  should  stand  before  an  audience 
id  stieak   in  terms  of  praise  of  another's  dis- 
ur^e.     But  it   has  been,   and   is  being  done 
time  and  again.     And  it  does  not  take  a  dozen 
to  see   its  effecta.     I  wonder  if  this  course 
does  not  erall  a  little!  I  wonder  if  jiride  is  not 
made  to  laugh  a  Httte,  made  to  feel   puffed  up! 
IT  is  it?    Is  it  profitable?    Does  it  humble? 
Does  it  enrich  in   thought  and  deed?     Does  it 
save  sinners,  and  purity  the  heart?     God  grant 
that  all  ministers  may  always  have  a  message 
from  God  to  deliver,  and  not  messages  concern- 
ng   each    other.     The   cross,    the   cross — keep 
under  it. 

The  following  recipe  for  "  Pickling  Grievan- 
c*k"  is  given  without  charge,  and  we  have  no 
objection  to  everybody  committing  it  to  memo- 
ry, or  pasting  it  in  a  conspicuous  place: 

Take  a  scruple  of  grievance.  (N.  B.  Some 
a  grain  is  sufficient,  as  in  this  recipe  every- 
thing depends  on  the  cooking.  I  have  even 
been  told  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  it 
has  been  successful  without  any  of  the  solid  in- 
gredients at  al  I. If  you  just  suppose  it  present, 
t  will  do.)  Bruise  and  pound  it  thoroughly,  so 
that  every  particle  of  the  fiber  is  laid  bare.  (Be 
very  particular  in  this  matter.  The  more  time 
you  give  to  this,  the  greater  the  success.)  Sea- 
son it  with  a  plentiful  sprinkling  of  your  Own 
Merita.  Let  it  stand  several  hours,  meanwhile 
watching  it  and  adding  from  time  to  time  alter- 
nately a  pinch  of  the  Unrequited  Delinquencies 
if  others,  and  their  Undeserved  Blessings.  Then 
over  a  hot  fire  of  Indignation,  boil  it  in  water 
from  the  well  of  Pride.  It  is  sufficient  to  bring 
:t  to  a  good  boil,  then  leave  it  in  the  water  to 
iimmer  all  night.  The  next  morning  remove 
my  scum  of  Kind  Deeds  that  may  have  risen 
to  the  surface,  and  strain  it  Carefully  from  all 
remnants  of  your  own  Well-Deserved  Trials; 
bottle  it  and  cork  it  tightly  from  the  fresh  air, 
hich  is  fatal  to  it.  It  is  well,  though  not  nec- 
essary, to  have  the  assistance  of  Home  experi- 
enced cooks,  especially  in  the  pounding  and 
bruising.  This  is  an  exception  to  the  rule  that, 
'too  many  cooks  spoil  the  broth.' 

This  pickle  is  warranted  to  keep  its  flavor 
for  years.  It  will  stand  all  kinds  of  weather, 
endure  through  all  seasons.  If  it  should  fail,  it 
nust  be  either  from  some  defect  of  care  in  the 
itraiuing,  or  because  the  vessel  in  which  it  was 
boiled  was  not  previously  carefully  rinsed  from 
all  remains  of  your  own  Delinquencies  and  Un- 
deserved Mercies. 

"If  it  should  lose  any  of  its  sharpness,  you 
have  only  to  boil  it  over  again  in  the  same  man- 
ner, and  it  will  recover  all  its  former  acidity 
and  pungency.  Only  let  no  cooka  attempt  this 
recipe  to  whom  time  is  of  any  value,  as  all  de- 
pends on  the  leisure  bestowed  on  the  prepara- 
tion." M,  H.  E. 


JUDAS,  AS  A  WITNESS. 

THE  relation  that  Judas,  jis  an  apostle,  sus- 
tained to  Christ's  mission,  and  the  estab- 
lishing of  the  Christian  religion,  is  misunder- 
stood, and  misapplied  about  as  much  as  any  one 
thing  in  the  Bible.  It  is  common  to  hear  peo- 
ple call  him  the  "  black  sheep,"  or  say  that 
"Christ  chose  twelve  apostles  and  one  of  them 
was  a  devil."  In  fact  the  religious  people  gen- 
erally use  Juda.s  as  kind  of  an  excuse  for  the 
hypocrites  and  bad  members  there  may  chance 
to  be  in  the  church  now.  Should  a  member 
turn  out  bad,  and  become  unworthy,  we,  in 
some  way  console  ourselves  by  talking  of  Judas 
— be  was  a  "  black  siieep  "  and  it  did  not  kill 
the  church.  We  say,  "  there  was  a  devil  among 
the  twelve,  and  how  much  better  can  wee.xpect 
things  now?"  And  thus  it  has  been  for  over 
eighteen  hundred  years,  preachers,  writers  and 
all,  misapprehending  the  Lord's  design  in  choos- 
ing Judas  as  an  apostle. 

He  who  was  divine  knew  the  hearts  of  all  his 
apostles — was  acquainted  with  their  inmost 
thoughts,  and  able  to  judge  of  their  tendencies 
in  after  Ute.  He  came  to  establish  and  build 
up  a  kingdom  that  was  to  spread  as  it  advanced 
in  age,  and  become  a  power  In  the  world.  He 
well  knew,  that  in  course  of  time,  the  authen- 
ticity of  his  work,  as  well  as  his  character  would 
be  called  in  question,  therefore,  it  was  needful 
that  competent  witne.sses  be  chosen   to  witness 


and  testify  concerning  his  manner  of  life  and 
work. 

In  this  work  of  redemption,  and  establishing 
the  Christian  religion,  the  devil  was  to  Iw  the 
great  enemy  to  b<>  watched  and  overcome,  there- 
fore, to  make  the  authenticity  of  his  work  a 
success,  he  made  choice  of  twelve  disciples  who 
were  to  he  eye  witnesses  of  all  he  said  and  did 
In  making  choice  of  these  twelve  men,  more 
wisdom  was  used  in  one  particular  than  human 
ingenuity  would  have  ever  thought  of.  He  se- 
lected eleven  men  whom  he  knew  would  stand 
faithful  friends  till  death;  bat  to  make  the  work 
still  more  secure,  he  selects  the  twelfth  man 
from  the  ranks  of  the  devil,  that  in  the  choice 
of  his  witnesses  he  might  not  he  thought  par- 
tial, and  attempting  to  evade  the  cunning 
glance  of  the  critic.  Thus  the  devil  had  bis 
representative  among  the  apostles. 

Judas,  and  the  eleven,  followed  the  Savior 
three  and  a  half  years,  witnessing  the  miracles 
and  wonders  he  did.  At  the  end  of  this  time, 
Judas  betrayed  the  Savior  and  was,  in  a  mea.s- 
ure,  the  cause  of  his  death.  When  he  fully  re- 
alized what  he  had  done — when  the  matter  came 
forcibly  home  to  his  heart — he  felt  grieved  and 
condemned.  Without  any  compulsion  whatev- 
er, save  his  own  conscience,  he  voluntarily 
walks  upon  tlie  witness  stand,  and  before  the 
world  proposes  tu  give  his  evidence.  He  is  from 
the  ranks  of  the  devil;  in  fact,  the  devil's  own 
witness.  He  has  been  with  the  Ma-ster  over 
three  years,  heard  him  preach  and  saw  his  mir- 
acles, and  is  nosv  ready  to  testify  concerning  the 
character  and  life  of  the  very  person  whom  he, 
as  the  devil's  detective,  has  been  watching  all 
this  time.  In  the  presence  of  the  Jewish  priests 
and  elders  he  solemnly   testifies   and  says,  "  I 

HAVE  SINNED  IN   THAT  I    HAVE    BETRAYED    THE 

INNOCENT  BLOOD." 

That  is  his  testimony.  When  given,  it 
shocked  the  priests  and  elders,  and  startled  the 
devil.  The  very  man  who  was  expected  to 
testify  against  the  Son  of  God  comes  out  and 
boldly  declares  that  he  was  intiorent.  The  tes- 
timony of  the  other  eleven  was  not  needed  in 
this  case.  What  Judas  said  is  enough  to  silence 
any  infidel  who  is  willing  to  be  guided  by  rear 
son. 

That  the  eleven  would  testify  favorably  would 
not  be  expected  otherwise,  but  for  Judas,  the 
bitter  enemy  of  Christ,  to  come  out  and  testify 
as  he  did,  was  a  matter  of  astonishment  to  the 
enemies  of  the  cause.  As  testimony,  it  ha.1 
double  force,  and  carries   with   it  a   power  the 

fidel  can  never  refute.  Judas'  own  words 
establishes  the  authenticity  of  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. 

From  this,  we  gather  one  reason  why  the 
Savior,  iri  selecting  twelve  witnesses,  made 
choice  of  one  from  the  devil's  ranks.  He  want- 
ed the  world  to  see  that  even  his  own  eneiriie.'i, 
when  called  upon  the  witness  stand,  would  testi- 
fy in  favor  of  his  innocency  and  truthfulness. 
In  civil  courts  the  testimony  of  one  avowed  en- 
emy, in  a  man's  favor,  would  have  more  weight 
with  the  jury  than  adozen  intimate  friends.  If 
an  enemy  comes  forward  and  testifies  that  a 
man  is  innocent,  that  settles  the  question  for- 
ever. This  has  been  done  for  Christ.  The 
worst  enemy  he  had  on  earth  comes  before  the 
world  and  voluntarily  says,  "  I  have  betrayed 
innoeent  blood."  This  is  enough.  It  settles 
the  matter  forever.  J.  H.  St. 


THE  YELLOW  FEVER. 

THE  yellow  fever  plague  of  the  South  con- 
tinues its  death  work  with  but  little  change 
for  the  better.  While  there  is  a  perceptible 
dccrea-se  in  some  of  the  large  cities,  the  disease 
is  rapidly  spreading  into  the  rural  districts  and 
smaller  towns,  thus  rendering  it  far  more  diflS- 
cult  to  manage  on  account  of  the  scattered  con- 
dition of  the  patients.  Many  of  the  best  doctors 
have  either  died  or  are  worn  out,  while  the  noble- 
hearted  nurses  are  gradually  giving  way  to  the 
dLsease  and  hardships.  There  seems  little  hopes 
for  the  better  before  cold  weather.  A  new  dif- 
ficulty is  now  confronting  the  authorities,  e^- 
pecially  at  New  OrleauS.  There  are  thousands 
of  men  and  women  who  live  by  day's  work,  and 
by  the  plague,  and  general  suspension  of  busi- 
ness, have  been  thrown  out  of  work,  and  are 
now  in  a  state  of  greilt  destitution.  This  state 
of  affairs  renders  the  condition  of  the  South 
alarming,  with  prospects  for  even  worse  the 
coming  Winter.  In  many  localities  the  crops 
cannot  be  gathered. 


THE  DEBATE  NEXT  WEEK. 

EVERYTHING  isnow  ready  for  the  written 
delmte  to  commence  in  the  Bhethres  at 
Work  next  week.  A  card  from  Mr.  Ray  in- 
forms us  that  he  is  ready,  and  Bro.  Stein's  first 
Article  has  been  sent  in.  It  commences  a  little 
later  than  we  had  at  first  expected,  but  will  be 
only  the  more  .interesting  the  long  Fall  and 
Winter  nights,  Hope  all  our  readers  will  high- 
ly appreciate  this  eflort  in  defending  what  we 
conceive  to  be  the  Truth. 

It  wilt  be  a  widely  read  discussion,  both  sides 
being  published  in  the  Brethren  at  Work 
and  Baptist  Battle  Fliig;  both  papers  have  a 
wide  circulation.  Hearing  of  many  who  wish 
to  subscribe  for  the  paper  till  the  end  of  the 
year,  we  remark,  that  under  these  circumatanc- 
he  price  of  the  paper  from  now  till  the  end 
of  the  year,  \vill  be  30  cents,  but  we  much  pre- 
fer that  sub-scriptions  be  taken  from  now  to  the 
end  of  ISTn,  for  ?1.75  as  gi veil  in  oiit  fprmeir 
prospectus.        _^^^^____^_ 

A  uiNisTEU  in  North  Carolina,  by  the  ninie 
of  Wm.  Turner,  who,  II  year^  ago,  quit  chew- 
ing and  smukmg  tobacco,  says  he  knows  h«  has 
hud  much  better  health  by  the  experiment.  He 
adds:  "  I  chewed  eighteen  years.  I  advise  all; 
chewera  to  quit." 


Too  many  people  disqualify  themselves  for 
the  enjoyment  of  the  present  by  foreboding 
about  the  future.  It  is  well  never  to  cross 
"  Fox  River"  till  you  get  to  it.  Make  the  best 
of  the  present  and  thereby  become  reaily  for  the 
future  when  it  comes.  The  unhappiest  uu'i]  we 
know  are  not  those  who  have  the  least  to  make 
them  happy,  but  frequently  those  who  have  the 
most  worldly  advantages.  But  their  anxiety 
about  the  future,  anxiety  to  accumulate  more, 
and  sometimes  a  morbid  fear  of  losing  what 
they  have  and  coming  to  want,  utterly  incapac- 
itates them  for  any  present  enjoyment. 


In  the  home  life  of  some  literary  men  are 
found  many  curious  habits.  Two  gentlemen 
recently  visited  Joseph  Cook,  the  greatest  lec- 
turer of  the  age,  and  found  him  in  his  room 
stretched  out  at  full  length  on  the  floor  reading 
abig  book.  Neander,  when  reading  his  lectures, 
would  lean  across  or  against  a  high  stand,  and 
keep  it  tilting  backwards  and  forwards  all  the 
I  ime  while  reading.  Habits  may  be  well  enough 
when  thej  fit,  and  are  not  unbecoming.  Some 
learned  men  fall  into  very  ridiculous  habits, 
which  others  have  no  business  to  imitate. 


^iisincsa  IJfoikcs. 


110NE\'  LIST. 

It  iio'l  •.fp  ro  .tn.l  ovrr  JI.HI  In  b  klKf  >llli'jiil  nsr-Krlng.  Start 
't  by  F.  O.  OnJirn  or  Ilraftis  or  bmo  Icll«n  rrililcrciJ.  Fataia 
|.in»1»»iiirurnni»unUundcian.i  Jclbi.  IX.  noX  •unil  illror 
ll^m,  Uolao-  Hn  ]>uI.IIj1i.  fnm  ncek  \o  Reck,  ■  Hit  t,t  tuamj  n. 
It  iwtliilcd  fur.    Shuald 


mlnic 


%a,iaO;    rura  lljcn,  AX— Oct.  aUi. 


THE   BMliyi'HRKjNr    Ji^T    -WOKK. 


October    lO. 


^ai,   l^ibl.!   'p^H^. 


"The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongm  Can  Tell' 


Tbis  deparlmtnt  la  de*lgD*d  for  uliing  an^ 
Blblo  qucslioim,  oml  for  Ibo  suluLion  of  Scripli 
Hm.  All  qiieslbns  aliouU  bi  eUtoJ  irilli  caqi. 
iwerctl  wilii  aa  muoh  olearncnii  «3  pOMible,  i 
promote  Uiblo  Tnilh.  Arlidcs  for  lliis  dcpar. 
bo  ihoil  BDil  to  tbe  point. 


■Win  some  one  l)leiiso  gWe  aii'e>lpliinnti<m'of  nt>^ 
n)anB4:  J.O'i'  ■       .John  H-Staouk; 

Plense  ex|Jlain  Rev.  20:  13.  U.  Iinil  give  iis  nn  in- 
sight Into,  tlwriu  J.  JI.  Hii'KNOun. 

■Will,BQmqonepleii30  gi.ve,i»furiii»tioii  ciiw-em- 
Ing  1  Jolin  3:8,  0,  lOV  .     W,  II.  Mii.i.eii. 


PJeaae  tell  tue  wliu  ^Uiit  niiin  \vn^,,l'a"l  aiwke 


n  2CoM2l2,  that  wiis  caug^it  tip  to  the  third 

heavtn.  "  ' '  ''     SXiiOnl.  Chist. 

Will  some'lirotlier  rjvp  iih  iin  iirlMe  6ti  tlic  fol- 
lowing: "He  tbiit  is  leiiat  in  the  kinRilom  wf  Iioav- 
on  laKTeiit»,'r,(!iimhHy  ..     11. 1-.f.  Mevkus.  , 

PleiHB  eKiilHinaQilTl^esa.  2;  1),      U,  reiulstUug: 
"Even  Iiiiu,  whose  coniing  is  jifUr  the  ^yuiking  of 
Satan  with  all  [iuwor  iinil  slgna  iinil  iying  woriilers. 
ii.  C.  C/laA^-!^l 

pienae  give  nn  exjiliiniUion  of  Matt.  21:  2;  fllso 
Mwk  11:  2'  Do  boOi  nienn  the  siimeV  If  so.  wh.it 
is  meant  by  tlie  iiss  tied  and  the  colt  -with  her ;  loosp 
thenr  and  bring  theiii  unto  moV  Did  he  ridnboth, 
oronly  theooltV  I.H.  Cuist. 

Plesise  give    an    explanation  of '  the  following 
woids:  "Whosoever  la  bornof  OotI,  doth  notcov 
mit  sin ;  for  bia  aeed  remaineth  in  him,  and  \\c  ca 
not  sin,  because  be  ia  born  of  Gml.";,.!  .fohna:". 

The  eight  aouls  thnt  were  saved  ,by  water,  was 
that  water  literal  water  or  waa  it  some  other  kind' 
of  water/  ]  l'eter3:  20.  21 ;  also  Acta 22: ID.  where 
It  ia said.  Arise  and  be  baplued  and  wash  awiiy  thy 
Bins,  waS  this  literal  water,'  that  wiLs  to  wash  away 
hUsinsV  ■  ''■■'■■  ■■   J'I-1'''- 

wm  tlie  Uhethuen  at  Woiii:.  ui-  s.^jiu' dtn-  I'f 

its  many  renders,  exjil ■<   !■  ^^    iai.e-.'-h.-ii-;  that 

are  often  UHCil  in  imiyi'i  .'  I  >'"^  -H'  i.nm-i  riiirk  to 
me.  I  ask  I  for  infonniiiii  ti  !  ni.  1-  iL  iirninT, 
when  giving  tbiuika  at  llu-  t  iM..  ^i  i-i,  thr  I, ..id  \:t 
'■bleaa"tli'atfoodwhicli  11.  II..-  ^  ■■  >.:^  lih-s-se-fr 
Secondly,  la  it  proper  In  I'.i'i  "  I'l  tli  ■  -  iki-  nf  .le- 
ans," when  .lesus  has  dimr  :iU  1 IIL  •^\^••^f 

.1,    ■  1).  i)\  Bnv.  . 

Please  give  ua  your  vi^wa  on  the  covorlng  spoken' 
of  by  Paul  in  1  Cor.  11;'  also  trfl  us  who,  or  what, 
that,  head  is,  the  woinfu  disin 
or  prophesying  with  her  lir.i.l  im 
married  and  tinniarricd  V  lU  ili.i 
a  good  work  fdr  some  of  our  jq.;. 
the  far  West  an<i  oblige 

1.  Please  give  your  view'i 
ry  neither  purse,  nor  scrip. 
no  man  by  the  *yay."  .  , 

2.  Alap  Mi^Hr  r^-"=  ".'^WV  <■!'"  ""  '"■'"  •''"'"' 
father  upon  theeiivtb:  for  one  isyuui  f;i[ii'*r  w  Imli 
is  in  heaven." 

3.  raiSOTCot,  7r3f^"""Tire"Avifu  is  bound  liy  the 
hiw  as  long  as  her  linsljnnd  livoth ;  but  if  ,her  hus- 
band he  deadi  'slib  iii  flt  liberty  'io  lie '  married  to 
whom  she  will;  only  in  the  l,ord." 

KiniA  Fi-soEK. 


hjs  soul,"  to  Bee  the  redeemeJ  by  His  blood  in 
eTerluitting  life;  so  the  reapers  in  the  harveat 
w^ll  aee  of  the  fruit  of  their  labors,  and  "  enter 
111  to  the  joy  "of  their  Lord.     And  thus   shall 

he  that   soweth,"  the  Lord   .Jesus  Christ,  and 

he  that  rvapeth,"  His  faithful  servants,  rejoice 

igether. 
Reader,  do  you  not  want  a  share  in  the  wages  ? 

part  in  the  general  joy,  when  the  Sower  and 
the  reaper  bhall  rejoice  together?  The  fields 
whittt  already  for  the  harvest.  Enter  into 
the  work.  Do  not  say  there  are  yet  four  months. 
Von  may  he  too  late.  Go  to  work  and  you  shall 
receive  your  wages.  Aa  we  would  have  a  part, 
when  the  hurvest  is  brought  home  with  rejoic- 
iiig,  let  UK  at  once  enter  into  the  work,  that  we 
may  bring  some  sheaves  with  us— gather  some 
fruit  to  et«rnftl  life.  There  is  no  doubt  about 
the  wagea,  if  the  work  is  only  done.  Now  is 
the  time  to  work. 


David  Howbhs.  ■ 
on  Lulco  lOi'l.'  ''Car- 
nor  sboea:  and  salute 


HE  THAT    REAPETH.    RECEIVETH 
WAGES. 


.  I  s 


UK:  lorthi 


d  n^th.v 


PREACHING  THE   GOSPEL. 

BX  J,  E.  SPRIXOBU, 

WE  should  lend  a  helping  hand  in  sending 
missionaries  over  the  laud  to  preach  the 
evt^rlasting  Gospel  of  Jesua  Christ  to  a  dyinn 
people.  I  fear ,  too  many  cnlia  are  pot  heeded, 
and  if  sinners  die  out  of  Christ,  who  will  be  to 
blame?  I  believe  the  Brethren  ivill  he  in  part. 
Christ  said  to  His  disciples,  "  Go  ye  into  all  the 
(s^orld  and  i)reacli  the  Gospel  to  every  creature." 
This  is  a  plain  command.  Now  then,  "faith 
:9meth  by  hearing,  and  how  shall  they  hear 
H^ithout  fti  preacher!'  "  According  to  God's  di- 
■(•otions  ,we  arolwund  to  serve  them,  and  if  we 
filit  to  do,  it,  we  violate  one  of  Christ's  com- 
niimds,.  Sjoine  mny  look  at  tlus  aa  a  great  bur- 
den; to  the  brotherhood.,  If  each  one  of  us 
would  give  one  dollar  annually,  we  could  sup- 
|jort  a  large  number  of  laborers,  and  we  would 
not  feel  the  loss  of  one  dollar,  and  for  aught  we 
know,  God  would  bless  us  ten  fold.  God  iovetli 
H. cheerful  igiver.-  ' 

.  Now  ^rethrenv  don't  think  you  can.  do 'too 
mudi  for  tUo  Lordi  All  that  we  have  the  Lord 
gave,  to  us.  Then  leti  us  make, .good  use  of  it. 
Why;,do,[n-e  not  send,  moro  ministers  out  to 
preach, the, Gospel?  Is  it  be.cause  ,we  do  not 
hiive  them':'  Nay,  verily.  There  are  Home  that 
would  ihf  willinii  to  go;  but  they  must  be  sent, 
,ind  are  we,  as  a  brotherhood,  too  poor  to  send 
them?  No!  There  is  a  lameness  somewhere, 
and  let  us  liUnt  it  up  and  get  rid  of  it.'so  wl? 
may  not  be  condemned  in  that  great  and  nota- 
ble day  of  the  Lord.  Think  for  a  moment;  of 
the  iuany  precious  souls  that  are  in.  nature's 
darkness,  standing  outside  of  the  borderu  of  the 
church.  Why  i-sit?  It  is  becau.se  they  have 
nb  one  to  show  them  the  .way.  ,,  i 

Then  brethren,  let  us  all  put.  forth,,our  nieiins 
and  time  in  the  great  first  cause.  We  should 
fuel  interested  for  our  fellow, men,  as  well  as  for 
oui-seives.  We  can  do  much  if  we  are  only 
willing.  We  are  so  highly  blessed  with  sermon 
aOer  seruioQ;  and  with  Gospel  privileges  above 
ra;my  of  our  fellov/Jmortals.  So  let  ai  ever  be 
thanklhl'to  God.    Way  God  bless   and  save iis 


down,  is  dusted  otf  and  perused!  Wa  need 
something  sharp,  piercing — flashing  with  pow- 
er to  make  the  theory  of  false  hopea  and  sandy 
foundations  tremble,  and  quake  to  the  bottom. 
Some  time  the  atmosphere  geta  miied  with 
truth  and  error.  As  long  as  the  truth  is  pre- 
sented in  a  general  way — sheet  lightning  style 
■many  look  on  and  say,  "  beautiful,"  "'  splen- 
did," "elegant,"  "fine."  but  when  it  is  preaent- 
'd  pointedly  and  in  power  striking  through  the 
ranks  of  sin,  laying  it  to  the  right  and  left, 
thundering,  so  that  the  very  gates  of  hell  trem- 
ble, then  tbey  grow  pale  and  quake  with  fear. 
Some  are  easily  alarmed  and  become  nervous 
when  it  thundei's  a  little  in  the  church  heavens. 
Paul  heHonght  the  Corinthians  that  he  might 
he  hold  among  them,  that  he  might  use  the 
weapons  of  his  warfare  to  the  pulling  down  of 
strongholds,  casting  down  imagination  and  e' 
ery  high  thing  that  exalteth  itself  against  the 
knowledge  of  God,  and  bringing  into  captivity 
every  thought  to  the  obedience  of  Christ.  Yes. 
there  is  lightning  and  thnnder  in  God's  throne 
in  the  holy  of  holies,  and  the  Lord  sends  them 
forth.  We  need  more  of  them  in  the  church  to 
agitate  and  purify  the  atmosphere.  Let  no  man 
he  blamed  for  presenting  the  truth  pointedly, 
fully  and  powerfully.  Let  the  lightning  of  the 
truth  flash  and  the  thunder  peal  in  their  divine 
power,  and  if  it  lays  hold  of  temperance  and 
every  other  command,  as  jewels,  and  discards 
reveling  and  idol  worship  and  sin  in  iiU  its 
forms,  don't  become  nervous,  but  should  there 
be  a  little  commotion,  and  some  grow  a  little 
pale  or  become  somewhat  alarmed,  do  not  he 
dismayed  or  discouraged,  hut  hold  up  the  truth  aa 
the  Bible  holds  it  up.  It  will  make  us  free — 
ye?,  free  indeed.  Trust  m  God,  if  He  gives  you 
the  power  to  proclaim  the  truth  with  its  thun- 
der, shake  the  church  and  the  world.  If  God 
fills  you  with  the  electric  current  from  His 
throne,  let  it  strike.  If  any  should  get  offend- 
ed at  the  truth,  still  proclaim  it  in  love.  When 
Jesils  was  here  tbey  became'  offended  at  the 
I  rath  and  its  ambiissadoK  'i  i  '  i  ■  ■  I  i  ■ 
Paul  tells  us,  the  time  would'come  when  men 
would  not  endure  sound  jloctrine.  So  let  it 
llnsh  till  hypocrites  stand  condemned,,  andduke- 
warm  professors  trentble  to  get  a  fresh  baptism 
of  electric  fire  from  on  high.  Stand  up  for  Ji 
sua,  do  all  in  Hia  name,  for  He  says, ,,"  I  come 
quickly,  and  luy  reward  is  with  me  to  give  to 
every  man  according  as  his  worlt  shall  he." 


Christ  has  self-denial,  Satan,  selfnlefense.  Je- 
lias  the  truth,  the  devil,  falsehood.  Hero 
stands  the  Prince  of  light,  and  the  prince  of 
knes-«,  Jesus  holds  the  truth,  the  Word  of 
God,  the  sword  of  the  spirit.  "  Yea,"  says  one, 
"Jesus  fought  against  the  enemy  of  God  and 
man  with  the  artillery  of  heaven,  and  Satan's 
face  was  all  scarred  with  lightning.  The  Son 
of  man  has  come  to  bruise  the  ser|>eut'a  head," 

Turn,  sinners,  turn  while  Jeans  is  driving  the 
enemy  back-  Turn,  for  why  will  you  die?  Je- 
sus says,  "  Come  to  me!  Come,  that  you  may 
have  life!  Come,  that  you  may  escape  the  wrath 
thnt  is  to  come! "  Take  His  yoke  upon  you  and 
learn  of  Ulm,  meekness  and  humility,  and  you 
shall  find  rest  to  your  souls.  Turn,  sinners, 
grieve  not  the  Spirit,  quench  it  not  too  long, 
for  fear  you  may,  like  Capernaum  and  Jerusa- 
lem, he  given  over  to  hanlness  of  hearts  to  be- 
lieve lies  and  he  damned.  When  you  look  at 
self,  Christ  iaamall,  but  when  you  look  at  Christ, 
self  is  small.  There  is  no  one  can  see  himself 
so  small,  so  unworthy  as  when  he  sees  Chi-ixt 
suffering,  bleeding,  dying  out  of  love,  to  keep 
man  out  of  hell, 


I  .\ii.l  111'  Lli:a  riMpelh  icicivoth 
iLih  li-iiil  imlo  life  ):l.;ni;Ll;  II. ul 
rth  and  he  that  reapi-tii  iii.u  i.- 
joice  tuHutlier."— .ruhu  4:  :!j,  '■M. 
riH-liS  text  nmy  have  a  general  application  tn 
X  all  times  in  which  nicu  have  labored  in  the 
cause  of  huuwn  salvation.  Since  sin  entered 
intb  the  worid,  and  the  great  plan  of  redemption 
was  laid,  there  has  ever  been  reaping  to  do, 
all  the  gatherers  with  Christ  mil  receive  their 
wages.  But  at  the  first  advent,  a  sprt  of  reck- 
oning time  with  the  Jewish  people  came,  and 
and  hence,  in  a  peculiar  sense,  the  fields  were 
ready  for  the  harvest.  And  at  the  present  time, 
as  the  final  judgment  is  pending,  the  demand 
for  labor  in  Uie  harvest  was  nevor  more  urgent. 
But  men  are  apt  to  make  good  resolves  for 
some  future  time.  Sohie  fonr  months  hence, 
they  intend  to  enter  the  field.  But  the  work  is 
all  ready,  the  fields  are  white. 

The  reaper  receives  wages.  Who  are  the 
reapers?  Every  one,  minister  or  others,  who 
are  instrumental  in  the  work  of  saving  men. 
All  may  have  a  share  in  the  work,  and  conse- 
quently a  share  in  the  wages.  Bnt  what  arc  the 
wages?  Are  they  one  thousand,  three  thous- 
and, five,  ten  or  twenty  thousanddollarsnyear? 
By  no  means.  They  that  covet  a  great  salary 
and  get  it,  "  have  their  reward."  Such  was  not 
the  wages  of  the  apostles  and  mnrtyi-s.  Yet 
they  will  have  their  reward. 

Bat  what  will  be  the  wages?  The  next  clause 
explains  it;  they  gather  "fruit  unto  life  eter- 
nal," They  will  see  the  eouIs,  they  have  been 
initrumental  in  bringing  to  eternal  life,  safe 
with  themselves  in  the  kingdom  of  God,  As  it 
will  be  the  Saviors  joy  to  see  of  "  the  travail  of 


GOD'S    THUNDER. 


"  UiiL  fli.- thuiiilur  ofhis  power  tchn'cftn  under 
sSiuui:''"— lolj^n-H. 

rpHOUGHsome  jMople  are  afraid  of  thunder 
\\,  and  lightning,  \ve  need  thundor  storms  to 
agitat?,and|  pujify,  ,the  atmosphere.  It  is  not 
uncomn^^n  to  sec  persons,  when  a  thuuder  storm 
comes  and  the  li^jlituin-  l.if/'n-  ';■■  ll,i-h,  ilu 
some  dark  and  -I'l  lu-li.t  -|,..|  'I'lu'V  liin 
compose  themt-elvc-  ui  li.-.iri'iL,' th.  tbiin-li.-r 
and  seeing  the  ligiiUiing  tliLsli,  with  the  [in 
of  God.  iThey  may  know  better  than  I  can  ttlll. 
But  while  this  is  a  truth,  naturally  speaking, 
we  also  find  some  that  are  afraid  of  the  thunder 
in  the  moral  heaven.  They  tremble  like  Peli.x, 
nlthe  thunder  of  the  truth.  Sometimes  when 
the  thunder  rolls  and  the  lightning  flashes,  and 
the  atmosphere  begins  to  feel  a  little  warm 
there  arc  people  that  cannot  stand  the  heat; 
they  will  either  flee  to  some  cooler  idace  or  find 
a  fearful  complaint. 

I  have  known  comnmnities  where  the  atmos- 
phere had  become  fnll  of  the  gaa  of  "  getting 
i-eligion,"  and  when  n  little  storm  arose,  and 
"  getting",  was  turned  into  doimj  religion,  il 
seemed  aa  though  the  stoflu  was  raging  fearful- 
ly. But  when  it  hod  passed  over,  there  was  a 
great  calm,  pure  air  of  truth.  Ptople  could 
hreatfie  the  e.-iiience  of  the  saving  power  of  God. 
God  intends  it  shall  thuuder,  and  has  made 
preparation  to  this  end.  The  spiritual  atmos- 
phere needs  agitation.  How  often  when  there 
ia  a  little  commotion  of  this  kind,  the  Bible  that 
has  rested  quietly  on  the  shelf,  suddenly  cornea 


;i  VOICE  FROiJi'  A  LITTLE  GRAVE, 


W^ 


EEP  not  forme',  sweet  mother,  if  aught 
X  Uly  perfect  happiiie.Cs,  it  is  to 
ee  thy  teai-s.  I  am  not  sle'eping  "beneath  the 
little  green  hillodk  which,  in  thy  love  th6u  hast 
pjanted  with  bright  flowers  and  watered  with 
thy  tears.  Ih  thial  quiet  and  lovely  spot,  thou 
hitst  laiu  my  cast  off  garment,  hut  that  which 
animated  it.and  endeared  it  to  thy  heart,  is,  on 
angels'  wings,  hovering  ever  round  thee.  I  am 
one  of  the  glorious  "  cloud  of  witnesses  that  en- 
compass thee;"  when  hui^ied  with  thy  toils,  1 
watcli  beside  thee,  and  see  thee  ever  brushing 
aWay  the  s'ori'owing  tear.  When  kneeling  be- 
lore'thy  Maker,'!' arii'with  thee;  whtn  alone 
and  sad,  thou  sittest  and  weepest  at  my  gr 
side,  then  am  I  on  bright  wings  hovering  over 
thee;  when  troubled  ^lumbe^s  fail  upon  thee,  1 
am  guarding  with  my  now  unsleeping  eyes,  thy 
beloved  form.  Seest  thou  me  not,  sweet  tooth- 
er? lift  up,  not  thy  bodily  eye,  but  thine  eye  of 
faith,  then  wilt  thou  look  upon  me.  Listen 
with  the  ear  of  faith,  and  thou  shalt  hear  luy 
tiny  harp  and  the  "  Dew  aong  "  I  am  singing  to 
"  Him  who  sitteth  upon  the  throne."  Oh  you 
would  not  wish  to  ree.ill  me  to  your  earthly 
home,  cuuld  you  form  even  a  faint  conception 
of  my.  present  bliss,  or  the  glorious  pleasures  of 
my  new  home.  Let  my  name  be  dear  ami 
familiar  in  your  home,  and  often  speak  of  me  to 
my  little  ]daymates,  with  smiles  and  a  cheerful 
heart.  Let  them  hot  think  of  me  as  not  lost, 
or  de.id,  but  living  forever  in  a  bright  andbiau- 
tiful  land  where  nothing  can  disappoint  us  or 
make  us  weary  or  hiuI,  where  there  are  no  tears, 
nor  sickness  nor  death;  where  the  hiesfed  Sav- 
ior folds  Hia  little  lambs  in  His  arms  and  loves 
them.  Selected  by  HAitRiHT  Buck, 


HUMILITY. 

IIY  DANIKL  LOSaANECKER. 

■■  Humble  youi-selves  therefore  muler  the  mii 
liand  of  God,  that  he  may  e.Kaltyou  in  due  [im< 
1  l'eturr):0. 

HUMILITY  and  pride  stand  opposite  to  each 
other.  Humility  points  down.  IMde 
points  up.  The  one  leads  to  hell,  the  othe 
heaven.  Humility  clings  to  Christ  and  His 
followers.  Pride  belongs  to  the  devil  and  hia 
followers.  Christ  has  humility,  the  devil  has 
pride.    Christ  huaohedience,  Satan,  disobedience. 


BY  JENNIE  MYEBS, 


WITHOUT  faith  we  cannot  please  God. 
God  is  ashamed  of  us  if  we  have  no  con- 
fidence in  Him,  and  prepares  for  ua  no  habitat 
tion  in  heaven.  By  faith,  the  Chrihtian  over- 
the  world,  the  fiesh  and  the  devil,  and 
the  crown  of  righteousness.  The  crown 
is  not  in  the  beginning,  neither  in  the  middle, 
but  if  we  hold  out  faithful  to  the  end  we  shall 
receive  our  reward.  In  virtue  of  faith,  worthy 
men  of  old  wrought  great  wonders.  Faith  lives 
and  worships  God  in  death.  Faith  regards  the 
blood  of  Christ  as  the  foundation  of  human  hope 
and  looks  to  it  aa  the  only  safeguard  from  the 
destroyer.  No  victories  ever  won  compared 
ivith  those  of  faith.  Its  triumphs  no  earthly 
tongue  can  speak  or  pen  describe.  Tbey  are 
written  in  the  book  of  lite  and  will  he  told  with 
immortal  tongues  by  multitudes  which  no  man 
can  uumher,  in  strains  of  glory  rising  higher 
and  higher  and  grovving  sweeter  and  sweeter  to 
endless  ages. 


THE  dispatches  report  that  the  present  erup- 
tion of  the  volcano  Cotopaxt,  in  South 
America,  is  the  most  violent  thnt  has  taken 
place  for  years,  and  that  the  immense  clouds  of 
smoke  and  ashes  can  be  seen  from  Guayaquil, 
IIjO  miles  distant,  Aa  Cotopasi  is  suhject  to 
violent  eruptions,  thia  means  a  great  deal.  In 
1738  the  flames  rose  3,000  feet  above  the  mouth 
of  the  crater;  in  ITtiS  the  smoke  and  iishts  dark- 
ened the  air  for  many  miles,  and  during  the 
eruption  of  1803,  Humboldt  heard  the  espioj- 
ions  at  Guayaquil,  booming  out  like  the  contin- 
ual discharges  of  a  battery  of  artillery.  In  1744 
the  explosions  were  heard  at  a  distance  of  500 
miles.  There  were  outbursts  in  1850,  1S54, 
ISuO,  and  ISiSl,  and  at  all  times  there  is  uu  es- 
cape of  steam  and  smoke.  Cotopnxi  is  the 
highest  active  volcano  in  America,  and  a  violent 
eruption  is  a  notable  event  in  the  world's  hig- 
tory.  In  1698  an  eruption  destroyed  the  city 
of  Tacunga,  some  thirty  miles  distant,  but,  as  a 
rule,  the  eruptions  have  not  been  disastrous. 
Frequently  the  great  msisa  of  snow  nearihe  top 
of  the  mountain  ia  melted  by  the  internal  fires, 
and  the  plains  below  flooded. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


True  luqipineas  Ii;ls  ni 
No  tones  provincial ; 


localities; 

o  peculiar  garb. 

— He  who  ia  only  in  good  health,  and  is  will- 
ing to  work,  has  nothing  to  fear  in  this  world. 

— A  child's  heart  responds  to  the  tones  of  its 
mother's  voice  like  a  harp  to  the  wind. 

— They  that  do  nothing  are  in  the  readiest 
way  to  do  that  which  is  worse  tlian  nothing. 

— Promises  made  in  lime  of  affliction  require 
a  better  memory  than  people  commonly  possess. 

— Who  is  powerful  ?  He  who  can  control  hia 
pa.s.«ions. — Who  is  rich?  He  who  is  contented 
with  what  he  haa. 

— When  the  world  has  once  got  hold  of  a  lie, 
it  is  astonishing  how  hard  it  is  to  get  it  out  of 
the  world. 

— When  yaw  speak  evil  of  another  you  must 
he  prepared  to  have  others  speak  evil  of  you. 
There  is  an  old  Buddhist  proverb  which  says, 
"  He  who  indulges  in  enmity  is  like  one  who 
throws  a^hes  to  windward,  which  come  back  ttt 
the  same  place  and  covers  him  all  over." 


October    lO. 


THE   BRETHHEiSr    A.T   "W^OEK. 


^ttm$   4  |(nlcr^st. 


— CAUBLiS  are  ns  easily  raised  in  Texas  as 
horses  and  cattle. 

— TiFR  iaie  of  Cyprus  is  Iwlioved  by  many 
Scholara  to  lie  the  Chittim  of  the  Bible. 

— The  gain  of  Catholics  in  India  is  only  ten 
per  ceot.,  while  ProtestiiiiU  gniu  siity-one  per 
cent. 

— Ladies  are  forbidden  by  law  from  woarin(r 
dresses  with  trails  ia  the  public  streets;  b  ut  it 
is  in  Prague,  not  in  New  York. 

— Tub  Moravian  church,  withainemhership 
of  16,000  in  this  country,  raises  $  fiS.OOCr  i)er 
year  for  missionary  work. 

— Thibtren  of  the  wives  of  the  late  Brigham 
TouDg,  the  Mormon  prophet,  including  his  fa- 
vorite Amelia,  have  mnrried  again. 

— A  New  Youk  physician  hiii  made  the  dis- 
covery that  "  not  one  person  in  three,  has  legs 
of  equal  length,  and  that  the  number  of  left 
legs  longer  than  they  need  be,  is  nearly  double 
that  of  the  right," 

— The  exiM'riment  of  the  Americnn  Bible 
Society  in  is3uing  a  live-cent  edition  of  the  New 
Testament  has  proved  a  sueceaa.  In  order  to 
meet  the  demand,  1,000  copies  have  to  be  print- 
ed daily. 

— An  artesian  well  3,250  feet  deep  has  been 
bored  iu  Pesth,  Hungary.  It  is  tbe  deepest  in 
the  world,  being  nearly  twice  the  depth  of  that 
in  Paris.  It  sends  up  a  jet  of  nearly  boiliug 
water  forty-two  feet  high, 

— The  chaplain  in  charge  at  the  Tombs,  in 
New  York  city,  in  his  report,  mentions  asn, 
fact,  that  out  of  1,030  boys  incarcerated  there 
under  fourteen  years  of  age,  a  little  over  200 
were  Protestants,  and  over  800  were  Roman 
Catholics. 

— The  translation  of  the  Scriptures  into  the  , 
Turkish  languages  has  just  been  completed,  at . 
a  time  when  England  assumes  the  protectorate 
over  Turkey.  The  free  circulation  of  the  Bible 
iu  that  country  now  makes  the  event  au  au- 
spicious one. 

— The  new  law  of  compulsory  education  in 
Italy  is  working  well,  it  is  said.  The  passage 
of  the  law  involved  the  building  of  2,000  new 
school-houses,  and  the  improvement  of  20,000 
old  ones.  The  governments  hope  soon  to  have 
school-houses  enough  to  accommodate  all  the 
children. 

— Alonu  the  coast  of  Labrador  the  condition 
of  the  people  is  reported  to  be  heart-rending. 
Last  Fall  the  fisheries  failed,  and  the  traders 
who  had  exchanged  provisions  for  fish  and  oil 
abandoned  the  territory,  not  willing  to  let  the 
inhabitants  have  food  on  credit. 

— Thk  London  r/me.*  gives  three  columns  of 
description  and  two  columns  of  editorial  cUar- 
acterizition  of  the  Americin  mechanical  dis- 
play at  Paris.  It  declares  that  "  The  activity 
and  insight  uf  tha  American  inventive  genius 
develops  more  that  is  new  and  practical  in 
mechanism,  than  all  Europe  combined." 


CORRESPOISTDENOE. 


Home  Again  From  Planting. 

IN  pursuance  of  the  Nortli  Missouri  Mission 
charge,  Ileft  hoaie  on  the  morning  of  Se|)t. 
Tth,  and  reached  Bro.  William  Mason's  in  Ray 
Co.,  in  the  evening.  On  the  morning  of  the  8th, 
set  out  for  the  place  of  my  first  appointment 
(Bru.  John  Morton's),  in  Carroll  Co.,  where  I 
arrived  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  sorry  to  find  Bro, 
Morton  confined  ill  sickness,  but  glad  to  say: 
left  him  convalescent.  Here  we  had  meeting 
at  thi!  Rose  Bud  school-house,  on  the  evening 
of  the  8th  and  9th,  with  an  increase  of  double 
the  number  iu  attendmice  from  the  first  to  the 
second  appoiutment.  After  this  planting  I 
went  North  some  ten  miles  to  the  Taylor  school- 
bouse,  which  field  is  repreai-nted  by  brother 
Frederi  ck  Michncl  and  the  sister,  and  brother 
George  Beclitold  and  the  sister.  Here  we  sow- 
ed the  setH.  broadcast  on  the  evenings  of  the 
10th,  11th  and  12lh.  Thence  on  the  13th  I 
pursued  my  journey  Eastward,  where  several 
mciubei's  met  for  evening  services.  At  this 
point  I  will  say:  this  little  baud  of  brethren  and 
sislei-s,  once  organi/.ed  and  known  as  the  "  Car- 
roll Co.  Grand  river  church,"  is  tnily  in  a  lan- 
guishing state  of  affairs;  and  desires,  deserves 
and  requires  the  attention  and  aid  of  the  sur- 
rounding brethren.  The  membership,  abont 
twenty  in  number,  very  much  scattered.  — 
The  organization  consists  of  one  brother,  Rich- 
ard Morris,  in  the  first  degree  of  the  ministry 
and  brethren  John  Morion  and  William  Jacobs. 


The  gradual  decline  of  the  ministflrs'  health 
has  deprived  them  of  regular  meetings  for 
months;  and  their  elder,  Addison  Hurper.  living 
some  twenty-five  or  thirty  miles  from  their  nu- 
cleus, and  now  in  fueble  health,  is  very  discour- 
aging; yet  they  seem  so  devoted  and  alivi'  und 
so  deterraini>d  to  succeed,  that  they  intend  to 
trj-  and  hold  a  Love-feast  this  Fall.  I  Would 
yet  say,  I  believe  this  to  be  a  very  fertile  field, 
and  hop'  if  our  planting  here  be  watered  well, 
that  much  increase  may  soon  ba  reaped. 

From  here  I  went  East  some  thirty  miles,  lo 
Chariton  Co,,  where  a  brother's  voice  had  never 
before  been  heard,  and  the  Gospel  in  its  primi- 
tive simplicity  and  purity  never  preached.  But 
it  is  remarkable  how  near  an  Apolloa  came 
guessing  at  the  apostolic  moile  of  baptism  in 
this  vicinity  some  five  years  ago.  Coming  from 
England  direct  to  this  region,  the  preacher  be- 
gan a  protracted  series  of  meeting,  and  gained 
the  people,  till  he  periuaiei  some  twenty  or 
more  to  embrace  religion,  a  large  porportion  of 
whom  preferred  being  baptized,  of  course,  by 
immersion.  But  the  eloquent  man,  and  the 
"  man  mighty  iii  the  Scriplures"  declared  to  his 
tenacious  advocate.^  of  immersion,  that  he  had 
never  seen  any  one  immersed, — that  in  his 
country  it  was  seldom  if  ever  practiced;  but 
wishing  lo  secure  all  of  his  converts,  he  would 
do  the  best  he  could.  Whereupon  after  going 
down  into  the  water,  he  had  his  applicants  to 
kneel;  and  at  the  naming  of  the  three  names  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  he  dipped  them  once  forward. 
I  wonder  if  some  Aquila  and  Priscilla  did 
not.  afterward,  attempt  li  iuitruct  him  more 
perfectly  in  the  w^ys  of  the  Lord.  But  after  I 
hud  preachel  on  the  evening  of  the  11th  and 
on  the  15th,  {Lird's  diy)  at  3  o'clock  P.  M, 
and  baptized  at  5  o'clock  (.same  day),  in  the 
presence  of  a  vast  crowd  of  witnessei,  some 
may  have  thought  "  worae  yet,"  but  we  heard 
various  favorable  expressions  from  many  honest 
hearts.  At  three  o'clock  and  just  previous 
to  baptism,  I  had  given  one  and  one- half  hours 
to  a  lecture  exclusively  on  the  mode  of  Chris- 
tian baptism.  Then  at  night  on  the  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel.  Their  last  meeting  wiis  held  in 
the  Baptist's  spacious  church  in  the  town  of 
Clifton  Hill,  Randolph  county.  And  I  will 
here  state  to  the  gratification  of  the  Breehren 
AT  Work,  and  whoever  sent  it  to  E.  F.  Burrow 
of  this  place,  that  he  also,  during  these  meet^ 
ings,  made  the  good  confession  aud  was  baptiz- 
ed, being  made  very  bappy  ia  his  Savior's  love. 
May  tbe  Lord  bless  him  in  his  isolated  condi- 
tion, and  may  his  noble-hearted  and  kind  wife 
also  be  blest  with  a  more  full  assurance  of  a 
blessed  immortalitv,  and  may  God  bless  their 
three  little  sons,  and  sanctify  them  through  the 
holiness  of  their  parents,  and  they  shall  call 
them  blessed. 

Brethren  finding  this  miraculous  opening,  I 
came  to  the  conclusion  here  that  eternity  only, 
could  ever  tell  how  much  good  is  being  done 
by  the  dissemination  of  the  truth  through  our 
periodicals  and  tracts.  Brethren  of  the  press, 
I  say,  take  courage  and  fight  on.  Brethren  and 
sisters,  you  who  have  ca-st  in  a  mite,  that  the 
papers  might  be  sent  to  the  poor,  to  you  I  say, 
when  I  go  into  the  highways  and  in  the  hedges 
I  find  the  spiritually,  lame  and  the  halt,  as  a 
consequence,  already  "  walking  and  leaping  and 
praising  God."  The  blind  say,  they  already 
"see  men  as  trees  walking,"  another  applica- 
tion of  the  "spittle  that  proceeded  from  the 
mouth  of  Christ  Jesus,  and  obedience  in  wash- 
ing in  the  pool  of  Sitoaiu.  and  they  see.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  ciust  bread  upon  the  waters  and 
let  your  evangelists  see  it  return,  even  not 
many  days  hence.  From  there  I  returned  to 
Carroll  Co.  and  tried  to  preach  on  the  evenings 
of  the  16th  and  17th,  in  the  Big  Creek  (Baptist) 
church,  where  a  friend  Samuel  Sewell,  had  ar- 
ranged appointments;  who  is  also  nigh  the 
kingdom.  Here  is  also  friend  L.  D.  Clark,  for- 
merly of  McComb,  III.,  desiring  very  much  that 
Brethren  A.  G,  Black  and  John  Myers  of  Mc- 
Comb pay  him  a  visit,  proposing  to  meet  them 
at  Wheeling,  on  the  Hannibal  and  St,  Jo  R.  R,, 
at  any  time.  Brethren  can't  you  be  there  at 
their  Love-feast  on  the  IJ'th  of  October?  From 
there  I  set  out  at  sunrise  on  the  ISth  and  arriv- 
ed home  at  five  o'clocfc  (same  day).  Found  all 
well  and  ouce  more  appreciated  fully,  ^hat  the 
Brethren  mean,  when  they  say,  on  such  occa- 
sions; "and  thanked  the  Lord." 

C.  C.  Root. 


Two  "Weeks  in   Piatt  and  Champaign 


I  IN  company  with  sister  Catherine  Snavely, 
J  Bro.  Martin  Puterbaugh  and  Michael 
Snavely,  took  tho  train  for  Blue  Ridge  church, 
Piatt  Co.,  111.,  September  Tth,  lauded  at  Mans- 
field at  12:  30  P.  M  Was  met  by  brother  C. 
I  Barnhart  and  others,  who  took  us  to  the  house 


of  Bro  John  Bamhart's,  where  we  met  Bro.  .lo- 
seph  Hendricks,  of  Cerro  Gordo  and  Hro.  David 
Trosel,  of  Millmine,  with  others,  who  had  re- 
sponded to  an  appointment  for  Communion 
meeting,  the  first  in  this  newly  orgftniw^l 
church.  The  Brethren  had  built  a  shed,  large 
and  commodious,  for  the  pnrpoiie,  near  the 
house  of  Bro.  John  Bornharl.  Quite  acnngi'o- 
gation  was  assembled  by  three  o'clock,  and  ad- 
dressed by  Joseph  Hendricks,  from  the  wards, 
"  Fear  not  little  flock,  for  it  is  your  Father's 
good  pleQ.surp  to  give  you  the  kingdom."  In 
the  evening  the  ordinauces  6i  the  Lord's  house 
were  attended  for  the  first  time  by  the  Breth- 
ren in  this  place.  Quite  a  number  of  people 
attended.  The  order  wa«  excellent  and  the  oc- 
casion impressive.  Next  morning  the  Breth- 
ren met  at  8:30  according  to  appointment, 
which  was  consulfpfl  with  regard  to  the  further 
organization  of  them  n.s  a  body,  which  culmin- 
ated in  the  ordination  of  Bro.  John  Barnhart 
to  the  full  ministry  and  the  advancing  of  Bro. 
Christian  Barnhart  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.  The  charge  was  given  by  Bro.  Jo- 
seph Hendricks.  By  this  time  a  very  large  con- 
gregation had  assembled.  At  10:  30  the  meet- 
ing was  opened  in  regular  order,  by  the  Breth- 
ren. Brother  David  Trosel  addressed  the 
ppople  from  the  charge  of  Paul  to"  Timothy, 
"Preach  the  word,"  after  which  Bro.  Hendricks 
in  a  very  touching  manner  referred  to  the  ex- 
treme suffering  of  the  South.  Quite  a  feeling 
was  apparent  throughout  the  congregation. — 
After  this  a  colleetion  was  made  for  the  suff- 
erers and  put  into  the  hands  of  a  brother,  a  R. 
R.  agent.  Then  our  beloved  Bro,  Trorel  left 
for  home.  In  the  evening  at  7  o'clock  preach- 
ing at  Mahomet  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Subject,  "  Saved  by  grace"  to  a  crowded  house. 
On  Tuesday  night  at  the  shed  again,  good  order 
and  attention.  Also  Wednesday  night,  the 
last  time  in  Piatt  Co.  to  an  orderly  congrega- 
tion, God  bless  them.  We  hope  all  that  have 
not,  vfil\  find  Jesus  very  precious  to  their  souls. 
Here  our  labors  ended  at  this  place.  We  had 
expected  Bro.  D.  Vaniman  to  be  with  us,  but 
had  received  a  dispatch,  that  he  was  sick;  hope 
he  is  well  ere  this.  Thursday,  went  toUrhana 
church;  meeting  at  night,  also  Friday  night; 
had  good  congregations  and  good  attention. — 
Saturday,  at  three  P.  M.,  our  number  was  in- 
creased by  the  presence  of  brethren  Joseph 
Hendricks,  John  Banihart  and  C.  Barnhart,  be- 
sides the  home  ministry.  The  services  opened 
in  the  regular  order.  Bro,  Hendricks  addressed 
the  meeting  from  John  3G:  16,  after  which  fol- 
lowed the  Communion  services,  Many  more 
people  were  present  than  could  get  into  the 
house,  for  which  we  were  sorry.  Quite  a  large 
Communion  for  the  place.  Sunday  at  10:  30 
had  preaching  at  the  meeting-house,  another 
collection  for  the  Sonth;  also  at  night  to  a 
crowded  house,  and  the  most  intense  interest 
seemed  to  be  manifested.  Here  our  labors  end- 
ed at  this  place,  when  we  felt  loth  to  leave  the 
plac^,  hutarrangementshad  been  made  to  leave 
for  Ogden,  so  leaving  the  meeting-house  at 
night  we  went  home  with  Adonijah  Bowers,  a 
ministerin  the  Urbana  church.  We  stayed  with 
him  and  his  kiud  family  most  of  the  day.  Mon- 
day evening,  held  two  meetings  in  Ogden.  We 
then  went  to  Swearengin's  school-house;  held 
one  meeting,  with  some  interest.  The  next 
night  we  had  a  Communion,  at  the  house  of 
Bro.  Levy  Hurminson's,  whose  wife,  agister  was 
sick.     Here  our  labors  closed. 

T.  D.  Lvox. 


About  The  Yellow  Fevei. 

IN  a  letter  from  J,  G.  Snyder,  Decatur,  Ala., 
to  S.  J,  Harrison,  we  glean  the  following: 
The  people  of  this  town  became  panic-strick- 
en yesterday  over  yellow  fever,  and  nearly  the 
half  fled  from  town,  and  this  stopped  every- 
thing. Three  or  four  persons  were  taken  down 
with  bilious  fever  within  the  last  couple  days, 
and  one  died  suddenly  yesterd.iy  noon,  and  was 
somewhat  yellow,  Would-be's  that  know{?) 
everything  (but  in  reality  nothing)  pronounced 
it  yellow  fever,  and  everybody  that  was  any- 
ways scary,  packed  and  fled  for  their  lives, — 
From  luy  own  rending  I  was  satisfied,  that  it 
would  he  a  new  thing  if  it  apreiul  in  a  town  the 
elevation  that  this  is,  and  farther,  one  of  the 
worst  ciuscs  was  at  the  hotel  that  I  stay  at.  I 
determined  to  stay,  und  tried  to  convince  others, 
that  there  was  nothing  of  it.  To-day  we  had 
three  yellow  fever  doctors  to  come  and  investi- 
gate. They  examined  every  patient,  and  laugh- 
ed at  the  idea  of  people  calling  it  yellow  fever. 
By  their  foolishness  they  have  nearly  iniined 
the  town.  People  are  afr.iid  to  come  here  and 
other  towns  won't  let  the  people  come  to  them. 
Some  of  the  reports  that  wont  abroitd,  were,  that 
the  people  were  dropping  dead  all  over  town. 
Siihuol  business  is  killed,  dead  until  after  frost. 


I  had  begun  the  graded  department  and  was 
progres,sing  finely,  but  it  is  gone  now;  do  not 
know  when  they  will  be  hack,  so  that  I  can 
commence  again.  The  whole  South  is  on  sus- 
pense, and  will  nin,  from  an  infected  refugee. 
like  wild.  There  is  some  poor  fellow  from  the 
infected  towns  on  nearly  everj-  train,  taken 
down  sick;  and  is  dropped  oft"  along  the  road, 
at  some  out-of-the-way  place.  Sometimes 
they  receive  attention,  but  generally  they  are 
left  to  themselves,  at  least  till  some  doctor  or 
nurse  comes  from  Memphis,  Thus  far  it  hna 
not  been  coiltracted  by  ony  one  living  in  Ala- 
bitfna  from  the  sick  brought  to  the  State. 

I  am  well  pleased  with  my  new  homo,  thus 
far.  I  am  treated  with  all  the  respect  and 
kindness,  that  I  could  wish,  I  can  perceive  but 
little  or  no  diiference  in  the  manner  of  the  peo- 
ple here  from  that  in  the  North.  They  are 
just  about  OS  intelligent.  In  fact  the  children 
of  the  same  age  are  farther  advanced  than  the 
children  iu  some  Northern  districts;  I  was  sur- 
prised at  the  little  fellows.  The  society  of 
young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  that  are  respect- 
ables, is  more  refined  than  the  Northern.  T  here 
are  some  hod  characters,  as  in  all  towns,  where 
whiskey  is  sold. 

The  country  and  clime  is  delightful,  crops  are 
good.  The  soil  looks  odd  to  me— it  looks  like 
red  sawdust. 

I  have  just  received  my  paper,  and  read  the 
fever  reports:  itis  horrible!  No  less  than  five 
hundred  deaths  during  the  last  twenty-four 
hours!  There  are  four  women  from  Florida 
at  the  hotel,  now  waiting  for  the  train  to  go  to 
Memphis  as  nurses.  They  get  big  wages,  hut 
it  is  going  to  the  jaws  of  death — money  against 
life! 

The  weather  is  unfavorable — warm  days  and 
cool  nights. 


Way-side  Gleanings. 


INASMUCH  a.s  1  promised  many  of  you  that 
I  would  inform  you  through  the  Brethren 
AT  Work  in  regard  to  our  journey,  I  will  now 
give  you  a  few  lines  from  this  place:  I  got  to 
Fulton.  111.  ia  time  to  cross  the  river  on  the 
last  boat  Thursday  the  fifth;  (having  started 
from  Lanark  in  the  morning,  where  I  hid  adieu 
to  my  dear  family  and  a  number  of  brethren 
and  sisters),  I  met  my  friend  David  Fesler  at 
Fulton,  with  who-e  family  I  often  lodged,  while 
on  the  Central  Illinois  mission.  He  is  my 
companion  in  traveling  West  and  I  thank 
God  for  his  dear  company. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  we  spent  the  time 
with  Bro,  Benjamin  Miller  and  Bro,  John 
Eshelman  and  families.  Attended  meeting  on 
Sunday,  which  was  a  special  feast  to  my  soul. 
On  Monday  morning  we  haile  them  farewell. 
May  God  bless  them.  It  seems  to  me  I  can 
hear  them  praying  for  us  and  our  families,  and 
it  does  my  soul  good.  On  the  Uth  we  reached 
the  neighborhood  of  the  Brethren  in  Marshall 
Co.,  where  I  met  ivith  my  father  and  mother 
ouce  more  and  the  father  of  my  dear  wife  and 
some  of  the  family.  On  the  12th  we  recieved 
a  message  from  a  very  sick  man,  who  wanted  to 
he  baptized.  His  family  thought  it  would  prove 
almost  fatal  to  him,  but  he  said,  "  the  Lord  is  " 
able,  it  is  his  work  and  he  will  bear  me  up."  I 
beheld  his  children  kiss  him  before  he  left  the 
house,  not  expecting  to  see  him  any  more  alive. 
I  tell  you  it  was  enough  to  bring  tears  from 
any  rocky  heart,  when  that  father  said:  "  Chil- 
dren don't  weep  so — you  will  see  me  again  a 
happier  man."  A  bed  was  madf  in  the  wagon 
and  three  of  us  hretliren  carried  him  and  gently 
laid  him  in.  When  at  the  water  two  brethren 
carried  him  in  and  helped  him  upon  his  knees 
and  then  in  that  beautiful  stream,  from  the 
hands  of  our  dear  old  Bro.  John  Murray,  he 
was  baptiiwd  according  to  the  Gospel  direction. 
When  that  father  returned  home  it  would  have 
done  your  soul  good  to  have  heard  him  say, 
"dear  children  I  am  here  alive — I  feel  better 
even  iu  body — and  my  soul  is  happy— I  have  al- 
ways loved  you,  but  now  I  think  more  of  you 
than  ever  I  did."  One  thing  that  made  this 
sceuo  so  impressive  was,  that  this  man  had 
even  boasted  of  his  unbelief  iu  the  Scriptures 
and  had  opposed  the  Brethren.  0,  I  tell  you 
it  was  a  mighty  sermon  to  me,  when  he  laid 
his  trembling  hand  in  mine  and  said,  "  Brother 
Lemuel,  God's  power  is  greater  than  mine,  and 
I  thank  him  for  it."  0,  dear  Brethren,  let  us 
labor  to  experience  more  of  the  transforming 
power  of  God's  Word. 

On  the  evening  of  the  12th  we  had  a  very 
pleasant  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sisters 
in  their  meeting-house,  where  we  were  much 
refreshed  together.  On  the  morning  of  the 
13th  we  started  on  our  journey.  Reached  Bro. 
Daniel  Bnibaker's  .Saturday  morning,  where 
we  met  Bro.  William   Baumon,  who  was  con- 


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for  ChrialittOB  to  osacmble  in  worship. 

Ono  Bftptlsm.— A  ilinlogiio  ahoning  IhBl  Irine  immcrsioa 
is  thu  only  ground  of  union,  that  can  be  eons(iieDliou>il7 
occupied  by  the  lending  denoroionlioiia  of  ChrisIcnUiPtn. 
ByJ.n.  Moore.     Oue  copy   10  cenis  ;  IL' copies,  $100, 

Campbolliun  Weighed  Is  the  Balance,  and  Faond  Want- 
ing.—a  writlen   Bormoii  in  reply  to   Elder  C .     Hy 

J.  H.  Moore,  It  inn  well  printed  tract  of  siilcvu  pages. 
Shonld  bo  circulnlcd  ^y  the  h^indrcds  in  almost  every 
locality.   Trico,  'i  copies,  10  ccola  ;  'lO  copies  $1  00. 

Why 


ductjicig  aacriia  of  meetings  with  tke  limlhren 
at  thut  pliiue.  A  itumber  was  luliled  to  the 
t;hufi;h  iinil  wf  felt  that  a  much  greater  work 
could  have  been  done,  would  Wiiliaiii  Imve  staid 
longer.  Bro.  Daniel  Brubaker  talka  of  moving 
away,  but  the  right  man  in  the  riglit  place 
ought  to, bu  satisfied  to  stay  where  ht;  ia.  On 
Monday  mo(-ning  the  19th,  we  sltirted,  on  our 
way  farther  West;  and  by  Saturday  evening  we 
got  into  Nebraska  City,  where  wo  reiuained 
oyor  Suuduy  with  my  wife's  sister.  On  the  ev- 
ening ojt'.the  24th,  we  reached  the  neighborhood 
of  Jjri^fjiur  Henry  Brubaker' near  Beatrice.  We 
are  uo,w.at  the  houae  of  Bio,  Henrj'.  More 
.anon,       ,  ,,  Leuuel  Hii.lekt. 


aiLE^NINOS 


poiivi 


■'Fi'(tii\  .MosColv,  VIrijiriia,— The  liwt.  Sattir- 
'dkyin  Aiif^tist  there  Wiis  a  tliniik:igiving  meet- 
ing at  Beaver  Creek;  ,sRriuon  by  Bro.  Isaac 
Loi)g  oi  iilill  Creek  di^^ti'ict.  He  did  not  fail  to 
hold  forth  the' tiospel  in'  ita  piim'iliv^  purity, 
nor  did  hfet  fail  to  fell '  the' members  their  duty 
towiilxls'  dtiij  'ritiolher,  and  especially  tpwarda  the 
poor.       '    "■  I      '  '','/,,' 

Second  gotiirday  of  sitnie  pionfb,,  there  wiiB  a 
tbankfegivltig'incctiuglitld  at  Eiuailiiel's  church, 
'in  'thi?'same  district;  sermon  by  Bro.  John  Fh>rj' 
of  Cook's  Creek  district.  I  have  been  greatly, 
"b^iilt  up  since  our  brother's  admonition. 
■  "bii' the  third  Saturday  of  this  month,  there 
•wa^nthnnkagiviug  meeting  at  Moscow  church, 
'buf'bkore  our  thanksgiving  meeting;,  we  met 
'iii'chtireh  council  to  attend  to  some  IVusiuesw, 
aud  to  make  preparations  for  our  Communion 
tMisFidJ,  which  will  be  on  the  Ofh  of  Novem- 
ber. .\lso  raised  our  qiiofo  for  the  Coiumittee' 
'to  CaJiforiiia.  This  wa^  6ur  foreiioou's  work; 
hafl  our  thanksgiving  meeting  in  theaftentooii'. 
'  Sermon  by  Enoch  Brower,' followed  by  Samticl 
Driver,  both:d,^hiuk  of  Bsrren  Bidge  district. 
Tlieniinislerial  aid  was  good,  ministei-s  bi'iny 
present  from  four  districts.  .The  fourth.  l''riday  of 
ithis  montli,  t|liey  held,a  choice  lor'a^^acon  and 
amiuistei;;  ^l^e  lot  ,ft;ll  pii  Emmanuel  Loug  fpr 
.\^^iifl|er  |xnd  Anthotiy  Miller  for  deacon..  ,.,.Two 
joined,  the  cliuichby  baptism  at  the  sami;  tjuie. 
,611  S(ni(iay, August  25l;h,  the  dedication  of  the 
■ne't^  church  ,]i^i  Cook's .  C];(;(,'Ji  district,;  uciir. 
,Erf  J{?!,\vntj?r,  was  dedicated  ,, by  ,  the  Pn^t-hren, 
ail,(lifxclnjiivcly  to  their  use;  except  on  funeral 
occrij-iouv,  other  d9iiominations  have  the  pri.vil- 
egt;  if  so  desired.,  Tliededicalion  was  luado  by 
n  sermon  from, Bro.  Lint, fr.oni  Penasiylvania. — 
It  surely  iy,a^  a, good  one,  and  sfiiied  the  occa-, 
eion.  The  house  Is  a  vci'j  laige  oi.e;  I  .think 
llWlt   !i'i'.-"  I'.T  ,-Ml   |.. ..:,,■.,,/,    I  .,-;■■,       It  iisit- 

ua'c'l  '■■■■'!  ' '       I-.  right 

m  Hi.'  :■',  .  ..I  ;'s..!  '.:',-  ■■-.A-  ,.  .11,..,.  •  it  very 
i,t.  it  is. 1  hue  site  fur  u  ehuivh;  it  i,s 
!  phiiu  view  cif  Bridgcwate'r,  where  there  al- 
ready reside  ii  few  of  our  members  aud  one 
ministi-r.  I  think  our  church  will  iucre;L^e  at 
that  i)la<,:e,  fur  it  -cemed  that  the  people  t;la(][y 
heard  flic  Truth.  I  believe  that  I  can  s.iy  lh..t 
there  w.-re  ,,er.-.uis  -.d  the  nv^^■  ch^ircli  or,  that 
.div.'t1.;it  le.v.Tl„;d  hrvudi!,.  .vhi.h'Tn.'.l-.  1. - 
'fire,  a^  it  wa-:  i-r.^cluim^J  iV-nt  ti,.-  -i.ovj  .U--k 
rucv>.T  ,-a\v  a  tijin;ii  larger  ..Towd  ut   ,iny     ..tiier 

place, or  iniy  t'l,lier  ofCiisioD,  than  there    wivs  at 

,  thatiiinrch,  b'iore,     I  thiitk  that    I    would  be 

Bftfe  in  >iivitig  (hat    two  thousand  pei-suu*  wore 

at  Ihi.ii.l'ace.'At  three  '9'clock    P.    M.    tl^ere 

\va.i  vi'eaL'hin- ag;uu  by    Sfoscs  Mili-r;  V-t'  Pa. 
There  W-L1  not  Si)  I'arge  a  crowd,    owing  to  tlJe 
unploa.iaut  weathef,     I'reaching  also  ai  nitiljt, 
Robert  F.  Mouhhay. 

t'OtVoiii  Sonth'  Bend,  i  Indiana; — One  more 
addition  by  confession  and  Baptism,  one  who 
became  tired  of  sin  aMd'conclnded  whei-e  there 
is  no  cross  there  w  ub  ci'own.  Church  news 
ai«  very  interesting  to  nie;  Oh!  the  emotions 
to  which  liiy  h'eiirt  gives  vent,  when  the  r<;tupn' 
of  sinners  to  Christ  salute  my  ear,  it  haaa  saln- 
-tary  efteofcuiionthoSe  who  are  apprised  of  ,siu;li 
soul-gladdening,  Christr-roiiumeraling  chiuch- 
enjojing,  Qod-.satisfyiug  news.  When  the  iui- 
gel  will  stand  with  one  loot  upon  the  sea  and 
the  other  upon  the  shore  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
daring,  time  shall  remain  no  longer. 

D.MilEL  WmT.«Ea. 
From  Little  York,  Ohio.~0ur  Lovc-fea.st 
is  nmoiig  the  things  in  the  i)a.st.  We  hud  a 
good  meeting,  considering  the  weather.  It  be- 
glin  to  rain  on  Tuesday  morning  aud  rained 
'tl'iitil  Friday  afternoon,  but  we  had  a  nice  day 
Oil' Saturday.  Had  excellent  order  until  night; 
'  everything  passed  otf  in  good  order,  and  there 
Tvere  two  added  to  the  thiireh  by  bapti.im, 
■'which  nulfces 'Six  since' till''  l"th  of  Pebniary. 
"May  we  all  w6rk  togctlu'r  fOrour  good  and  for 
i'lho  saving  of  souls.  ''    '      J,  Hci-st-VNIi, 

,,!,.Froni  Shoals,  Iiidiaiia.— We  are  glad  to 
-luform  the  mauy  readers  of  the ,  BBBTUitEX  at 
Work,  that  the  Gospel  of  Christ  has  proven 


to  be  ''  the  power  of  God  uuto  salvation,"  b.y 
adding  one  more  to  the  little  band  of  believers 
here,  which  caused  our  liearts  to  rejoice,  and 
we  have  reason  to  believe  that  the  angela  in 
heaven  also  rejoiced  to  know  that  one  more 
for  .whom  Christ  died,  has  embraced  the  oppor- 
tunity, while  in  the  prime  of  life,  of  sanctify- 
ing his  lips,  by  confessing  the  Savior's  name, 
and  proved  his  faith  by  his  worka  in  submitting 
to  the  holy  command  of  baptism,  which  Christ 
the  Lord  has  honored  before  him.  The  few  re- 
marks that  were  made  by  brother  Sell  at  the 
riverside  wcr?  in  good  keeping  with  God's 
Word  aud  we  believe  had  good  effect.  We  are 
pleoaedto  saythat  Bro.  Willium  Nolea  is  well 
po.sted  in  regard  to  the  duties  of  aChristiau, 
and  is  a  man  that  looks  for  light  in  divine 
truth, , imd  ha.s  for?everal  mouths,  been  earn- 
estly ,ijU,(JI  fi>ithfiilly  consulting  God's  Word  to 
see,w;hether  these  thing'^.  that  we  teach  aud 
practice  a.s  achurch,  were  .so.  ,He  may  have  to 
cudarc  much  hy  changing  his  religious  views, 
but  il  he  will  make  the  Word  of  God  the  weap- 
on (if  his  Wiirfare  the  trath,  which  is  quick  and 
puwerlitj  will  prevail,  and  will  put  the  enemies 
to  lligltt,  he  will  trintuph  over  all  opposi- 
tion, Now  liear  brethren  and  .siaters,  we  as  a 
littlt)  baudof  "  pilgrims  aiid;  stranger^  in  the 
eaith,"  ask  you  to  rememlier  us  in  your  prayers, 
that  we  may  "  lead  a  peaceable  ttud  quiet  lifeiu 
all  godliness  and  honesty"  and  ever  be  found 
"  immovable  always  abounding  in  the  work  of 
the  Lord."  ,,  David  A.  Norcboss. 

'From  H.  C.  l^iicas.— Brother  ,Ie3fe  Calvert 
came  to  our  country  the  5th  inst.  and  remained 
with  us  about  two  weeks,  preaching  every  night 
and  twice  on  Sunday.  He  held  the  meetings 
at  tivo  or  six  different  places,  not  staying  in 
any  one  place  .long  enough  to  rouse  any  consid- 
erable interest.  There  were  three  additions  to 
the  church  however,  aiid  the  salvation  of  one 
soul,  is  worth  mucbdabor.' 
Macomb,  III. 

'  From  Muggoilee  Church,  Frankltn  Co., 
Vrt.^t  is  through' the' kind  mercies  of  the  All 
wise  Providence,  that  I  'aiu'  spared  to  otferan 
item  from  this  p'llrt  of  Ooil's  moral'^^iheynrd, 

'  Wc'are  iiiad^  to  rejoice  wh(?n  sinners  turn 
from  thWr  eVil  ways,  aud  eiilist  'under  Ring  Je- 
sn?.  Its  "the  Shepherd  of  their  soiils,' '  Since  I 
wrote  before' we  have  had  seventeen  accessions 
tii  the  church  by  baptism,  in  all  fortj'-one  this 
Siimmer;  one  reclaimed  and  some  more  appli- 
cants not  yet  received.  May  they  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end  and  receive  that  glorious 
crown' reserved  in  heaven  for  the  ransomed  peo- 
ple of  God.  Sinners  why  will  you  reject  the 
6!i'crs  of  mercy?  Cbiue  to  Jesus,  ivho  is  now 
seated  at 'the  right  hand  of  God  interceding 
for  you.  WiLLi.vJi  A.  Peters. 

From  Butfiilo,  Mo.— Our  Love-feast  the 
ilst  of  Sept.,  p;tsaed  otf  |>k'asautly.  It  was  a 
time  of  reiieshmeut  to  our  little  church;  we 
were  all  made  to  rejoice.  Bni.  J.  Fair,  J.  Vost 
and  Noah,  Qmert  were  with  us.  They  did  not 
sliun  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.  On 
the 'JL'iid  inst.,  otic  came  oiit,  and  was  buried 
witli  l.'lirist  i)L'  hifptiain,  to,,ivalk  in  newness  of 
lllf.  S.  DUSCAN. 

.  FroiuCroto,  NcltrHskii.— Our  Love-feast  is 
amliugitlK!  things  ofitliupast.  The  congrega- 
tion was  rather  ijinall  bob  we  had  the  best  of 
lurder.  .  it^Vi-as  the  first  thing  1  of  the  kind,  that 
ever,  oecurredi  Jiii  this  vieiuityy  The  remarks 
were  made,  whilei  tile  Bretliren  were  seated 
around  the  table,  observing  Uk'  solemn  ordi- 
nance of  feet-washing  and  Lord's  Supper,  that: 
that  tcscnibles  the  pictuie  of  the  la;t  supper 
the  Savior  ate  with  his  iWi|)les.  And  0,  how 
solemn  it  seemed  toyour  unworthy  brotlier,  to 
see'' all  'i-eaftd  there;  nbout'lo  commciriotale  the 
death  and  Huffering  of  onr'fi^icified  and  ri?en 
Lonl!  0,  .brethren  and  sistert;,  lot  u.'i  take  cour- 
age aud  thank  the  Lord  uf  heaven  and  earth  as 
-the  apo!>tlc  Paid  did  when. he  saw  the  Brethren 
lat  the  three  taverns;.!  Ministering'  brethren 
with  us,  wore  S.  C.  Stump,  from  Palls  City, 
llenry  Brubaker  and  Uriah  Shick,  from  Beat- 
rite.  Under  the  circumstances  the  Brethren 
thought  it  advisable  to  partially  organize  a 
congregation,  which  they  did,  electing  two  dea- 
cons; the  lot  falling  on  Bro.  Kelley  and  the 
writer.  ■  Lafaybttb  Sutphin, 


DIED. 


BUCKWALTER.— In  the  Shannon  congrega- 
tion, Carroll  Go,,  III.,  Sept.   27, '  187S,  broth- 
er Amos   M.   Buckwalter,   aged  28  yeai-s,  5 
mouths  and  one  day. 
He  died  in  the  faith,  leaving  a  number  of 

warm-hearted  relatives  and  friends  to  mourn 

their  loss.     Funeral  services  by  J.  H.  Moore  to 

an  immense  congregation, 


KAUFM/\Jfl.-In  the  Bethel  district.  Holt  Co., 
Missouri,  Sept.  13th,  1878,  brother  Joseph 
Kaufman,  aged  about  t)7  years.  Funeral  ser- 
vices by  the  writer  to  an  attentive  congrega- 
tion. Joseph  Guck. 
[Primitive  Christum, please  copy). 

DRUSHEL.— Near  Berlin.  Holmes  Co.,   Ohio, 

May   23th,    1878,    Annie    Drushei,,  aged   31 

years,  one  month  and  22  days. 

She  was  afflicted  fqr  four  years.  She  for- 
merly belonged  to  the  Lutheran  church.  She 
had  not  united  with  the  church,  only  by  mak- 
ing the  good  confession  that  as  soon  as  she 
was  able  in  body  she  would  do  ,so,  but  ere  this 
opportunity  was  grauted,  her  dpirit  took  its 
flight.  She  left  two  little  daughters  to  mourn 
the  loss  of  a  dear  mother.  Funeral 
from  Amos  4:  12. 


j^NNOTJJSrOBMENTS. 


NoTioEs  of   Love-feHsIn,    District   Meetings;   ota,,  ahou1d> 

be  brief,  aad  nrillen  on  paper  snpo>iata 

from   olhor  biieincsB, 


LOVE-FEABXS. 

Salei 

Linn  CO.,  church,  Iowa,  Oct.  lOtli,  at  10  jP.  M. 
Monticello  tUstrict,  White  co.,  Jiid.,  Nuvomber  1st, 

at  4  P.  Sr. 
Smith  Fork  eliurdh,  Cliutim  co..  Mo..  Oil),  lath'at  1 

o'cluck  ;  iiiri-liay  ti>  continue  for, a  week,,  | : 
LowiT  F  u.  (  ■■  k  ,  ',.inh,Ma»U3onCq.,lnjl,,pct,Il. 
Log.ui  ■  I    _,      I  ■.,  O..  Oct  12th  atso'elock. 

One  11;,  .   :      ■     :    I'     ,1- (.'enter,  Dallas  co.,  Iowa, 

Otli'i."'.  i-  :.  i;:-i  ;  [li  at  one  o'clock. 
Englisiil'raiiiecliuroli,  La  Grange    co„  Ind,  Oct. 

lOth  at  10  o'clock. 
Eagle  Creek  church,  Hancock  co..  Ohio,  October 

nth  at  s  o'clock. 
Van  Huren    congregation.  Oct,,  l.5th,  two  miles 

West  of  Wliite  Pigeon,  yt.  Joseph  co.,  Aticta.  at 

10  o'clock.  ,  ,,i 

Union  City  church,  near, Union  City,  lad.,  Oct.  10, 

at  10  o'clock.  ,    I       /  '.  :     . 

Yellow  Creek,  .Stenhonson  CO:,  !ll.,i  Oct  isthand 

iUthat  1  P.  Jl.    ,  ,,',,.,       ,1 , 

Shannon,  Carroll  co.,  111.,  Oct.  10, and  II  commenc- 

iiig  at  10  A.  M. 
At  Hudson  III..  Octi.lier,  IJIli.  '    ■ 

Seneca  eiiurcli,  Oltiu,  Oct.  la. 
Oct  lOth.  at  4  o'clock,  tliieemiles  Etu^t  of  Talkers- 

burg. 
Limestone  congrogdtion,  ia  miles  Ni  \V.  Of  Beloit.' 

■Kansas,  Oct;  fitti  and  atli.'  ■  ,  ,  '       ■ 

Soloiiiiii    Viillrv    r'i.tt,_-H-L-aliuti.   {Islioni   <■•'..   Kan., 

Aslll.r  ,'  ■  \  ■■.,!  ...,    U,    (».■!      I_'tl,,    f,,ii[ 


Autiocli  clmrtli.  Oet.  iGili,  at  -  P.  .\1. 

Spring  River  Valley.  Mo.,  Del,    i.",lli  ami    lutli,  at 

theiionse  of  Bro.  John  Waiaplor. 
Silver  Creek,  near  WinlieliJ.  Kan..  Oct.   littli  aud 


Okaw,  Piatt  Co.,  III.,  Nov.  Ctli.  at  lO  A.  M. 
RockCreek,  WhitesiUcco.,  III..  Oct.  Uth  amMEtli.: 

at  1  P.  JI. 
Adams  co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  Btii  and  lOtli,  at  10  A.  U, 
Van  Buren  co.,  Mich,  Oct.,   nth,  commencini;  in 

the  evening. 
Naperville,  Uup.ijje  co..  III.,  Oct.  iJtli,  at  1  P.  la. 
Ilenrv  co.,  Ind.,  near  MidUletowii.  Nov.   1st,  at  10 

A.M. 

Prairie  Cieek,  Wells  co..  Ind.,  Nov.  Isl,  at  J  P.  ^[. 
SuEimer  eo.,  Kansas,  Oct.  I-Jth  and'),jtli.  '       , 

J^^  We  Intend  the  Lord  wililiig,  to  hold 
our  Love-feast  in  Fairview  congregation,  Ap- 
panoose Co.,  Iowa,  on  Ihe  17th  aud  ISth  of  Oct., 
at  2    P.  M.  .JOSEI'II  ZOOK, 

,  ;^"  Bethlehem  church,  Franklin  .Co.,  Va,,, 
on  the  30th  andillst  of  October,  at  i  oVloek., 
W.  A.  P. 
.    B^"  We,  the  Brethren  of  the  Miami  Grove 
church,  will  hold  our  Communion  on  the  12t!i 
of  Oct.,  at2  o'clock,  in  Miami  Co,,  Ohio. 

Henry  Nehp-r. 
ZSTThe  Brethren  of  the  Raccoon  Creek 
church,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind.,  e.xpect  to  hold 
tlieir  Communion  at  the  Bethel  chuvcli,  one 
and  one-half  miles  North  of  Ladoga,  on  the  7th 
of  Nov.,  commencing  at  2  P.  M. 

W,   II.  II,\Ii3JI|lAl(Hl!lt. 

J^f"  The  Brethren  of  the  Stanislaus  church, 
Cal.,  will  hold  their  Cominuniod  October  Ittth. 
Prtkr  S.  6ahm.\x. 

SSTDistrictconncil  meeting  of  the  South- 
ern district  of  Missouri'  will  he  in  Newtonia, 
on  the  ISth  aud  10th  of  October,  Feast  at  the 
same  place  on  the  20th  of  thcaame.  Repre- 
sentation of  all  the  churches  of  the  district  is 
desired,  if  possible.  C.  Harader 


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BY  CAKIIIK    I..  ROELKEV. 

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STEIN  AM)  BAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brelhrea  (or  Tuiiker)  Cliiirclies 

Possess  Bibla  CharacterBtics  entitling  them 

to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
J.  W.  STEIN  iiffirins. 
D.  B.  RAY  denies. 
.J.  W  Stefn'^  1st  Afpirhative  AiiGruKsx. 

'■  Brethren,"  is  Ihi.-  Scriptural  name  by  which 
Christ  knows  his  people  and  by  which  they 
know  each  other.  Matt.  23:  3;  Luke  S:  21; 
Heb.  2: 11.  "Tniiker,"  is  from  the  Genoau 
"  Tuid-en,"  to  dip.  it  was  applii'd  to  the  Bretli- 
leii  as  a  term  o[  reproach,  bfitause  (hey  bap- 
tize'd  by  dipping,  it  has  been  corrupted  into 
Dunkard.  "  Church  "  corresponds  to  the  Greek 
fkkksia,  from  •■A",  ont  of,  and  kalleo  to  call.  It 
means  "assembiy."  Hene«  the  church  of  Christ 
is  Christ's  assembly. 

1st  Chayadi'riilii:.  Its  J'oumlntiou,  in 
Clirisl.    1  Cor.  3:11. 

My  first  teiisou  why  "  the  Brethren  "  possess 
this  characleristir  is,  Ihof  they  rely  upon  (he  ei- 
earioiis  sifjfefhigs  and  meritorious  riijhleoas- 
iii-ss  of  Christ  as  the  onhj  price  of  rcdtmption. 

They  regard  neither  repentance,  faith,  bap- 
tism, nor  even  a  holy  life,  as  having  any  ground 
or  merit  of  justification,  but  (inasmuch  as  their 
ojjfosites  reject  salvation  and  incur  God's  wrath, 
John  3;  18;  Mark  8:  38}  as  means  ny*  which 
men  accept  of  and  continue  in  the  free  grace  of 
God,  the  righteousness  of  Christ,  and  the  com- 
forts of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

My  second  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic,  is  their /rac/(c<i?  sKbiiiission 
to  Christ's  atithoriti/. 

They  accept  his  precepts  not  only  in  their 
moral,  or  spiritual  import,  but  so  literally  as 
tu  refuse  oaths  of  confirmation  Matt.  5:  33-37, 
to  returu  evil  for  evil,  v  39,  or  to  fello-vship 
those  who  for  any  other  cause  than  adultery, 
have  put  away  wife  or  husband,  v:  31,  32. 
Hence  some  misrepresent  them  as  "trying  to 
save  themselves  upon  the  ground  or  merit  of 
their  works,"  as  "  Iwlioving  in  works  of  super- 
ogation,"  etc.  Nevertheless  Jesus  says,  "Who- 
soever Cometh  to  ine,  and  hearetb  my  sayings, 
and  dodh  them  ...  is  like  a  man  who  built  a 
house,  and  digged  deep,  and  hiid  thr  foundation 
0)1  ((  rock;  and  when  the  flood  arose,  the  stream 


bent  veliemently  upon  that  house,  and  couhl  not 
sh[ike  it.  for  it  was  founded  upon  a  rock."  Luke 
6:  iT,  48. 

2nd  C/iaracterislii:  It  is  a  spiritual  house. 
\  Peter  2:  5. 

My  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
chaj-aetoristic  is,  tlvit-  their  membership  is  com- 
posed of  apiritiitil  iiuilrrial,  i.  e.,  of  baptized, 
penitent  b'^liever:^. 

They  receive  none  tu  fellowship,  whose ,  un- 
derstaiulings,  juitgmeiitM,  consciences,  affections, 
ami  wills,  they  have  reason  to  helieve  have  not 
bc'iii  changed  by  faith,  whose  lives  have  not 
been  ehanged  by  i-i'pehtance,  and  whose  condi- 
tions have  not  been  changed  by  baptism.  Hav- 
ing died  to  sin,  having  been  baptized  into  Christ's 
death, 'and  rnised. into  uewj)e.ss.of  life,  and  en- 
joying thecomfort-s  i,if  ;th6Holy  Spirit,  they  are 
new  creatures  in  Christ. 

■SnV  Cliiradcri^ir,  Ps  B'uldvr  is  God.  ^v\io, 
accordingjto  his  sovereign  purpose,  in  Clirist, 
through 'the  agency  of  Ih--  Holy  Spirit,  em- 
ploys the  Word  as  his  instrument.  Psa.  119; 
.W;  ,Ier.  2:i;29;  Epii.  fi:  17;  1  Peter  1:  23;  James 
1:  IS.  Hence  every  church  of  Christ  has  been 
built  thrrtugh'the  iustn mentality   of  bis  Word. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
c'haractfridtie,  is,  Ih'if  thrir  organiiation  resuU- 
idjnm  llii-  iiij/wiirr  of  6'w/'.--  Won/  t'pon  their 
hairls  .o,d  lir,:s. 

Surrounded  ,  w^Hi,  cc-clesin-stical  corruptions 
and  oppressed  with  an\ii?ty  to  know  the  truth, 
they  concerted  together  for  a  c-ireful  and  pray- 
erful ^tinly  of  the  New  Testament,  which  led 
to  their  present  faith  and  practice. 

My  Bi'ciHid  reason  why  tiie  Brethren  possess 
this  eliaract>?ristic  is,  that  under  that  same  inpi- 
eiur  llii-'j  nyi'  slillfonml  enjoyiny  and  exercisiny 
III'-  Vhri^lia)!  yracen,  rirtaes  and  ditlivs. 

In  their  reiationj',  conversation  and  conduct, 
may  be  seen  the  "  fruit-s  of  the  Spirit,"  Gal.  5; 
22-2'J-,  "  Do  men  gather ,grape3  of  thorns,  or 
figs  of  thistles  r  They  labor  to  add  to  their 
faith,  virtue;  and  to  virtue,  knowledge;  and  to 
knowledge,  temperance;  and  to  temperance  pa- 
tience; and  to  patience,  godliness;  and  to  god- 
liuess,  brotherly  kindness;  and  to  brotherly 
kindness,  charity,"  2  Peter  3 :  5-7,  which  insure 
not  only  Christian  fruitfulness,  but  an  abun- 
dant entrance '^  into  the  everlasting  kingdom 
of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ,"  These 
proceed  not  from  the  devil,  nor  the  world,  nor 
carnal  depravity,  but  from  Christ.  Their  pre- 
ailiiig  and  abiding  presence  and  exercise  afford 
jncontrovertibleevidenceoftheexistenceofChris- 
tianity,  and  where  Christianity  exists,  the  church 
of  Christ  does  also.  The  principle  that  don't 
urn  Christianity  through  these,  is  the  same 
that  refuses  to  discern  God  in  creation. 

4th  Characteristic.  It  in  the  Pillar  and 
Oroundof  the  Triilh.     1  Tim.  3:  15. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
characteristic,  is,  (/»!/  they  baptize  for  the  "  re- 
iion  of  sins."  Baptism  is  designed  only  for 
those  who  can  receive  it.  To  such,  it  is  neith- 
er a  source,  price,  cause,  or  ground  of  pardon, 
but  connected  with  (not  without)  repentance 
and  faith,  is  a  divinely  appointed  means  by 
which  they  accept  and  receive  rcmisnion.  John 
preached  "  the  baptism  of  repentance  for  the 
remission  of  sins."  Murk  1 :  4;  Luke  3:  3.  '^But 
the  Pharisees  and  lawyers  rejected  the  counsel 
of  God  against  themselves,  not  being  baptized 
of  him."  Luke  7:  30.  If  they  rejected  the 
counsel  of  God  against  themselves,  and  refused 
remission  by  nOt  being  baptized  by  John,  can 
those  be  pardoned  who  will  not  receive  Christ's 
baptism?  Christ  says,  "  Except  a  man  l)e  bom 
of  wJkter  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  in- 
to the  kingdom  of  heaven."  John  3:  5,  Here 
we  dill'erfrom  those  who  hold  baptism  alone  to 
be  the  new  birth,  and  those  who  hold  it  to  he  a' 
mere  sign  of  the  new  birth.  As  the  body  is  not 
born  of  the  Spirit,  northe  Spirit  born  of  water, 
and  (IS  "  man,"  is  composed  of  body  and  spirit, 
both  of  which  have  been  engaged  in  sin,   the 


body.  (Christ'ri  redeemed  property,  which  is  to 
glorify  God  as  well  OS  the  spirit,!  Cor.  6:20), 
is  given  to  Christ  iu  baptism,  while  the  intel- 
ligent part  is  renewed  by  the  Holy  Spirit.  This 
done,  "  a  man"  is  "bnrn  again,"  "  horn  of  wa- 
ter and  of  the  Spirit,"  without  which.  Christ 
says.  "  Ho  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven."  Dare  we  say,  he  can?  Can  one  be 
"born  of  water"  without  baptism?  or  be  par- 
doned without  being  born, again?  Paul  says, 
"  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we  have 
done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  -saved  us 
by  the  washing  of  regeneration  and  the  renew 
iug  of  the  Holy  Spirit."  Tilus  3:  o.  Here  th^ 
ground  of  salvation,  jnst  as  we  teach,  is  ascrib- 
ed to  the  mercy  of  God,  in  contrndislinction  to 
"works  of  righteonsness,  yet  God  saved  them 
(and  they  were  pardoned),  not  without,  but  "by 
the  washing  of  regeneration,"  one  thing,  which 
all  authorities  of  note  admit  to  be  baptism,  and 
"the  renewingof  the  Holy  Spirit," (piiieanotli 
er  thing.  He  says,  "Christ  love'd  the  church 
andiguvo  himself  for  it;  ithat  he  might  sanctity 
and  cleanse  it  with  the  washing  of  water  by  the 
Word,"  Eph.  5:  25,26,,  Here  we  see  that 
Christ  has  cleansed,  or  pardoned,  the  church, 
not  without,  but  "with  the  washing  of  water 
by  the  word."  Is  it  washed  with  water  except 
in  baptism?  Again,  "  Yi,ii  li.tve  obeyed  from 
the  heart  that  form  of  doctrine  which  w;is  de- 
livered unto  you.  Being  then  made  free  from 
sin,  yon  became  the  servants  of  righteousness." 
Rom.  6:17,  IS.  Freedom  from  sin,  is  pardon, 
}VhenAi(\  they  become  "free  from  sin"  and 
"servants  of  righteousnessc"  "Being  then 
made  free,"  &c,,  that  is,  when  they  obeyed  from 
the  heart  tjiat  form  of  doctrine  delivered  unto 
them.  Could  they  olx-y  that  form  of  doctrine 
without  baptism?  Ananias  said  to  Saul,  "Arise 
and  be  baptized,  and  wash  away  thy  sins,  call- 
ing on  tie  name  of  the  Lord."  Acts  23:16. 
"  Wash  away  thy  sins,"  evidently  implies  sep- 
aration from  sin.  Did  he  command  Saul  to  be 
baptized  to  NOT  wash  his  sins  away?  or  because 
he  had  washed  tliem  away?"  Had  Saul  refused 
to  do  what  the  Lord  said  he  "must  do"  wheu  a 
trembling  penitent.  Acts  9:  6,  would  the  grace 
of  God  have  saved,  or  the  blood  of  Christ  have 
cleansed  him  ?  Were  his  sins  not  washed  away 
when  he  was  baptized?  .  Peter  alludes  to  the 
salvation  of  Noah  and  familyiu  the  ark  by  wa- 
ter as  "The  like  figure  whereunto,  even  bap- 
tism doth  also  now  save  us  (not  the  putting 
away  of  the  filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the  answer 
of  [cpcrotama — seeking  of  ]  a  good  conscience 
toward  God)  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ," 
1  Peter  3:  21, 

Christian  baptism  does  not  relate,  as  Jewish 
washings  did,  to  ileshiy  impurities,  hut  is  the 
seeking  of  agood  conscience  toward  God,  Nev- 
ertheless it  "  saves  us  by  the  resurrection  of 
Christ,"  "If  Christ hs  not  risen,"  all  else  is 
vain.  1  Cor,  15:  14-18.  With  this  ground 
and  reason  of  its  importance  in  view,  Peter 
says,  "Baptism  doth  also  now  save  ns,"  Shall 
we  contradict  this  inspired  writer,  by  teaching 
that  it  docs  not?  Christ  commanded  his  apos- 
tles to  teach  all  nations,  "  baptizing  them  into 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  So^i,  and  of 
the  Holy  Spirit."  Matt.  2S:  19.  Paul  says. 
"  So  many  of  us  as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  [no 
more  and  no  less]  were  baptized  into  his  death." 
Rom.  6:  3,  "  As  many  of  you  [any  more?]  as 
have  been  baptized  into  Christ,  have  put  on 
Christ;"  Gal.  3:  27;  "  baptized  into  one  body." 
1  Cor.  12:  13,  &c„  If  we  are  baptized  into 
these,  can  one  who  refuses  baptism  get  into 
them?  Can  one  who  will  not  be  b;iptized  into 
Christ's  death,  come  to  that  blood  which  was 
bed  in  his  death  for  the  remission  of  eina? 
Can  one  who  will  not  be  baptized  into  Christ's 
body,  partake  of  his  life  and  Spirit  which  are 
in  his  members  ?  Can  he  "  put  on  Christ"  tvith- 
out  baptism?  Is  there  such  n  thing  as  a  Chris- 
tian having  no  Christ  on?  Can  one  be  saved 
by  grace  and  cleansed  from  sin  by  the  blood  of 


Chnst  without  being  in  the  name  of  the  Kuth- 
er.  and  of  the  Son.  and  of  th.-  Holy  Spirit? 
without  being  in  Christ?  his  death?  his  body.? 
Do  the  Scriptures  give  us  any  account  r.f  pot- 
sons  baptized  after  getting  into  these?  or  of  any 
one  being  in  them  who  had  not  been  baptized? 
Peter  said  to  the  Pentecostiaus  who  aal^ed  what 
they  must  do.  "  Repentand  be  baptized,  every 
one  of  you,  iu  the  name  of  Jcsns  Christ,  for  the 
remis.Mon  of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift 
of  the  Holy  Spirit."  Acts.  2:  33,  Hore  twO 
things,  repentance  and  baptism,  are  connected 
together  for  the  same  end.  The  design  of  otfe, 
is  the  design  of  the  other.  Both  are  required 
of  the  same  people  in  answer  to  the  same  ques- 
tion. Both  are  related  to  iv-missiou  pr.^d.^ely 
alike.  If  one  precedes  pardoii,  .so  does  tin;  oth- 
er. If  one  follows  pardon,  the  other  docs  V'so. 
Thedesimi  of  both  is  expressed  iji.the,  vifly 
identical  language,  used  to  e.-ipress  the  design 
of  the  shedding  of  Chi-ist's  blood,  'Twos  "shed 
for  TiiMiy  ids  aphe-un  tmarli'm)  for  the  rumis- 
sion  of  sins."  Ifafet  2(J:.  28.  Did  Jesus  ^hed 
his  blood  because  men^s  sins  were  itlremly  re- 
mitted ?  We  contrast  with  tlie  man-made  the- 
ory, that  "  He  who  believes  and  is  sUved.  sha]! 
be  baptized.'  Jehovali-Je.^us  in  slipulatllig, 
constitutionally  the  terms  of  salvation  for  the 
whole  world,  declared,  '■  He  that  believes  and  is 
baplizeJ,  shall  besaved."  Mark  16:  lO',  This 
is  his  doctrine  "  to  the  end  of  the  worid."  ;  If 
baptism  here,  isnotameaus  of  salvation,  neith- 
er is  laith.  If  faith  is  necessary,  so  is  baptism. 
They  are  united  in  one  common  design,  one 
common  end.  From  this  there  is  no  escape; 
and  he  who  promisci  salvation  by  faith  to  the 
exidnsion,  instead  of  the  inclusion  of  baptism, 
madly  attempts  to  putiisunder  what  Christ  has 
joined  together.  This  Scripture  alone  rcndera 
our  position  forever  invulnerable. 

THAT  BEAUTIFUL  HOME  ABOVE. 

HV  MAltr  GllliOX. 

I  PRESUME  ibis  subject  interests  all  of  us. 
That  beautiful  homo  which  ey^  hath  not 
seen,  nor  ear  heard,  nor  hath  it  entered  the 
heart  of  man,  that  iii  prepared  for  us.  T^e 
thought  of  it  certainly  ought  to  make  every 
Christian  rejoice  and  be  more  active  in  dis- 
charging the  duties  devolving  upon  him.  Re- 
flect for  a  moment  what  is  prepared  for  his  lov- 
ing obedient  children.  Ah,  we  do  not  appre- 
ciate that  holy  Book  as  we  ought,  Can  we 
prize  it  too  highly? 

Our  mindrf  are  too  much  upon  the  vanities  of 
this  world,  instead  of  Christ.  Christ  sufiered 
the  death  of  the  cross  for  us,  much  'mon;  than 
ire  willing  to  do  for  him.  For  when  per- 
secutions come,  we  forget  what  Jesus  did  for  ua, 
and  often  deny  him.  Oh,  for  a  heart  complete- 
ly subordinate  and  passive  to  the  divine  will  of 
;ts  Master.  May  God  give  us  such  minds- 
such  a  heart,  that  will  be  obedient  to  all  things 
required  by  the  Master. 

Do  you  believe  if  Jesus  were  hei-e  with  us, 
that  we  would  truly  worship  him  more  than  we 
do  hy  having  his  instructions?  He  could  only 
instruct  UB  to  the  edifying  of  our  souls,  and 
that  his  Record ^loes.  Help  us,  0  God,  that  ev- 
ery word,  deed  and  thought  moy  be  done  to 
thy  name's  honor  and  glory,  that  we  may  be 
proper  characters  to  enter  that  home  above. 


Money  never  made  man  happy  yet,  nor  will 
it.  There  is  nothing  in  its  nature  to  produce 
happinesi-.  The  more  a  miui  has,  the  more  he 
wants,  Iust«ad  of  its  filling  a  vacuum  it  cre- 
ates one.  If  it  satisfies  one  want,  it  doubles  and 
trebles  that  want  an  other  way.  "  Better  is 
little  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  than  great 
treasures  and  trouble  therewith." 


Fewu 
without 


.  get  their  life-labor    accompli.-licd 
e  heart-aches. 


THE    BKKTilJtK?^'    J^'T    "WOliKI. 


October    1  7. 


CHURCH  FAIRS,  FESTIVALS,  &c. 

CHUItCn  festiviib.  levees  und  fairs, 
Whufcr  t.!ii;y..-  uim,iue  only  siiftRS,^ 
They're  Jeep-laid  schemes  to  raise  the  wind, 
Jost  suited  to  the  eurual  mind. 
Thoy  serve  as  bribes  to  blind  men's  eye?, 
As  though  to  indulgi;  was  aacrifice. 
A  Tcstival,  implies  ii  Teiist, 
Attanded  with  mucli  fnn  and  jest, 
Where  those  wlio  have  the  scrip  to  jiay, 
May  eat  and  drink  and  joke  mid  piny, 
At  fairs  tliey  ofler  to.vs  to  sell. 
With  tricks  to  make  them  relish  well. 
■In  view  of  what  they  offer  those, 
■^•Twonld  pass  for  Bnnynn's  "vanity  fair;" 
'^Thc  same  U   true  of  these  levees. 
Designed  the  mirnul  mind  to  please; 
Whei-e  rowdy,  siiint  and  priest  combine, 
To  give  the  crowd  "a  Eret-rate  time." 

They  all  nre,  but  religious  sprees. 
Got  up  the  church's  debt   to  eiise; 
Where  men  may  get  their  (juurter's  worth 
Of  fun  and  frolic,  tricks  and  mirth, 
"  Young  folks,"  they  say. "  their  sport  will  have 
And  for  the  same  they'll  freely  give; 
We'd  not  curtail  their  liberty, 
Butsuve  them  by  monoply; 
In  that  we'd  regulate  their  fun. 
And  have  it  where  we  all  may  come. 
And  keeit  them  from  the  excess  yon  know, 
To  v?hich  young  folks  are  apt  to  go, 
Their  money  too.  we  thus  can  save. 
By  offering  what  they're  bent  to  have, 
■&nd  using  it  for  church  debts  too — 
'It  proves  a  plan  both  apt  and  new, 
In  former  days  no  one  would  dare 
^To  have  u  church  levee  or  fair; 
.But  times  have  changed,  and  things  you   knov 
_Makes  change  of  men  and  manners  too." 
(Where  they  conclude  to  have  a  spree, 
The  church  assembles  aiid  agree, 
To  choose  for  aids  each  belle  imd  bean. 
Who  draw  the  crowds  where'er  they  go: 
And  always  give  a  general  call. 
To  eveiy  sort  both  great  and  small; 
They  advertise  for  such  a  night, 
"  Admittance  gained  at  candle  light," 
They  plead  wich  them,  "don't  fail  to  come; 
You'll  get  your  money's  worth  of  fun. 
Just  pay  your  quarter  at  the  door, 
'Tis  worth  the  money  four  times  o'er; 
Ice-cream  and  oysters  kept  for  sale. 
Rich  dainties  served  by  charming  bellc^. 
Cool  soda  too,  the  best  in  town. 
With  toys  from  twenty  guineas  down; 
With  lotteries  and  grab-bags  too, 
An  office  here  with  mail  for  you, 
A  gold-ring  cake,  'tis  rich  and  nice, 
We  ask  bnt  liltj'  cents  a  slice. 
And  then  if  any  desire  to  rafHe, 
With  such  desire.",  we  would  not  trifle, 
If  we  the  objects  may  present. 
For  which  yoar  money  shall  be  spent. 
Wp  fhink  it  proves  an  easy  way. 
Of  getting  much  with  little  pay; 
And  if  the  Bible  be  a  prize, 
We  think  uo  scruple  should  arise, 
An  able  clown  will  sure  be  the  c, 
And  make  you  laugh  all  through  the  fair, 
And  muaic  too  will  break  the  spell. 
With  richest  notes  at  intervals." 

Thus,  rowdy,  i)riest,  and  saint  profane 
The  house  made  sacred  to  God's  name. 
They  make  the  church  a  hanfiuet-houje, 
Wheri:  all  the  rabble  may  carouse, 
In  pride,  and  lust,  and  tricks  and  fun, 
Till  ten  at  night,  perhaps  till  one. 
idolaters!  as  Paul  would  say, 
'■  Who  eat  and  drink  and  rise  to  glory." 
Oh!  that  they  would  one  moment  pause, 
And  see  how  they  disgrace  God's  cause, 
While  worldly  men  may  say, 
It  seems  that  we're  no  worse  thau  they. 

Where  are  the  saints  of  former  days, 
Who  honor  God  in  all  their  ways; 
Who  'gainst  such  work  their  voices  raise. 
And  spend  their  houi-s  in  prayer  imd  praise, 
Who  in  their  closets  can  but  grieve. 
While  others  make  a  den  of  thieves. 
Of  churches,  which  were  once  the  place 
Where  God  displayed  His  saving  grace. 
Whose  hearts  are  ever  pained  to  see 
The  church  and  world  get  up  a  spree, 
And  call  the  noble  far  and  near 
To  come  and  join  in  worldly  chcei? 

Where  are  those  watchman  faithful,  true. 
Who  sleep  not  all  the  dark  night   through, 
Who  see  the  danger  from  afar. 
And  promptly  all  the  truth  declare, 
Unwooed  by  smiles  or  frowns  of  man, 
Who'or  they  are.  what'er  their  clim, 
Who  love  the  flock  aud  not  the  fleece. 
Who'd  rather  work  than  take  their  ease, 
Who'd  rather  serve  than  be  a  guest. 


Who  never  swerve  to  pleane  the  rest. 
Who  love  their  Master  (itid  Hi.'   wiiy. 
And  never  fref  about  tlit;  pay. 
But  faithful  to  their  trust  «o  -ui. 
That  they  may  have  the  w,.r.l.  "  well  iloueV" 
S.-].>el.-ii  bvl'.  II.  Lviiy. 

PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

IIY  I.KWIS  0.  IIUMMEIt. 

TN  my  ignorance  I  often  wondered  why 
-L  it  was,  that  learned  men  diifer  so 
mucli,  and  so  long,  about  tlie  meaning 
of  the  word,  "baptism."  i  thought  there 
must  be  a  "  screw  loose"  somewhere,  and 
I  accordingly  entered  into  an  impartial 
investigation  of  the  arguments  presented 
on  both  sides  of  the  issue — at  the  same 
time  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  of 
obtaining  all  th^  adtlitionallight  possi- 
ble,-— with  a  hope  tli.at  I  might  some 
day  be  instrumental  in  aiding  in  the  set- 
tlement of  this  perplexing  question.  If 
anyman  iscapable  of  divesting  himself  of 
bias,  I  can  assure  my  readers  that  I  have 
done  it.  I  will  now  give  my  readers  a 
very  concise  history  of  my  observations; 
with  some  appropriate  criticisms.  I  soon 
discovered  in  my  investigations  that  the 
subject  was  not  half  so  difficult  of  so- 
lution, as  it  wjis  to  divest  the  mind  of 
popular  error.  In  the  iirst  age  of  Chris- 
tianity, there  was  no  controversy  about 
the  meaning  of  the  M'ord,  "  baptism,"  or 
its  counterpart.  So  long  as  the  apostles 
lived  and  practiced  under  the  guidance 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  immei-ston  was  the 
mode.  But  soon  after  the  death  of  tlie 
apostle,  when  the  words  of  the  Spirit 
were  reduced  to  writing,  and  there  no 
longer  existed  an  infallihU  interpreter, 
the  old  Mosaic  institutions  or  teachings 
were  soon  to  be  connected  with  Christi- 
anity; and  the  two  had  to  be  blended 
into  one.  This  soon  led  intO'  the  bap- 
tism of  infants,  in  conforming  to  the  old 
rule  of  circumcision.  They  soon  lost 
sight  of  the  lesson  that  Christ  taught 
with  respect  to  infants,  and  tlius  perpet- 
uated the  old  belief  that  infanta  were 
unholy,  and  needed  regeneration  aa  well 
as  adults,  Thi^  eventually  led  them  in- 
to the  shameful  practice  of  liaptizing  in- 
fants in  embryo.  Immersion  was  im 
possible  in  that  case,  and  water  had  to 
be  applied  to  the  child,  instead  of  tak- 
ing tlie  child  and  putting  it  into  the  wa- 
ter. They  considered  this  the  same  rite 
as  though  immersion  liad  been  the  mode, 
and  called  it  by  the  same  name. 

It  might  be  proper  to  state  before  an- 
imnd\'ertiug  upon  this  shameful  practice, 
that  baptism  was  considered  essential  to 
salvation  in  all  ages  of  Christianity;  and 
the  denial  is  of  recent  origin,  and  a  mere 
exigency  in  the  defense  of  certain  dog- 
mas. While  the  ancients  were  right 
with  reference  to  the  essentiality  of  bap- 
tism in  order  to  salvation,  they  overlook- 
ed the  fact  tliat  Christ  required  penitent 
believers  as  proper  sulijects  for  baptism. 
They  also  forgot  that' Jesus  said,  "suf- 
fer Utile  children  to  come  unto  me,  and 
forbid'  them  not,  for  of  suuii  is  the 
KINGDOM  OF HEAA'EN."  And"Ex- 
cept  ye  (that  have  sinned  against  God) 
be  converted  and  become  as  little  chil- 
dren, yc  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  lieaven.^^ 

My  readers  can  all  see  that  lack  of 
discrimination  led  the  ancients  into  this 
infant  baptism,  and  that  not  only  of 
newly  born,  but  before  they  were  born 
We  have  already  said,  that  unborn  in- 
fants could  not  be  immersed,  and  that 
the  water  had  to  be  applied  to  the  in 
fant,  instead  of  taking  the  infant  and 
putting  it  into  the  water.  But  all  those 
that  were  born  before  baptism,  were  al 


ways  at  fii-st  immersed.  But  their  in- 
fant baptism  was  attended  with  great 
difficulty,  and  soon  led  them  to  sprink- 
ling tlieir  babies  instead  of  immeraing 
them.  This  was  also  applying  the  wa- 
ter to  the  subject,  instead  of  putting  it 
into  the  water  as  Jesus  commanded. 
Tliifl  mode  of  applying  the  water,  was 
also  considered  the  same.riVc  as  though 
immersion  were  the  mode — and  called 
by  the  same  name.  The  immersion  of 
sick  pei-sons  was  also  attended  with  con- 
siderable trouble,  and  as  sprinkling  was 
consierfd  valid  in  thp  case  of  infauts,  it 
would  certainly  be  valid  for  sick  persons. 
And  in  this  way  the  validity  of  sprink- 
ling was  extended  from  infauts  to  sick 
adults,  and  from  sick  adults,  to  all  who 
preferred ;  and  in  some  cases  or  countries 
it  was  in  the  end  enforced  by  law  with 
the  penalties  of  death;  the  change  in 
applying  the  water  to  the  subjects,  in- 
,'itead  of  dipping  the  subjects  into  the 
water,  commenced  with  Infants  in  em 
bryo  in  cases  of  danger  of  death,  and 
ended  as  the  almost  universal  practice 
under  edicts  of  popes  and  kings  in  that 
age  of  Christianity  known  as  the  "  dark 
'ages."  At  no  period,  however,  was 
immersion  annihilated  by  the  rigorous 
edicts  of  popes  and  kings.  There  al 
ways  were  some  who  preferred  the  in 
stitution  of  Christ  at  the  risk  of  life  to 
the  institution  of  man.  It  seems  that 
the  first  intruders  upon  the  Christian 
rite  did  lack  the  perspicacity  to  discov 
er  the  fact  that  a  change  in  the  manner 
of  the  performance  of  the  rite,  was  a 
change  in  the  rite  itself.  Or  in  other 
words,  setting  aside  the  mode  of  admin- 
istration,  was  virtually  setting  aside  the 
rite.  Sprinkling  and  pouring  and  wet- 
ting, are  all  different  rites  andean  never 
constitute  the  same  rite;  although  null- 
ions  of  people  call  it  by  the  same  name. 
If  millions  of  people  called  a  horse 
cow,  that  would  never  make  a  cow  out 
of  the  horse — neither  can  sprinkling  be 
baptism,  although  millions  of  people 
called  it  baptism.  But  we  will  illustrate 
this  part  of  the  subject  under  i\iK  lanm 
of  appropriation.  Tlie  church  of  Home 
exhibits  more  candor  and  common  sense 
in  boldly  avowing  that  they  changed 
the  institution  of  baptism  by  the  author- 
ity of  the  church,  than  Protestants  who 
eudcavor  to  force  all  the  different  modes 
and  institutions  out  of  the  meaning  of 
the  word,  "  baptism."  We  will  see  bi 
fore  we  close  this  dissertation,  that  sprink- 
ling and  pouring  are  uot  baptism. 
(jTo  be  continued). 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Sudden  death  in  our  Sunday  services — Two 
Persons  Baptized— An  Evening  Meeting— A 
Tini«ly  Article. 

[Fcuni  Out  Sl>«lnl  OJrnapouJnil-I 
NU-MJ!J;K  VII. 

SKFTEMBEK  21st.  To-day  at  11:30 
A.  M.,  ovu-  number  was  made  one 
less  by  the  death  of  a  dear  old  brother — 
Henry  Eberly.  It  is  said  he  died  with- 
in fifteen  minutes,  not  having  been  sick, 
He  was  generally  a  regular  attendant  at 
our  meetings,  and  usually  in  lively  con 
ditlon,  though  said  to  have  died  of  heart 
disease.  He  was  jioor  in  this  world,  but 
we  believe  he  was  indeed  rich  in  faith, 
Often  we  met  him  in  the  aauctuary  at 
the  close  of  the  ser\'ices  with  a  warm 
greetingand  received  words  in  testimony 
of  the  comforts  of  our  holy  religion, 
while  he  shed  tears  of  joy.  But  he  is 
gone.  May  he  rest  in  hope  and  come 
up  in  the  first  resurrection. 

September  22nd.  Weworahiped  with 
our  brethren  and  sisters  at  the  Welty  ap- 
pointment to-day.  After  singing  a  few 
verses  of  the  253rd  hymn,  private  coun- 


cil wa-i  Iield,  (as  is  our  usual  custom), 
iu  regard  to  receiving  two  applicants  for 
chnnrh  membti-ship.  It  was  found  by 
the  deacon  who  visited  them,  that  they 
were  entirt-ly  willing  to  accept  the  doc- 
trines of  tlie  tliurch  according  to  the 
Gospel,  and  it  was  agreed  to  receive 
them.  Our  belnvcd  elder  opened  the 
meeting  wiili  tlie  .'iT-'^th  hymn.  After 
exhortation  and  prayer,  a  deacon  broth- 
er by  reipiest,  read  the  25th  chapter  of 
Matthew.  A  minister  then  spoke  upon 
the  Parable  of  the  Ten  Virgins,  show- 
ing that  it  had  reference  to 

1.  The  churcli  of  Christ  at  His  com- 
ing. 

2.  The  wise  virgins  accepted. 

3.  The  foolish  virgins  disappointed. 
O  may  we  keep  the  lamp  of  our  pro- 
fession burning  and  the  oil  of  God'sgrace 
in  our  hearts,  that  we  may  be  ready  for 
every  good  work  now,  and  ready  for 
heaven  wlien  the  Master  comes.  After 
words  of  testimony,  the  18th  of  St. 
Matthew  was  read  to  the  applicants  and 
the  usual  questions  asked.  The  213th 
hymn  was  sung,  and  after  a  season  of 
devotion,  the  meeting  was  dismissed. 
Baptism  was  administered  in  a  meadow 
not  far  away,  in  the  presence  of  a  con- 
siderable numberof  spectators  and  mem- 
bei-s.  It  was  attended  with  solemnity 
and  good  feeling.  If  there  is  joy  in 
heaven  over  sinners  that  turn  to  God,  we 
also  should  joy  and  rejoice.  May  they 
be  faithful,  and  find  in  Jesus  "  a  very 
present  help." 

Ourevening  meeting  in  to^vn  was  well 
attended.  The  text  was  inLukel3:  24, 
20.  The  hymns  sung  were  40,  334,  and 
328. 

Attention  was  again  directed  to  the 
Yellow  Fever  sufferers  at  the  South,  and 
nine  dollars  were  contributed,  ws-  un- 
derstood. 

Sept.  2',ith.  Our  meeting  at  Price's 
not  well  attended  today  on  account 
of  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  The 
00th  hymn  opened  the  service  with  ap- 
propriate sentiments.  After  prayer  the 
,5th  chapter  of  John  was  read  as  usual. 
The  ministering  brother  present  chose 
the  14th  vei-se  as  containing  the  theme 
of  the  hour.  Our  Lord  was  held  forth 
as  He  who  can  make  us  whole.  We 
must  keep  whole  by  Ilia  grace.  Sin- 
ning again  may  bring  us  into  greater 
eoudera  nation. 

Our  meeting  in  town  this  evening  was 
not  well  attended  hy  outsiders,  there  be- 
ing a  Sunday-school  jubilee  in  one  of 
the  so-called  churches.  Our  brother's 
text  we  feel  to  recommend  heartily  to  ev- 
ery believer;  "  Behold  the  Bridegroom 
Cometh;  go  ye  out  to  meet  Him."  He 
spoke  of 

1.  The  Heavenly  Bridegroom. 

2.  The  AVaiting  Bride. 

3.  The  Coming  day. 

Jesus — the  Churcli— the  Second  Advent. 
Tliese  are  themes  of  momentous  imjjort. 
The}*  should  engage  the  constant,  prac- 
tical attention  of  every  Christian.  He 
will  come.  He  may  come  very  soon — 
any  hour.  Are  we  looking  for  Him? 
Are  we  ready  for  His  final,  glorious  ap- 
pearing and  kingdom? 

A  word  more.  I  want  to  call  the 
special  attention  of  every  l)rother  and 
sister  to  No.  39  of  this  excellent  Chris- 
tian journal.  Turn  again  to  page  4, 
and  read  "  Stand  aside, — get  away,  or 
keep  quiet."  I  liave  no  praise  to  utter, 
because  I  know  my  brother  M.  iM.  E., 
would  not  be  well  pleased.  But  I  want 
to  say  it  la  a  word  in  season  and  all 
should  act  accordingly.  Let  us  be  true 
to  our  profession.  If  there  are  those 
who  waot  to  run  away  with  their  God- 
given  liberties,  they  may  push  u8"aside," 


Ortob"r    1  7. 


TI-IE    BXiETHKEN"    ^VT    M^OKK. 


so  they  'juigooii  tutlii-ir  icwanl.    ''Not 
all  gold  tliat  glitters,"  ami  not  all  Clirls- 
tians  wlio  say  they  are.     Let  us  seek  to 
be  estahlishtid  in  all  the  doctrine,  "lead 
a  quiet  and  peaceable  life,"    work  with 
the  Lord  in  the  ways  He  handed    down 
to  us,  and  ao  shall    we  live  in    love    to 
God  and  man.     Peace  bo  \rith   all  who 
love  the  Lord  sincerely. 
Yours  in  waiting  for  the  Bridegroom, 
D.  B.  M.  . 
Waynesboro,  Sep.  -"lO,  1S78. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  WEST. 

Fi)rmality — Love  of  Money— Our  Lord's  Day. 

\.r-' ir.s-i«iiiiw,-.|..i,a»nM 

NMTMHKK  ri. 
TT  is  astonishing  and  even  alarming  to 
-*-  observe  how  Christianity  has  drift- 
ed into  mere  formality.  Among  the 
many  millions  of  professors, comparative- 
ly few  know  anything  about  primitive 
Christianity.  In  almost  every  town  of 
fifteen  hundred  or  two  thousand  inhal»- 
itants,  may  be  found  some  half  dozen  or 
more  churches.  They  all  have  some 
form  of  worship  peculiar  to  tJieir  own 
taate  or  notion.  Enter  their  asseml)lies, 
for  worship,  and  it  is  needles^tosay  that 
the  most  fashionable  will  find  some  pro- 
fessor a  little  ahead  of  them.  Among 
the  most  prominent  members,  you  may 
find  a  garb  of  tbe  latest  style.  In  not 
a  few  instances,  even  the  minister  and 
his  wife  may  be  loolced  ujion  as  sample 
patterns  of  the  latest  fashion,  in  tho 
highest  style.  Listen  to  such  ministers 
preaching  on  the  subject  of  humility, 
and  you  will  find  they  have  it  so  close- 
ly confined  to  their  hearts  that  in  out- 
ward appearance  there  is  notiiing  left. 

There  are  those  who  may  trust  too 
much  in  dress  or  outward  formality,  Imt 
the  opposite  e.\trerae  is  far  more  com- 
mon and  dangerous.  That  form  of  god- 
liness which  is  the  outgrowth  of  God's 
Word,  taking  root  in  the  heart — shap- 
ing man  after  the  model  of  God's  Word, 
:ind  the  example  of  Christ,  is  as  essen- 
tijil  to  Christian  vitality  'iis  air  to  phys- 
ical existence.  Every  form  not  in  har- 
mony with  His  ;_Word,  is  form  only, 
without  the  approbation  of  God.  Paul 
says,  "  God  be  thanked  that  ye  were 
the  servants  of  sin,  but  ye  have  obeyed 
fi'om  the  heart  that  form  of  doctrine 
wliich  was  delivered  to  you.  Being  then 
made  free  from  sin,  ye  become  the  ser- 
vants of  righteousness."  Koni.  G:  17, 
The  form  of  doctrine  that  the  Roman 
brethren  obeyed  when  they  were  made 
fri-e  from  sin,  is^vhat  u.'e  must  obey  in 
order  to  be  free  from  sin. 

"The  love  of  money  is  the  root  of  all 
evil,"  suys  Paul.  The  testimonies  es- 
tablishing the  truthfulness  of  this  lan- 
guage, are  of  daily'oceuri'ence,  Almost 
eveiy  paper  we  read,  records  some  crime 
or  outrage  committed,  murder,  the  in- 
fluence of  the  love  of  money. 

It  does  not  seem  possible  that  men 
could  be  influenced  by  any  powei',  to 
rob,  cheat,  staive  and  in  almost  every 
other  way  maltreat  and  abuse  his  fellow- 
man;  yet  tho  love  of  money  does  all 
this.  This  great  evil,  we  fear,  is  not  con- 
fined to  non-profes5ors  only.  Among 
those  who  have  named  the  name  of  Christ, 
in  the  church  of  God,  we  may  find  some 
who  are  under  the  influence  of  this 
great  evil.  How  many— God  only 
knows.  Much  of  our  church  trouble  is 
caused  by  this  great  evil.  May  1  not 
turn  to  any  brethren,  and  ask,  aro  we 
not  to  some  degree  guilty  of  being  un- 
der tbe  same  influence.  "  By  the  fruit 
we  shall  know  the  tree."  Thousands  of 
men  and  women  would  be  willing  to 
obey  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  Prom 
every  direction  the  cry  is  madcj  "  come 


and  preach."  The  commission  from  tlie 
Savior,  "  preach  the  Gospel  to  evei'y 
creature,"  has  not  been  recalled.-  There 
are  men  who  are  willing  to  go  and  com 
ply  with  the  commission,  but  have  not 
the  means.  In  the  church  may  be  found 
brethren  with  multiplied  thousands,  who 
would  have  thousands  to  spare,  to  throw 
into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord,  Why  is 
it  withheld?  May  there  not  be  too 
much  love  for  money. 

The  brethren's  work  of  evangelizing 
is  a  good  move,  but  cannot  be  a  success 
without  money.  Other  arrangements 
are  made  by  the  brethren  for  more  ax- 
teusive  evangelism,  but  will  need  a    lit- 


ject  matter  presented  in  the  prayer,  than 
in  the  length  of  it.  In  this,  we  find  a 
wide  diflerence  among  Christian  pi-ofess- 
oi-a.  AVhile  tliere  are  those  who  seem 
habitually  inclined  to  bring  before  the 
Lord  in  a  public  prayer,  a  catalogue  of 
sins  and  an  amount  of  guilt  which  the 
Lord's  prayer  seems  too  short  and  sim- 
ple to  cover,  there  are  those  who  cannot 
use  the  Lord's  prayer  at  all,  for  fear  of 
asking  God  to  do  (in  asking  him  to  for- 
give us  our  sins),  that  which  he  has  al- 
ready done,  basing  this  view  on  such  an 
interpretation  of  Heb.  10:  2,  and  a  few 
other  passages  which  are  similarily  con- 
itrued.  This  view,  of  course,  sets  aside 
tie  money.  Shall  they  have  it,  or  does  the  Lord's  prayer  as  not  being  a  proper 
the  "love  of  money,  the  root  of  all  |  prayer  to  be  used  by  a  converted  person. 
While  it  is  true  that  Christ  left  this  form- 


evil,"  forbid  liberal  donations  by  those 
who  have  it.  Keader,  answer  for  your- 
self. 

Sunday,  September  loth,  spent  a  lit- 
tle time  in  writing  for  the  BuKTnitK.x 
.\T  WoifK.  Assembled  fordiviue  worshij) 
at  ten  A.  M.  Brother  Martin  Buechly 
from  Waterloo,  Iowa,  addressed  the  con- 
gregation from  John  3:  IG,  He  first 
spoke  of  the  strong  ties  of  relationship, 
and  the  wonderful  degree  of  love,  God 
manifested  in  the  work  of  redemption. 
He  tried  to  show  the  similarity  between 
JM OSes  and  Christ,  and  alluded  to  the  sal- 
vation of  Moses  from  the  power  of  king 
Pliaroah's  command.  And  secondly,  he 
tried  to  show  how  God,  through  tiiis 
Moses,  delivered  the  childien  of  Israel 
from  Egyptian  bondage.  That  God 
through  Moses,  gave  a  law  to  Israel,  and 
held  them  responsible  for  every  violation 
of  that  law  down  to  a  ribbon  of  blue. 

Five  o'clock  P.  M,,  wits  the  time  ap 
pointed  for  our  Bible  talk  with  the 
young  membei-s,  which  was  well  attend- 
ed both  by  members  and  others,  and 
seemed  to  be  quite  inteiesting  to  all. 
This  exercise,  from  present  indications, 
will  be  quite  interesting  and  useful,  es- 
pecially to  our  young  members, 

September  22nd,  we  met  in  Falls  City 
at  the  hour  of  eleven.  Brother  Buech- 
ly addressed  us  from  Kev.  22:  17.  He 
spoke  of  Christ's  second  coming  and  the 
glorious  meeting  of  the  saints.  The 
thought  of  that  most  glorious  event  al- 
ways serves  as  a  feast  to  our  soul. 

Bible  talk  at  o  P.  j\I.,  and  meeting  in 
the  evening,  \vhich  closed  our  work  for 
the  day.  C.  F. 

IMPROPRIETIES  IN  \VORSHIP. 

DVr.  p.  DKTU'EIIJ'II. 

"  Goil  is  a  Spirit:  and  they  that  worship  him, 
must  worsliiphim  in  spirit  ,iu<I  in  triitli."  -loim 
4:24. 

OTIIING  in  which  man  exercises  is 


w 


so  sacred  as  to  bee.vempt  from  im- 
proprieties. The  instructions  which  the 
divine  Word  gives  tis  concerning  the 
manner  of  conducting  devotional  exer- 
cises, are  few  and  simple,  and  do  not  de- 
prive the  impulse  of  the  spiritual  miud, 
the  liberty  of  spontaneous  exercise.  The 
conmiou  routine  which  we  are  by  na- 
ture inclined  to  follow.  The  Savior  in 
giving  his  disciples  directions  how  to 
pray,  said  they  should  not  be  like  the 
heathen  who  think  they  will  be  heard 
for  their  much  speaking;  and  e.xpress 
'asons  why  they  should  not  be  like  un- 
to them,  is,  "  for  your  Father  knoweth 
what  things  ye  have  need  of  before  ye 
ask  him."  There  ia  no  doubt  through 
the  endeavor  to  make  a  prayer  compre- 
hensive, and  yf  a  customary  length,  these 
instructions  are  sometimes  considerably 
overreached,  and  a  very  important  part 
of  religious  service  somewhat  abused. 

But  the  improprieties  in  prayers  prob- 
ably consist  more  frequently  in  the  sub- 


ida  to  his  disciples  before  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  and  also  before  he  had  ofter- 
ed  him.self "  once  for  all,"  it  does  not 
tbllow  that  it  is  any  less  appropriate  for 
a  child  of  God  to  make  intei-cession  for 
the  weakness  of  the  flesh,  aftei-  he  is  "once 
purged,"  than  before.  Neither  does  the 
fact  that  the  work  of  atonement  was  fin- 
ished, make  it  any  less  appropriate  for 
Christians  to  saj',  concerning  the  weak- 
ness and  misdoings  that  still  continue  in 
the  flesh,  "forgive  us  our  sins,"  that  it 
is  for  the  unconverted  to  say  the  same. 
God's  finished  work  of  atonement  is 
one  thing,  and  his  finished  work  of  grace 
in  the  heart  is  qiiite  another;  and  cer- 
tain it  is,  that  neither  of  these  are  being 
finished  just  when  we  are  converted; 
these  two  embrace  the  ivlnde  economy 
of  redemption.  The  one  was  finished, 
and  complete  long  before-  we  had  done 
either  good  or  evil,  and  the  other  so  far 
from  being  finished  just  when  vm  were 
converted,  was  then  rightly  begun.  But 
the  phrase,  once  "  purged,"  presents  an 
other  thought. 

The  day  when  the  sinner  has  given 
himself  entirely  up  to  Christ,  not  simply 
to  cry,  Lord,  Lord,  but  to  hclieve  and  to 
do;  the  blood  of  Christ  which  cleanseth 
from  all  sin,  is  applied,  and  he  is  in  th 
full  enjoyment  of  a  eanctificatiou  that 
is  as  complete  as  sanctification  can  be  in 
this  life.  He  is  "  every  whit  whole." 
"Justified  freely  by  his  grace,  through 
the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jtsus; 
whom  God  has  set  forth  to  be  a  propitia- 
tion through  faith  in  his  blood  to  de- 
clare his  righteousness  for  the  remission 
of  sins  that  are  past."  Rom.  3:  25,  'God 
does  not  forgive  sins  before  they  are  com- 
mitted, or  else  the  elect  of  who  were 
chosen  from  the  beginning  according  to 
his  foreknowledge,  might  have  had  all 
their  sins  forgiven  before  thev  had  com- 
mitt-ed  any.  It  is  not  strange  that  we 
are  taught  to  "  confess  our  sins,"  after 
we  are  once  "purged,"  if  we  consider 
that  it  was  I,  (the  natural  man)  and  yet 
not  I,  (the  spiritual  man)  that  did  it.  If 
Paul,  after  being  dead  and  buried  with 
Christ,  can  yet  protest  to  the  Corin- 
thians that  he  dies  daily,  is  it  strange 
that  he  should  confess  his  sins  daily  aft- 
er being  "once  purged!"  Certainly 
not,  if  it  was  he,  (Paul),  and  yet  not  he, 
(the  new  man)  that  did  it,  neither  does 
it  follow  from  these  i)reinises  that  the 
atonement  was  complete. 

There  is  no  better  evidence  of  a  clear 
hrarl,  than  a  quick  cognizance,  and 
aversion  to  every  sin  in  worfl,  deed,  or 
thought,  that  may  enter  into  it.  But 
what  obstacle,  except  it  be  unbelief, 
should  demand  an  amount  of  reasoning, 
when  the  Word  is  as  plain  on  this  sub- 
ject as  language  can  make  it?  For, 
though  there  be  no  sin  in  us,  yet  John 
says,  "  If  we  confess  opr  sins,  (which 
are  in  us),  he  is  faithful  and  just  to  for- 
give us  our  sins,  and  to  ctfaiisc  ns   fiom 


all  unrighteoiisnes.^."  1  John  I:  t).  Thia 
is  the  language  of  one  who  wHis  "  once 
purged,"  and  it  certainly  removes  every 
objection  to  the  prayer,  "  Forgive  us  our 
tri'spasses  as  Me  forgive  those  who  tres- 
pass against  us."  But  this  does  not  teacli 
that  it  is  proper  for  a  sanctified  and  de- 
voted child  of  God  to  come  before  his 
heavenly  Father  iu  the  language  of  an 
unwashed  sinner.  For  instance,  "  O 
Lord  God.  with  shame  and  confusion  of 
face,  we  come  before  thee.  Thou  art  ho- 
ly, but  we  are  unholy,  Thou  art  kind, 
but  we  are  ungrateful."  This  is  not 
proper  language  for  a  true  disciple  who 
has  the  love  of  God  al)iding  with  him; 
and  if  perchance  one  may  have  so  far 
fallen  from  his  first  love,  or  become  so 
entangled  in  the  cares  of  this  world,  as 
to  render  such  a  prayer  proper  in  his 
case,  it  is  certainly  needful  that  he  should 
then,  and  thence  forward,  "bring  forth 
fruit  meet  for  repentance.  The  unright- 
eous shall  not  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.  God  grant  that  we  be  not  de- 
ceived. 

Physically,  a  man  may  have  be-m  slov-  \ 
euly  in  the  extreme.  He  may  have  wal- 
lowed in  the  mire,  and  gone  about  ia 
filthy  rags;  but  if  this  person  has  had 
his  filth  thoroughly  washed  .away,  Kis 
rag.? exchanged  for  a  clean,  whole  garb, 
his  habits  and  his  occupation  ehauged  to 
those  of  cleanliness,  he  will  have  no 
more  conscience  of  the  filth  from  which  , 
he  was  "once  purged,"  and  yet  if  he 
would  be  always  clean,  though  he  care- 
fully avoids  dirt  and  filth,  lie  must  wash 
daily. 

This  is  the  true  condition  of  a  saint, 
though  he  is  "  every  whit  whole,"  yet 
he  must  watch  and  pray,  or  else  he  can- 
not retain  his  sanctity  and  grow  in  graces 
Yes, "  watch  and  pray."  And  as  long 
as  he  continues  iu  these  two,  accompan- 
ied with  true  faith  and  a  sincere  de-sire 
for  a  plain  sight  of  the  path  of  duty, 
and  for  an  ever-willing  mind  to  walk  in 
it,  he  will  not  have  occasion  to  come  be- 
fore his  Maker  in  the  language  of  a  con- 
victed sinner.  May  the  Lord  help  ns. 
Of  ourselves  we  can  do  nolhiiuj. 

A  BRAVE  SPIRIT.  . 

XrOUNG  man,  belirave.  Many  peo- 
-*-  pie  imagine  that  courage  is  con- 
fined to  the  field  of  battle.  There  conid 
be  no  greater  mistake.  Even  contentions 
with  men — unavoidable  contentions,  are 
not  by  any  means  limited  to  public  bat- 
tle fields.  And  there  are  other  strug- 
gles with  adverse  circumstances — sti'ug- 
gles,  it  may  be  with  habits,  or  appetite, 
or  passions— all  of  which  require  08 
much  courage  and  more  of  persevcre- 
auce,  than  the  brief,  exciting  encounter 
of  battle.  Enough  to  contend  with, 
enough  to  overcome,  lies  in  the  way  or 
a  young  man.  It  may  be  one  kfind  of  a 
difliculty,  or  it  may  be  another;  but 
plenty  of  difficulties  of  some  kind  or 
other  every  young  man  just  starling  io 
life  may  be  sure  he  will  find.  And  the 
easential  thing  about  him  i.s,  whether  he 
will  be  a  coward  and  succumtt,  or  what' 
the  Indians  so  significantlj'  t»?roi  " « 
brave."  He  who  never  faltei's,  uo  mat- 
ter how  adverse  the  circumstances,  al- 
ways enjoys  within  himself  the  con- 
sciousness of  a  perpf'tual.  spiritual  tri- 
umph, of  which  nothing  can  deprive 
him. 


r)f:(;iHiox  and  promptitude,  even 
though  -sometimes  a  man  may  err  for 
want  of  due  deliberation,  will,  in  the 
long  run,  more  often  conduce  to  success 
than  a  slow  Judgment  that  cfiuies  too 
late. 


THK    BRETI-lRE>r    ^^-T    "W^OKK. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

FUBLISQED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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The  Lov^-letut  iit  Polo,  wock  tefore  lust,  we 
lenru,  wiis  well  iitiended,  anH  the  meeting  a  good 
one.    Two  were  Imptized. 

The  "  Stein  and  Ray  Debate  "  commences  in 

this  issue,  and  will  be  found  ou  first  page,  which 
luw  been  set  n\m-t  for  tbut  purpose. 

A  LETTER  tVam  Ashhmd  informs  us,  that  the 
College  building  is  about  ready  for^  roofing. 
They  seem  to  be  progressing  finely  with  their 
enterprise. 

The  good  work  still  goes  on  in  Denmark. 
One  more  l)apti-/.ed  lately.  Brethren,  prny  for 
the  success  of  the  cause  over  there,  and  not  on- 
ly pray,  but  show  your  fiiith  by  your  works  in 
helping  the  cause  along. 

Tn  order  to  acconimodate  all  new  subscribers 
with  copies  containing  the  debate  from  the  he- 
ginning,  we  iind  it  necessarj  to  run  a  numbr" 
of  extra  copies  this  issue.  Those  who  come 
first  will  be  first  served. 

We  are  glad  to  note  that  brother  David 
Wolfe,  of -\daius  Co..  111.,  is  improving  in  health, 
and  it  is  hoped  he  will  soon  be  able  to  attend  to 
his  ministerial  duties  so  much  needed  in  his 
and  adjoining  congregatons. 

We  are  always  glad  to  receive  church  new 
from  every  part  of  the  brotherhood,  and  amonj 
the  first  things  read  by  our  readers,  is  that  part 
of  the  paper.  Let  us  hear  how  you  prosper  iii 
the  Lord,  and  how  thu  saints  among  you  aro 
getting  along. 

The  devil  is  in  all  his  glory  when  he  succeeds 
in  getting  the  Lord's  faithful  servants  to  quit 
their  work  knd  wrestle  with  some  of  his  imps. 
that  lire  not  overly  much  thought  of.  He 
Iraows  that  if  they  cannot  he  overcome,  they 
can  be  kept  from  tlieb-  work  at  least,  and  in 
this  way  injure  the  cause. 


L.VbT  Thursday  and  Friday  wa-^  tlip  Slunuioti 
Feast,  held  in  their  large  meeting  housii  at  Uiat 
place.  TJie  congrpgation  was  v.-ry  large  and 
plenty  of  ministerial  aid.  Everybody  jjeemed 
happy;  in  fact,  the  meeting  wiis  a  good  one, 
and  we  alt  I'elt  loth  to  leave  the  plate.  It  is 
lo  he  regretted  I  hat  for  the  want  of  room  at  the 
tabli^s,  all  could  not  c.nnmnne.  It  was  the 
largest  Feast  ever  held  at  that  place. 


And  now  it  is  reported  that  the  regalia  of 
Cyras  the  Great,  of  whom  mention  is  made  in 
Danibl  10:  1,  have  been  dug  up  in  Galicia.  The 
place  is  near  where  the  Greek  historian  locates 
his  death.  The  time  was  not  far  back  when 
such  an  announcement  would  have  been  met 
with  nothing  but  laughter.  But  discoveries  as 
wonderful  are  made  almost  yearly. 


Sis  hundred  Mormons  i-aiied  from  Liverpool 
for  this  country  ou  the  14th.  They  come  from 
Germany,  SwilKerland.and  Great  Britain.  Now 
brethren,  does  this  not  show  that  the  Mormons, 
who  are  walking  in  darkness,  are  doing  vastly 
muie  towards  converting  people  to  the  deeds  of 
darkness  than  we  are,  to  get  them  to  see  the 
light;-'  Arise,  let  us  go  to  work  in  full  ciinicst, 
We  want  more  preachei-s,  more  preairhiug.  and 
more  tracts.    .,.„^_^ 

It  is  reported  that  Dr.  Cumming,  of  London, 
in  a  recent  lecture  announced  to  his  congrega- 
tion that  he  firmly  believed  that  many  of  his 
hearei-s  would  live  to  witness  Christ's  second 
coming.  The  rapid  fulfilling  of  prophecy  indi- 
cates the  near  approach  of  the  great  millennium, 
and  it  would  be  a  source  of  much  ha|)pine5s  if 
we  could  be  permitted  to  realize  that  the  grand 
event  shall  take  place  during  the  present  gen- 
eration. _ 

The  world  is  full  of  people  who  are  willing  to 
work,  provided  they  can  do  something  great. 
They  are  not  willing  to  spend  their  time  on  lit- 
tle things— there  is  too  much  talent  and  great 
learning  at  stake.  Such  )>eople  are  of  very  lit- 
tle benefit  to  either  the  Lord  or  anybody  else. 
To  the  redeemed  he  wants  to  say,  "Thou  hast 
been  faithful  over  a  few  things,  and  I  will  make 
thee  ruler  over  many  things."  Fiest,  learn  to 
do  little  things  well,  and  improve  as  you  ad- 
vance in  life's  station. 


In  diitciiurage  Ihp  yinitli.  but  feel  tn  eitcoi 
tlu'iM  to  write  and  early  learn  to  love  I'ur 
uudefilud  religion  as  set  forth, by  Christ. 


On  the  22nd  of  March,  IS.^5,  the  follow- 
ing law  was  p;issed  in  the  State  of  Indiana: 
"  Sec,  J. — That  every  per^ion  of  tho  age  of 
eighteen  year.-!  and  upwards,  who  shall  prol'ane- 
iy  curse,  sw.'ar.  aver  or  imprecate,  l\v  or  iu  tho 
name  of  God,  .lesus  Christ  or  Hu!  Holy  Gho-t. 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  profi 
conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  one,  nor  more  thai 
lor  each  ofl'ease."  Of  course  it 
and  amounts  to  comparatively  nothing  so  far 
lu  the  morals  of  the  country  is  concerned.  But 
men  woh  swear  in  the  State  of  Ind,.  not  only 
violate  the  law  o!'  God.  but  of  the  Slate,  also. 


,  and 


three  dollars 
1  not  heeded, 


TuE  Milledgeville  Feast  came  ofl  last  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday.  It  was  our  privilege  to  attend 
the  first  day  only.  The  meeting  was  not  as 
large  as  usual,  and  not  many  ministers  from  a 
distance,  yet  tak-ing  it  all  in  all,  it  was  a  pleas- 
nut  feast,  and  to  us  an  enjoyable  season.  A 
heavy  =torm  coming  up  in  the  evening  disturb- 
ed the  meeting  some. 


BitETiiKEK  Jacob  Harley  and  Jacob  Coune 
vritli  their  companions  from  Harleysville,  Pa. 
arc  visiting  friends  in  Lanark  and  Shannon,  and 
attending  some  of  the  Love-ieaats  in  this  part 
of  the  countrj'.  The  members  here  are  always 
glad  to  have  old  acqaaintances  call  and  sec 
them.    It  is  pleasant  to  thus  associate. 


It  is  certainly  wrong  to  talk  of  a   raembera 

faults  l>ehind  his  back,  with  a  view  of  injuring 
him.  If  you  have  anything  to  say  about  his 
faults,  go  to  him  like  a  Christian,  and  tell ,  him 
all  about  it,  and  if  he  is  the  person  he  ought  to 
be,  it  \rill  do  him  good.  It  does  no  good  to 
talk  of  a  man's  faults  behind  his  bac,k,  uor  is  it 
right.  Such  things  ought  not  to  be  allowed  in 
any  congregation  that  wishes  to  retjiin  peace 
and  harmony,  nor  should  any,  professing  the 
name  of  Jesus,  permit  himself,  or  herself  to 

ft  into  such  a  sinful  practice.  If  persisted 
in.  it  is  enough  to  sink  any  sonl  into  everlast- 
ing ruin,         ^ 

People  who  aim  to  fight  the  devil  on  his  own 
ground  are  not  as  wise  as  the  swan,  of  which  is 
given  an  incident  below.  If  you  want  to  fight 
the  devil  and  sin  successfully,  keep  on  the  Lord's 
side:  "A  curious  battle  between  a  fox  and 
swan  occurred  some  years  ago  in  England,  at  a 
place  named  I^eusey.  The  swan,  sitting  on  her 
eggs  ou  one  side  of  the  river,  observed  a  fox 
swimming  towards  her  from  the  opposite  shore. 
Rightly  judging  she  could  best  grapple  with 
the  fox  in  Iter  native  element,  she  plunged  into 
the  water,  and  alter  beating  him  olV  for  som 
time  with  her  wings,  at  length  succeeded  ii 
drowning  him." 


A  DANISH  MONTHLY. 

BROTHER  Hope  writes  us  that  a  monthly 
paper  published  in  the  Danish  languageis 
much  needed  in  Denmark  at  present,  and  would 
be  the  means  of  accoiuplisliing  a  great  amount 
of  good  towards  spriMdiug  the  truth  and  defend- 
ing-lhe  doctriiie  of  the  Brethren. 

Brn.  Hope  has  wnrki'd  hard  day  and  night, 
au<l  is  now  almost  worn  out,  so  that  it  will  not 
he  advisable  to  require  much  traveling  of  him 
in  the  future.  Others  can  do  that  work  while 
he  devotes  much  of  his  time  to  the  .spreading  of 
the  truth  by  means  >if  the  press;  and  a  smalt 
monthly  would  enable  him  to  do  that  with  ef- 
fect. 

What  we  want  now,  is  one  or  t»vo  wealthy 
brethren  or  sistere  to  take  hold  of  the  projected 
iiterprise  and  sustain  it  with  their  means.  It 
will  be  some  years,  perhaps,  before  tho  paper 
will  be  self-sustaining.  U  will  have  to  be  sus- 
tained by  donations  for  quite  awhile.  We  have 
jilenty  of  wealthy  members  who  could  furnish 
the  means  for  starting  such  a  paper  and  not 
feel  it.  What  say  ye  brethren?  Is  there  not 
a  brother  or  sister  among  us  who  wants  to  do 
ood  work,  who  wants  to  put  some  of  his 
means  to  work  for  the  Lord's  cause':"  Here  is 
an  excellent  opportuuitj',  and  a  project  that 
every  lover  of  truth  would  like  to  see  effected. 
Let  us  hear  from  some  of  you  at  once. 

Do  not  think  this  a  strange  request,  or  one 
that  is  unreasonable,  for  other  denominations, 
who  are  less  concerned  'about  the  Wiw/e  truth 
than  us,  do  far  greater.  It  is  a  common  thing 
lor  persons  amoug  them  to  give  from  five  hun- 
dred to  ton  thousand  dollars  yearly  for  similar 
Ijrojects.  Let  us  have  as  much  zeal  as  they,  and 
push  the  good  work  forward.  It  will  take  a 
pei'son  of  some  means  to  do  this,  and  when  once 
done,  that  brother  or  sister  can  then  see  why 
the  Lord. has  blessed  them  with  more  means 
than  they  need  for  their  own  individual  neces- 
sities. 

The  Advents  of  Americaare  just  flooding  that 
country  with  papers  and  tr.ict*,  are  doing  their 
utmost  to  overpower  the  Brethren's  doctrine, 
and  thus  refute  our  etl'orts  at  spreading  the 
truth.  It  will  not  cost  much  to  start  and  sus- 
tain the  paper.  Brother  Hope  can  do  about  all 
the  work  on  it  and  thus  curtail  expenses. 


Paul  Slave  Timothy  as[ieeial  charge  ivgarding 
the  inslallalinn  of  ofticcrs,  telling  him  that  the 
nrd  should  be  committed  to  none  but  "  faith- 
ful men,  who  shall  be  able  to  teach  others  also." 
Tim,  2:  2,  The  terms.  "  faithful "  and  "  able," 
i  used  and  applied  by  th<;  apostle,  contain  a 
depth  of  me^ming  seldom  comprehended  by  the 
careless  thinkrr.  In  order  that  none  but  fmth- 
ful  men  might  he  installed  into  office,  the 
Scriptures  hiy  il'iwn  certain  rules,  regulating 
tho  qualifications  that  such  persons  should  pos- 
sess before  being  fully  entrusted  with  the  sacred 
position.  In  fact,  the  Lord  tells  just  what  kind 
of  men  ho  wants.  If  the  officer  is  to  be  a  dea- 
con or  elder,  the  exact  qualifications  are  Riven 
in  plain  and  simple  terms.  The  man  who  care- 
fully reads  these  iustnictions  aa  given  by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  then  picks  out  the  man  pos- 
sessing these  qualifications  and  votes  for  him, 
is,  in  his  voting,  influenced  by  the  Spirit,  and 
his  choice  is  the  choice  of  the  Spirit, 

The  only  safe  way  then  to  pui-siie,  is  to  fol- 
low the  apostolic  example,  and  lay  down  the 
qualifications  prior  to  the  voting.  When  the 
seven  were  chosen  at  Jerusalem,  to  take  charge 
of  the  tables,  special  care  was  taken  to  tell  the 
members  just  what  kind  of  men  were  wanted. 
They  did  not  wait  till  the  election  was  over  and 
then  lay  down  the  qualifications.  Nothing  of 
that  kind  wa.s  practiced  in  the  primitive  church- 
If  a  congregation  proposes  to  enter  into  an  elec- 
tion to  make  i;hoice  of  some  brother  to  serve 
the  church,  great  care  should  be  taken  to  tell 
the  members  just  what  kind  of  a  man  the  LonI 
its.  not  the  kind  ire  want,  but  what  the  Lord 
wants.  This  can  be  found  out  by  carefully 
reading  what  the  apostles,  in  their  epistolary 
•ritings  have  said.  If  these  qualifications  were 
always  laid  down  and  fully  explained  before 
elections,  we  would  make  less  mistakes.  I  say 
Mr,  because  the  Holy  Ghost  makes  no  mistakes. 
If  we  would  always  follow  the  instructions  of  the 
Spirit,  as  given  in  the  Scrip',ures,  leitKc-r  would 
we  make  any  mistakes  in  this  particular,  but 
all  such  mistakes  result  from  our  not  following 
the  Word.  The  Word  is  plain,  it  is  explicit, 
and  he  who  follows  that  Word— looks, around 
and  picks  out  the  man  that  fits  the  Word— is 
guided  by  the  Spirit. 

Brethren,  one  great  trouble  in  many  of  our 
elections  is,  we  do  not  refer  the  members  to  the 
Word  enough.  We  do  not  read  the  Scriptures 
enough  on  these  points;  nor  do  we  preach  on 
them  sutficiently.  There  is  less  preaching  done 
ou  that  subject  among  us  than  any  one  point  I 
know  of,  and  yet  the  purity  and  welfare  of  the 
church  depend  on  our  underetanding  and  prac- 
ticing what  the  apostles  have  enjoined  in  rela- 
tion to  this  question-  Let  us  search  the  Script- 
ures with  more  care,  and  obey  them  in  all,  their 


parts 


Bhothek  D.  B.  Gibson  closed  an  interesting 
scries  of  meetings  in  the  Rock  Bivor  congrega- 
tion last  week.  The  congregations  were  lai'ge 
and  the  interest  good.  Three  were  received 
into  the  church  by  baptism,  and  one  restored. 
He  commenced  another  series  at  Shannon  last 
Friday  evening,  immediately  after  tho  Feast. 


It  seems  that  the  Brethren  in  Southern  Ill- 
inois are  alive  iu  the  missionary  work.  Their 
appointing  four  missionaries  at  their  last  dis- 
trict meeting,  indicates  their  determination  to 
spread  the  Truth  and  build  up  churches,  This 
is  what  we  want — less  talk  and  more  work.  If 
every  district  iu  the  brotherhood  will  take  hold 
of  the  work   with  a   true  eai-nestncss   a  vast 

lunt  of  good  can,  and  will  be  accomplished. 
Their  proposal  to  work  with  the  Northern  dis- 

b  in  the  Central  mission  field  is  the  right 
step  in  the  right  direction.  Hope  the  brethren 
will  keep  our  readers  posted  on  their  efforts  iu 
the  different  parts  of  the  State. 


CuitniiRN  AT  WoitK.  —  Neither  labor  nor 
expense  will  be  spared  to  give  the  children  a 
paper,  that  will  gently  lead  them  to  love,  hon- 
or and  revere  God's  Word,  and  cause  them  to 
love  Him,  who  love.1  them.  Children  ipUt  read. 
They  are  taught  that;  and  now  it  remains  for 
parents  to  say  wlial  they  shall  read.  Good 
reading  matter,  will  make  good  minds,  and 
good  minds  are  a  blessing  in  any  family.  Try 
the  Chililnn  nl  Wiirh  one  year.  Price  of 
BnETHBEN  AT  WoRK  and  Children  at  Work  to 
one  address,  one  year,  ?2.00. 


Befokg   the.  Home  Circle  was  discontinued 
in  the  Brethren  at  Work,  we  received  many 

good  letters  for  that  department  from  the 
children.  When  the  Children  <il  Work  was 
begun,  all  those  lettei's  were  transferred  to  its 
editor,  who  has  given  place  to  most  of  them  iu 
that  paper.  Perhaps  many  of  the  little  folks 
thought  their  letters  wore  thrown  into  the 
waste  basket,  because  they  never  appeared  in 
this  paper;  but  if  they  will  subscribe  for  the 
Children  nl  Worh,  they  will  find  that  their  ef- 
forts have  been  appreciated.'    We  do  not   want 


aUALIPICATIONS    BEFORE 
ELECTIONS. 


in  the  l.i.st  No.  of  tlic  nuKTnitES-  a 

iiing  tlic  sclemii  event  tliat took  phu 


ii.Koniu.dnuTlii.. 
a  coiiiu'il   incetiTiu 
liiiiLS  bcturi-  ilif  Ji, 


church  olllccrs  and  n 

KHMAItKS. 

IT  is  hoped  that  this  subject  will  receive  spec- 
ial attention.  It  wants  to  bo  looked  at 
from  a  Bible  staud-point,  and  settled  by  apos- 
tolic usage.  I  am  of  the  impression  that  it  has 
not  been  studied  with  the  care  it  should. 

The  selection  of  church  officers  is  one  of  the 
most  important  duties  left  to  the  church,  for 
on  that  largely  depends  the  prosperity  and  pu- 
rity of  the  body.  To  neglect  duty  in  this  re- 
spect is  to  open  the  door  to  discord  luiil  corruij- 
tion.  If  the  official  body  can  bo  kept  pure,  and 
composed  of  none  but  good  and  faithful  men, 
the  way  is  open  for  securing  and  retaining  that 
simplicity  and  holiness  that  should  ch:kracteri/£ 
the  church  of  God 


THE  KISS  OF  CHARITY, 


rPHE  apostle  Paul,  in  his  letters  to  the  brcth- 
X  ren  at  Rome,  Corinth  and  Thessalonicn, 
urged  them  to  salute  each  other  with  a  holy 
kiss.  Rom.  IC:  16:  lCor.l6:20;  2Cor.i3:12; 
1  Thess.  5:  26.  The  apostle  Peter,  in  his  letter 
to  the sojouniers,  (Gr.  Daiepitleiiinis)  scattered 
throughout  Pontus,  Galatia,  Cappadocia,  Asia 
and  Bithynia,  urges  them  to  salute  one  another 
with  a  kiss  of  charity.'  Paul  t-o  the  Romans 
and  Corinthians,  says,  "  AjMtsiisthc  alleons  en 
jdiilema'ti  agio,"  and  to  the  brethren  at  Thessa- 
lonica,says,  "■  AHjxiSi/sllte  tons  adelhldoiis  pailtxtf 
en  phillmnii  agio."  To  the  former  he  says, 
'■  Salute  frtcA  o^/icr  with  a  holy  kiss."  Salute 
"eaeh  o(/w"  and  salute  •'«//  the  hiethrot"  is 
the  same.  If  "  each  other  "  does  not  refer  to 
"  brethren,"  then  there  might  bo  room  for  cav- 
ilers. 

Peter  says':  ""  Asj)(isfislh€  alleons  philemali 
aijapes,'^  that  is,  "Salute  you  each  other  with  a 
kiss  of  love."  Paul  calls  the  salutation  n  holy 
kiss,  and  Peter  calls  it  u  kits  of  love.  A  kiss  of 
love,  in  the  Bible  sense,  is  a  holy  k^ss.  and  a  ho- 
ly kiss  is  certainly  a  kiss  of  love.  But  recently 
a  new  idea  appeared  on  this  subject,  and  like  all 
ideas  in  opposition  to  complete  obedience  to 
Christ,  it  is  so  hr  from  the  faith  and  practice  of 
the  primitive  Christians  that  not  one  particle  of 
weight  is  attached  to  it.  However  the  idea  is 
one  that  thousands  may  eagerly  grasp,  and  thus 
prevent  them  from  conforming  to  the  doctrine 
of  Christ;  hence  it  should  beheld  up  to  Light 
which  inaketh  manifest.  If  the  idea  is  right,  it 
will  look  right;  if  itl  is  wrong,  the  wrong  will 
appear.  The  new  idea  is  this:  Since  the  com- 
mands "  are  at  the  eloxe  of  the  letter"  trrilleii  Inj 


October    IT 


THE    T3I?ETI-IR£.>r    ^T    "WOmC. 


llif  np'ixtU.t  lo  tkoxe  thnj  m  ilmrlij  ioir-l,"  lliej- 
arc  not  for  otir  olnerviincL'. 

Wo  turn  to  Romans  Ifi:  17,  ono  verse  nearer 
tlio  close  of  llie  iipo-tt.lo'rf  li^tter  Hiitii  tbe  com- 
miind,  "Snliib?  ohq  another  willi  a  Iioly  kiss," 
nnil  reaA:  "  Now  I  birmfccli  yon,  brefcliren,  mnrk 
Miem  which  cause  divisions  nijil  olFi^nspg,  contra- 
ry to  the  doctrine  which  ye  hava  leiirnetl;  ami 
nvoij  thfin,"  Now  according  to  tlic  lute  idi.'ii 
on  tbe  holy  ki^*,  Ihe  (1i»!Ci|>les  of  Christ  uve  not 
required  to  uinrlt  and  avoid  them  which  cause 
divisJotiR  and  ofFeuscs  contrary  to  sound  doc- 
trim',  because  the  injunction  to  "  murk"  &uA 
"nmW'is  KO  near  the  close  of  the  letter. 

Wo  will  now  bring  up  1  Cor.  1(J:  14  which  is 
iiUn  near  th(!  close  of  an  aposlle's  letter:  "Let 
all  your  things  be  done  with  charity."  Here 
again,  according  to  the  late  idea  on  the  holy 
kiss,  it  would  avail  nothing  for  Christians  to  do 
all  things  with  charity. 

Let  U3  now  see  with  what  Peter  closes  his 
second  letter:  "  But  grow  in  grace,  and  in 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesns 
Christ."  To  be  in  harmony  with  the  late  rule 
of  interpretation,  it  is  not  necessary  to  "  t/row  in 
f)riice,  and  h>  the  hiowlnlrjc  of  our  Lord  and  Sut- 
ior  Jesus  Christ."  We  have  always  Iwlieved 
that  the  command  to  givir  in  griice  aud  in  liic 
knowlftlffc  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  was  binding 
ou  the  disciples  of  Christ,  from  the  fact  that  a 
(ligcipk  is  a  learner,  and  a  learner  must  i/row  in 
knowledfje,  but  now  in  this  iigc  of  learning,  we 
.are  informed  that  to  grow  in  grace,  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  avails  noth- 
ing, since  the  command  is  at  the  close  of  an 
apostle's  letter!  Had  this  command  and  that  of 
the  holy  kiss  been  placed  at  the  bfi/hniiii!)  or  in 
the  midille  of  an  apostle's  letter,  thej'  Would  hi 
binding  ou  us,  but  alas!  they  are  all  at  the  close, 
hence  of  no  consequence. 

When  men,  who  lay  claims  to  learning  and 
ability,  will  resort  tosuchsophistical  reasoning, 
it  is  conclusive  evidence  that  they  have  not 
grown  much  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  Je- 
sus, If  such  were  to  obey  the  command,  "grow 
in  grace,  and  in  the  hioirledge  of  our  Lord  aud 
Savior,"  they  would  soon  "  iirnw  "  into  obeyin 
the  commauil,  "  salute  all  the  brethren  with 
holy  kissj  "  but  just  as  long  as  they  refuse  to 
obey  commands  because  they  arc  placed  at  the 
clo=e  of  an  apostolic  writing,  just  that  long  they 
refuse  to  grow  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord, 
and  just  as  long  as  they  refuse  to  grow  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord  'Je.sus,  just  that  long 
they  fail  to  practice  the  command,  "  Salute  one 
another  with  n  holy  kiss,"  which  is  also  near 
the  close  of  the  apostolic  writings. 

But  it  is  said  that  the  commands  were  "  writ- 
ten by  tlie  :ipostles  to  those  thci/  so  dnirlij  hv- 
fd."  Precisely!  Anil  those  they  s'/  dearly  iov- 
fd  were  commanded  to  "Salute  one  another 
with  a  holy  kiss;"  and  those  who  were  thus 
comniandeil,  believed  and  obeyed. 

Tiiiti  counuand  was  not  an  "  opinion  "  of  the 
aiiustles,  but  was  given  by  the  authority  of  the 
Lord  Christ;  and  it  is  a  settled  fact  that  the 
primitive  Christians  obeyed  this  command,  and 
taueht  others  to  obey  it.  It  is  also  a  settled 
fact  that  the  Book  of  God,  iis  hauded  down  to 
us,  teaches  the  same  thing.  It  is  further  a  set- 
tled fiict  that  some  are  obeying  tliis  command 
at  the  present  time.  Now  then  one  question  to 
the  unprejudiced  reader:  If  the  apostles  taught 
and  practiced  it,  and  the  Book  teaches  it,  are 
those  who  are  cammande<1  to  walk  stiiidfuslly 
in  "  the  apostles'  doctrine  aud  fellowship,"  un- 
safe when  they  obey?  But  then  those  who  do 
not  obey  this  command  are  not  troubled  about 
those  who  do;  tliey  are  troubled  because  they 
themselves  do  not  obey  it.  Here  is  where  they 
find  troulde,  and  they  will  not  only  Und  trouble 
about  tills  command  in  this  world,  but  there 
wilt  be  trouble  about  it  when  Ulirisfc  shall  come 
to  "  take  vengeance  on  tliern  that  obey  not  the 
Oospel."  In  this  worid  they  are  taxed  to  their 
utmost  to  make  it  appear  unessential.  How 
m\ich  more  glorions  and  praiseworthy  to  teach 
it  just  as  the  Book  teaches  it!  Such  a  coui'se 
tarries  with  it  the  power  and  blessing  of  God, 
while  a  contrary  course  will  bring  His  displeas- 
ure. The  Lord  help  all  to  yield  entire  obedience 
to  Thy  authority.  M.  il.  E. 


JOTTINGS  BT  THE  WAY. 

ON  Monday  evening  attended  meeting  in 
LjTiiidora,  Chdstian  Co.,  111.  Having  spent 
several  years  at  thi-f  place  before  engaging  in 
my  present  labor,  I  was  glad  to  meet  dear  breth- 


r<^^n  and  friends  and  talk  with  them  about  the 
one  great  Treasure,  There  are  some  precious 
souls  here  who  are  looking  into  the  "house  of 
God,"  and  as  they  are  looking  that  way,  I  hope 
they  will  soon  get  tiiere. 

Tuesday,  9  A.  W.,  attended  a  very  pleasant 
council  meeting  of  tlie  brethren  and  sisters  who 
I'eside  about  ten  miles  from  the  main  body  of 
the  Sugar  Creek  church.  At  this  meeting  they 
ugreed  to  hold  a  Love-feast  the  18th  inst,  which 
will  be  the  first  of  the  kind  ever  held  iu  that 
part  of  the  country.  In  the  afternoon,  met 
with  a  lew  brethren  at  the  house  of  brother 
John  Harnish,  where  our  aged  sister  Harnish 
was  anointed.  From  here  brother  B.  B.  Whit- 
mer  and  I  went  to  Morrisonviile  to  attend 
meeting  that  was  being  conducted  by  brother 
Dashor. 

The  fourth  was  set  apart  for  a  feast  of  good 
things  at  Sugar  Creek.  Met  brethren  Joseph 
Hendricks,  J.  R.  Gish,  David  Miller,  Jesse  Dan- 
ner,  and  other  ministers.  Also  formed  the  ac- 
(Ijuiintuncc  of  some  sisters  from  Cass  Co.,  who 
reside  where  there  are  but  few  Brethren.  They 
Tc  lull  of  wal  for  the  good  cause,  and  could 
greatly  appreciate  the  privilege  of  hearing 
preaching  and  sitting  together  in  heavenly 
places  in  Christ  .Tesus.  Such  have  tbe  promise, 
■'  Blessed  are  they  that  huuger  and  thii'st  allt.'r 
righteousness;  for  they  shall  he  filled." 

The  members  of  thi^  church  are  very  much 
scattered,  a  number,  a*;  already  stated,  living  in 
Christian  county.  Will  our  beloved  brethren 
in  the  ministry  aid  that  little  band  "out  on  the 
pniirie,"  as  much  as  they  can?  Brother  B.  B. 
Wliitmer  administers  to  them,  regularly,  but 
he,  like  most  of  us,  wants  company  iu  the  work. 
Saturday,  JO  A.  M.,  the  meeting  in  the  Pleas- 
ant Hill  church  commenced.  This  is  the 
church  in  which  the  A.  M,  was  held  in  187J. 
Tbe  attendance  and  interest  werecomuioudable, 
and  the  Feast  truly  enjoyable.  About  three 
hundred  members  engaged  in  the  good  work, 
amid  great  order  aud  solemnity. 

Monday  morning,  7th,  the  delegates  assem- 
bled and  chose  Moderator  and  Clerks,  prepara- 
tory to  District  meeting.  At  8,  the  meeting 
was  opened  for  business.  Brother  Wagner  an- 
nounced the  organization  as  follow.s:  John 
MetKger,  Moderator,  Joseph  Hendricks,  Read- 
ing Clerk,  Daniel  Vaniiuan,  Writing  Clerk, 
Speakres  were  limited  to  two  speeches  on  each 
subject,  and  were  uotiHed  to  confine  the  first 
speech  to  ten  minutes  and  the  second  to 
I  thought  this  a  good  method  to  make  thinking 
minds  use  brevity  and  clearness,  which  every 
earnest  worker  ought  to  covet. 

First  subject  was  the  oversight  or  care  of 
the  church  in  Henderson  county,  Ky.  Refer- 
red to  delegates  for  disposition.  Resolution 
Northern  District  of  111.,  regarding  Cen- 
tral Mission,  read  and  received.  Request  from 
Astoria  church,  that  all  matters  be  decided  by 
delegates.  Much  discussion,  when  meeting 
aid,  No.  Next  related  to  the  baptism  of  peui- 
tenU  outpide  of  the  church  in  which  they  reside, 
ithout  the  couns-l  of  olticials  of  said  church 
who  are  present.  Should-  ask  council  of  the 
ofGcials  if  present. 

Brethren  of  Sugar  Creek  chnrch  asked  the 
reconsideration  of  query  6  of  '77.  This  relates 
to  the  fina!  disposition  of  matters  upon  which 
the  meeting  cannot  agree.  The  delegates  may 
dispose  of  any  query  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  if 'the 
leetiiig  should  fail.  A  long  and  tedious  dis- 
cussion followed,  and  was  finally  brought  to  a. 
close  by  tabling  the  Sugar  Creek  qucrj'. 

The  question  of  manner  of  washing  feet  iu 
public  assembly  was  nest  debated.  All  are  de- 
termined to  stick  to  the  Bible  ou  tbe  subject  of 
feet-washing,  but  there  is  some  dill'erence  ot 
opinion  as  to  the  best  manner  of  practicing  the 
ordinance.  Referred  to  A.  M.  for  eonaideration. 
Are  memhei-s  who  absent  themselves  for  sev- 
eral yeaivi  from  the  Communion,  qualified  to  sit 
in  council  aud  aid  in  the  correction  of  others? 
Tabled.  Change  of  time  of  holding  D.  M.  ask- 
ed lor.  Some  preferred  April  to  October,  but 
the  majority  said,  no  change.  The  Macoupin 
Creek  church  de&ired  the  D.  M.  to  amend  her 
practice  of  choosing  oflicei-a  .ind  delegates  so  as 
to  require  a  majority  of  the  whole  vote  to  elect. 
Concluded  to  continue  the  present  practice. 

The  question  of  tbe  marriage  of  cousins  was 

introduced,  but  deferred  until  to-mon-ow. 

TUESDAY. — UOHNIHO  sbssiox. 

Reconsideration  of  Art.  4  of  1789  relating  to 

marriage  of  cousins,  taken  up  and  discussed  at 

length,  and  finally  laid  on  the  table. 


Report  of  missionaries  being  iu  order,  they 
presented  tbe  following:  Received  by  Impt 
during  the  year.  116  persons.  Expenses,  59.40, 
John  Metzger,  J.  R.  Giab,  Joseph  Hendricks, 
and  Daniel  Vaniman  were  chosen  evangelists 
for  the  ensuing  year.  Tliey  will  labor  in  new 
fields,  where  there  are  few  membera,  and  in  the 
Central  Illinois  mission  field,  iu  conjunction  with 
those  of  Northern  Illinois.  It  was  suggested 
that  subscription  papers  be  circulated  m  each 
church,  requesting  members  to  give  as  tbe  Lord 
has  prospered  them,  and  send  all  contributions 
to  John  Neher,  Box  100,  Virden,  111.  The 
Treasurer  was  ordered  to  pay  §26.00  to  brother 
Metzger  on  last  year's  expenses  and  notify  them 
at  once  to  remit  for  next  year's  exix*nses. 

The  next  D.  M.  will  be  held  with  the 
brethren  at  Hudson  on  Tuesday  next  preceding 
the  full  moon  in  October  1879. 

Treasurer  reported  District  out  of  debt,  and 
a'halance  of  §2.(j5  on  hand.  Whole  amount  of 
missionary  fund  received  to  date,  S135.12.  There 
is  on  hand  for  next  year's  work  §53.42.  This 
shows  that  the  brethren  of  Southern  HI.  arc 
ivide  awake  in  the  good  cause  of  preaching  the 
Gospel  to  those  around  them. 

Delegates  to  A,  M..  John  Metzger,  James  R. 
Gish.  Alternates,  Daniel  Vaniman,  Joseph 
Hendricks.  The  meeting  closed  about  1  P.  M., 
and  each  departed  for  his  field  of  labor.  I  am 
happy  to  say,  that  my  association  with  the 
brethren  and  sisters  was  truly  pleasant.  They 
are  earnest  workers,  and  aim  to  live  as  they  pro- 
fess, fearing  God  and  loving  the  church.  Ar- 
rived home  the 9th.  Found  all  well:  work  abun- 
dant, aud  willing  hands  busy.  u.  m.  b. 


THE    CALIFORNIA   COMMITTEE. 

WHEN'  mention  was  made,  two  weeks  ago, 
that  the  visit  of  tbe  committee  to  Cali- 
fornia was  deferred,  we  felt  pressed  to  say  con- 

Iderable  more,  but  thought  to  wait  a  few  weeks 
and  let  Bro.  (iuinter  give  an  explanation.  His 
explanation  has  now  been  published  iu  the  P. 
C,  aud  below  w?  give  it  entire.     We  think  Bro. 

luiiiter  acted  wisely  in  deferring  the  matter  till 
Bro.  Miller's  health  would  permit  him  to  take 
his  place  ou  the  committee.  Hope  the  Breth- 
ren in  California  will  submit  to  this  arrange- 
ment for  the  time  being,  for  when  matters  are 
once  fully  developed,  it  will  be  to  tbe  advantage 
of  the  cause. 


-      MKOTm;R  glUXTBttS  E.\I'I,.\N.iTIOX. 

It  was  announced  in  onr  last  issue,  that  we 
had  started  for  California;  and  we  had  done  so, 
but  returned  home.  And  as  we  did  not  pursue 
our  contemplated  journey,  some  explanation  is 
neeessarj'.  There  had  been  nothing  settled  by 
tbe  mutual  consultation  of  tiri;  members  of  tbe 
committee  in  regard  to  the  time  of  starting. 
After  our  appointment  by  tbe  Annual  Meeting, 
we  bad  some  little  conversation  together,  and 
the  idea  was  suggested  by  some  one  of  the  com- 
mittee and  favorably  entertained  by  alt,  that  it 
would  be  desirable  to  go  as  early  in  the  Fall 
possible,  hut  no  time  was  fixed  upon.  And 
when  brother  Miller  aud  ourself  met  iu  Ohio  I 
August,  we  both  having  several  eugagenieats  to 
fulfill,  and  he  having  some  sickness  in  his  fami- 
ly, we  concluded  instead  of  goiug  early  in  tlie 
Full,  we  could  not  go  until  late,  thougli  no  time 
was  named  by  us. 

But  brother  E.  K,  Beeghly,  having  bad  some 
correspondence  with  some  of  the  California 
brethren,  l>ecame  impressed  ivith  the  propriety 
of  going  early  in  the  Fall,  as  it  appeare  that  the 
Brethren  in  California  expected  us  at  that  time. 
When  be  informed  us  of  his  wish  aud  of  the  ex- 
pectation of  the  California  Brethren,  we  con- 
cluded it  would  be  well  to  go  us  soon  as  possible, 

id  so  wrote  to  both  brother  Beeghly  and  broth- 
er Miller,  and  began  to  prepare  for  au  early 
departure.  But  much  to  our  regret,  we  learned 
from  brother  Miller,  that  bis  own  health,  aud 
that  of  his  family,  were  such  that  he  could  not 
go  at  the  time  that  was  now  proposed.  Our 
first  impression  upon  learning  this,  was  to  defer 
our  visit,  But  as  brother  Beeghly  had  made 
his  arrangements  to  go,  and  receiving  a  letter 
from  brother  Wolf  iu  which  be  informed  us  that 
there  would  he  much  disappointment  should  we 
not  be  with  them  by  the  20th  or  25th  of  Sept., 
and  as  brother  Miller  recommended  us  to  go, 
though  he  could  not  accompany  us,  we  consid- 
ered the  propriety  of  brother  Beeghly  and  our- 
self  going.  Though  we  feltveryreluctanttogo 
without  a  full  committee,  considering  the  nature 
and  responsibility  of  our  work,  but  knowing  the 
wish  of  the   Brethren   in  California,  and  that 


brother  Beeghly  had  made  bia  arrangements  to 
go,  we  left  home  on  the  evening  of  the  13th  of 
Sept.,  to  meet  brother  Beeghly  at  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa,  on  tbe  Idth.  But  the  heavy  rain  in 
Western  Pennsylvania  and  Eastern  Ohio,  oa 
the  12th,  had  damaged  the  railroads  to  such  an 
extent  that  traveling  was  considerably  retnrdird, 
aud  when  we  arrived  at  Pittsburgh  at  midnight 
on  the  13th,  we  could  not  pursno  our  journoy, 
as  several  bridges  ou  tbe  Pan  Handle  Roail.  the 
road  over  ^vhich  we  were  to  pass,  were  destroyed 
by  high  water.  And  as  we  did  not  want  to  r&. 
main  at  Pittsburgh  over  Sunday,  we  rotui-ni-d 
home  on  Saturday  morning.  Our  niind  became 
considerably  perplexed  in  regard  to  what  we 
should  do  under  the  circumstances.  We  pray." 
erfully  cou8idere<l  the  mutter,  but  the  way  did 
not  open  before  us  as  clearly  ils  we  desirerl  it. 
"■'e,  however,  under  considerable  perph-xitv  of 
mind,  started  again  on  the  evening  of  the  16ih, 
concluding  that  we  would  visit  brother  Miller, 
ind  have  a  consultation  with  him  on  onr  way 
to  meet  brother  Beeghly. 

We  accordingly  visited  brother  Miller,  Lot 
found  him  unable  to  accompany  us.  We  th..-n 
talked  over  the  subject  of  onr  visit,  and  prajed 
ovBf  it,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  our 
visit  to  California  had  better  be  deli^rred  nntil 
some  of  the  dilHculties  which  seemed  to  be  in 
the  way,  should  be  removed.  Hence  the  visit 
of  the  Committee  is  deferred.  As  brother 
Beeghly  has  probably  gone,  and  as  some  of  the 
brethren  in  California  will  be  disappointed,  we 
regret  very  much  that  we  could  not  go.  But 
considering  all  the  circumstances  connected 
with  our  mission,  and  ardently, desiring  to  make 
it  a  success,  we  felt  that  our  work  at  this  time, 
under  the  circumstances  under  which  we  would 
attempt  it,  should  we  make  tbe  attempt,  would 
be  attended  with  some  embarrassment  that  it  is 
desirable  should  not  exist.  We  submit  the  case 
to  the  controlling  providence  of  God,  hoping 
that  he  will  so  direct  it  as  will  make  it  success- 
ful in  due  time. 


Aunt:  "Shall  I  give  you  a  new  doll,  Mag- 
gie?" Maggie:  "  No,  thanks,  auntie,  I  should 
never  love  another  doll  like  this;  for  see,  it  has 
only  got  one  eye,  one  leg.  and  one  arm,  and  no- 
body would  care  for  it  if  I  didn't.  Proper  dolls 
can  take  careof  themselves,  you  know."  A  val- 
uable lesson  may  h<^  lei.rin'il  Imm  this  incident. 
There  are  plenty  to  take  care  of  the  rich  and 
finely  clad,  but  .some"  wanii-hcurted,  child-like 
Cbristian  is  needed  to  look  alter  the  wnnt^s  of 
the  blind,  lame  and  destitute.  These  are  the 
ones  whom  Christ  made  special  ellbrts  to  en- 
lighten and  relieve.  One  proof  of  his  mission 
was,  that  the  Gospel  was  preached  to  the  poor; 
the  lame  was  healed,  and  the  blind  made  to  see. 


iMiiKincsa  WdIu'c 


II..\TBTJIKTRUT1I. 


.1  M-nJ  HI  (IT 
.  Fur.    GbaDld 


1  '.■■■.    .1  II  liWi,  i  11.    o  W  Yprt,  I  00,    J 
■r.fll,    MofjShiir.r,;™.— Ott-ia. 
FOnSIA  COMUITTKE. 


XHE  jriT?i^miKi:x    .v'j'  ^v^}.\u<.. 


Ortob^r    17. 


4^ut[   l|ibl.j  <|lafif 


"  2'ke  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue 


II  (txplaiiiitlon  of  Ui> 
JoiiN  II.  Staobii 


l\'iU  florae  onu  pk'a3u 
nmns  4:  4,  OV 

Please  ospluiii  Ucv.  M:  13,  H,  and  give  us  an  in- 
alglit  into  tbem.  J-  M.  Hidenodh. 

Will  some  one  liteiWP  give  "mformiiUon  concorn- 
Ing  1  Jolm  3:  8.  0,  lOV  W.  H.  Millek. 

Please  toll  mo  who  LImt  ni;in  WJia,  Piuil  spoke 
of  in  2  Cor.  12:2,  Unit  wiis  csiiiglit  up  to  tlio  tliird 
heaven.  Samuel  CuisT, 

Will  some  brothtT  give  us  iiii  iirtlde  on  tlio  fol- 
lowlngT  "lie  that  is  Iwist  in  tlie  kingdom  of  lienv- 
«n  H  grentpr  than  lie  V"  H.  II.  MEVuns, 

Plojiso  ii\iil!un2ndTlie-t3. -J;  0.     It  lends t lius : 
"Evenliim,  ivlioso  coming  is  after  the  woi'kingof 
,  Satan  with  all  power  iind  signs  and  lying  wonders. 
M.  C.  OZIOANS. 

Plenao  give  un  oxi>lanalion  of  Miitt.  21:  2;  iilao 
Mark  11:2.  Doljotli  lucnn  llifSanieV  If  so,  what 
ia  meant  by  tlie  ass  tied  and  tliecolt  with  her ;  loose 
theui  and  bring  Ihcm  unlo  me?  Did  lie  ride  both, 
oronlytliecolfi'  I.  Il.Cnisi* 

Please  give  an  e.^l^hmalion  of  tlie  following 
words:  "  Wliosoevei-  ia  bom  of  Ootl.  dotli  not  com- 
mit sin :  for  bis  seed  reniaint-tli  in  liini,  and  ho  can- 
not sin.  beeauso  lie  is  bom  of  God.'"    1  Jolin  'i:  I". 

MOLLrE  UMBAt'Oll. 

"Will  tlie  BuiniiKKS  at  Worn;,  or  someone  of 
its  niiiny  readeiv.  explain  a  few  expressions  that 
are  often  used  in  prayer y  Tliey  are  riilher  dark  to 
me.  I  usk  for  information :  Tii-st,  Is  il  proper, 
when  giving  tlianks  at  the  table,  to  ask  the  Lord  to 
"l)less"that  food  whieh  lie  has  already  blessed 
Secondly,  Is  it  ^ropiT  to  pr.iy  "  for  the  sake  of  .fe- 
aufl"  when  Jesus  hiis  done  all  for  our  sake? 

D.  F.  Eby 

Pleaso  give  us  your  views  on  the  covering  spoken 
of  by  Paul  in  I  Cor.  n  T  also  tell  uswbo.orwhat 
that  head  is,  the  women  dishonor  by  praying 
or  prophesying  with  licr  head  nncoveretl,  botii  the 
maiTieil  and  unmarried  ?  Ity  doing  so  yon  may  do 
a  good  work  fur  some  of  our  inemljei's  out  bero  in 
the  far  West  and  oblige  Davib  Itr.owKH. 

1.  Please  give  your  views  on  Luke  10:  -1.  "'  Cai'- 
ryneilhor  purse,"  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

2.  Also  Watt.  23:  0:  -'Ami  oall  no  man  your 
father  u|jun  the  earth :  for  one  is  your  father  which 
is  in  heaven.'" 

8.  Alsol  Cor.  7;3P;  "The  wife  isliouudby  the 
law  its  long  as  her  husband  livoth ;  but  if  lior  bus- 
band  be  dead,  she  ia  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will ;  only  in  the  Lord," 

Emma  Pisiikh. 


too,  are  always  tbe  shadow  of  something  real, 
and  more  Bublinie. 

So  in  the  cases  referred  to,  watur  was  the 
means  used,  and  the  washing  wa.s  the  tjpe  -of 
the  cleansing  from  sin,  which  only  ^od  himself 
can  do.  So  we  decide  that  the  water  was  literal, 
but  the  blessing  depended  on  the  proper  and 
faithful  use  of  the  means  which  God  emplojed. 

Then  if  we  would  enjoy  that  cleansing  from 
sin,  which  is  necessary  to  our  entrance  into 
heaven,  "  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true  heart  in 
full  assurance  of  faith,  having  our  hearts  sprink- 
led from  an  evil  conscience,  and  our  brxiies  wash- 
ed with  pure  wafer.  Let  us  hold  fasf  thepm/cs- 
si'oH  of  owT  faifh  ifilhoiil  tmrcring ;  far  he  is 
faithful  that  promised."    Heb.  10:  22,  23, 

W.  Q.  Calvert. 


THE  CHOOSING  OF  MINISTERS. 


WAS  IT  LITERAL  WATER? 

The  eigbt  souls  that  were  saved  by  water,  was 
that  water  liteml  water  or  wiis  it  aonm  other  kind 
of  water  ¥  1  Peter  3:  20,  21;  also  Acts  22;  IC,  where 
it  is  said.  Arise  and  bo  bapti/.ed  and  wash  away  thy 
Bins,  was  this  literal  water,  that  w.ts  to  wash  away 
bissinsV  -M■1^ 

IN  answer  to  M.  F.'s  query  in  the  Brethbes 
AT  Work,  Nos.  3T  nnd3S,  I  reply,  that  both 
passages  refer  to  literal  water.  In  regard  to  the 
"eight  souls,"  that  were  saved  by  water,  (1  Pet. 
3:  20),  we  learn,  that  while  all  mankind  then 
living,  e-tcept  these  eight  souls,  were  destroyel 
from  off  the  face  of  the  earth  by  the  immens- 
flood  of  [literal]  w,it<;r,  these  ei^ht  were  si 
Id  the  ark^  and  as  llie  irofrr.— "bieh  destroyed 
the  wicked,— 'wre  the  ark  up  in  triumph,  il  wi 
the  means  by  which  the  righteous  were  saved. 

The  other  passage,  "  Arise  and  be  baptized 
and  wash  away  Iby  ains,"  (Acts  22:  If'.),  hosref- 
enjnce  to  bapl:ism,  and  the  water  which  was  tn 
be  used,  was  literal  water,  and  was  the  means 
by  which  Saul  was  to  have  his  sins  taken  away 
We  do  not  think  that  water  has,  or  ever  had  the 
power  to  save  or  cleanse  from  sin,  but  God 
works  by  means,  and  in  these  instances  water 
was  the  means  which  God  saw  fit  to  make  use 
of,  in  order  that  man  might  receive  the  promis- 
ed blessing.  God  has  ever  seen  fit  to  require 
Bomething  of  man.  Our  first  parents  were  re- 
quired to  dress  and  keep  the  garden  in  which 
they  dwelt.  The  children  of  Israel  were  requir- 
ed to  journey  and  toil  through  the  wilderness 
before  they  could  inherit  the  promised  land. 
Naaman  was  told  to  dip  himself  seven  times  in 
the  river  Jordan,  in  order  that  he  might  be  cur- 
ed of  leprosy.  God  could  just  as  easily  have 
saved  Israel  in  Egypt,  or  cleansed  Naaman  with- 
out having  him  dip  himself,  had  he  seen  fit  to 
do  so?  But  then  their  faith,  patience,  kc, 
would  not  have  been  tested,  and  we  think  they 
would  have  lost  a  great  port  of  the  pleasure  ol 
the  blessing  by  receiving  it  without  doing  any 
part  of  the  work  themselves.  Hence  wo  see 
that  God  never  agreed  to  do  it  all,  but  that  he 
makes  literal  requirements  of  man,  in  which  He 
always  meets  man  and  showers  upon  him  the 
promised  blessings.     These  literal  performances, 


THK  choice  of  a  minister,  its  importance,  its 
frequency,  and  the  chances  lor  mistakes, 
should,  we  think,  afford  a  special  occasion  for 
prayer.  We  have  a  good  example  of  this  in  our 
Master's  life.  See  Luke  6:12.  "And  it  came 
to  pass  in  those  days,  that  he  ivent  up  into  a 
mountain  to  pray,  and  continued  all  niijht  in 
prayer  to  God."  This  was,  no  doubt,  felt  to  be 
an  occasion  for  continued  prayer.  There  was 
important  work  to  do,  and  it  was  work  not  for 
time,  but  for  eternity.  It  was  a  new  era  iu  the 
work  of  salvation,  and  as  such  it  was  felt.  Itwas 
to  begin  a  work  then,  that  is  uotcompleted  yet. 
But  great  us  it  was,  it  was  no  more  than  the 
appointment  of  a  human  ministry.  It  was 
to  commit  the  work  of  human  salvation 
into  human  hands.  And,  as  in  all  cases, 
much  depends  upon  those  who  do  the  work, 
so  this  work  was  felt  to  depend  very  much 
upon  those  into  whose  hands  it  fell.  To  be 
success,  it  must  fall  into  good  hands;  while  to 
fall  into  bad  hands,  was  to  make  it  a  failure. 
This  was  felt  to  be  a  special  occasion  iu  which 
the  mind  of  God  was  needed  to  direct,  and  our 
Master  improved  it  well — priiijed  all  nitjhl  he- 
fore. 

Now,  brethren,  the  church  often  has  the  same 
work  to  do,  and  do  we  not  have  far  ijrealer  need 
to  pray?  Wc  think  so.  But  see  now.  what 
His  work  was;  "  And  when  it  was  day,  he  call- 
ed unto  him  his  disciples;  and  of  them  he  chi 
twelve,  whom  also  he  called  apostles."  Luke 
6: 13.  We  cannot  think  that  all  that  night' 
prayer  was  for  the  work  that  was  done,  but  it 
must  have  been  for  the  work  yet  to  do.  He  had 
prayed  all  night,  and  when  it  was  day  the  choice 
was  made.  Wils  //not  an  important  work? 
None  could  have  been  greater,  unless  it  was  thi 
choosing  of  himself.  See  Rev.  5:  6,7.  And 
was  not  the  choice  he  made,  a  great  one  V  None 
could  have  been  better.  Nut  a  mistake  in  the 
twelve.  Although  one  was  a  traitor,  there  could 
not  have  been  a  better  one  to  do  what  the  trait- 
or did,  than  the  one  who  was  chosen.  If  we 
allow  at  all,  that  Jesus  was  to  he  betrayed,  Ju- 
das was  tlie  man  to  do  it.  None  could  have 
done  it  better,  and  we  may  well  say,  he  vcas  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place-  A  traitor  was 
needed  then,  but  now  the  good  thing  is,  there  is 
no  more  nefd  of  traitors,  and  for  that  reason 
wc  should  choose  none,  but  if  ever  there  was  a 
time  when  true  men  should  l>e  put  to  the  work, 
and  those  toj,  who  would  do  llic  irorl;  it  is  now. 
Now  brethren,  we  all  say,  we  need  more 
preachers,  and  those  too  who  are  true,  who  will, 
like  Barnabas  and  I'aul.  the  Lord's  chosen,  haz- 
ard their  lives,  if  need  be,  "  for  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."  That  we  need  more  who 
will,  like  Peter,  another  of  the  Lord's  choosing, 
forsake  all,  to  follow  Jesus.  Matt.  19:27.  And 
that  we  need  those,  too,  who  will  "  go  and  teach 
ail  nations, "  "  into  all  the  world,"  and  "  to  ev- 
ery creature,"  and  that  ive  need  such  as  are 
willing  "  to  lay  down  their  lives  for  their  breth- 
ren." You  ask  how  are  we  to  get  them'i'  We 
a.sk  you  how  did  Ihe  Lord  get  them?  He  pray- 
ed for  His,  and  He  got  them.  I  believe  it  is 
said  that  they  all  save  one  died  a  violent  death. 
This  kind  the  Lord  wanted,  and  he  got  them 
liy  praying  all  NiuHT.  The.se  twelve,  with 
Paul,  would  give  up  their  life,  before  they  would 
give  up  their  faith;  and  these  are  the  kind  the 
church  needs  to-day.  This  is  the  kind  that  Je- 
"■us  had,  and  that  He  wants  now.  As  we  need 
more,  should  we  not  try  to  secure  some  of  this 
kind?  We  think  HO.  And  to  do  it.  should  we 
not  pray  too?  We  should  pray  most  assuredly, 
and  fast,  too.  We  should  pray  all  nighl  and  «^/ 
diiij,  loo,  rather  than  to  have  so  many  "  that  are 
!it  ease  in  Zion."     Amos  ti:  I. 

Do  not,  my  beloved  brethren,  neglect  this 
iluty  and  this  holy  example,  when  we  havesuch 
important  work  to  do;  and  do  not  neglect  it 
liny  time.  And  may  the  Lord  in  heaven  hear 
that  prayer  so  often  said;  "  Thy  kingdom  come," 
iind  grant  Hia  church,  wisdom   to  choose  men 


who  ran  and  who  will  work  that  the  Lord's 
kingdom  may  come.  This  kingdom  and  its  in- 
terests are.  for  the  time,  committed  into  human 
hands,  and  that  is  why  we  should  ever  pray  for 
aid,  and  for  the  guidance  of  the  Spirit,  to  direct 
ujt  iu  the  work.  The  coming  of  this  kingdom 
to  the  extent  here  prayed  for,  has  been,  and  ia 
yet  much  hindered,  because  of  human  weakness. 
And  hud  it  not  been  for  this  weakness,  over 
which  Satan's  rule  is  so  strong,  that  prayer  hod 
been  realized  long  ago.  This  condition  will  ev- 
e  an  obstacle  in  the  way  of  the  fulness  of  its 
company,  until  we  all  have  power  from  on  high 
to  remove  it.  For  that  power  we  should  pray 
and  watch,  and  fa^t,  and  pray  again.  Jesus 
said,  "  without  me,  ye  can  do  nothing,"  John 
15:  5;  but  with  the  help  of  Jesus  we  can,  thank 
God,  do  all  things.  There  is  no  obstacle  when 
mve  His  help.  Paul  would  say,  ''  I  can  do 
all  things  through  Christ  which  strengthenelh 
me."     Phil.  4: 13. 

When  we  pray  for  the  Lord's  choice,  let  us 
not  then  take  our  own  choice  in  preference  to 
His,  if  they  are  not  the  same,  for  if  we  do,  our 
choice  will  be  a  failure.  "  For  the  Lord  aeoth 
not  as  man  seeth."     1  Sam.  16:  7. 


WHY    ARE    WE    ASHAMED    OF 
CHRIST? 

MARCAKFr   SKIDEII. 

WI  ^^  ^'^  ^^^  ''^^'^  Jesus?  He  said,  if  we  ai 
\  \  ashamed  of  Him,  He  will  be  ashamed  when 
He  comes  again.  Mark  8:  38;  Luke  9:  2S; 
Matt.  1(J:  33.  "  Whosoever  shall  confess  him 
before  men,  him  will  I  also  confess  before  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven,"  Dear  readers,  we 
are  not  likely  to  confess  Him  if  wo  are  ashamed 
of  him.  therefore  we  ought  to  be  careful  and 
have  Him  formed  tn  onr  heart-s  and  call  on  Him 
by  day  and  by  night,  in  public  and  private,  and 
not  be  ashamed  of  Him,  How  pleasant  it  is  to 
meet  together  to  sing  and  pray. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  be  more  zeal- 
ous, for  the  time  will  soon  come  when  Christ 
will  call  for  us.  Then  bow  will  we  feel  if  we 
have  not  washed  our  robes  and  made  them  white 
in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  We  cannot  be  too 
careful  how  we  live.  Let  us  nil  try  and  live 
nearer  our  blessed  Savior,  that  we  may  he  ac- 
cepted of  Him. 


books,  good  thoughts,  good  conversation,  good 
nmnuers,  good  deeds,  will  be  attractive  to  them. 
If  we  oruament  our  homes  with  these,  and  such 
things,  our  children  will  learn  to  travel  the 
right  road  from  their  infancy.  Making  home 
attractive,  is  uo  small  matter.  It  is  as  essential 
to  the  spirituiU  life  of  our  children,  as  the  air 
wo  breathe  is  needful  to  onr  natural  life.  We 
must  make  onr  homes  pleasant,  but  we  must 
also  bring  onr  children  up  in  the  wdy  they 
should  go  when  they  are  old.  If  we  teach  them 
to  love  the  silly  pastimes  of  the  day,  can  we  ex- 
pect them  to  depart  from  thoso  things  when 
they  grow  up  to  be  men  and  women?  If  we 
would  have  pleasant  and  beautiful  homes,  we 
must  teach  our  children  to  Hee  youthful  lusts 
and  pleasures.  Good  and  obedient  children  are 
ornaments  anywhere;  L hey  are  "as  apples  of 
gold  in  pictures  of  silver."  May  God  give  wis- 
dom, to  the  \)arents  in  onr  beloved  brotherhood, 
that  they  nniy  so  direct  their  little  ones  in  then- 
youthful  days,  that  they  may  grow  up  to  be 
bright  and  shining  lights,  not  only  around  the 
fireside,  but  wherever  they  may  be. 


H 


SOME  MORE  THOUGHTS. 

BY  MARY  C.  MILLBR. 

STUDY  to  be  careful.     It  is  easily  learned  and 
will  save  money,  time  aud  temper. 

— A  weed  is  a  weed,  and  it  makes  no  differ- 
ence whether  it  be  in  a  wheat  field  or  by  the 
road-side.     So  with  sin,  wherever  it  is  found  it 

only  sin,  uothmg  better  can  be  made  of  it, 
and  the  purer  the  heart  is,  that  it  is  in,  the  more 
easily  it  will  be  seen, 

—I  have  lately  read  a  piece  in  No,  39,  Bbetii- 

X  XT  Work,  about  .lesus.     I  wish  this  piece 

luld  be  read  and  re  read  by  every  brother  and 
sister.  And  not  only  read  and  read  again,  but 
compared  with  the  Scriptures  and  ull  that  be  in 

worthy,  (which  is  much)  be  immediately 
adopted.  It  tells  about  Jesus:  how  He  was  mis- 
used, and  how  He  loved  even  Hia  enemies,  thos" 
who  accused  Him  wrongfully,  saying  alt  man- 
ner of  evil  against  Him  maliciously. 

— Why  is  there  disunion  in  the  church?  Be- 
cause some  wish  to  partly  unite  with  the  world. 
Should  Christ  have  fallen  down  and  woi-shipped 
Satan,  then  the  Father  aud  Son  could  not  have 
been  one  any  more.  We  should  be  one,  as 
They  are  one. 

— He  who  faints  when  dark  clouds  overtake 
him,  when  storms  arise  and  tempests  sweep 
around — I  say  ho  who  faints  at  such  a  time,  his 
faith  is  weak,  his  "  strength  is  small." 

— A  church  that  is  united  aud  does  right,  is 
strong  no  matter  how  small  it  is.  Disunion 
opens  many  ways  for  Satan  to  get  iu. 

— We  talk  of  beautifying  our  homes  and  n 
ing  home  attractive  and  pleasant,  but  how  is 
this  to  be  done?  No  doubt  all  agree  that  it 
whould  be  done,  but  as  to  the  manner,  I  fear  we 
do  not  all  agree  so  well.  To  say  we  should  get 
croquet  for  our  children  to  keep  them  at  home, 
is  one  of  Satan's  proverbs.  He  wishes  us  to 
give  our  children  the  first  lessons  which  lead  to 
the  billiard  table.  As  it  is  with  croquet,  so  it  is 
with  all  diversions.  We  take  a  wrong  view  of 
the  matter.  We  get  on  forbidden  ground  so 
easily,  if  not  very  watchful.  When  we  pattern 
after  the  world,  then  we  are  going  \vrong,  we 
iire  losing  ground,  losing  strength,  getting  weak. 
When  we  are  getting  oft'  the  right  way,  we  be- 
come blind  and  do  the  very  things  we  should 
not.  Our  homes  must  bo  pleasant  and  attract- 
ive, but  let  these  be  deep-seated  in  the  mind. 
Let  the  teaching,  be  such  that  good  society,  good 


WHEN  JESUS  COMES. 

BY  S.  DRUUUAIJOU. 

ERE  we  are  wandering  up  and  down  life's 
eary  way  from  day  to  day.  We  are 
olten  made  to  wonder  what  we  are  placed  here 
for.  Why  we  must  have  so  many  troubles  aud 
trials  on  our  way.  It  is  all  to  fit  aud  prepare 
us  to  be  a  just  heir  with  Jesus  to  inherit  one  of 
these  beautiful  mansions  prepared  for  us.  Je- 
sus was  here  upon  earth  and  gave  us  a  pattern, 
aud  then  left  us,  now  He  is  going  to  come  again 
after  awhile  and  take  those  who  have  been  Hiii 
followers  through  life,  home  to  His  Father. 
And  He  will  be  |)leased  to  see  us  ready  wheu  He 
comes.  How  olten  do  wo  see  old  fathers  and 
mothers  who  have  bei'n  wandering  down  the 
dark  vale  of  life  for  many  a  year,  laboring  for 
the  Master,  preparing  to  be  ready  when  Jesus 
comes.  Be  fnitlifnl  a  little  while  longer,  your 
Savior  will  anon  come  and  take  you  home  to 
rest.  Let  us  all  try  to  have  our  lamps  trimjued 
and  lillodand  burning  when  Jesus  comes. 

Oh.  when  we  get  home,  our  journey  ended, 
our  trouble  will  be  over,  there  will  be  no  more 
heart- pangri  aud  sadue.ss;  that  will  all  be  ended, 
and  all  will  be  peace,  joy  and  gladness.     Jesui 

Ukno-v  that  our  way  was  dreary;  He  will 
know  that  our  feet  grew  weary;  Ho  will  know 
that  we  often  met  with  many  griefs  and  sorrows; 
will  know  all  this,  ■  But  oh,  how  His  pre- 
cious arms  will  rest  and  comfort  us.  Is  it  not 
worth  our  toil  and  strife  hero  for  alittle  reason, 
to  gain  a  life  eternal  and  on  high,  where  we 
meet  to  part  no  moic  forever.  Now  let  us  be 
ready  to  meet  our  Savior  when  He  comes. 


STRONG  HOPES  OF  HEAVEN. 


STRONG  hopes  of  heaven  are  uo  proof,  or 
iuf.dlible  evidence  of  regeneration.  11o\k 
is  common  to  all  men  iVho  are  not  in  actual 
dei<nair.  But  there  are  different  kinds  of  hope. 
There  is  a  good  hope  and  there  is  a  false  hope^ 

A  good  hope  i.H  a  gracious,  living  hope.  1  Pet.. 
1:  3,  a  well-founded  hope,  Col.  1;  27,  Heb.  C:  12, 
1  Pet.  3,  a  purifying  hope,  a  cheering  and  joy- 
ful hope.  Such  a  hope  maketh  not  ashamed, 
because  it  is  the  anchor  of  the  soul. 

There  are  some  who  think  they  love  God  and 
are  Hia  servants,  luid  will  surely  go  to  heaven 
some  day,  while  they  are  destitute  of  the  knowl- 
edge and  power  of  regeneration,  being  dead  in 
trespasses  and  sin.  They  are  ignormit  of  the 
spirit  which  changes  the  carnal  mind  into  a. 
spiritual  mind  and  makes  the  dead  alive  byfeel. 
inga  produced  by  God's  sword  and  spirit  are 
safe,  good  and  necessary,  but  when  contrary  to 
God's  word,  are  veiy  dangerous.  Those  who. 
permit  their  feelings  to  be  their  instructor  in-. 
stead  of  God's  word  generally  make  the  loudest 
boasts  of  their  claims  on  heaven,  or  their  title, 
to  it.  They  have  received  their  religion  at  th» 
auxiouB  bench,  and  say  the  most  contemptible 
thijigs  of  some  of  the  means  God  has  provided 
for  the  remission  of  sin.imd  the  gift  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  saying,  we  have  the  power  of  holiness 
without  the  form,  the  kernel  without  the  shell, 
taitb  without  work.*,  and,  we  may  add,  the  crown 
irilhoiil  the  cross,  Vou  may  see  the  lorm  of 
^odlines.t  without  the  power,  but  you  can  never 
•ee  the  power  without  the  form.  You  may  see 
a  wolf  in  s/i<(7i'*' clothiug,  but  you  will  never 
see  sheep  in  iiolf'a  clothing.  You  may  see  a 
I'raying  man  that  is  not  a  Christian,  but  yon 
will  never  ^vi  i\  Christian  that  ia  not  a  praying 
man. 


Of-tober    1'7. 


THE    BltETI-IBEN    ^VT    "WOKK, 


^[itm§  o|l  |(nfcreHf. 


— Theentiro  Hebrew  Biljlu  wus  printed  in 
1-(8S. 

— TllE  Oiiiiicse  clnini  tn  liave  invented  Hie 
tcleplioiie  in  the  year  908, 

— A  Steausuip  yf  four  tlions^knd  tons  bur- 
then has  been  built  titBnrrow,  Scotlanri,  to  citr- 
ly  cattle  from  Texas  to  miisgotv  direct. 

— A  BBOENT  onrthqunke  ttt  Montel'alco,  in  the 
Province  of  Umbrio,  in  Itnly,  carried  de- 
ntructioD  to  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  dwell- 
ings. 

— A  NAPLES  tlliily)  dispatch  of  the  24th  siiys 
Mount  Vesuvius  was  becoming  violent.  The 
bnsc  of  the  coue  was  covered  with  lava,  nnd  hi- 
Tn  was  strenming  down  the  sides  of  the  nioiint- 

— The  Portuguese  colonists  at  Springfipld 
and  Jacksonville,  III.,  who  in  1S46  fled  from  Hie 
Maderia  Islauda,  to  escape  religiou-spersccutioji, 
celebrated  their  thirty-second  anniversary,  in  a 
grove,  near  Springfield,  August  23rd,  They 
number  about  1,000, 

— TiiK  house  in  which  John  Kuox.the  Scotch 
reformer,  lived  and  died,  is  yet  standing  in  that 
part  of  Edinburgh  known  us  the  old  town.  Ei- 
tending  over  the  front  is  this  inscription  In 
large  Romuo  letlers:  "  Lute  God  ahufeal!,  and 
yi  nychtbour  as  ji  self," 

— A  i.AiiT  writes  to  the  London  Times  that 
her  daughter,  a  girl  of  seventeen,  has  been  jioi- 
sonedby  wearing  "hron/^-grecn"  kid  gloves. 
After  wearing  them  a  day    or  two,   her  hands 

blistered  and  swelled  to  such  an  ext«nt,  that 
for  three  weeks  she  was  obliged  to  carry  them 
in  a  sling,  suffering  acute  pain  all  the  time. 

— Thb  American  Bible  Society,  which  is  con- 
stantly extending  its  grand  work,  is  now  pub- 
lishing books  at  Constantinople,  Beirut,  Bre- 
men, Berlin,  Paris,  Stockholm,  Foochow, 
Shanghai,  Lodiua,  Lucknow,  Yokohomu,  Bang- 
kok and  Vienna.  Some  versions  can  he  pub- 
lished cheaper  at  these  points  than  in  New 
York. 

— The  Bible  work  among  the  Turks  is  very 
interesting.  The  Scriptures  are  sold  all  over 
the  empire.  The  Bible  bouse  at  Constantino- 
ple is  quite  as  prominent  a  building  as  the  Bible 
houses  of  New  York  or  London  are  for  those 
localities,  and  the  scriptures  are  publicly  expos- 
ed for  sale  in  more  than  twenty  languages. 

— Some,  by  nailing  down  their  windows  to 
keep  out  burglars,  shut  out  their  very  beat 
friend— pure  atmospheric  air.  By  so  fixing  the 
windows  that  the  upper  sash  can  he  dropped  a 
few  inches  only,  the  air  cau  he  admitted,  while 
the  burglar  cannot  ent«r,  hut  by  violent  means. 
It  would  be  better  to  risk  danger  from  burg- 
lars, than  to  procure  sure  death  by  shutting  out 
the  air. 

— Skptbmueu  lOtb,  Sherniau  City,  a  small 
village  in  Isadella  Co,,  Michigan,  was  annihila- 
ted by  a  terrific  tornado.  Every  store,  dwell- 
ing-house and  shed  in  the  village  were  swept 
clean  except  one  frame  dwelling,  which  was 
partially  destroyed.  The  air  was  thick  wilh 
timbers,  boards,  brick  and  stones.  The  inhab- 
itants took  refuge  in  the  cellars. 

—Tub  life  of  Pope  Leo  XlII,  is  embittered 
by  the  springing  up  in  Rome  of  Protestant 
temples  and  schools  to  "  create  a  geueration 
antagonistic  to  the  church,"  and  by  "  an  un- 
bridled press  fighting  against  the  faith."  His 
holiness  has  addressed  a  letter  on  the  subject 
to  the  Cardinal  Vicar,  urgingevery  possible  ef- 
fort ill  order  that  the  light  of  the  Catholic 
faith,  which  heretical  sects  would  seek  to  ex- 
tingnish,  may  be  preserved," 

— The  New  York  GrtqAir  puts  it  thus ;  "How 
is  this?  Prof.  J.  S.Newberry  charges  a  dollar 
admission  to  a  lecture  in  which  he  says,  he  don't 
know  where  men  came  from.  Colonel  Ingcrsoll, 
on  the  other  hand,  charges  seventy-five  cents 
admission  to  a  lecture  in  wliich  he  telU  us  he 
don't  know  where  we  .ire  going  to."  And  this 
is  the  highest  attainment  of  the  unassisted  rear 
son.  For  the  two  great  questions,  which  the 
soul  asks  most  anxiously,  it  confesses  it  has  no 
answer. 

— The  original  Mormon  Bible  is  in  posses- 
sion of  a  Mr.  Wittaker,  of  Richmond,  Mis- 
souri, Within  the  last  few  days  Orson  Pratt 
and  Hiram  Smith,  the  two  dignitaries  of  Salt 
Lake,  have  been  visiting  Mr.  Wittaker  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  this  precious  relic  of 
Mormon  history,  Th.'y  find  the  volume  well 
preserved  and  written  inabeautiful,  clear  hand, 
bat  the  owner  refuses  to  part  with  it  at  any 
price,  though,  according  to  the  local   paper,  he 


was  offered  a  large  sum  o'  money  for  it  by  eld- 
er Pratt. 

— Tna  cattle  in  alarge  part  of  Bengal  arcdy- 
ing  at  the  rate  of  hundreds  a  day,  and  the 
streams  are  tilled  with  dead  bodies.  The  de- 
creases in  the  number  and  the  deterioration  in 
the  quality  of  the  agricultural  cattle  all  over 
British  India  is  one  of  the  greatest  features  to 
be  noted  in  connection  wilh  the  general  eondi- 
rion  of  the  peasantry.  In  Madras  and  Bom- 
bay the  destruction  of  cattle  hna  been  appalling, 
while  in  Burraah  there  ha*  also  been  a  plague- 
The  general  condition  of  the  agricultural  pop- 
ulation throughout  India  is  such  as  to  occasion 
the  gravi'st  uneasiness.  Continuous  impover- 
ishment bids  fair  to  be  followed  by  continuous 
famine.  Thfre  is  scarcity  amounting  almost 
to  famine  even  at  the  present  time  in  Madras, 
Bombay,  the  North-western  province,  and  Ben- 
gal. Yet  the  only  remedy  proposed  is  increas- 
ed taxation. 


CORRESPONDENCE- 


Report  of  Trcasuaer  of  Home  Mission 
of  N.  E.  Ohio. 

THE  following  amounts  were  received   from 
the  several  churches  for  "  Home  Missions," 
from  Dee.  20th,  1S75  to  Sept.  1st,  187S: 

From  Loudeuville  church, §  7.10 

"     Springfield  church, 13.40 

"     Black  River  church, 12.00 

"    Ashland  church,  3.25 

"     Maple  Grove  church, 4.10 

"     Chippewa  church, 20.00 

"     Sandy  church, -     3.65 

"     Mahoning  church, 6.25 

"    Canton  church 19.00 

"    Danville  church, 1.45 

"     Tuscarawas  church, 7.40 

"     Wooster  cbuTcb, 17.S0 

■'    E  Nimishillen, 7.99 

'•     W.  Nimishillen 5.8S 

"    District  meeting,  May  9th,  I8T7,-,   22.57 

Total,  §1(!3.84 

Amount  paid  out: 

To  W.  Arnold, 10.60 

"  John  Nicholson, 30.00 

"  G,  V.  Kollar, 12,00 

"  George  Irvin, 8.25 

"  Samuel  Garver, 10.00 

■■  P.  J.  Brown 10.25 

"  Cyrus  Hoover  and  wife, 10.18 

"  G.  Irvin  and  wife, 19.75 

"  Shoemaker  and  Weaver, 51,81 

Total  paid  out.  S162.S4 

Amount  iu  hands  of  Trcas,  Sept,  1,  '78,    §1,00 

Respectfully  submitted. 

GiiORGE  Irvin,   Treaa. 

Jacoh  Mishlek,  Clerk. 

By  the  above  report, .it  will  be  seen  that  some 
of  the  churches  have  paid  nothing,  and  some 
very  sparingly,  while  otherehave  done  remark- 
ably well.  At  the  District  meeting  Inat  Spring 
it  was  considei-ed  advisable  that  there  should  he 
preaching  at  least  once  a  month  in  Belmont 
Co.,  during  the  comiug  year,  and  that  each 
church  that  was  willing  should  supply  the 
meeting  once.  I  have  written  to  nearly  all  the 
delegates  and  received  a  very  meagre  response. 
The  church  in  Belmont  has  been  sadly  nt'glect- 
ed.  There  has  been  but  one  minister  there 
since  last  February  (liro,  G.  V.  Kollar)  to  my 
knowledge.  There  is  a  small  church  in  Bel- 
mont Co.,  with  Bro-  David  Snyder  as  their  min- 
ister, who  was  elected  to  the  ministry  last  Feb- 
ruary, and  is  doing  all  ho  cau  for  the  church, 
but  is  very  much  in  need  of  help,  from  older 
brethren.  The  delinquent  churches  are  here- 
by earnestly  requested  to  contribute,  and  send 
their  contributions  to  Bro.  George  Irvin,  Gold- 
en Corners,  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio.  And  those 
churches  who  feci  willing  to  assist  Bro.  Snyder 
are  requested  to  make  the  necessary  appoint- 
ments by  corresponding  with  Bro.  David  Sny- 
der,  Warnock,  Belmont  Co.,  Ohio. 

Jaooh  Misiilrr,  Clerk. 

Moijoihte,  Ohio,  Sej)l.  -Jlst,  1S78. 


An  Explanation, 

ON  page  49,  of  report  of  A.  M.  under  my 
signature  is  the  following  remark; 

"  Brethren  are  solicited  to  take  stock  in  these 
enterprises,  and  ai-e  iuduced  to  do  so,  before 
they  are  informed  of  the  consequences,  and  of 
the  extent  of  their  liability  in  case  thoy  sub- 
scribe. They  do  not  tell  the  Brethren,  that  if 
they  subscribe  five  hundred  dollars  as  "  stock," 
they  are  liable  for  a  thousand  dollars — twice  the 
amount," 

In  the  above  I  had  allusion  to  stock  and   not 


to  donation  whatever.  I  know  of  no  law  that 
makes  donors  liable  for  more  than  their  sub- 
scription. 

For  further  information,  we  here  insert  a 
a  part  of  Sec.  IT,  page  268,  Vol.  I.  Swan  and 
Critchfield: 

"Any  Univesity  College  or  Aciulemy  that 
may  become  a  body  corporate  under  the  provis- 
ion of  this  act,  the  property  of  which  is  not 
derived  by  donation,  gift,  devise  or  subscription, 
but  is  nwupd  by  individuals  in  shape  of  stock, 
subscribed  or  taken,  the  ownere  of  said  stock 
shall  bo  individually  liable  for  the  debts  of  said 
corporation  to  the  amount  of  their  said  stock 
respectively  and  in  a  sum  equal  thereto  over 
and  above  the  amount  of  their  said  stock." 

We  hope  the  above  explanation  will  remove 
all  misunderstanding  that  may  have  grown  out 
of  the  remarks  above. 

I.  J.  RoSBSllEnOER. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


ACCORDING  to  the  arrangements  of  the 
District  meeting  of  Southern  Indiana,  we, 
the  undersigned  were  chosen  to  visit  the  mem- 
bers that  are  scattered  through  the  Southern 
part  of  the  Slate,  and  to  preach  wherever  op- 
portunity would  present  itself,  left  home  on 
the  morning  of  the  10th  of  August.  Living 
upwards  of  one  hundred  miles  apart,  we  agreed 
to  meet  at  Indianapolis.  Arriving  there  at 
1U:55  A.  M.,  and  took  train  at  11 :20  for  Greens- 
burg.  Arrived  at  1:30  P.  M,,  where  we  were 
met  by  Bro.  William  B.  Pierce,  who  conveyed 
us  to  Bro.  John  Himelicks,  s«me  fourteen 
miles  distance,  where  we  enjoyed  his  hospitality 
and  stared  all  night:  On  the  evening  of  the 
17th,  Bro.  Himelick  took  us  to  friend  John  and 
sister  McCammon.  On  their  farm  is  a  meeting- 
house, in  which  we  held  our  meetings.  Would 
say  this  was  once  an  organized  church.  The 
ministers  all  moved  away  and  a  greater  part 
of  the  members.  We  found  five  members,  who 
seemed  to  be  in  the  faith  once  delivered  unto 
the  saints.  There  being  no  preaching  for  the 
last  eighteen  j'ears,  with  the  exception  of  Bro. 
William  Pierce,  who  occasionally  visited  his 
friends  and  preached  a  few  times  for  those 
members.  In  the  last  five  years  they  have  not 
beard  a  brother  preach  in  that  vicinity.  Com- 
menced meeting  August  17th  and  continued 
until  the  evening  of  the  20th.  Had  very  good 
attention,  but  most  of  the  time  small  attendance. 
Not  much  interest  taken  in  the  meeting.  Some 
of  the  people  said  they  had  been  preached  to 
death  heretofore,  had  no  desire  for  religious 
worship.  On  the  morning  of  the  21st  we  took 
the  train  at  North  Vernon  at  10:30.  Arrived 
at  Lrymour  at  11  A,  M.  Changed  cars  to  Cath- 
ereville,  Jackson  Co.  Arrived  there  in  the  af- 
ternoon. Went  to  Bro.  Joseph  Wilsons',  where 
we  met  the  Bro,  and- sister  and  their  family  in 
moderate  health  and  anxious  to  see  us.  They 
lived  where  there  are  no  members  near.  Not 
heard  a  brother  preach  for  nearly  three  years, 
yet  they  appeared  to  be  zealous  in  the  cause  of 
the  Master,  Commenced  meeting  Tuesday 
22nd,  and  closed  on  the  25th,  with  good  feel- 
ings and  good  attention,  but  no  additions,  as 
the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren  was  not  known 
in  that  vicinity,  but  we  think  there  was  some 
good  impressions  made,  which  we  hope  will 
mature  and  develop  itself  in  the  Christian's  life, 
Bro.  and  sister  Wilson  were  very  much  built 
up  during  our  stay  with  them.  Took  the  train 
on  the  26th,  for  Shoals,  Martin's  Co.  Amved 
at  1:30  P.  M.  Met  brethren  J.  B.  Sell  and 
Henry  Tranter,  who  conducted  us  to  Bro.  Sell's 
house.  Bro.  Sell  was  sent  to  this  field  of  labor 
by  the  Church  Extension  Union  last  April, 
where  he  is  now  working  in  the  cause  of  the 
Master.  Hope  his  labor  may  not  be  in  vain, 
as  we  think  there  is  an  opening  for  much  good 
to  be  done.  Commenced  meeting  on  the  even- 
ingof  the  26th,  and  closed  on  the  evening  of 
the  1st  of  September,  holding  tho;e  meet- 
ings in  three  diil'orent  jdacesfor  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  members  and  others.  Therefore 
we  did  not  have  as  good  success  as  we  desircil 
and  no  additions  to  the  church,  seemingly  on 
account  of  some  unsettleil  mattera  among  the 
members,  for  which  purpose  they  had  appoint- 
ed a  church  meeting  to  adjust  their  matters 
and  to  organize  a  church,  but  failed  in  domg 
so  at  that  meeting.  We  then  made  another 
appointment  for  another  council.  On  Monday 
nioniing  we  went  a  distance  of  forty  miles,  by 
private  conveyance  to  Pike  Co.,  where  we  found 
one  brother,  by  the  name  of  Philip  .\lburn, 
where  we  held  three  meetings-  On  the  account 
of  sickness  the  congregations  were  rather 
small,  but  seemingly  pretty  good  feelings,  with 
good  encouragement  to  return  again.  We 
then  returned  to  Martin's  county  and  attended 
the  last  named  council  meeting  on  the  5th  of 
Sept.,  which  resulted  in  the  final  settlement  of 


all  their  former  difiiculties  and  peace  and  har- 
mony being  restored  to  the  members.  Wo 
then  according  to  their  request,  organized  this 
little  body  of  members,  numbering  about  twen- 
ty-three, by  Bro.  J.  B.  Sell,  presenting  his  letier 
of  rf commendation  as  a  minister  in  the  second 
degree  of  otBce.  Also  Bro.  Leonard  Stephens, 
by  presenting  his  letter  of  membership  as  a  dea- 
con in  the  church.  The  members  unitedly  ac- 
cepted them  with  their  olHces.  which  we  hope 
will  result  in  the  prosperity  of  this  little  church 
in  Martin's  countv.  After  the  organization  of 
this  little  body,  they  desired  to  have  a  Com- 
munion, which  was  hold  on  the  night  of  the 
6th  of  Sept,  There  seemed  to  be  a  verj'  good 
feeling  among  the  members  present.  On  the 
morning  of  the  6th,  before  leaving  Bro.  Steph- 
enB(being  in  poor  health)  requested  to  he  an- 
nointed,  which  was  attended  to  before  we  left. 
We  then  took  the  train  at  Shoals  at  1:15  P.  M. 
for  West  Lebanon,  Warren  Co.,  where  we  ar- 
rived ou  the  morning  of  the  7th,  at  6;43  A.  M. 
Commenced  meeting  on  the  evening  of  the  7th, 
and  continued  the  meeting  until  the  evening  of 
the  10th.  Ou  .said  day  there  were  two  buried 
by  baptism  into  the  death  of  Christ,  to  rise  and 
walk  in  newness  of  life, truly,  as  we  believe, 
coming  in  the  eleventh  hour  of  their  life,  whose 
ages  are  as  follows:  the  brother  being  in  his 
69th  year  and  the  sister  in  her  75th  year,— 
Would  say  the  members  were  much  bnilt  up  in 
their  Christian  faith,  while  wc  were  with  them. 
On  the  evening  of  the  10th  we  closed  our  meet- 
ing with  many  good  feelings  among  the  mem- 
bers, with  many  requests  to  return  again.  On 
the  morning  of  the  11th  at  6:40  we  took  the 
train  at  West  Lebanon  for  our  homes,  travel- 
ing together  as  far  as  Lafayette  junction,  where 
we  separated.  My  traveling  companion  took 
his  leaveforhomesome  13  miles  from  Lafayette. 
Traveling  altogether  about  tiI3  miles.  I  took 
the  train  at  Lafayette  for  Richmond  by  way  of 
Indianapolis.  Arrived  home  at  6  o'clock  P.  M, 
Traveling  altogether  obout  675  mile.s.  Found 
all  well.  We  tender  our  thanks  to  the  mem- 
bers and  friends  for  their  kindness  manifested 
to  lis  whilst  among  them.  We  feel  thankful  to 
the  Giver  of  all  good,  for  his  protecting  car* 
over  us  and  our  families,  while  on  our  mission, 
Jacob  Rife. 
JoHK  W.  Metzgrr, 

Froni  Isaac  and  Josie  E.  Royer. 

Ihur  B,rllnt■n:— 

WE  in  our  isolated  condition,  were  very 
much  cheered  by  the  visits  of  several 
brethren  and  sisters.  In  August  brethren  Ab- 
salom and  Isaac  Meyers  were  here  and  preached 
for  us.  Oh,  how  we  feel  rejoiced  to  receive 
such  visit*.  On  the  16th  of  Sept.  Bro.  Mussel- 
lULiu,  sisters  Barbara  Heckler  and  Lana  Provont 
were  here  and  staid  a  few  days  with  us.  We 
sometimes  feel  discouraged  in  our  lonely  state, 
but  an  occasional  visit  from  n  brother  or  sister 
isi-ery  cheering  to  us.  I  think  w- know  some- 
thing of  the  feelings  of  our  Dauish  Brethren, 
when  our  dear  missionary  brethren  went  among 
them  and  also  when  they  came  from  them. 

Dear  brethren  and  sistei-s,  in  traveling 
through  the  West,  hunt  up  the  scattered  and 
isolated  memhei^  and  visit  them.  You  do  not 
know  how  much  good  you  cau  do  in  this  way, 
0,  how  we  feel  cheered  with  even  the  visit  of  a 
brother  or  sister.  I  sometimes  think  that  the 
life  of  isolated  brethren  and  sisters  could  well 
be  compared  to  a  traveler  on  a  great  desert,  all 
around  them  seems  dull  and  dreary,  and  an  oc- 
casional meeting,  to  he  the  oasis  on  the  desert. 
How  cheering  the  oasis  must  be  to  the  wf  ai-y 
traveler,  when  all  around  is  naught  but  a  dreary 
plain  of  sand  to  suddenly  see  a  beautiful  nnd 
fertile  garden!  So  it  is  with  us,  when  we  get 
discouraged  and  almost  fcel  as  though  we  were 
ready  to  give  up,  the  Lord  iu  his  infinite  wisdom 
and  goodness  sees  fit  to  put  it  into  the  heart  of 
some  good  kind  brother  or  sister  to  make  na  a 
visit,  then  we  take  frc.^h  courage  and  make  new 
resolutions  to  live  more  faithful  in  the  future. 
Dear  Brethreai  pray  for  us  that  wc  may  hold 
out  faithful:  Our  trials  and  temptations  are 
great  aud  I  do  hope  and  pray  the  Lord  will 
soon  send  us  a  preacher  so  we,  too,  can  meet 
with  the  people  of  God. 


From  F.  P.  Lcchr 

IT  is  the  gift  of  some  men  when  they  travel 
to  give  a  description  of  what  they  see;  the 
face  of  the  country,  the  scenerj",  the  rivers,  the 
mountains,  etc.  Though  1  admire  and  am  led 
to  adore  the  Creator  of  all  that  is  beautiful  and 
sdblime,  yet  I  am  more  inclined  to  study  the 
habits  and  actions  of  man  for  the  purpo.w  of 
enabling  myself  to  become  useful  to  them  and 
iu  return  receive  instruction,  and  comfort  for 
myself. 


THIC    BRETPIREIN    ^T    "VVORKI. 


October    IT. 


In  my  priawiit  tour  visiting  iliiirclies  from 
North  to  South  in  Inclimiii  iis  far  South  as  Au- 
dorson,  Near  Indianapolis,  I  observed  many 
pleasant  indications  of  improvement,  in  every 
cVrch,  which  I  viaited  and  particularly  in  at^ 
tending  a  district  meeting  of  Southern  Indiana. 
I  could  not  but  feel  grateful  to  (tod  to  see 
Bucli  harmony  and  union  in  nclion,  and  readi- 
uojis  to  yield  whenever  superior  light  was  pre- 
sented.' Theri  seema  to  be  a  general  striving 
every-wherc  for  progression,  yet  it  must  not  be 
denied  there  are  exceptions  that  are  very  hurt- 
ful to  the  cause.  I  take  the  liberty  to  name 
one  particularly:  U  is  accepted  by  all  the  serv- 
ants of  God,  that  every  thiuK  we  undertake  to 
do,  should  be  undertaken  by  prayer  and  suppli- 
cation to  God  for  hiB  Spirit's  guidance,  yet  in 
some  congregations,  when  business  is  to  be 
done  in  church  capacity  the  officials  will  meet 
together  in  private  and  there  discourse  and  de- 
cide every  matter  for  which  the  church  is  called 
together,  tben  enter  the  liouae  and  open  the 
meeting  by  supplicating  the  throne  of  grace  for 
wisdom  to  guide  them  iii  their  deliberation  aud 
work,  which  is  already  done  in  their  own 
strcngth(or  rather  weakness)  lor  who  dare  pre- 
sume to  do  the  wOrk.o!  the  Lord  iu  one's  own 
strength!  There  in  nothing  left  for  the  body  to 
do  but  to  give  consent,  for  who  of  the  laity  can 
feel  bpldenough  toobject  to  that  which  already 
is  decided. 

There  have  been  instances  related  to  me, 
where  tlie  members  in  the  house  sang  every 
hyiuti  in  the  book  that  thcj'  could  sing  to  occu- 
py the  time.  Where  is  tlie  inducement  for 
members  to  come  to  church  meeting?  WIio 
can  give  a  name  to  such  proceedings?  I  dc- 
"Oiino  giving  it.  Other  inatuuces  have  come 
nnder  my  observation,  where  councils  were 
held  properly,  but  when  the  church  was  unan- 
imous, a  few  only  objected  and  would  not  yield. 
I  will  give  an  instance  for  the  better  under- 
standing: A  church  agreed  to  have  a  Sunday- 
school  in  the  mcetiug-house;  two  members  dis- 
sented, but  could  give  no  otiier  reason  than 
■that  the  A.  M.  had  decided  that  it  should  not 
be  done  if  not  uuamioualy  agreed.  Shall  a  body 
of  a  hundred  or  more  have  lo  yield  to  one  or 
evea  a.  Ao7.^n  sff/-ipillc(l  individuals?  My  an- 
swer would  be  no!  for  I  should  think  if  I  weru 
one  of  those  opposers  the  sooner  the  church 
would  break  my  self-will  the  better  it  would  be. 
Such  things  not  only  occur  at  ourhoroe  church 
meetings  but  sometimes  at  district  and  Annual 
Meetings.  Should  there  be  no  improvement  it 
would  be  of  little  use  for  a  physician  to  find 
and  ueSne  the  disease  if  he  would  or  could  not 
prescribe  I'emedies  to  cure  the  same.  So  bIko 
in  the  mystical  bodies  are  ailings  and  diseases 
which  ought  to  be  removed.  I  therefore  shall 
venture  to  prescribe  or  propose  for  the  lower  ail- 
iugs,and  let  otliersmoi-e  expert  follow  up  and 
finish  out:  In  the  first  place  then,  it  is  requi- 
site or  necessary  that  there  is  a  healthy  flow  of 
love  from  heart  throughout  the  mystical  body 
or  church.  To  attain  this  end  every  member 
of  that  body  must  be  active,  and  to  make  them 
so  they  must  Iw  maile  to  feel  good;  this  is  gain- 
ed by  thinking  more  highly  of  others  than  of 
oui'selves  or  ill  other  words,  preferring  one 
other;  not  in  haviug  others  work  while  we  are 
idle  but  bearing  each  other's  burdens  joyfully 
When  we  see  our  brother  err,  instead  of  talkint 
to  others  abontit,  goto  the  brother  or  sisterin  a 
meek  spirit,  kiudly  talk  the  matter  over.  Ten 
to  one  he  will  (hunk  you  for  your  kind  aid.  As 
the  minister  is  always  a  target,  standing  con- 
spicious  watcli  him  closely  not  so  much  to  find 
faults  in  him,  to  lower  liini  in  your  esiimatiou, 
but  to  be  enabled  to  assist  him  in  correcting 
habits  that  may  be  uuedifying  or  hurtful;  you 
need  not  be  afraid  to  occasionally  give  him  to 
understand  that  his  labors  are  appreciated,  for 
he  needsencouragement  not  only  in  words  but 
also  indeed.  This  will  endear  you  to  bim,  that 
you  can  even  give  sharp  reproof  if  needed. 

The  above  treatment  will  work  vice  tersa; 
for  a  good  rule  will  always  work  both  ways.  If 
a  minister  is,  in  all  his  discourses,  upbraiding 
bis  congregations,  he  will  gain  but  little  credit, 
for  he  will  be  paid  back  in  his  own  coin.  He  is 
showing  a  want  of  knowledge  of  human  nature. 
Even  a  hoi-su  will  not  obey  the  better  for  always 
being  whipped  and  abused,  how  much  leas  a 
brother — a  human  being — an  erring  mortal. 
Better  give  him  credit  for  all  the  good  that  is 
about  bim  and  urge  him  on  to  gain  more.  To 
curb  or  restrict  members  at  council  meetings 
aud  not  make  them  feel  at  liberty  to  express 
their  mind  on  any  subject  is  discouraging.  But 
to  make  them  feel  that  it  is  not  only  a  liberty 
but  their  duty  to  give  what  counsel  they  may 
have  will  make  them  love  to  come  and  enjoy 
sociability.  There  is  not  a  member  of  our  body 
useless  from  the  little  toe  to  the  most  promi- 
nent. So  the  members  of  the  church,  in  titte 
manner,  none  should  be  spared  or  over-looked. 


But  alas!  thutbnvoc  made,  when  a  few  crumbs 
the  leadership  regardles.s  of  responsibilities!'. 

The  above  is  experimental   religion,   and  is 
recommended  for  trial. 


A  Correction. 

To  C.  Uaradci:  J.  W.  Skin  and  J.  T.   Mason. 
Neirtoniu,  Mo. 
Dear  Brethren:— 

I  RECEIVED  your  short  letter  this  morning 
in  which  you  state,  that  certain  persons 
claim  to  have  heard  me  preach  in  your  county, 
that  Christ  was  a  shnicr,  aud  that  be  was  bap- 
tized to  cleanse  Him  from  sin  aud  pollution  or 
something  to  this  effect,  aud  that  you  wish  me 
to  state  whether  I  over  did  in  your  county 
or  elsewhere,  preach  such  a  doctrine.  I  answer, 
I  never  did. 

Whether  Ihold  such  sentiments?  lanswer, 
m.  I  should  be  afraid  and  ashamed  to  harbor 
or  entertain  such  stuff. 

Has  such  a  doctrine  to  your  knowledge  ever 
been  taught  by  the  Brethren?     I   answer,   no. 

I  have  no  knowledge  of  any  such  thing,  and 
would  give  my  voice  to  silence  any  of  our 
preaching  brethren  who  would  teach  any  such 
doctrine  or  hold  such  sentiments. 

John  Harshby, 

Wiirrenshnyg.  Mo. 


GLE^NIlSrGS 


FroniKaleifihC.  H.,  W.  Va.— Three  or 
four  years  ago  we,  the  German  Baptist  church 
concluded  to  build  a  meeting-house,  provided 
we  could  get  help,  and  consequently  appointed 
n  corresponding  secretary  mid  a  receiver.  Not 
being  able  to  build  ourselves,  we  have  given  up 
the  matter,  and  I  as  secretary  would  say  to  one 
and  all  that  sent  us  money,  send  mo  the  amount 
and  order  for  it,  so  that  we  may  return  your 
money.  W.  H.  Bailey. 

From  Salerii,  Marion  Co.,  Oregou.— The 
health  iji  this  country  is  quite  good.  Crops 
tolerable  good.  The  ark  of  the  Lord  is  moving 
slowly.  We  were  down  in  Multomah  Co.,  Or- 
egon, the  second  Sunday  of  this  month.  Had 
six  meetings.  One  accession  by  baptism  and 
one  more  applicant  for  membership.  Interest 
quite  good.  Found  our  young  members  well 
and  progressing  in  div"lue  life.  God  willing,  we 
expect  lo  make  them  another  visit  the  fourth 
Sunday  in  Oct,  Truly  the  harvest  is  great  in 
this  valley,  but  the  laborera  are  few.  Souls  are 
starving  for  the  bread  of  life. 

David  Browkr. 
From  Matilda  E.Hiiws.—  VPhen  I  united 
with  the  church  of  the  Brethren  I  could  scarce- 
ly read.  I  had  pi^viously  been  a  Missionary 
Baptist.  After  uniting  with  the  Bri'thien, 
brother  Flory  sent  me  the  Gospel  Visitor. — 
This  was  a  great  help  to  nle.  If  those  who  arc 
ablejust  knew  the  good  they  could  accompli.sh 
by  sending  books  aud  papers,  they  certainly 
would  do  it. 

.\t  out  time  we  had  a  fine  prospect  for  estab 
lishing  churches  in  Greenbrier  aud    Kanawali 
counties  of  this  State  (Virginia).     But  alas 
haa  been  lost  for  lack  of  a  shepherd. 

God  has  seen  fit  to  lay  me  on  a  sick  bed  since 
I  commenced  this  letter,  but  has  raised  me 
again.  I  want  to  know  what  I  am  to  do.  I 
have  not  once  in  my  life,  communed  with  the 
people  of  God.  I  cannot  leave  this  world  con ' 
tented  without  having  commuued.  with"  those 
who  truly  love  the  Lord,  and  having  been 
uointed.  I  feel  at  times  an  if  my  soul  would 
have  to  sink  within  me.  Oh!  if  I  could  have 
one  saint  to  pray  by  my  Bide  when  I  am  in  .ho 
qiuch  jiain.  I  know  that  God  loves  me  and  af- 
llicts  me  for  my  own  good.  I  often  go  astray, 
but  that  sweet  gentle  voice  comes  to  me  aud 
says,  "Jesus  died  for  you,  that  you  might  have 
ever-lasting  life." 

It  is  just  :is  the  Father  pleases  to   call  any  of 
UB,  but  by  the  law  of  nature  it  seems   I  cannot 
stay    long.      Fray    for   me  that  my    crossin 
the  river  between  Jesus  ond   me  may   be  cal; 
and  sweet. 
Pine  Grove,  Ohio.' 

From  Sidney,  Slielby  Co.,  Ohio.— Oi 
Love-feast  the  lltb  of  Sept.  passed  off  plea 
antly,  although  it  rained  most  all  the  time,  it 
was  a  refreshing  to  our  little  church.  Quite  a 
number  of  ministering  brethren  were  present. 
Brother  David  Workman  did  most  of  the  speak- 
ing. Brother  Workman  and  Brother  Yount 
etayed  with  us  over  Sunday.  There  were  two 
baptixed  on  Sunday.  We  should  all  work  for  tin 
interest  of  our  blessed  Master,  while  it  is  called 
to  day,  for  the  night  will  come  when  no  man 
cau  work.  Mahy  A,  Whiohts. 

From  Longinont,  Col.— Our  Love-feiist 
came  off  the  14th  iust.     We  had  a  good   meet- 


ing. Our  dear  brother,  M,  M.  Basb'.r,  from! 
(he  soutliern  part  of  the  State,  was  with  us. — 
His  earnest  and  zealous  labors  were  well  receiv- 
ed,  and  we  are  assured  he  shall  not  lose  his  re- 
ward. Brother  and  sister  Larick,  from  the 
Southern  part  of  the  state,  wore  with  us.  We 
sometimes  hear  of  members  tlmt  think  ten 
miles  too  far  to  go  to  a  Communion  mee'ing, 
bile  those  two  above  mentioned  came  over 
two  hundred  miles,  at  an  expense  of  eighty 
dollars,  solely  to  attend  meeting.  God  will 
surely  bless  them  in  their  zeal  and  great  love 
for  the  cause.  Over  thirty  membci^  communed 
and  seven  in  the  country  were  not  able  to  at- 
tend, brother  John  Bashor  and  companion, 
from  Union  Star,  Mo.,  were  also  with  us.   They 

?  on  a  visit  to  two  of  their  sons  living  here. 
Our  series  of  meetings  coutiuned  ten  days. 
Much  interest  seemed  to  be  manifested.  It  was 
said  better  order  waa  never  observed  at  any 
meeting,  than  was  at  our  Love-feast.  During 
our  meeting,  there  were  two  additions  by  letter 
aud  one  by  baptism.     We  think  there  are  more 

■  the  kingdom.  Two  more  will  be  added  by. 
letter  to  our  congregation  at  our  next  meeting. 
So  it  will  be  seen  we  arc  making  some  jirogress 
church  matters.  The  refreshing  season  of 
our  meetings  has  added  to  the  building  up  of 
the  niemboi-s  iu  their  most  holy  faith. 

J.S.  Fl-OHYJ 

From  Defiance,  Mo. — Our  church,   Honey 

Creek,  was  organized  the  lolh  of  last  May  by 
brother  John  Forney  ami  brother  D  D.  Sell, 
with  ten  members.  Since  then  we  luivc  been 
visited  by  brethren  W.  B.  Sell,  S.  A.  Honborg- 
er  and  Daniel  Glick,,  We  now  have  nineteen 
members  and  no  preacher.  Our  Love-fea?t 
wiis  on  the  litb  aud  l.")th  inst.  Wo  bad  a 
large  turn-out  and  the  .best  of  attention.  The 
members  were  strengthened  and  three  precious 
souls  were  nnidi.-  willing  to  be  bapti-zcd,  and 
jnany  almost  persuaded  to  become  "Cbristians. 
But  as  is  often  the  case,  our  meeting  had  to 
close  too  soon.  We  hope  that  ministers  pass- 
ing near  us  will  give  us  a  call  and  'labor  with 
us  as  we  think  the  prospects  for  doing  good, 
bright;  aud  we  urge  our  brethren  that  have 
bored  with  us  to  come  again.  We  are  situated 
in  the  north-east  corner  of  Nodaway  county. 
Mo.,  about  ton  miles  East  of  Hopkins, 

w.  H,  ci,:vBK. 


Ob.tuarics  shoiiM  be  brief,  v 


MYERS.— In  the  Arnold's  Grove  church.  Car- 
roll Co.,  HI.,  Oct.,  2nd,  lS7S,sistflr  Myers, 
aged  00  yeai-s,  11  months  and  15  da>'s. 

Deceased  was  an  exemplary  member  mem- 
ber of  tli(f  Brethren  church  for  many  yeai-s. — 
She  suffered  long  ami  acverely,  but  patiently, 
A  cancer  in  the  breast  was  the  cause  of  her 
death.  She  dii^din  the  blessed  hope  of  eternal 
life.  The  funeral  was  largely  attended.  Ser- 
vices from  St.  John  5:25,28  and  21)  by  the 
Brethren.  Jons  J.  Ehmert. 

WELKIN.— In  the  Solomony  church,  Huu^ 
ington  Co.,  Ind.,  Sept.  ^Ib,  of  typhoid  fc 
Jacob  Welkin,  aged  24  years,  7  months  and  1 
one  day. 
ELLIS.— In  the  same  church,  Sept.  2.')th,  Al- 
mira  Eliiiabetb  Ellis,  daughter  of  Bro.  John 
and  Mary  Ellis,  aged  3  years,  11  mouths  and 
211  days. 

bllFFINGTON.- In  the  same  church,   Oct. 

3rd,  1S7S,  brother  Richard  Buffington,   aged 

S2 years,  4  months  and  17  days.     Senices by 

the  writer.  Samvhl  Mvuhay. 

IlIFFHY.— In  the  West  Otter  Creek   church, 

Macoupin  Co.,  III.,  August  29th,   sister  Polly 

Ililfey,  aged  63  years,  3  months  and  4  dayi 

Sister  Polly  was  in  good  health  up  to  her 

death  and  dropped  dead  while  walking  tlirough 

the  room.    Services  from  Rev,  14: 13,  by  Isaac 

Studebakur  and  Javan  Gibson, 

I.  H.  Crlst. 


j^NISrOXTJSrCEMElSrTS. 


KoTicEii  of   Love-fciul9,    l)ijlrict   Mc«tingii,   tie.,  Bhoutd 

ba  briuf,  and  written  on  paper  ecpnruto 

from  olbur   busiacsii. 


LOVE-PEA8T8. 

Henry  CO.,  Ind,.  near  Mlddletowii.  Nov.  1st,  at  10 

A,  M. 
Pruirio  Creek,  Wolls  eo„  Ind.,  Nov,  1st,  at  -^  I'.  SI, 
Adams  co.,  Iowa,  Nov,  Otli  and  lOtli,  at  10  A,  M. 
Okaw,  I'iatt  Co,.  III.,  Nov,  6tli,  at  10  A.  M. 
Silver  Creek,  near  WInliekl,  Kan.,  Oct.  iUtli  and 

nth. 


Fairview  coup'egatioii,  Appiuioose  Ci>.,  lown.  Oct, 

mil  aud  iHth.at  a  P,  M. 
Jk'lliU-liem  climcli,  Fr.mliliu  Co^  Va.,  Oct.  iMltU 


Stai 


i^- We,  the  Brethren  of  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  will  hold  our  Love- 
feast  on  the  1st  of  November,  commencing  at 
10  A,  M,  J.  B.  Tadzer. 

t39~  There  will  be  a  Communion  iu  the 
South  Keokuk  church,  Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa,  six 
miles  north-west   of  Richland.   November  1st, 

4  P.  M.  J.  S.  Fritz. 

I®^  We,  the  Urctbi-en  of  Washiuglon 
Creek,  Douglas  Co.,  Kansas,  will  bold  our  Love- 
feaat  on  the  23rd  and  24th  of  Oct.,  commenc- 
ing at  10  A,  M,  E.  W.  Floby. 

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^     its  ancient  purity. 
It  recocTiiMS  tlie  New  TcsLnnitnl  .is  the  only  Infallible 
rule  of  1,1  ilh  and  pracu'cc, 

And  mnlnt,iins  (lint  tbc  srivcrcign,  iinmcrilcd,  unio- 
licited  gr.icc  of  God  i^  (hi^  only  eourcn  of  pnrdon,  and 

Tluil  (lie  vic.irioii'!  iiinuriii!!'  nnd  iiicrilorioiis  worlts  ol 
Chrl^l  nro  (lie  only  price  oC  redumption; 

rii'i  V  ''\<h   R-p— 1^  •■1-  •■  111  I  riiplism  are  conditioni  o( 

I     ■'         ■  ■  ■'  .r'iiiij  the  cniiJidaU;  three 

'i .■.-!..-.■,  iiaplism. 

i       'I'  '■'  :        1.:,  .1  ■  l.n.i;lil  in  Jolin  13,  is  .1  divine 

<-■■■'  >■■•]■         ■■■    .ligdiiKliecliiircli: 

II,.-  I  I  I  .  -.i,|,|,crisnfiillinml,  and,  iiiconncc 
t|.-.  I..  .'■  !■■■  I  ..  ■i.niu.m,  should  lie  tnktii  ill  (he  cven- 
ii.L'.  .'J  ..['■-r  i(i:  ,..^..■  of  (licdny: 

Tlin(  the  Siihitalion  of  the  Holy  Kiss  or  Kiw  of 
Charity,  it  binding  i.poii  ihc  Iblloivt-rs  of  Chrisl: 

That  \V,-ir  and  Rolnlimionarcconlmry  (o  (he  spirit  .ind 
Bcir-dcoj'ing  principles  of  ihc  religion  oV  Jeiiis  Christ! 

That  n  Non-Cooformit)- to  the  world  in  drMSCUstomi, 
daily  walk  and  conversation  19  cssuiitinE  to  true  holiness 
and  Chribtinn  piety, 

It  maintains  that  in  pnhlic  worship,  or  rclii^oui  cxcr- 
cisej.Chnslian'i  should  !ippear,n  directed  in  1  Cor.  11:4,  j. 

It  also  advocates  the  scriptiir.il  duty  of  Anointing  (ho 

In  short  it  i-  a  vinLlicit'T  of  all  (lint  Chri»l  .ind  tho 
Apoitlesh^.v.  .-ijolii.  I  -^i-  ■■!  ii-,andaiin",  nmid  Ihc  con- 
flicting thccirF.  ■■  I  ,'  I  I  I  .1  moJern  Cliri«tcndom,  lo 
point  out  L:r'iu'.j  Kn  r  .ill  L'l  t  concede  lo  be  hifallibly 
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do  good. 

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P.  M.,  nml  nrrivcii  in  Kiicine  «<  <:■  if'    M 
Day  pfuuonger  tniin  going  wesi  lemp-  ..nnnrli  m  ^:00   P, 

M.,  and  arrives  nl  llnck   lalaad  :.:■•■.   II 

Night  pnsiengcr  iruinn,  going  ghsi  au.i   worn    lucet  and 

llTitie  Lanikrk  at  2:18  A.  M.,  amving  in  haeine  b(  9:00 

A.    M..    and    M    Itocb  lulnnd  hi  fi^OO  A.  M. 
Freight  ODd  Accaminoduliun    Tmina    xlll    run     meal    it 

12;  10  A,  M.,    S:10  A.  M„   and   eani    at    II':  10  A.M. 

and  6:  IE  P.  M 

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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"  Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidin*fs  of  Great  J&ij,  which  Shall  be  ■unto  All  People."  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  October  24, 1878. 


No.  43. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EUITEO  ANll  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

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JESTJS  SOON  WILL  COME  AGAIN. 

Friends  ofMesiia,  nio  you  walclilnB 

For  your  MartiT's  soon  return '( 
Are  you  nnw  preiiiued  to  meet  IJi'"''' 

See,  tlio  race  isalmost  nm. 
Have  you  curef  ully  considered  '  i 

Jesua  ^oon  will  cnuie  iigain, 
Wliou  from  trouble  Iloni  delivur 

Every  faithful,  loviug  friend? 

Sun  iinil  moon  and  sbira  liave  spoken 

That  tlie  end  is  \wm  at  hand; 
Spoiling  is  uuothor  tokoti 

To  His  faithful  little  band     ' 
Tliat  from  ileath  and  grave  to  ratuoni, 

Jesua  soon  will  eome  again, 
"When  Hia  saintssliall  have  the  kingtloii. 

Ami  with  Iliin  iu  gUtry  rejgu. 
Fire  and  flooila  and  roaring  ocean, 

TiiUil  waves  amlitrernbling  earth, 
Nations  mighty  in  commotion, 

Evil  spirits  going  fortli, 
All  combine  to  tell  the  Htory— 

Jesus  soon  will  coiuo  again 
Anil  transUite  us  to  Hia  glory, 

Wliere  wo  shall  with  Him  lemflin. 

Now  lift  up  your  lieads  lejoicing. 

Friends  ot  Jesus,  it  is  time ; 
Near  at  hand  is  your  redemption, 

You  need  never  more  repine. 
From  His  lioine  in  yonder  glory 

Jpaiis  soon  will  come  again. 
To  relieve  your  tears  and  sorrowe, 

And  to  liauish  every  pain. 

Selected  by  Maht  HiLLEUV. 

STEIN  AND  EAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 

Poasess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 

to  be  regarded  as  .Chiirohes  of  Jesua-Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms, 

D,  B.  RAY  denies. 

D.  B.  Ray's  Fiust  Nkgativb. 

WE  remark— 1st.    That  Mr.  Stein's  defiui- 
"Tion  of  cliurcli  is  not  aefiuite.    He  wilt 
doubtless  accept  the  following: 

A  visible  church  of  Christ,  is  a  congfegabiou 
of  haptiKed  believers,  in  which  the  pure  word 
■  of  God  ia  preached,  and  the  ordinances  duly  ad- 
ministered according  to  tbe  will  of  Jeans  Christ. 

2.  We  remurk;  that  in  denying  the  propo- 
sition, we  do  not  deny  that  there  are  some  of 
the  Children  of  God  in  the  Tunker  churches. 
God  has  children  in  and  out  of  the  various  de- 
momluations  called  churches;  even  iu  Rome. 
Rev.  IS:  4.  We  must,  in  these  investigations, 
distinguish  between  individual  children  of  God 
and  the  organizations  called  churches. 

3.  We  admit  that  the  Tunker  (ihurchf-s  hold 
some  points  of  truUi.  All  churches,  iucluding 
Rome,  hold  some  truth. 

4.  Though  Mr.  Stein  has  affirmed  that  the 
Tunker  churches  possess  the  Bible  character- 
istics, &c.,  he  has  introduced  no  proof  to  sup- 
port him!  True,  he  has  aftirmed  thus  and  ao, 
but  his  bare  stntemeuts  cannot  pass  fur  proof. 
What  would  be  thought  of  an  attorney  who 
uOirms  before  the  court  that  a  certain  business 
corporation  possesses  the  characteristics  whiili 
entitlea  it  to  inheritj  a  large  estate,  and  n.sks 
judgment  in  his  favor  because  he  atPrms,  with- 
out proof,  certain  things  concerning  the  cor- 
poration! The  testimony  of  the  lawyer  if.  not 
to  be  taken  a.s  .lurtklent.  Mr.  Stein  did  not  in- 
troduce oiie  lino  of  testimony  pointing  out  even 
one  characteristic  of  the  Tunker  churches,  un- 
less his  own  bare  statements  be  taken  for  proof. 


. _ . j„__ _^ 

He  must  introduce  witnesses^  showing  the 
charncteristic-'i,  of  the  Tunker  churches,  and 
then  mea.*ure  these  characteristics  by  the  Word 
of  God. 

As  Mr.  Stiun  h;is  introduced  nowitnes-ses  for 
his'  chi'irch  ebiir'actoristicH,  we  niiist  pl.iee  him 
til"  witness  sliind  for  examination;  His  "  I.st 
Chm-(u-tem(k:  -lit:  fuiimlaiiun  is'  Christ."  V 
Cor.  'A.  11.  If  he  nteans  to  sayj  tliat  the  Titnk- 
er  churches  liave  'Christ  for  thoir'  foundafciou, 
we  deny. I  We  expect  to  show  that  their  foun- 
dation is  ^' sinking, s,aud,". in  pur,  negative  line. 
We  endoi-seall  the  Scriptures  peferred  to  under 
this  head|  Theji'  have  jip, reference  to  the  Tunk- 

churches.  ^ 

Mr.  Stoin  putf  his  "2nd  Clui racier islic.  It  is 
a  iipiriiual  fiouse.  1  Petcr'3.  5."  This  we 
emphatically  deny,  and  here  introduce  our 
negative.  '  ' 

Arijuinettt  First.  The  Tntikrr  chwches  are 
not  ehurches  of  Christ,  becutise  Iheij  are  based 
upon  a  carnal  membership. 

They  willfully  receive   the   unregenerate   to 

baptism,  which   places   the   unregenerate  into 

hurcb  membership.      Mr.  J.  H.   Moore,   the 

leading  Tunker  editor,  in  his  pamphlet  called 

Safe  Ground,"  p.  8,  says; 

"  The  plan  of  salvation,  as  presented  to  us  in 
the  New  Testament,  is  properly  in  two  parts: 
First:  Solvation  from  sin,  I.e.,  pardoned.  This 
is  secured  bv: 

1.  Faith: 'He  that  believeth  not  shall  be 
damned.'  '  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to 
please  God.' 

2.  Riepentance,  or  reformation  of  life,  or 
change  of  conduct     *     * 

3.  Confession.     *     •     * 

4.  Baptism." 

And  on  p.  9,  Mr.  Moore,  of  these  commands, 

ys; 

"  The  fii-st  part  of  the  plan  of  salvation  is 
strictly   intended  for  the  sinner,   telling  him 

Imt  to  do,  iu  order  to  be  pardoned,  or  to  ijet 
into  the  church;  in  short  what  to  do  to  be  a 
Christian.  »  *  *  *  'fhe  fii-st  makes  him 
a  CJiristian,  and  the  second  keeps  him  such. 
The  fii'st  plucks  him  from  Satan,  and  places 
him  iu  the  church  militaut;  the  second  keeps 
him  iu  tbu  church  militaut,  and  prepares  him 
for  the  church  triumphant." 

The  stars  show  that  some  is  omitted,  but  we 
have  quoted  enough  to  show  the  Tanker  posi- 
tions. 

A  careful  review  of  the  above  quotations 
show  that  (1)  the  Tunkers  have  inverted  the 
Bible  order  by  putting  faith  prior  to  repentance. 
(2)  They  make  repentance  only  a  change  of  lii'e, 
unduct.  (3)  They  baptize  the  unpardon- 
ed sinner  to  pluck  him  from  the  devil!  Thus 
the  Tunkers  reject  the  doctrine  of  regeneration 
by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  receive  the  sinner  to 
baptism  and  church  membership,  upon  a  faith 
po38es.sed  before  and  independent  of  repentance. 
Jesus  said,  "Repent  and  believe  the  Gospel." 
Murk  1;  15,  but  Tunkerisui  says,  "  Faith  and 
repentance."  Jesus  said  Matt,  21:  31:  "Ye, 
when  ye  had  seen  it,  repented  not  afterward, 
that  ye  might  believe  him,"  but  Tunkerism 
says, "  There  is  no  need  of  repentance  iu  order 
to  faith."  Paul  testified  "  Both  to  the  Jews, 
and  also  to  the  Greeks,  repentance  toward  God, 
and  faith  toward  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  Act^ 
2U:  22,  but  Tunkerism  changes  and  contradicts 
Pmil's  testimony.  To  invert  the  oi'der  of  re- 
pentance nnd  faith,  is  to  reject  both.  The 
Tunker  churches  aie  Gutirtdy  destitute  of  Bi- 
ble repentance  and  faith.  They  baptize  upon 
a  faith  which  precedes  repentance.  This  is  an 
impenitent  faith.  Their  so-called  repentance 
is  only  "  a  change  of  conduct."  It  does  not 
change  the  mind  and  heart.  Churches  that 
willfully  receive  to  baptism  the  unregenerate 
children  of  Satan,  are  not  churches  of  Jesus 
Christ.  The  Tunker  churches  willfully  receive 
to  baptism  the  unregenerate  children  of  Satan, 


Therefore,  thoTuuker  churches  arenot  church- 
es nf. Jesua  Chriat.'i   -I     L     I     ■         -■-.',   .|l,.l     . 

The  very  passage  1  Poter  3:  5,  i_atj:oduced  bj 
Mr.  Stein  condemns  , the  Tunker  tchurches. 
Peter  says,  "  Ye  idsp,  as  lively  stones,  are  byilt 
up  a  spiritual  hfuise," S:c.,  Thin  shows.that  none 
excep)  "  lively  stones"  aio  to  bo  built  into  tiie 
liou.so— the  church.  But  Tunker  churches*  are. 
buiU  up  of  tlid'sD  who  were  put' in  by  baptism 
iLs  dead  sinners.  This  is  as  utterly  absunl'iis  tdl 
put  goats  into  the  fold  In  'oi-drt-  to'  ■  make  shfeep 
of  them!  I.I         I 

MrStein,puts  his  ^tSnl  eharacierhtici  Its 
liiiildei- is  God !"    Thia.briugs'nstoiJur     :,:' 

Nf(tiifire  -anjuinent  second.  Thfi  Tunker 
rhiir'li' s  <nr  not  ehurrhmf/  Cliri-'t,  bteause.theij 
were  buHl  bij  uninspired  men. 

Mr  J.  H.  Moore,  editor  of  the  leading  Tunk- 
er paper,  Tuk  Brftiibbk  at  Wokk,'  compiled 
and  published,  in  his  paper  of  Jan.  1, 187",  an 
account  of  the  ddctrines  and  history  of  the 
Tunker  churches.  Of  their  origin,  Mr.  Moore 
says:  ■      ; i     !    i  ' 

"The  origin  and  history  of  this'  reformatory 
movemeut.  dates  from  the  year  lTi)S,i  having 
taken  its  riie  in  Germany,  about  that  time,  in  a 
portion  of  country  where  Baptists  are,  siiid  to 
have  been  wholly  unknown.  Some  eight  per- 
sons in  number,  who  had  been  bred,  Presbyte- 
rians, excej'iting  oiie  wht'  was  a  Lutheran, 'be- 
came much  dissatisfied  with  the  then  prevailing 
religious  principles  of  the  day,  consorted  Jo- 
getlier  luorder  to  prayerfully  read  the  Bible 
luid  comfort  one  another,  and  if  possible,  lind 
the  old  path  lujd  walk  therein,  for  as.yet  they 
kucvT  not  that  thurdwere  any  Baptist,  churches 
ill  e.\i-tence." 

From  the  above  it  appears  that  the  Tunker' 
churches  had  their  origin  in  the  commence- 
ment of  the  eighteenth  century.  Tunkerism 
v,-a?  born  after  thi^  wise.  Of  the  above  named 
persoijs,  Mr.  Moote  says: ' 

"  After  the  careftll  'study  of  the  sacred  Word, 
they  v.'ere  fullyconvinced  that  faith,  and  strict 
obedience  in  nil  things  laid  down  in  the  perfect 
law  of  lilierty  were  essential  to ,  salvation,  and 
agreed  to  'obey  from  the  heart  that  form  of  doc- 
trine once  delivered  to  the  saints.'  Couscqent- 
ly,  ill  the  year  1708,  they  all  repaired  to  the 
river  Eder,  by  Schwarzenau,  and  were  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism.  They  were  all  baptiz- 
ed by  trine  immersion,  organized  themselves 
into  a  church,  and  chose  Alexander  Mack  for 
their  minister." 

This  account  shows  that  tho  first  Tunkers 
"  organised  themselves  into  a  church!"  They 
were  not  organized  by  Christ  or  the'  apostles, 
hwi  l\\ij  organized  them&etves  info  a  church! I 
Jesus  Christ  built  his  church,  but  these  Tunk- 
ei's  built  one  for  Ihemsclvefl.  Therefore  tlioy 
are  not  the  oburch  ol}  Jesus  Ciinst.    , 

Grant  all  my  friend  claims  for  the  Tunkers 
on  the,  score  of  their  charity  and'  good ,  work,s, 
and  it  would  not  prove  that  their  churches  are 
churches  of  Christ.  The  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tians Association,  the  Howard  Association,  ami 
other  charitable  institutions,  bear  many  good 
fruits,  as  iicen  in  their  charities  to  the  needy; 
but  they  are  not  churches  of  Jesmt  Christ. 

Afjuiiu  Mr.  Stein  \Mis.  bis  '''4th  eharaeteristie. 
[I  isihe pillar  and  (jroiiM  of  the  tntfh."  He 
gives  as  the  re.ison  for  this,  that  the  "  Breth- 
ren" baptize  for  the  reinissioinjf  sins;  and  then 
he  advocates  the  blasphemous  heresy  of  baptis- 
mal salvation.     This  bring.^ua  to  our 

Neijiitiie  nrijnment  third:  The  Tunker  church- 
es are  not  ehnrrbrs  of'  Je:'un  Christ,  becoub-e  Ihe.ij 
hoMilie  blu.^pbeninns  hcrsy  of  bapli^mal  salra- 
vution. 

That  t^le  Tunkera  are  liable  to  this  charge,  i- 
seeh  in  Mr.  Moore's  "  Safe  Ground,  p.  10,  when 
he  says:  "It  is  n  simple  fact  that  a  man  can  bi 
liaplizeit  into  Christ,  but  tan  he  get  into  Chri.tl 
and  not  be  haptizedV"  On  the  same  page  Mr 
J.  H.  Moore  8ay8:"Thero  are  a  people  whc 
claim  that  men  can  be  saved  without  bnptism," 


&c.  Also,  Mr.  Stein,  in  his  opening  atlirmative, 
makes  baptism  the  Sapiur.  Ho  makes  baptism^ 
essential  to  salvation,  to  pardon,  to  thenow 
hirUi,  to  spiritual  cleansing,  to  heart  obedience; 
to  freedom  from  sin,  to  tho  wiishingaWay  of 
sins,  to  a.  good  conscience,  to  coming  td '  tte 
blood  of  Christ,  to  getting  into  the  name  of  t,h€V 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  anj  to  salvation 
liy  grace!  All  these  depend,  upon  baptism,  i  niHl 
cording  t-.  Mr.  Sf«in.  ,If  these,  things  bc'^o, 
then  every  man,  woman  and  child  that  is  not. 
baptized,  must  endure  the  damnation  of  heU! 
If  this  Tunker  doctrine  is  true,  then  it  is  im- 
possible for  God  to  save  n  sinner,  unless  sfime 
other  sinner  will  consent  to  permit  him! — un- 
less some  one  will  baptize  him  into  the  blood' 
of  Christ!!  In  his  wild  attempt  to  sustain  this 
monster  heresy,  Mr.  Stein  has'  folloWed  th« 
Uogiish  and  other  "moon  struck"  theologiauB 
in  making  alarge  class  of  Scriprures  mean  bap- 
tism, though  baptism  is  not  named.  This  dis- 
ease may  be  called  "dropsy  tif  brain" — water 
on  the  brain.  Those  who  are  thus  afflicted 
make  "born  of  water"  John  3:5,  mean  bap- 
tism; they  make  "washiug  of  regeneration" 
Tifiis  3:  0,  mean  baptism,  they  make  "  washing 
of  water  by  the  word"  Eph.  H:  25,  26,  ih'eari"' 
baptism;  they  make  "obeyed'*  Rom,  6:  17, 
mean  baptism.  As  Mr.  S.,  did  not  attempt  to 
prove  that  these  ynssages  refer  to'  baptism,  we 
let  them  pass  for  the  present.  Baptism  is  said 
to  be  "for  the  remission  ofsins"  Mark  1:  4,  and 
to  "wash  away  the  sins"  Acts  22;  16.  Bii^ 
how  are  sins  washed  away  by  baptism  ?  If  they 
are  literally  washed  aw.-iy  I;)y  the  water,  then 
the  sins  are  material,  tangible,  and  on  the  sur-, 
face  of  the  body,  like  dust  on  the  bauds!  Ev- 
ery one  who  is  not  religiously  derange^  knowB 
that  we  can  only  "wash  away  sins"  emblemat- 
ically in  baptism.  And  if  we  have  the  emblem- , 
atic  Wi-ishing  in  baptism,  the  real  washing  must 
come  first.  Jesus  railed  the  bread  "my  body," ' 
and  the  wine  "my  blood."  We  agree  that  the- 
bread  nnd  wine  in  communion  are  only  the  body  ■ 
and  blood  of  Christ  in  emblem;  so,  we  icasb 
auiiij  sins  in  emblem,  in  baptism. 

Luke  7:  30  is  not  strictly  it-ndered  in  the 
commom  verstou.  It  should  read,  "not  hav- 
ing been  baptized  of  him."  Those  that  reject-, 
ed  John  rejected  Christ,  is  what  is  taught  here. . 

That  the  Tunker  doctrine  of  baptismal  sal- 
vation is  false,  is  proved. 

1.  From  the  fact  that  when  Jesus  forgave 
sins,  baptism  was  not  a  condition.  Luke  7;  50. 
Jesus  said  to  the  weeping  womaur"Thv  faith 
hath  saved  thee;  go  in  peace."  The  (hief  on 
the  cross  was  not  saved  by  baptism. 

3.  That  Tunkerism  is  wrong  on  this  point, 
is  soenfi-om  the  fact  that  Jesus  ascribes  eternal 
life  to  every  believer.  John  5:  24;  3:15,16: 
"Whosoever  believeth  on  him  that  sent  me, 
hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  into 
condemnation;  but  is  passed  from  death  unto 
lite."  The  Tunker  churches  contradict  this. 
.\ny  churches  that  contradict  Jesus  Christ  are 
not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ.  The  Tunker 
churches  contradict  Jesus  Christ.  Therefore, 
the  Tunker  churches  are  not  chun.-bes  of  Christ. 


TffE  road  of  life  is  not  a  turnpike  road.  It 
is  apath  which  every  one  must  find  for  him- 
self, by  the  help  of  such  directions  as  Gnd  has 
given  us;  and  there  an-  so  many  other  paths 
crossing  the  true  ouein  all  quarters  and  tlie  wrong 
paths  are  so  well  beaten,  and  the  true  path  in 
places  is  so  faintly  marked,  so  many,  too,  are 
ahrays  going  the  wrong  way,  that  between  the 
number  of  paths  to  puzzle  him  and  the  num- 
ber of  wrong  examples  to  lead  him  astray,  a 
niLin.  if  he  does  not  take  continual  heed,  is  Id 
'jniat  danger  of  turning  in  a  wrong  path,  al- 
uiosfc  without  perceiving  it. 


Good  thoughts  (though  Godaccpt  fhoin)  yet 
f.owards  men  are  little  better  than  good  drearue, 

L'scept  they  be  put  in  act. 


THK    BREOTIITlEjSr    AT    ^VOKKl. 


Ortobrr  -2-1- 


YOU  NEVER  CAN  TELL, 

Ton  lliiiik  it  i<  ^.asy  your  stops  to   retrnce, 
Hefni-e  the  imt  pitfiill  is  gnined. 
Thut  11  iimiiLMii  .sti'iKsliorlofncruahinKdisgracp 
And  still  find  ilia  linnoriiiistuined. 

Itiit  sin  m  HO  mighty,  mid  coiiseicriw  so  wenk, 

And  under  so  teiiiiiting  a  spell, 
That  tliough  you  may  long  other  pleasures  to  seek 

Your  weakness  you  uevpr  can  tell! 

The  o&:tia  of  evil,  you  never  can  sound, 

The  depth  you  never  can  discern, 
But  under  your  feet  there  is  trcnoherous  ground. 

If  away  Iroui  tlie  good  land  you  turn; 

Vou  see  not  the  danger,  you  fear  not  the  foe, 
Vou  whisper  the  soul,  "  It  is  well!" 

And  think  that  you  know  jnst  how  far  you 
may  go. 
And  vou  never,  no  never  can  tell! 

Vounevcrcantellat  what  mniueiityou'll  slip, 

Into  snavei  that  are  cruelly  laid. 
By  those  who  are  witling  another  should  trip, 

Were  they  ever  so  foully  betrayed. 

A'piOiacnt's  indulgence  may  lead  you  to  crimes 

That  merit  a  prisoner's  cell; 
TUtii  quench  the  hot  fever  of  passion  betimes 
"P6r  its  power  you  never  can  tell! 

Ifpi^iJiever  can  tell  at  what  moment  you'll  hear 

,Tliq  signal  of  death  at  your  gat«, 
Wl^ose  touch  will  arrest  your  wild,  thoughtless 
career. 
And  bring  your  repeutance  too  late. 

Stand  firm  then  to-dav,  the  allurements  of  sin. 

,  Wit\\  pride  and  pei-sjstence  repel, 
&i^6  strive  for  a  prize  that  is  worthy  to  ivin. 
And  whose  glory  no  mortal  can  tell ! 


PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE   WORD  BAPTISM. 

KY  l.KWla  O.  HUMMKH. 
NliMIlKlt   II. 

WE  have  shown  liow,  and  why, 
.spriukling  and  wetting. were  in- 
troduced into  thi^eliiirch,  under  the  guise 
of  a  Christian  institutioii.  We  will  now 
shbW  by  infallible  rules  of  apiiropriatioh, 
thivt  calling  sprinkling,  pouring,  wet- 
trA'g'and  (iny  other  application  of  water 
to  the  individual,  baptism,  can  never 
miike  it  baptism,  or  becouchtid  into  the 
meaningof  the  word.  Iwill  analyze  this 
partof  the  subject  l)y  the  infallible  riilfis 
apprfijfriiition . 

1.  AVords  can  have  no  meaning  with- 
out appropriation. 

2.  \Vlien  words  are  once  appropriat- 
ed, they  are  disqualified  to  serve  in  the 
room  of  any  other  appropriated    words. 

3.  When  words  are  appropriated, 
they  are  always  used  literally,  and  can- 
not be  used  figuratively.  A  close  ob- 
servance of  these  self■o^^dent  rules  of 
appropriation,  will  forever  settle  the 
controversy  respecting  the  meaning  of 
the  word  "  baptism,"  That  words  can 
have  uo  meaning  without  appropriation, 
my  readers  can  satisfy  themselves,  by 
taking  a  word  never  used,  and  see  if 
they  can  use  it  without  conveying  an 
'ulea.  This  idea  is  the  appropriated  or 
primary  meaning  of  the  word.  If  after 
that,  you  use  the  word  to  convey  a  dif- 
ferent idea,  that  is  its  second  appropri- 
ated meaning — or  secondary  meaning — 
and  so  on,  and  in  that  way  use  can  con- 
fer any  number  of  meanings.  But  when 
the  word  is  once  appropriated,  it  cannot 
be  appropriated  to  things  that  have  ap- 
propriated names — for  example :  yon 
cannot  appropriate  the  word,  man,  to 
woiuau,  or  hog  to  cow,  or  horse  to  sheep. 
To  make  the  matter  still  clearer,  I  will 
take  an  apple  that  has  two  or  a  dozen 
names;  you  take  either  of  those  names 
and  ftjipropriate  to  any  other  apple,  and 
then  no  person  could  tell  which  apple 
was  meant,  when  reference  was  made  to 
the  apple  bearing  that  name.  Nothing 
could  be  learned  from  words,  to  proceed 
upon  such  principles.      Apply  this  rule 


to  the  ordinance  of  baptism,  and  see  if 
you  can  get  all  the  iliftereut  modes  un- 
der the  meaning  of  the  word  "  baptism." 
If  three  distinct  ajiples  cannot  be  des- 
gnated  under  one  name,  how  can  three 
distinct  modes  be  designated  by  the 
word,  "  baptism?"  In  fact,  it  isiinpos- 
ble  to  get  three  modes  under  one  name, 
no  such  distinction  can  e.-cist  in  the  mean- 
ing of  any  word.  No  word  can  convey 
three  ideas  at  the  same  time.  Those 
who  practice  the  various  modes,  must 
alwaj's  find  out  how  the  person  wants 
to  be  baptized,  for  it  is  not  contained  in 
the  meaningof  the  word,  and  cannot  be 
contained — it  is  an  impossibility. 

We  will  illustrate  further — we  ^vill 
take  the  words  plowing,  harrowing  and 
■oiling,  three  distinct  and  different  acts, 
ike  that  of  immei-sing,  sprinkling  and 
pouring. 

Now  let  my  readers  try  if  they  can 
find  a  word  in  the  English  language  that ! 
can  designate  plowing,  harrowing  and  I 
rolling,  all  at  the  same  time,  and  if  they  | 
cannot,  they  can  rest  assured  that  the 
word,  "baptism,"  cannot  designate  im- 
mersion, sprinkling  and  pouring.  Sprink- 
ling and  pouring  are  distinct  institutions 
or  ceremonies  and  can  never  be  couch- 
ed under  the  name  of  baptism.  The  in- 
stitutions are  sailing  mtiA^v  faUei:ohi\s. 
The  practitionei-s  think  if  they  can  sail 
under  the  Christian  name,  that  will 
make  them  Christian  institutions,  but 
when  it  will  be  too  late  they  will  dis- 
cover their  error.'  If  I  were  to  sell  a 
man  Rambo  apple  trees  and  mark  them 
Maiden  Blush,  1  would  be  deceiving  the 
iin  and  liable  to  prosecution.  My  call- 
ing Rambo,  JNlaiden  Blush  would  uot 
make  it  s& — could  ,not  make  it  so — the 
Rambo  would  still  be  Ramljp,  and  Maid- 
en Blu-sh'  would  be  iMaiden  Blush.  Let 
Christians  cease  to  sail  under  false  colors 
aud  give  their  institutions  their  proper 
aiid'liiwful  names,  and  sprinkling  will 
sooii  (Ueout,  and  the  grand  old  Ship  will 
be  filled  with  passengers  for  the  heaven- 
ly city.  Many  a  poor  soul  you  deceive 
with  your  false  colors,  and  lead  them  in- 
to the  institution  of  popes  and  kings  for 
the  institution  of  Christ. 

{To  he  co-ntinucd). 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

Going:  to  Meeting— The  Morning  Service— Hard 
Lessons  to  Leara— Our  Evening  Meeting- 
Visitors  trom  afar. 

{Fmbi  One  SpMlkl  Cam.ir«ni1i'iii.] 
KUMBEIt  Vin. 

rpHIS  is  the  fii-st  Sunday  morning  in 
-'-  October.  The  evenings  and  morn- 
ings make  us  sensible  of  approaching 
frosts.  All  day  long  we  feel  a  chilly 
touch.  This  is  Madame  Nature  in  her 
autumnal  humor.  We  feel,  too,  re- 
minded of  the  coldness  of  human  hearts. 
We  read  in  the  Holy  Scriptures  of  "cold" 
and"  lukewarm"  believers  in  the  church. 
We  read,  too,  of  a  time  when  "the  love 
of  many  shall  wax  (become  or  grow) 
cold."  May  the  Lord  deliver  us  from 
huch  a  condition !  But  so  it  wiU  surely 
be  with  many  in  all  ages  of  the  church, 
Brother,  sister,  let  us  ask, 

IS  IT  I? 

Daily  we  need  to  make  this  inquiry,  and 
act  accordingly.  It  is  the  "  fervent' 
prayer  that  availeth  much.  It  is  the 
"  fervent"  love  that  is  recomended  to 
the  believera.  O  that  each  one  could 
now  live  as  we  wish  we  had  lived  when 
we  come  to  die!  How  fervently  we 
would  love  all  the  members,  rich  and 
poor,  high  and  low,  one  and  all!  So  it 
ought  to  he.  We  may  lay  a  claim  to 
the  love  of  God,  shed  abroadin  the  heart, 
but  tliis  will  be  of  no  use  unless  we  use 


that  love  to  cover  the  past  and  correct 
the  future.  Shun  no  one.  Be  a  broth- 
er and  a  sister  in  deed  and  in  truth.  I,.et 
it  not  be  said  by  the  observing  world, 
"  Behold,  how  these  Christians  slight 
one  another,  and  talk  liarmful  about  one 
anothej."  Oh,  no.  But.  let  them  have 
the  reason  to  say,  ^^JJehold,  how  these 
Christians 

r.ovK  OXJ-:  another!" 
Love  is  the  golden  ring  presented  to  ev- 
ery true  believer  by  a  Lovely  Jeweler 
of  Heaven.  It  would  indeed  be  a  pain- 
ful regret  that  any  oiir  nlnmld  never  have 
received  it,  and  most  (b'phiral. let  hat  there 
should  be  any  that  had  it  and  have  lost 
it.  If  so,  go  at  once,  I  beseech  you,  and 
apply  with  yearning  lieart  to  the  Master. 
If  you  have  luve,  get  mure  of  it.  Let 
the  heart  be  full,  and  then  there  will  be 
no  room  for  anything  else.  Though  tlie 
weather  be  chilly,  and  our  outward  man 
feel  it,  O  let  not  our  "  inner  man"  feel 
any  coldness,  but  rather  be  all  aglow 
with  the  love  of  Christ  in  us.  '  Though 
others  fail  to  do  what  they  ought,  still 
let  us  do  our  part — -''love  one  another 
with  a  pure  heart  fervently."  If  you 
would  correct  othei-s,  do  it  in  love — love 
for  tlieir  souls  and  love  for  the  truth. 

The  l(t'2nd  hymn  introduced  the  wor- 
ship of  God  this  morning  in  the  Welty 
meeting' house.  The  third  stanza  con- 
tains u  precious  invitation  and    breathes 

spirit  of  true  devotion.  After  a  broth- 
er offered  a,  prayer  of  much  feeling,  an- 
other followed  with  the  Lord's  Prayer 
which  is  our  usuiil  order.  A  verse  was 
sung.  The  third  chapter  of  the  Goapt^l 
of  St.  Jolin  was  offered,  and  a  deacon 
brother  arose,  by  request,  and  read  it  to 
the  cougregjition.  A  ministering 
brother  then  chose    the    14th    and  15th 

rses,,  and  we  gathered  up  the  points: 

1.  A  type  of  Christ. 

2.  A  belief  in  Christ. 

3.  A  gift  from  Christ. 

Another  ministering  brother  followed 
\nth  the  i'578th  hymn  and  exhortation 
to  prayer. 

Lord  dismiss  us  'vith  thy  blessing," 
closed  the  meeting,  and  the  congregation 
was  dismissed. 

We  spent  the  afternoon  in  the  home 
of  a  dear  Christian  brother,  with  others, 
and  was  glad  to  find  them  nil  steadfast 
in  the  faith  and  looking  onward  to  a  bet- 
day.  If  we  live  here  in  sympa- 
thetic fellowship  with  one  another,  and 
contending  with  "  one  mind"  i'ov  the 
"  One  Faith,"  what  a  cheering  prospect 
we  have  of  reunion  in  heaven!  For- 
ward brethren,  forward.  Never  back- 
ward. We  may  be  translated  sooner 
than  we  think,  therefore,  let  us  be  ready 
for  it  every  day. 

OUII  EV]-:NIN(i    SKItVH  r. 

in  the  town  meeting-house  was  introduc- 
ed by  the  337th  hymn.  Two  lines, 
"The  happy  gates  of  Gospel  grace. 
Stand  open  night  ani  day," 
linger  Upon  my  memory.  How  beauti- 
ful the  figure!  How  sweet  the  delight 
with  which  our  liberated  spirits  return 
to  the  time  and  place  when  we  sought 
and  found  the"  gates  of  Gospel  gi'ace!" 
Every  one  who  has  been  "  born  again" 
can  utter  the  testimony  that  they  are 
"happy  gates,"  whose  entrance  offered 
unspeakable  happiness.  And  shall  we 
indeed  be  less  happy  now  than  when  we 
were  made  happy  in  the  beginning  of 
our  profession?  O  no.  I  ask,  was  i1 
not  obedience  to  Christ  that  gave  us  hap- 
piness at  the  "beginning?  You  agree 
with  me.  Then  if  we  be  obedient  now, 
shall  not  our  happiness  continue?  Do 
you  need  a  remedy  for  your  unhappi- 
ness?  O    dear   children    of    God!     'J'ri/ 


obedience.  "Obedience  is  better  than 
sacrifice." 

After  prayer,  a  ministering  brother 
suggested  Acts  l(j:  SO  as  contJiining  an 
appropriate  motto  ibr  the  occasion.  He 
stated  that  the  question, 

"  WTIAT  MU.ST  I   DO,  TO  UK  SAVED  ?" 

was  oneof  the  greatestimportance.  Dur- 
ing the  discussion,  we  drew  the  follow- 
ing inference: 

I.  Out  of  Christ  we  are  lost. 

II.  In  Christ  we  are  saved. 

HI.  Christ's  work  for  us,  and  oura 
for  ourselves  and  Him. 

Aftei'  the  llT^ith  hymn  was  sung,  we 
knelt  to  prayers. 

"  Once  more  before  we  part " 
was  sung  in  conclusion  and  we  were  dis- 
missed to    attend  the    cares   of  another 
week  of  toil. 

l'Klt>OXAI.. 

Last  night  at  the  meeting,  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  brother  Daniel  Zel- 
lersand  his  wife,  our  sister.  They  have 
been  visiting  some  friends  in  the"  neigh- 
borhood for  several  weeks  past,  but  in- 
tend starting  to-day  on  their  way  home 
to  Mt.  Morris  111.  May  the  smiles  of 
the  Lord  He  upon  them. 

Peace  be  upon  all  the  faithful. 
D.  B.  M. 
)V(Lj/,>fsljoi'o,  Pit.  Oct.  7. 1878. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

A  Solemn  Call— Pleasant  Drive — Closing  Exer- 
cises of  the  Sunday-school — Interesting  Ad- 
dress—The Sermon— A  Mission  of  Love — 
Quarterly  Council  —  In  the  Master's  Vine- 
yard—Lord's Day. 

(Kl..[li..utSj^l.1  r»n>.-p.l,J,-I11.] 
NUMUBK   III. 

JUST  now  the  bell  is  pealing  forth  a 
mournful  dirge,  calling  the  people 
to  assemble  in  the  church  to  show  their 
sympathy  and  lend  assistance  to  a  fond 
father  and  loving  mother  whose  hearts 
are  made  to  bleed  by  the  loss  of  a  dear 
little  child.  Pursuant  to  the  call,  we 
hastened  tothesceneof  death,  and  there 
in  a  neat,  white  burial  case,  we  found 
the  innocent  sleeper.  Falling  in  to  line, 
we  slowly  followed  after  in  the  proces- 
sion to  the  church,  there  to  mingle  our 
sorrows  with  theirs.  The  preacher  arose 
and  addressed  us  on  the  subject  of  death 
and  the  necessity  of  preparing  for  that 
solemn  event.  He  consoled  the  fond 
parents  with  the  pleasing  thought  that 
the  little  sleeper  was  now  an  inmate  of 
the  great  family  above,  as  Jesus  declar- 
ed, "for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God." 
By  the  frequent  occurrence  of  those  sol- 
emn scenes,  death  loses  its  power  upon 
the  minds  of  many,  forgetting  that  it  is 
a  reminder  of  their  own  mortality.  And 
though  they  witness  those  recurrent  . 
events  again  and  again,  thoughtlessly 
go  on  until  the  great  Reaper  cuts  them 
down  and  they  go  to  eternity  unprepar- 
ed. 

Next  morning  we  beheld  a  new  Lord's 
day,  and  a  beautiful  morning  it  was, 
with  hearts  full  of  gratitude  to  a  beni- 
ficent  Father  for  the  beauties  before  us 
and  the  happiness  to  enjoy;  we  took 
ourusual  six-mile  drive  to  theold church, 
that  hallowed  spot,  the  house  of  wor- 
ship from  our  youth,  to  again  engage  in 
the  pleasant  exercises  of  the  Sunday- 
school,  and  to  witness  the  closing  exer- 
cises of  the  Summer  session.  Had  a 
good  attendance  and  good  interest.  Were 
entertained  by  an  address  to  the  school 
by  brother  Henry  Domer,  choosing  for 
his  subject  "  The  complex  nature  oi 
man,"  and  spake  substantially  as  fol- 
lows: 

The  leading  thoughts  deduced  are, 

1,  The  physical  nature  of  man. 

2.  The  intellectual  or  mental  nature. 
:(.     The  spiritual  or  moral  nature. 


Octob  T    24. 


'X'JiK    UKKTi-IKli^N    ^VT    "VVOKIC. 


(1).  Till- physical  nature'.  This  body 
of  ouis  is  iimifr  certain  laws  and  should 
be  governml  by  them.  And  for  every 
violation  of  law,  the  body  must  he  pun- 
ished. He  maintained  that  each  of  those 
natures  should  be  developed,  and  while 
is  it  the  duty  of  the  parents  to  properly 
clothe  the  child,  it  is  also  their  duty  to 
provide  healthful  foodforthem,thattheir 
bodieamightbecome  vigorous  and  health- 
ful. 

(2).     The  intellectual  or  menial    na- 
ture.    If  the  physical  nature  of  the  child 
is  properly  developed  ns    age    advances, 
the  intellect  will   become   stronger    and 
be  prepared  for    mental    improvement. 
The  uiiud  is    the  electric   force  of  tie 
body,  and  asllie  mind  wills,  so  the  body- 
acts,  hence  the  necessity  of  propBV.  men- 
tal culture,  that  the  child  tuay    be    pre- 
pared for  higher  and  nobler  attainments. 
(3).     The  spiritual  or  moral    nature. 
This  third    step    is   equally    important, 
It  is  the  duty  of  parents  and  teachers T^o 
look  after  (he  spiritual  food  oftlie  child. 
Look  at  tlie  expenditure   for  books  and 
papers,    the    literature  of  the  country 
Howmuchunwliolesoraefood!  There  are 
books  and  papei-s,  tlie  nature,  of  which 
we  become    ashamed  of;  the  .  author,  of 
which  we  hold  in  disrepute.     But  lie  re- 
ferred his  auditors  to  a  Book'  thaf'we 
need  not  be  ashamed  of,    neither    6f  its 
Author,  and  that  is  the  Bible,  and  God 
the  Author.     He  tenderly    appealed    to 
the  parents  to  instill    the    thought.^  and 
sentiments  of  Bible  truths.iuto  the  wods 
of  their  children,  that   they    luight    be- 
come religious  and  qualified  for  a  home 
beyond.     He  also  set  forth    the    danger 
of  neglecting  our    duties,   and  by   this, 
there  was  danger  of  ruin,  both  of  p.ir- 
ei4  and  child.    In  his  closing'  remarks, 
he  replied,  that  education,  was  not,  nor 
implied  simply  to  store  the    mind    with 
facts,  but  to  be  wise,  he    must  labor  to 
become  better  and  purer,    thereby    be- 
coming holier.     After  otleriug  a  song  of 
praise,  we  dismissed  for  a  few  moments, 
and  then  re-assembled  for  the   sermon. 
After  the  usual  formula  of  the    opening 
exercises,  the  speaker  selected  from   the 
chapter  read,  "  Which  of  you   convinc 
eth  Qieof  sin!"    John  8;  4ti,  for  a  mot 
to    of  his    discourse.      His  theme   was 
the  sinless  character  of  Jesus  Christ  and 
our  relations  to  Him. 

JesuB  Christ  asked  this  question  of 
His  enemies  while  they  were  censurinj 
Him  and  vainly  endeavoring  to  bring 
Him  in  disrepute.  But  He  fearlessly 
reproves  them,  and  couiideut  of  His  pu- 
rity, he  asks  them, "  AVhicli  of  yon  con- 
vlnceth  me  of  sin?"  He  observed,  first, 
the  sinless  character  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Second,  the  importance  to  which  the 
text  may  be  applied.  The  sinless  char 
acter  of  Christ  is  determined  from  the 
nature  of  His  conception,  and  birth. 
Free  fi-om  any  taint  of  moral  defilement, 
those  of  His  intimate  associates  record 
His  truthfulness  and  purity.  And  His 
enemies  could  find  no  defects  when  Hi 
was  brought  to  trial,  and  as  He  expired 
on  the  cross,  they  smote  themselves  and 
exclaimed,  "  Truly  this  man  was  the 
Sou  of  fiod."  If  His  life  was  sinless 
and  jjure.  His  Gospel  must  be  true,  and 
hence  He  was  qualified  for  His  divine 
mission. 

The  speaker  then  appealed  to  Chris- 
tians to  become  more  Christ-like — -to  be- 
come more  assimilated  to  the  character 
of  Him,  tlie  object  of  their  worship, 
that  in  the  end  they  might  be  like  Him. 
The  closing  remarks  were  directed  to 
the  unconverted,  and  they  were  made 
to  feel,  that  in  their  preseiit  condition, 
they  had  no  claim  on  Him,  no  relations 
to  sustain  them  in    eternity,    and  hence 


would  be  cast  otf  where  hope  is  a  stran- 
ger and  where  mercy  cannot  cbme. 

Next  day  in    company    with    brother 
A.  W.  Bowers,  went  to  pay  a    visit    to 
our  brother  and  sistur.     What  a  soui-ce 
of  comfort  to  theiii  to  have  us  call    and 
see  how  they  do!     Many  live  somewhat 
lated    from    the    main    body,  and  to 
those  who  cannot  meet  with  us  often    in 
the  sanctuary,  especially  is  a  visit  much 
apjtreciated.     Found  them  in    love    and 
union  with  the  church  and  still    willing 
to  abide  by  the  instruction  of  tht    Gos 
pel  and  labor  for  a  greater  degree  of  ho- 
liness, endeavoring  to  become,  better  as 
they  grow  older.     On  Saturday  we  met 
at  the  cliuv'jli  in    quarterly    council,    as 
ouv  brethren  have  decided  long  ago    tn 
meet  once  perquavter  to  attend  to  church 
business,  .ind  as  we  soon  expect  to  hold 
our  Feast,  this  meeting    was   one  of  es- 
pecial   interest.       Considerable     nmtter 
,\yfis, brought  before  the  meeting,  but  we 
■think,  all, was,adju8ted  in  the  fear  of  God 
luui  for  the  welfaiv    of  souls.     Among 
the  good  things  of  the  meeting  in  which 
angels  participate  in  our  joy,    was,    le- 
ceivintr  members  into  the  church,    three 
by  letter  and    one  by    baptism.'  Thus 
God'  blesses,  and  His  children  wiirk.     It 
ileasure  to, us  (o  biKnv  in   the    Mas- 
incyard,  though  uur  ship  id,  temp' 
esttosstui  at  times.  QMer  the  cruel  wave; 
of  life,  yet  we  have'  received   sufticient 
Ijalbist  t-'  *te:idv  lier  tlmt  =he  moy    co 
\ln:     j,],,.  .arifc  it  is  wh. 
\y,i,->,  gut  []](<!  a  ,-lui-jii    anil    are    troulded, 
that  we  have  our  ble--wed  Jesus  the  Cap 
tain  of  our  salvation    to    command  the 
W'aves  and  say.  "  peace  be  still."     Next 
day  was   Lord's    day,  and   in    eoyipany 
with  the  brethren,  wei  went  to   Pleasant 
Kidge  church  for    divine   service^     The 
service  was  introduced    by    singing    the 
67th  hymn. 

'■  There  i^  a  ii.iiiie  I  love  tu  hear, 
I  love  to  sin?  its  wurtli." 
The  sjieaker  deliberated  mainly  upon 
the  subject  of  regeneration,  had  a  good 
hearing  and  good  attention.  Another 
of  the  ministers  present  closed  the  exer- 
cises in  the  usual  order.  Thus  the  la- 
bors of  the  past  few  weeks,  with  its 
trials,  joys  and  sorrows,  all  are  gone  to 
eternity  and  the  results  are  alone  known 
to  God.  S.  T.  B. 


necessary  ends,  is  certainly  in  a  worse 
condition  than  the  heathen  and  infidel. 
There  can  be  some  allowance  made  for 
ignorance  as  well  as  a  wild  theory;   but 

1: 


\  P.!' 


HYPOCRISY. 


liY  CU-VKLUTTK 


0 


UK  Savior  while  on  earth,  seemed  to 


the  most  atrocious  of  all  sins,  in  his  ex- 
pression of,  "  Woe  unto  you  Scribes, 
Pharisees,  hypocrites,"  enumerating  the 
various  enormities  of  which  they  were 
guilty,  proves  plainly  the  intensity  of 
his  disgust  in  regard  to  the  degrading 
.sin  of  hypocrisy.  And  we  believe  that 
every  true  follower  of  Jesus  has  the 
same  spirit,  is  actuated  by  the  same 
feelings.  In  a  measure,  they  are  fallible, 
he  was  not;  but  the  same  spirit  is  the 
predominant  principle,  for  we  are  plain 
ly  told,  "  If  ye  have  not  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  ye  are  none  of  his.*'  They  have 
the  same  dislike  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner detest  a  low,  mean  hypocrisy.  Those 
tliat  will  join  a  church  and  profess  to  be 
followers  of  Christ  purposely  to  carry 
out  some  worldly  scheme,  certainly  are 
the  most  abominable  of  God*s  creation, 
There  is  some  palliation  oi''  (l^xcuie  for 
almost  every  other  evil,  bnt  this  is  the 
most  presumptuous  sin  that  Satan  has 
l)een  able  to  invent,  one  that  M'ill  tam- 
per with  the  holiest;  a  best  gift,  God  has 
in  his  kindness  and  mercy  bestowed  up- 
on his  people.  One  that  can  deceitfully 
use  a    cloak    of  religion    to  accomplish 


that  knows  his  Master's  will,  and 
tramples  ujjon  his  mercy  and  kindness, 
how  great  is  his  sin!  We  know  that 
God  knows  every  secret  thought,  and 
his  watchful  eye  is  ever  upon  us;  we 
cannot  deceive  him  who  numbei"B  the 
very  haii-s  of  our  heads,  and  sends  daily 
and  hourly  blessings  upon  us  without 
number,  who  guides  every  beat  of  the 
heart,  every  breath  we  breathe,  is  per- 
mitted by  his  "'erciful  goodness,  and 
yet  we  will  presumptuously  stand  forth 
in  our  own  strength  and  defy  the  living 
God  by  making  usr  of  the,  greatest 
blessing  he  has  ever  bestowed  upon  us, 
the  very  means  he  has  arranged  to  bring 
us  to  him,  that  which  isinteuded  to  nlake 
us  eternally  happy.  "  Woe  unto  you 
Scribes,  Pharisees,  hypoei^ites,  for  ye  de- 
vour widows'  houses  and  for  a,  rpretense 
make  long  prayers;'  therefofc  yn  -sliall 
receive  the  greater  damitufion,"  W:- 
would  infer  from  these  woi-il.-^,  di:il  lliis 
class  of  hypocrites  are  to  be  „puQiohed 
with  more  severity  than  any  other  '  sih- 
■ner. 

Heatler,  this  look^  terrible,  but"  they 
are  the  word^  of  our  divine  Hjistei'i  ,and 
certainly ,. his  kind  and  loving  ,. nature 
must  have  been  irritated  to  the  very  ut- 
most to  draw  forth  sUeh  terrible  lan- 
guage. He  must  have  been  tortured  by 
the  very  thought  that  these  Scribes  and 
Pharisees  should  try  t-^ make  the  world 
believe  they  were  righteous,  and  yfefc 
have  in  their  hearts  sUch  cruelt}'  and 
meanness  as  to  devour  a  poor  widow's 
house,  or  in  other  words  oppress  her  or 
destroy  her  worldly  living. 

He  (ilso  accuses  them  of  shutting  np 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  against  pen 
they  will  neithei'  go  in  themselves  nor 
permit  others  to  go  in.  All  these  things 
are  still  going  on;  there  are  just  such 
people  at  the  present  dav,  and  our  Sav- 
ior sees  them  just  as  plainly  as  he  be' 
held  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  and  that 
same  warning  stands  firm  in  his  Word, 
'■AVoe  unto  you  Scribes  and  Pharisees," 
or  in  the  language  of  our  day,  "woe  un- 
to you  false  Christians,"  ye  shall  receive 
the  greater  damnation.  This  passage 
of  Scripture  should  be  read  with  em- 
phasis and  deep  thought.  There  is 
much  contained  in  these  few  verses, 
much  that  concerns  our  M'elfare  here  and 
hereafter.  The  thought  that  we  are  to 
sutler  eternal  punishment  for  the  deeds 
done  in  the  body,  is  terrible, — but  these 
are  to  receive  the  greater  damnation, 
more  excruciating,  more  enduring  suf- 
fering. 

It  is  claimed  by  some,  that  the  im- 
mortal part  of  us  cannot  sufier;  but  we 
maintain  that  it  is  the  only  part  of  us 
that  can  suft'er  when  the  soul  leaves  this 
tenement  of  clay,  the  suffering  of  the 
body  is  done,  all  of  the  sensitive  quali- 
ties of  the  body  are  gone,  both  mental- 
ly and  physically.  We  lie,  a  lifeless, 
senseless  mass  after  the  spirit  takes  its 
flight,  and  whatever  our  reward  is  to 
be  in  eternity,  will  be  meted  out  to  us. 
If  our  lives  have  been  spent  in  a  c^u 
staut  practice  of  those  virtues  which  are 
the  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  which  are  "love, 
joy,  peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness, 
goodness,  faith,  meekness  and  temper- 
ance," if  we  have  walked  in  and  been 
guided  by  the  Spirit,  then  great  will  be 
our  reward;  but  on  the  other  hand,  if 
our  life  has  been  spent  in  trying  to  make 
our  appearance  of  holiness,  and  we  are 
only  a.s  the  whited  sepulchres  that  our 
Savior  speaks  of,  that  make  a  beautiful 
outward  appearance,  but  are  within  full 


of  all  manner  of  tilthiue.'is.  Agaiin,  1 
repeat  the  Words  of  ovu'  SaVior,  "Ye 
shall  receive  the  greater  dauination.  We 
understand  "greater"  to  mean  something 
more  than  great,  that  is  exceirding  great 
to  some  degree,  and  when  it  has  refa*- 
ence  to  eternal  punishment,  it  is  awfuj 
to  contemplate.  "  Therefore  knowiiig 
the  terror  of  the  Lord,"  let  us  repent 
bet'ore  it  is  forever  too  late.  li  : ,( 

Our  blessed  and  kind  Redeem^!'  df^ 
telling  the  Jews  of  their  base  liypoerifiiea 
and  pointing  out  the  wickedness  of  their 
conduct,  addresse-s  them  intheiiiostayia? 
pathetic  manner, "  Jerusalem,  Jcni'^tfl'fecJ, 
how  often  would  I  have  gatiicre(T-.you 
together  as  a  hen  gathereth  her  cKicli'- 
eus  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not." 
Yes,  all  that  will  turn  unto  him ;  he  will 
gather  them  together  and  shield  "lilitM 
from  the  snares  of  the  \vicked  one,  and 
his  nun^erous  enemies,  aud  lovingly  pro- 
tect them  under  his  wings  of  Ip  ve  .ftOtti- 
the  cold  bliists  of  adversity.  We  may 
rrist  assured  if  we  go  to  him  'eiiPneftly 
lid  sincerely,  trusting  ill  his  jtiei-dy,''^ 
will  take  us  safely  through'  this'i^Si^HI 
and  laml  us  seonrtly  on,  the  ..Qtliufi^iide 
of  the  Jordan  of  death.      '      -  jiir<  l»,  Jouu 


,  RULES  FOR  PARENTS;^  "''«"' 

1.  First  give  yoursejf,  ,thenj'|,jy;^af 
child,  to  God.  It  is  but  giving  hjni|4fs 
own.    Not  to  do  it,  is  robbing  (i(^d./.  .hj 

2.  Always  prefer  \-irt\](-  to  \\-i';ilth — 
tiie  honor  that  come?  t'vin  il<  A  In' 'the 
hpnoi- that  comes  fruui  m'ji-  ,  JJoft)^ 
for  yourself.  ■    Do  it  for  youriichild,.;  inw 

3.  Let  your  whole  course  be  io  tsrise 
your  child  to  a  high  standard.  Do  pot 
sink  into  childishness  yourself.       ,  ^,.^,j; 

i  4.  Give  no  needless  commaudsvibut 
when  you  (command,  re([uire  prompt 
obedience.  '  '      '  ' 

5.  Never  indulge  a  child  in  cruelty, 
even  to  an  insect.  '  .  , , 

6.  Cultivate  a  .tympathy  with  your 
child  in  all  lawful  joys  and  .sorrowsi 

7.  Be  sure  that  you  nevej-  tiorKci'  a 
child  until  you  know  that  hd  deserves 
eorrecEion.     Hear  its  story  first  and  £til- 

ly- 

8.  Never  allow  your  child  to  whine 
or  fret,  or  to  bear  gi'iidges. 

9.  Early  inculcate  frankness,  candor, 
generosity,  magnanimity,  pafci'iotism  and 
self-denial. 

10.  The  knowledge  and  fear  of  the 
Lord  are  the  beginning  of  wisdom. 

11.  Never  mortify  the  ieelings  of 
your  child  by  upbraiding  it  with  dull- 
ness, neither  inspire  it  with  self-couceit. 

WHAT  BECOMES  OF  THEM? 

HAT  becomes  of  the  sons  of  men 
who  according  to  the  ways  of 
the  world,  are  considered  successful  I  A 
few  establishments  are  in  the  hands  of 
the  sons  of  the  founders,  but  they  are 
the  exceptions. 

"  Do  you  see  that  man  shoveling  coaU 
Well,  his  children,  aud  children  like  his, 
will  justle  youi'  i)anipered  sons  and  rule 
the  land,"  said  an  old  man  the  other 
day.  The  famed  men  of  the  day  ,  sel- 
dom have  a  lineal  successor.  The  em- 
inent jurists  carry  their  honors  with 
them  to  their  grave.  The  funds  of  mer- 
chant princes  are  soon  squandered.  The 
rea.son  iS  clear.  The  fathers  laid  the 
basis  o(  the  business  one  way  and'  the 
sons  built  another.  Men  who  etirned 
their  fortunes  by  hm-d  work,  by  dili- 
gence; that  Were  their  own  book-keep- 
ers, salesmen,  cashiers,  and  otWn  portera, 
are  followed  by  sous  who  do  u.s  little  as 
possible;  who  delegate  to  others  all  the 
work  they  can,  and  who  know  more  of 
the  road  than  of  the  ledger. 


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By  iin  oversight  Bro.  Uo\io'^  uci-oiuit  of  thi 
tovo-teast  wns  missed  liist  week.  It  will  be 
fiHind  in  tliis  issue. 


OvEit  3,GO0  deaths  have  bcpu  caused  by  the 
yellow  f.^ver    at   New    Orleans   since  the   C 
mencemcnt  of  the  plague. 


Missouri  alone  (where  Ihe  Fluii  is  ll1lbli^he(i), 
about  fifty  miniators.  fayingnotliiiig  (ihniitotli- 
;r  Stat«3  contnining  many  titue*<  mure.  We 
have  iu  the  Uuited  Stale-,  abmit  1.6i"tO  ministers. 
ii(K)  concregdliiins — many  <|f  them  very  large— 
not  f;ir  from  one  huWrlreil  thou-and  uiem- 
I,     We  uHk  the  Fth-j  t(i  p leasee  correct. 


The  rainy  weather  int"  il'ered  some  with  Bro. 
Gibson's, nieetinKS  al.  Sh.iminn  lust  week,  yet 
the  congregations  were  goorl  and  the  iuterest 
excellent.  Four  were  add-d  to  the  ehurch  by 
baptism:  .iOlher  enpaffRmeiite  prevented  na 
from  attending  more  than  one  of  liis  meetings. 
His  manner  of  preaching  is  instructive  and 
pointed,  contiuuing  many  carefully  shiditd  ar- 
gnmeuts  and  criticisms. 


Our  subscribers  cJin  always  tell  when  their 
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that  the  time  of  Hubscription  expires  January  1, 
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A  COPY  of  the  Mennonite  Almanac  has  just 
been  received  from  J.  F.  Funk  S:  Brother,  Elk- 
hart, Ind.  It  presentsan  attractive  appearance, 
and  is  well  filled  with  useful  mutter  and  some 
good  illustrations. 

The  interest  in  the  Danish  mission  field  is 
increfising,  and  prospects  brightening  up  quite 
encouragingly.  Brother  Hope  writes  that  his 
congregations  -are  large,  and  attention  good. 
They  now  have  three  ministers,  and  one  deacon. 


It  is  gratifying  to  note  that  the  PriitiUni 
Christian  has  concluded  to  dispense  with  secu- 
laradvertisem.'uts  after  this  year.  This  will  be 
a  source  of  pleasure  to  its  readers.  We  believe 
the  Bretiihkn  at  Work  was  the  first  weekly 
among  us,  starting  out  on  that  principle,  and 
find  that  it  gives  such  general  satisfaction 
that  we  have  about  concluded  not  to  devote 
much  space  to  advertising  even  our  own  books 
and  pamphlets,  but  advertise  them  mostly  by 
means  of  a  supplement.  By  so  doing  we  can 
give  more  space  to  reading  matter. 


ha.s  now  entered  into  active  service  again  and 
will  labor  right  along  all  Winter,  if  his  health 
permits.  His  appointments  in  Ohio  begin  at 
Maple  Grove  church,  Wayne  Co.,  Nov.  2lKt,  7 
P.m.  He  is  now  preaching  nt Shannon.  May 
success  attend  his  work.  \ 


From  Brother  Daniel  V  animan  wo  have  re- 
ceived I'opii'd  of  the  Minutes  of  their  latt?  Dis- 
trict. Meeting.  We  make  the  following  extract: 
'■  Will  the  district  meeting  of  Southern  District 
of  111.',  agree  to  t^ike  the  little  band  of  brethren 
and  sisters  in  Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  under  their 
care  and  render  them  such  assistance  as  may  be 
necessary  to  build  them  up  in  the  good  work  of 
the  Lord?  Axs.  Yes,  and  brother  John  Metz- 
ger  is  hereby  appointed  to  take  the  oversight  of 
them,  and  call  upon  other  elders  to  assist  him 
when  necessarj"." 


Last  Tuesday  and  Wednc'divv  we  attended 
the  Fcist  at  Yellow  Creek,  some  14  miles  uorth 
ofLsnark.  It  rained  all  of  the  first  day,  and 
part  of  the  second.     Owing  to  the  condition  of 

the  weather,  the  crowd  wil%  small,  but  the  meet- 
ing a  good  one;  it  wa.^  an  enjoyable  season.  A 
number  of  ministers  were  inattendanqf.  Wm. 
Eiseiibise,  a  promising  young  brother,  was 
elected  to  the  ministry.  May  ho  prove  an  effi- 
cient workman  in  the  Master's  vineyard. 

Bkothbk  S.  7,.  Sharii,  writing  from  hie  old 
home  at  Maryville,  Tenn.,  anys:  "  I  lefl  Ash- 
land, Ohio,  on  September  30th,  and  reached 
home  October  4tb.  Saw  some  of  the  effecls  of 
the  yelliiw  fever  on  iny  way.  and  I  assure  thi 
iiberiil  be.irted  t'nut  their  donations  will  not 
comi-  amiss.  Traveli'd  in  all,  over  three  thous^ 
and  miles  and  in  nine  Stales.  Wils  iiuiversally 
well  received  by  the  Brethren,  for  which  many 
thanks.  Made  some  harrow  escaiws  which 
prov-?s  liow  uncert;iin  i^Iife.  OurLovn-roiistoii 
theStb,  JVgood  uini  reliv.Oiing  meeting.  Two 
precious  sl'uIs  receivi-d.  iJro.  Detweilcr  ndvaiic- 
ed  to  the  second  degn-c  in  the  ministry.,.  ^Vll 
.  well,  thanks  10  kind  Froviih™ce."  ,'  ' 

BuoTHtm  D.  C.  Mnomuw  in  spending  some 
time  in  New  York  City.  He  suggests  f.hat 
sume  of  the  Biethri-n  attend  the  iililK'niiium 
Conference  to  be'  held  in  that  city,  Oct.  30th, 
when  a  nnmher  of  ministera  expect  to  meet  and 
discuss  the  secdnd' coming;  of  Christ.  'Stephen 
H,  Tyng, .  juu.,  Mr.'  Moody,  and  othGrs'ave-'es- 
pttcted  to  take  part  in  it.  Thirty  jc|ira  ago  the 
interest  in  the  immediiitenes.s  of  the  expected 
coming  of  Christ  grew-to  the  propprtiona  of  ti 
wide-spread  excitement,  attended  with  some  fol- 
lies and  disasters,  but  now  the  question  is  re- 
ceiving the  attention  of  many  sober  thinkers 
and  the  discussion  will  likely  thro,w.  some  li^ht 
on  the  subject. 


WHif.E  attending  a  Love-feast,  some  time  ago, 
we  observed,  thnt  during  feet-washing  a  sister 
superintended  each  basin  among  the  sisters,  and 
thus  avoidoded  the  confusion  frequently  attend- 
ing this  part  of  the  services  where  the  house  is 
crowded.  The  iden  was  a  good  one,  and  is  en- 
titled to  the  attention  of  all  large  congregations. 
This  duty  belongs  to  the  wives  of  the  officials, 
and  they  should  feel  themselves  at  liberty  to 
look  after  and  take  charge  of  such  matters 
among  the  sisters.  While  thus  acting  they 
need  not  feel  out  of  place,  but  rather  regard  it 
;ls  a  duty  to  do  so. 

Broihf.k  Hope,  in  speaking  of  their  late  Love- 
feast  says:  "After  the  examination  was  over, 
liberty  was  given  to  all  for  prayer,  and  the  lib- 
erty was  taken  by  a  number  of  brethren  and 
sisters.  The  sisters  prayed  for  their  hnahands, 
children,  friends  and  foea.  It  produced  quite  an 
ellect.  Tears  were  shed  and  sobbing  was  hi 
on  every  side.  I  generally  study  carefully  the 
prayers  tliat  God's  people  ofl'er,  as  I  do  not  be- 
lieve iu  so  many  words,  and  perhaps  after  all 
not  tell  God  our  rerti  wants,  but  the  pruyera 
this  occasion  were  not  so.  They  were  so  heart- 
felt and  full  of  faith  that  I  felt  great  blessings 
would  flijw  from  it."  The  part  the  Danish  sis- 
ters take  iu  examination  services  is  commenda- 
ble, and  should  engage  the  attention  of  our 
American  sisters  alsO.' 


WiiE^  Saul  heard  the  daughters  of  Jerusa- 
lem sing  that  Sanl  has  slain  his  thousands  and 
David  his  tens  of  thousands,  it  wa.s  more  than 
he  could  stand.  It  was  giving  David  more  hon- 
or than  himself  and  that  he  could  not  endure. 
His  heart  was  too  corrupt.  It  is  safe  to  con- 
elude  that^ull  the  Sauls  are  not  dead  yet;  there' 
are  certain  men  who  cannot  bearto  haveothers 
get  more  honor  than  themselves.  Such  i 
may  rest  assured  that  the  Lord  has  a  David 
somewhere  who,  though  chosen  from  the  lower 
walks  of  life,  will  one  day  take  their  place. 

TnEan  is  not  much  danger  of  some  men  turn- 
ing the  world  upside  down.  Like  a  meteor, 
they  may  appear  very  brilliant  at  first,  but  soon 
sink  to  oblivion.  You  need  not  become  alarm- 
ed at  such  things;  they  repeat  themselves  every 
few  years,  make  a  ripple  and  then  disappear  for 
season.  Good,  solid  and  substantial  men  have 
and  will  continue  to  stand.  They  pay  about 
much  attention  to  these  little  ripples  as  the 
moon  does  to  a  lightning  bug.  Their  move- 
ments may  not  be  very  fast;  they  may  not  make 
ery  mueh  noise,  but  like  the  steady,  hard-work- 
ing men  in  the  tunnel  under  the  mountain — 
they  will  get  through  after  awhile. 

SiiiTusiKQ  my  brother  would  striken  large 
rock  twenty-four  times  with  a  heavy  hummer 
and  not  break  it,  and  while  he  wils  resting,  I 
would  strike  it  one  heavy  blow  and  it  would  fall 
to  pieces;  would  you  not  think  I  had  done  won- 
ders y  Yet  if  it  had  not  been  for  my  brother's 
work  I  might  pound  away  for  hours  and  not 
aiiect  the  ro.'k.  Ministers  will  please  analyze 
this  carefully  before  boasting  of  their  work. 
Paul  may  plant,  Apoltos  water,  but  God  must 
give  the  increase.  Remember,  we  are  laborers 
together;  some  plant  and  others  reap,  but  God 
will  reward  every  man  according  to  his  work. 
Then  do  not  boast,  but  do  what  yon  can  and  let 
the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  order  the  trumpet 
sounded.  ^^^^^^^_^ 

LANARK  SURROUNDINGS. 


THK  chi 
mem 


■I 


*■  The  DunkariLs  had  twenty-six  years  rtffo  hi  the 
nnitediStates  but  eijjUl  siuall  cliurchea  and  the 
ministers.  Xow  they  roijoil  one  liimdred  and  lif- 
tMn  chui-chen,  and  one  liiuiilreil  and  thirty  nilnis- 
ters.  with  one  hundred  jiiul  twenty-live  -Sunday- 
scliODla  and  twelve  buuilred  (iiid  sixtj^-ciglit  teach- 
■rs," 

The  above  is  an  editorial  item  clipped  from 
the  Baptist  Balltf  Flag,  and  contains  errors 
which  the  editors  of  that  paper  certainly  ought 
to  know  is  incorrect.     Wo  have  in  the  Stflte  of 


"^VB.Jtnow  a  curtain  preacher  among  the 
Br'ithreu,   who  spends  all   his  time   preaching 

d  talking  to  the  people.  He  works  with  the 
peojde  a  good  deal  like  fishermen  do  with  the 
lish-  He  talks  to  them  on  religmn,  oudeavor- 
iu^  toifork  \ip  an  interest,  itijd  then  fries  to  get 
them  to  subscribe  for  the  BasTniiES'  .vx  WoiiK, 
if  oiily  for  a  few  months,  ktiowing,  that  if  he 
can  get  them  lo  read  about  the  Brethren,  he  ctn 
kei'p  Dp  the  interest,  but  if  they  will  not  sub 
scribe,  then  he  frequently  pays  for  the  paper  a 
few  inouths,  and  has  it  .sent  to,  such  of  these 
persons  a^i  he  thinks  will  be  benotited  by  it. 
By  tl(ia  method  he  reaches  some  who  could  not; 
he  rescued  in  any  other  way.  liemember, 
preacheifi  are  fishermen,  and  if  they  would  suc- 
ceed, fhey  must  contrive  many  ways  to  get  the 
fish  lo  cume  within  reach  of  the  Gospel  net. 
When  working  for  the  Lord  do  not  despise 
small  things. 

Brotkiik  Bashor  has  returned  from  his  visit 
among  tlie  Brethren  in  Southern  Illinois.  He 
expresses  himself  as  highly  pleased  with  his  trip; 
reports  good  meetings,  much  kindness  shown 
him  by  the  members,  and  souls  added  to  the 
numlier  of  the  saved.  Bro.  B,  says,  "  If  all  ■ 
profess  the  name  of  Christ,  would  display  their 
zeal  for  the  Ma-stor's  cause,  by  licinri  out  their 
prol'f.j^ion  at)  thcjje  brethren  do,  the  name  of  our 
people  would  be  Brethren  indeed."  We  always 
knew  that  our  Brethren  down  there  loved  the 
Lord,  afld  that  i^   why  wo  love  them.     Bro.  B, 


hurch  at  Lanark  consists  uf  about  115 
members,  scattered  over  a  small  territory 
four  miles  long  and  three  miles  wide.  Theyi 
have  a  plain,  but  commodious  meeting-house 
standing  on  a  beautiful  elevation  in  the  south 
partof  the  city.  We  have  preaching  every  Sun- 
day night,  and  every  alternate  Sunday  at  ten. 
Our  Sunday-school  is  at  3  o'clock.  All  the  ofli- 
cera  and  teachers  in  the  school  are  members. 
The  .meetings  and  school  are  largely  attended 
by  the  the  town  people  as  well  as  those  from 
the  country. 

Three  miles  north  of  Lanark  is  the  Cherry 
Grove  meeting-house,  where  thore  is  a  lal-ge 
body  of  members.  Seven  miles  west  of  the 
Cherry  Grovehouseis  the  Arnold's  Grove  ehurch 
This  is  the.oldest  congregation  iu  this  part  of 
the  country.  They  have  another  house  of 
ship  in  the  city  of  Mt.  Carroll,  eight  miles  west 
of  Lanark.  About  sis  miles  south-west  of  Mt. 
Carroll  is  the  Hickory  Grove  house. 

Seven  miles  north-east  of  Lanark  is  Shannon, 
in  which  place  the  Brethren  have  a  good  house. 
Ten  miles  south  is  the  Dutchtown  meeting- 
house. By  this  it  will  be  seen  that  we  are  e 
tirely  slirrounded  by  large  bodies  of  membei 
■There  are  thirteen  meeting-houses  ivithin  a  half 
day's  drive  of  our  office,  and  not  leas  than  twen- 
ty-one ministers  within  ten  miles.  Outside  of 
the  towns  the  Brethren  have  the  entire  influ- 
ence in  this  part  of  the  country,  and  are  rapidly 
gaining  good  foot-hold  in  the  towns.  There 
are  about  05  members  living  in  Lanark,  includ- 
ing two  ministers  and  four  deacons. 

Tlie '  above  is   given  for  the  satisfaction   of 
those  who  wish  to  know  more  of  our  Hurround- 
ings.     Our  people  may  rest  a.ssured  that  we  are 
surrounded  with  very  desirable   influences,  and  I  their  prolession. 
good  counsellors.  [  right. 


OUR  REASON  FOR  NOT   TRAVEL- 
ING MORE 

SOME  of  our  readers  think  we  ought  to  devot* 
more  lime  to  traveling  and  preaching  in 
other  parts  of  the  brotherhood,  und  many  are 
the  solicitations  we  receive  to  come  and  hold 
meeting.  This  we  would  gladly  do,  were  it  in 
our  power,  am)  wo  thought  it  for  the  best;  but 
it  shonld  be  remembered,  that  the  editing  of  a 
weekly  paper  is  no  small  matter,  and  that  it  is 
our  duty  to  keep  a  careful  watch  over  its  con- 
tents. Our  business,  as  editors,  is  an  important 
one,  and  needs  our  constant  atteiition.  At  the 
least  estimate  we  have  not  less  than  thirty-Bve 
thousand  readers,  who  nmsl  be  supplied*  with 
the  iH'st  readuig  matter  we  con  procure.  It  will 
not  do,  nor  is  it  safe,  for  us  lo  neglect  such  an 
important  work.  Just  think,  gentle  reader,  of 
addressing  an  audience  of  35,0(10  people  every 
week;  what  a  vast  congregation!  What  an 
opportunity  for  accomplishing  good  and  mould- 
ing sentiment*! 

We  want  to  make  the  Brethren  at  Work 
interesting  and  reliable,  and  in  order  to  do  so, 
mnat  neglect  traveling  very  extensively.  We 
do  not  want  an  article  to  go  into  the  paper  he- 
fore  we  have  read  it;  this  point  wants  to  be 
watched  with  great  care.  .\nd  then,  brethren 
and  sisters,  you  all  know  that  the  closer  a  man 
sticks  to  his  business  the  better  work  he  can  do. 
Our  business  is  to  give  you  a  good  paper — a  pa- 
per that  will  be  worth  reading,  and  one  that 
you  will  not  be  ashamed  to  hand  to  your 
neighbors. 

We  could  enjoy  ourselves  with  you  finely. 
^  It  would  be  a  source  of  great  ]ileasure  to  us,  hut 
duty  demands  that  we  attend  to  our  editorial 
duties  with  great  care,  and  with  an  eye  single 
to  the  good  of  the  cause.  We  will  certainly 
strain  every  nerve  to  do  good  and  spread  the 
truth,  but  as  a  traveling  preacher  do  not  expect 
too  much  of  us.  We  will  do  all  at  it  we  possi- 
bly can,  but  our  vast  congregation  of  readers 
demands  special  attention;  and  to  them  and  the 
cause  we  feel  ourselves  under  much  and  many 
obligations.  May  God  help  and  bless  all  of  na 
in  our  efforts  at  doing  good,  and  spreading  ihe 
truth  for  the  salvation  of  others. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  we  have  scoree 
of  faithful  ministers  who  are  willing  to  lake  the 
field  and  labor  earnestly  in  the  interest  of  the 
great  cause — converting  sinners  and  building 
up  the  church.  Their  work  is  a  noble  one,  and 
God  bless  them  in  it.  And  while  they  thus  la- 
we  will  do  our  utmost  to  supply  the  con- 
verts and  chnrches  with  suitable  reading,  that 
their  minds  rniy  ba  kept  constantly  exercised 
in  that  which  will  tend  largely  to  thJ  devilop- 
ment  of  their  spiritual  uaturaJ,  and  by  so  doin^ 
we  assist  each  other  in  the  one  common  calling. 


Ik  this  issue  is  published  two  speeches  of  the 
debate.  Herealter  there  ivill  be  but  one  each 
week.  ^ 

Brother  Bashor's  address  will  be,  from  the 
2Gthiust.,tothelOthofNov.,at  Winchester,  0. 
in  care  of  Wm.  Scott.  He  begins  labors  at 
Boston,  Wayne  Co.,  Ind.  this  week  to  continue 
only  a  few  evenings. 


Bkotheu  D.  B.  Gibson  has  closed  his  lahors 
in  Northern  II!.,  for  the  priaent.  and  now  re- 
turns to  his  home  in  Mo.,  where  he  lyjll  rernain 
a  few  montlis  prepavatory  to  returning  here  to 
fill  other  calls  in  this  part  of  the  State.  The 
climate  here  is  congenial  to  his  constitution; 
his  health  is  better  than  it  has  been  for  years. 

Some  people  say  they  know  things  they  can- 
not t«ll.  We  don't  knowabout  that,but  of  one 
thing  we  are  certain:  There  are  plenty  of  per- 
sons who- tell  things  they  do  not  know,  and 
these  are  the  ones  who  generally  make  the  most 
trouble.  ^ 

What  is  the  use  of  fretting  over  what  people 
say  about  you.  Scandal  hurts  the  person  who 
deals  in  it  the  worst  If  you  are  innocent,  re- 
joice that  the  reports  are  fake,  but  take  heed 
that  they  do  not  come  true.  The  best  way  t» 
get  rid  of  tattlers,  i."  to  treat  them  with  silent 
contempt.  If  left  alone,  they  will  die  of  them- 
selves. • 

This  thing  of  holding  high,  pure  principles, 
and  then  living  on  low  ones,  is  the  worst  of 
Christian  inconsistency.  Men's  theories  of 
morality  and  right  are  generally  good  enough, 
but  their  practices  are  often  deplorable.  There 
few  men  whose  practice  is  not  worse  than 
It   ia  a  nice  thingito  be  just 


October    24 


THE    BBETE:EE.^.r    AT    "WORK:. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  PEBATE. 

Prop,  Ist — Tunker  {or  Brethren)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Bi kilo  Characteristic;!  which  eatttle 
them  to  bo  reirdriled  as  Cliurohes  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN,  affirms, 
D.  B.  RAY,  denies. 
J.  W.  Stbijj's  Second  Akkirmativk. 

MY  frienrtthiuks  because  our  brethren  organ- 
ized thi'iunelves  they  cnnnot  be  churches 
of  Christ.  Can  he  mention  one  church  since 
those  pliiuted  by  apostles,  not  sc^-orgnnized 
under  the  supervision  of  iminxpircil  men?  Has 
\\p  shown  fchiit  our  churches  have  not  been  or- 
giiiii^^d  under  the  inrtuence  of  inspired  teach- 
ing? or  thftt  their  teaching  and  practice  iloes 
not  accord  with  "  the  perfect  law  of  liberty?" 
Bro,  Moore's  information  about  the  Brethren 
not  knowing  there  was  a  Baptist  church  in  es- 
istence  in  1708,  is  from  J.  Newton  Brown,  an 
iimiiiHietiliviiled  Baptist  statement.  'Bro.  B.  R 
Mooraaw,  ol  Va.,  better  informed  about  this 
than  Mr.  Brown,  says  of  the  Swartxenau  organ- 
i'Mitiou:  "In  their  investigations  tliey  visited 
diii'crent  congregations  of  Baptist^j  (Mennonites) 
in  Germany,  who  admitted  that  baptism  by  im- 
mersion was  indeed  right,  but  also  maintained 
that  pouring,  &c.,  would  do  very  well,  provided 
qU  else  was  right.  To  this  they  could  not  agree, 
conseijuently  they  had  to  stand  alone."  Letter 
dut«d  May  4,  1874. 

When  my  friend  tt-uches  that  the  Brethren 
do  uot  require  saving  faith  after  repentance  or 
make  repeutiince  o»li/  a  change  of  life  and  con- 
duct, reject  regeneration  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
receive  persona  to  memberahi])  upon  a  faith  in- 
licjicndent  of  repentance,  teach  that  there  is  no 
repentance  in  order  to  faith,  that  repentance 
does  not  affect  the  mind  and  heart,  S:c.,  he  is 
enliri-iy  iiicroriert.  We  teach,  aa  he  showed 
from  Bro.  Moore,  that  a  degree  of  faith  urecede:^ 
and  is  iiiYf.s.sci  ri/  to  repentance.  Heb.  11:6. 
We  also  teach  there  can  be  no  saving  faith 
without  reiwntance.  The  representatives  of 
our  general  brotherhood  in  council  say:  "  Per- 
sons should  in  the  first  place  be  taught  in  the 
principles  of  the  Gospel  and  then  be  baptized 
on  their  faith  shoiriiiij  fuiih  fniits  of  rejieiil- 
aiKC."  "  To  receive  applicants  for  baptism  it  is 
rtiTessiii-ij  that  there  should  be  aelf-hioirledtje, 
repentinm  and  faith.''  Minutes  of  Annual 
Meetings  of  1835, 11, 1853, 42.  This  is  our  order. 
Bro.  Nead,  of  Ohio,  who  was  many  years  a  coun- 
sellor in  our  general  meetings,  says:  "  We  be- 
lieve most  sincerely  in  heart-felt  religiO)i." 
Wisdom  and  power  of  God, 251.  "By  thisiicic 
creature  we  understand  that  the  heart  or  affec- 
tions, inclination  and  enjoyment  of  the  believer 
are  become  new.  *  *  In  regeneration  the 
believer  is  a  partaker  of  the  divine  uatiirp  and 
hence  is  spiritually  minded;  the  love  of  God 
being  shed  abroad  in  his  heart  by  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Ibid.  318.  "  Repentance  is  one  of  the 
lirst  preparations  to  Christianity."  Ibid.  223. 
"  AIL  must  be  truly  sensible  of  sin  and  its  dam- 
nable nature  in  order  to  be  regenerated.''  Ibid. 
222.  "The  sinner  being  truly  sensible  of  his 
lo.1t  and  undone  state  is  ein-sir/c."  Ibid.  221. 
"The  penitent  will  uot  only  be  sorry  for  his 
sins,  but  will  make  eoufession  to  God."  Ibid. 
225.  "  When  the  taste  of  the  bitterness  of  sin 
turns  the  appeliln  from  H,  that  is  un  cvlilfncc 
that  our  sorrow  is  a  yodli/  sorroir  which  work- 
eth  repentance  not  to  be  repented  of.  '-  But 
with  all  our  sorrow  and  confession,  if  there  he 
no  (iiitoidtiu-nl  or  re  formal  ioii  of  li/r,  our  repent- 
ance is  not  perfect."  Ibid.  226.  "  The  peni- 
tent Riuiknow  whether  he  has  perfectly  repented 
or  not;  if  he  is  willing  to  forsake  and  renounce 
all  the  Works  of  the  flesh  and  submit  or  be  sub- 
ject to  the  word  and  ivill  of  God,  he  of  course 
will  not  resbt  the  spirit  of  sioption."  Ibid. 
241.  "It is  not  enough  that  we  repent  toward 
God,  but  that  we  also  have  faith  in  Jeaus  Christ." 
Ibid.  237.  "  He  must  believe  in  Christ,  and  to 
this  end  he  should  be  fervently  engaeed  in  pray- 
er to  God  for  grace  and  the  assistance  of  the 
Spirit  that  he  might  make  a  complete  surrender 
of  himself  into  the  bauds  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Ibid.  240.  241.  Are  these  the  qualifi 
cations  of  a  carnal  membership?"  Do  they  nol 
accord  perfectly  with  the  statements  of  my  first 
athrmative?  Here  I  assert  without  fear  of  snc- 
cetisful  contradiction,  that  a  rrpenianct,  faith 
mid  change  of  heart,  no  tnore  thorough  than  my 
friend  aecepts  as  an  asbubakcb  of  pardon  and 
eternal  life,  irould  hy  no  meam  qualify  one  for 
baptism  among  Ihe  Brethren. 


4th  chiiracteri.itlr  and  my  first  reason  under 
t  continued.  My  friend  sajs  I  "  make  baptism 
the  Savior  "  and  teach  "  baptismal  salvation." 
Do  I  make  rejientanre  and  faith  Saviors  and 
teach  "  repentance  salvation,"  and  "  faith  salva- 
tion" also  because  I  regard  them  aa  means  of 
pardon?  We  do  not  teach  that  water  itself 
washes  awav  sins,  but  God  remits  them  in  bap- 
tism through  faith.  How  did  he  wash  away 
N.iaman's  leprosy  in  Jordan?  2  Kings  5:  S-14, 
or  one's  blindness  in  Siloam?  John  fl:  7.  Were 
they  "^  liternlly   irashed  awuij   by   water,"  like 

dust  from  the  hands?  "  Was  uot  their  wash- 
ing made  a  condition  of  their  healing?  Had 
they  neglected  to  wash  would  God  have  healed 
them?  Respecting  this  part  of  the  Gospel  my 
friend  is  an  impenitent  unbelierer  with  more  con- 
tempt for  it  than  Naaman  had  for  the  prophet's 
orders  before  his  servants'  remonstrances.  He 
denounces  it  as  " /i/n.yi/ipmoKs  Afrcvi/"  and  jus- 
tifies the  charge  because  Bro,  Moore  said, "  It  is 
a  simple  fitet  that  a  man  can  be  baptized  into 
Christ."  Bro.  Moore  only  said  "canbe,"&c. 
Bro.  Paul,  that  old,  inspired  veteran  of  the  cross, 
said  we  "  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ." 
You  "?inif  i^Mi  baptized  into  Christ."  Uom. 
3;  Gal.  W:  27.  Was  that  "blasphemous?" 
My  friend  thinks  such  as  believe  "born  of  wa- 
ter, washing  of  water,"  &c.,  refer  to  baptism,  are 

moon  struck"  and  have"  dropsy  of  the  brain.'" 
That  only  shows  the  absence  of  argument,  let 
alone  the  spirit  of  Christ.  I  have  drawn  argu- 
ments on  the  design  of  baptism  from  twelve 
plain  passages  of  Scripture  which  he  has  utter- 
ly failed  to  meet.  I  admit  that  by  not  appre- 
hending the  absolute  force  of  the  word  "  csnen- 
tial  "  some  brethren  employ  it  where  it  does  not 
convey  their  real  -meaning.  It  is  only  a  mis- 
take, however,  in  selecting  words  which  the 
best  men  make.  We  hold  one  absolute  essential 
ti/  stdration,i.  e.,t)xe  sorereigii  purpose  of  Goi 
n  Christ  and  the  Holy  Spirit's  work.  Bro. 
Nead  says.  "  The  atonement  places  the  human 
family  in  a  salvable  state  and  will  save  all  that 
die  before  they  are  capable  of  making  use  of  the 
means  appointed  to  orercome  the  depravity  of 
human  nature,"  Wisdom  and  Power  of  God, 
214,  215.  This  is  the  doctrine  of  our  churches 
and  shows  that  we  hold  neither  repentance, 
faith  nor  baptism  as  absolute   ei^sentlals   to  sal- 

ation,  but  as  instrumental  mediums  through 
which  we  accept  remission  only  where  God  re- 
quires them.  Does  this  send  infants  to  torment? 
But  my  friend  brings  up  the  thief.  The  exam- 
ple however  is  irrelevant  to  our  position.  Ina- 
bility to  do  a  thing  represents  a  case  entirely 
unparallel  to  refused  or  neglected  ability  to  do 
Does  the  salvation  of  an  infaut incapable  of 
repentance  and  faith  prove  that  an  impenitent 
unbeliever  can  be  saved  without  them?  While 
a  testator  lives  he  does  as  lie  pleases  with  his 
own,  but  alter  his  decease  his  e.vecutors  cannot 
depart  from  the  specifications  of  his  will  with- 
out exposing  themselves  to  the  penalty  of  uu- 
luithfuluess.  See  (not  the  thief,  nor  woman, 
but)  Matt.  28:  10;  Mark  16:  16.  But  believers 
have  eternal  life,  &c.  We  believe  this  most  sin- 
;crely.  "  Behevers,"  like  "  saints,"  "  brethren," 
&c.,  is  a  New  Testament  name  for  baptized 
church  members.  1  Tiui.  4:  12.  Faith  alone 
is  dead.     Jos.  3;  21.     Christ  said   to  some  who 

mply  '■  bi-lievtd,"  "  Ye  uie  of  your  father,  the 
devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your  I'lither  ye  will  do." 
J.ohu  8:  31,  44.  "  Among  the  chief  rulers  also 
many  believed  on  him,  but  because  of  the  Phar- 
isees they  did  not  confess  him,  lest  they  should 
be  put  out  of  the  synagogue,  for  bbey  loved  the 
praise  of  men  more  thau  the  praise  of  God." 
John  12:  42,  43.  If  tiiith  alone  saves,'  these 
rulei-s  were  saved.  They  "believed  on  him" 
(episteuaan  eis  aulon).  What  lacked  they? 
They  had  not  confessed  him,  hud  not  put  him 
on  by  baptism.  They  loved  the  synagogue  bet- 
ter than  fellowship  with  the  despised  Nazarenes, 
the  praise  of  men  more  thiui  the  praise  of  God. 
Were  they  pardoneil? — saved?  Jesus  luiswers, 
"  Whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  me  and  my 
words  in  this  adulterou-i  and  sinful  generation, 
of  him  also  shall  the  Sun  of  Man  bo  ashamed 
when  he  comes  in  the  glory  of  his  Father  with 
the  holy  angels.''     Mark  8:  38. 

Faith  then  mu^ft  be  vitali'A'd  by  subjection 
to  Christ's  yoke.  "  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
uameof  the  Lord  shall  besaved."  Rom.  10: 13, 
Here  salvation  is  conditioned  on  calling  on  the 
Uume  of  the  Lord.  It  says  nothing  about  re- 
pentance, faith,  conversion,  &c.  Does  it  there- 
fore promise  salvation  without  them?  Would 
I  not  such  a  conclusion  be  us   rationid   us  deduc- 


tions which  exclude  baptism  from  passages  which 
only  mention  faith?  Ts  not  subjection  to  au- 
thority a  condition  of  conjidence  and  trust? 
Can  one  confide  in  a  government  for  protection 
from  which  he  withholds  obedience?  Can  be 
who  neglecta  to  plow,  appropriate  by  faith 
God's  promise  of  "seed  time  and  harvest?" 
Gen.  S:  22.  Could  the  pentecostians  havebe- 
lievcd-all  tliat,Pe{er  preached,  without  believ- 
ing they  had  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized"  "'  for 
the  remission  of  sins?"  Would  not  a  neglect 
of  baptism  havoloft  them  destitute  of  faith  un- 
to salvation?  Was  it  not  in  that  typical  bap- 
tism that  Israel  realized  Go<l's  temporal  salva- 
tion? Exod.  14:  13, 15,  22-30.  Was  it  not 
the  divinely  appointed  moans  through  which 
their  faith  received  the  blessing  and  was  per- 
fected? vs.  10-12,  31.  Would  their  faith  have 
saved  them  without  it?  My  fi'iend  nmkes  bap- 
tism essential  to  membership  in  the  church  of 
Jesus  Christ."  Text  Book  on  Campbellism, 
p.  253.  Is  there  one  way  to  get  into  "the  Head." 
and  another  to  get  into  "  the  body?"  Kph.  1 : 
23,  23;Col.  1:  24.  Are  we  made  "  temples  of 
the  Holy  Spirit "  by  one  process?  1  Cor  6;  19, 
and  parts  of  "God's  temple"  and  "habitation" 
by  another?  1  Cor.  3: 16,  17;  Eph.  2:  22.  Can 
one  bo  connected  with  "the"//ei7rf"  and  not 
'■the  members?" — "the  vine,"  and  not  ''the 
"branches?"  Can  he  get  into  "the  Head"  and 
not  be  in  "the  body" — or  in  "the  vine"  and  not 
be  "a  branch?"  Can  he'be /r'fi(7//i/ saved  with- 
out becoming  a  part  of  "the  body?" — "the 
Brida?" — "the  Lnnib's  wife?" 


WHY  HE  MISSES  MEETING, 

A  GENTLEMAN  asked  the  editor  of  the 
Christian  Inder,  why  one  of  his  membeni 
cely  ever  attended  conference  meetings,  is 
only  now  luid  then  at  regular  preaching,  yet 
rarely  ever  misses  a  meeting  of  his  Masonic 
lodge?  The  editor  aptly  answers:  "Certainly 
we  can  tell.  The  brother  loves  his  lodge  better 
than  he  does  his  church.  If  it  were  otherwise, 
is  conduct  would  be  difl'erent.  The  brother  is 
either  not  a  genuine  Christian,  or  hi"  has  become 
so  cold  in  his  love  for  Jesus,  that  it  would  puz- 
',le  him  lo  tell  if  he  loved  at  all.  The  church 
owes  a  duty  to  that  brother.  They  ought  to 
discipline  him,  and  either  open  his  eyes  to  his 
sin  and  neglect,  or  that  be  is  not  a  Christian. 
He  either  ought  to  amend  his  ways,  or,  like  an 
honest  man,  admit  that  he  is  unfit  for  member- 
ship in  the  church  of  Christ.  '  He  that  loveth 
father  or  mother  more  than  me  is  not  worthy 
of  me,'  said  the  Savior;  how  much  more,  then, 
is  he  unworthy  who  lovcfch  a  Masonic  lodge 
more  than  the  church  of  Christ." 


A  POINTED  ANSWER, 

IT  is  not  everybody  that  is  adapted  to  answer 
u  fool  according  to  his  folly,  but  some  men 
have  a  particular  tact  fur  making  some  people 
swallow  their  own  logic,  and  then  digest  it. 
Here  is  an  instance: 

Among  our  agents  is  :a  preacher,  who  has  a 
good  way  of  usefully  employing  odd  moments. 
If.  during  his  travels,  he  has  to  lay  over  at  a 
town  an  hour  or  so,  he  goes  to  the  Bible  Depos- 
itory, get«  an  urmlul  of  Bibles  and  Testament* 
aiid  puts  in  liis  time  selling  tliem'at  co.sfc.  On 
a  certain  occasion,  while  thus  euguged,  he  had 
but  one  bouk  left,  and  that  was  a  iargc  Testa- 
ment; seeiug  a  group  of  niwi  standing  on  the 
.■itreet  conversing  interestingly,  (tor  there  was  a 
big  Camphtllitc  meeting  tlieri.'  that  day),  he 
approachi'd  them  and  said,  "Geu(|emen,  Lam 
selling  Testaments  and  have  but}. mio  left,  and 
would  like  to  sell  it  to  one  of  you.  ,  It. is  a.good 
book;  tells  all  about  faith;  n-piuitance,  baptism, 
feet- washing,  the  Loi^s  supp'U',  tbetoraniuiiinii. 
the  ki'O  of  charity,  anointing  the  sick  with  oil, 
non-conformity,  and  the  doctrine  of  nou-resist,- 
ance."  "  Well;''  says  a  Compbellite  preacher 
who  chanced  to  be  in  the  group.  "  I  loii't  know 
about  feet- washing."  "It  is  iliere,"  says  the 
brother,  "  But,"  continued  the  Campbellite, 
"in  ancient  times  people  wore  sandals,  got  their 
feet  soiled  by  traveling  through  tli.-  dust,  and 
hence  the  custom  of  feet-washiug — it  was  to 
cleanse  the  feet."  "  Yes,"  says  the  iirother,  "  I 
see  clearly  now.  So  then  we  would  infer  that 
the  people  got  their  bodies  dirty  and  had  to  get 
baptized  to  cleanse  the  body,  hence  the  custom 
of  baptizing— it  was  to  cleanse  the  bo'ly."  Just 
then  something  within  reminded  tb-i  preacher 
that  he  had  business  elsewhere  and  d  d  not  stop 
I  to  eiplain,  while  onr  agent  went  on  his  way. 


Men  and  women  who  puzzle  their  brains,  en- 
deavoring to  contrive  a  way  to  get  ok/ of  troub- 
le, might  have  saved  themselves  much  paJn  had 
they  devoted  half  (hat  much  time  trying  to 
A-fif;i  out  of  trouble.  An  ounce  of  preventative 
is  worth  more  than  a  pound  of  cure. 

It  is  said  that  in  the  United  States  there  are 
over  400,000  more  men  engaged  in  the  liquor 
business  than  in  preaching  the  Gospel,  and 
teaching  the  youth.'  This  startling  fact  isalarm- 
ing,  It  is  also  worthy  of  note,  that  these  liquor 
men — the  devil's  instruments  of  destruction — 
are  generally  well  supported.  That  may  seem 
good  in  this  world,  but  woe  unto  them  in  that 
to  come.  The  blood  of  millions  of  abused  wives 
and  forsaken  children  will  cry  out  against  them. 


It  is  said  that  short-hand  writing  wos  prac- 
ticed by  the  ancient  Egyptians  and  Greeks.  Ah 
early  as  150  years  before  Christ,  the  Greeks  had 
18,0i)0  marks,  representing  that  many  different 
words.  It  is  therefore  easy  to  account  for  some 
of  the  ancient  sermons  aud  orations  that  have 
come  down  to  our  lime. 


Parents  should  exercise  great  care  regarding 
whatthey  talk  about  before  their  children.  The 
bud  habit  of  talking  about  the  church  and  its 
members  has  sent  many  precious  souls  to  ever- 
lasting destruction.  In  this  way  children  often 
have  the  seed  ol  infidelity  planted  in  their  little 
hearts,  they  conclude  the  whole  church  is  cor- 
rupt, and  her  members  hypocrites,  and  conse- 
quently the  Bible  false,  all  because  their  parents 
did  not  observe  proper  caution  when  talking  in 
their  presence.  If  a  member  has  committ-ed  a 
grave  fault,  or  your  neighbor  has  done  you  a 
greaL  wrong,  it  is  best  not  to  talk  of  it  before 
your  children.  The  more  of  snch  things  chil- 
dren he,ir,  the  more  they  ponder  over  them  and 
begin  harboring  evil  thoughts,  which,  if  culti- 
vated, will  afterwards  ripen  into  evil  actions. 

Fatukhs  and  mothers,  take  your  children  to 
meeting — let  them  become  acquainted  with  the 
usages  of  the  church,  and  now  and  then  they 
will  gather  up  a  few  Gospel  crumbs  that  will 
afford  them  considerable  nourishment.  Treat 
them  with  kindness,  regarding  all  their  inqui- 
ries respecting  religion  and  Bible  information 
generally.  By  so  doing  they  may  be  brought 
into  the  church  early,  and  grow  up  in  the 
church,  thus  beciming  strong  and  useful  mem- 
bers. A  little  care  in  this  way  upon  the  part 
of  parents  would  add  much  to  the  strength  of 
the  church  and  salvation  of  souls. 


A  coaR>:spo>Ji)EKT  writes  us  of  a  poor  member  ■ 
who,  living  isolated  from  the  church,  has  not 
been  able  to  attend  a  Love-feast  foreleven  years, 
Such  cases  should  be  carefully  looked  after,  and 
if  members  are  too  poor  to  visit  some  eongreg*-- 
lion  where  a  b'east  is  held,  the  church  ought  to 
see  to  it,  that  a  little  Feast  be  held  ivith  such 
members,  and  thus  give  them  an  opportunity  to 
occasionally  commune.  Besides  being  a  great 
benefit  to  isolated  members,  it  will  afford  an  ex- 
cellent opportunity  of  setting  the  Gospel  exam- 
ple before  many,  who  otherwise  would  never 
have  an  opportunity  to  hear  the  Gospel  preach- 
t^d  in  its  primitive  purity.  In  this  way  many 
influential  congregations  might  be  built  up. 


ll^imiiiesji  Woiiccs* 


O.VanjijcltlD,  Lrlpii',  Uhlo, 1.0» 

m.  T.  H.ai..™M,  DmiliirJi.  0., 7» 

W.Ch  Tcol-f. -. .ts 

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Total  loi.l'N r .IU.n 

pnlilfQioulDr  Ibftlvvii  runil: 

Wm.  J.Kiiller,N»IXinhrKK.ii, |m 

J^ftib  StlllM,JlcOimib,0hlo, IM 

Wm.  DoHlln.OQBklrli.Oble. I A 

Rolwn  FlliiD.OIWsDianrH,  MlB., IM 

Jnc.  smlui.wiiIuUrr,  Wii..  .- l.M 

Ino,  Tliomiion,  Biit«(Vj,M(., IM 

rn-ilcimlT -il"liarK-} IS.O* 

Ti.Niiioii.i- .ram 

fonnpi  nt  tba  ntian  r^  ttiott  onlj  mht  IriTI   ■pprwUU   tha   pHptl* 
and  An  tint  Arf  Ft  ta  doiutv  tnmeUilBff  la  Ut»  F^Qil 


TtlE    BHIi^TPHrtK^^    ^T    AVOHKl. 


October    -i-i 


<|u^  %ihk  4,\nH§. 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  7'ongiu  Can  Tell." 

This  dppartrarnl  ia  .lt4i]iiml  for  fukioB  anJ  nnswering 
Bible  qiifJli'ifH,  iirnl  for  ilii'  .i"liirii)n  of  Scripluml  difficiil- 


Please  e\iil:iiii  llev.  20:  IS,  U,  nml  pve  us  an  in- 
ilght  iuto  them.  J.  M.  RiDEXOmi. 

WlUsoniixmB  pleasu  givt  information  concern- 
ing I  John  8 : 8, 0, 10  V  W.  II.  MiLLER. 

Please  tcH  me  wlio  tb:it  man  Wiis,  I'aiil  spoke 
of  iu  2  Cor.  12: 2,  tliat  wns  ciiught  up  to  tlie  tliirU 
beavoQ.  Samuel  Crist. 

WUl  some  brother  give  na  an  article  on  the  fol- 
lowing: '■  Ho  tlmt  is  lejwt  in  the  kingdom  o£  heav- 
en i*  greali/r  fli^iii  lie?"  11.  !I.  MEYEns. 

Ple^iso  '^\iil,uii -Jml  Tho33.  2;  Q.  It  readethus: 
"  Even  hiui,  « liiisu  coining  is  after  the  working  of 
Satan  wilh  all  power  ami  aigUB  antl  lying  ivonilcrs. 

M,  C.  CZIOAXB. 

Please  give  an  exi'lanation  of  Matt.  21:  2;  also 
Mark  n ;  2.  Do  both  mean  the  same  V  If  so,  what 
is  meant  by  the  ass  tie<l  and  llie  colt  with  her;  loose 
themmid  bring  them  nnto  moV  Did  ho  ride  both, 
or  onlv  the  colt  >  I.  H.  Ciust. 


I'l. 


turn  of  the    following 
II  ■■!  i.UhI,  doth  not  com- 
.  Ill  in  him,  and  he  can- 
.ii  Uod."    i.Jijbn3:ii. 
MOLLIK  Umkauoii. 


Will  tin;  HUKTUliliX    AT  IVOBK,  • 

its  in  any  H'lulris,  i-x|il:iiri  ii  U-w  <. 


ume  one  uf 
I'ssions  that 
Ihnrdavl;  In 


wheiigivJiiL:  th   ■  ■  ■   ■  i  ■  .    ■  i.i-i  Un'  Lord  In 

'■bless"  thai  i..«.(i  ■.\i..i.i  111  I1.1:.  AliL.iuj  Ut^sedV 
Secondly, ,(Esi,t,i)i-oiiei  topiay  "for  the.sake|Of  Je- 
sus," when  Jesus  has  done  all  for  our  sake? 

n.  F.■il:ltT- 
Please  give  nsyour  viewson  til.  ■■  .i.i.L-i  ■.•l\ 
of  hj  Paiilin  1  Cor,  11;  also  tt-ll  ■  ■  .■.  1  ■  j  .\  ■  ii 
that  head  is,,  the  .women  di.-ili'-i-  -  1  ■<■  :< 
or  prophesying  with  hyr  bead  um. .  ■,  ■. "  -1,  '."■: '  th" 
married  and  nnmittrieil 'j*  Uy  doing  su  yuii  may  do 
a  good  work  fui-  some  of  our  membere  out  here  in 
the  far  West  aiul  oblige  David  Biiower. 

1.  Ple:iae  give  your  views  on  Luke  10:  4.  "Car- 
ry neither  purse,  iior.wrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

2.  Also  Matt.  23:  0:  "And  call  no  man  your 
fiithci-  npun  theeavtb:  for  one  is  your  father  which 

3.  Also  1  Cor.  7 ;  30 :  "  The  wife  is  bound  by  the 
law  as  long  its  ber  husband  livcth ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will ;  only  in  the  Lord." 

Emma  Fisher. 


CHURCH  FESTIVALS. 

IF  ever  there  was  a  time  when  angels  were 
caused  to  weep,  it  is  now.  If  ever  there 
was  a  time  when  the  religion  of  Jesus  wia  trail- 
ed in  the  dust,  this  is  that  time.  In  places 
where  but  a  few  mouths  ago  were  heard  the 
songs  of  praise  and  the  shouts,  of  new  born  souls 
into  the  kingdom  ol  the  blessed  Jesus,  now 
rings  out  the  merry  laugh,  now  ate  witnessed 
fun  and  flirt.  Saint  and  sinner  are  all  one. 
"  Come  out  from  the  world  and  \te  ye  separate" 
has  lort  its  solemnily.  The  words  Qf  .Jesus  ha?e 
long  since  died  away,  which  he  spoke  when  he 
went  iuto  bis  holy  temple  and  found  them  sell- 
ing i-heep  and  oxen,  mailing  merchandise  of  his 
house.  "  My  house  .shall  be  called  of  nil  nations 
u  house  of  prayer,  but  ye  have  made  it  a  den  of 
thieves."  It  has  ever  hecn  a  standing  rule  in 
the  church  of  God  to  look  upon  church  festivals 
and  church  suppers  as  immoral  or  irreligioiiB, 
and  detrimental  to  the  cause  of  God.  It  is  sim- 
ply siij-ing  that  God  is  not  able  to  carry  on  his 
own  work  in  his  own  way,  and  we  must  call  in 
the  devil  to  aid  the  Lord's  work.  Trust  me, 
says  Jesus,  and  I  will  pour  you  out  a  blessing 
that  ye  shall  not  he  able  to  contain.  But  the 
stomach  now  ia  the  leading  principle.  Once  it 
was  the  brain.  Once  Christians  would  sooner 
have  lost  a  right  arm  than  desecrate  the  solemn 
house  of  God,  but  now  it  is  done  with  impunity. 
That  house  that  was  solemnly  set  apart  for  no 
other  purpose  than  worship  is  now  desecrated 
by  strawherry  festivals,  oyster  suppers,  courting, 
kissing  and  such  like.  Ah!  my  Ood,(  canst 
thou  close  thine  eyes  and  ears,  to  see  thy  house 
and  thy  case  turned  to  a  barter  and  sale  shop. 
Come,  Lord,  witb  thy  small  cords,  and  lash  these 
hideous  monsters  out  and  take  possession  once 
more  of  the  house  and  hearts  of  those  who  have 
so  dishonored  thee,  and  who  have  trailed  thy 
glory  in  the  dust.  Oh,  angel  of  mercy,  come 
back,  come  back;  take  not  thine  everlasting 
flight.  As  it  was  in  the  days  of  Noah,  so  Klml! 
it  be  in  the  coming  of  the  Sou  of  man.  What 
did  they  do?  Just  what  they  are  doing  now — 
eating  ami  drinking,  in  place  of  fasting  and 
prayer;  serving  the  world  in   place  of  Jesus; 


laughing  at  God,  mocking  at  religion,  turning 
God's  temples  into  drinking  saloons  and  eating 
houses.     "  Come  Lord  Jesus,  oh,  come  eiuickly." 


NOT  THE  JEWISH  PASSOVER. 
E.  W.  I'FOCTZ. 

I  SEE  in  a  late  No.  of  your  paper,  a  notice 
editorially,  of  a  hook  on  the  subject  of  the 
Lord's  Supper,  and  as  this  is  perhaps  the  fea- 
ture that  distinguishes  the  Brethren  from  most 
Protestant  denominations,  and  as  the  common 
error  is  to  confound  it  with  the  Jewish  Passover. 
I  feel  a  desire  to  offer  a  few  thoughts,  to  show 
that  the  difference  between  the  twoinatilutions 
is  so  wide,  that  it  would  he  more  pertinent  to 
inquire  iu  what  points  they  agree,  than  iu  what 
points  they  differ. 

In  Exodus  12:8-11,  we  read  as  follows:  "And 
tl)py  shall  eat  it  in  that  night,  roast  %yith  fire, 
and  unleavened  bread,  and  with  bitter  herbs 
shall  they  eiit  it.  Eat  not  of  it  raw,  nor  sodden 
at  all  with  water,  butroastmtli  fire.  And  thus 
shall  ye  eat  it;  with  your  loins  gii-ded,  your 
shoes  on  your  feet,  and  your  staff  in  yourhand; 
and  ye  shall  eat  it  in  haste."  Now  compare 
tliat  with  themanner  in  which  the  Lord  Jesus 
ate  His  last  Slipper  with  His  disciples.  Their 
supper  was  not  prepai-ed  without  water;  for 
Christ  "dipped  a  Pop."  They  did  not  have 
their  loins  girt  abont,  that  is,  prepared  for'trav- 
eling;  for  they  were  resting  after  a  journey. 
They  did  not  have  their  shoes  on  their  feet,  for 
they  had  just  removed  them  to  attend  to  feot- 
washing.  They  did  not  eaMt  with  their  staves 
in  their  hands,  and  in  a  sfaiidinK  position. 
Neither  din  they  eat  it  irt"lia'(e.  N6w  if  the 
Lord  had  kept  the  ,Tewish  Passover  with  His 
disciples.  He  would  have  kept  it  in  .accordaDce 
with  the  law  as  given  by  Moses;  or  He  would 
have  been  a  transgressor;  to  say  nothinfr  of 
the  discrepancy  in  the  time  of  keeping  it.  It  is 
true  Christ  said,  "  With  de.-ire  I  have  desired  to 
eat  (his  pa.ssover,"  (not  the  passover).  It  icasn 
passover,  not  the  Jewish,  hxii  a  passofcr  from 
the  Old  fo  the  Xetc  Dispensation,  and  typical  of 
the  great  Supper  to  which  the  people  of  God 
will  sit  down  in  their  heavenly  home,  when 
Christ  Himself  will  serve  them.  Whether  it 
has  the  force  of  a  command  each  one  can  decide 
for  himself;  my  object  is  to  prove  that  it  is  not 
the  Jewish  Passover.  I  leave  the  unprejudiced 
reader  to  judge  whether  I  have  succeeded. 


TO  THE  YOUNG. 

BV  KlIMEltT  KSHKl.U.VN. 

AS  I  am  alone  this  pleasant  afternoon,  I  have 
a  desire  to  pen  a  few  Hues  concerning  the 
eternal  interest  of  the  young  and  rising  geuera- 
tion.  Dear  young  friends,  when  I  take  but  a 
glance  of  the  situation  wherein  I  was  once 
placed,  it  makes  me  greatly  sympathize  with  you 
who  are  sporting,  iis  it  were,  on  the  brink  of 
destruction,  and  yet  remain  unmoved,  while  be- 
fore you  is  that  yawning  abyss  which,  unless 
you  stop  your  headlong  career,  will  engulf  you 
in  in  eternal  ruin.  Oh!  then  in  the  name  of 
love  and  mercy  stop  and  consider  before  it  is 
forever  too  late,  for  the  wages  of  sin  is  death. 
!  have  just  begun  life's  rucged  journey,  but 
have  accepted  Jesus  as  my  Captain,  and  in  all 
my  trials  and  temptations  I  can  rely  upon  Him 
for  care  and  protection.  Will  you  not  enlist 
and  obtain  that  bounty  which  all  His  followers 
receive  when  this  warfare  is  ended — that  of  eter- 
nal lil'e'f'  If  you  could  but  know  of  the  bitter 
tears  that  your  kind  parents  shed  in  your  behalf, 
and  the  prayers  that  a-scend  to  a  throne  of  grace, 
that  you  may  be  spared  so  as  to  prepare  for  that 
heavenly  home  which  outshines  the  radiant  sun. 
And  this,  0,  sinner,  may  be  ihine;  for  Jesus 
suffered  and  died,  that  we,  through  His  death 
and  sutlering,  might  be  .saved.  "To-day  if  you 
hear  my  voice,  harden  not  your  hearts." 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

BY  KLLEN  SPIGI.EU. 

"BriuK  no  more  vain  oblations;  incense  is  ah 
abomination  unto  me;  the  new  moons  and, Sahhiiths, 
the  calling  of  assemblies,  Icamiotuway  with;  it  is 
iniiiuity,  even  the  solemn  meeting.  Your  new- 
moons  and  your  appointed  feasts  my  soul  hateth: 
they  are  a  Lrouhlc  nolo  mo;  lam  weary  to  hear 
them.'— Isaiah  l;  i;i,  14. 

IF  it  were  possible  for  God'n  people,  in  a  for- 
mer day,  to  fall  into  this  evil  practice,  is  it 
not  to-day?  True,  wo  have  more  preaching, 
more  money  given  to  have  the  Gospel  preached 
to  sinners,  but  do  we  havu  the  "  living  epistles, 
known  and  read  of  all  men,"  that  we  should 
have?  No,  we  do  not.  We  may  worship  God 
in  a  form  and  our  hearts  be  far  from  Him.  Too 
many   of  us   are   worshiping   our  houses,  our 


children,  and  worldly  things  in  general.  We 
do  not  present  our  bodies  "u  living  sacrifice 
holy  and  acceptable  unto  the  Lord."  When  we 
speak  of  these  things,  our  friends  will  say,  "  0, 
it  is  not  in  dress — the  plain  ones  do  the  worst 
crimes."  So  some  of  them  do  commit  the  gross- 
est sius,  but  that  does  not  make  the  commands 
of  God  of  none  etlect,  or  justify  us  in  wrong 
doing.  We  will  not  have  to  .inswer  for  the 
sins  of  others  farther  than  our  influence  over 
them  has  been,  but  we  will  have  to  answer  for 
the  sins  which  we  ourselves  commit. 

Says  another,  "  This  little  don't  matter — it  is 
right  to  make  home  pleasant  with  flowers,  for 
they  are  God's  own  creation.  It  ia  right  to  have 
music,  for  there  is  music  in  heaven.  It  is  right 
to  have  beautiful  carpets,  for  just  see  how  God 
has  colored  the  birds  and  butterflies."  I  could 
name  many  more  excuses  for  au  indulgence  of 
human  depravity,  but  would  suggest  that  we 
should  not  run  too  much  alter  the  things  which 
make  us  cheerful.  Jf  we  are  true  Ohristinus 
we  will  be  cheerful  in  visiting  the  poor  and  .sick 
and  distressed. 


LOVE. 


■.  n,  I.SESBA(i(lK!i, 


AS  this  subject  has  been  written  6n  so  much 
it  may  be  supposed  to  he  exhausted,  but  as 
"  God  is  love,"  we  feel  there  is  an  inexhaustible 
fountain  from  which  to  draw. 

Christ  says,  "  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  com- 
mandments." How  careful  we  should  be  to  love 
oui-  blessed  Master.  One  asks,  "  What  are  His 
commaudmenfH?  "  The  fii-st  commandment  is 
to  love  our  God  with  all  our  heart,  and  with  all 
our  soul,  and  with  all  our  mind,  and  with  all 
our  strength.  And  second,  we  shall  love  our 
neighbor  as  ourself     Mark'  l5:.30,  31. 

We  do  not  have  love  enough  among  us.  The 
Master  says,  "  If  ye  despise  one  of  these  little 
ones  ye  can  in  no  wise  be  mydisciplf."  We  go 
to  church  and  see  "au  upper  class"  who  will 
not  notice  the  poor  aud  humble.i  Is  that  love? 
No.  0  brethren,  this  should  not  be.  Then 
come,  brethren  in  the  family  of  God,  be  not 
high-niinded,  have  love  one  for  another  and  God 
will  be  plea.sed  aud  bless  us  here  on  earth. 

Christ  says,  wt  shall  love  our  enemies.  Do 
we  observe  that?  I  am  afraid  very  few  do.  If 
we  would  read  as  we  ought  to  do,  we  would  have 
no  time  to  hate  our  enemies.  How  can  wc  servo 
God  and  hate  our  brethren? 


TIME  IS  SHORT. 

Blf  JENNIE  MYKltS. 

WHEN  we  thiuk  of  days  that  are  past  and 
gone,  it  seems  but  a  dream.  Year  after 
year  rolls  away,  and  we  are  ha-steuiug  to  our 
long  home.  Time  is  so  precious  that  there  is 
never  but  one  moment  in  the  world  at  once,  and 
that  is  always  taken  away  before  another  is  giv- 
en. 0,  how  careful  we  should  be,  and  not  idle 
away  our  time.  Yes,  those  golden  moments, 
that  in  childhood's  days  are  so  often  spent  in 
vain.  One  by  one  we  are  passing  away.  Young 
friends  don't  think  because  you  are  young  that 
your  life  is  long,  for  you  may  be  called  away  in 
your  youth,  aud  how  sad  to  think  of  it,  if  uot 
prepared.  Then  let  us  walk  in  the  footsteps  of 
Jesus,  He  says,  "  They  that  aeek  me  early  shall , 
find  me."  He  will  lead  us  through  this  life  and 
laud  us  on  the  other  shore,  where  we  can  meet 
those  who  have  gone  before  and  be  forever  with 
the  Lord. 

0  give  unto  Jesus  your  earliest  days; 
They  only  are  blessed  who  walk  in  His  ways. 
In  life  and  in  death  He  will  still  be  your  friend, 
i''or  whom  Jesus  loves  He  loves  to  the  end. 


SHOW. 


rpHE  world  is  crazy  for  show 


There  ia  uot 
one  perhaps  in  a  thousand  who  darea  fall 
back  ou  his  real,  simple  self  for  power  to  get 
tbroufih  the  world,  and  exact  enjoyment  as  he 
goes  along.  There  is  no  end  to  the  aping,  the 
mimicry,  the  false  airs  and  the  superficial  airs. 
It  requires  rare  courage,  we  admit,  to  live  up  to 
one's  enlightened  convictions  in  these  days. 
Unless  you  consent  to  join  in  the  general  cheat, 
there  is  no  room  for  you  among  the  great  mob 
of  pretenders.  If  a  man  desires  t^j  live  within 
his  means,  and  is  resolute  in  his  purpose  not  to 
appear  more  than  he  really  is,  let  him  be  ap- 
plauded. There  is  something  fresh  and  invig- 
orating in  such  an  example,  nni  we  should 
honor  and  uphold  such  a  plan  wilh  all  the  en- 
ergy in  our  power. 


Bah  habit-s  are  the  thisth'S  of  the  heart,  and 
very  indulgence  of  them  is  a  seed  from  which 
fill  spring  a  new  crop  of  weeds. 


^itmf)   4  fnttrt^at 


— Choi-kra  has  appeared  and  is  increaring  in 
Spain. 

— UuRiSG  the  first  three  months  of  this  year 
2,341  horses  were  killed  in  Paris  for  food. 

— TuKRE  are  more  than  200,000  Jews  in  the 
United  States,  80,000  of  whom  reside  in  New 
York-. 

— An  earthquake  atMontefalcOtin  a  province 
of  Umbria,  Italy,  has  rendered  US  houses  un- 
inhabitable. 

— Tub  Primitive  Methodiat-s  of  England, 
during  the  past  year,  raised  missionary  money 
to  the  measure  uf  nearly  one  dollar  per  member, 

or  about  §150,000! 

— Octoheii  2,  aix  blocks  of  business  houses  in 
Palestine,  Texas,  were  burned.  The  loss  is  es- 
timatod  at  §60,000  including  §40,000  in  stocks; 
insurance  vihont  §20,000. 

— The  Baptists  are  making  rapid  headway 
among  the  Swedes.  They  now  have  in  Siveden 
253  churcliGs.  13.733  members,  2,470  having 
been  received  during  the  past  year,  by  baptism, 

■^— New  York  city  is  alwnya  grand  in  its  char- 
ities; its  citizens  have  thus  tar  contributed  iu 
aid  of  the  yellow  feversufferers,  the  magnificent 

sum  of  S3C3,()0(.l,   and  contributions  are  still 
coming  in  liberally. 

— The  Seventh- Day  Adventista  are  uot  afraid 
to  undertake  big  tasks.  There  are  les.3  than 
twenty  thousand  of  them,  yet  they  propose  to 
raise  §100,000  in  two  yeara  for  missionary  work 
to  Great  Britain. 

— Dt'RiSQ  the  past  year  the  Old  Catholics  iu 
Sivitzerlaud  have  increoseil  from  10,000  to  20,- 
OUU.  The  prospects  of  that  church  in  Switzer- 
land are  considered  luorc  favorable  than  iu  any 
.other  country  in  Europe. 

— The  chaplain  in  charge  of  the  Tombs  in 
New  York,  mentions  in  his  report  the  fact, 'that 
out  of  1,030  incarcerated  there,  under' fourteru 
years  of  ngc,  a  little  over  20(1  werti  Protestants 
uud  over  SOO.were  Roman  Catholics. 

— A  siSGLt;  factory  in  Redditch,  England, 
turns  out  between  6,000,000  and  7,000,000  nee- 
dles each  week,  or  about  350,000,000  a  year. 
which  ia  equal  to  one-fourth  of  the  population 
of  the  globe. 

— A  .SERiora  insurrection  has  broken  out  in 
the  Danish  We-st  Indian  Island  of  Santa  Cruz, 
The  insurgent  negroes  have  captured  and  de- 
stroj'ed  the  town  of  Fredericksted.  Many  plan- 
tations  have  been  pillaged  and  the  owners 
murdered. 

— Five  large  buildings  have  been  put  up  at 
Bristol,  England,  at  a  cost  of  8575,000,  for  Mr. 
Mailer's  Orphunoge.  There  ia  now  accommo- 
dations for  2,050  orphans.  Th&  la.at  year  was 
commenced  with  a  balance  of  §1,875,  and  the 
end  of  the  year  showed  that  an  income  had  been 
received  during  its  coneae  of  no  less  than  §207,- 
500. 

— Tiu:  Mennoiiites  are  increasing  rapidly  Iu 
Nt-braska,  Kansas  and  Minnesota,  owing  chiefly 
to  the  immigratiou  of  the  Russian  Mennonites, 
who  are  allowed  by  the  Russian  Government 
until  1880  to  leave  Russia  to  avoid  militaiy  en- 
listment. There  are  about  70,000  of  this  sect 
in  America,  about  one-tenth  of  them  In  Canada, 

— Jekus.vlkm, — The  Holy  city  has  had  anoth- 
er visitation  of  locusts,  being  the  second  time 
this  year  that  Jerusalem  has  been  infested  by 
these  destructive  insects.  Great  consternation 
prevails  among  the  inhabitants,  who  remember 
the  great  devastation  caused  by  the  locusts  dur^: 
ing  their  first  visitation.  Should  they  commit 
any  serioua  injury  in  the  fields,  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  the  prices  of  articles  of  food  will  again  rise 
to  a  considerable  extent. 

— .\  CDRREai'oSDENT  writing  to  the  lutei' 
(kcini  regarding  the  origiu  of  Sunday- schools, 
saya:  "Having  been  connected  with  these 
schools  since  1S19,  (I  am  now  72  years  of  age), 
and  having  of  late  years  devoted  much  time  and 
attention  to  their  histor}'.  I  am  able  to  give  ad- 
ditional information  as  to  their  origin,  progress, 
aud  influence.  So  early  as  1584  St.  Charlei 
Boromeo,  Cardinal  Archbishop  of  Milan,  estab- 
lished Sunday-schools  in  every  part  of  his  large 
diocepe.  These  Schools  are  still  in  operation, 
and  were  visited  last  year  by  Dr.  Egglestun,  who 
gives  an  account  of  his  visit  in  Ihe  Suntlay 
School  Tiiiu^,  for  Sept.  29,  1877.  Others  had 
collected  the  children  of  the  poor  on  Sundays 
in  various  parts  of  England,  and  one  or  more 
in  this  country  previous  to  the  year  1781  {not 
178;t,  as  stated  in  your  paper),  when  Robt. 
Roikes  l>egan  his  schoola. 


Oofoher    '^'1 


TME   UPcKTHREjNT    AT   WOKIC 


CO  R  RESPO  K  D  E  N  C  E. 


From  Bethel  Church,  Carleton,  Neb. 

OUIl  Communion  and  tfiat  of  Mie  Wliif'.' 
Rock  church,  Kansas,  ure  in  the  pnst.— 
The  hrt'threii  of  Bethel  church  lield  their  Com- 
munion five  uiih:s  Norlh  of  Ciirkton.  on  tha 
farm  of  brother  HoUinger.  He  has  just  ereel- 
L'd  a  new  house  and  as  we  hnv<;  no  meeting- 
house, we  have  to  do  the  next  bust.  We  hud  a 
board  teut  built  against  Uro.  Holsinger's  houMC, 
which  wna  (|uite  comfortable. 

Ourlmeeting  was  on  the  14th  and  ISth  of 
Sept  On  the  11th  inst.,brother  William  Pierce, 
u  speaker,  with  his  wife,  Ciime  from  Bealricf, 
bringing  with  them  elders  Henry  Bnihaker  o' 
Bealrice,  NebraMku.  aud  S.  C.  Stump  of  Falii 
City,  Nebraska.  Oh,  how  it  strengthens  us 
when  our  eldera  come,  visit  us,  attend  our  coun- 
cils, advise,  and  instruct  us!  Onr  council  was 
on  the  12th.  Bro.  H.  P.  Brinkworlh,  who 
cently  arrived  froui  Englaud,  Wiis  present  at 
our  council.  I  forgot  to  mention  that  brother 
Shick,  another  miuister  from  Beatrice,  was 
with  us,  and  the  above  mcutioucd  m 
were  all  the  strange  ones  until  Sunday  m 
when  brother  N.  C.  Workman  from  Iowa,  his 
brother,  a  minister,  jmd  brother  Shafer,  arrived. 
On  Monday  they  resumed  their  journey  West, 
with  the  intention  of  locating  a  colony.  May 
the  Lord  be  with  them  mth  His  pi^tecting 
mercy  and  assisting  grace. 

On  Saturday  night  we  observed  the  holy  or- 
dinances of  the  Lord's  house.  I  think  I  never 
Eaw  better  oi-der  among  the  members,  as  well  as 
our  dear  neighbors.  During  the  time  that  we 
■were  partaking  of  those  sacred  emblems — the 
holy  Eucharist,  I  never  saw  a  belter  feeling 
manifested,  many  tears  were  shed,  and  there 
were  many  audible  sobs,  which  plainly  shoived 
how  they  realized  these  sacred  privileges  and 
commands.  There  was  quite  a  number  who 
had  but  lately  enlisted  under  the  blood-stained 
biinner  of  King  Emmanuel  and  never  before 
engaged  in  this  blessed  Keast.  I  pray  that  they 
may  be  spiritually  strengthened  in  this  holy 
warfare.  Our  praying  will  do  no  good  unless 
we  conquer  at  last.  I  heard  a  dear  sister  say, 
who  had  lately  entered  the  fold,  J  have  been 
fighting  the  tempter  all  the  week,  to  get  the 
consent  of  my  mind  to  wear  this  covering,  but 
I  conquered.  Some  may  deem  this  a  small 
thing,  but  I  can  syuipathi/o  with  that  sister 
lor  I  know  by  experieuce  that  some  of  these 
small  things  are  hardest  to  overcome.  It  is 
sometimes  owing  to  our  early  education.  I  re- 
joiced to  hear  her  say  that  she  conquered.  This 
should  be  our  main  object,  to  "  conquer,  though 
I  die."  I  pray  that  this  dear  sister  may  always 
come  off  "  conqueror"  over  all  her  trials  aud 
temptations,  and  at  last  receive  acrown of  glory 
and  aspotle.ss  robe  in  heaven. 

Before  our  meeting  ciosed,  Bro.  Levi  T.  Hol- 
singer  was  elected  to  the  ministrj- and  Bro.  L. 
E.  Bryant  advanced  to  the  second  degree.  Eld- 
er Brubaker  and  H.  P.  Brinkworth  held  a  lew 
meetings  here  at  Summit  sehool-honse,  while 
elder  S.  C.  Stump  went  to  Hebron,  county-seat 
of  Thayer  Co.,  to  hold  a  few  meetings.  These 
1  believe  were  the  tirst  meetings  ever  held  in 
that  place  by  the  Brethren.  On  the  18th  elder 
Brubaker  started  North  to  York  county,  to  a 
Communion.  On  the  10th  my  husband  aud  I 
started  to  Kansas  to  the  White Ilockfcast,  Bro, 
Brinkworth  accompunying  us.  Stopped  near 
Hebron  and  took  elder  Stump  and  brother 
and  sister  Harding  with  us,  the?  being  the  only 
two  membots  living  near  Hebron.  Arrived 
Friday  evening  at  brother  Grubs,  three  mites 
from  elder  Switzer,  the  place  of  the  feast.  We 
were  hospitably  tnlerlained  by  brother  Grubs, 
Next  morning  went  to  place  of  meeting.  Met 
brother  .1.  L.  Swit/.er  and  family.  We,  also, 
met  aud  formed  the  atquaintauce  of  many  mure 
dear  brethren  aud  sistei-s,  whose  names  would 
make  my  article  too  long  to  mention,  but  their 
kindness  to  us  will^  long  be  remembered._  We 
enjoyed  the  Communion  with  them.  There 
was  good  order  all  the  time.  It  always  makes 
me  feel  sad  to  part  with  brethren  and  sisters  at 
such  timea.  I  now  close  with  the  prayer,  that 
when  these  meetings  aud  partings  on  earth  are 
all  over,  that  we  may  all  meet  around  God's 
throne,  where 

■■  Oiu*  eaibi.ices  shall  be  aweet. 
At  the  dear  Iledecmoi-'s  tcet." 
"  When  we  meet  to  part  no  more, 
Who  have  loved,  etc," 

C.\nR!K  HOI^INOKH. 

Amongst  the  Baptists,  the  Bible    Chi  is- 
tians  and  the  Methodists. 

Dmr  Birthnn; — 

MA  N  V  of  you  know  that  before  I  joined  the 
church  to  wliich  I  now  belong,  that  1  had 


attached  myself  to  the  Missionary  Baptists  in 
the  year  ISKS.  On  my  return  to  England,  I, 
of  coarse  vitited  them,  who  were  the  people  of 
my  choice,  and  to  whom  I  owed  much,  for  their 
kindnewi,  theirSyiupjithyand  good  will,  I  have 
visited  many  familicR  of  this  persuasion,  while 
back  there,  and  the  long  talk,  the  earnest  con- 
versation, the  defences  set  up,  the  arguments 
refuted  and  the  impresions  made,  will  not  soon 
be  liirgotten  by  mt  nor  will  my  iuterestjt  for 
[heir  welfare,  their  spiritual  advancement  in  di- 
vine things  abate  until  I  see  Brethren  from 
these  shores,'  willing  to  bear  the  glad  tidings  of 
^alvatiou,  by  full  obedience  to  God's  will,  even 
in  this  boasted  and  enlightened  Island  of  Great 
Britinn.  Surely  if  such  a  people  would  em- 
bmco  the  doetrim-,  uncalculated  good  would  be 
ui^complishcd.  And  why?  for  the  reason  that 
til-.- English  people  will  not  withhold  the  good 
that  they  receive — they  are  missionaries  in  every 
i^ense  of  the  word,  aud  will  send  to  other  na- 
tions of  the  globe  their  men  aud  their  money, 
willingly  and  freely  to  broadca.st  the  faith  once 
delivered  to  th^iiaiuts. 

You  ivill  doubtless  be  surprised  to  hear  that 
tlierr  are  those  in  the  same  Uuplist  church  to 
which  I  once  belonged,  that  have  admitted 
that  Iheir  immersion  was  not  apostolic,  nor  ac- 
cording to  the  commission,  which  teache.-i  three 
actions.  Not  only  this,  they  aisented  to  the 
fact,  that  Christ  did  wash  the  disciples'  feet,  and 
tiuit  the  same  is.lo  us  as  a  command,  not  to  be 
neglected,  but  obeyed  in  iipirit  and  in  truth,  by 
a  literal  ieet-washing  amongst  raemberB  of 
Christ's  body.  Thi-y  have  also  acknowledged, 
that  the  salutation  of  the  kiss  of  charity,  as 
commanded  in  the  New  Testament  is  bindi 
upon  followers  of  Christ,  to-day  as  in  older 
times. 

Nijw  brethren  oiid  sisters,  you  can  see  where 
they  stand,  and  now  for  their  words  to  me, 
"  what  can  we  do?  Tljere  are  no  churches 
here  that  will  practice  the  command  in  full; 
none  that  will  observe  the  '  all  things.'  What 
are  we  to  do?  We  must  remain  where  we  are 
aud  be  contented."  This  is  no  exaggerated 
statement,  but  the  truth.  Will  we  then  declare 
to  them,  what  to-day  they  are  seeking  for,  or 
will  we  withhold  the  coveted  treasure,  fearing 
it  will  cost  us  a  few  of  our  worldly  treasures? 
In  their  behalf  I  plead  to-day.  and  if,  deai- 
Brethren  you  will  not  hear,  then  it  stands  be- 
tween you  and  your  God.  I  want  to  clear  my 
skirts,  by  showing  you,  where  the  people  of 
England  stand  to-day  in  lack  of  the  whole  Gos- 

i,d. 

Next  I  remember  a  class  of  people,  who  call 
themselves  Bible  Christians.  These  are  a  new 
sect,  who  take  the  New  Testament  for  their 
rule  of  faith  aud  practice.  And  if  they  only 
practiced  what  theirnamc  asserts,  there  would 
not  be  any  ditference  between  them  and  us. — 
But  sad  as  it  may  appear,  these  earnest  Chris- 
tians are  not  Cbristrlike,  for  when  we  find  Christ 
going  into  the  river  .Jordan  to  be  baptized  of 
Jidiii,  we  find  these  Bible  Christians  taking 
their  own  way  for  it,  and  a  much  easier  way  it 
is, — a  shorter  cut  to  heaven.  They  are  not  so 
long  in  joining  the  church  militant  as  some  are. 
They  can  remain  in  the  church  edifice  aud 
then,  oh!  what  consistency,  they  let  them 
have  their  own  way  and  be  either  sprinkled  or 
poured  upon,  as  they  wish.  This  cannot  be 
found  in  the  Scripture  anywhere  as  a  command 
and  consequently  is  man's  invention. 

Let  it  go.  Brethren,  let  it  fall,  let  us  follow 
Christ. 

This  people  will  not  wash  one  another's  feet 
as  Christ  gave  command.  They  will  not  salute 
each  other.  They  will  not  eat  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per, but  only  the  Communion,  and  cull  that 
the  Lord's  Supper.  0.  Brethren  these  are  not 
Bible  Christians.  They  have  a  name  lo  live 
and  are  dead.  The  Revelator  says  of  such  "  I 
have  not  found  thy  works  perfect  before  God." 
Rev.  3:  2. 

Now  I  come  to  the  class  of  people,  who  call 
themselves  Metbodist-s,  because  of  their  meth- 
od of  worshiping.  In  talking  with  them,  aud 
attending  their  meetings  in  the  city  of  Bath,  I 
found  them  energetic  workers  in  the  cause  of 
Christ.  But  they  have  expressed  Iheir  surprise, 
that  there  should  ba  a  people  that  hold  the  faith 
the  Brethren  do,  aud  then  keep  that  faith  to 
themselves.  They  expreiis  surprise  aud  wond- 
er, and  asked  me  if  the  church  was  worth  any 
thing,  and  if  they  had  any  missionaries  in  for- 
eign hinds,  etc. 

I  am,  with  the  English  Methodists,  astonish- 
ed at  the  backwardness  of  the  church  of  the 
Brethren!  When  will  she  awake  to  her  duty? 
When  will  she  hearken  to  foreigncalls?  There 
are  Brethren  ready  to-day,  who  say,  "  here  am 
I,  send  me,"  and  still  the  call  comes,  "come 
over  and  help  us."  Who  will  take  up  their 
pens  to  defend  the  missionary  cause  of  foreign 
nations?  H.  P.  Brinkwoiitii. 


From  Denmark. 

OUR  Love-feast  is  among  the  things  of  the 
past.  It  was  kept  in  the  room  where  our 
dear  brethren  and  sisters  stayed,  while  in  Den- 
mark, and  of  course  this  added  much  to  the 
solemnity  of  the  meeting.  The  house  was 
crowded  all  day,  and  even  some  stood  outside 
looking  and  listening  at  the  windows,  as  the 
weather  was  very  pleasant.  One  was  received 
into  the  church  by  baptism  before  our  meet- 
ing commenced,  and  is  the  second  member  in  a 
remote  part  of  Thyland,  where  we  have  had 
only  one  brother.  The  cause  of  this  is  brother 
Cliristenson  at  Lanark,  who  on  a  trip  home  to 
his  parents,  faithfully  held  up  the  light  of  King 
.Jesus.  The  meeting  was  ended  interesting.— 
After  the  examination  sermon  was  held,  liberty 
was  given  to  all  to  speak  or  pray,  and  they  used 
one  hour  to  put  forth  their  wishes  and  peti- 
tions of  earnest  prayers.  It  caused  the  tears 
and  sobs  to  break  forth  of  all  both  spectators 
and  members.  Surely  when  the  whole  church 
goes  to  work  and  appeals  to  the  throne  of  grace 
for  God  to  convert  husbands,  wives,  children, 
friends  and  foes,  it  seems  that  heaven  comes 
much  nearer  and  death  flees,  and  hardness  comes 
to  an  cod.  In  that  respect  the  little  Danish 
church  is  remarkably  well,  but  they  can't  help 
feeling.  They  have  nowacomfortable hall, and 
seats  and  lights  and  can  rest  their  weary  limbs 
alter  a  long  walk  in  their  heavy  wooden  shoes. 
They  are  indebted  much  to  American  brethren 
and  sisters,  who  so  tenderly,  lovingly  ready  to 
help  them  and  elevate  them  from  their  pitiful 
condition.'  0,  how  I  wish  you  could  all  have 
seen,  and  heard,  and  understood  your  Danish 
children,  how  much  would  you  have  felt  like 
Jesus  feels  when  He,  after  a  long  costly  search, 
finds  his  lost  sheep,  and  lays  it  on  his  shoulders, 
carrying  it  back  to  his  fold!  May  God  bless 
you  all  a  hundred  times,  and  everyone  whi 
even  if  poor,  sick,  lame,  one-armed  or  have  to 
take  your  last  days  in  sorrow,  yet  have  sent  it 
on  to  the  relief  of  your  poor  suffering  Breth- 
ren and  sisleri  whom  you  love,  and  yet  never 
saw.  C.  Hope. 

From  Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

D,w  BnlUnn:— 

GOD  bless  the  day,  when  you  first  entered  c 
your  mission  of  love, — the  glorious  mi 
sion   to  spread   the   glad   tidings  of  salvation 
throughout  this  widee.xtended  plain. 

The  little  band  of  God's  children  in  this  Dim. 
cansville  congregation,  continues  to  grow  ir 
number,  but  as  we  grow  in  number,  may  we  al- 
so increase  in  faith,  knowledge  and  wisdom,— 
that  wisdom  that  cometh  from  on  high.  Last 
Sunday,  Sept.  l-fth,  two  precious  souls  came 
forward  and  expressed  a  willingness  to  follow 
Jesus.  They  were  adopted  into  the  church  by 
bajitism  in  the  river,  a  few  rods  distant  from 
there.  We  have  not  the  least  doubt  but  the 
angels  looked  down  with  delight  on  the  beauti- 
ful sight  before  us.  And  that  now  since  their 
names  have  been  added  to  the  list  on  the  church 
record  here  below,  they  are  also  inscribed  in  the 
Lamb's  Book  of  Life  by  the  angels  in  heaven. 
They  were  husband  and  wife.  Were  formerly 
members  of  anothei  denomination.  Four 
weeks  previoin  a  brother  was  added  to  the  fold 
according  to  the  commands  of  Jesus.  They 
will  be  remembered  with  the  bands  of  believ- 
ers in  Altooua,  which,  as  previously  reported, 
is  a  branch  of  this,  the  Duncansville  congrega- 
tion. This  makes  four  additions  since  our 
Love-feast,  which  was  held  June  15tli,  at  which 
time  a  very  talented  brother  came  into  the  fold, 
who  is  quite  a  pillar  in  the  church.  The  quar- 
terly church  council  convened  Aug.  2IJrd,  which 
passed  off  in  love  and  good  feeling.  It  was  de- 
cided to  hold  a  protracted  meeting  to  com- 
mence in  two  weeks,  during  which  time  the 
Love-feast  will  be  held,   if  providence  permits. 

There  was  also  a  Sunday-school  organized 
May  12th,  which  seems  to  be  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  Brethren  and  sisters,  take  hold  of 
the  noble  work  and  labor  with  a  deep  interest. 
The  Sunday-school  is  the  great  and  noble  nurs- 
ery of  the  church.  God  bless  and  advance  the 
noble  work  every-where  throughout  our  bless- 
ed fraternity.  Emily  R.  Stipler. 

Notice   to  the    Members    of    the 
Maple  Grove;,Colony. 

WE.  tlie  committee   appointed  to  choose  a 
location  for  the  Colony,  have  after  con- 
siderabh-triveiiug,  chojeu  the  location  in  the 

Nortli-westfirn  part  of  Norton  Co.,  Kans-is.  be- 
ing the  moat  suitable  location  we  could  find. — 
Soil  is  good;  surface  of  the  couutiy.  gently 
illiiig;  good  water  by  digging;  building  rock, 
abundant;  flouring  mills,  close  by;  merchandise 
of  all  kinds,  about  as  cheap  lus  in  lowu. 


This  location  lies  between  the  Prairie  Dog 
and  Sappy  rivers— all  divide  land.  We  advise 
the  members  of  the  Colony  to  go  and  locate 
their  claims  this  Fall,  for  the  laud  is  taking  up 
very  fast,  and  by  another  season  there  will  be 
but  little,  if  any  Gov.  land  to  be  had.  Hope 
the  members  will  see  to  this  matter  at  once,  so 
our  claims  may  be  located  near  together.  The 
committee  has  located  their  claims  in  the  fol- 
lowing towns  and  sections:  S.  E,  J  of  Sec.  7; 
S.  W.  i  of  Sec.  8;  N.  W.  [  of  17;  N.  E.  1  of  18. 
town  second,  range  twenty-four.  The.se  are  all 
timber  claims.  The  committee  also  desires  to 
homestead  the  following  lands  next  Spring:  N. 
E.  i  of  7;  N.  W.  i  of  8;  S.  W.  of  IT  and  N. 
W.  of  18.  These  lauds  lay  adjoining  Ihoso 
timber  claims.  We  hope  meraLers  will  note 
(his.  The  other  one-half  of  those  sections  are 
vacant,  then  WesI,  Norlh  and  South  are  all  va- 
cant,  aud  as  good  as  tho^e  tracts  we  have  taken. 
Go  to  Norton  Center  and  apply  to  J.  R.  Ham- 
ilton. Tell  him  you  belong  to  the  Ma|>le  Grove 
Colonj-.  He  has  a  note  of  it,  he  will  locate 
you.     It  ivill  cost  you   ?17,00. 

George  W.  Worke.^n. 

N.  C.  Workman. 

C.  Plowman. 

L.  Srapbr. 
Sciolfi,  Moittgnmenj  Co.,  Joiea. 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

Datr  Brethrtn:— 

I  LEFT  home  on  the  3rd  day  of  Sept.  to  flU 
some  calls  in  III.  I  arrived  in  Quincy  on 
the  morning  of  the  ith.  Thence  to  Prairie 
City.  *  Sto|)ped  with  brother  John  Pool,  a 
young  minister,  of  good  promise  iu  the  Mc- 
Donough  congregation.  Here  I  met  Eld.  Jes- 
se Calvert,  and  tilled  one  of  his  appointmenta, 
he  being  sick  when  we  arrived.  Remained 
with  him  for  one  more  appointment.  On  the 
7th  was  taken  to  Fairview  to  Bro.  Samuel  Ten- 
uis, from  there  to  Coal  Creeek  meeting-house. 
Met  in  the  evening  with  a  large  audience,  and 
continued  until  their  Love-feast,  which  was  on 
theUthaud  l.nth.  Was  joined  by  Eld.  J.  R. 
Gish  and  his  wife.  The  Feast  wjis  largely  at- 
tended. Here  I  met  and  made  the  acquintanco 
of  Bro.  Danner.  Bro.  Ham  and  Bro.  Miller, 
ministers  of  the  Astoria  congregation.  The 
Feast  was  an  enjoyable  one.  We  (vere  all,  J 
think,  made  to  sit  together  in  heavenly  places 
in  Christ,  although  the  house  was  crowded 
with  interested  spectators,  who  perhaps  were  as 
orderly  as  they  well  could  he  under  the  circum- 
stances. Met  next  day.  and  the  church  agreed 
to  forward  Bro.  Matthias  Lingenfelter  to  the 
second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Some  appli- 
cants for  baptism.  Was  conveyed  about  fifteen 
miles  South  to  a  school- house,  known  as  Mace- 
donia. Preaching  at  night,  led  by  Bro.  Gish, 
ho  accompanied  me  here.  I  continued  here 
one  week,  diiriug  which  time  the  Lord  blest 
our  labor;  quite  a  number  baptized  au,l  several 
more  applicants  to  be  attended  to  afterward. 
Among  tbose  baptized  were  Methodist,  Bap- 
tist.  Campbellitc,  Newlight  and  Catholic  rep- 
resentatives. This  was  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable meetings  in  this  respect  I  ever  held, 
The  ministers  in  this  church  are  elders  Jacob 
Negley  and  David  Zook  .issisted  by  brethren 
Samuel  Tennis,  Matthias  Lingeufelter  aud  Bro, 
Carrier,  late  of  Virginia.  May  God  bless 
those  who  so  kindly  cared  for  me  while  among 
1.  I  feel  a  paternal  love  for  many  in  this 
congregation,  as  I  had  labored  with  them  be- 
fore. I  pray  God  that  they  all  will  be  faithful, 
and  after  life's  tempestuous  sea  is  crossed,  we 
iiiy  all  meet  in  the  home  of  the  blood-washed 
throug  in  the  halls  of  the  redeemed.  I  left 
them  on  the  "iSrd,  hoping  to  get  a  little  rest 
from  my  incessant  labors.  After  various 
delays  I  arrived  iu  Polo,  Ogle  Co..  at  two  A.  M. 
Stopped  with  brother  D.  L.  Miller,  whose  hos- 
pitable mansion  seems  always  open  to  the  care 
and  labor-worn  preacher.  After  a  few  hours 
rest  I  was  convoyed  to  the  house  of  brother 
Benjamin  R'lwland,  whose  house  was  one  of 
ruing.  Death  had  snatched  a  lovely  flow- 
er  from  the  family  tree.  God  comfort  their 
poor  bleeding  hearts.  "  The  Lord  giveth  and 
the  Lord  taketh  away." 

Bro,  Miller  took  me  in  the  afternoon  to 
Dutchtown.  where  Bro.  Bashor  was  holding  a 
s  of  meetings.  This  was  the  first  time  I 
met  him  since  we  separated,  which  was  nearly 
a  year  ago.  Made  the  acquaintance  of  his  wife, 
(now  sister  Baslior).  I  only  staid  one  meeting 
with  him,  which  I  eajoyed  very  much  indeed. — 
On  the  2ath  Bro.  Miller  and  I  went  to  Lanark 
and  were  met  by  a  hearty  welcome  by  the  edit- 
ors. Could  not  tf.iy  but  a  fewhoiirs.  I  took 
m  at  a  glance  the  general  improvement  that 
liad  taken  place  in  a  year.  Very  noticeable  to 
me  was  the  vast  iucrcase  in  the  subscription 
list,  and  I  felt  a  cousciuns  pride,  that  I  had  add- 


6 


TKCK    BKETHlKEjNr    ^T    "VVOKK. 


October    24. 


ed  materially  to  it.  I  \mU  tlium  adieu  and  we 
were  soon  on  tin-  road  to  I'olu.  On  the  29th  I 
viaited  some  of  the  West  Branch  members,— 
Bro.  Joshua  Sliferand  Bro.  William  Davis  and 
otliere.  On  the  27th  I  ronched  the  Ro(;k  River 
church,  nenrFranklia  Grove  church,  where  I 
began  niei'ting  the  same  niglit. 

The  ministers  are  eldera  RjiS'orsburger  and 
Daniel  Deardorff,  with  brethren  J.  C.  Lahnian, 
Trostle  and  Lahnmn.  I  did  not  learn  how  many 
deacons  there  are.  The  membership  is  about 
one  hundred  and  sixty.  Love-feast  on  the  4tU. 
Eldera  D.  E.  Price  of  Silver  Creek,  M.Eiuni.-rt 
of  West  Branch.  Bro.  Homing  of  Rock  Creek, 
Bro.  Meyers  of  McDonough  and  other  minia- 
ters  whose  names  I  do  not  rcmpmber,  were  hero. 
This  to  hungry,  thirsty  souls  wa.s  indeed  a  aout- 
refreshiug  .season.  There  were  some  present, 
no  doubt,  who  received  the  emblems  for  the 
last  time  on  this  side  of  Uie  ^eat  re-nuion 
above.  Closed  these  meeting.t  on  the  .night  of 
the  6th,  with  the  largest  congreg.itiou  I  had 
met  on  this  tour.  The  order  was  excellent  and 
interest  good, — some  baptized  and  others  almost 
persuaded.  On  the  7th,  was  conveyed  by  J.  C. 
Lahman,to  brother  Trestles',  rii  roiiU  for  Silver 
Creek  Love-feaat  in  Ogle  Co..  Oct.  Sth  and  9tb. 
We  realized  that  it  was  good  to  be  there,  and 
wait  on  the  Lord. 

The  ministers  are  elders  D.  E.  Price  and  M. 
Newcomer.  Tlie  miiiisteria!  board  was  not 
strong  in  number.  Very  noticeable  to  me  wa 
old  brother  David  Rittenhouse  of  Carroll  Co. 
in  his  SOth  year,  who  is  unusually  vigorous  for 
OUe  of  his  flj^e.    More  anon. 

L<inurkin.,0i-f.r2lh.  l!<7S. 


in  this  poor  country.  We  also  havy  receiv'^d 
help  by  your  means,  and  thank  God,  ^o  olten  as 
we  eat,  that  lie  liiia  brought  us  means  for 
food  from  ao  far  away.  We  with  tears  of  joy, 
ask  our  good  Father  in  heaven,  that  he  will  re- 
ward you  manifold  again,  both  in  this,  and  the 
world  to  come,  that  you  may  hear  the  blessed 
voice  from  the  Lord's  own  mouth.  "  Come  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father  inherit  the  kingdoni  pre- 
pared for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world ; 
for  I  was  a  hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  meat;  I 
was  thirsty  and  ye  gave  me  drink;  I  was  a  stran- 
ger and  ye  took  me  in ;  naked  and  yc  clothed 
mo;  I  was  in  prison  and  ye  came  unto  me." 
Foreven  if  ye  don't  know  what  good  you  have 
done  for  the  Lord  in  this  world,  He  Will  remem- 
ber it  all.  The  Lord  says,  "  Verily,  inasmuch 
as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one.of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  you  have  done  it  unto  me."  Now 
in  such  a  way  our  good  Lord  saw  that  His  fol- 
lower would  have  occasion  to  serve  Him,  even 
after  He  went  to  His  Father.  For  He  says, 
"Ye  have  the  poor  always  with  you,  but  me 
ye  have  nut  always."  God  help  us  still  to  do 
good  work,  and  not  get  tired,  till  He  will  gath- 
er us  all  home  in  His  heavenly  kingdom  for 
Christ's  sake.  Ameu. 
Bivii<ierslcv,  Denmark. 


OLKANIISras. 


From  Root  River  Church,  Minn, 

WE  held  our  Communion   the  5th  and    6th 
of  Oct.     Wo  had  pleasant  weather,  and 
a  large  congregation  during  the  meeting. 

Brethren  W.  J.  H.  Bauman,  C.  F.  Wirt,  John 
Wirt  and  Struvel  were  with  us  na  speakers,  and 
other  brethren  and  sist'-i-s.  Bro,  Bauman  did 
most  of  the  preaching,  he  Imd  taken  a  severe 
cold  and  was  so  hoarne  he  could  scarcely  speak, 
nevertheless  he  was  witting, to  do  all  he  could 
for  the  cause  of  Christ;  he  labored  hard  while 
here,  and  told  many  things,  which  we  know  to 
be  the  truth.  Although  none  were  added  to 
the  church,  we  think  there  were  good  impres- 
sions made.  It  does  not  aei-ni  possible  that 
people  can  reject  the  truth  ns  they  do,  when 
salvation  is  free.  0,  to  think  of  the  happy 
time,  if  we  do  what  is  right,  that  we  may  he 
gathered  home  in  heaven,  where  there  is  no 
sickness,  death,  nor  trouble,  and  all  is  tappi- 
ne:^s. 

Did  it  not  encourage  um,  di'ar  brethren  and 
sisters,  when  we  heard  the  Truth  proclaimed  an 
we  did?  I  for  one,  can  say  I  felt  to  live  nearer 
my  God  than  I  have  ever  before.  I  hope  this  is 
the  motto  of  every  brother  and  sister.  There 
is  a  great  responsibility  resting  upon  each  and 
every  one  of  us;  it  is  not  only  the  leaders  of  the 
church,  but  it  is  forus  ail  to  do  our  duty.  We 
have  an  influence  either  good  or  bad. 

Brother  Bauman  inteuis  to  devote  most  of 
his  time  to  preaching.  May  the  Lord  give  him 
health  and  strength,  that  he  may  proclaim  the 
Gospel  with  power,  and  be  a  useful  instrument 
in  the  bands  of  the  Lord. 

Sarah  Bceoulby. 


From  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind. 

OUR  Love-feast  on  the  4th  iiist,  pas-ied  off 
pleasantly.  The  meeting  was  not  as 
Iiirge  as  such  meetings  generally  are  in  this  yi- 
cinity,  on  account  of  sickness  and  rainy  weath- 
er. The  day  happened  to  be  fair,  and  a  goodly 
number  assembled  at  the  church  early  in  the 
morning.  Meeting  was  taken  up  at  ten  o'clock. 
Ministering  brethren  present  from  abroad  were 
Jfremiah  Gump,  R.  H.  Miller,  Je-sse  Calvert,  D. 
Vounce,  Abraham  Leedy  and  others.  Our  own 
elder,  Jonas  Umbaugb,  could  not  be  t>resent  on 
account  of  sickness.  There  is  considerable  sick- 
ness at  present  in  this  vicinity.  Brother  Miller 
and  brother  Calvert  remained  with  us  over  Sun- 
day, and  preached  to  a  large  congregation,  that 
assemliled  with  us  from  day  to  day,  for  the  as- 
sembly grew  larger  every  meeting.  It  closed 
on  Sunday,  with  two  additions  by  baptism. — 
The  whole  church  seemed  to  be  Jnuch  revived. 
May  God  help  ns  to  do  ourwhole  duty,  iwhich 
is  to  fear  God  and  keep  hb  commandments. 

E.  MlLLUlt. 

From  Brother  C.  Hansen. 

WK  thank  our  iieaveniy  Father  for  all  our 
dear  Brethren  iu  America,  as  well  as  we 
givL'Our  hearty  thanks  to  all  our  dear  brethren 
and  sisters  over  there,  who  with  loving  kind- 
ness have  sent  their  means  for  helping  our  poor 


hart  Co.,  Ind,,  i'roui  there  to  Iowa,  is  the  last 
we  heard  of  him. 

Diiliiiar  Jimctioii,  lotra. 

From  East  Nlinishillen  Church,  Ohio.— 
Our  Love-feast  is  now  among  the  things  of  the 
past.  Notwithstanding  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather,  it  passed  off  pleasantly  and  was  large- 
ly attended.  Ministering  Brethren  from  the 
adjoining  churches  wtre  with  us  and  labored 
earnestly  in  the  Master's  cause.  There  were 
no  accessions  to  the  church.  We  number 
over  one  hundred  and  forty  members.  Asa 
church,  we  are  not'progresaiug  aa  rapidly  as 
some  of  our  neighboring  churches. 

JOSEI'H  J.  HOUVKII. 

From  Fai-miiigtoji,  III.— Our  Love-feast  is 
past.  Brother  D.  B.  Gibson  came  to  us  on  the 
7th  of  Sept.,  and  i-cmained  until  the  evening 
of  the  13th  inst.  On  the  14th  and  15th  we 
held  onr  Communion.  Brethren  J.  R,  Gish,  D. 
B,  Gibson,  Carrier  and  others,  conducted  the 
Communion  services.  Good  order,  a*tontion 
and  impressions  were  made  during  the  meetings. 
On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  Bro.  Gibson  and 
Bro.  Gish  went  to  Macedonia  school-house, 
and  held  meeting  every  night  and  several  in 
the  day-time.  They  continued  for  eight  days, 
the  result  of  which,  we  rejoice  to  say.  was,  six- 
teen made  the  good  confession,  turning  their 
backs  to  sin  and  promised  to  be  faithful  to  the 
end.     God  bless  them.  Jacoh  Nkhl' 


From  Fraukiln  UroTe,  III. — OurLove-feast 

of  the  4th  and  .Hb  is  in  the  past.  Bro.  Gib- 
sou  was  with  us  one  week  previous  and  preach- 
ed for  us.  Other  Brethren  came  at  the  *ime 
of  the  feast,  making  ib  an  enjoyable  occasion 
to  many  of  the  saints  in  Christ,  to  again  have 
their  memories  cidled  to  the  past  and  their 
hopes  of  the  future,  where  all  the  faithful  will 
be  gathered  together  as  the  children  of  God.^ 
The  ingathering  at  the  time  of  meeting  and 
since  was  quite  refreshing  to  us.  Three  bai>- 
tiznd  at  the  feast  and  one  reclaimed;  two  sinci 
aud  still  two  more  applicants,  and  others  we 
hope,  uiadi;  to  think  upon  their  ways.  May 
the  Lord  continue  to  bless  His  children  and 
keep  the  iambs  safe  in  the  fold. 

J,  C.  LxHMAW. 

From  Ervln  Howard  Co.,  lud.— Our  Com- 

muniou  is  now  past.  There  were  not  as  many 
ministering  brethren  present  as  wo  frequently 
had,  but  tfaey  were  idlvery  able  aud  activi> 
workers,  aud  we  had  a  Love-feast  indeed. .  I 
think  the  church  is  much  revived  and  the 
cause  of  Christ  strengthened.  We  have  a 
beautiful  Fall,  and  the  health  has  been  quit« 
good.  Certainly  we  have  great  reason  to  be 
thankful  to  the  bountiful  Giver  of  all  good. 
U.  Hamilton. 

From  Bloomrillo,  Ohio. — Our  Love-feast 
came  off  yesterday.  We  commenced  a  meeting 
the  5tb,  and  expect  to  continue  till  the  evening 
of  the  13th.  We  expected  brother  Jesse  Cal- 
vert with  us  at  the  commencement  of  our  meet- 
ing, but  on  account  of  sickness  in  his  family, 
he  didn't  get  here  till  the  morning  of  the  nth. 
The  ministers  present  at  our  Love-feast,  were 
brethren  John  Brillbart,  J.  P.  Ebersole,  Jesse 
Calvert  and  others  from  neighboring  churches. 
Yesterday  five  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
others  were  made  to  feel  the  need  of  a  Savior. 
S.A.  Walkek. 

From  Brush  Crock  Church,  Ohio.— Our 

Love-feast  is  among  the  post.  We  had  four 
meetings;  had  more  than  a  full  table  of  mem- 
bers, and  a  great  many  mora  than  a  full  house 
of  spectators,  ivith  the  very  beat  of  order. — 
Some  eatimat-ed  the  number  at  fifteen  hundred, 
but  I  think  that  a  little  strong.  One  ddded  to 
the  flock,  and  four  a  short  time  ago.  So  the  ark 
of  the  Loi-d  is  still  moving.  Wo  seem  to  be 
Bumewhat  encouraged,  as  there  have  been  over 
fifty  added  to  the  church  within  the  last  year. 
J,  H.  Garuan. 

From  Samuol  Hurray. — Our  Love-feast  in 
theSolomony  church,  Huntington  Co.,  Ind,,  is 
in  the  past.  On  the  3rd  of  Oct.,  soon  in  the 
afternoon,  teams  with  load<'d  vehicles  came  roll- 
ing iu  from  every  direction,  till  a  large  crowd 
had  assembled.  Preaching  at  three  o'clock,  by 
J.  Leedy,  D.  Hider  and  D.  Hodgden.  At  half 
past  four,  was  examination.  About  three  hun- 
dred members  communed.  W^e  had  a  good 
Feast,  and  should  long  be  remembered  by  the 
brethren  and  sisters.  We  sometimes  think  that 
there  is  too  much  lukewarmness  in  the  church. 
We  have  noticed,  that  some  members  scarcely 
ever  go  to  meeting  until  the  Communion,  then 
they  arc  on  hand  and  even  then  they  i^ru  ni>t 
in  to  hear  preaching;  but  the  next  day  you  ^ee 
them  at  the  table! 

From  John  Uroivu. — In  answer  to  inquiry. 
I  remark  that  Samuei  Brown  married  Caro- 
line Frisel  in  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  aud  went  to  Elk- 


DIED. 


2  V.  M. 


rle  Creek.  Well.s  .-o..  rri.l..  Nt.\ 
Adams  co..  Iowa,  Xov.  nth  and  lOth.  at  10  A.  M. 
Okaw.  Pialt  Co..  I II..  Nov.  3th,  at  10  A.  M. 
Uonticello  dialrict,  White  co.,  Ind.,  November  lat, 
at  4  P.  M. 


Panther  Creek  church,  Woodford  Co..  Ill,  Nov.  iBt, 

at  10  A.  M. 
Soutli  Keokuk  church,  Keokuk  Co..  lowa.  Nov.  1st, 

at  4  P.  51. 

;S*  The  Brethren  in  the  Millmine   church, 
Piiitt  Co.,  III.,  will  hold   their  Communion  ou 

the  first  day  of  Nov,,  '■nmmi'nciug  at  3  o'clock. 
M.  ST,\rKPEU. 


THE 

aOSPEL   HAMMEB. 
HIGHWAY   GRADER, 


Or  Rubbish  Ckaued  from  tbo  Way  of  Lifa. 
By  S.  H.  Boshor.  Bound  in  Cloth,  Price  60 
Cents.     Addrew  this  office. 


BURK.-ln  Poplar  Ridge  district,  Viola, 
diuighter  of  brother  Teeter  Burk  and  sister 
Burk,  aged  6  months  and  11  days.  Funeral 
first  day  of  Oct,,  1870. 

QEYER.— In  Turkey  Creek  church,  Ind., 
Catharine  Gey er,  daughter  of  brother  John 
and  sister  Catherine  Geyor,  aged  one  year  and 
one  mouth.  Funeral  services  by  the  breth- 
ren.   Text  2  Sam.  21:  21,2iiand23. 

Daniel  Wysonq. 

JOHNSON.  In  Mahomet,  Champaign  Co. 
111.,  Oct.  Sth,  1878,  Bro.  Aaron  Johnson, 
aged  54  years,  7  months  and  16  days. 

He  was  a  consistent  brother  for  many 
years.  We  truly  feel  his  los**,  but  we  hope  our 
loss  will  be  his  great  gain.  Services  by  the 
brethren  from  Matt.  6:  19,  20. 

J,  Baknhajit. 

HOFFERD.— In  the  Bethel  church,  Thayer 
Co,,  Neb.,  Johnny,  infmit  son  of  Bro.  Levi 
and  sister  Annie  Holferd,  aged  one  yeac  and 
twelve  days.  Funeral  serviced  by  brethren 
B.  F.  Stump  and  D.  T.  VanBureu. 

J.  E.  Bryant, 

SMITH. — In   the   Lost    Creek    congregation, 

Juniata  Co.,  Pa.,  September  17th,  18T8,  sister 
Catharine,  wife  of  John  Smith,  aged  70 
years,  5  months  and  ISday.s,  Funeral  occa- 
sion improved  by  bretliren  Solomon  Seiber 
and  Elius  Laudis  to  a  large  concourse  of  sym- 
pathizing  friends.  Jous  Hakt, 

HALTER.- In  the  Turkey  Creek  congregation, 
Pawnee  Co.,  Neb.,  August  2Ist,  iufautdaugh- 
ter  of  brother  John  Halter  and  wife,  aged  10 
days.     Funeral  services   by  William   I'ulleu. 

HaURIET  J.  PULLKS. 

RICHARD.— In  the  Crawford   church,   Craw- 
ford Co,,  Ohio,  July  2rth,  1S7S,  sister  Sarah 
liichard,  aged  about  36  years. 
Sister  Richard  was  born  in   Pennsylvania. 
A  few  yeai-s  ago,  in  company  with  her  buabaud, 
James,  came  andsettled  in  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio. — 
In  her  death  her  husband   and  children   lost  a 
dear,  kind   aud  affectionate  wife  and  mother, 
and  the  church  a  devoted  member. 

S.  A.  Walker. 
iPrimitiie  ■Clirhtiini, please  copy). 

LEEDV. — In  Albany,  Linn  Co.,  Oregon,   Aug. 

26tli.   Sister  Mai-y    Leedy,   wife  of  brother 

Daniel  Leedy,  iu  her  .^Tth  year. 
They  moved  from  Jeflerson  Co.,  Iowa  in 
the  year  1854.  In  her  death  brother  Daniel 
has  lost  a  beloved  companion,  the  children  a 
kind  and  affectionate  mother,  who  was  ever 
ready  to  administer  to  the  wants  of  the  sick. — 
Before  her  death  she  called  for  the  elders  of  the 
church,  and  was  anointed  iu  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  A.  H.  Baltisiork. 


Tho  Doctrino  of  tha  Brothroa  Dafendod.  —  Tiiii-  «  work  <rf 

ovtr    400    viig>M,    liilcly    vnMiziu'l    in    liili'n-r    of    lli« 

fni 111  noil   prnelicc   of  tlo   i.-d i.    ili.'      ■"■.lll.^^■i^I 

poinis:  Th.!  Divinily  «r  ri,r;-'     ■         ■'        n  -^iiiril, 

Ii.iiai.rHion  vs,  .\ir.i?ion.  Trill.    '  ■   -^..fli- 

iDg,    llio  llolj   Ki.'-.i,  Non-ciiLi ■.  ..   ..I..-.-,   of 

Drrsa.  linaAuli-Sv'creliBiii,  TL.'  ...  i-l  ..- ■  -u^y.^uj.  [lod 
is  HO  nrnuigcl  iIimI  llie  nruuiin'ui'*  "i  t"i^li  -uhjpoi  mny 
bv  csail;  raiiail  an;l  unrlurslood.  II  ahoutd  Lstg  b  will* 
cite  111  all  an,  both  among  mcmberB  nnd  Iho  wgrld.  Th* 
work  ia  prmlntl  in  large,  plain  tjpp,  is  nefilly  bounU  In 
clolh.  nnd  bcIIb  al  Ihc  lovr  priie  of  i?  I.flO  per  oopy  bj 
miul.  Wbeo  ordered  by  Uio  doien.  n  reduction  of  10 
per  cent,  and  tbo  ciiiresM  elmrgcs  will  bo  mndo.  The 
work  may  he  bad  at  iblit  nSice  or  froin  Ibc  aulbor,  U.  il. 
Miller.  Udogn,  lud. 


UOOBE  &  ESHELUAtT, 

LANARK,  Cairell  Cs..  IlL 


ANlSrOXJJSr  CEMENTS. 


I,OVE-PEA9T8. 


J,  H.  Moore  &   M.  M.  Esuelman. 

SSJ'HE:  BRETHREN'  .\T  M'ORK  Is  nn  iincompro- 
•\t\j     iniking   a<l>c>rn'.L-  of  Pr„.i;tii'e   Clirinllanitj' In  OH 
T      itsimJeiitpui-ilv. 
Il  rccai;<iir.cs  [h-!  Nvw  TeitUimeiitii^  the  oill/ infalllllle 

r>ilc  of  [iiilli  mid  prucucc. 

And    inniniiiin'*  Ihnt  f.-' "u.r-i!!"    iriinmtcd,   UnM- 
llc.tcd  sf^ico  of  Gy.l  111.... 


That 
ChriKlarulheonl; 

Thai  F.iilh,  R-r 
(Wrdon,  :in  I  i 


Thnt.iN' 
r,(!"Chi-..,ll^ 


.'  conditionn  Of 
iiidiibtc  three 
!•  ■>•  1  divlnn 

1  iii  lilt  even. 


AddrcM:  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN, 

LA>fAi!K,  Carroll  Co..  Ii.i,. 


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The   Bright,  Sparkling   Youth's    Paper. 
PUBLIStlED  WKEKLY. 

Il  will  tell  ;roa  of  lliblx  focl^,  commandfi,  and  promU- 


II  will  leach  your  «liitdrea  how  to  be  j(ooil  aud  how  l« 
do  good. 

Its  L.indaomo  engravingH  are  druwD  from  Diblo  ovenU 
and  Bible  ehnrncleni. 

Il  poinU  to  the  waj  of  bnppinaati,  bolb  in  Ihin  lifa  ani) 


PRICE  fiO   CKNTS   I'KEl   ASNUM, 
Addrws :  KOORE  i  ESHELKAN, 

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W,  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  puacager  train  going  eiul  li-ovc?  Lnnnrk  M  \2:0t 
P.  M..  nnd  Hrri.ta  in  llFifioo  bI  ir  ly  }'    M. 

Day  pMBonger  irain  going  west  imvef  .jtnark  al  J:00  P, 
M..  nnd  arriien  h(  Knck  Inland     .  ^.:ao  !',  .M 

Night  pnsnenger  irnina.  going  eiuit  unii  weal,  meat  and 
leave  Lunark  at  '2:lil  A,  M.,  arnviug  id  Ilocitie  al  0:00 
A.    M,,    and   at    Roclr  Nlnnd  ol  i3:00  A,  M. 

Freight  and  Accomniodailun    Trains    will   nin    weal   U 
n-.  10  A.  M„    tiao  A.  M.,  and  emit   al  V2:  IU  A.  U. 
and  6;  15  P.  M. 
Tifke'H  Bfe  •  _.J   for   Bl.'ie   Irains   only.     Paii»cng«r 

Iraiiu  make  olosd  oonDeelloQ  at  Wealero  I'nioa  JtinrtioD, 
a,  A.  Sural,  AguU. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bring  You  Oood  Tidmg8  of  G^-eat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  wnto  All  People."  —  Lvke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  October  31,  1878. 


No.  44.- 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  4HD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS; 

B.  H.  MILLER,        ..----        LADOGA,  INR. 

J.  W.  STEIN,       ------       NEWTOiJlA,  MO. 

D.  VANIIIAN,         -------  VHtPRJ,-.  ILL. 

D.  B.  MENTZKR,        -      -      -      -      -  WAYNKSBOHO,  PA. 
WATTIE  A.  LEAH,        -----      UKBANA,    ILL 


THE  CHRISTIAN    WARFARE. 


Aroiiaeil  by  llie  nniuiiiliiif  aouiid, 
I  cast  my  eiiger  eyes  jirouuil. 
Make  liasto  to  gird  my  .iiuior  on, 
j\jid  bid  encli  Irenibling  fear  begone. 

Hope  is  my  Itelmet.ifiiitli  is  my  shield, 
Thy  'Woril  my  Goil,  tlie  sword  I  wield. 
Wi'tli  siicred  truth  my  loins  are  girt, 
And  lioly  xeal  inspires  luy  lieiirt. 

Thus  iirmcd,  I  veutnre  on  to  liglit: 
Resolved  to  init  my  foes  to  ilight. 
"While  Jeaus  kindly  designs  to  spread, 
llis  con(|\i(!ring  banner  o'er  my  liead. 

InlliUL  1  liM|ii',  ill  llim  I  trust, 
;Hisbli'i.[liiiy  crc-s  Ls  :dl  my  boast, 
-  Tbrfiiii;h  tiinip-i  i>f  f.ios,  lie  will  lead  me  on 

To  victor)  1111(1  tbo  vietor'a  crown 

Selected  by  AcioAlL  Bkeman, 

STEIN  AND  BAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  afBrniB. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

D.  B.  Rav's  Secuso  Nboath-e. 

THE  reader  will  observe  that  Mr.  Steiu  has 
admitted  our  nllegatioo,  ujion  which  our 
2iid  negativfi  argumeut  is  baaed,  namely,  that 
the  Tanker  churches  arii  "self -organized  under 
the  snpervisioii  of  uninspired  men."  The  or- 
iginal church  of  Christ  was  organized  by  Jesus 
Christ  himself.  But  the  original  Tunker 
church  was  organized  by  "iiuinspired  meu." 
Therefore,  the  original  Tunker  church  was  uot 
a  cluircli  of  Christ.  Consequently,  the  Tunker 
churches  wliich  sprang  from  this  self-organised 
human  society,  are  not  churches  of  Christ, 
The  statements  of  Mr.  Nead  do  not  deliver  the 
Tunker  churches  from  th«  charge,  upon  which 
our/rs(  negatite  argument  rests,  namely  thit 
lite  Tunker  clmrckes  tire  hasetl  ujpoii  a  curmt 
membership.  All  the  claims  to  "heart-felt"  r&- 
ligion  amount  to  nothing  so  long  as  it  is  ad- 
mitted, by  the  Tankers  themselves,  that  they 
baptize  unregenerate  children  of  the  devil  Ui 
make  them  the  children  of  God.  They  wilfully 
baptize  upon  a  dead  faith,  vainly  supposing 
that  this  dead  faith  is  brought  to  life  by  bap- 
tism! Speaking  of  baptism,  Mr.  Stein  says: 
"  Faith  then  must  be  vitalized  by  subjection  to 
Christ's  yoke"  !!  We  repeat  that  the  Tunker 
churches  are  uot  churches  of  Clirist,  because 
they  are  based  upou  a  carual  membership. 

Again,  Mr.  Stein  claims  that  he  has  drawn 
arguments  for  baptism  as  a  condition  of  salva- 
tion, from  "twelve  plain  passages  of  Scripture, 
which  he  has  utterly  failed  to  meet."  But  we 
showed  that  four  out  of  his  twelve  do  not  ev.-n 
mention  baptism  at  all.  On  my  friend's  second 
iiftirmative  for  baptismal  salvation,  we  make  the 
lollowing  remarks : 

1.  He  thinks  that  we  had  as  well  say  "  re- 
[lentanco  salvation,"  and  "faith  salvation," 
;.s  to  say  baptisranl  salvation ! "  There  are 
these  differences:  (a)  Repentance  and  luitb 
are  moral  duties,  while  baptism  is  a  positive 
eommand.  (b)  Repentance  and  faith  involve 
internal     spiritual    i-elations,    that    exist     be- 


tween God  aTid  the  individuid  alone  while 
baptism  is  external  and  to  be  performed 
by  another  person,  (c)  Repentance  and  faith 
ai-e  absolute  conditions  to  salvation,  without 
which  every  accountable  sinner  must  periah — 
be  forever  damned;  While  baptism  is  not  an 
absolute  condition  of  salvatiou,  without  which 
every  accountable  sinner  must  be  forever  damn- 
Can  Mr.  Stein  seeno  difference?  fii  fact, 
instead  of  baptism  being  a  condition  of  salva- 
tion, salvation — pardon — is  a  condition  of  Gos- 
pel baptism. 

Naamao,  the  leper,  3  Kings  5:  8-U,  and 
the  blind  man  that  washed  in  Siloam,  are  not 
examples  in  point,  because  their  washing  was 
made  a  condition  of  their  cure;  while  baptism  is 
not  a  condition  of  the  spiritual  cure. 

3.  We  did  not  quote  Mr,  Moore  to  prove 
that  baptismal  salvation  is  "blasphemous  here- 
sy," but  to  prove  that  the  Tunkerchurches  hold 
baptismal  salvation. 

4.  Mr.  S..  thinks  that  the  pardon  of  the 
thief  and  ofthe  .sinful  woman  Luke  T;  50,  are  not 
relevant  examples.  This  brings  up  our  leading 
argument  against  the  Tunker  doctrine  of  bap- 
tismal salvation,  as  presented  in  our  first  reply. 
Wo  state  again  oar  3rd  argument. 

Tfif  Tutiker  chiirfhes  are  not  churches  of 
Christ,  became  they  hold  the  popish,  blasphe- 
mous doctrine  of  baptismal  salvation. 

Our  proofs  that  this  doctrinf;  is  false,  are  as 
follows;  1.  Baptismal  salvation  is  auti-chriatian, 
because  in  no  cose  ofthe  pardon  of  sins  by  our 
Savior,  during  his  pergonal  ministry,was  baptism 
de  a  condition.  Jesus  says,  "Thy  faith  hath 
saved  thee;  go  in  peace."  Luke  1:  50.  Mr.  S. 
,  see  not  these  examples!  He  rejects  the 
examples  of  Jesus  Christ.  John's  baptism  was 
for  the  remission  of  sins  "  but  never  a  condi- 
tion of  pardon.  Baptism  only  washes  away 
emblematically,  as  we  eat  the  fie^h  and 
drink  the  blood  of  Christ  in  the  Supper.  The 
Tunker  churches  which  reject  the  plan  of  sal- 
vation dispensed  by  Jesus  Christ,  surely  are 
uot  churches  of  Christ. 

Proof  2.  Baptismal  salvatiou  is  false,  be- 
cause it  canfradlcis  Jesus  Christ.  Jesus  says. 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  nuto  you,  he  that  beareth 
my  word  and  iMlieveth  on  him  that  sent  me, 
hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  into 
condemnation:  bnt  is  passed  from  death  unto 
life."  John  .'5:24.  But  the  Tunkers  give  the 
falsehood  to  the  world's  Redeemer,  by  saying, 
that,  "  The  believer  cannot  have  everlasting  life 
till  he  is  baptized."  Churches  that  positively 
contradict  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  cannot  possi- 
bly be  his  churelies.  To  escape  from  this  ter- 
rible difficulty,  Mr.  Stein  comes  to  tho  conclu- 
sion that  no  one  can  be  a  real  believer  until  af- 
ter baptism !  He  says  that  "  believers"  "is  a 
New  Testament  name  for  baptized  church 
mcuibera,"  He  here  teaches  that  there  can  be 
no  true  "  believers"  till  after  they  are  baptized! 
If  this  be  ao,  then  the  Samaritans  that  "believ- 
ed" and  were  afterwards  baptized,  were  baptiz- 
ed twice.  According  to  Mr.  S.,  baptism  is  a 
part  of,  and  included  ia  faith,  and  after  becom- 
ing '"believei-s"  (which  includes  baptism),  they 
must  be  baptized,  which  Ls  a  second  baptism! 
Such  is  the  ridiculous  absurdity  into  which  my 
friend  is  farced. 

But  concerning  the  chief  rulers  that  believed 
on  Jesus,  but  did  Lot  confess  him,  Mr.  Stein 
asks:  "  What  lucked  they?"  They  lacked 
hearl/ailh,  "If  thou  believest  with  all  thy 
heart  thou  mayest."  Acts  8:  37.  "  For  with 
the  heart  man  believeth  unto  righteousness. 
Rom.  10:  10.  They  lacked  the  "faith  which 
worketh  by  love;"  Gal.  5:6,  "not  having  their 
hearls  purified  by  faith."  Acta  15:  9.  That 
they  lacked  this  heart  faith  is  revealed  in  the 
fact  that  they  "loved  the  praise  of  meu  more 
than  the  praise  of  God." 

Proof  3.  Baptismal  salvation  is  false,  be- 
cause it  contradicts  the  voice  of  all  the  prophets. 
Pet<:r,  at  the  huoseof  Cornelius,  said:  "To  him 


give  all  the  prophets  witness,  that  through  his 
e  whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall  receive 
remission  of  sins."  Acts  10:  43.  And  while 
Peter  spake,  the  hearers  received  the  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  spake  mth  tongues,  and  mag- 
nified God.  Tlieu  Peter  asked,  "Can  any  man 
forbid  water  that  these  should  not  be  baptized, 
hich  have  received  the  Holy  Ghost  as  well  as 
e."  Verse  47.  But  in  the  face  of  "all  the 
prophets"  and  miraculous  display  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Tunkerism  raises  its  voice  of  contradic- 
tion and  says,  "these  were  all  unpardoned  chil- 
dren of  the  devil,  with  a  dead  faith,  until  it 
'vitalized"  by  baptism.  The  Tunkerchnrch- 
vhich  stand  up  in  opposition  to  all  the 
prophets  and  the  testimony  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
;  not  churches  of  Christ. 
Here  we  wish  to  e.tamine  the  leading  Tunker 
argument,  drawn  from  Acts  2:  38.  They  con- 
tend that  baptism  sustains  the  same  relation  to 
pardon  that  repentance  does,  because  Peter  said, 
Repent  and  be  baptized  every  one  of  you  in 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of 
sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Acts  2:  38.  In  whatsense  is  baptism 
for  the  remission  or  washing  away  of  sins  ?  We 
answer  that  sins  are  washed  airay  in  baptism  in 
the  saiuesenne  tluit  we  eat  Ihejlesh  and  drink  the 
blood  of  Jesus  in  the  »a/iper.  In  the  institution 
of  the  supper,  Christ  said  of  the  bread,  "This 
is  my  body,"  and  of  the  wine,  "  This  is  my 
blood."      Now   the  deluded   Uonmnist  under- 

tands  these  expressions  literally,  and  thinks 
that  the  actual  fiesh,  blood  and  bones  of  Jesus 
are  present  in  the  bread  and  wine.  All,  except 
Catholics,  agree  that  we  only  eat  the  flesh  and 
drink  the  blood  of  Christ  in  emblem,  or  figura- 
tively, in  the  supper;  and  in  like  manner,  wc 
only  wash  away  sins  in  emblem,  or  figuratively, 

n  immeraiou. 

That  baptism  does  not  sustain  the  same  relar- 
tion  to  pardon  that  repentance  does,  is  evident 
from  the  whole    tenor  of  the  New    Testament. 

n  order  to   understand  the   real   design  of  the 

japtisms  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  it  is 
ry  to  note  carefully  all  the  attending 
stances. 

None  but  those  who  "gladly  received" 
the  Gospel  were  immersed  on  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost. Acta  2:  41.  No  person  can  be  said  to 
have  gladly  received  the  word,  while  he  is  still 
under  the  sentence  of  condemnation,  and  suffer- 
ing the  sting  of  a  guilty  conscience.  Therefore, 
guilt  must  have  beeu'removed  before  they  glad- 
ly received  the  word;  but  when  guilt  is  removed, 
sin  is  pardoned;  consequently  the  sins  of  the 
Pentecostians  were  pardoned  before  baptism, 

2.  None  will  deny  that  tho  Pentecostians 
were  believers  in  Christ  before  baptism;  but 
"  whosoever  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ, 
is  born  of  God."  1  John  5:  1.  Therefore  the 
Pentecostians  were  born  of  God  before  baptism; 
and  as  all  the  children  of  God  are  pardoned, 
consequently  tho  Pentecostians  were  pardoned 
prior  to  baptism. 

3.  The  Pentecostians  were  saved  before  they 
were  added  to  the  church,  for  it  is  said,  "The 
Lord  daily  added  tho  saved  to  the  congregation;" 
(Acts  2: 47)  and  as  baptism  was  theact  by  which 
they  were  added  to  the  congregation,  therefore 
they  were  saved  before  they  were  baptized.  See 
new  translation. 

4.  The  hearts  of  the  Pentecostimis  were  pu- 
rified by  faith  which  was  before  baptism;  for 
Peter  said  that  God  "  put  no  difference  between 
them  and  us,  purifying  their  hearts  by  faith." 
Acts  15:  ;>,  But  when  the  heart  is  purified,  sin 
is  pardoned.  The  hearts  of  the  Pentecosti 
were  purified  before  baptism;  therefore  their 
pins  were  pardoned  before  baptinm, 

6,  The  Pentecostians  did  not  say,  whatshall 
we  do  to  he  saved.  Whfre  la  be  narrd  is  specifi- 
ed in  the  question;  baptism  is  not  in  the  an- 
swer in  the  New  Testament.  The  jailor  said, 
"Sirs,  what  must  I  do  to  be  saved  ?  "  Actslti: 
39.     And  the  aiJostles  answered,  "  Beti 


Lord  ,Jesus  Christ,  and  thou  shalt  be  saved." 
But  if  baptism  is  essentia!  to  salvation,  then  the 
apostles  deceived  the  jailor  by  falsehood. 

Now  when  Peter  had  proven  to  the  Jews  that '  ' 
they  wore  the  murderers  of  the  Prince  of  Life, 
they  cried  out  in  deep  agony  of  soul,  "Men  and 
brethren,  what  shall  we  do?  "  Then  Peter  said 
unto  them,  "  Repent  and  be  baptized  every  one 
of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Ghost."  If  they  had  asked.  What 
shall  we  do  to  be  saved?  then  Peter  could  not, 
with  propriety,  have  included  more  in  the  an- 
swer than  was  absolutely  necessary  to  salvation? 
But  ns  the  question,  "  What  shall  we  do?  "  in- 
cludes diiti/  more  than  the  point  of  salvation,  so 
the  answer  includes  duty,  more  thin  the  point 
of  salvation. 

Horo  are  two  distinct  commands — repcnlanee 
and  baptism.  The  first,  repentance,  reaches 
"  unto  life,"  into  a  "  faith  which  worketh  by 
love;  "  and  as  those  who  have  passed  freui  death 
unto  life  are  pardoned,  therefore  the  Pentecos- 
tians wore  pardoned  before  baptism,  because 
they  had  repented  unto  life  before  baptism. 

From  the  foregoing  undeniable  facts,  we  con- 
clude that  Peter  does  not  make  baptism  sustain 
the  same  relation  to  the  remission  of  sins  that 
repentance  does.  The  two  commands  differ 
widely  in  construction.  They  are  not  united  to 
procure  the  same  result.  Repentance — melnn- 
•^esatc.—ia  a  complete  command  in  itself,  and  has 
a  different  nominative,  number,  person  and 
voice  from  baptistheto,  the  word  used  to  indicate 
baptism.  This  being  so,  whatever  the  remission 
of  sins  means,  it  is  applied  to  baptism,  and  is 
uot  connected  with  both  verbs  to  secure  the 
^ame  result. 

But  why  did  Peter  say  to  the  inquirers  on  the 
day  of  Pentecost,  6e  fi<0'''2«^ /<""  the  remission 
nf  sins,  if  their  sins  were  pardoned  before '  bap- 
tism ?  We  reply,  for  the  same  reason  that  the 
Savior  told  the  man  whom  he  had  cleansed  of 
the  leprosy  to  offer  for  his  "cleansing  those 
things  which  Moses  commanded,"  Mark  1;  44. 
Tho  leprous  man  was  entirely  healed  from  the 
iepro.sy,  and  yet  it  was  necessary  for  him  tooffer 
for  his  cleansing,  those  things  which  Moses 
commanded.  This  was  in  keeping  with  the  law 
of  Moses,  as  contained  in  the  14th  chapter  of 
Leviticus,  which  required  that  one  who  had  been 
infected  with  leprosy,  but  was  now  heated  or 
cleansed,  should  pass  through  a  ceremonial 
cleansing.  The  leper  was  first  actually  healed 
or  cleansed,  and  after  this,  he  \\a^  formally  or 
ceremonially  cleansed;  and,  in  like  manner,  the 
leprosy  of  sin  is  first  actually  healed  or  cleansed 
through  faith  in  Christ,  and  after  this  the  fonn- 
al  cleansing,  or  washing  away  of  sins,  takes 
place  in  baptism.  Ananias  said  to  Saul,  "  Arise 
and  be  bapt4zed,  and  wash  away  thy  sins."  Acts 
22:  16.  No  one  who  is  not  grossly  superstitioua 
can  believe  that  the  water  literally  washes  away 
sins  by  coming  in  contact  with  the  naked  spir- 
it; therefore,  when  baptism  is  said  to  be  for  the 
remis-sion  or  washing  away  of  sins,  we  are  com- 
pelled to  under-itaud  this  as  an  emblematic 
washing  away  of  sins.  By  examining  the  ninth 
chapter  of  the  Acts,  we  learn  that  Paul  was  a 
"  chosen  vessel  "  of  God,  that  Ananias  recog- 
nized him  as  "brother  Sail,"  and  that  Saul  was 
"  filled  ivith  the  Holy  Ghost,"  all  before  bap- 
tism. 

From  these  facts,  it  is  evident  that  Paul's 
washing  away  sins  in  baptism  was  only  em- 
blematical of  what  had  alre.idy  taken  place 
retdh/.  Tlien  the  washing  away  of  sihs  in  im- 
mersion must  be  the  formal  or  emblematic 
washing,  as  we  eat  the  fiesh  and  drink  the  blood 
of  Christ  in  the  Lord's  Supper.  The  doctrines 
of  baptismal  salvation  and  trausubstantiation 
are  both  supported  by  the  same  evidence — the 
perversion  of  the  word  of  God. 

We  call  the  doctrine  of  baptismal  salvation 
l>iijii.'<Ii  and  bhisphciiioiiSt  because  it  usurps  the 
throne  of  Christ,  by  taking  from  him  all  power 
to  pardon  sins,  unless  some  Tanker  preacher 
will  pt-rmit.  We  boldly  affirm  tliat  the  Tank- 
er churches  are  not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ, 
because  they  hold  the  soul- destroying  heresy  of 
baptismal  salvation. 


THE    3RETHT=lTC7Sr    A^P    A\'()!<lv. 


October    31 


THE  RICH  MAN  AND  LAZARUS. 

COStE  all  ye  poor  sinnet^   that  from  Adam 
came, 
AIlj'L'  poorniidye  Imit  and  ye  blind  and  ye  lame 
Close  iu  with  the  Gospel  upon  its  own  terms. 
Or  you'll  burn  t'o'everiike  poor,  moitiil  worms. 

When  tlie  Lord  sbnll  descend  with  sound  from 

above. 
To  eall  home  all  Hia  saints,  to  bless  thorn  with 

.     love. 
Ami  you  not  rens'ted  in  soul   by  His  gcnce, 
Awuy  now  yoii  must  turn  with  sorrowful  face. 

For  if  you  deny  Christ,  He  will  deny  you, 
You'll  be  on  the   left  hand   with,  the  wretched 

crew, 
in  horror  and  torment  forever  you'll  lie. 
In  vain  now  for  mercy,  in  vain  you  will  cry. 

Ynu  read  of  the  rich  man  and  beggar  also; 
The  beggijr  lie  now  died,  to  Jesus  did  go. 
The  rich  man  he,  too,  died  to  bis  sad  surprise. 
He  waked  up  iu  hell  and  lift  up  his  eyes. 

Now  seeing  Abraham  in  nuuisions  above, 
And  LaKnrus.tbcre  with  him  in  raptures  of  love, 
He  cried,  "!''nther  Abraham,  send   to  my  relief. 
For  1  am  tormented  with  pain  and  with  grief." 

He  said,  son,  remember,  while  you  lived  ho  bold, 
Dresaed  in  yonrfine  linen,  your  purple  and  gold, 
La7.arus  laid  at  your  gate,  and  full  of  great  grief. 
You  had  not  compassion  to  give  him  relief. 

Beside  thee,  is  a  gulf,  between  us  you  see, 
That  those  who  pass  from  hence   can't  come  to 

thee; 
But  there  you  must  still  lie,   lament  your  sad 

state, 
For  now  yon  are  sending  your  cries  up  too  late. 

(I  Father  Abraliam,  I  pray  you  provide. 

Am)  send  one  from  the  dead,  my  brethren  be- 
side, 

When  hearing  from  me  here  and  my  wi-etcbed 
state, 

IVrbaps  they  will  repent  before  it  is  too  late. 

They  have  a  rich  Gospel  that's  spread  far  and 
wide, 

Thi'ir's  Musej,  the  Prophets  and  Apostles  be- 
side, 

If  they  will  not  hear  them,   believe  aud  repent. 

They  will  not  believe  though  one  from  the 
dead  went. 

Poor  Zion's  own  mourners,  0  don't  you  despair. 
Hut  fly  to  your  .Jesns,  he'll  answer  your  prayer, 
He  II  hear  your  complaining,  will  ease  all   your 

grief. 
He  will  pardon  your  sins,  and  give  you  relief. 
Selected  by  Enoch  Eby. 


PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD   BAPTISM. 


NUMllKH  III. 

A  NV  person  who  has  given  this  quee- 
-^  tioii  a  careful  examination,  knows 
that  tlie  word  "Imptisni"  is  not  an  En 
ylisb  word, but  an  anglicismof  the  (rreek 
haptisma.  Baptism  translated  into  En 
glisli,  is  imuici-sion.  The  rite  took  its 
name  fi-om  the  nwilp,  and  the  Greek 
word  that  designates  the  mode,  is  haj>- 
iizo.  The  Greek  word  for  sprinkling, 
is  raino,  aud  the  anglicism  of  raino,  is 
rantize,  and  the  name  of  the  rite  or  in 
stitution  of  sprinkling  would  be  ran 
/Ivm  from  raino  and  not  haj>tism  from 
hupbizo.  Let  sprinklers  sail  under  the 
nume  of  raiit'iHrn  from  raino  and  im- 
int'i'sers  under  baptism  from  bajitizo 
and  then  when  a  cnmlidate  makes  ap 
plication  for  initiation,  he  can  t«ll  the 
preachei'  he  wants  to  be  rantized  when 
sprinkled,  and  baptized  when  immersed, 
Rantism  is  the  anglicized  name,  for  the 
institution  of  sprinkling,  and  ought  to 
be  appropriated  and  not  sail  under  false 
colors  any  longer.  When  a  eandidnte 
makes  appliuation  for  baptism  where 
more  than  one  mode  of  administration 
is  practiced,  the  pi'eacher  must  ask,  how 
do  you  want  to  be  baptized  ?  He  cannot 
t^.-'ll  what  to  do  from  the  meaning  of  the 
word  "liaptism."  The  word  "  baptism," 
means  so  much  that  he  cannot  tell  what 
to  do,  til!  the  candidate  explains  it  by 
some  other  word,     if  you    want  to    be 


bai>tized  by  immersion  thej'  will  bap- 
tize you  that  way,  or  if  you  want  to  be 
by  sprinkling,  they  will  baptize  you  that 
way,  or  if  by  pouring,  they  will  bap- 
tize you  in  that  way — they  baptize  any 
way  you  want  them  to—they  are  not  so 
narrow-minded  as  to  depi-ive  any  one  of 
his  choice. 

Well,  what  did  Christ  mean  when  he 
said,  "  Go  teach  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  into  the  name  of  the  Fatlier  tfec.  ?" 
Did  he  mean  that  they  should  go  and 
do  anything  the  people  wanted  done, 
and  eall  it  baptism,  or  did  tlie  apostle 
know  what  he  meant  from  tiie  meaning 
of  the  word,  and  go  and  do  tliat?  Had 
they  to  ask  tlie  people  how  they  wanted 
the  matter  done,  or  did  they  go  and  do 
what  the  Master  told  them?  I  think 
they  ask  no  questions,  for  there  was  but 
one  meaning  in  the  word,  and  that  mean 
ing  was  in  English  immersion;  so  they 
immersed  the  people.  A  mere  child 
knew  what  baptism  meant  iu  those  days ; 
but  in  this  our  day,  where  so  many  dif- 
ferent things  are  called  bapti.sni,  that  the 
preacher  or  teacher  himself  does  not 
know  what  it  means,  and  hence  calls 
anything  and  everything  baptism  that 
fraudulently  assumes  that  name.  All 
Christians  admit  that  haptiso  means  pri- 
marily to  dip  or  immerse,  and  that  im- 
mersion is  a  valid  mode  of  baptizing. 
Ifthe  primary  meaning  of  hapiiio  is 
immersion,  that  meaning  is  specific,  and 
not  generic  as  some  ignorantly  claim. 
Can  the  word  have  both  specific  and 
generic  meanings  at  the  same  time?  But 
theii'  own  commentary  does  notsuit  their 
practice;  for  sprinkling  is  just  as  speci- 
fic as  immersion,  aud  so  is  pouring. 

Now  if  these  ideas  or  modes,  are  con- 
tained in  the  meaning  of  the  word  "bap- 
ti9ra,"^why  do  they  not  perform  all 
that  is  contained  in  the  meaning  of 
Ithe  word  J  If  all  these  modes  are  con- 
tained in  the  meaning  of  the  word, 
Christ  certainly  enjoined  all  three  to  con- 
stitute the  rite.  He  certainly  enjoined 
all  that  was  contained  in  tbe  primary 
meaning  of  huptiso.  Their  own  prac- 
tice is  a  most  triumphant  refutation  of 
the  theouy.  If  the  word  primarily  meant 
to  dip  or  immerse,  and  that  meanin._ 
\vas  appropriated  to  the  i-ite  as  it  was,  or 
else  immersion  could  not  he  v/Ud  bap- 
tism. How  in  the  name  of  common 
sense  can  anything  but  immersion  be 
baptism  i  If  the  word  had  a  secondary 
meaning  (  which  it  has  not  ) ,  one 
meaning  only  could  be  appropriated  to 
the  ordinance.  Words  can  convey  one 
idea  only  in  the  same  situation,  and  that 
is  the  reason  tlie  preachers  must  ask 
what  is  to  be  done  when  they  want  to 
be  baptized,  do  not  know  what  to  do 
themselves. 

The  idea  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as 
a  generic  word  is  as  fabulous  as  anything 
can  be — words  are  all  specific — words 
convey  ideas,  and  generic  idean,  ie  a  sole- 
cism. No  words  can  convey  a  multipli- 
cation of  ideas  at  the  same  time.  When 
you  are  talking  or  writing  about  ahorse, 
you  cannot  convey  the  idea  of  cow,  sheep 
and  hogs  ifec.  Ideas  are  just  like  fig- 
ures, they  mean  one  thing  at  a  time  only. 
Words  are  governed  by  axioms  the  same 
as  mathematics.  Words  work  out  prob- 
lems just  the  same  as  figures  do,  and  all 
that  is  necessary  to  work  out  the  prob- 
lem, is  to  understand  the  rule,  It  is 
generally  believed  that  haptizo  has  a 
secondary  meaning.  This  error  grows 
out  of  a  misunderstanding  of  the  char- 
acteristic distinction  between  figured 
and  unfigiired  diction,  as  well  as  a  prop- 
er knowledge  of  the  laws  of  appropria- 
tion. I  think  I  can  illustrate  this  part 
of  my  dissertation  with  greater    precis- 


ion, and  therefore  make  it  easier  to  un- 
dei-stand  by  all,  by  the  rule  of  appro- 
priation. 

I  will  again  State  my  canon  on  this 
point.  When  wurdtf  are  appropriated 
Iheij  are  always  used  literal  ami  cannot 
he  used  Jigurntive.  Inasmuch  as  I  have 
all  the  le.Nicograpliers  and  learning  of 
the  present  age  to  correct  on  this  point, 
some  eft'orts  toward  critical  accumen, 
will  be  made.  This  secondary  mean- 
ing seems  to  be  the  last  ray  of  hope  for 
sprinkling,  and  if  W"  can  take  the  foun- 
dation from  under  the  edifice—down 
goes  the  fabric!  In  the  first  place,  it  is 
difficult  to  conceive  the  process  of  ap- 
propriation by  figures  or  metaphors.  It 
would  be  the  same  a.s  building  a  bouse 
out  of  its  shadow,  before  the  house  ex- 
isted;  aud  just  how  to  get  a  shadow  of 
a  house  before  there  is  a  liouse,  will  re- 
quire some  explanation.  For  my  -^avi 
I  could  not  perform  the  work.  There 
always  must  be  a  literal  meaning  before 
there  is  any  figure,  there  is  no  such  thing 
as  fijjjurative  meaning.  All  meanings 
are  ;'«//and  literal,  and  may  be  used 
figuratively.  The  primary,  the  second- 
ary, the  third  and  every  other  meaning 
of  words  may  be  used  figuratively.  A 
figure,  is  .simply  a  re-'^emhlance  of  the 
n'al  or  literal  meaning,  and  not  the  re- 
■alitij.  Words  must  always  be  used  lit- 
eral before  they  can  be  used  figuratively. 
Does  not  every  one  know,  that  knows 
anything  about  the  laws  of  metaphoi-s, 
that  metaphors  may  indulge  themselves 
whereever  they  find  resemblance,  aud 
governed  by  no  other  law,  but  that  of 
resemblance.  But  when  appropriated 
are  intended  to  specify,  and  not  merely 
resemble.  Justthinfc  of  a  metaphorical 
realitij. 

(To  lie  rontinufd). 

ECHOES    FROM   ALONG  THE  LINE. 

Sunday-school  —  Large  Meeting— Immortality. 
A  N  old  writer  says,  "the  object  of 
.-^^  Sunday-schools,  is  of  large  and 
^liberal  character.  It  is  to  difi'use  the  el- 
ements of  knowledge,  and  to  teach  the 
great  truths  of  Revelation, — it  is  to  im- 
prove to  the  highest  of  all  purposes,  the 
leisure  of  the  Lord's  day ;  to  render  it 
sacred,  by  thoughts  turned  toward  God; 
and  by  aspiring  t.o  a  knowledge  of  his 
Word  and  Will."  It  is  the  chief  ele- 
ment of  peace  and  harmony.  Show  me 
a  community  where  the  Sunday  is  re- 
garded, or  where  Sunday-schools  never 
die,  then  you  will  show  me  a  communi- 
ty where  peace  and  prosperity  reigns, — 
a  place  where  the  rich  and  poor  meet  on 
a  common  level.  Let  us  then  as  God's 
children  "Remember  the  Sabbath  day 
to  keep  it  holy." 

J.AllliK    MEKTtNG. 

On  the  15th  inst.,  we  wended  our  way 
to  the  English  Prairie  church,  to  par- 
take of  the  spiritual  food,  which  ema- 
nates from  above.  The  services  began 
with  thenecessary  introductions.  Broth- 
el' Schrock  read  part  of  the  third  chap- 
ter of  the  first  epistle  of  John,  select- 
ing for  his  subject  the  first  verse.  "Be- 
hold what  manner  of  love  the  Father 
has  bestowed  upon  us,  that  we  should 
be  called  the  sons  of  God:  therefore  the 
world  knoweth  us  not,  because  it  knew 
hmi  not." 

The  brother  told  us  that  love  is  a 
principle  that  reigns  in  the  breast  of  ev- 
ery human  being,  except  those  wlio  are 
so  depraved  in  sin  as  to  be  beyond  the 
comprehension  of  a  just  and  righteous 
Being.  As  man  advances  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  his  higher  nature,  he  advances 
in  the  knowledge  of  God.  AVe  must 
still  love  One  in    wlioni    all    pea-fection 


centers  when  we  admire  the  wonderful 
universe.  We  tiiink  of  God  when  we 
are  in  sorrow,  and  need  help  and  com- 
fort.    God's  love  is  then  thought  of. 

I.MMUI{TAI,ITV. 

Can  we  hesitate  to  believe  the  immor- 
tality of  the  soul,  when  we  see  the  mis- 
creants live  and  prosper  in  aflluence  of 
fortune,  carrying  it  with  a  high  hand 
against  their  neighbor,  disturbing  all  in 
their  power?  Let  us,  therefore,  put  our 
trust  in  an  al wise  and  merciful  God,  who 
is  able  to  conduct  us  througli  the  paths 
of  this  life  to  serener  climes, 

A.  E.  K. 


CHRIST  THE  OBJECT  OF   FAITH. 

BY  D.  1-.  W1LLI,V«.S, 

"Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gale,foruianyI 
say  unto  yon  will  seek  to  enter  in  and  shall  not 
he  able."     Luke  13:  24. 

TT  is  here  definitely  stated  that  many 
-*-  will  strive  to  enter  and  will  be  sad- 
ly disappointed.  And  whose  fault  will 
it  be?  Their  own  exclusively.  The 
Lord  will  not  be  to  blame  in  the  least, 
and  why?  Because  he  has  put  forth  a 
Perfect  Plan  of  Salvation,  and  that  will 
reach  out  and  take  in  all  mankind.  If 
we  become  wise  in  our  own  conceit,  we 
will  be  sure  to  fail;  for  we  know  noth- 
ing as  we  ought  to  know;  but  if  we  be- 
come fools  in  the  matter  of  Christianity, 
knowing  that  we  know  nothing  in  the 
'matter— knowing  not  which  way  to  go, 
we  positively  need  some  one  to  guide 
us.  We  want  one  that  knows  all  about 
the  route,  and  Christ  is  the  verv  one. 
He  ha.s  traveled  all  along  the  road  — 
is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  all  of  it, 
and  is  the  only  one  who  can  safely  guide 
and  direct  us.  We  are  commanded  to 
walk  in  his  footsteps  or  to  run  that  race 
with  patience.  We  are  not  to  let  Christ 
become  the  Author  of  our  faith,  and  then 
let  some  one  else  finish  it.  If  we  do, 
we  will  not  be  able  to  enter,  for  there  is 
no  one  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the 
way,  but  Christ.  All  others  that  direct 
differently,  are  but  enemies  to  us,  and 
don't  you  tru.-;t  them.  You  are  to  look 
to  Christ;  he  is  to  be  your  sure  and  on- 
ly guide.  That  way  that  you  are  to 
travel  upon,  is  strait  and  narrow,  hence 
the  injunction  is,  to  make  strait  paths 
for  your  feet. 

It  is  enjoined  that  we  lay  aside  every 
weight,  and  the  sin  that  doth  so  easily 
beset  us,  and  run  mth  patience  the  race 
that  is  set  before  us;  looking  unto  Jesus 
Christ,  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our 
faith."  The  apostle  here  jlraws  from  a 
common  usage  or  custom  in  his  day,  to 
convey  an  idea.  They  were  accustom- 
ed to  running  foot-races  in  those  days. 
They  ran  to  obtain  a  corruptible  crown, 
but  we  an  incorruptible  one.  Theii- 
customs  was,  to  draw  a  straight  mark 
for  each  one  to  run  ujion;  and  at  the 
end  of  this  line,  was  an  object  for  each 
to  look  at  and  run  directly  to.  Prepar- 
atory to  this,  they  wore  weights  upon 
their  feet;  but  on  the  day  of  trial,  or 
race,  the  weights  were  all  laid  aside,  so 
as  to  run  with  great  swiftness.  For  if 
they  were  once  turned  from  the  mark  or 
line,  the  crown  or  prize  was  lost.  The 
crown  was  not  e.vactly  reckoned  to  or 
given  entirely  to  the  swiftest  runner,  but 
to  the  most  correct  and  swift  runner. 
They  had  a  law  then  to  govern  those 
races. 

So  the  apostle  could  with  just  pro- 
priety say,  that  a  man  is  not  crowned 
with  masteries  except  he  strive  lawfully. 
Those  that  participated  in  those  races, 
were  not  blessed  with  success,  unless 
they  strictly  deserved  it.  Now  if  these 
ilIu,strations   are  correct,  we    certainly 


October    'S'L. 


THE    B:RETI-lKEZSr    ^T    ^VORK. 


learn  a  great  ilenl  of  very  important 
truth.  How  cjireful  we  ought  to  liv 
how  ])articiilar  we  should  be  in  running 
the  Christian  race.  The  apostle  would 
not  allow  ua  to  take  the  eye  of  faith 
from  Christ,  to  look  for  a  moment  upon 
any  other  object  of  faith;  for  if  we  suf- 
fer ourselves  to  take  our  eye  of  faith 
from  Christ,  we  are  thrown  out  of  bal- 
ance, hence  will  lose  the  prize.  The  Ho- 
ly Scriptures  produce  the  same  identical 
idea  from  other  sources.  Our  Savior 
Bays  that,  "  if  a  man  lay  his  hand  to  the 
plow  and  looketh  back,  he  is  not  fit  for 
the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Probably 
goodly  number  of  us  are  farmers  or  have 
eome  experience  in  farming,  and  if  bo, 
we  certainly  have  experieaeed  the  impor 
tance  of  this  truthful  remark.  Every 
correct  and  good  farmer  runs  his  furrows 
straight;  and  in  order  to  do  so,  he  must 
have  an  object  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  field  to  look  at,  if  he  would  make 
his  furrows  precisely  straight.  If  he 
looks  back  he  will  make  a  crook  in  his 
furrow. 

Now  we  begin  to  see  how  precise  thi 
matter  of  Christianity  is.  Christ  has 
marked  out  the  way  correctly.  Right 
here  I  will  relate  a  little  convereation 
that  occurred  once  between  myself  and 
a  certain  friend.  He  referred  me  to  a 
certain  minister  in  our  neighborhood 
and  said,  that  we  were  both  traveling 
the  same  route.  I  begged  leave  to  differ 
from  him.  I  stated  that  the  route  that  I 
was  traveling  upon,  had  trine  immersion 
for  baptism,  that  it  had  feet- washing  up- 
on it;  alaofthe  Lord's  Supper  eaten  in 
the  evening'^of  the  day,  and  after  sup- 
per the  Communion,  the  salutation  of 
the  kiss,  a  non-conformity  to  the  world, 
non-3Wearing,Jnon-resiatanee,  the  anoint- 
ing of  the  sick  with  oil,  and  that  none 
of  these  were  found  on  his  route;  hence 
it  could  notwith  just  propriety  be  claim 
ed  that  we  were  both  traveling  the  same 
rout^,  there  being  so  much  difterence. 
These  all  were  certainly  upon  the  route 
that  Christ  traveled  over,  and  he  is  at 
the  end  of  his^journey,  standing  as  the 
object  of  faith|for  us  to  look  unto;  and 
we  are  to  see  him  through  all  of  these 
things.  And  he  is  not  seen  through  any 
other  source,  and  cannot  be  reached 
through  any  other  channel. 

Now,  dear  reader,  if  any  man  tell  you 
to  take  a  route  that  differs  in  anywise 
ti'om  the  one  that  Christ  has  marked  out, 
believe  him  not.  The  route  that  leads 
to  eternal  life,  has  its  way-marks  all 
along,  such  as  the  ordinances  that  Chiist 
practiced  and  commanded.  Bear  read- 
er, if  you  are  ti'aveling  a  route  that  has 
none  of  these| way- marks,  nor  all  of  them 
upon  it,  you  are  traveling  a  dangerous 
route^one  that  there  is  no  certainty  or 
safety  in.  Then  strive  to  enter  in  at  the 
strait  gate,  looking  unto  Christ.  He  is 
the  only  object  of  faith. 

LOOK  AT  YOUR  CELLARS. 

1  \0  you  want  to  enjoy  good  health 
■^  and  be  useful  in  the  world  and  in 
society?  "Then  remember  that  the  spot- 
ted mold  and  fungus  attacking  the  tim- 
ber of  your  cellar  show  that  destructive 
agencies  are  at  work.  "Why,  man!  death 
is  gnawing  the  very  sills  of  your  house, 
and  shall  he  spare  those  tender  morsels, 
your  cliildreu?  These  damp,  musty, 
moldy  cellars  are  seed-beds  of  disesise. 
Ho  not  hope  to  preserve  health  over 
such  a  charnel  house.  Do  not  leave  vet:- 
etables  to  rotiii  your  cellar  to  spn^ad 
rottenness  througli  all  your  house. 

"The  wet  cellar  foretells  wet  eyes  up 
stairs!  Drain  it,  and  underd rain  the  sur- 
rounding soil,  so  that  your    cellar  shall 


always  be  dry.  Drive  out  all  mustiness 
and  mold  by  ventilation  and  by  abun- 
dant use  of  white-wash.  Make  the  air 
of  cellars  at  all  times  sweet  and  whole- 
some, because  much  of  this  air  will  find 
its  way  into  the  rooms  above.  But  if 
you  neglect  all  these  things,  and  the 
gel  of  death  spreads  his  dark  wings  o 
your  household,  do  not  charge  the  effects 
of  your  nastiness  and  laziness  to  a  very 
mysterious  Providence!  'A  prudent 
man  foreseeth  the  evil  and  hideth  h: 
self;  but  the  simple  pass  on  and  are 
punished.' " — iSel. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  SOUTH. 

Our  Journey  to  the  Love-feast— The  Yellow  Fe. 
ver— Two  Baptized  — The  Church  Papers- 
Examination  Meeting— The  Love-feast, 
fVN  Friday  morning  Oct.  4th,  with  bar - 
"  ness  and  saddles  on  the  horses,  wife 
and  I  with  the  little  one,  mounted,  and 
set  our  faces  toward  the  South.  Arriv- 
ed at  Brother  Levi  Hertzler's  at  noon. 
After  dinner  we  hitched  to  his  spring 
wagon,  and  in  company  with  his  two 
daughtei'swhoareinemberaofthechurch, 
we  resumed  our  journey  to  Blount  Co, 
and  arrived  at  our  destination,  six  miles 
from  the  place  of  meeting.  We  give 
this  little  account  of  our  journey  to  give 
our  readers  a  little  estimate  of  the  price 
of  these  seasons  of  fraternal  communion 
here  in  our  scattered  church.  But  to  us 
who  do  not  enjoy  the  pleasm'e  of  at' 
tending  often  at  our  own  church,  this 
journey,  compared  with  the  enjoyment 
and  strengthening  of  the  inner  man, 
which  we  receive  at  such  seasons,  is  in- 
considerable. 

On  Saturday  morning  we  attended 
church  meeting  at  nine  o'clock.  After 
meeting  was  opened,  we  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  listening  to  a  very  soul-reviving 
accoimt  of  a  tour  among  the  churchi 
North,  from  brother  S.  Z.  Sharp,  who 
had  just  returned  the  day  before.  He 
also  gave  us  some  account  of  the  suffer- 
ings which  he  witnessed  as  he  passed 
through  some  of  the  cities  which  are  un- 
der the  scourge  of  the  yellow  fever. 
It  seems  that  those  who  get  their  infor- 
mation entirely  from  the  press,  get  but 
a  partial  idea  of  the  actual  misery  that 
is  resting  upon  many  of  the  unfortunate 
victims  of  the  plague.  All  things  un- 
der the  providence  of  God — though  they 
be  natural  effects  of  natural  causes, — 
have  a  purpose,  and  an  end.  May  we 
who  are  spared  for  some  reason  or  pur- 
pose, remember  our  dependence  for  life 
and  health,  on  him  who  ever  rules  all 
things,  and  without  whose  notice  not  a 
sparrow  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

It  is  needful  that  we  often  ask  our- 
selves, what  are  we  doing  for  the  tem- 
poral and  eternal  welfare  of  our  fellow- 
mortals,  outside  the  nari'ow  limits  of  our 
own  families,  by  the  thousands  of  op- 
portunities that  present  themselves  to  us 
for  doing  good.  The  sick,  the  afflicted, 
imprisoned,  the  ueedy  and  those  who  are 
wanting  the  bread  of  life,  are  with  us, — 
are  our  neighbors,  inasmuch  as  God  has 
provided  us  with  means  of  helping  them, 
at  whatever  distance  they  maybe.  Time 
is  winging  us  away,  and  soon  on  one 
hand  will  be  heard  the  \veleome  plaud- 
it, "  Inasmuch  sis  ye  have  done  it  unto 
one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren, 
ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  And  on  the 
other,  "Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to 
trtie  of  the  lo:ist  of  these,  ye  did  it  not 
to  me." 

After  the  businass  of  the  council-meet- 
ing was  disposed  of  in  due  order,  and  de- 
votional e.vercises  over,  we  repaired  to 
the  water  side  to  witness  the  baptism  of 
a  young  man    and    wife.      This    young 


couple  had  heard  brother  Sharp  preach 
several  times,  and  had  in  the  mean  tii 
been  reading  our  church  papers.  That 
our  church  papers  can  be  made  great 
auxiliaries  in  preaching  "the  faith  once 
delivered  to  tjie  saints,"  cannot  be  doubt- 
ed, and  every  honorable  means  of  rend 
ering  them  such,  should  be  encouraged. 
To  hundreds  and  probably  thousands 
of  persons  who  like  the  above  mention- 
ed, live  at  a  distance  from  the  church, 
and  cannot  regularly  enjoy  the  associa- 
tions of  the  brethren,  the  church  papers 
are  almost   indispensable. 

tup:  EKA.M1NATION  MKKTINd 

commenced  at  four  o'clock,  when  thi 
11th  cliapterof  1  Cor.,  was  read  and  re 
marks  made  on  Gospel  discipline  and 
self-examination.  In  this  direction 
have  probably  more  need  of  eai-nest  la- 
bor, watching  and  prayer,  in  the  little 
scattered  congregations,  than  in  the  large 
and  well-established  churches;  but  the 
Lord  is  able  to  save  his  own  to  the 
terraost!  Communion  services  were  held 
in  the  evening.  The  full  atonement  by 
the  blood  of  Christ,  and  the  great  Sup- 
per in  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  were 
brought  near  together,  and  we  felt  that 
it  was  good  to  be  there. 

On  Sunday  morningwe  attended  Sun- 
day-school, and  listened  to  a  short  ad 
(b-eas  by  brother  Sharp,  .such  as  we  hope 
he  gave  to  many  in  his  travels,  after 
a  shr>rt  intermission  to  a  sermon  on  the 
subject,  "I  am  the  way."  Meetings  clos- 
ed on  Sunday  night.  Subject,  "\Vho  is 
my  neighbor?"  The  church  numbei's 
about  fifty,  and  after  brother  Sharp 
leaves  the  labors  will  devolve  on  broth 
er  Jesse  Crosswhite,  but  they  are  more 
than  one  man  can  do,  without  help,  and 
provide  for  his  family  besides.  The 
laborers  are  few  and  the  work  is  plenty, 
and  much  will  be  lost,  should  the  har 
vest  wait.  C.  F.  D. 


FALLING    FROM  GRACE. 

liT  .1.    U.  LRHMAN. 

TT  is  said  by  some  people,  "  once  m 
-*-     grace  always  in  grace."    We  read, 

angels  who  kept  not  their  first  estate 
were  cast  out  of  heaven  and  are  kept 
in  ehaitis  of  darkness  unto  the  judg- 
ment of  the  great  day.  Paul  says, 
"AVhosoever  of  you  arejustified  by  law; 
ye  are  fallen  fi-om  grace."  So  there 
seems  to  be  a  possibility  of  man  falling 
from  grace,  as  well  as  angels  from  their 
first  estate.  We  also  read  in  another 
place,  "Let  him  that  thinketh  he  stand- 
eth,  take  heed  lest  he  fall."  This  fall- 
ing, I  think,  has  referenecto  falling  from 
grace.  In  Rom.  11:  :i2,  we  read,  "  If 
thou  continue  in  his  goodness;  otherwise 
thou  also  shalt  be  cut  off."  "  But  judge 
this  rather,  that  no  man  put  a  stumb- 
ling-block or  an  occasion  to  fall  in  his 
brother's  way."  "  Now  I  beseech  you 
brethren,  mark  them  which  cause  di- 
visions and  oft'enses  contrary  to  the  doc- 
trine which  ye  have  learned,  avoid  them; 
tor  they  that  are  such,  serve  not  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  but  their  ownselves; 
and  by  good  words  and  fair  speeches, 
deceive  the  hearts  of  the  simple." 

When  we  let  owselves  be  deceived 
by  Satan,  we  are  very  apt  to  fall  from 
the  grace  of  God.  "Know  ye  not  that 
ye  are  the  temple  of  God,  and  that  the 
Spirit  of  God  dwelleth  in  you  ?"  If  any 
man  defile  the  temple  of  God,  him  shall 
God  destroy;  foi'  the  temple  of  God  is 
holy,  which  temple  ye  are."  "Let  no 
man  deceive  himself."  "For  of  whom 
a  manisovercome,  thesame  is  he  brought 
in  bondage;"  "For  if  after  they  have 
escaped    the  pollutions   of    the    woi'ld; 


through  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and 
Savi.ir  Jesus  Christ,  they  are  again  en- 
tangled therein  and  overcome,  the  lat- 
ter end  is  woi-se  with  them  than  the 
beginning,"  "For  it  had  been  better  for 
them  not  to  have  known  the  way  of 
righteousness,  than  after  they  have 
known  it,  to  turn  from  the  holy  com- 
mandment delivered  unto  them." 

The  apostle  tells  us  what  a  miserable 
condition  we  fall  into  by  turning  from 
the  holy  conunandmenta  delivered  unto 
us.  "Let  no  man  deceive  you  by  any 
means;  for  that  day  shall  not  come,  ex- 
cept there  come  a  falling  away  first,  and 
that  man  of  sin  be  revealed,  the  son  of 
perdition."  Falling  from  what,  reader? 
Why,  falling  from  the  favor  and  friend- 
ship of  God.  Eph.  5:  (J.  "Let  no  man 
deceive  you  with  vain  words."  Now 
dear  reader  let  us  take  the  advice  of  the 
apostle  Peter,  let  us  be  sober,  be  vig- 
ilant; because  our  adversary,  the  devil 
as  a  roaring  lion,  is  around  us,  seeking 
how  he  may  devour  us,  or  cause  us  to 
fall  from  the  grace  of  God,  as  he  did 
from  his  first  estate.  I  cannot  see  how 
in  the  name  of  all  reason,  any  one  can 
entertain  the  thought,  with  the  above 
Scriptures  before  him,  that  if  a  person 
is  once  in  favor  and  friendship  with  God, 
that  he  cannot  depart  from  it.  The 
crown  of  eternal  life  is  at  the  C7ul  of  the 
race,  not  in  the  middle,  nor  in  the  be- 
ginning. Such  a  doctrine  cannot  be  the 
doctrine  Paul  taught,  for  he  says  to  the 
Galatians,  "Are  ye  so  foolish,  having 
begun  in  the  Spirit,  are  ye  now  made 
perfect  in  the  flesh  ?  I  marvel  that  ye 
are  so  soon  removed  from  him  that  call- 
ed you  into  the  grace  of  Christ."  I 
think  this  is  one  of  Satan's  devices,  to 
make  us  think  that  ^ve  are  so  strong, 
when  the  best  of  ns,  are  weak.  But  it 
is  not  necsessary  that  we  shotdd  he  ig- 
norant of  his  dences,  for  we  have  the 
law  of  the  Gospel  before  us,  and  above 
all  things,  let  us  search  the  good  Book, 
so  that  we  may  learn  to  know  ourselves. 


T  IVE  for  something!  Yes,  for  sorae- 
-^  thing  worthy  of  life  and  its  capa- 
bilities and  opportunities, for  nobledeeds 
and  achievements.  Every  man  and  ev- 
ery woman  has  his  or  her  assignment  in 
the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  daily 
life.  We  are  in  the  world  to  make  the 
world  better;  to  lift  it  up  to  higher  lev- 
els of  enjoyment  and  pi-ogress,  to  make 
its  hearts  and  homes  brighter  and  hap- 
pier by  devoting  to  oiu-  fellows  our  beat 
thoughts,  activities  and  influences.  It  is 
the  motto  of  every  true  heart  and  the 
genius  of  every  noble  life,  that,  "no 
an  liveth  to  himself — lives  simply  to 
his  own  selfish  good.  It  is  a  law  of  our 
intellectual  and  moral  being,  that  we 
promote  oui-  own  happiness  in  the  e.'c- 
act  proportion  that  we  contribute  to  the 
comfort  and  enjoyment  of  others.  Nnth- 
ng  worthy  of  the  name  of  happiness 
is  possible  to  the  e.xpeiience  of  those 
who  live  only  for  themselves,  all  obliv- 
ious of  the  welfare    of  their  fellows. 


WAYS    OF  THE  WORLD, 

rptlE  ways  of  the  world  are  sti-ange 
-*•  and  devious.  Yet  there  is  great 
good  in  it,  for  a  "touch  of  misfortune 
maketh  all  mankind  kin."  Many  a  man 
deeply  engrossed  in  business,  hurrying 
along  the  path\vay  of  life,'  absorbed  in 
worldly  cares,  turns  now  and  then  aside 
for  relrospections  and  kindly  acts.  And 
these  aie  the  Jlowers  ho  strews  along 
the  liighway  of  his  earthly  existence. 


thp:  isrethcre>s^  ^t  -wokk:. 


October    81 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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aciT«  sn  tUm  copy  freo  of  clinrgo.  For  all  oTor  ' 
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tlonnl  name,  which  ntntiiinl  cnn  Vm  rttdiiclcd  from 
ni(,i.V,hc-foro=on,iingil  .0  us.,  Modc,  (Ird.ra.  DraH* 
ADil  HefeiaterpJ  LcllBr^t  mny  b»  Bunl  nt  our  ) 
should, bo  miKlopiiyohlD  to  Monro  &  K«ln--lmnii. 

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per,  as  well  ns  nil  bueincBB  miittorS  ci 


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OCTOSSB  31. 1878. 


VYatch  the  dato  opposite  your  name  on  paper 
or  wrapper,  find  be  sure  to  reuew  soou;  by  so 
doing  you  «ill  save  u?  much  labor. 


At  thi!*  writing,  (Oct,  2QtU),ibis  snowing 
very  rajiidly,  being  the  first  for  this  season  m 
tins  part  of  the  country.      , 

Brothkr  Moore  left  home  on  the  22nd  to 
spend  several  dnys  wilh  the  brethren  at  Ash- 
land, Ohio,  iind  expects  to  return  by  his  old 
home  near  Urbanii,  III. 

If  those  who  receive  the  paper  without  having 
ordered  it,  wish  to  l;now  the  reason,  they  need 
only  look  under  the  head  of  Business  Notices 
on  another  page  to  find  out, 

Bkotiieu  John  Nicholson  has  moved  to 
Trumbull  Co.  Ohio,  into  a  liouse  prepared  for 
him  by  the  Brethren.  Ha  goes  there  to  engage 
in  an  earnest  ettort  preaching' the  Go.ipel.  His 
address  hereafter  will  be  Bristol,  Trumbrtll  Co. 
Ohio.  .,..__^ 

Froh  brother  Daniel  Hays  we  learn,  that 
Bro.  D.  P.  Saylor  nnd  wife,  and  Bro.  Hot 
and  wife  are  laboring  with  the  Brethren  in  the 
Valley  of  Viu  Hope  that  their  labors  may  be 
crowned  with  success,  nnd  many  of  the  saints 
edified.  

We  have  received  a  supply  of  Denient's.work 
on  Ingeraoll,  Be^icher  and  Dogma.  If  you 
want  to  learn  how  well  he  meet^  the  infidel, 
the  skeptic,  and  the  long  list  of  little  soldiei-s 
who  train  under  them,  jilst  send  to  this  office 
and  get  a  copy.     Price  one  dollar. 

CoNSiDEHABi.K  Correspondence  and  Church 
News  must  lay  over  until  next  issue,  for  want 
of  space.  Many  thanks  to  our  correspondents 
for  their  svillingness  to  keep  us  supplied  with 
the  cheering  news  of  Zion's  prosperity.  If  yoi 
would  have  the  news  from  other  churches,  yoi 
must  give  that  of  your  own,  thus  provoking 
one  another  to  love  and  good  works. 


WiiiLE  so  busy  talking  of  others'  faults,  pray 
don'tletusforget  our  own.  The  man  who  takes 
care  of  his  own  bad  habits  will  have  his  hands 
full.  The  better  way,  is  to  net  a  good  example 
before  others.  This  will  do  more  good  than  all 
our  talk. 

SixoE  the  ascension  of  Christ,  at  least  twenty- 
four  false  Christ's  have  arisen.  One  of  them, 
Cariba  lived  early  in  the  second  century.  He 
put  himself  at  the  head  of  the  Jewish  nation 
as  tlieir  messiah,  and  many  followed  him.  The 
Romans  made  war  upon  hiin,  and  the  Jews 
his  ilefense,  lost  between  five  and  six  hundred 
thousand  souls.  In  the  twelfth  century  eight 
or  ten  imp'^stors  appeared,  and  were  followed 
by  many  Je«  b.  The  last  that  gained  many 
converts  was  Mondeeai,  a  Jew  of  Germany,  who 
lived  in  1082.  He  lied  for  his  life,  and  bis  end 
is  not  known  to  this  ihiy. 


The  Intti-  Ocean  of  the  24th  inst.,  says; 
"  News  comes  this  morning  of  one  of  the  most 
terrible  storms  in  the  Ea.st  that  has  passed  over 
any  section  of  this  country  for  years.  In  Phil- 
adelphia over  forty  churches  were  damaged, 
many  of  them  losing  their  steeples,  while  along 
the  Delaware  Hivor  warehouses  were  unroofed 
or  blown  down  and  great  damage  indicted.  The 
atorm  visited  New  York,  Albany,  Wilkcsbarre, 
and  intermediate  cities,  causing  great  damage 
wherever  it  touched,  and  in  many  places 
life.  The  storm  broke  out  yesterday 
and  was  so  intense  that  telegranhic  communi' 
cation  with  the  £ast  was  interrupted  up  to  i 
late  hour  last  evening.  This  fact  renders  the 
full  particulars difiicult  to  obtain,  but  sufficient 
is  given  to  show  that  the  storm  was  almost  un- 
precedented." 


There  are  said  to  be  upward  of  twentv-tive 
lahy  story  papers  published  for  bi>y*  and  chil- 
dren in  New  York  Citj-,  with  an  aggregate  cir- 
tion  of  over  375,000.  The  ainout  of  Ir.ishy 
lit^?ratu^e  being  placed  in  the  hou.ies  of  chil- 
dren,is  becoming  alarming  ParentjH,  whomnnt 
their  children  to  grow  »p  fully  fitted  fof  great- 
er usefulness,  should  keep  a  watchful  ■  eye  on 
the  reading  matter  that  fnnies  into  thuir  houses. 

Some  of  the  cedars  on  Mt.  Lebanon  are  said 
to  have  attained  the  great  higbt  of  ISO  feet,  nnd 
well  proportioned  ni  bulk.  The  wood  of  these 
trees  is  of  rare  beauty  and  durability,  for  which 
reason  it  was  selected  by  the  Egyptlims  for  the 
manufacture  of  muilimy  coffins,  maiiy  of  which, 
ifler  having  Iain  in  the  earth  over  four  thons- 
md  years,  are  still  in  agood  state  of  preservation. 


A  M.vs  steps  up  and  says:  "  I  used  to  think  a 

great  deal  of  Theodore  G^ ■,  buti   have   lost 

confidence  in  him."  You  have?  You  arc  to 
be  pitied  indeed!  Q.  better  shut  up,  atop  and 
quit:  for,  as  a  matter  of  course,  his  success  io 
business  depends  largely  on  what  yon  think. 
And  if  you  have  lost  confidence  in  him,  the  best 
thing  you  can  do,  is  to  find  it  as  soon  as  you 
can.  A  man  '  niul^t  feel  terribly  bad  without 
confidence.  Just  think  how  lonely  a  man  nmst 
he  going  about  the  streets  and  highwiiya  having 
lost  confidence!  And  then  -^o  many  are  unwill- 
ing to  find  it,  even  if  laid  down  at  their  door. 
Sometimes  men  are  rebuked  for  their  sins  by  the 
preacher,  and  this  makes  them  lose  confidence 
in  him.  Verily  such  confidence  losers  have 
their  reward. 


OsE  of  our  agents  says;  "  I  hope  you  will 
adopt  the  cash  system;  it  will  be  better  for  all 
concerned.  The  credit  business  has  ruined  our 
country.  I  think  it  would  be  far  better  if  the 
cash  system  would  bo  adopted  in  every  depart- 
ment of  business."  So  say  we;  for  there /s  real 
happiness  in  knowing  that  as  the  sun  sets  each 
day,  we  "owe  no  man  anything,  but  to  love 
him."  This  injunction  of  the  apostle  should  be 
well  considered  by  all  who  love  the  Lord.  We 
commend  it  to  all  our  readers,  for  careful  con- 
sideration. We  know  that  too  often  circum- 
stances drive  us  to  seek  credit,  but  perhaps  in 
nine  eases  out  of  every  ten,  it  would  be  better  to 
drive  the  circnmstaTices  than  to  let  them  drive 
us.  Careful,  considerate,  steady  labor  wins 
more  than  the  headlong  speculation.  In  all 
business,  go  no  faster  than  you  can  fortify. 


.4s  a  rule,  agents  for  religions  papers  need  f  o 
exercise  much  patience  and  sclf-sHorificc.  They 
meet  those  who  destie  the  paper,  yet  are  too 
poor  to  pay  anything  for  it.  Then  the_ agent's 
heart  is  opened  and  he  either  gives  him  his 
commission  or  reaches  down  into  his  pocket  and 
pays  for  the  paper  out  of  his  own  Imrd-earned 
means.  Not  unfrequently  he  meets  those  who 
want  the  paper  he  is  canva.ssing  for,  but  have 
not  the  money  with  them.  ■  They  promise  to 
pay  in  a  few  weeks;  he  advances  th^e  money; 
and  too  often  the  weeks  are  stretched  into 
months,  and  in  our  own  ouperienee  the  weeks 
have' turned  out  to  be  years.  This  is  all  wrong, 
and  savors  of  a  species  of  neglect,  inexcusable, 
And  then  there  are  the  dishonest.  They  will  or- 
der a  paper  sent  them,  read  it  all  the  year 
through,  {the  agent  having  advanced  the  mon- 
ey) and  when  he  who  did  him  a  kindness,  calls 
for  his  pay,  he  is  told,  "  I  never  ordered  the  pa- 
per." Such  men  eiist;  what  for,  we  are  unable 
to  tell.  Agents  thus  get  a  taste  of  editorial  life. 
Many  people  imagine  that  agents  and  editors 
are  surrounded  with  sweets,  hence  look  upon 
them  with  a  sprinkling  of  envy;  but  if  they 
could  lift  the  curtain  a  little  and  just  taste  a  lit- 
tle of  the  bitter,  their  hankering  for  such  posi- 
tions would  lessen  very  suddenly.  It  in  only  in 
the  consciousness  of  doing  good,  that  we  find 
the  sunshine  bo  much  needed  by  those  who  put)- 
lish  papers  and  labor  to  increase  their  circula- 
tion. There  is  happiness  in  doing  good — in 
doing  right,  though  sorrows  and  afflictions  rise 
in  doing  it.  Let  none,  therefore,  yield  to  the 
trials  and  difficulties  which  confront  them  in 
soliciting  subscriptions.  It  is  a  good  work,  and 
God  knows  how  to  reward. 


ABOUT    ELDER    JAMES    STE- 
PHENSON. 

Itrollirr  Moorf.— 

I  WRITE  you  concerning  a  series  of  meetings 
held  in  our  neighborhood  by  Elder  James 
Stephenson,  of  Chicago.  He  figured  largely  on 
the  kingdom  as  well  an  upon  the  mortality  ot 
man,  their  principal  hobbies,  announcing  for 
two  or  three  evenings,  that  on  Sunday  eve  he 
would  treat  the  subject  of  trine  immersion;  but 
two  evenings  prior  to  the  time,  changed 
topic  and  said  that  he  would  preach  on  the  de- 
Bigu  of  baptism.     Sundtiy   evening  eame  and 


plenty  of  Brethren  there.  He  lumounced  his 
text,  "  Prove  all  things,  hold  fast  to  that  which 
is  good."  Treated  hia  subject  remarkably  well 
■or  perhaps  fifteen  minutes;  swung  around  .tud 
commenced  upon  the  mode,  and  then  trine  im- 
lersionists,  tprinkleni  and  ponreni  had  to  hear 
is  arguments  in  favor  of  single  immersion, 
and  the  total  abhorrence  of  any  other  mode. 
He  htat'ed  that  he  had  preached  the  same  in 
Lanark,  and  that  you  were  present,  and  after 
services  you  invited  him  to  your  ofiicc  the  next 
ning.  Andiu  conversation'  with  him,  ask- 
ed him  something  concerning  a  Greek  noun  of 
verb,  and  if  it  did  not  mean  so  and  so,  to  which 
he  replied,  that  it  did  not,  then  propounded  a 
question  to  you  and  you  replied  that  you  was 
no  grammarian,  and  that  your  foreman  was,  and 
lluif  was  to  decide  a.  very  simple  question  as  to 
the  relstioa  that  nouns  and  verbs  sustain  to 
each  other.     He  used  your  niune  personally. 

He  fnither  said  that  he  has  jiroduced  .argu- 
ments that  you  and  brother  Quiuter  cannot 
answer,  neither  can  any  man  in  the  United 
StateB.  He  also  challenged  any  man  to  prove 
that  the  Bible  teaches  trine  immersion.  H^ 
said  that  if  grammer  taught  Iriue  immersion  in 
the  commission  it  was  not  worth  the  paper  it 
wiis  printedion.  He  brought  up  an  illustration 
thus: 

"  I  ain  commanded  to  go  to  Washington  by 
the  President,  nnd  by  the  Supreme  Court,  and 
by  Congress,  would  any  one  suppose  that  I 
would  have  to  go  three  timesr* "  He  answered, 
no.  "To  sit  down  with  Isaac,  Jacob,  &c.,  and 
to  come  in  the  glory  of  the  Father  and  with  the 
holy  angels,  all  being  antilogous  to  the  commis- 
sion." Ha  further  said  we  did  not  practice  our 
theology,  as  we  only  immersed  the  head  and 
shoulders  three  times  and  the  remaining  part  of 
the  body  but  once.  He  thaukcH  God  that  the 
Bible  was  sufficient  to  prove  all  things,  and  that 
he  was  never  driven  to  history  to  prove  his  po- 
sition. He  said  thattrineimmersiouandinfant 
b.iptism  are  evils  that  crept  into  the, church 
about  the  same  time,  and  were  recorded  by 
church  historians  before  the  evils  were  very 
widely  diffused,  and  before  any  council  was  call- 
ed to  investigate  and  denounce  it.  But  he  was 
very  careful  not  to  tell  us  when  and  where  the 
council  met  that  denounced  trine  immersion. 
He  further  said  that  we  immersed  twice  into 
his  life  and  once  into  his  death. 

Now  if  ho  is  such  a  character  as  he  represents 
himself  to  be,  the  Solomon  of  the  United  States, 
I  am  deceiveiJ.  I  do  not  wish  Io  have  our  doc- 
trine abused  away  here  in  the  frontier.  I  hope 
some  of  our  able  debaters  will  take  hold  of  the 
distinguished  divine  (?)  and  show  him  what  we 
have  to  say  on  all  points  of  ditterence  between 
him  and  us.  1  think  he  is  talking  something 
he  does  not  know  when  he  speaks  of  brother 
Quinter  as  he  did. 

Yours  in  bonds  of  love, 

J.  H.  BruswoHTH*. 

HEMAltKS. 

We  publish  the  above,  ibllowed  by  these  re- 
marks, in  order  to  put  a  stop  to  such  misrepre- 
sentation. When  you  hear  of  a  preacher  trav- 
eling over  the  country,  telling  the  public  how 
he  cornered  brother  Moore,  or  any  other  broth- 
er, you  may  know  there  is  a  screw  loose  some 
place.  I 

I  have  met  Mr.  Stephenson,  of  Chicago,  a  few 
times,  and  heard  him  preach  three  sermoiiP. 
On  one  occasion  he  dwelt  largely  on  the  action 
of  Christian  baptism.  It  was  during  the  time  I 
was  holding  a  written  discussion  with  Mr.  Rowe, 
of  this  place.  Mr.  Stephenson  was  very  pei-sonal 
in  his  remarks:  referred  repeatedly  to  the  writ- 
ten debate  between  myself  and  Mr.  Rowe,  and 
to  me  directly  in  public.  Of  course,  I  did  not 
mind  it,  for  I  am  used  to  such  things.  At  the 
close  of  the  services,  and  after  most  of  the  con- 
gregation had  left  the  house,  he  met  me  in  the 
aisle,  where  we  passed  a  few  friendly  words.  I 
then  invited  him  to  call  at  the  office,  at  his  leis- 
ure, and  I  would  explain  to  him  one  point  of 
difference  between  us  and  the  Thurmiuiites,  in 
relation  to  trine  immersion,  ns  I  perceived  he 
was  laboring  under  a  slight  mistake  regarding 
our  faith. 

But  be  commenced  iit^'uing  the  case  with  me 
right  there  in  the  house.  Everything  being 
quiet,  we  liad  a  very  orderly  little  debate  for 
something  near  half  an  hour,  and  if  our  readers 
had  been  present  and  seen  how  the  old  man 
sweat  over  some  of  the  arguments  and  questiofis 
I  put  to  him,  his  going  around  over  the  country 
and  talking  about  me,  would  have  but  little  ef- 
fect. The  next  day  he  called  at  the  office,  where 
some  two  hours  were  spent  in  conversation  on 
the  same  subject.  I  did  not  tell  him  I  was  "no 
grammarian."  A  man  who  has  mastered  nearly 
700  pages  of  English  Grammar  in  three  months. 


and  passed  an  exaniinalion  without  missing  a 
single  question,  is  not  in  the  habit  of  telling 
people  that  he  is  no  grammarian,  even  if  he 
has  slightly  forgotten  some  of  the  rules. 

I  do  not  object  to  Mr.  Stephenson  taking  up 
my  writings  and  preacbin-;;  against  them  all  he 
wishes,  but  do  object  to  biln  getting  Up  before 
a  congfegatiou  in  Kaiis^as,  or  any  other  place, 
and  telling  the  people  that  he  had  a  convers- 
ation with  Moore,  in  Lanark,  and  puir.7,led 
him  ,on  some  simple  question.  1  wantit  under-  , 
stood  that  I  do  not  get  pjizzlad  in  grammar, 
Greek  and  history  vrheu  talking  on  that  ques- 
tion. 

His  saying  that  infant  baptism  and  trine  im-  ' 
mersibn  crept  into  the  church  at  thesaiile  time, 
is  without  foundation.  It  looks  a  little  strange 
that  a  man  will  repudiate  hi.story  in  one  breath, 
and  in  the  next  one  try  to  use  it.  Hod  he  said 
that  infhnt  baptism  and  single  immersion  crept 
into  the  church  near  the  same  time,  he  would 
have  been  nearer  the  truth. 

The  illustration  about  going  to  Washington 
by  the  President,  and  by  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  by  Congress,  might  he  an  argument  in  de- 
fense of  single  immersion,  provided  the  three 
bodies  were  one,  but  when  it  is  remembered 
that  they  are  three  distinct  departnieuis,  each 
one  performing  its  own  part,  it  turns  the  evi- 
dence the  other  way;  especially  if  he  wants  to 
visit  the  President,  and  the  Supreme  Court,  and 
Congress.  He  must  go  to  Washington;  first 
visit  the  President,  then  it  takes  another  action 
to  reach  the  Supreme  Court,  and  a  third  action 
to  visit  Congress.  That  illustration  proves  trine 
immersion,  for  we  go  to  where  there  is  water, 
have  an  action  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  an- 
other in  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  a  third  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

In  regard  to  sitting  down  with  Abraham,  and 
Isaac,  and  Jacob,  it  should  be  remembered  that 
"  sit  down  "  is  an  intransitive  verb,  white  "  bap- 
tiiring,"  as  used  in  the  commission,  is  transitive. 

The  same  is  true  of  the  verb  "  come,"  in  his 
other  illustration.  Whenever  he  or  anybody 
else  who  takes  a  man  into  the  water  up  to  his 
waist,  can  toll  into  what  name  the  immersed 
part  of  that  person  has  been  baptized  before  any 
name  is  mentioned,  then  he  can  talk  about  us 
baptizing  the  upper  part  of  the  boily  only. 

About  all  our  people  in  Kansas  need  to  do,  to 
refute  his  misrepresentations,  is  to  get  the  priv- 
ilege of  reading  this  article  before  the  same 
congregation  that  he  preaches  to,  about  me. 
Were  you  iu  Lanark  and  could  consult  those 
who  heard  the  talk,  you  would  hear  something 
quite  different  from  what  he  tells.  This  much 
I  have  to  say;  of  all  the  learned  men  I  ever  ar- 
gued with  on  trine  immersion,  he  is  the  easiest 
one  to  handle.  j.  b.  u. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  PLAN. 


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reiii;iik-.  .-n  il.i  -ni (  ■■[    \    M    i..  in  u  .m  cxpla- 

natiiifj  Ml,  ii,,  ~.,EiF. ,     I  ii   I    - 1;.  iM.iiiiii-ly  can 

go  Whu    l\.Hll.-.  lii.      Ihtl.-  1..  tjn  IJH,,1,-1-)  .iliuuttliat, 

but  e.-m  all  who  itu  yo,  liear  anil  yi-t  Lliu  lull  boneilt 
of  themeefcingi'  Pur  iny  ptirt,  I  have  as  little  d^ 
sire  to  keep  members  froiu  our  A.M.  as  anyone. 
I  Imve  been  a  member  of  the  churcli  forty-seven 
years,  and  have  attemled  a  great  many  A.  SI.'s,  antl 
was  one  of  tlie  members  in  itiOU  wlio  tried  hanl  to 
adopt  a  plan  tliat  would  give  the  be.tt  general  satis- 
faction that  could  bo  adoptod,  but,  accordiiiK  to  m}' 
we;ikjiHl(,'ineiit.  has  never  been  fully  cnrrieil  out. 
Xow  a  full  explanation  of  yoursLx  itemsmay  cloai' 
up  one  of  the  most  important  subjects  that  h,^s 
perplexed  the  minds  of  many  of  our  old  and  moat 
substanti.ll  brettiren  for  many  yeara. 

illKI.  ILVMILTON. 
REMA.RK8. 

IT  is  gratifying  to  see  the  interest  being  man- 
ifested regarding  a  better  plan  of  holding 
the  Annual  Meeting,  ,so  as  to  accommodate 
more  people,  and  afford  better  opportunities  for 
hearing  what  is  said. 

Before  publishing  our  plan  there  are  n  few 
things  I  would  like  to  know  regarding  all  tho 
Annual  Meetings  held  during  the  la.st  five  years, 
and  hope  the  brethren  who  served  as  Secretaries 
at  tliese  meetings  will  answer  at  once: 

1.  What  was  the  average  number  of  persons 
fed  each  day? 

2.  What  was  the  largest  number  fed  any 
one  day? 

3.  How  many  hands  were  required  to  do 
the  cooking  and  waiting  on  the  tables? 

4.  What  was  the  actual  cost  of  the  provis- 
ions used  at  each  meeting? 

I  would  like  these  questions  answered  before 
publishing  my  plan.  The  plan  I  believe  will 
work  like  a  chann,  when  once  adopted  and  clear- 


October    31 


THE    BRETHHEr^r    AT    AVOKK. 


ly  iindeRtood.  It  wlil.co^t  something  to  start 
il,  Ifiit  when  once  started  it  will  pay  it-;  own 
iTfiy,  and  bp  a  burden  tonooHf.  Itwiil  require 
■,i  rery  skillful  man  to  niannge  it,  as  the  whole 
thing  is  reduced  to  a  complete  Byatem.  It  will 
he  n  little  difficult  to  explain  in  the  paper  with- 
out Q  few  engravings.  It  has  been  esplained  to 
a  number  of  brethren  who  hiive  conaiderable 
eiperience  with  Annual  Meetings  and  they 
think  the  phin  cannot  help  but  work,  if  once 
fltartcd.  Our  readers  will  be  favored  with  our 
explanation  in  due  tinie.  -'■  H.  m. 


PRINCIPLE  OF  PEACE. 


' '  A4^  ^  peaoe  I  leave  with  you,  my  peace  I 
ill  give  you,"  is  the  toim  of  the  Author  of 
peace.  The  principle  that  "  He  is  our  peace." 
is  the  only  tme  one.  When  Saul  of  Tarsus  had 
put  the  Chri8tinns  into  prison  —  had  treated 
them  cruelly,  he  had  done  it  unto  the  Lord. 
The  true  peace-man  feels  that  the  killing  even 
of  those  for  whom  Christ  died,  those  whom  He 
ireated,  those  whom  He  still  visits  with  His 
word  and  Spirit,  is  aiming  at  Christ  bIsol 
lleshriuks  in  horror  from  the ideaof  wounding 
and  grieving  Christ's  Spirit  by  abusing  othei-s, 
whether  friends  or  enemies.  If  the  cannons 
mow  down  in  mangled  masses  his  fellow-beings, 
he  feels  that  those  cannons  actually  fire  upon 
Christ. 

Then  the  only  true  root-principle  of  peace 
lies  in  believing  and  obeying  God.  Thousands 
beholding  the  inconsistency  of  popular  Chris- 
tiauity,  preaching  peace  during  peace  and  pi-ac- 
ticing  war  during  war,  are  troubled.  They 
regard  such  work  fts  unbecoming  professors  of 
thiTeligion  of  Christ.  The  only  true  way,  then, 
IS  for  Christians  to  steer  clear  of  all  wars.  Let 
luen  of  God  adhor^  to  this  coui-se  and  but  lew 
ivars  will  disgrace  the  earth.  The  highway  of 
peace  is  open  to  all,  and  if  those  who  profess  to 
follow  Jesus  do  not  walk  in  that  way,  will  they 
not  be  held  to  account  for  it?  Morality,  jus- 
tice, reason,  blessings,  ijll  depend  upon  walking 
in  the  peaceful  ways  of  Christ,  anij  refusing  to 
make  war  honorable.  Let  it  be  known  that 
true  honor  lies  in  the  peace  which  Jesus  left  in 
tilt'  world,  and  war  wiU'beconie  odious, 

M.  M.  E. 


SAUL  EYED  DAVID. 

DAA' ID,  the  youthful  shepherd,  had  to  pass 
through  the  waters  of  affliction.  "Save 
iue,  0  God,  for  the  waters  are  come  unto  my 
noul."  Psalm  68;  1.  Poor  David!  Buffeted 
and  evilly  treated  after  rescuing  Saul's  army 
from  the  hand  of  the  Philistines,  simply  because 
he  found  favor  mth  the  people,  well  might  he 
say,  "lam  come  in  deep  waters,  where  the 
floods  overflow  me."  Look  at  the  jealousy  of 
Saul,  The  people  cried,  "  Saul  hath  slaiji  his 
thousands  and  David  his  ten  thousands."  This 
was  too  much  for  the  man  in  authority.  His 
"uvy  at  David's  popularity  could  not  be  re- 
slraiued.  Here  was  a  youth,  a  mere  stripling, 
whom  the  people  honored  and  loved  more  than 
the  great  Saul.  "  This  will  never  do,"  reasoned 
Saul,  "for  if  this  young  man  lives,  he  will  some 
day  take  my  place.  This  cannoV  be.  I  have  a 
ion  who  must  sit  in  my  chair  when  I  am  gone, 
and  if  this  young  David  finds  favor  with  the 
people,  he  will  become  ruler  instead  of  my  rela- 
tive. David  must  die."  Thus  reasoned  Saul. 
Ah  what  ft  lesson!  It  has  been  copied  more 
thau  once,  the  past  three  thousand  years.  Jeal- 
ousy has  stirred  and  measured  and  pulled  down 
more  than  one  old  head  in  the  effort  to  displace 
a  David. 

"Saul  eyed  David"— that  is,  looked  at  him 
with  jealousy.  He  threw  a  javelin  at  the  youth. 
He  did  this  in  secret.  Many  javelins  have  been 
secretly  hurled  at  youth  since  Saul  hurled  his. 
The  jealous  man,  the  jealous  woman  are  too 
destitute  of  honor  to  hurl  javelins  in  any  other 
way  than  in  secret.  Insinuations,  surmisings, 
j;roundles3  suspicions  are  the  javelins  which 
they  hurl  first  this  way  and  then  that.  Poor 
miserable  creatures!  Prayer  don't  aS'ect  them; 
kindness  makes  no  impression  and  love 
filthy  rags  to  the  jealous  man. 

David  was  good  enough  to  play  the  h.irp  for 
the  wicked  man  in  authority,  but  he  was  not 
good  enough  to  be  loved.  That  is  how  Saul 
looked  at  the  matter.  Not  content  with  his 
failures  to  kill  the  chosen  one  of  God,  he  plan- 
ned to  have  him  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  Phil- 
istines, but  the  hand  of  God  was  again  with  the 


youth,  and  he  came  out  victorious.  Just  read 
Ihe  history  of  Saul  and  David  and  notice  how 
miserably  the  jealous  Saul  perished.  Snch  is 
the  fate  of  .jealousy.  No  matter  how  the  jenl- 
heart  may  plan  and  scheme  to  injure,  ifs 
la-st  end'  will  he  the  end  that  Saul  met.  Should 
this  not  he  a  warning?  Often  the  young  heart 
is  made  to  bear  a  load  of  grief,  as  youtl^ful  Da- 
vid did,  simply,  because  someone  in  authority  is 
jealous  of  timyouug  man'sgood  standing.  Poor 
miserable  jealousy!  If  it  uould  only  see  iVsc/^' 
itiis.  it  would  bowin  isackcloth  and  a^jhea;'  ' 
I  do  not  have  any  cympathy  with  the  ynung 
heart  that  is  overbearing,  proud,  insaltitig. 
Such  a  heart  is  in  the-gutter  with  the  jealoii'; 
heart;  ItH^A  d.^Bply  Qj^ijiB^tM/.e  with  thejpung 
man  whose,  whole  hpw^is  fviiapped  up  in  devo- 
tion to  God,  against  whom  no  lawful  accusation 
can  be  lodged,  whose  life  is  even;  who  spends 
tim^,  money,, health  aud  human  happipes^  for 
his  Master's  cause;  who  endtiresinll.  things  fpr 

is'  sake — for  such  my  heart  is  ini full  sympn^ 
thy,  God  bless  all  such,  for  they  must  endore 
much  for  Jiisus'  sake.  But  it  seems  some  peo- 
ple in  this  world  cannot  be  hapjiy  unless  they 

pulling  somebody  inlii '  trouble  and  grief, 
Ah!  how  different  this  from  the  injiinctiiiu  of 
the  apostle:  "  Be  kindly  siffcclioned  one  toM'ni:d 
the  other."  But  Saulites  want  the  Davids  to 
be  kindly   affcctiouetl  to   them,  but  themselves 

not  leaning  aftection-ward.  God  help  them 
to, see  their  naughtiness,  and  repent.  God 
counts  them  happy  who  enihire  the  reproaches 
of  evil  men.  God  be  thanked  for  the  words  of 
encouragement  to  .ill  who  hold  fast  their  crown. 
To  suffer  all  thing.s  from  without  and  from 
within  with  patience,  is  a  condition  of  heart 
that  every  young  brother  should  seek  after,  for 
if  he,  through  divine  grace,  learns  to  bear  evil 
surmisings  against  him  in  his  youth,  he  will  be 
well  prepared  to  endure  them  in  old  age.  Then 
be  patient,  brotlier,  sister,  and  go  often  to  Je- 
sus in  secret.  0  blessed  Jesus,  what  a  friend 
Thou  art!         M.  M.  E, 

BEERSHEBA. 

ABOUT  40  miles  south  of  Jer,u.snlem,  in  the 
extreme  southern  limits  of  Palestine,  is  a 
place  called  Beersheha.  Here  ar^  found  two 
large  wells.  One  of  them  is  12i-  feet  in  diame- 
ter, and  over  45  feet  deep.  It  is  w»lled  byiieat- 
ly  cut  stone.  Along  the  inner  edge  deep 
rooves  have  been  worn  into  the  stone  by  the 
ropes  used  in  drawing  water.  These  wells  aie 
evidently  very  old,  and  were  likely  dujj  in  the 
time  of  Abraham.  The  water  is  sweet  and  cool, 
and  affords  much  refreshment  to  many  weary 
travelers  coining  from  the  desert  just  below. 
The  scenery  around  these  wells  Ls  desolate  and 
barren.  No  trees  of  any  kind  are  to  be  seen. 
The  term,  "  From  Dan  to  Beersheha"  meant 
the  whole  extent  of  Palestine,  as  Dan  was  on 
the  northern  boundary,  and  Beerslieba  on  the 
them.  A  trip  from  Beersheha  to  Jerusalem 
is  said  to  be  delightful— the  scenery,  as  the 
traveler  approaches  Hebron,  20  miles  south  of 
Jerusalem,  increases  in  interest  and  beauty. 


WHAT  WE  EAT. 


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HOW  much  the  success  or  failure  of  our  lives 
depends  upon  the  food  we  eat,  we  little 
comprehend.  No  science  is  so  neglected  and  so 
little  understood.  Man  would  not  dare  to  treat 
a  valuable  horse  with  the  same  recklessness  with 
which  he  treats  himself.  For  with  care  he  se- 
lects food  for  his  horse,  few  if  any  changes  be- 
ing allowed,  nud  heprocuresacompetentgroom 
to  look  after  and  care  for  the  animal,  that  he 
may  be  capable  of  flcetness  and  endurance; 
while  with  himself  he  sits  down  to  his  table, 
groaning  under  its  burden  of  variety  and  rich- 
ness, and,  without  regard  to  the  requirements  of 
his  system  or  the  affinity  the  food  may  possess, 
fills  him.self  to  the  utmost  capacity  of  his  stom- 
ach, regardless  to  consequences.  But  had  he 
first  passed  this  partaken  dinner  over  to  his 
chemist  and  allowed  him  to  analyze  it  and  hand 
it  back  to  him  labeled,  ho  would  have  turned 
pale  and  wondered  if  such  was  truth.  Again, 
were  he  to  step  into  a  drug  store  and  attempt  to 
mix  chemicals  as  he  does  his  food,  without  re- 
gard to  chemical  laws,  he  would  soon  havt 
head  blown  from  his  body.  Why  not  then 
study  and  investigate  the  laws  of  our  own  na- 
tures, and  be  as  wise  as  is  the  ox  or  the  ass,  that 
knoweth  his  master  and  his  master's  crib,  and 
accuse  not  a  kind  and  loving  Providence  of  curs- 


g  us  with  ill  health  when  the  curse  lie.s  ut  our 
vn  door? 

The  amount  of  deaths  .ind  sickness  caused  bj- 
iniproper  living  is  ahirming.     Health  is  worth 

i>rvinK,  and  he  who  does  not  take  care  of  it 
hai  a  faint  idra  of  the  value  of  the  best  earthly 

over  given  to  man.  To  expect  good  Jiealth 
without  good,  healthy  food  is  unreasonable. 
We  need  a  reformation  in  our  manner  of  catmg. 

what  we  eat. ,  Our  nicknacks  and  sweet- 
meats want  to  goby  tJie  board.  Eat  healthy 
food  in  prqppr.quantiitieB,iJuid.iBt!Tight  times  if 
you  would  be  healtl.y  and  happy. 


HE  GATE  T7S  NO  INVITATION^ 

AN  iliit=iider  who  take-,  great  delight  in  rend- 
ing the  l!uETHll^■^■  m  Work  wri(*<>  thu«: 
We  are  taking  your  paper,  aod  !iki'  if  Jiplcn- 
didly.  We  do  not  expect  to  ever  be  without  it, 
so  long  as  it  sticks  to  its  present  platform.  Al- 
though we  are  outsiders,  yet  we  love  to  ref)d, 
imd  re-readiit.  We  use  it  as  an  ad?  to  trim  off 
our  tough  ways.  We  hope,  by  rending,  it,  to 
learn  to  do  better  than  we  have  been  doing. 

We  were  much  in  hopei  that  tliere  was  a 
church  of  your  people  going  to  start  up  in  our 
ghbbrh[)od,'hut  the  two  members'  who  had 
bought  here  have  sold  out,  leaving  us  without 
any  of  your  people  in  onr  neighborhood,  hence 
only  hope  is  to  hang  to  the  paper;  this  wc 
must  have. 

L preached  for  us  n  few  times  while  on 

his  way  to  Kansas.  We  found  but  one  fault 
with  him,  and  that  is  this:  Hedid  not  give  ns 
sinners  an  invitation  to  join  his  church,  or 
Christ's  church,  as  you  would  have  it.  .  He  eith- 
er had  poor  confidence  in  us  a.=  a  people,  or  in 
himself. "  


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/SPECIAL  DISTRICT  MEETING. 

AT  the  Love-feast  of  the  Yellow  Creek  church,  \ 
the  ICth  inst,,  the  propriety  of  holding  a 
special  District  Meeting  of  the  churches  in 
Northern  III.  and  Wis.,  was  considered,  and  the 
conclusion  was,  that  it  would  be  expedient  to 
hold  one  soon.  The  undepigued  were  therefore 
appointed  a  committee  to  select  time  and  place. 
The  object  of  the  meeting  will  he  to  carefully 
insider  the  missionary  work  of  the  District. 
It  is  the  opinion  of  many  that  our  present 
■thod  of  sounding  out  the  Word  of  the  Lord 
to  those  in  the  regions  beyond,  can  be  greatly 
improved,  and  that  our  expenses  can  be  reduced 
considerably.  The  Southent  District  of  Illinois 
has  authorized  its  evangelists  to  aid  in  the  Cen-| 
tral  Mission  Field.  To  meet  these  and  the  best  I 
possible  manner  of  doing  effective  work,  will  be 
a  subject  of  thought  for  this  meeting.  The 
said  evangelists  as  well  as  all  others  who  may 
desire  to  be  with  us,  are  respectfully  invited  to 

At  the  last  A.  M.  the  care  of  the  church  in 
Denmark  was  given  to  this  District,  hence  there 
will  be  matters  pertaining  to  that  mission  to 
consider. 

Each  church  is  requested  to  semi  two  dele- 
gates in  order  to  he  prepared,  in  case  churches 
are  called  upon  to  cast  their  individnal  votes. 
Brethren  and  sisters  are  respectfully  invited  to 
attend,  and  ministers  and  deacons  are  specially 
requested  to  come  and  help  in  the  work.  Come 
prepared  to  remain  until  all  matters  have  been 
carefully  considered,  as  plenty  of  time  will  be 
taken  to  do  business.  Usually  matters  of  im- 
portance are  hurriedly  adopted,  and  afterwards 
it  can  be  seen  that  the  conclusions  were  not  the 
best.  Let  us  therefore  come  together  in  the 
fear  of  the  Lord,  and  calmly,  carefully  and  so- 
berly look  at  the  work  before  us,  and  work  for 
the  glory  of  God,  the  edification  of  the  church 
and  salv.ition  of  those  who  desire  to  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth. 

The  committee  have  carefully  considered 
time  and  place  of  holding  this  special  Confer- 
ence, and  have  agreed  that  it  shall  be  held  with 
the  brethren  in  Lanark  on  Tuesday,  Dec.  3rd 
1878,  cniumencintT  at  0  A.  M.  Our  reasons  for 
Selecting  this  place  are,  1st,  It  is  a  central  point. 
2nd,  In  case  of  cold  and  disagreeable  weather, 
all  visitors  can  be  lodged  near  the  meeting- 
house. Enocu  Eby. 
J.  H.  Moore. 
M.  M.  EsnET.MAif. 


BnoTHER  D.  B.  Gibson  left  for  his  home, 
Perrin,  Mo.,  on  Monday  the  2l3t  inst.  He  ex- 
pects to  return  to  Northern  111.,  sometime  next 
Winter  to  continnc  his  labors  with  the  Breth- 


SPECIAL  NOTICE  TO  THE  BROTH- 
ERHOOD. 

INASMUCH  118  A.  M.  of  1S7S  has  decided, 
that  the  entire  brotherhood  should  aid 
(according  to  their  ability),  iu  defraying  the  ex- 
penses of  Danish  Mission  (see  Minutes  of  A.  M.), 
we  hereby ,  correct  a  misunderstanding  which 
has  obtained  through  a  part  of  my  report  of 
Danish  Mtsstou^^see  A.  MtTeptSTt,  i)(lge?0,"TB[ll 
hne  front  top— in  which  I  said,  rill  their  wants 
are  supplied  for  a  year  or  two.  In  siayirig  so,  I 
had  1-elert'iice  exclusively  to' the  l>oor  in 'the 
church  and  not  io  brother  Hope  and  his  famijy. 

We  further  remark  that  tlie  means  for  his 
support  are  exhausted,  and,  as  more  ia  reqi^iced 
very  soon,  we  hereby  kindly  solioit  all  the  el- 
ders and  overaeei-s  to  lay  this  matter  before  the 
members  of  their  resiieCtive'  charges,'  and  see 
that  Ihey  respond  as  sooii  as  possible,  andseit^ 
their  donations  to  Bro.  C.^P.  Rowland,  Lanark, 
Carroll  Co.,  III.    ■       ,     ,,     ,         ['  '  ,' 

We  further  remark  that  according  to  our  ex- 
perience in  house-keeping  iu  Denmark,  it  would 
require  about  eight  hundred  dollars  a  year, 
which  would  make  (for  four  huhdred  districts) 
an  average  of.  two  dollars  to  each  ,di.'itrict,  but 
as  many  may  not  feel  to  respond,  (although it  is 
but  little)  would  not  many  feel  to  double  the 
amount  and  even  more? 

We  entertain  the  fond  hope  that  our  dear 
brethren  will  feel  to  bear  each  other's  burden 
and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ.  We  make  no 
hard  request,  and  what  we  do  make,  is  in  har- 
mony with  the  Minutes  of  A,  M.  of  1878.  We 
feel  that  many  districts  would  already  have 
willingly  donated  their  part,  had  they  known  it 
was  needed,  and  how  much  was  required.  "  That 
thou  doest,  do  quickly."  Enoch  Ehy. 

Lewi.  III.    Oct.  -^hHl,  1V7S. 


Wkks  you  do  a  favor  or  any  good  work,  it  is 
the  business  of  others  to  commend  it.  Paul 
with  his  inspired  vision  looked  away  down 
through  the  future,  and  saw  the  "boasters "'  in 
company  with  the  covetous,  the  proud,  the  un- 
thankful, the  unholy,  thii  false  accusers,  the 
fierce  and  the  incontinent.  All  these  were  to 
live  in  the  last  day?,  ,  They.pre  becoming  pret- 
ty numerous.     Watch  and  pray. 


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October    31 


^ui]   Ij^ihl^   ^hii§. 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  tio  Tongue  Can  Tell/' 


Thi«  deparlment  it  dtnigaKl  for  asking  anJ  fmswerli 
Bible  quialiottd,  and  for  the  BolufioD  of  Scriptural  diflieu 
Uci,  All  queslkni  should  be  slmed  wilh  candor,  md  ■ 
•wertj  wilh  u  miicb  clonrnnsi  as   poBHible,    in    f 


•horl  and  In 


Hiblp  Tnilh.     Arliclts  for  (bli  Uspartmei 


Wil)  fame  one  pleaae  give  an  eipliuiation  at  Ro- 
mans 4;  i,(,'/  John  H.  Staoeh 

Please  eiplnln  Ilev.  20: 13,  H,  and  give  ua  an  in- 
ilgbt  liito  tliem.  J-  M.  Bidenoub. 

Will  aomo  one  please  give  information  concern- 
ing 1  Jolin  3 :  H,  0. 10  ■?  IV.  II.  MiLLKit, 

Please  tvll  me  who  that  man  was.  Paul  spoke 
ol  In  2  C<)r.  12:  2,  ttiat  ivas  caugbt  up  to  the  third 
keaven.  Samoel  Chist. 

Win  Borao  Ijrother  give  ua  au  article  on  the  lol- 
lowlng:  "  He  that  is  leiiat  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
•n  Is  greater  than  hoy"  II.  H.  Meykus. 

Pleaae  exjilain  2na  TIielss.  2;  0.  It  readathus: 
"  Even  him.  whose  coming  is  after  the  workinB  of 
Satan  with  all  power  and  signs  nnd  lying  wonders. 
M,  C.  Ceipans. 

Please  givenn  explanation  oC  Matt  21:  2;  also 
Mark  11:2.  D9  hotli  mean  the  sinne '/  If  so,  what 
U  meant  by  the  ass  tied  and  the  colt  with  her ;  loose 
them  and  bring  them  unto  meV  Did  he  ride  both, 
or  only  the  coltV  I.  H.  ClilsT. 

Please  give  an  explanation  of  the  following 
words:  "Whosoever  is  born  of  God.  doth  not  com- 
mit sin ;  for  hia  seed  remaineth  in  liini,  and  be  can- 
not sin,  because  he  ia  horn  of  God."    1  John  3 :  0. 

MOLLIE  UMnAllOIl. 

Please  give  us  your  views  on  the  covering  Bpoken 
of  by  Paul  In  1  Gor.  11 ;  also  tell  «b  who,  or  what 
that  head  is,  the  women  dishonor  by  praying 
or  propln-sying  with  her  bend  uncovered,  both  the 
mail  ied  and  uunuHTled  V  By  doing  so  you  may  do 
A  good  work  for  some  of  our  members  out  here  in 
the  far  West  and  oblige  David  Brower. 

1.  Please  give  your  views  on  Luke  10:4.  "Car- 
ry neither  purse,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

2.  Also  Matt.  23:  P:"And  call  no  man  your 
father  upon  theearth:  for  one  is  your  father  which 
Is  In  heaven." 

3.  Alaol  Cor.7;3l>;  "Tbewifo  Is  bound  by  the 
law  as  long  as  her  husband  liveth ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will;  only  in  the  Lord," 

Emsia  FisilKit. 


FOR  CHRIST'S  SAKE. 

BY  JOHN'  S.  SHAEPPBB. 

Will  the  Bbetokek  at  Work,  or  some  one  of 

its  many  readers,  explain  a  few  expressions  that 
are  often  used  in  prayei'  ?  They  are  rather  d:irl;  to 
me.  I  ask  for  information:  First,  Is  it  piuper. 
when  giving  thanks  at  the  t«bIe,toBsk  the  Lord  to 
"bless  "that  food  which  He  has  already  blessed  1' 
Secondly,  Isitproper  to  jiray  "for  tliesakeof  Je- 
sus," when  Jesus  has  done  all  for  our  9akeV 

D.  F.  Eby. 

IT  is  not  only  proper,  but  always  safe  to  fol- 
lovf  the  example  of  our  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 
He,  in  giving  thanks  before  eating,  pronounced 
a  blessing  upon  the  food.  Therefore  why  should 
not  we  ask  Him  to  bless  our  daily  food?  Turn 
to  Matt.  14:  22  and  read,  "  And  as  they  did  eat, 
Jesus  took  bread,  and  blessed,  and  brake  it,  and 
gave  to  them,  and  said.  Take  eat;  this  is  my 
body,"  I*aul  asks  in  Cor.  10:  10,  "The  cup 
of  blessing  which  we  bless,  is  it  not  the  com- 
munion of  the  blood  of  Cbjist'i'  "  lu  1  Sam.  f): 
13  we  read,  "  As  soon  as  ye  be  come  into  the 
city,  ye  shall  straightway  find  hiui,  before  ye  go 
up  to  the  high  place  to  eat:  for  the  people  will 
not  eat  until  he  come,  because  he  doth  hiess  the 
sacriGce;  and  afterwards  they  eat  that  be  bid- 
deu." 

Tou  may  probably  aay  that  none  of  these 
have  reference  to  our  common  meals;  we  will 
then  lot)k  for  evidence  upon  other  occasions. 
Turn  to  Mark  6:  41:  -12:  "And  when  he  had 
taken  the  five  loaves  and  two  fishes,  he  looked 
up  to  heaven,  and  blessed,  and  brake  the  loaves 
and  gave  them  to  his  disciples  to  set  before 
them;  and  the  two  fishes  divided  he  among 
them  all,  and  they  did  all  eat  and  were  filled." 
Also  Mark  8:  7,  "  And  they  had  a  few  small 
fishes:  and  he  blessed,  and  commanded  to  set 
tliem  also  before  them."  Also  Luke  24;  30, 
"  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  sat  ui  meat  with 
them,  he  took  bread,  and  blessed  it  and  brake, 
and  gave  to  tliem."  Therefore  if  it  was  essen- 
tial then,  it  is  no  less  so  at  the  present. 

Secondly,  "  Is  it  proper  to  pray  '  for  the  sake 
of  Jesus,' when  Jesus  has  done  all  for  our  sake?'' 
It  is  nlono  through  the  merits  of  Jesus,  tbat  we 
can  implore  a  throne  of  grace;  hud  Jesus  failsd, 
where  would  be  our  hoijo?  Of  ourat-Ivcs  we 
can  do  nothing.  After  doing  all  that  is  requir- 
ed of  us  "we  are  unprofitable  servants,"  But 
Jeius  purchased  our  isdemption  by  being  obe- 
dient in  evcrything;-*'tempted  in  all  points  as 
Ve  are,  yet  without  aiii."'  John,  the  revelator 
wept  when  there  was  ho  mau  foimd  worthy  to 


open  the  book,  but  was  told  not  to  weep  "  as 
the  Zion  of  the  trilw  of  Judah  the  root  of  Da- 
vid hath  prevailed  to  open  the  book  and  loose 
the  seals  thereof"  Then  let  us  come  boldly 
to  the  throne  of  grace  and  implore  God  for  the 
"  sake  "  of  Jesus  who  died  and  bled  for  ua,  that 
we  might  lire  and  that  our  sins  may  be  forgiv- 
en. The  apostle  Paul  says,  in  his  letter  to  the 
Ephesians,  1:  32.  "  Be  ye  kind  one  to  another, 
tender-hearted,  forgiving  one  another,  even  as 
God  for  Ghriat's  sake  hath  forgiven  you." 


MISERIES  OF  WAR. 


AN  eminent  aurgeon,  present  in  the  hospitals 
an^r  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  aays:  "  The 
wounded  French  continued  to  be  brought  in  for 
ieveral  siicc-s.vif  ilni/.i;  and  the  British  soldiers, 
who  had  in  the  morning  been  moved  by  the 
piteous  cries  of  those  they  carried,  I  saw  in  the 
evening  so  hardened  by  the  repetition  of  the 
scene,  and  by  fatigue,  as  to  become  indifferent 
to  the  sufferings  they  occasioned! 

"  It  was  now  the  thirlemlh  day  after  the  bat- 
tle. It  is  impossible  to  conceive  the  sufferings 
of  men  rudely  carried  at  such  a  period  of  their 
wounds.  When  I  first  entered  the  hospital, 
these  Frenchmen  had  been  roused  and  excit«d 
to  an  extraordinary  degree;  and  in  the  glance  of 
their  eyes  there  was  a  character  of  fierceness 
which  I  never  expected  to  witness  in  a  human 
countenance.  On  the  second  day  the  tempora- 
ry excitement  had  subsided;  and  turn  which 
way  I  would,  I  encountered  every  form  of  en- 
treaty from  those  whose  condition  left  no  need 
of  words  to  stir  compassion:  'Surgeon  Major, 
0!  how  I  sufter!  Dress  my  wounds!  do  dress 
my  wounds!'  '  Doctor,  I  commend  myself  to 
you.  Cut  my  leg  off!  0!  I  suffer  too  much!' 
And  when  these  entreaties  were  unavailing,  you 
might  hear,  in  a  weak,  inward  tone  of  despair, 
■  I  shall  die!  I  am  a  dead  man.'  " 


AN    EXHORTATION   TO  FAITH- 
FULNESS. 

hV  MARY  S.  SHIVELY. 

TWO  of  my  brothers,  one  of  my  sisters  and 
myself  are  members  of  the  church.  It  hiLs 
been  over  four  years  since  I  united,  but  broth- 
ers* and  sister  united  only  last  Winter.  Tliey 
are  younger  than  I  am.  May  they,  with  my- 
self, be  obedient  to  all  the  commandments  of 
our  blessed  Master. 

And  you,  my  dear  young  friends,  if  you  have 
not  yet  come  to  Christ,  do  not  delay.  "To-day 
if  you  hear  bin  voice,  harden  not  your  hearts." 
Heh.  7,  S,  15.  Then  come  to  the  Lord  at  once, 
make  no  delay. 

We  learn  that  the  gate  that  opens  and  the 
road  tbat  leads  to  eternal  life  are  strait — narrow. 
Then  sh-ive  to  enter  in  at  the  "strait  gate,"  for 
many  will  seek  to  enter  in  and  shall  not  be  able. 
Luke  13;  24,  Then  come  at  once  and  follow 
your  meek  and  lowly  Savior  while  His  mercies 
are  yet  upon  you  and  the  door  of  grace  not 
closed.  j('i)-(^M/is  Ihe  accepted  time.  Do  not 
put  it  ofl'.  God  will  not  always  strive  with  you. 
Do  what  the  Savior  has  commanded  you  while 
it  is  yet  day — before  the  night  cometb  wherein 
no  man  can  work.  The  night  icUl  cniiu-  when 
no  man  can  work,  and  then  if  we  have  not  per- 
formed our  alloted  task  the  king  will  say, "  De- 
part from  nie  all  ye  workei-s  of  iniquity.  There 
shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth,  when 
ye  shall  see  Abralidm  nnd  Isaac,  mid  Jacob  and 
all  the  prophets  in  the  kingdom  of  God." 

That  will  indeed  be  a  sorrowful  time.  Then 
dear  brethVon.  let  us  keep  near  the  blood- 
stained 1  banner  of  King  Emmanuel. ..  And  may 
those  who  have  not  yet  eulistwl,  ,do  so  at  once, 
before  it  ia  too  late;  for,  on  that  groat  apd  nota- 
blOi^ay  "^t  f'l'*'  Lord,  He  shall  say  to  them  on  the 
left  baud,  "  Depart  from  uie,  ye  cursed,  into  ev- 
erlasting fire  prepared  for  the  devil  and  bis  an- 
gels."    Matt.  2.):il, 

I  hope,  my  dear  young  friends,  you  will  not' 
neglect  to  come  at  once— before  the  day  of  grace 
is  closed;  for  life  \s  but  a  vapor — lasts  but  (or  a 
moment  eompiired  with  the  ceaseless  ages  of 
eternity. 

WATCH  AND  PRAY. 

UY  0.  .lOXES. 

IIHE  all-seeing  oye  of  God  is  ever  watching  us, 
and  He  ^s  willing  to  lead  and  guide  His 
children  if  );bey  are  willing  to  obey  Him.  Wo 
should  not  niiirmur  at  every  little  thing  that 
does  not  go  as  we  think  it  should.  God  knows 
everything  we  do. 

When  people  cannot  find  fault  ivith  each 
other  they  m-e  apt  to  find  faultwith  God's  ways. 
Oh,  why  should  we  murmur!  OnrCreatordocs 
at!  things  well.     We  should   not   murmur,  but 


"  watch  and  pray,"  —  keep  the  beacon  ever 
bright  —  waking  while  the  world  is  sleeping. 
Wrapt  in  thickest  night  there  is  many  an  ocean 
ranger  out  upon  the  shoals,  friends  and  com- 
radta  are  in  danger. 

We  should  pray  for  one  another — pray  for 
the  world,  that  it  may  be  saved.  We  should 
watch  our  conversation,  for  how  apt  we  are  to 
speak  that  which  we  should  not,  and  we  often 
laugh  when  we  should  mourn  and  weep.  Let 
us  be  very  careful  how  we  sojourn  in  this  un- 
friendly world.  Our  blessed  Master  has  left  us 
a  record,  that  we  should  be  holy  even  as  He  is 
holy.  Let  ua  renew  our  faith  in  the  Lord,  fight 
our  fight,  and  finally  we  shall  receive  our  re- 
ward, 

IS    THE     WORLD     GROWING 

BETTER? 


TRUTH  has  been  unpopular  in  all  ages  of 
the  world,  but  if  we  must  accept  popular 
opinion  to  be  true,  then  the  world  is  getting 
better  every  year  and  gradually  but  surely  the 
millenniom  is  drawing  upon  us.  Every  prece- 
dent in  the  Bible  teaches  that  God's  judgments 
come  sudden  at  a  time,  when  least  expected  and 
are  decisive.  It  was  so  in  the  case  of  the  ante- 
deluvians.  The  Sodomites,  Pharoah's  tribes, 
the  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  and  numerous 
other  instances  might  be  referred  to.  As  to  the 
world  becoming  better  at  this  time,  is  a  question 
which  should  engage  the  minds  of  tliiuking 
people,  and  a.s  the  Brethrkn  at  Work  hi 
heretoforo  been  used  as  a  medium  by  the  best 
thinkers  and  Bible  students  in  the  church,  it  is 
to  be  hoped  that  some  of  them  will  e.tpress  their 
opinions  upon  this  question  regardless  of  what 
is  popular  or  unpopular. 

It  is  admitted  that  the  people  in  tliis  gener- 
ation are  more  refined  than  ever  before  even  in 
their  methods  of  warfare.  More  intellectually 
and  less  physically  developed  than  in  past  ages. 
The  marvelous  inventions  of  the  day,  such  as 
the  phonograph,  t-elephone,  electric  light,  and 
a  metliod  by  which  deaf  mutes  can  he  taught  to 
hear  and  speak,  together  with  other  wonders  in 
discovery,  might  load  many  to  think  tbat  we 
are  already  in  the  millennium.  Considering  foi 
the  moment,  that  eventually  all  mankind  will 
be  saved  in  the  life  to  come — the  question 
my  mind  is,  whether  it  will  be  the  few  or  the 
many  who  will  meet  with  God's  favor  at  the 
next  advent  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ  ? 
The  question-is  put  to  representative  and  ortho- 
dox brethren. 


DRESSING  CHILDREN   IN  THE 
FASHIONS. 


a  rriRAIN  up  a  chad  in  the  way  he  should 
X  go."  Mothers,  are  you  doing  this?  Are 
you  trying  to  train  your  daughters  in  the  way 
they  should  go?  A  mother  remarked  some 
time  ;igo,  "  I  know  my  daughters  are  dre.*sed  in 
the  latest  style,  hut  let  them  dress;  when  they 
become  older  they  won't  want  these  things  any 
more."  Mother,  I  am  afraid  you  are  mistaken. 
If  j'ou  are  not,  the  Scriptures  can't  be  true.  Can 
you  bring  up  your  daughters  with  all  the  fool- 
ish fashions  of  the  world,  and  hope  when  they 
become  old,  it  will  depart  from  them?  But  this 
is  not  the  case.  The  daughters  generally  hold 
out  the  way  mother  trained  them.  If  you  show 
your  daughter  the  humble  way,  when  she  is 
yoimg,  she  will  not  depart  from  it  wlien  she  is 
old,  but  if  you  show  yoin-  daughter  ihe  fushhn- 
alli-  way,  she  will  not  depart  from  it.  But  when 
she  comes  to  her  death-bed  she  will  say,  "  I  am 
lost,  and  mother  is  tbe  fault  of  it."  Like  I  re.id 
in  a  paper  the  otiierday:  A  young  woman  after 
she  was  converted,  leltit  her  duty  to  lay  oft' 
her  jewelry  and  gay  clothing.  Slie  did  so,  and 
for  awhile  attired  herself  modestly  and  was  a 
devoted  Christian.  But  her  mother  pei-suaded 
her  to  put  on  the  jewelry  nnd  gay  clothing 
again.  Notlong  afterher  inothertold  hcrthere 
was  no  harm  in  this,  and  tbe  daughter  was  as 
gay  iw  before.  A  few  years  later  she  took  sick, 
and  just  before  she  died,  she  said  to  her  mother 
in  the  presence  of  others:  "  Mother,  I  am  dying. 
and  without  hope.  Once  I  was  a  Christian,  hut 
at  your  suggestion  I  put  on  that  jewelry  and 
gav  clothing,  that  hiunz^  thi-u-  on  the  wall,  and 
by  that  I  fell  from  -1,1.  ■■  \  ■.,  1  inii-t  die  and 
go  to  hell.     Mother..  .un]  point- 

ing to  the  clothes  1.11   ii         ,  ■.:il,"keep 

Uiy  ulothes.aud  when  y^  mi  (-"•■.jiL  iIil'ui  you  will 
remeniber  that  your  daughter,  who  wore  them 
at  your  suggestion,  is  in  tbe  lost  world." 

Can  you  dress  in  all  the  foolish  fa?bious  of 
the  world  and  be  u  H:,',  i;.n:-'  r.ithers  and 
mothers,  let  this  he  ii  !■■  ,u  nm.'  t..,  ^  mi.  Train 
your  children  in  tli'i'...'.  'ii,  '  ■  iM  ijo,  that 
when  they  come  to  ili^-  i\:-\  ii,  -i-.j.,iri'd  to  go 
to  that  heavenly  hind. 


|f'""^   4  fCidcri;.-)!. 


— Sevi-in  million  people  are  said  to  have  died 
from  the  famine  in  China. 

—It  is  said  that  more  than  33,000  Hindooi 
have  renounced  heathenism  thia  year. 

— Entibh  flocks  j)f  sheep  have  been  destroyed 
in  Mexico,  by  the  action  of  swarms  of  venomous 
flies. 

— A  Chinese  Tract  Society  has  been  organiz- 
ed in  Shanghai,  similar  in  form  to  the  Amencan 
Tract  Society. 

— The  Univeraalist  ministers  have  recom- 
mended entire  abstinence  from  the  use  of  to- 
bacco. 

—Of  the  5,500  cases  of  suicide  in  France  dur- 
ing a  single  year,  drunkennesa  was  assigned  as  a 
cause  in  one-fourth  of  the  instances. 

— Nearly  three  hundred  miners  were  recent- 
ly killed  by  an  explosion  of  gas  in  an  English 
coal  mine.     Nearly  all  in  the  mine  perished. 

—A  Wisconsin  inventor  has  made  a  steam 
wagon  that  will  draw  eight  or  ten  tons,  plow, 
harvest,  thresh,  and  travel  at  the  rate  of  ten 
miles  an  hour  over  a  sandy,  hilly  road. 

—Immense  coal  deposits  have  been  discovered 
in  China.  Over  3,000.000  tons  are  already  pro- 
duced annually  by  the  few  mines  which  have 
been  opened. 

—Ti£s  eruption  of  Mount  Vesuvius  is  increas- 
ing. The  base  of  the  new  cone  is  now  covered 
with  lava,  which  is  streaming  down  the  sides 
of  the  mountain. 

—One  of  the  most  interesting  scientific  dis- 
coveries of  recent  date  is   that  of  a  German 
(;hemisfc  who  has  found  a  way  to   make  indigo  • 
artificially. 

—It  has  been  proposed  to  the  Khedive  of 
Egypt  to  convert  into  paper,  the  cloth  of  the 
mummies,  of  which  it  is  calculated  420,000.000 
must  be  deposited  in  the  pits  of  Egypt. 

—The  colored  Baptist  churches  in  South 
Carolina  set  ,ipart  the  last  Sunday  in  September 
as  a  season  for  special  ■  prayer  and  missionary 
collections  in  behalf  of  the  heathen  in  Africa. 

—It  is  stated  that  the  translation  of  the  Bible 
into  Turkish  is  finished,  and  is  ready  for  the 
press.  The  New  Testament  ia  printed,  and  it  is 
expected  tbat  the  Old  Teat-ainent,  in  the  Arabic 
and  Armenian  characters,  will  be  printed  in 
September. 

— An  English  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Adrocfitf,  referring  to  the  death  of  Mrs.  Rowley, 
the  last  surviving  child  of  the  great  Adam 
Clarke,  writes,  that  all  the  family,  except  Mrs, 
Rowley,  belonged  to  the  Church  of  England, 
because  of  the  unkind  conduct  shown  to  Dr. 
Clarke  by  some  leading  Methodist  preachers.   • 

—A  Disi'ATCH  from  Dallas,  Texas,  says  that 
heavy  robberies  of  money  and  freight  from  the 
Texas  Pacific  and  the  Houston  \  Texas  railroads 
have  been  detected,  and  tbat  many  men  of  high 
business  aud  social  standing,  including  officers, 
conductors  and  agents,  with  a  number  of  citi- 
zens from  St.  Louis  to  Galveston,  are  implicated. 

— ScioTA  Conference,  church  of  the  United 
Brethren,  at  its  late  annual  session  in  Fairfield 
Co.,  Ohio,  adopted  a  resolution  excluding  from 
their  number  all  applicants  for  membership  who 
smoke,  chew  or  snuff  tobacco,  on  the  ground 
tbat,  as  they  believe  ministers  who  use  tobacco, 
though  they  advocate  temperance,  economy, 
and  Christian  purity,  do  not  practice  what  they 
preach. 

— TiiEKE  has  always  been  a  very  great  popu- 
lar interest  in  voyages  of  discovery.  The  pro- 
prietor of  the  N.  Y.  Ilfralif,  recogniKing  this 
fact,  a  few  years  ago  fitted  out  an  expedition  to 
Central  Africa,  the  success  of  which  is  well 
known.  The  same  enterprising  publisher  has 
now  fitted  out  two  vessels  to  explore  the  frozen 
regions  of  the  NorUi.  One  will  attempt  to 
reach  the  Pole  through  Behrings  Strait,  while 
tbe  other  sails  by  way  of  Spitzbergen. 

— TiiK  interment  of  Matilda  Stmiley,  tbe 
Gipsy  Queen,  in  Woodland  Cenietry,  at  Dayton. 
Ohio,  took  place  on  Sunday,  Sept.  15th.  She 
died  in  Vicksburgh  last  February,  and  ber  body 
was  embalmed  for  the  final  interment.  Her  fu- 
neral attracted  25,000  people,  including  repre- 
sentative Gipsies  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  and  tbe  funeral  procession 
was  a  mile  in  length.  Rev,  D.  Birger,  of  tbe 
United  Brt'thren,  conducted  the  servicer.  At 
the  close  the  thieen's  children  threw  themselves 
on  the  grave  and  "  filled  the  air  with  their  lam- 
entations." The  King,  her  husband,  lives  near 
Dayton,  on  a  large  tract  of  land,   which   lie 


Ontober    31. 


TI-IP]    BJ^KTHREIST    .VT    AVORK, 


CO  RRE9PO  NTDEK  CE, 


From  Lathrop,  California. 

THANKS  be  to-God  for  Ilia  loving  kinduess. 
The  church  of  Calilbriiin  has  just  bad  a 
season  of  relre^hraenl.  TlieirCointnunion  was 
held  at  San  Joaquin  Bridge.  It  bcgim.the  20Hi 
of  September,  ntid  ended  the  30th  ultimo.  The 
feeling  was  good;  and  everj-  one  enjoyed  him- 
self. Ten  souls  ^vtre  added  ulito  thechnrch,  by 
confession  and  baptism.  Brother  Buechly, 
from  Iowa,  wns  present,  and  labored  with  us.— 
During  the  meeting,  Bro.  Jacob  Shank  and 
Bro.  John  Peterman  were  elected  deacons. — 
Privilege  was  granted,  brother  Daniel  Studeba- 
Iter,  to  preach  the  Word  and  baptize.  Brother 
Walter  Myera  received  liis  ehiu'ge,  and  enter- 
ed upon  the  duties  of  a  missionary.  Funds 
were  donated  to  defray  his  expenses.  Brother 
Charley  Mes'ers  was  chosen  to  the  ministry. 
May  God  add  His  blessing. 

JOXATHAK  MyEHS; 

OnlhiKl,  Cfilijoniia.  Oct.  lifli,  1S7S. 
From  Jesse  Calvert. 

I  LEFT  home  on  the  Sth  of  October  to  go  to 
Bloomville,  Ohio,  to  attend  meeting.  By 
thewtiylmeta  Baptist  minister;  he  said  he 
was  much  disturbed  on  the  subject  of  the  mode 
of  baptism,  and  said  be  wished  he  did  not  know 
iis  much  as  he  did  about  trine  immersion,  as  it 
was  now  hard  to  tear  away  from  the  Baptist, 
and  tell  tlieui  the  thousand  he  had  baptiited 
-  was  all  wrong.  "  I  do  not  know  what  to  do, 
but  1  am  not  satisfied;"  said  he,  and  bid  me 
faresvell. 

At  Dunkirk  I  had  a  few  words  of  greeting  by 
brother  S.  T.  Bosserman,  and  then  continued 
my  journey.  Arrived  at  Bloomville  in  due 
time.  At  night  had  meeting;  fair  attendance. 
Thursday  was  the  day  of  Comiiiunioo;  Imd 
meeting  in  the  uiorning;  live  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism.  The  Love-feast  was  a  good 
and  enjoyable  one,  though  the  crowd  was  large 
and  somewhat  noisy.  We  continued  the  meet- 
ing until  over  Sunday;  many  said  they  would 
join,  but  put  it  off  for  amore  convenient  season. 

I  am  now  at  Johnstown.  The  Baptist  church 
wns  wellfiUed  last  night,  what  the  result  will 
be,  God  only  knows.  Let  your  prayers  ascend 
in  our  behalf. 

Johistoini,  Ptiinsi/lvania,  Oct.  Ifitli,  tf<7S. 

How  I  Distributed  Them. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  3rd  of  Oct.  I  left  my 
home  for  Halt  Co.,  Mo. .  On  the  evening 
of  the  3rd  I  received  a  package,  of  tl(e  Bretii- 
liE.v  AT  WoKK  and  the  Children  iit  Work  and  a 
lot  of  other  circulars.  I  made  a  pretty  thorough 
distribution  of  them.  After  I  got  about  six 
miles  from  home,  I  commenced  handing  them 
to  men  and  women,  at  the  same  time  asked 
them  if  they  would  read  a  good  religious  paper, 
if  I  would  hand  them  one,  and  they  all  said  yes, 
I  stopped  at  a  school-house,  and  soon  had  a 
crowd  of  children  around  me;  I  gave  out  quite 
a  lot  of  your  circulars  there.  I  at  that  time 
only  had  one  copy  of  the  childreus  paper, 
which  I  exhibited,  and  told  them  what  it  coats 
per  year  and  the  value  of  the  paper  and  how  to 
send  for  it,  etc.  1  also  left  a  lot  at  the  post-of- 
fice, at  the  Greenville  Ford  Grand  R.  IL  So  I 
scattered  the  lot  along  the  road  for  thirty-three 
miles,  then  I  run  out.  When  I  got  to  Andrew 
Co.,  Mo.,  I  found  that  all  the  members  hnd  gone, 
to  Holt  Co.,  and  as  the  distance  then  would  be 
thirty-five  miles,  and  a  difficult  road  to  find,  1 
then  declined  going  any  farther.  I  then  stop- 
ped with  the  brethren  over  Lord's  day  and  had 
two  meetiilgs;  good  order  and  att-ention.  The 
members  seemed  to  be  much  refreshed. 

WiLLt.vji  B.  Sell. 
M>irli>,snlh\  Mo.,  Ort.sfl,,187S. 


From  Kansas. 

MYSELF  and  a  goodly  number  of  tlie  Breth- 
ren started  the  2nd  of  Oct.,  to  attend  a 
Communion  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters of  Bourbon  Co.,  a  distance  of  forty  miles. 
After  traveling  all  day  we  reached  the  residence 
of  brother  John  Bolinger,  where  we  found  that 
the  Brethren  had  erected  the  large  tent  for 
the  purpose  of  holding  the  meeting  in. — 
Tliere  was  meeting  during  the  evening.  The 
ministering  brethren  were  Jeaso  Studebaker, 
Martin  Neher,  Martin  Edgecomb,  Daniel  Hara- 
der,  George  Meyers  and  Hollinger.  I  can  say 
we  had  a  refreshing  seaaon.  The  brethren  and 
sisters  seemed  to  he  workers  in  the  cimse  of  the 
Redeemer.  One  soul  was  made  willing  to  come 
out  on  the  right  side,  and  walk  in  the  waj-s  of 
the  righteous.  The  Brethren  here  meet  some 
fipiiiisition  witJi  the  Methodists,  who^  claim  to 


be  the  true  church  of  Christ.  Brethren  and 
sisters  we  should  hope  and  pray  for  the  time  to 
come, when  God's  holy  Word  maybe  preached 
in  every  land  and  city  in  its  purity.'  The  church 
here  thought  proper  to  call  more  helpers  in 
the  church,  by  electing  tliree  deacons.  We  hope 
they  may  set  a  good  example  before  the 
church  and  world,  that  they  may  bo  the  means 
of  doing  much  good. 

There  is  quite  a  number  of  young  members 
in  this  church,  which,  I  think,  is  the  life  of  it. 
church.  M.  0.  HonGnEN". 

Gale-^biinj,  Knii.  Orf.  llHli,  IST^. 

Good  news  from  the  South-west. 

OUR  church  meeting  came  off  on  the  11th. 
Many  heavy  hearts  made  glnd  and  that 
too,  to  rejoice;  the  dark  clouds  that  wore  threat; 
ening  danger  at  any  time  were  dispersed.  The 
genial  r.ays  of  love  bestowed  far  beyond  the 
thought  of  us  nil.  Thus  we  see  when  we 
truly  sincere,  and  look  to  the  Lord,  he  has 
promised  to  bless  and  help  us,  and  to-day  sin- 
ners were  made  to  weep  and  the  saints  to  re- 
joice. As  we  came  to  the  house  for  worship 
we  were  hailed  with  the  news,  three  dear  souls 
were  admitted  in  the  church,  and  soon  two 
more,  so  five  in  all  were  received  in  the  fold  by 
baptism.  One  addition  liosi  Sunday.  Thus 
you  see  we  have  six  additions  within  one  week. 
It  makes  glad  heart-s  in  tho  fold  of  the  Lord,  to 
see  such  precious  souls  leave  the  ranks  of  the 
evil  and  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side. 

Frederick  Shbupy. 
Alfred,  Doii'jhs  Co..  /v'fdisas,  Ocf.  ISfk,  1&78. 


Danish  Mission  Fund. 

Arnold's  Grove  church.  ?20.50 

A  Brother. .50 

A  Sister, 50 

I.  T.  Roaenberger,  Ohio, 10.00 

John  J.  Cover,  Pa., .25 

Loviua  Mulleuder, .21 

J.  Hensics,  111., l.OO 

Sophia  Lightner,  Md., 2.00 

Samuel  Ross,  Ohio, 2. To 

John  Metzger,  HI 2.00 

Sister  Buechley,  Towa, .5.00 

Levi  Schniucker,  III., 25 

J.  0.  Cutler.  Ind., 50 

Benjamin  Bowman, 50 

J.  B.  Pence,  Tenn., 25 

Andrew  Peters,  Ind., l.OfI 

Lyman  Stone,  Cal.,  .....  j 55 

W.  B.Woodai-d,  Iowa, 5.00 

D.  D.  Horner,  Pa, 50 

Jacob  Harshman, ,75 

State  Center  church,  Iowa, 2.00 

G.  W.  Hexie,  Oregon, .20 

H.  F.  Moubray,  Va., 25 

D.  Heise, i.OO 

J.  K.,Olnyer,:01uo' 1.00 

Joseph  Arnold.  West  Va., .5.00 

J,  S.  Glass, 8S 

C.  P.  RovrtAND,  Treasurer. 
L<>mrh\  III.,  Oct.  W/li,  1878. 
,,    ,^^^^J:P.C., phase  copy.) 

.11         .  Glad  Tidings. 

I  FEEL  thankful  to  the  Giver  of  every  good 
and  perfect  gitl,  that  thus  far  in  passing 
through  the  fertile  regions  of  the  far  West. — 
He  has  blessed  us  as  a  fewscattered  ones  amongst 
wolve-s. 

The  Communion  held  at  Bro.  James  L.  Swit;^- 
ers  was  attended  by  a  goodly  riunibor  of  our 
dear  brethren  and  sisters.  Brethren  S.  C. 
Stump,  Ives,  Deeter,  GarmanFadely  and  others 
were  there.  It  truly  was  good  to  us  all,  to 
again  meet  in  church  fellowship  and  commun- 
ion. From  there  we  journeyed  homeward;  and 
on  follo\ving  Satm-day  we  again  met  in  the 
Burr  Oak  church;  here  brother  Switxer  offici- 
ated at  the  evening  exercises.  On  Sunday 
morning  his  subject  was,  "  the  atonement." — 
We  were  made  glad  to  hear  our  Brethren  ex- 
pound and  open  up  unto  us  the  Holy  Scriptures. 
On  the  following  Saturday  we  met  the  Brethren 
of  the  Lime  Stone  church,  to  again  commem- 
orate our  blest  Redeemers  death  and  sufferings. 
Here  we  were  met  by  our  beloved  brother,  Lem- 
uel HilJery,  who  officiated  in  the  evening.  The 
church  here  was  greatly  strengthened  and  built 
up. 

Ministers  in  this  arm  are  C.  C.  Root,  Deeter 
and  Montgomery.  Helpers  from  abroad  were 
J.  L  Swit'/.er,  L.  Garman,  D.  0,  Brumbaugh,  J. 
Fuller,  A.  Ives  and  H.  E.  Fadely.  I  omitted  to 
state,  in  the  Burr  Oak  congregation  there  was 
a  choice  held  for  two  deacons.  The  responsible 
duties  of  that  office  fell  on  brethren  Benjamin 
Wagoner  and  son  Noah,  who  live  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Red  Cloud,  Neb.      May   the   Lord   give 


them  strength,  and  bless  their  labors  of  love  to 
us  all.  is  my  praj-er.  From  there  we  went  to 
brother  Daniel  Shooks,  in  Osborn  Co.,  and  were 
kindly  and  hospitably  received  by  brother  Dan-- 
iol  and  wife,  who  know  how  to  conduct  the  la- 
borious duties  of  a  Love-feast  occasion,  this 
being  the  first  meeting  of  this  kind  in  this 
part  of  Oshorn  Co,  The  large  tent  was  filled, 
and  we  were  made  to  rejoice  to  see  a  Mennonite 
ministernnd  his  wife  come  forth  !to  join  the 
ranks  of  our  dear  Brethren  and  of  our  blessed 
Redeemer,  to  obey,  in  nil  things  the  mandates 
of  His  wilt.  May  God  strengthen  them  against 
the  fiery  darts,  that  may  be  hurled,  and  may 
they  ever  have  the  armor  on;  thus  be  enabled  to 
come  off  more  than  conijuerors  through  Jesus. 
Many  others,  we  feel  assured,  nre  near  the  king- 
dom. 0  may  they  not  stay  away  too  long.  Re- 
member, dear  ones,  that  the  spirit  will  not 
always  strive  ivith  you.  I  entreat  you  to  con- 
sider, to  come  now.  Yes  to-day.  Won't  you 
do  so? 

The  members  here  in  the  Solomon  Valley 
in  union  and  love.  May  God  endue  each  and 
all  with  a  good  degree  of  Christian  charity  and 
courtesy,  that  they  may  be  shining  lights 
the  far  West.  The ,  Word  .was  preached  hy 
brother  Hiilery  in  the  demonstration  of  the 
spirit  and  in  power,  and  hnd  a  salutary  effect. 
May  God  bless  him  in  his  labors,  and  sustain 
his  companion  at  home,  is  our   united   prayer. 

H.  P.  BuiNKWOHTH. 


U  riAT  1 
h    vin 


Eating   Other's   Bread. 

bread  for  naught,"  is  a  di- 
ine  injunction,  yet  many  of  our  mem- 
bers do  so.  When  we,  who  live  in  the  country 
go  to  town  on  business,  or  to  the  large  cities, 
and  we  prefer  to  go  to  stay  with  our  members 
rather  than  go  to  a  hotel  over  night  or  for  two 
or  three  days,  it  is  no  more  than  right,  that  we 
should  leave  those  with  whom  we  have  lodged, 
one  two  or  three  dollars,  for  they  have  every 
thing  to  buy  and  generally  at  high  rates.  Of 
course  these  dear  members  will  not  charge  a 
brother  or  sister;  but  let  us  leave  something 
for  them  any  how.  Yes  leave  it  by  force.  Of 
course  when  our  ministers  are  out  spending 
their  time  for  thechnrch,  it  is  different;  but  we 
who  go  on  business  or  otliermse,  should  be 
willing  to  satisfy  or  rather  leave  something  in 
return  forwhat  we  have  received. 

I  once  knew  a  family  of  members  living  in 
Dayton,  Ohio,  who  kept  every  one  who  came 
to  stay;  and  oft«n  rich  menvbers  would  get  oft" 
of  the  cars  and  go  there  and  receive  of  their 
hospitalities,  and  go  off  without  leaving  a  cent, 
when  these  members  were  needy,  and  who  after- 
wards broke  up.  Another  brother  in  Indiana, 
who  was  poor  and  lived  in  town  told  me  in 
time  of  the  A.  M.,  since  then  he  Imd  well  nigh 
been  eaten  out  of  house  and  home,  and  that  by 
some  who  were  rich,  but  did  not  leave  the 
brother  anything  in  exchange  for  his  kindness. 
Another  member  in  Chicago,  has  had  a  burden 
in  the  same  manner,  and  is  not  independent, — 
And  many  others  we  could  name,  but  let  these 
examples  suffice.  When  I  wa.s  in  the  latter 
city  I  stayed  with  a  member  and  left  my  dollar, 
and  felt  good  over  it.  AVhen  you  go,  brother, 
do  thou  likewise.  P.  R.  Wrightsm.^.S'. 

Wayside  Notes. 

WE  for  the  time  have  no  better  word  to  give 
you  than  to  tell  you  of  the   Love-feasts 
in  this  part  of  Ohio. 

TRE  RHISHCIIEKK  rnillClI. 

The  Love-feast  at  this  place  was  held  on  the 
5th  of  October.  Preaching  at  two  P.  M.  Sat^ 
urday,  by  brother  Garman,  after  which  a  broth-, 

er,    who  hnd  been  n   member  of  the  C 

church,  wns  baptized.  The  Love-feast  was  a 
happy  one  for  more  than  one  reason.  There 
was  very  good  order  throughout  the  meeting. 
There  seemed  a  desire  to  hear  the  Word.  Many 
partook  now  for  the  first  time  since  coming  in- 
to the  church;  and  last,  but  not  least,  there  ai>- 
peared  a  desire  to  cultivate  more  of  the  feeling 
of  love  and  this  always  makes  a  Love-feast. — 
We  can  not  have  one  without  it. 

Brother  A.  J.  Hixon  and  wife  with  the  wife 
and  son  of  brother  Klwood  Davis,  of  tho  Fall 
Creek  church.  Highland  Co.,  were  among  the 
visitants  from  adjoining  churche.t. 

On  Sunday  morning  at  jiine  A.  M,  there  was 
an  experience  meeting  in  which  the  laity  alone, 
both  brethren  and  .sisters  took  part,  and  it  was 
a  fea'ft  of  good  things  and  very  tender.  In  the 
space  of  two  hours,  four  short  prayers  were  of- 
fered, with  exhortations  from  at  least  a  doxen 
membei-a  both  oldan<l  young,  ivith  a  full  share 
of  hymns  and  praises.  Preaching  at  11  A.  M., 
by  brother  Hixon,  from  Phil.  2:  .^  The  topic 
was  the  "Mind  of  Christ"  and  was  ably  pre- 
sented.    The  leading  points  were: — 


"  The  thouglit  is  always  parent  to  the  net." 
"Truth  is  all  of  auylhing,  that  is  worth  believ- 
ing. It  is  nil  that  is  practical.  "  We  have  the 
spirit  by  meanire  but  Jesus  had  it  witliont 
measure."  "Jesus  had  good  lhonght.i,  and 
that  is  proof  that  he  had  a  good  mind."  "  He 
did  no  bad  nets,  and  that  is  proof  that  he  had 
nobadtlioiightd."  At  this  point,  tlie  crowd 
being  great,  we  with  brethren  Ouster  and  Will- 
liam  Calvert  went  into  the  yard,  and  there  spoke 
tothe  people  of  God's  Revelation.  It  is  an  intel- 
ligent Itevelntion  and  must  have  come  from  nn 
intelligent  mind,  it  is  given  in  an  iutulligout 
way,  and  isaddrtssed  to  minds  thatare  aluo  in- 
telligent, if  rightly  applied.  To  do  this  and  to^ 
show  our  intelligence  we  must  accept  all  of 
God's  Revelation  as  tht'y  are  .set  forth  byHiB 
Word.  Wo  must  allow  God  to  give  His  own 
meaning. 

With  many  both  iu'nnd  out  of  the  house  the 
attention  was  good,  but  we  fear  that  good  words 
are  often  caught  away  so  quickly  aa  to  leave 
,but  little  or  no  impR'ssiou, 

I  -V  BASKBT  DINNER 

was  set  and  eaten  by  the  multitude,  and  at  two 

P.  M.  wa  addressed  them  from  1   Peter  2:  i, 

"Unto  you  therefore  which  believe,  he  is  pre- 
cious." The  efiort  was  to  show  that  without 
JesuB,  we  arewithont  a  Sarior;  that  he  is  pre- 
cious in  the  church  and  in  the  family;  precious 
in  youth  and  in  old  age;  in  life;  in  death;  in 
the  ressurrection;  in  the  judgment  and  pre- 
cious throughout  eternity.  After  this  there 
was  an  intermission  of  some  hours  in  which 
many  went  away  to  their  homes;  but  a  targe 
number  remained  and  of  them  a  body  of  young 
brethren  and  sisters,  for  a  while  sang  moat 
sweetly  the  songs  of  Zion.  At  night  we  were 
again  addressed  by  brother  Hixon  from  Col.  4: 
5.  "  Walk  in  ivisdoin  toward  them  that  are 
n-ithout,  redeeming  the  time."  This  address 
was  most  practical  and  we  think  one  of  the 
brother's  best  eHbrts.  When  this  was  over.'the 
.meeting  was  closed,  but  with  a  conviction  in 
many  that  it  shoiild  have  gone  on.  For  the 
night  we,  with  brother  Hixon  and  his  company 
went  with  brother  John  T.  R»?ed.  where  rest  to 
mind  and  body  was  obtained.  L..  Wkst,.  .. 


From  Napervilic,'  III. 

IhurBrdhrm:— 

OUR  Feast  is  in  the  past.  We  had  a  very 
pleasant  meeting.  T)k.  rhuroh  s,.i:.inec[" 
to  be  in  love  and  jinion.  lujuv  {hi-  ni:-,y^\Qn 
was  atipreeiated  by  all.  \Vi.  fni-t  (liuf  the  in- 
ner man  has  heyn  fed  witli  that  spiritual  fob^i,' 
that  emanated  from  above;  and  we  believo  that 
there  were  many  new  resolves  made,  that  we 
would  be  more  Christ-like.  We  ,are,  taught  m! 
Holy  Writ,  thai. if  we  resist  th^  devil  he  ^y ill 
flee  from  us.  Brethren  and  sisters  let  us  equip 
ourselves  with  the  tiospel  armor  and  fight  the 
battles  of  the  Lurd,  timt  Satan  may  be  subdued. 
Church  news  are  rare.  We  have  no  good 
news  to  fell,  that  sinners  are  returning  to  God; 
but  we  feel  the  need  of  a  great  revival.  We 
long  to  see  the  time  when  our  children  and  our 
neighbors  and  their  children  return  home  as 
Ihe  prodigal  son  did.  Two  of  our  ministers 
have  resolved  to  emigrate  to  Kansas  this  com- 
ing Spring.  This  weakens  the  ministerial  aid. 
The  church  thougt  it  proper  to  elect  another, 
also,  a  deacon.  Brother  Simon  Yundt  wag 
chosen  to  the  ministry  and  Bro.  Michael  Sojlen- 
berger  for  deacon,  and  brother  William  Hoyle 
was  restored, to  office  of  deacon. 

Noah  Eaklt, 


From     the    Woodbury  Church,  Pa, 

OUR  L'lve-feast  is  now  among  the  things  of 
the  past.  On  the  11th  inst.  at  four  P.  M. 
was  the  time  appointed  for  our  Communion. — 
When  the  hour  amved,  the  house  was  filled  and 
'^he  subject  of  self-examination  was  taken  up 
by  brethren  Graybill  Meyers  from  Duncansville, 
Christian  Holsinger  from  Duufiings  Creek  and 
Thomas  Mattocks  from  Clover  Creek  church, 
which  were  the  ministers  from  a  distance.  The 
weather  being  very  pleasant  both  days,  and  the 
congregations  large,  we  can  say  we  had  very 
good  meetings.  The  order  among  the  spectators 
remarkably  good;  mid  may  God's  blessings 
rest  upon  them.  Tliey  seemed  to  be  interested 
in  the  meeting,  and  we  hope  they  may  have  it 
to  say,  it  was  good  to  be  there.  We  think  the 
brethren  and  sister;  that  participated  in  the 
feast  have  all  renewed  theii-  covenant  with  God 
to  live  clo.ier  to  their  holy  profession  than  ever 
before.  The  brethren  that  labored  for  uk  tried 
to  imiiress  this  thought  Upon  our  minds  and 
now  may  God  help  us  to  earrj'  it  out.  We 
truly  can  say,  we  had  a  foretaste  of  heaven. — 
The  meetings  were  continued  next  day.  The 
Brethren  that  came  to  us,[tried  to  hold  forth  the 
Word  of  our  Savior,  and  did  not  shun  to  de- 


THE    BiiEaT-IRKN    ^T    "WOKK!. 


October    81 


dare  tlio  whole  couusel  of  God,  by  preucUiiig 
Je5iis.  It  uausfd  rejoicing  among  the  saints, 
and  we  believe  the  angels  in  henveu  were  re- 
joicing to  see  sinners  coming  borao  to  God.— 
After  tbe  forenoon  serviced,  tho  invitation  was 
extended  and  one  soul  wa^  made  willing  to  unite 
with  the  church  Emd  was  received  by  baptism. 
Brother  Mcyera  also  preached  in  the  evening 
^ain  to  an  attentive  congregation  from  the 
words,  "  My  spirit  shall  not  always  strive  with 
man."  The  apppHcation  was  made  to  the  sin- 
ner. At  the  close  of  the  meetnig  there  was  an 
invitation  given  to  all  such  that  felt  to  nnite 
with  the  chiireh.  and  three  soiila  came  forward 
and  wished  to  bu  received  by  baptism,  which 
was  attended  to  on  Sunday.  So,  this  ended  our 
meetings,  and  we  truly  can  say  we  had  a  re- 
freshing season  ui  the  presence  of  the  Lord; 
and  when  we  came  to  the  time  to  separate  from 
each  other,  that  beautiful  hymn  came  to  mind, 
which  siiye: 

■\\nien  shall  we  meet  hK'TI", 

Meet  neVrtoseverV 
for  we  know  not  whether  we  shall  ever  meet 
agaiji  as  we  have  met. 

D.  S.  Reploole. 


What  I  Saw,  and  Heard  and  Thought. 

TO-DAV.Ocfc,  tjtli,  wo  attended  the  funeral  of 
a  little  infant  at  our  village  church,  where 
one  of  our  Brethren  preached,  and  while,  there, 
many  th(>ughU  nui  through  my  mind  in  regard 
to  the  ditVereut  people  who  gathered  together 
from  different  quartern.  About  the  first  thing 
that  attracted  my  mind  after  entering  the 
church,  waa,  the  wooden  musia  aud  tho  choral 
sin'^iug,  which  is  a  great  saying  to  the  vocal  or- 
gans ol  the  most  of  the  congregation;  but  I 
was  iniiiressed  vHth  the  idea,  that  thia  was 
not  quite  the  right  kind  of  music  the  great 
Jehovah  wanted  in  his  house;  and  that  it  would 
be  of  a  rather  dwarfed  condition,  by  the  time 
it  reached  the  ears  of  the  All-hearing. 

Our  brother  took  the  latter  clause  of  Heb.  3: 
6,  which  reads,  "  What  is  man,  that  thou  art 
mindful  of  him?  nr  the  son  of  man,  that  thou 
visitest  him?"  Our  brother  went  on  toespouud 
Whatman  was,  in  his  first  state  before  the  fall, 
what  man  now  is,  under  sin  and  salvation,  and 
to  what  be  may  attain  and  finally  -.vill  be  his 
termination;  but  before  he  got  far  on  vrith  his 
discourse,  my  mind  was  arrested  by  a  woman 
sitting  a  few  benches  in  front  of  me  among  the 
hindmost  mourners,whom  I  hadn't  seen  for  eev- 
eral  years,  and  who  was  laboriaig  under  the  de- 
testable influence  of  opium.  I  was  partly  bor- 
ror-.stricken,  while  beholding  her  movements; 
and  I  felt  to  exclaim,  oh  what  is  man!  I  hod 
to  think,  0,  what  a  change  ten  or  fifteen  years 
bring  about!  Those  eyes  that  then  were  awuka 
and  sparkling  are  now  benumbed  and  glaring; 
—that  heiui  that  was  once  intelligent,  is  filled 
with  irresistible  drowsiness  and  sleep;^ — that 
mind  that  once  was  bright,  is  now  morbid  and 
unconscious;-— that  body  that  paced  the  floor 
in  swiftness,  in  time  gone  by,  must  now  be 
dragged  along  much  like  a  man  almost  deadly 
drunk  on  his  way  to  the  drunkards'  deo-  The 
little  child  of  three  Summers  sitting  by  her 
side,  who  tries  to  fondle  lis  mother  and  win  a 
smile,  is  betrayed  in  its  expectations;  the 
mother  could  not  give  a  smile  or  fondle  in  re- 
turn, but  involuatarily  gave  way  to  a  deep 
drowsines-j,  the  head  sinking  down,  down,  down, 
and  still  farther  down  until,  with  aaort  of  wak- 
ing from  a  horrid  dream,  it  is  r^sed  again  hy  a 
wild  staring  of  the  eyes,  only  to  repeat  its  form- 
er action.  0.  horrid  thing,  tliat  robs  the  mind 
of  all  eonscioriiin^ss,  that  oVeii  the  loud'  voi 
preaching  will  not  attract  any  more  atten- 
tion than  ifnone  were  speaking!  Ibad  to  think; 
a  person  addicted  to  this  habit,  was  thric 
slave,  being  snatched  from  all  hope  of  refoi 
ing  in  either  soul  or  body,  and  mtiy  be '  doomed 
for  time  and  eternity,  and  we  think  it  fit  to  siy 
justrighthero  to  all  that  rtiayreiid  this,  "  Toui-li 
not;  ta-ite  not,  handle  not,"  such  a  thing  by 
which  all  will  perish,  with  the  usirig'of  it. 

Last  my  attention  was  drawn  to  a  man,  who 
professes  to  be  a  follower  of  Jesus;  but  when 
it  cornea  to  kneeling  down  in  humble  prayer,  it 
is  rather  too  much  for  him, — he  keeps  bis  scat 
on  the  bench,  and  only  bendshis  heador  props 
his  elbow  oa  the  bench.  I  had  to  thiifk  that 
he  has  no  doubt  never  read,  that,  "  Every  knee 
shall  how  before  the  Lord,"  and  to  give  God 
the  honor  due  to  him;  and  I  thought  the  time 
may  come,  that  he  would  gladly  bend  the  knee: 
in  reverence  to  God,  if  that  wouldP,iusure  him 
a  mansion  among  the  blessed;  but  it  might  hap 
pen  that  if  we  are  not  willing  to  bow  before 
the  Lord  in  time,  our  privileges  to  the  homo 
above  may  be  cut  off  from  us  in  a  ((uite  nnt 
peeled  time.  Levi  AsiiBii, 

Lincoln,  Pa. 


From  Milford,  Ind. 

ON  the  evening  of  tho  13th  of  Oct.  I  had  tho 
privilege  to  meet  with  the  Brethren  in 
Solomon's  Creek  district,  Ind.,  at  their  Com- 
munion. Brother  R.  H.  Miller  was  present, 
and  by  request  preached  on  tho  covering  before 
examination.  Ilia  logical  method  mad-*  that: 
point  so  clear,  that  we  think  all  wereedilied  and 
built  up.  He  proved  hy  the  Scripture,  and 
good  reasoning,  that  the  Christian  must  have 
a  badge  or  ensign,  so  he  can  he  known  whero- 
ever  he  goes.  A  man  praying  or  propbesyiug 
with  bis  head  covered,  dishonors  his  bead. — 
Brother  Miller's  argument  was,  that  a  man 
should  take  his  hat  olT,  as  soon  as  he  steps  into 
a  meeting-house,  to  honor  Christ,  as  a  soldier 
would  take  his  hat  off  when  he  meets  an  ollicor, 
in  honor  to  that  man  who  is  his  superior.  A 
soldier  of  the  enemy  must  be  careful  while  on 
duty  that  he  has  his  unifovm  on;  othonviso  he 
would  be  court-martialed.  What  a  bi'imfil'ul 
thought!  The  Christian  soldier  should  have 
on  an  ensign  or  uniform,  bo  be  might  not  stand 
speechless  in. the  great  day  of  reckoning,  as  dii 
the  friend  in  Matt.  22:  11,  12,  13.  A  woman 
should  not  pray  with  her  head  uncovered,  by  so 
doing  she  would  dishonor  her  head,  "  The  man." 
She  should  have  a  covering  on  her  head,  a  spec- 
ial covering,  and  that  should  he  white;  for  white 
is  the  righteousness  of  saints.  Rev,  19:  S. — 
Brother  Miller's  reason  for  white  was,  that  in 
time  of  wars,  when  the  cannon  rolls  and  the 
black  smoke  of  destruction  keeps  rolling  on, 
then  the  white  flag  is  hoisted  as  a  signal  of 
peace.  The  white  covering  wa*  for  the  sisters, 
surely  is  a  sign  of  peace;  and  more,  they  should 
have  power  on  their  heads,  because  of  the  an- 
gels. At  the  above  Love-feast,  I  saw  the  single 
mode  of  feet-Wiwhiug  practiced,  and  I  must  say 
if  ever  there  was  any  predjudice  against  it,  that 
night  it  was  removed.  , 

J.  H.  Mu,LER. 


From  Enoch  Eby. 

ILEITT  my  homo  on  the  2(tth  inst.  in  com- 
pany with  Bro.  F.  JlcCuue,  who  was  re- 
turning from  a  visit  to  his  brother-in-law  at 
Waddam's  Grove.  Nest  day  met  with  the  mem- 
bers of  Shannon  in  council,  tho  principal  ob- 
ject of  which,  was  to  elect  a  brother  to  the 
ministry  and  advance  brother  McCune  to  the 
second  degree,  which  was  done.  Brother  Spro- 
gle  was  chosen  to  the  ministry.  I  then  came 
to  this  place  (Lanark),  and  in  obedience  to  the 
wish  of  all  theoHicial  members  present  at  the 
Yellow  Creek  feast,  the  two  editors  and  myself 
proceeded  to  set  the  time  and  place  for  a  special 
District  Meeting,  which  they,  in  their  united 
wisdom,  thought  it  necessary  to  appoint  for 
reasons  set  forth  elsewhere  in  the  paper.  In 
doing  business  of  this  kind,  we  always  meet 
with  the  unpleasant  thought,  that  we  cannot 
please  ail,  hence  must  do  that  which  we  think 
will  be  for  the  most  advantage  and  benefit  of 
the  district,  with  the  desire  and  hope  that  all 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  who  could  not 
convoniently  be  consulted  in  reference  to  the 
nece^ity  and  utility  of  said  meetijig,  will  fallj' 
appreciate  our  motives  and  feel  an  interest  in 
tlio meeting, especially  the  ministering, brethT 
ren,as  the  missionary  workwill  receive  a  spec- 
ial attention,  in  connection  with  other  matters 
of  interest  to  the  district. 

To-morrow  I  propose,  the  Lord  willing,  to 
start  to  the  mission  field  of  Central  Illinois., 
espectiug  to  go  to  New  Bedford  in  Bureau 
County  first,  and  spend  some  time  there,  then 
go  to  other  points  among  the  members  in  Mar- 
shall'imd  Putnam  counties,  of  which  they  will 
be  informed  in  due  time.  This  I  shall  do  if  the 
Lord  permit?.  Let  me  here  remark  to  my  co- 
laborers  in  the  miuistfy,  that  I  would  be  much 
comforted  in  the  thought  thiit  sOrae  one"  would 
join  me  in  the  arduous  task,  in'  a' few  days  from 
hence,  as  my  vocal  organs  may  soon  fail  to  do 
all  th6  speaking  and  sinking,  Svhich'  in  some 
piacesis required.  '  ''  ""    "  ' 

Ucf.-J2iid,  ms:'  I.   ■(  .  .    .   .'     ■ 


aLE-A-]S"iisras. 


=^^ 


From  Pleasunt  Union,  Iowa.— Our  Sun- 
day-school wa.s  orgtuiixed  on  the  14th  of  April, 
and  closed  the  13th  of  Oct,  The  school  was 
lield  in  a  place  whore  the  Brethren  never  had  a 
Sunday-school  before.  Tho  school  wa.s  orgau- 
i/^d  under  rather  embarossiug  circumstances, 
being  surrounded  by  the  various  denominations 
and  another  school  being  held  near  oui-s,  but 
notwithstanding  this,  the  Brethren  maintain- 
ed the  best  interest.  The  school  was  organized 
by  electing  the  following  olhcers:  Abraham 
Wolf,  Superintendent;  Stephen  Yoder,  Assist- 
ant; Samuel  E.  Yoder,  Secretary;  Isaac  Karrier, 
Treasurer;  Fannie  Henderson,   Querist.      Dur- 


ing the  school  there  were  seven  thousand  six 
hundred  nnd  ninety  verses  committed  by  the 
scholai-s,  during  thetermi  Qoodfeelings  were 
manifested  during  the  school.  Quite,  a  solem- 
nity prevailed  attbe  close.  As  to  the  result  of 
labors,  we  can  not  tell  what  they  may  be, 
though  we  can  begin  to  see  the  fruit  of  it. — 
Since  we  closed,  one  of  our  scholars  made  ap- 
plication for  admittance  into  the  church.  We 
hope  the  prayers,  offered  in  behalf  of  the 
school,  may  be  soon  realized  by  an  ingathering 
of  many  souls  into  the  church  of  the  living 
God.  The  school  was  addressed  by  brother  H, 
Etter  and  others.  Stbphbs-  YoriKB. 

Washhii/ton  Co.,  loica. 

From  Hudson,  III.— Oar  Fall  Communion 
is  among  the  things  of  the  past.  The  largest 
that  we  have  liad  at  any  time,  Onr  ministerial 
aid  was  also  large;  there  came  from  abroad  to 
our  assistance  brethren  John  Snowbarger  of 
Ind.,  David  Frantz,  James  R.  Gish,  Philip 
Moore,  William  Gephart,  Christian  Barnhart 
and  Kolan  Heckman,  all  of  111.  A  large  crowd 
of  spectators, — many  mora  than  could  get  in 
tho  house,  consequently  a  good  deal  of  noise 
and  confusion  outside;  but  the  best  of  order 
inside.  On  Sunday  morning  the  Sunday-school 
was  addressed  by  brethren  Gish  and  Frantz. — 
0,  it  does  my  soul  good,  to  hear  the  brethren 
talk  to  the  children.  God  bless  our  children 
in  this  fast  age.  0,  that  they  may  be  induced 
to  love  virtue  and  hate  vice,  and  stand  aloof 
from  the  vain  and  corrupting  fashions  and  cus- 
toms of,  a  wicked  world.  At  11  o'clock  the 
brethren  preached  from  John  1-i:  I,  2,  to  a 
crowded  house.  Again  in  the  evening,  and  the 
last  tipie,  when  we  took  the  pai'ting  hand,  which 
is  always  attended  with  some  reluctance.  Breth- 
ren, go  forth  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord,  preach 
the  Word,  avoid  declaiming  tidk;  talk,  and  talk 
sensible  talk,  reason  as  Paul  did,  till  they  trem- 
bled. Brethren  I  mean  what  I  say,  when  I  say, 
talk  to  the  people;  never  mind  making  orations, 
the  people  have  listened  long  enough,  try  talk- 
ing awhile,  John,  the  divine  went  forth  in 
the  strength  of  a  celestial  af  er  the  angel  tald- 
ed  with  him.  God  says,  talk  to  them  "when 
thou  liest  down  and  when  thou  risest  up." — 
Deut,  6:  7.  Talk  ye  of  His  wondrous  works, 
and  talk  in  such  a  way  that  the  people  will  take 
knowledge  of  you,  that  you  have  been  with  Je- 
sus. T,  D.  Lyos. 

From  Brighton,  Illil.— Our  feast  was  or 
the  10th  inst.  It  passed  off  pleasantly.  Noth- 
ing of  very  special  interest  to  report,  save  that 
while  the  washing  of  feet  was  being  performed. 
there  was  a  great  conflict  of  sentiment  forcibly 
expressed  by  one  of  our  brethren,  regarding  the 
foundation  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  Although 
his  sentiments  were  in  direct  opposition  to  the 
theorj"  of  the  general  brotherhood,  it  was  pre- 
sented in  so  mild  and  unoffendiog  manner,  that 
probably  three-fourths  of  the  members  present 
did  not  discover  the  confliction.  The  brother's 
mind  seemed  deeply  impressed  with  theeternal 
meaning  of  the  figure  of  the  feast  made  at  the 
return  of  the  prodigal  son.  He  maintained, 
that  the  kid  represented  the  Piissover  Feast, 
while  the  fatted  calf  represented  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  that  the  Lord  erected  a  new  house 
(the  Lord's  Supper)  for  His  church,  before  He 
demolished  the  old  one  (the  Passover).  The 
conclusion  of  his  remarks  was  quite  impressive, 
holding  forth  that  the  perverting  of  the  Script- 
ures to  establish  our  practice  was  entirely  un- 
called for,  that  the  Scriptures  were  plain,  and 
should  he  believed  as  they  were  designed,  and 
that  all  the  trouble  was  on  our  part  in  apply- 
ing themi  to  suit  ourselves.  In  short  he  believes 
that  the  word  Passover  in  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke 
nnd  John,  means  Passover,  as  well  as  feet-wash- 
ing means  to  wash  feet.  Is  this  not  logical, 
Brethren?  Let  us  all  consider  what  the  apostle 
Peter  says  about. wresting  the  Scriptures.  .. 
I    Isaiah  Houmur. 

From  Big  Creek  Clinrcli,  Barkersburg, 
111. — Our  Love-feast,    which   came    olf  on    the 

evening  of  the  lOtH  of  Oct..  is  numbered  with 
the  things  of  the  piust,  but  it  will  be  long  re- 
membered by  every  brother  and  sister  that  was 
present.  The  ministering  brethren  that  met 
with  us  here  were  J.  B.  Sell  and  G.  W..  Cripe 
of  Ind.,  and  A.  Neher  of  Salem  and  T.  M.  Cal- 
vert of  Ellison  Prairie,  Brother  Gripe  and  Sell 
remained  with  us  ovHr  Sunday,  and  preached 
the  Word  of  God  in  its  purity  to  the  people. — 
Four  precious  souls  were  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  May  the  Lord  ever  keep  us  all 
faithful  in  that  form  of  doctrine,  that  was  de- 
livered to  tho  saints,  is  my  prayer. 

A-  C.  Kirj-EPRR. 

From  J.  H.  Miller  .—Met  with  the  Breth- 
ren in  Defiance  Co.,  on  the  5th  of  Oct,,  at  the 
Luve-feast.  Had  the  privilege  to  meet  Bro.  J. 
P.  Ebersole  there  and  to  hearhim  preach  with 
the  same  zeal  and  power   that   he  did   twenty 


yeai-s  ago.  Surely  we  had  a  fea.st  togcther.long 
to  be  remembered.  On  the  Sth  met  with  the 
Maumee  district  at  the  Love-feast.  Enjoyed 
myself  very  much.  Truly  the  Brethren  in 
Ohio  treat  the  Brethren  that,  visit  them,  with 
kind  respect.  One  thing  I  noticed  while  there, 
was,  the  young  people  behaved  so  well  at  the 
Communion. 
.Vil/orfi.  Iml. 


DIED. 


MILLER.— Chanute,   Kansas,  July  31st,   Su- 
sanah  Miller,  of  bilious  remittent  fever. 
Levi  Milleh. 
SHROCK.— In  Johnson  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.   Uth, 
1S78,  friend  John  Shrock,   aged   twenty-five 
years. 

He  was  formerly  from  Somerset  Co.,  Pa. — 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Amish  church.  Fu- 
neral discourse  by  Frederick  Swarlzendruber. 

W.  D,  LlCHTY. 

MICHAEL.- In  the  Union  City  church,   Ran- 
dolph Co.,  Ind,,  Oct.  19,  18T8,  Cora  B.  Mich- 
ael, aged  6  yeai-s,  5  months  and  12  days. 
This  dear  little  girl  went  to  school  Friday 
morning  in  apparent  good  health,   but  during 
the  day  she  took  sick  and  returned  home;  before 
Saturday  morning  her  soul   had   gone   to  that 
blessed  rest,  prepared  for  the  Lord's  little  lambs. 
Funeral  largely  attended. 

W.  K.  Summons. 
WALLACE.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  District; 
Elkhart  Co..  Ind.,  October  Iflth,  1878.  Milo 
Wallace,  son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  Wallace, 
aged  3  years,  1  month  and  i  days,  Funeral 
discourse  from  Mark  10;  16,  by  A.  Bigler  and 
John  Metyler. 

SAMUEr.  Sala. 
LAKUE,— In  Elbow  Creek,  Gray.^on  Co..  Tex- 
as, September  26th,   1S7S,  Abraham  Lincoln 
Lakue,  infant  son  of  Bro.Jonali  S.  ami  sister 
Siirah  E.  Lakue,  aged  10  months  and  IS  days. 
Sister  Sarah  is  a  daughter  of  old   hroihev 
Daniel  Himes,  now  living  ui  Montgomery  Co., 
Ind.  No  funeral  preached  for  want  of  a  preach- 
er, belonging  to  the  Brethren. 

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STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  be  regarded  as  Churuhes  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

J.  W.  Stein's  Urd  AvFiRiiATivE. 

MY  friend  biiJ'«.  "  The  orictinalTnnkei:  church 
was  orgnni/*d  by  uninspired  men."  This 
1  deny.  The  churches  orgoniiied  by  Christ 
through  the  aiiostlea  were  all  Tuiiker  churches 
iuthe  same  spuse  the  Brethren  are.  All  true 
churches  aubsetiuently  orgimized  through  the 
instumentnlity  of  uninspired  men  are  as  truly 
founded  by  Christ  aa  the  Gospel  itself  which 
uninspired  meu  preach. 

4tb  Cliarcclerisiic.  It  is  the  pillar  and  gronml 
cflbttrulh.  First  reason  under  it  confciuued. 
That  the  Brethren  tesch  "baptismal  salvation," 
that  "tBOicr  lUcruUy  washes  away  sins,"  deny 
sjilvatiou  by  faith,  baptize  the  "nnregencrale," 
wilfully  "upou  11  (/em/ faith,"  or  that  T  taught 
■there  can  be  no  true  believers  till  after  they 
.ire  baptized,"  ai-e  untrue.  Hence  the  argumeuts 
aud  de<luctions  drawn  from  such  premises  by 
my  friend  need  no  reply.  Is  faith  which  works, 
comes  to  God  by  repentance  aud  puts  on  Christ 
m  baptism,  dc(id?—tiiitriii?  We  baptize  those 
who  are  regenerated  through  the  Word.  Bap- 
tism is  not  regeuerution,  but  "the  washing  of 
regeneration."  Tilna  3:  5.  Had  we  taught 
that  "wat«r  literally  wiLshed  away  sins,"  my 
iiiend's  comparison  about  Christ's  literal  body 
aud  blood  in  the  eucbarist  would  have  some  ap- 
plication, but  he  misses  his  mark.  Water  did 
not  literally  wash  away  Naaman's  leprosy,  2 
Kings  5:  8-14;  nor  the  man's  blindness,  John 
9:  7;  yet  my  friend  admits  their  washings  were 
'•coiidilions  of  their  curei"  Were  they  "wakr 
■  itres?"  Does  not  the  same  power  which  heal- 
ed them  physically  remit  ains?  The  commands 
"go"  aud  "ivaab"  were  related  to  Naaman's 
healing  precisely  like  faith  and  baptism  are  to 
salvation  in  Mark  ICi  16.  He  says  "Repen- 
tance and  faith  arc  absolute  conditions  to  salva- 
tions," yet  he  denies  that  the  ground  on  which 
he  charges  us  with  "baptismal  salvation  "would 
require  him  to  call  this  "repentance"  or  "faith 
salvation,"  because  he  says,  "Repentance  and 
faith  are  moral  duties,  while  baptism  is  a  posi- 
tive command."  Is  baptism  immoral?  Are 
repentance  aud  faith  negative  commands  i"  He 
quoted  brother  Moore  that  "a  man  can  be  bap- 
tized into  Christ,"  he  says,  "to  prove  that  the 
Tunker  churches  hold  baptismul  salvation," 
which  he  calls  "popish"— "blasphemous."  Paul 
says,  we  "were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ," 
Rom.  6:3.  Is  ihat  "bnpUsmal  sahationi'"— 
"jiopish?"—"bln*jiheimut<?"  I  ask  bim  to  tell 
what  "born  of  water,"  .lobn  3;  5,  "washing  of 
regeuoration,"  Titus  3:  ,^,  "wa-shing  of  water," 
Eph.  ."»:  26,  "obeyed  from  the  heart  that  form 
of  doctrine,"  Koiu.  G:  17— without  which  men 
"cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven" — 
were  "saved"  —  cleaused — "made  free  from 
giu"  &c.,  mean  if  they  do  not  refer  to  baptism? 
Will  he  do  it?  He  says  Paul  was  "tilled  with 
Wie  Holy  Spirit"  before  baptism."  I  demand 
the  proof.  Why  then  was  Aiumniaa  sent  to 
tim  that  he  mij/ir'bc  filled  with  the  Holy  Spir- 
it"?    Act*1'.  17.    My  friend  thinks  baptism  in 


order  to  "remission"  takes  from  Christ  all  pow- 
er to_pardonsins,  unle?ssome  Tunker  preacher 
will  permit."  Docs  preaching  in  order  to  sal- 
vation take  from  him  all  power  to  save,  unless 
the  preacher  will  permit?  Does  Dr.  R.,  not 
assume  the  same  responsibility  he  here  con- 
demns when  he  admits  that  "it  pleased  God  by 
the  foolishness  of  preaching  to  save  them  that 
believe"?  1  Cor.  1:  21.  He  tenches  that  if 
baptism  is  necessary  to  remission,  "tlie  apostle 
deceived  the  jailer  with  a  falsehood."  Act.s  16 : 
i\.  Since  faith  is  necessary  to  the  blotting  out 
of  sins,  did  Peter  deceive  the  people  with  a  false- 
hood when  he  said,  "Repent  and  be  converted 
tiiat  your  sins  may  be  blotted  out?" Acts  3:  19, 
because  he  did  notsuy,  "believe?"  "But  to  him 
all  the  prophets  bear  testimony;  and  every  one 
believing  into  him  {eis  auton^  shall  receive  for- 
giveness of  sins  through  his  name."  Acts  10: 
43.  Emphulic  Diagloit  Trtmslaiion.  Believers 
sliall  receive  forgiveness  of  sins.  How? 
"Through  bis  name."  Luke  24;  47;  Acts  4: 12; 
1  Cor.  6: 11.  What  does  his  name  do?  It  au- 
thorizes repentance,  faith  and  baptism  for  re- 
mission aud  salvation.  Mark  16:16;  Acts  2: 
38.  How  do  men  get  that  name?  They  are 
"baptized  into"  it.  Matt.  28:  19;  Acts  S:  16. 
19,  15,  I.  c,  inducted  into  it  by  a  solemn  sacra- 
nictditm  as  a  foreigner  receives  the  name  of  citi- 
zenship, aud  a  bride  the  name  and  hpirship  of 
her  betrothed.  Has  the  believer  received  for- 
giveness through  ^'believing"  merely?  If  so,  the 
"chief  rulers,"  John  12:  42,  43,  were  pardoned. 
They  "bolioved  [cis  anion}  into  him."  My 
friend  admits  they  were  not  saved.  Does  such 
admission  "cmilradict"  John  3:  36,  5:  24? 
Can  he  who  takes  baptism  out  of  Christ's  terms 
of  salvation,  Mark  16;  16,  either  truly  "hear" 
his  words  or  believe  him?  See  Rev.  22:  Id.  Dr. 
Ray  (not  the  Word)  says,  "salvation  is  pardon 
condition  of  Gospel  baptism."  Christ  says,  "He 
that  belicvcth  aud  is  baptized  shall  be  saved. "But 
Cornelius  received  the  Holy  Spirit  before  bap- 
tism. That  was  not  what  my  friend  calls  "re- 
generation," &c.,  but  a  "special,  miraculous  im- 
partation  of  the  gift  of  prophecy  and  tongues. 
Acts  10:  46;  11:  ID;  2: 17,  IS,  for  signs  1  Cor. 
14:  22;  Heb.  2:  4,  doubtless  to  convince  Peter 
aud  the  Jewish  brethren  generally  that  SEilva- 
tion  was  also  for  the  Gentiles."  Acts  10:  34; 
11:  IS.  Are  such  (liialifications  ever  required 
a.s  p re-requisites  to  baptism  or  pardon  in  the 
Scriptures?  Why  don't  my  friend  require 
them?  Why  ask  of  us  what  he  does  uot  even 
expect  of  his  own?  Cornelius  before  his  con- 
version WHS  a  devout.  God-fearing,  alms-giving 
man  of  prayer.  Acts  10:  2-4,  whom  many 
would  pronounce  ".srnW, "  whose  prayers  and 
alms  came  up  "for  a  memorial  before  God," 
whosentan  angel  to  tell  him  he  was  pardoned? 
— saved?  No,  but  to  send  for  Petef  v.  5"who" 
(to  use  the  angel's  own  language  as  "rehearsed" 
by  Peter  11:4)  "shall  tell  thee  words  whereby 
thou  and  all  tliy  bouse  shall  be  saved."  Acta  11: 
14.  "He  shall  tell  thee,"  said  the  angel,  "what 
thou  oughtest  to  do."  10:  6.  He  had  yet  to 
be  saved,  not  by  being  a  "  hearer  only,"  but  al- 
so "  a  doer  of  the  work."  Jas.  1;  25.  He  said 
to  Peter.  "  We  are  all  here  present  before  God, 
to  hear  all  things  that  are  commanded  thee  of 
God."  10:  33,  and  when  a  command  was  issued 
what  was  it?  "He  commanded  them  to  be 
baptized,"  Sc.  10: 4S.  Peter  hiid  uot  forgotten 
his  Lord'flsolemn  command  and  promise.  Matt. 
28:  10;  Mark  16:  16.  He  iroulJ  teach  that 
"  baptism  doth  also  now  save  ns,"  1  Pet.  3:  21; 
and  tell  men  to  "repent  and  be  baptized  for  re- 
mission." Atta  2:  38.  My  friend  tries  to  sep- 
arate "  repent "  and  "  be  baptized  "  here  by 
8ho\ring  that  they  have  difTereut  nominatives 
when  the  ellipsis"  ije"  is  supplied.  But  this 
don't  help  his  cause.  "  And  "  connects  the  two 
expressions  "  repent  ye  "  and  '"  be  baptized  every 
one  of  you,"  together,  which  are  both  still  re- 
quired of  the  same  people  iu  answer  to  the  same 
question,  and  are  ndated  to  remission  preciaely 


alike.  He  tries  to  escape  this  fatal  dilemma  by 
sajnng  "  the  peutecostiana  did  not  say,  '  what 
shall  we  do  to  be  saved?  '  "  The  alternative  of 
this  is,  they  wanted  to  know  what  they  must 
do  because  they  were  saved,  aud  Peter  tells  tbem 
to  "  repent  and  he  baptized,"  Here  iny  friend 
has  Peter  telling  saved  men  to  "  repent,'"  But 
he  says  "  the  question, '  what  shall  we  do? '  in- 
cludes duty  more  than  the  point  of  salvation." 
Tiieu  he  has  Peter  still  commanding  either  ^nr- 
dimed  men  to  "  repent,"  or  unpardoned  men  to 
"  be  baptized."  But  to  prove  they  were  God's 
children  he  quotes  1  John  5:  1,  "Whosoever 
believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  is  born  of 
God."  The  belief  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  oven 
iu  devils,  is  wrought  indirectly  by  God,  but  di 
uot  make  them  his  children.  "  gennan  "  is  a 
biguous.  Sometimes  it  means  "  to  bring  forth," 
Matt.  2:  1,  Acta  7;  20:  sometimes  only  "  to  be- 
get."    Matt.  1;  2,  &e.;  also  passage  adduced. 

The  Pentecoatians  believed  that  Jesus  was  thi 
Christ  before  they  repented.  Were  candidates 
to  ask  baptism  from  the  Brethren  on  this  kind 
of  faith  before  repentance,  my  friend  would  call 
them  "goats,"  "  children  of  the  devil,"  &c.,  yet 
this  ia  evidence  to  him  that  pentecoatians  were 
saved.  Behold!  the  inconsistency  and  self- 
refutation  of  error!  Do  uot  wicked  men  and 
devils  believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ?  Mark 
1:24;  James  2:9.  He  reminds  us  that  the 
baptized  had  "  gladly  received  the  word,"  Did 
any  person  ever  truly  repent  who  had  not  also 
"gladly  received  the  word"?  Does  not  the 
gladness  of  prospect  precede  pardon?  Does  not 
Christ  represent  one  rejoicing  at  the  prospect  of 
owping  the  treasure  likened  to  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  be/ore  it  is  really  his?  Matt.  13:44. 
But  he  says,  "  the  saved  "  were  added  to  the 
church.  Please  see  Acts  2 :  47.  The  Greek  says' 
"  sozoineiioii',"  b'iing  saved.  "The  Lord  daily 
added  those  being  saved  to  the  congregation." 
Emphrftic  Diaglott.  This  shows  that  the  terms 
of  salvation  aud  membership  in  Christ's  church- 
es are  the  same.  But  tbe  leper,  after  he  was 
cleansed,  offered  gifts  for  his  cleansing.  Mark 
1:  44.  This  "for"  in  Greek  is  peri,  which 
means  about,  concerning,  &c.  In  the  baptismal 
examples,  Mark  1:  4,  Luke  3:  3,  Acts  8:  38,  for 
iu  Greek  is  eis,  uot  peri.  But  even  the  leper's 
offerings  were  for  (eis,  in  order  to)  "  a  testimo- 
ny," &c.    Mark  1:  44, 

My  friend  missed  his  example.  In  Matt.  10 
18,  Luke  9:  3,  Acts  9:  21, 13: 2, 47,  you  will  find 
"for"f*'is^  meaning  iji  order  to,  and  utterly 
repugnantto  the  idea  of  something  already  done. 
If  we  give  eis  in  tbe  baptismal  examples  its  most 
natural  and  common  New  Tettament  rendering, 
the  case  would  stand  thus,  "  Be  baptized  (eis  I 
into  the  remission  of  sine.''  Would  there  be 
less  propriety  in  going  "  into  (eis)  the  water" 
Acts  8:38,  "  PH^ofc/s) everlasting  punishment," 
or  "  info  (eia)  life  eternal,"  Matt.  25:46,  because 
one  is  already  in  them  than  to  be  baptized  into 
a  state  of  remission  because  one  is  already  in  it, 
If  my  friend  will  adduce  ohc  example,  apart  from 
baptism,  iu  the  New  Testament  where  the  lan- 
guage "fur  the  remission  of  sins,"  is  not  inter- 
preted by  his  own  church  to  mean  "  in  order  to 
the  remission  of  sins,"  I  wilt  give  it  up.  Is  that 
fair?  The  ancient  Valdenses  or  Waldenaes, 
Petrobrussians,  I'tc,  taught  that  "it  is  not  the 
faith  of  another,  'out  an  individual's  own  faith 
which  saves  iritli  haplism  inasmuch  as  the  Lord 
says,  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall 
be  saved."  Faber's  Enquiry  into  the  History 
and  Theology  of  the  Ancient  Vallences  andAl- 
bigenses'  16!'.  They  .said,  "  Neither  baptLim 
without  concomitant  faith,  nor  faith  icilhoul 
conconiit'int  baptisiii, is  of  any  avail;  Tor  neither 
can  save  without  the  other."  Ibid.  ISI.  Dr. 
Ray  calls  these  people  "tbe  rhurrh  of  Christ." 
Baptist  Succe.s.siou.  340.  Therefore  I  prove  by 
himself  that  "  baptism  in  nrder  to  remission  of 
sins'"  is  rharaiterisiir  of"  the  rhurcb  of  Christ." 

My  second  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic  is,  that  tlieg  bnpti^r  into  each 


of  l/ic  names,  "Father,"  "Son,"  and  "  Ifolg 
Spirit."  Christ  fixed  the  form  when  Ho  said, 
"Baptizing  them  into  the  nanio  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  aud  of  the  Holy  Spirit."  Matt. 
28: 19.  Some  words  in  this  formula  necessary 
to  its  complete  grammalieal  construction  have 
omitted  by  what  grammarians  call  "ellipses," 
i.  e.,  "  into  the  name  "  before  "  of  tlie  Son  "  and 
"of  the  Holy  Spirit."  These  as  truly belongto 
the  formula  grammatically  considered,  as  the 
words  expressed.  Green's  AnalJ'sis  of  Eng. 
Lang.-§423,  aud  Grammar  147,  IM,  198.  Proof 
(a).  The  Greek,  "pH/m"."  Uhivit,"  "  Ilagiou 
Pneumatos''  are  all  in  the  genitive  and  govern- 
ed by  "onomn  "  expressed  or  understood.  See 
rule.  Bullion's  Gr.  Grammar,  §142.  Proof  (b). 
In  English  transposition,  the  genitive  form 
here  is  equivalent  to  the  possessive  case. 

Fewsmith'a  Grammar,  137,  4.  Green's  Anal- 
ysis, §  205,  "  the  name  of  the  Father  "  —  tbe 
Father's  name;"  "of  the  Son  " — the  Son's;" 
"  of  the  Holy  Spirit," — the  Holy  Spirit's."  Here 
"  name  "  alone  can  govern  "  Son's,"  and  "  Holy 
Spirit's."  Proof  (c).  .The  preposition  "of" 
which  occurs  thrice  has  "  name  "  each  time  for 
its  antecedent  terra.  To  deny  this  is  to  deny 
that  "  of"  is  a  preposition  and  expunge  it  with 
its  dependent  words  from  the  text  and  be  euilty 
of  taking  from  the  holy  oracles.  Proof  (d). 
"A'n'»c"is  the  object  and  .•mbseqnenf  term  of 
the  preposition  "  into "  feis)  expressed  in  the 
first  clause  and  understood  with  name  which 
it  governs  in  the  latter  clauses.  To  deny  this 
is  to  deny  that  the  antecedent  terms  oi" of"  in, 
the  latter  clauses  have  any  governing  word.  (e). 
As  "  name "  is  governed  by  "  into "  in  each 
clause  and  forms  its  subsequent  term,  so  "  into  " 
in  each  clause  refers  to-'' baptizing"  as  its  ante- 
cedent term.  A  denial  of  this,  denies  "  into" 
its  part  of  speech,  as  a  connective  by  depriving 
it  of  one  of  its  essential  relations,  and  hence  re- 
jects it  with  its  dependent  words  from  Christ's 
command,  (f),  In  compound  constructions  tlie 
raeauing  of  dependent  clauses  may  be  determin- 
edby  appealing  to  the  leading  clause  or  model 
proposition,  whatever  action,  therefore  "baptiz- 
ing "  requires  to  satisfy  tbe  clause.  "  Into  the 
name  of  the  Father,"  is  additionally  required, 
to  satisfy  the  similar  additionul  clauses,  (g). 
Coordinate  conjunctions  connect  similar  ele- 
ments and  constructions.  Bullion's  Grammar, 
§170,776.  Green's  Analysis,  It.  xh  "And" 
coutfects  the  three  clauses,  1st.  "into  the  name 
of  the  Father,"  2nd.  "  of  the  Son,"  3rd.  "  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,"  together,  hence  they  are  similar. 
Latham  says  "  However  compendious  may  be 
the  expression  there  are  always  two  prepositions 
where  there  is  one  conjunction."  Hand-book  of 
Eng.  Lang,  357.  Had  Christ  said  "  Baptizing 
them  11  to  th  name  of  the  Father,  teaching 
&c  /^  ad  u  t  he  would  have  commanded  tint 
Ic  tl  0  t  on.  The  command  would  have 
conta  ned  e  proposition,  therefore  the  two 
Sim  lar  add  tional  clauses  show  that  He  cmii~ 
inanded  withmy  less  than  baptism  into  eai-h 
name.  Meyer,  a  profound  and  critical  German 
commentator  says,  "If  Jesus  had  .'aid 'The 
names,'  He  would  have,  ex  pressed  Himself  in  a 
luanner  easily  misunderstood,  though  there  are 
meant  three  personally  dijfercnt  names,  inas- 
much as  '  to  otiomnta  '  (the  dames,)  might  have 
been  taken  for  the  srveral  names  of  cnc/i  indi- 
vidual subject.  The  singular  signifies  the  dffi- 
nitr  name  expressed  in  the  text  of  each  of  the 
three,  so  that  *  eis  to  onomii '  before  '  loit  uhiou ' 
and  before  '  ton  Hagion  Pneunmlos^  is  to  be  add- 
ed mentally  as  a  maUer  of  course."  Notes  on 
Matt.  2S:  19.  Dr.  Conant  (Baptist)  of  the 
American  Bible  Union,  reterring  to  the  ancient 
practice  of  immersing  at  the  utterance  of  each 
name,  admits  it  would  have  been  justifiable  had 
the  text  read,  "  In  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
in  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  in  the  name  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.''  Notes  on  Matt.  28: 19.  Such  I 
have  shown  to  be  its  correct  grammatical  read- 
ing. Mr.  A.  Campbell  says,  "  He  (Christ)  cora- 
i]aiided  all  converts  to  be  baptised.. into  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  into  the  name  of  the 
Son,  and  into  the  name  of  the  Holy  Spirif 
Quinter  S:  McConnell  Deb.  61. 


THE    BKETKCREjST    ^T    "WORK!. 


November 


A  HOME  IN   HEAVEN. 

A  HOME  for  incl  what  a  joj-fiil  thought, 
As  we  toil  mid  weep  in  our  weary  lot, 
In  the  city  of  gold,  by  the  crystnl  sea, 
Forever  with  Jesus,  a  home  for  me. 

A  hoaie  for  nic,  when  the  flowers  all  fade. 
And  wenlth  mid  fume,  in  the  dust  are  laid. 
Whan  utreni^th  decays,  and  pleasures  flee. 
Forever  with  Jesus:  a  home  for  me. 

A  home  for  me;  as  I  suH'ering  lie 

On  aeoiich  of  piiin,  nnd  with  languid  eye. 

Hut  the  golden  gates  by  failh  I  see, 

And  0  blessed  thought!  there's  a  home  for  me. 

A.  home  for  me;  though  our  friends  ace  fled, 
Ta  moulder  and  sleep  with  the  silent  dead. 
They  will  live  and  «ing  througli  eternity. 
And  we'll  meet  again  in  that  home  for  me, 

A  home  for  me,  ivheu  time  is  o'er. 

Where  grief  and  parting  are  known  no  more, 

O  wenry  soul,  there's  a  home  for  thee, 

A  home  foi'  all,  yes,  n  home  for  me 

,       r^eleute.lby  An-xie  J.  Noss, 

PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPT1SR3. 

ilV  LKWIS  O.  nVMUEH. 
NnMllBK  IV. 

WinCN  "■or^h  urc  apprapriah"!  Ihry 

i,nt  he  apj>rnpri<ih<I  fhjurali>-J;i.  To 
.show  tliat  iill  meaniugs  of  words  may 
Lave  figurative  applications,  I  will 
illustrate  by  examples,  aud  I  will  take 
the  wortls  hapU)  and  hajyiizo.  Bapitizo, 
is  tbe  derivative  of  hupto.  Bapto  has 
two  significatious  and  baptize  but  one; 
these  significations  have  all  figurative 
applications.  The  primary  meaning  of 
liapto,  is  fo  imiiiene,  the  secondary  to 
Ji/e.  "  And  he  cried  and  said,  Father 
Aliriihaiu  have,  mercy  on  me;  and  send 
Laz.ivus,  that  he  may  (bapto)  dip  the 
Up  of  /liifjiw/er  in  water ^  and  cool  my 
tongue."  Luke  IG:  24.  In  this  exam- 
ple! the  word  bapto  is  used  literal.  "And 
thepriestshall  dip  hisfio^erin the  blood, 
and  sprinkle  of  the  blood."  <tc.  Lev.  4: 
0,     This  also  is  a  literal  use  of  the  woid. 

We  will  ne.\t  produce  examples  where 
the  word  is  used  figuratively.  '*  Aud  he 
was  clothed  with  a  vesture  (bapto)  dip- 
ped in  h\oof\."  Rev.  19:  13.  Christ  ^vill 
not  have  a  literal  vesture  literally  dip- 
ped in  blood.  This  is  what  I  call  a  fig- 
ure of  speech,  or  a  figurative  use  of  the 
wi>rd  hapto.  This  is  not  a  new  anS 
secondary  meaning,  but  the  same  and 
primary  meaning  used  figuratively  in- 
stead of  literal.  "  That  thy  feet  may 
be  (bapto)  dipped  in  the  blood  of  thine 
enemies."  ttc.  Psa.  G8:  23,  This  is  al- 
so a  figurative  e.xpression  or  use  of  the 
word,  but  not  a  secondary  meaning. 

We  now  have  a  literal  meaning  and 
a  figurative  application,  and  will  now 
establish  a  secondary  meaning  which  is 
to  dijc.  Hippocrates  employs  the  word 
to  denote  dyeing  by  dropping  the  dye- 
ing liquid  on  the  thing  dyed.  "When 
it  drops  upon  the  garments,  they  are 
dyed."  The  dyeing  liquid  literally  drop- 
ped on  literal  gariuents,aud  therefore  is  a 
literal  use  of  the  word.  This  example 
established  a  secondary  meaning  of  bap- 
to. We  have  apother  e.xample  in  the 
battle  of  the  frogs  and  mice. 

"  So  fell  Crombophagus,  and  fiom 
that  fall  never  arose,  but  reddening  with 
his  blood  the  wave."  The  lake  was  lit- 
erally colored  or  dyed  with  the  blood  of 
the  mouse,  not  the  whole  lake,  the  ex- 
pression ishyperliolic  in  its  import.  The 
lake  was  not  dipped  into  the  blood  of 
the  mouse  by  hyperbole  as  Dr.  Gale  snp- 
poses,  but  the  lake  was  hyperbolically 
dyed.  No  one  would  think  the  lake  was 
all  dyed,  bvit  the  part  that  was  reddened. 
We  have  other  examples  at  command, 
but  these  are  sufficient  to  establish  a  sec- 
ondary meaning. 


We  will  iie.\:t  produce  an  ccample 
where  the  secondary  meaning  is  used 
figuratively.  '^  Omisi  baptos"  a  colored 
bird.  Jlilton.  when  speaking  of  the 
"ings  of  angel  llaphael,  uses  a  similar 
expression,  "  colors  dipped  in  lieaven," 
There  is  here  no  allusion  to  either  liter- 
al dyeing  or  dipping.  Having  nowillus- 
trated  the  principle  of  appropriation 
and  the  figurative  ussof  words,  it  is  not 
necessary  that  I  prove  that  hapli^o  is 
strictly  univocal,  I  challenge  any  one  to 
produce  a  single  example  where  baptiso 
has  a  secondary  meaning.  The  exam- 
ple must  be  literal  in  its  import.  That 
baptizo  has  an  abundance  of  figurative 
applications,  every  one  knows,  and  1 
will  refer  to  a  few  only. 

I  want  my  readera  to  bear  in  mind 
that  I  am  not  endeavoring  to  establish 
the  univocalness  of  baptizo,  but  simply 
illustrating  the  laws  of  figurative  use. 
The  primary  meaning  of  baptizo,  is  ad 
mitted  by  all  to  be  immersion.  So  I  will 
produce  no  examples  on  that  point,  but 
will  take  a  few  examples  where  the  word 
is  used  figuratively,  "liut  Jesus  said 
to  them,  ye  know  not  what  ye  ask; 
can  ye  di'ink  of  the  cup  that  I  drink  of, 
and  be  baptized, with  the  baptism  that  I 
ain  baptized  with?"  Mark  10:  ;JS.  Je 
sus  was  not  literally  immersed  in  suffer 
but  as  the  suffering  was  not  confin 
ed  to  spots,  but  extended  over  the  whole 
body  in  the  superlative  degree,  there  is 
certainly  a  beautiful  allusion  to  immer- 
sion in  water  or  inimei-sion  of  any  kind. 
Baptism  is  not  sprinkling  a  few  drops 
of  water,  but  a  complete  covering. 
Adam^lark  speaking  of  his  bajitism  says, 
it  was  a  sea  of  sufl^'ering,  a  beautiful  al- 
lusion to  the  primary  meaning  of  hap- 
tizo.  The  word  Itap/izo  is  not  u.sed  here 
in  a  secondary  sense  or  else  the  baptism 
must  have  been  literal.  The  persons 
that  think  words  assume  new  meanings 
when  used  figuratively,  are  poor  philol- 
ogists indeed.  AVhat  is  the  secondary 
meaning  of  baptizo  that  the  suffei;iug  of 
Christ  resemble,  if  it  is  not  immersion? 
and  if  it  is  immersion,  is  it  not  the  pri- 
mary meaning? 

We  will  ne.xt  consider  the  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.  Our  opjionents  think 
that  that  baptism  was  a  fulfiiliuent  of  a 
prophecy  that  reads,  "  I  will  pour  out 
of  my  spirit,"  that  baptism  means  also 
to  pour.  Nothing  more  is  necessary  to 
refute  his 'error,  than  to  ask  them,  if  the 
Spii-it  was  literally  poured  out?  Out  of 
what  was  the  Spirit  poured  ?  The  pour 
ing  was  figurative,  and  not  literal.  But 
the  pouring  was  not  called  their  baptism. 
The  baptism  took  place  after  the  pour- 
ing. It  was  after  the  Spirit  was  pomed 
out  that  the  baptism  took  place.  What 
constituted  their  baptism  was  their  be- 
ing entirely  under  the  influence  of  the 
Spirit  in  allusion  to  the  entire  covering 
in  baptism  by  i>nraei"sion.  If  the  pour- 
ing is  the  baptism  spoken  of,  why  was 
not  r/ieo  used  in  place  of  baptizo.  If 
pouring  is  the  baptism,  then  the  wrong 
word  was  used  to  designate  the  mode. 
If  immersion  is  the  primary  meaning  of 
haptizo  as  all  admit,  then  baptizo  was 
appropiated  to  the  rite  in  that  sense  or 
else  immersion  could  not  be  a  valid 
mode.  Now  if  "baptizo  "  is  an  appro- 
priated word  and  designates  immersion. 
baptizo  can  never  serve  in  the  room  of 
cJieo.  Then  words  that  are  different  in 
meaning,  can  never  be  reciprocal  in  this 
appropriated  sense.  Chco  is  the  appro- 
priated word  for  pour,  just  as  raino  is 
for  sprinkle  or  "baptizo"  for  immersion. 
How  can  <'hen,  or  raino,  ever  be  used  to 
designateimmersion.  No  man  possessed 
with  common  sense  will  say  that  they 
can;  neither  can  "baptizo"  ever  mean  to 


pour.  AVas  ever  any  other  example  al- 
leged, Imt  this  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  | 
where  baptizo  meant  to  pour?  Was  not 
r/*eo  in  existence  long  before?  So  that 
at  that  period  of  time  it  could  not  des- 
ignate pour.  If  a  secondary  meaning 
wits  actuallj'  conferred  upon  baptizo,  it 
could  not  be  that  of  poii'\  when  already 
there  was  a  word  appropriated  to  desig- 
nate that  mode.  AVheu  words  are  once 
appropriated  they  are  forever  distjualifi- 
ed  to  serve  in  the  room  of  any  other 
appropriatedword.  Remember  this  rule, 
and  you  will  never  assign  a  meaningtoa 
word  that  is  impossible  for  it  to  have  in 
such  a  situation.  The  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  can  never  be  by  pouring  un- 
less cheo  is  the  correct  translation.  To 
assert  that  baptizo  eau  designate  what 
cheo  has  V)een  appropriated  to  designate, 
is  philological  Bedlamism.  If  baptizo 
bad  the  secondary  meaning  of  pour,  it 
eonid  not  effect  the  mode  in  the  Chris- 
tian rite,  and'  could  not  come' into  com- 
petition with  the  primary  meaning  in 
the  ordinance  of  baptism.  In  that  case 
baptizo  would  liave  two  meaning-  liki-> 
the  primitive  word  hapto.  One  mean- 
ing toimmerse,  the  other  topoviv.  AVords 
cannot  be  appropriated  m  two  se/ises, 
neither  cau  one  sense  run  into  the  other. 
Baptizo  cannot  designate  both  modes, 
(immerse  and  pour)  for  pour  can  never 
mean  to  immerse  or  immerse  to  pour  in 
one  and  the  same  situation.  It  is  only 
because  Christians  \^'aut  to  cover  the  in 
stitutions  of  men  with  the  name  of  the 
Christian  institution,  that  they  torture 
language  with  the  utmost  violence. 

The  idea  that  pouring,  sprinkling, 
immeising  and  wetting,  can  all  be  Chris- 
tian baptism'or  baptism  of  any  kind,  is 
so  self- evidently  absurd,  thatwas'  there 
not  a  fatal  position  to  be  held  or  defend- 
ed by  this  recourse,  these  observations 
and  criticisms  would  never  need  reiter- 
ation. The  self-evident  laws  of  appro- 
priation forever  settle  this  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  as  being  pom-ing.  This 
pouring  of  the  Spirit  is  usually  brought 
forward  to  establish  the  idea,  that  the 
word  is  generic,  or  rather  a  word  that 
designates  no  mode  and  includes  all 
modes. 

Now  if  I  have  not  demolished  this 
position,  it  is  because  people  are  too 
blind  to  see  what  is  self  evident.  Im- 
mersion is  acknowledged  by  all  to  be 
the  primary  meaning  of  "baptizo,"  aud 
that  is  certainly  specific,  and  the  only 
mode  that  ever  can  constitute  baptism. 
If  we  had  the  words  "baptizo"  and 
"baptisma"  translated  into  English,  the 
absurdity  of  more  than  one  mode  in  the 
ordinance  would  be  so  apparent  that  a 
mere  child  could  discover  it.  But  this 
thing  of  anglicizing  is  what  keeps  the 
matter  more  involved  in  difticult}',  or 
makes  it  harder  to  understand  by  the 
unlearned.  If  immersion  was  the  trans- 
lation, and  any  preacher  was  to  ask  how, 
do  you  want  to  be  immersed,  by  sprink- 
ling, pouring,  or  dipping?  he  would 
at  once  be  considered  insane  and  a  prop- 
er subject  for  the  asylum,  in  place  of 
ft  minister  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ. 
And  to  ask  how  a  pei'son  wants  to  be 
baptized,  is  exactly  the  same  as  to  ask, 
how  do  you  want  to  be  immersed?  A 
correct  translation  is  what  is  needed,  and 
King  James'  translation  given  over  to 
those,  for  whom  it  was  e.vpressly  made. 
All  those  who  have  any  respect  for  the 
institution  of  Christ,  should  no  longer 
keep  in  use  a  tian.slation  that  was  ex- 
pressly made  to  o))scure  the  institution 
of  Christ,  and  sanction  the  institution 
of  kings  and  popes. 

It  has  been  said  by  some,  that  the 
word,  "baptiw),"  is  a  generic  word,  and 


that  the  idea-of  mode  is  not  contained 
in  the  meaning  of  the  word.  To  this  I 
have  already  replied,  that  immersion 
was  the  univereally  admitted  primary 
meaning,  and  that  that  meaning  was 
specific,  and  designated  mode  and  noth- 
ing but  mode,  and  that  meaning  must 
have  been  appropriated  to  the  rite,  un-  ' 
less  the  word  has  a  secondary  meaning, 
and  that  secondary  meaning  is  what 
some  call  a  generic  meaning,  and  desig- 
nates no  mode  at  all.  The  ablest  advo- 
cates of  that  theory,  are  President  Beech- 
er  and  Archbishop  Whately.  Alexander 
Carson  has  so  completely  demolished 
this  position,  that  the  controversy  ought 
to  be  forever  settled  on  that  point.  Mr. 
Beecher  and  Whately  took  the  position 
that  the  meaning  of  the  word  in  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism  wa^  purification. 
To  this  Mr.  Carson  replies,  why  was 
not  Katharismos  used  in  place  of  hap- 
li-Sina't  And  I  ask,  how  can  Katharis- 
mos be  the  secondary  meaning  of  bap- 
tizo? If  baptizo  bad  twenty  meanings, 
iCatliarisinos  could  never  be  one  of  them. 
ISuptizo  could  not  be  appropriated' to 
the  rule  in  the  si^nsc  of  jun-ification,  for 
the' reason  a!r.>:H!\  :[llrLj;cil,  /.  o.,  that  ho 
word  could  In.'  iipprniiriatfil  in  the  sense 
of  any  other  ap}ir(ipriatt'd  word.  Bapi- 
tizo  being  appropriated  in  the  sense  of 
immersiom,  can  never  be  appropriated 
in  the  sense  of  purification.  This  is  an 
a.xiom  as  clear  as  the  light  of  the  sun, 
aud  every  inau  possessed  with  common 
sense,  aud  an  honest  heart,  will  sustain 
it.  Nothing  but  the  confidence  of  ig- 
norance under  the  influence  of  bias,  will 
ever  assail  it.  AVhen  Christ  said,  "go 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,"  Ac,  He  did  not, 
could  not  mean,  that  they  should  go 
and  purify  them,  unless  the  doctrine  of 
baptismal  regeneration  be  true,  which 
every  body  knows  to  be  false.  Is  the 
soul  regenerated  by  baptism?  Is  it  not 
"by  faith,  that  it  might  be  by  grace?" 

The  salvation  of  Christ  is  not  a  uni- 
vei'sal  salvation  by  virtue  of  his  atone- 
ment. It  is  a  salvation  through  faith, 
that  it  mighihe  by  grace.  "He  that  be- 
lieveth  aud  is  baptized,  shall  be  saved; 
he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned." 
The  ordinance  of  baptism  sustains  the 
same  relationship  to  the  government  of 
Christ,  as  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the 
government  of  the  United  States.  Some 
may  taketheowM,,  andyethave  a  treach- 
erous heart;  but  if  the  heart  unites  in 
the  oath,  he  is  in  reality  a  good  citizen. 
So  men  may  be  baptized  and  not  be 
Christians.  Repentance  is  a  prerequi- 
site,  or  an  essential  condition  of  the 
heart,  and  then  baptism  seals  you  by  the 
Spirit  of  gi'ace,  which  is  an  essential  act 
for  a  union  with  Christ,  or  to  reunite  us 
to  his  government  or  kingdom.  But  if 
we  allow  one  faith  to  substitute,  and  be- 
gin to  rebel  against  his  di\ine  govern- 
ment, you  crucify  the  Lord  afresh  ,  and 
put  him  to  an  open  shame.  The  very 
laws  that  were  enacted  in  the  council 
chambei-s  of  heaven  for  your  deliverance 
from  sin  and  death  are  renewed,  and  you 
are  under  the  same  condemnation  in  a 
much  greater  degree. 

Faith  is  the  essential  element  in  our 
salvation.  It  is  only  as  Christ  has  ap- 
pointed baptism  as  a  condition  of  par- 
don, that  it  has  anything  to  do  with  our 
salvation. 

A  pei-son  might  come  from  some  oth- 
er country,  and  live  in  strict  accordance 
with  all  the  laws  of  this  government, 
yet  not  be  a  recognized  citizen.  He 
would  still  be  an  alien,  until  he  was 
united  by  the  oath  of  allegiance.  Juat 
so  with  baptism.  People  may  go,",{» 
church,  live  a  strictly  moral  lite,  butun- 


November    7, 


TJrlE    I3:RETI-l_REiSr    ^T    "WORK. 


less  they  are  baptized,  they  are  not 
members  of  his  kingdom  on  earth.  Bap- 
ti8Qi  18  the  initiating  ceremony,  and  baa 
Qo  more  to  do  with  the  cleanaing  of  the 
heart  of  a  hypocrite  or  any  one  ehe, 
thao  it  has  with  washing  away  the  filth 
of  the  fleah.  Baptism  saves  the  son], 
just  aa  any  condition  of  pardon  saves  a 
citizen  from  the  penalties  of  the  laws  of 
the  United  States. 

(To  be  continued). 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Crowded  Train— A  Swearer  Rejected— An 
Admired  FountaiD  —  A  SuggreHlive  Book-ti- 
tla— A  Sunday  on  the  South  Mountain— 

Nl'MllEH   IX'. 

FTIHE  Antietam  Valley  Branch  of  the 
-*-  Mont  Alto  R.  K.,  to  this  place  is 
now  completed  to  a  point  within  three 
miles  of  town,  namely,  The  Nunnery, 
On  the  10th  inst.,  the  second  passenger 
train  passed  over  the  road,  consisting  of 
eleven  cars.  We  took  seats  at  Quincy, 
and  ere  long  every  seat  was  occupied 
and  many  peraous  standing.  This  re- 
minded us  of 

THE  JOUKNKY  OK  I.IFK. 

There  are  many  travelers  and  all  going 
the  same  way — onward.  Some  occupy 
pleasant  accommodations  and  enjoy  the 
journey.  Some  are  standing  idle,  and 
grow  tired  waiting  for .  opportunities. 
All  are  variously  consuming  or  improv- 
ing the  time,  and  this  will  suggest  to 
my  dear  reader  many  profitable  reflec 
tions.  One  idea  I  will  set  forth;  thi 
greatest  advantage  on  the  journey  of  life 
is  the  comfort  of"  pure  and  undefiled 
religion."  No  one  can  exjsect  to  make 
the  journey  safely  without  it,  and  indeed 
it  is  the  true  life  insurance  on  this  uni- 
que journey.  Seek  it,  all  ye  who  would 
make  a  safe  passage.  Take  it  with  you, 
ye  who  would  reach  Heaven's  blessed 
portal. 

We  reached  our  county-seat  in  due 
time,  and  were  soon  among  the  scenes 
of  business.  AVhile  in  a  certain  store, 
we  were  somewhat  startled  to  hear  the 
proprietor  say  to  one  of  the  clerks, 

"Go  out  and  bring  a  policeman."  A 
few  minutes  later  the  proprietor  was  at 
the  door,  and  with  mildness,  but  firm- 
ness, said  to  a  man  who  had  just  gone 
out. 

"I  want  you  to  leave,  and  don't  come 
in  here  again." 

We  wondered,  but  was  far  from  be- 
ing inquisitive  enough  to  ask  the  cause. 
Presently  it  was  reported  that  the  man 
■swore"  an  oath.  We  hadobserved  the 
man  as  he  walked  away  apparently  feel- 
ing shamed.  Would  that  profanity  ev- 
erywhere would  receive  proper  rebuke. 
How  it  jars  one's  soul  to  hear  God's 
name  taken  in  vain! 

A  sight  worth  mentioning  was  the 
fountain  of  water  in  Center  Square. 
Her*  IS  seen  sparkling  waters  forced 
thirty. feet  into  the  air,  issuing  from 
molten  swans  and  beasts,  and  falling  in 
beautiful  sprays  into  the  circular  reser- 
voir below.  An  iron  chain-fence  sur- 
rounds the  Fountain,  and  inside  of  this, 
is  erected  a  bronze  figure  representing 
a  natiocal  soldier  in  full  uniform,  and 
resting  his  hands  upon  a  musket.  Tliis 
figure  is  life-size,  and  very  life-like. 
The  waters  of  the  Fountain  are  furnish- 
ed from  the  Water-works. 

But  I  remembered  that  the  Psalmist 
says  that  with  God  is 

THK   Flil'NTAIN   OK   I.IKK. 

O  that  we  could  admire  the  source  and 
fountain  of  eternal  lifi-I  Then  should 
we  seek  its  refreshing  waters,  and  be 
gladdened  by  its  sprays  of  love  and  mer- 
cy, and  peace,  and  grace,  and  joy,    and 


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hope,  and  faith,  and  ten  thousand  more 
delights.  Its  waters  are  jnire.  It  is 
/We  to  all.  It  flows  forever  and  ever. 
Thi;y  that  seek  its  marvelous  wafers  now, 
shall  enjoy  its  glorious,  life-giving,  soul- 
delighting  efficacy  in  the  "  world  to 
come."  Seek  it  ye  who  thirst  and  die. 
Come  to  the  Fountain  of  Living  Waters. 
Drink  and  live  evermore. 

Being  one  who  regards  good  books  as 
very  good  companions,  I  dropped  into 
a  book-store.  After  my  purchases  were 
made,  as  usual  it  was  my  pleasure  to 
glance  over  the  titles  of  the  immense 
rows  of  books.  What  can  you  think  I 
saw  that  impressed  me  moie  than  others? 
One  that  tells  the  happy  condition  of 
every  true  disciple  of  Jesus— one  that  is 
fraught  with  intense   interest.     Here 


"  WAITINlJ   FOR  A   CROWN." 

It  came  upon  me  like  a  flood  of  super- 
natural light!  It  made  me  think  instan- 
taneously of  the  "crown  of  glory"  that 
Paul  speaks  of.  But  now  our  portion 
is  the  "cross"  that  Jesus  spoke  of.  Let 
us  remember  it  well.  And  "  yet  a  little 
while,"  we  shall  endure  the  sorrows, 
and  conflicts,  and  trials  of  life,  and  then 
the  "  crown"  will  crown  the  "  cross." 
Blessed  consummation  indeed!  Shall 
we  not  feel  new  vigor  for  the  battle-s  of 
our  Lord?  Can  we  feel  satisfied  with 
the  poor  service  we  render  to  Him  who 
has  called  us  into  His  Vineyard?  O  let 
us  bestir  our  efforts!  It  is  not  enough 
to  believe  and  start  on  the  race  for  eter- 
nal ends.  True,  we  are  waiting  for  a 
crown,  but  we  mustdo  tlie  Master's  work 
until  He  comes  to  crown  us.  Let  us 
work  and  wait.  Let  us  "Be  not  con- 
formed to  the  world"  in  anything  that 
is  inconsistent  with  our  holy  religion,  so 
that  every  day  we  may  appear  to  Christ 
and  to  men  that  we  are  indeed  "  waiting 
for  a  crown." 

October  13th.  Our  meeting  to-day 
was  at  a  place  not  far  south  of  the  Ma- 
son and  Dixon  Line  on  the  famous  South 
Mountain.  This  was  a  romantic  ride 
for  a  Sunday  morning.  A  three  hours 
buggy  ride  through  mountainous  terri- 
tory brought  us  to  the  place  appointed 
for  the  woi-ship  of  God— Mount  Pleas- 
ant. People  here  have  kind  hearts  and 
precious  souls,  and  are  just  as  worthy  of 
the  gi-ace  of  God,  as  people  who  live  in 
the  rich,  proud,  fertile  valleys  beyond 
the  mountains.  Hymn  140  opened  the 
service.  After  prayer  the  minister  took 
his  text  from  the  last  three  verses  of 
Matt.  11.  It  was  shown  that  Christ  is 
our  salvation,  and  the  following  points 
were  elucidated: 

1.  That  all  have  need  to  "come" 

2.  What  they  should  come  for. 
;■!.      How  all  must  come. 
Another  m&de   appropriate    remarks, 

and  oft'ered  the  347th  hymn.  After 
prayer  and  singing  again,  the  meeting 
was  dismissed,  and  we  trust  that  the 
good  impressions  made  will  prove  sal 
vation  to  not  a  few.  These  meetings  are 
notheld  in  vain.  There  is"good  ground" 
here,  and  the  grace  of  God  Ls  fertilizing 
it  for  a  harvest  of  souls.  If  one  soul  is 
saved,  that  soul  will  be  M-orth  more  than 

the  world.  This  is  God's  value  put 
on  the  souls  of  men,  and  every  oppor- 
tunity shonld  be  embraced  to  gather 
them  into  the  fold. 

\  ours  in  sacred  bonds. 
D.  B.  M. 

\Vai/ne><ljoiv,  Pa.  Oct.  14th,  LSTS. 

Those  who  place  their  affection  at 
fii-st  on  trifles  for  amusement,  will  find 
thase  trifles  become  at  last  the  most  se- 
rious concerns. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

Sorrow  and  Joy— The  Make  up  of  Life— Crumbs 
of  Comfort  to  the  Bereft— Sympathy  Need- 
ed—Our Love-feast— A  Choice  —  Happy  Sea- 
sons-Lord's Day. 

NIJMHEll  IV. 

"^T^E  do  not  enter  far  upon  the  stream 
of  time,   until    we  are    made    to 
acknowledge  that  joy    is    interchanged 
with  sorrow.     The  poor  have  their  trials 
and  perplexities,  and    the  rich  are    not 
free.     Many  start  out  in  life  with  buoy- 
ant hopes  and  enjoy  a  large    amount   of 
happiness;  but  the  bitter  cup  of  sorrow 
is  awaiting  them,  and   to    avoid  it  they 
know  not  liow.    They    sufi'er  from   bss 
of  property,  become  poor,    are    thrown 
out  upon  the  cold  charities  of  the  world, 
and  a   life    of  misery    and    suffering,   ip 
their's.     Others    suffer  from  the  loss  of 
health,  and  life  becomes  a  burden.  Here 
a  family  is  stricken  down    with  disease, 
and  suffering  is  the  result.     There  death 
has  done  its  work,  and  sorrow  has  pierc- 
ed the  souls  of    the    survivoi-g.       Thus, 
amidst  all  our  joy,  we  have  mingled  with 
t  our  seasons  of  borrow.     This  truth    is 
ever  before  us,  and    to-day  it    was  more 
vividly  brought  before   the  mind  as  we 
neared  the    sanctuary,  to    worship  with 
the  brethren.     We  were  informed    that 
the  funeral  sermon  of  Inother   and 
ter  Boyer's  child,    was  to  be  delivered 
the  present  day.     We  met  a  full    house, 
and  a  solemn  occasion  it   was.     Words 
of  comfort  were  offered    to    the    bereft, 
and  of  warning  to  the  sinuer.     The  dis- 
course was  based    upon  the  language  of 
Job.     "The  Lord    gave,    and  the  Lord 
taketh   away;  blessed  be  the  name   of 
the  Lord,"  ft-om  the  following  principal 
deductions 

1.  The  gifts  of  God. 
'2.  The  resignation  of  the  righteous. 
Death  has,  to  some,  measurably  lost 
its  power  by  ita  frequent  occurrence. 
Therefore  they  are  not  prepared  to  ren- 
der the  sympathy  that  is  so  much  ueed- 
ed  on  occasions  of  this  kind.  But  when 
death  crosses  our  own  threshold,  it  is 
then  we  feel  its  power,  and  our  sym- 
pathies are  awakened.  "For  me  to  live 
is  Christ,  but  to  die  is  gain,"  says  in- 
spiration. But  the  fond  parents  looking 
upon  their  departed  child,  almost  refuse 
to  be  comforted  and  become  reconciled 
to  this  dispensation  of  God's  providence. 
It  is  hard  to  see  any  "gain"  in  the  death 
of  their  innocent  sleeper.  Their  hopes 
are  destroyed,  and  their  plans  laid  waste. 
But  the  gain  is  obtained  and  enjoyed 
by  the  departed,  and  little  Mary  is  now 
enjoying  the  bliss  that  angels  share 
around  the  throne  of  God.  In  the  hour 
of  sad  bereavement,  when  the  heart  is 
made  tender,  it  is  then,  our  aid,  oursy 
pathy  is  needed.  O  who  could  not  feel 
his  brother's  care  upon  such  occasions. 
Who  would  not,  like  Jesus,  go  with 
weeping  friends  to  the  grave  and  weep 
witTi  those  who  weep.  Oh  yes,  my 
brother  or  sister,  juoiu-ning  as  you  must, 
Jesus  is  with  you  at  the  grave  and  is 
pouring  the  oil  of  consolation  in  your 
heart.  Trust  in  him,  hope  in  him,  be- 
lieve on  him,  obey  him,  and  when  you 
shall  lay  your  body  down  and  pass  the 
Jordan,  a  crown  of  glory  shall  be  youi-s. 
In  the  eve  we  went  to  church,  and  at 
five  o'lock  the  services,  commemorating 
the  sufferings  and  death  of  our  blessed 
Master  commenced.  The  ministerial 
aid  was,  brother  J.  P.  Ebersole,  J. 
Grabill,  I.  J,  Rosenberger,  D.  M.  Work- 
man and  Isaac  Deardorff  were  present, 
and  the  doctrine  ably  defended,  broth- 
er Workman  officiating  in  the  exercises. 
It  was  a  season  of  rejoicing,  and  we  felt 
it  was  good  to  be  there, . 


Next  day  we  re-assembled  at  nine  A. 
M,.  to  add  a  new  member  to  our  home 
ministerial  force.  Our  membei-s  were 
largely  represented,  and  under  the  in- 
structions of  dinne  inspiration,  they 
proceeded  to  elect  the  one  of  their  choice. 
After  an  elapse  of  one  hour,  our  elder 
came  into  the  large  assemblyand  solemn- 
ly instructed  the  minister  elected  in  re- 
gard to  the  duties  that  devolved  upon 
him,  after  which  the  announcement  was 
made  that  our  youthful  brother  W.  C. 
Teeter  was  the  chosen  vessel.  Then  fo!- 
owed  the  installation.  Many  tears  were 
ihed  and  hearts  that  yearned  with  sym- 
pathy, congratulated  this  humble  twain 
in  their  new  sphere  into  which  the  Lord 
called  them.  May  God  bless  them  in 
their  labor  of  love,  and  when  they  lay 
their  armor  down  and  enter  the  elysian 
fields  above,  may  they  bring  many 
sheaves  with  them. 

Brother  Workman  remained  vrith  qb 
a  few  days  and  talked  to  us  about  the 
old,  old  story  of  the  cross,  and  each  time 
we  met,  we  felt  it  was  good  to  be  there. 
He  held  forth  the  truths  of  the  Bible  ia 
such  living  pictures,  that  all  could  see 
them,  and  we  think  many  good  impres- 
sions were  made. 

Next  day  was  Lord's  day  and  our  la- 
bor was  considerably  divided.  Brother 
Workman  remained  at  the  old  church 
to  hold  services  there.  Brother  E.  Bos- 
sermau  and  brother  I.  Deardorif  of  In- 
diana, went  to  meet  an  appointment 
near  Findlay,  Ohio.  Myself  and  broth- 
er W.  C.  Teeter,  met  our  appointment 
at  the  Disciple  church.  Our  services 
were  opened  by  the  regular  order  of  sing- 
ing and  prayer.  Then  the  fiSth  Psalm 
was  read,  and  the  fii-st  clause  of  the  first 
used  as  a  motto  for  the  remarks  of  the 
hour,  "Oh  God,  my  God,  early  will  I 
seek  thee."  The  subject  was,  seeking 
God,  discoursed  from  the  following  de- 
ductions. 

I.     The  character  of  God. 
1.     The  prinlege  of  a  good  man. 
3.     The  resolution  of  a  good  man. 
The  purity  and  holiness  of  God    was 
considered,  and  to  call    him    "my  God" 
truthfully  in  every   sense,  implies  son- 
ship.     Then  to  become   a   sou,    implies 
yielding  implicit  obedience  to   God  and 
ihis  commands,    becoming    a  joint    heir 
with  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,   hence  we 
are  his  son  and  God  our  Father.     None 
have  a  legal  privilege  to  call   God    "my 
God,"  other  than    that  of  creation. and 
preservation,  save  those  who  have  tasted 
redeeming   grace,     then, the  nece.ssi- 
ty  of  being  redeemed  from  the  curse  of 
The  resolutions,  "early  will  I  seek 
thee,"    is    what    all    should    make    and 
spend  their  whole  lifejin  the    service    of 
God.     Seeking  God  does  not  imply  that 
He  is  lost,   but  that  man  is  lost.     The 
idea  of  being  lost,  was  held  up  and    an 
appeal  to  all    to    become    reconciled    to 
God.    Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  selected    a 
closing  song  of  praise,  the  rt94th  hymn.  ' 

In  the  evening  we  all  resorted  to  the 
old  church  and  congratulating  each  oth- 
er over  the  joyous  labors  ia  the  Master's  ' 
cause,  we  surrounded  the  congregation- 
al altar  to  unite  in  the  solemn  worshiii 
of  Almighty  God.  Brother  Workman 
delivered  his  closing  sermon  to  a  large 
audience.  Subject  the  mortality  of  man. 
Based  on  1  Peter  1 :  24.  "All  flesh  is  as 
grass."  Truly  it  was  good  to  be  there. 
Thus  the  labors  closed,  and  we  hope 
soon  to  see  results  in  our  labors,  that  of 
sinners  coming  tome  to  God.  What  a 
pleasure  to  labor  for  one  who  Is  abund^ 
iintly  able  to  reward  us,  and  to  give  us 
a  crown  to  wear,  and  songs  of  praises 
to  sing  in  the  joys  of  immortality,  in  the 
eternal  world.  S.  T.  B. 


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The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.  H,  MOORE,  'editors. 

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Tliey  are  like  other  iieople,  soiueliiiies  beeum- 
ing  lirsi-nnilpntand  nepa  a  little  tilliiisi  «[>.  I>o 
not  bu"  ftfraid  of  kiilini;  tliem  with  kimiiipss, 
they  liare  eooiigh  of  troubles  on  llie  oHii-r 
liiind  to  outweigh  that  iiiiiny  tinier.  Aiiil  tiiuii 
ruiiieiiiber  theirfamilie-S  mauy 'of  whom  have 
a  hard  time  of  it,  and  i-lten'  but  little  ciicoiir- 
iijjemuiif,  cspeciiilly  when  left  alone,  ami  with 
but, little  of.tUjs.world'p  goodii-j, 


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lion«l  nnmp,  wlik'li  '«moiinl  ciin  be  ilciuilc^i  (rou^  Ilic 
monsy,  before  apil-ling  il  In  lis.  .M6hoy  Orders.  Drins, 
KDil  ItegialBred  J-clltre  niny  be  sent,  "I  9ur  riilt,  Thoj 
ehoulil  lie  mnJu  pnynlilc  lo  Moore  i;  llshplman. 

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'  KOVEliBEB  7.  IB7S: 


TitEudili'MS  of  .lacoi)  Kelso  ba's  been  chang- 
ed IVoiii  RldiTton,  Pn.,   to  Beatrice,   Gugp-   Co. 

Neb.  . ,  ■■      ■ 

MiVistbus  who  eliileavor  to  lenrri  to  prcnuh 
by  imitating  somebody  ets'^,  fc*  !i  general  tliing, 
mnite  a  lailuie  of  it.  We  ai-6  ditTerentlj;- 
constituted  and  can  uever  expect  to  be  iully 
alike  in  our  manner  of  preaching. 


Preach  the  tnith  in  plain  terms,  but  avoid 
being  tbopersonat.  It  is  best  not  to  hit  'peoJ 
pie,  only  when  they  stand  between  you  and  the 
deril. ,  Keep  up  a  constant  pplting  at  the  work 
of  the  devil,  then  be  who  gets  in  the  way   will 

"TpREB  things  iijake  np  good  behavior  in 
church;  ist,  Silenced  Talk  ut  home,  and  on  the 
wiy.  '2iid,  Keep  awake.  Do  your  sleeping  in 
bed.  '  3rd,  Taitc  a  devout  part  in  all  the  services. 
Do  not  sit  there  as^  if  you  had  no  interest  in 
what  is  going  on." 

The  Chihtlaii  Cijiiosur'e  says:  "  The  great 
Masonic  temple  in  New  York  is  mortgaged  for 
SS0O,0()Oand  Jippears  to  visitors  to  be  about 
one-half  occupied.  0.  B,  Frothinghani,  the 
apostle  of  infidelity,  addresses  his  followers 
weekly  in  one  of  the  halls." 


Ben-jasiis  Franklin,  the  great  preacher  and 
champion  debater  of  the  Campbellite  church,  is 
dead.  He  died  at  bis  daughter's,  near  Ander- 
son, Ind.,  Oct.  22nd,  after  an  illness  of  but  four 
hours.  He  was,  perhaps,  the  greatest  man 
anumg  them  since  the  days  of  Campbell. 

The  bretlin,-u  in  the  Western  part  of  Chris- 
tian Co..  III.,  held  their  first  Love-feast  the  18th 
of  Oct.  Had  very  pleasant  meetings.  Three 
were  added  by  baptism,  and  more  applicants. 
The  brethren  there  have  labored  long  and  hard 
to  convince  sinners  to  turn  to  God,  and  now  the 
Lord  is  giving  the 


As  an  accommodation  to  some  of  our  readers, 
who,  when  travel ing'throngb  Chicago,  find  it' 
necessary  to  stop  at  some  taverL,  we  take  pleas- 
ure in  referring  them  to  the  Sands  Hotel,  only 
a  short  distance  from  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  It. 
R.  depot.  We  find  them  quite  accommodating, 
and  then  the  house  is  moral  in  its  character 


It  is  a  bad  sign  when  men  pay  other  duea 
fir^t,  and  leave  church-dues  till  the  last.  "  If 
I  have  anytliina;  left"  they  say,  as  thouQ;h  they 
did  not  owe  the  Lord  anything,  or  at  lesust  were 
iu  no  hurry  to  pay  Him.  So  the  church  ami 
the  cause  of  religion  goes  begging.  Would  it 
not  be  best  to  give  the  Lord  the  first-fruits  of 
our  labor?  Can  hia  cause  prosper  without  our 
help?    Are  we  of  no  use  to  his  kingdom? 

Whkx  ministers  visit  and  preach  for  you,  fail 
not  to  give  them  a  friendly  greeting.  You' 
•  need  not  run  out  of  the  house  as  soon  a.s  ser- 
vices close,  for  that  looks  a  little  cool.  ,  Mjnis- 
tei-s,  like  other  people,  have  feelings,  and  great- 
ly appreciate  kindness.  Be  eijiially  kind  toward 
stnmge  members  that  may  chance  to  be  in  the 
congregation,  Dj  not  shun  them  simply 
cause  you  are  not  acciuaiuted,,  but  become 
ijuainted  and  make  them  feel  at  home  >  while 
among  you. 

As  aged  and  respected  brother,  T.  P.  Liehr, 
writes;  "  I  am  looking  for  a  time  to  once  more 
visit  Northern  Illinois.  My  labors  in  Berrien 
couuty  Mich.,'shall  commence  as  soon  .is  my 
home  mnttera  will  permit.  From  thertj  I  desire 
to  go  to  several  places  in  Northern  Indiana, 
and  then  if  God  \yill,  to  Ul."  We  shall  heartily 
welcome  the  dear  old  brother,  and  prei>are  to  gc 
with  him  to  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  to  wor- 
ship the  God  of  our  fathera. 

It  will  do  your  ministers  a  vast  amoiint  of 
good  to  give   them  words  of  encouragement. 


'■// 


BuOTiikii  D^'B.  Gibson'expecta  to'fill  a  few 
calls  forpreueliing  in  Mo.,  before  he  returns  to 
this  place..  He  arrived  homo  safely  the  aSnd 
ult,,  ajiijibiin(l, all  well.,  ,  What  joy  wlien  the 
husband  and  fond  father  arrives  home  after 
eeks  and  months  spent  in  the  good  work  of 
the  Lord!  Treat  your  servants  kindly,  tor  they 
mnst  very  oftejj  deny  themselves  of  family  as- 
sociation for  your.  go6di;;ajid  for  the  good  of 
those  wJio   arf  seeking  thei  Lordtq  know.. 


practice  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity  as  en- 
joined by  the  Scriptures. 

Were  this  strictly  adhered  to,  it  would  save 
the  church  much,  trotible,  and  have  a  tendency 
todiscountenance  pride  in  man;  ways.  Instead 
of  taking  two  and  three  years  to  change  our 
manner  of  dressing,  it  would  be  far  better  to 
Com'nieijce  the  change  at  once,  and  then  live  up 
to'it'du/iug'li'fe.  '  Wc' sb^'gcst  that  our  ynimg 
members  give  this  s'uli]"r>ct  tbi'ir  ^pt'Cinl  atten- 
tion, for'  it'is  wilh*  tlit^m  that  tlie  future  pros- 
perity of  i^he  chiirt-li  must  one. day  be  left,  and 
it  is  of  the.  greatest,  importance  that  they  be 
fully  joD,ted  and  grounded  in  the  truth  as, prac- 
ticed bj;  the  primitive,  churches.       ,   J.  H.,  il. 


Our  suhscrihehi  ivili  please  work  in'  such  a 
w(iy  as 'not!  to'WIlow  "clubbing  rates '"tO  inter- 
fere.with  tlie'workiof  regularflgents.  'Let  there 
be  it  mutual  nnderstiindijig  between  'all  parties.' 
Agent''  uever  get  ^any.  too  well  paid  foi^-  .^hvlt] 
work.'  As  ft  general  thin^  they  !.»'.■  uHire  llian 
tbeymake.  '  Weprefer 'working throughagents, 
for  by  so  doin^  we  can  keejt  our  books  in  better 
shnpe:  However,  do  that  whicb  is  best  for  tliti 
cause, ]but  (f  possible,  by  mutual. undorstanding. 

The  papers  are  commenting  rather  freely  on 
a  late  departure  among  the  Friends  at' their 
annual  meeting  at  Richmond,  Indinuu,  a  short 
>  ngo.L  iThe  meetings  were  opetied  with 
prayerand-singiug  a  hymn,  and  clpjcd  .with 
prayer,  singing  the  long,  meter  doxohjgy,;  ami, 
the  apostolic  benediction,  very  similar  to  that 
of  other  churches'.  People  who  talk 'about 
"apostolic  benedictions"  at  thetVos?  of  religious 
meetings,  miss  the  mark  of  truth  very  widely. 
Such  a  practice  was  unknown,  in  the  days  of 
the  apostles,  and  is  in  no  inst^ince  sanctioned 
by  the  Scriptures,  and  ■  those  who  practice  it, 
and  want  to  still  further  introduce  it  are  fol- 
lowing in  the  footsteps  of  popular  religion. 

TuE,  Mormons  still  carry  on  their  fraud,  un- 
der the  cloak  of  religion.  During  the  pa.st  j'fur 
no  less  than  two 'ttiousaud  pei-sons  have  been 
induced  to  exchange  their  homes  in  Europe  for 
the  miseries  of  lUah.  >These  people  are  nmde 
to  believe  that  Salt  Lake  is  a  paradise  on  earth, 
where  liberty  and  real  happiness  are  to  be  found 
in  abundance,  but  on  their  arrival  there  find 
tbingsin  that  r&spect  just  tolliecontrar>-.  The 
Mormans  are  '"utterly  unscrupulous  as  to  the 
methods  they  employ  in  luring  fresh  victims 
into  their  dens.  The  disappointment  of  the 
poor  souls,  who  forsake  home  and  kindred  for 
the  promised  Eden  of  America,  is  the  moat 
touchiu);  scene  in*  all  the  dark  panorama  of 
their  e.^iJerienee." 


In  making  up  the  report  of,  Sonthern  Dis- 
trict of  III.,  I  forgot  to  mention  that.I  had  there 
met  our  aged  andrespected,  brother  John  Good- 
man, of  Bond  Co.,  III.  In  my  boyhood  days,  I 
had  the  pleasure  of,  often  tearing  him  preach, 
and  many  of  the  kind  and  forcible  appeals  which 
he  ^lien  made  to  sinners  to  turn  and  live  in 
pence  and  holiness,  I  still  remember  them,  and 
remembering  them,  they  do  me  good.  Brother 
Goodman  is  entirely  blind,  but  he  lias  lost  none 
of  his  devotion  to  the  holy  principles  of  Christ. 
His  appeals  to  the  careless,  and  exhortations  to 
the  .saints,  come  with  the  same  earnestness,  as 
of  old.  To  sit  and  hear  his  discourses  once 
more  was  to  me  full  of  comfort  and  instruction. 
The  brethren  and  sisters  at  the  D.  M.,  opened 
their  hearts  to  the  dear  aftlicted  brother,  and 
gave  him  substantial  evidence  of  their  love.  0 
may  the  Lord  bless  the  unfortunate,  the  poor, 
thealllicted!  Their's  is  a  hard  lot.  Not  until 
Christ  comes  will  all  these  hardships  be  tnrjied 
to  tiaught,  and  those  who  are  atllicted  will  be 
made  complete  in  happiness.  E. 


WHEN  TO  CHAMGB, 

11HE  best  time  for  coiiuiicncini/  a  reform  is, 
when  in  our  first  religious  love.  It  is  then 
that  most  converts  have  a  zeal  that  will  enable 
them  to  surmount  most  any  dilliculty  that  may 
chance  to  be  in  their  way. 

That  is  the  time  when  converts  should  come 
fully  into  the  order  of  the  church  in  their  ap- 
pearance. Of  coui-se,  they  intend'todososomn 
day,  but  the  longer  they  put  it  olf,  the  more  dif- 
ficult it  will  be. foil  them  to  conform.  This  ha-< 
lieen  the  experience  of  most,  if  not  all  Christians 
In  baptism  we  should  bni7  the  old  man  with 
all  his  deeds  and  worldly  conformity,  and  nris^ 
from  the  water  to  walk  in  newness  of  life  in  all 
thiiiKB,  and  from  henceforth   adopt  and   put  to 


WHAT  BOOKS  ACCOMPL.ISH. 

fTjTHE  following  from  the  peu  of  an  aged  nian 
\  '  show.^'what  caii  be  done  with  good  books, 
pamphlets  and  papere.  Often  we  think  ive  are 
doing  nothing  when  we  pass  good  reading  mat- 
ter into  the  hands  of  Hiosi;, whose  minds  have 
been,  trained  to  believe  i^^^oi/iclhiiig  e/seoiitside 
of  tV"  Ip^pired  Voluino;,  but  th& seed  sown,  oft- 
prings  up  in  after  years  when  we  have  gone 

I  faaie  ^xainiiied  a  pamphlet  published  hy 
j'otal   on  tlit' sUhject,   "Trine '  Immersion:"     I 

ib'to  know  what  you  cttn  afford  to  sbll  them 
at   !)yithe   hundred ' or"  more, '   My  reasons  for 

liingito  know  are,  I  am  going  .to  travel 
among  the  Cliristjon .  denomination,  known  by 
the  I  nickname,  Carupliellitea.  I  have;, been  a 
preacher  among  *l"-'ni  f>^f  forty-seven  years.  A 
book  fell  into  my  hand,  published  iby  |l,,H. 
Miller,  which  has  convinced  me  that  trine  im- 
mersion wa.s  the  ancient  practice,  and  I  want 
to  circulate  the  truth  of  it  among  my  brethren. 


VISIT  TO  ASHLAND,  OHIO. 

HAVING  just  returned  from  a  visit  to  Ash- 
land, Ohio,  I  concluded  to  interest  our 
readers  by  giving  some  account  of  the  place  and 
our  short  stay  with  the  members  there.  I  left 
Chicago,  Wednesday  evening,  Oct.  -2^.  About 
15  miles  out  of  town  our  train  was  wrecked, 
smashing  up  several  cars  (jnitc  badly,  but  for- 
tunately no  one  was  seriously  hurt.  Here  we 
lay  all  night,  and  did  not  reach  jVahland  till 
late  Friday  morning.  The  first  Brethren  I  met 
were  George  Irvin,  and  H.  K.  Meyers.  Spent 
part  of  the  day  at  brother  Meyers'  house,  where 
I  was  met  by,  and  Iwcame  acquainted  with  sev- 
eral other  brethren  who  chanced  to  call. 

Ashland  is  a  pleasantly  located  town  of  some 
2,500  inhabitants,  and  is  much  noted  for  its 
liealthfulness  and  enterprise.  The  place  is  sur- 
rounded by  members,  and  quite  a  number  live 
in  the  town.  In  the  afternoon  visited  the  Col- 
lege building,  situated  on  a  beautiful  eminence 
just  outside  of  the  town.  The  location  is  fine, 
overlooking  the  entire  country,  and  affording 
excellent  facilities  for  securing  good  health. 
The  building  is  brick,  and,  including  the  base- 
ment, stands  four  stories  in  hight.  The  walk 
are  completed  and  the  roof  is  now  being  put  on. 
The  structure  is  large  and  very  conveniently 
laid  off,  having  also  u.  large,  well  arranged  room 
for  meeting  purpo.se.s. 

In  our  interview  with  several  of  the  Trustees, 
we  found  them  cautious,  yet  energetic.  They 
do  not  propose  to  run  in  debt,  but  pay  as  they 
go,  thus  placing  their  work  on  a  safe  footing. 

Spent  the  night  very  pleasantly  with  brother 
David  Workman,  who  lives  some  four  miles  out 
of  town,  generally  known  among  the  Brethren. 
The  next  day  had  the  pleasure  of  attending  the 
coancil  meeting  of  the  Brethren  of  this  congre- 
gation. Things  passed  off  pleasantly.  Brother 
Irviu  was  again  our  companion,  lodging  with 
brother  Workman: 

Sunday  moriiing,  preached  in  their  largo 
meeting-house  to  an  attentivo  congregation,  on 
"'  Non-conformity  of  the  h^art."  Brother  J.  D. 
Parker,  an  active  young  minister  of  this  con^ 
gregation,  took  care  of  us  the  remainder  of  the 
day.  In  the  evening,  preached  in  the  MapL 
Grove  meeting-house.  Subject,  "  How  does  tin 
Holy  Ghost  elect  church  otficers?"  A  number 
of  little  boys  were  quite  attentive.  The  C/iil- 
(Ireii  at  ll'tM'^  hiLS  a  good  circulation  here,. and 
those  who  read  it,  were  anxious  to  hear  all  that 
was  said.  The  evening'till  a  late  hour,  and  the 
next  morning  were  busily  occupied  in  the  fnin- 
ily  of  brother  Hoop,  a  physician  of  Ashland. 

In  company  mth  brother  Parker,  called  on 
Mr.  Stubbs,  ediiorand  publisher  of  the  .-UlihiKl 


Timr.-i,  a  widely  circulated  weekly.  He  has  the 
neattst  office  wo  have  visited.  Mr.  Stubbs  is 
gnintly  iniorested  in  the  Stein  and  Ray  Debate, 
mil  i*i  carefully  rrading  it  with  a  view  of  under- 
. landing  it  fully.  Being  a  gentleman  of  con- 
siderable learning  and  research,  he  is  prepitred 
to  weigh  argiuneutu  with  much  certainty.  In 
fact,  eviTvliudy  1  met  was  greatly  interested  in 
th<^  d^'bate,  and  must  read  it  tlie  first  thing. 

1  Ictt  .■VshlaniV  Monday  ailernoon,  and  reach- 
ed Lanark  early  WedMe,-;day  morning,  found  all 
well  and  plenty  of 'wbrk  to  do.  ■  Our  visit  was 
a  pleasant  one,  and-aflfbrded  opportunities  for 
considerable  I  Observation.  Thetfe'  are  some 
things  about  which  we  would  like  to  write 
considerably,  and  no  preventing  providence,  will 
publish'  some  ohservattous  next  week  which,  we 
trust,  will  receive  the  attention  of  all  our  read- 
ers. MiUiy  tiianks  to  the  members  in  Ohio  for 
their  kindness.  .r.  it.  ii. 


MISSIONARY    WORK. 

MISSIONAllV  work, 'like  any  other  kind  of 
basiness,  Tpquircs  careful  study  and  close 
application  in  order  to  make  it  a  success.  Not 
ever^'  ma;i  ip  adapted  to, that  line  of  duty,  how- 
ever good  he  mj^  be  at  other  things.  Each  one 
has  his  gilt  and  particular  calling  in  which  he 
can  work  btst,  and  it  will  be  to  the  credit  of  the 
cause  if  these  things  are  noted  and  heeded.  A 
man  may  be  aii  excellent  worker  at  home  in  Ins 
own  congregation,  and  yet  when  put  into  the 
missionary  field  will  be  of  little  credit  to  the 
cause. 

A  good  missionary  does  not  necessarily  need 
to  bi?  a  gre^tipreacher,  yet  this  attainment  might 
serve  him  to  good  advantage.  In  the  firat  place, 
he  wants  to  be  a  good  man  and  sound  iu  the 
doctrine.  This  wants  to  be  the  first  considera- 
tion. If  he  is  not  sound  in  the  doctrine,  and 
not  an  exemplary  man  in  his  conduct,  that  set- 
tles the  question — he  is  not  the  man  the  Lord 
wants  to  plant  his  seed.  The  Gospel,  like  corn, 
wants  to  be  planted  straight,  if  the  fruit  is  in- 
tended to  make  a  commendable  appearance. 
He  wants  to  be  a  man  of  pluck  —  possessing  a 
good  deal  of  the  "  hang  on  "  spirit;  one  who  is 
willing  to  stay  at  one  place  long  enough  to  ac- 
<  omplish  something. 

And  then  he  wants  to  understand  the  Bible, 
not  just  a  few  texts  in  the  Book,  but  the  Book 
itself.  He  wants  to  be  able  to  teach  it  under- 
standingly.  His  business  is  very  much  like 
that  of  a  school-teacher  —  has  many  kinds  of 
people  to  deal  with,  and  must  adapt  his  teach- 
ing to  their  comprehensions.  He  mubt  be  will- 
ing to  talk  to  small  congregations  at  first,  and 
not  get  discouraged  just  because  a  few  come  out 
to  hear  him.  The  man  who  aims  to  convert 
the  whole  neighborhood  in  a  few  weeks  will 
never  make  a  good  raissionary.huthe  who  ttdtes 
hold  of  the  plow  with  a  willing  heart  and  steady 
hand,  may  accomplish  a  good  and  lasting  work. 

Missionaries,  who  ramble  over  a  large  field, 
preaching  a  sermon  here,  and  another  there,  are 
too  much  like  a  "rolling  stone"  to  do  much 
work.  They  are  very  much  like  the  nmn  who 
undertakes  to  farm  more  land  than  two  men  can 
cultivate  j'if7/i/  —  the  result  is  a  failure.  Let 
them  pick  out  one  or  two  good  points  and  work 
the  field  well.  They  do  not  want  to  get  it  in  a 
good  condition  and  then  leave  it.  That  is  like 
the  man  who  plants  his  corn,  tends  it  well  a  few 
weeks,  and  then  leaves  it  to  the  weeds.  Every 
farmer  knows  the  consequence.  He  should 
work  away  till  he  gets  enough  members  to  or- 
ganize a  congregation.  This  he  should  do  as 
soon  as  it  is  safe.  Nor  does  he  need  to  wait  for 
large  numbers  in  order  to  effect  an  nrganization, 
There  are  large  congregations  that  were  first 
organized  with  but  six  or  eight  members.  They 
should  be  put  to  work  and  tjuight  to  take  care 
of  themselves.  Their  working  together  in  the 
cause  has  a  ,  tendency  to  strengthen  their  faith 
and  fit  them  for  further  and  more  complicated 
church  duties. 

This  thing  of  converting  ten  or  fifteen  per- 
sons in  a  locality,  and  then  leave  them  stand  a 
year  or  two  before  being  organized,  is  a  detri- 
ment to  the  cause.  They  should  be  put  to  work, 
and  carefully  trained  in  the  various  Christian 
duties.  Love-feasts  ought  to  be  held  quite  fre- 
quently in  sumll  churches;  they  serve  admira- 
bly in  setting  the  distinctive  features  of  our 
doctrine  before  the  people,  and  then  gives  the 
doctrine  a  permanent  lodgment  in  the  minds  of 
new  converts. 

The  missionary  can  then  turn  his  attention 


November    1 . 


Ti-rE  i3iit:TH:RE:N  j^t  avokk. 


to  other  fiulds,  aud  dn  likewise  in  otla-r  locnli- 
tirs;  thon,  like  Pmil,  vi^it  llieiii  occft--.ionnl ly  mid 
see  liow  they  do.  "Many  object  to  this  plnn, 
thinkiug  it  too  alow;  but  slow  work  is  some- 
times the  fastest  after  all.  Tlie  Ust  metliod  is 
the  »\iY(  method,  let  it  he  slou^'ttr  fAst.         ' 

A  siiLcessful  worker  does'iiot  Want  to  get  tliC 
people  jiiat  ready  to  jointhe  churoh,  and  then 
pack  iipand  leave  for  other  locailtibs.  H^'Wiint'; 
to  hang  ou  asi  long  »s  tliehJ  live-sure  piospi^ets 
of  accoinplishing  good.  Ther^  ure  many  miiiis-j 
ters  who  often  say,  if  they  had  staid  just  a  few 
dayslonjjer,  piauy  would  hayejpined  the  church. 
Such  ininiHterd  oii^cht  to  hiivo  ataid  if  'pos;jibl(i( 
atiil  if  necessary  witlidrdiv  other  appointments,' 
for  a  '■  bii;J  in  hnud ,  is  worth  two  in  a  bush  " 
any  time.         i,  _i,.m  .  i  •  . 

Our,  aiissionarA'*»wrkiis  yctinitsinfiincytiaud. 
will  require ' ■  coUMideniblii  thought  andi  'ivritiu Jt 
to  fuljy  develop  it.  The  views  of  some  of  our 
L'X|Jerienced  missionaries, lyouW, be  particularly; 
vivlnahle  jii.'*t  now.  ,  .(.  B,  M, 


COSTLY    ARRAY    AND    PIWB 
APPAREL.    ,  I 

''IMIK  ^iTij'hn-i'-  tVn-Ud  jhe  wearing  of,"  costly 
1  -  jiiTiy  iiiiil  IIiil;, apparel,", buij^  there  ar^, al- 
ways some  people  who  do  not  know  lybat ,"  cost- 
ly array "  is.  They  are  puzzled  over  "  iiui' 
apparel,"  ciiunot  tell  what  that  is.  Of  COuim' 
many  of  them  ari'  tinelj'  educated,  bllt  taot  iip' 
to  that  point.  They  are  posted  on  most  any- 
thing else,  baton  this  thoy  are  not,  .and  still 
worse,  tliey  do  not  want  to  be. 

They  en u  see  a  good  many  things,  biit  the 
exact  dividing  line  between  "plain  apparel'' 
and  "  fiiio  apjiairel "  tiley  canntit  find,  they'seiirch 
for  it  in  vain.  Of  Course  it  is  needful  that  they 
know  just  where  the  line  is,  (or  they  claim  it  a 
blessed  privilege  to  walk  jnat  as  close  to  the 
world  ft.s  poiisible.  They  do  not  want  to  get  on 
the  side  of  the  World,  but  then  they  have  a 
drawing  that  way  and  must  get  Close  enough  to 
lock  arms  at  least.  These  are  the  people  who 
walk  so  close  to  the  world  that  it  requires  an 
extra  good  vision  to  tell  which  aide  they  are  on. 

There  is  another  class  quite  dJlierent.  The 
question  with  them  is  not,  how  close  can  we  go 
to  the  world,  and  yet  not  be  injured,  but  how 
far  can  we  keep  away  from  the  corrupt  ways  of 
the  world.  Christ  prayed  his  Father,  not  to 
take  his  disciples  out  of  the  world,  but  to  keep 
them  from  the  cci/  of  the  world.  That  is  just 
what  is  wanting  now.  Christians  want  to  keep 
away  from  the  evils  of  the  world;  they  want  to 
abstain  from  every  appearance  of  evil.  .When 
they  learn  to  do  this,  there  will  be  no  trouble 
about  "  fine  apparel  "  and  "  costly  array." 

People  who  love  Christ  with  all  their  heart — 
have  had  their  minds  fully  renewed,  and  now 
love  the  things  they  once  ,h.tted,  and  hate  the 
things  they  once  loved,  will  never  be  annoyed 
by  a  desire  for  fine  dressing  and  gaudy  display. 
Their  disposition  is  to  keep  away  from  such 
things  as  far  as  iwssible.  They  believe  "fine 
apparel "  and  "  costly  array  "  to  be  wrong,  and 
therefore  have  no  desire  for  it. 

Christians,  when  selecting  clothing,  want  to 
be  sure  that  it  is  not  "  costly  array;''  There 
should  be  no  doiibt-s'aboiit  it,  and  there  need  not 
be,  if  proper  judgment  is  exercised.  We  are  to 
be  a  distinct  and  separate  people  from  the  world, 
and  to  do  so,  requires  much  watchfulness  upon 
our  part.  No  one  can  reasonably  object  to  the 
imrchasing  of  good,  substantial  clothing — this  is 
right  and  sensible,5but  the  purchasing  of  "fine 
apparel  "  and  "  costly  array  "  is  contrary  to  the 
principles  of  both  reason  and  revelation.  In 
the  selecting  of  clotlijng,  it  wijl  be  safe  to  risk 
the  judgment  of  any  person  who  is  /'(%  ■""■ 
*Tr/f./ to  the  will  of  God.  If  ttey  U<ik  "fine 
apparel  "  there  is'  no  danger  of  them  ever  select- 
ing and  wearing  it.  The  reason  aonie  proii?sa- 
ing  Christians  lean  towards  the  world,  and  want 
to  follow  the  fasljions  of  the  world,'  is  because 
there  is  a  little  love  of  aiu  still  lurking  in  the 
heart,  not  yet  fully  rooleil  out.  Just  root  that 
little  sin  out  of  the  heart;  and  we  will  never  be 
annoyed  with  a  love  ,for  ,Lhe  display  of  the 
world.  ^^_^_„^  ■■■  °-  "■ 

TROUBLE  IN  THE  CAMP. 

AT  the  Rock  Hiver  Conference  of  the  M.  E, 
church  held  in  Mt.  Carroll,  this  county, 
OctoberOth,  Dr.  Thomas,  one  of  the  leading 
luminaries  of  that  denomination,  Was  arraigned 
for  teaching  non-Method  is  tic  views.  The  fol- 
lowing resolution  Wiis  adopted: 


''  Rdaloil,  That  after  c  ireful  inquiry  we  are 
cjinstrained  to  apprehend  that  muoh  of  the 
leaching  and  influence  of  onr  brother,  Hiram 
W,  ThomiL",  Li  in  varianiiewith  the  doctrines  bf 

jMebhodism-  and  detrimentid  to  the'  results  of 
ll]*ange!icii!relifti"il.andit'isoiii'judgfnehtth«t 
bVdther  Thomas  -liight  i;ither  to  give'  to  this 
fonlereriip'  u)i>''|iiivofai  assurance  that  sucji, 
'■■,■1  Inii^i^  ;mrl  iiillinMir.'s  shall,  SO  far  iw  he  can 
i.iritru!  Mi'rii,  '"■  ii'i  \wv  re[)pated,  orheacC';de 
lo  i^ur  r.,iin-l  [.-  ii'tLi.-ti-mi:iIelh'j.li>tpiiI|iiti." 
■';To  tjiH  ilir  Uurtur  n-.puii.l,.,l.  ns.erliE-  .Ui«l, 
he  hold^  U.  tb.;  "iUiiiil  lullumi.r  Th.wy.'' 
i!.     As  111  the  durafiim  of  future  puuishment,  ho. 


ihos  fuj.t  y^t.|,reacjifd  any.  settlad  , convictions. 
3,  ,jtV8ito,thc,iinsuirAtion'of  the' Scriptures,  he' 
finds  difficulty  in  accepting  the  Verbal  Theory; 
but  l'eijgv|^.-tlif>^(^Hlyj.nj^;^,.,jjj5te  the 
Scriptures  were  inspired,  and  that  these  Script- 
ures contain  in  substance  the,  Word  of  God." 

In  answer  to  the  Doctor,  the  Conference 
adopted  a  series  of,  resolutions,  atating  that  his 
response  wasnotiadbquatf,  lir  at  all  aAtififaettiry- 
siirc'^  it  coutmii^  intianitioiis  W  docfriiies'rncoii- 
sistent  with  the  \Fell-knoW'h,univtryally  accept- 
ed and  historic  feilchings  iVf "the'  Miiriiodist 
Episcop(il  |Chu|Tli.  They,  however,  "took  no 
further  ;iLlioii  in  flic  picioi-.s  fur  (b.-   pr,f>fiit," 

TIIc'    iiisb>j[.     .JlUlil-     ih./     C.>ri-idLT,lt,|,l.    nl      Ihr 

Doctor's  case,  ;i-ked  th.-  (.■ivnier.^u.)  tu  n>-.'  H 
thfiy,lVlt  that  Dr.  Thomas  was  iiijuring  tin 
canse.  of  Christ,  and  they,  at  once  rose,  thus  sig 
nifying  that  they  diiapjiroved  of  his  teachitigs 
This  I  action  Of  his'  co-lahDrors'  completely 
overcame  tho  Dodtor  and  he  wept'  like 
ichild.  Perhaps  he 'Wiis  not  looking  for  such  a 
sweeping  conderriuation  fn>m  ,i  iienplc  who  are 
noted  for  their  libei-al  view-  in  r-'^'arr|  tn  many 
of  the  c'oinnvauds  of  God. 

The  Conference  m-i-t-  th^t  Ih.-  Doctor  shall 
teach  the  II.  K,  I  liscijilinc;  tlie  Doctor  does 
not  want  to  use  this,  but  ui^'es  nothing  but  the 
plain  Word.  To  give  ourreiiders  a  better  un- 
derstanding, of  .lits.  position,,!  quote  from  are- 
cent  article  in 'the  i'l'/rrtHce  from  the  *  Doctor's 
pen: 

"If  there  be  anyone  thing'  plainer  than  an- 
other in  the  Scriptures,  it  is  this:  That  God  is 
no  respecter  of  persona,  that  ITe  loves  all  man- 
kind, and  gave  His  Son  that  all  niighthavelife, 
and  that  He  desires  that'ftll  should  come  unto 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth  and  be  saved.  And 
it  would  seem  that  all  who  work  in  the  King- 
dom of  God  should  be  inspired  with  this  same 
broad,  generous  feeling  and  purpose,  andshould 
work  for  this  one  great  end.  And  it  would 
seem  that  the  object  of  all  should  be,  not  to 
make  the  ways  of  religion  dark  and  difficult,  but 
so  far  a.s  possible  to  make  them  plain  and  easy; 
and  not  to  put  about  religion  needless  limita- 
tions and  restriction.';  that  tend  by  their  e.xolu- 
sivencss  to  shut  out  very  many  worthy  and 
sincere  people,  but  rather  to  open  wide  the 
beautiful  gates  an^  welcome  all  who  want  to 
leave,  their  sins;behtnd  and  lead  a  good  lite. 

"Our  Savior  charged  the  Pharisees  with 
making  void  thecommaadments  of  God  by  their 
traditions;  He  charged  them  with  putting 
grievous  ceremonial  forms  and  burdens  upon 
the  people,  and  told  them  that  they  would 
neither  enter  the  Kingdom' of  God  tliemselvcs 
nor  let  others  enter.,,, It  is  certainly  notour 
purpose  to  bring  any  such  sweeping  charge  us 
this  against  the  Christian  Churches  of  this  day; 
and  yet  it  may  be  well  to  ask  if,  in  their  zeal 
for  forms  arid  crce'ds,-  'tliey  are  not  sonn^Hines 
putting  upon  the  souls  of  men  burdens  that  God 
.as  not  put  there?  '  I  ' 

"  Not  to  mention  the  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
which,  through  her  creeds  and  sacraments, 
claims  a  monopoly  of  aalvation,  look  at  the  re- 
quirements of  the  Church  of  England.  That 
Church  curries  the  expression  of  her  faith  bbth 
the  Athanjisian  and  the  Nicene  creeds."  The 
Athanosian  creed  opens  ivith  these  well-known 
woi-ds;  '  Whosoever  will  be  saved,  before  all 
things  it  is  necessary  that  behold  the  Catholic 
faith;  which  faith,  escejit  evei-y  one  do  keep 
whole  and  undcfileil,  withoiit  doubt  he  shall 
perish  everlitstingly;'  Then  follows  li  long  se- 
ries of  the  most  critical  and  abstrnip  statements 
concerning  the  unity  nf  fiorl,  the  Trinity,  the 
Incarnation,  etc.,  and  tln-it  tln=ea  by  saying  that 
'  this  is  the  Catholic'  faith,'  which  except  a  man 
believe  faithfully,  he  can  Hot  be  saved.'  Can  any 
one  imagine  Jesus  Christ  potting  any  such  dif- 
ficulties iu  the  way  of  souls  as  these!  He  Utter- 
ed the  simple  words:- '  Oonie  unto  nie  all  ye  that 
ibor  and  are  heavy  laden;  ti^ke  my  yoke  upon 
Qu  and  leam  of  mc,  for  I  aiu  meek  and  lowly 
I  heart,  and  ye  shajl  find  rest  unto  your  souls.' 
"  The  Baptist.  Church  makes  immersion  a 
condition  to  the  Lo[;d's  Supper.  The  Presby- 
terians hold  up  the  '  Five  Points,'  dark  and  hard 


as  they  are,  as  the  accepted  inlurpretMion  of 
the  Scripture  teaching  conceniiug  (iud  and  man. 
And  even  the  more  liberal  Methodists  who  from 
the  first  aud  foe  a  hundred  years  or  more  made 
only  this  condition  of  adniissiou  into  its  socie- 
ties, '  A  desire  to  fiee  from  the  (vlath  .to  come, 
and  to  be  saved  from  their  sins,' 'have  gone  ou 
and  added  asm  condition  .uf  membership  a  belief 
iiL  the  ju:ticl&^  of  religion.aai  .sub,  fortb  da  that 

clfucohi  ...     .    .    ■  .  - i    ■.ill     ,.    '   .       I.,  .  ■ 

"  Now  all,  I  suppose,  are  ready  toi&dmitthat 
relieion  rests  upon  great  truth.-:  or  facts  of  Ijvd 
;ind  man,  and  that  tlic  liilihis  tlie  imlv  HUlbcii-ul 
rule,  both  of  faith  and  iiriicl.i*",  ami  thai  the 
churi.h  mu:^t  teach  thi3  triiUi.  i^ii  j- Uieiv  i><il 
a  way  of  tciichmg  it  Uiat  ):,  1—  .  ■■;■-  .,  ■  .li 
that  allows  a  largi^  Jeijici:  ut  |-.i.-.iii,ii  h.i.ifv 
in  matters'  where  there  is  so  much  diliiculty  in  i 
their  exact  statement  and  such  a  wide  diflerence 
of  opinion?  Should  we  not  be  content  if  men 
believe  in  the  Bible  aud  in  -Tesus  Chri't  and  Wf 
trying  to  le.'fd.good  lives,  and  n<it  (niiibic-  them 
with  beliefs  as  to  so  many  things  about  the  [Ij- 
ble,.and  aoout.  Jesiis  Christ?  Should  not  the. 
one  great  aim  be  to  lead  nil  naen  to  a  good  life, 
and  to  peace  and  rest  in  God-*  ■  And  is  tharer 
ot  danger  of  liea;;ing  up  the  wiiy  to  this  by  too 
many  fornutl  .  iTiilitiiiH-  I..  iiniiilH-r-liip  in  llu- 
clijUfclies?  Til.' .i.-]..r  .|i.-t-i..ti,  evu,  mi-i/t 
be  "asked,  wh.'fli.i- i-h'iri  h-    hin^  ;,  mor.il  n-ht 


irh 


An 


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.ifii-M,.tlio,| 
jdicd  ivitb 


,h:ldi"'W 

aChiir.'h 


and  *vlio  had  bt-t 
from  the  Baptists  Oii'inniiersion,  and  frorii  the 
Presbyterians  on  election,  and  the  Univer-ali^^ts 
on  the  final  salvation  of  all,  said  to  me:  'I 
should  be  glad  to  come  into  full  itil'mbersihii)  in 
your  church  on  the  simple  desire  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian. I  believe  in  Jesus  Christ,  'find  want  t'l 
follow  Him,  but  1  can't  say''-^he  was  a  scholar, 
aiid  a  very  thoughtful  liidy— '  \Vhether  V  believe 
the  Articles  of  faith  or  not,"  I  trould  not  taki 
her;  and  never  did  I  feel'  the  severity  of  thi 
.conditions  to  membership  imposed  by  my  own 
church  more  than  in  that  liioment,  and 
did  I  question  their  propriety,  or  the  right  to 
impose  such  conditions,  more  than  at  that  mo- 
mnnt." 

It  is  not  maintained  in  this  review  of  the  chse, 
thiit  the  learned  Doctor  is  showing  the  way 
through  "the  beautiful  gates"  as  he  should, 
but  his  unwillingness  to  bind  burdens  upon  the 
aoula  of  men  is  commendable.  That  many  are 
becopjjng  tired  of  human  creeds,  disciplines  aud 
catechisms,  and  are  longing  for  the  pure,  simple 
Word  of  God,  is  gratifying  to  those  who  seek  to 
be  governed  alone  by  His  Laws.  TheBihleway 
is  plain  aud  easy,  and  he  who  sets'it  forth  oth- 
erwise is  not  leading  men  to  freedom  in  Christ. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  Conference  did  not 
insist  that  Dr.  Thomas  had  taught  contrary  to 
the  Gospel,  but  that  he  had  taught  that  which 
is  at  "  variance  with  the  doctrine  of  Methudisui." 
Had  tho  man  on, trial  asked  his  accusers  wheth- 
er a  uiau  could  get  into  heaven  without  believ- 
ing in  Methodism,  they  no  doubt  would  all  have 
replied,  he  could.  Then  if  a  man  can  get  into 
heaven  without  believing  in  Methodism,  Meth- 
odism is  not  essential  to  an' admittance  through 
"  the  beautiful  gates,"  This  being  a  fact,  Meth-, 
odism  is  not  the  thing  to  preach  and  believe. .' 

We  are  not  attacking  the  M.  E.  church.  We 
iire  simply  looking  at  itfrom  a  Methodist  stand- 
point. That  this  people  have  "  progressed  "  at 
a  rapid  rate,  is  evident  to  all  close  observers. 
An  editorial  in  the  'Chim^n'Trihinir,  of  the27th 
ult.,  spcijo  after  this  fashion: 

"In  its  outward  form,  the  Methodist  dt-nom- 
ination  has  undergone  many  repiarkable  chang- 
es. Once  it  wils  a  plain,  simple,  unostentatious 
sect,  with  no  steeples  ou  its  meeting-houses,  and 
no  ornaments  of  any  sort  on  the  bonnets  of  its 
female  members.  Its  ministers  were  the  igno- 
rant, uneducated  cireuit-ridei-s,  whose  home  was 
in  the  saddle,  and  who  made  up  in  devotion  to 
Christ  what  they  lacked  in  worldly  knowledge. 
Its  members  walked  with  God,  and  illusiffit.cd 
by  their  lives  aud  conduct,  the  pure  and  simple 
faith  they  professed.  In  every  house  wascrect- 
eU  the  faniily  a|tar,  and  around  it  every  member 
knelt  night  ii^i(|  morning  in  ,  prayer,  ;  What  it 
is  now  everybody  knows.  It  is  conforming 
uiore  and,flio.fe  to  the  ways  of  the  world," 
<  Now  ainco  thoiMi  £,  church  has  changed  soi 
much  during  the  paat  fllbv  years,  whydoisn 
Conferenoo  objedt  to  Dr.  Thomas  ehanginpf 
Why  do  they  object  tohim  Jputting  tiivny  the 
M,  E,  Discipline,  and  building  only  on  the 
Word?  What  danger  is  there  in  this?  It  may 
not  he  particularly  advantageous  to  Methodi-m, 
but  then  can  any  souls  bo  injured  ly  taking  the 
Word  of  God,  and  the  Word,  only,  as  their  mle 
of  faith  and  practice?     No  one  is  likely  to  suf 


fer  in  the  world.to  corao  for  tiot  believing  in  the 
M.  E.  Discipline;  but  then  can  a  man  hope  to 
escape  if  he  does  not  believe  the  whole  Gospel? 
So  with  the  Doctor.  Wilt  the  Lord  condemn 
him  for  refusing  to  believe  in  the  M.  E.  Discip- 
line? Hts  very  accusers' Would  likely  say.  No; 
but  the  fa.ihiou  of  tieing  to  some  set  of  articles 
of  faith — some  confession  or  some  human  creed, 
is  so  popiTIar  that  when  a  man  lionesfly"  refuses 
tb  follow  the  fashion  he  is' set  down  as  "un- 
-nLitid,",  'Phert.is acausefor (his  struggling, to 'ea- 
eii|n'  I  bccprdpiof  hnin^m  opiiiions  and  creed-fqrp- 
iim  luiths.  That  thereshould  bo  instances  where 
iie-Ti  will  not  -iibmit  to  them  is  not  nt  all  strange. 
Ml  .dn,,^  till'  way  from  Pet^r  at  Pentecost  "to 
Hie  pre-i.jit,  iii.ju  have  come  oiit  boldly  declar- 
ing in. ifavor  of,  the  pure  Word,  —  that  Law 
which  i3  Holy,  right  aud  just  without  any  of 
Itlieiwords  ol,  nieiij,..God  .be.  tl.anked  that..ve 
havethe  more  "  suh3  word  of  prophecy." 

'"^'v  d'o  not  endpjrse  ^otae  tifth^  DoctoCV 
virwa,|ljut.give  this. to  show  where' he  standsl. 
and  Jiow  he.is  grpping  his  way  through  the 
clouds  of  confusion,,  with  an  oftcasipnal  ray  of 
ifnio  light  iJivsouting  itself  to  his  vision.  In 
trying  to  avbid  one  Extreme,  he  may  run  into 
another.  Perhaps  the  51.  E.  Discipline  is  not 
clear  enougii  ou  Bible  doctrine  which  should 
be  practiced  by  all  who  believe  ^ on  the  Lord 
Jesus,'  His  ha]f-exi)re5.«ed  ideas'on  future  pun- 
isbmeut.  Christian  baptism  and  the  "beaiitifuf 
way  "  do  not  enable  u&  to  definitely  conclude 
where  heJe  going,  but  if  his  aim  is,  the  Bible, 
the  whofe  Bible  and  nothing  but  the  Bible, 
then  we  know  where  to  place  him.  His  posi- 
tion thwi  is  clear.  But  it,  with  "nothing  but 
the  Bible"  as  his  plea,  he  drifts  into  that  semi- 
infidetity  state,  which  seeks  popularity  and  no- 
toriety rather  than  the  .simplicity  of  the  truth, 
then  the  uproar  in  the  camp  amounts  to  noth- 

Men  who  are  struggling  to  be  freed  from  hu- 
man creeds  and  uninspired  declarations  of  faith 
ahoiiid  guard  against  running  into  the  doctrine 
of  semi-infidelity  —  believiug  part  of  God's 
Word  and  doubting  the  other.  This  course 
makes  hosts  of  infidels.  Churches  that  have 
departed  from  obeying  the  whole  Truth, 
should  at  once  return  to'Bible  simplicity,  and 
shun  not  to  pnictice  all  the  commands  enjoined 
mion  thefollowersof  the  Lord  Jesus,  Take  the 
Word  of  God,  build  upon  that,  and  that  alone, 
and  there  will  be  less  occasion  for  those  com- 
motions which  are  becoming  frequent  among 
many  of  the  sects.  Trumpets  that  give  no  un- 
certain sound  are  needed  the  world  over. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE    FUND. 

Mount  Zion'  church,  Ohio. 2.00 

Solomon  Valley  church,  Kan., 1,00 

Previously  reported, 115.40 

Total  amount  received  at  this  office, ^118^0 

Of  this  amount  we  have  paid  as  follower 

Aug.  L>7,  to  E,  K.  Buechlev, .3.00 

Sept.  13, ■    75.00 

'•     "    Post  Office  Money  Order, 40 

Total  paid,.  -  - . ., §78.40 

Balance  01,1  hand,  subject  to  Committee's 
orders, §40.00 


JULATE  TUB  TBUTH. 


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THK    BRETKREjN^    ^VT    "WOKK. 


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"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Telif^ 


Thli  depftrlmenl  i»  Atiigned  for  nskiBg  bdJ  (inswtnog 
Blbl*  qUMlioM,  nnd  for  Ihe  BOliUion  of  9orip4iiral  dlfflcul- 
Ilea  All  qucilionB  Bhould  be  eUlcd  wilh  c»ndor,  «nil  rni- 
iwererl  witli  u  much  clearoMS  M  possible,  in  orJor  to 
promot*  Hible  Truth,  ArticleB  for  this  dopBrtmenl,  niuiit 
be  short  aai  (o  the  polQi. 


Please  UII  mo  who  tlint  man  was.  Paul  spoke 
Of  ln2Cor.  12;2,  thiitwas  cauglit  up  to  tbe  third 
heaven.  Samuel  Cbist. 

Pleiuie  eicplaia  Daniel  2:  44.  -tS.  In  tlie  day »  of 
whatkin[rsl'  What  does  tlio  worU  klnKtlom  refer 
to,  and  what  theatonoV  Wm.  T.  IlAitmNa. 

Please  give  an  explanation  of  Matt.  21:  2;  also 
Mark  ll;  2.  Do  both  mean  theHumBV  If  ao.  what 
U  meant  by  the  ass  tied  and  the  colt  with  her ;  loose 
them  and  brlnR  them  unto  nie'/  Did  he  rlile  both, 
or  only  tlio  coltV  I.  U,  Crist. 

IMeaae  rIvB    an   oxplanntlon  of  the    following 
words;  "  Whosoever  is  born  of  God,  doth  not  com- 
mit sin;  for  Ids  seed  remaincth  in  him.  and  he  can- 
not Bin.  because  he  is  horn  of  God."    1  John  S:  (t. 
MollieUudauoii. 

1.  Pleasegiveyour  viewBonLuke  10:4.  "Car- 
ry  neither  purse,  nor  scrip,  nor  ahoea;  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

a.  Also  Matt.  23:  0:  "And  call  no  man  your 
father  upon  the  earth  i  for  one  is  your  father  which 
l5  in  heaven." 

a.  Also  1  Cor.  7 ;  30 :  '■  The  wife  is  bound  by  the 
law  as  long  as  her  hnaband  liveth ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  Is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will;  onlj-  in  tlic  Lord,'^ 


Emma  Fis 


COVERING  THE  HEAD. 


tions,  such  as  deacons,  elders,  or  bishops  as  well 
03  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  nation.  Wo- 
men never  received  this  commission  at  any  age, 
from  the  days  of  Adam  till  the  present.  In  this 
sense,  if  a  man  keeps  his  head  covered,  he  dis- 
honors his  head,  that  is,  Christ  as  his  teacher 
and  leader.  The  woman  uncovering  herhead, 
dishonors  her  head,  that  is,  man  as  a  ruler  and 
teacher.  It  makes  no  dilTerence  whether  she  is 
married  or  unmarried;  when  she  uncovtrs  her 
head,  i^he  takes  the  position  of  deacon,  bishop, 
or  ruler,  no  longer  recognizing  man,  who  was 
sent  by  Christ,  as  being  her  head  or  leader.  We 
all  should  remember  that  woman  was  created 
for  A  helpmeet.  As  such  she  can  greatly  bene- 
tit  man  in  spiritual  as  well  as  in  temporal  things. 


SOME   QUERIES   ANSWERED. 


heaven,  neither  the  Son,  but  the  Father."  Does 
man  know  the  time  when  Christ  shall  corae, 
when  Christ  says  that  He  does  not?  It 
would  be  much  better  for  those  figuring  an  to 
when  Christ  shall  come  and  judgment  to  take 
place,  to  prepare  for  it — be  ready  when  it  does 
come,  to  hear  the  welcome  plaudit,  "Come  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  tbe  kingdom  pre- 
pared for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world." 
0!  what  a  joyful  time  it  will  be.  Then  we  shall 
meet  all  the  dear  ones  gone  before.  There  we 
can  strike  glad  hands  with  the  redeemed  and 
walk  with  them  foreverinore  upon  the  golden 
streets  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  where  there  will 
be  no  more  parting,  no  more  sighing,  or  shed- 
ding of  tears. 

"  Therefore  be  ye  also   ready,  for  in  such  an 
hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of  man  cometh." 


Please  give  us  your  views  on  the  covering  spoken 
of  by  Paul  in  1  Cor.  11 ;  also  tell  us  who,  or  what 
that  hea<l  is.  the  woman  dishonors  by  praying 
or  prophesying  with  her  head  uncovered,  both  the 
married  and  unmarried  V  By  doing  so  you  may  do 
a  good  work  for  some  of  our  mernhere  out  here  m 
the  far  West  and  oblige  David  BnoWEH. 

IT  is  generally  agreed  by  all  denominations, 
that  a  covering  lyas  worn  by  women  in  time 
offforsliipin  the  apostolic  age.  The  men  un- 
covered their  heads.  The  same  custom  hits  been 
handed  down  through  all  ages  in  practice.  The 
trouble  is,  they,  the  popular  churches,  have  con- 
formed to  the  world.  In  the  various  styles  and 
fashions  in  their  covering.  The  world  has  many 
kinds  of  coverings,  when  they  enter  n  place  of 
divine  worship.  The  denominations  are  follow- 
ing the  same  plan,  making  a  confusion  of  styles. 
We  are  informed  by  Scripture,  that  God  is  a 
God  of  order,  not  of  confusion.  We  are  not  to 
be  conformed  to  the  world.  For  these  reasons 
the  church  should  have  one  system,  which  all 
should  adopt,  if  it  does  not  lead  in  a  channel 
that  will  cause  us  to  disobey  Scripture.  If  the 
people  would  adopt  the  Bible  doctrine,  there 
would  be  no  variations  in  church  rule  and  gov- 
ernment; for  it  reads  the  same  every-whcre. 
The  style  of  covering  in  the  days  of  Paul  was 
perhaps  a  little  dilfei-eut  from  that  now  in  use, 
yet  they  wore  a  covering.  1  Cor.  11  chapter, 
refers  to  a  uniformity  of  covering.  It  seems  by 
Paul'-s  language,  that  some  walked  disorderiy. 
and  that  he  was  setting  the  church  right  in 
these  matters.  "Tell  us  who  or  what  that  head 
is?" 

We  read  that  God  created  man  and  placed 
him  in  the  garden  to  dress  and  keep  it.  He  al- 
so brought  the  animals  to  Adam  and  he  named 
them.  Man  or  Adam,  was  made  ruler  and  gov- 
ernor over  all  God  had  made.  Next  to  Adam, 
God  created  woman,  but  she  took  the  lead  inde- 
pendent of  Adam,  and  followed  the  teaching  of 
Satan  instead  of  God.  After  transgressing,  she 
still  acted  as  leader,  and  Adam  was  led  into 
transgression.  She  found  that  God  did  as  He 
said.  And  had  she  continued  a  helpmeet  in- 
stead of  a  teacher  or  leader,  by  example,  there 
.  would  have  been  a  dilference.  Paul  speaks  of 
,  women  as  helps  in  the  church,  not  as  deacons, 
:;  oldera  or  bLshops.  The  position  of  women  is  to 
'  be  helpmeets,  not  rulers  and  governors.  She 
can  prophesy,  &e.,  giving  all  the  aid  to  man  as 
her  head,  as  it  says  in  1  Cor.  11:  3.  God  ia  the 
head  of  Christ,  Christ  is  the  head  of  man,  man  is 
the  head  of  woman.  The  Scriptures  teach  us 
that  Christ  came  to  do  the  will  of  His  Father, 
not  His  own.  The  Father  then  was  His  teach- 
er. God  choMe  His  Son  to  come  into  the  world 
to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  poor,  give  life  to  the 
dead,  doing  nothing  that  He  had  not  received 
of  His  Father. 

Our  Lord  and  Master  chose  from  among  men, 
twelve  apostles;  they  were  teachers  and  leaders. 
Christ  being  their  head.  Tlie  apostles,  who 
were  men,  took  the  position  alloted  them  by 
Christ  as  teacher.-t  and  leaders,  holding  the  po- 
sition in  one  sense,  that  Christ  held.  Christ 
sent  them;  they  sent  others,  who  were  author- 
ized by  the  word  of  God,  to  hold  certain   posi- 


BY  J.  K.  QOl-PIiU. 

Will  some  one  please  give  an  explanation  of  Ro- 
mans4;  4,6'i'  JooN  H.Staoer 

Pleikse  explain  Rev.  SO:  13. 14.  and  give  us  an  In- 
sight Into  them.  J.  M.  Kidknour. 

Will  some  one  please  give  Information  concern- 
ing 1  John  3r  8.  B.  10?  W.  H.  Miller. 

W0BK3  AND  PAITH. 

A  FEW  thoughts  concerning  Rom.  4:  4,  5. 
The  apostle  evidently  here  refers  to  works 
done  with  a  view  to  reward,  or  merit.  They 
who  have  learned  that  these  words  of  the  Lord 
are  true,  "  Without  me  ye  can  do  nothing,"  do 
not  work  thus;  but  they  rather  say,  after  doing 
all  they  can,  "  We  are  unpro6tabIe  servants." 
That  "  faith,  if  it  has  not  works,  is  dead,"  is  not 
only  said  by  the  apostle  James,  but  Paul  inti- 
mates the  same  in  saying,  "  Though  I  have  all 
faith,  *  •  and  have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing;" 
for  there  can  he  no  charity  without  works. 
'  By  works  was  faith  made  perfect,"  says  .lames. 
The  Christian's  works  are  works  of  faith;  and 
without  faith  they  cannot  be  done.  The  world- 
ling cannot  love  his  enemies,  and  do  them  good,- 
and  pray  for  them, 

UKATII  AHD  HELL. 

The  hell  mentioned  m  Rev.  20:  13, 14,  cannot 
be  the  "lake  of  fire,"  or  it  could  not  have  been 
cast  into  that  lake.  The  Lord  says  the  kingdom 
of  God.  which  is  heaven,  is  within  man;  of 
course  only  when  he  is  born  of  God.  Evident^ 
ly  in  the  same  way  is  hell  in  the  wicked;  and 
this  seems  to  be  the  hell  here  referred  to.  The 
death  here  mentioned  is  no  doubt  that  to  which 
God  referred  in  saying,  "  I  have  set  before  you 
life  and  d^ath."  Deut,  3(1:  13.  This  death  and 
hell  have  to  give  up  the  dead  to  judgment. 
Seeing  that  these  are  not  natural  or  material 
things,  is  it  not  proper  to  infer  that  the  sea 
mentioned  in  connection  with  them  should  also 
be  spiritually  applied  or  discerned?  The  drown- 
ing of  Pharaoh  and  his  host  in  the  sea,  when 
they  tried  to  follow  the  Israelites  to  the  other 
side,  with  the  selhsh  object  of  bringing  them 
back  into  bondage,  evidently  applies  to  the  re- 
generating life  of  man;  so  that  those  whom 
Pharaoh  and  his  host  represent,  seem  to  be  the 
dead  which  the  sea  gave  up. 

BORN  OP  OOP — CANNOT  SIN. 

In  regard  to  1  John  3:  8,  H,  10,  this  may  be 
said:  If  "it  is  God  which  worketh  in  you  both 
to  will  and  to  do,"  (Phil.  2:  13),  those  born  of 
God  are  so  horn  both  in  will  and  action;  and 
"  what  is  horn  of  God  doth  not  commit  sin," 
The  will  so  born  can  therefore  not  will  sin;  and 
the  person  who  has  such  a  will  cannot  wjllingly 
commit  sin.  But  I'aul  says.  "  For  the  good  that 
I  would,  I  do  not;  but  the  evil  which  I  would 
not.  that  I  do; "  adding,  "  It  is  no  more  I  that 
do  it,  but  sill  that  dwelleth  in  me."  To  remove 
this  sin,  is  therefore  the  work  of  your  life;  and 
this  God  must  do  through  oor  will;  for  He  must 
enable  us  to  do  as  well  as  to  will. 


ANSWERS  TO  QUERIES. 

BT  A.  E.  ESSeyUACUAOK. 

Will  some  brother  give  us  an  article  on  the  fol- 
lowing: "He  that  Is  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
•n  is  greater  than  he  'f"  H.  H.  Meyers. 

Pie.'we  explain  2nd  Theas,  2;  0.  It  reads  thus 
"Even  him,  whose  coming  is  after  the  working  of 
Satan  with  all  power  and  signs  and  lying  wondera. 

M.  C.CZIOANB. 

JOHN  was  greatest  in  authority,  in  that  he 
was  sent  to  prepare  the  way  before  the 
Lord,  and  that  he  introduced  the  first  principles 
of  the  Gospel.  2.  He  was  greatest  in  point  of 
pri%'ilege,  in  that  he  came  in  the  twilight,  at  the 
break  of  day,  and  was  permitted  to  see  the  Son 
of  God  in  the  flesh,  whom  prophets  and  kings 
desired  to  see,  but  died  without  the  sight;  yet 
John  did  not  live  to  see  Christ's  triumphant 
reign  over  sin,  death,  hell  and  the  grave,  Hav- 
ing spoiled  principalities  and  powers,  made  show 
of  them  openly,  triumphing  over  them  in  it. 
Cnl,  2: 15,  he  did  not  live  to  see  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  come  with  power  as  it  was  on  the  day 
of  Pentecost.  He  preached,  "  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  at  hand  "  —  proclaimed  its  near  ap- 
proach, yet  he  was  not  iu  it,  as  it  was  not  es- 
tablished until  Christ  led  off  incomplete  victory 
over  all  Hia  foes,  ascended  through  thetrackli 
air,  was  hailed  amid  shouts  of  acclauiatioi 
"  Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates,  and  be  ye  lifted 
up  ye  everlasting  doora,  and  the  King  of  Glory 
shall  come  in."  Psalm  24;  7,  — was  inaugurated 
King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords — ascended  thi 
throne,  and  shall  reign  till  all  His  foes  are  mad< 
His  footstool,  and  sent  the  Holy  Spirit  to  His 
praying  people  on  earth  to  establish  His  reign 
of  grace  in  their  hearts — throw  open  the  gates 
of  Gospel  grace  to  alt  nations  under  heaven,  de- 
claring the  great  expiatory  sacrifice  and  free 
salvation  through  the  blood  of  the  atonement. 
Therefore  the  least  in  this  kingdom  is  greater 
in  point  of  privilege  than  John  the  Baptist  was 
in  his  day. 

After  the  working  of  Satan;  is  by  his  aid,  and 
like  him  deceitful,  crafty,  and  ivicked.  Lying 
wonders;  pretending  to  work  miracles  when 
they  do  not,  and  the  pretense  is  a  lie  designed 
to  delude  the  ignorant.  Satan  has  had  much 
to  do  in  the  rise  and  progress  of  popery,  and 
now  has  much  to  do  in  sustaining  it,  by  wars 
and  bloodshed,  persecution  and  cruelty,  deceit 
and  falsehood,  and  by  those  pretended  miracles 
and  lying  wonders  by  which  multitudes,  who 
receive  not  the  truth  in  the  love  of  it.  are  de- 
ceived to  their  destruction. 

Union  City.  Iml. 


BE    READY. 


liY  WM.  MILLER. 


THIS  is  a  very  worthy  and  earnest  appeal  to 
men  to  be  on  their  guard.  There  certain- 
ly is  need  of  such  warning,  for  how  many  there 
are  who  are  not  on  guard.  I  have  just  been 
thinking  how  many  professors  of  religion  there 
are  who  do  not  keep  tbe  Savior's  commands. 
They  say  that  some  of  His  commands,  those 
they  most  dislike  to  obey,  are'uon-essentiai,  that 
He  only  wanted  His  disciples  to  do  them,  that 
they  were  not  intended  for  us  to  obey,  and  that 
those  who  do  obey  them  are  u  silly,  ignorant 
and  superstitions  people. 

Some  of  the  would-be  Christians  even  go  so 
far  as  to  set  the  very  minute  and  hour  that  the 
Master  shall  code.  Art  thou,  0  man,  a  great- 
er prophet  than  Christ  who  said,  "  But  of  that 
day  knoweth  no  man,  no  not  even  the  angels  of 


^it\\\^   ofl   |(ufer^fit. 


TREES  THAT  GROW  SHIRTS. 

HUMBOLDT  says  that  he  saw,  on  the  slope 
of  the  Cerra  Drida,  shirt-trees  fifty  feet 
high.  The  Indians  cut  oil"  cylindrical  pieces 
two  feet  in  diameter,  from  which  they  peel  the 
red  and  fibrous  hark,  ivithout  making  any  longi- 
tudinal incision.  This  bark  affords  them  u  sort 
of  garment  which  resembles  a  sack  of  very  coarse 
texture,  and  without  a  seam.  The  upper  open- 
ing serves  to  admit  tbe  head,  and  two  lateral 
holes  are  cut  for  the  arms.  The  natives  wear 
those  shirts  of  Marina  in  the  rainy  season;  they 
have  the  form  of  the  ponchos  and  manos  of  cot- 
ton which  are  so  commori  iu  New  Grenada,  at 
Quito,  and  in  Pern.  As  in  this  climate  the 
riches  and  beneficence  of  nature  are  regarded  as 
the  primary  causes  of  the  indolence  of  tbe  in- 
habitants, the  missionaries  do  not  fail  to  say,  in 
showing  the  shirts  of  Marina,  "  In  tbe  forests  of 
Orinoko,  garments  are  found  ready  made  upon 
the  trees." — Seinted. 


FoK  every  trial  that  God  .sends  He  gives  suf- 
ficient grace  to  bear  it;  but  He  promises  no 
grace  to  bear  anticipation  with,  and  we  little 
know  how  large  a  portion  of  our  mental  suffer- 
ings arises  from  anticipation  of  trials. 


Italy  contains  39,480  Protestants,  and 
3.994,000  Roman  Catholics. 

■There  are  now  960  missionaries,  including 
catechist^,  laboring  in  India. 

TnE  people  of  Iowa  have  30  colleges  and 
385  newspapers  of  all  sorta. 

-The  gain  of  Catholics  in  India  is  only  ten 
per  cent.,  while  Protestants  gain  sixty-one  per 
cent, 

■The  Moravian  church,  with  a  membership 
of  16,000  in  this  country,  raises  $85,0i)0  per 
year  for  missionary  work. 

■Du.  John  Cumming  still  adheres  to  his  pre- 
millenariau  beliefs.  Preaching  not  long  since 
on  the  millennium,  he  told  his  heareni  many  of 
them  would  live  to  see  the  coming  of  the  Lord. 

The  experiment  of  the  American  Bible 
Society  in  issuing  a  five-centedition  of  the  New 
Testament  has  proved  a  success.  In  order  to 
meet  the  demand,  1,000  copies  have  to  be  printed 
daily. 

— The  first  boat  ever  moved  by  steam  in  the 
United  States  was  a  small  experimental  skifl", 
rigged  up  with  a  model  steam  engine  and  screw 
paddles,  by  John  Fitch,  July  or  August  1786, 
upon  the  Delaware. 

— The  woman  was  not  made  out  of  man's 
head  to  top  him,  nor  out  of  his  feet  to  be  tram- 
pled upon  by  him,  but  out  of  his  side  to  be  equal 
with  him,  under  his  arm  to  be  protected,  and 
near  his  heart  to  he  beloved. 

— Pauperism  in  Ireland  is  terribly  on  the  in- 
crease. Out  of  a  population  of  5,000,000  nearly 
300,000  are  supported  by  public  relief,  and  the 
number  of  paupers  is  increasing  at  the  rate  18,- 
000  per  month, 

— Appl'ilnu's  Jouniitl  believes  that  publishing 
ought  to  be  included  among  the  learned  profes- 
sions; for  it  requires  a  learning  as  thorough,  a 
judgment  as  sound,  a  skill  as  difficult  of  attain- 
ment, and  resources  as  varied,  as  do  any  of  the 
profe-isions.  It  ,is  easier  indeed  to  become  a 
siici'-^sfiil  lawyer  or  doctor  than  a  successful 
publisher.'       '      '    '     " 

.  — The  present  Queen  of  Madagascar  has  re- 
cently made  formal  declaration  of  her  determi- 
nation to  repudiate  idols,  and  put  her  faith  in 
the  Word  of  God.  Under  this  new  influence 
the  missionaries  have  met  with  great  success, 
and  have  aroused  the  natives  as  in  a  great  reviv- 
al. In  a  siilgle  week  3,000  Bibles  were  called 
for  and  paid  for  by  the  natives,  and  it  is  stated 
that  there  is  scarcely  a  village  where  some  por- 
tions of  the  Bible  are  not  found. 

^Thr  Paris  Exhibition  will  prove  a  blessing 
by  furnishing  an  excellent  opportunity  for  the 
distribution  of  the  Bible.  Since  May  1st,  600,- 
O'lO  portions  of  the  Bible  have  been  distributed 
at  the  exhibition,  in  twenty- two  languages. 
The  authorities  of  Paris  have  also  given  permis- 
sion for  the  employment  of  Bible  colporteurs  at 
all  the  entrances  outside  the  Exhibition  grounds. 
It  is  eslimated  the  distribution  will  reach  1,000- 
00(1  entire  copies  of  the  Bible  by  the  time  the 
Exhibition  closes. 

—TAhE  a  map  of  the  United  States,  place  iLi 
eastern  and  western  edges  together,  and  fold  it; 
and  then  double  it  from  north  to  south;  open 
the  map,  the  folds  have  crossed  each  other  near 
Fort  Riley.  Do  it  yourself  and  you  will  know 
that  Kansas  is  the  center  and  heart  of  America. 
It  is  a  curious  coincidence,  that  the  routes  of 
the  first  explorers  and  the  folds  msule  by  the 
map  will  cross  at  the  same  point. 

If  the  total  eclipse  of  the  sun  this  year  did  no 
further  service  to  mankind,  it  served,  at  least, 
to  add  another  star  to  the  crown  of  science. 
There  is  but  little  doubt  that  the  unknown  star 
observed  by  Prof  Watson,  of  Ann  Arbor,  dur- 
ing his  observation  of  the  eclipse  in  Wyoming 
Territory,  is  really  ajiew  planet. 

— The  Iowa  Iiii  esUgalor  saya,  "There  isa 
county  in  southern  Illinois  that  has  no  saloons, 
and  the  adjoining  one  has.  The  former  has  on- 
ly two  paupers,  the  delinquent  tax  list  only  fills 
a  half  column  in  the  newspaper,  the  county  poor 
farm  1-4  rented,  and  the  county  is  out  of  debt. 
The  latter  has  all  the  curses  known  to  follow 
the  licensed  liquor- traffic." 

— It  is  stated  that  the  powers  represented  in 
the  Berlin  Congress  will  not  retogni/e  Itouma- 
nia  formally,  until  that  government  complies 
with  the  Treaty  requirements  respecting  the 
equality  of  the  Jews,  but  which  the  chambers 
are  endeavoring  to  neutralize,  by  legal  trammels, 
the  process  hy  which  the  Jews  are  to  secur* 
their  civil  rights. 


ICovem'ber 


THE    13TtETI-IRE]Sr    ^T    -WOUK. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Annie  Ncher, 

WE  can  feel  quite  at  home  ftinong  the  inmu- 
bers  of  our  henvenly  Father's  family. — 
The  moat  pleasant  of  all  is  to  goto  mecling, 
where  tho  saints  meet  to  worship  tliiitGodwho 
rules  above,  Here  several  hundred  members 
iiiiiigle  their  voicesin  praise  to  our  great  Re- 
deemer, How  pleasant  it  is  to  be  there;  it  re- 
minds us  of  tlmt  heavenly  world  above,  where 
there  ia  nothing  but  love.  I  was  nt  the  Oom- 
munioa  meetiug  in  the  Donald's  Creek  church, 
Ohio.  It  wag  the  largest  I  ever  attended.  Over 
three  hundred  members  communed,  How 
[ilea^ant  it  is  to  see  large  numbers  of  our  heav- 
enly Father's  children  together,  wiishing  each 
other's  feet,  giving  each  other  thesiilutatiou  of 
the  holy  kiss,  then  altogether  partake  of  (.ho 
i-'mblems  of  the  bioltca  body  iind  shed  blood  of 
our  Savior.  Who,  ever  done  so  much  for  ns,  as 
did  our  Savior  ?  0,  what  love  he  did  show  for 
us.'  0,  how  often  do  we  feel  to  weep  when  we 
think  of  wha(  He  has  done  for  us  poor  creat- 
ures! then  to  think  how  ungrateful  we  often  are, 
how  often  He  is  crucifi-^d  afresh  and  jiut  to  opeu 
shame!  Oh  Jesus,  that  name  so  sweet,  how 
can  it  be  He  is  treated  so  ill.  He  iy  deseVvin^ 
all  Ihe  love  we  can  have  for  any  orie:  Lpt  us 
love  Him  with  a  pure  heart,  love  Him  with  a 
lovethat  will  cause  U5  to  do  all  He  has  com- 
manded us.  My  dear  young  brethren  and  siis- 
fers  in  the  far  West,  I  hbtie  you  will  all  try, 
with  me,  to  live  faithful  until  death;  thatif  we 
•  never  meet  on  earth  again,  we  may  be  permitted 
to  walk  the  golden  streets  of  the  Now  Jferusa- 
lem,  with  Jesus  and  the  angels,  thdrc  to  dwell 
forever.  ,  ..      i 

Lima,  Ohio,  Oct.  22nd,  18TS. 


From  Cook's  Creek  Congregation. 

I  HAVE  thought  for  some  time  to  wn'ti 
few  lines  for  our  worthy  paper,  which, 
indeed  a  welcome  messenger  to  me;  and  I  heard 
quite  a  number  of  its  readers  speak  o^  it 'as  i 
Some  say,  "  I  would  by  no  means  be  mthont  it; 
r  only  wish  it  could  be  sent  into  many  more 
families,  for  I  know  it  is  calculated  to  do  much 
good,  not  only  in  the  brotherhood,  hut  among 
others,  who  know  but  little  of  the  doctrine  as 
taught  by  our  Brethren,— the  Word  of  God." 
Some  say.  "  I  am  not  alio  to  take  it,  or  I  would 
not  be  without  it."  I  am  glad  to  see  that  our 
editors  have  made  a  move  to  get  it  before  such, 
at  a  low  figure.  Brethren  will  we  help  them 
to  carry  out  their  wishes?  Yes  I  for  one  say, 
enclosed  pleaae  find  one  dollar,  to  pay  for  one 
copy  for  the  poor.  Our  Savior  says, ''For  ye 
have  the  poor  ivith  yon  always  and  wherever  ye 
will,  ye  may  do  them  good.  Oh  how  much 
good  we  can  du  them  by  heing  the  means  ot 
sending  them  onr  paper  so  full  of  the  Spirit  of 
Christ,  with  its  instructions,  exhortations,  ad- 
monitions, and  also  the  prosperity  of  the 
church!  My  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  when 
we  give  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  we  are  very 
sure  that  we  are  lending  to  the  'Lord,  of  wfiom 
he  says,  "Ina.smuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one 
of  the  least  of  these  my  Brethren,  ye  did  it  un- 
to ine."  Much  money  is  spent  for  that  which 
satisfieth  not,  hut  for  this  the  reward  is  certain. 
I  hope  that  nianyiviU  respond  and  say  An 
and  act  accordingly.  John  Floh 

Bi'idgtwaler,  Va. 


ference.  Had  all  things  c  immon  and  in  order; 
and  as  a  general  occurrence,  largely  attended. — 
Ministerial  aid  was  very  strong  and  active, 
withBro.R,  H.Miller  at  the  head.  All  went 
off  pleasant,  good  feeling,  and  the  best  of  order 
throughout  the  meeting.  On  the  evening  of 
the  16th,  brother  Robert  Miller  preached  in 
Manchester,  and  on  the  17th  at  10  A.  M.  and  7 
P.  M.  at  our  meeting-house.  On  the  morn- 
ing of  the  ISth  he  left  for  Goshen,  expecting  to 
meet  Bro.  J.  H.  Moore,  from  Lanark,  on  busi- 
ness. So  ended  Ihe  labors  of  the  brethren,  who 
labored  so  earnestly  wliile  with  us.  Setting 
forth  the  Truth  and  nothing  but  the  Truth  as 
it  is  in  Christ  Jcsus,^nvifcing  sinners  to  accept 
the  Gospel  and  join  in  with  the  childi-eh  of  God. 
!  do  verily  believe' the  brethren  left  many  last- 
ing impression  on  the  minds  of  those,  who,  like 
tho  prodigal,  have  wandered  away.  But  oh 
may  they  speedily  return  and  join  in  with  tht 
children  of  God.  Now  Brethren,  it  is  left  for 
some  of  you  to  do  a  great  work  in  this  part.- 
Tlie  Macedonian  cry  goes  out  from  here, 
"  Brethren  come  and  help  us."  Souls  are  starv- 
ing here  for  manna  from  on  high.  Brethren  I 
need  not  tell  you  thati  the  unwortliy  writer  is 
not  a  minister,  for  yon  can  readily-  see  by  the 
poorly  composed  article, -that  I  am  only'a'weak 
lay  member,  but  i\fill  do  all  [  can  for  the  good 
of  soulaj     ■         .  '  i     ' 

To  all  the  meoibei-s  wlid'met  with'  us  at  our 
late  a;  M.,  if  we  never  more  lueci  oiiearth,! 
hope  to  meet  ytm'alt  oil  the  sunny  banks  ofde- 
livernncp,  where  purling  is  no  mOre.  '  '  Remem- 
ber yohr  unworthybrother  and  ?;ionin  your 
Pinyers.  D.  S.  T.  BL'TTKKii.vvGn. 
Oct'.  2-J}id,'187S.  '■■■      "■ '    ■    ■■ 


From  Noith-eastcrn  Ohio. 

THE  Beech  Gron-  Sii,„la3 ->,  h.:,„l  re-orgaui/,- 
ed  Sunday  Oct.  I'lith,  with  ..].e  hundred 
and  forty-tbree  scholars  ■.■umlled.  '  The  oiiicei-s 
consist  of  Superintendent,  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent, Secretary,  Treasurer.  Chorister,  (wo 
Librarians  and  ten  teachers.  All  these  officei-s 
and  teachers  are  brethren  anil  sisters,  and  earn- 
est worker.^  in  the  Sunday-school  cause' 

T^lie  large  additions  to  the  churches'  in  N,  E 
Ohio  within  the  last  four  or  fiveyeai-s,  and  th. 
inclination  of  Brethren  to  flock  together  at 
Love-feasts  and  other  occasions,  suggest^s  the 
idea  of  enlarging  our  meeting-houses  or  pro- 
viding some  substitute  for  them  on  special  oc- 
casions. ,  At  several  of  the  Love-ie.n^ts  held 
this  Fall,  many  could  not  get  to  the  table  — 
What  is  to  be  done  with  the  multitude?  {iui.'c- 
ed  or  otherwise)  seems  to  be  the  all-prevailing 
question  just  now  from  our  Annual  councils 
down  to  an  ordinary  Love-feast  or  Sunday- 
school  convention.  The  r^i  r!'.^j.|if;..  -•v^tem 
with  a  restriction   upon    i -!.'._-,;.-:,,   pr^. 


friend,  who  can  see  in  their  especial  fav 
"  fault  at  all,"  but  can  see  in  those  others  all 
short-comings,  and  uiore  too.  And  forgetting 
that  charity  which  "  ihinketh  no  evil,"  they 
drop  words  of  criticisms  in  the  hearing  of  their 
families  and  of  others.  Often  in  the  presence 
of  the  world,  expressions  adverse  to  the  broth- 
er's ability  as  a  speaker,— or  impeaching  his 
conduct  as  a  Christian,  are  made,  and  hence  the 
brother  finds  his  influence  to  do  good,  much 
impeded,  and  he  don't  know  the  reason- does 
not  know  that  his  character  is  being  saped  by 
those  that  he  thought  were  his  best  friends. — 
And  this  heing  true  in  one  case,  is  therefore 
true  in  the  other,  and  hence  there  are  whisper- 
ings, envy  and  strife  in  the  church,  yet  not  a 
rupture.  They  meet  with  the  token  of  love  in 
the  public  assembly  and  appear  to  he  in  pence 
and  union,  j'et  away  down  deep  in  their  hearts 
there  is  something  like  to  the  gall  of  bitterness; 
and  then  us  a  result,  that  warm-hearted  hive, 
that  Christ  enjoyed  and  his  disciples,  is  driven 
out  of  the  heart  and  a  Laodicean  coldness  en- 
sues,— the  poor  preacher  feels  it, — yea  knows 
there  is  something  wrong,  and  wonders  where. 
Echo  answers,  "where?"  Cannot  find  it,  yet 
realizes  that  like  the  worm  that  destroyed  .h 
null's  gourd,  the  harmony  of  the  church  is  be 
ing  destroyed,  and  while  ■  in  that  condition 
without  purging  out  the  old  leaven  of 
and  wickedness.  There  is  aieallifona  series  of 
'etings;— the  preacher  comes  with  his  heart 


From  Nortti  Manchester,  Ind. 

I  THINK  it  a  duty  to  write  a  few  lines  to  the 
many  readers  of  the  Brkthrex  .\t  Wouki 
culling  special  attention  to  the  ministers  who 
attended  our  late  Annual  Meeting;  and  preach- 
ed to  the  people  before  and  during  the  session; 
and  did  not  shun  to  declare  the  whole  couhsel 
of  God.  Wish  to  s.iy  right  here,  many  mem- 
bers of  different  churches,  aay  the  Brethren,' 
who  preached  in  Manchester,  Laketon  and  oth- 
er places  in  the'vicinit?j-,.  left  many ''good  and 
lasting  impressii^ns  on  thp,  minds  of  tie  people, 
as  a  result,  we  occaViouallybaptizc  some  of  the 
number.  They  farther  express  themse]ve.s 
thus,  "  Why  don't  yon  have  the  Brethren  to 
preach  more  frequently  in  Manchester?  as  tliey 
do  think  much  good  might  he  accomplished  in 
that  direction."  Now  Brethren,  one  and  all, 
you  have  the  minds  of  many  citizens  of  the 
country  and  the  town.  What  gives  rise  to'the 
above,  is  this;  our  ministers  of  tho  North  Man- 
chester district  never  have  held  meetings  in 
town.  Therefore  we  pray  you  to  call  with  us, 
and  teach  all  nations,  etc.  '  ,  ,  ^ 

Baptixej.1  two  on  the  13th  ijist.  Our  Love- 
fcnsl  camc  oft' at  the  appointed  tini<>,  the  I5th, 
two  miles  West  of  Miuichesteir,  in  the  rooul 
used  for  baggage,  during  the  session  of  our  con- 


vent their  attendance, 
question  lor  Aniiual  Mctin.^.-,  ,-.u,.Jui;^  it 
were  not  unscriptural  and  impracticable;  but 
how  about  Love-fe.ists ?  Exclude  the  laity 
from  them  also?  Perhaps  the  example  Ju  the 
upper  chamher  at  Jerusalem  would  be  a  suffi- 
cient argument  for  those  who  would  want  it  so, 
hut  undoubtedly  thai  number  is  small,  compar- 
ed with  those  who  woiild  not  consent  to  it  at 
all.  So  the  only  remedy  that  is  practicable  now 
is,  to  tear  down  and  build  large, — not  our  barns 
—hut  onr  meeting-houses.  And  might  there 
not  be  a  profitable  distribution  of  ministerial 
forces?  The  Macedonian  cry  still  comes  from 
the  borders,  and  falls  on  the  deaf  ears  of  large 
congregations,  wlio  can  master  together  twenty 
one  ministers  on  Love-feast  occasions.  Is  it 
not  a  pity  tlmt  there  ii)  so  much'  material 
ing,  when  it  would  be  so  nuich  better  to 
itout  in  useful  work?  Who  ia  to  behi;ld  re- 
sponsible for  the  dollui-s  that  are  rusting 
hoai-ded  up  iu  broad  acres  that  are  only  half 
tilled  and  coucefiuently  half  wasted?  of  the 
ministerial  taleiit  tied  up'  in  napkins,  or  con- 
sumed by  petty  jealousies?  Who  is  locking 
the  wheels  of  progress?  Who  ia  hinderiugthe 
missionary  work?  '  The  Sunday-school  work? 
The  educational  projects?  Is'it  I?  Ia  it  I?-^ 
Let  each  one  ask 'himself.  "'Ain'  I  irilliiig  to 
shoulder therespousibility?"    ' 

I  E.  Li  Yonun;    ■ 


surcharged  with  the  loye  of  Godj;iuid  the  zeal 
of  the  Lord's  cause  alnippt  ,eonsiuuing  him. — 
The  meeting  begins  and  perhaps  not  more  than 
adozeu  will  sing,  but  set  ami  lisk-n  to  what 
the  preacher  has, t9  say.  -  Well  what  do  yiiu 
think  of  Lim?"  "  Well.  I  am  disapi'ointed  iu 
him;  I  thought  Jic  ;Would  not,,  preach  ,  quite  so 
loud;  1  thoiighthe  wasagreater  expounder  than 
lie  is;  he  ^vorks  .too,  bard,  or  he,  don't  visit 
among  the  members  as  much  as  he,  ougjit."— 
-■Vud  I  may  add  to  that,  sometimes  there;  u^ight, 
by,  a  mere  possibility,,  be  a  little  jealpu.sy,  "  If  I 
can't,  he  shan't."  The  meeting  fails  to  accom- 
plish what  was  expected,  and  the  "Wiy"  never 
lown.  A  meeting  to  succeed  must  have  a 
hearty  (;o-operiiti6u  of  all  th6' brethren  atid  sis- 
ters, earnest  love,  zealous  wOrk,  and  God  blesses 
the  eft'ort  in  the  converting  of  souls.'  '  ' 
D,B.  Gniso: 

From  Pine  Creek  Church,  Ind. 

■  '  Dnir  Brelhn;,:—  ■■''        ■ 


AURCoi 
\J     ofth. 


Successful  Meetings.    ,        , , 

WE  are  ojten  asked  whjr  are  some  meetingst 
more3uccessful|tiian  others,— meeting?, 
that  are  held,  by  Ihe  same  ministei-s,  whos^ 
preaching  is  what  might  be  called,  ,(iniform?— 
That  there  is  a  cause,  i.>i  self-evideift.  Now  foi; 
a  few  of  the  many  reasons.  One  reason  why 
some  are  not  succt;s,sfiil ,  is,  lack  of  »wifi/.  In 
n^any  coijgregutioiis  |here  are,  divisions  pnd 
jealousies  among  the  ullicials;  strifes  who  shall 
be  the  greatest,- not  who  shall  be  the  lea3t,,au,d 
as  a  consequence  ouch  will  have  his   particular 


3  commenced  on  the  eveni 
the  11th  of  October,  and  continued  un- 
til Saturday  night.  The  Lord  favored  us  with 
delightful  weather  during  the  meeting.  There 
was  a  large  number  of  brethren  and  sistei-s 
present  at  tho  table  of  the  Lord,  thereby  show- 
ing forth  their  faith  in  the  sutt'erings  and  death 
of  our  blest  Redeemer.  Also*,  S'Vast  number 
of  spectators,,who,honored'us  with  their  pres- 
ence, and  favored  us  with  their  attention,  as 
much  as  couldibe  expected;  many  of  them  were 
unable  to  obtain  seats,  or  even  a  place  in  which 
to  stand  inside  of  the  ihouse.  We.were  glad  to 
see  so  many  present;  and  our  hearts  would  have 
rejoiced  greatly,  could  we  have  ,seen  them  all 
gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  We  can  truly 
say  that  we  enjoyed  a  feast  of  love,  and  a  re- 
freshing from  the  persence.o^  tlie  ,Loi-d;  and 
we  feel  encouraged  to  press  oUr  way  onward 
toward  the  mark  for  the  prize  of  our  high  call- 
of  Gofl,  which  is  in  Christ,  Jesus,  On  Sat- 
i.v.  "!!.■  j.ivi  ■III.  ;iiitl  was  mmle  to  feel  the 
I  "'  ■  -  I'.  ■■  ■  I.pvc,  and  was  initiated  by 
baiil,^..'  ii:'  I  !ij,  1,'ii-idi  militant  hpre  below. 
We  b.-ii.'ve  thai  iliere  were|  others,  who  like 
King  Agrippa  of  old,  were  almost  persuaded  to 
become  Christians;  but  who  like  one  of  whom 
we  read]  have  decided  to  wait  for  a  more  conven- 
ient season.  0,  may  they  remember  that  "pro- 
crastination is  the  thief  of  time,"  that  "  to-day 
is  the  day  of  salvation."  "  To-day  the  Savior 
calls";  then  harden  not  your  heartsany  longer, 
but  open  the  door  and  invite  the  Savior  in;  for 
His  locks  are  already  wet  with  the  colddews  of 
the  morning.  He  Stands  knocking  at  your 
dooi';  He  has  often  knocked  hefbre.  0,  foi-sake 
the  paths  of  sin  and  ask  your' loving  Savior 'in! 
He  says,  "  It'  any  man  hear  my 'voice,  and  open 
the  door,  I  will  come  in  to  hini,'afld  will  sup 
with  hini,  and  he  with  me."     Rev.  3:  20. 

SAn-V^E,pl,KMv 
Wttlkerlon,  hid. 


fell  on  our  dear  brethren,  Joseph  Light  and 
John  Young,  the  latter  quite  a  young  brother. 
Brethren  pray  for  him,  for  he  will  have  many 
temptations  to  meet  with  and  what  a  cross  he 
has  to  bear.  Brethren  and  sisters,  help  thorn 
to  bear  the  cross,  we  can  do  a  great  deal  toward 
helping  our  ministering  brethren,  if  we  are  as 
watchful  and  prayerful  as  wo  should  be.  Then 
let  us  be  encouraged  for  we  will  not  have  long 
to  work.  Wo  have  hiul  a  very  good  Sunday- 
school  this   Summer.     We  think   it  has  done 

much  good.  PiiKHE  A.  HOLTZ. 

From  Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

OUR  glorious  meeting  vlosed  to-day  altera 
continuation  of  two  weeks,  and  brother 
Wilt  and  companion  returned  to  their  home. 
Brother  J.  W^  Sraouse  of  Indiana,  opened  the 
meetingonSftturday  evening,  Oct.  5th.  Bro. 
Wilt  came  to  his  assistance  on  Sunday  follow- 
ing. Services  eiich  evening.  Ou  Tuesday  arid 
Wednesday,  8th  and  !»th  inst.  we  had  morning 
services.  Love-feast  on  Thursday  afternoon 
and  evening.  Brother  Smouse  left  on  Friday 
11th,  to  return  to  n  field  of  labor  in  the  Manor 
congregation,  Indiana  Co.,  Pa.  Brother  Wilt 
labored  faithfully  alone  with  but  little  aisisli- 
iirtce,  wheiilie  W(noljlig.Vdtu  clbse  his'lahol-s 
to-day.  Seven  precious  souh  were  added  to 
the  fold,  two  on  Friday,  four  yesterday  and 
one  to  day.  There  were' others  left  doubting. 
Hope  the  spirit  of  God  will  ,=o  abundantly 
work  upon' their  hearts,  thilt  they  may  '  c'ortife 
s'»^n,  I  feci  as  if  it  were  strange  not  to  sit  b^ 
nfiitH  the_ sound  of  our  beloved  brothei-'s  voicd 
ajiiiu  this  evening.  It  was  ri  Intlisome  task  to 
see  iitm  go  away.  God  bless  his  labors  of  love, 
and  may  his  lahur.4  yki  he  crowned  by  a  glori- 
ous ingathering  of  tho.se  precious  souls,  who 
areTet'h;iltihg  bcttveen  two  opinioiis.    ' 

E.  R.  Stiflbr.   ' 

,        From  Garden  Grove,  Iowa, 

hem-BnIhroi:— 

WE,  the  Brethren  of  the  Franklin'  cl^lirch, 
Decatur  Co,,  Iowa,  h,>d  our  Love- feast 
on  the  loth  of  October.  As  tliete  has  not  b,eeQ 
any  church  news  given  from  this  part  of  the 
Loi-d's  vineyard,  I  will  try  and  write  a  few  for 
the  encouragement  of  the-true  folloWcrs  of  our 
Lord,  There  have  been,  during  the  year,  that  is 
now  drawing  to  a  close,  some  ten  or  twelve 
precious  .souls  m.ide  't.i  Ciinie  out' from  the 
world  and  to  put  on  Chri-t.  Among  that  num- 
ber were  two,  who  were  not  ovei'  thirteen  years 
of  age,  while  there  were  some  who  were  in  the 
decline  of  life.  0,  how  it  makes  the  soul  glad, 
to  see  the  young  and  theaged  come  to  Christ, 
to  be  taug^bt  by  Him.  Glad  to  see  the  young, 
for  it  ia  ssid,  "  Serve  the  Lord  in  the  days  Of 
thy  youth,' that  the  days  may  be  long  in  the 
land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee." 
Glad  to  see  the  old,  tor  they  may  not  have  long 
toaerve  Him,  who  hath  done  so  much  for  them. 
We  hope  and  pray  that  those  who  have  start- 
ed iu  tho  cause  of  the  Lord,  may  hold  out  to 
the  end.     May  the  Loi-d  be  with  you  all. 

C.  A.  Keiblkv. 


_^ ^     'I'd..////   riii,-rH 

'"  "'■''"'     'IJ'rom' Tiffin,  Oliio?;'"  ""'!'' '"!'■ 
""•-'  ■    '■  -'laiJhii/i  lUfnall 

OUR  Love-feast  i)f  tbe"l2ti]im'st,;Ys  aiiio^ig 
the  things  of  the  p»st,-iuid,;)vJU  longihe 
remembered,  for  we  think  it  was  a,  Lo.ve-feast 
indeed..  The  weather ,  being  fnvorablc,  there 
was  a  large  .itteuJanceand  good  order.  The 
Brethren  thought  it  necessary,  to  have,  some 
help  in  the  ministry-,  and  held  a  choice.   The  lot 


From   Morrill,  Kansas, 

BROTHER  E.  Coher  and  myself  just  return- 
ed   from    the   Soldier  Creek   church,  in 
Jackson  Co,,  Kansas.     While  there,   we  had  a 

series  of  ineetings;  fuid  two  were  added  by  bap- 
tism. ,  ' 
The  object  of  this  article,  is  to  give  a  brief 
history  of  the  church  in  Jackson  Co.,  and  so- 
licit some  kind  ministering  brother  to  locate 
with  them,  as  they  have  no  minister  and  need 
one  very  much.  The  church  is  in  my  care, 
and  I  have  about  fifty  miles  to  go  and  my  visits 
a^-c  often  made  at  long  intervals,  owing  to  oth- 
er engagements,  absorbing  much  of  my  time. 
Tho  church  is  evidently  prosperous  and  alive 
to  the  good  Work.  Brother  John  Fadely  and 
wife  were  the  first  persons  bapti/ed  in  tho 
cliureb  alluded  to,  by  Bro.  .  Michael  Forney, 
who  was  then  traveling  through  this  State.— 
This  occurred  soinetiiue  iu  1S74,  I  think.  The 
(^octrine,  of  the  Brethren  was  tl^on  a  new  thing 
in  that  locality,  and  from  that  time  until  this, 
the  c,ai(so,has  been  gradually  strengthened  aud 
the  church  now  numljers  about  fitty  members; 
and  two  deacops,  the  prospect  is,  that  this 
Cjhurch  will  eventually  grow  strong  in  number. 
So  many  of  the  Brethren  are  seeking  homes 
Kansas,  aud  f  would  iiio.st  earnestly  solicit 
iiie  minist..-riug  brother  or  brethren,  (the 
(ire  the  hettf-r)  to  give  .lackson  Co.,  and  the 
church  thi-Tc,  some  earnest  thought.  The  cli- 
mate is  good  and  soil  also  good,  only  about  fifty 
miles  West  of  the  Missouri  river,  on  direct  R. 
R,  communication  mth  Leavenworth.  The 
distonce  about  fifty  miles.  Holton  is  the  county- 


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sent  luiil  quite  a  good  town.  Tlio  Bretlireu  on 
Soldier  Crefk  liave  aborit  eight  or  t-eti  miles  to 
the  R.  It,  at  Oircleville.  and  about  seventeen 
miles  to  the  Central  Branch  Union  Pacific  R. 
R..  nt  a  point  called  Wctmore.  Land  is  also 
cheap,  and  plenty  of  raw  prairie.  The  country 
is  as  well  timbered  as  anj- in  Knnsiis,  asfar  aa 
my  observation  goes.  The  prairie  ahonnds  in 
plenty  of  good  living  streams  and  the  water  is 
of  the  beat  kind.  For  full  particulars,  call  on 
or  address  some  of  the  members,  among  whom 
I  would  name,  Samuel  Stephenson,  John  Fade- 
ly  and  Thomn.s  Mncklin.  Their  address 
is,  James'  Crossing,  Jackson  Co.,  Kanias. 

I  Jonathan  Iiichty. 


From  Jesse  Calvert, 

I  CLOSED  my  meeting  in  Johnstown  last 
night,  with  three  additions  by  baptism, 
and  a  few  more  applicants,  and  a  general  stir. 
Wv.  occupied  the  Baptist  church.  It  holds 
about  seven  hundred  persons.  The  house 
was  full  to  overflowing  the  most  of  the  time, 
and  several  evenings  three  or  four  hundred  had 
to  go  away,  as  they  could  not  even  get  near  the 
door.  The  house  was  lured  by  the  Brethren. 
The  Baptists  will  occupy  it  Sunday.  Some 
more  would  have  come  but  their  parents  would 
not  allow  tbem.  I  never  met  in  all  my  travels, 
stronger  opposition  than  I  did  here;  all  seemed 
determined  to  tight  the  Brethren,  right  or 
'wrong.  One  Campbellite  got  out  of  iix,  because 
I  quoted  Campbell  in  the  debate,  and  said  I  was 
dishonest,  because  Campbell  excepte  d  Tertull- 
ian.  Some  said  I  was  crazy,  others  that  I  was 
a  fool  and  so  on.  hut  very  many  said,  "  The 
truth  was  preached  and  we  cannot  evade  it.'" — 
I  hope  God  will  give  them  no  rest  until  they 
come  and  acknowledge  the  truth.  Thanks  to 
the  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  for  their 
kindness.  May  the  good  Lord  ble^  them  all. 
I  stopped  with  brother  M,  W.  Keim.  I  never 
enjoyed  as  pleasant  a  home  in  any  of  my  trav- 
els, Mi-s.  Keim  belongs  to  the  Methodist 
firafceruity,  but  she  acted  the  part  of  a  sister;  and 
her  children  were  just  as  kind  astliey  coulJ'be. 
God  bless  them,  that  they  may  all  see  and  do 
His  Will,  that  we  may  all  meet  in  heaven. 
Joln,slo>ni,Pa.,  Oct.  2SIK1S7S. 


From  Martin  Co.,  Ind. 

I  HAVE  just  finished  reading  S.  H.  Bashor's 
new  book,  and  can  with  all  my  heart,  rec- 
ommend it  to  the  public,  "  It  seems  to  be  the 
true  metal,  having  the  right  ring."  It  gives  no 
uncertain  sound,  but  speaks  out  in  such  a  plain 
manner,  that  even  the  youth  of  our  laud  can 
comprehend  it^  meaning.  I  pray  God  to 
bless  this  noble  little  work  to  the  good  and 
cause  of  Christianity,  Special  attention  is 
called  to  it.s  three  last  pages.  While  reading 
them,  these  Scriptures  came  to  my  mind: — 
"Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  line,  aod 
righteousness  to  the  plummet."  He  has,  by 
using  wisely  and  fearleslj'  the  blessed  Words  of 
eternal  Truth  together  with  hia  convincing  ar- 
guments, indeed  and  in  truth  hewed  to  the 
line  and  let  nil  the  rubbish  together  with  hu- 
man laws  and  conflicting  and  erring  creeds,  fall 
on  the  outside  of  the  church  into  the  world 
where  they  belong.  God  speed  the  time  when 
men  will  cease  adding  and  subtracting  fromhis 
holy  and  perfect  law  of  liberty,  which  is  able 
to  save  the  soul.  "Then  said  Jesus  to  those 
Jews  which  believed  on  Him,  if  you  continue 
in  my  Word,  then  are  ye  my  disciples  indeed'; 
ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  and  the  Truth  shall 
make  you  free."  I  do  not  understand  that  they 
were  made  free,  in  order  to  have  a  human  law 
yoked  upon  them;  and  the  followers  of  the 
Lord,  that  are  bound  down  by  a  human  law  or 
have  to  submit  to  anything  else  in  church 
government  aside  from  the  law  of  Christ,  are 
not  free,  hut  are  strangers  to  that  freedom, 
which  God  intended  they  should  enjoy.  I  am 
glad  to  believe  that  God  knew  just  what  He 
■was  doing,  when  He  sent  to  us  His  message  of 
love  and  mercy,  and  that  the  Bible  contains  the 
whole  will  of  God  to  man,  and  is  perfect  and 
suf&cient  to  guide  him  on  to  purity  and  peace. 
Why  don't  these  wise  men  who  are  so  much 
concerned  about  making  laws  to  govern  the 
people  of  God,  come  out  and  show  the  children 
of  men  wherein  the  law  of  God  is  deficient? — 
The  reason  is,  none  of  them  are  able  to  dothis 
neither  arc  they  willing  to  undertake  it,  I  feel 
to  thank  and  praise  God's  great  name,  that  I 
believe  with  all  my  soul,  mind  and  strength, 
that  He  has  given  to  poor,  weak,  erring  and 
suffering  humanity,  a  perfect  law  to  govern 
them  and  ho  complete  in  all  its  parts  an  not  to 
be  susceptible  of  any  improvements  by  mortal 
and  uninspired  men.  As  u3.iertions  are  worth 
nothing  without  the  proof,  I  will  now  ask  you  to 
hear  one  of  tba  apostles  of  the  Lamb,  ourgreat 


teacher,— the  Lord.k-su^O!iri!=t:  •'  All  Scripture 
ven  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable 
for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  iu- 
atruction  in  righteousness  that  the  man  of  God 
rfiay  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  ail 
good  works."  If  the  iihove  Scriptures  mean 
anything  nt  all,  it  forever  puts  a  sad  end  to  all 
human  church  laws,  with  all  reasonable  and 
God  fearing  nien.  In  fact  what  more  can  a 
man  of  God  need  or  a  huinble  follower  of  the 
Lord  ask,  than  to  be  thoroughly  furnished  unto 
all  good  works?  .\nd  what  an  act  of  rebellion 
it  is  against  the  God  of  heaven,  for  any  man  or 
set  of  men  to  try  to  improve  the  law  of  the 
Lord,  which  He  has  sealed  with  His  own  dear 
precious  blood;  and  has  said,  "I  am  the  way, 
the  truth  and  the  life!" 

D.  A.  NoRCROSS. 
ahotih.  Lid.,  Od.  >ith,  lb78. 


GLE^JSriNGS. 


From  S.  S.  Cresswi'll. — We  have  a  series 
of  meetings  going  on  just  now,  (October 
19th)  in  the  Manor  church,  by  brother  Smouse. 
The  meeting  is  a  very  good  one  so  far.  There 
have  been  two  accessions  by  baptism,  but  there 
are  good  prospects  for  more,  and  still  plenty  of 
room.  May  the  Lord  bless  brother  Smouse,  and 
give  him  many  souls  for  hia  hire,  is  the  prayer 
of  your  correspondent. 

Oiibiirg,  Pa. 

From  Abilene,  Kansas. — It  seems,  that 
Brethren  are  p.issing  through  Abilene,  without 
knoiving  there  is  a  church  organization  here. — 
I  would  inform  all,  there  is  a  church  organiza- 
tion here,  known  as  the  Abilene  church,  and 
we  would,  at  nil  times,  be  pleased  to  see  the 
Brethren  stop  off;  all  will  he  gladly  received. 
Any  information  gladly  given,  by  the  under- 
signed, if  addressed  by  letter;  and  those  ivisb- 
ing  to  stop  oil",  will  be  met  at  the  train,  if 
notified  before  hand.  The  church  is  in  a  pros- 
perous condition,  and  in  love  and  union,  still 
trying  to  follow  the  landmarks.  Addressas 
above.  SruoN  A.  Sl'TTeh. 

From.  John  Metzgor. — Will  say  to  you, 
Bro,  Joseph  Heuricks  and  myself  started  for 
Crawford  Co.,  III.,  to  tend  the  Brethren's  Com- 
munion, on  the  15th.  Truly  we  had  a  good 
feast.  Two  were  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism, Had  meeting  on  the  16th.  Met  again 
in  the  afternoon  to  preach  brother  Hyer's  fu- 
neral. That  church  seems  to  feel  the  loss  of 
brother  Hj'er  very  much.  Yesterday  was  our 
regular  meeting.  One  Lutheran  woman  sixty- 
nine  yeara  old,  volunteered  for  the  Lord,  came 
forward  and  was  baptized.  Would  love  to  see 
many  more  come.  Hope  the  tiuie  is  not  far 
ofi,  that  we  will  see  more  coming,  to  make  an- 
gels rejoice, 

Cvrro  Gordo,  III. 

From  Jacob  Heistaud. — The  Lord  is 
mighty,  and  that  to  save.  Another  soul  has 
been  made  willing  to  forsake  shi  and  turn  in 
with  the  overtures  of  mercy.  To-day  a  fine 
young  man  united  with  the  church  by  baptism. 
May  the  good  Lord  give  him  grace  to  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end,  and  be  a  shining  light  to 
the  church,  is  my  prayer. 

Lillle  York,  Ohio. 

From  ti,  Sptiing. — Our  Communion  was 
held  on  the  1.5th  of  October,  at  Bare's.  It  was 
not  very  largely  attended,  yet  the  interest  seem- 
ed to  be  good.  We  hope  the  words  that  were 
spoken  by  the  brethren  inay  have  the  desired 
effect,  and  sink  deep  into  honest  and  well  pre- 
pared hearts,  and  yield  abundantly 'to  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters.  It  was  indeed  a  feast  of  love, 
and  one  long  to  be  remembered. 

Concerning  A,  II.  1879.— In  Timville 
Creek  church,  met  in  council  from  the  different 
districts  to  make  arrangements  for  the  iVnnual 
Meeting  of  1871),  and  this  meeting  unanimous- 
ly adoptt^l  the  plan  of  ISUd  and  1877;  and  de- 
sire to  carry  said  plan  out.  Hope  all  will 
respect  the  above  decisions,  that  the  burden  he 
less  and  busiucsH  more  satisfactory  to  all,  in  the 
fear  of  the  Lord.  Still  farther  notice  will  he 
given  in  due    time. 

John  Zioi.fji,  Sen.,  Treasurer. 

Uroiidtray,  K«. 

Sami'bl  H,  Mbybhs  Corresponding  Sec. 

TimheiviUe,  Rockingham  Co.,  Va. 

From  Wyoming  Territory. — All  we  want 
and  need  here,  ia|to  have  the  Gospel  preached. 
Health  and  time.s  are  good. 

L.  S.  Wagokkb. 

Ford  SIfcle,  Carbon  Co.,  Wy.  Ty. 

From  Jonali  S.  Lakiie. — Your  much  he- 
loved  paper,  the  Bukthrf.n  at  Work,  baa 
greeted  ua  regularly  (with  two  exceptions)  ever 
since  I  subscribed  for  it,  and  it  is  one  of  the 
most  welcome  viHitorB,   that  has  ever  entered 


my  house  since  being  so  isolated  from  all  the 
preaching  of  the  Brethren;  and  I  can  not  go 
to  hear  men  preach,  who  mix  up  the  command- 
ments of  our  Savior,  and  the  doctrines  of  men. 
But  when  I  read  your  paper,  it  appears  as 
though  the  Spirit  t/f  Qod  came  with  it. 

Shfniiaii,  Texus. 

From  Alfreiij  Douglas  Co.,  Kau.— Breth- 
ren who  wish  to  travel  through  the  Southern 
part  of  Kansas,  as  far  as  Independence,  by  way 
of  Kansas  City  and  Ottowa,  will  do  well  to  stop 
off  and  give  us  a  call,  as  we  live  iu  as  nice  a 
portion  of  the  State  as  I  have  seen,  I  have 
traveled  considerably  through  tlie  State,  and  as 
to  society,  it  is  very  good;  good  schools;  good 
laJid  and  good  water,  and  plenty  of  raw  land, 
at  low  figures.  People  can  do  far  better  here 
than  farther  West.  Coal  is  very  cheap.  My 
coal  has  cost  me  five  dollars  since  the  first  of 
Last  January,  and  [  use  no  other  fuel.  It  is  a 
good  fruit  and  cattle  coimtry.  Any  one  with 
small  or  large  meaua  can  do  well  here.  Plenty 
of  Brethren  here,  that  one  need  not  fear  to 
uomc  and  be  alone.  If  you  wish  to  go  West 
by  Lawrence,  Kansas,  yon  can  stop  off  and  find 
Brethren  in  town  every  day. 

Frkdkrick  Sherfy. 

Fi'Oni  C.  M.  S .  —  Mj'-  neighbor  and   I 

had  a  conversation  on  a  few  passages  of  Script- 
ure; and  Jis  we  did  not  agree,  I  .asked  him  if  he 
would  read  the  Brethren  at  Work.  He  said 
he  would.  I  send  his  name  and  one  dollar,  to 
pay  for  it  for  one  year,  according  to  your  prop- 
osition under  Business  Notices.  I  have  been 
reading  the  paper  only  a  few  months.  I  think 
it  is  a  valuable  religious  paper.  I  read  the  let- 
ters from  the  brethren  and  sisters,  living  in 
different  parts  of  the  country,  with  great  in- 
terest. How  it  encourages  us,  to  learn  of  pre- 
cious souls  returning  from  their  .wicked  ways, 
"  to  walk  in  newness  of  life," 

North  Hiimpfon,  Ohio. 

From  Iowa, — As  an  item  of  Church  News, 
I  will  say  that  there  are  a  few  Brethren  living 
in  Lucas  Co.,  among  whom  are  deacons  but 
110  minister.  Those  Brethren  have  held  their 
membership  with  the  Brethren  of  Decatur  Co., 
but  as  the  distance  is  considerable  between  the 
two  bodies,  thus  rendering  church  business 
somewhat  inconvenient,  it  was  thought  prudent 
to  hold  a  council  meeting  with  the  Brethren  in 
Lucas  Co.,  and  have  them  to  transact  their  own 
local  aft'airs,  A  visit  was  then  made,  and  the 
members  all,  as  far  as  seen,  expressed  themselves 
in  the  same  faith;  and  willing  to  live  to  the 
same  obligations  that  they  took  on  themselves, 
when  they  united  with  the  church.  And  iis  no 
complaints  were  entered,  the  business  of  the 
meeting  passed  off  pleasantly.  The  first  thing 
that  was  done,  was  to  restore  an  exconimuuicat- 
ed  one  to  fellowship.  The  suggestion  of  stand- 
ing, as  a  church,  and  transacting  business  inde- 
pendently, was  then  put  before  the  house.  A 
unanimous  voice  was  heard  in  favor.  A  broth- 
er was  then  chosen  to  take  the  oversight;  and 
the  church  to  he  called  Lucas  County  church; 
to  hold  ([uarterly  council  meetings;  to  visit  the 
church,  and  adjust  difliculties,  (should  there  be 
any)  before  appointing  Communions,  a  treasur- 
er aud  a  clerk  were  appointed;  and  they  also 
agreed  to  hold,  at  least,  monthly  meetings,  to 
be  held  on  the  fourth  Sunday  in  each  month. 
Those  members  very  much  need  the  aid  of  min- 
isters. Who  will  come  over  into  this  Macedon- 
ia and  help?  Some  live  near  Derby,  one  iu 
Chariton,  and  some  five  miles  West  of  Charit- 
on. They  can  be  found  by  calling  on  or  ad- 
dressing Adam  Yoimker,  at  Derby,  Paul  or  J. 
H.  Dale,  Chariton.  .  J.  H.  Swihajit. 

From  ArkausBS.- Ifeel  thankful  for  the 
BuETHBKN  AT  WoHK,  wlilch  is  beuig  pent  to 
me.  I  find  by  reading  it,  that  there  are  still 
some  who  are  willing  to  do  the  commands  of 
the  Lord.  I  think  of  joining  the  church.  Often 
have  I  been  tempted  to  give  up  the  race,  but  by 
God's  grace,  I  shall  go  on  until  I  find  the  pearl 
of  great  price.  Oh  how  I  would  appreciate  a 
meeting  with  the  followei-s  of  Christ!  1  see 
by  the  paper,  that  there  are  Brethren  in  South- 
em  Kmisas,  and  I  hope  to  visit  some  of  them 
next  Spring,  and  desire  to  settle  near  them  if  I 
can.  My  poor  health  will  not  permit  me  to 
move  this  Fall.     Pray  for  me. 

D.  S.  Clauk. 

Faijetteville,  Oct.  2'Ah. 

From  F.  P.  Lmhr.— I  attended  a  number 
of  Communion  meetings  lately  in  Northern 
Ind.  and  Southern  Michigan,  which  were  truly 
feasts  of  love.  It  seemed  as  if  a  special  bless- 
ing was  imparted.  Several  of  those  members 
that  bad  stood  for  years  ontside  in  the  cold, 
have  come  forward  and  seemed  to  have  imbib- 
ed new  life.  Northern  Indiana  truly  went 
through  II  sifting,  but  they  have  gained  much 
by  it,  as  it  always  is  the  case,  if  we  look  up  to 
Him,  who  knows  best  what  Is  good  for  hia 
children. 


DIED. 


GliYER.— In  Turkey  Creek  church,  Ind., 
Catherine  Geyer,  daughter  of  brother  John 
and  sister  Catherine  Geyer,  aged  twenty-one 
years  nnd  one  mouth.  Funeral  services  by 
the  brethren.  Text  2  Sam.  21 :  21, 23  and  23. 
Daniel  WyaoNff. 
SEIDNER.— In  Union  Center  district,  Elk- 
hart Co.,  Ind,  Oct.  31at,  ISTS.  Sarah  Ann. 
only  child  of  Ephraim  aud  Eli^^abeth  Seidner, 
aged  3  years  aud  3  days. 

Franklin  Anglkmver. 
(Primilice  Christian, please  copy). 
KING. — At  the  residence  of  Bro.  J.  B,  Bames, 
near  Wilmington,  Ohio,  Oct  2Gth,  brother 
Daniel,  husband  of  sister  Katie  King,  aged 
25  years,  2  months  aud  2j  days.  Funeral 
conducted  by  tlie  writer,  assisted  by  brother 
E.  Bosserman.  S.  T.  Bossehman. 

STONER.- In     the    Raccoon   Creek    church, 
lad.,  Oct.  14th,  1878,.si3ter  Ann,  wife  of   Da- 
vid Stoner,  aged  60  years. 
Forty  years  of  her  life  were  spent   in  the 
service  of  the  Master.    The  subject  of  this  no- 
tice suffered  nearly  a  year  with  that  most  pain- 
ful  affliction,   cancer,   but  bore   her  suffering 
with  weakness   and  Christian  fortitude.     She 
leaves  a  husband  to  mourn  the   loss.     The   fu- 
neral  was   largely   attended.      Services    trom 
Rev.  22;  li,  by  the  undersigned. 

WlLHAM  R.  HAKSaitAIIOER. 

Primilive  Christian, please  copij.  * 

SPRANGLE.— In  the  Astoria  church,   Fulton 

Co.,  Ill,,  Peter  W.  Sprangle,  sou  of  Rebecca 
Sprangle  and  step-son  of  Brother  Edward 
Wampler,  aged  20  years,  4  months  and  29 
days.  Funeral  by  brethren,  from  James  4: 
13,  14.  John  C.  Demy. 

BOWERS.— In  the  tJrbana  arm  of  tbechurch. 
Champaign  Co.,  IU.,  Oct.   20th,  187S,   sister 
Mary  J,  Bowers,   wife  of   brother   William 
Bowers,  aged  30  years,  6  months  and  4  days. 
Our  sister's    sickness  was  brief,  but    her 
sufferings    beggar   description.      She   leaves  a 
husband  and  five  children,  one  a  babe  not  a  day 
old,   to  mourn  their  loss.     In  her  death  our 
dear  brother  has  lost  an  inestimable  companion, 
and  the  children  a  most  devoted  mother.     But 
her  loss  will  also  he  severely  felt  in  the  church, 
of  which  she  was  a  member,  and  iu  her  neigh- 
borhood, where    she  Wiis   highly   respected. — 
Ourdear  sister's  whole-souled   hospitality   will 
also  be  kindly  remembered  by  many  who  have 
partaken  of  her  bounty. 

Mattie  a.  Lear. 
BARNHART.— In  the  Eight  Mile  congrega- 
tion, Franklin  Co.,  Kansas,  Oct.  2nd,  187S, 
William  Arthur,  son  of  brother  Abraham 
and  sister  Lovina  Barnhart,  aged  2  years  and 
20  days. 

The  cause  of  his  death  was,  he  fell  iu  the 
well  luid  drowned.  Funeral  services  hy  C.  Flory 
and  the  writer.  J.  S.  Kei«. 


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L0VB-PEA8Te. 

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llaccoon  Creek  cluircli,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind.,Nov. 
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M..  and  nrri.ea  Bt  Rock  Inland    ■.  .'.;Qo  P.  .11 

Night  piLsaenger  Imins,  going  east  udu  west,  meet  and 
Icate  Lanark  at  :^:18  A,  .M  .  ikiriTiag  in  llacinc  si  9:00 
A.    M..    aai    nt    Rock  Island  at  0:(KI  A,  M. 

Prcighl  and  AccommDiIniioD  Trainn  will  run  weat  Bt 
12:  10  A.  M..  H;iO  A.  U.,  and  caal  Dl  VI:  10  A.  M. 
BDd  G:  15  P.  M. 

Tif kola  nre -13.4   for  ab-TO   Irnins   only.     Pniflengot 

trains  mBke  close  conacction  at  Wcalcrn  Lnion  JiiniiliDn. 


I'a.sseiiRers  for  ('liii'ai.M  >bi>iii<i  ir.u. 
12:21  P.  M.;run  to  tliH  Wi-sI.tii  riii..i, 
here  thev  need  wait  h\i\  ]\\--  muwxt:-.:  i..\ 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'■  Belwld  I  Brvng   You  Good  Tidiru/s  of  Gh'eat  Joy^  which  Shall  be  tmlo  All  PeopUJ'^  —  Luke  3:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  Noveynber  14,  1878. 


No.  46. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

EDITED  AHl)  PUBLISHED  WEEKLV 


J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.   M.   ESHELMAN 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBD'fORS; 


H.  H.  Mll.LFR,        - 
J,  IV.  STEIK,       -      ■ 
D.  VAiaMAN, 
D.  B.  MKKTZEll. 
MATTIE  A.  LE.Ut, 


LATiOOA,  INI). 

-  JTEffTONlA,  MO. 

-  -  VIRDEN,  ILL. 

-  WAYNESBOHO,  P 

-  CRHANA,    IL 


STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 

Possess  Bible  CharacteristicB  entitliBg  them 
to  he  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ, 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 
D.  B.  Ray's  Thihd  AitQLiu:NT. 

IT  must  be  reiDeiiibered  that  our  secoud  neg- 
ative, showing  that  the  Tuuker  churches 
are  not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ,  is  "  because 
they  were  [origiuatlyj  built  by  uninspired  men." 
This  is  eouceded  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Moore,  their  ed- 
itor, who  speaking  of  the  Tunkor  churches, 
says: 

"The  origin  and  history  of  this  reformatory 
movement  dates  from  the  year  17(i8,  having 
taken  its  rise  in  Germany  about  that  time,"  &c. 

He  further,  of  Mr.  Mack  and  his  companions, 
snj's:"  Theif  all  were  hnpdzedhjj  trine  hnmersioH, 
or(}aiiized  themselves  h\lo  a  church,  mid  rhnse 
AlexamhrMarh  for  thdr  minhtery  Seeourfirst 
reply.  The  "origin"  of  the  Tunker  churches 
was "  i»  Germamj"  (not  Jerusalem)  in  17o8, 
nearly  1700  years  too  lato  to  possess  the  Bible 
origin.  Mr.  Mack  was  their  first  preacher.  Mr. 
Stein  had  as  well  say  that  Moses  was  a  Tuuker 
preacher,  as  to  say  that  Christ  and  the  apostles 
were  Tunkers!    We  restate  our 

Negative  argument  third:  "The  Tunker 
churches  are  not  uhurtliea  of  Jesus  Christ,  he- 
ciiuse  Ihey  hold  the  blasphemous heresi/  of  bnptis- 
mal  sitluadon"  Mr.  Stein  has  surrendered  this 
l»oint.  He  fought  manfully,  but  was  compell- 
ed to  yield  before  the  Jerusalem  blade.  In  his 
last  he  says:  "  We  biipthe  those  who  are  reijeii- 
i-rakd throHt/h  the  uord.  Baptism  is  not  regen- 
eration, but  'the  washing  of  regeneration'" 
(Italics  ours).  As  all  the  "regenerate"  are 
'born  anew,"  and  are  children  of  God,  their 
sins  are  pardoned.  Mr.  Stein  admits  that  none 
are  to  be  baptized  except  "those  who  are  regen- 
erated." All  who  have  been  " re j;fn crated"  are 
"born  auew,"  and  arc  children  of  God.  As  all 
the  children  of  God  are  pardoned,  therefore  the 
pardon  of  sins  precedes  baptism;  because  re- 
generation precedes  baptism.  Ho  dare  not 
take  the  position,  that  "those  who  are  "retjeiier-. 
itled"  are  still  unpardoned  children  of  the  devil. 
My  friend  has  surrendered  the  Tunker  doctrine 
that  baptism  and  regeneration  are  the  same. 
The  great  Tunker  author  (endorsed  by  Mr 
Stein),  Pet«r  Nead  in  his  Theological  Writings, 
page  248,  says:  "Thus  we  have  baptism  and  re- 
generation, two  names  for  one  uctl"  Read  it 
again:  The  Tunkers  Aafc  i'f/)//sHi  ami  regener- 
ation,two  mimes  for  one  act"!.'  So  when  a 
Tunker  preacher  baptizes,  ho  performs  tlie  "act" 
of  "regeneratiou" !  I !  This  is  as  blasj)liritioii:i  ns 
priestly  absolution.  Again,  this  Tunker  Mr. 
Nead  says:  "The  pre -requisites  to  regeneration 
are  faith  and  repentance;  and  the  act  of  regen- 
eration, baptism."  Theological  Works,  p,  i52. 
The  same  author,  on  page  2S3.  says: 

"The  ark  prefigured  our  salvation  by  haij- 
tism.  All  that  were  without  the  ark  periahed, 
and  all  within  the  ark  were  saved.  So  all  that 
are  ingrafted  into  Christ  by  baptism  are  .laved, 
while  all  the  unbelieving  and  unbaptii'.t;d  part 
of  the  world  shall  be  damned.  Baptism  saved 
the  soul  from  sin — the  ark  saved  the  bodii-.-  of 
Noah  aud  bin  family  from  death," 


Such  is  the  miserable  heresy  of  the  Tunker 
churches.  They  hold  that  all  the  "unbaptizud 
part  of  the  world  shall  be  damned"! 

Peter  did  say,  "The  like  iigure  whcreunto 
even  baptism,  doth  also  now  save  iis  (uot  the 
putting  away  of  the  filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the 
answer  of  a  good  conscience  toward  God)  by  the 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ,"  1  Pet.  3:  21.  It 
must  be  observed  that  Peter  makes  baptism  "  the 
answer  of  a  good  conscience;"  nottomaltea 
good  conscience.  As  the  conscience  is  good  be- 
fore baptism,  siu  is  pardoned  before  bapti: 
As  the  salvation  in  the  ark  was  a  "figure' 
salvation  by  the  resurrection  of  Christ;  so  the 
salvation  in  baptism  is  "the  like  figurt;"  of  the 
5ame  salvation  iu  Christ,  the  ark  of  our  salva- 
tion. Through  faith  we  have  the  real  salvation 
and  in  baptism  we  have  "  the  like  figure"  ot 
salvation.  This  explains  the  commission  by 
Mark:  "  He  that  believeth  .ind  is  baptiited  shall 
be  saved."  16: 10.  Every  one  that  believes  in 
Christ  has  "eternal  life  "  —  the  real  salvation; 
and  ivlieu  he  is  baptized  he  has  "the  like  fig- 
ure"— the  likeness — or  picture— of  salvation. 
Paul  s.tys:  "  Know  ye  uot,  that  so  many  of  us 
as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ  were  baptized 
in^to  his  death?"  Roni.6:3.  But  he  explains  in  the 
fiflh  verse  thus:  "For  if  we  have  been  planted 
together  in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall 
be  also  in  the  likeness  of  his  resurrection.  So 
it  appears  that  the  baptism  is  not  literally 
into  the  death  of  Christ,  but  into  "  the  likeness 
of  hisdeath."  The  burialis  the  likeness  or  picture 
of  death.  When  we  have  died  to  ain  ("  He  that 
is  dead  is  freed  from  sin,"  Rom.  6:  7.)  then 
we  should  be  "  buried  with  him  in  baptism," 
lUid  arise  to  walk  in  newness  of  life.  As  we 
must  be  dead  to,  or  "  freed  from  sin,"  before 
baptism,  therefore  baptism  cannot  he  a  condi- 
tion of  pardon.  Again,  after  one  really  belleees 
into  Jesus  Christ  fjjQH/n  ton  pialenonla  cisaulon, 
Acts  10;  43),  he  should  be  baptized  into  Jesus 
Christ  to  put  on  Christ  in  public  profession. 
Paul  said:  "For  ye  are  all  the  children  of  God 
by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus.  For  as  many  of  you 
as  have  been  baptized  into  Christ  have  put  on 
Christ."    Gal.  3:  '26,  27. 

All  the  people  of  God  are  "  the  cliildren  of 
God  hij  faith  in  Jesus  Christ;''  and  as  many 
"as  have  been  baptized  into  Christ  hare  put  on 
Christ,"  Those  who  have  believed  into  Christ 
spiritually  and  are  "  the  children  of  God  by 
faith,"  are  to  put  on  Christ,  in  public  profession, 
by  being  "  baptized  into  Christ."  The  natural 
birth  must  occur  before  the  cliild  is  clothed,  so 
the  spiritual  birth  must  occur  before  the  chile! 
of  God  is  clothed — puts  on  Christ  iu  baptism. 
Perhaps  it  may  be  well  to  notice  a  few  questions 
of  my  friend,  1.  We  spoke  of  "  repentance 
and  faith  as  moral  duties,  whik'  baptism  is  a 
positive  command."  Mr.  S.  asks,  "  Is  baptism 
immoral?  Are  repentance  and  faith  negative 
commands?"  For  his  information,  we  quote 
that,  "  Moral  duties  arise  out  of  the  nature  of 
the  case  itaell,  prior  to  external  command;  pos- 
itive duties  do  uot  arise  out  of  the  nature  of  the 
ease,  hut  from  external  command."  Butler's 
Analogy.  3.  Mr,  S.  asks  us  to  tell  what  "born 
of  water"  (John  3:  5),  and  his  other  proof  texts 
which  do  not  mention  baptism,  "  mean  if  they 
do  not  refer  to  baptism?"  We  answer,  that 
those  that  mention  "  irater,"  irfmhiii;/  and  cleaus- 
inij  refer  to  internal  Hpiritual  cleansing.  David 
said:  "  Wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than 
snow."  Did  he  wish  to  be  baptized?  3,  My 
friend  asks  I'or  the  proof  that  Paul  was  filled 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  betore  baptism.  We  reter 
him  to  Acts  (J:  17,  where  the  reception  of  sight 
and  being  lilted  with  the  "Holy  Ghost"  came 
prior  to  baptism.  Besides  this,  Paul  was  a 
"chosen  vessel"  of  God,  before  his  baptism. 
Ads  9:  15.  Was  he  one  of  "God's  elect"  be- 
fore his  sins  were  purdoned?  4.  He  aaks  if 
baptismal  salvalion  takes  the  power  from  Christ 
to  pardon  sins,  "  does  preaching  in  order  to  sal- 
vation take  from  God  all   power  to  save?  "  \"c. 


We  answer  that  there  i,s  a  vast  difference  be- 
ti^eeii  preaching  Chri.^t  lus  the  only  "  name  un- 
der heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must' 
be  saved,"  oud  claiming  that  we  po.<isess  the 
power  to  regenerate  sinners  ourselves.  The  man 
who  darea  to  stand  between  the  sinner  and  the. 
Savior,  claiming, the  keys  of  heaven  and  bell, 
with  power  to  regenerate  sinners  and  letthem 
go  to  heaven,  or  refuse  to  baptize  them  and  thus 
send  them  to  hell,  is  as-tnily  an  anti-Christ 
i\e  tyrant  of  Rome,  5.  Mr,  S.  thinks  that 
"through  His  name,"  Acts  10:  43,  means  bap- 
tism! Peter  said  to  the  lame  man  at  the  beau- 
tiful gate  of  the  temple,  "  in  the  name  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Nazareth,  rise  up  and  walk,"  Docs 
"  through  faith  in  his  name"  here  mean  bap- 
tism? 6.  Peter,  preaching  to  Cornelius  and 
his  friends,  Acts  10:  43,  said:  "  To  him  [Christ] 
give  all  the  prophets  witness  that  through  his 
nqme  whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall  receive 
remission  of  sins.  While  Peter  yet  spake  these 
words,  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  all  them  which 
heard  the  word,"  and  they  were  made  to  "speak 
with  tongues,  and  magnify  God,"  and  aft^-r  this 
they  were  baptized  in  "  water."  Yet  In  the  face 
of  all  the  prophets  and  the  testimony  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  Mr.  Stein  contends  that  these  per- 
sons were  "  yet  to  be  save  d"  !  Though  the 
miraculous  gift  of  the  Holy  Sjiirit  was  only  to 
he  given  to  the  servants  and  handmaids  of  God, 
yet  Mr.  S.  contends  that  these  persons  were 
still  the  children  of  the  devil,  unpardoned  till 
baptism!  7.  We  introduce  1  Jno.  5: 1,  "Who- 
soever believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  is  born 
of  God," 

But  Mr.  S,  aaks,  "Do'  not  wicked  men  and 
devils  believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  ?"  They 
do  not  believe  with  the  heart.  Acts  S:  37,  Rom. 
10:  10.  They  did  not  have  the  faith  which 
worketh  by  love,  and  purifies  the  heart.  Gal. 
5:  C,  Acts  15:  H.  There  is  no  contradiction 
here.  Once  more,  we  have  the  infallible  proof 
that  the  Tunker  doctrine  of  baptismal  salva- 
tion is  untrue,  because  John  says:  "  Beloved  let 
us  love  one  another,  for  love  is  of  God,  and  ev' 
ery  one  that  loveth,  is  born  of  God,  and  know- 
eth  God,"  1  John  1:  7.  Mark  the  fact:  "  AV- 
rij  one  that  Imeth,  is  born  of  God  find  knou- 
elh  God."  None  should  be  baptized  till  they 
love  God.  But  "er/'cy  one  that  loveth,  is  born 
of  Gud  and  knoiceth  God."  Therefore  baptism 
is  not  a  condition  of  the  new  birth.  If  we 
have  not  noticed  every  dodge  and  quibble  of  my 
friend,  we  have  fully  met  alt  his  arguments  for 
baptismal  salvation.  But  he  really  surrender- 
ed when  be  admitted  that  none  are  to  be  bap- 
ti/ed.  e.vcept  "  those  who  are  regenerated." 

Mr.  Stein  states  that:  "My  second  reason  why 
the  Brethren  possess  this  charac  tern  tic  is,  that 
thpj  baplisv  in  each  of  the  iiaim^s,  Father,  Son 
'lIMij Spirit."  This  is  what  the  Tunkers 
■oneously  call,  "trine  immersion."  My 
friend  starts  out  by  finding  fault  with  the  great 
comniissioii  as  given  by  Jesus  Christ,  Of  it  he 
:  '"Si'ine  words  in  this  formula  necessary  to 
its  com[j!otc  grammatical  construction,  have 
been  omitted  by  what  grammarians  call  'ellip- 
<,'  "  etc.  This  daring  act  brings  us  to  iiur 
Keijntii-e  Arijninfnt  Fourth:  The  Tunker 
churches  are  not  churches  of  Christ,  brrause 
theij  hhri  ifddeit  to  the  words .  of  nuv  fjord's 
great  commission.  Josus  said,  "Go  ye  there- 
fore, and  teach  idl  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
Holy  Spirit."  This  does  not  suit  the  Tun- 
kei^,  .-iO  they  are  not  afraid  to  add.  «'here  Jesus 
oiiiitied,  till  the  Tunker  commission  reads  as 
filled  out  by  Mr.  Moore  and  my  friend  thus  : 
Go  ye  therefore  and  teach  all  nations,  "  Lapti/.- 
ing  them  into  the  muue  of  the  Father,  and  bap- 
ig  them  into  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  bap- 
tizing them  into  the  name  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 
Safe  Ground  by  J.  H.  Moore,  p.  IH.  The  Tun- 
kers deliberately  add  ten  worda  to  the  coniuiu*- 
aioD.  iu  oi'iler  that  the  "grammatical  construc- 
tion" may  suit  the  Tunker  doctrine. 


The  commission  cannot  be  pai-scd  to  suit  the 
Tunker  doctrine  without  adding  tu  God's  woi-d. 
We  could  not  afford  to  do  this  for  a  kingdom. 
The  Holy  Spirit  says:  "  For  I  t-jstify  unto  every 
man  that  liearetli  the  words  of  ihe  prophecy  of 
this  book,  if  any  man  shall  add  unto  these 
things,  God  shall  add  uuto  him  the  pliigues 
that  are  written  in  this  book."  Rev.  22:  IS. — 
The  Tunkers  have  added  to  the  words  of  Jesus 
Christ;  therefore  they  are  not  churches  of 
Christ. 

The  grand  doctrine  of  the  commission  re- 
(juiros,  that  dlsctjdes  mmt  be  baptiied  in  the 
ONE  NAiiE  of  the  triune  God.  Xame  here  does 
not  reler  to  title,  such  as  Father,  Son  or  Ho)y 
Spirit,  but  to  the  three-one  God,  who  is  koowa 
as  the  A'/o/iiJH 'of  the  Hebrew.  It  is  admitted 
by  the  leading  Tnnkera  themselves,  that  bap- 
tism is  a  monument  of  the  burial  and  resurrec- 
tion of  Jesns  Christ.  Therefore,  to  be  consis- 
tent, they  must  hold  that  Jesus  was  buried  and 
arose  from  the  dead  three  times.  But  as  there 
was  but  one  burial  and  resun-ection  of  Christ, 
there  must  he  but  oue  burial  in  baptism,  and 
one  rising  up  to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 

WAR. 

''llHIi  father  ot  Louis  Napoleon  thus  writes  in 
one  of  his  lettera :  "  I  have  been  as  enthu- 
siastic and  Joyful  as  any  one  after  a  victory,  but 
I  confess  even  the  sight'of  a  field  of  battle  has 
not  only  struck  rae  with  horror|  hut  even  turn- 
ed me  sick;  but  now  that  I  am  advanced  in  life 
I  cannot  nnderstnnd  any  more  than  I  could  at 
fifteen  years,  how  beings  who  call  themselves 
reiuson able,  and  who  have  so  much  foresight, 
can  employ  this  short  existence,  not  in  laving 
id  aiding  each  other,  and  in  pa^^siug  through 
as  gently  as  possible,  but,  on  the  contraiy,  in 
endeavoring  to  destroy  each  other,  sis  if  time 
did  not  du  this  with  sufficient  rapidity.  What 
I  thought  at  fifteen  years,  1  atjll  think:  war, 
fhich  society  draws  upon  itself,  is  but  an  or- 
lanized  barbarism,  and  an  inheritance  of  the 
avage  state,  however  disguised  or  ornamented," 


"I  DID  STEAL  THAT    SHEEP." 


a    i    MKMHER  0 
£V     another    wi 


;prtaiu  churcii  charged 
itealing  a  sheep.  The 
culprit  denied  the  charge.  Both  were  men  of 
influence.  The  church  was  divided.  The  coun- 
cil was  called  and  Mr.  Brown  was  there.  There 
were  no  witnesses  except  as  to  character.  It 
was  the  word  of  one  man  against  another.  One 
was  a  slanderer,  or  the  other  a  thief.  Elder 
Brown  suggested  a  most  extraordinary  measure 
to  elicit  the  facts  in  the  case.  He  called  the 
two  men  to  the  rostrum  before  the  pulpit,  and 
directed  the  man  who  made  the  charge  to  en- 
gage in  prayer — and  requested  the  council  and 
audience  to  look  him  in  the  face  while  praying. 
He  made  an  earnest  prayer.  He  appealed  to 
the  Lord  as  one  who  knew  the  charge  "vas  true. 
Then  the  other  was  called  on  tn  follow^  He 
made  a  regular  prayer  for  the  church,  the  pas- 
tor, etc.,  and  then  said;  'As  touching  this  mat- 
ter of  the  sheep,  0  Jjord — a-hum,  as  touching — 
touching — this-ah' — when  he  sprang  to  his  feet, 
and  e.vclaimed,  'Brethren,  I  cannot  pray.  1  did 
steal  that  sheep! '  So  the  matter  was  settled." 
—Ex. 

BROTUEn  John  Metzgur,  of  Corro  Gordo,  III 
is  laboring  with  the  church  in  Heudei'son  Ca, 
Ky.,  he  having  been  appointed  by  Southern  ill., 
to  take  charge  of  the  church  at  that  place 
Though  the  brother  is  old  and  nearly  worn  out, 
yet  he  does  more  real  missionary  work  than 
many  who  are  much  younger.  He  waits  for  no 
plans,  devising  ways  for  raising  money,  but 
goes  right  to  work, 

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THE    BRETHRETSr    J^^r    "VV^ORKl. 


N^ovember    1-4- 


THE  RESURRECTION. 

»Y  .IAS.  Y.  HECKLKR. 

ii  1  AM  till-  resurryction  and  the  life;" 

J.     Suitli  He  who  was,  and  is,  and  is  to  come. 
He  is  the  firat  grnnd  resurrection.    He 
.  The  first  and  hiHt,  and  He  the  Tree   of  Life. 
By  Him,  if  any  man  will  live,  h«  may 
Attain  of  tlint  life-giving,  quick'ning  power 
Which  buret  the  bara  of  death,  and   paved  the 

way 
To  heaven— by  eating  of  the  bread  of  life. 
His  Word  is  ment  and  drink  to  hungry  souIm. 
There  is  embryo  life  in  every  soul, 
A  .spirit  enianaut  from  God.  a  germ, 
A  spark  of  Deity,  enshrined  within 
A  tegument  of  clay:  and  as  tho  soul 
Feeds  on  tho  bread  of  heaven,  it  gathers  strength 
To  live  a  life  of  Rodiiness  on  earth — 
To  soar  aloft  betimes  on  angel's  wing 
Ascending  into  light  ineffable, 
To  view  the  wonders  of  redemption.     There 
Tlie  longing  soul  oft  feels  imparndised 
[n  Eden's  bli-ssful  bowers  above,  where  stands 
The  Tree  of  Life  beside  the  crystal  stream 
That  flows  fjist  by  the  throne  of  God.    Mean- 
while, 
The  earne.-it  soul  obedient  to  His  Word, 
Has  gained  tho  resurrection  and  the  life. 
Through  living  faith,  made  practical  by  worki 
Because  that  sonl  liiks  Jesus  Christ  whs  is 
The  resurrecfion  and  the  life   in.   Him. 
The  saint  now  lives  and  walks  with  God,   with 

God 
Holds  daily  intercourse,  but  wails  his  time 
Of  dissolution,  when  to  leave  this  house. 
Of  clay,  to  hy  his  garments  by.     He  knows 
That  when  this  earthly  house  shall  be  dissolved, 
He  has  a  houie.  a  temple  built  of  God, 
Made  incorruptible  and  pure  in  heaven; 
A  home  wherein  his  soul  shall  dwell  forever. 
Nor  may  it  be  as  some  profess,  that  God 
Would  gather  every  particle  of  duat 
Belonging  to  the  house  dissolved,  to  build 
A  temple  new.  wherein  He  would  enshrine 
The  soul-     Nor  yet  as  most  of  others  say, 
That  from  the  earth  shall  rise  those  bodies  dead 
Brought  forth  to  life  at  the  archangle's  voict 
To  meet  the  great  assize.     Mark  the  context: 
Think  ye,  tliose  bodies  dead  that  have  dissolved 
To  earth  again,  and  some  for  ages  past, 
Shall  reappear  out  of  the  earth  of  earth? 
The  thaft" surrounding  wheat  will  never  grow; 
Thegerm,  the  grain,  theseed  will  grow,  and  that 
[s  natural,  but  this  is  spiritual. 
And  very  much  involved  in  mystery. 
Nay,  ye  believe  the  saints  avu  all  consigned 
To  Paradise,  to  take  their  chambers  there; 
And  whether  wakeful  or  asleep  in  Christ, 
The  time  they  sojourn  there,  they  will  dwell  in 

light 
Unspeakable,  and  rest  in  blissful  peace. 
Until  the  trump  of  God  shall  sound  through  all 
The  universe,  and  the  archangel's  voice 
Ke~heard;  when  God  shall   bring   with  Him  all 

those 
Who  were  in  Paradise — with  bodies  bright. 
And  raiment  shining,  like  the  Son  of  Man — 
To  gather  His  elect  yet  on  the  earth, 
Who  then  will  suddenly  be  changed  to  meet 
Their  Savior  in  the  air.     But  those  who  died 
In  sin,  went  down  into  the  daik  abodes. 
Assimilated  nnto  Satan's  image, 
Where  they  must  dwell  iu  darknes-s  and  despair, 
Until  their  time  shall  come,  with  bodies  dark 
'/et  incorruptible,  to  reappear 
(hi  earth;  whether  wakeful  or  asleep  ^/if 
fii  death,   ihe  time  tliey  sojourn  Ihefe,   they 

dwell  .'  • 

f.n  darkness  and  delusiou.H  of  the  great 
/Vrfh-eufiny.  to  meet  their  fate  vs-ith  him, 

PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

nV  I.KWIS  O,  JIl'SIMKIl. 


WE  have  already  abowii  that  ijurili- 
cation  cannot  be  the  secondary 
ineanin"'  of  LaptiKo,  iVom  the  fact  that 
it  t'ould  not  be  appropriated  to  the  or- 
diiiancp  of  baptism  in  that  sense;  and 
that  is  inconsistent  with  the  command  of 
Glnist,  as  well  as  the  nature  of  the  rite, 
(IS  purification  is  not  etteetcd  by  baptism, 
imt  by  fdif/i  and  re^enionn',  whiehleiids 
you  into  the  observance  of  all  the  com 
ranndments,  commeucini^  with  baptism 
and  ending  with  the  anointing.  Some 
say  baptism  is  only  an  emblem  of  puri- 
fication, then  purification  is  an  emblem 
of  purification!    Strange  pliiWogyt!!    If 


tiie  meaning  of  the  word  is  purification, 
and  that  meaning  appropriated.,  to  the 
■ite,  then  it  could  not  mean  purification 
n  reiiUty,  and  al.so  in  einhlein.  Would 
not  immeifiion  be  as  good  an  emblem  of 
purificationas  sprinkling  and  pouring? 
While  I  admit  that  baptism  is  an  em- 
blem of  purification,  I  deny  that  puri- 
fication is  tlie  secondary  or  any  other 
meaning  of  "baptizo."  The  main  em- 
blem in  the  rite,  is  an  emblem  of  death, 
■ial  and  resurrection,  and  our  union 
with  him  in  that  emblem.  But  before 
we  say  anything  about  that,  I  want  to 
say  something  more  about  this  purifica- 
tion. Every  person  that  knows  anv- 
thinc  about  the  laws  and  philosophy  of 
language,  knows  that  the  phraseology 
of  the  haptismal  fornnda  is  cliptlcal 
and  that  when  the  elipsis  is  supplied, 
the  formula  reads,  "Go  teach  all  nations, 
baptize  them  into  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, and  baptize  them  into  the  name  of 
the  Son,  and  baptize  them  into  the  name 
of  the  Holy  Ghost." 

We  ^rill  now  substitute  purify  for 
baptism,  and  see  how  it  will  read.  "  Go 
teach  all  nations,  purifying  them  into 
the  name  of  the  Father  and  purifjing 
them  into  the  naoie  of  the  Son,  and  pu- 
rifying them  into  the  name  of  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Three  purifications  would  be 
rather  supei-fluous  in  the  rite,  when  the 
heart  had  just  been  purified  by  faith  and 
repentance.  In  .every  light  that  th< 
subject  can  be  viewed,  purify  would  be 
disqualified. 

We  will  now  look  at  Horn.  0:'  3,  4 
"Know  ye  not  that  so  many  of  us  as 
were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,  were 
baptized  into  his  death?  Therefore 
are  buried  with  him .  by  baptism  into 
death;  that  like  as  Christ  was  raised  up 
from  the  dead  by  the  glory  of  the  Fath- 
er, even  so  we  also  should  walk  in  new- 
of  life;"  "for  if  we  have  been  plant- 
ed in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall 
also  in  the  likeness'  of  his  resurrec- 
tion." Here  we  have  the  emblem  of 
death,  burial  and  resurrection,  and  our 
union  with  Christ..  Nothing  but  im 
mei-sion  exlubits  the  emblem.  Sprink- 
ling destroys  the  emblem. 

Ihaveuowsaid  enough  to  convince 
any  man  that  wants  to  know  the  truth, 
that  purification  is  not  baptism,  and 
thatnothingbut  immersion  is  baptism. 
I  want  to  say,  that  although  the  heart 
is  purified  by  faith  and  repentance,  yet 
that  purification  does  not  save  us. 
Christ's  kingdom  has  no  end,  and  all 
children  are  born  into  this  kingdom, 
and  remain  into  his  kingdom  until  they 
are  led  into  the  kingdom  of  Satan,  by 
his  fabulous  pleasures.  That  kingdom 
being  in  rebellion  against  the  kingdom 
of  Christ,  and  by  entering  that  kingdom, 
we  become  reheh^  and  when  like  the 
prodigal  sou,  we  repent  of  our  conduct, 
and  weep  our  eyes  away,  iinless  we  re- 
turn to  the  Father's  house,  our  faith  and 
repentance  will  amount  to  nothing;  \> 
will  die  in  the  foreign  land.  Baptism  r 
unites  us  to  Christ.  It  was  the  prerog; 
tive  of  the  Son  of  God  to  save  the  thief 
upon  the  cross  without  baptism,  but  hi 
has  left  no  promise  of  salvation  on  those 
termstotlio.se  who  have  a  privilege  to 
obey  his  eommnds.  There  are  many 
points  that  I  might  consider,  but  I  have 
now  said  much  more  than  I  intended 
when  I  started  out,  and  have  shown  by 
theinfallibelaws  of  appropriation,  tliat 
it  is  hnpun.'iitjh  for  anything  else  than 
immeraion  to  be  baptism.  Tlie  fabulous 
ships  who  are  sailing  under  the  Chris- 
tian nanu^,  may  offer  you  many  addition- 
al advantages  over  the  old  Sliip  of  Zion, 
and  may  carry  you  on  flowery  beds  of 
ease,  with    your   union,  with    the    vast 


characters  on  earth,  in  your  secret  or- 
ganizations; but  whether  the  Master 
be  able  to  recognize  his  own  Ship 
and  condemn  the  rest  as  impostore,  ev 
ery  one  may  judge  for  himself,  it  is 
not  for  me  to  say,  but  there  is  some  room 
fur  doubt  at  Iqast.  It  is  wisdom  to  make 
ure  work,  and  not  take  any  chances.  I 
will  now  bring  my  dissertation  to  a  close, 
by  calling  on  all  Christians  that  respect 
the  institutions  of  Christ  to  spvead  a 
correct  English  translation,  instead  of 
Kiug  James'  translation. 

Any  person  aetiuainted  with  the  rules 
of  King  James,  can  easily  discover  the 
motive  of  the  King.  I  will  here  append 
some  of  the  rules  with  some  remarks. 
"1.  The  ordinary  Bible,  read  in  the 
church,  commonly  called  the  bishop's 
Bible,  to  be  followed  and  as  little  alter^ 
ed  as  the  original  will  permit."  Tht 
word  "baptism"  was  one  of  the  words 
that  Catholocism  opposed  in  Wicklifte's 
translations.  AVickliffe  translated  from 
vulgate  Latin,  and  translated  the  word 
hapt'uo  by  the  word  vJiisJi.  The  reign- 
ing clergy  suppressed  this  translation, 
put  Wicklitt'e  to  death,  and  destroyed 
all  the  books  they  could  find  of  his 
translation.  Now  take  Kiug  James'  in- 
structions and  you  can  see  at  a  glance, 
why  it  was  that  the  word  haptism,  was. 
not  translated  into  English.  The  object 
was  to  keep  the  people  in  ignorance,  and 
get  them  to  accept  the  traditions  of  the 
church  for  the  ordinances  of  Christ. 
Bnpto,  could  be  translated  into  English, 
although  the  meaning  is  e.xactly  the 
same  as  hapitizo.  But  baptizo  was  the 
word  appropriated  to  the  ordinance  and 
the  meaning  must  be  concealed  as  much 
as  possible.  liaino  and  cheo  can  be 
translated  into  English,  but  poor  hapdzo 
must  be  anr/Iicizcd.  Strange  indeed! 
that  the  word  that  concerns  the  disciples 
of  Jesus  so  much  should  be  translated 
in  the  best  possible  manner  to  mystify 
instead  of  enlighten  the  weakest  intel- 
lect. 

I  hope  that  all  good-meaning  people 
will  no  longer  use  this  deceptive  trans- 
lation. Take  rule  first,  three  and  four, 
and  they  are  only  decoys  for  the  other 
rules.  Wishing  all  my  readere  a  full 
knowledge  of  this  ordinauce  of  their 
Lord  and  Master,  I  close  this  disserta- 
tion. 

XorC/i  Topoha-t  Kan. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE   EAST. 

A  Love-feast— Good  Preachlag— Examining  Our- 
.  selves— The  Trio  of  Ordinances  —  Singing 
Hymns— Intfirestiiig  Sermons— The  Sick  Vis- 
ited—Our  Eveniug  Sermon— Our  Lord's  Day 
Services. 

Ifrooi  Our  Spwkl  Con.-it-..i.Ui>l.) 


0 


NUMBKi:  X. 

N  the  morning  of  the  ITth  of  Oct 
it  was  our  sacred  privilege  to  have 
a  release  from  our  cumbrous  cares  ii 
dent  to  business  life.  At  an  early  hour 
we  directed  our  thoughts  and  efforts  to 
wards  a  place  where  the  disciples  of  Je- 
sus should  commune  with  Him  and  with 
each  other.  A  blustering  South  west 
wind  made  the  dusty  turnpike  verv  un- 
pleasant, and  reminded  us  very  sensiljly 
of  the  experiences  of  a  true  Christian 
profession. 

A  few  hour's  buggy-ride  brought  us 
to  the  enterprising  county  town  of  Hag 
erstown,  Md.,  about  eleven  miles  from 
our  town.  Here  we  found  a  hospitable 
home  where  we  found  kiud  hearts  and 
kindred  spirits  in  the  Lord.  We  soon 
proceeded  "unto  the  house  of  God  in 
company."  It  was  a  considerable  drive, 
and  when  we  came  to  tiie  meeting — 
Broad  Fording — the  services  were  some- 
what advanced.     AVe  were  made    to  re- 


joice m  spirit  when  we  beard  tlie  well- 
known  voice  of  brother  Moses  Miller 
preaching 

TlIK  X.VMK  OK  .TKsrs, 
dra\vn  from  the  words  of  the  prophet 
Isaiah:  "Behold!  I  have  given  him  for  a 
Witness  to  the  people,  a  Leader  and  a 
Commander  to  the  people,"  We  should 
not  do  justice  to  re-produce  the  many 
good  thoughts  expressed.  The.  proph- 
et's language  is  very  suggestive, 
and  is  a  most  charming  theme  for  ev- 
ery one  of  us  who  have  received  1  lim  as 
the  True  Witness  from  the  court  of  the 
Upper  Sanctuary,  and  who  love  to  fol- 
low Him  as  our  safe  Leader  and  infal- 
lible commander.  The  congregation 
.  was  held  in  deep  interest,  and  we  were 
made  to  feel  the  grace  of  God  which 
biingeth  salvation. 

Brother  Daniel  Lougenecker  of  Ad- 
ams Co.,  Pa.,  gave  testimony  to  the 
word  preached,  speaking  of  the  trials 
that  some  must  endure  to  follow  Je- 
sus as  their  Leader  and  obey  Him  as 
their  Commander.  He  related  an  inci- 
dent of  a  woman  who  was  a  Keeker  af- 
ter the  truth  and  finally  made  up  her 
mind  to  obey  Jesus.  This  became  known 
to  heY  husband,  and  he  at  once  opposed 
her  fiercely.  When  she  left  home  to 
unite  herself  with  the  church,  he  threat- 
ened her  that  "the  oven  would  be  hot 
and  she  must  go  into  it  if  she  would  go 
to  be  baptized."  But  she  went  to  fol- 
low Jesus  as  her  Leader.  On  her  re- 
turn he  went  out  to  meet  her,  and  as  she 
approached,  her  face  shone  with  the 
smile  of  heaven,  her  heart  was  kindled 
with  a  Savior's  love,  and  with  extended 
ed  arms  she  embraced  her  cruel  husband 
speaking  of  her  consolation  in  Christ, 
The  "austere  man"  was  moved,  and  be 
was  reconciled.  There  is  no  use  iu  op- 
posing God.  Nor  will  He  suffer  His 
children  to  be  overcome  when  their 
treasures  are  laid  up  with  Him.  The 
night  may  be  dark  and  threatening,  but 
joy  comes  in  the  morning. 

After  an  intermission  the  examination 
[■vice  was  announced  by  singing.  Bro, 
L.  Pfontz  read  the  chapter — 1  Cor.  11 — 
and  brother  E.  W.  Stoner  of  Union 
Bridge,  Md,,  opened  the  subject  by  say- 
ing, that  if  we  had  come  together  to  ex- 
amine one  another  we  should  find  more 
than  we  were  able  to  do.  That  is  the 
idea.  It  must  be  an  individual  work. 
It  is  self-examination.  One  must  not 
judge  another  as  to  fitness  or  motive. 
But  if  one  is  known  to  the  church  as 
being  a  party  to  unsettled  difficulties  or 
guilty  of  grave  misdemeanor,  or  other 
public  fault  not  repented  of,  then  the 
church  deals  with  her  according  to  the 
Gospel  order,  The  brother  gave  us 
many  good  words  of  caution  and  com- 
fort, speaking  also  of  the  internal  op- 
eration of  the  Spirit  and  of  the  Word, 
Brother  David  Long,  of  the  Manor 
church,  followed  with  timely  words  to 
envious  people  and  backbitei-s.  He  re- 
minded us  of  how  the  Lord  hates  those 
who  sow  "discord  among  brethren."  True 
diseipleship  tends  to  preserve  the  faith 
and  bind  together  the  children  of  God. 
"Let  a  man  examine  himself,"  and  re- 
pent of  all  wrong,  resolve  to  live  right, 
and  "go  and  sin  no  more."  If  we  would 
be  followers  of  Jesus,  we  must  embrace 
the  entire  doctrine  of  the  church  and 
live  accordingly.  After  the  usual  exer- 
uise  of  prayer,  there  was  another  inter- 
mission. 


Till-:  TIIIIEK  01{DI,VAXCi;s 

of  the  evening  services — Feet-washing, 
Lord's  Supper  and  the  Communion- — 
were  attended  with  gi'eat  solemnity.  O 
what  a  privilege  to  sit  down  with  the 
lielievers  and  have  sweet    fellowship    at 


November    1  -1 


'vi-iK  BHi-^xi-ii^K:^'  ^T  "Work:. 


tilt'  Lord's  table.  How  it  lifts  the  soul 
aljove  the  tranaitory  things  of  life,  and 
lUfikes  us  wish  for  that  "othev  shore" 
where  love  is  ijerfect  and  fellowship 
oomplete ! 

AVe  spent  the  night  at  the  home  of  our 
beloved  brother,  Christian  Keefer,  the 
elder,  and  at  nine  A.  M.,  next  morning 
had  the  pleasure  of  joining  in  the  sing- 
ingof  hymnsat  tUemeeting-honse  again. 
This  was  an  appropriate  exercise.  Some 
l>ersons  are  very  pione  to  talk  of  world 
ly  things  when  serious  and  religious  con- 
versation should  be  engaged  in.  A  half 
hour  wai-  spentvery  profitably,  and  then 
the  services  were  opened  in  the  regular 
manner. 

Brothel-  Daniel  Longenecker  spoke 
upon  the  words,  "  God  hath  chosen  the 
the  foolish  things  of  the  world  to  con- 
found the  things  that  are  mighty."  (We 
expect  to  give  a  synopsis  of  the  sermon 
if  our  notes  will  serve  us  satisfactorily). 
He  showed  how 

I.     God  is  \viser  than  men. 
H.     God  Ijrings  strength  out  of  weak- 
ness, 

in.  God  wants  men  to  have  faith. 
He  was  followed  by  brother  Stoner 
\\'ith  many  good  words,  and  dwelling 
with  tenderness  upon  the  parting  thought. 
AVe  were  encouraged  to  be  faithful  and 
1-0  on  in  every  good  work  until  the  Mas- 
ter calls.  The  450th  hymn  was  sung 
and  the  meeting  closed.  After  a  repast 
and  farewells,  we  came  on  our  wayhome- 
wardjcalling  at  the  home  of  sister  Shank, 
the  widow  of  the  late  elder  John  Shank 
near  Greencastle.  She  is  prostrated  with 
consumption  and  under  the  constant 
care  of  our  sister  Koontz,  a  physician. 
May  the  Lord  remember  her  affliction 
and  make  bright  her  hope  of  glory  in 
that  better  world  above.  May  sweet 
angels  welcome  her  as  she  crosses  the 
threshold. 

Brother   Longenecker  came    with    us 
and  preached  in  town.     Text  Kom.  8: 1. 
I,     The  Condemnation  of  sin. 
H.     Our  Freedom  in  Christ. 
lU.     Our  Spiritual  Walk. 
Yesterday    our    meeting  was    at  the 
Plain  Hill  appointment.  After  the  usual 
opening,  the  fifth  chapter  of  second  Cor- 
inthians was  read.     A  ministering  broth- 
er spoke  of  the    life    and    conversion  of 
the  author  of  the  epistle,  and  then  of 
I.     Our  Earthly  house. 
IL     Our  Heavenly  Mansion. 
HI.     Our  preparation  for  the  jhange, 
A  brother   bore   testimony,  and  then 
our  beloved  elder  made  some  appropri 
ate  remarks  on  our  individual  Vsponsi 
bility  and  the  requisites  for  the    inhcri 
tance  of    the    "house    not   made    with 
hands."     He    closed  the    meeting    with 
the  (30Sth  hymn  and  prayer;  ■      - 

We  spent  the  afternoon'  in  the  com- 
pany of  brethren  talking  mostly  about 
the  Word  of  God. 

Tlie  text  at  the  meeting  in  town  to- 
night was  2  Cor. -r  10,  ->0. 

Yours  in  hope 'of  lift  eternal. 
D.  B.  M. 
]ra;/ne.ihoro,  P<f.,  O.-t  i*l,--/,  1ST>;. 


THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion  on  a  "bie"    Subject. 

.\   ShlOfi)X  KKI.IVKllKll  HY  s.  ||.   itArillOl!. 

THE  theme  of  this  discussion  is  the 
''e//.H/c7(V  l>es(  sMtc.'^  The  propo- 
sition ife.  Are  f/enulnc  rfplru!''  (he  br-il 
date  of  the  chm-rhi  or,  are  revivals  ad- 
missablein  theohurchc//  ii/f.  and  dolhey 
promote  the  cause  of  Christ,  or  do  the)  , 
not  ti-nd  rather  to  the  deterioration  of  ve' 
li-i.m,  linaltlii  We  an-  aware  that 
many  iittdligent  and  goud-nieaning  peo- 


ple are  divided  upon  this  subject.  Some 
who  have  attended  interesting  and  well- 
conducted  revivals,  whose  hearts  are  fill- 
ed with  the  love  of  God,  and  are  warm 
with  the  holy  fire;  who  have  gathered 
in,  and  aredesirlngto  gather  in, the  bless- 
ed fruits  of  the  gracious  work,  will  un- 
hesitatingly, and  even  with  warmth  ex- 
claim: Revivals  are  the  most  glorious 
and  best  state  of  the  church  this  side  of 
heaven  itself;  and  if  all    would  engage 

them,  the  millennium  would  soon  be 
ushered  in."  Others,  no  doubt  equally 
pious,  and  elevated  to  the  cause  of  the 
Lord,  will  negative  this  proposition,  and 
say,  "we  love  to  see  the  cause  of  Christ 
prosper,  but  for  the  judiciousness  of  re- 
vival work,  we  wouljl  have  no  objections 
to  a  well-conducted  and  proper  effort^ 
but  think  that  revivals,  in  general,  ai'e 
not  the  church's  most  glorious  state; 
we  think  we  can  conceive  of  a  state  pos- 
sible which  would  be  much  preferable." 

A  third  class  prohahly  as  honest,  are 
opposed  altogether  to  revival  work,  aud 
to  them  even  the  name  revival  is  ob- 
noxious. We  hold,  that  men  of  this  class 
are  ignorant  in  a  measure  of  vital  god- 
liness and  need  to  be  awakened  to  a  full 
knowledge  of  church  work,  aud  her  im- 
portant mission  among  men. 

We  shall  then,  first  call  attention  to 
the  mission  of  the  church  and  the  labors 
of  the  evangelists  of  Jesus  Christ,  how 
they  worked  and  what  they  accomplish- 
ed in  laboring  for  the  church.  We  hold 
that  the  grand  design  of  the  church  is, 
the  salvation  of  a  lost  world  by  the  con- 
vereion  and  regeneration  of  souls.  That 
this  J*  her  most  glorious  aud  sublime  de- 
sign, and  should  be  constantly  ardently 
pui^sued  by  her,  is  evident  from  the  na- 
ture of  the  case,  presented  in  the  follow- 
ing reasons: 

1.  The  world  has  apostatized  from 
God,  and  unless  reclaimed,  will  perish. 

2.  All  men  have  sinned  and  are  by 
nature,  fallen,  polluted  and  guilty;  and 
must  be  converted  and  regenerated  or 
eternally  lost. 

3.  The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth,  and  the 
salt  of  the  earth.  The  chm-ch  is  the 
"light  of  the  world,"  but  let  her  light 
be  obscured  by  cold  formalities,  shad- 
ows for  substauce,  ceremonies  and  forms 
for  vital  purity,  life  and  power,  and  her 
olijeet  is  not  accomplished,  her  glory  be- 
comes obscured ,  darkness  covers  the 
earth  and  souls  are  not  saved. 

4.  The  church  is  the  body  of  Christ 
on  earth,  (Gal.  'A:  27),  and  imles  a  man 
is  in  Christ,  he  is  not  a  new  creature. 
The  Lord  said  to  Nicodemue,  "Except  a 
man  be  born  again,  lie  cannot  see  the 
kingdom  of  God."  John  3:  .3.  Again, 
"without  holiness,  no  man  .shall  .see  the 
Lord."  '  1  Peter  1 :'  1(3.'  Therefore'  the 
church  is  the  instrumeiit  in  the  hands  ot' 
God,  to  labor  for,  and  effect  the  conver- 
sion aud  regeneration  of  the  soul^  of 
men.  If  she  does  not  thus  labor,  what 
good  does  she  accomplish  for  the  spirit- 
ual interests  of  men?  None  at  all.  She 
might  as  well  be  withoub  existence. 
The  apostle  in  2  Cor.  o:  30,  says,  "Now 
then  we  ai'e  embassadors  for  Christ,  a: 
tliough  G6d  did  beseech  you  liy  us;  wi 
pray  yon  in  Cln-ist's  stead,  be  ye  reeon 
ciled  to  God.  Tlic  woi'k  of  the  church 
is  to  preach  tint  Gospel  to  every  creat.ure 
or  send  her  ministers  to  do  so,  with  the 
assmance  that  "  he  ihat  believeth  and 
is  baptized  shall  be  savud,  he  that  be 
lieviith  not,  sbiiU  be  damned."  Mark  Hi 
Ifi.  This  was  the  mission  of  the  apos 
ties  aud  evangelists  as'they  went  about 
doing  the  work  of  the  church.  The)- 
went  abroad  I'vcrywhere  and  preached 
that  men  should  I'epeiit.     Hence  wehe; 


Peter  on  Pentecost  declare,  from  a  heart 
full  of  heavenly  fire  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
to  the  thousands  who  iuquived,  "  men 
and  brethren,  what  shall  wedoi"  "]ie- 
pent  and  be  baptized  every  one  of  you 
in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins;  and  ye  shall  receive  the 
gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Acts  2:  37, 
3S.  And  what  resulted?  The  conver- 
sion of  three  thousand  in  one  day.  This 
certainly  proves  the  design  of  the  church 
to  be  the  conversion  aud  regeneration 
of  souls.  We  also  hear  Paul  standing 
up  before  the  philosphers  and  wise  men 
of  Athens,  e.Kclaim:  "Thetimeof  this  ig- 
norance God  winked  at,  but  -now  com- 
maudeth  all  men  everyivhere  to  rei'ent." 
Acts  17:  30. 

We  might  present  other  arguments 
draM'n  from  the  design  and  tendency  ol* 
the  sacraments  of  the  church.  Baptism 
teaches  in  the  most  forcible  manner  that 
men  are  sinners,  vile,  guilty  and  pollut- 
ed, and  therefore  need  to  be  washed, 
cleansetl,  and  regenerated,  before  they 
can  be  full  and  accepted  members  of  the 
body  of  Christ  on  earth,  or  fit  to  dwell 
above.  The  design  of  the  washing  of 
the  saint's  feet,  is  what?  Is  it  not  to 
teach  humility  of  heart,  and  to  be  an 
outward  sign  of  our  love  and  obedience 
to  our  adorable  Head?  So  with  the 
Lord's  Supper ;  it  continually  presents 
to  the  mind  in  its  observance,  the  ho- 
ly and  unalloyed  reunion  of  saints  and 
angels  above. 

The  tendency  of  the  Ion  f  and  cup  of 
Communion  is  to  constantly,  prominent- 
ly aud  vividly  present  the  great  cardi- 
nal feature  of  the  plan  of  salvation,  the 
atonement  of  the  blood  of  Christ  along 
with  the  binding  necessity  of  being 
sanctified  by  that  blood.  It  always  pre- 
sents a  Savior  crucified,  and  tells  us  in  a 
manner  much  more  powerful  and  touch- 
ing than  language  can  possibly  express 
it.  "He  was  woimded  for  our  trans- 
gression and  bruised  for  our  iniquities, 
the  chastisement  of  om-  peace  was  upon 
him."  So,  too,  the  Holy  Kiss  or  kiss  of 
charitv  reminds  us  of  that  inward, 
higher  and  holier  union  displayed  in  the 
doctrine  of  Christ.  All  this  pi'oves  that 
the  design  of  the  church  is  to  convert, 
regenerate  and  sanctify  the 'souls  of  lost 
humanity.  For  this  cause  Christ  died, 
arose  from  the  dead  and  established  his 
church  on  earth,  ascended  to  heaven, 
and  intercedes  at  the  right  hand  of  God 
for  us.  But  he  cannot  save  men  with- 
out they  are  converted  and  regenerated, 
hence  this  is  the  grand  design  of  his  me- 
cliatorial  kingdom.  We  have  dwelt 
somewhat  largely  upon  this  point,  for 
upOn  it  is  founded  our  whole  superstruc- 
t\ire. '  We  shall  deduce  some  very  iin- 
por'taht    hifen  necfi  from  it. 

( 7'(>  he  continued). 

FAITH  AND  HOLINESS. 


ARE  you  still  willing  to  labor  for  an 
increatie  of  faith  and  holiuess  in 
youi'self  aud  other.s,  is  a  question  gen- 
erally asked  by  the  vistiting  brethren, 
when  making  their  annual  osits  to  the 
members,  and  the  anaweris  in  the  afiiin- 
ative,  "  I  am."  Tills  is  a  renewal  of 
tlh-  vtiw  or  cDVcnant  we  make  with  God 
and  i\\''  i  Imi'li  when  we  Were  led  down 
into  the  f:U<--am  and  burled  W)th  Christ 
lu  baptism,  ,to  cume  forth  and  walk  in 
newness  of  life  and  labor  in  the  vine- 
yard of  the  Lord, — when  we  promised 
to  renounce  Sat:in  with  all  his  pernicious 
ways  and  sinful  plea-sures  of  this  world, 
and  livp  faithful  until  death, 

"Wlialsoevfr  my  hands  findeth  to  do,  I 


will  do  it  with  all  ray  might.  Labor 
implies  that  there  is  something  to  be 
done — something  to  be  required  at  our 
hands,  that  there  is  a  work  before  i\8, 
that  when  we  have  entered  the  church> 
and  made  the  good- confession,  that  wo 
cannot  sit  down  upon  a  stool  of  do-noth- 
'ng,  and  say, "  I  have  ren-,muced  my 
former  ways — I  have  como  to  Jesus  and 
have  found  rest."  The  Savior  says, 
"Take  my  yoke  upon  you  and  learn  of 
me,  for  I  am  meek  and  lowly  in  heart, 
and  you  shall  find  rest  to  your  souls."  Thn 
final  rest  follows  after  our  labors  are  end- 
ed and  ouv  work  is  done.  The  apostle 
Paul  instructs  the  brethren  at  Philippi 
to  work  out  their  salvation  with  fejir 
and  trembling.  The  apostle  John  says, 
I  must  work  the  works  of  him  that 
sent  me  while  it  is  day,  for  the  night 
Cometh  wherein  no  man  can  work," 
thus  .showing  that  we  have  a  work  to 
do  while  in  the  day-time  of  life,  for  the 
night  of  death  will  soon  overtake  U8, 
aud  then  we  cannot  work,  but  must  go 
to  give  an  account  of  how  we  have  spent 
our  time  here. 

An  increase  of  faith  and  holiness,  im 
plies  that  we  need  more  faith, — stronger 
faith  and  still  become  more  holy; — live 
closer  to  God's  Word  and  become  more 
and  more  weaned  from  the  perisliing 
things  of  this  world,  until  we  can  pre.- 
sent  our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice  unto 
the  Lord,  and  our  light  shine  as  a  city 
upon  a  hill,  and  our  bodies  be  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Most  High.  But  alas!  how 
often  do  we  see  people  make  a  profess- 
ion of  religion,  vow  to  God  that  they 
will  live  faithful  until  death,  and  when 
visited,  renew  their  vow  year  after  year, 
and  .say  they  are  of  the  same  mind  a^ 
when  they  were  received  into  the  church, 
and  are  still  willing  to  labor  with  the 
church,  and  have  a  gi-eat  desire  for  the 
cause  of  Christ,  ui'ge  the  bi'ethren  on  to 
havemore preaching, more  Communions, 
and  seem  to  be  very  zealous.  Tliey  go 
to  the  table  of  the  Lord,  there  eat  and 
drink  of  the  emblems  of  the  broken 
body  aud  shed  blood  of  our  Lord  and 
Savior,  in  remembrance  of  his  suffer- 
ings, trials  and  death.  But  as  soon  as 
the  cross  appears  in  their  path,  they  are 
like  the  seed  that  fell  amongst  thornH 
and  thistles,  which  sprang  up  aud  chok- 
ed them,  and  they  became  unfruitful, 
and  have  suffered  the  thorns  and  thistlea 
to  choke  them.  AVhen  their  seats  are 
vacant  at  time  of  worship  in  the  house 
of  God,  they  begin  to  make  excuses,  as 
did  those  who  were  bidden  at  the  feast. 
Luke  li:  17,  IS.  One  says,  "It  was. 
too  warm  to-day;"  another  says,  "itloofes 
like  rain,  and  I  did  not  feel  like  goinpj 
to  meeting;"  another  says, '■  I  was  not 
feeling  quite  well  and  did  not  go."  All 
forgettina;  that  their  Savior  suffered  till 
the  sweat  became  as  great  drops  of  blood, 
was  spit  upon,  was  mocked  was  crown- 
ed with  thorns,  crucified, — suffen^d  and 
died — all  that  they  might  live  and  en- 
ter Into  eternal  rest. 

Again  ask  them  if  they  have  worship 
iu  their  families,  they  will  tell  you  they 
uan't  pray.  What!  can't  pray?  can'i 
talk  to  God?  can't  ask  God's  blessings 
in  such  away  that  he  can  understand 
you  ?  "Can't  pray !"  Still  boasting  that 
you  are  better  than  your  neighbor,  be- 
cause you  belong  to  a  church  that  keeps 
all  the  commandments,  and  you  don't 
pi'ayl  We  ai-e  taught  to  "  pray  every- 
\vliere,"  and  you  say  you  can't  do  It !  yet 
you  are  keeping  all  the  comnmndmenls! 

Dear  bretVren  and  sister's,  let  us  wake 
from  this  dreary  slumber,  and  shake 
off  dull  slotli,  and  trim  ouv  lamp's  that 
they  may  shine  forth  to  light  tlie  way 
nf  sinners,  to  lead  them  from  darknca* 
unto  eternal  light. 


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LuQub,  CarioU  Co.,  111- 


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An  ourthqimke  occurred  ill  Salvador,  Central 
Amerieii,  October  6,  causing  feiu'l'nl  loss  of  life 
lUjil  i)ro|>erty.  In  Jucuapa  nearly  every  house 
WHS  destroyed. 


Ox  the  fifth,  brother  Moore  left  Luiiark  for 
his  old  home  near  Urhana,  III.,  where  he  will 
stierid  several  days  among  the  loved  associates 
of  former  days. 

Wb  deaire  :i  copy  of  No.  36,  of  Vol.  2.  Any 
one  hiiviiig  this  number,  and  wishiug  to  dispof^e 
of  it,  will  please  send  it  to  us,  and  we  will  for- 
ward in  place  of  it  the  Childhex  at  Wouk,  six 
months. 


UuoTnp.n  D.  B.  Gibson  commenced  ii  scries  of 
meetings  the  0th  insf.,  in  Brown  Co.,  Kan.,  and 
on  the  19th  (vill  begin  to  labor  with  the  breth- 
ren in  Ray  Co.  Mo.  He  ha9  been  chosen  Mod- 
erator in  a  public  discussion  hetiveen  Eider  W. 
C.  liogers,  ileforiuer;  and  Mr.  E.  Mauford,  a 
Uiiivei-salist.  The  debate  is  to  take  place  the 
iilith  and  37th  inst.,  in  Bnchannn  Co.  Mo.  He 
cvpects  to  reach  Lanark  by  Dec.  Rrd,  in  time  for 
the  special  District  MeetinL'. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

WK  suggest  to  our  agents  the  necessity  ol 
making  an  early  canva.ss  of  their  Selds 
this  year.  None  of  our  readers  want  to  miss 
one  number  of  the  paper  between  the  two  toI- 
unies,  therefore  the  necessity  of  sending  the 
names  in  as  soon  as  possible.  If  possible,  we 
ivould  like  to  have  all  the  names  in  by  Dec.  25. 
so  thiit  wi-  can  get  our  books  in  good  shape  he- 
fore  the  commencement  of  next  volume. 

By  having  the  names  in  early,  we  can  tell 
how  many  to  print  of  the  fii-st  No.  We  do  not 
like  to  keep  too  many  back  numbers  in  store 
without  knowing  for  certain  whether  we  are 
i;oing  to  have  calls  for  them.  Those  of  our 
readers  who  do  not  want  to  miss  any  part  of  the 
debatt?  should  see  to  it  that  their  names  are  in 

SOWIwa  THE  SEED. 

ipilOM  the  Minutes  of  the  late  District  Meet- 
1  ing  of  Southern  Mo.,  we  glean  as  follows; 
"  Will  this  D.  M.  appoint  brethren  to  attend 
to  calls  for  missionary  labor  within  the  bounds 
of  the  Southern  District  of  Mo.,  and  advise  the 
churches  to  furnish  the  District  Treasurer  with 
means  to  assist  in  said  work-'  Answer:  We 
advise  the  churches  to  contribute  for  mission 
work  something  like  fifty  cents  per  member, 
per  year,  and  forward  the  same  to  the  District 
Treasurer."  S.  S.  Mohler,  and  A.  Hutchison 
were  appointed  to  fill  calls  for  preaching.  Al- 
ternates, C.  Harader,  George  Burnhart,  and  J. 
W.  Stein-  A  committee  waa  appointed  to  re- 
ceive calls  for  mission  work,  to  point  out  where 
the  evangelists  should  labor,  and  appropriate 
means  through  District  Treasurer  to  pay  ex- 
penses of  missionaries.  They  were  also  author- 
ized to  ascertain  the  propriety  and  possibility  of 
opening  a  mission  among  the  Indian  nations  in 
the  Indian  Territory.  In  connection  with  this, 
lirother  S.  S.  Mohler  writes :  "  We  have  already 
the  way  opened  by  a  Quaker,  how  to  locate  mis- 
.sionary  work  among  the  Indiana  of  Indian  Ter- 
ritory. Those  proposed  preaching  for,  are 
pri'tty  well  civilized,  have  good  schools,  and  are 
within  about  twenty-two  miles  of  the  brethren 
in  Xewton  Co.,  Mo." 

Tliis  is  the  kind  of  work  which  shonhl  con- 
cern ever>'  district  and  congregation  in  the 
brotherhood.    Souls  are  perishiuji  for  the  want 


of  that  broad  which  eometh  down  from  above; 
itnd  as  we  have  that  bread  t-i  deal  out,  may  we 
do  it  with  all  diligenr.'.-! 


CHURCH  STEEPLES. 

WHAT  good  comman  sense  will  not  teach 
some  would  JK^wise  people  in  a  mild 
way,  the  Lord  sometimes  hn!?' to  descend  to  dem- 
onstrate by  giving laproctica!  lesson.  This  was 
done  pretty  forcibly  during  the  lat^atorm  that 
jverely  riddled  Philndelphisi.  About  forty 
church  steeples  were  blown  doivn,  many  of 
them  falling  on  the  roofs  of  the  buildings,  thus 
causing  an  immense  amountofdamage  to  prop- 
erty. To  repair  the  damages  done  by  these  fal- 
len steeples,  will  place  a  heavy  burden  on  the 
chureh-goere  of  that  place. 

The  better  way  would  be  to  learn  a  lesson 
from  the  past.  Build  good,  substantial,  plain 
buildings,  and  then  avoid  the  cost  of  steeples 
nnd  other  superfluities  that  the  folly  of  manlrind 
lead  them  into.  It  costa  an  immense  amount  of 
luey  to  erect  these  steeples;  their  falling  caus- 
ed a  still  greater  loss  of  properly,  and  now  to 
re-build  them  would  he  a  greater  folly  still. 

It  is  reported  that  there  is  a  strong  fcelin^for 
petitioning  the  legislature  of  Pennsylvania  to 
pass  a  law  forbidding  the  election  of  steeples 
'e  church  buildings.  The  ieeling  raav  bea 
good  one  on  the  part  of  the  people,  hut  is  a  sad 
comment  on  the  condition  of  Christianity. 
When  religion  gets  ao  corrupt,  and  so  void  of 
reason,  that  the  law-makera  of  our  laud  have 
(o  pass  laws  to  keep  churches  within  the  bounds 
of  reason,  it  is  time  these  churches  were  return- 
ing their' charter^  and  giving  up  their  efi'orts 
at  reform  as  a  failure. 

This  extravagant  practice  our  people  have 
opposed  from  the  beginning,  and  it  will  not  be 
long  till  wise  and  prudent  men  and  women  will 
commend  them  for  the  good,  .sound  judgment 
thus  displaj'ed.  Tlic  idea  that  a  steeple  helps 
people  to  find  the  place  of  meeting,  and  thus 
increases  the  congregation,  is  folly.  It  is  not 
J  much  what  is  on  the  outside  as  what  is  in- 
;de,  that  Inakes  people  come  to  meeting.  A 
lofty  steeple  and  costly  ornamented  church 
building,  is  pretty  good  proof  of  the  amount  of 
folly  and  extravagance  in  the  hearts  of  those 
who  waste  their  money  for  such  uncalled  for 
display.  Reason  would  indicate  that  they 
ihonld  spend  their  money  for  a  better   purpose. 


GOOD  CHANCE  FOH  THE   RICH. 

WE  learn  of  some  ministering  brethren  who 
have  concluded  to  rent  out  their  farms, 
retire  from  business,  and  devote  their  time 
to  preaching.  This  is  good,  and  certainly  com- 
mendable to  those  who  can  afford  it,  hut  have 
we  not  some  good-hearted  private  members,  who 
would  be  willing  to  so  arrange  their  business  as 
to  support  the  family  of  some  poor  minister 
hile  th.at  [inor  mini.'^ter  devotes  his  entire  time 
to  preaching?  There  are  plenty  able  ministers 
who  are  too  poor  to  spend  much  of  their  time 
in  the  field,  but  if  some  among  tiie  laity  would 
agree  to  do  as  much  as  some  preachers  are  do- 
ing in  no  better  circumstances,  a  vast  amount 
:ood  might  be  accomplished.  No  one  should 
excuse  himself  from  the  duty  of  assisting  in  the 
preaching  of  the  Gospel  because  he  is  no  preach- 
er, for  it  is  not  right  that  preachers  should  bear 
the  cross  alone,  nnd  all  the  church  go  free.  Ev- 
erj-  able-bodied  soldier  of  the  cross  should  put 
his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  push  on  the  great 
and  good  work. 

The  man  of  property,  who  will  appropriate 
some  of  his  means  to  supporting  apoor'niinistcr's 
family,  while  he  devotes  his  time  to  gathering 
souls  into  the  kingdom,  will  receive  a  greater 
reward  than  the  man  who  invests  his  money  in 
lands,  that  neither  he  nor  bis  children  have  any 
use  for.     What  say  you,  gentle  reader? 


in  the  number  of  sprinkled  or  rantiwd  children. 
Only  one-fourth  as  many  are  now  sprinkled  as 
were  sprinkled  fifty  years  ago.  This  indicates 
a  healthy  incroi^e  towards  the  apostolic  practice, 
immei-sion.  Men  are  getting  theireyesopened; 
they  are  investigating.  They  have  sent  for  Je- 
ijus  and  his  papers  and  are  reading  for  tbeui- 
.selves.  And  the  more  they  read  tjio  divine 
Record,  the  less  they  believe  in  sprinkling  for 
baptism.  They  are  beginning  to  call  things  by 
their  right  names.  Many  can  now  see  the 
Lord's  Supper,  instead  of  a  little  of  soinethiiif/ 
ehc  before  dinner.  We  rejoice  in  the  growth 
of  Truth.  We  rejoice  that  it  is  getting  into 
meu's  hearts  and  making  them  look  towards 
Jesus,  the  ('hrist.  Looking  that  way  they  see 
niithiiig  of  infant  sprinkling,  nothing  by  which 
ami  upon  wliich  to  predicate  any  faith  in  the 
nintter,  They  are  getfcing  tired  believing  it  be- 
cause the  preacher  says  so.  They  see  that  his 
say'ma  so,  does  iv<t  make  i/ so.  They  are  seeking 
better  foundation,  nnd  they  find  the  better 
thing  in  the  Law  of  the  Lord.  May  all  eyes 
!ul  hearts  he  turned  iliat  way,  m.  ji.  e, 


SPRINKLING    INFANTS. 

THE  Piiiicrton  RvjMsitiiTij,  a  leading  Pedobap- 
tist  paper,  as  well  as  many  other  Pedo- 
baptist  journals,  complain  that  the  number  of 
children  being  rinilhed,  is  grooving  less  each 
year.  Rantheil  is  not  just  the  term  they  use, 
but  it  expresses  the  thing  done  precisely.  Whei 
John  is  running,  it  would  be  wrong  to  say,  hi 
is  walking;  it  is  not  sticking  to  the  fact.  Soil 
sprinkling  and  baptizing.  Sprinkling  is  om 
thing,  baptizing  is  another.  And  the  people 
are  beginning  to  learn  this,  hence  the  decrease 


THE  "BELL   CLAPPER." 

FN  every  neighborhood  are  those  who  flatter 
X  thetjisi-lvc^  fJiiit  they  are  very  righteous^ 
and  til  ii  ■ii..'.  ,,...vllu!ikso  too.theself-right- 
ou-..  .1-  ■' '  '  II.  '^libor  and  talk  about  the 
oldii>-  -ii  III-  l>i,i  .ui'u,  the  divisions  in  the 
liiirLb,  lioiv  low  pic'ty  has  fallen,  how  such  an 
iiie  is  conforming  to  the  world.  The  one  lead- 
ing idea  which  the  grnmUer  wishes  you  to  un- 
dei'staud,  is,  that  he  is  above  all  these  things — 
that  he  is  so  good,  and  so  (jowl  in  all  things 
that  he  cannot  possibly  make  a  mistake.  He 
tell  you  of  this  man's  failings,  and  that 
wuniun's  shortcomings,  how  Ac  wouldn't  be 
gilt  going  that  way  and  a  score  or  two  of 
such  like  thonght-s.  Now  while  he  is  doing  all 
this,  he  does  not,  ifc  stems,  even  tnj  to  think  of 
the  fact  that  hackbicei-s  do  not  belong  to  the 
kingdom  of  God,  but  that  a  man  takes  himself 
out  of  the  kingdom  whenever  he  joins  the  back- 
biter's and  evil  surmiser's  pai'ty.  Ask  him  to 
point  to  a  single  good  which  comes  to  miij  man 
liy  secret fault-findingand  back-door  grumbling, 
id  he  will  fail  surely.  Urge  him  to  show  one 
real,  genuine  ray  of  love  that  flashes  up  to  light 
the  way  of  a  weary  pilgrim,  hy  doing  as  he  does, 

il  he  cannot.  He  will  admit  that  such  a  course 
is  mischievous,  that  it  degrades  the  man  who 
does  it,  and  builds  up  no  man  for  heaven  and 
eternal  life;  but  on  this  point  he  never  was  con- 
verted. Before  he  named  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
he  was  a  chronic  grumbler,  and  not  being  con- 
verted in  that  matter,  he  finds  himself  in  bad 
business;  how  to  get  him  out  of  it,  or  rather  the 
chronic  diseaseontof  him,  is  an  important  ques- 
tion. On  a  certain  occasion,  the  Lord  declared 
that  a  certain  kind  of  evil  spirit  would  not  go 
out,  save  by  fasliiu}  and  praiji-r.  This  is  per- 
haps the  only  way  for  a  backbiter  to  get  rid  of 
his  evil  spirit.  One  thing  is  certain,  a  grumbler 
in  any  community  will  pull  down  more  than 
one  do/.en  can  build  .up.  It  is  an  easy  mat- 
ter to  tear  down  a  building,  but  it  requires  la- 
bor and  .'^kill  to  put  one  up.  Anyone  can 
pull  a  house  to  pieces,  but  it  takes  knowl- 
edge and  labor  to    put   it  together. 

Whenever  I  hear  of  a  man  going  about  find- 
ing fault  because  the  church  in  which  he  wor- 
ships does  not  suit  him  precisely,  because  some 
one  does  not  walk  and  talk  according  to  bis 
chronic  disposition,  I  am  reminded  of  the  story 
of  the  "  Bell  Clapper."  Once  there  was  a  very 
nice  bell.  It  was  used  upon  every  occasion. 
No  other  bell  was  suitable  for  any  purpose,  but 
the  nice,  bright  bell.  The  clapper  did  its  work 
well,  and  never  wearied  of  its  labor.  But  final- 
ly the  bell  was  cracked,  and  then  whenever  any 
one  came  that  way  the  clapper  would  complain. 
It  was  always  telling  of  the  defect  of  the  bell, 
that  it  would  no  longer  give  out  the  nice  clear 
ring.  A  great  many  people  pitied  the  clapper, 
and  did  what  they  could  to  sympathize  with  it, 
saying,  "  I  pity  the  clapper,"  "  The  bell  should 
do  better,"  "  It  ought  to  lie  ashamed  of  its  dull, 
heavy  sound."  At  last  Diogenes,  who  always 
despised  such  shams,  came  along  and  heard  the 
clapper's  complaint,  He  said:  Before  you  make 
any  more  fues,  remember  two  things:  Fii-st, 
Vou  cracked  it.  Second,  Nobody  would  know 
it  waa  cracked  if  you  did  not  tell  them."  The 
j  moral  is  clear,  but  those  who  noed  it  most,  will 
I  not  likely  see  it  at  all.  M.  M.  K. 


A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 

IHAVK  frequently  been  impressed  with  the 
importance  of  ofiTering  a  few  remarks,  re- 
ganling  the  influence  of  those  who  are  connects 
ed  ivith  the  papers  and  schools  of  the  brother- 
hood, as  well  as  the  ministers  and  elders  of  our 
frulernity. 

As  a  people,  we  claim  to  be  non-cmilbrmcd  to 
the  world  —  a  separate  nnd  a  distinct  people, 
having  the  Bible  characteristics  entitling  us  to 
be  regarded  as  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 
When  our  people  first  started  out  in  their  grand 
reformatory  movement,  to  reproduce  primitive 
Christianity,  as  it  was  taught  nnd  practiced  by 
the  apostles,  they  made  a  wholesale  rejection  of 
human  creeds  and  uninspired  confessions  of 
faith,  and  agreed  upou  the  Bible,  and  that  alone, 
as  their  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice, 
their  ouly  divinely  authorized  bond  of  union. 
Upon  this  they  stood  and  success  crowned  their 
efforts.  They  preached  the  Word  and  built  up 
churches  in  many  localities.  From  the  East 
towards  the  West  the  star  of  God's  eternal  em- 
pire took  its  flight,  till  now,  the  flag  of  tnith 
waves  from  the  Atlantic  in  the  East,  to  the  Pa- 
cific in  the  West. 

Our  ancient  Brethren  displayed  great  caution 
in  their  search  after  truth.  They  had  but  one 
grand  object  in  view,  and  that  was  serving  God 
aright  with  all  the  heart.  They  set  their  eye 
upon  the  truth,  with  a  determination  to  conform 
to  its  requirements.  They  had  no  creed  gotten 
up  by  uninspired  men,  nor  were  they  wedded  to 
anything  that  had  its  origin  this  .side  of  God's 
direct  authority.  Where  the  Bible  spoke,  they 
acted,  and  where  it  was  silent,  they  had  respect 
enough  for  the  decisions  of  the  supreme  court 
of  heaven,  not  to  suppose  that  they  knew  bet- 
ter what  ought  to  be  in  the  la>v  of  the  Lord 
than  the  Holy  Ghost  himself  Where  the  Bi- 
ble was  silent  they  were  too. 

One  peculiar  and  Bible  characteristic  of  this 
people,  that  came  up  out  of  the  wilderness,  was 
their  non- conformity  to  the  world  in  dress. 
They  learned  that  they  should  not  wear  fine 
apparel  or  costly  array,  nor  should  they  fashion 
themselves  after  the  world,  but  should  be  a  sep- 
arate and  distinct  people,  not  in  conversation 
and  dealings  only,  hut  in  their  appearance  also. 
They  did  not  need  to  go  to  the  minutes  to 
prove  that.  The  doctrine  of  non-conformity 
to  the  world  was  taught  by  the  apostles  before 
the  minutes  were  ever  thought  of;  and  it 
makes  no  difference  to  me,  so  far  as  authority 
is  concerned,  whether  it  is  in  the  Minutes  or 
not;  just  so  it  is  in  the  Bible,  That  ia  where  I 
propose  to  get  it  from  in  this  nineteenth  centu- 
ry- 

The  welfare  of  the  Brethren  church  largely  de- 
pends on  the  perpetuity  of  this  doctrine,  though 
it  has  long  since  become  unpopular,  and  has 
been  rejected  by  the  leading  denominations  of 
the  day.  Yet  that  should  have  nothing  to  do 
with  God's  authority  in  the  matter.  When  we, 
as  a  peoijie,  reject  God's  Word  on  this  subject, 
and  thus  forever  erase  that  mark  of  distinc- 
tion between  us  and  the  world,  we  will  lose 
much  of  our  power  over  sin,  and  virtually  de- 
part from  the  Gospel  simplicity  and  order. 

In  an  early  day  the  Brethren  agreed  among 
themselves  to  retain  the  plain,  .simple  order  of 
dress  then  in  use,  and  not  change  with  the 
fashions.  They  did  this  that  they  might  take 
the  advantage  of  Satan's  cunning  ways,  and 
thus  overcome  him  m  his  attempts  at  getting 
them  to  depart  from  the  Gospel  simplicity. 
They  knew  that  if  they  could  succeed  in  main- 
taining this  order  among  themselves,  there 
would  be  no  danger  of  them  fashioning  them- 
selves after  the  foolish  and  changing  forms  of 
the  worid.  Why  did  they  adopt  an  order?  Be- 
cause they  saw,  by  so  doing  that  the  Gospel 
simplicity  in  dress  could  be  better  maintained. 
Their  thus  agreeing  together  to  conform  to  an 
order  of  plainness,  enabled  them  to  sustain  a 
bold  front  and  a  decided  opposition  to  that 
strictly  forbidden  in  the  Gospe!.  Their  banding 
together  gave  them  more  strength  and  greater 
positiveness  in  the  work  thus  undertaken. 

It  is  to  the  credit  of  the  church  to  say,  that 
this  order  ha.s  been  pretty  generally  mniittuined, 
though  in  some  instances  it  has  been  departed 
from,  much  to  the  injury  of  the  cause.  Its  per- 
petuity among  us  has  hod  much  to  do  with  our 
present  degree  of  plainness.  The  churches  that 
have  departed  from  this  order  are  fast  losing  that 
simplicity  of  dress  that  should  characterize  all 
true  congregations  iu  <'hrist.  and  nnle.'S  checked, 


iN'ovRmber    14-. 


THE   l^KETI-lRB.">r    ^T    ^YaHl^. 


ere  )oni;  will  be  na  gaudy  as  the  popuUr  deiioni- 
inntioiiH  of  the  tliiy. 

When  looking  over  the  brotherhood,  and 
viewing  tliem  in  their  dijlerent  avocations  und 
callings  we  are  led  tti  ask,  la  our  present,  order 
and  simplicity  to  be  maintained!'  or  will  there 
be  a  departure  to  meet  the  emergency  of  n  cor- 
rupt demand?  This  is  a  grave  question,  breth- 
ren. It  cjuinot  he  s^ligbted  without  injuring  the 
cause!  These  things  forcibly  impressed  me 
while  viewing  the  Aahlmid  College  bnilding  a 
tew  weeks  ago,  I  asked  myself  the  questions 
Will  our  distinctive  features  in  appearance  be 
sustained  in  this  school,  and  thus  be  handed 
down  to  rising  generations?  Will  all  the  Pro- 
fesaoi-s  and  teachers  for  years  to  come,  he  l:nown 
by  their  simple  garb?  And  when  Brethren's 
children  come  here  from  far  and  near  to  be  edu- 
cated, will  they  he  under  the  iuflueuce  of  those 
who  defend  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity 
as  maintained  hy  the  church?  Then  there  will 
be  some  young  brethren  educated  here,  who 
may  after  their  return  home,  in  conrae  of  time, 
be  elected  to  the  ministry.  Will  they,  in  their 
preaching  and  writing,  teach  the  doctrine  of 
non-conformity  ? 

In  course  of  time  I  may  visit  Ashland  again 
and  spend  some  hours  at  the  College  building. 
visiting  its  dift'erent  departments,  for  I  love  to 
visit  places  of  learning.  When  I  meet  the  Pro- 
fessors and  teachers,  will  I  find  them  in  the  or- 
der of  the  church,  or  will  they  appear  just  like 
the  world?  And  when  I  view  the  long  rows  of 
pui  lis  passing  from  the  buildi;i]g  to  their  hoard- 
ing places  in  the  city  and  elsewhere,  will  I  see 
the  young  sisters  adorned  in  neat,  becoming  ap- 
parel in  conformity  to  the  laws  of  health,  or 
will  they  h(j  decorated  with  jewelry  and  attired 
in  ruffles,  ornamental  trimmings  and  the  fash- 
ions of  tho  world  generally?  Will  I  see  the 
young  brethren  dressed  as  beconieth  tbem,  or 
will  they,  too,  be  arrayed  in  fashion's  garb? 

I  was  free  to  mention  some  of  these  things  to 
the  Trustees  and  others,  and  was  glad  to  learu 
that  it  was  their  intention  to  fully  maintain  the 
distinctive  features  of  the  Brethren  in  the  school, 
and  that  the  teachers  would  bo  expected  to  fully 
conform  to  the  general  order  of  the  church,  and 
maintain  its  distinctive  principles  in  their  de- 
portment. 

These  things  are  mentioned  in  order  to  place 
our  people  on  their  guard,  and  let  them  see  the 
importance  of  throwing  a  safeguard  around  all 
public  institutions  that  may  chance  to  exert 
any  influence  amoug  the  people.  Our  schools 
can  wield  a  wonderful  influence  either  for  good 
or  evil.  They  can  ruin  the  church,  or  they  can 
greatly  strengthen  it.  If  from  these  schools 
will  come  a  number  of  Brethren's  children,  who 
have  imbibed  in  their  hearts  a  love  for  fashions 
and  worldly  display,  we  may  as  well  lay  down 
our  pens  and  say,  good-bj-e  to  non-conformity. 
It  is  useless  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  non-con- 
formity to  a  church  that  is  running  her  young 
members  through  fashion's  mill  to  be  moulded 
in  the  style  of  this  world.  But  if  to  the  contra- 
ry, the  schools  in  the  brotherhood  will  stand  up 
for  the  order  of  the  church,  teach  and  maintain 
the  distinctive  features  of  the  church  among 
the  members,  what  a  power  for  good  they  may 
become?  If  they  do  this,  then  the  Bbetiirbx 
AT  Work  says.  Amen.  But  if  not,  then  our 
orders  from  the  supreme  court  of  heaven,  is  to 
cry  aloud  aud  spare  not,  for  our  mission  ih  to 
oppose  everything  that  esalteth  itself  against 
God  and  bis  laws.  The  distinctive  features  of 
the  church  must  be  maintained,  and  it  is  a  part 
of  our   work   to  do  it.     Further  observations 


THE    VOICE  OF  A  VETERAN  IN 
THE  AHMY  OF  GOD. 

JV.  Jf.  ^a/^e/mn«.— 

DEARBllOTIIERt— Thanks— manythanksfor 
the  kind  word  of  encouragement  in  your 
misHive  of  15th  inst.  Like  the  refreshing  dew 
in  the  morning,  though  it  be  but  a  few  drops, 
refreshes  the  almost  parched  plant,  to  give  it 
strength  to  endure  another  day,  the  scorching 
heat  of  the  sun's  rays,  so — even  so  new  life  is 
imparted  to  my  soul. 

Deeply  distressed  in  spirit,  very  weak  in  body 
after  a  sojourn  of  some  ten  days  in  Northern 
Indiana  among  the  beloved  ones,  where  all  seem- 
ed to  be  sitting  in  heavenly  places,  drinking  in- 
to their  souls  the  blessings  divine,  and  I,  while 
among  them,  felt  like  making  tabernacles,  like 
Peter;  but  the  enchantment  passed  and  left  me 
alone  iu  the  valley.  I  felt  like  going  «  fishing, 
but  it  was  dark — 0  how  dark !     After  toiling  all 


night,  Jesus  calls  from  the  shore  in  the  person 
of  M.  M.  E.  I  felt  like  plunging  into  the  deep, 
regardless  of  danger  or  toil. 

The  welfare  of  the  church,  the  galvation  of 
souls  and  the  prosperity  of  Zion  is  my  daily  and 
my  nightly  theme.  Three  times  within  forty 
years  did  I  change  my  temporal  position  to  on- 
able  me  to  serve  the  church  without  aid  from 
tnan.  Like  Petei'  of  old,  I  girded  myself  and 
went  whithersoever  I  would;  but  now  that  I 
am  old,  somebody  else  has  to  gird  me  a, id  lead 
me,  not  where  I  don't  want  to  go,  but  «  here  I 
might  help  with  what  little  strength  it.naius, 
to  push  forward  the  work  of  the  Lord  "  while  it 
is  called  to-day,  ere  the  night  cometh  when  no 
man  can  work." 

I  am  with  you,  brother.  I  don't  want  the 
old  ones  pushed  aside;  though  they  may  be  too 
slow,  they  may  he  too  short-sighted,  too  slow  to 
understand,  too  self-wise  or  all-sufhcient  in 
themselves,  this  is  natural.  They  have  answer- 
ed a  good  purpose  in  their  time — in  the  strength 
of  their  manhood;  if  they  only  now  can  be  nmde 
to  feel  that  they  are  only  to  get  fully-  ripe  for 
ihe  harvest,  hy  fully  trusting  dim  who  has  call- 
ed them  by  submitting  to  others  what  tliey  can- 
not do  themselves  as  they  did  formerlj'.  I  am 
fully  per.suaded  in  my  mind,  that  the  chnrch 
has  a  great  work  to  do  in  n  short  space  of  time. 
The  army  of  workers  is  at  hand ;  thej'  have  been 
(■idled  in  to  work,  but  there  are  so  nuiuy  Bab- 
ylonish garments  in  the  sand,  hid  away  (I  mean 
ciirual  enjoyments),  golden  wedges  in  many  « 
I'uuip.  0!,  that  they  might  he  unearthed  and 
distribution  be-xuade  to  every  one's  need  as  in 
the  days  of  the  apostles!  I  am  not  afraid  of  our 
young  brethren  running  too  fast;  but  of  our 
old  ones  halting  between  two  opinions.  We 
that  are  old  have  carried  the  ark'  from  place  to 
place.  Some  of  our  young  brethren  would  like 
to  have  had  it  on  wheels,  but  many  of  them 
have  already  learned  to  await  'directions  from 
the  Lord.  The  call  is  now  made  from  one  end 
of  our  free  country  to  the  other,  "Come  over 
.ind  help  us."  Messengers  stand  ready,  (not 
idle),  "  Here  am  I,  send  me."  For  they  must 
he  sent,  for  how  can  they  go  without  being  sent? 
Tho  messenger  in  David's  time,  that  ran  with- 
out being  sent,  and  out-ran  the  one  that  was 
sent,  could  tell  of  nothing  but  a  great  tumult; 
consequently  not  every  messenger  that  wishes 
t-o  run,  (in  his  y.cal),  cjm  bring  the  desired  in- 
formation; besides,  the  man  that  is  sent  must 
have  the  wherewithal  to  go,  somebody  must  do 
that.  Let  therefore  those  wedges  of  gold  be 
brought  into  requisition  and  made  use  of.  The 
time  is  not  far  distant  when  we  ahull  take  pos- 
session of  our  inheritauce  beyond  the  river.  I 
long  and  desire  for  that  time  to  come,  but  am 
svilling  to  awiiit  the  summons,  "  Come  up  high- 
er." Until  then  be  it  my  lot  to  toil  and  labor; 
for  0,  how  sweet  is  rest  when  weary.  Farewell 
pilgrim  stranger. 

Yours  in  hope, 

F.  P.  LotiiK. 

FRIENDLY  RESl'OSSE. 

(jod  among  men;  God  in  men.  Glorious 
thought!  The  Record  speaks  of  ii'i'ji'tij 
wigc  men,  and  tjounij  men.  Heitekiah  "  took 
counsel  with  his  mighty  men,"  when  Sennecli- 
arih  was  come  into  the  land  of  Israel.  So  with 
the  Hezekiah's  of  God's  army.  When  the  As- 
syrian hosts  threaten  the  army  of  God,  there  is 
time  for  the  leaders  to  counsel  with  their  mighty 
men.  Who  is  a  mighty  man?  One  of  "  low 
estate,"  "  I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ, 
who  strengthens  me."  The  man  who  doeth  all 
things  ihrriiigh  Christ,  is  a  mighty  man. 
Who  is  a  wise  man?  "  A  wise  man  feareth, 
id  departeth  from  evil."  Getting  away  from 
evil  is  wisdom.  A  wise  man  will  show  "  out  of 
a  good  conversation,  hi.s  works  with  meekness 
of  wisdom."  James  3:  13.  This  is  the  way  to 
travel.  Some  men  are  afraid  of  show;  but  the 
Lord  Jesus  demands  a  certain  kind  of  show  from 
His  people.  He  urges  them  to  show  wisdom, 
and  tells  them  how.  One  apostle  demands  that 
we  show  our  faith  by  our  works.  Another,  that 
show  the  Lord's  death  until  He  come,  and 
that  we  Htiidy  to  show  ourselves  approved  of 
God. 

Young  men  are  often  mentioned   in  the  holy 
Record.     John  wrote  unto  young  mm,  bemuse 
they  had   overcome   the    wicked    one.      Paul 
taught  Titus,  to  exhort  young  men  to  he  sober- 
minded.     All  along  the  way  from  Adam  to  the 
present,  young  men  existed.     They  areaneces- 
ity.     Cut  ofl'  young  men,   and  soon  there  will 
e  no  old  men.     In  all  ages,  there   were  young 
men   in  the  church  of  God,     Stop  them  from 
ming  to  Jesus,  and  very  soon   there  will  be 
<  old  men.    A  man  must  be  young  before  he 
n  hp  old.     They  are  not  to  he  despised. 
We  rejoice  that  there  are   young    men.     We 


rejoici-  again  because  so  many  old  men  love  and 
respect  the  young.  If  old  and  young  mil  con- 
tinue to  see  that  they  are  one  family—that  they 
should  respect  each  other,  that  there  can  be  no 
good  work  without  both,  then  mighty  strength 
shall  ever  prevail.  No  young  man— no  set  of 
5oung  men  should  ever  think  of  patting  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  on  wheels,  and  drive  off  like 
Jehu.  A  man  that  will  do  this,  and  leave  the 
old  behind,  should  have  his  face  covered  with 
shame.  In  every  well-drilled  army,  all  march 
in  line.  One  does  not  step  ahead  of  the  other; 
all  keep  step  together.  This,  our  old  brother 
well  knows.  Now  who  wants  to  run  away  from 
the  faithful  veterans  iu  God's  army?  We  have 
read  of  some  who  went  so,  far  in  advance,  that 
all  that  could  be  seen  of  them  was  the  terrible 
cloud  of  dust  that  they  raised.  In  this  dnst, 
they  could  neither  see  compass  nor  chart,  and 
they  wandered  round  and  round  until  tbii-sty, 
and  hungry,  and  naked  they  ran  to  the  world 
and  were  content  with  "husks"  and  "fig 
loaves." 

Y'es,  tliere  are  the  "  wedges,"  the  "garments," 
the  "itching  ear.s,"  the  stocks,  bonds,  mortgages, 
houses,  lands,  cattle  upon  many  hills,  sheep,  and 
many  of  the  kind  which  ran  down  l\ill  into  the 
sea  and  were  choked,  mighty  ships,  fine  hoi-ses, 
dry  goods,  the  wheat  and  corn — all  which  are 
constantly  trying  to  steal  onr  affections.  Look 
out  for  them!  Handle  them  with  caution. 
Many  of  them  could  be  turned  into  silent  and 
powerful  engines  to  send  the  Truth  to  the  dy- 
ing— the  perishing.     Shall  ihay  he  I imtedi' 

God  bless  you,  my  dear,  old  brother.  You 
have  fought  many  battles  with  the  Sword  of 
the  Spirit.  You  have  not  ashed  the  Spirit  to 
fight  your  battles,  hut  you  have  taken  the  Spir- 
it's Sword,  and  cut  right  and  loft,  up  and  down. 
The  man  who  sits  down  and  commands  the 
Spirit  to  fight  for  him,  will  he  apt  to  be  left 
sitting.  "Acrownforyon!  A  crownforyou! !" 
shout  the  angels  above,  "Come  receive  thi 
crown;  come  partake  of  the  joys  of  the  saints 
of  the  mo.st  High.  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah 
to  the  Lamb  who  takes  away  the  sin  of  the 
world.  Praise  his  name  forever  and  ever."  0, 
will  not  that  sound  grand?  Will  not  the  shouts 
and  harmony  of  the  hosts  of  heaven  thrill  your 
soul,  and  make  you  say,  "  I  never  knew  the  half 
on  earth"?  Peace  be  unto  you;  and  the  rest 
which  j'ou  desire,  may  our  Father  give  it  thee 
abundantly,       ^__^^^_^___  "■  ^i-  e. 

TOO  RELIGIOUS. 

WE  do  not  think  it  can  ever  be  laid  to  the 
charge  of  humanity,  that  they  did  not 
have  rtUgion  enoiiifli,  for  it  would  be  diflicult, 
we  think,  to  conceive  of  another,  or  of  any  more. 
To  speak  of  the  subject  in  a  general  way,  we 
could  say  that  the  world  is  too  religious,  but  not 
near  enough  ^Ji'tiii/.  There  are  too  iiianij  i-clifjiom 
and  not  enoiiijh  keliciox.  We  have  an  abun, 
dance  of  it  in  theory,  hut  none  or  very  little  of 
it,  in  practice;  the  world  is  filled  with  its  name, 
but  us  yet,  is  a  stranger  to  its  cliaractor. 

We,  as  a  race,  seem  in  this,  to  think  that  an 
abundance  of  a  had  thing  ia  better  than  a  little 
of  a  good  thing.  And  so  the  race  is  another 
time  deceived,  and  we  fear  the  mistake  wilt  not 
be  discovered  by  many  until  life's  work  is  done 
and  the  judgment  day  has  come.  What  a  test- 
ing of  principles,  doctrines,  faiths,  creeds,  and 
opinions  there  will  be,  and  none  hut  the  true 
will  stand  this  final  test.  L,  West. 


BnoTHEK  Bashor's  labors  at  Boston,  Wayne 
county,  Ind.,  have  been  crowned  with  success. 
Up  to  the  6th  lust.,  twenty-one,  confessed 
Christ  and  were  baptised.  Brother  B.'s  address 
until  further  notice,  will  bo  Nankin,  Ashland, 
Co,,  Ohio.       ^^^___^__ 

In  acountry  grave-yard,  in  New  Jersey,  there 
is  a  plain  stone  erected  over  tlie  grave  of  a 
beautiful  yonnglady,  with  only  this  inscription 
upon  it:  "Julia  Adams,  died  of  thin  shoes, 
.-Vpril  17,  1837,  aged  18  years."  This  contains 
more  truth  than  could  be  gotten  onto  a  tomb 
stone  in  this  fa.st  age.  Eternity  alone  will  re- 
veal the  amount  of  deaths  that  have  been  caus- 
ed by  improper  dressing  and  living.  Beauty  of 
pergon  and  health  are  worth  preserving. 


it  (vith  the  Bible,  it  becomes  necessary  to  leave 
it  out.  We  have  not  yet  thoroughly  learned  the 
leaving-ont  part.  We  shall  try  to  become  a 
more  apt  student  as  we  grow  older,  and  aim  to 
he  more  expert  by  persevoi-ance. 


NE.\nr,T  one  year  ago  the  Hrmhl  of  (lospel 
Frccrlom  was  started  at  Wolcottville  Ind.,  by  a 
number  of  persons  under  the  following  eircuin- 
istauces  as  given  by  its  editor:  "  Several  minis- 
ters of  the  Church  of  God  in  Indiana  through 
a  scrupulous  regard  for  the  truth  and  righteous- 
ness, refused  to  fellowship  men  who  were  'ijaked 
loi/cflin- '  in  the  dark  lei^ues  of  secrecy.  For 
thus  reproving  the  works  of  darkness  their  li- 
censes were  withhold."  At  their  recent  Con- 
ference in  Beaver  Dam,  Ind.,  it  was  shown  that 
considerable  progress  has  been  nmde  in  their 
work.  Their  i>aper  is  under  the  control  of  their 
Eldership,  aud  is  to  be  enlarged  to  a  six  column 
folio,and  issued  seiiii-monthly  instead  of  month- 
ly. We  wish  it  success  in  its  battles  against  se- 
cretism, 


To  do  good  worlt,  an  editor  must  know  what 
to  leave  out,  as  well  as  what  to  put  in  his  paper. 
The  leaving-out  part  ia  the  important  thing  to 
leani.  An  article,  at  first  reading,  may  seem 
just  the  thing  for  the  public,  but  on  comparing 


Gttn  hides  no  good  thing.  He  need  not  cover 
up  the  truth.  We  thought  of  this  when  we 
read  of  a  young,  active  sister,  whose  parents  are 
away  from  the  house  of  God,  yet  she  came  to 
Jesus  and  is  now  trying  to  obtain  the  crown 
that  is  laid  up  for  tho  filitliful  in  Christ.  From 
kind  friends  she  received  her  early  training,  but 
with  a  desire  to  do  right,  carefully  read  the  Gos- 
pel of  our  Lord  and  Master.  While  fighting 
for  the  truth,  and  away  from  those  who  study 
to  obey  "all  things"  as  revealed  by  the  Lord, 
the  Butn-miEX  at  Work  was  put  into  her  hands. 
This  was  quite  an  aid  to  her — a  kind  of  a  silent, 
yet  elt'ectual  preacher,  and  thanks  be  to  the 
Father  above,  she  now  stands  in  the  church  as 
one  of  its  bright  shining' lights,  doing  all  she 
can  to  bring  others  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth.  She  not  only  rends  the  Breturkn  at 
Work,  but  spends  considerable  time  in  Mriting 
for  the  r/((7f//'ivt'*/  UWk  and  collecting  sub- 
scribers. What  proved  to  be  a  blessing  to  her, 
she  cannot  forget,  may  prove  equally  a  blessing 
to  others.  We  little  know  what  good  we  may 
do  by  getting  people  to  read  that  which  is  good 
for  the  soul. 

The  Baptists  are  preparing  to  build  their 
third  meeting-house  in  the  city  of  Rome.  The 
Bible  society  of  Geneva,  Switzerland,ha3  under- 
taken to  send  a  copy  of  the  New  Testament  to 
every  school-teacher  in  Fnince.  Already  27,- 
OOti  have  been  sent  out,  and  ri3,i]U0  more  will  be 
required.  When  we  read  how  active  others  are 
in  putting  Bibles  into  the  hands  of  people,  and 
in  teaching  their  peculiar  tenets,  we  atop 
and  inquire,  what  are  the  Brethren  doing?  Do- 
ing something  of  course;  hut  are  we  doing  ac- 
cording to  our  ability?  Are  we  spending  and 
being  spent  for  the  good  cause  as  we  ought,  or 
are  we  just  moving,  barely  moving  to  see  if  we 
can  move?  The  calls  for  the  uhole  truth  are 
loud  aud  many,  and  if  wi'  give  not  us  has  been 
given  to  us,  fearful  will  he  the  consequences, 
Let  us  arise  and  moVe  on  in  the  strength  of  the 
Lord, 


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THE    BEETI-IREISr    ^VT    ^WOKlv. 


November    X-i 


<|u.I  l|ibl.t  4^hi!i§. 


"  The  Worlb  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 

This  dcpurlmcnt  U  Joaigrcd  for  wking  nnd  ™"7'"8 
Bible  quo.tiona,  r,n<l  fnr  Iho  Bolulion  of  Scnpturi.l  J.moul- 
5m  All  quPstbnB  should  bo  atnlcd  v,Uh  cmlor.  nnd  -in- 
■wwed  ™Hh  i«  much  olcflrnrsa  ns  poMibla.  in  "^'^  "^ 
ptomot*  ]iihlo  Trulli.  Arliclre  for  this  dflparLmenl,  mu»l 
bB  ahorl  nnil  lo  Ihc  poinl. 


Please  oxplnin  Ddiiipl  2:  4-1, 
wliatkiiigBV  What  floc3  the - 
to,  niirt  wliattlioslone? 


;.    Ill  ttici  days  of 
(l  kiHgtUim  vetcr 

Wm.  T.  llAHDIXO. 


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QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

Please  tell  lue  wlio  timt  mun  wna,  Pmil  spohe 
of  in2Cor.  12:2,  tlintwas  cftUElit  ui)  to  the  third 
heaven.  Samuel  Crist. 

1  Please  give  your  views  on  Lnko  10:  -1.  "'  Car- 
ry neitlier  ptitse,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

2.  Also  Matt.  23:  fl:  "And  call  no  man  your 
father  upon  the  earth:  for  one  is  j-onr  father  which 
la  in  heaven."  ,  ,      ., 

3  AIsolCor.7;30:  "The  wife  is  boimd  by  the 
law  as  long  as  her  husband  livetb ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  nt  liberty  to  be  married  U 
whom  she  will ;  only  in  the  Lord." 

Emma  Fisnen. 

CA0GHT  UP  IN  THE  THlllI)  IIEWTN'. 

PAUL  wrote  botli  epistles  to  the  Coriutliiaus. 
We  also  read  in  Acts 22: 17,  that  Paul  was 
in  a  trance  after  he  was  baptized  and  had  come 
back  to  Jerusalem.    Here  he  does  not.  as  nil 
through  his  writings,  glory  except  in  his  weal;- 
ness,  hence  his  meekness  forbade  bim£o  saj- 
was  caught  up  in  the  third  heaven.    " 
fore  only  says,  I  knew  a  man,  &c 
it  was  himself  while  in  a  trance. 

SALUTING  BY  THE  WAY. 

These  seventy  disciples  had  a  great  comniis- 
aiou  to  fiilfiU;  the  society  of  the  world  waste 
be  brought  oq  a  nobler  foundation,  and  Christ 
himself  knowing  the  weakness  of  human  nature, 
tried  to  guard  their  minds  from  being  diverted 
from  the  good  cause  ou  which  they  had  entered. 
We  read  in  2nd  Kings,  when  Elieha  sent  his 
servant  to  raise  the  Shumanite's  son,  he  gave 
him  orders  to  "salute  no  man  by  the  way;  if 
any  salnte  thee,  answer  them  not,  and  lay 
staff  ou  the  child."  This  also  was  an  important 
work,  but  the  servant  returned  without  accom- 
plishing anything,  probably  because  EUsha.  ns 
God's  prophet,  had  only  the  power  to  raise  the 
son.  Thus  Christ  wished  to  impress  His  disci- 
ples that  they  had  an  important  work  to  per- 
form and  wished  them  not  to  be  encumbered 
with  the  cares  of  this  world:  neither  to  let 
their  minds  be  diverted  from  the  true  cause  for 
which  they  were  sent;  and  they  returned  rejoic- 
ing because  the  devils  were  made  snbject  to 
them  in  the  name  of  Christ.  Wo  may  all  learn 
a  lesson  from  this,  by  not  having  our  minds 
centered  ou  things  of  this  world,  but  seek  firet 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  and  his  righteousness. 

TALL  so  )LVX  VOUll  FATIIEK. 

This  does  not  mean  that  we  shall  not  call  him, 
under  whose  care  we  were  "raised  as  children, 

"  our  father,"  which  is  the  same  as  the  little 
child  who  calls  "papa;"  we  must  honor,  obey 
him,  for  this  is  thefiratconimand  with  promise: 
"  Honor  thy  father  and  mother."  MiJachi.  tlie 
prophet  says,  "  A  son  hoifcretb  his  father  and  a 
servant  his  master;"  but  Christ  saw  that  the 
Scribes  and  I'liarisees  had  deceived  the  multi- 
tude and  were  looked  up  to,  aa  some  church-goers 
look  up  to  their  ministers  and  say,  "  We  pay 
tliem  and  they  may  pray  for  us."  Or  like  the 
priests  of  the  present  day,  who  are  looked  upon 
OA  having  the  keys  of  heaven,  and  forgiving  their 
followera'  sins.  This  was  an  error  in  which  the 
Jews  had  fallen,  they  did  not  look  for  themselve; 
but  believed  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  as  some 
people  now  believe  their  ministers,  and  search 
■  not.  the  Scriptures  for  their  own  salvation. 
Christ  wanted  them  to  look  higher,  to  call  m. 
Scribe  or  Pharisee  "  master  "  or  "  father,"  with 
the  impression  that  through  them  they  will  he 
saved.  Ho  wanted  thom  to  go  to  the  fountain- 
head,  to  work  out  their  own  salvation  independ- 
ent of  any  creed,  or  man-made  doctrine.  To 
make  this  plain,  I  will  relate  an  incident: 

An  Irishman  came  to  the  priest  and  asked 
the  price  to  have  certain  ains  forgiven.  "  Two 
shillings."  "  To  whom  do  you  go,"  Pat  asked, 
"  to  have  your  sius  forgiven?  "  "  To  the  bish- 
op." "What  does  he  charge?"  "Two  shil- 
lings." "Where  does  the  bishop  go?"  "To 
the  piipe,  who  also  charges  two  shillings." 
"And,"  continued  Put,  "where  does  the  pope 
go?"  The  priest  answered,  "To  God."'  "What 
must  he  pay?"  "  Ue?  He  pays  notliiug." 
"  Well  then  I  ^viII  go  to  God  too,"  said  Pat. 
So  with  us,  let  us  go  to  the  Fountain-head,  to 
God,  call  no  man  father,  trust  no  minister,  but 
prove  all  and  hold  f.ist  to  that  which  is  good,  to 


tImt    wli 

truth.  I 

THE  WIPE.  ' 

If  the  husband  dies,  the  wile  is  free  from  the 
law,  free  to  marry  again  the  same  as  a  virgin, 
but  I  think  the  explanation  is  wanted  on  the 
latter  clause,  "  only  in  the  Lord."  That  is,  for 
u  brother  or  sister  to  marry  in  the  Lord,  to  mar- 
i-y  one  who  obeys  the  Lord,  who  is  in  the 
church.  To  marry  outside  of  the  church  is  go- 
ing on  dangerous  ground;  but  as  Paul  says, 
verse  25,  that  he  has  no  direct  command  of  the 
Lord,  but  gave  his  judgment,  so  it  may  he  al- 
lowable, under  some  circumstances,  to  marry 
such  as  are  not  in  the  church,  such  as  are  friend- 
ly to  the  cause  and  for  whom  there  is  hope, 
such  who  are  not  classed  with  unbelievers, 
2  Cor,  6:14.  But  since  it  is  allowed  iu  some 
cases,  great  care  should  he  e:iercised,  and  an 
understanding  of  some  kind  be  hud  before  the 
too  oft  fatal  leap  is  made.        Cyrus  Buchkr. 

Ucislville,  P-i. 


Word  is  this  world's  goods,  and  scores  and  hundreds  are 
[  not  converted,  hut  only  a  half  dozen  or  so,  we 
should  not  set  up  the  plea,  "  The  missionary 
work  does  not  pay;  for  in  an  early  day,  the  time 
of  Abrahati>,  we  learn  a  few  men  could  have 
'cd  a  city — ten  men  could  have  saved  Sodom, 
No  doubt  Noah  went  to  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
and  expense  to  save  only  "eight  souls,"  but 
souls  are  precious.  "  Por  what  is  a  man  prolit- 
ed,  if  he  gain  the  whole  world,  and  lose  his  own 
soul?  or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for 
his  soul?" 


COMMENTS    ON    MOLLIE    UM- 
BAUGH'S  QUERY. 

Please  give  an  e.tiilauiitiou  uf  the  following 
words :  "  Whosoever  is  born  of  God,  doth  not  com- 
mit sin ;  for  his  seed  remaineth  in  iiim,  and  he  can- 
not sin,  because  he  is  bom  of  God."    1  John  3 :  B. 

MOLLIE  UMBAUGII. 

WHO  13  IT  THAT  13  DORS  OF  OOD? 

ii  pEHOLD,  what  manner  of  love  the  Father 

13  hnth  bestowed  upon  us,  that  we  should 
be  called  the  sons  of  God!"  But  even  this  is 
not  all;  not  only  are  we  to  he  recognised  as  the 
children  of  God,  but  also  conformed  to  the  im- 
age of  Hia  only  begotten.  Sou.  And  suchis  the 
tiansforming  efficacy  of  His  glory,  that  when 
"  we  see  him  as  he  is,"  we  shall  be  changed  into 
His  image,  we  shall  be  pure,  a-s  He  is  pure;  for 
we  "  know  that  he  was  manifested  to  take  away 
our  sins;  and  in  him  is  no  sin," 

This  similitude  will  not.  I  confess, -he  com- 
plete in  the  present  life;  we  must  see  Christ 
even  as  He  is,  before  we  can  he  conformed  whol- 
ly to  His  image.  There  is,  however,  a  partial 
resemblance  which  becomes  more  complete  as 
grace  prevails  in  us.  In  this  state  we  "  know, 
but  in  part,"  and  are  sanctified  l)ut  in  part,  as 
John  tells  us,  "If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we 
deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is  not  in  us." 
John  cannot  mean  to  be  understood  iibnohitflij, 
wh^n  he  says,  "  He  that  is  born  of  God  doth 
not  commit  aiu."  But  it  is  yet  a  question  how 
the  words  can  he  best  explained  in  harmony 
with  other  passages  in  the  Scriptures.  John 
tells  us  to  "  walk  as  Christ  also  walked."  In 
the  close  of  this  epistle  the  apostle  speaks  of 
apostasy — that  is,  of  complete  and  final  aposta- 
sy as,  "a  sin  unto  death,"  as  a  fatal,  soul- 
destroying  sin.  This  sin  is  ntterly  inconsistent 
with  true  godliness.  He  that  Ls  horn  of  Gnd, 
iu  this  sense,  "  sinneth  not,"  and  "  cannot  sin," 
for  sin  we  substitute  apostasy,  meaning,  invet- 
erate and  complete  apostasy,  and  the  text  reads, 
"  Whoso  abideth  in  him,  tq>oslalizeHi  not:  who- 
soever apoMuCizeth  hath  not  seen  him,  neither 
kuovvn  him— he  that  is  guilty  of  uimtasij  is  of 
the  devil;  for  the  devil  hath  been  an  apostate 
from  the  beginning.  Whosoever  is  born  of  God, 
doth  not  njioslfitizc,  for  his  seed  remaineth  in 
liim,  and  he  cannot  aiiustalUe^  because  he  is 
born  of  God." 

Mutual  love  among  Christians  is  the  burden 
of  this  epistle;  hut  that  love  must  be  connected 
with  love  lo  Christ,  because  we  are  commended 
to  love  them  as  Brethren,  aud  he  ready  to  lay 
down  our  lives  for  them.  Verse  16.  Now  this 
mutual  love  produces  mutual  fellowship  and 
Communion,  not  with  them  only,  but  with  God, 
our  Father,  Christ  our  Savior,  through  the 
medium  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  He  has  given 
to  abide  with  us  forever.  Wm.  Stuart. 

Bmndl  SInlion,  Mo. 


QUERY  ANSWERED. 

Please  give  an  explanation  of  Matt.  21:  S:  also 
Mark  11;  2.  Do  botli  mean  the  same?  If  so,  what 
is  meant  by  the  ass  tied  and  the  colt  with  her ;  loose 
them  and  bring  them  unto  ine?  Did  lie  ride  botli, 
or  only  the  colt?  I.  H,  CniST. 

MATTHEW  21 : 2  and  Mark  11 : 2.  both  mean 
the  same.  The  colt  was  tied  with  its 
mother,  Mark  and  John  meution  only  the  colt, 
upon  which  Jesus  rode.  See  Mark  11:  i,  John 
12: 15, 15.  The  colt  upon  which  "  never  man 
sat,"  was  alone  fit  for  sacred  use.  See  Sam.  6: 
7.  Now  if  it  was  necessary  to  make  a  new  cart 
and  to  take  kine  "  on  which  there  hath  come  no 
yoke,"  to  draw  the  new  cart  that  bore  the  ark 
of  the  Lord,  how  much  more  to  take  a  young 
colt  "  whereon  never  man  sat,"  to  bear  the  Lord 
himself? 

PRIDE. 


BY  CHAKLES  M.  VEAROUT. 

"Thelust  oftlie  llesh.aiid  the  lust  of  the  eye. 
and  lUe  pride  of  life,  is  uot  tit  the  Father,  but  is  of 
tlie  world.  And  the  worlil  passi-tli  away,  and  the 
lust  thereof."— 1  John  2:  I'i,  n. 

HENCE  all   wlio   participate   in   these  evil 
things  shall  pass  away  and  where  God  is, 
they  cannot  come. 

Many  so-called  Christians  are  in  the  front 
ranks  of  the  devil,  following  all  the  evil  desires 
of  the  flesh,  "  Come  ye  out  from  among  them." 
The  world  passeth  away  and  the  lust  thereof" 
"Be  not  conformed  to  the  world;  but  he  ye 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your  mind,  that 
may  prove  what  is  that  good,  and  acceptable 
and  perfect  will  of  God."  We  are  not  to  engage 
in  those  thiags  that  are  hurtful  to  our  eternal 
welfare;  the  things  we  once /o/w/ and  tolerated 
we  now  hate;  and  the  things  we  once  hated  we 
now  love.  This  is  the  difference  between  a  re- 
generated aud  an  unregenerated  pei-son.  If  we 
be  risen  with  Christ,  let  us  seek  those  things 
which  are  above,  where  Christ  is.  If  we  are  in 
Christ,  we  have  no  desire  to  engage  iu  the  pleas- 
ures of  the  world;  "For,"  says  the  apostle, 
"  know  ye  not  that  the  friendship  of  the  ivorld 
is  enmity  with  God?""  So  we  see  that  he  who  is 
a  friend  of  the  world  is  an  enemy  of  God.  "  If 
any  man  love  the  world,  the  love  of  the  Father 
is  not  in  hiin."  If  we  be  the  friends  of  Christ, 
the  world  will  hate  us,  because  it  hated  our  Mas- 
ter. If  we  were  of  the  world,  then  would  the 
Avorld  love  us,  but  as   wt;  have   renounced  it,  it 


THE  WORTH  OF  THE  SOUL. 


Hi-  SILAS  GILBERT. 

THE  Savior  gives  us  to  understand  that  the 
value  of  the  soul  is  greater  than  that  of 
anything  ou  earth.  We  should  seriously  con- 
sider this,  both  as  applied  t«  our  neighbors  and 
ourselves.  In  fact  we  cannot  prepare  oui-selves 
for  eternity  without  a  concern  and  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  our  fellow-man,  Christ  died  for 
^ll_for  them  as  well  as  us.  Every  possible  ef- 
fort must  be  made  to  draw  souls  unto  him. 
"Go  TEACH  ALL  xATioNS."  The  invitation  is 
not  limited,  it  is  so  broad  that  it  includes  everj' 
kindred,  tribe  and  tongue. 

Christ  wants  all  to  kuow  what  it  takes  to  pu- 
rify the  aoul.  It  cannot  be  bought  with  this 
world's  goods,  We  learn  our  souls  are  purified 
by  obeying  the  truth.  The  apostle  tells  us,  we 
sliouid  u.'t  weary  iu  well  doing.  If  an  effort  is 
rnadc  .0  urcach  the  truth  und  it  takes  a  little  of 


We  are  commanded  to  lay  off  all  filthiness 
and  superfluity  of  naughtiness,  and  receive  with 
meekness  the  engrafted  word,  which  is  able  to 
save  our  souls.  We  shall  notice  some  of 
things  which  are  unnecessary,  that  do  not  add 
any  to  our  comfort  or  convenience:  Gaudy  dress, 
extravagantly  furnished  churches.  Some  ladies 
are  a  shame  to  any  civilixed  community,  the 
way  they  dress  themselves,  their  dresses  all  ruf- 
fled aud  scalloped  and  puckered  from  head  to 
foot;  and  yet  these  very  ladies  are  held  up  in 
their  respective  churches  as  model  Christians. 
Beautiful  "  lights  "  they  are!  No  sacrifices,  no 
change  whatever.  They  go  to  all  places  where 
Dinbol  is  king;  such  places  as  shows,  theatres, 
dances,  Sc.  "If  you  will  be  my  disciple,  take  up 
your  cross  and  follow  me,"  ia  Christ's  command. 
"  Pure  religion  luid  uudeliled  before  God  the 
Father  is  this:  to  visit  the  fatherless  aud  the 
widows  iu  their  afllictions,  aud  keep  youi^seif 
unspotted  from  the  world." 

The  Lord  help   us  to   flee  the  hist  of  the  eye 
and  the  pride  of  life. 


It  is  estimated  that  the  financial  loss  to 
that  portion  of  the  South  which  was  visited  by 
the  yellow  fever  is  ?200,00tf,000. 

— A  dispatch  from  Paris  says,  that  Oct.  21, 
Ihe  River  Ligue  rose  Cii  feet,  flooding  a  large 
portion  of  the  town  of  Largentiere. 

— The  largest  wholesale  dry  goods  firm  in  St. 
Louis,  that  of  Dodd,  Brown,  S:  Co.,  has  failed. 
Liabilities  from  $1,250,000  to  $1,500,000, 

— In  view  of  the  prevalence  of  hog  cholera  at 
the  West,  the  Chicago  Tribttiif  advises  people 
to  abstain  from  all  forms  of  swine  flesh  as  the 
only  sure  mode  of  escape. 

— Memi'iiis  rejoices  in  the  deposition  of  the 
yellow  fiend,  and  the  city  ia  rapidly  filling  up 
with  returned  refugees  and  strangers.  The  fe- 
ver is  every-where  disappearing. 

— The  hair  of  deer  is  five  times  lighter  than 
cork,  and  a  firm  iu  New  York  ia  making  life 
preservers  of  it.  A  life  buoy  weighing  two  aud 
a  half  pounds  will  sustain  two  men. 

— It  ia  thought  that  England's  proposed  ad- 
vance into  Afghanistan  will  be  postponed  on 
account  of  the  fever  that  is  steadily  increasing 
among  the  troops  statioued  at  Jamrood  and  eti- 
caiuped  on  the  frontier, 

— Rf.i'obts  from  Yankton,  Dakota,  Oct.  7, 
state  that  a  very  destructive  prairie  fire  travers- 
ed from  fifteen  to  twenty  counties  between  Jim 
River  and  Missouri  River.  Great  damage  is 
done  in  some  of  the  settlements, 

— ArcoitDiNG  ta  a  recent  statement  of  ICwang 
Chang  Ling,  an  educated  Chinese  statesman, 
the  entire  population  of  China  does  not  now 
exceed  120,1)00,000.  instead  of  being  450.000,000. 
as  it  has  been  uauallj-  reckoned. 

— Tut;  remains  of  a  large  and  magnificent 
church,  built  of  unusually  great  stones,  has 
been  observed  at  Amwos,  near  'Abu  Shusheh, 
in  Palestine.  It  dates,  probably,  anterior  to  the 
crusading  ti-mes,  and  possibly  from  the  fifth 
century, 

— Thuek  volcauoes. — Cotopaxi,  in  Equador, 
vlitna,  in  the  island  of  Sicily,  aud  Vesuvius,  in 
Italy,— are  now  iu  full  blane  together.  The 
simultaneous  eruption  of  three  volcanoes  is  a 
circumstance,  one  which  does  not  occur  in 
centuries. 

nissiONAUY  of  the  American  Sunday- 
school  Union  in  the  mountains  of  Kentucky. 
reports  that  out  of  533  families  visited  by  him, 
310  were  destitute  of  a  Bible.  In  canvassing 
one  county,  he  spoke  of  staying  with  five  preach- 
ers who  had  no  Bible. 

— Jesus  is  the  purest  among  the  mighty,  the 
mightiest  among  the  pure,  who,  with  His  pierc- 
ed hand,  has  raised  empires  from  their  founda- 
tions, turned  the  stream  of  history  from  its  old 
channel,  and  still  continues  to  rule  and  guide 
the  ages, 

— A  BiiiLirAL  curiosity  in  the  English  section 
of  the  Parish  Exhibition  which  attracts  crowds, 
is  a  model  of  the  tabernacle  as  it  rested  during 
the  wanderings  of  the  Israelites  in  the  desert. 
The  exterior  is  constructed  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  details^iven  in  the  Old  Testanieut, 

— The  Baltimore  6'(1h  says  that  arbitration 
prevails  between  employers  and  employed  in 
Maryland.  Both  parties  select  disinterested 
outsiders.  A  strike  of  journeymen  riggers  was 
recently  adjusted  by  such  methods,  and  other 
instances  have  occurred  of  the  same  kind. 


Be  Apfaiile; — Much  of  the  happiness  of  life 
depends  ou  our  outward  demeanor.  We  have 
all  experienced  the  charm  of  gentle  and  courti?- 
ous  conduct;  we  have  all  been  drawn  irresistibly 
to  those  who  are  obliging,  affable  and  sympa- 
thetic in  their  demeanor.  The  friendly  grasp, 
the  warm  welcome,  the  cheery  tone,  theencour- 
aging  word,  the  respectful  manner  bear  no  small 
share  in  creating  the  joy  of  life:  while  tho  au- 
stere tone,  the  stern  rebuke,  the  t^haip  and  acid 
remark,  the  cold  and  disrespectful  air,  the  super- 
cilious and  scornful  hearing  are  retiponslhle  for 
more  of  human  distress,  despair  and  woe,  than 
their  transient  nature  might  seem  to  wan-ant. 
—.1//.  Jmj  n.-r,il.l. 


-FoHTU-VB-TF.LLiNii  is  Carried  on  to  an  ex- 
tent in  San  Francisco  unknown  elsewhere. 
Some  of  the  women  engaged  iu  the  business 
charge  from  S5  to  §10  for  an  interview  and  are 
vLsited  by  credulous  stock  speculators,  who  seek 
to  obtain  supernatural  "points"  as  to  the 
market. 

— A  insi'ATcn  from  Alexandria,  Egypt,  saya 
the  inundation  from  the  Damietta  branch  of  the 
Nile  is  advancing.  It  now  covers  one  hundred 
and  twenty  square  miles.  Twenty  villages  have 
been  submerged  and  from  si.x  hundred  to  one 
thousand  lives  lost. 

— About  a  hundred  negroes  have  been  put  lo 
death  in  Santa  Cruz,  hut  the  rebellious  spirit 
remains,  and  the  island  is  practically  ruined, 
The  damage  to  property  from  the  insurrection 
is  estimated  at  three  million  dollars. 

— It  is  said  that  in  San  I-'iauciseo  there  is  a 
growing  and  frightful  increase  of  drunkenness 
among  ivomen— -a  most  nnforhinate  sign.  Dr. 
Cuyler  writes  to  a  Western  paper:  '"The  profli- 
gacy of  San  Prancisco,  this  great  cosmopolitan 
city,  is  equal  to  that  of  a  continental  lovm  in 
Eui'ope.  There  ore  over  S,000  drinking  saloons 
in  full  blast,  and  I  have  seen  more  drunken  peo- 
ple on  Ihc  streets  than  I  ever  saw  in  any  Eastern 
city." 


ISTovembpr    1  1 . 


THE    3 1-cETKREIN"    AT    ^^^ORIv. 


CORRESPOlSTDEI^rCE- 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

AT  the  Silver  Creok  fcusi  I  met  many  Unit 
obeyed  the  Loi-fl.  when  we  were  among 
them  u  year  before.  It  does  us  good  to  mvH 
them,  and  bear  such  expressions  as  this,  "1 
never  regretted  the  change  from  the  woHd  to 
Christ.''  I  bade  them  adieu  and  went  to  Mt. 
Morris  on  private  business.  In  an  hour  was  on 
hbc  road  to  Shannon  Love-feast,  in  company 
with  Eld.  D.  E.  Priue  and  others.  Stopped 
with  Bro.  Samuel. I.  Lahman.  Meeting  on  the 
10th,  at  ten  A.  M.  Met  brother  Enoch  Eby 
and  lioyer,  of  Waddam'.i  Grove,  brother  Mar- 
cus Fowler,  of  Yellow  Creek,  Moore  ami  Esh- 
elmiin,  of  Lanark,  Bro.  Martin,  of  Cherry 
Grove,  George  Zollars,  of  poetic  inclination,  of 
Hickory  Grove,  J.  J.  Emmert,  of  Arnold's 
Grove,  and  others,  with  whom  I  had  B  slight 
ncf]tiHintuncc,  whose  names  I  have  not  remem- 
bered. The  Feast  was  the  largest.  1  think,  1 
ev^r  witnessed,  and  one  lone  to  be  remembered. 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lonl  seemed  to  pervade  every 
heart.  I  continued  the  meetings  for  a  week. — 
Although  the  weather  was  stormy,  and  nights 
dark,  the  attendance  was  as  good  as  could  be 
expected;  and  the  order  was  excellent.  The 
Lord  blessed  onr  labors  here,  several  made  the 
good  confession,  and  were  enrolled  in  the  Lord's 
array.  May  they  fight  the  good  fight  of  faith, 
never  disturb,  nor  lay  the  armor  by,  till  they 
fall  in  death;  and  on  the  golden  shores,  reap 
the  exceeding  great  reward. 

On  the  ISth  Bro.  Bashor  came,  and  relieved 
me.  I  remained  however  till  Monday  the  21st, 
to  attend  council  meeting,  at  which  Bro.  Frank- 
lin McCnue  was  advanced  to  the  2nd  degree  of 
the  ministry,  and  Bro.  Samuel  Sprogle  chosen 
speaker.  May  the  Lord  make  of  them  able 
ministers  of  the  "  Word  of  Life.  I  left  them  in 
council  and  boarded  the  2  o'clock  train,  and  wiis 
homeward  bound,  where  I  arrived  next  morn- 
ing at  9  A.  M.,  without  accident  or  delay.— 
Found  my  family  all  at  home,  and  in  good 
health;  although  there  had  been  many  casual- 
ties and  considerable  sickness  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, during  my  absence.  The  Lord  be  praised 
for  His  goodness  forever.    More  anon. 

Ferrht,  Mo.,  Orf.  'Mh,  ISJK 

From  Enoch  Eby. 

Tkar  Biflhrc»:~ 

WHILE  waiting  for  thecals.  I  shall  im- 
prove the  time  in  penning  a  few  lines 
toyoii,  to  imform  you  that  I  arrived  safely  at 
Wyanet,  Bureau  Co.,  on  Wednesday  the  23rd. 
After  having  been  brought  on  my  way  to  Fur- 
reston,  by  brother  David  liowland,  and  finding 
a  team  from  the  country,  I  was  only  obliged  to 
walk  about  two  miles.  I  arrived  about 
dark,  at  the  house  of  friend  David  Stouffer,  who 
informed  me  of  the  meeting  apiwinted,  .some 
miles  West,  which  was  very  unexpected  to  me; 
having  set  the  first  appointment  for  the  25th, 
fearing  I  could  not  get  there  sooner.  But  they 
Understood  my  letter  the  23nl,  hence  the  ap- 
pointment. I  was  glad  I  went  one  day  ahead 
of  my  time,  which  in  all  similar  cases,  is  better 
than  a  day  behind  time.  I  then  continued 
meeting  for  nine  eveuiuKS,  at  frvo  places  about 
three  miles  apart.  Had  five  appointments  at 
each  place.  Hunt's  school-house  and  the  United 
Brethren  meeting-house.  Had  ordinary  inter- 
est, considering  the  dark  nights  and  busy  time. 
The' interest  began  to  increase,  and  the  moon 
to  give  light,  and  a  strong  desire  being  mani- 
fested on  the  part  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
tei-s  and  some  others,  to  continue  the  meetings 
a  week  or  two  more.  I  felt  mnch  like  doing 
so,  but  I  conceived  it  to  ■he  my  duty  to  visit 
all  the  other  points  of  laboi'  in  this  mission 
field.  Hence  could  not  spend  much  more  than 
a  week  in  each  place;  and  return  by  the  3rd  of 
Dec,  so  as  to  be  to  the  District  Meeting.  Hence 
reluctantly,  seemingly  upon  the  part  ol  all  pres- 
ent, we  bade  farewell;  and  this  morning  at  an 
early  hour,  was  brought  to  Sheffield,  on  the 
Chicago  and  Rock  Island  road,  by  brother  Cul- 
bcrtson,  and  soon  arrived  here  at  Bureau  Junc- 
tion; and  in  the  mid-nt  of  the  bustle  and  noise, 
incident  to  It  R,  depots,  (especially  at  junctions) 
I  am  penning  these  thought?.  But  to  return 
again  to  the  little  despised,  but  laithful  flock  of 
Nazarenes,  our  dear  brethren  and  sistei's  in  the 
Ford,  near  New  Bedford.  I  am  happy  to  say  I 
found  them  hungering  for  the  bread  of  life,  and 
the  associations  of  the  brethren  and  sisters 
from  a  distance.  Brethren  do  not  forget  ihem 
in  your  travels  and  prayers. 

The  health  among  them  was  good,  except 
Bro.  Joseph  Osborn  who  was  confinol  lo  hia  room 
and  could  not  attend  any  of  our  meetings,  but 
when  I  luft,  he  had  hopes  to  be  around  in  a  few 
diiys.     Many  deaths  occurred  in  the   neighbor- 


hood lately  among  children  caused  by  diphthe- 
ria. Brolher  Culbertson  and,  myself  also  visited 
a  sister,  by  the  name  of  White,  living  one  mile 

South-west  of  Tampico  in  Whiteside  Co..  for- 
merly from  Fayette  Co.,  emigrated  to  this 
country  twenty-three  years  ago;  and  has  not 
heard  a  brother  preach  since.  For  a  time  she 
united  with  the  Campbellites,  not  in  faith,  but 
for  a  temporary  home,  thinking  a  poor  house 
is  better  than  none.  She  is  quite  delicate  in 
health,  but  seems  strong  in  the  faith,  and  en- 
joyed our  visit  and  season  of  worship  verj- 
much.  She  was  left  a  widow  eight  years  ago. 
with  thirteen  children,  of  which  two  remain  at 
home  single,  and  do  the  work  on  the  farm.  She 
has  the  comforts  of  life  ordinarily.  Dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  remember  her  in  your  travels 
and  prayei-s.     More  anon. 

Biire'iu  .liiHrfmu  N"v.  Isf.  If^TK 

From  J.  F.  Neher. 

OUR  Love-feast,  which  was  on  the  13th  inst., 
passed  off  pleasantly.  Ministers  present 
besides  our  own,  were.  Brethren  Martin  White- 
neck,  Jacob  Root  and  Joshua  Kesler,  all  from 
Bond  Co.,  III.,  who  are  all  young  in  the  minis- 
try, but  manifest  a  willingness  in  discharging 
their  duty.  Seemingly  the  members  were 
all  built  up  and  edified.  On  the  18th  inst.,  we 
ivere  with  the  Brethren,  at  the  Love-feast,  in 
the  Mulberry  Grove  church.  Bond  Co.,  111. 

This  church  at  present,  is  in  somewhat  dis- 
tressing circumstances;  and  should  be  remem- 
bered at  a  throne  of  grace.  Of  their  ministers, 
three  in  number,  only  one  of  them  could  be  at 
the  Communion.  Elder  John  W.  Goodman, 
has  lost  his  eyesight,  and  would  not  venture  out 
after  night.  He  however  was  at  the  day  meet- 
ings, and  enjoyed  himself  very  well.  Brother 
Allen  T.iylor,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree, 
is  prostrated  by  the  hand  of  alHiction,  and  his 
situation  is  not  a  very  hopi'ful  one. 

The  feast  however  was  a  pleasant  one.  Min- 
isters present  were'Jelder  David  Frantz  from 
Marion  Co.,  Henry  Jones  and  Martin  White- 
neck  from  the  Hurricane  Creek  church.  Bond 
Co.,  III.  After  the  self-esamination,  instruct- 
ions were  given  and  the  supper  prepared,  the 
ordinance  of  feet-washing  was  observed  by  the 
officiating  brother,  first  girding  himself  with  a 
towel,  then  turning  to  his  brother  to  his  side, 
washing  his  feet  and  wiping  them  with  the 
towel,  wherewith  he  was  girded;  then  the  Bro. 
that  had  his  feet  w.ashed,  took  the  towel  and  did 
the  same  to  the  brother  to  his  side  and  soon 
around  the  table  to  the  place  of  beginning.— 
All  passed  oft'  in  the  best  of  order;  and  all  obey- 
ed the  command  and  example  of  our  Savior. 
The  Supper  and  Communion  passed  off  with 
due  solemnity,  and  when  we  had  sung  a  hymn, 
we  went  out  and  it  was  night.  Met  again 
next  morning,  at  eleven  o'clock.  Preaching  by 
David  Frnnt/.  Text,  "  He  was  led  as  a  lamb  to 
the  slaughter,  and  as  asheep  before  his  shearer; 
so  he  opened  not  his  mouth."  Showed  to  the 
congregation  how  lamb-like  our  innocent  Sav- 
ior was  led  to  the  slaughter,  and  shed  His  blood 
for  the  siu  of  the  world.  Also  how  sheep-like 
He  was  shorn  of  His  glory  with  the  Father,  in 
order  that  His  children  might  be  clothe<l  with 
glory,  honor  and  immortality.  At  three  o'clock 
some  of  the  members  met  at  the  house  of  broth- 
er Allen  Taylors',  who  had  called  the  elders  of 
the  church,  and  was  anointed  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  n.'i  instructed  by  the  apostle  James. 
In  the  evening  brother  Frantz  again  addressed 
a  large  congregation,  on  the  "  Love  of  God, 
proving  by  circumstantial  evidence,  that 
though  human  love  will,  and  has  failed,  yet 
God's  love  is  ever  the  same.  Next  day,  Frantz 
again  addressed  a  very  large  and  attentive  con- 
gregation. Subject,  "  The  Christian  warfare, 
showing  that  in  many  respects,  there  is  a  sim- 
ilarity between  the  carnal  and  Christian  war- 
fare; that  soldiers  enlisting  in  carnal  warfare, 
must  be  true  and  faithful  to  their  promise  in 
order  to  get  an  honorable  discharge,  and  to  be 
admitted  in,  or  enjoy  the  soldiers'  reunion.  So 
likewise  the  soldiers  of  Jesus  Christ  must  be 
faithful  and  put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God, 
and  fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,  in  order  to 
get  an  honorable  discharge  at  death,  and  in  or- 
der to  be  admitted  into  the  grand  reunion 
above. 

There  was  another  appointment  for  Sunday 
evening,  but  we  were  not  present.  I  feel  as- 
sured that  the  congregation  was  well  enter- 
tained. 

Salem,  III. 

From  Abilene,  Kansas. 

THE.  church  iu  this  part  of  the  West,  is  still 
moving  along  slowly.  Now  und  then  an 
addition  by  baptism,  but  more  by  persons  mov- 
ing here.     I  am  glad  to  say  that  the   Brethren 


are  still  flocking  in,  seeking  for  new  homes. — 
We  can  use  them  all.  The  field  is  large.  Bro. 
G.  Maurer  from  Naperville,  111.,  was  with  us 
and  spent  a  few  days  here.  He  gave  us  a  few 
good  sermons,  which  will  long  be  remembered. 
He  also  has  bought  a  farm  ten  miles  South  of 
Abilene.  I  hope  and  pray  that  his  new  field 
may  be  blessed  with  a  rich  harvest.  And  while 
we  rejoice  in  his  coming  to  locate  with  us,  no 
doubt  his  departure  will  be  a  sad  one  among  the 
Brethren  in  III.  Bnt  may  they  bear  in  mind, 
that  their  loss  is  our  gain,  for  we  are  scattered 
over  a  vast  scope  of  country,  and  need  those 
those  who  can  help  hold  forth  tlie  ancient 
landmarks.  Now  a  word  to  our  many  travel- 
ing Brethren  that  come  to  look  for  homes 
through  this  part  of  Kansas.  Do  not  forget 
there  are  agood  many  membei-s  living  through 
this  part  of  the  State,  and  we  would  be  glad  to 
see  them  stop  oft'.  Those  who  let  us  know 
of  their  coming,  we  will  be  glad  to  meet 
at  the  depot.  No  ditterencc  whether  ministei-s 
or  lay  members,  inform  ns  and  we  will  he  glad 
to  welcome  you  to  our  homes.  Don't  be  afraid 
you  make  us  too  much  trouble.  Our  aim  is  to 
get  Brethren  to  stay  and  settle  with  us;  for  I  do 
think  no  one  can  better  himself  in  the  State, 
take  all  in  all.  I  am  well  aware  that  there  are 
scores  of  Brethren  come  West,  who  don't  know 
that  there  is  a  church  in  this  part  of  Kansas. — 
So  I  thought  I  would  inform  them.  You  will 
find  friends  who  will  care  for  you  while  you 
stay  with  us.  Homestead  lands  we  have  none 
that  are  good,  but  other  lands  can  be  bought 
from  five  to  fifteen  dollai-s  an  acre.  Plenty  of 
good  water,  some  timber.  As  yet,  no  coal  has 
been  discovered  in  this  county. 
I  will  give  afew  names,  so  that  those  who  would 
wish  to  correspond,  can  do  so.  The  writer,  Ab- 
ilene; brother  Michael  Forney;  J.  Humbarger; 
S.  A,  Smith,  all  Abilene.  Would  farther  .-iay 
that  brother  M.  Forney  lives  in  Abilene.  He 
can  direct  you  to  some  of  the  rest. 

H.  S.  Manohlv. 

From  the  Maple  Grove  Colony. 

WE  will  siiy  once  for  all  to  the  members  and 
those  that  contemplate  becoming  such, 
that  when  }'ou  write  to  us  for  information  in 
regard  to  the  colony.  Please  enclose  enough 
to  cover  expenses  for  writing.  Many  write 
for  information  and  ask  many  questions  and 
requ&st  immediate  answer,  hut  fail  to  send  the 
wherewith  to  pay  theexpenses  of  writing.  We 
hope  all  will  i-emember  that  one  three-cent 
stamp  does  not  cover  all  cost  of  a  letter.  I  am 
willing  10  give  my  time  in  writing  free,  fori 
am  a  rapid  writer,  iind  require  but  a  few  min- 
utes to  write  a  long  letter,  butdo  think  those 
for  whom  I  write,  should  pay  for  writing  ma- 
terial and  stamps.  I  have  a  heavy  correspond- 
ence, consequently  considerable  expense.  We 
feel  that  it  is  to  the  advantage  of  those  that 
intend  lo  move  West,  to  go  in  a  colony  and 
settle  near  together  for  many  reasons.  We  are 
willing  therefore,  to  do  all  we  can  to  assist  and 
encourage  such,  by  giving  all  the  information 
we  can. 

We  will  also  say  to  those  that  send  their 
names  to  us,  desiring  to  become  members  of 
our  colony,  to  please  enclose  with  their  names, 
fifty  cents  for  each  name  to  he  appi  ied  on  other 
expenses,  such  as  blank  books,  maps  and  the 
expenses  of  the  locating  committee,  which 
have  just  returned  after  a  five  weeks  tour.  The 
expenses  of  that  committee  were  considerable, 
which  we  think  the  members  ought  to  assist 
in  paying.  If  "  scrip"  is  not  at  hand,  send  post- 
age stamps.  In  sending  in  your  names  for 
membership,  don't  fail  to  have  them  accompan- 
ied with  responsible  vouchers.  We  want  none 
that  cannot  furnish  good  references  as  to  appli- 
cants' good  character,  etc.  We  will  briefly 
answer  a  few  questions  that  are  asked  by  many: 

1.  How  much  means  are  required  in  oitler 
to  become  a  member  of  the  colony? 

Ans.  No  specified  amount  required;  the 
more  the  better.  Each  member  ought  to  have 
some  means  after  settling  on  his  claim. 

2.  How  much  government  land  can  a  per- 
son take? 

Asa.  480  acres.  160  homestead,  ICO  tim- 
ber claim  and  by  pre-emption  lOO  acres. 

3.  How  much  will  the  land  cost':' 

Ans.  Homestead  and  timber  claim  §17. — 
Each  pre-emption  right  SI. 25  per  acre.  Law 
requires  to  live  on  and  improve  a  homestead  for 
live  years,  then  the  government  makes  you  a 
deed.  No  taxes  to  pay  on  the  land  until  you 
get  your  deed.    (See  homestead  laws). 

■1.     Whoean  take  claims? 

Ans.  All  persons  over  twenty-one  years, 
that  have  never  had  the  benefitof  a  homestead. 

5.     Does  §17.  cover  all  cost? 

Ans.  It  does  till  the  five  years  are  up;  then 
you  i)ay  *3.00  or  §5.00  when  yoa  get  your  deed. 

It.     Where  have  you  located? 


Ass.    Norton  Co.,  Kansits. 

7.    How  far  from  settlement,  is  the  location? 

Ass.     Five  miles. 

S.    How  far  from  mill  and  store? 

Ass.  Sis  miles;  dry  goods  and  groceries  as 
cheap  as  here  in  Iowa. 

'J.     How  far  from  railroad? 

Ass.  60  miles,  hut  will  be  within  30  another 
season  and  within  a  short  time  irill  be  within 
sis  miles  from  railroad. 

1(1.     What  is  the  price  of  good  cows? 
,  Ass.     From  §20.00  to  §30.00 

U.     Is  there  any  timber  in  that  county? 

As.s,  Yes;  I  think  they  have  as  much  tim- 
ber there  as  we  have  here  in  Iowa.  Wood  can 
be  bought  at  §2.50  to  §3.00  per  cord. 

12.  Doesevery  person  have  to  take  his  own 
claim? 

Ass.  Yes;  every  person  must  take  his  own 
claim;  law  requires  it. 

13.  Are  nearly  all  your  colony  members  also 
members  of  the  church? 

Ans.  Yes;  about  nine-tenths  are  members 
of  the  church.  We  have  between  fifty  and 
sixty  members  now  in  the  colony  and  still  add- 
ing at  every  meeting.  Address  all  communica- 
tions to.  N.  C.  Workman. 

iSc/o/h,  Monlfiomeri/  Co.,  Iowa. 

J'n'initiif  C/trisli<ni,2)lease  copij. 


From   Landon  West. 


ON  Monday  morning,  Oct.  7th,  in  company 
with  Bro.  James  .lohnson,  of  New  Lex- 
ington, Ohio,  left  the  home  of  brother  Reed, 
and  came  through  to  brother  Johnson's  home. 
One  can  not  well  grow  tired  of  an  old  man, 
«'hen  in  his  conTpany,  if  his  mind  has  all  the 
vigor  of  youth,  hence  the  ride  to  us  was  most 
pleasant.  From  this  old  brother  we  heard 
much  that  wjis  interesting  and  some  that  was 
quite  amusing.  From  his  home,  we  came  at 
night  to  the  home  of  brother  Hixon,  where  he 
and  his  wife  had  just  arrived  to  find  a  little 
daughter  very  sick.  She  had  had  symptoms  of 
spasm  in  the  day  and  night  before,  and  on  this 
account,  and  because  the  Love-feast  at  their 
meeting-house  was  set  for  Oct.  12th,  and  hia 
school  to  commence  on  the  14th,  he  could  not 
come  with  us,  as  was  wished,  to  the  Love-feasts 
in  Miami.  We  howevcrcame  on  alone,  and 
did  wish  to  reach  the  meeting-house  near  Cov- 
ington, on  the  Stii,  but  could  not.  We  then 
went  to  the  meeting  on  the  9th  at, 

nOKAIJlS  I  ItEKK. 

This  church  is  in  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  about  nine 
miles  West  of  Springfield.  We  arrived  there 
at  12  M.,  on  the  9th,  and  were  verywarnily  re- 
ceived by  our  many  friends.  The  day  was 
pleasant,  and  a  large  crowd  had  assembled  for 
the  services,  at  10  A.  M.,  when  they  were  ad- 
dressed by  brother  0.  F.  Y'ount.  Some  were 
ready  for  baptism,  and  this  was  attended  to  be- 
fore the  Love-feast. 

The  eiders  in  this  church,  are  brethren  Jo- 
seph Kautlman  and  John  Frantz.  Ministers 
are  Aaron  Fratitz,  Pelcr  Heck  and  George 
Funderburg.  Those  in  attendance  were  breth- 
ren Joseph  Arnold,  Oliver  Yount  and  George 
Miller.  Brother  David  Workman,  of  Ashland, 
Ohio,  had  been  expected,  but  it  was  learned 
that  he  had  been  called  home,  on  account  of  an 
injury  to  his  wife,  by  being  thrown  trom  a 
buggy. 

The  attendance  however  was  large,  especially 
by  the  menibere,  and  all  seemed  to  enjoy  the 
occasion  well,  but  to  us  it  was  a  feast  indeed, 
for  we  had  never  Lefore  seen  so  many  brethren 
and  sisters  at  one  Love-feast.  This  wa.s  our 
first,  among  the  churches  of  Miami. 

The  crowd  both  in  and  out  of  the  house, 
w:is  lai-ge,  and  there  was  at  times  confusion — 
so  much  as  to  interfere  greatly  with  those 
whose  only  object,  was  to  worship  God  aright. 
This  made  it  quite  difticult  to  speak  to  those 
who  were  willing  to  hear,  and  lessened  greatly 
the  happiness,  which  would  otherwise  have 
been  felt.  But  with  all  it  was  an  occasion  to 
be  remembered,  especially  by  those,  who  thought 
of  him  who  died  "  without  the  gate." 

We  lodged  for  the  night  with  Bro.  George 
Funderburg;  came  again  early  to  the  church, 
ivhere  worshi])  and  breakfast  were  bad,  then 
for  some  time,  a  very  pleasant  season  was  spent 
in  the  last  service.  Then  came  the  time  for 
parting,  when  we  in  company  with  some  others, 
came  to  the  house  of  brother  Frank  Miller, 
where  quite  a  pleasant  time  was  spent  iji  com- 
paring views  upon  what  the  Lord  had  said,  of 
'which  quite  an  a^greeraent  prevailed,  both  with 
those  who  were  membera,  and  with  those  who 
were  not. 

At  night  we  came  and  staid  with  elder  John 
Frautz,  whose  age  and  infirmity  make  us  think 
that  the  work  of  one  more  of  the  fathers,  ia 
well  nigh  done.  From  his  home  we  came 
South  to  the  Love-feast  in  Green  Co.,  known  as 


THE    BKETHRE^ST    ^T    ^VOitKl. 


I^oveniber    14r 


HEAVER  TREES  CIIL'RCH- 

The  elders  who  liave  tl)e  oversight  ol'  thishody, 
rue  Moses  Shoup,  whojs  now  eighty-six  years 
of  age.  and  brother  George  Halter,  of  the  Low- 
er Miami  church.  The  ministers  are  David 
Bttt<?3,  B.  F.  Darataiid  Henry  Duncan.  Those 
from  other  churches,  were  brother  Jacob  Gar- 
ber  and  the  writer. 

On  account  of  troubles,  which  hadexiated 
here  for  some  time,  there  waa  no  feast  held  at 
this  place  lu^fc  year,  but  a^onimittee  of  breth- 
ren having  visited  this'pjiice  iu  Aug.,  and  hav- 
ing adjusted  the  troubles  to.  quite  a  genera! 
satisfaction,  it  was  concluded  to  hold  a  feast 
this  year;  and  such  we  think  itivas  to  all  who 
attended  it.  The  heavy  rain  on  the  evening  of 
the  11th.  prevented  some  from  enjoying  thi 
meeting  a^  they  wished,  hut  to  those  who  were 
there  it  was  regarded  as  n  feast  indeed.  Among 
those  who  partook  were  some  who  had  quite 
lately  come  into  the  I'hurch  at  this!  place,  and 
to  them  this  was  their  first  opportnnity  to  show 
forth  their  Lord's  death.  Tho  order  at  this 
meeting  was  praiseworthj-,  and  the  occasion  is 
one  long  to  be  remembered. 

Siiikiiii/  Springs,  Ohio. 


From  F.  P.  Lcehr. 

VN  apology  is  due  from  us  as  a  church  to  the 
Christian  world  lor  holding  up  the  idea, 
that  we  believe  to  be  as  near,  if  not  nearer  in 
doctrine  and  practice  of  the  [lure  Gospel  as  any 
other  denomination  of  Christians;  and  yet  for 
all  this,  are  the  least  known  perhaps  of  all. — 
Why  don't  you  send  out  missionaries?  If  your's 
is  the  pure  Gospel  doctrine,  why  not  exert 
yourselves  to  t«ach  it  every-where?  You  are 
right,  dear  friends,  for  if  somebody  or  some 
company  has  something  useful  for  the  multi- 
tude, they  will  use  every  means  to  advertise. — 
But  sometimes  another  class  of  men  have  a 
preference  right,  and  not  until  their  time  is 
expired,  can  the  other  party  assert  this  change. 
So  it  is  with  the  pure  Gospel  of  Christ,  There 
had  been  an  interdict  upon  it  for  12£)0  years, 
and  all  this  length  the  true  believers  were  in 
guise  of  the  woman  in  the  wilderness.  For 
upwards  of  six  hundred  years  the  Christian 
church  was  persecuted  by  Jews  and  gentiles. — 
The  devil  however  saw  that  he  could  not  gain 
his  end  by  persecution,  so  he  befriended  them 
and  made  them  a  head  that  gathered  the  Chris- 
tians into  armies,  to  convert  the  world  to 
Chri.stianity;  but  as  this  was  not  the  doctrme 
of  Christ,  those  who  were  true  and  would  not 
accept  of  it,  were  killed,  persecuted  and  driven 
from  place  to  place;  and  though  the  dragon 
cast  a  flood  after  the  woman,  the  flood  (false 
doctrine)  did  not  reach  the  woman  or  church 
1260  years  ago.  This  church  existed  under 
various  names,  and  in  dilt'erent  places,  and 
finally  crossed  the  Atlantic  ocean  about  1710, 
bringing  the  same  doctrine,  for  which  they 
were  fined  and  imprisoned,  and  driven  until 
they  reached  the  Amencan  shore.  They  were 
very  careful  to  keep  that  part  of  their  creed  a 
secret,  for  which  they  had  sulfei-ed  persecution 
in  all  other  countries.  For  nearly  a  century 
and  a  half,  this  American  country  knew  but 
very  little  of  this  people.  Even  Buck  in  his 
Theological  Dictionary,  loses  them  at  Ephrata, 
in  Pennsylvania  under  the  description  of  the 
Seven  Dayers  or  Tunkers;  hence  the  many  er- 
roneous ideas  of  nt.  Until  the  late  Rebellion, 
our  Brethren  would  try  in  every  way  not  to 
become  populai'ly  known  with  this  conviction, 
that  they  were  in  the  wilderness,  supposing  to 
remain  there  until  the  second  coming  of  Christ. 
But  some  few  had  an  idea  that  the  flight  of  the 
woman  took  place  till  about  A.  D.  600,  and  con- 
sequently would  come  to  a  close  about  1806.— 
Now  we  want  to  see  how  she  came  out  or 
whether  she  came  out;  so  we  must  consider 
that  wheueverthe  church  took  up  carnal  weap- 
ons to  convert  the  world  and  took  the  govern- 
ment of  the  world  in  her  hand,  instead  of 
coming  out  of  her,  the  true  Christian  was 
made  known  as  a  non-combative,  non-swear- 
ing, non-conforming  man.  Thus  all  true 
Christians  were  persecuted.  When  the  It<!hell- 
ion  broke  out  we  had  to  appear  before  magis- 
trates and  governors,  and  make  our  principles 
known.  Thus  ended  the  1290  days  of  proph- 
ecy. Since  thattime  we  need  not  hold  private 
council  when  persons  apply  for  membership. — 
The  Gospel  pence  principle  is  accepted  by  many 
and  is  growing  stronger,  while  on  the  other 
hand,  Satan's  work  of  hatred  is  smouldering 
invisibly  like  fire  in  the  ashes. 

Now  friends,  I  have  given  yon  some  cause 
and  reason  why  we  have  not  been  as  energetic 
in  carrying  the  Gospel  as  we  believe  it,  to 
other  nations  and  countries.  Yon  have  done 
nobly  in  carrj'ing  the  Bible  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth.  If  your  miiisionaries  only  had  hacked 
it  up  fully.    Saying  one  thing  and  doing  anoth- 


er hath  caused  thousands  to  become  skeptics. — 
Well  might  the  Lord  have  said  "Whatsoever 
they  tell  you  to  do,  do  it,  but  after  their  works 
shall  ye  not  do." 

Our  apology  I  think,  is  reasonable,  for  the 
door  WHS  closed  in  most  governments;  is  closed 
yet;  witness  the  Monnonitcs  in  Russiii.  But 
Brethren,  my  apology  is  at  an  end.  The  Lord 
saith,  "  Behold  I  have  set  before  thee  an  open 
door,  and  no  man  can  shut  it."     Rev.  3:  8. 

Never  since  the  opening  of  the  Christian  era, 
was  there  such  a  time,  not  only  prhnlege, 
but  call  for  the  pure  Gospel.  The  fulfillment 
of  the  9th  verse,  wils  never  more  clear.  The 
[iromise  for  keeping  the  word  of  my  pati 
ia  great,  and  should  encourage  every  brother 
and  sister,  mid  give  them  new  zeal  and  energy, 
to  throw  otf  the  shackles  that  bind  us  to  the 
eai-th.  Behold  I  come  quickly!  What  kind 
of  a  people  ought  we  to  be  when  He  comes' 
Ought  we  not  to  have  worked  while  it  is  culled 
to-day?  Ought  we  not  hasten  to  cai'ry  the 
glnd  tidings,  by  lightening  speed  to  every  nook 
and  corner,  since  the  door  is  opened  b}'  the 
Lord?  Shall  we  not  call  conventions  from  one 
end  to  the  other  of  our  free  country,  to  con- 
sider the  best  ways  and  means  by  which  th( 
most  and  best  work  can  be  done?  where  we 
could  put  onr  strength  and  our  means,  that  God 
has  bestowed  to  us,  to  the  best  use  and  largest 
profit.  And  ye  old  veterans  of  the  cross,  don't 
dream  of  the  church  going  to  "sticks,"  as  some 
have  said.  He  has  said  He  would  keep  her  from 
the  hour  of  temptation,  that  is  to  come  upon 
all  the  world.  Pray  with  me  for  the  young 
ones  around  us  on  every  hand,  whom  God  has 
given  an  outfit  of  spiritual  strength  for  the 
great  work  before  them.  And  you  young  Da- 
vid be  strong  in  the  Lord,  fear  not  Him  that 
defies  the  armies  of  the  Lord.  The  pebbles  Thou 
hast  chosen  from  the  brooks,  are  very  bright; 
they  shine  throughout  the  camp  of  Israel. 

Every  throw  makes  a  mark,  only  keep 
low  ground,  keep  in  the  valley  till  the  battle  is 
over,  the  victory  gained.  Thon  shalt  he  led 
triumph  to  the  City  of  our  God.  Now  a  word 
to  yon  dear  editors:  your  editorials  are  appreci- 
ated, and  the  less  advertising,  the  more  approv- 
al. I  agree  fully  with  you  Bro.  M,,  about  the 
A.  M.  God  knew  why  He  wanted  the  children 
of  Israel  to  come  together  statedly  at  Jerusa^ 
lem.  Fifty  years'  observation,  and  studying 
the  character  of  our  Brethren,  has  made  me  con- 
sider the  A.  M.  lis  one  of  the  best  means  to 
bind  the  members  into  one  body  and  keep  them 
in  one.  Many  a  Summer  kitchen  has  been  got- 
ten up  outside  of  the  house.  But  none  remains 
through  stormy  weather.  The  builders  failed 
of  their  object.  According  to  my  interpreta- 
tion of  the  church's  work  now,  nothing  is  cal- 
culated to  be  of  greater  benefit  to  the  church, 
than  the  holding  of  the  A.  M.  Thousands  get 
to  hear  of  a  doctrine,  which  is  nowhere  preach- 
ed but  right  with  us.  I  proposed,  and  it  was 
accepted  and  carried  out  to  a  degree  at  last  A. 
M.,  to  preach  all  around  the  meeting  place.  I 
was  in  company  lately  with  one  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee,  who  is  fully  with  us  to  con- 
tinue the  liberty  to  all  and  give  the  thousands 
a  chance  to  hear  the  pure  Gospel,  while  those 
more  interested  to  participate  in  the  disscussion, 
can  do  so.  Never  give  that  which  belongs  to 
all  into  the  hands  of  a  few,  and  if  they  were 
pure  as  angels  at^first,  the  devil  knows  how  to 
defile  them<  But  few  men  can  stand  prosper- 
ity without  beconiiug  inflated  and  corrupted. 

Blonmingikih;  Mirhi<jiiu,Orl.  '^S. 

Half  a  Point  off  the  Course. 

A  GENTLEMAN  .  once  stood  near  the 
helm  of  the  ship  while  crossing  the 
English  channel.     It  was  a  calm  and   pleasant 

■euing,  und  none  dreamed  of  danger,  but  a 
sudden  flapping  of  the  sail,  caught  the  ear  of 
the  officer  and  watch,  and  he  sprang  at  once  to 
the  wheel,  examining  closely  the  compass,  "you 
are  half  a  point  off  the  course",  he  said  to  the 
man  at  the  wheel,  the  deviation  was  corrected 
and  the  oiKcer  returned  to  his  post,  "  Y^ou  must 
steer  very  accurately;"  said  the  looker  on, 
"  when  only  half  n  point  is  so  much  thought 
of,  as  half  a  point  might  in  many  places, 
bring  us  on  the  rocks,"  he  said. 

While  reading  the  above,  I  was  strongly  im- 
pressed with  these  thoughts.  Ah!  so  it  is  in 
life;  half  a  point  from  strict  truthfulness 
strands  ns  upon  the  rocks  of  falsehood;  half  a 
point  from  perfect  honesty,  and  we  are  steer- 
ing straight  for  the  rocks  of  crime;  and  so  with 
all  kindred  vices.  The  rocks  may  well  be  t<.Tm- 
ed  the  slippery  rocks  of  death,  which  are  be- 
sHmed  with  all  manner  of  sin,  beneath  which  is 
tht;  gulf  of  destruction.  The  descent  upon 
timm  is  very  gradual,  and  often  times  barely 
perceptible  nt  the  beginning.  No  one  would 
think  for  n  moment  of  taking  one  full  stride 


into  the  yawning  gulf  beneath;  but  step  after 
step  men  uai  women  go  on  with  their  little 
^s,  or  what  they  call  small  sins,  until  these 
rocks  become  fearful.  They  begin  to  examine 
the  course  in  which  they  are  traveling,  and 
find  that  their  sins,  though  small  ut  first,  have 
like  a  mountain  rose  behind  them,  and 
they  are  fast  on  the  descent.  They  begin  to 
realize  their  fearful  condition;  they  try  to  re- 
trace, hut  find  it  a  diflScult  retreat.  They  be- 
gin to  look  around  for  help,  they  call  upon 
their  nearest  friend  to  assist  them,  they  close 
their  hand  and  say,  we  can  not  do  anything, 
but  trust  in  Jesus,  then  fold  their  hands  and 
sit  down  to  close  the  eyes  to  all  duties  and  lull 
themselves  to  sleep  on  the  top  of  faith  alone. — 
They  forget  that  Jesus  had  said  to  awake  from 
sleep  and  arise,  that  he  may  give  tliem  light; 
that  they  may  see  the  danger  before  them ;  hence 
they  glide  along  the  tide  of  time,  till  at  last 
the  brittle  thread  of  life  is  severed  und  they  are 
carried  to  their  silent  place  of  rest,  to  await  the 
morning  of  the  resurrection,  when  they  will 
only,  like  the  rich  man,  wake  to  behold  the 
active  saint  in  Abraham's  bosom,  with  the  un- 
fathomable gulf  fixed  between.  Then  dear 
friends  and  kind  reader,  may  I  not  give  you 
warning?  Will  you  not  hear  the  voice  of  the 
watchman?  Though  I  am  but  a  pajnted  stick 
floating  upon  the  waters,  I  tell  you  of  the 
rocks  that  lie  hidden  beneath  the  waves,  and  if 
you  would  enjoy  that  heavenly  bliss  beyond  the 
skies,  you  must  cease  those  little  sins  till  you 
have  overcome  all,  and  follow  Jesus  through 
life.  By  denying  yourself,  whicli  is  the  great- 
est cross  of  the  sinner,  you  must  enter  into  a 
covenant  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  arise  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life,  which  you  can  only 
do  by  asking  Him  for  instructions.  He  will 
guide  you  to  His  Gospel,  the  New  Testament, 
and  when  yon  have  learned  one  command,  go 
and  do  it,  os  the  child  will  do  his  sum  on  the 
slate,  that  will  prepare  the  way  for  another  les- 
son. Go  and  do  likewise  and  you  will  soon  be- 
come a  diligent  learner  or  a  disciple  in  Christ, 
and  thus  you  can  "grow  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ." 
You  should  be  very  careful  that  you  don't  get 
half  a  point  off  the  course,  as  that  will  lead 
you  among  the  rocks. 

H.  W.  Strickler. 
Loraine,!!/. 


Found   Dead  in  a  Well. 

ON  last  Monday  the  7th  ult.,  David  Landis 
and  his  wife,  living  about  four  miles 
South-east  of  this  place,  were  out  digging 
potatoes,  They  had  left  their  children  play- 
ing about  the  house.  They  had  not  been  gone 
a  great  while,  until  one  of  the  little  girls  came 
and  informed  them  that  little  Erva,  aged  two 
years,  one  month  and  eight  days,  was  missiu 
and  could  not  be  found.  So  the  father  wei 
in  search  of  the  little  boy,  but  not  finding  hi 
returned,  when  the  mother  went  to  look  after 
him.  In  the  yard  between  the  house  and  bar: 
stood  an  old  well,  used  only  for  watering  stock, 
surrounded  by  a  rail  pen,  and  the  mother  in 
passing  there  saw  it  uncovered,  looked  i 
Who  can  imagine  her  griefs  as  she  beheld  her 
darling  child  floating  on  top  of  the  water;  her 
cries  soon  brought  the  father  and  neighbor 
They  took  him  out  and  carried  him  to  the 
house,  where  every  effort  was  made  to  save  his 
life,  but  without  effect;  his  little  spirit  had  tak- 
en its  flight.  That  the  father  and  mother  have 
the  entire  sympathy  of  the  whole  neighborhood 
was  shown  by  the  tears  that  were  shed,  as  they 
viewed  the  remains  of  little  Erva.  Ervawivs  a 
bright  little  boy,  and  cannot  help  but  be  great- 
ly missed  by  the  stricken  family. 

Brinahurst,  hid. 

I  The  above  was  sent  ns  for  publication,  by  a 
brother  who  clipped  it  from  some  paper,  the 
name  of  which  he  forgot  to  mention. — Els.] 


deacons.  The  choice  was  held  on  Saturday 
afternoon;  the  lot  fell  on  J.  Bonewitx,  II.  Bron- 
hard  and  A.  Forney.  Brother  William  Pollen 
and  J.  Shnss,  were  udva  need  to  the  second  de- 
gree of  the  ministry,  ^ay  the  good  Lord  bless 
them  in  their  labors,  and  all  His  children,  that 
we  will  receive  the  crown  of  life  that  is  laid  up 
for  all  the  righteous.  The  ark  of  ^lie  Lord  is 
still  moving  along.  We  now  have  three  speak- 
ers, five  deacons  and  in  all  we  number  forty- 
foui'-  Eliz.u»eti(  SitlTH. 

Pawnee  CUif,  jYcii. 

From  S.  T.  Bossormun.— Let  God  be  prais- 
ed, one  more  added  to  the  fold  at  Eagle  Creek 
church  by  baptism.  May  the  good  work  goon. 
This  makes  nineteen  by  baptism  and  three  by 
letter,  during  the  present  year. 

Dunhirk,  Hnriliit  Co.,  Ohio. 

Notice  to  Ashland  College  Subscribers. — 
You  are  respectively  informed  that  the 
second  installment  of  all  subscriptions  to 
Ashland  College  given  prior  to  May  Ist,  1878, 
will  be  due  Nov.  1st,  1878.  Will  you  please 
pay  amount  at  once  to  local  agents,  as  the 
money  is  needed  to  further  the  construction  of 
the  building.  The  carpenters  are  nt  this  time 
(Oct.  '2Sth),  putting  on  the  roof,  and  every- 
thing is  progressing  finely. 

E.  C.  Packer,  Solicitor. 

Prom  Jacob  Kife.— Will  say  that  Bro.  S. 
H.  Ba-ilior  is  holding  a  meeting  in  the  Four 
Mile  congregation,  Union  Co.,  Ind.  The  meet- 
ing is  very  interesting;  the  house  is  crowded, 
and  eleven  have  been  received  by  baptism,  and 
future  prospects  encouraging.  Hope  the  Lord 
may  bless  him  and  his  labors. 

Nov.Olk,l&78. 

To  Those  Concerned.— This  is  to  kindly 
inform  all  who  are  concerned,  S.  A.  Walker,  of 
the  Seneca  church,  John  P.  Ebersole  of  the 
Rome  church  and  S.  T.  Bosserinan,  of  the 
Eagle  Creek  church,  all  of  Ohio,  are  local 
agents  in  their  respective  congregations,  to  . 
whom  all  subscriptions  for  Ashland  College 
may  be  paid.  E,  C.  PAr-KEB. 

From  Eight  Mile  Church,  Kan.— We  are 

slowly  moving  on  in  Zion's  cause.  Seven  were 
added  to  the  fold  this  month.  That  God's 
blessings  may  re.st  upon  them  and  enable  them 
to  hold  out  faithful  to  the  end  of  their  journey 
of  life,  is  my  prayer.  J.  S.  KEUt. 


GLE^lSriNGS. 


From  Turkey  Creek,  Nol>.— Our  Commun- 
II  meeting  was  held  September  27th  and  28th. 
We  had  a  very  good  meeting,  pretty  good  order 
among  the  spectators  during  the  meeting,  con- 
sidering they  were  much  crowded.  It  was  the 
largest  meeting  ever  held  at  this  place.  I 
often  think  how  good  we  feel  at  tho  feasts  here, 
hut  if  we  only  can  be  able  to  meet  around  the 
Lord's  table  at  that  good  feast,  when  Christ  will 
gird  himself  and  serve  us.  Oh  how  happy  we 
will  be  then!  There  will  be  no  parting. — 
Brethren  present  at  our  feast  elder  J.  J.  Lichty, 
from  Brown  Co.,  Kan.,  C.  Forney,  J.  Johnston. 
I  Falls  City,  Neb.,  L  Dell,  from  Beatrice. 
Neb.,  Bro.  .Buechley,  from  Waterloo,  loiya  and 
Bro.  Goshorn,  of  ind.  May  tho  Lord  hies.- 
them  for  their  labora  of  love,  while  among  us. 
The  church  thought  it  best  to  appoint   more  | 


DIEID. 


BURK.— In  Poplar  Ridge  district, 0.,  Viola, 
daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  and  sister  Burk,  aged 
6  months  and  11  days.  Services  by  Simon 
Long. 

LANDIS  —In  the  Bachelor's  Hun  church,  Ind. 
Oct.  7th,  1878,  Erva  Landis,  son  of  Bro;  Da- 
vid and  sister  Elizabeth  Landis,  aged  2  years, 
1  month  and  S  days. 

FLORA.— In  the  same  church.  Oct.  17th,  1S7S, 
sister  Catherine  Flora,  wife  of  elder  J.  Flora, 
aged  66  years,  G  months  and  Si  days, 

Henhy  Landis, 
WONDERLICI*.— Near    Richland,     Keokuk 
Co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  2ud,  1878,  sister  Mary,   wife 
of  Eld.  Charies  Wonderiick,  aged  60  yeara,  9 
months  and  19  days. 
She  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  church 
for  about  forty-three  years.    She  leaves   a  hus- 
band and  four  children  to  mourn  the   loss   of  a 
kind  com|)anion   and  an  affectionate   mother 
and  the  church  has  lost  a  mother  in   Israel  — 
We  believe  she  died  in  the  full  triumph   of  im- 
morta!  glory.    Hence  the  loss  to  those  to  whom 
she  was  near  and  dear,  is  her  eternal   gain. — 
Funeral  discourse  from  Rev.  14:  13,  by  brother 
Solomon  Stamy,  from  Linn  Co.,  to  a  large  and 
sympathizingcongregafiou. 

Saiitel  Flory. 


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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  pusaengir  train  going  enst  Icnvca  Lanark 
P.  M.,  nnJ  nrrivM  in  Rnoine  nl  n-jq  P.  M. 

D&;  piusDngor  Irnin  going  -neat  ic-ivcb  Lnnnik  at  2:06  P. 
M.,  nnd  arrives  nl  Kock  laland  '^  C:W  V.  M. 

Night  panBUDgcr  [rains,  going  nual  un,i  ivesl,  mcel  and 
le&iro  Lnnnrk  at  2:16  A.  M,,  amTinfl  id  ItaclQe  at  Q:00 
A.   M.,  and   at   Roek  latnnd  nl  0:(H)  A.  M.   . 

Freight  nnd  Accommodation    Tmin»    will   run    ivp.at    al 
12  :  10  A.  M.,   8:10  A.  M.,  and  cusl   al  1'2  :  10  A.  M. 
and  6:  15  P.  M. 
Tirk<rB  nrflij.d   for   sI.-tc   tmins   only      Pnsssnger 


>l    Wl'-IL'I 


Q.  A.  Smith,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^Behold  I  Bv'mtj   You  Good,  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  vmio  All  Peopled  —  Luke  2; 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  November  21,  1878. 


No.  47. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITKP  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLy 
J.  H.  MOORE   &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

B.  H.  UlLLER,        ------        LADOOA,  imX 

J.  W.  STEIN.       ------       NEWTONIA.  MO. 

D.TAmUAN, VIUDEN,  III,. 

D.B.MEHTZER, WAYSESBORO,  PA. 

M^TTIEA.  LEAU.        -----      imilANA,    ILL. 


SING  OF  JESUS. 


Sing  of  Jesus,  sing  of  Jesus, 
How  He  eiunc  to  eaitli  to  diu. 

To  leilocm  this  falleu  people, 
And  to  bring  salvation  iiigli. 

SiiiR  or  Jesus,  sitig  of  Jesus, 
ITow  ire  Jied  lor  you  nnd  me. 

How  lie  tiimo  and  bled  and  suffered. 
And  from  sin  did  set  ns  free. 

Sing  of  Jesus,  sing  of  Jesus, 
UntloretJimling  what  we  sing; 

And  Willi  spirit  always  trying. 
To  obey  our  heavenly  King. 

Sing  of  Jesus,  sing  of  Jeans, 
Oh  Ills  love  and  grace  so  free. 

That  to  nil  it  now  Is  given. 
■\Vlio  will  bear  and  humUle  be. 

Sing  of  Jeans,  sing  of  Jesus, 
Of  His  glorious  Gospel  given. 

How  on  earth  it  here  doth  cheer  ns. 
And  will  eheer  us  up  in  he:iven. 

Sing  of  Jesus,  sing  of  Jesua, 
E\'en  till  we're  called  to  die. 

Then  we'll  sing  of  Him  in  glory. 
When  we  reign  with  lliiii  on  high. 

ALPHA  AND  OMEGA. 

IIV  f.  H.  liALSHAUC.K. 

To  B>  •Alter  J.  F.  Olltr,  of  Waij»tsbnyn,   Frtnik- 

iinCo.,P(i.:— 
i  \  REAT  souls  are  fnshioneil  only  under  the 
\j  sovereignty  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Intellect 
may  be  expanded  and  enriched  apart  from  and 
iii  defiance  of  God,  bnt  that  which  is  deepest 
aid  highest,  and  best  in  man  can  be  reached 
aad  perfected  only  by  the  inbeing  of  the  Un- 
i.reat«d.  To  have  our  hi i7/ developed  and  raised 
to  the  highest  tension  of  power  and  iictivity 
irilhoul  a  sense  of  will,  is  a  work  which  tnxed 
the  utmost  possibilities  of  Godhead,  and  which 
.ilone  constitutes  the  fellowship  of  redemption. 
IVllowship  means  community  of  nature.  To 
|je/e//o"'  with  God  is  to  have  His  very  life  as 
the  Alpha  and  Omega  of  our  o^vn.  In  relation 
to  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  is  called  "  the  Man 
tliat  is  my  Felloic."  Zech.  IH:  T.  Amalga 
tiou  with  Emmanuel  in  His  dual  constitution 
i-:  a  wedlock  in  which  Spirit  and  spirit  blend* 
There  can  be  no  sublime  unfolding  of  soul 
where  there  is  no  all -dominating  incoming  of 
ileity.  God  is  content  with  a  mustard  seed, 
Ijiit  it  must  be  all  mustard.  A  stone  easily 
^ivellsinto  a  mountain,  and  two  fishes  and  five 
barley  cakes  into  a  feast  for  thousands,  under 
OmniSc  Word  that  rolls  worlds  into  space  by 
the  mere  expression  of  a  thought.  Daniel  2: 
;i4,  35;  John  6:  !)-13.  To  be  "strong  when  wo 
are  weak,"  and  to  move  in  the  double  con- 
sciousness of  self-nothingness  and  Divine  full- 
ness, is  the  grand  triumph  of  God  in  Christ  in 
which  He  has  a  compensating  satisfaction  for 
iill  the  cost  and  agonies  and  horrors  that  were 
crowded  between  His  descent  into  the  Virgin 
and  His  ascent  from  Olivet.  We  can  only  faint- 
ly gauge  the  "grief  experienced  by  "the  Holy 
Spirit  of  God"  wbfiu  we  follow  our  own  incli- 
nations instead  of  His  prompting. 

Cursed  is  the  man  who  writes  for  his  own 
praise.  Christ  is  not  his  Alpha  and  Omega.  Dit- 
to as  to  preaching.  Rigid  introspection  will 
perhaps  uncover  the  awful  vision  of  E/ekiel  S: 


ti-lT.  I  believe  tliat  one  of  the  deepest  soiTows 
of  .Jesus  was  the  fact  that  His  fidelity  to  right- 
eousness would  be  the  occasion  of  deeper  damn- 
ation to  thousands.  He  could  not  compromise. 
/  am  the  truth"  is  His  whole  autobiography  ia 
four  syllables.  "  I  seek  notmine  own  will,  but 
tlie  will  of  the  Father  that  sent  me."  In  this 
single  line  lies  the  essencenndhistory  of  sin,  and. 
the  whole  philosophy  of  salvation.  As  I  will: 
This  is  the  Key  that  unlocked  Hell.  "Not  as  I 
will."  This  unbarred  the  Doors  of  Pearl. 
Here  is  the  equator  between  the  Eternities  of 
bliss  and  woe.  It  is  the  straight  |ine  that  runs 
through  the  soul's  centre.  Woe  unto  the  B,i- 
laamites.  Jude  11.  "Cursed  children,"  whose 
heiirts  are  exercised  with  coietous  prartlcca." 
2  Peter  2: 14.  Cursed  are  they  who  write  or 
preach  for  money.  To  receive  our  hire  is  a  Di- 
vine ordination.  Matt.  10: 10;  iCor.  H:  14.  But 
to  balance  our  duty  by  greenbacks,  and  select 
post  in  consideration  of  graded  salary,  sets 
the  devil  at  tlie  helm.  Self  as  an  idol  is  low, 
but  money  is  still  lower.  Its  sway  of  the  affec- 
tions is  the  root  of  all  evil.  How  inclined  is 
human  nature  to' lose  the  essential  in  the  inci- 
dental. How  many  things  are  maintained  with 
all  the  vehemence  of  entliusiasm,  which  are 
purely  the  outcropping  of  selGsliness,  What 
"strong  crying  and  tears"  itrequires  in  marrow- 
boring  trials  to  say  in  spirit  and  truth,  "ml  ns 
I  will,  but  ns  Thou  wilt."  Many  a  comfort  I 
mi{jht  have  purchased  for  my  sntt'ering  body,  ev- 
en in  the  Brotherhood, had  I  consented  to  sell  mj'- 
setf  to  the  service  of  tradition  and  fashion  and 
creed- worship.  Give  me  bread  and  wat«r, 
"sheep-skins  and  goat-skins,"  a  hovel  for  a 
home,  and  "  a  stone  for  a  pillar,"  rather  than 
barter  my  birthright  for  "'a  mess  of  pottage." 
The  Alpha  and  Omega  is  so  complete  in  all 
the  constituents  of"  solid  character,  that  grief 
is  no  diminution  of  felicity.  It  is  our  partici- 
pation of  this  completeness  that  makes  our 
Heaven,  here  and  hereafter.  Col.  2:10.  As 
soon  as  we  deviate  the  fraction  of  an  iota  from 
the  sense  of  right,  or  suffer  ourselves  to  be 
swayed  by  self-int«ro6t,  or  cabalistic  ends,  we 
lose  our  singleness  of  eye,  and  turn  the  light 
that  is  in  us  into  darkness.  If  we  are  ever 
ready  to  "become  fools  for  Christ's  sake,"  the 
"truth  of  the  Gospel  will  continue  with  us." 
Gal,  2:  5,  Otherwise  "God  will  send  us  strong 
delusions,  that  we  should  believe  a  lie."  2 
Thcss.  2: 11.  We  cannot  be  too  vigilant  to 
preserve  the  int-cgrity  of  faith.  A  grain  of 
sand  will  blind  the  eye,  and  an  atom  of  air  will 
mar  the  finest  crystal.  One  deflection  to  save 
self  at  the  expense  of  an  unsullied  conscience, 
will  turn  all  the  batteries  of  Sinai  against  us. 
James  2: 10.  "  Whatsoever  is  not  of  faith  is 
sin."  Doubt  and  damnation  are  twins.  Rom. 
14:  23.  This  devilism  creeps  in  and  creeps  out 
in  a  thousand  shapes.  Unless  we  are  immov- 
ably established  in  this  ground-truth,  that  God 
in  the  flesh  is  our  Alpha  and  Omega,  and  that 
no  dearest  consideration  shall  turn  ua  from  the 
most  painful  sacrifice  of  the  Cross,  before  we 
are  aware  our  fairest  jewels  will  be  turned  in- 
to a  calf.  There  is  nothing  that  keeps  us  iu 
the  realization  of  John  1:  51,  and  of  2  Cor.  3: 
18,  but  unswerving  fealty  to  "the  truth  as  it  is 
IN  Jesus."  "In  Him  was  not  yea  and  nay,  hut 
YEA  AND  AMEN."  We  must  not'suppose  that 
the  Eternal  Love  is  a  soft,  Hiiushroom  principle 
that  takes  the  impression  of  every  thing  it 
comes  in  contact  ivith.  Its  nature  and  purpose 
is  to  give  impressions.  There  is  "lightning  and 
thunder"  in  God,  and  yet  He  is  Love.  Not  only 
does 'a  pure  River  of  Water  of  Life,  clear  as 
cryatjil '  flow  out  of  the  Trinity-Throne,  but 
also  a  stream  of  Righteousness  glowing  aud 
hissing  and  surging  with  fire  and  brimstone. 
Rev.  4:  5.  Lambiiood  aud  Liouhood  make  up 
the  perfection  of  Jesus.  He  never  confounds 
the  bleat  and  tlie  roar.  In  these  blended  yet 
distinct  opposites  He  is  not  only/oc  but  in  His 
saints.  He  nevcr.siuks  the  Lion  in  the  Lamb, 
nor  vice  versa.     The   two   make   an  eternally 


righteous  love — the  possibility  of  salvation   by 
the  Cross. 

To   reveal   "  the  kingdom  of  Gad   and   His 
righteousness"  was  the   whole  of  Christ's  niis- 

.  Its  establishment  in  us  and  exhibition  hij 
us  is  the  joint  work  of  "the  Spirit  and  the 
Bride."  On  the  pivot  of  Righteousness  rests 
God's  Throne.  All  moral  being  in  Heaven, 
earth,  and  hell,  swings  round  this  centre.  God 
is  in  it  as  both  Law  and  Sacrifice:  so  must  we 
be  if  Heaven  is  to  be  ours.  The  possibility  of 
God  being  Emmimuel  lies  here.  Heb.  1:  9. 
Hell  is  the  retributive  action  of  "  the  Law  of  the 
Spirit  of  Life."  Love  tikes  its  predetermined 
course.  A  straioht  line  is  its  eternal  symbol. 
This  is  the  Fountain  of  our  individual  and  cor- 
porate bliss  and  power.  Let  this  crowning  truth 
be  our  inmost  study  and  jewel  night  and  day. 
It  may  not  be  forgotten  a  moment  without  loss. 
"Looking  unto  Jesus:"  not  only  once  in  a 
while,  but  such  looking  as  means  living.  At 
this  door  God  always  stands  waiting  for  souls. 
Here  no  one  ever  knocked  without  admission. 
This  requires  an  honest  appropriation  of  Ps,  24: 

As  soon  as  tradition,  and  ancestral  customs, 
and  ecclesiastical  legislation  become  our  ruling 
itatutes,  we  miss  the  great  principle  in  which 
God  Himself  is  strong  and  good  and  glorious, 
and  out  of  which  He  wcnld  be  an  everlastiug 
Imbecile.  God  has  no  three  mils  although  He 
is  Tri-personal,  There  are  difl'erences  of  admin- 
itrations,  diversities  of  gifts  and  operations,  but 
oue  Lord  aud  one  Spirit.  1  Cor.  13:  4,  5,  G.  God 
cau  be  Three  iu  One  because  with  Him  Love 
aud  Righteousness  are  synonyms.  To  a  certain 
extent  He  accommodates  Himself  to  our  igno- 
rance, but  not  to  our  perverseness  and  pharisar 
ism  and  self-conceived  regulations.  Expedients 
and  makeshifts,  circumstances  may  demand; 
but  they  are  no  gospels.  They  may  not  be 
"  earnestly^coutended  for"  as  if  they  were  the 
very  "  faith  which  was  once  delivered  unto  the 
saints,"  The  "  Word  made  flesh  "  is  so  com- 
prehensive and  all-sufScient  that  it  needs  no 
supplement.  When  we  fail  to  compass  its 
meaning  we  do  the  best  we  can  under  pressing 
exigencies;  but  we  should  not  bar  its  further 
opening  at  such  points  by  making  onr  guesses 
its  equivalent.  This  has  done  us  incalculable 
injury,  and  will  do  us  more  unless  past  experi- 
ence has  given  us  the  requisite  wisdom.  Christ 
is  Alpha  and  Omega.  This  great  truth  n 
prevail  if  the  Brotherhood  is  to  evangelize  the 
world.  We  want  nothing  but  the  Logos  to 
carry  to  the  ends  of  tlie  earth.  We  want  noth- 
ing else  to  carry  in  our  hearts,  and  manifest  in 
our  lives.  We  want  no  missionaries  who  are  no 
true  representatives  of  Jesus.  A  man  who  is 
scented  with  cologne,  pomade,  tobacco,  and  al- 
coholic stimulants,  and  who  is  afraid  of  "  tent- 
makiug"  lest  his  lily-hands  be  smirched,  is  too 
far  out  of  sympathy  with  the  Cross  to  be  its 
herald.  Mammon-worshippers,  position- seek- 
ers, dogmatic  speculators,  those  whose  heads  are 
Bible  Diction-iriea,  and  whose  lives  are  Chester- 
fields expositors — all  whu  are  not  willing  to 
"  crncify  the  flesh  with  the  afl'ections  and  lusts," 
had  better  stay  at  home  and  trim  their  wicks, 
and  buy  oil  with  currency  coined  out  of  their 
own  blood.  It  is  abhorrent  to  God,  disgusting 
to  angels,  mid  laughable  to  devils,  that  Christen- 
dom swarms  with  so-called  ministers  of  Jesus 
who  are  a  perfect  mockery  of  humility  aud  ho- 
liness. The  world  cannot  be  charmed  to  the 
Cross  by  white-washed  mummies.  The  nations 
must  hear  us  chant  Habnkkuk  3:17, 18, 19,  and 
Romans  S:  35-39,  before  they  will  be-"  persuad- 
ed that  God  ia  in  us  of  a  truth." 

Let  us  not  forget  the  ''hind's  fn't"  iu  the 
above  passuge,  what  leaps  they  can  ,  make,  and 
on  what  condition  they  become  ours.  There  is 
a  thrilling  sermon  for  us  in  those  wild  deniz 
of  the  rocks.  Between  here  aud  the  poles,  and 
the  antipodes,  there  is  many  a  crag  to  climb, 
many  a  ch^m  tospring.  Whatmountainsand 
gulfs  in  our  own  nature.  He  that  has  traveled 
to  Calvary   has  seen  all   the  world   in  its   ruin, 


and  is  ready  for  the  "oo"  of  the  final  commis- 
sion,    Emmanuel  is  the  Omnipresent  Man;  and 

Him  we  are  bound  to  the  race.  Christian  is 
derivative  from  Christ,  both  etymologic  ally  and 
characteristically.  CHRISTIAN.  Word  of 
awful  meaning,  and  practically  meaning  so  lit- 
tle.    Christ  is  the  fullness  of  God,  and  the  fuU- 

s  of  men.  and  His  Atonement  is  ours  on 
condition  that  our  faith  aud  love  take  iu  the 
whiilr  Christ.  We  are  a  blgssin'g  to  the  world 
only  as  we  are  like  Christ,  and  geographically 
to  the  extent  we  carry  His  likeness.  The  more 
■like  we  become,  the  more  potent  will  we  be 
to  scatter  the  surrounding  darkness,  "  Ve  are 
TUE  LIGHT  OF  THE  woi(L».  Christ's  heinij  made 
His  office  effective.  So  with  us.  We  must  be 
Christed  before  we  can  accomplish  a  genuine 
Christian  mission.  Where  the  leaven  of  the 
Incarnation  is  unadulterated,  the  expansive  prin- 
ciple will  operate  "  till  the  whole  is  leavened." 
The  "three  measures  of  meal"  are  applied  by 
Christ  to  the  race  through  the  indirif/util.  No 
one  can  be  learned  by  the  Godman  without  con- 
formity to  His  Mind,  and  being  fired  with  His 
ardiir  for  the  salvation  of  sinners.  I  have  listen- 
ed to  prayers  "  for  all  men  "  in  glowing  phrase- 
ology, and  the  sounds  had  scarcely  flied  on  the 
air  till  the  same  tongue  and  lips  were  busy  in 
levity.  This  falsification  of  profession  and 
prayer  is  the  carrion  th.it  nauseates  the  world, 
and  over  which  the  buzzards  of  Hell  flap  their 
fire-dripping  wings.  We  cannot  ride  the  leop- 
ard on  God's  errand,  tattooed  on  hands  and  faee 
with  the  hieroglyphs  of  the  flesh.  Let  us  study 
God's  character  afresh,  aud  penetrate  to  the  very 
heart  of  the  Atonement,  so  that  we  may  hate 
sin  and  love  the  sinner  as  does  God  Himself. 
Then  will  we  be  saints  indeed,  and  missionaries 
to  all  we  meet.  ' 


LEARNING. 

HUMAN  beings  come  into  the  worid  a  blank, 
and  whatever  they  become  has  to  be  learn- 
ed. The  Lord  Jesus  said,  "Learn  of  me."  He 
does  not  say  in  the  same  connection  what  men 
should  learn  of  Him,  butbyadding,  "  For  I  am 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart"  He  implies  that  what 
is  to  be  learned  comes  by  such  a  humble  dispo- 
sition, and  also  that  it  is  of  a  character  that  the 
meek  and  lowly  can  easily  obtain.  What  will 
come  to  man  when  he  learns  from  the  Lord,  is, 
thus  added:  "And  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your 
souls." 

Insaying,  "Learn  of  me,"  is  implied,  that 
they  should  observe  Him,  and  consequently 
learn  from  His  example;  and  it  therefore  means 
the  same  as  when  He  said,  "  Follow  me."  As 
He  must  work  in  man,  "both  to  will  and  to  do," 
all  this  teaching  is  the  same  as  to  ask  the  peo- 
ple to  put  in  practice  what  He  gives  them.  Hence 
He  addresses  those  who  "labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,"  namely  those  who  are  not  comfortable 
iu  sinning;  and  by  saying  that  He  is  meek  and 
lowly  in  heart,  is  sbowu  that  such  is  the  state 
that  persons  must  come  into  iu  order  to  learn 
of  Him,— jV(.  Joij  Herald. 


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TEMPTED  BY  DEGREES 

lOHN  Newton  says  Satan  seldom  cm 
t)  Christians  with  great  temptations,  or  with 
a  temptation  to  commit  a  great  sin.  Vou  bring 
a  green  log  and  a  candle  together,  and  they  are 
very  safe  neighbors;  but  bring  a  few  shavings 
and  set  them  alight,  and  then  bring  a  few  small 
stinks  and  let  them  take  lire,  and  the  log  be  in 
the  midst  of  them,  and  you  will  soon  get  rid  of 
your  log.  Aud  so  it  is  with  little  sins.  You 
will  be  startled  with  the  idea  of  committing  a 
great  sin.  aud  so  the  d<.'vil  brings  you  a  little 
temptation,  and  leaves  you  to  indulge  your- 
self. "There  is  no  barm  in  this,"  "no  great 
peril  in  that;"  and  so  by  tlic-^e  little  chips  we 
are  first  easily  lighted  up,  and  at  lant  the  green 
log  id  burned.  Watch  aud  pray,  that  ye  enter 
not  into  temptation. 


Ti-IE    BREXJHPEEiSr    ^VT    WOKKl. 


Govern bpr    ^1 


BREATHINGS  OF  THE  SOUL. 

JESUS,  take  awny  my  sndness, 
Till  I  me  lam  lovwl  by  Thee; 
Fill  my  Leart  with  holy  gladness, 
Whis|ter  now  sweut  words  to  me. 

"  Lord,  my  frame  is  faint  aud  weary, 
And  I  feel  too  weak  to  pray;" 

But  tbine  arms  are  still  around  mo, 
And  Thou  art  my  only  staj-. 

Help  me,  Lord,  to  bear  in  patience 

What  thy  love  sees  good  for  me; 
Sanctify  my  tribulation. 

Let  it  bring  me  nearer  Thee. 
"  May  my  thoughts  be  full  of  heaven, 

Less  of  eorth  and  earthly  love;" 
Loving  Thee,  Lord,  more  than  ever, 

Waiting  for  my  rest  above. 

"  Thou  art  all  my  consolation, 

Lord,  I  sink  myself  in  Tliee; 
Thy  most  precious  blood  I  value. 

It  has  ^one  such  work  for  me." 

"  May  1  realize  with  sweetness 

All  the  promises  in  Thee: 
Entor  more  into  the  fulness 

Of  what  thou  canst  bo  to  me." 

. "  Let  not  life  around  distress  me," 

Keep  me  safe,  and  calm,  aud  still, 
Keep  me  re.sting — keep  me  trusting. 

Clinging  to  thy  holy  will. 
Be  Thou  very  near  aud  precious, 

"Make  me  happier.  Lord,  in  Thee;" 
Soon  I  shall  awake  in  glory, 

Oh!  what  happiness  forme! 

I  shall  see  God's  face  forever, 
Know  no  longer  sin  mr  pain; 

I  shall  then  be  like  my  Savior, 

And  with  Him  shall  live  aud  reign. 

Weep  not,  friends,  though  sad  the  parting 
'"Twill  be  but  a  little  while; 

Think  of  me  as  safe  with  Jesns, 
Happy  in  His  loving  smile." 


THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion   on  a  "big"    Subject 

X   SKRMON-  DELlVKKlvlJ  1(Y  S.  II.   ll.V^llCii;. 

WE  come  uow  to  the  laboi-s  of  the 
ftpostles  aud  evaugelists  of 
-jKsus  cniiisT; 
aud  show  that  their  entire  aim  and  ef- 
fort was,  the  conversion  of  souls.  On 
the  Jay  of  Pentecost  three  thousand 
were  added  to  the  saved,  a  revival  that 
stands  without  a  parallel  in  modern 
times,  and  carries  witli  it  the  approba 
tiou  of  God,  and  the  direct  fruits  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Again  Philip  preached 
Christ  in  the  city  of  Samaria.  He  did 
not  preach  one,  two,  or  three  discourses, 
and  discontinue  preaching,  but  preached 
aud  coni/inusdio  preach,  until  there  was 
"great  joy  in  that  city."  Acts  8:  8 
And  again,  Paul  pleached  atThessalon- 
ica  until  a  great  multitude  believed, 
Acts  17:  4.  Following  the  history  of 
apcstolic  work,  we  find  in  Acts  IS:  11 
that  Paul  preached  in  one  place  a  year 
and  six  months.  Ilight  along  in  order 
comes  the  great  revival  at  Ephesus,  re- 
corded in  Acts  19:  1(1,  21,  aud  many 
more  to  which  we  might  refer,  showing 
, beyond  controverey,  that  thi>  apostles 
M'ere  advocates  of  revivals  and  held  re- 
vivals, which  in  extent  will  never,  prob- 
ably have  a  parallel  in  modern  times. 
But  the  revivals  they  held    were   all, 

GKKCINK, 

and  were  followed  by  an  increase  and 
general  extension  of  vital  piety.  There 
wjis,  in  these  revivals  a  solemn  atten- 
tion to  religion.  Men  were  aroused  by 
the  powerful  appealsof  the  great preach- 
ei-s,  to  a  sense  of  their  ruined  condition, 
ar-d  cried  out,  "What  must  we  do?" 
"Were  told  what  to  do,  did  it,  and  in  aft- 
er life  showed  themselves  men  of  faith, 
strength,  vigor  and  activity.  These  re- 
vivals were  manifestly  the  work  of  God ; 
the  Holy  Spirit  combined  with, 
(or    more     properly)     propelling     the 


emy  of  revival  work  will  say,  that 
because  great  multitudes  were  convert- 
ed at  once  under  the  preacliiug  of  the 
apostles,  it  was  not  the  work  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit.  The  argument  in  this,  is,  that 
these  conversions,  though  "produced, 
(some  of  them)  by  continued  eftbrt, 
were  fjenuine,  and  had  in  them  all  the 
experiences  accompanying  individual 
1.  If  we  oppose  continued  effort 
nino  and  the  conversion  of  many  souls 
during  one  series  of  meetings,  upon  the 
ipposition  that  it  is  the  work  of  man, 
e  are  bi'ought  to  the  unavoidable  ad- 
mission that  the  apostolic  revivals  were 
the  work  of  man  and  not  of  God,  for 
n  them  was  no  lack  of  combined  effort 
and  numbers  added.  A  rjemiine  reviv- 
al now,  will  have  in  its  attending cir cum 
stauces,  like  results  as  it  did  among  them. 
No  one,  however  opposed  to  revival  work, 
will  doubt  that  when  one  man  is  con 
verted  at  a  time,  and  whose  genuine 
fruits  of  repentance,  that  it  is  not  the 
work  of  the  Lord,  and  makes  him  a 
"new  creature."  This  being. true,  why 
then  deny  the  same  instrumentality  in 
the  simultaneous  renewal  of  the  hearts 
of  memlei's'  Scores  or  even  hunSreds. 
AVhy  is  it,  when  one  juan  ia  converted 
by  preaching,  we  all  rejoice,  but  when 
scores  are  aroused,  and  the  same  work 
effected  in  numbers  of  heai;ts  by  the 
same  preaching,  some  doubt  and  attrib- 
ute itto  a  less  divine  power?  But,  that 
real  conversions  did  occur  during  these 
apostolic  revivals,  none  dare  dispute, 
and  that  some  of  the  most  intelligent, 
pious,  and  exemplary  Christians  that 
now  adorn  the  church,  were  converted 
during  series  or  revival  meetings,  is  an 
e.stablished  fact. 

Genuine  revivals  are  not  therefore  the 
work  of  man,  but  of  God.  This  argu- 
ment is  not  influenced  in  the  least  by 
the  admitced  fact,  that  so/ne  cases  of  sup- 
posed conversions  at  revivals,  are  after- 
wards proved  spurious,  by  the  conduct 
of  the  individuals.  It  only  allows  that 
like,  Simon  Magus,  they  were  either  de- 
ceived or  acted  the  hypocrite.  And  the 
records  of  churches  blessed  by  genuine 
and  properly  conducted  revivals,  show, 
that  there  are  no  more  "  backsliders'' 
comparatively  from  among  those  who 
professed  theu,  than  there  are  of  those 
brought  in  the  church  under  other  civ 
cumstances.  Some  who  join  at  the  reg- 
ular meetings,  fall  away,  and  the  ratio 
is  equal  to  that  of  the  falling  away  of 
revival  converts,  if  the  revival  is  genu- 
ine, I  am  not  an  advocate  of  every- 
tiling  which  passes  under  the  name  of 
revivals-  lam  not  the  friend  of  mere 
spurious  excitements  in  religion.  Ex- 
ciieTneyit  is  not  religion.  Nor  does  it 
prove  that  we  are  religious,  because  we 
are  excited,  for  men  becc^me  excited  in 
politics,  finance,  horse-racing,  and  most 
anytlung  in  which  they  may  take  an  ac- 
tive part 

That  an  undue  excitement  may  some- 
times exist  among  professed  Christians, 
and  are  called  revivals,  we  must  admit. 
And  that  in  a  live  work  of  grace,  ani- 
mal excitement  may  exist,  we  will  also 
admit.  Men  may  so  interfere  with  the 
work  of  God,  as  to  drive  away  the  true 
Spirit  of  God  and  turn  the  work  into 
wild  fanaticism.  But  this  does  not  prove 
that  genuine  revivals  are  the  work  of 
man;  nor  does  it  form  a  legal  objection 
to  them.  Tares  mil  grow  among  the 
wheat  wliether  sowed  thick  or  thin ;  and 
shall'we  refuse  to  sow  altogether,  and 
condemn  both  and  bind  them  in  the 
,  same  bundle  to  be  burned? 

David  favored  revivals  when  he  pray- 
ed, "  Wilt  thou  not  revive  us  again,  that 


85 :  6.  Habakkuk  also  prayed,  "O  Lord 
revive  thy  work  in  the  midst  of  the  years, 
iu  the  midst  of  the  years  make  known; 
in  wrath  remember  mercy,"  Hab,  3:  2. 
No  one  will  say,  the  great  revivals  held 
by  the  apostles  on  Pentecost,  and  at 
Ephesus,  were  the  works  of  men.  Any 
man  now-a-days  who  contends  that  gen- 
uine revivals  are  the  work  of  men,  is 
either  ignorant  of  their  true  nature,  or 
an  infidel,  too  prejudiced  to  see  the  truth, 
We  do  not  want  to  be  understood  as 
saying,  that  God  works  without  means, 
and  the  same  means  he  works  with  on 
other  occasions.  The  means  are  the 
same,  only  greater  results  from  a  more 
intense  application  of  the  same  means, 
By  preaching,  prayer  and  labor,  we  do 
our  part,  and  God  give-s  the  increase. 
We  must  plant  and  water,  but  God  aJonc 
caii  give  the  increase. 

Again,  if  genuine  revivals  are  the 
work  of  God,  it  follows  that  all  nppos- 
crs  of  true  reviv.als,  are  fighting  against 
God  himself.  We  are  unavoidably 
brought  to  this  solemn  conclusion,  which 
we  suppose  should  make  every  opposer 
of  the  work  of  God  tremble.  Will  not 
the  blood  of  sonls  be  required  at  the 
hands  of  such  men?  God  has  vindicat- 
ed in  a  most  glorious  manner  the  reviv- 
ings  of  his  work,  and  woe  be  to  that  man 
who  stands  in  the  way  of  the  triumph 
ant  march  of  the  converting  power  of 
the  Almighty. 

{To  he  continued). 


GRACE,  LOVE   AND  TRUTH. 


preaching     of    thf     Gospel.      No    en-  |  thy  jieople  may  rejoice  in    thee?"     Psa. 


HY  il.  V.  MUUMAW. 

JUST  at  this  particular  time,  when 
looking  over  the  columns  of  the 
Bhbtiiken  at  Wohk,  and  noticing  the 
announcements  of  so  long  a  number  of 
Love-feasts,  we  think  of  the  renewal  of 
our  covenant  with  Christ,  and  the  pledg- 
es of  fellowship  with  one  another,  as  the 
children  of  God. 

Brethren  and  sisters  in  the  one  glori- 
ous union  of  our  common  Brotherhood, 
when  once  more  the  candles  are  lighted 
to  search  for  the  leaven,  that  may  be  in 
our  houses,  causing  sourness,  and  if  not 
removed,  will  dwarf  our  Christian  thar- 
acter,  and  retard  the  profession  of  the 
■ause  we  have  espoused,  it  would  seem 
especially  appropriate  that  the  mind 
should  be  devoted  to  the  subject  of  ex- 
amination. In  doing  this,  we  naturally 
enquire  for  an  apostolic  precedent,  so 
that  our  reasonings  and  conclusions  are 
directed  and  sustained  by  divine  author- 
ity, and  not  by  sensuality  or  human  tra- 
Jition,  and  for  this  purpose  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  first  Corinthians  is  usually 
read  as  a  basis  of  examination,  and  if 
properly  understood  is  pre-eminently 
suited  for  the  occasion,  containing  as 
it  doea,  the  elements  of  real  Christian 
union,  %vhich  is  an  essential  constituent 
in  the  qualification  for  a  Communion. 
These  elements  as  I  understand  them  exr 
ist  in  the  following  propositions:  First 
a  union  in  sentiment;  Second  a  harmony 
in  practice;  Third  a  union  in  affec- 
tion. 

The  first  is  contained  in  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  chapter  in  (piestion,  in  which 
is  set  forth,  clearly  and  forcibly,  the 
great  principle  underlying  the  whole 
Christian  system,  and  so  ardently  pray- 
ed for  by  the  Son  of  God  while  agoniz- 
ing in  the  garden  of  Gethsemane— while 
the  purple  blood  drops  were  falling  to 
the  gi'ound  from  his  immaculate  body, 
that  his  children  might  be  one,  even 
aa  he  and  the  Father  are  one.  For  this, 
the  apostle  praised  the  Corinthian  breth  ■ 
ren;"that  they   remembered  him,  and 


ke])t  the  ordinances  as  he  had  delivered 
them  unto  them."  For  this  purpose  the 
church  at  Corinth  was  assembled  to 
keep  the  ordinances;  so  far  they  were 
right.  There  was  no  controversy  on 
this  point.  All  agreed  that  the  ordi- 
nances ought  to  be  kept;  and  they  in- 
tended to  keep  them,  that  is  to  observe 
them  literally.  Ilad  they  practiced 
them  accordingly  in  the  proper  spirit 
aud  with  suitable  affection,  there  would 
have  been  no  cause  for  complaint;  but 
this  was  not  the  case,  as  the  sequel  clear- 
ly shows.  In  this  very  essential  point 
they  were  fearfully  delinquent.  This 
point  carefully  considered,  is  a  sufficient 
bar  against  the  doctrine  of  free  or  open 
Communion.  So  long  as  there  is  such 
incongruity  in  sentiment  as  to  the  ob- 
ligation to  "keep  the  ordinances,"  there 
being  such  a  palpable  want  of  union, 
there  cannot  be  a  sacramental  Commun- 
ion. 

Lender  the  second  proposition  is  con- 
templated not  only  a  union  in  practice 
in  the  observance  of  the  ordinances,  but 
also  non -conformity  to  the  world,  in 
dress,  in  pursuance  of  the  great  princi- 
ples of  peace,  foregoing  all  the  trifling 
amusements  of  whatever  kind,  keeping 
aloof  from  all  oath-bound  and  secret  or- 
ganizations or  all  modern,  jiuman  insti- 
tutions, of  whatever  name  they  may  be 
called,  whether  they  claim  only  to  be 
moral,  social,  or  benevolent  in  their  in- 
tention, or  whether  they  propose  to  be 
an  auxiliary  to  the  church;  the  divine 
agency  needs  no  such  helps,  and  there- 
fore all  such  should  be  carefully  shun- 
ned as  being  nothing  more  than  an  in- 
siduous  device  of  the  arch  enemy  to  di- 
vert, allure  aud  decoy  God's  children, 
step  by  step,  away  from,  the  path  of  du- 
ty prescribed,  and  even  exemplified  by 
our  divine  Master,  the  great  Head  of  the 
church.  This  point  should  be  carefully 
guarded  in  order  to  have  union  with 
Christ  and  fellowship  with  his  true  dis- 
ciples, as  a  qualification  for  a  holy  Com- 
munion. 

So  far  the  Corinthian  church,  and  so 
far  the  church  of  Christ  at  the  the  pres- 
ent day  may,  in  the  main,  be  eligible  to 
the  Communion,  yet  we  fear  that  in  some 
instances,  there  may  be  a  departure  or 
an  inclination  to  depart  from  "  the  sim- 
plicity which  is  in  Christ."  But  in  the 
third  and  last  point  ia  where  the  church 
at  Corinth  was  at  fault  as  mdicated  in 
Paul's  lecture,  commencing  at  the  17th 
verse.  There  were  divisions  among  them, 
di\dded  into  parties,  some  for  Paul,  some 
for  Apollos,  and  some  for  Cephas,  fol- 
lowed up  by  en vyings, jealousies,  hatred, 
selfishness,  ambition  and  strife,  all  of 
which  disqualified  them  for  the  partici- 
pation of  the  holy  Communion,  and  sub- 
jected them  to  the  discipline  of  the 
church,  a  separation  from  the  church,  as 
indicated  by  the  expression,  "  There 
must  also  be  heresies  among  you;"  (a 
separation)  for  so  the  word  at  that  time 
signified.  These  Corinthians  exhibited 
their  deformity  in  thus  selfishly  dividing 
themselves  into  parties  and  eating  their 
own  supper,  thus  insulting  the  Jfajesty 
of  heaven,  and  bringing  reproach  and 
injury  upon  the  church  by  this  shameful 
manifestation  of  the  want  of  that  lovi- 
and  \inion  that  should  characterize  God's 
children  every-where"and  at  all  times. 

While  these  incongruities  and  incon- 
sistencies may  not  be  visible  among  us 
as  they  were  among  the  brethren  at  Cor- 
inth, they  may,  and  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  they  do,  secretly  exist  by  far  too 
frequently,  and  in  the  sight  of  God,  just 
as  obnoxious,  and  as  detrimental  to  true 
happiness,  and  to  the  prosperity  and  suc- 
,  cess  of  our  blessed  Christianity ;  and  nmy 


November    ^1 


a'iiEi  BHKTHr-iE3sr  ^VT  "work:. 


and  do  iippear  to  the  experienced  and 
spiritual  eye,  in  the  following  forms:  Of 
these  selfishness  may  be  regarded  among 
the  most  prominent,  and  is  a  peculiar 
characteristic  of  our  race,  the  profession 
of  Christianity  notwithstanding;  as  was 
clearly  manifest  among  the  first  disciples, 
and  prompted  the  inquiry,  "  Who  shall 
be  thV  greatest  in  the  kingdom?  "  and 
in  order  to  get  to  the  front  and  to  obtain 
the  "  uppermost  seats,"  various  means 
are  resorted  to,  fair  and  unfair.  In  .some 
instances  heiog  endowed  with  a  superior 
order  of  intellect,  and  a  large  share  of 
grace,  with  a  strong  desire  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  cause,  and  a  large  fervent 
zeal  for  the  glory  of  God,  an  industrious 
worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard  will  stead  - 
ily  and  surely  advance  to  a  position  of 
eminence  in  the  face  of  all  hindering 
causes, and  where  these  qualifications  ex- 
ist, there  is  no  inclination  to  hinder  the 
progress  of  othei-s  in  that  direction,  but 
rather  to  encourage  and  assist  other's 
eflbrts  in  the  same  direction.  All  this 
is  commendable  and  should  be  emulat- 
ed by  all,  and  inspire  the  most  profound 
Christian  ailectioo  in  the  hearts  of  ev- 
ery one.  Was  this  generally  or  univers- 
ally the  case,  the  White-winged  Mes- 
senger would  perch  upon  our  banner" 
everywhere  and  at  all  times,  and  the 
word  "fail"  would  soon  be  stricken  from 
our  Christian  vocabulary.  Butuufortu- 
nately  this  is  not  the  case;  for  there  are 
othei's  who  are  in  some  respects  favor- 
bly  endowed,  which,  if  properly  direct- 
ed and  applied,  might  be  eminently  use- 
ful, who,  Instead  of  employing  their  en- 
ergy and  talent  to  their  own  improve- 
ment, mentally  and  spiritually  under 
the  influence  of  the  spirit  of  the  mon- 
sters, Envy  and  Jealousy,  by  the  dic- 
tates of  which  all  sorts  of  devices  are  re- 
sorted to,  and  every  considerable  strat- 
agem employed  to  disgrace  and  pull 
down  the  object  of  their  hate,  whom  they 
conceive  to  be  standing  in  their  way  to 
promotion,  because  they  occupy  a  posi- 
tion in  the  mind  of  others  a  little  above 
their  own  level.  To  accomplish  this,  if 
not  able  to  And  any  unrighteousness  in 
them  like  the  accusers  of  the  prophet 
Daniel;  they  will  so  manage  to  construe 
their  brightest  virtues  into  the  gravest 
parts,  insidiouslyjfinding  fault  ofsome- 
thinix  about  them,  and  if  nothing  else 
can  be  found,  and  it  can  be  so  manipu- 
lated as  to  get  a  run  of  popular  senti- 
ment, and  a  continuation  of  opposition 
and  persecution,  they  will  find  fault 
with  their  subject,  even  of  something 
about  his  or  her  person,  aa  God  has 
made  them,  and  so  exert  an  influ- 
ence which,  as  to  result  in  the  or- 
ganization of  parties,  each  inspired  with 
the  spirit  of  their  leader  (which  is  gen- 
erally found  among  the  ministry),  and 
embodied  hate  on  one  side  and  appre- 
hension and  distrust  on  the  other;  and 
thus  union  and  afl'ection,  the  grand  es- 
sentials for  Communion,  are  crushed  out, 
spiritual  growth  is  dwarfed,  and  the 
prosperity  of  the  church  paralyzed.  And 
if  at  last  the  perpetrators  of  these 
enormities,  are  defeated  in  passing 
through  the  crucible  of  church  discipline, 
and  if  allowed  a  membei'ship  in  the 
church,  they  mil  lose  no  opportunity 
for  exhibiting  their  want  of  love,  by 
evading  all  social  intercourse,  even  in 
some  instances,  going  so  far  as  this,  that 
before  they  will  decide  to  go  to  a  neigh- 
boring meeting  or  Communion,  will  first 
have  to  know  whether,  A.  B.,  or  C.,  is 
going  to  be  there,  and  all  that  A.  B.,  or 
C.,  can  do  to  secure  their  att'ection,  is 
like  casting  pearl  before  the  swine. 

It  is  not  pleasant  to  write  such  things, 
and  were  it  possible  to  cover  them  witb 


a  cloak  of  charity,  how  gladly  would 
we  do  it.  If  the  three  grand  i)rinciple.'- 
wliich  stand  at  the  head  of  this  article, 
are  found  in  the  church,  there  will  be  but 
very  little  need  to  enquire  any  farther 
into  the  condition  of  the  members  as  to 
their  eligibility  to  the  Christian  Supper 
and  holy  Communion,  but  everything 
being  comprehended  in  them  all,  furth- 
er examination  may  be  dispensed  with: 
but  if  these  are  wanting,  and  we  would 
propose  to  particularize  upon  minor 
things,  it  would  be  like  trimming  otf  the 
branches  to  destroy  the  tree,  which 
would  only  encourage  its  growth. 


NON-CONFORMITY. 

BY    riAVID    F.    KiSV. 

I  HAVE  never  felt  that  any  particular 
good  would  result  from  my  writing, 
but  I  cannot  help  thinking  a  little  less 
writing  and  a  good  deal  more  sound 
preaching  and  practicing  would  be  con- 
sidered of  more  real  good;  but  as  there 
is  much  said  on  the  subject  of  noneon- 
formity  in  dress,  I  feel  like  advancing  a 
few  arguments  in  fa^'or  of  the  humble 
garb.  We  often  hear  the  argument  ad- 
vanced that,  Peter  was  known  by  his 
speech  and  not  by  his  garment,  and  that 
through  all  the  dark  ages,  the  true  fol- 
lowers were  only  known  by  their  pro 
fession,  and  nob  by  their  dress,  as  in  the 
case  of  Menno  Simon  on  the  coach  &c. 
But  we  must  take  in  consideration,  that 
we  live  under  a  different  government. 
In  all  aristocratic  or  monarchial  govern- 
ments, people  are  divided  into  dift'erent 
classes;  and  so  it  was  in  the  days  of  the 
apostles.  We  will  take  in  consideration 
but  two  classes,  the  nobility  and  peas- 
antry. The  nobility  dressed  gay  and 
in  costly  array,  and  followed  every 
change  of  fashion,  while  the  peasantry 
dressed  in  more  humble  raiment,  in 
home-made  cloth,  and  retained  their 
fashion,  as  there  was  no  inducement  to 
change  it,  because  the  laboring  class  of 
people  could  not  associate  with  the  no- 
bility, even  if  they  would  accumulate 
^vealth  and  dress  gay. 

We  will  find  the  same  in  Europe  to- 
day. In  England  there  are  lords  and 
peasants,  and  a  laboring  man  cannot  be- 
come a  lord  only  in  rare  eases.  If  a  la- 
boring man  does  get  rich  and  drees  gay, 
he  can  no  longer  associate  with  his  form- 
er companions,  and  the  lords  consider 
him  as  nobody;  so  the  poor  fellow  must 
stand  alone.  There  is  no  inducement 
in  aristocratic  governments  for  the  hum- 
ble man  to  follow  after  the  gay  fashion ; 
and  when  Christ  chose  the  apostles,  he 
did  not  go  among  the  nobility,  but  call 
ed  some  out  from  among  the  humlile 
fishermen.  And  we  do  not  believe  that 
they  were  dressed  in  purple  and  change- 
able array  which  were  the  fashionable 
coloi-3  at  that  time. 

If  we  examine  the  Scriptures  and  his- 
tory closely,  we  will  find  that  very  few 
of  the  aristocracy  believed  in  Jesus.  His 
teachings  were  too  humble  for  the  high 
and  lofty  mind.  His  teachings  were 
more  adapted  to  the  humble  class,  con 
sequently  more  readily  accepted  by  that 
class  of  people.  We  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  if  any  of  the  higher  class  ac- 
cepted the  teachings  of  Christ,  and  at- 
tached themselves  to  the  followers  of  the 
meek  and  lowly  Lamb,  that  they  laid 
aside  their  costly  robes  and  took  up 
with  the  custom  of  the  people  they  join- 
ed in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  as  in  the 
case  of  Menno  Simon  and  Lollard.  They 
were  both  Roman  priests,  but  after  they 
joined  the  Waldenses,  we  are  informed 
they  wore  an    humble-appearing   dress. 


liut  in  the  United  States,  it  is  a  ditVerent 
thing.  Here  we  know  no  lords,  no  no- 
bility; any  man  can  elevate  himself;  any 
man  that  accumulates  wealth,  can  dress 
in  costly  array,  ride  in  fine  carriages, 
furuish  his  house  with  costly  furniture; 
can  rank  in  the  highest  society.  Here 
the  temptations  are  very  strong  to  fol- 
low after  the  fashions,  especially  since 
man  is  naturally  inclined  to  elevate,  rath- 
er than  to  abase  himself;  therefore  it  is 
very  necessary  that  we  deny  ourselves 
of  these  worldly  supei-fluities  and  keep 
in  fashion  with  the  humble,  as  we  are 
commanded  in  1  Tim.  'J:  9;  1  Peter  3:  3, 
4. 

If  we  read  the  Scriptures  carefully, 
we  will  not  conform  to  the  ever-chang- 
ing fashions  of  the  world.  A  man  may 
preach  on  non-conformity  with  all  the 
eloquence  and  power  he  can  command, 
if  he  does  not^jroye  by  example  that  he 
believes  what  he  preaches,  it  will  have 
little,  if  any  eft'ect  for  good.  If  all  those 
who  are  placed  in  the  church  as  house- 
keepers would  set  a  good  example  of 
plainness  in  dress,  there  would  not  be 
half  the  trouble  of  getting  all  to  con- 
form to  the  order.  But  the  cut  of  the 
garment  alone  is  not  wanting.  If  the 
Confederate  soldier  wanted  to  pass  as  a 
Union  soldier,  he  needed  only  to  put  on 
the  blue  dress.  Colo?'  had  something  to 
do  with  the  passing. 

The  house-keeper's  wives  should  also 
be  particular  in  setting  good  examples 
in  regard  to  dress  and  the  covering  as  re- 
quired by  the  Law  of  the  Lord.  Where 
the  man  is  required  to  uncover  his  head, 
the  woman  is  required  to  do  the  ojjpo- 
site,  cover  her  head.  When  we  go  to 
the  BiiETiiiiEN'  AT  WoiiK  ofiice,  and  find 
our  brethren  reading  and  writing  about 
the  good  and  holy  things  of  the  Lord's 
house,  with  their  heads  uncovered,  a; 
God  most  surely  dii'ects,  then  we  con- 
clude that  if  we  had  a  sister  editor,  she 
should  labor  iwith  her  head  covered 
with  that  modest  and  prettiest  of  all 
coverings,  a  clean,  neat,  white  cap. 
Non-conformity  to  the  world  is  a  great 
subject;  I  have  simply  touched  it  in  this 
brief  article. 

Lanarh,  111. 


SEPARATE   FROM    THE     WORLD. 


THE  people  whom  Christ  has  chosen 
out  of  the  world,  are  the  children 
of  God  and  constitute  what  is  known 
in  Scriptural  language  as  "the  church 
of  God."  Those  who  constitute  this 
church  are  called  out  of  the  world. 
Christ  says,  "  Because  ye  are  not  of  the 
world,  therefore  the  world  hateth  you." 
God  has  laws  to  govern  his  children, 
AVe  read  in  Matt.  G:  '24,  "  Ye  cannot 
serve  God  and  raaminon."  There  are 
some,  however,  who  have  their  names 
in  the  church  who  serve  mammon,  the 
world.  They  do  not  heed  first  Peter  3: 
3,4,  5,  and  Tim.  0:  10.  These  are 
God's  rules.  He  has  given  them  to  bis 
children  and  intends  they  shall  be  gov- 
erned by  them.  Christ  has  said,  ''Ye 
are  the  light  of  the  world;  let  your 
lightso  shine  before  men,  that  thev  may 
see  your  good  works  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven." 

Some  members  say,  "the  church  is  op- 
posed to  the  fashions,  so  we  shall  not 
indulge  in  them  ourselves,  but  we  will 
rig  and  fix  onr  children  up  aa  gay  as  the 
gayest,  as  fashionable  as  the  most  fa.sh- 
ionable."  Some  one  will  say,  now, 
"Religion  don't  consist  in  dress."  That 
is  all  true,  it  does  not,  but  let  me  say, 
the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  will  change 


the  outwaril  as  wi-ll  as  the  inward  man. 
If  it  does  not,  I  would  not  give  much 
for  it.  Christ  said,  "  Ye  shall  know 
them  by  their  fruits."  An  evil  which 
I  protest  against,  is  professors  of  Chris- 
tianity taking  boys  into  saloons,  and 
treating  them  to  drinks  and  cigars.  For 
when  this  is  done,  there  follows  puffing, 
smoking,  foolish  talking  and  jesting. 
The  fruit  is  on  the  outside — we  can  all 
see  it;  and  by  it  we  should  know  the 
tree. 

We  have  read  a  legeiid  of  a  man  who 
sold  his  soul  to  the  devil.  The  condi- 
tions were:  For  a  certain  number  of 
yeai-s  this  man  was  to  have  all  his  de- 
sues  gratified  by  his  satanic  majest)'  at 
the  expiration  of  which  time,  his  soul 
was  to  be  forfeited.  When  the  time 
agreed  upon  had  expired,  the  man  was 
unwilling  to  fufill  his  part  of  the  con- 
tract, and  asked  the  devil  on  what  terms 
he  could  be  released.  The  reply  was, 
"If  you  will  curse  your  God,  I  will  re- 
lease yon."  "  No,"  said  the  man,  "  I 
cannot  cui-se  the  Being  whose  nature  is 
love^ — give  me  something  less  fearfully 
wicked."  "  Then  kill  your  father"  re- 
plied the  devil,  "  and  you  shall  go  free." 
"No"  answered  the  man,  "that  is  too 
horrible  tcrthink  of  for  even  a  moment. 
I  will  not  commit  so  great  a  crime.  Are 
there  no  other  conditions?"  "One  more  ' 
the  devil  leplied,  "you  must  get  drunk." 
"That  is  very  easy  to  do,"  the  man 
answered,  "and  I  accept  your  last  prop- 
osition. I  cannot  kill  my  father,  I  will 
not  cni'se  my  God,  but  1  can  get  drunk, 
and  when  I  get  sober,  all  will  be  well." 
Accordingly,  he  soon  became  drunk, 
and  when  in  this  condition,  he  chanced 
to  meet  his  father,  who  upbraided  him, 
which  so  excited  the  ire  of  the  drunken 
and  half-crazed  man,  that  he  slew  his 
father,  cursed  his  God,  then  fell  down 
dead,  and  the  devil  had  him  sure. 

This  so  faithfully  portrays  the  possi- 
ble, nay  more,  the  probable  result  of 
drunkenness,  that  comment  is  unneces- 
sary. The  person  who  allows  himself 
to  become  addicted  to  pride  and  intem- 
perance is  ripe  for  almost  any .  crime. 
Let  us  avoid  the  very  appearance  of  evil. 

THE  MOTHER    MOLDS   THE    MAN. 

rriHAT  it  is  the  mother  who  molds  the 
J-  man,  is  a  sentiment  beautifully  il- 
lustrated by  the  following  recorded  ob- 
servation of  a  shrewd  writer:  "When 
I  lived  among  the  Choctaw  Indians,  I 
held  a  consultation  with  one  of  their 
chiefs,  respecting  the  successive  stages  of 
their  progress  in  the  arts  of  civilized  life; 
and  among  other  things,  he  informed 
me  that  at  their  start  they  fell  into  a 
great  mistake — they  only  sent  hoys  to 
school.  These  boys  came  home  intelli- 
gent men,  but  they  married  uneducated 
and  uncivilized  wives— and  the  uniform 
r<'sult  was,  their  children  were  all  like 
their  mothers.  The  father  soon  lost  all 
his  interest  in  both  wife  and  children. 
'And  now, '  said  he,  'if  we  were  to  ed- 
ucate but  one  class  of  our  children,  we 
should  choose  the  girls,  for  when  they 
become  mothers,  they  educate  theirsons.' 
This  is  the  point  and  it  is  true.  No  na- 
tion can  become  fully  enlightened,  when 
mothers  are  not  in  a  good  degree  quali- 
fied to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
home  work  of  education." 


No  matter  how  pious  men  are,  the 
moment  they  place  policy  before  princi- 
ple, they  become  incapable  of  doing 
right,  and  are  transformed  into  the  most 
odious  tools  of  despotism. 


'  The  fear  of  the  Lord  maketh  wise." 


TI-IE    BRETI-IRE^sT    -tVT    "WORK. 


N'ovember    21 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J.H.MOORE,  UditORS. 

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UOOBE  &  ESHELIIAH, 

LansTlt,  Cairall  Co..  111- 


H07EUBEH  SI-  187E 


NO   RETREATING. 

LOOKING  over  the  conflicts  thnt  are  coming 
up  from  the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  what 
position  are  you  going  to  take?  Is  not  your 
work  full  of  cure  and  vexation?  These  are  ques- 
tions that  reach  us  sometimes,  and  at  this  time 
are  worthy  of  fair  and  Ciiudid  answei-s. 

A^'hat  jiosilhit  me  you  going  to  take  ?  From 
the  first  we  planted  our  feet  on  the  Jiock.  tlie 
"  one  Lord  "  of  heaven  and  earth.  The  grace  of 
God  has  heeu  with  ua  thus  far,  and  by  the  same 
grace  we  expect  to  remain  on  the  immovable 
Rock,  the  everlasting  Foundation.  On  our  part 
there  is  not  the  least  disposition  to  slide  off. 
We  have  no  idea  of  forsaking  a  single  principle 
in  the  one  gmiill  rdigtous  si/stem  set  \ip  and  es- 
tablished by  Christ  and  the  apostles.  The  ar- 
mor is  not  worn  out,  the  shield  is  not  impaired, 
nor  has  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  lost  any  of  it-s 
keenness  to  its.  There  is  no  jjuij  in  going  bnclc- 
ivai-il.  Pressing  fonrard  towards  the  prize  is 
the  proper  direction  for  us.  The  field  in  which 
to  labor  is  le/orc  us,  and  those  who  get  weary 
and  fail  haek  will  likely  occupy  the  fields  that 
are  Whind.  There  is  a  great  demand  uliead  for 
trne  men  and  women.  The  places  behind  are 
always  kept  filled. 

The  distinctive  plea — the  one  Book,  contain- 
ing the  one  revealed  will  of  God  to  man,  for 
man,  is  the  great  Storehouse,  the  inexliaustible 
Treasury  from  which  an  indulgent  Father  ever 
helps  us  to  draw.  The  one  Lord,  one  faith,  one 
baptism,  one  hope,  one  body,  the  ground  and 
pillar  of  the  Truth,  described  and  governed  by 
the  one  Ldw  of  the  Holy  Jesus,  the  Crucified, 
pitscribed  for  the  cure  of  the  sinner  and  the 
well-being  of  the  s^aint,  afford  subjects  rich 
enough  for  any  pen.  The  question,  then,  is  not, 
"Where  are  you  (;oi>i(/ (o  stund,  but  will  you 
vontinne  to  stand  on  the  one  Rock— the  never- 
failing  Foundation?"  Only  by  the  grace  which 
the  Father  supplieth  will  we  so  do.  We  made 
no  provision  for  retreating — never  thought  of 
it,  have  had  no  occasion  to  go  that  way.  The 
Lord  made  no  provision  for  His  people  to  go  brick' 
iciird,  for  the  simple  reason  that  iheij  need  not. 
With  them  it  is  adeance  (dl  the  time.  Their 
King  and  Captain  is  a  sure  Leader.  He  ivins 
all  the  battles  he  fights,  and  fights  only  to  win. 
A  King  who  is  always  victorious  needs  uo  pro- 
vision for  retreating.  A  man  who  serves  under 
this  King  will  not  have  his  boat  upset  by  the 
theological  breezes  that  are  continually  beating 
against  its  sails.  The  only  true  Captain  hiis 
hold  of  its  helm,  and  ha  will  guide  the  good  old 
vessel  over  the  mighty  waves  of  unbelief  and 
corruption, 

Yon  have  read  the  ideas  already  given  you 
the  past  few  years.  You  did  not  pay  for  them, 
and  read  them,  simply  to  please  »s,  but  to  see  if 
we  were  going  the  yiijhl  n-ay,  to  get  some 
couragement  in  the  good  old  way.  Whether 
you  have  received  what  you  sought,  you  kiiow. 
What  a  pity  if  none  of  us  should  have  become 
better  since  we  first  learned  to  know  each  otl.i 

It  is  our  desire  to  advocate  the  one  religion  of 
the  New  Testament,  not  neii  •■hj  as  set  forth 
therein,  nor  ii  [itiii  of  what  it  demands,  but  pre- 
cisclij  us  set  forth  by  the  Lord  .lesus.  and  the 
apostles.  To  maintain  and  advocate  the  one 
true  ivorshij),  taught  and  practiced  by  the  disci- 
plea  and  early  Christians;  to  urge  purity  and 
holiness  of  character,  is  the  work  and  business 
of  every  child,  born  of  God.  To  advocate  the 
iriiij  of  evangelizing  as  handed  down  by  the 
apostles— and  all  who  did  as  they  did — to  advo- 
cate, maintain  and  defend  the  old  order  of  gov- 
ernment, introduced  by  Inspiration,  to  advocate 


the  e'iKiiUlij  of  God's  people, — to  believe,  defend 
and  maintain  all  that  c  ame  from  the  Lord,  and 
to  oppose  all   that  did  not  come   from    Him,  is 

ork  that  ice  'eek  not  lo  shnn.  You  can  under- 
stand this.  If  any  among  us  are  not  for  the 
one  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism,  one  hope,  the 
prescribed  worship  of  the  Lord,  the  whole  ar- 
of  God,  the  way  of  salvation,  the  old  Jeru- 
salem order  of  things,  the  equality  of  God's  peo- 
ple, the  downfall  of  caste,   the  destruction  of 

ide,  the  overthrow  of  covetousness,  the  per- 
petuation of  the  apostolic  way  of  evangelizing, 
I  would  like  to  see  them  come  out  and  lell  what 
Iheijare  for.  There  is  no  neutral  (/round.  "He 
that  is  not  with  me  ia  against  me."  You  must 
be  either  for  King  Jesus,  his  prescribed,  blood- 
■prinkled  order,  or  else  against  Him,  against 
His  system. 

True  and  faithful  editors  court  neither  policy 
nor  popularity.     With  them   truth  stands  first 

order.     If  they  would  succeed  in  the  Lord's 

I/-A-  they  must  permit  no  fleshly  arm  between 
them  and  the  Lord.  The  main  questions  with 
godly  editors,  and  with  godly  farmers,  and  god- 
ly mechanics,  are,  "Is  it  right?"  "Is  it  the 
truth?"  "Will  it  do  men  good?"  Mistakes 
be  made,  for  we  have  not  yet  attained  unto 
perfection  in  our  work,  but  if  the  wrong  wag  is 
foreseen  it  shall  be  avoided.  There  is  no  joy  in 
the  wrong  leag.  The  wrong  way  is  always 
crowded  with  men  and  women,  while  the  right 
way  has  only  a  few  here  and  there. 

"  Is  not  your  work  full  of  care  and  vexation  ?  " 
Yes;  but  what  of  that?  That  doei  not  signify 
failure,  defeat.  Is  not  the  gold  made  brigliter, 
freed  from  all  dross,  by  running  it  through  the 
fire?  Vexation  is  only  another  name  for  trib- 
ulation; and  did  not  Christ,  our  King,  say,  "  In 
the  world  ye  shall  have  tribulation?"  Then, 
too,  brother  Paul  declares,  that  "tribulation 
workethpatieuce;  and  patience  experience;  and 
experience  hope."  and  hope  makes  no  man 
ashamed.  Now  if  vexation  works  patience  iu  a 
man,  then  is  he  not  a  gainer  by  vexation?  No 
man  vexes  and  abuses  another  with  the  inten- 
tion of  making  him  better,  yet  that  is  often  the 
result.  One  sows  tribulation  with  the  purpose 
of  having  vengeance,  and  the  result  is,  the  one 
who  receives  it  meekly,  is  made  better  by  it. 
"  Great  is  the  mystery  of  godliness."  The  Lord 
enable  all  to  bear  with  meekness  and  resigna- 
tion, the  trials  and  tribulations  of  this  life. 
'■  Over  yonder"  they  will  not  be  known. 

Perhaps  no  other  class  of  men  learn  the  weak 
points  in  human  nature  as  do  editors.  They 
see  them  daily.  The  greater  part  of  their  busi- 
ness comes  through  the  mails,  and  as  mail  mat- 
ter is  generally  hid  from  men's  view,  there  is  an 
opportunity  to  write  things  that  savor  strongly 
of  "  bitterness."  If  a  man  is  still  afflicted  a  litr 
tie  with  "  the  old  man  "  and  he  thinks  the  edit^ 
ore  have  en-ed  in  judgment,  the  "envelop 
alfords  him  an  excellent  chance  to  jiour  out  hi 
"bitterness"  upon  them.  Thus,  and  in  many 
other  ways,  editors  are  enabled  to  learn  things 
which  work  patience  and  experience. 

The  Lord  giving  grace,  the  writer  shall,  at  the 
beginning  of  Vol.  4,  commence  a  series  of  arti- 
cles on  "  The  Old  Order."  I  shall  not  study 
how  to  j}ass  around  error  and  false  theories,  but 
how  to  run  the  plowshare  of  truth  through  the 
rubbish  that  has  gathered  here  and  there  upon 
the  highway  of  holiness.  Not  having  been  set 
for  the  defense  of  men's  opinions,  but  "fur  the 
defense  of  the  Gospel,"  there  is  no  disposition  to 
evade  the  work.  The  number  who  are  defend- 
ing opinions  and  the  commandments  of  men,  is 
legion;  but  Me /e(c  are  advocating  and  defend- 
ing the  faith  of  God.  On  this  side  we  have 
arranged  ourselves,  and  here  we  mean  to  labor, 
and  fight,  and  come  off  conquerors  with  Him 
who  leads  in  the  battle.  We  want  no  one  to 
ask  us  to  preach  and  advocate  a  progressive  re- 
ligion. We  are  Jired  in  the  unprogressive,  un- 
changeable system  of  the  Lord,  Christ.  We  art 
willing  to  grow  iu  grtiee  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth,  but  the  thing  bg  which  we  grow  must 
not  be  progressive.  Rain,  sunshine,  and  heat 
are  essential  to  a  thorough  development  of  the 
blade  of  grass,  but  they  are  not  progressive. 
Sunshine  is  sunshine;  no  more,  no  less.  So 
with  the  religion  of  Jesus.  7/  is  religion;  not 
only  religion,  but  diviiie,  unchangeable,  unpro- 
gressiee  religion.  When  Inspiration  caused  the 
last  word  iu  the  last  chapter  of  God's  great  Book 
to  be  written,  nothing  was  to  be  added  to,  nor 
taken  from,  that  which  was  written.  By  th 
decree  we  sta.id.     The  Lord  help  all   to  stand 


firm,  and  hold  to  the  one   true  system  of  relig 
ion.  M.  M.  E. 


A  YEAR  OF  TROUBLES. 

IN  London  is  an  almanac  maker  who  is  gain- 
ing some  reputation  by  his  remarkable  pre- 
dictions. The  almanac,  referred  to,  has  been 
published  nearly  fifty  years,  and  abounds  in 
predictions  based  on  the  conjunctions  and  as- 
pects of  planets.    The  writer  says: 

"  In  February,  Satarn  and  Mars  will  combine 
to  stir  up  trouble  in  Europe,  Mexico,  and  India. 
In  March,  many  deeds  of  vengeance  will  be  per- 
petrated in  Russia;  danger  will  lurk  in  the  path 
of  the  Emperor  of  Germany  March  11;  a  great 
clerical  scandal  will  he  developed  in  England; 
there  will  be  war  and  famine  in  India  and  China, 
and  in  tliis  country  discord  between  President 
and  people,  trouble  with  the  Indians,  and  relig- 
ious disputes,  leading  to  scenes  of  violence. 

"  In  April  the  religious  world  will  be  greatly 
agitated.  In  May,  railway  companies  wilt  ex- 
perience great  adverse  fluctuations  of  their  se- 
curities. In  June  there  will  he  war  in  Austria, 
Turkey,  and  Greece;  and  in  this  country  cruel 
epidemic  fever,  cattle  disease,  a  high  birth  rate, 
a  prosperous  dramatic  season,  and  good  fortune 
to  the  advocates  of  woman  suffrage;  and  so  on, 
until  December,  when  more  than  one  dynasty 
iu  Europe  will  tremble,  the  Socialists  become  a 
terror  to  society,  and  the  uprising  of  the  Greek 
and  Slav  races  shake  Eastern  Europe  to  its 
foundations. 

In  1853  it  was  predicted  that  earthquakes 
would  occur  near  Carthagena  about  July  16th, 
On  the  loth  there  was  an  earthquake  at  Cumana, 
near  Carthagena.  in  which  4,000  persons  lost 
their  lives.  In  1876  it  was  predicted  that  there 
would  be  misfortunes  on  American  railroads  and 
a  great  catastrophe.  The  Ashtabula  horror  oc- 
curred Dee.  28.  For  July,  1S7S,  it  was  predict- 
ed that  there  would  be  iu  America  "  many,  vio- 
lent, sudden  and  terrible  deaths  by  sunstroke." 

Having  made  several  good  guesses  in  the 
course  of  fifty  years,  the  almanac  astrologer 
point-s  with  pride  to  liis  predictions  for  the  fu- 
ture, and  asks  the  people  to  believe  in  his  sys- 
tem. The  predictions  grade  with  those  made  by 
other  almanac  prophet-s,  and  are  curious,  to  say 
the  least. 

The  threatening  condition  of  thinss  among 
the  powers  in  the  East,  makes  these  predictions 
more  interesting  than  they  would  otherwise  he. 
J,  H.  it. 

FiiOM  brother  D.  B.  Mentner,  we  have  the 
following!  The  writing  ti\blet-s  of  which  you  sent 
me  a  sample,  are  just  the  thing  for  those  who 
feel  moved  to  write  for  the  press.  They  are 
handy,  good  and  cheap — excellent.  Make  them 
known  to  our  readers,  they  are  equally  as  good 
for  common  letter  ivriting,  and  few  will  do  with- 
out them  when  they  give  them  a  trial.  Of 
course,  to  get  the  good  out  of  anything,  we 
must  needs  learn  to  appreciate  it."  The  tablets 
are  put  up  in  a  neat  and  convenient  form,  con- 
taining one  hundred  half  sheets  ruled  on  one 
side  only.  It  makes  considerable  difference  to 
compositors  whether  the  paper  is  hirge  or  small, 
hence  these  tablets  are  just  the  thing  for  those 
who  write  for  the  press.  Price  twenly-five 
cents. 

TALStAQE  has  been  preaching  to  large  audi- 
en,ces  on  "  The  Four  Gates  of  Hell,"  viz.  "Im- 
pure literature,"  "The  dissolute  dance,"  "In- 
decent apparel,"  and  "  Alcoholic  beverages." 
In  starting  out  he  declared  that,  "  With  the 
hammer  of  God's  truth,  I  shall  pound  upon  the 
brazen  panels,  and  with  the  light  of  God's 
truth,  I  shall  flash  light  upon  their  shining 
hinges."  When  he  came  to  the  third  "gate," 
"Indecent  apparel,"  he  said:  "  I  am  told,  that  a 
new  fashion  of  female  dress  is  about  coming  in 
from  Paris  which  is  most  shocking  to  all  right- 
eousness. (At  this  statement  the  women  in 
the  audience  looked  at  oue  another  in  surprise.) 
Oh,  I  charge  you  Christian  women,  neither  bv 
style  of  dress  nor  adjustment  of  apparel  to  be- 
come administrators  of  evil.  Perhaps  no  one 
else  will  dare  tell  you  this  fact,  so  I  will  tell  it 
to  you,  that  multitudes  of  men  owe  their  eter- 
nal damnation  to  the  boldness  of  female  attire. 
(Applause  and  a  few  hisses.)  You  wonder  that 
the  city  of  Tyre  was  destroyed.  Have  you  ev- 
er seen  the  fashion  plates  of  that  city?  I'll 
show  them  to  you."  So  saying  Mr.  Talmage 
picked  up  the  Bible  and  read  the  passage  where- 
in the  daughters  of  Tyre- are  described  as  using 
a  mincing  gate,  whimples  and  crim ping-pins. 
■'Do  you  wonder,"  said  he,  "  that  the  Lord  blot- 
ted out  that  place?" 

It  ivill  be  seen,  that  the  "hisses"  are  apt  to 
come  when  a  man  makes  bold  to  denounce  in- 
decent apparel.  Satan  generally  nmkes  a  noise 
when  his  nefarious  work  is  exposed. 


L'.vitEit   "Business   Notices"   in   No.  4o  the 
name  J.  W.  Wilt  should  be  Lorenzo  D.  Stewart. 


All  new  subscribers  will  receive  the  paper 
for  the  balance  of  the  year  free,  from  the  time 
names  are  received.  Agents  will  please  note 
this,  and  forward  us  the  names  as  soon  as  they 
receive  them. 


An  observing  writer  truthfully  saya,  "  Some 
tolerably  good  people  listen  to  a  sermon  as  they 
do  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  not 
from  real  interest,  hut  out  of  respect." 


Maxy  seem  lo  think  and  act  as  if  they  never 
heard  "  whether  thei*e  be  any  Holy  Ghost." 
"  Have  ye  received  the  Holy  Ghost  since  ye  be- 
lieved," seems  never  to  have  entered  theirmind, 
A  good  many  are  claiming  to  have  received  the 
Holy  Ghost  before  they  believed,  or  while  they 
were  believing,  but  the  important  question  is, 
Have  you  received  the  Holy  Ghost  since  you 
believed?         ^ 

It  is  reported  that  somewhere  in  Missouri  a 
Baptistmembercaltedfor  a  letter,  and  upon  that 
letter  joined  the  Campbellites.  The  question  ia 
asked,  "  What  shall  the  church  do  in  such  a 
case?"  We  say,  let  the  church  take  up  the 
case,  and  deal  with  that  member  for  heresy. 
TiUis'i:  10.— Battle  Flag. 

Hold  up.  Doctor,  are  you  not  living  in  a  glass 
house?  How  about  "narrow-miudcdnoss?." 
It  seems  to  be  spreading;  it  seems  to  be  no 
longer  a  "  local  disease," 


Vermont  is  alarmed,  and  justly  too,  about 
her  divorce  laws.  The  Chronicle  says:  "That 
'there  ia  urgent  need  of  some  action  iu  regard  to 
the  question  of  divorce,  no  one  can  doubt  who 
is  at  all  conversant  with  facts.  The  present 
condition  of  things  in  our  State  is  alarming. 
Unless  something  is  done,  it  cannot  but  grow 
worse,  until  Vermont  shall  become  a  by-word 
and  reproach  among  men."  Other  States  are  in 
a  similar  condition,  and  until  there  is  a  return 
to  the  Bible  on  this  point  by  all  denominations, 
there  can  be  but  little  hope  for  genuine,  fixed 
reform.  _   

On  the  night  of  the  Tth  inst,,  the  remains  of 
the  late  millionaire,  A.  T.  Stewart  were  stolen 
from  their  resting  place  iu  New  York  city.  , 
The  deed  was  done,  evidently  with  the  hope  of 
obtaining  a  large  ransom  for  the  return  of  the 
corpse.  A- reward  of  §25,000  has  been  offered 
for  the  recovery  of  the  body.  An  advertise- 
ment ha5  appeared  in  the  Herald,  offering 
to  produce  the  body  for  §100.000.  The  rohbere 
seem  to  place  a  high  estimate  upon  it.  Truly 
we  have  come  into  "perilous  times,"  for  chil- 
dren are  stolen,  graves  are  robbed,  and  crimes 
of  every  hue  and  character  are  constantly  be- 
ing perpetrated. 


To  be  brief,  pointed  and  entertaining  in  writ- 
ing, is  an  art  worthy  every  writer's  attention. 
Some  subjects  need  elaboration,  but  to  string 
out  an  article  just  to  fill  up,  is  to  court  inatten- 
tion by  most  readers.  If  you  would  be  heard, 
and  to  do  good  you  must  have  hearers,  boil  down 
your  articles,  and  be  sure  to  thicken  well  with, 
pure  Gospel,  charity-sweetness.  Many  long  ar- 
ticles that  go  into  the  waste  basket,  contain 
some  good  kernels  of  truth,  but  editors  have 
neither  time  nor  disposition  to  turn  over  so 
much  chaff  for  so  little  wheat.  If  a  man  would 
say  much  in  a  few  words  he  must  sludg,  and 
study  means  work. 


The  President  of  the  United  States  has  issued 
a  proclamation  requesting  all  the  people  to 
withdraw  themselves  from  secular  cares  and  la- 
bors, and  meet  together  on  the  2Sth  inst  at  their 
respective  places  of  worship,  and  give  thanks  to 
Almighty  God  for  His  mercies  and  pray  Him  to 
continue  the  same  to  us  as  a  nation.  The  pes- 
tilence which  visited  a  portion  of  our  country 
and  carried  away  thousands  of  persons,  has 
about  ceased,  and  the  nation  should,  in  all 
meekness,  feel  grateful.  In  harmony  with  1 
Peter  2:  13,  we  commend  this  request  of  our 
chief  Magistrate  to  the  prayerful  consideration 
of  all  the  people  of  God, 


We  call  attention  to  brother  B.  F.  Moomaw's 
article  found  on  another  page  of  this  issue.  He 
deals  in  truths  which,  though  sad  to  think 
about,  are  too  apparent  in  many  localities.  Bit- 
ter envy  and  jealousies  manifest  themselves, 
neighborhoods  and  societies  are  disturbed,  per- 
plexed or  broken  up,  and  misery  is  strewn  iu 
families  and  churches  until  numbers  of  souls 
are  dragged  down  to  ruin.  It  is  perhaps  useless 
to  try  to  reach  those  who  sow  discord  and  strife, 
either  by  preaching  or  through  the  papers,  for 
in  most  cases  their  eyes  and  ears  have  waxed 
dull,  and  no  balm  can  effect  a  cure.  But  it  is 
well  to  warn  those  who  will  hear — to  adhionish 
those  who  are  leaning  towards  that  crooked 
way. 


I*3"ovember    21. 


THE  3Re:th:re::n"  ^t  "svork:. 


A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 


NL'MdER  n. 


rpHE  qucstioD  is  flskod,  Will  meu  of  education 
X  belii-'ve  and  preach  the  cloclnae  of  uon- 
conformityy  If  they  believe  aud  prencli  the 
Bible  doctrine,  they  will.  Tlieii  some  of  our 
best  educated  and  moHt  influfiiitinl  men  we  have 
in  the  church,  believe,  pvaetioe  iitid  prench  this 
doctrine.  Paul  was  a  finely  educated  and  gifted 
man  and  he  preached  non-conformity.  The  best 
infonned  man  who  ever  gi'aced  this  earth  was 
.Jesus  Christ,  and  he  preached  the  same  doctrine. 
It  ia  the  want  of  proper  knowledge  that 
prompts  people  to  adorn  themselves  with  jewel- 
ry and  oruamentiil  trimmings.  The  wearing  of 
jewelry  is  evidence  of  the  fact  that  the  civilized 
races  have  not  yet  been  fully  redeemed  from  the 
barbarism  in  which  they  once  groped.  The 
Mosaic  law  was  not  perfect  for  all  time.  It  was 
"iven  to  a  class  of  people  in  the  midst' of  barba- 
rious  habits,  hence  instead  of  removing  and  re- 
pudiatinj:  the  wearing  of  jewelry  and  ornaments, 
the  Lord  commanded  that  certain  things  be 
worn,  having  a  spiritual  signification — pointing 
the  people  to  ft  higher  and  nobler  object,  thus 
preparing  theai  for  a  law  that  would  do  away 
with  all  superfluities.  This  law  has  now  come 
— Wits  preached  by  Christ  and  the  apostles,  and 
handed  down  to  as  by  them.  On  these  points 
the  Gospel  harmoni/os  with  all  true  principles 
of  reasoning,  aud  because  of  a  lack  of  an  under- 
standing of  these  principles,  people  have  been 
induced  to  adopt  unnatural  and  unhealthy  modes 
of  dressing.  Let, the,  true  principles  of  reason 
be  carefully  taught  in  our  schools  and  people 
will  soon  learn  to  have  too  much  sense  to  de- 
stroy their  health  by  tight  lacing,  or  comfort 
by  tight  shoes.  They  will  learn  that  the  spend- 
ing of  time  to  decorate  the  body  is  all  foolish- 
ness, and  a  waste  of  time  that  might  be  better 
employed. 

I  am  glad  to  know  that  many  of  our  educated 
brethren  are  speaking  out  on  the  question  of 
nou-conformity.  We  would  like  to  see  every 
one  of  them  come  out  and  take  ii  square ,  stand 
in  defense  of  the  doctrine,  for  by  so  doing  they 
will  esert  a  great  influence  in  behalf  of  the 
right.  But  if  those  who  are  finely  educated, 
take  a  stand  against  the  Bible  doctrine  of  plain- 
ness, and  run  off  into  the  vain  fashious  of  the 
world,  it  will  then  be  evident  that  education,  as 
taught  in  colleges,  is  an  injury  to  pure  Christi- 
anity. This  is  my  way  of  reasoning  with  the 
advocates  of  schools  privately,  aud  now  think 
the  time  has  come  to  thus  reason  publicly.  I 
am  jii'it  as  much  of  a  lover  of  education  as  any 
brother  in  America;  but  want  to  see  itcarefuUy 
guarded.  1  do  not  want  to  see  fashionably 
adorned  brethren  at  the  head  of  any  enterprise 
among  us,  for  their  position  enables  them  to 
exercise  great  influence,  especially  among  young 
people,  who  will  follow  their  example  more  or 
less.  Hence  the  importance  of  having  the  right 
kind  of  men  connected  with  our  public  institu- 
tions. These  seats  of  learning  may  become 
either  a  curse  or  a  blessing  to  the  church,  and 
the  advocates  of  them  have  the  |>ower  to  say 
which. 

We  have  thousands  of  good,  honest  brethren 
who  are  opposed  to  advanced  education.  They 
are  honest  in  the  matter.  They  mean  it  all 
well,  and  think  these  public  institutions  are  go- 
ing to  ruin  the  church.  How  are  you  going  to 
convince  them  they  are  wrong?  By  writing  in 
defense  of  education?  Never,  while  the  world 
stands  can  you  convince  them  that  way.  By 
■  preaching  in  defen.se  of  education?  That  will 
only  make  matters  worse.  I  tell  you  how  you 
can  do  it,  and  successfully,  too,  at  that.  Let  all 
the  advocates  of  schools  and  education  come 
right  square  out  in  defense  of  the  plain  Gospel 
order  of  the  church.  Let  them  come  into  the 
order  themselves,  and  not  only  teach  it.  but 
practice  it.  Let  the  change  commence  in  the 
heart,  by  a  "  renewing  of  the  mind,"  and  then 
let  the  tree  be  knomi  by  its  fruits.  Do  tliis 
and  I  will  guarantee  that  you  will  convince 
more  people  that  education  is  beneficial,  than  by 
all  your  lectures  and  writinga  combined. 

I  do  not  mean  that  yon  shall  dress  plain  jusl 
to  convince  certain  brethren,  but  I  mean  that 
yon  must  do  it  because  the  Lord  requires  it. 
Do  it  nut  of  respect  to  the  Lord  and  in  honor  to 
his  cause,  and  thereby  honor  God  with  your  ed- 
ucation. Let  the  slaters  lay  aside  their  rufllcs 
and  ornamental  trimmings.  And  if  any  should 
have  violated  the  Gospel  enough  to  wear  tine 
apparel  and  jewelrj-  let  them  speedily  lay  that 


aside  and  adorn  themselves  in  modest  apparel. 
Paul,  in  Rom.  12,  requested  the  Roman  breth- 
ren to  "  prove  what  is  that  good,  and  acceptable, 
aud  perfect  will  of  God  "  in  being  transformed 
by  the  renewing  of  their  minds.  He  wanted 
them  to  prove  something  by  practicing  the  doc- 
trine of  non-conformity.  Now  that  is  just  what 
we  want  our  brethren  to  do.  We  are  an  earnest 
advocate  of  a  good  education  and  want  our  peo- 
ple to  prove  its  usefulness  by  living  out  the 
Gospel  in  all  its  parts.  We  have  some  finely 
educated  brethren  who  are  doing  this.  They 
are  great  believers  in  education,  but  argue  more 
in  its  defense  by  using  it  in  sustaining  the  order 
and  practice  of  the  church  than  they  do  in 
writing. 

One  great  difficulty  we  have  had  to  contend 
with  heretofore  is,  that  some  of  the  advocates  of 
education  opposed  the  doctrineof  non-conform- 
ity, thereby  using  their  education  to  overthrow 
the  order  and  practice  of  the  church.  Such 
work  as  that  only  confirms  many  of  our  bieth- 
ren  in  their  long  settled  conyictions.  They  be- 
lieve that  learning  produces  pride  and  point  to 
these  finely  dressed,  well  educated  brethren  to 
prove  their  position.  Now  let  us  have  some 
improvement  in  this  direction.  Let  our  lovers 
of  education  ^inii't  by  their  appearance  and 
teaching,  that  Itaruiug  promotes  plainness  in- 
stead of  pride  and  extravagance.  We  want  to 
"  prove  all  things  and  hold  ftist  that  which  is 
good."  If  education  cannot  be  proven  to  be 
good  we  do  not  want  it,  but  if  it  can  be  proven 
then  hold  fast  to  it.  J.  n.  it. 

(To  bcconliiiupd) 


I'LIi  TRY  AGAIN. 

A  BROTHER  sends  an  article  for  publication 
and  says;  "  This  is  the  fii-st  article  I  ever 
wrote  for  a,  paper.  If  you  think  it  not 'worthy, 
throw  it  into  the  waste  basket,  and  then  I'll  try 

This  has  the  true  ring  in  it.  There  is  no  un- 
certain soundaboitt  these  words.  He  does  not 
say,  "If  you  do  not  think  it  worthy  a  place,  re- 
turn it  to  me  at  your  own  expense,"  nor  does  he 
say,  "  If  you  reject  it,  I  shall  not  write  another," 
butif  it  goes  into  the  waste  basket,  "then  I'll 
try  again."  Such  a  writer  must  make  his  mark. 
No  difference  if  his  first,  his  second  aud  third 
articles,  or  half  of  all  he  writes,  goes  into  the 
waste  basket,  he  will  ti-ij  ngiiiii.  That  man  is 
not  simply  writing  lo  he  heard,  but  to  become 
better  hliitaelf.  We  admire  this  trait  in  a  writer. 
It  don't  show  the  le.ist  trace  of  selfishness. 

Sometimes  writers  feel  bad  because  their  arti- 
cl-s  never  appear.  Do  you  know  that  in  this 
office  even  the  editors'  articles  are  sometimes 
rejected?  We  suppose  a  good  many  that  appear 
!:hould  have  been  rejected,  for  we  have  not  per- 
fectly learned  the  art,  lehat  to  leure  out,  but  we 
aim  to  publish  only  such  matter  as  will  edify 
the  church  aud  convince  the  sinner  that  he  is 
going  the  wrong  way.  No  man  should  suppose 
that  all  which  he  writes,  must  come  before  the 
publiu,  for  there  is  too  much  that  is  lame  in  all 
of  us.  aud  the  lame  part  is  always  hobbling  to 
the  front. 

We  wish  to  encourage  all  to  write  for  the 
Brethren  at  Wouk.  The  church  needs  all  the 
good  thoughts,  all  the  true  thoughts  that  are  in 
it,  for  its  edification.  Then  let  them  come  out; 
but  if.  in  trying  to  get  out  the  good  thoughts, 
some  erroneous  ones  should  mix  in,  thus  neces- 
sitating the  consignment  of  all  to  the  waste 
basket,  do  not  be  discouraged,  but  trij  ftgahi. 
And  in  trying  study  how  to  express  your  ideas 
in  the  fewest  words  possible.  Terseness  and 
clearness  of  expression  are  accomplishments 
that  must  be  learned,  and  to  learn,  we  must 
study,  must  think.  "Whatsoever  you  do  in 
word  or  deed,"  do  all  to  the  honor  and  glory  of 
God,  aud  you  .^hnll  be  bhssfil.  m,  si.  e. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

Visiting  the  Sick— A  Becoming  Request— An 
Aged  Believer— A  "Gipsy"  Camp— Our  Lord's 
Day  Services. 

NUMBER  XI. 

IFt.w  Our  Spwi.l  Cormp.U'ltnl.J 

AT  an  early  hour  yester-morii  it  was  our 
privilege  to  take  a  seat  with  Dr.  G.  W. 
Boteler,  our  brother  and  "  beloved  physician," 
as  previously  arranged,  to  visit  some  of  the  afflict- 
ed believers  among  us  before  our  meeting. 
Our  ride  was  both  pleasant  and  inteiesting,  as 
we  were   gratified  to  learn  that  the  doctor,  our 


brother,  is  as  much  concerned  for  Ihe  peace  and 
welfare  of  the  church,  the  defense  and  perpetu- 
ation of  the  doctrine,  and  the  uniformity  of 
practice  in  our  church  order,  as  when  we  first 
became  acquainted  with  hira.  Sometimes  breth- 
ren get  divided  a  little  in  their  views,  aud  the 
result  is  they  become  a  little  divided  in  practice. 
Dear  brethren,  this  ought  not  so  to  be,  Keep 
the  "  little  foxes  "  out,  and  the  "  wolves  "  too. 
Let  us  have  a  general  union  of  sentiment  among 
ua,  consistent  with  the  faith  we  embraced,  aud 
tiien  shall  we  see  the  beauty  of  the  Psalmist's 
expression:  "Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleas- 
ant it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  Wgether  in  uni- 
ty!" 

■  Our  first  call  was  at  the  house  of  a  widowed 
sister  ivhere  her  sister-in-law  is  prostrated  «itli 
that  dread  disease — consumption.  Little  can  be 
done  for  this  dear,  afflicted  sister  in  Christ  to 
restore  her  to  healthful  enjoyments:  but  the 
alms,  and  prayers,  and  encouragement  of  breth- 
ren and  sisters  \vill  do  much  to  comfort  and 
sustain.  0  brother,  he  a  brother  indeed.  0 
sister,  be  astster  in  truth.  See  after  your  worthy 
poor — your  Lord's  afllicted  ones.  We  were 
made  to  rejoice  in  finding  this  dear  sister  faith- 
ful,— even  to  the  wearing  of  the  sisters'  church 
covering,  as  vindicated  by  the  apostle  Paul. 
This  is  one  of  the  evidences  of  her  love  for  the 
church,  and  may  she  ever  in  all  things  find  her 
greatest  delight  in  following  her  Lord  and  Mas- 
ter, Long  shall  we  remember  her  parting 
words:  "Remember  me  to  the  Lord."  None 
but  a  child  of  grace  can  say  these  words  as  she 
.'aid  them,  ijay  the  Lord  abundantly  remem- 
ber her,  for  the  Lord's  remeiubrnnce  is  salva- 
tion. 

We  next  called  to  see  the  oldest  member  in 
our  congregation,  who  was  ninety-six  yerrs  old 
on  the  first  of  May  last.  This  venerable  sister 
is  very  ill,  but  some  hopes  are  entertained  that 
she  may  recover  for  a  time.  Her  great  feeble- 
ness rendered  her  unapproachable  on  the  sub- 
ject of  religion,  but  we  well  remember  her  ex- 
pressed interest  in  religion  on  the  last  two  oc^ 
casions  of  the  yearly  visit. 

We  now  started  in  the  direction  of  the  Am- 
sterdam meetiuE-bouse;  but,  by  the  way,  called 
at  a  "  gipsy  camp  "  where  the  doctor  had  anoth- 
er patient.  The  chief's  wife  was  very  ill.  We 
note  that  these  gipsies  were  high-toned  and 
wealthy,  judging  from  what  we  saw  from  our 
carriage.  They  had  upwards  of  50  horses,  some 
very  fine  stock.  We  noticed  about  a  dozen 
wagons  well  adapted  to  their  nomadic  life. 
These  wagons  were  painted  in  fancy  style,  and 
trimmed  within  with  lace,  and  furnished  with 
the  articles  of  a  first  class  wardrobe  and  fine 
furniture. 

But  dear  Christian  reader,  I  was  made  to 
think  that  we.  too,  are  a  traveling  people.  Our 
tents  are  not  like  those  of  the  gipsies  among  the 
pines,  but  we  have  tented  in  the  wilderness  of 
this  world.  We  wander  hither  and  thither,  but 
have  a  definite  purpose  in  view — the  salvation 
of  our  souls.  We  are  journeying  to  "a  better 
country"  where  no  sin  nor  sorrow  is.  The 
Lord  furnishes  us  with  all  things  necessary  for 
the  journey.  More  than  this:  He  leads  us.  He 
protects  us,  He  strengthens  us.  We  may  some- 
times get  spiritually  sick,  but  we  need  ouly  give 
ourselves  into  the  care  and  treatment  of  the 
Physician  of  souls,  and  He  will  heal  and  enable 
us  to  go  on  our  way  rejoicing  in  His  love  and 
mercy  and  power.  0  Christian,  whoever  you 
be,  have  you  learned  well  the  les.son  that  this 
world  ia  not  your  home?  Ifso,  see  that  your 
preparation  is  made  in  due  time  for  your  im- 
portant departure.  We  are  "Pilgrims  and 
strangers,"  .according  to  the  apostle  Peter's 
teaching.  Let  us  be  up  and  going  forward- 
May  our  best  efi'orts  be  made  on  the  Lord's 
side,  that  we  may  know  Him  and  the  power 
of  His  resurrection, 

Our  meeting  was  opened  by  the  singing  of 
that  soul-stirring  hymn — 

"]Iiiw  tmlious  ami  ta-s'teleas  tlie  houi-s, 
SVbeii  Jt'siisao  UuiKcr  I  see!" 
The  4Sth  hymn  was  also  sung,  and  exhortation 
to  prayer  made.     A  visiting  brother  re.ad  2  Cor. 
5.     Brother  Snider  spoke  on  the  19th  verse,  and 
we  drew  the  following  points: 

I.  The  God-man. 

II.  The  Sin-propitiation. 
IIL     The  reconciling  word. 

Another  brother  oflered  some  remarks  and  the 
'23l3t  hymn.     After  prayer,  we  joined  in 

"  Pass  me  not,  0  cciitle  Savior, 

Hear  mv  liumble  cry, 
■\Vliile  on  others  TIioii  ^rt  smiling. 

1)0  not  pass  me  by." 


We  now  joined  our  little  family  and  spent  the 
atternoon  in  a  very  dearOhristian  family,  where 
father,  mother  and  daughter  rejoice  together  in 
hope  of  the  glory  of  God.  0  what  consolation 
there  is  in  Christ!  A  balm  for  every  wound,  a 
cordial  for  every  fear.  His  very  name  is  music, 
sweetest  music.  It  drives  away  our  fear  and 
soothes  oil  our  sorrows.  He  is  our  Itefuge  and 
our  Foundation.  0  what  a  precious  Savior  we 
have!  Let  us  trust  Him,  aud  patiently  labor  in 
the  upbuilding  of  His  Kingdom,  aud  atler  a  lit- 
tle while  we  will  sit  down  together  with  all  the 
faithful  in  the  Kingdam  triumphant  on  high. 

Peace  be  ivith  all  who  love  the  Lord  Jesus 
sincerely. 

Yours  in  blessed  hope  of  life  in  Immanuel's 
land.  D.  M.  jr. 

Waynesboro,  Pti.,  Oct.  mth,  1S78. 


SHARP  aUESTIONS. 

THE  Prcslit/iiriaii  Jounml  makes  the  follow- 
ing points,  calling  them  conundrums: 

1.  If  a  professing  Christian  pays  five  dollare 
a  year  toward  supporting  his  church,  imd  twen- 
ty-five toward  the  Masonic  institution,  which 
does  he  love  the  most,  religion  or  Masonry? 

2.  If  he  pays  nothing  for  the  church,  on  the 
ground  that  all  ho  can  spare  from  necessary  ex- 
penses must  be  paid  to  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  which  does  he  consider  of  the 
greatest  importance,  that  association  or  the 
church? 

3.  If  he  pays  ten  dollars  for  the  church,  and 
twenty  for  tobacco,  are  we  to  understand  that 
tobacco  is  worth  just  twice  as  much  as  religion? 

■1.  If  he  practices  strict  economy  only  in  cur- 
tailing his  church  expenses,  what  inference  can 
we  justly  draw  ?—S'i7i'' :/('(/. 


The  address  of  Noah  Henricks  has  beeu 
changed  from  Fremont,  Ohio,  to  Humboldt,  Al- 
len Co.  Kan. 

The  "  copy  "  from  the  Flaif  office  did  not 
reach  us  in  time  for  this  issue,  hence  none  of 
the  Discussion  this  week.  We  hope  there  will 
he  no  disappointment  in  the  future. 


We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  New  York 
Tribune  Extra,  containing  a  full  aud  complete 
account  of  the  Pre-Millennial  Conference  held  in 
New  York,  Oct.  30,  31  aii.l  Nov.  1.  A  number 
of  valuable  papers  weix'  ivad  on  the  "  Personal 
and  A'isible  Coming  of  Christ."  What  we  have 
read  of  them  was  quite  interesting  to  us.  Price 
15  cents.    Address  Tribune,  New  York  City. 


Bbothkk  Wm.  E.  Fadely  writes  that  the 
Brethren  in  the  Prairie  City  church  desire  some 
minister  to  come  to  thein  and  hold  forth  the 
word  of  truth  for  a  few  weeks.  Must  he  one 
who  will  not  shun  to  deidare  the  whole  truth, 
and  Well  furnished  to  meet  skeptics  and  unbe- 
lievers generally.  For  further  particulars  ad- 
dress Bro.  Fadely  at  Colfax,  Iowa. 


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N'ovember    21 


0|mi   l|ibli!   4W- 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth   m  Towjue  Ca»  Tell." 


This  dcparlmonl  la  dcsignoU  for  Mking  and  nnswenng 
BlWc  qucBlions.  nnd  for  the  soliXJon  of  Soriplunil  difficul- 
ties All  quMiions  should  bt  eWled  wilh  enndor,  (ind  on- 
Bwered  iviil.  ns  muoli  ole:iru(;s»  ns  pdMiUc.  in  orlcr  to 
promolo  ](il)|p  Triilli.  Articles  for  this  dcpirtinonl,  must 
bf  ehort  nud  to  the  point. 


Pleiiso  explain  Daniul  2:4-1,  4&.  In  tlio  (1  ays  of 
whatkinfrs?  Wlint  iloes  tlie  woi.l  kingdom  refer 
to,  una  wliiit  tliQ  stone  •>  Wm.  T.  Hahdikg. 


THE  LAW  ON  MARRIAGE. 

DY  C.  F.  DETWEILER. 

"The  wifeislioiiiiaby  the  law  as  long  as  lier 
husbanrtliveth;  butif  ber  husband  be  dtyul.  she  is 
at  liburly  to  be  married  to  wbom  she  will ;  only  iu 
tbeLord."— lCov,7:8Ji. 

THE  question  concerning  tbis  Scripture  may 
be  asked,  What  has  the  law  to  tlo  in  the 
iiiarriiigc  relation  with  us  who  are  not  under  the 
law,  but  under  grace  ?  It  seems  that  we  do  not 
all  grasi)  the  subject  of  the  law  and  the  Gospel 
and  their  rehition  to  each  other,  alike. 

To  rightly  divide  the  word  of  truth  on  (ini/ 
subject,  we  must  not  suppose  that  the  Old  and 
the  New  Testament  were  both  finished  in  writ- 
ing and  put  together  when  Paul  wrote  to  Tim- 
othy, and  that  iu  order  to  "  rightly  divide  "  it 
he  had  nothiug  to  do  but  to  run  his  sciasors  be- 
tween Malaclii  ami  Matthew.  On  the  contrary, 
all  that  then  existed  of  what  we  call  the  New 
Testament  consisted  in  a  few  lettei-s  scutt^red 
here  and  there,  some  of  them  having  been  ad- 
dressed to  churches,  and  some  to  private  indi- 
viduals. It  was  hardiy  expected  by  the  early 
Christians,  that  the  written  law  of  the  former 
dispensation  should  be  generally  circulated 
among  the  Gentile  Christians.  Yet  this  volume 
furniahed  the  texts  generally  upon  which  the 
Gospel  was  preached,  especially  to  those  who 
had  some  knowledge  of  the  "  law  and  the  proph- 
ets," and  Peter,  in  his  fii-st  epistle,  says  of  them, 
"  We  have  also  a  more  sure  word  of  prophecy; 
whereuuto  ye  do  well  that  ye  take  heed,  as  un- 
to a  light  that  shineth  in  a  dark  place,  ttntU  the 
day  liiiwii,  mid  the  day-star  nrhes  in  your 
hearts." 

As  a  rule  of  life,  the  written  law  of  God,  con- 
cerning our  duties  to  God  and  to  our  fellow-mau 
in  the  daily  affairs  of  lif?,  the  rules  of  justice 
between  man  and  man  under  which  the  mar- 
riage obligations  come,  are  as  correct  now  as 
they  ever  were.  Provisionary  laws  may  change 
with  circumstances,  but  principles  never  change. 
They  are  as  eternal  as  God  himself;  and  those 
laws  wliich  were  based  dii-ectly  on  the  principles 
of  right,  among  which  were  the  ton  command- 
ments, were  never  done  away  on  the  ground  of 
inappropriateness  a.s  rules  of  Christian  life,  but 
on  account  of  their  inefficiency  as  a  means  of 
righteousness  and  justification  to  man. 

Man,  that  is  born  in  sin,  cannot  be  brought 
into  a  slate  of  justification  by  the  instrumental- 
ity of  a  written  catalogue  of  moral  obligations 
however  correct  they  may  be  in  principle.  Paul 
says  in  Gal.  3:21,  "  If  there  had  been  a  law  giv- 
en which  could  have  given  life,  reriltj  righteous- 
ness should  have  been  by  the  law."  How  can  a 
man  in  all  this  wide  world  besavedbya/fiipwhen 
by  the  principle  of  moral  law  a  single  violation 
of  one  command  is  death?  Paul  says,  "The 
law  is  Sijirituut,  but  /  am  carnal,  sold  under  sin.' 
Again  he  says,  "The  law  is  holy,  and  the  com- 
mandment holy,  and  just,  and  good."  And 
again,  "  I  delight  in  the  law  of  God  after  the 
inward  man."  The  fact  is,  we  are  by  nature 
sinners,  and  the  law,  in  convincing  us  of  sin, 
becoiues  "  our  school-master  to  bring  uy  unto 
Christ,"  and  "  There  is  none  other  name  under 
heaven  given  among  men  whereby  we  must  be 
saved."  Paul  says,  "  We  do  not  make  void  the 
law  by  faith,  but  we  establish  it."  Looking  at 
the  law  from  this  staud-iioint,  we  need  not 
wonder  that  Paul  refers  to  it  as  authority 
speaking  of  the  marriage  obligations.  There 
was  nothing  inconsistent  in  it.  "  The  fruits  of 
the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long-ssufTering, 
gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  and  tem- 
perance, against  such,  there  is  no  law,"  Gal. 
6;  22,  23.  The  Christian  who  grasps  simply  ut 
the  kller,  for  his  rule  of  life,  has  not  yet  learned 
everything  about  Christianity. 

It  is  no  part  of  the  economy  of  redemption 
that  the  Christian  is  to  have  his  rule  of  life  all 
laid  down  in  the  New  Testament  in  detail. 
There  is  no  commandment  in  the  New  Testa- 


ment commamling  us  to  keep  the  Sabbath  day 
holy,  or  the  first  day  of  the  week,  either.  Nei- 
ther does  it  fix  the  limits  of  marriage  in  regard 
to  blood  relations,  and  yet  the  man  who  marries 
a  first  cousin  or  some  other  near  kin,  commits 
a  sin  against  God,  against  the  laws  of  nature, 
and  against  his  posterity.  To  feel  after  the  let- 
ter, and  nothing  more,  is  to  grasp  below  the 
mark.  Those  who  are  born  of  God  and  have 
His  law  written  in  their  inward  parts,  need  not 
have  all  their  moral  duties  itemized.  A  wilHug 
mind  to  take  up  the  cross  daily,  and  a  desire  to 
crucify  the  flesh,  with  all  the  lusts  thereof,  are 
the  requisites  to  accept«d  discipleship,  and  the 
sequel  to  the  faith  which  opens  the  "  hidden 
treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge."  Finally, 
in  this  faith,  "  If  any  one  lack  wisdom,  let  him 
ask  of  God,  that  giveth  to  all  men  liberally  and 
upbraideth  not,  and  it  shall  be  given  him," 
(To  be  continued.) 


THE   JUG  FESTIVAL. 


WE  read  an  account  recently,  of  what  is 
termed,  the  "  Jug  Festival,"  which  is  be- 
ing introduced  in  some  places  for  the  purpose 
of  raising  money  to  pay  chiurch  debts,  &c.  It  is 
something  like  this:  Each  person  takes  some- 
thing in  a  jug  to  the  appointed  place,  where 
the  jugs  are  sold  to  the  highest  bidder.  The 
curious  are  expected  to  pay  big  prices  for  what 
may  he  termed  the  "  pig  in  the  poke."  Since 
reading  of  it,  we  have  been  made  to  wonder. 
We  wonder  whether  they  had  any  "jug  festi- 
vals" in  the  Savior's  time!  when  the  brethren 
and  sisters  could  take  their  jugs  and  place  them 
in  the  common  stock  for  benevolent  purposes! 
where  Peter,  Jaiues  and  John  could  contend 
mth  each  other  as  to  who  was  able  to  buy  the 
largest  jug!  And  there  was  Judas,  too,  of  course 
he  would  be  in  favor  of  it  since  it  would  aft'ord 
him  an  excellent  opportunity  to  replenish  the 
treasury,  for  he  had  the  bag  and  bore  what  was 
put  in  it!  We  wonder  if  some  modem  Judas 
did  not  conceive  the  idea  of  the  "jug  festival " 
with  a  view  of  having  the  treasury  replenished! 
We  suppose  that  the  custoiu  had  declined  in 
Paul's  time,  for  in  writing  to  Timothy  he  tells 
him  to  bring  the  cloaks,  books  and  parchments 
with  him  when  became,  but  says  nothingabout 
bringing  a  jug  along.  It  remains  for  modern 
Christianity  to  introduce  customs  that  are  even 
denounced  by  the  better  class  of  non-professors. 


NEITHERHOT  NOR  COLD. 

BY  ENOCH  EIIY. 

"IJecause  thuu  art  lukewarm  aiidiieither cold 
hot.  I  wiU  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 

THE  above  text  of  Scripture  is  spoken  to  the 
Laodicean  church,  and  describes  a  condition 
of  mournful  inditl'erence  and  carelessness.  They 
were  not  cold,  nor  were  they  hot;  they  were 
not  infidels,  yet  they  were  not  earnest  believers; 
they  did  not  oppose  the  Gospel,  neither  did  they 
defend  it;  they  were  not  working  mischief,  neith- 
er were  they  doing  any  great  good;  they  were 
not  disreputable  in  moral  character,,  but  they 
were  not  distinguished  for  holiuess;  they  were 
not  altogether  irreligious,  but  they  were  not  en- 
thusiastic in  piety  nor  eminent  for  vyjal. 

The  Lord  did  not  reprove  them  for  neglect  of 
duty,  so  much  as  the  manner  in  which  it  was 
performed.  Good  things  were  maintained 
among  them,  but  they  did  not  make  too  much 
of  them.  The  right  things  may  have  been 
done,  but  as  to  doing  them  with  all  their  might 
and  soul  and  strength,  was  an  idea  foreign  to 
their  minds  and  feelings.  They  were  not 
cold  OS  to  abandon  their  work  entirely,  to  give 
up  their  meetings,  or  to  reject  the  Gospel;  if 
they  did  so,  then  they  could  be  convinced  of 
their  error  and  brought  to  repentance.  But 
the  other  hand,  they  were  neither  hot  for  the 
truth,  nor  for  conversions,  or  hot  for  holiness, 
they  are  not  fiery  enough  to  burn  up  the  stub- 
ble of  sin,  nor  zealous  enough  to  make  Satan 
angry,  nor  fervent  enough  to  make  a  living 
sacrifice  of  themselves  upon  the  attar  of  God. 
They  are  "neither  cold  nor  hot." 

When  a  church  sets  into  the  condition  of 
half-hearted  faith,  tolerating  the  Gospel,  hut 
having  a  sweet  tooth  for  error,  they  do  far  more 
harm  to  their  age  than  down-right  heretics. 
It  is  harder  for  the  minister  of  the  Gospel,  to 
labor  successfully  for  the  Lord,  with  a  luke- 
warm church,  wrongly  educated,  than  it  would 


be  to  commence  without  ;i  church.  He  can  do 
more  with  one  dozen  good,  earnest  workers, 
than  five  hundred  drones,  who  teel  satisfied  to 
live  Ironi  the  honey  gathered  by  the  Ijai-d  la- 
bor of  others.  Better  nothing  than  lukewarm- 
ness. 

Alas  this  state  of  lukewarmness  Ls  so  conge- 
nial to  human  nature,  that  it  is  hard  to  get  peo- 
ple out  of  it.  Cold  makes  us  shiver,  and  great 
heatc.iuses  pain;  but  a  tepid  both  is  comfort 
itself.  The  world  is  always  at  peace  with  a 
lukewarm  church,  and  such  a  church  is  always 
pleased  with  itself,  and  may  think  that  they  are 
rich  and  have  need  of  nothing,  and  yet  he  poor, 
and  blind,  and  naked  and  miserable.  She  is  al- 
ways ready  to  say,  "  I  am  not  miserly,"  but  will 
give  as  little  as  she  can  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 
We  will  not  altogether  forsake  the  house  of 
worship,  but  will  go  as  seldom  as  we  can.  We 
will  not  altogether  forsake  the  people  to  whom 
we  belong,  but  we  will  also  mingle  with  tjie 
popular,  fashionable  churches,  in  order  to  gain 
society  suitable  to  the  carnal  tastes  and  desires 
of  our  children.  How  much  of  this  there  is 
abroad  in  the  world!  Compromise  is  the  order 
of  the  day.  Thousands  are  for  God  and  mam- 
mon, Christ  and  Belial,  truth  and  error,  and  so 
are  "  neither  cold  nor  hot." 

Do  I  speak  somewhat  strongly?  Not  so 
strongly  as  my  Master,  for  he  says,  "  I  will 
spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth."  He  is  nauseated 
with  such  conduct,  it  sickens  him  and  he  will 
not  endure  it.  Hence  the  language  of  our  text, 
"I  will  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 

Dear  reader,  pause  for  a  moment,  and  consid- 
er well  what  a  lamentable,  miserable,  God-hat- 
ing, and  devil-pleasing  condition  the  lukewarm 
professor  is  in.  Should  any  of  us  have  fallen 
into  it,  let  us  speedily  inquire  for  the  remedy. 
Here  it  is,  "I  counsel  thee  to  buy  of  me,  gold 
tried  in  the  fire,"  that  we  may  be  rich,  and  rai- 
ment that  we  may  be  clothed,  and  eye  salve  to 
anoint  our  eyes  that  we  may  see;  and  I  feel 
assured  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  if  we  follow 
the  above  counsel,  we  will  soon  be  able  to  see 
ourselves  as  the  Loi-d  sees  ns.  If  a  cold,  formal 
religion  has  blinded  our  eyes  with  self-right- 
eousness, apply  a  little  of  the  eye  salve — the 
Word  of  God,  every  evening  hfifore  retiring 
to  bed,  warming  it  in  with  a  fervent  prayer,  and 
in  the  morning,  before  you  enter  upon  the  du- 
ties and  concerns  of  the  day,  renew  the  appli- 
cation and  follow  the  practice  regularly,  with  a 
desire  to  see,  and  your  spiritual  eyes  will  soon 
be  opened.  The  Word  of  the  Lord  has  opened 
the  eyes  of  more  than  one,  even  if  they  were 
born  blind;  but  we  must  exercise  faith,  and 
when  our  eyes  are  open,  and  can  see  clearly, 
we  will  soon  discover  our  own  filthy  rags,  not 
sufficient  to  hide  our  shame.  What  will  we 
do  then?  sew  fig  leaves  together  and  make 
another  of  our  own?  No,  but  we  will  go  to  Je- 
sus, and  he  will  give  us  a  robe,  washed  in  his 
own  blood.  He  gave  Adam  and  Eve  goat's 
skins,  and  to  get  these,  he  must  shed  blood,  so 
Jesus'  blood  must  be  .shed,  before  we  can  wash 
and  make  our  robes  white;  and  that  one  that 
wears  the  beautiful  robe  of  Jesus'  right^^ousness, 
and  keeps  it  unspotted  from  the  world,  has 
purchased  the  gold  tried  in  the  fire,  for  it  will 
never  perish,  hence  richer  than  if  he  possessed 
all  the  gold  that  purisheth.  0  come  then  and 
buy. 

CAN  YOU  READ? 

A  STUDENT  at  the  theological  seminary  at 
'  Andover,  who  had  an  excellent  opinion 
his  own  talent,  on  one  occasion   asked  the  pro- 
fessor who  taught  elocution: 

"What  do  I  specially  need  to  learn  in  this 
department?  " 

"You  ought  just  to  learn  to  read,"  said  the 
professor. 

"Oh,  I  can  read  now,"  replied  the  student. 

The  professor  handed  the  young  man  a  Testa- 
ment, and  pointing  toLnke24:25,  hensked  him 
to  read  that.  The  student  read:  "Then  he 
said  unto  them,  0  fools  and  slow  ,of  heart  to 
heliere  all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken," 

"  Ah,"  said  the  professor,  "  they  were  fools  for 
Mieviiiij  the  prophets,  were  they?  " 

Of  coui-se  that  was  not  right,  and  so  the  young 
nuni  tried  again. 

"  0  fools,  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe  all  that 
the  prophets  have  spoken." 

"The  prophets,  then,  were  sometimes  liars?  " 
asked  the  professor. 

"No,  0  fools,  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe 
all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken." 


According  to  this  reading, "  the  proftssor 
suggested,  "the  prophets  were  notorious  liars." 

This  was  not  u  satisfactory  conclusion,  and 
another  trial  was  made.  "  0  fools,  and  slow  of 
heart  to  beheve  all  that  the  prophets  have,  spo- 
ken." 

"  I  see  now,"  said  the  professor,  "  the  proph- 
ets wrote  the  truth,  but  they  sjioke  /ahehoiKls" 

This  last  criticism  discouraged  the  student, 
and  he  admitted  that  he  knew  not  how  to  read. 

Who  can  read  it  correctly? 


BETTER  BEEN  BURIED. 

THE  well-known  anti-tobacco  man,  George 
Trask,  tells  the  following  of  himself: 

"About  fifteen  3'ears  ago  we  gave  a  lecture  in 
which  we  aimed  to  show  that,  as  the  common  use 
of  tobacco  t,ikes  aw.iy  desire  for  food,  blood, 
muscle,  health  and  strength,  it  must.without  fail, 
shorten  life,  and  if  so,  the  habit  would  at  last  lend 
to  the  person  killing  himself,  hence  a  breaking  of 
the  command  of  God,  '  Thou  shalt  not  kill.' 

"  As  we  closed,  the  preacher  rose  and  said: — 
'  I  believe  the  arguinent  in  this  lecture  is  final; 
I  believe  thousands  who  use  tobacco  are  poison- 
ed to  death  and  cut  short  their  lives.  But  I 
have  a  hard  ca^se  to  solve,  and  I  ivish  Mr.  Trask 
to  solve  it.  I  know  a  man  within  ten  miles  of 
this  place,  who  smoked  his  pipe  till  the  day  of 
his  death;  and  he  lived  to  be  lOi  years  of  age.' 

"  We  confess  we  were  puzzled.  The  question 
was  to  the  point  and  the  people  laughed  at  our 
e.<cpense.  At  last  we  hit  upon  the  Socratic 
stylo  of  reasoning,  and  questions  helped  us  out 
of  the  trouble.  Sir,  I  asked,  are  you  sure  the 
old  man  lived  and  smoked  till  he  was  lOi? 
'  Yes,'  he  replied.  How  did  he  look  ?  '  He  look- 
ed like  an  Egyptian  mummj'.'  Had  he  moral 
feelings?  '  0,  no;  he  seemed  to  have  no  sense 
of  God  or  religion  whatever.'  Did  he  umnifest 
any  public  spirit?  Did  he  like  good  schools, 
good  roads,  good  order  and  the  like?  '  Oh,  no; 
no  more  than  a  mud  turtle  or  oyster.'  Had  he 
a  family?  '  Yes,  a  large  one  and  a  mean  one — 
altogether  too  large.'  Did  he  love  his  family? 
'No,  I  think  not.'  Did  he  hate  his  family? 
'  No,  I  think  not.'  All  in  a  word — did  he  love 
anybody  or  hate  anybody,  de.td  or  alive,  in  this 
world  or  in  any  world?  'No,  I  think  not.' 
Well,  well,  brother;  the  conclusion  of  the  whole 
matter  is  simply  this — the  oln  man  was  dead 
fifty  years  ago,  only  you  did  not  bury  him!  " 


ALONE  WITH  JESUS. 

BY  EJIILV  R.  STIl'LER. 

THINK  of  it,  dear  reader,  alone  with  that  pre- 
cious Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  awaj-  the 
sins  ot  the  world.  Alone  with  Hini  who  will 
heal  all  our  sorrows,  wounds  and  hearf^lacerar- 
tions.  Alone  with  Him  whose  sweat-drops  were 
as  great  drops  of  blood.  Alone  witji  Him  who 
was  nailed  to  the  cross  to  atone  for  our  sins,  and 
not  for  ours  only,  but  also  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world.  Alone  with  that  precious  Savior 
who  has  promised  to  be  a  friend  that  "  sticketh 
closer  than  a  brother."  Prov.  IS:  24.  Glorious 
thought!  Let  us  not  forget  this  blessed  Jesus. 
Daily,  hourly,  yea  all  the  time  let  us  welcome 
Him  into  the  secret  chamber  of  our  bleeding 
hearts.  "  Pray  without  ceasing."  2  Tliess.  5: 
17.  There  is  not  anearthly  friend  that  can  give 
us  the  comfort  and  consolation  which  He  has 
promised.  May  we  solicit  His  company  in  the 
closet,  where  unmolested  we  may  receive  heal- 
ing balm  for  our  wounded  hearts.  May  we  crave 
His  tokens  of  love  and  sympathy  in  every  time 
of  need.  He  is  a  Friend  with  whom  we  can 
hold  silent  communion  when  all  around  us  is 
noise  and  tumult.  He  ha.s  promised  to  he  a 
friend  in  secret.  Then,  dear  reader,  let  us  wel- 
coniH  this  heavenly  Guest  into  our  hearts  and 
homes.  Make  known  our  trials  and  troubles  to  * 
Him,  and  He  will  give  us  comfort  and  consola- 
tion beyond  measure. 


PiiAisE  Others  Wisely.— Nearly  everybody 
loves  to  be  praised.  Some  can  receive  much, 
some  little.  Some  seek  praise,  some  avoid  it. 
To  receive  praise  properly  is  a  nice  problem. 
To  bestow  praise  on  others  is  also  an  act  which 
may  require  some  study  or  grace  to  do  it  as  it 
should  he  done.  The  effects  of  praise  are  differ- 
ent according  to  the  kinds  of  mind  it  meets:  it 
will  produce  modesty  upon  persons  who  are 
possessed  with  wisdom,  but  it  will  engender 
pride  in  a  fool.  This  is  the  difference  more  or 
less.  When  we  have  any  praist-  to  offer  to  ony 
one,  let  us  think  twice  to  see  if  it  be  in  place. 
Then  off  r  it  sincerely,  and  best  of  allrin  private. 
But  above  all,  with  a  true  and  loving  heart, 
"  Praise  the  Lord."  D.  B.  Mentzek. 


The  pleasure  of  doing  good  is  the  only  pleas- 
ure that  never  weum  out. 


iS"ovember    21 , 


TliE    TiI-cKTHRE:N"    ^T    ^VO:Eil^. 


CORRBSPONDETsTCE. 


From  Hutsonville,  111. 

Ol'R  Love-foRSt  was  held  nccording  to  ar- 
ranKcnienfs,  on  the  15th  of  Oct.  Service 
w(ia  held  at  2  P.  ST.;  after  which  two  were  bap- 
tized tliut  belonged  to  theCiioiberland  district, 
and  took  part  with  us  in  the  exprcises  of  the 
evening.  Tlie  congregittion  wiw  about  as  large 
ns  usiml,  and  the  order  was  very  good.  One 
afflicted  brother,  whose  eiirthly  life  is  near  its 
close,  living  some  eight  mit&s  off,  could  not  bo 
with  us;  so  a  few  brethren  and  sisters  the  next 
evening  visited  him,  and  held  a  riniet  little  Love- 
feast  at  his  house,  which  strengthened  him 
very  much.  It  seemed  to  have  a  very  good  ef- 
fect on  him,  both  physically  and  spiritunlly. 

Tlic  ministering  brethren  present  were  two 
of  our  missionary  brethren,  viz.,  Met/ger  and 
Hendricks;  the  other  ministers  were  Jones,  of 
Bond  Co..  Sell,  of  Martin  Co.,  Iiid.,  Samuel  and 
Michael  Forney,  of  Rtchlund  Co.,  III. 

It  pleased  the  Lord  to  remove  Irom  our  midst, 
our  much  beloved  houaelteeper,  brother  Hyre. 
The  command  came,  '"Tis  enough,  come  up 
higher,"  and  we  poor  weak  mortals  wept  tears 
of  sorrow  over  an  event  that  was  his  great  gain; 
yet  our  tongues  cxclnim,  "  Blessed  be  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  who  doeth  all  things  well." 

Brother  Hendricks  was  selected  by  the  con- 
gregation, as  our  housekeeper. 

H.  R.  KiNct. 


From  Lemuel  Hillery. 

AFTER  leaving  Bro.  Henry  Brubakers,  we 
went  (o  the  "Otto  Reservation,"  to  look 
at  it  iind  the  adjacent  countrj'.  This  reserva- 
tion takes  in  a  ^trip  from  the  South  side  of  Gage 
Co.,  Neb.,  about  six  miles  wide,  running  along 
the  entire  length  of  the  county,  and  the  same 
amount  from  the  North  side  of  the  county  in 
Kausas.  The  hiy  of  the  laud  is  splendid;  the 
watei-  is  uniformly  good.  The  wells  are  from 
fifteen  to  forty-five  feet  deep.  The  soil  is  rich; 
timber  for  present  use  plenty.  Price  of  land 
from  three  to  seven  dollars  per  acre,  four  to 
twelve  miles  from  railroad  towns.  Terms  are 
good;  only  one  half  of  the  reservation  in  mar- 
ket; terms  on  that,  one  third  down  and  balance 
in  two  years.  Speculators'  land  joining  the 
reservation,  three  dollai-s  per  acre,  one  tenth 
down  and  ten   years  to  pay  the  balance. 

One  active  ministering  brother  with  four 
members,  has  started  in  this  heantiful  country. 
We  again  went  back  to  Bro.  Brubaker's,  where 
my  traveling  companion  left  me;  and  I  started 
TVest.  Traveled  about  150  miles,  making  some 
over  200  miles  West  of  the  Missouri  River.  I 
thought  it  was  as  far  as  was  prudent  and  safe 
for  me  to  go.  but  I  found  no  government  laud, 
except  a  lew  refused  pieces.  I  saw  plenty  of 
good  country  along  the  North  and  South  fork 
of  the  Solomon  River,  but  no  homest«ad   land. 

Now  I  will  answer  your  question,  in  regard  to 
the  means  a  man  should  have  in  coming  West. 
If  a  man  has  a  good  team,  wagon,  harness  and 
three  hundred  dollars  in  money,  and  is  indus- 
trious and  saving,  and  will  not  make  debts,  he 
will  do  better  here  than  in  any  country  I  know 
of;  and  with  this  start  in  his  hands  let  him  set- 
tle from  sixty  to  eighty  miles  West  of  the  Mis- 
.■^ouri  River,  and  pay  from  three  to  four  dollars 
per  acre  for  his  land,  and  he  will  make  a  home 
much  quicker  and  with  less  hardships  than 
with  the  same  start  250  or  300  miles  West  and 
his  land  given  to  him.  My  humble  judgment 
is,  unless  he  has  the  above  to  start  with,  he  bet- 
ter not  risk  it.  To-day  there  are  hundreds  and 
thousands  of  persons  on  these  wide  bleak  plains, 
who  have  no  shelter  but  their  wagons.  Some 
of  them  have  no  money  and  others  but  little. 
Women  and  children  are  su  tie  ring  from  cold,  if 
not  for  the  want  of  something  to  eat.  The 
'  fact  is*,  the  people  are  all  poor  in  this  country 
\s-ith  but  few  exceptions;  and  not  a  few,  with- 
out any  just  cause,  have  run  into  debt  and  that 
has  a  tendency  to  add  suffering,  not  only  to 
themselves  but  to  others.  And  this  is  just  like 
all  other  States;  it  is  a  good  place  to  make 
debts,  but  a  poor  place  to  pay  them,  But  if 
])eople  would  live  according  to  their  means, 
they  could  live  just  as  well  here  as  in  Iowa  or 
111.,  and  I  think,  do  about  as  well. 

People  coming  West  ought  not  to  make  cal- 
culations to  live  in  a  "dug-out,"  not  but  what 
it  is  good  enough  so  far  as  quality  is  concerned, 
but  injurious  to  health.  People  come  out  here 
and  go  into  such  places,  and  their  families  are 
sicK  about  all  the  time.  They  stay  about  one 
season  and  then  go  back  and  report  how  sickly 
it  is  in  Kansas  and  Nebraska.  Poor  miserable 
people!  Would  it  not  be  the  sameinany  State 
East?  Man  Is  not  a  ground  hog,  as  some  sup- 
pose, but  man.  If  he  were  a  real  confirmed 
soul-slceper,  such  a  place  might  do  quite  well, 


and  he  would  be  healthy,  but  iis  long  as  he  is 
composed  of  soul,  body  and  spirit,  and  believes 
it,  he  wants  sun  light  and  Gospel  light,  but 
when  he  don't  believe  this,  he  may  want  sun- 
light, but  not  Gospel  light. 

It  costs  no  more  to  build  a  frame  structure 
14x16,  than  it  does  to  build  a  dug-out.  Doc- 
tors tell  me  that  nearly  all  of  the  sickness  in 
this  country  is  found  in  dug-outs.  The  dietics 
of  the  people  here  are  good,  substantial,  except 
fruit,  and  in  n  few  years  their  want  in  this,  will 
bo  abundantly  supplied,  for  this  will  auvely 
come  to  be  a  noted  place  for  fruit-growing. 

What  about  the  colony?  ask  several.  I  \vill 
not  settle  in  any  colony  farther  West  than  Os- 
borne Co.,  Kansas.  In  Jewell  and  Osborne 
counties  there  are  good  chances  yet  to  get  school 
and  state  land  from  three  to  four  dollars  per 
acre,  and  good  claims  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  from  four  to  six  hundred  dollai-s,  with 
considerable  improvements.  The  water  in  the 
streams  hero  is  clear  and  fresh.  The  avei'age 
depth  of  wells  in  these  counties  is  from  twelve 
to  twenty-tive  feet.  The  soil  is  good;  the  only 
drawback,  here,  ia,  tlie  distance  to  railroad,  be- 
ing from  twenty-five  to  thirty-iive  miles,  but 
by  February  the  distance  will  be  cut  down  one- 
half.  There  ia  sufficient  fuel  here — wood  from 
forty  to  seventy-five  cents  per  load. 

In  two  or  three  weeks  I  shall  determine  where 
I  shall  locate,  and  then  let  you  know. 

The  prospects  of  building  up  societies  or 
churches  of  the  Brethren  arc  good,  in  fact 
wherever  the  Br-^thren  live  up  to  the  Gospel 
<u-der  of  the  church,  they  take  the  lead  in  the 
West,  but  wherever  a  congregation  will  sacri- 
fice its  order  to  get  numbei's  into  the  church, 
the  sensible  people  lose  their  respect  for  that 
church,  and  .she  goes  down.  Whenever  a  con- 
gregation of  the  Brethren  will  tliro(v  oil'  the 
Gospel  plainness  and  ape  the  corrupt  societies 
ai:ound  her,  she  will  get  numbere.  But  a  class 
of  people  who  are  loose  in  the  world,  mid  as  a 
general  thing,  just  as  loose  in  the  church, — 
they  despise  the  Christian  order,  but  love  a 
loose  and  profligate  religion. 

White  Itock,  Kail. 

From  J.  P.  Horning. 

OUR  Communion  here  is  among  the  things 
of  the  past.  Quite  a  goodly  number  of 
members  present.  Our  ministerial  aid  was  also 
large.  There  came  to  our  assistance  brethren 
John  Metzger,  Joseph  Henricks,  Henry  Jones, 
Michael  Forney,  Samuel  Forney  and  brother 
Sell,  of  Ind.  Had  a  large  congregation  at 
night,  and  the  best  of  order  and  attention. — 
Meeting  again  next  morning,  ajid  in  the  after- 
noon the  funeral  of  Bro.  Hyre,  our  former  elder, 
wa^  preached  by  the  Brethren.  Continued 
meeting  at  night  for  several  nights.  Two  pre- 
cious souls  agreed  to  follow  the  Savior  and 
were  baptized.  We  humbly  trust  and  pray, 
that  tasting  imperssions  here  have  been  made 
upon  many  others,  and  be  made  willing  to 
follow  in  the  footsteps  of  our  dear  Savior, 
and  increase  the  Truth,  as  it  is  in  Him.  Truly 
the  harvest  is  pleQt«ous,  but  the  laborei-s  are 
few.  Brethren  pray  for  us  that  the  good  Lord 
may  send  more  laborers  into  His  harvest,  and 
iissist  our  efforts  to  spread  His  Gospel,  that  yet 
many  may  seek  Him  while  He  may  be  found. 
JliUsoiivilte,  III. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

2Mir  lirethnH.-— 

I  EFT  home  Sept.  24th  to  see  the  West.  Ar- 
J  rived  at  Bro.  Geo.  Myers',  Miami  Co., 
Kansas,  the  27th,  jind  found  him  sick  and  in 
bed;  the  rest  of  the  family  all  well  except  a 
few  who  had  chills. 

On  the  2nd  of  Oct.,  1  left  Bro.  George,  and 
went  to  Fort  Scott.  Thence  to  Paint  Creek 
church,  to  a  Communion  meeting  at  Bro.  Jolyi 
Bollinger's,  Oct.  3rd.  Had  the  meeting  under 
a  canvas  tent,  which  was  something  new  to  me; 
but  we  had  a  very  good  meeting  and  good  or- 
der. An  election  was  held  for  deacons,  the  lot 
falling  on  brethren  /ook  and  Byers.  Meetings 
also  next  day. 

Oot.oth  started  out  with  Bro.  Daniel  Harad- 
er  to  Neosho  Co.,  to  another  Communion  meet- 
ing. Here  the  strong  South  wind  blew  down 
the  tent.  Four  souls  came  out  and  were  bap- 
tized. Put  up  the  tent  again  in  time  for  even- 
ing exercises,  and  had  a  good  meeting  and  good 
order.  Meeting  next  forenoon,  and  two  more 
were  baptized.  Had  meeting  in  the  school- 
house  in  the  evening,  when  another  soul  was 
made  witling  to  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side. 

This  morning.  Oct.  10.  about  forty  of  us  in 
number  started  out  for  Wilson  Co.  Had  a 
pleasant  time  for  traveling,  but  a  heavy  shower 
in  the  afternoon  prevented  us  from  having 
any  meeting  that  evening.      This  is  called  the 


Fall  River  church.  Meeting  under  the  tent 
next  day  at  11  o'clock.  Brethren  Hodgden, 
Harader,  Hess,  Clinganpeal  and  the  writer, 
were  the  ministers  present.  Had  an  election 
for  a  minister,  the  lot  falling  on  Bro.  James 
Murray.  Attendance  and  order  were  good  at 
the  meetings.  This  church  numbers  about 
thirty  members,  and  only  one  of  them  nses  to- 
bacco. 

Monday.  Oct.  14th,  we  started  for  Elk  Co., 
and  crossed  over  some  rough  country.  Had  a 
meeting  at  Bro.  Clinganpeal's,  Oct.  15.  Then 
started  for  Cowley  Co.  Passed  over  some  more 
rough  country,  and  stopped  with  Bro.  L.  E. 
I'rickett.  Meeting  at  the  .school-house  on  the 
evening.  The  ICth  had  meeting  in  the  hay- 
shed  put  up  for  the  Communion.  Love-feast  in 
the  evening,  and  good  order  and  attention  were 
given  by  all.  The  Sullivan  Creek  church  num- 
bei-s  about  twenty  members.  Only  one  brother 
uses  tobacco.  Here  the  meetings  were  contin- 
ued a  few  days,  and  four  souls  were  added  by 
baptism. 

We  looked  about  some,  in  Cowley  Co.,  and 
are  well  pleased  with  the  country  here.  Oct. 
10th  our  Wilson  Co.  friends  started  home.  We 
were  sorrj'  to  part,  but  expect  to  meet  again. — 
The  22nd  left  Cowley  Co.  Traveled  through 
Butler,  Greenwood,  Lyon,  Gage  and  Douglass 
counties  in  company  with  our  dear  Bro.  D. 
Harader,  who  was  kind  enough  to  take  me  in 
his  wagon  all  this  trip.  The  Lord  reward  him. 
I  am  much  pleased  with  ray  trip  through  Kan- 
sas, and  have  formed  acquaintances  that  will 
not  be  forgotten  soon.  Many  have  said,  "Pray 
for  us,"  and  "  Remember  us!"  This  we  will 
trj'  to  do,  and  at  the  same  time  we  ask  an  inter- 
est in  the  prayers  of  all  our  brethren  and  sis- 
tei-s.  Geo.  W.  Myers. 

Ilarlleton,  Pa. 


From  Modesto,  California. 

TITE  write  you  this  morning,  some  happy 
1 1  news  from  this  part  of  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard. We  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on 
the  19th  of  Oct.,  and  continued  till  the  evening 
of  the  25th.  On  the  last  day  of  the  meeting, 
the  church  was  mode  to  rejoice  in  the  reception 
of  two  members,  husband  and  wife,  into  the 
fold  by  baptism.  The  rite  or  ordinance  was 
administered  in  the  presence  of  the  largest 
concourse  of  people  I  ever  witnessed  at  bap- 
tism, the  entire  congregation,  going  a  dis- 
tance of  over  three  miles,  to  iritness  the  scene. 
The  best  of  order  prevailed  during  all  our  meet- 
ings; and  we  closed  with  a  grooving  interest. 

The  brethren  feel  to  "thank  God  and  take 
courage."  Unto  God  the  Father  belongeth  all 
the  praise,  through  Jesus  our  loving  Savior. 

Dear  members  do  not  weary  in  well-doing 
nor  faint  by  the  way.  Ever  remember  the  ne- 
cessity of  watching  unto  prayer,  and  as  you 
jounioy  along,  miss  no  opportunity  to  cast 
"  bread  upon  the  waters,"  luid  in  due  time  it 
shall  be  gathered,  though  it  be  at^ernianydays. 

The  prayers  of  the  Brethren  everywhere  are 
humbly  and  earnestly  desired. 

In  Brotherly  Love, 

P.  S.  G.lkMAN'. 

Oct.  22. 


Huntingdon  Normal  School. 

[The  following  in  regard  to  the  Huntingdon 
Normal  school,  we  clip  from  the  AJtooua,  (Pa.) 
Tribune  of  Nov.  2,  1878.  The  article  was  sent 
to  us  with  request  to  publish  either  entire  or  in 
part.  We  publish  that  part,  relating  to  the 
aim  of  the  institution. — Ens.] 
M  rriHE  aim  of  this  institution  is  to  provide  a 
X  cheap  and  at  the  same  time  jirst-class 
and  thorough  education.  The  classics  and 
higher  brmiehes  are  taught  those  who  desire  to 
study  them,  but  the  main  idea  has  been  thus 
far  to  educate  t«achei-3.  The  course  is  design- 
ed, to  lay  the  foundation  for  the  higher  branch- 
es. The  principal,  .1.  M.  Zuck,  A.  M.,  is  a 
graduate  of  two  of  the  leading  normal  schools 
of  the  country,  and  is  highly  spoken  of  by  all 
with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact.  Three  of 
the  other  teachers  are  also  graduates  of  well- 
known  normal  or  other  educational  institutions. 

The  extreme  cheapness  of  tuition  at  this 
school,  will  recommend  it  these  hard  times.  — 
The  whole  cost  for  one  year  of  fi>rty-eight 
weeks  is  only  835.00,  and  when  we  consider 
that  hoarding  can  be  obtained  for  a  nominal 
.-urn,  say  $3.00  per  week,  it  is  indeed  an  oppor- 
tunitj'  for  those  who  are  needy,  to  educate 
themselves.  The  original  intention  was,  to 
have  the  school  exclusively  for  the  children  of 
the  Brethren  or  Dunkard  denomiimtion,  but  it 
iwis  afterward  wisely  determined  to  throw  it 
open  to  all  sects  and  creeds.  There  ifl  connects 
ed  with  the  institution  an  excellent  library  of 


standard  works,  which  is  open  to  the  students; 
also  a  flourishing  literary  society,  which  holds 
weekly  meetings,  Sectaiian  dogmas  or  doc- 
trines are  not  enforced,  and  any  attempts  in 
that  direction  are  frowned  upon.  Moral  con- 
duct is  required  of  every  pupil,  and  religion  is 
taught  by  example  rather  than  by  precept." 


From  Manhattan,  Iowa. 

Dear  Jintlurn:— 

A  SHORT  account  of  the  Communion  in  the 
South  Keokuk  branch,  may  be  of  interest. 
The  meeting  took  place  Nov.  1st,  at  4  o'clock 
P.  M.  Ministers  present  wei-e  Solomon  Stamy, 
of  Linn  Co.,  Ia.;  Samuel  Miller  of  Powesheik 
Co.,  Ia.;  Samuel  Flory  of  South  English.  — 
There  were  about  lifty  members  that  commun- 
ed. Though  a  large  crowd  was  in  attendance, 
good  order  and  attention  were  manifested 
throughout  the  meeting,  which  lasted  until  the 
3rd  inst. 

One  of  our  faithful  members  went  to  her 
long  home  on  the  2nd  inst.  It  wostho  consort 
of  elder  Charles  Wonderlick.  Thus  a  gloom 
was  east  over  the  vicinity  and  especially  the 
church,  she  being  a  consistent  member  for  forty 
years. 

Her  funeral  discourse   was   preached   on  tha 
5th  inst..  at  eleven  o'clock,  to  one  of  the  larg- 
est crowds  that  ever  attended  a  funeral  there. 
Yours  in  Christ. 

E.  R.  Frits. 

November  8th. 


From  Waterloo,  la. 

Jlear  Brethren: — 

I  WILL  attempt,  in  my  wealcness,  to  pen  a  ■ 
few  lines  for  you.  Not  long  since,  every 
thing  was  green  and  looked  so  pleasant.  Now 
everything  in  nature  has  fadiid.  Where  is  the 
beautiful  loliage?  Gone,  all  gone!  The  trees 
are  all  stripped  of  their  leaves.  Their  beauty 
has  faded.  Their  leaves  have  dropped  off  and 
fallen  to  the  ground.  So  it  will  be  with  us.  — 
We  will  soon  fade  away  like  the  leaves.  They 
lie  under  our  feet.  We  tread  upon  them  as 
having  no  beauty  or  comeliness.  The  cold 
frost  nipped  them.  The  trees  stand  bare  and 
took  as  if  they  had  no  life  in  them.  So  it  will 
be  with  ua.  The  cold,  icy  hand  of  death  will 
chill  our  flowing  blood.  Then  we  shall  fade 
like  the  leaves  of  the  forest.  We  shall  then 
look  like  the  bare  trees,  stripped  of  our  beauty. 

But  we  will  bloom  again  in  the  resurrection 
morning.  Our  bodies  may  lie  in  the  cold, 
silent  grave,  but  they  will  live  again. 

While  we  live  in  this  worlds  we  should  live  a 
Christian  life.  We  should  let  our  lights  so 
shine,  that  othei-s  may  see  our  good  works,  and 
glorify  our  Father  in  heaven. 

When  we  see  the  trees  in  their  beautiful 
green  leaves,  what  does  it  teach  us?  It  teaches 
us  that  God  Almighty  created  all  things  for 
man's  enjoyment,  that  man  should  glorify  God 
in  his  hody  and  in  his  spirit,  which  are  God's. — . 
He  hiiH  created  us,  that  we  should  let  our  beau- 
ty shine,  that  we  should  live  in  righteousness 
and  true  holiness  before  him  all  the  days  of  our 
lives.  If  the  people  would  let  their  beauty  ap- 
pear as  the  flowers  of  Spring,  whata  light  that 
would  be! 

If  we  let  our  light  shine  that  others  may 
glorify  our  heavenly  Father,  then,  when  we 
fade  away  like  the  Summer  flowers,  we  shall 
bloom  above  where  all  is  love,  But  how  do  we 
let  our  light  shine'>  I  think  sometimes  our 
light  is  very  dim.  I  think  sometimes  my  light 
has  not  ahv.iys  shone  so  brightly  as  it  should. 

Let  me  say  to  my  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
that  I  have  left  iri  tiie  far  East,  when  I  gave 
you  the  last  farewell,  I  never  expected  to  see 
you  again  in  this  world.  But  I  would  say.  Bo 
faithful  and  continue  in  prayer,  that  we  may 
meet  where  all  ia  love,  joy  and  peace.  It  will 
soon  be  one  year  since  we  took  the  parting 
hand.  How  long  will  it  be  until  we  shall  claap 
glad  hands  again?     God  only  k;iows. 

My  parting  hymn  was, 

"  Time  is  winging  us  away. 
To  our  eternal  home." 

I  often  think  how  swiftly  time  wings  U3 
away. 

"  But  the  ('hristian  shall  enjoy, 

Health  and  beauty  soon  above. 
Far  beyond  this  world's  alloj'. 
Secure  in  Jesus'  love." 

How  much  we  admire  beauty!    And  what  a 
great  blessing  is  health!     May  we  all   enjoy 
health  and  beauty  in  the  paradise  of  God. 
Your  Sister  in  Christ, 

Nancy  Wise. 


"  He  that  w 


leth  souls,  is  wise." 


THE    BRETHREiSr    ^T    "WOKK. 


!N"ovem.ber 


From  Mercer  Co.,  W.  Va. 

I),,ir  Bnlliicn:— 

I  HAVE  just  returned  from  n  series  of  nioet- 
ijigs  in  Fayette  Co.,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
river,  nnd  can  heartily  any,  I  never  witnessed 
such  11  meeting.  Much  unity  existed  iu  the 
church,  and  n  great  dcnl  of  kindness  nnd  cure 
were  bestowed  upon  us  even  hy  those  outside  of 
the  church,  wlio  were  strangers  to  us,  but  we 
hope,  one  day  will  be  inmates  of  one  house,  nnd 
oue  Father  be  the  Father  of  us  all.  May  the 
Lord  bless  those  that  were  gathered  together  in 
one  place  to  worship  and  hear  the  truth,  for 
their  kindness  and  gentleness  and  good  beliav  - 
ior.  I  have  been  to  live  Coinmnnions  since  I 
have  been  a  member,  and  never  witnessed  aa 
good  behavior  before,  as  there  was  at  the  Fay- 
ette meeting. 

It  was  evident  to  nil  that  the  Spirit  was  with 
us.  One  gentleman,  after  services,  expressed 
himself  as  being  folly  satisfied  that  he  had  seen 
the  Scriptures  practiced  properly.  He  also  re- 
mm-kcd,  he  long  had  wished  to  meet  with  some 
denomination  tlint  would  practice  all  laid  down 
in  the  holy  book  of  God,  but  never  until  then. 
Oh  may  that  all-seoing  eye  cause  othei-s  who 
say  that  there  are  so  many  non-essentials  in 
the  liible,  see  theix  own  wrong,  before  it  is  too 
late. 

We  had  preaching  on  Sunday  and  oue  addi- 
tion. On  Sunday  night  Bro.  Harrj-  preached 
for  us,  and  had  one  more  addition,  ayouug  Iiidy. 
On  Monday  Bro.  James  Hutcbisou  preached  a 
very  warm  sermon,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  see- 
ing one  immersed. 

On  Wednesday  attended  preaching  and  one 
who  had  gone  astray,  returned  to  the  church, 
desiring  to  live  lor  Jesus,  who  died  for  us  all. — 
May  the  Lord  strengthen  him  and  hia  brothei-s 
who  have  enlisted  in  the  holy  warfare,  that 
they  may  be  faithful  brethren,  May  the  Lord 
guard  and  protect  them  from  all  harm  and  in- 
duce others  to  join  the  service  of  the  Lord. 
C.  J.  HricHiSox. 

B<-d  Oak  Briil'jc,  W.  Va. 


Danish  Mission  Report. 

Rock  Creek  church.  111,, Sll.15 

Portage  Prairie  church,  lud 2.60 

L.  W.,  lud., 2.00 

H.&  J.  D.  Reed,  W.  Va., 2.00 

Buffalo  Valley  chui-ch.  Pa., 3.00 

C.  P.  Roi'iXAJ.'D,  Treasurer. 
Liinark,   III,  Nov.  lOIJi,  1878. 
(P.  C,  iikase  copy.) 


GLEANINGS. 


From  Jewell  Co.,  Kau. — Our  Love-feast  in 
Lime  Stone  congregation,  passed  off  very  plea- 
santly. No  additions,  but  a  general  rejoicing 
among  the  membei-s.  Bro.  Hillery  was  with 
us  and  preached  the  word  in  its  purity.  "We 
would  like  if  some  more  brethren  would  come 
here  and  preach  the  Gospel.  We  certainly 
stand  iu  need  of  the  Gospel  here  as  much  as 
elsewhere.  The  harvest  is  great,  but  the  labor- 
er are  too  few.  A.  W.  Ausxix. 

From  Leetouia,  Ohio.— We,  as  a  church 
are  progressing  slowly,  but  have  not  hiul  any 
accessions  since  last  Spring.  We  had  our 
Love-feast  at  the  Bethel  meeting-house,  Oct. 
19tb.  Although  the  attendance  was  small  on 
account  of  the  inclemeucy  of  the  weather,  the 
order  was  good,  and  not  a  little  interest  mani- 
fested on  the  part  of  the  spectntora  piesenfc  as 
well  as  the  members.  The  ministerial  aid  dur- 
ing forenoon  servicj.'s  were  brethren  Conrad 
Kahler  and  Aaron  Shiveh%  and  in  the  evening 
to  the  joy  of  all  brethren,  Samuel  Garber  and 
J.  A.  Clement  arrived  from  Briatolville  church, 
where  the  Brethren  had  a  least  on  the  18th.  — 
The  brethren  in  their  weakness  tried  to  hold 
up  JesuB  and  the  suHering  and  death  of  our 
Loi-d  to  a  dying  world.  God  grant  that  the 
feast  may  long  be  remembered  by  all  the  saints. 
Our  church  here,  numbers  about  sixty  in  all. — 
Although  small  in  number,  we  have  the  prom- 
ise of  God,  and  He  be  praised  for  the  same.  Wc 
had  Sabbath-school  on  the  West-side  of  the 
church  for  four  or  five  years.  In  the  Wintei 
every  two  weeks  before  services,  and  in  th( 
Summer  season  every  Sunday.  Sabbath -schools 
ought  to  be  kept  up  throughout  the  Wiuter.  It 
is  good  tfl  be  -walously  affected  always  iu  a  good 
cause.  Levi  Lokganecker. 

From  Sistei"  Hiillei'.— Enclosed  find 

which  appropriate  to  the  fund  for  sending  the 
paper  to  the  poor.  The  Savior  says:  The  poor 
ye  always  have  with  you,  and  if  you  will,  you 
you  can  do  them  good." 

1  know  if  our  fuith  is  practiced,  the  poor 
will  be  helped,,  the   Gospel  spread,   aud  bread 


will  I'C  ciLst  upon  fhe  watora,  which  we  shall 
liiid  offer  mimy  days. 

Charity,  blest  ofispring  of  Heaven,  how  dost 
thou  ennoble  and  adorn  thy  possessor.  Thou 
ronderest  him  truly  amiable  and  lovely.  "  Al- 
though I  speak  with  the  tongue  of  men  and  an- 
gels, and  have  not  chanty,  I  am  become  as 
sounding  brass  aud  atinklingcymbal.  "Bless- 
ed is  the  man  that  considereth  the  poor,  the 
Lord  will  deliver  him  in  time  of  trouble.  The 
Lord  will  preserve  him,  and  keep  him  alive,  and 
he  shall  be  blessed  upon  the  earth."     Ps.  41. 

StIzWs  Store,  Pa. 

From  1).  N.  Workmnil.— Sept.  21st  com- 
menced meeting  in  the  Gingham  church,  Mia- 
mi Co.,  Ohio.  Continued  a  few  days  and  bap- 
tized eight.  Enjoyed  the  meeting  very  much. 
This  church  is  alive  to  the  work  of  the  Master, 
which  makes  it  very  attractive  here.  May  the 
Savior  ble.ss  and  keep  them. 

Ashlaiiil,  Ohio. 

From  Fall  Crt'ok  cluircli,  0.  — Seldom  do 
we  see  any  news  from  this  vicinity.  I  wish  to 
say  that  all  the  LoVe-fe^t-s  are  over,  and  I  be- 
lieve, were  as  pleasant  meetings  of  the  kind  as 
have  ever  been  held  in  tliis  part  of  the  coun- 
try. Help  in  the  miuistry  was  scarce,  as  none 
of  the  Brethren  written  to,  came.  At  our 
plate  there  was  one  addition  by  baptism,  and 
we  hope,  good  impressions  were  made  upon 
others.  We  hope  some  good  zealous  brother, 
interested  in  his  Master's  work,  will  try  and 
visit  us  this  Winter,  aud  hold  series  of  meet- 
ings in  the  diflereut  churches,  Correspondence 
to  this  end  solicited.  Address  me  at  Highland, 
Ohio.  A.  J.  Hrxox. 

From  J.  K.  Harloy. — We  wouldsay  through 
your  columns  to  the  mauy  dear  brethren,  sis- 
ters and  friends  in  the  West,  that  we  arrived 
safely  home  on  the  evening  of  the  31st  of  Oct., 
all  in  good  health,  and  found  those,  we  had  left 
for  a  while,  well  as  usual.  We  can  truly  say 
"  Providence  has  smiled  on  them  in  every  re- 
spect." We  all  return  our  sincere  thanks  to  the 
many  dear  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  in 
the  West  for  their  kindness,  while  with  them. 
We  have  seen  at  many  difi'ereiit  places  the  ef- 
feuts  of  the  recent  Eastern  storm.  No  serious 
damage  at  our  place,  although  our  neighbors 
cannot  allsav  so. 

Hoi-lei/svilU,  Pa. 

From  Termillioil  church,  111.— Our  Com- 
munion meeting  passed  off  very  pleasantly  on 
the  13th  and  lith  of  Sept.  We  held  our  meet- 
ing at  Bro.  Wm.  Lehmun's,  two  miles  north 
and  one  mile  west  of  Cheuoa.  The  ministers 
present  were.  Elder  G.  W.  Gish,  P.  A.  Moore, 
Jacob  Sollenberger  and  J.  J.  Kindig.  The 
brethren  labored  earnestly  in  the  Master's 
cause.  Altogether  we  had  a  good  feast,  which 
will  long  be  remembered  by  the  brethren  and 
sisters.  I  sometimes  think,  there  is  too  much 
lukewarmness  among  the  members.  We  should 
be  more  engaged  in  our  Master's  cause!  Let 
us  not  forget  to  work  while  it  is  called  to-day 
for  the  night  cometh  wherein  no  man  can 
work ! 

The  church  saw  fit  to  divide  this  congrega- 
tion into  two  branches,  ou  account  of  the  mem- 
bers living  so  scattered.  The  south  end  is  now 
called  I'ike  Creek  church,  having  oue  speaker 
aud  two  deacons;  leaving  the  north  end  t' 
speakera  aud  two  deaeous.  The  Lord  hh 
those  brethren  for  their  labors  of  love,  whilst 
amoug  us.  N.  S.  Dale, 

From  Mahaska  Co.,  In. — Our  Communion 
ia  over,  and  I  am  liuppy  to  say  that  two  came 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  to  live  faithful  through 
life.  0  may  God  help  them  to  prove  faithful! 
We  feel  very  thankful  to  our  dear  brethren, 
who  came  to  us,  for  tbeir  labor  of  love,  to 
preach  the  word  of  God  to  us  in  deed  and  i 
truth.  Our  Communion  was  held  in  our  new 
meeting-house,  six  miles  East  of  New  Sharon. 

If  any  Brethren  wish  to  emigrate  West  and 
purchase  a  farm  in  Iowa,  please  come  to  see  us 
aud  our  country  and  we  believe  you  will  be 
pleased  with  it.  There  are  three  farms  within 
half  a  mile  of  the  meeting-house,  which  can  be 
bought  very  low  at  thia  time.  Dear  brethren, 
come  over  into  Macedonia  and  help  us.  We 
are  very  luucb  in  need  of  ministerial  aid,  as  we 
hjive  only  one,  our  dear  young  brother  Charles 
Hillery,  who  is  laboring  hard  and  doing  all  he 
can  in  the  Master's  cause.  P.  Pfoutz. 

From  Wayiieslioro,  Va. — According  to  pre- 
vious arrangements,  the  Brethren  in  the  A'ir- 
ginia  Valley  met  at  the  Linwell  Creek  church, 
Rockingham  Co.,  Va.,  on  the  23rd  day  of  Oct., 

and  made  the  necessary  arrangements  for  A.  M. 
of  1S7',I.  The  place  of  meeting  is  at  Bro.  S. 
Cline's,  near  Broadway  depot,  on  the  Valley  R. 
R.,  it  being  a  branch  of  the  Baltiuiore  &  Uhic 
R.  R.  The  lucatiuu  for  the  meeting  la  a  good 
one.  It  was  resolved  to  feed  the  members  only 
at  the  meeting. 


Wc  have  had  some  additions  to  the  church 
by  baptism,  but  nut  as  many  as  we  would  wish 
to  see.  We  also  have  some  sickness  and  deaths 
amongst  us.  That  fearful  disease,  diptheria, 
has  taken  some  to  the  grave.  Bro.  J.  M.  Cline 
has  buried  two  of  his  little  daughters.  Thus 
tivo  loved  ones  have  been  snatched  away  from 
the  family  circle,  but  we  would  say  lo  our  dear 
brother  and  sister,  weep  not,  for  they  aie  not 
dead,  but  asleep  in  Christ.  Paul,  the  apostle, 
saya,  "  To  die  is  gain."  E,  L.  B. 

From  C.  H.  Balshaugli.— It  is  pitiful  how 
blinded  the  mind  may  become  through  the  de- 
celtfulness  of  ain.  The  essential  claims  of 
truth  and  the  absolute  authority  of  Deity  In- 
carnate are  the  two  great  factors  in  the  final 
judgment,  and  they  should  be  the  two  control- 
ling elements  of  our  probationary  state.  There 
are  numerous  personal  considerations  which 
warp  our  judgment  by  influences  so  subtle  that 
we  draw  a  film  over  our  inner  vision,  before  we 
suspect  our  false  attitude  to  the  cross.  The 
mind  admits  of  so  many  prismatic  variations, 
that  with  a  self-approving  conscience  people  en- 
hance and  maintain  error  as  the  very  essence  of 
the  Gospel.     Let  us  watch! 

From  Mt.  Vernon  Church,  Vii.  —  The 
church  here  is  small,  not  having  been  orgnnin- 
cd  more  than  ten  or  twelve  years  ago.  The 
Bretliren  met  with  much  opposition  here,  as 
they  are  surrounded  by  professors  of  religion 
of  several  different  denomiuatious,  James  U. 
Gish  of  III.  has  labored  a  E'"eat  deal  here,  es- 
pecially about  the  time  the  church  was  organ- 
ized. Last  January  Bro,  J.  D.  Trostle  of  Lin- 
gauore,  Md.,  labored  with  us  eight  or  ten  days. 
In  the  early  part  of  May  Bro.  James  Quinter, 
of  Huntingdon,  Pa,,  labored  with  us  a  similar 
length  of  time.  In  the  meantime  quite  a  num- 
ber of  the  brethren  from  the  neighboring  di 
tricts  have  been  with  us,  especially  at  the  time 
of  Love-feast,  which  was  held  Oct.  5fch.  It  was 
i-eally  a  feast  of  love.  The  local  ministers  are 
J.  A.  Cline,  G.  S.  Wine,  E.  D,  Kendlg  and  J 
Farrer,  S.  W.  G.U!V);ii, 

Stunrfs  Draft,  Va.        . 

From  Pike  Creek,  Church,  111,— Oji  the 
13th  of  September  we  held  our  Love-feast, — 
Brethren  J.  R.  Gish,  P.  A.  Moore  and  Soleu- 
barger  were  with  us.  We  had  a  very  good 
meeting.  It  was  very  encouraging  to  our  little 
band  of  twenty-seven.  Sinner,  give  Jesus 
your  heart  and  us  your  hand,  and  lot  us  togeth- 
er journey  on  to  Zion. 

L.  C,  Klinzman, 


CLEAR  —  In  the  Poplar  Ridge  church.  Defi- 
ance Co.,  0.,  Oct.  19,  Clara  Clear,  daughter  of 
Bro.  Zedock  aud  sister  Maria  Clear,   aged  % 
years,  7  mouths,   aud   27  days.     Died  with 
croup. 
This  makes  three  in  the   same  family,   in- 
side of  about  two  raontiis.      Funeral  discourse 
by  Jacob  Kintner. 

NOFFSINGER.— In  the  same  congregation, 
Oct.  30th,  18YS,  William  NoQslnger,  aged  56 
yeai-s,  i  months  and  !)  days. 
The  funeral  discourse  was  delivered  by 
Elder  Jacob  Brown  from  2  Tim.  4:  7,  8.  On 
Tuesday  before  he  died,  he  was  In  Defiance,  and 
upon  being  asked  by  some  brethren  about  his 
health,  he  told  them,  he  did  not  feel  very  well. 
He  went  home  about  noon  aud  took  sick  about 
four  o'clock  that  afternoon.  He  fell  backwards 
on  his  bed  with  his  clothes  on,  after  which  he 
was  not  able  to  speak  again.-  He  departed  this 
life  about  three  o'clock  nest  morning.  He  fol- 
lows hi.s  companion,  who  preceded  him  about 
two  years.  He  leaves  four  children,  many 
relatives  and  friends  to  mouni  his  departure. 
1  Our  deceased  brother  was  a  minister  iu  the 
second  degree  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
church  loses  a  very  faithful  laborer,  but  we 
hope  our  loss  is  his  great  gain.  We  can  well 
think  of  our  brother,  what  Paul  of  old  said  in 
hia  last  days:  "I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I 
have  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith; 
Henceforth  there  ia  laid  np  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the  righteous 
Judge  shall  give  me  at  that  day;  and  not  to  me 
only,  but  unto  all  them  that  love  his  appear- 
ing. Ei.n.  J.  LeiBtAK. 
BEAR. — In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  McLean 
Co.,  Ill ,  Nov.  0th,  sister  Patience  Bear,  wife 
of  Bro.  Joseph  Bear,  aged  4S  years  and  18 
days. 

Our  sister's  sickness  was  long  and  protract- 
ed. She  suffered  from  the  painful  at^iction  of 
cancer,  but  died,  or  rather,  fell  asleep  without  a 
struggle,  leaving  a  dear  husband  and  loving 
children  to  mourn  their  loss,  which,   we   hope, 


her  great  gain.  The  funeral  was  largely  at 
tended;  services  from  Rev.  14:  12, 13,  by  the 
undersigned.  Tnos.  D.  Lvox. 

PriiiiHire  Cltristmn, please  copy. 
DAVIDSON.— In  the  South  Keokuk   church, 
Keokuk  Co.,   Iowa,  sister  Hannah,   wife  of 
friend  D.  L.  Daridson,  Sept.  23rd,   aged  60 
years,  4  mouths  and  29  days. 

Deceased  ivas  bom  in   Fnrmington  town- 
ship, Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio.      Funeral   discourse 
by  Stephen  Yoder  of  Washington  Co.,  Iowa. 
WELSH.— Also  at  the  same  place,  William  M. 
Welsh,  son  of  Bro.   William   H.   and   sister 
Charlotte   Welsh,   aged  7  years,   11   months 
and  4  days.     Funeral  discourse  by  Bro.  Abra- 
ham Wolf,  of  Washington  Co.,  Iowa. 

J.  S.  Fhits, 
Prhnifive  Chn'sfiiin,  jilcaae  copy. 

GEISTWITE.  —  In  the  Arnold's-  Grove  con- 
gregation, Carroll  Co.,  III.,  Nov.  7th,  Henry 
S.  Geistivite,  son  ijf  friend  Henry  and  sister 
Geistwite,  aged  3  years,  4  months  and  10 
days.  Funeral  services  from  1  Peter  1:  24, 
25,  J,  J,  Emmkut. 

PRICE.— In  Rock  Creek  church, '  Whiteside 
Co.,  111.,  Nov.  6,  Bro.  John  H.  Price,  of  typh- 
oid fever,  aged  51  yeai-a  and  6  days. 

Bro,  Price's  wife  is  also  lying  ill  with  the 
same  disease.  He  left  a  dear  companion  and 
sevcm  children.  Funeral  sermon  preached  by 
Bio.  Martiu  Meyer  and  Tobias  Meyers  from  2 
Cor.  5:  I-lU. 

WHITE. — In  Rock  Creek  congregation,  Knox 

Co.,  Mo„  Nov.  4th,  Harriet  A.  White,  wife  of 

Bro,  Samuel  White,  aged  24  years  and  II  days. 

She    leaves  a  sorrowing   companion  and 

three  little  children  to  mourn  their  loss. 

Anhbew  J.  White. 
LONG.  — Near    Falls   City,   Neb.,   Sept.  5th, 
Frank  Worley,  sou  of  W,  Pym  and  Hettle 
Long,  aged  six  yem-s,  seven  months,  and  four- 
teen days. 

On  Tuesday  evening  he  was  bright  and 
healthy,  and  on  Thursdaymorning death  claim- 
ed him,  thus  showing,  that  he  sometimes  comes 
when  we  expect  him  not. 
DUItA,- In   Middle   Creek   church,   Mahaska 
Co,,  Iowa,  infant  son  of  Bro,  C.  and  sister  T. 
Daia,  aged  C  yeai-s,  and  some  months. 
HILLERY. — In  the  same  congregation,   Wil- 
lie, infant  sou  of  Bro.  Charles  and  sister  Liz- 
zie Hillery,  aged  4  yeara  and  a  few  months. 
Peter  pFuiiiz. 
HOCKENSMITH.— In   the  Ashlan^   church, 
Ashland  Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  4,  Susan  A.  Hocken- 
smith,  aged  7  yeara,  11  months  and  7  days. — 
Funeral  services  hy  the  writer. 

I.  KlI-HEfJIEK. 

ULLERY.— In  St.  Joseph  Co.,  Ind,.  Nov.  2nd, 
Mabel  P.,  infant  daughter  of  Bro.  Aaron 
and  sister  Jennie  UUery.  F.  E.  C. 

METZ, — At  his  residence,  Noble  Co.,  Indiana, 
Oct.  11th,  Bro.  Aaron  Met/,  in  the  4Sth 
j'ear  of  his  age.  Funeral  discourse  by  the 
writer,  assisted  by  elder  Jacob  Berkey.  Text 
taken  from  Psalm  HC:  15. 

A.    H.    PCTKUBAIOH. 


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NIGHT  MUSINGS. 


IIY  JAS.  V.  HEOKLEK. 

jVII  our  troubles,  cares  anil  trials 

Will  at  liiat  coniB  to  aij  end:' 
Abnegations,  self-deuinla, 

Wliicli  the  Loiil  can  coinjjrelieial, 
Will,  tl|iink  God,  not  last  forever, 

~^\en  in  tliis  valo  of  woe;— 
After  rain  tliere  comes  I'air  weatlier, 

And  tile  flouils  ilisiierec  and  go. 


Jlau}-  lii'iivy  h 


.■  iH-aliiig 


From  till!  wiJuws'  eyelids  red.— 
Many  orphan  cluldren  cnlling 
For  their  parents  who  are  dead. 

Many  thousand  sighs  and  sorrows 

Sweep  aeross  Hie  human  brea«t. 
Many  dark  and  long  Lo-niorrow's      , 

Disappear  to  the  ilistressi.'d. 
Many  smiling,  sunny  ghiUMs. 

Shining  through  Ihc  rilti'd  sky, 
Drive  away  our  foolisli  faneies, 

And  deelare  that  God  is  uigli. 

Disappointment,  cares  and  sorrows 
Darkens  oft  our  rugged  way. 

But  there  is  a  brighter  morrow 
I  In  the  realms  of  endless  day. 

All  Oiu'  trials  and  temptations. 
Which  wQ  Lcro  with  patience  bear. 

Will  be  cliauged  to  approlutions. 
In  the  regions  over  ttiere. 

STEIN  AKBEAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them, 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ 

3.  W.  STEIN  afiims. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

J.  W.  Steiss  4t[1  Afi'jumative. 

AS  a  telegram  evinces  a  wire,  the  electric  in- 
fluence (tnd  its  own  source,  so  any  con- 
gregation whose  teaching  audjiractice  hiirinon- 
izes  with  the  word  of  God,  evuices  through  that 
its  divine  worltuianship,  the  Spirit's  presence 
and  its  own  connection  with  Clirist  and  the 
npostlea  who,  I  repeat,  were  as  much  Tiinkers 
as  the  Brethren.  Moses  didn't  immerse  people. 
The  apostles  did,  hence  they  were  Tunkers,  L 
e..  Dippers.  John  the  harbinger  of  Messiah  is 
expressly  called  "  the  Dipper"  (Timker)m  the 
New  Testament,  in  various  versions  and  lan- 
guages. See  Robinson's  Hist,  of  Bap.  0,  443, 
Lon,  Ed,  179Q:  Brother  Nead  used  the  word 
"regeneration"  in  the  sense  ()l'"the  neiv  birth,'' 
,loha  3:  5,  which  Christ  makes  include  baptism. 
I  employed  the  term  "regenerated"'  in  its  de- 
rivative sense  from  "re,"  again,  and  "ijejiero," 
to  beget.  Begetting  (not  the  new  birth)  takes 
place  before  baptism.  Brother  Nead  referred 
to  birth,  and  to  bK^elfimj,  two  distinct  events 
variously  designated  in  the  Greek  Testament 
by  the  ambiguous  "r/eiinao."  We  never  taught 
baptismal  sulv.ition  that  we  might  surrender  it. 
He  might  ajj  well  say  I  surrendered  trunsul>- 
stantiation.  He  persistently  dodges  tho  true 
issue,  i.  e,,  baptism  hi  order  to  the  remission  of 
sins.  He  makes  Peter  (1  Peter  3;  20,  21)  rep- 
resent baptism  us  a  mere  figure,  whence  he  re- 
fers that  sins  are  remitted  in  it  only  figurative- 
ly, Peter  mokes  it  a  "like  figure"  or  antitype 
( "'((II tU II poll" J  of  Noah's  salvation  by  water. 
My  friend  is  reduced  to  the  absurdity  of 
making    an    antitype  only  a  type,  and   Noah's 


salvation  in  the  ark  by  water  only  a  figure  of  a 
figure.  Abraham  received  "Isaac  from  the 
dead"  "in  a  figure,"  Heb.  11:  IS,  of  which 
Christ's  ressurrectiou  was  the  antitype  or  "lilie 
figure."  Did  Christ  therefore  only  rise  from 
the  dead  figuratively?  He  says  the  conscience 
is  good  before  baptism.  Peter  makes  baptism, 
according  to  the  original,  the  seehhiff  or  inqiiir- 
iny  nfler  {(perotciiia)  a  good  conscience, 

My  friend  says  those  texts  "that  mention  wa- 
ter, washing,  and  cleansing  refer  to  "spiritual 
cleansing.'"  He  ieaches  that  "water,"  John 
3:  5;  Eph.  5:  26,  don't  mean  "ictiter:'  David 
didn't  say,  ''Wa-sh  me  wUh  icnlvr."  I  ask  nij' 
friend  if  by  "spiritual  cleansing"  here  he  means 
the  renewing,  or  birth  of  the  Spirit?  Also  if 
he  denies  that  "form  of  doctrine,"  Rom,  6: 17, 
includes  baptism  ?  His  quotation  from  Butler 
fails  to  show  that  repentance  and  faith  are  not 
positive  commands.  Barnabas,  of  the  fii-st  cen- 
tury (see  Act«  13:  2,  3,  46,47;  14, 14;  1  Cor.  9: 
fi),  says,  "We  indeed  descend  into  the  water  full 
of  sins  and  defilement,  but  come  up  having  the 
fear  of  God  and  trust  in  Jesus  in  our  spirit.'! 
Apostolic  Fathere,  121.  Hermas,  of  the  s 
age  (see  Rom.  16;  14).  says:  "Before  a  man 
bears  the  name  of  the  Son  of  God  he  is  dead; 
but  when  he  receives  the  seal  he  lays  aside  his 
deadness  and  obtains  life.  The  seal  then  is  the 
water;  they  descend  into  the  water  dead  and 
they  arise  alive.  And  to  tlieui  accordingly 
this  seal  preached, and  theymade  useof-it  that 
they  might  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God." 
Ibid.  420.  Justin  Mai-tyr,  who  was  bprL  about 
11  years  before  the  death  of  the  apostle  John, 
and  died  about  A.  D.  164,  says;  "We  obtain  in 
the  water  tho  remission  of  sins  formerly  com- 
mitted." Writings  of  Justin  Martyr  and 
Atheiiegoras,  00.  Here  are  two  n^iostoHv  fath- 
ers and  a  Christian  martyr  and  apologist  of  the 
second  century  teaching  baptism  i»i  order  to 
remission.  My  friend  says,  "It  was  not  until 
about  the  beghiuing  of  the  t/iird  century  that 
the  error  of  baptismal  salvation  began  to  be 
introduced."  Baptist  Succession,  2SS.  There- 
fore I  prove  by  liim  that  baptism  in  order  to 
remission  is  not  "baptismal  salvation."  Thus 
his  negative  argument  falls  by  his  own  hand. 
I  agree  with  him  that  he  who  sends  a  sinner  to 
bell  hy  refusing  him  baptism  is  antichriafc. 
Who  does  that?  He  admits  that  believers  put 
on  Christ  and  are  clothed  with  him  in  baptism 
Are; those  who  have  no  Christ  on,  pardoned 
Look  at  his  logic. 

Christian ,'  —  itahd !  —  defenseless  !  —  going 
through  Hfc  iroi:ld  irithmd  any  Chn'sl  on.'.'" 
Paul  being  a  "  chosen  vessel  "  before  baptism 
don't'  prove  that  he  ha  I  rcieived  the  Holj  Spirit 
before  baptism.  Aie  u  t  ill  siinta  tho  en  of 
God  before  their  pardon*  Since  mj  Jrieiid 
mentions  Cornelius  agiin  I  ask  him  to  tell 
us  plainly  if  he  holds  that  theSpint  o''Gol  was 
never  upon  any  one.  imparting  the  gift  of 
prophecy,  &c.,  before  they  were  pardoned?  Will 
he  do  it?  He  continues  to  talk  about  salvation 
by  faith.  Who  disputes  that?  I  iLsk  my  friend 
to  tell  us  whether  a  helievet  is  adopted  into  the 
divine  family  without  baptism?  And  whether 
one  can  be  in  Christ  and  not  be  a  meuiher  of 
his  body?  'We  hold  that  true  baptism  can  on- 
ly be  received  by  one  after  he  loves  God,  just  as 
true  citizenship  is  couauuiiuated  after  a  foreign- 
er loves  a  government,  and  as  true  marriage,  is 
eflected  after  tbe  parties  know  and  love  each 
other,  in  which  cases  however  the  relative  atfec- 
tions  and  knowledge  cannot  be  perfected  with- 
out the  rite  of  allegiance  in  one  instance,  and 
of  marriage  in  the  other.  Biit  my  friend  re- 
minds me  that  "  every  one  that  loveth  is  horn 
[begotten]  of  God  and  knoweth  God."  1  John 
4:  7.  I  add:  "  Whoso  keepeth  his  woi-d  in  him 
verily  is  the  love  of  God  perfected:  hereby  know 
we  that  we  are  in  him."  1  John  2: 5,  Can  one 
know  this  without  keeping.h'ia  word?  "This  is 
the  love  of  God,  that  ye  keep  his  command- 
ments." 1  John.'i:3.  "Hereby  do  we  know 
that  we  know  him,   if  we  keep   his  command- 


ments. He  that  saith  I  knosv  hini"  (solemn 
profession) "  and  kegpetli  not  his  commandments 
is  a  liar  and  the  truth  ia  not  in  him,"  1  John 
2:  3,  4,  How  wilt  this  apply  to  the  unhuptizcd 
who  saya  he  knows  that  he  loves  and  knows 
God?  An  applicant  for  citizenship  should  know 
and  love  the  government,  and  a  bride  should 
know  and  love  her  betrothed,  and  that  love  in 
both  coses  may  be  begotten  by  the  government 
and  the  bridegroom  respectively  through  their 
love,  overtures,  &c.,  yet  tht;  applicant  cannot 
know  nor  love  the  government  as  his  govern- 
ment, nor  can  he  know  thiit  he  is  a  citizen  but 
by  the  rite  of  allegiance;  neither  does  the  bride 
know  and  love  her  betrothed  as.  her  hiishdxd^ 
know  that  she  is  his  wife,  take  his  name  and  he- 
come  his  licir,  without  marriage. 

Again,  the  Brethren  usually  examine  a  can- 
didate for  baptism  very  closely  to  be  satisfied 
that  he  (the  old  man)  is  deiul  before  they  bury 
him.  They  then  plant  him  "  in  the  likeness  of 
Christ's  death,"  where  he  is  "freed  from  sin," 
Rom.  6:  3,  7,  by  virtue  of  Christs's  blood,  which 
flowed  in  his  death  for  the  remission  of  sins. 
This  freedom  from  sin  is  not  by  virtue  of  his 
own  death  which  precedes  baptism,  but  by  vir- 
tue of  Christ's  death  into  which  he  is  baptized. 
"  So  many  of  you  "  says  Paul  (any  more  ? — any 
less?)  "as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,  were 
baptized  into  his  death,"  &c.  See  Rom.  6:  3-S. 
The  repenting  rebel  don't  receive  pardon  from 
bis  government  in  dyin^  to  his  rebellion  and 
foi-saking  it,  but  in  the  subsequent  rite  for  which 
that  death  qualified  him,  which  professes  that 
death  and  introduces  him  into  citizenship. 

■Mh  diaracferisHr,  and  my  second  reason  con- 
tinued. My  friend  says  I  find  fault  with,  and 
add  to  the  commission  "  in  order  that  the  gram- 
matical construction  may  suit  the  Tunker  doc- 
trine." lis  gtamraatical  construction  exactly 
suits  and  teaches  our  doctrine,  as  my  friend's 
statement  virtually  concedes.  This  I  showed 
by  seven  incontrovertible  proofs  with  which  he 
has  not  dared  to  grapple,  because  he  knows  it 
■  would  be  fatal  to  him.  Hence,  rather  than  sur- 
render like  a  man,  he  lets  himself  right  down 
beneath  his  character  a.s  a  literary,  ecclesiastic- 
al and  biblical  scholar,  critic  and  polemic,  and 
vainly  accuses  me  of  adding  to  the  word  of  God. 
He  knows  that  clli^ises  are  not  additions  to,  but 
essential  parts  of  language,  which  though  omit- 
ted to  avoid  needless  repetition,  etc,  are  essen- 
tial to  the  construction  and  must  be  understood 
and  rHained  in  the  mind.'  Did  he  add  to  the 
word  of  God  when  he  supplied  the  ellipses  "  ije" 
in  Acts  2:  38?  which  he  reads  thiis:'"'nepeut 
ye,  and  be  baptized,  i  every  one  of  you."  Kay- 
Luca5  Deb.  221.  Prof,  Westcott.  of  Cambridge, 
author  of  "  The  Histc^iy  of  the  New  Testament 
Canon,"  says:  "  All  intelligent  interpretation  of 
scripture  must  be  based  upon  a  strict  analysis  of 
it,!i  idioms  and  words.  To  suppose  that  word; 
and  casiis  are  convertible,  that  tenses  have  m 
absolute  meatiing,  that  t'ovms  of  expression  are 
accidoutol,  is  to  betray  the  fundamental  princi- 
ples on  which  all  intercourse  between  men  is 
based,  A  disbelief  in  the  esatitness  of  language 
is  the  prelude  to  all  philosophical  skepticism. 
And  it  will  probably,  be  found  that  the  same 
tendency  of  mind  which  disci-edits  tbe  fullest 
teaching  of  words,  leads,  however  little  we  may 
see  it,  to  the  disparagement  of  all  outward  rev- 
elation." (Introduction  to  the  Study  of  the 
Gospels,  62,  63.)  Aguin  he  says:  "  The  laws  of 
language,  as  those  of  criticism,  are  absolute,  and 
the  Christiftli  may  trust  iu  them  as  the  certain 
outward  expression  of  the  deepest  truths." — Ibid. 
65,  66.  My  friend  treati  tbe  laws  of  tho  lan- 
guage, tbe  meaning  ami  relations  of  the  words 
employed  by  the  Savior  in  Matt.  2S;  19  (the 
only  piLwage  of  inspiration  describing  his  own 
appointed  form  of  baptism),  with  impious  skep- 
ticism and  unbelief.  I  ask  him  to  tell  us  plain- 
ly if  he  denies  the  grammatical  use  and  con- 
struction of  language?  If  be  does,  our  medium 
of  intelligent,  safe  and  well-defined  interchange 
of  thought  and   argument  is  at  an  eud.    My 


friend  teaches  that 'name'  don't  refer  to  the 

title  of  the  Father,  nor  the  Son,  nor  the  Holy 
Spirit,  hut  some  how  to  "  the  thi-ee-one  God." 
He  will  have  to  reverse  the  commission  partly 
before  he  can  s\ii)port  that  theory.  Purves 
says:  "  If  it  (*  name  ')  does  not  refer  to  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  the  name  of  the  Son,  ami  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Spu-it,  it  would  seem  that  the 
text  should  in  part  read  the  very  reverse  of  what 
it  does;  that  is,  it  should  have  read,  'baptizing 
them  into  the  name  not  of  the  Father,  n<tr  of 
the  Son,  Jior  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  hut  into  the 
name  which  denotes  the  unity  of  their  essence." 
I  suppose  any  one  may  see  the  absurdity  uf  this, 
and  what  difficulties  it  would  present  to  a  seri- 
ous inquirer;  while  the  text  as  it  stands  is  suit- 
ed to  convey  instruction  to  the  most  ordinary 
capacity."  Quinter-McCounell  De').,  62.  Since 
my  friend's  position  on  this  issue  is  evasive  and 
unintelligible,  I  ask  him  to  tell  us  if  he  denies 
that  "  name  "  agrees  to  any  given  title  or  appel- 
lation of  the  Qodliead?  If  not,  to  tell  us  plain- 
ly what  that  title  is?  And  what  his  "ojtr  name" 
is?    Will  he  do  it? 

J?.  The  meaning  of  other  pjramjih's  riiialogotis 
to  the  baptismal  formula  in  comlrwHon,  co>i~ 
firms  our  p'jsifion.  (a)  "They  builded  .  .  it 
Lthe  temple]  .  .  .  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  Cyrus,  and  Darius  and  Artaxer- 
xes."  Ezra  7;  14.  Was  it  not  according  to 
/A*-ff  edicts?  Ezra5':13;  6:1-12;  7:26.  Will 
my  friend  deny  that  the  ellipses,  viz.,  "  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of,"  are  not  undei-stood 
before  "  Darius  "  and  before  "  Artaxerxes  "  in 
the  above  example? — or  that  they  are  not  nec- 
essary to  its  grammaticai  i-ense  and  construc- 
tion? (b)  "  A  [one]  superscription  was  written 
over  him  in  letters  of  Greek  and  Latin  and  He- 
brew." Luke  23:  3S.  Was  it  not  written  in 
/A/w  languages?  Will  he  deny  the  ellipses, 
viz.,  "  in  tetters  of"  before  "  Laliu  "  and  before 
"Hebrew"  here?  Is  this  ((diliiig  lo  the  word 
of  God?  Will  my  friend  answer  these  questions? 
;(c)  "Delivering  you  up  to  the  pynngoguesand 
into  prisons."  Luke 21: 12.  Here  "deUirring" 
occurs  only  once,  like  '"  baptizing  "  in  the  com- 
mission. Were  they  not  delivered  "up  to  .syn- 
agogues?" anA  delivered  "unto  prison  "?  (d) 
"  Approving  ourselves  as  the  miuistei-s  of  .God, 
in  much  patience,  in  disti'esses,  in  stripes,  in 
imprisonments,  in  tumults,"  &c.  2  Cor.  5:  4,5. 
"  Approving  "  occurs  here  but  once.  Does  it 
not  therefore  apply  to  each  of  these  texts? 
Were  they  approved  in  all  of  them  by  the  same 
action?  I  might  multiply  this  kind  of  exam- 
ples, but  this  will  suffice  for  the  present. 

3,  I  ask  my  friend  for  one  principle  against 
baptism  into  0/(7;  name  of  the  Trinity  which  can- 
not be  urged  with  equal  propriety  against  the 
mention  of  the  names.  "Father,"  ",So,i"  and 
•" Holij  Spirit"  in  baptizing? 

4.  The  legitimate  couclusiou  of  the  theory 
which  rejects  baptism  into  each  of  the  three 
names,  viz.  "Father.'''  "Son,"  iind  "floltj 
Spirit,"  or  Iriunr  baptism,  denies  the  tri  pei-aob- 
ttlitj'  of  the  Godhead,  the  Hebrew  ElshHm  cor- 
res[)ondiug  to  "  un  "  and  "  ours."    Gen.  1 :  1. 


With  some  people,  prayer  is  one  of  the  most 
convenient  things  in  the  world.  They  go  to 
proyer  just  as  if  everj-thing  depended  on  the 
asking,  forgetting  that  iit  all  ages,  God's  bless- 
ings were  bestowed  upon  the  compliance  with 
his  own  conditions.  If  we  are  not  willing  to 
comply  with  those,  we  have  no  more  right  to 
usk.  or  expect  to  receive,  than  the  common  em- 
ployee has  a  right  to  demand  his  wages  from  his 
employer  before  he  h^  complied  with  his  terms. 


The  meanest  and  moat  iWegitiinnte  of  all  hu- 
man pursuits  is  the  direct  pursuit  of  reputation. 
It  is  supremely  selfi.sh  and  contemptible;  and 
there  ia  no  man  who  really  deserves  a  good  rep- 
utation, who  does  not  make  its  acquisition  a 
lubordinate  aim  in  all  his  actions. 


TMK    BKETI-IREi^    ^T    WOItK:. 


NovembFv    '28 


FADING  FLOWERS. 

THE  green  is  fading  from  eiicli  leal"; 
The  flowera  die  on  the  hill, 
The  whispfriug  of  the  wiuds  have  hushed. 

The  murinurings  of  the  rill;. 
The  sun  that  lit  the  earth  with  sold, 

While  aiiikinE  t"  i'^  i^^t. 

Has  hung  its  cnn.suu  hiuiiier'out, 

To  light  the  distant  West. 

The  song  birds,  too,  hfive  ceaseil  to  sing, 

Among  Ihe  fading  flowers; 
And  left  a  requiem  sighing  there, 

For  Summer's  dying  hours! 
And  even  nnturc  seems  to  mourn. 

To  wiitch  hright  momenta  die; 
Yet  fading  heiiuty  lingers  on. 

Each  leiiHet  floating  hy. 

How  can  they  say  the  Summer-time 

Is  sweeter  than  the  Fall  ? 
Oh!  are  not  Autumn's  withered  leaves 

More  heautiful  than  all? 
And  can  the  bright  blush  of  the  rose, ' 

However  soft  and  fair. 
Be  half  as  lovely  i»s  the  toncli 

Of  fading  beauty  there? 

Ah!  no;  let  others  weep  to  see 

The  huautcoua  Summer  fade. 
There  is  a  sweeter  charm  for  me 

In  Autumn's  mellow  shade.' 
The  ivithevetl  flowers  that  droop  and  die. 

Each  sere  and  yellow  leaf, 
Seems  but  an  emblem  of  this  life, 

So  fleeting  and  so  brief 

The  flush  must  fade  from  every  cheek. 

The  luster  from  each  eye; 
And  nil  things  beautiful  must  fade. 

For  all  were  made  to  die! 
The  smile  must  leave  the  laughing  lip. 

And  joyous  hours  depai't; 
For  death's  cold  touch  at  last  will  (.'hill 

The  fountain  of  the  heart. 

Selected  by  Isahklia  f.  Kelso. 


THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion   on  a  "big"    Subject. 

A   SKliMON  DKLIVEREU  IIY  S.  II.    DASHOII, 
NUM«Kli  III. 

A  GENIUNE  revival  of  religion,  is 
-^-*-  cot  a.  sceue  of  confusion  find  wild 
disorder  of  mere    * 

ANIMAL  E.\(.'ITKMKNT, 

but  a  genuine  work  of  all  the  means, 
tlie  Lord  livings  to  bear  upon  the  human 
heart,  "  God  is  not  the  author  of  eon- 
fusion,  but  of  peace,  as  in  all  churches 
of  the  saints.  There  are  two  classes 
who  are  detrimental  to  the  success  of 
the  revival  cause.  One  is  the  professed 
friend  in  whose  mind  exists  the  idea, 
that  nothing  can  be  done  outside  of  re- 
vivals, and  always  associates  \vith  re- 
■^nvals,  scenes  of  wild  enthusiasm  and 
the  uttermost  confusion  and  weeping. 
They  look  for  such  scenes  to  be  insep- 
.erably  connected  with  revivals,  and 
hence  ruin  tiie  cause.  Others  oppose 
revivals  on  the  grounds  of  this  confu- 
sion and  excitement.  They  probably 
never  have  witnessed  a  true  series  of 
services  where 

"Only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak, 
And  Jesus  reigns  alone," 
and  have  had  no  opportunity  of  exam- 
ining the  nature  and  good  fruits  of  such 
meetings.  They  have  not  been  able  to 
distinguish  between  wild  fanaticism  and 
calm  Gospel  work.  Theyaajudges  are 
unc]ualified  and  act  an  inconsistent  part 
in  condemning  all  series  of  meetings.  I 
will  now  submit  a  few  stubborn  facttt 
and  then  leave  the  matter  with  you.  It 
is  a  fact  that  a  single  revival  of  relig- 
ion has  frequently  changed  the  character 
and  destiny  of  a  whole  neighborhood,  or 
even  an  entire  town  or  congregation  in 
the  short  space  of  a  feWdays;  more  souls 
converted,  more  formalists  undeceived 
and  backbiting  members  reclaimed  with 
the  true  people  of  God,  built  up  and  re- 
vived than  for  years  before.  More  real 
good  has  been  accomplished  in  some 
neighborhoods  in  one  series  of  meetings, 


than  was  aceoiuplishi'd  in  i/erir.s  before 
by  ordinary  means.  Bevivals  under  luy 
own  experience  h.ive  been  the  means  of 
breaking  up  the  haunts  of  vice,  and  of 
extending  and  firmly  establishing  the 
Redeemer's  kingdom  in  places  where 
all  other  means  had  failed. 

At  New  Enterprise,  Pa.,  where  regu- 
lar preaching  had  been  for  years,  and 
pious  examples  had  failed,  in  two  short 
weeks  over  one  hundred  souls  were 
brought  into  the  church,  and  that  these 
con\'ersioh3  were  genuine  is  attested  by 
the  general  warmth,  zeal  and  activity 
of  the  church  there  now.  Those 
converted  there,  are  alt  or  all  with  one 
or  two  exceptions  workei-s  in  the  church 
to-day,  and  the  most  of  them  among  the 
most  pious  and  exemplary  members  of 
the  flock.  The  influence  of  that  revival 
\s  felt  there  yet,  though  near  two  yeara 
have  rolled  by.  It  is  true,  some  of  them 
are  gone,  not  to  the  %vorld,  but  to  their 
home  above.  The  same  can  be  said  of 
Johnstown  Pa,,  and  AVaterloo,  Iowa, 
"but"  says  some  one,  "have  you  not  had 
trouble  at  AVaterloo  since?"  Yes,  we 
have,  but  the  trouble  was  not  with  those 
who  came  in  during  the  revival  there,  it 
was  among  the  older  .oses,  who  were 
membei's  long  before.  You  go  into  eon- 
gregatious  where  yenuine  revivals  have 
been  held,  and  your  soul  is  not  frozen 
and  starved  with  coldness,  drouth  and 
moral  death,  a  lack  of  attendance  at 
church,  no  family  prayer,  but  you  find 
life,  zeal,  devotion,  and  love,  you  are 
among  warm  hearts,  devoted  people,  and 
you  seem  to  be  transported  into  the  at- 
mosphere of  heaven  itself,  and  join  in 
the  worship  of  the  heavenly  host.  AVe 
do  not  want  the  revivals  of 

SHOUT  DURATION, 

that  invariably  succeeded  by  reac- 
tion, and  backsliding  which  loses  its 
force  in  a  few  mouths,  and  leaves  the 
church  in  a  state  of  religion,  and  moral 
inactivity,  worse  than  before  the  reviv- 
al was  held.  Neither  do  we  want  a  re- 
vival that  runs  into  excess  and  disorder; 
one  that  is  attended  mth  extravagance 
and  wild  confusion,  kept  up  until  late 
hours  at  night;  but  the  old-time  Gospel 
meetings  where  only  the  good  news  of 
the  Son  of  God  is  preached,  and  close 
each  meeting  in  order,  like  our  Commun- 
ion meetings,  and  go  home.  We  want 
to  hold  those  meetings  in  Gospd  order, 
and  preach  nothing  but  the  Gospel. 
Hammer  the  hearts  of  the  wicked  until 
they  yield,  axe  pierced  tltrouyh  and  then 
call  them  to  Christ. 

An  aged  brother  said,  h-'saw  an  Irish- 
man take  a  heavy  hammer  and  pound 
upon  a  large  rock.  He  hit  it  twenty- 
one  solid  blows,  but  the  hammer  only 
liounced.  At  twenty  nine  blows  a  few 
pieces  flew  off,  but  at  the  thirtieth  blow 
the  stone  was  crushed.  So  with  the 
hearts  of  men,  one  or  even  two  solid 
sermons  may  not  aft'ect  them,  but  fifteen 
may  only  soften  them;  while  eighteen 
may  crush  them.  Our  children  go  to 
other  churches  and  hear  so  much  preach- 
ing that  they  become  hardened,  and  one, 
two  or  three  sermons  from  us,  will  not 
affect  them.  We  had  better  warm  up 
once  and  awhile,  than  to  be  forever  cold, 
We  do  not  always  want  to  be  jisleep 
and  inactive.  We  want  a  lively  state 
of  piety  in ourcongregations  ata/^  times. 
We  do  not  want  ebbs  and  flows,  storms 
and  calms,  but  we  want  Gospel  itreach- 
ing  and  the  more  of  it  the  better ;  we 
want  Gospel  religion,  where  there  is 
a  lively  .state  of  piety  at  all  times,  and 
thus  have  constant  revivals.  Let  that 
state  begin  /iow,  this  week,  and  each 
day  we  will  come  up  to  the  Lord's  house 
until  we  are  revived,  and    our    children 


are  revived,  and  we  all  believe  God  to- 
gether, and  then  keep  on  reviving  in 
our  families  until  we  reach  heaven  itself 
and  we  will  have  an  eternal  reward.  The 
man  who  cannot  stand  more  than  three 
Gospel  sermons  here,  will  be  in  an  aw- 
ful state  in  heaven  where  tliere  is  eter- 
nal worship  and  everlasting  praise.  We 
want  a  refreshing  revival  now,  here,  at 
this  place,  but  we  want  a  Gospel  one,  a 
revival  of  ti'ue  vital  piety,  honesty,  in- 
tegrity and  holiness;  for  that  we  pray, 
for  that  we  labor,  and  may  he  who  lov- 
ed us,  and  to-day  pleads  with  the  Fath- 
er for  us,  be  heard  and  felt  in  this  as- 
sembly while  we  sing  aloud  in  praise  to 
his  blessed  name,  the  434th  hymn.  Sing 
one,  sing  all,  aud  may  angels  echo  back 
the  praises  that  arise  from  devoted  hears. 
Amen  and  Amen. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  WEST. 

The  Train  is  Leaving  —  Don't  Run  —  We  aro 
Left  Anyway — Who  is  Right. 

[From  Ouc  Sp.flal  CorraimiiJMil.l 
NDMISEK   HI. 

"VTOT  long  ago  some  of  our  boys  from 
-*-'  Falls  City  Neb.,  made  a  trip  to 
Lincoln,  on  an  excursion,  to  attend  the 
State  Fair  and  take  a  look  at  the  sights 
of  the  city.     After  spending   sometime 

the  city ,  some  one  was  heard  to  ex- 
claim: "The  train  is  leaving.'^  The 
boys  set  out  at  once  in  full  run  for 
the  train,  for  fear  of  being  left.  It  is 
strange  that  travelers  should  make  such 
great  exertions  to  get  on  board  the  first 
train.  Since  all  that  can  be  lost,  is  only 
a  little  time  and  money. 

The  Gospel  train  is  running  daily,  and 
constantly  inviting  everybody  to  get 
on  board.  Jesus  paid  the  fare  and  con- 
ducts this  train.  Boys  make  haste  and 
get  on  board  this  train !  To-morrow  may 
be  too  late.  Slanv  have  waited  for  to- 
morrow's train,  to  whom  to-morrow  nev- 
er came.  "  To-day  if  ye  hear  his  voice, 
harden  not  your  hearts,"  says  Paul. 
The  boys  were  afraid  of  being  left,  they 
ran  to  be  on  time.  To  them  it  would 
have  been  a  great  disappointment,  noth- 
ing but  a  temporal  loss.  Readers,  it  is 
important  that  we  take  this  train  at  once ; 
to  neglect  this  train,  is  to  neglect  the 
duty  we  owe  to  God,  and  miss  heaven. 
The  Lincoln  excursion  was  a  cheap  train, 
on  that  account  many  more  made  the 
trip.  The  train  to  the  Celestial  City,  is 
cheaper.  If  you  lack  two  dollare,  you 
need  not  wait  on  that  account. .  Jesus — 
the  Conductor  of  the  Celestial  City  train. 
pays  your  fare,  if  you  will  only  obey 
his  instructions;  you  are  invited  to  go 
without  money  and  without  price.  lb 
not  only  takes  you  free,  but  promises  to 
all  a  great  reward. 

"  WE  ABE    LEFT    ANYWAY," 

exclaimed  one  of  the  boys!  Of  course, 
he  knew  they  could  take  the  next  train 
and  arrive  at  Falls  City,  only  a  little 
later.  Boys,  why  do  you  not  make 
haste  to  get  on  the  Celestial  City  train? 
The  sights  and  entertainments  are 
transcendantly  more  grand  and  beauti- 
ful, that  Lincoln  and  all  other  places 
will  be  forgotten.  Do  not  wait  for  to- 
morrow, for  your  life  may  close  with  tO' 
day.  When  once  you  are  made  to  ex- 
claim: "We  are  left  anyway!"  you 
will  not  so  soon  be  resigned  to  your  lot. 
It  will  then  not  be  at  Lincoln  waiting 
for  the  ne.xt  train,  but  away  from  God 
to  await  the  awful  denunciation,  "de 
part  from  me." 

lord's  DAY. 

Meeting  at  home  in  the  Falls  City 
church.  Brother  Michael  Lichty  ad- 
dressed the  audience.  Tex't  "Be  ye  not 
unequally   yoked  together    with  unbe- 


lievers."    2  Cor.    6;  14.      The   subject 
as  handled  in  a  general  manner. 

1.  That  we  must  be  a  separate  peo- 
ple. 

.    That  God  in  all  ages  had   a  sep- 
arate people. 

3.  That  joining  secret  ordei-s,  such 
as  Freemasonry  and  Odd  Fellows  etc., 
is  to  some  extent  equal  to  being  unequal- 
ly yoked  together  with  unbelievers. 

After  meeting,  one  applicant  for  hap 
tiam. 

wuo  IS  itioriT? 
There  are  so  many  ditt'erent  ways  by 
which  men  claim  to  worship  God,  that 
it  has  become  a  question  with  many,  as 
to  which  is  right.  It  does  not  seem 
right  to  many,  that  God  should  accept 
so  many  different  ways,  after  pointing 
out  to  a  man  but  one  way.  The  Bible 
accepts  one  way  as  being  right,  and  that 
is  revealed  in  it,  All  other  ways  must 
be  wrong.  God  will  accept  all  who 
walk  in  his  way,  but  reject  all  others. 
He  who  takes  God  at  his  word,  and  acts 
accordingly,  is  right;  whether  otliers  are 
or  not.  It  is  safe  to  walk  m  God's  way, 
ind  dangerous  to  walk  in  all  other  ways- 
It  is  not  the  number    of  adherents  that 

ake  a  way  right,  but  the  sanction  and 
testimony  of  God's  Word.    '       C.  F. 

Falls  City,  Neh. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

Another  Member  Gone  Home— A  Serious  Oc- 
casion— Our  Evoning  Meeting— Sunday  Ser- 
vices at  Antiotam— An  Aged  Lady  Depart- 
ed— Sunday  Evening. 

NUMDEK  Xll. 

IT  is  with  sadness  we  chronicle  from 
time  to  time  the  death  of  those  we 
have  known  in  life.  To^think  of  sepa- 
ration from  each  other  for^all  time,  is  in- 
deed very  serious.  But  there  is  a  bright 
side  to  this  gloomy  picture.'^^We  shall 
meet  again  in  the  sweet  by  and  by,  when 
our  blessed  Savior  comes  again, 

To-day  (Nov.  3)  the  funeral  services 
of  sister  Eliza  Welty  took  place.  Sev- 
eral members  of  the  family  have  been 
called  from  time  to  eternity  within  a 
comparatively  short  time,  and  the  moth- 
er also  has  gone  to  the  city  of  the  dead. 
O,  mother  gone!  Who  can  estimate  the 
loss!  Only  they  who  know  by  experi- 
ence. I  cannot,  but  I  can  imagine.  But 
death  has  done  its  work.  Consumption 
is  its  fatal  agent,  and  takes  one  after  an- 
other. O  how  sad  must  be  the  lonely 
few  that  remain.  May  God  graiit  the 
dear  ones  grace  and  comfort, 

The  sermon  was  preached  l.>y  brother 
Oiler  upon  the  text:  "Blessed  are  the 
dead  that  die  in  the  Lord."  What  a 
comforting  idea  is  expressed  in  this  beau- 
tiful beatitude!  No  blessing  is  thus 
promised  to  those  that  are  not  "  in  the 
Lord."  If  we  die  in  the  Lord,  we  shall 
"sleep  in  Jesus." 

A   HLESSKD  SLEEl'! 

Having  lived  the  life  of  faith  and  obedi- 
ence, we  shall  die  in  this  happy  condi- 
tion. And  when  the  Trumpet  of  God 
shall  sound  through  the  spacious  skies, 
and  Jesus  comes  in  the  clouds  of  heaven, 
then  we  shall  rise,  and  "be  ever  with 
the  Lord."  It  is  not  enough  to  believe 
in  the  Lord,  to  "  put  on  Christ,"  we  must 
live  in  the  Lord  and  follow  Christ,  that 
we  may  also  "  die  in  the  Lord."  We 
are  reminded  of  the  following  beautiful 
lines: 

'"Drop  hy  drop  the  streams  areflowiDg, 
Flowing  onward  to  the  sea, 

One  by  one  the  sninta  are  going 
To  a  vast  et«rnitv- 

Where  the  sunshine  ever  lingers, 
In  that  happy  land  so  fiiir. 

Just  beyond   death's   gloomy  river, 
I         One  hy  one  they  gather  there. 


November    2S 


'rH.J£    BKETHi?K:Nr    ^T    WORK. 


One  by  one  the  saints  are  going, 
III  the  bliiis  of  htiiivGn  to  slinrc; 

Where  the  light  of  life  is  glowing. 
Soon  they  rest  forever    there." 

At  our  evening  meeting  in  town,  Bio. 
Anioa  Kaylor,  of  Westminster  Md., 
preftfhed.  His  text  was  iu  Matt.  3:  15. 
How  Gjlatl  we  feel  wLen  our  established 
bretliren  come  among  us,  knowing  noth- 
ing l)ut  the  true  old  way  of  salvntion  as 
introduced  by  our  loved  Savior  when 
He  was  here  among  men,  and  perpetu 
ated  by  the  true  church  of  God.  No 
one  can  become  a  disciple  of  Jesus  with- 
out accejiting  His  discipline,  and  enter- 
ing upon  an  actual  scholarship  under  the 
tuition  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  laws 
and  principle.3  of  the  Word  of  God. 
Faith  and  works  must  go  together.  The 
doctrine  of  Christ  has 

NO     "  ?.-0N-ESSF.NTIAr,S." 

Tlie  doctrines  the  blessed  Master  taught 
were  at  once  made  effective  andspu'itual, 
b}'  His  own  humble  example.  Both 
precept  and  example  were  beautifully 
and  powerfully  set  forth  in  the  life  aud 
teachings  of  Jesus.  His  ministry  was, 
and  is,  and  ever  will  be  a  model  minis- 
try for  all  preachers.  The  great  Bap- 
tist's sense  of  unwortliiuess  is  also  a 
grace  too  much  unknown  and  unobserv- 
ed iu  the  ministry  of  the  present  day. 
AVliat  an  iufluence  the  church  has  wliere 
her  people,  and  especially  if  the  leaders 
and  teachers,  are  humble,  self-denying. 
obedient,  uniform  and  primitive  in  their 
Christian  lives.  These  are  subjects  for 
prayers  of  faith  and  labors  of  love. 

Lord's  Day,  Nov.  lUth.  Another 
week  has  passed,  and  alhover  this  broad 
land  the  brethren  and  sisters  in  the  Lord 
are  attending  their  places  of  worship. 
What  a  pity  that  any  one  should  remain 
at  liome,  not  having  a  good  reason  for 
doing  so.  To-day  the  old  stone  meet- 
house — Price's — was  well  filled  with  an 
attentive  congregation.  Our  loved  el- 
di;r  introduced  the  services  with  a  hymn, 
and  remarks  upon  our  accountability  for 
Gospel  privileges.  After  prayers  au 
excellent  vei-se  was  sung: 

"  Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee." 
How  inspiring!  How  heavenly  and  di- 
vine the  thought  to  get  nearer  to  God, 
ouv  Father,  and  enjoy  His  holy  presence 
and  blessings!  Rom.  12,  was  read  as 
usual,  aud  then  brother  Snyder  spoke  of 

TUE  KKW  MAN. 

AVe  drew  the  following  inferences: 
I.     Convei-sion. 

n.     Transformation. 

in.     Love — an  essential  power. 
Exhortation  and  singing  followed.  Please 
note  the  4th    stanza  of  the  hymn — 315. 
O  that   every  one  could  be    impressed 
with  the  sentiment! 

At  -i  P.  i\I.,  yesterday  brother  Good 
preached,  byrecpiest,  in  the  Trinity  Ke- 
foiiued  church,  the  funeral  sermon  of  a 
lady  of  nearly  four-score  years,  wife  of 
Henry  Bonner.  Also,  in  our  own  meet- 
ing-house in  the  evening,  discoursing 
upon  Revelations  20.  The  leading 
thoughts 

I.  The  last  day. 

II.  Self-judgment. 

HI.  Expecting  the  Savior. 
Brother  Snyder  following,  gave  a  hearty 
exhortation  to  love  and  a  due  prepara- 
tion for  such  important  events.  Tln- 
22Sth  hymn  was  sungappropriate  to  the 
subject  spoken  of.  This  hymn  is  a  glo- 
rious tribute  to  the  praises  of  the  churcli 
militant.  It  is  one  of  the  few  hymu'^ 
of  the  church  that  contains  the  '*  Halle- 
lujah" of  the  saints  on  earth.  Yet,  a  lit- 
tle while,  my  dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
and  we  shall  know  what  IfidlcJujah 
means  among  the  angels  and  the  just 
i-iade  perfect.     Over  there  in  that  land 


of  sweet  song,  there  will  be  no  silent 
tongues — none  can  refuse  to  sing.  Al!, 
all  will 

"XJuite  to  praise 
The  Savior  of  mnnkinJ." 
0  let  us  seek  the  inspiration  of  the 
angelic  singers  that  we  may  indeed  "sing 
with  the  Spirit  and  -with  the  underetand 
ing  also."  The  meeting  was  closed,  not 
with  the  "  popular  doxology,"  but  a 
verse  of 

"When  ahall  we  meet  agnin?" 
Yours  in  the  faith. 

D.  B.  M. 
Waynesloro,  Pa.,Nm.  ll^/t,  1878.  ■ 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  SOUTH. 

Christian  Festivals  —  Teaching  the  People — 
An  Educated  Ministry — Training  the  Boys — 
Neglecting  the  Girls. 

rpHERE  is  much  adonow-a-days  about 
-*-  the  "  essentials"  of  salvation,  and 
many  persons  use  the  term  with  a  very 
imperfect  conception  of  its  meaning. 
AVhile  there  is  a  wide  range  of  views 
relative  to  what  are  essentials  of  salva- 
tion, there  can  be  but  few  who  would 
dispute  the  proposition  that  all  Jiible 
injimctinm  are  essentials  of  holiness. 
Prominent  among  these,  is, 

TItE  CintlSTIAN  FESTIVAI, 

originating  with  the  blessed  Lord  in  pu- 
rity during  the  apostolic  age,  we  may 
reasonably  conclude  that  it  has  contin- 
ued, without  iuterruptiou,  all  along  the 
path  of  the  Christian  church  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  Our  church  is  a  unit  on  the 
importance  of  its  perpetuity,  and  I  think 
I  may  safely  say,  that  no  institution  of 
the  Gospel  is  fraught  with  richer  results 
.than  it  is. 

How  sweet  and  precious  are  the  songs 
and  prayers  on  such  occasions.  How 
warm  the  fraternal  greeting,  how  kindly 
the  social  intercourse,  and  how  suscepti- 
ble is  the  soul  to  the  holiest  impression. 
We  regard  the  Communion  meetings, 
with  all  their  attendant  circumstances, 
as  an  vndisjyenMhle  aid  to  holiness. 

It  affords  an  inexceptionably  fine  op- 
portunity to 

tj:aoii  the  people. 

Before  we  enter  on  such  important 
work,  we  should  study  very  prayerfully 
the  subjects  to  be  taught  and  then  boil 
down  our  speeches  to  at  least  one  half 
their  present  volume.  Let  our  words 
be  as  carefully  studied  as  our  subject, 
and  then,  with  the  tact  to  know  where 
to  begin  and  where  to  stop,  these  oppor- 
tunities may  be  utilized  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  church  in  that  knowledge 
that  works  by  love, "  that  is  from  above." 

In  order  to  secure  more  effective  labors 
in  this  held,  we  should  (anticipating  the 
wants  of  tlie  future),  consider  the  sub- 
ject of 

AN    lODUfATKU  .MIXI&TKY, 

not  in  the  popular  sense,  but  iu  the  Bl- 
hie  sen-ie.  An  educated  ministry  accord- 
ing to  Bible  views  comprehended  I 

1.  A  heart  uncompromisingly  devot- 
ed to  the  clociriiie  of  the  liihlc. 

2.  A  natural  endowment  of  special, 
mental  qualities  peculiar  to  the  work  of 
teaching. 

3.  A  miraculous  development  of  the 
mental  faculties. 

AVe  should  insist  that  a  pei'son  who 
is  contemplated  for  the  work  of  the  ho- 
ly ministry  should  possess  the  first  qual- 
ification, and  he  should  bear,  without 
doubt,  the  test  of  the  Bible,  aud  that 
teat  should  be  made  throuijk  the  Bible 
alone. 

The  second  qualification  is  as  impor- 
tant as  the  first.  A  bl  other  who  is  de- 
voted to  the  peculiartiesofthe  church,  or 
in  the  brethren's  ^w;"^anfl(?  a  "contender 


for  the  okl  order,"  is  not  for  that  reason 
aliine,  qualified  for  any  oflkial  work. 
A  fair  Gospel  faith,  is  not  siitfieient  of 
itself  to  quality  one  for  the  work  of  a 
teacher.  He  must  iu  addition  to  the 
foregoing,  he  apt  to  tench.  The  art  of 
communicating  our  ideas  in  the  form  of 
sermons,  is  a  grant  of  the  Master  of  the 
vineyard,  aud  not  miraculous  as  in  the 
days  of  the  apostles;  and  no  brother 
.should  be  elected  to  the  ministry,  who 
has  not  given  some  evidence  of  the  pos- 
session of  that  gift.  That  gift  should 
be  cultivated.  Nature's  endowments  are 
given  in  the  crude  state,  and  regular 
methodical  training  by  competent  teach- 
ers is  necessary  to  secure  that  efficiency 
which  will  constitute  us  workmen  that 
need  not  be  ashamed.  I  do  not  mean 
to  say,  that  uneducated  preachers  are  al- 
ways the  most  inefficient.  On  the  con- 
trary, the  educated  are  frequently  very 
inefficient  and  mere  stammerers  of  whom 
every  lover  of  correct  expounding  of  the 
Bible  is  ashamed.  Neither  do  I  mean 
to  say,  that  our  ministers  should  all  have 
a  collegiate  education.  I  believe  such 
a  state  of  affairs  would  be  very  injurious 
to  the  cause  of  the  church. 

A  thorough  familiaiity  with  the  laws 
of  our  own  language  constitutes  the  ba- 
sis of  education,  and,  as  the  means  to 
'procure  th.at,  are  accessible  to  all,  the 
brethren  should  use  much  diligence  to 
enable  their  sons  to  obtain  it.  Don't  be 
afraid  that  it  will  make  them  proud. 

The  worst  form  of  pride  that  threat- 
ens the  prosperity  of  our  church  now,  is, 
ithe  egotism  of  our  educated  men.  Such 
are  apt  to  have  an  inflated  idea  of  their 
own  importance  and  abilities,  and  in- 
.stead  of  improving  their  uncultivated 
talents,  they  seek  the  injury  of  those 
.whom  they  esteem  their  rivals.  A  true 
education  makes  men  humble.  An  ev- 
!er-abidiug  sense  of  the  vastness  of  the 
unexplored,  mental  fields  prevents  them 
from  harboring  that  silly  vanity  which 
is  only  exhibited  by  weak  minds.  In 
view  of  these  facts,  let  us  not   neglect  to 

TIUIN  Tnu  BOVS. 

Begin  the  imjiortant  work  early.  Lay 
a  solid  foundation  by  a  Christian  exam- 
;ple,  and  by  timely  advice.  Teach  them 
the^rs^  commandment  u.ai\  see  that  they 
I  exemplify  it.  Teach  them  habits  of  in- 
'  dustry  and  show  them  how  to  utilize  the 
'golden  grains  of  time. 

Commence  their  education  in  the 
'schools  as  early  as  their  minds  are  suffi- 
ciently matured,  and,  ordinarily,  they 
are  sufficiently  advanced  at  IG  years  of 
age  for  all  practical  pui'poses.  The  or- 
namental branches  of  learning  may  be 
left  for  those  who  have  no  higher  aim 
in  life  than  to  gratify  their  sensual  ap- 
petites. The  dead  and  foreign  languages 
are  of  great  utility  to  certain  classes. 
The  missionary,  translators  of  useful 
literature  that  otherwise  would  be  buried 
in  unknown  tongues,  aud  others,  utilize 
them  with  great  benefit  to  the  world, 
but  our  lives  are  too  short,  and  their  aid 
is  too  meagre  to  the  mass  of  mankind, 
to  recommend  their  study  to  the  general- 
ity of  our  youth. 

While  we  advocate  the  training  of  our 
boys,  we  should  not 

NKGI.KCT  TlIKln   SI.STKRS. 

The  girls  of  this  generation,  are  the 
mothers  of  the  next,  and  who  can  prop- 
erly estimate  the  influence  of  a  mother 
over  her  children.  It  is  as  boundless 
and  fathomless  sis  the  great  ocean  of 
eternity.  Then  as  the  girls  of  today 
are  destined  to  train  the  first  gerra  ofi 
thought  of  those  who  shall  preach 
Christ's  Gospel  during  the  next  century, 
how  infinitely  important  that  theyshould 
be  well  fitted  for  their  greatwork.  Then 


educate  them  with  their  brothers.  What 
is  useful  for  a  boy,  is  useful  for  his  sis- 
ter. The  public'schools  are  now  open- 
ing tiie  gates  of  learning  to  the  poorest 
of  oui-  land,  and  every  brother  ought  to 
see  that  his  children  get  a'  sound,  prac- 
tical education. 

If  we  avail  ourselves  of  this  impor- 
tant aid,  and  preserve  our  devotion  to 
the  peculiarities  of  the  Gospel,  with  a 
due  regard  to  the  opinions  and  i/aoffes 
of  our  ancestors,  we  are  destined  to  be- 
come a  religious  power  of  enviable  mag- 
nitude. D.  C.  M. 

McJJonaMs,  Va. 


OUR  HOPES    OF  HAPPINESS. 

IIY  CHARLOTTE  T.  HOXD. 

T  HAVE  lieen  made  to  wonder  why 
-*-  we  are  so  prone  to  negleci  making 
provision  for  our  eternal  welfare.  These 
mortal  bodies — these  tenements  of  clay 
that  we  give  so  much  care,  must  soon 
return  to  dust — must  soon  moulder  back 
to  its  mother  earth  from  whence  it  came, 
yet  we  spend  most  of  our  time  in  pre- 
paring for  its  comfort  and  enjoyment, 
and  neglect  to  provide  nourishment  for  . 
that  immortal  part  of  us  that  must  live 
through  ages  of  eternity.  How  absurd 
and  inconsistent  to  spend  our  time  toil- 
ing for  that,  which  can  never  satisfy  our 
immortal  souls.  We  buy,  we  sell;  we 
get  gain  and  lay  up  treasures,  we  imag- 
ine this  will  bring  happiness,  and  find 
ourselves  more  miserable  than  ever. 
Wealth  and  station  cannot  bring  hap- 
piness, it  must  be  drawn  fi-om  the  ti'ue 
Source — from  the  pure  Fountain.  We 
are  promised  on  certain  conditious  eter- 
nal happiness  beyond  the  grave,  and 
these  same  conditions,  if  complied  with, 
will  give  us  a  foretaste  of  those  pleas- 
ures. We  have  the  proof  within  our- 
selves that  God  never  intended  that  our 
time  should  be  spent  seeking  happiness 
here  below;  for  the  more  of  this  world's 
goods  we  possess,  the  less  enjoyment  we 
have  in  them,  and  instead  of  satisfying, 
it  only  creates  a  desire  fur  more,  aad 
while  the  body  is  overrun  with  the  com- 
forts it  cannot  enjoy,  the  soul  is  starv- 
ing and  that  inward  craving  for  happi- 
ness, that  we  are  tr^nng  to  subdue  by 
accumulating  this  world's  goods,  is  but 
the  demand  of  that  immortal  part  of 
us  that  cannot  be  satisfied  with  worldly 
objects.  It  is  that  part  of  us  that  will 
not  be  satisfied  with  anything  short  of 
the  companionship  of  tliat  blessed  Spirit 
that  brings  peace  and  quiet  to  the  soul, 
that  Comforter  that  was  to  come  to  teach 
us  all  things,  that  Spirit  that  guides  into 
all  truth.  This,  and  this  alone  brings 
the  happiness  that  every  one  is  seeking 
for.  If  we  have  this,  and  we  are  rich, 
we  become  poor,  and  if  we  are  poor,  we 
become  rich;  all  are  one  in  Christ  Jesus, 
who  is  no  respecter  of  persons.  We  are 
filled  with  new  desires,  and  carnal  de- 
sires are  changed  into  spiritual.  The 
longing  soul  is  fed  from  the  Word  of 
God,  and  expands,  and  there  is  daily 
growth  in  grace. 

Then  let  us  cease  to  build  upon  sandy 
foundations,  and  establish  ourselves  upon 
the  Rock,  that  wind  nor  wav^  cannot 
move,  and  our  happiness  will  be  perma- 
nent; the  turmoils,  up's  and  down's  of 
life  can  have  no  effect;  sickness  can  iie 
born  patiently;  we  can  see  inevery  afflic- 
tion and  sorrow,  that  all  is  working  to- 
gether for  good.  Our  faith  will  become 
so  strong  and  our  trust  so  permanent 
that  all  circumstances  will  be  the  same 
to  us.  Wealth  and  prosperity  cannot 
elevate,  neither  can  poverty  and  mis- 
fortune  prostrate. 


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Ladoga.  Ind.,  he  will  likely  locate.'  elsewhen 
where  the  climute  is  better  adapted  to  his  health 
Of  our  own  accord  we  here  state  that  those  who 
write  Bro.  Miller,  expecling  a  reply,  should  not 
fail  to  enclose  stamps,  us  he  i;  very  limited  in 
means,  and  the  amount  of  writing  he  has  to  do 
is  becoming  quite  expensive  for  liim.  Also  en- 
close ?1.00  and  get  ji  copy  of  his  ably  written 
book. 

Wb  are  continually  adding  to  our  Hat,  the 
names  of  such  who  themselves  did  not  order 
the  paper  sent,  but  who  are  kindly  remember- 
ed by  loving  friends.  Do  not  become  alarmed 
and  think  we  are  trying  to  push  our  paper  into 
your  house  and  afterwards  present  a  bill  for 
collection.  We  are  not  doing  business  that 
way.  The  paper  is  only  sent  by  order,  and  our 
rule  is  cash  in  advance,  unless  by  special  agree- 
ment with  those  who  do  business  for  and  with 
us.  When  a  man  gets  a  copy  of  our  paper,  he 
need  only  look  at  the  right  of  his  name  on  the 
paper  or  wrapper,  to  see  how  long  the  paper 
has  been  paid  for.  We  hope  all  will  find  pleas- 
ure and  profit  in  reading  the  Bkethrex  at 
Wore,  whether  they  paid  for  it.themselvea  or 
not. 


Brother  Stein's  present  article  was  delayed 
by  Ray's  reply,  reaching  him  one  day  late,  and 
by  that  means  did  not  reach  us  in  time  for  in- 
sertion last  week. 

Brother  J,  S.  Flory  is  now  in  Kansas  City, 
where  be  will  remain  on  business  till  Dec.  25th, 
and  may  be  seen  by  those  passing  through  the 

city,  by  calling  at  his  place  of  business  near  the 
depot. 

Those  who  order  "The  Gospel  Hammer" 
w".  pleit^e  boar  in  mind  that  orders  must  be 
accompanied  by  the  cash,  as  the  bo^k  belongs 
exclusively  to  Bro,  Bashor,  we  having  no  inter- 
est in  the  sales  whatever. 

BiiuTiiEB  B.  F,  Miller  and  wife,  of  Cedar  Co,, 
Iowa,  are  now  visiting  among  relatives  and 
friends  in  this  locality.  He  preached  for  us 
last  Sunday  evening. 


A  suHiiEU  of  non-Mormon  women  have  pe- 
titioned Coiigre&s,  to  take  steps  looking  to  the 
abolishing  of  polygamy,  the  curse  of  that 
country,  and  are  asking  all  Christians  to  sign 
the  petition. 


We  have  received  more  than  enough  of  No. 
36,  Vol.  2.  Please  do,  not  send  any  more.  If 
those  who  have  sent  us  this  number  do  not  re- 
ceive the  C'/ii'WreH  at  Work  it  will  be  beci 
we  cannot  ascertain  their  addresses. 


iVE  your  children  a  good,  wholesome  paper. 
Thousands  of  pernicious  papers  filled  with  ro- 
mance and  fiction  are  sent  out  every  day.  — 
They  reach  the  children,  and  their  minds  arc 
poisoned.  Shall  it  be  that  juvetiile  papers  con- 
taining pictures  of  God's  ordinances  being  prac- 
ticed in  a  corrupt  manner,  are  to  find  a  place  in 
your  family  in  preference  to  those  which  are  es- 
tablished on  a  true  and  lioly  basis?  Will  you 
permit  your  darling  offspring  to  see  such  read- 
matter  as  will  degrade  aud  sink  it  into  vice, 
when  you  can  supply  them  with  the  pure  and 
good  ?  Then  be  careful  that  they  have  that 
which  is  of  great  value  to  the  soul.  Give  them 
the  Bible.  Show  them  how  to  read  it.  After 
this,  put  some  sound  paper  into  their  hands 
a  help  on  their  way  to  the  just  and  right. 


Not  long  since  a  man  (?)  was  seen  parading 
the  streets  of  Akron,  Ohio,  painted  and  clothed 
as  an  Indian,  bearing  aloft  a  sign  on  which  was 
painted  in  large  letters  inviting  a  curious  pub- 
lic to  attend  "  Bazar  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church."  Going  to  the  papers  of  that  city  the 
reader  would  have  found  the  announcement  that 
at  said  "  Baxar "  there  would  be  a  "grand  ex- 
hibition in  calisthenics  by  a  class  of  thirty 
young  ladies."  What  mockery!  The  house  of 
prayer  turned  into  a  house  of  playing  and  M'orld- 
ly  display!  And  then  on  this  a  sinking  world 
is  iisked  to  build,  'calling  it  Christianity.  0 
blessed  Christianity,  when  will  hypocrites  and 
deceivers  cease  heaping  such  indignities  upon 
thee!  The  object  of  the  "  Bazar"  was  to  make 
money,  and  the  money  was  wanted  to  run  a 
6U0,000  church.  Backward  progress  is  this, 
indeed!  Whore  are  the  missionaries?  Let 
them  go  to  Akron. 


A  CARD  from  Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson,  who  is  now 
preaching  in  Kansas,  informs  us  that  he  will 
not  likely  reach  Illinois  before  the  last  of  De- 
cember or  first  of  January.  He  thinks  of  visit- 
ing Falls  City,  Neb.,  and  several  other  points 
in  the  West. 


Ix  oi-der  to  supply  back  numbers  of  the  debate 
tu  new  subscribers,  we  have  printed  it  on  sepa- 
rate sheets  which  iviJl  be  sent  to  all  new  sub- 
scribers desiring  it.  There  are  lour  speeches  on 
each  sheet.  The  first  sheet  has  been  sent  out, 
but  the  other  will  not  be  ready  for  about  two 
weeks  yet. 

Next  week  will  be  published  an  interesting 
letter'from  the  Central  Mission  field,  by  Enoch 
Bby,  showing  that  he  aud  Bro.  J.  R.  Gish  k-now 
how  to  do  apostolic  missionary  work.  The  let- 
ter eaino  just  as  we  were  ready  to  go  to  press, 
hence  too  lato  for  this  week. 


All  the  antideluviaus  were  finally  convinced 
that  \oab's  preaching  was  right,  but  with  near- 
ly all,  the  conviction  carno  too  late  to  be  of  any 
benefit.  They  died,  believing  that  what  Noah 
preached  was  true,  but  their  faith  availed  them 
nothing.  Thus  we  fear  it  may  be  with  thous- 
ands in  the  day  of  judgment.  They  will  have 
to  believe  the  Bible  Bometirae,  and  if  not  now, 
it  Trill  be  after  it  is  everlastingly  too  late. 


SPECIALf  DISTBICT  MEETINO. 

i  RRANGEMENT3    are     making    for    the 

ix  special  District  Meeting  of  Northern 
Illinois,  to  be  held  here  Dec.  3,  187S,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  those  who  attend,  and  e.\ijecfc  to  take 
part  in  the  business  will  come  prepared  to  take 
their  time  to  it,  that  what  is  done  may  be  done 
wdl. 

As  the  meeting  will  be  in  the  Winter  season 
of  the  year,  and  it  may  likely  be  very  cold,  spec- 
ial arrangements  will  be  made  to  care  for  those 
«ho  attend,  in  such  a  manner  that  at!  may  have 
good  accommodation.  There  will  be  no  meals 
at  the  meeting-house,  but  all  will  be  fed  at  our 
private  houses,  there  being  but  two  meals  each 
day.  There  being  a  number  of  members  in  and 
around  Lanark,  this  can  be  done  ivithout  in- 
convenience. At  the  meeting-house  each  one 
will  receive  instructions  where  to  go  and  lodge 
during  the  meeting,  A  committee  has  been 
appointed  for  that  purpose.  ■  By  this  method 
each  one  can  have  a  good  lodging  place  and  no- 
body will  be  over  crowded. 

The  meeting  is  to  be  opened  at  9  o'clock  and 
close  at  2,  there  being  no  intermission.  Dinner 
will  be  servi'd  at  about  3  o'clock.  This  will 
all  a  chance  to  do  their  work  and  at- 
tend evening  preaching.  It  also  gives  those 
from  the  country  a  chance  to  attend  and  enjoy 
ill  the  meetings.  WewiU  commence  nieetiny 
here  on  Thursday  evening,  Nor.  2sth  aud  keep 
it  up  over 'Sunday  and  of  nights  during  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting,  expecting  some  of  the  n)iiiister- 
ing  brethren  to  be  here  during  that  time. 


■WBEKLT  SUPPLEMENT. 

OWING  to  the  fact  that  we  are  getting  more 
good  matter  than  we  can  possibly  find  room 
for  in  our  paper,  we  have  now  concluded  soon  to 
commence  running  a  weekly  supplement  with- 
out any  extra  charge.  This  supplement  will  be 
large  enough  to  contain  the  debate  in  full,  so 
that  our  readers  will  not  only  get  a  large  paper 
well  filled  with  good  reading  matter,  but  the  de- 
bate besides  on  a  separate  sheet.  We  have  sev- 
eral good  reasons  for  printing  the  debate  on  a 
sheet  to  itself: 

1.  M  luy  of  our  readers  wish  to  preserve  the 
debate  without  preserving  the  entire  paper 

2.  Many,  after  reading  the  debate,  wish  to 
lend  it  to  their  neighbors  without  having  their 
papers  soiled. 

3.  Quite  a  number  are  preserving  the  entire 
debate  by  pasting  it  in  a  Hcrap  book,  and  for 
these  the  supplement  form  will  be  particularly 
handy. 

Our  agents  will  keep  this  in  view  when  can- 
vassing for  subscribers.  We  have  on  hand 
much  valuable  matter  that  ought  to  go  in  the 
paper  for  the  benefit  of  our  many  readere;  some 
of  it  is  very  interesting.  Many  good  articles 
have  been  waiting  for  months,  and  they  are 
still  accumulating  on  our  hands,  and  we  know 
of  no  better  way  of  disposing  of  them  to  good 
advantage  than  to  run  the  debate  on  a  separate 
sheet,  to  be  folded  in  and  sent  out  with  each 
paper,  and  then  fill  the  entire  paper  with  other 
tides. 

We  do  not  want  our  contributors  to  stop 
writing  just  because  we  are  getting  much  good 
matter,  for  we  will  have  use  for  it  after  awhile. 
The  winter  season  is  the  time  to   prepare  good, 

ind  articles,  and  then  it  ls  always  better  to 
have  too  much  than  not  enough.  We  will 
commence  publishing  the  supplement  in  a  few 
weeks. 


VISIT  TO  CHAMPAIGN  CO  ,  ILL. 


0^ 


UR  visit  to  Champaign  Co.,  lll.,w,isa  pleas- 
though  the  wet  weather  interfered 
some  with  our  meetings.  It  was  a  source  of 
considerable  pleasure  to  visit  and  travel  over  the 
field  80  often  traveled  over  before. 

It  was  here  that  I  was  called  to  the  ministry 
while  yet  young,  aud  without  even  ordinary 
education.  The  field  being  large,  and  laborers 
few,  I  had  to  enter  into  active  service  at  once, 
aud  from  that  day  to  this  but  lew  Sundays  have 
passed  that  I  did  not  preach  from  one  to  three 
times,  HaWng  no  means  aside  from  what  was 
made  by  day's  labor  the  pressure  was  rather  se- 
vere, yet  from  the  experience  of  these  years  I 
have  learned  things  that  will  be  valuable  to  me 
in  after  life. 

It  was  also  here  that  I  commenced  my  pam- 
phlet work.  Having  had  considerable  to  do  in 
defending  Trine  Immersion  I  commenced  writ- 
ing an  article  on  that  subject  for  one  of  the 
papers,  but  the  result  wa.s  my  "Trine  Immer- 
sion Traced  to  the  Apostles,"  of  which  some- 
thing like  20,0l.>0  copies  ha^e  been  distributed. 
My  "  Pcrlect  Plan  of  Salvation  "  was  written 
between  times  one  Winter  while  chopping  cord 

Preaching  in  this  country  was  then  attended 
with  many  difficulties.  The  members  were  very 
widely  scattered,  necessitating  much  traveling 
to  attend  the  appointments.  The  opposition 
was  also  great,  as  many  of  those  opposed  to 
doctrine  were  well  skilled  in  the  rudiments  of 
controvei-sy.  They  were  many  and  we  few. 
At  first,  congregations  were  often  .small,  and 
no.t  any  too  much  interested.  Bro.  John  Barn- 
hart  was  the  first  re.sident  minister  of  the 
Brethren  in  the  county,  and  A.  B.  Snyder  the 
next.  Bro.  John  Metngcr  was  the  first  brother 
ho  preached  there.  George  Dilling  and  wife 
ere  the  first  members  then  known  in  the 
county.  Now  there  are  not  far  from  100  mem- 
bers scattered  over  different  parts  of  the  county. 
At  present  they  have  but  one  minister,  A.  J. 
Bowers,  who  livesnearSt-.Joseph,  though  there 
enough  work  there  to  requke  the  entire  time 
of  one  miui.  There  are  not  less  than  nine  pluc- 
'3  wjiere  regular  meetings  ought  to  be  held, 
vith  prospects  of  dniug  much  good.  While 
lookiug  over  this  field,  and  seeing  the  w.iut  of 
further  ministerial  aid,  I  lelt  as  though  I  would 
like  to  return  to  fiehl  work  again,  flnd  aid  iny 
brethren  in  bnildiug  up  churches.  With  prop- 
effort*  1  believe  several  good  churches  might 
be  built  up  in  this  part  of  the  State.     Our  mis- 


Btonaries  in  Southern  Illinois  ought  to  give  this 
field  special  attention. 

It  is  in  this  congregation  that  sister  Mattie 
A,  Lear  lives.  She  is  a  married  sister,  about  40 
years  of  age.  and  very  finely  educated.  Her 
acquaintance  with  science,  history  and  theology 
is  cood.  She  is  a  hard  working  sister  and  does 
her  writing  and  studying  during  odd  moments. 
Generally  while  sewing  or  washing  she  has  the 
Bible  lying  at  some  convenient  point  so  that 
she  can  read  white  working.  Her  husband. 
Bro.  John  Lear,  is  a  deacon  in  the  church. 
They  have  but  one  child.  Sister  Lear  prouiises 
to  give  special  attention  to  "Our  Bible  Class" 
department  the  coming  volume.  We  herestate 
tbut  our  readers  should  not  expect  her  to  an- 
swer many  queries  by  letter.  She  cannotspare 
the  time  from  her  work  to  do  so  much  writing. 
She  prefers  answering  queries  through  the  pa- 
per, and  in  this  way  all  can  get  the  benefit. 

During  our  stay,  we  held  a  few  meetings  in 
the  Harminson  neighborhood,  and  also  at  the 
Brethren's  meeting-house  four  miles  Estst  of 
Urbana.  The  interest  was  good.  Our  last 
meeting  was  on  Sunday  the  17th,  to  a  crowded 
house  of  attentive  listeners. 

While  at  Urbana  I  visited  the  Illinois  Uni- 
versity college  building.  This  is  likely  the  best 
school  in  the  State.  Dr.  Gregory,  a  teacher  of 
?  abilities,  is  Professor.  He  kindly  showed 
through  the  building,  visiting  the  various 
departments,  and  explaining  each  item  of  inter- 
est with  great  care.  A  visit  to  the  college  Mus- 
eum and  Art  Gallery  is  a  treat  to  the  students  of 
nature  and  history.  The  library  room  is  large 
and  being  well  filled  with  choice  works.  It  is 
likely  destined  to  become  one  of  the  best  Hbra- 
in  the  West.  Had  I  time,  I  would  like  to 
give  our  readere  a  description  of  some  things 
seen  here,  but  must  defer  that  to  a  future  visit. 

Financially  Champaign  county  is  not  in  a 
good  condition.  Most  of  the  farmers  are  much 
in  debt,  and  many  of  them  so  deep  that  they 
cannot  pay  out  and  hence  will  have  to  suffer 
considerably.  The  country  is  good,  and  the 
land  of  the  very  l>est  quality.  J.  H.  m, 


THE  PROPHETIC  CONFERENCE. 

THE  Prophetic  Conference  held  in  New  York 
a  few  weeks  ago  was  both  profitable  and 
interesting.  It  was  composed  of  a  class  of  min- 
isters altogether  different  from  some  fanatics 
who  have  heretofore  had  much  to  do  with  this 
question.  Many  of  the  men  were  persons  of 
considerable  scholarship  and  reputation,  and 
looked  at  the  Scriptures  relating  to  the  second 
comiug  of  Christ  with  well  balanced  judgments. 
Though  a  considerable  diversity  of  views  on 
some  points  was  apparent,  but  the  folloiving 
exhibits  the  common  faith  of  those  who  were 
present,  and  took  an  adive  part  in  the  Confer- 
ence: 

"  I.  We  affirm  our  belief  in  tlie  supreiiie  iiiii 
absolute  authority  of  the  written  Word  of  God 
on  all  questions  of  doctrine  and  duty. 

II.  The  prophetic  words  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment Scriptures  concerning  the  first  coming  of 
our  Lord  JesuB  Christ,  were  literally  fulfilled  in 
his  birth,  life,  death,  resurrection  aud  ascension; 
and  so  the  prophetic  words  of  both  the  Old  and 
the   New  Testaments  concerning  his  second 

ng  will  be  literally  fulfilled  in  his  visible 
bodily  return  to  this  earth  in  like  manner  aS'he 
went  up  into  heaven;  aud  this  glorious  Epipha- 
ny of  the  great  God,  our  Savior  Jesus  Christ,  is 
the  blessed  hope  of  the  believer  and  of  the 
church  during  this  entire  dispensation. 

III.  This  second  comiug  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
is  every-where  in  the  Scriptures  represented  as 
imminent,  aud  may  occur  at  any  moment;  yet 
the  precise  day  and  hour  thereof  is  unknown  to 
man,  and  known  only  to  God. 

IV.  The  Scriptures  nowhere  teach  that  the 
whole  world  will  be  converted  to'  God,  or  that 
there  will  be  a  reign  of  universal  righteousne.ss 
and  peace  before  the  return  of  our  blessed  Lord; 
but  that  only  at  and  by  his  coming  in  power 
aud  glory  will  the  prophecies  concerning  the 
progress  of  evil,  aud  the  development  of  Anti- 
christ; the  times  of  the  Gentiles,  and  the  in- 
gatheniig  of  Israel;  the  resurrection  of  the  dead 
in  Christ  and  the  transfiguration  of  his  living 
saints,  receive  their  fulfillment,  and  the  period 
of  millennial  blessedness  its  inauguration. 

V.  The  duty. of  the  church  during  the  ab- 
sence of  the  Bridegroom  is  to  wutch  and  pray, 

■rk  and  wait,  to  go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature,  and  thus 
hasten  the  coming  of  the  day  of  God;  and  to 
his  last  promise,  'Sorely  I  come  quickly,' to 
respond,  in  joyous  hope,  '  Even  so;  come  Lord 
Jes.us,"  " 


!N"ovemb^r    28. 


THE    HKETIiJ^E^?^    ^T   "VVORKl. 


In  reference  to  niillennarianism  and 
this  resolution  waa  adopted: 

"  Resohd.  Thot  the  doctrine  of  our  Lord's 
pre-millonniftl  advent,  iustend  of  paralyzing 
ev (in holistic  and  miwionary  efForts,  is  one  of  tlie 
mightiest  incentives  to  eariiestnesa  in  preach- 
ing the   Gospel   to    every    creature    '  till    he 

The  interest  nianifosted  in  tliis  question 
jost  now,  signifies  something  more  than  we 
may  be  able  to  fully  comprehend.  During  past 
years,  men's  hearts  have  been  failing  them  for 
fear,  and  for  looking  after  those  things  which 
are  coming  on  the  earth,  bnt  now  many  begin 
to  lift  up  their  heads,  and  conclude  that  their 
redemption  draweth  nigh.  They  see  certain 
things  coming  to  pass,  spoken  of  by  the  proph- 
ets and  holy  men  of  old,  and  now  believe  that 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  nigh  at  hand,  and  that 
Clirist  will  soon  appear  in  the  clouds  of  heaven. 

To  tbem  the  precise  day  and  hour  is  unknown, 
for  that  is  in  the  mind  of  the  Father  only.  But 
they  see  that  the  Jews  have  fallen  by  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  have  been  led  captives  among  alt 
nations;  Jerusalem  has  been  trodden  down  of 
the  Gentiles,  and  from  the  way  things  are  now 
working  in  the  East,  it  would  seem  that  "  the 
time3oftheGentiles"ianearlyfulfilled.  I  fully 
and  candidly  believe  that  the  second  coming  of 
Christ,  is  not  many  years  in  the  future,  and  for 
ought  we  know,  many  of  our  readers  may  yet 
see  him  coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven.  That 
will  be  a  grand  and  glorious  time  for  those  who 
are  prepared  to  meet  and  reign  with  him. 
■\Vith  a  heart  full  of  love  for  him  who  has  died 
for  Ks,  every  true  heart  can  respond  to  the  clos- 
ing language  of  Scripture:  "Even  so,  come 
Lord  Jesus." -i-  h.  ii. 


AN  EXPLANATION. 

FKOM  various  sources,  we  learn  that  many 
of  our  re.iders  are  astonished  at  the  rough 
and  unbecoming  language  used  by  Mr.  Ray 
in  his  part  of  the  discussion,  and  think  it 
ought  not  to  be  allowed.  Not  being  used  to 
lieariug  preachers  use  such  language,  they  think 
it  rather  strange  that  it  has  to  he  endured.  But 
we  should  remember  that  it  is  our  duty  to  en- 
dure hardness  as  good  soldiers. 

Mr.  Ray  is  the  chanipionidebat^  among  the 
Laud-mark  Baptists  of  the  South-west;  his  peo- 
ple have  great  confidence  in  him  as  a  debater, 
and  are  willing  to  trust  their  cause  in  his  hand,-;. 
He  is  now  set  for  the  defease  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  according  to  the  rules  of  debate  in 
like  cases,  he  is  at  liberty  to  conduct  his  side  as 
he  thinks  best  for  his  cause.  We  have  no  wny 
of  preventing  his  rough  expressions,  unless  they 
become  indecent,  and  in  that  case  we  know  just 
what  to  do.  If  he  chooses  to  devote  any  of  the 
space,  alloted  him  for  defending  his  dodtrine, 
to  using  unbecoming  and  abusive  expre.<sions, 
his  cause  and  not  ours  suffers  by  it.  We  pre- 
fer letting  liini  have  his  own  way  of  defending 
his  side,  and  then  if  public  sentiment  turns 
against  him  for  using  abusive  language,  as  it 
did  at  Newtonia,  he  and  not  ua,  is  to  hlame. 

Our  readers  should  remember  that  the  rough 
langunge  does  not  come  from  our  side  of  the 
hoiKe,  and  as  the  entire  debate  is  publish- 
ed in  the  Baptist  paper  also,  and  is  read  by 
the  Baptists,  they  too  can  see  from  just  which 
side  the  abusive  language  comes.  There  are 
thoustinds  of  Baptists  who  are  just  a,s  much 
Opposed  to  -such  language  as  our  people,  and 
the  thing  will  have  iU  weight  with  tbem.  In 
reading  tbcQuinter  and  McConnell  Debate,  it 
can  be  seen  on  which  side  the  rongh  language 
is  in  that  case,  and  so  it  will  be  in  the  Stein 
find  Hay  Debate.  It  is  Ray's  way  of  debating. 
AVe  heard  him  seven  days  at  Newtonia,  and  his 
flrtieles  in  this  writtea  debate  are  not  b,ilf  as 
rough  as  were  his  oral  speeches  at  Newtonia. 
It  is  rough  yet,  but  it  is  hoped  that  be  will 
form  still  more.  This  explanation  is  mad?  in 
behalf  of  many  readcre  who  do  not  like  to  read 
such  rough  language.  We  shall  watch  the 
matter  carefully,  and  should  lie  become  as  abu- 
sive in  this  debate  as  he  is  in'  some  of  his  di 
cussions  of  the  past,  we  have  the  key  and  if 
necessary  will  use  it.  Hope  this  will  prove  sat- 
isfactory to  all  our  readers:  vm  aak  each  oni 
renew  his  subscription,  watch  the  matter,  see 
how  it  is  going;  try  both  spirits  (Stein's  and 
Ray's)  and  see  which  is  of  God.  We  are  told 
to  try  the  spirits,  and   here  we  have   a  good 


MoXEY    List  aud    oilier  items      unavoidably 
crowded  out  this  week. 


A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 

ytniBER  lu- 

IF  all  the  periodicals  of  the  brotherliood  would 
unflinchingly  stand  up  for,  and  maintain 
the  same  principle,  they  too  would  exerta  pow- 
for  good  in  the  world.  Much  depends  upon 
the  editors  of  our  papers.  To  a  certain  extent 
tlie  church  is  with  them  as  the  clay  in  the  pot- 
ter's hand.  They  have  much  to  do  with  the 
moulding  of  public  sentiment.  If  our  papers  get 
to  opposing  the  gospel  order  of  the  church  in  tbo 
simplicity  of  dress,  the  power  and  influence  of 
those  who  contend  for  non-conformity  will  he 
greatly  crippled,  and  the  church  thereby  pro- 
portionally injured.  Pride  is  something  that 
does  not  need  encouragement,  it  needs  to  be  dis- 
couraged on  every  hand.  In  former  years  too 
much  was  said  in  our  papers  against  the  doc- 
triucof  Christian  plainness,  and  in  some  in- 
stances we  can  see  the  effect  of  it.  Every  peri- 
odical in  the  church  wants  to  stand  up  for  our 
distinctive  features.  Were  this  faithfully  doue. 
e  would  be  leas  annoyed  by  pride. 
The  edilois  of  our  papers  want  not  only  to 
teach  our  distinctive  features,  but  live  them  out 
— set  a  good  example  before  their  readers.  A 
fashionably  attired  editor,  among  the  Brethren, 
is  a  walking  advertisement  of  inconsistency. 
He  professes  to  belong  to,  and  edits  a  pajier,  in 
behalf  of  a  people  holding  the  doctrine  of  non- 
conformity, while  he  himself  patronizes  the 
ways  of  the  world.  I  have  fully  made  up  my 
mind  that  when  I  get  ready  to  oppose,  and  try 
to  overthrow  the  Gospel  order  of  the  church,  I 
will  have  manhood  enough  about  me  to  step 
down  and  out,  aud  do  the  square  thing.  We 
always  tell  people  that  the  Bretiirkn  at  Work 
a  one-sided  paper — it  is  for  the  Lord  and  not 
for  Baal.  We  do  not  propose  to  run  a  religious 
papi-r  in  the  interest  of  Satan's  cause,  and  those 
.■ho  look  into  this  paper  with  the  expectation 
f  findiug  something  in  defense  of  a  departure 
from  the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Gospel,  will 
look  ill  vain. 

All  the  ministers  among  the  Brethren  should 
be  consistent  advocates  of  phiinness.  If  cor- 
ruption should  creep  into  the  church,  it  will 
come  through  the  ministry.  Their  influence 
has  much  to  do  with  the  purity  of  the  body. 
In  fact  they  should  be  ensamplcs  to  the  flock; 
being  under  shepherds,  the  flock  is  incliued  tT 
follow  tliem  and  leara  of  them.  It  is  useless  to 
attempt  to  keep  a  church  plain  where  there  are 
finely  dreased  ministers.  If  ministei-s  do  not 
have  respect  enough  for  the  cause  to  obey  the 
Gospel  in  all  its  parts,  there  will  also  be  a  de- 
parture from  the  simplicity  of  the  truth  among 
the  laity. 

The  extremes  to  which  other  denominations 
have  gone  on  the  question  of  dress,  is  alarming. 
Most  churches  in  former  yeara  "vere  plain,  and 
many  made  fine  dressing  a  test  of  member- 
hip.  The  Methodist  church,  for  instance,  fifty 
yeara  ago  was  as  strict  about  dress  as  the  Breth- 
ren, but  gradually  gave  away  to  the  effects  of 
pride  till  now  its  members  are  as  stylish  as  any 
church  in  America.  John  Wesley  himself  was 
opposed  to  pride  in  all  its  forms,  and  did  his  ut- 
most to  prevent  it.  Old  people  tell  me  that 
fifty  yeai-s  ago  they  could  tell  a  Methodist 
preacher  by  his  plain  dress  whereverseen.  They 
were  a  plain,  simple  unostentatious  people  with 
no  steeples  on  their  meeting-houaes,  no  orna- 
ments in  their  rooms  of  worship,  nor  were  or- 
naments of  any  sort  allowed  on  the  female 
members.  Plainness  aud  simplicity  charac- 
terized them  in  their  daily  walk  and  appearance. 
I  do  not  mention  these  things  to  ctist  any  re- 
flection on  the  M.  E.  church,  but  introduce 
them  as  a  warning  to  our  people  that  they  run 
not  into  the  same  e.xcess  or  error.  Wesee  what 
haa  become  of  other  chnrehea  that  have  used 
too  much  lenity  regarding  dreaa,  and  it  there- 
fore behooves  us  that  we  put  on  th'i  breaks  in 
time. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  it  is  my  candid  impres- 
sion that  some  of  our  people  may  have  made  a 
few  mistakes  in  teaching  and  enforcing  the  doc- 
trine of  Scriptural  plainness.  I  do  not  mean 
that  onr  ancient  Brethren  erred  in  thia  respect, 
for  they  predicated  their  authority  for  plain 
dressing  on  the  Gospel,  their  only'  rt(le  of 
faith  and  practice;  but  of  Jato'years  there  ar 
those  who  aim  to  make  the  Minutes  the  basis  of 
plainneaa.  They  take  the  Minutes  to  churcli 
meeting  aud  decide  questions  by  them  instead 
of  leaving  the  Miiiutcs  at  home  and  settling 
things  by  tlie  Bible,  as  did  our  ancieiit   Breth- 


ren before  the  Minutes  were  in  existence.  Our 
ancient  Brethren  could  enforce  the  Gospel  law 
of  plainness  without  referring  to  the  Minutes 
as  authority,  and  so  can  we.  The  Minutes  are 
good  enough  in  their  place  as  advice,  and  to 
show  how  fortt|er  brethren  looked  at  the  Scrii)- 
turea,  but  as  a  rule  of  faith  aud  practice,  let  us 
stick  to  the  Bible.  If  we  constantly  refer  to 
the  Minutes  for  authority  to  enforce  plainness, 
some  will  finally  conclude  that  the  Gospel  aays 
nothing  about  liow  we  shall  dress,  and  in  that 
way  a  bitter  feeling  will  be  produced  against 
the  Annual  Meeting  and  its  work.  Let  us  go 
direct  to  the  Bible  for  our  authority  iu  defense 
of  plainness,  and  our  arguments  against  fashions 
and  jewelry,  then,  and  not  till  then,  will  we  ho 
able  to  reproduce  and  maintain  that  plainness 
and  simplicity  that  characterized  the  primitive 
churches.  j.  it.  it. 

lT<jh,'ro»liHUf.ll. 


HEVEALED  RELIGION 

THERE  are  three  theories  extant  concerning 
revealed  religion. 

That  God  has  not  spoken,  and  that  what 
we  receive  as  tljc  revealed  religion  from  him,  is 
simply  the  inventions  of  our  minds.  Those  who 
thus  teach,  are  called  Infidels. 

That  God's  voice  is  heard  in  every  system 
of  religion  iu  tliC  world;  that  He  has  not  favor- 
ed one  more  than  the  other,  aud  that  He  has 
endowed  us  with  the  faculty  of  selecting  the 
best  from  each  system.  This  class  is  quite 
numerous,  aud  may  be  termed  Spiritualists, 
Freethinkers,  &c. 

That  God  "  at  sundry  times  and  in  divers 
manners  spake  in  times  past  unto  the  fathers  hy 
the  prophets,"  but  "in  these  last  days  hath  spo- 
ken unto  us  hy  his  Son."  Heb.  1:  1,  2.  This 
positive  declaration  of  an  inspired  writer,  we 
icept  as  the  true  theory.  God  spoke  not  con- 
ditionally, but  with  supreme  authority.  He 
poke  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  "  I  have  giv- 
en them,"  the  disciples,  "  the  words  which  thou 
avest  me,"  says  Jesus;  "  and  they  have  receiv- 
ed them."  John  17:  8.  God,  the  Father,  gave 
Son,  our  Savior  tconh,  and  these  words  the 
Lord  gave  to  his  disciples.  And  more:  those 
disciples  reccieed  those  iroids,  and  by  or  through 
them,  believed  that  God  sent  Jesus,  the  Christ. 

By  this  ChrL'^t,  the  Father  revealed  a  system 
of  religion  which  stands  above  all  other  systems. 
It  is  the  best  system  on  earth.  It  is  the  best 
because  it  comes  from  God  who  is  superior  to 
all  other  beings.  Other  systems  may  preteiirl 
to  have  come  from  God;  hut  this  system  intro- 
duced by  the  Lord  Jesus  not  only  pretends  to 
come  from  the  Father,  but  locks  up  the  preten- 
sion by  many  infallible  proof's.  Not  only  proo/a, 
not  simply  iiifulUhle  pioofs,  but  by  nMiiij  iiiful- 
liblv  proofs.  Revealed  religion  and  invented 
religion  are  two  distinct  and  entirely  different 
things.  Revealed  religion  jS  in  harmony  ivith 
all  Divine  Law — waa  with  the  Father  from  the 
beginning,  but  invented  religion  took  its  rise  on 
this  side  of  the  creation  of  man.  Revealed  re- 
ligion took  its  rise  before  man  existed;  invented 
religion  after  his  creation. 

Thia  revealed  religion  is  designed  for  our  will, 
our  reason,  judgment,  conscience,  atlections. 
It  is  therefore  personal,  but  cannot  he  resolved 
into  matter.  It  is  addressed  to  the  mind,  and 
is  designed  to  control  that,  fitting  it  for  a  no- 
bler and  higher  life.  To  reveal  that  Law,  re- 
quired no  less  a  pei-sonage  than  the  Son  of  God. 
The  rclfitioutinj  existence  was  sufficient  guaran- 
tee that  the  Son  would  perform  the  mission  ac- 
ceptibly  and  successfully.  An  angel  could  not 
be  entrusted  \vitli  such  an  important  work; — a 
man  translated,  remodeled  and  fashioned  in  the 
mold  of  Deity  was  not  the  proper  seed,  hut  the 
Son  of  God  alone  possessed  all  the  qualifications 
to  reveal  the  grandest  system  of  religion  ev 
conceived. 

How  can  we  actually  llnow  anything  about 
God  or  of  &od  unless  He'  in  some  way  actually 
makes  Himself  known?  When  Heaaid,  "I 
the  Lord  thy  God,"  lie  did  so.  Nor  could 
thus  speak  without  revealing  himself;  and  His 
purpose  lo  thus  speak,  must  have  been  n  ii-UI, 
and.  there  can  be  no  will  without  a  person.,  God 
therefore  esisia  personally.  "  The  proof  of  i-ev- 
elatiou  is  in  the  thing  revealed,"  that  is,  the 
Person  who  is  matle  known.  In  this  case  the 
filing  revealed  is  God,  the  wilt  of  God,  hence 
I  tlm  best  evidence  of  the  reality  of  the  divine 
revelation.  A  man  tastes  an  apple.  Hekno\Ta 
I  that  he  tasted  it  and  the   best  evidence  that  he 


has  to  support  hia  knowledge  of  the  matter  is 
that  he  tdslrd  it.  So  wilh  revealed  religion. 
The  best  evidence  that  it  hiis  bnvi  revealed,  ia 
that  it  icax  revealed.  You  can  see  the  clear 
light  of  the  sun,  hut  because  you  have  no  organs 
by  which  you  can  analyze  it,  tell  what  it  is,  does 
not  prove  that  there  is  no  such  thing  as  light. 
Because  you  see  the  blade  of  grass,  green  and 
beiuitiful,  enlarging  day  by  day  and  cannot  tell 
hoic  it  is  doue,  does  not  prove  that  the  blade 
does  iiol  grow  and  become  beautiful.  It  exists 
and  enlarges  whether  we  know  wherein  the  life 
or  is  not. 

To  present  the  Revelation  of  God  to  the  skep- 
tic so  as  to  induce  him  to  beliece,  has  been  a 
question  with  the  great  school  of  theologians. 
That  the  skeptic  has  a  soul  to  save,  and  that  he 
needs  a  Savior,  a  chauge  of  heart,  and  the  hope 
of  eternal  life  just  as  much  as  any  other  man,  is 
t  at  all  doubted  by  those  who  believe  on  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ;  but  how  to  get  him  to  move 
in  the  matter,  how  to  awaken  him,  ia  the  im- 
portant question.  It  seems  to  me  that  if  God 
were  presented  to  him  as  a  loving  Father,  as 
One  who  knows  us,  pities  us,  desires  to  help  ua, 
the  skeptic's  heart  would  be  softened.  Such  a 
God  clinnot  be  impersonal,  hut  possesses  all  the 
attributes  of  personality. 

There  are  three  lines  of  theistic  argument, 
two  of  which  have  been  urged  by  the  majority 
of  those  who  attempt  to  meet  the  skeptic.  1. 
Metaphysical  theism,  which  has  for  its  basis 
reasonings  on  the  ideas  of  time,  space,  the  ab- 
solute, the  unconditional,  the  infinite  and  caus- 
ation, which  thrown  together  end  in  a  necessary 
Being.  2.  Cosmical  theism,  or  the  purely  phys- 
:al  principle  of  evolution.  3.  Spiritual  theism, 
r  the  gradual  development  of  our  spiritual  he- 
ig  in  hawnony  with  the  growth  principle  of  a 
holy,  loving,  gracious  Father.  This  theism 
cannot  be  found  to  be  at  variance  with  our  sense 
of  right  aud  justice,  and  is  in  harmony  with  the 
revealed  will  of  God.  The  revelation  of  each 
dispensation  was  suited  to  the  state  of  those  for 
whom  it  was  given;  yet  so  complete  Wiis  it  iu 
its  workings  that  it  lifted  higher  and  higher  in- 
to truth  and  holiness  all  who  strictly  obeyed  it. 
It  did  not  take  hold  of  a  man  and  make  him  a 
child  of  God  in  full  stature  in  an  instant,  hut 
hy  degrees  brought  him  to  that  state  which  sat- 
J  Divine  Justice  and  Divine  affection.  That 
the  Old  Testament  waa  adapted  to  the  people 
for  whom  it  was  designed,  there  can  be  no  ques- 
tion. That  it  is  the  revealed  will  of  God  to  a 
particular  people,  in  a  particular  age  of  the 
world  is  a  settled  fact.  But  waa  it  a  homogene- 
ous whole,  thrown  together  at  once  for  all  men 
in  all  ages?  It  was  not;  hut  it  was  gradually 
revealed  or  brought  into  existence  as  the  atate 
or  the  condition  of  the  people  demanded.  Great 
darkness  covered  the  human  mind,  and  God  saw 
fit  to  let  the  rays  of  Divine  Light  shine  on  it 
gradually.  Dimly  it  shone  at  first,  aud  .is  time 
passed  by,  God  hy  degrees,  increased  the  Light 
until  it  shone  in  full  splendor  in  the  person  of 
Jesus  Christ.    This  is  the  True  Light. 

Ask  the  skeptic  to  look  at  God's  Revelation 
from  thia  stand-point.  He  can  see  the  propri- 
ety of  such  a  course  and  the  beauty  of  a  graduEil 
unfolding  of  the  Truth.  Point  hiin  to  a  loving, 
holy  Father,  rather  than  to  the  metaphysical 
and  abstruse.  He  is  cold  now;  do  not  heap  the 
ice  upon  him.  Warm  him  with  the  sunshine 
of  God's  love  and  he  will  spring  into  life.  Let 
him  see  that  it  is  nothing  against  God  if  he  did 
use"  imperfect  representations  of  Divine  thiuga;" 
so  long  as  more  perfect  ones  were  above  the  ca- 
pacity of  those  whom  He  sought  to  save.  Be- 
cause God  chose  to  thus  slowly  and  patiently 
lead  tbem  through  many  ages,  till  the  Sun  of 
Righteousness  rose  iu  full  splendor,  does  not 
prove  that  the  Revelation  is  untrue.  Not  at  all; 
hut  rather  proves  that  God  loved  them  exceed- 
ingly, with  much  patience.  And  then,  too,  it 
is  in  harmony  with  tho  manner  of  God's  doings 
in  nature.  He  gives  no  man  fruit  iu  a  moment 
of  time.  Days,  weeks  and  even  months  are  re- 
quired to  produce  a  perfect  grain  of  corn.  Its 
development  is  gradual.  No  less  so  was  the 
present  grand  system  of  revealed  religion.  That 
it  began  to  show  itself  iu  a  single  ray  away  back 
in  the  days  of  Adam,  ijud  went  on  expanding 
and  developing  wider  aud  wider,  until  the  mighty 
Sun  of  Righteousness  arose  iu  the  land  of  Judea, 
only  shows  the  wondrous  oare  and  love  of  the 
Father  for  us,  m.  m.  b. 


Orn   meeting   in  Lanark  last  Sunday, 
largely  attended.     One  applicant  fovbaptia 


TtlK    l^ll.KT3rIliKj>r    ^T    -WOiil^. 


^Novembe 


^nil  libl?  dW. 


"  The  Worlh  0/  Truth  no  Tonijiie  Can  Tell.' 


This  doppirtmenl  is  Jesigncd  for  nsking  and  onswering 
Blblo  quealiona,  and  Tor  Hiu  auluiion  of  Soripluraldiffioal- 
lits.  AU  qiicstioaa  nliouli]  be  alnloj  wilh  candor,  and  qd' 
swarrd  with  na  much  clcarnoss  aa  po-tsiblo,   in   order  to 

prolDQle  Bililo  Truth.     Arliolcs  for  Itiis  cUparUnenl.  must 
bo  aborl  nud  to  the  point. 


Plesise  exiilain  Daniel  2:4-1,  JO.  In  the  liiiya  of 
what  kiiigsV  Wlititdoea  the  word  kingdom  refer 
to,  and  wlint  the  stono  V  Wat.  T.  Habding. 

Win  tbo  nnETiiKEX  AT  WoitK  givo  im  oxpland- 
Won  of  the  latter  claiiso  of  tho  30th  vorse  of  the 
22nd  chapter  of  Luke,  which  reads  as  follows:  "  And 
lie  that  batli  do  sword  let  him  sell  his  garment  and 
buy  one." 

Alan,  JIiirk23:  IG,  which  reads. as  follows;  "Woe 
unto  you  scribes  nnd  Plmriseea,  hypocrites!  for  ye 
compiiss  sea  and  land  to  make  one  proselyte;  and 
irhen  he  is  made  yo  make  him  two-fold  more  the 
chilli  of  hell  than  yourselves."  S.  A.  Uleby. 

Pleiise  explain  1  Tim.  1 : 0 ;  Luke  10 :  15 ;  ilnrk  H : 
23;  Mark  10: 17,  IS.  To  what  lawlms  the  Script- 
ures reference  and  to  what  extent  should  it  be  used  ? 
What  is  the  most  esteemed  V  Has  it  reference  to 
any  particular  thing? 


QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

1.  Please  givo  youi'  views  ou  Luke  10:  4.  "Car- 
ry neither  pursB,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

2.  ;Vlao  Mutt.  2.^:  0:  "And  ciill  no  man  your 
father  upon  tho  earth :  for  one  is  your  father  which 
Is  in  heaven." 

"The  wife  is  bound  by  the  iRW  aa  long  as  her 
husband  liveth;  but  if  her  husband  be  dead,  she  Is 
at  liberty  to  be  married  to  whom  she  will ;  only  in 
theLord."— ICor.  7:Hn. 

Ple;ise  givo  us  your  views  on  the  covering  spoken 
of  by  Paul  in  Cot;  11;  also  tell  us  who,  or  what  that 
head  is  the  women  dishonor  by  praying  or  prophe- 
sying with  their  heads  uncovered,  bolli  the  initrried 
andunniiiiTiedV 

SAr.UTlNO  BY  THE  WAV. 

I  GET  the  idea  of  urgency  from  tlie  above,  that 
they  wbould  go  iorth  and  preacli  aiid  not  be 
encumbered  with  baggage,  "  and  snlute  no  man 
by  the  waj',"  especially  implies  urr/eiici/;  don't 
spend  lime  upon  the  road  in  conversation,  for 
remember  that  Eoula  are  porishiugfor  want  of 
the  bread  of  life.  Go  forth  and  proclaim  the 
gbid  tidings,  "  and  salute  no  man  by  the  way." 
Also  Matt.  23:  9.  "  Ajid  call  no  mau  your  fath- 
er upou  the  earth;  lor  one  is  your  Father  which 
is  in  heaven."  Call  no  man  father,  in  a  relig- 
ious sense,  but  let  God  be  all. to  all. 

THE  COVERING. 

The  apostle  Paul  is  establishing  the  fact,  that 
man  is  the  heiid  of  the  woman.  The  woman 
does  not,  in  this  respect,  change  her  relation  to 
mail  by  becoming  a  wife.  Man  is  head  of  the 
woman,  whether  marned  or  unmarried;  heuce 
the  Christian  mau  is  dishonored  when  the  Chris- 
tian woman  refuses  to  take  her  place  in  the 
Ciiristian  headship,  appearing  there  with  un- 
covered head.  That  power  or  sii/ii  that  should 
characteri/^  the  Christian  woman,  becomes  a 
aacred  covering  ou.  account  of  its  significance, 
placing  her  under  the  combined  protection  of 
man,  whoso  head  is  Christ,  whose  head  is  God. 
The  Christian  lady,  whether  married  or  unmar- 
ried, who  takes  her  place  in  the  organization  as 
heaven  has  ordamed,  is  thrice  blessed.  It,  the 
power,  speaks  the  silent  language,  I  acknowl- 
edge the  Heaosuip,  and  hence  the  truthfulness 
of  the  saying,  The  greatest  sermon  that  was  ev- 
er preached,  is  acted  out. 

THE   LAW  ON  U.UIRIAOB. 

The  Lord  God  instituted  marriage,  and  that 
union  is  indissoluble  while  they  both  live;  but 
if  the  husband  die,  the  Lord  grants  the  wife  lib- 
erty to  maiTy  another,  and  vice  versa.  Second 
marriages  are  "  in  the  Lord  "  only  when  one  of 
the  party  is  dead.  T.  D.  Lyon, 

Hwhon,  III. 


CHRIST'S  SECOND  COMING. 

J.  M.  Ridenour: — 

IN  answer  to  your  querj'  in  relation  to  Rev. 
20: 13,  14,  I  will  givo  you  my  humble  opin- 
ion. It  would  seem  that  many  things  had  yet 
to  transpire  before  this  prophecy  will  be  fulfilled, 
namely,  tho  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
His  calling  the  bride.  His  return  to  earth  with 
His  saints  to  reign  for  the  space  of  a  thousand 
years  as  personal  King  of  the  Jews,  &c.  Then 
Cometh  the  end  when  lie  shall  have  delivered 
up  the  kingdom  to  God,  who  shall  be  all  in  all, 
and  when  all  things  shall  be  subdued  unto  Him, 
then  shall  the  Sou  also  Himself  be  subject  unto 
Him  that  put  all  things  under  Him  that  may  be 
all  in  nil.  Why  not  then  the  "sea  give  up  the 
dead,  and  death  and  hell  deliver  up  the  dead, 
and  be  nast  into  a  lake  of  fire,"  when  God  is  all 
in  all  ?    "  For  we  shall  have  a  new   heaven  and 


new  earth;  for  the  first  heaven  and  the  first 
earth  were  passed  away  and  tbiiu  there  w.is  no 
more  sea."  Rev.  21: 1  "John  saw  a  holy  city 
coming  down  from  God,  prepared  as  a  bride  for 
her  husband."  And  God  Himself  makes  His 
tabernacle  with  men  to  dwell  with  them  and  be 
their  God.  See  the  joya  that  await  the  regen- 
erated man.  No  more  tears,  no  more  sorrows 
nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain, 
for  the  former  things  are  passed  away.  Picture 
to  yourself  the  era  from  where  this  takes  place, 
clad  with  sublime  sunshine  of  unknown  skies, 
glorified  with  divine  presence  in  a  perpetual 
harbor  of  ethereal  peace — God  with  us. 

Read  carefully  the  divine  Scriptures  and  make 
them  the  study  of  your  life.  They  teach  us  that 
we  are  now  in  the  time  of  the  Gentiles,  where 
partial  blindness  has  come  to  the  Israelites  and 
they  are  scattered  among  all  nations  of  the 
earth.  But  God  says,  "  I  will  bring  them  again 
from  among  all  nations  whithersoever  I  have 
scattered  them,  .lud  they  shall  be  my  people  and 
I  will  be  their  God."  1  Thess.  4: 13-18,  teaches 
us,  that  the  Lord  will  come  in  the  air,  not  to 
earth,  but  in  the  air,  in  the  clouds  to  call  the 
church,  the  bride.  And  thedeadiu  Christshall 
rise  first,  then  they  which  are  alive  and  remain, 
shal  1  be  caught  up  together  iu  the  cloud  to  meet 
their  Lord  in  the  air.  Observe'  those  that  are 
alive  in  Christ,  (not  the  common  masses  hud- 
dled together  in  sin),  but  they  that  are  Christ's 
shall  be  changed  in  the  twinkliiig  of  an  eye; 
two  shall  be  in  one  bed,  one  taken,  the  other 
left;  two  at  the  mill  grinding,  one  taken,  the 
other  left;  two  in  the  field,  one  taken,  the  other 
left.  Paul  says,  "Blessed  and  holy  is  he  who 
has  part  in  the  fii'st  resurrection."  John  says, 
"  For  they  shall  reign  with  Christ  a  thousand 
years."  Christ  prayed  that  they  might  be  in 
the  world,  bat  not  of  the  world,  timt  the  Spirit 
of  God  might  dwell  in  them  richly  that  they 
might  have  life  and  have  it  more  abundantly. 
These  joya  are  only  for  the  regenerated  man 
who  has  fought  the  good  fight,  &c. 

In  other  parts  of  the  Scriptures  we  read  of 
the  short  time  of  tribulation.  Rev.  12:  13: 
Matt.  24:  21,  22.  Might  not  this  time  fit  in 
snugly  between  the  calling  of  the  elect  and  the 
glorious  appearance  of  our  Lord,  with  His  ten 
thousand  saints ?  Jude  14,15;  Zach.  14;  Acts 
1:9-12;  Matt.  24:30;  Mark  14: 62;  Rev.  20:  4. 
When  the  Lord  shall  establish  His  kingdom, — 
"  T!iy  kingdom  come,  thy  will  be  done," — all  to 
be  fulfilled  yet.  The  Scriptures  are  plain  as  to 
our  duty;  in  my  estimation  the  Brethren  hew 
very  closely  to  the  line,  more  so  than  any  other 
denomination  I  know  of;  and  I  believe  them  to 
be  the  true  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  I  am  not  a 
member  of  atiy  church  and  may  differ  with  them 
on  a  few  unimportant  points.  Thcgresit  funda- 
mental principle  of  the  Christian  religion  re- 
volves around  Christ  Jesus,  to  Him  you  must 
look,  and  to  Him  alone.  If  He  says  thus  and 
so,  then  it  is  safe  for  you,  but  do  not  look  to 
mau.  Go  to  the  Scriptures,  rend  for  yourself. 
Christ  is  the  key;  and  if  you  will  only  look  up 
through  men,  way  beyond  to  the  Lord,  you  will 
soon  see  for  yourself. 

I  do  not  believe  as  many  of  the  popular 
churches  of  to-day  teach,  that  feet-washing, 
self-denia!,  humility,  virtue,  simplicity,  charity, 
brotherly  love  and  many  other  things  which 
Christ  and  His  disciples  enjoined  upon  mankind, 
are  no  longer  essential  to  our  salvation,  but 
have  been  laid  away  upon  the  polemical,  theo- 
logical shelf  with  Levitical  Code,  and  other  ol>- 
solete  fragments  of  His  law.  Christ's  sayings 
are  still  in  force.  When  He  commands  His 
disciples  to  go  down  into  the  water,  to  wash 
one  another's  feet,  Sc,  we  should  obey  them; 
not  because  there  is  power  in  tlium  to  save  us, 
but  because  there  is  power  iu  Christ  who  insti- 
tuted them.  You  may  travel  all  around  the 
valley  of  feet-Wiiahing,  cross  the  plains  of  pride 
with  sandals,  scrip  and  stalf,  hut  if  you  can  come 
to  Christ  mthout  feet^waahiug,  j'ou  can  do  bet- 
ter than  Peter  did.  R.  0.  S. 

Snn  Jose,  California. 


A  WEEK  WITH  ONLY  SIX  DAYS 
IN  IT. 

I  REMEMBER,  when  I  was  a  boy,  thatasai- 
lor  told  me  that  in  making  voyages  round 
Cape  Horn,  they  had  one  week  which  had  eight 
days  in  it.  He  said  there  would  be  an  extra  day, 
so  that  there  would  be  two  Thursdays  or  two 
Saturdays,  or  whatever  day  was  thus  doubled. 

A  very  marvelous  statement  I  thought  it  was, 
and  I  was  very  ready  to  disbelieve  it;  saying  to 
myself,  that  I  knew  enough  to  know  that  it 
couldn't  be  true.  But  I  did  not  know  as  much 
as  I  thought  I  did,  for  when  after  awhile  I  went 
to  sea  myself,  I  found  a  week  with  only  six  days 
iu  it,  and  I  might  have  found  oue  with  eight  if 
I  had  gone  in  the  right  direction- 
Let  me  tell  you  about  how  this  happens.  The 


1  docs  more  for  us  than  simply  give  us  light, 

ich  more,  though  that  is  what  we  think  of 
first  when  we  think  about  it.  For  one  thing 
the  sun  is  our  great  clock,  by  which  all  clocks 
in  the  world  are  regulated.  It  divides  the  time 
Into  days  and  nights  for  us,  and  if  this  great 
clock  should  stop,  there  would  be  no  more  days 

nights,  and  a  week  would  no:  be  seven  days, 
but  a  week  or  a  month  or  a  year  of  time  would 

one  long  day  or  night  according  to  what  part 
of  the  earth  you  were  on. 

Suppose  that,  some  day  when  you  were  in 
school,  the  clock  in  the  school-house  should  stop 
when  it  was  just  about  four  o'clock,  and  time 
for  school  to  be  out.  If  no  one  noticed  that  the 
clock  was  not  going,  you  would  know,  for  all 
the  clock  said,  if  the  teacher  would  nut  let  you 
for  an  hour,  say  till  five  o'clock,  aud  then 
you  would  go  home  aud  expect  to  have  two 
hours  to  play  in  before  supper-time,  at  six 
o'clock,  just  as  usual.  And  if  when  you-were 
goiug  home  some  one  should  say  that  sometimes 
there  was  a  day  with  only  one  hour  between 
school  and  supper-time,  you  might  think  to 
yourself  that  that  must  be  a  mistake.  For  isn't 
school  out  at  four?  And  isn't  supper-time  at 
sixf"     And  isn't  that  two  hours ? 

That  is  like  the  way  I  should  have  thought, 
if  I  had  been  told,  sometimes  there  are  only  five 
days  between  Sunday  and  Sunday.  But  when 
you  got  home,  where  the  clock  had  been  going 
all  the  time,  you  would  find  that  it  was  nearly 
five  o'clock:  and  they  would  tell  you  that  you 
had  lost  one  hour,  and  you  would  have  to  reck' 
on  according  to  the  time  at  home  just  as  the 
rest  were  doing. 

Now,  suppose  that  our  great  clock  up  in  ttie 
sky  should  stop  some  day.  I  know  you  all  know 
that  it  is  the  earth  that  moves  and  the  sun  real- 
ly stands  still;  hut  it  seems  as  though  the  sun 
moved  aud  it  is  simpler  to  talk  about  it 
Suppose  it  should  stop  just  at  noon,  aud  staud 
overhead  for  just  an  hour,  and  then  go  on  into 
the  West  and  set  as  usutil.  You  see  we  should 
have  gained  a  whole  hour  between  the  sunrise 
aud  sunset;  and  between  the  midnight  heft 
and  the  midnight  after,  which  is  the  way  we 
couut  the  days,  you  know,  would  he  twenty-five 
hours. 

Now  our  great  clock  never  stops.  I  am  not 
goiug  to  ask  you  to  believe  that;  but  suppose 
oncemorethatsome  day  just  at  noon  you  should 
start  and  travel  west,  aud  should  go  Just  as  fast 
as  the  sun  did,  you  see  you  would  keep  the 
right  overhead  all  tho  time,  and  it  would  keep 
noon  just  as  long  as  you  kept  goiug,  and  if  you 
traveled  for  one  hour  and  then  stopped,  and  the 
sun  went  on  and  set  iu  the  West  ahead  of  you, 
you  would  have  gained  an  hour,  just  as  though 
tho  sun  had  stopped. 

Now,  no  one  could  possibly  travel  as  fast  as 
the  sun  does;  it  takes  the  lightning  to  do  that; 
but  if  you  went  from  the  East  to  the  West  all 
the  day  long  you  might  really  gain  a  little  time. 
The  sun  would  not  go  down  in  the  West  and 
get  out  of  sight  quite  as  soon  as  if  you  had  stop- 
ped in  one  place  aud  not  tried  to  keep  up  with 
him  at  all. 

And  if  you  tr.iveled  ou,  day  after  day,  you 
would  go  around  the  earth,  and  you  would  gain 
as  much  time,  taking  nil  the  days  together,  na  it 
takes  for  the  earth  to  turn  around  once,  that  is, 
just  twenty-four  houi-s.  Now,  I  do  not  mean 
that  we  actually  get  any  more  time  by  traveling 
than  by  staying  at  home,  but  we  do  make  each 
day  a  little  longer,  as  the  sun  marks  them  oil', 
and  so  it  takes  less  of  them  to  fill  a  certain 
length  of  time;  it  takes  just  one  less  to  fill  the 
time  that  it  takes  to  travel  round  the  earth  from 
Ea^t  to  West,  than  it  does  to  fill  the  time  of 
those  who  stay  at  home.  Does  not  that  sound 
queerly:  but  it  is  true,  nevertheless.  And  so 
when  you  got  home  from  your  traveling,  you 
would  say,  perhaps,  "  Now,  this  is  Monday," 
the  ones  who  had  stayed  at  home  would  say, 
"  No,  thia  is  Tuesday."  And  j-ou  would  have 
to  come  to  their  reckoning,  and  drop  out  one 
day  aud  call  it  Tuesday,  just  aa  the  rest  did,  aud 
so  you  would  have  a  week  with  only  six  days 
iu  it. 

As  a  matter  of  convenience,  those  who  cir- 
cumnavigate the  earth,  at  least  many  of  them, 
have  agreed  to  drop  out,  or  take  in  the  day  at 
one  fixed  place,  that  is  at  the  meridian  of  160" 
from  Greenwich ;  and  I  remember  in  going 
from  San  Francisco  to  the  East  Indies  a  few 
years  ago  that  we  crossed  this  line  about  four 
o'clock  nu  Monday  morning,  so  you  see  Mon- 
day was  four  hours  long,  then  Tuesday  was 
twenty  hours,  and  what  would  have  been  the 
next  Saturday  was  Sunday,  aud  so  we  had  a 
week  with  only  six  days  iu  it. 


|{fcm^   of  |[nfcri!st. 


We  should  round  every  day  of  stirring  ac- 
count with  an  evening  of  thought.  We  are 
taught  nothing  by  experience  uulesa  we  muse 
upon  it. 


Palestine  is  one-fourth  the  size  of  New 
York. 

-The  total  number  of  deaths  in  the  South 
from  yellow  fever  is  reported  at  13,921. 

— Two  Jewish  rabbis  have  lost  their  lives  in 
New  Orleans  during  the  plague,  besides  a  num- 
ber of  nurses  and  physicians  ot  that  faith. 

— TnE  Loose  Indians  ofl'ered  to  sell  the  Black 
Hills  to  the  government  for  50,000  dollars.  It 
was  refused,  and  a  war  ensued  which  cost  2,000,- 
000  dollare. 

—Captain  Pratt,  of  the  United  States  lu'iny, 
left  Sioux  City  recently  for  the  East,  with  id 
Indian  children,  gathered  from  ditfe  rent  agencies, 
to  be  educated  at  Hampton,  Ya.,  at  Government 
expense. 

— The  Government  of  Russia  has  at  last 
withdrawn  its  prohibition  against  missionary 
enterprise  in  Central  Asia,  The  Synod  of  the 
Russian  Church  has  prepared  to  found  extensive 
missions  in  all  parts  of  Turkestan, 

— ly  a  population  of  2,000,000  in  Texas  there 
are  about  200,000  church  members.  Of  these 
92,000  are  Baptists,  109,000  are  Methodists,  31,- 
000  are  Presbyterians,  11,000  are  Cumpbellites, 
5,000  are  Lutherans  and  10,000  are  Catholics. 

— Dh.  Philip  Schaff  says  he  iinmei-sed  himself 
ten  times  in  the  Jordan  at  the  place  where  tra- 
dition says  Jesus  was  immersed;  but  we  have 
heard  Pedobaptists  argue  that  the  water  of  the 
Jordan  was  not  deep  enough  for  immersion. 

— TnE  bouse  in  which  John  Knox,  the  Si'otch 
reformer,  lived  and  died,  is  yet  standing  in  that 
part  of  Edinburgh  known  as  the  old  town.  Ex- 
tending over  the  front  is  this  inscription  in 
large  Roman  letters:  "Lufe  God  abufe  all,  and 
yi  nyiihthour  as  yiself." 

— Do  not  think  that  all  the  poor  minister 
are  in  America.  The  Bishop  of  Manchester 
says  that  some  of  the  English  clergy  are  so  poor 
that  they  do  not  taste  meat  more  than  once  or 
twice  a  week,^  and  are  glad  to  get  the  cast-off 
clothing  of  their  parishioners, 

— A  -BiFiLicAi.  curiosity  in  the  English  sec- 
tion of  the  Paris  Exhibition,  which  atti-acta 
crowds,  is  the  model  of  the  tabernacle  as  it  rest- 
ed during  the  wandering  of  the-  Israelites  in  the 
desert.  The  exterior  is  constructed  in  strict  ac- 
cordance with  the  details  given  in  the  Old  Tes- 
tament. 

— Loi'is.  king  of  Portugal,  and  son-in-law  of 
the  lat€  king  of  Italy,  Victor  Emanuel,  is  under 
such  an  apprehension  or  fear  of  being  assassin- 
ated, that,  it  is  said,  he  will  travel  ou  the  river 
Tigris  only  in  a  war  frigate,  and  has  also  placed 
extra  guards  around  his  royal  palace. 

— The  question  referred  to  the  Lutheran 
Conference  at  the  last  convention:  "Slmllthe 
women  of  our  congregation  be  allowed  to  vote 
at  the  flection  of  a  pastor?  "  has  been  fully 
discussed  by  the  conferences,  and  they  have 
passed  resolutions  against  such  a  privilege. 

— Thr  Primitive  Methodist  church  of  Eng- 
land is  considered  the  poorest  Christian  commu- 
nity iu  that  country,  and  yet  it  raised  last  year 
§150,000  for  misHionary  purposes.  This  was  an 
average  of  one  dollar  for  every  member  of  the 
denomination,  and  a  higher  average  than  that 
of  most  of  the  wealthier  denominations. 

— Most  of  our  Indian  wars  have  had  their 
origin  iu  broken  promises  upon  our  part.  Their 
advances  in  civilization  have  been  slow  because 
the  treatment  they  received  did  not  permit  it  to 
be  faster.  We  cannot  expect  them  to  follow 
our  guidance  unless  we  keep  faith  with  them 
and  respect  their  rights. 

— The  Russian  Greek  church  possesses  38,- 
C02  churches,  including  cathedrals;  12,SC0  chap- 
els and  oratories;  18,687  arch-priests,  priests, 
deacons  and  precentors;  5C,500,0OO  members,  of 
which  29.000,000  are  women  and  27,000,000  are 
men.  The  sums  received  by  Ihe  church  during 
the  year  amount  to  §9,000,000. 

— The  city  authorities  of  Boston  have  order- 
ed a  Mrs.  Lincoln  to  keep  her  two  pet  lions, 
now  two  and  a,'lhalf  years  old,  in  cage.  She 
ridicules  the  idea  of  there  being  any  danger  iu 
allowing  them  the  freedom  of  her  house.  She 
claims  that  at  anyfj  rate  they  are  her  own,  and 
that  the  risks  run  from  them  tire  hers;  hut  the 
authorities  think  dilferently.  They  insist  that 
there  is  no  kuoiving  what  a  lion  may  take  a  no- 
tion to  do.  They  might  eat  her  up.  They  might 
devour  some  other  person-  TLe.'o  Boston  au- 
thorities are  wise  men — about  lions.  But  these 
same  Boston  authorities  allow  in  their  cily  two 
thousand  grogshops,  of  the  moat  rampant  and 
rapacious  sort,  known  to  be  infinitely  destruct- 
ive and  cruel! 


November    28. 


TI-XE    BI-tETHKEN"    A.T    "VVOKIC 


OORRBSFONDBlsrOE. 


From  Jones'  Mills,  Pa. 

Dan-  Brclhnit:— 

AS  (in  it«ni  of  news  I  will  just  say  to  the 
brethren  naA  sisters  tliat  our  Love-feast 
in  Hie  Indiiiii  Creek  bnuicb,  Westmoreland  Co., 
Pa.,  is  now  among  the  things  of  the  past. 

By  specidl  request  Bro.  Stephen  Hildebrand 
wiis  with  us.  Also,  elder  Abraham  Summy 
Bio.  Silas  Hoover  and  John  llyer?,  from  ml- 
joining  districts,  with  Bro.  J.  B.  Miller  from 
Bedford  Co.,  were  with  us.  AH  seemed  to  take 
a  good  interest  in  the  meeting  and  preached  thi 
Word  with  power.  The  meeting  commenced 
on  the  12th  and  closed  on  the  evening  of  the 
14th  of  October,  Two  souls  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism.  The  meeting  was  largely 
attended.  Only  half  the  people  present  could 
be  seated  in  the  house.  The  order  anioug  the 
spectators  was  not  quite  as  good  as  it  might 
have  buen.  If  only  the  people  wonid  fear  the 
Lord,  and  learn  to  respect  his  people.  Other- 
wise the  meeting  was  good.  Doubtless  good 
impressions  were  made  and  resolutions  formed 
that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  May  the 
Lord  help  us  all  to  treasure  up  the  good  seed 
sown,  aud  carry  out  the  principles  of  the  same 
in  our  daily  walk  and  conversation. 

D.  D.  HonNEii. 


ing  and   one  in   the  evening,   when   the   two 
above-named  brethren  spoke  in   the   forenoon, 
and  Bro.  Hollinger  in  the  evening.     Hope  that 
all  were  benefited  by  the  services. 
Yours  in  Christ, 

C.  L.  Pfoi-tz. 
Nov.  mil. 


B 


From  Milford,  Ind. 

J).vrBrc(lirai.— 
Y  the  kind   hand  of  providence   I   had   the 


pleasure  of  meeting  with  the  breth; 
the  Tippecanoe  district,  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  on 
the  12  of  Nov.,  at  their  Communion. 

Bro.  Berkey  had  the  oversight  of  that  dis- 
trict for  two  years  or  more,  but  told  them,  he 
would  soon  leave  there,  as  he  intended  soon  to 
start  lor  Texas,  there  to  locate  a  colony  and  or 
gauize  a  church.  He  then  preached  his  farewell 
sermon,  and  so  many  tears  as  were  shed  at  that 
time,  I  have  not  seen  for  some  time. 

Bro,  Berkey  thought  it  a  good  idea  to 
across  Red  River,  and  there  tell  the  good,  old 
Gospel  story.  Who  will  go  and  do  likewise? 
This  is  a  good  missionary  movement.  The 
brethren  in  the  middle  aud  Western  States 
ought  to  give  this  subject  a  serious  thought. 
Remember  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Louisiana  and 
Florida,  and  perhaps  other  States,  that  have 
never  had  the  doctrine  of  Christ  preached  in  it? 
ancient  purity,  as  believed  and  practiced  by  the 
Brethren. 

Many  of  the  territories  have  not  yet  heard  a 
brother  preach,  and  often  we  hear  many  Mace- 
donian cries  for  the  bread  of  life. 

We  have  a  brother  living  here,  who,  twenty 
years  ago,  left  the  Mew  England  States.  Re- 
cently he  went  back  to  vi-slt,  and  his  singular 
appearance  excited  their  curiosity,  which  made 
them  ask  him  many  questions  in  regard  to  his 
religious  principles. 

The  inijuirj-  naturally  comes  up  in  our  mind, 
why  not  go  down  there  and  explain  the  Gos- 
pel more  fnlly  unto  them?  What  do  the  Breth- 
ren East  say  to  that?  The  command  is,  "  Go 
into  all  the  world,"  and  that  is  a  part  of  the 
world.  Let  the  church  awake  to  her  duty,  and 
God  will  not  withhold  his  blessings. 

J.  H.  Miller. 

jYoi..  IS. 


From  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

Driir  Brfihrm.-— 

I  AM  sorry  to  say  that  we  have  not  as  good 
news  to  give  as  some.  There  have  been 
but  very  few  additions  last  year.  The  Breth- 
ren still  try  to  sow  the  seed,  hoping  the  har- 
vest is  not  far  distant,  when  we  will  have  a 
bountiful  harvest  of  souls, 

Yesterday  we  held  onr  quarterly  council- 
meeting.  Bro.  Daniel  Heller  and  Bro.  Daniel 
Hollinger  from  Cumberland  Co.  were  with  us. 
All  piLssed  off  very  pleasantly,  which  is  very 
gratifying  indeed.  It  is  pleasant  to  attend 
council-meeting  where  all  are  of  the  same  mind 
and  speak  the  same  thing.  fAn  election  was 
held  for  a  deacon,  the  choice  falling  on  Bro.  J. 
H.  Bosserinan.  May  he  ever  have  the  grace  of 
God  to  sustain  him  in  his  duties,  so  that  he 
may  be  a  helper  in  the  church,  aiding  to  guide 
the  Gospel  ship  up  the  rugged  channel  through 
which  she  must  pass.  And  as  much  depends 
upon  the  faithfulness  of  the  deacons,  may  he 
receive  plentj-ous  grace  to  be  one  of  God's  serv- 
ants, whose  examples  may  be  worthy  of  imita- 
tion, and  his  zj'al  be  kept  alive  by  the  hope  of 
obtaining  a  crown  over  in  the  other  world.  — 
There  all  that  are  faithful  will  get  a  reward  in 
that  blissful  abode. 

To-day  held  two  meetings,  one  in  the  mom- 


From  the  Mission  Field. 

Dear  Birthrnr— 

YESTERDAY  I  came  to  this  place,  where  I 
expect  to  remain  a  week  or  ten  days,   (if 
the  Lord  will, 

I  labored  one  week,  about  ten  miles  West  of 
Henry,  Mai-shall  Co.,  with  about  the  same  re- 
sult as  in  Bureau  Co.  Good  interest  manifest- 
ed both  in  attendance  aud  attention;  a  general 
assent  being  given  to  the  truth  presented,  but 
the  parable  of  the  Savior  is  applicable  thus  far 
in  my  labors.  They  all  with  one  accord 
sent 

MAKING  EXCt'SES. 

One  says,  I  have  bought  a  piece  of  Imid  and 
am  in  debt,  and  may  get  into  trouble,  before  I 
get  through;  I  pray  thee  have  meexeused.  An- 
other says,  I  have  bought  some  oxen,  and  they 
trespass  on  my  neighbor's  corn.  Ho  has  such 
bad  fences,  aud  they  are  so  provoking.  I  may 
get  into  trouble  with  neighbor  B.  about  it.  So 
I  pray  thee,  have  me  excused  for  the  present. 

Another,  I  must  first  be  reconciled  to  neigh- 
bor A.  He  is  oll'euded  at  me  for  some  reason, 
and  I  am  sure  I  never  done  him  any  harm  or 
laid  a  single  thing  in  his  way,  so  I  cannot  come 
now. 

Another,  the  doctrine  you  preach,  is  all  true 
cording  to  the  Scriptures,  and  I  always  liked 
the  Dunkard  church.  I  believe  they  are  nearer 
right  according  to  the  Scriptures  than  any  otiv 
pr  people.  Yet  I  think  you  are  more  particular 
than  you  need  he  in  some  things.  You  require 
the  sisters  to  have  their  heads  covered  ivhile  in 
worship,  and  I  think  the  hair  is  given  for  a 
covering,  and  if  another  covering  is  required,  I 
don't  think  it  must  necessarily  be  a  cap,  why 
not  a  bonnet  or  a  handkerchief? 

Another  says,  I  believe  Trine  Immersion  in 
baptism  is  nearest  the  reading  of  the  commis- 
sion given  by  the  Savior  to  the  disciples  in 
Matt.  28,  but  I  cannot  see  why  one  dip  will  not 
do  just  as  well. 

Again  another  says,  I  cannot  see  the  proprie- 
ty of  washing  one  another's  feet  in  this  age.  It 
is  true  the  Savior  did  it,  commanded  it  to  His 
disciples  and  gave  them  the  example  how  they 
should  practice  it,  but  I  think  he  only  meant 
to  teach  them  humility.  The  apostles  wished 
to  know  which  of  them  should  be  the  greatest 
in  the  kingdom  of  God;  hence  he  taught  them, 
that  we  should  rather  choose  to  be  a  servant,  or 
as  a  little  child. 

Here  another,  I  am  .satisfied  that  to  salute 
one  another  with  a  holy  kiss  is  frequently  com- 
manded by  the  apostles,  but  it  does  seen 
that  a  hearty  handshake  would  auswer  the  same 
purpose  in  this  more  enlightened  age. 

Another,  I  always  love  to  hear  the  Brethren 
preach,  that  we  shall  love  our  enemies,  for  the 
Savior  said  so,  and  I  know  it  will  work  well  in 
community,  for  love  will  work  no  ill  to  his 
neighbor,  aud  I  know  if  we  feed  him  when  he 
is  hungry,  and  give  him  drink  when  he  is  thirs- 
ty, it  will  do  him  more  good  than  anything 
else,  we  could  do  to  him.  But  I  do  not  see  how 
I  would  get  along  if  the  robber  would  come 
and  murder  me  or  my  family;  or  the  enemy 
would  come  against  our  country  and  we  would 
likely  be  overcome,  I  am  pretty  sure  I  would 
fight  the  enemy  and  I  cannot  do  that  and  love 
him  at  the  same  time.  So  I  pray  thee,  have 
me  excused. 

Just  such  a  string  of  frivolous  excuses,  with 
many  others,  we  hear  oflered  time  and  again, 
"  am  even  intelligent  people,  after  laboring 
ith  and  for  them  with  the  little  ability  God 
has  given,  to  convince  them  of  the  necessity  of 
obeying  Jesus,  and  of  the  awful  consequences 
of  living  in  disobedience  to  the  divine  will  of 
Goit,  and  knowingly 

NEOLELTINQ  THEIH  Dl'TY, 

We  are  forced  to  turn  away  with  a  sad  heart, 
bleeding  because  of  their  hardness,  and  exclaim 
the  language  of  Isaiah  49:  4,  "I  have  la- 
bored in  vain.  I  have  spent  my  strength  for 
naught  and  in  vain."  With  a  heart  softened 
with  love  to  the  sinner,  (and  which  no  one  can 
realiV,e  but  a  faithful  servant  of  Jesus),  and 
with  eyes  bathed  in  tears,  he  can  only  repeat, 
(not  sing)  the  appropriate  language  of  the 
hymn: 

"  Who  can  describe  the  pain. 

Which  faithful  preachers  feel, 
Constrained  to  speak  in  vain, 
To  hearts  as  hard  as  steel. 
But  who  can  tell  tiie  joy  that's  felt, 
When  stubborn  hearts  begin  to  melt.       I 


In  conclusion  I  would  say  to  many  among 
whom  I  have  gone,  and  by  whom  I  was  kindly 
treated,  that  none  of  the  excuses  above  alluded 
to,  or  any  others  you  may  feel  to  offer,  justify 
you  in  the  presence  of  the  judge  of  all  the 
earth  for  a  neglect  of  your  duty;  hence  we  still 
entreat  you  not  to  slight  your  dear  Savior,  who 
hiLs  done  and  stift'ered  so  much  foryou.  Though 
you  may  lightly  pass  by  the  entreaties  and  in- 
vitations of  the  minister,  we  humbly  pray  you 
to  yield  to  the  convictions  of  your  hearts,  and 
obey  the  Word  of  the  Lord  and  heed  the  voica 
of  the  good  Shepherd,  lest  the  time  come,  when 
he  shall  say,  "because  ye  have  set  at  nought  my 
counsel,  and  would  none  of  my  reproof,  I  also 

:il  laugh  at  your  calamity;  I  will  mock  when 
your  tear  cometh  as  desolation,  and  your  de- 
struction as  a  whirlwind.  Then  you  shall  call; 
but  he  will  not  answer.  You  shall  seek  him 
early,  but  shall  not  find  him.  Prov.  1. 
Your  Brother  in  Christ, 

Enoch  Eby. 

Lacon,  III.,  Nor.  12tii. 


council-meeting  the  question  of  feet-washifig 
came  up,  and  all  agreed  to  practice  the  single 
mode.  1  must  say,  I  never  saw'  as  good  order 
imd  less  confusion  attending  the  ordinance,  as 
on  this  occasion. 

Sunday  the  10th,  met  at  liJ  o'clock,  where 
:  previously  announced,  brother  John  Hart's  fun- 
eral was  preached  by  brethren  Hendricks  and 
Cripe.  Sunday  evening  met  at  lamp-light;  was 
addressed  by  brother  Cripe,  with  a  few  appro- 
priate farewell  remarks,  by  brother  Billhimer, 
Now  our  meeting  closed,  and  we  all  feel  sorry 
to  part  with  our  dear  Brethren;  but  we  feel 
that  the  Lord  has  blessed  us.  We  had  a  good 
time  together,  and  we  would  say  to  the  Breth- 
ren, come  again.  Hope  the  Lord  will  bless  us 
all,  is  my  prayer.  T.  M.  Calvf.rt. 


Prom  Mogadore,  Ohio. 

J)rar  Bivtlir,:)!.-— 

OUR  Love-feast  came  off  Oct.  8th  at  onr 
meeting-house  in  the  Springfield  church. 
The  weather  was  fine  and  all  passed  off  in 
the  best  of  order.  A  large  niimber  of  mem- 
bers communed.  There  were  twenty-one  min- 
isters present.  A  few  days  previous,  we  were 
informed  by  Bro.  Sadler  of  Nankin,  Ohio,  that 
onr  Communion  would  be  represented  by  about 
forty  members  from  Ashland  Co.,  and  that  they 
expected  conveyance  from  Akron  to  the  meet- 
ing, distance,  s\x  miles.  Ashland  is  aLout  six- 
ty miles  West  from  here,  and  they  were 
brought  in  on  the  A.  &  E.  W.  R.  R.  on  half- 
fare  excursion  rates.  We  very  much  enjoyed 
their  visit.  There  was  however  a  general  ex- 
sion  of  regret  by  the  members  here  and 
othei-s  that  their  visit  was  so  short,  as  they  all 
went  home  the  next  morning  and  had  to  be  at 
the  depot  by  6i30  A.  M.  We  had  no  time  to 
get  acquainted  with  but  very  few.  We  hope 
when  they  come  again,  they  will  make  their  ai- 
ngements  to  stay  longer. 
When  the  train  arrived  they  were  all  there, 
but  one  young  sister  had  lost  her  ticket.  May 
fact  sink  deeply  into  each  and  eveiy  heart, 
for  the  time  will  come  at  the  great  Judgment 
day,  when  we  will  "all  be  there."  But  will 
there  be  any,  that  have  lost  their  tickets  ?  In 
this  world  we  can  procure  other  tickets,  but 
there  it  will  be  forever  too  late. 

To  the  best  of  u^v  knowledge  the  Springfield 

church  is  in   union,  peace  and  harmony.     No 

discord  among  the  members,  of  any   kind,  for 

hich  we  should,  and  I   hope   we  all   do  feel 

thankful  to  the  Giver  of  all  good. 

To  our  brethren  and  sisters  that  were  here 
from  a  distance,  I  would  say,  if  we  should  nev- 
er see  each  other  again  in  this  troublesome 
world,  may  we  so  live  that  we  will,  when  our 
pilgrimage  here  is  brought  to  a  close,  be  so  hap- 
py iis  to  meet  again  in  the  celestial  regions  of 
love,  in  the  Paradise  of  God,  where  parting  will 
be  known  no  more,  where  all  is  peace  and  love, 
and  where  we  can  enjoy  the  sweet  music  of  the 
heavenly  choirs  and  sing  the  songs  of  praise 
forevermore.  J.  Misbler. 


From  Allison,  IlL 

DmrBreilimi.— 

THE  Brethren  here  have  just  closed  a  plea.s- 
ant  series  of  meetings,  which  commenced 
with  our  council  of  Nov.  2nd.  Sunday,  the 
3rd,  our  meeting-house,  was  dedicated,  and  an 
appropriate  address  delivered  by  Elder  Isaac 
Billhimer  to  a  large  and  attentive  audience. 

Right  here  I  would  say.  we  are  under  many 
obligations  to  our  dear  brother,  George  W. 
Cripo  for  his  untiring  energy,  and  Keal  for  the 
cause  in  erecting  us  so  comfortable  a  house, 
where  we  can  meet  and  worship  God. 

Bro.  Billhimer  preached  Sunday  night  to  a 
crowded  house.  Upon  giving  an  invitation, 
one  man,  a  member  of  Disciple  church  came 
forward,  desiring  to  unite  with  us.  Another 
applicant  on  Monday  night,  and  two  on  Tues- 
day night,  making  in  all  four  persons.  Bro. 
Billhimer  still  continued  the  meeting  alone  up, 
to  Friday,  the  8th,  when  brethren  John  Metz-' 
gar,  Joseph  Hendricks.  G.  W.  Cripe,  and  S.  M. 
and  M.  Forney  came  to  his  assistance.  Satur- 
day, the  !)th  met  at  the  church  at  nine  o'clock. 
After  services  all  went  to  to  the,  water,  where 
|japtism  was  administ<Ted  to  the  above-named 
applicants,  according  to  Christ's  command. 

At  four  o'clock  P.  M.  all  met  again  at  the 
church  for  examination  services,  preparatory  to 
Love-feaat,  Qnite  a  riiimber  of  bi'ethren 
and  sisters  from  adjoining  churches  were  pre- 
sent and  right  here  I  would  remark  that  at  our 


From  Blountville,  Tenn. 

BROTHER  Joseph  Wine  and  I  left  our 
homes  for  Mitchell  Co  ,  in  North  Caro- 
liiia,  ou  a  mission  of  love,  about  the  1st  of 
August.  We  reached  the  place  on  the  0th  of 
Aug.  The  next  day  we  attended  meeting  at 
Brumit's  Creek.  Attendance  snmll,  but  good 
attention  to  the  Word  preached.  We  contin- 
ued preaching  twice  a  day  until  the  10th;  the 
congregation  increasing  all  the  time.  On  the 
loth  we  held  church  meeting  with  the  dear 
brethren  and  sistera,  and  tried  to  set  in  order 
things  that  were  out  of  order;  and  reclaimed 
one  sister.  Meeting  again  at  night  and  the 
next  day,  it  being  Sunday,  the  attentjance  was 
large,  with  good  attention.  We  then  returned 
home  and  found  all  well.  Thank  the  Lord  for 
the  blessing.  A  few  days  after  we  left  there 
were  five  added  to  the  church  by  ba4)ti3m.  On 
the  28th  and  29th  of  September  brother  F.  W. 
Dove  and  other  brethren  visited  them.  They 
held  a  Communion  with  them,  and  baptized 
fourteen  and  reclaimed  one  or  two.  So  we  say 
in  the  language  of  Paul :  "  Paul  may  plant  and 
Appollos  may  water,  but  God  gives  the  in- 
crease." We  confess  the  hand  of  the  Lord  waa 
in  the  work;  and  to  Him  belongs  all  the  praise- 
Brother  Wine  and  myself  visited  the  same 
place  again  the  10th  of  Oct.  Found  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  well  aud  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. Thank  the  Lord,  for  His  mercies  endur- 
forever.  On  the  11th,  we  commenced 
meeting  at  Brumit's  Creek  meeting-house.  We 
tinued  preaching  twice  a  day  until  the  17th. 
We  had  good  congregations  all  the  time.  We 
truly  had  a  feast  of  fat  things.  Many  were 
made  to  cry,  "  what  must  we  do?"  We  told 
them  to  bring  forth  fruits  worthy  of  repentance, 
and  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus,  for  the 
remission  of  sins,  in  order  to  receive  the  re- 
freshing showers  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord. 
We  can  truly  say  with  King  David,  the  Lord 
hath  done  great  things  for  the  people  in  that 
country,  whereof  we  are  ghid.  We  were  made 
to  believe  that  the  Lord  added  unto  the  church, 
'hile  we  stayed  with  the  Brethren  there, 
thirty-four  confessed  and  were  baptii^ed.  We 
hope  and  pray  that  they  will  let  their  light 
shine  like  a  city  that  is  set  upon  a  hillj  which 
can  not  be  hid,  and  thereby  be  an  ornament  to 
the  church  and  a  light  to  the  world. 

Some  of  the  brethren  from  Washington  Co., 
Tenn.,  visited  a  brother  in  Pake  county  North 
Carolina  and  preached  Jesus  and  Him  crucified, 
and  about  twelve  or  thirteen  believed  and  were 
baptized.  HjiKRy  Garst, 


From  Brownsville,  Missouri. 

ACCORDING  to  previous  arrangements  I 
left  home  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  23rd,  to 
attend  a  few  appointments  in  Cass  Co.  I  ar- 
rived the  second  evening,  by  conveyance,  a  dis- 
tance of  about  seventy  or  seventy-five  miles. — ■ 
Preached  five  discourses  and  baptized  one, 
Unfortunately  our  notice  of  coming  was  not 
received  until  two  days  before  onr  arrival;  bo 
our  meeting  at  first  was  not  well  attended, 
from  a  lack  of  a  proper  notice.  Another  draw- 
back was,  that  the  general  community  did  not 
know  until  about  the  last  day  or  so,  that  there 
was  English  preaching,  as  the  Brethren  there 
had  secured  the  Menuonites'  meeting-houae  for 
our  services,  iu  which  they  preach  exclusively 
the  German  language.  They,  the  Mennonites, 
have  a  large  membership.  Their  hospitality 
towards  us  there  made  us  feel  like  we  were 
about  at  home.  Their  plainness  and  neatness 
added  much  to  encourage  us.  There  were 
about  forty  of  theirsislers  present  on  Sunday; 
and  they  in  every  respect,  resembled  those  of 
our  own  sisters.  But  I  found  trouble  and  con- 
fusion in  their  ranks,  which  as  a  matter  of 
course  destroys  and  disturbs  a  true  fellowship; 
M-  dissatisfaction  exists.  Some  have  not 
handed  in  their  letters  of  membership,  and  the 
most,  if  not  all  of  them,  have  relatives  that  are 
members  of  our  church,  and  they   seem   to  be 


8 


THCK   BRETKCREjST    ^T    -WORK:. 


November     ii8 


warmly  altncheii  to  our  clinrch.  Their  minis- 
ter expressed  this  to  me,  as  did  some  others.— 
The  interest  in  our  meetings  increased  and  the 
congregation  enlarged,  and  we  received  many 
earnest  solicitations  to  contiiuie  our  meetings 
longer,  and  I  believe  mueh  good  would  have 
resulted,  if  we  lia/l  complied,  but  owine  to  con- 
aiderable  uneasiness  in  regard  to  the  health  of 
our  family,  nnt  leaving  them  very  well,  we -were 
pressed  toclosa  and  return  home;  but  fortunate- 
ly found  all  in  pretty  good  heMth.  The  Shep- 
herd soon  learns  to  love  His  flock.  I  do  think- 
that  I  never  became  more  greatly  attached  to  n 
congregation,  than  I  did  there  in  so  short  a 
time.  There  were  t*ars  shed  freely  in  our  clos- 
ing services.  One  sister  said  there  were  more 
tears  slied  than  she  ever  saw  in  that  house  he- 
fore.  Now  I  certainly  am  forced  to  the  con- 
clusion, that  the  Brethren  can  do  much  good 
there.  Hence  this  lengthy  detail  of  affairs  so 
as  to  induce  onr  ministering  Brethren  who 
live  more  convenient  to  attend  and  fill  this  op- 
portunity to  do  good.  There  is  no  use  in  hold- 
ing one  or  two  meetiugs  there  at  a  time,  unless 
it  is  regularly  kept  up,  but  if  the  brethren  go 
in  thereto  preach,  they  should  calculate  to 
slay  and  labor  as  long  as  there  is  a  prospect  of 
doijig  good.  We  have  eight  members  there 
now.  They  have  a  beautiful  country — rich  and 
fertile,  plenty  of  water  and  timber.  Those  em- 
igrating would  do  well  to  see  tlus  country. — 
May  God  prosper  the  cause  there,  imd  give 
thosefew  members  the  consolation  aud  com- 
forb  of  a  large  membership. 

D.  L.  Williams. 

From  Woodland,  Michigan. 

Deitr  lii-elhrai.— 

I  WILL  give  a  short  sketch  of  our  meetings 
in  the  Woodland  church.  Brother  Yount, 
of  Ohio,  came  to  us  October  lOth,  comnipnced 
a  series  of  meetings  on  the  20tli  and  preached 
sixteen  interesting  sermons,  holding  forth  the 
Word  with  power,  and  encouraging  the  church 
to  press  onward,  aud  warning  sinners  to  flee 
the  wrath  to  come.  May  the  Lord  reward  him 
for  his  labor  of  love.  We  ore  glad  to  say 
there  were  four  additions  by  baptism.  Foui 
young  sisters  formed  the  good  resolution  to  for- 
sake sin  and  enlist  under  the  banner  of  King 
iTesus,  We  hope  they  may  prove  faithful  — 
May  all  true  ministei's  be  encouraged  aud  Idbui 
on  in  the  vineyai-d  of  the  Lord  as  faithlul 
watchmen,  standing  upon  the  walls  ot  Zi 
and  if  we  are  no  more  permitted  to  meet  them 
here,  hope  we  may  alt  meet  where  there  ■will 
be  no  more  separation  in  the  portals  of  eteiniil 
glory.  Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  all  be 
earnestly  engaged  in  prayer  to  God,  for  the 
peace  and  prosperity  of  Zion. 

Marv  C.  Flory. 


From  Central  Pennsylvania. 

IT  has  been  my  privilege  to  att«nd  the  fol- 
lowing meetings:  On  the  8th  of  October, 
met  with  the  Brethren  of  BuiFalo  Valley,  Un- 
ion Co.,  Pa.,  at  a  Love-feast.  Good  weather, 
fair  attendance,  and  excellent  behavior,  by  the 
congregation  present.  '  This  church  seems  to 
be  in  a  pi-opperous  condition  at  present;  up- 
wards of  fifty  haying  been  added  bj-  baptism 
the  past  year. 

On  the  lOti^,  was  permitted  to  meet  with  the 
Brethren  of  Lost  Creek  congregation,  Juniata 
Co.  We  had  an  enjoyable  meeting.  Every- 
thing seemed  to  pass  off  pleasantly.  One  adc 
to  the  fold.  Oct.  14th,  was  the  time  appointed 
by  the  Brethren  of  Spring  Run,  Mifflin  Co., 
for  their  Feast,  Before  the  meeting  commenc- 
ed, ouo  sister  was  baptized.  A  strong  ministe- 
rial force  was  present,  among  whom  was  Bro. 
J.  Quinter.  Also  a  very  large  attendance  of 
members,  quite  a  number  not  having  room  at. 
the  tables  during  the  evening  exercises,  A 
Sunday-school  Convention  having  been  called 
to  meet  at  this  place  on  the  15th  ;it  was  called 
to  order  in  the  evening  at  G  o'clock,  and  organ- 
ized by  electing  brother  John  Spanogle,  Moder- 
ator, brotlier  S.  W.  Boliuger,  Transcribing 
Secretary  and  W.  J,  Swig.irt,  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Four  sessions  of  the  convention 
were  held,  and  thirteen  schools  represented  by 
delegates  and  four  by  letter.  A  number  of  im- 
portant subjects  were  discussed,  and  a  pleasant 
and  harmonious  feeling  seemed  to  inspire  all 
present. 

The  church  here  at  Lewistown,  early  in  the 
Fall  decided  to  hold  their  Love-feast  on  the 
8th  of  November,  aud  to  have  the  occasion 
preceded  by  a  series  of  meetings.  The 
Brethren  of  adjoining  churches  coming  to  our 
assietance,  we  hod  meeting  continonsly  in  the 
evening,  from  the  second  until  the  12th  ult., 
and    part  of  the  time  during  the  day.     The 


ministerial  help  present  iluriTig  our  Love-feast 
was  ample. 
The  church  believing  that  an  increase  in  her 
inisterial  would  be  beneficial  to  the  cause,  a 
choice  was  held,  and  brother  Albert  Steinbnr- 
was  elected  and  properly  received  as  an  as- 
sistant in  the  ministry.  While,  as  the  Immedi- 
ate result  of  these  meetings  we  can  chronicle 
but  two  additions,  we  fondly  hope  the  seed 
ao  liberally  sown  will  in  God's  own  time,  yield 
an  abundant  harvest. 

George  S.  Myers. 
Leimioivn^  Pa. 

From  J.  S.  Flory. 

TRULY  Kansas  City  is  one  of  the  most  en- 
terprising and  flourishiug  cities  in  the 
great  West,  being  a  great  R.  R.  center.  Trains 
may  be  heard  moving  to  and  fro  every  hour  of 
the  day  and  night.  At  the  Union  depot  we 
notice  a  crowd  of  travelers  all  the  time.  The 
emigration  into  Kansas,  to  say  nothing  of  other 
points  to  which  many  are  bound,  isimmens 
yes  we  might  say  astonishing!  We  noticed  the 
roads  lined  with  emigrant  wagons  and  the 
cars  are  crowded.  The  railroad  companies 
holding  out  every  inducement  to  pei-sons  to 
come  and  settle  along  their  lines.  Many  will 
no  doubt,  find  good  home  and  prosper,  but  we 
fear  many  mil  meet  with  unlooked  for  disap- 
pointments and  have  to  suffer  more  or  less.— 
On  yesterday  we  accompanied  a  gentleman,  (an 
earnest  worker  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  thi 
usually  found  in  our  hospitals  aud  persons),  to 
the  city  hospital,  and  by  request,  had  relig- 
ious services.  One  can  find  there,  food  for 
thought,  in  regard  to  the  dire  consequences  of 
disobeying  the  laws  of  our  being  and  the  h 
eutable  consequences  of  turning  fi-om  the  path 
of  virtue  to  that  of  immortality.  We  had 
interesting  conversation  with  an  old  colored 
woman,  who  is  over  one  hundred  years  of  age. 
She  says  she  well  recollects  the  revolutionary 
wai'.  Was  nurse  during  one  siege  of  the  yel- 
low fever  at  New  Orleans.  Says  she  saw  them 
dump  the  dead  out  of  carts  into  pits,  just  like 
so  many  rock. 

Prom  the  hospital  we  went  to  the  work- 
house, where  we  found  sixteen  men  and  si.'s 
women  behind  iron  bare,  with  heavy  clanking 
chains  on  their  limbs.  Some  \vere  young  men 
of  fair  appearance,  but  whiskey  brought  th 
there.  Oht  thatthe  young  man  of'the  land 
would  only  shun  this  monster  demon — i 
The  saloons  stand  open  night  and  day,  holding 
out  every  inducement  to  ha,ve  men  and  woraeji 
enter  and  take  the  first  step  to  perdition.  It  is 
first  the  saloon,  then  the  work-house,  then  the 
jail,  then  the  penitentiary  or  gallows,  and  then 
— yea  young  man  what  then? — then — then  the 
tjaiciiinr)  <jiiff  of  fUninl  misery  and  icoe! 

Have  met  with  brother  Franklin  Holsiuger, 
since  here.  He  is  engaged  in  the  fruit  and 
nui-sery  business,  about  four  miles  from  the 
city;  there  being  a  small  body  of  members 
his  neighborhood.  I  have  an  appointment  to 
be  with  them  the  25th  iust. 

Kaiisns  City,  Mo. 


OLE^NINGS. 


From  J.  F.  Neht-r.-rln  No.  46,  page  7,  in 
the  Corrospomlence,  under  niy  name  it  should 
read.  Elder  David  Frant/.,  from  Maco^  Co., 
stead  of  Marion  Co.  .  '  ,  ^ 

Sit\m,  ni.   '   '  ■ '  ■         ' '  ■ 

From  Hudson,  la.— Dr.  J.  E.  Gilliu,  of 
Reinbeck,  Iowa,  having  very  puor  health,  aban- 
doned the  practiue  of  his  profession,  returned 
home,  and  was  enrolled  in  the  Lord's  army,  by 
baptisniou  last  Monday.     Daniel  Watters. 

From  Deep  Church,  Iowa.— We  held  o 
Love-feast  the   4th  of   Oct.      Brethren   Jacob 
Bromi,  Jacob  Snyder,   Daniel  'Brubaker  and 
Charles  Hilary,  were  the  strange  ministering 
brethren  present.     Two  were  baptised.     Mcet- 
ingcontinned  over  Sunday.     We   had  'a  'good 
meeting  and  had  rea-son  to  exclaim  with  one  of 
old,  "  Lord  it  is  good  for  us   to   he   here,"  and 
trust  we  were  all   strengthened  in   the  innei 
man.    Did  it  nut  encourage   ns  dear  brethrei] 
and  sisters  when  we  heard  the  Truth  pro'claim- 
ed  as  we  did?     I  pray  that  we  umy  live  nearer 
God  in  the  future.    It  is  not  only  the  ministers, 
hut  there  is  a  great  responsibility  resting  upon 
each  of  us.     We  all  have  a  work   to   perfor; 
and  our  influence  is  either  for  good   or  bad. 
May  God  help  us  to  still   go  oo  in   the   good 
work,  is   the  prayer  of  your  unworthy  sister. 
Jhstina  Miller, 

From  Briaghuvst,  Ind.— We,  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  Bachelor's  Run  church, 
our  church  council  November  12th;  and  the 
cloud  that  has  been  hanging  over  us  for  a  long 


',  has  been  removed,  and  the  church  is  in 
peace  and  union  again.  Amidst  all  our  troubles 

ire  once  in  a  while  made  to  rejoice,  that 
smnera  are  joining  in  vrith  the  people  of  God. 
A  few  days  ago  a  young  sister  was  carried  from 
a  dying  bed  and  Wiis  bapti/^d.  One  week  after 
;he  died,  in  the  triumphs  of  faith.  To-day 
three  more  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  May 
they  hold  out  faithful.  The  church  unanimous- 
ly agreed  to  hold  a  Love-feast. 

Hekry  Landis. 

From  Elk  Lick,  Pa.— I  came  to  this  place 
very  umvelll;  rested  two  days  and  then,  Nov. 
3rd,  commenced  preaching,  and  continued  our 
meeting  until  Nov,  llth.  Had  large  audiences 
all  the  time.  The  weather  was  not  very  favor- 
able, and  my  health  did  not  improve  mueh, 
but  I  did  the  best  I  could  under  the  circum- 
stances. A  brother  said  when  I  came  here, 
that  we  could  not  get  up  a  revival  as  there  was 
but  a  few  to  join  the  church.  The  result  of 
the  meeting  was,  twenty-eight  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism  and  atil!  more  said,  "  We 
arc  almost  persuaded  to  become  Christians." — 
May  the  good  Lord  bless  all  these  precious 
souls  and  othei-s,  that  they  may  soon  comi 
Many  thanks  to  the  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
for  their  kindness  and  especially  to  brother 
3.  C.  Keim,  with  whom  I  made  my  home  every 
night.  The  time  of  our  parting  now  came, 
and  many  farewells  were  given,  with  teai-s. — 
We  hope  to  meet  in  heaven,  if  no  more  on 
earth,  which  with  many  will  not  be  the  case. 
Oh  what  a  happy  meeting  when  saints  meet 
to  part  no  morel  God  keep  us  all  faithful  un- 
til death.  Jesse  CAL^•EHT. 

Xov.  13th,  ISrS. 


RANSBOTTOM.— At  the  residence  of  his  son 
near  Ada,  Ohio,  Nov.   13th,   Thomas   Rau.s- 
bottom,  father  of  brother  George   Rausbo 
torn,  ^ed  !19  years  and  10  months.     Fuueri 
services  by  brother  Eli  Beagle  and  the  writer, 

S.  T.  BOSSERSTAX. 

HORNER.- In  the  Bethel  church,  Fillmore 
Co.,  Neb.,  Florence,  infant  daughter  of  broth- 
er A.  M.  and  sister  Annie  S.  Horner,  July 
2ud,  ISTS,  aged  8  days.  Her  short  life  was 
suifering,  but  we  know  she  is  at  rest. 

L.  E.  Stump. 
HOFFMAN.— In   the   Indian   Creek   Branch, 
Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa.,   October  Slst,   Bro. 
Philip  W.  Hoffman,  aged  47  yeai-s,  2  mouths 
and  II  days. 
Brother   Philip  had   to   leave  this  world 
like  many  others,  quite  unexpected;  he  caught 
fast  in  a  tumbling  shaft  of  a  separator,  and 
so  badly  hurt  that  he  died  in  four  days,  at  the 
house  of  brother  John  Horner,  where  she   met 
with  the  fatal  accident.    He  had  his   senses  U 
the  last,  and  had  good  hopes  of  going  to  a  bet- 
tor world.     Funeral  services  in  Stahlstown,  iu 
the  Methodist  church  to  a  large   audience,  by 
J.  M.  Bennet  and  the  ivrit«r. 

D.  D.  HOBNBR. 

SHULTZ:— In  Clinton"  Co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  IGth, 
sister  Catherine  Shultz,  aged  61  years  and 
20  days. 

In  her  death  brother  Joshua  has  lost  a  be- 
loved companion,  the  children  a  kind  and  affec- 
tionate  mother,    ever  ready  to  administer    to 
their  wants;  the  church  h(is  lost  a  faithful  m  "" 
ber.     She  wasanouited  in  the  name  of  the  Loixl, 
some  ten  days  before  her  death,  by  elder  Daniel 
Fry,  from  III.,  while  on  his  visit  with  us.     She 
left  bright    and   glorious  evidence  of  having 
fallen  asleep  in  the  arms  of  her   Redeemer. 
Her  disease  was  thought  by  some  to  be  canci 
with  other  ba^ly  atHictions,  all  of  which  caused 
her  to  endure  much  pain  and  suffering,   which 
she  endured  ivith  much  patience,  and  seeming- 
ly resigned  to  the  ivill  of  the    Lord.     Funeral 
services  from  Rev.  14:  17,  by  the  brethren. 
Isaac  Baits. 
Primitive  Christian^  please  copij, 
CHRISTNER.- In  the  Indian  Creek   Branch, 
Pa.,  Nov.   7th,   aisteir  Magdalene'  Chiistner, 
Christner,  aged  62  years,   5  months  and  20 
days. 

In  the  death  of  sister  Christner  the  fumlly 

has  lost  a  pious  mother,  the   church   a  worthy 

member,  and  the  neighbors   u   good  citizen. — 

Funeral  services  in  the  Brethren's  church  to  a 

large  congregation,  by   Silas   Hoover  aud   the 

writer.  D.  D.  Uorkkb, 

HILARY.— Near  New  Sharon,   Mahaska   Co., 

Iowa,  Oct.  2Uth,lS78,  of  membraneous  croup, 

William  Henry,  only  son  of  brother   Charles 

and  sister  Lizzie  Hilary,  aged  4  years  aud   25 

days, 


His  suffering  w^s  severe,  but  of  short  dura- 
tion. Little  Willie  was  too  angelic  to  live  long 
in  this  world  of  sin.  He  was  ever  ready  to  do 
the  will  of  his  parent,  and  welcomed  all  with  a 
sweet  smile.  All  his  words,  were  mild.  Ho 
was  not  only  loved  by  his  parents,  but  was  his 
grandparents'  favorite,  among  their  children, 
and  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him,  winch 
wiis  proven   the  day  of  the  funeral,  as   there 

IS  a  largo  concoui-se  of  people  out  to  pay  the 
last  tribute  to  the  little  lamb,  whom  the  good 
Shepherd  saw  fit  to  call  home;  and  tears  were 
to  flow  from  every  eye,  when  they  took 
the  last  look  at  little  Willie.  He  lay  in  his 
little  coffin  as  if  naturally  sleeping.  Did  not 
look  as  if  death  had  chilled  bis  fair  brow. 

Brother  Hillarys  now  have  but  one  child, 
little  Martha,  who  is  in  her  sixth  year.  She 
was  never  known  to  strike  her  little  brother  in 
anger.  But  now  her  mate  is  gone.  May  she 
maintain  those  gentle  qualities,  and  should  she 
bo  spared  to  years  of  maturity,  may  she  make 
her  peace  with  God,  that  when  called  from 
time  to  eternity,  she  can  strike  glad  hands  mth 
her  angel  brother.  Little  children,  if  any  read 
this,  follow  little  Martha's  example.  Never 
strike  your  brothers  and  sisters  in  anger.  We 
deeply  sympathize  with  the  sorrowing  family. 
We  know  you  reel  beneath  the  stroke,  but 
your  sorrow  is  light,  compared  with  that  of 
parents  who  must  ?ee  death  claim  their  child- 
ren who  have  grown  to  mature  age  and  have 
not  made  that  most  needful  preparation.  You 
know  that  tittle  Willie's  sufferings  are  now  all 
over,  and  that  you  have  a  jewel  in  heaven. — 
The  lifeless  form  was  consigned  to  the  dark 
and  silent  tomb  on  the  22ud. 

Jestina  Mu,leh. 


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Dny  paasonger  Irnin    going  ens!  lenves  Lnnark     at  IV; 00 

P.  M..  BQii  arrives  iu  lUciue  of  C-AH  V.  M. 
Dny  pruscnger  train  going  wial  lesTea  Laoarli  at  J:08   P. 

M.,  and  arrives  at  Rook  Island  ■-  L:5l)  i'.  M 
Night  passenger  IminB,  going  out  iinti  neat,  meet   aad 

IcHve  LnDurk  at  2:18  A.  M.,  nrnimg  in  Kacinc  at  D:00 

A.    M.,   and   at   Rock  lalnnd  at  S:UU  A.  M. 
Proiglii  and  Accoinmodniion    Trninti    will   run    west    al 

12 :  10  A,  M.,    a;10  A.  M.,  and  cut   at  12 :  10  A.  M. 

and  5-  U,  P.  M. 

Ilrkeia  are  4}id   for  ah>Te   trolna   only.    Passenger 
trains  mjike  ehse  conncclion  at  Weslorn  Uoion  JuncliDn. 
Q.  A.  Shitu.  AgenL 

PassouRera  for  CJiic-wo  sliouM  U-avo  Lauiirlc  at 
la^ai  P.M.irun  to  the  Wi-sff-rn  Tui.ui   Jiiuctinu; 

tn-re  thev  necl  wjiit  I-pMIv i.,nt..<  r-i-   (ii..   r-iii. 

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train  at  Jive  ill  the  I'Vi'UJii),';  run  Niuitii 
U.  .lunction,  chnnt'e  ears  for  Lanaik,  ai 
liere  at  2:21  in  tlio  moniing. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'*  Behold  I  Brmg  You  Good  Tidn/nga  of  Great  Joy^  which  Shall  be  imto  All  P&yple^''  —  Ldke  2:  10. 


Vol-  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  December  5,  1878. 


No.  49. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEGKLr 

J.  H.  MOORE   &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

R.  H.  MILLER,       ------       LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  8TB1N,       ------       NEWTONIA,  MO. 

D.  VANIMAN, VUiDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  STENTZER,        -      -      -      -      -  WAYNESUORO,  PA. 
MATTIE  A.  LEAR,        -----      UHBAliA,    ILL. 


BY  J.  w.  socriiwoou. 

MililiL'a,  oil,  why  diii  you  Iciivu  us. 

Wlifii  you  know  we  loved  you  soV 
Wliy,  tlid  you  forsiikc  our  munsion, 

And,  up  to  tlic  Siivior  go. 

Oil,  WI3  know  that  .Teaus  called  you, 
Thyii  of  coui-sp  you  hail  to  go, 

]Jut  oiiv  home  is  sad  and  lonely. 
All  because  we  uiisa  you  so. 

But  we'll  try  in  heaven  to  meet  yoiL, 

Ami  lie  with  you  ovormorB; 
There  to  live  with  Christ  Oic  Suviov, 

On  that  happy  golden  shove. 

Yes,  dear  Mildred,  you  are  happy. 
With  your  .Savior  over  there. 

Free  from  sickness,  pain,  ami  suffering. 
In  tlie  land  that's  bright  and  f;iir. 

Oh,  dear  Mildred  may  we  meet  you 

1  n  the  glory  land  of  bliss ; 
There  we'll  part  no  more  in  sadness. 

As  we  have  done  here  in  this. 

Oh,  dear  parenbt,  love  the  Savior; 

Tiy  his  precepts  to  obey ; 
Tlivii  you'll  vfi  and  meet  yoiiv  de:ir  one,  ' 

XwX  with  it  forever  stay. 


STEIN  AM)  RAY  DEBATE, 

'^^  hs,  wt:  are  going  to  priot  the  de- 
liate  on  seperate  sheets  hereafter,  wt 
have  to  drop  back  one  week  in  order  to 
get  it  printed  in  time  for  folding  in  with 
the  paper,  and  for  that  reason  the  sup- 
plement will  not  appear  till  next  week, 
,ind  then  each  week  after  that. — Ed.s. 


THE  REPROACH  OF  CHRIST, 

BY  IIATTIK  A.  LEAK, 

"  By  faith  Moaes,  when  lie  was  come  to  yeara,  re- 
fused to  bi- called  the  son  of  riiavnoh'a  daughter; 
choosiufi  riither  to  sulTer  allliction  with  the  people 
of  God,  than  to  enjoy  the  plciistites  of  ain  for  a 
.season;  e.sleeming  the  reproach  of  Christ  g^'eater 
richea  tlian  the  treasures  of  Egypt;  for  he  liail  re- 
-jiect  unto  the  reeoinpeiise  of  the  reward."  Heb. 
il:24-:ia. 

TO  be  roproacbed,  is  to  be  an  object  of  blniue, 
censure,  acorn  or  derision.  Those  who  are 
familiar  with  the  history  of  our  Savior,  in  the 
riay.s  of  his  flesh,  know  that  according  to  tlie 
ibove  definition,  he  was  truly  an  object  of  re- 
l}roath.  But  it  may  be  asked,  "  How  could  one. 
who  lived  maiiy  hundred  years  before  the  iii- 
carDittion  of  Christ,  suffer  his  reproach"?  The 
l.romise  of  a  divine  Son  being  given  in  Eden, 
was  not  restricted  to  any  particular  family  un- 
til the  time  of  Abraham,  previous  to  that  time, 
ill!  nations  possessed  that  promise  in  common. 
Hut  when  the  promise  was  given  to  Abraliiini, 
that  he  should  be  the  progenitor  of  the  Messiah, 
this  promise  was  restricted  to  his  family  and 
i^ce,  hence  they  became  the  Messianic  people, 
md  consequently  were  the  envy  of  all  other 
people.  It  was  probably  for  this  cause  that  the 
ileacendauts  of  Abraham  were  hated  and  per- 
secuted by  other  nations.  They  sought,  if  pos- 
sible to  destroy,  or  at  least  to  invalidate  their 
i.lainis,  and  appropriate  their  glorious  privilvges 
to  themselves,  hence  the  divine  titles  and  claims 
of  the  kings  of  Egypt,   the   lofty  assumptions 


of  the  kings  of  Babylon,  the  anxiety  of  Alex- 
ander the  Great  to  be  recogni/.ed  as  the  divine 
son  of  Jupiter  Ammou,  and  to  receive  divine 
honors  from  the  priesthood,  also  the  blasphe- 
mous names  and  titles  of  the  kings  of  Syria.  It 
is  probable  tbat  the  design  of  crushing  out  the 

pectution  of  the  Messiah  from  among  the 
Jews,  and  transferring  these  claims  to  himself 
that  instigated  Autiochus  Epiphanes  to  his 
deeds  of  drea-Iful  cruelty.  Hence,  we  may  sup- 
pose that  the  snflerings  of  the  Hebrews  in 
Egypt,  were  at  least  partly  caused  by  tbe  hatred 
of  the  Egyptians,  prompted  by  (liisenvious  feel- 
ing. Therefore,  Moses,  who  hiid  a  high  appre- 
ciation of  the  distinguishing  honors,  and  glo- 
rious privileges  that  had  been  conferred  upon 
his  nation,  justly  "  esteemed  the  reproach  of 
Christ,  greater  riches  than  the  treasures 
Egypt."  No  marvel,  he  refused  to  be  called  the 
sou  of  Pharaoh's  daughf-er;  had  he  accepted  tbat 
position,  he  would  have  been  enrolled  among 
the  Pharaohs,  and  as  such  would  have  been  the 
recipient  of  earthly  honors  and  distinctions, 
but  as  such  he  would  have  forfeited  ail  the  spir- 
itual blessings  promised  to  the  house  of  Jacob. 

Thus  the  most  exalted  position  in  the  gift  of 
the.  world,  with  all  the  honors,  and  emoluments 
to  it  helougiug,  but  with  the  lossof  all  his  rights 
as  a  sou  of  Abraliam,  were  accessible  to  Moses 
on  the  oue  hand.  Poverty,  toil,  suffering,  re- 
proach in  this  world,  but  bright  visions  of  fu- 
ture glory,  were  acwjssibte  to  Moses  on  the  oth- 
er hand.  He  had  the  privilege  of  choice  between 
the  two;  he  accepted  the  latter,  or  as  the  apos- 
tle expresses  it.  "Choosing  rather  to  sufl'er  afflic- 
tion with  the  people  of  God,  than  to  enjoy  tbe 
pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season."  What  madness, 
says  the  wise  and  prudent  of  this  world,  thus 
wantonly,  to  refuse  a  throne.  What!  prefer  to 
cast  in  his  lot  with  these  poor  despised  toil-worn 
slaves,  these  ignorant  degraded  people,  when 
he  could  wield  the  proud  scepter  of  Egypt,  and 
associate  with  the  polished  and  refined?  The 
man  is  certainly  devoid  of  taste,  he  must  be 
bereft  of  reason.  But  such  is  tbe  worldly  side, 
the  surface  view  of  the  matter.  Moses  with  a 
more  profound  wisdom,  with  a  deeper  insight, 
could  see  far  more  glory,  far  more  dignity  in 
as.sociating  with  these,  then  despised,  down- 
trodden people,  than  to  wear  the  proud  diadem 
of  the  Pharaohs,  and  why?  because  these 
pie  were  the  recipients  of  the  most  trlorious 
promises  which  God  had  ever  vouchsafed  to 
man,  "  to  whom  pertained  the  adopliun,  and 
the  glory,  and  the  covenants,  and  the  giving  of 
the  law,  and  the  service  of  God,  and  the  prom- 
ises; \vhose  were  the  fathers,  and  of  whom  as 
concerning  the  flesh,  Christ  came,"  Rom.  9; 
4,5. 

Paul  tells  us  that  Moses  "  had  respect  unto 
the  recompense  of  the  reward;  for  he  endured, 
as  seeing  him  who  is  invisible."  By  an  eye  of 
faith,  Moses  could  span  the  long  period  of  years 
intervening  between  him  and  the  time  thi 
promised  Deliverer  should  take  upon  himself 
human  form.  He  was  permitted  to  see  his  hu- 
mility, his  lowliness,  his  ignominy,  his  snfler- 
ings. These  things  that  were  invisible  to  oth- 
ers of  less  faith  were  seen  by  Moses,  tbe  faith- 
ful servant,  and  he  esteemed  it  a  privilege  in- 
deed to  bear  the  reproach  of  Christ,  an  honor 
to  share  his  sufl'erings,  bis  shame;  an  honor  f( 
which  he  would  gladly  forego  the  trea-sures  of 
Egypt. 

To  willingly'  and  cheerfully  share  the  sufl'er- 
ings  of  Christ,  is  an  unmistakable  mark  of  true 
discipleship.  Upon  one  occasion,  when  Petei 
asked  his  Master,  what  they  who  hud  forsakei: 
all  for  him  should  have  Jesijs,  answered  him 
thus,  "  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  ye  which 
have  followed  me,  in  the  regeneration  when  the 
Sou  of  Man  shall  sit  in  thti  throne  of  his  gh 
ry,  ye  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones,  judg- 
ing the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel."  Regeueration 
means  the  new  birth,  the  change  from  carnal 
to  spiritual,  the  infusion  of  spiritual  into  the 
soul.    Now  says  the  Savior,  ye  that  have  fol- 


lowed me  in  the  regeneration,  ye  who  have  im-^ 
bibed  my  Spirit,  that  have  walked  in  my  foot- 
iteps,  that  have  obeyed  my  commands,  for  tjou 
there  is  great  honora  and  distinctions  in  re.'ier- 
m.  Spiritual  pride,  arrogance,  and  lofty 
pretentions  are  the  invariable  marks  of  false 
stems  of  religion.  Note  for  instance  the 
Pope  of  Rome  with  his  arrogant  assumptions 
of  authority  and   blasiihemous  titles,  claiming 

be  does,  spiritual  dooiiuion  over  all  Christen- 
dom, and  styling  himself,  or  permitting  him- 
self to  be  styled  the  vicar  of  Christ,  Lord  on 
earth,  ivith  many  other  extravagant  names,  al- 
so the  lofty  pretentions  of  Mahomet,  of  Joe 
Smith,  each  of  them  claiming  to  be  the  only 
true  prophet  of  God  through  whom  alone  he 
would  reveal  himself  to  the  world.  But  if  we 
examine  the  workings  of  either  of  the  above 
systems,  we  And  tbey  do  not  possess  in  the  least 
degree  the  principles  which  chaiacteriKc  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus  Christ;  on  the  contrary,  their 
fundamentals  are  the  exact  opposite  of  the  prin- 
ciples that  underlie  our  holy  religion. 

Meekness  was  the  grand  cardinal  virtue 
taught  and  practiced  by  our  Savior  and  by  him 
alone  was  it  flrst  inculcated,  hence  his  gracious 
invitation  is,  come  unto  me,  take  my  yoke  up- 
on you  and  learn  of  M£,  for  1  am  meek  and  low- 
ly in  mind.  Humility,  meekness  and  submis- 
sion, being  the  prominent  traits  in  our  Savior's 
character,  are  in  striking  cmiiraat  to  all  that, 
which  proceeds  from  the  carnal  or  unrenewed 
heart.  False  religions  have  had  their  martyrs, 
their  self-tortured  penitents,  devotees,  but  alone 
in  the  religion  that  emanated  from  Jesus,  is 
taught  true  humility  and  meekness.  Charity 
which  is  the  le^timate  fruit  of  these  principles, 
is  by  the  apostle  Paul  placed  first  in  the  catego- 
ry of  Christian  virtues.  So  important  is  this 
holy  principle  that  tbe  apostle  says,  though  he 
possess  all  knowledge,  all  power,  or  make  every 
sacrifice,  yet  if  he  is  devoid  of  charity,  he  is 
nothing. 

Do  we  then  desire  honors  and  distinctions! 
It  is  right  tbat  we  aim  high.  The  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  is  only  calculated  to  elevate  and 
exalt.  But  while  we  desire  the  immunities  and 
the  honors,  let  us  not  forget  that  it  is  written, 
"  He  that  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted, 
but  he  that  exalteth  himself  shall  be  abased." 
The  great  Captain  of  our  salvation  must  pass 
through  awful  scenes  of  suffering  and  deep  hu- 
mility ere  he  could  be  exalted  on  his  mediato- 
rial throne.  What  a  wonderful  picture  is  the 
follosviug,  drawn  by  the  master  hand  of  the 
apostle,  and  first  he  exhorts,  "  Let  this  mind  be 
in  you,  which  also  was  in  Christ  Jesus,"  and 
this  is  the  portraiture  of  our  divine  Master, 
drawn  for  our  imitation.  "Who  being  in  the 
form  of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal 
with  God:  but  made  himself  of  no  reputation, 
and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant,  and 
was  iu<ide  in  the  likeness  of  men;  and  being 
found  in  fashion  as  a  man,  he  bumbled  himself, 
and  btcamo  obedient  unto  death,  even  the  death 
of  the  cross."  But  what  was  the  final  result  of 
this  deep  humility?  "  Wherefore  God  also  hath 
highly  exalted  him,  and  given  him  a  u 
which  is  above  every  name. 

The  path  to  glory  for  Christ  wils  through 
humility  and  sufl'ering,  and  the  only  path  to 
glory,  for  bis  followers  is  through  humility  and 
suffering.  He  plainly  told  his  disciples  that 
they  must  indeed  drink  of  the  cup  that  he  drank 
of,  and  be  baptized  with  the  baptism  that  he 
was  baptized  with.  Let  us  not  then  vainly 
hope  to  share  his  honoi-s,  unless  we  are  willing 
fii-st  to  share  bis  reproach,  and  to  esteem  this 
reproach  greater  riches  than  the  treasures  of 
tbe  world.  Feler  says,  "If  ye  be  reproached 
for  the  name  of  Christ,  happy  are  ye."  Why? 
"For  the  spirit  of  glory  and  of  Godresteth  upon 
j'ou."  A  princely  honor  indeed  to  share  any 
thing  in  common  with  the  King  of  glory.  It 
is  indeed  a  great  privilege  to  softer  for  the  name 
of  Jesus;  let  us  hear  what  the  Master  himself 
says.     '■  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall   revile 


and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  man- 
ner of  evil  against  you  falsely  for  my  sake.  Re- 
joice and  be  cxceedmg  glad."  Why  rejoice? 
"For  great  i-s  your  reward  in  heaven.'"  Oh  let 
us  then  follow  Christ  ill  the  regeneration,  let 
us  not  vainly  hope  to  be  renovated,  and  purified 
by  any  other  process  than  by  being  cast  in  the 

Id  of  Christ.  If  wo  woiilri  join  in  the  new 
song  before  tbe  throne,  wo  must  follow  the 
Lamb  whithersoever  he  goetli.  Oh  let  us  theo 
Gird  up  the  loins  of  your  mind,  be  sober,  hope 
unto  the  end  for  the  grace  that  is  to  be  brought 
unto  us  at  tbe  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ;  as 
obedient  children,  not  fashioning  ourselves  ac- 
cording to  the  former  lust  in  our  ignorance; 
but  as  he  which  hath  called  us,  is  holy,  let  us 
be  holy  in  all  manner  of  conversation,  because 
it  is  written,  "be  ye  holy,  for  lam  holy."  1 
Peter  1:  IS-IS. 

STUDY  THE  BIBLE. 

BY  AMOS   CHAIUSERLAIN. 

ATOTHING  is  more  worthy  the  study  of  man 
i>|  than  the  Bible.  It  is  the  only  Book  that 
points  us  to  heaven,  and  shows  the  way.  It 
tells  us  of  our  wicked  desires  and  ivhat  we  must 
do  to  be  happy.  Its  precepts  are  so  plain  that 
"  wayfaring  men,  though  fools  shall  not  err 
therein."  Yet  it  is  an  exaustless  mine  of  truth. 
We  lire  reminded  by  some  that  the  Bible  is  the 
Book  of  mysteries.  But  we  think  if  we  study 
the  words  of  God  as  we  should,  with  a  prayer- 
ful heart  and  a  desire  to  be  made  wise  unto  sal- 
vation, that  the  Holy  Spirit  will  guide  us  into 
the  way  of  all  truth.  The  seeming  mj-steries 
will  mostly  all  vanish.  Too  many  study  the 
Bible  with  their  minds  biased.  They  have  con- 
ceived certain  opinions  to  he  correct  and  taught 
by  the  Bible;  then,  after  this  they  go  to  tbe  Bi- 
ble to  find  proof  for  what  they  always  believed. 
Of  courae  they  do  not  always  find  the  Bible  to 
teach  what  they  thought  it  did,  and  then  they 
conclude  that  it  is  dark,  mysterious  and  difficult 
to  understand. 

It  is  said  by  some,  "tbese  things  are  toodeep, 
we  don't  understand  them,  had  better  leave 
them  alone."  We  think  such  do  not  try  to 
undei'stand.  We  refer  them  to  John  34;  2C, 
and  -I  John  2:  20,  27;  1  Cor.  2: 10,  14.  We  are 
taught  that  tho  natural  man  cannot  understand 
these  things,  for  they  are  "spiritually  discerned." 
We  should  not  only  read  the  Word  of  God,  but 
stuihj  it  earnestly  and  honestly,  anxious  to  know 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  beseeching  God  with 
a  prayerful  heart  to  enlighten  our  minds  by  tbe 
guidance  of  his  Holy  Spirit. 

If  we  would  thus  read  tbe  Bibk-  instead  of 
depending  upon  what  tho  Kev,  Mr.  so-and-so 
says,  it  would  be  far  better  for  us  in  time  and 
eternity.  It  is  sad  to  consider  the  amount  of 
ignorance  existing  on  Bible  truths.  When  we 
st-'.nd  before  God's  throne,  and  the  books  are 
opened  and  judgment  commences,  oh  how  we 
shall  wish  we  had  studied  the  Word '  when  we 
had  opportunity.  But  all  will  be  over  then. 
We  shall  only  know  we  ha'l  the  levealed  will, 
neglected  to  rend  it  and  are  now  doomed  tode- 
struction. 


A  BEAUTIFUL  ALLEQORT, 

A  TRAVELER  who  spent  some  time  in  Tur- 
key relates  a  beautiful  parable  which-  wud 
told  him  by  a  dervish,  and  winch  seemed  even 
more  beautiful  than  Stern's  celebrated  figure 
of  the  accusing  spirit  and  recording  angel. 

"  Every  man,"  said  the  dervish,  "lias  two  an- 
gels, one  on  bis  right  shoulder  and  one  onjhiti 
left.  When  he  does  anything  good,  the  angel 
on  the  right  shoulder  writes  it  down  and  seals 
it,  because  what  has  been  well  done  is  done  for- 
ever. When  he  does  evil,  the  angel  on  the 
left  writes  it  down,  and  he  waits  till  midnight. 
If  before  that  time  the  man  Lows  his  head 
andt'Xil.iiii  -  ■  III  „  .illl^  Allah!  I  have  sinned; 
furgiv,'  ■  ,.  ■  _-l    rubs   out    the   record; 

but  it  1,   i.  .■        ii.i_[  r  he  seals  it.Mud  the   be- 
loved ill::;-!  --ji  il..-  i  ^iit  -ihoulder  weep5."         J 


TilE    BKKTHRElSr    ^T    '\\^OKl<. 


December    5 


\\\  .1.  W.  eOt'THWOOD. 

JliSUS  (lieJ  upon  the  tree: 
There  He  bled  for  you  and  me; 
So  to  God  we  may  ri?f  iiru. 
If  we  will  H  e  tempter  spuni. 

'   Oji  lW,rViggcd  cnws  He  died, 

And  the  blood  came  from  His  side, 
To  (itone  for  siniiera  lost; 
Oh!  do  think  how  much  it  cost! 

Darkness  spread  nil  o'er  the  scene. 
Oil,  what  did  that  darkness  menn? 

Ah,  it  nteant-that  Christ  was  slain. 
So  that  we  with  God  mny  reign. 

And  the  temple's  veil  was  rent, 
So  there  need  no  priest  be  sent 

To  make  intercession  now, — 
Ail  before  their  God  omi  bow. 

All  ciui  enter  in  as  priests. 
And  enjoy  the  heavenly  feasts; 

All  can  pray  to  God  on  high. 
And  draw  near,  then  tie  draws  nigh. 

Now  as  Jesus  has  thus  died, 
Can  we  not  in  Him  confide? 

Banish  all  the  cares  of  earth. 

Pomp  and  pride  and  carnal  mirth. 

And  make  sure nur  journey  home 
To  that  land  where  saints  shall  roam? 

Thore  to  live  with  Christ  oa  high, 
Who  no  more  will  bleed  and  die? 

Then  let  all  in  humble  prayer, 
Cast  on  Him  their  every  care; 

Live  a  life  to  please  Him  hest. 
Then  we  shall  in  heaven  be  blest. 


THEIR     ROCK  NOT  OUR   ROCK. 

IIY  J.  w.  n.VU.El'. 

"  For  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock,  even  our 
euemie.s  themselves  hoing  judges,"  Deut.  lili: 
31. 

"DROTI-IER  S.  11.  GmniftD  aiid  I  went 
.  "  to  hear  a  Free  Metliodiat  whose 
I  text  was,  "  For  their  rock  18  not  as  our 
Kock."  1  turn  his  own  gun  ngjxiust  him. 
God  is  the  Kock  of  oiu"  salvition.  In 
him  wl'  trust.  We  fiud  Jeshuruni  wax- 
L*d  fat  and  forsook  the  God  which  made 
him,  and  hi^jhly  esteemed  the  Itock  of 
his  salvation.  They  provoked  him  to 
jealouiiy  with  strange  gods, — with  aljom- 
inations.  And  while  we  look  around  ns, 
■  we  see  such  people  going  after  strange 
gods,  therefore  theirrock,  is  not  as  our 
Rock.  But  there  were  false  prophets  al- 
so ■amougthe  people,  even  as  there  shall 
be  false  teachers  among  u.%,  who  ,  finally 
shall  bring  damnable  heresies,  even  de- 
nying the  Lord  that  bought  them  with 
a  price,  and  bring  upon  themselves  swift 
destruction,  therefore  their  rock,  is  not 
as  ouf  Kock.  2  Peter  2:  ].  "And 
many  shall  iollow  their  pernicious  ways 
by  reason  of  whom  the  way  of  truth 
shall  be  evil  spoken  of."  We  see  this 
around  us  every  day.  Let  us  be  up  and 
doing;  let  us  not  shuu  to  declare  the 
whole  counsel  of  God;  let  us  stand  fast 
to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus;  let 
us  pray  God  to  send  more  earnest  la- 
borers iuto  his  vineyard,  that  the  work 
of  Zion  may  be  inished  forward  and 
battle  against  the  enemy  of  ourselves, 
for  they  have  been  bmiglit  with  a  great 
price,  it  has  cost  the  blood  of  the  bless- 
ed Savior  upon  calvary.  O,  brethren  let 
lis  stand  upon  the  Rock  Christ. 

La-st  Sunday  brother  S.  H.  Garman 
and  I  went  to  meeting  where  we  saw 
two  men  baptized  by  pouring  the  water 
on  the  head  (about  one  gill  of  water). 
They  cidled  it  baptism;  they  claim  ho- 
lines,s  and  perfect  sanctifieation,  and  say, 
they  c-aiinot  sin;  that  tliey  are  saved  in 
(Tod,  yet  they  deny  liim  in  works;  they 
Iiave  no  works  at  all,  therefore  our  Hock 
is  not  their  rock;  they  have  built  their 
house  on  the  sand,  and  when  the  storms 
conift  and  beat  upon  it,  it  will  fall,  and 
great  will  be  the   fall.     Tliey  say,  you 


must  betr  your  croaa^or  do  y6ur  iduty. 
This  they  bind  upon  their  niembei-s;they 
must  all  speak. — their  moutk  confesses, 
but  in  works  they  deny  him, — they  have 
a  great  quantity  of  God  in  the  mouth, 
but  I  fear  they  have  but  little  in  the 
heart;  "  Therefore  tbeir  rock,  is  not  our 
Rock".  Theyi  remindect  me.  of  i  Elijah 
when  he  mocked  the  four  hundred  and 
fifty  false  prophets,  and  said,  "cry  aloud 
for  he  is  a  God,  either  he  is  talking,  or 
he  is  pursuing,  or  he  is  on  a  journey,  or 
peradventure  he  sleepeth  and  must  be 
awaked."  They  got  into  one  of  their 
big  ways,  they  came  into  the  schiol 
house  shouting  and  leaping.  I  cannot 
find  any  Gospel  for  such  doings.  Thi 
are  sayei-s  and  not  doers  of  the  Word. 

We  also  saw  them  partake  of  the 
bread  and  wine,  and  called  it  the  Lord's 
.Supper,  and  eat  this  Sujq'er  before  din- 
ner. They  claim  to  be  intelligent  men, 
learned  of  Christ  and  filled  with  the 
Holy  Gliost — men  of  God  learned  to 
know  all  the  fullness  of  the  Godhead; 
yet  they  can't  discern  between  dinner 
and  »ii/j?pei\  Christ  ate  and  went  out 
and  it  was  night;  they  ate  and  went 
out  and  it  was  one  o'clock  in  the  day! 
therefore  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock. 

They  claim  that  a  man  must  keep  all 
the  commandments  of  our  Lord  aud 
Savior  Jesus  Christ,  yet  they  keep  none 
of  them.  "  If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let 
us  also  walk  in  the  Spirit;  be  not  de- 
ceived, God  is  not  mocked,  for  whatso- 
ever a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he  also 
reap,  for  he  that  soweth  to  his  flesh,  shall 
of  the  flesh  reap  corruption,  but  he  tliat 
soweth  to  the  Si^irit,  shall  of  the  Spirit 
reap  life  everlasting."  Gal.  5:  25;  G: 
V,  8.  "Beloved  believe  not  every  spirit, 
but  try  the  spirits  whether  they  are  of 
God,  because  many  false  prophets  are 
gone  out  into  the  world."  1  John  4:  1. 
They  are  teaching  false  doctrine — the 
iloctrine  of  men,  leaving  Christ  and  eo- 
ing  after  men.  Therefore  their  rock  is 
not  our  Rock,  Let  us  stick  close  to  the 
lioek  Christ.  Christ  says,  "  Upon  this 
Rock  I  will  build  my  church,  and  the 
ates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against 
it."  The  world  has  tried  to  destroy  the 
foundation  of  the  church,  but  in  three 
days  it  was  raised  again  triumphant 
over  death,  hell  and  the  grave,  aud  is 
sitting  at  the  right  hand  of  the  Fatht-r 
nterceding  for  us,  and  oh,  how  thank- 
ful we  should  be  to  our  heavenly  Fath- 
er for  such  a  foundation,  so  firm  and  sol- 
id that  the  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail 
against  it. 

*'It  is  not  every  one  that  say.",  Lord, 
Lord  will  enter  in,  but  he  that  cloeth  the 
will  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven," 
and  the  Father's  ■will  is,  that  we  should 
do  the  will  of  his  Son,  that  ire  might 
have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  en- 
ter through  the  gates  into  the  city. 

Now  may  the  grace  of  our'Lord  and 
Savior  J esu.'i  C'lirist  be  with  u;^  all. 

TEMPTED  AS  WE  ARE. 


rpUF  subject  to  which  we  invite  your 
-'-  attention,  will  be  based  upon  the 
latter  clause  of  Hebrews  4;  15.  "In 
all  points  tempted  like    as  we    are,    yet 

ithout  sin." 

By  reading  the  content,  we  discover 
that  the  apostle  desires  to  impress  upon 
ourminib,  the  great  truth,  that  thTc 
has  nev..-r  lived  a  jieison  who  was  lo-i 
good,  or  perfect  to  be  temjHed;  for  Jesus 
Christ  was  the  purest  and  most  perfect 
m^n  that  ever  existed.  He  was  the  sub- 
ject of  the  most  trying rinddifficult  temp- 
tations that  were  ever  brought  to  bear 
jUpon  any  individual.     In  three  particu- 


lar instances,  we  notice,  that  he  was  temp' 
ted  by  the  greatest  enemy,— the  adv^r 
sary  of  souls.  Having  fasted  for  forty 
days  and  forty  nights,  and  afterwards  he 
was  an  hungered,  and  as  his  physical  na- 
ture was  about  to  perish,  for  the  want 
of  the  requisites  of  life,  Satan  appear 
,edinnt(iiluni  dnd.said,  "  If  thou  be  thi 
Son  of  God,  command  that  these  stones 
be  made  bread."  Satan  did  not  only  de- 
sire to  see  him  convert  the  stones  into 
bread,  but  also  said  it  in  such  a  maner 
a.s  if  he  doubted  the  truthfulnes.s  of  his 
being  tlie  Sou  of  God,  and  that  he  would 
believe  it  more  fully  if  he  would  but 
convert  the  stones  into  bread  to  appease 
his  hunger.  But  Jesus  did  not  doit;  he 
only  said  unto  him,  "  It  is  wTitten,  that 
man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone,  but 
by  every  word  of  God."  The  devil, 
order  to  try  his  steadfastness,  taking  him 
up  into  a  high  mountain,  and  shewed 
ihim  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  and 
said  uuto  him,  "  All  this  will  I  give  thee, 
and  the  glory  of  them;  for  that  is  deliv- 
ered unto  me ;  and  to  whomsoever  I  will, 
I  give  it.  If  thou  therefore  wilt  wor- 
ship me.  all  shall  be  thine."  But  Jesus 
answered  him  and  said,  "Get  thee 
behind  me  Satan;  for  it  is  written,  thou 
shalt  worship  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
him  only  shalt  thou  serve." 

Again,  he  brought  him  to  Jerusalem, 
and  set  him  on  a  pinnacle  of  the,  tem- 
ple, and  said  unto  him,  "  If  thou  be  the 
Son  of  God,  cast  thyself  down  from 
hence;  for  it  is  written,  He  shall  give 
his  angels  charge  over  thee."  And 
praise  God,  the  angels  did  have  char 
over  Christ,  and  they  kept  him  in  all 
his  ways,  and  all  the  attempts  of  the 
devil,  to  get  Jesus'to  worship  him,  were 
frustrated  by  him  saying,  "  It  is  said, 
thou  shalt  not  tempt  the  Lord  thy  God," 
notwithstanding  he  endured  and  over- 
came temptations  while  ministering, 
even  after  he  was  nailed  to  the  accursed 
tree.  His  persecutors  used  his  same 
words  in  the  form  of  a  temptation;  for 
when  he  was  rendering  up  his  life,  not 
only  for  those  who.  gloried  in  his  cruci- 
fi.vion,  but  also  foi-  all  of  Adam's  pos- 
terity, his  crucifiers  mocked  his  dying 
groans  by  saying,  "  Thou  that  desti^oy- 
estthe  temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three 
days,  save  thyself.  If  thou  be  the  Sou 
of  God,  come  down  fi'om  the  cross."  01 
could  we  but  fathom  the  agonies  the 
blessed  Son  of  God  endured,  whil.e  there 
suspended  between  heaven  and  earth, 
what  a  lasting  impression  it  would  make 
upon  the  mind;  an  impression,  that  time 
with  all  its  varied  scenes,  and  not  even 
i'tevniiijWsQM,  could  obliterate.  Although 
he  was  suiTOunded  by  temptations,  yet 
passed  through  them  all  without  receiv- 
ing a  spot  or  blemish  or  any  such  thing. 
If  we,  the  poor,  weak,  worms  of  the 
dust,  for  whom  Jesus  died  to  save,  .ai'e 
tempted,  we  can  go  to  that  One  who 
was  "  In  all  points  tempted  like  as  we 
are,"  and  with  praj'er  aud  supplication, 
and  through  his  mediation,  obtain  that 
grace  which  will  enable  us  to  overcome 
sin,  the  devil,  and  the  world.  "  For  in 
what  he  himself  hath  suffered,  being 
tempted,  he  is  able  to  succor  them  that 
are  tempted." 

If  our  souls  ai'e  about  to  sink  beneath 
the  great  burden  of  this  world's  trials 
aud  difficulties,  we  can  go  to  him  who 
hath  said,  "My  grace  is  suflicieut  for 
thee,"  and  by  what  we  will  be  enabled 
to  fight  the  good  liylir  of  faith,  and  at 
last  come  otf  more  than  conquerors 
through  him  who  hath  loved  us  and 
gave  himself  for  us.  If  the  iieavy  hand 
of  grief  and  alfliction  is  about  to  crush 
us  out  of  existence,  we  can  rely  upon  the 
precious  truth  that  our  Mediator  was    a 


■man  of  aflUctiott  and   acquainted  with 
grief. 

Do  our  friends  and  those  we  love,  for- 
sake and  leave  us,  and  are  we  made  to 
depend  upon  our  own  resources?  Was 
not  the  blessed  Son  of  God  forsaken 
when  he  was  about  to  render  up  his  life 
as  a  propitiation  for  our  sins!  And  he 
having  realized  that  his  pilgrimage  up- 
on earth  was  growing  shorter  and  still 
shorter,  aud  as  he  repaired  to  the  Gar- 
den of  Gethsemaue,  and  there  upon  his 
knees  implored  his  Father,  if  it  were 
his  will,  to  let  that  bitter  cup  pass  from 
him;  and  as  his  earnest  prayer,  through 
cries  and  tears  arose  to  his  Father,  be- 
hold an  angel  appeared  to  strengthen 
him,  so  tliat  he  would  be  enabled  to 
bear  his  great  burden  of  sin  resting  up- 
on him,  and  he  arose  and  returned  to  his 
persecutors ;  and  as  they  bound  him  hand 
and  foot  and  nailed  him  to  the  cross,— 
the  sun  refused  to  shed  its  illumiuary 
rays,  while  the  blessed  Son  of  God  was 
dying.  And  as  the  earth  was  shroud- 
ed in  darkness  and  mourning,  the  moun- 
tains and  the  vad  of  the  teimple  'were 
rending,  the  earth  quaking,  the  graves 
opening,  and  the  dead  arising,  Jesus  re- 
alized that  his  time  upon  earth  was 
about  to  termiuate,  .and  in  all  this  com- 
motion, with  great  drops  of  blood  ooz- 
ing from  his  brow,  his  Father  (in  hu- 
manity, foi-sook  him,  and  in  the  anguish 
of  spirit  he  felt  at  that  moment,  ex- 
claimed, "  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast 
thou  forsaken  me?"  Are  we  stricken 
by  the  pinching  hand  of  poverty?  Are 
we  abused  and  scoffed  at  by  the  ungod 
ly  of  this  vain  world?  Are  we  so  poor 
that  none  of  its  inhabitants,  not  even 
those  who  profess  to  be  God's  children, 
and  joint-heirs  with  our  Lord  and  Sa- 
vior Jesus  Christ,  will  give  us  a  cup  of 
water  or  crust  of  bread  or  a  place  in 
which  to  lay  our  heads?  If  we  are  thus 
foreaken  by  every  .one,  we  have  the 
pleasure  and  comfort  of  knowing  that 
we  are  not  the  first  who  has  been  treat- 
ed in  this  way,  for  Jesus,  when  he  was 
here  attending  to  his  Father's  busines.'i, 
said,  "  The  foxes  have  holes;  the  birds 
of  the  air  have  nests,  but  the  Son  of 
Mau  hath  not  where  to  lay  his  head." 
"  Blessed  is  the  man  thatendureth  temp- 
tation: for  wheu  he  is  tried,  he  shall  re- 
ceive the  crown  of  life,  which  the  Lord 
hath  promised  to    them    that  love  him." 

Although  we  are  surrounded  with 
temptations,  sorrow,  affliction,  forsaken 
firends,  and  poverty;  yet  we  can,  with 
prayer  and  faith,  obtain  the  blessings 
God  designs  to  give;  and  also  compre- 
hend the  vast  profundity  contained  in 
God's  Word,  when  he  says,  "  Seeing 
then  that  we  have  a  great  High  Priest, 
that  is  passed  into  the  heavens,  Jesus  the 
Son  of  God,  let  us  hold  fast  our  ])ro- 
fession."  ''  For  we  have  not  a  High 
Priest  which  cannot  be  touched  with  the 
feelings  of  our  infirmities;  but  was  in  all 
points  tempted  like  as  we  are,  yet  with- 
out sin,"  "  Let  us  therefore  come  bold- 
ly unto  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may 
obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  in  ■ 
time  of  need." 

EXPERIENCE  OF  A  METHODIST 
.WOMAN. 

[rAc/'Vfr  iVhMWiV  is  publishing  a  sericn  of 
articles  written  by  a  Methodist  lady,  who  is 
giving  a  bit  of  her  exijerienct,  "We  want  ev- 
ery sister  in  the  church  to  read  the  following: 
aud  if  the  doctrine  of  holiness,  as  advocated  by 
the  lady  writer,  will  keep  riugs,  jewelry  uiid 
les  oif  sisters,  and  professing  women  general- 
ly, we  say  amen  to  that  doctrine. — Ed], 
rplHE  Holy  Spirit  began  to  lead  me 
J-  very  gently  and  sweetly,  and  I 
found  it  so  easy  to  follow   his  leadings. 


IDecomber    5 


'mh:  Bi-iJ5TiiKE:N'  ^T  ~work:. 


There  was  nothing  in  my  heart  but  what 
was  in  perfect  harmony  with  God's  will, 
anti  when  he  told  me,  through  his  Spir- 
it, to  do  this  or  that,  it  was  a  pleasvire 
to  obey.  The  day  following  my  sancti- 
fication,  while  alone  in  my  room,  I  re- 
moved from  my  finger  a  very  beautiful 
ruby  ring  I  had  been  wearing,  and  then 
a  plain  gold  one,  all  I  had.  ever  worn. 
I  felt  OS  though  they  were  wholly  out  of 
place,  and  that  the  temple  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  needed  them  not.  My  gold  pin, 
a  simple  one,  was  also  laid  aside,  and 
needless  ti'imraings  on  dresses  and  other 
garments.  I  tould  not  wear  them;  they 
belonged  to  the  world;!  belonged  to 
God,  and  there  \vas  a  separation,  just 
what  the  Word  says  there  must  be.  And 
this  work  of  separation  kept  going  on. 
Novel  reading,  of  which  I  had  been  very 
fond,  went  out.  I  was  spoiled  for  that. 
The  line  was  drawn  a  little  closer  all 
the  time,  but  God  was  very  gentle  with 
me.  And  then  he  began  to  show  me 
about  my  business.  I  had  lost  much  of 
the  pleasure  I  formerly  took  in  trim- 
ming and  beautifying  the  garments  I 
made,  and  I  told  ray  customers  that  I 
must  spend  less  time  in  trimming  or  I 
could  not  do  their  work.  I  worked  on 
through  the  AVinter,  Imt  the  business 
•■■rew  more  and  more  distasteful  to  me, 
until  when  Spring  came  I  was  heartily 
sick  of  it,  and  I  felt  that  I  could  not 
make  that  progress  in  holy  living  that 
I  wished  to  if  I  continued  at  the  busi- 
ness. 

Along  in  May,  while  away  from  town 
sewing,  I  asked  God  to  open  some  way 
for  me  to  get  out  of  dress-making.  I 
went  home  at  the  close  of  the  week  to 
find  my  mother  dangerously  ill,  and  I 
staid  with  her  all  Summer,  never  expect- 
ing her  to  r-'cover.  1  hoped  that  I 
should  never  be  obliged  to  go  back  into 
the  business  again.  God  gave  me  much 
light  that  Summer,  and  I  saw  that  I 
could  not  do  the  work  I  had  been  doing, 
spending  so  much  precious  time  in  trim- 
miug  dresses  merely  to  gratify  the  pride 
and  vanity  of  the  owner.  My  bauds 
were  consecrated  and  they  must  be  clean. 
That  I  must  forever  come  out  of  it,  I 
was  sure,  but  how  to  get  out  was  the 
ne.vt  rjuestion.  I  had  no  other  means 
of  support,  had  no  home  of  my  own, 
but  boarded.  When  my  earnings  stop- 
ped  everything  would  stop.  My  faith 
was  not  yet  strong  enough  to  give  it 
wholly  up  aud  trust  God  for  my  living. 
AVhen  Fall  came  mother  had  so  far  re- 
covered as  to  be  able  to  do  without  me, 
and  I  began  to  have  calls  again.  I  was 
in  a  tight  place.  What  should  I  do? 
Oh,  I  thought,  if  only  the  ladies  would 
have  their  clothes  made  nice  aud  plain 
as  I  would  like  tomakethem,  everything 
would  be  all  right,  and  some  of  my  best 
friends  said,  "  Don't  leave  the  business. 
Try  and  induce  the  ladies  to  dress  more 
plainly,  and  you  can  bring  about  a  re- 
form among  the  ladies  of  Wheaton." 
AVell,  I  thought,  there's  need  of  a  re- 
form, and  perhaps   I  had    Wetter  try  it, 

But  one  night  as  I  was  alone  in  my 
room,  thinking  the  matter  over,  and  osli 
ing  God  to  show  me  his  will,  these  words 
were  brought  to  mind  and  forcibly  im 
pressed,  "  Ephraim  is  joined  to  his  idols 
let  him  aloiie,"  and  so  that  nice  plan  was 
overthrown.  Calls  kept  comintr  in,  and 
one  of  my  most  intimate  friends  wanted 
mo  to  come  and  advise  her  a  little  about 
her  dresses,  I  went,  and  fashion  was  all 
tlie  theme.  How  sliall  I  make  this,  and 
how  trim  that?  My  heart  sunk  withi 
me,  for  I  found  that  I  wa^  expected  to 
study  up  the  fashions  and  then  go  and 
make  those  dresses  as  stylish  as  possible 
I  made  no  promises,  and  went  home  feel 


ing  very  sorrowful,  for  I  could  not  see 
the  way  out.  It  seemed  that  I  had  come 
to  a  high  wall  that  I  could  not  get  over 
nor  around.  The  ne-tt  day  brought  no 
elief,  and  I  felt  like  asking  God  to  take 
me  out  of  the  world.  The  next  morn- 
ing something  said  to  me,  "  Advertise 
for  plain,  family  sewing  at  moderate 
ages."  I  did  so  that  week.  It  was 
humiliating  to  me,  who  had  for  years 
been  working  in  the  wealthiest  families, 
making  to  their  satisfaction  their  richest 
garments.  The  flesh  had  a  fall,  but  oh, 
how  my  soul  went  up,  up  into  such  a 
heavenly  place.  I  cannot  describe  the 
three  days  that  followed,  they  were  so 
blessed.  I  could  express  it  in  no  other 
way  at  the  time  or  since,  only,  the  be- 
ing gathered  right  up  into  the  loving 
arms  of  the  Father.  I  thought  all  was 
settled.  But  no  plain  sewing  came,  there 
did  come,  however,  urgent  requests  to 
do  a  little  cutting  and  fitting,  if  no  more, 
and  make  some  plain  school  dresses.  I 
thought,  well  I  will  try  it,  and  promised 
for  a  certain  day;  but  the  night  before- 
hand I  fell  from  the  sidewalk  and  hurt 
my  thimble  finger  quite  badly,  so  tliat 
I  could  not  use  it  for  nearly  two  weeks. 
The  lady  was  obliged  to  get  some  one 
else  to  do  her  work.  Anothei-  one  cauie 
to  have  some  fitting  done,  and  again  was 
I  hindered  by  having  my  band  severely 
cut  in  a  window  the  evening  before  I 
was  to  go.  That  got  well,  and  again  I 
promised,  and  my  sisterinjured  her  hand 
so  that  I  was  obliged  to  stay  and  help 
her. 

I  thought  it  strange  that  I  was  so  hin 
dered,  and  felt  that  God  was  hedging 
up  my  way.  Finally,  a  dear  lady  whom 
I  loved  best  of  all,  and  at  whose  beauti- 
ful home  I  had  spent  many  pleasant 
days,  wished  very  much  that  I  would 
come  and  do  some  work  for  herself  and 
daughter,  sajdng  that  she  would  have 
them  made  as  plain  as  I  M'ished.  I  al- 
ways loved  to  work  for  her  and  went, 
aud  had  no  trouble  until  it  came  to  put- 
ting some  trimming  on  a  skut.  I  had 
so  far  made  the  dress  plain,  but 
thought  she  muat  have  some  trimming 
on  the  skirt.  I  began  to  cut  it,  when 
the  Spirit  spoke  to  me,  "  Can  you  do 
this  to  the  glory  of  God?"  My  heart 
answered,  "No,  I  cannot."  I  could  not 
go  on  with  it,  and  laid  it  aside  for  some 
thing  I  could  do  honestly.  That  night 
when  I  went  to  my  room,  I  felt  that  the 
time  had  come  when  I  must  decide  once 
and  forever.  God  had  plainly  shown 
his  will,  aud  I  must  do  it.  I  must  leave 
that  dress  unfinished  or  displease  God. 
There  was  a  test  of  my  love  to  God.  I 
was  determined  to  obey  him.  But  oh 
how  hard  to  go  backand  tell  my  friend- 
she  who  bad  been  eo  kind  to  me — that 
1  could  not  finish  her  work,  and  must 
leave  it.  I  would  not  decide  and  prom 
ise  God  that  I  would  do  it  that  night. 
and  darkness  came  over  me.  Morning 
came,  and  I  feltthat  I  could  do  anything 
rather  than  fear  God's  displeasure,  and 
I  went  back,  and  for  hours  could  not 
bring  myself  to  speak  of  it,  but  kept 
silently  to  work,  until  I  could  wait  no 
longer,  and  I  was  fairly  shivering  with 
cold  and  my  hands  all  a  tremble  as  1  told 
her  how  I  felt  and  wliat  I  must  do. 
Those  who  read  this  may  think  that  1 
was  a  coward.  I  do  not  deny  it,  but  it 
was  an  awful  test  to  be  willing  to  be 
thought  a  fanatic  aud  peculiar,  and  per- 
haps displease  my  friend  and  lose  her 
love  and  friend,shi]),  which  I  could  not 
bear  tothink  of.  She  was  all  kindness, 
and  though  she  could  not  see  it  as  I  did. 
yet  she  respected  me  for  doing  what  I 
felt  was  rigiit,  though  she  was  to  be  a 
loser.     And  I  must  aay  to  God's   glory, 


that  I  believe  I  have  that  woman's 
friendship  as  strongly  to-day  as  ever, 
though  I  am  hundreds  of  miles  from  her, 
she  writes  and  assures  me  of  her  love 
d  the  interest  that  she  feels  in  my 
temporal  and  spiritual  welfare.  God 
:ver  suffers  his  children  to  be  losers  by 
obnying  him.  That  was  my  final  strug- 
gle with  dress -making.  I  had  very  lit- 
tle work  of  any  kind  after  that,  and  Sa- 
tan often  threatened  me  with  want  and 
dependence,  which  did  not  frighten  me 
in  the  least,  for  my  Father  had  given 
his  promise  that  I  never  should  want  for 
any  good  thing,  and  I  never  have  and 
never  expect  to.  And  though  I  was 
sometimes  called  half  crazy,  narrow- 
minded,  fanatical,  etc.,  I  was  not  moved, 
for  I  had  a  conscience  "  void  of  offence," 
and  I  also  had  "clean  hands  and  a  pure 
heart,"  aud  could  sing  with  a  heavenly 
peace  in  my  soul, — 

"Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  takeu, 
All  to  leave  and  follow  thee. 

Naked,  poor,  despised,  foreaken. 
Thou  from  hence  my  all  shall  be." 


EVIL  SPEAKING. 

DY  S.  S.  W.  HAU\[Knb. 

fTlMERE  is  not  a  neighborhood  in  the 
-'-  land  that  has  not  more  or  less  dif- 
ficulty, arising  from  that  important 
member,  the  tongue.  Life  and  death 
are  in  its  power.  How  desirable  then 
that  it  should  always  be  under  resti-aint. 
There  are  a  great  many  ways  of  offend- 
ing and  doing  mishief  with  the  tongue, 
but  the  heading  of  this  article  says 
"  Evil  speaking."  Let  us  define  the  sin 
"  Evil  speaking"  consists  in  divulging 
the  faults  of  others.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  the  committal  of  this  sin  that  we  cir 
culate  what  is  false,  but  what  we  say 
may  be  partially  or  wholly  true,  and  yet 
we  have  no  right  to  say  it,  unless  under 
certain  circumstances.  We  may  be  call 
ed  upon  to  testify  to  facts,  as  in  courb 
of  justice,  when  we  arecompelled  to  bear 
witness,  Imt  then  it  is  generally  through 
the  tongue  that  we  get  there.  We  say 
things  that  we  should  not. 

Jl  would  be  well  to  speak  to  the  per 
son  whom  we  know  to  be  guilty  of  evil, 
aud  with  affection  reprove  and  rebuke. 
Evil  speaking  is  ofttimes  committed  by 
dwelling  on  the  faults  of  others,  mak- 
ing them  the  subject  of  fre<"iue.nt  refer 
ence  aud  general  conversation — taking 
satisfaction  in  exposing  them  by  dark 
and  partially  suppressed  insinuations. 
Invoh'inf/  the  reputation  of  others  in 
mystery,  and  leaving  persons  to  form 
the  worst  judgment  possible  of  them  by 
gi'eatly  coloring  and  exaggerating  thi 
tJaults  of  others.  People  sometimes  pas 
the  boundary  of  truth  in  talking  of  theii* 
neighbors,  aggravate  the  offense  and 
Itear  false  witness  against  them. 

Now  1  consider  this  palpable  and 
deep-toned  wickedness.  But  the  gener- 
al causes  of  evil  speaking,  are  always 
found  to  be  wickedness  and  cruelty  ot 
disposition.  //  is  a  want  of  those  feel 
ings  of  tenderness  and  love  which  alone 
can  cause  us  to  respect  the  interests  of 
our  fellow-men.  Then,  (igain,  it  turns 
out  to  be  the  resultof  malice  and  revenge. 
We  may  have  reallj'  orimaginarily  been 
injured,  therefore  think  we  have  a  li- 
cense to  .speak  evil  without  hesitating 
Then  again,  it  arises  from  envy.  Indi 
viduals  wish  to  monopolize  all  the  rep 
utation  for  goodness,  by  detracting  from 
others.  Evil  speaking,  sometimes  arises 
from  a  spirit  of  wantonness  and  diver- 
sion. Some  people  will  let  fly  their  poi- 
soned arrows,  then  raise  the  fiendish 
laugh  and  say,  that  it  was  all  in  spirit. 
7^' true,  it  is  very  bad.     /^  e.vposes   de- 


fects, sinks  credit  instead  of  casting  a 
mantle  of  charity  over  the  person.  If 
false,  it  is  verbal  assassination,  the  next 
thing  to  murder. 

Evil  speaking  is  a  violation  of  the 
Law  of  God,  it  debases,  hardens  the 
heart,  increases  guilt,  and  will  greatly 
aggravate  future  misery.  We  should  do 
all  in  our  power  to  avoid  evil  speaking. 
Better  love  than  hate.  Evil  speaking, 
implies  a  judging  of  othei-s  which  is  an 
invasion  of  God's  prerogative.  (»od  will 
not  give  his  judgment  or  glory  to  anoth- 
er.    Evil    speaking  is  opposed   to    the 

eueral  tenor  of  God's  Word,  it  is  op- 
posed to  the  principles  of  fraternal  love, 
are  bound  to  love  our  neighbor  as 
ourselves.  If  %\\\  speaking  is  persisted 
in,  it  will  bring  certain  destruction  up- 
on the  soul.     God  will  not   approve   of 

t,  for  through  it  we  evidently  turn    out 
to  be  the  childreu  of  the  wicked  one. 


THE   CURE  FOR  GOSSIP. 

"ITri  TAT  is  the  cure  for  gossip ;  Simp- 
^^  ly  culture.  There  is  a  great- 
deal  of  gossip  that  has  no  malignity  in 
it.  Good  people  talk  about  their  neigh- 
l>ors  because  they  have  nothing  else  to 
talk  about.  There  comes  to  us  a  pic- 
ture of  a  fftmijy  of  young  ladies.  We 
have  seen  them  at  home;  we  have  ■  met 
them  at  galleries  of  art;  we  have  caught 
glimpses  of  them  going  from  a  book- 
store or  liluary  with  a  fresli  volume  in 
their  hands.  AVhen  we  meet  them  they 
are  full  of  what  they  have  seen  and 
read.  They  are  brimming  with  ques- 
tions. One  topic  of  conversation  is  drop- 
ped to  give  place  to  another,  in  which 
they  are  interested.  We  have  left  them, 
after  a  delightful  hour,  stimulated  and 
refreshed;  and  during  the  whole  hour 
uot  a  neighbor's  garment  was  soiled  by 
so  much  as  a  touch.  They  had  some- 
thing to  talk  about.  They  knew  some- 
thing and  wanted  to  know  something 
more.  They  could  listen  as  well  as  they 
could  talk.  To  sjieak  freely  of  a  neigh  ■ 
bor's  doings  aud  belongings  would  have 
seemed  an  impertinence  to  them,  and  of 
course  an  impropriety.  They  had  no 
temptation  to  gossip,  because  the  doings 
of  their  neighbors  formed  a  subject  much 
less  interesting  than  those  which  grew 
out  of  their  knowledge  aud  their  culture. 
And  this  tells  the  whole  story.  The 
confirmed  gossip  is  either  malicious  or 
ignorant.  The  one  variety  needs  a 
change  of  heart  and  the  othei-  a  change 
of  pasture.  Gossip  is  always  personal 
profession,  either  of  malice  or  imbecility, 
and  the  young  should  not  only  slum  it, 
but  by  the  most  thorough  culture  relieve 
themselves  from  alb  temptations  to  in- 
dulge in  it.  It  is  a  low,  frivolous,  and 
too  often  a  filthy  pastime.  There  are 
couutiy  neighborhoods  ivhei*e  it  _  rages 
like  a  pest.  Churches  are  split  in  pieces 
by  it.  By  it  neighborhoods  are  mado 
enemies  for  life.  In  many  persons  it  de- 
generates into  a  chronic  disease  which  is 
practically  incurable.  Let  the  young 
cure  it  while  they  may. 


THE  LIFE  OF  MAN. 

HOW  CTaphically  tJie  varied  aspects 
of  the  leaf,  picture  the  various 
seasons  of  a  man's  life!  The  tender- 
ness of  its  budding  aud  blooming  in 
Spring,  when  that  rich  golden  green 
glints  on  it  that  comes  only  once  a  year, 
represents  the  bright  beauty  aud  inno- 
cence of  youth,  when  every  sunrise 
brings  its  fresh,  glad  hopes,  and  every 
night  is  holy,  trustful  and  calm.  The 
dark  greeness  and  fresh  \igor  of  the 
Summer  leaf  portray  the  sti-ength  and 
self-reliance  of  manhood;  while  Itii  fad- 
ng  hues  on  the  ti-ees,  and  its  I'usttinL' 
heaps  on  the  ground  typify  the  decay 
and  feebleness  of  old  aye. 


TFTK    ]:i"RETPiKIi:iS^    ^VT    AVOKIC. 


Decern  bt^r    5 


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DECEUBEBE,1B78 


Now  is  the  time  to  hold   night   meetings  iu 
every  locality. 

If  you  would  prosper,  as  a  GhriaMan,  do  not 
neglect  secret  priiyer. 

Tit.vxKsaiviXG  meeting  at  Oherry  Grove  last 

Thursday  was  largely  attended. 


Brother  Enoch  Eby  has  returned  home  from 
the  Illinois  Central  Mission  field. 


IIkad  Bro,  Sharp's  appeal  on   another   pnge, 
and  act  iu  behidf  ol  the  good  cause. 


TuR  reason  some  men  understand   the   Bible 
so  well,  is  because  they  study  it  well. 


We  go  to  press  too  early  this  week  to  give 
any  account  of  the  District  Meeting. 

CoNsroERAHLE  correspondence  h  crowded  out 
this  week,  will  make  room  for  alt  we  can  nest 
is-sue. 

This  is  a  good  sesison  of  the  year  to  send  for 
a  bunch  of  pamphlets  to  lend  to  your  neighbare 
to  rend.  _ 

If  preachers  would  study  the  Bible  more,  aud 
other  men's  sermons  less,  they  would  make 
better  preachers. 


Brother  S.  H.  Biishor's  address,  till  further 
notice,  will  be  Congress,  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio,  care 
of  P.  J.  Bro\vii. 


P.VRENT3  whocomuieuce  family  worahip  early 
ill  life  will  find  it  a  great  help  to  them  when 
they  grow  older. 


Thk  Brethren  at  Arnold's  Grove  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  last  Friday  evening.  Bro. 
Delp,  from  Yellow  Creek  was  with  them. 


Though  ivrit«ra  may  express  different  views 
on  Scripture,  in  the  Bible  Class  department,  yet' 
no  controversy  will  be  allowed. 

When'  sending  donations,  state  distinctly 
whether  they  are  for  the  Poor  Fund,  or  to  be 
u^ed  in  sending  papcre  to  outsiders. 


I  HAVE  not  the  least  doubt  but  that  the  day 
will  come  when  all  infidels  will  believe  that  the 
Bible  is  true,  but  it  will  be  too  late. 

Home  ministers  need  not  wait  for  foreign 
help  in  order  to  commence  . »  series  of  night 
meetings.     Put  the  home  talent  to  work. 


Brotheji  D.  B.  Gibwn,  under  date  of  Nov. 
l-'ith  says:  "  I  have  just  closed  a  week's  meeting 
iu  Ray  Co.,  Mo.,  with  lo  additions,  and  one  re- 
stored." 

Os  the  account  of  new  subscribers  coming  in 
faster  than  wo  hud  made  calculations  for,  we 
have  run  out  of  No.  4S,  and  therefore  cannot 
fill  orders  for  it. 


BitOTHEu  Bashor  commenced  meeting  at 
Ashland,  Ohio,  Nov.  21st,  expecting  to  remain 
several  days,  and  then  go  to  AVayne  Co.,  to  re- 
main 15  or  20  days. 


Some  of  our  generous  contributors  must  bear 
with  us,  if  their  articles  fail  to  appear  as  soon  as 
they  would  like  to  Imve  them.  We  mil  do  the 
'  best  for  you  we  can. 

Daii.vsci'p,  the  oldest  city  in  the  world,  is 
losing  its  influence  sk  a  city  of  commerce. 
Many  of  the  houses  and  ^bojis  are  emptying, 
and  the  streets  filling  witli  beggars. 


The  printing  of  the  debate  on  separate  sheets 
enables  us  to  supply  hundreds  of  new  subscribers 
with  the  debate  from  the  begiuning.    These  ex- 


tra sheets  are  sent  to  about  300  new  subscribers 
this  week.  Should  any  fail  to  get  them  they 
will  please  iniorm  ilk 


It  may  be  the  "smart"  men  who  are  in  great 
demand  now,  but  people  will  sonn  learn  tliat  it 
is  the  lioncsl  men  that  we  so  much  stand  in  need 
of.  ^ 

C.  Bl'CHER,  Sehaelferstown,  Pa.,  ifantfl  ti 
know  if  there  are  any  members  in  Ellis  Co. 
Kan.  Some  one  who  knows  will  plfiiise  wTite 
him.  

Brother,  can  j'ou  conscieufciously  return 
thanks  over  yOlir  cigar  before  you  commence 
smoking  it?  We  should  be  thankful  in  all 
things.  ^-    ■ 

We  would  like  every  pieacher,  during ,his 
travels,  to  act  as  i^eut  for  the  Bkethren  at 
Work,  for  it  will  greatly  aid  you.  in  spreading 
the  truth. 

TiiE  Bretluen  in  the  Lowell   church,  Kent 

Co.,  Michigan,  are  building  a  meeting-house, 
size  40x50.  They  expect  to  have  it  re.idy  for 
services  by  Christma-s. 


Now  is  a  good  time  for  bi-etbrcn  and  aistei"s, 
and  their  children  to  meet  together  of  evenings 
and  practice  singing.    To  become  good  singers 

requires  practice. 

Parents  should  not  allow  their  children  to 

contract  the  habit  of  running  out  and  in  during 
church  services.  The  habit  is  a  bad  one,  be- 
sides it  is  very  annoying. 


Matters  seem  to  bo  moving  along  nicely  in 
Denmark.  A  letter  just  received  from  brothpi- 
Hope  informs  us  that  one  more  has  been  bap- 
tized.    Their  meetings  are  well  attended. 


A  LETTER  from  Bro,  E.  K.  Huechley  informs 
us  that  be  is  still  in  California,  and  doing  con- 
iiderable  traveling  among  the  Brethren  there. 
■He  did  not  say  when  be  expected  to  return. 


F.vtheks  and  mothei-s,  if  your  son  or  daugh- 
ter is  away  from  home,  send  them  the  Breth- 
KE.v  AT  Work  one  year.  It  may  help  to  water 
the  good  seed  you  have  planted  in  their  hearts. 


Of  the  late  Benj.  Frauklin,  who  died  some 
weeks  ago,  it  is  said  that  he  averaged  one  and  a 
half  sermons  tor  each  day  during  the  last  twen- 
ty five  years,  besidesediting  a  weekly  paper  most 
of  the  time. 


We  will   have  something  more  to  say  about 

the  contemplated  Danish  paper  in  a  few  weeks. 

We  are  waiting  for  further  particulars  from  Bro. 

Hope,  regarding  the  amount   needed  to   start  a 

11  monthly. 


SoiiE  of  the  money  intended  for  the  Poor 
Fund  this  week  is  reported  with  that  intended 
to  be  used  for  sending  the  paper  to  outsiders, 
but  used  as  intended  by  the  sender.  Will  re- 
port it  separate  hereafter. 


Brother  Abram  Cassel,  of  Pa,,  is  preparing 
a  catalogoe  of  his  extensive  Antiquarian  Libra- 
ry, which  consists  of  about  25,000  books,  pam- 
phlets and  papers.  His  library  contains  some 
of  the  oldest  and  best  works  iu  America, 


Brother  J.  D.  Trestle,  of  Linganore,  Md., 
says:  "  Brother  D.  F.  StoutFer  spent  some  time 
with  us,  and  labored  faithfully.  The  result  was, 
that  souls  were  converted  to  the  Lord,  and  the 
church  much  revived,  with  a  good  prospect  of 
B  additions.". 


The  amount  of  money  we  are  receiving  to  be 
appropriated  for  sending  the  Brethren  at 
Work  to  outsiders  is  becoming  both  encourag- 
ing and  interesting.  Look  on  the  last  page.see 
what  is  being  done,  and  send  in  your  mite  to 
help  along  the  good  work. 

Brother  Lemuel  Hillery  has  returned  from 
Kansas,  having  been  called  homo  because  of 
sickness,  and  is  now  with  his  family  at  Shan- 
non. He  preached  for  the  Brothreu  in  Lanark 
lost  Thursday  and  Friday  evenings.  Next  week 
we  will  say  something  about  bis  colony  project. 


E>lcursiou    arrangements    from    Lanark  to 

Hagerstown,  Md.,.  have  been  made  for  the  ben- 
fit  ol'  those  wishing  to  visit  the  East,     Round 

trip  S2-1.00.  Tickets  good  CO  days.  Excursion 
atea  close  Dec.  loth.       Parties  cau  trnvi-t  from 

Chicago  over  either  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  R.  It., 

or  the  Pennsylvania  Central. 

Lately  an  attempt  was  made  to  erect;  a  bust 

of  the  infidel,  Voltaire,  upon  u  public  fountain 

few  miles  from   Geneva.    The  first  man  who 

lUdertook  the  work  was  struck  dead,  also   the 


second,  and  third,  The  fourth  man  lived  to  see 
the  bust  erected  and  was,  too,  struck  dead,  and 
lately  the  fifth  man  has  died.  Verily  there  is  a 
God.  

Wir,i.  the  second  coming  of  Christ  be  literal  ? 
Wa-s  not  the  destruction  of  the  world  by  water 
literal?  Was  not  the  downfall  of  Sodom  liter- 
al? As  it  Wiks  in  the  days  of  N6ah  and  Lot  so 
shall  it  be  in  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man. 
Those  who  do  not  look  for  a  literal  second  com- 
ing of  Christ  will  one  day  be  as  badly  disa|>- 
pointed  as  were  those  who  did  not  at  first  believe 
the  preaching  of  Noah.  They  ivill  be  compell- 
ed: to  believe  it  when  it  is  too  late. 


In  the  first  number  of  the  Children  at  Work 
for  next  jeiir,  its  editor  will  give  a  detailed  ac- 
count of  the  manner  in  which  the  Brethren's 
Bible  School  is  conducted  in  Lanark,  Those 
who  are  interested  in  this  kind  of  work  should 
not  fail  to  secure  the  Cliihlren  al  Ifort  for  their 
family  and  schools.  The  ivorkei-s  of  the  above 
school  did  not  go  to  the  world  for  their  methods, 
but  to  the  Lord  in  prayer,  who  is  abundantly 
able  to  supply.  We  prefer  the  best  methods  of 
studying  the  Bible. 


WnEitBVEB  heard  from  our  agents  are  doing 
good  work,  Many  of  them  are  sending  in  good 
lists  of  new  subscribers.  We  look  for  a  consid- 
erable increase  in  our  circulation  the  coming 
year.  Last  year  we  more  than  doubled  our  list, 
and  by  proper  efforts  the  same  may  be  done  the 
coming  volume.  Hope  our  agents  and  friends 
generally  will  do  their  best  for  us  from  now  on. 
Our  success  depends  largely  on  the  efforts  made 
by  our  friends.  We  are  doing  our  utmost  here 
in  the  oHice  to  givo  them  a  good,  reliable  paper, 
but  must  depend  upon  our  many  workers  to 
work  up  the  circulation. 


There  is  copsiderable  excitement  in  Tennes- 
see over  the  capture  of  a  wild  man  in  the  Cum- 
berland mountains.  The  age  of  the  man  is  not 
known,  but  for  the  last  eighteen  years  he  has 
been  running  wild  and  was  the  terror  of  the 
community.  He  is  about  six  feet  and  five  inch- 
es tall,  with  black,  coarse  hair  and  beard,  very 
large  restless  eyes,  extremely  fleet  on  foot,  and 
his  entire  body  is  covered  with  scales  like  a  fish. 
He  is  said  to  be  the  son  of  a  respectable  family 
living  in  North  Carolina,  and  at  the»tender  age 
of  five  left  home,  and  has  since  been  running 
wild  in  the  woods,  living  on  roots,  fish,  and 
whatever  else  he  could  capture.  He  will  likely 
be  exhibit+d  throughout  the  country. 


STRONG  MEN— TRUE   MEN. 

VI  EN  of  steel  are  needed  in  every  community. 
llX  The  wooden  men,  and  men  of  clay  are 
multiplying  rapidly,  and  daily  we  see  the  effects 
of  their  pliableness.  It  is  good  to  be  as  clay  in 
the  hands  of  the  Great  Potter,  but  to  be  clay  iu 
the  IkdkIs  of  men  is  to  bow  and  twist  for  selfish 
purposes,  and  help  thousands  on  to  destruction. 
Show  the  people  that  we  are  living  in  the  dis- 
pensation of  humility,  and  not  in  the  glory 
dispensatiou,  and  then  the  field  will  be  quite 
clear.  The  weeds  ivill  die  for  want  of  nour- 
ishment, and  the  wheat  will  get  the  diviue  sun- 
shine necessary  for  its  proper  development. 
Christ  came  in  humility,  did  his  work  in  humil- 
ity, and  the  effects  will  be  hiimilitij.  When  He 
comes  "  in  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and 
great  glory,"  then  will  open  up  the  glory  dis- 
pensatiou, and  all  its  subjects  will  be  e.\alted. 
Ah,  how  many  are  talking  and  walking  with 
lofty  heads  as  if  they  were  already  living  in  the 
glory  dispensation!  Those  who  have  "put  on 
Christ,"  and  are  not  "  weary  in  well  doing,"  live 
in  the  shadow  of  that  glory,  but  then  in  (he 
Ihliig  itself.  Then  hold  fast  to  meekness,  selt- 
deninl,  humility,  whether  the  "  thorns  "  trouble 
or  not.  Often  the  "  praise  of  men  "  will  stretch 
itself  out  before  you,  but  let  it  not  come  upon 
and  cover  you.  Keep  under  the  Cross  lest  you 
trample  upon  it.  Let  Jesus  select  and  place  the 
crown  upon  you,  and  then  it  wilt  fit  you.  The 
eyes  are  set  up  high  so  that  you  may  see  the 
dangers  and  avoid  them.  Profit  by  this.  See 
that  you  hold  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  by  the  hilt 
when  wielding  it,  othernTse  it  ouly  bruises. 


A   PARABLE. 


A  CERTAIN  ruler,  severe  in  his  rulings,  sent 
for  one  of  his  people,  and  said  to  him; 
"  What  is  your  trade?  "  He  answered:  "I  am 
a  blacksmith." 

"Go  home,"   said  the   tyrant,   "and   make  a 
chain  of  such  a  length." 


Away  went  the  blacksmith,  and  for  several 
months  he  worked   hard  on  the  chain,   and  he 

got  no  pay  for  all  the  time  he  was  working. 
He,  at  last,  brought  it  to  his  Master,  who  said: 
"Go  and  make  it  twice  as  long."  At  work  he 
went  again,  but  still  without  pay.  He  brought 
it  again  to  the  tyrant,  the  hard-hearted  master, 
who  again  said:  "Go  and  make  it  longer  slill." 
And  longer  it  was.miide,  taking  more  time,  and 
getting  no  pay.  Truly  he  had  a  hard  time  of 
it.  When  lie  brought  it  up  again,  the  rough 
Master  said  to  his  servants:  "Take  the  chain, 
bind  the  blacksmith  hand  and  foot,  and  cast 
him  into  a  furnace  of  fire."  This  was  his  pay 
for  nmking  the  chain.  Poor  man!  How  he 
worked  day  after  day  for  his  master  and  then, 
at  last  had  to  be  burned  for  it.  "0  what  a  cru- 
el master,"  you  say.     Now  for  the  plain  fact^. 

The  devil  is  the  m.oster.  He  has  been  telling 
some  persons  fifty  years  to  make  a  chain  (of 
sin),  to  make  it  longer  aud  longer,  and  they  are 
still  obeying  him.  He  gives  you  no  pay  as  you 
work  along  and  serve  him.  At  last  when  you 
have  finished  it,  and  brought  it  to  him,  he  will 
tell  his  servants,  "  Bind  htm  and  cast  him  into 
the  lake  of  fire." 

To-day  he  tells  you,  "Cheat  neighbor  B.  and 
put  n  link  on;  to-morrow  sell  rum  and  make 
some  one  drunk  and  thus  add  another  link." 

Thus  you  will  serve  him  ten,  twenty  or  more 
years,  and  Satan  ivill  keep  on  saying,  "More 
links  still."  "The  wages  of  ain  is  death,"  says 
the  Book  of  God. 


FIRE  AND  BRIMSTONE. 

11ERRIBLE  the  doom  of  him  who  lies.  "  All 
liars  shall  have  their  part  in  a  lake  of  fire 
and  brimstone."  Rev.  21:  S.  Some  read  it, 
"A  few  liars  shall  have  their  park  in  ii  little 
pond  of  fire  aud  brimstone."  Some  read.  "  A 
certain  class  of  liars  shall  have  their  part  at  or 
near  by  a  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone."  Others 
read,  "  All  liars  shall  have  their  part  in  a  figur- 
ative lake  of  figurative  firo  and  brimstone." 
But  the  voice  of  God  says,  "  All  lia-s  shall  have 
their  part  in  a  lake  oi  Jire  tind  brimstone;" 
real,  literal  fire  and  brimstone.  This  sounds 
harshly  on  some  ears.  It  cannot  be  avoided. 
It  is  the  Lord's  language,  the  Lord's  arrauge- 
ment.  We  are  not  the  author,  the  creator  of 
the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone  or  anything  else, 
and  never  expect  to  be,  but  we  are  here  to  warn, 
to  cry  aloud,  to  give  no  uncertain  sound  about 
this  matter.  We  are  anxious  to  have  people 
keep  out  of  the  lake  of  fire  aud  brimstone,  to 
see  them  go  the  right  iraij,  the  holy  way,  God's 
way.  Then  be  not  deceived.  Liars  shall  have 
their  part  in  a  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone — a  vast 
body  of  seething,  boiling,  fuming  brimstone. 
The  dark,  sulphuric  flames  will  go  rolling  forth 
from  that  terrible  lake;  the  smell  of  brimstone 
will  be  there.  And  more;  that  burning  brim- 
stone will  hurt,  it  will  aiifse  pain.  0  fearful 
the  condition  of  liars! 

"  See  here,"  replies  one,  "  can't  I  misrepresent 
a  little,  and  stille.scapethelake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone? "  No,  yon  cannot.  The  man  who  wil- 
fully misrepresents  another  is  not  telling  the 
truth,  aud  that  is  what  constitutes  a  liar — one 
who  does  not  tell  the  truth.  God  says,  "All 
liars"  shall  go  into  the  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone. Not  h/ it,  not  ik'Bcit,  but  in  the  lah: 
You  tremble,  do  you?  That  is  right;  tremble 
now  and  tarn  back  on  the  way  of  truth. 

Lying  commenced  with  Satan  in  the  garden 
of  Eden.  He  said, "  Thou  sbalt  not  die."  There 
is  his  negative  against  God's  positive.  And  the 
man  who  tells  lies,  is  doing  his  very  best  for 
Satan;  and  what  poor  pay  he  gets  for  it.  Liars 
shall  have  their  p^t  in  the  take  of  fire  and  brim- 
.=!tone.  You  say,  "This  is  awful."  It  is;  aud  if 
you  do  not  want  to  get  into  the  awful  lake,  just 
cease  telling  falsehoods  and  turn  to  telling  the 
truth.     This  is  a  certain  way  to  escape. 

"Well  but,"  says  one  who  is  a  little  guilty, 
"how  about  little  white  lies?  Can't  I  put 
large  potatoes  at  the  mouth  of  the  sock,  and  the 
small  ones  at  the  bottom?"  Yes  you  caji  do 
that,  and  may  do  so,  providing  you  tell  the  pur- 
chaser that  such  is  the  ca.se;  but  if  you  put  the 
irge  ones  at  the  top  and  the  small  ones  below 
n  order  to  sell  them  at  a  high  price.,  look  out  fur 
the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone.  Honesty  always 
makes  the  measure  full,  pressed  down,  running 
over,  and  alike  throughout;  but  the  measure 
gotten  up  to  sell,  deceive,  and  drive  a  "sharp 
bargain,"  shows  that  the  one  who  goes  that  way 
is  on  the  road  to  the  terrible  lake.  The  pay  for 
such  work  is  poor  indeed. 


December    5. 


THE    BRETl-iRii.^    ^T    WOKIC. 


Now  here  cornea  tlio  merchant,  who  snys:  "  I 
must  sell  gooda;  can't  I  misrepresent  a  little,  if 
compelled  to?  I  have  goods,  part  wool  and 
port  cottou;  times  ore  close,  profits  small,  cau't 
I  sell  the  mixed  goods  for  the  real  geniiiuo  stutl', 
mid  escape'the  lake?  "  No  man  is  comprlled  to 
misrepresent  in  order  to  efi'ect  sales.  Such  ly- 
ing, such  deceiving  must  necessarily  lead  to  the 
lake  ol'  fire  arid  brimstone  unless  repentance 
will  step  in  and  hold  back.  If  you  choose  to 
j^o  that  way,  you  will  cel'tainlyget  your  choice, 
liut  the  crackling  flame  will  be  iobarmonioui 
music  to  your  oar. 

Away  back  in  prophetic  times  the  man  of 
tiod  said:  "  Behold  ye  trust  in  lying  words,  that 
cannot  profit."  Jer.  7: 8.  That  is  also  terrible, 
— terrible  that  men  iiill  trust  in  lying  words. 
Men  talk  about  others,  misrepresent  them,  do 
their  best  to  impress  their  sayings  npon  those 
whom  they  address  until  it  is  believed.  Men 
thus  trust  in  lying  words,  and  that  to  no  profit. 
We  do  not  say  that  the  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone is  for  those  who  thus  tnistin  lying  words, 
for  the  Book  does  not  say  so,  and  we  want  to 
stick  to  the  Book,  hut  there  is  no  profit  in  that 
kind  of  trusting;  the  sooner  one  quits  it,  the 
better.  "  0  well,"  says  another,  "there  can  be 
no  harm  in  telling  my  opinion  of  this  or  that 
thing."  Certainly  a  man  may  give  his  opinion, 
providing  it  is  ijiceniohffp  others;  hut  alas! 
too  often  they  are  dearly  paid  for.  How  many 
aches  of  the  heart  have  been  produced  by,  an 
iiliitiioii!  How  many  dear  ties  have  been  bru- 
ken  by  opinions!  How  many  communities  have 
been  rocked  and  disturbed  by  opinions!  Then 
they  ivere  dear,  were  they  not?  Not  ko  cheap 
as  you  thought.  To  express  an  opinion  to  in- 
jure some  one  is  so  near  "  lake  "  business  that 
we  know  not  bow  to  divide  it  from  downright 
lying.  The  man  who  persists  in  Ij'ing,  twisting 
the  truth,  misrepresenting  and  avoiding  the  ex- 
act thing,  must  take  all  the  consequences.  If 
lir  icil!  go  mth  the  sorcerers,  the  murderei-s,  the 
idolatera,  and  amidst  their  groaniiigs,  moaningi', 
twistings,  writhings,  and  shoutings,  ^end  up  his 
bitt«r  wail  of  anguish,  then  there  he  will  go. 
There  you  can  cry  and  say,  "  1  did  the  work;  I 
lied;  I  misrepresented;  I  did  all  I  could  to  in- 
jure others;  now  I  have  my  reward."  0  may 
your  heart  be  changed  now!  May  you  learn  to 
speak  the  whole  truth,  nothing  but  the  truth, 
wear  it  like  a  girdle,  and  keep  it  as  a  jewel. 

A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 

XHMBER  n\ 

BY  this  time  the  reader  will  perceive  that  for 
our  authority  m  defense  of  plain  dressing, 
we  want  to  go  beyond  all  human  confe.ssions  of 
faith,  beyond  all  man-made  croeds  and  predicate 
our  reason  on  what  was  taught  by  Christ  and 
the  apostles.  This  is  the  original  ground  occu- 
pied by  our  ancient  Brethren  who  were  first  in 
this  reformatory  movement.  The  Bible  was 
their  authority  for  plain  dressing,  and  they  en- 
forced it  as  they  were  Scripturally  authorised 
to  do,  and  thereby  preserved  that  simplicity 
that  should  characteriM  every  true  church  of 
God. 

They  adopt«d  a  uniformity  in  dress,  not  be- 
cause the  Gospel  under  all  circumstanceB  requir- 
ed a  particular  uniform,  hut  because  they 
thought  by  that  method  they  could  maint-ain 
among  the  members,  Scriptural  plainness. 
They  thus  banded  together  for  mutual  defense 
against  pride  and  fashion.  It  was  their  method 
of  evading  and  warding  off  fashionable  dressing. 
The  Gospel  required  them  to  dress  in  plain  ap- 
parel, and  not  costly  array,  and  in  order  to  car- 
ry out  this  Scriptural  injunction,  they  agreed 
upon  the  plain  method  of  dressing  that  has 
been  handed  down  to  us.  It  is  worthy  of  notice 
that  every  church  which  has  strictly  adhered 
to  this  method  of  advancing  plainness,  has  kept 
fashionable  dressing  out  of  the  church.  I  do 
not  know  of  nn  exception.  Just  as  long  as  the 
Methodist  church  adhered  to  these  principles  of 
plainness,  they  remained  a  plain  people.  So  it 
is  with  the  Quakers,  and  ]uft  bo  it  will  be  with 
our  people.  Those  congregations  among  us 
which  have  departed  from  this  simplicity  are 
now  drifting  off  into  pride,  and  in  too  many  in- 
stances are  making  rapid  strides  towards  popu- 
lar religion. 

Tliia  doctrine  of  non-conformity,  however, 
has  been  greatly  injured  by  some  of  its  advocates. 
Too  many  of  them  have  not  been  consistent  in 
their  plea.  Their  lives  did  not  correspond  with 
their  preaching.    Many  have  made  a  hobby  of 


dress  and  in  some  localities  have  well  nigh  rode 
it  to  death.  Every  time  they  preach,  it  must 
be  on  dress,  and  often  abuse  people  for  fine 
dressing  instead  of  reasoning  the  case  candidly 
and  coolly.  Too  many  have  u.sed  soft  argu- 
ments and  hard  words,  instead  of  bard  argu- 
ments and  soft  words.  And  in  soiie  instances 
those  who  are  wonderfully  particular  about 
dres.s,  are  careless  and  unconcerned  about  other 
things  just  as  important.  There  are  those,  who, 
when  the  question  of  dress  comes  up,  are  alivs 
to  the  work — they  want  all  the  members  to 
dress  plain,  and  come  into  the  general  order — 
that  is  right  and  good;  hut  when  it  comes  to 
doing  missionary  work — to  raising  money  to 
send  the  Gospel  to  the  perishing  sinners — they 
are  as  unconcerned  about  it  a.s  if  they  did  not 
care  whether  anybody  else  was  saved  or  not. 
Now  brethreu,  this,  is  inconsistent,  it  is  not 
apostolic. 

Then  again,  a  young,  fashionably  attired  lady 
makes  application  tO' unite  with  the  church.  A 
couple  of  well-established  visiting  brethren  call 
on  her,  and  lell  her  what  the  chnrch  expects  of 
those  who  unite  with  the  body  of  Christ.  Among 
other  things,  it  is  required  that  she  absent  her- 
self from  all  places  of  amusement,  lay  aside  her 
jewelry  and  fashionable  attire,  and  adorii  her- 
self in  modest  apparel  as  becometh  holy  women. 
With  a  gentle  heart  full  of  love  for  her  Master, 
she  responds,  ''  For  Christ's  sake  I  will  make 
the  sacrifice."  The  resolve  is  a  good  one,  and  I 
would  to  God  that  every  sister  in  the  church 
could  make  such  a  sacrifice  for  their  Master's 
cause.  The  young  lady  is  received  into  the 
church,  and  becomes  a  model  sister.  But  how 
about  the  two  visiting  brethren?  Moi-e  than 
likely  one  of  them  is  following  a  worldly  fash- 
ion just  as  much  as  that  young  lady  before  she 
was  received  into  the  church.  Ton  ask  that 
brother  to  quit  the  use  of  tobacco  for  Christ's 
sake — no,  he  cannot  do  it.  He  is  very  particular 
about  dress,  but  ivhen  it,  comes  to  using  tobacco 
he  is  just  as  fashionable  as  the  world.  Then 
there  are  preachers  who  are  veiy  strenuous 
about  the  order  of  the  church  in  dress — every 
member  must  conform  to  the  order,  and  may  be 
that  very  preacher  is  following  a  worldly  fash- 
ion by  using  tobacco.  Is  this  couf-istent?  Then 
then?  are  others,  who,  when  it  comes  to  parting 
the  hair,  are  just  as  precise  as  they  can  be — it 
must  be  done  so  and  so, — but  when  it  comes  to 
dealing  with  their  fellow-man,  they  are  as 
clo'ie-fisted  as  the  world  dare  be.  la  this  not 
following  the  ways  of  the  world?  Is  this  not 
downright  inconsistency?  Is  this  Bible  non- 
formity?  Then  there  are  those  who  injure 
the  cause  of  non-conformity  by  making  a  hobby 
of  dress;  they  are  all  the  time  talking  and 
preaching  about  it.  Every  sermon  they  preach 
mu-'t  have  something  in  about  dress,  while  oth- 
er subjects,  equally  important,  are  loft  untouch- 
ed; they  do  not  preach  the  whole  truth,  for 
many  of  the  commands  thereby  remain  untaught. 
Preaching  is  a  little  like  planting  seed;  there  is 
such  a  thing  as  getting  so  much  in  a  hill  that 
none  of  it  will  grow  to  maturity.  The  best  way 
to  kill  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity  is  just  to 
make  a  hobby  of  it,  and  get  people  tired  and 
sick  of  hearing  it.  It  is  like  breaking  a  child  of 
eating  sugar;  let  it  eat  till  it  gets  sick — that 
cures  it  for  good.  Just  so  with  preaching  on 
Scriptural  subjects.  I  once  knew  a  minister 
who  preached  on  the  design  of  baptism  till  the 
whole  neighborhood  became  disgusted,  and  act- 
ually hated  to  hear  the  doctrine  mentioned;  he 
did  it  more  harm  than  good. 

Another  thing  that  has  greatly  injured  this 
doctrine  among  our  people  is,  that  some  years 
ago  we  had  a  few  men  among  us,  who  were 
verj'  strenuous  for  the  order  of  the  church,  and 
yet,  by  their  unholy  actions,  have  brought  dis- 
grace upon  the  church,  and  shocked  the  body 
from  centre  to  circumference.  Such  things  as 
these  hurt;  thi^y  do  more '  harm  than  the  fieiy 
darts  of  Satan.  Men  who  are  extremists  in  one 
thiug  and  negligent  regarding  another  of  equal 
importance,  are  the  men  who  injure  the  cause. 

Brethren,  these  are  facta  that  cannot  be  gain- 
said. There  is  too  much  inconsistency  among 
some  of  those  who  dwell  with  particular  empha- 
sis on  the  order  of  the  church.  Too  many  of 
them  are  careless  about  other  things;  too  many 
of  them  do  not  pay  due  attention  to  the  weight- 
ier matters  of  a  holy  and  a  consistent  life. 
They  may  be  very  precise  in  dress,  but  when  it 
comes  to  driving  sharp  bargains,  laying  up 
treasures  on  earth  and  neglecting  prayer,  they 
are  just  as  worldly  as  anybody  else.     In  con- 


tending for  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity,  in 
public,  as  well  aa  private,  these  are  the  ;nost 
difficult  points  to  overcome;  they  do  more  harm 
than  all  the  enemies  put  together.  I  would 
sooner  fight  Satan  and  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
dark  regions  any  time  than  to  apologize  for 
"wolf  in  sheep's  clothing."  I  never  did  blame 
u  icol/  for  being  a  wolf,  and  acting  like  a  wolf, 
but  when  it  comes  to  a  wolf  getting  into  sheep's 
clothing  to  deceive,  then  woe  be  unto  the  hyp- 
ocrites. 

Shall  we  s;ive  up  the  doctrine  of  non-conform- 
ity because  a  few  of  its  advocates  are  inconsist- 
ent? Nay  indeed.  It  would  be  as  logical  to 
pve  up  the  Bible  because  there  are  "false  breth' 
reu."  It  is  my  candid  opinion  that  it  is  the 
only  way  of  keeping  the  church  unspotted  from 
the  world  in  dress.  I  notice  that  those  congre- 
gations that  have  departed  from  the  order,  are 
fast  drifting  into  the  current  of  popular  religion. 
Those  who  have  gone  out  from  among  us,  be- 
cause of  this  doctrine,  have  either  gone  off  into 
the  ways  of  the  world,  or  elscidii-indled  to  noth- 
ing. And  just  so  it  will  be  with  the  ciiurch, 
unless  she  carefully  guards  against  every  ap 
pearance  of  evil.  Let  those  who  hold  so  firml> 
to  the  general  order  of  the  church,  show  bj 
Iheir  walk  and  couvereafion  that  their  heart 
have  been  renewed,  and  that  they  have  non- 
conformity in  the  he.irt  as  well  as  on  the  body, 
and  then  God's  name  mil  be  glorified  in 
bodies  aud  spirits  which  are  his.  .r.  r.  ; 


WERE    THEY  ELDERS  OR 
DEACONS? 

THE  day  of  Pentecost  was  a  memorable  day 
in  tlie  early  history  of  the  Christian  church. 
Three  thousand  persons  were  converted  in  one 
day,  and  so  rapid  was  the  increase  of  the 
church,  that  in  a  few  days  it  nnmbered  five 
thousand,  Acts  i:  i,  and  in  order  that  none 
might  suffer,  and  that  the  Word  be  not  hindei 
ed,  they  had  all  things  common.     Acts  2:  ii. 

A  difticuUy  finally  arose:  the  Grecians  mui 
mured  "against  the  Hebrews,  because  their 
widows  were  neglected  in  the  daily  ministra- 
tion.'" Acts  6:  1.  The  twelve  said,  it  was  not 
reason  that  they  should  leave  the  Word  of  God 
and  serve  tables.  They  did  not  have  time  to 
settle  difficulties:  their  work  was  to  preach  the 
Gospel.  '  They  decide  that  this  murmuring 
must  be  attended  to  by  other  parties. 

Here  we  find  a  valuable  lesson  for  preachers 
of  modern  times.  Ibis  too  often  the  case,  '^hen 
e  are  difficulties  to  be  settled,  the  elders  are 
called  to  do  it,  wliile  there  may  he  others, 
just  as  well  qualified,  who  could  attend  to  such 
matters  and  let  the  elders  give  themselves  con- 
tinually to  prayer  and  to  the  ministry  of  tho 
word.  When  this  difhculty  arose,  tho  apostles 
did  not  appoint  some  elders  to  attend  to  it,  but 
called  the  whole  church  together,  and  told 
them  to  "  look  out  among  you  seven  men  of 
honest  report,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  ivis- 
doni,  whom  wo  may  appoint  over  this  business." 
Acts  6;  3.  The  men  were  to  be  chosen  from 
the  church,  by  the  church. 

Were  these  seven  men,  after  they  were  iu- 
italled,  elders  or  deacons?  One  i>arty  aihvm 
that  they  wore  eldera,  whilu  the  other  party 
thinks  they  were  deacons.  In  my  judgment 
they  were  neither;  some  of  tliein  may  have 
been  deacons,  but  I  do  nob  believe  there 
were  any  elders  among  them.  They  are  not 
called  elders,  Lor  are  they  called  deacons. 

Tlioir  manner  of  being  called  out,  shows 
that  they  constituted  a  special  order  or  class  for 
some  special  purpose.  The  church  was  told  to 
select  seven  men,  "  whom  we  may  appoint  over 
this  business."  The  apostles  did  nob  say,  Se- 
lect seven  men  to  be  ordained  to  the  elder- 
;hip;  or,  seven  men  to  perform  the  work  of 
deacons;  or  seven  men  whom  we  may  ap- 
point over  this  church  —  whom  wo  may  in- 
stall as  deacons, —  no;  hut,  "whom  we  may 
appoiut  over  this  business."  What  business? 
To  see  that  the  Grecian  widows  are  properly 
provided  for  in  tho  daily  miniatrabions. 

These  widows  not  being  properly  provided 
for,  had  caused  the  murmuring;  and  as  the 
apostles  did  not  have  time  to  attend  to  the  case, 
the  church  selected  a  committee  to  see  after  the 
trouble,  and  see  that  the  murmuring  was  stop- 
ped, and  the  Grecian  widows  properly  provided 
for. 

The  church  at  Jerusalem  at  that  time  was 
very  large,  and  it  is  not  reasonable  thftt  ■  she 
would  have  been  without  deacons,  whose  duty 


it  was  to  see  after  the  wants  of  the  multitude, 
but  in  this  case  they  could  not  serve  alone,  for 
there  was  a  difficidty  to  be  settled,  and  the 
church  must  have  a  hand  in  it.  The  apostles 
refused  to  take  hold  of  it,  but  instructed  the 
church  to  select  seven  men  to  look  after  that 
business.  These  men  were  duly  set  apart  to 
their  work  by  the  laying  on  of  hands. 

To  say,  that  these  seven  men  were  installed 
as  elders,  does  not  look  logical.  They  wore  not 
chosen  till  a  difhculty  arose,  and  it  would  seem 
strange  that  the  church  would  wait  until  the 
members  got  up  a  difficulty,  before  choosing 
elders.  The  same  argument  may  be  used 
against  the  idea  of  them  having  been  deacons, 
Aud  then,  why  select  and  install  seven  elders 
all  at  one  time?  If  they  were  elders,  why  ap- 
point them  over  just  a  certain  kind  of  business, 
and  not  over  the  church  ?  If  they  were  elders 
why  did  not  I'hilip,  one  of  them,  have  power 
to  lay  hands  on  those  whom  he  baptized,  while 
preaching  ab  Samaria?  Have  not  eldei-s  power 
to  lay  hands  on  baptivieti  con  verts?  ■' 

It  is  generally  conceded  that  the  apostles 
were  cldei-s,  and  there  were  twelve  of  them.  — 
Were  not  twelve  eldeis  enough  for  one  church? 
Why  install  seven  others,  thus  making  nine- 
teen? What  would  they  want  with  nineteen 
elders  in  one  church?  There  was  a  difficulty 
in  the  church  at  that  time.  Is  it  right  to  select 
and  install  eldei-s  when  there'  is  a  difficulty  in 
the  church,  or  should  they  not  wait  till  the  dif- 
ficulty issettled? 

We  arc  generally  taught  that  the  church 
should  always  be  at  peace  when  any  ofiicers  are 
to  be  selected,  but  if  it  be  conceded  that  the 
seven  were  elders,  then  it  would  he  perfectly 
riglit  to  elect  and  install  church  officei-s  while 
the  church  is  in  difficulty.  The  narrative  says, 
that  one  of  them,  Nicolas,  was  a  proselyte  of 
Antioch,  a  city  something  over  two  hundred 
miles  from  Jerusaleui.  Why  would  the  church 
at  Jerusalem  .select  an  elder  who  lived  over  two 
hundred  miles  away  in  a  city  where  there  were 
no  members? 

Neither  is  it  reasonable  to  suppose  they  were 
deacons.  Does  it  look  reasonable  that  the 
apostles  would  have  organized  a  church  of  five 
thousand  niembei-s  without  any  deacons  in  it? 
And  if  there  >vere  niivady  deacons  in  the 
church,  why  go  to  work  aud  select  seven  oth- 
ers to  attend  to  this  special  work?  Why  could 
not  those,  already  in  the  church  attend  to  it? 
And,  ;is  stated,  one  of  them  lived  over  two 
hundred  miles  from  Jerusalem.  What  would 
the  church  want  with  a  deacon  who  lived  200 
miles  from  the  congregation? 

If  they  were  neither  elders  nor  deacons  by 
virtue  of  their  installation,,  what  were  they? 
I  answer,  they  constituted  ahusiness  committee, 
whoso  duty  it  was  to  oversee  and  look  after  the 
proper  distribution  of  the  charities  of  the 
chiirch.  The  already  chosen  deacons  and  oth- 
ers could  attend  to  the  distribution  nf  the  food, 
but  as  a  difficulty  had  arisen,  there  must  now  he 
a  committee  appointed  over  that  business,  to 
iperiutend  the  work,  and  settle  whatever  dis- 
satisfaction may  have  arisen.  When  their 
work  ceased  then  their  office  ceased  also.  Some 
of  this  committee  we  know  were  preachers,  for 
we  afterward  find  them  engaged  in  preaching, 

I  leave  the  reader  to  ponder  over  the  above, 
and  get  ready  for  reading  an  article  relating  to 
whether  it  is  expedient  that  elders  and  able 
preachers  should  leave  the  Word  and  spend 
their  time  serving  on  committees,  in  settling 
church  difficulties  when  there  are  plenty  of  oth- 
Vho  could  do  the  work  just  as  well?     Re- 

iiber  what  eoui-se  the  twelve  took  when  that 
difficulty  got  up  in  the  old  mother  church  at 
Jerusalem.  j.  h.  m. 

Those  Universalist  preachers,  who  are  going 
ound  over  the  country,  telling  the  people  that 
there  is  no  bell,  would  better  go  slow.  They 
might  be  mistaken.  The  autideluvians  did  not 
believe  there  would  he  a  hteral  flood,  but  the 
day  wmie  that  they  had  to  believe  it. 


The  Mormon  women  of  Salt  Lake  City  have 
passed  resolutions  avowing  their  belief  in  "the 
patriarchal  order  of  marriages  as  revealed  to 
God'a  people  in  past  ages,  which,  if  lived  up  to, 
were  conducive  to  long  life,  strength  and  glory," 
How  about  those  who  lived  before  the  flood? 
Adam  had  but  one  wife,  and  so  it  was  with  all 
the  men  saved  in  the  ark.  Mormons  who  have 
a  multiplicity  of  wives,  die  just  as  soon  as  other 
people. 


TEEK    BiiETBIHE^J"    ^T    "WORK:. 


IDeoember    5 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Trll." 


This  ilopMlmonl  is  dcsigncil  for  nsking  anil  anBwering 
Bible  <iil«9lia[u,  nad  for  (he  aolulion  oCScripluml  <li<G«ul' 
(Ici.  All  ^'iifaiibns  should  be  itataJ  nilli  canilor,  arid  nn- 
■wtrcd  Willi  M  much  olenrno's  as  possible,  ia  onlor  to 
promolc  ULIfIp  Trulh.  ArlioUs  for  (hia  dopBrtmenl,  njual 
be  Bhort  nail  to  tbe  poinl.' 


TVill  the  Bretiires  at  Work  give  nn  explnna- 
tlon  olitliolfitterclaiiseor  tlio  B«tU  verse  of  the. 
22iid  cUaptor  of  Luke,  wliich  rends  ns  follows : '"  And 
he  that  liatli  no  swonl  let  liim  sell  his  garment  and 
buy  one," 

Also,  Mark  2.1:  ir.,  which  reads  as  follows;  "'Wob 
unto  you  scribes  and  riiariseaa,  Uyjiocrltes!  for  ye 
compiisa  sea  mid  land  tomaltoono  proselyte ;  aud 
when  he  is  laado  ye  makp  liim  two-fold  more  the 
cbild  of  hell  than  youi-selves."         S.  A.  Ui,eky. 

Please  explain  1  Tim.  1:0;  Luke  10:15;  MarkO: 
28;  MarklUtn,  18.  To  what  law  luis  the  Seript- 
iires  reference  and  to  what  extent  shoiUd  it  be  usedV 
What  is  the  most  esteemed  'i  Eiis  it  reference  to 
any  particular  tliiu;;? 


A  COLT  TIED. 


Please  give  an  explanattou  of  Matt.  21:  2;  also 
Mark  11 :  2.  Do  both  mean  the  aamo?  If  so,  what 
ia  meant  by  tlie  ass  tied  and  tbe  colt  with  ber ;  loose 
them  and  bring  them  unto  mel"  Did  he. ride  both, 
or  only  the  coltV  I.  II.  CnisT. 

BY  turning  to  Mark  11,  we  can  gather  more 
direct  meaning  of  our  Savior's  lantjuage  as 
recorded  by  said  evangelist.  As  every  parable 
of  our  Savior  has  its  direct  meaning,  because 
"spake  he  not  without  a  parable,"  then  it  is  for 
us  to  read  and  imdei^stand.  We  tlunk  Jesus 
only  rode  the  colt,  for  Mark  11:  7  tells  it  plain- 
ly, Wheu  the  disciples  were  sent  into  tlie  vil- 
lage ■'  they  weuti  tliejr  way  and  found  the  colt 
tied  by  the  door  without,  in  a  place  where  two 
ways  met." 

First,  The  colt  represents  the  infantile  part 
of  the  human  family.  "  TieJ  at  the  door  with- 
out," The  colt  represents  that  class  naturally 
tied  outside  the  kingdom  of  grace  Jesus  promis- 
ed to  set  up  in  the  hearts  of  mankind.  "  Two 
ways  met,"'  meaning  the  two  roads,  the  broad, 
and  the  narrow,  loading  t.o  et«niity.  "  Where- 
on never  man  sat."  That  is,  the  class  referred 
to  has  not  been  controlled  aud  influenced  to 
traval  on  either,  until  they  are  loosed  aud 
brought  to  Jesus.  "Sat  upon  him  and  rode 
triumph ;intly."'  Meaning  Jesus  htis  complete 
power  and  control  over  such.  In  our  natural 
state,  before  ci'ossing  the  line  of  accountability, 
we  are  tied  by  nature  and  are  the  children  of 
wrath,  even  as  others.  Before  we  have  brought 
nature  into  action,  we  are  not  travelei-s  on  either 
road  until  losed  from  nature's  bonds,  then  Jesus 
rides  triumphantly  into  that  Jerusalem  within 
us.  "  For,"  said  He,  "  repentance  aud  remission 
of  sins  must  he  preached  among  all  n,itious,  be- 
ginning at  Jerusalem."  So  when  this  takes 
place  within  us,  Jesus  has  complete  power  and 
control  over  our  young  nature  whereon  never 
man  sat.  A.  Bearss. 

Hherk-xfon,  Out. 


LEAST   IN  THE  KINGDOM. 

■■He  tliut  isitfiLst  in  the  kingdom  ol  heavcti.  is 
gicater  than  he."— Mali.  11:  11, 

THE  Savior  in  speaking  of  John  the  Baptist 
made  the  above  remark,  and  also  said  in 
the  next  two  verses  following,  "And  from  the 
days  of  John  the  Baptist  until  now,  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  auffereth  violence,  and  the  vio- 
lent take  it  by  force.  For  all  the  prophets  and 
the  law  prophesied  until  John." 

Now  the  point  He  wished  to  show  seems 
to  be  on  the  "  kingdom  of  heaven,"  so  by  com- 
pai-iug  Scripture  with  Scripture,  we  can  get  the 
meaning  of  what  He  wished  to  convey.  "  But 
if  I  east  out  devils  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  then 
the  kipgdom  of  God  is  come  unto  you,"  Matt. 
12:  2S,  showing  conclusively  to  be  the  power 
of  God  by  which  he  did  the  mighty  works  He 
performed.  He  also  said  unto  His  disciples  in 
answer  to  their  question  why  He  spake  in  par- 
ables, "  Because  it  is  given  unto  you  to  know 
the  masteries  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  to 
them  it'  is  not  given." 

Now  it  seems  to  me,  the  reason  we  do  not 
come  up  to  the  full  standard  that  we  might  at- 
tain to,  is  not  on  account  of  the  rule  being  in- 
correct, but  the  foult  is  in  not  complying  as  the 
rule  demands,  or  in  other  words,  we  "yet  lack 
one  thing,"  We  will  be  perfect,  when  we  find 
the  treasure  hid  in  a  field,  the  which  wheu  a 
man  hath  found,  he  hidelli,  and  lor  joy  thereof 
goeth  and  selleth  all  that  he  hath,  aud  buyeth 
that  field. 

"  Neither  shall  they  say,  lo  here!  or  lo  there! 
for  behold,  the  kingdom  of  God  is  within  you." 
Luke  IT:  21.  "  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you. 
He  that  believeth   on  me,  the  works  that  I  do 


shall  he  do  also;  aud  greater  works  than  these 
shall  he  do;  because  I  , go  unto  imy  Father." 
John  H:  12. 

I  have  gathered  the  obove  quotations  to  give 
an  idea  of  what  a  believer  may  attain  to,  to 
come  up  to  the  standard  given  in  the  text  above, 
as  requested  by  Bro.  H.  H.  Myers,  and  I  hope 
some  more  able  correspondent  may  take  up  the 
subject  and  do  it  justice. 

D.  W.  SlOVEB. 


QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

I  HAVE  noticed  in  thi-  la-t  number  of  the 
BiiKTHREN  AT  WoRK  qiiite  a  number  of 
questions  a.sked,  concerning  certain  Scripture 
passages,  desiring  to  have  others  give  their 
views.  I  am  very  much  interested  in  the  Word 
of  God,  which  is  my  life.  It  is  therefore  my 
desire  to  give  my  views  on  some  of  the  most 
important  questions. 

"  Now  to  him  that  worketh  is  the  reward  not 
reckoned  of  grace,  but  of  debt.  But  to  him  that 
worketh  not,  but  believeth  on  him  that  justifi- 
eth  the  xmgodly,  his  faith  is  counted  for  right- 
eousness." Rom.  4:  i,  5,  Now  if  we  turn  to 
Rom.  3:  9-12,  we  find  man's  condition  in  the 
sight  of  God,  without  a  Savior.  Paul,  includ- 
ing himself,  says,  all  have  gone  astray.  Also 
Rom.  5:  13.  We  now  have  man's  condition 
while  here  in  existence.  By  turning  to  Horn. 
C:  23,  we  find  that  the  wages  of  sin  is  death; 
but  the  gift  of  God  is  eternaUife,  through  Jesus 
Clirist  our  Lord.  How  to  obtain  this  gift,— 
eternal  life,  is  plainly  shown  in  John  3:  14,  15: 
"  .\nd  ns  Moses  lilted  up  the  serpent  in  the 
wilderness,  even  so  must  the  Son  of  man  be 
lifted  Dp:  thatwhosoever believeth inhimshould 
not  perish,  but  have  eternal  life."  Also  turn  to 
John  6:  28,29:  "Then  said  they  unto  him. 
What  shall  we  do  that  we  might  work  the  works 
ofGodP  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  them, 
This  is  the  work  of  God,  that  ye  believe  on  him 
whom  he  hath  sent."  Rom.  5: 1:  "Therefore 
being  justified  by  faith  we  have  peace  with  God 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ^"  Also  verse  2: 
"  By  whom  also  we  have  access  by  faith  into 
tbe  grace  wherein  we  stand  and  rejoice  in  hope 
of  the  glory  of  God."  Rom.  11:  G:  "  And  if  by 
grace,  then  is  it  no  more  of  works:  otherwise 
grace  is  no  more  grace.  But  if  it  be  of  works, 
then  is  it  no  more  grace:  otherwise  works  is  no 
more  works."  Eph.  2:  8,  9;  "  For  by  grace  are 
ye  saved  through  faith;  and  that  not  of  youi^ 
selves:  it  is  the  gift  of  God:  Not  of  works,  lest 
any  man  should  boast."  Now  by  turning  to 
John  11,  we  have  aheautiful  illustration  of  man 
yet  in  sin,  being  helpless  and  a  lifeless  form. 
"The  wages  of  sin  is  death."  Rom. 7:9:  "But 
when  the  couimaudments  came,  sin  revived  and 
I  died."  John  11:  39:  "Jesus  said,  Take  ye 
away  the  stone.  Martha,  the  sister  of  him  that 
was  dead,  saith  unto  him,  Lord,  by  this  time  he 
stinketh:  for  he  hath  been  dead  four  days." 
"  He  stinketh"  may  be  compared  to  man's  right- 
eousness which  he  seeks  in  his  own  works. 
Philipp.  3:  7-9.  John  11:  43:  "  Aud  when  he 
had  thus  spoken  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
Lazarus,  come  forth.  And  he  that  was  dead 
came  forth,  bound  hand  and  foot  with  grave- 
clothes;  and  bis  face  was  bound  about  with  a 
napkin.  Je.ius  .saith  unto  them,  Loose  him,  and 
let  him  go."  We  know  that  all  the  by-standers 
knew  La/.arus  was  dead — he  could  do  nothing, 
but  the  moment  Jesus  called  him,  he  moved,  he 
received  life;  every  eye  that  was  present  beheld 
the  change;  Jesus  had  the  glory  and  Lazarus 
had  the  life, — a  gift  of  God  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  The  life  that  was  revealed  through 
Lazarus,  was  mode  manifest  to  thb  world.  So 
it  is  also  with  evei-j-  sinner  which  has  passed 
from  death  unto  life.  The  life  wliich  he  has 
received  through  Jesus,  by  faith,  will  he  made 
manifest  to  the  world,  to  the  glory  of  God.  We 
have  the  fruits  of  the  tipirit,  the  result  of  faith 
in  Gal.  5:  22-2(5.  .7.  IJ.  Stolt/.fus. 


KINGS  AND  KINGDOMS. 

Please  explain  Daniel  2:4-1,  45.  In  tlie  days  of 
what  kings?  What  does  the  word  kingdom  refer 
to,  and  what  the  stone?  IVm.  T,  HAnniNG. 

IN  the  vision,  tbe  prophet  explains  the  king's 
dream  thus:  "This  image's  head  was  of  fine 
gold,  his  breast  and  his  arms  of  silver,  his  belly 
and  his  thighs  of  brass,  his  legs  of  iron,  his  feet 
part  of  iron  and  part  of  clay." 

1.  Now  Daniel  explains  that  this  "head  of 
fine  gold  "  as  the  Babylonian  Empire,  particu- 
larly Nebuchadui'K/.ar,  its  proud  and  haughty 
sovereign.  This  head  represented  tho  "fine 
gold  " — its  riches  and  its  splendors,  of  which 
gold  was  the  established  emblem. 

2.  "  The  breast  and  arms  of  silver"  ore  said 
lo  indicate  a  second  Empire,  still  rich  and  splen- 
did, but  inferior  to  the  first,  and  means  no  other 
than  the  Persian  or  Medo  Persian  Empire  of 
which  Cyrus  wa3  founder. 


3.  "Belly  and  thighs  of  brass"  indicates  a 
thil^  Empire,  which  very  appositely  represents 
the  Macedonian  Empire.  This  Empire,  though 
perhaps  more  extensive  than  either  of  the  pre- 
ceding (as  the  belly  is  larger  than  the  head  or 
breast),  was  yet  inferior, 

4.  "  Legs  of  iron,  his  feet  part  of  iron  and 
part  of  clay."  This  is  unquestionably  the  Ro- 
man Empire,  and  intimates  that  though  part  of 
its  elements  were  like  iron,  its  constitution  be- 
ing heterogeneous,  had  in  itself,  elements  of 
division;  besides,  its  legs  may  represent  the 
Eastern  and  Western  branches  of  the  Empire, 
and  the  toes  the  smaller  kingdoms  which  after- 
wards succeeded.  I  will  not  descend  to  every 
minute  particular;  but  this  much  is  certain, 
that  by  this  image  wa.s  represented  the  world  as 
kfaown  then,  the  Empire  of  Babylon  lasted 
about  70  years  atler  this  period;  tbe  Persian 
about  190;  the  Mocedonion,  320;  the  Roman, 
which  subdued  the  Persians,  and  conquered 
nearly  the  whole  world,  still  longer. 

The  fifth  Monarchy  is  Christ's  Kingdom,  and 
is  itself  a  rock,  formed  without  human  aid,  and 
can  never  be  destroyed;  it  will  survive  and  sur- 
mount all  human  governments,  and  extend  into 
the  state  of  eternity. 

THE    STONE. 

We  will  turn  to  Psalm  118:  22  where  it  reads 
thus:  "The  stone  which  the  builders  refused,  is 
become  tbe  head  stone  of  the  corner."  Hear  it 
shows  that  Christ  is  the  <frea(  /oundation  sfotie 
of  the  Christian  church,  "  the  head  of  the  cor- 
ner;" also  to  Matt.  21:  42;  1  Pet.  4-10;  Eph. 
2:  20;  Acts  4:  i.  Buildere  tell  us,  this  conier- 
sloiie  was  the  kcH'Slone  of  an  arch,  "  It  is  a 
chief  stone,  and  in  the  most  conspicuous  place, 
the  highest,  it  is  generally  precious  or  valuable, 
a  picked  piece  and  generally  sculptured  or  en- 
graved, it  is  exactly  in  the  centre  of  the  arch, 
or  at  the  very  point  where  the  prophets  and  the 
apo.stles — the  old  and  the  new  dispensations 
meet;  and  it  is  the  foundation  or  security  of  the 
whole;  for  if  the  keij-aione  were  removed,  the 
whole  building  would  fall  to  ruins." 

Wsi.  Sti'akt. 


SLEEP. 


SLEEP  i<  the  intermediate  state  between  life 
and  death.  Life  is  regarded  as  the  active 
state  of  all  the  functions  of  the  body,  and  death 
as  that  of  their  total  suspension.  Sleep  exists 
in  two  states:  in  the  complete  and  incomplete, 
or  the  sleep  of  health  and  the  sleep  of  disease. 

,  The  sleep  of  health  is  full  of  tranquility.  In 
such  a  state  we  remain  for  hours  in  unbroken 
repose,  nature  banqueting  on  its  sweets,  renew- 
ing its  lost  energies  and  laying  in  a  new  store. 

This  accomplished,  slumber  vanishes  like  a 
vapor  before  the  rising  sun — languor  has  been 
succeeded  by  strength,  and  all  the  faculties  are 
recruited  in  this  delightful  state. 

Man  assimilates  most  with  that  in  which 
he  exists.  Adam  sprang  from  his  Creator's 
hands,  fresh,  buoyant  and  vigorous,  rejoicing  as 
a  racer  to  run  his  course,  with  all  his  feelings 
aud  faculties  prepared  for  exertion,  Revei-se 
the  picture,  and  we  have  the  sleep  of  disease, 
with  it-s  short,  feverish,  unrefreshing,  and  mel- 
ancholy dreams. 

Nittht  is  the  time  for  sleep;  but  I  fear  too 
much  of  the  time  allotted  to  us  by  God  for  our 
soul's  welfare  and  sustenance  is  spent  in  sleep 
or  in  idle  conversation.  Let  us  ever  be  careful, 
lor  we  are  informed  in  God's  Word,  that  on  the 
day  of  judgment  men  shall  give  on  account  of 
every  idle  word  they  speak. 

When  we  meet  for  worship,  I  am  sorry  to 
say,  we  permit  ourselves  to  be  overcome  with  a 
kind  of  sleepiness  which  certainly  is  not  very 
becomiug,  or  very  encouraging  to  the  minister 
trying  to  explain  God's  Word,  Let  ns  watch 
that  we  be  not  found  asleep  when  God  comes. 

Some  say.  "  0,  I  cannot  stay  awake;  our 
brother  speaks  in  such  a  dull  aud  lifeless  way." 
We  should  remember  that  God's  Word  though 
spoken  in  a  "  dull,  lifeless  way  "  is  shorper  than 
any  two-edged  sword.  When  wo  spend  our 
time  at  divine  service  in  sleeping,  it  Is  evident 
we  have  not  the  essential  interest.  Let  us  with 
the  Psalmist  say,  "  I  will  not  give  sleep  to  mine 
eyes  or  slumber  to  mine  eyelids"  until  I  have 
worshipped  God  according  to  His  revealed  will. 


The  just  man  says,  "  Do  not  let  me  hurt;" 
the  good  man  says.  "  Let  me  bless."  The  just 
man  says,  "  Let  me  take  nothing  from  my  fel- 
low-men; "  the  good  man  says,  "  Let  me  bestow 
much  upon  them."  Tbe  just  man  says,  "Let 
me  be  pure;"  the  good  man  says,  "Let  me 
draw  nil  men  into  purity."  One  is  equitable; 
the  other  is  benevolent.  One  seeks  hia  own 
perfectness;  the  other  seeks  the  welfare  of  those 
about  bim. 


lOcm^   ofl   |(iifcntst. 


— Cauhl  rai.sing  isprovingasuccosaiuTexas. 

— Papeh  teeth  were  exhibited  at  the  recent 
paper  fair  at  Berlin. 

— jVbout  14U  Mormons  arrived  in  New  York 
Oct.  30,  and  were  soon  to  depart  for  Utah. 

— Over  55,000  immigrants  have  sought  homes 


in  America  so  far  this 


— Vesuvids  is  in  active  eruption  at  anew 
point,  sending  up  enormous  volumes  of  lava 
300  feet  into  the  air. 

— The  population  of  Memphis  was  reduced 
by  the  yellow  fever  during  the  panic,  from  40,- 
000  to  2,500  whites,  and  0,000  blacks. 

— It  is  proposed  to  build  a  ship  canal  across 
the  peninsula  of  Florida,  a  distance  of  75  miles, 
from  Matan/.as  Inlet  to  Suwanjiee  River. 

— Asiatic  cholera  is  said  to  be  prevalent  in 
Nagasaki.  Government  is  adopting  active 
measures  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  contagion. 
The  disease  has  also  made  its  appearance  at 
Yokohama. 

— Feahb  are  ejcpressed  that  the  coming  Win- 
ter will  be  a  very  distressing  one  for  the  poor 
and  improvident  who  have  nothing  laid  aside 
for  a  rainy  day.  There  are  now  about  40,000 
people  out  of  employment  in  the  city  of  Brook- 
lyn alone. 

— Thirty- SIX  years  ago  the  Island  of  Samoa 
had  the  population  of  34,000,  all  of  whom  were 
barbarians.  The  population  now  numbers  80,- 
000,  the  majority  of  whom  are  Christians.  In 
the  theological  seminary  are  60  students,  and  20 
missionaries  are  sent  out  every  year  into  the 
neighboring  'islands. 

— A  QBEAT  fire  devastated  Cape  May  on  Sat- 
urday Nov.  9.  Nine  hotels,  twenty-oue  cottag- 
es, about  1,000  baih  houfes,  and  Denizot's  pier 
were  burnei,  and  tho  loss  is  estimi'el  at 
about  §500,000.  The  fire  is  supposed  to  have 
been  the  work  of  an  incendiary.  The  burned 
district  covers  about  forty  acres. 

— Favobaui.t;  reports  come  from  the  Russian 
oil  regions  near  the  Caspian  Sea.  Prom  one 
well  there  flows  a  stream  of  oil,  free  from  gas 
and  froth,  forced  into  the  air  to  a  height  of  sev- 
enty-five feet,  and  yielding  at  the  rate  of  ten 
thousand  barrels  a  day.  Americans  with  Amer- 
ican machinery  are  doing  their  best  to  improve 
these  wells. 

— A  iiisPATcH  from  Rome,  dated  Nov,  14th, 
says  that  violent  storms  have  been  raging 
throughout  Central  Italy,  and  the  damage  caus- 
ed by  them  is  almost  unparalleled.  Travel  on 
all  railways  between  Home  and  the  North  is  in- 
terrupted. The  15th,  the  Tiber  had  overflowed 
its  banks,  and  the  lower  part  of  the  city  was  in- 
undated. It  is  expected  that  the  flood  will  be- 
come as  widespread  as  the  disastrous  one  of 
1870, 

— Theke  are  now  more  than  two  hundred 
thousand  Mennonites  in  the  United  States,  dis- 
tributed through  perhaps  a  dozen  States.  They 
are  a  people  of  thrift  and  energy,  and  by  their 
good  conduct  commend  themselves  to  those 
among  whom  they  live.  Their  religious  beliefs 
approach  more  nearly  to  those  of  the  Quakers 
than  any  others.  They  refuse  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, aud  deny  that  there  is  any  original  sin. 

— ToB  Afghans,  the  dominant  race  in  the 
kingdomofShere-ali,  now  menaced  by  England, 
call  themselves  Jews  and  claim  to  be  descended 
from  King  Saul.  In  defense  of  these  claims,  it 
is  asserted  that  they  are  unquestionably  of  the 
Jewish  type,  are  divided  into  tribes,  elans,  and 
families,  that  they  practice  the  ceremony  of  the 
scape-goat,  and  celebrate  their  religious  rites  on 
the  hills.  There  is,  however,  no  trace  of  He- 
brew dialect  in  their  language.  In  other  re- 
spects their  religion  is  that  of  the  Alohammcdan 
Sonoites,  and  they  regard  the  Sultan  as  the  le- 
gitimate successor  of  the  Caliphs. 

— By  a  microscopic  examination  of  a  bilck, 
taken  from  the  pyramid  of  Dashour,  a  German 
philosopher  has  discovered  many  interesting 
particulai-s  connected  with  the  life  and  habits  of 
the  ancient  Egyptians.  The  brick  itself  is  made 
of  mud  of  the  Nile,  chopped  straw  and  sand, 
thus  confirming  the  accounts  of  the  Bible  and 
Herodotus  concerniug  the  Egyptian  method  of 
brick- manufacture.  Besides  these  materials,  the 
microscope  lias  brought  to  light  tlie  renmins  of 
river-shells,  fish,  and  insects;  the  seeds  of  w*ild 
and  cultivated  (lowers,  corn  and  barley,  the  field- 
pea  and  the  common  flax,  cultivated  probably 
both  for  food  and  textile  purposes,  and  the  rad- 
dish,  with  many  others  known  to  science. 
Manufactured  products  were  also  Itfund,  such  as 
fragments  of  tiles  and  pottery,  aud  small  pieces 
of  string  made  of  flax  and  sheep's  wool. 


December 


O'l-iE    BIxETI-IliEIsr    ^VT    "WOKIC 


OO  RRESFO  N  DEN  OE. 


Echoes  from  the  Center, 

Reciprocal  Joy  by  the  Water-side — The  Tomb- 
Human  Sympathy — The  Paternal  Roor— 
Working  for  Christ— Bleeding  Hearts— The 
Lord's  Interest. 

NUMBER,  V. 

O  SILFISH  joy  is  not  happiuess,  neither  is  the 
0  joy  of  one  person  only  gruat  in  quantity; 
but  il'  it  is  mutual  and  interchangable,  given 
and  received  it  is  great,  and  much  to  be  enjoyed. 
This  is  the  joy  that  pvoniotea  happiness.  It 
may  be  obtained  and  enjoyed  nt  the  fireside, 
around  the  domestic  nltar,  at  our  labor,  tvith 
our  neighbors  and  friends.  The  moat  prolific 
sonrce  is,  when  laboring  in  obedience  to  the 
divine  Master.  This  was  a  source  of  comfort 
and  joy,  when  we  entered  the  sanetuarj%  to-day, 
to  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 
It  was  talked  among  the  suint-i,  that  aiiotlier 
soul  was  making  application  to  be  initiated 
into  the  church,  which  caused  joy  to  flow  from 
heart  to  heart,  and  the  angels  catching  the 
strain,  carried  the  joyful  ne»vs  to  hpaven,  that 
sinners  are  coming  home,  returning  to  the 
Father's  house.  The  meeting  was  opened  alter 
our  usual  manner  and  Bro.  I.  Deardoff,  of 
Ind.,  juldressed  us,  setting  forth  the  necessity 
of  obeying  God  nnd  becoming  reconciled  to 
Him. 

After  the  close  of  the  exercises,  we  repaired 
to  the  waterside,  according  to  Gospel  order, 
where  prayer  was  wont  to  be  made;  and  there 
as  Philip  did  the  eunuch,  the  administrator 
baptized  the  applicant,  rejoicing  in  God.  Oh! 
what  a  safe  example  we  have  to  follow,  we  also 
can  approach  a  certain  water,  both  applicant 
and  administrator  go  do^^'u  into  the  water  and 
perform  baptism  in  the  order  of  the  Gospel.— 
Let  the  reader  look  at  the  Sth  cliapter  of  Acts, 
and  read  the  narrative  concerning  the  baptism 
of  the  eunuch. 

Next  day  went  ivith  the  Brethen,  to  attend 
the  funeral  of  our  dear  brother,  Daniel  King. 
Tlie  sermon  was  deferred  until  the  sister  will  be 
able  to  attend  the  sanctuary,  A  large  assem- 
blage of  people,  and  after  offering  a  few  words 
of  consolation  to  the  bereft,  by  reading  sing- 
ing and  prayer,  we  slowly  wended  our  way  'to 
the  Brethren's  churchyard,  to  deposit  the  dead, 
Assembling  there  by  the  Raping  tomb — a  paiisr, 
and  then  slowly  and  sadly  we  saiv  our  dear 
brother  lowered  to  his  lait  resting  pltc.  After 
which  we  joined  in  singing  a  funeral   tliought; 

"Asleep  in  Jesus,  hlessed  sleep,  etc." 
All  fondly  hoping  to  see  our  dear  brother  in 
climes  of  heavenly  bliss,  we  dispersed  to  our 
homes.  In  those  houi-s  of  sad  distress,  we 
need  sympathy  from  our  fellow  men.  Ah! 
is  there  a  heart  so  hard  that  it,  C{tujtot  melt 
with  sympathy,  towards  the  be^-el't?  No,  \vc 
think  not,  all  seem  to  feel  each  other's  woes 
and  fully  realize  that  amidst  all  our  joy,  sadness 
is  the  common  lot  of  all. 

Next  day  in  company  with  our  dear  family 
went  to  visit  mother,  under  the  old  paternal 
roof.  0,  the  many  fond  recollections  that  clus- 
ter around  the  name  of  mother.  While  there 
at  the  old  homestead  manj'  recollections  of  the 
past,  came  to  our  memory.  We  remembered 
the  scenes  of  early  childhood,  when  we  knew 
no  cares  and  our  heaats  were  filled  with  inno 
cent  glee.  We  vemembercd  the  sainted  dead 
of  the  household,  o!  the  two  brothers,  and  sis- 
ters and  latterly  a  fond  futher,  who  arc  waiting 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet.  We  thought  of  the 
marital  occasions  of  joy,  when  two  hearts  wore 
uuit'.'d  in  one  and  left  now  and  theu,  lo  pilch 
their  tent  elsewhere.  Thus  by  those  occasions 
of  joy  and  sorrow  the  once  largo  family  has 
been  reduced  to  one  son,  grand-son  and  our 
dear  widowed  mother.  We  gathered  around 
the  home  altar  in  the  evening  prayer  and  then 
we  keenly  felt  the  loss  of  the  departed.  May 
God  bless  our  aged  mother  in  her  declining 
days,  and  with  her  may  others  in  similar  condi- 
tions be  held  in  grateful  remembrance.  Child- 
ren everywhere,  remember  the  name  of  mother, 
and  to  her  show  every  maik  of  kindness. 
■'  Jti'  kind  to  tUy  mother,  for  liil  on  her  lirow 


.   K. 


ini  comfort  lier 


■  will  she  pray, 

.■iiUi: 


With  iiucenUs  oC  kimliiess  Uil-ii  clieer  ber  lone  way 
K'oii  to  tlie  dark  valley  of  ilealli," 

To-day  we  joined  the  army  of  workere  for 
Christ  and  the  glory  of  His  cause,  in  aiding  the 
spread  of  His  Gospel.  Brethren  E.  Bosserman 
and  J.  Witmore,  filled  the  appointment  at 
Pleasant  Ridge,  Bro.  W.  C.  Teeter  at  the 
Wood  school-hou,-ie,  at  10: -iO  A.  M.;  .service 
was  opiined  by  Bro.  Teeter.  Tile  331)th  song  of 
praise,  "  Come  to  me,"  was  his  selection.     The 


45th  chapter  of  Isaiah  wa?  read;  and  he  select- 
ed as  a  mott6  for  his  discourse,  the  22nd  verse 
of  the  chapter,  "Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye 
saved,  all  the  ends  of  the  earth,  for  I  am  God, 
and  there  is  none  else."  He  'disconrsed  upon 
the  following  propositions: 

1.  The  character  of  God,   and   unto'  Hiui 
must  we  look  for  salvation. 

2.  The  invitation.. 
He  produced  ma'njy'eVid'eiices  in  which  people 

were  saved  by  looking  unto  God  nnd  otherwise 
insured  their  utter  destruction.  The  service 
was  closed  hy  using  the  SIJTth  hymn,  and  then 
went  to  prayer.  In  the  evening  W  met  at  the 
Plea.sant  Ridge  church  for  divine  Services.  Had 
good  hearing  and  attention.  The  speaker  bas- 
ed his  remarks  mainly  upon  the  declaration  of 
the  Psalmist,  "0  Qod",  thou  art  my  God."  De- 
liberated upon  the  character  and' purity  of  the 
eternal;  andset  forth  the  ideas  that  the  people 
of  the  diffiTont  ages  had  of  God;  in  regard  to 
his  power,  holiness  and  purity.  How  they 
failed  and  when  they  succeeded.  For  us  to  be- 
come succesful,  we  must  come  to  God  after  His 
own  appointed  way.  Then  can  w6  understand 
His  character  and  snstain  propjr  relations  to 
Him, — become  heirs  of  God  and  joint-heirs 
with  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Oh  that  more 
light  with  heavenly  rays  may  fall  upon  theihii- 
mau  heart,  that  they  might  seek  Him  eiirly 
nnd  reap  the  advantages  of , early  piety  and  the^ 
joys  that  are  coDsequent! 

Next  day  the  tolling  of  the  funeral  hell  was 
heard  conveying  the  sad   intelligejice  of  a  de- 
uarted  one  to  the  spirit  world.     We  repaired  to 
the  United  Brethren  church,  to  hear    the 
mou  and  lend  our  sympathy,   mingle   our  sor- 
tli  those  bleeding  hearts,  who  mourn  the 
loss  of  a  kind  mother  and  companion.   Services 
by  the  Rev.  Holverstot,  based  on  "  The  right- 
hath  hope  in  his  death."     Prov.  li:   32. — 
The  occasion  was  a  very  sorrowful   one.      The 
fond   mother  was  in  good  health  and  without  a 
.'s  warning,  was  summoned  to  eternity. 
May  this  prove  a  warning  to  others  to  "  he  ye 
also  ready."    ,Shewasa  consistent  member  of 

the     "C "     fraternity.      Husband,    she 

proved  her  fidelity  to  you  until  death  called  her 
over  the  river,  where  she  is  waiting  for  you.^— 
Children,  mother  is  gone  to  try  the  realities  of 
another  world,  follow  her  footsteps  so  far  as  she 
walked  with  God,  obey  the  Lord  in. all.  His  ap- 
pointed ways,  and  when  you,  too,  are  called, 
you  may  be  prepared  to  go.  In  those,  seasons 
of  sorrow  we  are  reminded  of  our  mortality, 
iiud  ^oon  we,  too,  must  obey  the  call  and  bid 
adieu  lo  earth.  Wee'piiig  friends  may  stand 
around  uur  bedside,  and  however  reluctant  to 
give  u.-i  up,  we  cannot  go.  Oh!  God  help  us  to 
l.e  juvpaivi!  for  that  final  hour,  that  we  may 
die  in  the  triumphs  of  alivimg  faith. 

On  Saturday  evening,  in  company  with  Bfo. 
J.  Witmore,  we  went  to  the  Poorman  school- 
house,  near  Forest,  Ohio,  to  care  for  the  Lord's 
interest  there.  Found  a  full  house,  and  had 
good  attention.  For  the  night,  stayed  willi 
Bro.  G,  Warren,  Next  day  we  re-ossembled 
at  the  school-house,  for  divine  services.  Had 
good  attention,  and  we  think  good  impressiojis 
were  made  upon  the  minds  of  the  auditors. — 
Bro,  Witmore  selected  as  a  closing  song  of 
praise  the  336bli  hymu„and  then  went, to  pray- 
Thus  the  Lord's  children  work.  Paul 
may  plant,  Apollos  water  and  we  hope  that 
God  will  give  the  increase.  May  ,God  inijpir< 
us  to  great^T  zeal  in  the  Master's  cause,  labor 
nestly  until  He  will  call  us  to  lay  io^yn 
the  cross  and  take  up  the  crown. 

S.  T.  BOSSEKJIAX. 

^faple  Home,  Dunkirk,  Ohio. 


spect  both  for  themselves  and  others,  than  to 
do  thus,  and  so  we  then  tlionght;  but  the  young 
men  wore  not  all  who  were  in  the  fault;  there 
were  those  who  ivithout  doubt  claim  (he  title 
of  ladies,  yet  for  all  that  she,  the  lady  is,  who, 
the  lady  acts.  i   ■ 

There  was  all  provision  made  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  iii^mbership  at  one  table,  that 
could  well  be  done,  but  still  it  was  not  enough, 
'and  qnite  a  large  number'had  I'l' table  prepared 
'for  thehi  after  the  fii-st  hod  eaten  and  these  did 
then  partake.  This  of  course  took  more  time, 
hut  it  gave  us  all  a  better  opportunity  to  look 
by  faith  iinlo  that  great  marriage  supper  of  the 
LJimb,  wliiire  there  will  be  ample  room  for  the 
millions,  who  shall  meet  from  all  the  nations. 

It  is  a  question  tliat  will  soon,  if  not  now,  en- 
list the  attention  of  our  Brethren,  "  How  and 
where  shall  we  hold  our  Love-feasts,  so,  as  to 
accommodate  all  the  members  present"?  The 
work  goes  on,  the  number  increases,  and  with 
more  workers,  more  work  will   he  done.      The 

mher  will  stijlijicrease  in  all  the  churches, 
we  hope,  and  it  will  be  then  a  question,  to  meet 
by  those  who  see, it.  For  the  present  let  us 
watch  and  pray  and  still, work  on. 

11  Sunday  morning  Bro.  Duncan  and  I 
came  thirteen  miles  to 


W 


Wayside  Notes. 

HEN  we  wrote  last  we  were  at  the  meet- 
ing at  iiimmerniaii.  Green  Co,,  Ohio. — 
There  was  a  good  meeting  at  9  A.  JVI.,  after  the 
Love-feast;  and  when  this  was  over,  at  10  A.  M. 
we,  in  company  with  Bro.  Henry  Duncan, 
hurried  away  to  the  Love-feast  at  the  Grove 
church.  We  arrived  at  this  place  in  time  for 
preaching,  aud  found  a  large  crowd  in  atteiid- 
The  location  is  a  most  pleasant  one, 
with  a  good  large  house;  and  we  should  judge 
a  large  body  of  members. 

This  chnrch  is  under  the  cure  of  our  aged 
Bro.,  Abraham  Plory.  The  resident  ministers 
brethren  Joseph  Arnold  and  Henry  Gump. 
Those  in  attendance  were  eldera  Abraham  Plory, 
John  Frantz,  Jacob  Garher.  Samuel  Coppiek, 
Isaac  Studebaker,  W.  Boggs,  Frank  Darst  aud 
Henry  Duncan.  A  large  mimber  of  members 
took  part  in  the  feast  at  night,  and  the  enjoy- 
ment was  good,  and  might  have  been  much 
nore  so,  had  it  not  been  that  some  among  the 
ipecLatort*  did  not  seem  to  ro.spect  age, — the 
worship  of  God  or  anything  else.  Some  might 
think  that  young   men   should   have  more  re- 


DAYXOK, 

where  we  spoko  to  an  attentive  people  of  the 
"Goodness  nnd  the ■  power  of  God,"  After 
meeting  Bro.  Duncan  returned  home  and  we 
went  for  dinner  with  brother  and  sister  Kiehl. 
Hero  we  spent  a  pleasant  afternoon  with  Bro. 
Henry  J.  Kurtx,  of  the  Chiliiren's  Pajter,  and 
the  members  of  this  kind  and  intelligent  family. 
We  notice  here,  what  we  find  in  many  places; 
fathers  and  mothei's,  that  are  very  anxious  to 
have  their  sons  and  daught-ers  come  into  the 
church.  This  is  right,  and  to  all  such,  we  will 
say:  Do  not  let  this  wish  of  yours  remain  hid 
from  them;  for  to  know  that  such  was  a  parent's 
■wish  will  have  its  effect  for  good.  Do  nbt 
think  that  the  minister  must  do  all  the  preach- 
ing, but  let  each  one  do  his  part. 

At'  night  we  spoke  of  the  advantage  of  a 
knowledge  of  Scripture  to  children,  from  2 
■Tim.  3: 15,  16.  We  did  this  by  request  of  a 
mother,  whose  heart  would  leap  to  know  that 
her  otispring  were  with  her  in  the  fold. 

The  church  at  Dayton  does  not  seem  to  Lave 
many  members,  but  those  we  met  seemed  to 
have  great  interest  in  the  work.     The   location 

d  advantages  afforded  here,  are  good  we  think 
for  the  up-building  of  a  large  church.  Quite  a 
large'nnruber  of  the  ministering  brethren  live 
witbiii  the  reach'of  the  city,  and  luany'others 
pais  by  on  the  trains;  so  we  think  that  the 
httle  church  at  Dayton  should' jiot  suffer  at  any 
time  for  preaching.  Brethren,  do  not  let  the 
cause  suffer  in  any  place,  but  get  all  you  can 
aud  hold  ail  you  have.  '.     ■ 

Monday  was  spent  in  the  city  with  Bro. 
Kurtz  and  ut  his  office,  in  .the  Christian  Pub- 
lishing House,  near  the  Uniou  depot,  also,  with 
a  brother  and  family,  whose,  kindness  we  re- 
member; but  whose  name  we  have  forgotten. — 
J^ames  may  be  lost  to  the  wearied  mind,  but 
good  words,  never.  With  Bro.  Kurtz  we  (^id 
not  have  a  gooi  opportunity  to  converse;  al- 
though, wo  were  with  him  on  both  Monday  and. 
Tuesday,  for,  hJs  paper  for  the  little  ones,  must 
he  put, to  pre^s,  and  he  must  look  to  it.  Wi 
see  that  a  lazy  man  cannot  succeed  as  a  printer 
any  better  than  he  can  on  a  farm.  Worker. 
we  want  every-where,  but  laziness  .nowhere. 

■  I  I  LAsnoN  West. 

From  the  Mission  Field. 

Dear  Brc/hren:— 

ONCE  more  Icome  to  your  columns  with  a 
mite  of  news  from  this  little  mission  field. 

I  took  my  departure  from  th';  brethren  and 
sisters  and  many  kind  friends,  with  whom  I 
went  in  and  out  iu  Marshall  i  Co.,  about  five 
miles  soutli-Piist  of  Laoon.  On  last  Monday 
the  ISth,  came  toSpariand,  oa  the  branch  R. 
R.  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  Had  a  good  meeting  iu 
the  evening,  with  a  good  interest. 

In  this  place  we  find  the  humble  home  of  our 
dear  brother  and  sister,  Plaiher,  wUh  quite  a 
family  of  small  children,  ivbo  iu  the  present 
unfortunate  condition  in  a  ipeciiil  manner,  de- 
maud,  not.  only  the  prayeri,  but  the  practical 
sympathies  of  the  church.'  The  sister  having 
badl>'  broken  her  onklo  Hone,  and  dislocated 
the  joint,  by  stepping  through  the  side 
walk,  (which  was  mints  a  board),  may  be 
a  cripple  for  life.  Wo  hope  this  wilt  serve 
as  a  wai'iiing  to,  all  iruslees  of  villago  or 
city  corprjr^tions,  and.' remind  Ihem  of  the 
necessity  of  keeping  wMks  iu  good  repair. 

On  Tuesday  morninf,  Iflth,  I  came  on  bo.irJ 
the  ti-ain  to  Henry,  wlero  I  was  met  by   breth 


ren  S.  Darby  and  H.  G.  Breese,  who  conveyed 
me  to  thi^  place,  (Florid,  Putnam  Oo..)the  last 

point  of  my  laboi-s  in  llifs  field,  and  rfhere  I 
expected  to  meet  brother  George  Studebaker, 
of  Yellow  Creek,  III.;  but  instead,  received  a 
card,  informing  me  of  his  non-appearance; 
hence  am  laboring  alone  as  usual,  as  best  we 
can,  feeling  to  say  in  the  language  of  the  hynin; 
"Are  we  almost  there,  are  we  almost  there?— 
Says  theweary  saint  as  he  sighs' fbr  home."'' 

[n  Mm-shallCo.  I  remained  five  day^i.  'On 
the  fifth  day  brother  J.  R.  Gish  and  cnuipanion 
came  to  our  assistance,  whom,  when  we  saw 
we  thanked  God,  and  took  courage.  Ac(*ord- 
ing  to  previous  acrangoments,  had  a  church 
meeting,  next  day,  where  some  raattei-s  of  an 
unpleasant  nature,  which  had  existed  for  some 
time  among  some  of  the  membei-s,  were  inves- 
tigated, and  disposed  of  in  a  Gospel  way,  and 
seemingly  to  general  satisfaction,  and  with  a 
desire  to  improve  in  the  future.  Henee  uccor- 
iiug  toprevious  understanding,  we  went  next 
day.  to  the  house  of  Bro.  John  Pike,  to  hold  a 
Love-feast,  ani  to  administer  baptism,  aud  to 
organize.  The  Conimuuiou  season  seemed  to 
be  an  enjoyable  one  to  all  who  participated  in 
it.  Some  were  youug  members,  who  never 
communed  before,  aud  others  not  for  fen  yaars, 
for  want  of  an  opportunity,  and  for  waut  of 
room.  Only  a  few  of  the  neighboi-s,  outside 
of  the  memberihip,  assembled  with  us,  for 
which  we  felt  a  degree  of  sorrow;  having  a  de- 
sire that  all  should  sec  the  old  apostolic  prac- 
tice, and  walk  iu  the  light  and  have  fellow- 
ship with  us,  for  truly  our  fellowship  is  with 
the  Father,  and  that  Jesus  might  cleanse  them, 
with  us,  from  all  sin;  but  all  that  were  present 
manifested  that  degree  of  solemnity,  which  is 
always'so  desirable  ori  suth  occasions.  May  the 
Lord  remember  them  in  mercy.  Then  after 
the  solemn  services  of  the  observance  of .  the 
ordinauces  of  the  church  was  ended.  We,  by 
the  consent  of  all  the  members  |)re3eut,  pro- 
ceeded to  organize,  by  electing  one  brother  to 
the  olfice  of  the  ministry  and  one  to  the  ofBce 
of  deacon,  which  \Va9  done,  by  first  reading 
the  Scriptures,  setting  forth  the  qualifications 
of  church  officers,  .ind  briefly  showing  the  ne- 
cessity of  oflicers,  possessing  those  qualifications, 
and  that  if  the  Holy  Spirit  through  the  apos- 
tles, has  instructed  us  so  plain,  it  becomes  the 
church's  duty  to  strictly  give  heed  to  those  in- 
structions. A  departure  from  it  will  jeopardize 
her  purity  aud  spiritual  prosperity. 

We  th  'U  proceeded  to  take  the  vote  of  all 
the  members  present,  for  a  minister,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  election  of  brother  golomon 
Darby.  AVe  in  like  manner  took  the  vote  for  a 
deacon;  the  lot  ialling  on  brother  Henry  G. 
Breese.  They  were  then  installed  into  their 
respective  offices,  with  tl|iat  degree  of  solemni- 
ty, which  usually  characterizes  such  occxsions; 
and  which  seemed  to  say,  "we  will  bear  one  an- 
other's burdens, and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ." 
With  the  knowledge  we  have  of  the  dear  breth- 
ren elected,  of  their  fidelity  to  God  ami  zeal  for 
the  cause,  and  the  willingness  manifested  on 
the  part  of  all  the  members  to  encourage  them 
by  standing  under  their  arms.  I  took  my  leave 
of  them,  feeling  much  encouraged  iu  the 
thought,  that  in  the  coui-ae  of  time,  Israel  will 
prevail  in  those  parts,  for  we  hatl  good  reasons 
to  believe  that  some  were  not  far  from  the 
kingdom. 

The  organi^iation  above  alluded  to,  inclndea 
all  the  members  in  Marshall  and  Putnam 
counties,  numbering  at  present  about  thirty  in 
all,scatteredovor  a  territory  of  about  twenty- 
five  mites  Square,  which  makes  it  somewhat 
inconvenient  for  some  of  the  members,  and 
may  to  some  extent,  retard  the  spiritual  growth 
of  the  church,  but  if  the  memlers  are  lively 
stones,  and  shining  Hglils,  and  the  Lord  pros- 
pei-s  their  labors,  which  he  sui^Iy  will,  this 
territory  may  in  the  course  of  timo  be  dirided 
to  good  advantage  lo  the  cause. 

Some  of  the  members,  just  before  I  left,  ask-. 
ed  me  what  they  shall  call  their  district.  In- 
asmuch as  it  was  not  presented  to  the  members 
while  together,  I  would  aay,  at  some  conven- 
ient time  consult  and  decide  and  send  it  to 
Bkethkes  at  Work. 

\Ve  now  feel  to  recommend  this  neiyly  or- 
ganized district,  in  its  infancy  lo  the  prayers 
and  sympathies  of  t!ie  general  brotherhood, 
and  ministering  brethren  in  their  travels 
should  remember  them  and  if  convenient,  to 
'stop  and  labor  with  aud  fur  them.  For  infor- 
mation, address  brother  Solomon  Darby  or 
Henry  G.  Breese,  Henry,  Marshall  Oe.,  111. 
Eso(hEbt, 
Florid,  HI.,  Nov.  22n(l.  ' 


Bighteousneas  is  possible  to  ns  all,  and  over 
the  line  of  integrity  the  devil  never  sets  a  foot, 
and  never  will. 


THEi  brethue^^  ^t  avojrk:. 


December 


Danish  Mi33ion  Report. 


A.  Beeghley, 
Cliippewti  cluircli,  Ohio, 
StillwaUr  church,  Ohio, 


son;  Daniel,  who  dared  to  worship   the  Living 
God  of  heaven  three  times  a  day,  not  heeding 

Qlijp         $3.20  I  llie   heathen  King's   command,   whose   public 

' 3.00    servant  he  wna,  and  faithfully  enduring  the  pen- 

10.52  I  ttUy;  Lot,  who  loved   God,   and   being    "  vexed 


St.  Vrain  church,  Col.,- .  - 2.W 

Poplar  Ridge  church,  Ohio,. 

Peabody  church,  Kan., 

Lanark  church,  lU,,  

Sister  Sparlnnd,  III., 

A  SiHter.  Md., 

Mary  Obcr,  111., 


4.25 

1.00 
12.25 

2.50 
,  3.00 
.     1.50 


Mt.  Zion  church,  0., ''^ 

Falling  Spring  church,  Pa., 2.00 

Covington  church,  Ohio, T-48 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,   III.,  Nov.  23rd,  m8. 
(P.  C,  please  captj.) 


Echoes  from  the  East. 

News  from  the  Sunny  South— A  Visit- 
interesting  Sabbath  Service— Two  Brethren 
chosen  to  the  Ministry— Evening  at  Home. 

NUilBEK  XIII. 

WE  have  all  heard  much  concerning  the 
great  Fever  Pestilence  at  the  South; 
and  it  may  be  in  place  to  lay  before  our  readers 
11  letter  or  two  received  from  thence  direct  to 
show  the  situation  of  people  who  live  just 
near  enough   to  escape  the  "dreadful   scourge." 

A  letter  from  Okoloua,  Miss,  dated  October 
17th,  1878,  says: 

"  Youra  of  the  10th  reached  us  this  morn- 
ins  *  *  *  To-day  we  received  the  first  mail  lu 
sixteen  days,  and  it  was  really  refreshing  to  see 
letter  and  papers  ouce  more,  at  IciH  North  ot 
us  "We  are  still  cut  off  from  Mobile,  New 
Orleans  aud  Memphis.*  *  '  Again  wishing 
you  may  never  realize  what  it  is  to  be  in  con- 
stant fear  of  a  'plague'  reaching  your  commun- 
ity, we  remain. 

Your  grateful  fneuds. 

P,  S.     Our  town  remains  perfectly  healthy." 
A  letter  from  Mobile,  dated  Oct.  2Sth,  says: 
"  We  have  no  mail  comniuuieation  with  that 
point,  (Okotona).  at  present,  OH-ing  to  quaran- 
tine restrictions." 

The  above  brief  extracts  are  sufKcient  to 
show  how  business  relations  and  social  tran- 
quility have  been  interrupted  at  the  South. 


AVe  at  the  North  no  doubt  have  felt  very  easy 
and  so  indifferent  in  many  cases,  as  to  seek  no 
opportunity  to  contribute  to  the  relief  of  the 
sufferers.  We  wish  to  censure  no  one,  but  to 
remind  all  who  were  indifferent  in  this  matter, 
of  what  a  privilege  for  noble  investment  they 
have  neglected.  When  similar  or  uuliKe  wants 
and  sufferings  come  upon  us,  we  shall  bless  the 
Giver  of  such  means  as  shall  tend  to  comfort 
and  relief.  Brethren  and  sisters  let  us  be  ready 
for  every  good  icork,  for  "  good  works"  are  the 
very  essence  of  "pure  and  undefiled  religion" 
and  very  highly  recommended  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament. 

Nov.  17th.  Last  evening  it  was  our  privil- 
ege to  make  a  visit  in  our  neighboring  congre- 
gation—the Falling  Sprint;.  We  were  glad  to 
find  our  uncle  and  brother  D.  H.  Bonebrakcr 
in  full  earnest  in  his  Gospel  ministry.  He  is 
opposed  to  "New  departures"  amongour  broth- 
erhood, and  so  every  faithful  minister  in  the 
church  ought  to  be.  Just  so  we  are  glad  to 
know  many,  very  many  are  known  to  be.  A?; 
are  the  preachers  so  are  the  brethren  every- 
where. This  is  as  true  as  the  established  prov- 
erb- "Like priest,  like  people."  UNITY  IN 
SENTIMENT  AND  IN  PRACTICE,  accord- 
ing to  the  letter  mid  spirit  of  the  Gospel,  thin 
should  be  the  sincere,  humble  and  heart-aeek- 
iijg  motive  of  every  member. 

To-day  the  morning  was  very  rainy,  but  we 
went  to  the  place  appointed  for  prayei^the 
Hade  meeting-house.  A  goodly  attendance.- 
The  meeting  was  opened  with  the  203rd  hymn. 
After  prayer  and  the  reading  of  1  Peter,  3rd 
chapter,  brother  Daniel  Eckerman,  elder  of  the 
Ridge  congregation,  Cuniberiaud  Co.,  Pa.,  nair- 
ed  the  12th  verse  as  the  text  of  his  discourse. 
We  note  the  points: 

1.  That  the  Lord  wat-cbes  over  the  right- 
eous. 

2.  That  the  Lord  hears  them  when  they 
pray  unto  Him. 

3.  That  all  who  "do  evil"  forfeit  the.se 
blessings.  It  was  stated  that  to  be  righteous 
is  to  be  obedient— that  they  who  are  obedient 
are  God's  care  and  "  the  sheep  of  his  pasture." 
Examples  of  righteous  persons  were  quoted 
and  commended,  such  ai  Zaehariali  and  Eli 
beth,  who  walked  in  all  the  commands  and  ordi- 
nances of  the  Lord  blameleaa;  Abraham  who 
was  willing  and  ready  to  sacrifice  his  only  son, 
Isaac,  at  God's  command,  notwithstanding  he 
had  previously  received  of  God  a  great  and  pre- 

eioui  promise  concerning  the  future  lifo  of  his 


jth  filthy  coavei-sation  of  the  wicked"  in  the 
.ity  of  Sodom,  endured  persecution  and  tied  at 
God's  command.  It  was  also  stated  that  the 
place  where  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  once  stood, 
is  now  occupied  by  the  Dead  Sea.  Doing  right 
was  shown  to  be  God's  will,  and  that  if  we 
would  be  on  the  Lord's  side  and  enjoy  His 
watchful  care,  we  must  turn  from  evil,  and 
obey  God  in  love.  The  brother's  discourse  re- 
newed a  most  cordial  testimony  in  the  well. 
known  voice  ot  our  brother  Jacob  Price,  eldei 
of  (our)  Autietam  congregation.  He  spoke 
touchingly  of  the  trials  of  faith  and  love  in 
the  case  of  the  Tliree  Hebrews,  who  were  cast 
info  the  burning  furnace,  and  encouraged  us  to 
faithfullness.  He  then  spoke  ti  the  members 
of  the  immediate  congregation  in  regard  to 
choosing  brethren  to  the  ministry,  how  a 
work  of  this  kind  should  be  approached  with 
prayer  and  fasting,  how  wrong  it  is  to  "  elect- 
ioneer," and  how  important  it  is  to  be  "  right- 
eous" in  this  matter,  that  Brethren  be  put  into 
the  Christian  ministry  who  are  well  grounded 
the  doctrine  and  who  practically  live  out  the 
faith  we  profess. 

After  the  273rd  hymn  was  sung,  and  the 
blessing  of  God  invoked,  the  ministering  breth- 
ren who  were  called  to  this  occiiaion,  D.  Ecker- 
man and  J.  Price,  and  othere  proceeded  to  a 
private  apartment,  to  receive  the  "lots," 

According  to  previous  appointment,  two 
were  chosen  to  the  ministry  of  the  Falling 
Spring  congregation,  namely,  brother  Harry 
Good  and  brother  William  Koont^.  The  latter 
is  son  of  elder  Henry  Koontz,  now  of  Mt.  Mor 
ris.  III.,  and  was  not  present.  After  the  charge 
and  installation  service,  brother  Good  with  his 
wife  were  received  by  the  church.  May  these 
dear  brethren  become  humble  and  faithful  min- 
isters of  Christ.  May  they  take  Paul's  advice, 
"study,"  etc.  Yon  are  called  to  a  good  work; 
perform  it  with  the  ability  that  God  giveth. 

How  pleasant  to  spend  evening  at  home! — 
Though  the  weather  be  inclement  without,  yet 
in  quiet  retreat  of  home  all  may  be  cheerful, 
and  pleasant,  and  profitable.  Good  books  and 
papers  are  among  man's  best  companions, 
though  there  be  many  that  ignore  this.  We 
have  cause  to  bless  the  Lord  continually  that 
we  live  in  the  land  of  religions  liberty.  Above 
all,  let  us  prize  the  Bible— the  Book  of  hooks. 
But  let  us  also  use,  with  care,  what  experience, 
observation  and  incident,  can  lend  to  the  better 
acquaintance  of  God's  word.  These  helps  are 
but  handmaids  in  the  palace  of  our  Holy  Re- 
ligion, while  Truth  is  queen  upon  the  thrpne. 
In  hope  of'the   King's  glorious  coming, 

D.  B.  M. 
Waynesboro,  Pa.,  Nov.  21st,  ms. 


The  ISth,  went  to  Dormnce  again.  Had 
two  more  meetings  with  the  Brethren;  and  on 
the  21st  started  home.  Arrived  home  on  the 
evening  of  the  22nd.  Found  all  well  and  in 
love;  thank  the  Lord  for  his  blessings  and  pro- 
tections over  us,  is  my  prayer. 

JOHX  HOLLINOEB. 

JoUet,  Will  Co.,  III. 


AT  the  special  request  of  a  brother  iu  In- 
diana, I  make  this  appeal  to  the  readers  of 
the  Bbethrex  at  Work,  who  are  interested 
in  the  Stein  and  Kay  debate,  and  have  plenty  of 
this  world's  goods. 

The  point  is  this;  Brother  Stein  is  in  limited 
circumstances,  and  is  devoting  his  time  to  the 
defense  of  the  Brethren's  faith,  and  needs  many 
books  that  are  very  expensive  and  beyond  his 
reach  with  his  present  means.  Could  not  our 
wealthy  brethren  i'urnish  him  with  the  weapons 
if  be  is  doing  the  warfaring  for  us,  and  send 
their  contributions  to  him  at  Newtonia,  New 
ton  Co.,  Mo.?  S.  Z.  Sh.vrp. 


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intend  to  subscribe  for  it  before  long.  My 
present  object  in  \vTiting  to  you  is  this:  I  wish 
to  obtain  the  address  of  the  gentleman  that 
sent  me  this  paper.  He  also  sent  me  the  Prim- 
itive Christian,  published  in  Pa.  I  had  made 
inquiry  through  the  Tokdo  Blade,  if  there  was 
any  newspaper  printed  by,  or  in  the  interest  of 
the  Dunkards,  and  T  have  received  the  above 
papers.  The  Brkthre.v  at  Work  has,  C.  A. 
Mason,  printed  at  tlie  top.  I  wish  to  corres- 
pond with  him,  upon  various  subjects,  and  I 
expect  to  change  my  location  next  Spring, 
You  will  confer  a  favor  upon  me  by  giving 
me  his  address.  John  P.  Schenck. 

Holmdel,  Monmotith  Co.,  New  Jersey. 


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Notes  of  Travel. 

Ikar  JSr<'ll,rn<:~ 

N  the  18th  of  September,  brother  George 
dourer,  myself  and  othei-a  started  at  Jol- 
iet.  III ,  for  Kansas.  Arrived  at  Russel,  Kan., 
the  morning  of  the  20th.  Was  met  by  friend 
Daniel  HoUiuger,  son  of  brother  David  Hollini 
er.  The  next  day  Bro.  Jacob  Keller,  from 
Dorraiice,  Kan.,  met  us  with  a  conveyance,  and 
took  u-i  to  the  Horrance  settlement,  where  we 
had  fivo  meetings  with  the  Dorrance  Brethren. 
From  tliere  we  were  conveyed  back  to  Russel: 
had  one  meeting,  with  good  interest,  but  no 
brethreo  present,  except  brother  George  and 
myself. 

The  2Gth  at  night,  started  for  Wilson.  Spent 
one  day  there  amongst  friends.  From  there  to 
Abilene,  Dickison  Co.  Met  Brethren  there, 
and  had  one  meeting  with  them.  Bro.  Mourer 
and  theotbers  stayed  in  Dickinson  Co,  for  a  few 
days,  and  I  started  for  Ft.  Scott ,  Bourbon  Co., 
Kansas,  where  I  arrived  the  2nd  of  Oct.  Met 
brother  JohnEmmert  there.  On  the  moniing 
of  the  3rd,  in  company  with  brother  John. 
went  to  the  Love-fea.st  in  Bourbon  Co.  Met 
quite  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  of  form- 
er acquaintance,  and  made  the  acquaintance  of 
many  more.  Brother  Jesse  Studehaker  has  the 
oversight  of  that  church. 

On  the  fifth  started  for  Crawford  Co.  Had 
three  meetings  there.  One  meeting  we  had 
one  sister,  the  otler  two;  there  were  no  mem- 
bers but  myself.  On  the  13th  started  to  Rus- 
sel, Kan,,  where  1  bought  a  quarter  section, 
and  expect  to  move  in  March,  1879,  if  the 
Lord  will.  Brother  George  Mourer  bought ' 
Dickinson  Co.  He  intends  moving  about  the 
same  time.  I  ha\6  bought  fourteen  miles 
West  of  the  place  w!icrc  the  Dorrance  Breth- 
ren hold  their  meetings.  It  is  two  miles  South 
and  one- half  mile  eas";  of  Russel. 


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SHULTZ.— In  Clinton  Co.,  lowii,  Nov.  16th 
sister  Catherine  Shnltz,  aged  61  yeara  mid 
20  days.     Services  from  Rev.  14;  13. 

Isaac  Barto, 

LOUR.— In  the  Panther  Creek  church,  III.,  Nov. 
9th,  daughter  of  brother  Joseph  and  and  sis- 
ter Lour,  aged  8  years,  9  months  and  2  days. 
Disease  diphtheria.  Funeral  discourse  from 
Romans  5:  IS  and  19,  by  the  writer. 

J.  J.  KlNDlO. 

NOFFSINGER.— In  the  same   church,   Nov. 

13th,  1878,  of  diphtheria,  daughter  of  friend 
William  and  sister  Nofl'singer,  aged  10  yeats, 
i  months  and  29  days.  Funeral  discourse 
from  Matt.  11:28,  29  and  30,  by  the  writer. 
J.  J.  KiNniG. 

BRADLEY.— In  the  South  Keokuk  church, 
near  Manhattan,  Nov.  14th,  1S78,  sbter 
Susan  R.  Bradley,  aged  46  years,  3  months 
and  2  days.  Ftmeral  services  by  brother 
Charles  Wonderiick  and  the  writer,  from 
Mark  13:  35,  36  and  37.  John  Fbits. 

Primiline  Christian,  phnae  eopij. 

BLICKENDERFER.— In  the  Manor  congre- 
gation, at  Belsano,  Etluimer  Branson,  son  of 
brother  Elias  and  sister  Jane  Blickenderfer, 
aged  3  months  and  27  days.  Services  by 
the  writer,  from  Hebrews  9:  27  and  28. 

D.  S.  Brallier. 

BRUMBAHGH.— In  Schuyler  Co.,  Kansas, 
Oct.  30th,  Paline  Brumbaugh,  daughter  of 
brother  David  and  sister  Susau  Brumbaugh. 
aged  15  yeara,  8  months  and  7  days.  Servic- 
es by  the  writer.  H.  W.  Lanues. 
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STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  {or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 
D.  B.  RAY  denies. 
D.  B.  Ray'3  Tniiit)  Njxjativk. 
rilHOUGH,  according  to  their  own  showing,  the 
1      Tuiiker  churches  had  tlieir  origin  uuder  Mr. 
Maok  in  Gtrnmuyin  170S,  yet   my  /riend    con- 
tends that  Christ  and  the  apostles  were  Tunkere  ! 
He  tries  to  creep  out  of  thi!  trap  in  which  he  is 
caught,  by  saying  that  he  only  used  "the  term 're- 
generated' in  it3  derivative  sense,"  not  to  luclude 
the  "new  birth"! 

Then  he  has  "regenerateil"  unpardoned  children 
of  the  devil ! 

According  to  thla,  "  regenerated"  persons  will 
be  lost?  Still  worse,  he  has  -'regenerated"  per- 
sona still  "seeking  after  a  good  conncieuce,"  in 
baptism.  Surely  liis  cuufusion  is  u-itrse  confound- 
ed. Mr.  S.  says,  Ray  admits  "that  believers  put 
on  Christ  and  are  clothed  with  hitu  in  baptisaii" 
Every  one  not  blind,  knows  this  is  a  figurative  al- 
lusion to  the  outward  public  profession  of  those, 
that  are  already  'the  children  of  God  by  faith  in 
Jesus  Christ."  Gal.  3:  26.  As  they  are  the 
children  of  God  by  fiiitb  prior  to  baptism,  tliere- 
fore  it  is  impossible  to  baptize  them  to  make  them 
children  of  God. 

In  cunnectiuu  with  the  fact,  that  Paul  was  a 
cliosen  vessel  before  his  baptism,  Mr.  S.  asks: 
"Are  not  all  saints  chuik^D  of  God  before  their 
pardon?"  Then  he  has  unpardoned  "saints"!  — 
Concerning  Cornelius  we  do  say,  that  no  one  ever 
had  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit  prior  to  pardon. 
Cornelius  had  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
prior  to  water  baptism  ;  therefore  his  sins  were 
pardoned  prior  to  his  baptism. 

Yes,  one  may  bL'  in  Christ  spiritually  nud  not  a 
tnember  of  his  church — his  organized  body.  Was 
the  thief  on  the  cross  a  member  of  his  church  ? — 
Mr.  Stein  admits  that  true  baptism  can  only  be 
received  by  oneafter  he  loves  God.  This  will  do; 
fur  "  whosoever  hiveth  is  born  of  God  and  know- 
elh  God."  1  John  4:  7.  My  fnt-ud  is  coming 
to  the  light.  "  We  know  that  we  have  pa?si?d 
from  death  unto  life,  because  we  love  the  breth- 
ren." 1  John  a  :  14.  If  they  are  born  ■"ofGod" 
before  baptism,  how  oan  my  friend  bapliM  unpai^ 
doued  children  of  Satau  ?  Then,  of  course,  the 
keeping  of  the  commandments  ta  the  love  of  God 

Mr. S. surrenders  another  point  by  saying:  "The 
Brethren  usually  examine  a  candidate  for  bap- 
tism very  closely  to  he  satisfied  that  he  (the  old 
man)  is  dead,  before  they  bury  him"  in  baptism. 
This  is  exactly  right.  Paul  says  of  this  very 
death  :  "For  he  that  is  dead  is  frei'd  from  ain."  — 
Rom.  6  ;  7.  This  is  what  the  Bible  Uaches.  — 
When  one  dies  to  ain — "is  freed  from  sin,"  then 
he  Bhould  be  buried  in  bajitisiii.    But  the  Tunker 


churches  propose  to  taki 
devil  with  a  guilty 


child  -if  the 
and  bap- 
kill  him  to 
sin!  But  Mr.  S.  has  surrendered  this 
point.  The  Tunker  doctrine  of  baptis- 
mal salvation  is  faUe,  because  of  its  ab- 
surd consequences.  We  read  in  history 
of  six  men  who  were  tried  for  heresy 
under  Romish  peraecution,  and  finally 
bnrned  to  death.  Three  of  them  had 
professed  faith  in  Christ,  but  had  not 
bem  baptized.  They  loved  Christ  so 
well  that  they  died  tor  him.  But  the 
Tunker  doctrine  says  that  "they  went 
to  hell  for  want  of  baptism"!  Prisoners 
have  professed  faith  in  Christ,  and  even 
wished  to  be  baptized,  but  military  pow- 


lo  our  friend's  gramrnatical  reference, 
except  where  he  has  perverted  Latham, 
we  make  nf  serious  objection.  They  do 
not  militate  against  our  views  of  the 
rommissiou. 

Ct'uant  docs  not  sustain  him,  and  the 
opiuioa  of  Meyer  on  this  point  is  worth 
no  more  than  his  views  of  the  Lutheran 
church.  The  Bible,  not  the  Tunker 
cumminflion  reads :  "Go  ye  therefore, 
aud  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Spirit."  We  only  have 
space  to  call  attention  to  the  pointa  of 
dispute.  The  preposition  "of"  occurs 
three  times. 

Firsl,  it    shows   the  relation    between 


u  they  died   aud    were  kist      Father,  and  the  antecedent  term  name. 


■Sewnd,  it  shows  the  relation    betwei 

Son  and  the  same  expressed  uutecedent, 

Third,  il  s\ww3  the  relation  between 
Holy  Spirit,  and  the  same  one  expressed 
antecedent,  jtamc.  Rule:  "A  preposi- 
tion shows  the  relation  of  an  object  to 
some  other  word  on  which  the  adjunct 
depeiids."       (Kcrrs   Gr..muiar). 

The  conjunction  "aud"  occurs  twice. 
/iV*(,  it  cimnecU  the  two  adjunolive 
phrases  "of  the  Father"  and  "of  ihe  . 
Sou."  Second,  it  couneels  the  two 
phrases  "of  the  Son"  and  "of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  Rule  15  (_Kerl):  "A  conjunc- 
tion connects  words,  phrases,  clouscs,  or 
sentences."  See  also  Brown,  Clark,  and 
Harvey. 

And  in  like  manner  all  the  other 
words  may  he  pareedin  perfect  harmony 
with  the  rulen  of  language,  without  add- 
ing one  word  to  the  commifsion.  Our 
Tuuker  friends  overlook  the  fact,  the 
three  persons  in  the  Godhead  are  but 
one  Being.  "Fur  there  are  three  that 
hear  record  in  heaven,  the  Father,  the 
Word,  and  the  Holy  Spirit;  aud  these 
three  are  one."     1  John  5 ;  7. 

We  repeat  that  the  Bible  commission 
demands  one  baptism  "iu  the  o?te  name 
of  the  Iriwie  Ood."  But  Mr.  S.  wants 
lo  know  "what  the  one  nawe  is."  That 
one  name  wis  revealed  in  ihe  Old  Testa- 
ment by  the  Hebrew  plural  title — Elo- 
him,  rendered  God  —  the  One  Qod.  — 
That  one  name  is  reveale<l  to  us  in  the 
New  Testament  in  the  glorious  charac- 
ter called  Jmih  His  name  shall  be  call- 
ed "Jesua,  for  he  shall  save  his  people 
from  their  sins."  This  "  Wonderful" 
character  called  Je^ui,  includes  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Spirit.  He  is  the 
"Mighty  God,  the  Everlasting  Father, 
ea"(Kerl).  4th.  He  then  parsed  the  the  Prince  of  Peace,"  (Is.  !1 :  6)  and  he 
Tuuker,  not  the  Bible  commission.     As     is  the  Sou  ;  and  he  ia  also  the  Holy  Spir- 


according  to  the  Tunker  doctrine. 

A,ccording  to  the  Tuukur  doctrine,  Je- 
sus may  wish  to  save  a  penitent  sinner, 
the  minister  may  desire  his  salvation, 
and  the  sinner  may  be  "regenerated" 
aud  desire  salvation  with  all  the  heart; 
but  a  tyrant  may  forbid  his  baptism,  and 
send  him  to  hell ! 

Mr.  Stein  becomes  excited  over  our 
treatment  of  his  analysis  of  the  forged 
Tunker  commission,  and  charges  us 
"with  impious  skeplicisui  and  unbeliet  '! 
He  thinks  that  we  did  "nut  dare  to  grap- 
ple" with  his  "seveu  incoutroveriible 
proofs"  that  the  "grammatical  construc- 
tion of  the  commission  "exactly  suits" 
the  Tunker  doctrine.  We  have  neither 
denied  the  use  of  "ellipses,"  or  "gram- 
matical construction ;"  but  we  do  em- 
phatically deny  that  the  commissiou  in 
dispute  is  elliptical.  Jesus  put  every 
word  into  it  that  is  necessary  to  the  true 
Bible,  and  grammatical  construction.  — 
The  Tunker  doctrine  of  three  immer- 
sions is  based  upon  that  which  was 
"omitted,"  left  out  —  never  was  iu  the 
commission,  but  "must  be  added  men- 
tally as  a  matter  of  course"!  No  Tuu- 
ker can  analyze  or  parse  the  commission 
without  adding  leu  words  to  it.  'Ihe 
disputed  part  of  the  commission  reads  : 
"  Baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  aud  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  Concerning  which,  my  friend 
makes  the  following  blunders:  1st.  He 
divides  this  one  clause  into  three  claus- 
es. 2ud.  He  adds  ten  words  where 
there  ate  no  ellipses.  3rd.  He  makes 
Latham's  Hand-boi.k  teach,  that  "there 
are  always  two  propo^iiiuns  where  there 
is  one  conjunction  I "  Any  average 
eebool-hoy  knows  that  a  conjunction  con- 
nects words,  phrases,  clauses  or  seuteuc- 


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it;  for  he,  "the  last  Adam  was  made  E 
quickcDiiig  SpiriL"  1  Cor.  15:  45.  Je- 
ans is  to  remain  with  hU  people  forever, 
by  the  Holy  Spirit.  In  the  light  of 
these  wouilerful  Scriptures,  we  may 
boldly  siiy  that  iu  Jesus  dwylleth  all  the 
fuiluess  ..f  the  Godhead  bodily."  Col. 
2:  9.  Therefore,  Jestis  h  "a  name 
which  is  above  every  uame:  Tliaj  at  the 
jiameof  Jt'si/B  every  knee  should  hoiT,  of 
tilings  in  heaven,  and  things  in  earth, 
ami  things  under  the  earth."  Phil.  2: 
10. 

That  the  great  commission  contains 
only  the  one  "iiamc"  of  the  triune  God 
is  proved  from  the  fact  that  under  it 
the  npoatlea  baptized  "  iu  the  name  of 
Jesiii  Christ."  Acts  2:  38.  Of  the 
Samaritans  it  is  said:  "Only  they  ivere 
baptized  in  the  name  of  the  LordJ'wNs." 
Acts  3;  16.  Also,  "When  they  heaixl 
this,  they  were  baptize<l  in  tlie  name  of 
the  Lov'd  Jesus."  Acts  19 :  o.  Evi- 
deutly,  the  formnk  "  iu  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  .the  Son,  and  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,"  was  used  iu  these  baptisms  ; 
but  these  three  are  but  the  one  name, — 
But  his  "examples  analogous;"  Mr.  S' 
([uotes:  "They  builderl,  and  finished  it 
[the  temple]  .  .  .  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Cyrus,  and  Darius, 
and  Artaxerxes."  Ezra  7:  15.  He  then 
aiks,  "Was  it  not  according  to  three 
edicts  f "  Yes ;  hut  the  analogy  does 
not  lie  in  the  temple.  The  real  sense  of 
the  passage  is,  that,  "  in  the  nameof  Cy- 
rus, and  of  Darius,  and  of  AVtaserxes, 
they  builded  and  finished"  the  temple. 
Did  they  build  and  finish  it  throe  times? 
According  to  the  Tunker  grammiUieal 
construction,  they  did  !  The  superscrip- 
tion iu  Greek,  Latin  and  Hebrew  is  not 
analogous  to  the  commission,  because 
the  three  languages  do  not  sustain  the 
relation  of  mtity  as  Fatlier,  Son,  and 
Holy  Spirit.  "These  three  are  one,"  — 
No  one  can  be  iu  the  Sou,  without  being 
in  tlie  Father  and  Holy  Spirit ;  but  the 
writmg  can  be  in  Greek,  without  being 
iu  the  other  languages.  Can  Mr,  S.  see 
the  diflerence?  The  same  applies  to  his 
Other  examples.  Not  one  of  them  is 
like  the  commission  in  construction. 

Mr.  S.  wishes  to  know,  why  mention 
"Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  in  baptiz- 
ing?" Wc  answer,  in  Bible  baptism  we 
have  the  triune  God  set  forth,  the  trimly 
in  the  mention  of  the  three  persons,  and 
the  unity  in  the  one  burial  in  the  one 
name.  Our  readers  wjll  remember  that 
Mr,  Stein  failed  to  grapple  withour  neg- 
ative argument,  based  upon  the  admij- 
aiun  that  baptism  represents  the  resuvrec- 


tioQ  of  Jesus,  Did  Jesus  die  ^three 
timesf  was  he  buried  three  times?  and 
did  he  arite  from  the  dead  three  times  ? 
Will  Mr,  S.  answer  7  Will  the  saints 
arise  from  the  dead  three  tintes  ? 

We  novF  proceed  to  give  an  example 
of  the  Tuuker  "grammatical  construc- 
tion." Jesus  said  :  "And  I  say  unto 
you,  that  many  shall  come  from  the  east 
and  west,  and  shall  sit  down  with  Abra- 
ham, and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven."  Matt,  S:  11,  Now 
if  Mr.  Stein's  Grammar  rule  bfi  correct, 
which  always  requires  two  propositions 
where  there  is  oue  conjunction,"  then  he 
must  analyze  this  passage  thus:  "Many 
shall  come  from  the  east  and  [shall  come 
from  Oie']  west  and  shall  sit  down  with 
Abraham,  and  {jihalli^it  down  xvUh]  Isaac 
and  {ehall  nil  down  luiVA]  Jacob"!  So, 
according  to  his  grammatical  rules,  they 
must  come  twice,  first  from  the  East, 
then  go  and  come  from  the  west;  they 
must  then  sit  down  three  times,  once 
with  Abraham,  then  with  Isaac,  aad  fiu- 
ally  with  Jacob!  Is  uot  the  Tuaker 
Grammar,  as  well  as  doctrine,  "moon- 
struck,"— crazy  ? 

For  illustration,  the  one  government 
is  compostd  of  three  departments —  the 
legislative,  the  judicial  and  the  execut- 
ive. These  three  are  one  government. 
The  President  says  to  the  generals  of  ihe 
army,  the  power  is  giveti  to  me :  "Go  ye 
therefore  and  slay  our  enemies,  burying 
them  iu  the  name  of  the  legislative,  aud 
of  the  judicial,  and  of  the  executive,  aud 
you  shall  be  rewarded  foryouraervices," 
Mr.  Stein  and  all  the  Tuukers  must  un- 
derstand this  comiuissitiu  to  require  three 
burials  of  the  deiul ! !  I  We  repeat  that 
the  Tunker  churches  are  not  churches  of 
Christ,  teeninje  Ihey  wiljuUy  add  to  the 
words  of  our  Lord's  jreuf  Commission. 
Tunkerism  must  utterly  fail  unle=s  ten 
words  be  added.    Eev.  22  :  IS. 


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'  CRUCIFIED  WITH  CHRIST." 


nV  LANUOK  WEST. 

Jesiis  the  Lamb  tliey  sold  !ii\<l  bought, 

The  broken  |)iko  of  sin, 
And  oli.-dear  sinner,  is  there  naught, 

Thiit  wo  can  breiik  for  Ilim'^ 

Yes,  this  oui"  ].nnib  His  cross  did  bear. 

On  which  lie  died  for  sin. 
And  is  there  not  some  little  cross, 

That  we  cim  beiiv  for  Ilim? 

As  died  the  3)iotleis  Ijiinib  of  God, 

To  save  a  world  from  sin. 
So  can  WB  all  in  His  life-blood 

Be  cnicilled  iWith  Him. 

Now  may  our  souls  he  warm  with  lov 

Our  ev'ry  thought  in  frame, 
And  ev'ry  wonl  iuid  action  prove. 

That  we  have  died  with  Him. 

Xo  more  let  Siit«n  bind.his  chaiit, 

Nor  find  a  (dace  within. 
Let  him  no  more  at  tempt  Jliis  rciffn, 
.  We're  dead  iiiilced  to  sin. 

And  now  may  idl  those  dead  with  Jl.im, 

A  life  of  fiiitb  begin, 
To  prove  in  life  and  e\''ry  thing. 

That  Clirist  now  lives  within. 

Let  come  wimt  may.  the  seal  is  set. 

Our  life  wo  live  by  iliin. 
The  work  is  great,  hut  ne'er  forget. 

We'll  die  no  more  to  sin. 

•  To  live  for  Christ,  is  now  our  aim, 
We're  now  dead  unto  sin. 
The  life  we  live  is  for  His  name, 
We'll  only  die  for  Him. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST 

Sabbath-day  Thoughts  —  Our  Meeting  for  Wor- 
ship—The School  of  Christ. 

[Frvi:nOiirSi-«liilOurr«i«ndpiil.] 
NUMBER  SIV. 

"VrOVEMBER,  24th.  This  is  a  briglit  and 
1.1  very  beautiful  day.  During  the  past  week 
we  had  about  forty-eight  hours  of  cold,  rainy 
weather,  and  thinking  of  such  days,  we  are 
made  to  appreciate  more  sensibly  the  pleasant- 
ness of  a  clear,  sunshiny  day.  I  have  known 
many  pei"Sons  who  have  no  patience  with  wet 
wealber.  Tliey  fret  and  grumble  at  a  great  rate, 
and  make  every  one  feel  unpleasant  about  them. 
Now  we  sliouliijlie  reasoilublei  W"  allCmid  at 
least  think  of  the  necessity  oF  Changes  in  the 
weather,  and  doing  bo  ivu  doubtless  will  tliank 
God  for  all  sorto  of  Weather,  since  this  is  buttlie 
issue  of  His  laws  iu  Nature.  But  we  need  pa- 
tience. So  shall  we  appreciate  every  good  gift. 
As  we  enjoy  a  fair  and  sunny  day  aft«r  clouds 
and  storm  and  rain,  so  we  also  learn  to  value 
the  day  of  rest  after  a  week  of  care  and  labor 
and  weariness.  Jesus  said  the  "  Sabbntli  was 
made  for  man,"  and  that  man  is  very  ungrat-r- 
ful  indeed  who  does  not  o1)Eerve  the  day  set 
apart  for  leisure  and|re3t  fiom  toil.  Ctiu*  em- 
ployments during  the  «-eek  may  be  all  riglit, 
and  we  are  commanded  of  God  to  labor,  but  one 
day  should  be  given  particularly  to  the  service 
of  God.  We  often  determine  upon  a  special 
kind  of  work  on  a  particular  day  during  the 
week,  and  then  we  attend  to  it  well.  Just  iio 
it  ought  to  be  with  us  in  regard  to  the  Lord's 
day — Sunday.  It  should  be  truly  set  upnrt  for 
the  worship  of  God.  It  should  be  a  coiisccrut- 
ed  day.  To  the  child  of  God  it  is,  of  all  the 
week,  the  brightest  and  best  day.  When  we 
think  of  the  blessed  memories  of  the  Sabbath, 


and  its  halloived  enjoyments,  we  ask  in  wonder. 
Who  docs  not  love  it? 

The  day  of  rest  is  like  the  little  grassy  mead- 
ow in  the  wilderness,  where  after  six  day's  jour- 
ney, the  traveler  baits  for  refreshment  and  rest, 
where  he  may  repose  under  the  shades  of  the 
lofty  palm  trees,  and  dip  his  vessel  in  the  wa- 
ters of  the  calm,  clear,  stream,  recovering  his 
strength  to  go  forth  again  upon  his  pileriraage 
in  the  desert  with  renewed  vigor  and  "good 
cheer."  Thus  the  Christian  rests  from  bis 
busy  cares,  and  the  day  is  one  blessed  influence. 
He  gives  himself  to  the  reading  of  God's  Word 
and  good  books  and  papers.  At  the  hour  of 
woi-ship  he  mingles  his  praise  and  prayer  with 
God's  worshiping  people.  He  edifies  those 
around  him  and  seeks  edification.  He  loves 
the  church  and  the  Word  of  Truth,  and  takes 
no  pleasure  in  the  ways  of  the  world.  But  he 
is  '■  growing  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
the  Truth."  Heaven  is  his  home  and  he  is  get- 
ting ready  for  it.  God's  people  are  his  choice 
and  he  loves  to  associate  with  them.  The  Sab- 
hath  is  a  great  blessing  of  God,  and  we  can 
make  it  n  gre.it  advantage,  not  only  recuperat- 
ing our  wilsted  power,  but  in  gaining  a  closer 
Ik  with  God,  and  learning  more  and  more 
about  Him. 

At  tho  Amsterdam  appointment  to-day  at  10 
A.  M.,  brother  Benedictspoke  upon  these  words: 
"  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  yon,  He  that  hear- 
eth  My  word,  and  believeth  on  Him  that  sent 
Me,  hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come 
into  condemnation,  but  is  passed  from  death  un- 
to life."  A  beautiful  passage!  So  full  of  prom- 
ise to  every  believer  in  Jesus!  They  are  the 
words  of  our  Lord  and  Master.  "A''erily,  ver- 
ily." Truly,  truly,  it  is  a  welcome  and  comfort- 
ing message.  Who  will  not  hear  it?  Seems 
as  though  everybody  should  be  a  Ibllower  ol 
Jesus,  since  there  is  so  much  grace  and  salva- 
tion in  His  teaching.  But  sin  has  taken  away 
oiir  hearing,  and  we  need  the  revivifying  effica- 
cy of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God 

I.  Hearing  the   Word 

II.  Believing  in  God. 

III.  Free  from  coudemnatioH. 

IV.  From  death  to  life. 
\.  The  present  warfare. 
VI.     Tho  final  triumph. 

Our  evening  service  in  town  was  well  attend- 
ed. The  13th  hymn  suggested  the  sentiment 
of  praise.  After  prayers  brother  Oiler  direct- 
ed our  attention  to  Matt.  11:  20.  ''Learn  ol 
Me"  19  well  worthy  our  serious  consideration 
and  prompt  action  at  all  times.  It  is  a  com- 
mand of  the  highest  authority,  and  shows  that 
He  who  knoweth  all  things,  also  knows  that 
our  knowledge  is  very  incomplete,  and  we  have 
need  of  wisdom  that  is  from  above.  The  lead- 
ing thoughts  are 

L     The  Teacher. 

II.    Tho  Lessons. 
.    III.    The  Disciples. 

Jesus  bus  been,is,andeVGi"8hallbe  the  Teach. 
erofall  teachers.  Many  make  great  preten- 
tions to  the  wisdom  of  this  world,  obtains  by 
long  years  of  diligent  ptudy  in  colleges  and 
seminaries,  and  then  do  not  seem  to  have  learn- 
ed the  very  first  lesson  iu  the  school  of  Christ, 
that  is,  to  take  the  Heavenly  Teacher  at  His 
word.  Perhaps  there  never  waa  a  time  when 
the  words  of  Jesus  were  so  variously  construed 
to  suit  the  fancies  of  the  people.  There  ia  but 
One  True  Teacher,  and  at  His  feet  ■  we  must 
lenni  the  way  of  salvation  if  we  are  at  all  sav. 
ed.  But  so  many  are  heeding  the  "new  idea' 
and  "commandments  of  men,"  that  the  Divine 
Teacher  ia  not  consulted  and' heard,  His  lessons 
are  ignored  and  the  disciples  are  most  lament, 
ably  confused  and  divided.  This  couree  of 
things  brings  about  many  discouragements  and 
hinderauces  to  the  advancement  of  the  Irue, 
safe  old  cause  of  "pure  and  undeliled  religion." 
0  that  we  would  come  to  the  blessed  feet  of 
Jesus,  and  confess  with  deeply  repenting  hearts: 
"  WcknowTbou  art  a  Teacher  coinu  from  God," 


But  until  His  love  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts, 
we  shall  not  be  able  to  recognize  Him  as  our 
Teacher,  His  word  as  our  lesson,  and  yield  our- 
selves His  faithful  disciples  to  learn  of  Him, 
and  walk  quietly,  carefully,  devotedly  in  the 
pathway  He  has  left  behind  Him.  To  this  end 
may  we  seek  to  live. 

Yesterday  thefuneral  service  of  brother  John 
Friedly  took  place  at  the  Antietam  meeting- 
house. He  was  in  his  62nd  year,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Falling-Spring  district.  "  Bless- 
ed are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord,"  for  when 
the  Lord  shall  come  again,  they  \vill  be  with 
Him.  Our  dear-  brother  has  gone  from  the 
scenes  of  earth,  but  we  hope  he  will  return  wth 
the  ransomed  of  the  Lord.     Isa.  35: 10. 

D.  B.  Mentzek. 

\Va\fncshoro,  Pa.  Nov.  27th,  1S7S. 


CHRISTMAS. 


BY  LIZZIE  llILLKll. 


THE  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  our  dear  Re- 
deemer is  once  more  drawing  nigh,  a  time 
we  all  look  forward  to  with  delight,  though  in 
many  different  ways  by  different  classes,  but  to 
the  Christian  it  is  a  day  of  all  days.  Go  back 
to  the  city  of  Bethlehem,  view  the  ha  be  in  the 
manger,  and  think  what  ccnti-rj  there,  the  Sa- 
vior bom,  our  redemption  made  possible  through 
the  Lamb  which  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the 
world.  Angels  were  heard  praising  God.  Now 
what  is  due  from  man,  for  whom  so  much  has 
been  done?  The  very  best  thanks  we  can  ofter, 
are  nothing  to  compare  with  the  gift  we  have 
received.  Christmas,  then,  should  beheld  very 
sacred  by  the  Christian, 

The  custom  of  giving  gifts  on  this  occasion. 
is  a  very  common  one,  and  not  objectionable  if 
done  in  the  proper  mauner,  but  as  it  is  very 
generally  done,  I  do  hold  is  not  the  proper  way 
for  the  Christian  to  do  it.  I  mean  the  custom 
of  telluig  children  the  story  of  "  Santa  Claus," 
of  his  "coming  down  the  chimney,"  and  other 
like  tales,  all  of  which  as  soon  as  children  are 
old  enough,  they  will  find  are  false,  yes,  all  un. 
true.  Just  think  of  it,  you  who  are  parents,  if 
you  never  have  before  now.  If  your  children 
should  acquire  the  habit  of  telling  untruths 
and  jui-tify  themselves  by  this  act  of  yours.  It 
is  a  more  serious  matter  perhaps  than  many 
suppose.  No  harm  at  all  in  giving  gitts,  but  do 
for  the  sake  of  truth  tell  who  is  the  giver.  How 
much  good  might  be  done  by  instructing  chil- 
dren what  is  the  origin  of  this  great  Holiday, 
and  the  sncredness  of  it,  how  humble  that 
Christ  who  loves  and  blesses  little  children,  war 
born,  so  much  so  that  the  pooi-est  class  of  hu- 
man beings  are  not  below  hiiu,  and  need  not 
fear  to  approach  him.  While  at  the  same  time 
he  is  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords.  That 
we  may  all  improve  our  way  of  celebrating  thjs 
great  event,  is  tho  dosiif  of  a  lover  of  truth. 


DESIRE  TO  MEET  IN.HEAVEN. 

!1Y  ilAUV  K.    LENT/. 

WE  are  (aught  by  the  Scriptures  that  it  is 
appointed  uuto  man  once  to  die.  This> 
is  a  truth  revealed  in  the  Bible  that  we  fre- 
quently behold  going  into  fiiHil linen t.  Know- 
ing this  to  be  a  fact,how  necessary  that  we  prepare 
for  the  solemn  cbauge,  so  that  our  spirits  may 
ascend  on  high  into  the  arma  of  him  who  call- 
ed us  hence. 

How  pleasing  it  is  when  our  friends  are  call- 
ed away  into  another  state  of  existence,  if  wt 
can  but  entertain  the  thought  that  they  arc 
gone  happy,  and  that  we  shall  be  able  to  meet 
them  in  the  unsullied  climes  with  the  blood- 
washed  millions  above.  It  ^ffonls  us  a  conso- 
lation that  beats  4is  through  the  trying  hour. 
There  is  no  place  on  earth  so  desirableas  a  pleas- 
ant home,  but  what  is  our  earthly  home   when 


compared  to  the  heavenly  one?  Heaven  is  the 
Christian's  homo.  Jesus  has  gone  lo  prepare 
a  mansion  for  all  who  love  him.  How  sweet 
the  words,  "a  home  in  heavcu"!  0  what  an  an- 
imating thought  that  we  may  all  onco  meet 
agaiu,  A  little  more  self-denial  here  will  add 
much  to  our  happiness  there.  Be  eucouragcd 
brother  and  sister  a  few  more  toilsome  days  ami 
our  race  is  niu;  we  Av.\\l  uieot  again. 


REMISSION  OF  SIN. 

ISY  DANIEf.  I.(\V«AN"EOKBR.' 

SOME  believe  repentance,  faith,  prayer  aiul 
the  mourner's  bench  for  the  remission  of 
sin.  Others  believe  and  hold  repentance,  faith, 
prayer  and  bapttsui  for  tho  remission  of  sin, 
"  Believe  on  the  Loi'd  Jesus  Chrkt  and  fho«. 
shalt  be  saved.  Acts  16: 31.  The  jailer  believ- 
ed and  was  baptized  into  Christ.  "'He  thatbe^  '' 
lieveth  aud  is  baptized  shall  be  saved,"  Mark: 
IB:  16. 

HOW  SIN  AFFECTS  US. 

IIY  MAITIK  .\,  LE,VR. 

IT  is  always  better  to  be  siuued  against  than 
siniiing.  We  caunot  prevent  others  wouni- 
ing  onr  feelings,  and  injuring,  insulting  aui 
mistreating  us,  but  these  things  cannot  harm 
us.  dnless  we  give  them  an  enlodgment  iu  anr 
hearts.  It  is  uot  what  others  do  to  us,  or  how 
othei-s  treat  us  that  really  .effects  ns,  but  oar 
own  conduct.  Our  happiness  or  misery  mvst 
ever  depeudjupou  ourselves.  God  in  his  wi»r 
dom  would  nei'er  intrust  the  happiness  or  nris- 
ery  of  an  individual  to  another's  keeping.  Ow 
happiness  does  uot  depend  on  our  oulward  sur- 
roundings, but  on  tlie  iinviird  state  of  oitr 
hearts, 

"AND   LO   I   AM  WITH     yOU.» 


WE  often  hear  niinisters  console  themselrec 
aud  members  with  the  above  promtae. 
But  if  we  e.tamiue  tho  pretext,  we  find  that  H 
is  given  on  certain  conditions,  which  are  as  fol- 
lows: That  we  i/ii  and  te^ich  all  nations;  anj 
b'ljitize  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father 
aud  of  the  Sou  aud  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  thai 
we  teach  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
1  (Jesus)  have  commanded  you.  When  these 
conditions  are  complied  with — not  before — then  ' 
we  may  expect  this  promise,  "Lo  I  am  v.'iUt 
you,  even  uuto  the  end  of  the  world,"  to  be 
verified, 

DONT    LOAF. 

YOUNG  man,  dou't  be  a  loafer;  don't  k^e^ 
company  witli  loafers;  don't  hang  shoot 
loafing  places  Better  work  for  nothing  thia 
sit  around  all  day  ivith  your  hands  in  your 
pockets.  It  is  bitter  for  your  healtfii,  better  for 
your  reputation.  Bustle  about,  if  yon  mean  t» 
have  anything  to  bustle  for.  Many  a  lawyee 
hfus  got  a  p-iying  client  by  working;  for  a  pOM 
and  needy  one,  as  also  has  many  a  doctor  got  a 
good  practice  by  attending  closely  'to  a  ,poor 
oue.  Such  is  the  worid;  to  him  lhaltliritai«haH 
be  given.  Quit  dreaming  and  coniidaiuing;: 
keep  busy  and  mind  your  chances. — Sri, 


He  that  waits  for  repentance  waits  for  thai 
which  cannot  be  bad  as  long  as  it  ia  waited  for. 
It  is  absurd  for  a  man  to  wait  for  tliat  whick 
he  himself  has  to  do. 


That  which  ia  good  to  be  done  cannot  be 
done'too  soon;  «nd,  if  it  is  neglected  to  Ite  doiM 
eaulys  it  will  freqiieritiy  happen  that  it  will  noJ 
be  done  at  all. 


THE    "BltKTHRKiSr    -A.^    WOi-il-C. 


December    1S2 


WHY  HOT  FORGIVE  HIM?- 

Wn  Y*  not  forgive  your  brotlior, 
If  lie  comes  to  you  in  sorrow? 
Why  not  your  auger  smother 

Ere  theJuwning  of  to-morrow? 
You  say  he  hiis  revile']  you 

Your  dearest  friiiiil.i  iiuiong; 
Biithftfi  error  ii«er  beguih-d  you? 
lliive  you  iiu'er  conimitted  wrong? 
•Why  not  forgive  him? 

lie  is  jteuitent  and  humble, 

He  is  weak  and  in  your  [toner — 
AVho  is  not  apt  to  stumble 

When  jirissioii  rules  the  hour? 
III!  wronged  you  in  his  blindups^; 

Now  act  the  Christian's  part, 
And  pour  the  balm  ofkinduess 

On  hissftd,  repentant  heart. 

Why  not  forgive  him? 

Can  yon  look  for  sweet  contentment, 

Or  can  love  your  bosom  fill, 
While  you  clierish  fierce  resentment 

For  Lhe  one  who  treats  you  ill? 
No!  spite  of  proud  position, 

Of  place,  or  power,  or  pelf, 
Uubkst  is  your  condition 

Tilt  you  triumph  o'er  yourself. 

Why  not  forgive  him? 

With  his  grief  his  heart  is  riven, 

Aud  can  you  irith  reason  praj- 
That  your  sins  liiay  be  forgiven 

When  from  him  you  turn  awnj'? 
Vaunt  not  your  pure  condition. 
Nor  back  forgiveness  keep — 
Thiuk  of  heaven's  admonition, 
Aa  you  sow  so  shall  you  reap." 

Why  not  forgive  hira? 
—Tlie  S'hdher. 


"R'^ 


A  LOUD  CALL. 

)EVl':ilENI)  irnd  Wlovea  Sir:  It  is 
.vith  tlie  utmost  satisfaction  that 
we  wfluoiiie  you  by  this  installation  ser- 
vice to  hi:  our  pastor.  Under  3''our  pre- 
decessor our  pew  rents  fell  off  sadly,  and 
we  were  compelled  to  offer  iiim  a  few 
personal  affronts  in  order  to  exta'act  a 
resignation  from  him,  A  few  months 
more  his  preaching  would  have  put  oUr 
church  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver,  and 
the  stockholders  in  the  church  felt  oblig- 
ed to  protect  their  interests  by  getting 
him  to  withdraw.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  ability,  and  a  pleasant  speaker,  but 
what  ever  calls  he  made,  he  made  amons 
tlie  poor  people,  who  sat  in  the  free  seats 
u])  in  the  gallery.  IFe  never  called  on 
our  well-to-do  families;  they  very  nat- 
urally felt  slighted,  and  while  some  of 
them  reduced  their  contributions  toward 
the  p.ayinent  of  our  debt,  others  with 
drew  wholly,  and  we  lost  even  the  pew 
rents. 

"  In  spite  of  several  suggestions  made 
by  officers  of  the  society,  he  insisted  on 
.  preach iug  uniformly  on  religious  sub- 
jects. The  number  of  conversions  dur 
ing  his  ministry  was  considerable,  but 
they  were  all  among  young  people,  mOjo 
paid  almost  nothing  into  the  treasury. 
Clerks,  young  professional  men,  and  un- 
married women  count  just  as  much  on 
the  list  of  communicants  as  do  men  of 
wealth  and  position  iu  society,  but  they 
don't  add  much  to  the  revenues  of  a 
church.  He  had  a  revival  that  was 
(juite  fruitful  of  conversions,  but  he 
didn't  convert  anybody  who  was  nch, 
and  his  meetings  every  night  and  the 
monotomy  of  his  exhortations  to  repen- 
tance disgusted  and  drove  away  some 
families  that  we  could    iU  lose. 

"  But,  sir,  we  are  persuaded  better 
things  of  you,  and  things  that  minifiter 
to  the  salvation  of  our  ecclesiastical  so- 
ciety. AYe  have  heard  of  your  brilliant 
Sunday  evening  sermons  on  the  Berlin 
C<)ngr'ess,  on  the  Potter  Investigation, 
•Jii  Buddhism,  on  the  Challenger  Expo- 
sition, on  the  phonograph,  and  on  the 
trial  of  Guickar  of  Baroda.  "We  have 
leampd,  sir,  of  late  the  fact  that  the  of- 
licers  of  your  late  church  were  enabled 


to  raise  the  pew  rents  year  after  ytjar. 
We,  therefore,  congratulate  ourselves  on 
having  secured  your  services. 

"  You  declined  our  proposal  to  give 
you  a  certain  percentage  of  the  receipts 
in  lieu  of  a  salary,  on  the  ground  that 
there  was  no  way  of  settling  dift'erences 
of  opinion  that  might  arise  between  you 
and  us  as  to  thesum  thereceipta  amount- 
ed to.  We  recognize  the  force  of  your 
objection,  and  you  recognized  the  band 
of  Providence  in  our  offer  of  ^7,000  a 
year,  and  accepted  our  call.  We  desire, 
therefore,  at  this  time  to  give  you  some 
information,  regarding  our  financial  con 
dition,  and  offer  some  suggestions  re- 
garding your  policy. 

"  Our  bonded  debt  amounts  to  ^75, 
000,  the  annual  interest  on  which  is 
•iiU,000.  Your  salary  is  S7,000,  our  choir 
costs  us  $3,000,  and  our  miscellaneous 
expenses  are  8:2,000,  making  au  aggre- 
gate expense  of  §18,000,  a  year.  Our 
church  as  you  see,  is  very  large  and  el- 
egant, and  in  the  center  of  a  fine  part  of 
the  city.  If  all  of  our  pews  were  rented, 
even  at  moderate  rates,  we  should  have 
an  income  of  fully  §18,000.  If  we  didn't 
receivequite  as  much,  it  would  make  no 
great  difference,  as  we  could  make  up  a 
suiall  deficit  out  of  the  collections  for 
missions  and  the  dissemination  of  the 
Scriptures. 

"  You  will  readily  see  that  our  inter- 
est can't  be  reduced  except  by  reducing 
the  principal.  Our  miscellaneous  ex- 
penses are  as  low  as  they  can  be,  and  it 
is  out  of  the  question  to  reduce  our  ex- 
penses for  music,  because  our  choir 
would  leave  us  and  go  to  a  church  only 
five  blocks  away,  to  which  tliey  have  a 
standing  invitation,  if  their  salaries  were 
reduced,  aud  many  of  the  most  liberal 
members  of  our  society  attend  here  ex- 
clusively on  account  of  our  superior  mu- 
sic, and  these  pei-sons  being  leaders  of 
society,  tlieir  attendance  secures  us  the 
attendance  of  others. 

"You  observe,  therefore,  that  there  is 
but  one  item  of  our  expenses  that  can 
be  reduced.  If  the  pew  rentals  fall  be- 
low S18,000  a  year,  the  loss  must  fall 
on  that  item.  You  see  the  importance 
of  keeling  the  pew  rents  up  to  the  fig- 
ure I  have  named. 

"  If  a  lively  competition  for  the  pews 
in  our  clmreh  could  be  aroused,  we  could 
raise  the  prices  so  that  tha  total  would 
reach  §20,000  or  even  §25,000,  Y'our 
success  in  this  direction  would  be  regard- 
ed by  the  trustees  as  good  ground  for 
an  increase  of  your  income.  If  you 
should  succeed  in  getting  some  wealthy 
gentlemen,  whose  families  attentl  our 
church,  to  materially  reduce  our  debt, 
we  should  have  less  interest  to  pay,  and 
should  favorably  entertain  a  proposition 
to  iocrf  ase  your  income. 
"  "  You  will  find  it  necessary  to  preach 
two  sermons  a  week,  all  equal,  in  a  lit- 
erary point  of  view,  to  the  articles  iu 
our  best  magazines  and  reviews.  Our 
people  are  highly  educated,  and  they 
don't  want  any  sermons  that  are  not 
equal  to  the  best  lectures  or  magazine 
article.s.  You  will  have  to  visit  a  good 
deal  amoug  the  most  worthy  and  liberal 
of  our  people.  They  won't  stay  with  us 
unlens  they  get  a  good  deal  of  attention 
from  the  minister.  Your  morning  ser- 
mons may  contain  a  good  deal  of  gen- 
eral religion,  aspirations  after  immor- 
tality and  the  civilizing  influence  of 
Christianity,  and  all  that  sort  of  thing, 
but  it  won't  do  here  to  preach  a  great 
deal  about  repentance,  or  sin,  or  other 
unpleasant  things.  Some  of  our  people 
like  that  kind  of  preaching,  aud  you 
must  give  them  some  of  it,  but  a  good 
many  people  won't  stay  and  hear  it    all 


the  time,  and  our  pew  rental  must  be 
keptup  to  118,000  at  the  least.    Your 

evening  sermons  shouhl  be  on  charactei-s 
in  history  and  fiction,  the  last  thing  out 
in  science,  literary  criticisms,  politics, 
ethnology,  aud  reminiscences  of  travel. 
These  things  are  interesting  to  young 
men,  and  we  all  mourn  the  fact  that  our 
churches  do  not  get  hold  of  the  young 
men  as  they  ought  to. 

"  Such,  sir,  is  our  finaueial  condition, 
and  such  seem  to  us  the  only  methods 
by  which  our  church  can  be  managed 
successfully,  at  least  until  the  debt  is 
paid."- — TCxrlinnije. 

WHAT    HINDERETH    THE 
GROUND? 


T  AM  a  farmer,  and  have  followed 
-'-  farming  fifty  eight  yeai-s,  and  al- 
ways took  delight  in  the  business;  but 
the  last  few  years  could  not  follow  the 
plow  any  more,  yet  could  not  be  idle. 
So  I  would  go  in  the  Spi-ing  of  the  year 
through  the  wheat  fields  aud  pull  up 
the  cockle  and  other  noxious  weeds  that 
hinder  the  gi-owth  of  the  grain.  Then, 
also  go  through  the  corn  field  and  pull 
up  the  weeds  that  escaped  the  plow  and 
cultivator.  You  know  there  are  some 
that  stand  so  close'tothe  corn  stalk  that 
the  plow  cannot  reach  them  and  they 
are  generally  very  thrifty,  because  of  the 
cultivation  they  get  that  was  designed 
for  the  benefit  of  the  corn.  Some  of 
these  weeds  can  be  pulled  up  with  one 
hand,  but  others  require  both  hands,  esj 
pecially  if  they  have  stood  long.  But  I 
show  them  no  mercy,  out  they  must 
come,  why  should  they  be  left  to  draw 
nutritiou  from  the  earth,  and  receive  the 
dew,  rain  and  sunshine  from  above,  and 
give  no  return  to  the  husbandman? 

I  am,  also,  a  preacher.  Not  bv  my 
own  choice;  but  by  the  choice  of  those 
who  had  a  right  to  choose.  I  did  not 
lik^!  it  much  at  first,  for  it  hindered  me 
from  attending  to  my  home  concerns, 
besides  keeping  me  from  reading  the 
news  of  the  day,  and  participating  with 
the  public  affaii-s  of  the  world.  I  could 
not  serve  two  masters  and  work  under 
two  yokes  at  once.  For  I  must  of  ne- 
cessity study  myself  to  be  approved  un- 
to God,  a  workman  that  needed  not  to 
be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word 
of  truth.  But  oh!  what  a  field  to  work 
in.  Forty  years  of  my  time,  aside  from 
ray  temporal  toil  I  labored  in  that  field, 
it  is  not  for  me  to  tell  with  what  suc- 
cess, eternity  alone  can  reveal,  yet  I  may 
not  transcend  the  bounds  of  modesty  by 
saying,  I  have  not  labored  in  vain.  If 
Paul  has  planted  aud  Apollos  has  wa- 
tered, God  gave  the  increase.  To 
him  belongs  the  praise.  When  my 
strength  failed  I  left  the  plow  in  the 
hands  of  others.  Also,  when  I  found 
my  strength  failing  to  guide  the  Gospel 
plow,  I  left  the  guidance  of  it  to  abler 
hands  and  betook  myself  to  reconnoiter 
or  iu  other  words,  to  do  what  my  hands 
might  find  to  do,  for  I  cannot  stand  idle. 

In  looking  over  the  Gospel  field,  my 
heart  is  ravished,  and  my  spirit  is  elated 
to  see  a  mighty  host  of  the  redeemed  of 
the  seed  of  that  woman,  John  speaks  of 
in  Rev.  13:  17,  equipping  and  making 
ready  to  go  forth  in  battle,  to  fight  him 
that  is  cast  out  of  heaven,  and  co  set  up 
the  banner  of  Prince  Emanuel.  But  ah ! 
how  it  ciiill-s  my  heait  to  see  here  and 
thereof  those  rank  weeds,  that  stand 
where  they  ought  not,  absorbing  all  the 
moisture  and  dew  from  heaven  and  hin- 
der those  which  might  lie  fruitful  plants 
from  thriving,  by  throwing  their  dark 
shade  over  them,  that  tJie  Sun  of  Right- 


eousness cannot  ripen  the  fruit.  I  mean 
those  of  whom  Paul  speaks  to  Timothy, 
(1:  5.  Well  would  it  be  for  all  of  them 
to  read  that  whole  chapter  every  day 
till  it  would  renovate  their  whole  being 
and  make  Christto  them  all  in  all.  But 
alas!  why  do  I  talk  to  them,  they  will 
not  read  this?  They  all  have  the  papers 
that  tell  them  of  tlie  market,  money 
matters,  politics,  murdei-s,  frauds,  swin- 
dles tfcc. .  But  the  BiuvTURKN  at  AVoiik 
is  too  high  in  price,  they  cannot  afford  to 
waste  money  to  learn  what  the  church 
is  doing  aud  Avishes  to  do.  There  are 
even  mullen  stalks  in  some  part  of  the 
field  that  have  absorbed  all  the  nutrition 
of  plants  around  them,  and  everything 
seems  withered,  the  soil  is  dry  and  hard, 
themselves  have  taken  such  deep  root 
that  it  requires  strength  combined  some- 
times to  pull  them  up. 

In  reading  over  wliat  I  have  written 
so  far,  1  found  to  have  made  a  great 
blunder,  done  wrong,  in  comparing  some 
of  my  dear  brethren  to  weeds.  I  should 
have  considered  them  as  true  plants, 
when  they  come  into  the  Gospel-field, 
l)ut  for  want  of  proper  cultivation  per- 
haps those  weeds  I  spoke  of  got  the  ad- 
vantage and  the  true  germ  or  plant  be- 
came dwarfed  and  weeds  grew  over  the 
genuine  plant,  so  that  little  corn  did  ap- 
pear. 

Now  my. object  from  the  beginning 
was,  not  to  root  up  the  spear  of  corn, 
but  to  destroy  that  which  hinders  its 
growth.  I  beg  your  pardon,  dear  breth- 
ren, I  mean  you,  that  stand  aloof  from 
the  great  work  that  is  to  be  done  yet, 
ere  the  great  and  notable  day  of  the 
Lord  shall  come.  Don't  you  see  that 
the  devil  suffera  himself  with  all  his 
host,  and  hell  itself  to  be  annihilated  so 
that  there  may  be  no  need  of  a  Savior. 
The  great  and  the  wise  men  of  this  world 
exert  themselves  to  the  utmost  to  gain 
their  object.  Will  nut  you  my  breth- 
ren, do  something  to  stem  the  flood? 
Will  you  still  cling  to  your  gold  and 
your  silver  until  it  becomes  cankered, 
and  the  rust  thereof  be  a  witness  against 
you?  Nay,  my  brethren,  you  will  act 
a  nobler  part;  you  know  you  are  not 
your  own;  you  have  been  bought  with 
a  great  price;  aud  all  that  you  are  and 
have  belong  to  the  Lord.  You  are  call- 
ed upon  to  secure  the  salvation  of  your 
offspring — your  children.  Bring  them 
together  aud  as  many  of  your  neigh- 
bor's children  as  possible  every  Lord's 
day,  make  them  acquainted  with  the 
Word  and  will  of  God,  to  fortify  them 
against  the  delusions  of  the  wicked  one 
and  the  world.  Open  yoiirpm-se-string, 
send  out  papers  and  pamphlets  where 
your  preachers  cannot  go,  where  the 
number  is  too  small  and  the  field  is  too 
large.  Spare  not  your  dollars  and  your 
means  with  which  God  has  blessed  you 
to  assist  in  every  way  possible  that  the 
Gospel  might  be  preached  in  its  purity. 
Fear  not  that  gi^nng  will  impoverish 
you.  Remember  the  rich  man  and  Laz- 
arus; remember  the  rich  young  man; 
and  remember  the  unjust  steward.  Re- 
member Calvary. 


"SNAKES  IN  THE  GRASS." 

To  Eldm-  D.  Ji.  G^ihson^  an  Eoamjch 
ist  of  iTesm  Ch-isi: — 
Ml/  vertj  dear  Brother: — 
CONTINUED  silence  in  the  physical 
^  universe,isdeath,  and  formsan  appro- 
priate figure  of  an  extended  wantof  com- 
munication in  the  sphere  of  friendship 
and  love.  We  are  creatures  of  sympathy 
and  confidential  communication,  but 
both  are  too  higly  developed  in  the 
physo-inental    organization  of  many    of 


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our  tTfiated  brethren.     Many  meu   hnve 
lost  j>ositious  of  pre-eniiaeuce,  religious 
ly,  politically  and  Huanclally  by    a    too 
fi-ee  admission  of  object  and  aims.  Con- 
fidence   misplaced    usually    resulted    in 
a  sustained    loss,    but   no    confidence  is 
worse  tlian  many  sorrows.     "We  should 
never  expect  others  to  keep  that  which 
we  cannot  keep  ourselves.     Our  secrets 
lose  their  name  the  moment  we   impart 
them  to  others.     Our  object  and  eftbrts 
in  life  sliould  tend  to  high,    moral    and 
religious  attainments.     Our  ends  to    ac- 
complish should  be  noble  acts,  righteous 
deeds,  and  conversation  pure  and  good, 
This  is  the  object  of  our  being  manifest- 
ed in  the  design    and  revelation    of  the 
Elohim  of  ages  past,  and  the  eternity 
come.     Life  consists  in  more  than  days 
and  years;  its  deeds  should  be  pure,  el 
evated  and  noble.     Our  daily  lesson    t( 
learn,  should    be,    the    most  consistent 
manner  of  living,  that  will  enable  us  to 
act  a  part  in  life,  useful  to  ourselves,  ad 
vantageous  and  beneficial  to  others.  This 
will  reflect  back   the  image    of  God  in 
our  being,  and  the  rich,  noble,  and    un- 
selfish devotion  to  the  cause  of  our  holy 
religion.     As  the  Sun  is  the  Divinity  of 
matter  and  governs  material  change,  so 
is  the  essence  of  supreme    holiness  the 
nuclea  of  magnificent  change  of  mind. 
Experience  has  her  lessons  to  teach,  life 
her  great  lessons  to  learn.     Experience 
is  a  severe  school,  but  her  lessons  are  the 
most  impressive    and   lasting.     Selfish- 
ness is  the  winged  arrow   of  poison   to 
moral  growth;  jealousy    and    prejudice 
the  well  primed  howitzer  of  hell  to  the 
overthrow  of  religious  progresaic-n    and 
holy  ambition. 

Great  results,  tlow  from  earnest,  un 
selfish  effoi'ts.  Selfishness  may  attain  to 
preponderance  for  a  time,  but  its  final 
end  will  be  with  the  chaff  in  the  fire  of 
the  cleaner.  Meu  who  will  make  relig- 
ion subservient  to  financial  gain,  are  se- 
ducers in  the  temple  of  God.  Ananias 
and  Sapphiras  in  the  sanctuary  of  ho- 
line.sa. 

Old  orderism  in  its  true  sense  signifies 
death  to  the  works  of  the  devil,  and 
combustion  of  sin.  In  its  modern  sig- 
nification, it  is  varied  and  obscure,  some- 
times having  stronger  reference  to  the 
coating  of  the  sepulchre  than  the  decay 
of  the  dead  bones  within  it.  Old  order 
is  right  so  far  as  its  lineaments  are  Gos- 
pel and  is  sanctioned  by  the  authority 
of  Jesus  Christ.  The  trouble  is,  we 
have  too  little  of  the  old  order  among 
us.  We  must  except  things  as  we  find 
them,  but  purify  them  as  they  pass 
through  our  hands. 

Appearances  should  not  deceive  us. 
Self-praise  is  scandalous,  but  eulogies  of 
our  powers  and  virtues  spoken  by  oth 
ers  are  ravishing  and  precious, 

"  Let  him  that  thinketh  he  standeth 
take  heed  lest  he  fall,"  is  of  divine  or 
igin,  and  undermines  the  human  idea 
of  safety  and  steadfastness  in  th 
strength  of  our  own  arm  and  intelli 
gence. 

Preaching  is  the  holiest  calling  among 
men,  but  carries  with  it  a  terrible  end 
for  the  man  who  will  preach  only  apart 
of  the  Gospel.  The  boly  work  of  ages 
past  has  been  to  proclaim  the  Gospel, 
and  its  effects  are  seen  in  the  glorious 
conversion  of  atheists,  infidels  and  skep 
tics.  Dirkaess  and  superstition  have  re- 
treated before  the  powerful  march  of 
sanctified  truth.  Witchcraft,  ghosts  and 
hobgoblins  are  things  of  the  past,  and 
live  only  on  the  pages  of  shadowy  rec- 
ords, Christianity,  as  it  has  followed  in 
the  footsteps  of  Gospel  preachers,  has 
enobled,  educated  and  elevated  the  hu- 
man race.     I  love  good   preaching   and 


good  preachers.  There  is  no  excuse  for 
poor  preaching,  when  meu  have  such  a 
theme  as  Christianity.  .1  am  thankful 
for  all  the  good  preaching  that  was  ev 
done;  I  thank  Paul  for  his  noble,  un- 
selfish zeal  in  pushing  forward  to  ray 
days  the  glad  news  of  the  Sou  of  God; 
I  thank  him  for  all  the  good  things  he 
has  left  wi'itten  for  me.  I  thank  Peter 
and  James  and  John  for  their  powerfid 
testimony  in  favor  of  Christ;  and  the 
burning  words  of  love  they  have  record- 
ed for  us.  I  thank  Judas  Iscariot  for 
his  three  years  of  devotion  to  Christ,  but 
despise  his  breach  of  trust.  I  thank 
Ananias  and  Sappbira  for  accepting 
Christ,  but  despise  their  lying  to  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost.  I  love  Simon  Magus  for  ac- 
cepting the  truth,  but  despise  him  for 
his  offer  of  gold.  I  thank  Luther,  Wes- 
ley. Calvin,  Melanchthon,  for  the  refor- 
mation and  reviving  of  orthodoxy,  but 
regret  that  they  did  not  proclaim  and 
practice  what  they  avowed,  they  knew 
the  ancient  church  did.  I  love  old  fath- 
er Mack  for  reviving  Christianity  in  all 
its  purity;  I  thank  the  old  preachers 
among  us  for  theu'  noble  work  in  the 
past.  I  thank  the  minister  who  was  the 
means  of  my  mother's  conversion,  and 
oh,  how  I  thank  her  for  all  the  sermons 
she  ever  preached  to  me,  and  the  sweet 
prayers  she  offered.  I  thank  the  miu' 
ister  who  brought  me  to  Christ,  and  all 
the  preachers  that  have  stood  by  the 
cross  where  I  have  labored  in  the  past 
I  thank  the  pen  of  C.  H.  B.,  and  all  of 
the  declaimers  of  our  holy  profession, 

I  am  now  in  the  field  again,  and  as 
the  battle  rages  I  pray  that  many  may 
fall.  Three  years  ago  I  stood  almost 
alone  in  evangelistic  work,  to-day  a  score 
or  more  of  strong  men  are  engaged  iu 
the  contest,  and  the  dead  falling  thickly 
around.  May  the  victory  be  ours  now 
and  forever. 

I  wrote  thisfor  the  want  of  something 
wiser  and  better  to  say.  Accept  it  as  it 
is  given;  I  am  glad  of  your  increase  in 
winning  souls  to  Christ. 

Yours  respectfully. 

S.  H.  Ba.-^iioi:. 


INCONSISTENCY  AGAINST  CON- 
SISTENCY. 


UY  nANlKL  BUICIUT. 


w. 


ELL  has  it  been  remarked  that 
The  evil  of  the  church  to-day 
is  inconsistency."  Inconsistency  exists 
where  profession  of  a  truth  is  made  with 
the  mouth,  but  denied  in  practice.  To 
profess  to  be  a  child  of  "  light"  and  not 
reprove  darkness  iu  both  word  and  deed, 
not  shew  forth  the  virtues  of  him  that 
has  called  us  from  "  darkness  unto  hi 
marvelous  light,"  is  inconsistency.  To 
profess  to  be  born  of  God,  having  th 
"  love  of  God  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts ;" 
and  manifest  hatred  and  envy  towards 
our  brethren  or  fellow- beings,  is  incou 
sistency.  To  confess  faith  in  Almiyhty 
God;  in  that  his  eye  is  all  seeing,  h 
ear  all-hearing;  in  that  his  fatherly 
care  is  extended  toward  every  one  of  his 
creatures,  so  much  so  that  not  even  a 
"sparrow  cfln  fall  to  the  ground  without 
his  notice,"  and  much  less  can  anything 
threaten  to  hajipen  unto  his  re-adopted 
child  without  seeing  it;  and  to  profess  to 
be  the  re-adopted  child  of  that  Omnip- 
otent Being;  the  object  of  his  tender 
mercies  and  his  fatherly  care,  as  much 
so,  or  in  such  a  degree,  as  the  "apple  of 
our  eye"  is  an  object  of  our  greatest 
care;  and  after  confessing  and  professing 
all  this,  not  bfing  willing  in  our  daily 
walk  and  convei'sation  to  confide  and 
trust  in  him  (after  we  have  done  our 
duty),  but  trust  in  man,  make  tlesh  our 


arm,  with  the  heart  depart  from  the 
Lord,  Jer.  17:5;  this  is  iucousistency; 
and  it  is,  and  always  was  the  greatest 
evil  in  the  church,  and  extremely  hurt- 
ful to  her  progress. 

To  confess  the  truth  is  consistent,  for 
truth  Ttutst  be  firat  confessed;  .ind  not  to 
walk  according  to  the  profession  made, 
not  to  Walk  in  the  truth,  though  it  is 
iucousistency,  yet  not  in  the  tnith,  for 
truth  has  no  inconsistency,  but  with  the 
confession  made,  it  is  inconsistency,  and 
it  works  upon  the  influence  thrown  out 
by  the  confession  of  truth,  like  as  fire 
operates  upon  chaff. 

It  is  true  when  we  say,  that  consisten- 
cy "  is  a  jewel,"  but  is  equally  true  when 
we  say  that  inconsistency  is  a  vial  of 
aqua,  regia  (a  solution  which  dissolves 
;old).  For  take  your  bright  jewel  of 
gold,  consistency,  and  put  a  drop  of  the 
acrid  "  royal  water"  on  it  and  it  will  re 
ceive  a  dark  spot,  and  immei"se  it  in  that 
solution  and  it  will  destroy  it,  will  dis- 
solve it.  Hence,  inconsistency  iu  onr 
daily  walk  and  conversation  will  destroy 
all  the  influence  that  the  confession  of 
the  truth  and  short  abidance  therein  has 
thrown  around  us. 

Consistency,  or  confessing  the  truth 
and  beginning  to  walk  therein,  is  like 
unto  Pharaoh's  seven  rank  and  good 
ears  of  corn  upon  one  stalk;  or  like  un- 
to the  seven  well-favored  and  fat-flesh- 
ed kine  feeding  in  the  rich  meadows. 
But  inconsistency  in  our  practice,  ohr 
daily  walk  and  conversation,  is  like  un- 
to the  seven  ill-favored  and  lean-fleshed 
kine,  which  ate  up  the  seven  fat-fle^hed; 
like  unto  the  seven  thin  ears,  blasted 
with  the  East  wind,  which  devoured  the 
seven  rank  and  full  eara.  Gen.  41.  Thus 
t  is  with  the  professor  of  religion.  To 
confess  Jesus  before  men  has  a  power- 
ful influence  for  good,  but  to  deny  him, 
wholly  or  in  part,  iu  our  practical  life, 
this  inconsistency  will  destroy  all  our 
influence  for  good,  however  sti-ong  the 
power  thereof  may  have  been.  When 
the  preacher  professes  to  be  a  Christian, 
and  holds  forth  the  Word  of  Truth  with 
power,  he  wields  a  most  wonderful  in- 
fluence over  men.  But  when  in  his  pri- 
vate life  he  does  not  manifest  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  kingdom  of  heaven, — love, 
peace,  meekness,  humility,long-suft'ering 
etc. ;  and  iu  his  office  as  a  "worker  to- 
gether with  God,"  does  not,  "  in  all 
things"  apjirove  himself  as  "  the  minis- 
ter of  God,"  but  loves  those  who  speak 
well  of  him,  shunning  and  despising 
others  who  kindly  tell  him  of  his  faults, 
such  deportment  is  inconsistency,  and 
destroys  the  influence  for  good  he  wield 
ed  before. 

Love  is  the  center,  the  focus  of  the 
viWfylng  rays  of  the  Sun  of  Righteous 
ness.  It  is  the  atmosphere  of  the  "new 
earth."  It  is  the  "bond  of  perfectness 
and  the  fulfillment  of  the  law.  It  is  the 
concentration  of  all  the  commands  of 
God  into  one.  The  possession  of  love 
is  the  convincing  evidence  in  the  Chris- 
tians that  they  are  the  disciples  of  Christ, 
"  By  this  all  men  shall  know  that  ye  are 
my  disciples,  {/'  yc  have  love  ono  to 
anotJier."  John  13:35.  Every  person 
possesses  love.  Even  publicans  and  sin- 
ners love  those  who  love  them,  and  call 
everything  right  that  they  do.  But  to 
love  our  enemies  or  those  who  do  not 
speak  sn  well  of  us  and  do  not  honor  us 
as  much  as  we  wo\ild  like  them  to,  re- 
quires one  born  of  God.  But  if  we  pro- 
fess to  be  born  of  God  and  yet  harbor 
malice  and  ill-feeling  towards  our  fcl- 
low-mort.ils,  in  our  hearts,  we  are  in- 
consistent and  a  stumbling  block  to  seek- 
ers of  the  Truth.     "  If  the  light  that  is 


iu  you  bn  darkuos.=,  how  great  is  that 
darkness  i:" 

Every  truediscipleof  Christhas  prom- 
ised to  be  a  witness  of  the  Truth  till 
the  end.  O  let  us  all  pay  unto  the  Lord 
this  our  vow,  and  we  shall  be  the  hap- 
py possessors  of  this  precious  jewel — 
[;onsistency — and  truth  wWX  bear  us  out 
on  the  judgment  day. 

WHAT  STRONG  DRINK  DOES. 

TT  costs    8l,noo,00u,il()n    annually    ic 
-'-     in  money. 

It  makes  50.  percent  of  our  insane. 

It  makes  65  per  cent,  of  our  paupers. 

It  is  the  direct  cause  .of  75  per  centof 
the  murders  committed. 

It  makes  SO  per  cent,  of  our  criminals. 

It  sends  forth  95  per  cent,  of  our  vic- 
ious youth. 

It  sends  one  every  six  minutes  to  a 
drunkard's  grave,  or,  ^7,000  every  year. 

In  our  own  happy  or  unhappy  Amer- 
ica, in  this  enlightened  19th  century, 
facts  and  figures  show  that  60,000  lives 
are  annually  destioyed  by  means  of  in- 
toxicating drink,  4,0llO  commit  suicide, 
and  200,000  orphans  are  made. 

The  erkues  resulting  from  intoxicat- 
ing drink  cost  the  country  annually  §40, 
000,000  and  send  to  prison  100,000  per- 
sons. 

New  York  City  spends  annually  $70,- 
000.000  for  strong  drink  and  only  §3,- 
000,000  for  public  education.  In  the 
State  of  New  York  there  are  21, '242  li- 
censed dram-shops,  and  perhaps  one- 
fourth  that  number  more  not  licensed 
and  only  7.000  churches. 

In  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  $k3, 
i87,00O  is  annually  spent  for  strong 
drink,  and  only  ¥^6, 000,000  for  public 
education. 

Iu  the  United  States  over  400,000 
more  men  are  engaged  in  the  liquor  bu- 
siness than  in  preaching  the  Gospel  and 
teaching  the  youth. —  The  Shaker. 

A  SHIPIN  A  CALIFORNIADESERT. 

BY  many  it  has  been  held  as  a  theory 
that  the  Yuma  desert  was  once  an 
oceau  bed.  At  intervals,  pools  of  salt 
water  hits  stood  for  a  while  in  the  midst 
of  the  surrounding  waste  of  sand,  dis- 
appearing only  to  rise  again  in  the  same 
or  other  localities.  A  short  time  since 
one  of  the  saline  lakes  disappeared,  and 
a  party  of  Indians  reported  the  discov- 
ery of  a  big  ship,  left  by  the  receding 
waves.  A  party  of  Americans  at  once 
proceeded  to  the  spot,  and  found  im- 
bedded in  the  sands  the  wreck  of  a  large 
vessel,  Nearly  one- third  of  the  for- 
ward parts  of  the  ship  or  bark  is  plain- 
ly visible.  The  stump  of  the  bowsprit 
remains,  and  portions  of  the  timbers  of 
teak  are  perfect.  The  wreck  is  located 
forty  miles  north  of  San  Bernardino  and 
Fort  Yuraa  road  and  thirty  miles  west 
of  Los  PalmOS,  a  well-known  watering 
place  on  the  desert.  The  road  across 
the  desert  has  been  traveled  for  more 
than  one  huudred  years.  The  history 
of  the  ill-fated  vessel  can,  of  course, 
never  be  known,  but  the  discovery  of 
its  decaying  timbers  in  the  midst  of 
what  has  been  a  desert  will  furnish  im- 
portant aid  iu  the  calculations  of  .science. 


Peace  does  not  dwell  in  outside 
things,  but  within  the  soul.  We  may 
preserve  it  iu  the  midst  of  the  bitteres 
pain,  if  you  will  remain  firm  and  sul 
missivi^  Peace  m  this  life  springs  froi 
acquiescence  even  in  disagreeal>Ii' thing 
not  in  an  .exemption  from  suft'eriug. 


TI-LK    liiRETHKE^r    ^VT    -\Vai<l<., 


December     12 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WBF-KLY. 


J.H.MOORE,  I  EDITORS. 

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DECEMBSB13,167B 


ONKwa.^  bapti7.ed  in  the  Lanark  cliurch  ihu 
fiist  Awy  oi  December. 

A  MAN'  wlio  has  a  beam  iu  his  own  eye  is  not 
eonii>etent  to  pick  a  mote  out  of  liis  brother's 
*>'^-  ,  , 

We  cannot  fill  orden;  Tor  "  Chrystal's  ffiato- 
ry  of  the  Modes  of  Baptism."  The  work  is  out 
of  print.  ___., 

Thk  address  of  elder  John  Bamhart  is  now 
changed  from  Mahomet,  111.,  to  Mansfield,  Piatt 
cpiinty,  111.  _  

Bkother  S.Z.  Sharp,  who  is  uow  at  his  old 
lionie  in  Maryville,  Teiui.,  expects  soon  to  return 
to  Ashland,  Ohio. 


At  the  late  District  Meeting,  Bro.  Enoch 
Eby  was  added  to  the  committee  having  charge 
of  the  Danish  Minion. 


It  is  just  a.s  easy  to  find  pleasure  in  work  as 
play,  if  people  wonld  only  think  so.  Men  who 
love  to  work,  enjoy  it,  and  feel  happy  over  it. 


Do  not  conclude  that  much  reading  will  make 
yon  intelligent.  It  is  not  what  a  man  reads, 
but  what  he  remember;  that' makes  him  iutel- 
I'seut.  ^ 

Herbaftkh  Bro,  Baihor's  books  will  be  told 
al  the  following  rates:  Any  one  spudiug  six 
names  and  ?3.00  will  receive   a  book  free. 


TV  HEN  sending  in  money  to  pay  for  your  past 
subscription,  always  say  by  whom  your  name 
was  sent.  It  will  save  much  perplexity  iu 
bus  i  ness , 

The  address  of  elder  John  Wise  is  changed 
from  Waterloo,  Iowa,  to  Mulberry  Grove,  Bond 
Co,,  III.,  where  he  is  now  located  in  his  new 
fielfl  of  labor. 


The  fii-st  number  of  our  weekly  supplement 
is  folded  iu  with  the  payer  this  week.  It  ena- 
bles ns  to  give  our  subscribers  that  much  more 
reading  matter. 


Most  people  send  their  children  to  school  too 
early.  Where  it  can  be  done,  it  would  be  best 
to  teach  them  at  home  a  few  years  before  send- 
ing them  to  school. 


liKirciiitE.S'  and  sisters  should  not  ueglect 
family  worship.  If  you  can  do  no  more,  read 
the  Scriptures  to  your  family  once  each  day,  or 
fing  a  suitable  hymn. 


If  people  would  eat  less  before  going  to  meet- 
ing, have  the  house  better  ventilated,  and  get 
more  energy  iu  the  preacher,  there  would  be 
less  sleeping  in  churches, 

TuE  church  at.  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  lias  been 
greatly  refreshed.  During  alateseriesof  meet- 
ingfi  held  by  their  lionie  uiinisters,  four  were 
added  to  the  church  by  baptism. 


is  answer  to  inquiries  we  will  state,  that  the 
price  of  Tertullian's  complete  worlis,  iu  four 
Tolumes  is  $12.00.  The  work  is  becoming  quite 
«arce,  and  but  few  are  to  be  had. 

The  Brethren  at  Hudson,  III.,  have  appoint- 
ed a  series  of  meetings  to  commence  on  Christ- 
mas, and  much  desire  some  of  the  ministering 
bretliren  to  cnme  and  help  thorn. 


WiiRK  sending  in  money  for  the  Danish 
Mission,  always  send  it  to  C.  P.  Rowland,  Lan- 
ark, III.,  and  not  to  us.  It  makes  less  trouble, 
and  renders  misunderstandings  less  liable. 


A  OAHD  from  Bro.  Daniel  Brower  informs  us 
that  he  is  holding  meeting  iu  Idaho  Territory. 
Thus  the  truth  is  spreading,  and   we   hope  the 


day  is  not  far  distant  when  the  Brethren  will 
have  churches  in  every  State  and  Territory  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada. 


If  you  do  not  receive  what  you  order  from  us 
within  three  weeks  after  ordering,  do  not  fail 
to  notify  u   of  it.     Please  do  not  wait  two  or 

three  months. 

The  twenty-six  dollars  raisi;d  at  our  D.  M., 
for  a  poor,  crippled  sister  in  the  Central  Mission 
field  has  been  forwarded  to.  her.  It  is  good  to 
remember  the  poor. 


Special  attention  is  called  to  the  "  Business 
Department "  on  last  page  this  week.  Read 
the  instructions  carefully,  and  when  sending  in 
money  be  sure  and  say  just  what  it  is  for. 

Omt  office  was  favored  with  many  warm- 
hearted visitors  last  week.  It  was  a  source  of 
great  pleasure  to  us  to  receive  a  visit  from  so 
many  of  our  reader',  and  be  cheered  by  their 
good  wishes. 

Brother  F.  P.  Luehr,  of  Michigan,  has  been 
with  us  over  one  week,  and  preached  several 
times  for  the  Brethren.  Though  quite  old,  he 
has  not  lost  his  zeal  for  the  cause,  sind  is  a 
friend  to  missionary  work. 


There  are  only  a  few  more  numbers  of  the 
Brethren'  at  Woiik  for  this  year.  This  makes 
No.  50,  and  the  year  will  soon  he  at  an  end. 
Hope  all  will  renew  at  once  so  that  their  names 
will  be  in  before  the  next  volume  cumi 


Bkothek  L.  flillery  has  concluded  not  to  do 
anything  in  the  colony  business  at  present,  but 
will  likely  turn  his  attention  entirely  to  preach- 
ing. This  explanation  is  made  for  the  benefit 
of  those  having  made  inquiries  in  regard  to  the 
colony  project. 


Satax  is  an  enemy  to  the  spreading  of  the 
Gospel,  for  it  being  "  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation"  tends  to  destroy  his  influtnce  over 
the  minds  of  the  people,  aud  for  that  reason  he 
does  not  want  the  Gospel  preached  to  every 
creature.  ^   

From  the  Waipwsboi-o  Village  Semrd  we 
learn  that  an  oral  discussion,  between  Bro.  S. 
H.  Bashor  and  M.  P,  Bergstresser,  a  Lutheran 
minister,  will  likely  take  place  some  time  dur- 
ing the  Winter,  The  discussion  is  to  be  h^ld 
at  Waynesboro.  Pa. 


A  WELi.-informed  minister  was  one  time  ask- 
ed to    return   thanks    at  a   wedding    dinner, 

composed  of  sweet  cakes  and  indigestible  food 
generally,  and  refused,  saying,  he  saw  nothing 
on  the  table  to  thank  the  Lord  lor.  Those  who 
prepare  wedding  dinnera  should  give  this  sub- 
ject some  thought. 


A  miOTHER  writes:  "  We  think  the  Brethrek 
AT  Work  quite  a  help  to  young  members  to 
become  acquainted  mth  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  Brethren."  The  coming  volume  will  be 
found  quite  valuable  in  that  respect.  We  shall 
give, special  attention  to  the  distinctive  features 
nf  the  Christian  religion. 


Brother  .lohn  D,  Switzer,  of  White  Rock, 
Kan.,  wishes  us  to  say,  "There  is  a  splendid 
opening  at  Jewell  Citj  for  some  brother  or  some 
other  man  who  is  a  good  miller  and  has  some 
money  to  invest  iu  a  mill.  They  have  a  water- 
power  there  and  a  splendid  whe.it  country,  and 
no  mill  nearer  than  fifteen  miles."   . 


Nuj(BER4Sof  i\\e  Priviitive  Christian  con- 
tains an  able  "  Appeal  to  the  Brotherhood," 
from  the  pen  of  Bro.  Quinter,  The  article  is 
well  worth  preserving,  and  no  doubt  its  publi- 
cation is  timely.  He  calls  on  every  lover  of 
the  truth  to  "  mark  them  which  cause  divisions 
contrary  to  thedoctrinewhich  ye  have  learned," 


The  District  Meeting  here  last  Tuesday 
morning  was  opened  by  old  Bro.  La-hr,  who, 
after  lining  the  opening  hymn  said,  "  Brethren, 
this  is  a  meinorable  day  to  me.  Fifty.eight 
years  ago  to-day  I  placed  foot  on  the  American 
shore,  on  the-  wharf  at  Philadelphia.  1  came 
fro.n  the  land  of  slavery  to  the  land  of  liberty." 


It  is  said  that  Central  and  South  America 
are  in  a  threatening  condition.  "  In  Pauama 
the  most  fertile  and  populous  portions  of  the 
republic  have  suffered  fearfully  from  grasshop- 
per.*, and  nil  the  crop?  havi>  been  com^delely 
ruined.  A  severe  earthquidte  bus  dcitroyed 
a  large  portion  of  the  city  of  Mcnizales,  the 
capital  of  Antioqun.  No  lives  were  lost. 
Revolutions  and  political  and  financial  troubles 
are  reported  in  Peru,  Izaico  and  Santa  Nuna, 
are  in  n  state  of  tremendous  activity.  The  in- 
babitatits  of  neighboring  villages  are  terribly 
alarmed," 


Ahovt  the  last  thing  done  by  the  laic  District 
Meeting  held  at  Lanark,  was  the  placing  of  all 
the  hiishirss  connected  ivifh  the  home  mission 
work  into  the  hands  of  deacons.  There  is  not 
a  minister  on  the  board.  We  hope  the  day  is 
not  far  distant  when  our  people  will  see  the 
importance  of  giving  more  business  into  the 
hands  of  deacons,  and  let  the  ministers  apply 
themselves  "to  the  ministry  of  the  word." 


LEXeveiy  brother  and  sister,  who  is  able  to 
do  so,  send  and  get  one  of  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller's 
books,  It  will  serve  as  an  excellent  Christmas 
present  if  given  to  some  one  who  may  appreci- 
ate it,  aud  then  Bro.  Miller,  who  is  in  limited 
circumstances,  needs  the  money,  the  publishing 
of  the  book  having  cost  him  a  good  deal.  Ad- 
dress him  at  Ladoga,  Ind. 


Some  40  years  ago  the  Presbyterians  began 
their  missionary  work  in  Siam,  and  after  20 
years  of  patient  toiling  and  waiting,  they  re- 
ceived the  first  convert,  and  now  the  church  in 
that  county  numbers  50  members.  This  shows 
how  patiently  missionaries  labor  to  build  up  a 
church,  yet  there  are  those— not  very  familiar 
with  missionary  work — who  conclude  that  un- 
less a  few  hundred  are  converted  each  year  the 
mission  is  a  failure. 


Mr.  Moody  is  laboring  at   Baltimore.  Chief 

among  the  evils  in  the  churches,  he  said  in  a 
sermon,  are  church  choii-s— ungodly  men  and 
womi'U  who  happen  to  have  good  voices,  and 
often  drunken  organists.  Mr,  Moody  denounc- 
ed the  methods  employed  in  raising  money  by 
church  fairs.  Lotteries,  voting  and  raffles  were 
discouraged.  The  young  men  now,  instead  of 
going  to  a  low  gambling  den,  could  go  to  God's 
church  and  gamble.  Actually,  at  one  church 
fair,  the  sum  of  25  cents  was  charged  for  the 
privilege  of  kissing  the  handsomest  young  wo- 
man iu  the  church — presumably  to  help  the 
work  of  God. 

The  following  from  Bro,  J,  W.  Stein  mil  ex- 
plain itself  fully; 

Dear  Bred, rvu.— 

I  see  you  make  a  mistake  in  No.  4S  of  Breth- 
HEN  AT  Work,  about  my  speech  not  appearing 
last  week.  Though  Dr,  Ray's  speech  reached 
me  a  day  late,  mine  left  here  in  time  promplhj. 
Hence  I  am  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  delay. 
Afl'ectionately, 

,1.  W.  St!-ix." 


THESE  PERILOUS  TIMES. 

THE  time  has  come  for  greater  activities  up- 
on the  part  of  both  the  ministry  and  the 
laity.  We  do  not  predict  that  the  charch  is 
going  to  ruin,  or  that  infidelity  is  going  to 
predominate,  hut  do  raise  a  warning  voice 
against  coming  evils  already  at  the  door. 

It  is  perilous  times  for  children  and  young 
people  generally.  We  allude  to  the  large  curcu- 
lation  of  obscene  literature  and  pictures  that  is 
disgracing  our  land,  aud  corrupting  the  minds 
of  children.  Men  of  corrupt  aud  depraved  minds 
make  it  their  business  to  keep  such  matter  afloat. 
They  are  doing  their  utmost  to  get  their  cor- 
rupt teachings  before  the  children  and  young 
people  of  the  land,  in  order  to  ensnare  and  de- 
file them. 

There  are  millions  of  copies  of  low-toned, 
coarse-grained  literature  in  constant  circulation, 
narrating  stories  of  terrible  adventures,  frolics 
and  murders  by  the  wholesale,  written  in  a 
flashy  style,  well  calculated  to  fire  the  imagin- 
ations of  boys  and  girls,  with  an  unholy  flame 
for  committing  similar  deeds,  and  undertaking 
like  daring  exploits.  Add  to  these  a  few  mill- 
ion copies  of  the  dime  novels,  aud  we  have  nin- 
ning  thraugh  our  land  a  stream  of  corrupt  lit^ 
eratuie  that,  if  continued,  may  ruin  the  morals 
of  most  of  the  youth  of  our  times- 
Parents  will  find  it  to  their,  good  to  keep  a 
careful  watch  over  the  reading  matter  that 
comes  into  their  families,  for  their  children  will 
partake  largely  of  the  nature  of  that  which  they 
rcful  about,  A  French  proverb  says,  "  Tell  me 
what  a  man  reads,  and  I  will  tell  you  what  kind 
of  a  man  ho  is."  You  need  not  try  to  keep 
your  children  from  reading,  ior  that  is  useless, 
but  furnish  them  with  that  which  is  good  and 
Mill  not.  cor^'iiph  thfir  nriii.is.  and  they  will 
grow  up  tslruiig  and  ust-liil. 

All  kinds  of  indu<-emenKs  are  being  held  out 
for  young  men  ami  women,  to  entice  them  into 
sin  and  ruin.  Satan  has  his  secret  snares  at 
every  available  spot,  and  ho  who  does  nut  tread 
with  cautious  steps,  may  he  deceived.  He  has 
his  agents  at  work,  lu-raycd  in   the  garb  as  the 


angels  of  light.  They  are  skilled  in  all  the  ac- 
complishtix-nts  of  deception.  Their  mnning 
ways  are  hard  to  resist,  while  their  cunningly 
devised  plans  are  difGcult  to  defect.  If  ever 
there  was  a  time  when  people  needed  to  be  as 
wise  as  serpents  and  harmless  a.s  doves,  it  is 
now.  "Watch  and  pray,  lest  ye  enter  into 
temptation."     ^^^^^^^^^^  .i.  h.  u. 


THE  DISTRICT  MEETING. 

AS  early  as  Monday  evening,  Dec,  2nd,  breth- 
ren and  sisters  began  to  arrive  from  various 

parts  of  Northern  Illinois,  and  by  seven  o'clock 
our  meeting-house  was  well  filled  with  members, 
many  of  whom  were  ministers  and  delegates. 
Elder  David  Rittenhouse,  the  pioneer  preacher 
in  this  part  of  the  State,  preached  to  us. 

The  next  morning  at  an  early  hour,  the  house 
began  filling,  and  by  nine  o'clock  everything 
was  ready  for  opening  the  meeting,  which  was 
done  by  singing,  prayer  and  the  reading  of  the 
Scriptures.  Every  congregation  in  Northern 
Illinois,  excepting  one,  was  represented  by  del- 
egates. After  some  discussion  regarding  the 
legality  of  the  ineetiug,  a  rising  vote  was  called 
for,  and  resulted  unanimously  in  favor  of  the 
meeting  proceeding  to  business. 

The  following  officers  were  chosen  by  ballot: 
Enoch  Eby,  Moderator;  D.  E.  Price,  Reading 
Clerk;  J.  J.  Emmert  aud  M.  M.  Eshelman, 
Writing  Clerks.  The  entire  forenoon  was  spent 
in  reporting  and  looking  into  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  district.  Since  last  Spring  about 
six  hundred  dollars  have  been  raised  for  the  va- 
rious missions,  leaving  three  hundred  dollars  to 
be  raised  till  the  nest  District  Meeting.  All 
expressed  a  willingness  to  make  up  their  quoto 
as  stated  by  the  District  Meeting  last  Spring, 
A  number  of  speeches  were  made  regarding  the 
best  methods  of  carrying  on  missionary  work  in 
Central  Illinois,  and  in  a  few  instances  consid- 
erable zeal  was  manifested.  It  was  finally  agreed 
to  appoint  two  committees  to  draft  plans  to  be 
presented  to  the  meeting  the  next  day.  Meet- 
ing adjourned  at  two  o'clock  to  meet  next 
morning  at  nine. 

At  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening  the  house 
was  well  filled  to  listen  to  old  Bro.  F.  P.  Loehr 
and  Bro.  Daniel  Dierdorff. 

Meeting  was  opened  the  next  morning  at 
nine  o'clock,  when  the  two  committees  present- 
ed their  plans. 

PIHST  PLAJt. 

"We  recommend  that  a  committee  of  five 
brethren  be  appointed  by  this  meeting  for  the 
purpose  of  consulting  and  selecting  a  brother, 
with  the  necessary  qualifications  as  a  resident 
minister,  for  one  year  or  more,  in  the  Central 
Mission  Field,  said  committee  to  assist  in  locat- 
ing said  brother  iu  such  a  way  as  to  partially, 
if  not  wholly  support  himself  and  family. 
Should  said  committee  fail  to  obtain  such  a 
brother,  then  they  shall  select  six  brethren  from 
Northern  District  of  Illinois  for  the  purpose  of 
visiting  and  seeing  how  they  do,  as  often  as  once 
a  month  if,  in  their  discretion  itmay  be  thought 
necessary.  The  committee  of  five  to  report  to 
next  Distnct  Meeting.  Also  to  confer  with  the 
Evangelists  of  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois 
with  reference  to  co-operative  effort  on  Central 
Mission  Field.  Also,  that  the  members  in  Bu- 
reau Co.,  bo  placed  under  the  care  of  the 
Rock  River  church." 

second  plan. 

"We  suggest  that  no  change  be  made  before 
next  District  Meeting,  and  that  if  any  of  the 
four  already  selected  cannot  fill  his  place  on  the 
field,  he  should  get  some  other  brother  to  fill  it 
for  him. 

Those  who  go,  should  riot  scatter  their  meet^ 
iiigs,  but  if  possible,  make  thorough  work  of  it, 
staying  as  long  as  possible,  thus  curtailing  ex- 
penses. 

We  further  suggest,  that  a  committee  of  five 
deacons  be  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall  be, 

To  make  an  effort  to  get  some  well-establish- 
ed niiiuster  to  move  into  the  Central  Mission 
Field  for  at  least  one  year,  or  more,  if  possible. 

This  minister  to  be  so  circumstanced  that  he 
can  devote  one-half  of  his  time  to  the  ministry 
in  the  Summer  season,  and  all  of  his  time  in 
the  Winter. 

He  shall  do  what  he  can  toward  supporting 
himself,  and  what  he  may  lack,  the  Northern 
District  will  supply. 

But  if  this  committee  cannot  succeed  in  lo- 
cating a  minister,  then  they  shall  make  an  ef- 
fort to  get  some  brother  to  take  charge  of  the 
field  during  the  Summer  season  —  doing  his 
traveling  by  private  conveyance,  having  a  horse 
and  buggy  that  ai-e  to  be  the  missionary  prop- 
erty of  the  District,  and  to   be   used  in  doing 


December    1'2, 


THE    BKETiiKE.:^^    ^T    "WORK!. 


missionary  work,  wlicnevcrnnd  whereverit  may 
be  procticitble  to  do  so. 

Tiiis  uiitiistor  to  enter  the  field  immediately 
after  tlie  District  Meeting,  oud  reiiiniii  till  tlie 
miJille  of  November.  He  is  privileged  to  re- 
turn Lome  occasionally  during  tlie  Summer  as 
prudence  may  dictate. 

For  the  Winter's  work,  the  committee  to  se- 
lect four  ministers,  who  in  turn,  are  each  to 
spend  one  month  in  the  Central  field,  commenc- 
ing the  miditlo  of  November  and  ending  the 
niiildle  of  March." 

The  first  plan  was  adopted  without  much  dis- 
cussion, and  five  deacons,  nnnicd  by  the  first 
committee,  were  instructed  to  carrj-  out  the 
plan  adopted.  The  next  move  was  to  place  the 
Wisconsin  Mission  under  care  of  the  same  com- 
mittee of  deacons. 

No  change  wns  made  regarding  the  Danish 
Mission.  There  was  a  warm  i'eeling  for  the 
success  of  the  Mission,  with  but  few  opposers. 
The  meeting  instructed  the  Moderator  and 
Clerks  to  prepare'  an  address  to  the  general 
brotherhood. 

How  to  raise  the  money  to  carry  on  our 
sion  work,  calli;d  up  cousiderable  discussion. 
The  meeting  decided  to  make  no  change.  The 
plan  adopted  by  last  District  Meeting  was,  that 
each  congregation  should  rai:ie,  on  an  aver,^p, 
?M.OO  to  the  congregation.  Those  that  art 
wealthy  should  give  more,  and  others  less, 
The  meeting  closed  at  two  o'clock.  Hud  pub- 
lic services  at  seven  in  the  evening.  Brother 
Joseph  Lehman  preached,  followed  by  brother 
Allen  Boyer.     ,i.  u.  u. 

COMMITTEE  "WORK. 

AS  committee  work  among  our  people,  in  the 
method  of  church  government,  hiLs  become 
a  feature  of  no  small  importance,  I  conclude  to 
ofler  a  few  remarks  regarding  the  class  of  men 
from  whom  committees  should  be  selected.    . 

The  settling  of  church  difficulties,  requiring 
the  services  of  committees,  is  perhaps  the  most 
perplexing  business  belonging  to  church  gov- 
ernment, aud  therefore  requires  special  atten- 
tion. It  is  a  work  about  which  the  church 
cannot  well  be  too  careful.  There  is  too  much 
at  stake  to  act  hastily.  Come,  let  us  look  at 
the  subject  carefully. 

Prudence  would  dictate  to  every  intelligent 
Christian,  that  it  is  best  to  so  conduct  business 
as  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  a  committee.  Tn 
this,  as  well  as  other  matters,  an  ounce  of  pre- 
ventative is  worth  a  pound  of  cure.  The  grmi^t 
secret  of  keeping  the  pence  is  the  preventing  ot 
difficulties.  If  people  would  work  as  hard  tu 
prevent  difficulties  as  they  do  to  settle  them,  we 
would  have  far  less  trouble  in  the  church. 

Under  the  existijig  circumstances,  we  need 
not  expect  to  get  entirely  rid  of  committee  work, 
for  there  will  occasionally  arise  difficulties  re- 
quiring the  attention  of  committees,  and  in 
some  parts  of  the  brotherhood  we  fear  harm  has 
been  done  by  the  present  method,  hence  sug- 
gest a  few  improvements. 

Tlie  suggestions  I  now  offer,  have  not  been 
hastily  formed;  they  are  the  result  of  consider- 
able thought  and  observation,  and  have  been 
explained  numbers  of  times  to  brethren  who 
have  had  much  experience  in  coiumittee  work. 

When  it  comes  to  settling  difficulties,  there  is 
too  much  of  a  disposition  to  refer  it  to  the 
preachers.  If  the  difficulty  is  arbitrated,  it  is 
too  frequently  turned  over  to  the  preachers, 
and  if  two  members  chance  to  fall  out,  it  is 
generally  expected  that  the  preacher  must  have 
some  hand  settling  it.  There  cannot  be  a  com- 
mittee to  settle  church  difficulties,  but  that  it 
must  be  composed  of  elders,  who  are  compelled 
to  neglect  the  preaching  of  the  Word  in  order 
to  see  after  matters  that  might  be  adjusted  by 
others.  Besides  this,  some  elders  have  been  on 
committees  so  much  that  they  have  well  nigh 
lost  their  influence.  However  honest  they  may 
be,  or  however  good  their  decision,  somebody 
will  censure  them. 

Supposing  a  church  gets  into  aditliculty,  and 
the  members  are  about  equally  divided  ou  the 
question.  They  call  for  a  committee.  On  that 
committee  is  a  minist-er  of  great  ability  as  a 
preacher,  and  the  congregation  has  much  confi- 
dence in  him;  his  preaching  has  a  salutary  ef- 
fect. The  committee  hears  bothsidesand  makes 
a  decision  in  favor  of  one  side  and  against  the 
other.  ,1  do  not  care  how  good  the  decision  is, 
that  minister  can  never  have  the  influence  in 
that  congregation  he  had  before,  for  a  part  of 
the  members   will  not  feel  just  right  towaid 


him — they  lose  confidence  in  him.  But,  says 
one,  this  is  not  right — members  ought  not  to 
have  such  feelings.  That  i.s  true,  but  how  can 
you  help  it?  How  can  you  keep  members  from 
disliking  preachers  when  they  are  in  this  kind 
of  business?  There  is  noway  in  the  world  of 
doing  it,  unless  ministers  are  left  to  give  their 
attention  "to  the  ministry  of  the  word,"  (AcLs 
6;  4),  while  others  be  appointed  to  attend  to 
settling  church  difficulties. 

Elders  are  human,  and  are  just  as  liable  to 
make  mistakes  as  anybody  else,  and  when  they 
do  make  mistakes,  in  trying  to  settle  church 
difficulties,  the  cause  has  to  suffer  by  it.  They 
are  censured  by  those  who  ought  to  stand  under 
their  arms — lose  much  of  their  influence,  aud 
often  go  away  from  the  church,  where  they  hav. 
been  laboring,  down-hearted  and  discouraged 
No  wonder  some  of  them  dread  committee 
work. 

Besides,  they  are  caused  to  lose  a  great  di 
of  time  that  might  otherwise  be  employed 
preaching.  lUlders  and  ministers  have  a  hard 
lime  of  it  at  best.  They  get  nothing  for  preach- 
ing, must  lose  the  time  at  their  own  expense, 
neglect  their  business  at  home,  and  iu  too  many 
instances  neglect  their  own  congregations. 
Their  families  often  suffer,  and  worst  of  all,  the 
cause  has  to  suffer.  I  know  elders  who  have  so 
much  committee  work  to  attend  to,  that  they 
have  to  greatly  neglect  the  missionary  work 
they  were  appointed  to  do.  This  has  been  e.x- 
perienced  to  a  considerable  extent  in  Northern 
III.  Our  missionary  field  had  to  be  neglected 
for  months,  just  because  one  of  our  missionaries 
had  to  spend  much  of  his  time  serving  on  com- 
mittees, settling  difficulties  that  might  have 
been  settled  by  deacons  just  as  well.  If  com- 
mittee work  is  an  honor,  let  us  divide  iti  but  if 
a  burden,  let  others  help  to  boar  it. 

The  wisest  piece  of  church  business  I  ever 
heard  of  elders  doing,  wjis  done  by  the  apostles 
at  Jerusalem.  When  "  there  arose  a  murmur- 
ing of  the  Grecians  against  the  Hebrews,  be- 
cause their  widows  were  neglected  in  the  daily 
ministration,"  (Acts  6: 1)  the  apostles  did  not 
appoint  a  committee  from  among  themselves  to 
attend  to  the  matter,  but  told  the  church  to 
select  seven  men  whom  they  (the  apostles) 
would  set  over  that  business,  thus  leaving  them 
to  devote  their  time  to  looking  after  the  spir- 
itual waats  of  the  church,  while  others  could 
see  after  the  temporal  affairs,  In  this  case  no 
doctrine  was  involved,  it  was  a  murmuring  over 
temporal  matters.  The  complaint  came  from 
the  "  Grecians  "  who  laid  it  in  against  the  "  He- 
brews," because  a  certain  class  of  widows  were 
not  supplied  with  food.  The  setting  of  others 
over  that  business  left  the  apostles  free  to  de- 
vote all  their  time  to  the  "  ministry  of  the 
word." 

Why  not  the  church  be  that  wise  in  dispos- 
ing of  committee  work  now?  As  it  i.s,  elders 
and  many  of  the  ministers,  have  enough  to  do. 
All  their  spare  time  and  attention  should  be  de- 
voted "  to  the  ministry  of  the  word  " — to  attend- 
ing to  the  spiritual  wants  of  the  church.  Most 
difficulties  that  committees  are  called  to  settle, 
could  be  properly  adjusted  by  deacons  or  minis- 
ters who  are  not  so  burdened  with  preaching, 
thereby  economizing  labor.  The  church  is 
blessed  with  a  number  of  well-established  dea- 
cons who  could  do  good  services  on  committees, 
and  I  believe  it  would  add  much  to  the  advanc- 
ing of  the  cause,  if  the  greater  part  of  this  work 
ere  turned  over  to  them.  It  would  have  this 
advantage : 

It  would  enable  many  elders  and  minis- 
ters to  devote  more  time  to  spreading  the  Gos- 
pel and  building  up  churches.  This  alone  would 
great  advimtage. 
As  elders  and  ministers  have  to  lose  the 
time  employed  in  preaching  and  doing  commit- 
tee work,  at  their  own  expenses,  it  would  he 
wisdom  to  divide  the  burden,  and  turn  the  greater 
part  of  the  committee  work  over  to  the  deacons, 
thus  relieving  the  ministers  of  a  great  burden. 

3.  In  too  many  instances  ministers  have  lost 
some  influence  by  serving  on  committees,  thus 
diminishing  their  usefulness  as  preachei^s,  aud 
proportionally  injuring  the  cause.  Relieving 
them  of  committee  work  will  enable   them  to 

more  influence  over  the  church  in 
preaching  the  Word,  aud  thereby  do  a  greater 
amonntof  good. 

4.  Should  any  part  of  the  church  become 
displeased  with  the  deacons,  because  of  an  un- 
satisfactory decision,  it  would  in  do  way  affect 
the  preaching  of  the  Word. 


5.  By  placing  committee  work  in  the  hands 
of  the  deacons  they  will  become  better  acquaint- 
ed with  church  government,  aud  take  more 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  church  generally. 

6.  As  a  general  thing  there  is  more  woaltb 
among  the  deacons  than  among  the  ministers, 
and  by  dividing  the  burden,  some  of  it  will  fall 
on  those  who  are  bettor  able  to  bear  it. 

7.  My  impression  is,  that  deacons  are  less 
liable  than  ministers  to  become  biased  by  the 
thought  of  losing  influence. 

8.  An  elder  who  has  served  on  committees 
for  years,  tells  me  that  about  nine-tenths  of  the 
cases  that  come  before  committees,  involve 
temporal  matters,  or  grow  out  of  troubles  that 
iu  uo  way  affect  doctrinal  questions.  Now,  we 
all  know  that  our  deacons,  as  a  body,  are  better 
financiers  than  the  ministers,  and  when  it  comes 
to  adjusting  difficulties  involving  financial  mat- 
ters, their  judgment  cannot  he  excelled  by  any 
iu  the  church. 

Where  there  is  a  difficulty,  involvmg  doctrine, 
to  be  settled,  then  the  committee  should  be 
composed  of  well-informed  elders.  When  that 
doctrinal  difficulty,  involving  circumcisiou, 
broke  out  at  Antioeh,  the  case  was  referred  to 
the  apostles  and  elders  at  Jerusalem.  Acts  15: 
1,  2.  "  Aud  certain  men  which  came  down 
from  Judea,  taught  the  brethren,  and  said,  Ex- 
cept ye  be  circumcised  after  the  manner  of 
Moses,  ye  cannot  be  saved.  When  therefore 
Paul  and  Barnabas  had  no  small  dissension  and 
disputation  ivith  them,  they  determined  that 
Paul  and  Barnabas,  and  certain  other  of  them, 
should  go  up  to  Jerusalem  unto  the  apostles 
and  elders  about  this  question."  It  was  a  doc- 
trinal question,  hence  referred  to  the  apostles 
and  elders,  who,  in  framing  their  decision,  con- 
sulted the  church. 

The  duties  of  ministers,  regarding  difficulties 
that  grow  out  of  temporal  matters,  may  be 
learned  from  Luke  12;  13,14.  "And  one  of 
the  company  said  unto  him,  Master,  speak  to 
my  brother,  that  he  divide  the  inheritance 
me."  Then  Jesus  "  said  unto  him,  Man,  who 
made  me  a  judge  or  a  divider  over  you?  " 

Elders  and  ministers  who  keep  off  of  commit- 
tees and  give  themslves  "  to  the  ministry  of  the 
word,"  and  the  care  of  the  churches,  will  not 
only  save  themselves  from  a  si'cat  deal  of  troub- 
le and  perplexity,  but  will  be  enabled  to  accom- 
plish vastly  more  good  in  spreading  the  truth. 

J.  ][.  M. 

CHILDREN  S  MEETING. 

ON  the  evening  of  the  4th  it  was  announced 
that  on  the  mon'bw  evening  our  aged 
brother  F.  P.  Lcelir  would  talk  to  children, 
hence  all  the  little  boys  and  girls  were  invited 
to  come  aud  hear  him.  When  the  time  came, 
many  were  found  there  in  the  front  seats,  while 
the  remaii.ing  part  of  the  house  was  filled  with 
those  who  are  older.  The  contrast  was  truly 
marked,  for  there  were  people  from  six  years  of 
age  to  seventy-five,  all  eager  to  be  fed  by  the 
Word  of  Truth. 

Brother  Loehr  is  75  years  old,  but  retains  his 
mental  powers  aud  physical  activity  remarkably 

'ell.  On  questioning  him,  he  said  that  he  had 
given  up  thi  care  of  the  church  to  younger 
heads,  as  he  had  passed  the  age  of  labor  in  that 
direction.  We  could  notEhelp  admiring  that 
wisdom,  for  it  is  indeed  rare.  Few  men  are 
that  wise  at  seventy-five.  But  for  the  meeting. 
All  the  children,  big  and  little,  were  eager  to 
hear  the  dear  old  brother.  He  spoke  to  them 
of  the  angels,  of  the  first  liar,  Cain,  of  .lesus' 
concern  for  them,  of  the  necessity  of  studying 
the  Bible,  and  how  the  early  or  primitive  Chris- 
tians assembled  and  taught  their  children.  Both 
old  and  young  could  find  plenty  of  crumbs  of 
comfort,  and  go  away  feeling  that  they  were 
none  the  wor?e  for  coming  together.  Such 
meetings  should   be  held  frei[uently,  for  the 

ibildreu  need  just  such  instruction.  Fathers 
and  mothers  are  often  wearied  by  the  mischiev- 
ousnesa  of  their  uhildreu,  uud  if  they  were 
brought  together  occasionally  and  preached  to, 

luch  good  might  be  dote,  and  the  work  of  par- 

ntal  government  made  less  burdensome.  Af- 
ter all,  our  children  are  ju.st  what  we  make 
them.  If  we  are  cros-f  and  fretful  towards  them, 
may  rest  assured  they  will  be  so  too.  Great 
loving-kindness,  firmness,  truthfulness,  and  pa- 
tience are  needed  to  bring  a  child  up  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  Then  bring 
them  together  in  the  public  assembly,  and  teach 
them  the  best  way  to  behave  themselves  and  to 
love  and  honor  God.     A  boy  that  is  brought  up 


at  the  fish  pond  on  the  Lord's  day.  or  in  the 
grbve  hunting,  oron  the  commons,  playing  ball, 
or  in  the  barn,  playing  hide  and  go  ."cek,  is 
pretty  hard  to  reach  with  the  Gospel.  In  too 
many  neighborhoods  this  is  the  work  of  chil- 
dren on  Lord's  day,  and  then  their  parents  com- 
plain that  their  children  are  saucy,  disobedient, 
andhard  toget  intothechurch.  Isitany  won- 
der that  they  are  so  careless  aud  disobedient? 
Have  you  not  opposed  their  coming  together  to 
study  and  read  the  Bible?  Have  you  not  failed 
to  take  them  to  ineeting,  to  sit  down  with  them 
in  the  evening  and  morning  and  read  the  Bible 
with  them?  Ah!  when  we  look  up  the  facts 
you  are  more  or  less  to  blame,  are  you  not? 
Come,  take  jour  children  by  the  hand,  go  with 
them  to  the  public,  assembly  of  the  people  of 
God.  aud  do  your  part  of  the  great  work.  Now 
a  few  words  to  preachers. 

You  are  not  all  cut  out  to  talk  to  children. 
It  is  a  gift,  to  b'3  able  to  talk  to  them.  Their 
natures  must  be  understood,  aud  the  simplest 
speech  must  be  used  in  addressing  them.  Nev- 
er talk  to  them  in  a  loud  tone,  nor  make  exces- 
sive gestures.  Go  right  up  tt  them,  and  apeak 
to  them  ever  so  gently.  Draw  their  attention 
by  your  kind  manners.  Their  hearts  are  tender, 
and  if  jou  would  make  a  mark  for  good,  you 
must  come  down  to  childish  nature,  childish 
feelings.  Theory  is  not  for  them.  Give  them 
practical  talk,  matter  that  they  can  understand. 
I  would  like  to  talk  to  every  hoy  and  girl  in 
this  broad  land.  I  look  upon  them  as  too  much 
neglected  in  holy  things,  and  desire  to  do  them 
good.     God  bless  them  and  their  parents! 

And  for  the  encouragement  of  the  children  I 
will  here  add  that,  during  hia  travels  Bro.  Esh- 
elnian  will  make  preaching  to  the  children  a 
specialty.  Most  of  the  preaching  now  is  in- 
tended for  grown  people,  while  the  lambs  are 
neglected.  Great  efforts  should  be  made  to 
propcriy  instruct  the  children  iu  the  ways  of 
the  Lord  so  that  when  they  become  men  and 
women  they  will  not  forsake  the  way  of  truth, 

BABYLON. 

BABYLON  was  the  most  remarkable  city  of 
ancient  times,  having  attained  its  greatness 
about  600  years  before  Christ,  though  founded 
by  Nimrod  soon  after  the  flood. 

It  was  laid  out  with  great  regularity  on  both 
sides  of  the  river  Euphrates,  aud  wa«  fifteen 
miles  square,  or  sixty  miles  in  circumference, 
with  the  river  flowing  through  the  centre  from 
north  to  south.  The  city  was  surrounded  by  a 
wall,  composed  of  brick,  made  from  a  very  dura- 
ble substance.  This  wall  was  350  feet  high 
and  neariy  8S  feet  thick.  The  bight  was  enor- 
mous when  we  come  to  consider  it.  Most  trees 
are  not  over  50  feet  high,  yet  it  would  take  sev- 
en tall  trees,  one  upon  the  top  of  the  other,  to 
equal  the  hight  of  the  wall  surrounding  Baby- 
lon. On  this  wall  were  1560  lofty  towers  on  the 
top  of  which  watchmen  were  placed  to  guard 
the  city  aud  surroundings. 

Within,  the  city  was  divided  into  676  blocks 
by  twenty-five  streets  running  each  way.  At 
the  end  of  every  street  was  a  gate  in  the  wall. 
There  was  also  a  wall  on  either  side  of  the  river, 
nud  also  gates  where  the  streets  crossed  the  riv- 
er- In  all,  there  were  150  gates,  which  were 
always  closed  at  night  aud  opened  in  the  morn- 
iug,  except  in  time  of  war  when  they  were  kept 
closed  all  the  time.  These  gates  were  made  oi 
solid  brass,  and  ^frore  one  hundred  feet  in  hight. 
There  were  also  two  great  lever  gates  across  the 
river — oue  where  the  river  entered  the  city  on 
the  north,  aud  the  other  where  it  departed  on 
the  south.  These  gates  were  raised  aud  lower- 
ed by  powerful  machines  on  the  top  of  the  wall. 

Around  the  city,  and  on  the  outside  of  the 
walla,  was  a  deep  canal  350  feet  wide,  over 
which,  opposite  of  each  gate,  was  a  draw  bridge, 
which,  by  means  of  heavy  chains  and  engines, 
could  he  drawn  up  against  the  wall,  thus  cut- 
ting ofl'oll  chances  for  the  enemy  to  cro^s.  In 
fact,  the  city  was  the  strongest  fortified  place  in 
the  world.  It  was  never  captured  by  force,  but 
was  twice  taken  by  stratagem. 

Her  greatness  is  gone,  her  glory  has  departed. 
Her  walls  have  been  entirely  demolished,  her 
huge  gates  battered  in  pieces  and  carried  away 
by  the  Arabs,  her  treasures  scattered  among  the 
nations,  and  so  utterly  has  the  cit^'  been  de- 
-itroyed  that  the  precise  spot  on  which  it  stood 
s  a  matter  of  conjecture.  The  place  where 
once  stood  the  grandest  city  of  antiquity  is  now 
a  desolate  and  barren  wilderness,  where  roam 
the  wild  beasts  of  the  desert,  and  the  owls  dwell 
there.  j.  h,  u. 


THE    ISKETI-IREiS^    ^T    "WOKK:. 


December    12 


4«ii  lI'tH  4'*s|- 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tomjtte  Can  Tell.' 


This  danurlroBnt  is  dMigncd  for  asking  nnd  answering 
DlblB  qufsliona.  nod  for  thi-  solution  of  Scriplural  iliflicul- 
U«  All  qiiesiions  should  be  sUlcd  wilh  csndor,  ond  an- 
■ffercd  wlih  us  innoh  elcnrocss  as  possiUe,  in  order  to 
pTomoip  Ilible  Trulli.  Articles  for  this  dcpftrlmenl,  must 
ba  thort  BDil  to  Iho  point. 


Will  tlio  BnKTUREX  AT  Work  give  nn  exiiliui.v 
tlon  of  llie  latler  clause  o£  the  30tli  verae  o£  the 
2211(1  cliaptcr  of  Luke,  which  rendsiia  follows :  "  Ami 
he  tliat  hath  no  sword  let  him  sell  his  gurment  iind 
buy  one." 

Also,  Murk  23 :  15,  which  reads  ns  follows ;  '■  Woe 
unto  you  acrihes  and  Phiirisees,  hypocriteal  for  ye 
compass  aea  nnd  land  tomukeone  proselyte;  and 
when  hp  is  mnilo  ye  mnke  him  two-fold  more  the 
child  of  hell  than  yourselves,"  S.  A.  Ulehy. 

PleiwocxpIainlTim.lrft;  Luke  10:  IR;  MarkO: 
28;  Jliuk  II):  17, 18.  To  what  law  has  the  Script- 
ures reference  and  to  what  ex  tent  should  it  he  used  V 
What  is  the  most  esteemed?  Has  it  vefereneo  to 
any  particulai  thing? 


in  regard  to  the  essentiality  of  its  observance. 
At  this  moment  a  married  daughter  came  into 
the  room,  and  iii)ou  turning  to  him,  she  stood 
[hibiting  the  most  profound  ftstnniahmeut,  and 
iked,  "What  do  you  mean  by  anointing  ?  Why 
I  never  heard  of  such  a  thing! "  1  found  the 
old  people,  however,  well  informed,  and  enter- 
taining quite  correct  views  upon  the  subject, 
but  had  failed  to  impart  them  to  their  children. 
Verily  I  think  such  ignorance  should  not  pre- 
vail.        _  

THOUGHTS  UPON  DIFFERENT 
SUBJECTS. 


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GO  AND  PREACH. 

DY  DAVID  LOSQAyECKER. 

"  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel 
lo  eviTy  oreiitiii-o.  He  that  bolievoth  and  is  baptiz- 
ed shull  be  saved;  but  lie  that  believoth  not  shall 
be  ihiiiiTii'il."— Mni'k  lUr  13, 10. , 

TO  pirarh  the  Gospel  to  every  creature  is  a 
command  as  well  as  baptism,  feefc- washing, 
or  communion.  The  Gospel  is  the  power  of 
God  unto  salvation  to  all  them  that  believe. 
Preach  it  to  every  creature  at  home  and  abroad, 
to  old  and  young,  poor  and  rich,  moral  and  im- 
moral, to  imblicans,  harlots,  drunkards,  liars 
and  adulterers.  Jesusdied  for  them.  He  preach- 
ed and  prayed  for  them.  He  came  to  seek  and 
save  the  lost.  We  should  not  do  like  the  self- 
righteous  Pharisees,  run  away  from  penitent 
sinners,  who  were  bett«r  qualified  for  salvation 
than  themselves. 

Preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature— to  nil 
nations,  to  Jew  and  Gentile,  Dutch  and  Eui 
lish.  Greek  and  Latin. 

It  is  said  that  the  Campbellites  began  long 
after  the  Brethren  and  now  they  number  six 
hundred  thousand,  while  the  Brethren  numbi 
something  less  than  one  hundred  thousand.  It 
is  said  the  Campbellites  have  a  church  in  every 
nation. 

We  hear  of  sisters  weeping  and  praying, 
"  Brethren,  send  us  some  minist«rs,  for  we 
starving  for  the  Bread  of  Life.  We  have 
heard  a  brother  preach  for  a  year,  or  since  we 
are  here."  May  the  Lord  move  the  church  to 
love  and  pity  those  calling  for  help,  and  send 
them  preachers,  not  by  saying,  "  go,"  but  by 
providing  the  means  necessary  to  carry  on  the 
work,  and  sending  them. 


were  they  not  false?  Was  He  guilty  of  wrong 
doings  in  any  way  ?  "  The  king  of  terrors  loves 
a  shining  mark."    Header,  think  of  these  things. 


WHY  IS  IT? 


y  thdhston  mili.e 


WHY  is  it  that  sick  patients  almost  invaria- 
bly put  off  their  "  call  for  the  elders  "  to 
officiate  in  "anointing  with  oil  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,"  until  they  are  quite  sure  that  death 
is  very  nearly  approaching?  For  surely  from 
this  reading,  the  Scripture  does  not  limit  them 
to  that  condition;  but  says,  "  If  any  be  dck  let 
them  call,"  &c.,  not  if  any  be  dying.— Generally, 
ao  far  as  my  own  knowledge  extends,  very  few 
of  the  sick  survive  beyond  a  few  days  at  moat, 
ond  often  but  a  few  hours,  after  this  solemn  re- 
ligious service. 

2nd.  How  is  it  that  the  view  so  generally 
prevails,  that,  in  the  event  of  restoration  to 
health  again,  after  having  called  for,  ajd  en- 
gaged in  the  above  service,  they  may  never  make 
the  second  call? 

3rd.  Why  is  it  this  subject  is  never  discussed 
publicly,  and  the  people,  as  well  as  many  of 
members  more  fully  enlightened  reg.irdiug  this 
very  important  and  heaven  ordained  religioi 
duty?  I  am  frequently  astonished  at  the  igno- 
rance of  members  upon  this  subject;  often 
meeting  members  in  my  little  journeys  "  through 
this  vale  "  who  scarcely  know  anything  about 
such  a  practice  among  the  Brethren,  and  while 
many  grown  up  children,  of  parents  long  in  the 
church,  have  never  heard  that  there  was  such  a 
thing.  The  following  will  illustrate:  Not  long 
since  while  calling  at  the  house  of  a  worthy  old 
German  brother  and  sister,  long  time  members, 
I  was  relating  the  dangerous  illness  of  a  verj' 
aged  brother  of  our  church,  when  I  alluded  to 
the  circumstance  of  his  having  called  for  the 
elders  to  officiate  for  him  in  this  service,  but  a 
day  or  so  previous,  when  aaick  son  (man  grown) 
tying  in  an  adjoining  chamber,  heard  through 
the  open  door  the  conversation,  turned  upon  his 
pillow  and  immediately  begun  interrogating  me 


BY  UABY  C.  MILLER. 

HEN  Paul  said  he  magnified  his  office,  he 
did  not  say  his  office  magnified  him. 
If  we  wish  to  do  what  la  right  we  must  not 
afraid  of  the  world,     And  if  we  do  what  is  right, 
there  is  no  need  of  being  afraid. 

Cleanliness  is  said  to  come  next  to  godli 
yet  it  is  not  what  goes  into  the  month  that  de- 
files the  man,  bnt  that  which  comes  out  of  it. 
All  things  are  open  unto  Him  with  whom  we 
have  to  do.  If  we  wish  to  live,  we  must  work. 
We  must  be  open-hearted,  irann-hcitrUd  iovi&TA 
each  other.  If  one  should  do  wrong  or  speak 
wrongly,  convince  him  of  his  error  to  his  face. 
Speak  not  reproachfully  of  him. 

I  have  seen  a  good  many  instruments  of  mu- 
sic in  t-be  houses  of  professing  Christians,  but  to 
the  best  of  my  knowledge,  I  have  never  yet  seen 
one  that  was  used  expressly  for  sacred  music. 

If  we  want  to  gain  our  brother,  we  will  talk 
to  him  of  his  faults;  if  not,  we  wll  talk  to  oth- 
ers of  them, 

Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church  and  He  is 
poor.  He  is  holy.  He  is  free  from  sin.  He  says. 
"My  Father  and  I  are  one."  Why  are  they 
one?  Because  they  are  alike  in  purpose  and 
alike  in  works.  Now  if  the  church  has  such  a 
Leader,  should  she  not  be  so  too?  Next  to 
Christ  are  the  ministers.  They  who  are  to  teach 
and  be  "  watchmen  on  the  walls  of  Zion  "  if 
they  shrink  not  from  duty,  oh  how  good  it  is. 
Then  the  church  prospers.  As  itwas  underthe 
Jewish  economy,  so  it  is  at  present.  When 
they  had  a  king  who  did  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  then  Israel  was  strong,  they  went 
forward,  God  was  with  them,  but  when 
arose  who  knew  not  God  to  love  Him  and  walk 
in  his  appointed  ways,  Israel  was  weak,  she  was 
God-forsaken,  she  went  in  by  and  forbidden 
paths. 

A  Christian  lives  in  holy  fear  and  confidence. 
He  knows  the  eye  of  his  Muster  is  upon  him. 
He  lives  iu  peace  with  all  men  lis  far  as  he  can, 
but  he  has  not  the  fear  of  man  within  his  breast. 
To  read  the  Bible  and  contemplate  or  medi 
tate  upon  its  contents  is  the  duty  and  blessed 
privilege  of  every  Christian.  But  the  young, 
and  those  who  are  newly  converted  to  the  faith, 
how  necessary  it  is  for  them  to  be  very  diligent 
in  searching  the  holy  Scriptures,  that  they  may 
become  act|uainted  with  that  law  which  is  to 
govern  them  in  all  their  transactions  through 
life.  We  should  all  search  the  Bible  continual- 
b/.  It  will  tench  us  watchfulness,  steadfastness, 
diligence,  prudence,  bravery,  meekness,  kindness, 
truthfulness,  impartiality.  Yes  it  will  teach  us 
all  that  it  is  good  for  us  to  be. 

A  flame  of  fire  in  the  wrong  place  should  be 
put  out  if  possible.  So  with  an  evil  report  about 
a  brother  or  sister.  Don't  let  the  fire  spread  or 
you  cannot  get  the  control  of  it.  If  we  would 
stand  up  for  each  other  os  we  should,  wicked 
and  designing  people  could  not  make  so  much 
trouble  among  us. 

It  is  not  the  darts  of  Satan  which  hurt  Chris- 
tians, but  his  smiles.  When  our  actions  please 
him.  then  we  are  hurl,  not  when  he  is  angry 
with  us. 


READ    YOUR  BIBLE. 


AS  the  Brethren  have  many  books,  pamphlets 
and  papers  for  us  to  read,  which  are  good 
in  their  place,  let  us  not  forget  our  Bibles.  It 
is  the  fountain  head  of  all  our  religion.  Let  us 
often  draw  from  its  healing  streams;  let  read- 
ing it  be  our  daily  practice.  When  we  consider 
the  divine  Author  of  this  holy  Book,  and  t 
mate  its  importance,  we  should  ever  esteem 
it  above  all  others.  What  a  matter  of  lamenta- 
tion it  is,  that  this  sacred  Book  is  so  much  neg- 
lected, and  how  inexcusable  must  such  be  for 
this  negligence.  There  are  many  families,  it  is 
to  be  feared,  which  have  not  so  much  as  a  Bible 
in  their  houses,  nor  do  they  desire  one.  There 
are  others  who  have  the  Bible,  but  let  it  lie  as 
an  unfashionable  book.  What  amazing  ingrat- 
itude and  stupidity  is  this.  Oh,  may  we  all  be 
humbled  in  the  dust  for  our  negligence. 

This  heavenly  food,  the  Wordof  God,abideth 
forever,  and  shall  nourish  our  souls  unto  ev- 
erlasting life.  This  ought  to  be  our  daily  bread, 
for  here  we  learn  all  things  profitable  for  our 
salvation;  great  ones  learn  humility;  rich, 
charity;  poor,  contentment;  the  oppressed,  pa- 
tience; the  afflicted,  comfort. 

Salem,  Oregon. 


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AN  EAST  WIND. 


Let  the  minister  of  God  take  the  Bible,  which 

is  his  sword,  and  let  him  become  acquainted 
with  its  holy  teachings,  let  him  learn  to  "  right- 
ly divide  it"  and  to  uae  it  skillfully,  then  with 
God's  help,  with  God's  blessing  he  will  be  able 
to  overthrow  the  mighty.  Thin  battle  is  not 
gained  by  those  who  are  strong  in  themselves, 
but  by  those  who  are  weak.  When  we  are 
strong,  we  depend  upon  ourselves,  when  weak, 
upon  God.  Therefore  Paul  says,  "  When  I  am 
weak,  then  am  I  strong." 

"  Where  there  is  smoke  there  must  be  fire. 
This  is  often  said  where  evil  rejiorts  are  goin 
about  against  our  neighbor,  but  we  find  that  the 
most  illustrious  personage  ever  upon  earth, 
much  spoken  against.  The  only  perfect  man 
that  we  have  any  account  of  after  the  fall  of 
Adam,  was  crucified  as  a  malefactor.  Was  there 
any  truth  in  the  reports  brought  against  Him? 
It  is  true  they  pretended  to  have  foundation 
upon  which  to  build  these  reports,  but  after  al 


THE  East  wind,  coming  from  the  parching 
desert,  is  very  destructive  to  man,  beast 
and  vegetation  iu  Palestine.  A  late  writer,  in 
the  Chrisliun  Weehlij,  thus  describes,  from  per- 
sonal observations,  the  effects  of  ouh  of  these 
winds : 

"Have  you  ever  thought  what  is  meant  in 
the  Bible  by  an  East  wind  ?  Had  you  been  here 
last  week,  you  would  have  learned  all  about  it 
by  bitter  experience.  No  wonder  that  Jonah's 
head  was  scorched  by  it.  In  the  Arabic 
we  read  (John  i:  SJ,  "Audit  happened  at  the 
rising  of  the  sun  that  God  prepared  a  hot  east 
wind,  and  the  sun  smote  on  Jonah's  head,  and 
he  wilted  and  he  asked  death  for  himself,  and  be 
said,  My  death  is  better  than  my  life."  An 
East  wind  began  to  rage  here  on  Wednesday, 
August  22.  A  deadening  and  oppressive  heat 
settled  over  the  land.  The  next  two  days  it 
grew  more  intense;  the  air  was  dry  and  hot  as 
the  breath  of  a  furnace.  The  birds  sat  motion- 
less in  the  thick  trees;  the  green  leaves  of  the 
fig  trees  erew  crisp  aud  dropped  to  the  ground; 
book-covers  curled  up  as  though  they  were  be- 
ing held  by  a  coal-grate;  doors,  bureaus  and 
tables  cracked  with  a  loud  noise  luid  warped 
with  the  heat,  even  the  wooden  ceilings  cracked 
the  boards  were  in  agony.  Men  and  beiists 
panted  as  if  gasping  for  breath  and  parched  for 
rant  of  water.  Our  children  awoke  almost  ev- 
■ry  hour  of  the  night  calling  for  cold  water. 

"  I  have  rarely  enjoyed  anything  more  than  I 
did  the  sight  of  a  great  fiock  of  sparrows  driven 
by  thirst  to  our  yard,  where  there  is  a  long 
trough  of  water.  They  plunged  in,  drank,  and 
drank  again,  flew  round,  andfairly  exulted  with 
delight  at  finding  in  this  arid  mountain  and  on 
such  a  day  an  abundance  of  water.  A  huge 
centipede  pluuged  into  our  wash-bowl  to  slake 
his  thirst;  and  although  obliged  to  despatch 
bim  for  fear  of  his  injuring  some  of  the  family, 
t  could  not  help  allowing  him  to  live  long 
enough  to  enjoy  the  luxury  of  a  draught  of  cool 
water.  Writing  was  almost  impossible,  and  the 
ink  dried  on  the  pen  between  the  inkstand  and 
the  pai)er. 

'"I  had  to  ride  four  miles  on  horseback  during 
the  heat,  ileturnine  after  sunset,  I  met  Mr, 
Bibs  just  coming  up  from  Beirut.  His  first 
question  was.  "  Is  anybody  left  alive  on  the 
mountain?"  No  wonder  Jonah  "wilted." 
Thousands  of  Syrians  "  wilted"  on  Friday,  and 
I  doubt  not  many  said  in  thought,  if  not  in 
words,  "My  death  is  better  than  my  life,  if 
this  Ea.st  wind  continues." 


■Snow  has  fallen  in  Austria  to  the  depth  of 
more  than  two  feet. 

— There  are  nearly  S0,000  lunatics  in  public 
aud  private  asylums  in  England. 

— Statistics  show  that  the  United  States 
form  the  healtliiest  region  of  the  globe. 

— TuE  Adelphi  Theatre  at  Newark,  N,  J.,  is 
now  being  used  for  revival  meetings. 

— The  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Hong  Kong  has 
ordained  three  Chinese  clergymen. 

— The  British  Government  has  ordered  the 
emancipation  of  all  the  slaves  on  the  island  of 
Cyprus. 

— Two  hundred  thousand  pounds  of  human 
hair  are  annually  sold  in  Paris,  and  the  average 
price  is  12  cents  per  pound. 

The  American  Bible  Society  is  now  able  to 
print  450  copies  of  its  agate  Bible  a  day,  which 
is  about  one  a  minute. 

— A  DANOEBOUS  malarial  fever  has  prevailed 
lately  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  caused  by  defective 
drainage  in  parts  of  the  city. 

— The  American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
has  expended  about  ^,000,000  in  its  various 
missions  in  the  Turkish  empire. 

— The  Waldenses  have  a  Theological  Semin- 
ary at  Florence,  Italy,  at  which  seventeen  stu- 
dents were  in  attendance  last  year. 

— One  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons  were 
killed,  and  one  hundred  and  four  injured  on  the 
railroada  of  Massachusetts  during  the  year  end- 
ing Sept,  3lt,  last: 

— A  Disi'ATCH  to  the  London  Standard  from 
Er/«roum  declares  that  the  Russian  army  in 
the  new  Asiatic  provinces  of  Russia  has  again 
been  placed  on  a  war  footing. 

. — The  heat  in  the  lower  levels  of  the  Nevada 
stiver  mines  is  intense.  At  a  depth  of  1,900 
feet,  where  the  temperature  was  135  degrees, 
three  men  died  last  Summer  from  exhaustion. 


Let  your  sleep  be  nece.'^sary  and  healthful, 
not  idle  and  expensive  of  time  beyond  the  needs 
and  conveniences  of  nature,  and  sometimes  be 
curious  to  see  the  preparation  which  the  sun 
makes  when  he  is  coming  forth  from  the  cham- 
bers in  the  Eiist. 


What  a  sad  record  some  Christians  make  tor 
themselves  by  absence  from  the  Lord's  table! 
An  old  elder,  who  died  a  few  years  ago,  did  not 
miss  one  Communion  in  forty-five  years;  and 
another  still  living  in  Western  Pennsylvania, 
who  was  confirmed  in  1817,  has  not  iu  all  these 
sixty  years,  missed  one  Communion.  What  a 
comfort  to  themselves,  and  what  an  example  to 
others! 


■Caitain  Bundy,  a  Chicago  Methodist,  has 
fitted  up  a  boat  to  travel  as  an  evangelist.  He 
makes  landings  at  places  along  the  shores  of 
the  lakes,  holds  revival  meetings,  aud  is  said  to 
be  exceedingly  successful. 

— A  NEuRo  named  Samuel  Johnson  and  a 
white  man  named  Frank  Brown,,  the  latter  the 
son  of  a  prominent  physician  of  Elgin,  III., 
were  arrested  at  that  place  on  Saturday  night, 
for  robbing  graves. 

— ^A  TERRiiiLE  railroad  disaster  occurred  near 
Florence,  New  Brunswick,  on  the  night  of  Nov, 
U.  Several  cars  ran  off  the  track,  A  passen- 
ger car  containing  twenty  passengers,  took  fire. 
The  flames  spread  rapidly  from  seat  to  seiit,  af- 
ter the  car  had  run  down  a  heavy  embankment. 
One  boy  was  burned  to  death,  one  man  was  kill- 
ed, and  fifteen  persons  severely  injured.  The 
same  day  the  mail  train  on  the  Portland  &  Og- 
densburg  road,  in  Vermont,  was  thrown  from 
the  track  by  a  broken  rail.  One  man  was 
killed,  and  a  woman  seriously  injured. 

— A  REVOLT,  accompanied  with  a  terrible 
massacre  by  the  natives,  has  occurred  on  the 
island  of  New  Caledonia,  in  Australasia.  Men, 
women  and  children,  were  alike  murdered  in 
the  most  barbarous  manner.  The  revolt  was 
uot  yet  suppressed  at  the  latest  intelligence 
from  the  island, 

— The  revision  of  the  New  Testament  is  al- 
most completed,  and  will  probably  be  presented 
to  convocation  in  England  next  year.  AlreaiJy 
it  is  nearly  all  printed,  the  two  universities  hav- 
ing given  .€20,000  for  the  privilege  of  printing 
it,  of  which  they  pay  £2,000  yearly.  Bishop  El- 
licott,  the  chairman  of  the  revisers,  who  ha.s 
presided  for  six  hours  daily  for  four  days  every 
three  weeks,  is  said  never  to  have  once  lost  hid 
temper  or  failed  to  carry  his  colleagues  with 
him.  The  revision  of  the  Old  Testament  will 
require  about  three  years  longer. 

— The  valley  of  the  Caitcii,  in  New  Grenada, 
has  suffered  fearfully  from  grasshoppers.  The 
prices  of  provisions  of  alt  classes  are  exorbitant; 
and  as  the  poor  cannot  get  work,  they  are  una- 
ble to  procure  the  necessaries  of  life.  Tho  gov- 
ernment, with  a  view  of  furnishing  means  of 
support,  is  pushing  the  construction  of  the  Cau- 
ca  Valley  Railroad. 

— In  consequence  of  the  failure  of  the  Ameer 
of  Cabul  to  respond  in  due  time  Be.icons field's 
ultimation,  war  has  been  declared  between 
Great  Britian  and  Afghanistan.  The  British 
army  in  India  is  on  the  march  toward  the 
mountain  passes  on  the  northern  border  of  Af- 
ghanistan. This  war  might  have  been  averted 
if  England  had  been  half  as  anxious  to  keep 
peace  as  she  is  to  maintain  her  dignity. 


December    li; 


'II  I  i  ; 


i.K:T£i:KE:isr  ^t  "wokic 


CQRKEST»ONI>E>JOE, 


A  Trip  to  the  West. 

1EFT  fiome  August  Sfitli.    Sti-pphig  at  sev- 
J    oral     intermediate    points  1'rom   various 
cuiisc's,  we  did  not  arrive  at  Lanark  until   the 

2sni. 

Lnnnrk  is  u  fine  business  town.  The  Breth- 
ren liiive  n  neat  nnil  commodious  building  in 
whicli  they  hold  services  twice  each  Sunday. 
The  church  seems  to  be  in  a  very  prosperous 
condition. 

Aug.  31.  Attended  the  council  meeting  at 
Dutchtown,  in  the  Miiledgeville  congregation. 
Brethren  J.  S.  Hanger,  Martin  Myers  and  To- 
bias Myers,  are  each  ordained  elders.  They  are 
assisted  by  three  other  ministers,  The  meeting 
passed  off  lis  usual  on  such  occasions.  More 
system  and  discipline  would  add  to  the  proficien- 
cy of  these  meetiug3, 

September  1.  Attended  meeting  at  brother 
M.  Kimuiels.  The  preaching  was  in  German. 
In  the  evening  went  to  Dutchtoivn  to  meeting. 
Brotlicr  Briukworth  preached.  Meeting  was 
thi'n  announced  for  Tuesday  evening.  1  tried 
to  preach  for  them;  had  good  order  and  atten- 
tion. 

Sunday  8th.  Went  to  brother  Henry  Li' 
engoods  to  perforin  a  marriage  ceremony,  and 
then  to  Sunday-school  at  Dutchtown,  superin- 
tended by  brother  Zacb,  Livengood.  After 
Sunday-school  I  tried  again  to  preach  to  them. 
This  was  my  last  meeting  for  that  place.  The 
large  and  commodious  bouse  was  almost  filled. 
In  the  evening  came  to  Lanark  to  hear  brother 
S.  H.  Ba-hor  preach. 

September  9th.  Left  brethren,  sifters  and 
friends  of  Lanark  at  2  o'clock.  We  truly  feel 
thankful  to  all  for  their  kindness  and  love  be- 
stowed upon  us  while  with  them.  We  have 
sung  aud  prayed  together.  How  sad  it  wits  to 
taka  the  partiug  hand,  knowing  that  we  would 
meet  uo  more  in  this  life  as  we  did  this  time. 

We  arrived  at  Waterloo  on  the  day  after 
leaving  Lanark.  Waterloo  is  the  capital  of 
Blackhawk  Co.,  and  contains  about  seven  thous- 
and people.  Visited  Brethren,  relatives  aud 
friends  until  Sunday,  when  we  tried  to  preach 
in  the  Orange  Grove  school-house.  In  the 
evening  preached  in  the  Hall  at  Waterloo. — 
Had  good  attendance  aud  attention.  Here  the 
Brethren  greatly  need  a  church  building. 

Saturday  20th.  Met  with  Brethren  in  coun- 
cil at  Waterioo.  This  church  has  had  serious 
difficulties,  but  a  better  day  is  near  at  hand. 

Be  ye  steadfast,  unmovable,  always  abound- 
ing in  the  works  of  the  Lord. 
Sunday  21st.     Had  our  last  meeting. 
September  22ud.  Left  Waterloo  for  August;i, 
111.,  where  we  arrived  at  S  P.  M. 

September  26th.  Had  meeting  in  the  Unit- 
ed Brethren  church.  Good  attendance  and  at- 
tention. 

September  27th.  At  S:  30  A.M.  took  the 
train  for  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa.,  where  we  arrived 
the  2Sth.  Had  preaching  the  next  day  (Sun- 
day), in  the  Brush  Run  school-house.  Arrived 
safe  home  Monday  evening,  found  all  well. 

Thanks  be  to  Almighty^God  for  his  providen- 
tial cure  over  us.  We  thank  all  the  Brethren 
and  friends  with  whom  we  met,  for  the  unfeign- 
ed love  and  kindness  bestowed  upon  us  while 
wiMi  them.  May  the  love  of  God  and  the  com- 
forting of  his  spirit  rest  and  abide  with  all  his 
people.  D.  D.  Hobner. 

Joiiex  Mills.  Pn. 


the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the  impassibil- 
ity of  the  roads^aud  the  infirmities  of  old  age, 
did  not  deter  him  from  meeting  in  the  sanctu- 
ttO'ofGod.  He  knew  the  import  of  that  apos- 
lolic  iujunclion. "  Notfoi-saking  the  assembling 
of  ourselves  together;"  and  be  experienced  the 
blessings  that  follow  n  compliance  to  it.  "  For 
they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their 
strength;  they  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as 
eagles;  they  shall  run,  and  not  be  weary;  and 
they  shall  walk  and  not  faint."     Isaiah  40;  31. 

2.  His  habit  waa  always  to  be  at  the  place  of 
worship  in  good  time.  This  was  his  invariable 
habit, — so  much  so  that  it  camo  to  be  a  proverb 
among  us,  "  Brother  Joel  is  always  on  i 
time;"  and  this  should  be  the  habit  of  all  who 
have  named  the  name  of  Jesus. 

3.  He  had  a  great  delight  in  the  law  of  thi 
Lord.  He  spent  much  of  his  time  reading  tbi 
Holy  Scriptures,  and  he  loved  to  talk  on  heav- 
enly themes.  His  conversation  was  in  heaven 
Hence  when  disease  made  hiui  delirious,  we  are 
informed  that  he,  thinking  perhaps  he  was  in 
meeting,  sat  up  in  bed  and  spoke  a  abort  ser- 

lon  from   the   following  language    of  Paul: 

Follow  peace    with   all   men,   and   holiness, 

ilbout  which,  no  man  shall  see   the  Lord."— 

How  sweet  it  is  to  live  and  dio  a  Chriatiao;  and 

how  transportingly  sweet  the  bliss  above,  "  Joy 

unspeakable  and  full  of  glory!" 

Brother  Wogoman's  age  was  75  yeara,  5 
monlhs  and  37  dsys.  He  lived  in  the  bonds  of 
holy  matrimony  52  years,  and  raised  a  large 
family  of  children,  some  of  whom  are  walking 
in  the  footstepi  of  their  lamented  father.  God 
help  (hem  all  to  do  so.  May  God  bless  them, 
their  aged  mother,  and  the  Wolf  Creek  church 
in  their  sad  bereavement,  and  may  we  in  return 
glority  God.    More  anon. 

John  Calvin  Bright. 
New  Lebanon,  Ohio. 


Death  of  Elder  Wogoman. 

ELDER  Joel  Wogoman  djed  Nov.  16th,  from 
a  severe  attack  of  the  erysipelas.  On 
Sunday  was  our  regular  meeting,  and  while  we 
were  waiting  and  wondering  of  the  cause  of  his 
absence,  a  messenger  came  with  the  sad  and 
solemn  news,  that  he  waa  numbered  ivith  the 
pale  nations  of  the  dead.  This  caused  sorrow 
throughout  the  Wolf  Creek  church,  aud  to-day, 
(Nov.  18th),  as  an  expression  of  that  sorrow, 
and  in  sympathy  with  the  old  sister  and  child- 
ren, the  church,  neighbors  and  friends  assem- 
bled together,  to  pay  the  last  respects  to  the 
departed.  The  meeting-house  was  filled  to  its 
utmost  capacity,  and  a  deep  sadness  aud  solem- 
nity prevaded  the  entire  assembly,  as  they  lis- 
tened to  the  words  of  the  men  of  God.  We 
were  reminded  again,  that  death  is  the  end  of 
all  earthly  perfection;  that  we  belong  to  that 
race  to  whom  it  was  said,  "  Dust  thou  art  and 
unto  dust  thou  shalt  return;"  and  that  here 
we  have  uo  continuing  city,  but  shall  seek  one 
to  come.  It  was  a  sad  and  iuipreiisive  occasion, 
well  iiuprovedby  the  ministering  brethren. 

Several  traits  in  the  Christian  character  of 
our  beloved  elder,Sdeserve  more  than  a  passing 
notice. 

1.     His  punctuality   of  attending  worship; 


Report  of  Series  of  Meetings, 

ON  the  Slid  of  October,  I  left  home  to  attend 
a  Love-feast  with  our  Father's  children 
in  Lower  Twin  Valley  arm  of  the  church, 
Preble  Co.,  Ohio.  Arrived  at  Camden  in  due 
time;  spent  the  night  with  brother  Henry 
Briibaker  and  family,  who  oonveyed  us  to  place 
of  meeting  uesb  morning,  where  we  met  many 
brethren,  sisters  and  friends,  with  whom  we 
were  glad  to  meet.  Brethren  D.  N.  Workman 
aud  John  Mohler  from  adistauce,  and  brethren 
from  adjoining  districts  met  us  here. 

This  congregation  is  under  the  care  of  Bro. 
Abraham  Younce,  assisted  by  a  corps  of  minis- 
ters and  deacons.  This  congregation  is  alive 
to  its  duty,  and  is  increasing  quite  rapidly. 

Brorher  Younce  has  been  seriously  afflicted 
for  about  eighteen  months,  which  impairs  his 
usefulness  very  greatly.  He  has  the  sympa- 
thies ol'  his  entire  congregation. 

The  Love-feast  was  a  very  pleasant  season  to 
the  Lord's  children.  The  crowd  being  very 
large,  the  order  wa^  not  all  that  could  be  desir- 
ed. On  the  morning  of  Oct.  4th,  brother 
Mohler  left.  Brother  Workman  aud  I  contin- 
ued until  Oct.  6th,  when  he  also  left.  I  con- 
tinued until  Oct.  inth,  then  returned  home  to 
go  to  another  field  of  labor. 

The  result  of  the  meetings  was,  six  conver- 
sions, encouragement  of  God's  children  and 
discomfiture  of  those  far  from  their  Father's 
house.  On  Nov.  Srd,  I  returned  to  this  congre- 
gation again,  and  preached  once  and  sometimes 
twice  each  day  until  Nov.  18lh,  The  congre- 
gations were  so  large,  that  at  different  times 
they  could  not  all  gain  admittance.  The  order 
was  all  that  could  be  desired.  During  this  se- 
ries of  meetings,  there  were  twenty-two  added 
to  the  church,  making  tweuty-eight  for  the 
two  meetings.  A  number  of  others  promised 
to  come  soon,  and  we  hope  they  will  do  so. — 
Thus  ended  one  of  the  most  pleasant,  as  well 
OS  one  of  the  most  interesting  meetings  we  ev- 
er attended.  We  tender  our  gratitude  to  the 
brethren,  si.sters  and  friends,  who  cared  so  well 
for  us,  while  among  them. 

Ou  the  18tb  of  November  we  returned  home 
and  found  the  oft  repeated  prayers  for  our  lit- 
tle family  were  answered,  for  all  of  which  mav 
the  Lord  be  praised. 

W.  R.  Deeteh. 


andefi'ect;  so  that  by  the  7th,  the  day  of  our 
Love-feast,  eleven  souls  were  made  willing  to 
enlist  in  the  army  of  the  Lord,  and  by  the  lUtli, 
eight  more  volunteered  into  the  ranks  of  Jeaus, 
and  by  the  15th,  ten  more  were  buried  in  bap- 
tism, and  yesterday,  (17th),  one  more,  making 
thirty  in  all  during  the  meeting,  and  one  short- 
ly before;  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that 
several  more  are  almost  persuaded,  who  we 
truft,  will  come  before  long,  unless  they  stifle 
their  conviction  and  open  the  heart  again  for 
the  admittance  of  the  unclean  spirit. 

Brother  Mohler  was  with  us  from  the  2nd  to 
the  15th,  when  he  bade  farewell  to  meet  another 
call.  Brother  Adam  Beaver,  from  Union  Co., 
Pa.,  being  on  a  visit  among  relatives  round 
here,  also,  was  with  us,  and  took  some  part  in 
the  meetings,  especially  after  brother  Mohler 
left  us.  We  also  had  u  good  refreshing  Love- 
feast,  plenty  of  ministerial  aid.  aud  a  goodly 
number  of  lay  members  from  adjoining  congre- 
gations. We  thank  the  Lord,  and  take  cour- 
age; and  rejoice  in  his  nn'gbt  to  bring  the 
wandering  lost  sheep  home  to  the  fold  again. 
I  think  we  as  a  body,  have  received  a  heavenly 
shower,  and  new  vitality  and  Keul  for  the 
good  cause.  I  hope  we  shall  never  forget 
these  meetings;  and  that  we  may  all  have  a 
mind  to  serve  the  Lord  with  more  diligence  and 
fear  than  heretofore;  and  that  we  may  all  try 
anew,  to  shape  our  lives  in  accordance  with 
the  Word  of  God.  If  any  of  ournew  converts 
chance  to  read  this,  I  would  say  to  yon  all,  be 
of  good  cheer;  be  strong;  be  faithful;  stand 
firm  in  the  Lord;  try  to  keep  your  baptismal 
vow  undefiled;  take  the  yoke  of  Jesus,  broad 
side  upon  your  shoulders,  and  his  word  in  your 
band,  and  be  not  ashamed  to  bear  the  name  of 
Christ  before  the  world,  and  if  you  meet  ivith 
trials  and  temptations  by  the  way,  then  cast 
your  cares  on  Jesus,  and  don't  forget  to  pray 
for  you  may  rest  assured  that  the  Lord  is  faith- 
ful to  all  who  are  faithful  to  him,  and  in  death 
he  will  receive  all  his,  into  everlasting  glory 
and  bliss.  Levi  Andes. 

Lincoln,  Pa. 


nuiy  God's 
uity. 


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From  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

rpHE  members  of  the  Ephrata  church,  have 
i  just  classed  a  very  interesting  series  of 
meetings,  conducted  by  brother  John  M.  Moh- 
ler, of  Lewjstown,  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa,  Our  Breth- 
united  some  time  ago  to  have  a 
Communion  meeting,  and  set  the  7th  and  8th 
of  Nov.  for  the  time.  Also  concluded  to  have 
series  of  meetings  connected  with  it:  Hence 
brother  Mohler  came  to  us  on  the  2nd  inst., 
and  preached  the  word  with   wonderful  power 


From  Jewell   Co.,  Kan. 

rm-Brrlln-o,.— 

IJILST  meditating  this  beautiful  Novem- 
ber morning  upou  the  past  with  the 
many  events  that  we  have  experienced,  I  began 
to  think  of  some  of  my  Christian  experience 
and  of  some  of  the  sore  trials  that  it  has  been 
my  lot  to  pass  through.  I  have  thought  of  the 
if  the  days  when  I  first  found  Christian 
comfort,  and  peace  in  the  Brethren's  church, 
dthen  of  days  of  subsequent  trial  and  tempta- 
tion, when  during  the  grasshopper  devastation, 
I  feared  that  our  little  congregation  was  going 
to  be  broken  up  and  then  worst  of  all  when  I 
was  led  away  in  a  measure  aud  was  disowned 
by  the  church  I  loved  so  much  and  the  dreary 
days  that  followed,  and  then  oh  joy!  of  how  the 
light  began  to  dawn  again,  and  the  day  grew 
brighter  and  brighter  until  I  was  re-instatod 
again,  and  then  brightest  of  all,  when  brother 
Lemuel  Hillery  came  and  preached  for  us  the 
word  of  truth  with  such  manifest  power  and 
love. 

The  best  days  that  the  White  Rock  congre- 
gation ever  saw  wa.s,  while  brother  Lemuel  was 
here  preaching,  and  perhaps  the  sorest  trial  we 
have  had,  was  to  part  with  him.  But  then  we 
know  that  as  come  the  bright  days  in  Winter 
and  the  dark  days  in  Summer,  so  comes  oi; 
Christian  experience,  aud  we  must  bear  the 
trials  un  well  its  eujoy  the  blessings. 

Brother  Lemuel's  ivork  with  us,  ivas  a  good 
one,  though  too  short  to  do  what  was  to  Le 
done.  The  beginning  was  not  encouraging, 
but  before  a  week's  preaching  was  done,  our 
school-house  was  packed  full  of  eager  luixious 
listeners,  and  many,  many  were  the  conipli- 
ment-s  paid  our  brother  by  all  classes  and 
sons  present;  and  dear  indeed  was  the  look  of 
disappointment,  visible  upon  the  faces  of  many, 
when  he  announced  his  lost  sermon. 

Our  little  congregation  all  knew  that  if  he 
would  stay,  our  number  would  be  increa.sed  aud 
hence  our  bitter  disappointment,  and  is  a  clos- 
ing expression,  I  am  constrained  to  say  why, 
ivhy  cannot  our  Brethren  in  the  East  send  us 
aiore  such  laborers  or  allow  us  the  labor  of  our 
brother  longer?  We  are  in  need  of  such 
preachers,  and  for  such  there  is  a  rich  harvest 
n  our  country  here  aud  God  grant  tlmt  our 
ability  to  render  temporal  assistance  uuiy  be 
increased.  Remember  us  Brethren,  aud  if  pos 
sible  among  our  home  mission  work,  so  that 
we  may  be  more  blessed  with  good  etfective 
ininistei-a  and  1  am  sure  that  good  be  accom- 
plished. 

Brother  Hillery  went  to  Burr  Oak  froui  here 
and  we  still  hope  to  have  him  return  to  preach 
for  us,  and  while  we  hope  for    such  a  blessing, 


rest  upon  us  all  ns  a  frater- 
Y  ours  in  Christian  fellowship, 

CATHKRlire  McCoRUICK. 

wbfr  mU,  1S7S. 


From  Samuel   Murray. 

Ornr  Brefhrm.— 

ON  the  9th  of  October  I  met  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Huntington  church,  Hunt- 
ington Co.,  Ind.,  where  a  goodly  number  of 
membei-3  met  to  celebrate  the  sufferings  and 
death  of  our  dear  Savior.  There  were  not  very 
nniny  ministering  brethren  present,  butenongh 
to  make  a  good  meeting.  We  had  a  feast  long 
lo  be  remembered.  From  here  we  went  to  the 
feast  at  Koann,  Wabash  Co.;  plenty  of  minis- 
ters present.  Had  a  very  good  meeting.  This 
was  the  second  Love-feast  I  ever  attended 
where  they  had  no  eating  but  the  Loi-d's  Sup- 
per. ^  We  have  come  to  the  conclusion,  that 
this  is  the  way,  we  see  the  order  is  much  bet^ 
ter.  When  services  are  over,  people  go  home 
quietly,  next  day  meet  in  order  for  preaching. 
At  this  place  meeting  continued  for  several 
days  and  nights.     Had  very  good  attendance, 

A.  Netf  and  Jesse  Meyers  ore  the  eldera  in 
this  arm  of  the  church.  B.  Neff,  D.  Swihart 
and  J.  Deardorff,  are  helpers  in  the  ministry. 

On  the  16th  of  October,  met  with  the  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  the  Santifee  arm  of  church 
Miami  Co.,  Ind,  Not  a  very  large  congrega^ 
tion.  Plenty  of  ministers.  We  have  learned 
long  since,  that  it  is  not  the  large  number  of 
ministers,  that  makes  the  best  meeting.  Had 
quite  a  good  meeting  here. 

On  the  ISth,  we  attended  the  Communion  in 
the  Upper  Deer  Creek  church,  Cass  Co.,  Ind.— 
Not  so  many  ministei-s,  yet  we  had  quite  a  "ood 
meeting,  some  confusion  outside.  Had  preach- 
ing several  days  and  nights.  Good  attendance 
and  good  attention.  Prom  here  we  w^nt  to 
our  home,  to  rest  a  while.  On  the  11th  of 
November,  attended  the  Communion  in  the 
Mouttcello  church.  White  Co.,  Ind.  Not  very 
many  ministers,  hut  we  had  a  very  good  meet- 
ing. From  here  we  went  to  Koann,  then  to 
Wabash,  then  to  Huntington,  then  out  in  the 
country.  Did  some  visiting  in  the  Solomony 
congregation. 

On  the  5th  of  November  brother  Click  took 
me  to  Huntington,  where!  took  a  coach  for 
Lafayette,  there  changed  cars  for  Ladoga.  On 
the  7th  met  with  the  membere  of  the  Ladoga 
church.  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  is  housekeeper.  Not 
very  many  ministers  present,  and  not  very 
many  members^  yet  we  had  a  very  good  meet- 
ing. We  preached  several  nights  after  the 
Communion.     Had  good  attention. 

At  this  time  of  writing  I  am  at  Bro.  Sam- 
uel Mohler's,  Clinton  Co.  I  came  here  yester- 
day, from  Ladoga.  Last  evening  we  preached 
our  introductory  discourse,  from  the  words, 
'■  Wh.it  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him.'' 
We  expect  to  continue  eight  or  ten  days  at  this 
place.  We  tender  our  thanks  to  our  dear 
brethren  and  sisters,  wherever  we  have  met 
with  them,  for  their  kindness  shown  towards 
us.  0,  may  the  Lord  bless  them  and  us  to  be 
faithful  in  our  calling,  so  we  may  be  so  happy 
as  to  meet  in  heaven,  where  parting  will  be  no 
ore,  is  my  prayer. 
Btn-nelt's  Creek,  While  Co.,  Ind. 


From   Marshall  Co.,  111. 

/>((/-  Brethren.— 

B ROTHER  Enoch  Eby  came  to  ua  ou  the 
7th  of  Nov.  Commenced  meeting  on  the 
8th.  The  weather  Wiia  not  very  favorable  some 
of  the  time,  tlje  nigbt-s  being  dark  and  raining 
some;  yet  we  had  a  good  turn-out  and  quite  an 
interest  was  awakened  among  the  people.  The 
order  and  attention  was  good  during  the  meet- 
ing. On  the  14th,  brcther  James  K.  Gish 
came  to  brother  Eby's  assistance.  On  the  16th 
one  precious  soul  united  with  us  by  being  bur- 
ied with  Christ  in  baptism.  Yes,  we  may  say 
precious  soul,  for  it  was  our  own  dear  daughter, 
Oh!  may  she  be  as  a  bright  and  shining  light 
in  the  church  of  Christ,  that  others  of  her 
youngassociatesmay  see  her  good  works  and 
soon  follow  her  example.  One  that  had  won- 
dered  away,  retraced  her  steps,  and  is  again  in 
love  aud  union  with  the  church. 

On  the  evening  of  the  Irtth,  we  held  our  flr«fc 
Communion,  at  the  house  of  brother  John  M. 
Fike.  A  goodly  number  of  the  brethren  and 
sisters  were  present.  It  was  indeed  a  feast  of 
love  to  our  souls;  and  while  commemorating 
the  death  and  sutt'ering  of  our  blessed  Savior 
minds  were  earned  back  to  the  scene  on 
Calvary's  height.  With  an  eye  of  faith  we 
could  view  Him  on  the  cross  bleeding,  groaning 
and  dying,  that  we  poor  sinful  creatures  might 
not  perish,  but  have  everiasting  life.    After  the 


XEEE    BUETilKEIiSr    ^T    "SVORKl. 


December    13 


evening  aorvices  were  over,  we  orgimiKed  a 
churcli  here,  including  the  memhers  of  Bureau 
and  Putnam  counties,  making  in  all  a  church 
of  about  forty  memljerfi.  A  choice  was  held 
for  the  ollicea  for  speaker  and  deacon;  the  lot 
fell  on  brother  Solomon  Diirby  for  speaker,  and 
brother  Henry  Breeae  for  deacon.  May  the 
Lord  Itt'ss  iind  enable  them  by  his  grace  divine, 
to  discharge  the  duties  enjoined  upon  them, — 
We  ask  tin  interest  in  the  prayers  of  all  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  for  the  success  of  our  little 
church  here. 

The  evening  of  the  17th  brings  our  meeting 
to  a  close,  with  good  impressions,  we  think,  on 
the  minds  of  the  people.  May  the  Lord  bless 
our  dear  Brethren  for  their  labors  of  love, 
while  with  us  here,  and  may  we  all  be  guided 
by  the  Divine  Spirit. 

Habriet  Buck. 

Lacon,  III. 


From  Monticello.  White  Co..  Ind. 

Deiir  Brclhren:— 

I  NOTICE  in  your  raluaWe  paper,  that  a 
great  number  of  the  Brethi-ea  from  differ- 
ent parta  of  the  country,  are  sending  you  a  re- 
port of  the  condition  of  the  church  in  their 
arm  of  the  brotherhood,  which  we  will  say, 
that  all  diligent  readers  of  the  church  papers, 
will  find  a  great  comfort  to  them,  to  know 
that  the  Brethren  are  prospering  so  well  in  the 
different  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  with  ph 
lire,  that  we  read  the  difiereiit  messages  relate 
ing  the  prosperous  condition  of  the  brotherhood. 
We  are  made  to  rejoice  and  to  praise  our  heav- 
enly Father,  for  the  many  blessings  lie  has 
been  bestowing  upon  us,  and  to  hear  of  sinners 
flocking  to  Jesus,  striving  to  obtain  mi  ever- 
lasting crown  of  glory,  reserved  for  all  the  dil- 
igent followers  of  our  blessed  Redeemer.  I 
will  say  that  in  this  part  of  God's  moral  vine- 
yard, we  are  still  endeavoring  to  do  all  the  good 
wo  can,  in  the  name  of  our  dear  Savior.  The 
Brethren  as  far  as  I  know,  are  in  perfect  hi 
uiony.  Sinners  are  still  coming  to  Jesus,  and 
trying  to  obtain  an  inheritance  in  that  better 
world. 

Our  Communion  meeting  isamong  the  thing: 
of  the  past;  all  feeling,  "  That  it  was  good  to 
be  there."  The  congregation  was  large,  and 
interest  good,  for  many  went  away  meditating 
upon  the  good  things  they  heard,  and  are  now 
counting  the  cost  of  living  a  sinner  here,  and 
how  it  will  be  in  the  world  to  come.  The  or- 
der vfos  good,  all  manifesting  a  desire  to  hear 
what  the  brethren  had  to  say,  who  came  from 
a  distance,  and  labored  so  diligently  with  us. 
May  the  Lord  crown  their  labors.  Although 
there  was  only  one  that  came  out  on  the  Lord' 
side,  there  were  deep  impressions  made,  and 
there  are  quite  a  number  who  have  informed 
us  lately,  that  they  are  thinking  seriously  on 
their  present  condition,  and  we  think  the  time 
is  not  far  distant,  when  they  will  accept  J«sus 
as  their  Master. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  Brethren 
from  a  distance  with  us.  Our  meeting  com- 
menced Friday,  Nov.  1st,  at  4  o'clock  P.  M. 
wlun  we  commemorated  the  death  and  suffering 
of  our  kind  Redeemer,  by  partaking  of  hi 
broken  body  and  shed  blood.  The  meeting 
broke  up  on  Saturday,  but  we  still  liud  preach- 
ing Saturday  night,  Sunday,  Sunday  night, 
Monday  night  and  Tuesday  night,  when  we 
'Closed.  Both  saint  and  sinner  felt  greatly  bene- 
fited by  the  good  counsel  they  received. 

Our  Sunday-school  has  been  changed  to  n 
Bible  class.  The  interest  being  so  great,  that 
our  neighbors  were  not  willing  to  dispens 
with  Sunday-school,  without  orgaiii/.ing  a  Bi 
ble  class,  which  we  did,  and  is  progressing 
finely,  with  an  attendance  of  forty  members. 
Our  average  attendance  of  the  Sunday-school 
for  the  Summer  was  sixty-five;  all  feeling 
greatlg-  benefited  by  the  Summer's  work,  am" 
are  now  faking  an  active  part  in  our  Bibh 
class.  J.  A.  WEAVEn. 

Nov.  mil,  1878. 


From  Ray  Co.,  Mo. 

WVj  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on  the 
evening  of  the  19th.  On  the  20th  Bro. 
D.  B.  Gibson  arrived,  and  labored  with  us  un- 
til the  evening  of  the  2Tth.  During  the  meetr 
ing,  fifteen  souls  made  the  good  confession,  and 
were  buried  in  the  liquid  grave,  and  rose,  we 
hui>e  to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 

This  little  congregation  ha.s  not  been  in  a 
very  i)rosperous  condition,  and  is  young, — has 
been  organized  about  8  years.  Brethren  pray 
for  us,  that  we  may  be  able  to  take  care  of 
these  tender  lambs,  that  have  been  brought  in- 
to the  fold.  Whenever  you  approach  a  throne 
of  grace,  remember  us;  and  we  would  say, 
when  Brethren  are  traveling,  we  would  be  glad 


for  you  to  stop  with  us.  This  congregation  is 
on  the  line  of  St.  Louiff,  Kansas  City  and 
Northern  R.  R.  Stop  at  Norborne.  Write 
to  me;  or  D.  B.  Bowman. 

S.  B.  SniiiKEY. 
Nop.  30, 1878. 


From  the  Stony  Creek  Church,  Ind. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

ACCORDING  to  previous  an-angements,  our 
Communion  meeting  came  off'  Nov.  Sth. 
Had  a  good  meeting,  though  not  as  many  mem- 
bers in  attendance  as  generally  meet  \vith  us. — 
The  ministerial  aid  was  ample,  there  being  ten 
from  other  churches.  Every-thing  passed  off 
pleasantly,  and  we  hope  profitably. 

On  Saturday  morning  met  again  as  one  fam- 
ily for  worship,  and  after  partaking  of  a  bountiful 
breakfast,  again  assembled  to  listen  to  the  fare- 
well^addresa  of  our  dear  brethren,  who  were 
about  to  leave  us.  It  always  seems  to  us,  that 
meetings  of  this  kind  are  the  best  and  most  en- 
joyable meetings  we  have.  Although  many 
times^we  are  made  to  shed  tears  at  the  thought 
of  partiugiwith  those  we  love;  yet  it  always 
did  appear  to  me,  to  be  the  nearest  a  heaven  on 
earth,  to  meet  and  converse  with  each  other  of 
our  joys  and  sorrows,  hopes  and  fears,  and  feel 
that  we  are  all  interested  in  each  other's  wel- 
fare, both  spiritual  and  temporal,  especially 
when  we  must  travel  thirty-five  miles  to  meet 
with  those  we  love,  and  as  one  dear  brother 
stated  in  his  farewell  remarks  with  no  one  of 
blood  relationship  in  the  church.  We  truly 
felt  that  we  could  realize  his  feelings,  as  we  are 
in  like  c i re um stances. 

Meeting  continued   over  Sunday,  conducted 
by  elder  Studebaker  and  D.  S.  Caylor;  one  a 
ditiou  by  baptism. 

Sarah  Savndess. 

Gknn^  Vallfij,  Marlon  Co.,  Iml.,  Dec.  1st. 


From   Tennesse. 

IT  is  about  eight  months  since  I  have  tried  to 
do  a  little  in  the  ministry.  Up  to  this 
time  I  have  had  only  one  regular  appointment 
and  but  one  family  of  faith  lives  near  the  place. 

For  anything  that  seriously  conflicts  with 
the  general  drift  of  modern  religion,  there  is 
no'  much  demand  here,  and  as  a  visible  result 
of  our  weak  effort,s  we  find  not  much  to  enc 
age  us,  though  when  we  look  back  to  the 
strength  of  the  Word,  we  take  courage  and 
work  on. 

In  the  future  we  expect  to  have  three  regular 
appointments,  and  spend  the  fourth  Sunday  in 
whatever  way  it  may  seem  best. 

On  the  9tb  of  Nov.  brother  Sharp  came  over 
to  hold  meetings  Saturday  night,  Sunday  and 
.Sunday  night.  "  Let  your  light  so  shine  be- 
fore men,  that  they  may  sec  your  good  works, 
and  glorify  your  Father,  which  is  in  heaven," 
wjis  the  text  on  Saturday  night.  In  his  illus- 
trations, were  presented, 

1.  Intellectual  lights. 

2.  Mora!  lights. 

3.  Religious  lights. 

As  a  further  attempt  at  describing  the  ser- 
mon would  be  a  failure,  we  wilt  next  notice  the 
Preshyferian  Communion,  of  Sunday  morn 
Bro.  Sharp's  appointment  for  Sundaj'  having 
conflicted  with  theirs,  we  thought  best  to  [ 
pone  our  meeting  till  afternoon;  so  we  attended 
the  other  meeting,  though  we  could  not  partii-- 
ipate  in  the  principal  exercise.  First  Cor.  11 
26,  was  well  treated  by  Prof,  Bartlett,  ofMaryS' 
ville,  and  probably  the  best  part  of  the  sermon 
wa&  a  little  historical  account  of  how  the  early 
Christians  kept  the  feast.  It  wa?  from  a  letter 
written  by  Pliny,  to  the  cruel  emperor.  Now 
if  I  mistake  not,  by  one  of  his  local  rulers,  who 
»ieenied  to  have  been  loath  to  continue  to  execute 
his  cruel  edicts  upon  these  peaceful  and  law. 
abiding  people.  In  his  letter  he  describes  then 
as  a  peaceable  and  moral  people,  whose  failh 
seems  to  be  unconquerable,  that  they  assemble 
themselves  at  night,  to  commemorate  the  death 
of  their  leader,  who  they  say  wos  crucified  and 
.irose  again  from  the  dead,  and  that  they  bind 
themselves  together  at  these  meetings,  to  be 
fiuthfuUm.to  death.  This  is  as  near  as  I  can 
give  the  language,  and  it  answers  the  purpose, 
and  eives  us  a  glimpse  of  how  those  early 
Christians  endured  affliction  and  persecutions, 
being  tortured  in  many  instances,  with  the 
most  cruel  deaths  that  their  persecutors  could 
contrive.  These  were  the  circumstances,  under 
which  they  assembled  themselves  at  night,  to 
cheer  and  comfort  each  other,  and  to  partake  of 
the  emblems  of  the  broken  body,  and  shed 
blood  of  their  Lord.  No  large  and  costly 
edifices,  with  cellars,  kitchens,  cooking  and 
eating  utensils.  No,  none  of  these,  but  a  pious 
though  unassuming  band  of  brethi-en  and  sia- 
tors,  bound  together  in  the  inseparbale  bond  of 


the  love  of  God,  with  the  sentiment  inscribed 
on  their  hearts  in  living  letters, 

"  Tlirougli  llooiis  and  flames,  if  Jesus  leiut. 
We'll  follow  wliere  lie  goes." 

I  imagine  I  can  see  them  assembled  under  th'' 
ihelter  of  a  log  house,  at  one  end  a  stone  hearth. 
and  a  glimmering  lamp  at  the  other,  with  sl^iii 
benches  between.     Such  were  the  edifices  Iroiu 

hich  rose  the  incense  of  Christian  devotion, 
and  prayers  that  entered  into  the  ears  of  the 
Lord  of  Sabbath  in  the  early  days  of  Christi- 
anity. Yes,  in  these  rude  structures,  and  with 
meager  intellectual  attainments.  Christian  men 
and  women  grew  strong  and  able  to  endure  the 
heat  of  the  day.  I  reckon  the  preaching  was 
not  arranged  under  heads  and  sub-heads,  and 
dwelt  out  iu  excellency  of  speech,  but  I  im- 
agine it  consisted  chiefly  in  reciting  Scriptures, 
interspersed  with  comforting  counsel  and  ad- 
monitions, which,  as  they  fell  from  the  lips  of 
the  faithful  pastors  and  teachers,  did  not  return 
unto  them  void. 

The  Psalmist  David  said,  "  I  was  glad  when 
they  said  unto  ine,  let  us  go  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord;"  and  /  was  glad  and  rejoiced  that  the 
thought  of  continuing  to  make  arrangements 
to  entertain  as  many  Brethren  and  sisters  at 
the  Annual  meetings  in  the  future  as  may  coine, 
is  not  yet  abandoned. 

Sometimes  when  I  think  of  the  prospect  of 
seeing  so  many  bvethren  and  sistere  together, 
of  grasping  the  hands  of  many,  whose  names 
have  become  familiar,  and  whose  faces  we  never 
saw,  of  joining  with  thousands  of  saints  of 
like  precious  faith,  in  singing  that  glorious 
hymn,  "I  love  thy  kingdom  Lord,"  a  thrill 
rnns  through  every  nerve  that  is  iu  me,  and 
then  if  I  tried,  I  couldn't  sing  it;  but  something 
within  says,  he  patient,  labor  and  wait.  There 
are  many  things  in  this  life,  that  we  can  only 
enjoy  in  part,  and  some  things  only  by  antici- 
pation; "But  when  that  which  is  perfect  is 
come,  then  that  which  is  iu  part  shall  be  done 
aw.iy."  Then  we  will  all  go,  (all  the  faithful.) 
Such  meetings  as  the  last  one  seems  to  have 
been,  can  not  be  for  naught,  even  though  we 
can  not  all  go.  Just  to  read  of  it,  though  ab 
sent  in  the  body,  to  learn  that  there  is  so  much 
social  feeling  and  love  in  the  church,  ;is  to 
prompt  so  many  brethren  and  sisters  to  congre- 
gate together,  inspires  us  with  a  zeal,  that  we 
would  not  get  by  reading  the  proceedings  of  b 
few  men,  selected  and  sent  to  do  the  business  of 
the  church.  C.  F,  Detwile 


^uriiiK^s  pc|iar{ninik 


POOR  FUND. 


HECKMAN, — In  the  Vermillion  congregation, 
Livingston  Co,,  111,,  Nov,  20,  187S,  our  be- 
loved sister,  wife  of  brother  David  Heckn 
aged  46  years  andl9  days. 

She  was  sick  about  two  months,  and  bore 
her  afflictions  without  murmuring.  Before 
she  closed  her  eyes  in  death,  she  expressed  her 
willingness  to  go  to  the  Father,  for  all  was  well 
with  her,  and  she  looked  to  him  for  rest.  Funer- 
al occasion  improved  by  the  writer,  from  Rev. 
14:  13,  to  a  large  concourse  of  sympathizing 
friends,  We  all  deeply  feel  the  stroke,  but  oui 
loss  is  her  gain.  W,  Gephart, 

Priiiiiti've  Christ iaiifplease  copy, 
GRISSO.— In  Donald's  Creek,   Ohio.  Oct.  5th 
sister  Phebe  Grisso,  aged  G3  years,  i  months 
and  20  days. 

Sister  Grisso  leaves'  a'  husband  and  i 
children.  These  children  have  been  bereft  of  a 
kind  and  afl'ectionate  mother.  She  was  a  great 
sufferer,  but  bore  all  with  Christian  fortitude. 
During  her  sickness  she  called  her  children 
around  her,  told  them  she  was  going  to  heaven, 
and  exhorted  them  to  meet  her  iu  that  glorious 
home.  She  wits  loved  by  all,  and  when  asked 
during  her  sickness  how  she  was  resting,  repli- 
ed, "very  well,  but  thought  she  would  rest  bet- 
ter by  and  by,"  She  quietly  sunk  to  rest. — 
Thus  passed  away  one  who  was  true  to  the 
church  militant,  to  join  the  Church  triumphant. 
She  was  anointed  before  she  died. 

0.  P.  YOUNT. 

GEYER.— In  the  Turkey  Creek   church,   Elk- 
hart Co.,  Ind.,  sist«r  Catherine  Geyer,  wife  of 
brother  John  Geyer, aged  5S)3'oai-s,  10  months 
and  7  days. 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  nine  children   to 
mourn  their  loss,  which  wo  believe  is  her  eter- 
nal gain.  Our  sister  has  been  a  consistent  mem- 
ber for  many  years.   She  wits  the  oldest  member 
in  her  membership  in  our  district.     She  had   a 
great  concern  for  her  children.   It  appeared  her 
whole  soul's  desire  was  to  have  her  children  )ii 
the  church  of  the  living   God,     and    she  liv. . 
to  see  them  all  come  in  but  two,  which  we  hii|> 
will  soon  come.     Funeral  services  hy  the  breth- 
I,  from  Rev.  14: 13,  Daotel  Wysong. 


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STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Timker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling:  t&eni 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
J.  W.  STEIN  affinns. 
D.  B.  KAY  denies. 
J  W,  Stein's  FitTeiAKFiRJivrivR,  ■ 
Mv  frluin!  IhUs  to  shoiv  that  ihc  R](ost!e3\veiv 
uotTunk.-!^.  TliP  BreCliren  <lt.  n.il  tea^li  liiiil'iiiiv 
who  "ivish  tA  be  bapiized,"  but  cdiMiiii.";^i>  to  htll 
for  want  r>(  bn|Hipni.''    I  slmed  our  po-iium  in  '' 
riuWHt,  vi/,T  "liiiptisin.  like  repeiitaiiet  aucl    tkirli. 
ie  designed  only  for  thot-e  whd  call  receive  it.'^  ^ 
Gnd  requires  no  impii^aibilities.     Not  to  do  whm 
he  does  not  require  i^  not  to  difiohey  liiiu.     To  na- 
Hwer  my  Iriend  8  oritieijnia  I  aak  ;  'Can  one  ropeiit 
without  being  begctteii  by  ibe  word?  Is  a  j^iii-aick 
Biiiuer  pnipprly  n  child  *it'  thi'  iltvil '!  Does  not  re- 
pentance [)re:e<Ie  pardoil?   Are  men  nottlio^en  ■.)' 
God  hef.jre  they  are  pai-d.med  V      \re  iMt  «!1  tiie 

Krdoned,  members  of  Ciin-'.  -   .>.-■  -r  j    [,  rl  ,■  -  — 
d  Prtul  allude  to  any  bill  til.  ■       ■.     .  ': -rn. 

6:':)-7?  Wainot  theSpir,'  '.  I  ■  }:.;i- 
lam.  Saul  and  his  meMengf-r--  rjinir  -  <■  ■  ^.ii't 
.  ■'  :,r,:|,..,.v:'  WeretWvimr.luiK'ir:'  >um.  ^4: -J, 
:  ill;  1  Sam.  VJ:  'M-^i;  'ly.  Ii.  lo,  Ifi.  IS;  2 
.  ;■■:  .Jmle,lI;_Ittv.  2;  14.  ToudiiiiK  the 
j.rj_[...r.iUim  f-if  baptism,  Bro.  Nead  says:  "Beget- 
tJDg  must  preee<ie  baptism,  or  the  change  will  nut 
be  accor^Jinglo^heTil^iiifrf  KilvftdOD'.  •  ;:■  .  Our 
Heaveuly-PfeiKer  W^tsMl  bis'-V-lJildren  bv  his 
word.  .  .  A  change  of  heart  nmal  preceile  ibe 
act  iif  ret;encnitif n  (new  birth),  whidb  is  equiva- 
lent to  beinp  born  of  water  aiid  the  Spiric.">iead'g 
Theology,  2+7,  "For  a  person  that  has  not  boeu 
begotten  of  God,  to  be  bajitl^ied,  i.^  not  born  of 
God,  he  is  still  dead."  Ibid.  280. 

^uch  are  teachings  of  the  Brethren  as  far  back 
as  we  have  any  atcount.  But  ray  frieud  has  ad- 
mitted thnt  'jur  qu.iIiiii.-ition<  for  "baptism  'will  do, 


an.l  ^j.  ,i.  ■,  :  _■  ■  ■  IVrson' thus,|ualiHed  rtf 
().>rti  ..!   '.        ^i:  ■■  ..■  --.,.     J<,hii:^:  -5. 

4tli  I  '■   '  .  ■  I'll!  nivsecond  rea-on  tindei- 

it.n.iiM.  .■  -  \1-.  ■,.i,.|  4-I(,-.  ■V.-.,sCliri9tbiiri- 
e*lilM.  -  ..  .  A  W  li-n  he  allows  thiitllieW.u-d 
of  Gi"l  I'i'i  ■-■-  :i_'r.  ■iii'-iit  in  nnmher  betwei-u 
figor.-ir^.l  ■>.-,],,,.,.-  theyanudeto,!  wi!!nmw,-r 
the>e.|u.-.-iiou',  1  .i<k  mV  fri^-nd  to  -iv.-.  ii-  -1, 
ovij^inid  ofl  Jobn -x  7,  ^'mt  toll  ,i-  plainly,  .■  I  ■ 
holdp  hiipiisni  to  lie  one-  in  llii's-ii-"  that  tir 


II.  i  Hoi 


>-t'in 


I'> 


\-i--2    >    :ii;ir  I'.  J  ihe  gromul  and 

I ■  l.i|i(i.ui    *ln  ..y-    III- name  <.if  Ibe  Lord.' 

{.\r[-  10:  t.^j  lienor..^  th^' atirlmritv  —  "int"  ,'m1 
Chr;?t-'  Kom  Gr.i.  Gal.  3  :' 27;  ->r 'into  (m)  thi^ 
name  of  tbe  Lord,'  etc,  (AcU  S:  hi,  Vh  o)  lelers 
t'>?ubje[;[ion  tfl  Christ'^  aulhoi-jiy.  eniraiice  into 
hie  goverlimeut,  the  benetiis  of  hif  death,  etc.  An 
oath  of  allcgianee,  truly  Bdmiuiaiercd  in  the  naiiK- 
of  the  government,  nma't  he  according  To'the  con- 
stihilinnal  fonn.  So  (he  allusions  to  the  adminit^- 
tratinn  of  baptism  in  the  Acts  and  epi?th>s  aie  tn 
be  understo^Hl  in  liannonv  with  tlie  constitmionul 
law  add  form  of  baiuism'io  Malf.  2S:  10. 

My  friend  denies.  tlK-  .-ommission  to  be  ell. ].^'  ,i 
and  ypt  udniicv  timt  be  fin.b  'no  serious  oh;.. 
In  niy  'gi-Hnimaticnl  refereuoes,'  whieli  phi\i  r;  ■  . 
to  be  elliptical.  Tim--  he  retbt-s  him=elf.  M; 
tpiotation  from  Latham  does  not  ■li'ny  tbe  oilicc  of 
c.injnncti.ms  iu  conoecliD^  words,  etc.  1  applied 
it  to  elements  involving  |iro positions.  When  my 
frieud  tells  a  candidate. 'I  bapti/.e  you  into  the 
HFirae  of  the  Father;'  he  uses  a  complete  gram- 
maticfti  sentence,  containing  a  complete  proposi- 
tion, and'  if  he  doe^  what  he  says,  be  piit5  the  can- 
didate under  water,  to  which  'and'  brings  similar 
additions.  'Baptizing'  is  raodified  by  the  com- 
pound element,  viz;  'in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.'  Thi.s  is 
made  op  of  three  firaplt-  elements,    vii;  1.    'ini.i 


the  nam.' of  tiie  Ru!,.'  J  ■■■'  [!,■■  --■..n.'  -3.  'of 
the  Holy  Spirit,'  'ili.-'  ■■  ■niiected  by 

'mK/,'lience  they  ;u.  -;  L.  ■.  !■  !■  ]i.-..ve><  ihe  el- 
lipsis 'iuio  the  naniL*  ic  '.  .■  j;  :'.!■■  '^'>n.'  and  be- 
fore'of  tbe  Holy  Spiiit.'  .My  friend'.-,  bnilles-e;"- 
fi)rt  10  ^'ct  'inlo'thr:  namt'  out  of  tbe  Krst  of  tlicse 
adjiiTH-|ive '■ituients,  in  order  to  deny  the  dliisia 
■  l'  ■  ■■■  Tl,:.  .,:,.,-,,id  and  third,  h  au  onwiirrant^bl.; 
■■  .  ,.  ■  ...II  ..lilir.Tiile.,  rifgr.iniuinr.  Xcitber  Kerl, 
''.  <     .rl:.  Il.irv.  y  nor  iiny  other autliorjiifli- 


"M" 


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lent  10  -Bapl 

Holy  ypint'- 

Ibe.comi 

formuhi. 

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eri. 

siij.port 

I  wlia 


gni 
s  efjiiiv 


;  ihcm  iiiio  the  Father,  Son  iiud 
ne.'  This  is  whatmy  t'ncnd  wants 
II  teach,  hilt  it  criatHitis  no  such' 
ies   to  nnikc  three  prep.iHli'iiii,  i. 

I  of  The  .iTic  noun  'j/'O-itf,''  and 
■A  |i..|.-Itifn  shows  (lie  rela- 
'.     -  ■  .     ..ih'-r   word."  etc.     To 


.   ....  .  ;,..■■■.'  I    .'ii.-r'    i<    ..iiiiviilciH    to 

7l  ■    ■     ■"  .'  rl>.'  Son'    is   <.<pial  to 

'III.   -      ■  .  Spirit'  is  eijuiil  to  'the 

I!.      -  '-.ii  ..:!..     tiirninln    when    trans- 

p. -.       .    .         ;;i!.T;'in^-  fbeni    int'.    the   Father's 

III -'i-,  and  the  Holy  Spirit's'.  Here 

>■.!!-. iiil  1]...,  .-"iiirli's  hiivc  tlie  sigii  {')  aime.ted 
to  ..^aeii,  correspon.linf;  to  'f,f,'  anil  are  governed  by 
nam:'  understood.  Covel  Bays,  "Nouns,  denoting 
a  pi)sse«ive  relation  to  tbe  satne  rtbjeet.  have  the 
.-i;;n  {' <  annexed  to  tbe  last  ordy ;  ns  Mason  and 
DJNOJi's  line;  nouns  deiwfing  n. possessive    rela- 


lion  to  diftcrf  nt  object-,  liuve  the  si^n  ('  i  jiiinesed 
to  ench,  as  Adam's  and  Jaukaon's  ndminwtration. 
i.  e..  Adam's  admioistration  and  Jackmiii's  adniiii- 
iatration."  (Digest  of  Eng.  Grtim.;  see  ali-o 
Green's  Analysis.  78;  Bonoel's  Art  of  Pmne  Cuin- 
poaition,  305.  i     Tliis  proi-es  t/iree  namf. 

My  friend's  appeil  fmni  the  ianyuut'e  of  ihe 
.O-nmisai-.D  to  the  Divine  tmily,  don't  lielj)  him, 
brcBuae  it  is  as  true  that  the  Father,  Son  and  Ho- 
ly Spirit  are  Ikrce,  as  that  thej-  are  oif.  If  speti- 
n\  p[eiuling  is  ad[nis^lib]e  in  one  case,  it  is  also  in 
the  (ither.  The  real  iasue  is,  How  dots  thu  com- 
.iiisiion  present  them?— as  one  f  or  aa  tlire^  f 

5.  The  Scripture  never  allude  to  Imptiani  ai 
roniraauded  or  performed  in,  or  into  any  name 
which  represenia  the  unity  of  the  giidhead,  but  al- 
ways in  one  or  more  of  tfie  different  names  which 
rspreaeut  the  distinct  and  non-interchangeable  of- 
fices and  relations  of  the  three  Divine  Powers,  in 
alt  of  which  Christians  are  said  to  be.  Rom,  8: 
i* ;  1  Thess.  1 ;  1. 

I  will  here  examine  my  friend's  examples.  — 
'Many  shall  come  from  the  East  and  We.'t  and 
shall  sit  down  with  Abraham  and  I^aac  and  .In  ' 
cob  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven."     Matt.  S  :  11. 

This  proves  partly  too  much  and  partly  too  little 
for  him.  "Many  sha'l!  come  from  the^' is  un.ierstofMJ 
before  '\Vesl'!  Those  who  will  oome  frxjm  the  East 
and  West  flrediflersnt  parties.  2  "Sitiloivn' is  in- 
transitive and  has  no  objecL  'Baptizing'  is  transi- 
tive and  has  an  object.  Let  us  Irj-  a  transitive  verb. 
Suppose  they  "shake  hands  with  Abraham  and 
Isaac  and  Jacob."  That's  little  more  like  thecom- 
miMion.  How  many  actions  would  that  take?  But 
my  friend  pro]x>ges  a  conatruction  aa  analogous,  vh.. 
"Burying  them  in  the  name  of  the  legislative,  and 
of  the  judicial,  and  of  theexecutive,"&c.  This  lacks 
the  important  analogy  of  relation.  •Jn'  here  refers 
only  to  the  joint  aulhoriti/  of  the  names,  therefore 
the  sentence  is  incorrect.  It  should  have  read,  "of 
the  legislative,  judicial  and  esecutivc,"  omitting'o/ 
the'  before  'judicial'  and  'executive.'  Christ  com- 
mands baptism  "  into  (eM)  the  name,"  &c  Matt. 
28:  19.  Suppose  the  Pre8ident  commissions  foreign 
diplotflatisis  to  present  their  own  petitions,  "  put- 
ting them  into  tlie  deimrtmeut  of  ilie  judical,  and 
of  the  legislative,  and  of  the  executive,"  Ac.  This 


if  analogous  to  the  baptlimal  formula  in  its  parta  of 
siieech,  construction  and  relations.  It  preaenCs  my 
friend'i  own  illustration  of  the  Trinity  in  Unity, 
and  a  man  who  never  saw  a  grammar  can  see  that 
it  rennirea  (Are,,  efforts.  If  my  friend  will  adduce 
oirf  example  like  the  baptiiiraal  formula,  having  the 
same  construction,  with  the  .same  parta  of  speeoh, 
connected  in  the  same  manner  and  expressing  i/t? 
:  eJationf,  that  don't  require  (hree  actions,  I  will  give 
it  up.     Is  that  fair? 

_ti.  ^  Thebaptismalformula  was  understood  by  the 
primitive  Greeks  to  require  trine  immersion. 

.\-t  the  testimony  of  the  Greek  lathers  has  been 
generally  depended  on,  in  defending  the  genume- 
!inn  of  the  Christian  Scriptures  from  theattacksof 
skeptira  and  infidels  (see  Home's  Introduction  to 
the  Critical  Study  and  Knowledge  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1  pp.41-45,'2H0,281,288,2S9,347),itcan- 
uot  be  unimportant  in  understanding  chem.  Dr. 
Clark  refers  to  its  importance,  touching  the  Biblical 
use  of  the  Greek  article  thus  :  "As  tbey  lived  near- 
er to  theprimitivetimrsof  Christianity  than  we  do, 
we  must  allow  that  they  were  at  least  ascompetent 
,  aa  ourselves  to  pass  judgment  in  any  subject  of  ihe- 
j  olo^cal  discussion,  hut  in  the  cane  now  before  us, 
i  their  authority  must  be  vastly  greater  In  addition 
'  to  the  circumstance  of  the  Greek  being  their  native 
tongue,  some  of  them  were  men  of  very  extensive 
learning,  and  of  distinguished  «kill  in  philological 
researches  ;  they  must  therefore  hove  had  a  more 
accurate  perception  than  the  moat  learned  among 
us  can  pretend  lOjoftheprecise  application  of  every 
rule  in  syntax,  the  exact  meaning  of  the  minutest 
particle,  and  the  determinate  rffect  of  the  slightest 
inflection  in  the  language."  Commentary,!),  p.  4,"(7. 
(a)  "Tbeodoret"aay8  Bingham,  "charges  Eunonii- 
us  aa  making  an  innovation  upou  the  original  in- 
nMuilm  of  baptism  delivered  by  Christ  and  the 
apostles,  in  that  he  made  a  contrary  law  that  men 
should  not  be  bapti/.ed  by  three  immersions,  nor 
with  an  invocation  of  the  trinity."  Antiq's  of  the 
Chr.  Ch.,  1,  p.o4l).  (bl  PeUgiuscondemnsthesin- 
gie  immersion  of  Eunomius  as  "eonlrari/  to  the  gos- 
pel given  by  Christ  who  appointed  every  one  to  be 
baptized  ,  .  with  three  inimersiont.,  saying  to  his 
di.'icipl&j,  'Go,  baptize  all  nations  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,'  A-c.  Ibid,  (c)  Gregory  Nyisa  says:  "Eu- 


nomius pel  verted  the  law  of  Christ  ....  ami 
I  taught  [hat  baptiam  was  not  to  be  given  in  the  nain.- 
,  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spir- 
it, as  Christ  commanded"  Ibid.  1,  p.  48?.  (d. 
I  Chrysostom  says:  "Christ delivered  to  hisdisciple- 
I  'one  baptism"  in  three  immersions  ofthe  body,  when 
;  he  said  to  them,  Go,  teach  all  nations,  baptiiing 
'  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  .Spirit.' "  Ibidem.  1.  pag.- 
540.  (e)  .leronie  commenting  on  Eph.  4  :  ."i.  aay,- 
"  We  are  thrice  dippol  in  water  that  the  mysterv  oi 
the  Trinity  may  appear  to  be  but  one,  and  therefore 
though  we  he  thrice  put  under  watpr  lo  rejireseiit 
the  mystery  of  the  Trinity,  yet  it  is  reputed  bui 
■one  baptism.'  Cbrystal's  History  of  the  Modes  ol 
Baptism,  72,  73.  .Jerome  understood  Paul's  '  one 
baptism"  to  be  Irhme.  (f )  M.-nnulus about  A.  It. 
256,  says:  "The  doctrine  of  our  holy  mother,  the 
Catholic  Church  has  always,  my  brethren,  been  with 
us,  and  doth  still  abide  with  us,  and  especially  the 
article  of  baptism,  and  the  trine  immersion  where- 
with it  is  celebrated,  our  Lord  having  said,  'Go  ye. 
and  baptize  the  Gentiles  in  the  name  of  the  Father 
and  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.,'  Work  .it 
Cyprian,  1.  p.  2U: 

These  distinguished  Greeks  of  the  third,  fourti>. 
and  fifih  centuries,  read  the  Greek  commission  in 
their  native  tongue  us  it  first  stood  in  the  sacred 
canon.  Thev  tell  us  it  requires  baptism  into  each 
name  of  the  Trinity.  If  my  friend  will  adduce  josi 
OIK  ancient  Greek,  who  ''ays  it  don't  teach  trine 
immemion,  I  will  give  up   the-e  six   witnes.sea    for 


THE    DEBATE 

Thi-  week  is  not  put  up  in  a  very  con 
veuieni  fi)riu.  This  is  caused  by  not  having 
suitable  paper  for  the  purpose,  hut  next  week 
and  after  that,  It  will  be  put  up  in  a  fomi 
i-onvenieul   for  jireserviiig. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Brmg   You  Good  Tidings  of  Ghent  Joy^  rokkh  Shall  he  to  All  People."  —  Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  December  19,  1878. 


No.  51. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITBD  AND  FUBLISBED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBOTORS: 

a.  H.  MILLER,        ------       LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STKLN,       ------       ITKWTONIA,  MO. 

D,  VANIilAN,         -------  VlBDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  KENTZF.K,        -      -      _      -      - WATNESBORO,  PA. 
HATTIE  A.  LEAK,        -----      DTtBANA,    ILL. 


MORNING    THOUaHTS. 

■\Vlien  tlie  mys  uf  moniiug  light 
Di'ive  away  the  slinik>3  of  uiglit, 
'Tis  an  emblom  uf  the  soul 
IVhen  it  yields  to  Ouist's  control. 

All  along  tho  henveiily  road 
While  we're  trnvelliiB  home  to  Goil, 
More  and  more  the  light  will  sbine, 
With  Its  niys  of  love  Divine. 

Xear  our  earthly  joxirnoy's  end, 
With  our  Savior  atill  uiir  frienil, 
E'en  the  vale  of  ileatli  will  he 
Lighted  up  when  liim  we  see. 

When  the  waves  of  Jordan's  tide 
'Neath his  rod  nnil  stiifF  divide. 
And  lie  bids  us  forwaixl  go, 
Leaving  all  tilings  here  helow. 

'I'rnating  in  liiin  as  before, 
Soon  we'll  reaeli  tlie  farther  shoi-p, 
.Soon  that  glorious  city  see 
Where  our  Lord  the  light  will  be. 

^ee  the  nations  that  are  saved 
Who  wer«  once  by  sin  enslaved. 
Clothed  ill  spotless  robes  of  white, 
Wnlklng  in  its  glorious  light; 

See  the  angels  round  the  throne, 
]}owtng  low  before  the  Son, 
Once  by  sinful  mortals  slain. 
Now  as  King  in  glory  reigu ; 

He<ir  the  rapturous  .shouts  and  ^ongs, 
Sounded  from  immortal  tongues; 
Join  to  iiraise  God's  wondrous  grace, 
See  our  Savior  face  to  face. 


BURY  THE  DEAD. 


rPHE  dead  are  for  iiiternieut,  not  for  exhibi- 
1  tion;  for  oblivion;  not  celebration.  To 
take  the  voice  withia  as  our  ultimate  monitor, 
is  not  Christian. 

Conscience  is  indeed  the  voice  of  God,  but  mu 
has  rendered  it  morbid  and  unreliable.  With- 
out an  objective  revelation  it  is  the  best  we  have, 
but  under  influences  which  lead  to  the  most 
direful  a'mses,  The  couscieiice  of  pagans  is 
Constitutionally  in  no  wise  different  from  ours, 
but  wrong  conceptions  of  the  supreme  power, 
of  sin  and  holiness,  engender  all  the  abomina- 
tions of  idolatry.  Nothing  is  so  easily  warped 
and  defiled  as  conscience  when  under  the  liush 
of  condemnation.  The  placation  of  the  offend 
cd  Power  is  the  supreme  concern  and  in  order 
to  do  this  there  IB  often  but  little  consultation 
with  reJ-\son.  In  this  respect  it  is  astonishing 
how  little  we  have  been  profited  by  the  Divine 
Incarnation.  Few  are  aware  how  much  of  self- 
atonement  lies  at  the  root  of  the  sin-revelation 
which  people  make  when  in  the  crucible  of  re- 
morse. Confession  of  sin,  as  such,  is  not  the 
necessary  outgrowth  of  the  genius  of  Christi- 
anity, Some  sins  mu'<t  neerls  be  confessed,  not 
because  of  sin,  but  beciiuse  of  the  peculiarities 
of  their  commission.  Matt.  3:  6,  espresies  not 
the  radical  idea  of  the  new  economy  but  tho 
force  of  conscieneo,  the  power  of  ihe  law  and 
tin-  blindness  of  reason  under  sin.  The  appre- 
hension of  the  Atonement  of  Emninnuel  under 
the  unhindered  tuition  of  (he  Holy  Ghost  would 
90  comptetclysutisfy  the  demands  of  coMBcience, 
that  all  feeling  of  necessily  or  desire  to  divulge 
secret  sins  would  vanish.  It  is  wrong  in  princi- 
ple, however  honest  in  pnrpose,  for  the  church 
to  takeadvantageof  ;tpoor  sinner's  hell-kind  led, 


siu-beivildered  conscience  and  deal  with  him  oi 
thfl  side  of  condemnation,  instead  of  sympatb 
and  encouragement.  The  feeling  of  satisfac- 
tion attending  the  publication  of  L'rime,  ( 
wrong  doing  is  oftener  than  otherwise  adetrai 
tion  from  the  satisfaction  of  the  sacrifice  of  the 
Cross.  A  higher  and  clearer  unfolding  of  the 
Divine  Character  as  manifested  in  the  flesh  will 
lift  the  conscience  into  a  purer,  more  luminous 
element,  and  give  repentance  and  reconciliation 
athoroughness  which  renews  our  pentonalttyin 
the  loftiest  type  of  nobility.  A  life  restored  in 
the  image  of  the  All- beautiful,  needs  no  rip- 
ping up  of  its  foul,  godless,  past,  sore  as  the  ne- 
cessity is  pressed  by  wrong  education  both  of 
sin  and  society. 

There  is  never  any  gain  to  the  individual,  the 
church  or  the  world  by  publishing  scandals, 
when  they  are  of  a  nature  which  have  outraged 
the  Divinely  established  public  social  order. 
The  idea  of  confessing  sin  to  our  fellows  simp- 
ly because  it  is  sin  should  be  forever  abandoned. 
Its  ground  elements  are  ignorance  and  unbelief 
begotten  by  sin.  Here  ia  a  momentous  truth 
for  the  prayerful  study  and  elaboration  of  the 
ministry  and  a.ssiduous  home  education  even 
from  the  cradle.  The  more  entirely  the  soul 
confines  itself  to  the  Cross  in  its  treatment  of 
its  own  sin,  and  deliveiance  from  it,  the  deejwi 
will  itentpr  unto  the  Christ-life  and  the  less  \\- 
able  to  forgot  its  lustration  and  "  draw  back  un 
to  perdition." 


THE    QUALIFICATIONS  OF  A 
BISHOP. 


IT  is  often  asked,  what  are  the  special  qualifi- 
cations for  a  bishop?  We  answer  there  are 
uosjjpf/tt/qualifications  for  the  office,  required 
in  the  Gospel,  but  an  excelling  in  the  qualifica- 
tion essential  to  «?/  Chi-istians.  The  idea  that 
the  qualifications  for  a  bishop  are  special,  has 
an  injurious  tendency.  It  ia  calculated  to  rock 
to  sleep  those  in  the  church  who  are  not  or- 
ihtiiied  to  that  important  office.  It  often  forms 
an  excuse  for  our  short-conifngs  or  lack  of  high 
Christian  attainment.  When  we  fail  to  find 
ourselves  fully  equipped  with  the  whole  armor 
of  God,  we  are  apt  to  think  and  even  say,  "  0 
well  it  don't  matter,  I  am  iio  elder  or  bishop, 
and  these  things  are  not  essential  for  me."  A 
bishop  is  not  to  have  more  than  one  wife,  neith- 
er should  any  one  else.  He  should  have  faith- 
ful children;  so  should  every  Christian.  He  is 
not  to  be  accused  {not  guilty)  of  riot.  No 
Christian  should.  Is  to  be  blameless  as  the 
steward  of  God.  Every  Christian  should  set 
his  mark  that  high.  Not  self-willed.  Where 
Christ's  Spirit  dwMls,  self-will  can't.  Not  soon 
angry.  Anger  rests  in  the  bosom  of  fools,  not 
in  the  Christian.  Not  given  to  wine  (German, 
iccin  saitfer,  drunkard).  It  is  impossible  for 
liny  one  to  be  a  Christian  and  a  drunkard. 

A  bishop  must  be  a  lover  of  hospitality  which 
is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  marks  of  a  true 
Christian  character.  Lover  of  good  men  is 
another.  Generally,  men  ni.iy  ho  known  by 
the  society  they  keep.  He  is  to  be  fobf r,  holy, 
just,  temperate,— all  essential  qualities  of  true 
Christian  character.  To  be  given  to  filthy  lucre, 
is  to  be  covetous,  which  is  idolatry.  More 
might  be  added,  but  we  think  the  above  is  suf- 
ficient to  prove  that  a  bishop  should  excel  in 
qualities  essential  to  true  Christianity;  and  no 
one  should  be  entrusted  with  that  sacred  func- 
tion unless  he  docs  thus  excel.  And  it  also 
proves  that  every  professed  Christian  should 
raise  his  standard  high  enough  to  attain  to  all 
the  qualifications  essentiiJ  for  a  bishop.  All 
should  regard  themselves  equally  respon*ible 
with  the  bishop.  By  so  doing  trouble  would 
be  saved  to  the  church  and  htr  light  would  be 
uiore  dnv.zling  and  ellective.  Union  in  the 
church  aud  convincing  power  over  the  uncon- 
verted, would  bo  the  result. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST 

Thanks-giving  day— An  Evening  Sermon— Our 
Lord's  day  Meetings— Another  Sister  Gone 
Home. 

(Fnioi  Oat  Sp«(^l  CuiraponJent.] 
NUMBER  XV, 

THURSDAY,  Nov.  28th.— Who  of  all  our 
readers  has  notlearned  that  the  last  Thurs- 
day in  November  of  each  year  is  set  apart  as  a 
special 

HAY   OF  THANKS-GIVING 

for  all  this  nation  ?  It  is  becoming  a  time-hon- 
ored custom  and  peculiar  to  our  American  peo- 
ple. It  bespeaks  indeed  a  God-fearing  and  God- 
honoring  nation.  The  occasion  of  "  Thanks- 
giving day  "  is  not  observed  universally  as  is 
intended  and  probably  much  dishonored  and 
desecrated,  yet  we  all  have  abundant  cause  for 
gratitude  that  alt  is  as  well  ils  it  is  throughout 
the  land,  and  that  the  rulers  of  the  nation  have 
so  much  honor  for  God  and  our  Savior,  in  their 
administration.  We  are  commanded  to  pray  for 
kings,  for  rulers,  and  all  that  have  authority 
over  us.  This  day  may  be  most  opportune  for 
puch  service,  as  it  should  be  expected  that  such 
subjects  of  prayer  would  most  likely  think  of 
God  on  a  day  publiclv  declared  as  "a  day  of 
fasting  and  prayer."  Dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
let  us  not  forget  this  duty — praying  for  the 
rulers  of  our  land.  We  ciiunot  go  to  war  and 
defend  them  when  they  call  "  To  arms;"  neith- 
er can  we,  in  the  light  of  the  New  Testament 
of  our  Lord,  vote  at  the  political  polls  to  put 
them  into  office;  but  we  can  [iraijfor  them,  and 
this  is  every  believer's  duty. 

We  have  not  known  the  Antietani  congrega- 
tion to  hold  meetings  statedly  on  Thanks-giv- 
ing Day,  but  think  it  would  be  in  place  to  do 
so  consistently,  however,  with  our  principle  of 
faith  in  separateness  from  the  world.  But 
hether  public  or  private,  let  every  day  be  a 
thanks-giving  to  God,  and  may  the  sweet  in- 
cense of  gratitude  never  die  on  the  altar  of  our 
hearts. 

AN  EVENINO    UEETIKH. 

At  evening,  pursuant  to  appointment,  a  sea- 
n  of  worship  was  held  in  our  town  meeting- 
house.    It  was  introduced  by  singing  that  good 
old  thankful  hymn,  the  iOUh: 

"  Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King, 

Your  God  and  King  adore; 
Mortals,  give  thanks  and  sing. 

And  triumph  ever  more; 
Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice: 
Rejoice,  again  I  say.  Iff  joke!" 
Brother  H.  R.  Holsinger,  formerly  of  the  Com- 
wi,  happening  to  be  in  town,   was  invited 
to  fill  the   appointment.      Brother  H.  opened 
the  meeting  with  llSth  hymn,   stating   that  he 
always  uses  the  hymn  as  introductory  when  he 
has  not  had  time  to   make   a  selection.      After 
prayers,  brother  H.  read  Rmii  S:  3-5,  dwelling 
particularly  upon  the  third  verse. 
We  deduced  the  following  points: 
I.    The  weakness  of  the  law, 
n.     The  strength  of  the  Gospel. 
III.    The   condemnation  of  sin,   and   power 
of  God  in  Christ- 
It  was  stated  that  the  law  referred  to  might 
be  the  moral  or  Mosaic  law,  but, in  his  judgment, 
had  reference  more  directly   to   the  civil  law  of 
the  land — that  it  can   punish,   but  fails  to  re- 
form transgressions.      God's  Gospel   law,   laid 
down  in  the  teachings  of  Christ,  aud  made  eifi- 
caciouB  by  "the  precious  blood  of  Christ,"  has 
ample  power  to  reach  the  lieart  and  conscience, 
and  change  tho  life.    Sin  must  he  brought   in- 
to subjection  through  repentance  and  obedience. 
Brother  Daniel   F.   StoutTer,   of  the   Beavor 
Creek  (itfd)  church,  following  with  an   applica- 
tion of  the  subject,  announced  the  383rd  hymn. 

IXinp'S  DAY  aERVrOES. 

Sunday,  Dtc.  1st —At  the  WeltySIcoting-liousi.- 
this  moi-ninij,  brother  Oiler  spoke  upon  Heb. 
2: 1.  The  suhjectof  "Taking  heed"  was  drawn 
from  the  te.it,  and   applied  to  all  the  believers. 


How  important  that  we  should  be  steadfast  in 
the  faith,  and  careful  lest  at  any  time  we  should 
let  "slip"  what  the  Master  intended  for  our  cre- 
dentials when  we  come  up  to  Heaven's  gate  at 
last.  Let  us  take  heed  unto  the  faith  we  have 
embraced,  for  there  is  indeed  such  a  thing  as 
having  a  "form  of  Godliness"  and  denying  the 
power.  If  we  seek  aud  possess  the  power  of 
Godliness  it  will  brine  us  into  all  the  doctrine 
and  order  of  the  Church  of  God.  As  many  as 
have  attained  to  this,  let  them  take  heed  that 
not  anything  be  left  slip,  for  the  righteous  only 
shall  enter  into  life  and  they  are  "  scarcely  sav- 
ed." 

Brother  Good  preached  nt  the  Snowherger 
meeting-house  to-day  from  the  words:  "  Seek  ye 
first  the  Kingdom."  Man  is  of  a  seeking  dis- 
position. In  the  state  of  nature  as  it  is  man 
seeks  the  wnrid,  and  worldly  objects.  But,  He 
who  died  for  the  redemption  of  all  men  would 
have  all  seek  and  find  the  Kingdom  of  God 
which  is  "  not  meat  and  drink,  but  righteous- 
ness, and  peace,  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost." 
He  would  have  all  do  this  first,  and  make  it 
paramount.  But  it  is  a  sad  thought,  and  a 
true  saying  that  many,  after  having  sought  the 
kingdom  of  God.  they  go  seeking  after  the  world 
again.  0  let  us  learn  wisdom, and  practice  that 
self-denial  which  the  Blessed  Master  has  re- 
quired of  all  His  disciples. 

At  our  town  meeting  to-night  brother  Snider 
discoursed  upon  Paul's  compliraentto Timothy: 
"  From  a  child  thou  hiist  known  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures." This  very  clearly  shows  that  Timothy 
was  reared  in  "  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord."  Paul  speaks  of  Timothy's  moth- 
i>r  and   grandmother.      What  a  lesson  to  all 

ithersaud  grandmothers!  How  many  of  you 
Clin  say  of  your  children:  From  childhood  you 
?  known  the  Holy  Scriptures.  Think  of  the 
duty  you  owe  to  your  children  to  instruct  them 

teachings  of  the  Holy  Bible.  Give  them  a 
Christian  education  at  home,  and  they  will  not 
der  far  away,  but  eariy  return  to  the  Shep- 
herd and  Bishop  of  souls. 

Sister  Susan  StouflTer,  consort  of  the  late 
Abraham  Stouffer,  of  Washington  Co.,  Md,  died 
last  night  at  the  house  of  her  daughter,  sister 
Sarah,  wife  of  brother  George  Boerner  of  this 
place.  Our  departed  sister  has  been  sutfering 
several  years  from  a  severe  attack  of  Paralysis. 
But  all  her  sufferings  are  ended,  and  she  has 
gone  to  rest  with  "them  that  sleep  in  Jesus." 
Yours  in  hope  of  n  crown  of  Lite. 

D,  B,  Mentzeu. 

iViii/nesboro,  Pa.  D.-r.  .'/h,  /W.'^. 


SEVEN    "WONDERS  OF    THE 
WORLD. 

The  seven  wonders  of  the  world  were,  1.  The 
Egyptian  pyramids.  The  largest  of  these  is 
feet  square  and  40t!  feet  high,  and  its  base 
covers  Hi  acres  of  ground.  2.  The  Mauso- 
leum, erected  to  Mausolus,  a  king  of  Curia,  by 
his  widow,  Artemisia.  It  was  63  feet  long  and 
35  feet  high.  3.  The  temple  of  Dianaat  Eph- 
esu!'.  This  was  i25  feet  in  length  and  22(1  feet 
n  breadth.  4.  The  walls  and  hanging  gar- 
donsoF  Babylon.  These  walls  are  stated  by 
Herodotus  to  have  been  ST  feet  thick,  3il0  feet 
high,  and  60  miles  in  length,  and  the  stjitement 
is  deemed  credible  by  modern  nutiqunrians,  5. 
The  Colossus  of  Rhodes,  This  was  a  bra/en 
statue  of  Apollo,  150  feet  in  height,  standing  at 
the  mouth  of  the  harbor  of  Rhodes.  G.  The 
statue  of  Jupiter  Olympus,  at  Athens,  which 
was  made  of  ivory  and  gold,  and  was  wonder^ 
fill  for  its  beauty  rather  than  for  its  size.  7. 
Tlie  Pharos  of  Ptolemy  Philadelphus,  This 
wiLS  a  light  house  .500  feet  higli,  on  the  island 
of  Pharos,  at  Alexandria,  in  Egypt.  A  fire  of 
wood  was  kept  burning  on  its  summit  during 
the_night  to  guide  ships  to  the  harbor.^.S'e/, 


MisL-hiels  come  by  the  ]}ound, 
by  the  ounce. 


ad  go  away 


THK    KKKTHHBiN"    AT    WOKIC. 


Deoembei'    19 


JKJVI-tATION    TO  YOUTH. 

/  lOME  youth  and  people  one  and  all, 
\J     And  hear  the  Lord  in  friendship  call, 
I  love  your  souls  extremely  dear, 
Therefore  incline  your  eari  fiud  hear. 

His  heart  is  of  groat  tpndi-rness, 

Hia^house  the-  blesspil  liousi;  of  pence, 

Hiasei-vftntssliiuiiia;  angels  are, 

Who  shall  attend  you  everywhere. 

He'll  clothe  you  with  his  pure  wrought  gold. 

And  all  his  wonders  you'll  behold, 

Vou  shall  appear  bright  as  the  morn. 

Fair  as  the  moon,  clear  aa  the  sun. 

Now  if  your  aouls  to  him  attach. 

Come  quickly  close  the  happy  match, 

While  looking  on  his  lovely  charms. 

Give  up  your  souls  into  his  arms. 

Thus  far  I've  strove  to  set  you  forth. 

My  love,  my  beauty  and  my  worth; 

It  now  remains  for  you  to  say, 

Come  answer  me  without  delay. 

And  if  you  truly  willing  be, 
To  follow  Jesus  come  with  me 
And  march  along  the  Gospel  road, 
It  is  the  only  way  to  God. 

Wby  then  if  I  to  this  agree, 
What  will  my  brave  companions  say? 
Tliis  world  will  sore  upon  me  frown, 
I  will  mow  my  flowry  honors  down. 

Besides  all  this  I  see  no  need. 
Why  I  to  Christ  should  thus  make  speed. 
Because  I  am  both  well  and  young. 
And  do  expect  my  life  is  long. 
Have  me  excused  a  few  years  more, 
Till  1  take  ei^e  in  earthly  store, 
And  then  I  will  with  this  comply. 
And  Hy  to  Jesus  by  oud  by. 
0  lovely  youth  don't  me  deny. 
Nor  put  me  oft'  for  by  and  by; 
Your  soul  and  body  both  may  lie, 
In  ruin  befofe  you  by  and  by.    ' 
The  Kedeamer's  call  is  to-day, 
'    Come  answer  me  without  delay. 
It  fills  my  heart  with  grief  and  woe. 
To  see  kind  Jesus  slighted  so. 

And  if  you  thus  put  oil'  the  Lord. 
He'll  whei  his  flaming,  glittering  sword. 
He'll  cut  you  down  and  lay  yon  low, 
In  shame  and  misery  and  woe. 

And  if  you  thus  his  grace  refuse, 
And  still  some  earthly  pleasure  choose. 
You  surely  will  be  left  behind, 
And  such  a  Savior  never  find. 

Selected  by  J.  Fi.oky. 


FEET-WASHING. 

BV  ^.  T,  HdS^F.RMAS. 

"  He  that  bath  my  commandments,  and  keep- 
etb  them,  he  it  is  that  loveth  me."  John  U:  21. 

THEKE  is  perhaps  no  Christian  l)o<ly 
in  the  known  world  but  Ifiy  full 
cliiim  to  the  truthfulness  of  the  Ril)le, 
and  assert  that  "  aU.  Scripture  is  given 
by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable 
for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
for  insti-uction  in  righteousness."  Paul 
in  using  this  ciuotation  did  not  mean  that 
Si^xtrt,  but  all  of  the  Scripture  was  prof- 
itable. Hence  the  faithful  observance 
of  all  the  commands  of  Jeaus  Christ,  is 
essential  to  obedience.  Though  the  means 
which  are  provided  are  simple  to  the 
minds  of  man,  it  is  a  corainand  of  God — 
a  boundary  set,  and  he  who  goes  beyond 
shall  not  go  free,  and  shall  be  held  in- 
dividually responsible  before  God.  Tlie 
way  of  salvation  is  so  clear,  the  high- 
way of  holiness  so  prominent  that  ill 
can  see,  and  a  "  wayfaring  man  though  a 
fool  shall  not  err  therein." 

The  Babel-like  confusion  in  which  the 
Christian  world  is  thrown  at  the  pres- 
enttime,  is  deplorable.  Agitation  every- 
where on  points  of  doctrine.  Some  dis- 
carding thiy,  while  othere  another  por- 
tion of  the  Word  of  God,  that  the  seek- 
er after  truth  who  is  looking  on,  becomes 
confused,  and  concludes  with  the  masses 
that  there  is  nothing  obligatory  in  the 
observance  of  the  commands  of  God 
and  drifts  into    atheism    and  infidelity. 


Paul  says,  "  God  is  faithful,  by  whom 
ye  were  called  unto  the  fellowship  of  his 
Son,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord;"  and  he 
further  enjoins  upon  us,  "  Now  I  be- 
seech you,  brethren,  by  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the 
same  thing,  and  that  there  be  do  divis- 
ions among  you;  but  that  ij-e  be  perfect- 
ly joined  together  in  the  same  mind,  and 
in  the  same  judgment."  1  Cor.  1:  10. 
The  beloved  apostle  made  this  appeal 
to  the  church  many  yeara  ago,  ere  there 
were  divisions  which  are  now  prevalent. 
He  did  not  make  this  charge  in  his  own 
name,  for  neither  man  nor  the  church 
was  responsible  to  him,  nor  could  he  re- 
ward for  obedience  or  punish  for  neglect. 
But  the  charge  was  made  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  because  it  is 
him  with  whom  we  have  to  do,  to  bim 
we  are  made  responsible.  He  will  han- 
dle us  as  his  justice  and  judgment  may 
dictate,  his  words  judge  us  at  the  great 
day.  Hence  the  importance  of  reason 
together  out  of  the  Scriptures  and 
uniting  upon  the  basis  of  the  Gospel. 
"With  God  all  things  are  possible,  doubt 
is  in  the  mind  of  man.  God  does  his 
part  to  perfection,  and  while  he  employs 
means  in  the  great  plan  of  salvation,  it 
rests,  upon  man  to  regard  those  means  as 
faith  put  into  practice,  and  then  when 
our  blessed  Master  commands  us  to  wash 
one  another's  feet,  we  can  see  the  propri- 
ety to  obey. 

Our  first  argument  to  establish  the 
command  of  Feet- washing  to  be  observ- 
ed as  an  ordinance  in  the  ehurch,  is  be- 
cause Jesus  Christ  has  said  so,  and  his 
command  is  superior  and  supreme.  "All 
power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven  and 
inearth."  Matt.  28:  18.,  And  actim 
under  this  authority,  he  manifested  his 
law  by  precept  and  example.  And  in 
this  ordinance  in  which  he  has  engaged 
himself,  in  order  to  show  our  love  to 
God  and  humility  to  one  another,  he 
gives  us  the  example  by  a  practical  il- 
lustration of  the  work  and'givesthepre-. 
cept  in  imperative  terms:"  If  I  then  your 
Lord  and  Master,  have  washed  your  feet: 
ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's 
feet." 

Ne-\t  it  demotes  a  cleansing,  not  of  the 
filth  of  the  flesh,  but  a  sjm-itual  cleans- 
ing, which  fact  is  firmly  established 
in  this,  "  He  that  is  washed,  needeth  not 
save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every 
whit:  and  ye  are  clean,  but  not  all," 
John  13:  H).  The  Savior's  words,"  he 
that  is  washed"  evidently  refers  to  our 
baptism,  which  denotes  a  washing,  a 
cleansing  from  sin,  as  the  following  will 
show,  Acts  '25:  1(5:  "And  now  why 
tarriest  thou?  Arise,  and  be  baptized, 
and  wash  away  thy  sins,  calling  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord."  "But  ye  are 
washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified,  but  ye  are 
justified  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus." 
1  Cor.Gill.  "Having  our  hearts  sprink- 
led from  au  evil  conscience,  and  our 
bodies  washed  with  pure  water.  Heb. 
10:22;  Peter  3:21.  Inasmuch  as  we 
ha/ve  been  washed,  Christ  now  says,  "  he 
that  is  washed  needeth  not  save  to  wash 
his  feet,"  to  further  cleanse  ua  and  to 
show  our  love  and  humbleness  to  our 
fellow -Christ)  an.  By  this  act  the  hum- 
ble follower  of  Jesus  is  reminded  of  his 
impurities,  hia  imperfections  and  un- 
worthiness,  and  by  this  act  of  obedience 
can  be  made  pure  again  and  qualified  to 
have  a  part  with  the  Lord  Jesus,  be- 
come better  qualitied  for  a  higher  and 
nobler  life,  and  free  from  sin,  stand  ready 
for  the  call  of  the  Master. 

Again,  for  the  violation  of  this  law 
there  is  a  penalty  attached,  and  hence  is 
made  obligatory.  Feet-washing  is  of 
great    antifpiity.      Aaron    and  his  sons, 


before  entering  into  the  tabet-nacle  of  the 
congregation,  had  to  undergo  a  cleans- 
ing, a  washing  to  qualify  them  for  the 
holy  work  assigned  them.  And  the  pen- 
alty attached  for  the  violation  of  that 
law,  was  death.  "  So  they  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their/tW,  that  they  die 
notJ'  Ex.  30:  21i  This  is  the  fii-st  wit- 
ness, and  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  three 
witnesses  every  word  shall  be  establish- 
ed. Now  for  the  second;  In  that  dark 
and  doleful  night  in  which  Jesus  was 
betrayed,  when  theysat  down  to  eat  that 
sacred  meal,  "  He  riseth  from  supper, 
and  laid  aside  his  garments;  and  took  a 
towel  and  girded  himself.  After  that, 
he  poureth  water  into  a  basin,  and  be- 
o-an  to  wash  his  disciples'  feet,  and  to 
wipe  them  with  the  towel  wherewith  he 
was  girded."  His  example,  as  he  was 
practically  exhibiting,  waste  wash  his 
disciples  feet.  Approaching  Peter,  he 
met  with  opposition  to  this  divine  law. 
Now  the  penalty  is  about  to  be  attached 
d  applied,  "  If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou 
hast  no  part  with  me."  Ah  the  penal- 
ty! No  part  with  my  Master  here  upon 
earth,  his  company  pleasant  and  his 
counsels  sweet.  No  part  with  Jesus;  no 
part  with  God, — Ah  this  cannot  l>e. 
"Lord,  not  my  feet  only,  but  also  my 
hands  and  iny  head." 

Now  the  third  witness.  The  law  gov 
erning  the  church,  in  the  receiving  of 
mdows  into  their  number,  was  upon  cer 
tain  qualifications  being  complied  with, 
and  one  was,  "  if  she  have  washed  the 
saint's  feet."  1  Tim.  5:  9,  10.  Thus 
we  have  three  witnesses  producing  the 
law  for  their  government  in  the  church. 
One  under  the  old  dinpensation  in  which 
they  were  to  wash  tln'ir  own  iWt.  One 
laid  down  by  Christ  himself  while  in 
the  flesh  in  which  they  were  commanded, 
to  wash  one  another's  feet.  And  the; 
last  in  the  apostolic  church.  In  each 
the  command  was  divine,  and  the  pen- 
alty for  the  violation  of  the  same  was 
separation  from  God  and  the  fellowship 
of  saints.     The  objections    against  this 


act  of    humility  ai'e 


various,     a  few  of 
which  we  might  notice.  i 

1.  That  it  was  a  sandy  country  and 
Christ  and  bis  apostles  wore  sandals, 
therefore  it  was  enly  necessary  to  re- 
move the  filth  from  the  feet.  In  the  first 
placetbe  objector  forgets  that  during  the 
betrayal,  trial  and  crucifixion  of  Jesus 
Christ,  the  institution  of  the  last  Sup- 
per, etc.— that  it  was  cold.  Mark  says, 
that  while  Peter  was  warming  himself, 
a  certain  maid  questioned  him  in  regard 
to  his  discipleship.  Luke  says,  "  And 
when  they  had  kindled  a  tire  in  the 
midst  of  the  hall,  and  was  sat  down  to- 
gether. Peter  sat  down  among  them. 
But  a  certain  maid  beheld  him  as  he  sat 
by  the  fire,  and  earnestly  looked  upon 
him,  and  said.  This  man  was  also  mth 
If  tliis  mark  was  for  the  literal 
cleansing  of  the  feet,  then  our  blessed 
Master  failed  to  perform  a  perfect  work, 
as  he  declares  after  washing  bis  disci- 
ples feet,"  "Yc  are  clean,  but  not  all,  for 
he  knew  who  should  betray  bim;  there- 
fore said  he.  Ye  are  not  all  clean." 

2.  That  this  command  is  not  bind- 
ing upon  the  followers  of  Christ.  The 
term  "  ought,"  is  binding  and  obligatory. 
Ought,  1st, To  be  under  obligation  to 
pay,  Wehsiei:  Hence  "ye  also  ought  to 
wash  one  another's  feet,"  is  obligatory 
upon  the  Christian  church  and  will  bi 
until  the  end  -f  time. 

3,  That  th^s  command  ceased  with 
the  apostles  and  was  not  practiced  be 
cause  they  say  nothing  about  it  on  that 
memorable  day  of  Pentecost,  (Acts  2), 
when  they  were  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Was  the  church   then    fii-st  or- 


ganized? If  so,  what  does  the  Savior 
mean  in  Matt.  18:  17.  "  If  he  shall 
neglect  to  hear  them,  tell  it  unto  the 
church."  Admitting,  then,  that  the 
church  was  organized  on  the  day  of  Pen- 
tecost, did  the  apostles  say  nothing  about 
Feet-washing?  Let  us  see,  "  For  Moses 
truly  said  with  the  fathers,  A  prophet 
shall  the  Lord  your  God  raise  up  unto 
you,  of  your  brethren,  like  unto  me; 
him  shall  ye  hear  in  all  things,  whatso- 
ever he  shall  say  unto  you.  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  every  soul  which  will 
not  hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroy- 
ed from  among  tbe  people."  Acts  3 :  22, 
3.  This  Prophet  was  Jesus  Christ,  and 
among  the  all  things  which  he  said  and 
commanded  was  Feet-washing,  and  hence 
is  obligatory  upon  us. 

4.  That  it  is  not  perpetuated  in  the 
church.  Jesus  Christ  in  commissioning 
his  disciples  said,  "  Go  ye  therefore  and 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost;  Teaching  them  to 
observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have 
commanded  you;  and  lo,  I  am  with  you 
alway,  even  nntotheend  of  the  world." 
Matt.  28:  19,  28.  Among  the  all  things, 
Feet-washing  was  acommjuid  and  per- 
petuated in  the  church,  and  by  the  ob- 
servance of  all  those  commands  we  have 
the  promise,  *'  lo  I  am  with  you  alway, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

Agaiu  the  language  of  Paul  in  regard 
to  the  qualifications  of  the  widow,  shows 
perpetuity.  It  was  in  practice  in  the 
church  then,  also  why  would  it  have 
been  required  of  her?  Hence  we  con- 
clude that  Feet-washing  was  command- 
ed, that  it  is  bindirg  and  obligatory  up- 
on the  Christian  for  observance,  and 
that  it  is  perpetuated  and  that  God  will 
require  it  of,  his  people  until  the  end  of 
time.  One  more  thought,  and  then  we 
are  done.  Paul  exhorts  us  to  "  run  with 
patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  ua, 
looking  unto  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Fin- 
isher of  our  faith."  Heb.  12;  1,  2.  Je- 
sus is  acknowledged,  by  the  Christian 
world,  as  being  the -IwMor  of  their  faith, 
but  how  many  do  not  accept  bim  as  the 
Finisher  of  their  faith.  Jesus  com- 
mands Feet-washing  and  other  ordi- 
nances to  be  practiced  in  the  public  as- 
sembly of  the  the  saints.  We  have  faith, 
we  believe  this.  But  man  says  they  are 
not  essential  to  salvation.  Hence  we 
discard  them  and  hold  Jesus  as  the  Au- 
thor of  our  faith,  but  make  man  the 
finisherof  ourfaith.  Thus  condemnation 
rests  upon  us. 

In  conclusion,  let  me  appeal  to  you, 
kind  reader,  to  take  Jesus  at  his  word. 
Whatever  he  says,  will  you  not  heark- 
en and  obey?  May  you  be  enabled  to 
trust  him  at  all  times;  obey  him  in  all 
his  commands.  May  you  ever  show 
your  faith  by  your  works,  remembering 
that  works  is  but  "faith  put  into  prac- 
tice." Then  when  our  blessed  Master 
comes  to  collect  his  jewels  home,  you 
may  be  found  among  the  faithfld  of  God. 


POWER  OF  GOD. 


I)V    (lEJHUE  WORST. 


"  I'or  I  am  not  ashamed  of  Uie  Gospel  of 
Christ:  for  it  is  the  power  of  God  unto  salva- 
tion to  every  one  that  helieveth;  to  the  Jew 
first  and  also  to  the  Greek."     Rom.  1 :  16 

THIS  is  the  language  of  Paul,  written 
from  Corinth  and  sent  by  Phebe, 
a  servant  of  the  church  at  Cencbrea;  for 
the  benefit  of  the  believers  at  Rome, 
one  of  the  churches  established  by  Paul; 
no  doubt  wishing  to  strengthen  them  in 
the  faith;  says  "lam  ready  to  preach 
to  you  the  Gospel  that  are  at  Home;  for 
1    am    not  ashamed    of    the    Gospel   of 


December    19 


'rt±Jd:    Bi-iJHJXHl^EiST    ^VT    "WORK:. 


Chi'i-it;  for  it  is  tbe  power  of  GotI  unro 
salvation."  We  are  sometimes  charged 
vnth  having  the  form  of  godliness,  but 
denying  the  power  thereof.  Such  charges 
we  deny.  Noise  does  not  always  signi- 
fy power.  The  power  of  God  is  what 
we  %vi3h  to  look  at  more  particularly  in 
this  article.  The  power  of  God  is  dem- 
onsti'ated  to  us  in  many  ways,  to  teach 
us  the  greatness  of  God,  and  by  compar- 
ison showing  the  smallneas  of  oui-aelves. 
Man  is  full  of  self-esteem  and  thinks 
he  can  do  wonders,  and  in  fact  by  his 
ingenuity  can  accomplish  things  that 
look  remarkable  in  our  eyes;  but  when 
we  try  to  compare  it  with  the  power  of 
God,  we  soon  get  lost  and  bewildered  iu 
amazement,  must  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  we  are  as  nothing  compared  to  God 
with  all  our  combined  power  and  wis- 
dom. 

The  Savior  said,  in  Matt.  28:  18'., 
"  All  power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven 
and  in  earth;  go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  teaching  them  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you,  and  I  am  with  you  unto  the  end  of 
time."  Having  such  promises  from  such 
a  source,  we  need  not  fear  to  enlist  un- 
der the  banner  of  King  Jesus;  go  forth 
with  the  little  power  we  have;  by  the 
aid  of  the  power  of  Jesus,  we  can  do 
the  necessary  work  to  be  accomplished; 
so  Jesus  will  be  satisfied,  God  be  hon- 
ored and  glorified,  and  we  saved. 

Again,  we  can  see  a  demonstration  of 
the  power  of  God,  through  Jesns  Christ 
when  his  body  was  weakened  by  fasting, 
when  the  devil  said,  "  Command  that 
this  stone  be  made  bread."  How  wisely 
the  answer  was,  ,"  man  liveth  not  by 
bread  alone,  bat  by  every  wi5rd  that 
proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God." 
Thedevil  not  succeeding  in  this  attempt, 
tries  another,  taketh  him  up  on  the 
mountain,  shows  him  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  world  and  their  glory,  "  now  if 
thou  wilt  fall  down  and  worship  me,  all 
this  shall  be  thine."  But  thanks  be  to 
God,  the  answerwas,  "  It  is  written,  thou 
shalt  worship  the  Lord  thy  God  and  him 
.  only  shalt  thou  serve."  God  also  is  wor- 
thy of  all  praise  and  adoration  from  the 
intelligences  of  heaven  and  earth;  for  if 
his. Son  Jesus  Christ  had  been  overcome 
on  the  mountain  of  temptation,  our  sal- 
vation would  have  been  sealed.  Now  by 
the  power  of  God  through  Jesus  Christ, 
the  devil  was  overcome  and  silenced,  by 
that  means  the  door  of  our  salvation 
stands  open,  and  an  invitation  with  it 
for  us  to  enter  and  work  for  the  Lord 
and  the  promise  of  everlasting  life  to 
be  the  pay  for-  the  labor  performed  in 
the  vineyard. 

Now  dear  reader,  have  you  confidence 
in  God  that  he  is  able  or  has  the  pow 
er  to  give  what  he  has  promised,' and  do 
you  desire  to  have  everlasting  "life?  If 
so,  then  enter  the  fold  and  go  to  work, 
You  can  do  nothing  outside;  the  harvest 
is  great  and  the  laborers  scarce.  More 
are  wanted,  and  such  as  will  earnestly 
contend  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints,  and  stand'  ready  to  give  bat- 
tle to  all  ismsandschismswithin  or  with- 
out. With  the  power  of  God's  Word  and 
the  aid  of  his  Spirit,  we  can  come  out 
more  than  conquerors  through  him  that 
loved  us;  we  need  not  doubt  the  sacred 
Word  of  Truth  which  was  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God,  in  which  there  are  so 
many  demonstrations  of  his  powei',  such 
as  healing  the  sick.  Olrhow  many  xBas- 
es were  brought  to  him,  and  he  never 
failed  in  a  single  instance;  so  that  the 
people  were  amazed  and  said,  "  we  have 
never  saw  it  on  this  fashion,"  cleansing 
the  lepers,  the  ujost  stubborn  cases  had 
to  yield;  casting  out  devils,  they  had  to 


obey,  and  an  instance  is  given  whei'e 
even  the  evil  spirit  exclaimed,  "  I  know 
thee  who  thou  art,  the  holy  onp  of  God," 
and  raising  the  dead  when  he  touched 
the  bier  the  young  man  arose,  and  at 
the  grave  of  Lazarus,  he  was  heard  to 
say,  "  Father  I  know  that  thou  always 
heareth  me,  but  because  of  the  people,  I 
said  this,  that  they  may  believe  thou 
hast  sent  me."  John  11:  42.  Then  in 
the  -iSrd  vei'se,  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
"  Lazarus,  come  forth,"  and  he  was  obey- 
ed,— the  dead  coming  forth  bound  hand 
and  foot  with  grave  clothes.  This  was 
all  done  to  demonstrate  the  power  of 
God  to  the  people.  After  hearing  and 
seeing  this  exhibition  of  power,  the 
wicked  priests  and  Pharisees,  called  a 
council  to  kill  him.  Is  it  not  remarka- 
ble? We  need  not  wonder  so  much  at 
the  wickedness  of  our  day;  but  let  me 
assure  you,  friendly  reader,  you  ■will  not 
go  unpunished  for  your  wicked  deeds. 
Judgment  is  deferred  unto  a  future  day 
when  no  wrong  will  go  unpunished;  for 
the  Lord  said  by  the  apostle,  "  So  then 
every  one  of  us  shall  give  account  of 
himself  to  God."  Rom.  14:12.  '*  For 
every  man  shall  bear  iiis  OM'n  burden." 
Gal.  6:  5. 

Now  taking  these  evidences  with  the 
many  more  that  might  be  adduced  to 
show  us  the  great  power  of  God  and  the 
wickedness  of  men,  that  if  Jesus  had 
exercised  his  power  upon  those  wicked 
Jews,  they  would  have  been  as  chaff  be 
fore  the  wind,  and  because  he  did  not 
exercise  his  power,  is  no  evidence  that 
he  did  not  possess  it.  Through  the  light 
of  the  Gospel  we  can  see  a  fearful  future 
for  the  wicked,  for  those  who  live  in 
open  rebellion  to  God,  and  also  those 
that  neglect  their  salvation.  Paul  says, 
"  as  I  live  saith  the  Lord,  every  knee 
shall  bow  to  me,  and  every  tongue  con 
fess  to  God."  Rom.  14;  H.  We  need 
not  expect  to  hide  ourselves  behind  our 
sins;  for  God  has  eyes  like  a  flame  of 
fire,  at  one  glance  can  behold  the  whole 
universe, — the  heavens  and  the  earth 
and  all  therein  and  theie:)n.  So  the 
best  advice  we  know  to  give,  is  to  pre- 
sent our  bodies,  "  a  living  sacrifice,  holy 
and  acceptable,  which  is  our  reasonable 
service,  and  not  be  so  much  conformed 
to  this  world,  but  be  transformed  by  the 
renewing  of  your  mind,  and  prove  that 
acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God." 
Then  when  we  come  to  judgment,  we 
^.in  come  with  some  degree  of  boldness, 
knowing  that  the  power  of  God  will  not 
be  exercised  over  us  in  theshape  of  pun 
ishment;  but  will  hear  him  say  to  us, 
"  Come  up  ye  blessed,  inherit  the  king- 
dom prepared  for  you  from  the  founda- 
tion of  the  world." 

"  Oh  the  depths  of  the  riches  both  of 
the  wisdom  and  knowledge  of  God,  how 
unsearchable  are  his  judgments,  and  his 
ways  past  finding  out;  for  who  hath 
known  the  mind  of  the  Lord  or  who 
hath  been  his  eounselorf"  Rom.  1 1 ;  33, 
34. 


WHAT  IS  THE  DIFFERENCE? 


TTTHAT  is-  the  diflerence  whether 
'  •  niothef  at'ranges  the  dishes  on 
the  table  and  places  eatables  in  proper 
order,  or  whether  little  Mary  does  it, 
provided  Mary  does  not  have  things 
(juite  so  nicely  arranged  as  mother  does? 
What  is  the  difference  if  little  Mary  did 
set  the  jelly  at  one  corner  of  the  table? 
Is  it  any  the  less  jelly?  Does  it  lose  any 
of  its  delicious  flavor  because  mother  did 
not  place  it  on  ihe  table?  Does  the 
bread,  the  meat,  the  potatoes  lose  their 
life- sustaining  properties,  simply  because 


little  M.iry  placed  them  before  you,  and 
not  mother,' although  the  child  has  tax 
ed  her  physical  and  mental  powers  to 
theii'  utmost  capacity  to  do  it  aj  near  as 
mother  can  ?  But  because  there  has  not 
been  a  more  experienced  hand  engaged 
in  the  arrangi^ment  of  matters,  we  will 
not  go  to  the  table  to  partake,  although 
we  be  starving.  "Ah,"  says  one,  "  this 
is  foolishness."  Well  may  be  it  is;  God 
chose  the  foolish  things  of  the  world  to 
confound  the  wise.  AVhat  is  the  differ 
ence,  viewed  from  another  stand-point? 
What  is  the  difference  whether  Paul 
preaches  or  some  one  else  less  experienc 
ed,  so  he  tell  the  truth?  "Ah,  there  is 
a  great  deal  of  difference;  when  I  go  to 
meeting  I  want  to  be  told  something 
that  I  do  not  know  myself;  if  I  cannot 
learn  something  that  I  do  not  know,  I 
would  rather  stay  at  home  and  read  my 
Bible."  Yes,  sad  truth,  very  little 
Bible  gets  read  the  day  we  stay  at  home 
because  our  favorite  preacher  is  not  go- 
ing to  preach.  Likely  we  spend  a  part 
of  the  day  looking  over  the  news  of  the 
week,  and  then  we  are  tired  and  we  must 
have  a  little  rest;  and  we  lie  down  and 
take  a  sleep ;  and  thus  we  spend  the  day 
and  the  Lord  is  cheated  out  of  the  day's 
labor  that  we  owe  to  him;  and  our  soul; 
are  cheated  out  of  the  rich  blessings  that 
God  wanted  to  give;  and  Satan  has  gain- 
ed the  victory  over  us,  and  night  finds 
us  farther  away  from  God  than  we  were 
iu  the  morning;  all  because  little  Mary 
set  the  table. 

Does  the  Gospel  lo'fe  its  life-giving 
power  simply  because  our  bishops  or 
some  other  very  talented  brother  does 
not  hand  it  out  to  us?  Does  truth  be- 
come less  true  because  some  young  or 
old  brother  tells  it  to  us  in  a  simple  way  ? 
Perhaps  he  has  taxed  all  of  his  mental 
and  physical  powers  to  make  his  dis- 
course as  edifying  as  he  could,  and  teach- 
es some  good  lessons,  if  we  would  be 
taught,  but  because  little  Mary  set  the 
table,  we  will  not  eat.  Is  not  this  true? 
I  speak  to  our  shame. 

I  sometimes  hear  brethren  and  sisters 
say,  "  well  if  there  is  no  one  going 
be  at  •meeting  to  preach  to-day  but 
brother  B.,  I  am  not  going."  How  wrong 
this  is:  Fii-st.  Our  minds  are  not  spirit- 
ual. Second.  AVe  set  a  bad  example 
to  our  family  and  neighboi-s.  Third. 
Our  influence  over  the  young  members 
is  not  good.  Fourth.  It  is  discourag- 
ing to  the  minister;  it  dampens  his  zeal, 
he  becomes  disheartened  and  in  a  meas- 
ure destroys  his  usefulness  in  the  chui'ch ; 
and  last,  but  not  least,  we  by  so  doing, 
become  a  hindrance  to  the  progress  of 
the  cause  of  Christ.  O,  God  give  us  all 
more  charity,  more  zeal,  more  faith, — 
in  short,  more  spiritual  life. 


TO    PARENTS, 


liV.).  r.  XEHEIl. 


t-hililreu,  as  yiiu  will  see  by  reading 
Deuc,  (J:-36.  "  And  when  thy  son  ask- 
eth  thee  in  time  to  come,  saying  what 
mean  the  testimonies  and  the  statutes, 
and  the  judgment  which  the  Lord  ,  our 
God  hath  commanded  vou,  then  thou 
shalt  say  unto  thy  son,  we  were  Phara- 
oh's bondmen  in  Egypt,  and  the  Lord 
brought  us  ouc  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty 
hand.  And  the  Lord  showed  signs  and 
wonders,  great  and  sore,  upon  Egypt, 
upon  Pharaoh  and  upon  all  his  house,, 
before  our  eyes;  and  he  brought  us  out 
from  thence  that  he  might  bring  us  in, 
to  give  us  the  land  M'hich  he  sware  un-' 
to  our  father.  And  the  Lord  command- 
ed us  to  do  all  those  statutes,  to  fear  the 
Lord  our  God  for  our  good  always,  that 
he  might  preserve  me  alive,  as  it  is  at 
this  day.  And  itshall  be  our  rigliteous- 
ness,  if  we  observe  to  do  all  these  com- 
mandments before  the  Lord  our  God  as 
he  he  hath  commanded  us."  The  7th 
verse  reads,  "  And  thoushalt  teach  them 
diligently  to  thy  chUdren,  and  shalt 
talk  to  them  when  thou  sittest  in  thine 
house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the 
way,  and  when  thou  liest  down,  and 
when  thou  risest  up." 

If  it  was  necessary  for  the  children  of 
Israel,  so  strictly  to  teach  their  offspring, 
with  regard  to  their  deliverance,  which 
was  only  of  a  temporal  nature,  which 
was  only  a  salvation  of  their  physical 
bodies.  How  much  more  shall  we  who 
have  been  delivered  from  spiritual  bon- 
dage, who  have  salvation  by  grace,  in- 
struct our  children.  All  were  in  bon- 
dage to  sin,  in  consequence  of  Adam's 
transgression,  but  God  sent  his  Son  to 
redeem  us.  "  He  tasted  death  for  every 
man."  "  We  were  not  redeemed  with 
corruptible  things,  such  as  silver  and 
gold,  but  with  the  precious  blood  of 
Christ." 

Parents,  do  you  diligently  teach  your 
tihildren,  concerning  our  great  deliver- 
ance? When  you  sit  with  them  in  your 
house,  is  your  conversation  about  our 
redemption?  Do  you  entertain  them  up- 
on the  subject  of  the  "great  salvation," 
when  you  are  traveling  with  them  by 
the  way:  in  the  evening  is  it  the  last 
thought  impressed  when  lying  down  to 
rest?  Is  the  first  subject  introduced,  on 
rising  in  the  morning,  of  Jesus  and.  his 
dying  love?  If  so,  you  may  feel  iissur- 
ed  that  you  are  bringing  up  your  chil- 
dren in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of 
the  Lord. 


THE    DOUBT  OF  A  LADY. 


"  Bring  up  your  childre 

a<liiionitiou  of  the  Lord." 


,  in  the  nurture 
Eph.  «:  4. 

"VrOW,  as  the  Mosaic  dispensation  was 
-'-'  a  type  of  the  Christian  dispen.na- 
tion,  and  is  similar  in  many  instances, 
therefore  %ve  will  notice  the  instruction 
given  by  God  through  Moses,  with  re- 
gard to  how  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
teach  and  instruct  their  children. 

After  they  were  in  bondage,  and  op- 
pressed a  long  time,  God  sent  them  a  de- 
liverer, who  after  showing  many, 
many  signs  and  wonders,  Itrought  them 
out  and  liberated  them  from  their  op- 
pression. Now  in  consequence  of  their 
deliverance  there  were  commands  and 
ordinances  given  them  to  observe 
throughout  their  generation,  and  they 
were  to  teach  them  diligently    to    their 


ti  "DROTHER  Pomeroy,  do  you  think 
'-'     it  is  hurtful  for  me  to  read    the 
Jjedyer  and  such  kind  of  papers?" 

"My  friend,  that  depends  much  on 
your  moral  condition.  They  say  crows 
can  eat  carrion  and  thrive  on  it,  while  it 
would  kill  some  birds.  Some  ministers 
are  not  hurt  by  going  to  horse-racing, 
theatres,  various  shows,  and  becoming 
Freemasons,  etc.;  while  others  say  their 
conscience,  theAVord  and  Spirit  of  God, 
require  them  to  abandon  all  such  asso- 
ciation. It  is  the  pure  spirits  who  get 
hurt  with  badness.  And  if  1  am  to 
judge  of  your  moral  state  by  the  folly 
hanging  on  to  your  apparel,  I  doubt  if 
a  dozen  Le<hjei-s  would  hurt  you.  It  is 
probable  that  you  are  unhurtable  by 
such  things." — Bible  lianner. 


There  is  a  sanctity  in  suffering  when 
meekly  borne.  Our  duty,  though  set 
about  by  thorns,  may  still  be  made  a 
staff,  supporting  even  while  it  tortures. 
Cast  it  away,  and  like  the  prophet's 
wand,  it  changes  to  a  snake. 


Ti-JK    liiKBTHKEjST    A.T    "W^OliK. 


December    1£ 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

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connecled  wilh  iho  of- 


At  Newtonia,  Mo.,  where  the'  debate  was 
held  last  Spriug,  five  hBwe  been  latelj  added  to 
the  church.  Two  of  theui  weri'  from  the  Cauip- 
bellites.  luid  oue  from  the  Baptists.  Truth  will 
eland  the  test. 


The  ground  ia  now  covered  with  snow,  and 
the  weiither  quite  cold,  Wiuters  here  nre  not 
HO  diaiigreeable  as  some  might  i-uppose,  ns  Ihe 
cold  weather  ia  generally  steady  and  oue  soon 
gets  used  to  it. 


UOO&E  ti  ESHELUAK, 

Lanark,  Can^n  Co.,Ill' 


DSC£MB&B13,IS78 


The  first  book  printed,  after  the  invention  of 
printing,  was  the  Bible.  If  printing  weie 
un  invention  of  the  devil,  does  it  look  reasona- 
ble that  he  would  have  printed  the  Bible  the 
very  tir?t  thisg? 


OxE  of  our  agents  says:  "I  have  succeeded  in 
obtaining  ninett-en  subscribers  for  the  Breth- 
ren AT  Wor£,  commeDcing  with  the  1st  of  Jan. 
1S79,  and  f  xpiring  with  Jan.  Ist,  1S80.  Enclos- 
ed please  find  §97.00  for  which  send  the  pafer 
as  airected  below.  I  tiend  five  new  names,  this 
makes  up  for  five  others  who  have  withdrawn, 
[lying,  money  is  too  scarce  with  them.  But 
/hen  the  money  is  spent  for  tobacco  there  is 
ot  a  word  said  about  its  scarcity.  But  worst 
of  all  is,  that  Brethren  are  so  inconsistent,  even 
officers  of  the  church." 


It  is   said  that  there  are  fifteen   counties  ii 
Missouri  that  do  not  contain  a  saloon. 


The  address  of  brother  S.  Z.  Sharp  is  now 
changed  from  Maiyville,  Teun,,  to  Ashland,  0. 

Brother  M.  T.  Bner,  of  Mich.,  has  moved  to 
Kansas.  His  address  is  Mapleton,  Boiuhon 
Co.,  Kan.         

Iv  people  were  as  keen  for  the  truth  as  they 
are  for  riches,  the  world  would  be  a  good  deal 
better  off. 

A  Caii1'BKI,i,ite  elder  has  lately  been  baptiz- 
ed and  received  into  the  Brethren  church  in 
California. „_,^,^_^_ 

"  Ei^EEiKi.  Robinson,  lately  deceased,  the  old- 
est nreacher  in  Maine,  had  read  the  Bible 
through  IGC  times." 

REMEunEK,  that  all  who  send  us  eight  names 
for  the  Brethken  AT  Work  and  $12.00,mll 
receive  an  additional  copy  free. 

Severa  l  membera  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony 
have  been  to  Norton  Co.,  Kan.,  and  taken  up 
their  claims  for  early  settlement. 


The  word  "  last "  should  have  been  "  best " 
in  the  first  line,  in  the  first  item,  in  the  third 
Volumn,  on  page  five  of  last  issne. 


Bro.  Lii-hr  held  a  series  of  meetings  at  Cher- 
ry Giove  last  week.  Large  congregations  and 
goijd  attention.     Two  were  baptized. 

Bno.  J.  M.  Snyder,  of  Grundy  Centre,  Iowa, 

gave  us  a  call  on  the  8th,  and  preached  one  ser- 
mon in  the  Brethren's  house  in  town. 

Bbo.  Daniel  Vaniman  started  on  a  preaching 
tour,  Nov.  27tb,  intending  to  visit  the  church- 
es in  Adams  and  Pike  counties,  Illinois. 

That  Delaware  church,  which  has  lately  pur- 
cha.sed  187  spittoons,  would  be  a  better  light  to 
the  world  if  it  were  composed  of  converted 
members.  _ 

Bro.  a.  J.  Hixon,  of  Highland,  Ohio,  i 
have  a  public  discussion  with  Mr.  H.  H,  Witter. 
Of  the  time  and  subjects  we  have  not  yet  been 
informed.  _ 

Men  who  oiagnify  mole  hills  into  mount; 
are  also  in  the  habit  of  reducing  mountains  to 
mole  hills.    They  can  turn  the  spy-glass  to  suit 
the  occa.sion. 

SouE  of  the  Cnmphellite  churches  in  England 
are  getting  rather  fast.  In  order  to  econoi 
time,  they  give  thanks  for  the  bread  and  the  cup 
at  the  same  time, 


"  So  great  has  been  the  power  of  moral  teach- 
ing in  Wales,  that  in  some  sections  the  jails 
have  been  abolished  as  useless  '  institutions. 
This  ia  the  country  in  whose  Imignage  not  an 
infidel  book  has  ever  been  printed," 


pEACEyAKBRS  are  those  .who  labor  for  peace, 
and  work  to  avoid  difficulties.  Men  and  wo- 
men who  try  to  stir  up  strife,  are  not  peacemak- 
-they  are  strife  makere,  and  therefore  have 
no  promise  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 


We  are  in  receipt  of  along,  but  interesting 
letter  from  Bro.  D.  C.  Moomaw,   giving  an  ac- 
count of  bis  trip  by  sea,  to  New  York  city,  and 
what  lie  saw  and  heard  Ihere.     The  article  will 
commenced  in  No.  1  of  next  volume. 


As  the  world  and   the  fuhiess  thereof  is  the 
Lord's,  it  is  evident  that  he  has  plenty  of  means 
for  the  spreading  of  the  Truth.     But  as  long 
this  means  remains   in  the  hands  of  those  who 

II  not  use  any  of  it  in  spreading  the  Gospel, 
the  cause  will  have  to  suffer. 


Oi'R  readers  express  themselves  as  highly 
pleased  wth  the  weekly  supplement,  as  it  gives 
them  more  reading  matter.  We  are  gratified 
in  knowing  that  they  appreciate  our  etlbrts  in 
trying  to  give  them  a  good  paper,  and  in  turn 
hoi*  t^i^y  ■*"'!  ^0  their  utmost  to  eularge  our 
list. 


The  man  who  makes  the  "faith  principle" 
his  reliance  in  conducting  bis  business,  is : 
ply  asking  God  to  set  aside  the  conditions  which 
he  himself  has  ordained  for  the  development  of 
character.  Nobody  doubts  that  God  can  do 
them;  but  it  is  not  reasonable  to  suppose  thathe 
will.  ___^_^_ 

The  publishers  of  the  Sinulny  School  77, 
have  favored   us  with  a  copy  of  the  Srhoti 
pH(ir/tT?y,  a  neatly  printed  pamphlet  of  40  pages, 
and  published  quarterly  in  the  interest  of  Bible 
study.     It  contains  much  valuable  instruction 
to  teachers  and  others. 


We  are  thankful  to  our  agents  for  the  neat 
and  buainess-like  manner  in  which  they  send  in 
the  names  of  subscribers.  It  enables  us  to  do 
our  work  better  in  the  business  department,  and 
avoid  nianj-  mistakes  from  which  misunder- 
itandingf  generally  arise.  By  following  in- 
itructions,  you  assist  us  greatly  in  the  work  of 
getting  the  names  properly  spelled  and  assigned. 
It  is  encouraging  to  get  a  heat  prospectus  filled 
with  names  all  plainly  written. 


There  are  two  classes  of  persons  who  irill 
have  to  sufier  pretty  severely  in  the  world  to 
come,  One  is  the  rich  preacher,  who  is  abund- 
antly able  to  spend  much  time  and  means 
preaching  the  Go«pel,  but  will  not  doit,  prefer- 
ring to  lay  up  treasures  on  earth.  The  other  is 
the  rich  member,  who  cannot  preach,  yet  has 
plenty  to  help  some  poor  minister  to  save  souls, 
and  refuses  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  advance 
the  Lord's  work. 


The  Scriptures  should  not  be  read  in  our 
public  assemblies  tor  mere  form,  but  to  edify 
and  to  instruct.  Theyshonld  he  read  in  a  plain, 
simple  manner,  so  as  not  to  yield  any  part  of 
tbe  meaning,  but  to  give  life  and  expression  to 
alt  that  they  teach.  To  read  in  a  professional 
style,  an  inflated  style,  or  in  a  trifling  manner, 
can  do  no  one  any  good;  but  to  read,  feeling 
that  it  is  the  voice  of  God  to  men,  that  the 
words  have  in  them  life  and  power,  is  to  send 
home  to  the  heart,  the  seeds  of  truth  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  insure  their  growth  and  proper 
development. 


W^ 


We  would  suggest  that  every  minister  put  in 
a  few  weeks  this  Winter,  holding  a  s-irii 
meetings.  You  do  not  need  to  wait  for  foreign 
help,  but  let  the  home  ministers  go  to  work 
wherever  they  see  a  good  opening,  and  ask  the 
Lord  to  bless  the  work. 

Brother  Bashor  closed  his  meetings  at  Ma- 
ple Grove,  Ohio;  with  five  additions  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism.  The  meeting  closed  with  a 
Love-feast,  at  which  106  communed,  reminding 
those  present  of  the  grand  feast  in  the  coming 
kingdom.  Bro.  B.  is  now  holding  meeting  in 
the  Mohican  church,  Wayne  county. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

E  had  thought  of  printing  fifty-two  num- 
bers this  year,  but  the  time  is  short,  and 
our  hands  would  like  to  have  a  few  days'  rest. 
They  have  been  working  hard,  and  faithful, 
from  early  morn  till  late  in  the  evening,  and 
sometimes  after  night,  and  we  conclude  to  let 
them  rest  ii  few  days. 

The  next  number  will  be  dated  January  2, 
1S79,  and  will  be  mailed  in  time  to  reach  the 
subscribers  by  New  Year's  day. 

Those  who  have  not  yet  renewed  will  please 
seud  in  their  names  immediately,  and  as  many 
more  as  they  can  get.  The  next  number  will  be 
sent  to  all  of  our  subscribers,  both  old  and  new. 
After  that  only  to  flio.^;e  who  renew. 


we  have  e.xamined,  we  find  the  word  lU  italics, 
hich  we  ham  are  uscd  to  designate  the  words 
supplied  by  the  translators.  This  work  being 
only  hiiiiitin,  may  we  not  fear  that  more  were 
supplied  than  should  have  been?  Or.  may  we 
not  think  that  the  right  one  was  not  always 
put?  Our  understanding  of  it  is,  that  it  was 
not  the  washing  that  each  one  needed  so  much, 
as  the  doing  of  it.  True,  Peter  needed  Jesus  to 
wash  him,  but  it  Wius  the  example  that  lie  and 
they  all  needed,  more  than  the  water,  and  that 
Jesus  gave  to  each  and  to  all,  that  iheij  should 
DO  03  he  had  done.  Feet-washing  was  hfre  done 
not  because  feet  needed  washing,  but  because 
the  Apostles  needed  an  example  to  show  them 
that  Christians  should  wash  one  another's  feet. 

THE  yVSSWER, 

The  word  "Ais"  in  John  13:  10,  is  unwar- 
ranted by  .the  original.  The  Greek  is  "Ions 
poilas,"  1.  e.,  "  Ihe  feet."  J,  W.  Stein. 


The  Ihallh  Reformer,  published  at  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  is  to  have  its  name  changed  to 
Good  Hfullh.  It  is  one  of  tbe  best  monthlies 
coming  to  this  oflice. 


Some  of  our  agents  are  highly  pleased  with 
our  cash  system,  saying  they  can  get  juat  as 
many  subscribers  as  before,  and  then  it  saves  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  for  them  and  us. 

Pkoi-le  who  refuse  to  lay  np  treasure*  in 
heaven,  and  yet  want  to  go  to  heaven,  must  ex- 
pect to  enter  that  place  as  paupers,  They  have 
sent  nothing  ahead  to  be  placed  to  their  account, 

Those  who  tell  onisidem  that  they  can  have 
the  paper  for  §11.00,  are  mistaken  in  regard  to 
our  terms.  When  those  not  members  subscribe, 
they  must  pay  the  same  as  anybody  else.  The 
pajwr  is  eent  to  outaiders  for  §1.00  a  year  onhj 
when  paid  for  out  of  the  fund  dokated  for  tliat 
purpose.  See  instructions,  under  the  head  of 
"BuBines.^  Dej)artment"  on  last  page. 


We  are  now  out  of  back  numbers  of  the  de- 
bate, though  we  printed  a  large  amount  of  extra 
copies.  Should  the  demand  be  sufficient  we 
may  yot  reprint  the  back  numbers  so  as  to  sup- 
ply all  who  may  want  them  from  the  beginning. 
We  still  have  on  hand  a  few  numbers  of  tbe 
last  speeches  which  will  be  furnished  to  new 
subscribers  as  long  as  they  last. 


Mb.  Talmage  is  delivering  u  series  of  sermons, 
showing  up  the  underground  wickedness  of 
New  York,  and  some  of  the  papers  of  that  city 
are  howhng  most  wonderfully  over  it.  Tbey 
do  not  want  their  sins  so  widely  advertised. 
Another  preacher  gets  on  tbe  other  side  of  the 
r|uestion,  and  preaches  up  the  bright  aide  of 
New  York,  telling  its  good  qualities.  These 
preachers  might  do  more  good  If  they  would 
confine  themselves  to  the  Bible  a  little  more. 


Brother  Isaac    H.   Bashor    imintedly  and 

truthfully  saj^s:  "We  often  hear  it'apuken  ol 
members  not  coming  in  tho  order,  but  seldom 
hear  anything  nieutioned  about  the  money  apent 
foolishly,  which  might  be  given  to  poor  mem- 
bers, who  are  willing,  yet  not  able  to  come  in 
the  order.  'He  that  hath  pity  upon  the  poor, 
letideth  unto  the  Lord;  and  that  which  he  hath 
given  will  he  pay  him  again.'     I'rov.  Ifl:  17. 


TWO  GOOD  PREACHERS. 


S"'''.^ 


ighbor  to  an  old  brother  one  time: 
people  have  two  good  preachers  in 

their  church.     Oue  is  Mr. .  He  is  no  talker, 

but  he  preaches  by  his  actions.  He  is  good  to 
all  the  poor,  will  not  let  any  of  his  neighbors 
suffer  if  he  can  avoid  it.  And  then  when  he 
lends  money  to  a  poor  man  he  refuses  to  take 
interest.     His  character  is  without  a  blemish." 

"  Who  is  the  other?  "  asked  the  old  brother. 

'"Mr. .  He  is  rich,  and  last  yeiu'  raised  a  big 

crop  of  corii,  but  up  North  of  him  the  corn  crop 
failed,  so  he  sold  his  corn  to  those  who  had 
none.  But  he  would  not  sell  to  any  man  who 
had  the  money  to  pay  for  it.  He  sold  to  those 
only  who  hod  no  money," 

There  are  some  good  things  about  human- 
ity after  all,  and  the  above  are  two  instances 
that  need  no  explanation,  while  the  recording 
angel  hiis  many  more  preserved. 


WHAT  IT  IS  NOT. 

THE  revealed  religion  of  the  true  God  in  not 
■■•ex.*  It  is  neitber  male  nor  female,  but  for 
both  male  and  female  of  mankind.  It  is  not 
personal,  but  for  personal  beings.  It  is  not 
head,  but  for  the  head.  It  is  not  heart,  but  for 
the  heart.  It  is  not  body,  but  for  the  body.  It 
is  not  soul,  but  for  the  soul.  It  is  not  to  put 
on,  but  to  put  iiu  It  is  not  faith  and  worship, 
but  Ihe  system  of  faith  in  God,  the  worship  of 
God.  It  is  not  something  to  br  hound,  but 
something  that  binds. 

IT  IS  NOT  AGS. 

God's  religion  is  not  old  or  young.  Age  im- 
plies time,  and  the  revealed  religion  of  the  great 
Father  is  not  time.  Time  is  one  thing,  religion 
is  another.  Men  may  be  old  or  young,  and  re- 
ligion may  be  in  old  or  young  people,  but  that 
does  not  prove  that  religion  is  age.  It  is  not 
religion  because  it  manifests  itself  iu  old  people, 
but  because  it  is  religion.  It  is  not  religion  be- 
cause, some  young  people  may  possess  it,  but 
because  it  is  God's  system  of  faith  and  practice. 
We  are  not  required  to  accept  the  one  true  sys- 
tem of  faith  and  practice,  the  one  religion  sent 
doiyn  from  heaven,  because  a  young  man  exem- 
plifies it,  or  because  an  old  man  gives  evidence 
of  it,  but  because  /(  came  from  God.  It  is  not 
an  old  man,  not  a  young  man,  not  a  thousand 
men,  nor  ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  men, 
but  the  ui/allihli-  system  of  God  lo  men.  It  is 
not  mutuiity,  but  that  which  brings  lo  maturi- 
ty. It  is  not  a  generation,  nor  for  a  generotion 
ply,  but  for  idl  generations,  It  is  not  char- 
acter, but  the  producer  of  character.  It  is  not  _ 
dim  and  giay  headed,  but  for  the  dim  aud  gray, 
headed.  It  is  not  ro.sy  cheeks,  fair  hands  or 
brown,  but  for  youth,  aged  and  every  condition 
of  mankind.  It  is  not  reputation,  but  makes 
reputation.     It  is  not 

A    COilUODlTY. 

It  cannot  be  bought  or  sold,  but  /,■-■  free.  It  i'^ 
not  commerce,  not  an  article  of  commerce,  but 
a  system  of  perfect  practice.  It  being  no  com- 
modity, it  cannot  be  compared  with  that  which 
commodity.  Money  is  a  commodity,  hence 
religion  cannot  be  compared  with  money.  Then 
it  is  useless  to  consider  the  cost  of  being  relig- 
ious. It  is  not  money,  not  goods,  not  property, 
but  the  great  system  for  the  government  of  the 
soul.  It  is  for  the  control,  and  perfi?ction  of  a 
model  character,  not  for  the  pulling  down  of 
character.  It  is  not  dumb,  not  ignorant,  not 
,mart  or  sharp,  but  a  perfect  system  for  man's 
salvation.  It  is  not  pride,  but  produces  humili- 
ty. It  is  not  boastful,  but  produces  self-denial. 
Now  when  we  have  learned  what  it  is  not,  we 
will  knoic  what  it  is.  When  we  knoir  ivhat  it  is, 
we  will  not  cull  it  at/e,  nor  sex,  nor  a  thing  to 
be  bouffht  and  aold,  uor  a  jilaii  of'  men. 


FEET- WASHING  QUERY. 

THE  following  query  was  sent  us  by  brother 
Landon  West,  and  referred  to  brother  J. 
SV.  Stein  whose  answer  will  he  found  below. 
There  ia  a  valuable    point  in  the  query  and  an- 

THE  ylKKV, 

"We  wish  some  of  tho  brethren,  or  any  who 
feol  to  do  i^o,_to  examine  John  13:  10,  aiid>tell 
whether  it  is  proper  or  not  to  supply  the  word 
"his"  in  our  Savior's  answer  to  Peter,  Toh 
it  out,  corresponds   better  with   the  command- 

iven  in  verse  14;  while  to  leave   it  in,  would 


u.  E. 


"I  HAVI! never  known  a  l!npti<'t  minister  to  iiiiit 
Ills  cliurcli  lunt  join  another  itcnomination  wlinhiKl 
nut  become  ofleiuled  from  some  oiiuse.  Tlie  biiiiic 
is  almiist  Inie  of  the  laity.—"  Western  Itaptist." 

It  would  seem  that  the  editor  of  the  Western 
Baptist  is  not  very  well  posted  on  the  history 
of  that  church. 


make  each  to  wash  his  own  feet.     In  all   copies  |  rors  would  be  avoided. 


WiiEN  writing  business  letters  please  observe 
the  following: 

1.  On  the  first  line  write  your  address,  giv- 
ing post  office,  county,  and  State. 

2.  On  the  second  line  give  the  date  of  your 
letter. 

3.  Make  no  apologies,  but  state   distinctly 
just  whntyou  want. 

4.  Sign  your  full  name  very  carefully. 
Were  these  rules  strictly  observed,  many  cr- 


December    19. 


THE    ]3KETH[RE.>r    ^T    AVORKl. 


CLOSE  OP  VOLTTME  III. 

ANOTHER  year  i-t  past,  and  wc  are  still  niim- 
bi?r('d  among  thy  living.  One  morevolumi' 
of  the  BuKTHBKN'  AT  WoRK  U  uow  f]ui»heH; 
fifty-one  limen  has  it  visit*^d,  and  gladdened  the 
huurts  of  thousauds.  HundrLds  of  articles  have 
been  sent  broadcast  over  the  land,  and  the  good 
news  Ironi  the  churches  1ul4  been  heralded  in 
nearly  every  State  and  Territory  in  the  United 
Stiitt's  iind  Canada. 

We  take  a  hasty  glance  at  our  part  of  the 
work.  It  is  uow  finished;  we  have  done  the 
best  we  knew.  True,  we  made  some  mistake^s, 
but  they  v/ere  not  intentional.  Had  we  the 
work  to  do  over,  a  few  improvements  tould  be 
made,  but  taking  the  work  as  ii  whole,  we  are 
satisfied  with  it,  and  now  with  increased  expe- 
rience as  editors  and  publishers,  shall  do  onr  ut- 
most to  make  the  coming  volume  umcb  better 
than  the  one  just  completed. 

Onr  contributors  have  performed  auoble  part 
during  the  last  year.  They  have  kept,  us  well 
supplied  with  arlichs,  many  of  which  remain 
unpublished.  To  some,  this  hsis  been  a  little 
annoying,  but  we  have  done  the  best  we  could 
The  want  of  time  to  look  over  and  correct  some 
of  them,  as  well  as  the  want  of  room  in  the  pa- 
per has  caused  this  delay' in  the  publishing  of 
many  articles.  During  the  comingyear  wt  shall 
he  better  prepared  to  see  after  this  department. 

Our  contributors  have  been  a  great  help  to 
us  in  another  way.  They  have  done  nothing 
to  engender  strife  and  contention  in  the  i3roth- 
erlood.  There  has  been  no  controversy  between 
members,  going  on  in  any  of  the  papers  pub- 
lished in  the  Brotherhood,  This  feature  has 
had  a  good  effect  among  our  readers.  It  has 
also  had  its  salutary  effect  on  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, The  hist  Annual  Meeting  is  thought  to 
have  been  the  most  harmonious  meeting  of  the 
kind  ever  held  among  our  people:  never  was 
the  church  more  firmly  united  than  at  that 
meeting.  Aud  why  was  it?  Weunhesitatiug- 
ly  answer,  Because  controversies  and  conten- 
tions, between  members  in  the  Brethren's  papers, 
have  been  stopped.  That  is  the  foundation  of 
the  whole  seciet.  There  has  been  but  little 
controversy,  between  members,  in  our  papers 
for  over  three  years,  and  just  see  what  a  good 
effect  it  has  had!  Thousands  havo  been  con- 
verted, considerable  missionary  work  done,  and 
a  good,  harmonious  Annual  Meeting,  with 
prospects  of  greiiter  good  in  the  future.  Brelh- 
ren,  "  In  union  tjiere  is  strength." 

Papers  are  good  things  if  rightly  conducted: 
they  can  accomplish  much  good,  but  if  given  up 
to  controversies  and  contentions,  between 
members  of  the  same  body,  we  may  as  well  say, 
good-bye  to  peace  and  harmouy.  There  is  no 
use  in  praying  for,  and  preaching  p?ace  and  un- 
ion in  a  church  where  the  papers  publish  con- 
troversies and  contentions  between  Brethien. 
We  thank  our  contributore  for  the  peacable  and 
commendable  spirits  that  have  so  far  character- 
ized their  articles.  May  God  bless  them  for 
their  labors,  and  assist  them  in  the  future. 

Our  agents  bav«  also  done  a  good  work,  all 
that  could  be  expected  of  them.  They  are  es- 
sential to  the  success  of  the  paper;  without 
them  it  could  not  prosper.  Theyjiave  helped 
it  to  a  good  list  of  subscribers,  and  not  content 
with  the  past,  many  are  working  hard  to  in- 
crease the  list.  May  God  reward  them  for  their 
labors. 

We  feel  especially  attached  to  all  ourreaders. 
"Most  of  them  we  have  never  seen,  and  perhaps 
never  will  till  we  meet  "beyond  the  river." 
Thousands  of  you  have  read  the  Bbethhe.v  at 
WoKK  the  last  year,  and  we  trust  it  has  been 
comforting  to  you.  May  the  lessons  you  have 
learned  from  it  he  of  la.-^ting  benefit.  Many  of 
our  readers  are  old,  and  almost  ready  for  their 
departure.  Others  are  in  the  prime  and  vigor 
of  man  and  womanhood.  May  God  help  them 
to  he  earnest  workers  in  his  vineyard.  Many 
are  young  and  tender  in  years;  for  them  we  feel 
a  great  concern,  for  the  future  government  of 
the  church  must  one  day  be  left  in  their  hands. 
We  do  not  ask  God  to  take  them  out  of  the 
world,  but  we  do  pray  God  to  keep  them  from 
the  fvil  of  the  world. 

Then  there  are  many  who  are  not  members 
of  the  church;  some  belong  to  other  churches, 
and  not  a  few  are  away  from  Christ.  May  God 
help  them  to  see  the  truth,  and  speedily  era- 
brace  it. 

May  we  all  be  prepared  to  enter  the  New 
Year  with   now  vigor,   new  resolutions,  and  a 


full  determination  to  love  God  more,  and  serve 

him  better.     May  God  help  us  to  be  faithful. 


EXPLAINED  MOEE  FULLY. 

SOME  of  our  readers  seem  to  misunderstand 
the  import  of  a  few  expressions  in  the  arti- 
cle entitled  "  Committee  Work,"  published  last 
week.    They  take  exception  to  the  following: 

Elilers  inul  ministers  have  a  hard  time  of  it  at 
best.  They  get  nothing  for  preaching,  must  lose 
the  time  at  tbeir  own  expense. 

As  elders  and  ministei-s  havo  to  lose  tlio  time  em- 
ployed in  preaching  and  doing  conunittec  work,  at 
tiieirowu  exijenses,  it  would  be  w'iailom  to  divide 
the  burden,  and  turn  the  greater  part  of  the  coin- 

ittee  work  over  to  thode.-ieons,  thus  relieving  the 
miiiistors  of  a  great  burden. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  above  implying  that 
ministers  do  not  have  their  truMiiug  expenses 
paid,  when  doing  committee  work.  I  referred 
to  the  fact  they  "  must  lose  the  tiwe  at  their 
own  expense."  Nothing  said  about  traveling 
expenses.  The  idea  intended  is  this:  As  minis- 
ers  have  to  lose  so  much  li»ic  at  their  own 
'xpeuse,  would  it  not  be  best  to  divide  the  bur- 
den, and  let  others  do  a  part  of  their  work?  I 
do  not  mean  that  you  shall  pay  committees  for 
their  time,  but  let  others  help  share  the  burden, 

I   repeat  again,  that  some  of  our   ministers 

ive  a  pretty  bard  time  of  it.    Just  a  few  days 

0  we  received  a  letter  from  an  able  minister 
who  has  to  sell  his  farm  and  other  property,  aud 
says  it  will  take  about  all  of  it  to  pay  bis  debts. 
He  spends  so  much  of  his  time  preaching  that 
his  business  had  to  he  neglected  thus  occasion- 
ing the  loss.  There  are  other  ministers  iu  the 
same  condition,  and  it  is  time  their  wants  were 
being  looked  after.     I  do  not  refer  to  ministers 

circumstances,  who  have  to  preach  but 
three  or  four  times  a  month,  but  to  those  who 
poor,  have  fauiilies  to  support,  and  caimot 
aflbrd  to  lose  much  time.  It  is  not  right  that 
they  bear  the  burden  alone  while  others  of 
means  go  free.  I  pity  the  poor,  hard-working 
minister  and  his  famiiy.  While  others  are 
ileeping,  he  must  be  studying.  Sunday  brings 
no  rest  to  bim,  and  he  must  often  neglect  his 
work  to  attend  funerals  and  other  meetingB. 
Then  his  wiie  often  has  a  bard  time  of  it — at 
home,  alone,  with  her  little  children  she  spends 
many  lonely,  and  oft«n  gloomy  hours.  May 
God  bless  the  poor  preacher  and  his  family! 

1  have  traveled  that  way,  and  know  the  rudi- 
leuts  of  poverty  from  youth  up — and  think  it 

blessing  to  the  cause  that  I  have  "  passed 
through  the  mill,"  for  I  can  now  appreciate  the 
wants  of  others,  and  assure  our  readers  that  the 
BiiBTHREy  AT  WoRK  will  ever  remain  a  friend 
to  poor,  bard-working  ministers,  as  well  as  all 
ithers  who  are  willing  to  work  in  the  Master's 
vineyard.  ^^^^^_^__^_  ■'*  ^'  ^■ 

WHERE  TO  FIND  WISDOM. 

WISDOM  is  that  prudence  and  discretion 
which  enables  one  to  see  what  is  the  best 
to  be  done,  time  and  place  being  considered. 
That  inspired  man,  James,  teaches  the  children 
of  God,  that  if  any  of  them  iark  wisdom,  the 
place  to  find  it  is  with  God.  Men  who  rarely 
ever  go  to  God  in  prayer,  in  obedience,  in  holi- 
:  not  noted  for  wisdom  in  divine  thing.4. 
Wise  men  never  rejoice  when  another  is  abused, 
or  rebuked,  or  slighted,  or  cast  down.  Wise 
men  never  abuse,  never  set  at  naught,  never 
seek  opportunities  of  revenge.  Wise  men  nev- 
er scheme,  plan,  plot  and  devise  how  to  annoy 
tbeir  fellnw-man,  bow  to  make  others  fee!  bad, 
do  wickedly,  or  overthrow.  All  such  work  is 
devilish,  comes  from  beneath,  where  the  wisdom 
of  God  is  not. 

"Ivrisdom  dwell  with  prudence."  Prov.  8: 
12.  Now,  go  to  the  house  of  prudence  and  you 
will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the  house  of  the 
up-igbt  and  yon  will  find  wisdom  there.  Goto 
the  man  who  always  shows  Gospel  courtesy  and 
you  will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the  family 
that  is  brought  up  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  liord  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
Go  to  the  church  that  obeys  ail  the  commands 
of  the  Gospel,  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
Go  to  the  congregation  that  is  awake  to  the 
necessity  of  inviting  outsiders  to  the  good  seats 
in  the  house,  with  a  view  of  converting  tb 
and  you  will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the 
meeting  where  there  is  good  singing,— when 
the  people  "sing  with  the  spirit  and  with  the 
ucderatanding,"  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
Go  to  the  assembly  that  is  not  afraid  to  pre,)-, 
not  afraid  to  live   all  the  requirements  of  God, 


and  you  will  find  ipsdom  there.  God  puts  wis- 
dom wherever  people  conform  to  his  will. 
Stiffness,  coldness,  distiince, — marks  of  selfish- 
ness— are  so  many  evidences  against  ivisdom. 

Some  men  can  only  go  on  crutches,  others 
need  a  cane  in  order  to  move  along  in  the  work 
of  the  Lord.  Others  have  so  mucli  grace  that 
they  can  walk  right  along  without  any  extra 
helps,  while  others  think  they  are  so  strong 
that  they  can  run   at   full  speed.     Well  they 

lay  for  a  little  while,  but  they  soou  get  out  of 
breath,  and  then  they  muSt  stop  tb  rest.  This 
is  dangeroiis,  for  juSt  so  soou  as  a  man  Stops, 
Satan  has  him  sure'.  Now  wisdom  says,  "carry 
the  lame  and  the  halt;  go  not  ahead  of  them. 
Let  those  who  seek  to  outrun  the  others,  he 
conteut  with  the  ordinary  pace,  and  then  the 
army  will  be  compact:  Sat-an  cannot  break  the 
ranks."  "The  simple  believeth  every  word; 
but  the  prudent  man  looketh  well  to  his  going." 
Prov.  14: 15,  The  prudent  man  loves  company; 
not  only  company,  but  j/oorf' company.  Truly 
''  tlie  prudent  are  crowned  with  knowledge." 

Very  true,  whbu  we  lie  l-^ng  in  a  iM'd  of  our 
own  making,  we  are  slow  to  give  it  up,  even  for 

much  better  one.  A  certain  people  looked 
back  to  the  flesh  pots  of  E^ypt,  though  filled 
with  bitter  herbs,  and  "vanted  them,  while  an- 
gels' food  was  set  before  them.  It  is  difficult  to 
move  us  out, of  an  old  rut,  when  we  have  long 
itood  in  it.  Our  selfishness  loves  its  own  the 
best.  That  which  we  make  always  seems  supe- 
rior to  what  God    makes.     But  it  is  not.     0 

hat  loads  of'  folly  cling  to  our  selfish  naturps! 

/«  are  always   hokhiff  back,  but'ab!  not  far 
euough.    The  vision  that  reaches  not  to  Palcs- 
;  through   eighteen   centuries,   is  certain  to 
amiss.     The   man  who  looks  not   through 
Gospel  glasses,  will   see  but  little  wisdom.     He 
11  always  be  fearful  and  unbelieving,  for  their 
is.uo  well  of  liviug  water  near  for  bun  to  draw 
out  and  drink.    The  thirst  that  is  not  quench- 
ed from  the  great  Well  of  Water,  will  soon  be- 

ome  dry  and  parched.  The  hunger  that  is  not 
appeased  by  the  Bread  of  Life  will  huuger  on. 
Therefore  get  wisdom  from  God,  from  the  su- 
preme Standard,  the  Holy  Law.  Get  it  by 
prayer;  get  it  fronl  the  great  Fortntain  which 
is  free  from   the  notions  and   opinions  of  men. 

A  man  of  understanding  hath  wisdom." 

11,  M.  E. 


CHRISTMAS. 


CHRISTMAS  is  by  manj ,  supposed  to  be  the 
aunivers.iry  of  the  Savior's  birth,  and  as 
such  is  celebrated  in  most  parts  of  the  civilized 
orld,  though  there  is  a  lack  of  evidence  to 
prove  it.  It  is  far  more  likely  that  be  was  born 
sometime  in  October,  while  the  shepherds  were 
yet  watching  their  flocks  hy  night  in  the  field. 
Luke  2:  S.  The  custom  of  celebrating  Christ's 
nativity  on  Christmas,  originated  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  fourth  century,  and  has  been  kept 
up  ever  since,  though  in  many  instances  much 
abused. 

By  the  time  this  article  reaches  our  readers, 
most  of  them  will  be  preparing  for  ChristuiM. 
As  is  the  custom,  many  are  preparing  to  give 
presents,  and  for  this  purpose  much  inoney  will 
be  wasted.  There  is  nothing  wrong  about  giv- 
ing presents,  provided  they  are  useful,  and  will 
be  of  some  benefit  to  those  receiving  them:  but 
to  give  just  for  the  sake  of  giving,  regardless  of 
doing  any  good  by  the  act,  is  a  wast*  of  money. 
Let  those  who  give  gil^,  be  sure  that  they  are 
giving  something  that  is  profitable. 

But  the  most  foolish  habit  is,  teaching  chil- 
dren that  Santa  Claus  will  come  down  the 
chimney,  or  through  the  key-hole,  and  leave 
gifts  for  them.  Thousands  of  children  believe 
the  story  Just  because  tbeir  parents  have  taught 
them  so,  aud  hence  hang  up  their  stockings  in 
full  faith  that  the  "  little  old  man "  will  fill 
them.  Parents  should  never  teach  their  chil 
dren  such  falsehoods,  and  I  want  to  say  to  the 
tittle  folks  who  read  this  article,  that  there  is 
no  such  thing  as  "  Santa  Claus."  The  whole 
story  is  false.  Most  Sunday-school  papers  have 
pictures  of  Santa  Ctiuis  and  his  adventures,  thus 
more  firmly  fixii^  the  falsehood  in  the  minds 
of  the  children.  Puhlisbers  should  be  more 
cautions  about  such  things. 

Christmas  is  usually  occupied  with  feasting 
and  revelry.  It  is  also  a  time  of  much  extrava- 
gance. If  tlie  money  that  is  generally  wasted 
on  these  occasions,  were  applied  to  missionary 
work,  the  Gospel  might  be  carried  to  every  part 
of  the  globe.  Thousands  of  dollars  will  he  wast- 
ed, and  hundreds  of  churches  desecrated  by  per- 


formances the  evening  before  Christinas.  Loud 
aughter  and  merriment  will  ring  within  the 
acred  walls  where  God  alone  should  be  wor- 
ihiped  and  adored.  The  house  of  the  Lord  will 
become  the  house  of  mirth.  Instead  of  prayer 
and  singing  praises  to  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
Christmas  tree  will  he  the  centre  of  attraction. 
The  actions  of  those  who  assemble  there,  will  be 
more  like  the  world,  than  the  humble  life  of 
Christians, 

In  high  glee,  thfese  people  profess  to  celebrate 
the  birth  of  him  who  neither  engaged  iu  leWty 
or  attended  the  halls  of  mirth.  What  would 
be  their  feelings  were  Christ  to  come  while  they 
are  thus  engaged?  Would  his  walking  in  their 
midst  not  change  the  scene?  Would  he  not 
say  to  them,  "My  house  should  be  a  house  of 
prayer,  but  ye  have  made  it  a  house  of  mirth?" 
Whep  will  the  churches  leai-n  to  respect  him 
hose  birth  they  claim  to  celebrate? 
While  this  mirth  is  going  on  within  these 
sacred  walls,  sufferings  will  he  realized  without. 
The  rich  and  gay'  can  meet  inthe  hou^o  of  the 
Lord  and  have  a  general  good  time,  but  without 
thousands  of  poor  wretches,  suffering  for 
(he  waut  of  food  and  raiment.  What  a  sight 
for  angels  to  behold  1  The  house  of  God  becoij^- 
"  ig  the  house  of  merriment,  and  the  Lord's 
people  (?)  spending  their  money  foolishly,  to 
gratify  carnality  instead  of  helping  the.pooraud 
needy.  May  heaven  speed  the  day  when  the 
daughters  of  Zion  will  ari=e  and  free  themselves 
from  the  filth  of  sin.  ,i.  n.  ji. 


THE  DANISH  MISSION. 

To  the  Brethren  and  Sisters,  Greeting:— r 

AT  the  Missionary  meeting  of  Northern  111., 
Dec.  :5rd  mid  4  th,  1878,  the  undersigned 
•  requested  to  issue  an  address  to  the  gener- 
al Brotherhood  in  behalf  of  the  Danish  Mission, 
stating  its  condition,  progress  and  needs.  The 
brethren  and  sisters  in  Denmark  are  laboring 
iu  "  the  same  mind  and  in  the  same  judgment," 
being  at  peace  with  each  other,  and  firm  in  "  the 
faith  once  delivered  unto  the  saints."  In  num- 
bers they  are,als()  steadily  iucreasiug,  and  t^eir 
prospects  for  further  increase  are. good.  As  to 
their  needs,  we  find  that  Bro.  Hope  will  require 
the  amount  stated  »t  hi,t  A  i(.,  viz.,  §i^00.()0  to 
successfully  carry  on  the  work;  hence  we  kind- 
ly request  the  overseers  of  each  congregation  to 
present  this  claim  to  the  charity  of  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  so  that  there  may  be  no  suffer- 
ing by  Bro.  Hope  and  family.  This  request  is 
in  harmony  with  the  decision  of  A.  M.  of  1878, 
on  Danish  Mission.  See  Ans,  to  query  17.  This 
duty  devolving  upon  this  District,  it  was  deem- 
ed expedient  to  thus  notify  all.  We  hope,, 
therefore,  that  this  "notice"  may  enable  you  to 
makeup  "your  bounty  that  the  same  may  be 
ready  "  in  due  season.  Send  all  money  to  C.  P. 
Rowland,  Lanark,  III.  "Now  he  that  minia- 
tereth  seed  to  the  sower  both  minister  bread 
for  your  food,  and  multiply  your  seed  sown,  and 
increase  the  fruiLs  of  your  righteousness:  being 
enriched  in  every  thing  to  all  bounti fulness, 
which  causeth  through  us  thanksgiving  to 
God."     2  Cor.  9:10,  11. 

Esuim  Eby,  Moderator. 
D.  E.  Price.  J 

John  J,  Eumbrt,   [  Clerks. 
M.  M.  EsnELiiAN,  ) 


The  Brethren-  at  Work,  and  the  Children 

,it  Work  will  be  sent  for  §2.00. 


Next  issue  we  will  publish  a  letter  from  Ger- 
many. We  hope  to  receive  some  interesting 
letters  from  that  part  of  Europe. 

Brotuer  Hope's  letter  in  this  issue  shows 
that  he  ha.i  very  lively  times  with  some 
of  the  Danish  people,  when  he  gets  to  opposing' 
their  doctrine. 

Do  not  fail  to  read  the  interesting  letter  from 
a  "  Baptist,"  written  from  New  .Jersey,  and 
published  on  seventh  page  of  this  paper,  and 
see  what  good  pamphlets  and  papers  will  do. 


A  jiiMSTEH  Speaking  of  bis  two  years'  ei- 
[(orience  with  a  certain  cougregation  says:  "We 
heard  not  one — not  one— single  angry  word  or 
sentence  from  any  member  in  the  council  in  the 
futire  two  years.  If  the  members  differed  in 
opinion,  as  they  sometimes  did,  they  always  had 
grace  aud  sense  enough  to  do  so  without  quar- 
reling." It  would  be  a  blessing  to  the  cause  if 
that  could  be  tnithfully  said  of  all  congrega- 
tions. Harsh  and  unbecoming  words  never 
ome  from  a  loving  heart. 


THE    HRETHKEN    ^T    A^^OKK:. 


December    19 


<|uii   l|ibl<!  4/h»$. 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongi 


'  Can  Tell" 


This  dcparlmcnl  ia  deslgnea  for  wklng  and  answcnng 
Bible  quMlionn.  and  for  Ihe  aolulion  of  Scnpti>r«l  diffioul- 
Uu  All  qiiPilionS  should  be  stnlcd  willi  Cnndor.  nnd  fln- 
Bwe'red  wilh  M  mvlohekHTncss  nj  possible,  in  order  lo 
promole  Uiblp  Truth.  Arliolca  for  Ibia  dBpartrocnt,  muBl 
be  ehorL  and  (o  the  polst. 


Will  tlio  Brethren  at  Woiik  give  nil  expliin; 
tion  of  the  latter  cUwse  of  yio  Sdtli  verae  of  tli 
aandclmpterofLiike.whicli  reads  (wfollowa:  "And 
be  tbnt  bntU  no  aworU  lut  liiin  sell Iiia  garment  and 
buy  one." 

Also,  SIiirk23:  iri,  which  roads  as  follows :  "Woe    goats,  wheat  and  chaff,  const-quently  the  great 
unto  you  scribes  and  Plinrisees,  hypocritesl  for  ye    Inspector  finds  some  here  not  having  the  wed- 
.  .,,.„■.„«  .>     n      ^i|,g  gjifnient  ou;  sach   are   never  admitted  to 

the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 


men  are  invited  to  partake  of  the  blessings  pur- 
chased hy,;and  consequent  on,  the  incarnation, 
and  death  of  our  blessed  Lor3."  Clark.  By  the 
preaching  ot  the  Gospel,  multitudes  are  gather- 
ed into  the  visible  or  militant  uhurch,  these 
compose  tbe-guests,  tht  material,  so  to  speak, 
from  which  Christ's  bride  is  chosen.  These 
wuesls  must  he  further  inspected  and  sifted; 
they  must  pa.^  the  scrutini'/ing  gaxe  of  Him 
who  knows  the  secret  intents  and  thoughts  of 
the  heart. 

A  guest  is  one  who  is  received  and  entertain- 
ed for  a  short  time.  This  definition  is  very  ap- 
plicable to  the  present  condition  of  the  church, 

hich  is  the  fold,   containing  both  sheep  and 


might  suppose,  for  it  is  then  used  in  a  temporal 
sense  and  does  not  detract  from  honor  due  to 
God.  But  to  cull  an  elder,  bishop,  or  minister 
that  instructs  ua  in  the  way  of  life,  and  baptiz- 
es (Old  receivfls  us  into  the  church.  Fatbei;  is 
detracting  honor  from  God,  and  giving  to  men 
the  praise  due  Him  only. 

Michael  Morhhead. 
Gnul  Bend,  Kan. 


compass  sea  and  land  to  make  one  proselyte;  and 
when  he  is  made  ye  make  him  two-fold  more  t*"" 
child  of  hell  than  yourselves."  S.  A.  Ulery 

Please  explain  1  Tim.  1 :  l>;  Luke  16: 15;  Mark  D: 
23;  Mark  10:17. 18.  To  wliat  law  has  the  Scripts 
ures  reference  and  to  what  extent  should  it  be  used  1* 
What  is  the  most  estoemedV  Haa  it  raference  to 
any  particular  tiling? 


THE  STONE  KINGDOM. 

Please  explain  Daniel  2:  44,  45.  In  the  days  of 
what  kings  V  What  does  the  word  kingdom  refer 
to,  and  what  the  atone'?  Wm.  T.  Hardinq. 

THE  above  questions  seem  to  beg  an  ajswer. 
NebuchadnezKar,  the  great  king  of  Babylon, 
was  permited  to  behold  the  rise  of  three  great 
earthly  Empires,  viz.,  the  Medo-Persian,  Mac- 
edonian, and  Roman.  During  the  existence  of 
the  latter,  the  God  of  heaven  would  establish 
the  kingdom  of  His  Son,— the  stone  kingdi 
which  shall  endure  forever. 

At  the  time  of  the  birth  of  the  child,  that  was 
to  be  the  Ruler  of  the  stone  kingdom,  the  world 
was  nominally  at  peace.  The  Empire  of  Rome 
held  undisputed  sway  over  all  the  then  inhabit- 
ed portions  of  Europe.  We-stem  Asia,  and  North- 
ern Afnca.  The  Roman  Empire  at  the  time  of 
the  crucifixion  was  divided  into  two  neariy 
equal  parts— Eastern  and  Western;  these  were 
sub-divided  into  five  kingdoms.  These  ten 
kingdoms  were  the  ones  alluded  to  by  Daniel 
when  he  said,  "  And  in  the  days  of  these  kings 
shall  the  God  of  heaven"  &c.  Read  the 44th 
verse  carefully. 

Nehiichadne/.zar,  who  reigned  about  six  hun- 
dred years  before  Christ,  by  his  great  riches, 
splendor  and  honors  a-fcribed  to  l.im,  represent- 
ed the  head  of  this  gigantic  image;  the  Medo- 
Pers^ian,  the  portion  represented  by  silver.  Next 
came  the  Macedonian ;  lastly,  the  Roman,  rep- 
resenting the  legs  and  toea  of  the  image. 

"  Forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  a  stone  cut  out 
without  hands,"  etc.  This  is  in  allusion  to  the 
establishing  of  the  Messiah's  kingdom  on  Mt. 
Zion  at  Jerusalem  from  whence  it  was  to  grow 
in  greatness  and  increase  in  power,  notwith- 
standing the  opposition  from  human  govern- 
ments. Isaiah  alludes  to  the  same  kingdom 
only  in  different  language  in  2: 2, 3.  The  foun- 
dation of  this  kingdom  (faith)  is  alluded  to  in 
our  Lord's  reply  to  Peter:  "  On  this  rock  will  I 
build  my  church."  This  same  stone  kingdom 
is  also  alluded  to  in  Luke  20:  17, 18. 

0.  L.  Baeh. 


|((cm^   oil  |(nt0ri!»t. 


TN  \ 
i    h 


ANSWER  TO  QUERY. 


"If  thechmdi  is  the  l)i-i(le,who  are  the  guests?" 

SOME  time  ago  we  wrote  an  article  entitled, 
"  The  Bride  of  Christ."  Since  that  we  re- 
ceived a  query  like  the  above,  desiring  us  to 
answer  it  by  private  letter,  but  we  will  here 
take  occasion  to  say,  we  cannot  answer  queries 
privately;  we  cannot  possibly  spare  the  time; 
our  many  duties  forbid  this.  As  the  above 
came  through  the  Brethkf.k  at  Work,  desir- 
ing us  to  answer  through  that  medium,  we  will 
try  to  do  so. 

When  we  wrote  the  article  above  alluded  to, 
we  had  simply  imbibed  the  popular  notion  that 
the  church  is  the  bride  of  Christ,  and  had  never 
taken  a  critical  view  of  the  matter.  Of  late, 
however,  we  have  examined  the  subject  more 
closely,  and  the  result  of  our  investigation  ia 
our  conviction  that  the  bride,  and  the  guests 
t-rms  expressive  of  two  diflereut  states  and 
periods  in  the  church.  The  former  term, 
think,  refers  to  the  triumphant  or  glorified  litate 
of  Christ's  church,;  the  latter,  to  her  militant 
state.     Now  for  the  proof. 

By  referring  to  Matt.  22:  1-14,  we  find  re- 
corded the  parable  of  the  marriage  fea.4t.  In 
verse  10  we  read  that  the  servants,  the  miniettera 
of  the  Gospel,  were  directed  to  gather  together 
all,  OS  many  as  they  tound,  both  bad  and  good, 
that  the  wedding  might  be  fumiahed  with 
guests.  But  when  the  king  came  in  to  see  the 
guests,  be  saw  there  a  man  which  hod  not  ou  a 
wedding  garment.  "  The  morrmgo  feast,  repre- 
sents the  economy  of  the  Qospel,  during  which, 


The  parable  of  the  ten  virgiua  also  represents 
the  present  condition  of  the  church,  where  the 
wise  and  foolish  mingle  together,  but  only  the 
wise,  the  truly  converted  are  permitted  to  enter 
the  marriage   chamber.     The  apostle  tells  the 
Corinthian  church  that  he  was   "  Jealous  over 
them  with  a  godly  jealousy."     Why?   "Fori 
have  espoused   you  to   one  husband  that  I  may 
present  you  as  a  chaste  virgin  to  Christ."    2  Cor. 
11;  2.     The  apostle  here  evidently  alludes  to  an 
officer  among  the  Jews,   called  a  paranymph, 
who  had  the  care  of  virgins,  aud  whose  business 
it  was   to  see  them  well   educated,  kept  pure, 
and  properly   prepared  for  married  life.    This 
was  a  most   important  and  responsible  office, 
since  the  proper  training  of  the  virgin,  her  pu- 
rity, aud  her  accomplishments  determined  the 
efticaey  of  her  paranymph.     If  he  was  conscious 
of  having  done  his  duty,  and  if  his  efforts  were 
successful  in  the  most  perfect  purity,  and  most 
ipleudid  culture  of  his  charge  with  what  perfect 
confidence  could  he  present  his  ward  to  ber  es- 
poused husband.     This  friend  of  the  bridegroom 
could  stand  by  and  rejoice  greatly  when  he  wit- 
nessed the  entire  satisfaction  and  joy  of  bis  mas- 
ter, knowing  that  his  faithfulness   was  appreci- 
ated and  approved.    John,  the  Baptistrepresent,s 
himself  as  the  paranymph  of  Jesus  Christ,  see 
John  'i:  2!1,  aud   Paul  calls'Jhimself  the  para- 
nymph, having  charge  of  the  Corinthian  church, 
hence  his  jealousy  over  them  and  his  anxiety  to 
have  them  preserve  their   purity,  to  see  them 
properly  cultivated  that  he  might  have  the  sat- 
isfaction of  presenting  them   to  their  heavenly 
husband  in  the  highest  state  of  perfection.  Paul 
felt  that  much  depended   upon  him  as  a  minis- 
ter of  the  Gospel.    The   purity  of  the  church 
and  her  full  development  depended   upon  the 
proper  discharge  of  his  duties.     Christ  had  en- 
trusted His  betrothed  to  him,  her  training  and 
culture   was   given   into  his  bands;   the  great 
apostle  appreciated   his  honorable,  yet  difficult 
po.sition.  And  does  not  every  minister  of  Christ 
occupy   this  most   responsible   position?     Oh, 
think  of  it,  ye  heralds  of  the  Cross.     To  your 
eare  has   been  entrusted   His  dearly   purchased 
betrothed.      You    are    His    paranympha.     You 
will  be  held  strictly  accountable  for  your  con- 
duct.    Should  you  fail  to  give  proper  warning 
of  danger,  or  to  impart  proper  instruction,  and 
■hould  the   church    prove   unworthy   through 
your  neglect,  how  terrible  will  be  the  conse- 
quences.    On  the  other  hand,  how  great  will  be 
your  joy,  if  at  the  appearing  of  your  Lord  each 
minister  can  deliver  up  his  charge  as  a  chaste 
virgin. 

The  seer  of  Patmos  was  permitted  to  s 
church  arrayed  in  her  bridal  robes,  ready  for  the 
great  nuptial  feast.  To  John  it  was  announced 
that  the  Lamb's  wife  had  made  herself  ready, 
and  he  was  directed  to  write,  '■  Blessed  are  they 
which  arecalied  unto  the  marriage  supper  of 
the  Lamb."  Dear  reader,  are  you  getting  ready 
for  this  great  and  glorious  couBuramationi'  Are 
you  clothing  yourself  with  the  wedding  gar- 
ment? Do  you  desire  to  he  called  to  the  mar- 
riage supper?  Soon,  it  may  be  very  soon,  the 
midnight  cry  will  be  heard  resounding  through 
the  universe,  "Behold  the  bridegroom  cometh, 
go  ye  out  to  meet  him."       Mattie  A.  Leah. 


HOMES. 

BY  MARY  C.  UII.LER. 

this  our  beautiful  land,  there  are  many 
homes.  God  looks  into  many  happy  homes 
in  America.  Yes,  He  sees  them  all;  but  God 
sees  not  as  man  sees.  Man  judges  by  appear- 
ances. God  judges  a  righteous  judgment.  But 
which  is  the  home  that  man  would  call  happy? 
All  men  seek  alike,  wealth  and  happiness;  so 
the  wealthy  home  is  considered  the  happy  one. 
What  does  God  say?  "He  that  will  love  life 
and  see  good  days,  let  him  refrain  his  tongue 
from  evil  and  his  lips  that  they  speak  no  a;uili 
Let  him  eschew  eril  and  do  good;  let  him  seek 
peace  and  ensue  it.  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord 
over  the  righteous  and  his  ears  are  open  un- 
to their  prayers."  How  many  run  after  happi- 
ness but  mistake  the  means  by  which  it  it 
attained.  "  To  love  God  and  keep  his  command- 
ments is  the  whole  duty  of  man."  If  we  can 
find  a  home  like  the  home  of  Josiah,  then  no 
doubt  we  have  found  a  home  that  is  truly 
a  happy  one.  Would  to  God  that  every  home 
in  this  beautiful  land  this  afternoon  was  such  a 
borne.  How  it  would  please  our  Creator  to  look 
upon  and  bless  us  with  all  needful  blessings. 


DOING  GOOD. 


AT  the  beginning  of  this  c 
I 


CALL  NO  MAN  FATHER. 


ntury  theCongre- 
gationalist^  contributed  an  average  of  eight 
cents  for  missionary  purposes,  now  the  average 
is  §7  52  per  annum,  the  largest  sum  contributed 
by  the  members  of  any  congregation.  —  Golden 
Censer. 

How  does  the  Brethren's  work  compare  with 
this?  Estimating  our  members  atone  hundred 
tliousand  at  that  rate  it  would  amount  to  J752, 
000.00  annually,  and  would  support  1,504  mis 
jonaries,  allowing  each  $500.00,  or  furnish  over 
500,000  persons  with  the  Brethren  at  Work. 
But  let  us  suppose  each  member  only  gives  ten 
cents,  it  would  then  amount  to  ?10,000.00,  and 
support  twenty  missionaries,  or  furnish  6,666 
persons  with  one  of  our  papern.  Although  ten 
cents  is  only  a  dime,  and  seems  hut  a  trifle,  see, 
picture,  imagine,  if  you  can,  what  might  he  ac- 
complished by  the  above  means:  as  you  see 
dimes  make  dollars,  and  may  be  the  power  of 
bringing  many  souls  to  Christ,  and  what  is  one 
soul  worth?  Just  stop  and  think!  tremble  at 
the  consequences  of  your  own  covetousness, 
when  you  cannot  give  even  one.  dime  to  forward 
the  Master's  cause.  But,  says  one,  what  shall  I 
do  with  my  dime?  Your  way  is  open;  here  is 
the  Danish  Mission,  and  our  editors  propose  to 
furnish  their  paper  for  one  year  for  one  dollar 
of  money  paid  out  of  the  Poor  Fund.  So  ten 
dimes  like  yours  would  send  a  copy  of  the  paper 
to  some  poor  friend,  and  might  be  the  means  ol 
hruiging  him  upon  the  atrait  and  narrow  way. 
Suppose  a  brother  pays  five  dollars  for  tobac- 
co in  one  year,  which  is  a  very  low  estimate, 
that  would  send  the  paper  to  four  poor  families, 
and  leuve  one  dollar  to  spend  for  tracts  to  dis- 
tribute, and  help  the  Danish  Mission  a  little. 
Our  brethren,  as  a  body,  seem  to  he  very  slow 
to  take  hold  of  such  mattere.  Don't  be  afraid, 
it  won't  hurt  you  to  send  a  dime  for  the  Poor 
Fund  or  Danish  Mi-tsiou,  aud  fifty  cents, 
dollar,  even,  won't  hurt.  It  is  a  good  invest- 
ment; for  "  He  that  givetb  to  the  poor,  lendeth 
to  the  Lord,"  and  there  ia  no  danger  but  that 
He  will  pay  up  in  due  time.  Let  us  who  have 
the  whole  Truth,  not  keep  it  to  ourselves,  but 
impartitto  others:  it  will  do  tbein  good 
time,  and  in  eternity. 
Vi'tlen,  III. 


2.  Also  Matt.  23:  D:  "Aiid  call  ho  man  your 
father  upon  the  earth;  for  one  IS  your  father  which 
U  In  heaven." 

IS  language  ia  spiritual.  God  is  the  Father 


Tl 


ally  apeaking,  we  should  not  be  called  robbi  for 
Christ  is  our  Master,  and. we  should  not 
hove  a  spiritual  Master  or  Father  on  the  earth. 
That  is,  we  are  not  to  say,  I  am  of  Paul  or  of 
Apollos.  for  that  would  he  glorying  in  men  and 
not  in  God.  This  Scripture  prohibits  the  Lord's 
people  from  assuming,  giving  or  receiving  com- 
plimentary or  honorable  titles.  To  give  such 
honor  to  men  ia  to  rob  God. 

The   above  Scripture   does  not  prohibit   the 
child  from  calling  its  parent,  tathor,  oi  aomo 


TuEKE  are  many  persona  who  think  they  are 
Christiana  because  they  hove  had  experience; 
but  tbey  do  not  feel  it  to  he  their  Chriatian  du. 
ty  to  use  their  tongues  according  to  the  laws  of 
kindness.  Nor  do  they  think,  in  the  confession 
of  their  sins,  to  confess  that  day  in  and  day  out, 
they  are  making  somebody  unhappy  by  the 
which  they  use  that  member. 


It  is  the  good  we  do  much  more  than  that 
which  is  done  for  us  that  pronifltea  our  highest 
enjoyments. 


More  pains  are   taken   to   appear  good 
make  vice  pass  for  its  opposite,  thon  are  requir- 
ed to  b«  really  virtuona. 


— TfiERK  was  an  earthquake  ahock  at  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas,  Nov.  IS, 

— There  are  177  Roman  Catholic  missiona- 
ries among  the  Indian  tribes  in  this  countr>'. 

— Ax  Armenian  of  imposing  manner  and  ap- 
pearance has  visited  Beirut,  claiming  to  he  the 
Christ. 

In  consequence  of  a  strike,  3,000  workmen 
of  the  glass  factories  of  Pittsburgh  are  out  of 
employment. 

— Over  00,000  Biblea  have  been  sent  from 
Philadelphia  to  Australia  aud  the  antipodes 
since  January. 

— Thehe  is  a  report,  apparently  well  founded, 
that  General  Grant  has  been  proposed  for  the 
Bulgarian  throne. 

— I'Rof,  Mills  says  that  there  is  not  a  preach- 
er in  the  State  of  North  Carolina  that  was  born 
in  town.     All  country  boys. 

— Thkhk  are  now  over  2^,286,000  more  acres 
of  farm  land  under  cultivation  in  this  country 
than  there  were  four  year«  ago. 

—On  one  Sunday  7,663  children,  under  14 
years  of  age,  entered  the  public  houses  of  Edin- 
burgh for  intoxicating  drink. 

— Thk  number  of  churches  and  convents  in 
Japan  doubled  in  the  past  year.  The  opening 
there,  has  few  parallels  in  missionary  history. 

— Moody  says  that,  before  God,  he  would 
sooner  preach  in  a  barn  than  a  church  house 
paid  for  by  fairs,  lotteries,  grab-hags  and  con- 
certs. 

— It  is  sta'ed  that  sixteen  vessels  still  remain 
"  high  and  dry  "  upon  the  meadows  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Port  Norris,  G,  S.,  where  they  were 
driven  by  the  tide  during  the  late  storm. 

— Mr.  Spurgeon  is  only  45  years  old,  and  yet 
it  ia  greatly  to  be  feared  that  his  work  is  almost 
finished.  He  has  worked  too  constantly  and 
too  intensely,  and  has  grown  prematurely  old. 

— 20,000  Israelites  have  been  converted  in 
London  to  the  Christian  faith  under  the  labors 
of  the  Loudon  Society  for  promoting  Christian- 
ity among  the  Jews.  The  society  was  organi/,- 
ed  in  1809. 

— The  Inter  Ocean  thinks  there  is  no  danger 
if  starvation  in  the  West,  as  Chicago  has  in  her 
warehouses  50,000  barrels  of  flour,  6,000,000 
bushels  of  grain,  64,000  barrels  of  pork,  37,000 
tierces  of  lard,  and  61,500,000  pounds  of  meats. 
At  the  beginning  of  this  century  the  Con- 
gregationalists  contributed  an  average  of  eight 
cents  each  for  missionary  purposes;  now  the 
average  is  §7.52  per  annum — the  largest  sum, 
rapitii,  contributed  by  the  members  of  any 
denomination. 

— ArnjtT  midnight,  Nov.  25.  the  Hamburg- 
American  line  steamship  Pommerania,  from 
New  York  for  Hamburg,  came  iu  collision  with 
the  Welsh  .bark  Noel  Eilian,  in  the  British 
Channel.  The  Pommerania  sank  in  thirty 
minutes.     Between  40  and  50  lives  were  lost. 

— The  opening  of  the  Suez  canal  has  proved 
the  ruin  of  the  overland  trade  by  caravans  to 
Bagdad  and  the  Persian  Gulf,  which  formerly 
supported  ancient  Damascus.  Many  of  its 
houses  and  shops  are  now  empty,  and  its  streets 
filled  with  beggars,  where  they  were  formerly  a 
rarity. 

— It  is  reported  from  Los  Angeles,  Nov,  1&, 
that  an  immense  tidal  wave,  six  feet  beyond  the 
ordinary  tide  movement,  has  swept  the  whole 
coast  of  Southern  California,  badly  damaging 
the  wharves  at  Cayucos,  Pount  Sal,  and  Avila, 
and  destroying  much  property  exposed forshi|)- 
luent.  So  fur  but  one  life  is  reported  lost.  A 
greatearthquakeba.s  probably  occurred  in  South 
America,  or  in  the  South  Piicific  ocean, 

— Jewish  rehgious  papery  have  been  publish- 
ing reports  of  cruelties  perpetrated  by  Bulgarian 
peasants,  some  of  which  are  almost  too  much 
for,  belief.  One  story  ia,  that  the  president  of 
the  synagogue  in  Kasanlyk  having  been  killed, 
his  blood  was  caught  in  a  howl  aud  mixed  with 
the  blood  of  a  number  of  doga.  This  liquor  the 
Jewa  of  the  town,  who  were  driven  together 
with  thrusts  and  blows,  were  forced  to  drink; 
and  it  ia  said  that  only  the  arrival  of  a  body  of 
Russian  troops  saved  them  Irom  death. 

— England  has  been  at  war  wifh  France  220 
years  out  oJ  670.  The  declaration  of  war  paasea 
aentence  of  death  on  thousands  of  our  innocent 
fellow-creatures.  If  the  legi-lators  who  provoke 
the  battle  i^ere  sent  to  fight,  there  would  be 
more  peace.  The  battle  field  ia  a  theatre  of  im- 
mense coat  for  the  commission  of  crime  on  a 
grand  scale.  A  concentration  of  all  human 
Crimea.     It  tuma  man  into  a  beast. 


December    19. 


TtllH]    BlxETl-IKEN    jVT    "WOKIC 


CORRESFONDEN'CE. 


From  D.   N.  Workman. 

0  N  Saturday,  Nov.  2iid.  at  7  o'clock  P.M., 
met  with  n  vnry  large  congn-gation  ia 
West  Charleston,  n small,  but  enterprising  town 
in  Miimii  Co.  It  is  kno'vn  as  the  Grove  Dis- 
trict chiirch.  I  remuined  with  th(?  brethren  of 
this  ti'wn  until  Mondaj-,  the  itli.  Baptized  six; 
among  tbe  number  was  one  brother,  who  htui 
been  raised  a  Catholic:  hence  had  not  enjoyed 
the  privilege  of  seeing  a  Bible  until  seventeen 
years  old,  nt  which  age  he  commeuced  to  look 
after  his  duty  for  himself.  He  was  thenlead  to. 
and  joined  the  Cnmpholliles.  Ailer  he  joined 
them,  he  kept  on  searching  carefully  after  his 
duty,  toward  God.  After  corefully  looking  the 
matter  over,  he  saw  that  it  was  necessary  to 
come  to  the  Bi-ethren,  in  order  to  comply  with 
all  the  commandments  of  the  Got'pel.  His 
wife,  also,  having  previously  joined  the  New- 
lights,  became  convinced  she  should  also  ehanpe 
relations;  hence  came  with  her  husband  to  the 
Bi-ethren. 

In  fact  our  visit  was  short,  hut  sweet;  and 
what  added  to  its  sweetness,  was,  that  so  many 
of  the  brethren  and  sister.f  from  that  thriving 
little  church,  known  as  the  Gingham,  or  Mid- 
dle District,  where  we  had  previously  enjoyed 
many  pleasant  meetings,  came  over  to  see  ii 
the  thriving  village.  This  District  and  Middle 
district  of  church,  lay  side  by  side.  The  Miami 
river  is  the  line  between  them.  May  the  Li 
bless  both  of  these  churches,  is  my  prayer, 
Ashland,  Ohio. 


through  here,  about  one-half  Peunsylvanians. 
Think  of  us  when  you  are  coming  West. — 
Brethren  and  sistei-s  pray  for  us.  that  we  may 
prove  faithful  nntil  death,  is  the  prftyer  of 
your  unworthy  brother,  E.  J.  Beeghley. 
Siihellia,  Kansas. 


From  Webster,  Kansas. 

WE  have  had  meeting  three  miles  south  of 
Sabetha,  Kansas.  We  moved  here  last 
March,  and  no  members  lived  here  except  t 
families  about  three  miles  oft".  The  people  hf 
soon  tried  to  find  out  to  what  church  we  belong- 
ed and  what  our  doctrine  was,  which  we  tried 
to  explain  to  them  as  well  as  we  could.  They 
seemed  to  have  heard  of  such  people,  who  prac- 
ticed such  a  doctrine,  hut  never  saw  them  or 
heard  them  preach ;  so  they  requested  us  to  have 
some  one  come  and  preach  for  us.  We  saw  the 
Brethren,  and  they  were  willing  to  give  us  n 
meeting  every  four  weeks  during  the  Summer. 
The  leople  seemed  tn  be  very  much  in- 
terested, and  during  this  Fall  it  was  requested 
for  the  Brethren  preach  on  doctrinal  points, 
which  was  agreed  to.  Elder  Jonathan  Lichty 
and  Epharim  Cober  then  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, commeneinK  on  the  11th  of  November, 
and  continued  one  week.  They  preached  on 
doctrine  three  nights,  with  verj'  good  attention, 
tbe  house  being  full  every  night,  and  could 
not  all  get  in.  Tbe  word  was  preached  iii  its 
purity  and  with  such  power,  that  three  pre- 
cious souls  were  made  to  believe,  and  came  to 
Christ  by  baptism.  One  was  an  elderly 
about  fifty  years  of  age.  He  was  a  Camphellite 
preacher.  His  son,  also,  was  made  to  believe 
the  same  night  and  come  out  and  go  with  us  tc 
Christ.  This  seems  to  have  caused  a  great  lam- 
entation in  the  C church,  as   they  have 

no  preacher  now  to  preach  for  them;  a 
doctrine  was  made  so  plain,  that  it  seems  to 
have  caused  some  trouble  amongst  them 
theirs.  1  hope  they  will  consider  it  well  and 
take  the  word  of  God  to  decide  with.  This 
seems  to  have  been  the  first  time  trine  immer- 
sion was  ever  practiced  here,  and  everyone  that 
knew  it  and  could  get  there,  seems  to  have  been 
here.  The  applicants  were  immersed  on  Sun- 
day the  17th,  with  about  two  hundred  and  fifty 
spectators  present;  a  deep  impression  seemed  to 
be  made  upon  a  great  many  of  the  people.— 
There  are  now  thirteen  members  of  na  here, 
when  E.  Cober  has  moved  to  Sabetha,  (which 
he  will  in  a  few  days),  consisting  then  of  one 
preacher  and  one  deacon  and  eleven  members. 
The  prospects  are  now  that  a  good  many  more 
will  come  before  long.  I  hope  they  n-ill  con- 
sider well  and  come  before  it  is  too  late. 

In  the  close  !  would  say  a  few  words  to  the 
Brethren  and  friends  that  wish  to  come  West. 
We  have  a  very  fine  country  here,  with 
plenty  of  timber  and  living  streams  running 
through  it.  There  is  yet  plenty  of  raw  prairie 
to  be  had  at  from  six  to  eight  dollars  per  acre, 
the  very  finest  and  close  to  the  railroad  and 
market.  Also  very  fine  improved  farms  can  be 
bought  very  cheap.  This  is  I  think  asfine  and 
good  a  country  to  live  and  for  farming  and  cat- 
tle raising,  that  can  be  found  any  \vhere  in  the 
West.  All  those  coming  West,  had  best  come 
through  here  and  stop  off  at  Sabetha.  Kansas, 
and  examine  this  part  of  the  country,  before 
going  farther  West,  or  purchasing  elsewhere. 
1  think  most  any  can  suit  themselves  here;  it  is 
heginniug  to  be  thickly  settled,  good  schools 
and   a   very   kind   and   sociable   jieople  living 


From  C.  F.  Detwiler. 

Ikar  Brt■t^>rnl.— 

LlKEyou,l  have  not  yet  tully  learned  the 
leaving  out  part,  but  have  no  complaint 
to  lay  against  you  on  that  point.  It  seems 
aa  though  a  person  could  take  care  of  his  own 
writings  better  than  an  editor  could  take  care 
of  that  of  a  score  6f  correspondents.  I  have 
told  my  scholars,  you  have  each  of  you  onlv 
one  jierson  to  take  care  of,  white  I  have  often 
upwards  of  sixty,  and  so  you  ought  to  take 
good  care  of  s'ourselves,  and  I  suppose  the 
rule  holds  good  with  editors  and  correspondents. 

In.  one  of  my  previous  articles  there  were 
some  mistakes  made  at  your  pitice,  which  made 
me  say  what  1  had  not  said.  I  think  one  of 
the  editors  was  absent  at  the  time.  It  is  in 
the  article  on  "  On  Improprieties  of  woi-ship," 
where  I  had  written:  "It  does  not  follow  that 
tne  alonement  was  incomplete,"  it  read  com- 
plete instead  of  iucom|»lete,  making  me  say  the 
cuntrai-y  of  what  I  wanted  it  to  say.  It  was 
an  oversight  very  easily  made,  and  yet  some- 
wh.it  injurious  to  the  article.  I  might  mention 
a  few  others,  some  of  my  own,  but  itjs  not 
necessary.  Tbe  future  is  to  some  extent  in  our 
power,  but  the  past  is  gone.  I  will  try  to  do 
better  in  the  future. 

Beaver  Iiidfji\  Knox  Co.,  Teimesee. 


spiritual  r 


From  C.  Hope. 

Bchned  Brvlhtr:— 

GREETING  toyou  and  all  oui 
,  lations  in  the  far  West.  I  have  now  bi 
here  iu  the  vicinity  of  this  town  nearly  one 
week,  and  held  meetings  ever>'  night.  The 
weather  has  been  very  rainy  from  the  begin- 
ning, and  the  priest  and  the  Baptists  had  done 
all  before  hand  to  scare  the  people;  of  course 
slander,  misrepresentations  and  lie.s  are  all  they 
can  use,  hut  be  it  said  to  their  honor,  tliey  iise 
it  every-where  and  all  times  very  earnestly  ahd 
faithfully.  It  did  seem  we  should  get  only  one 
meeting,  as  we  tried  in  vain  to  get  any  place 
to  hold  more,  and  when  the  time  camewe  had 
eight  or  nine  persons  present  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to.  But  I  have  learned  now  to  preach 
well  lor  one  as  for  one  hundred.  AVhen 
meeting  was  closed  I  told  them  if  they  wanted 
uore  meetings  they  had  to  say  so  and  furnish 
a  place.  A  lively  discussion  then  commenced; 
they  all  wanted  meeting  but  none  were  inclin- 
ed to  give  us  their  house.  Finally  I  told  the 
man  who  urged  the  others  the  most,  that  he 
ivas  the  one  who  ought  to  show  a  good  exam- 
ple, and  open  his  house.  lie  then  agreed  to  do 
so,  providing  I  would  invit*  people,  and  among 
them  also  the  priest  to  attend.  This  we  did, 
and  had  then  a  good  gathering  of  about  thirty 
or  forty  that  night,  (the  priest  was  from  home 
and  could  not  come).  Siuce  then  we  have  had 
meeting  in  this  neighborhood  every  evening, 
with  crowded  houses,  and  an  attentive,  weeping 
congregation.  We  have  had. some  little  oppo- 
sition, enough  to  make  jieople  more  earnest.— 
One  night  as  I  spoke  about  Christ,  that  had 
blotted  out  the  handwriting,  a  zealous  old 
woman,  belonging  to  a  free  Lutheran  church, 
got  mad  and  interrupted  me.  I  told  her  to 
keep  still  tilt  I  was  done,  and  then  I  would 
give  her  liberty  to  speak  as  long  aa  she  wanted, 
but  this  she  would  not  do;  she  wanted  to  speak 
tome;  I  told  her  I  would  visit  her  tlie  next 
day,  and  then  she  was  calm.  I  went  to  see  her; 
she  had  then  gathered  some  of  her  friends, 
with  whom  we  got  along  welt,  while  she  got 
still  more  mad  and  run  oil'  crying,  "  heretic 
heretic." 

Last  night  when  I  wa.s  about  to  close,  I  re- 
marked, perhaps  some  of  you  resisted  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost  until  you  now  arc  oldand  grey-headed, 
and  stand  with  one  foot  in  the  grave,  how 
uch  do  you  need  to  take  earnest  heed  lest  you 
i  in  your  sins.  Just  when  I  had  half  finish- 
ed this  sentence,  an  old  niim  who  had  come  here 
on  a  visit,  tremblingly  exclaimed,  "That you 
do  not  know."  I  calmly  answered,  true  I  do 
not  know  it,  hut  God  does,  and  you  yourself 
After  meeting  we  came  iu  love  to 
speak  the  matter  over,  and  all,  even  the  old 
man  said,  "  Nothing  but  the  truth  was  told 
them,"  but  he  did  not  like  I  would  speak  so 
pei-sonally  to  him.  One  man  sitting  by  him 
said,  "Well  I  for  one  am  far  more  gray-headed 
than  you,  how  can  you  know  then  he  meant 
you  more  than  me?  "  I  told  him  I  was  glad  he 
tookit  houie  to   himself,  for  that 


wanted  every  one  to  do.  I  certainly  had  meant 
him  as  well  as  every  other  old  nmn  and  woman 
in  tbe  congregation.  We  parted  aa  good  friends, 
and  he  promised  to  come   to   meeting  to-night. 

The  country-  here  is  good,  rolling  land,  much 
like  Carroll  county,  though  soil  not  near  as 
rich,  but  like  all  Denmark,  most  people  have 
farms  from  ten  to  one  hundred  or  a  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  yet  the  last  sized  are  except- 
ions. The  ort'p  this  year  of  all  kinds  is  very 
good,  but  times  for  the  working  class  are  as 
hard  yet  as  last  year. 

Some  make  inquiry  where  Thyland  is?  To 
such  we  will  say  that  it  is  the  soulh-westem 
part  of  Wensyssel,  some  seventy  miles  from 
Hjorring.,  Wo  have  two  members  hero,  wl^pm 
brother  Christensen,  now  in  Lanarlv  was  an  in- 
strument in  the  Lord's  hands,  to  make  them 
s<;ek  information  about  the  Brethren.  Now  I 
fear  some  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  com- 
mence to  look  on  the  Danish  mission  as  old; 
hence  feel  to  ask  for  more  earnest  faithful 
prayers  for  the  progress,  as  wellas  for  sufficient 
grace  for  myself  and  for  our  little  church,  to  do 
what  the  Lord  wants,  and  what  you  expect; 
and  if  you  can  more  than  pmy,  ,for  us,  the 
church  here,  need  badly  your  aid,  give  thorn  a 
lift  to  pu>h  them  forward.  Reniember  alway 
the  Danish  church  is  a  child  of  yours.  Please 
take  care, of  her  as  such  evermore.  And  now  I 
will  dose  with  our  love  to  yon  a\\. 

Thisted,  Thijhim],  DniimrK;  Xov.  IHlh,  tS7S. 


From  Pine  Creek  Churct),  Ind. 

rilHE  Lord  is  mth  his  people  when  their  en- 
X  tire  dependence  is  in  Him,  in  whom  they 
live,  move  and  have  their  being.  We  are  still 
gathering  souls  and  adding  to  the  Lord's  peo- 
ple traveling  to  the  spiritual  land.  Our  jour- 
ney is  but  three  score  ikud  ten',  if  long  but  font- 
score  and  ten.  Let  God'speople  work  while  it 
is  day. 

To-day  we  preached' the  second  funeral,  assist- 
ed by  brother  Amos  Peters;  toa  large, attentive 
and  .sympathetic  congregation,  in  which  many 
mingled  their  sorrows  and  prayers  with  the 
bereaved  family  of  George  Himes',   who  parted 

'th  two  of  his  family  in  one  week.  Disease 
diphtheria;^  Elva  Jane  first,  aged  ,12  .years  and 
17days;"Cora,'age3  2  years,  2'  months  and  7 
days.  Gone  to  rest.  Jacob  Hildeurand. 


From  Nebraska, 

WE'are  highly  pleased  with  tlie  Buetiires 
'  AT  Work,  and  thinkiit  brings  OS  ninny 
useful  instructionej  if  we  are  'orily  willing  to 
put  them  in  practice. 

The  Bethel  church,  Nebraska,  is  progressing 
a  little;  one  more  was  added  to  its  number  bv 
baptism  on  last  Sunday.  May  Hod  give  us 
grace  to  live  near  the  foot  of  the  cross, 
that  we'iuay  at  last  receive  a  crown  of  glory, 
that  fadeth  not  away,  is  my  prayer. 

SUS.\N  ROTHKOCK. 

Daeenpovt,  Nebmska. 


minded  and  well-disposed  people  will  readily 
conceive  what  1  infer.  I  have  .spoken  of  style. 
They  do  not.wishtogo  there  for  style,  far  from 
it.  They  know  that  our  blessed  lUaster  in  no 
respec'er  of  person.  They  hear  preaching;  but 
see  another  practice.  They  may  go  and  return 
many  times,  and  not  one  of  the  members  (pro- 
fessed Christians),  will  even  extend  to  them 
the  hand  of  fellowship,  much  less  inquire  into 
the  welfare  of  their  familiea,  simply  because 
he  or  she  is  a  poor  person,  and  earns  their  bread 
by  the  sweat  of  their  brow ;  and  they  say  if  that's 
Christianity,  it's  a  misconception  of  mine.  I 
will  stay  at  home  and  read  and  study  the  Gos- 
pel myself,  and  pray  to  God  for  wisdom,  knowl- 
edge  and  understanding  of  his  holy  wilt,  con- 
cerning me,  that  I  may  inherit  his  precious 
promises.  I  am  persuaded,  their  chances  are 
better  than  the  hypocrites;  whilst  otiiers  say 
they  wont  go  where  they  are  looked  upon  with 
scoritand  contempt,  but  will  likely  spend  their 
Sabbath  in  drunken  revelry,  and  say  it's  no 
■e  Ihan  such  and  such  professtd  Chris- 
tians do. 

I  would  to  God  that  all  people  would  try  to 
serve  Him  in  alt  his  teachings.  Pride  is  a 
cui-se,  and  it  is  agreat  hinderance  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  Gospel,  in  its  true  light 
among  mankind. 

Enclosed  please  find  one  dollar  and  fifty  centa, 
for  tlie  Bkethren  at  Work.  I  like  its  advo- 
cacy, also,  fifteen  cents  for  "  Treatise  on  Trine 
Immersion;"  that  I  know  nothing  of.  If  it  is 
the  only  valid  baptism,  I  want  to  know  it,  by 
proof  from  the  Scriptures.  I  know  there  are 
commandments  omitted  ill  our  church,  for  in- 
stance, feet-washing,  anointing  the  sick  with 
oil.  I  want  to  do  my  whole  duty,  whilst  a  pro- 
bationer here;  for,  I  shall  pass  this  way  but  once. 
Vours   respectfully,  ^ 

1,  John  P.  Schbnck.  , 

Jlolmdcl,  X,!ioJn\-^>>!/.  Dcr.  :^,„l,  1678. 


Letter  from  a  Baptist. 


Messrs.  Moore  £-Eshehmn:— 

11HR0UGH  the  medium  of  the  Toledo  Blade. 
,  I  first  came  into  possession  of  a  copy  of  the 
:uRSN  AT  Work,  also,  the  Primitive  Chris- 
iifiti^  by  Mr.  C.  A.  Mason,  and  have  since  re- 
ceived another  copy  from  your  office.  Let  me 
say  right  here,  that  I  am  a  very  plain  open- 
spoken  person.  I  was  reared  in  the  nurture 
and  udmouition  of  the  Lord.  My  father  de- 
cciised  long  ago;  never  made  any  public  profes- 
sion of  religion,  b'^^t  was  a  very  charitalle,  good 
moral  man,  and  attended  the  Baptist  church, 
of  whith  my  dear  brother,  and  now,  all  of  our 
family  are  members,  but  my  oldest  brother.  1 
became  a  member  of  that  denomination  in  the 
Winter  of  1867.  I  have  never  attended  any 
other  church  but  a  very  tew  times.  They  seem- 
ed to  me  to  be  pui-suing,  aa  near  the  right  course, 
according  to  my  understanding  of  the  New 
Testament  as  could  be,  except,  recognizing  that 
haughty  pride  as  to  all  denominations,  that  I 
ever  knew  any  thing  about,  and  that  is  one 
thing  I  have  always  despised,  and  is  contrarj- 
to  divine  teachings.  Pride  has  worked  a  gigan- 
tic evil  in  the  churches  under  my  own  observa- 
tion, and  is,  I  do  regret  to  say,  on  the  increase. 
1  know  of  a  great  many  of  the  middle  class,  and 
of  the  poorer  people  here,  that  stay  away  from 
meeting,  for  no  other  cause,  only  because  they 
know  they  cannot  go  there  in  style.  Go  there 
feeling  that  tliey  had  come  among  Christian 
Brethren,  to  worship  God  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  their  own  consciences,  by  bavin" 
searclied  the  Scriptures  again  and  again.  I  am 
not  a  classical  scholar,  competent  to  express 
was   what  I  i  my  moaning  as  a  master  in  literature,  but  fair- 


Prom  D.  B.  Gibson, 

Dr'&Brrthn-n:— 

WHEN  I  arrived  home  from  III.,  [  learned 
that  the  feast  at  home  (Smith's  Fork 
church,)  was'  a  very  enjoyable  one.  One  from 
another  locality  baptised.  The  visiting  minis- 
ters were,  elder  George  Witwer,  of  Hamittob, 
A.  Harper,  of  Ray'County,  Bro.  Shomberger, 
of  Nodaway,  Samuel  Shirkey  of  Ray,  and  oth- 

Brother  Ha/per  continued  the  meetings  for  a 
>ek,  and  Tahi  glad  to  >ay,  that  three  were 
added  to  the  Lord;  whom  we  longed  to  see  en- 
grafted in  the"  Living  Vine'"'  Brother  Harper, 
althoiighin  his'seveiltiethyear,  is  in  the  full 
enjoyment  of  his  mental  vigor  and  fiill  of  zeal 
for  the  cause  of  the  Master.  May  the  Lord 
give  him  many  years  to  Inbor  in  his  vineyard. 
I  remained  home  a  little  over  two  weeks  to 
rest  with  my  family,  and  was  called  by  the 
Pony  Creek  congreg.ation,  Brown  Co.,  Kansas, 
where  I  arrived  on  the' 9th  ult.  Held  meet- 
ings till  the  18th.  The  Lord  bles-^iedour  labor 
here;  several  made  the  good  confession,  and 
were  baptized. 

On  the  I'Jth  T  boarded  the  train  for  St.  Jo- 
seph, Mo.,  where  I  arrived  too  late  for  the  train. 
So  I  took  another  road  for  Cameron;  thence 
home.  I  arrived  home  at  3  A.  M.  of  the  20th 
and  in  a  few  hours  was  en  route  for  Rav  Co.  Mo. 
I  arrived  at  the  meeting-house  just  in  time  for 
services.  The  congregation  js  large  and  ia- 
crea.sing  every  night.  The  order  and  interest 
is  pxcetlent.  Several  have  already  been  added 
to  the  church,  and  wo  believe  there  will  be  more 
still.  The  church  seems  to  Ite  awakened,  and  a 
much  improved  feeling  seems  to  prevail. 

This  is  the  congregation  presided  over  by  our 
old  veteran  brother,  Addison  Harper,  who  is  as- 
'  ted  in  the  ministry,  by  Brother  David 
Rhodes,  Samuel  Shirkey  and  William  Mason. 

I  am  now  enjoying  the  hospitality  of  brother 
David  Moore,  father  of  brother  J.  H.  Moore 
lioij  Co.,  J/o.,  Nor.  23rd,  1/^7H. 


From  Lewistown,  Winona  Co.,  Minn. 

PERMIT  me  to  say  to  your  numerous  read- 
ers through  the  Bretbhen  at  Wobk, 
that  our  Love-feast  held  on  the  2ud  of  Novera- 
er,  was  one  of  interest  to  all  the  members  pres- 
ent, and  one  long  to  be  remembered  and  shonld 
indelibly  fix  in  our  mind,  the  dying  love  of  our 
Redeemer,  whose  dying  love  redeemed  us 
from  sin,  that  we  might  enjoy  the  fusion 
of  the  children  of  peace  in  that  great 
Love-feast  above.  0.  that  that  may  be  the 
happy  lot  of  us  all!    Amen. 

The  call  for  ministerial  assistance  was  re- 
sponded to,  by  only  one,  and  that  was  our 
worthy  and  beloved  brother  W,  J.  H.  Bauman, 
of  Nora  Springs,  Iowa,  through  -whose  instru- 


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December    19 


mentality,  the  blessed  Lord  workeil  to  the  edifi- 
caiioQ  and  building  up  of  thf  little  branch  here; 
bIbo  pointing  sinners  to  tht'  lamb  of  God, 
that  taketh  awuy  the  sin  of  the  world.  Three 
precious  souIb  embraced  the  truth,  fled  for  ref- 
uge to  the  oul>ijtretched  nrma  of  murcy,  and 
were  brought  into  the  fold  by  baptism. 
Yours  iu  the-  one  faith, 

C.  F.  Wirt. 
Xw.2'J„lS78.  ,  M 


Timely   Notice. 

BY  your  permission,  I  pen  a  few  Hues  for  tlii' 
columns  of  the  Brcthukn  at  Wouk,  for 
the  sntisfactiou  of  tlie  many  meiuhers  tlmt  are 
mloving  and  looking  Weat  for  homes.  One  of 
the  many  places  that  the  Brethren  are  moving  to 
and  settling  iii  fast,  is  Beatrice  church,  Gage 
Co,,  Neb.  For  the  satisfiiction  of  those  mem- 
bers that  are  moting  West,  and  intend  making 
this  their  home,  and  that  only  feel  at  home, 
where  the  church  contends  and  carries  out  the 
order  of  the  Gospel  in  the  point  of  dress,  as  is 
understood  hy  the  church,  (that  is  to  give  shape 
to  dress),  need  not  fear  to  make  this  their  home, 
for  only  such  feel  at  liome  here.  We  have  long 
since  learned,  that  this  is  the  only  successful 
plan  to  keep  pride  ont  of  the  church,  in  its  va- 
rious forms.  When  we  speak  of  order,  we  do 
not  only  mean  in  the  point  of  dress;  hut  in 
keeping  a  strong  guard  around  the  members  of 
the  church,  in  attending  all  places  of  mirthful 
amusement,  in  which  all  Christians  should 
blush  to  be  found  in  such  company,  from  the 
fact,  that  this  is  the  desire  of  the  carnal  mind; 
and  to  be  carnal  minded,  is  death.  I  feel  to 
say,  dear  Brethren,  watchmen  mth  me  on  the 
walls  of  Zion,  send  forth  as  peats  of  thunder, 
the  alarming  voice,  to  keep  out  the  elements 
of  death.  For  this  cause,  many  are  wfakly 
and  sickly  among  you,  because  the  spiritual 
laws  are  violated.  So  we  need  not  wonder  at 
such  a  lukewarmuess,  and  such  an  indifference 
in  many  places  of  the  brotherhood;  because 
they  are  associating  with,  and  giving  encour- 
agement to  that  element  that  leads  to  death, — 
There  is  a  good  reason  why  many  ministers  do 
nob  raise  their  voices  against  these  growing 
evils.  The  apostle  says,  "  Ye  that  are  spir- 
itual, restore  such  that  art!  overtaken  in  faults." 
How  can  they  that  are  guilty  of  the  same,  re- 
store such,  when  they  are  not  in  the  spirit 
themselves:',  Suppose  I  give  a  remedy  in  the 
case  referred  to:  Come  together  and  confess 
your  faults  one  to  another,  and  form  a  resolut- 
ion to  follow  the  things  of  the  spirit,  then  you 
can  he  restored  in  the  spirit  of  meekness. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  that  are  moving 
West,  or  at  least  to  this  point,  that  are  indiff- 
erent to  the  above  named  rules  of  the  church, 
and  do  not  conform  to  them;  (I  mean  non-con- 
formity to  the  world  in  dress,  and  all  things 
referred  to  in  this  article),  I  will  give  you 
timely  warning,  that  the  church  here  will  not 
patronize  such  customs,  and  if  you  think  you 
can  not  come  to  the  order  of  the  church  in 
these  matters,  and  determine,  not  to  comply 
with  the  promise  you  made  to  the  church,  and 
continue  to  carry  outyour  own  selflsh  nolions 
and  carnal  desires,  in  love  1  would  say  to  you, 
you  had  better  select  some  other  .point  for  a 
home  in  the  church,  for  you  would  not  Ije  at 
home  here.  (I  mean  in  spiritual  matters). 

I  truly  hope  the  brethren  aud  sisters  will  not 
take  any  offense  at  this  article,  for  I  feel  con- 
strained through  love  to  my  dear  bretbrxjn  and 
sisters,  so  they  will  not  be  ignorant  in  these 
matters;  because  the  Brethren  always  love  to 
know  these  things.  Hence  I  thought  an  expla- 
nation of  this  kind  would  render  great  satisfac- 
tion, from  the  fact,  many  have  a  delicacy  to 
write  for  information  on  these  points,  and  many 
have  these  things  in  view,  not  only  for  their 
own  benefit,  but  for  the  welfare  of  their  cliildren. 
May  the  Lord  strengthen  his  faithful,  to  labor 
in  love  and  wield  more  of  that  influence,  to  in- 
still more  of  that  divine  converting  iuflucucc 
over  his  church.  Not  my,  hut  thy  will  bo.donc. 
Y'ourB  in  love  of  the  truth, 

Hknry  BnuuAKEn. 

Bfulrice,  Gaffe  Co.,  Neb. 


To  the    Brethren    of  Western  District 
of  Maryland. 

HAVING  been  appointed  Trenaurer  of  the 
Missionary  Association  of  this  District, 
uud  there  l)cing  inquiries  concerning  the  work, 
1  will  say  that  collectors  have  been  appointed 
by  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  several 
churtlies.  In  our  church  the  work  of  conlrih- 
utmg  hiLS  been  carried  forward  as  well  as  could 
be  expiicted.  As  yet  no  money  bus  been  re- 
ceived hy  me-  May  we  hope  that  ere  long  a 
EuDicient  imiount  may  be  donated  to  send  out 
brethren  to  those  who  have  not  yet  learned   to 


obey  the  whole  Gospel?  What  say  our  belov- 
ed brethren  and  sisters?  Shall  the  good  work 
go  on?  Dakiri.  Wolf. 


From    Bcllota,    California. 

DfirBrflhrfu:— 

AS  church  news  arc  interesting  to  all,  I  will 
trj'  to  give  an  account  of  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, held  at  the  Shaprell  school-house,,  Bro. 
W.  Myers  commenced  meeting  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  22nd  of  November,  preached  again 
on  the  evening  of  the23rd;  then  elder  George 
Wolf  came  and  ussrated  him.  Preaching  Sun- 
day at  11  A.  M,     Also  in  the  evenin  g. 

On  Monday  we  visited  sister  Lauer.  She  is 
seventy-six  years'old.  and  it  has  been  twenty- 
six  years  since  she  has  had  the  privilege  to  com- 
mune. She  aays  tliat  she  has  always  prayed 
that  she  might  meet  with  brethren  and  sisters 
again.  Her  faith  has  grown  stronger  and  strong- 
er. She  expects  soon  to  hold  sweet  commun- 
ion with  her  Redeemer,  there  to  meet  that 
hlood-washed  throng,  that  surrounds  the  throne 
of  God,  singing  praises  to  tho  Lamb  forever 
and  ever.  Her  daughter,  who  she  is  living 
with,  requested  to  be  bapti7.ed.  Preaching 
again  Monday  evening,  also,  Tuesday  evening. 
Two  came  forward  and  were  baptized. 

Our  meeting  closed  Tuesday  night.  Since 
then  we  learn  there  are  three  others  that  will 
go  along,  and  we  think  there  are  many  others. 
if  they  would  only  obey  what  they  know  to  be 
the  teaching  ofthe  word  of  God.  0,  that  they 
might  give  up  their  own  will,  aud  do  the  will 
of  Him,  who  died  to  redeem  all  those  that  walk 
in  His  ways,  aud  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
he  has  commanded  them!  Then  the  promise  is 
sure,  and  we  will  never  be  doubting;  always 
pressing  onward  and  upward  to  the  high  call- 
ing, which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

We  had  a  very  good  meeting,  aud  one  long 
to  be  remembered.  The  brethren  preached  the 
word  with  power,  warning  sinners  to  return, 
and  exhorting  all  to  live  a  quiet  and  peaceable 
life,  in  the  tear  of  the  Lord. 

Jacob  Shank. 

Nov.  30l)i,  1S78. 


Sunday-School  Conference. 

VrOTICE  is  hereby  given,  that  the  Northern 
]ji  District  of  Ind,,  will  hold  their  Annual 
Sunday-school  Conference  at  the  Solomon's 
Creek  church,  Elkhart  Co,,  Ind.,  January  2nd, 
187d,  commencing  at  10  A.  M.  Those  coming 
from  the  South,  will  stop  off'  at  the  Baltimore 
crossing,  and  those  from  the  North,  at  New 
Paris,  on  the  R.  R.  running  from  Goshen  to 
Warsaw.  ■  This  is  the  4th  annual  session  of 
the  Sunday-school  workers  of  this  district,  and 
it  is  hoped  the  brethren  and  sisters  interested 
in  the  advancement  of  the  cause,  will  make 
special  arrangements  ty  attend  this  meeting, 
and  assist  to  make  it  pleasant  and  highly  bene- 
ficial to  the  general  cause  of  Sunday-schools. — 
May  all  bear  in  mind  there  is  an  important 
work  to  perform;  and  of  such  a  character,  that 
a  good  representation  is  necessary  to  accom- 
plish the  object  of  the  meeting. 

When  the  3rd  Annual  Conference  adjoruned 
at  the  Union  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec, 
8lh,  1S77,  the  meeting  agreed  to  meet  again  at 
such  a  time  and  place,  as  a  committee  appoint- 
ed to  attend  to  the  business,  should  designate. 
The  Chairman  of  said  committee  notihed  me 
to  give  notice  as  above,  with  no  programme 
accompanying,  which,  we  presume,  will  be 
given  in  due  time.  It  is  supposed  all  tvillknow 
their  duty,  and  pi-omptly  discharge  tlie  siime, 
by  attending  the  coming  Conference;  and  make 
it  one  of  the  greatest  efforts  in  the  cause  of  the 
Sunday-schools  of  Northern  Ind.  May  God 
inspire  our  thoughts  with  love  divine,  to  work 
in  tho  cause  of  our  Muster,  in  the  vineyaivl  of 
Sunday-schools,  W,  G.  Cook,  Secretary. 

PUliimilh,  IikL,  Dec.  5/?(,  1S7S. 

Primitice  Christian, please  copij. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

BiiUTllEi;  Jacob  Rife  and  myself  left  our 
homes  Nov.  7th,  and  met  in  Montgomery 
Co.,  Ind,,  to  be  in  council  with  brother  R.  H 
Miller,  in  regard  to  the  membors  living  in  Mar- 
tin and  Warren  counties,  as  brother  Miller  ha.'* 
the  oversight  of  thorn.  After  being  in  council. 
we  started  on  the  Mission  Field.  We  com- 
menced meeting  the  same  tyfeniug,  at  We.st 
Lebanon,  Warren  Co.,  and  conlinued  till  the 
13th;  baptized  one.  In  tho  evening  we  had  a 
Love-feast,  which  wai  truly  a  season  of  rejoic- 
ing. After  services  were  over,  we  hude  them 
farewell.  MuDy  said  Wc  should  come  sigain. 
On  the  morning  of  the  14th,  we  started  for 


Jackson  Co.,  a  distance  of  Ifil)  miles.  Arrived 
at  Crothersville  9:15  P.  M.  Stayed  with  broth- 
er and  sister  Schoonover,  living  near  the  de- 
pot. Next  morning  went  to  brother  and  sistflr 
Wilson.  On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  we  com- 
menced meeting.  At  first  the  attendance  was 
not  so  large,  but  after  a  few  meetings,  we  had 
a  full  house,  with  good  order.  We  continued 
the  meetings  for  thirteen  days,  and  baptized 
eight.  Brother  Rife  did  not  stay  all  the  time, 
as  his  health  failed.  The  prospects  are  good 
for  nmny  more  additions.  We  will  return 
again  lis  soon  as  convenient.  May  the  bles^ 
ings  be  with  them,  is  our  prayer. 

John  W.  Mrtzcibr. 


DIED. 


BURGET.— At  the  residence  of  her  parents'. 
Will  Co.,  III.,  August  S,  1S7S,  Mary  Burget, 
daughter  of  Bro.   Michael   and   sister   Eliza 
Moyer.     Funeral  by  brother  George   Mourer 
in  the  English  and  the  writer  in  the  German 
language,  from  1  Peter.  1:  24. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  a   victim  of 
the  consumption,  and  the  3rd   in   three   weeks' 
time  in  our  neighborhood,  of  which   she   was 
the  oldest.  John  Hoi.linokr. 

WELLS.— In  Middle   district,   Miami   Co.,  0., 
October  5th,   Howard  Wells,   son   of  friend 
and  sister  Wells,  aged  2  years,  6  mouths  and 
27  days. 
BAKER. — In    the  Saginaw    church,    Mich., 
Jesse  Baker,  son  of  brother  David  and  sister 
Baker,  aged  4  years,  1  month  and  23  days. 
MASTER.— Sister  Elizabeth  Master  was   born 
August  27th,  1S44,  aud  died  September  6th 
1S78,  aged  34  years  and  9  days. 
She  was  confined  to  her  bed   for  3  years 
with  spinal  disease.     She  was  a  faithful  sister 
in    the   Ma-ster  Creek    church.    Exhortation, 
singing  and  prayer,  was  her  delight,  until  death. 
Funeral  senices  hy  D.'  Longanecker  and  Jo- 
seph Sherfy. 

HTLDERBRAND.- At  my  residence,  in  Ham- 
mond, Piatt  Co.,  HI.,  Aug,  20th,  1878,  Jacob 
Hilderhrand,  of  La  Place,  Piatt  Co.,  111.,  aged 
54  years.  P.  G.  Tuukiikr. 

BOYER.— At  Piger  Hime,  Clarion  Co.,  Pa., 
Anna  Maria  Boyer,  wife  of  John  R.  Boyer, 
Sept,  26,  1S78,  aged  79  years  and  12  days. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  horn  in 
Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  She  came  with  her  parents  to 
Middleburg,  Snyder  Co.,  Pa.,  when  quit-e  young. 
Was  married  in  1818,  and  in  1841  she  moved 
with  her  family  to  Clarion  Co.,  Pa,  She  wa-s 
the  mother  of  thirteen  cbildren,  of  which  five 
preceded  her  to  the  grave.  She  left  a  feeble 
husband,  now  in  his  82nd  year,  eight  children 
and  a  large  number  of  grand  and  great  grand- 
children to  mourn  her  departure.  Funeral 
services  hy  her  pastor,  George  W.  Cupp,  of  the 
Evangelical  Association,  in  the  Lutheran 
church,  at  Salem.  ALLtiS  Boveb. 

EBY.— Near  South  English,  Keokuk  Co.,  la., 
Nov.  26th,  1878.  Sister  Catherine,  wife  ol 
brother  Philip  Eby,  aged  about  48  years. 
Funeral  by  the  brethren,  from  2  Cor.  5: 1. 
SNITEMAN,— In  the  same  congregation,  Oct, 
5th,  1878,  of  pneumonia,  Isaac,  only  son  of 
brother  Joseph  and  Hettie  Sniteman,  aged  fl 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  by  brother  B 
F.  Flory.  Samuel  Flory. 

SHOWALTER.— In  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.,  Oct. 
11th,  1S78,  sister  Mary  Showalter,  wife    of 
Benjamin  Showatter,  aged  6!)  years  and  one 
month  less  one  day. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  has  been  >i  con- 
sistent member  for  many  years.     She  made  the 
Bible  her  study,  which   enabled   her  to  live  u 
life  of  true  piety.   Her  disease  wa.t  rheumatism, 
which    lasted  about  one    j'Car.      She   suffered 
much,  hut  was  always   patient,   and   perfectly 
resigned  to  the  will  of  God,  ever   locking   for  a 
glorious  reward.     Funeral  preached   hy  D.   11, 
Plaine,   to  a   large  concourse  of  relatives  and 
friends,  .  Jonas  Guaviuli,, 

FISHER.— In   tho  Mexico  church,  Ind  ,   Nov. 
16th,  1878,  sister  Catherine,   ivifu  of  brother 
Jacob  Fisher,  aged  35  years,  2  months  and 
25  days. 
She  leaves  ahusbaiid  and  four  children. — 
Funeral  diseoui-se  from  9  Kings  20: 1,  hy   elder 
George  Brower  and  othei-s.    The  remains  were 
followed  to  the  M>xico    graveyard,,  by    many 
relatives  and  friends,  who  are  mourning  their 
lo3s,  which  we  hope  is   her  ^rani.  gain.     Al- 
though.sho  will  be  greatly  missed  in  the  family 
circle,  and  as  a  dear   sister,    her    seat   ivill    be 
vacant  in  thi,'  sanctuary,  where  at  our  late  Com- 
munion she  was  deeply  interested. 

P,  A.  BnowHEi. 


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